ABSTRACT
NOW that we have seen the heroic virtue of such an incomparable queen, it is right for me to show, by indicating some features of womanly worth, from where she drew them and was able to spread them abroad, for she has deserved, by those noble and magnificent titles of outstanding praise, either to be ranked above almost all the famous women of her time, or set on a par with them; and it is right to introduce others to her, so that they may have the strength to imitate her and similar women of distinction. One must believe, then, that she had been so trained by her parents through examples of modesty, honourable behaviour, and instruction in purity that nowhere, at home or abroad, by gesture or word, approval or negligence, did she permit men with lewd gaze or bawds, the most foul ensnarers of all chastity, to approach her.
Queen’s virtue
Honourable upbringing of children
Foulest ensnarers of chastity
