The Shadow I’ll no longer try
Or use the pleasing Toy
A sprightly Youth I can’t defy,
The Substance I’ll enjoy.
After these Adventures were over, Amaryllis likewise submitted to Matrimony with a Gentleman of Ferara; and they both enjoy’d the greatest Happiness, making no difficulty to forget all Sorrows past. The next Intrigues I shall mention, are of two famous Hermaphrodites, who were more vigorous than common in their Parts, at Urbino. It is not many Years ago (as the Story relates) that there liv’d at Urbino two Hermaphrodites, famous for their Intrigues, and indeed they were arriv’d to that consummate pitch of Impudence, that they were not asham’d to own their Bestiality, they not only frolick’d with each other, but with both Sexes in general; their Names were Diana and Isabella, both of reputable Birth, and well Educated. Diana on a Time being invited to the Nuptials of a certain Nobleman of Urbino, accompanied him to the House of a noted Clergyman, some distance from the Residence of Diana, to be a Witness to the solemnization of the Marriage, and being arriv’d there, every thing was instantly provided for the Ceremony; the Bride was attir’d in the richest Brocade Silks, with the finest Linnen that could be purchas’d; her Neck and Breasts were exposed very low, and heav’d with Desire, filling the Bridegroom with amorous Imaginations, her Hair was adorn’d with the most beautiful and odorous Flowers, which surrounded her heavenly Face, and made it appear like a Rose in its bloom, in a delightful Garden, just ready to be gathered. The Bridegroom was dress’d in Cloth of Gold, and Linnen of Flanders lac’d; on his Head was a flaxen Peruke reaching to his Waste of very great Value, and by his Side a Sword, whose Hilt was set with Diamonds.