virginity
where continuall warre ys betweene loue & vertue there must bee some parties & continuall perills: Cupid was neur conquered & therefore must be flattered, virginity hath & therefore must bee humble.
By Ceres,
in Loves Metamorphosis (2.1.42-45),
John Lyly
in Bodleian Library MS English poetry d. 3, f. 86v