How we cite our quotes: Act.Scene
Quote #1
Flam. …Her coyness! that 's but the superficies of lust most women have; yet why should ladies blush to hear that named, which they do not fear to handle? Oh, they are politic; they know our desire is increased by the difficulty of enjoying; whereas satiety is a blunt, weary, and drowsy passion. If the buttery-hatch at court stood continually open, there would be nothing so passionate crowding, nor hot suit after the beverage. (1.2)
Flamineo mocks the "coyness" of women—he claims that women act embarrassed about sexual talk, but not about the actual act itself. He argues that this is just a way of playing hard to get—they all want sex, but by acting shy or coy about it, they feed the male sexual appetite. Um…why don't you ask the ladies to verify that one, Flam?
Quote #2
Isab… Are all these ruins of my former beauty
Laid out for a whore's triumph? (2.1)
Isabella angrily calls Vittoria a "whore," and laments that her own beauty has fallen apart. By comparing it to ruins, it's like she's some ancient, noble, forgotten city, whereas Vittoria is just some newcomer setting up a sleazy sin city on top of it.
Quote #3
Mont. I shall be plainer with you, and paint out
Your follies in more natural red and white
Than that upon your cheek.Vit. Oh, you mistake!
You raise a blood as noble in this cheek
As ever was your mother's. (3.2)
Monticelso is playing off the idea of a "painted lady"—a prostitute who wears a lot of makeup. Vittoria boldly says that she doesn't wear any, and her cheeks are made red by noble blood, just like Monticelso's mother's. It's a pretty brave, cheeky thing to say (no pun intended).