An attempt to make connections

Similarly to "The Country Wife," there are several references to "breeding" in this play.  In particular, we see much concern for the breeding of women.  This seems to be tied up in the "wit" of women.  Do these lines, and more than once speeches, reflect a historical moment in which women were gaining more access to education?  Could these also be a direct commentary (positive or negative) on the presence of actresses?  Or even a growing number of (public) female playwrights?  How can we connect this back to the Jacobean conception of the definition of proper (male) breeding?

Also present in "The Country Wife" was the presence of "the cosmopolitan."  Although we saw this in Jacobean comedy as well, the figure and attitudes towards him differ here.  Can we trace a larger social role for this stereotypical character through the 17th century?  Is this just another character absorbed into the "fop" definition Adam discussed last class?