" For, if with Modesty a Woman parts / She gains Contempt, when she wou'd conquer Hearts."
The Countess of Salisbury to Edward the Black Prince. [from Amores Britannici. Epistles Historical and Gallant, In English Heroic Verse: From several of The Most Illustrious Personages of their Times. In Imitation of the Heroidum Epistol&aelig; of Ovid. With Notes explaining the Most Material Passages in every History]