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Sir Toby. Silence gives consent; and that pretty sly gloat with the Eyes; Oons, if Women had no Eyes, we should never know when to believe 'em.
Lucin. It were no matter, if all Mankind were blind, they are such Malicious observers; your wicked Consequences scarce allow poor Women the use of their Eyes; and we hardly dare open them for fear of some forc't ill-natur'd Interpretation.
Sir Toby. Your Pardon, Madam; I meant not to offend.
Vaun. All this looks exceedingly like Coupling, beged, what are you all going to play the Fool and Marry?
Phil. If the Ladies please, Sir, is a venture, we are all willing to run.
Ang. Call it not a venture; our Inclinations have been so try'd and prov'd, that there seems to be no hazard.
Sir Toby. I hope so too Adzooks; but 'tis still a venture, for 'tis well known, that Women are strange changeable things.
Ang. That which is often thought Change in us, is for the most part Provocation, to be reveng'd. Men are generally the Aggressors, and Women mull have a great stock of Patience and Virtue, to resist the Provocations that are Dayly giv'n 'em by their Husbands.
Lucin. If you examine strictly into the miscarriages of most Wives, you will find 'em grounded upon the neglect of their Husbands, and the Ill Usage they receive, more than their own Inclinations to Evil.
L. Dor. Resentment has made more Cuckolds than Inconstancy: Women are naturally Fond and Faithful; but they are Revengeful, and of all Provocations, Neglect is the greatest.
Ang. It is not therefore to us, but to themselves, that they owe their Misfortunes. When we are injur'd, we are no longer our selves; Disdain and Resentment Oppress our Virtue, and in that moment, a slight Temptation shall prevail with those who had before refilled the strongest.
L. Dor. Not but there are many whom nothing can entice or Provoke from their Duty.
Phil. The most Prepostrerous Abuse in Marriage is, when
