ABSTRACT
DianaEnamorada249 oughttohavemorethenasilliewomanswit:Buttosatisfiethyminde withthatlittleskillIhave,Iamofacontrarieopinion,affirming thatLove,althoughithathReasonforhismother,isnottherefore limitedorgovernedbyit.Anditissounruly,thatitresultesoftentimestothehurtandprejudiceofthelover:sincetrueloversforthe mostpartfalltohateandneglectthemselves,whichisnotonely contrarietoreason,butalsothelaweofnature.Andthisisthecause whytheypainthimblinde,andvoidofallreason.Andashismother Venus.hathmostfaireeies,sodothhealsodesirethefairest.They painthimnaked,becausegoodlovecanneitherbedissembledwith reason,norhiddenwithprudence.Theypainthimwithwings, becausehesimplyentersintotheloverssoule;andthemoreperfect heis,withmoreswiftnesandalienationofhimselfehegoethto seekethepersonofthebeloved,forwhichcauseEuripedessaid:That theloverdidliveinthebodyofthebeloved.Theypainthimalso shootinghisarrowesoutofhishowe,becauseheaymesrightatthe hart,asathisproperwhite:Andalso,becausethewoundofloveis likethat,whichanarrowordartmaketh,narrowattheentrance, anddeepeinhisinwardsoulethatloveth.Thisisaninscrutable andalmostincurablewout'l.de,andverysloweinhealing:Sothat thoumustnotmarvellSyrenusthatperfectlove(thoughitbethe sonneofreason)isnotgovernedbyit,bicausethereisnothing)after itisborne,thatdothlesseconformeitselfetotheoriginallofhis birth,thenthisdoth.Somesaiethereisnootherdifferencebetweene vertuousandviciouslove,butthattheoneisgovernedbyreason, andtheothernot:buttheyaredeceived,becauseexcesseandforce isnolessepropertodishonest,thentohonestlove,whichisrathera qualitieincidenttoeveriekindeoflove,savingtheonedothmake vertuethegreaterbyit,andtheotherdoththemoreencreasevice. Whocandenie,butthatintrueandhonestloveexcessiveand strangeeffectsaresometimesfounde?...
