PART VI CHAPTER I OF THE CAUSES OF A COURTESAN RESORTING TO MEN; OF THE MEANS OF ATTACHING TO HERSELF THE MAN DESIRED; AND OF THE KIND OF MAN THAT IT IS DESIRABLE TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH By ha... Read more
CHAPTER VI ABOUT THE WOMEN OF THE ROYAL HAREM; AND OF THE KEEPING OF ONE’S OWN WIFE THE women of the royal harem cannot see or meet any men on account of their being strictly guarded,... Read more
CHAPTER V ABOUT THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN KINGS and their ministers have no access to the abodes of others, and moreover their mode of living is constantly... Read more
CHAPTER IV ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF A GO-BETWEEN IF a woman has manifested her love or desire, either by signs or by motions of the body, and is afterwards rarely or never seen anywhere, or if... Read more
CHAPTER III EXAMINATION OF THE STATE OF A WOMAN’S MIND WHEN a man is trying to gain over a woman he should examine the state of her mind, and act as follows: If she listens to him, but... Read more
CHAPTER II ABOUT MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE WOMAN, AND OF THE EFFORTS TO GAIN HER OVER ANCIENT authors are of opinion that girls are not so easily seduced by employing female messen... Read more
PART V CHAPTER I OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN AND WOMEN. THE REASONS WHY WOMEN REJECT THE ADDRESSES OF MEN. ABOUT MEN WHO HAVE SUCCESS WITH WOMEN, AND ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE EASILY GAINED OVER... Read more
CHAPTER II ON THE CONDUCT OF THE ELDER WIFE TOWARDS THE OTHER WIVES OF HER HUSBAND, AND ON THAT OF A YOUNGER WIFE TOWARDS THE ELDER ONES. ALSO ON THE CONDUCT OF A VIRGIN WIDOW RE-MARRIED; OF... Read more
PART IV CHAPTER I ON THE MANNER OF LIVING OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, AND OF HER BEHAVIOUR DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER HUSBAND A VIRTUOUS woman, who has affection for her husband, should act in confo... Read more
CHAPTER V ON CERTAIN FORMS OF MARRIAGE 1 WHEN a girl cannot meet her lover frequently in private, she should send the daughter of her nurse to him, it being understood that she has confidenc... Read more
