Kitap 1
A free access, and easy to procure;
Who knows what to her office does belong,
Is in the secret, and can hold her tongue,
Bribe her with gifts, with promises, and pray'rs;
400
For her good word goes far in love affairs.
The time and fit occasion leave to her,
When she most amply can thy suit prefer.
The time for maids to fire their lady's blood
Is when they find her in a merry mood.
405
When all things at her wish and pleasure move;
Her heart is open then, and free to love.
Then mirth and wantonness to lust betray,
And smooth the passage to the lover's way.
Troy stood the siege, when fill'd with anxious care
410
One merry fit concluded all the war.
If some fair rival vex her jealous mind,
Offer thy service to revenge in kind.
Instruct the damsel, while she combs her hair,
To raise the choler of that injur'd fair;
415
And sighing, make her mistress understand
