<p>Their foolish Guise, I never could affect,<lb/> Who dare, for any cause, the Stewes frequent:<lb/> And, thither, where I justly might suspect<lb/> A Strumpet liv'd, as yet, I never went.<lb/> For, when (as Fooles pretend) they goe to seeke<lb/> Experience, where more Ill then Good, they see;<lb/> They venture for their Knowledge, Adam-like;<lb/> And, such as his, will their Atchievements bee.<lb/> Let, therefore, those that would loose Trulls detest,<lb/> Converse with none, but those that modest are;<lb/> For, they that can of Whoredome make a Iest,<lb/> Will entertaine it, ere they be aware.<lb/> Chast-Company, and Chast-Discourse, doth make<lb/> The Minde more pleased with it, ev'ry day;<lb/> And, Frequent viewes of Wantonnesse, will take<lb/> The Sense and Hatred, of the Vice away.<lb/> Some, I have knowne, by Harlots Wiles undone,<lb/> Who, but to see their Fashions, first pretended;<lb/> And, they that went for Company, alone,<lb/> By suddaine Quarrells, there, their Dayes have ended.<lb/> For, in the Lodgings of a Lustfull Woman,<lb/> Immodest Impudence hath still her Being;<lb/> There, Furie, Fraud, and Cruelties are common:<lb/> And, there, is Want, and Shame, and Disagreeing.<lb/> Ev'n Beauty, of it selfe, stirres loose Desires,<lb/> Occasioning both Iealousies, and Feares;<lb/> It kindleth in the Brest, concealed Fires,<lb/> Which burne the Heart, before the Flame appeares:<lb/> And, ev'ry day, experienced are wee;<lb/> That, there, where Hellen is, Troyes Fate will bee.<lb/> </p>

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Compare: Randle Holme's Academy of Armory, Book III, Chapter 19, Section 1b: 'Soldiers and battles', CD-ROM, published by the British Library, 2000

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A woman (prostitute?) holding a fan or handkerchief watches two men duelling below her window, at night

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<p>UBI HELENA IBI TROIA.</p>

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<p>Where Hellen is, there, will be Warre;<lb/> For, Death and Lust, Companions are.</p>

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Ubi Helena ibi Troia