Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Hel. Blesse our poore Virginity from vnderminers
Hel. and blowers vp. Is there no Military policy how Vir
Hel. gins might blow vp men?
Par. Par.
Par. Virginity beeing blowne downe, Man will
Par. quicklier be blowne vp: marry in blowing him downe
Par. againe, with the breach your selues made, you lose your
Par. Citty. It is not politicke, in the Common‑wealth of
Par. Nature, to preserue virginity. Losse of Virginitie, is
Par. rationall encrease, and there was neuer Virgin goe, till
Par. virginitie was first lost. That you were made of, is met
Par. tall to make Virgins. Virginitie, by beeing once lost,
Par. may be ten times found: by being euer kept, it is euer
Par. lost: 'tis too cold a companion: Away with't.
Hel. Hel.
Hel. I will stand for't a little, though therefore I die
Hel. a Virgin.
Par. There's little can bee saide in't, 'tis against the
Par. rule of Nature. To speake on the part of virginitie, is