‘’To the ladies’’

                                                                 

Wife and servant are the same,

But only differ in the name.

When the word ‘’obey’’ has said,

And man by law supreme has made,

Fierce as an eastern prince he grows

And all his innate rigor shows.

Then shun, oh shun that wretched state

And all the fawning flatterers hate

Value yourselves and men despise

You must be proud if you’ll be wise.

-Lady Chudleigh (1656-1710)