No More Learning

By this misled, too low things men have prov'd,
And too high; beasts and angels have beene lov'd.
This Ape, though else through-vaine, in this was wise,
He reach'd at things too high, but open way
There was, and he knew not she would say nay; 475
His toyes prevaile not, likelier meanes he tries,
He gazeth on her face with teare-shot eyes,
And up lifts subtly with his russet pawe
Her kidskinne apron without feare or awe
Of nature; nature hath no gaole, though shee hath law. 480


XLIX.

First she was silly and knew not what he ment.
That vertue, by his touches, chaft and spent,
Succeeds an itchie warmth, that melts her quite;
She knew not first, nowe cares not what he doth,
And willing halfe and more, more then halfe <loth>, 485
She neither puls nor pushes, but outright
Now cries, and now repents; when _Tethlemite_
Her brother, entred, and a great stone threw
After the Ape, who, thus prevented, flew.
This house thus batter'd downe, the Soule possest a new. 490


L.

And whether by this change she lose or win,
She comes out next, where the Ape would have gone in.
_Adam_ and _Eve_ had mingled bloods, and now
Like Chimiques equall fires, her temperate wombe
Had stew'd and form'd it: and part did become 495
A spungie liver, that did richly allow,
Like a free conduit, on a high hils brow,
Life-keeping moisture unto every part;
Part hardned it selfe to a thicker heart,
Whose busie furnaces lifes spirits do impart. 500


LI.

Another part became the well of sense,
The tender well-arm'd feeling braine, from whence,
Those sinowie strings which do our bodies tie,
Are raveld out; and fast there by one end,
Did this Soule limbes, these limbes a soule attend; 505
And now they joyn'd: keeping some quality
Of every past shape, she knew treachery,
Rapine, deceit, and lust, and ills enow
To be a woman. _Themech_ she is now,
Sister and wife to _Caine_, _Caine_ that first did plow. 510


LII.

Who ere thou beest that read'st this sullen Writ,
Which just so much courts thee, as thou dost it,
Let me arrest thy thoughts; wonder with mee,
Why plowing, building, ruling and the rest,
Or most of those arts, whence our lives are blest, 515
By cursed _Cains_ race invented be,
And blest _Seth_ vext us with Astronomie.
Ther's nothing simply good, nor ill alone,
Of every quality comparison,
The onely measure is, and judge, opinion.
520


_The end of the Progresse of the Soule. _


[7 gold] cold _1635-54_]

[10 writt _1635-69_, _G:_ writs _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_
Writ's _Chambers_]

[12 begot. ] begot, _1633_]

[13 East] east _1633 some copies_

beginst] begins _1633_]

[16 Danow dine,] Danon dine, _1633_]

[17 Myne, _1633_ (_but_ mine, _in some copies_): Mine,
_1635-69_]

[19 one day before thee _O'F_]

[21 Nor, holy _Ianus_, _Ed:_ Nor holy _Ianus_ _1633-69_]

[27 From thence] For, thence _G_

All,)] All) _1633-69_]

[31 Commissary] commissary _1633 some copies_]

[33 every thing; _Ed:_ every thing, _1633-69_]

[34 instant; _1633:_ instant. _1635-69_]

[36 vouch thou safe _A18_, _G_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC:_ vouch safe
thou _1633-69_]

[37 booke: _Ed:_ booke. _1633-69_]

[45 Spirit-quenching] Spright-quenching _G_]

[54 shall, _Ed:_ shall _1633:_ hold _1635-69_

lone _1635-69:_ love _1633_, _A18_, _G_, _N_, _TC_

wayes _Ed:_ wayes, _1633-69_

spright, _Ed:_ spright _1633-69_]

[59 hoised] hoisted _G_]

[61 For the] For this _G_, _N_, _TCD:_ For that _O'F_]

[63 Which, _Ed:_ Which _1633-69_]

us; _Ed:_ us, _1633-69_]

[69 when] where _A18_, _G_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_]

[71 no low] nor low _Chambers_]

[74 every where; _Ed:_ every where _1633:_ every where,
_1635-69_]

[83 enlive, _G:_ enlive _1633-69:_ _om. _ _1633_ _some copies,
and_ _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[93 poyson'd _1669:_ poisoned _1633-54_]

[94 corrupt us, _1635-69:_ corrupts us, _1633:_ corrupt as _G_

Rivolets; _Ed:_ Rivolets, _1635-69:_ _om. _ _1633_, _A18_, _N_,
_TC_]

[95 breaks] breake _1633_ _some copies_

nets; _Ed:_ nets, _1633-69_]

[96 thrust] thrusts _1633_ (thrust _in some copies_)]

[97 fled. ] fled, _1633_]

[99 beare; _1635-69_, _G:_ here, _1633:_ heare, _A18_, _N_,
_TC_]

[108 is't] i'st _1633_]

[112 vanities, _1633_, _G:_ vanitie, _1635-69_]

[114 minde; _Ed:_ minde, _1633-69_ reasons, _Ed:_ reasons
_1633:_ reason's _1635-69_, _Chambers and Grolier_]

[115 which] with _1633_ _some copies_]

[117 breake, doe _1633_, _A18_, _G_, _N_, _TC:_ breake, and
doe _1635-69_, _Chambers_

spill: _Ed:_ spill, _1633-69_]

[119 perfects] perfect _1633_ _some copies_]

[125 day. _1635-69:_ day, _1633_ (_corrected in some copies_)]

[126 dares] dare _1669_]

[127 proofe] proofes _O'F_]

[130 earths pores, _1669_, _A18_, _G_, _N:_ earths-pores,
_1633:_ earth-pores, _1633_ (_some copies_), _1635-54_

anew] a new _1633_]

[135 grow: _1650-69:_ grow, _1633-39_]

[137 the Prince, and have so fill'd _G:_ the Princesse, and
so fill'd _1633_ (_but some copies read_ the Prince, and so
fill'd): the Prince, and so fill up _1635-69:_ the Prince, and
so fill'd _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[144 bed, _Ed:_ bed; _1633-69_]

[146 upbeare. _Ed:_ upbeare; _1633:_ up beare; _1635-69_]

[147 middle parts _1633_, _G_, _O'F:_ middle part _1635-69:_
mid-parts _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[150 kindle, _G:_ kinde, _1633_, _A18_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC:_
kindle; _1635-69_]

[157 white; _1633:_ white, _1635-69_]

[159 guest, _Ed:_ guest _1633-69_. _See note_]

[165 moist red _1633-35:_ moist-red _1639-69_]

[166 slept] sleept _1633-35_

light; _Ed:_ light, _1633-69_]

[167 mandrakes might, _Ed:_ mandrakes might; _1633-54:_
mandrakes-might: _1669_]

[180 inclos'd _1635-69_, _G:_ encloth'd _A18_, _N_, _TC:_
encloth'd _altered to_ unclothed _then to_ enclosed _O'F:_
uncloath'd _1633_

pick'd] peck'd _A18_, _G_, _TC_]

[181 Outcrept _1633-35:_ Out crept _1639-69_]

[185 a new downy _1635-69_, _A18_, _G_, _TC:_ downy a new
_1633_

overspreades, _1633-39:_ overspreads _1650-69_]

[193 cocke, _Ed:_ cocke _1633-69_

tree,] tree _1633_]

[194 tent, _Ed:_ tent _1633-69_

hen; _Ed:_ hen, _1633-69_]

[196 be; _Ed:_ be, _1633-69_]

[202 ingresse; _Ed:_ ingresse, _1633-69_]

[203-5

Till now unlawfull, therefore ill; 'twas not
So jolly, that it can move this soule; Is
The body so free of his kindnesses,

_1633_, _and 1669_ (Till now,):

Till now, unlawfull, therefore ill 'twas not
So jolly, that it can more this soule. Is
The body, so free of his kindnesses,

_1635-54_

Till now, unlawful, therefore ill 'twas not.
So jolly, that it can move this soul, is
The body, so free of his kindnesses,

_Chambers_, _and Grolier but_ 203 not; _and no commas in_ 204.
_See note_]

[206 selfe-preserving] _no hyphen_ _1633-39_]

[207 soules,] souls _1669_]

[208 temperance] teperance _1633-39_]

[212 grow,] grow _1633-39_]

[214 hid _G:_ his _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_

snare,] snare _1633-69_]

[220 encrease his race,] encrease, _1633_]

[223 brooke. A _Ed:_ brooke; a _1633-69_]

[225 they had intertouch'd _1635-69_, _G_, _O'F:_ they
intertouched _1633:_ they intertouch'd _A18_, _N_, _TC_]

[227 abled] able _1669_

rowe] roe _1633_]

[228 fit: _Ed:_ fit, _1633-69_]

[240 armed were. ] arm'd were _1633_]

[249 sure is gone, _1633-39:_ is sure gone.