“England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.”

—  Robert Burton , book The Anatomy of Melancholy

Section 3, member 1, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III

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