John Trapp on Proverbs 11:16

Verſ. 16. A gracious woman retaineth honour] Such a one as is ſet forth in Lemuels Leſſon, Prov. 31. ſuch as was Sarah, Deborah, Abigail, Eſter, Queen Elizabeth, of whom a great French Princeſſe gave this Elogium, Thuan. Hiſt. lib. 124. that ſhee was glorioſiſſima, & omnium quae unquam ſceptrum geſſerunt feliciſſima foemina, the braveſt and happieſt woman that ever ſwayed Scepter. Piety, Sobriety, Purity, Charity, and Chaſtity (maugre the venemous tongues of all Hell-born ſlanderers, ſuch as Sanders, Rhiſton, and other Romiſh raylers, Sanderus lupa[illegible: 1 letter] Anglicanam appellat. Rhiſtonus noſtram leaenam, &c. Speed. 1236. and dead Doggs that barked againſt her) were her inſeparable companions: never ſuffering any Lady to approach her ſacred preſence, of whoſe ſtain ſhe had but the leaſt ſuſpicion.

And ſtrong men retain riches] By their induſtry and good husbandry: that they may maintain their Wives honour, and bear up their port according to their place. Others render it, Improbi apprehendunt divitias. Wicked men catch at wealth, ſc. in the choyce of their wives. And indeed among Suters, both in Love and in Law, Mony is a common medler, and commonly drives the bargain and buſineſs to an upſhot.

Proti[illegible: 2 letters]s ad ce[illegible: 1 letter]ſum:Juvenal. de moribus ultima fiat Quaeſtio.—good enough if goods enow.