14. “Gentlemen, isn’t the king great, aren’t men abundant, and isn’t wine strong? Who is it, though, that masters them or rules over them? Isn’t it women?
15. Women give birth to the king and to all the people who rule over the sea and land.
16. From women they all are born. It was women who brought up those men who plant the vineyards from which wine is produced.
17. “Women make men’s clothes. They bring men honor. Without women, men aren’t even able to exist.
18. If men gather gold and silver or any valuable thing, and then see a desirable and beautiful woman,
19. they forget everything to gaze at her. With mouths wide open, they stare at her. All choose her over gold, silver, or any other valuable thing.
20. A man leaves his own father, who raised him, and his own country, and clings to his own wife.
21. With his wife he departs this life, with no memory of his father or mother or country.
22. Therefore, surely you must recognize that women rule over you!“Don’t you work and labor, yet you bring everything and give it to women?