78. Is not nature herself then a teacher of modesty? Following her example, the modesty of men, which I suppose Cic. de Off. I. 40, § 142. is so called from the mode of knowing what is seemly, “modestia…quam a modo scientiæ, quid deceret, appellatam arbitror.” has covered and veiled what it has found hid in the frame of our body; like that door which Noah was bidden to make in the side of the ark; Gen. vi. 16. wherein we find a figure of the Church, and also of the human body, for through that door the remnants of food were cast out. Thus the Maker of our nature so thought of our modesty, and so guarded what was seemly and virtuous in our body, as to place what is unseemly behind, and to put it out of the sight of our eyes. Of this the Apostle says well: “Those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary, and those members of the body which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.” 1 Cor. xii. 22, 23. Truly, by following the guidance of nature, diligent care has added to the grace of the body. In another place Ambr. de Noe et Arca. cap. viii. I have gone more fully into this subject, and said that not only do we hide those parts which have been given us to hide, but also that we think it unseemly to mention by name their description, and the use of those members.