Burrus defends himself by appealing to the homophobia and misogyny of his condemners

I think no man has prospered since his wedding

But by her lineage and dowry.

Yet foremost in a lady’s mind,

Her present suffering: It follows then

The requisition of condolement

Falls on us constant -

Therefore women are no more to empire

Than little rural people come from their villages

To demand restitution - it being

Our duty always to console them,

Yet never their’s to fight. It is certain

An eagerness pervades the gender,

Yet even still, it is a greater sickness

Which makes a man immune to women

And robs him of the instinct, where any man

Of great will and internal needing

Who makes those assays and forfeitures

Which Seneca before me well described

May rise up and be powerful.

By all measures, I have made them, and

If ever there be cause, I will again. Aye,

If I do lust, ’tis for advantages.

As for the doll: It does disturb us all.