It is not politic in the common- 131 wealth of nature to preserve virginity. Loss of vir- 132 ginity is rational increase, and there was never 133 virgin <got> till virginity was first lost. That you 134 were made of is metal to make virgins. Virginity by 135 being once lost may be ten times found; by being 136 ever kept, it is ever lost. ’Tis too cold a companion. 137 Away with ’
PAROLLES
Virginity being blown down, man will 128
quicklier be blown up. Marry , in blowing him 129
down again, with the breach yourselves made you 130
lose your city. It is not politic in the common- 131
wealth of nature to preserve virginity. Loss of vir- 132
ginity is rational increase , and there was never 133
virgin < got > till virginity was first lost. That you 134
were made of is metal to make virgins. Virginity by 135
being once lost may be ten times found; by being 136
ever kept, it is ever lost. ’Tis too cold a companion. 137
Away with ’t. 138
