Of Handmaids, Nurses, Midwiues, and Stepdames.THE NINTH BOOKE, Inscribed CALLIOPE: Intreating of Women in generall, with the Punishments appertaining to the Vitious, and Rewards due to the Vertuous.Of Witches that haue confest themselues to haue raised tempests in a most serene Skie, with other things of no lesse admiration.Of Witches that haue eyther changed their owne shapes, or transformed others.Of Witches transported from one place to another by the Deuill.Of Cyrce, and others remembred by the Poets.Of Cleobule Lindia, and other Poetesses.Of Women excellent in Philosophie, and other Learning.Of Women Orators, that haue pleaded their owne Causes, or others.THE EIGHTH BOOKE, Inscribed VRANIA: Intreating of Women euerie way Learned of Poetresses, and Witches, &c.Varietie of Discourse concerning Women.Of Clamorous Women commonly called Skoulds.Of Women strangely preserued from death, and such as haue vnwillingly beene the death of their Fathers.Of Women excellent in the Art of Painting, Weauing, &c.

Of Women addicted to Gluttonie, and Drunkenesse. The Coniugall Loue of Women towards their Husbands.Sacred Auguries and Nuptiall Expiations, &c.Of Nuptiall Ornaments, Pompe, Feasts, Epithalamions, &c.Of Contracts before marriage, and of Dowries, amongst whom they were allowed, and by whom forbidden.Of Sisters that haue beene kind to their Brothers.Intreating of the Pietie of Daughters towards their Parents, Women to their Children, Sisters to their Brothers, Wiues to their Husbands, &c. THE SEVENTH BOOKE, Inscribed POLYHIMNIA, or MEMORIE.Of diuerse Wantons belonging to sundry famous men, and others.THE SIXT BOOKE, Inscribed ERATO: Treating of Chast Women, and of Women Wantons.Of warlike Women, and those of Masculine vertue.Intreating of Amazons: and other Women famous either for Valour, or for Beautie. THE FIFTH BOOKE inscribed TERPSICHORE.Of Women that haue come by strange Deaths.Of many great Ladies branded with Adultery amongst the Romans: and first of Posthumia.Of Lyuia Horestilla, Lollia Paulina, Cesonia, &c.Of Women incestuous, of Adulteresses, and such as haue come by strange deaths. Of Women remarkeable for their loue to their Husbands.Of Queenes and other Ladies for diuers vertues memorable.Of Dido, Cesara, Gumilda, and Ethelburga.Of diuers Ladies famous for their Modestie.Containing the Histories of sundry Noble Ladies. Treating of Illustrious Queenes, Famous Wiues, Mothers, Daughters, &c.

THE THIRD BOOKE of Women, inscribed THALIA.

Of the Muses, the Sybells, the Vestalls, the Prophetesses, the Hesperides, the Graces, &c.

The Goddesses of the Hills, Woods, Groues, and Trees.

Of the Goddesses, Coelestiall: and first of IVNO.

The first booke which is CLIO, treating of the Goddesses Coelestiall, Terrestriall, Marine, and Infernall.

NINE BOOKES OF VARIOVS HISTORIE, ONELIE concerning Women: Inscribed by the names of the nine Muses.AN INDEX, OR TABLE, of Nine Bookes of Various Historie, onely concerning Women, inscribed by the Names of the Nine MVSES.TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE, AND MOST NOBLE, EDVVARD SOMERSET, Earle of Worcester, Baron Herbert of Ragland, Lord Chepstowe, Strigull, and Gower, Lord Priuie Seale, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and one of his Maiesties Priuie Councell.

Asian name pronounced tincta