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THE
ANATOMY OF
MELANCHOLY:
WHAT IT IS.
WITH ALL THE KINDES, CAV«
SES, SYMPTOM E S, PRO GNO STICKS,
AND SEVERALL CVRES OF IT.
IN IH^EE MAINE <PJ1{T1T10 2^$
with their fcucr all Section s, Mem-
sirs, and Svbsectxons.
fHJLOSOPHlCALLT , MEDICI-
NALLT) HISTORIC ALLT
fife/ted and cut vp s
BY
Democritvs Junior.
With a Satyricall P r b p a c a 3 conducing to
the following Difcourfc.
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meated by the Author*
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HONORATISSI
MO DOMINO, NON
MINVSVIRTVTESVA
Q^VAM GENERIS
SPLENDORE
ILLVSTR1SSIMO,
GEORGIO BERKLEIO,-
MILITI DE B A L N E O *
BARONI DE BERKLEY,
MOVBREY, SEGRAVE,
D» DE BRVSE.
DOMINO SfO
Mukis Nominibus Obferuando,
HAN C SVAM
MELANCHOLIAE
ANATOMEN*
I A M DENVO
REV ISAM,
D.D.
DEMOCRITVS luoiw.
DEMOCRITVS IVNIOR
TO THE READER.
Entlc Reader, I prcfume thou wilt bee very mquifitiue
to know what perfoliate A&or this is,that fo infolent-
ly intrudes vpon this common Thcater,to the Worlds
view, arrogating another mans name, whence hecis,
why he doth it,and what he hath to fay ? Although, as
a he faid, Primum Jinolstero, non rejpondebo^ qtsis coaclts-
rm eft ? J am free borne , and may chufe whether I will
tell,who can com pell me? And could here readily reply with that Egyptian
in b Plutarch ^ when a curious fellow would necdes know what he had in his
basket^/**//? vides velatam.quid Squirts in rem abfconditamYw was therfore
couercd,bccaufe hee lliould not know what was in it. Sceke not after that
which is hid,if the contents pleafe thee, c And he for thy vfe^fuppefe the man
in the Moone 3 or whom thou wilt to be thy Author j I would not willingly be
knownc. Yet in fomc fort to giue thee fatisfaclion, which is more then J
need 3 I will fhew a rcafon,both ofthisvfurpcdnaniejTitle^nd SubiecT:. And
firft ofthc name of Democritiu^tft. any man by reafon of it 5 fhould be decei-
uedjcxpc&ing a Pafquill,a Satyre,or fomc ridiculous Treatife (as I my fclfe
(houldhauedoncjorfome prodigious Tcnent, or paradoxe ofthc Earths
motioo^of infinite Worlds in infinite vacuo, ex fortuita atomorum collijione,
in an infinite waftc,fo caufed by an accidental! collifion of motes in the Sun,
all which Democrittss held, Epicurm 3 and their matter Leuctpptss of old main-
tamed 3 and are lately reuiucd by Copernicus ^Brunus^nd fame others. Befides
it hath bin alway es an ordinary cuftome, as d Gellim obferues, for later wri-
ters and impo/lors,to broach many abfurdandinfolent fic7ions t vnder the name
»ffo noble a Pbilofopher as Dcraocritus , to get themfelues credit^ and by that
meaner the more to be resetted. "Tis not fo with me,
« Ncn hie Cent auros, non Gorgonas y Harpy a
InvenieSy hominem pagina noftrtfapit.
No Centaures heere ? or Gorgons looke to find 3
My fubiect is of man,and humane kind.
Thou thy felfe art the fubicfk of my Difcourfe.
{ Quicqu'tdagant homines ^otumpmor^ra^volupt as 5
Gaudia^difcurfsK) nojlri farrago UbeUu
What e're men doCjVowcSjfcares^n ire 3 in fport,
Ioycs,wandrings,are the fumme of my report.
Myintentisnootherwife to vfe his name , then iMereuriu* Gal!$belght*s ?
Mer curias Britannicusyk the name oiMcrcury^DemocritusChrsfiianm^c,
Although there be fomc other circumflances, for which 1 haue masked my
fclfe vndcr this vifard 5 and forae peculiar refpe&s, which I cannot fo well ex-
si 3 preflc,
• Seneet'm lu£$
inmtrrtemChit*
dii Cje/aris.
b Lib.de tump*
Utt.
c Medd bactibi
ufui fat, quern,
vis tuthorem
d Isb.xo.'c.ii.
Mult a a male
ferktis in T>e»
muntincnun
comnientu dutttt 9
7iobltatii>auUh
taatisq t eiu*
perfugto utcntt"
bun.
* Martialu lib,
lotyig.x*.
*luv.Satj,
t Anth. ?tf «
tejfeo. e&tjfo
lorn if 10,
DemtcritHS to the reader.
wearifh old man, very melancholy by nature, aucrfc from company in his
latter times, 1 and muchgiuentofolitarinelTe, afamousPhilofopherinhis
2 preffe, vntill I hauefctdowne a briefc character ofjihis our Demerit us,
s nb e»» 7)4- what he was,with an Epitome of his life.
m$et. Democrttut^shz is defcribed by S Hippocrates and [* Laer tiu* , was a little
• Hwfw/o fibi
tellukm fell-
gens ibiq- fap- a g Cj k coetw with i'^^s .wholly addicted to his ftudies,at the lait, ar>d to
vZt }oiitT $ ' a P« uat€ liftiWrit many excellent workes. A great Diuinc, according to the
r'w diuinity of chofe times 5 an expert Phyfitian 3 a Politician, an excellent Mathc*
* Flsruit oiym- mat j c i anjas n j s 1 Diacofmfa&nd the reft of his Workes doe witncfle.He was
at^pofino' much delighted with the ftudics of husbandry /aith m Columella, and ofren J
ww. finde him cited by *Conjhnttnm and others, treating of thatfubicd. Hee
\maf^bt kncw thc naturesjdififerenccs of all Beafts } Plants, FifticsJBirds, and as fome
flute txctUit, fay^could vndcrftand the tunes and voices of them, In a word he waiomnifa-
Laen. rtam jooi&s^ gencrall Schollcr, a great ftudent^ and to the intent hee might
nfm^rtiib.' better coiuemplatc,P I find it related, that he put out his eyes , and was vo-
ieagnc.pafim. lyntarily blind^yct faw more then all GreecebcijAcs, and 1 writofeuery fub-
ovoUctum to- - e ^^ jqihd in toto oprfcio nature, de quo non [crip ft. A man of an excellent
£«%rcV'fi- wit, profound conceit; and to attaine knowledge the better inhisyounger
ck.Abd:ritm y Car cs, hee trauellcd to *J£'g?pt and r to Athens^ to conferre with learned
T's]!beTcM meu f adtmretief fome jlefpi fed ofothers m After a wandring life, he fettled at
exempiM.io. ^bdera a to wne in Thrace^ and was fent for thither to bee their law-maker,
"it^Ht'mZ' R ccort k r 3 or Towne.cleafkc,as fome wills or as others, he was there bred &
tmtmfiatim borne.Howeuer it was,thcrehe liucd at laft in a garden in the fuburbs whol-
tperam dare:, |y betaking himfclfc to his ftudies, and to a priuate life. 1 Swing that feme*
^™f"fw£jc times he would voalke dovpne to the hnuen^ u and laugh hartrfy at fucb variety of
eagitatma*&c ridiculous obiedsj&hicb there he y^Jv.Such a one was Democritm*
1^11™™! ^ llt * n tnc racanc time, how doth this concernc roec,.or vpon what refe*
thematka, libe- rence doe I vfurpe his habit? I confeffe indecd,that to compare my felfe vn-
voles di(cipimas, t0 him for ought 1 haue yet faid,werc both impudency and arrogan^y, J do
ump7rtt^mcal- not P rc ^ urr, c to make any parallcll , antifiat mihimiliihm trecentts^- parvus
iebst. fnm.nu&tu fum^altum nec jp'tro^nec fj>eroXcx. thus much 1 will fay of my felfe,
m»&'nemme an< ^ c ^ at ^ope without all fufpition of pride, or felfe-conceic, that I haue
meiit. Jiu'd a filenr,fedentary, folitary,prina^ in the Vniacrfitie
« idem comem- this twenty yeares and more 5 penned vp moft part in my ftudy. And though
C^tT" b y m y peofeffion a Diuinc.yet turbine rapt tu ingenij^ y he faid,out ofa twir
tsoieht ad par- ning wit,an vnconftant,vnfcttIed rninde,l had a great defirc (not able to at-
'^i^'&f' ta ^ ne to an ^ ^ u P cr ^ c ^ a ^ s ^'^ m am //J t0 nauc ^ omc fmattcring in all, to be a-
m'ip. n.nmei. fy** in omnibus stilus in fingulu ,which z Plato commends,and out of him
*Perp:tuo rifit *Lipfius approues and fanhcvsios fit t<K&e imprinted i® allcuricus wttt^not be
unfZ'buDe' a fl aue °f * n(! ft tc ™ e > Qr dwell altogether in enefnhteci^ai moft doe, but to rme a.*
wurittujuvii. £>W,centum pucr artium,^ haue an oare^f ineuery mans hoat % *to ta$e ofe-
*Vu rum Ah- Uery dt ^ md f'f °f eaer y c^ 5 whichfaith e Montaigne, was wel 1 performed by
wmptflsrem*. ^'riftotle,znd his learned Country -mm Adrian Tnrnebm. This rouing hu-
seUam. Mart. mour f though not with like fucceffe/ I haue euer had, and like a ranging
I IfZ'tet. Spaniell,that Darkcs ^ euery bird he fecs,lcaumg his gamc.l haue followed
•phu strnM. all/auing that which I fhould 3 and may iuftly complainc.and truly, aui ul> ta
tBf.9. Dtzma } 1 ' ■« ^
npidis& curiofn'mienui 'mpimendum,Ht fit talis qui nuUireifavUt,0utexacleunum<diquidehbmt^ ui artifices &c
\ 'ft.
Dtmocntus to the Reader.
eftjwfqutnt ^,which d Geftter did in modefty^Yizt I haue read many bookes, 3
but to little purpot'e,for want of good method , I haue confufedly tumbled d ?**f*tMbi'f
ouer many Authors in our Libraries, with fmall profit, for want of Art t or- tbt€ '
der.memoryjiudgemcnt. 1 neuer trauelled but in Mappe or Card,in which
mine vnconftned thoughts haue freely expaciated, as hauing euerheence*
/pecially delighted with the ftudy of Cofmography. t Saturne was Lord of my e Ambo forte:
geniture.eulminating^c. and ^rjprincipall/%»/^^<?r of manners, in J aJ ®^j.
partileconiun&ion with mine % both fortunate in their houfes,
cVc.iamnotpoorc, I am notvkh'jnih// eft.rfrb^/ drefi^ I haue little, I want ifx'apnmaht^
nothing: all my Treafure is in Minerva s ToWre. Preferment as I could ne- ° , tegk
iter get,fo am 1 not in debt for it, although my friends prouidencc, care,ala-
crity,and bounty was neuer wanting to doc rnee goGd,, ycDeithcr through
mine own default, infelicity, wantorneglcc r t of opportunity, iniquity of
times,prepofterous proceeding, my hopes were ftiil fruftrate, and J left be-
hind ,as a Dolphin on {here, confined to my CoUedge, as Democrilus to his
garden, D/'^tff'rto his tubbe, where I ftill continue, andleadaMonaftiquc
\\\t>mihi dr mufi$ y fequeftred from thole tumults and troubles of the world,
£t tanquamirt jpetulapcfitns ( a as he faidjjheare what is done abroad, how
others b runne, ride.turmoile, and macerate themielues in court & country, Jtet^Uimi
farre from thofc wrangling Law futes, aHUvunitatem^fori ambiticnemfi- litres, ant
deremecumfolco:] laugh at all, c onely (ecurejeft wyfute goe amtjfepny fhippes w fo* t3 *jf m j*
pertfbj haue novotfe nor child- en, goo A or bad to prcuide for, A mere fpcclator t*» t "ommin-
of other mens fortunes and adventures , IHcarencwneweseuery day ,and nei & c %0f*4tf
thofe ordinary rumors of warre , plagucsjfii es^nundations^hcfts, murders, f^<i/««r«*»
maflacrcSimeteorSjComets/peciruiiis^apparitions.-oftownes taken, cities veexedam m*
befieged in France .Germany J 1 r^rky^Perfia,Poltnd > &c. dayly mutters and pre- ^jj^jj mu ™
parations,& fuch like, which thefc tempeftuous times *ftord 3 batteIs fought, ham^Z'mtf^
fo many menilam,mo aomachies^fhipwrackeSjPiracies,^ 5cafighi:,Pe^ce, l*f*t*tomie,
Leagius,Stratagemmcs,&frefh alarums.Avaftconfufie:i ofvowes,wi<hc<, Sf*^*"
aftionsjedidlsjpctitionsjavv-futesjpleas^awes.proclamations^.omphints,
grieuances , are dayly brought to our cares , new bookes euery day, parn-
phlets,currantocs,ftories,whole Catalogues of bookes of all forts , new oa-
radoxes^pinions.fchifmeSjberefies^eBtrouerfiesinPhilofbphy^Religionj,
&c.Now comes tidings ofweddings,maskings,mum:«en'es,cntertainmets,
Iubilies,Emba{fies, tilts & tournaments,trophies 5 triumphes, reuels/ports,
playes,then againe treafons^heatingtrickes^obberies, enormous vilbnies
of all forts, funerals, burials,dcath of Princes; newdifcouericsjexpeditions.,
now Comical!, then Tragicall mattcrs.To day wee heare of new Lords and
officers created,to morrow of fomc great men depofed, and then againe of
frefh honors conferred,one is Ietloofc,asother imprifonedjone purchafeth,
another breaketh,hee thriues,his neighbour turnes banckrupt ; now plenty,
then againe dearth and faminej one runncs 7 another rides.wrangjesjauehcs
weepes,&c.Thus J daily heare,& fuch like, both priuate, and publike newes,
frivus prtvatm.zs I haue ftill liued,and fo now continue, ftatu quo prihs^Mi
to a fblitary life,and nainc owne domefticke difcontcnts: Sailing that iomc-
times, ne quit menti/tr^s Diegenes went into the city, and Demtcritut to the
haucn to fee fafhions , I did for my recreation now and then walke abroad,
loekc into the world 3 and could notchoofebut make fomc little obferuati-
on
Vmomm to the %(eader.
g on ,» on tarn fdgdx obfcrvdtorjet fimflex recit*tor 9 no t as they d id,t© i coffc or
f Hor. laugh at all,but with a mixt paflion,
I ^ { litem (ap},iocum vefiri movers tumult us t \ I die) fonao
1 secundum time laugh and fcoffc with LutU* % and Satyrically taxc with Mcnipfus^ la-
frQMbfi ^Frtl mcat withHerdclitus,(omeiinies3gzitic J was S petuUuti jplenc cdckinno,
0pac^liiibvfi^^^^ : ^,^vrereh/uiecur i J was much rnooued to fee that abufc
»f<*;"- which I could not amend. In which paflion howfoeuer I may fympathife
™flMbalp!m- w "h him or them/tis for no fnch refpect J flaroud my fclfc vnder his name,
dt uturmrans, but cither vnder an vnknownc habitc, to atfume a little more liberty & free*
ubifediU & do- d 9mQ of fpeccla,or if you will needs know.for that reafon and oaely refpecl;.
ctnfpmebaiur. which Hippocrates relates at large in his Epiftlc to Damegetus, wherein nee
k iffe tmftfui dothexprefTcJiowcomraingtovificehiraoncday, he found Democriius in
"wMwiJm kis garden at AboUrajn the fuburbs, i voder a ftiady bowre, k with a book on
babe*s, &u- his knees 3 b«fie at his ftudy 3 (bmetimes writing,fomctime walking. The fub-
tmi <IU }*• j c $. f his boekc was Melancholy and MadncSe, about him lay the carkaffes
dpifytii- °? many feucrall beafis 3 newly by him cut vp and anatomized , not that lice
maikumuh- did contcmite Gods crcatures 3 as he told Hippocrates } but to find out the feac
rSwSwr?'" otthisdtra Lite or Melancholy, whence it proceeded, and how it was en-
mtbttur. ' gsndred in mens bodies,to the intent tie might better cure it in hirafelfe 3 Sc
9xtHfihT& i y writings and obferuations, * teach others how to preuent and auoide
mmlapLft, n: which good intent of his 5 Hippocrdtes highly commended 3 Vewecri-
& nefemfe tas Iunior is therefore bold to imitate, and becaufshee left itvnperfeci, to
2gj'22j*£ profecBtea»dfim<hiatbisTteatife.
nscaUgerep. You hauc had a reafon of the Name, if the title ana Smcription offend
^ our | rav ^y» wcrc * c a fefficicnt iuftification to accufe others , J could pro*
fare^hvitat ducc many f°^ ec Treatifes 3 evcn Sermons themfelues , which in their fronts
qnami*Qfma-: carry more phantafticall names. Howfoeuer it is a kindc of pollicy in thefe
ZTdi- daiesjto P rc ^ x a phantafticall title to abookc which is to be fold: for as larks
hiiisrmenefi come downcto a day-ncr 3 many vaine Readers will tarry and ftand gazing
%*" petulaBS Iilcc palTengers , at an Aaticke picture in a painters Chop, that will not
■ Li.io.eap. l°°ke at a iudicious peecc. And indeed^ as 01 Scaliger obferues, more
ii.miras fequu invites d Redder then an Argument vnlookedfor \pnthought of andfcHsbet*
fejltltlLT** ^thenafcurrile Pamphlet .Many men f*\ihGeliitu , are_j very conceited i*
o prafktjtat. their i9fcriptio*s,2ad able fas ° Pliny quotes out of Seneca)tQ make him loi-
^cVm'vmi- tCr by the w2 y^ At **** '* t0 fad * midwife for hit daughter , now red*
l7tifii*lcZ'. *y t0 h e dwnc. For my part I haue honourable P prefidcnts for this which I
fMiimJram in- haue done: I will cite one for?all , Anthony Zara Tap. eftfe. his Anatomy of
^Zl£yo£ wit > in fourc Seaions 3 Memb ers/ubfcaions 3 Sc'c.to be read in our Libraries.
Popery. Ana- If any man except againft the matter or manner of treating of this my
2[ im " Subiea 3 and will demand a reafon ofit , J can alleagc more then one, I write
Angel** Seal*,
of Melancholy, by being bufie to avoid Melancholy. There is no greater
Anatomy of caufe of Melancholy then idlenefle , no better cure then bufinejfe , as *l Rhafis
Amm T*.tl'. h ® ,ds; ancih °wbeit, flultw tdbtr eftineptiarum, to bee bulled in toyes is to
*o* eft euro me- fmall purpofe.y ct hearc that divine 5^M,better aliudagcrc quam nihil, bet-
*XyT W Jd°de tCr d .° C 10 00 Cnfi chen nothin S* 1 writ ^crcfore 3 and bufied my fclfc in this
novo quid tide-
playing labour,like chem 3 faith Lueidnjkmrecttcte trees y dnddecUtme to pil*
recmtkvcteri : lers for Wdnt of Auditors: as Pdulios *y£ginetd confcfTeth of him fclfc not that
Ww^et **? »" **k*mm $r mitt ed, but to cxenife mj felfe , which courfc if
viatmii cutfa fom«
Democritus to the reditf.
fome tobkc,J thinke it would be good for their bodies , and much better for 5
their foules,or peradventure as fome doe for fame,to fhew my felfe (Seirc^t f
tnum whileftjiifite fcire hoc feint alter ) I might bee of Thucididet opinion, l e f]^ff e}im
f to knowe a thing and not exprejfe ttjs all one 44 if heknewe it not. When J tnexprmupcr-
firft teoke this taskc in hand,this I ayrncd at$ tyelvt leniremanimum fcribe-
do to eafenoy mindc by writmg,for i had l gravidum corfatum caput, a kindc nothtm »fu
©fimpofhime in my head 3 which 1 was very defiroustobec vnladcnof, and doiowndcime
could irnagineno fitter euacuation then this. Befides J could not well re- ^'jf^J; it
hiinzfotvbi dolor ibi digit ut, one mil ft needs fcrat where it itcheth. I was *m iohn '
not a little offended with this malady. fhall I fay my Mvftris Melancholy , my ^" sour p ^
^£geria 1 o\v^maltisGeniu4 i and for that caufe, as hee chat is flung with a ^.Hopper \m
Scorpion,! would expell clavum clavo y u comfort one forrow with another, Guthridgedrs
idleticflc with idlenede: or as he did . of whom x Fdix Plater fpeakes , that f '
though he had fome of ^Artflophanes frogs in his belly 3 ftill crying Brecc ckex ta ,tm
coax coax \pop, oop ^c^and for that caiife (tndicd Pbyfkkc feauen ycares,& tra- p#twyidieie-
velled oner molt part of Europe to cafe himfelfe : to doe my felfe good i tiir- qul^rmk
ned ouer fuch Phyfitians our Libraries would afford ; or my * private friends ego mttiikto
imparc,and hauc taken this paines. And why not? Cardan prbfefleth he writ
his bookes de Conjohtionenktx his fonnes death/o comfort himfelfe, fo did imdffit flutit *
Tulty write of the fame fubie& vvith the fame intent , after his daughters de- P*- .
partus if it bee his at It aft,or fome impoftors put out in his name , which l^dm'.i'pf 1
Lipfiwi probably iiifpedts. Concerning my felfe, I can peraduentnre afErme ekph*miafe»fa
that which Mariw did i n Saiuftj y that which others he are of & read of, J felt v ^ A ^^ ailtt "
andpracJifedmy felfcjhcyget their knowledge by bookes , Imine by melancho- ^jlt'iixit^
////#£,Experto crede RouERTo.Something 1 can fpeake out of experience^ b lliada
with her in the Poet , x Haud ignar.t malt miferis fuccurrere difco. ] would j^ffi^ .
helpe others out of a fellow feeling , andasthatvertuous Lady did of old, mjfumquid i
* betng a leader her. felfe \beflow all her portion to build an Hejjr/tall for leapers , I l' n f stt
willfpend my time and knowledge > which are my grcateftforcunes 3 for the *Mag* iwpiunt
Common good of all. mortuorum lu-
Yea but you will inferre, that this is b actum Agere vnrtecefTary workc, SjJJ^ 1
sr&mben bu coil am apponere 5 thefame againe and againe in other words: To- ^hcicf.vit.
what purpoTe? \ Toothing is omitted that may well be faid, fo thought Lutian ' Llbm
in the like Thcame. How many excellent Phyfitians bane written iufl Vo- fSw?v*^
lumes and elaborate Tracts of this fubiec"t? No ncweshere,all that which I ' o> rjig
haue,isftolnc from others, c Vtcit^mihimea pagina fur es. If thatfeuerc
doomc ot * Syriefws be true. It is a greater offence to fieale dead mens labours, RcvcrendL.
then their cloathesjwhat fhall become of moil writers ? I hold vp my. hand at B ^°P°>
the barre amongft the reft,an^ am guilty of fcllony in this kindc , habes ctnfi. Yno^fa-
tent em rcnm\ am content to be prefTed with the refUTis mod uwzfenet in- melici g!ori<ead
fanabilemxltos Scribendi caeo'ethes 3 and d there is ne end of 'writing of bcokes, flfo^u"*-;
as the wife man found of old,iii this e fcriblingage,cfpecial!y wherein f the di^congerunf.
number of books is without number \&s a worthy man faith 3 Preffes be oppreffed, Bitch/mim*
and out ofan itching humour, that every man hath to fhewhimiclfe , Sdefi- afmiMfa*-
rous offame and honour,he will write no matter what, and fcrape together mm&tju^m
it bootes not whence. h Bewitched with this defire offame s etiam medijs in •
fnorbis to the difparagemcnt of their health s and fcarcc able to hold a penne, ex^imth-
thcy mttft fay fomcthiog, * and vet themfelttes a name Jaith Scd&cr , though it v^ um
Vemocritta to the Reader.
6 ben the downefall and rttineef many others. To be counted wtiter$,fcriptore$
k OtmafiLifx- vtfalutenturj.0 be thought and held Polumathes and Polihiftrsj.0 get a pa-
&qulmwL per kingdome: they will ru(h into all latmng/ogatam^armatam, divine, hu-
in orbem fargi mane authors/akc ouer all Indues & pamphlets for nctes,as our merchants
imtenhmvt ^oeftranee hauens for traffiquc 5 write great TomesXa** nonftnt reverada*
rci habeas Btores fedUqnactores, wbe as they are not thereby better icnolIers,but grea*
A*!*™. ?t<f. t cr praters. They commonly pretend publikc good,but as k Gefner obferucs
^p'aum, ' tis P r '^ e an ^ vanity that egges theta on,no newes or ought worthy ol note
m E.vcmomii but the fame in other tearroes. As i^pothecaries wee make new mixtures e«
f »Nm um ro- verv ^ a y » P ovvrc ol,t °f onc vc ^ c ^ mto another, and skim of the creamc
fert* kibiieibe- ofether mens wits,pickc out the choice flowers out of their tild gardens to
ixyimcioAcx. fet out our ownefterill plots. A fault that every writer findes, as J doenow
cbmTtm'ct nn ^ }' ct faulty themfelues, 1 trium liter arum homines^W theeucs pilfer out of
tm 'im^K. old writers to ftuffe vp their new coraments,fcrape Ennim dunghills, out
tapn re-nl' °^ m V emocr ? tw P' lt » as J nauc done. By which meanes it comes to pafle,
Trancix n that not only Libr dries and fhops are full of our puted papers ? hut every defeat
bwifmbevXi y^/^W/^jj they feruc to put vnder pics to,°lappefpicein , andkeepe
fmel k fatvAui roftmeat from burning. With vs in Francefyhh P Scaliger , every man hath
s oi'm'liierteob liberty to write. J? ut few ability, 1 heretefore^j learning w^u graced by iudiuom .
^Tmncfodent f ea0 ^ rs fi uf mw no ^ e Jcmmcs are vilified by bafe and illiterate fcrtblers^ that
cb homines. cither write for vaine glory 3 or need,or to get money, or as parafites to flat-
t A*f p*s* . tcr and collogue with fome great man,put out f hurras fluifquiliafj p inept j-
vJuminavix* a f%> am ongfi \f§ many thoufand authors joufbatlj 'carce finde one by reading of
vnm i cuius U- whom youftallbe any whit better i but rather much worfe , qui bus txficitur po«
fo'llZ 7m ttm yV mm p^ r f cttttr y by which hce is rather infccted 3 then any way perfected,
mpat'm nm r Cardan findes fault with Frenchmen and Germanes for this fcribling to n©
peinr. purpofe, mn inquit ah edendo dcterreo } modo novum aliquid inveniant , hee
« st'rl'opcrtc't ^oth not ^ ar l ^ cm t0 vv " tc /° that it be fome new invention of their ownc$
ejfe i ngeaUtm but wc vveaue the fame webbe ftrl,and twift the fame rope againe & againe,
fcrtuviemum or ^ c a ncw i ni,cn ti° n i'" s Dl,t ^ omc bable or lo f, and who fo cannot in.
prmiutj &c. ven t? t He mufl haue a barren wit, that in his fcribling age can forger nothing.
u cardan frxf. u p r } nee s fhew their armies jricb men vaunt their buildings fouldiers their mx~
tH«$r.x . hoodjtnd (chellers vent their toyes y they rauft read , they muft heare whether
SaM- they will or no« \Et quodcun^femelchartk illeverit pmncs
M^iH'^ Gefiiet *f ur * rede ^ s f^e Unfa Etpueros & anut.~
rum proventnm * What once is faid andwrit,all men muft knewe^
mnntubk *ttu- old wiucs and children,as they comcSi goe, what
mu'fferlSa tympany of ~Po ets hath thk year -e brought tut , asPliny complames to Sbffius
quotioH aliqttii SmzCws ^ ft t his i^dpritl ettery dayfomeor other hauc^t recited. What'aCata"
Tide*.' logweof new bookes all this yeare , all this age (Jfay; haue our Francfurt
* Pnaripf* Mart^domefticke brought out^ Twice a yeare ? t Proferunt fe nova in<reni<g
teifawiitm ^ °fi enUnt ^ rt Wretch our wits out and fet them to fale. So that.which Gef
Menm, vur- ner fo m ^ defircs > if " a Speedy reformation bee not had by forac Princes ci
guentur eittho' diets and ^raue fupervifors/o reftraine this liberty , it will runne on in in ft
*£%2h nitnm * ™° ^ rcad thcm?as alrcady^cftiallhauc a vaft Chaos & y GO C
toUantur. &te- fufion ofbookes. We are | opprelTed with them , our eyes ake withrea-
mtrefcribendi
SibUb coerceatur titer in infinitu fregrejfura. J OmrabunturmgmianemeUititdiiftfficit. i Libris ebmmur mmR
toanittvaitwdodtlmjmSitade Mmo.
din
g
'Democritus to the dreader.
dingjour fingers with turning. For my part ] am one of the number, uos #»• 7
mcrut fumm. J doc not deny it,} hauc only this of Macrebiu* to fay for nay
ielfc,O/00<? meum nihil mcum y i\s all mine and none mine. As a good huf-
wife out of many fleeces makes one peecc of cloath, a Bee gathers waxc and
hony out ofmanyf1owers,and makes a new bundle of all,
* Flonferu vt apes in fdtibm omnia lib Ant , J haue laborioufly ^
• collected this Cento out of many Authors,& that fweiniuria,\ haue wron* y^bmMum
ged no Authors 5 but what Varro lib.d.de re r/^.fpeakes of Bees, minim} ma fait r,?c><m,&
iefictnuUius opusvefocantesfaciuvi deterius } J can fay of my felfe, wfrom l J C6 ^Z c n J^^
hauc I inmred? the matter is theirs moft part J make them pay tnbute.to fct mm adfidem
out this my Mactrcnicon fhc method only is mine owne : I muft vfurpe that & / u - h ^" atm
of Wecker e T event io fiihd ditlam quodnon diclumpr/us \methodus fola urti* tcr 4 1 omet
ficem ojlenditfivz can fay nothirgbut what hath beenc faid , the compofiti* authres mm i
on and m ethod is ours on!y,and fhewes a fcholler. Or ib<ifiw 3 v£tins, i^jvt d ^^/^
hauc all our of Galen , but to their ownc method , diner fo jlylo non di» mburh/jisad
verfa fide s our Poets ftealc from Homeric fpewes,faith ts£lian t rhcy lick it l^ff^*
vp.Divinesvfe^«y?/«5 wordes verbatim ftill, and our ftory drcflcrsdocas syntak/med.
much,he that comes laft is commonly beftj donee qivdgrandius mtas \ JnUc.\o. #
Pvjtera/orfafirat meittr, though there were many Gi-
ants of old in Phyjjcke & PhiIofophy,yet J fay with { Diduus Stella y a drvarfe
Jlandwgontbefhouldersof 'a Giant jnay fee farther then a Giant himfelf^X ^fi™",'^
may likely adde,aUcr,ar\d fee more then my prcdecefTors; c and it is no more c ^wW*
preiudice forme to write after others,then for tAZlianus Mont alt us that fa- mmtexmidek
jnous Phifician ,to write de morbu capitis after IafonPrAtenfts^HeurnmsMil- * e j!£ J*^*
deJhem^drc.mAny horfes to runne in a raec^one Logician,©oe Rhetorician, tannic %o\Ut
af:er another.Oppofe then what thou wilt,l folue it thus. And for thofe o-
t er faults of barbarifme c £*™^ dialed , extern poranean ftile , Tautolo- ^mvtaplt*'
gies,apifh imitation , a rapfodicofragges gathered together from fcverall LipfmadutrfM
dunghi!ls,and confufedly tumbled out: without art , inuemion, iudgemenr, t^f^r^
wit,Iearning 5 harfh,3bfurd,iBfoIent,indifcrcet ? illcompofed 3 vaine, fcurrilc, date milk fi*
idlcjdull^nd dry; J confelTc all,thou canft not think worfe of me then I doe q^tnr.
of my felfe. All I fay is this,that I haue d prefidents for it,which Jfosrates cals m *™ es d ^* m
perfugtum ys qui pe 'cc ant, others as abfurd,vaine.,idle, illiterate, &c. T^ennuHi bit fore finltar x ,
aty ida w freer unt 3 othcxshai\c done as much,it may bee, more, and perhnpps tMartiai.ii*-
thou thy fe\fe,N0uimus& quite^drc. wee hauc all our faults ftimus & hanc
i>em*m,drc. c thou ccnfiireft me,fo hauc I done others i and may doe f thee 3
Cedimus tne^ vicem .^c.'tis lex talionts, quid pro quo. Got now cenfure , cri-
tic ize, fcoffc and paile. 5 ?(*f utu$ fis vf % itcet fis denify nafus .
T^on potes in nugas dicer e flura rneas^
If(e ego quam dixi^c,
Wer'ft thou all feoff es and flotits,a very Mcmus 9
Then we our fclues,thou canft not fay worfe of vs,
Thus as when women fcold hauc I cryed whore firft, and in fomc mens
cenfurcsjl am afraid I hauc ouerfhot my felfe, Laudarefe vani , vitftpersrc^>,
fulfils I doe not arrogatej Will not derogate. Primus vefirum mn fnm nec
tmusj. am not non^ of the beft,I am none of the mcancft of you. Be it there-
fore as it is .well or ill, I haue aflaid, put my felfe vpon the ftagc, I muft abide
the ccnfure^I may not efcape it. It is moft uucfylus virum Argnit, our ftile
b z
Vemocritus to tht ( %eader.
8 r bewrayes vs,and as j hunters findc their game by the trace , fo is a mans Ge*
\ Vt venstores n i u s defcried by his workes. I hauc laid my fclfc openfl know it) in this 1 rc-
S^T^S atife^ftiall be cenfured,I doubt not, yet this is fomc comfort, vt palats fic
fmrtiuncuU. iudtciaput cenfures are as varioufas our palats.
*'>M * Tres mihi convivia prope diffenttre videntur
Pofcentes vat to mult urn diuerfa palato,ejrc.
Our writings are as fo many difhes^ur Readers gucfts; our books like bcau-
ty.that which one admires another reie&s; fo are we approucd as mens fan*
cies are inclined, Pro captu lecioris hdentfua fata libelli^
1 hat which is m oft pleafing to one is amaracum fm^ moil harfh to another.
Quot homines tot fententia-fio many men fo many mindes : that which thou
condemneft he commends , , »'
I Hof ^ f Quod pet i6 id fane ef inuif urn acidurn^ duobus.
He refpe&s matter,thou art wholly lor words,hee loues a loofc & free ftile,
thou art all for neat compofition^rong lines, that which one admires,ano-
ther explodes as moft abfurd and ridiculous. If it be not 'point blanke to his
• Mitrttiti. humor,hismethod 3 hisconceipt, a Si qmdforfan omijfum^quod u animocon*
ceperit^ftqttaktclio ejrc if ought be omitted or added, which he likes ordif-
likes,thou art mancipinm pauc* lec~fionis,in idior,an afTe, nullus es } or clsp/a-
^/4r/^ ? atrifler ? atriuant,thon art an idle fellow; or els 'tis a thing of mcere
* lipfm, induftry, a colledtio without wit or invention^ \zxy\oy Faciluficputant
omnes qua tarn facla^nec defalebrU cogitant y ubi via flratafo men are valued;,
their labors vilified by fellowes ofno worth themfelues,as things of nought^
who could not hauc done as m uch? unuf qui/% abundat fen fit fuo, ewery man
abounds in his owncfenfe, and whilcft each particular party is fo affected,
how (hould one pleafe all?
c H(fr c Quid dem,quid non dent ? renuis tu quod iubet ille?
how fhall 1 hope to cxprefTe my fclfc to each mans humor and d conceipt,
or to giuc fatisfa&ion to all ? Some vndcrftand too little, fomc too much,
ie^utqTod"' f° me arc t0 ° partiall^as friends to oucrweenc.others come with a prejudice
quifacogitatji- to carpe,vilify,detracl: and fcoffe; fome as Bees for hony , fomc as Spiders
retuT^' to 8 atncr P°yf° n ' What (hall J doe in this cafe? Asa Dutch Koftc,ifyou
< Erafmitidid. come to an Jnnc in Germany ^nd, diQike your farc,dier 5 lodging,&c.' replyes
*EpiH B.6. in a furly tone, 8 aliudtibi quxras diver -for iuwji you like not this,oct you to
l7wfiTmt another Jnnc; I refoluc.if you like not my writing, goe read fomethiug cls.I
mrgftytiijlmt- doe not much eftecmethy cenfurCjtakethycourfc^ 'tis not as thou wilt,nor
ttrufmn, oc- as [ vvill,but when we haue both done,that of f Plintti* Secundm to Traian
datorqueconm- VV1 U proue true, Euery mans witty labour takes not, except the matter, fubieel,
gat. occafion^ndfome commending Fauorite happen to it.)i I be taxcd,explodcd by
iaSa!*** thcc and f° tliC *i ,c W ^ a11 happilyibc approucd and commended by others.
* Lib. io. rift- It was Democritus his fortune, Idemadmiratiom &irrifi9nihabttm. 'Twas
rmum ftuiq, Seneca's fate,that Superintendent ofwit,learnin2, iudgemenr, S adftuperem
aocttis^nt belt oi uree be ana Lat we writers, in Plutarcbs opinion , that re*
fiwBnummate. novpned corrector of vice^j^s h Fabius icrmcs him , and patnefu]lomnifchu$
M J pb e rjhati»rttfoe X ^^ , could not :pleafc all
mult* ndmiu^ parties,or cfcape cenfure: how is he vilified by » Caligula^Agedius^ Fabitu &
he fame
jtoo ne-
gligent
tucmAma L ¥ Us ^^ k ^ schkk faith the fame
fcuukt. F^^.manychildilh traces and fen tences he hath, [crmoiMoratm toone-
VemocritHs tQ the Reader.
glfgent often,and remifle,as AgeHtus obfauesyoratta vulgaris & pritrita* di» 9
caces & tnepta Jententid^erudttto plebiapn homely (hallow writer, In parti'
bus Jfiinas &fafltdia babetfahh k Lip/ius^nd as in all his other workes, To e- k j nm ^ c% ^
fpecially in his Epiftles,^//uj inargutijs & iueptijs occupanturjntricatus ati- sen.,
eubt^ejr par urn compofittts^jwecopia rerum hoc feci tjcis jumbles vp many things
togethkr immethodically , after the Stoicks fafhion, par urn ordwavtt, mutf*.
accumuUvity&cXi Seneca be thus lafhed 5 and many famous men that I could
name.what fhall 1 expect? how fhall I hope to pieafe ? no man jo abfolutcj
lErafmusholds/ofatifJiea/jy except antiquity ^prefer iption ejre/fet a barren. ,
But as J haueproued in Seneca^ this will not alwayes take place. how fhall J vix diauUiam
evade? 'tis the common doone of all Writers J muft (^J fay) abide it, J feek
notapplaufe; nonfumadeo informU, J wouldnot be vilified : 1 feare good '{-"JfJ™^.
mens cenfutes,and to their fauourable acceptance J fubmit my labours^ iaga temper*
— m & lingua Mancifiorum Contemno^- mUmdifandi
as the barking ofadog^I fecurely contemne thofe malicious and fcurrileob- Berwe,reiUg^
Inqiiies^ovvtes^calumnieSjOfrailers and detractors, I fcornethercft.What «*• qu-dam a-
therefore I h au e laid pro tenuitate mea y I haue faid. *™?uvc7sat'j
One or two things yet I would haue amended if I could," '"'concerning the
manner of handling this my fubiecVj-for which I mult Apologize, dcprecari i
and giue the f: iendly Reader notice. I c was not mine latent to proftitute my
MuteinEngt/fh, or todivulgc/ttrtf* Minerva* , but tohaue expofedth's
more contract in Latm^mi 1 could not get it printed, Any Icurrile pamphlet
is welcome to our mercenary Printers in Eng/tfhi but in Latin they will not n .. .
dealejwhichis one of the reafons which ^Nicholas Car in his Oration of the aut^quJ^d
paucity oi'Engl/fh 'Writers, giucs; that fo many flourishing wittes are lino- tngUqiMmlite-
thercd in obliuion,lye dead and buried in this our Nation. Another maine ^tdrig^
fault isjthat I haue not reuifed the Copie,and amended the fhle, which now Land, excuf,
flowes remiffciy,as it was firft concerned, but my leifure would not permit^ l ^ 6 *
feci nec qwdpotuijicc quoAvoltii. I confelTe it is neither as Iwould 5 or as it
(hould bc« Cum re/ego fcr/pfifje pudet, quia pltirima cerm Ovid.de pat.
Me qtietfc qu& fuerant iudice dtgna lint, Mle^i.e,
Whenlperufe this Tract which I haue writ,
I am abafh't,and much I hold vnh't.
I (hould indeed f had I wifely done) obferued that Precept of the Poet,
. nonumfy prematur in annum^ and haue taken more
care: Or as Alexander the P hyfitjan would haue done by Lapis Lazuli , fifty
tim&s wafhed before it be vfed, I Should hauerevifed, corrected, and amen-
ded this Tra&i but 1 had not fas I [ay J that happy leifure,no Amanuenfes af-
firmants, and was therefore enforced, as a Beare doth her whelpes, to bring
forth this confufed lumpe,and had not time to lick it into formers fhedoth
heryongones,buteuenfotopublifliir, as it was firft written, quicquidin
buccam venitjn an extcmporean ftile, as P I doe commonly all other exerci- l* g ta ™*f ei *
{cs t efudi quicquiddiciavit Genius weus^u t of a confufed company of notes, made Vcrfcs.
and writ with as fmall deliberation as I doe ordinarily fpeakejWithout all af- q NoH endm *
fc£ation of big words/uftian phrafes, jingling termes.ftrong lines, ftraines ^ZZf^p"'
ofwirjelOgies^exornationSjcVc.whichraanyfomuchaffccl:. lam ^aquxpo* eta.
tor,z loofe,plaiBe^rudc writer , ficum voce ficum, & ligonem ligonem, and as )^ ty ^ hicnul '
frce,as \oo[c,idem calmo quod in me*t<^> } r I call a fpadc a fpadc 9 ani/nis k<tc rifiam, ^
b 3 [cribo 7
Vemocritus to the %eader.
lo fcrib& % n»n auribusj rcfpeft raattcr,not words; rcmembring that of Cardan,
verba propter res, non res propter verb*: and fccking with Seneca, quid fcru
l^fet'vttbi ^ am n ° n 1 uem *'* moi l* m >™d\zt what^then how to writc.For as iphile thinks,
negUgu.&qui bee f ^ Mt * converfant about matter ^eglefts veordes, and thofe thxt excellin this
tiUetartm di drt of fpeahng.hdue no profound learning, Bcfidcs, it was the obfcruation of
d^phmm^ tnac w ^ c St, ** c *3 c when you fee a fellow car efuU about his wordes, and neat in hu
bet reco»>titam. fpeechJ:norv this for a certainty, that mans mind^j is bufed about toye sphere's
tCHinfcunqne n9 (olidtty in himJStcntft ornameutuvirile concinnitai, as he hid o( a nii?h«
plmm & foin- t,n galc -~voxes frd-tereambil^&e. I am therefore in this point apro-
atstiijcitoim- fefled difciple of u s_s4polloniu* t % fchollcr of Socrates, I neglect pbrafes, and
Tc^Sfil" labbur whoII y t( > infotmc my Readers vndcrftanding , not to pleafe his eare;
feriptismifvii- 'cis not my ftudy ot intent tocompofe neatly n which an Orator requires,buc
a*,e$Ui4.i. to exprefle my felfc readily and plainely,as it happens.So that as a riuer runs
u Thiiojlram fornetimes precipitate and fwift,then dull and flow; now dirccl } then per am*
iib.*.vit.ApeB. bages-, now deepCjthen (hallow; now muddy 5 thcn cleare $ now broad, then
S^'X narr °w; doth my ftile flow: now ferious , then light 3 now Comicall, then
tent,&ptn tui Satyricall; now more elaboratc,thcn rcmific,as the prcfent fubicdt required,
w^fS ? r as 3C th3t timC 1 Was affeacd - And if thou vouebfafe to read this Ticatife'
quod iinytam
icfhalifcemenootherwifetothee , then the way to an ordinary trauailcr,
t/mtaxat, nm fom crimes faire,fometimes foule; here champion,thcre inclofed ; barren in
nMermlZi- onc P Iacc >ctter foile in another; by woods,gt ouc$ 1 hillcs s dale$ 3 piainc$,&c.
mm. I Hnall lead tbec per ardtii rnontium^r iubrrca va{Jium,ejr rofcida cefj>itum y ejr
gleboft camponm 3 thtough variety of ©bie&s, that which thou (halt like and
difltke.
For the matter it felfc or metrjod,if it be faulty, confider I prav you that
of Columella > nihil pcrfeclum, nut a fingulari confummatum induftr/a,no man
Can obferue all,much is defc&iue no doubt,and may be iuftly taxed, altered,
b ?tt. Ntmiti and auoided in Galcn^riptlejhofc great matters. Bcni venatoris ( *> one
ft»i M h«, holdes ; pluresferas caper e, non omnes h hee is a good Huntfman can catch
fome,notall; I haue done mmeendcauour.Befidcs, I dwell not in this ftudy
N *n hie fulcos ducimm t mn hoc pulvere de(udamus^ I am bu t a fm a t terer , I
* Von h\ e eeb. confcfl[>c » a ftrangcr^here and there 1 pull a flowrc,f doe eafily grant, if a ri^id
9* dmiaUum cenfurer (hould criticize on this which I haue writ,he fhould not findc three
f j k " SuU ^ in Teremte > blU as ma °y as hc hath ^ ^ Car.
bine inde fire " ans iubtilti€s,as many notable errors as d Gul. Laurembergius, a late Ptofef-
for of ^>^^difcouers in that Anatomy of Laurent im, or Baroctet the Fe
* ZZT' "'""J" S"ro-bo[cu*. And although this bee a fecond Edition, in which I
mine muMet inould haue bin more accurate.correaed al thofe former cfcapes vet it w-
Td^flZX m * ni . Uberk and tedious,that as Carpenters doe hid out of
&e. experience, »tis much better build anew, then pull downe an old faoufc • T
could as foonewriteas much mr>rc,as alter that which is written If oueht
therefore be amiflc ( as I grant there is) I require a friendly admonition t o
• other wile as m ordinary Controvcrfies,/^^ contentions neclamm fed cut
W wee may contended likely mifufeeach other, but to whatpur P ofc>
Wearebothfcholiersfay, Arcades ambo, * F
Et cant are par es y & rejjtonderc par at i.
If WW doe wranglc,vrhat (hall wee get by it? trouble and wrong our felues,
make
jDemocritus to tlx Reader.
make fport of others.Jf I be convi& of an error,! will yceld,l will amend, In II
the raeane time J require ra fauourable cenfure of all faults om itted , harfh
compofitioBs-Tautologicall repititions, perturbations of Tenfes, numbers,
Printers faults,&c.My tranflations are fomctimes rather Paraphrafes,& that
onely takcn 5 which was to my purpofe : quotatioas are often inferred in the
Text, which make the Style more harfh, or in them argent as it happened.
Greeke amhors^lAto^Plutarck^tbenata^c. jj haue cited our of their Inter-
pretors,bccaufe the Originall was not fo ready. I haue mingled [acta prof ha-
#js Jam I hope not prophaned, and in repetition of Authors names, ranked
them/w4£c/^*/ 3 notaccordingto Chronology, fometimes Neoterickes
before Ancients,as my memory fuggefted. Some things are heere altered,
expunged in this Edition,others amended; much added, & 'tis no preiudice,
no fuch indecorum, or ouerfight.
•j- Nunquam it a qmcquam bene fubdutla rat tone ad v/tamfa/t, t rerjitle! P^
Qutn res^tas^vfm'femper Aliqatdaf portent noyz±
Ait quid ru one xt jit tth qtM (cire tecred ts, nefcias t
£t qtt£ tibi futhris prima t in exerccudo ut repudial*
Ne'er was ought yetatfirftcontriu'dfo fit,
But vfejage,or fomething would alter it $
Aduife thee better, and vpon pernfe.
Make thee not (hy.and what thou tak'ft } refnfc.
The laft and gveateft exception is , that I being a Diuine, haue meddled (
With Phyfickc, « txntumne eft aL re taa otij tilt, /f""*'**' ^
Alien a ut cures > eag ? nihil qtt£jd te Att'ment.
which Menedemtu told C/Wwr.r,hauc 1 fo much leafure,or little buHnefTe of
mine owne,as to looke after other mens matters which fccncerne mec not?
Hearame fpeake. There bee many other {ubicds,l doc eafily grant,both in
humanity and diuinity, fit to be treated ofj andofwhichhad J written*^*.
fientAtUnem only , to fhevv my fclfc,I fhould haue rather chofen, & in which
I haue bin more coo verfant,I could haue more willingly luxuriated 3 and bet-
ter fatisfied my felfe and others 5 but that at this time I was fatally driuen v-
pon this rsckc of Melancholy .and carried away by this by'ftreame 3 which as
a rillet, is deducted from the maincchannell of my ftudies, in which I haue
pleafcd and bufied my felfe at idle hourcs , as a fubicet mod neceflaryand
commodious. Not that I preferrc it before Diuinity, which I doe acknow-
ledge to bee theQuceneof Profcflions, and to which all the reft are but as
handraaides.but that in Diuinity ] faw no fuch great necd.For had I written
pofiriucly, there be fowanybookes in that kinde, fo many Commentators.,
TreatifeSjPamphlets ^ExpofitionsjSermons.that whole teemcs of Oxen can ,
not draw them; and had 1 beene as forward and ambitious as fomc others, I
might haue happily printeda Sermon ztPaules Croffe^ Sermon in S c dia-
ries Oxen, a Sermon in Chriflchurch, or a Sermon before the right Honora-
ble.right Rcuercnd , a Sermon before the right YVorfoipfulI, a Sermon in
Latin, inEng'ifh, a Sermon with a namc,aSermoa without, a Sermon, a
Sermou,&c. But I haue eucr beene as jdefirous to fuppreffe my labours in
this kind,as others haue beene to prcfle and publifh theirs. To haue written kErmdhatu
in controuerfie,had beene to cut off an Hydra's head, k /// litem generations qu<uUm jit q&*
begets another ,fo many duplicationsjtriplicatioasj and fwarroes of qucfti*^"^*
Vemocritus to the (Reader.
IX ons, In f aero hello hoc quod fill/ matrons agttur , that hauingoaccbegunne, I
IHerfm. (hould ncucr make an end , and that with fuch eagcrnefle and bittcrnefTe in
k £"' llb ' Aich qucftions they proceed 3 that as 1 he faid ,furor -ne cxcus, an rapit vis acri*
m 'tft, %6.ad er t an culpa /ejponf urn date} Blind fury or errour,orrafhncfTe, or what it is
f&ZfifF' tnac c gg cs them,! know notj ana Cure many timcs s which m ^uflin percei*
Mut«^*l& ucdlongfince,/^^/^ contentions ferenitat char it at u obnub/latur, with
mw\cimt& e- this tcaipeft ofcontention,thc ferenity of charity isouerclouded, & there
fi"$wjicm' Dc to ° man y Spirits coniurcd vp already in this kindjn all fciences^j & mere
popfim pew- then we can tell how to lay.and doc fo furioully rage and keep fuch a racker 3
atmnfM re, t ] iat as n f A bitfs faid/'/ 1 had beene much better for {owe of them to haue bin borne
litls^mmJ dxmbe ,and altogether illiterate jhen (of&rre to dote to their oxen de(lru5ii$n m
qutfimibm a c '1 is a genetall fault,as Sevetinm the £>4#<rcompIaines. ° Fnhappy men^as we
%Tnimkc\ arepefpendsurdayesin vnprofitable queftions and dictations, Intricate ft»b-
vm . na'.ur* UiwtsdeUna caprina,ibout moonrhine ith* wntcv^leauing in the meane time
fiint w tbepuh t ^ofe chiefejl treafnres of TSljiture untouched, wherein the be ft medicines for all
g/avifcmx mor- tnxnner of difea fes are to be found, and doe not only negleci them our fellies , but
oorum median* hinder \condtmne \forbtd and fcojfe at others , that are willing to enquire after
mterimmlttK f htm,1hcfc motiues at this prefent 3 haue induced me to make choice of this
reimjuitxM. medicinall fubiecl.
relm^m^ed ^ ^ ^ tyfitian * n tnC meanc * ,mc fl™ 11 ^ »fi**«i AV futOT uliYA CY€pidZ y
& M Jm*Me- anc * himfelfe grieucd that I haue intruded into his ProfeiTion, I will tell
mumpcimiiy him inbriefejdoc not otherwife by them 3 then they docby vs, Ifit beefor
undmamui, t j ic j r ac j vanta g c t know many of them.which haue taken Orders, in hope of
puis. a Benefice, tis a common transition , and why may not a Melancholy Dj-
* £>»9dm pra- uinc,thatcan get nothing but by Simony,profejIe Phyfiekc?. Drufianm an I-
tumme^i' tA ^ an (Crufiants)iut corruptly^Trithemms calls him) P becaufe heew.isnet
tHedidmm reli . fortunate in his praftife.forfooke kisprofefiion, and writ afterwards in Diuini*
VuiTn+MMin ^^^'^ ^ /- *^ wa */* w ^ Phyfitian at once, and
TbeatJga foft ^T.Lmacer in his old age tookc Orders. The Jefuites profefle both at this
mdum impftt. time,many of thcm^rw/^//« / prmr«w,Chirurgions1 > Panders ) Bawdes 3 and
^hea. BlbU °' Midwiucs,&c.Manypoore Country Vicars, for want of other meanes, are
$ ?dav'm. driucn to their (hifts,ro turnc Mountcbankes^uackfalticrs, Empiricks.and
if our greedy Patrons hold vs to fuch hard conditions, as commonly they
doejthey will make many of vs worke at fome trade, as Paul did,at laft turne
Taskers,MaUters 3 Coftermongcrs > Gra(icrs, fell Ale as fome doe, orwoi fe.
Howfoeucr in vndertaking this taske,I hope I (hall commit no great crrour
or indecorumtf al be eonfidcred aright,! can vindieat my felfe with Georgim
*W JrtBim BraunittsfiL Hieronymm Hemingimfhok two learned Diuines whofto bor-
^ohhlzSr X0W a ^ ae or tWO °^ m ^ nc * e ^ cr Brother) drawne by a naturallloue, the one
' S >f LcccT- °f p ttt» r c s andMappes,?ro(pecliues ejr Chorographicali delights \ xont that am-
tion ot
ftcr{hire,priu- pie Theater of Cities^ the other to the fludy of GeneaUgies penned The at rum Gc*
ifjohYrhTe » eal(f g i "*>»- 0t I can excufe ray fclfe with r Lefiustht Jefuite tn like cafc/tis a
iizi. difeafe of the Soulej on which I am to treat, and as much appertaining to a
'in HygUHicon, Diuine.as to a Phyfitian ; and who knowes not what an agreement there is
TrS^aiiem betwixt thefc two Profeffions? A good Diuine either is 5 or ought to bee a
yderi debn d good Phyfitian,a fpirituall Phyfitian at leaft,as our Sauiour calls himfelfe &
ffidllZh was iu^ced Mat. 4,2 Luke Luke 7 .&8. They differ but in'obic&.the
mm*. one of the Body,thc other of the Soule, and vfc diners medicines aU so cure:
one
Vemocritm to the Reader.
onccuresanimam per corf us ,the other corf us per animam, as four Regius 1$
Profeffor of Phyficke well informed vs in a learned Lecture of his. O ie the< J^J^J? *
vices and palfioos of the SoiilcjAnger^LuftjDefperation, Pride, Prcfumpti- lti%tt '
on,cVc,by applying that fpirituall Phyfickj as the other vfc proper remedies
in bodily dif eales.Now this being a com men infirmity of Body and Soule,
and fuch a one as hath as much need of a fpirituall as a corporal curea could
not fiad a fitter taske to bufte my felfe about, a more appodre Theame/o nc-
ccflary, fo commodiousj and generally concerning all forts of iven, thac
{hould fo equally participate of both,and require a whole Phyfitian. A Di-
uinein this compound mixt malady : can do little alone, a Phyfitian in fomc
kindes of Melancholy much lefle,both make an abfolute cure.
f Alter im fie filter 'a pojeit of em, and 'tis proper to them
both,andihopenotvnbefeemingme 3 who9mbymyprofeflionaDiumc,&:
by my inclination a Phyfitian. 1 had luptttr in my fixt houfe, I fay with f Be- \ lxy Nc 'f,f \ c
roaldas,non fum r/iehcusjiec medicinaprorjtis exfers.ln the Theorick of Phy- in Nottmgha"
fickc l haue taken fomepaines, not with an intent to pra&ife s but to fatiffic ^IJ' CumduP
my felfe,which was acaufelikewifeotthc firft vndertakingof this Subieft, *$lu!ad tditn*
Ifthefe reafons doc not fatisfie thee good Reader,as Alexander Muntficus d ^fi"^io-M
thacbountifull/ ? rclate,fometimesBiiliopofZ-/W^, when he had built fix
Caftles,4<J invidiam oferis eluendam fiith M r t Cam&H£0 «ke away the en- rEj^/X
vy ot his worke ( which very wordes Nubrigenfs hath of Reger the rich Bi- mit c*zobia>&
{"hop of Sdtfbury ,that in King Stephens time'built Shirburne Caft!c,and that fiSpiJ-/^
oi'Deu/Jes) to takeaway the icandall or imputation, which might be thence u feriuwto
inferredjbnilt fo many Religious houfes. if this my Difcourfc be oucr medi- de Q uir - a ™<>
cinal!,or fauour too much of humanity,! promife thee, that I will hereafter dZlhlfef
make thee amends in fomcDiuine Treatifc. But this I hope (hall fufficc *v*«f*t.d
when you haue more fully confidcrcd of the matter of this my Subicd, rem c ^ ar ^ ere ^ tm
y/^y?r^w 5 MelancboIy,naadnc0e 3 and of the reafons following.whida'were fokfiM *
my chicie Motiucs: 1he generality of the Dileafe, the neceffuv ©fthe cure m $ Ui mlmet
& the commodity or common good,that will arifc to all men by the know- l ^umMk
ledge of it, as (hall at large appeare in the cnfuingpPreface. And I doubt not VemXmZ-
but that in the end you will fay with mee, that to anatomize this humo ur a- hla
righr,through all the members of this our A//*r«*>«,is as great a taskc,as ™*&TxZ%
to find out the Ouadrature of a Circle, oralhhe Creekes and founds of the v&isadvitam
Norch-Eaft,or North- Weft parages, and all out as great a Difcoucrie, as ITaZdTwV
that Hwigrie 11 Spaniards o^Terr a Aujlralis incognita, as much trouble as to "gant" ' m '
perfect the Motion of Mars & Mercury ,which io much crucifies our Aftro- y £/; ^ t *
no mcrs , or to retfifie the Gregorian Kalendcr. I am fo affected for my part, laZVucn.
aMd^opeas x T^//^/«5didbyhisCharacl:ers > that our poflenty.p friend <lef«bdnci h
Policies, (hffffa the better for this which wee haue written, by correcting andre- M - mmu r
ttifyiqg that which is amijfe^ in them [elites by our examples, and applying Gur
precepts and cautions to their ovone ^/L>.But J am ouer tedious I proceed indc rmm **
_ Ofthcncccffity ^ generality ofthis which J haue faid, if any man doubt,
j ihandenrehimto make a bricfcSurvay of the world/as 7 C//r«* adtiifcth t*nait>
Don.ajHpprfinghimfelfetohetranJportedto the top of fomehivh mountain^, fl ^T U
and thereto bcholdthe tumults and chances of this Bering world, andhee^ 2t£§?
canm chuj e hut cither laugh at,or pitty it. St Hierome out of a (Iran ge ira afii- ml ^ebis
nation.beingthgn in the wilderncfle^onceiued with himfclfe,thathee then 21 mif " ebtrk6
c faw/
Vemocritus to the (Reader.
faw them dicing in Xmepad if thou (halt cither concciuc, or dime to fee,
4 hoi (bale foone pcrcciue all the World is mad, that is melancholy , dotes-'
. f thiutii(whfch^ cx P rcffcd not many ycarcs fince
in a Map made like a Fooles head.wiih that Motto; Caput Hellebore hgn*m t
a crafed head <ave* ftultorum? fooles paradife 3 or as ^pollomiH^ common
prifon of eulKcheatc^flattercrs A'c. and needs to be reformed. Stub* m
the 9-booke of his Geography, compares Greece to the picture of a man,
which comparifon of his, NicJGerbtlim in his cxpofmon o^pbtanut map,
approues : The breft lies open from ihok^crocerauman hi lies in Epyrus
to \teSuman promontory in Atttcafagt, and M agar a arc the two i.ioul-
ders that ofcwwtfthc necke,and/v/^/w^the head this aMion
hold 'tis fure a mad head; Morn may be A/*r/* 5 and to fpcake what I thmkc,
the Inhabitants of modcrne <7r««% fwarue as much from rcafon, and true
Religion at this day,as that More* doth from the pifturc of a man. Examine
the r^ft in like fort , and you (hall findc that Kingdomes and Prouinccs are
Melancholy ,Cities and Families^ Creatures 3 Vegetall,*en<ible and Rano-
nalLand that all forts 3 fe£ts,ages,and conditions, arc out of tune, asm£>*«
tables^** errorem bibunt pdoxt they come into the World, they are in.
toxicatedby Errors cuppc, from the higbeft to the lowcft. haucneeceol
Phyfick^nd thofe particular Actions in * 5m^,whcre father and fon proue
x corner, one another madde,(hall bee generally Tor cms Lam (hall plead againft vs
m.cont.1. & all.For indeed,who is not a foolc,Melancholy,maddc ? Folly Melancholy,
Ub,6 coat. jvjadneffe are bat one Difcafe,DW/>/«w is a common name to z\. Alexander y
Gorhmus\la(en Pratenfts.Savanarolafiufanerms.Montaltus. confound the
as differing fecundhn magis & minus-, fo doth tiamd Pfi1l.37.5e. I J aid vntp
the fooles Jieaie not fotnadly^i^s^x\o\^Stoicall paradoxc, cmnes flultos
infant }> all fooles are mad 3 though fome madder then others. And who is-:
\h d 7t U ° r ' not afoole.who is free from melancholy? who is not touched more or lefts
mmafippllste. m habit or difpofition ? tfindifpofition,/Y/^/^ jftbty
ict» pribat em- p er r euere fyfa c plutar ^habits either are,or turne to diieafes.' fis the fame
%t lm tnfa ' which Tully maintaines inthc fecond of his Tufculana .omnium infipicntnm
* Tam.i.jympof. Anm i inmorbo funt^ & perturb at or urn, all fooles are ficke , and all that are
tii&mft troubled in minde 5 for what is ficknefle, but as *Gr cgory Tholo faus defines
diJkl tnlMere- i M diffolution or perturbation of the bodily league, which health combines: &
cnt,pravo 5 ge-' i$ nQt fc\,^ ot iUdifpofed, in whom doth not paflion, anger, envy 5 dif-
^uLz^t content,feare and forro w raigne? who labours not of this difeafe? giue rnee
svnux.art.mi- b u r a little leatie, and you (hall fee by what teftimonics, confetfions , argtl-
rtZtZm 1 ments I will evince it 5 that moft men are mad , that they had as much necde
Ofdutu^di to goc a pilgrimage to the Anticyr* fas in c Strabos time they did; as in cur
m permrbitis t i mes t ^ C y g 0C t0 Cempofte&a.om Lady of Siche?n > or Lauretta ,to feeke for
r^Zl/mt helpe 5 that it is like to be as profperous a Voyage as thacof Guiana } and that
&fmtase'l\ t h crc j 5 much more need of Hcttebor then oiTobacco.
l7£*cor**rii Tliat mcn arc f° mifarTeacd,Melancholy ,mad,heare the tcftimony of So-
qutdm. i/erf.2 Si ghts diyes are forrovo^and his trauefigriefe^ani his heart taketh n»
\hul reft in the night So that take Melancholy in what fence you will,propcrIy or
tn rtAwabm j m p r0 pcrly ,in difpoluion or habite,for pleafurc or for painc,dotage,di(con-
uZfl*" tent,fcarc,forro w 3 madneffe,for part or all, truely, or mctaphorically/tis all
one,
Democritus to the ( i{cakr.
one. The hearts of the formes of men are eutll, and ma&nejfe_j is in their hearts x 5
while they liue y Ecclef.$ .jjvifemen tbemfelues are no better \Eceleft*i8. in the
multitude of wrfedome is much grief c,and he that tnereafeth wife dome jnered'
feth forrow sep j.17.ht hated life ic felfe, nothing pleafcd him$ hce hated his f £wJcJ , x
labour 5 all,a^ he concludes, is forrow jgriefe^vanity^exation of fpirtt*. And
thoug.i he were the wifeft man in the wor\d 3 Janc7u.irium fitptentt*, and had
wifedome inabundaoce,he will not vindicate himfelfc,:or iuftifie his own a-
ftions.Surely Jam more fio/ifh then any man y and haus not the vnder flan ding
of a man in mejrov .$0.2. Bee they Solomons words, or the words of ^gut
the fon of Jakehjhzy are Canonical!. Dauidz man afcer Gods owne heart,
confcfTeth as much ofhimfclfe,?/*^..?/.^ 22fofoohjhw^s Iandtgnorant y
I was euen asabeaft before thee, andcondemnes all for fonlzsff&lpj.cr 32. p.
ejr 49.2 o> he com pares them to beafts y horfes and mules, in which there is no
undemanding .The Apoftlc /^tf/accufethhimfclfcin like fort, 2 Cor.ji.und
ver,2 j ,! would you would (uffer a little myfool/jhnejfc^j / ffeake fool/jhly* The
whole head u fickeJ'mt, Efay /ndtb? heart is heavy sap.i,y,&c makes lighter of
them then of oxen *.:datjes y theoxe knowes his owner .read Dmt^2.6Jere.
j.Amos 3>i£fhefs>6 be not m*df?e not deceiued 3 foolsfh GaUtians 5 who bath
bewitched' cu? how often are they branded with this Epitlieteof m id>>cffe
and folly No Word fo frequent amonglt the Fathers oftheChurch and Di-
iun^s,you may fee what an opinion they had of the world, and how they
valued mens actions.
Iknowe that we thinkc farre otherwifc,& hold them mois part wife men
that arc in authority, Princes^ Magiftrates, 6 rich men, they are wife men
borne , all Politicians and Statefmen muft needs be fo , for who dare fpeake \^^f\^.
againft them: and on the other, fbcorruptis our judgement , wee cfteeme benmr.Eupb»r*
wife and honcft men foolcs. Which Vemocritus well hgnified in an Epi(ll<^> ™ loSa! y*-
of his to Hippocrates : h The ^ibderites account vertucmadneffe 3 and fodoe vhtul, infanta
iroft men huing. Shall J tell you the rcafon of it^ \ Fortune and Vtrtue , \vif- & furor tjfe fa
dome and JW/y,vpon a time contended in the Olymptcks^ Every nun thought c ^r^mm
that Fortune and Folly would haue the worft 3 and pittied their cafes. But it A?ci.omnam-
fell out oiherwife. Fortune was blindc and cared not where fhee ftroke , nor r f*S ^ u ^f
whom 3 without lawcs,& c.F4y rafh and inconfideratc, cared not what fhee fuUhkm/ed
iaid or did. Vertue and mfdome gaue * place,were hifled out 3 and exploded P* ter exptcia*
by the common people 3 Folly and Fortune admired 3 and fo arc all their foj- ^J^jJ* i«7
lowers ever finee , knaues and foolcs commonly fare and deferuc bed in mUmesIh^
worldlings eyes' and opinions. Many good men haue no better fate in their riiit .
ages: K^ch/jb i.Sam.21.14. held Dauidfov a mad man. » Elifta and the reft tes^itctabe^
were no otherwife cfteemed. Dauid was derided of the common people, fefoterts ftu!-
Pfitl.9.7. lam become a menfier to many. & generally wc arc accounted fool es (I^-fl^g
ioxChri\{,i.Cor.i4.fVefootes thought his life mud neffe, and his endwitboutbo- Mtmihiitl
»ouryytfd*<;.4> C hrilt and his Apoftlcs were cenfured in like fort, Iobn,io. fa md * M i* 1 '
Mar k. 3. Ads 2 6.and fo were all Chriftians m\Plinies time , fuerunt ejr alij ^7^.7.
fimilk dement /x,drc. Tis an ordinary thing with vs , to account honeft, de- 1 LHffJ&n
vour ? reIigiaus,plaincdealingmen,idiots 3 afies, that cannot lye &dhTeroble,
(Uift t (\mcr,atcommodare fe adeum locum vbi natifunt^makc good bargains,
fupplant,thriue,^tf ronit tnfervire\folen»es afcendendi modos apprehendere^
leges yWoressonfvttHdines reft} obfermre^candide land Are \fort iter defender e^
Q 2 fertten-
t^tmotntm to the (Reader.
1 6 fententias amplecli^dubitare de nullis, credere omnia , acctpere omnia, nihil re-
prehendere^catera^ qutpromotionemferunt &[ccwttatem , qua fine ambage
fxlicem reddunt homtncm,& vere fapientem apud nos. That cannot tempo-
rife as other men doe, k cakcbribes,&c.butfeare}God,and make a confeienca
| rift of their doings. But the holy Ghoft that knowes better how to iudge , hce
warn pup, calls them foolcs, The foole hath f aid in his heart , Pftl. /. and their veaies
tLiduifaxm njtUr tieirfolyj[A*49>i4- 1 F' r ™ hat can ^ more ^ad 3 thenfor a little world-
#£pro m fy pleafure to procure vnto themfdues eternallpuwfbwent? As Gregory and o*
mmtanea fell- t j ias j nCV ,l catc vntO VS.
ZTdpmlr And all thofe great Philofophers,the world hath euer had in admiratio,
plum} vvhofe workes we doc fo much eftceme 5 that gauc precepts ofwifdome to
d^mclnu" othcrs,inuentersofArts and Sciences , Socrates the wifeft man of his time
fSamSpi by the Oracle of Apollo t whom bis two fchollers « Plato and n Xenophon fo
»Ematiine~ n uj C h extoil and magnifie,with thofe honorable titles , of heft andvoifeflefall
dZomlZm' mortal! men.the bappuft andmoft thofe feucn wife men of Greece 7 thofe
qmtxpertifH- Brit t nine Druides I Indian Brachmanni^^thiopian Gymnofophifts , Magi of
tana «ptim & ^ Perfians , \^pohnius.oi whom Philoflratus , non docla* fed natus Sapiens,
tiftmi &wfiif- Wife from his cradle, Upicurm\o much admired by his {cno\\QtLucretsm%
fit*. Qui genm htmanumingenio fuperauit, & omnes
MmtrJrt Pcrftrinxitftellas exortm vt athertus Sol,
tuad fine™. Whofc wit exccll'd the wits of men as farrc ,
Tdkfitit sura ^ s t | lc $ imnc rifing doth obfeure a ftarre :
Mttmum&fie- E- 1 ^ a ^ thofc,of whom we read fuch ° Hyper bo lie all elogiums ,as ofArifotle
Gcifftmrnfla- that he was wifdome itfelfe intheabftra& 5 P a miracle of nature, breathing
u Libraries,as Eunapim of Longings y lights of nature , Gyants for wit^uinte-
i&mmmAi&H* fcence of wit,Divine fpirits,Hagles in the cloudes,faIne from heauen, Gods,
ftetuU^mtu Spirits, Lampc$oftheiworld,Dicrators,Mo'narchs, Miracles, Superinten-
r* t 9*ture mi- &znK%o{W\iw\&\tztv^!Ci^Oceanu4$h
recultimjpfa nisjrbis vniuerft mufimmjvltimm humane natura conatus y &c.%s v£liaa faid
nhmhJnH ' °^ ProtCL g orM anfli Gorgiasyvt may fay of them all, ta ntum a feylentibw abfu-
feifcientiarurti , ertmt quantum a virtipueri 3 thcy were children in refpedl.infantSjnot Eagles
TSfef fcr'/ti ^ ut Kites,noHices,illiterate ; £0»»r^/ fapicnttk. And although they wcre'the
&f*JJti.^vt wifeft,and moft admired in their age 3 as he cenfurcd Alexander, I doe them
stioppMoUm there were io thoufand in his army as worthy Captaines ( had they beenc
%nfmf^ui- m P) iCC °f command Jas valiant as himfelfe^thcre were Myriadcs of men Wi*
UmnMbiuy fer in thofe day es, and yet all (hort of what they ought to be. q Luclantimin
^Inm'ou'' k°°ke ofwifdome 3 proucs them to be dizards 3 fooles 3 and afTes,mad men,
wet litcYitvm*
and fo full ofabfurd and ridiculous tenentB and pofitions , that to his think-
oiyffm audit:- ing neuer any old woman or ficke perfon doted worfc, r Democritus tooke
TZiks.defq. ali ^ rGm leHci fl>* s vM& left 5 faith h^the inheritance of hu folly to Epicurmjin.
Up^j.& xo. ' finienti dum fapientia^dr'c.lht like he faith of Plato t Artfttpfm^ and the reft
timesPbiUjopbi making no difference f betwixt them and beaftslauino that they couldfbeah-
nt (lulu out in- P n~7 j. j l • T 1 n. t\ -i xr • c rv\ ^ 7 " vni,Ui Jr' :c * Ki: *
fani, nuUam* c Theodoret in his Tra6t De-cur. gr*c.affcc.mzmfcQ\y euince as much of Socr*.
tuiiusager m- /«,whom though that Oracle of Apollo confirmed to be the wifeft man then
Tti!^?i liuin g^ and faucd him from the plague, whom 2000 yearcs hauc admired, of
umppodoRiu whom fome will as foone ipeake euill as oichrift^ yet reuera.hcc was an illi-
bxreditatcm
jWtitierttiqmt Epicuro. f Hor.carJib.i.9d.^. i.ffiwr. f jTAit mterefiinter hos & bt$wwGau9i hemntm tUfet lib x6
cerate
Vemocritus to the Reader.
tcratc Idiot,as * Arifopbanes calls him Jrrifor & ambitiofa , as his matter 17
Arijletle tearrues him/curra Atticm^ zsZeno, an \ enem y to all arts and fci- * n<*.#r*
ences as ^AthentusjLQ Philofophers and Traucllers, an opinatiuc aflc , a ca- ^omim Aj-
viller.akinde of pedant; for his manncrs,as Tbeod. Cyrenfis defcribes hiiT^a ciplinayuirigr
f Sodomite ,an Athei/l^o conuidi: by <^Anytus % iracunAus ejr ebrius^ dicax> ejre. ^j L h m um
a pot companioned that of all others he was mod lortifh, a very mad man adoiefamm
in his actions and opinions. If you defire to hcare more of Apollonius that caufifiiqucn-
great wife man.fomccime paralleled by JulUn the Apoftate to Chrift,I refer ["^^f^
yon to that learned Tracl oiEufcbim againft Hierocles , and for them all to
Lucians Pifcatorjracomenip^us ^ecyomantia their anions , opinions in ge«
ncrall were fo prodigiotis^binrdjridiculous, which they broached & main-
tained,thcirbookcs and elaborattreatifes were full ofdotags,whieh Tally ad
Alt i cum long mice ob ferued , dehrant pier urn ^fcript ores m libris fuis, and
their hues oppofnc to their words 5 they commended pouerty to others, and
were mod couctous themfelues 5 cxcolled loue and pcace,and yet>pcrfecuted
one another with virulet hate &: malice. They could giue precepts for verlc
and profebut not a man of them ( as Seneca tells them home ) could mode-
rate his affections. Their muficke could (hcvivs fiebi/es mofos y &c. how to
rife and fall 5 bur they couid not fo containe themfciues as in aduerfity not to
make a lamentable tone. They can meafure ground by Geometry, fet down
limits,diuide and fubdiuide,but cannot yetpxefcribe quantum hominifatupt
keepe within compafib ofreafon anddiicretion . They can fquare circles, ^ setuca&tf
but know not the ftatc of their own foules,d escribe right lines.crooked, &c. rotmiamttm
hut knowc not what is right in this life , quid in vtt*. rectum (it ignorant , fo ^™ ) * m tm ' ti
that as he laid, Ncfcio an Anticyram ratio iilif deft met omnem.
1 thinke all the Anthyr* will net reftore them to their wirs, u if thefc men u ...
now,thathad* Zenedctus heart ^Crates hucr, iE^/##*.f lantnorne, werelo fap:ertiai a a«ti
fottifb,and had no more braincs then fo many Beetles^what (hall we thinke c *m'"* nan
of the commonalty? what of the reft?
Yea ,but will you inferre,that is true o{Heatbens\{ they be conferred with &iew cnu-
Chriftians, i.Cor. r.ipJhewifdomeof tbis world ufoolijhneffewithGort^xrthfy l *' \
ejr dmelifb^ James calls tt^.i^thcy were %'*m\in their imaginations .ejr their
fjb bear t was full of darkncffe_j. Rom.r.2i.& Z2*verf when they profeffed y t& t de oat.
thcmfelues wife ^became fooles .Their witty workes are admired here on earth, bcni -
whilfttheir foulcs are tormented in hcllfirc. ]n fome {cnfe.Cbrtftiam Craft- l^TinGm.
rf/?/,Chriitians are Cram*ans,and ifcomparcd to that wifdomc no better the difme Sophia
fooles. Outs eft (afiens>Solus deus Pythagoras rcplies,GW is only wife,Rom.i6. ff™*'
/Wder?rmines 5 onIy good^as Auflin well contends^ and no man lining can TraUnf'om:*
beiuftified in his fight. God looked down from heauen vp >on the children of "men, exprth
tofeeifanydidvnderpnd } P(aL s3 .2^h\M all are corrupt , erre , * none doth ^Inf'^
gooAfto not one Job aggregates this 4. 1 8. behold he found ho fiedfaflneffe in his 1 Str.On dmi
fermnts^nd laid folly vponbis Angels , rp. how much more on them that ^j^^tf*
dwcil in houfcs of clay? In this fenfe we are all as fooles , and the a Scripture MtnTefefZ
alone is Arx Minerva^ we and our writings are fhallow and vnperfed. But t'MsJemper
5 doe not fo m cane,but euen in our ordinary dealings^we are no better then '^}^,)f n a ^
foole?. Mi our actions as b Plinie told T raiansvf braid vs of folly , our whole raturlftd ut
fcoUr/c of life is but matter oflaughter: weare not fobcrly wile , cV the world P^rvuit vofs
it iclfc 3 whick ought at leaft to be wife by reafon of his antiquity , As c Hugo
c 2 Mi
Dtmocritus to the Reader.
1 8 dc Prttto Fieri do will haue it,/ rmper ftu/tizAt i is every day more foeltfh then # ■
ther \ths more it is whipped the worfe it is , and as a child will fill bee crowned
vith rofes And floxvrcs. VVc arc apifh in \x 3 afini b/pides,an6 cncry place is full
fnuerforumJpuleioruntpfmctamorphifcd and two legged afles,ehildifh,/0-
eriin/lArbimuli, tremula pAtris dormientisin vlna. lout Anus Pontanus.Anto-
nio Diallings in foinc laughing at an old man ; that by reafon of his age was
a little fond,but as-he admonifheth thcrc 3 2W mireris mihofpes de hoc fene^ t
t u p, um u maruell not at him only/or tot a hac ciuitas delirium^ll our towne dotes in
omneijuterhu- like fort, d we arc a company offoolcs. Aske not with him in the Poct, e Lar*
mant^ paella. v # h anc iatempert* infant*^ AgitAnt fentm ? what madneffe gho As this old
• t\ miu Ali . matijbut what madncflc ghofts vs all? for We are all as bad as hee, and not fe~
Mar. nexbU putr } de(irA anui^hut fay it ofvs 3\\Jemperpueri J yo\\v\v > &. old,aIldore
fclnt^' 4 ^' as L *ft antmi proucs out of SenecA , and no differencebetwixc vs & children j,
i Am. M fauing thit maiora Indimutjiw&grandiortbuspHpis , they. play wich babies of
* ^'vide?' c ^ 0l,ls » an ^ * UGn toyes,and we play with greater babies. We cannot accufe
jw *«f* J or Gondcmnc one another being faulty our felues,+ delir amenta ioqueru^yow
font, ^ talkc idly,or as f Mitio vpbraided DemeAjrfanis Aufer te , for wee arc as mad
cmiomta J our ownc fclucs,and'tis hard to fay which is the worft. And 'tis vniuerfally
vide*. fo ,when 8 Supputiw in font Anus had trauelled all over Europe ,to confer with
^m^mtTilrr aw ^ cman > ncc returned at laft without his errand , and could finds none.
Eraf/woi chu.j. h Cardan concunes with him,fevo there Ate {for ought lean perceaue) well in
ctnt.i o.nmo their wits. So doth Tutly,' 1 I fee every thing to be done fool; fh/y and vnaduifed-
Z%Z, l 7- flep»ifin r j»mjwiextnrfom,wmvtri 3l
defyit, iket alh Error, fed vari/s iHudit p Art/bus omnes \
w a!» mubo One reeles to this .another to that wall ,
dhusjUt avan- * IS tn c lame error that deludes them all.
iue , ambitma, k Xhey dote all 3 but not alike,M<*/»* V i irao-it o(xo/«,not in the fame kinde,*/**- is
^kofii fat 3 c0lie ^ fts i t fecondlaftiuious^A third ambitious \a fourth envious , &c. as Dami>
*» Prim*], hx ftppus the Stoicke hath well illuftratcd in the Poet, - defipiunt omnes <cque At
wt * F 1 ™ f u ' tu* Tis an inbred malady in euery one ofvs , there is feminArium fiultiti£ t a
» e.i. de'autko feminary of fo\\y t rvbich if it be ftirred vp or get ah head , willrunne in infiini*
sjl in vnoquoq s turn ^and infinitely v Aries ,as voce oar felues Are feverally Addicted , fai th R Eal-
riLZwoT' fll *z*r CAflilto: and cannot fo cafily be rooted out, it takes fuch faft hold, as
ftuitiM^uodfi Tu/fy holds,*//* radices ftultititf fo we are brcd,and fo we continue.Somc
T^Mtum tncrc ^ e two mainc defefts of wit, Error and JgnorancCj to which all o-
frith "xmfcit. thcrs arc rcduced,by ignorance we knowc not things neceffary, byErrour
*>ribuUn.f!Hi- weknowc them falfely. Jgnorancc is a priuation.Error a pofitiue Acl from
S^hc^wits 3g no r a nce comes vice.from Error hcrelie,&:c, Eut make how many kindes
area wooiga- you will 3 diuideand fubdiuide,fcw men are free, or that doc not impinge on
^solboics ^° me onc kindc or othcr ' P Sic ? ler * m & a £' tat ? ult0$ ™f £ 't'*> as hec that ex-
commonly 1 am ' ncs nis ownc and other mens aclionSj(hall findc.
dote. Charon in Luciano he wittily faigncs,was conducted by Mercury to fuch
Im'toTz. 2 P Iacc ' where He might fee all thc world at oncc.and after hee had fufficicnt-
' ' * ly viewed and looked about./taTW/ would needs knowc of him, what hec
had obferued , he told him that he faw a vaft multitude and a promifcuous
their habitations like Molehills 5 the men like Emmets,^ could difcernecitties
like fo many hiues of Bees 3 rv herein euery Bec_j had a fltng,and they did nought
tl[c but fling one anther Jomt domineering Uke Hornets bigger then the_j reft,
forme
Vemocrltus to the Reader.
fome like filching ycAjps , offers as Drones. Ouer their head were houering a i£
confufed company of percurbations,hope } feare,anger, auaricc, ignorance 3
&c.and a multitude of difeafes hanging ouc^wfaich they ftill pulled on their
heads. Some were brawlmg/ome fighting, riding,runniDg,^/V/>^ ambien-
teS)Cd\Lidelitzgdntcs£Qt toyes and trifles,and fuch momentary things. 1 heir
Townes and Prouinces meere factions , rich againft poore , poore againft
rich mobles againit ar tificers,they againft ne»bles,and fo the reft.In conclufi-
on he condemned them all 5 for mad men,fooles,idiot$>afies. Ofiultt, qtktnt
hxc eft amentia} O fooles,o mad men he exclainics/^/iiw jludiajnfam labo-
res t &cm:d indcauours,mad a&ions 5 mad 3 mad 3 mad. Herdcl'ttm the Phile-
fopher,out ofa ferious meditation of mens a6tions,fell a weeping,and with
continuall tcarcs bewailed their miferies^madnefll^nd ^olly. Democrztm on
the other fide fell a laughing,,their whole life to him feemed fo ridiculous,
and he was fofarre carried with this ironical! pailion , that the citcizens of
K^dbdera tookchim to be mad,and fent therefore Embafiadours to Hippecra*
tes the Phyfitian 5 that he would exercife his skill vpon him. But the ftory is
fet down at large by Hippocrates , in his Epiftlc to Damogetus jw[\\q\i becaufe
kisnoti'npeninenttothisdifcourfe, lwillinfcrt^;^//^ahnoft 3 as it is
deliacrcdby f///>/wrrf/^himfelfe,with ali thecircumftanccs belonging vn*
ton ' *Subtamtfa
Wh<
en Hippocrates was now come t o t^dbderd , the people of the Citty ti*tm§ftdcn-
1 flockinq about him,fome wecping.fome intreatinc of him' that he /f f ^"V*^
would doe his belt. Atcer lomc little repair , hee went to fee Demoerittu,?\\ hpdmMde
the people following him^vvhom he found fas before ) in his garden in the P s jf ldm Mm -
fuburbs all alone, fitting vpor, a (lone vnder a plane tree without hofeor jloooes 'niftlTiM J~
with a hooke on bit knees jutting vp fitter all beafts. and bufie at his fiudy. The itm faper \t-
people frood gazing round about to fee the congrcfTc 5 Hippoirates after a ^" h * be »"**
little tiaufefaluted him by his name, whom hee rcfaluted , afhamcd almoft *a!ZZZu
that he could not call him likewife by his name 3 or that he had forgot \t.Hip- f cri ^u [dam
per ates demanded of him whathc was doing? He told him that he was f qu ° l f' a !T
fie tn cutting iff e tier all be Aft Jo finite out the caujes of madnefifc\ejr melancbo • turf*, creftat,
ly. Hippocrates commended his worke, admiring hishappineflc and Ieafure.' a ' ukm,> m *'
And why.quoth Dcmocritmfavz not you that leafurc?Becaufc,replicd Hip-
^o^/^.domcfticall affaires hinder,nccefTary to be done,for our children 5 ex- I'^^es,^
nenccs.difeafes/railties^nd mortalities which happen, wife , children fcr- t . er . ea ( ico ' mn
vanrs 3 and fuch bimneflc which depnuc vs of our time. At this fpeech Demo- Med fciiu b$.
crittts profufedly laughed(his friends and the people landing by ? weeping % nat w"*
in the meane time and lamenting his mudndte) Hippocrates asked the realbn ^Z^n.h. t.
why he laughed: he told him at the vanities and fopperies of the time.To fee mGencf.ju-
men fo empty of all vertuous aaions 5 to hunt fo farre after cold, hauinc no '
cndofaiiibition^to take luchinhnitepaines for a little glory , and to bee fa- tipti pofiuia,
vored of men.to make fuch deepe mines into the earth for gold • and many & tHm,ltum
times to fip.de norhing,withlofle of their lines and fortunes. So'mctoloue ^pfdZ*!^'™
dor/ ^cs.othershorfesjfome to defircto be obeyed in many Prouinces, * and u Vxem itt -
yet them felucs will knowe no obedience, 11 Some to lone their wiucs'dcar- SJT
Jy at firft 3 and after a while to forfakc and hate them,begctting childrcn,with **m
much care and coft for their education,yet when they growe to mans cftate mx
J w dc ¥ ih thcm,ncgiea and lease them naked to the worlds mercy J Doe If^p
not
Demtcritus to the reader.
20 not thefebehauioursexpreffe their intolerable folly ? When men Hue in
* Kept eVgunt peace they covet warrc,dctefting quietnefTe 3 x depofing kings and aduance-
deponmt. j n g ojhgjg j n t jj C j r fl- ccc j ^ murdering fomc men to beget children of their
wiues. How many ftrangc humours are in men ? When they arc pc ore and
needy they feeke riches,and when they haue t hem they doe not enioy them,
but hide them vnder ground,or elfe waftfuily fpend them. O wife N^ocra^
/«,Uaugh at fuch things being doncjbur much more when no good comes
of thcm,and when they are done to fo ill purpofe* There is no truth or iu-
*cwtrMfom- fticefoundamongitthera, for they daily plead one againft another, a thc
tesjr«im t cmi fonne agair.ft the father and the raother.ferother againft brother, kindred &
l^&in'm^ friends of the fame quality, and all this for riches , whereof after death they
tw agent, cannot be poffeffors. And yet notwithstanding they will defame & kill one
another,commitall vn!awfulla&ions,contemningGod,&men 3 friendsand
countrey. They make great account of many fcnfclelTe things, cftecraing
them as a great part of their trcafurejftatu.es, pictures, and fuch like mouca-
bles,dcarebought 5 and fo cunningly wrought, as nothing but fpeech want-
*Ud*mcmimx echin them, b and yet they hate living perfons fpeakjng to them. Others af-
^oSTibcai ^ ^ , ^ co ^ t tbingSjif they dwell on firme land,they will rcmouc to an iland
jkpmtifisii. and thencctoland againe,being no way conftant in their defires.They com-
^ credo eqaidf mend courage and ftrcngth in warres, andletthetnfeluesbee conquered by
wmmmUM ^ arlc * avarice^thcy are,in brief c,as difordered in their minds , zsTherfites
was in his body. Audnowmeethinkes, Oraoft worthy Hippocrates ,you
fliould not reprehend my laughing , perceauing fo many fooleries in men$
*SHamJiu!tUi- * for no man will naockc his owne folly^but th3t which he feeth in another,
ToffiaiteSll aB< * *° ^ c y Ul % mGC ^ c onc another. The drunkard calls him a glutton,
term dcrid*. whom hec knowes to be fober, many men loue the fea, others husbandry,
briefly they cannot agree in their owne trades and profeffions, muchlefle
in their hues and anions.
When Htppecrates heard thefe words/o readily vttcred without preme-
dication to declare the Worlds vanity, full of ridiculous contrariety, hee
made anfwer,that neceflity compelled men to many fuch a6tions,& dinerfe
wills enfuing from diuiac permiflfion, that wee might not be idle, being no-
thing is fo odious to them as floth and negligence. Befides,men cannot fore-
fee future euents,in this vncertainty of humane affaires, they would nocfo
marry ,if they could fore-fee the caufes of their diflike and feparation, or pa-
rents if they knew the houre of their childes death, fo tenderly prouidefoc
them; or an husbandman fowc,ifhe thought there would be no inereafe; or
a merchant adventure to fea , if he forc-faw {hipwracke ; or be a magiftrate
if prcfently to bee depofed. Airworthy Democritus, euery man hopes the
beft,and to that end he doth it,and therefore no fuch caufe of laughter.
Democritus hearing this excufe, laughed againe aloud, perceiuing he did
not well vnderftand what hee had (aid concerning perturbations and tran-
quillity of the mind. Infomuch.that if men would gouerne their actions by
difcretion and prouidence , they wouldnot declare themfeluesfooles, as
now they doc,and he fhould haue no fuch caufe oflaughtcr,but (quoth he;
they fwell in this life,as if they were immortall,for want of vnderftandinp.Tc
were enough to make them wife, if they would but confider the mutability
of this world,a.ad how ic whecjes about> nothing hrmc and furc, hce that is
now
Vemocritus to the { ){eadcr.
now abouc,to morrow i$beneathjhec that fate on this fide to day, to mor- ax
row is hurled on the other: and not confidering thefe things , ihcy fall into
many inconveniences and troubles,coueting things of no profit, & thirfthig
after them,tumblinghf jio.^into many calamines. So thatif men would f^-^^
attempt no more then what tuey can beare , they fhotild leade contented ^.mmm^:.
liues, and learning to know themfelucs would limit their ambirion , f they bal^^jmr
would know then that Nature hath enough without feeking fuch fuper(] ul - mitus&finifi
ties ; and vnprofitable things, which bring nothing with them but griefe and Ubmm inajfr
moleftation. As a fat body is more fubiecT: to difcafes 5 fo arc rich memrhere SSSw^SSf
arc many that take no heed what happencth to others by b.id conversion, t.or.
and therefore oucrthrow themfelues in the fame manner through their 'jjjj$^ t v *l
own fault,not fore feeing dangers manifeft. Thefe are things ( 6 more then p^'eTuhm.
mad queih hee J that giue me matter of laughter , by fufferiog the paines of ttcum vuijt
your impieties,as your auarice 3 envy,mutinies, vnfatiable dchres, confpira' ^^,^ er
ciesjk other incurable vices,- befides your § diftimularion and hypocrifie, creti^ndm
bearing deadly hatred one to the other , andyetfh.idowingit with a good c ^ m C\eie.
face,flying out into all filthy lufts,and tranfgreflions ofalllawes,both of na« c^utwm}
ttire and ciuility.Many things which they hauc left off, after a while they fall qumfibi font,
to neaine.husbandry ,navigation,and leauc ofTaqaine, fickle and vnconftant s ? J**?"*^
as tncy are 5 when tney are yong.they would be old,and old young. « Princes kcetitjuicsu-
commend a priuate life, pritiate men itch aftet honour; a magiftratecom- teatutvivat,
mends a quiet Hfe,a quiet man would be in his office,and obeyed as he is, & f©^'
what is the caufe of all this, but thatthey know not themfelues. Some dc- attentat qua.
light to deftroy,one to build,anothcr to fpoile one counrrey to enrich ana- f atl
therand himfclfc. k In all thefe things they are like children,in whom is no gttJSZ"
judgment or counfell 5 and tefemble bcafls, failing that beafts arc better then difcruvt^uibm
they,as being contented with Nature. 1 When fnall you fee a Lion bide gold ^IJfJ'jfy
in tne ground,ora Bull contend forabetter pafturc ; when a Borcis thirfty, '^cqiT/fe^bi
he drinkes what will ferue hirn,and no more,& when his belly is full, he cea* ofawtyeep,
feth to eat: but men are immoderate in both; as in luft,they couct carnal co- mf^^ 1
pulation at fet times, men alwayes,ruinating thereby the health of their bo- caufm'afqiti-
dies.Anddothitnotde(eruclaughter,to fee an amorous foole torment him rm bruu m }'
felfeforawench;weepe 5 howlcforamif-fliapenflut 3 a dowdy, fometimcs bocfolm'nlt
that might haue his choice of thefineft beauties ? js there any remedy for mmbMinvef^
this in Phyfick? J doc anatomize and cut vp thefe poorc bcafts,™ to fee thefe T^i
dilkmpers, vanities and follies, yet fuch proofe were better made on mans vitate Korbut
body,if my kind nature would endure it: n Who from thehoure of hisbirth c ! tm
is mod miferable,weak.& fickly;when he fucks 5 he is guided by others,when ^blndZ\tm
heisgrownegreat,pra<5tifethvnhappinefle, & is fturcy, and whenolde, a desrefta'ipfamh
child again,3nd repentcth him of his life paft. Andhecre being interrupted " ; w >
by one that brought bookes,hee fell to it againe,that all were mad 5 carelclTe, vmtZ. «*»
cnmmx
ftupid.To prouc my former fpceches, looke into Courts or priuate houfes. W?
P ludges giue iudgment according ro their o wnc advantage,doing manifeft 'tu^lfmt*
wrong to pooreinnocents 3 to pleafeothcrs. Notaries alter fcntencesj& for 'tn)numhtrou y
monyloofc their deedes ! , fomemake falfe monies, others counterfeit falfe *?, a thc , ef told
wcights^lome abuie their parcnts,yea corrupt their own fifterSjOthers make te faMmv*
long libels & pafquils,defaming men of good life, & extoll fuch as are lewdc fa* Uldcx >
& vicious/ome robbe one,fome another. 4 Magiftratcs make lawes againft Z^^m,
d theeues.
Vemomtus to the Reader.
22 theeues,&arctheveriefttheeues thcmfclues. Some kill themfelues. others
defp*fe,not obtaining their defitesj fomedancejlingjaugh/caftjandback-
bite,whilft others figlijlanginfhjinourne 2nd lament, hailing neither rocate,
drinke^orcloathes.' Some prankevp their bodies,and banc their minds full
of execrable vices: fome trot about to bcarefalfc witncu%'& fay any thing
* Vuitm mpi for mony,and though Judges know ofit, yet for a bribe they winke at it,and
IS mcih-' m ^ cr fo^ c contracts to prevaile againft equity. Women arc all day a dref-
Am.MmiUm. fing,to pleafe other men abroad,& go like iluts at homc,not caring to pleafe
tlFvixTnver l ^ elr own ^ us ^ anc ^ s wnom tnc y flhould.Seeing men arc fo fickle, lb fotcifti,
bffm mmL &> intemperate , why fbovld not I laugh at thofe to whom * folly feemes
tioprofcruntur. wifedome,& will not be cured,and perceiuc it not? It grew late,& Htppccra-
TJfiTZt ^Hefchim,& no fooncr was he come-away 5 but all the citizens carneabouc
ad ver'uattm uocking,to know now he liked him: nee told them in briefe, that notwith-
dtcendwinvi- ftanding thofe fmall neglects ofhis attire^ody/liet, u the world had not a
$mZ«$7d*r Vifer,a more learned,a more honeft man,& they were much deceiued to fay
bkm \at tx&- that he was mad*
vZtemL 111 Tnus V em ° critM cfteemed of the world in his time, & this was the caufc
cat Cjluin.in 3 ofhis laughter: and good caufc he had.
loh.fem.x . sc Q// m i ure quidem nunc pins Dcmocrite ride^j 9
mpmm'cgldh 0*** rides? vita h*c nunc mage ridicuk eft.
tmt. "Democritm did well to laugh of old,'
o siqMtm fa Good caufe he had ,but now much more,
mraime me This life of ours is more ridiculous
tempkvit. De- Then that of his,or long before.
f^Tf^enff- , Ncucr fo much Gaufc of laughter as now, neuer fo many fo©Ies & mad men.
fHumvirum y qui 'lis not one Vemocritut will feruc turne to laugh in thefedayes, wee hauc
nl^bomnsZi n0VV nce ^of2 Democrit us io laugh ixDemocritmpxiz Jcfter to flout at ano-
dtHthtei red-' ther, one foole to fleare at another, A great Stcntorean Vemocritus^% big as
*«• , thitRbodtaxCo/ojfa.Totnow^siSdlubur/enfe tetwmtm-
*?bmDemi * m hiphnemAgit,\\\z whole world playes the foole, we haue a new Thca •
mi nuncnon ter,a new Sceane,a new Gomcdy of errors,a new company of perfbnate A-
SfSS &or$,vo/MpUfacrM(as Ca/cagrnxu* wittily faignes in his Apology) are cele-
i>emocr)tumri- brated all the World ouer, f where all the Aftors were madmen &fooIes
fpf 'ff;™'' 3nd eucr ? *} ourc cnan g c< * habits, or tooke that which came next. Hec that
%Xir*rJ. was ^marriner to day,was an Apothecary tomorrow; a Smith one while a
t Philofopher another,//? ^ ludu.K King now with his crown robes
5J" rce P tcr ^ ttcn dants>y & by droue a loaded AiTe before him like a carter, &c'
u« ' VDemocrittu were aiiuc now ; he ftould fee ftrange alterations, a new com-
T P ff > pany ofcounterfeic virards,whiflers,C«»^alTes,Maskers,Mummcrs pain"
imwoU\ hie Butterflies. And fo many of them arc indeed } (*lfall be true that 1 haue read)
52 2Krl: F or w , hsn W"£1 M '' S we ^ T d V n , g was [ oI r c T ni2cd of old ' lhe s ods ™* ^
unuhjmu & lnv " ed to the Feaft 5 & many Noblemen bcfidcs. Amongft the reft camcOr.
fceptro omaiui.falm a ^r/z^Pfince^rauely attended, rich in golden attites in say robe?
X^LX withamaicfticaUprefencc, but otherwife an AiTe. The gods ferine hinl
Mfium elites* come in fuchpompe<ate ? rofevp to giue him place , exbdttuhominem
tium'impellh. n
* Calcignbw JpoL Cryfalm e emit aura dive:, nmkatopeplo & t'mo conjpku*, kviubawnj* nuBim emUB c mana
wgtfanUi&jjitrgmtdiit&c, •
metientes 9
Vmotrittu to the Reader,
w$etientes' y ]h\it Itpiter perceiuing what he was,a light 3 phantafticke,idlc fel* 2 3
low^urned him & his proud followers into Butterflies : And fo they conti- l%fJ™'iMi~
rue ftill /Tor ought I know to the contrary; rouingaboucinpiedcoates, & tvptfrchnl*
ivccaWc&chryfdltdes by the wifer fort of men, that isjgoldeoutfides^roncs, 1 1*
flics,& things ofno worth.Multitudcs of fuch,&c. Many additions, much e ^°$^*
increafc of madneife,folly 3 vanity,(hould DcmtcritM obferue, were he now ^aamam^m
to trauell.or could get lcaucofp/ztfo to come fecfafhions, zsCbsron did in aUverfaeft,
Lucid* jo viftt our cities of Moron'u f M,and Moroni* foh'xfotz I thinkc he % ™i*f(lr>dTs
would breakc the rimrac of his belly with laughing, vacant buiufm^
a Siforet in ten it rider et Democritudje* ejre. f
A Satyricall Ram** in his time, thought ail vice ,fol!y, and naaduefle were all
at a full Tea, b Omneinprtcipitiv'ttiumjietit*: but wee flow fc «r.
higher in madnc(Tc,farre beyond them, e Mcx daturi progeniem vtticfiorem^ c Hcr "
and the latter end fyou know whofe Oracle it is ) is like to be worft. 'lis not
to be denied 3 the world alters cuery day, ruunt urbes y regm trunsferuntur^
(frcvAriantttr habitus ylegesinnovantur^zs f /Vtar^oblerues, wee charge ^ Libj.eftfi.z,
languagCjhabitSjIawescuftomcs^manners, but not vices, notdifcafes ; iiot
the fymptomes of folly &madnefTc, they arc ftill the fame. And asariuer
we fcCjkcepes the like name & placc 5 bnt not water 3 & yet eucr ruones,
* Labitur, (jr Ubetur in omne volabilis <ev»m; our times * Hoft
and pcrfons alter, ! vices are the farnc,&: cuer will bejlookc how nightingales d supe>{litio e%
fang of o!d,cockcs crowed, kinc lowed, fhcepe bleated, fparrowes chirped, 'f^l^'
doggesbari cd,fo they doe ftili, wckecpeourmadncfleflill, play thcfooles *wfc."."
ft'Wjtec dum fimtus O/v/V^wccareofthe famehumors and inclinations as flta*
our Predeccffors werc 3 you (hall finde v$ all alike, much at one, wr^eand our ^ j"rj^ke
fo nnes, Et natt n&torttm^ejr qui nafcuntur ah iUu. of /o>'9«.v,go-
and fo fhall we continue to the laft. But to fpeakc of times prcfeof. luer^T* a? s
]{Vemoerittes were aliue now, and fhould but fee the <fuperftition of our °" /?^& C PS
age,our * Religious madnc(Ic,as c dieter ah calls it, Religiofam infantamSo 5 si m Intmi
manyprofefl'ed Chi iftians, yet fo few imitators of Cbrifi, fomuch talfceof
Religion,fo much knowledge, fo little practife, fuch variety of Sects, fuch Ifjivmcftlm
heaue & hold of all fides, j ebvU fights. Sign* &c t interna hove*
fuch abfurd & ridiculous traditions and .ceremonies. Ifhec fhould meetca
Cdpucntne, a Francifcdu, a lcfttite> a fhatied-cro wned Monkc in his robes, a *>iii*fMit 5 «*
begging Frier, or fee their three- crowned foueraigne Lord the Pope.poorc ^mI"'"*^*
Peters SucccQor^fervus fervorum dei y \o depofe kings with his foor,to tread rt*tnficim"
on Emperours necks,make them ftand bare-foot & bare legged at his gates, fa-
hold his bridle and ftirrup,&c. fOthatfV/cr & Faulwcrc aliue to fee this J
Jf he fhould obferue a s Prince creep fo dcuoutly to kiflTc his toc,what wold dewm S-
\izh)\c«hra/pfumpetttur fiultitia. Had hcoenct fomc of ourdeuout Pil- Z ettlj "> oblati$ '
grims going barefoot to Ierufdem^omejdht /ago,Saint Thomas shrines, ZTombmfki*
to creep to thole counterfeit & maggot-eaten Reliques; hadhebinpreferit
?' a Matte 3 & fcene thofe kifling of paxes,crucifixes,eringes, duckings, their
feuerall attires & ceremonies 3 pidurcs of Saints 3 h Indulgences, Pardons, Vi- "^"mpl^'fL
giIs,fafting/eafts,crofling,knocking, kneeling at \^dvem&ry bells, with ma- mM ru,mf
libu t,qttu } rafuru, vnftlonibtHf cmitlkftiiiht, crticibid, mappu, cercis, tbkribuiis. mamtmhtt* txm^mksSu^kZ
^ » Paying
Democrttus to the Reader.
24 praying in gibberiih,& mumbling of beads, had he heard an old woman fay
her prayers in Latine, their fprinkling of holy-water, & going a proccfliori,
t Tb.Ncaieor- , f incedunt momebornm dgmin* wiHe,
**** Quid memorem vex'tUdfrnces^ idola% cult a $0.
Their breviarie$,biils 3 hallo wed beanes,exorcifmes,pi<aures,curious erodes*
fables & babies. Had he read the Golden Legend ,the Turkes Alcoran pi levees
Tdlmud } thc Rabbi hcs Comments, what would hec haue thought.'' How doft
thou thiuke would he haue becne afte&ed? Had hec more particularly exa-
mined a lefttites life amongfl: the reft, he ffcould haue feen an hypocrite pro-
feffe poucrty, 1 & yet poflefle more goods & lands then many Princes , to
haue infinite treafurcs & revenewes, teach others to faft, & play the giuttos
*Dumfimhnt themfelues: k Vow virginity, talke of hoiinen r e J & yet indec.de a notorious
jMcrmfilTtri- bawd,& famous fornicator Jafcivum fecm t i$fxy goat: Monkcs by profefli-
gjauamarttm on, fuch as gitic ouer the world, &.$e vanities ofit,& yet a AiarckUuiltan
nTmmibra- rout 3 m inwwfed in all manner of ftate: holy men,peaccmakers,& yet com-
mm annua. At- poftrd of envy,tuft,ambition 3 hatred,& mahce^rebrands^W*//* patrUpeflit,
**Et m unm ' tnitOTS > Si ^ fi ^ ts f^ ac ttMrddaftrdlqpA this is to fupcr crogat e, & merit Hea-
nrdu dTZut- l, en for themfclues & ethers.Had he feen on the other fide, fome of our nice
u bquuti futitt & curious Schifntatickes in another extreame, abhorre all ceremonies, and
^LnVaiun? rai herlofe their Hues &liuings, then doe or admit any thing they haue for-
Ubottmttmm. mcrly done,though things indifferent; they alone are the true Church 3 fal
i^rim t - t err *jum ftnt omnium infnljifimi. Formalifts,ready to embrace & maintain
bit they faall a 'J cnat is^orfhali be propo{ed,in hope of preferment : Another Epicurean
preuaiie no company, lying at lurch as fo many vultures, watching for a prey ©fChurch
mSfcfhal g 00cls >& ready to rife by thedownfall of any: as «Zww»faid in like cafe,
be knowne to what doft thou thinke Demecritm would haue done 5 had he bin fpe&ator of
all men. thefe things?
fwnfSlfre Or had he but obferued the common people folic w like fo many fheepe,
wmcXiuumo$> oneofthcirfellowes drawncby the homes ouer a gap,fome for zea!e,fomc
SSjTbI^. * or kzrcjuofecMfirapinempeJdvjcidyto dye before they will abiure any
"Quidtibiv*. ofthofeceremonies,to which they haue bin accuftomcd, others out of hy-
itmfitiurm pocrifie frequent Sermons, knock their biefts, turnc vp their eyes, pretend
^m^TdLr zeale,defirc reformation^ yet profefTed vfurers, gripers, rnonfters of men,
tomigifet i harpyes,diucls,in their Hues to expreffc nothing IciTe.
]^ikZZm What W0l,!d hc hauc faid t0 tefc™ y and read fo many bloody battles,
vttai Mom, fb many thoufands flaine at once, Vnius ch noxxm furi&f^ without any iuft
VVmamdi. Wufe ' t/^"*''''^™ wench.orfuihlike^
tmumi
ebprp.'
hewn,
tulam. velquod tu fie one mdnsfrtudtJpleenepp i dmbttton i smarice^ &c ..proper men,carcful-
l^it '"atof* I.V brought vp,able both in body & mind, found, led like fo many P beafts to
quod en pi eo do-
theflaughterinthe flowre of their yeares, pride and full ftrenqth, with-
™*™*> W * onr a ^ remorfe 8i pity,as it were 5 fkririccd to Pluto fo many fheep, 40000
*>cead>>&c. at OI)CC , At once, faid ],that were tollerablejbut thefe warres laft alwaycs &
for many ages, nothing fo familiar as this hacking & hewing^aflacrcs
*Mu4ter or- m»rders,defo!ations.The a fiegeofr^ t | ler g
mt>U>.u*H died 870009 C7rwww, ^70006 Tr^/,at the taking of the City, andafter
were
Vemocritus to the Reader.
were flain 276000 men J womcn 5 & children of all forts. Cafar killed a milli- 2 5
on, b Mahvmet the 2 Turke 300000 perfons.Our c Edward the 4 th was in 26 b / w '«
battels a foot; or as they doe all.he glories in it, 'tis related to his honour. At T^ m - mem<>
theficgeofO/7^Cthediuels Academyjapooretownein refped, a frnall
Fert 120000 thotifand men loft their liues.belides whole Towne?,Dorpes^
& hofpitals/ull of maimed menj there were engines 3 fireworkes 5 & whatfo*
euerthediuellcouldinventtodoemifchiefevvith,25oocooironbullctsfhoc ■ ■
of 4c 1 waigbtjthree or foure millions of gold confumed. d who ( faith mine ^^fojimJ
Author^/? be fafficiently amazed at their flinty hearts fibftinacy^furyjblmd^ fol.23.
neffeyvho without any likely hood of gad fuceeffe, hazard poore fouldiers, and
lead i hem without pitty to the (laughter , which may iuftly bee called the rage ef
fur tow beajlsfbat run without reafon vpon their owne deatbes.Whcn Rhodes
was beficged, e foff<t urbis cadaver ibm reflet* funt y the ditches were full of f ^ //J "
dead carcafTes 5 and as when the faid Solyman great T ftrke befleged Vienna, \ Lwm.
they lay leuell with the top of the walls. This they make a fport of, &will q * M ^$ji
doc it to their friends c^coofederats^gainft othcSjVowes,promifes 5 by trea- %fm*mxilm
chery or othcrwife, • . dolus an virtt*s Iquis in hoOe requ/rat} mic^m^c,
leagues & lawes of armes^ f (dent leges inter arma){ox their advantage, to fa-
tishe their luft & fpleene,they care not what they attempt/ay^rdoe, mctUiiitut.
g Rara fides, prcbitaf%virzs qui caflra feq&antHr. "°? !ll " s W"b
Nothing fo common as to hare S Father fight againfi the fe/sne , brother a- mtumSaSSi
gain ft brother ,kin\ f man again ft kinfman jewgdome again ft kingd.ome,Prouince faium-
gg^infl Prouince^Chriftians againft Chriftiam^ aquibttt ncc vnquamcogitati-
enefuerunt Ufi, of whom they ncner had offence in thought, word or deed: f*wBcUw*
Jnfmite treafures confumed,townes burned, flonrifning cities facked & rui- W****^.'
natcd,goodly countries depopulated & left defolatc, old inhabitants expel-
Jed,trade & traffick decayed 3 m aides deflowrcd,&c. Et quieqnid gauAens fee- Gaiimm d»~
lere animus audet , & perver(amens$w\\ t^r/«/y,andwhatfbeuer torment, ^utfaim'
mfferyjiiiifchief, hell it felfe,thc dwell, f fury, and rage can invent, to their zuttfZTle
own ruinc and dcftru&ion; fo abominable a thing is warre,as Gerbelius con-
cfades.adeofieda&abomf'nanda res eft helium, exquohominum cardes^aftati^fmt.Kmerm
tneSy&Mad Demotritm bin prcfent at thofe late ciuill warres in Frances 1 Gpiwi. vt
* wherein leffe then tntenneyeares, tenne hundred thon(and men were coufu* ****** m * tx 'r
we J, faith Coll/gains, 20 thoufand Churches ouerthrcvvne 5 or at our lace retur crutkMt*.
pharfalian fields in the time of Henry the fixt, .betwixt the houfes of Lama- tm \ & ba ' b *-
jier & Tirhjin hundred thoufand men (lain/ one faith* « another,ten thou- ^S£&
fand families were rooted omjhat no man can but marueHfikh Comineus at nes e "dem fub
th.tt barbarous immanityferattmadneffe^^cowmittedbetwixt men of the (ame c f° ?M/< " 3<? ^~
nationjanguageand religion* Quis furor 6 cives? 'why doe the Gentiles fo fu. [mj^ni&
rioufly r^faith the Prophet D*uid t pfal.2.i. But we may aske .why doe the omexer ^ a '
Chriftiaas fo ftirioufly rage?
| A rma volunt, quare pofcunt, raptuut^ Iuventus} t Vugs
Vnfit for Gentiles,much lelTe for vs fo to tyrannize' , as the Spaniard in the cuaJln^
Eaft Indies, that killed vp in 42 yeares (if we may belecue * Bartholomew a wundr e . eyC "
Cafa their own Bifhop) 12 Millions of men, with ftupend & exquifite tor- yR «^itfw-
ments; neither fhould J ly (faid he; if I faid 50 Millions. I omit thofe French ^l^d^
Maftacrcs,.y/V///*# Etienfongs 3 T the Duke of Alva* tyrannies,our gunpow-
dcr machinations,* thai fourth f»ry,as * one calls it, the Spantfb Jaauificio, ^ fuiS
d 3 which
Democritus to the Reader.
26 which quite ©bfcurcs thofc tenne perfecucions 5
* virg&etrt *~ * fevit t9to Mars impius trie,
■ lMfenm.GaU Js not this * Mundut fer/fifut,* mad world, as he te«*rmes it, infauum Vellum}
^tomimimt W0M ^ this,thinkcyou,haue info rccd our Democrittu to laughter, or racher
fu^inftjftk jhaue made him turne his tune, alter his tone, and weep with t Hcraclttus^
nbn. or rather howle, roarc, 3nd tcarc his haire in coramiferation, or itand a-
tfaus t MridtMt mazc ^5 or as tnc Poets fainc,that Nitbe was for gricfc quite fiupified & cur-
z>:mcntiti. ned to a ftone? I haue not yet faid the worft, That which is more absurd and
* cur* leva i»- c JTjac | In their tumults .fcditions.ciuill and vniuft warres. t wd (lultc faiti*
qiMittur, mien- . . A -.«, * . . 9 r . r 2 J J .
usfiufm. pit*rfmptegerttnrj*/{erc pwtur, iuch warres J meanc, for all are not to be
c Ama. mem condcmtted,2Bd valour is much to be commended in a wife man, but they
t»!!kim£m£ mo ^ ^^firre^rucidgre/apere/aljjs ncminib/Hvirtutem vtcant
lErormt. ' C^«('Twas Galgacm ©bferuationin Tacitus) they call theft 3 murdcr, and ra-
f^iffMiT' P inc ^ vertuc i b y a wrongnamc 5 &c. d They cwmwlj cali tl,e weft kairebrainc
t'ZXXfi- Motdfuckers, flnugef thecuesfbe »9jf defter Ate viUinesfre&chereus regucs ,
wos baberi 'pn- inhumane m*rderers 3 rafh,cruek*and ilijftlnte cafiffes^ ccuraghus andgenerous
faTZtftfS foritsjnrcicag & wrthy cap/aines, « brauemen at armespali&nt tad renew-
be* , bmi nedfcHldiersjelfejfcdmth a brute perfivafan »ff*lfe foumr, as Pdntus Huter
Mj*fi" a <" in his Burgundiau Hiftory corasplaines. i^tlex asder was forry, becaufe there
™eahmt Htf- wcrc no 0606 Worlds for him to conqucre, he is admired by fome for it , a-
fus. qmbui om~ nimtfavex videtur,& regit, 'twas fpoken like a Prince* but as wife f Seneca
fUet'wuT cenfureshim;twas vox iniquifima & finltifiwa, 'twas fpoken like a foole 5
iuvatntf m-te, a«d that fcntcnce which the fame * Seneca appropriates to his father Philip
"utMvt'in an<1 apf>1 ^ t0 thcm ^> N '* wimres fare ? e fa s mortalium^uam inn**
*£TnT$M- ^th t quamc9nJUgrati9 t quibus&c. they did as much mifchiefe to mortal!
veritMrmU. i»CH,as fire and water,thofc mercilelTc elements when they rage/ And that
txlSmql which is more t© bee lamented, they pcrfwadc them, that by thefe bloody
inprJip aci- Warres,as f Per/tans of old, as moderae Turkes doe their Commons, to in-
dftm.Brifomui courage them to fight, «t caddttt infielkit}r t Ifthcyhein themjhey g*e du
»7fih4jT remyHbeAue»,A»A$rfbecA*iniz,edf9r$ii»ts^ and fo thcypat a uotcof
Mm Ammknui f diuimtj the mo ft ctueB. a*dfer*/ei9us fhgue ef huntAne kinder adore
fuG h I"'? With 8?°^ tid r eS> { C & ccs ' ftatucs ' J^S"* *^nour, applaud
filus be*tHi«}ud and highly reward them for their good fcruice^ no greater glory then to die
e<n,qni iuprmiio in the field: as ^dfrieAnns is extolled by Enmus-^ Mars and ^ Hercules &
ivTbZT"' 1 kno * B0t how mai, y «ft>W,wcnt this way to Hcauen,that were in.
&.xxap.u deed bloody butchers, destroyers and tr©ublers of the World, prodigious
•Mir. qntfUib. monfters,hellhounds,fcrall plagues, dcuourcrs, common executioners of
' Boicmt Am- humane kind.as LaBantius truely proucs, and Cyprian to Deuat* Madet
»us
««. monrters,neiinouncis, tcraJI plagues, ticuourers, common «xccution?ri
* Vot'crus Am- h«manc kind.as LaBantius truely proucs, and Cyprian to Deuat* Madet 9,
fhitridiea. bis mutu9 janguint^yXhc earth wallowes in her own blood
ttda &fingm- and for that, which if it be done i« priuat.a man (ball bee ti«oroufly execu
fim In calm ** ™*rres , // u called mankocd^ and the farty U honour e a f9rit.
fuunr.ufomi. " *fr§fter*M &f*ltxfcelHs
Vf«HU. vhHwctHT- we raeafureall as T»r*« doe
f Ctutntm ba-
by
Democritus to the reader.
by thceucnt.and moft part,as Cyprian notcsjn all ages } countries,p]aces./e~ ^
nit id magmtuio impunitatem fctleris acquir.it ^ the foulneflc of the fact, vin-
dicates the offender. k One is crowned for that which another is tormented: k J«m.
Me cruoem feeler id precium tulttjoic diadem a %
made a Knight, a Lord, an Earlc, a great Duke (as l Agrippa notes) for l e Devamt -f ci '
which another fhould hauc hung in gibbets,as a terror to the reft, nemu^7
t & t^men alter ^ t feve*. s*m«
Sifeciffet idem caderet fub iudice morum.
A poore fheep-ftealcr is hanged for Healing of victuals , compelled perad-
venture by neceflity of that intollerable cold, hunger and thirft.to faue him-
felfe from flaming: but a m great man in om*ce,may fecurelv rcb whole pro- m fjf? ra!)tt
uinces,vndoe thoufands,piU and poIe/>pprefle<d flea. grind,tyran- liquit.TuVfii*
nizc,inrich bimfelfeby fpoylcs of thccommoriS;bc vncontrollable in all his
a<5tions,and after all,berccompenced with turgent titles , honoured for his [™ "chcV^
good fcr uice.and no man dare fiad fault ,or n mutter at it. io\djkxaitd&
How would our Democritus haue bin affected, to lee a wicked caitiffe, or
ofoole.a very idiot. a funge t a monfler ofmanjo haue many g'od men y wfe men, ■tife^c.JE^.
/earned men to Attend vpon him wit b all fubmifion^as an Appendix to hu riches, ° impobum &
for tmtrtf?ect alone, becaufe he hath more wealth and mony, P and to hs nor him t f^,f[ t J*
with diuine titles \wd bumbafi Epithets, to fmothct him with fumes and cu- wivim mfcr-
logics,whom they know to beadizard, afoole, acouetous^vretch > 5cC. be- bate; te,
aufe he is ricb.l o fee fub exuvp /eon id onagrum, a filthy lothfomccarcaffe^a '^ lwd ^mthh
Gorgons head puffed vp by parafites,aiTume this vnto himfclf, glorious titles, jjp aurmum
in worth an infant,a Cuman aflc,a painted fepukhrCjan t^gyptiax temple. ^'[^ at ' <m
To fee a withered face.adifeafcd^formcdjCankrcdcompIcxionja viperous fen^h^-ad-
mind,and Epicurean foule (et out with Orient pearlcs,lewclsjdiadems,per- ^mm^r.u-
fumes,curious elaborate workes, as proud of his cloat hes, as a childe of his mZ'f^'**''
new coatcs-, & a goodly perfon of an Angclick diuine countenance^ Saint, p Eor m'q,dt-
an humble mindja mceke fpiritcloathed in ragges,beg,andnow ready to be ''fS^f?'
ftjiv.ed.^o fee a iilly contemptible flouen in apparell,ragged in hiscoat,po- ^JivlmT/.
lite in fpcech,ofa diuine fpirit,wife: another neat in cloathes^pruce/uli of wimpe*.
curtcfie^cmpty of grace,wit,talkc non-fenfe. T/&7vmf'
To fee fo many Lawyers, Advocates, Tribunal litium fegetem, aLaby- a^fcun; 3 non
rinth,fo many thou fand Sutes in one Court fonietimes,fo violently follow- "frfm
cd.To kciniufUfimumfepe iuriprajidentcm , impiumreligionifimperitifii- ^Z%lddites
mum erudittoniftiofiftmum labor i,m on jfrofum humanitati. To fee H a Lamb fit dm lib.%.
^xecuted.a VVolfc pronounce fentence, latro arraigned, and fur fit on the Mt^frtn
bench jthc'ludgefeucrelv pumfhothcrs,anddoe worfehimfelfe, f eundem u%'S'ulJ™t*
fur turn facer e & f>unire y *rapinam p letter e,qmm fit ipfe raptor.Lawcs al tercd, reat fi l «ut»t.
mifco.iitrcd, interpreted prezndcon, as the 4 Judge is made by friendsjibri- ^l^wdmui
bcd,orothcrwifcaffected,as anofeofwaxe,goodtoday>none to morrow: oper'atkr.
orfomcinhisopinion,caftinhis. Sentence prolonged,changed adarbitri- \ s ^!^^
urn /tfdfcitftiWtht famecafe, f one thrufi out of his inherit ar/ce, 'another falfely jjeproviden.'
put 1:2 by fauour \falfe forged deeds or wils./ncife leges negliguntur.hwcs made ' E jg<>
and not kept*, or if put in cxccntion^thcy be fome filly ones that are puniflv ^^jf^."
cd.Asputcafeitbcfornicatio 3 the father will difinherit or abdicate his child, tmim. Qwd
fa'c'iant leges H-
b\ fola pecitnh TtiM. Idem. f Hie mtntur h*rcdtutibui liberi, bkdonatm btmisalienps, fdfum confalit alter, tejiamntum c«r»
rm}*t,&:. Jdem. ' Vtxat stnjura (otmbas,
quite
Vemocritus to the Reader.
s$ quite cafaecre him foutvillaine, be gone, come no more in my fight; a
poore man is mifcrably tormented with lofle of his eftatc perhaps, goods,
fbrtuncsjgood name, for euer difgraced, f orfaken, and muft doe pennancc
to the vtmoft,and yet make the worft of ir, nunquid ahudfecit^ faith Tr*»/#
Um mM in the j Poet^ quodfaciuntfummtsnatigenertbw, he hath done no more
' then what Gentlemen vfually doe.
* ? dtm * * Ne% xovumjtej; mirum % ne^ (ecus qtfam alijfilent.
tor in a great perion 'tis no offence at aU,a common and ordinary thing.n©
man takes notice of itj he iuftifies it in pubhke/and peradventure bragges of
tfrvm.&M. n * ^ Nam quod tttrpe bom ^T/tio.Ser/p^decebat
"Quod 'm [ml Crijpinum' u Many poore men,
fures& mendi- y 0n ger brothers 5 &c.by reafon ofbad policy 5 and idle education,arc compel-
led to begge or ftcale,andthen hanged for theft 5 then which, what can bee
qui mdmrni- more ignominious,*?** mtnus enim turpe priMtpimultafupplicia, quam we*
ml^SL d* co m "tta the gouernors fault. Ltbent/us verberant quam docent >
pubs itbtnim _ as Schoolemaftersdoe, rather correct their pupills, then teach them whea
downturn* C ^' c y ^ oe am ^ e - x They had more need pr wide there fbould bee no more theeaes
Vto? i. 1 . *md beggars ,04 they ought with good policy ^and take away the occajions^ then let
* Deccrnimtur themrunne on^as they doe \to their deftruiliort, And root out likewife thofc
%lrMil}uffi- caufes ofwrangling.a multitude of Lawycrs,and compofe controuerfies by
ehfluumpotim forae more compendious mcanes. Whereas now for euery toy 2nd triffle
froviA mkm fa ~ QZ tQ j aw ▼ Mug-it lit ib tit infanum forum,dr ftvit invicem dtfeordan.
fan finite cm- tl( * m rabtes 7 thcy are ready to pull out one anotners throats, fxiorcommo-
yum tam d rx dity z to fquife blood , faith Hierom y out of their brotUrs heart, defame, lye,dif-
emdffitmcejfi. g^cCjbackbite^ailCjbcare falfe wimes,fwearc and forfwcare, fight & wran-
tM.idm. gle,fpend their goodsJiueSjfortuneSjfricndSjVndoe one another, to enrich
\ummvrb 811 ^ ar Py Advocate, that preyes vpon them both,and cryes Eia Socrates fiia
Xantippe- % oi forae corrupt Judge,that like the Kite inrxE/^while the Mous
*[E fratern9 and Frog fought,carricd both away.Generally they prey one vpoi? another
C tik\lTf mm as *° man y raucnous birds 3 brutcbeafts,dcuouring Fifties, no medium^ *> cm-
* sui'vus ra.pt xes hie ant captantur^aut captant t aut cadaver a qu<e lacerantur^ut corvi qui la*
"parttius de f * ri *'» c ' tncr ^ eceulc > or D ^ pieces theav
Cro'onciuitatc fclues. What s the market? a place according to \Anacharfis } \!vhttzm they
1 Quid forum* cozen one another.Nay,what's the world it felfe?* a vaft chaos ^ a confufion
l liiumck?kZ °^ mann crs,as fickle as the Aircitfclfcja turbulent troup full of impurities,a
wnit.> mart of walking fpirits, goblins, the theatre of hypocrifie, afhopofknaue-
t^Urmwm' v yfi mcT y* 2 nl, rf cr y ofvillany,thc fcene of babling, the fchoole of giddines,
tmpuriumjbet-
the Academy of vice, a warfare, vbivelis nolis pugnandum , ant vincas i
mm hypocrifi- aut fuccumbas^ in which kill, orbcckill'dj wherein euery man is for him-
"tcmcaiHm, ^ c > *° r his °. wnc cn ^ s ' and ftandsvponhis owneguard. No charity,
no iufiur.vt- c louc 5 friendfhip } feare of Godjalliancejaffinity.confanguinity, Chriftianity
ju^nem lo- can C ontaine them, but if they be any waies offended, or that firing of com
Zitjdmm a- ™°dity be touched they fall fovvle. Old friends become bitter enimics on a
peuisocuiis bo. fudden,for toyes and fm all offences, and they that crft were willing to doe
Tm.?mmh» ^ Imu f uallomceso ^ oucandkindncffc > now one ano-
ther to death,with more then ratinian hatred,and will not bee reconciled.
So long as they are bchoucfulI,they louc or may befteedeach other buc
When there is no more good to be cxpcded 3 as they doc by anolddoggc
hang
Vemocritus to the (Reader.
hang him vp or caffeire hinij infteed ofrccompence,revile him,& when they 29
hauemadehiman inftrumentofitheir villany, ast Sauza 2.Emperourof
the Turkes ? did by Acomethes Btjfa y m&& him away . In a word , cuery man
for his ownc ends: ouxfummum bonum is commodity,and the GoddefTe we ^ ? XVwk;^
adore is he a fl»M»rf4,Quecne Monv 3 to whom we daily offer facrifice, which p* aiha^nw
fteeresourhearts,hands/Un°ec"tions 3 all: that moftpowerfull GoddefTe ,by | ^^ ffe(ri >
whom we arc rearcd,depreiTed,eleuatcd 5 c efteemcd 3 tbc foie commandrcflc vy c r ^ es qK &
of our adtions,for which we prayjunuejridejgoe^ome.labour, 6c contend pmma. sairf.
as fillies doe for a erurrime that falleth into the water. It is not worth, wif- vX&&cmtt&
domc 3 learning honefty>religion,or anyfufheiency for which we are refpe» & e .
died 'nut 5 mony.honcfty is accounted follytknauery, oollicv : k men admi- ' Rt i enm & »
leaoiKoropinion/iotasthcy are 3 butastney lcernerobe;iucn irmting,<y- ^ ma imat.
ing, cogging, plotting, counterplotting, flattering, cofening, disenabling, ^gumum
* t'tAt of nccepty one ?nafl highly offend Godif he be conformable to the rvorld^ JjJSfiroS'"
Cretizare cam Crete \pr elje Hut in contempt y dif?race , indmifery. One takes is m& Tantum
vpon biro temperance^holinelTejanother auftcrity , a third an affected kmde f/trV
of fimplicity,when as indeed he.and he,and he, and the reft are k hypocrites, t ;^ c c f a l c!L~
ambodexterspmRdcsl like fo many turning pictures, a lion on the one fide, tu.'&yui£i vo-
a lambe on the other. How would Democrittu hauebeene affected to fee SJjj^^
thefc things? dra,l*Jcconf,
To fee a man turnehimfclfe into all lhapeslike a Camelion ,or as Prott- 1 v «' mAla
us, Omni a iramformAns Jefe in miracuU rerum ,to act twenty parts at once, na i, iao Mena'
for his aduantage,to temporize and vary like Mer cury the planet,good with tor.vt
good,bad with thebadj of all rcligions 3 humours,inclinations, to favvne like ^J'^^S
a ipanieijrage like a Lion,barke like a Curre 3 fight like a Dragon , fting like Snbui con-
a Serpcnt 3 as meekeas a Lambe,an«l yet againc gnone like a Tigre, weep like tmmMxms
a Crocodile, infuk ouer others, and yet others infult oucr him , here com* K^^j^
mand,therecrouch;tyrannize in one place,be baffled in another 3 a wife man mubnt &b*c*
at he me 3 a foole abroad to make others merry,
To fee fo much difference betwixt words and dcedsjfo many parafanges J/^fcT
betwlxc tongue & heart, men like fhge players act other mens parts, fgiue tauru, furfum
good precepts to others 3 to fore aloft, whilft they thcmfclues grouel on the y ^ i:n ^-
ground. \ Twl'ptufu-
To fee a man proteft friendihip 3 kiffe his haad , j quern ma'det trumatttm « tcdm
W^r^ m fmile with an intent to dee mifchicfe ? or cofen him whom heefa. ^^jfju
luces, n magnifie his friend vnworthy with hypetbolicallelogiums, his enc- tmtA villa
mv albeit a sood man.to vilifie and diferace him,andalihis acl;ions,vvith the ,
vtmolt huor and malice can inuent. l m An ^ m
To fee a * feruant able to buy out his mafter , him that carries the mace ^« wj****
more worth then the MapiftratCAvhich Plato L j /. de le<?. abfolu telv forbids a fj hndm f
EpiiletiM abhorrcs. An norle that tils the \ land led with chafre 3 an idle iade
Iiaueprouer.der in abundance 3 him that makes (hoocsgoe barefoot him- n toue 3n *
felfCjliim that fels meat almoft pined^a toyling drudge ftarue 3 a drone ftorilh. a/J^ € ^
To fee men buy (moke for wares, caftics built with foolcs heads,mcn like of a pcrfpec-
apes follow thefafhions,in tireSjgefturcs,acl:ions.' if the king laugh ? al laugh. ^ sj^>
Alexander ftouped,fo did all hisCourtiers. K^ilphonjus turned his hcad 3 & p fi e s, the o-
tiicr makw^i
things leflc. * Mhuflri locuplet'mes yiqmbus mnilitatur^feruut tna'wft opes habens quavt pationm. \ gha^ terram cohnf
tq*i palsu pafcMurfiuiot'mtur c*»*Ui mum fi£;Mntur,dtfulcc<it)n difcmit qui ca!ccs alusfacit. o Bodinelib.^deTepukcff..^
e fo
Vemocrttus to tbt%taitr.
30 fo did all his parafitcs. \ Sab ins Poffea^ 7{eroes wife , wore amber -colourd
piW ^ hairc,fo did all the £o w** Ladies in an inftant t her fafhion was theirs.
\ap™%iUoi To fee men wholy led by affe&ioividmircd and cenfured out of opinion
babuit fuccine- without iudgement: an inconlideratc multitude, like fo many dogges in a
vumeUueiil Village,if one barkcallbarke without a caufe; as fortunes fanne turnes , if a
Roman* cofai man be in fauour,or commended by fome great raan,all the woild applauds
% nnt ^ dU ' ^ im 5° i^difgrace,inaninftantall hate him.
• o'dt dmna- To fee a man P wearehisbraines in hisbelly 5 his guts in his head, anhnn-
tos.juv. drcth Oakes on his back,to deuoure an hundred Oxen at a meale, nay more,
lub^vfo ro devoure hou fes,or as thofe Antkr*j)ofbagt<i to eat one another.
Ttmunbrum To fee a man rowle himfclfc vp like a fnoweballjfrombafebeg^ery, to
tftmventre, in- ^gj^ wor fhjpf u n a nd right honourable titles 5 iniuftly to (crew himfelfe into
*u. mm **** honoui s and offices; another to ftarue his GeniM^ damne his fbule to gather
PfalThej weakh,which he (hall not cnioy, 1 which his prodigallfonnc melts and con-
J"7»7e a a°. tomes in an inftant.
» Abimtth*- To fee the w^xUrof our times, a man bend all his forccs,mcancs,time,
n^fewata 1 ' ^ ortuacs to DCC a fauorites, fauorites/auoritc, &c.a parafitcs,parafitcs,para-
ttntumchvi- fite 3 that may fcorue the feruile world, as bailing enough already.
mero di- To fee a Schollcr crouch and creepe to an illiterate pefant for a meales
veHtum/uperh meat. A Scriuener better paid for an Obligation; a Faulkner receaue better
fnnuficum'poti- wages then a Student; a Lawyer get more in a day then a Philofopher in a
7£Ja**j|5£ yeare.better rewarded for an houre , then a Scholler for a yeares ftudy ; him
teilcHHsn *' ln2 K can f paint Thais ,play on a fiddlc 3 curlc hairc,&c.fooner get preferment
t Tb:4dm then a Philologer or a Poet.
To fee a fond mother like vSfyes Ape,hugge her child to death , a f wit-
tr'mes! ' tall winke at his wiues honcfty , and too perfpicacious in all other affaires;
1* TuOmtf e- onc ft lJm bl c at a ftrawc,and lcape ouer a block;Rob Peter and pay Pau/ficn-
filfaZm ny wife, pound fooli(b;blind men iudgcofcolours; wife men {llent, fools
cermcvma.ob- talke; c finde fault with others and doe worfe himfelfe; tdenouncc that in
*uimlr4\w» Polite which hec doth in fecret 5 & which ^melius vittor giues out of
chartiemapud guJI us, tenet ely cenfure that in a third of which he is moft guilty himfelfe.
lil^Z'°«< . To fcc wifc mcn dc l radcd > foolcs preferred , 00c gouerne Townes and
iufdmefeputo, Citties,& yet a filly woman ouer-rules him at home; command a Province,
&c . and yet his owne fcruants or children prefcribe lawes to him,as ThemijlocUs
iTqZZt- r ° nnc dicl in Gr ""> t whit Iwtifhith he)mj met her will^ what my mother
teagat SahUf will my father doth. To fee horfesridcin acoach 5 mendrawit;dogs devoure
mavkifZ' their mafters > Towrcs build Mafons; Children rule-, old men goc to fchoo!-
tovitpjviL women weare the breeches;" (heepe demolifti townes s dcuoure mcn,&c!
ipfi vchememer And in a word,the world turned vpGde downeward. O viveret Bemoclitm '
^m%kgei * To infift in cucr ? P articuIar werc onc °f Hercules labours , there s fo many
for at vixfamu-
ridiculous inftances 3 as motes in the Sunnc. Quantum eflin rehminAne> and
im :^dom Can ^P ea ^ c o^W CwM* g *b vno D*fi' emnes , take this for a tafte.
l^uTey But thefe arc obuious to fenfe , triuiall and well knowne, eaf?2 to bee dif-
vale h c vult cerncd. How would Democritm hauc beene moued , had hee (cene y the fe
"uldZZtuU crcts of their hearts? Jfeuery man had a window in hisbreft ,,which Mmm
facii pater.
« Owalmmtt pecuspune tmtndomtum &edax vt famines deture*t,oppidd diruaHt,&c Moyua Vtop Ub t * Thverf
fit tribmt mtura furores. J Vtmotritjtp prtdJiosdeierantes & potttntes dep>-ekenderetj)»s vommcsjlt .t Ittrramet in&H * «r"
Would
Dmotritus to the Reader,
Would hauc had in Vuluns man,or that which TuQjfo much wifht , it were 3 1
Written on cucry mans forehead , quid quiffy.de rep ub.fentzret , wnathee ? AAvormtim
thought , or that it could bee effected in an inftant , which Mercury did by cp i.izop
Charonin Luzianhs touching of his eyes.to make himdifcerne lemel eJrfi- Hj* ?*^* &
■ r / 3 1 J J luhlm comitit-
mulrumeres & (ufurrcs, tum.&c.'
Spes hom'mum ctcasjKorbos quotum labores, * tikx.di tap*
Et pafim Uio volit antes atbere cur as,
Blind hopes and wifhcs,their thoughts and affaires,
Whifpcrs and rumourSj and thofe flying cares. tmith* 1 * '
That he could cubiculorum tbkuclas fores recludtre , & fecret.t cordium pene mt £ ; ,
/rar^which T Cyprian dcfircd 5 open dooresand lockes^fhcot boUs^s Lnci* * oi>r>.crcon.
am Giilm did with a feather of his raile: or Gyges inuifiblering , or ferae tare JSfeS^
pcrfpccliueglafle 5 or Otacoufticon, which might fo multiply ^r/Vf, that a &c'muUos di
man might hcarc and fee all at once, ('as * MartUntu Capettds Jupiter c id in J,t P ,ter ar '' n -
a fpeare, which he held h his hand,which did reprefent vnto him al thai was tl efhtrXmn-
dayly done vpon the face of the earth jobferue Cuckolds homes, forgeries tur$i$mi una
of Alcumifts.thcPhilofophcrs ftone, frc.and all thofe workes ofdarknefle, f^Z™*
foolifh vowes,hopes 5 feares, and wifhes, what a deale of latigbrer would it tk mmm ton-
haue afforded? He fhouldh^ue feene windmills in one mans head, an Hor-
nets neaft in anothcr.Or had he beenc prcfent wiih Icaromentpptu in Lueian %?£t£^
ztlupiters whifpering place, 2 and had heard one pray for raine,another for **rmt, Scnec,
faire weather^one for his wiues, another for his fathers death, &c. To ask^j T l g °J' 1 '
that at Gads hands jeehicb they are abajhedany manfjjouldbeare : How would mib'L qu i*-
he haue beene confounded? W ould hc,thinke you , or any man elfe fay chat l cm!t -
thefemen were well in their wits? f 7 !'^ w .
H<ec fani ejfe hominti quis /anted iuret Orepft Can all the Hellebor AW ■
in the ^dnticyr* cure thefe men? No fure,4» akre »f Hellebor wiUnot doe it. *££**t
That which is more to be lamented , they arc mad like Seneca s blind wo- fas^wajt
manjand will not acknowledge it,or b feeke for any cure ofit. c Jf our legge tiW ? m ' irt a ' A '
or arme offend vs,we couet by al mcancs polfible to redrefTe it, d and if wee V^ZIm*
labour of a bodily difeafe we fend for a Phyfitian,but for the difeafes of the nmaw
mindc.we take no notice of them: luft harrowes vs on the one fide, envy,an- h * e . m hid '' e '
gc^ambitionjOn the other: Wee are torne in peeces by our paflions , as fo ZlmT
many wild horfcs,one in difpofition,another in habite, one is melancholy, a sicapm. cm
another ma J, e and which of vs all feekes for helpe.or doth acknowledge his dulctl b , uchinm
errour 3 or knowes he is ficke ? Every man thinkes with himfclfe , egomet vz, m '&ftnm^ii
dcor mihiftnus,] am well J am wife, andlaughes at others- And 'tis a <*ene- &ho*efle f
rail fault amongftvs all, that f which our fore fathers haueapproued diet if et,m liid *-
apparelljOpinions 5 humours ) cultomcs ) manncrs i wc deride and rcied in our mwbu pevere-
time as abfurd,g old men account luniors all fooles,when as thev are mecre tur loh vdet ' m
dizards,andastofaylers ■ tcrrx^vrbefarecedunt theymoue, blTjfc.mf-
the land ftands flill 3 the wotld hath much more wit , they dote themfelnes. ****a Clira -
r//r^der;devs,vvethem 5 /^//^ > Fr^^ J accou MfiSffo
ded fellowes, the French fcoffe againe at Italians atall their feuerall cu- qmcom* m
ikomzifireeks hauc condemned al the world but themfelucs olBarbarifme^ ?e ^ 5 mtdx ™*
the world as much vilifies them now. We account Germanes heauy dulffcl- "wen™l£^
. , Ccai) ekfftu iHy
&c. et noi tmtn tgros eife ntgtmwi. Incolumes mcdicwn reenfant. Vrtfm xiai ftultium triftit exproktt. luc.ttm de a l'b f
t \Se*et froJinltis bubtni iuvtm.B<tLh*frr Cajlilit.
c 2 lowes
Demecritm to the reader.
32 lowes,explode many of their fafhions 5 they as contemptibly thirkc o, vs;
» cun-umn- Spanurds laughat all,and all againe at them. So are wee foolcs and r idica*
fat m«L\m, lous,abfurd in ali oar adtions^arriages^dic^apparel^cuftomcs , and conlul-
t 0rn »^^: rations; we h fcoffe and point one at another , whenas in conclufior? all arc
wfaJrikS fo° - cs,**^ f tiny the veritft dffes that hide their cares mofi. A priuate man if
tegnnt.sai.tAe' J le De [C [ \ U cA with htBQfelfe,oi fee of an opinion, accounts all idiots and afc
*p»jper. *~ es tnat arc not an< c£ted as he is,fo minded,* quod^ vohnt homines /o> bene
istaiim fipi- veil -'^0/4/9;, thatthinke not as hedoth,and fcornes all in re(pe& of himfelfe,
mtftatimfii. i j :T) j tatc n one 5 heare none but k himfelfe 5 As Vltny faid,a Iaw,and exam?
reyerenw »e- vnto himfelfe. And that which Hippocrates in his Epiflle to V:onyfitisje-
wmem m'uan- prehended ofold,is verified in outximts QHifym aliofuperfiuum efit cenfet^
mpbm^fi 'Pf e 1 U9 ^ non hAbet net carat , that which hee hath not himfelfe or doth not
1&8. eltecmcjhc accounts fuperfluity } an idle quality,ameere foppery in another,
r ^f^'jf Cnine ff e % that we Etfr^^haueonceyejthey rhenafelucstwoyil the
ne dejipe' C vi-
world elfe is blind,fo thou and thy fe&aries are only wife, other indifferent,
deatHt Ap if the reft befides themfelucs^eerc Idiots and Afles.Thus not acknowleging
bttiSa Tori- 0l,r 0Wn,c errors,irnperfcclions,we fecurely deride all others, as if we alone
mmqui inmr were free and fpedtators ofthc reft, accounting it an excellent thing, asin-
fXtfll tn'o ^ ee£ ^ 1C Is: '^* e ** fi p** mum fruiinfania,to make ©ur felues merry with other
€uL %p"ientum mens obliqnitics,when as he himfelfe is more faulty then the reft, mutato no-
& Antrum mine de tefabuU narratttr hc may take himfelfe by the nofe for a foole , and
qm fibi ftacet, wn j c h one ca j{ s maximum (lultitia freemen xo be ridiculous to others , and
nudmimmur. not to perccaue or take nonce or it,tis his ©wnc caie, hee is a conui& madde
m VUut "* Me ' man jas ^ufiin well inferres,/^ the eyes of wife men andAn^elis he feeme s like
"Nuncfanita- t9 ^e that to cur thinking ^ rvalkes with hu heeles vpvpard. So thou laugh-
tit patrocinium cftatme,and Iatthce,bothatathird 3 aad hereturncs that ofthePoctvpon
t£senuT vs a § am * m He * mihiinftntre tncaittnt^uum ipfi vUroinfanianf?, We accufe
fp; Kofch' others of madncfIe,of folly ,and are the verieft dizards our felues.Or elfe per-
Amtrmo .& aduenture in fome places we arc n all mad for company , and fo'tis not feen
mionfa™*- Tiswithvs,asitwasofold^intr«^r«cenfureatleafO with C.Fimbriain
wJpmH4,mfiin- Romej, bold,harebraine,mad fellow,and fo cfteemed of all , fuch enly excep-
tereos,quiipf f tc d t hat were as mad as himfelfe : now in fuch a cafe there is o noiiotire '£
« Ntufe eft ken 01 it. Ntmtrum tnjanm pAHcu vtdeAtur y eo qwd
turn m[Menti' Maxima pars hominum morbo iaftxtur eodem.
fiil U r r !L"!L whcn a11 arc madjwhere all are like oppreft,
Te.roiw. Who can difcerne one mad man from the reft >
! ^tr Fu £ P"*"* the y , doc P^rceiue it, & fome one be manifeftly convi Aof mad.
tmedereverii, acknowledge as much: yet with all the Rhetoricke thou haft thou canftnot
fiS-lT ^ orccalI , h ! m ' but to the contrary notwithftanding, he willperfcuerein his
todinecpoffm dotage. Tis tniAbtUiMfim^&memtupttifimmerrnSoY^
f»/ufl» vt.iffe- ous^tha: he r cannot leaue it. Heknowcshiscrror,}bu:wjll not fee' 1 e rode
T™%° V A clinc "V^hi* whari rhe enent will be, *eggcry,forrow,fickncuc.di fcrace*
ben'e'omnes m- ftiamc^ofle^iJadnefle.yet ^ An angry man ^prtferre vengeance, a /afani(>»s
i A m >r fa turn viulprtpnt haamdju vMiBm, fw fntdm, p^mgukm^mbitiofti bomesavAm 0M uSrc aiim* u ,
hit
Democritus to the Reader.
hi* whore, a theefe his booty glutton bis belly before hts welfare. Tell an Epi- 3 3
curc,a couetous man,an ambitious man,©f his irregular coorfe , weinc him
from it a little, pol me occidiflis amici,he cryes anon, you haue vndone him, oc
as 1 a dog to his vomited returnes to it againe*, no perfwafion will take place, , p ^ ig .
no counfcll,fay what thou canft, clames licet > ejr mare calo confundas, fur do
**m*,dcmoDftrat as Vlyffcs&\& to u Elpcnor and Gryflus^ and the reft of his u Wutmb*
companions,fl&^^ bee a ^es'Jk't'km
hog ftill,bray him in a rnorter,he will be the fame. Jf he be in an hcrcfo, or XUmdr,i*ut.
fome peruerfe opinton,fettlcd as foine of our ignorant Papifts are,convince
his vnderftanding.fhew him the feuerall fo!lies,and abfurd fopoerics of that
fa&ion.make him fay^ra T//#f*r,makc it as cleare as the fun, x hce vv ill erre
fhlKpeeuifh & obftinate as he is; and as he faid 5 7 ft m hoc erro 7 libenter erro, ^tial'fi]^
net hu,?c error em auferri m'lhi volo; I will doe as ] haue doners my predecef /*« etit.
fors haue done,'* and as my friends now doc: 1 will dote for company. Say Jj-wj*
now,are thefc men a mad or no,are they ridiculous? «^ quemvisAyb'ttrum, )^, rfi c tUam
are they fax* w^/«/ober,wife 5 & difcrcet?haue they common fcnfe? «w
\vtcrefl infaniorhorumf f ?*£ht« U
Lam of Democritus opinion for my parr,] hold them b worthy to be laugh t*ma«mmjm
cd ar,a company of cijz.uds,as road as Orejles & ^thamas^hzt they may go m!l i li f a f ere
rUetheJ/fcjpx all faile along to the Ant/eyrtjnxhcfb/p effio/es tot com- ^"nlZnkbe-
pany to£»cther.t need not much labour to proue this which I fay,othcrwifc tie tlere. Petrcn.
then thns,or make any folemne protcftation,or fweare, I think you will be J y^^g Xgm
lecue me wiihoutm oath; fay at a vvord,arc they fooles? I referre it to you, ^ a »t tueri y m-
though yon bee likcwife fooles and madmen your felucs, and I as madde to ^'if*^.
a^ke the queftion$for what [aid our comicall Mercury y
f Iuflttm ab iniuflis pet ere t?iftp:entia eft. j fhtttus,
He ftand to your cenfurc yet,what thinkcyou ?
Butforafmuch as 1 vndertook atfirft, that Kingdomes^rouinceSjFami-
lies,vvere melancholy as well as priuat men,I will examine them in parties
lar, & that which] haue hitherto dilated at randomc , in more generall
t i mesjl Will now particularly infift in ; fproue with more fpeciall & cuidene
ArgHments 3 Teftiinonies,llluftrations,c\:thatin briefe.
c 7^ unc acctpe quare Defip'tant omnes <eque actu m c ^«*»
My fi (i Argument is borrowed from Solomon, an arrow drawne out of his * ' '
SeMa\xioi]sq}u\er i Prov ) s./ t Benotw^feinthine0wneeyes J ^nd2<! f ij2. See ft a suptrbm
thou d mxn wife in his ovone conceit \more hope is of a foole then of him. if Ay pro • fiu^Um print-
nouncethawoeagainftfuchrnen, cap.;. 21. That Are wife in their ovone eyes, ^u-iit^
and prudent in their owne fight. Far hence we may gather, that it is a great tin, fxmjt*
offr.ice,& men arc much deceiued that thinke too well of themfelues, an e- ^^1'^
fpeciall Argument to convince them offolly.Many men ( kith * Seneca Jhad tes pnaimh
beene with ut q^ ft ton wtfejoad they not had an opinion that they had attained fuijjent, fi fe m
to perfection of knowledge already ,euen before tbey hadgone halfevoay. They had ^S^amlm
too good a conceit of themfelues 3 & that marred all; of their Worth,Valor , penaift.
Skill, ArtjLearningJudgrrentjEloquencGjthcir good parts, all their Geefc
are Swanncs,& thac manifeftly proues them to be no better then fooles. la
former times they had but feucn wife men, now you can fcarcefind fo many
fooles. Thales fent the golden Tripes, which the Fifncrraen found, & the O-
rack commanded to begiue* to the wife f \ to Bias t Bias to Solon fiizM fuch a ficntuin,
c $ thing
Democrltus to the Reader.
54. thing were now found.we fhould ail fight for it, wee arc fo wife: wee hauc
trm prtfeHti' women Polititians,children Metaphyfuian$$ Euery filly fellow can fquarc a
circle,makc pcrpctuall motions ? thc Philofophcrs ftonc, inrcrprct Apocalyp*
iiuspojpsvew yfr,raake new Theoricks 5 new Logicke/iew Pniiofophy^c.^jftraut^ re*
quim hommim ^ Q jfofa f p et f 9nt{ts ^ ur country is fo full of deified ffii its 3 diuine fettles \th 'at you
™ V pulbwm bU rnay f^onerfir.d a God, then a mitt amongfl vs, we thinkc fo well of our fellies,
dew nmmtet. and that is an ample teftimony of ranch folly*
• who'can"' Myfecond Argument is grounded vpon the like place of Scripture,
find afouWull which though before mentioned in erfeel: , yet for fome reafons is to be re-
jjaan?P/*.»o.* peatedf&by^/^Vgoodleaue^lmay doeitjfc/)^ -A &Kh tn$!t ill* Ck*.*™.)
mmtmmtx" Fooles ffaith Damd) by reafon of their tranfgreftons .&c. Pfal.107.1?, Hence
fempire<>ikqu LMufculus inferres,a]l tranfgreflours muft needs be fooles^So we read Rom.2
ddapdit ben tribulation And anqui% U on the foule of ~cuery man th.it doth eutfl. but all doc
tbfentx bona, ^ 6 -IT J J >■
max ht im ve- cuill. And /Jay 6 $.c4.My Jcruants\hall fingfor toy^and yee f JhaU cry for forrow
twin & dam- f heartland vexation of mindlTxs ratified by thecommon confent of all Phi*
ipfrqtiam r'tdl- lofbphers. Difhonefy ( faith Cardan) is nothing elfe but folly and madnejfe y
tuium efl bomi- s Probus quis nobifcum vivitt {hew me an honcft man, 3{jmo malm qui nen
?7* iTwiw- f u ^i t{s Fab/us Aphorifmc ? to the fame end. Jf none honeft^nonc wife,all
re,&qu*D't* fooles. And well may they be fo accounted $ for who will fay that he is a
htpati funt ex-^ w jf c man ( jf a j t h h Mufculus) thatpreferres momentary pleafures to eternity,
^umltvcUe *f ut fpendshis makers goods in his abfence ^forthwith to be condemned for tit
fjvts fieri, Who will fay that a ficke man is wife, thateates & drinkes to otietthrow
q T'* P euram r ^ c tcm P eraturc °f his body ? can you account him wife or difcreet , that
mbketrlnt. The- would willingly hauc his hcalth,& yet will doc nothing that (hould procure
<oi.crt.tM pro- or continue it? * Theodoret out of Plot inns the Platon'tft, holdes it a ridiculous
^fJc'ajfett*™ 1 ' t^^g fi r A mAn ,0 ^ ue a ft er hi* r&nelarveS) to doe tbat which is offenfiue to God,
£ sapkm jibi and yet to hope that be fhould faue him: ejr when he voluntarily neglecls his ervn
qm impenofa, fafety^and contemnes the meanesjo thinke to bet dcliuered by an other. Who
1 concU.iih.dt will lay thefe men are wife?
victfer. etttum A third Argument may be deriued from the precedent, k all men are car-
tabtZeTfro * txt ^ awa y w * cn paffion^difcoBtentjluftjpleafurcij&c. Therefore more then
martm cerfen- Melancholy 3 quitc mad,bruit beafts,and void of all rcafou/as cbryfofimeco-
*™'lb de fa tcn ^ s ^ r rat ' f7cr dead and buried attue, &$ 1 philo'/udaus concludes it for a cer-
vli\imJad'efl, tainty \pfaH(uch that are carried avo ay with pafions, or labour of any dtfeafeof
fapientk adejfe the mind: where is feare andforrovo^ there m LacJanttus §ti&c\y maintaines,
» ? S«t/ isfani- w *fdome cannot dvoell.Seneca and the reft ohhcStoickes are of opinion, that
'vuXerxeHeUe- whereis any the leaft perturbation,wifedomc cannot be founds*/ w*rcw»
fpontnm verbe- ridiculous ,2$ n LacJanttus vrgeth , then to facarc how Xerxes whipped the
•EccC«.ti HelLejpont, thrcatned the mounrainc/</^,& the like.To fpeake ad r<fw,who
Where is bit- is free from paflion? • Mortalis nemo eft quern non aftiugat dolor, morbufvt^j,
h no vnder- e as p Ttt ^ ^ ctcrmin cs out ofan old Poeme, no mortal! men can auoide for-
ftanding.Pro. row and fickne(Ie,and forrow is an vnfeparable companion of Melancholy,
li.i^.anan- | chryfoflome pleadcs farther yet, that they are more then mad, very beafts
f ^ an 18 a ftupificd and void of common fenfe: For how ( faith he) fhallJknow thee to bee
p s.Tufc. inix- 4 man,wben thou kickejl tike an ajfe^dyghefi like an borfe after women raised in
ria it fipien- ^ .
temnmcadtt. f lnboM.6.Mi.epifl.adCtf. Bomimtm teaser enequeo ,cumtanquam afimi rccaldtres , lafcivvts ut taunts
ymzsutetfuus p4 mtt teres, utvrftu ventriindMlgas , qum rapiat hi lupuses, atm^mfutimm h»mnubabeo,idmxpJi term,
qmnftYAin burnout fy:uc vidcre me j>Htem
luH
Vetnotritus to the Q(eader.
luft like * Bully duene ft like dBedre,ftingeft liked Setrpion,rdieft like a wife, as 35
fubtle at a Fcxe,4s impudent at 1 Voggc-j\fb*H lf*y thou Art 4 m» y that k*ft a&
the Symf tomes of a heap how fh*# I know thee to be a mdn£y thy jhdpee thdt df
frights me more j» hen I fee a bedjl in likeneffeofd man.
f Seme a calls chat ql Epicurus, mAgmficAm vccem^n hcroicall fpceeh , t^A^.* T 2
foole flilibeginnes to liue^nd accompts it a filthy lighcncfle in mcn,eucry day iZX™"t.
co lay new foundations of their lifcjbut who doth otherwifc>one trauels,a* f'j*bimmm
nothcrbuildsjonc for thisjanothcr for that bufineflfcj andolde folkesarcas ^^1^*^
farrc out as the reft. Thcreforciyong,old,middlcagc 5 all are ftupidj and dote, menu wu po-
**,€neax Sylvius amongtt many other, fets downe three fpeciall wayes jp«i
to find, a foole by. He is a foole that feckes chat he can newer find; Heeisa -ieturfami-
foolethncfcekes that, whiebbcing found, will doe him more harmc then fr- stuiti*>q*i
good.-He is a foole,that hauing variety ofwayes to bring him co hisiourmes ^//Lwif**"
cnd ; takcs that which is worft. If fo,me thinkes moft men arc fooles,cxamine qui qu<-
their courfcs,and you (hall foonc psrceiuc, what dizards and madmen they "* qu<,ti mcet
moft part are. m&cjjl*-
willhauc drunkards, aqd fuch as more then ordinarily delight rethtbei uUa,
in drinke,tobe mad.The firft pot quenchcth thirft, thefecond makes merry, d f t m ^ x £j£
the third for pleafurc,^r/4^/>^/>/^,thc fourth makes them mad. If this funmmMiri
pofition be tniCjWhac a Catalogue of madmen fhall wee haue f what fhafl Minm t &e.
they be thatdrinkefoure times foure? iSJjnnefu^rA omncm frrorem ,/upr* * ptcUmAt *
cmnem infdniam reddunt inftffifimos} J am of bis opinion, they arc more
then rrad,worfe then mad.
3 he r K^hkrites condemned Democritus foi? a madman, becaufe hce was 1 vp.vemMj>et§,
fometimes fad,and fometimes again profufely merry. HacpAtrilt (faith Hip- m^J^'*
pecYAtes) el? rtfnm fur ere <jr inftntre dtcunt jhis country-men hold him mad, niLmlidiant^
becaufe he laughes , f and therefore defres him to AdvifedR hit friends At Mtnmhmtr*
Rhodes ^that they doe not laugh ouermuch,or be oucr fad$ Had chofc Abde* f* 1,
rttes bin converfanc wich vs, and had but fcenwhac t fleering and grinning t Vermhm
there is in this age,thcy would certainly haue concluded, wee had beenc all r 'f m J ottrit a .
c • J ■ ttnufcttt flul'
out of our wits. /( *,; r
i^injlotle in his Ethicks holds,?*//* idem£fApiexs, to be wife and happy u ofi*'i-«fr9i
arercciprocall tcarmes, bonus idem^piens honefius v *Tis * TuSies pa- * f » - B
TzdoXtTvifemenArefooiesfooleSAreJlAues, liberty is a power toliue accor- ber$rft "ervi,
ding to his own Lawes,as we will our felucs, who hath tbis liberty^ who is llbertM *j*
Xree? *fApiensftb,pmperiofus,
Quern ne% pAUperies^ne^ tnorsyte^ vincuU terrent^
ReJponfArs cufidinibut^ contemner ehonores
Fortis^ejr in feipfo tot us teres at% rotundus*
He is wife that can command his own will,
Valiant and conftant to himfclfc ftiH,
Whom poucrty,nor death,nor bands can fright,
Checkes his defires,icorne$ 5 honors,hift and right.
But where (hai! fuch a man be found? Jf nowherc,thcnff diAmetro^t are all
(laues,fenfelefTe J orworfe.A 7 ^ow4/^yi//x.Butno man is happy in this life, { fam.
rone good, therefore no man wife. RAriquippeboni — 1^
for one vcrtuc,youfhali find ten vices in the fame party. We may peradven-
ture vfurpc the oaaie,or attribute it to others for fauour,as Cdrolus Sapiens 9
FbilippMS
Vemocritus to the Reader.
%6 philippus Bonus .Lodovicus Pius, cjrc. and delcribc the properties of a wife
man,as Tutty doth an QmotjXenopbonCyrusfaftlio & Courtier. Galen Tem-
per Amint^hw Ariftocrafie is defcribedby Poliritians. But where (ball fucha
man be found? Kir bonus tj? <fapicns \qnalem vix repperit unum
MiUtbus e mult is hominum conjultus spoilt.
A wife,a good man in a million,
Apollo conlulted,could fcarce find one.
A man is a miracle of himfelfc,but T rijmegiflus addcs,Afax/mtm miraculum
homo fapiens,* wife man is a wonder 3 multi Thyr(Jgeri 3 pauci Baccht.
Alexander when he was prefented with that rich & CGftly Casket of King
Darius euery man aduifed him what to put in it, hee referucd it to put in
Homers Workes^s the mod precious Ievveil of humane wit,and yet x Scali*
* Uy?etcr'i. g (r vpbratdes Homers b\.\ifc 3 ?iutrhem in^ana fapientU^ nurcery of madses ,
\kAmU\^fT- J^pudent as a Court Lady,thatblurtieth at nothing. Jacobus Mycillus , GiU
bertus Cognatusfirafmus^wd almoft all pofterity, admire LucUns luxuriant
\vit,& yet Scaliger reie<5ts him in hiscenfure, & calls him the Cerberus of the
Mufcs. Socrates whom all the World fo much magnified 3 is by LaCiantius &
- r Theodoret condemned for a foo\e,P/utarch extols Seneca s wit beyond all the
do fains dekcl*- Greekes^nudifecundus^ yet z Semen faith of W\m t when I would foUce myfelfz_s
rivoiwi c?c with afoo/ej refleel vpon my felfe 3 and there I baue bzm. a Cardan and Saint
J^mvideo. Bernard will admit none into this Catalogue of wife men, b but onely Pro-
*tib Ueftp. phats& Apoftlesjhovv they cftecmethemfelues,you hauc heard before.We
Jptowbth*- 3 r C vvorldly-wife.admire our felues, &fcekforapplaufe; butheareS* *Ber-
tji vam « , to- nard^qttanto magi s for as es Japtensfanto magis tntm jl tilt us ejjiceris^c^n cm*
turned >.na y -u- ntbui es prudent jirca teipfum tnfipiens: the more wife thou arc to others,the
qrirqJdteuin more fo^fe t0 tn y lelfe. I may not deny but that there is fome folly appro-
ve mndo'v*- ucd 3 a Diuine fury, an Holy madneflTe , euen a fpirituall diunkennefTc in the
U7 J>d * Jaipur Stints of God thcmfelues^tfto!* infgniam Bernardczls it, (though not as
vctm facU. blafpheming e Vorfiius , would infer it as a paffion incident to God hirafelf,
bom' * I ^ Ut ^ arn ^' ac to mcn ^ as cnat oiPaulj Cor, he was afosl,&c. & Kom^. he
d< 7* i.vumk wKhcth himfelf to be anathematized for tbe % Such is that drunkennes which
Jiai.i.deiuji.0. Ficinus fpcakes of,whcn the foulc iselcuared & rauifhed with a diuine tafte
\2m-mZ & of that heaucn] y Nc(aar > which P° cts deciphered by the facvifice oiDimyfi*
revcr.1 pnnk. ns^nd in this fenfe with the Poet ittfanire lubeeps Auflm exhorts \s 3 ad ebri-
i ' ' f ■ 3 * etAtem ft ywf%p*rct t \zxs all be mad and S drunke. But wee commonlv mif-
ImJ'tiuber- take,and goe beyond our commiffion^e reele to the oppofite pai t, h wee
me domm. are not capable of it, » and as he faid of the Greekes i Vqs Graci femper pveri,
>«*/* jU I04 ' vos Sr i fa *™> Ga flt> Germ4 w> /ta ti>&c*yw are a company of fooles.
uii PUtonk Proceed now apartibittadtotumpx from the whole to parts,&you fhall
Tim. facerdos n0 other iiTuc,the parts fhall be fufficiently. dilated in this following Pre-
ftowuiiui face.The whole muft necdes follow by a Sorites or Indtiaiou. Euery multi-
ropM.x.capJi. f f4m cfc that which the commonalty acconapts true, is raoft pare falfe they
arc & 11 c PP ofitc to wil ' e mcn > but al1 the world is of this humor (valgus) L
uat C4yi mn thou thy fclfc art de vulgo, one of the Commonakyj and he,and he, ^and fo
tp^cim in arc a || t h e re ftj ^ thercfere,as fhocm conclude?, to be approued ia'noughc
you
Vemocritus to the Reader.
you fay or doc 3 rneere idiots aad alTes : begin them where you will,go back- 37
ward or forward,choofe out of the whole pack,winke & choofc, you (hall
find them all alike,»^fr abarrell better herring.
Copernitus^Atlas his fucceflbr,is of opinion, the Earth is a Planer, moues
& Chines to others,as the Moone doth to vs.Digges,Gilbert } Keplerus and o.
thcrs, defend this Hyfotbefis of his in foberfadnefle, and that the Moone is
inhabited* if it be fo,that the Earth is a Moone, then are wee all vertiginous
& lunaticke within this fublunary Maze*
I could produce fudiargumcnts till darkc night , but according to my
promife?J will defcend to particulars. This Melancholy extends it felfe not
to men only,but euen to vegetall & fenfible creatures; ] fpeake not of thofe
creatures which are Saturnine, Melancholy by nature, as Lead , & fuch like
Minerals 5 or thole [ > lants.Riie,Cypre(re,&c.andHel!ebor it felfe, of which
m Agrippa treats ? Fiines 5 Birds & Beaf^Harcs^ofiicSjDormice &c.Owles, mlfuf.'^.
Bittes,Nightbirds,btit that artificial!, whichisperceiucd in them all. Re- »9
moue a planc.it will pine away , which is efpccially perceiucd in Date trees,
as yoti may read at large in Ccnjlantincs husbandry.that Antipathy betwixt ' ' IO,w ^ 4 '
the Vine and the Cabbage.Vinc & Oylc,&c. Put a bird in a C3£e 3 he will dye
for fullennefle,or a beaft in a penne, or take his young ones or companions
from him,& fee what cfTeel: it will eaufc ? but who pcrceiues not thefe com-
mon paffions of fcnfible crcaturcs,feare,forrow,^c.Of all other,dogges arc
moft fubieft to this malady^m fo much that fomehold they dream e as men
do£,and through violence ofMe!ancholy,run mad; I could relate many (lo-
ries of doggcs,that haue died for griefe, and pined away for lofFe of their ma-
iters,biit they are common it? euery Author. <> & i\tfw
Kingdomes,Prouinces,and Politicke Bodies are likewifcfenfible and fub-
ie<$t to this difeafe,as ? Boterus m his Politickes hath proucd at large. As in v p°tei* U)
humane bodies f faith hcj there be diutrs alterations proceeding from humsurs, hi fi' mm ^- x -
(If there be mam difeafes in a Common-vj>ealthjx>hich doe as dmerfly happen from m£smp"ribits
feuerall diftempers^s you may eafily perceiue by their feuerall S y raptomes. varue *mdm
For where you (hall fee the people ciuill, obedient to God & Princes, iudi- mtatmes . ™ r :
cious^peaccableandquiet.richjtominate^ andrlourilh, to hue in peace, in torepup.&c.
vnity and concord,a Country well tilled,many fairc built and populous Ci- *V bl re * et t hi ~
ticspbiinsoU xtteptjs old r Cato faid, the people are near, polite and terfc, S^'*'*
•vbibene,bsntefy vivunt, which our Politicians make thechiefe end of a Co- r f & dertrufi,
monwcalth; and which f Arifiotlepdit.lib^.cap.^ ealles Commune bonum^ XiliLltvt™**
that Country is free from Melancholy; As it was in Italy in the time of A/t>
guftuspow in china.now inmany other flourifhingkingdomes of Europe*
But whereas you fhall fee pouerty, barbarifme, beggery,p!agues,warres rc-
|jelIions,fediiions ; mutinies,contentionsJdIcnes J Riot,Epicurifmc,theLand
lye vntilIcd,wafte,fullof bogges/enncsjdefarts, &c. Cities decayed, villages
depopulated,& the people fqtialid,vgly,VRciuilI; that Kingdomc,t Hat Coun-
try muft needes be difcontent and melancholy,hath a fick body 3 and had need
to be reformed.
Now that caunot well be effec"tcd,till the caufes of thefe maladies be fTrft
remoucd.wbich commonly proceed from their owne defaulter fome acci-
dental! inconucnience: as to be fite in a bad clime,too farrc North, ficril!, in :
a barren placc 3 as the deferc of Z^/^defcrcs of Arabia^hczs void of waters^
$ as
Democritus to the Reader.
3 $ as thofe of Lop and Belgian in A/iapt in a bad ay re, as at Alexandretta ,
tMmjPtftiDurazzOy&c. or in danger of the fcas continuall inundations , as
m many places of the Low-Countries 5 and elfcwherc, orncercfomebad
neighbours,as Hungarians to Turkes, Podolians to T ar^r/ 5 or almoft any
bordering Countnes,they liue in fearc Hill^andby reafon of hoftile incurfl-
tMmm vx ons are oftentimes left defolate. So are Citties by reafon f of warres, fires,
vwmcreZ^. pl»gues 1 inundations,wild beafts,decay oftradcs,barred hauens, the Seas vi-
« inttrdum d ' oler.ce 3 as ^dntwerpe may witnellc of late 5 ^yr/if«/<r of old , Brundufum in /-
MmSa^a fa ^) R h e ^ Dover with vs,an d many that at this day fufpeft the Seas fury
u Delias hi- C an d rage 5 and labour sgainft it as the Venetians to their incftimable charge.
pnie Amo But the moil frequent maladies are fuch as proceed from themfeluesjas firft
mall' wfi when Religion and Gods Seruicc is ncg!c<5ted 3 thcy doe not feare God,obey
pinker, optima their Prince,where Atheiime,Epicurhme 5 Sacriledge, Simonie,&c.And all
qiiifq,atg.(iui;~ UJC h impietyes are freely committed 3 that country cannot profper. When
J Te!['viveba^ Abraham came to Gerar, and faw a bad land , hee faid fure the feare of God
fummiq, cum ■ was not in that place. u Cyprian Echouius a Spanish Chorographer,abouc all
veieratione, & olnc| . Citties oiSpaine commends huritnojn which there was no hewer, m
cultui, facriiq, wan poore.ejrcbut all ritb and ingeoa ejtate^ and beegiuesthe reafon 3 becaufe_j
rebu incuse- they were more Religious then their neighbours ; why was ifrael fo often fpoi-
tM,l.f.«.i. ' ec * by their enimiesjed into captiuity 3 &c. but for their Jdolatry, neglect of
*BMm poht. Gods word/or facriledge^ven for one Achans fault ? and what fhall we ex-
ww^ ! {ri«^ P c< ^ ^ iat ^ auc ^ lIc ^ mu ^" tuc ^ es °f ^^w,Church-robbers, fimoniacall Pa-
rerum gerenda- trons 3 &c. how can they hope to florifh,that neglect diuine dutics,that liuc
tumimpcritus, mo ft p art Epicures?
fuiimmerk Other common grieuances are generally noxious to a body politikeob-
immemor, out fcrued by f AriftotlefiodtnefioterMs Junius ^Aynifetu^&c* I will only point at
^ntmvi'et ^ omc °^ chiefeft. x Impotentia guberandi, ataxta, confufion, ill gouern-
rt$ub. cum ment 3 which proceeds from vnskilfull } floathfull,griping,couetous or tyran-
caput hfirm*- nifingmagiftrates^hentheyarcfooles^diots^hildrenjprovvd, wilfu!l 3 par-
%'c^\x. eA ~ tiall>vndifcrcec,oppreflbrs,giddy heads,tyrants,notable or vnfit to manage
* See D. vut- fuch offices^ many noble Citties and florifliing Kingdomes by that meanes
t^Mexander are dcfolate 3 thc whole body groncs vnder fuch heads, and all the members
Ga&mutti- mu ft needs be mifaffe<5ted J as at this day thofe goodly Provinces in Afia Mi-
ftory. nor,&c.oxor\t vnder the burden of a Turkish gouernmcnt , and thofe vaft
*tmn£uiarn Mngdomes ofMufcovia } Ruffiaf vnder a tyranifmg Duke. Who cuer heard
\§MtUjnc*U- of more civill and rich populous countries then thofe of Greece.Afia aboun*
Tum fT U J tHdl a ' ding with * all wealth ^multitude of inhabitants force, power Jplen for ^ & ma?-
ptentil nificence^ and that miracle of countries , » the Holy land*, "that in fo fmall a
*Not abouc compafle ofground could maintainefo many townes 3 Citties 3 producefo
*n kn^-i^o man y fi g htin g mco - ? ^gy?* another Paradife,now barbarous and defer 1 3 &
in bredth ,'ac- almoft waft,by a defpoticall gouernmcnt of an imperious Turke, that fpoi] 5
cording to a jj whcrefoeuer he comes , infomuch that an b Hiftorian complaines ifan
i d sablaim.si oldinhibitanttyouldnowfectbemfjeWQuUnot knowethem tfatraueller or
qmincola ve- f ranger \it would grieue his heart to behold them. Whereas Arij'iotle notes
Itetjqukpt Nou * tx*&o»'S> n °»* owri ijnpofxta^ new burdens and exa&ions daily come'
rezrhuijnge- vpon them^hey muft needs be difcontent , bine cittitatumgemitm & plora-
^Mt'iib % tlt *&\ Tt ^y holdsjience come thofe complaints & teares ofCittks,^^
$.*.CriidelitM pmc'tpHmjunpmltm fceUru, vnUlio legum&CHUtitt pectmi* public* t &c % fEpiJl,
mifcrablc
Dcmotritm t&tbe Reader.
miferab!e } rebelliotts>a*d dej}eratcfubte£ls,as*Hippolittts addes: and d as a ill- y)
dicious country man of ours obfcrued not long fince in a Snruayc of that
great Dutchy of T xfc < #/,that the people lined much grieued & difcontent,
as appeared by their manifold and manifeft complainings in that kinde.Tto
the ft ate was like aftcke body which bad lately taken Pbyficke, wbo(e_j humours t Vc'tncrem.
ure not yet welt fetled t and weakned fo much by purging j that nothing wo* left f^lffff^
hut Melancholy. rctd'cs^dcipe'
Whereas the Princes and Potentates are immoderate in luft^Hypocrites, r f ' ! >&c.
Epicures,of no religion,but in fhew. Quid bypocrifi fragility} what fo brittle 7 r^^S
andvnfure, what looncr fubverts their ettatcs then wandring and raging fifiy.
lult, on their fubie&s wiues, daughters . to fav no vvorfe. They that fhould ' murw v l t' 9
facemprtferrcjeza the way to all vertuous achonsjthey are the nrfg leaders ft utautYebm
oftentimes of all mifchiefe and difTolutecouries , and by that meanes their a ^atu exu-
Countries are plagued ,, c andthey themjelues often ruined , b.xnifoedor wur- "tilmefubd'r^
deredby (cvfttracy of their (ubiecJ^2s Sardanapalu* wzSyDionyfim Junior ^ He- mf cmhwffi.
liogabalus J J er -lander \P '/Jiflr atus,Tarquiniw ;T imocrttesjCbtldericm , Appms i^h
Claudius ^Andronicus fide aciits Scorfia^ Alexander Medices.&c. . ^
Whereas the Princes or great men are malitious,eHuiousa^<frioii$ 5 ambi & *?&*s cx -
tious,cmulatois,they rcare a commonwealth afunder,as fo many Guelfis, & ff^ C '
Gebelttnes ydiftmbc the quietnelle of it, f & with mutuall murders le: i: bleed lisjceleratUiL
to death,ourhiftories arc too full of fuch barbarous inhumanities, and the ,
mifcries that iflite from them. . ) f._ moft
Whereas they bee like fomany horfc-leeches ; hungry 3 gripin{7,cornipt J partwemit
Zc.o\\tiou%^avariti<emancipia y x2v\zx\o\\ s as Wolues or fuch as prefer their ^^"^
priuate before the publike good. For as h he faid long fincc, res private pub- a^copip^ng .
lieu femper effecere. Or whereas they be illiterate , ignorant, Ettiperickcs in 11 ; ch as rta ^
policy jvbi deeft facultas,] virtus / Arift.pol.^cap.S.Jejr fctentiayvifc only by Ta&?g&t.
inheritance, and in authority bybirtkrrght.theremuftneedsbeeafanlr^a ftatefmc n ,?h a i
great defect: becaufe as an k old Philofophcr aftirmes, fuch men arc not al- & n j^L an|
waics fit. Of an infinite number^fevo alone are Senators, andofthofefew, fewer daeir auvS.
go.id.and of that f mall number of bone fl good and noble men ', few that are^jlear- ries .-enrich
tted.wifc'dif ;tect and fitfficient , able to dtfebarge fuch places , it mull needes ^honors
turne to the confunon of a ftatc. diflcmbie^but
For as the 1 Princes are,fo arc the pcoplc.Qualts Rex talis grex, 1& ttis l(>
For Princes are theglaffe,tbefchoole,tbe booke t prc&l^
where fubiefls eyes doe lear?)e^doe readme looke, of a Commo-
-Velotim ejreitiusnos wM}
Corrampunt vitiorum exempli domeflicajnagnis P p te q »ttcoT~-
Cumfubeant animos author ibm their examples are (bo- ruit -
neft fol!owea>ices entertained. If they be prophane,irreligious\lafciuious 3
riotouSjEpicures faclious^ouetous^ambitioHsjllitcrate , fo will the Com- meuMiku y
mons moft part be.idie vnthrifts.prone to luft.drunkards.ck therefore poorc Smat f c {
1 . \ z > 1 ' # . „ S , r t r 1 . v , latere noDikiH
and needy, (» mtU 6*™ ipmt*, x,^^^,forpouerty begets fedition&vil- eenfuianbm
lanyjvponalloccafionsieady tomutineand rebcllfj dilcontcnt ftiil, com- pwibwjk*^
plainmg,murmuriug,grudging,apt to all outrages ) thcfts,treafons J murders 3 *****
iLinouationsjndebtjCofencrSjfhifcerSjOUtlawes, Prcflagaufama ac viu. Jt
concipiuat
ilJtprmcipes,fedefiaminfundu72t mcivi | Iiivtn.Sat,n. * Vdufth-
tMjedii'wnc0eigtrt ) & maleficMm. /fiil.paHt.i.cap,'/,
f a was
DemocrttHS to the reader .
40 was an old m Politicians AphorifmejT^ that arepooreandbad^cnvie rich*
m Sokft. Set* hate good men % xbhorre the prefent government 3 wifb for a new , and rvouldbaue
qribJww'i- *H turned topfle tnruic. When Cateline rcbellccTin Rome,hcz got a company
u \umbonu of fuch debolhed rogues together ,thcy were his familiars and coadjutors,
™dvfwl?ex- an( * iuc ^ ^ auc ^ cen y our rc ^ e ^ s mo ^ P art in ^ igcSy/ackCad^Tem Strew s
cpiwt ediofua- Kette aodhis companions.
mm mum mil- Where they be generally riotous,and contentious,where there be many
w»r? WM dtfcords,many lawcs,many law fuitSjtnany lawycrs,and many Phyfirians, it
n vdeybus is a manifeft figne of a diftempered Melancholy ftatc , as n /'/tfMongn'ncc
ma i nt ained: for where fuch kinde of men fwanne , they will make worke for
ejiindamm, themfclues,and that body Politickc dileafed, which was otherwifo found. A
lumpmioum g en erall mifchiefe in theie our times } an vnfenfiblc plague , and ncuer fo ma-
dwum'toph'. ny of them: which are now multiplied faii\i° Mat .Geraldsa^Lawyer him-
o in pr«f. p&> {elfe ) dffo many locufts^not the parents but the plagues of the country , and for
£Mur M mn^L the mefl part afupercilious Jbadfouet outfit igtous generation of men. VCrume*
*niiutioc '4*> niwvlg* natio : drc. A purfe-milking nation, a clamorous company, gowned
nonpatmpci- vultures ,* qui ex iniur/a vivunt ejr 'J anguine c 'tm urn , thecuesand Scmina-
^mtilmmi rics °f difcord, that take vpon them to make peace , but are indeed the very
maton cx>arie difturbers of our peace.a company of irreligious Harpies,fcraping .griping
fapcroiiojf,co!t- catchpolesfl aaeane our common hungry Pettefogcers , rabulasforenfes*
turn lit, ocimtm louc and honour in the meanc time 3 all good lawes , and worthy Lawyers,
txenent. t hat are as fo many <l Oracles>& pilots of a well goucrn'd Commonwealth )
toqwlLlatur- WithoutArt, without Iudgement, that doc more harme.as r Liuie faid,
bit, vuLures to- Quam belia externa, fames, morbiuejhen ficknefTej warres, hunger, dileafes:
A a »deaufe a moft incredible dejlruttion 0} 'a commonwealth , faith f Sefellius ,a
fiis. famous Ciuilian fometimcs in Paris, As Jvie doth by an Oke , imbrace it fo
viurucmm long,vntill it hath got the heart out of it,fo doe they by fuch places they in,
hm7ivitatt'. habit; no counfell at alI,no iuftiee 5 no fpcech to be had nifi eum pr^mulferky
Tuiiy. he mud be fed ftilljOr elfe he is as mute as a fifh,better open an Oy ftcr with-
fiit 1 de rep out an ^ n ^ e * Expert crede(hvh i Salisburienjis) in manm eerum willies inci-
GaUorumincrc' di , & Charon immitis qui nulli pepcrcit vnquam^his Ionge clemcntioreft.
dibdem repnb. / fp? a ke out of experience^ I haue beene a t ■* oufand times among ft them <rjr Cha-
runt! iCm °^ e ' ron himfelfe is more gentle then they, * ht_j u contented withhu fingk pay, but
* Po'ycratM. multiply (l/lljhey are neuerfatufied.bcfidcs they have damnifies l/p>guas f is
t jsflipe cm- h c tearmcs \x nififunibw arventeis viaci*s,they muft be feed to fav nothir a
fei'megm (bt u and get more to hold their pcacc^h'jn we can to fay our beft. They v ill
mtiupixaii iu- fpcake their clients fairc,and inuite them to their tables , but as he follows ir
v-riutaceipmnt * °f "&i»iuftict there is none fo per ntt torn as that of theirs, which when they
ucere 3 qu*m deceaue moft,wili fceme tobehoneji men. They take vpon th^rn tob-epeace-
Trltmrnufll- ™&e* s i&f ouere CAH f** humilium,to helpc them to thctr rlghrpatrccinantur
tU mUacapaa- affifiisy but all is for their owne good,^f loculos pleniorum exhunnam, they
iior,quameoru plead for poore men^r<i/» 3 but they are but as a ftale tocarch « rhers.Ifthere
tl^nZd be no iarrc>2 tnc Y can makc a iarre,outof the law it felfc 3 Hr?d ftili iomc quirk
agum,ut boni or other, to fet men at oddes , and continue caufes fo longjuftraalicjuot I
viriejfevide- k now nothow many yeares before the caufc is heard,& when'tis nidged 8c
Tslmquecun- determinedly reafon of fome trickes and errors 3 it is as freflj to beginne, af-
tjtte md'f caufc
pocedathec,fempcragituru!lo:uli impU«ntur,ttfi waritta mquH fatiari. *. C «ndt» in Ttyftilqt : quijiwkilptitm e xurU a-
ps&wjites tamen ferere callmt.
tcr
Vemocrttus to the c i(eader.
tcr twice 7 yeares fomtimcs 5 as it was at firft-,& fo they protract time, delay c 41
iiites,tillthey hauc enriched thetafcluesyind beggcred their clients. a Simlt-
tm complaines amongft the Sniffers 01 the Advocats in his time, that when * llb % j t}it ^
they (hould make an end.they begin controuetfics and protraB their caufes vet repub.nm
many yearesjperfrvading them their title itgood S t/H their paprimon rs be confu- **'M ari ™> &
med and that they haue '/pent more in jerking then the thing is worthy or they trovt,im opera,
fhadget bytherecouery. So that he that goes to law,as the prouerb is, h holds at ita
2 woulfe by the eares,or as a {heepc in a ftorme runnes for (belter to a bck-r, • ' l "^ Uf
ifheprofecute hiscaufe he is confumed,ifhe furceafe his fuic helooieth ali, 9m** c*mm-
what difference? They had wont heretofore,faith Auftw^o end matters,^ W litf ™fy m
communes arbitros$?x\d(o in Switzerland weeare informed by d Sim'eru) fatmapatimi£
they had fome common Arbitrators >or daiefmen in euery Te <vne_jjhat mad^_j a wf t>Junmm
friendly compofition betwixt man and man^andhe much mn del s at their hen eft \^ mm m fe
Jimp lie tty J hat could keepe peace fo weti^and ad fuchgreat c tufef uy that means, but tcneat.
ht\Fez,'m^frickefXiZ)< haue neither Lawyers nor AduocateSjbut if there \
be any cotroncrties amongft them,both parties.,plaintife & defendant come m rlmbjui-
to their Alfaktns or chiefc iudge,* W*/ once , vctthcut any farther cppealcs y or caquocun^pA-
fin'tfull delay <es,tbe caufe is heard and ended. Our fort fa I hers , as e a worthie g °JZncTdi-
Corographer of ours obferuesjhac wont Pauculis cruculisaureis^ with a few mvfcUim
golden croflcs and lines in verfe,make all conucianccs, afluiances ; and fuel) jj^ff'J*'
was thecandor and integrity of (licceeding agts,trat a Deed ( as 1 bane ofr n^wmio^
fcene)to convay a whole Manour, was irrplicite contained in fome tw erry mm fttnpiiat#
Jines.or thereabouts. Bur now many skir.nes of parchment will fcarcc feme Hm *f al?tr /
turnc,nc that buyes & fells a houle,nruiit haue a houle full 01 wntu.gs, there ptwtfmoi
be fo many circumftanccs/o many 'vords,fuch Tautologicall repetitions of •mfflvmiK
all particu/ars(to avoid cauillation they fay) but we findebyour wofullcx ftkwditkt
pericnce,that to fubtlc wits it is a caufe of much more contention at d va- ej>ifl.si quaes*
rience,and fcarce any conveyance fo accurately penned by one,which ano- J^^JJ^j
thcr will not findc a cracke ii,or cauill at, if any one word be mifplaced, any dit, u feL:&
little error,all is difanulicd. That which is law today is none to morrowe, fw»i rem mn-
that which is found in one mans opinion, is moft faulty to another 5 that in
concliifion^cre is nothing amongft vs butcontention and confufion , wee fw>ketota#«|
bandy one againft another: And that which long fince |/ > ///^/&comp!ai- Tl^fan*'
ne d of them in i>S/&,may be verified in our times. Thefe men here affembied^ \ Lib. malw
comt not to f aerifies to their Gods , to offer Iupiter their fir ft fruit es^or merri> morb.ccr?.an *>
nwnts to Bacchus; but anyearely difeafe exajperating Alia hath brought them ^i'e^iuM^t
hither Jo make an end of their Controuerfies and Lawfutes, 'Tis mult itudo per- dm moremaio-
den'ium & pereuntium& deftrucliue rout,that feek one anothers ruine.Such ™*f ac ™ ^ aci ~
moft part are our ordinary Suters, TermerSjClicnts,- new ftirres euery day, offe-
miftakesxrrorSjCatnlSjand at this prefent,as I haue heard in fome one court, ^tBac-
I know no^ how many 1000 caufes: no perfon free, no title almoft good, ^ ,eT*£r-
wich fuch bitterncflfe in following,fo many flights, procraftinations.delayes, f*rim morbus
forgery ,fuch coft/for infinite furnmcs are inconfideratly fpent ) violence & '^f^™*^
maiicej know not by whofc faultjLawyerSjClients^aweSjboth or alhbut B rt»wwSj*
as Pan/ reprehended the ^ Corinthians long fincc, I may more appofitely in- bicp*r*&nt.
ferrc n r ^w: There is a fmltamongf you^and I Jpeakeitteyourfhame,Js there not
4 S wfeman tmongfyou^ to iudge betweene hi* brethren } but that a brother f T ^ ^
% StultiqHAndo demnmfapietit,Pfal.w t t*
* 5 J'*?
Vemocrttus to the Reader.
42 goes co law with a brother. And * Chrifts Counfcll concerning Law-futcs,
, , was ncuer fo fit to be inculcated.as in this age. f ^grcc with thine adverfarv
* Of which . , , ; „ . „ a
Tcxcreade 1***9 W^Mat. S .2 S . ' j '
two learned J could repeat many fuch particular gricuances , which muft dilturbc a
fnmuied'and bod y politicke;io (hut vp all in bricfe, where good gouerninent is, prudent
preached' by and wife PrinceSjthere all things thriue M profper, peace & happinefle is in
oar Regious^ tnat ]and,wherc it is otberwife,all things are vgly to bcholde, inculr , bar*
Vrhtouxmn- barous,vnciuill,a Paradifeis turned to awildemeiTc. This ifland amongft
ted at union the reft,our next neighbours the French and Germanes, may be a fufficienc
ff 7F i*n^^ witnefie, that in a fhorc time by that prudent policy of the Romanes^ was
h s*pm bom brought from barbarifmc; fee but whit Cafar reports of vs, and Tacitm of
mterk cefat thofe old Germanes, they were once as vnciuili as they in Virginia, yetby
Mbcw^deGcr' planting of Colonies, &goodLawes, they became from barbarous out*
mini* siqnis lawes, h to be full ofrich and populous cities,a$ now they are, andmoftflo*
l£«rS rW *" nfhtngkingdomes.Eaenfo might Virginia, and thofe wild Irifohaucbcen
hodieexcJtam, ciuilized long {incc 3 i.t that order had bcene heeretofore taken, which now
mdUemta beginncs of planting Colonies &c.l haueread a 1 Difcourfe, printed Anno
"tu^Jsp^am 'cl- *& 12 ' Difcouering the true caufes } wfy Ireland was netter intirely fubdued or
to,tenm infor- brought under obedience to the Crewne tf/En gl and, vat ill the beginning of hit
iB* 8 his Mai Mate flies happy raignes. But if his reafons were throughly fcanned by a ju-
fties Attorney Vicious Politician, I am afraid he would not altogether be approued, but
general there, that it would turne to the difhonour of our Nation, to fufTer it to ly fo long
Bm^ef'^ 9 waftc.Yea,& if fomc traueller fhould fee f to come necrcr home J thofe rich
Holland &c. vnited Prouinccs of Uottand^ZelaKd^&c&wsx againft vs^thofe neat Cities &
tosL^^rom P°P ll ^ ous Townes,full of moft indubious Artificers, k fo much land reco-
jwgejrothe ucrcd from the Sca,and fo painefully prefertiedby thofe Artificial! inventi-
Sea,&c. ons, 1 fo many nauigable channels from place to place, made by mens hands,
Zm'iiiercT &c.andon the other fide fo many iooo acres of our fens lie drowned^our Ci-
ur, MetertnxA ties thinae,and thofe vile,poore,and vgly to behold in refpeel of theirs, our
*7mindcnm trac k 5 decayed, our ftill running riuers flopped, and that bencficiall vfeof
beii*gvV t qZ tranfportation,wholly ncgle&ed,fo many Hauens void of Ships & Towns,
huwxniutu f many Parkes and Forrefts for pleafure, barren Heaths, fo many Villages
CHl ^Zofbis depopulated &cj thinkc fure he would find tome fault.
renti
chrMam gea- I may notdeny butthat this Nation ofours, doth bens audire apudexte*
"EJSki m>is a moft noblc ^ 3 moft flourifhingkingdome, by common content of all
BritJeNsr- ' ° Geographers.;Hif:orians,and hath many fuch honorable Elogiums. And
mnnis. as a learned Countryman of ours right well hath it, n Euer finee the T^or-
°pSS WAnsfirft comming into England, this our Country, both for military matters,
qmm eflatein- and all other ofciuility, hath beenz_j paralelled with the mo ft flourishing king*
^tm^T d ° mes °f Et * ro P e ^ our Chripan world,* blefled 3 a rich Country, and one of
duo illotum du- inc fortunate lfles: And for fome things ° preferred before all other Cotin-
ctsnonmnoTc trics.for expert Seamen,our laborious difcoucries, Art of Navigation true
%nmi ZZ Merchants, they carry the bell away from all other Nations s cuen the Port*,
trbem terre cir- gals & Hollanders them felues, P without allfearefyhh Botertujurrnvina the
$ jT!fc tel m ' ° ctm -> w * nter And Sommer,andtvoo of their Captaines, with no leffe valor f hen
BotLl . BaU ° fortune J)aue failed roundabout the World. Wee haue befides many particular
q AFertile bIelfing5,whichour Neighbours want,thc GofpcUrucly preached Churrk
folic, good " * * * > "MVWH
AirCj&c.Tin, Lead, WoolLSaffron, 8cc.
Difciplinc
Democritus to the Reader,
Difciphnc eftablifhed, long peace and quictncfTe, free from exactions, for« 43
raine tcares,iavafions,domefticall reditions,well manured, 1 fortified by Art r T**»*«-
and Narure,and now moft happy in that fortunate vnion of England & Scot- JJJ X'/wwf"*
land, which our fore-fathers haue much laboured to efTed: , and defiredto
fee: But in which we excell all othcrs,a wifc,learned 5 rcligious King,anothcr
l^jtma^ a lecond Attgu[lus i a true Iofiah 3 moft worthy Senators, a learned
Cleargy,an obedient Commonalry,&c. Yet amongft many Rofcs, fome
Thirties grow,fbmc bad weeds & enormities,which much difturb the peace
of this Body peliticke,and Ecclipfe the honor & glory of it, fit to be rooted
out,and withall fpeed to be reformed.
* The firft is ldlenes>by rcafon of which,we haue many flvarmes of rogues
and bcggcrs 3 theeues drunkards,& difcontented perfons ( whom Lycnrgus
in Plutarch calles mor bos re/pub. the boylcsof a Common- wcalrh) many
poors people in all our Townes,C/^//^/^ ignobiles^ { Polidore cals them, f
bafe Ciucs,ingIorious,poorc,fmall, rare in light, and thinnc of inhabitants.
Our land is fertile 3 wc may not deny, full of all good things, and why doth it
not then abound with Cities, as well as Italy ^France^j^Germany, the Low-
countries? becaufe their policy hath bin otherwife, and wee a e not fo thrif-
ty ) circumfpec r t,induftrious} IdlenclTe is the malm Genua of our Nation.For
as 1 Boterm iuftly argues,fertility ofa Country is not enough, except Art cV • ^ m f ti - v
lnduftry be ioyncd vnto it, and according to Cdnflctle, riches are cither na- ■
turall or artificiall; naturall are good Iand,faire mincsj&c. artificial! are ma*
ntifac'tures 1 coincs 5 &c.Many kingdomesarc fertile, but thin of inhabitants,
as that Dutchy of Pedemcnt in Italy , which LeanderAlbertus fo much mag-
nifies, for Corne,Wine, Fruits, &c. yet nothing necre fo populous as thofe
which arc more barren." England faith hc/Londcn onely excepted) hathne- „ .
ucr a populous C/tty, and yet a fruitful! Country. 1 findc 4 6 Citties and walled to Unlm"uU
Townesin i^^/^afmallProuincemC/^r/v^, 5oCaftles, an infinite S P " l 'it«t me-
number of Villages,no ground idle, no net rocky places,or toppes of hillcs ^amicruL
are vntilled 3 as a ^/«»/?frinformethvs. \n b Greicbgea a fmall Territory on maim apt*
the Ticker, 2 4. Italian miles oucr, I read of 20 walled towncs, innumerable f u c n / f el ' ,
vilbges,each one containing 150 houfes moft part, befides Caftles,and no- capT^'yl^
blemens Palaces.I obfet ue in c Turinge in Dutchland/ixvclut miles ouer by »»»» efi »*-
their fcalej 12 Counties and in them I44cities i 2ooovillaecs.'i44 townes,
% 50 Caftles.Tn Bavaria 34 cities, 46 Townes,&c. d Portugalliainteramnis^ mtdtm.\
a fmall plot of ground, hath ^oParifhes, 130 Monaftcries, 200 Bridges. )^ ytrtM mu
Malta a barren lfland,yeeldes 20000 Jnhabitants. But of all the reft 1 ad- \ ^ rmo f'
\mxzLuesGuicciardines Relations of the Low-countries. Holland hath 26 ^^^i«m
Citties; c 4QO great villages.Z^W 10 cities,io2 pages. Brabant 2 6 cities, AOrteimev**
loipmChcs.F/anders 28cities,90 townes, 11 54 villages, befides Abbies, feo.& Pet.de
Caftlesj&:c,The Low-countries generally haue three cities at leaft for one f^hun
ofours,& thofe farre more populous & rich,and what is thccaufe f but their d re th families
induftry and excellency in all manner of trades? Their commerce, which is in each,
maintained by a multitude of Tradefmen, fo many excellent channels made
by Art,and opportune hauens, to which they build theircitics: All which
wc haue in like meafure,or at leaft may haue. But thcirchicfeft Lodeftone,
which drawes all manner of commerce 2ndmarchandizs,which maintained
their prefent cftate.is notferulky of foyle,bue induftry that enrichcth them,
[the
Vemocrttus to the (Reader.
44 chc gold mines of Peru , or HyvaHiftania may not compare with them.
They hauc neither gold nor filuer of their owne 3 winc nor oyle,or fcarce a-
ny corne growing in thofe vnited ProuinceSjlictle or no wood 3 TinnCjLead,
Iron, Silke, Wooll, or any ftuffealmoft, or any mettle; and yet Hungary ^
Tranfiluania jhat brag of their mines, ferule England cannot compare with
thcm.I dare boldiy fay,that neither Frances, Tarentum^pulia, Lombardy y
Italy ydence in Sf&inc&i that pleafanc AntU/ufia s with their excellent fruits,
wine and oylc,twoharueftSjno not any partof£//r^<r isfo flourifhing, fo
rich,fo"populous 5 fo full of good fhippes, ofwell built cities, fo abounding
with all things nccciTary for the vfc of man. J Tis cur Indies an Epitome of
Cbina^nd all by reafon of their induftry and commerce. Induftry is a Lode-
ftone to draw all good things, that alone makes Counrrics flourish;, Cities
* ?opuii muht- populous* and will enforce by reafon of much manure, which neceflarily
tvdtdiijenti foliowcs a barren foyIe 5 to be fertile and good.
'fafiUm.'me- Tell me Politicians 3 wh y is that fruitfull Pale/linapoblc Greece, ^£gypt t
imi!b.%.cA?.i. i^4fta Minor So much decayed,andfalne from that they were ? The ground
is the fame; but the gouernrnentis altered, the people are gcowne flothfull,
id!c,their good husbandry and in duftry is decayed. N4ay a man beleeue that
. ... ... which Art A x otlc inhisPoliticks,/^«/4«/«5/, StephanusJ5ophiamuJjerbeliusi&
defelintur, & lace or old Qreece_j> I fand ol old 70 cities tn Epyrm ouerthrownc by Paulus
mog*a ex parte ^/Emtltus ^ goodly Province in times paft, t now left defolate of cities, and
^uttGtl&M ^ mo & °f a ^ inhabitants.52 Cities in Macedonia in Strabo's time, I find 30 in
dtfirip.Gr*ci*. £*r0#/^,but now fcarce fo many villages,faith C7^<?i/«i'. Where are thofe
4000 cities oft^7// 3 thofe 100 cities in Crete} arc they now come to two?
What faith Pliny of old Italy ? Befius and Macbiauel } both gtant them now
nothing neerc fo populous 3 and full of cities as in the time of Augufius , and
llim'kgiolei *f wc ma Y beleeue * £*vyj\ot then fo populous as of old 5 they raftered 70
fcfyt* dicutar: legions in former times \yvhich now the knocone world rv/ll/carceyeeld. K^Alex*
qwvkeihddit, a >tder built feuenty cities in a {hort fpace for his parlour Sultans and Turkej
demolifh twice as many, and leaue all defolate. Many will not beleeue that
our ]fland of great £r///^/'/;tf is now more populous theneuer it was 5 but
let them read Bede s Leland x and others, and it mod flourithed in the Saxon
Heptarchy ,and in the Conquerors timc,wa3 farFC bctteE inhabited, then at this
day.Sec that Domefday book,& ftiew me thofe thoufands of panfhes 5 which
ate now decayed,cities ruincd,villages depopulated &c. The lefier the Ter.
ritory is,commonly the richer it h.Parvus fed bene cult us ager. As thofe A*
thenian y Laeedemonian J Arcadian,»ALlian % Sycionian^Mc[[eritan&^
wealths of Greece make ample proofe, As thofe Impertall cities & free ftatcs
©f Germany may witncs,thofe Cantons o$Switz,ers i Rheti i Grifonsjvallowns,
Tufcany^Pedemcnt, Mantua^Venice in Italy ,Ragufe^cJrc.
p PstitJib.ix.t That Prince thercfore,as p Boterus aduifcth jthat will haue a rich country,
and faire cities.let him get good trades, priuilcdges, painfull Inhabitants^-
tificerSjand fuffer no rude matter vnwrought.as Tin,Iron 3 Wooli,Lead,&c.
ofdoJblttd t0 ^ c tranfported out of his country . * A thing in part fcrioufiy attempted
Srcffing.&c. amongft vs,but not etfe&ed.Andbccaufe induftry of men, and multitude of
trades fomuch auailc&to the ornament and enriching ofakingdomej thofe
\rakim lib. anc ient ] Mafilianswonld admit no man into their city, that had notfome
*** tU uzdcSelym the fitli T urhjb Empcrour,procurcd a thoufand good artificers
to
Democritus to the reader.
to bebrought from Tauris to Conflantinople^.Thc Polanders indented with 45
Henry Duke of Anion yhcix new chofen King, to bring with him an hundred * Hi fi- *<otM
families of Artificers into Poland. James the firft in Scotland ( as * Buchanan \^/f^ 9
writes,/ fent for the beft Artificers he could get in Europe , andgatie*thcm uls<oncb i**«
great rewards,to teach his fubic&s their fcucrall trades, Edward the third, cl - temtftT ',
our moft renowned King, to his cternall memory , broughc cloathirg firft
into this Hand, tranfporting fomc families of Artificers from Gaunt hither.
How many goodly cities could I reckon vp ; that thriue wholly by trade,
where thoufands of inhabitants Hue lingular well by thjir fingers ends j as
Florence in Italy } by making cloath of gold : great MilUn by fllke,and all cu-
rious workes: ^irras in Artois,by thoie faire hangings; many cities in Spai» %
many in France ^Germany, haue none other maintenance, cfpeciafry thole
within the Land. \ Mecha'm Arabia Petr<ea, ftandsinamclt mfruitMcouH
try,that wants water 5 amongft rockes ('as ^r^w.f^wdf ■■'cubes if) ardyct
it is a moft elegant and pleafant city,by reafon of the ttifficke of the Eait & l*!™^'-?*^
Weft. Or mm in Perfia is a moft famou » Mart towne, and hath nought els 74. %o im:&
but the opportunity of thchaucntomakeitflourift]. Corinth 3 noble city, r ^!" : r ccun '
(lumen GracU T uHy calls it) the eye of Greece, by reafon of Cenchreas & Le- temt'wur
cheusthofe excellent Ports, drew all that itraffick of the Ionian and ss£gean faffafyb
fcas to it: and vet the country about it was curva & fuper cil efa.zs * Strabo me,t f^' 1 ^'
• 1 11 n xkt r t r r r r-» / ma,' t dentil
termes it,ruggcd and harm. We may lay the lame ot Athens, Acsium, The »eginniwna,&
pes, Sp.tr ta<fk inoft of thofe townes in Greece^. N:remberg( in Germany is h> ?^*g
ted in a moft barren foyle,yct a noble imperiall city, by the folc induftry of t&afpMm'fijK
ArriSccrs,andcunning trades , they draw the riches of moft Counttiesto *Litiedit.atfi*
them,fo expert in manufactures , that as lone fince pane out of the c i h j-' l0 f re ^
1-1 / / • J • • • I ) x r x 11 ~ bllgl./ia \6l6.
luc.fedem animdin extremis digitu invent their loule, or intcUecltu agens, exfedit h s'uuu,
was placed in their fingersendsjand foof Bafil^spire^>,Cambray } Francfurt, t r hi whites
ejrc.h is almoft incredible to fpcake what * Mat.Ricctm the Iefuir, and lome tcmlmm^aS*
other 1 ;, relate of the induftry of the Chinaesmofk populous Counrries ; not a trofteii
beggar or an idle pcrfon to be feene , and how by that meanes they profper {ft *
and flourifh.Wchaue:hefamemeancs,ab]ebodies ; pliant wirs 5 matterofall Lib.^. Befc
forts^VoolIjFlaxejronjTin^eadjWoodj&c. Many excellent fubicchto '#?(' S(ffl
worke vpon,only induftry is wanting.In moft of our cities/omc few excep- ^^dutui-"
tcd 3 like \sptnifb\oyxtxzxs % vve line wholly by tipling, Innes and ' Alehoofcs, fpmmtotti
Malting are their beft pIoughs,their greateft trafficke to fell Ale. b Meteran, v ** m > yP 1 **^
and fomc others obiccl; to vs, that we are no whit fo induftrious as the Hoi- ^tcs flZi
Under si Manual! trades ( faith he ) which are more cari&m or troublefome 3 are n*nu*ri* qu*
wholly exercifedby fir angers, they dwell in a Sea full effjb, hut they arefo idle, ^mln^Uhem
they will not catch fo much as foallferue their ownc_^ tames, but buy it of their & d>ffiadtatis
neighbours. Pudethxcopprobria nobis. miorewq,re-
Et dtctptuijfe&nonfctuiffercfelh. JtHmJifert^
I am afhamed to hcare this obieded by ftrangcrs, and know not how to an- nU & esttrU
fwere ir.Amongft our Townes there is only c London that bcarcs the face of Tt7n\TfUc».
acittv, a Epitome Britannia, a famous Emporium, fecond to none beyond 0*>o mari.fo.
feas^i noble Mart:But fota crefcit. decrement ibm alys; and yet in my (lender ^''^J^
iudgment,defc&iuc in many things.'.Thc reft ( c fome few excepted) arc in ^Jim^Mie
Jkftcerir, fed d
ticiwwtrteofHatiir. c Frhtmmittitmtxoqj potent &robortgMiiSc<i!i$tT- * Cafnictt. c Yoike, Briftow, Noi-
vich, Wotcclicr,&c.
g meane
Vemocrtttts to the Reader.
45 meanc eftate, poore and full of beggers, by rcafon of their decayed trades,
idlenefle of their inhabit ant s,rio t,w hich had rather beg or loytcr, & be rea-
dy to ftarue,then worke.
. i caa.not deny, but that fbnaething may be faid in defence of our cirics,
argument! be- f that they are not fo faire built,rich a thicke wcd,populous, as in fome other
caufc Gentle countries^befides the reafons Cardan giues Subti/Mk.n. wewantWine&
vs^th^coo- Oylc,thcir two Harucfts, wee dwell in a colder Ayre, and therefore mufta
try villages, little more liberally S feed of flefli,as all Northerne Countries doc: out pro*
our cities are u jfion will not therefore extend to the maintenance of fo many : yet not-
thmgw the withftanding we haue matter of all forts, an open Sea for tramck,as well as
purpote,put the reft.goodly hauens. And how can we excufe our negligence, our riot,
VJia°-s 4 iri a drunkennefle,&c.and fuch enormities that follow it? Wee haue excellent
shirl.ande- Lawes ena&ed,you wil fay,fcuere ftatutc^houfes of corrc<5tion,&c.to fmal
ucry village purpofc it fcemes , it is not houfes will fcrue, but cities of corredtionj" our
demanwhat tra( * es generally ought to be rcforrncdjWants fupplied. In other Countries
is 400 fami- they haue the fame grieuances, J confclTe , but that doth not excufe vs,
crcaf° f t Wa0tS ^ £ f C ^ S :> CnOrm ^ C ^
ouTcki^or futcs,m any lawes made againft the., to repreffe thofc innumerable brawles
to contend & Law-futcs,exceflein apparell, diet, decay of tillage, * efpecially againft
XicMhnd r°g« cs >Deggars,Egyptian vagabonds (fo termed at leaft Jwhich haue ^war-
thicker j and \TiZd&Q\*ttGerm*ny,PranceJtaljJ > oUndpsyoxx
whereas ours zitn^nd Aventtnw, Asthofe Tartars 2nd Arabians at this day doe in all
ttf^'LXcirs thofe Eafterne countricsjyct fuch hath beene the iniquity of all ages , as it
confift of feemes tofmallpurpofc.i(/J»0/# noftrd civit&te mendktu efto, faith Plato,
bitan°s inhabi ~ ncvv ^ haue them purged from a J commonwealth, m as ai <ad humour frem
\ zMancipis !o~ the bodyfhty are fckcfo many vlcers and boyJes, and mutt bee cured before
tuples egetaris the melancholy body can be cafed. What Carol/a Magnw, tbc Chwefe^hc
cappadocum rex Spaniards, Di\Vc of Saxony, and many other ftates haue decreed in this cafe,
% Maxim part xzzdArmfcus cap. i p t Boteru*lib.2.cap,2. Oforiiu de rebus gefl.Emax.lib.u.
^mmupoU When a country is oucrftorcd with people; as a pafture is oft ouerlaid with
tibl'h'fl! 1 ' cattle, they had wont in former times to disburden themfelucs, by fending
h Kefr<enatem- ©ut Colonies,or by warres, as thofc old Romanes^ or by imployingthemac
K 2ltuckrcsa- homc abouc fomc publike btlildings,as bridges.rodc wayes,for which thofe
Untur ocie,red< Romanes were famous in this iland: As i^Auguflu* Caftrdid in Rome, the Spa,*
riito'taiS ****** m tneir ****** Mines: n Aquedu&s,bridgcs, hauens, thofc ftupend
h^TureZ utlii workes of T raianflaudim at \Ojlium^ucinu4 lacus, that Pir^um in Athens,
baneflum mgo- naade by Tbemi (lodes ^Amphttheatrums ofcurious marblc,as at Verona Ciui*
'mtlZfl'Sil' tas ph * ll PP* aod Heraclea in Thrace, thofe Appian and Plaminian wayes,pro-
tufbayijihis digious workes may witnefle: and rather then they fhould be * idle, as thofc
ml* medentur, °Egyptian Pharaoes ; Marti & Sefoftris did,to task their fubie&s to build vnne-
t(!UtLl m Mor. ceflfcry pyramidcsjobeliskesjabyrinthes^hannelsjlakes.todiuert them from
Vtop.B.i. rebellion/iotjdrunkenneflc, f quo fcilicet alantur, ejr ne vagando labor are*
i^fnha- de r ue r cam
tufton eft excr- ) '
tere tmpermft
i,t mtndicos, fed'm opulentcs. l^neftregmfccusjed earceriscffeeujles. Jdem. f Ctfmog. 3 lib. c»p.i. k CoOmms tmuum
mrab'dei excofti fo!e,irnmund}vefie,fxdivifu,fmtis imprimis acres, &c. ' Sentct. Haud minus tuipia princ/pt nmlu Cupp i.
tu>, quammcXuomiihafumr*. m .Acpituttam &bilemacorporc,(uJeteg.)omr?et vult extemmri. » See lif fa jfttoi
ratda. f DcqioSmtomfiAinClMd!o,&?linimeap^6. u Awfis &%ypti rex Jegempr omul guvitjtt omtifubdhiqur.tatttis
ratmc*i,eddew,tvndeviver:ni. * l< r tegejlatifrnuli& iguvi* ocemttur, opijicit e«nd^unmr t tenuet pMatxtJ tsoinut
#M.«|».M»w.*7o. t Bufc§ldMdifcurJitl>9lit.(*?.*.
Another
Vemocritus to the Reader.
Another cye-fbre is that want ofconducl and navigable Riuers ,a great 47
blcrai(h,asP Beterusji Hippelitus kCoHibus pndoihti Politicians hold), if it f CT f^f m "
be neglected in a Common-wealth. Admirable coft and charge is beftowed Vu*ldeL-'
in the Low-countries on this bchalfcjn thcDutchy of^//7/<*«^pptory of am xib Qbm
Padua.m r Franco Jtaly,chtnt£x\d fo likewife about corrivaticmsof waters ^"^l^ t
to moiften and refrcfh barren grounds>to drcane fennes, bogges & moores. 1 inmiMm *
Mafimiffa made many inward parts of Barbary, zwdNumidia in ^jricke^, commoditatim
before his timc,incult and horrid,fruitfull and battable by this meancs.Great V unfl*vh"aX
induftryis generally vfed all oucr thofc Eafterne countries in this kind, efpe- ptokt&t % b».
chlly in ^gypt about Babyhn,ind Damafcus,*s Tertcmannus, and * Getar- \™Jf d f t ^ t * m
dus Art has relate; about Bercelana,Seg0uia pnd many other places of Spain: * Jru i. orient.
by reafon ofwhich,their foyle is much improtied,and infinite commodities
arifc to the Inhabitants. The T urkes of late attempted to cut that lflmos be-
twixt Ajrtcke and Afia, which* Sefoftris and Dar /us, and fome Pharaohs of expeltibmam*
v£gypt had formerly vndertakcn 5 but with ill fucccfle, as a Diedcrus Si cuius
rccords,and Pliny , for thatthered Sea being three Cubits higher then i/E. dim,bidumr>-
g ypt, would hauc drowned all the country. c*pto deft/terant y thcy left off; yet ta »w*tur>a-
as the fame b Diodorus writes/ tolemy renewed the work many yc ares after, jK/* w **"
and abfolued it in a more opportune place. That Jftmos of Cor /nth was like- 1 fatlm pedes
wife vndertaken to be made navigable by Demetrius y by lultusCxfar, Nero, bu n«<l°&
D omit tan J-Ierodj.o makcalpeedy paffage >and leflc dangerous/rom rhe It- *i;*.i. M />.j.
man and o^£gean Seas. Thuanus and $errts\\\z French hiftorians 3 (peakc of a c vim.T*ufit'
famous Aqueduct in France, intended in Henry the fourths time 3 from the ^kli^'liun
Loyre 10 \hc Seine 2nd from Rh&danus to Loyre. The like to which y was for- Jler.Cifmcg.M
mcrlyafTaiedby Dom/t /an ihcEinpciour, c from ^drar 10 Mojella , which *- ea Pi 6 - ut
Cornelius T tcitus fpc.iks of,in the £ 3 ofhis Annals, after by Charles the gteac naviga/"&
and others. Much c<; 11 hath formerly beene bellowed in cither new making mm »* pcricxiofi
or amending, channels of riuers, and their paffases/as injure lianus didbv tcharlcs thc
Tybur y to make ir naui gable to R*me y \o convay come from ^gypt to the ci« boucto make
tyjvadum alvet tumentU ejfod/t,(mh Vopifcus^ejr Tyburis ripas extruxit, hce a f . hann dl fro
cutfordes,made banks,&c.)decayed hauens, which Claudius the Empcrour ^wMTitlt
with infinite paines and charges attempted at Oftiajs J haue faid, Thc Venc- tifrifr
tuns at this day to prcferue their city: many excellent rncanes to enrich Gcr - thi L lui,ls
their Tertitorics,haue beeue fofteredjnvcnted in mod Provinces of £*™/><r, IbJm weft*
as planting fome Indian plants amongft vs,Silkcwormes,i* the very Mulbe- H 60 "
ryleauesinthcplaincsof(jrj»^, yecld 30000 crownes per annum, to the ^ to j^'
King of Spames coffers, befides thofe many trades and artificers that are bu- ft hter/eoeet
ficd about them in the kingdome oiGranado y Murc'/a, and all ouer Spaing, dentis & stp-
JnFr^^agreatbenefiteisraifcdby falt 9 &*. Whether thefe things might ufam!***'
not be as happily attempted with vs,and with like fuccefle,it way becontro- x Mf^m
verted: Silkcwormes fl mcanej Vines,Firtrees 3 &c. Cardan exhorts Edward * gr '
the 6.to plant Oliucs v & is fully perfwaded they wonld profper in this Hand.
Withvs s nauigablc riucrs arc moft part ncglcclcd 5 our ftrcames are not
great,I confelTe , by reafon of thenarrownefle of the Iland 3 yet they runne
fmoothly and euen,not headlong, fwift, or amongft rockes and fhducs, as
foming Rbodannsjxid Loyre in Franco t rygru in MefopoUmUfi\o\cnt D»ri-
ms in Spaine.with Catarads and whirlepooles as the Rhine, and Danubim,*- f simkm to
boat ShaphanJe^Laufenbstrg^LmZy and Cremmes, to endanger Navigators: rtfjitketMx
Vemotritm to the (Reader,
4 8
T Camden in
Lincelnejhire
Foffedifa
» Ncarc St
Albtnu
• LifmGiral-
4m,Nat.Comes.
^Afileim 1.4-
Tlor.Larfamiti-
am inter homi-
nes* talk \ux
tultm e[i t litittm
omnium &'mr-
gsruminterpro-
pinquos arbiter
& difceptator.
Adverfiu iracu-
diamjnvidiam,
dvaritiam, Hbt-
dinem, uteraq t
animi bumani
yitia,& mon-
jlra. Philofbpbut
ifie Hercules fa-
it. Pefleseos
mntibus exegit
»mnes,&c.
or broad ftialloWjas Neekar in the Palatinate % Tybru in Italy • but calme and
faire as Arar in France ,Hebrus in Macedonia. JLurotts in Laceni&jhcy gently
glide along,& might as well be repaired many of them f 1 mean me,T rent^
°»Jt}Tljgjtfs at Oxford f the defe&ol which wee fcele inthcmeanetimej
astheriucrof£f£from Ware to London* 7 B\(hopi^<ftwater of old, made a
Channcllfrom Trent to Z/^/^navigable ; which now,faith M r Camden,
is decayed,and much mention is made of Ancrcs,and fuch like monuments
found about old 1 ferulamiumftiippcs haue formerly come to Exeter, and
many fuch places,whofe Channels, Hauens, are now barred and rcie&ed.
We contemne this benefit of carriage by waters, and are therefore compels
led in the inner parts of this Jland, becaufe carriage is fo deare, to eat vp our
commodities,our felues,and liue like fo many Boares in a ftye, for want of
vent and vtterance.We haue many excellent Hauens, royall Hauens, Fsl-
mouth,Portf mouth ,Milf or d, ^.equivalent, it not to be preferred to that/»-
dian Havana 5 old Brunduftum in Italy , AulU in Greecc^^Ambracia in o^r-
nania 3 Suda in Oftf^which haue few fhippes in them, little or no traffick or
tradc,which haue fcarfe a Village on thcm,able to beare great cities,^ vi-
derint politici.] could here iuftly taxe many other ncgledts, abufes, errours,
defects amongft vs,and in other countries,depoputanons, not, drunkennes,
&c.and many fuch, qtmnunc in auremfufurrare non libct \ But I mufttake
heed,»tf quidgravius dicamjhzt I doe not ouerfhoot my (elfe^ I am forth of
my element,asyou peradvcnturefuppofc.and fometimes*i/*T//^ odiumpa-
r it, zs he fz\d,veriuice and otemeale U good for a ? arret.
We haue good lawes,l deny not ,to rcctifie fuch enormities, and fo in all
other countries,but it feemes not alwayes to good purpofe. W 7 c hnd ncede
of fome generall vifitcr in our age,that fhould reforme what is smiflej ano-
ther Attila,T tmberlan^Hercules to ftriue with Achelom^Augct ftabulttm pur-
gare,t® fubdue tyrants,as a he did Diomedes and BuJirUi to expell theeues as
he did Cacusznd Lacintw, to vindicate poorecaptiucs,as he did Hefione: to
paffe the Torrid Zone,and the delerts of £?/>/4,and purge the world of mon-
fters and Centaures* Or another Theban Crates to reforme onr manners, to
compofc quarrels,cnd controucrfies^as in his time he did, and was therfore
adored foragodin^;^/?5. b ^W^Hercules/'»^^/^)Vi)r/^ of mcnflers y
andfubdued them.fo did he fight again/} Enuyjuft \anger ^uartce , <4r. and all
thofeferati vices and monfters of the mmde.lt were to be wifhed wc had fome
fuch vifitor,or if wiftnng would ferue,one had fuch a ring or rings, as Time-
lam defired m c Lucian t by vertue of which he fhould be as ftrong a§ ten thou-
{and men,or an army of Gyants,goe inuifible, open gates and caftle doores
haue what treafurc he would,tranfport himfelfe in an inftant to what place
he would,alter arTe6tions,curc all manner of difeafes that he might range all
ouer the world,and reforme all diftrefled dates andperfons , as hee would
hirofelfe.He might reduce thofe wandring Tartars in order,that infeft china
on the one C\6e,Mufc0Uj, Poland onthcothcr i & tame thofe vagabond ArabU
ans that rob and fpoile all thofe Eaflernc_j countries, that they fhould neuer
vfe more Carauans or Ianifaries to conduct them.He might root out Barba-
rifme out of America, and fully difcouer Terra Auftralu Incognita, findc out
thofe North-Eaft and North-Weft palTagcs, dreane thole mighty M*otia»
fennesjCtit down thofe vaft Wrcinian woods,irrigate thofe barren Aralian
defcrts.
Vemocritiu to the Reader.
defcrts,&c. Cure vsofourEpidemicalldifeafes, Scerbutum^lmjnorbus 49
Ne^olitunm, ejrc k }End all our idle controuerfies 3 cut off our tumultuous dc-
fires,inordinatclufts/ootouthcrcfie,fchifmcand fupcrftition, which now
fo crucifies the world. Purge Italy of luxury and riot; Smjufrof perdition
andicaloufic^r^tf/ofdrunkenneffc, andallour NoflBrne countries of
gluttony and intemperance^ caftigate our hard-hearted parents 5 mafters 3 tu.
tors-, lath difobedient children 3 negligent fcruants 3 corrcct thefe fpendthrifts
and prodigall fonnes 3 cnformc idle perfons to worke,driue drunkards out of
the alehoufe 3 reprc{Tc theeues,vifit corrupt a,nd tyrannizing magiftrates &c.
But as L.Lacomus taxed TtmoUus $ou may vs.Thefe are vaine,abfurd,and ri-
diculous wifhes 3 not to be hoped: all mud be as it is , there is no remedy for
it,itraay notberedrefl'ed , de(inent turn demumjlultefcere , qudndoejf^j
Aefinent) fo long as they can wagge their bcards 3 they will play the fo'oles.
becaufe therefore ir is a thing lb difficult, impo(Tible_, and farrc beyond
Hercules labours to be performed, let them be ftupid, as they are, let them
c tyrannizc>Epicurizc,opprciTe 3 luxuriate, confume themfelues, liuc in riot, \^ ut f?*'^£.
poucrty^mifery/cbelljWallovv as fo many fwine in their ownc dung ; and as hue.
Vlyffes companions, jlultcsiubeo e(felibemer.l\v'\\\ yet fatisfie and plcafe my
fclte, makean/^/* ofmineowne, a pocticall common-wealth ol mine
owne,in which J wiil freely dominccrc, build citics,make lawes, ft atutes 3 as
1 lift my felfc. And why may J not? — d FiRoribm at% po'eti*,drc d Her °
You know what liberty Poets haue euer had, and befides , my P redeceflor
Democrttm was a Politicians Recorder of Abdcra, a law-maker as fome fay,
and why may not I prefume as much as he did? Howfoeuer I wil adventure/
For the Site 3 if you wil needs vrge me to it 3 I am not yet fully refolued,it may
be in T trra Aaftralis l/?co?»ita t thcvc is roome enough f for of my knowledge
neither that hungry Spamardpoi Mer curias Britxnmcus^ haue yet dilcoue- ©2nji»k*
red halfc of it) or clfe one of thofe floting Hands in Mare del Z«r,which like ' 1 "
the Cyanian Jles in the Euxine Sea, alter their place, and are accctfible oncly
at fet times,and to fome few perfons; or one of the Fortunate Iles 3 for who
knowes yet where, or what they are ? There is roome enough in the inner
parts of Ameriea.&, Northetnecoafts of^i.But J will chufe a fitc,* whole
latitude fhall be 45 degrees, in tl\e midft of the cemperat Zone, or perhaps
vndcr t\iCv£quttor, th*t Paradife of the world ; W>/ femper virem laurus f ejr£.
where is a perpctuall Spring: the longitudefor fome reafons I will conceal.
Yet, be it knowne to nil men by thefe prefects, that if any honeft Gentleman
wiil fend in fo much mony , as Ctrdxn allowcs an Aftrologcr for calling a
Natiuiry,he (hall be a fharerj will acquaint him with my proie6t} or if any
worthy man will ftand for ahy temporall or fpirituall office or dignity, (for
as he faid of his Arcbifhopricke otytoptaltisfancfusambztus^and not amifle
to be fought after) it (hall be freely giuen, withoutallinterceffions, bribes,
lctters 3 &c,his owne worth fhallbe the heft fpokefman ; & becaufe we (hall
admit of no deputies or advoufons j iflie be fufficiently qualified,and as able
as willing to execute the place himfelfe, he fhall haue prefent poffcflion. It
fhall be diuided into fome 1 2 or 1 3 Prouinces 5 aBd thoie by hils^iuers^ode-
waycs,or fome more eminent limits exactly bounded, EachProuincc (hall
haue a Metropolis^ which flaall be fo placed as a Center,almoft in a circumfc-
ference, and che reft at cquajl diftances, 12 it At ah miles afandcr, or there*
g 3 about^
VemocntHs to the <i(cader.
jo about ,and in them (lull bec fold all things ncccflary for the vfe of man,/*/*
horu dr dtebwpo market towncs, markets or faires,for they doe but beggar
cities ( no village (hall ftand aboue fixe, fcucn,or eight miles from a city, ex-
cept thofe Emporiums which are by the Scafidc,generall Staples, Marts, as
i^Aniveeffeyenmeficrgcn of o\^London;&e .c\uc% moft part,(haibe iituatc
vpon navigable raTers or lakes, crcckcs,hauens T and for their forme, regular,
round,fqtiarc,orlongfquarc, t with fairc,broad,and (height* ftreets,hou*
llti" fts vniforrue,>uiIc 01 bricke and ftonc, like Bruges \Bruxels,Rhcgtum Le/>td/ 9
^Tdeinliit. ' Berna in Switzerland, MsHan^Mantua^ Cremi, Cambalu in Ttrtary defended
Ktifuit. ' by M.Poluf^Qi that Venetian Palma* I will admit very few or no 1 ubu rbs 3 and
]ollmZ^kfi. thofe ofbaferbuildingjwallsonelytokecpcoutmanand boric, except itbe
m AYift.foiit. in forne frontier towncs,or by the Seafide, and thofe to be fortified f after
*4M'.^'- the latpft manner of fortification, ardfite vponcouvenient hauens,orop*
mm . . mo. p Qrtunc p) aces J n cucry fo built city, I will haue convenient Churches and
{ With wails Churchyards to bury the dead in, a cittadeHa to command it, prifons for all
ofcarth.&c. ff cnt j crSj0 ppq rtunc market places of ail forts,for come, meatjCattlc/tiell,
fifti 3 &c.Commodious Courts ofJuftice,ptibIike Hals for all Societies,Bur«
tJep^H'bb. fcs,meeting places, Armories,* in which fhallbe kept engins for quenching
1.& Tactile* of fire, Artillery Gardens, publike waikes, Theaters and fpacious fields
Mn*l.t$ hb. allotted for all Gyrnnicks/ports, and honeft recreations, Hofpicals of all
kindes for children^orphansjold folkes, fickmcn, madmen, fouldiers, peft-
honfes 7 not bu'\\tprecArib,oi by gowty bcnefac"tors,butj<r.* publico srario^r.d
fo maintained,***/? nobis (slum nati fumus^&c, I will haue Conduits of fwecc
tfiitTirifoni- and good Water .aptly.difpofed in each townc, common b granaries, as ac
tpt'iT*™: ® re J^ CH m Mifnia,Stetein in Pomerland^orembcrge^&c^MiVe fchooles
Visj&velJium 01 ~ a ^ kindes,muficke,dancing,fcncing,&c. efpecially of Grammer, and Lan-
Hb.x.tap.iM guages,nortobetaughtby thofe tedious precepts ordinarily vfed, but by
t So/w n- t v ^ c ' examplc 3 converfation,as trancllcrs leamcabroad,& nurfes teach their
ves thinkes children. As I will haue all fuch places, fo will 1 haue * publicke goticrnours,
tefi,jmmiui fit officers to each placc^reafurerSjSediles^ueftorSjOuerfeers of pupils, wi.
* p/i°M l*de dowes go©ds,and all publicke houfesj&c. and thofe once a yeare to make
Ug.&diies crc- ftrict accompts,of all rcccipts,expences,to auoid confufion, & fic fietut non
f!r*!fatnlvi' A tf u7KAnt f as ^ Un y to Trdi * n ) quodpudcat dtcers. They fhall be fubordisatc
aijorm^iate- to thofe higher officers and governors ofeach city, which fbal not be paorc
*>& idiem* Tradefmcn s & meanc Artificers, but noblemen and gentlemen, which fhall
rukifMcm k c tie< * to rcfi^ence in thofe towncs they dwell next, at fuch fet times & fca-
Vtntamm de fons: for I fee no rcafonf which f Hippol/tus complaines of ) that ttfheuld l/e
fa*omria&c more dfyo*or&ble for noblemen t'ogouerne the cityjhen the country ,or vnfeem-
Gowdm & b to dwell there novojben of $ld. % I wil haue no bogges,fenncs 5 marifhes,vaft
*lios. woodsjdcfertSjheatbSjCoramonSjbut all inclofcdjfor that which is commo
Irbuy"™"*. and euerymans,is no mans ; the richeft countries arc ftillenclofcd, as EJfex
ynuH'tw *» Kent witn vsfrc.SptineJtdlK & where inclofurcs are leaft in quantity they
9n -"nSm afC * ^ kusbanded,as about Florence in Italy, Damafcus in Sjrix } & c . which
ft Mrbes benimnitM colerevuncqudm elimsKtctbruftM g ^ tant'H m
quidemfoH multm rtlir.quiiurjit vtrumfit ntptll'tcmq*Mcm agrlln bn reginnibiu fierilem ata ntftctmdum rttmriMmtL lit
Wgh*/!u*uflaniudercgiJoCbin<eJibA.c«p.5. * W Ctvw in his furvay of Cot vmH, iaith, that before tha« countn' wu
inclofed^hc husband men drankc watcr,did eatc little or no bread. ( fol.6%M.\.) their apparell was ceurfe th
barclecgcd,their dwelling was correfpondent.but ^nceinc]ofurc,they liue decently, and haue monytofpend TfT^\
when theirfirld? were common,thcii vvooll was courfe Cernifh haire. but ITncc inclofure, it is almoft as pcod ^c'tr
^wW>aud their foile much mended. Tnffer cap.^i of his husbandiy.is of his opinion, one acre indofed is worths*
CQtnakon. Tbecmtr^iadofedlfmfeiTbcttberdeliikttbnoi^ ' tnrcc
are
Democritus to the Reader
are likec gardens } thcn fields. J will not luue a barren acre in ail myTcrrito- 51
llcs,not lo much as the toppes of mounraincs, where Nature failes,it fhaibe
fupphed by art, k lakes and riuers (hali not be left defolate.rill publike high * imrediblik
wayes,bridges,corriuations ofwacers, Aqucdu£ts,ChanncIs,pur>!ifcs works, uiaguimm
buildin2s,5c.outofa + common ftocke, curioufl/ maintained a«d kept in :!uy m -
repairer no dcpopulations,ingroliiugs, alterations ot wood, arable, but by q,am m t0 *th
theconfent of fome fuperuifors.that fhall be approbated for that pm pole* &: [ en 'ff?»-
(ball fee what reformation ought to be had in ailpUces.whit is amine, how Itl^-jf^
to helpc ir, Et quid qu&fyferat regio^ quid f«4& rt cufet, Sufat lib. ■ . c 3,
What ground is aptcft lor wood, what for k ccrne,\vb: r tor cau'e "ajde s. j 1° '^"HMf-
orchards 5 fithponds,cVc. what for Lords, what for Tenants, 5. bccaule »■ icy 2 a «.ii]o*f»
ftiall be better incouraged to improuefuch lands they hold, manure, pUftt • hndp .cf
trees dreane,fcnce,cVc.they fhall haue long lcafes, a known rerir, ind ki o m 1 B /,^ c 1 J "' ; e ~
fine/o free them from thofe intolerable exactions of tyranniz r g jaodloi ds. </ p«* haitr.
Tbcfe fit per 11 ifors fhall likewifc appoint, what quantity ofland m each Ma 'ijg*Jfa' : P^
nor is fit forthelords{*Demefnes, what for holding of Tenants, howjt ' Hup^ta*
ought to be husbandcd s how to be manured^tilled. rectified, and what pro- i/,f yemnt
portion is fit for all callings, becaufe private pofteflbrs are many times idi-
otSjiil husbands,opprefiors,couetous, and know not how to imprcue their tfti>*$ mujjk
ownc.or elfe wholly refpect their ownc,and not pubkkc good. vmfcurt Gra-
Ftopitn parity is a kind of gouernmcnt 5 to be wifhed forgather then effe- cZ'g. *'
c"rcd,and Putoes commtiniry in many things impious abfurd 6V ridiculous^it
takes away all fplcndor and magniHcenccjl will haue feuerallorders .degrees
ofnobilicy,&thofc hereditary, not rcic&ingyonger brothers in themeane
timc,fjr they fhall be fulficicntly prouided for by penfions, or Co brought
vp.thcy fhali be able to hue of thcmfelucs. J will haue fuch a proportion of
ground belonging to euery Barony i 1 he that buyes the land .{hall buy the Es- 1 So is it in
rony\ heethat by riot confumes his patrimony, and ancient demean.es. fhall ^kingdoms
r r 1 l \ r J- • rt 111 l. j ■ r r • i of Na P les > an ^
forten his honors. As lomc dignities Inalibe ncrcditary,io lome again by c- frm? t &c.
lcction,or by gift /'befides free officeSjpcnfionSjannuitiesj like our Bifhop- x Sec0w/4W
tkkes, Prevc/idsjbc Bajja's palaces in Turky, the f Procurators houfes and nifytofofa
offices in Venice ^\\vl\\ like that golden apple,fhallbe giuen to the wortbieft dfrebusgeflk
and b?ftdefcruing both in warre and peace,' as a reward of their worth and ^Xudlmi*
g-od feruice,indasfomany goa'esforalltoaimcat i ^<'^y4/// ( 2r/^) and ^Hmdotut '
c c»urngements to others. Fori hate thefc feuet c , vnnaturall, harfh, Ger- f H a ^°i h ' 6 '-
m.%n x Fre»ch,m& Venetian decrees 3 wbich exclude Plebeians from honors,bec uced^SL^m
they ieuerfowife,rich J vcrtiious,valiant 3 & well qualified^ they muftnotbee ^ **gnm*b
Putriciani^w . ftill keep their own ranke,this is nutura helium in/erre^diom ^mTmcmii
to God & men,I abhorrc it.My forme of gouernment (hall be Monarchical, coqxi,&reiiqui
f nunqmm libertaipratior extat artifices, in p*>
QuAmfubregepiOt&c. few!awcs 5 butthofe f m *du»r,&
fcuercly kent,plainly putdownc,and in the mother tonguc,that euery man cnqiuu a coquo
•tmy vndcrftad. Euery city fhal haue a peculiar trade or priuiledge,by which f^^f/^-
it fhall be chicfely maintained, m and parents fhall teach their children,one /evemidem
of three at leaft, bring vp and inftrutSt them in the myfterics of their own ^"«fV«
tr-'de. JneachtownethefefeaerallTradcfmen fhall be fo aptly difpo fed, as ofm^ll
tlv) iTiall free the reft from danger or offence-, firc-trades,as Smyths, forge- mmutkmt
men,brcwcrs,bakers 3 rnc«le™cn.&c.(hall dwell apart by thcmfeluesj diers 3 ^JJJ^*^
tanners, 9 m '
Democritus to the Grader.
3*' tanners/ellmongers,&c. & fuch as vfe water in convenient places by them*
felucs,noifome or fulfome for bad fmels,as butchers flaughtcr-houfc$,chan-
!ers,curriers in remote places,orfomebackc lanes. Fraternities & compa-
nies 3 I approue of^s Merchants Burfes,CoiIedgcs of Druggcrs, Phyfuians,
Mufitians,&c.but all trades to be rated in the (ale of wares, as our Clerks of
the market doe bakers and brewcrsjcorne it felfc, what fcarciry foeuer flhall
« Hippa!t pel. comc,not to exceed fuch a pricc.Of fuch things as arc tranfported or broghc
tibM dewrcn. in, a if they be neceflary things,& fuch as neerly concerne roans Jifc,as corne,
Tu"ldem-> de wo °d J cole ) &c& f°cb prouifionwe cannot want, I will haue little or no cu*
legiiw. qu'e ad ftomc paide,no taxes,but for fuch things as are for pleafurc^eligh^or orna-
vitumneceipi- ment, as Wine, Spice, Tobacco 5 Silkc,Veluct 3 Cloth of gold^LaceJcwels,
wmn^pufpt- &c.a great impoft. I will haue certaine (hips fent out for new difcoucries c-
muiyitiumdc ucryyeare, b &fomedifcreet men appointed totraucll into all neighbour
pcnaivctti™', Icingdomcsbyland, which fhallobferue what artificiall inventions, good
'> ii*to tz.de Lawes arc in other Countries,cuftomes,alterations, or ought clfe,conccr<
legibm. ningw^rre or peace, which may tend to the common good. Ecclefiafticall
™§yMm£ I:) ilciplinc,^« E/^e/w/ubordinatc as the other. No impropriations^©
moratult vids- Lay patrons of Church liuings,or one priuateman jbuttho(e Rectors ofBe-
riniapud exte nc fi C es to be chofen outof the Vniucrfities, examined & approued as the//-
rem^bmi^A f^att in Cw#4,No Pariln to containc aboue a thoufand Auditorsjf it were
tut. ^ poffil>Ic,I would haue fuch Priefts fbould imitate Cbrtft, charitable Lawyers
nfiveiti * m ^ ou ^ l° uc neighbour as themfelues 3 temperate & modoft Phyfitians,
o nopienfei Politicians contemne the world,Philofophersfhould know themfelues,no-
t £ C *\ta!r ^ cmcn ^ uc honcftly 3 tradefnaen leaue lying & cofcning,magiftr2res &c.buc
fa£di& this is vnpoflible,! muft haue fuch as I may. I will therefore haue n ofLaw-
vafre trident yers Judges, Advocates,Phyfitians,Chirurgions. ) &c. a fct number, ° &eue«
fuftfimm r y ma, V* 11 Dc poffiblc,to plead hisowncaufe, to tell that tale to the Judge,
tenfenthommm which he doth to his Advocate, as at Fez,\n4jr7cke 7 Bantam t i^4/cpp 0j R (l .
^bJ^^a'] g' t f^^ u%m< l ui f^ CAU f eim ^ icereten€tur ' Thofe AdvocateSjChirurgions &
nmelSr^ p Phyfitians,which are alIowed,to be maintained out of the f common trea-
funtiquHUM fure,no fees to begiuen or taken , vpon painc of looting their places or if
the y doe»vcry fmall fees, & when » the caufe is fully ended. *> He thatfues a-
qttamutaquo- ny man,fhall put in a pledge, which if it be proued he hath wrongfully fued
ti^imt t ™ s Aduer ^ r y' ral ' hl y or malicioufly,hc inall loofe. All caufes (hall bee plea-
jhLqu'^cL fcdfippnfi nomimjhz parties names conceaIed,if fome circumftanccs do
jMci g <it,camq t not othcrwife require. Judges & all other Officers (hall be aptly difpofed
vZ'ltrL. 2n cach Prouince 5 vilIages,citics,as common arbitrators to hearc all caufes.fc
wm frent pa- end all conrrouerfiesaio controverfie to depend aboue a yeare^but without
traffic mws 3 ij delayes,& further appea!es,to be fpecdily difpatched, and finally conclu-
&\Z:T{™i- deci in lime allotted.Thefe and all other inferiour Magiftrats to be choi
lm efcietur. fen S as the literatim China , or by thofc exact fuffrages of the * Venetians
fmdV'tx* and thoie SgainC nOC bc c,i £ ii)le 3 or ca P abIc of niagiftracics, honors jofficcs*
publico viSLm f except they be fufficiently qualified for lcarning,manncrs, and that by the'
fumunt. Boterm
Uteris wpn progress f-c:r\nt mav.mti hmcribui ajficiumur/ecundsshnnoru grtdus milmbus aftgnatur , / ofiremi wdink » *1T
mU y dol0um bommurn ludtci s in a'tiorem ham quifq, pr*fertur>& qui iphumu apprebatur, ampfom in rtpub Atmtatescu* '
<W. in hoc examine prima babtt> ittfigm per totam vuam dignitate irf&iitur, marchioni ftm\\U t out dud apudnos
find
VemtcritM to the redder.
ftri& approbation of deputed examinators , * firfl Schollcrs to take place, 53
then Sculdiers.* If they misbehaue thcmfclues.tobcedcpofcd, and accor- * ctdmam
dinelypunifhcd, & whether their Offices be annuall b orotherwifconce a ?^in Bern,
yterc they fhall be called in cuieftion,& giue an accompt j for men are parti- inumfn*
ill & pa(rionatc,mercile{re,couetoiis 3 corrupr 3 fubica to loue hatc,fearc, fa • JjjJJJ \ yj V
•or Sccomne fub regno grauiore regnu* like Solans Areopagitesjsx tho(eRom<tn ou* Imer is vn«
Cenfors,fome fhall viht others,* & be vifited themfelucs, d they fhall ouer- ^ ]e f z sl
fee that no proling Officer, vndcr colour of authority, (hall infultoucr his natour.'m- 6 *
inferiours,as fo many wild beafts^pprefle.domineerjfleajgnnd, or trample ftpmly «iepo-
on,be partial or corrupt 5 but that there be *e[uabile/us,h\fticc equally done, ^jJjJJJ,
liue as friends & brethren together; & iwhich * Sefetlsus would naue.and fo thtee yeares.
much deftres in his Kingdome of Frar/e^ , a diapafon and fatet harmony G f An ^[ A c f*
Kings, Princes, Nobles and Plebeians fo mutually tied and involved in loue , af ft d^ ipfesln-
well as /awes and authority^ that they neuer difagree> infult or encroach one^i fafa
vp on anot her. If 'any man deferue well in his Office,he fhall be rewarded. Hec
that invents any thing for publike good in any Art or Science , writes any nwexfukmT
Treanfe,* or performes any noble exploit,at home or abroad, * (hall be ac- d J^" a "^f e rim
cordinglyinriched, u honoured,ai;d preferred. I fay with Hannibal in Enni. ^ l0HlU icent
us, Hoftem quiferiet erit mihi Carthagmenfit, let him be of what condition he ftbi/ubduts au-
will,in all Ctfices, Aaions ; he that deferues beft,(hall hauc beft. JSSSiS
Iwillfufterno x Beggcrs,Rogucs,Vagabonds, oridleperfons, thaccan 'StfeUwde
not giue an accompt of their liues.lf they beirnporcnt 3 lame,blind, & fingle, r £P»bf*u<»*'»>
they fhall be fiifficiently maintained in feucrall Ho(pitals,built for that pur^
p jfe; o; if married & iu§rme,paft work, or by inevitable lofie,or fome fuch umaut beuoaut
like misfortune call behffid,bydiftribution of 1 corne,houfe rent free, annu- P slwmiibi'
all penfions,orm©ny, they (hall be relieued, and highly rewarded for their « Adugmdam
good feruice they haue formerly done* if able > they (hall bceinforced to rempub. fciiiiu*
Worfcc.* For J fee no reafon (as y he faid) why an Epicure or idle drone, a rich ^rfvTldeam
glutton jn vfurer y (bould liue at eafe^and die nothing Ji/te in honour, in at ma~ rm gratia mi-
ner of p\eafures y and oppreffr others } when as in the meane time.apoore laborer* l$ ratuu ? m
' J r, J ri 1 t i 1 1 t a 1 ■ ' • . ndige&t,
a fmith^a carpenter, an bmbanAman that bath fpent bu ttme tn contmmu la- mv \a ex ^.
bour % 4s an Affe to carry lurdens, to doe the Commonwealth g cod, and without tat " fi $ '
whom we cannot l/uejball he left in his old age to beggQ or (farue, and lead a mi- e ™* € f t J^JJ
fcrable life, worfe thenaiument. As z all conditions (hall bee tied to their 6foxa*p&
taske,fo none fhall be ouer.tired,but (hall hauc their fet times of recreations \ c ^^fS it
&Holydaycs,/W*/^ri?<7^/>,fcafts & merry meetings, euento the meaneft f^g^qutiL
•artiflcerjOrbafcftferuant.oncca wcekctofingordance, ordocwhatfoeuer & maims vk-
he (hall pleafe 3 likc thofc Saturnals in Rome^s well as his mafter." Jf any bee ^twfmtt
pudmrtaleiul-
Um txctUcmm ccrtimn./' Jitdusviftoriamdgis rjfet exfettndt inmemm inter celerescelerrim , turn inter robujios robnfirffimo s
&c. x T^ulius mci-i chs apud S'mM,nemi4i(aKoquatnvti ecnlu tHrbMusJi^mendkarepeimitrUu^omesprovir^ifS labowecog-
untnr, t*u mlU tfufatUibuiver[Mdhadd:cuntur>folihe!pitM ad Ubwesfuntinepti.OferJib i z.dereb <yfi. tmaihelu,
Hemmh'VHis de regno ibin* lib.i.ctp.$. Gotatdui Artbui Oriental, lnd.defcr. f Sicolim Romxjfaacus Pontcnus de hti optime.
Amfal ' .i.ap.9. * Idem Arifiot polity. cap.S. y>ciofum quvm foU piuperuir. liberi edueanttr ad labmt, nobdium & d'mitumm
•volnpiJ thus & dslitm . 7 4W hft iv'f^litia.ut nobilis quijpim, aul fenerator qui nihil agat, Ian' am & Fplendtdm vitam *ga$,
§tn & de <tiU,quum'mter'mattriga\ faber,*gricola,quore^rub.carerenqa^tcfi,vitamadc6 miferam ducat, ut ptior quam iumc%>
tmttn (it ei»s conditio lwq>ia re(pvb. qus dat par^tU^addatartbMsMa^um vtluptatHm artificibuj, gencrofii & otitfiitantamw
nerafrdr^'t^at contra agric9lU : C*rbm*riu y 4urigis>fabr is ,&c. nihil profricit, fed eorumalufa laberefitrertu *misfampen$t &
crumnii. MffTMsVtdphb.t. « In Sega^ianemoetisfttSynemgmendiCHsnifptrtetatetnautmQrbnmeius Jaccrenenpoteft: mtltif'e'
iflvnde vi8twqu*rauaut que ft exerceat. Qptianm EcbovmDeUt. Ht^anut, NmIIhs Geneva? oU9fisf 3 nc feptermis puer. Taultil
Hanger Itintr. *SimkruidirepubJH<li>tt,
h drunke
DemwiUa /o the Reader
54 i dcunke,helhaildrinkej|b*morewine orftrongdrinkeinatweluemonth ak
ec. A fcunckrupt thill be °Caude»iiatus m Amphhhut/ro^ publicity fhamcd,
& h : that cannot pay his debts, if by rio: or negligence he hauc bin impoue-
nfhed 5 he fhall be: for a tweiucmonth imprifoned, if in that fpace his Cje4ir
ospsnwtM'm t ors be not fatisficd,* he fhall be hanged.-He P chat commits facriledge fhaj
•H^hVcpro- l.oofe his hands, he that bearcsfalfcwitnefle, orisofperiury convict, thaU
oidesnoc for haue his tongue cut out,except he redeemcit with his head. Murder, 3 adul-
worfe'ihen a lcr y ^ c P linil "h cc * b y death,* but not thcft,cxccpt it bee fome more gric-
riritfe,p*#. uousoffence.or notorious effendersjothcrwife they fhall be condemned to
v Aljfrdi kx. t he gallics or mincs,or be his flaue whom they orTended 3 during their liuesjl
fiS™^- natea U hereditary (laues,& that durtm P erf "arum legem^zs * BrifjomHSQd\%
ttrjiifftamcap- ic,or as \ ^mmismss t impendio formsdatas e^ ab0mi»a»das leges y per quas oh
q li^Um ti * ox * m unim > (smnisproftnqmtM /«r.tf ,hard law that wife & children, friends
Lprltijfcga & a'hesfhouid fuffcr for the fathers olfence
viriiv ci prld- No man fhall marry vntilfhe b be 25,00 woman till flie be 20, *mfidU*
fZ& a££ Ur dtjpenfatum foerit. * Jf one dye, the other party fhall not marry till fixe
to prtndsnm. months after; and becaufe many families arc compelled to liuc niggardly,
HVem'' cxfiau ^ & vndone by great dowres^none fhall be giuen at alI,or very litle,
Mrtifi t ime*- $£ that by fupcrvifors rated, they that are foule fhall haue a greater portion,
if faire,noneatall, orvcry little, ^howfoeaer not to exceed fuch a rate as
pedm"f\qZ tno ^ e f u P erv ^ ors fadl thinke fit. And when once they come to thofe yearcs,
extrema'Jcejp poucrty fhall hinder no man from marriage, or any other refpeel: , c but all
crlr^ik™ ratncr ^ c inforcedjthen hindred: f except tt\ey be jdifmembred or gric-
C midoML(tm- uoufly deformcd 5 infirmejorvificcd with fomeen©i|nous hereditary difcafc,
muU auefi.2. in body or mindc, in fuch cafes rpon a great paine? *r mulft, * man or wo-
7iL}e*!iFqT man fhall not marry^other order fliall be taken for them to their content*, if
lecte pat a at x people ouer abound,thcy fhall becafed by S Colonies-
Avite dam acci- h No m an fhall weare weapon&in any city. The fame attire (hall be kept,
fluSlZni- & that proper to feuerail callings, by which they (hah* bee diftinguifbed.
re. Emameisa, Huxta funerum fhall bee taken away,that expence inoderatcd a 'and many o-
*&il°d[ e feg. thers.Brokcrs.takers of pawncs^bixing vfurers, I will not admit- yet becaufe
Terfamm. ' ^ hi c cum homin^m no» cum dtu a^ttnr, wee convert heerc with men, not
V^^^Z with gods,& for the hardneffeofra ens hearts I will tollerare fome kinde of
pu\afl man Vfury.Howfoeucr moft Diuines contradi& it.
at 2^ woman Dhimtu ixjicias ,fed vex ea foU refer to, eft*
•? ux limiy- ic muft bc winkcd at Politicians. And yet fome great Doctors approue of
wgiMdieCbi- it^Ca/v^^Bucer, Zmchim y P.MArtjr^ becaufe by fo many great Lawyers,
'vixtmbw ^ ecrccs of Emperours,Princcs Statutes,Cuftomcs of Commonwcaithes|
Churches approbations it is permitted ,&c.I will therefore allow it. But to
mmzwn^um- no priuate perfons,not to euery man that will^ to orphancs onciy, maides
i^SSf widowcs > or ruch as reafon of their age/exc,cducation^gnorancc of tra'
qusfiumf.
*Al ( reduu ^ApudLaunewlm thrgnes fne dstt nubebant . Botes. 1.^. d legectutuw tonU*fndem*pHdPeneta-neaiM
fatriiuisdAmexccde/ct i$oo ccw/atornm. < Bvxdwfius Sywgeg. lud. fic Iud*t.Le» ^fer Afric* d0mt ne f m alher "
eontincMes, obreipub bonum. Vt Auguflut Uftirorat.adc<tLbes Rmanosolm edocuit. f Mttbn labotans^ alii m tnalw f-
&w dries. a Idem PUto iiAUgbm. it haih eucr becne uumodciate, vidt GuiLSiuckimmibcMwal lib 4 u*r.6
tfdclegibiu Plats. ' ' ' f * "
■ ^ ..... din s»
Vemocritus to the readtr.
ding,kno wnc not othcrwifc how to iraploy it, & thofc fo approued, not to 5 5
lcticoHtapart,but to bring their mony to a c common bankc, which (halbe
allowed in euery cicy,as in Genua.GeneuAyNoremberge^en'tce^ at 5.^.7. not yont i sa$,
aboue 8 per centum ,as the fupervifors,or trtrijprafcfti fhall thinke fie. c And thac Jend mo-
asit(hallnotbeIavvrullforeachrnantobeanVfurerthatwil!,fo fhaiiitnet n av JP° s n "" c
be lawful! to all to take vpmonyarvfe, not to prodigals & fpendthrifts,buc u k c monyt-
to merchants,young trade{mcn,or fuch as ftand in neede, or know honefily P^ n ^ven-
bow to employ itjWhofenccerfity^aure and condition; the laid fupetvifors mcm
fhall approue of. 'Thacpro-
I will haue no priuate Monopolics,to enrich one man,and begger a mul- j^cmcr^
titudc multiplicity of officcs,or fupplying by deputies, weights & meafures chandife,in«
the fame throuehout,ft thofe rectified by the Primum Mobile, & Suns mo« creafelatid,
1 r ° ., . 1/ 1 r dearer and
tion 3 threeicore miles to a degree according to orMeruanon , ;ooobc^me- better impro-
tricall paces to a mile^ue foot to a pace,twe!ue inches to a foo:,&c. & from ued, as hee
meafures knowne.it is an cafie matter to rectifie weights, &c. cocaftvpaii, hutl * iudicia *-
&rcfolue bodies by Algcbra.Stcreometry. Jhateallwarres^f they be not his Trad of
adpopultftlutemypon vrgent occafion, Viu y, e> Hbi-
Odimm acc/pitrenttfutA Jemper vivit in armif. I.tmcnc • <*ii~
*ofTcnfniewarrcs,cxceptthccaufcb€ very iuft,l will not approue of. Fori « Hac{euzan-
d<*e highly magoifie that.fayincof Hanmbalw Scip/o in § Livy.lt hadbeene lh:M c , "+>
,, I y. \ 1 j/r. r -1 / ,r (ap.adSpbcf.
a bUffed thing for you Atidvs, ifGQdbidgiuenthatmir.de to our Preiecejjors^ aqui^xamvo^
that yeuhtdbeene content withlu\)\we with Mndtti. For neither Sicily, /f^r catvpttam t <&
Sardinia are worth (uch cofte andpaznes, fo many petes and armies fo many
famous capt tines hues, omnia prius tentavda, §c in fuch warrcs to abiftainc as am^oddroa
much as is pollible h from depopulations, burning of townes,ma{Tacring of c ^ n f^^ £
Jnfants,&c.for defentiue warres,l will haue forces dill ready at a fmall war- 'fyi 'i
• ning,bv tai\d & Sea,a prepared Navy^ fouldiers in procinclu, & mony which '<?«' »»
is nerves belli, ftill in a rcadmefle^o auoid thofc heauy taxes & impofuions, b £*^mfy£
afweil to defray this charge of warres,ai alfo all other publicke defalcatios, or tit at cum .
expences, fces,pcnfions,reparations,chaft fports, Feafts, donaries, rewards,
& cntertainments.cV all things in this nature efpecially, I will haue maturely ^m^L^'^d"
drtne,& with great * deliberation: neqtsid^temere, ne qui dremiffe u timide wercatorihut^
fiat. fed quo feror hojpcs: To profecute the reft would require a volume. Ma . fj^f^ e
numde TabeHa^l haue bin ouer tedious in this fubiec't, I could haue here wil- f idem PUtoi
lingly ranged but thefc ftraights wherein J am includcd,will notpermit. de '#« , «
From Commonwealths &citics,I will defcend to families ^which haue as ^^ 3 < °^"
many corfiucs & moleftations,as frequent difcontents as the reft.Greataf- fmatemf^
finity there is betwixt a Politicall & Oecoisomicall body, as they haue both Xf ^ no ^; k
likely the fame period, as^^/^&tP^^rhoIdoutof^;^ fixe or feucn datme^ut
hundred yecres,fo many times they haue the fame meanes of their vexation voi Iu!s y m \
&oucrthrowcs,as namely riot 3 a common mine of both, riot in building, ^ntml^
riot in profufe fpending,riot in apparell,&c. be it in what kind foeuerjt pro- mm. Neo. mm
duceth the fame effeds. k A Chorosrapherof ours fpeaking obiter of anciet 5lfSS
... ■ 1 re • 1 1 • r t r amrafatts aigna
iamilieSjWhy they are ioirequentin the North,continue folong,are fo loon precufumfn
exftinguifhed in the South,and fo fewjgiues no other rcafon but this, lu xus tot ctaflibm,
1 A deposition efgrowm mcevd'if, & eiufmedi fa&is immambm. Plato. > SeftUhu lib z.de rcpub. Gal Vulde et'wi t (I ivdao*
rutfiyvhi quodprtter op'mioncmaccidit dictre> 7{en pKtaram',pr*!ert;m ft res pr«tcm>eripoiuc\it. k — per* V 1 ti Manilla feteftM,
£hted violent* ■■>ew:.—Clandian. ' Btllm 7itctimtndHm t mc prtvocaudum, PlinPancgyr. Tr&mo, 1 Lib^ de rtpub. cap,%
iPeacerJtb.de diumai. * Cmdca inCkftlri,
h 2 omnii
t
Democritus to the Reader
$4 omnia difipavit ,riot hath confumed all. Fine cloathes & curious buildings
came into this Ifland,as he notes in his Annals,not fo many yeares fincc,***
fine dijfendiohojpttalitatisjio the decay ofhofpitality.Howbcit many times
that word is niiftakeu,& vndcr the name of Bouoty & Hofpitality, is (hrovy-
ded Riot,& Prodigality, & that which is commendable in it felfe well vfed,
hath bin miftaken hcretofore 5 is become by his abufc, the bane & vttcr ruine
. . ©fmany a noble family. For many a manliues like the rich gluttoa,confu»
itu&fij&i minghimfelfe&hisfubfbncebycontmuallfcafting&invitations, likc 1 -^-
» vd<! Putea- xi ^ on m ^w,kcepes open houfc for all commers, giuing entertainment
rncnmm. Go- to futh as vi{it him, m keeping a table beyond his mcancs, & acompanyof
tknium do par- jj| c f cruants f though not fo frequent as of old Jhc is blowne vp on a fudden,
n<>%-tt*miem- & as ^ffaon was by his hounds jdevourcd by his kinfmen, friends & multi*
forum. tude of followers." Jt is a wonder that Pauluslovius relates of our northern
'kt^fJmm c ouotrieSjWhat an infinite dcale of meat wee continue on our tables ; that I
wtfanmum un& may trucly fay 'tis not bountymot hofpitality,as it is often abufed, but riot
d7b2ab(kmt l * cxccnr>c >& prodigality ,a meere vice,it brings in debt, want & beggery;hc«
fietnumrmm- rcditary difeafcs,confumes their fortunes, &ouerthrowes the good tempo*
feiamnespnt raturc of their bodies. To this I might hcere well addc {their inordinate ex-
fmpenMu" P encc i^building.tholcphantafticallhoufes.turrctSjWalkes^parkcs, &c. ga-
dtfenpt. untax, ming.excefle of pleafurc^ that prodigious riot in apparell,b.y which means
t Lib. t. de rep t j lc y arc compelled to giiic vp houfc,& creep into \\o\zs.Sefcflius in his com-
tot tecs & c*u- monwcalth of f France, glues three reafons why the French Nobility were
f* f°' e '>fc a l<* fo frequently bankrupcs:F/>y? becaufe they hud jo mwy Lawfutes and conten*
liuf*tinm*n- t^ns^one vpon another pobicb were tedious And cojily,by which meanes tt came
jum mducAtt- top / a(fe J t hat commonly Lawyers bought them out of thsir poffefiion. k^A fecond
tuf, vmagtos eaufe was their Ritt t t bey liued beyond their meanes, and were therefore fwal-
ra*t>wde H fi lowed vp by merchants. The lafi was immoderate excejfe in app*reH y which con-
m iw'x Admini- frmed their revenues. How this concerncs & agrees with our prefent ftatc,
H y$$l look y ou * But °^ tnis cl^where. As it is in a mans body,if either,hcad,heart,
nti*dqtura»t, ftomack,Iiuer,fplecnc,or anyonepartbemifaffe&ed, all the reft fuffer with
umqm ipmp. lt fo j s j c w \ t h t his Oeconomicall body. If the head bee nauahr. a fpend-
kmrcatotum thrift, a drunkard, a whwematter, agamefter, howfhall the family luieat
0bforbent l(fy & cafe? ° Ipfa ft capiat falusfervarejrorfut non potejl banc familtam, as ' Dewea
feflum^&c. ^ id i nth e Comedy/afety her felfe cannot faue it. A good,honeft,painefuil
*AdeipbJai.4. man many times hath a fhrew to his wife ) afickly 5 difhoneMothful ) foo , ifh,
J*' 7 ' carelcfle woman to his wife,a proud, pecuifh flurt, a liquorifh , prodigall
queane,& by that meanes,all goes to ruine: or if they differ in nature , hce is
thrifty ,fhe fpends all; he wife,fhee fottifh & foft, what agreement can there
be,what friendfliip? Like that of the Thrufh and Swallow in t^fope, Iuftccd
f Amph\u*t. of mutual loue,kind compcllations,whorc & thief is heard,they fling ftooles
Ttotfi. at one anothers heads. P Qua intempertes vexat banc familiam* All enforced
*™^ nm marriages commonly produce fuch effe&s,or if on their behaifes all be wel
t am cum hue and agree louingly together a thcy may haucdifobedient, vnrulv childiV
f^ogS t hat take iil courfes to difquiet them, q their fon is a there daughter a whore
ghtesbm,Ln- r a " c PP e mo th «,or a daughter in law diftempcrs all, f or elfe for wantof
quv» vhmt meancs,many tortures arife, debts, dues, fees, do wries,ioynters,Iegacfesr©
fi £mi4a bc P a ^. amiulties ifIuin S out ) b y mcans ofwhich,they haue not wherewithal
4,mi. 4 toraaintaincthcmfeluesinthatpompcas their Prcdeccuours haue doHe
brius
DemtcritHS to the reader.
bring vp or bcftow their children to their callings, to their birth & quality, 57
1 & will not defcend to their prefent fortunes. Often times too 5 to aggrauate ! whcn P"<fe
the reft,concurrc many other inconveniences, vnthankfull friends, "decayed ^t&tvfl}*.
friends,bad ncighbours,neglig:nt feruants,cafualties,taxes 5 mul&s, lofTe of mity, they
ftocke,cnmities,emulations 3 i requcnt mutations,loffcs,-fiirctifhip, iicknefie, j car f an ^
death offriends,& that which is the gulfe of all,improuidence,ill husbandry, caufeM«ani
diforder&confuilon,by which mcanes they are drenched on a ftidden inflafc" of dif-
theireftates 1 &: at vnawarcs precipitated infenfiblyj into an inextricable la* ^"^5"'"'
byrinth ofcares^voeSjWantjgriefejdifcontent^and melancholy it felfe. when they Cr '
J hauc done with families, and will now briefly run oner [omefew forts concu,,c >
& conditions ofmen.Themoft fecure,happy, Iouiall & merry in the worlds ^ ? s\ a u ^ s
eftecme,are Princes fcV great mcn,frce from melancholy, but for their cares, skies.
mifericSjfufpicionSjIcaloiifies^ircontentSjfolly,^ madnefle, I refcrrc you
to Xenopbons Tyrannus ^hacking Hieron difcourfeth at large with Simoni-
des the Poet,ofthis fubiect.Of all others they are moft troubled with perpe-
tuallfcares;anxietics ; infomuch 3 thatas he faid in u Valerius, if thoukneweft " U *' e **' '
with what cares & miferies this robe were ftuffed, thou wouldcft not ftoopc
to take it vp,Or put cafe they be fecurc & free from feares & difcontcnts,yet
they are void x of reafon too oft,& precipitate in their a<fhons>readc all our x tttlituri*
hiftories^wi de Jlultu prod/dtrejlulti, Miidcs^ iEneides, Annales, and wh2t belli* fapimia,
is the fubie£r, Stuitorum regum t & populorum contintt aflus. r e Z7ov"r
How mad they arc>how furious,& vpon fmall occafions,ra{h and inconficie- b'fnm 3 mn^m.
rate in their proceedings how they dote, euery pagealmoft will witncffCj **t fitHmiuf,
- — ■ — Aelirantregesjlecluniur L^chivi, cio^ortet.
Next in placc,ncxtin miferies anddifcontcntSjin all manner ofhaitbrain
actions arc great mcn^procul a lovejrecula fttlmine , the neerer the worie.
If they line in Court,thcy are vp and downe, ebbe and flow with their Prin- , uh.xhift.
cesfauours, Ingeniumvultu flat foeadit<j t fuo 3 now aloft, to morrow MmAimlts**
down.as z Polybius defcribes them, like fo many cajling Counters \w» of geld, f^/S^iw
to morrow of filuerf hit vary in worth as the eompulantw/ll, now they fhnd\omphmu!!r.
for unities , to morrow for thoufauds\ novo before all t and anon behinde. Befide , tyj** >
they torment one another with mutuall faclioiis,emulations : one is ambiti< Zm7d*Ttt!n
©us^another cnamored.a thud in debt, a prodigal, ouer-runnes his fortunes, regis' nunc bmi
a fourth follicitous with cares,gcts nothing, &c. But for thefe mens difcon-^"' 5 mncmife-
tcnts,anxictiesj rcferreyou to Luc/ansTia&,de met cede conduttkp %A.neas * 'foummfiq,
Sylvius (IMdtsis & fultitU (ervos y hcc calls them J ^gripp*) and m any o - ^imsjn sa.%
OfPhilofophersand Schollcrs J hauc already fpokenm generall tcrmcs 3 c i&ouptifH.
thofefupcrintendents of wit and learning,and Minions ofthe Mufes, M.i.iMr.13.
« Mentcmfa habere queit bonam mettoTohme.
Et effe d corculif datum ejl, e Thefe acute and fub.ptiRm*, ?*f
tile Sophifters to much honored,haue as much need of Hcllebor asothers.^^^"
f Medici mediamf ert audit e venam, ftarmt . te(lu
Read Lncians Pifcator^d tell how he cftccmed them? Agr/fpas Trad of the Pli »j>^7. <n
vanity of Sciences, nay read their own workes, their abfurd Tenents, prodi- itnuatllath-
gious paradoxes, & rifum teneAtisamici ? you I ball findc that of Arijletl^j nemodi^ mad
true ^nullum mtgnum ingentumjine mixtura dement they hauc a worme as bookc
vircll as others, And they that teach wifedorpe, patience, meckneflcj are the | i»Jrwte.
h 3 verieft
Democritui to the Reader
58 verieft dizirds,hairbraincs , and molt difcontcnt. f in the multitude of veife*
i Sokm4. domeugriefe^anclhethatincreafethrvtfedomeyincreajetbjorrow. \ need not
ItfrftZuVZr 4 l,occ >«»ne Author , they that laugh &contemnc others, condemnethe
world of folly ,are as ridiculous,^ lie as open as any othcr.S Democrat** that
common flowter of folly, was ridiculous himfelfe 5 and barking Men/ppus,
fcoffing £*<;/'d* 5 fatyricall Luciltuifetronius farro t Perfws, ejrc may be ccn«
k Wic,whether *" rec * wil ^ 1 tnc *&'B*^&*f m *s>Ho#inunjr'i'ves J Kemnifius, exp'ode as a
mJt? " et vaft Ocean ofo£j and ^// 3 Schoolcdiuinity, k A labyrinth of intricate que-
ftions ) vnproficab]econtentions J /»fr< r ^//^^//r<i//<'/?f'w,one calls it. Jfdi-
uinity be fo cenfured,& corculum Tbeologit, Thomas hnnfelfe,'what thall be-
l£ co me ofhumanitypyfr/^/^jWhat can ihe pleads? What can her follower!
fay forthemfelues. Much learning ^cere-diminuitbrum^ hath crackt their
skonce,& taken fuch root,that tribus Antyceris caput infanabile^j^ Hcllebor
miUeTjlmii 11 ^ c ca " ^° n0 g°°d>nor that renowned | Lnthorne otEptfietus, by which
tim empta ftu. if an y man ftudied.he Should be as wife as he was.But all will not leruc,Rhc-
densi»de/*p. toricians.Orators can perfwade other men what they will, quo volunt, unde
rar ^/«»/,moue,pacihe,&c. but cannot fettle their owne bramcs , what faith
* Epifi. hi. Tully} malo insert am prudent tarn ^qmm loquacem flultit/am\ and as * Seneca
•Ti?mem%i ^ econ ^ s him 5 a wife mans Oration fhould not be polite or follicitous. m Fa*
mUefj'e pktta, btus cltecmesno better ofmoftof them, cither in fpeech, aclion, gefture,
**LtoT"'i' l ^ en as mcn ^ e ^^ c incm ^l ues /° doth Gregory , Nov miht fapit qui Jermone^
w«//oi//^ good Orator, is aturneeoar, his
Uftauone fu- tongue is fet to falc,he is a mcere voice, as fine laid of a Nightingale,*'^/^
fiZem^tde*- wentefonum^w hyperbolical lier,a flattcrer,a parsfire 5 which made *Socratcs
tts,&c. fo much abhorrc & explode them. n Fracaflorius a famous Poet/reely grants
ILipfiu voces all Poets to be mad,& fo doth ° Scalieer ,& who doth not : aut in(anithomo %
nihil. a *t verjus[acttJlQr.SAt.jA<2*lnjAmrelubct, i.verjus contponere. Firg.j.EgL
• in Gerg.PU. fo Scrvius interprets it,al Poets are mad.You may giue thatcenfure of them
u "iHifaHyrio. ,n g cncra 'l which S r Thomas Moore once did of Germanut Brixius Poems in
o si furor fit Lf- particular. vehuntur
*u* &c quo m u rate MtUU fylvam habitant Furu.
rtt,m*ns,bi- Budtusm an hpilUe of his to Lupjetus,w\\\ haue ciuill Law to belthcTowre
b™ } & p«ta, of wifedome.another honours Phyfick,thcQuintcftence of Nature, a third
tumbles them both downe,& fets vp the flagge of his own pecu'iar fcience.
YourfuperciliousCriticks, Notemakcrs^urious Antiquaries, findeoutall
the ruines ofwit amongft the rubbiih of old writers > P Frofiultu habent nifi
?Mom no$. j*jficiantmventre, quod inaltorHmfcrlptitvertantvitio^ allfoolcs
f».i. with them that cannot find fault,thcy correct ©thers,and are hotc in a colde
caufc,puz2el themfclues to find out how many ftreets in fow**,houfes,gates,
towrcs JJomers co\x\mj^y£neas mothcr^^ Sapbo publica fueiit^-t, alii
t Kf>iUt. qua- dedifcenta effent fcirejtfaresjs f Seneca holds, What cloaths the Sena.
tors did weare in Rome .what fhooes,how they fate, where they went to the
clofcftoole,how many dirties in a mcfre,what fawce s which for the prcfent
for an hiftortan to relatc.is very ridiculous, is to them mod precious elabo-
rate ftiiffe,& they admired for \X M Quofvis authores abfurdu comment* fuu per-*
acant & ftenor ant ,onc faith, they bewray and dawbe a company of bookes
and good Authors.with their abfurd Comments, and (hew their wit in cen-
tring others,* company offoolift Noccmakcrs, that prefcrrea manufcript
many
Vemocritus to the Reader.
many times before the Go/pell it lelie,& with their Aeleatur d ) dij legutitfic, $<?
mens codex fie hubet, &c .make bookes dearc,themfelues ridiculous, and doc
no body good.Br.t I dare fay no more of, for,with,or againft them 3 becaiife
J am liable to their lafh 5 as well as the reft.Of thefe and the reft of our Artifts t f«Mr tntfi-
and Pinlofophers,l will generally conclude, thcyare akindeofroadmen,as x' D ,Um&
t Seneca cfteemes ofthem,to make doubts & fcrupIes,how to read the truly, amcm dicatia
to mend old Authors.but will not mend their own !iues,or teach vsyingeuta ^'* Hor,S '"
fanare, memtrUm efficiorum ingerere , Ac fidem in rebus humania retin(re_j y t VtV - lA MfU
to keep our wits in order 3 or rctftifie our manners, fslumofuidtiki demens vt- i v^cuA*
deter, fi tffiu cperam impendero^xs not he mad that draws lines with Arihime- /^* awr
<fo,whilft his houfe is ranfacked,& his city bed? ged ,whcn the whole world 1 spift^.
is in combuftion , or wee vvhilft our foules are in danger, mors [c quit ur^vi. m $* m
/j/^/>,tofpendourtimeintoyes,idlequeftions ,and things of no worth? ir'omaesmnl
That 4 Loucrs are mad,l thinke no man will deny, Amxre fimul <jrfApere, rtfi*'**
ipfi lo vi non datur Jupiter himielfc cannot intend both at once , \ /
1 T^on bene conveniunt \pec in una fede mar ant ur * Lib.i.num.zx
Mate fits & amor, Tully when he was invited to {'f/^'^^
a feeond mariagc,replyed he could nowfimttlAmare & fipere ,be wife,& loue pffdmpeffunt,
both together, t Hi or ens tlicjvuefl tmmedicabilu.e ft rabies infana^ Joue is t They get
madneile,ahell,an incurable &\(z*tejmpotentem & infanxw libidinem^ t se- 'byTatlng^!
neca, caU it, an impotent and raging lull. I (ball dilate this fubiecT: apart, in ouftfome.-
the meanc time let Loners figh out the reft. y Xfa^-m
" TV ev/fanus the Lawvcr holds it for an axiome , mofi women Are f soles y 78 * ¥ *™*
* conftvmm fxminti invalzdum- y Seneca menj could cite more proofes, and a > mn,/ **f*-
better Author.but for the prefenr, let one foolc point at another. * Nevfa- opetqudem
nm hath as hard an opinion off rich men, wealth And wife dome cmnet dwell moudibm (**t
together \{lultitiamp±tiuntur of >es 3 J and they doecemmonly * infatuare cor a y™ naJb " m
iw*>/>w,be!ot men 5 andaswc (zziijooles kaue fortunes Soihthdzs ax\2t\\- * For tuna HimS
rail contempt ot learning.which accompanies fuch kind of men, innate idle- ^mfouct^.
neflc^for they will take no paiiiesj and which f Ariftotle obferucs, uhi mens ^Jag.mrei.
plurima y ibi minima fortuna\ubi plurimafortunA, ibi mens perexigua, great Mi.&hb.i.
wcalth,and little wit goe commonly together: beGdes this inbred negled of "22% 1
liberal! Sciences,and al arts, which fhould excolere men t em tfohtti the mind, jk.4. *'
they haue moft part fome gullifh humor or othcr,by which they are led,onc * lH f ana £ ul *>
is an Epicurean Athcift,a gamcftcr,athirda whoremafter, SfJ£^
- f hie nuptaruminfAnit Amor'tbusjhic puerorum, vtrmdijludim
*oneismadofhawking,hunting,cocking, another of caroufing > horfc-ri- J^b^*^
iling.fpending: a fourth of building,fighting,&c. ^mUdorJ'
Jnfanit vdteres fiat has ,Damafippus emendo y cmbtgwnjis
Dumaftppus hatli a humour of his owne, to be talkt of; * lleliociorus the C*r- a ^ X (l r 7epZ &
thtginian another.ln a word,as 5f4//^r concludes of them all, they arc/?*- uftmemome
Ua eretla Quit it it .the very ftatucs or pillars of folly. C hufe out of all ftorics hlc ' M » ic ™** r >
him that hath bin moft admired, \^4lcxAnder a worthy man, but furious in anquii
his anger,ouertaken in drinke; errand Scipio valiant and wife, but vainc- ^mtvifendm
gloriods,ambicious: refpafian a worthy Prince,butcouctous. b Hannibal as ^J^^JJJ
he had mighty vertues,fo had he many vices, vnsmvirtutem miHevhiaco* teimmCad.
mitantttrjis MAchiauelofCofmus McdiceS) hcehad two diftintft perfons in b y^fingenta
him ? J will determine of all, they are like double pictures 5 they arc wife Ya^uia!^
h 4 on
Demomtus to the Reader.
60 on the one fidc^and foolcs on the other. I will fay nothing of their difeafes,
cmulationsjand fuch mifcries , let pouerty plead the rcit in ^drijlophsges
Plutus.
Couetous men amongft othcrs,arc moft mad/ they hauc all tht Syrup-
tomes of Melancholy,fcarc/adneflc/ufpition,&c. as fhall be proucd in his
proper place. Dan da efl Hehbori multo pars maxim* avaru^
*tior ^uifquis J m >g nt tne of angry 3 peeuifh,cavious/ ambitious,' Anticyras vteli*
ambition rrai* er for bere w^f^; Epicures, AthciftSjSchifmatiekcs^crctickes^/piw^^*
nut argmti y ent imaginationem Ufam ( faith { Nymannus) and their madnejfefbdllbf eui*
^[quilhixu- dental Tim. 3.0. t Fabatus an //4//4»,ht>ldes Seafaring men all mad, the fhif
fUjrfoi 0*- is mad.for it neuer (lands ftil: the mariners are mad to expofe themfelues to fuch
fey fame. imminent dangers*^ the waters are ragtng mad, in perpetuaU motion^ the winds
i orat.de imag are a4 mad &s the reft"} they know not whence they come, whither they would gc^
mbitiofn & An £ tl J0 f c mcn are maddeii ofdll that roe to Set . for one feole at home, they fintlo
audaxmvtget , { j j . J . • r • 1 • J Ji
Antkyraj. f oure abroad: ana he was a madman that laid it.
t Nay* (lulu, g Fslix Platerus is of opinion,all Alcumifts arc mad, out of their wittes 3
mvetiT71t* h At hc**ui faith as much of Fidlers,* Muficians.oawtt tibicines infaniunt } #.
puiqui fe pt- bi femel effldnt,avolat iHico w^in comes Mufickat onceare, outgoes wic
r.iii'itxfonmty atanother.Proudand vaine-glorious pcrfons are certainly mad , and (bare
a p c frZti*&lT c lafciuiousjl can feele their pulfeS beatc hither, home mad fome of thereto
aerixttatur.&c let others lye with their wiues,andwinkc at it.
qui mM fecom- j Q 1 j n a jj particulars, were an Herculean taske, to m reckon vp * in-
mm terra fn J*nn6 (ubflrucliones /nfanos labor es : roadde labours, endeauour* 3 carriages,
pens, ^ mm groflc ignQrance,ridicu!ous a&ions^bfurd gz&mesjnfanamgulam, infant-
^Tmo ^ am v ittw*>ixf*n*ivrgi*,*s T nRy tcarmcs them : madncfle of Villages, hy-
t cap. *e alien. pocrifiCjinconftancyjblindneSjrafhneflej^w^/^ temeritatem, flattery, co«
™Diprufo bill f cna g c > ma li ce > an g er 3i R g rat ^^
kb.8. tentionSjit would aske an expert Vefalim to anatomife cuery rocmber.Shall
iTibitinumcn- \ fay} iupiter himfclfc, Lsfyelto, Mars, &c . dotcd 3 and raonfter-conqucring
cwTcS^ Hercules that could fubdue the world and helpe others, could not rclieue
k Prw^o. in- himfclfe in this,but mad he was atlaft. And where fhall a man Walkc, con t
fma iibidu Hie v£r f c w j c h w hom,in what Prouince,City,& not meet with Segnior Deliro
rocp nonjuror . , _ J ' ' 7 1 /« 6 ** W1 fj
Hfiyiivn efi bat 01 Hercules Furens,M<enadesfo Corybantesflhcir fpeeches fay no leffe. ^ £
mentuia demem fangis natihomines.pl elfe they fetched their pedegrce from thofe that were
Man. epig. 74- f}^^ ky sampftn with the Iawbone of an a(Te : Or from Deucalion and ?yr*
1 MiUe putiia- rha'j ftones,for Durum gentu fumw*marmcreifumm y wcc are ft onv liearted
IZ^J'tiZ and ^«°urtoomuchoftheftockc, as if they had all heard that inchanted
m , home of Aplpho that Englijh Duke in Ariofio\ which neuer founded but all
» rtsrefiin- his Auditors were mad, and for fcare ready to make away thcmfelucs i p ot
^oZyir^vli ^nded in that mad hauen in the Euxtne Sea of Daphnu in/ana, allmndde.
t piin Whom fhall I except? fuch as are filent/f/r fapit qui panca loquitur, \ no bet-
«Ovid.7.met. tcr Vvay to avo jj fojjy an ^ m adncne,thcn by taciturnity. Whom next >
mma%tolm \cV%>baptens Stoictu^ndht alone is tubiect to no pctturbations.as j Plutarch
cotintbi prime- feoffes at him,^i? it not vexed with torments jr burnt with fire Jo 'tUb y ht* aA*
fiU^uiaftolidi & fatui fungii tuti dicebintur,idem & d'ibi dicas. * Tamtan Stude de baiulit,d< mrmere femifculpti. ? A ^
mtuperiplommi Eux'm^pmtwi emmtmmt, & GiHmlib.^ it 1 Bo(fler.Throcio &lauri^inlan , qur altata in tonvivium cen>
vivas omntsinfaiiiafecit.Guliel.StucltM cdment.&c. f StMYuiam JimularenonpotetKtJitmturmtate. \ Ex .irmsnou
ttucittnr*mbuflusnon Uditur,froflrat^'mlu5la>no vin6tur,ntnjit captiutu ab boflevtnundttut.Stfi rutoftu jenex tdcntulu-.iu\cta
dtf«mit t form[m tmco>& foJimibJielixdMsrex wMmegcu, etS dmariomfa digntt,
verfarj)
Democritm to the Qteader.
(Ma
verftryJoUofhk emmy.tbough he\be rfrinkled,(Andbli*dj09thleffe } & defer- 61
med-^yet he is me ft beintifnH And like 4 Ged % i king in conceit , though net worth , j !lum
igreit.ffe neuer dotes f neuer midyeeuer ftd^drunke^ becinfe vertue CAnnetbee ttndur.t nonn*
ttken ivpiy.de 1 Zeno holds^/ reifon of e ftrong Afprchcnfionfrux. he was mad
to fay fo . r Anticyri carle huic eft eft* mt detAbri(hc had need to be borcd,& hiviqJu vir-
lo had all his feIlowcs,as wife as they will feemc to be. Chryfifpm himfclfc li- ("fto*
bcrally grants them to be foo!es,as well as othcrs^t fomctii*ics,vpo» fome fLpT«»«t
©cca{ions,^«r//f / virtutem Ait per ebr'tetAtem, aut itribiUrtum msrbttm , it iitfm pbyf.sto*
may be loft by druekennefle or melancholy, he may bee fosaetime crafed as *^ 18
Well as the reft j 1 Adfummum (if ten's ntft quumfituiti mole ft a. J should here bu/cj^izzi
except that onanifcious, onely wife fraternity 'efS. Cr^-, if at Ieaft 8 -
there be any fuck, HenJ^juhufttes makes a doubt of it j & Eli is artifcx their i Ftmes^ntu
TbeopbrAjiian matter ; whom though LilfAuim and others deride & carpe at, T^fa
crucu.
yet fomc wilj hatic him to be the j rentier of *!l Arts And fciences, and now li- " Sa )>' lt »ti*
1 Strtgonienfis that great patron of Paracelfm *Tn% t q Ha Ut
contcfsds and ccruinely averres,* i mojl diuiae man find the quintessence of Mwafc nmt*
ving/or fo Iehinnes Mont sum ,
Wifdomc wherefoeuer he is,for he,his frarcrnity/ricndsj&c.they are all J be- | oij^'^J*
/rtf/W/<Jn'//^Aw<r J ifwemaybelecuethcirDifciplesand followers. Imuft um&fZ»tia~
needs except/ Lipfins^nd the Pope,& expunge their name out of theCa* ^?jj*w*m
talogue of fooles. For Liffttu faith of himielfc,that he was * humini generis v^aTb^Jts.
qmdaw feedxgogus voce & ftylo y * grand Segnior,a Mattcr,a Tutor of vs all,& rum in epift.
fbrthirtceneyeareshcl>raggcs,howhefowedvvifdo!ne in their Low-cou- ^^^'^
tries,* cum bur/tAnttite Utter as effafientiim cum prudentia: he shall be Sift- > SofafaJl
entttm oCtivus. The Pope is more then a man , as D his parafites often make. A """^ toli -
him,ademi god,aud befides he cannot crre: and yet fome ofthemhauc bin ^ vdHtvm '
Magirians,Heretickes, Atheifts 3 children 5 and as PUtixi faith o[/ehn i 27.Etfi T intf^M
vtr literAtmynnltAfteltditAtem tjr lenitAtem frx fe ferentiA egit\ftclidi & /*• hahba t' Marta
tordu viringenijfi fchollcr fufficient,yet many things he did foolifhly,light- "toUttmcuM
ly. J can fay no more then 5 but they are all mad,thcir wits areevap©rated,& ednmavum.
as Ariefa faigncs lsb.i4.Vcpt in iarrcs abouc the Moone. 1 f. e ' mu * %m
Seme Uo[e their wtts with letsejemc rvttb Ambttson % t Murium v\-
Seme foievesng * Lords ^nd men of high condition* rmjequt eft
S.mu»fyreir»<lsrUh*»dc,ftljf C t 3
Others in Poetry their wits forget. define.
At; ether thinkes to be in Atenmtft^ \ ( "^ Ht
Tit aUbe Jpent ind that his numbers mi ft. m . *"
Conui<5r fooles they arc,ahd mad men vpon record j & I am afraid pad cure * lH - SAt > '4-
many of them,* erepnnt ingusnijtht Sy mptomcs are manifeft>thcy arc all of f Q ? a r « ke to
Get urn parifh: d Quum furor hitsd dubtus quum fit minifefta fhrenefts f tke Anticyrx
what rem nines then , e but to fend for Lonries officers to carry them altope- 5V" akc Hcl "
, r 3 J £» lebor portafc
tner tor company to Bedlam. fetticbra.ee
If any manihall aske in the meane time,who I am /that fo boldly cenfarc P OU3 ? c -
•others .tunatiinc bibesvscU} haur;J no faults. f Yes more then thou haft ^J-^w
whatfoeuer thou art. Nis numerus f tmm ,1 confeflTe I am as fooliih, as mad fetaktrrfiudv
as any one. € Infanus vobis videerjnon depreeer ip(e. "J 1 ™ m ™ ult *
Quo minus injinus^ — J doe not deny tt. My com- ov</<W*
fort if ,1 haue more fcllowcs ,and thofc of excellent note.
t fit fin t quod 4»
fmtntffm Lwtumi m ?(ecy#M»tii, iFHnnim m UukfL
To
Vemocrituj to the Reader.
6% To conclude,this being granted chat all the world is melancholy or mad,
dotes 3 and euery member ol itj hauc ended my taske , & fufficiently illuflra-
ted that which I tooke vpon rac to demonftrat at firft . Ac this prefent I hauc
no more to fay,//** fanam mentem Demosritu* , I can but wi(h my fclfc, and
them a good Phyfitian,and all of vs a better minde.
And although for thefe aboue named rcafons 3 I had a iuft caufe to vndcr-
take this fubie6t, to point at thefe patticular fpecics of dotage , that fo men
might acknowledge their imperfc&ions ) & fceke to reforme what is amiflcj
yet I haue a more ferious intent at this time, and to omit all impertinent di-
greffionsjto fay no more of inch as arc improperly melancholy , or mcta-
phorically mad,lightly mad 3 or in difpofition: my purpofe and endeauour is,
in this following difcourfe to Anatomife this humour of Melancholy,
through all his parts and fpecies 5 as it is an habit or an ordinary difeafe, and
i **(i*temln ^* at pkiJofophically 3 medieinically,to ^ cw tnc caufes, fymptomes , and fe-
7m faZtfi'- verall cures ofit 3 that it may be the better avoided.fvloued there vn to for the
f»n generality of it,and to doe goodjt being a dt{caCc fo frequcnt,as ' l iMercuri-
aIu obferucs thefts our dayesfo often happening, faith k Laurentiuxjn our
« Deanim*. mo- miferahle times ,as few there are that feelc not the fmart of it. Of the fame
mrMctia mnidc ls MonUltm^ MeUnflhon^^ others, m Julius Ctfar Clandi-
7ffimL n<1 * e ^<WjCalIs it the fountaine of another difeafe j 3 andfo common in this crafedage
» conMLt*. c f curs {hat fcarce one of a thoufank is free from it ; and that Hypoccndriacall
^ribnfcqHe*- windccfpccially 5 which proceeds from the (hort ribbes. Being then as it is,
terbtgruit vt a difeafe fo grievous 3 (b common , I kno we not how to d©e a more general!
*^Jkivm* ^ eru i cc > and fpend m Y tnne bcttcr,then to prefcribe mcanes how to preuent
nknpaUt»y s°d curc & vniuerfall a malady 3 & Epidcmicall difeafe a that fo ofcen,fo much
& omnium fm crucifies the body and minde.
foevfiat ^ *0 naue oucrfnot m y ^ in tnis wnich » atn beene hitherto faid 3 or that
*M«r. dnem. it hath beene 5 which I am fure fome will obie& 5 too light and Comical/ for a
^twhuht^' Vivinefo* Satyr icaUfor one of myprofepon , J will prefumc to anfwerc with
"mm % *dtul U Erafmwjn like cafe/tis not I,but Democrituss, Democritus dixit : you muft
7heobgum,a»t confide r what liberty thofc old Saty rifts hauc had/tis a Cento collected fro
^;r.o'hcts ) notI ) buttheytha(ayit.
num. ° Dtxero ft quid for te iocfjittt, b$e ntihi juris,
lm!& CHm vent * dab "' Takc hcd you raiMc mc not - If 1
fhmde Mon* * little forget my fclfc,! hope you will pardon it 3 & to fay truth, why fheuld
fiqutyiamef- any man be offcndcd,or rake exceptions at it ?
ffi£2? ■ — - **w«r*
hibet qindcx- Parcere per fonts ^dicere devitifs.
fofiukt tmtto Itlawfuil was of old,and ftill will be,
} H zSct[fcum To fpcakeofvicc,but let the name goe free.
gptt w*nx* , Jfaav be difpleafed,or take ought vnto rnrofelfe 3 let him not cxpofhilate or
Zr° q !udel cauili with him chat faid it ^° d,d P Er '/ m » excu ^ himfelfc to Dorpim , (fi
ravh ho: *d{r P*rva luet componere magnis J (Si Co doe 1)but let him he Angry wit h hrjfelfe
pyprieftenjfiere that fo betrayed and opened his owne faults in applying it to himfclfe q // hA *
fm ilmib* ^My^defetueitftthimamenlrvboeuerheis^ndnothcan^ He^that
mu conrciem- hateth correttiw is a foolefrov.u.rtfhc be not guilty , it cocet nes him not-
SSSffS ' cis "otmyfrceneiTe of fpcech^ut a guilty confcicacc, a gauled back* of his'
.turn. owne that makes him Winch.
Sufyitione
Vemocrltus to the Reader.
Su (pit 7 one jiquis errabit fuk, 9 3
Et rapiet ad fe.quod erit commune omnium ^ . ?\>*dm lib. 3.
Stulte nudabit animtconfcientiam. f'sSf^'
I deny not this which J hauefaid (auours a little ofD^ww/Vw, 1 Quamvti rl> ty t htbetfm-
dentem duere verum quidvetat ? one may fpeake in ieft,and yet (peak truth, aWfargam
Obie£t then and cavili what thoa wi!t 3 l warde all with f Democritw buckler , olfpZw™.
his medicine fhall fa'ue it,ftrikc where thou wilt and when: Vemotritm dix- « 7^/?,^, am
itsDemocritui will anfwerc it. it was written by an idle fellow ^ at idle times de *F«*$
about our 1 Saturnaltan or Vionyfun teaits , when as he laid nullum Livertati f, s pMabantr,
fen culum eft ,ferv ants in old #o/»<r had liberty to fay and doe what them lift. wfl
When our countrymen faerificed to their Goddcfle u Vacuna 5 and fate tip. 3S, p&i/V;
ling by their racunalifttcs,! writ this and publifhed this.*/?* My* I \\%newinis c«ef.i%. Ov'u.
mhil.'Xhc timc,pIace,perfons,and all cireumftances apologize for mee, and T 4'* aM
why may I not then be idle with others? fpeake my mindc freely , if you de- f2P flit*
ny me thi&liberty,vponthefe preemptions I willtakeit:lfayagaine,l will i'nwi*.Ante
take it. \ Si quite A qui ditiam in fe inclement it* ftewtofiati
ExtjTtmavitcjJeJic cxijtimet. Rofinus.
If any man take execptionsjee htm turncthebuck'eofh/s girdle, I care not. t 7 ^
I owe thee nothing,! lookc for no fauour at thine hands,! am independent,!
fearenor.
No, I recant, J will not,I carc,I feare,T confeflo my fault, acknowledge a
great otTcnce % ] haue ouerfhot my felfe, I haue fpoken foolifhly, rafhly, vn-
advifedly>ab{urdly,I haue anatomized mine own folly. And now me thinks
vpon a fudden J am awaked as it were out of a drcame, I haue had a rauing
fk.ranged vp and downe, in and out, I haue infaltcd oucr mod kind of men;
abufed (omc ? olfended others, wronged my felfe, andnow being recoucrcd^
and pereeiuing mine errour, cry with *0rkndo y Solvite me y pardon that
which is paft, and j will make you amends in that which is to come j J pro* *Moflol 9
mile you a more fober difcour fe in my following Tf eatife, suf.tf.
If through weakneffe,foHy$paffion , \ difcontent,ignorancc,I haue faid a-
miflcjlet it be forgotten and forgiuen. I acknowledge that of * Tacit ut to be J Vitrim ^ x
true, ^iJpcr*f*cetU ubi nimk ex vero traxere,acrem fui memeriam retmquut i fip^Tex"*-
a bitter jeftleaues a fting behind it: and as an honorable man obfcruei/lT/^ tertian prove*
feare a Satyr iih vpit.be their memories, J may iuftly fufpeel: the worft t and *0t m - p// f a * 1
though I hope I haue wronged no man, yet m Medea s words I will craue m;
pardon. '• — dllud'tam voce extrema fetp^ * Mvd.\ 1.
Mtine&nt in mimo verba y fed melior tibi Eflayes, now
MemorUn0firifttbedt.hdcir4daU Vijouni$«
-11.: jl r Albums,
Obliterentur -
And in ray laft words this J doc defire,
That what in paflion I haue faid^or ire,
May be forgotten jand a better mindc
Be had of vs,hcreafter as you tinde*
I carnefily recjncfl; eucry priuate man, as Sc&tiger did Cardan, not to take of-
fencc.I will conclude in his words,5/w^ cogmtum b&berespsn filunt donaret
nobis b& facet ias nojirot fedet/am indignnm duceres, tarn human urn a»imu >
lencingeniumpjel mintnwn fuffittwcm deprecsri oferterc^* Jf hereafter in
anatomizing
Vemocritus to the Reader.
64 anatomizing this furly humour, my hand flip, as an vnskilfuU Prentifc, I
I.iunce too deep, and cot through skin and all at vnawares, or make it (mart,
or cutawry,7 pardon a rude hand,an vnskilfu! knifc/is a moft difficult thi ng
to keep an etien hand,a pcrpetuall tenor,and not fomctimes to Iafh our*, dtf
\2Sf£uu^ eii • ee ft s * t y r * m ***feril>erzj y there be fo many obiefts to divert, inward
Immm forum perturbations to rnoIeft,and the very beft may fomctimes zxxcjtkquando fo.
ou t natw*. #ut dsrmitu Homerm\\\ is impofliblc not in fo much to ouer&ooc :
ll ' — — of ere in long* fas eft obreftre fomnnnr.
But what needes all this f I hope there will no fuch caufe of offence bee gi-
uen; if there be, * Nemo aliquid rectgnofut } noS mentimmr omnix.
* per. lie deny all (my laft refuge,) recant a!,renounce all J haue faid-, bu t J prcflirae
of thy good fauour and gracious acceptance,and out of an allured hope and
confidence thereof , I wtllbeginne.
LcBori mdefmntQ*
uimeemm* T f ' V verb cavefis edico quifquis cs , nc tcmere fugillcs Au,
7J g llTcUm A thorem hujufee operis, aut cavillator irridcas. Imb nc vcl
*Hip?os e& exaliorumccn{ura,taritcobloquaris (vis dicani vcrbo) ncquid
vamgeu, ac- nafotulus incpte improbes, aut falfb fingas. Nam ii talis revera
Z^mctttlm fit,qualcm prsc fe fcrt Junior Demccritus, feniori Democrito faltem
% wmmarm^ affinis,autcjus Gcnium vel tantillumfapiatj actum dc te, cenfo.
fedpofa'Mm rem acque ac dclatorem d agee econtra (petulanti (blene cum fit)
convent non Per r m i- • • • - r\ 11 • • <o\ •/•
lovm deftpk*- lumabit tc in jocos, comminuet in iales, addo etiam,& Deo rijnt
JuISSi te facnficabic.
mmreceptacu- Iterum monccuie quid cavillcre, nc dum Vemomium Juniorem
ingenium convicus mrames, aut lgnominiole vitupcres, dete non male
JSLfw- fcntientcm,tu idem audias ab amico cordato,quod olim vulgus
/blTS^r "dbdmtanum ab c Hippocrate , conciuem bene meri turn &popu-
wratri \ftttm laremfuum T)cmocritum,xxo infano habcns,N* tu Vmocrtte fa\m 9
pS!^" Jlultiautem infant Abderiu. f Abderitan* peElora plebk habts.Hxc
tc paucis admonitum volo (male fcriate Le&or ) abi.
ERRATA.
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marg.r.fpiritalis p.37.ad)it.r.iamarg.5oo. p.33.1.zo,r.theforhe. p.43 l.itf.r .family, p.77.1 14J. quani
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Ui third bookc of chc life aad deede j af fr«^M Ximtmm^. J i«Xz^r.Amynus.p.j4i,l,ij.r.by
THE SYNOPSIS
OF THE FIRST PARTITION.
In Difeafcs
confider.
■Srfl. i. '
Clmpulfiue; fi}ine,c#ncupifccncc,8cc
*Their Cau-^
fes, Snbft. I .^Inftmmentall ; intemperance, all fecond cauici,
"Of the Bo-CEpidemicall ; as Plague, Plica, Ice
dy :;©•. 2 Or
which are ^Particular; aiCtJUt,Dropfie,&c
ox
"Indifpoficionj as allpertutbationi , cuil! aflfe&i-
ons ; 8cc.
DennitipD,
Member,
Divifion,
•r
Of the head
or minde. ^
f
[Habits, as
■"Dotage,
Phrenfie.
Madnefle.
Extafic.
Lycanthropia.
Chorus fan&iViti,
Hydrophobia.
PotTcfiion or obfcrTita of Di-
uels.
Melancholr. See y
^ts £quif QCiUQtis, in Diipofition, improper, &c. Subfctt.
Mmh. 2 t
To its ex-
plication, a
digrefifion
of Anato- *
mv,inwhich
oiifcrue
parts of
r Body
hath
Contained as <
parts
Or
Humours 4* Blood,Fleame,8c<.
Spirits; vital!, natural!, animal!.
Helancht-
Iy,invvhicrJ Mmh. 3.
Similar;* fpermaticall, or flefti, bones^
nerues, &c.
Or ^Containing }Diflimilar; brainc, heart, liuer, tec
CVegctall. Subfttt. /.
I Soule and his faculties, as^Scnfibie. SnbftQ. i. 7. 6.
^Rational!. 5W/a./#. #/*
sonfider
Irs Definition,name,dj'rTerence, Subf.i.
The part and parties afre<Sted, arrec*tion ) &c Svlf.2.
The matter of melincholy,naturall, vnnaturall, &c. S$Af,+.
TOfthe Head alonc,Hypo-C with their (cue-
Proper to vcondriacall , or windy J rail caufts , fymp-
parts, as )melancholy. Of the whole) tomet , progn«-
Species, of} °I C^ody Lfticks, cures,
kinds w hichr^ n ^™ te » a$ ^ OUCI1% ^ acn# ^ ln? fubic&of the third Far-
arc 1 ^- titiott.
Its Caufes !ngenerall..fr#.«z. A.
Its Symptomcs or Signes. Srft.j. B.
Its Prognofticks or Indications. S9&.4,. 4,
\lts Cures, the fubie& of the fecond Ptrtiritro.
A
A
Caufesof
Melan-
choly arc
sithcr
SjMpps pf the firjl ftrtitton.
As from God immediatly , or by fecond caufes,£*f/«#. * •
Super- JOr from the D;ueliimm:diatly,with aDigrcffion of the Nature
i ofDmels. Sub fx.
Or mediatly by Magitians, Witches. Subf.;.
Primary as [hrrcs,proucdby Aphorilmes. Signes from Phifio^.
nomy, Metopofcopy, Chiromancy, Subf. 4.
"Congcnitc ^Old age, Temperament, Subf /.
inward from £Parcnts,it being an hereditary diieafe. Sttbf.t,
Neceflary,fee
^ [Nurfes,o*Jp.
to I Education Sub.2 f »■
* TerrorSjaffrights,^//.
^ Scoffes,calumnies,bittcrie(h.«£4
\ , LofTe of libcrtie,fcruitude, impri.
fonmcnt. Subf./.
*=s I Poverty and want. SubfJ.^'^
An heapc of other accident^
death of friends, lolTc &c
Subf, 7.
In which the body works on the mind^
and this malady is caufed by precedent
difeafes, as agues, pox, &c. or tcmpc*
natural
Or
Natu
tall
"Euident,
outward,
or
remote,
sdventiti
ous,as ^
Outward
or adven-,
titious,
which are
Or
Particular to the three Species. S ec jl
Continct
Inward,
antecc-
denr,nfa-< rature innate. Svb.i.
reft.
Memb j,
Or by particular parts diP.empcred,
asbrainc,heart, fp!ccr.e,liuer,Mefcntc-
<ry Pylorus,itomacke,&:c. Subfe.
fOfh-ad
Melancho- ,
lytic Sub./
Invvatd
Of
^Outward
Particu-
lar cau-
fei.
$&.*.
Mtmb.j,
1
Of hypo- r Inward
condriacall,L
or windy J Or
melancholy)
f Outward
OusriHthe
body arc
Inward
Or
.Outward
f Innate humour, or from difremperature adufr.
J A hot braine, corrupt blood in the braiae.
S ExcclTe of Vcncry , or defect.
I Agues or fomc pieccderrt Diieafe.
^Fumes arifing from the ftomackc, &c.
THeat of the Sunhe immoderate.
J Ablowonrhc head,
I Ouermuch vfe of hot wines,fprces j garlicke,onyona >
J hot bathes.oucrmiKh waking,&c.
Id 'encfTe,foIitarinc{fe,or ouermuch ftudy, vehement
labour,&c
Xpaflions, perturbations,* c.
'Default of fpleene, belly JboweIs l ftomacfc,myfcntc*
1 ry,meferiacke vcines,liucr,&c.
►Moneths, or hemrods ftopt, or any ether ordinary
Evacuation. \
> Thofc fix noo-naturall things abufed.
^Liuer diftempered,ftopped,ouerhot, apt to inge*.
[ dcr melancholy, Temperature innate.
^Baddiet/upprefllon of He«rod s ,fc c . anc j f uch<s
vacuations^anW^arcs &c. thofc fix nou«wu
' turall things ibuf c «\
Necei
Necefla-
ry caufes
as thole
fix non- 1
natnrall
things
which
are
Sett. 2.
Mtm.2.
Diet of-
fending
\\\Sub.$
3
SjHifftsrf tire firjl ttrtith**
r Bread, courfc and blacke,&c.
Drinke; thicke,thinne, fowre,&c.
Water vncleanc,milke,oyle,vincger,wine 3 fpice5, fce.
CParts; heads, fcetjCntrals.fatjbaconjbloodj&c*
FIcfh^.^^BeefCjPorke, Vcnifon,Hares, Goates, Pigeon^
£ I Pcacocks,Fenfoule,&c.
HearbsXOf fifti; all (hell fifh, hard and flymie fifli.&c.
Fid), «^Of hcarbs; puIfe,cabage,mellons,garlick jOnyons, &c,
^&c. £AI1 roots,raw fruits,hard and windy meats.
Quality SP r cp ar,n gi dre{Ting, fharpe fauces, falcmeates, indurate,
as in I fowced,fryed,broyld, all made difhes, &c.
CDiforder in eating, immoderate eating , or tt vnfcafona»
Quantity «^ ble timcs,&c. Subf. 2.
£Cu(tome,delight,appetite altered, &c. Subf.
Retention & E-JCoftiuenefre,hotbathcs,fwcating,ifTues ftoppcd,Vcnusinex <9
vacuation.£#£~f £ ceiTe,or in defect phIebotomy,purging,&c
Ayre; hotjCold^tempeftuouSjdarkejthickjfoggyjmoorillij&c.-S^/I/.
Exercife
Subf.6.
Mem. 3. Sett. 2. Tlraf.
Pa{Tions& per-
turb nios of the
mindc. Subf. z.
Withadigrcfli- (
on of the force
of Imagination
Sub.2.icc\\ viri-
on of paffions
Jjnto. c #* /.
B.
Syrap-
tomcsof
mclan- (
choly
•re ci-
ther.
£##./.
Vnfeafonable, excefTiue, or defe&iue of body or mindc., folitarincflTc,
^ idlcnclTe,a life out of action 5cc.
Slecpc and waking,vnfeafonablc,inordinate,oucrmuch,ouetlittle &c. Subfj,
Sorrow caufe and fymptome.5#£.^. Fearc caule and
fymptomcSV^./. Shame, repulfc,difgrace,&c.5«A.tf.
ciblc ^Envy and malice Snb.y. Emulationjhatredjfa&ionjde-
(ircofrcucnge.Stf^.tf. Anger a caufc. Subf.g. Difcon-
tents,carcs,miferies,&c.5'ȣ./o.
or ^Vehement defnes, ambition. Sub. 1 1. CouetoufncfTe,
I itKcifyvfi*. Sub. 1 2. Loue of pleaftircs , gaming in ex-
con- <» ccffc y 8ic.Sub.Jj. Dcfire of praifc,pnde,vainglory &o
cupif Snb 14. Loue of learning, ftudy incxcciTe, with adi-
crblc grcflion of the mifery of Schollers, and why the Mule?
(jue Melancholy. Sub. if.
r Body,as ill digcftio.crudity ,wind,dry braines,hard belly,thick blood, much
wakmg ; heiuincs &: palpitation of hcart,lcaping in many places tccSub.!
"comoi 1 CFcare and forrow without a iuft caufc , fufpition , jcaloufic,
to all ^ difcontent,folitaiincfie,irkfomnefle, continuall cogitation*,
ormoft/ reftlciTe thoughts,vaine imaginations &c. Sub.2.
"Cclcftiallinfluences.as of <jr. U.cT-& c «P arts of the body,heart 3
braine,liucr,fpleenc, ftomack, & c.
C Sanguine are merry itill,laughing, pleafant, medictting on
2 J playes,wom©n,muiicke,&c.
g J PhlcgmatJcke,flothfull,dull,heauy,&c,
a ] Cholcrickc, furious, impatient, fubie&to heare and fee
^ J ftrange apparitions &c.
[j31ack,folitary,fad,they think they are bewitched,dead 8cc
Or mixt of thefe 4 humors aduft or not aduft, infinitely varied*
or
V
-a
c
Parti-
cular < Their feucralIr-Ambitious*thinkcs himlelfe a king, a lord, c«-
topri- cuftoms,con-^uctous runnes on his money; Iafciuious on his
vatc ditions,incli-<miftris,Rcligioushathreuelations,vilions, is a
natios , difci-^/Prophct,or troubled in mindc. A Scholler on
plinc, &c VJiis booke^&c.
CPIeafantat firft, hardly difcerned , afterwards
Continuance I harfli,and intolIerable,if inveterate,
as J Hence fomeC/ .Talfn cegttttt:
make threes z. C'g't** ^lo^ui.
degrees £s .Exequt leqMUtM.
By fits or continuat,as the obje& Ttrief,pleifingJ
ordifplcafing.
Simple,or as it is mixt with other difcafes, Apoplexies, gout, *ftttitm 9
. ZlqSo the fymptorai arc rarioui, A a Sec ffi Mt&.J.?*^
topri'
vatc
pcr-
fons ,
accor
ding
to Su.
of time ,
the humor is<f make
intended or
temitted,&c
1
"in Body
S3
Particular
fymptomes
Co the three
diftinft fpe-
cies.
Sett s .
Head me- i
lancholy.
Hypoco-
driacal or*
windy s
melan-
choly.
St&j. 2.
C
Progno-
fticks of me,
lancholy.
S/mf times of the fit f Partitie*.
HejdachjbindingjheauinelTe.vertigo, IightnelTe, fing.
ing of thecares,much waking/ixcd cyes,high color,
red eyes,hard belly, dry body, no great figne of me-
lancholy in the other parts.
■Continuallfearejforrowjfufpition^ifcontentjfupcrflu-
In rnindc <^ ous carcs / e H ic i tuc fc,anxicty, perpetual! cogitatto of
fuch toyes they are poflefled with , thoughts like
drcames &c.
"Winde, rumbling in the gurs, belly ake, heateinthe
jbowelSjConvulfiOnSjCruditicSjfhortwind, fowre and
In Body^fharpebclchingSjCold fwear, paine in the left fide, fuf-
Tocation,palpitacion jheauinclTTe of the heart, finging ia
•the cares,much fpittlc and moill&c
or
C Fearcfull, fad/ufpuious.difcontentjanxiety &c. Laf-
In minde<^ciuious by rcafon of much wind,troublefornc dtcaraes,
£affe&ed by fits &c.
SJBlacke, moft part leanc, broad vejnes, groite, thicke
In Body"£ blood, their hemrods commonly flopped, &c.
^f.^Oln nundeS^^'^MiwyfrnQ light, auerfe from company,
vl c fearcfull drcames &c.
T Why they are fo fearefall, fad, fufpittous without a caufe,
A reafon I why folitary, why melancholy men arc witty, why they fuppofc
of thefe J they hcare and fee ftrange voices,vitions,apparitions.
fymp- < Why they prophecie, andfpeake ftrange languages , whence
tomes. comes their crudity, rumbling, convulfions, cold fweat,heauj-
^Mcmlr^. nciTe ©fheart, palpitation, cardiaca, fearcfull drcames, much wa„
^4cing,prodigious phantafies.
Morphew, Scabbcs,Itcb, Breaking out,&e»
Blacke Iandife.
Tending to good as ")lf the Hemrods voluntarily open.
If varices appearc.
Leaneneffc,drineffe,holIow-eyed,8cc.
Inveterate melancholy is incurable.
Tending Cp cuill as <Ifcold,ii degenerates often into Epilcpfie, Apep!exie 3
* Dotage,or into Blindncfle.
If hot,into madnc{fe,Dcfpaire,and violent death.
pThe grieuoufneffe of this aboue all other Difeafes,
The Dheafes of the mind arc more grieuous then thoft
of the Body.
Corollaries and *? Whether it be lawfull in this cafe of melancholy, for *
queflion* man to offer violence to him fclfc. Ncg.
How a melancholy or mad man offering violence t©
himfclfcjis to be cenfured*
V
FoJ.i a
i
THE
FIRST PARTITION.
r S E C T I O N.
Thb First)Mimber.
^svbsbct ion.
MamEycellency^FaUyMi/eriej^fnfirmities,
The caujes of them.
P C^y^Xi2b/c^ AM, the tn oft excellent , and moft noble creature of Mm» Excel."
^^WA.rfAt the World, the frtncipall and mighty worke of God, and 1 ^mm m-
wonder ofT^atttre, as Zoroaflef calls himj the *mzrv&il of racdum.
, m*tvAil$Jk% efatai the b '^ibrid?ment And Epitome of the b Mliudt
W~\ S^V V^l Wor/a^s Pltny tcarmes \\\ f cn,Mtcroco[mus ) a little World, ^.
* amodell of the World , < Soueraignc Lord of the
Earth,and folc Commander and Gouernour ofallthe Znaria fmiiunt
Creatures in it: to whofc Empire they arc fubiecl: in staigcfwcit.
particular^nd yeeld obedience, farre furpafling all the reft, not in body only, ^["f^ff'
but in foule, d Imagine Imago , e created to Gods owne f Image, to that im- 4 vt in numif-
mortallaudincorporealKubftancc, with all the faculties and powers be- mttctpnuu
iongingvnto ir,wasatfirft pure/livinc^erfc&Jiappy, s Created after God in S^l"***'
trueholtmjfe andrtghwoufnejfe >Deo congruent, free from all manner ofinfir- ".Gear,
mities,and put in Paradifc ; to know God, to praifc and glorifie him , to doc
his will;
Vt dijs tonfimiles farm tat deos$
(as an old Poet faith) to propagate the Church, But this moft noble Crea- gi
turc, Hentrtflu^&UchrymofACommutat'to ( h one cxclaimcs ) O pittifull 6EphcC4.a^
change ! is falnc from that he was, and forfeited his cftatc, become mife/A-
hdii bfimuncio, a caraway, a catiffc, one of the moft mifcrablc creatures of
the World,if hebeconfidcred inhis owne natufe 3 an vnregeneratcman^nd
fomuchobfeured by hisfahYthatfomcfcwreliquescxceptcdjhc is inferi-
ourtoabcaft. » Man in honour that vnderfandethnst , is like vntobeafls that iP6l.4M»i
psn]b t fo Z)4**s/efteemcs him : amonftcrby aftupendMetamorphofis, k a ^for^™*
bcaft,adogge,ahoggc, whatnot ? Quant ttmmutatiu ah 'tllo? How much * ufcimfupe-
altered from that he was.bcforeblefiTcd and happy ,now miferab!e,accurfed *, ^squm^m*
Ifle mufleat his meat in forroxv, fubicft to death and all manner of infirmities, afii^uipmfo*
all kinde of calamities. m Great traucR is created f or && men, and an heauyToke rortUonm,
fin the Jonnesof^4dam^ from the day that they goe out ef their mothers wombe^ ^!q^' G ^
vnto (kit day thtj rttmnc to the mother of aU things. T^jmefy their thoughts \and » f&fa,^
f Imago munii
in ceYpereflci
trianimi,
Exemplum^ilti
qti'ifyeftinitnae
Part, i .Sc&. i. T>lfeafes ingeneraU. Mcmb. I . Sub£i,
2 ftxrc ofthsir hearts, and their imagination of things they waitfer, and the day
if death. To him that fitteth in the glorious Throne , to him that fitteth beneath
in the earth and ajhes,from him that u cloathed in blew filke,and weareth a, Crown,
to him that is cloathed tn jimple linnen. Wrath, envy, trouble , and vnquietne[fe %
of MeSh«- ft are e f &*th, and rigor, and fir if e , andfuch things come to both Man and
lj. Beafl,but [cauenfoldtothevngodlj. All this befalls him in this life, andpcr»
ad vcntureeternali mifery in the 4ife to come.
impulSue Theimpulfmecaufeofthefcmifericsinman , this privation or deftru&i*
"r "and in- ot1 °^ Gods ^ ma g c 3 thecaufc of death and difcafcs,of all tcmporall and etcr-
femUics. nail punifhments, was the finneofourfirft parent Adam, n in eating of the
"Gen 3. 17, forbidden fruit,by the Divds irrigation and allurement. Hisdifobediencc,
pridejambitioivntempcrance, incredulity , curiofity, from whence procee-
ds r^aj ded originall finnc, and that gcncrall corruption of mankinde , as from a
ttgmen mam- fountainc flowed all bad inclinations,and a&uall tranfgrclIions,which caufc
wJT&tkm our fcuerall calamities, inflicted vpon vs for ourfinnes. And this belike is
immifit miferU that which our fabulousPoets haue fhadowed vnto vsinthctaleof °Pan*
wmtMmati. £ 0Ya6 box 3 which being opened through her curiofity, filled the world full of
vHom.Tli all manner ofDifeafes. It is not curiofity alone, but all other crying (innes
fnp Antiocb. of ours.which pull thefe fcuerall plagues and miferies vpon our heads. For
* Prov iat! 7 vbipeccatum, ibi procella, as P Chryfojiome well obfer ues. q Fooles by reafon of
( Quad out m their tranfgref ions, and becaufe of their iniquities are ajfucled. x Fearecommeth
erebrtus bella likefuddendefoIation^ndde(lru5lionltkeawhirlewind.affliBionandanzui^bz^
con;utunt,quod ' r . >. ' ~, J . - n . . t ~ • 11
fieriTtLu &fa- cauiethcydid notfeareuod, 1 Areyou Jhiken with wanes fisCyprian wcllvr.
mes feUickudi- geth to Demetrius >arc you mole fled with dtarth andf "amine \is your health crumbed
™2d 'fevietft w/t ^ ra & n & difeafes ? U mankindgenerally tormented wiih Epidemical maladies-,
bmmorbUvn- 'tis all for your fmnes JJaggai the 1 *g.i o> Amos the 1 * /er.y. God is angry,puni«
ktujtfimfftHty fh et h anc j threatncth.becaufe of their obftinacy and ftubburneflc, thev will
cmdhumanum , . T r 1 111 i s- a • •✓>,' ,
gmm luti per** not turnc vnto him. * If the earth be barren then for want of raine , if dry and
fetjgne vaflatur fqualidyttytftdno fruit, if your fountaines be dryed vp,your wine, corne,andoyle
mm^cjpr. blafred,if the aire be corrupted, and men troubled with difeafes , 'tis by reafon of
* si rarodejk your fin ves. Which like the blood of Abel cry lowdto neauen for vengeance,
^mhTptml LetmentJer > C(l P S-'S'tbat wee haue finned, therefore our hearts are heavie , Ifay
fitis pdverit SM r ' 12 * weeroarelike Beares, andmoume likeDoues, andwant health,&c. for
fqvMat,/; vix ourfinnes anitrefpaffesRux. this we cannot endure to heare,or to take notice
MltntJp- °^ Uer '2^o.wearefmttten in vaine,and receiue no correction, & cap,f.j. Tho*
rito gleba pro- hafl firiken them, but they haue not forrowed, they haue refu fed to receiue corrects*
ti^amdemita ° n - ^ ey ^ AUe nct return ^ u Hero * couW n0 c aoia<c lo »» Baptif!,znd * Domitian
cyprim. cou j d not endure ApoUomusto tell the caufes of the plague at Ephcfujfcis in-
■ Mat. 14,?. iufticcjbis inceft,adultery,aTld the like.
MfSuTpoi- To P uni(h lhereforc thisblindnefic and obftinacy of ours, as aconcomi.
lrfi*uflitum rant caure,andprincipallagent,is Gods iuftiudgmcnt, in bringing thefe ca»
"' Ui m!i* r & ,amitics v P on vs > to chaft ' fc vs > 1 % M our fmncs, & to fatisfie Gods wrath.
IZeTa^pr*- For the Law requires obcdienccorpuoiftimcnt, as you may read at large,
termionemfe- T>eut.2$.i $.lf they will not obey the Lord,andkeepe huCommandements andOr*
7£™faitT d i nA » ce *> thennUthe f ectir fafy*ttc o ™ rCurfedintbctowne andim
1 it. ' the field ejrc* Cur fed in the fruit of the body &c. * The Lord jhattf 'end thee trou*
I ble and ^otmejbecaufe of thy wickedneffe. And a little after, *> The LordjhaUfmite
» YcrCir. thcewitbthtbotchof^gypt % *ndwithZmrodsiank*ith^ andtho*
tanft
Part;.Se&i. Vi/eajcs m general!. Mcmb.i.Subti.
tanfl not be healed* c With madneJfe t blt»dnejfe,andaftonifhing oj heart •This Paul 3
(zconds % Rom.2 p. Tribulation and angutjh on the foule ofcuery man that doth e l8 *
Or clfc thcfc chaftifcmcnts arc affli&ed vpon vs tor our humiliation, ^aftlm.^'
to cxcrciic and try our patience here in this life, to bring vs home, to make 11 % 5.13.
fsknowGodandoiirfelucstoinformevs^ndteach vs wifedome. & There- eiSSSii'
fore is my people gone into captiu itie. becaufe they had no knowledge therefore u the wjjL,. wti*
wrath of the Lord hndled again ft this peopce^ and he hath fir etched out his handv> Ker if er aum
fon them. He is defirous of our falnation, e T^jjlra falutis avidus , faith Lemni- ift^'rubinA
«/,and for that cauie pulls vs by the care many times, to put vsin mindc of m exercet.-U-
our duties .Thtt they that erred,might hxue vndcr (landing ( as /fay fpeakes 29. YTd^eccuk'
2 1 J and fo be reformed, I am afflicled 3 and at the point of deaths as Dauid con fef- mMr.
(eth of himfclfc/f ?/ $S.r$,fjr ver % <) mine eies are for rowf till thro ugh mtneafp* t
ftisn. And chat made him turne vnto God. Great Alexander in the midft of ^tsT?
all his protnenty,by a company of Parafitcs deified, and now made a God, • Ufc*. cum
when he faw one of his wounds bleed , remembred that he was but a man, ^^J^J"
and remitted of his pride. In morbo recolltgit fe animus^ f Pliny well percei- & ^mntur,
ucd//? ftckneffe l the minde reflects vpon it felfe , and with ludgement fur v ayes it Dum feni***
felfe .andabherres its former ceurfeuiniomuch that he concludes to his friend fg^f^tJ*
Marius that it were the period of all Phihfophy , if we could fo continue being sxpers hneu«.
found, or per forme but a part of th?.t which we Promt fed to doc.beinr ficke. wb ->(o ns m »*f>" n > ff "'
. /in r ; 1 , 1 ■ „ t 1. % } „ r , , , n a ' i t*OT BUSlft *m*>
u wife tben,willcon[ider tbafe things, as Dautd did, PJdl.144.ver/eiajt. And r u.
whatfoeucr fortune befall him,make vie of it. If he be in lorrow,nccd,{kk' 6 \ummumeflh
neffc.or any other adverfuy. fcrioufly to recount with himfclfe, why this or ^^tnitt'e^e
thatmalady,nii!ery. this or that incurable difeafe is inflided vpon hi«i ; it perfeyenmyt,
maybe for his goo d ^ ft; expedites Peter h\d of his daughters ague. Bodily *"Jj*?"
ficknefle is tor hisloiileshealth^^r^/^/^r^/^ad henotbecne vifitec), p^ 9 $l^ m *
he had vtterly pcrilTicd for ^he Lord correclethh/m whom he loueth t euen as & ^vttweb.
fathsr doth bis child in whom he deligbteth. If hec be fafe and found on the o- ' pr * % *»**-
ther fidejand free from all manner of infirmity , k & cui „ k itor.EpJl.
Gratia, forms, valet udo contingat abunde, **.s.4.
Et rnundus vttfns non deficiente crumenL
And that he hanc grace ; bcauty,favour,hciIth s
A cleanly diet j and abound in wealth.
Yet in the midft of all his profpctity,let him remember that caveat of Mty* 'Dw.isT,
fesy 1 beware that he doe n$t forget the Lord his God, that he be not puffed vp, ^j^"
But acknowledge them to be his good gifts and bencfitcs, and * the more be> \ Quanta ma.
bath,to be more thankfully Agapetianus aduifcth) and vfc them aright. ''^Jellfmu !
Now the inftrumentall caufes of f hefe our infirmitics 3 arc as diverfc } as the fa.'«r 3 M*r# tbii
infirmities thcmfclucs,ftarres,heaucns,clemcntSj&c. and all thofe creatures g^rm
which God hath made, are armed againft finncrc, They were indeed once inftrum^S
good in themfclues, and that they are now many of them pernicious vnto caufc of our
vs,is not in their naturCjbut our corruption Avhich hath caufed it. For from jnfira01tlfSs
the fall of out firft parent o^w.thcy haue beene changcd,the earth accur-
fed^hc influence of ftarres altered, the fourc Elements, Beafts^irds^PlantSj
are now ready to offend vs. The primtpall things for the vfe tf man are ivater \
Firejron, Salt, MealejvhcateJlony^M 'tike ^OileyfVinefi/oatbingigoodto the God-
b % tothe Sinners turned to <?#///, Ecclns 30.2 <<. Fire^ndHaile^andFamine^nd
Vurtb^lltbefeare created for vengeance ',Ecclus 30,2£.Thc Hcauens threaten
vs
Part. r.StdLl. Dijeajes in general/. Mcmb.i.SubCiJ
a vs wich their Comcts,Scarres,Plancts,with their great coniun&ions,Ecclip-.
rcs^OppofuionSjQiiartileSjandfiichvnfricndlyAfpcas. The Aire with his
Jvktcorsjhunder and Lighcning,intemperatc heat & eo!d,mighty windes,
tern pcfts, vnleafonablc weather j from which procecde dearth , famine,
plague,and ail manner of Epidemicall difeafesj conluming infinite myriads
« Boum de o£ men. At Cyro in Egypt, euery third y care, ( as k isrclated by ■ Boterus Sc
imnrmm. others, 300000. dye of the plague, and 2ococo. in Confisntinofle , euery
flftorfeuemhjatthc vtmoft. How doth the Earth terrific and opprcflevs
with thole terrible Earthquakcs 5 whicharc moft frequent in n Cbin4 5 lapan 9
iJio^ild"' andthofcEaftcrneCIimcs.fwallowing vpfometimcsfixc Citties at once?
Fro* de nbm How doih che water rage with his inundationSjirruptions, flinging downc
Jtimciitim- XowncSjCittieSjVillageSjBridges cWc.befidcs fhipwraekcs,whole Hands are
^JaLdJe- fometimesfuddenlyouer-whelmcd with all their Inhabitants, in Ze/and,
fcrip. Eci£.aziu HolUnd^k^ many parts of the Continent drowncd,as the P lake Erno in Ire.
v^oiraid-u l in( J ? ^T^jhilfyfrAter urciumcadtvem Futenticernimusfrett* Inthefcnnes
cambrtnf. ofFreeJland xVgOjby reafon of tempefts,* the Sea drowned multx hominum
"2? D c°J r ?o ™M'M>&'M menti f lns numero^ thecountrey almoft,men andcattcll in it.
* MMjk%'ib°} How doth the Fire rage^thac mcrcilefic Element , confuming in an inftant
C*{ t c*t\6*. wno i c Citties? What cownc of any antiquity or notc,hath not bcenc once,
againc and againe,by the fury of this raercilefie clcmcntjdefaced.vtterty rui-
natcd^ndlefcdcfolate? In a word,
ttuU ^ t Ignis pepercit, »nd* met git, aeris
* Vis pe(iilentis£^mriereptHmnectt l
Bello [upcrfteSy takibm merto per it.
Whom Fire fparcs,Sea doth drowncj whom Sct t
Peftilent aire doth fend to clay,
Whom warrc feapes, ficknefle takes away.
To defcend to more particulars , how many creatures are at deadly feud
with men ? Lions, Wolues, Beares &c. Some with hoofcs,horncs,tuske$,
teeth,tailes: How many noxious Serpents and venomous creatures, ready
to offend vs wich ftings,breath ; fight,or quite kill vs ? How many pernicious
fiflieSjplantSjgumm^SjfruitSjfcedes^owrcs &c. could I reckon vp on afud-
dainc,which by their very fmell many of thcm,touch,iafte 3 caufc fomc gric*
vous malady ,if not death it felfc? Some make mention of a thoufand feue«
rail poyfons.- but thefc are but trifles in rcfpecVThc grcatcft cnemie to man,
Mom* IpU is man,Wtt ° thc Diuc l s inftigation.is (till ready to doc miCchicfc.feis own
hf M ,hombt- executioner, a Wolfe, aDiuell to himfelfc, and others.
t»m demru ,» yi x fa n $ homines b§c nomine digue,
l%iefi. Gj* im & lupi)f<*v* plus ftr it At is hdenf.
' Mifceni Sometimes by the Diucls helpc , as Magitians , r Witches :lbrr.edme»ky
mtnmrc*. impoftures,mixtures,poyfons,aratagcmmcs,finglccombats, warrcs. We
hackeandhewe , as if wee were adsnternecionem tfgti, like Cadmus foul-
dicrs, borne to confumcono another. 'Tis an ordinary thing taread of M
iooooo,and two hundred thoufand men flainc in abattaiic.befidcc t\\ ntta*
ner of tortures,brafen bulls, rackes,wheclcs, ftrappadocs,gunnes 3 engines,
ill^SSJ' 1, ^ A ^ Hfmmcor P mhumAnu ^pf^ qutmmembrt: Wee hauei*-
9 ; . vented more torturing inftrumcnts 3 then there be fcucrall members its
mans body, as Cyprian well obfcrues.To comcnccrcr yct>our ownc ptreiw
Part.i.Scdt i. D/fa/es mineral/. Mcmb.i.Subf r.
by their offences, indifcrction, and intemperance arc our mortail enimics. 5
* The fathers kite t At en fewer grapes jlhA the children:, teeth ire fa en edge .They 1 Ewcb *
catifc our griefc many timcs,and put vpon v$ hereditary dilcales, incuitablc
infirmities; They torment vs^and wc are as ready to iniure our poftcrity.
u mix Aitttri progtniemvictofioremAX)&x\ *c latter end of the world, « H^Jii.j.
as x forctold 3 is ftill likctobc worft. We arethusbad by naturc,badby oi.i.
kindc, butfarreworfeby art, eucry man the greareft enemy vnto himlieife, *" *« Tiffl ' 3' *•
We fiudie many times to vndoe our fc!ucs,abuf»ng thofc good gifts which
God hath beftowed vpon vs^caltb.W^althjStrengthjWitjLearning^rt,
Memoric^o our owne deftru&ion^T Perditw tu&ex te. As z M&cabe yF1rch.18.3t
m killed K^ipolloniu* friends with his owne weapons, wee.arme our (clues to * MftCC ' 3« ; *»
our owncouerthrowcs,and vfcRcafon ; Art,ludgemcnr,a)l that fhould help
vs,as fo many inftrumcnts to vndoe vs. So S.Aujltfi ackncwlcdgeth of him-
feifc in his humble con{zft\on$ jromptriejfetf mt y Memory , Elcquence^fhty
were Gsds good gifts J>ut he did not vfe them to hu glory. If you will particularly
knowc how,and by what meanes,confiiltPhyfuians,and they will tell you,
that it is in offending in (omc of thofc fix non natural! things , of which 1
fhall after a dilate more large; they arc the caufesofour infirmitics^ourfur •Parr.T.Sc**
fctting & dmnkenneffe, our immoderate iniatiablc luft.and prodigious riot. * 1CB,fc> -*«
f 'lures cr*puU^uamgUsliu4 t h is a true faying the bordc confumcs more-then
the Cword, Cur intemperance 'tis , that pulls fo many ieucrali incurable dif-
cafesvpon our hcads^that battens b old agc,pcrucrts our temperature , and fc ^ u i t - ue ^
briii gs vpon vs bidden death. And laft otall, that which crucifies vs moA, is w* u*w j!««s
our owne folly^weaknede^want of gouernmentjCur facihtie and pronenes «//«/««•
in ycelding to ourfcucrallluftSjandgiuingway'tocuerypalTion and pertur-
bation of thcmindc:l?y which meancs we mcramorphize our felues.and de-
generate into beafts. Allwhich that Prir.cc of c Poets obicrucd of AgAtncm- t Kmm
***,thatwhenhc was well plcafed,and could moderate his paflion ,hce was
-'Mocu/cfy 1ouipdr:\\Vc Jupiter in feature,^*™ in valour,?*//** iri wifdome,
another God; but when he was angry, he was a Lion^Tigcr.aDogge &c.
thcrewasno figneor likcncfrcof/^/^r in himjfo we,asior.gaswcarerti«
led by rcafon.as long a$ wccorrcct our inordinate appetite , and cenforme
ourfclucsto Gods word.are as fo many lining Saints: butifwecgmercir.es
to Lull, Anger, Ambitton.Prid^and follow our owne waies,wc degenerate i }^mftmn^
into beafts.transforme our fclucs,oucrthrowe our conftitutions, d pror,oke Uilux ^ lK i lu '
God to angcr,and hcape vpon vs this 01 MeUncholy^m all manner of jrncu- tMtfmti
lablc difcalcs,as aiuft and defcrued pusiifb mcntofourfinn.es,
SVISIC. 2 fl
Ml MB. Ie
The^Wjtmber \$fDif<*fa\
CDsvijU* j
WHatiDircafeis,a!moftetieryPhy{itian defines. « Terndiut calleth *TmfmhM
it an ^ffcflitn of the foijfontrtry to Nature. f Fufchiw and Crsti,
trd ***** «r/m mfiims [ Ftfcb>bftM\#.}.S$*.i.t*H, * pi frimum vititiur oil*. '
B 49
Part i.Scd.1. Definit. Numb.Viuifof Vifetjes. Mcmb. i .SubCa.
6 an hinder ante jhurt,or Alteration of any Action of the Body , or part of it, 5 Tfolo*
* Diflblutio fie- funus^t diffelntion of that league which it betvceene Body And Soule , And a pertur*
uV" : tM P tf > ^ tion °f it:a * health u the perfection ^and makes to the preferuation oftt> Labe§
tmfmmth. in ^yigellim } an til habit of the Body ,oppo fit c to nature 3 hindering the vjeoftt, O-
m^eShabi- lhcrs °t h crwife,all to thiscfFc<5t.
tecMtnHgta. How many Difeafcs there arc , is a queftion not yet determined. » Pliny
rtm^m vfum reckons vp 300, from the Crownc of the Head,to the folc of the Foot:elfe«
Number of wncrc he h\th jnorborum infinita mult it udo, thz'xx number is infinite: Howfo*
Difctfa. euer it was in chofc old times , it boots not ; in our day cs 1 am furc the num.
i^jfori W ' 7 ' ^ cr * s milcn augmetttcd: - - 1 macies ejr noua febrium,
Terru incubuit cohort, for befides many Epi-
dcmicall difcafcs vnheard of 5 and altogether vnknownc to Galen and Hippo*
crate j,as Scorbutum^Small poxftica, Sweating fickneffe t Aforbus GAllicuy^rjrc. wc
hauc many propcr,and peculiar almoft to cucry part. No man amongft vs
fb found,of fo good a conmtution,that hath not fomc impediment of Body
k KomanfVcc or Mindc. k Quifafuos patimur manes^vc hauc all our infirmities 3 firft or laft,
DiSfc'o^o- morc or IcfTe, There may bee pcraducnturc in an age , or one of a thoufand,
ther. like Zoophilia the Mufuian in 1 Pliny fhn may happily hue io5.ycareSjWith
»c^.jo./(&.7. ou: an y mancr Q f impediment. A Pollio Romulus* that may prclcrue himlelfe
Centum ctquinq • # . i r £ i ^ 'net t • r
vixit mnn fm m ^ lr,e andoyle. A man as fortunate as Q^Metelliu t oi whom VAienm lo
nptk ge- pie & inftance of ccrtaintic in his art. who becaufe he had the fignificators in
ithemerc^e ^ S cmture fortunate, and free from the hoftile afpc&s dSaturne & Mar$ y
infirmi/it." ' being a very old man ,° could not remember that euer hexvaj/icke, P Paraeelftu
• guiquad may bragge,thathccouldmakcamanliuc .aooycare^ or morc,if hec might
mlmmemrfam bring him vp from his infancie, and diet him as he lift; and fomc Phifitians
nmddifo'efl, hold,that there is no certainc period of mans life • but it may ftill by tempc-
™n™m7lct rancc ? and Phyficke,bc prolonged. We finde in the meanc cimc,by common
buft. m "* cxpcricncc,that no man can cfcape,but that of r Heftod is true:
*Lib. it vUA nAf \ n ^ $ j«y x WJ£ £, j A ^ XAKti)
t Ofer.&dks. * 1 * wl P "'fy*™ 1 ™ *i**t*, if ccri rv*7i
TfV earth's full of maladies, and full the Sea,
Which fct vpon vs both by night and day.
Difarft? * f V ^ ou rcc l u ' rc a morc cxa< ^ diuifion °f tnc ^ c ordinary Difcafcs , which
f Sec vemelm arc incident to mcn,l refcrre you to Phyfitians,ihey will tell you of Acute &
f*tbJA.i.caf. Chronicke^Fir/izndSecundarjf, Leth ale s^SaIiU ares i Errant, Fixed^SimpU.Com*
rlfciim%iu foundfionnexedpx Confequent, belonging to par t s t or the who/e 3 in Habst,ot
6b.$.teti.i.c 7. in DijpoftthnfiLcMi divifion at this timc(asmoft befitting my purpofc)fhal
wtt\er.sjnt*x, b c j nro thofeofthcBody and of the mindc. For thofe of thcBody ,abricfc
Catalogue of which Fufchius hath mzde,/nftitutM.j.fec~i,T\cAp.ii.l refcrre
you to thofe voluminous Tomes of Galen, Aretem, Rbafis.Aviccnna^AlexAU*
dcrjPaulus ^tiu4^Gordonim y Guianerius: And thofe cxaft Ncotcricks Savm*
ttarolafiapiuAcciuSyD natus Altomarus^Herculesde SaxoniA^MercuriAlU ri&f
rim Fauentinm jvctker, Pifo, &c. that hauc methodically , and elaborately
written of them all. Thofe of the Mindc and Head,! will briefly handle, an4
o-part.
— ..... 1 1 ■ , . .1 I I— . » . .11 — ■ III I. I I »J
J DtfeafesaftheMnde. Mcmb.i.Subfj.
SVBSIC. 3. '
T)ivrfi$n of the D/feafes of the Heidi
> Hc r eDifi;3rc$orrhcM!ndc ; forafmuch as thcyhaue their chiefefeate
I and Organs in the head ,'are commonly repeated amongft thedifca-
frsofthc head Wi ich arc diucrs, and vary much according to their
#ce, tvH in the hca J,as there be diners parts , fo there be diners gricuances,
which according to thatdiuifion of c Hturn 'tut, (which he takes out of Aw *?r*ftt. *
Janus)irc inward or outward(to omit all others which belong to the Eyes
and Eares^oftrillSjGiimmcSjTcethjMotithjPalatjTonguejVVefe^Chops, ^tblbkam^t
FacCj&c^belongrngproperlvtothcBrainc^asbaldne^Cjfailingofhairejfnr- teuitavm*
fakjiicCj&c. u Inward bclongtng to the skinncs next to theBraine^ifed^ gjS'*"*
ra and Pia mater all hcad-aaic:»,&c.or to the Ventriclcs.Caules.Kells, Tu* u ot'whkh
nicles 3 Creekes 3 and parts ofir,and their paflfions 3 as Caroler tigo^Incnkm, A 1 x ^ nt ^ h emn ^
poptex>e^F*llirtgftcknfJfe.'Thcd\(cAi'cs otthe Ncrues^Crawpes^tupor fonvul \ dtfam?$Jr-
fiovXrcmorfAlfir. or belonging co rhc excrements of the Brain, as Catarbcs, ceti* s ufin Pta*
Smezt^RbumtSjDijftllattorts: or cl(c thofc that pcrtainc to the iubftance of te> f s * &tt
tlx: Btainc it ielte 3 in which arc cowccSwt^.Vrenfte^Lethargie^Melancboly^mad'
neffejvetke memory, Sapor ,or Coma,Vigil/aejr vig/lComa.Outof thclcagaine
1 will (ingle fuch as properly belong to the Pbantafie^ot Imagination, or Rea*
(en it felfe,which x Laurenttu* calls the difeafes of the minde^and Hrldtfbeim, " Cs P-*
morbos Imagination^ Jut Ratiottis Ufa ^ which are three or foure in number, lm ** 1 *
fre* fie ^Madmjfe^Melkncholy , Dotage their kindes: as Hydrophobia, Lycan*
thropu Chorus fanfli Frit , morbi damoniac't : which I will briefly touch and
point out, infixing cfpccially in this of Melancholy \ as more eminent then
the refund that through allhiskindcs,caufes, fymptomes, prognoftickes,
cures: As Lonicerm hath done de Apoplexta , and many othcrs^f many fuch
particular diieafcs. Not that 1 Mndc fault with others which hauc written of
this fubicft before, as /a/on Pratenfts t L*arentM % Montaitus, T.Br/ght^c*
they hauc done very well in their fcuerall kinds and methods . yet that which"
one omits,anothcr may happily fee, that which one contra<fte 3 another may *
enlarge. To conclude w ith 7 Set ibanius^that which they haue neglecled y cr per* feme^
functor ily bandied, we may mere throughly examine jhat which u obfeurely deltue. rmifX?^til
7ed tnthemjnay be pei Jptcuoujly dilated and amplified by vs 5 Silo may be made *tw**n*teqt»
more familiar and eaiie for cucry mans capacity 3 and common good, which d ^^ eluu
is the chicfe end of my Dilcourf e« rfgm jindL "
S T I S E Ci 4,
Dstage, Phrenfie, Msdueffe, Hydrophobid, Lyctnthr9fU v
ChorHtfanftt Pitt) Extafis.
D0/*£*,Fatuity 5 or Folly^ts a common name to all the following Spc-
cies.as (omc will hauc it. "^Laurentm and *Altom&rm comprehend Mww,D^
Mddneffe y Melancholy the reft, vndcr this name,and call it thc/*/w-
mnmgnm of them all. If it be diftinguifhed from thcm 2 it is nttnnllviinge*
mte t
*
Part, i . Sc£t i . Di/eafes of the Mind*. Memb . i . Sub£4i
' %~ which comes by fomc defeft of the Organs, and oucr-moift Braine,as
we fee in our common foolcsj and is for the moft part intended or remitted
in moft mcn,and thereupon fome arcwifer then other : or els it is acquifitc,
an Appendix or Symptome pffomc other difcafc, which comes or goes', or
if it continue,afigne of McUncholy itfclfc,
phrenfie. /V;r<?»//«.which the Greckcs deriuc from the word f f«' , is a Difeafc of
the MindjWich a continual Madnefie or Dotagc,which hath an acute fcaucr
anncxcd 3 or els an inflammation ofthcBrainc,or the Membranes or Kclls of
it .with an acute fcucr 3 which caufcth MadnclTc,and Dotage. It differs from
Mcliwchaly and A^»^,becaufc their Dotage is without an ague.this con-
tinuall.with waking,or Memory decayed &c. Mekncboly is moft part illcnt;
this clamorous, and many fiich like differences arcaffignedby Phyfuians.
Madneft. MAdnejft 3 Phrenjje ) and MeUncboly^xt confounded byCelftu , and many
WritcrSjOthcrslcaucoutP^/f/7<f, and make Mddnejfe and MeUnsholy bur.
b onc Difeafc, which b hfon PrAtenfis efpecially labours, and that they differ
fttpingumlioz onely fecandum md/us or minus , in quantity alone, the one being a degree to
imt mofbasy the othcr,and both proceeding from one caufe.They differ intenfo & rc**iff*
Srt %ia??tur g'dufiith 1 Gordomus ,as the humor is intended or remitted. Of the fame
quodzmttgiiiul mindcis^ i^4rctem 3 ^UxAn<ierTrdli*nus ) GuiAnerius^SAVAMAroU y Uernius,
^Umd^tnt^' anc lG*^*himf€lfc writes promifcuoufly of them both, by reafon of their af.
titer g£ td finity,btit moft of our Neotericks doc handle them a-part , whom I will fol«
tUerum txiftat. low in this trcacifc. Mtdncfifc is therefore defined to. bee a vehement Do<
l f™ v ^! e d n ' !i ' t*g'iOT railing without a fcuer, farrc more violent then McUncholy, full of
d Pars mari* anger and clamor,horrible lookes, actions, gefturcs, troubling the Patient
mbividetur. w i t h f arrc g rca ter vchemcncy.both of Body and Minde } without all feare &
\iattTtbltt& forrow,withfuch impetuous force and boldnefie, that fomctimcs three or
temporedetito foure men can not hold them. Differing onely in this from Pbrcttfiejhn it is
*Z£ZITL without a Fcucr,and their Memory is moft part bcttcr.lt hath the famecau-
mtnlintxrn ZT . , * . in ir»i i • „ 1 _
fugacem, utvi- *cs as the other, as Cnoier aduft, and blood incenfed, Braincs inflamed &c.
ni,rola»i,Hy9f- e Frdcafiorius addes* due t ime y Andfull Age to this definition , to diflinguifhit
'jrmalam fabet fr om children, and will haue it to be a confirmed ImPotency, to feparste tt from fash
impotentiam be- as Accidentally come Andgoe AgA/ne^as by tAking HenbAne, T^jghtjbade, mne^c,
u 'toMml ° f this fuf y thcrc bc diuc " f ^^h^tAfies.EntbufiAfmeSfReve/ati^s, & Vi.
tA^.de'meiii ponsSo often mentioned by Gregory and /fr^ in their workes; ObfclTion or
f Of Mhich Po f cfl " 1Qn of divcIs iSybil/ine Prophets,ind Pocticall Furies : fuch as come by
eating noxious Hcrbcs/Tarantulas ftinging,&c. which fomc reduce to this.
Vlattr, ca.i.de^ The moft knowne are \\\^t 3 LycAntbropiA 3 HydrophpbtAfhorus fxncli VitU
32! ' Ue **' LyanthopiA^hich ^AvicennA calls Cucubutb, others LupinAm infAnUm,
lycanthrtpu. or Wolfe madncfTe, when men runnc howling about graues and ficldcs in
the night,and will not bc pcrfwaded but that they are WoIucs,or fomc fuch
pti&Xti bcafts " S ^««nd ^PauIus call it a kinde of McUncholy, but Ifhouldra-
\ - therrefcrrcitto A/^w/^asmoftdoc, Some make a doubt of it, whether
Met 9 ""*' thcrc bc 2n y fuch Dif «fc \ T)on*t Ab ^ItomAri faith , that he faw two of
k D t prtfc. them in his time: k tf7>w tcls a ftory offuchaoneatP^ i54T,that would
hmnm&i not belecue to the cotrary,but that he was a wolfc.Hchath another inftancc
lo'bftrvat.M. d*. Spaniard, that thought hcwasaBcare. ^tfr^/conrlrmesasmuch
10 'trS% by many cxam P Ics ^ onc amongft the reft,of which hce was an eycwitnefTe,
mt . wm. at Akfrw ^ a,W 3 apoorc Husband- man that ftill haunted about grauei,
and
Part.i* Scd. u Vifetfes of the Mmde. Mcmb.r. Subf.4.
and kept in Chutchy*rds,of a palc,blackc,vg!y ,and fcarcf iill lookc. Such be- 9
hkc,or little better 5 wercKing Prttm * Daughters, that thought themfelues m Htynram
Kinc. And Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel, is fomc Interpreters hold, was onely lib ' inn » tHlgt
sroubledwiththiskindebfMadncflc. ThisDifcafe perhaps gauc occafion
to that bold aflcrtion of * Pliny, that fome men were turned tnto mines in * ^ X *?P*>
h'utime^andfromWoluestowenagainex and to that fable of faufanm, of a %Ztom%'n
man that was tenne ycares a Wolfe, and afterwards returned to his former & e coma, s
fhipe: to Ov/^ta!eofL7^/»^.Hcthatisdefiroustohcareofthis Dif.
cafc,or of more examples, let him readc ^Aufin in hU iS booke de CivitaH
Vei,cap.<. Mizalduscent.f*/?. Sckenkius ltb,i, Hildejheimjprce/.j.de Mania*
Fire/lvs Ub, 1 o.de marbii cerebri* Olaus Magnus, Vincentins Be/lavicenfis, Jptc,
MtJtb.j r.cap.i j j.&c.This Difcafejfaith c^/f^/»4,troublethmen moil in
February } and is now«a dayes moft frequent in Bohemia, and Hungary ^accor-
ding to P Hernius. Scbernitzius willhauc it common in Uvont*. They lye 'C4?Mumm
hid moft part all day, and goe abroad in the night , barking, howlingj at lfc£* t i'%'
graucsand defcrts they hsuevfually hollow eyes , [cabbed legges and thighes y very e/iJSt, '
dry and pale, faith 1 Altomarus: he giues a reafon there of all the fymptomcs, P* ui *h l ^s^
and fcts downc a briefe cure of them* ^c% 9 < r r.
Hydrtphtbiajs a kinde of MadncfTc, well knowne in cuery Village, which nydtep'hobil.
comes by the biting of a mad doggc,or fcratching,faith r Aurelianus,ot tou. \^ ix *fcy tm '
ching,orfmelling alone fometimcs, as f Sckenkius proues,andisincidcntto ntnM, 7 <"
many other creatures alwcllasmcn: fo called, becaufc the parties affected,
cannot endure the fight of watcr,or any liquor,{uppofing ftill they fcea mad
dogge in it. And which is more wonderfiilI 5 thoiigh they be very dry, (as in
this malady they are; they will rather dye then drinkc. « Cdlius <^fureliauus, 'itf.j^.ij.
an ancient VVriter,makcs a doubt whether this Hydrophobia be a paffionof
the Body,or the Minde. The part affected is the Braine 5 the caufe, poyfon
that comes from the mad dogge, which is fo hotc and dry,that it confumcs
all the moifture in the Body. u Hildejheim relates of fomc that died fo mad, u sjktl*.
and being cut vp,had no water, fcarcc blood, or any moifture left in them.
To fuch as arc fo afFc6tcd,thc fcarc of water beginne* at 14 dayes after they
are bitten ,to fome againc.not till 4o.or tfo.daies after: commonly faith Her*
#/*/, they beginne to raue, flyc water, and glaffes, to looke red and (well in
the face, fome 20. dayes after ( if fome remedy be not taken in the meanc
time) tolyeawakc, tobcepenfiuefad, to fecftrangeVifions, tobarkeand
howle, to fall into a fowne, and fometimcs fictes of the Falling ficknefle.
* Some fay, little things like whelpes will bee fcene in their vrines. If any of VM»'7.
thefc fignes appearc,they are pad recouery. Many times thefc Symptomes " Vtna,i>t
will not appearc,till fix or feuen moncths aft er,faith r Codrtuchuspnd fome- * UbMKjatf
times not till 7 or 8 yeares as Guianerius, 12 as Albertus, 6 or 8 moncths
after as Galen holdes. Baldus the great Lawyer dyed of it 5 an ^uflin Fryar,
and a woman in Delpbe, that were * Forreftus Patients, » were miferably con* * obfinntM.
fumed with it. The common cure in the Counrrey (for fuch at Ieaft as dwell
neere the Sea fide) is to duckc them oucr head and eares in Sea water; fomc
▼fccharmcsjcucrygoodwife can prefcribc Medicines. But the beft cure to
be had in fuch cafes, is from the moft approucd Phyfitians : they that will
reade of them,may confult with Diofcerides lib, 6, cap ,f 7 . Hernius, Hfldefkeim,
€dfiVictius i rtrreft , Mt % Stkcnki»t i and before all others Ctdnnthm an Italian ^
B 3 who
Part.uScd.i. Melancholy in Vtjpofit. Memb.i.SuM.j;.
to who hathj&tcly written two exquifite Bookes of this Subiec*.
cbiwfanm cforvsfantfiritipvSimtrttfisdzncesihe lascivious dance, * Pirate! fut
^f r cals it,becaufe they that arc taken with it t can do nothing but dance till they
rtm™*' be dead, or cured. Jtisfo cailed,for that the parties To troubled , weie wont
mrbu ofxenti- to f*oe to Saint Vitns forhelpe, & after they had danced thcrca.whilc,thcy
™Kvtm'«t were b certainly freed. Tis ftrange to hcare how long they will dancc,andin
flurimm rem what manner,ouer ftooleSjformc^tables, eucn great beltyed women fome*
tale tm * n " limcs ( & y er ncucr k" rt thcir chiIdc ) vviJ1 (3ance 1 ° lcm £' that thc y can ** irrc
• neither hand nor foot, but fcemeto be quite dead One in red. clothes they;
cannot abide, Mufick aboue all things they loue : &thcrefore the Magiilraecs
intkrmany will hire Mutitians to play to them, and fomclufty flurdycom*/
pinions to dance wich them. This Difeafc hath beene very common in Ger-*
• Vb.txMfJc m*»y, as appearcs by thofe relations of c Stkenhus, & f-m&o/fvk in his Booki
Mm*- of Madnes,whobrags how many fcucral pcrfons he hath cm cd of it. F*Ux
flutter, de rnentu alu ftAt.cAf* 3, .reports of a woman in Bafi whom he fa w,that
danced a whole moneth together. The Arabians call it a kindeof Palfy*. Ba-
dine in his 5.Booke de Repub.cap.r, fpeakes of this infirmity, and AUhavish in
his laft Epiftle to Scoltzim ^nd in another to Dudithas, where you may rcade
more of it.
ICtf.iAtme*' d Fufch'tm inflitHtMb.3 $0>tMf. ii . Falix Matter, « LnHrent'ws adde to
^e^l'deml. tne k another bury that proceedes from Uste, and another from Study i ano-
ther divine or religious Fury: but thefc more properly belong to Mel&nchely
t p A^T. 3, of all whichjl will fpeake t apar^intending to wr.tc a wholcBooke of them.
M
S V B S I Ct 5#
Mehntboly'tn diftoptionjmpMperlyfo tA^ed m ^qttivotitienf.
EUmbolyjhe fubicA of our prcfent Difcourfe, is cither in Difpofiri-
on,or in Habitc. In Di(pofition,ts that tranfitory MeUticholyjN\i\d\
"goes and comes vpon euery fmal! occafion of forroWjOccdJickncs,
troublc,f'carCjgricfe,pa(rion,or perturbation of the Minde, any manner of
carcjdifcontentjor thought,which caufcth anguifoand vexation of the SpU
rits,any wayes oppofite to pleafure^iirtl^ioy, delight, or cSufing froward*
neflc in vs 3 oradiflike» Jn which ^Eqtiivocall and improper fenfe, we call any
man Melancholy,that is dull, heauy,fad 3 towre,lumpifh,ill dnpofed,folitary,
# oranywaymoucd^rdifpleafed. And from thefc Melancholy Difpofiiions,
f^u^Tqm f no man liuin § is frcc » no Stoicke, none fo wife, none fo happy, none fo pa,
ttrtumytudi- ticnt,fo gencro ;s/o godly, fo divine, that can vindicate himfclfc , fo well
tn*>quoaaiq,re compoied, but more or kflVometime or other, heefeelcs thefmarrof ir #
r^eL^mi- Mm thxt U ^°* ne °f a ^oma/t/s effbort continuAnte^ And fuRof trouble. Zeteo,
ntudmem am- Cato^SscrAtes himfelfe, whom 5 ts£ltAn{o highly commends for a moderate
ZJj^m. tcm P cr i tnat nothing could d/fiurbe bim Outgoing out^nd commwg instil So*
t 5 . ' crates kept tbefAm? countenAnce, whAt mifery foeuer befell bim , ( if we may be-
Voll'tm e lccuc ^^ isDif ?P , was much tormented with ^/^.inwhom
^r^r/Wgiuesaninftanceofallhappinefle, the mofl fotturtAte rnxn then /r-
vitltit vide,i,fmt dmum rcdhtet,fnt dmo egrederetur. b Lib. 7 .cap.i.N*tu* in fierentifflma totim Orbis civitate mbiliijlmu pg.
rtntibM, corpow muk^ft ) & wijjmM mrrn dotes, uxorcm confpicnm, fhdkmfttbeet Mtw>ct#Hlgrc*siu fctmntts tri»
- * I ii — ■■ i i . ■ T
PartM.Seft I. Melancholy in t>ijf>$fit. Mcmb.l.Sub£;«
mng home in that mofl flourishing City of Rome, of noble parentage £ proper man XI
cf perfcnpettqualifiedfralthfullficbt honourable^ Sen.ttour, a Confuil, happy m
hit vetfe, hafpy in his children 9 &c. yet this man was not free from Melancho*
ly,hc had his (hare oftorrow. » Pofycrates SamiuSythit flung his Ring into the *
Sca,becaufc he would participate of difcontent with others,and had it mira-
culoufly reftored to him againe (hortly after, by a fifh taken ashce angled, * M,mer -
was not free from Melancholy Difpofitior.s. No mancanfccurehimfelfcj ep^Z'c'zkm
the very g^ds had bitter pangs,and frequent paflions, as their ownc K Poets ft nos famim
put vpon them. In gcncrall, 1 <u the heauen it felfe is, fo is our life^fomettmes f^J/fjfj*
f air e,f onetimes ouercaft^empejluous^Andferene^ as in a ro(e y flotfres and prickles, bin obdwiwr &
in the yeare it felfe % A temper Ate Sommer fometimes,A hard printer a drought, and rift™**?'
then agiine pleafant jbwres:fo is our life iotcrmixt with iojesjupesyfetresjer- fy H u££t
rowes, calumnies : Invicem cedunt dolor & voluptts , there is a fuccculon of
pleafure and paine. \ m medio dc font elepbr urn, tlftfdot'-
Surgtt amari aliquid quod in tpfis floribus angat, dam, tempeftM,
Euen in the widdeji of laughing, there is forrtw, ( as n Solomon boldest) euenin ftr(Mt*nii**'h
the middeftoi all our Fcafting and Jollity ,as o^f/?//»infcrrcsinhisC^.^ "rV^agJd^
the 4uP(alme, there is forrow and difcontent. Nothing fo profperousand &f equals cur\
pleafant.but it hath P fomcgall in it,fome complaining, fome grudging, us inLl{ w«i<l>.
all 2yMxju7nxf*f 7 a mixtpaffion. We are not here as thofc Angels and cele* ^Prot. 14.3.
itiall Powers, and Bodies, SunncandMoonc, to finiiri our courfc without BxtremS gaudy
all offencCjwich (uch conftancy,to continue for fo many agcs:but fubie& to ^Z/Suli
infirmities,miferics,intcrrupt» tofTcd and tumbled vp and dewne, carried a- quit akb;*n-
bouc ivithcuery fmallblan\often moleftcd &difquietcd vponcucry (lender ^"^j***
occafion, 1 vnccrt3inc,brittle,and fo is all that wee truft vnto. * And he that uieVLurqueJ
knovees not this, and is not armed to endure it, is not fit to Hue in this world (as one »*« dokt, quod
condoles our time ) heeknowes not the condition of it. wherewith a reciprocal* y 9 enir ™ft-
tye , pleafure andpatne are (iilivnited^ and (ucceede one another tn a ring, Ext e $ond.nM\quk-
mundofeit thee gone hence, if thou canft not brooke it, there is no way to l mm *»nmti
avoidc it,but to armc thy fclfc with Patience, with Magnanimitie, to r op- ^s'Zt™'
pofe thy fclfc vnto it, to differ affliction as a good Souidicr olcbrifti qui* « admix-
( as \ Paul aduifeth ) conftantly to bearc it. But forafmuch as fo few f ^/j t aliq!dld
can embrace this good counfcll of his, or vfe it aright,but rather as fo ma- ttiminmpi
ny brute hearts , giue way to their paflions, voluntarily fubieft and prcci- ff^j»hu&.
rntatc themfclucs into a Labyrinth of carcs,wocs, miferies ; and fuffer their
foulci to be oucrcomeby thcm,cannot armc themfclues with that patience prviqntr'm*-
as they ought to do, it fallcth out oftentimes that thefc Difpofitions become ""f^™^**
Habits,2nd mtny ^yjffefis contemned \( as u Seneca notes ) make a Difeafe. Euen & m U \
ds one Diflsllntion, not yetgrovene ie cujlome , makes but a cough 5 but continuall n'mU
And'tnvetcratefnufetb a confumpthn of the lungs; fo doe thefc our Melancho- ''^pj^f* 9
ly provocations: and accordingas the humor it fclfc is intended, or remit- amftntaneacre-
ted in men, or as their temperature of Body', or Rationall foule is better ^^hT&t
able to make refinance, fo arc they more or icfle affe&ed. For that which is f e ?hu»jax* v#I
cantur, ajfluwtt
fub'iii, rtpente JeUbuntur^uHoln bet, *uUimperfmx,ftabilibutnlx(tr*AKibiH cmfiflunt; (id Ineertijfimo flat* fertitnx , quet m
QtblmtntH'truntmproviftresuYftdtflitutoi', in profunda mifemtum vaSe miferabil'ttir immergiint, Valerius Vb.4. cap. 11,
» Hate feadoparumapttu es,Mutpotm omnium noftrtrum conditiontm ignoru , quibut rtcifroco quodmnexu &c. Lorchanu*
Gallobclgicui.lib.?. ad annum 1*98. { Horfum omnia (India dirigl debent ,vt human* former fertmu* j- % Timi. * Epifl,
96.libAo.affe8MfrtpeHHsmtfMpti£mtTb^ vna nts *Hm mmnm idixlU, tajfm fmt t t£Jm
#> vttm pbtijm.
Part.i.Sccl.i. Di»rtf$ion of Anatomy. Mcmb.2.Subf.u
la but as a flea biting to onc,caufeth vnfufiferable torment to another, & that
which one by his lingular moderation^ welcompofcd cariagc can happily
oucrcomc 3 a fecond is no whit able to fuftaine bun vpo cuery fmal occalio of
abufcjniury^nefc.dirgracCjlolTe^rofrcjrumor^c.fifrolitary oridlc)yccid$
fo farre to pafion,that his complexion is alccrcd, his digeftion hindered, his
fleepe gone 3 his fpirics obfcurcd,and his heart heany, his Hypocondries mif«
, arfeclcd-winde.cruditv.on a fuddenouertakehira, & he himfelfe ouercomc
$ik:frigdm Wun Melancholy, So that as thcPhilofophcrs make * eight degrees of hcac
and cold: wee may make <3S.of Melancholy the parties affe&ed are diverfiy
feized with it, or haue bcene plunged more or lefle into this Infcmall gulfe,
or waded deeper into it. But all thefe Melancholy fits, howfoeuer pleating at .
firft ; or difpleafingj violent, and tyrannizing oucr rhofc whom they fcizc on
for thetimc,yct thefe men are but improperly fo called , becaufe they conti-
J2/jK|J, nuenotj but come and goc,as by fomeobie&s they are moued. This LMe»
turn. lancholy of Which we are to trcatc 3 is an Habir, morbus font/cus t or Chr§nicus f
iLibi ; et}4. a Chronick orcontinuatc difeafe.a fettled htimor,as 7 K-^ureLanusjivA * o»
fit. i. tif j. ' thers call it,not errant.but fixed^ and as it was long incrcafing, fo now being
flifci/fe w /•/. (pleafintjor painefull^ gtownc to an habitc,it will hardly be remould.
Sic. t,
MfiMB. 2.
Svjsic. 4«
Tsigrefiton of Anatomy*
Efore I proceed to define the Difcafe of Melancholy > what it is,«r to
diicourlc farther of it 5 I hold it not impertinent to inakeabricfeDi-
grciTionof the Anatomic of the body, and faculties of thcfoulc.for
thebctrervnderftandingof that which is tofollowe; becaufe many hard
words will often occurrc,as MyracheJlypoconciriesJIcmrods, &c. ImagmatU
*. *n , RcAjoHjJtimours^pirttsj'itafliNaturall) Ammdl. Nerues> Veincs, Arteries*
Ch/lr4i,P-taitv } wh\ch of the vulgar will not fo eafily be pcrceiued 3 what they
arc.how fited.and to what end they feme. And befides, it may peraducnturc
giue occafion to fome men,to examine more accurately 3 and fearch farther
into this mod excellent fubic<5r 5 that haue time and leafurc enough , and aft
fufficicntly informed in all other worldly bufineffes ; as to make a good bar-
gaine,buy,and .ell,to kcepe & make choifc of a good Hauke,Hound, Horfe -
*»t am. &c.but for fuch matters as cone erne the knowledge of themfclucs , they arc
kwni'i U Zl!t wholy'ignorjntindoLtckttc, thcyknowc not what this Bodic and Soulc
p&Z^m(vt are,how combincd 3 of what parts and faculties they ccnfift , or how a Man
iuitcam)*di^ differs from a Dogge. And what can bee more ignominious and ftl.thic (as
rim/d vZ'eZ * MeUnaho » wcI1 in vcighes) then for a man not to know the flrutlure and torn?
dintm&mo.es, pofttwnofhuovone body specially jmce the knowledge of it, tends fo much to tbt^>
rZk^*' lW J lli ' ? re f eruition c f hu heM » * n * information of his manners. To ftirre them vp
jmma* - ^ thcr;c f orc t0 t hj s ftudy 3 to perufc thofc elaborate workes of h Galen ^vtcen,
» Dtv(»p,ti- Bauhinus, Plater yefaltus^alopius^Laurentim, &C which haue written copi-
"Siftwy of ouflyinLatinc, orthat which fomc of our indubious Countrimcn haua
pun. done in out mother tongue a not long fince, asthattranflation Qi'Colum*
1 I ■ II, I ■ ■ M- .... I I I ■ I ■ ■ « . L , .
Part.x.Se&i. Matomy oftbefiody. Mcmb.i.Subf.a,*
kutiind <* CMtcrocofmograpbidjn 1 3,bookes,I hauc made this bricfc Digrcffi- 1.3
on. And becaofe that c WeekerfMeUnclhon$ Fernehttr, Fa/chins, and thofe * D - Crookc.
Tra&s de Animk{yih ich hauc more compendioufly handled, and written of 7£ 4 Sy J*%\
this matter J arc not at all times ready to bee had 3 to giue them fomc fmall 1a4atm.mil
ufte,or notice of the reft,lct this Epitome fufficc* * Ttyfrtfifci.
SVISEC. 2,
Vsvifio* of the Body, Humour spirit So
OF the parts of the Body 3 there be many diuifions: The moft appro-
ved is that of* Lturenttus, out of Hiffocrtter. That is , into parts *Mulis.i%<
Contdined t oi Containing. Contained^tc either Humour s^ot Sprits,.
A Humour is a liquid or fluent part of the Body 3 comprehended in ir, for Huroojrs >
the prefer uation of it.and it is cither innate and borne with vs, or aduentiti«
ous and acquifitc. ThcRadicall or innate 3 is daily fupplicd by nourifhment,
which ibmc call Cdmbtum t 2nd make thofe fecundary humors of Ros and Gift-
ten to maintaine it; or acquifite, to maintaine thofe foure firft primary H u«
mors , com ming and proceeding from the firft concoction in the Liucr, by
which mcanes cbylm is excluded. Some diuidc them into profitable, and ex* .
cremcntitioushumoii:/ ? ;/«ir<i 5c Bloud profitable; the other two cxcrcmcn-
titious. But k Cr<j/<j out otWppocratesw'd hauc all foure tobciuycc,ondnot *
cxcrcmcnts.without which no liuing creature can be fuftained: which foure buMmJ/u-
though they be comprehended all in the Mafic of the Bloody ycttheyhauc Peitimnm p.
their fcuerall affections, by which they arc diftinguillicd from one another, f^^y^ ^
and from thofe aducntitious,/Wf*/>/ 3 or 1 dfeafed humors.** MtUncibsn calls mora.
them.
Bloody a hotjfwect jtempcratc^td humor , prepared in the Meferitckcj BioCii *
vcines, & made of the moft temperate parts of the Chylut in the liuer s whofc
office is to nourifh the whole body 3 to giue it ftrength and colour , being dif»
pcrfed by the vcincs , through cucry part of it. And from it Spirits arc firft | '
begotten in the heart,which afterwards by the Arteries , arc communicated
to the other parts.
. Vttmttpi Fleagme , is a cold and moift humour, begotten of the colder RewineV
part of the Clylus/01 white iuycecomming of the meat digcflcd in the fto«
mackejin the Liucru*iis office is to noutrifh,and moifkn the members of the
body jWhich as the tongue,are moucd,that they be not oucrdrye.
CholerM hot and dric,bitter 3 begottcn of the hotter parts of the chlusjU, Chokr.
gathered to the Gall: it helpcs the naturall heat 3 and fenfes^aad femes to the
expelling of excrements.
MeUndnly£o\d anddric,thickc v blaclcc,andfowre ^begotrcnofthemore M w^oir
farculcnt part of nourifhmcnt , and purged from the Spleenc, is a bridle to
the other two hot humours^/o^and C/W?r 5 prcieruing them in the Blood,
and nourfhingthe bones : Thcfc foure humors hauc foroe analogic with
the foure Elemcnts,and to the foure ages in Man. ' -
T o thcfc humours,you may addcS*r*»* 3 which is die matter ofVrins,- sotb^Swim^
and thofe cxacmcntitious humours of the third Concp&km , Sw*as 3 an(J
Tcarc*» ^
Part. t. Sett, i. Spirits. Mcmb.i. Subf.
14 Spirit is a mod iubtilc vapour,which is exprcfled from the sW, and the
Spirits. inftrumcne ofthcSoulc,topcrformc all his anions; a common tye or;*;*
* spirtul *v - ^w,betwixt the body and the foule,as lome will hauc it $ or as * Paracelfus 9
ma. a fourth foule of it (elfc. MeUnRhon holds the Fountaine of thefc Spirits to
be the ffatrf, begotten there and afterward conuaied to the Brainc,they take
another nature to them. Of thefe Spirits there be three kindes, according to
the three principall ^us t Braine t Heart % Liner, Natural/ yitall> Animall. The
Tfjturall arc begotten in the Liner thence difperfed through the Vcines,
co performc thofenaturall a£Hdns.Thep/M# Spirits are made in the Heart
of the Ndtunliywhich by the Artcries,arc tranfported to all the other parts:
if thefe Spirits ceafc,thclife ceafeth,as in a Syncope or Swouning.The ^dnr
maljpirits formed of the r//4#,brought vp to the Braine,and diffufed by the
Net uei ,to the other Members, giue i enfe and motion to them all.
S Y £ S 1 C. 39
Slallir pares
« Uvrniiut
ttt}>.\Q.lib.\,
dm*
lontfc
NfCVCS.
Arterlei.
•In thefe they
obferue the
beating «f the
Similar parts*
Containing parts jbyrcafon of their morefolid fubftancc, arc cither
Homogeneall,ot Heterogeneall.Similarpt Vifitmilar: io Arijlotle diuides
them Jib. \xap.iJe hi ft. Animal. Laurenttus cap.2$* lib. 1. Similar, or Ho*
mogeneaH.zit luch.as if they be diuidcd,are ftill diuided into parts of the fame
nature,as water into water. Of thefe, fomc be Spermaticall, fome Flcfhy , or
Carnall. m Spermatkall arc fuch as are immediately begotten of the Seed,
which ixeBonesj3riJlles % Ligament s> Membrane SjNerueSyArteriesfeinesjSkinf)
Fibers ,or Strings ^Fat.
The Bones arc dry and hard,bcgottcn of the thickeft of the fced,to ftreng-
then and fuftaine the other parts: fomc fay there be ^04, fomc 307; or 3 15
in Mans Body. They hauc no Nerues in them , and are therefore without
fenfe.
A erijllejs a fubftancc fofter then boncs,and harder then the reft a flcxibfe f
andferucstomaintaine the pares of motion.
Ligaments^ are they that tye the Eones together, and other parts to the
Bonesjwith their fubf eruing tendons: Membranes office is to coucr the reft*
Nerues or SinewcSjare Membranes without! and full of Marrow within,
they proceed from the Braine, and carry the Animall Spirits for fenfe and
motion. Of thefe fome be harder,fome fofter, the fofter feme the fenfes, &
there be (eucn paire ofthem.Thefirft be the Optickc 2V^r«w,by which wee
fecj the fecond moue the Eyesjthc third paire ferue for the Tongue to taftj
the fourth paire fot tafte in thc Palate^ the fift feme the Eares 5 the fixt paire
ismoftamp'c, and runnes almoftouer all the Bowels $ the leauenth paire
moue the Tongue. The harder S incwes ferue for the motion of the inner
parts.Procecding from the Marrow in the backe , of whom there bee thirtic
Combinationsjfcucn of the Nccke, twelue of the Brcft,&c.
Arteries arc long and hollowc , with a double skinne to contiaie the vi-
tal! fpiritsjto difcernc which the better >thcy fay that Vefalim the ^n&tomtft
was wont to cut vp men aliuc. *» They arife in the left fide of the heart, & are
principally two,from which the reft are deriucd 3 <4<?r u and rtvefs , x^iort* is
the
Part, i .Sc&. l. Vigrejfm In Amtomy. Memb.2.SubC4«
the root of all the othcr,which feme the whole body 5 the other goes to the 1 J
Lungs,™ leech aire to refrigerate the Heart.
Vctncs^xt hollow and round like pipes, anfing from the Liuer, carrying Vciaet,
blood and natural fpirits,thcy feed all the parts.Of thefc there be two chicfe,
YenA ^r^,and Vent Cama fxom which the reft arc corriuatcd. That Venn far*
a is a Vcine,commingfro:mheconcaucof the liuer, &receauing all thofc
mcferiacall veincs, bywhomhee takes the chilut from theftomackeand
guts, ann convaics it to the Liver.The other conuaicsblood from the liuet
to n < > u r ifh all the other difperfed m embers. The branches of that Kem fm*
are the MeferUctttSL Hdmorrboidcs. The branches of the Caua^xz inward or
lutvtrd* Inwtrd) (emintUoiemnl^cm. Ovtmrdjn the head^rmcSjfcetj&C,
and haue fcucrall names.
Fit>r4 arc firings , white & folide difperfed through the whole member, Fa * '
and arc right jobliquc^ranfucrfc, all which haue their fcuerall vfes. F4/,isa • tmk tjipw
iimilar pare moift without blood , compofed of the moft thickc and vn&u- p^m$iyi
ous matter of the blood, The ° iktntie coucts the reft 3 and hath CutkuUm or c ^mmUtT
a little skinnc vndcr it 4 Fltjb is foft and ruddy, compofed of the congealing chutes, dm*
of blood, fcc.
Stisic, 4»
VipmlUr ftrttt
DlfiimihrfAYt$ % M thofc which we call Or^tniut^ or Jn/irumenttt^ fc
they be fnmrd s or 0/ttvtdrd. The chiefeft outward parts are fituat*
forward or backward, fnmrd, the crownc and foretop of the head,
fcull,facc,forehcad jtcmples.chinncjeycsjcarcs^nofc, &c. neckcjbrcftj cheft,
▼pper and low cr part of the belly, hypocondrics, naucll, groyne, fl anks,&c.
Bickvnrd, the hinder part of the head, backc, fhouldcrs, (ides, loynes, hip-
bones,w/4fr*/*jbiutockes,&c.Orioynts, armcSjhandsjfcetjlcggeSjthighcs,
knecs,&c. Or common to both, which becaufc they arc obuious and well
knownc,I haue carclcfly repeated/^ ftdtifuA (frgrnndhrA tintum: quid re-
liquum,e% libra de dnimkqm volet \ ACcipUt*
InwArdOrganicAllpzns which cannot be feene, are diuers in number, and
haue fcuerall narocs,?un#ions,and diuifions^but that of F LAurentm is moft ium %h.i.t>
famous, into 7{ible y or Ignoble parts. Of the noble there be three princxpaH JJ'fJ^^f
parts to which ail the reft bclong,and whom they fcruc, BrAine } He*rt 9 Liuer m f4r tim dmfe
According to whofe fite 5 three Kegions, or a threefold diuifion is made of >»p«»«j>« *-
the whole body. As firftofthc/fc^in which the Animal Organcs are con* *" m °
taincd,and Braine itfelfe.whichby hisNcrucsgiucsferrfcand motion to the
rcft,and isfas it were) a priuy Counfcllor,and Chancelbur to the Heart*Thc
fecond Region is the Gheft,or middle Belly ,in which the heart,as king,keeps
hisconrt, and by his Arteries communicates life to the whole body. The
third Region is the lower Bclly.in which the liuer refides ^i2LegAfaUtere 9
with the reft of thofc naturall Organcs , feruing for concoction , nourifh-
men^expclling of excrements. This lower Region is diitinguifhed from the
vpper by the Mtdrtffe^ or DiipbrAgmd> and is fubdiuided againe by «l fomc h> 'f^jjjj^jj*
to three concauitics^orregionsjvpperjmiddlcj and lower. The vpper of the t ^„ # w
I ■ in- — S
Part.i.Se&.l- Anatomy tftbe 'Body. Mcmb.x.SubLf..
I $ Hypocondrics in whofc right fide is the Ltuet , the left the Spleene. From
which is denominated Hypocondriacall Melancholy. The fecond of the Na-
veil and Flanckesdiuided from the firft by the Rimme,lhc laft of the water-
courfe , waich is againc fubdiuided into three other parts. The ^rabiant
make two parts of this Region, Epigtjlrtum, and Hypogaflrium; Vppcr ot
lower; Epigaftrium they call Mirach , from whence comes Mirachialis Mt-
lancholia, iometimcs mentioned of them. Of thefc feucrall Regions I will
treat in briefe apart. And firft of the third Rcgion,in which the naturall Or-
gans are contained.
But you that arc Readers in the mcanc time, Suppofeyou were novo br aught
Dtimxt, htofomefacredTempleyr M aie flic all? allace fas r Me/anflhonfahh) to behol4
* py% vert ve- not the matter onely,butthe fmgular Ls4rt y mrkmanfhtp s and counfellof this a ut
l K(vnZt' M g re<lt Creator, t^nd tis a pleafant and profitable (peculation^ fit beconftdered 4«
qmddm w right.Thc parts of this Region , which prefent thcmfelucs ro your confidcra-
^il^vtiik tlon anc * v ^ cw > arc fuchasferuc to nutrition ot generat>on.1hok of Nutrition
V 1 fcrue to the firft or fecond concoction: As the cefophagus or Gullet, which
ThelowcrRc- brings meat and drinkeinto the Stom<tcke.1heP r entrtcle or ftomacke, which
is feared in the midft of that part of the belly beneath the Midnffe^ the kit-
chin(as it were)of the firft concoction, and which turnes our meat into Chi*
lu4\ It hath two mouthes.oneaboue.anothcr beneath. The vpper is fome.
times taken for the ftomacke it felfc; the lower and neather doorc(as miker
calls it) is named Pylorus. Thisftorqaekeisfuftainedby alargeKell or Kaull,
called Omentum: which fome will haue the fame with Peritonei* * or nmm#
of the belly. From the Stomacke tothev ery Fundament , are produced the
Outs or Inteflina, which fcrue a little to alter and diftnbutethe Cbtlm^ and
convey away the excrements. They are divided into fmall and great, by rea-
fon of their fitc and fubftancc,flendcr or thickcr.Thc (lender is Duodenum oc
whole gutte,which is next to the ftomacke, fome twelue inches long ( faith
4 *jto«*f *Fufchim.) leiunumot empty gut,continuatc to the other, which hath ma-
ny Mefersacke Seines annexed to it,which take part of the Chilm to the Liuer
from it. llton the third,which confifts of many crincklcs, which femes with
the reft to recciue,kccp 3 & diftributc the Chilus from the Stomacke. The thick
guts are three, the Blind gut .Colon, and Right gut. The Bhnde isathickcand
.ftiortgut.hauing one mouth, in which the llton and Colon meet: it rccciues
the excrements, and convcyes them to the Colon. This Colon hath many
windings, that the excrements pafle not away too faft. The Right gut is
ftraight,and convcyes the excrements to the Fundament, whofc lower part
is bound vp with certainc Mu fcles , aWt&Sph'tncleres, that the excrements
may be the better containcd^ntill fuch time a man be willing to goe to the
ftoole.In the midft of thefe guts is fituated the Myfenterium or Midriffc^ co-
pofed of many Vcines, Arteries,and much fat, fcruing chiefly to fuftainc the
guts. All thefe parts fcrue the firft concoction. To the fecond, which is bu«
fied cither in refining the good nourifhmcnt, or expelling the bad, is chiefly
belonging the Liuer, like in colour to congealed blood, ;the (hop of blood,
fituate in the right Hypocandrie, in figure like to an halfc Moonc, QeneroUm
wKmbrum^ Melanclhon ftiles it, a generous parts it femes to turnc the Cbilut
fo blood, for thenourifhment of the Body. The excrements of it arc either
tkdernkt or mtcry, which the other fubordinatc parti conr cy. The Ga»U
pUcc4
Paru. Sc&.i. Anatomy of the Body. Memb.a.Subf^'
placed in the concauc of the Ltuer } cxtra&s Cbiler to it:ihe spleene 9 Mcknckt* 17
ly\ which is fuuate on the left fide, oueragainft the Liuer. a fpnngy matter,
which drawes this blacke cholcr to it by a fecret vet tue , and feedes vpon it,
conveying the reft to the bottome of the ftomacke, to ftirre vp appetite, or
€ls to the guts as an excrement. That watery matter the two Kidnies expur-
gate^ thofe emulgent veincs,and Vrtteres: The emulgcnc draw this fuper-
fluous moifture from the blood; the two Vreterei convey it to the Bladder,
which by rcafon of his fitc in the lower belly, is apt to rccciuc it 3 hauing two
parts ,nccke and bottome: the bottome holdes the water, the ncckc is con*
ftringed with a mufclc, which as a Porter , kecpes the water from running
out againft our will.
Members of generation are common to both fcxes, or peculiar to one;
which becaufc they arc impertinent to my purpole, 1 doc voluntarily omit.
Next in order is the w/^/*^/**, or cheft which comprehends the vitall Micldic ^S 1 -
facultics and parts; which (aslhaucfaid,) is (cparated from the lower belly, on *
by the Didfbrdgma or Midnjfe y which is a skinnc confifting of many nerucs,
i»embranes,and amongft other vfes it hath, it is the inftrument of laughing,
Theie is alfo a certainc thin membrane, full of Sinewes,which couercth the
whole cheft within, and is called Pleura, the feat of the difeafe called Plcuri*
fie.when it is inflamed;, fomc addc a third skinnc,which is ca\\cdMed/dflenu4 9
which divides the cheft into two parts, right and left. Of this Region the
ptincipall part is the ffotrr,which is the feat and fountaine of life, of hcat.of
fpirits,of pulfc and refpiration, theSunncof our Body, the king and folc
commander ofitrThcfeatandOrganeof all palfions and affe&ions , Pri«
mum vivens.ultimum moriens^ it lines firft, and dies laft in all creatures: Of a
pyramidicall formc,and not much vnlike to a Pine apple; a part worthy of
•admiration.that can yccld fuch variety of affections, by whole motion it is 1 Uteres
dilated or contra<5ted,to ftirre and command the humors in the body: As in f r *«? ui &L**
forrow, melancholy jin anger, choler; in ioy, to (end the blood outwardly; quoitmtitif-
inforrow,to call it in; mouing the Humors, as Horfcs doc a Chariot. This ftUmn v*ri±
W^r/jthough it be one folc member, yet it may be divided into two creckes, m t ^ Hr f0r *
Right and Lf/>.The Rtght is like the Mooncincrcafing,bigger then the other ^J&uu
part,and rcceiues blood from Vend Cii/j.diftributing fbme of it to the Lun^s fif*** "^'fa
to nourith thc,the reft to the left fide,to ingender fpirits. the left Creek hath rmt&mnni
the forme of a Cone, and is the (eate of Life: which as a Torch doth Oylc,
drawes blood vnto it>begetting of it, fpirits and fire; and as fire in a torch, fo
arc fpirits in the. blood, and by that great Artery called Aorta, it fends vitall
fpirits all oucr the Body, and takes aire from the Lungs.by that Artery which
is called Vcnofd\ So that both creekes haue their Veficls ; the Right two
Vcines-, the Left two Arteries , befides thofe two common anfractuous
cares,which feme thcmboth,thc one to hold blood,thc other aire,for feuc-
rall vfes. The Lungs is a thinne fpungy part, like an Oxe hoofc, ( faith » Fcr- T^/./.r.*.*
#^///w)theTownc.Clarke, orCrycr ( x onctearmes it ) the inftrument of ^X***"
▼oicc, as an (Orator to a King, annexed to the Heart, to exprefle its fuwjlrumnti
thoughts by voice. That it is the inftrument of voice,it is manifeft, in that drmtmim i*r*
no creature can fpeake, or vttcr any voice, that wanteth thefe Lights. It is ^^ tMm>
befides the inftrument of refpiration,or breathing: and its office is to coolc
the Heart fending aire vnto it 3 by the Vcnofdll Artery ,which vcinc come*
C 5 c»
Part. i;Se& I. Jnatomy of the S$ule. Mcmb-z.Subt;.
18 to the lungs by that afperaarteria t whkh cofifts of many grifles^embranes,
ncrues,taking in aire at the nofe and mouth , and by it likewtfe exhales the
fumes of the fleam .
tp w Re »n ^ n v PP cr Re g tsn fcruing the animall faculties, the chicfc Organ is the
Braine.which is a loft, marrowifh.and white fubftancc, ingendrcd of thepu*
reft part of feed and fpirirs .included by many skinnes, and featcd within the
skull or braine pan , and it is the moft noble Organc vndcrHcaucn ,the
dwelling houfe and feat of the Soulc , the habitation of wifdome , memory,
iudgcmcnt,reafon,and in which man is mod like vnto God ; & therefore na»
ture hath coucred it with a skull of hard bone,& two skinnes or membranes,
whereof the one is called dura mat<fr,ox meninxfhc other pia mater .lihe dura,
mater is next to the skulI,abouc the other, & includes & protects the braine.
When this is taken away , the pia mater is to be fecne 3 a thinnc membrane,
i he next and immediate coucr of thebtainc, and not couering only , but en-
tering into it.Tiic Braine it felfc is diuided into two parts, the fore and hinder
fart$ the fore*part is much bigger then the other , which is called the littler
braine m refpecT: o{'\u1\\\sforepart hath many concauitics ,diftinguifhed by
ccrtaine vcntricles,which arc the Receptacles of the Spirits,br ought thither
by the Arteries from the Heart , and arc there refined to a more hcauenly
nature,to performe the anions of the Soulc. Of thefc Ventricles there bee
thrccj&gfo ,£<r//,and M/ddle.Thc Right and Left anlwcrc to their fite,and be-
get animal Spirits; if thefc be any way hurt/enfe and motion ceafcth, Thefe
ventricles morcoucr,arc held to be the feat of the common fenfe. The Mid'
die ventricle j& a common concourlc and cauity of them both; and hath two
paflagestthe one torcceiuc/ , //»//4 , the other extends it fclfe to the fourth
crccke;in this they place Imagination^^ Cogttat/on>2nd(o the three ventri-
elciofthc forepart of the Braine are vfed. The fourth Crcekc bchindc the
head is common to the Cerebellar little braine, and marrowcofthcbackc-
bonc,thc lcaft and moft follid of all the rcft,which rcceaucs the Animal Spi-
rits from the other ventriclcs,and conuaics them to the marrow in the back,
and is the place where they fay the memory is fcatcd.
Sybsic 5.
Of the Unit andb'u facnlt'tcu
i ». wtmimi A Ccording to 7 ^Ariflttle ,the Soulc is defined to bee ultMx*'*, per ft*
& ? r ' mu * corporis Organici,vitam habentU in potent ia : the
perfection or flrftAct of an Or ganicall body, hauing power of life,
• scMiiier.txer- wm ' cnm °^ x Philofophers appro uc. But many doubts arifc about thc£/«
a* 3«7. TMt. fence iSubie^SeatyDiftinclion^nd fubordinatc faculties of it. For the EfTence
mhkde Mimi & particular knowledge ofit,of all other things it is moft hard (be it of Man
"uvtvim or dtfcerne 5 as • Ariflotle himfclfe> Tutti* Pic/a Mirandula* Toltt y ,
tif.i. and other Neotcricke Philofophers confeflTc, • wee can vnderjland aS things
• tikt'SS^ H her ^ ut " hat fi e » w cannot apprehend. Some therefore make one Soulefa
rsT&riu. vided into three principall faculties; others, three difttnti Soules. Which
PjJJJjJ"'' qucftion of late hath becne much controucited by tuolminem , and Zaba*
• Ami p*% mttlHpmm, & tmmpaft'yf* 'mteliigtrt m vtltmm*
rei
Part \.St &. i. Anatomy of the Soule. Memb. a .Subf. j.
relS Ptraalfa vv»ll hauc fourc Soules, adding to the three granted faculties, 19
a Spiritual 'Soule . And gfomeagainc,one foulc of all Creatures whatfoeuer, 'Spvtu*i«***
differing only in Organs. And that Bcafts hauc reafon as wcl as mcn,though ^Ifmlm
for lone defect of Organs,not in fuch mcafure. Some make a doubt, whe« tm r. nimbi
thcr »t be all in all,and all in eucry part , which is amply difcufled in Zabarel uiiVtre
a.nongft the reft. The h common diuifion of the SouIc,is into three princi "m^eraii^m
pail faculties*, Vegttall % Scnfttiue, and Ration ill y which make three diftinct *enfh.
kindof lining Creatures: Vegetall Plants, Senjible Beafts, Rat wall Men. ^%f^
How thele three principall faculties arediftinguifhed and connect ed,/////^. inGr}Uo.titf. '
no'w*eniointcce(fumvidetur\ is beyond humane capacity, as 1 T iurellus s Phi- ^•'•«J$.*>.
lipyFUviMjxwS others fuppofe.Thc inferior may be alone, but the fuperiour &Tktu K ^*
cannot fubfift without the other; as Senfiblc includes Vegetall^ Rational! both, h Phtip de A*
which are contained in it (fciihAriJlotle)ut Tngonm in tetragono^ as a Irian-
gle in a Quadrangle. 4V^'2
ngftdll, the firft of the three diftinct faculties, is defined to be * (ubflan* ^P'^it.PbiUf,
fiall Aft of an Organ kail bodyjby which it is nour/fhed^augmented.and begets ana- ^mpanxc %
ther //^i/»^/f/^//?.Inwhichdcfinition,three leuerall operations arc fpcci p*p.\. •Devit.
Hcd^Altrix^Auftrix.ProcreatriXyXhc firft is k Nutrition , whofe object is nbu. Ve^etaiY' 2 *"
ri(nmcnt 5 mcat,drinke, and the likejhis Organ the Liuer in fcnfiblc creatures; sltfett.J!* r
in Pl3nts,the root or fap. His office is.to turnc the nutriment into the fub- k eft.
ftanceofthebody nourifhed, which heperformesby naturallheat. This ^^ovhVna
rattritiuc operation hath foure other lubordinate functions, or powers be- turabs, Se*Ux*
longing to u^ttraft/on^Retention^igeflfon^Expulfion. 1 Attraction is a mi- ^^leti"' 17 '
niftringfacultie, which.as a Loadftoncdoth Iron,drawcs mcatinto the (to- ma lon '
macke,orasa!ampedrawesoyle,andthisattractiuepower is very neceffa- 'See more of
ry in PJants.which fucke vp rnoifturc by the root,as another mouth 3 into the Attrafti °n in
lap, as another flomackc. RctentionVzcyzs it being attracted vnto the fto- Scal ' exerc * 43 °
macke,vntillfuch time it be concocted, for ifitftiouldpafTe away ftraight,
the body could not be nounfhed. Digeflion^ is performed by natural hcatjfor Retention,
as the heat of a To rch confumes oylc,wax,tallowc: fo doth it alter & digeft
the nutritiue matter. Indigeftion isoppofitevntoit, for want ofnaturall Dj * efl,on -
heat. Of this Digejiion there be three &\$<xtnQZ%)Maturation+Elixation i Affa.
tion. Maturation, is cfpecially obferucd in the fruits of trees: which arc then
faid to be ripe, when the feeds arc fit to be fowne againc. Cruditie is oppofed Maturation,
to it 5 whichGJiittonS;Epicurcs,and idle perfons are moll fubiect vnto ,which
vfe no exercife to ftirrc vp naturall heat , or choake it , as too much wood
put* our a R{C t Elixatton 3 \s thcboylingof meatin thcftomackc a by thefaid
natural! heat.as meat is boyled in a potjto which corruption or putrefaction
is oppofite./^f A?»,is a concoction of the inward moifture by heat, his op- EUxatioo
pofirc is s^0/?#/4/w». Betides rhefe three feucrall operations of Digefthft^
there is a fourcfold order of concoction ; Mapcation^ or chewing in the
moiuhfihylifeation of this fo chewed meat in theftomacke. The third is in
the Liuer to turnc this chy(m into blood, called Sanguification; Thelaft is SSnfow
K^pmilation % wh ich is in euery parr. Exfulfton is a pow er of Nutrition, by fold,
which it c xpells all fuperfluous excrements and reliques of meat and drinke
by the guts,bladder,porcsjas by purgingjVomiting/pitting l fweating,vrine 3 Ex P«^
hairesjuailesj&c*
As this Nutritmefsc*ltie fcrues to nourish thcbodyjfo doth xhtAugmi**
Part.T.Sect.i.
Vtgrefiion of Anatomy.
Mcmb.LSubC^.
20 ti»gfacu\tie(thz fecond operation or power of the regetAHfaculty)w thcin-
Aagmai:ati& crc3 fi n g of ic in quantity,according to all DimcnfionsJong,broad ) thicke,&
to make it growc,till ic come to his due proportion & perfect fhapc: which
hath his period of augmcntation,as of confumption: and that moil certain^
as the Poetobfcrucs:
St At fu &cuig ? dies brcue & irrepAYAbiletempm
Omnibus efl vita,
A tcarme of life is fet to euery man.
Which is but lhort.and paffe it not one can.
The iaft ot thefc regetafl faculties is Generation^ which begets another, by
Generation, meancs of fccd,like voto it fclfcjto the pcrpcruall prefcrtiation of the Species.
To this faculty they afcribc three fubordiuatc operations: The firft to turnc
nourifhment into feed, &c.
Ncccflary concomitants or affections of this Vegetallfacultie are life, Sc his
Life & death privation,death. To the preferuation of life the naturall heat is mod requi-
ofche VccTtal ficc.though liccitic and humidity, and thofe firft qualities, bee not excluded,
faculdc*. This heat is likewife in Plants,as appcaresby their incrca{ing,fructifying 6Vc.
though not fo eafily perceauedj In all bodies ic muft haue radical m moifturc
~mt*c9n[tfa toprefcrucit, that itbe not confumed, to which preferuation our clime,
mcaiidi&bft- countrey , temperature, and the good or bad vfcofthofc fix non- naturall
**** things auaile much. For as this naturall heat and moifturs decaies ,fo doth
ourlifcitfclfe : and ifnotpreuented before by fome violent accidental hv
terrupted through our ownc default, is in the end dryed vp by old age a and
extingui(hcd by death for want of matter, as a Lampcfor wantofoylcto
nuincaineit.
S T I S 1 C. &
Of the fenftble Sauk,
NExt in order is the Senfible Facultie , which is as farrc beyond the ©«
thcr indignitie,as a Bcaft is preferred to aPlant 3 hauingthofcVcge-
tall powers included in it. It is defined an of 'an orginicaU Bodj y
by which it Hues fiat b fen fe, appetite , iudgement ^brenthyAnd motion. His object
in generall is a fcnfiblc or pafTiblc quality ,becaufe the fenfe is affected with it.
The general Organ is the Braine, from whom principally the fcnfiblcopc*
rations are deriucd. This Senfible sWtf divided into two ^Misapprehending
or Mouing&y the ^pprehenfme power we percciue the Species of ScnfibiS
things prefentjOr abfent,and retaine them as waxe doth the print of a Scale.
By the Mcuingshc Body is outwardly caried from one place to another: or!
snwardly moucd,by Spirits and Pulfe. The ^pprehenjiue faculty Js [ubd'm*
ded into two parts^/*aWor Outward. Outward^ the flue fenCcs 3 of Tom.'.
thing Jfearing y Seeing % Smclltng>T tftingno which you may addc ScaUgtrsfaz
fcnlcof Tititiationfiyou plcafCjOr that of Speech^ which is the fixt extcrnail '
fence ,accordi ng to Lullitu. Inward are three; Common fenfe, Phantafs ynemot y \ ,
Thofefiue outward Senfes haue their obicct in outward things only ,$cfucrj
as arc p'refent,as the eye fees no colour except it be at hand,thc e'arc found. '
Ihrec oftheie Senfcs are of commodity, Hearingy Sight > and Smell: Two of
cicccft
Part.i.Se& U Anatomy of the Smile. Memb.2.itib( o
*
neceffuy ,7W> 3 and Tajl ,without which vvc cannot liue. Refides the Sen ft. a i
Hue power is '^icliuefx Pafiue ■ Acliuej as in fight, the eye fees the colour;
Pafiue as it (shurc by his obie&,as the eye by the Sunnc beames: According
to i\\Mk%\ovneyifibtltfoiteAfflruitfetifum. Or if the obie&benotplea*
fing 3 as abadroimdtothccarc,aftinkingrmclltothcnorc,8^c. Ofthefc ftue Si - hfc
fenfes, Sight ishcld to be moft pretious , and the bcft,and that by reafon of
his obiect,it fees all the body at once 5 by it we learne 3 and difcerne all things,
a fenfe moft excellent for vle.To the sight three things are required 3 the Ob*
/># 3 the Organ fic the Medium, The Obieft in generall is Vifiblept that which
is to be fcene 3 as colours and all (tuning bodies. The Medium is the illumina-
tion ot the ayre, which comes from "light, commonly called Diaphanum, "imentpu
for in darke we cannot fee: the Organ is the Eye , and chiefly the apple of it; JJJ^^jj
which by ihofeOptickcNerues.concurringbothin one, conveies the fight proue*it 3 iuxe(l
to the common fenfe. Betwixt the Organ & Obiecl a true diftance is requi. w«r/c>w*«<fo.
redjthat it be not too neerc , or too farre off. Many excellent qncfttons ap*
pettaine to thisfenfe 3 di(cufled by Philofopherstas whether this fight be cau-
Intra mitt enio.vel extra mittendo,&c. By receiuing in the vifiblc Species, or
fending of them out,which ° Pktof Plutarch^ <1 Macrobius^ r LatlanUuijnd •Satur.7c.x4.
others difpute. And befides it is the fubiccl of the Perjpecliues, ofwhieh AU \ ^J^"'
haze n the Arabian yitellto^Koger Bacen^BapttfiaPortafiuiduiFbaldM, &c 9 pif. De'n.
hauc written whole volumes, x ocptafi.pbi*
Hearings moft excellent outward fenfe ,by which wee learne and get know Hearing
ledge. His obie& is found or that which is heard; the Medium the ayre, the
Organ the earc. To the found, which isacollifionoftheayre, three things
are required; a body to ftrikc, as chehandof aMufitian} the body ftroken,
which muft be folid & able to refift,as a bell 3 lutc-ftring,not wool ot fpunge;
the Medium jhc ayre 3 whicn is Inward fit Outward; the Outward being ftrok$
or collidedby a (ollid body,ftiU ftnkes the next ayre 3 vntill it come to that in«
ward nattirail ayre, which as an exquifitc Organ is contained in a littleskin
formed like a drumme head 3 and ftrucke vpou by certaine fmall inftruments
like dtumme ftickes,conueies the found by a paire o^Nerues , appropriated
to that vfe,to the common fen fe^s to a iudge of founds. There is great varie-
ty and much delight in them 3 for the knowledge ofwhkh confultwkh Boe*
f/&//# 3 andotherMufitians.
Smelting , is an outward fenfe which apprehends by the Noflr ills drawing in Smcliing.
rtre. And of all the reft it is the wcakeft fenfe in men. The Organ is the nofe,
or two little hollow peeces of flefh a little aboue it: the Medium the ayre to
men,as water to fifln : The Obiecl£meU> arifing from a mixt body rcfolucd,
which whether it bee a quality, fume, vapor,or exhalation , I will not now
difpute,or of their differenccsjand how they arecaufed. This fenfe is an Or-
gan of hcalth 3 as Sight and Hcaring 3 faith f Kytgellimptz of difciplinc,& that
by avoiding bad fmcllsj as by choofing good j which doc 3s much alter and -
affccT: the body many times s as Diet it lelfe.
T*/?,a neccflary fenfe t wbicb ferceiues aHfauours by the Tongue And pallat,& Taft.
that by meanes of a thinne fyittle^r watery iuyce. His Organ is the Tongue with
his rafting nerues,thc Medium a watery iuicc,the ObteftjTaftpx fauor,which
isaquallty in the iuyce 3 arifingfrom the mixture of the things taftcd. Some
make eight Species or kindes of fauors.bittcr,fwcct,{basp l falt > 5cct all which
P fickc
Part.!,Se£ii.
Dtgrejfton in Anatomy.
2%
T«UcfeiBg.
Catemta
fenfe.
Pkaruafie.
Affeftiom of
ehe Stnfes,
Sleep, & Wa-
king,
Mcmb.2.5ubf.7i
fick menf as in an ague Jcannot difcern 3 by rcafon of their organs mifaffc&cd.
Touch, the laft of the Scnfes and moft ignoble, yet of as great ncceflity as
the other.and of as great pleafure. This fenfe is cxquifite in men , and by his
N ernes difperfed all oucr thcBody,perceaucs any tactile quality. His Organ
the Newer, his ObieB is thofe firft qualitics ) hot,dry,moift 3 cold$& thofc that
follow thcm^ardjfofCjthicke^hinnc.&ci Many delightfomcqueftionsarc
moucd by Philofophcrs about thefe fiuc fenfesj theirprgans, Obie&s, Me-
diums, which for breuity I omit.
Stisic, J*
Of the Inward Senfeu
INner Senfes , are three in number , fo called becaufe they are within the
brainc-panne Common SenjeyPhautafie, Memory* Their obiedts arc not
only things prcfent, but they perceaucthe fenfible Species ol things to
Comejafl^bfent /uch as were before in the Scnfc. This common fenfe is
the ludge orMode r ator ofthcrcft,by whom wedifecrne all differences of
obie&s; for by my eye I doe not knowe that I fee, or by mine earethatl
hcarejbutby my common Senfe,who iudgeth of Sounds 3 Colours; they arc
but the Organs to bring the Species to be cenfured , fo that all their obieets
arc his,& alJ their offices his: The forepart of the braine is his Organ or feat.
Vhnntaftepx Lnagination.which fome ca\\is£ftimatwe,ot Cogitatiuei con»
firmed,(aith ^Ferneliutjyj frequent mcdication)is an inner fenfe,which doth
more fully examine the Species perceaued by common fenfe, of things prc-
fentor abfent , and keepes them longer , recalling them to minde againe,or
making new of his o wne. In time of fleep this facultic is free, & many times
conceaues ftrange,ftupcnd,abfurd fhapes, as in ficke men we commonly ob.
ferae. His Organ is the middle cell of the braine $ his Obiefts all the Species
communicated to him by the Commonfenfe , by comparifon of which hec
faincs infinite other vnto himfelfc. In Melancholy men this facultie is moft
powerfull and ftrong,and often hurts ? producing many monftrous and pro-
digious things,efpecially if it be ftirred vp by fome terrible obiecT, prefented
to it from common fenfe , or memory. In Poets and Painters Imagination
forcibly workcs.as appeares by their (euerall fictions, Antickes 3 Im2gcs: As
Ovids houfe offlcepe 3 P^ff£« pallace in Apuleitufiic. In men it is fubic<5t and
goucrncd by Reafonpt at lead ihould be; but in Brutes it hath no fupcrior,&
is Ratio BrutorumfW the reafon they haue.
Memory Jayes vp all the Species which the Scnfes haue brought in , and
records them as a good Reg/per , that they may beforth-comming when
they arc called for by Vhantafte and Reafon* His obie& is the fame with ?han*
fajte Mis Seat and Organ the backc part of the braine.
The affections of thefe Scnfcs,are She ft and waking , common to all fen*
fible creatures.S/f<p<r it a rejl or binding of all the outward Senfes ,and of the com-
mon fenfe, for the freferuation of Body andSoule, (as u Sealiger defines it: ) For
when the common fenfe refteth\thc outward fenfei reft alfo.-The Phantafie
alone is free, and his Commander, Reafon; as appeares by thofe Imaginary
Drcamcs, which are of diucrfekindes, Naturally Divine, D^moniacaH^e.
which
Pare. i.Seft I.
Which vary according to HumorStDictjActionSjObiects &c.of which Kjiu *%
timedorm % and Cardan, and Sambucus^ with their feucrall Interpretations,
haue written great Volumcs.This ligation of Scnfcs , proecedes from an in.
hibitionof Spirits , the way being flopped by which they (houldcomCj
which flopping is caufed of vapors arifing out of the ftomackc , which fill
the Nerucs,by which the Spirits ftiould be conveyed. When thefe vapors
arefpent, thepafiage is open, and the Spirits performe their accuftomcd
dutics,fo that mking if the aclion and motion of the Strifes pbich the Spirits dU
(per fed oner all parts, caufes*
SVKSIC* &
Of tbs Mouing faculty*
THis Mouing Vacuity]* the other power of the Sen/time foule , which
caufcthallthofe Inward andOutward animal motions in the body • It is
divided into two Faculties, the power of appetite, and of mouing
fiomplace to place. This of appetite is threcfold,as fome will haue it, Natural/,
as it fignifics any fuch inclination, as ofaftonc to fall downward, and fuch
actions as Retent^oit.Expuljjon^hich depend not of Scnfc,but arc Vegetall,**
the Appetite of meate, and diinkc,hungcr, and thirft, Senfittue is common
to Men and Brutes. Voluntary , the third or intellect iuc, which comm aunds
the other two in men,and is a curbc vntO them,or at leaft (hould be: but for
the mod part is captiuated and ouer-rulcd by them: & men arc led like bcafts
byfcnfe,giiiingreinesto their concupiscence and feuerall lufts. For by this
Appetite the Soule is led or inclined, to follow that good which the Scnfes
ftiall approue, or auoide that which they hold cuill: his Obiect being good
orcuill,thcone hcembraccth,theotherhcrcicc>eth: according to that A*
phorifmCjOw/wi appetunt bonumjW things fcekc their ownc good, or at leaft
iteming good. This power is infepatfabte fromSenfe, for Where Senfc is,
there is likewife pleafure and painc. His Organ is thc/amc with the Common
fenfe^nd is divided into two powers, or inclinations, Concupifcible or Irafci-
hie: or (as * one tranflates it) Couettng^oi Anger-invading, Impugning. Con- i^'^^ 9
iupt(ctblc couets alwayes plcafant and delightfome things.and abhorres that of the pind"
which is diftaftefulljharftijOrvnplcafanr. Jrafctble,! quafi aver fans pet ir am I Vttomn
dr odium as avoiding it with anger and indignation. All affections and per-
turbations arife out of thelc twofountaines , which although the Stoickes
make light of,we hold naturall,and not to be rcfifted. The good affections
are cauted by (bme obicct of the fame nature, and if prefent, they procure
ioy,which dilates the Heart, and preferucs the body: Ifabfenr, theycaufc
Hopc,Loue,Dcfirc,Concupifcence.The Bad arc Simple or mixt : Simple for
fome bad obiect prefent, as forrow which contracts the Heart, macerates
the Soule, fubverts the good eftate of the Body,hindcring all the operations
of ic, caufmg Melancholy, and many times death it felfc: or future as Fcare,
Out o f thefe two arifcthofe mixt affections ,&paffions of Anger, which is
adefireof revenge, Hatred which is inveterate anger, Zcale which is offen-
ded with him which hurts that he loucs, and wwv/f»v*U, a compound affc*
<&onofIoy and Hate, when wereioyce at other mens mifchisfc, and arc
D a grisud
Part i.Sc (k. i. Anatomy of the Soule. Mcmb. 2 .Subf.p.
44 grieucd at their profperity, Pride, Sclfc-louc, Emulation 3 Envy, Shame &c«
of which elfcwhcrc.
Moving from place to place jsz faculty ncceflar ily following the other. For
in vaine were it othcrwife to defire and to abhorrc, if wee had not likewife
power to profecute or efchue.by mouing the Body from place to place ; by
this faculty therefore We locally moue the whole Body,or any part of it,an4
gqe from one place to another. To the better performance of which,thrc$
things arc requihV.That which moues.By what it moucs,That which is mo*
ucd.That which moues, is cither the Efficient caufc or End. The end is the
obiccljwhich is dcfired or efchewed* as a Dog to catch a Hare &c The effi.
cient caufc in man is Reafon.ov his fubordinate Pbantafie^ which apprehends
this good or bad obieel: in Brutes Imagination alone, which moues the Ap.
fetite$\\z Appetite this faculty 3 which by an admirable league of Nature, and
by mediation of the fpirits, commands the Organe by which it moues: and
that confifts of Nerucs, Mufcles, Cordes, dilperfed through the whole bo*
dy,and contracted and relaxed as the Spirits will, which moue the Mufcles,
utmjventw"' 01 * ^ crues ln tnc °^ l hem,and draw the cord,and fo per consequent the
fftriim *b ani ioint,to the place intendcd.That which is moued,is theBody >or (omc mem •
mi.MtknWta» bcr apt to moue. The motion of the Body isdiuerfejasgoing.runningjca.
ping,dancing,fitting, and fuchlike, referred to the predicament of Situs,
Wormescrcepe,Birdsflyc,Fiflics{wimmc; and foof parts, the chicfc of
which is Refyiration or breathing, which is thus performed. The outward
Aire is drawnc in by the vocali Artery, and fent by mediation of the Midnjfe
to the Lungs^which dilating themfelucs as a paire of bellowcs, reciprocally
fetch it in,and fend it out to the Heart to coolc it : and from thence now be-
ing hot ,cortvey it againc,ftill taking in frefK Such alike motion is that of
the Pulfepi which,bccaufe many haue written whole Bookes, I will fay no-
thing.
I
Svisic. 9.
Of the Rational! Soule \
N the precedent Subfc&ions, I haue anatomized thofc infcriourFacuJ-
^ ties of the Soule 5 the Rational! rcmainethyi pleafantjut a doubtful! Subie$
*retcum. *"Yas « one tearmes it) and with the like brevity to be difcuffed. Many crro«
^fiL%L ncomo ?™° L n * arc about the Eflencc andOriginallofir,whetheritbcfirc,
as Zeno hcldj harmony,a$ Anfloxenm^ number,as Xenccratesi whether it bee
Organicall,or lnorganicall,- feated in the Braine,Hcart or BIood 5 mortally
immortail-how it comes into the Body. Some hold that it is ex traduce[ts
* Gtettnuuin Pk'l»r.de Anima i Tertuliian ) ^vicenna y and many b late Writers thato'ne
Z^pEr. ?™ ^ getS *™ tha £°*y an <* Soulcwr as a candle from a candle,'to be pro-
tcrib.l.i.&c.
' duced jrom the.Seede. « Galen holdcs the Soule Crafin efe, to be the Tcmpe-
ic^7xm. r»s,Eprfetus : whh the ChaldeesM Egyptians, affirmed the Soule to be im-
* Kad tele* mortal!,asdidthofe/?r/f/i* t Druides of old. The d Pythagoreans hold Me*
£^1^ one body to another, as
Jkjrfthtfeui. m cn into Wolucs 3 Bcarcs a Doggcs 5 Hogges,as they were inclined in their
hues. * • -
Parc.i.SeA.l. Jmtomy of the Soule. Mcmb.xSvbfy \
Wfyferinas a 5
Teffumus ire d$mus y pecudumj. in cor for a con as. ¥ Owd.mtt.\ ^
* Lucsans Gock was firft Eupborbus a Captainc: * l * GaU *'
/He ego{nam mcmim) T Tqiani tempore belli % u mt
Pauthoides Eupborbus cram*
ahorfc 5 aman,afponge.*7/*iAi» the Apoftata,thought>4>x4^rj Soul was f ^ut^m
defceded inco his Sody.Plato in TimtofiL in his Pb<tdon({ot ought I can per- tiflMk.fj.3s
cciue)difFers not much from this opinion,that it was fro God at firft,& kiicw
alt, but being inclofed in the Body, it forgets, & leames anew,which he cals
reminifccntia y ot recalling, & that it was put intothebodyat firft for a punifh*
mct,& thence it goes into a beaftsjor mans,as appeares by his pleafant fictio
de (ortitioneanimarumJsb.10Jercp.Sc after g ioooo.ycarcs,is to rcturnc into t j» ?h*dr:
the former body againe, > ipofivarios annos y per millefigurai, tctaKw-fift.
Rurfusadhumandferturprtmordiaviu* fir?"*'
Others deny the immortality ofir, which Pomponatius of Padua decided out
ofAriflotlef\ot\ongCu\cc.Plinius Avunculus cap.j Jib.j.& Itb.ytCdp.fj, Dice* *
•rebus in TulLTufc.Epkurus t Aratus, Galen y Lucrcttus lib.i.
( Prdtcreagigni par iter cum corporeity una
Crcfcere (enttmus^partter^ fcncfccrc went em )
Averrees f & I know not how many Neotericks.T/w qneflun of the Immorta* ^
Itty of the Soule $ diver Jly & wodcrfutly impugned ejr difputed/fpecialty amongjl muitei yer m-
the It duns of late, faith lab.Colerus lib.de tmmort % amm<e, cap. /.The Popes the- Het v ™*> «
fclues hauc doubted oiiiXeo Vecimus that Epicurean Pope, as t fomc record J^«JJ &e?
ofhimjcaufcdthisqucftiontobedifcuflcd^and con before him,andcon- taimuikii.
eluded at laft,as the Moderator sv\th that verfe of Cornelius Callus ,
Et redit in mhtlum^quodfuit ante nihil,
Itbcganncofnothing,andin nothing it ends. Zeno and his Stoichs, as * An*
ftm quotes him,fuppoicd the Soule fo long to continue , till the Body was
fully putrificd,and retained into materia prima: but after that , in fumos e*
vanefcere^o be extinguifhed and vanifh; and in the mcane time, whilcft the
body was confuming.it wandred all abroad,^ e longinquo mult a annunciate,
and fas that clazemontan Hermotimus averred ) faw pretty vifions a and fuffc«
red I know not what.
1 Errant exnngues fine eorpore ty cfibus umbr** Q
Others grant the immortality thereof,but they make many fabulous fictions ; * 4,
in the mcane time ofit,afccr the departure from the Body :like Plato's Eliftan
fields ,and that Turkic Paradife.lhe Soulcs of good men they deified; the bad
( faith h Auflin ) became deuils s as they fuppoled ; with many fuch abfurd te- h tmrm
nets , which hce hath confuted. Hierome, and other Fathers of the
Church , hold that the Soule is immortall, created of nothing , and fo mum.
Jnfufcd into the Childc or Embrio in his Mothers wombe,llx moneths after
thciconccptionmot as thofc of Brutes, which are ex Traduce and dying 1
with them,vanifh intonothing.To whofe diuineTrcatifcs 5 and to the Scrip. f ix Select, +.
turcs thcmfcluesjl rejourne all fuch Atheifticali fpirits, as Tully did Atticut, then other-
doubting of this point, to Plato's Pktdon. This Reasonable Soule, which Aufttn wifc *
calls a Spirituall lubftancc,mouing it fclfe, is defined by Philofophers to bee
the firft f ubfl ant tall Acl of a, T^aturall, Humane, Organic all Body, by vbick a mam
inttsferceiues y aud vuderfiands, freely doing all things \and with tltfiien. Out of
D 3 which
Parti. Se&.i. Anatomy of the Soule. Mcmb<2.Subf 10
%€ which Definition wc may gather, that this Rat/onall Settle includes the pow.
ers.and performcs the du ties of the two other.which arc contained in it,an4
all three Faculties make one Sovte,wh\ch is inorganicall of itfclfc, although
it be in all parts,arid incorporcall,vfing their Organs, and working by them.
It is divided into two chiefe parts,difTcring in office only,not in Eflence.Thc
Pander fl An ding yvhkh is the RationA^ powct apprehending: the FT'// , which it
xhzfiAttoMAtt power moving, to which two, all the othzzRitionall powers
arc (ubieft and reduced*
Svissc. so.
Of the rnderJlAnding,
* kLttetsbn, yr y ^derftAnding id a power of the Sotile* by which we perceiue % knowjemem*
\J ber^nd mdge Afweli Singulars, <u vniverfals: htuwg cert awe innate na»
' tices or beginnings of trts,* reflecting action, by which it iukgeth of his
owne doings, And ex Amines them* Out of this Definition (befides his chiefe of.
fice.which is to apprehcnd.iudge all which he performes,without the helpc
of any inftrumcnts or Organs)three differences appcare betwixt a Man and
abcaft,As firft.the fenfe only comprehends singularities, the Vndcrftanding
vniverfa/ities,Sccor\6\y ,thc fenfe hath no innate notions : Thirdly, Brutes
can not reflect vpon themfelues.Becs indeed make ncaxc and curious works,
and many other Creatures befides, but when they hauc done, they cannot
iudgc of them.His obiect i* God^aj, all nature, and whatfocucr is to be vn«
dcrftood: which fucccfliucly it apprehends. The obiect firft mouing the Vn*
derftAndingjs fome fcnfiblc thing, after by di(courfing,the Minde findes out
thecorporeall fubftancc,and from thence the fpirituall. His actions ( fomc
fay) arc Apprehenfion % Cempejttien, Vivifion,Difcourfing y Re* fining. Memory »,
which fomc include in invention and Judgment, The common Divifions arc
of the Vndcrftanding ,'^gent^v\dPatient,Speeulatiue,zx\d Praclicke',lt\ Hdhite
or in AcljStmpie or Compound, The Agent is that which is called the wit of
lAzx\,Acumen or fubtilty./birp*^ of invention,whcn he doth invent of him*
fclfc without a Tcachcr,or lcarnes anew, which abftra&s thofe intelligible
Species from the Phantafie , and transferres them to the pafliuc Vndcrftan.
l^Zl"*' 1 1 b"Aufe there u nothing in the VnclerfiAnding, which wot not firft in the
fr&ifMcrttZ Se *l e: tnat which the Imagination hath taken from the Scnfe , this t^Agtnt
fafu. iudgcthof,whctheritbetrueotfalfc',andbeingfo iudgcd,heco»: mitsit to
the Papble to be kept.The Agent is a Doctor or Teachcr,thc Pafiue a Schol*
ler? and his office is to kcepe,and farther iudge of fueh things as arc commit-
ted ro his charge: as a bare and rafed table at firft , capable of all formes and
notions. Now thefe Notions arc two-fold, ^clions or Habits: A£tions,by
which we take Notions of,andpcrceiuc things*, Habits, which are durable
rd 'ig nts an <* notions,which we may vfc when we will. Some reckon vp eight
kindes of rhem,S^ 5 EA^r/r^
"^ofriT Sct€ttce '^° which arc addcc3 <*rt>Prudcncy,m(domc: as alfo m Synterifis, Ditta*
clllfcicme, men rattonis, Conscience 5 fo that in all there bee 14 Species of the rnderflAu*
dingsti which fome arc innAte^s the three laft mcntioncdjthe other arc got
by do&rin^lcarningjand vfe. M/* will hauc all to be innate,^*//* reckons
Part.i a Seft.i. Anatomy of the Souk. Memb.i. Subf.u.
vp but fine intelle&uall Habits; two [peculations that Intelligence of the prin* %J
c />/^,and Science of conclufioniXwo fratlicke^s Prudency ,whofe end is to pra-
ftt(e; Art to fabricate; Wifedome to comprehend the vfe and experiments of
all notions and habits whatfoeuer.Which diuifion oi^ArijlotteQXh be con*
fidcred aright) is all one with the precedent; for three being innate, and fitic
acqui{ice,thcreft are improperjimpcrfeftjandinamoreftricT: examination
excluded. Ofallthelclfhould more amply dilate, but my fubieel will not
permit. Three of them I will only point at 3 as more neceflary to my follow,
ingDifcourfe.
svnter'fis^otthe purer part of the Confcience ,is an innate Habit,& doth fig.
pi^e a conferuxtion of the knowledge of the Law of God And Nature, to know good
trentll. And fas our Dmincs hold) it is rather in the Vndtrslanding , thenin
the w///. This makes the wjwr proposition , in a pra&ickeSj/Z^/yW. The
Viclamen rathm jis that which doth admonifh vs to doe Good,or Euill,and
is the minor in the Syllog 'tfme. The Conscience is that which approues Good
orHiiiljjuftifyingor condemning our Actions, and inhc Conc/ujion of the
Syllorifrne: as in that familiar example of Regular the Romane^ taken prifoncr
by the Carthaginians^: fuffcred to goe to Romepn that condition he fhould
rcturnc againe,or pay fo much for his raufome.Thc Synterefts propofeth the
queftion,his word,oath,promi(e is to be religioufly kept : although to his E-
n«mv,and that by the Law oi Nature. » Doe not that to another, which thou n .^ 9li !' b 'f t :
wou'dfl not hunt done to tbyjelfe.Drcramen applycs it to him, 2nd dictates thts nefeccrif.
of the like: Regains <ihou wouldft nat another man fhould falfifTe his oath, or
breake promite with thee: Conference concludes thercforc,R^/«<,thou doft
well to performe thy promifc, and oughtcft keepe thine oath. More of this
in Rahgiws Me km holy •
SVBSlC. II,
Of she will*
18, is the other power of the tatiouallSoule? whkheouetsor tuotdes » m
fuch things of haue beene before iudgedjnd apprehended by the fader* ft* wmp*m
/landing. If good,it approues it; ifeuill 3 itabhorresit:fothat his n ^j^9S t
obiec*t is either good or euill Ariflotlc cals this our ntionall Appetite\ for as in pfc/jj*
the Sen(itiue y we arc carried to good or bad bv our Appetite, ruled and dire- '#*iitftaah
cled by Senfc; fo in this we arc carried by Rtt/cw.Befides, the Senpiue^ppe*
tite hath a particular obic#,gaod or bad: this an vniuerfalljimmaterialljthat
refpcc"ts only things dele (Stable and plcafant,this Honcft, Againe,thcy differ
in liberty. The Senfuall appetite feeing an obiedj if it be a convenient good,,
cannot but defire it; if euill, auoidc it : but this is free in his EflenCe, P much » Mefafibm
mow depratted, ob(cured,and falne from hii frft perfcc~iion\yct in fome of his opera* ^l"*"™'^
lions (Itll free as to goe^alkCjmoue at his pleafurc, and to choofe whether it /S (it \u*m
will docjor not doc; ftcalc,or not fteale.Otherwifc in vaine were Lawcs,Dc-
libcrationSjExhortations^ounfclSjPrccepts^ewardSjPromifeSjThreates,
and Punilhmcnts:and God (hould be the Author of finne. But in q fpirituall q intmtoiuh.
things wee will no good , prone to euill , (except wee be regcnerate,and b ™fi d "™*
led by the Spirit)wec arc egged on by our naturall corjcupifccncc,and there cy22?J. *
is
w
-~ ' • — — ' ■ ;
Part.i.S£&.i. Anatomy of tbeSoule. Mcmb.2.Subf.u„
28 is ttnZU, a confuiion in our powers, r oar whole mil is auerfe from God and hit
« Tota voiuntat lavcpot in naturall things onely,as to eate & drinkejuflvto which wc are led
omtlml' headlong by our temperature,and inordinate Appetite,
mendax. f 3%ec nos obniti contra^ ncc tender c t ant urn
Suffictmus.
wee cannot reftft, our concupifcence is originally bad, our Heart cuill, the
leatcofour Affe&ionSjCaptivates and enforceth our Will : So that invo«
* Pel propter ig- luntary things wec are averfe from God and go odnefie, bad by Nature, by
tm^pSuni c ignorance worfc> by Art,.Difciplinc, CuftomCjWee get many bad Habits,
fit infinffa fuifer jng the to dominecre and tyrannize ouer vs, and the Diuell is flill rca-
auZ t bl *r< ^ at h^dj-withhiscuillfiiggeftions, to tempt our depraued willtofomc
•ipt^mJu." ill-difpofeda£tion,to precipitate vs to deftru&ion: except our will bee not
fwayed and counterpoifed againe,with fome diuine PreceptSjand good mo-
tions of the Spirit , which many times reftrainc, hinder, and checkc vs,
when we are in the full careireof our diflolutc courfes. So corrected
himfelfe,whcn hec had Sanlw. a vantage. Rcuenge and Malice were as two
violent oppugners on the one fide; butHonefty, Religion, FcareofGod,
with held him on the other.
The Actions of the will are Felle^nd 2{olle>m\\ Si nill-which two words
comprehend all,and they are,Good or Bad,accordingly as they are directed:
and fome of them freely performed by himfelfe , although the Sto/cks abfo«
kitelydeny ir, and will haue all things ineuit ably done by Deftiny, impofing
afatall neceflity vponvs,which we may not refift; yet we fay that our will is
free in refpe&ofvs,and things contingent, hovvfocuerin refpeel* of Gods
determinate counfcll, they are inevitable and neceffary .Some other actions
of the will are performed by the inferiour powers , which obey him 3$ the
Senfitiue and (Mouing appetite, as to open our eyes, to goe hither and thi-
ther,not to touch a Bookc,to fpeake faire or foulc:but this Appetite is many
times rebellious in vs.It was fas I faidj once well agreeing with reafon,and
there was an excellent concent and harmony betwixt them , but that is
now diflolucd^they often )me>Reafon is ouer borne by Papon:
Ferturequisauriga, nec audit eurrus hahenas,
as To many wilde horfes runnc away with a chariot,and will not bee curbed.
Wc know many times what is good,but will not doe k,as flic faid,
» Medc* Ovid, u Trahtt invitam nova vu 3 aliud% cupido^
Mens aliudfuadet* *
luft cpunlels one thing, reafon an otherwhere is a new rclu&ancy in men*
t Ovid. t Odi t nec pojfum, cupiens non e/fe^uododi.
•smuff. W c cannot rcfift,but as Phtdra confetfed tohcrNurfe, * qu&lcqueris, vera
[untied furor fuggeritfequipehrai Shcc faid well and true, fhee did acknow-
ledge itjbut head ftrong paflionand fury, made her to doc that which was
oppofitc. So Dauid knew the filthincfic of his faa,what a loathfome/oule,
crying fmnc Adultery was, yet notwithstanding he would commit raurther,
and take away another mans Wife, enforced againft Reafon, Religion, to
follow his Appetite*
Thofe Naturall and Vcgetalt powers,are not commanded by will At all; for
who can adde one cubtte to his flat ureflhck other may,but -.re notrand thence
come all thofe headftrong Paflions^and violent perturbations of the Mind;
And
Paru.Scdtl. Anatomy of the Souk. Mcmb.^.Subri;
And many times vitious Habits,cuftom es,ferall Difeafes, becaufc wee giuc
fo much way to our Appetite ',and follow our inclination, like lo many beafts*
The principall Habits are two in number, Vcrttte and Vicz_j, whofe peculiar
DefinitionSjDefcriptions jDirTcrences,and kindes,are handled at large in ths
Ethicks &nd are indeed the fubicd of Morall Fhtlojophit^*
Me mb. 3.
S V B S H C4 I#
Definition of Melancholy. Name> Difference.
Auing thus briefly Anatomized the Body & Soulc of Man, as a pre-
paratmeto the reft} I may now freely proceed to treat of my inten-
ded fubieft jto moft mens capacity, and after many ambages , perfpi-
cuoufly define what this McUticholy is, fhew his Name, and Difference* The
Name is impofedfrom the matter , and theDifeafe denominated from the
material! caufe: as Bruel oblerues,toi*«i>xo*f«, qu*fi from blacke
Choler. And whether it be a caulc or an effect, a Difeafc 5 or Symptomc 3 let
Vonatus Altomarus^ and Saluianui deckle, I will not contend about it. It hach
feuerall de(criptions,Notations,and Definitions, y Fracaflorim in his fecond r M! ^cbohcei
bookc of lntellee~t,callsthofc McUncholy&hom abundance of "that fame depra- to&Maffiald
ved humour ofblacke Choler hathfo mtfaffccledjbAt they become madthence, axd pdwImMtlan-
dote in mofl things, or in all, belonging to eleclion, xcill^ or other manifeH operate 'jfjfjf? '"^^
ons of the tender \l an ding. z Mel&nelitu out of Galen, Ruff^y *A.tnu defcribes it wfanidnt, tel'tit
tobeabadandpeeiajh Difeafe,whuh makes men degenerate into beaJIs. Galen, a ^f*^**'**
primtion or infeclion of the mtddle cell of the Head&c .defining it from the part n^pU^jhTai
affe£rcd 3 which a Hercules de Saxonia approucs, ^.calling it a depra • rctiam rat me,
nation of the principal! ftmclion-.^wd Fuchfins hb.i, cap*2j. ^yirnoldm Brcuiar. ^f^J^'J^
lib.ucap.iS.Gu'tanerias and others: By reafon of blacke Choler \Paultu addes. Ha- mtm,vit'mtttif
lyabba>s fimply calls it a commotion of the minde. Areteys^ b a perpetual! anguish ^ VA °P^ at >o^
of 'the foulefajlnedon one tbingyotthoitt an Ague: which Definition of his,Aftr- *p ( nSflhum
curialis deaffecl.capJib.j.cap. 1 <?.taxeth: but *AL\iAnus Montaltus defends, lib. ino^m^uiU'
demorb*cap.cap.i.de Melan : forfufficientand good. The common fort de- Jj!**jf * r * ftr .
fine it to be a kinde of dot age, -without anyfeaucr , hatting for his ordinary com fa- 3 T^blied*
mons \feare and (adneffe ^without any appar ant occafion.So doth Laurent inswap. b &&r*Mf
j.Pi/oJib.r.cap.jj.Dcnatus ^Itomarus cap,/.art* medic . lacchinut in com,in Zedefix^Jbfa
lib,p,Rhafis ad^lmanjorcAp.i j. Valefwexerc. 17. Fufch/us inftitut. jfec.i. febre.
cap.u.&e. Which common definition,howfoeucr approucd by moRf&r* c Cap ^ 6 _ ltb y
culesde Saxonia 4 wiWnot allow of,nor DauidCrufit4f t Tbeat.morb. Herm.lib t 2* d Sonmdcfim'
cap.dhc holds it vnCufticient: as d rather fhwing what it is not^ then what it is: ^^/^^
as omitting the fpeeificalldifferencejthc phanrafie and Braine: but I defcend "cLm^d fi
to particulars. The ftmmum genus is Dotage , or ^Angufy of the minde, faith «sP**
i^ireteusjf a principall part, Hercules de Saxonia addes, to diftinguifh it from l^hrJnmm-
Cramp and Palfic,and fuch difeafes as belong to the outward Senfc & mo- tmmfatmm^
, t\ons(depraued) 1 to diftinguifh it from Folly and Madneflc ( which MontaU ^X^L
tus makes angorHnim* to fepcrate) in which, thofe functions are not depra- ntfetmhtmt-
ved, but rather abc i'faed (without an Ague ) is added by all,to(eucr it from
Hrenfe^udtlmMela^cboly^hkhisa^zMcnt Fcaucr. (Feare and Smoxo) •/ ra ^ a ^f m
£ make
Parti.Se&.i. Definition of Melancholy. Memb ^.Subf.^
' jo make it differ Worn ^Mxdneffe (without a caufe) is laftly inferred to fpecific it
from all other ordinary pailions of Feare and Sorrow. We properly call that
•CMp.tJe Met. D t&gefl% e Lwcntius interprets \ipben fome oneprintiptllfacultie of the mind
as Imagination^ reafon u corrupted^ all Melancholy pcrfons haue. It is with-
out a Fcauer,bccaufe the humour is moft part cold and dry } contrary to pu.
trefa&ion. Feare and Sorrow are the true Characters , and infeparablc com-
panions of moft Melancholy not ail,as HerJe Saxonia Traft.poflhumo de Me*
UncholUfiAp *.wel excepts,for to fome it is moft pleafant,as to fuch as laugh
moft partjfome are bold againe, and free from all maner of feare and grietc,
as hereafter (hall be declared.
S
S V B S fi C. 2.
Of the part afecled. Ajfeflion, Parties affetfed.
Cme difference I finde amongft Writers, about the principal part af.
feezed in this difeafe,whether kbc the Braine s or Hearty or lome other
Member. Moft arc of opinion, that it is the Braine: for being a kindc of
t veYwifcenfu V° tA g e & cannot otherwife be.but that the Braine muft be arfe<5ted,as a Simi.
fine per sjfentti, lar patt,beitby t^»^orE^»^,notinhisVentricles,oranyobftructions
* ^pA.deMei. - m t h ctT1} f or t j lcn i t would be an ApoplexiCjOr Epilepfie,as f Laurentius well
IkSjtojs/' obferues; but in a colde dry diftemperature of it in his fubftancc , which is
h spkei.de Me- corruptjand become too cold,or too dry,or elfe too hot,as in mad men,and
^api'deMcl ^ ucn as are inchned t0 te anc * ims s Hippocrates confirmes, Galen, Arabians ,&
fan aft'efta ce- moft of our new writers. Marcus de Oddis ,in a confultation of his.quotedby
nb nruntm \me * ^'^ 1 ^ 3eim > an£ * ^ llc otnc f s ihcxe cited , are of the contrary part, becaufc
ter cJckmK Feare and Sorrow jWhicharepaffions,arcfeatcd in the Heart, But this ob-
confine , & ie&ion is fufficiently anfweredby * Montaltm , who doth not deny that the
TJl&Ztl'e Heart is affeacd^as k Melanelitu proucs out of Galen)by reafon of his vicini-
fiibiinur. ty? and fo is the Midrijfe^nd many other parts. They doe compati, and haue
k ubde Melon- a f e [low feeling by the Law of Naturc.but for as much as this malady is cau«
tbohal. cor veto ^ i ■ : 11 1 - . . . 1 «
vicini t at ti rati-
led by precedent Imagination^ and the Appetite.io whom spirits obey,& are
vnevna afjki- fabied to thofe principall parts :the Braine muft needs primarily bee mrfaffc-
T^rfimZ acd 3 as thc rcat of te*fo»fr then the He Art & the feat of Ajfetfi'onjcapiuacci.
fiomihui cm #3, and Met cur 'talis hauecopioufly difcuffed this qucftion, &both conclude
dmffiiftim, x h e f u biect is the Jnner Braine , and from thence it is communicated to the
•iiki.wp.ro. Hearted other inferiour parts,whichfympathize and are much troubled.
Subietium eft cfpecially when it comes by confent 'nd is caufed by reafon of the Stomach,
ril!™"""' 01 m F ac ^ aS lnc tearmc it, or whole Body, Liuer, or «" Splcne,
mRarb quifqua which are fcldome {ize^Vylorm^Mefertacke^Veines^eirc. For our Body is like a
ZkZflf Clock « if onc wheclc bc amiffc ; a11 ihc "ft are difordered, the whole Fabrick
morbo afuitur. faffers: with fuch admirable Art and Harmony is a man compofed,fuch ex-
2$. cellent proportion's Lodovicus Vlues in his Fable of man hath eleeantlv de-
QuuaQettiti. c J a - cc J > © '
"SceVonatum «arcu. r
ab Mtomar. As many doubts almoft arife about the n AffeBion : whether it bc Imtgh
^dKnonZ- mtm ° r Reg f°" alonc ' or both - Hercules de Saxonia proucs ou t o f Galen ^£ -
gtandCnecm- ttus,znc\^ttomarus, that the fole fault is in Imagination, Bruelisofths
mratdiiepbk. fajiK mindc: in his fecond Chapter of Melancholy, confutes this
Tcoc:
m
Mf
Part. i . Secfi . i . Of thwart ajfeEled. Memb. 3 .Si bf 2,
■ — ■ ■ — 1 — — 1 1
Tenet of theirs, and illuftrates the contrary , by many examples: as of him, 3 1
that that thought himfelfe a fbel-fifh:ofa Nunnc,of a dcfperateMcnke 3 that
would not be perfwaded.butthat he was damned. Reafon was in faulcasvvell
as Imagination .which did not correct this error^they make away themfelues
oftentirnes,andluppofemany abiurd and ridiculous things. Why doth not
Re*fon detect the Fallacy ,fertlc and pcrfwadc,if fhe be free?P Avicenna there- p uit.^Tm.t.
fore holdcs both corrupt, to whom moll Arabians fubferibe. The fame is ^ r ^-4 csp.%.
maintained by q Areteusfiordoniusfiutanerius^rc. To end the controuerfie,
no man doubts of Imagination, but that it is hurt and mif-affected here; for r^jJi^JJJ
the other I determine with r Albertims Bottonusj. Doctor of Padua s that it >s> pm.i.irac.
is fir ft in Imagination, and. afterwards in Reafon jf the Difeafe be inveterate \pr as \ ^'/a ■
it is more or leffe of continuance: but by accident, as * Her.de Saxonia addes; fpiceLzTe
(^kh^pinion^/fcourfe/atiocination^re all Accidentally depraued by default of the fawWM»o7.
Imagination. . '
I o the part arreCted,I may here adde the parties,which fhall be more op. Kathnaiu fi
portunely fpoken of ellewherejhcre only fignified. Such as haue the Moone^ a 8 e& ™ invete -
Saturne, Mercury mifafte&ed in their genitures, fuch as Hue in ouer-cold ? or •Ub.p\$kuak
oner-hot Chmes.Such as are borne otbAclaneboly p3rents:as offend in thole
fix non naturall things, arc black, or of an high fanguine complexion, c that f^lf™'^
haue little heads, that haue ahot Heart % moift Braine^hot Liuer,andcoIde dfturfajpinh,
ftomacke,hauebeenelongficke; fuchasarcfolitary by nature, greatStu- & C -P&v*tw*
dentSjgiucn to much eontemplationjdle, lead a life out of action , are moft
fubieel: ro Melancholy. OfSexes both, but men more often; yet "women Pa»icsatfe-
when they arc,are far more vrolenr,& grieuoufly tcoubled.Of feafons of the pm, Km
ycarc, the ^utumne is moft melancholy. Of peculiar times, old age, from caput baba!t,'m-
which naturall Melancholy is almoft an infeparable accident 5 but this arti- W ati
ficiall Malady is moft frequent in fuch as are of a x middle age. Some aflignc plhyfiognomia
40 yearcs, Gariopontus 30, lobertus excepts neither young nor old from this u Ahum.^.
adventitious. and /fr^/«afcribe into the number net only *difcon* ft&JLig
tented J A ponate.and mi ferable per (onsf warty, blacke^but fuch as are mofl merry tumfrnt, Artt.
and plea (ant J coffers ,and high coloured. Generally ,faith Rhafrs i a the frnefl wits^ejr Me ^ u em jf**
moft generous Jjrb its % are before others obnoxious to it ',fothat I cannot except Tvt^uartma
any ofanycomplexion,ofanyconditionjfexe.orage ) but b foolcs&5^<r^, *Proma ad
which according to c S^/£«y,are neuer troubled with any manner ofpafli- ZnZm°m^'
on,but as K^nacreons cicada fine fanguine tjr dolor e^fimiles fere dt/sfunt, Eraf fed&tiiam,
mus vindicates foolcs from this Melancholy Catalogue , becaufe they haue bafccedimA-
moft part moift braines,and light hearts, 4 they are free from ambition ^envie, ^li^enm^'
fbdtne andfearejbey are neither troubled in conference 3 nor macerated with cares 3 prtrubri fine,
to which our whole life it mncbfubiecl. \§&&*S ub '
J J tills mgenu , &
Wulttt perfpica-
titatis defacifiinciduntbtMetancbolia/n. 1. 1. com. Tratt. 9. b Nunquam faxitate mentu exe'tditjut dotore capitur. Erafm.
« inUudxah/itn 5 VuM confc'icntia carmficm, mc £ udefiunt, ncs vermlHr 3 m fflmmtw millibm cumumfltiibm tola vim
E 2 S vb» 4«
Part.i. Sc&.i. Matter of Melancholy. Memb.3.Subf4,
3*
Svbsec. 4.
Of the mutter of Melancholy*
OF the Matter of Melancholy ^ there is much queftion betwixt Auken
and Galea, as you may read in e cW<wContradi&ions, ^ralefms
controller fies,/^*/^////, Proper Calenus, Cap macci us ^> Bright* 1 FicU
vBngbtcap.16 tf^thathaue written either whole Tracts,orcopioufly of it,in their feuerall
itQailtutndi Treat ifes of this Subied. » what this humour is, or whence it proceeds , how it is
"j^Tw mt ingen dr -ed 'in the body, neither 'Galen, nor any oldwrttcr bath fufficiently difcuf*
^IT^tffm f e ^' M Izcchinu&thinkes: the Neotericks cannot agree. Mont anus in his con-
d$eMtu'& (ultationSjholds Melancholy to be mater tall ox immateriall : and fo doth Arcu-
qurmdo gig>.2- Unm\ the materially one of the foure humors before mentioned 3 and natu-
fir!lwZm%c rail. The immateriall or aduentitiousjacquifirejedundant, vnnaturall, artifi.
mm 'mre mniti ciall: which * Hercules d: Saxonia will haue refide in the fpirits alone, and to
vetemmUbora- p roccec } f rom an hot. cold Ary,moi(l d/ {temperature, which without matter, alter
uermtficc facile r , , . , r ^ . * *. 3 J ,/ C . . rt 1 1 -i 1 • t- •>
attire cx Gx- the bratne ana functions of tt.Paracel\us\vno\y reiects and derides this duim-
kno (ententim G n of foure humours and complexions, but our Galenifls generally approue
fjtam/ut- of it/ubferibing to this oiiAontanus.
mrt.jaccbbuti This materiail melancholy is chherjimple.ot wixt; offending in Quantity or
eomjaf Rafa. Quality ^Mying according to his place, where it fctleth,as hrainc ? Spleene,
Cfyts.tifr Mefcriacke vcincs,Heart,Wombe s and Stomacke : or varying according to
Raft. mixture of thofe naturallhumoursamongft themfeluesjor foure vnnarural
foMeian.ctit. adu ^ humour*,as they are diuerfly tempered and mingled. If naturall melan'
Venetiu 1^20. choly abound in the Body , which is cold and dry, fothat tt be more^thnthe
tmmwti crt we ^ a ^ e t0 bear e ^t mufl needs be diflemperedjmh Fauentinus , and difea<
rf^towirfi^.y^ and fo of the other, ifitbeedepraucd, whether it arifcirom that other
k secundum Melancholy or Choler aduft^r from tf/^produceth the like effects, and is^s
riffitnwp'ore Mont alt us eontends 5 if it come by aduftion of humours , moft part hot and
fmit,adintem- dry. Some difference I fmde,whether this melancholy matter may be ingen-
VolZSbWim ^ rec * °^ a ^ * oure num ours,about the colour and temper of it. Galen holds it
fern potcm: in • may be ingendred of three alone, excluding Fleagme or Pitnita , whofe true
tie corpus mor- afiertion, 1 Valefim and Menardus ftiffly maintains, and fo doth m Fucbfms,
^tlucZo- Montalttu>> * Montanus.Hoxv(hy theyjfhould white become blacke? But
vcrfcap zi. Hercules de Saxonia Jib.pofi.de melan. cap, S> and Cardan, arc of the oppofite
™ ^.ifee.*. p art: i t ma y be ingendred of Flcagme,f//? raro contingat f h fcldome comes to
C *Co%!. x6. pafle: fo is P Guianerius and Laurentius tap. /^.and Melanflbon in his bookc de
onb.z. contra- Anima, and Chapter of humours; hee calls it ^/ininam^ullfiviriith melan*
fve%]m% c h°l? faith that he was an eye-witneffe of it:fo is q wecker. From rnelan*
4.dif.i. cap. 1. choly adrift arifcth onekinde,from choler anotherwhich is mod brutifh; an-
TmtTbaTfr ° thcr from Fle3 g m e,whieh is dulhand thelaft from Elood 3 which isbefi. Of
rZetncZikoi ihcfefomcarecoldanddry,othershQtand dry, r varying accordingto their
1 m syntax.' mixtures, as they are intended and remitted. If the humor be cold> it is.faith
Z^ctu^i [F * uent ' ms > acau { e f« ot ^ : if bote, they are
etevariie amen- rajh$ rauing mad,or inclining to it. If the braine be hot , the animall fpirits are
1%a& hot » much madncffe foUowcs with violent actions: if cold, fatuity & fottifti*
[Eumvt fr'y^dm delirij caufa' fuwis ctdidm,
ficfifc
Part.i,Sed,l. Matter of Melancholy. Memb.j.Subf^
ncile 3 1 Capivaccius. " The colour of this mixture varies likemfe according to the 3 3
mixture J?e it hot or cold % 'tis fometimes blackefometimes not, Altomarus. The t Lib - 1 ca P- r °*
(ame * Wlanelius proues out of Galen: and Hippocrates in his booke of meLn* 'm^fchtu;
cholytf. at leaft it be his,giuing infhncc in a burning coale,rt^/c//n?^7* it U hot^ ^Hmor^qnan-
fhines,and vohen it is coldjookes blacke s and. Jo doth the humour^ This diuerfity of ^^.^
Melancholy matter .produceth diuerfity of effect?. If it bee within the y bo- fupafii^am,
dy,and not putrified,it caufeth blacke laundiie.-if putrified, a Quartan Ague: w f-7. "
ifitbrcakeoutto theskinne, Leprofie-Jfto parts, feuerallMa'adies, as Scur- lefaTq-mjT
vy,&c. If it trouble the minde, askisdiucrflymixt, it produceth feuerall fr*termodm
kindes of MadncfTe and Docaee.of which in their place. ca'efa8us,&a.
s g "1 s refrigeratus
evadit: nam v-
SVBSEC. 5« rentibus carbo-
nib usei quid fi.
Of the Jfecics or kindes of Melancholy, durante 'jfmmd
Hen the matter is divers and confufedj howrtiould it othcrwife th&Tp^T'
be,but that the Species fhould be divers and confufed? Many new B&e(c*nt Hip-
and old Writers haue written confufedlv of it, confounding Me* P^5 races \
lancholy and Madnejfe ) a* * Heurmm* Guianerius ^Gordonius , Salufius Salvia- dijfi.cajf?.'
nusjafon Pratenfis^Stvanarola^i will haue Madneffe no other then Melan. ]K m 4 m*.
choly in Extent, differing fas 1 haue faid) in degrees. Some make no diftincT: MdafZ*!a"^
Species ,as Ruffus Ephefius an old Writer, Areteus, a Aureiianus^ Vattlus «A<qi> a c a p.6H.'i.
neta\ others acknowledge a multitude of kindes 3 and leauc them indefinite^ Mwfa bu' 9
b tAJius in his Tetrabiblos, c Avicennalib,;.Fen.i.TrAcl.4 capj8. Arculanui omnlariJ! ^
cap.16.1n p.lia/is. Montanus med part. 1 A If natural/ Melancholy be adufl y tt mx» c s P ecies wdefi-
keth one kindc, if blood 5 anotbcr, if cholera thirdjifferingfiom the frfl-and (0 ma- "%^ad' l{ mw
ny fetter all opinions there are about the kindes ,as there be men them[elueu \Her~ riaturalu Me-
cities de Saxonidfetsdowuc iw6^mdcs } materiall and immaterially one from fpi* ! ^° l ^"fit
rits alone t the other from humors and (pints. SavanarolaRub.i 1 \Xracl. 6<cap.i % aliljfaZm
de dig- ititd.cap.w ill haue the kindes to be infinitc 3 one from the myrach 3 called ala diVer ^ *
myrachnlis of the Arabians ; another ftomachaltsfiom thejtomack , anorher ^^erl^'If
from the liner, hearty •vombe^bemrods : e one beginntng^another consummates . fi<em^&Jt~
JMelanCtbm Iccondshim f as the humor is diver fly adufl and mixtffo are the Jpe- DQ ^ orum f e ";
cies druerjebwt what thefe men fpeake of fpecies,l thinkc ought to be vndcr- ^mw^tmf
ftoodof Symptomes, andfo doth * Arcuhnus interpret himfelfe: Infinite t
fpeciesandlymptomesrandinthatfenfe, zslo.Gorrbeus acknowledged! in ^'l'^^-
hismedicinall definitions,the fpeeies are infinite, but they may bee reduced cipw S ,qi<Jm
to three kinds 3 by reafon of their fear 3 Head,Body,znd Hypocondries.This three- c t "P< m ® aia -
folddivifion is approued by Hippocrates in his booke of Melancholy/if it bee m^Mimi
his,which fomcfufpecl-Jby Galen lib.jJe locajfeftis cap. g. by Alexander lib. 7. varii aduritur
cap. 1 6 Rafts lib. i.Continent.Tracl.p.lib,j.cap.i6. Avicenna,znd moftofour '%£h%a^
new Writers. Th.Eraflus makes two kindes; one pcrpettiall, which is Head undevmea-
melancholy.^ other interrupt 3 which comes and goes by fits y which he fub- mentiim i e ^
divides into the other two kindes 3 fo that all comes to the fame pafle.' Some Rapl' 1 *' ™ 9 '
againe make fotire or fiue kindes, adding 11 Loue melancholy tothefirft, and h Lmm'm
Lycanthropia. The moft receiued divifion is into three kindes. The firft pro- a ?'* ,de Mela
ceedes from the fole fault of the Braine^nd is called Head melancholy : the fe-
cond, fympathetically procecdes from the whole Body > when the whole tem-
E 3 pcra-
Part, i , Se&. i . Species of Melancholy. Memb. 3 . Subf-5 .
34. perature is Melancholy: The third arifeth from the BowelsjLiuerjSpleene,
or McmbranCjCalled Mefenter turn pained Hypocondriacall, or windy Melancho*
»c*/>.rj. /p.which » Laurent iw fubdividcs into three parts,from thofc three Members,
Hepittcke^plenathke^Mefcruxcke, Lone Melancholy ,which Jvicenna cn\s Ihfhh
and LycanibropiA y \v\\\Qh heecals Cucttbutbe, are commonly included in Head
Melancholy:butofthis laft,whichG>rW//j de Solo cz\s^s4moreos , and moft
Knight melancholy ,with that of Religious melancholy, and all the other kindes >
oS.Loue w^»^//,lwillfpeakea-partby themfelucs in my third Partition.
The three precedent (pedes arc the fubicd of my difcourfe, which I will a«
nacomizejand treat of,through all their caufes,fymptomcs,cures, together,
and a-part^that eucry roan that is in any meafure affe&ed with this malady,
may know how to examine it in himfclfe, and apply remedies vnto it.
It is a hard matter,! confe(Te,to diftinguifh thefc three Species 3 one from
the orher,to exprefle their feuerall caufes 3 fympco'me^,ciires ; beii)g that they
are fo often confounded amongft themfelues,hauing fuch affinity, that they
can fcarce be difcerned by the moft accurate Phyfitiansj andfo often inter-
mixc with other difeafes,that the beft experienced haue bene plunged. Mon*
tanui conJJl.26.h2d a patient that had this difeafe of Melancholy and caninus
1 4 8o & tl6t Appetitus both together. And confil.23. with Vertigo. 1 Julius C<efar Claudirms
cwjuit.craftLu with Stone,Gout 3 Iandice.T rincaveliius with an Aguejandice, Caninus Ap*
«* Hi'JiJbeim pet ft as &c> m Paulas \kegeline a greatDo&or in his time 5 confnkcd in this cafe,
ffoeLxfii.iff. and was fo confounded with a confufion of Symptomcs, that Ik knew not
TM™mfi\l to w ^ at ^ nc ^ c °^ Mc^ncholy to referrc it. n Trincavellius, Fallopius, & Fran*
& \6. ' canztnus f xhrce famous Doctors in July, all three conferred with about one
party, at the fame time,gaue three different opinions. And in another place,
Trincavcllius being demaunded what hee thought of a Melancholy young
man,to whom he was fenc for, ingenioufly confefled, that he was indeede
melancholy ,but he knew not to whatkinde to reduce it. In his 1 7. confuka*
tioiijthereis the like difagreetnent about a melancholy Monke.Thofe fymp-
•f up.x% .tutt. tomes, which others afcribe to mif-affecTed parts & humors, t HercJe Saxo*
Fjlb.de melon* /^attributes wholly to diitcmpered fpirits , Sariofeimmatcriall, asl hauc
faid. Sometimes they cannot well difeerne this Difeafe from others. In Ret*
verm Solenawlers coM\Cc\s y Sec7.s.con/Il.s. He and \y.Brande both agreed,thac
. the Patients Difeafe was Hypocondriacally melancholy. D. MathoUm faid it
+ Gwm.cm(: was ^A/lmt, and nothing elfe.°5^W^and Guartonius^ lately fent for to
the melancholy Duke ofc/^with others, could not define what Species ic
vvas,or agree amongft themfelucs.The Species are fo confounded, as in at*
f Laboravitper
far Claudius his 44confultation for a Polonian Count , In his iudpment P he
^TTmT * ^ 0ttre< * °f He ^ melancholy, a»d that which proceeds from the whole temperature
setocorpore, fo t fr at onc ^ l cou ld giueinftanceof fome that haue had all three kindes
femel & flmul^nd fome fucceffiuely. In fuch variety of Symptomes, caufes:
how difficult a thing is it to treat of feuerall kindes apart; to make any cer-
tainty amongft fo many cafualties.diftraaions,when feldomc two men fhali
be like affeftcd^r omnia? Vis hard,I eonfcflc,y et neuerthelefle I will aduen-
ture through the midft of thefe perplexities, and led by the clewe or thread
of the beft Writers, extricate my fclfe out of a Labyrinth of doubts and «•
sors^and fo proceed to the Caufes*
SECT.
Parti.Sc&2,
(aufes of melancholy.
Memb.i.SubCi;
i
SECT, ii "
Mbmb. i« Svbsbc. !•
Causes of Melancholy •
GOD a cau[c^j.
Tu m vaine to fpeake of Cures , or thmke of remedies , v tit ill fuch time m wee
haue considered of (be Caufesjo <l Galen prefcribes Glaucoi and the common < Pr'mo auk
experience of others, confirmes, that thofe Cures muft beevnperfed:, f^'Y: .. B
latne,and to no purpofc, wherein theCaufes haue not firft bcene fearched, ^^j^*
as * Pr^rC4^»/«fwellobferues,inhisTraft^Lx//ri^//<f to Cardinally- ffonm taufM
jfo/.Infomuch that f Ferneltus puts a ktnde of necepty in the knowledge of the f/^lf'^,
Caufes^and without which it u impofible to come^or to preuent any manner ofdtf* tut.nm aiioqui
f4/c->.Empyrickes may eafe,and iomctimcs hclpe, but not throughly root mm
out: fublati caufa tollttur effeBusjs the faying is, if the caufe be remoued.thc f^effet.
effect is likewifevanquifhed. It is a moft difficult thing ( I confeffe) to bee fP<tfW».j>
able to difcerne the(ecaufes whence they arc, andinluch 1 (variety, to fay c ^ol)^TaZ
what the beginning was. u He is happy that can performe it aright. I will ad- f as , m duUim-
venturetoguefteasncercaslcan, and rip them all vp, from the firft to the fu^meeegkr
h^Genera/lmnd particular to euery Species , that fo they may the better bee ^mnnmc^
dcfcried. rare,necpreca~
<7^r<*//caufes, are either fuper naturally natural!. Supernatural! vttfiom % t cr J. bc , et ' .
i it i i I -/j r- i n if • • '/i Tarda emm
God and his Angels pi by Gods permipon from the Diuell and nismmutcrs. 1 hat mr bi variety
Godhimfclfe isacaufeforthepunifhmentoffinne, and fatisfa&ion of his ^differential
Iuftice,many examples and teftimonies of noly Scriptures make evident vn- Zfuiur!mde
lovSjPfil.io/'iy.Foolijhncn are plagued for their offence ^andby re a[on of their 'milium morbus
wickednejfe. Gehazi was ftroken with Lzptoftc^.Reg.^y.Dauid plagued for ^^f^f^
numbringhis people, j.P*tr..2/ ? S0^»* and Gomorrahfw alio wed vp. And this u f*Hx quipo'
difeaie is peculiarly ipecified./ 3 fair 07,12. He brought down their heart through rerm cog-
beaiiinelfe.Veut.2i^S.Heftrokethemwthmadne^ "f's'm^T^
of heart, * ^yin euill fptrit wasfent by the Lord vpon Saul, to vexe him* Y Nabu- 1 ban./n.
chadnezzar did earc graflc like an Oxc,and his heart was made like the beafls of \lfff l ^ lt '
^y?^.Heathenftoriesarefulloffuchpuniflimcnts. Lycurgus ,bcc2ufe hee * mm caput,
cut downe the Vines in his Country, was by Bacchus driuen into madnefle:fo & fimtm am-
was Pentheus and his mother x^fgau e for neglecting their facrifice. * Cenfor r ^^ n co *'
Fulvi'ttn mad for vntiling /uno's Temple, to couer a new one of his o wne, t MmfUr. ccf.
which he had dedicated to Fortune , a and was confounded to death, with grief e ^°gj b -^ ™h
dndforrow of heart. When Xerxes would haue fpoiled t ^polios Temple at f em lbantur ~
Velphos, of thofe infinite riches it pofTeficd, a terrible thunder came from tavqwrn'mfam
Heaucn.and ftroke 4000 men dcad,the reft ran mad. A little after, the fiEcS^^J** 1 '
happened to #^/7#0/,lightning,thunder,earth-quakes,vpon fuch a facrilcgt- *> Gaguinmiib.
ousoccafion. Ifwec may bclecue our Pontificiall Writers, they will relate 3«M.9*«*
vnto vs many ftrange and prodigious puniflimcnts in this kindc, inflicted by dSpmumt,
their Saints.How b Clodoveus fometime King of France , the fon of Dogebert 7 inhfmilmiiit
loft his wits for vr.couering the body of St Denis: and how a c facrilegious ^^J^?"^
( rorum eanttmptor,tem\>li foribus effiattis, dum D. hhannis arpenteum fimulachrumraperecontendit,fimidacbrkm avtrfdfam
fafimeivcrfat.ntcmara, far'tUga mentis wo^at^'mfemet mfaniem in prtyrioi arm defenit.
Frenchman^
Part.i.Se&i. Cau/es of melancholy. Memb.i.Subf.r«
$6 Frenchman that would hauc ftolne away a filuer Image of S. lohn at S/'r-
^rg^became frantickeon afuddainc 3 raging>and tyrannizing oner his own
* GttMM Ci- fletli. Of a d Lord of Rbadnsr jhix. comming from hunting late at night,puc
^r^uiwar ^ s ^°SS SS inzo Saltans Church/ Llan Auan they call it) and riling betimes
cambn.t. ' next morning,as Hunters vfe,to doe .found all his Dogges mad,himfclfebe«
\tm° r °u* * n g f^denly ilroken blind. Of Jyridates2n * Armenian for violating
• •/ .M**.3 fomc lioly Nunnes,that waspunifhed in like fort^ith lotTc of his wits. Buc
Poets and Papifts may goe together for fabulous tales $ let them free their
owne" credits; Howfoeuer they fainc of their Nemefis^ and of their Satats s ot
by the Di vels meanes may be deludedjwc find it truejthat Vltor a tergo Deus,
t pral.44.1. He is^Godtbe ^.v^rr, as D/i/i/^ (tiles him;and that it is our crying finnes that
pull this and many other maladies vpon our ownc heads. That he can by his
s Libttap. de Angels,which arehisMiniftcrs.ftrike andhealc (faith %DtonyJtus jwhom
Uiew. he ivilUchathccan plague vs by his Creatures, Sunne,Moone,and Starres,
which he vfeth ashisinltruments, as a Husbandman ({mh Zanchsus )do\\i
. w , - an Hatchet:Hai!e,Snow,Windes &c:
" Et comnratt ventunt in cUjuca venti i
as in Tofaxhs time, as in Pharaohs time in Egypt; they are but as fo many Exe«
cutioncrsofhis luftice. Hee can make the proudeft fpirics ftotipe, andcry
i DeBahi'i out with Julian the Apoftatejrtcifti GaliUe\ox with Apollo s Prieft in 1 Chryfe-
art ^ t ' ftmCi O caelum I terra ! undehojlis hie t What an enemy is this? And pray
with ^/^acknowledging his power, Jam weakned and fore broken , I roare
for the griefe of mine heart, mine heart panteth^ejrc : Pfal. 3$,$. O Lord rebuke me
riot in thine a nger ^neither chaftife me in thy wrath , PfaU 38,1. make me to btarc_j
toy andgUdne(fc t tbat th; bones which thou hafl broken ^may reiorce, Pfal.$i^ S.
verfe 12- Reftore to me the toy of thy faluat/on, and flab/ffh me with thy free jp/r/t.
k tib.i.cap r. For thefe caufes belike k Hyppocrates would hauc a Phyfitian take fpecial no-
id? Ab- tlce 5 wnecner thedifeafe come not from a diutne fupernaturalcanfe,or whe-
ditL return lncr " follow the coiirfe of Nature. But this is farther difcufied by I Feme-
earah. liusjSnd m /. Cdfar Claudinus^o whom 1 refcrre you, how this place of Hyp-
iwjp?' ma ' pirates is to be vnderftood. Paracelfus is of opinion,that fuch fpirituafl Dif.
eafcsf for fo he callcs them ) are fpirituafly to bee cured , and not othcrwifc.
Ordinary meancs in fuch cafes, will not availe: Non efl reluclandum cum Deo,
When that monfter-taming Hercules ouercame all in the Olympicks, Jupiter
at laft in an vnknowne fhape wrcftled with him j the victory was vncertaine,
till at length Iupiter difcryed himfelfe,and Hercules yeclded 3 No famine with
fupreamc powers,
Nil iuvaf immenfos Crateropromittere monies*
f Pct,f.tf. Phyfitians and Phyfickc can doe no good, t weemufl fubmit our felues vnder
the mighty hand of ^acknowledge our offences, call to him for mercy. If
he ftrike vs^una eadem% manm vulnus opemfr feret, as it is with them that are
wounded with the fpeare of Achille t, hee alone mufthelpc$ othqrwifc our
difeafes are incurablc,and wee not to be relciued.
Svbsbc. t)
Part.i ,Sed.2. Caujes of Melancholy, Memb. i .6ublu<,
— . — — —
57
S V B S B C, 2*
K^iDigrefiion of Dine Island hove they cmfe Melancholy,
HOwfarre the power of Diuclls doth extend, and whether they can
caufc this or any other Difeafe, isafcriousqueftionand worthy to
beconfidered, for the better vnderftanding of which 3 I will make a
briefe digrclfionofthc nature of Diuels. And although the quetfion be ve-
ry obfcurc,according to n Pojlellusfullof controuerfte 'and ambiguity: yet as in V*£f*& m
the reft,l will aducnture to fay fomcthingofit. In former times, as we read, diljnmUAu
Alls 2 ^.Thc Sadhicees denied that there were any fuch SpiritSjDiveIs,or An- mwtfjkdtiu
eels.SodidthePm/uttf/c£/, and ^r/TWtfhimfelfc, zsPomponatius ftifly c ^ 10 ^ ma ^^'
v . ■ . l , . , r rr-i i i, t t ✓ " • fiurttas,mtror
maintaines, and $tdtger in iomelort grants. Though Dandinusiht lefuite, ^maium con-
com.in Ub t 2.de animaft'i&y dcmcs'wf ubfantU (epafatx and Intelligences, are w*i*>qumde
the fame which Chiiftians call Angells,andPlatonifts, Diuels. Epicures and jy^Sf^^.
i^theijls arc of the (ameminde in gcnerall , becaufe they ncucrfaw them, rata.
PlatOyPlotinuSiPorphyriusJamblicusfroclufjnhfting in the Heps ofT rijtnegi- m -
flus and Socrates^ make no doubt of it. NozStoicks, but that there are fuch cap.^tn^'.
fpirirs,though much erring from the truth. Concerning the firft beginning t sustro^iui
ofthem,the° TWw«^//?ilay that had a wife called Litis , betorehee fanflia-Tbi.
married E^and of her he begat nothing but Diuels. The Turkes P Aharon Mp.iyio.Ait*
is altogether as abiurd and ridiculous in this point: but the Scripture in-
formes vs Chripans 3 how Lucifer the chiefe of them,with his afTociats, s fell q Ar.feiuster
from licaucn for his pride^d ambitionjereated of God, placed in heaucn l & fuperbiom fepa*
fometimcs an Anscll oflighr,now caft downe into Hell , and deliuered into ZTJ^ff^
Chaincs of darkneffc,2.Pet.2*4.tohe kept vnto damnation, Thereisafoolifh o- ftrtit./iuflm.
pinion which fomc hold.that they arc the foules of m en dcparted,the which ^ s tuteofDi-
M*Tyrias (cr.27.maimzmcs.TbefcJpirits z hc * faith, vohichxve call \_s4ngels and j alk(t
Viuelh , are nought but foules of men departedjivhich either through loue and pitty fmDgmonet _
cf their fiends yet tiuingjielpe ejr afifl them fir elfe perfecute their entmies.whom tZ^mpl'e
they hated: Appointed by thofe higher powers tokeepe men from iheirna- deprff6 : prwtm
tiuity and protect them , or to punifh them as they fee caufe; and are called y tam >
horn and maltgcnjj by the Romans. Socrat .had his D<tmonium y as the Plato- S*co™!T
nifts fuppofeoy his^and we Chriftians our affifting Angells,as Zanch, mifmcwM &c
and fome Diuines hold. But this abfurd Tenent of this Tyrius , Proclu* con- S^ c Jf"
futes at large,in hisbooke deAnima rjr d<emonc> ^ApUm: fpi.
r P/?//^aChriftian 5 andfometimesTutor (hu\\CuJ}>inian)to Michael Pa- p^mmdh
rapinatius, Empcrour ofareece 3 a great obferucrofthe nature of Diuels, ^"tlt^
holds that they are f corporeall, and haue aerial! bodies , that they are^> mortally tiomlia, colore
Hue and d'ye , that they are nourished and haue excrements, that theyfeele painc if j^f^*"'
they be for/ (which Cardan confirmes ? cV: Saliger iuftly laughs h im to (borne c Nutriantur,
fox, ft pafcantur aerejur non pugnant ob puriorem aera? eye.) orflroken: and if fj™ m ™-1
their bodies be cut,with admirable celerity they come together againc/to- Zani
fin in Gen.ltb, j Je liharbit. holds is much ^mutata cafu corpora in deter iortm fiiMo paxnfpi
qualitatema'erii Jpifiioris, That in their fall their bodies were changed into a cer P ore *
moreaeriall and groflefubfhnce. That they can aflTume acriall bodies,all
mancr of (hapes at their plcafures,appeare in what likcneffe they will them-
F felucs
Paru. Sc&.z. Nature of Dwells. Memb.i.Subfs,
3 8 feluesjthac they arc mod (wife in motion, and can pafle many miles in an in.
■ cypianium font , and fo likcwife u transformc bodies of others into what fhape they
Tl&Timi- plcafc^ with admirable celeritie remoue them from place to place, Zanch.
tia transfem Bodme ^Spondan. and others are of opinion , that they caufe a true Metamor-
dS : did the P n °fi s > as Nabuchadnezar was really tranflated into a Beaft } Lots wife into a
chriit to th« pillar of k\v,yl?Jfes companions into Hoggcsand Dogs by Qr^jcharmes:
top of the Pi- Turnc themfelues and othets,as they doe Witches into Cats,Dogs, Hares^
"h« C arf oftea Cxowts^cStrozzius Ckogna hath many examples,//^. 3. omnif: mag\cap\ 4 :
tranflated.See ejr j-.which he there confutes. As ^duftin doth de civitiDet Ub: j £.That they
moicmstre^- cail b c f ecne w } lcn an d in what ihape, and to whom they will, faith Pfellns t
hblxlp^.m- Tametfi ml tale viderim, nee of tern vtdere : Though hee himfelfe neuer (aw
mf.mag.Pcrae- them nor defied it j and vfe fomctimcscarnall copulation f aselfewherel
TnjtliZTor^' fhall x proue more at large j with women and men. Many will not beleeue
pra fare pof- that they can be feene. Marcus of his credit told Pfe(l*s*\\\zx. hec had often
funt,Biam.w- f eene t h cm# varacelf confeffeth that hee faw them diucrs i imcs^md confer-
to e^zwsf** red with them 3 and fo doth Alexander ab y Jkxandro, that hefofoui?fltt bycx*
in conjpicuos «- perienceyohen as before be doubted of it-. Many deny it, faith Lauater def^eciru^
H ^c\^dtTcid ?* r t't' c '2>& p* rt ' 2.(-i i.becaufe they neuer faw them themfelues. But as hee re-
vbiiuj. ports at large all ouer his booke,efpecially cap. j^.pArt:r.ihty are often fecn.
Mml'isil' 1, Car d a % hbi i p.defubtiktchx.cso{h\s father FaciusCardan$\\n after heaccu-
Loue Meian' ftomcdfblemnities, An: 149 1: i3:Auguft,heeconiuredvpfcai;enDiuelsin
choiy. ^ Greeke apparell,about 40 yeares of age , fome ruddy of complexion, and
nafavtfim' ^ omc P a ^ e > as nc thoughtrhe asked them many queftions,and they made rea.
& compertum dy anfwere 3 thac they were aeriall Diuels,that they liued and died as men did
'Timt^mb ™ * auin § that they were farre longer iiued (7 or 8 hundred 2 yeares ) and that
ejjm am >ge- ^ ^ cxcell men in dignkie 3 as we doe iumentes, and were as farre
Tidemfum ti- excelled againe of thofe that were aboue them:our gouernours and keepers
b * H sic Hefwdut and tnc Spirits °f tnfi meaner fort had fuch offices, as wee make horfekee«
deNymnbis vi* pcrSjneat.hcardsjand thebaicftofvs 3 onerfeers of ourcattle.and that we can
vere dkit 10. ^ n0 more apprehend their natures & functions 3 thcn an horfe a mans. They
vei*J.*!!*'* knew a ^ things, but might not reueale them to men ; & ruled & domineered
* cujiodesho- ouervs,as we doe ouer horfes: the beft Kings amongftvs 3 & the moft gene-
^mZmJ&s. rous r P irits >were not comparable to thebafeft of them.Sometimes they did
*" inftrucl men^ communicate their skill,reward and cherifh s & fometimes a-
gaine terrifle and punifh, to keepe them in awe, as they thought fit. The
fame author Cardan^mhisHyperchen^om of the doctrine of Stoieks 3 vvil hauc
rwvTtwa' fome ofthereG ^(^^°) i ecallsthem)tobc a defirousofmens company,
hom'tn bu$ } mul' very afTable,and familiar with them as Dogges arejOthers againe to abhorre
dZmT f& asSer P ents > and care not for them. h Generally they farre cxcell men in worthy
* Tbhomhe 44 A mm tJje mcancfl xoorme, though fome of them are inferior to men againe,
phtdiftant qui as fome degenerate \b aj r ey 'at 'ion 'all 'creature s,are excelled of brute beaJIs
n Thac th 7 ™ ^ m ; rt , al ^^til hefet f ftimonic ? fc ^^' many other
umen qmdm Uivmcs and Philolophers hold. The c Platonifis and many Rabbines, Porphy
ex bis ab bomi- nut and Plut arches appeares by that relation of Tbamm. d The great God Part
mvihZma U Kjpofo Pythim ccafed 3 and fo the reft. S. Hierome in the life of/Wo
fem,&c. the Ermitetcls a ftory 3 how one of them appeared to S.^/^vinthewil-
Iti'X^neT dcrneflc » and told him as much. *Paracclfm of our late writers ftifly main-
WW bominibus^ tandem mori 3 Cic9gm i part.U.c. J. * Vlutarcb.de deftfl. vraaOmm. e Vb. d( Zilpbit & Vigmcis.
tame
Part. i. Sect 2. Caufes o) f Melancholy. Mcmb.uSub£i.
taincs that they arc mortall^r.d Kuc and dic 3 as other creatures doc. Zozinus 39
lib\ 2. farther addes,that religion and policy dies and alters with them. The
f Gentiles Gods, he faith, were expelled by Conflantine, and together with {D »i^ m ^
ihcmjmperif Romani maie^as^rforttma^nter^t.ejr pr oflrgat a eft. lhc fortune ^TfJ^&c.
and maicftie ofthe Empire, decayed and vanifhed- But thefe para-
doxes oftheirmor'tality,takingoffh2pcs,tranfpoiingbodies : andcarnai<:0'
pulations,arcfufriciently confuted by Zancb*cap, io.l/b\4. Pererius in bti Com*
mentyfjr Tortus efttefliom on the 6. of Gen\ Tb.AquinS.Aupn.Wterus ^ Tb.Era •
JiufjOelrio T0.2. lib. 2 .quafl. 2 p, They may deceaue the eyes of men , but none
take rrue bodies , or make arcall Metamorphofis: but as C/cogna proucs at
largerthey are B UluforU ejrprtfttgiatrices tranfforwationes jmntf mag. lib. 4. iC/mia jphiti-
fj/j.^.mccre illufions and cofenings, yet thus much in generall.T/taw^Da- fy% e P& K *
rand^nd all the reft grant,that they hauevnderftanding farrc beyond men, &&$«kiaom-
andean probably conie&ure^nd* 1 foretell many thingsj they can caufe and Mhm&maU
cure mod difcafesjjfca t thev haue excellent skill in all Arts and Sciences : and ff t u L P °T
that the molt ulitaUte Diuell is OuouU nomine fcientior , as l C/ecgna main- mmrcguntur.
tames out of others. They knowe the vertues ofHcarbs,Plants 5 Stones 3 Mi- Mf^M* 6 ^
nerals,&c. Of all Creatures jBirdsJSeafts, the fourc Elements ,Starres,P!3- olmf^l'Tkl
nctsandcan aprly apply them and make vfe of them as theyfeegood\know- c ^-3-
ing the caufes of all Meteors,and thel.kc. k They can produce miraculous ^cen^tte-
alterations in the ayrc,and molt wonderful! cftecis. But that which Bod/ne uncap t 7 .
l1b.4jhtcLt.nxt thinkesjthat they can tell the fecrets of a mans heart 3 is mod ^jS*^^
falfc. His rcafons arc weake,and fufficiently confuted by Zancb. lib. 4. cap. p. wniL^pmim
and Others: fcientiacallidio-
As for thofc orders of good and bad Diuels 3 which the Platonifrs hoId } i*^^ &ix ]
altogether erroneous and thofe Ethnicks, boni and malt Gtny^ are to bee cx- tcrmamlm /im-
ploded. That which h Apulcius, Xenophon and Plato contend of Socrates &<e* &<"di»emziu,
vwnium^ moft abfurd .That which Plotinm of his,that hee had likewife De- h'dTfaLf'&c
um pro Da>mo»io;md that which Porphyry concludes of them all in generall, if 1 lifyjmuf. '
they be neglected in their faenfice they are angry, and fend many plagues a- Tk UJ ' 2 '
mongft vs, but if pleafcd, then they doe much goodjis as vainc as the reft, & fit^Tam^t
confutedby L^njlinlib.g.cap.S deCiuit. Dei.Enfebilib. q.prsparat. Evangel, f^fi'mtuum
tap .6. and others. Yet thus much I finde i that our Schcolemen and » other ^ITc^m un-
Diuines make nine kindesol bad Diuels , as Dionyfim hath done of Angels, ufujennpuadm
In the flrftranke arc thofe falfe Gods of the Gentiles/ which were adored W^W¥.
heretofore in feuerall idols.and gaue Oracles at Delpbos& clfewhere, whofe iSmwum
Prince is Beelzebub, .The fecond rancke is of Liers,and j£qnivocatcrs 3 as o^- ""^lium opt
folio PjthituM the tike.l he third are thofc veMels of anger 3 inventers of all STfcS^
mifchiefe^as that Tbeuttu in PAr/^.f/^calsthem vcflcls of fury, their Prince mi^kimtii
is Beliaff.'Xhc fourth are malitious 3 rcuengrng Diuels, and their Prince is A(* f U!i !" k
prod<ew.'Xhe fift kindc are cofeners/uch as belong to Magitians & Witches; ITnmht'^uim
their Prince is Satan. The fixtare thofe aerial! Diuells that Corrupt the aire hom * tic»gu m
and caufe plagues^hundcrs^resj&c. fpoken of in the Lsfpccalppsfind Faults m^d™ so-
ro the Ephefi.ms names them the princes ofthe ay xt:Merefin is their Prince. aathM4 mU
The feauenth is a deftroycr,Captaine ofthe Furies, eaufing wars, tumults, p/^'*^*
combuftions , vproares, mentioned in the ^pocalyps, and called Abaddon,
quoddama piU
ma puerttii me
fiqimtum Jtepe diffhufet impellti nunquam inflar vocU.?Uto, > *Agrippt lib 4 . it otculphx.i 3. Zmb. ViflH'mfilemt, Cif ffg.
**J,}jc.i.&c. k Fajaira.c.i}, ^wbm datum ell rucerc terr«e& marit&c*
F 2 The
Part.i, Sc&.i. Nature of Dwells. Mcmb.i . Subl.2.
40 The eight is that accufing or calumniating Diucll , whom the Greckcs call
a'^oa§-, that driues vs to defpairc. The ninth are thofc tempters in feucrall
kindcs,and their prince is Mammon. Pfelltts makes fix kindcs,but none aboue
. the Moonc; but Gazaus cited by m Ltpfms 5 will hauc all places full of Angclls
7erm 'f'senec. anc * Diuels 3 aboue and beneath the Moone,aetheriall and aeriall , which Ah*
lib.i.cap. x8. flin cites out of Vayyo libiy, de Ciuit: Dei cap: 6* The celejliali Dwells about \an d
or as fome will,Gods aboue, Semidet\ or halfe Gods beneath,
"ebirel, vocarij, Lares y Heroes 3 Gf /^which clime highcr,if they liucd wcll,as the Stt/cks held;
hero**, lares, ge. but groucll on the ground as they were baler in their hues, neererto the
"<>m Cd eUd cartn *' an< ^ arc Manes^ Lemures^c. °They will hauc no place void,but all full
°J^Tf Afe *' of SpiritsJDiuels.or fome other inhabitants. Plenum catlum.aer* aqua Jerrt %
abbiijvbi vel & omnia fub /tfM,iaitn ? Gazjtus .Not lo much as an hairc breadth empty m
€opn umjn me heauen 5 earth,or watcrs,aboue or vnder the earth. The earth is not fo ful of
™ l tiTdeZityb. & lQS in 1 mnmer.as it is at all times of inuifible Diuels: this 1 Paracelsus ftirfely
* txb.T.cap.i 4. maintaineSjand that&eyhaue euery one their fcuerall fkaos. GregoriusTo*
& *mvT aXt l°f Ami makes fcauen kindes of aethcriall Diuels, accordii^to the number of
1 comment.]* the Icaucn Planets. Saturnine, louial, Martiall, &c. which liue about them*
diat.PUt. dcA~ and asfo many aflifting powers cau/e their operations; and willhaue,ina
nfyutrl\ *- vvorc * j as m any °f them as there bee ftarres in the Skies. Mar films Ficinus.
Ubet fjper wj, feemes to fecond this opinion 4 out of Platopx from himfelfej know not:As
XJlt^bTmo euer y Sphearc is higher ,fo hath it more excellent inhabitants; which belike
rapt* fph*r* i s that GaliUu* a GaliUe*, and Kepler aimcs at in his nuncio Stderio , when hec
confortcsyvc bn- will hauc « Saturnine and Jouiall inhabitants. And which Tycho Brahe doth in
t'sMrivai & ^ ome ^ ort toucn or infinuate in one of his Epiftles : but thefc things * Zan*
Souiat. accolM. cbius explodes >cap:j. libij.
* iniocAdetruft 5 Q t h at according to thefc men , the number of aetheriall Spirits muft
^iorbei'iTae- nc eds be infip^it: For if that be true that (ome of our Mathematicians fay: if a
rem fedket & ftone fhould fall from that ftarry heauen.or eight Sphearc,and fhould pane
^wfirwf CW euery houre an hundred miles , it would bee 6 5 yeares , or more, before it
vantur. would come to ground,by reafon of the great diftancc of heaue from earth,
*q.6i.art 9. which containcs, as fome fay 170 Millions 803 miles, bffidesthofe other
vck and^r hcauens, whether they be Chriftalline or watery which Magtnus ads, which
kindes. peraduenture holds as much more^how many fuch Spirits may it containc?
Velh % tg ' ^ nt * y ct tor a ^ tJlis " TnomM *ndAlbcrtus,znd moft hold that thercbe farrc
» JupH-hsctlL niorc Angels then Diucls.
*», tie quit exi- But be they more or lefle, Quodfupra nos nihil ad nos. Wee are oncly to
^hnJ'^m. f P cakc in brie ^ e of thcfc foMujwry Diuclsrfor the reft, our Diuincs hold that
rm. vbisniem the DiueM hath no power oucr ftarrcs.or heauens. x CArminibm ccelo pojfunt
tte^uDem'tY ^ucerel*nam,&e. Thofe are poetical 1 ficl ons, and that they can y fifitrt
6nmt t &*M W» flwifs , ejrverterefyderaretro^ ejre. as Canidia in Horace z 'tis all falfc,
nemtarbitrdre- * They arc confined vntill the day of judgement, to this fublunary world &
SfSrJK can worlcc no farthcr tncn tnc fourc Events , and as God permits them.
wmtnieturms, Wherefore of thefe fublunary Diuels,J»/f//«* makes fix kindes. fiery, aerially
t»nde Upturn * tcrrcftriall, watery, and fubtcrranean diucls, befidc* thofe Fairies. Satvres
iredwi'ti. Idiot Kl.i««r\V»»c ftr*. J 9
z**ehj. An . Nymphcs,&c.
•& Angd. maiu. Fiery Diuels are fuch as commonly worke by blazing ftarres ,firc-drakes,&
w'(7bl% n countcrfeit Sunncs and Moones, ftarres oftentimes, and fit on (hip Mafts,
' ' which ncucrappcare/aithc<r^, but they fignific fome mifchicfe orothcr
to
Partl.Scd.2. (jufes of melancholy, Memb.i.SubCi
to come vnto men: Cur (tones are full of Rich apparitions, Somechinkc 41
they kcepc their residence in that Hecla,* mountainc in Ijland^tna in Sic sly,
Lypcraycfuvm&c. Thefc diuels were worfliipped heretofore by that fa-
perftitious nue?f*«r7«*,and the like.
Acriall Diuels are fuch as keepe quarter mod part in the a ayre,caufema- A Dmcs diru ,
ny tcmpefts,thundcr,andlightnings,teareOakes 3 fireSteeples s Houfcs } ftrike
Mcn and Bcafts a makc it raine (tones, as in Limes time, Wooll, Froggcs &c. f™*?^^™
Counterfaij armies in the Aire, asatr/f/r/M, before the comming of the pulutl&fuL
Turkes >ind many times in Rome* as Scheretziusl/b. de fpeft*cap % i ptrt.iylu- *neminftarte-
ItusObfequeus an old Roman, in his booke of prodigies,^ urb.cond.;oj. and cuogmt^
b Maehtavellhzth illuftratcd by many examples.They caufe whirle. winds of c.y.
a fudden, and tempeftuous ftormcs, as when a delpcrate man makes away b ^* f i ? -«»^*.
himfelfe» which by hanging or drowning they frequently do,as Kornmannus
obfa\M:9idemirac*mort partf.cap.76> tripudtum agent es % dancing and reioy-
cing at the death of a fmner. Thele can corrupt the Aire, and caufe plagues,
(ickncffCjftormeSj fhipwrackcs,fires,inundations.At Mom Draconu in Italy,
there is a mod memorable example in c Jovianus Pontanus* And nothing io ' t>e belhtfe**
familiar f if we may bcleeuc thofe relations of Saxo Grammat. Olaus Mag» 9 > t^ffj^
Damtan 9 A-Goes) as for Witches and Sorcerers,in Lapland^ Lituania^nd all dem.idem tuft.
oner Scandtajio fell winds to Mariners^ caule tepefts,which Marcus Pattlus A f*-1**
the Venetian relates likewife of the Tartars. Thefe kindes of Divcls are much
delighted in Sacrifice ( faith Porphyry ) held all the World in in awe , and
had feuerall namcs,IdoIs,Sacrificcs in Rome \Gr eeccjJEgjpt find at this day ty-
rannize ouer,and deceiuc thofe Ethnickes and lndians,being adored & wor«
(hipped for c Gods.For the Gentiles gods were divels (as t T rifmegijfuj co- e in Deiimta.
fefifeth in his A/clcpius) and he himfclfe could make them come to their Ima- ^^ aith
ges 3 byMagicke (pells: And are now as much rejpcoled byourPapifts (faith } Vii gentium
f Ptelorius) vnder the name of Saint //Thefe are they which Cardan thinkes, de v*mm &e.
(ire fo much carnall copulation with witches//;^/ and Succubt^ns forme 'f^p™™/*'
bodies.and are fo very cold,that fcrueMagitians.His father had one of them 1 Et nunc fab
(as he is not afhatned to S relate ) an aeriall Dlvell^bound to him for twenty ^ommnmimt
and eight yeares. As Agrippas dog had a divell tyed to his coller; fome thinke tifcjfT * Pm '
that Paracelfus ( or els Eraflus belies him ) had one confined to his fword * ub.rt.de re.
ptimmelltothers weare them in rings &c. lannes&Iambres did many things rmvM -
of old by rheir hc\pc:Simon Magus £inops ,and "Xritemius of late^that (hewed
Maximilian the Emperor his wife,after flic was dead,^* verruca in cello ems 9
f faith h Godelman )Co much as the wart in her neckc. Delrto Itb, 2, hath many
examples of their feats: And Cicogna ltb,s*cap.j* trier us in his bookc de pr*- nlfic^&e. "
f/gMmonum fjrc, » Nereides.
Water diuels, are thofe Naiades or water Nymphes, which hauebcene
heeretofore convcrfant about Waters and Riuers. The water fas Paracelfus
thinkes) is their Chaos,whercin they Iiue:fome call them Fairies, & fay that
Habundta is their Queenc, thefe caufe Inundations^any times fhipwracks,
and decciue men feuerall wayes,as Suecub^ov othcrwifc.* Paracelfus hath fc- j ub,jc
uerall (lories of them,that haue liued and beene married to mortall men,and
fo continued for ccrtainc yeares with them, & aftcr.vpon fome diflike,hauc
forfaken them. Such a one was v£gcria t with whom 7{uma was fofamili-
zxfitanafcres &c* \ Olaus Magnus hath a long narration of one Bother us a * ^
F3 King
Part i.Seft.z. Cau/ej of Melancholy m Mcmb.i. SubC
4 J fcngof Sa^tf.thathauingloft his company, as hec was hunting one day,
met with thefe water Nymphcs or Fayrics, and was feaftcd by them. And
Hdcldr Bo'eth/uj, of Mackbetb, and&*«<rf,two Scottiih Lords, that as they
werewanderinginthe Woods, were told their Fortunes by threeftrangc
i rnpkte bo- vVoincn.To thefc hereto tore they did vfe to facrifice^y that CjifuMfiint or
m num exr.'tbx- ...... '
nfefimuimt. divination by Waters.
jed u conm Terreftriail Diuels 5 are thofe 1 Lares. Genij^Fannes^atyrs} wood-nymphs,
Fairies goodfeibves.TrulU &c. Which asthcy arcmoft con,
■\ oryada,Orc- verfant with mcn,fo they doe them moft harme % Some thinkc it was they
^,Hmidry- alone that kept the Heathen people in avveof old , andhad (6 many Idoles
Ev'cuQ'aii and Temples erected to them. Of this range was Da^on amongft the Phili*
wniMb.fi ftiniSjgf// amongft the Babylonians^^/?*?^ amongft the Sydonians, Baal
viMttcQAt. 3l » on g^ the Samaritans, Ifts and Ofyru amongft the Egyptians &c. Some
zlvmim chre- put our Fairies into thfs ranke, whsch haue beenc in former times adored
Si i to»' w ^ mi,c ^ fapctftition^with fweeping their houfes, and fetting of a paylcof
adeb 'p'ofimJe cleane water, good victuals and the hke,& then they fhould not be pinched,
vi mroibipfc buc flndc money in their fhooes and be fortunate in their enterprises, Thcfe
iriitideincep are r ^ c y tnat ^ ancc on heaths and greenes, as m Lavater thinkes ; and as ft 0.
vUm o b cu- Uui Magnus zMcs^cmz that grecne circle, which wee commonly finde in
iarisfit,&gra- pi a ; n? . fields/ which others hold to procecde from a Meteor falling,or fome
* lIm/z'^ accidenrall ranknefle of the ground,lb Nature fports her felfe:they are fome-
& Pignteis. times feene by old women and children, Hieron.Patilz, in his delcriptionof
p'S't'c '• 14 ^ n 'f o^Berdno in Spaine^ relates how they haue beenc familiarly feene
qui&infjm-i neerc that towne^about fountaincs and hils. ° Paracelfus reckons vp many
UtHviru&f*. places in GVrw.wy, where they doe vfuallywalke in little coates, fome two
Knt.eenthvh foot long, A. bigger kind there isofthem,cailed With vs Hobgoblins^ and.R*-
fiopti purgHnt, bin Good fellowes ^hat would in thofe fuperftitious times, grindc come for a
mcfleofmilke, cut wood, or doe any manner of drudgery workc. They
tMile^ln c,i- would mend old Irons in thofe *y£o\ian lies of Lypara, in former times, and
YA it.&c. }-j auc fc, ccnc often feene and heard. P 7 holofanm calls them Trullos and Ge-
* Ad mwflcria . , r . , , . , . . . J . . r
uumtur. tu'os } and lann , that in his dayes they were common in many places of
* Where trea- France_s.Dithmarus Bleskenius in his defcription of Jjlmd, reports for acer«
£me S ihmke) tamt y» tnat almoft in cuery family they haue fome fuch familiar fpirits. And
orlbmc mar- F<dix Malleolus in his book de crudel.ebemon.afamcsas much.thac thefc TroU
fike YUlan Ch ° r T4tdftlM]p(t v c r y co m m on in 7{crx»aj y and 4 f tene to doe drudgery xcorkex
commitxl ^° draw water, faith Wierus, t/b.zjcap. 22 1 drefle meat, or any fuch thing.
* LibA6.de re- Another kinde of thefc there are, which frequent forlornc r houfes, which
9 ^uS &- lne ^ tn ^ ans ca ^ Foliots jxioft. part innoxiot»s, ¥ C4y^» holdes: They mUmake
mures d.meftl- Jlrangc noyfes in the nighty howle [omctimes pittifully^ and then laugh againc_j t
mfabdm?'" cau ( e & reat fl tme A »dfadden lights , /Imgflones, rattle cba/nes, tyxuemen , open
™«t!w, oBal doores^andjhut them^fling downe platters, (looks {be flsjometime appeare m the
cantberas, likcncffe of Hares, Crowes Jylatke Dodges ejrc: of which reade t Sigtfmund 9 Scbe>
Unt V &JZ rctz,i 9 MJefrettris, parte /.£*;>./. which he fiith,he tooke out of Luther ^modi
Zees emiuunt, part ,there be many inftancesJ Pltn? Secund 9 remembers fuch a houfe ac
w'ant , rifum tbens >w\\\ch K^ithenodorus the Philofophcr hired, which no man durft inha-
bitforfeareofDivels.WhetherlmaycallthcfeZ/wand Obim % whichy/ tf/
fiks,varpfor~ cav.i j,2ify&kz$ of,l make no doubt: fee more ofthefe in the faid Scberetz.
ftJS^j Iti'i'defle&tMp'+hc is full of examples, Thcfe kinde of Divcls many times
appear^
Parc.i.Sed.2. Caujes of melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.2;
appcare to men,and afftight them out of their wits, fomctimes walking at 43
« noonc day,fometimes at nights ^counterfeiting dead mens Ghofts,as that 1 Mmdmukt
of Caligula, which (faith Suetonius) was feene to vvalke in LavinUs garden, ^TakS]
where his body wasburied , fpirits haunted, and the houfe where hee otAiafiomii.
died, * nulla nox fine ten ore tr an facia, donee incendto confumpta^ euery night c * 9 s ' uetm €
this happened, there was no quictneffe, till the houfe was burned. About \nu™Jut 9
Hecla in fjland&hofts commonly walke, an/mas mortuornm (imulantes, frith
lob.' _yjn11n.ltb.3-de nat.d&m. Olaus lib-2- cap. 2- mtal.TAllopid.lib.de appartt-jpir.
Kornmann 9 de miracmort. parte i.cap.44. fueh fights are frequently feene cir-
ca fepulchru & Monafieria, faith Lavatjib- i.cap-ip. in Monasteries and about
Churchyard stand foretell mens dcathsaVy feuerall fignes y as knocking,gro-
nings,&c. \ Neare rupes nova in Finlard, in the Kingdome of Sweden jhetc is l^Yb. 3°
aLake,inwhich,beforetheGouernouroftheCaftledyes,aj^^r«w in the magcap.s. '
habite of Arion with his Harpe appeares,and makes excellent muficke/like
thofe blocks in Chefhire,whkh ('they fay)prefage death to the Matter of the
family : or that * Cke in Lanhadran Parke in Cornwall, which fore fhowes as * a M ^ 7 r ^
much. Many families in Ewr^e-*, arc fo put in mind of their laft,byfuch Ub^i/fcU*©!
prcdi&ions,and many men are fore- warned (if wee may bcleeue Paracelfus)
by familiar fpirits,in divers (Tupes, as cockes,crowes,Owles, which often
hover about ficke mens chambers,*^/ quia morientiumfeditatem [entiuntjs
\ BrriccU 9 co\\\o.2tai<i$ tdeo fuper tettum infirmorum crocitant jbecaufe they ^J'" Gen **
fmell a corfe-, or for that ( as Bcrnardinus de BuflU thinketh)God permits the * ' I3? *
Dive 1 to appcare in the forms of Crowes, and fuch like creatures, to fcarrc
fuch as liue wickedly heercon earth. A little before T ulltes death ( faith Plu~
tarcb ) die Crowes .made a mighty noyfeabout him s t urn ultuofe perftrepentes,
they pulled the pillow from vnder his head. Such prodigies are very fre-
quent in Authors.See more of thefe in the faid Lavater* Thyrem delocis infe- x ?*t i.V.i*,
tlisjart 2*cap-sS*Picloriuipelrto> Cicognajib.j.cap.p. Negromancerstake ^*^f ™*
vponthem, to raife and lay them at their pleafures. And lo likewife thofc vim for fad-
which Mizddus c^,sAmbulones y i\\zi walke about midnight on great Heaths entlbus «tf«r-
and defartplaccs,which ( faith x Lavater) draw men out ef the my, andleade *if^/* W p <44
them all nitr})t a by way, or quite barre them out of their way: thefe hauc feuerall
names in feuerall places- we commonly call them Pucks m \n the defarts of Lop
in Ajafuch illufions of walking fpirits are often pcrceiucd,as you may rcadc qTtnm \ilf,l
in M.Paulus the Venetian histrauels; If one loofe his company by chance, newuQviaio.
thefe Divets will cal him by his name,& counterfeit voyces of his compani- ^T^Zl
onsto (QdLicehlm.Hieronym.Pauli in his book of the hils of Spaincjchtcs of a aula tergo ma-
great y mount in Cantabria, where fuch Jpeclrums are to be fecn.Lav at.&i Ci- voces *•
cogntthmc variety of examples, of fpirits, and walking Diuels in this kindc, c ! ZJfTdre"
Subterranean Diuels are as common as the reft, and doe as much harm e. utmt at-
Olaus Magnus Jtb»6 cap.ip\ makes fix kinds of them/ome bigger, fome lcfle. i^f^e'riii*
Thefe ( faith z Munfter) arc commonly fcenc about mines of mcttals, &mvof^ i uH
and arc fome of them noxious , fomc againc doe no harmc. Tbc mcttall- ^£ **"
men in fome places account it good luckc, a flgne of trcafurc, and rich p^m. '*
C re when they fee them. GeorgMAgricohjxi hisbook dejubterraneis &niman« 1 fncofmo^,.
•j?7i rc " -kons vp two more notable kinds ofthem,which hccals * Getuli mt aUkwum.
& C^^which are cloatbed after the manner ofmettaS-men^^willmany times gefa & opera
imitate their nw/foThdr officers ™ m ******
trcafurc *
Part.i.Se&.2, Caujes of Melancholy. Memb.i.Subfoi
44 treafure in the earth 3 that it be not all at once revealed: and befides, b Cicogna,
* immifi in avcrresjthat they are thecaufc many times of horrible Earthquakes 5 which
vmoimmss fallow vp fomctimes not ontly houfcsj?ut whole llands and Cittiesim his ybook
terrxmotws effi- cap.i /,hc giucs many inftances.
rilfdmJt*' ThusthcDiiie!lraignes 5 andinathoufandreiieralI fhapes, Asaroaring
tnodb&tmes, Lion JlHlfeekes whom he may deuourej.Pet.s. by Earrh,Sea,Land,Ayre, as yet
fhdehitdtes in- vnconfmed , he rageth while he may to comfort himfelfe , as c Laclantius
b%Z*fmt l * thinkes 3 with other mens falls, hee labours all he can to bring them into the
Their offices, fame pic of perdition with him. For d mens miferies ^calamities andrumes t are
operations, the dwells banquet ingdifyes. By many temptations and feuerall engines, hee
«L*s«tf' i 1 ^ ec ' <cs t0 Cil P lu,2te ollr Joules- The Lord of lyes,faith c ^u/lin, at he wasde-
deominc cm- cihied himfelfejoe feekes to deceme others , the ringleader to all naughfineflc,
tacap; i y. bi as he did by Eue and Cain^Sodome, and Gomorrah, io would hee doe by all the
mahgm fpmt.'A WOv i^ Sometimes he tempts by couctoufnciTc, drunkennefie, pleafure,
per omnem ter- ni i j r t j/iay- ai
ram vnymuir i pnde,&c. He midies our ouerthrowe,and leekes our deltruction. Andal-
&fohtiumper- though he pretend many rimes humane good .and venditate himfelfe for a
dtfonii Cu* per- c . rr \t y-r r •/ • > ■ t ■ r
tkndit bmm. God 5 by curing of ieuerall diieales^T'tf J ax it at em, ey ucts lumints vjttm re.
but opetantur. fiituendo^s Auftln dcclares,//£:/0 M Ctv.Dei cap: 6, as Apollo jtALfculapiw, ifis
cai^:atesqnt- °^ °^ nauc done,diuert plagues,and aifift them in wars,portcnd our good,
Ufmt miiorum yet nihil his ir/tpur ius^fceleftiMS, nihil bumano gencri infeflim , nothing io inv
d<emomtm.sy- pnre,nothing fo pernitious, as may well appeare by their tyrannical!, and
•honiuuumtn kl°°dy Sacrifices of men to Moloch, which are ftillin vfeamongltthofe
daciiifipfi de- Barbarous /z^tf/jtheirfeuerall deceits and coufenings to keepe men in o-
ceptus alios de- bedience, their falfe oracles , facrifices, their fiiperltitious impofitions of
wfJillum- fafts,Dcnury, Sec. hcrefies, fuperftitions, obferuations of meats 3 times,&c.
itigemm,m- by which they f crucify the foules of mortall men , as fhall bee (hewed hi
ventor mortis, our Treatife of Religious Melancholy. CModicoadhuc tempore finttur malh.
fopcrbt* input- . . => , . f J . . , r J £
tor, radix maii- nari^ as g Bernard expretleth if, by Gods permmion he rages a while, here-
ti^fceUrumca- a frer to be confined to Hell and darknefle' , which is prepared/or him and his
mum vt'ofitm, >' >
furit indein dei How forrc their power doth extend, it is hard to determine , what the
hoTmmpVni- Ancients ne ^ °f tncir effedts , power and operations, I will briefly (hewe
tiem,dehjrum you: Plato in Critias^nd after him his followers,gauc out that thefc diiicls,
tonaiibM & o- were mens gouernours and keepers jur Lords and M afters as we are of our cattle:
fytplZiumX * Theygouerne Prouinces and Kingdomesby oracles, augur w,drcamcs Rewards ,
rmJtb.%. Dio- and puniiTiments,fend warres,plagues,pcace, ficknelTe, health, &c: as ap.
n £blfsp)ftk P carcs b y tho ^ c hiftorics of ThucidedcStLiuius, Dionyfius Halicarna/feus,whh
Ub.\o.cp.z.& many others, that are full of their ftratagems, and were therefore by thofe
**vi>efil M Ro7mn an ^ Gree ^ e commonwealths adored and worftiipped for Gods, with
^Mb.sjap. Payers and facrifices , &c: Trttemms in his booke de feptcm fecundity aflignes
az./^.9.i8. lib. names to fnch Angclls,as are gouernours of particular Prouinces^ by what
au ^°"tyIknowenot,andgiuesthcm feuerall iurifdiaions. Afelepiadesa
fl.ep.141. Leo-
Grecian y Rabbi dchtba the Jew, Abraham ^uenezra, and Rabbi Azariell Ara-
rTJdmetrj ^* ans * as ^ ^ c l ^ CIT1 c " cc ^ b y ^ Cicogna)faxthci adde , that they ar e not our
tor.Ep.i.chryr.
hww.53.i« ii.Genef.Greg.in 1. Cap.lob.Barthol.de propJ.i.e.io.ZanchiumHb.4.de maUsangelu. Pererjn CenJib B.mcep.6.i. On-
pn.fepe preliU mtcrfuntjtinera & negotia nofira qtitcung dirigunt cladefiinU Cubftdiu optatos fiepe prabent fucccjftu, Pet. Martin
jam. &c. f £t velut mancipia circumfert, Pfeliut. t Lib. de tranfmut . Malac'.epif. * Cuflodes funt hom'mum & eorum vt not
mmdiumjm frpomncijiprtepofm rtgmt wgnryh [omm > ovacnUt funisjfr prxmiiSi&e. t OmmfjM&ib'txap.iz.
gouernours
Parc.i.Se&.2. Digrefio?i of Vmells. Memtu.S«b£2.
gouernotirs only Jed ex eorum concordik ejr difcordia^boni & m&li ejfeflus pro- 45
mtnant^s they agrec,fo doc wc and our Princcs,or diftgrecj Religion ,,pol-
licy, publike and priuatc quarrclls depend on them,our bene and rnaleeffe^
almoft all our other a&ions,preferments,loiTes, weddings, deaths, &c. as
thefe boni and mali Gent; fauour or diflike v$:Saturnini non contteniunt lottia>
Itbus^c: he that is Saturninus, fhall ncuct likely be preferred. * That bafe
fcUowes are often aduanccdjVndereruing^^'/j&vitiouspafafiteSjWhen » &mia -
asdifcrce^wife^ertuousjand worthy men arc neglected and vnrcwarded, i>t principes no*
they referre to thefe domineering fpirits,or Genfe as they are inclined,or fa- ™™* u e £ c ™
vourmen,fo they thriue. All particular cuents almo'ifyhey referre to thefe ntiatibu-s pew"
fpirits: and (zsParacelfus addesj they direct, teach, and inftruCt mcn.-Neuer <bfuant&mui
was any man extraordinary famous in any Arr,or great Commander, that
had not familiar em damonem to informe him,as l^uma J Socrates, and many nmfmtipro
tfich. But thefe are moil erroneous pzxadoxts ^ncpu ejr fabulofe nug*, re- b /j£ {trittam
ie&ed by our Divincs,and Chriftian Churchcs/Tis true,they haue,by Gods tkdomm^&i
pcrmiiIion,powerouervs , and we finde by experience, that they can hurt ^m. QuoA
not our fields onlyxattclLeoods^but our bodies and mindes. Ac Hummel ?,nlo 'M hinQ *
m5*x0«y, An. 1454.2 o.lumj, The dwell in likcnclie 01 a pied piper, carried cumfiun*&
away 130 children, that were neuer after feene. Many times men are* af. '"WMobm-
frightcd out ofthcir wits,orried away quite, as Sberetziw illuftrates, '^pVprJmiim
cap.jand fcuerally moleitcdby his mcznzs. Plot thus fazPlatonifl Jib.i 4 % td~ tipwteifrdept
verfGnofl. latighes them to fcorne^ that hold the diuell can caufeanyfuch t'c P j € t mmiS
difcales. Many thinke he can vvorke vpon the body,bnt not vpon the mind. cap.3M.1M
But experience pronounceth orherwiie,that he can worke both vpon body Map. idem
and rninde. T ertu/Han is of this opinion/^ .22. % k that bee an catt/e botkjick- f^jo^&'jf
neffe and health, and that fecrccly. 1 T imcllui addcSj by clancuiar poyfsns he can demaiu mgelik
infeflibe bodies, and hinder the operations of the bowels, though we pereeaue it not, ^2jf ^£
tlofely creeping into themfa'nh m ,and fo crucifie our foules. For being fuleffickni 3 &
afpiritLiallbody,heftruggieswith our fpirits.faith Rogers ,and fuggefts (ac- pm*
coi&mztoCardxn,vtrbAjincvoce$eciesfwevifu anger. fcVc.J as ^Sfmh^
he fees men inclined. Um^zancU-
The manner how he pcrformes it,~Biamdnnti6 in his Oration againft Bo~ 1 f } ^°' l ' b '^
dine fufficiently declares,//*? beginnesfirjl with thepbantafte , andmoues that L/Zrpwl-
fo jlronglyjbat no reafon is able to rejifi. Now the Phantafte hee moues by me- fi/ a pop
diation of humours: Althougkmany Phyfitians arc of opmion,that thedi- ^ri^bi*
veil can alter the minde,and produce this difeafc of himfelfc. Quibufdam me- &maimm ge~
dicorum vifum % faith P Cdvicenna,. quod Melancholia contingat atUmonio. Of ne g °^ m . > *"
the fame minde is PfeUm^nd Rhafis the L^rabM.r.Trap.p. Cont* 4 That this p e letan&(k-
difcafe proceeds ejpeciallyfrom the Diuell , andfiomhim alone* And x^ArcuUnus ™re.
cap.6.in g shafts \-y£ltanm Mont alt us in his gsap* confirmes as much,that the t e^oiboi&
diuell can caufc this difeafe; by reafon many times that the parties affected fawtates.
prophecy,fpcakeftrance hnguzzchutnon fine inter uentuhumorv .not with- T lfterun a ac '
out the numour,as he interprets himlelte.-no more doth Avtcennafi conttn- bibere utenter,
gat a djimonioJufricit nobis vt conucrtatcomplcxiwcmadcbolcramnizram* & & vmnyi **-
^ J jJ 1 * bis ignotii cor-
pus inficere.
m Imptnm corportbui occult c morbos fingunt,menies tment .membra diflorquent. LipfPbil.StokJib.TS.19- D Dererum var.l.i 6,
*'9h JQfutn mens immed'utc decipt nequit,prmkm motet [banta^am } & it a obfirmat vattis conception* vt ne quemfacultati
mumjatumc locum rclinquat. Spiritm malut mvtdit ammam^turbat fenfm, in fworcm conikit, Aftft'm. de fit. Beat. P ii^.j.Fia,
hTiafi.<\.cap.i2. H ADtmonc maxm'z proficifii l & pepe (i!o,
G ft
Parta.Scd.2. Nature of Dwells. Memb.i. Subf.2.
4$ fit cat* fa em propinqua cholera ///gra t the immediate caufe is ehokr aduft:and
there vpon belike this humor of Melancholy, is called Bdaeum Diaboli, the
diuels bath: the divell fpying his opportunity of fuch humours, driucs them
many times to defpaire,fury 3 rage,&c.minglinghimfelfe amongft thofe hu-
mors. And this is that which Lemnius goes about to proue, /mmifcent fe
* cap de mm* maligen^ prauU humor ibtuM^atr* Mi,&c. And * Ufcn Praten/is, that the Dp.
BJemorbii veil being a fender incomprehenftble fpiritfan eaftly infwuate and winde himfelfe
cerebri Dtmo- ± nt0 \ mmAne bodies ^and cunningly couched in our bowels^vitiate our healths, ttr»
Temv&iJcoL rifie ourfoules with fearefulldreames, and (bake our m'tnde witbfuries.&nd in an-
frebenftblkifpu other place. Thefe vncleane Jpirits fetledin our bodies , and now mixt with cur
ntM >f e l "f™ a " melancholy humours , doe triumph, as it were, and /port themfelues as in another
'LZtlpftunt, heauen. Thus he argues,and that they goe in and oug of our bodies , as Bees
& Kcuitem j n a Hiue,and lb prouoke and tempt vs as they perccaue our tempera-
2SSS22 turc inclined ofitfelfe, and moft apt to be deluded, f Agrippa and t Uuater
timfimnus are perfwaded that this humour invites the Diuell to it,wherefoeuer it ism
^mntei futo- extremity,andofallother,melancholy perfons are moft fubieft to diaboli.
ribui qiMtere. call temptations,and illu{ions,and mod apt to entcrtaine them, and the Di.
nfimantfeme- ve ]j [, c ft a bl c to worke vpon them. But whether by obfclfion, or poflefiion,
ftnetrlbb^m' otherwife ,1 will not determine,'tis a difficult queftion. Delrio the Jefuic,
tiaibiq, confi- Tom.j.lib^. Springer and his Colleague mall, malef, P-Thyrew, Hterommta
dmt & dciin- M etJ „ m Fla?elMm.& others of that rancke of pontificial writers.ic fecme?,
in region darif by their exorcifmes and coniurations approucotit, hauing forged many
fimorumjderuy ft or ies to that purpofc. A Nunnc did eat a lettice 1 without grace, or fgning
fume!' Mim it with the pgne of the croJfeAnd was inftantly pofleflcd, DurandM.6. Rat tomL
'Lib.i.cap. 6. capJ6 4 num*8* relates that hee favv a wench poffeffedin&w^/rfwithtwo
°* C part h \ca r Diucllsjby eating an vnhallowcd Pomcgranet , as fhee did afterwards con-
de fylfot?' 1 ' feffe j when (he was cured by exorcifmes. And therefore our Papifts doe
« sine cruet & fig n€ themfelues fo often with the figne of theCroffe^ dtmon ingredi auft y
§cfd*moZ anc * exorcife all manner of meats , as being vncleane or accurfed other.
ebfefa. dial, wife,as Bellarmine defends. Many fuch ftories I finde amongft Pontiriciall
Gw.pagxy.9. wr i tcrS)to prouc their aflertions/let them free their owne credits: fomc few
I will recite iri this kinde out of moft approued Phyfitians. Cornelm Gemm
lib.2»de nat.mirac-cap.4. relates of a young maid, called KathertneGualterz
Coupers daughter, A° 1571. that had fuch ft range paflions and convulfr
ons,that three men could not fometimes hold her: fhee purged a line Eele,
which he faw a foot and a halfc long, and touched himfelfe: but the Eele af-
cerward vanifhed,(he vomited after fome 24 pounds ofblack ftuffe of all co-
lours,twice a day foifoureteenedaics; and after that ,fhc vomited great bals
ofhaire,peeces of wood,pigeons dungjparchment,Goofe dung, coles; and
after them two pound of pure blood , and then againe coles , and ftoncs,of
which fome had inferiptionsjbigger then a walnut, fome of them peecesof
glaflc,bra(re,&c. Befidesftrange paroxifmes of laughing, wceping,and exta-
fieSj&c.H/ hoc (inquit) cum horrercvidi, this I faw with horror. They could
doe no good on her by phyficke,but left her to the Clergy. Marcellm Dona'
tus lib*2»cap.i.dc med.mirab}mh fuch another ftory of a country felIow,that
had foure kniucs in his bcMyJnflar ferr* dentatos, indented like a faw , euery
one a fpanne long,and a wreath of haire like a globc,with much baggage of
like fort,wonderfull to behold. How it fhould come into his guts, hee con*
eludes,
Parti. Se&2. C au f ef °f me ^ncholy. Memb.i.Subfa
■ ■ ■ i n — ■
cludcs.Certe non alto quAm famonis aflutia & dob, Langitu ep'tft: med: lib: ji 47
epijli jS: hath many relations to this crTe&,and fo hath Chrijlophortu aVegv,
merus^Skenkius.ScribAnius^W conclude that they are done by the fubtilty &
illufion of the Diuell. If you fhall aske a reafon of all this/cis co try vs & our
faith ,'tis for our offences.and for the punifhmcnt ofour finnes,by Gods per-
million they doe it , Carnifices vMtft&iuJia Dei, as u Tolofanus ftiies them, ^^wt^
Executioners of his will: or rather as David^Pfali/S.ven^g. He<^j catt vpon
them the Jiercenejfe ofbti A»ger } indignation, watb, and vtxattonjby fending out
tf ettill Angells: So did he afflict fob.Sau^ the lunatickes and daemoniacall per*
Tons whom Chrift cured y M At. 4 SLuc.4. 11. Luc. 13. Marc p. Tobit.8,3,&c.
7 his 5 l fay happencth for a puniflimcnc of finne 3 for their want offaitb, in*
crcduiity^wcakRclTe^diftruftj&c.
S T B S E C| 3.
Of Witches and Magitfansjiow they caufe Melancholy*
YOuhaue heard what the Diuell can doe of himfcife , nowyoufhali
hearc vvhathecanperformebyhisinftrumcnts 3 who are many times
worfef if it be pofifible) then he himfelfe, and to fatisfic their reuenge
and lufl 5 caufe more mifchicfe, mult A entm mala non egi(fct Prison mfiprouo*
c*tH* a fagis^s x Erajltts thinkesunuch harme had neuer beenc done, had hee x t)iL«mrh,
notbecne prouoked by Witches to it \ Hee had not appeared in Samuels
fhapcjif theVVitch of EnAor had let him aIonc;or reprefented thofe ferpents
in f bar aos prcfence 5 had not thcMagitians vrged him vrito ic: net morbos "jel
homtmbwfjcl brutis mfligeret {Era/It^ maintaines )fi fagx quicker ent^ men &
cattle might goefrec 5 ifthefe Witches would let him alone. Many deny
Witches at all 3 or if there be any, they can doc no harms; of this opinion is
meriujtb.jicap.j, jJe prtftigMm. ^ufltn Lerchcmer a Durch writer, Bur*
munusfivcichtus^ Euwaldus : our countryman Scot : but on the contrary are
moil Lawyers^Diuine^PhyfitianSjPhilofbpher
m fJ)ytrcusgZznch'tus^Aretiiis^&cJ)e^ tf.
7o.i.BodtneddinomAntMbi2.CAp,S>GodelmAn^DAmbodcrius i ejrc.PAra(el(us :> ErA*
flits £crib mint £amcr -Arias, cfc.The parties by whom the Diuel deafes,may
be reduced to thefe two,fuch as comand him in (hew at leaft 3 as Coniurers 5
or fuch as are comanded, as witches that deale tt^irfr mplicite^ov explicit}^
asthc y King hath well defined; Many fubdiuifions there arc ,& many feue« i ^ '
rail Species of Sorcerers, Wirches,Inchan'ters,Charmers,&c. They hauc v^onouL^
becne tolerated heretofore fome ofthem; and Magicke hath becne publike.
JyprofelTed in fofmer times,in z 5.t/4w^f4 3 and fomc other places, though * An Vniucr-
. after cenfured by feuerall a Vniucrfities, and now generally contradicted, fnoScS"
That which they can doc, isasmuchalmoftas the Diuell himfelfe, who is "Oxford and
fhll ready to fatisfie their defires^to oblige them the more vnto him. They J> a ^^j*«
can caufe tempeftr , ftormes 5 which is familiarly pracWcd by Witches in ' r
*Nj>rvoay Jjlindjs.% J haue proued. They can make friends criimies, & enimies
friendsjby philters^ turpes Amores ff^c////tr^,enforceloue 3 telany man where b ergjlxt,
his friends are,about what employed, though in the moft remote places, J^^jj^.
And if they Willjt bring their [wet beans to them by mght> vpon * Goafs hacke. f ( " a r!av<!unm
* fyi'S
Part i.Se&.i. ^ au / gs °f Melancholy. Memb.i. Subf.3,
48 fty l »& t0 tf)e *y re ' tigif mH *d Scheretz,iusjart*i'cap\$.de jpecl. reports confi-
t sttriypuptu dcndy , that he conferred with fundry fuch ,thac had beenc fo carried many
^Smii'm- that nc ncard Witches themfelues confefle as much: hurt and in-
mbuT/Tfuw- fe£t men and beaftsjVineSjCornejCattle^plantSjmake women abortiue,not to
9f A tSkfltf § fi m conceauc, barren t mz\\ and women vnapt and vnable^ married and vnmarri*
Tmwrnlrie- cd,5o leucraJl waycs/aith Boding flic in the ayrc, meet when & where they
#»• vvilLas Cicogna proucs 3 and LauatJe jpeft.part : 2*c ap: 77. flak young children
I Plater - in out of their cradles f minifterio daemonum,^- put other deformed in their roomes,
primm pt*'cep~ which we calichitngelingsfa\ih. * Scheretziusfart'.i.capi 6, make men vi&ori.
*?» ous,fortunate,cloquent. And therefore in thofe ancient c Monomachies &
wZm.' 1 ' combats, they were fearched of old, they had no Magicall charmcs; they
*Lauatet.cicGg. can make d fticlc free's, fuch as fhall endure a rapiers point j or musket ihot,
tAdJipbus and neucr wounded, c reprefent dead mens fhapes,alter and turne thenr
Smbsmm. felues & others into feuerall formes ,at their pleafures : Laft of all, cure
* rkg.mieid. anc j cau f c mo ft difeafes,to fuch as they hate, & this of S Melancboly amongft
deftribens : * the reft. Paracelfus T 9,4. de morbis awentium, T raft. /. in txprefle words af.
H<ec fec<c<mmi- rirmes 3 &/ ultifafcinantur in melancholiam, many are bewitched intoMelan.
fdvwemmtes : cno tyi out °^ ls experience.The fame,faith Danaus 1: 3. de fortiarjs, Vidtjn*
Q$asveiitsp quit, qui meUncholicos morbos grauifimos induxerunt: I haue fecne thofe that
ahii durMim- haue cau fed Melancholy in the molt grieuous manner, b dried vpwomem
h 1 Goielmarmm P A P? €S i cured gout, pal fie, tbisjind LApoplexie \F ailing Skkneffeyohicb no ?hj*
c*?.T.iib.i. m- ficke could belpe } folo taftu$ by touch a\one*Ru!andin his s-Cent^Cura^piigHKs
F*frc2T{rf? 211 i n ^ ancc °f onc Vw?d Helde a young man , who by eating cakes which a
tattu pedagtam, Witch gaue him,*^* delirare ft?/>tfjbegan to dore on a fuddain,& was mad:
^popiexiam, p j{ m j)j n i /ft/^f/flf jConfulted about a Melancholy man , thought his dip
u umbos quls eafe was partly Magicall,and partly naturall,becaufe hec vomited pecces of
median* curare iron andleade,and fpake fuch Languages as hchad neuer becne taught: but
"i^lftusindc ^ lie ^ examples arc common in Scribanitts,Herc* de Saxoni and others. The
Mmacm^x. meanes by which they work,arc vfually Charmcs, Im agcs,as that in Heftor
komliJpb'itra Boet ^ tM °f King Duffe: characters ftamped of fundry mcttals,and at fuch and
ttfikur fe£f- f ucn conftellations, knots, amulets, words 3 Philters, &c. which generally
jirantM h** make the parties affected, melancholy«,as k Monauitu diicour(eth at large in
b quod C TZnem a n Epiftlc of his to ^///« , giuing inilanccma^w«»Baronthatwas
efficiant me/**- fo troubled, by a Philter taken: Not that there is any power at all in
zTul!n^' ^ n fp cIls 3' cnarm ^ but that the Diuell
*3*. f doth v fe fuch meanes to delude them,
Svssbc 4.
Siarres 4 eaufcj* S'tgncs from Vhyfiognomy % Met*
fo fcopy> Chiromancy,
N AturaS cantes, are cither Primary and Vniverfall^ or Setundary, and
more Particular. Primary caufes are the Hcaucns, Planets, Starrcs,
&c by their influence (as our Aftrologers hold; producing this &
Tuch like ctfefts. I will not heerc (land to difcmTe obiter > whether Starrcs be
caufcs,or Signes; or to apologize for Iudiciall Aftrology. If cither Sextut
Emper setts , Pic hs MtratsduU, Sexttts ah Hemsngafererists, Erajltts, Chambers,
&c%
Parci.Sed.2. Cau/esof melancholy, Mcmb.i.Subf.4,
&c. hane fo farre prevailed with any man,that he will attribute no vcrtue at 49
all to the Heauens, or ro Sunne and Moone , more then hee doth to their
fignes,atanIn-kceperspoft,orTradefmansrtiOp 5 or generally condemne
ail fuch AftrologicaUAphorifmes., approued by experience: Ireferrc him
to Bellanttus ^Pirovanus \> Mar af caller us ^Goclenius 3 5 r Chr gopher Hey don ejrc:
If thou (halt askc mc what I thinke 3 I muft 1 anfwer, they doe incline,but not 1 c «w &di.
compel 1 ? no necemty at all: ™ Agunt, non cogunt: and fo gently incline, that ^
a wife man may refift xhcm\faptens dominabitur a/iris : they rule vsjwt God tusfm.
rules them.All this ( me thinkes) n Johje Indagine hath comprifed in bricfe ^£fi™ ngm
Quarts a me quantum in nobis operant ur ajlra? ejrc. Wilt thou know how farre the ^aSm'^
St arret worke vpon v$t Jfay^ they doe but incline and that fo gently 3 that if we D chirom.iib.^
will be ruled by reafon } t hey haue no power ouervs; but if wee follow ourownena- ^Smm^
ture } andbe ledby fenjefbey doe as mucbinvS) as in brute beajls, and wee are no rantur afiraHU
better.So that 5 l hope,l may iuftly conclude with Caietan, that Ccelum is ve* *°™nesiM*.
hiculum divine virtutis that the HeaucnisGodsInftrument, by media- arimoTpmfc
tion of which jhe gouemes & difpofeth thefe elementary bodies; or a great qui
bookc.whofc letters arc the ftarres/as one cals it)wherein arc written many ^lT^r U i m
ftrange things tor fuch as can reade t P or an excellent bar pe^maae by an eminent fequmur ruth-
workemanjon which, he that can but pUy > will make mofl admirable muficke* But nem M <$ci-
, r r J J antfnveron*.
to the purpole. ruram,id agert
q Paraetljus is of opinion jf/^fa vhyfitian ^without the knowledge of flarres^ qwdin brutu
can neither vnder /land the caufe or cure of any difufe, either of thiiyorgout, no ^o%i untvef>i ,
not fo much as toothache: Except he fee the peculiar geniture and Scheme of the culm divk* '
party affecled. And for this proper malady, hee will haue the principalland ™m^cum
"primary caufe of it proceede from the Heauen , alcribing more to Starres Tumfa^nflul
then humors, 1 & that the confiellation alone 5 many times ^roducctb melancholy, enua, Vm tie-
all other eaufes fet apart. HegiucsinftanceinLnnatickpcrfons, that are dc- ^ n ^lnaT&
praued ofihcir wits by the Mooncs motion 5 and in another place, refcrres disbonk.Th. ds
all to the Afcendent,and w:ll haue the true & chiefecaufe of it to befought ?S cmuam
from the Starres.Neithcr is it his opinion only, but of many Ga/enifts & Phi- Vulndmifie
lofophersj though they not fo ftifly and peremptorily maintaineasmuch. quafiiyraabe*-
This variety of 'melancholy fymptomes , proceedes from the Starres 3 faith f Me- ct ^'f^ m .r
Unfthom The moft generous melancholy, as that of Augu/lus 3 comes from VnciZatlfqui
the coniun&ion of Salurne and Iupiter in Libra: the bad, as that of Catilines ^ncm^mOi
from the meeting of Satnrne and the Moone in Scorpio, lovianus font anus in ti^TzSi
his io.booke 5 and i^ChapJerebusc&leftibus,6ifcomkthtothispurpofe2t pbmfmu.
large.E* atra bile vat if qenerantur morbi ejrci 1 many difeafes proceed from black ]Jf e ^^ t
cholera it jhallbe hote or cold: and though it bee cold in its owne nature , yet it is 7/&Tnift gene-
apt to be heated^ as water may be made to boyle, and burne as bad as fire : or made frnfcfvmt, ne
cold as he: ejr thence proceed fuch variety of fymptomes^fome madjomc folitary, ^mjept
fome laugh, (ome rage tjrc* The caufe of all which intemperance, he will haue gra.
chiefly and primarily proceede from the Hcauens, *firom the petition of Mars, r c f? e ^"} n
■ \ % i* a 1 •/ 1 t f ' ~ . ' I J ' caufa e(t: &m-
Saturne^nd Mercury. His Aphonlmes be thefe: x Mercury tn anygentturtLj^ fkmtta c«h
tnorbum bunt
mavetjnterd'im ommbm afamotis.Etalibi.O>igoemac*lopetendaefl. TrMmorbis ameraium. f lib. deanimdcap.de bumo-
rib Ei vanctxt in Meh cb la, babet cskftcs caufas. o* .<$.&%. in is . c^o*. &Q.'mm. 1 Ex atra bile vary gener an-
turmo'bijc'indc ut if (e mult urn ctt'idi antfriitdiinfe babuerit^quum utriq, (ufcipiendo quam aptifftma fit, tametft fuapte naturU
JrigHa fit. Annon aqmfic affcitur a. colore ut ardeat^ a fiigore,ut in glaciemconcrefcat,& h<ec varietas diflinftianum,a!jf fient 3
rident &c. u Banc ad intemperantiam gigiendam plurimmi confert c? & <J" pofttm $ &c. * 5? Quptiei aSkum gmitwa in tig
& X adve/fo Jignopofitusjhmfcapum partiliter temr'tl, at% etiam 4 cT vel ? □ raditfpercujfus fntrH^atm ab mfaaia vcxatitw*
3 if
Paru. Scd.i. Cj«/« ofMelanchofy. Memb.i.Subf^
50 if he fall be fount in Virgo or Pifces bis opfofite ftgue, and that m the Horojcope,
Irradiated by thofequartile Afreet* of Saturne or Mars, tbechilde fallbe mador
i$ld<f&& meUncholy. A2ain 5 y He that fall 'bane Saturne or Man ,the one culmtnat/ng y
the other in the 4 .bou{^ whenbefallbeborne, fallbe melancholy, ofvhichhee
rum vmouio , fall he cured in time ,tf Mercury behold them. * if the Moem be tn coniunftton or
c*m m iw.em ^ tti(fn(lt t \ }e y trt \ } time .votth^he Sun, Saturne, or Mars ^ or in a quart He a.
/heel with them, ( e malo uli loco , heouitius addcs) many difeafes arefgntfied t
mi fmabimj e /p cc j a it Y t y Head and Br nine ts like to be mifaffecled mh permt tous humors, to
% tUos mxdU ' be melancholy Junatiehor mad.Cardan ^Acs.quartd luna /w/^Eclipfcs 3 Earth.
*hh configu- quakes. Garcxus and Leovitius will haue the chicfc Iudgemcnt to bee taken
miouenmi, |- fom L ofC | f t he geniturc, or when there is no afpeft betwixt the Moon
ZmZTZp- and Mercury M neither behold the Horojcope: or Saturn zndMars (hall be
m. L or d f t i ie precedent conjunction or oppofaion in Sagittary oxPijcespi the
Sunne or Moonefiich perlor.s are commonly Epilepticke , dote, Da?monia-
cail, Melancholy: butfeemoreofthefe Aphoiilmes in the abouc named
Pont anus. Garc/tts cap t 2 jJf lud.genitur. SchonerAib.ixap^S % which hee hath
* ?tohm<e;<s gathered out of a Ptolomy,Albu'oAter, and tome other Arabians Junttwe$w
centHovtw, & zov ius>Undbout,Origan &ci but thefe men you will reieclpcradventure, as
Aftroiogcrs,and therefore partial! iudges,Th.cn heare the teftimon y of Phy.
metoncboiiccrit fitians, Galen/ fs themfclues. b Cf^confclTeth the influence offtarresto
®7uminHwn ,lauc a S reat nanc * in foisldifakfo ^ otn ta f** Pratenfis, Lonicerus prafat, de
erum m^cn- A ^ ex ^^ u ^ nas ^ f erne li us fa c . c P* Cnemand^r acknowledged the ftarres
b jint Medi- an vnivcrfall cau(e,the particular from parents 5 from thevfeof the fix non-
ku"Zfaafl naturall things. Baptifla PortamagJib- i\CAp\io\u:i$\ will haue themcaufes
ahnes fydcrii. to cuery particular /W/x//V«»w Jnllances and exampIes,to evince the truth
viurimummci- Q f t ^ f Aphorifmes, are common amoneft ihofe AfUoIogian Tteatifes;
tant ©» provo' » V". • n 'it- 1
amt influentue C*rd<i* in his 37 geniture 5 giues inftanccin Math. Bologmus, Camerar.bor.M.
crte/les. Ve.'eu- talit,centur^.genit.o'.ejr 7 >of Daniel oV^and others: but fee Garc^us cap.^:
\ H u$lm LucGaurictts Trail .6: de ^4zemenU % &t. The time of this Melancholy is,
fyceUJemei. when the fignificators of any genitureare direcled according to Art, as the
Hor: moone 3 Hylech &c: to thehoftilc beames ortermes of and g efpe*
cialIy 3 or any fixed ftarre of their nature, or if by his revolution^ or tranfu
tits /hall offend any of thofe radicall promhTors in the geniturc.
Other fignes there are taken from Phyfiognomie, Mctopofcopy, Chiro*
mancy.whichbecaufc/^ ^/»^/#^and Roman , the Landgraueof/"^//j
his Mathematician 5 not long llncc in his Chiromancy ; Baptfla Pertain his
celeftiall Phyfiognomy,hauc proued to haue great affinity with Aftrology;
to fatisfie the curious,! am the more willing to infert.
1 10. de indag. The gencrall notions d Phyfiognomers giue 3 bc thefc:5/i^^ colour, argues
t . 9 . MmtdtM naturall melancholy: Jo doth leanneffejhirfuteneffe^jbroad veines, much haire on
• caput pi rvU the browes foith « Gratanarohs eap. 7 \ and a little Head, out of <^4ri(lotle 5 high
jtu babentjce- fanguine,red co!our 3 argucs head melancholy; they that ftutter and are bald,
t^nmpt wil1 bc fooncft m . cIa ncholy ^as ^Avicenn* fuppofeth ) by rcafon of the dry.
neflfe of their braines: but hee that will know more of the feuerall figncs of
^MetncboiA humors ) ancl wits out of Phyfiognomy, let him confulc with old Adamantus
ruhmdi.m- and Ffto^.thatcommentjor rather paraphrafe vpon Ariflotles Phyfiogno-
wAdmcMm- my ^aptifla Porta foure plcafant bookes, Michael Scot de feeretis xatura>
Gakii*? %l ' ' Iohn & Indagwe, MentaltHS^ Antony Zara^nats ingeniorum^fecl.i, memb.ij.
&lib t 4 % Chi«
Part.i.Se& 2. Caufes of Melancholy. Memb.i,Sub£ ji
Chiromancy hath thefe Aphorifmes to foretell melancholy. TafneirMK 51
S.cap.2: who hath comprehended the fumme oilohn delndagine: Tricaffus,
Corvinusjuid others,in his book ,thus hath it: f The Saturnine line going from * Sitmn ' lM *
the Rafcetta through the band Jo Saturnes mount, and there interfered by certain drmmamm"
little lines y argues melancholy, fo if the Vitali And ?{jturall make an acute angle, decmm % ufa
<-^phori(me 100 % The Saturntnefipaticke.and Naturall lines , making agroJJk_j j£ ^rn?°T
triangle tn the hinder gue as much \ which Goclenius cap,ji Chirof: repeatcs patvU imek in-
verbatim out ofhim.lngenerally they conclude all , that \$ Saturnes mount ter M*> wguit
be full of many fmall lines and interfe&ions, g fuch men are mojl part melan* ^w^™'
cbolj jnt[er able, and fullof difauietneffey care, and trouble, continually vexed with 6 AgitaruurmU
anxious and bitter thoughts, ah ay f orrow full. fear efull, fujpitious : they delight in
huibandry,buildings,pooUs,marfyei y fprings,wodsjx>alkes &c, Thaddeus Hag- w $ mquam 1
gefus'm his Metopofcopia, hath certaine Aphorifmes deriucd from Saturnes M^uejberi
lines in the fore-head, by which he collects a melancholy difpofition.-and ^Mamanffi-
h Bapti(la Porta makes obferuations from thofe other parts of the body, as if mummcogita-
afpotbeouerthcfplecne^ 1 or inthenailes, if it appear e blacke 3 it fgnifeth S^L^S'
much care ,grie{efontention,and melancholy .-Thereafon hereferres tothehu- mtituioficogt
mours 3 and giues inftance in himfelfe , that for feuen yeares ipace, had fuch tatlmei /»»'»
continuall blacke fpots in his nailes 2 & all that while, was in perpetuall Law* ^Ja&ai*
fu tes,controverfies for his inheritance, feare, lofTe of honour, banifhment, mart & falu-
griefc^are &c. and when his miferies cnded.the blacke fpots vaniflied. Car- f^f ^/Sf*
^»inhisbookc^//^/^r^r^/,tellsfuch another ftory of his owncperfon, ^cdtiuviL
that a littk before his fonnes death 5 he had a blacke Ipot, which appeared in wmMjo.
one ofhisnailes' which dilated it felfe, asheecame neerer to his end. But I rZ?£ll'3lh
am oner tedious in tncle toyes, which nowioeuer, in lomc mens too feuere uitgpiu mgr* y
cenfures,they may be held abfurd and ridiculous, I am the bolder to infert, f
as not borrowed from circumforanean Roaguesand Gipfies,but out of the ntfcaniabfu*
writings of worthy Philofophers,and Phyficians, yet lining fome of them, m ™ in sards-
andRegious Profeflbrsin famous Vniuerfities , who are able to patronize tdl '
that which they hauefaid , and vindicate thcmfelues from all cavillers and
ignorant pcrfons.
Svzsbc. J.
Old age a caufzj\
SEcundary, peculiar caafes, efficient, fo called, mrefpccl: of the other
precedent,are chhcvcongenit4,intern<e, innata, as they tcrme them, in*
ward,innate,and inbred: or els outward and adventitious, which hap.
pen to vs after we arc bornetcongenitc or borne with vs,are either naturall,
as ottigtpr prater naturam ( 2s b Ferneliusc2il\s it) that diftemperature, l^u^'
which we haue from our Parents feede , it being an hereditary difeafe. The c A»« mim
firft of thefe which is naturall to all,and which no man liuing can auoide, is ma ^
c oldc agc^which being cold and dry',and of the fame quality as melancholy «£&r *utm
is,muft needes caufcit,by diminution of fpirits and fubftancc,and increafing toffitmeffemO.
of aduft humors. Therefore * MeUnBho»zvtXT(:$o\\toiAriftotle,zszx\vx\' l^oiTbikc
doubted tru thjene s pler»n% delirajfe in fenefta, that old men familiarly dote, «> capJe hum'
ob atram bilempi blacke cholcr,which is then fupcr-abundant in them. And
Rha/is
Part.i. Se&.i. Cattfes ofMelancbcty*. Memb.i.Subf6.
%z Khifis that Arabian PhyfitianinhisC<?^//£./.^4>« callsit c a neceffary and
e Ne&fmm in/sparable accident y to aU old and decrepit perfons. After t yo yeares ( as the
pllt&bfe^' Plaimi ft i^ith J aH is trouble and forrow, and common experience conflrmes
rattle. J the tructh ofic a in all weakc old perfons,efpccially in fuch as hauc liucd in a*
^Mttcllll' ^ lon a ^ tns * r liiies>and haue had great employment, much bufinefTcjmuch
UpS.i. ag ' command,and many Icruants to ouer-fee 3 & leauc oftexabrupto: as { Cbarles
%Smt marop, the nft did to King Philips refigne vp all on a fudden: they are ouercorne with
T,&%fia!T melancholy in an inftant. Or if they doe continue in fuch courfes, they dote
fimifyiwi~, atlaft, ((enexbti ptter) and arc not able to manage their cftatcs , through
™iruUc a 'ene common infitmities incident to their age: full of ache , forrow, and griefe,
flute. S children againe/lizardcs, the Carle many times as they fit, and talke to the-
h Lib.z.dcAU- fclues 5 they arc angry, wafpifh, difpleafcd with cuery thing, fttfpitiow ofall y
timMml Myv*rd>cou?tousJ)ard ( faith Tully ) [elfe mlied % ft4pertfitiot*s 3 felfe conceited,
hmh t pbitauti, braggcrs t and admirers of tbemfelues^ as g Ba/tbajar Caftal/ohzth truely noted
iirffi/St~ ° lfinem « This natural! infirmity is mo ft eminent in old women, and fuch as
3*,^ arepoore, folitary , liue in moft bafe eftceme andbeggery , or fuch as
i Lib. 3. de it- arc witches; lnfomuch that merits^ Bapt/fla Porta, Vlricus Molitor , Ewichus
W'>cap.ii,& doe refcrrc all that witches are faid to doe, to Imagination alone, andthis
k soitmmifm humourof melancholy. And whereas it is controverted, whether they can
l 0l&!tnvJ t bcw " chcattell ^ c: to death, ride in the Aire vpon a cowlftaffe , out of a
infantum™^, cnirany top,tranfformc themfelues into CattesjDogges,&c: tranflatc bo-
1 corrupta eft dies from place to placcjmeete in companies, and daunce 5 as they doe, or
MtancS hai,e carna11 copulation with the Divell , they afcribe all to this redundant
fhmtafa. Ny- melancholy,which dominecres in them,to k fomniferous potions,, and na.
Mutant r e it. tUraJi Caufes 3 tne Diuels policy-Mw Udunt omntno (faith merus) ant quid mi-
dre,qumbnoH rum fact unt (de Lamijs hb-j.cap < 36) ut putatur y folamv/tiatambabent pbantt*
iliS'hec ' ^ am '' 00 ^ 1C ^ wonc ^ crs al a ^> on ty their 1 Braines are crazed.™ Jhef
i™$mZnh tfonkctbey are Witches^n dean doe hurt. but doe not* But this opinion Boding E*
vim refme c<h ra^s^anaus^crtbanius^n^ Dandinus the Icfuite,//£.2.*k Antma explode
£ 3nd n c ' e ?g" a confutes at large. Thar witches are melancholy, chey deny
remprotfm not but not out of a corrupt phantafie alone a fo to delude therafeluei and
bormfuicepaut others,or to produce fuch effects,
mnlfjnag,
S V B s s c. 6*
, .„ Parents a caufe_jby propagation^ m
fLib.x.eap.u. ' * ^
nartbritid ' | T Hat other inward inbred can fe of Melancholy, is our temperature,
* P nfi(fL I in wholc »° l part, which we rcceiue from our Parents .which t Feme*
tam pijeffio- ^calls^r^r^/*r4^,orvnnaturall,it being an hereditary difeafe.'
mmqukmmor. for as he iuftines, parentum maxime patrisfemen ebtigerit t tales evadunt
bgumhtndtt fi m ' t i Am ^ fptrmatk^, partes \quocun^ tttam morbo fater quumgenerat tenetur,
1 Epifl.de fecre- cum femine transfer t m prolem: Such as the temperature of the father is fuch
tr^fZt isthe ^ onnCs 5 and looke what difeafc the father had when hec begot him,
ht he qubd^ ^ch his fonne will haue after him/ and is as wellinberitour of bis infirmities
%"t Zlrltt ** °f hn lAnAu wbere the com P lexton an * conftitutton of tbe father is cor*
fMoscmupue ru ?*' there (k\t\i r Roger Bacon)tbe complexion andconflitutioncf tbe fott mufi
tmflexkms, &c m ^f mi , } mmi t ^ m de cay f a f e m tu^ia,&fK derivator corrupt* * ptribuSt ad fihs.
needes
Part.i,Se£t.2. Cmjesof Melancholy, Memb.i.eaibf % 6
needts be corrupt^ and fo the corruption ii deriued from the father ^ iothefonne^j a 5 3
Now this doth not fo much appcarc in the compofition of the Body 3 accor-
ding to that of f Hippocrates , in habit proportion jcarres, and other lineament s\ 1 v ^ Am
but tn manners and conditions of the Minder : ^ gE^**
Bt patrum in natos abeunt cum femine mores* cicatrices mis
Seleuzm had an anchor on his thigh,& fo had his pofterity, as 71 rogus records fj*™}*'
Ub.i s.Lepiduj in Pliny lib. 7 ,cap.z7 t was purblind,and fo was his forme. That Jx^JcTvewm
famous family of ^Enobarbi^ wereknowneof old, fo furnamedftom their weffum^efiut,
redbeardes, the lip, and ihofc fndians flat nofes are propagated, n ^ mxhoi
che^^r/^chinne, and goggle eyes amongft the lewes, as c Buxdorfius ^sjnagog. ul
obferues: their voyee,pacc,gefturc,iookcs,is likewife deriued, and all the reft
of their conditions and infirmities; fuch a mother, fuch a daughter; their ve-
ry "aftefrioRS Lemmus contends to follow their (eede.and the malice and bad con- " A ^ im r P a *
ditions of children, are many times xohoUy to be imputed to their Parents. 1 neede trmfcum , &
nor therefore make any doubt of Melancholy ,but chat it isan hereditary dif- fminm mob*
cafe.* Paracelfus in exprefle words affirmes ic libJemorb.amentium T o.j.Tr.r ^,S^ 4
fo uoth ycrato in anEpiftle of his to Mona-viusSo doth Bruno Seidelius in his c^.de occult.
booke de merb. incur ab. Mont alt us proues cap.ii. out of Hippocrates and T^™' itofo
r^rc^that fuch hereditary difpofuions are frequent, hane (incjuit) fieri } ltu ^cTbiit
rcorcbpartic/pttammelancholicawiritemperantiam, fpeaking of a Patient: I ofisbtbcfi,&ii-
thinke hebecame fo by participation of Melancholy. * Forceps in bis medi- 2fctSS!
cinallobferuations,illuftrates this point, with an example of a Merchant his doiici!
Patient, thachad this infirmity by inheritance. Lodovicus Mercat&saSpA' *^M74.«*
nifo Phyfitian, in that excellent Tr^cl:, which hec hath lately written of turmbifcumillit
hereditary difeafes,T^.2'(?^r.//Af.rec*koris vpLeprofie, asthofc *Galbots aiiutr^&uM
m6afcinf t hertdiixy Lcpers,Pox,Stone,Gout,Epilepfie&c: Amongft the ^clmmdm
rcft,thi.s,and MadneflTe after 2 fct time^comes to many,which he calls a mrra- bum affm. i*.
culous thing in Naturc,ar.ditickes for euc t to them as an incurable Habite. telejjiulibjrfk
And that which is more to be wondred at , it skippes in fome Families the ^ t ^ mi
Father ,and goes to the Sonne, b or takes cucry ether ; andfometimes euery third * Ub.io'cbfer-
in a line all de [cent, and doth not almyes produce the fame Jut f melikejtnda (ym« *' G „
Mixing difcafc-jXhcfc fecundary caufes fo deriued,arc commonly fo pow- b s *fflf m "fl
erfull,that(as c ^jfo/holdes) fiepe mutant dtcrela fyderum, thcydoeoften hmfftdfwi-
altcr the primary caufes,and decrees of the heauens.For thefc rcafons belrke
the Church and common-wealth, humane and diuine Lawcs, haue confpi- pmnte, trmfi
red to avoide hereditary difeafes, forbidding fuch marriages as arc any whit '?^ m '' fik
allied; and as Mercatus aduifcth all Familics,to take fuch/ fieri pofiit qu<ema~ gmturuUati*
xime difiant natural to make choice of thofc that are tnoft differing in c5-
plcxion from them: if they louc their owne> and refpedt the common good.
And furc,l thinkc, that ithathbeenc ordered by Gods efpeciall providence,
thar in all ages there ihould be (asvfuallythercis^ once in d rfooycares, a * * tiintd W*
tranfmigration of Nations, to amend and purifie their brood, as wee alter
feed vpon our Land,and that there fhould be, as it were, an inundation of
thofc Northerne Gothes and randales ^Scythians ,and many fuch like Nations,
which came out of that Continent of S candid and Sarmatia ( as fome ftp*
pofe ) and ouer ranne as a delugc,moft parts of Europe and Africke^sfQ alter
for our good, our complexions, which were much defaced with hereditary
infirmtiiesjWhich by our luft and intemperance wc had contracted. A found
H genera-
Part.i.Sed.2. Cajfes of melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.tS.
\± "generation of ftrong & able men were (ent amongft vs.as thofe Northcrnc
nien vfually are, innocuous, free from riot, and free from difeafcs.-toqua-
litie and make vs as thofe poore naked Indians are generally at this day j and
. CIau ^ a . thofe about Brafiie (as a late e Writer obfcrucs; in the Iflc ot Maragnanfi CQ
bavMe capu- f rom a n hereditary difeafes, or other contagion, whereas without hcipe of
chian,mhis ph y fi ckc t h cv ij U e commonly noyeares ormorc>as inthcOrcbades , and
SpS^*** many other placcs.Such are the common eft'efts of tcmperance,and intern.
tap..^. [^m9 perance-but I will defcendto particulars, and (hew by what meanes,andby
whomeVciallythisinfir^tyisderiuedvntovs.
buflo cnoote, fM ex (entbm nati/aro [tint fir mi temper amentiplCi mens children are lcl-
vhunt (boat ^ ome Q f a g 00£ j temperaments Scoltzms (uppofeth/^/»/f. 777 ,and there-
S£ fore moft apt to this difeafe : and as £ Levinus Lemnius farther addes , olde
idem' Hetior men De g ec mo \\ part wayward^eevifh/ad^elancholy fonncs 3 and leldomc
ZfoycklI:& mcrry.He that begets a childe vpon a full ftomacke , will either hauc a ficke
a childe.or a crazed fbnnc (as S Cardan thinkes jContradicl.med.ub.i. contradict,
GoesdeScsndiA 7 ^ Qr if t h e Parents be ficke,or haue any great paine of the head 3 as megrim,
ccaiiLnT.mr. hc*dachc(fJieronwtts, h mlfim doth inftancc in a child of Scbaftian Caftalio's)
rctrimpiermq, or jf a drunken man get a child,it will neuer likely haue a good braine^s Gel-
^mJm^Zl t /us argues/. i2>cj .Ebrij giqnunt ebriojpne drunkard begets another(faith
(la rmlsex'bl- iplutarcb fy mp. 1. 3. qua ft. $)whofe fentence ^Lemmus approues Li'C.j./Jferm
laram, Genuenfk ide quifitjned-cent.s^foLi $ z.Macrobim \lib.i . Avtcenna lib.s.Fen.2i y
reptehnTpcf- Trac7-r.cap.8jnd ^riftotle himfclfe^^./.pc^.^.foolifh^runken, or hairc-
fiannj& fiittqui braine women 3 moft part bring forth children like vnto themfelues, morofot
mm gi^umtur, , ^ ^ an( j ^ li^ cw ifc^he that lies with a menftruous woman. Intern-
out (loiidi, perantia Veneris 5 quam in nautis prsdertim iniectatur 1 Lemnius^ qui uxorcs
h J)ial - W*fi x * incuritJiulra menftruidecurfusrationehabita,necobfervato interluvio.pre-
Lcovitto ■ -
i L'b.de'cduc. cinua caufa eft 5 noxiajpcrnitiofa,& quarta luna concepti 3 infaeiiccs plcrumq;
Uhr.s. &amentes,deliri>ftolidi, omnibusbonis corporis atqjanimi dcitituti:^/^
k Deoccuh.nit. y t , mquit Euflathiuspi Hercules ,& alii. m ludti maxime infectantnr
tnir. teruulen.* ™ ■ * • i j / n t • « .... . ,
(tr.flabdx.tmtii- icedum hunc,& immundiim apudchrtfttanos concubitum,& ut llhcitumab'
cm libem pie- horrcnt.apud fuos prohibent: & quod Cbrtfltani toticsleprofi,amentes, tot
™ib?fmde7 mt morbillLtam multi morbi Epidemici,acerbi,& vencnofi imt 3 in hunc immfr
1 Lib % cap.*. dum concubitu rejiciunt 3 & crudeles in pignora vocant 3 qui quarta luna pro.
n° ccult ' mt ' fluente hac menfium illuvie concubitu hunc non perhorrefcunt. Damnavit
Good Maftcr olim divina Lex, & mortemul6Tavithujufmodinomines,2L^.7^ ^<7.&indc
d Ch ° otE 1 *"' nat ' J ^ ^ c ^ ormes auc mutili,pater dilapidatus.quod non cotineret ab n im«
lift this. " S mundamulicre. Cregortus Magnut$titm\LAuguflirio nunquid apud Ir'u
m Buxdorjius tannos huiufmodi concubitum toleraret/evere prohibuit ? viris fuis turn mif-
ujMi.synag. C Q X {{ XXXi \ n ^ m confuetis fuismenftruis &c; 1 fpare to Engliflh this which I
Ezek.<8. hauefaid. Another caufefomegiue 3 inordinate Diet, asifamaneategar-
vDYufmobferu. li c kc s onions 5 or faft over'much 5 or ftudy too hard, or be ouer-forrowiull,
^isldatdMJl* dull } heavy,/^/r^/7^^faith P Cardan fubtiUtb.i8.)w$llbe(ubietftomddnet
Iib.ijcap.z7. and melancholy : for if tbefttrits of the braine be fujled > or mif, affe Sled by fucb
"nm^/im A f ^ 4 ^) ^ ^ ^ ^ they will be dull,
cmbri f t mm beauyfitfcontented all their Hues, Some are ofopinion 3 aad maintainc that Pa-
waTjrTre radoXC or ProbIemc,that wife men beget commonly fooles: and which q£-
ant, & quaks fmltit afeflus,tdts pBmm: e* triflibfti trifles, ex 'wmak wemdi nafemtur &c. i Fol.u^ma. Socratc*
children were fooks. Sabtl,
rafmm
Part i.Se&.z. Parents a cmfe m Memb.i. Sub£&
rafmus vrgeth in his Morta ,fboics bcgcc wife men. Cardan fubt. /2 } giues 55
this caufe, quoniam fpiritus (apientum ob ftitdium refolvuntur^ ejr in cerebrum
feruntur acordei becau/cthcirnaturallfpiritsarcrcrblucdby ftudy, andtur*
ncd into animall,drawne from the Heart, & thofe other parts to the braine.
1 Lemnius fubfcribes to that oiCardan y and aflignes this reafon, quod perfol- *£* h ' T *
vant debit urn languid}^* ofcitanter, unde foetus a parentuw generofttate defcif- mirf" 1 *'***'
fit: they pay their debt fas Paul calls it) to their wiues 3 remhTcly, by which
meanes their children are weaklings, and many times idiots and fooles.
Some other caufes are giuen, which properly pertaine to, and proceed
from the mother: ]fl"he be oner •dull 3 heauy,angry-peeuifh,(Hrcontented,&
melancholy ,not only at the time ofconception, but euen all the while fhee
carries thechilde in her wombe/faith Ferneliuspatb.lib.r.cap»ii.)hct fonne ^Pf 0eeultMt *
will be fo likewife affecled,and worfe,as f Lemnius zddesjib^cap:?. If (hee Pica, m«vbu$
grieueouer-much^edifquietedjOrbyanycafuaky bcaffrighted,and tcrrir m f iaum - ,
fled by fome fearefull obieft, heard or fcenc, fhee endangers her child 5 and k^ptd™*
fpoiles the temperature of it: for the ftrange Imagination of a woman, Exieporum m.
works effectually vpon her Jnfant,that as Bapttfla Porta proues, Phi/fog: ccele. fJ^f^J^
/^//^f.w^.fheeleauesamarkevpon it , which ismoftefpecially leenein fido fuperme '
fuch as prodigioufly long for (uch and fi)chmeats 3 tHe child will loue thofe iabeUo -
meats, faith Fernelius, and bee addi&ed to like humours : t Jf a great-bellied u^m^apfu.
xooman fee a Harejoer child willofien biue an Hate Up^s we call iuGarcaus de lu< >'« r > per emnem
dicitsgeniturarum cap: ^.hath a memorable example of one Thomas Nickell v ^ m ^ eb ^ t
borne in the cicty of Bra»debtirge,A° rssr* u that voent feeling and jiaggering vidaJriLnfo-
all the dares of his life , as if he would fall to the ground , becaufe his mother being mini ff >ncedt-
great With childefaw a drunken man fo reeling m the flreet.Such another I finde ^ciuem" facie
in Martin iVenrichius t com:de orta monftrorumjap'.j /.I faw(faith he Jat ivitten- cadamofa, qui
bergein Germany,* Cittizcn that looked likcacarka{Te,t/ < *fW^/^c4»/d' j t'^'f^ b ^
he replyedjjis mother whence bore him in her wombe/aw a earkaffe by ehance^ejr nenafci.
wasfo (ore affrighted wit hit , that Exeo foetus eiaflimulatus ,ftomtbat gaflly Maxima part
imprefion thechilde was like it. ^!n!fii^
So many feuerali waies are we plagued and punifhed for our fathers de- obrem pndare
faults: Infomuch, that as Fernelius truely faith, x it is the greatest part of 'our hum ™n tn M
felicity to be well homeland it were weH for humane kinde y ifonely fuch parents as returj^pa-*
are found of body and minde, fbould be fuffered to marry* An husbandman will ren *« bme ha '
fowe none but the bed and choifeft feed vpon his land, hec will not reare a luoferm*^
Bullor an Horfe,except he be wcllfhapen inallparts ,or permithim toco- rent,
ver a Mare, except heebe well aflured of his breed: wee make choice of the yi ! t f mte !'/ l ft"
beft Rammes for our fhecpe,and reare the neatcft Kine , keep the beft Dogs, ^SIls
quanto id diligent ius inprocreandis liberis obferudndumt And how careful then '•jw/'.MH
fhould we be in begetting of our children?In former times fome y countries
haue beenc fo chary and prouident in this behalfe , & fo ftcrne_, that if a child cent, ad Belgas,
were crooked or deformed in body or minde, they made him away : fodid JM^?*? -
the Indians of old by the relation of Curtius^nd many other well gouerncd mtmlmmpar
commonwealths,accordingtotheDi(ciplinc of thofe times. Heretofore
in Scotland fiixh * Hector Boethus, if any were viptedwith the falling fickneffe y meti
* LibA.Dcvcterum Satorum moribus. Morbocomitiali, demetia, mania, lepra &c. aut fimili lake, qu* facile mprolem tranfmittU
tur,kboranteihtercos,mienufac1aindagine y mientos s negem feda ctntagme Udetclur, exiiinataycaflraHerioi^muliem huiup
modi proculavirormconforuoablegarHnt,qi{od fibamm aliqua concept^ inwtiekatttr,frmi4 cjmftetu nmdum cdito, dtfodiebfr
tar viva.
Hi pr
Part.uSc&2. C au f ef of'melancbolj. Meoib.i.Subti;
5 6 or madnejfe gout Jeprofieyr any fuch dangerous difeafe, which vpms likely to be fro*
pagated from the father to the (onncjsc was inftantly gelded: a woman kept from all
company of menxejr if by chance hautngfomefuch difeafe,fbe were found to be with
childe,fhe with her brood were buried aliue: and this was done for the common
good, lcaft the whole nation ftiould bee iniured or corrupted, Afcuerc
doome you will fay,and not to be vfed amongft Chriftians,yet more to bee
looked into then it is. For now by our too much facility in this kindc , in gi.
uing way for all to marry that will,or too much liberty and indulgence in
tolerating all forts,therc is a vaft confufion of hereditary difcafcs 3 no family
fccure,no man almoft free from fome grieuous infirmity or other,when no
choice is had, butftill the eldeft muft marry, asfomanyftallionsof the
Race,or if rich,bc they fooles or dizzards 3 (ame or maimed, vnable 3 intempe-
*mhoml* ratc,diiTolutc 3 exhauft through riot ? as he £ud, a iure hareditario fapere iuben*
Uyr. turnkey muft be wife and able by inheritance; it comes to pafle that ourgc-
neration is corruptee haue many wcakc pcrfons both in body and minde,
many ferall difeafes raging amongft vs,crafed fomilies,our fathers bad, and
we arc like to be worfe.
Me mb. 2.
S V B S H C. I.
h Fecit mm* Bad diet acaufe. Sub [lance. Quality of meats,
delitta qu* fieri
fixwTaml A C° rd, ' n g to m y propofed methodjiauiug opened hitherto thefe fe-
te, & e* fue~ /~\ cundary caufes 3 which ate inbred with vs; I muft now-proceed to
ruHt caufe ex : tne outward and aduentitious, which happen vnto vs after wee arc
bmpoflexlnl home. And thofe are either Evident,Remote, or inward Antecedent, and
f*nt objimttio' rhe ncareft.-Continent caufes fome call them. Thefe outward,rcmotc, pre*
"path Bb x cedent caufes are fubdiuided againe 3 into neceffary and not neceffary. Nccejft*
sap.i.' r/fbecaufe we cannot avoid them,but they will alter vs, as they are vfed,of
TwZTmmbU abufed)are thofe fixnon-naturallthings,fo muchfpoken of amongft Phyfi.
vfmobtiMj?- tians 5 which are principal caufes ofthisdifeafe. For almoft in eueryconfuN
buium, materU tation 3 whereas they {hall come to fpeake of the caufesjthe fault is found, &
t^nmtc th,s moft P art ob5eac(} to thc patient,/**; circa res fex non n at urates: hec
tbaen, need hath ftill offended in one ofthofefix. ^/^/tf^^^/z/.^.confultedabouta
TmlTdtm' Mc ^ ancn0l 7 Icw,giues that fentence , fo did Frifemelioa in the fame place: &
rfS/««j£ inhis244eounfeIl, cenfuring a melancholy fouldier, giucsthatreafonof
mtrbifunt.nift his malady 3 b that he offended in all thofe fix non-natural things yvbich were tht
cufmr ^ cau fi s ^ 0m whtch "'""bofe inward obftruclionsi and fc in thc reft.
& humor um Thefe fix nonnaturall things 3 are Diet, Retention & Evacuation which
Ttamddicam arc * noxi: matcrial1 tncn thc °^ ncr j bccau f c they make new matter,or elfe are
mguta ej m conuerfant in keeping or cxpclliug of it.The other foure arc, Aire,Exercife,
tmnum mrbo. Sleeping Waking, and perturbations of thc mindc, which oncly alter
thematter.Thefirftofthefeis Diet,whichconfiftsinmeatanddrinke, and
"'"or. caufech MclanchoIy,as it offends in Subftance or Accidents, that is quanti-
ty,quality,or the like. And wellitmay be called a materiallcaufe 3 fince that
maunumiii as c Ferxeliu* hath it; It hath fuch a power in begetting of difeafes 3 andyeelds the
McogemccaH. mmcr frfuflenance of them for neither aire^or perturbations y nor Any of thofe
other
Part.i.Se&.2. Cau/es of Melancholy. Memb.2..Subf.t
other euident caufes take place y or rvorke this effecl, except the confitution of 57
bo^nnik preparation of humours doe concur re. That a man may fay <j his Diet
is the mother ofdifeafesfet the father b e what he will, and from this alonc_j
CMelancholy ,and many other maladies an fe % Many Phyfitians, Iconfefle,
hauc written copious volumes of this one fubie& 5 of the nature and quali-
ties of all manner of meats^as namely Galen jfaac the lew, Halyabbas^Avi-
cenna^Mefue^ll Arabians: Gordomus^Tillanouanus } wecker , Johannes Brue-
rinusfyttolcgia de Efculentis et Poculentis , Michael Sauanarola^Traff. 2,
cap. 8. Anthony FumaneUusJib,de regimine fenum* Curio in his Comment
on Schola Sa'lerna, Godefridus Stekim arte med*MarfiliusCagnatus* Fici-
nusjlanzouius Jonfeca£efiiis ,Magninus regim.fanitatisjrrietagiusjiugo
Fridevailtusy&c befides many other in d Engli(h,and almoft euery peculi- d c< % m ****
arPhyfitian, difcourfethac large of all particular meats in his Chapter of
Melancholy: yet becaufe thefe bookes are not at hand to euery man , I will
briefly touch what kinde of meats ingendcr this humour . through their fe-
verall fpecics ,and which are to be avoided. How they alter and change the
matter spirits firft.and after humours, by which \£ee are preferued, and the
conftitutionofourbody 3 F^^<f//Wand others willihew you. lhaftento
the thing it felfe.* And firft of fuch Diet as offends in fubftance.
Beefe^ ftrong and hearty meat(cold in the firft degrce,dry in the fecond, Bccfe.
faith Gxlcn lib. 3 cAp.iJe alim.ftc:) is condemned by him, and all fucceeding
Authors,to breed grofle melancholy blood: Good for fuch as are found, &
of a ftrongconftitution/or labouring men, if ordered arightj corned, yong,
ofan Oxe(for all gelded meats in euery fpecies are held beft)or if old, e fuch ' Freta l m <
as hauc becne tired out with labour, arc preferred. LsSubanus and Sabellicus
commend PortingaU Bccfe to be the mod fauory,be{Y,and eafieft of digefti*
on j we commend ours: but all is refected , andvnfit for fuch as lead a refty
life,or any waies inclined to Melancholy,or dry of complexion '-fales^ Ga«
len thinkesysfe/jc/// melanchol/cis agritudtnibus capiuntur. " +
P^'^ofallmeatsismoftnutritiuein his owne nature, but altogether Poifcc
vnfitforfuchaslhieateafe, or are any waies vnfound of body orminde:
Too moiftjfull of hum ours,and therefore noxia delicatisfihh Sanavorola,
ex earum vfu vt dubitetur^an febris quart ana genereturi naught for auealy J f aac k^
ftomackes,in fo mnch 3 that frequent vfe of it may breed a quartan ague. ^vmtaudatw
.SVrzA^r^difcommendsGoatesfleflij and fo doth * Bruerinusjib.ij. qui* meLmcho-
r^./^.callingit afilthy beaft,and rammifh, and therefore fuppofeth it will
breed ranke and filthy fubftance: yet Kid, and (uch as are young , and tender, ULm. m '
Ifaac accepts. Brueriwtsand Galen lib>i.cap,7. de aliment or um facultatibus. 5 Ma & audit
Hart jind red Deere S hath an euill name ,ityeeldes groffe nutriment • a r™ aM J^ ut , e
ftrong and great grained meat, and next vnto a Horfe. Which although fiffn & ^&-
fbme countries eaters Tartars they of china i yet h Galen condemnes. tribtla ^ am f*?-
Yong foales are as commonly eaten in Spaine as red Decre 3 and to furnifh mt" dlWm *
their Navies, about Malaga efpecially ,often vfed, but fuch meats aske long h A fabti-
baking,on fcething,to qualify them 3 and yet all will not feme. 2'cto& E ^
All Fen i fin is melancholy ; and begets bad blood; a plcafant meat ,tn great ^7^nUdlt
efteeme with vs/for we haue more Parkes in England, then there are in all da e fi
Europe befides) in allourfolcmne Feafts. Pis fomewhat better hunted, v^f^
then otherwilc 5 a ntl wcl1 prepared by cookery, but generally bad 3 & fcldome lowDceic/ "
tobevfed. H 3 fl are
Part.t;SecT z. Caufes of Melancholy. Mcmta.SubCi;
58 Hart) a black meat,mclancholy,and hard of digc(tion,it biccdes Incubus
Htrc. ofccn eaten, andcaufeth fearefull Drcamcs , lodoth all Venifon\ a*dis
condemned by a lury of Phyfitians. Miz,aldm^\\d fome others, fay, that
Hare is a merry meat, and that it will make one faire, zsMartials Epigram
tcftifies to Gellia, but this is per acci dens jDeczufe of the good fport it makes,
merry company, and good Difcourfe that is commonly at the eating ofir,
and not otherwifctobevndcrftood.
Conies. 1 Ccnies are of the nature of Hares. Magnim&s compares them to Bcefe,
i Parhmabfunt pj 2 anc ] Qozi^Reg. famt.part.jxap.ij.yztyQne Rabbets, by all men areap«
jracrimf /.13. prouedtobegood.
cap.ti.puiiomm Generally 3 all fuch meatcs as arc hard ofpigeuion, breed melancholy,
tmr* & opn. Aretem uylj.c.tp.*;. reckons vp heades and fecte, k bowels, braines, cntrals,
* {ttaudiblUt marrovv 3 fat 5 blood 3 skinnes,and thofe inward parts, as Heart , lungs, liuer,
fncci naitfim fplccoe &c. They are reie&ed by ifaack lib. 2 part .j. Magninus part. 3. cap.
pomemt. Bruerinm lib .1 2 .Savanarola Rub.^2.Tracl.2.
wake. Milke,and all that conies of milke, as Butter and Chcelc, Curds &c: in*
{Pifi.Altomar. crca f cmc i anc h ly(Whey only exceptedjwhich is moft wholefome: ! fome
except AflTes milke.Thcreit.to liich as arc found,is nutritiue and good,efpc-
™ ft™ Frieta- dally for yong children,but becaufc foon turned to corruption, m not good
giusMagmms. f or fuch as hatie vnclcane ftomack$ 3 orbe fubie<5t to headach,or haue green
^MmurMu 'de wounds,Stone,&c- OfallCheefes, I take that kindc which we call Banbury
cffea.iib.ucap. Cheefe to be the beny* vetuftispeftmusjhe. older jftronger,and hardcr,the
nike °m Wor ft' as Langius difco'irfeth in his Epiftlc to McUntthon^ cited by MizaL
in H/pocon- dm. lfaacpart.$. Galen. lib. ^.de cibisbvnifucci^i&c %
driacaii Me- Amongft Fowle, n Peacocks and Pigeons, all fenny Fowle are forbidden,
Fowic! 1 ' as Ducks l Gecfe,Swans > Hcarnes,Crancs J Coots J Didappers,VVaterhenncs,
« fvec^er syn- and all thofe Teales.Currcs.Sheldrakes, and pcckled Fowles , which come
ifiu$Brmi- n,t ' ,er * n w i ntcr out oiScandia^Mufcovy t Greenland % Freijland t which halfe
md1b.11.c30 the yearebe c'ouered allouer with fnow, and frozen vp. Though thefebee
H(hc9 ^ re * n ^ catncrs 'P^ ca ^ ant m ta ^ e s anc * nailc a g°°d outfidc, like hypocrites,
white in plumes,and foft ,their flefh is hard,blacke,vnwholfome,dangerous,
melancholy meit^gravant ejr putrefaciunt flomachum^ faith Ifaack part.$.
de vol. their yong ones arc more tollerable, but young Pigeons hce quite
difprooues.
*cap.is.pm.3 Rbajts, and Magninus difcommend allFifh, and fay they breed Vifcofi-
ties fiimy nutrimentjitle & humorous nouri{hment 5 S*T>4/zW* adds cold,
moift,and phIegmatickc,//W£;and therefore vnwholefome for all cold and
melancholy complexions-Others make a diffcrencc,reie&ing only amongft
frefti water fi(n > Eelc,Tcn(b,Lampray,Crawfifh,(which^/^ approues
cap.6.)znd fuch as arc bred in muddy and ftanding waters,and haue a tafteof
mud, as Francifcus Bonfuetus poetically defines, deaquatilibus.
Nampifces omncs, quuftagna, lacuf^fequentant^
f Oml loco & Semper plus fucci deter ioris habent,
m t 77 ^ l ^ at ^ an<3m S P°°l cs and lakes frequent,
wm&uT' Doe cucr yccld bad iuyce and nouriftimcnt.
pr*femm circa Lampreyes P^luslouiuscap. 34 .depifcibusfluvial.h\^\ym^gW£c^ and
f £TZT faith^ionefpeakcagainft them but mepti zndfcrupulofi, fome fcrupulous
Wftrntyfi. pejfonsjbut VEclcscap.sj. be abborrctb in all places t at alltimc^all Phyfitians
deteft
Part.i,Se&.2,. Diet a caufe. Memb.2. Subf.i.
jkteft them, efyeu ally about the SolJlice.Gomefius lib. i. cap.22.de fale doth immo. $9
derately extollall'Sea fifh, which others as much vilific,and abouc the reft,
dryed.fowced^nduratefifrhas Ling.FumadoSjRed herrings, Sprats, Stock-
nYh,Habbcrdine 5 poore Iohn,all fhellfifh,q Tim.Br/ght excepts Lohftar and ^dofM^
Cxab.Mejfarius commends Salmon jWhich Bruermus contradicts lib. 22. cap. lancholy.
ij.Magmnus reie&s Congre,Sturgeon. ) Turbut J Mackerell,Skate.
Carpe, is a fi(h,of which 1 know not what to determine. Francifcus Bon-
fret us accompts it a muddy ftihjF/ppolitus Salvhnus in his booke de Pifcium
natftrd & prdptrationelwhich was printed at Rome'm fol./554.withmoft ele*
gant piclures,efteemes Carp no better then a flimy watery meat. P. lovius
on the othsr {ide 3 difallowing Tcnch,approues of it; So doth Dubr&vius in
his bookes of Fifh ponds. Freitagius r extols it for an excellent wholefome wnmiudlcfa
meat,and puts it amongft the Fifties of the beftranke: and fo doe moft of mtenftimmt
our Countrey Gentlemen , that ftore their Ponds almoft with no other p^i4 u ^ rx "
Fifh. ButthiscontrouerBeiseafilydecidcd^'nmy iudgemcnt^by Bruerwm ij'^
lib % 22 c.zp.i 3. The difference rifeth from the fite and nature of Pooles/ome- iim$mpiTfa
times muddy, fometime fweet.-they are in talte as the place is from whence vam ™ m ( im >
they be taken. In like manner almoli wee may conclude of other f rein* hiT). miS ahmmom
But fee more in Randolet'ius^Belloniuspribafim lib.j.cap.22. Ifaac, lib.i. efpc^ fortwitm- dffi-
daily Hippolitus Salvianus jwho is infiar omnium folm.&c Howfoeuer they f^Z'cl alibi
may be wholefome and approuedjUiuch vfe of them is not good; P.ForeJivs lumkmlorei.
in his Medicinall obferuations, c relates that Carthtiftan Fricrs.whofe Hiring \^ m ' li '
is moft part Fifh,are more fubiccl to Melancholy then any other order, and
that he found by experience , being fbmetimes their Phyfitian ordinary at
Delph in HottaridMe exemplifies it with an inftance of one Bu(codneJe zCar*
tbufian of a ruddy colour, and well liking, ;hat by folitary liuing and fifh ea-
ting.became io mif-affecled.
Amongft hearbes to be eaten,] find Gourds, Cowcumbers^olcworts, w *
Mellonsdrfallowed,butelpeciaUy cabbage.lt caufethtroublefomedreames,
and fends VDblacke vapors tothebraine. Galen loc.affecl.lib.3. cap.6.o{g\\
hearbes condemnes Cabbage; And I fane lib, 2. cap.i. anim<t gravitatem fa-
<r/'/,it bangs heauinefiTe to the Soule. Some arc of opinion,thatall raw herbs
and fallets breed Melancholy blood,except Buglotfe and Lettice. Crato con-
(11 2 /.//^.2,fpeakesagainftall hearbes and worts, except Borrage,Buglofie,
Fennell 5 PartfyjL)ill,Bawme,Succory. Magninus regim,[anitatis 3. part, cap,
3 1 amhes herb* (impliciter maU s via ctbi, All hearbes are fimply cuill to feed vT f eMHi m
on (as he thinkes.) So did that fcoffing Cooke in u Plautus holdc 5 Umd. '
— *~j\/on ego ccenam condio ut aly coquifo/ent.
Qui mibi condita prat a in patinU proferttnt,
Boves qui convivasfaciunt^ herbafy aggerunt=
Like other Gookes I doc not fupper drefle s
That put whole Meddowes in a platter,
And make no better of their Guefts then Becuesy
With hearbes and grade to feed them fatter.
Our Ua/ians and Spaniards doe make a whole dinner of hearbes and fallets^
by which meancsashcfollowesit. %mm ^
x Hie homines tarn brtvem vttam colunt s —
Qut her has h^nfmodi in alvum fuum congerunt ?
For*
Parti. Sedt.i. ■ CanfesofMelancbofy* Memb.2.Sub£i.
60 Formidolof %m diclu, non efu rr.odo ,
Qu.ts herb as pecudes non edunt famines edunt.
Their hues that catc fuch hearbes, muft needes be (horf 3
And t is a fcarcfull thing for to report,
That men fhoaldfcedon fuchakindcofmeatj
Which very juments would refufc to eat.
l^Jdinifa* 7 are windie^and not fit therefore to be eaten of all men raw, though
quifg s conUct, qualified with oyle, but in brothes or otherwife. Sec more of thefe in euery
qui hpfm prig- x Husbandman and Herbalift. Rootes ,E/ ft quorundam gentium opes J/nt faith
'mmoTeTphnt wealth of fomc countries, and fole food^ are windy and bad,
veiomferit vei or troubiefomfi to the head; as Onions, Garlicke, Scallions,Turncps,Car>
^XS™' recs 5 Kadi ^ cs i Par ^ ni P s i c ^^-^#^/- difallowes all Rootes, though
4 dl'wnvfu 3 * omc approue of Parfhips,and Potatoes. b Migninus is of Cratos opinion,
mA. c they trouble the mind, (ending groffi fumes to the braine, make men mad y efpe-
deHmo V p b cially,GarIickc, Onions, if a man liberally feed on them a yeare together,
crefcent.uer* Guianerius Trail. 1 (.cap.2, complaines of all manner ofRootes, and (o doih
KoMc* C ' Brtterims ^^ Parfnips themfelues,which are the btdJ^.ci^paftinacarum
* cap.ilp.mr, ufmfuccosgigritt improbos.Cratoconfil.2 iMb.i. vtterly forbids all manner of
Bright mhis Fruits, as Pcares, Apples, Plums, Cherries, Strawberries, N«ts,Medlers,
Amtmum' s c™esfrzj*»gM**toi»fi«M^ infe& the blood, &
turbant, prod*- putrifle it, Magninus holdes, and muft not therefore be taken, vtkeibi, ant
C ^£uir «<S**>ot to make a meale of,or in any gceat quantity.^ cirhn
quitMagmn,*) makcs tha t a caufc of their continuall fiekneiTc at Fejfa iti^frick^ bectiufe
quodfiqnkex they Hue fo much on Fruits , eating them thrice a day. Laurent/us approues of
man y fruits > in his Traa fMelancholy,which others difdlow, & amongft
mi'at , m the reft, Apples,whieh many likewifc commend, as Sweeting$,Pairmaines,
~™eZZx ade ' P, PP ins 3 as g°°^gairift Melancholy. But to him that is any way inclined
Fruits'. ' tQ y° l touched with this malady, * Nicholas Pi/o in his Pra&ickcs, forbids all
impobi fad fruits,as windy,or to be fparingly eaten at lcaft,and not raw. Amongft other
^fmumva. ft***? Br ^inus out of Galen 3 excepts Grapes and Figges,but I find them
tktat . "kcwifereieaed.AllPulfearenaught.BcancSjPcafe^itches &c. They fill
wZt^ 1 lhe ^ ra,ne ^ h/ ^) with groiTe fumes, breed blacke thicke blood,' and
jhdtL cmt- caule troublefomc dreamcs. And therefore that which Pythagoras (aid to his
dm terhd* ScnoUers of old.raay be for euer applyed to Melancholy men, a fabis abfa
<lu?L ^EatnoPcafc,norBeancs, yet to fuch as will needs catc them, I would
Puifc g«uc counfell to prepare them according to thofe rules that ^rnoldus Villi*
novanus,Frietagius prefcribc, for eating and dreffing Fruits, Hearbs,Roots 3
Pulfe &c. 3
?lCCS * u Spi n! C r Uf ° h0t and head mclanc noly, and are for that caufc forbidden
by our Phyfitians ; to fuch men as arc inclined to this maIady,asPeppcr Gin-
l^LZ W> TTT'? ,ou «W«:c J Dates&c.Hony and Sugar, g Some except
ny. «ony,to tnole that arc cold it may be tolIerablc,but h Dulcia fe in bilem ver-
J ar.*rf ^hey ate obftrii<» lue . crttt therefore forbids all fpice,in a eonfulration
»£. tm . ofb^fora melanchoty Sehoolemafter, O mn U« n Zt ic l, & ^uuZ
gmnem^nf. io doth j WW*/*/.„. GnUmrimtttaat^ Mer-
cHndUconf.:!,,. To thefe I may adde all fharpe and fowre things, or talci-
ous andouerfweersor Fat.asOyle^Vinegv, Veriuicc, Muftard, Salt As
fwcet things are obftruauie/o thefe are corroftue. a>mefw in his bookes
Part.i.Se£t.2. Caufes of Melancholy. Mcmb.2..Sub£s
de Sale lib. i. cap. 21. highly commends Saltj fo doth Codronchus inhisTracT: 61
defale AbfynthjXemn lib.j.cap<p.de occult, nat. mir* yet common expert*
ence findes Salt, and fait mcates, to be great caufes of this difeafe. And foe
that caufe belike thofe Priefts abftained from Salt , euen fo much
as in their Bread,/*/- fine perturbatione anima ejfet^ faith mine Author^ that
their foulcs might be free from perturbations.
Bread that is made of bafergrainc 5 asPeafe,BeanesPatesJlye,or fe ouer B "J^ W ^
hard baked,crufty and blacke, is much fpoke againft, as caufing melancholy ctuftam.chtU- '
iuyceand wmde. Joh.UWaior inhisfirft bookeof his Hiftory of Scotland^ nmquiA&yM
contends much for the wholfomnede of Oaten Brcadj It was obie&edro a s 2 am ' S(bo *
him then liuing at Paris in France, that his Countreymen fed on Oates and
bale graine^s a difgrace.-buthce doth ingenioufly confefle, that Scotland^
wales 3 and a third part oiEngland } d\6 moft part vfe that kindc of ^read, and
that it was as wbolefome as any graine, and ycelded as good nouri(hmenr.
And yet itec kcr out of Galen^Ws it horfe meat, and fitter for jumcnts, then
for men to feed on, But re^c' Galen himfeKe lib. /. de cibu bwi ' &m*lifuccs y
more largely difcotirfingofCornc and Bread.
All back Wines,ouer hot 5 Tompound,ftrong thick drinkes 5 as Mufcadine, WinCo
Malmefie, Allegant, R imny, Browne baftard, Methcglen, and the like^ of
which they hauc ^ofeuerall kindesin Mujcovy^ all fuch made drinkes are
hurtfull in this cale,to fuch as are hot , or of a fangnine cholerickc comple-
xton,or yong,or 'nclined co head melancholy. For many times the drinking
ofwine alonecaufcth it. ArcuUnus cap.id.in p.Rhaft, puts in Wine for a ^»w»/«r&4
great caufe,efpecially,if it beimmodcratly vfed. Guianeriits TraB. if.cap.2, *
tcllsaltory of two Dutch men , to whom heegaue entertainment in his
houfcjhat in 01 one moneths [pace were both melancholy by drinking of wine^ m Exvmpa-
onedid nought but fing,the other f\ghc,Galen ltb.de caufis morb.eap.3. Ma- ^^/'wS
tbiolm on Diofcorides^nd aboue all other Andreas Bachius l/b,j.cap.iS.ip> unoKenfeme-
.2 <?.haue reckoned vp thofe inconveniences that come by Wine. Yet not- lanihol « /«$
withftar.ding all this,to fuch as arc cold, or fluggifh melancholy, acup oi^ Mt '
W 7 ine is good Phyfick^and fo doth Mercurialis grant,f^//.2 f .in fuch cafes,
if che temperature be cold,as to moft melancholy men it is 5 Wine is much
commendedjtif it be moderately vfed. Cider and Perry are both cold and Cid«rj>cny 9
windy drinkes, and for that caufe to be neglccled, and foarc aU thofe hot
fpiced ftrong drinkes.
Btfr^ifitbeouerneworouerfialc^uer ftrong, or not fod, fm ell of the
caskc,fharpe or fower is moft vnwholfome,\t frets and 2^\At%^Lc.Henricm ? c SyJ-a «
^yra^ in a "confutation of his , for one that laboured of Hypocondria- ftkew'™.
call melancholy difcommends Beerc. So doth Crato in that excellent &t»+.
counfell of his Ob.2-confiUr.2s too windie becaufe of the Hoppe. But hee m ^ mtm '
meanes belike that thicke blacke fl^w/** beare vfed in forncocher pasts of ? About nm.
V Germany^ 'nilJpifiituillA ^ in spruce,
D um bibitttrjiil chrm eft dum mingltur.vnk Hamburg, lif*
Constat quod mult as feces in torpor e linqnaf.
Nothing comes in fo thicke
Nothing goes out fo thinne,
It muft needs follow then
The dregges are left within,
I hi
Part.i.Sed2. Caufes of Melancholy. Memh.2.Sub£ii
62 As that old iPoct fcoffed,caIling it StjgU monflium conforme faludip mon.
*nmicnA- ftrousdrinkc 3 Iiketheriuer£/jyx. Butletthem fay as they lift to fuch as are
fjj&a. accuftomedvmoit//*^W<^ (fo'Polidorrtrgtl czllethh) and*
kbfk turn w- pleafant drinke,\t is more fubtill and better for the hop that ranfies it, & hath
vm*M>iib.t. an efpcciallvertue againft melancholy, as our Hcrbalifts confelTe, Fuc h-
fitts apptoi\csJib.2{e0.2Jrtftit.cap.ij.md many others.
Waters. StandingWaters,thicke and ill coloured, fuch ascomc forth of Pooles
and Motes jwherc hemp hath beene fteeped,or flimy fifhes liue,are moft vn»
wholfome'putrifled and full of mites,crcepers,flimy 5 rnuddy, vncleane,cor.
rupt,impure,by reafon of the Sunnes heaf.and ftill ftanding,they caufefoul
diftcmperaturcs in the body and minde of man , are vnfk to makedrinke
of, to drefte meat with, or to be f vfed about men inwardly or outwat dly,
fan1lmd' d L They arc good for many domcfticall vfes, to fteepc Malt, water Cattle.&c.
veitdlfufitaqui or in time of necelTity,biit not otherwife. Some are ot opinion,that flichfat
exjiagm ft aIK K n g W atcs makes thebeft Beere, and that feething doth defecate it, as
? I*teS<£ 1 Cardanholdsltb.i j.fubtiUt mends the fubflanceandfauourofit^ buiitisa
wii denies, paradoxe. Such bcere may bee ftronger>but not fo wholfome as the other,
timixiHmred- as a ^obertm truely iuftifiethout oiGalen.P&radox £ec*i, Paradox. s- that the
dit &bene feething of fuch impure waters doth not purge or purifie them. Pliny Ub.ju
iw.em. cap.zX^olfatkvbzXzntntjm&P.CrefccntitM aoricult.lib.r.ejr l/b.j.cap.i rA
* Contcndithtec ' * ... .. .\ , J ^ r .
viria cofiione t-ff.Pampbttus Her •tlacus Jtb .4. de nat.aquarum. lucn waters are naught, not
non cmtndarl. to j, e vfcd,and by the teftimony of * Galen^reed Agues y Vropfies^ Pleurifyes,
t e L (!qu<Xd™' s pb* e ti c k e )**AmeUncfotypajftoiis, hurt the eyes , cattfe a bad temper at urejnl
pm met febres di fpofit 7<? of the whole body jxitb bad colour. This lobertut ftifly rnaintaines Pan-
Si7Jetocu doxjrl?. 1 far r s. thai it caufcth bleare eyes,bad colour, and many loathfome
ft.m/um fta. difeafes to fuch as vfe it.This which they fay ftands with good reafon:for as
bitum corporis Geographers relate,the water ofAjlracanbtceds wormes infuchasdrinkc
^mginZvt'h lt * Axmpt as now called Verduri. the faireft riuer in Macedonia ,makes all
gitatmindKck cattellblacke that taft of it. Aleacman now Peleca, another ftreame in Tbtf
fjxeora btbe- p/y , ma ^ cs cattell moft part white.^/z ptui duetts J. Aubanus Bohemut refers
jAqweexmui* that 7 Struma ,or poke of the Bamrians and Styrians to the nature of their
hm '"fill™' watcrs ^ as M un ft er doth t ^ Tat of the Faleftans in the Alpes, and z Bodtnefap
™%moi!rl\. pofeththatftuttingoffornefamiliesin^«/>^/^ about Labdenjto proceed
cap.tf. from the fame caufe , that tbe filth is dertaedfrom the water to their bodies,
l^fbdbuT' So that the y * hat vfe filth y ftandin g> j11 coloured, muddy water, muft needs
mt Labdont in hatiemuddy,illcoloured,impiire,andinrirme bodies. Andbecaufethebo*
Ayiitanutoba- dyworkesvpon the minde,they muft haueeroffer vnderftandines dulLfog-
btabajim in gy ; melancholy fpirjts^nd be really fubicct to all manner of infirmities.
wpora dcri- To thefe noxious (imples a wee may reduce an infinite number ofcom»
Cedilla ex fan- pownd^rtiticiallmade difhes, of which our Cooks affourd vs a great varic
g aine&(ufoca- ty^s Taylcrs docfafhions in aur apparcll. Such are a Puddings ftuffed with
njartaMMe- bloud,or otherwife compofed,Bakcd meats 3 fowccd,indurate meats, fryed,
* Cured* vm ai ? d broyled,buttered meats,condite,powdrcd,and ouer-dryed,b all Cakes,
placenta, beii^ Simnells,Bunncs,Cracknelis made ofbutter,fpicc 3 &c.Fritters Pancakes
*Z Zm} Pics,Salfages,andall thofc fcueraU fauces, fharpc or oucr fwee't, ofwhich
jlorum &coquo.
Sstentia popirt£,zs Seneca calls it,hath ferucd thofe c Afkiau trickes 5 and pcr-
fum,gu(iui (er-
vtentium cMciliant mrbos turn corpsrt turn ammo hftnabileu Vbildlndemdib. de vifiimis. P.2ov,vita eim. « As Lettice ftce-
ped in Wine,Birds fed with Fenncll and Sugar,a$ a Popes Concubine vfcd in Avignion, Stcphartus
fumed
Part l.Se&.i. flteta caufe. Memb.i.Subfo
♦
fumed di(hes,which d Adrian the 6.Pope,fo much admired in the accounts 6 3
of his predeceflbr Leo Uccimw' And which prodigious riot and prodigality d
haue inuenred in this age. Thefedoe generally ingender groflc humours, ^f^odei
fill the ftomacke with crudities, & all thole inward parts with obftruftions. mmmdufcb*-
Monttnm confil.jj.giues infhncc in a melancholy lew > that by eating fuch la *f«dt.
tart fauces,madedifhes, and fait meats, with which hee was ouermuchde* tm ' lQS "*'
lighted jbec a mc melancholy, and was cuill affected. Such examples are fa.
miliar and common.
S Y B S B C, 2o
Quantity of Diet a. caufe.
THcre is not fo much harmc proceeding from the fubftanccit felfe of e
meat^and quality of it,in ill dreifing and preparing ofit , as there is Tmifmm
from the quantity ,di(brder of time and placc,vn{eafonable vfe ofit, [im^aannf
1 intemperance, or ouermuch, or oucr little taking ofit. A true faying it is, j?^™^
Tlures crapula quamghdius , this gluttony kills more then the fword. And menu ptrmte-
that of « Pliny is truer, Simple diet is the bell, heapir/e- vp effe iter all meats is per- fwitoworfoi
nittous^tnd fauces wcrfe^many d/jbes bring many di\eajes. i t^vicen cries Out, f etU ni.
that nothing is xoorfe then to feed on many dijlics, or to protract the time of meats f i.i duxcof.
longer then ordinary from thence proceed our infirmities, and' t is thi fount aine of ^im^umm
a/ldifeafes , vohich drife out of the repugnancy of groffe humours. Thence, faith mVoiowiu co.
Z Ferneliw, come crudities ; vvinde^oppilations,^^cfy,wrf,^//^r^,C4^. mcdmdopntra*
iaflradiopepfin, * Htnc fub it Amort es at^intefiitafefieclWy Hidden death, JlZ'ttgcwA
&C.and whatnot. comungantur :
As a Lampc is choaked with a multitude of oyle , or a little fire with o-
vermuch wood quite extingiulned : lo is the natural! heat with immode- n^ugmnnabw
rate eating ftranglcd in the body. Permtiofafenttnaefl abdomen infaturabile^ moru ™ oritun
one fiithjan infatiable paunch is a pernitious finkc, and the fotintame of all *^ bb * x '
difeafes both of body and mindc. h Mercurialis will haue it a peculiar caufe 'luvSatj.
of this priuate difeaie. Solenanderconfil. f.fefl.jt illuftrates this of Mercuria- \^^ r J^
//if, with an example of one fo melancholy,^ />/^/><y?/«^ comme(fationtbu4 % Cit wtUncbtii-
vnfcafonablefeafting. icTr^confirmesasmucbjinthat often cited coun- ««•
fell, ^/.//^.r.puttingTupcrfiuous eatingfor a mainc caufe, But whatneed J ^jff^^
feeke farther for pwofcstHcztc Hippocrates him felfe,// b . 2. Aphorif,io.fm* ptu& cjuantitas
p me bodies the more they are xourifoed , the more thy are hurt, for the nourifb- n ™ ia '
mentis futrtfiedwttbvittou* humours. raqumorngJ*
And yet for all thisharme, which apparently followes furfetting and nutrnwiiom^
drunkenneffe.fee how wc luxuriate and rage in this kindc,pi#* ^portentofe fJ^Xlf
€4*2*, prodigious fuppers, what Fagosjipicu res, ^pitios, Heliogxbles our mmtumvitio-
times affoutd? Lucullut Ghoft walkes ft ill, and every man defires to fup in A- ^fy-^ ckn
polio: *y£fops coftly difh is ordinarily fcrucd vp y & portentojk
— — MagU ilia ittvantfluxpluris emuntur, c*ms.&c
Thcdeareftcatcsarebcft, and'tis an ordinary thing to beftowe 20 or 50 1 * Uvend *
vponad:Qi,(omcthoufandCrowncsvpon a dinner.- Mutly-Hamet King of \ GuicchmTm,
Fez and Morocco fpent three pound on the faucc of a Gapon.-'tis nothing in
our timeSjWC fcornc all that is chcape. we hath the very lightsome of vs, as
I 2 Scnct*
Part.i.Sc£t.2. Quifer of melancholy* McmUa.SubC*
£4 * Seneca notes Jbecaufe tt comes free y and we are offended with the Sunnes heated*
* }fat.qiufi. 4- thofe cook bla/ls^ecaufe we buy them not. This aire wee breath is fo common,
Ifiut'/n^M ^ e care Mat for /^nothing pleafeth but what is deare. And if we bee ■ witty
itm,doUt^ inanything^itisrf^to: Ifweftudyatatl, it is erttdtto luxu^ topleafcthc
fokm,quoiipi- oallacand to fatisfietheeut.o^ \ Cooke of old was abafe knatte (as Liuy com-
foftM^quod plaiacs /t^r^/ w** //» requejlxCookery ts become an art, a noble jc/ence 9
bic m nonem- Cookcs are Gentlemen.Venter Deus y lhcy weare their braines in their bellies /nd
f &c.adetmi tbeirguts in their heads, as 11 Agrippa taxed fome Parafites of his time, ru.
fklet, mfiquod fhing on their owne deftruclion,as if a man fhould runne vpon the point of
a fword,^ dum rumpantur comedunt , ° all day.all night, let the Phyfitian
Guhm fay whathe will,imminent danger,and ferall difcafes are now ready to feize
joiimvHemm- V pon rhem,thcy will eat till they vomit, Edunt vt vomant \vomunt vt edant y
t\fn,nmcinom. {^\ iSeneU w hi c h Dion relates of FitdiusSolo tranfitn c thorn nutrtrt mdicai\
M»ff fetffrw his meat did pane through,and away; or till chey bunt again e. P Strage art/*
^ U 'tx% i m * Htmm ventrem oner ant ^ and rake ouer all the world, as fo many r (Lues &
quorum]* vel' belly-gods ; ejr totus orhis ventri nimis anguflus , the whole world cannot fa-
tre h*enium,iti tisfic their appetite. * Sea Jand,riuers Jakes jfycxannot gitte content to their ra*
^iTiutm cx- & n 0L?> uts% T° make vp the mefle^what immoderate drinking in cuery place?
mt sen mm. As if they were fruges confumere nati y borne to no other ende but to eat and
r'i?*— drinke. Quxfueran! vitia mores (unti'us now the fafhion of our ttmes,an ho-
dapcsnon$?ore nour, as in like cafe Epidicut told 7 hejprio his fellow feruant , in the t Poet,
fedfumpm (tp. i&dipol /acinus improbumpnc vrged, the other replied; at iamalij fecere idem i
Vn^'ldHeL' trit illi tlares honork 'tis now no fault ,th ere be fomanybraue examples to
dium. bcare one out; 'tis a credit to haue a ftrong braine, and carry his liquor wel$
tonfiZrTnm ^ c ^ c contem i° n can drinke moft and fox his fellow fooneft. 'Tis
potfiMfluvii it tr, e fummurn bonum of our Tradefmenf.heir felicity, tantk dulcedine affefiant,
m.via,JEji>eaj faith Pliny Jib . 14.caf.22 Vt magna pars non aliud vitx premium inteiligat )
/ewhL m ' tnc y labour hard all day long to be drunke at night,and conuert day in-
t Pimm. to night 5 as Seneca taxcth fome in his times jertter tu at officia noclis cjr lucis,
when we rife,they commonly goe to bedjike our Antipodes y
Nofy vbi primus equis or tens afflauit anbelit
Mis fir a rubens accendit lamina vefper.
* tj 9K So did Petronius in Tacitm^ HeliogAhalus in LAmfridim^
tetquoplM ca. * NocJesvigilabAtadipfum
f t^xZkZ7r. AUne^diem totum fiertebAt, and fo doc MyrrUds in our
*Torapr<in. dayes.They inuent newtrickes , asSaufages, Anchoucs , Tobacco, Ca«
ZTr%?tt v «rc, pickled Oyfters, Herrings, Fumados.&c. innumerable fait meates
to increafc their appetite,and fludy how to hurt themfclues by taking An«
exbauriant & t idotes/ to carry their drinke the better. « And when nought elfe ferues x thet
bant. Ambrof. wt Hf e J ort h f r be conuayed out to emfty their gorge \ that they ?nay returne
» inffHtU vefa to drinke afreffj.Jhcy make Iawes contra bibendifallacias ,and u bragge of it
uVi fr wh ^ thc l hai,c donc ' X inuitfngand incouraging others to doc as they doe,
* Gratim con- and Iouc them dcarcly for it(no glew like to that of goodfellowfhip JSo did
t\hant poiando. Alcibiades in Greece,Nero^onofus,HeliogAbalus in Rome , or Alegab a lus ra-
fareT thcr 5 as he vvas ft y led of " old 5 (as V Ignatius proues out of fome old coyncs.)
•Libdeeducan- So doc many great men flill,as * Heresbachius obferues. When a Prince
tgrnqm «- Jrinkcs fill his eyes Hare, like Bitias in the Poet,~-( * Me imager haufit
I r*t> Spumantem vino pater Am)— and comes ofclcarcly, found Trunv
pets
* Diftuincredi-
quantum
Part.r.Se&.2. Viet a cau/e. Mcmb.2.SnbC2.
pets,Fifeand Drummes,the fpe&ators will applaud him 5 the * Bifhop him- 6%
felfe fifhebcly them not; with his Chaplain will ftand by and doe as much, * idem.prcnri
(lignum pr • incite haufum'twzs done like a Prince. Our Dutch men invite J>? tatorii z '
all commersyoith a peale and a dijh, making barrells of their bellies. Incredi- ^Tultiget
bilediflu, as z one of their ownc countrymen complaines : z Qaantumli- tempteramex*
quoris immodeflipmagens capiat } ejre. How they loue a man that willbee^ ^oLm^'
drunke , croyne him and honour him for it , hate him tfcat will not pledge saxma. tdeo
him, flab him, kill him, a moft intolerable orrcnce,and not to bee forgiuen. Moderate &
*Heisamortallenimy that will not drink e with him, as Munfler relates of the ^S*tt
Saxons. So in Poland Jnc is the beft feruitor.and the honeftcft fellow , faith incompoutioni*
Alexander Gaguwus* that drinkes most healths to the honour of his miller hz ^f™. non T'
11 i r T-t t • .i ii J ' thts Colum &
(hall be rewarded asa good leruant; Thus they many times willullyperucrc cambam pa t
the cood temperature of their bodics.fhflc their wits, ftranele nature, and p°f-
1 . -.Lu-«ftc Jint,fed implcm
degenerate nuobeafts * iu'Lie apo-
Some againe are in the other extreame, and draw thismifchicfeon their nm&fcuttte
heads by oucrmuch failing; Pining adaies, faith Guianerms t and waking a mca,i h6 ! t , an '
nights,as many Mootcs & Turkes in thefe our times 6oc,Anchoriter,Monks i ZiSmplta-
andthereflofthatfuperflitiousranke (as the fame Gutanerius wirneflcth,
that he hath oft en fane to haUe happened in his time ) through immoderate fa- b ^ l [
fling j)aue beene frequently madde. Of fijeh men belike Hippocrates fpeakes , bwu/ce bquoris
i .Aphor . < .when ashc faith , c They more offend in too [paring diet 3 & are worfe mmd: P i ens
damnified jhen they that feed liberally % and are ready to furfet.
mmbibent } &
ferto coronani-jwmicijfmum e centra qui nan vult & cade & fttflibus expiant. * £>ui potare neurit J&flu babetur, & c.tde normun-
qiwn res cxpiatur. * £>>ui melius bibit pre falute dom'mi mclior babetur mimflef. b JQui de die ieiunant & nottc vigilant facile a-
duntinmcl, }icb:>iam;& quivaturx modum excedunt.cap.% traftM.cap.x. Uaiafamis toleranti^vt t/sfiepe accidit qui tanto cum
fervore Deo fervire citphmt per ieii/nium^uod maniaci efficiantuv, ifife vidipepe. * Intenni viStu *gri delinqkmtfx quo fit U m<u<h
ri afjkianiur dttrimento^maior^fit error tenui qnam \>lemori vi'fiu,
Stbsic, 3»
Cujlome of diet, Delight, Appetite s Necefity
how they caufe or hinder.
NO rule is fo generall Which admits not fome exception: to this ther-
fore which hath beene hitherto faid , and all thofe inconuenicnccs
which proceed from the fubftonce of meats ,or intemperate and vn- luZ^Zmpde-
fcafonablevfc ofthemjCuftomefomewhatdetracT:s.& qualifies,according terior^mmsin
to that otHippocrx tes,j . Aphor if. c o . d Such things as wee haue beene long ac* ft^J"^*"
cuflomed to fhough they be euift in their owne nature \yet they arelejfe off en- « QmmedUi
ftue. Other wife it might well be obiec"ted 3 that it were a meere c tyranny to vi ~
liue after thofe fhi& rules of Phyfickc. For f cuftome doth alter nature ic V i Cm fuetud»
felfc,and to fuch as arc vfed to them it makes bad meats wholfome, and vn- altera vatura.
fcafonable times to caufe no diforder. Cider and Perry are windy drinkes,fo l^^Ghct-
are all fruits windy in themfelucs 3 cold mod part", yet in fome parts of {Verniir C> Woj?
% England^ Normandy in France , Guipufcoa'mSpaine , 'tis their common "I ler *' rc * l
" * i • ec i i • t • t - / i r i b Leo AferJ.l.
drinkc,and they arc no whit otiended with it. in Spa /nejtaly, znaAfrickeu, f oh cam hmm
they liue moft on roots,on raw hearbcs, h Camels milke, and it agrees well Ufa cmtenu,
with thcm,which to a ftranger would caufe much gricuancc. \nmles,Um. f?££ ea j£
cinqs vefcunturjsHimfry Lluyd confettcth^ixCambrO'Brittainehirafclfc
I 3 in
Part.i.Scd:.*. Caufesof mkticholj. Memb.2.Subf.$
66 in his clcgan c Epiftle to Abraham Ortcliw, They liuc moft on whit-meat«,in
•veUOMtur HoHind on FiQi,Root$,Buttcr: and fo at this day in Greece, as * Bclloniu* ob.
Ghedpifcibu* f crilcs>t | 1C y \ nc \ milcn rat fc cr feed on Fifh then Fleflh. With vs Max/ma pars
25LTT -vttlus in came eonfifiit^c feed on Bcfti moft part, faith k />*0wfrr Vtrgil^% all ,
i PianJri vinS, nortnerne countries doe; and it would bee very off enfiue to vs, to li uc after
their dietjot they to line after ours. Wee drinkc beere, they wincjthcy vfc
teferem)vbiq t Q y je.we butter: we in the north are 1 great eaters,they moft (paring in thofc
tmii%iT& hotter countries: and yet they and wee following our ownccuftomes,are
beUma locum well plcafed. In chin& the common people Hue in a manner altogether on
cbtiiet.steph/u. rQOts an d hearbs,and to the wealthieft,Horfe, Afle,Mule, Doggcs, Cartes
%Ltoub$.' is as delightfome as the reft 5 as m Mat.Ricciu* the lefuite relates , that
Aug. ' ' liucd many yeares amongft thcm.Thc T trtars cat raw meat 5 and moftcom«
• vjkwuip- mon j y n hbrfc flefbadrinke milke and bloud as the Nomades of old.
fcfip. Britonunt. * , r • ■
they fit, cat & Et lac cotter etum cum J anguine pot at equtno,
drinks all day fhcy fcoffc at ouxEuropeans (or eating brcad.which they call tops of weeds,
'jiv^Mufcouy and hot^c mear,not fit for men. And yet Scal/ger accounts them a found &
andthofcaor- witty nation jliuingan hundred ycarcs; euenin theciuilift country of them
» ZX Expln\n tnc y ^ oc tm,s 3 as Bene dift the Icfuit obferued in his travells from the great
shus libs. cap. Mogors Court by land to Paquin , which Kiccuts contendes to bee the fame
6 b^m^o W " ^ Cam ^ a ^ H in Cat *i a ' I n Standi a their bread is vfu ally dryed fifh, & fo like-
k/mfapudsi' w ^ c m tntf Shetland lies: And their other fare as in J/landfi'uh ° Dzthmariu
rtuqthn Aptd Bleskenins^ButteryCheefe^nclFijh^tbeir drinke^J water ,their lodging onthe^j
Hniengefrequf gy Q(tn ^ j n ^ me rica in many places their bread is roots, their meat Palrni-
fluroqubpe de tos ,,Pirias,Potatos,&c.and (uch fruits. With fome, Fifh, Serpents, Spiders;
m^Lii'-'re'vei anc * m *° mc pk ccs mcv p cat mans raw,& rotted, even the Emperour
temitatl * vd Metaztima himfelfe. In fome places againc, r one tree yeeids them Co»
religions eaufa quernuts,meat and drinkc,fire,fuell,apparell, with his leaues, oyle, vinegcr,
miZTaftU* COL,er forhoufes, &c And yet thefe men going naked,fecdingcourfe,liue
cH. aque fer\ commonly ioo yearcs,3nd are feJdome or ncuer fick- 5 all which diet our Phy-
Xt^Zria*' *~ K * ans f° r ^^ * n weftfhaling they feed moft part on fatte meats and wourts,
Mai.Riccm, i. kn»cklc deepe,and call it f cerebrum louti. In the Low countries with roots,
i.cap iz. In Italy Frogges and Snailes arc vfed. The Turkes, faith Btubequius, delight
l q lTv}7mr moft in fried mcaiSf ^Mufcouy Garlickc and Onions, arc ordinary meat &
&■ crudu carni-
fauce,al which would be pernitious to fuch as are vnaccuftomed vnto them
*2emnu»t U Ti. mc co ol hcrs ; and all is t becaufe they haue becne brought vp vnto
'tZuTZc iu- n ' Husbandmen and fuch as labour can cat fair, fat bacon , grofte meat, hard
mentorumpabu. checfe,&c. courfc bread at all times , andgoetobed and labour vpon a full
'ZbtJum.' ftomackcwh jch to fome idle pcrfons would be prefent dcath,and is againft
o ijimdue de- all the rules of Phyfickc; fo that cuftome is all in all. Our trauellers findc this
h J common experience when they come into farre countries , and vfc their
0f,f4fe.<wA- dlct ' thc y a r caiu ^aine]yoffended,asour/^//^^jand Englijbmen when
flit : pifcuhco they touch vpon the coafts of o^/V^and thofe/W/4»lflands, arc com-
f t Z^ffi. ra ™ ! y molc ^ d with CaIenturcs,FIuxcs,and much diftempered by rcafon
rumVfic vlvunt otthcirlruits * Peregrtnajtft fuauiafolent vefcentibus prturbationes info
i^ajZL m ' 4 ^> ftran S e racats thou S h plcafant^caufc notable alterations and dif-
JOO.
p ?atagm tii % Benfi.&TerXortefalibn^ t Livfchccfien ^6^i^ t t^M»hn^b^t,^
tempers.
Part.i.Se&.i. Diet a caufe. Memb.LSubf.j.
tempers. On the other (idevfe and cuftome mi tigatcsor makes all gooda- 67
gaine. Mithridates by often vfe, which Pliny wonders at, was able to drinkc
poyfbn; and a maid, as Curtim records, that was fentto Alexander from
King P<?r#*,was brought vp with poyfon from her infancy .The Tur kes,fahh
Betlonittsobferuat.lib<s»cap.: take Opium familiarly , a dramme at once,
which we dare not take in gvaines. y Garciusab Horto writes of one,whom 4 ''
he faw at Goa in the Eafl Indies 5 that tookc tenne drammes of Opium in three
daies*, and yet Confulto loquebatur , fpake vnderftandingly : fo much can cu-
ftome doe. z iheophrafm fpeakes of a Shepheard that could eate Heliebor in * Heumus z l3 .
ftibftance. And therefore Cardan concludes out of Galen, confuetudinem vU "AW**,
cttnfyferendamjiifi valde maUrn. Cuftome ishowfoeuer to be kept, except m '
it be extreame bad:and he aduifeth all men to keepe their old cuftomes, and
to a continue as they began ,be it diet,bath,cxercife,&cx)r whatfoeuer elfe. * ln co *~
Another exception is Delight, or Appetite, to (iich and fuch meats.
Though they be hard of digcftion,melancnoly:yet as Fuchfius excepts cap, uns&inwtk
6.ltb.2.In(litfecl.2. b The (lomacke 'dotbreadtly dtp e (I, and villi ndy entertainer P er f" <erct -
Jucb meats as voe hue rnofl^andare pteajtng to vs,ana abhorres on the other Jide i u J^ t e a([umi<-
fucbaswediJlafi.Wlhkh Hippocrates confirmeso^w if. 6.3 2. Some can- tw.cibwtatfc
notendureCheefe l outofafecretAmipathy,ortofeearoftedDuck,which ^£^4
to others is a c delightfome meat. twfi, cimcoqua,
The laft exception is neccflity,pouerty^want ,hunger, which driues men & V* ft ®*~
many times to doe that which otherwife they ate loath, cannot endure, ?No£g'a'
and thankfully to accept of it: As Beuerage in (hips , and in feiges of great g^inft a good
Cittiesjto feed on Dogges,Cattcs,Rats, and Men themfelues. Three out- \™*^^ lim
lawes in 6 Becfar Boethius being driuen to their (hifts,did eat raw fifh& flefh d Lib.y.bip.
offuchfowleasthey could catcb,in one of the Hebrides for fome fewe StoL
months.Thefe things doc mitigate or difanull that which hath becne faid of
Melancholy meats, and make it more tolerable: but to fuch as are wealthy,
line plenteoufly,at eafe,may take their choice, and refraine if they will,thefe
meats are to be forborne, if they bee inclined to, 01 fufpecl: melancholy ,as
they tender their healths: Otherwife if they be intemperate,or difordered in
their diet,at their perill be it. Qui monet amative cjr cave,
SfBSEC. 4.
Retention and Evacuation a caufe, and how,
OF Retention and Evacuation, there bediuerfekindes, which are ei- e % a anu.
ther concoinitantjalTifting, or folc caufes many times of melancho- f ^ exeer r "L
ly. *Galcn rcduceth defect and aboundance to this head; others , Ull "
that isfeparated or rental In thefirft ranteof thefe I may well reckon vp Coftiuencfle.
Co ftiucnefle,and keeping in of our ordinary excrements, which as it often f^^l^l
caufeth other difeafes, r o this of Melancholy in particular. % Celfus lib.iscap: mimdcapi«
j.faith ,it produath inflammation of the head, dulneffe, cloud/neffe, headache &c. %f^ c K f '
Proffer Calenus lib.de atra bile, will haue it diftemper, not the Organ onely, h excrement*'
* but the minde it f elfe .by troubling of it: And fometimcs it is afole caufe of retenta, mentis
Madneffe,asyou mayrcadinthefirftbookeof * Skenkius hismedicinallob. *&f™™
fcruations, A yong Merchant going to Nor deling Faitc in Germany ' 3 for ten i capMe MtU
dayes
Parta.Sca.2. C au f e * of'meUncboly, Memb.i.Sub£ 4 .
6$ dayes fpace ncucr went to ftoole, at his returne he was * grieuoufly melan.
Tom Mn^ choly,thinking that he was robbed,and would not be perfwaded but that all
Zma ttnt. his monc y wa s gone: His friends thought he had fome Philirum giuen him,
1 Alvm a(lri- but Cnehnus a Phyfuian being Tent for, found his J coftiucnes alone to be the
Has caufa. caufe^ thereupon gaue him a CMer 3 by which he was fpeedily rccouered,
Trincavellius confult.3 fJib.iXiith as much of a melancholy Lawyer, to who
hcadminiftredPhyfick. Other Retentions and Evacuations there are, not
(imply necetfaryjbut at fome times^as Ftf/W/z^accompts them, Path: l/bi j;
f^i/j.-asfupprcfTionofHemrods, monthly iflucs in women, bleeding at
m she perm- nofc,immoderate vfe, or no vfe at all of Venm: or any other ordinary iflues.
reufive b*mor- m Detention of hcmrods,or monethly i(UiQs ? rillanovan^ Breviardib.j,
» MMintm- c*p-i 8.Arculanus cap. 16 .in p.Khafis^ittorius Vaventinu-spratt.mag, Trail. 2*
pejiive aba* cap^r f.Bruel ejrc.put for ordinary czu&s.Fufcbiu-s lib .2.feci.f.cap.jo. goes far*
morrho:dibM ^ j faith.that n many men vnfeafonably cured of the bemrods* baue beene
ch l>d corrupt corrupted with Melancholy, jeeking to auoide Scillajhey fall into Charybais. Galen
fat. imditin lib.de hum. commen.^. ad text. 2 djlluht^zcs this by an example of Lucius Mar-.
S *tib™M°ka- tius 7 vihom he cured of madncfTejConti acted by this meanes: And Skenkms
ni&. hath two other inftances of two Melancholy and mad women , fo eaufed
la™ m ' hb ' 7 ' ^ rom tne f u PP re fli° n of their moneths.The fame may be {aid of bleeding at
^Nonfim mag- nofe,if it be fuddainly ftopt,and haue beene formerly vfed 3 as ? rillMovtnm
TmluTj^Huis vr S ct,1 » ^nd q F*f*bi*s&6.2.fe0.f.tap.ss m ftiffely maintaines^ that without
TnaMm*r™ great danger Jucb an iffue may not be flayed.
ma»fjwc$(an renus omitted, prodnceth like e$z€ts.Mathiolu$ epift.s .lib. penult. r avcu~
tmp™hfporeT c ^thofhu knowledge 9 that fome through bafhfulne/fi abftamed from Vener^
'Noviquofdam and thereupon became 'very heauy and dull: and jome others that were very
prtpudore ace- timorous melancholy , and beyond almeafure fad.Onbaflusmed.colleciJib.a.cdp.
torpides, pigrofa i/«ipcakes or iome, 1 that if they doe not vfe car nail cop mat ion J are continually
fates: mmdlos troubled with heauineffe and headachy and fome in the fame cafe by inter mi f ion
TcT^JtTmo- °f "'Not vfe of it hurts many t Arculanm cap.16.in g.Rbaftsfc. Magninus part.
4am mteftoiy ti- 3 ^ap, f *th inke,becaufe it * fends vp poyfoned vapours to the Braine and Heart.
™ffi<- „. ._ And fo doth Galen himfelfe hold, that if this natural! Seede be cuer long- kept
nemtyfiffidM ( ^ Jome parties) it turnes to poyfon. Hieronymus Mercur talis in his Chapter
capitis gravitate of Melancholy ,cites this for an efpcciall caufe of this malady, and of u Pit*
dut^novifje P'f^^Satyriafis tjre. Haliabb rheor.cap. 36. reckons vp this and many
quofdam trips other difeafes./^'//*/^***/ BreviarMb.i .cap.j ^.faith 5 he knew x many monks,
&ua fates ex and wi domes vrieuoufly troubled ty/th melancholy, and that from this Cole caufe.
renerk. ts£lia»us Montaltus cap.2j.de melanchol. conhrmes as much out of Galen:
traporetvene* fo doth tfW*;,and Chrijlopberus a Vega deart.meddib.^.cap'.t^ relatemany
prLTdcor fuch cx ?mplcs of men, & Y women, that he had fecne fo mdancholy.F*/«
&cerebw». Platter in the firft booke of his obferuations, 2 tels ajlory of an ancient Gentle-
ltmtmZa% man in Al f Atia jh*t married ayoDg wife y and was not able to pay bis debts in that
Urwmmu* kindefor a long time together \by reafon ofhis[euerallinfrmittes:but jhe heaufe
u Graves pro- ofthis inhibition of Venus^ fell into a horrible fury^ and defired euery one that
l&lmmZi- came t0 ! ee her * h y ^ordsM",*ndgejlures to haue to doe with her, ejrc.*Bernar.
tuiines. * Ex jpermate fupra m^dumrettnto.monachos, & vidua* mclancbolkot f*p e fieri vidi. J Melancholia art a a Vafn ft-
mmarifs in utero. 1 Nobilis fenex Alfatus, iavemmuxorem duxit, at iUe cholicbo dolore , &mu\tkmwbii comptwi, mi potuit
pr.«!tare »ffoiumanti } vixinito mitrimonio tgrotm. Ulain horrendm furorem incidit, obVencremcohibitum,utomuiu m nini\-
Jentm cong: effjun voce , vultit, geflu expeteret, & <{mm nm confentirertt, moloffas Anglicanos expttyt vagno clamore * ft£
faccrdotem opmm& pium, qui qwd mllet m Vtmt* in wlancbtUca Qmptmat* incidit. . ' "
dm
Part j. Sect. 2. %ztent\on and Evacuation. Memb.^Si bf-^
dm fatermi a Phvfitian,faith, he knew a goodhoneft godly Prteft, that becaufe ^
he would neither marry, nor mike vfe of the Stetfes Jet into grieu cm melancholy
fits.Hildifheim f>tcel.2.hath fuch another inftancc of an Italian melancholy
Pricftjin a confutation had A° i^o.lafonPratenfis giucs inftance in a mar-
ried man,thac after his wiues death abftaining, b after marriage became ex tee- \ oh abfinen*
dtng melancholy So thefc you may adde, if you pleafc,that conceited tale of 'jZL'Zte-
3/<w,fo vifitcd in like fort,andfo cured, out of lathiim.
Jntempcratc Venus is all ottt as bad in the other extreamc, Galen lib, 6. de ^J^jJ*" 1
morbis popular feci. $Jert 26 % reckonsvp Melancholy amongft thofe difeafes xacer * HU
which arc c exafperated by Vehcry: fo doth Avicenna 2 .jJap.t 1 . Oribafius loc. d superffiim
citat,Ficinus lik2.de fanitate tuenda,Marfil/us Cognatus, Montaltus cap. 2j. ce ' ltum
Guianertus TracJ. rs-cap.2. Magninus cap s:part: 3: d giues thereafon^be- ? m ^ iccat CQU
caiife c it infrigtdates anddrjes vp the body , cenfumes the jpirits 5 and would puaffivitM con-
therefore bane ad (neb as are cold & dryfo take beedofandavoideit as a mortal
■ , ■ : 1 • u r r i - n • crnt abbot ficcii
entwy.lacchwHS m p Kha/is cap. is* giues the lame cautc and lnltancc in a Pa- ve \ ;{t m m\co
tienc of his, that married a young wife in a hot Summer, { andfo dryed him- monaii:
felfc with chamber-worke, that he became in fhort Jpace from melancholy , mad\ ^
he cured him by moiltning remedies. The like example I finde in Lcelius a ikoptmfuak
Fonte,Eugubinus confultu 2 p. of a Gentleman of Venice, that vpon the like jeflSS****"
occafion.was firft melancholy ,atterwards mad: Read the ftory at large. maZ! "*
Any other Evacuation flopped, will can fc it, as well as rheie aboue na- » Ex eautem
med,be it bile.g vlcer,i(Tue,&c./&'/W^ deSaxonia lib.r.cap.id.Si Gordontus, f at f ere cx ^ c '
vertfie this out of their expcriencff.They faw one wounded in the head.,who h 6erd cap.10.
as long as the fore was open, lucidahabutt mentis intervalla* was well: but ''M.^^ra-
when it was {koppcd 3 redyt melancholia, his melancholy fit feizedonhim Kfasno!d-
againe. ous.
Aitificiall Evacuations are much like in effect, as hote houfes , bathes, '^l"™. re f"
blood letting, purging,vnfeafonably and immoderately vfed- & Bathes dry ^siquZgiit
toOmuch, if vfed in excefle, bee they naturall or artificiall, and offend ex-
treame hore.or cold; one dries ,che other refrigerates ouer much. Montanus ^Lnt^atthn-
tohfil r/7.{akh,they ouer-heatc the Liuer. toh.Struthius Stigmat. Art is fib -.4: pmuml \utur t
cap: 9: contends, 1 that if one flay longer then ordinary at the Bathe,or goe in h f^ es
too oft, or at vnfcafonable times , beputrifies the humors in his body. To this 1 £y smofupe.
purpole writes Magninus lib. 3: cap:y. Guianertus Tract.} y.cap: 21: vtterly rmc >
difallowes all hot bathes in melancholy aduft. ijfiw ( Taithhc; a man that fj^f^
laboured of the gout.voho to be freed of his malady , came to the Bathe, and was Beraretur de
infant ly cured of his gout, but got another which was worfe 5 and that was f^jj^f^/*
Madnejf^j. But* this judgment varies as che humor doth, in hote, orcolde: gmf liberate*
Baths may be g^od for one Melancholy man, bad for another : that which
maycureitinonepartyjmaycanfeitinafecond. phlebotomy.
Phlebotomy, many times neglected, may doe much harme to the body, m On scbofo
when there is a manifeft redundance of bad humors,and melancholy blood; s f^fZ &
and when thefe humors heate and boyle, ifthisbenotvfedintime, the par- ebuUith perve-
ties affected, fo inflamed, arc in great danger to bemad 5 but if it be vnadvi-
fedly,ii:iportunatelv,immoderately vfed, it doth as much harmc by refrige- mm
ratine; the body,dulling the fpirits, and confuming them : a$ loh. Curio in his m, maiore \ny
10: chap: well reprehends, fuch kindc of letting blood , doth more harmc ^ u c ^ m<ne ^ c
then good: n the httmors rage much more thm they didbefore^nd is fofarre e mm!* J
K from
Parc.i.!c<ft.z. " Canfes of Melancbof y. Memb.i . Subf %
7o from avoidingmehncholy , that it increafeth it , and weakeneth the (tgbt.
c Lib de Ram- ° Proper Calenus obferues as much of all Phlebotomy, except they keepea
ienti mlancbo • V cry good diet after it: Yea, and as P Leonartus Iacchtnus fpcakes out of fti$
Hi m»cns ownc cxperience q tne yi 00 d it much blacker to many men after their letting
SgSSP ofblcodjhwitvasatjirjl. For this caufe belike \ Sdluft.Salvinianus Ub: 2:
**- cap -/.-will admit or heare of no blood-letting at all in this Dik^ie, except
"ZmbZf A - it bee manifeftitprocccdc from blood : he was (it appearesj byhisowne
rk,&vifm vvor ds inthatplace»Mafterofan Hofpitallofmadmen, r and found by long
debilitat. Yt irrifnre that this kinde of evacuation either tn head . or arme t or am other
cr (petlatur (a*- part t did more harmetben good. . - - m
guti po? dies purging vpward and downeward, in abundance of bad humors omitted,
ffibinUii^ may be for the worft;folikcwife as in the precedent, if it be ouer-much,or
'"not Ldo'eos too frequenter violent, it f weakeneth their ftrength , faith Fuchfius Itk 2%
tpi m defipien- ^ , 2tC ap.i 7 .ov ifthcy be ftrongor able to cndurePhyfick,yet it brings them
dm7r^ f ^ to an ill habit,they make their bodies no better then an Apothecaries (hop,
fiomis.qim fyi- anc | this.and fuch like infirmities muft needes follow.
ritm dcbilitatar 3 u,'*ma . ■> ■. * -> ■
hde,&ego(,i>igaexperientU ob(erv*vi inproprio Xenodccho, quod defipientes ex phlebotomm mgis Uauntur, & magu depptuvt,
& melancholiciUpe fiunt inde 'peiora. f Viru debikat.
SVBSEC. J.
Bad ^dire a caufe of Melancholy %
Aire is a caufe of great momcnt 3 in producing this,or any other Dif.
eafe,beinethatit is ftill taken into our bodies by refpiration.and out
infetto corae more inner parts. 1 If it be impure and foggy \ tt detects the jpirtls, and
gigmt mo-boi. caH f et b Dfeafes by infection of the hearths Paulus hath it lib.i : cap:jp: Aviccn-
dJpaf&lZ #<* lib.l-Gal.de fatt.tuendd.Mercarialis.Montaltus &c. u Femeltm faith,* thick
mom. l b. 1. aire thicknetb the blood and humors. * Lemntus reckons vp two maine things
» iiV^'wi mo ^ profitable,and moft pernitious to our bodies,Aire, and Diet: and this
y Lib. $ dtqu'ar- peculiar Difeafe, nothing looner caufeth ( y Jobertus holdes ) then the Airaj
m blent* m - herein wee breathe and hue. 1" Such as is the Aire, fuch be our fpirits: andas
Tahiilr hl'mor our fpirits/uch are our humors. It offends commonly if it be too z hote and
meiancb'Uci*. dry,or too cold and dry, thicke, fuliginous,cloudy,bluftering ; ,or a tempeftu*
tifftirit!iy & 0l,s kxtc.Bodtnc in bis f.booke de repub.cap.i. and of his method of hifto«
tmfmodi sj'vi- ry,proues that hote Countries are moft troubled with melancholy,and that
T^Miaxul t ^ crc arc tnere ^ orc m Spatne y Afi-ickeykr\d L^fia ra//w,great numbers of mad
ItoHta'im'cap. mcn 3 in fo much that they are compelled in all Cities of note, to build pecu-
11. cdidiis& liar Hofpitals for them: Leo x Afer lib. 31 de Feffa urbt* Ortelius and Zuingcr
confirmcasmuch: and they arc ordinarily fo cholericke in their fpecches,
dino^crfus. thatfearec two words paflc without railing or chiding, in common talkc,
a M " lta » and often quarrelling in their ftreetes. b Gordonius will hauc cuery man take
n2immlt noticc of it: Note th " ( 'faih he) that in hote countries it isfarre morefamilhr^
lia qu? ihUiiffi' then in cold. Although this be not alwayes true.- for as c Acofta truely faith,vn-
feLmu**'* ^ cr tnc iEc l uat0r ic fefojs * moft temperate habitation, wholefome Aire, a
*> Li>.mci. par-
Paradife of pleafure: the leaues euer greene,cooling fhowres. But it holdes
jS/V^i*^ aS * Io h* n M s * Meggen^ found in Cyprus f
taMure&ut?ubni, Jrc^HcntirdCsidit wmjti pigtdk intern tarde. J Iab.i. * Hodopericumcap.7.
others
Part.i,Se€t.2. Are a caufe. Meinb z.Subf.j
others in Malta^pulia, and the * Hcly Und y where at fome fcafons of the 7 1
yeare is nothing but duft,theirriuersdryedvp, the Aire fcorching hote,ar.d * ^-p'^' a 4*
Earth inflamed; in fo much, that many Pilgrims going barefootYor Devo- ™"mefu?
tionsfake 5 from/^rfto /<fr«/^/fzwvponthehotrands,oftenrunmad .« Her- hi ante fimm
cults de Saxon/a a Profeflor in Venicegwts this caufe, why To many Venetian Ma vp ne
women arc melancholy, quoddiu fubfole degant ^ they tarry toolongmthe ^ Vm t be$ H
SmriZ.Afontanus (onftl.2 1 among{\ other caufeSjaflignes this; why that />n? Fratt.MedM.
his Patient was mzdtfubd tarn multum expefuit fe calori & frigori^io. expoied )«Zuiten!7u*
himfelfe fo much to heat and cold. And for that reafon in Venice % there is dm [ub (okvi-
little ftirring in thofe brick pavedftreetes in Sommer about noonc, they are
moft part then a-fleepe: As they arelikewifc in the great Mogors Coun- v «fant. *
tries,and allouer ihcEaJl Indies* At Aden iin Arabia , as { Lodovicm Verto- f .styn«g.fifafc
manmu relates in his trauels, they keepe their markets in the night, to avoid ^I'J^T
extremity of heat: and in Ormus, like cattle in a Pafturc, people of all forts
iyevptothechinnein water all day long. At Braga in Portuo-ail-. Burpos in 'W&fa*
Cajtue'j MefiinaWiStcuy^ all oner Spsineinaltaiy^ihcK Itrcetes are moft fasexmtnt.
part narrow, to avoidethe Sunnc beames. The Turkes wcarc great Tur-
bants , ad fugandos folit radios ,co refract the Sunnc beames 5 and much in-
convenience, that bote Aire oi'Bantam'm laua,ycddcs to our mcn,that fo-
joiirnc therefor tramck.where it is fo hote , S that they that are ficke of the % *ferh$GdU.
Poxjye commonly bleaching in the Sunne^ to dry vp their fores,. Such a co m« etcponant ad ft-
plaint I read of thofe Ifles of Cape /^degrees ^ rom thce/£<pfctf fl/^thcy lm ' ut mLrbos
doc maleaudire: t one calls them the vnhealthieft Clime of the World, for
fluxcs,feauers,frenzics,Calenturcs, which commonly feaze on Sea-faring in his
mcn^hich touch at them , and all by reafon of an bote diftemperature of ^) uzuons *
the Aire.The hardieft men are offended with this heat, and ftiffeft Clowncs
Cannotrefift ir,ab Contfantine affirmes agrieult Jib .2 .cap .4^ . They that are
naturally borne in fuch Aire,cannot h endure it, much lcflTe weakelings and * tiippeerata
Grangers. Amatus Lu fit amis cent.i .cw^/-.^. records of a yong marde,that \ A ^l^ mm
was one Vincent a Carriers Daughter, fome 1 3, yeares of age , that would
wafh her hatre in the heat of the day ( in Iuly ) and fo let it dry in the Sunne,
' to make it yellow Jtut b y that meancs tArrying too long in the he At t fhee infit- ' adfofo
medherbead^ndmadebcrfelfemad. B^mtZn
Cold Airein the other cxtreame, is almoftasbadashote, and fo doth trataet, una-
Mont Altus tftcemc o[iz cap. 1 r : if it be dry withall. Jn thofe Northerne P Uos flwmvtd*
Countriesjthc people are therefore generally dull,heauy,& many witches, ^1^™*
which fas 1 haue before quoted) Saxon Grammaticus^ Olaus, BaptifiA PortA
afcribeto melancholy. But thefe'cold Climes are more fubiedt to naturall
melancholy (not this artificial! ) which is cold and dry : For Which caufe my
worthy Countriman k Mcrcurius Britannicus belikc,puts melancholy men v ^urdus alter
toinhabiteiuftvnderthePole. Theworft of the three is a 1 thick,cloudy, & iden, [e&
mifty,foggy Aire, or fuch as comes from fennes, moorifli grounds, lakes, ]„"^y ra!u
muckhilsjdtaughts.finkcsjwhcrc any filthy carcafies or carrion lies, or from 1 crsjTM&tui-
whence any ftinkingfulfomeimell comes; GAlen, AvicennA^Mercurialis 3 b ^ Kia ' r ? tri '.
new and old Phyfitiansjiold that fuch Aire is vnwholefomc, and ingenders
melancholy. pjagucs, and what not? ra AlexAndretA an hauen towne in the ™ Commonly
Mediterranean Sea,is much condemned for a bad Aire, fo is Duraz.z» in AL ^ c f n 5 ?^"
banh > LituAniA y DitmarfoeJ'mprm4i pdudei jn Italy ,the territories about m ' m r.
Part.i.Se£ti. Caufesof melancholy* Mcmb.z.SubCj.
72 pifa,Ferrara,&c.Kum»y marfh with vs;thcHundrcthsin£^-,v 5 thcFcnncs
in Lincolnefyire. Cardan de rerum i/arietatejib.i 7 .cap^£ndes fault with the
fite of thofe rich,and moft populous Cities in the Lo w-Countrcycs, as Bru*
ges pant \Amfler -dam \Lej den ytreel &c: the Aire is bad ; and fo at Stockholm
111 Sweden-, Regium in Italy: our Salifbury, and Linne: They may becommo.
dious for navigation this new kindc of fortification, and many other good
neceffaryvfes; but arc they fo wholcfome? Old Rome hath defcended from
the hils, to the Valley, and 'tis the fite ofmoft of our new Cities, andhcld
beft to build in plaines, to take the opportunity of Riuers. Leander Albertus
pleadcs hard for the Aire and fite oiVenice^ though the black moorifhfands
appeare at euery low water \ the Sca,Fire,and Srnoake (as he think cs) qua-
* Atlas Geo- Xific the Aire - and n fomc fuppofe, that a thick foggy Aire helpes the Mc-
mmi^'akm mory,asin them of P//* in itaffi and out Camden out of Plato, commends
pi/tmi, qubd the fite of Cambridge, becaufe it is fo neare the Fenncs.But let the fite of
7ufaere ^ ^ ucn P^ aces ^ c as * l may,how can they be excufed that haue a delicious feat,
a pleafant Aire.and all that Nature can affoord, and yet through their own
o Lib.i. ML naftincfTe ar| d flutti(hneflc,immund, and fordide manner of life, fuffer their
Ltb.1cap.4T. Aire to putrifie,and themielues to be choakedvp ? Many Cities in Turku
mm d oitteti> ^ oe ma ^ e au ^ re in tn " ^ in ^ : ^ on fl amino fie it felfe,where commonly carrion
cVhomin's exi- lyes in the (tree:. Some findc the fame fault [in Sfaine, euen in Madrit the
fmnty &fubm- Kings feat>a moft excellent Airc 3 a pleafant fite,- but the Inhabitants areflo-
mS vens 5 and the ftreets vncleancly kept. ^
&zy yro y mi' A troublcfomctcmpcftuous Aire is as bad., as impure, rough and foiilc
xima mmenti- W eather,impetuoUs windcs.cloudy darke daves, as it is commonly with vs
bwibwmnuma- , r r 1 ~ « /• j t • n l 1 / • r ,\ 3 }
UcntM txi&H, ca'lum 'vtjujeedum, Poltaore cals ir,a nltny sky ,& tn quo facile generantur m<
nentify creftio hts ; as Tullyes Brother Quintus wrote to him in Rome, being then Qaafiom
fitlndlTmtlf- BriUine.]n a thick and cloudy Aire ("faith Lcmnius) men are tetrieke,fad,ani
iit. Maxima peevijh: and if the Wt [I erne rvtndes blow, and that there be a calme^r a fair e fun-
deuftio ma- Oj me day .there is a kinde of alacrity in mens minds At cheares vp men eh- beafti-
roxq„ ft quando J , . r 1 it 1 t 1 n 1 /» « "
aura catginofa but if tt be a turbulent sough, cloudy ,ftormy weather , menarefad,lumpifojaxi
4- much deiecled^angry^afbijhydull and melancholy. This was P Virrtls exper'-
SjS* mentofold: • ° \ .
« Mm qu'ibm. Verum ubi tempeflas.ejr ccelimohilis humor,
vaaUatabacre, Mutavere vices , ejr Jupiter humidus Aukro^
cito offendun- n . . r , J 9 .
tur r & mu'M Vertuntur fpectes antmorum^ ey peclore motm
inftm apud Bet* Concipiunt alios
%eTflS!' But when the face of Heaucn changed is
alker quieti. To tempefts,raine,from feafon fairc:
spirit* t quoquc Q tl y m j n des are altered .and in our brefts,
genu aiiqumdl Forthwith fomencwconceipts appeare,
Ce tempejiatibn And who is not weather-wife againft fuchand fueh coniundions-of Pla-
ZZThmt^ ncts 3 moued in foulc weather, dull and hcauy in fuch tempeftuous feaforo?
ft htmet> inft* 9 Gelidum contrijlat Aquarius annum: the time requires, and the Autumnt
J£^> breeds ic ; winter is like vnto it, vgly,foule, fqualid, the Aire workes on all
tant, men,moreorlefiej but efpecially on fuch as are melancholy, or inclined to
buZ*7um* * lt,as Lemnius no ^ e 'S r they are ™°ft noued rvith H\ and thofe which are alrea-
p™Z7it°azi' d y **ad : raue downc-rightfttber in\or againft a tern fell. Beftdesjhe divell many
mux. times takes his opportunity of fuch ftormes<andwh:n the humors by tho Aire bee
flirred,
Part i.Se&.z. Am a caufe, Memb.i. Sub£&
ftrredjbeegoes in with the <^4ire, and exagitates our fpirits, and vexeth our 73
Soules: and as the Sea waues,fo are the Jjtirits and humors in our bodies , toffed
with tempefluonswindes andftormes. To fuch as are melancholy therefore,
Montanm confil.24.^ haue tempeftuous and rough Aire to be avoided: &
sonJil.27.aM night aire, andwouldnot haue them to vvalke abroad, butina
pleafantday. Lemnius lib.j.cap. 3, difcommends the South and Eafterne
windesjcommcnds the North Jldontanm confil.3 u f will not any windowes to ^j^™^.
beopenedin the night.C0nftl.22 p. ejr confil.23 a.he difcommends cfpecially the gn mccjtitiam.
South winde,and no#urnall Aire: So doth * Plutarch ,The night and dark- ^VJ^*
neiTe makes men fad , fo doe all fubterranean vaults, darkchoufes in caucs c? f
and rocks, defart places caufe melancholy in an inftant, efpecially fuch as
haue not beene vfed to it,orotherwiicaccuftomed. Read more of Aire in
ffippocrates^t^titss lib,3.dcapit,iyi y ad ij$.Oribafim a cap,j.ad22, Avicen*
/ib.i.can t Fen.2-doc,2. Fen.i.cap.123, to the ia &c*
S V B S B C, 6*
Immoderate Exercife a caufc^^ahd how.
Solitarwcjfe, ldlene(fe_j 3
Othing fo good, but it maybe abufed: nothing better then Excr- u Muita&fati-
cife (it opportunely vfed) for the preferuation of the Body: nothing gatiojpiriti*,
^ fo bad,if it be vnfeafonable, violent , or ouermuch. Ferneltns out of SSISjfe
Galen t Patb. tib.i. cap. 1 6: Uith, u that much exercise ana wearinefje, con fumes rit t & corpus
the /pints and (ub fiance, refrigerates the body 5 andfuih humors which Nature "fil"**
would haue otherwife concofted and expelled^ it flirres vp^ and mikes them ^o^kldHtf
rage: which being fo inraged, diuerjly affettjnd trouble the body andmindc^j, inatura conco-
So doth it 5 ifitbc vnfeafonably vfed, vpon a full ftomackeor when thebody
is full ofcrudities, which Fuj^him fo much inveighes a ga in ft Jib. 2 :inftit\ fee, mm blonde t&
2: cap: 4: giuing that for a caufe, why boyes in Germany are ib often fcabbed,
becaufe they vfe cxerci(c prefently after meatcs. x Bayerus puts in acaveat Tjf^pft^
againftfuch excrcife,becaufe/> J corrupts the meat in the flomacke^ and car- motacammna 3
ries the Came inyce raw. and as yet vudirefted, into the veines ( faith Lemnius) tetro va P°?",
which there putnfies , and confounds the animall /pints, ,Crato con fil. 21 Jib. 2: ccjjum^nmtiq^
^exclaimesagainftall fuch excrcifeafter meat 5 as being the greatcft enemy * /sVcf,i,8 &
to concoction that maybe, and caufe of corruption of humors, whicn ^J^ 9 ■
producethis, and many other difeafes. Not without good reafon then, y inflit.advit,
doth Salufl. Saivianw lib. 2 .cap, 1: and Leonartus Iacchinus in pjihafis, Mer* ^fof f Sw-
cttrialU x Arcu!anus, and many other, fet downe a immoderate exercife, as a vaJrapitJ*
moft forcible caufe of melancholy. putre/centes it-
Oppoftte to Exercife is IdicnefTe , or want of Exercife, the bane of body
and minde.thcchiefe author ofallmifchiefe 5 onc of the feauen deadly fins^ *cr«fi b*c '
and a fole caufe of this & many other maladies , the Diuells cufhion , as humorU c f*
^Gualter calls it,hispillow,andchicfe repofall. For the mind can neuer reft p 3 ^r^dfmot
but (Id meditates on one thin? or other \except it bee occupied about fame ho- himuitifkes,
* * r J 'immodkim
exercit'mm.
h Hm.iijn i.Cor.6. 7{am quum mtmhomm qtdefcerenonpofofed contlmo ciravari&togtatmeidifcurretymfi bonefio fi>
^onegotiooccupemr, ad Melancholiam fponte delabitxr,
K 3 iefi
Part, i .Sea 2. L'anfes of Melancholy. Mcmb.2.Sub£5j
74 qeft bufwe([ej>f but owne accord it rufbeth into melancholy. c o^f too much and
violent cxercife off ends on the one fide,fo cloth An idle life on the other ( faith
^J,. Cratofit fills the body full of fie agmegrojfe humors, and ah manner ofobftruCH-
dkacorporisex' onsjhumes .catarrcs ,&cMujis contMh.i.tracJ. Recounts of it as the grca«
tX ^£ CQ \u tcft cau ^ of 'Melancholy; d /haue often feene (faith he ) that idleneffe begets
vita thu humour more then any thing elfe. Montaltus cap.i. feconds him/ 1 out of
otiofn: ouum a- his experience, that they that are idle^arefarre more fubieel to melancholy jben
uMtSftenZ f liC <> are conuerfant or employed about any office or bufwejfe. { Plutarch rcc»
ebfiruke>ics i & kons vp Idieneflc for a fole caufe of the lickncfie of the Soulc : There are^f
™&£»s' nc ) troubled in mindjhat haue no other caufe but this, Homer jliad.i,
mcut . brings xnAzhillcs eating of his owne heart in his IdlenefTc^ecaufe he might
i[ Etvidiqhbd not fight. Mercurialis confilS6. for a melancholy young man vrgcthsitas
Za& gmat a chiek caufcwhy was he melancholy? becaufe idle.Nothing begets it foo-
Mdmchoiivn, ner,encreaferh and ccntinueth it oftner then Idleneffe. A difeafe familiar to
^ReSnitir o- K ^ c P er f ons :>a n infcparablc companion to fuch as line at cafe , a life out
tint* ab tf/yi of action ,and haue no calling or ordinary imployment to bufie themfelucs
& koc a abour 5 that haue little bufinefTe,and though they haue^fuch is their lazincfle,
turn, "enh^c tnc y noc compofc thernfclu.es to it. Bfpecially if they haue beene for-
mab msgU ob- merly brought vp to butlncfle, and vpon a fudden come to lead a fedentary
ruxm f am pL- ]jf c lt crucifies their fonlcs,and fcazeth on them in an inftant : And is fucha
quam eos qui torturc 3 that as wile Seneca well faith , malo mwi male quam mollitcr\ effe : I
dbqua munere had rather be ficke then Idle. This Idleneffe is either of body or minde.That
^utndo!' " ofbodyisnothingbut akindcof benumminglazinefTejintetmitting Exer«
* pe tranqmS. cifc 5 which if we may bcleeuc * Fernel/U4,eaufeth crudities ^ob fir ull ions, ex*
qm7pfum"oti- crementa &humoursquench o Jh the naturallheat^ulh the Jpirits^and makes tbim
um in an'imi vnapt t<s doe any thing rvhitfceuer.
7nem k Ne ^ iu "4***4*; fl' x Mnaftitur agris.
tNib'i'ejlquM As Feme growes in vmiii'd grounds^and all manner of wccds 5 fo doe groflc
<tquc MeUncba- humours in an idle body ,/gnavum corrumpunt ctia corpus, A horfe in a liable
*™ftot-mm& tnat neucr trai,e ^ s D a hawkc in a mew that neucr flies^are both fubiecl to dif.
dbftnenth a. eafes > which left vnto themfelucs are moft free from any fuch incumbran-
torpor* &<mi- ccs . An idlcDogge will be mangle., and how fhall an idle perfon thinke ro
nibm. ' efcape ? idl.enelleof the minde is mud) worfethen this of the body; wittc
k TtfbUmzU without imployment is a difeafe. l vArugoanimi, rub/go ingeni/:thevu&o{
fam^uimoti tnc $ ou l c j m a plaguc,a hell it klk^aximum animi nocumcnt tun, Galen cals
Mm. Gordoiiui it. n As in a flanktng poole , wormei and filthy creepers increafe $ fo doe euiffand
tumhbT' Vtt ' corru P tights in an idle perfon. In a Commonwealth where there is no
i Patb.li.i.ca. pubhkeenimie, there is likely ciuill warres, and they rage vpon themfelucs:
17. exerdtatio- & this body of ours when it is idkj and knowes not how to beflow it felfc,
twfem^fo' ^cerates and vexeth it fclfe with caies.,griefcs,falfc fearcs y and fufpitions,
rem hnguidos it tortures and preyes vpon his owne bowcls 5 & is ncuer at reft. This much
wl&^omes * ^ arC %Vhat be or fnc that is idle, bee they of what condition they
SUft, " will.ncuer fo rich,fo wcllallied s fortunate,happy 5 lct them haue all things in
retreddit : &u~ abundancc^all felicity that heart can wifh & defirc,all contentment, fo long
a£*2T as hce or ^ ec > or thc V are idlc > the y ^ al J n c»cr bee plcafcd. Well they may
tnm ntoTu. pr„. build caftles in thcayre for a time, and footh vp ihemfclues with phantafti*
lentu* facit. *
k H r or - S f' i « . Sat -*- 1 semt. m Mtmcm mmi>&mackm Plutarchcalli fe, n sleut In flam gaumtur vermes &
ojrtofomihtcoiitAihiiKi. Seneca, ^ '
call
Part.i.Sedt.a. Diet a caufe. Memb.i. Subf.6.
call humours ^but in the end they will proue as bitter as gall, they (ball be ftil 7?
diiconteiu^ufpiiiouSjP fearefull ,iealous, fad, fretting 3 and vexing ofthenv 8
fclues; fo long as they be idlest is vnpoflibleto pleafe them. Otioquinefczt l^ deiiciCtti '
*utij>lm hibet negottjgHzm qui negotium in negotio : as that S Agel/ius could Heautomlm*
oblerue, Hee that knowes not how to fpend his timc 3 hath more bufinefle, , Ic
care 3 griefe^and anguilh of minde, then hee that is moft bufie in the midft of ' }l$,t ^' lQ
all his bu finefls; Ottoftu Animus nefctt quid volet : An idle perfon ( as hee fol-
lowcs it)knowes not when he is wclljor what he would haue,or whether he
would goe, quum tllucventum eftjllinc lubet ,hc is tired out with euery thing
ilifpleafed with all , weary of his life; nec bene domi, nec m/litiapcither&t
home,nor abroad /rra/,ef prater vit am viuitur^ he wanders, & liuesbefides
huniclfe. In a word,\vhat the milchieuous effects of Lazinefle and Idlenefle t
arc ,1 doe not find any where more accuratly exprefled, then in thefe Verles 'W/**
oivhilolaches in the Comicall Poct,which for their elegancy, I will in pare
inff.rt.
N quay urn tedium effe arbttYor firmlem ego hominem^
Quando hie natus eft: ei rei Argument a dicAm. ■
*A.dts quando funt ad amuffim expolita^
Qutffyh.udat februm exemplum expetit , &e,
Ac vbi illo migrat mquAm h-omo inddigenffo ejrc,
Tempeflas venitjonfringit tegulas y imbr/ceffo
Tutrefacit aer operam fabri^ejrc.
Die Am vt homines ftmiles e[fe adium arbitreminii
FAbri parentes fundament um fubflruunt liber or »m s
Fxpoliantfiocent liter as, nec par cunt fumptui y
"Ego a ut em frb fabrorum poteftate frugifui^
Poftquam autem migraui in ingenium meum^
Perdidi operam fabrorum iHtcb^oppido %
VenitignAnia^a mihi tempeftas f'uit,
Ad:ie»tiirf : fuograndinem cjr imbrem attulit,
Ilia mihi virtutem deturbauit.ejrc,
A you ng man is like a faire new houfe, the Carpenter leaues it well built,m
good rcpaire.offolidftuffe; but a bad tenant lets it raine in^ndtfor want of
repar ation fall to decayA'c Our P arents^utors, Friends, fpare no coft to
brin'g vs vp in our youthen all manner ofvertuous education jbut when wc
are left to our felucsjdlenefleasatempeft driues outallvertuous motions
out't of our mindes,e£* nihilifummpn a fuddcn,by (loth and fuch bad waics,
we come to naught.
Cofen German to ldlencs,&aconcomitatingcaufe 3 whichgoeshand in
hand with it,is *nimiA folitudo % \.oo much folitarinefl^by the teftimony of al r *fc M**!* 1 *
Phyfitians^Caufc & Sy mptome both.but as it is here put for a caufe,it is ei- '^er™*
ther coa& 5 enforced.or elfe voluntarlie. Enforced fblitarinefle is common*
Jy fcenc in Students,Monks 5 Friers,Anchorites,thatby their order & courfe
oflifcmuft abandon all company ,and fociety of other mcn,& betake them-
felues to a priuate cell ptio frperfiitiofo fecluft^ as our Bale and Hojpinian wel
tearmcs it,fuch as are the Carthuftans of our time,that eat no flefn ( by their
ordcr)keepe pcrpetuall filence,ncuer goe abroad. Such as liuc in prifon, or
in fome defer t place, and cannot hauc company 3 as many of our countrey
Gentlemen
Parci.Sea.2. Cau/es of UtlmcMy. Mcmb.^.Subl.1 .
ij-^mendoeinfoliury houfes, tlKymuftdtherbealon< ; wItho..tcom:
7 panions.or liue beyond their meanes, and cntertamealkomroers, aslo ma-
ly hoftes.or elfc convetfe with their feruams and hmdes ^4"^
</uall,inferiour to rhem,and of a contrary dtfpofmonjor elfea fomedoe to
auoid folitarinelIe,fpend their time with lewdfcllowcs wtauefn B
Ale-hot,fes,and thence addia themfelues to fomevnIawfulldifport>,ord.f.
foluteconrkSomeagainearecaftvponthtsrockoffohtarme^
of meanes.oroutofaftrongapprehenGon of feme infirmity , difgrace.or
through baWuUneffe, rudenefle, fimplicity, they cannot apply thenifelues
to others company. This enforced folitarincfle takes place , and produceth
this effect fooneft in fuch.as haue fpcnt their time louially peraduentiire m
all honeft recreations.in all good company ,and are vpon a hidden connncd,
and reftrained of their liberty .and barred from their ordinary afiociats: foil,
tarinefle is very itkefomc to 'fuch, moft tedious, and a hidden caufeof great
inconvenience
Voluntary folitarinefle is that which is familiar with Melancholy, and
gently brings on like a Sircn,a {hooing-horne, or fome Sphinx to this irrc-
^ifSI'- vocable gulfe/ a primary caufe Fife cals itrmoft pleafant it is at firft, to fuch
mmk cuboc- as are Melancholy giuen,ro lye in bed whole dayes,and keep their chambers,
cafunm »afi8 t0 vVa j kc 3 i one j n f ume folitary groue, betwixt wood and water, by fom«
^ brooke fide, and to meditate vpon fome delightlome and pleafant lubieft,
which (hall affect them mofyawabilis infmU^ mentis gr ax ijjimw error.
A moft incomparable delight,to build caftles in the avrey to goe fmiling to
themfeluesjading an infinite variety of parts>which they fuppofc,& ftrong.
ly imagine they act,or that they fee acted and done$ Blank* quidem ab ini-
f /*/aith Lemnimxo conceaue and meditate of fuch pleafant things, fome-
* lucmdxrs- times tfrefentfaftsr to come&Rhafis fpeakes. So delightfome thefe toyes
rum premium 3rc at fl r ft ^ t h C y could fpend whole dayes and nights without fieepe, euen
%%*rZ m ml whole yeares alone in fuch contemplatiens, and phantaftieall meditations,
tftttif. which are like fo many dreames, and willhardly be drawne from them, win-
ding and vnwinding themfelues as fo many clocks,and ftill pleafing their hu.
mours • vntill at laft the Sceancturnes vpon a fudden,& they being now
habituated to fuch meditations & folitary places, can endure no company,
caalike of nothing bu t harfh and diftaftfull fubiccts. Feare, forrow, fufpiti 1
"FacUUJeten- n,/«^/?/V^^«^,difcontentjCares 3 and wearinelTe of life, furprifethem
nvZel S Ji on a fudden,and they can thinkc of nothing clfe: continually fufpeaing, no
fuperafq, evade- fooner are their eyes opert , but this infernall plague of Melancholy feizeth
Zbt Z"m on thcm ' and tcrrifics thcir foulcs/cprcfenting fome difmall obied to thchr
e(l. Virg.* minds,which now by no mcancsjno labour,no pcrfwafions they can auoid,
* Hteronimm fa ra itf €y j UthalU arundo, they cannot be rid of it, u they cannot rcfift. I
?$'da&vlL may not deny but that there is fome profitable Meditation, Contemplati-
viderifibiteiros on,andkindeoffolitarine{Te to be embraced, which the Fathers fo highly
vZdf^t- commend,* tf/wi^.C^
i^m ioiiombM Petrarcb&afMits y StelU£n& others fo much magnifie in their bookes; a Pa*
fca ° T *dife,z Heaucn on earth, if it be vfed aright , good for the body , and better
^ubm^riZ for the Soule: As many of thofc old Monkes vfedit, to diuinc contemplati-
berbu vkutam, Q ns,as Simulus a Courtier in Adrians time pioelefian the Emperour retired
$22**" themfelues &c. Or the bettering of their, knowledge, as Demotrittu, clean-
Part l.Se&.i. Solttarmepe a caufe. Memb.&.Subf.<^
/to ,and all thofc excellent Philofophershaue eaer done,to fequeftcr them- 77
felues from the tumultuous world 5 or as Plintes viHa Lauretana y Tallies Tttf-
culanejovius ftudy,that they might better vacate fiudys & Deo, ferue God,
and follow their ftudies. Thefe men are neither folitary nor idle, as the Po-
et made anfwere to the husbandman in ts£[op, that obiected Idlencfie to
him; hec was ncucr fo idle, as in his company; or that Stipio ^fricamu in
7 Tully^Nunquam minks folutfiuam qttkm folus; nunquam mtnui ottofrsjquam ^
quum ejfet otto fax ncuer lefle folitary then when he was alone ncucr more
bufie then when he fecmed to bee moft idle. But it isfarrc otherwife with
thefe men,according to \ Sewed jmnia nobis mala folitude perfuadet y this fb-
litude vndoeth vs,pugnat cum vita fociah*x\s a deftructiue folitarmcs.Thefe
men are Divclls alonc,as the faying \sJhomo folus aut Deus^ttt D<emon:z man
alone is cither a Saint,or a D'mcW^mens eius aut languefctt ,aut tumefcit* and
* v&foh in this fcnfe.wocbe to him that is fo alone. Thefe men degenerate * E&W-*
from men, & from fociable creatures, become bcafts 3 monfters,inhumane,
vgly to btholdjJMifantbropr: they doc euen loath them felucs, and hate the
company of men,as fo many T ?'mons,Nabucbadnezars : by too much indul- % ^ atuf(l it
gine to thefe pleafinghumotirs, and through their owne dcfaulr. So that videtHrcwqm.
which Merc urial 'is conftLn. fometimcsexpoftulated with his melancholy ^poffe.qued
patient.may be iuftly applyed to eucry folitary and idle perfon in particular. peTatifmJm""
* datura de te videtur conqueri poflfe &c.Nature may iufily cemplaine ofihee enpu* adept**
that whereas fhe gaue thee a good 'whole 'feme temperature, a found body,and God {I'J^'f^*"
hathgtuen the (9 diuine and excellent a foule,fo many good parts \and profitable vuU donum vm
gifts , thou hafi not only 1 ontemned and retecled^ hut hafi corrupted them , polio- trntempfifti 010-
tedthem y ouerthroxvne thy temperature , andperuerted thofe gifts with rtot , ^j^^*'
idlcneffe y fobtarineffe y and many other wayrs, thou art a traytor to God and Na- prodid'^opt>-
ture.an enrmy to thy felfe, and tx> the tror/^.Pcrditio tua ex te: thou thy felfe art mmm t trA '
the efjiaent cauje of thine cwne-mijeryjy not rejijftng fuch vatne cogitations, fu ia,& a ty w-
butgtwng veay vnto them t t* mn'tbw^t
SVBSBC 7.
Sleeping and Wa king caufes.
WHat I haue formerly (aid of Excreifc, I may now repeat of Sleep,
Nothirgbetter then moderate Slccpe,nothingworfe then it, if it
be in cxtreames, or vnfeafonably vfed. Itis a rcceaued opinion,
that a melancholy man cannot flccpe ouermuch,S0/»»/w fupra modum pro-
dejljt is an only Antidote,and nothing offends them more, orcaufeth this , Tath jib
malady fooncr , then Waking ; yet in fomc cafes Sleepc may doe more ctp.i f. femtU
harmcthen good,inthatflegmatic{(e,fwinifh,cold 3 andfluggifh Mclancho- «»y*»i»%<k*
Iy,thac Melanfthen fpcalces of, that thinkes of waters, fighmg moft part &c. wtifa wet
*U dulls the SpiritSjif oucr-much,and fenfes, andfilsthc head full of grofle wpwedtWm
humors, cauieth diftillations,rheumes,and great ftore of excrements in the b ,
brainc.and all the other parts . as *> Fuchftus fpcakes of thom, that flccpe like M p' 4 ^ B ^
fo many Dormice. Or ifit be vfed in the day time, orvponafull ftomacke, exctmentmum
the body ill compofed to reft, or after hard meats it increafeth fcarefull *^"^f
dreamcs,Ineubus,night walking, crying out, and much vnquietneffe; fuch o^ rM ;,' M
L flcepe
Parc.i.Sedz. Caufes of Melancholy. Mcmh.2.Sub£7>
78 fleepe prepares thebody.as c one obferues, to many per Horn difeafes.Tlutzt
« n. K*tvn 1 haue (aid, waking ouer much, is both a lymptome, and an ordinary caufe.
d \m?>L Zl ** "»f'*b ^ineffe of the Br ainefienfte, dotage, and makes the bo Ay dryjean^
plat ^ to hard t and vqly to beholds d Lemnim hath it. The temperature of the Brainy
ixfommtiad u corru p te ^y tt fbehnmours adufijheeyes madeto fmke into the held, choler
fr^Zim. increa(ed,andthewholebody inflamed: and, as may bee added out of Galen j.
d in[UtM w- de Unit ate tuenda^Avicenna 3.1. c it ouerthrotves the natural heat , it cmfeth
Toz7tcrZ crudities M hurts concoc?ion,& what not ? Not without good caufe there
ficckatemad- forcCrato confiLziJtb. 2. H1ld1fheimJpiceL2.de delir.& Mania, lacchinw,
fert,pbrenejin& { j rctt i anM onRha/is^Guianerius^ndMcrcurialis, reckon vp this ouermuch
delirium .corpus , . • • w r
mdum to, waking.as a principal! caufe.
fqualidum , (iri- .... ,., r , ir
tpfum, bumoYcsafarit,tcmpcrmentum cerebri conipit, mac'iem inducit: exficcat corpas, bikm accendit, profundos reddit ocules } a-
hrept augct, e Nat/mlem calorem dijHpit Ufa emcQftifnecruditates facit. Mttrmni iuvenum vigilaU corpora, ntfes.
Mbmb. 3.
S VBSH C, J,
Papons and perturbations of the Minde ^
how they caufe Melancholy,
' f rtta AUxan A ^ c ^ at G J mno f°fiift in f Plutarch ) made anfwere to Alexander , (k-
A " i \ manc ^^ n g which fpake beft)Euery one of his fellowes did fpeakebet-
ter then the other: fo may 1 fay of thefe caufes; to him that fhall re-
quire which is the greateft 3 euery one is moregricuous then other, and this
ofPaffionthegrcateftofall. Amoft frequent and ordinary caufe of Me.
tGraJ s x.c.i4. lancholy , Zfulmen perturb ationum fas Piccolomineus cals it; this thunder &
lightning of perturbation,which caufeth fuch violent and fpeedy alterations
in this our Microcofme, and many times fubverts the good eftate and tem-
perature of it. For as the Body workesvpon the Minde, by his bad humors,
difturbing the Spirits, fending grofle fumes into the Braine; and fo per confe
quens difturbing the Soule,and all the faculties of it, with fcare/orrow &c.
b PertUfl)at - which are ordinary fymptpmes of thisDifeafe : fo on the other fide, the
msciavirmt ', ' Minde moft cfFe&ually workes vpon the Body, producing by his paflionsfc
quibiu corpori perturbations,miraculous alterations; as Melancholy, defpaire, cruell dif«
tibZ^ffiZu*' caJ fc s * ar id fomctimes death it felfe. In fo much , that it is moft true which
iamb, demifi. Plato faith in his Charmides : omnia corporis mala ab anima procedere ; all the
iuttf e ^ mtat ' hm, fchi c f es °f tnc B oc ty 5 proceede from the Soule: and as Democritusk
k Prolog.devir- Plutarch vxgzihJDamnatam iri animam a corpora ,if the Body fhould in this
*o e C ' br f 1 ' Dena l^,bring an action againft the Soule/urely the foule would be caft and
imcffiato"' com 'i&cd; that by her fupinc negligence, had caufed fuch inconveniences,
mUea. hauing authority ouertheBody, andvfingitforaninftrument, as a Smith
l ViUpoiionu. <j th hammer (faith k Cyprian) imputing all thofe vices and maladies to
m db. deanim. the Minde. Euen fo doth 1 Philoflrattt*, non coinquinatur corpus flip confenfu
abjneonfideran- animx^ the Body is not corrupted.but by the Soule. m Lodov.i^ives wil haue
titommanZ] ^ ucn turbulent commotions proceede from Ignorance, and Indifcretion. All
mtus. Philofophers impute the miferics of the Body to the Soul, that fhould haue
stfk. Vhy ^' gouerned it bctter,by command of Reafon, & hath not done it. The Stoicks
• GtalLj.c.^i. are altogether of opinion, (as ^Lipfius^ and ° Piccolomtneu* record ) that a
wife
Part, i ,Sc&.2. Perturbations of the mmde. Memk, 3.Sub£
wife man (houldbc without all manner of paflions and pcrturbati- J9
ons whatfoeucr, as P Seneca reports of Cato^ the r Greekes of 'Socrates 3 and ;/?
r U.Attbtnus of a nation in Africke, fo free from paflion, or rather fo ftupid, 1 Ai'mm.'
that if they be wounded with a i\vord,thcy will onely looke backe. f Laclan- 1
tins *.*/^/^will exclude fomefhc j u jeriul!J^
grcateft paflions. But let them difputchoW they will, fctdownein Theft, nmrt^m.
giue precepts to the contrary- we finde that of * Lemnius true, by common f . Ttmr r bt i a ~
experience-,^ mortal! man is flee from thefe perturbations: or if he be fojfure Met. ***
he is either a God,or ablock.Theyare borne & bred with vsjwehaue them 1 p« eccuit.net.
from our parents by inheritance , a pirehithiis habemus malum hunc affem^ ^'oworM/i*
faith u Pelezius jsafatur una nobtfcum^alitur^xh propagated from i^idam % qui efeSibiu
Cam was melancholy, t as Aufiin hath it, and who is not ? Good difcipline, mndttc ^ ttr ^
Education J>huolophy. ) Divmity (i may not deny) may mitigate & reftrainc au t faxum , m
thefe paflions.in fome few men at fome times,but molt part they dominccrc
and are fo violent, x thatlike a torrent, (torrensvelut dggere rupto)btetcs IJ^J^'j:
downe all before, and ouerflowcs his bankes, ftertiit agr 'o^fter mt fata 3 they fta. nwhfu^
ouervvhclmeReafon 5 ludgcment. ) and pervert the temperature of the Body. cu ™ 1 - ^
Fertttr equis auriga y nec audit currus ^^/^.Now firch a man (faith Auftin ) x ^lammfit.
that is fo led 2 in a wife mans eye^ is no better then he that frands vpon bis hedd. y tyg
It is doubted by fome : grav torefne morbi a perturbationibus , an ab humor i- /^V^wS
te,whethcr humors, or perturbations, caufe the more grieuous maladies. inocuhshommU
But we findc that of our Sauiour Mat.2d.41. moft m\c y The Spirit is ■willing, g ^ vtr ^
the flefy ts wake five cannot reilft. And that of a Philo Iudxus, Perturbations uiuinmtik**
moft offend the body\and are mojl frequent caufes of Melancholy , turning it out fapiemum^ui
of the binges of bis health. Fives compares them to Windes vpon the Sea^ flPwi fori*
fome onely monc ts t bo] e great gales put fome turbulent quite ouer-turne the * Lib, de dtcal.
fhip.Thofe which are light and eafie, and more fcldome, to our thinking^doe P'f 10 ** s
vs litcle harme,and are therefore contemned of vs : Yet if they be reiterated, d^t&anm^
c as the rainefhkh t^rfuftw) doth a ftone^fo doe thefe perturbations penetrate & gravijjim*
themindei d and(asoneob(erues / | produce anbabitc of Melancholy at the laft,
and hailing got the maftery in our foules, may well be called Difeafcs." iMcW&dLo*
How thefe paflions produce this effect, e ^dgnppa hath handled at large, v f ntes abir, &-
occult. Philo f.liLi, cap. 6 3. Gar dan. lib. t j.fubtil.Lemniiu lib ./. cap.12.de occult. ^'^
nat.mir.ejr Ith.r.cap.iti.Suarez.Met.diJpat.i 8 feci. 1 .art. 2 $.T. Bright cap. 12. *nima.
of his melancholy Treatifc^j. might the iefuite in his booke of the paflions h Ff*«^$«
of the minde 3 &c. Thus in briefc. To our imagination commeth,by the out- lutinmariqu**
ward fenfe or memory, fome obie& to be knowne ( refiding in the farm oft immtiatt^
part of the Braine ) which he mif concerning or amplifying, prefently com- l^dm^urtt-
municatcs to the Heart,the feat of all affections. The pure fpirits forthwith tet:t<e: ficin cov~
flocke from the Braine to the Heart,by certaine fecret channels, andlignifie P^w^af-
whatgoodorbadobiedwasprefented 5 f which immediacly bends it felfe LittaZ^
to profccute,or avoide it; and withall 3 draweth with it other humors to help i** iam ita me ~
h:lo in plcafure,concurre great ftore of purer fpiritsj infadneiTe, muchmc- Zdkfdepcaant,
lancholy blood$ in ire,choller. Ifthe Imagination be very apprchenfiuc, in- <-Ptgiauhfi
icnt,andviolent,it fends great ftoreof fpirits to 3 or from theHeart J & makes ^/j^"
front animm*
4 Vfit vslentciYtfte morbi mmlvocaxtur. e Imagmtiotwttcorpiti^dckwmnum^xeit&Jturbhm
fabm alieratur. * Ecclcf.i 3 , The Heart alters the countenance to ^o^d or cuill, and diftraftion of the BQinde 3
cauTethdiflemperaturc of die body.
L a adeepes
Part i .Sed.2. Cau/es of me lancholy. Memb.?.Sub£f.
" = ^J^adccp« impreffion.and greater tumult, as the humours in thcBody be like
wife prepared 3 and the temperature it felfc ill or welldifpoled, thepaflions
are longer and ftrongcr.So that the firft fteppe and fountaine of all our gric-
* s F m& vancesinthiskinde 5 is S Ufalmaginatio, which mifinforming the Heart,
fmguui Ufa cauf - ct | 1 a ][ ^efc diftempcratures.alteration and confuiion of fpirits andhu-
£5£* mors.By meanes of which 3 fo difturbed,conco<5tion is hindred and the prin.
tumor es mm r : n3
11 parts are much debilitated; as h D. Navarro, well declared , being con.
S'iJSf fuited by Montana about a melancholy lew. The fpirits fo confounded,
mt. Pip. the nourifhmentmuftneedes be abated 3 bad humors increafed, crudities and
* Monimicon. fpj^ts ingendred,and melancholy blood. The other parts cannot per'
^uomdbcZ forme their functions, hauing their fpirits drawne from them by vehement
fan meiancboii- p a ffion,but faile in fenfe and motion , fo wee looke vpon a thing , and fee it
ZtdZaZ- " ot 5 heare > and obferue not; which otherwife would much affecl: vs,had wee
l7m'mp?dMt, beenc free. I may therefore conclude with * Arnolds 3 Maxima vis eft ph m .
& membra tafi*,& huic uni fere, non autem corporis intemfcriei, omnis melancholia caufi
St!" 1 d6 ~ efta(cribenda : great is the force of Imagination 3 and much more ought the
iBreviar.nb.i. caufcof Melancholy to beafcribed to this alone, then tothediftemperaturc
Vsoknt buluc- or ~ tnc body. Which Imagination^ becaufe it hath Co great a ftroke in produ-
modiegre^onei cing this malady, and isfo powerfullof it felfe, it will not be impertinent
faorabiiitcrob- to m y difcourfe, to make a briefe Digreifion of the force of it, and how it
U r?mk$mil- caufeththisaiteration. Which manner of Digre{fion 3 howfoeuer fomedif-
cundt rcfovert, like,as frivolous and impertinent, yet lam of t Beroaldus his opinion , Such
mu^mtKo- Vigvefiions doe mightily Might and refresh a weary Reader , they are like Jmt
damqasficon- to (l bad ftomacke/tnd I doe therefore mojl willingly vfe them*
dmentoreficere.
&egolibenter " ^
txeum, D V a S B c. 2.
Of the force ef Imagination,
W
Hat Imagination is, I haue fufficiently declared in my Vigrefion
of the Anatomy of the Soulc_j>, I will onely now point at the won*
derfull effects and power of it ; which 3 as it is eminent in all , fo
moft efpecially it rageth in melancholy perfons 3 in keeping the fpecies of ob«
rtwr «Swr" * e< ^ s ^° l° n g> m ift a king,amplifying tnem D y continuall and ftrong k medita-
afetUona, qui- tion,vntill at length it produceth reall effecls, and caufcth this 3 and many o«
but mmac m- ther maladies. And although this Phantafie of ours 3 be a fubordinate faculty
Cudcmbltlr, to reafon,and fhould be ruled by it,yet in many men,through inward or out.
io.sanfburienf. ward diftemperatures,defecl:of organs, which are vnapt or hindered, oro«
wpio* J>b '*' t herwifecontaminated 3 itislikewifevnapt,hindred,andhurt. This weefee
verified in fleepers, which by reafon of humors , and concurfe of vapours
troubling the /^*/4/&,imaginemany times abfurd and prodigious things,
and in fuch as are troubled with Incubus pi witch ridden, (as we call it) if
they lie on their backes,they fuppofe an old woman rides, and (its fb hard v«
pon them 3 that they are almoft ftifled for want of breath ; when there is no-
thing but a concourfe of bad humors ,which trouble the Pbantafi<^>. This is
*$t£ • ^ewifc cuidentin fuch as walke in the night in their fleepe^ and doeftrange
*" C iJxtrnt ' fears: 1 thefe vapours moue the Pbantafie, the Pkantafie the Appetite, which
mouingthe<w/0i4# fpirits , caufech the body to walkcvp anddowne , as if
they
s ■ - 1 11
Part.i.Scd.2. Of the force oflmaginatioii* MemUj.Subf,x
they were awake. Fr tea florins lib, de intellect, refer res all Extafies to this 8 1
force of Imagination, fuch as ly e whole dayes together in a Trance : as thac
Prieft wliom m c^///ar fpeakes ol, that could fcparatehimfelfe from his fen- m ^a' 1
fes when he lift,and lye like a dead man,voide of life and fenfe .Cardan brags ^^XT
ofhimfel^e,thathecould doe as much, and that when hee lift. Many times aufamfti
fuch men when they come to themfelues, tellftrangc things ofHeaucn and &
Hcll,whatvi{ionsthey hauefeenej as that S r Orven in Matherv Paris , that ^IiZmTon
went into Saint F<*/ra£j Purgatory^ and the Monke of Etufbam in the fame fafo
Author. Thofecommonapparitionsin&^<?and Gregory . and S c Br kits " J ^S^**"
t • /•/ j t ■• j j i_ / tu r i nui erat.de >ma-
icwc[mons l merJrt>.j,deLamifs y cap.ii. ejrc: reducetn , (as 1 naue formerly gmat.
faidjj and all thofe tales of Witchcs,progreflcs, dauncing, riding, transfor- ^^ &Vr; '
mations,operations,&c: to the force of n Imagination,and the Divels iilu- c^cun/^
fions. The like effects almoftaretobce fcenein fuch as are awake: How mmpeflm*
many Chima;ras,Anticks 3 golden mountaines, and Caftles in the Aire doe Z^rtm *
they build vnto themfelues? I appeale to Painters, Mechanicians, Mathc- utit^&mm
maticians.Some afcribe all vices to afalfe and corrupt Jmagination,Anger, phantajim re-
Rciienge,Luft,Ambition,Couetoufnefl'e 3 which prcferresfalfhood, before £1^^/^
that which is right and good,deludirjg the Soule with falfc fhewes and fup- ftderata^pwa
pofitions. P BermrdusVcnottm^ willhaue.herefie and fuperftition to pro- ^1'™™-^™
ccede from this fountaine$ as he falfely imagineth, fo he beleeueth , and as *«!
he conceiucth of it,fo it muft be,and it fhali be, contra gentes he will haue it "jierk diaboim,
fo.Butmoft efpecially in paflions and affections, it fhewes ftrange and eui- u ^l U ^ tc °a'
dcnteffe&s : what will not a fearefull manconceiueinthedarke 5 what iwbrd fabta'S,
ftrange formes of Divcls, Witches, Goblins ? Lavater imputes the greateft carp**
caufe offpe&rums.and the like apparirions,tofeare,which aboue all other i™'™"!?™'
paffions,begets the ftrongeft Jmagination, ( faith 4 merus^ and fo likewife p i>enma me-
loue. forrow, ioy,&c. Some dye fuddainly, as (he that faw her fonne come d ^\ ktiitm
from the battle at Cann<t$Lc. Jacob the Patriarke^ by force of Imagination, prceommbm afi.
made peckled lambes, laying pccklcd roddes before them, Perftna, that e/£- fatib*, fortes
tb/opianQaeenemHeliodorus^yCecm^the nxdcwieoiPerfus and i^4ndro< ^Tpoft"
medsi, infteedof a Blackemoorc, was brought to bed ofafaire white child, mo^&c.i.^
J11 imitation ofwhom belike, tan hard fauoured fellow in Greece , becaufe * * x v 'f° wfo
he and his wife were both dert>rmed,to get a brood of their children//^/?- *ub!\Tl'.
tipmas Imagines in thalamo collocavit,1kc:hving the faireft pictures he could ^occult, nau
buy for money in his chamber, that his wife by frequent fight of 'them , might ™fj^r*£
conceiue andbeare fuch children. Andifwccmaybeleeue^/^one of Pope viatogitetde
Nicholas the thirds Concubines,by feeing of a r Beare, was brought to bed Uit0 > a "talioab~
of a Monfter. if a woman ( faith f Lemnins)at the time of her conception /binke ^Iff^tu
ef another man prefentjr abfentfhe childe rvilL be like him. Great-bellied wo* eUteae.
men ^when they Iong,yceld vs prodigious examples in this kinde, as Moles., ) u f^^^
Watts, Scarres, Hare-lips, Monftcrs, efpecially caufed in their children,by mito, mt£
force of a depraued phantafie in them • Ipfam Jpeciem quam ammo effigiat } fpjntmmvibra.
faetui inducit : (hee imprints that ftampe vpon her childe,' which (he 1 con- ^^nu^he*
ceiucs vnto her fclfe. And therefore Lodovicus Fives , lib. 2. de chrift.fam. eerebro com m ~
giues a fpeciall caution to great- bellied women, u that they doe not admit of
Imaginatio, ut (i
msgmetur matumgranatum, illtut mus Cecum proferet fettu: fileporem y infant tdttur fupremo UbeHo bifida, &diffefto, vebemem
togttatio movet rerumjpecies. trier. L$,c& u ?(e dmuterum geftenty admittanlabfurdas cogitatimet 3 fed &vifu s attdhuqf*d<i
& borrenda devitent.
L 3 fuch
Part.i. Se&.i,. Can/es of Melancholy. Memb^.Subfs,
82 fuch abfard conceits and cogitations y hit byalimeanes avoidefuch horrible ob-
Ucts % heard or feenejr filthy fpeclacles. Some will laugh, wcepc,(igh 3 groane,
' blufhjtrcmblc/wcat, at fuch things as are fuggefkd vnto them by their I-
magination. Aviccnna fpeakesofone that could caft himfclfc into a Palfie
when he lift 5 and fomc can imitate the tunes of Birds and Beafts,that they
can hardiy be difcerned. Dagcbertus and S 1 Francis fcarres and wounds^ like
toceuitnuof. tothoicofChrifts, (ifatthe lead any fuchwere) * Agnppa fuppofech to
6b.i c4m. ' haue happened by force of Imagination/ that fome arc turned to Wclues,
from Men to Women, and Women againe to Men ( which is conftantly
belceued ; to the fame Imagination: or from men to AfTes, Doggcs, or any
TLib.^.dtLa- ol k cr fhapes. y^/>^afcribcs all thofc famous transformations.to Imagi-
mysM.io. nation . t j Tat j n Hydrophobia they feeme to fee the picture of a Dog, mil jn
*<Agrippaiib.i. their water, 2 that melancholy men, and ficke men, concciue fo many phan-
tyM> tafticall vifions,apparitionsto thcmfelues 5 and haueio many abfurd fuppo-
fitions,as that they are Kings ,,Lords,Cocke5, Beares, Apes 3 Owles; that they
are heauy,light,tranfparcnr,great and little, fenfclefle and dead (as fhallbec
f^tf.j mcmb. fhewed more at large,in our t Sections of Symptomcs) can be imputed to
i.fii'jfthi. ' nought elfe,but to a corrupt,falfe,and violent Imagination.lt workesnotin
ficke and mclancholymcnoneIy,but euen mod forcibly fometimesin fuch
* jfifjP* mi ' as are found:it makes them fuddainly ficke,and a alters their temperature in
fjmutlipo- an inftant. And fometimes aftrong apprehenfion, as b Vdefim proues, will
tejiindiverfat ta k c away Difcafcs: in both kindes it will produce reall effects. Men if they
fZpplhen' fe&m another man tremble,giddy } or ficke of fomc fcarefull Difeafe, their
font. apprchenfionand fearc is fo ftrong in this kind/that they will haue the fame
* 9*VWtf'M\ Difeafe. Or if by fome South-fayer, wife-man, fortune-teller, orPhyfuian,
"Ham «S» they be told they fhall haue fuch a Difeafe, they will fo ferioufly apprehend
morbi diutm-ni ic 3 that they will inftantly labour of it. A thing familiar in china ( faith Ric-
q2rZan- ^thelcfuite.; ^ //it be told them they fbaH 'be fake on fuch a day , whentlmt
tm\ 1 day comes jbey will fttre/y be Jicke^and will be fo terribly aff/icled } that fome-
« ExpeAiunSi- t i mes they dye vpon it. D x Cotta in his Difcouery of ignorant Practitioners
"Zi 'po'rrfinuiti of Phyfick cap .£.hath two ftrange ftories to this purpofe, what fancy is able
fredMofibm to doe: The one of a Parfons wife in Northamptonfhire A* 1 607. that com*
\r e l r f u T/l mine to a Phyfitian.and told by him that iheeAvas troubled with the Sciati-
faciat: nam fi ca^s he conjectured, ( aDileafe lhecwas free from J the fame night after
%*ff" m p her retume,vpon his words fell into a grieuous fit of the Sciatica. And fuch
tosmorll llnh another example he hath of another good wife, that was (o troubled with
ftendoi^ uBi the cramp,after the fame manner fheccame by it, becaufc her Phyfitian did
frmrbum'iii. ^ ut namc it.Somctimes death it felfe is caufed by force of Phantafie. I haus
tidunt, & vi heard ofonc,thatcomming by chance in company of him that was though:
mem affliM, t0 be ficke of the Plague ( which was not foj fell downc fuddenly dead. A-
^mSet^in notncr was ficke ofthe Plague wkh conceit. One feeing another let blood,
cum mtrte cot- falles downc in a (bwne.Another(faith d Cardan out ofAriftotle jfclldown
*'XTifc ^ ca ^ ( wn ^ ca IS familiar to women at any gaftly fight ) feeing but a man
* tifc;3 . de am- hanged . A Ie v? in France ffaith e Lodovicus Fives ) came by chance ouer a
«m. c'tJemd: dangerous pafTage,or plankc, that lay ouer a Brooke in the darke, without
harme.the next day feeing in what danger he was in 5 fell downc dead. Many
will notbelccuc fuch ftoriertobec true , but laugh commonly, and deride
when they hcarc of them* butlctthcfe menconfider with themfcliies, as
f Peter
Part.i.Se&.2. Force > o) r imagination. Memb. £,Sub£2,
f Peter By arm illuft rates it, If they .were fet to walke vpon a planke on high, $S
they would be giddy, vpon which they dare fecurely walke vpo the ground. ^ ^
Many (faith Agripya ) 5 ftrong hearted men otherwife > tremble at fuch fights, Ex aitddejpici-
dazeiL^and are fickejf they lookebut dovone from An high place ^ & vohxt moues entes aliquip*
them but concetti As fome are fo molefted by Phantafiejfo fomcagaincby ^/fj^^
Fancy alone,and a good conceit,are as eafily recouered.We fee commonly irf im in;ur.ftc
theTooth-ache,Gout,Falling-fickneire ? bitingofamad Dog, and many ^^ eb . es>
fuch maladies cured by Spels,Words,Chara£ters,andCharmes, and many ts\uTdoq)fe.
grcene wounds magnetically cured, 1 which Goclenim in abooke of late,hath quuntui, quan~
defended. All the world knowes there isnovertueinfuchCharmes,buta f^>S-
ftrong conceit and opinion alone 3 as h Pomponatius holdes, which firceth a tat'me. imgi*
motion of the humor sfpir it s^audbloodyvhich takes away thecaufeof the mala- f ub ^
dy from the parts ajfeffed. The like we may fay of all our Magicalleffec'ts 3 {u- ffimmmfaatuin
perftitiouscurcs 5 andfuchasaredoneby Mountebankes and Wizards. An wM
Empiricke many times,and a fillyChirurgionjdoth more ftrange cures^hen ^fan&u'ac'
a rationall l>h.y{\uan t Nymannu4 giues a reafon,becaufe the Patient piltS his una morbipecu
confidence in him, * which Avicenna preferres before Art , Precepts ,and all Re- cau f M . t*?J*
medies wbatfoeuer.'Tis Opinion a^one ( faith k Cardan) that makcs,or marres ^xgri'pViH*-
Phyfitians^and he doth the beft cures, according to Hippocrates , in whom f l ° &pdwta 3
mofttruft. So diverfly doth this Phantafie of ours affea, turne&wynde.fo om % a>t ' &
• n \ n i. i • i f « 1 ,. confilto,& me-
impenoully command our bodies, which as another Proteus t or a Camelion ) diem pr*fe-
can take alltyapes^aud is of fuch force ( as Ficinus addes ) that it can worke vpon ™ nAa ^ vicen -
others as -well its our felues. How can otherwife blcare- eyes in one man,caufe inquem plum
the like affection in another?Why doth one mans m yawning,make another confidunt.Ub.de
yawne? One mans piffing prouoke a fecond many times to doe the like? fcTto v'v
Why doth fcraping of trenchers offend a third , or hacking of files ? &c. cmtuL.i$.c.
Why doth a Carcaile bleedjwhen the murtherer is brought before it, fome l8, de Jl> eo!o i\
weekes after the murther hath beene done ? Why doc Witches andoldc ? ^tio%'m-
women,fafcinate and bewitch children: but as merus^Paracelfus \fardan , quam?roteus
Mtztldus y alter tola fic many Philofophers thinke,the forcible Imagination ltlchmelm >
of the one party,moues & alters the fpirits of the other. Read more of this ^ZSmZ
fubiec"t in merits l.j.de Lami/s^cap^S.p. i o . Francifcus Valefus med.controver. nu W Am
lib.j.cont.d.Marcellus Donattts lib. 2 .cap./ \de hifi.medjnirabil. Lev 'tnus Lem* m S 'c U r ofcita^
nius de occult ,n at, mtr. lib. i.eap. 12. Cardan lib.i S.de rerum var. Corn t Agrippa te% ofcitent,
de occult. Philof. cap. 6 4.6 $.Camerarius 1 .cent,cap,$4.horarum frbcif. Nyman- m<m *
nus in orat.de /mag. Laurent ms ,and he that is inflar omnium^Fienm^ famou s
Phyfitian of Antwerpe ^that wrote three bookes de viribus Imaginationis. I
hauc thus farre digrefled, becaufe this Imagination is the medium deferent
of paflions,by whofe meanes they worke and produce many times prodigi-
ous effects; and as the Phantafic is more or lefle intended or remitted, and
their humors difpofed, fo doe perturbations moue more or lefle 3 and take
deeper imprcffions.
SVBS. 3,
Part.i.Sc6t.2.
Cau/es of Melancholy.
Mcmb^.Subf;^
84
SVESBC. 3,
P
Divifton of Perturbations*
Erturbations and pa(Tions,which trouble the Phantafic, chough thev
dwell betwecne the confines of Scnfc & fleafon , yet they rather fot
.owSenfe then Reafon,bccaufe they arc drowned in corporeal organs
*XW.i0&fc fScnfe.They are commonly « reduced into two inclinations, Irafcibh &
Ccncupifable. The Thomifts fubdiuidc them into eleuen, fix in the Courting,
and fiue in the lnvadmg.Ariflotlc reduceth all to Pleafurc and Paine ; Plato
• jJeAnimd. to Louc and Hatred. ° rives to good and bad. }f good it isprefent, and
then weabfoiutelyioyandloueor to come, and then wee defire and hope
for it.lf euill,we abfolutely hate it 5 if prefent ^it is Sorrow, if to come,Fearc.
p ser. 3?. h* Thefe foure palfions l' Bernard compares to the voheeles of a Chariot J?y which
(tot ufTam wf * re w™*** "^orlL All other palfions arc fubordinate vnto thefc
Si l incurm y fourc,or fix,asfome will : Loue,Ioy,Defire,Hatred,Sorrow,Feare: All the
vebimar re ft >as Anger ,Envy f Emulation, Pride, Iealoufie, Anxiety, Mercy > Shame,
bMcmnndo. Dif con t entj D c fp a i rCj AmbitionjAuaricc,&c. are reducible vnto the firft:
immmqmp- & if they be immodcrate,they qconfumethclpirits, & melancholy is efpe-
ptmmderatio- c j 3 Hy cau fedby them. Some few difcreet men there are, that can goucrne
«/2fF«S. themfelues,& curb in thefe inordinat Affe&ions.by Rcligion^hilofophy,^
m.\.Patb.c.i% fuchdivincPrecepts,ofmeel<cnc(re,patience,& the like : but moftpart for
want of goiiernment, out of indifcretion, ignorance, they fuffer themfelues
wholly to be led by fenfe$& are fb farrc from reprefling rebellious Inclinati-
ons, that they giue all encouragement vnto them, leaning the raynes, & v«
^ fing all prouocations to further them : bad by Nature ,worfe by Art, Difci-
tu^depralt- phne, r cuftomc 5 education > & a pcrucrfe will of their owne,they follow on,
turingeniumne wherefoeuer their vnbridled Affections will tranfport them, & doe more
ferctietli7b OMofm&otncJktfc will,thcn out of Rcafon. Contumax voluntas , as flit-
it at™ bile] Untthon calls wjnalnm facit; this ftubborne will of ours, perverts our iudg-
Tiura faemt rnents, which fees and knowes what fhould and ought to be done , and yet
fKiZne[qutm nat ^Mancip/a £*/*,Slaucs to their feucrall lufts,& appetitc,thcy
i ntione. a tt- precipitate & plunge f thcmfelues into a Labyrinth of cares , blinded with
lm&iff Cm "'^blinded with ambition*, « 7 hey (ceke that at Gods hands , wb/ch theymnj
Video meiiora giue vnto thcmfelues, if they could but refratne from thofe cares, and perturbi-
froboq t dcterh- t ions ^wherewith they continually macerate thcmfelues \ But giuing Wiy to
"vzwuditw thefe violent paflions of feare, gricfc, fhamc,revenge, hatred, malice, &c.
wfi a CeiPCo. They are tornc in pcices,as Atfaon was with, his owne dogs , and w crusifie
precipitant am-
bitione& cupiditatibu exencau.rm'mteUigunt fttilndadijs petere,qued jibiipfis f$ veliru praftart pojjjnl. Si a emit drpertttfa'
tunib <*,quibui aflidutfc macervitjmperare veUent. « Tanto ftudio miferiarumeaufas, & aliment* dtUirm quarimHf, vitfflh
frMfeliciftimmjxlfci* & miferabilcm ejficimu*. Pctrarcb.prtfkt.de Rtmcditi, &c.
Svbsic. 4*
Part.i.Scft.2. Sorm a caufe. Mcmb.j.SubL.}.
S V B S E C. J f!>
Sorrow a caufe of Melancholy*
IN this catalogue of Paflions , which fo much torment the Soule of man,
and caufe this malady ( for I will briefly fpeakc of them all , and in their S j^mTioi«r.
order jihe firft place in this Irafcible Appetite, may iuftly bee challenged * Timor & m \-
by Sorroto. An infeparable companion,* The mother and daughter of \MeUn- Ijjj^f*^
choly t her Epitome, Symptome y ank ch'tefe cauje: as Hippocrates hath it : They be • ^
get one another and tread in a ring,for Sorrow is both caufe & Symptome humrufim,*
of this difcafc. How it is a Symptome (hall be (hewed in his place. That it is
a caufe all the world acknowledged polar nohnullis infanU caufa fuit, & a- Apbttftj.ijt'.
Itorum morborum infanabz hum Sikh Plutarch to Apollonius : a caufe of mat!- idem Mental-
nefle.a caufe ot many other aiteales,a lole can le ol tni s milchieie, y Lemm- nrui ; F CUCnt i.
us cal's it. So doth Rhafts ovnt.Li.T raft.Q.Guianeritu T ra ft. 1 /. cap.y And if nm pttl. mag.
it take root once it ends in di(piire,as x Ftlix flutter obferues, & as in a Ce- \ e J e ^"
bes table may well be coupled with it. h chryfoflome in his feaucnteenth E* hue ekUtfUmt.
pi{{\cto Qlimpta^c^cnhcs it to be, a cruell torture of the Soule, amofl inexpli- ^j^^f'
table greife,a poyfonedworme jon fuming body andfoule,andgnavping t he-very &ttiflitia fad-
heart ,aperpet uxilexecut wncr ^coniinuati night, profound darkneffe , a ivhir/e- mt«r C edcrcmc-
rvinde,a tempeft^n ague not appearing,heattng voorfe then any fire, and a battle ^'^tali.
that bath no end: It crucifies xoorfethen any Tyrant.no torture t no flrappado , no cmt.tfaltssra-
hodtly pun/foment is like "onto it, Tis t he Eagle,without qucftion,which the f^if^fi
Poets fained to gnawe c Prometheus heart. And no heau'meffeis Ukc vnto the ^erxmeia*.
hcAuine([e of the heart ,Ecclus 2$.i $<i6.* Ettery perturbation is a mifery , but ibokam, & in
griefe a crueil torment ,i domineering pailion.-as in old Rome,when the Dicla- d j^" mem
tor wascreated>allinferiour magillracicsceafed; when gricfe appeares all * iu e tuftia, e-
other paffions vanifh. It dries vp the bones, faith Solomon cap. 77. Pro, makes jjjjwi .t""
them hollow-cyed,pale,and lcane,furroW'faccd,to haue dead lookes^wrin-
Wed broWes 5 riuelcdcheekes, dry bodies , and quite peruerts their tempera* •» Anmmm
ture that are mifaffc&ed with it. As Elenora that exil'd mournfull Dutchefle ^ e JJ^ e " x l
(in our \Et\g\\(hOutdJ laments to her noble husband Humphry Duke of
CUcefler, Zmda&
^Savefl thou thofe eyes in whofe f veet cheer efuH looke t gm"w%™
Duke Hum phrv once,fucb toy and pleasure ttoke^ cvnifexfjiret
Sorrw bathf, *Mt*w?
Thou couldfi not fay this v*s my Elnors face, & m ^ p r9 ,
UkeafowleGorgon,&c. fumUfemptf"
* It binders concottion/efrigerates the heart, takes arfay fl omaike, colour ^ and f r ^J^t
Jleepe;thickens thebloud (Fernel/us l/b,r<c<ip.iS. de morb.cau/is) Contaminates rem, mniignt
the (ftrits{Ptfo jOverthro wes the naturall heat^ pcrucrts the good cftatc of v ^f^j" r c ^
body and minde, and makes them weary of their lines, cryout,howlcand
roare for verv ansuifh of their foulcs. Dauid confeflcd as much-Pfalm.sS.S. batou : -- a*.
J haue roared for the very d/jejutetnej/eof my heart. And PJal.11 popart, 4. v. ^j^^
cmni tyranao crudcliorcm ftafi fat. c Nat. Comes Mytho{,U.c.6. * Tuliy 3. Ttjc.oimis fertnrbttio rtifm* & camfema
c/2 do'ar. f M.Vuylon in his her.ep. d Cvato canQl.x 1 . lib. z. mxTttia vnimjum infriydit c»rpm, caltrtm irutatum extingutt,
typethkm defiruit. d Cor refrigem triflit'm, tyirittu exjiccat jmatumq, calorem obruit, vigilias xniucit, (oncalmem l*ktf*ft«t s
f^mmmcrajjat, exaggerate '. mlancbolicHm ^ucem. * Spiritm &fa*guti bee cntavrwt*r,Pip,
fake, r complained that he could not fleepe, and that his heart
f i ;-^- I? ' hinted for priefe. C^himfclfe, , out ofanapprchenfionof
• «*■ eric f e didrweatblood^^/^Hisfoule vvasheauytothedeath andno
r5SS forroi was like vmo his. Crato confiUiMb.2.gmzs infence in one that was
SW* fo melancholy by reafon of S griefe: and in a nob c ma.
tdkfmmfr* h ^ „ , ot y r C aufe ofthtimtfchiefe.I.SJ). mHildc\heim fully cu.
red a patient of his,ihat was much troubled with melancholy, and for ma.
*Ma\mvnc$. nyycarcs i but afterwards by a little occafion of for rove, he fell into hu former
tSmSF fitlandiias tormented as before. Examples are common how it caufcth
'Hiidefam. mc l anc holy J defperation ) andfometimesdeathitielte.£rc/^^^//. Ofhea*
peel i. dc me- v ^r e cmes death, worldly forrow caufetb death, 2. Cor. 7.io.Pfal.} ltn ,
nlmrn^ My life is wafted with heau^e/fe.and my year es withmourning.\Nhym%
aucdete m{>n Hecuba faid to be turned to a Dogge? Niobe into a (tone? But ibr griefe ftic
'r^T mta wasfcnfclcffeandftupid. Seuertu the Emperour 1 died for griefe; and how
k rimi.de a- m many myriads befides. Tanta iHi eft fer it as, tanta eft infanta helm.
Me's'Jm"™' Melanclhon giues a reafon ofit, n the gathering of much melancholy blocd
Ovid. m m about the heart; which collection extinguifbeth the good (pi r its, or at leaf
l Harodian lib. dull? tb them forrow ft 'ike s the heart, makes it tremble and finest away^mth
\rimmo™T g reat P a l™ : An * ^ e ^ acke ^ 00 ^ drawne from the Spleene,and diffufedvnfa
unfmptu* eft. tberibbs, on the left fide , makes thofeperilow \hypocondriacall convulfions,
™trM»Zfb% wfcch b.ippen to them that are troubled with Sorrow.
Bi^td. r.ts Gt «-
enfn bift. &c. * m mtflitU cor qua ft pe> cuffim conflringitur, tremit & langnefcit cum ac'i ftnfu defarli.ln trifiitia corfugiens el.
tnbit exSplene kntum hnmorem melancholic um } qiii effufiufub coJlii[inJmifiro Utm hypoemdiiacos fiat.u faeit,quodfept accukm
qui diHturni cmta & m<eflhtacosfliclaxmMeianclbon.
C
Stisic, 5.
Feare a ca ufe*
Ofen gcrman to Sorrow is Feare,OYttthcr a filler^ fidus Achat es,xA
continuallcompanion, an atliftant and aprincipall agent in procu-
ring of this mifchiefe; a caufe and fymptome as the other. In a word
p EtmntemX as ° vir g lt faid of the Harpies,\ may iuftly fay of them both,
deb deem facr.U Trifius baud zllts monfirum, nec feuior vlla
Zm & irA ^mftygijsfefeextulit vndu.
deret.vanou- A faddcr monfter, or more cruell plague fo fell,
ft£*G^ ^ r vcn S cancc or ~ tnc Gods,nc're came from Styx or Hell.
s?*Z?l A di ™isfowle fiend of feare was wortoipped heretofore for a God amongft
mifceitaneu. ™ c Lacedamonians,^ moft of thofe other torturing P affections & fo was
fritnT' J. orr k owamon gft the "ft, vndcrthenamcof^^D^theyftoodin
AngJr^ c7 ^ awc of chem ^s Auflin de Ciuitat. Dei lib. 4 . cap. g. notes out oiVarro,
pontile, i*r*. was commonly q adored and painted in their Temples with a Lions
hCad5a j ld aS Ma r ^ records MoM«^ r in the ~ alends ofjam .
Wdanvr e ; & ar / ^gerona had her holy day, to whom in the Temple cfrolupia,or Goddeffe
'JPfy"?S*f A '% u ™ ^dBijbops dUyearelyfacrifce^ that beine p/L
tzar* '»«<<^^ ILL
for that y ear e follow mg % Many lam cnuble effete this Fcarc caufcth in men,
Paru.Se&.z. So/ttarinefie a caufe. Memb.z. Sub£<5.
as to be rcd,palc,trct»blc , fweat, f itcaufethfuddencoldand heat to come 87
ouerallthebody,palpitationofthc heart i Syncope,&c. ' Itamazeth many { J' m »rindueis
men that arc to fpcake,or fhew themfelues in puolikc afTemblics, or before ^^ptJtimm
ibmc great pcrfonages, as Tu/fy confeffeth of himfclfe that he trembled ftill vocU dtfealm
at the beginning of his fpeech; and Demoflbetics that great Orator of Greece a %P^m.
before Pbilippus; Jt confounds voice and memory,as Lucian wittily brings %ViXMi
in Inciter Tragaedus , fo much afraid of his auditory, when hce was to f tm Ftrjpiritus
make a fpeech to the reft of the Gods, that hee could not vtteraready b ^ fii ^
word,but was compelled to vfc Mercur/eshclpc in prompting. Many men ' sffufas cernU
are fo amazed and aftonifhed with feare , they knowe not where they arc, f u s>' mes %»> : <w
what they fay, c what they doe,and that which is woruyit tortures them ma« nuTinfL™*.
nydayes before with continuall feare and fufpition. It hinders many hono* nu *F*untuan?
rablcattempts,and makes their hearts ake, fad and hcauy. They that are in H c J^ m
feare arc neuef frce, n refolutc,fecure, ncuer merry,but in continuall paine: turn mmmim
that,as rives truely faid,iV///& eft miferia maior quam me tits, wo greater mi- c J*ft*m*t{*dA
fcry 5 <no rackc, nor torture like vnto ic, eucr fufpitious, anxious, foliicitous, Zfemne& Z*.
they are childillilydrouping^ithoutrcafonjWithout iudgemenr, *■ efteci- dabiimcmx.
a(ly iffome terrible obiecl be offered,** Plutarch hath it. It caufcth many ^hJidSe!^
times fudd.iinc madncfle^and almoft all manner of difeafes,as I haue fuffici- « ub de fi>m*
ently illuftratedinmy a DigrefTionofthc force of Imagination^ (hall doe u &*<&vmn-
more at lar^c in my Section of b Terrors. Feare makes our Imagination co*
ceaue what it lift 3 ic invites the Diucll to come to vs,as c Agrippa and Cardan fun tembUu %l
avouch^andtyrannizcthouerourphantafie more then all other atfe&ions, KS ^!'r' Menu
efpccially in the darkc. We fee this verified in moft,as c Lauater faith, Qu£ seff.z 'aiem,
mettwit finguntfritox they feare they conceaue & faigne vnto themfelues, 4
they thinke they fee Goblins,Hagges,DiueiIs,and many rimes become me- l^^ia
lancholy thereby. Cardan.fubtil. lib, 1 8, hath an example of ftich a onc,fb feVmms\ti-
caufed to be melancholy f by fight of a Goblin) all his life after, -^nguflus mr & ^
C^rdurftnotfitinthedarke, nifialtquo affidente } fakh f Suetonim, Nun- ZkifZpo^nt,
quam tencbris euigilauit. And 'tis ftrange what women and children will c M defpee- '
conceaue vnto thcmfclues,if they goe cuer a Church .yard in the nfght . or "aht'M***
Iye 3 or be alone in a darke roorne 3 how they fweat and tremble on a fudden. fattquiZiinh
Many men arc troubled with future euents, fore-knowledge of their for- .
tuncsjdeftin ies,as Seueru-s the EmpcvouT^Adrian and Domman y Quod fciret Vua em '
vltimum vit^e dtemfmh Suetonius, "jaldefo'ltcittu , much troubled in minde % s e a.%.Mm
becaufeheforeknewehis end; with many fuch,of which I fhallfpcakc more 4.^7.
opportunely in g another place. Anxiety,mercyjpitty 3 indignation>&c.and ]££ vtrt ' &
fuch ferall branches deriued from thefe two ftemmes of Feare and Sorrow, f cui. m a.
I voluntarily omit,rcad more of them in * Carolm Pafcaltus^Vandinyu^ &c\ rt M<
Svssbc. 6 a
Shame and Difgracejaufes.
ftarrie andDifgrace caufe mod violent paffions, and bitter pangs. Oh
pudorem ejr dedeci# publicum ,ob err or em commiJJ*m,pepc mouentur gene-
reft animi^Falix P liter lib. j.de alien At, mentis t Generous mindes are of-
ten moued with (hame,to defpaire for feme publikc difgrace. And he 3 faith
M 2 fhik
s
parc.i:S©a2. Caufes of Melancholy. Memk3^ b£6,
fi§* S 'care^ndmi^K^ itis°as forcible a batterer as any of the reft: Many men
****** pe^lcatht tumults oftheworld } and care not for glory, and yet they are afraid
S of ln famy,re f ulfeM^^ canfeuerely contemnepleafure
fajs/elixmn be are o'riefe indifferently ,bnt they are quite battered and broken with reproach
Z7 h and obloquy: And are fo deie&ed many times for fome publike iniury, dif
klUS. grace,as a box on the eare by their inferiour,to bee ouercome of their aduer^
quetur & mfe- i ar y/ ji e< j m the field, to bee out in a fpeech,or fome fowle fa6t committed
^Muhhontcm. or diYclofed,&c. that they dare not come abroad all their Hues afcer 5 but m c <
rami muni: Jancholifcin corners, andkeepe in holes. The mod generous fpirits are
Sf TS* m °ft fnbied to it. Spiritm altos frangit & generofos: Hieronymus. Arifietle
ghmmfidti- becaufe he could not vndcrfhnd the motion ofEur/pusfor gricfe and rfiamc
menivif.tmiam, drowned himfelfe: Calms Rhodiginus antiquarJec.U.2p cap. 8» Homcrusyu-
fu'jfm^ 3 >C dore confumptusjjvzs fwallowcd vp with this paflion of (harnc, becaufe he^j
roiupmm fe- could not vnfoid that fi Jher mans riddle. Sophocles killed himfelfe , m becauf<_>
ImmmlT'do a Trageed/e of his was hiffed off the ftage: ralcr. Max. lib. p. cap.12. Lucretii
lore funimoiti- {tabbed her felfe,and fo did n Cleopatra, when file faw that fhee was refermi
«rei,gtwamne- £ QY a tr i um y}jfo avoid the infamy. ^Jntonius the Roman* after he was ouer.
^"nfamil gU ' come of his enimyfor three dayesjpace fate folitary in the forepart oft he Jbippe,
k Gramfy con- abjlainingfrom all company, euen of Cleopatra herfelfe,cfr afterwards for ve-
m'qMmdc- r y \hame,butcheredhimfelfe,Plutarchsuita eius. Apollcnius Rhodius P ml-
trimentum.m fully banifljed himfelfe forfaiting his country, £r all his deare- friends, becaufe
abictta mmis j oe was otl f ^ n rec iti n g his Poems, Plinius lib.n,cap.23* Aiax ran mad ,becaufe
viut. inT'imot. "is armes were adiudged to Vlyjjes. mChina cis an ordinary tning tor luch
l Qu6d pfato- as are excluded in thofe famous trialls of theirs, orfhouldtake degrees, for
wrenmpoflt fl^me and griefe to lofe their wits, H Mat. Riccius expedite ad Sin as hh.
m Ob Tragxu- j.cap.9. Hoflratus the Frier,tooke that book which Reuclin had writ againft
m ixpiofm him ,vndcr the name of Epift.obfcurorum viroruSo to heart, th at for (harnc
mortem ;wi g!a- , . r , . Vf f J . r . . . A
dio confcMt. and gnete he made away nimlelre, r louius in elegies. A graue & learned Mi-
^chm-Mit m nifter,and an ordinary Preacher at Alcmar in Holland, was one day (ashec
pmri'Zfle- was walking in thefields for his recreation; fuddenly taken with a Iaskeor
m iffamkbe loofenefle 3 and therevpon compelled to take the next ditch but being fup
/ESjaS* P rifcdat vnawarcs, by fome Gentlewomen of his Pariih wandering that
p/ut. ' way, f was fo abafhed , that hee did neuer after (hew his head in publike,or
fenm dielt C ° mC ' nt0 the Pul P i,: -> but P inecJ awa y with melancholy: ( Pet. Foreftus wed.
ditin proratia-
obferuatj. j o.obfer.i 2. )So fhame amongft other paffions can play his prize.
*»,ab(i t nc*sab ] knowe there be many bafc 3 impudent,andbrazen faced roaeues thatwil
IZZtZl £ »fi?f'fe»e ^ 5 be mooucd with nothing 5 take no infamy or difgracc
fo9ea fe inter- to heart 3 laugh at al.-lct the be proued periur'd 3 itigmati2cd 3 convicl: roaeues
p 1* mle re t^T^ T^f^f* ™ Ud > P<>m5d X,
maQet Ar g o- nifledjeuilcd, and derided, with « Ballio the Baud in Plautus } they reioyce at
imtiea , obpu- it,cantores profos: babe and Bombax, what care thcy?yet a modeft man ore
wore fe exulauit J J »*iati 3 vjii»
fmninterfecerit. *f Propter ruborem cmfufut, (latimccpu 'deliL ^^m^i^-fV & P*c*t*,vtfi*-
* that
Part.i.Sed.2.
Bwvjy Malice, caujes.
Mcmb,3.SubC7 #
that hath grace, a generous fpirit, one that is tender of his reputation, will 8^
be deeply wounded, and To gricuoufiy affected with it, that hce had rather
giue myriades of crownes_, loofe his life , then fuffer the lcaft defamation of
his honour, or blot in his good name* Andiffobethat he cannot avoid it,
as a Nightingale,^/** cantando vittamoritur, ( faith x Miz,aldus i ) dies for xfw '-7.2^
(kame if another bird fingbetter,he languifhech and pineth away in the an-
gui(hofhisfpirir.
Svbsbc. 7.
Envy, Malice, caufeS*
ENvy and Malice are two linkes of this chaine , and both as Guianerius ? Multa vide*
Tracl.i f.caf.2, proues out of Galen,^.Aphorifm.com.22. V caufe_j this ^f^VdT
malady by tbemfelues,ejpecially if their bodies bee othervotfe difpofedto ummmelJcho-
Melancholy . Tis Valefcm de Tar ant a, and Foelix flat ems obferuation, z lim'tmidife\
enuy fognavoes many mens hearts, thxt they become altogether melancholy. %Hm^ofum
And therefore belike Solomon JPrm,i 4.1 3> calls U,tbe rotting of the bones. Cy^ cowraad banc
priansuulnus occultum. . . a Siculi ncn inuenere tyranni a P' a Off* _ n .
Mams tor went urn glt hmim »
the Sicilian tyrants neuer inuented the like torrncnt. It crucifies their foufes, *dtb& ( orr<h
withers their bodies, makes them hollow-ey'd, b palc,lcane , andgaftlyto d clchci^m
behold . Cyprian fer .2. de zelo ejr limre, c ^as a Motbgnavpes a garment, fi.mt.
fb,faith chry fv flome, doth envy confine a w^;tobeaIiuing Anatomy: aS/'£- \ H ^ viltii
leton,to be a leans and d pale carcaffe,quickned with a * fiend, Hall in Chardft, m>rax,tcrzm
For fo often as an cnuious wretch fecsanother man profpcr 3 to be enriched, ^ea^ypdy
to thriue and be fortunate in the world, to get honours, offices, or the like, ZfmoS^
hee repines and grieues. « — f intabefcjtj^ videndo \ n dtniibm &c.
Sue cejfuf homimim, — -fupp lie'wmqjuum efl : c ^? tlnea c «?-
He tortures himfelfe if his equall,friend, neighbour.be preferred, commen- Zm/cfnvidk
ded, doc well. Ifhe vnderftand ofit, it gaules him afrefh,& no greater pains ««»»
can come to him,then to heare of another mans well doing, 'tis a dagger at Tp^j"™'
his heart euery fuch obie6h He lookes at him,as they that fell do wne in Lu fedet, modes in
cians rocke of honour 5 with an enuious eye,and will damage himfelfe to doe cor P ore tct0 -
another a mifchiefe : As he did in vAfope, loofe one eye willingly , that his eckuZntf^
fellow might loofe both. His whole life is forrow.and euery word he fpeaks bkjne denes.
aSrffyrMiothingfatshim but other mens ruins. For to fpeake in a word Jin. L^f 1 ex '
vy is nothing ellc but T riptta de bonis alienis, iorrow tor other mens good xku charity
be it prcfent,paft,or to come: &gaudium deaduerfisfc g ioy at their harmes, am\-
oppofiteto mercy, h which grieues at other mensmifchanccs,&mifaffecT:s
the body in another kinde; (oDamafcen defines it, lib, 2. de orthod.fid. Tho- eo moriflruofus
tnJs 2 2.qu4?t.j(>.art.i.Jri/totlelib.2.Rhet.c^ ZfitdmnTm
Tufc.Greg'N icMb.de virt.animx cap.i2*Bafil,de Inuidia. Pindarus Od.i.fer. z,rit,torret, dip
5.andwefindeittrue. 'Tis a common difeafe, and almoft naturall to vs,as cmaat macie
1 Tacitus hoIds,to enuy another mans profperity . And 'tis in molt men an pSJ^p^
win. primi. Advent. f Ovid. % Statuis emu BaftHiu ees comparatjui liquefinni adprrfentiam $o1is,qu$ alij gaudent & en nan-
tttf.Mufcn alii qu<e vlceribm gaudenUamenaprxtereunt, fiftunt mfetidis. n Mifericordiaetiam que trifiitia quadam eft,fepe
mftrantis eorpmmali tffiat.Agtp.hb.l.cap.tj, i Jnfit-.m merttalibm a natun recentem dmum ftlicitatem, «gru cadis intutri ?
bfUib.i.Tacit.
M 3 incu-
]^^U [ Ca^of melancholy. ~~ Membj^ufeig.
7; — ^rSle^af^T^^^, faith Marcus Aureliu S) Grcek~Hebrew y Chald,
9 Authors, I haue confuted with many wife men jor a remedy for Ewy, /could
*iegi chaidros, c nde nm ,£ u > to renounce a - happinefe,and to be a wretch and mifer able fir
t3£& ever. Tis the beginn.ng of hell in this lift , and a palfion not to bee excufcd.
JSfif nmC \ Every other finnehath fomepleafure annexed to it , erwill admit efanex-
cufe&**dwmamfak> Other fmnes Ufi 'but for awhile the gm tm* /*
ZZel&t fitUfied,anger remits Mr edh* th an end,enuy neuer ceafetL Cardan, lib . 2 .
uti&perpetub J ^ , Oiijinc and humane examples are very familiar, you may runne and
"owLcatn read them.-as thatofW and Dauidfain ^ Abel, angebat ilium non pro-
mt excHfatiort prmmPcccatumfedfiatrUfrofteritMfatii Theodoret , it was his brothers
vTl'femZi good fortune ^auled him. Rachel enuied her fitter, being barren,GV#.
ZZTvtril X fephs brethrenliim Gen.j 7 . Dauidhzd a to.uch of this vice, as hce confeflcth
cam , reiiqua m p j-j 37 &vA n /enmy&nd 6 Habakkuk, they repined at othcFs good 3 but in
tnl t™cft the end they corrc&ed themfelues. Pfal. 7S .fret not thyfilfe, &c. Vamithn
vifcit, yita fati- enuied Agricola for his worth, P that a priuate manfhouldbe fo mtchglorifi-
atur.oimm fi' ^ cecinna was enuied of his fellow citizens, becaufc he was more richly
da mnquam adorned. But of ail others/ women are molt wcake, »b pulthrttudinem mitt-
W*f c ' lt - da funt fiemma : Mufaus : aut amat, aut odit .nihil eji tertium, Granatenfts.
^muMop^- ' They loue or hatc,no medium amongft them. r Agrippa like, a woman iffhe
ter ftidtoi. Jee h e r neighbour, more neat or elegant, richer in tires, Iewels,or apparell,is en.
I ™f b ' i* **,' raged,and like a Lioneffe fits vpon her husband,& rayles at her,(coffes at her y
Tinvi'ditprm- and cannot abide her: Co the Roman Ladies in Tacitus did at SaloninaCecin-
l \ nomm nas wife,* becauftjhe had a better her fe, and better furniture^ as ifjheekd
VStbfi.iib. hurt them with it, they were mu:h offended : In like fort our Gentlewomen
i.ptut.6. doc at their vfuali meetings,one repines orfcoffes at anothers braucry and
le&lZtitj happinefle. Myrfine an Atticke wench,was murthered of her fellowes, " be.
qiem viderint caufejhe didexcell the reft in beauty \fonftantine Agricultjib.n .cap. 7 „E\nzrt
mrimmfim Village will yccld fuch examples,-
■publicum proai- o J t
ifle.TLttiiu di-
tLamorum. f Ant. Guianeritti lib.i.capHvh.M.^iurelu.f<emina vic'mum ekianiimfe teffittm vidert, leant iqflar in vhum'Wr
ptfgit.&c. 1 £>uod mjigni equo &<ejlro veheretrtr ,qnanquam mU'm cum tmm ofaaim ilium tanquam Ufi giavibinM.
^^wdj/ukhntudm omnesexct!laet : ptt£lle bidignau occidmmt.
S V B S E C. ?J
iALmulation^ Hatred, Fac7iou,Defre
of revenge t caufes.
OVtof this root ofEnvy,* fpring thofe ferall branches of faction^a-
tred^liuor^mdation.which caufe the like grieuances, and Me/err*
riAtmti*. amm*, die fawes of the foule, * cenfternaUonisplemafecluc^&L'
T [°l dC Jr V ? tZ ama2Cment: or zs Cyprian defcribes emulation , it is
vm radixomni- 7 a mothof theJoule,a confumptton, to make another mans happineffe his mifery
Aod^fni, dM J Mh min »og">^hty dct t foans gr, tut, fgh tnitroune^day & »Mt
temuktio.Cypri-
T/Z' Z r° Je r LiVOre ' * ™<™ l 'fy a P-9. l$**tu tjlmmimea,** tabes Pe£l*k velar em altera velaUtrum Mid-
UUm fumfacmpxnM,etvektquodmpeaonfuoadmoueYe cawiKrK rZi^ t ; n «i VrA r- j,-? 3 ^umfxlia-
* without
ParM.Se&2. Emulation, Hatred^c. Memb.$.Subf,8
without All intermifiionsheir brexfi is tome afunder: and a little after, z who- 9 1
jceucr he is -whom thoudofi emulate andenuyjbe may avoid thee J? nt thoucmjl 1 Q&fa™ $
neither avoid him .nor tby fdfe: wherefoeuer thou art, he is with thee, tbwe_j hvu^hZs,
emmy is cuer in thy breaji, thy de fir notion is within thee, thou art a captiue^, » * Cubtcrf un-
bound hand and foot, as long as thou art malitious,and enuiom,and canjl not be r ^°\f \ at I*
comforted. It was the Diueiis ouerthrowe: & whenfoeuer thou art throughly fitger^a^etjk-
affe&ed with this paflion, it will be thine, Yet no perturbation, paffion lb rt f tuu> tccum
Common, ^ - - fimftrinfelfr
•Kati Xt&iptu xtfetftei W7i« j£ lixlovi tidcf , 1 retuocjl, pcrni-
K« ir\a>%>i if\vyju ip5uyt« xj dotJiQ' a9tJ^ t ' tics mtiu mclu-
A Potter emulates a Potter, f^m^etvin
One Smith cnuies another.- name mtivm:
A beggar emulates a beggar, ncc foiam mi
Afingngnnnhisbrother . , • ffijft^
Every fociety,corporation, andpnuate family is full of it , it takes hold al- to-aM*
mod of all forts of men,ftom the Princej to the Ploughman) euen amoogft ^° c f
Golfipsitistobefeene;fcarccthreeiaacompany, but there is fiding, fadti- ^ucypian.
on, emulation betwixt two of them , fome fimnltas^ jarrc, priuate grudge, (ir.i,de^eio &
heart-burning in the midft of them. Scarce two Gentlemendweli together /J&kdto
jnthecountrey, but there is emulation betwixt them and their feruanrs,
fomequarrcllor fome grudge betwixt their wiues, or children, friends, and
followers,fomc contentio about wealthjgentryjpreccdency^c.by meanes
of which,hke that; frogge in b tAZfope/bat would [well till jbe was as higgeas \*„™ di c b 2f* c
an Oxe,but burfiherjelfiatlajl: they willftretcb beyond their fortunes, cul- diflendebat,&c
lings,and ftriue fb long, that they confume their fubftancc in Law (utes,or
otherwife i:i bofpirah.ry, feafting> to get a few bumbaft titles , &c. to out-,
braue one another, they will tire their bodics/nacerate their fouIes,and beg-
gar themfelues,
Honcft c emulation in ftudiesjin all callings is not to be difliked, 'tis inge- ^^^vat*
nisrum cos, is one calis it,thc whetftone of wit: the nurfe of wit and valour; culm poJler.voL
and thofe noble Romans out of this fpirit did braue exploits. There is a
modeft ambition, as Themiftocles -was ro wfed vp with the glory of Miltia-
des; Achilles trophyes moued Alexander:
^AmbirefemperflultaconfidentkeJ}, . ' j&ttmXfa
Ambirt nunquamdefes arrogantia eH, 1
'tis a fluggifh humour not to emulate or to fue at all , but when it is itrirho*
derate.it is a plague. and a mjkrable paine. What a deale ofmony did Men*
ry the i, and Francis the fir ft kfngoffVrf«^,fpend at that d famous interview? j^**'*^^
and how many vainecourtiers^eekingeachto outbraue other, fpent them* andQumc/
feIues,thcirliuelyhood,andfortunes,and died beggars. e Adria?itheEmpc> e spart'm.
rour wasfo galled with it,that he killed all his equals; fo did Nero. This paf-
fion made ^Dionyfius the Tyrant, banith /Y<tf<? and Philoxenm the Poet, be- {?l " mch °
cauie they did excell,and eclipfe his glory,as he thought.When Richard the
firft,and Philip of France ,were fellow fouldiers together, at the fiege of A-
ehonm the Holy land , and Richardhzd approued himfelfe to bee the more
valiant manjnfamuch that all mens eyes were vpon him 3 it fb galled Philip,
Trancum vrebat Regis victoria fikh mine 5 Author /am tgre ferre Richardi
ghrimfJt carp ere dtc^a^alumniarifacJa: that he cauilled at all his pr ocee- lUebetUfen
dings
Parti* Se&x. Cattfes ofMelancbcfy. Memb.j.Subfp,
9 2 dings.and fell at length to open defiance, hce could containe no longer, but
* Nuila dies hailing horaejnuaded his tcnitories 3 and profefled open warrc. Hatred fiirs
umum went contention.Prov.i 0.12.2nd they breakc out at laft into immortal! enmi.
&ttriu bdu ty,into virulency 3 and more then Vatintan hate and rage,they perlecutc each
mf/'* 1 ** g '~ ot h cr > tnc i r friends/ollowcrs, and all their poftcrity, i with bitter taunts, ho-
itoJoii'umjkc ftiic warresjcurrile inue&iues,libclls,calumnies, fire and fword,and the like,
aBiekvifkm effe arK ] vv j|j not b c reconciled. WitnctTe that Guelfe and Gibe/fine faction in in-
*£™dtfix"?i- fy : tnat °f the Adurni and Fre^oft in Genoa: that of Cne/xs Papiriw, znd Qui».
tcrcu'M, tusFabitu in Rome: C*far and Potnpey: Orleans and Burgundy in F ranee :Yor kg
VtJmmifca, ^LancaJJer in England • Yea this paiTion fo *rageth many times, that it
Jt vrbesfuhuer'. fubuerts not men only,and families,but euen populous Gitties, * Carthage
tjt aiiquando , 2nd Corinth can witncflcasmuch^andflourifliing kingdomes are brought
fm&jL into a wildernefleby it. This hatred, malice, faction, and defire ofreuenge,
Mmed} ye- inucntcd firft all thofe rackes and wheeles, ftrappadoes, brafen bulls , feral!
t^mS^t'. cn g ins >P r ifons>lnquifitions,feuerc Iawes to macerate and torment one ano-
ro miferoi in ther. How happy might weebec, and end our time with blcfled dayes, and
pofimdx mife- fwect content,if we could containe our felues, and as wee ought to doe' mit
Sjermsur V P imu"«,learne humihty,meekenefle,patience , forget and forgtue , as in
immerpt. k Gods word we are inioyned;compofe fuch fmall contro'uerfics amon^ft-
bSSSZ oarfeluc$ > moderate our pailions in this kinde,<W thmke better of 'others, as
pery fundtm 1 /Wwould haue vs,then of oar felues: be of like affection one towards another
j^-*«¥ : and not attenge our felues, but h«tie peace with admen. But being that wee arc
* pVul i. Col. f° pceuifh and pcruerfe, fo factious and feditious, fo malitious and envious:
ifew. u. we doe mvtcem angariare,ma.uk and vexe one another, torture, difquict &
precipitate our felues into that gulfe of woes and cares,aggrauate our mifc-
ry 5 and mclancholy.and heapc vpon vs hell and etcrnall damnation,
5 v b secI 9,
Linger tcauje.
•Gratis A ^f^ crtur k a ^ preparing
^t^P 7 /° mclanchol y> and it fclfe: Ira furor brivis efij
Z% g , Piccolominem account* it ™*~f*u*+u _n._„._i i-
fertamin anhm ''IfF™?"'***'*, the moft patient fpint that is,if he be often oroJinfc ed will
mxducituri- be mcenfedto madnefle,it will make a Diuell oh W A /u r 3 J
//belikcinhisHomily j,/^ calls it ^ A ,° d thcrcforc
f Gilbert, cog. nonem tePimu™ ,h~A \ • ? llUncb f a * rAUo »'^morbum anim*,& A*
**to imcrprcL Monem ? e P ^ th cdarkningofour vnderftandinp andahan a „«!n Z
MMi&pr* *"» '* Mean To. /.will haue this oaffionfo,,, i g a " da ^ ad angclUX*
iir/^, old men and women i^JTSf? 7° rkc ! hls ^«fp«dally in
iffirparem i »- / , / , lwn >**ger ana calumny )[z\xh he Hrouble th , t flln A~ In*
pr«hmjeci t , & * breake out into open madncfTe^any thinoi Tr J ■ l ir P> & *} tir .
£ £ m**> l «" « ^irmuch/cnZ ^ m ™™*Sl}eci*
torn,, btc M. u Jr r ve Mucbgretued) or awry • theftu
ihingi
Part.i,Se&.2. Anger. Memb.^Subtp
things by tittles and littler lead them onto this mdladie^j. From adifpo- ' ?J
fition they proceed to an habit, for there is no difference betwixt a madde
man,and an angty man,in the time of his fit: Anger, as Laclantms defcribes
it,//&. deiraDeiadDonatum } cap.$.\s n ftuaanimitempefias^c.k acrueltem- 9 s ***m m ^
peft of the mmde^making his eves /parke fire, and flare, his teethgnajh in hu Slm/^Hil
head,bis tongue flutter, his face pale,or red, andrvbat more filthy imitation cm vtfiatim aritp
he of a mid man. * Or a tunent trk^nigrefcunt fanguine vent, 'matjh^ut^
LuminxGorgcnioftuiuSanguemicant. bet , dm.es cm-
They arc void of reafonjincxocdble^blindejike r beafts and monftersforthe Tq^ &c '
time.fay and doe they knowe not what,curfe,{weare, rayle, fight, and what
not? what can a mad man doe more ? as he faid in the comedy , f Iracund/a i Terence,
mn fumapud me f I am not mine owne man. It chefe fics be immoderate 5 c6-
tinue long,orbe frcqucnt,without doubt they prouokemadneffe. Mcnta-
nus confil. 21 »had a melancholy lew to his patient,he afcribes this for a prifi-
cipallcaufe, Irafcebatur ieuihm de caajis , hee was eafilymoued to anger,
ijjiax had no other beginning of his madneffevand Charles tkej.xkzt Luna-
ticke French King, fell into this mifery, out of the extremity <Sf his paifion,
defire of reuenge and malice, 1 incenfed againft theDukcof^r/>i/>//,hce l hifcnfa hi.
could neither eat , drinkc,nor fkepe for fomc dayes together, and in the end ^/^^"'^
about the Calends of Iuly i^2,hcbecame mad vpon his horfc back, draw* fanecabum "
inghis fvord,and flrikingall came neerc him promifcuor.fly , and fo conti- cepitwequie-
nued all the dayes of his Ixfc^milMb. r.o.Gall.HiJl, t^gefippus de excid. vr~ ™m™"" 9%
his Hieroflib. 1. cap. jf, hath fuch a ftor $ of £fr>W,that out of an angry fit, com'uet ocoJu,
became mad, and u leaping out of his bcd,kiUcd lofippnsfe plaid many fuch f c - .
Bedlam prankes, all the Court coulcr not rule him, for a long rime after; mrriafmm™-
fbmetimes he was forry and repented^ much grieued for that hee had done, n:miq i impoim% i
by anci by outragious againe. In hot cholericke bodies , nothing fo foonc l f c %
caufeth madnefle, as this palfion of Anger , befides many other difeafes,as ufkbat aula,
Telefius oblerucs cap. 21 -lib. ide hum.affeci. can/is ; fanqwnem imminuit, fel &c - .
1 1 r J * J i L ' • % Anita poft
Auget:nx\<\ as x VaUJim cont:oi\cns,mcd.controuJib.y.ccntroJ. many trmes hommminim-
kills them quite out. If this were the worft of this paflfion,it were more to-
lerable, 7 but it ruines And fubucrts whole townesf citttes , families & king- \ ^j™" 1 ^
domes-, Nulla pefis humano generi pluris fletit , faith Seneca de Ira lib.i. No v* mcmarem
plague hath done mankindc fo much harme. Looke into our hiftories , and l ^^obiram.
you fhall almoft meet with no other fubieft, but what a a company of hare- gU m&p7^ii
braines haue done in their rage. W e may doc well therefore,to put this in w* contimt **
our preceflfion amongft the xd\:Trom all blindneffe of heart fiom pnde^vaine-
glory, Andhypocrifie from envyjhatredandmalice^nger^nd all fuch pejliferom
perturbations good Lord deliuer vs*
D
SvBSEc. xoi
T>ifontents y Cares } Miferits$c. etufes,
Ilcontems jCareSjCrones.miferies.or whatfoeuet it is^that fhall cattfe
any maleftation of fpiritSjgriefCjanguifli & perplexity , may well be * ub. s;
reduced to this head 3 ( prepofteroufly placed heere in fomc mens JwMatfAbr
Judgments they may fecrae) yet in that ^iriflotU in his b Rbet'oricke defines
Part.i.Scd.2. Caufes of Mela ncholy. Mcmb.? .SubCip
9 a thefc carcs,as be doth Envy, Emulation &c. ftill by griefe, I thinkc J may
wcllrankctheminthislraiciblcrowj being that they are as the reft, both
caufes & Symptomes ofthisDifeafe,caufmgthc like inconveniences,*^
ftill accompanied with anguifo & painc. Dementes cur*j*fimnes cur«,da m ,
■ inromnes n °f* curajrijles } mor daces ,carnifices &c. biting, eating, gnawing,cruell bit.
cbuLm! ter > fickc,rad 3 vnquiet,pale > tetricke,miferablc,intolIerable cares as the ^Poets
Trifles Vin, ca j} tncm WO rldly cares, & are as many in number as the Sea lands.
Edam!li L or C /' Fernelimfdix Platterfalfcus de Taranta ^.reckon afflidions, miferics,
""ft*,' and all thefc contentions,^ vexations of the minde. as principall caufes,in
d1mo'fc V,tl ' tIiat tnev takc avva y Aeepe ; hinderconcoaion 3 dry vp the body, & confute
i^euMan. the fubftancc ofit. They are not fo many in number, buttheircaulesbca*
Vrcntes,Rodei. ( }j uer fe 3 & notone of a thoufand free from them, or that can vindicate him*
fSj'' fclfc,whomthat^/tf^4,
c.7. ddociiaffc- f per bominum capita moUiter ambulans ,
ffo. homines plant as pedum teneras habens:
funtmaxime r
meimchoiid, Ouer mens heads walking aloft,
qmndh vi$U With tender feet treading fo fort.
™tllmfoi[& Homers goddefle Ate, hath not involucd into this difcontented ranke , or
lafortius, & plagued withfome mifcry or other. A generallcaufe,a continuate caufc,an
C (Tcumvemi inseparable accident to all men,is difcontenr 3 care 3 mifery; were there noo>
\iman.?o- ther particular affliction (which who is free from? J tomolcftaman in this
• o'maa im er ^ e :> tnc very cogitation of that common mifery, were enough to macerate,
fe£ta ) mp!if* > & & make hinrweary of his life • to thinke that he can neuer be fecure , but dill
perturbatienc in danger, forrow,griefej & perfecution. For to begin at that houre of his
tW.iMatM. birth, as f /7/*/doth elegantly defer ibe kjje u - borne naked , andfals alrvhi-
tap. i . \wmiwm ning at the very firftjre is j wadled and bound vp like a pr /finer , and cannot helf
Tatt!!mett aCt ^imfelfe ,and fo be continues to bis Hues end. Noefhte, age, fexe, can fecure
naturajiensab ,himfelfc from this common mifery. A man that is borne of a woman , is if
initio, devinOus fhort continuance. and full of trouble Job. j 4. i.v erf. 2 2, and while his fiejh is ift$
TLtu^y.. btmjtefbali be forrowfukand while his foitle is in him, it fhallmourne.
hp, ; $ jk^- All his dayes arcforrow, and his trauels griefes, his heart alfc taker h not nft
*" the *#'> Ecc,£ ^- 2 3. And cip.2.rr.ahkat is in it isforrcw and vexttm
™ rfjfirtt. ^ tngrelfejrogreffcsegreffesgreffejill&like^ blmdneffe feazcthmvs
■ ll\7cbwans ln he £ wnin &Mo»r *» the middle. grief e in the end.errorin all. v/kataaji-
■7n : J*Z'& ri ( etht °™?vithout[omegriefcorcare, or what fo fecure^andfleafinga mot-
hchrjmam mi- ning haue wee feene, that hath not beene ouer-ca/l before the euenin?? One is mi-
fcr . abIc > anothec man is ridiculous, a third odious. One companies of this
tMtprognjptm, grieuance^nother of that,and icuerywhere danger, contention anxictytn
St" a - P Iaccs *goe where thou wilt, & thou (halt finde difcontents, cares,wocs,
m-. quem traw co P ,ai nts,incumbrances,exclamatios: ifthougoe into the market \there{(M
qwUum qulfo, ^Chryfftome) u brawling and contention^ if to the court, thereknavery ifil
no7J°lut:J At l c r bf'' tftoapriuatemanshoufe, there s carke and cdre y heauineffe &c.
xiumdiemeg'- ashe laid ofold, k Nilhominetn terra Jpiratjm (erum marisalma '
?3£SE , N ° " catUre f° m 'f^ as m A° jf ° S cncw "y moIcftccT, 1 in Lfer.es 'cfbdj,
%%>r, in ™f^> *fmi*de/mfm€s*f heart;** miferiesafleepJnmiJies awake in
* m ^ n ^<>cmbiiuquocund.mvertm.ljpfiuu itim.\<3.Si'mforHmiverU]hi*;~, r-
^mpnvatZ^ * Hover. >MultI te^tur ^£2^25^^^
miferits
Part, i , Se&.i. *Dif content^ Cares ^c. Memb.$ . Subf.io.
mtferies where foeuer he fumes Bernard irtlerrcs, Nu nqmd tentatio efi vita $ 5
human* fuper terramf a mecre temptation is Our life {Aufm confejf. lib. 16.
cap. 2 S.) & quis potefl moleflias ejr difficult at es pati ? who can endure the mi-
fcrics Q{\i?j In profperity } we are infolent and intolerable ^dctecled in aduerfity^ t Ublandime
in all fortunes fiolifh andmiferable. * In adverftty I wifh for pro/ferity, 'and in f ^i^t'
prcjperity Iamafraidofadverfttyx whit mediocrity may bee fou*d? where is no mtcubus Ingt-
'temptation) what condition of life is free? ft Wife dome hath labour annexed to b I"-^" •
it\glory envy\ riches and cares ^children and incumbrances ^pleaftire anddifea- . ^J^ a „ m m ^ tn '
fes/ep andbeg^erygoe together.as if a man rtere therefore borne ^ ( as the fli- m Ptofiwri*
tonifh hold) to be punfyed tn this life , for feme precedent finnes. Or that, as ^f^^Jk
Pliny complaines ,A/ at ure may be rather accompted a flepmother , then a mo- ptofptris tiwco,
ther vnto vs^afl things confidfred: no creatures lifefo brittle \ fo full of feare^fo 1 m . inter blfC
madjfo furious ^onely mm is plagued tcith envy^ difcontent^ griefs, couetouf- ^ ^
nejfc } ambition, fuperfition. Our whole life is an Irijh Sea, wherein there H •fceiwi-
nought to be expected but tempeftuous {tormes, & troublefomcwaues.no ffj'j fl
5 . r . . r \ mi ■ r %r r • i CardancontsL
Hdcyontan times, wherein no m3n can hold himielfefecure, of agreewith s^taui* Ul»r
this prefent eftate: but as Bo'ethiiis inferres, p there is fomething in euery one of ^nexus, gloria
<vs yvhich before try all wee feeke , and hauingtryed y abhorra_j:^Wec earnefily ^^fobolifoil
wijh and eagerly couctyind are eftfoones weary of it. Thus betwixt hope & citudo^olupati
feare, fu fpitions, angers , r Inter fpem^metum^timores inter tjy iras, ^Z^mlTlt
betwixt fallings in, fallings out &c. weeleadc a contentious, difcontenr, quefihetiaorm
tumultuotis,melancholy 5 mi(crable life. Our townes cV citties are but fo ma- fceicmmcaufZ
ny dwellings of humane mi (cry./* which gru fe and forrowfizs he right wel " a Jj" s ^^Z-
obferues out of Solon ) innumerable troubles jab or s of mor tall men , and all ma- tmflisapiojcere
ner.of rites are included at in fo >many pennes .Our villages arc like mold hi'ls, ^^^V-
& men as fo many Emots } buiie,buiie ftiJl, going to and fro, in and out, and Jare'anmtiet
crofljng one anothers,proic£ts,as the lines of feuerall Sea-cardes. cut each o- farmmma
ther, in a Globe, or Map. Now light and merry , but ( * as one followes it ; ^iTnlZlT
by-and-by forrowfuli and hcany^now hoping^ then aiflrufting^now patient^ to /ucrit.-nutlifr*-
morrow ayix? out-, now pale .then red-, running fitt/nq-Jrveztine* tremblina. gdwwt*jp*~
haulting &e.Somz few amongtt the relt,or lome one ot a thouland, may be biesmam> m
PulJsis lovisjn the worlds efteeme,or Gal/ins filius alb<e.zn happy ft fortunat animntium
man.becaufe rich.faire^well alliedjin honour & officeryer peradventure aske ZttlTn'olitia
'himfelfe,8d He will lay^that of all others f he is moft miferable,& vnhappy. mfufritie.
■faire Qiooe,^/c foccus novus^elegans, as he £ _ faid,^ nefcis ubi urat ,but thou p ^ccnfoi. 6b.
knowft not where it pincheth. It is not another mans opinion can make me ) um Zldhim
hap'py; but as 11 Seneca well hath it, He is a miferable wretch^ that doth not <tc- fua concordat,
compt himfelfe happy. thouoh he be Soueraivnclordof a World : he u net happiejf Me fi H«b
he thinke himfelfe not to be (oifor what waileth it what thine ejtMe is,or jeeme pe:ant } experti
toothers^ tfthouthyfelfedijlikeit. A common humour it is ofallmento \ me f!*' hmre
thinke well of other mens fortunes,and diftike their own: x cui placet tlterius, „S i mx'.(iip
fua. nimirum eft odio for si but 7 quiff Meuna* % &c} how comes it to paflc, plket.
what's the caufe of ft? Many men are of fuch a peruerfc nature,they are w ell ' f o r T ; heus in ^
Job. Vtba &
tppida nihil al/'ud funt quam buntavarum trumarm dotnkilia, quibw Incite & n>*ret> & mortalium vary infinitiq. ]* b ™*>&'
»mu generis vitk, quaft-feptis includuntur. * ?tyt. Cbytreui Ma. Eur op*. Let m nunc, mox triftii ; nmcftefans, paulo io(l dip-
dent ; patiem bodie,cvat eiuUm; nunc patient, rubtns, currens, fedens, chudicam, tremm &c f Sua. atlg Otemtts prmpua.
<Ca. Gftecinm u ep.9 hb.7. Miferejl quife beatijftmumnon 'mdicatJiceiirnpcretmkndo,mnefibtam^
cmrtfmcytaliillatHi tM*ft> fi tibi vide tur malm, * Hor.epJ.i.*. y Hor [er.i.Sat,i.
N a plcafed
Parc.i.Sea 2. of Melancholy. Mcmb^S ubtio.
TT^kl^dwith nothing (faith * Theodoret) neither with riches norpouerty, thty
t p/aine when they are welled when they areftcke, grumble at aU fortunes,
v «4M.c>h pro fh er it y unci adverfttyi they are troubled in a cheape yeare, tn a barren, plenty
i£ffm oriot plenty, nothing p/eafeththem,warre
fatetM add cut.lhxs for the moli part is the humor of vs all, to be dilcontent, milerablc,
^ttlw andmoftvnhappvjaswethinkeatleaftiandfhewmehimthatisnotfo, 0r
wcmJmUu that euer was otticvmfeQuintM Metelluthis felicity is infinitely admired
txfofiuUnube- araon gft t h e Romanes, info much, that as a Paterculus mentioneth of him,
tuXZr you can fcarce findc of any Nation,order,age,fexe, one for happinefle to be
et^ut femcidi- compared vnto him: he had in a wotd,bona animi^orporis,ejrfortuna^ goods
C dd£ l &c of mindCjbody ,and fortune: fo had P.Mutianus b Crajfus. Lampfaca that U
cedtmonianLzdy.wzifach another in c Plinies conceipt, a Kings wife, 4
tcntissMU,or- Kin ~ s mot fj e r t a Kings daughter, and all the world efteemes as much ot Poly.
£S^S" crates of aww/.The Greekes br agge of their Socrates, Phocyon, Arifiides, the
fciictatan for- Romans of their d CatojCurius^Fabricius /or their compofed fortuncs.andre-
SjJJjS,, tired eihtes.goucrnmcntofpafTions.and contempt of the world: Yctnonc
hpxraffiu Hu- of all thefe was happy>or free from difcontcnt, neither Metellus ,Cra{fus, nor
Ttur ^^^ / >f° rnc ^* e ^ av *°^ cnt ^ catn 3 an ^ fo did Cato. And how much cuiU
nrmlwwm doth LacHantius and Theodoret fpcake of Socrates , a weake man ,and fo of the
tmximimU reft .There is no c onteht in this lifcj but as e he faid/// is 'vanity and vexation
tbd^iZbi- ^/>/V; lame and imperfe&.Haddeft thon Sampfins hairc, Mite 's ftrcngth,
lijfims.eioque- Scanderbeggs xtvaz ^Salomons wifedomc, Abfolons beauty, Crafsu his wealth,
m^iSm c *f ars va ' or Alexanders fpirit,T ullyes or Demofihenes clcquence/Tjgw ring,
Tmtlftx mxi- Per fetes Pegafus and Gorgons hczd,NeJlors yeares to come, all this would not
**f; . make thee abfolutCjgiue thee content 3 & true happinefle in this life, cr con.
fifa^l'gufxor, tinueit.Eucn in the middeftofall our mirth, jollity and laughter, isforro*
regil mater. * and gricfc: or if there be true happinefle amongft vs/tis but for a time,
* mbU (Depnit in pifcem mulier formofa fuperne:
wiQum malt r . .' ' J . . J r J J r . _
autdix'tjutfe. a faire morning turnestoalownngafternoone. Br tttus and Cafctis.onctit*
teri'm^'T nownc ^a DOt ^ eminently happy,yet you fhall fcarce finde two ( faith Pater-
ci" qSlher eulus) quosfortuna maturius deftituerit,v/hom fortune foonerforfook.to
facere nonf*. nibal a conquercr allhislife,met with his match,and was fubdued at laft,
™'domm Ec *s • 1 ° c f» rrit f<> rt '> qui mage fortis erat.
cief.i .t 4 . One is brought iiyn triumph,as Cafar into Rome, Alcibiades into Athens^*
Un^viti r ° nU *" reil ^^crowndjhonoured.admircdiby-and-by his ftatues demo-
rwT** vi a Xifhcd^hc hifTed out 3 Maffacrcd &c. t Magnus Gonfalua that famous Spanr
ard, was of the Prince and People at firft honoured, approucd 5 foorthwith
confined and banifhed. ^Admirandas actienes, graves flerun^fequuntur in-
vidia, & acres calumnU: 'tis Polibius his obferuation , grieuous enmities, &
bittcrcalumnies commonly follow renowned a&ions. One is borne rich,
dies abegger: found to day,fickc to morrow: fo manycafualtics there arc,
that k Seneca faid of a citty confumed with firc^/M dies inter eft inter mam-
mam ctvitatem & mUam ^z day betwixt a great citty,and none : fo many
grievances from outward accidents,and from ourfelucs, our own indifcrc-
tion,inordinate appetitc,onc day betwixt a man,and.no man. And which is
Worfc,as if difcontcnts & mifcncs would not come faft enough vpon vs- fr.
mo homtnt damon wc maul pcrfccutc, and ftudy how to fting, gaule & vexc
oncanothcrwithmutuallhattcd 3 abufcs^iu^ preying vpon, &dcvou-
ffing,
Part i.Sed.2. Difcontents^Cares&c Mcmb.j.Subi^io
ring,asfo many Sraucnous birds, and as juglers, panders, bawdes.cofening 97
one another 5 or raging as h woiues ) tigers ) and diuels; menareeuill, wicked, l0mm ^ CttHi
rnalicious,treacherous , and 1 naught, not louingoneanother,orlouing ^tm^autl^
thcmfelues,nothofpitall, charitable, and fociable as they ought tobc, but davera
coiinterfaic,diflembIers,ambo-dexiers,all for their owne ends, hard-hearted, ^'^iL
mcrcilcfTe,pitileiTe,&tobenerltethernrelue$, they care not what mifchiefe rant. bum.
they procure to ethers. » Fraxinoe and Gorgo in the Poet 2 wben they had goc h H °moomie
in to fee thofecortly ilghts,they then cryed,W^/,and would thruft out all
the reft; when they arerich thcmfelues,inhonor,preferred,full,& hauecuen *»* hefafr
what they would , they debarre others of thofepleafures which youth re- r c S?/j^r
cwires,& they formerly haueinioyed. Heefittes at table in a foftchairc at tl^dpater'.
eafe>but he doth not remember in the meane timc,rhat a tired waiter ftands dc
behind him ,an hungry fellow mm) fen to him full, he is skkhfi tbatgiues him ^beMotu^l
drinke(hith*Epiftetus) and is fdentvchilejl heejp*akes hupleafure , penfiue far amoi nj,
Jtdvphcnbe hughes .Fknofe prolutt auro ; Hee fe.ulcs and profufely fpends ahtbeUHmtnter
hath variety of robeSjfweetcmuficke, &all the plcalurc that the world can paratio,auti?tfi.
afford, whtleft many anhunger-ftaruedpoore creature pines in the ftreet,
wants clothes to couer him,is in great diuretic & forrow of heart.He lothes 2? fl &. mw *
& (corncs his inferiour,hates or emulates his equal!, enuies his fupcrior, in- ' Theoaitur
fults oucr all fuch as arc vrder him , as if hee wcr- of another Species, a demi- l d ^' l l j •
god,not fubied to any fall.or humane infirmities. Generally they loue not, tttenfi^vonme'
arc not bcloued againe.-They tyre outothcrs bodies v. ^th continual labour mirij tjibi etiod
they themfelues lining at ealc,caring for none els, fibi nxti; and are fo farre 7 f^elmtt
manytimcsfrom putting to their helping hand, that they fecke all meanes fmmtesjnbtnti
todeprefTe, eucn moll worthy & wtli-deferuing, better then themfelues, f ltimes &e.
thofe whom they arc by the Lawes of Nature, bound to relicue and helpe,
as much as in them lies.thcy will let them cater-waulejttcrucbeg and hang, k Jg?«wfi m
before they will any waves ('chough it be in their powerjaflift or cafe them:
k fo vnnaturall are they for the moft parr, fo vnregardfulf, fo hard, fo chur- fatfa&lb-
lifh,proud,infolent,fo dogged,of fo bad a difpofition. And being lb brutifh, rm,voiupatet
fodiueliiTily bent one towardes another, how is it poffible , but that wee m^!luM^
ftiould be difcontent of all fides,full of cares,wocs and miferics. pmnt d*mm
lfthisbenotafufficient proofeofour difcontent, examine cuerycondi- cminmitele -
tion cV calling apart. Kings, Princcs.Monarches, and Maeiftrates feeme to g "iugubw uu
be molt happy,but looke into their eftate, you fhall finde ' rhem to be moft lu£lu i fa»
incumbred with carcs,in nerpetuall feare,agony, fufpition, jealoufic: that as TbfdTanZ
m he faid of a Crowne, if they knew but the difcontents that accompany ir, eft tnyuita
i hey would not ftoopc to take it vp. Quern mihi regem dabis ^ faith t Cbry- ■£ / '^ w * ^
/t q 9mt) non cur is plenum? What King canft thou ("hew me, not full of cares? quam mtUu ho-
tel. J{on bum
wentemtoUt-
m.Valer. lib.7,
loo, » not on his CTowne,but confider his <tfflic~tionS\Attcnd not his numbor offer
u ttSybut multitude cferojfes. Nihil aliud pete jl as culminis 7 quam tepeflas men
ro be a Indge,orbecondened,wereput to hischoice,he would becondcncd. "f e "**»yon
Rich men arc in the fame predicament-.what their paines are./»/// nefciunt, J^^^s
ipfi fentiunt, they feele,foolcs perceiue not, as I fhall proue elfcwhere, and mukiiudmtm.
their wealth is brittle, like childrcns rattles: they come and goc a there is \^l x ^ M
Part.i.Se&<2. Caujes of melancholy. Memb. j.SubtiQ
^8 no certainty in them ; thofe whom they eleuate , they doe as fuddenly de- :
preflTc,and leaue in a vale of mifery. The middle fort of men are as,fo many
aiTjs to bcarc burdens ; or if they be free, and line at eafe,they fpend them-
felues^and conflime their bodies & fortunes with luxury & riot^contention,
V S fkb'e£tT lf ' cmil l a « on >&c.Thc poore I refcrue for another n place,& their difconccnts,
J ' For particular profeffions,I hold as of the reft, there's no content or fecurity
in any. On what courfe will you pitch, how refolue ? To "be a Diuinc,'tis
contemptible in the worlds efteemc. To be a Lawyer, 'tis to be a wrangler,
* Ztercn6& u . "c b e a phyfitian, */>udtt /ot/j t lozthcd. A Philofopher,a mad man ; an A!-
T PclZ\rimT chymift,abcgger. A Poet,^«r/>,an hungry lacke. Atylufitian, a player. A
Schoolemafter, a drudge,; An Husbandman, an Emmet. A Merchant,hi$
gainesarevneertaine. A Mechanitian, bale. A Chirurgion, fui/bme. A
Tradcfman,atlier.ATaylor 9 atliicfe. A Seruing-man,a flaue. ASouIdier,
d*mmenicndo. a butcher. ASmyth 3 oraMettlemati,thepot'5neuerfrom'sno{e. ACour*
luii.offic. tier } apara(ne:ashc could finde no tree in the wood tohanghimfclfc:! carv
ftew no ftate of life to giue content. The like you may fay of all ages: chil-
dren liue in a pcrpetuall ilauery, ftillvndcr thattyrannicall goucrnmentof
Matters; yong men ,& of riper yeares, fubiecl: to labour, & a thoufand cares
• tout fetx of this world; o old are full of aches of their bones, crampes&convulfions,
f*2[»Hcr. aburdcn to themfelues and others, after 7 o yeares, *lluforro*> fas mud-
*teo. fpeakesj they doe not liue, but linger. If they be found . they feare difcafesj
if ficke,aweary of their liuesrM?* e/l viverefedvalere vita.Qnc complaints
ISHffi P fvvan ; 3 mother of feruitude, P another of afecret or incurable difeafe, of
mndtcos; qud lomc dcrormicyofbody,offomcloflc, danger, death of friends fhipwrack
I7dttt P^^^mprifonment^fgracc/qjulfc, <l contumely, calumny, abufej
dan hb.S.c.tf.
inmry,conten)pt,vnkindnetTe, Icoffes, floutes, vnfortunate marriape finck
d, m. v.r. lite too many children,™ children/alfc fcruams, vnhappy children banco.
^^.'"ni^ent.oppreffion/ruftratehopes, & all ill fuccelTe &c. '
I »«. r Ta/ " f degenere hoc a del funt multajoquacem ut
ITrtf 7 ' Cy "f 2 ff fubie£k of whole Volumes, Sc fhall fome
4X« ^ r h , c ^e more opportunely dilated elfewhere. In. the meane time thus
mfmbi, „■<. ,ch J ™y ftyofthem.thatgenerally they crucifiethefouleofman facte
t«* *» * « --you
■ «« r <* 7Z la n U % M J xd ^ ^^cumberfome daye S ,
f'^ 4 ' i | ow ' A, ^f d h^»ydayes,makevsho W leandroareandtefrco.«
num. haires,asforrowd dintc^> f->KI» */ 7 , 1 ""^ ina ceareom
n 1 ■ J. ., L 'Stable, & groaneforthe vervanenrth ofour
to be rid of theft miferS ' ' 4 °° audltors > P teci P^ °«r (eke*
Svbs.ii.
Parc.r.Sed.2. Concuftjable appetite ,<csrc. Mcmb. g.Subfi r
SVBSHC. Hi * *
Cincupifcible appetite , as Defire Ambition ^ ca fifes.
9\>
THcfcConcupifciblc and Irafcible Appetites, are as the two twiftsof
a rope^mutually mixt one with the other, and both twyning about
tbcHeart:bothgood,as^/?/>zM^ * if they be l^J^l
moderate: both pernitioui if they be exorbitant.lhis Concupifcible appetite^ tur t msL fiex-
howfoeuer it may feerac to carry with it a {hew of pleafure and delight, and orb \ ta ^
our Concu'pifcences moft part affect vs with content,and a pleafing obie£t 3
yet if they beinextreames, they racke& wring vs on the other fide. A true
faying it is, Defire hath no reft , is infinite in it felle , endleffe, and as y one y Thg buouU,
calsit, aperpctuall racke, * orhorfe mill, according to Auftin, ftill going w - 8l >
round as in a ring* They are not fo continual!, as diver s^faa lius atomos de- \*^ lma !' r,ci ~
numerate poJpm,&'nh 1" Bernard, quarn mottts cordis, nunc h<ec,nunc ilia cogito: t Tnft.dc in-
you may as well reckon vp the motes in the Suane, as them. a It extends it Jjf^-**'
felfe to euery things Gmanerius will haue it, that is fuperfluoufly fought after-, bet remwUndi
or to any b feruent depress fernelius interprets it bee it in what kinde toe- h<ec V a !fi° fieri
iier,it tortures if immodcrate,and is (according to c Plater and others) an e* ^Jj$
fpeciall caufe of Melancholy. Multuofis concupifcentijs dilaniantur cogitate tm. Traft.i^.
6ncs me.e y A ^Juftinconfcfc.d^ that he was torneapieces with his manifold tjj^y*'.
defires: and fo doth c Bernard complaine, that hie could not reft for them a dcfidenum.
minute of an houre\ this /would haue, and that, and then I defire to befuch and c iwprimis vera
fitch, t'is a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are fo various l^faiimmen
and many,vnpoflTible to apprehend all, 1 will onely infill vpon fomefewof HmfM.cxf
thechiefe,and moft noxious in their kinde, as that exorbitant Appetite and * pfr ^«:te
Defire of Honour, which wee commonly call Ambition ; Loue of mony, tmpmmo^
which is Courtcufneffe^hd that creedy defire of gaine^^-Z^^and inordi- menu qukfco,
natc defire of Paine- glory or Applau fe, Loue of Study in excefle: Loue*of voo . ^ ^f 1 ^ .
7«w,(which will require a iuft Volume of it felfe) of the other I will briefly III ^Umben
fpeake, and in their order. defiden.
Ambition, a proud couetcufnefTe,or dry thirft of Honour, a great torture
Ambition.
Hall.
ofthe - '.ndejCompofed ofenvy 3 pYide 3 andcouetoufnefTe, a gallant madres, « Ambrof.B.^,
on e f defines i t 5 S '^'mhrofe, a can ker of the foule,an hidden plague: k Bernard, f uper Lucam > -
a jeer ft poyfon^he father cfl;ucr^& mother of hypocrifte, the methofholineffe, ^mUanlmum
andcaufeofmadnes, crucifyingnnd clifquistinga . that it takes hold of. ^Sene- cr '«iat, nihil
ca cals \iyemfollicitam,timidam,vanam>ventofimj\ windy thing,a vainejfol- ^atftcmum
Ii<fitolis,and fearefu 11 thing. Forcommonly they that like Syfifhm^ rolle this vmu.peflu cc~
reftleffeftonc of AmMtion,are in a pcrpetuall k agonyjftill 1 perplexedly^- eulta&c. epft,,
per tacitifriftefy reccdunt i ^r^.doubtful^timorous/ufpitioils, loath to »*£/>. 8?.
offend in word ordeed,ftillcogging & colloguing,embracing,cappine,crin- k
ging,applauding,flattering, fleering, wayting, vifitingarmensdoores with fZV^Z
all arfjbility,counterfeithonc{ty and humility. If that will not feme, ifonce dub}tatio,quan-
this humor (as ™ defcribes it)pofiefle histhirfty foule, ambitionU tm
, J 3 quanta folliatw
dffjtutiailtis i
nokfliu vacua bora. ' Semper attomm^femper pavidtu^quiddicat, faciatve: fie ditpliceatJhmilUatem fimulat^oncfttfemwcn*
titur. m cypr. proleg ad fer.To.i. cunclos banorat,tm.ve/jis inclinat, fubfequkitr, obfequitur, frequetat cur'tat, vijitat ofiimst& 3
n^lcxaHtr t app!andit^dultitur: perfu& nefas i latebmjn ormcm g-adnm ubi aditmpatet, fe ingeritydijcurrit.
falfupe
Parr.i. Scdt.i. Caafes of Melancholy. Memb.j.Subf h
loo
n Turb.t cont
falfugc »bt btbuLm animampopkt, by hookc and by crpokc he will obtaine
i\ t x»dfiom his hole he wiHcl/mbe to alt honours and offices, if it he pofible fir
«** re • him to ret vp, flattering onejbribing another, he willleaue no meant s vnaftayd
KS- to w*a&. 1 tis a wonder to fee how flauirtily thefe kindc of men will Abie*
pmmmcm t h«mfclucs,wheri they arc about a canvas, to euery inferiour perfon, what
ZT m paincs they will rake,runne,ride,can\plot & countermine^ roteft & fwearc,
opiuta cbM. vow,promife,\vhat labours vndergoe, earely vp,downe late ; how obfequi-
& affable th-v are how popular and courteous>how they grinnc & fiierc
»tf rikfaw, vpon eucry man they meet* what fealhng & inviting, how they lpend them*
lnomm n f c j ues & t hcir fortunes, in feckingthat many times, which they had much
better be without; as ° C;w* the Orator told fyrrhus: with what waking
wthedmcLt- nights,pa!nfull houres, anxious thoughts, and bitternelTe of minde, inter
h m^ X &t fpeMfamttumfy diftra&ed and tired, they fpend ihz interim of their time,
i L>h.}.decon- There can bee no greater plague for the prefent. If they doe obtaine their
tcmptu wum f utCjW h j cn with fuch coft and follicitude they haue fought, they are not fo
ja^mm frced,their anxiety is anew to begin, for they arc neucr fatisfied, p but as a
erimpe-.ttvo- dogin a wheelej a bird in a cage, or a fquirrell in a phaine, (b % Budtits com-
nSeem P arcs them^they climbe & climbe ftili,with much labonr ; btu neuermake an
matron prof- end.neuer at the top. A Knight would be a Baronet, and then a Lord, and
cum, necaifi t f ien an Earle,&c. a Do6tor,a Deanc, and then a Bifhop ; from Tribune to
sew ptivem p r£Ctor . fJ- om Bailifltc to Maior: firft thisot&ice^and then that ; as Tyrrhm in
r rttaPjyrbi. r p lw< arch jkizy will fitft haue Greece \ then Jfricke^nd then Afia 5 and fwell
fanhm'fa'lii' w * tn ^f°p s ft °g fo long.till in the end they bur l\ : or come downe with if.
dckbhur,p ex- iamM,adGernonia* fcalo4,ividbve&e their ownevxekes : ov as Euwgelw the
"tlifiTdT P'P cr m Luc ' af, fhtt b^ evv n * s pip c fo long, till hee fell do vvne dead. If hce
re^u inftii. chance to miffe 3 and haue a canvas, hee is in a hell on the other fide* fo deie-
"Lib.i.dercp. ftedjthat he is ready to hang himfelfe, turne Hereticke,Turke, orTraytor
^imprimis uu m 211 inflant. Enraged againft his enemies, hee c railcs/wearcs,fight?,{l;um-
roappetitin,fm ders,detra<5ts,envies, murders; and for his owne parr, ft appetitum explere
H^Tmaiic'. ^fotefi^furoremripittir^ii^tCTXiViOi fatisfiehisdcfire (as « Bodinech*
wMefitvei ferued; herunnes mad. So that both waycs,hitor milTe 3 he is diuradtcd fo
us^Sm lon S ashis Ambition lafts,hee can looke for no other but anxiety a^dcare,
mdTmitim' difcontent and gricfe in the meane time, * madnefle it felfe,or violent death
tittyphtiufa in the end. The event of this is commonly to be fecnein populous Cittics,
fai&Twx °r in Princes Courts: for a Courtiers life (as^^defenbesitja* igd-
Plater. 1 1 .de limttufry of 'ambit ion , Ufl, fraud, impofure , dipmuUtion, detraction , env%
Tmm^ ? ride > f be Cowf* common convencicle of flatterers, timeferuersjolititUns,
coUuvia amb\- & c - If you will fee fuchdifcontented pcrfons, there you (hall likely find:
timis, cu/tdiu. them, t And which he obfetued of the markets of old Rome,
^t^ljal 2«f pcriurtm convenire vu/t hominem, mitto in Comitium^ •
dsjnviduju- Qui mendaccm & gloriofum^puddtMcintfacrum*
. ^es^mnofosmat^
commune i tr W dknaues, Knights of the Poft,licrs,crackers,badhufbands,&c- keepc
™*^Zi. lhci . r [ eucraU towns, they dee foftiW
deui de aflc.
\ VLuttin Cxr~
Wtuiii^ce.i
Svss. lit
p
Paru.Se&.i. Couetoufne^e a caufe m Mcmb.j. Sub£u a
2 OX
SVBSEC. 12;
«'/A*?>y«*. Couetoufnefe a caufe.
Lutarchjn his z bookc whether the difeafes of the body,be more grci- 1 7 °>™>Jitx* :
vous then thofe ofthe foulejis of opinion,^/ if you will examines all ^Z^uf^vd
the cattfes of our miferies in this life you- fbaU finde them mojlpartjto baue <* contumadM,
had their beginning from flub borne anger, or that fur ions fa fire of contention, TelfcZni'T
crfome iniufl or tmmoderate Affection, as Couetoufnefie^drc'.lrtdm whence are vei ab iniuji*'
warres and contentions amongH yoU* S. lames askes: I will add vfury , fraud, pirate ? o r \£ :
rapinejSimonyjOpprcflionJying^fwearing^ bearing falfcwitnefle, &c. are ™ m j2mfat
theynotfromthisfountaineofcouetoufiiefTej that greedineffe in getting, chyfoftomw
tenacity in keeping,fordrdity in fp'cndingvthat they are fo wicked, 1 iniufl a. c ^" C r p ' 6ju ^
gamjl Godjheir neighbour \themfelues^\\ eomes hence. The defire of mohy is * cap"^
the root of dlettill,and they that lufi after itjpeirce themfelues through with ma- \ Vt f lt inujuiu
ny forrovoeSyi.Tim.d.iOt Hippocrates therefore in his Epiftle to Crateua an
Hetbaliftjgiues him this good counfel,that if it were pofltible, 2 amangft other fm. '
hearbs,he fhould cut vp that weed of :ouefoufnejfe by the roots , that there be no vn °> Cr «~
remainder left \and then know this for a certainty ,t hat together with their bo- r «6 'herbJum'
dies y thou maifl quickly cure all the difeafes of their minds. For it is indeed the ra<i '<M,avarit'i<e
patterneJmasc, epitome o fail Melancholy, thefotrntaineofmanvmife. Zt mfecare
ncs,mucn dilcontent,carc and woe; this wordwate,or immoderate defire_j of vtmii* u \i-
gaine, to get or keepemony^ h Bonaventnre defines it : or as Aufiin defcribes ?f*5fc fro-
it 3 a madnefle of the SoulciGV^r? a zonure, ChryfoJlome,an infatiable drun- b * capTvkte
kenneffe; Cyprian)>\indneffe,/pttio/um fuppliciuma plague fubucrting king- Ateis auanda.
domcs J families,an d incurable difcafej iudtuv, an til habit , yeelding to no re- f mor mm r
medies neither ^Efculapius nor Plat us can cure them.- acoritmuall plague, vliTc^Zte
faith Solomon^nd vexation of fprrit,another Hell. 1 knowe there be fome of vtl rel ^vde.
opinion^hatcouetous men are happy,& worldly wife, only wife, that there mdtum^'
ismorepleafurein getting of wealth then in fpcndi'ng, and that there is no -^rtSSS
delight in the world like vnto it. 'Twas * Bias problemeofold, withwbat dyinon ctdtn V
art thou not weary ■ with getting mony. what is mojl delegable} to gains. What /emuf" ""^
isifjtroweyoiuharmakesa pooreman labour all his life time, carry filch **<ttueflmeL
great burdens,fare fo hardly ,maccrate himfelfe,& endure fo much mifery, h ^ t ^%
vndergoc fuch bafe offices with fo great patience, to rife vp early and lye ^dmcmfiit
downe late, if there were not an extraordinary delight in getting and keep- &Ca yyrhi*
ingofthismonv?WhatmakesaMarchantthathathno need, fat is fupera SfiS
aemt^o range allouer the c world, through all thofe intemperate Zones of ^uomamhac
heat and cold; voluntarily to venture his life,and be content with fuch mife- ot !™ ! f erimd ' la
table famine,nafty vfage, in a (linking fhip; if there were not a plcafure and
hope to get mony,which doth feafon the rcn:,2i mitigate his paines? What e Extremsc "r-
makes them goe into the bowels ofthe earth, an hundrcth faddome deepe, tl^Z **
endangering their deatcftliues,enduring damps and filthy fmells,when they * $&f*m
haue enough alrcady,if they could be content,and no fuch Caufe to labour, ^^ cn f
butanextraordinaryidelighttheytakein riches? This may leeme plaufible
atfirft(hew, a popular and ftrong argument; but let him that fo,thinke$ 3 to® farm*
confider better of it , and hce fhall foone perceauc,that it is farre otherwifc
O then
Parci.Seaz^ Caufes of Mela ncbo^_ _ Mcmh. 3 .SubLu .
—^T~^bc fuppofeth.- it m^b^ii^ieafing at the fitrt 5 as moft part all m l
10 ancholyis, otfuchmeUayhauefome/*«^^^f, pliant fymp.
omes inte m ixt,but you muft note that of* Chrff~<£' * to
rkh+mUr to WnertHv tb«r are all fooles d.zards mad-men,
«** mi f' ki. w.etchejJiuinebefides themfelues,//*^ tefruend^n perpetua 1
<Di«iM«Jfi- and jcVindecd Mftfer ftftgeibjthttr mony^henfoffeffbn , as C;/>«« 'hath
• • ' bound prentife to their goods, as or as C%/,.
JES& S7J«S/^ ; flau«and drudges to their fubftance; andwee mjy
d»g«ri*« ■«• jonciudjofthemall, as \Valcrim doth oiPiolomem king oi Cjiprm,ieew4i
£2533- ,* /»* * /to*** '* ** * "SM* drndgecfmtny.
Greg.inbm. - — * pot tore metallis
•e?4MDon<t liberate cxr cm.
cmut miftrabiie \ 00 \^ Q mto their cftates,and examine their fymptomes, fhall finde no better
1 of them,butthat they are all fooies,as -AfcM was,fo- <*r nomine(i.Reg,j^)
tDandaejiHei For what greater follycan there bee, or * madnciTe, then to macerate him.
nbori multo ^jf-g^gnhgneednotfandwhenasC^r/'^notes, 11 ^ may be freed from hit
v2u aXtm *~ burdened eafed ofhispaines,willgoe onflillM wealth increajwg^hen h<u
k t^.iMo. l^/, enough to get more, to liue,bejldes himfelfe, to ftarue his Genius^ keepc
^imVmm backe from his wife m and children , neither letting them 3 nor other friends
mm. vfe or enioy that which is theirs by right , and which they much need per*
'^uOmfrnt hapsjlikc ahog,or dog in the manger, he doth only kecpe it becanfe it fhall
dwentiajheeg doe no body elfe good 3 burting himfelfe and others; and for a little momen*
k£M./i&.». tarygoodjdamnehisownefoule. They are commonly fad and tetricke by
ft^u&nk- nature, zsAchabs fpirit was becaufe heecouldnctgetiV4/o//'.r vineyard,
vareponderibus (i.Reg*22 )and if he lay out his mony at any time, though it bee to neceflary
fergit magufor- f hisownechildrens good ,he brawles and fcoids. his heart is heauy,
turns augentt- 1 \ . . m l C r in > ■ "
bm fert'maciter much difquietcd he is ? and loth to part trom it: mzfer abjtinet^ey timet vtt,
Uuuksre. jj er . He is of a weari{h,dry 5 pale,con{titution , and cannot fleepe for cares &
Zniikwynon worldly bufineiTes, his riches, faith Solomon^ will not let him fleepe,and vn-
ipfifibi qnidqu3 neceflary bufinefle which he heapeth on himfelfe; or if he doe fleepe, 'tis a
ZZcTlm, ver y ▼ n qwcr 3 interrupt,vnpleafing fleepe: with his bagges m his armes,
ne poftdere al- —congefiis'vndify facets
^'r^adfau Indormit inhians. —
b"um deep' And though he be at a banqueter at fbme merry feaft, he fighes for grief
qwd babet qui heart /as n Cyprian hath it) and cannot fleepe though it be vpon a dovone bt\
^tpifUlb"'. ^wearijbbody takes no reft y <> troubled in his abundance , andforrovofulitn
SMfpiratincon- plenty \vnhappy for theprefent, and more vnhappy in the life to come. J*/?/.
t^t&^o Hcisa P c rpetuall drudge, P reftleffe in his thoughts , and neuer fafisfied,a
motive mani- ^ue,a wretch ,a daft worme,/f mpcr quod idolo fuo immolet fedulm obfermt,
iumcorpmcon- Cypr.frologM fermon. ftill fecking what facrifice he may offer to his golden
^p!'ml gllat God^^cJ-*^if^iccaresnothow s hbtroiiblcis endlclTe, crefcunt diui-
o Jn&fiatur ex tUfamen curta nefcio quidfemper abejl rei: his wealth incrcafcth and the
mbiouUntiZyCon- y
&mncr.traa.\ix*p % x 7% guoplmfimt pint pt* famtitr Mir ^juppiereawgm
more
Part i.Scd.2. CouetoufueJJe a caufe, Memb.?. Submit.
more he hath,thc more r he wants; like Pharaohs leane kine, which dcuou- 203
red the fat 5 and were not ht\sfo&.Au[lin therefore defines couetoufnes , qua- t u„usati
rumlibet rerum inhonejlam ejr infatiabtlem cupiditatem, an vnhoneft & vn- fiangdiu iut
fatiable defire of gaine.-and in one of his Epiftlcs compares it to Hell/ which j™'*^^
deuo arcs aU,andyet nlttcr hath enough, a bottomlejfe pit , an endlefle m ifcry. fa£Zt 7g"Lm.
& that which is their greatcft Corfiue, they are incontinuallfufpitfon,fcare, ^b.^.dehb,
and diftruft. He thinkes his owne wifeand childrenare fo many thceues.and
goc about to cofen mm,his leruants are all talfe: faefiithaSmti.
Rem fuam peril ffeSea, eradicarier* ! ^'
Et diuum atfy hominum clamat continuo fidem* \»j&c. modum
De fuo tigillo (t qua exit for as. nm Met , hoc
] f his doores erecke,then ou( tie cries anon, T nt '°! c uo
His goods are gene^and he is quite vndone. . *Erafm.Afag*
Timidua Plutus,an old proucib, as fearefull as Plutm • fo doth Ariflophanes, 7.
and Lucian bring him in fearefull ftill^palcjanxiousj and fufpitious, trufting Zt e ]^»lfn
no man. u are afraid oftempeflsfor their come afraid of their fomidmt cpu s
friends leaft they fhouldaske Comet hin? of 'them.be? \or borrowe, they are afraid P au ' dum
C+l ■ ■ , n 7 r I ; / n 1 r 1 I J malum vocat
cj their emmies Leapt hey hurt them-jheeues leaft they rob them^ they arc_j 4- Euripidcs:metu-
fraidofwarre and afraid of peace, afraidof rich and afraid cf poor e y afraid of mt tmptftatts
all. Laft of all they are afraid of want that they fhal die bcggars,which makes °amklZc^vi
ihcm lay vp ftill,and dare not vfc what theyhsuc.vvbat if adcarcyeaFecomc mmcosnti** '
or dearth,or fomc loffe? & were it not that they are loath to x lay out mo- fZlalt'ZZm
ny on a rope,they would be hanged forthwith and fometimes dye to faue IZTpacmti-
charges 3 and make away them feltiesjif their come & cattle mifcarry^though i^jfwwof,
they haue abundance left, as y Agellius notes. * Valerius makes mention of
one that in a famine, fold a moufe for 200 pence, and famifhedhimfelfe: jJgciimfib.i
Such are their carcs 5 a griefes,and perpetuallfearcs. Thcfe fymptomcs are ^itfjjjjdjF
elegantly cxprelTed by Theophrafttu in his Q^hra&ejiof a couctous man, ^hnt^bLTm
b lying in bedjhe ashes hti wife whether foee JjWt tlfe trunk es^and chefs fajl 7 w vitam pro-
the capcafe be fealed,and whether the UalUoore be bolted, and though jhee fay 1™%"™*™**
all is welljoe rifeth cut cfhisbedin his fhirt bare-foot and bare-legged, to (ec.^ '.o»w« pfru-
whether it be fo,with a darke lanthorne fearching euery corner, fcarfe fleeping *¥* p "> rl '
awinkeallnight. Lucian in that pleafant and witty dialogue called CallmJ^mituZmi
brings in My alius the Coblcr difputing with his Cocke, fometimes Pytha- fa$iq f ob au-
goras: where after much fpecch Pro and Con , to proue the happineflc of a ™™ m Wwip-
meane eftatc.and difcontents of a rich man, Pythagorashh Cock in the end, quiejttfTjMn.
to illuftrate by examples that which he had faid , brings him to Gnyphon the £ ,www - ^ ^
Vfurers houfe at mid-night , and after that to Evcrates : whom they found almln:'t!l-
bo^iawake,ca(lingvp of their accounts, and telling of their mony, c leane, vxmm
dr^ale, and anxious , ftill fufpeding leaft fome body (hould make a hole ™*T m J^
through the wall,and fo get m } or if a Rat or Moufe did but ftirre,ftarting vp }T/&c]Vittfo
on a fuddainc, and running to the dorc to fee whether all were faft. Plautus rur & cvs mdu * n
in his Aulularia 3 makes old Euclio <* commanding Staphyla his wife to fhut "o%*tZ»a'
the doores fa^and the fire to bee pu t out_, leaft any body fhould m ake that vmm vbioir&
an errant to come to his houfetwhen he waited his hands.t he was loath to l f ran ff-^
e Cutis extenuatutyvigilans & fectimfupputans. * Caxtquenqxam alicnum in *dtsmtromifew,lonem extwgA zelo pc caufe quid-
fwn fit quid te quifquam qtuer'uet. Si bona fortuna teniat ne intremiferti. Occlude [is firu ambobu* peffulv. Difcrucior an'm't qw*
domo abeundum eft mthi. Xir»U bcrcule hn&tm abeo, wc quidagmfio. ^ Flora* aqum profundcrt, &c. peryt t duwfmw de t'f*
ffibtxit for at,
O 2 fling
Part.iiSea.2. Ca *f es of Melancholy. Memh.3.SubCi j»
im flyaway the fowle watcr,that he was vndonc becaufe the fmokc got out
* of the roofe. And as hee went from home, feeiag a Gro w fcrat vpon the
muck hill 5 rcturned in all haft 5 taking it for malum omen, an ill fignc,nis mony
was digged vp,with many fuch* He that will but obferue their a&ions, (hall
findc thefe and many fuch palTages not faigncd for fport, but really pcrfor*
mcdjVerificd indeed by fuch couetous and miferable wretches , & that it is,
* manifefla phrcnefis • '(! * * ^ - « ^
* m» Sat, i* yt locuples moriarii egentiviuerefito. 3** */ <■ / u-Uj* a
A mcere madncfle, to line like a wretch,to die rich. ^ f ^
I
S V B S B C| 13,
Loue of garni ng } ejrc. and plcafuresjmmo derate: eaufes .
Tis a wonder to fee 5 how many poore^diftreficd^ifcrable wretchcs,onc
(hall meet almoft incuerypath and tlreet , begging for an almes, that
haue beene well dcfccnded,& fbmetimcs in (foundling eftate, now tag.
ged 3 tottercd,and ready to be ftarucd 3 lingeringout a paincfull life 3 in difcon^
tent and griefe of body and mindejand all through immoderate luft,gaming,
pleafure,riot. And 'tis the common end of all fenfuall Epicures and bruciih
prodigalIs,that are ftupificd and carried away headlong with their feucrall
pleallires and lufts. Cebes in his table, S.Ambrofe'm his iecond booke otM
and Cain i, and amongft the reft Lucian inhi$lia&deMercedeconduc7is,hzi\i
excellent well deciphered fuch mens proceedings in his e picture of OpuUn.
*ou (haUhaue / ' 4 J Nvnom ne &ig n e s to dwell on the toppe of an high mount,much fought
ins.Ambrofc after by many futors; at their firft comming they are generally entertained
fecond bookc by pleafure and Dalliance j and haue all the content that poflibly may bee gi.
fly and - vert,fo long as their mony lat|tbut when their meanes faile 5 they are con-
* rintmtfM, temptibly thruft out at a bacKe doore headlong, and there leftto shame fie-
Zti'ldlfem fr°*chpejp*ire. And hee atfirft that had fo many attendants, parafitcs,and
ItcnSmiM- followcrs 2 young and lufty,richly arrayed a and all the dainty fare that might
trtfeipfum pan fo c had,witn all kindc of welcome and good refpeft , is now vpon a fudden
mnmexeZtt ^ l P z °f all 3 f pale 3 naked,old,difeafed,and forfaken, curfing his ftarres, & tea*
fumttntM bit dy to (bangle himfclfe^hauing no other company but Repentance \ Sorrme,
TJ^&c^' GriefeyDerifionJSeggery^nA Contempt ythxch archis dayly attendants to his
t Luk.iy» Hues end. As the g prodigall fonne had exquifite muficke , merry company,
dainty fare at firftjbut a forrowful reckning in the end;fo haue all fuch vainc
* tottbtdf. delights and their followers. 11 Trifles voluptatumvxitus, ejr quifquis vduf>
tatum fuarum reminifci volet jntelliget 3 2s bitter as gaule and wornicwqfid is
their laft,gricfe of«iinde ? madneiTe. The ordinary rockes vpon which'fuch
men doe impinge and precipitate thcmfclues,are Cardes,Dice,Hawkes,and
Hounds, Infanum venandt ftndium 3 one calls it, infant fuhflrncJtones 5 their
madftru6tures,difports,playes,&c.whcn they are vnfeafonablyvfed,impru-
* i» oeemcm. dcnt ty handled,and beyond thejr fortunes. Some men are co^fomed 'by mad
vidfi nmc 0. phantafticallbuildings^y making Walkes,Orchard$,Gardcns 3 Bowers 3 and
£&v°lr?Z fah placet of pteafure,/^ which howfo-
ubmmmuuin euer the) t>edeIightfome things in themfelucs, and acceptable to all behoi-
t^r**' dcrs, * a wnamtnt^ndbefittingfomc great men: yet vnprofitable to others,
and
Part, i w Se&.z. Lone of games, pleafurcs&c Memb.g . Subf. 1 $ .
and the fole oucrthrowe of their eftatcs. Foreflus in his obleruations hath 10 5
an eKamplc offuch a one, that became melancholy vpon the like occafion,
hauinsconfumedhisfubftance on fuch an vnprofitable building, which
would afterward yeeld him no aduantage. Others, I fay, are k ouerchrowne y ■
by thofe mad difports of Hanking and Hunting; honeft recreations & fit for PoiyvltZT
fomc great men , but not for euery bafe inferiour perfon; whileft they will eap^vmitra
maintainc their Faulkoners,Dogs., and hunting Nagges, their wealth, faith ^ c ^ ci "'
Salmutze/unnes away With Dogges,and their fortunes fly away with Haukes, cbtouZJrt
They perfecute beafts fo long,till in the end they themfelues degenerate in- rum : j
tobeaft^asm^W^taxcth them, *M<Wlike: for as hec was eaten to eonTZ&ftl
death by his owneDoggcs, fo doc they dcuoure themfelues and their pa- &grauis i rar»
tnmonies , in fuch idle and vnneceiTary difports , neglecting in the meanc ™^h &vt
time their motcneceflary bufine(Ie,and to follow their vocations. Ouer mad 'quam. mz7h
too lometimes arc our great men in following of it, doting too much on it. 1Ptf »"'^ Tit*
° when they dr'tue foore husbandmen from their tillage 5 as Sarisburicnfts obieds cvm^Zufynte*
plycrat Mb .1 .cap.jf.and fling downe country farmes\and whole townesjo make m infgnu ve^
Parkes 3 and Forrefisfiaruing men p to feed beafts \ and H pumjhtng in the meane n t ^ QTum r ^* //,v
time fuch a man that {bad molefl their game , more feuerely then him that is o> cmeaclTZZ
tberwifea common hacker. or a notorious theefe.But great men are fomc waies V* dumnimtm
to be excufed , the meaner fort haue no cuafion why they (hould not bee }Z?J™riffid
counted mad. Poggius the Florentine tells a merry flpry to this purpofe,con» ommhumamx-
demning the folly and impertinent bufinefle of fuchkindc of perfons. A Phi-
fition ol Miiian ,faith he,that cured mad men,had a pit of water in his houfe ^1%^
in which he kept his patientsjome vpro theknees,fome to the girdle,fome a Sabi»wOuid
to thechinne^ro modo tnfanu, as they were more or leffe affe&cd. One of f de
them by chance that was well recoucrcd, Hood in thedoore, & feeing a gal- vluitjacrt.1*
lant ride by with an Hauke on his fift, wctf mounted, with his Spaniels after l/j H " m vevandi
him 5 would needs knowc to what vfe all this preparation fcrued 5 hee made
anfwerc to kill certaine fowie: the patient demanded againe,what his fowle wgricoitfub-
might be worth which he killed in a yeare^he replied 5 or 10 Crownes$and ^f^i-
when he vrgedhim farther ,what his Dogges,Horfe 3 and Haukesftood him !ohnUp^
in,he told him 400 Crownes: with that the patient bad him be gone as hee duntt *flu* &
loued his life and welfare ,for if our mailer come and rlndc thee hcre^hc will ^Tml^muT
put thee in the pit among&mad-men vp to the chinne: Taxing the madnes p*fiM feru.
and folly of fuch vaine men that fpend themfelues in fuch idle fports,ncgle- M y$**
ding their bufinefte and necelTary affaires. Leo Decimusjhzt hunting Pope, gtfUnl!
ismuchdifcommended by r 7<7«;/^inhislife, for his immoderate defire of * A »o*diku
hauking and hunting,in fo much,that fas he faith; he would fometimes hue ^ c lil7umfe%
ht wouldbe Co tmp at tent, that he Would revile and mifcallmany times men ff fafrtmbmtm
great worth with mofl bitter taunts, and looke fo fowre\andbee^> fo angry and %p s s " riibm '
wafptfh fogrieued and molt 'fled that it is incredible to relate it. But if he had * -Perk qmm
goodfporr,and had becne well pfeafe don the other Me,incredibilt muni- ^^l^f
Guil. Conq. qui
J*. Seek ft « matrices depopulate efl ad Ferefiam novam. Mat. Parii. * Tern, ». de vit'u iSufirim. 1. 4- de vit. Letn. i o m »
1 Venatiombui adeo perdite fludebat & aucupus. t Ant infelicite/ venattu tarn imptum inde t vt fumms [*pc v'wtt acerbijpmti
mtmtM onerarei i & 'mcttdMe eft pali vhHm amm'^ babitu dtloi em Iratmd'tm^ prtferret&c.
O i ficentik
Parci.SetSU. Caujes of melancholy- Mcmb.j.Subtij
/T^^thvnfpeakable bounty he would reward all his fellow hunter*,
« Vwd& mi and deny nothing to any filter when he was in that mood. To fay truth,'tis
bcanaM-sm- t h c common humourofallgameftcrs 3 as G^^obferues, if they winne
no men liuing are fo louiaJJ and merry , » but if they loofe, though
verit axtdecep- lt b c b ut a tr ifle,tvvo or three gamesat tablcs,or a dealing at Gardes for two
TmtnMM. P en ce a gamc,they arc fo cholericke and tetty that no man may fpeakc with
Necerimbcuiu thcm,andbreakc many times into violent palfionSjOaths, imprecations,and
7mTd b ^um vnbeieemingfpeeehes,littlc!dirTeringfrommadmcnforthe time. General,
TaL* , pofiT ly of ali Gamftcrs and gaming.if it be exceuiuc^hus much we may conclude
ftdiitdit»raru. t j iat whether they win or loofe for the prefent,their winnings arc nor, Mu>
ummm mfht. mra f ertum fedmfidU, as that wife Seneca determines , not fortunes gifts
cmttm quUem but baitcs,thecommon Catastrophe is x beggery, for a little plcaiure they
& ^r*£&* C3 ^ c » ant ^ f° me fr° a ^ gaincsand gettings now and then , their wiucs &chfl.
nlte^ejia'e'l dren arc wringed in the meane time, ane( they themfelues rue it in the etide,
nullum habeas j w jH fay nothing of thole prodigious prodigalls,and Y madde Sybariticall
nTm> qmm ipendthrifts, quifyvna comcduntpatr/montamcnflthaicztvpalztzbtcak-
Mud effuderit, faft.or at a fupper,or amongft Bauds, Parafites, andPlayers,confumethem.
$£nlf&™- ft^csinaninftatit, ' L Iratipecunijs^ as hee faith, angry with their money;
fkas.saff.fo6' * what with a wanton eye, a Mquorijh tongue ^agamefome^ hand, when they
cratMix.t 4 haue vndifcreetly impouerifhed themfelues , and entombed their anceftors
fi^kcZu^i' &' ne pofTefficms in their bovvcIs,they may head the reft of their dayes in pri-
fuch gnmfters fon,as many times they doc,and there repent at leafure5& when all is gone
ifanTm^mi beginne to be thrifty : but Sera est infundoparjimonid , 'tis then too late to
nmcontigao. looke about 5 their endis mifery/orrow/hamejand difcontent.and wclthcy
spontantum ad deferuc to be infamous and difcontcnr, * Catamidiariin Amphitheatre^
rlm a &o/& D y Adrian the Empcrours cdi& they were o[o\d y decoclores bonorum fuorum,
narei&ocuios fo he calls them,prodigall foolcs, t« bee'puMikely (hamed, andhiffed out of
'{Ms&tiw- ^ cml ^ ^ oc ^ c " es J father then to be puttied, or relieued. At t Padua'm Itdy
Cork, cbry/ofi'. they haue a itone,called the Bonecf Turpitude ,nere the Senat houfe, where
bomji. fpendthrifts 3 andfuchas difclaimc non-payment of debts, doe fit with their
• Hair* hinder parts bare, that by that note of difgrace , others may be terrified for
b in sat. it. all fucirvaine cxpence,or borrowing more then they can tell how to pay.
! cmmm"&cre' * raa y not ncre omiz tn °fe two maine plagues ancY common dotages of
feme gala mis humane ktnde,Wine and Womemwhichhaue infatuated & befotted-My*
temanet exmis. trades of people. To whom is forrow ,faith Sfhmon^Prov. 23. 29. to whom
]^mmerfis. Ve ' ls woe > Dut co * ucn a onc as Ioucs drinke?it caufeth torture,and bitternelTeof
*sp*ruan m'mdc ^Sirac. j r 21 .Vtnumfur orujer emy calls it,2j.C4^.wine of madr)efl*e,as
%Z°elMonfon. Wcl1 he ma } r > for itfwrefacitfanos, it makes found men ficke and fad , and
<Tocuiumquaji wife men c mad. A true fayingic was of him, Vino dariUtitiam & kolonm^
^Vht drinkccau ^ tnmirtn > anddr,nkccau ^ tn ^ or ^^
%^ntfaZra ™ a »t>(Prov.2 r.Jfhame anddifgraee. Multi ignobiles e-Jafireebvimpotum,
tumptcunia tu & ( Auftin ) amipi honor ibusprofugi aherrarunt : Many men haue made
Zt^taU- fhi P wrac I ke I of ^ fortunes,. and goe like rogues and beggars, that other-
nmnmiges. wife might haucbucd in good worfhipand happy cftate, andfora fewe
m A .im.y : homes pleafure,or *jhe madneffe^ Seneca tearmes it,purchafe vnto them-
J°r H u 1 ' ■ felues ccernalltedioufnefle and trouble.
*** infwum That other madncfle is women , Apoflaure facit con faith the wifaman
Plcafantatflrftfheis, zndlikcDicfcondesRhcdodaph^ tbatfairc plant fb
the
Part.i.Sc6t.2. Loue ofgainctfleajures&rc. Mcmb.j.SubCi^
the cyCjbut poyfon to the taft,and the reft as bitter as wormewood in the loj
cnd( Prov.f.j.Jand (harpe as a two-edged [word.(/. 2 i.Jher hou(e is thewaj
to hcll^andgoes downe to the chambers of death. What more forro wfully can ,
be faidjthey are miferable in this life, madde, beafts, led liks e Oxen tothe^j * **w
Jlaughter: and that which is worfe, whoremafters and drunkards (hall bee
iudgzd -amittuntgratiam, faith Auffin.perdunt gloriam^ incurrunt damnati^
onem xternam^Xhcy Ioofc grace and glory ,and gaine hell and eternall dam«
nation*
S V 3 S E C. I4«
philautia, or Selfe-loue, Vaine-glory ^Praife,Honotir, Immoderate t
applaufcJPride. ouer-much Toy , &c: canfes. f Sagitta que
lt J 3 yj J mimampene-
irat, levitcr pe»
SElfe-loue,Pride,audVainc-gIory, which chryfoflome calls one of the vemjedm
Diuels three ereat Nets: f Bernard. an arrow which piertetb the Soule ltV! ,
through >and jlayes it; a Jlye tnjenfibie enemy ^ not perceiued. Where n ei- * j^j mnem
thcr anger, luft,couetoufnefle, fearc, forro w &c.nor any other perturbati- t^mmm co-
on can lay holdj this will (lily and infenfibly peruert vs, Quern nonguh vicit % S'^J^'^
Philautiafuperavit ( faith 'Cyprian ) Whom furfetting could not ouer- take, mguuami tih
Self e-loue hath ouer-come. S He that hath (cor neb ail money, bribes. eifts.vp- tm ™" d * f'
right otherwtfe and [wcerc % hath in(erteabimJelfetonofona Imagination >and t)rannicas cor-
fufiainedallthofetyrannicalLconcupifcences of the body } hath loft alibis honour , pfuemupp
cuptivatedbylfaine-glory.Chryfofl.fup.Ioh. Tu fola animUmjnentem% peruris ^htbi^to-
g/flr/tf.Agrcacaflault, and caufeofourprefent malady, although wee doe iksc«ptiavant
moft part neglc<5t 3 take no notice of it, yet this is a moft violent batterer of *^* rf / r ^jj *
our SouIes,andcaufeth Melancholy and Dotage. This plcafing humor,this ^Ha'ccmepti*
foft and whifpering popular ayrc , Amahilis infanta, this delectable Frenfy, nm tyjtmjt
moft irrefragable palfion, UMentisgratiftmus error, this acceptable difeafe, T^ t ' aUmh
which fo fweetly fetsvponvs,rauifhethourfenfes, lulles Our (oulesafleepe, terns avertitt
puffes vp our hearts as fo many bladders,and that without all feeling, that $ m *.
thofe that are mi j '-ajfetfed with itjieuerfo much as once perceiue itjr thinke of chflm^uftod.
any cureu.We commonly louc him beft in this * malady, that doth vsmoft V H^-
harme, and arc moft willing to be hurt 5 adulationtbm noflrislibenter fave- i^ r ^jj' ad
wus ffaich k Hierome) we loue him, Wee loue him for it : O Bonciarifuave, t fyifl. 1 b j.
Jmve fu/ta tetalihac tribui;'twzs Iweet to hcare it. And as \ Pliny doth in- 0m,atM
genioufly confefle to his deare friend Augunnus, all thy writing* are moft ac- ^lim'ZTxt
teptablejut thofe efpeciaSy that Jpeake of vs. Againe, a little after to Maximus t ™ trnnm ill*
* I cannot expreffe hovo pleaftng it is to me to heare myfelfe commended.Jhough
wcfmiletoour felucs, at leaft Ironically, when Parafites bedawbevswith *m*rvjfa%i
falfc Encomionsfs many Princes cannot chufe but doc , quum tale quid nihil & mmiMn ->
intra fe repererint, when they know they come as farre fhort, as a Mou fe to ™ C 'uitrm: Et
an Elephantjof any fuch vermes, yet it doth vs good. Though wee feemc
many times to be angry, m and blufh at our owuepraifesjet our Joule inward- ™£^J^
ly rciofcetb, it puffes vs vp y and makes vs fwell beyond our bounds t and forget our ™ perfrmlat,
felues.Hct two daughters arc lightneffe of minde, immoderate ioy & pride,
not excluding thofe other concomitant vices, which t Iodochu* Lor i chins tZfecZtaLu
reckons vp, Bragging,Hypocrific 3 Pecuifhncfle,and Curiofitie, utamr.
Now t«^m»t
Paru.Se<5t2. Caujes of Melancholy. Memb.3 .Subfr^
io3 Now the common caufc of this mifchicfc, arifcth from our fclucs oro,
■ 7(fc emm thers, " wee are aetiuc and pafline. It proceedes inwardly from our felucs,
Tper as vvce arc a & iuc caufts j from an ouet-weening conceit wee haue of our
fifraej}.Per. ^^^^ OWn worth/which indeed is no worth; our bounty, fauour,
gracc^alourjftrengthjvvealtl^patience^mcekneffe^hofpitalityjbeauty, tern.
• tmombiuU- perancejgentry jknowledgejWit^fcience^rr, learning, ° our excellent gifts &
iii '£f e T r fortunes/or which NarciJfusAxVc, we admire, 6attcr 3 & applaud our felucs,
Tat. ' 8c thinkc all the world eftccmes fo ofvsj and as deformed women eafijybc.
leeue thofe that tell them they be faire, wee are too credulous of our owne
good parts and praifes,too well pcrfwaded of our felues.We brag and ven.
p omnia emm ditate out P owne workes., & fcornc all others inrefpe&ofvs$/»pf/ fii en?
noflra'yfupra tid ( faith Paul ) our wifdome, <l our learning} all our geefe are fwannes, and
mdm piacent. as bafciyefteemc and vilifie other mens , as wee doe ouer-hiehly prize our
<\ Ridemurma- ovvne.We will not iufier them to hzmjecundu, no not in terttjs ; what ?
hqui componut Mecum confertur rlyffes} Though indeed they be farre before vs.Only wife,
ffSntrc^bttt- only rich jonly fortunate, valorous 3 and faire ,as that proud r Pharifee, they
tes, &fe vent- arc not ( as they fuppofe ) like other menpiz purer 3 & more precious mettle,
s?S5w "£l Novt qMvdam ( faith Erafmus ) 1 knew one that thought himfclfe inferiout
dant qu'icqi ad to no man liuing. And fuch for the moft part are your Princes, Potentates,
fcrt?Jcre beau. g. reat Philofophers,Poets,Hiftorioeraphers, Authors of Seels or Herefics,
r a.io. an< ^ a ^ our § r cat Schollers,as u Hierome defines; A naturail Philofvpker, glo*
f ve me'iore hi- ries creature ^and a very flaue of rumor ^fame^and popular opinion. Fob is & fo«
tlfdTaTitM m * me f em J> er dedi,(ihh T rebellius Pollio. I haue wholly confecrated my felfc
« cteljxent. to you and Fame. ' Tu all my defire^ night and day 3 this is all my ftu£y,to rat ft
^cndeVetf* 1 ™J name * P rou d t Pliny feconds him 5 Quanquam 01 &c. and that vain.glo-
mnmuuiln r * ous x Otato tj s not afhamcd to confefle in an Epiftlc of his to Marcus Let*
re pr<e[lantiore. ceius: y Ardeo incredibili cupiditate &c . I bttrne with an incredible defire, u
TammKbim ^ me m $ z nAme re g*ft r€ ^ * n f h booke.Qui of this fountaine proceed all thofe
MundiPbibfo- crackesand bragges,-- • *fperamuscarmina fingt Pojfelinenda ccdro^ejr lent
m" g &* anl ~ f ervitn ^ a cuprejfb' — h Non ufitatd nec tenui ferar penna. — nec in terra mon>
rUauris f & U r % ^ or ^ngiuS, c nilparvum aut humili modojtil mortale loquorA Dicar qua vi-
mwumvenaie ole//s olfirepit Aufidus . — Exegi monument urn are perennius. Iam& opus exegi,
iFp^Tcapi- ^•& ma nyft»ch,common with Writers. Not fo much as Democharison
mifuo .Diebm the e TopickeSjbut he will be immortall,and eucry common Poet will be rc«
mnocUbm, bp. nowned. This puffing humor is it,tbat hath produced fo many great tomes,
qua me pofjiim tnac llarn dui1e io man y famous monumentSjCaftles & Maufolean Tombs,
habere humo.id to haue their names eternized, — Dtgito monfirari, & dicier hie efi\ to haue
votomeoftfficit their names inferibed, asP^^onthewalsof Thebes, Phrync fecit \ This
» tuttm. cauleth fo many battles,- — Et nocles cogit vigilare ferenas^ Long journeyes,
t Vt nomen Magnum iter intendo, fed dat mibi vloria vires*
tm iiiufiretur. 2 l } me applauie,Pnde 3 Sclfe-louc 5 Vaine glory. This is it which makes them
1 In li s afti ' t3Ke ^ ucn P aines J and breake out into fuch ridiculous ftraines, this high con*
H£t»T" 5 e ^, of th cmftrues, f to fcornc all others 5 and brings them to that height of
& dieiangebA- iufolency,that they cannot endure to be contradicted, S or hears of any thing
««"Ae but their or * m C0mme » dat ^ s Me"™ notes of fuch kinde of men. When
Serf.
as
Part.1 ,SeA.ju Vainglory* pride, ioy^raife, Crc. Mcmb. $.SubUi 4
a$ indeed,in all wifc-mens judgments they are & mad, empty vcrfefs, funges, iop
befide thcmfelues ; deridcd,a common obloquy,/>^/4f/,and come far *hort h On***"
of that which they fuppofc or cxpe& % \ O puer ut [is vi talis metuo. It is not as ^luxTgi-
they vaincly thinkc, tm poteft^udm
Nos demiramurjednon cum defide vulgo, & ob . gl . 0il ? r ^
Sed velut Harpy as y Gorgon as ,cf Furias. 'tUmlJimd*
We maruailc too,not as the vulgar wee, mine huge fa *
but as we Gorgo«s,Harpy,or Furies fee. Tb\t^f
Another kinde of mad men there is oppofitc tothefc, that are infenfibly iBwjat % ijU 9
mad,and know not of it, fuch as comemnc all praifc and glory, and thinke
themfclucs moft free, when as indeed they arc mod mad: cakant Jed alio fa
fin: acompany ofC//*/V£e/,fuch as arc Monkes .Hcrmites, Anachoritcs,that
contcmnethc wotld,contemne themfclucs, contemne all titlc^honors, of-
fices: & yet in that contempt, arc more proud then any man lining whatfa-
euer.They are proud in humility; proud,in that they are not proud,/*/* ho*
mode vanagloria contemptu f vaniuS gloriatur , as Cduftin hath itjonfejfjih.
io<cap.jS:*s Diogenes y intvs gloriantur ,rhey brag inwardly, and feed them-
felues fat with a lelfe-conceit of fan&ity,wrfich is no better then Hypocrific.
They goe in fhcepes rnflct, many great men , that might maintaine them-
felues in cloath of gold, and fecme to be defected, humble by their outward*
carriagc,when as inwardly they are fwolnc full of pride, arrogancy, & (elfc*
conceit. And therefore Seneca adiufeth his friend Luciltiss ^ in bit attire and k ty$.i}JSu4
gefture 3 outrvardafiions, ejpecially to avotdc all fuch things as are more notable 'l^^^L,
inthemfelues: as a rugged attire.hirfute headjjorrid hear d^ contempt of mony^ riot, qui Mm
courfelodging,andwhit(oeuer leades to Fame th.it oppofitc way. pnfcere, fed
All this madnefle yet proceedes from our felues.the maine engine which e ^Sb&t'
batters vs.is from others,wc are meercly paffiue in this bufineffe: fro a com- m, tut inert
panieofParafites & flattcrers,that with immoderate praife, andbumbaft E- ^Smm
pithit« 5 glofing titles, falfe elogiums, fobedawbe and applaud, guild ouer c*h'um
many a filly and vndc&ruing man,that they clap him quite out of his wittes. °f u . mc ^ ut ^'
Res imprimis violent a efl 3 as Hierome notes, this common applaufc is a moft tabamj^m
violent thing.that fattens men,erc<Sts and deie&s them in an inftant. trgnto odium,
1 Palma negata macrum^donata redusit opimum. ffjjj ^"'^
It makes them fat and leane,as froft doth Conies. m And who is that mortatt qlidtdUude^m
man that can fo containe him(elfe y that if he he immoderately commended and 1*nerfa vik
applauded, will not hemoued. Let him be what he will, thofe Parafites will o- f^™*
ucr»turne him. If he be a faultier ythcnThemifleciesiEpaminondaStHefior^- m $uitrerm
thilles.duo fulmina £>eltt.triumvirs t err arum ejre. and the valour of both Sci* \ m r ********
pioes is too li ttlc for him,he is invifttfimtss, fcrenipmtis, rnultu troph&is or* novitja eumaf
/m/^/'ww, although he ncuer durft looke his enemie in the face. Ir he be a
big manjthen is he a ^another Hercules: If he make a fpccch,anothcr mvm JXe*
TuOy or Demoflhenesias of Herod in the Aflsfhe voice of God* and not of man: **t. Htn.StyK
If he can make a vcrk 9 Homer, Pirgtl \ejrc. And then my filly weakc Patient,
takes all thefe elogiums to himfelfc$ if he be a Schollcr fo commended for
his much reading^excellentftilejmerhodj&c. hcwillevifccratehimfelfclike
afpider,ftudy to death,
Laudatas ofiendit avis lunonia pernios,
Pcacoekc-like he will difplay all his feathers. If hec be a fouldicr, and fo api
P plaudedj
Parti Scdl Ca *J es of¥^ ck ^ Memb.^Subi^
— — -j^Jhis valour exto lty,though it be imptr congreffm, as that of Trctl m>
uZ*m»> he will ride into the thickeft of his enemies; Commend his houte-keeping,
run *k i* anc j u z m \\ begaer himfelfc, commend his temperance, hec will itaruc him-
%&£W, ■ Um^H-virtm
fletumim con- Crefcit ejr immenfum gloria calcar babet.
EjfiKJE he is madde,maddc,no whoe wiih him, he will ouer the ° Alpes to be talked
fUmb* ege- f»orto maintaine his credit. Commend an ambitious man, fome proud
gmdtketoip p r 'j ncc or Potentate > 5'//>/^ *quo laudetur (faith vErafmw) crijlas erigit,
pL 'Znter exuit hominem,deumfe put at: he fcts vp his creft, & will be no longer a man,
stipes. Aude ^ ut a God.Hovv did this worke with Alexander, \hix would needes bclupt*
tnmpuits"! ^fonne,andgoe like Hercules in a Lions skin, Commodm the Emperour
& dedmxul wag f Q gulled by his flattering Parafites , that he would be called Hercules,
ps.tw.SftAo q Anton i us t h e Roman would bee crowned with Ivy, carried in a Chariot,
Im™"* 4 and adored for Bacchus.Cotys King of Thrace, was married to 'Minerva,^
i^intonim ah f cnt three feuerallmeflengers one after another 5 to fee if fhee were come to
feaT^mm hisbed chamber.Sucha one was * Jupiter Menetrates , Maximinus Iovia-
fe ptnm oppd- nus, Diode ft mus Herculeus. Sapor the Perftan King, brother of the Sunneand
delfivedtatZ Moone,and our Kings oicbina and T zrtaria in this prefent age. Such a one
rJdmmkde'. was Xtrxes,that would whip the Sea,and fend a challenge to mount Mhos,
ri, &c9«ma, ^ p uc h arcman y fottifh Princes, brought into afooles Paradifeby their Pa-
v &tbyrfiwt- rafues.Tisacommonhumor,incidentto allmen,whentheyarein great pla-
ikns;cotbm$ { ces,hauedone,ordcferu d well,to applaud and flatter themfclues.Thcyhaue
^vZ^bptl good parts,and they know it, you need not tell them of it, out of a conceit
vttim eft Alex- of their worth,they goe fmiling to themfelues,and perpetuall meditation of
mdm. Pater. tne j r Trophies & plaudits, they runne at the laft quite mad , andloofethcir
*°Mi!!crv*n«p- wits Petr arch Mb. i \de contempt umundi, confeffed as much of himfelfc, and
2a ambitjanto Cardan in his 5.booke of wifedome, giues an inftance of a Smith of Mtlkn^
•^tfiteUnvmti- a fellow-Citizen of his, tt one Galem deRubeis that being commended for
teret ad vidtn- refunding of an Jnftrument Archimedes ^ for ioy ranne maddc. Plutarch
dum mmve* j n tnc |jf c f ^rtaxerxes , hath fuch a like ftory of one chamus a fouldier,
va^tj&e! tnat wounded King Cyrus in battle, zndgrew thereupon fo * arrogant fhtm
*jEBw iib.it. a jhort [pace after fi? lojl his wits, So,many men,ifanyncw honor,office,pre»
\l$Tformim fermcntjpoiTeflion,or patrimony, ex injperato fall vnto them, for immode-
Livita tib.i i\ rate ioy,and continuall meditation of it,cannot flccp,y or tell whatthcyfay
vhrju" fi or ^ oe 5 tne y arc f° rauifhed on a Mdcn.Epamino ndas therefore,the next day
glh*iSurkre after his Leuftrian vi%ory, z came abroad allfquallid and fubmijfe, andgauc
bde & evanef- no other reafbn to his friends of his fo doing,then that he perceiued himfelt
f^mptmiis tne ^ a y beforc,by rcafon of his good fortune,to be too infolcnt* ouermuch
miftjje. Homi- ioyed.And that wife and vertuous Lady, a Queene Catharine, Dowager of
ruutitHenturat En?land t in private talke faid,that *> fbee would not willingly endure the extre-
ft ivii non ejient •"/>./ » ./■. ' r t ^ ^ n „ i
hominet. mtt y °J est her Fortune^ but tftt were Jo that of necefity fbee mufl under got tbt
t e Ga L m - ieKu ~ one -> ft ee would be in adverfty^ becaufe comfort was neuer wanting tn it , but
f^trh!^ ' fttllcwnfell, moderation and gouernment) were defecJ/uc t* the other. They
•fr mventimem could not moderate thcmfclucs.
Part.uSe£t.2.
Study a cauje.
Memb 3.6ubf.i5
in
SVBSEC. 15.
Lo*e of Learning or ow.r-much jludy. With a D/grefion of the mifery
ef ScholIers t ani why the Mufes are Melancholy.
TT Eomrtus Fuchfim Infl'nJibjfecl.t.cap.:, Fdix Plater, lib. 5. dementis
atiennt.Herc.de Saxonia^racl. f o/Lde mclancb.cap. jSpczkcoiz* pcca- c ,
^ Hat Fury 9 which comcsby oucv much study. Ferndimlih. i.cap.jf. ml'JSStS^
d piHs^^jContcmplation^n.'continuahiicdirationjasanefpeciallcaule rufit.
ofmadnefle.-and in $6.cor/frt!.c'\:cs the lame words. Io. ^frculanus in lib .0. * ^ lfm Pf M
Rbafis ad Almxnforem,ctp.i6. amcngft other caufes, reckons Yp fkudiumvc- fiudi^&ffj-
hemens: fo doth Levtnus Lemmus Jibffie occult .ndt.mirac . Iih.i.cap,i6. e Ala- t im ^ (ogueLa-
jay men ( faith he ) come to this malady by continuall X fludy, and night-waking, c rwg
and of all ether men ,Sc hollers are moft fubieci to it: and fuch Rhafis 2MzSyUh.it qui ex iuzt Jlw
biue commonly the fincfl wits, Cont. lib. /. Traci. 9. Marfibus Fic/nus defamt. jJjjJjjj^S
tuendaJ/b.r.cap.?. puts Melancholy amoncft one ot thofc fiuc principall iklbuc drvext-
pjagucsof Stucents^tis a common maul vnto them all, and almoft in fomc bi P**c*-
mcaiiirc an inleparable companion. ^rra belike for that caufe calls Ti rifles luwnuiJidbo-
Philofophos& fevcroSj fevere,fad, dry, tctrickc, arc common Epithites to luUintmfe-
Schollers: And S Patritius therefore in the inftitiuion of Princes , would is a
not haue them to be great ftudents. For (as J^^/4z/d-/holdcs)ftudy wca- coscmurii &
kens their bodies^dulls.the fpiritSj abates their ftrengrh & courage^ & good eamcft medi-
lchollcrs,areneuergoodfouldiers; which acertaine Gothe wellperceiued, cdTo'iome?"
when his Coimtrey-mcn came into Greece^tid would hauc burned all their thing with
bookcs,hccrycdoutagainft ir 3 by all meancs they fhould not doe ir, hleaue g r "tdefuc.
them that plague. which in time Will confume all their vigour, and mart tall fpi • f ' st! in quiftat
rits. The » Turkes abdicared Orwatas the next heirCjfrom the Empire, be- J****"
cauiehewasfo much giu<yitohisbookc: and 'tis the common Tenent of telti'^Tdt
the worId,tbac Learning dulls and diminitheth the fpirits s and fo per couje* fuUimadunt
jtww produccth Melancholy, ' m Sfgtn
Two mainc reafons may be giucn ofit,vvhy ftudenrs fhould be more fub- p,iiuJujtm '*
ied to this malady then others. The one is.,they Hue a fcdentary/olitary life,
fibi&mufts^ free from bodily exercife, & thofc ordinary difpons which o- 7^?^
ther men vfe.-& many times ifdilcontent & Idlencsconcurre with k, which ^poteief^i.'
is too frcquentjthey are precipitated into this gulfe on a Hidden : but the co- Guci/i lmc f~
mon caufe is oucrmueh (hidy; too much learning (as k Fefus toFd/W^hath
made thee maddc^'tis that other cxtreame which erfecisk. Sodid Tr'tnca- t^mnhm .
idius,lib.r.confiLi2.& /^.finde by his experience, in two of his Patients, a ™\^ a ™^ t l
yongBiron,and another, that contracted this malady by too vehement flu- o(q i fymtM ex-
dySoForeftus obfruxt.Ubaoobferv.i^ in a yong Diuine in Lovain, that yt
was mad, & fai J, 1 he had a Bible in his head-Mar films F icinus de fanit.tuend. datpSwlm
Itb i.cip.1.3.4. ejrlib.2 cap. 16 giucs many reafons, m why fudents dote more M« f*tim
sften then others: The firft is their negligence; n other workemen looketo thar ^ okirH,ii>
\j ' . • ' k Adszfi.a4.
1 Wmpftutismelxnehtlhuieviftt, dicer? s ft BibTium in capite Inhere. m Cut Mclancholu afldua, crebr'ifq.uJiran.enth vexen-
tur tn urn anmi\ ut defipere cogmtur. n So'crsqial'ibetartifex,v:flrumetaafxA&ihgcnu^ feniciL'us .piclor; maUeoijn-
endefqnefabcrferrar)tu, mileieqHes>{um.t: ie!utor y aucep y aves,& canes: Cpbaram cytkwedm &c. pAi fhu{afum .my^a tm t»»
jfepttcs fimt p Htmjk.tt.tnum Hind quo rannditmrnmrfum meiiri folent, ftirilm fcibcet, ptnitu: nctfigete vtdtmiw,
P' % tceles p
Paru. Se&.z. Qmjes of Melancholy. Memb.j.Subf 1 5
112 tooleS; a Punter wi/lwafo his pencils, a Smith will looke to his hammer^ anvil
forge: an bufbandman will mend his plough irons, andgrinde his hatchet if it
he dull 9 a faukoner or hunt/man willhaue an ejpeciafl care of hts baukes founds
. horfeSfdogges &c: a Mu fit tan will firing & vn/irtngbts L ute &c: only SchoL
lers neglect that inflrumentjheit braine andjpiritsf I meane) which they day*
ly vfe } andby which they range ouer all the world yvhich by much Jludy is con fa
me d Vide ({aith Lucian ) nefuniculum ntmU intendendoMtqmndo ahrumpas^
9 ATC L Hi& f r t See thou twill not the rope fo hard, till at length it ©breake. Ficinus'mhW
imitanda Dia- 4-c giues fome other reaions; Saturne and Mercury ? the patrons of Lear-
*f- ning,are both dry Planets: and P Origanus afligncs that fame caufe, why
%uZZ"u* Mercur/alfJlsMcfopoovc, and moft part beggers j for that their Prefidcnt
trif. Ovid. Mercury had no better fortune himfelfe: TheDeftiniesof old, put poverty
p ephe>tur. V p on n i m as a puni(hment * frnce whan, Poetry and Beggery 5 are Gemeffi
cerebrum exftc- twin-borne brattes,infeparablc companions;
ctti& exti tgtit f K^ind to this day is euerj Sc holler poore,
Um! mk cere- Groffegold from them runnes headlong to the boore^x
brum friojdum Mercury ,he can helpe them to kno wledge.but not to money. The fecond is
&ficcmtv*' contemplation, S which dryes the br4rne.andexti*cuifheth naturallheat- for
dit, mod clime- , ., n , n . . . y r- • f r , <-*- } jv/
tan.hjkm.Ac- Vf>htl J t the (pints are intent to meditation aboue m the bead 3 the ftomacke and
ced't ad hoc, litter are left dc(litute ) and thence come black e blood and crudities, for want of
ZtmplZ," ronton t and for want ofexcercife^thefuperfluom vapours cannot exhale rjre.
cerebro pro»im The fame reafons are repeated by GomefiPts lib. 4. cap.r, defale. k Nymmnm
ZtSlTbe ° ratJc imAg ' Io - fr oichiMlib.2.cap. s Jef>efte'. and fomething more they addc,
par* default, tnat hard ftudents are commonly troubled with goutes,cararrlies, rheumes,
undeexaiimvi- cacexix, bradiopepfiafrzd eyes,ftone and colick/ crudities,oppiIations vertl
fafgulVaU ^> windcs ' cram pcs,confiimptions, and all fuch difcafes as come by oner-
lfrnifereffisi. much fitting; they arc moft part leane,dry 5 ill-coloured 3 fpend their fortune?
;^^looftthcirwits, and many times their Hues 5 and all through immoderate
fiptr/U w^^pawes^nd extraordinary ftudies. If you will no/ beleeue the truechof this
mmmexbatant lookc vpon great Tofiatus^nd Thorns Aquinas workes,and tell me whether
fretZpT* ^ h ^ em entooke painesf perufc^//*, Hierom&c. and mauv thoafands
feaSmgacUcf. Delldes.
Tsudhb fmt ^ CU ^ °P tAtAm cm f u contingere met am 7
caceVid.&rt Mulu tultt fecit % puerfudavit & alfit.
q«"n bene cole- He that defires this wifhed goale to eaine
Jt ■ , MuftfNveatandfree^beforehecanattarne,
pvtfacnh.uk> and labour hard for it. So did Seneca,by his owne confdfion epjt Notadai
mnltio'icantur that I Shru/J iA/0 +L* _/.* wL.^ • . i " ' . '
*7 '»™JlHmtrt» g t> their to»tinmllt<t,kt. Hcarc Tuily pro ^irchU PccU-
VSL iMM T . / «^lptmdjm4t»kt their p/e„f um , he, w*, cmtmmlly t t his M<:
tney doe that will be Schollers,and that to the hazard (I fay) oftheir
per otmmdies ncaltn^ortune^wits.and lines. How much did Ariflotle and Ptolemy Abend?
SSBmS cZTJrZrTT^? PCrf f 'oneabout hi. HiflSryof
eo^vMm. ^^atures,thc other about his Almagefl} how many poorc fchollers haue
m,Mocu!o S vi. lolt their wits,or become dizards, neglcaine all worldlvaffai^c
l )*TZ^l «e accompted ridiculous and
filly fooks,Idiots, Affes, and (as oft they arc> rcieaed/omemned, derided.
doting
Part.i.Sc&.z,. S/h^ a caufe. Memb.g.Subf.i 5.
doting, and mad. Looke for examples in Hitdifhcimjpice!. 2 . de Mama & nj
detirio:ttt&zTrincavdiustib-3.covfil.36. &coufil.j?. Montanus confihss.
"Garctusde rndtc.genit,cap.jj.Mercurialis confil.86.ccnfil. 2 $ . proffer x Cale- u jobatmesHa-
**s'mh\sbookcdeatrabile: Goc to Bedlam andaske. Or iftheykcepe their m 'f cbm Bobe '
wits,yct they are accompted fooles by reafon of their carriage, becaufe they TuditTlw?
cannot ride a ho rfc. 3 which enery Clowne can doc,faluce and court a Gen- fludiUa
tlewoman, carue at table, cringe and make congics. which euerycommon F J? ms fa t M>-
fwafher can doe, 1 hos populus ridel &c: they are laughed to fcorne 3 and z ac- Montanus in-
compted filly fellowes by our Gallants. Yea many times,fuch is their rnife- ^« in a
ry,theydeferuem a ameereScholler 5 amcere Afle.
ofTolofa.
b Obftipo capite, &figentes limine terrom^ x cardinal^ u
Murmur a, cum f %um , rjr rabiofa iilentix rodunt^ cm ?. ob khffrern *
Atfy experreclo trutintntttf verba labello, dimma fludia
t/Egroti veteris medi t antes (omnia, gigni t a£i "* Melan-
De mhdo mhdum: in nihilum nil pojfe reverti. \ °?™f sat ^
who doe leane awry *They cannot
« Their heads piercing; the earth with a fixt eye: ^ dle > b , uc as
When by themlelues they gnaw their murmuring :7 faid, he couia
And furious fileuce,as'twereballancing, make a %»H
Each word vpon their ou: ftreacht lip 5 and when Tpwlhy™
Thev meditate the dreames of odd ficke men, * Pcrfjatj,
As, Out of nothing nothing can be brought, b **&*»*fli
»» r / • » / i j . l* quodvanas de-
And that which can nt re be turn a to nought* fumppt Athena*
Thus they goe commonly meditating vnto themfelues 5 thus they fit,fuch is &feptmpudik
their aclion and gzikurcFttlgofaJib. S.cap. 7 , makes mention how Tb.Aqui- p^f 1 *' m '
nas Tupping with King Lewes of France ', vpon a fudden knocked his fift vpon ubm '& curie
the table,and cnc6,conclufum eft contra Mxnich&os^ his wits were a woolga- P* ui fmh*
therinc,as they fay,and his head bufied about other matters*, when hee per- viaSq'& rifu
cciued"hiserrour,ne was much c abafhed. Such a ftory there is of Archimc- popuium quaiit.
ties in Vitrnroiu* , that hauing found out the meanes to knowc how much f xianflatcd"
gold was mingled with the filuer in King///Vr^Jcrowne 7 ran naked forth of by Mr b.hoH-
thcba[h,andcryed lhaucfound : e ondwas commonly fo intent tohis
ttudiesjhat he neuer perceaued what was done about him^hen the Citty was bcncmfjfa
taken^ndthe fouldiers now ready to rifle hu hcufe, hec_jtooke no notice of it, d&itfcde
S. Bernard rode all day long by the Lemon lake , and asked at laft where hec ^Xanhfta
was. MarttHitslib.2.eap.4 t It was Dcmocritu* carriage alone that made the MirceHi,Nec
Ahderitcs fuppofe him to be mad , and fend for Hippocrates to cure him: it (ty
he had bcene in any folemne company , hee would vpon all occaflons fall a ^ndmmh'Z
laughing. Theopbrajlits faith as much of Herulitus, becaufe hec continually
we n^ndcaertius of Menedemui Lamp facta ,becaufe he ran about like a mad T L ^ yu a & £
mi-, 6 faying he come from hell as afpy^ to tell the diuells what mortall men f subFuriJ '
did. Your great {Indents are commonly no betcer,filly fel'o wcs in their out- ! ^^'f' £l -
Ward behauiour.ridiculous to others, and no whit experienced in worldly ^wfeTxpkral
bufinefTe.* 1 ikntwe in my time many Sckotlers,(mh tALnaas Sylvius^ (in an E- wmab kferu
piftle of his to Gaffer Scittcke, Chancelour to the EmpcrourJ excellent veil ^mmbumr
talium peccat*.
*7V«wmtii ditbuSypteroftj.fludiu fittrarumdedUos^Ui difciplinis admdum abuvdabantyfedhinihil tmlMkkabtbant^ntCTm-
fiM.nu d$mc(licatn regere nSrant. Stufuit Ptglarenjis &fu)ti vdl'ttm accuftuit, qu\futmf*wn vndtc'm fmtlUiflfmm %n%m
dmuat puUumcn'ixm retulerat,
f j horned
Part.i.Se&.2. Caujes of melancholy. Memb. 5. Subtly
Z^e^butforude^fofill^ that they had no conmon c witty } pcr kmwe hoxo
to manage then domefiicke or publike affaires. Paglarenfis was amazed \and
Jkid hH farmer had furely cofened himjvhen he heard him tell that hit Serve
had eleauen pigges,and his Affe but tnefoale.
Now becaufc they are commonly fubiect to fuch hazards and inconvenl.
cnces,as dotage, madnetfe, fimphcity, cVc, Io.Vofchm would haue good
Schollers to be highly rewarded , and had in fome extraordinary tefpeCr a-
; lure prmilegi- boue other men,* h me greater *pr'tudedgcs then the refljhat aAuenturc them.
anJi,iui ob fdu's^ndabbrcni&te their Hues for the piblikc good. But our Patrons of lear*
Sr5f ningarefofarrenowadayes, from refpedmg the Mufes and giuing that
vitm. honour to Schol!ers,or reward which they de!erue, &are allowed by thofe
indulgent priuikrdges of many noble Prince5,that after al their paines taken
in the VnruerfiticsjLob. a n d charge , expences, irkfome houres , laborious
taskes wearifomedayesjdangcrsjhazardsfbarred interim from all pleafurcs
which other men haue,mewed vp like haukes all their hues) if they chance
to wade through them,they (hall in the end be rejected , contemned, and
which is their greateft mifcry 5 driuen to their fhifts^expofed to want,pouer.
tv and be^gery. Their familiar attendants arc 5
Pallentes morbi4ttttMfur<tfy % laborfa
Et mctuiy & wide (u.tda fames, & turpi* egefttSy
T erribiles vifuformx. .
Griefcjlabour^carejpalejlicknciTeanilcries,
Feare,filthy pouerty,hunger that cry cs ,
Terrible monfters to be feene with eyes.
If there were nothing clfe to trouble them, the conccipt of this alone
were enough to make them all melancholy. All other trades and profclfi*
ons after fome feauen yearcs prenticefhip, are enabled by their craft to liuc
ofthemfelues. A Merchant aduenturcs his goods at Sea^and though his ha-
zard be great,yet ifone (hip returne offo ure, hee likely makes a failing voy-
age. An husbandmans gaines are almoftcertainej onely Schollers, mec
thinkes,are molt vnccrtaine,vnrefpec1:ed,fubie£t to all cafualtics,oihazard5.
For firft,not one of a many prooucs to be a Schollcr , all are not capable &
k docile, 15 ex omni Itgno non fit Mercurius : wee can make Muors and officers
fumemfules & every yeare,but not Schollers.-Kings can make Knights and Barons, as Sigif
frocovfdt.Rt* wWthe.Emperourconfefied; Vniuerfitics can giue degrees; but he not
tmlmiSi- thcy,nor all the world can giuelearning,make Philofophers, Ani(ts,Orators
tor. and Poets: Though they maybe willing to take paincs, and to that end fufru
cicntly informed ^nd liberally maintained by their Patrons and Parents. Cr
if they be docile,yet all mens wills arc not anfwerable to their wits, they can
apprehend,but will not take painesjthey are either feduced by bad compani-
ons, vel inpueUam impinguntjuelin pcculumfr fo fpend their times to their
friends griefe,and their owne vndoings. Or putcafe they bee ftudiousjindu-
ftrious 3 of ripe wits,and happily £ood capacities, then how many difeafes of
body and minde muft they endurt ? No labour in the world like vnto ftudy.
It may be,their temperature will not endure it 5 but in drilling to be excellent
to knowe all 5 they loofc health, wealth, wit, life and all. Let him yet happily
cfcape all thefe hazards,& is now confummate and ripe, he hath profited in
his tf udies^and proceeded with all applaufc.-aftcr many expenecs, he is now
fit
Part t.Se&2. Why theMu/et are melancholy Memb. 3. Subtly.
fit for prcfcrmentjwhcre fhall he haue it? he is as farre to (eekc as he was(af- 115
ter twenty yeares ftandingjat the firft day of his comming to the Vmuerfitj*
For what courfe fhall he take, being now capable and ready ? The moft pa-
lable and cafie, and about which moft are imploycd , is to teach a Schoole,
turnc Lecturer or Curat , and for that he (hall haueFauIkoners wages 3 io l
per annum ^ his diet, or fome fmall ftipend , fo long as hee can pleafe his
Patron or the Pari(h;iftheyapprouehim not ( for vfually they doc but a
yeareor two)as inconftant,as * they that cryed Ho f anna one day 3 and crucifie * Mat.n.
him the other,feruing-man like 3 hc rauft goelook a new matter: if they doe.,
what is his reward?
1 Hoc quofy te manet vt pueros element*, docentem 1 Hor ' e P' 10 ' 1 - 1
Occufet ex tremis in vnis alba fenetfus. Like an AfTe } hc wearcs
outhis time for prouender,and can fhew a ftumpe rod , togam tritam ejr la*
ceramfawh. t Haduspn old torne gowne 3 an enfignc of his infelicity 3 he hath + decon .
his labour for his painc 3 a modicum to kcepe him tillhebedecrepit 3 and that temjww.
is all. If he be a trencher Chaplaine in a Gentlcmans houfe,as it befell m £«- m sammn.
pborm/otfta fome feaucn yeares feruice 3 he may perchance haue a liuing to
the haltes,or fome fmall Rectory with a cracktchamber-maid 3 to haue and to
hold during the time of his iife.But ifhe offend his good Patron 3 or difpleafe
his Lady Miftris in the meane time 3
* Due etur plant a velut ictus ab Hercule Cacus, » twtn, Sttj.
Foneturfyforas ft quid tentauerit vn quant
Hi (cere 3 as Her cuius did by C*cus,hc (h al be dragged forth
of dores by the heeles 3 away with him. If hee bend his forces to fome other
ftudies ? with an intent to be a fecretis to fome Nobleman 5 or in fuch a place
vnderan EmbafT-dour, hee fhall finde that fuch perfons rife like Prentices
onevnder another^s info many tradefmens (hoppes $ when the Mafteris
dead, the fore-man of the Atop commonly fteps in his place. Now for Po-
ets, Rhetoritians^Hiftorians^PhilofopherSj Mathematitians, Sophifters,
&c. they are like Grafhoppers , {ing rhcy muft in Summer , and pine in the
Winter, for there is no preferrnenrfor them. Euenfothey were at firft, if
you willbcleeue that plcafant talc of Socrates jwhkh hee told faire Phadrus
vnder a Plane-tree, at the badkes of the riucr Jmenus 5 about noonc when it
was hor,and the Grafhoppers made a noife.he tooke that fweet occafion to
tell him a tale,howGrafhoppers were once Schollers 3 Mufitians,Poets,&c.
before the Mufe> were borne, and liued without meat and drinkc 3 & for that
caufe were turned by Iupiter into Grafhoppers. And may be turned againe,
for any reward I fee they are like to haue: or elfe in the mcanc time 3 l would
they could Hue like them without meat and drinke, like fo many P Manuco- p Aldouermti*
diaU thofc Indian birds of Paradife , as wee commonly call them, thofc I * e <* vtbui '
mcanc that Hue with the ayre, and dew of heauen, and need no other food; Ce f m,&c '
for being as they are,their * Rhetor icki only ferues them y to curfew their bid * Uterasbabm
fortunes , and many of them for want ofmeanes are driucn to hard fhifts, fatm*}™**
from Grafhoppers they turne Humblebees and VYa(ps,plainc Parafites,ftl« udicam,s»i.
thily & bafcly thev proftitute themfelucs 3 and make the Mufes, Mules 3 to fa- Mm ?>
tisfie their hungerftaruedpanches, and getamcales meat. To fay truth/tis
the common fortune of moft Schollers . to bee fcruile and poore, to com*
plainepittifully, and lay open their wants to their refpe&lcjTc Patrons, as
Cardan
Part, i . Sed 2 . Laufes of Melancholy. Mcmh.3 .SubC 1 5,
1 1 6 t Cardan doth,as * Xi lander t and many others: as fo many Fidlers , or mcr-
t iib.de itbrU CC nary Tradefmcn 3 to feme great mens turnes for a fmall reward. They arc
^Ifltan-} Jikc q tn cy haue ftorc of gold, but knowe not the worth ofnv, for J
flat .piutanb. am oiSynefius opinion 3 t Kin? Hiercn got more by Simonides acquaintance^
Inomnoz" *h en Simonides did by bis: they are more beholds to Schollers, then Schol-
thdr ftrcneth, Icrs to thcm,but they vndcr-value themfelues,and fo by thofc great men are
A 7thcirown kep c ^ownc. Let them haucaUdiat£»^fty*^4* , all the learning in the
worth.^ ° Wn vvorld.they mu ft kecpc it to thcmfelucs, r and line in bafe cjleeme, andttarue,
\p\ura ox s i - except they rv/li fubmit^s £W*#r well hath it,/* many good parti ,fo many en-
Z°Zlu Hwn- h nei °f ^ rts \ vertues > and be flauifyly obnoxious to fome illiterate potent ate } &
mfcmm e(l Hue vnder bis infolent worfhip^r his honour, like Parafites. For to fay truth,
q»m ex Hioo. artes fa mn r unt Lucratiua, as Guide Bonat that Aftroloecr could fore-fee
r inter inertes& they be not gamcmll Arts theic.
TUbeias fere j)at Galenits opes^dat Iuftinianus honor es,
nifitot 'am, The rich Phyhtion,honour d Lawyers ride^
wtaifi 'mjig- Whil'ft the poore Scholler foots itby theirfidc.
m&Xpmit. Po"C rt y is the Mufes Patrimony, and as thatPocticall diuinity teachethvs,
unit f fcibttt when Jupiter s daughters were all maried to the Gods,thc Mufes alone were
wZ^Sug ,cfc foUtarj^Hip/r^forfakcn ofallfutcrs, and 1 belecuc itwas,becaufcth«y
potent*. Lib.i. had no portion.
de contempt. re- j calliope lonrum Calebs cur vixit in avutn?
t Buchanan. Ncmpe n:bitdoti,quod numeraret } erat.
tie^M. \Nhy did Calliope line fo long a maid?
Becaufe Che had no dowry to be paid,
f in satyrkln. E v « face all their followers arc poore, forfaken, and left vnto thcmfelue*.
mtratfenexjed Info much,that as f argues, you fh all likely knowc them by their
^ufm^tfaM" c l° atnes • r h er e camc$\\h he, by chance into my company , a fellowe not very
apparent eum ftruct to looke on,tbat I couldperceaue by that note alone he vets a Scholler whom
^"4!, ^oT c ° mmonl J rich men hated asked him what he was,ke anfweredjt Poet, I deman-
diuhes odijfcfa- ded againe why hee wasfo ragged, andhee toldmee this kink of learning never
lent. sy> in- made any man rich.
%i°elrloum 1 2*' Pcta g° credit jnagno [cfanore toll* ,
malt vefam es> Qutpugnas & roHra petit \pracingitur aura •'
m'mem vnqum s °** pruinofts horret facundia pannis.
^vToi^ A Merchants gaine is great that goes to Scs ,
biter. * A Souldier cmboltcd all in gold.*
•Qfpreffm pan- A Flatterer lies foxd in brauc array,
£«iZr ... .. ASehollctonlyraggedtobehold.
wtfubimia® ■ which out ordinary ftudents, right well perceiiiing in our f^riuer/itiu,
StZi' h °T vn P ro fi tab ' e Poetieal^Mathematicall^Philorophicall Audits
aut elegantiasy
archow little refpeded, how few Patrons-, apply themfcliics in all hafte to
quoniam nihil thofc thrcecommodious profeflions, of Law, Phyficke,and Diuinity, <h*
2£ £1 r £? th rP r CS u bct nu C ? n f them '" rcicdln S the Arls in thc m «ne rime, Hi-
dizidet r prim ftory,PhiIolophy, Philology, orliahtlypafling them ouer v as plcafant
S'Sr lo y^" n B° f n ly [able talk^andto&rnifh rhem with difcourfc. Thcyarc
m ' notfobchoucfull;hcthatcantellhismonyhathArithmetickccrK)ug^
Part.r.Sc&.z. VPhytbeMujcs are melancholy. Mcmb. j.SubiCiy^
ii a true Geometrician,can meafure out a good fortune to himfelfe. A per- 1*7
fc<St Aftrologer, that can caft the rife and fall of others, and markc their Er-
rant motions to his ownc vfc. Thcbeft Gpticks areata reflect the beames of
♦ fome great mens fauour and grace to {hine vpon him. He is a good Enginer
that alone can make an inftrument.to get preferment. This was the comma
Tcncnt and pra&ifc of Poland, as Cremerus obferued not long fmce, in the
firft booke of his hiftory,their Vniuerfities were generally bafc,not a Philo*
fophcr,a Mathematician^ Antiquary ,&c.to be found of any note amongft
the;n,bccaulc they had no fet reward or ftipend ? but euery man betook him-
felfe to Divinity } hocfolum in votU habensjpimum facer dot ium y a good Per-
fonage was their aimc. Euen fo is it with vs , m get an office in fome Bi-
fhopsCourt(to pra#ife in fome good Towne/or a Benefice is the mark we
(hoot at,as being only aduantagcou<; 5 the high way to preferment.
Although many times,for ought Lean fce,thefe men fayle as often as the
reft in their protects ^and are as vfually fruilrated of their hopes. For let him
be a Doctor of the Law 5 an excellent Ciuilian of good worth , where fhall
he practiic and expatiate ? Their fields are fo fcant, the Giuill Law with vs
fo contracted with Prohibitions,fb few caufes.by reafbn of thofe all-dcuou-
ring municipal! Lawes, quibu* nihil illiterate, fai th x Erafmut&n illiterat * chem,
and.a barbarous ftudy, ( for though they be neuer fo well learned in re, I can
hardly vouchfafc them the name of Schollcrs, except they bee otherwifc
cjualified)and fo few Courts are left to that profeffion , fo few offices, and
thofe commonly to be compared at fuch deare ratcs,tbat I knowc not how
an ingenuous man (hall thriue amongfl: them.Now for Phyfnians,there arc
in euery Village fomany Mountebankcs,Empiricks,Quacfalvers,Paraccl-
(ians,as they call themlelues,C*#;//zV/ &fanicid*> fo * Clenard tczrrncs the, *B?fJiMt>.*°
Wifards,Alcumiits ,poore Vicars,caft Apothecaries, and Phyfitians men,
Barbers,and Gercd wiues that profctfc great skill, that 1 make a great doubt
how they fhall be mairstained,or who fhall be their Patients. Befides, there
are fo many of both forts, and fome of them fuch Harpyes, fo couetous 3 fo
c!amorous,fo impudent; and as / he faidjitigiousjdiots, yji.voufJE^
Qjuhut loquacis affatim arrogant i* efi y AmMzja**
Per it U par urn aut nihil,
Nec vlla mka literary falit,
Crttmeni-mulga nithz
Loquutcleia ttsrha, litmm ftroph*^ 1
Maligna litiganttum cobors/ogat? vultures
Lav erna alumni ^ Agyrta^&c,
Which hauc no skill,but prating arrogance,
No learning, fuch a pnrfe-miiking nation;
Gown'd vukures,theetresjand a litigious roue
Ofcofeners,that haunt this occupation,
that they cannot well cell how to liuc one by another,biit is he iefted in the
Comedy ofcIocks,thcy were fo many ^ntd'tor pars populi aridareptantfame: %?Umm
they are a-lmoft ftarued a great part of them, and ready to devoure their fcl-
lowes,* Etnoxia caltditate fe eorripert ;fuch a multitude of Pettifoggers and ^*rc^tm
Empcricks;fuch impo,tors,that an honeft man knowes not in what fort to ' **
compofc & carry himfelfe in fwch a focicty,to line with any credit in fo vile
a rout. Q
ParM.Selt.2. Caujes of Melancholy. Mcmb.j.Subni^
~ 118 Laft of all to come to our Diuines, the moft noble profcflion, & worthy
ofdouble honour 3 but of all others moft diftrefled and miferable. Ifyou wil
not bcleeuc rae^care a briefe ofit 3 as it was not many yearcs fincc, publikc*
« Ioh Howfon P rcacnc d at Pau h croffe, a by a graue Minifter then, & now a rcucrend Bi.
4 o Novcmbns fnop of this land, We that are bred vp in Learning ^nd deftinated by our P*.
*W- th e Scr- rents t0 ffa e „^ yW e fuffer our childhood in the Grammer fchoo/e,whicbAu1k\n
wdbyTmoid calls magnam tyrannidem 5 & graue ma\um,and compares it to the torments <f
Hartfield, martyr dome :w he we come tothe Kniverfityjf we Hue of the Colledgeatiovoace }
^Phalaris obiecled to the Leontines,9mi7^ hA&i -^h a/^*x) t'oC* 3 needyof
all thingi but hunger and feareyr if wee bee maintained but partly by our Pa,
rents cofi^doe expend in tmnecejfary ma'tntenancefookes and degrees \befircj
we come to any perfection, fiue hundreth pounds jr a thoufand markes. Jfly this
priceoftbeexpenceofourtime,our bodies andfpirits , our fubfiance and patri-
monies t we cannot pur chafe thofe fmall rewards ^which are ours by law , and the
right of inheritance, a poore Parfonageyr a Vicarage of $o l per annum 3 hut veee
mufl pay to the Patrone for the leafe of a life ( a fjtent and cutworne hfe ) either m
annuallpenfton, orahoue the rate of a coppyhold, and that with the hazard and
loffe of our foulesjoy Simony and periury 3 and the forfeiture of all cur Jfirituall
preferments i in efle and pofle, both prefent and to come, what father after a,
while will be fo improuidentf* bring vp his fonne to his great charge, to this m*
ceffary bigger y? what Chriflian will befo irreligious, to bring vp his [on in thai
courfe ofltfcyvhich by all probability and necefiity^ cogit ad turpia , enforcing
to fwneppill entangle him in fimony andperiury ! when as the Poet faith, Invi*
tatus ad haecaliquis dc ponte negabit: a beggers brat taken from the bridge^
where he fits a b egging jf he knewe the inconvenience fhadc&ufe to refufeu it*
This being thus.haue not we fiihed faire all this whilc 3 that are initiated Di.
fe TerfSat. f, vines,to finde no better fruits of our labours 3 b hoc eft cur palles, cur quis mn
prandeathoceftjUoc we macerate our felues for this? Is it for this wee rifefo
* e tech exfli. early all the ycarc Iqng? Leaping (as * he faith )out ofourbcdsjvhen we heart
Zmtilwb*. thebellring,asifwekadbeardathunderclapMt\iisbezUhz^
and honour we (hall hauc, c yra^ leues calamos, & finde Thalia libellos: let
^u»t tmitl vs g' tueouerourbookcs 5 andbcta keour felues to fome other courfe of life?
* Hm\ To wnat cncl foould we ftudy ? & Quid me liter ulas flulti docuere^j parentes:
what did our parents meane to make vs Schollers, to bee as farre to feekc of
preferment after twenty yearcs ftudy 3 as we were at firft : why doc wee take
fuch paincs? Quid tantum infanis iuvat impallefcere cha rtif ? If there bee no
more hope ofreward.no better encouragement. Ifayagainc, Frange leues
talamos, &ftinde Thalia Itbellos jlctsturne fouldiers, tearc our bookes 3 or
>Situ \ turncthcmintoGunnesan ^
I tuitmf. t hcr courfe of life,thcn to continue longer in this mifery. t Prtfiat dentifcal
ftaradere^ukmliterarijsmonumentU magnat urn favor em emendicare.
Teabut me thinkes i heare fome man except at thefe words, that thoueh
this be true which I hauc faid of the cftate of Schollers 3 ahd efpecially of Di-
vines, that it is miferablc and diftreffed at this time, that the Church fuf
fersfhipwracke of her goods, and that they hauc iuft caufe tocomplainet
there is a ftult,but whence proceeds it? If the caufe were iuftly examined, it
would be retorted vpo our felues 3 if we were cited at that Tribunall of truth,
we fhould be found guilty, and not able to excufe it. That there is a fault a.
mongft
Paru.Se&.z. Why the Mufes are melancholy. Memb.j. Subfoj,
inongft vs ,1 confe{Te,and were there not a buyer, there would not bee a fel- I *P
ler.-but to him that will confider better of it, it will more then manifeftly ap«
peare.that thefountaine of thefe miferies proceeds from thefe griping Pa-
trones. In accufing them , I doe not altogether excufc vs ; both are f aulty,
they and we: yet in my iudgement, theirs is the greater fault, moreapparant
caujes^and more to be condemned. For my parr, ifit bee not with me as I
would,orasitfhouldjldoealcriberhecaufe,as c cW<*« did 5 in the like cafe., e lib.^Jemfi
meo infortuniopotius quam illorumfceleri % to t mine owne infelicity, rather ^^j" "^
then their naughtineHe: Although! haue beenebafled in my time by fome ^pudenc^x-
ofthemjand haueasiuftcaufe to complaine as another. For the reftj'tis on could noc
bothftdcsfairtus deteftandum.io buy and fell Liuings , to detaine from the p\ a r Tze!difl"m-
Churcb j that which Gods and mens Lawes hauc beftowed on itj but in the bie
moft, & that from thecouetoufneilc and ignorance of fuchas areinterre- »f «rf
• fled in this bufineffej I name couctoufncftc in the firft placets the root of all V paiplndw&
thefe mifchicfcSjWhich o4^#-likc, compels thern to commmit facrikdge, aduiandum ft*
and to make Simoniall compacts, /and what not; to their owne ends/ that ^cud^Hm^
kindles Gods wrath,brings a plague,verig~ance, and an heauy vifiration vpo turn , um/eniar
themfelues and others.Some out of that invariable delire of filthy lucre,to be
inrichedfCare not how they come by k, per fas ejr nefa 7 hooke or crooke, fo cm^ila-'
they haue it.And fome when they haue With riot and prodigality^ embezel- rem me*
led their cftates torccouer themfelues, make a prey of the Church, rowing ^fdJucZm
it, 6 as/«//^the Apoftatedid/poibPerfons of their revenewes (\nkeepi*g ( Deum kabent
halfebacke, h as a great man amongft vs obferues: ) and that maintenance on mtfim ^ f i{ %
•which they fhou/d/iur. by meanes of which, BarbariCmeisincreafcd, and a ZquZv?™^
great decay ofChriftian Profeflbr*; for who will apply himfelfc to thefe di- mfirabilepmi.
vine ftudies,his fbnnc,or friend .when after ereat paines taken,they (hal haue n ™- s r cnmm
nothing whereupon to hue ? But with what event doe they thefe things ? sfycepbomt
they are commonly vnfortunatc families that vfc it, accurfed in their prope* ^ IO - w Af«
ny,and as common experiencecvinceth,accurfed themfelues in all theirpro- in hisRcpoIw
ceedings. with what face ( as 1 he quotes out of Auflin ) can they expect a hlef- fccond pan
fing or inheritance from chr'jfi in Heauen ^that defraud chrifl of his inherit ^** m
tance here on earth ? I would all our Symoniacall Patrons, and (iich as de-
taine Tithes,wouId reade thofe iudicious Traces of S r Henry Sf>tlman and St Hcni T
S r /antes Semp'i/i K -iighzs i thofe late elaborate and learned Treaties of D r l^um^'ik
Tiljlye^ and M r Montague y which they haue written of that fubieel, But eaufcf "*
though they fhould read,it would be to I mall purpofe, c'ames licet ejr mare
carlo Co n fit nd^ihundcrjighten^ preach hell and damnation, tell them 'tis a
fin, thev willnotbeleeueit; denounce and terrify, they haue k cauterized k x.Tim.4.3,
conferences. ihey doenotatcend 3 as the inchanted Adder, they ftoppe their
cares. Call them bafejirreligiouSjprophane^arbarouSjPaganSjAtheiftSyE-
picures ( as fome of them fure!y are/ with that Bawd in Plant us s Euge y opti.
»2,thcycry and applaud themfelues , with that Mifcr ^fimulu nummos con-
templor in area; fay what you will, quocuna^modoremi as a dog^e barkes at
the Moonc,to no purpofe arc your fayings.Take you Heauen,let them take
money. Abafe,prophane, Epicurean, Hypocriricallrout 5 for my part, let
them pretenjflhat ] zcalc they will, counterfeit Religion^bleare the worlds 1 ff".
eyesjbumbaft them ft lues, and ftufTc out their greatnes with Church fpoiles,
(nine like fo many Peacocksj fo cold is my charity , fo defc&iue in f this be-
Q z halfc,
Part. i.Sedl. 2. Cau/es of melancholy. Mcmb. 3 • Subtly
i:o halfc> that I (hall ncuer thinkc better of them , then that they arc rotten at
core,their bones are full of Epicurean hypocrific,and Athcifticall marrow,
that they are worfc thenHcathens.For as DionyftusHalicaroaJfem oblerues,
* ? 'f!!domei antiq.Rom.lib. 7 . m Primum locum &c. Greekes and Barbarians obferue all re*
^"a babtt pt- ligiow rites y and dare not breake tbem for feare of offending their geds; bu tour
mum dmnm Simoniaeall contradters^our fenfelcflc ^chans y our ftupified F atrons 5 fearc
ruT,nmluM neither God nor divell, they haue evafions for it, it is no finnc, or not due
iiutifllmi c*fio- iure diving or if a finne,no great finne &C. And though 1 they be daily pu,
i^mBaZ'. nifhedforit,yct as *Chryfoftome follow es it, NulUexpcenafit correclio,
ri&c quafiadverfismalttiabominumprovocetur, crefcit quotidie quod punt at ur:
r'J™' 1 '^*' tnc y arcratner vvorfethen better, and the more they arc corrected, the
'rum^Eik more they offend: but let them take their courfcj Rode caper vttes, gocon
fermne. ftjll as they begin ,'tis no fin, let them reioyce fecure, Gods vengeance will
PDfw<?iL ouet '* ta ^ c tncm m the end, and thefe ill gotten goods, as an Eagles feathers, 1
Jttitvix giuda P will continue the reft of their fubftance. It is <l aurum Tholo(anum,zvA will
TstrabolS P r °duce no better effects. 1 Let tbem lay it vp [afe, and make their convey-
Gco^ * 4 ' ances neuerfo clofe-Jocke andfhut doore 3 Mth Chryfojlome, yet fraud and cove-
* Nihil foeilm toufneftejwo mujl vto lent theeues, are ftill included, and a lit l legai he euiH got-
TaZ&frl te»,wllfubuert the reft of their goods. The Eagle in *£fipe 9 feeing a peecc of
de parta. Etfie- flefh ,now ready to be facrificcd, fwept it away with her clawcs, and carried
d7staii«r& '& " tonernc ftj but there was a burning coale ft uc k to it by chance, which vn«
tZamVwuht ^arcs confumcd her,yong ones, neft and all together. Let our Symonia-
& vcfc earn call Church-chopping Patrons 5 and facrilegious Harpyes. lookc fof no bec-
tcrf ucceffe.
tut tAtnen p'&U'
dem&avariti- A fccond caufc is IgnorancC,and from> thence contempt, fuccept odium
cvinth' 1 " *' * n ^ tera * *^ ignortntta vulgi z which f Junius well percciued .• thi$ hatred &
™Ld ca; 7. contempt of Lcarning,procccdes outof ' ignorance,as they arc thcmfelucs
« An neminem barbarons,idiots,dull,illiterate,and proud,fo they efteeme of others.-
Sint Mec « mtes > non deer » nt ^Ueee Marones:
tm. ' let there be bountifull Patrons, and there will be painefull Schollcrs in all
Sciences.Butwhcn they contemne Learning, and thinke themfelucs fuffici-
ently qualified, if they can write and read, fcamblc at a piece ofEvidcnce,or
L?diirembie* haue fo much Lati " as thatEmperour had, » qui nefcit difsimulare, nefcit
cannot hue. * Wverc jhey are vnfit to doe their Countrey fcruicc 5 to performc or vnder.
take any aftion or imployment, which may tend to the good of a Commo.
wealth,cxcept it be to fight.or to doecountry Iuftice, with common fenfe,
which euery Yeoman canlikcwifedoe.And fo they bring vp their children
rude as they are themfelues,vntaught, vncmill moil part. Shall thefe men
iudgc of a Schollers worth 5 that haue no worth,that know not what bclogs
* Brjfer in *i 0aStUdC ^ Slab0Ur ^
hhiaftLc- ° ronc? orh, mthatbyrcafonofavolublctonguc,aftrongvoicc, aplea-
«urconim«, »ngtone,andfometrivantly i'o/r^^/ihclpcs^calcs andelcanes a few
"v"cd noc «[ rom othcrmens Hatuefts,andfomakcsafaire(hew, andhimthatis
L.Bi(ho P of trucl y learned indeed? that thuikcs it no more to prcach,then to fpeake and
" omorcX ^ w «^T^^«^ «agraucmanfaid;and
+i£,7 « h « cu P on Jilify vs,and our pamcs; fcornc vs,& all Learning, y Bccaufc they
kmhmm a rc rich,andhaucothct meancs to Hue, they thinkcit conccrlics themnoc
ZZ cmm ' wknow,onotroubIcth^^
ParCi.Se&i. Dignfitonoftkemtfery of Scbollers. Mcmb.g.Subf.ij.
or poorc mens formes, and no whic befeeming thicalling of a Gentleman: 121
as Frenchmen and German commonly doe , neglect therefore all humane
Learning, what haue they to doe with it ? Let Marriners learnc Agrono-
my* Merchants Factors ftudy Arithmeticke; Surveyors get them Geomc-
tryj Spc&aclc-makcrs Optickes-, Land-lcapcrs Geography ^Towne-Clarks
Rhctorickc; what mould he doe with a fpade,that hath no ground to diggcj
or they with Learning, that haue no vfe of it ? Thus they reafon, and arc
not auiamcd to let Marriners, Prcntifes,and ihe bafeft feruants,to be better
qualified then thefelues. In former times, Kings,Princes & Emperors were
the only Schollers, excellent in all faculties, lulius Cafar mended the yearCj
and writ his owne Commentaries. 1 Antonius 3 Adrian,Nerc ,Severus,/ultan } * spar Cm.
tic. * Michael thtEmipexom, and l/actus, were fo much giuen to their ftu- lt( j n({ertbM
dies,thatno bafe fellow would take fo much pz\ncs.OrtM i Perfcus i Alpkon( 9 y tpiuuAiuk
Ftolomeus, famous Aftronomers: Saber t MtthnAatcs* Lyfimachm , admired *!< mit Uuubra-
Phyfitians: Plato's kings all. Euax that Arabian Prince, a moft expert Iuel. l £™ m t md *'
ler,andanexquifitePhilofopher5 The Kings of tAFgypt were Prieftsofold,
&chofcnfrom thence, — idem rex hominumyPbabi^facerclos: butthofe hc-
roicall times arc paft; the Cteujes are now banifhed in this baftard igc.adfor-
dida tuguriola^o meaner perfons,confined alone to Fniverfities. In thofe
daycs,Schollcrs were highly beloued, c honored,efteemcd; as Vtrgil hyAu- e Crmmatick
guflus; Horace by Meccenas: Princes companions 5 as Anacreon to Poly crates*^ '^^iitrifo'"
Philoxenus to DionyJ/its y and highly rewarded: vfu rerum aut eruditionepffo Vnfefimbm,
Jlantes vtrijncn(ts olim regum^h/b/ti, as Philoftratm relates of ^Adri/infii fyjj!"'" 1 ™ **
Lampr/diw of Alexander Sever us , famous Clarkcs.came to thefe Princes ^dijfent^adem
Courts, velutinLycmm, as toanVniverfity , and were admitted to their dignitatis info
libk^quajidivfan epulis accumbentes: And it was fit it ftiould be fo, d quo- ^j?™*™'
niam /His nihil deefi, & minime egere folent, & difctplinas quas profitentur y quibus ornabani
folt a contempt u vindicare poffu»t,ihcy needed not to beg lb bafcly, as they ht,m £ra fa
compell eSchollars'inour times to complaineofpouerty, or crouch to a e p^ abtot ^
rich chuffc for a mcales meate, but could vindicate themfelues, and thofe A Heivfmfr^
Arts which they profefTed. Now they would, and cannot: for it is held by {^^^T'
Tome of thcm,as an axiomc , that to keepe them poorc,will make them ftu- sdeiaru iam.
dyj they muft be dieted,as horfes to a race, not pampered, t alendos 'volunt, t Sen « a -
nonfagmandoSy ne meliorU mentis flammuU extingUatur \ a fat bird will not emagma^
ring, a fat dog cannot hunt; and fobythisdepremon of theirs, f fbmewant * media quid
meanes,others will,all want g incouragcment,as being forfaken almoft, and
generally contcmned.How deare of o!d,and how much refpcclxd was Plato JJer^ntm*
of Dionyfius? how deare to Alexander was Artjlotle} Plutarch to Traiafl} Se- fidebdt, A-
*eca to Nero? Stmonides to Hieronthow much refpected ? tdutTfw*
*» Sed h<tc priusfuerejtuncreconditt taatmmmv.
Senent quiet e f thofc times arc gone: ™c*£! ? "
Et jpes, d? ratio flud/orum in Cafare tantumx j^e*.
as he (aid of old, we may trueiy fay now, he is our Amulet, our * Sunnc, our ^"J^^jJJ
fble comfort and refugc,our Ptolemy, our common Meccengs , Iacobus mu- ™RerJ<d*$ntL
mficut, Iacobus pacifictuynyjl* tMufarumJtex Platonicus; Grande decus/olw Uu lubmimtm
menfenojlrum: A famous Scholler himfelfc,and the folc Patron, Pillar, and rdd **'
fuftaincr of Learning: but his worth in this kindc is Co well knownc, that as •Vmgn,
Uttnulus <ACatoJ*m ipfum laudan nefatjtt: & which * Pliny to Trfii*n£e-
Q 1 rU
Parti. Sc&.i. C att / es of Melancholy* Mcmb,? .Subf 1 5
122
rid te c*rmin.t) honor a. £t9rnm anndwm, non hxc brevts& pudwdn prtdtca*
tio coUt*
Lctmenotbcmalitiousjandlycagainftmyc?^/^ I may not deny, but
thatwehaueafprinklingofourGentry, hcere and there one, excellently
well learned, apparent rari nantcs tn gttrgitg vajloi
but they are but few In refpeft of the multitude, the major part ( and fome a«
gaine excepted,that are indirferent^arc wholly bent for Hawkes & Hounds,
and carried away many times with intemperate luft,gaming,and drinking.lf
theyread abookc at any time, 'tis an Englifh Chronicle , S* Htton of 'Bur*
* torus emm deaux^Amdii de Gaule^&c. a play-bookc, or fome pamphlet of Newes,and
coZt^nitt tbatati'uch (eafonsonely, when they cannot ftirre abroad, todriueaway
Ftrtmijwen. time, k their fole difcourfe is dogs, hawkes,and horfesj and what newes ? If
Sit,s ' fome onehauebeene a trauailcr in /^^,or as farre as the Emperors Court,
wintered in Orleance , and can court his Milfris in broken French, wearc
l ^ s "T ge - hiscloathesncatelyinthe neweft fafhion , (ing (ome choice outlandilh
Tulcq/ijndil- Tunes,difcourfe of Lordes,Ladies,Townes, Palaces, & Cities, hee iscom-
nusge>tere ) & pleat,& to be admired: lOtherwife he and they are much at one; nodiffe-
n*tMtlTi2' rence betwixt cne M iftcr & tnc Manque worfhipfull titles: winkc & choofe
fignii.iuvM, betwixt him that fits downe (cloathes excepted) and him that holdesthe
sat.*. Trencher behindehim: yetchefemenmuftbeourPatrons 3 and wife by in-
heritance.
^^iftakemenot(lfayagame) VosbPtfrhiut [unguis > you chat are wor.
tmjGentlemen, I honour yowr names & Per^pns , St with all fubmifTenefTe,
proftrate my felfe to your cenfure and fcruice. There are amongft you, I
«"lhaueofccn doe ingenioufly confefle , many well-deferuing Patrons, and truepatriots,
Sfe^ndeoL °fniyknowledge,befides. many hundrcths which I neuer faw,no doubt, oc
ftrredwithdi- heard ofpillars ofourcommon-wealth, m whofe worth 5 bounty,Iearning,
vers worchy forwardnes,true zeale in Religion, & good cfteeme ofall Schollers, ought
thc Countfy, to be conlecrated to all pofterity : but of yourranke there arc a debo filed,
nowhit infa- corrupt,couetous,illiteratecrewagiine,no better then ftockes , merum pt»
b^wferccd cm ccftor Deum, non mihi videri dignos ingenui hominis appcllatione,)
for divers kmd a fordid.,prophane, pemitiouscompanyjirreligious, impudent andftnpid,!
oflcarumg, to k novv n <5 c w h a t Epichets to giue them,cnemies to Lcarning,confounders of
Academickes. tn - Church, and the mine of a Common-wcalth: Patrons they are by right
of inheiitance 5 and put in truft freely to difpoie of fuch Liuings to the Chur-
ches good-, but (hard taske-mafters as they are,) they take away their ftraw,
& compell them to make their number of bricke : they commonlv refpecT:
o ltfi iket Ma- their owne ends, commodity is the ftecr of all their a6tions,& him they pre-
Lmnlml™' fentiriconclufion,asa man of grcateft gifts, that will giue moft; no penny,
2iU tamn a- ° no Pater noficr^ the faying is . Nifi preces nuro fulcias amplihs irrttm It
mwfal H< " was an old 0mnU Rsm * v *» a l'*> ' tis a ragge of Popery, which will
?Et k-atbiflo- neuer be rooted out. A Clarke may offer himfclfe,approuehis P worth,lear-
nc^amimti ning.honcftyjreligion^ealejthey will commend him for it; but — r probi-
7^uiZ"m tM l M d f» r & "k'tX he be a man of extraorc inary parts, they will flocke a
digit«[q s fuos. farre off to heare him,as they did in Apuleim, to fee .Pfycbe : mnlti mortales
Ttowi con fl ueb * nt ad vtdendum fault decm^eculumgloriofum: Uudxtur ab omnh
bus, Jpecitfur ab omnibus, nec quifquam non rexjton regius, cupidus cius nuf> •
tiammpetitor accedit jntrwtur qui dent divtnam formtm omnts, fed ut ftmu-
lacbrum
Part i.Se&2. Why theMufet are melancholy Memb.j.Subr,i5«
Uchrum fabre politum mirantur-^ many mortal men came to fee faire Pfyc^y 123
the glory of her age^hey did admire hcr-commend,defire her for her diuinc
bcauty.and gaze vponherjbut as on a pi6turc,none would marry her, 1 gmd
indotAtafrxiz pfichehzd no money. 1 So they doe by learning, l%L7f a> faa
' 1 '*"' ' r " x didicit iam dives avarus fom ttfiudmU
Tantum admirars, tantum Ikudare dtfertos. emoiims-, nifi
. „ J ' flumbea coram
Vtpuert lunonutvem . \mda,mnv&
Your rich men haue now learnd of later dayes *»iiito
T'admire,commend,andcome together TatbZ^s
To heare and fee a worthy Schollerfpeake, TeiyemMb.i.
As children doc a Peacocks feather. e - l °-
Hefhall haue all the good words that may be giuen, f a proper man, and 'tis f £ «^4 no
pittyhehathnoprefcrment 5 allgoodwi(hesi but inexorable, indurate as he need. Douf*
is,he will not preferre him ^though it be in his po wer.becaufe he is Motatus z Tffa'tifcfci-
hehathnomony. Or if he doc giue him entertainment, let himbeneuerfo emia^big, con-
well qualificd,or pleade affinity, confanguinity, Efficiency, hefhallferue 7 tfarimep^
yeares,as Jacob did for Rack <e I ^before he (hall haue it. « Jf he wil! enter at firft, \^iluMm
hcmurtcomcinatthat 5i^^'4f^gate,come off foundly,andputingood ituv ad omnc.\
lecurity to pcrforme all covenants, or els hee will not deale with, or admit "
him.butiffomcpooreScholler^ fomeparfonchuffe will offer himfclfe 5 or at^Dujioicotg
fomc Trencher Chaplaine,thatwilltakeitto thehalfe>,thirds,or accede of
what he will giue,he is welcome, bee conformable, preach as hee will hjfoe
him ,he likes him before a million of others; for the beft is alway beft cheape:
& then as Hierowefaid to Cromatius ', patella, dignum operculum y fucb a Pa-
tron, (iKh a Clearke; the cure is fiipplicd 3 & all parties pleafcd. So that is (till
verified in our age, which "Cbryfojlome complained of in his time, Qm'opu-
lentioreifunt inordinem parafitorum cogunt eos* & tpfos tanquam canes ad cmdeTlc
menfa fuM enutrtmt \eorumfe impudent es ' Ventres -ixiquarum ccenarum re/i- bilamartyrc.
cjuijs differ tiunt,ijjdem pro a? bitrio abutentes. Rich men keepe thefe Ledu-
rers,and fawning Parafues, like fo many Dogges at their tables , and filling
their hungry guts with the offauls of their meate , they abufe them at their
pleafure.and make them fay what they propofc. x As children doe by a birdor I Fre f cn ^
* / n n • in j t t • 1 1 * i r 1 , imperant 3 mer-
a butterjiye in a firing , pull btm y and Let him out as they lift : doe they by their dmcm ccgunt,
trencher Chapltns prefer ibejomAnd their vo its Jet in & out. as to them it feemes *»ftr8
beft.lt the Pnron be precife 3 fo muft his Chaplainebe 5 osif he be Papiftical, IZtt^nt
hemuft befbtoo, orelfe bee fumed out. Thefe arethofc Clcarkes which & relaxant, ut
feruc the turne, whom they commonly entcrtainc, and prefent to Church- ^tbT'b i»*r
liuings, whilft inthemeane time wc that are Vniuerfity menjikc fo many <fowrL/,T«/
hide-bound Calucs in a Pafture , tarry out our time, and wither away as a «**d>™*>™*
flowrc vngathered in a garden ,and arc neuer vfed: or as fo many candles, il- d tf7 q tm%
laminate our felues alone 5 obfcuring one anothers light, and are not difcer- #«*M
ncd hecre at all ; the leaft of which, iranflated to fome darkc roome , or to
fbmeCountrey Benefice, where it might fhinc apart. Would giuc a faire
light 3 and be fecne ouer all.Whilft we lye waiting here as thofe fick-men did A
at the poole oft BetbefdayxW the Angellftirrcd the water, expe&ing a good ' °
houre,they ft cp betweene, and beguile vs of :our preferment. I haue not yet
faidjf after longexpccTation,much expence, trauell, and earneft fuit of our
felues and friends, we obcaiheafmall Benefice at laft : ourmifcry beginncs
a-freflij
Part.1. Se&.i. C a *f es °f Melancholy. Memb.j .Subf 1 5
124 a-frefh , wee come to a ruinous houfe, which before it bee habitable,
muft be ncceflarilyrepairedj'and we arc compelled to fuefor dilapidations;
and fcarcc yet fcttied,wc are called vponfor our PrcdccetTors arreragcs,fi r lt
fruicsjtenthcsjfubfidies^reinftantly to be payd, benevolence, procurations,
&c. and which is moft to be feared, wee light vpon a crackt title , as it befell
Clenardoi Brabrant t for his Re&ory and his Begins , he was no (boner indu-
t gpifiM.i. cled,but inftantly fued fefimufy ( t faith he) fir enue litigate, ejr implicabili
lamfujjeSiM i* folio conftigerem length after ten yeares futc,as long as Troyes fiege, when he
p!Zt^m nad l y red Wmfelfe 3 and fpenthis mony,he was faine to leauc all lor quietnes
eji adverfarwy fakc.and giue it vp to his aduerfary. Or els wee (land in feare of fome prcce*
miJom "ct dent Lapfej we ^ amongft refraclory/editious Se&aries ; peeuifh Puritans,
*tmjx! ! ' peruerfe Papifts, or a lalciuious rout of Atheifticall Epicures, that willnor,
bereformcdjor fome litigious people, that will not pay their dues without
much repining,or compelled by long fuit$ all they thinke well gotten chat is
had from the Churchy and by fuch vnciuill, harfh dealings, they malce their,
poorc Minifter aweary of his place,if not his life: and put cafe they be quicc
honcft men/nake thebeft ofit 5 as often it falls out , hee mufttume rufticke,
and daily conuerfe with a company of Idiots and Clownes,
Nos interim quod attinet fnee enimimmunesabhaUnoxa fumus) idem
rcatusmanet,idcmnobis,& fi non multo gravius, crimen- obi jci poteft: no*
Araenimculpafitjnoftrainiuria, noftra avaritia, quod tarn irequentcs, fee.
dasq; fiant in Ecclefia nundinationes 5 ( f templwn eft vanale>deufy) tot fordes
invehantur,tanta gra(Tctur impietas T tanta •ncquitia J tam infanus miferiarum
Euripus,& turbarum aeituarkim,noftro inquam, omnium (Academicorum
imprimis^ vitio fit. Quod tot Refpub. malisafficiatur, anobis feminarium,
wkro malum hoc accerfimus, &quavis contumelia, quavis interim mi feria
digni,qui pro virili nonoccurrimus. Quid enim fieri pofle fpcramus, quum
tot indies fine delectu paupercs alumni , terra: filii, & cuiufcunq; ordinis ho
muncioncs,adgraduscertatim admittantur ? qui fidefinitionem jdiftinclic-
nemq^ unamaut alteram memoriteredidifecrint, &< pro more tot annos in
diale&ica pofuerint,nonrefert quoprofc<5tu,quales demum fint, Idiot*,nu-
gatores,otiatorcs,alcatores, oompotorcs, indigni, hbidinis voluptaturaq;
adminiftri 3
Spon/t Penelopes, nebulo/fes^t^lcinot^y
raodo tot annos in Acaderaia in(umpfcrint 3 .& (e pro togatis vcnditSrint;lir«
cricaufa, & amicorum interceflii praefentatur ; Addoctiam & magnifkis
nonnunquam elogiis morum & fcicntiae, & jam valedi<Sturi,teftimonialjbus
'^JSfJv' h^e Uteris, ampliifime conferiptis in eorum gratiam honorantur, ab ijs,
pecnniam,de. ^ qui fidei fua: & exiftimationis ja&uram proculdubio faciunt. Declares enim
^mdpt^i & Pro fijfi res (4 U0£l air y ' l ^ c J * d mum am, ut ex froftponibm frequtnti-
nei'yitdoi. tumultuary* potius quam legit imtifommo da fua promoveantyejr ex difi
* Has nrnka pend'o publico fuum faciant incrementttm\& folum in votis habent annui pic-
w^iTphJofol rl,lli q5magiltratus,utabincipientiumnumcro * pecunias emungant, nec
phaftro ceme- multum intereft quifint,literatores anIi:erati,modopingues, nitidi,ad afpe-
^"cbtii r P cciofi » &q uod vcrbo dicam, pecuniofi fint. a Philofophraftri licert-
oxonjHbuL tianturinartibuSjartemqui non habent, \Eofyfapientcs effe iubent,qui nulla
u^'fT" ? r ** iU f unt f A ? ientt * * Et "Mil ad gradum, fraterquam vclle adferunt.
tsi'Jsni^ Jheologaftri ('folyantmodb) fatisfupcrqjdoai, peromncshonorum gra-
dus
Parci , Se&.i. why the Mufes are mela?Jcholy. Memb^ . Subl 1 j 9
dus evehuncur & aicendunt. Acq? hinc fic quod tarn viles (eurrae, cot palTim 12 J
Idiot* 3 larvae paftorum^ircumforaneijvagijbardi, fungi, cranium, merura
pecus,infacroianttos Thcologiae aditus, illotispedibusirrumpant, ptaetei
inverecundumfrontemadferentes nihil, vulgarcs quafdam quifquilias, &
fcholarium quasdam nugamenta,indigna qua; vcl recipiancur in triviis. Hoc
illud indignum genus hominum & famclicum 3 indigum,vagum, veneris ma-
cipium.ad ftivam pocius rclcgandum,ad haras apcius,quam ad aras a quod di-
vinas hafce liceras turpiccr profticuit ;hi funt qui pulpica complcnt 3 & in *-
des nobilium irrepunt 3 & quum reliquis vica: defticuantur fubfidiis 5 ob cor*
poris & animi egeftacem , aliarum in Rcpub; partiura minimc capaccs finc s
ad factum hancanchoram confugiunt, facerdotium quovifmod6capcanccs ?
non ex fincericatc,quod b Passim zkjedcauponantes verbum Df/.Ne quis in-
terim viris bonis dctraetum quid putec,quos habct Ecclefia Anglicana qua« > i.cor.u?,
plurimos^grcgiedocloSjtUuftres^ntaclsefama; viros., & plurcsforfan qua
quaevis Europa? provinciate quis a florentiflimis Academiis,quae viros vn«
diquaqjdo&iifimos, omnivircutum genere fufcipiendos abunde producis.
Ecmultoplurcsutraqjhabicura^ulcofplendidiorfutura, fi nonhar fordes
fplcndidum lumen eius obfufcarcnc ; obftaret corruptio,& cauponantes que/
dam Harpya? proletary bonum hoc nobis non invidcrcnt. Nemo enim
tarn ca?ca menre, qui non hoc ipfum videat ? nemo tarn ftolido ingenio, qui
non inreUigat-, tarn pertinaci iudicio, qui non agnofcat, ab his Idiocis eircu-
foraneis , facram polluiThcologiam , ac cceleftes Mufas quafi prophanum
quiddam proftitui. Viles antma & effrontes ( fic enim Luther us « alicubi vo*
ai)luce/Ja caufa ut mufca ad mulclrajidnobilium& heroum men fas advolant,
in J]?em /acerdotif f a\jMbct honoris 3 ofrlrij,in quamvis aulam^urbem fe inge-
runc,ad quodvis fc minifterium componunt.
-Vt nervis alienis mobile lignkm Duett ur < =
ojfam fequentes,ffntacorum morejnpradtjpem quidvu effutiunt • obfecun-
dances Parafni ( > Erasmus ait) quidvis docentjicuntjertbunt ,fuadent, & < Htinjtm*
contra confeientiamprob Ant % non ut falutarem reddant gregemje&utmagni. e *sckpfi,
fcamfibt pirentfortunam. Of intones qmfvis & deer eta contra verbum Dei
aftruunt.nenon offendant pAtronum^fedutretineantfavoremfrccerum&p- { lutb. mGa%
pultpUufumyfibifr iffis opes accumulent, Eo ecenim plerumq; animo ad The-
ologram accedunt,non ut rem divinanv, fed ut fuamfadanti non ad Ecclefiac
bonum promovendum,fed cxpilandumjquairentes quod Paultss zit,Non qu*
I(fuChrtft,fedqu*fua,XKfndommi thefauru-m, fed ttt fibi , fuifq; thefaurt-
zencNeccantumiis^uiviliorfsfbrcuna;, & abjete fortisfuntj hoc mufti
eft: fed & medios, fummos,e!atos 5 ne dicar»Epifcopos,hoc malum invafir*
g Dicite Pontificety in facris quidfacit durum?, ^
fummosfapc viros tranfverjos agit avaritia^ & qui rcliquis morum probi- « Perf.Sar^
tate prseluccrentjhi facem praefcrunt ad Simoniam, & in corruptions hunc h s ^
fcopulumimpingentesj nontoadentpecus,feddeglubunt, & quocurjqjfe
conferunCjexpilantjexhauriunt^bradun^magnum famas fuaj 5 fi non anima:
naufragium faciences: ut non ab inflmis ad fummos,fed a fummis ad infimos
malum promanaflTcvideacur, &illudverumfif quod ilk olimlufit, Emerat
ille prius^vendere iure poteft.Simaniacus enim (quod cum Leone dicam^) gra-
ft urn non acccpit, fmon acciptt, uon habet y & fi non habetjsec grafts* potejl ejfe,
Tantvim cnira abfunt iftorum nonnulli,qui ad clavum fedent a promovend©
ft 5cli<juos 3
Pare. i.Sccl 2. 0/ Melancholy. McmUs.Subl. 1 5 1
1 1 , reliquos ,ut penitus impcdiant, probe fibi confcij, q tubus artibus illuc pervc.
t $*t,*ity?o nennt. f Nam qui ob lit eras emerge /Hos credit, deftpttiqui vero ingenij t er*di*
tJonissxperientUfrobitAtisjietatujkMufarum idejfepretium putat fquod
olim revcrafiiitjhodicproroitcitur)/^^
malum hoc originem ducat, non ulcro quacram, ex his primordiis cacpitvi.
tioru:ncolluvics 3 omniscalamitas, omncmiferiarumagmenin Ecclcfiain
invchitur.Hinc tarn frequens fimonia,hinc ortar, querela?, fraudes,impoitu«
rae,ab hoc fonte fc derivarunt omncs ncquttiae.Nc quid obiter dicam dc am.
bitionc , Adulatione plufquam aulic£ , nc tnfti domicasnio laborent, dc
luxu de faedo nonnunquam vitar exemplo, quo nonnullos offendant, deed,
potationc Sybaritic^ &c. Hincillcfqualor Academicus, trifles hac temper
ft Ate Camena,(\\\\\m quivis homunculus artium ignarus, his artibus aflurgar
hunc inmodum promoveatur& ditefcat, ambitiofis appcllationibus iufig.
nis,& multis dignitatibus auguftus vuJgi oculos pcrftringat,bcnc fc habcat
&grandiagradiensmaieftatemquandam , ac amplitudinem prse fc fetens
miramqifollicitudincmjbarbarcvcrendus, toga nitidus, purpura corufcus
fupelledilis fplcndore, & famulorum numero rraximc confpicuus. Quxlt)
ItfoSs* fi* tH * ^ uo ^ ait * ^ f acr * m columnis imponuntur^ vclut onert
' ' ccdentes videntur^c fi tnjudarent , quum r ever a fenju fwt carentes, ejr nihil
faxeamatittvent firmitatem : Atlantcs vidcri volunr, quum tint ftatusela.
pidea? ,umbratilcs revcra homunciones,fungi forfan & bardi, nihil a faxo dif-
ferences. Quum interim do&i virij& vkas fan&iorisornamentis praediti, qui
aeftum dici fuftincnt,his iniqua forte ferviai,c,minimo forfan falario concern
li,puris nominibusnuncupati, humiIes,obfcun, mulrdq$digniorcsiicct, c-
gentes, inhonorati vitam privam privatam 7 agant,tenuiqj fcpulti facerdotio
vcl in collegia futs in xcernum incarcerati , ingloric delitefcant. Sed nolo
tUM. dem. diwtiushancmovcrcfcntinam 5 hincilIa;lachryma?,lugubrismufarum habi-
CaUorm. ' tus,t hinc ipfa religio (quod cum SefeOio dicam)/* ludibrium & eontemptm
adducitur ,abie6tum facerdotium (atq« ha? c ubi fiunt , aufim dicerc, & puti-
* Sm/iM. j uin k pucidi di&criurn de clero vfurparc) Putidum vulgm ,ino ps, rude, for.
didurojmclancholicum^ifcrum^defpicaDile^contemncndum,
Mb mb. 4,
S v b s 1 c, i»
Mo*-neceJfary gemote futr»xrd t aduentithfu acciden-
fall saufes: 4fjir8 from the Nurfe.
OFthofe remote, outward, ambient, Neeeffkry caufes I haue fuffici-
cntly difcourfed in the precedent mcmbcr,thc Non-neceffary follow
■*m^£ . ofwhich faith J^^naart can be made, by rcafon of their vo-
tip**. certainety,cafualty ,and mulcitudqfo called not necefar;, becaufc according
*a»f tt .«>u<uje- accidental! caufcs,which I (hal entreat of here, might h iuc well beenc red*
•for** licet m cedto the formcr,bccaufe they cannot be avoided, but fatally happen to vs
chough accidentally,andat wnawarcs,at fomc timcor other: the reft arc col
tmgenc and ineuitable,and more properly infertcd in this ranckc of caufes,
Toreckonvpallisathwgvnpolfiblc, of fomc therefore moft remarkable,
of
■ V - •■ - ■
Paru.St&.2. Nurje a caufe. Memb.4. Subfa .
of thefe contingent caufes which produce Melancholy, I will briefly fpeake 127
and in their order.
From a chtlds Natiuity , the firft ill accident that can likely befall him, in
this kinde is a bad Nurfe,by whofc meanes alone, hec may bee tainred wich
this n malady from his cradle, ^ulus GelLius libyix, cap. /.brings in Phauori^ n grijemel cp
ruts that eloquent Philofopher, prouing this at large, that there u tht fame mhk ' a recens
vertu? and property in the milke as in the feed^and not m men a/o^e, but in all y^p d^mv.
other creatures: hegiues tnftance in a Kid and Lambe , if either of them fucke of sjcutvalet «4
theothers milke jhe Lav.be of ^the Goats .or the Kidof the Ewes the veooUof the f' ,e J r ' da * cor P*;
.,.//• 111 r 1 ^1 rr ti 1 * J ns </tq amim (i~
one voillbe hxrdjhe haire of the other J oft Gtraldit* Cambrenfis Itinerar. Cam- miiim
i ts vn
^/^./^.r.a^.^.confirmcsihisby a notable example which happened in his &
time. A fovvpigge by chance fucked a =Brach, and when fhee wasgrowne, ^>S«£
Y would mtratuloufly hunt all manner of Deere jindthat as yvelljr rather bet. er K%jmhm\.
thtn any ordinary hound. His conclufion is,q that Men and bcafis participate mb "' itd
of her mture and condition! ,bj vohofe milke they are fed. Phmorimu yrgeth it 'll^fer^nT
farther,and demonftrates it more cvidently.that if a Nurfe be£ m:\hipen 3 vn- ^ w fiovkm
chaftsjnhoncttjmpudenttdrunket crueller the likc,thechilde that fucks vp- ,f •
on herbreaft willbefotoo;andall ether afr'edlions of the minde 5 and difca- «fcr«f*r, f M.'
fesalmoft areingraffed 5 asitwere, and imprinted into the temperature of ^£f trim . bis
the lnfant,by the Wurfcs milke; as Fcx,Leprofie,Melancholy . &c. Cdto for
that rcafon would make his feruants children fucke vpon his wiues breaft ,be- m faermetf
caufe by that meanes they would louehim and his thebetcer, and in all like- l* d ? li * i !'f e ~
lyhood agree with them. A more evident example that the mmdes are aire- time Id'Z-
red by milke^ annotbc giuen then that o^Dion which c he relates o(Cal/gu- ufumvfyfr
//* cruelty.it could neither be imputed to father or mother, but to his nurfe ^r m an -, ml
3>on<?,thut anointed her paps with blood ftill, which made him fach a mur- pttOibet qwm
< derer,andtoexpreneheFtoahairc: Andthatofr^r/^,whowasacom- ^Ttftlf'*"
mon drunkard, beeaufe his Nurfe was fir ha one, £t fidelirafuerit ( u one tHrmurmi£>
obferues jinfantulum delirum facietjS. fhc be a Took or dolt y her childe fhee t/ahit -
nurfeth will take after hcr,orotnerwife be mifafTe£ted 5 Which Francifcm ifS*? 6 **?
Barbaras lib. 2. cap. vlt.de re vxoria jproucs at tull,and odk#. Guiuxrri l b. 3. umkna nu
de Marco Aurclto: The childe will firrcly participate. For bodily ficknefle trix & c >
there is no doubt to be made. Titm 3 Vejpaftanus fon was therefore fickly be- tfomsnJu"
caufe his Nurfe was fa^Lampridiw. And if we may belecue Phyfitians, ma- *wg**« ft/}
ny times children catch the pox from a rood Nurfe, Botalduscap.d/.delue p ?J- m J' 4 -™*
ti 1 r r n 1 1 i t 1 1 tiln'lCiiCr VdtH-
vener. * For thcic czmcs An ft tie Polit-Ub .j.cap.i>y,Phauor inus ^vd Marcus ultflk tarn.
K^ttrelins would not hauc a childe put to nurfe at all , but every mother to 1 Hl,can ri
bring vp her owne,of what condition focuer flic be. Which fome women r7mlyl* A
mod curioufly obff rue , and amongfl the reft , J that Quecne of France^ a x ti6.iJe&.
Spaniardby birth,that was fo precife and zealous in this behalfe, that when ^edl'ca %
in her abfence^ ftrangc Nurfe by chance had fuckled her childe,fhe was ne- i bljcctf.htf.
vcr quiet till fhe had made the infant vomit it vp agame. But fhee was too
iealotis:ifkbefo,as many times it is,thcy mtift be put forth,I would then ad- geLtuorput't
vifeflich mothers as * Plutarch doth in his bookc de liber is educandis , and ammutmw*
* S.Hterome lib.2.epi/l.27.lM*,de inftitut.fil.Magnww part. 2, Reg fan it cap. ^stMtam
7. that they make choice of a (bund woman,ofa good complexion , hone ft, * To 1. T^u'trU
ftecftombtxlilydifeafesjifit be pofTibkjallpanlons and perturbations of ^onqua/vu p
■ 1 1 {edmaximtp^
bas dcligamuf, * Nptrix non fit kfiivagui termltnta. Mitt,
E % the
Part.i.Se&.2.
Cau/es of melancholy.
Mcmb.4.Subl.z f
128 the mindc,as forrow,fcare,griefe, b folIy > mclancholy.For fuch paflions cor,
tprohibmdum n ipt the milkc and alter the temperature ofthechilde , which now being
yit ftoiidtkact. c r £ um & m0 ftg/ u tumjs eafily feafoned and pcruerted. And if fuch a nurfc
' ?crr ' may be found out,let Phauorinus and M. Prelim plead how they dan a .
gainftit,! had rather accept ofher,then the mother her felfe. For why may
not the mother be a whore,a peeuifti drunken flurt ? a wafpifli cholcrickflur,
a crazed peecc,a foole(as many mothers arejas foonc as the NurferThere is
more choice ofNurfes then Mothers; and therefore except the mother bee
molt vertuoiis,fl:aid,a woman of excellent good parts, and of a found com-
plexion I would haue all children in fuch cafes committed to Grangers,
And 'tis the only way; as by marriages they are engrafted to other families
to alter thebreed 3 or if any thing be amilfe in the motber,as Lodeuicus Mer*
eatus contends,Tom.2.lib.de mort>.b<ered.to prevent difcaics and fuuirema,
ladies,to correct and quahfic the childs ill difpofed temperature, which hec
had from his parents. This is an excellent remedy, if good choice bee made
offuchaNurfe.
Svbsec. 2.
Education a cau/e of Melancholy*
Ducation ,of thefe accidentallcaufes of Melancholy , may iuftly chal-
lenge the next place.for if a man efcape a bad nnrfe 3 he may be vndonc
* LlbJt mri' "* ^y eu iM bringing V P- d la ( on Pr*tenfis$w\.$ this of Education for a.prin*
tAfitiicy.'de cipall caufe,bad parents j{tepMT»others,Tutors,Mafters 3 Tcachers, too rigo-
man'u.haudpa- rous,and too feuere,or too remhle or indulgent on the other fide, are often
%Zmur'tiu. f°uutaines and furtherers ofthis difeafe. Parents and fuch as haue the tuiti.
eatio, inter ha* On and ouetfightofchildren,offend many times in that they are too fternc,
m ^ abal T' A ' alwaythreatning, chiding, brawling, whipping, or ftriking- bymeanesof
l^n'ffurct. Whichjthcirpoore children are fo di(heartned and cowed, that theyncucr
after haue any courage,or a merry hourc in their lines, or take pleafure in a*
ny thing. There is a great moderation to be had in fuch things ,as matters of
fo great moment.to the making or marring of a childc. Some fright their
children withbeggers, bugbeares, and hobgob!ins,if they cry, or bee other-
wayes vnruly:but they are much.to blame in it,many times,faith Lamttr de
Jpeffru.part.i.cap.f.ex metuinmorbos graues incidunt , & noclu dormienles
cUmantforieixe they fallinto many difcafes,and cry out in their flcepe,and
arc much the worfe for it all their Hues ; thefc things ought not at all, or to
be fparingly done 3 and vpon iuft occafion. Tyrannicall,impatient, harebrain
Schoolemafters,^/4f^^////9r/' 5 are in thiskindc'as bad as hangmen and
executioners jthcy make many children endure a martyrdome alf the while
they arc at Schoo'le, with bad diet, if they boord in their houfes , too much
fcuerity and ill vfage, they quite peruert their temperature of body & mind:
ftill chiding,rayling,frowning,lafhing,tasking,keeping , that they are Jrscli
animii 5 moped many times,and weary of their liucs,and thinke no flauery in
the worldf as once I did my fclfc;like to that of a grammcr Scholler./V**'/-
torum ineftijs difcruciantfir ingenUpuerorumfmh Erafmu*,they tremble at
his voice jlookcsjcomming in. S^ufim in his firft booke of his confeff. and
4&f,
Part.i,Se&.2. • Education a caye, Memb.^ubi*,,
4 c ^.calls this fchooling meticulbfam nece(!itatcm, and elfewhere a martyr- I *9
domtfjand confefleth ot bimfelfc, how crueliy he was tortured in minde tor
learning Gxczk,nulia verba noueram, & fevis terror ibw & p*nis, vt nojfem,
injlabatur mihi vehementer^ I knewe noihirfg and with cruell terrors & pu-
nilhmcnt> 1 was daily compclTd". c fi«tf complaines in like cafe ofa rigorous
Schoolcmafier in Parti y that made him by his continuall thundering and i
threat s,once in a mind to drownehimfelfc,had he not met by the way with
an vnldc of his that vindicated him from that mifery for ihe trme , by taking
of him to hishoufc \TrtncaveUtus lib.i .confil. 16. had a patient 19 yearcs of
agc 5 cxt:eamcly melancholy ybnimiuw fludmm Tarvttij ejrprtceftoris mi-
//,/^byreafon of< uermuch ftudy , and his* Tutors threats. Many Matters *p^ wwr ^
are hard hearted and bitter to their feruants, & by that meanes doe fo much ptcbgoguo fu-
dciecl.with terrible fpceches and hard vfaecfocrucifie them . that they be f"i m "^*' tf *
come delperatejand can neuer be recalled. p*ceptu fun
Others againe,in that othet extreame , doeasmuch harme bythcirroo faptaOM
much remi nefle, their fervants, children , SchoJlcrs, are carried away with mt '
that llreame of dainkennefTe , Idlenede , gaming , and many inch irregular
courfes,that in the end they rue ir, curfe their parents , and milchicfe them-
felues. Too much y^ulgence caufeth the like, many fond mothers efpecial- | cmerm*
lv,totefo much vpo' 1 their children Ulc\?sffops Ape , till in theendethev «**77.c«tf *,
crufh them ! o death . Cor forum nutrias animarum noverce , pam per jng vp ^pr^j 1 " 1 ^
their bodies to the vudoing of their foules:they will not let them be ^corre- an Fmbicme.
cledor controled,butfti!l foothed vp in cuery thing they doe, that in con- am; "< lo >
clufK>n,they become nidc/ntatightjheadftrong.incorritible.andgracelefie; ^ Ptov _ J4>
They hue them fo foffiffhfy, faith 8 Cardan ^ tb at they rather feeme to hate them ) Hee that fpa-
brrnging them vp not to-vertue but wiuryjiot to learning but riot 3 not to jo- his Ton
ber life ana cornier ( at i on : but to all pleifure and licentious behauiour, VVho is ? ub.z. deeon-
he of fo little experience that knowes not that of Fabim to bee true, that AVr*;w_/?«W
h Education 16 another nature alter ingthc minde and will , and /would to God wTdlftpoiift?
f faith he,)!?*? oar felues did not jpoyle our childr ens manners 3 by our ouermuch vidtathur, illos
cockering and nice educa t ion, and weaken thefircngth of ther bodies ejr minds-, ^adlnlTm
that caufeth cuftime , cujtome nature, rjrc For thefe caufes Plutarch in his ' VO n ad eruditC
booked Lb*cduc\z\'\&Hieromepi(l.l>b.2.epifl. 77. to Lxtzde inftitut.fili*. memfedadkx-
ftr^ ■ 11 t '11 1 j 1 • 1 um.nonad vi-
efpeciall charge to allparents, and many good caution? about ta ^ f cdvo j u p.
the bringing vp of children, that they benot committed to vhdifcreet, pafli* tatm educates*
onatSjbedlam Tutors,Iight,giddy headedjOrcquctousperfonSjand fpare for * %
nocoit,thattheymay be well nurtured and taught, it being a matter of fo mm*AU*t<tt
grcatconfequencc. For fuch Parents as doe otherwife 5 Pluttirch efteemes anims&zo-
like them , » that are more carefull of their fhooes then of their feet , that rate l ltmm£q\n)
their wealth abouc their children. And he,faith Cardan } that leaues hisfonne libetwii mfiro-
to a eouetom Schoolemafler to be informed #r to a clofe Abby to fn(l and learner Ytf^lnmu
Mptfdome together Jioth no ether 3 then that he bc^> a learned fooler , crajickljr quummfmum
Wtfemax* f atim delis 9 s
ftlumufjmllm
iftacducatio,
qum InMrentim v«emm^efvosmm^& mtntk & corporisfravgiufit ex h'u mfatkd'ojTtde itatura. ' Vtt'mde ain at fi auk
de co/ceo fit (ol/i.itHfipedm nihil** et. luven Ndpatrimimti eft quint filtm. u Lib.$ defapient. qui avarh ptdagogis pacta alen-
dtt dojityVtUltufosm ambus umart (mid &faptre. nihil aliudagmi nip vt fmtvelnon fine jtuUitia. eruditi,velwtegra vita
ffhttu
R 3 Svbs.. 3.
pfcu.Se&.2. Caufts of Melancholy. Mcmb.4.Subf j #
j 3°
S V B S E C« 3.
T
Terrors and affrights caufes of melancholy,
Vlly in the 4 of bis Tufculans,. diftinguifhcth theft terrors which arifc
from the apprehenlion of fome terrible obicct heard or fecne ,from
all other feares,and fo doth Patr/tiw lib % $*Tit. 4. de regis inflttut. Of
all feares they are moft pcrnitious and violent, and fo fiiddamcly alter the
whole temperature of the body.mouc the foule and fpirits, and ftrike fuch a
deepcimpreilion,that the pat tics can neuer becrecoucrcd, caufingamorc
grievous and fiercer melancholy , as Ftlix Plater , cap. j. de mentis dienat.
\ r f m& r' 1 Ipeakes out of his experience.then any inward caufe whatfoeuer: andrn*
tttl maxim, ex r >s> ^ s> i i i i r i t it I rr n
improvfo acci prints it felfe Jo forcibly in the fpirits y brume , humours, that if all the mafjeof
denies, m am were [ et out f t fo y oc lyjt could hardly be extracted. T hu horrible kind of
vmt y w fpirirm melancholy '(for To lie tearmes h)had beene often brought befire him^ andtrou~
Kuaqvam rem- hies and affrights commonly men and women,young and oid t of all forts .Hercules
SmkMbf. Saxoma^ciMs this kinde of Melancholy ( ab agitations ffirituum ) by a pc
ham term fa- culiar name,it comes from the agitation, motion, conygdion , dilatation,
C Abmitm&Ci not * rom an ^ diftemperature of fpirits 3 & produced) ft r<Sg effects. ihis'I er-
fit.imftefio k four is moft vfually caufcd.as ^Plutarch will haue^MK fome imminent dan*
finis m fyiriti- gerjvhen fome terrible obieel is at hand, heard, fecne, or concerned, n trudy
ceretTvt'ex^ 1 appear ing.or in a « dreame: and many times the more fudden the accident, it
trans tot £ fa- is the more violent.
gmei mgffkfr j $ut {error a „g m ^ & c$r attonitum fxlit^
gf sxprmatur, . . • 1 1 • ■
Et h*c horrcn- Vauidum^ trtpiats palp tat venti iccur.
etaftetm me- Their foule's arTnght^their heart amazed quakes,.
Renter* obiata ^he trembling Liuer pants ith' veines and akes.
toibi>omm ex* Arthemedorus the Grammarian loft his witts by the vnexpefted fight ofa
™m*^<me% X *~ Crocodile, jUwy*?///^ cap.y.de melan. The P Maifacre at Liens 1572. in the
* Tract, dem- raigneof Charles p. was fo terrible and fcarefull, that many ran mad , fome
kn.eap.7 & 8. died,great-bcllied women were brought to bed before their time, generally
*,£d 4«£ a11 affi : ighted-and agaft. Many lofe their wits q by the fudden fight of fome fit-
m'j ddiiuvwne, Brum or divcll s a thing very common in a/lagesfoith Zauaterpart, /, cap. o.as
t"ttoliefat 0re ft es ^ 2ttx ^ c ^ 1 of the F*r/«, which appeared to him in blade fas
& vht .Alex.
* Paufanias records jThe Greeks call them f«?ft«*iJx«*,which f ternfie thcic
frtfcriimituun- Soules^or if they be but affrighted by fome counterfeit divclls in icft
vesquhpe ad- vtfitn trepidant, at % omnia cacu
fmt temblies. In tenebris metuunt, — as children in the darke conceaue
bmemiUcuL Hob ? obIins > & arc forc afraid,thcy are the worfe for it all their hues. Soir.c
apparente™'* by fuddenfires,earthquakes 5 inundations, or any fuch difmall obie&s: The-
per hfomuA. mifon the Phyfitian fell into an Hy drop hob i/t } by feeing one ficke of thatdif*
o a Pamrers c ^ e ( Dio fi°^s U. cap. s j. )oi by the fight of a monfter,a carcafc.they arc
wife m Bafil, difquieted many months following,and cannot endure that roome where a
If^lt C03rfc hjchbccn ^ or for a worldiwould not be alone wkh a dead man,orlyc
mmmmMe in that bed many ycarcs after 3 in which a man hath died. At r g^/ama-
Me\aj\mhca confjlawiolwt. t Senec.Herc.Oet. f guartapancmmcnt.de Statu rtligvmU in Gallh (ub Carolo 91^^
Kcur.u dtmonumaliqtuturere com\mntur^ expermtia notum e/t " Ltb.% in Arcad. t Lucre t. 1 Tuclltt extra lrbarhfr»
iKwmeSt&cMtlta&mclaickolu;* d«mm rtdytpcrdiu aliqm xtxata^dmmnrtm efi. Tlnttr. ' '
Part i.Scd.2. Terrors andaffrigkt. Mcmb.4.Sub£$.
ny little children in the Spring time,went to gather flowers in a mcddow 1 3 1
and at the townes end,wherc a malefactor hung in gibbcts 3 all gazing at if,
one by chance flung a ftone, & made it ftirre, by which accident, all the chil-
dren affrighted ran away; one flower then the rebooking backe.an d feeing
the ftirred carcafe wag towards her, cry ed out it came after her , and was fo
terribly affrightcd,that for many dayes (he could not be pacified ,but melan-
choly, died. f In the fame townc another childe beyond the Rhine ^ lawe a t j ltera »
grauc opened^nd vpon the fight of the carcafe , was fo troubled inminde, Rbenana btgrefo
that fhe could not be comfortcd,but a little after died, and was buried by it, Mrdthnm
fhter$tsobferuat.ltb*i. A Gentlewoman of the fame Citty faw a fat hogge S 2*w 8
cut vp,and when the intrals were opened , and a noyfomc favour offended & domm/ubi
her nofefhc much mifliked,and would no longer abide : a Phyfitian in pre- t0 \ em ^ a P u «-
- 1111 1 «~ r n r m rr\ • ■ * viteam vocare %
fence,told hcr,ihat as that hogge was,io was fhee,tull of nlthy excrements, poft P anco S diet
and aggrauatcd the matter by fome other lothforoe inftances, info much, tb v l ^oximofe.
that this nice Gentlewoman apprehended it fo dceply,that fhe fell inftantly u^/rfpan-
a vomiting,and was much diftempered in minde and body ,that With all his buium<ero pr*.
art and perfwafions,for fome months after, hee could not rcftorc her ro her fa™ 3 ^?'
felfe,(he could not forget it,or remoue the obicd* out of her fight,/^/».Ma- tiufkUfoJe?**.
ny cannot endure to fee a wound opened.but they arc fickc,or a man exscu- 4*"*?
tcdor ficke of any fcarcfull difeafe,as po{rc{rion,Apoplexics,bewitched;t or % e *'ff^' gi
if they read by chance of fome terrible thing^they are as much difquictcd,as *x*tt tabor avit.
if they had feenc it. Hecates fibt videnturfomniare y they drearne, and conti- i
nually thinke of it. As lamentable effects arc caufed by fuch terrible objects f m . m^TJ
hcaT6)2sfeenc,aud/ftamax/w0smctta incorpvrefacitjA u Plutarchholds,no l ^ tio -
fenfe makes greater alteration of body and minde: let them bearc witnefle } l0 ^e' deaudl '
that haue heard thofe Tragicall allarums, outcryes, hideous noifes, which * ei'ufncmtm
are many times fuddenly heard in. the dead of the night by irruption of eni- fu l mei
mics^accidentall fires 3 &c.thofe * panicke fcares,which often driuc men out meamt'/mflat
of their wits, bereaue them of fenfe, vnderftanding and all, fome for a time, {crnHa Fa "m
fome for all their hues .they neuerrecouer it. The 7 Midianites were foaf- ^ AkiatMttb ^
frighted by Gideons fouldiers , they breaking but eucry one a pitcher ; and » iud.6. J9 .
« Hannitais army by fuch a panicke feare.difcomfitcd at the walls of Rome, % . Plkt f ,tbM
K^ugufta UvU hearing a few Tragical vcrfes recited out of Virgil \Tu Mar- vltatMi *
cellos eris,ejrcfd\ downc dead in a fowne. tdinus king of DenmArk^ by a fnd-
den found which he heard, 3 was turned into fury with All hie men , Cranzm x in furam
Ub % ^T>an.hifi.& AlexAnder ab Alexandre lib.), cap. 5. \^4matut Lufitanns tum f' c » s ™-
had a patient, that by reafon of bad tidings became Epilepticut^ cent. 2 .cur a ^
90. Cat dm fubtil IthiS.faw one that loft his wits by miftaking of an Eccho.
If one fenfe alone can caufe fuch violent commotions of the minde , what
may we thinke when hcaring,fight,and thofe other fenfes are all troubled at
once? as by fome Earthquakcs.thunder^ightningjtcmpefts, &c. At Bologne
in Italy Anno 1504. there was fuch a fearerull earthquake about 1 1 a clockc
in the ni^hr/as * Beroaldus in his booke de terra motu , hath commended to * Subittrm
pofterityjthatall the Citty trembled, the people thought the world was ac tm * mm °
an end } a&um demortalibus % fuch a fcarcfull noifc», it made fuch a deteftable
fmell; the inhabitants were infinitely affrighted , and fome ran mad. ^udi
rem Atrocem & Aunalibus memorandtm(mine Author addes Jheare a ftrangc
*ftory and worthy to bee chronicled, I had a feruant at the fame time called
¥*lc9
Parti. Se&.x. ofMelancboty. Memb^.Subf 34
152 Fulco Argelanusp bold and proper man,thac was fo terrified with it, that he
ftMfcM*- was firftmelancholy 5 afrcr doted, at laft mad, and made away himfelfc. Ac
#rr« cumdf b Fufcinum //* Iapona r here was fuch an earthquake >and darkneffe of "a fudden y
f iu£dT y tfjat man y men were ojfwledwith head-ache jnany overwhelmedw/th forrow
Zentm/t'ftbi and melancholy. At Mcacum whole Jlreets and goodly palaces were otter turned
ip/i mortem in- at t }, e ^ me time, and there was fuch an hideous noyfe wit hall like thunder } and
^Hijiorka re- * filthy fmell y that their haire flared for fear e, and their hearts quake djnen and
httode rebut y ea jls were incredibly terrified.In Sacai another cittyjhefame earthquake was
upmcUTrafa ^ Urri ^ t vnt0 themjhat many were bereft of their fenfes ; and others by that
WJS'/'lo. horrible Jpeclacle fo much amazed f hat they knewe not what they did. Blafius a
dsvicoFmsie- Q ir jftj an5 the reporter ofthenewes^ was fo affrighted for his part,that
F^Sf dcrl 6 ' though it were two months after,he was fearcehis owne man,n ether could
ftnthmumu he driuc the remembrance of it out of his minde. Many times fome yeares
Citl fj ttmlti a ^ tcr » tne y ^ tumble a frefh at the tf remembrance , or conceipt of fuch a
apite dotercnt, terrible obie<5t,euen all their liueslong,if mention be made of it. Cornelius
pUtrimii cor ^Jgrippa relates out of Gulielmus Pariftenfis, a ftory of one, that after a dif.
"b \T ohwel taftfull purge which a Phyfitian had prefcribed vntohim,was(bmuchmo.
tur.Tantumfrt' ved, d that at the very fight of Phyficke he would be d/fiempered,though he ne-
mtumedebat, f ^ as mie ij cc j to it the very fight of Phyfick lone after, would giue
vttomtrttfrago- . ' l D r- 11 rf> ?• ?■/ &
rem mitaxi vi- him a purge; nay the very remembrance ot it would eftect it: c like trauellers
dereturjamam- an d Sea-men ,faith Plutarch ^that when they haue beenefanded on a rocket for
Unite seed ever *ft er f ur€ mt f ^ at m *f e h*>ncc onlyftut ail fuch dangers whatfoeuer.
tarn hor/ifcui
fuit,vt homines vix fui compotes effent,k fenftbus ebolienatijitnerore typrefji tam borrendo fpeftaculot&c . e Jffauitt fubit itl'm ti>
fiijjima nottu Imago. d J§>ui fob afpeflu medlcin* muebatut ad purgttndum. e Sunt viator es ji adfixnm mpe^emt t Mt ««MUt
mmorcifui copy >norii$atnodo que oftendunt .fed &Jimilk horrent perpetno &tremimt.
SVBSBC, 4,
Scoff es> Calumnies fitter Jefis, how they Uufe melancholy.
IT is an old faying^ 1 A blow with a xoord^firikes deeper then a blow with a
(wcrd : and many men arc as much gauled with a calumny \ fcurrile and
rant. Pernor dm
bitter jeft, a libera pafquiHor the like,as with any mif-fortune whatfoc*
t Enfs f*uciat uer.Princes and Potentates, that arc otherwife happy, and haue all at conv
}«m! mnUm man( ^» arc g"cuoufly vexed with thefcpafquilling libels, and Satyrs: they
t Sdatu eum feare a ray ling | Aretine^ more then an enemy in the field; which made moft
Princcs of his dme (* s fomc relatc ) alloW him a uhe *& penfton^ thathefbould
magnate } non »/- mt t axe t hem in his Satyr es • The Cafars thcmfelues in Rome were common*
MuU^u ly runted. Adrian the fixt Pope, 8 was fo highly offended, and grieuoufly
ip(Tums™!u vexed with Pafquillers at that hec gaue command that flattie (hould
(m mtaret. be demoliQied and burned 5 the afties to be flung into the riuer Tyber f and
I1f*p™£d. Y^aI* forthvvith ^ had not Lodovicus Sueffannsfi facetc companion, diC
t ivviiti in vita, iwaded him to the contrary,by telling him 5 that Pafqutls afhes would turnc
fSi^fiS to "°g smtncbottomc ofthc riuer, and croake worfcand lowder thenbe-
ZJlmmen .777?^ ^ritabile vatum , and therefore * Socrates in Plato advi-
[umn ad Paf feth all his faends/A 4 rejfecl their credits, to (land in awe of Poets for they
^T^t^lf^T &e 'i VM ** ^ t*$mtim» «w,/Mg tmmifi*
mgtam vvn baetnt ad lnudmum &vUupervidm. n
are
Part. 1 ,Se6t.2. Scojfes 3 Ca/umnies eye. Memb.^Subf.^
are terrible fe/lowes y and caff praife and dijpraife & they fee caufc_j. The Pro* I33
phec DiUidcompMmtsPftl. 123.4. that hisfoulevoas full of themockihgofthe
wealthy ^ and of the defjfitefulneffe of the proud, and ffal. ss-4- fir the voyce of
the wicked &c.and their h&tejois heart trembled within him, and the t err ours
of death came vpon him. Feare,and horrible feare ejrc and Pfal.6p.20. Rebuke
hath broken mine heartland I am full of heauineffe. Who h 3th not like cau (e
to complainc, and is not fo troubled^that {hall fall into the mouthes of fuch
men? for many arc of fo h petulant a fpleene 3 and haue that figure Sarcafmus n J e c ^^ u '
fo often in their mouthes,to bitter, fo foolifh , as 1 Bait afar Cafttlto notes of ' cmiai.iib.t.
them/hat they cannot Jpeakejtut theymvfl bite$ they had rather lofe a friend, 9"»' wwfcn »
then a jeft, and what company focuer they come in, they will be fcoffing.hu* qmkli^ultt-
mortngjmifufingjOr putting gulleries of fomc orother, till they haue made tiamwdere ti~
by their humoring and gulling, *cx fiulto infanum : and all to make them- Tr^nmb
felues merry: 1 dummodo rifum * hot. StrMi
Exeutiat fibi y no a hie cuiquam parcet amico, Sat -*'
Friendsjneuters^nemies, all are as one, to make a foolc a mad-rhan is thefr
fport^and they haue no greater felicity then to fcoffc and deride othersjthey
m uft facrifice to the god oflaughtcrj with them in 1 Apuleius,oncc a day,6r j . ^ '
els they fhall be melancholy themfelucs^hey care not how they grinde and
inifufe othcrs,fo they may exhilarate their owne perfems. Leo Decimusythat
fcoftingJ^f ,3$ lovius hath regiftred in the 4-booke of his lifc5 tooke an ex-
traordinary delight in humoring of filly fcllowes , and to put gulleries vpon m L*udmdo,&
them, m by commending feme, perfwading ethers to this or that \ he made ex * a ^* m
flolidu ftulttfiimossfjr maxime ridiculos^ ex ftultisinfanos 5 hee made fbft fel-
lowcs,ftarke noddies ; and fuch as were foolifh, quite madde before he left
them. One memorable example he recites there, of T irafcemtu of Parma a
Mufitian, that was fo honoured by Leo Dtcimm, zndBibiena his fecondin
thatbufineffc/thathcthoughthimfelfetobeaman of moft excellent skill,
(who was indeed a ninny ) they n made him fet foolifh fongs, and invent new n£t v f?ti*fi*
ridiculous precepts % wh;cb they did highly commend, as to tye his armc that TeS^'X.
plaid ontheLute,to make him ftrike a jfweeter ftroke, andtopuUdowiiethe dpida, quadm
Arrets hangings, becaufe the voice would be clearer £y reifon of the reverberati- fff"
on of the walLln like manner they perfwaded one RarabaHius of Cateta , that m &c
he was as good a Poet as Petrarch, and would haue him to be made a Lau- Vt VBCes
reat Poet,and invite all his friends to his inftallment;and had fo poflefled the $"^? s «
poore man- wish a conceiptofhis excellent Poetry , that when fomc of his «utius refit-
more difcreet friends told him of his folly.he was very angry with tnern.and J*v , ...
laid, P they envied hu honour and prosperity: Lt was itrange ( faith lovtw ) to & gloria fu*
fee an old man of 60 yearcs, a venerable and graueold man, fo gulled. But Mfoww'**-
what cannot fuch fcoffers doe,efpecia!ly if they finde a foftcreature,on who *'
they may worke: nay to fay truth,who is fo wife 3 orfodifcrect 5 thai may not
be humored in this kind,cfpecially iffbme excellent wits friall fet vpon him;
he that maddes others,if he were fb humored 3 would be as mad himfclfe, as
much grieued and tormented; he might cry with him in the Comedy, Prof)
Jupiter, tu homo me adigts ad infaniam. For all is in thefe things as they arc
taken; if he be a filly foule,and doc not pcrcciucit.it is well, he may happily
make others fport 5 and be no whit troubled himfclfe; but ifhc be apprehen-
fiuc ofhis folly yind take it to hart^then it torments him worfe then any lafti:
S a
Part.i.Se&2. Cau/es of melancholy. Mcmb.4.Sub/.£
t j 4 a bitter jeft,a flandcr,a calumny 5 pierccth deeper then any lofle, dangcr,bodi-
Jy painc s oriniury whatfocuer 5 cfpecially ifitftuUprocccdeirom;* virulcnc
tooguejt cuts (faith David) like a two edged fword.And they [mote with thesr
tonguss./eru^iS. and that fo hard, that they leaue an incurable wound be*
hind them. Many men are vndone by this mcanes, moped, and fo dcie&ed,
that they arc neuer to be recouered; and of all other men liuing,thofc which
arc actually melancholy ,or inclined to it;arc moft fenfible (as being fufpici.
ous jChollericke,and apt to miftake) and impatient of an iniury in that kinde,
they aggravate^and fo meditate continually ofit, that it is a peipetuall cor-
fiue, not to be remoucd, till time wcarcit out. Although they peradventure
that fo Icoffe ,doe it alone in mirth and merriment,and hold \t>oftimum ahe*
nk frui infahia, an excellent thing to inioy another mans madnes 5 yet they
1 ».» d *<7*fj8. muft knoWjthat it is a mortall finne (as *l Thomas holdes)and as the Prophet
7j \.Jnifio mr- r D^/^<Jenounceth, they that vfe/t } fba/l neuer dwell in Gods TabernAcl^.
? ViA.il Such feurrile iefts,flouts,and Sarcafmes therefore, ought not at all to bee
vfedjefpecially to our bctters,to fuch as are in mifcry, or «*ny way diftrcfied:
{ Baitbafar Ca- fot\o{wz\*rumn&rum increment a funt^ as f heperceiued. In multis pudor,
aS *** muftis iracundia e^t .many are aihamed, many vexed, angrcd , and there
is no greater caufe or furthcrcr of melancholy. Martin Cromerm in the fixi
booke of his FLftory^ath a pretty ftory to this purpofc,of^/^//7*«a the fe-
cond King of Poland^nd Peter Dunim Earle of Shrine ,they had beenehun.
ting latc,and were enforced to lodge in a poore Cottage. When they went
to bed } riadi/laus told the Earle in ieft, that his wife lay fofter with the Ab«
bot oishrine-y he not able to containe,replicd 5 Et tua cum Dabejfo^nd yours
with Dabe/fa^a. gallant yong Gentleman in the Court,whom Qhrifima the
Queene loucd.T (tigit id dtcfum Principu tnimumjhek words of his fo gal«
led the Princ c^that he was long after / r//?# ejr cogitabundm y very fad & mc»
Jancholyformanymoneths*, but they were the Earles vtter vndoingjfor
when Chriftina heard of it,fhe perfecuted him to death. For that reafon, all
thofe that otherwife approue of iefts in fome cafes,will by no mcanes admit
them in their companies, that are any way inclined to this malady ; nonio-
canduweumijsquimiferifunty & arumnop^ noieftmg with adifcontcnted
* T>e femmt pcrfon. 'lis Caflilios caveat, c IoJontantu^ and u Galatens % and cucry good
mans. Play with me, but hurt me not:
tm. leftwthme^butjbamemenot.
Comitas is a vertuc betwixt Rufiicity and Scurrility ,two Extrcames, as Affa-
bility is betwixt Flattery and Contention^ muft not exceedc , but be ftill ac-
t TMSyTufc. copanied with that t £/2\&0h* or innocency, qua nemtninocet \pmnem iniuria
eblationem abhorrens 3 hurts no man, : abhorrcs all offer of iniury. Though a
man be liable to fuch a jeft,or obloquy,hauc bcene oucrfecnc,or committed
an offence; yet it is no good manners or humanity ,to vpbraid,to hit him in
the teeth with his offence^or to feoff e at fuch a one 5 thofe icftsfas he x faith)
mumnn^i dre no better then /V*/*r/«,by ting ieftsjnordentes & acnleati, they are poyfo-
eJ^Slff nediefts,leaucaftingbehinathcm 5 andoughtnottobevfed.
y Pibranckc 1 Set not thy foot to make the blinde to fall
toS^ Nor * U f» H yoffendthy weaker brother:
Nor wound the dead with thy tongues bitter gaB i
Neither reioyce thou in the faH of other.
If
Part.i. Scd.2. Lope of liberty >fermtude,<urc. Memb.4.Subf
If thefe rules could be kept, we (hould haue much more eafe and quictneile 13 $
then we hauc,leflc melancholy.- whereas on the contrary, we ftudy to ffiiG
ufc each other, hovv to fting and gauleilikeiwo fighting bores, bending all th y mU
our force and wit> friends, fortuneSj to crucify t one anothcrsfoules ; by jnffJJuate*
meanesofwhich.there is little content and charity, much viiulcncy, hatred, &dtthmt)£" '
malice^nd difquietnefle amongft vs. SffiK
nil '.>■•- ;ii 4 Stbsbc* 5. $
jtri\w^.^«ii^i»T m nsmoW aroiff* u woK CyisfiiMfJo a^cd lj& 3 miliar//
tf/* liberty Servitude ^ mpripmmcntjjw they
caufcj melancholy.
TO this Catalogue of caufes, I may well annexe loflc of liberty, fcrvi°
tudc,or impriionment.which to fome perfons is as great a torture as
any of the rcft.Though they haue all things convenient, fumptuous
houfes to their vfe,fairc walkes and gardens, delicious bowrcs, galleries^
good fare and diet,& all things correfpondent.* yet they arc not content,be-
cauie they arc confined 3 may not come &goc at their pleafure; haue, and do :
what they w:ll,but Line y alierta quadrant another mans command. As it is ^f^**f
» inmeates,fo is it in all other things, places ,focietics,fport«, let them be ne« quadra. iuv.
|ierfo pleafant,commodious 5 wholefome,fo good; yet omnium rer urn eft fa*
tietasy there is a loathing fiticty of all things. The children of lfraelt were y£ m
tired with Manna , it is irkfome to them fo to line , as to a bird in a eage,or p>*«i.
a dog in his kennel I,they are vve3ry of it.They are happy^it is tf ue,& haue all
things to another mans judgment, that heart can wi(h, or that they thenv
•fclues ttndcC\rc,6ona ft fna nbrint-. yet they loath vl$l are tired with the pre-
•ient : Eft natura hominum mvitatis avid* , mans nature is ftill defirous of
jicwcs, variety, delights; & our wandring affections arc fo irregular in this
kinde y that they muft change^hough ir be to the worft. Bachelors mud bee
married,and married men would be Bachelors; they doe notloue their own
wiues,though otherwifc faire,wife,vcrtuous,& Well qualified,bccaufc they
arc theirs: our prcfent cftate is ftill the worft, we cannot endure one eourfe
of life long,^ quodmodo voverat edit t onc calling long^effein honoreiu,vat y
mox dtjplicet',ox\c place long, a Rom* Tybur amo ventofm^Tybure Romam y a
that which we carncftly ibught,we now contcmnc.Hoc quo/dam agit ad mor-
tem ffaich b Seneca ) quod ' frofofitafafe mutando in eadem revohuntur T ejr b UtTm^SU
non relinquunt novitati locmnjtajlidio co-f it ejfe vita^ ejr ipfus mundm,& fu- mm *'
btt iUnd raftdipmarum dehciarum^ Quouffycadem} This alone kils many
.1 man,that they are tyed to the fame ftill, as a horfc in a mill, a dogge in a
wheele,thcy run round,without alicration or newes, thek life grovves odi-
ous, the world loathfomC} and that which crofleth their furious delights^
what? ftill the fame? CMnrcas AureliwU. Salomon, \\\3x\ii& experience of all
worldly delights & pleafure, confeifed as much of thcmfelues, that what
thev moft dcfiredjwas tedious at laft, and that their lull could neuer be fa*-
tisfied,all was vanity and affliction of mindc.
Now if ir be death it felfe, another Hell, to be glutttcd with one kinde of
fportjdictcd with one diflh, tyed to one place; though they haue all things
otherwifc as they can defire, andarcinHeaucn to another mans opinion,
S % what
Paru.Se<ft.2. Caujes of Melancholy. Mcmb.4. Subf.c,
\$6 what mifcry and difcontcnt lhaJJ they haue } that liuc in flaueiy, or in prifon
it CelkiQuod trtflitts morte in fervitute vtvendum, as Hermolaus told^je.
<Lib.2. ander in c C«r/7#*,worfc then death is bondage.** Eautdem ego isfum fluifcr.
*BotemU.i. v it utem extrcmum omnium malorumeffc arbitror: lam he (faith d £oteruiJ
t<M.c9f4. tnataccom p 5 fcrvitude,the extremity of mifcry. And what mifcry doe they
cndurc,thatliuc vnder thofc hard task mailers, ingold-mincs, tinne-mines,
lcad-mincs,ftone-quarrics,cole-pits,likc fo many mouldewarps vnder groud,
condemned to the gallics,to perpctuall drudgery ,hungcr,thirft, and hripes,
without all hope of deliucry? How arc thofe women in Turkie arfedted,thac
moftpartofthcyeare come not abroad; thofe Italian and SpamfhDzmcs,
that arc mewed vp like Hawkes,and Iockt vp by their jealous hutbandsftow
tedious is it to them that Hue in Stoues & Caucs halfc a yeare together; as
« if Acre be * n IfandMufcovy pt vnder the c Pole it ftlfc, where they hauc fix moneths
any inhabi- perpctuall night.Nay,what mifery & difcontcnt doc they cndure 3 that arc in
tarns. pnfon?they want all thofe fix non naturall things at once, good aire, good
diet,exerrife 3 company,fleepc,reft 5 eafc &c. that arc bound in chaines all day
f m i*xan. long/uffer hungcr,and (as ( Luc/an defcribes it ) mufl abide that filthy fluke,
^trnvwim andratlingofchatnes i hovplings,fitifidlout'Cryes t that pr if oners vj ually m&kti
e#, & manm thefe things are not onely troublefcme^ but intole rable^* TheyJyc naftily a*
"rimum^or mon S^ toc ^ cs & fr°g s in 3 darke dungeon,in their ownedurg,m painc ofbo»
fmvmeitw t ad dy,in painc of fbule,as did. PjaLi o;,i 8. they hurt his feet in theflodes,
bMmferiMa- the iron entred hufoule^.lhcy Iiucfolttary,alone,fcqueftred from all com.
fi^Tiirepitia P*ny, but heart eating melancholy; and for want of meate_, mufteate that
bread of affliction, prey vponthcmfelues. Well might § ^rculanm put
ni breviras, b*c i on g imprifonmcnt for a caufe,efpccially to fuch as hauc liued jovially ,in all
Tt^& inZu- fcnfua!ity & luft , and vpon a fudden are cftranged and debarred from all ma.
rabiiia. ncr of pleafures: as Were Huniades^nd Richard thefecond, Valerian the Em.
* in f.Rhafi. p er0 ur,54M^ the T vrkc. If it be irkfome to miffe our ordinary companies
& rcpaft for once or an houre,what fha! it be to lofc them for euct?Ifir be fo
great a delight to Hue at liberty,& to inioy that variety of objects the world
affords;what mifcry & difcontcnt muft it needs bring to him/hat (nail now
be caft headlong into that S/4»/fJbJnquifiti6,to fallfrom Hcauen to Hcll,to
be cubbed vp vpon a fudden, how (hall he be perplexed? what (hall become
*WiiHam the °f him ? ^Robert Duke of Normandy, being imprifoned by his eldeft brother
dd 0n (?ioime Hfnn tnC ^ rft> * h * ieincon f olAif 'li dolorein ear cere contabttit y faith Ma-
%duiiRmm thevo ^ ro > m that da Y forward,pincd away with gic£c jt/ngurth that ge«
triumpho fo ncrous Captaine/mg^f to Rome in triumph and after impnfoned, through
ilmefemL °1 %u (o^and melancholy ,died. 'Roger ,Bifoopof ^/^r/jthefe.
ieftwmmifo cond man from King Stephen, (he that built that famous Caftle oiDeuifes in
?*c£& w rtblterejwto fo tortured in prifon with hunger, and all thofc calamities ae-
Mtfb mirerum companying fuch men , W vivere nolucritjnori nefcierit ,hc would not liuc,
fentmitafam & could not dye,betwixt fcare ofdeach,& torments of life. Francis King of
tltZZ ^.wastakcnprifoncrbyCW«Mf 5 ib, ad mortem fere melancholia,
fiegit met mr- faun G»icctardine y melancholy almoft to death } and that in an inftant But
%»!!Zenta ffiis is * s cIearc as « h cSun^ndnecdcsnofaithaillu(lration.
SVBS. 0.
Parti.bt&.t. Toucrtj and want, caujes.
Memb.4.Sut>C5,
*37
S T B S 1 Ci 6 .
Poverty and tvant^eaufes of Melancholy.
POvcrty and Warfare fo violent oppugners, fo vnwelcome guefts,fo
mucb abhorred of all men, that I may not omit to fpeake of them a-
part. Poverty although ( if confidcred aright to a wife, vndciflan-
dingjtrucly regencrate,and contented man ) it be do win Dce,a blcfled eftare,
the way to Hcaucn,as m chryfoftome calls it,Gods gifr,the mother of mode- ™ J^ w «
fty,& much to be preferred before riches fas fhall bee fhewed in his n place ) nJ"; riiJWiJ
etasitiscfteemcdinthe vvorldscenfure/tisa moft odious calling, vile & Mtmb.%.
ale,a feverc torture,a moft intolerable burthen, we fhunne it all, sanepe- ^ff^lf^
iu4 & anguc~>>wc abhorre the name of ir, p H en< »adm
\Paupert(tsfugitur y totc^arsejtiturorb(Lji formtdawm.
as being the fountaine of all other miferics,carcs,woes, labours, & grevgn- ^ Lnclnitku
ces whatfoeuer.To avoide whicb,wc will take any paincs, — extremes cur-
rit mercator ad Indos .W r e will leaucno haue,no coaft^io creek of the world
Vnlearched, though it be to the hazard of our liues, we will diue to the bot-
tome of the Sca,to the bowels of the earth ^ fiue,fixe,feuen,cight, nine hun- t A * fl-
dred fathom e deep , through all fiue Zoncs,and both extreamcs of heat and "J^'"*^
cold: we will turne Parafitcs and fl mes, promtute our felues , fweare & lye, mmyjm* m+
damncourbodiesandfoulcs,forfakeGod, abjure Religion^ fteale,rob,mur- tl ^ m '
der,rather then endure this vnfufferableyoke of Poverty , which doth fo ty-
rannizcjcrucify,and generally depreflc vs. „ ^
For, looke into the world, and you (hall fee men generally erteemed ae« j Tam^'dlk
cording to their meanes ; and happy, as they are rich: * Vbi^tanti quify mhmmfhh
quantum habuitfuit. In the vulgar opinion, if a man be wealthy ,no matter J^^j^ J! 4
how he gets it,of what parentage,how qualified, how vertuoufly endowed, tufa wet m-
or villanoufly inclined; let himbcabawde,agripe,an vfurer,a villaine,aPa- tum - . .
gan,aBarbanan,a wretch, t Lue/ans tyrant, on whom you may looke with lejfe m^uJJcma
fecurttyfhen on the Sunne: fo that he be rich (and liberall WithallJ he fhall be decu*jivtna y
honourcd,admired,adored,reverenced > & highly P magnified.Tfc r/V&& had
in reputation becaufe of his good) } Eccl.io ./ /.He fhal be befriended: for riches patent. Hor s&i
gather many friends Prov. 1 9.4. - -v ultos numerabit amicos jk\\ q happincfle
tbbes and flowes with his mony, he fhall bee accompted a gratious Lt-rd.a ^ft^ja^-
A/^»^,abenefa<5tor,a wife, difcrect, a proper, a valiant man, a' fortunate «« etimrex.
inan,of a gen srous (pirit.Puttus lovit & galL<n<t filiu4alb<e: a hopcful,a good f e ' t <! ^ :dv6 '
man,a vcrtuous, honeft man.Quando ego te funoniupuerum^rjrmatris partum <? *Et &
•vcre aurenmj& T T u/h faid of OBavianut^ while hec was adopted Ctfarfc an fa*** rc i mi
1 heirc apparent of fo great a Monarchy,He was a golden child. All c honor, Cy fdd«
offices, applaufc, grand titlcs,and turgent Epithets arc put vpon him, omnes Spirits, cou-
tmnia bona dicere} all mens eyes are vpon him,God blcflc his good worl "hip, ^^ft^lt^J
his honor; u cuery man fpeakes well ofhim 5 eucry man prefents him,feeks & jttkum.
files to him forhisloue, fauour and protection, tofcruehim, belongvnto ^° ft u c r r y *^ e
him,eucry man rifcth to him^s to Themipdes in the Olympicks ,if he fpeafc, ^aS/gen!
tlcman,God
Weflt htm,an<JhopefolH why?hcis hcirc apparent to the right worfliipfull, totheright honorablc,&c. « 0nmmi 6
*mmi; wbiibwKfMflat bttmtm. u Exmdefuterc tmormtt dicmm^t quifyfartunm htbttflaKtw Pfeud.
Part. i.Seft 2. Caufes of Melancholy. Memh.4. Sub£6.
138 as oilterod^ox Dei, non hominis, the voyce of God 3 and not of man. All the
M«m foitu- graces, Veneres 3 pleafures. elegances attend him 3 * golden Fottuncaccom-
ZbSlZni P anies and lodgcth with him ; and astothofc&w^Emperours^ is pi*.
ccd in his chamber, X Secura navzget aura r \
^Miomni 11 * Fortunxm^fuo te?nperet arbitrto:
j petrol, he may faile as he will hinifclfc, & temper his eftate at his pleafure, lovialf
dayes/plendor & magnificence,fwect Mufick, dainty fare, the good things^
& fet of the land.fine clothes,rich attires /oft beds , down pillowes are at hit
command, all the World labours for him, thoulands of Artificers are his:
lllTldftrent ^ aucs 3 to dradge f° r him,t unnc, ride & poaft'for him: -j. Diuines, Lawyers, 1
jwtyerki 'plot- Phy{itians,Philofophcrs 3 Schollers,are his 5 wholly deuote to his feruicc. :
niojiis, ntmti Euefy man feekes his z acquaintance; his kinred,to match with him,though.
rSfartifels, be bc an au k> 3 ninn Y^ monfter,a gobfccap,s»rwY7» ducat Davaen,when,& '
&:. * whom he will, huncoptant gcnerumRcx & Regina, — hee is an excellent
hvtmmul™ * matcn ^ or m y f° niie 5 m y daughterly neece cVc: Quicquidcalcaverit hie,
team \ueii*. *<>fi fietj&t him goe whither he will,Trumpets fourid,Bells ring &c.all hap. |
\Dmmodo fit pinefle attends him,euery man is willing to entertaine him, hemps in
tu7piltt b . Jm ' P°^° wherefocuer he comes j what preparation is made for his c entertainc-,
* pint, in lh- ment? fifh and fowle,fpices & perfumes, all thatfea & land affords. What
Aambc/fo 1 cao ^ er y3 m3s ^ n g!> m * rtri to exhilarate his perfon ?
called. d D * Trebio^ pone ad T rebium , vkfrater ah itlis
m£ U pMe Must Whatdifli will your good worfhip eat of?
«» tu n», Sat.f. ^ — ^ t fakh pomi,
^HtrjSat.u.% Et quofcun^feret ctdtustibt ' fun dm honor es ,
i^dtntt Ltirem guflet,venerabtlior Lare dmes.
Sweet apples 3 and what ere thy fieldes afford,
Before thy gods he feru'djer feme thy Lord.
What fport will your honour haue ? hawking , hunting , fifhing, fowling,
bulks, beares, caids 3 dice, cockes, players, tumblers, fidlcrs, jefters &c; they,
are at your good worfhipscommand.Faire houfes, gardens, orchards 3 gal-
TurclTL lerics ^ lear antwalkes 3 delightfome places, they are at hand, c tn aureuUc,
dtnbxcb. ^ vtnum in argenteis ? adolefcentuU aA nutum ^/*/i 3 winc,wenches &c.a Tur
tEupbomio. ^Paradifc,Heaucn vpo earth. And though he be a filly foftfellow,&: fcarcc*
'hSSSSi hzi ] C comm6n fcnfc > y et if he bc b °me to fortunes (as I haue faid) * iurth*
mm : lofty reditariofspere iubeturjnc muft haue honor & office in his courfe.iV«w mfi
mSarmcs' f^es honore dignus.^tmbrof 2 .offic.z i .now fo worthy as himfelfc: He lbal
all rich men ' " auc lt > a '£ e fl° qtticquid Seruitu aut Lakeo: get mony enough, & command
couSr $> t Kin gdomcs,Pfovinccs,Armics,Hcarts,Hands,and Affedionsj thou (halt
&c - ■ haiiePopes^atriarkestobethyChaplinsjthoufhalthaue (T*mberlin-Xki)
t mmm-'A ait Km^s to draw thy Coach, Queenestobethy Landrcfles, Emperours thy
SS£ foozles, build more townes and Citties then great Alexander, bM
t owtcyyramides and Maufolean Tombes &c.command Heauen & earth,
and *e World/tis thy ^W^uroemttur dtadema, ar.entoccelump^
T£ZZ " r > conduct , nummos tut cogit, obuL Uter*tum ? ^
samewnimr ™taQumfamUtem conciliates amicos ctglutinat.h is not with vs, as amoeft
\ h °%f Scnat ^ S ° f ^^in Plutarch, hee preferred tha?d*.
Wosroi,^ J e / ved b r e h* nA f f ™°Jl vertuous and worthy of the pUce , h not or
m &> pengthsrwdthsr friends carried it in thofidayes^ buitnter optiwes *ptf
muf }
Part i.Sc&2. Poverty and want. Memb. 4. SubCtf
mus, inter temper antes tcmperantifiimusjfoz moft temperate and b:ft.Wee 1 39
hauc no ArtHocrajie but in contemplation , all Oligarchies , wherein a fe wc
rich men domincerc, and doe what they lift 3 and are priuiledged by their
gtcatnefle. » They may freely trefpafle,and doc what they pleafe , no man &
dare accufc thcm a no not fb much as mutter againft them, there is no notice hetli6tU
taken of it,thcy may fccurcly doe it,liue after their ownc lawes 5 and for their
money ,getPardons,Indulgenccs ; redeeme their foulcs from Purgatory and
Wz\\claufumpofridet area lovem. Let them be Epicures, or ^Atheifrs^ Liber*
tines } MachiaviltanS } (as often they are,)
* Et quamvis periurus erijt jine gent e^cruent 'us, they may goc to * Her.Sat.yl.%
heauen through the eye of a neex!le,if they will themfelues,they may be ca»
nonized for Saints,they (hall be k honorably interred in Maufolean tombes, * ciim ******
commended by Poets, regiftred in Hiftorics,haue Temples, and ilatues ere- Zl&lvtlT*
tied to their names,-; man/bus iliisNafcentur viola-M he be boutifull in his Pauperis ad ft.
life,and liberall at his dcath 3 he (hall haue one to fweare,as he did by Claucii- J^** ;f s "
*/ the Emperour in Tacitus, ,hc faw his foulc goe to heauen, and bee mifera«
bly lamented at his funerall. Ambubaiarumcodegia,ejrc* T rimalcionis Topan-
ta in pct/oniui recJa w caelum abut , went right to Heauen : a bafe queane,
1 th«u wouldfi haue f corned m thy mijery to haue a penny from her, and why > ' f^. m o fj£*
t*o ho xtmmcs mets/tfiicmczfatcd her money by thebufhell. Tbefeprero-
gatiues doe not vfually belong; to rich mcn.buttofuchasaremoft partfee- miuifladema-
ming rich s l«l himhaucbut a good »outfide a he carries ir,ard (hallbeeado* ™™™ n,mos
redfov aGod,as-f Cyrus W2tS3moT)g(ithcPerJians,obfr!endtdu»i apparatus , m Hce' that
for ht6 gay tyres; newmoftmenarecfteemed according to their cloathes. J^""^'
Jn our gnllil^timeSjhimjWhomyouperaduenttirein mcdefty would giue andgold'ac^'
place to 5 as being deceaued by his habit, &prcfuming him fome great wor- ir.uftneedsbc
(hipfuil man,beleeue it^if you (hall examine his eftate, he will likely be pro* * xcvophmc]'.
ved aferuingmanofno great note 3 my Ladies Taylcr 5 or his Lordfhips Bar- riptdM.
her 5 or fome fuch gull,a Fafiidius Bruke^ aS r Petronell Flafhe, a mcere out-
fide. Only this refpeft is guien him, and whercfoeuer hccomcs 3 hc may call efifSial
for what he wi'l,and take place,by rcafon of his outward habir. noiuvcn.
But onthecontrary,ifhebepoore,Pra/./ s*i s-Mudayes aremiferable, - .
he is vnder hatches 3 deie<5ted,reiec1:ed and forfaken, poorc in purfe 3 poore in ftndm &in-
fpirit. sprout res nobu fruit, tta & animus fehabet. Though hee bee honeft, <% rf fceUfiuj*
Wifc,learned,wcll deferuing.noble by birth 3 and of excellent good parts: yet fil« m m a ™*\
in that he is poore 5 he is contemned, neglected. Fruflra fapit, inter liter as e- ? nullum um
furit, amicus moleftuS. *Ifheefleakc what babler is this} Ecclus . his nobility J^^'J-
without wealth,is ° protettavtlior algafxA he noteftccmcd:Nosvilespuffi qmdnoniuben-
natt inf cltctbus ouisjt once poore,wc arc metamorphofed in an inftant,bafc **-
flaues.and viiedtudgcs, tfortobepoorcistobeaknaue,afoole,awreteb,a % a * m Vlll &'
wicked fellow,a common eycfore,fay poorc and fay all : they are borne to * piautm.
labour,to mifery,to carry burdens,likejumenrs,///?«w^rmrow^rtf with ^jf"^
Vlyffes cotnpanions,and as chremilus obiectcd in Arifrophanes , t falem lin- non vtb'ene w-
gerejiax falt,to cm pty jakes , fay channels, pcarry out durt and dunghills, v f t: ff b ^'
fwecpe chiinnies,rub horfc hcelcs,&c. they are vgly to behold, and though ^wi/a*.
ear ft fpruce,now rully and fqualid, becaufi poore3 * mmundas frortunas a- iMunjierdeyu-
quum eft (qualorem fequi,\\s ordinarily fo. q Others eat to Hue, but they hue to f^f™™
drudge J fervtlts & mifer^gens nihil recuftre audet,a fervile generation that h '
dare
ara
>a»
Parci. Sed.2. Gmfes of Melancholy. Memb.4.Subf 6*
140 darerefufe no taske, — ? HettstuDromo sapehocflabelkm^ventulum
* Ter. Eumch. hincfacito dam Ummm. Sirrah blowc winde vpon vs whilft we waffo they
* Pup* panes arc f 00t ft 00 i es f or r j c h men to tread on ,bbckesfor them to get on horfe.
matt* commit- backei, or as r waffs for them to pijje on. They arc commonly lucn people,
S 1 cap vit rude/illy ,fuperftitious Wiots^nalty^ncleanejlovvfy^oorc^deicdedjflauiih.
t r Dtoi amies ly humble: and as Zf ^/£r obferues of the commonalty of Afrkke y natara
ilia mfenfos di- z >iliores funtjiec apudjisos duces mtiore in prtcio quam ft canes ejfent : t bafe
mfij^fS, by naturc.and no moreeftecmed thcndo^cs } m/fcram^labor/o/km } calami
totafihe main tofamvitam a^unt^ejr i^ope^inftlicem/udiores ajinu^vt e brut is plane natos
a ^T'*'*crT no lcarning,no knowledge, no civility, fcarce common fenfe, naughc
IjiabL splendor but baibariftnc amongft theni J? e//ui no more z>ivunt y ne£ calceos geftant x ney,
ratmitcmor- vejies ^ikcxoagpzs and vagabonds they goe barefooted and barelegged 3 lea'.
Twibit omiito ding a laborious,miferablc,wrctched, vnhappy life, like heap and iuments,
mciMMvum if notveorfc: their difcourfeis {ctirrility^heiry/zw^/^^y^^^potofAle,
fSkSk- ^ nere * s not an y fl auci 7 which they will not vndergoc. Inter illos plerig, l«.
meittam te'rU. trinas evacuant^ alij culinariam cur ant y altj slabularics agtmt , & id genus fu
ten Afer. rnilia exercent^cAiVe thofe people that dwcl in the x Alpsjhymny frveepers
Hduetid. Qui l**csj rrmers t aurt -daubei s ;vagrant rogues , they labour hard 3 and yet can*
Habitant inca- not get clothes to put on,or bread to eat* For what can pouerty giueelfc,
Vmrnktom^ but ^eggcry/ulfomcnaftinelfeifqualor.contcmpt, drudgery, labour, vgli!
ofceiti volte ne(Fe,hnnger and thhft.-pedt cuter nm & pulkum numerum ? as y hee well tol*
culinrumfabri, Jowed it in Aristophanes fezs and Yicc^pro pattio vefiem Lceram,& fro pvltth
f ge7I^Mum *? ri Ibidem bene magnum ad caput , ragges for his rayment, and a ftonc for
genxibommiM, his pillowc, Pro cathedra ruptt caput vm£ 3 \iQ {fits in a broken pitcher, or on
^cJmnUvi- a ^ ocke * or 2 cnaire ^ malm ramos propanihtis come'ditfrt drinkes water, &
(turn pmt. KweSs on wort leaucs,pnlfe 7 like a hogge,or feraps like a dogge, vt nunc noVu
1 1 wnce not v ip 4 affkitur Muis non putabit infaniam effe,mfalicitate?na,^sCremuhn con'
this any waies i.j i-r t- J §• i "• • •** ..
tovpbraideor eludes his lpecch,as Wepoore men hue nowadaies, who will not takeour
fcoffc as , or life to be * infehcrt'y a mifcry 5 and madnelFe. If they be of little better condhi-
Senfb P rra! on then *°f c hungcr-ftarucd beggers , wandering rogues, thofe ordinary
tha/to con- flaues ? and day labouring drudges yet they arc commonly fo preyed vpon
i°e C m a byc P x ty b yP olin g° fficcrsfor breaking Lawes, bythcir tyrannizing land-lords, fo
preflfmg,&c. fleadand fleeced by perpetual! ^cxadions, that though they doe drudge &
> cbremu'm fare hard, and ftarue their Genius , they cannot hue in fome c countries- but
^4^1- wh " l H hauc is inftantl y takcn from thcm > ^e very care they take to hue
rm onm mife- to bedrudges,to maintainc their poorc families r their trouble and anxiety
tf'twyt^ir^ weary of their lines; when
cohmbau they haue taken all pamcs, and doc their vtmoft and honcftindeauours if
lTt?T * c y b t cca /{ bchind tyficlaicflc, orouertakenwithyearcs, no manpitties
mkntxomni- w • dittrcllcdjto begge,fteale,murmurcand^ rebclI,orelfc ftarue Thefcarc
f^ hl ; mir «y^peiicdthofe^id^^^ Menenius Artm ^
TeZTJ go vern their gouernours: outlawes and rebels in mod placcf to take
c scaniia^i. vp feditious armes and m all ages hath eaufed vproares, murmuring fediti-
L M Ss in mon " Wealth ^ Cud § in 85 re P lnin ^ complaining, difcontent in cuery priuatc
Ipcakes of certaine Indians inPrancc,that being asked how tfeev liked tK^ r™,„. j j t
familyj
Pare, i , Se&.z. Vonerty and want. Memb.4. Subf.6«
family, becaufe they want meanes, to liuc according to their callings, to 141
bring vp their children,it breakes their hearts,they cannot do as they would.
No greater mifcry then for a Lord to haue a Knights liuing, a Gentleman a
Yeomans^ot to be able to line as his birth and place requires. Poucrty and
want arc generally corfiues to all kindc of men , efpecially to fuch as haue
bceneingoodandfloiirifhingeftate, and are fuddenly diftrefled, c nobly e Augu^m-
borne,libcrally brought vp, and by fomc diftaftcr & cafualty, miferably de- S^JgJ
ie&ed.For the reft,as they haue bale fortunes, fo haue they bafc mindes co-
refpondcntjthcyarenotfo throughly touched with it,
^ngnfl as animus dngufto inpetforeverfant.
Yea that which h no fmall caufc of their torments, rf once they come to be
poorc, they ace for fa ken of their friends, moft part neglected, and left vnto
themfclues. T empora fifuerint nubila folus eris , left cold and comfortlcfle,
nudusadamijftsibit amicus opes^W fly from him as from a rotten wall,now
ready to fall on their heads, Prov. 19.-4* Poverty federates them from their
* neighbours.
t Dum fort una fauet pultttm fefvatU amiti, chough he be
Cum cecidttfwpi vertitis or a fuga. IhtTi/ no
Whil'ft fortune fauor'd, friends , you fmil'd on me, ^PamiJ!°
But when fhe fled ,a friend I could not fee.
Which is worfe yet, if he be poorc S every man comemnts him, infults o- Woneflquido-
ver himjOpprefTeth him,aggravatcshis mifcry. K28&
1 Ouum cap it qua [pit a domtit fttbjiderc ^partes i u rant fe homi-
fh proclinatas omnc recumbit onus . J'J m ^ , no ^
When once the tottering hoiife begins to (hriiuke 3 Vl jn Uj
Thither comes a!! the waight by anfnftincl:.
Nay they are odious to their owne brcthreiv,and dearcft friends , Prov.fp.-,
his brethren h*te htm if be be poor e. *omne$ vicini oderunt 3 his neighbours bati \ HoV.
him.Pr'ov.Tjf.2 . k omnes me noti dc ignotl defer unt y as hce complained in the ^TtrMnucbus
Gomcedy,friendsand ftrangcrs allforfake me. Which is moft grievous^po* ^J^y
vcrty makes men ridiculous,/*// hdbet infatix pauperis durius infe , quam mimm pr*~
Cffted ridicules homines facit, they muft endure 1 fells, raunts, flour's, bio wes ^ff^^f*
of their betters ,and take all in good part fo get a meales meat. m magnum "^Jiafiu^
ptnpcries opprobrium yittbet qutdvis ejrfacere ejr patt. He muft turne Parafitc, Sat i,
jcfter/oolc 5 flaue,and drudge to gefapoore liuing, and be burfeted whenhe *%%jr X7 ,
h uh all doners Vlyffes was by MeLnthius n in Homeric reviled, and muft
not fo much as mutter againft it. Hce muft turnerogue, villaine 5 for as the
faymgiS)j\ 7 eceJs'i fas cogif ad turpi* ,poucrty alone makes mentheeues, rc-
bels,murdercrs,traitors, affafinats, hecaufe of poverty nee haue finned, Ecc/ef,
27.1. fwcare,and forfwearejbeare falfc witncfle,Iye,diiTembIe,any thing,as I
fay,toadtiantagc themfelues , andtorelieuc their neceflltics . o culpd fee- p^£^--
lerify magifiraest , when aman is driuen to his fhifts 3 what witthc not do? iJpJu* ' *
betray his fathcr,Prince,and country, turne Turke, forfake Religion, abjure
God & a\:nuflatam horrendaproditio y quam iUi lucricaufa^ f faith P Leo Afer ) ; . •
ferpetrare nolint * PUto therefore calls povcrty,tbeeuifbfacrilegiovs,ji/thy, 1 ^1$%^.
wicked, & mifchieuousJU well he might. For it makes many an vpright man pertM/uniega,
otherwifa.had he not beene in wanrto take bribes, to bee corrupt, to doc a*. ^^' ri *? s
. . /- • j* fL Omnium tfilllC"
gainft his confciencc,to lcli his tongiiCjheartjhandj&cto vfc indirect means rmtfiix.
T to
Part.i. Sed.2. Canfes of Melancholy. Memb.4.Subf 6i
142 cohelpchisprcfent cftate. It makes Princes to exad vpon their fubie&s,
great men tyrannize, Landlords opprefTe, luftices mercenary, Lawyers v u |,
ters,Phyfitians Harpyes, friends importunate , tradefmenlyers, honeft men
theeues,dcvout aflalinates , great men to proftitutc their wiues, daughters,
and themfelues, middle fort to repine , commons to mutiny, all to grudge,
murmur, andcompiaine. A great temptation to all mifchicfe, itcompells
fome mifcrable wretches to counterfeit feucral difeafes,to diim ember make
them feluesblinde,lame,to hau e a more plaufiblecaufc to beg,& loofe their
limbs to recouer their prefent wants; lodocM Damboderiuv a Lawyer of Sm,
gespraxi rerum trimind.ctf.j12. hath fome notable examples of fuchcou-
terfeit Crancks,and every Village almoft will yeeld abundant teftimonics
amongft vs,wc haue Y)u\x\xnvczis,Abrabam men, &c. and that which is Ac
extent of mifery,it makes them through anguifh&wearifomneffc of their
1 Ttkognti. uues » to makc awav themfelues. They had rather bee hanged ; drowned,&c.
* Dipnofopbifi. then to liue without meanes.
tib.it. Millies q In m(tre c aiferumine te premat a/pera erettas
tm$mW Defili & acelfis corrueCernetugu.
mentecmjiarct) Much better 'tis to breake thy necke ,
qudmtamvte drowne thy felfe i'trfSea,
&.trumnofivir. . / ■>
m commmio' *hcn iufter irkiomepouerty.
\?r£ f e p^.\l A5;W^ofold,asIfindeitregiftrcd in * i^/^//^,fuppjng in Pbidify
ponB. in ^r/^^ and obferuing their hard fare/aid it was nomarucllifthe/,*^.
Mat.KtaiM montan ^ wcrc valiant men; for his part he would rather runner vponafmrA
expeait.mSinas t • > i ■ i r r r r i 1 jr
lih.i.cap.i. point' and fo would any man tn his wtts Jthen Uue mtb (ucn baje diet, or lead jo
* Vo% Komam wretched a life J In laponia 'tis a common thing to ftiflc their children if they
^au&lmkl De poore, or to make an abort , which Arifiotle commends. In thatciuill
ex?omis,nmc commonwealth of china.iht mother ftrangles her childc, if (he be not able
ftran^iam vei tQ ^ . it vp,and had rather loofe it,then fell it,or haue it endure fuch mife-
tnfaxum did:- b r> » » _
tis t &o. ry as poore men doe; Arnobius Lib .y .adverjui gentes , * Lactanttus ub,$j.$ t
t comg.*. lib. obieel: as much to thole ancient Greekes and Romanes , they did expofetbtir
ObemviaiTa children t0 "wzldheafls^ (It angle , orhjocke out their braines againft a flcnejft
rentes fn qu am fuch cafes. If we may giuc credit to t Munfter^ amongft vs Chriftians in Li-
&l£Z" dm tuini<l ^ t l voluntarily mancipate,and fellthemfelues^thcir wiues and chil-
pd?iv)tei\a ' ^ ren ^ or A ai,es to lich men , to avoid hunger and beggcrys * many make a«
tmtkw cms. way themfelues in this extremity, ^pitius the Roman, when hee caft vphis
JefriJZTvd accounts > an d found but 100000 Crownes left, murdered himfelfe for fears
Wabfrn perpef-
he fhould be famiflied to death. P. Foreftus in his medicinalL obferuarions,
ht*l aa \ & ^ atn two memorable examples,of two brothers of Lovainjtivt being defti-
StamaZtt tllte OI ^meanes,bccame both melancholy ,& in a difcontented humour mat
fibii-fermi. facred themfelues. Another of a merchant,learncd, wife otherwife and dif-
* 'frgem pote^ creeCjlhat OL " of a deep apprchenfion he had of a loflc at Seas,would not be
rm fitpera* ve- perfwaded but as u Ventidiui in the Poet,he fhould dye a begger. In a word
tita-t per anes, this much I may coclude of poore mcn,that though they haue good * parts,
•i* flS^ the y cannot A»cw,or make vfe of them: baud facile emergunt, quorum virtu-
i»*vtomv.AL ttbus obslat res angufla komi\ the w if dome of the poore it dejpifed^andhis words
Trtftnt are not neAr ^" Ecclcf.? fflSJt amittunt confilium in re ,as Gnat ho faid. 1 Sapi-
•Umjktjte tnscrepidasfibi nunqum necfoleM fecit , a wife man never cobled (hoocs,
Parti.Se<3.i. fPoucrty and want, caufes. Memb.if. Sub£6„
as he faid of old,but how doth he prone it ? I am furc wee finde it otherwife 143
inourdayesj 3 pruinofis horretfacundiapannu. /ft^rhimfeifemuftbegge m
if he wants mcanes,and as by report he lbmetimes did,£<* from doore to Lore \?^Ta^r
and fing Ballads jvith a company of boy es about him. This common mifery of » Tcet.potenti.
theirs muft needs diftrad, make them difcontent and melancholy, as com- ^ m ^" ^
monly they are 5 wayward,{Hll murmuring and repining, Ob inopummorofi qui/auipkbat,
funt^uibus eft male ,zs Plutar chepotes out 6{ Euripides , arkhhat comicall c . anm
Poet well feconds. ^ZZlZl
c Omnes quwus res pnt minus jecuni* nejeto quomodo ebon.
Sufb ttioftjtd contumcliam omnia accipiunt ma? it x 1 Ter.ja.4.
Propter Juam impotent tarn (e credunt negligi. ht ^ % '
If they bee in adverfity , they are more fufpitious and apt tomiftakc; they
thinke themfekies feorned by reafbn of their mifery : And therefore many
generous fpirirs in fixh cafes 3 withdraw themfelues from all company. Ne-
ther is it without caufe, for wee fee men commonly refpe&ed according to
their meancs/* an diues fit omnes quarunt^nemo an bonus ) and vilified if they * Tw ¥^u .
be in bad cloathes. d Pbolopoemen the orator was fet to cu t wood ^becaufe he ^*
Was fo homely attired. e Terentius was placed at lower end oiceeilius table, ' ffci*
becaufe of his homely outfide. f Dantes that famous Italian Poet , becaufe TGen *f' M nb -
his clothes were but mcane 5 could not bee admitted to fit downe at a fcafr. 3 ' C ^* 2X * e ' a e
Gnat ho fcorned h* old familiar ffiend, becaufe of his apparcll. g Hominem iTtt-.tunucb.
video pannis^annifyobfttum 3 hie ego ilium contempfiprx me^ King Per fins o- AteJkm**
vercomc^fent a letter to - * Paulusts£milius 'the Roman Generally Perfius P. * iivMc.9,1.%
confuli.S* but he fcorned'him any anfwerc 3 tacite exprobrans fortunam fuam
ffaith mine author)vpbraidirig him with his prcfent fortune, t Carclus Pug- f
/f4A-,that great Duke of Burgundy 5 made H.Hol!and y late Duke of Exeter ex-
jld.runne after his borfc like a lackey,and would take no notice of him: & 'tis h He tbathath
the common fafhion of the world. That fuch men as arc poore , may iuftly ^Jf anm ™
be difcontent,melancholy,andcomplaine of their prcfent mifery,& all may J™ g no.
pray with » Solomon \Giue me O Lord neither riches nor pouertySeedmee with thers # OMes
foodconuentcnt forme. S/andt t
tetter man.
S 7 B S 1 Ci 7". "Prb.jo.S.fc.i
An heap e of other Occidents caufing melancholy ,
Death offiiendsjcjfes^&c.
IN this Labyrinth of Accidcntall caufes , the farther I wander, the mors
intricate I findethe pafTagc>w#/te ambages ,& ncWcaufes^as fo many by-
paths,offcr themfelues to be difcufied: To fearch out all, I were an Hercu-
lean workc,and fitter for ThtfttuA will follow mine intended thred^& point
atonlyfomcfewofthcchiefeft. Amongft which, loffc and death of friends Death of
may challenge a firft p\ace t multi triftantur^s f rives well obfcrues^/2 de- friends.
licUs y tonvtvia % dtesfeflos, many are melancholy after fomefeaft , holiday, )^\tmml,
merry mceting.or fome pleafing fport, fomc at the departure of friends on-
ly ,whom they fhall fhortly fecagainc 3 weep andhowlc >and looke after the
as a cow lo wes after hercalfc,or a childc takes on that goes to fchoole aftet
bolidaies. MtntAnusconfil.zsz* makes mention of a country woman, that
T 2 parting
Part.i.Seft.2. */ Melancholy. Mcrnb^.Subf^,
144 parting with her friends and natiuc place , became gricuoufly melancholy
for many ycarcsj and TraUianus ofanother,focaufed for the abfenccofher
husband. If parting offriends alone can workc fuch violent effects, what
(hall death doe,when they muft eternally be feparated 3 neuer in this world
to meet again? This is fo grieuous a torment for the time,that it takes away
all appetite, defire of life,extingui{heth all delights, itcaufeth deepefighes
andgroanes, teares, exclamations, howling, roaring, many bitter pangs
*f4tg.ik?t. (* Umentti,gemitufr& faminh vlulatu Teda frement J and by frequent me-
ditation extends fo farre fometi mes s k that they thinks they fee their dead
w coram aflan- friends continually in their eyes fbferuantes imagines, as Conciliator confef.
MatlumDo- fed he Taw his mothers ghoftprcfeming her felfeftill before him. Quodm.
mtus. mis miferi volunt, hoc facile credunt, ftill, Ml, ftil, that good father, that
good fonne,that good wife.that deare friend^ runnes in their mindes. torn
vfiummvi. Animus hu vm coghatione defixus efij\\ the y earc long,as * Pliny complains
tko*udio,dc- to Romanes -mi thtnkes I fee Virginius/ heare Virginius//^/^ with Virginia
fiafomcogko, us,&c. They that arc moft (hied and patient, are fo furioufly carried head*
Hm ° long by this paffion of forrow in this cafe , that brauc difcreet men many
times forget themfelues,and weepelike children^many moneths together,
as Rachel did,and will not be comforred.They are gone'.thcy are gone,
Abftulit atra dies & funere mercit acerbo, What fhall i doc ?
Qjiii dabit in lachrymas fontem mihi.quis fatit altos
Accendet gemituSjdr acerbo verba dolor i ?
Exhauritpietas oculos^ejr hi ami a frangit
Peclora,nec plenos avido finit edere (juxjlus ,
Magna adeo iaclura premit* ejre.
Fountaincs of teares who giues,who lends me groanes
Deepe fighes fufficient to cxpreffc my moanes ?
Mine eyes are dry,my breft in pceces torne,
# My loffe fo great, I cannot enough™ ourne*
So Stroza Filius that elegant Italian Poet in his Epicedi»m i bcwailes his fa
thers death,he could moderate his paflions hi other matters ( as hee confef-
ieth) but not in this 5 heyeelds wholly to forrow,
Nunc fateor do terga malisjnens ilia fat ifcit,
Indomitus quondam vigor & conflantia mentis.
*?r*f4t.lib.6. How doth iQuintilian complainc for the lofle ofhis fbnne } to defpaireal-
moft: and Cardan lament his only childc , in his booked librit prcpnj^ and
elfewhcre in many other ofhis tradts. Alexander, a man of a m oft invinci-
ble courage,after Epheftio-m death.as Curtim relates, triduum iacuit admori<
endumobpnatus, lay three dayes together vpon the ground 3 obftinatctody
with him,and would neither eat.drinke^or fleepc: fo did Adrian the Empc
rourbewailehis ^ntinous, Hercules, Hylas^Orphem, Eur idice h David, Afo-
lon' y {0 my deere fonne Abfolon)\Juftin his mother Utfonica; Niobc her chil-
dren, infomuch^hatthcmPoctsfaigned hertobec nirnedintoaftone, as
n*.v*«m beingftupified through the extremity of griefc. * oEgcvrfgnofauhrifli
conflernatusjnmare feprtcipitem dedtt, impatient of forrow for his fonncs
Si <^h,drowncd himfelfe. Our late Phyfitians are ful of fuch examplcs.^*-
mmm f * n M conJU.242^ had a patient troubled with this infirmity, by rcalon of
wmtu net husbands death many ycarcs together: Trtncaveliuslib. /. cap. t 4 , hath
fuch
Part.i.Se&.2. Other Madents and gwmnces. Memb^.Subl^
fuch another 3 almoft in defpaire after his mothers departure^/ fefirme pr&* 145
cipitem daret^nd ready through diftra&ion to make away himfelfe: and in
his 1 5 counfell,tells a ftory of onc,that was 50 yeares of age , that grew def.
per ate vpon his mothers death-, and cured by Falopius , fell many yeares after
into a relapfe,by the fudden death of a daughter which he had ,and could ne- p £x matrUob ;
ver after be rtcouered. The fury of this p anion is fo violent fomerimcs, that ^miSdlt^
it daunts whole'kingdomes and citties. Vefpafians death was pittifully la-
mented all oner the Roman Empire Jot us orbis lugebat, [r t th.Aurelius Vicior,
Alexander commanded the battlements ofhoufes to bee pulled downe,
Mules and Horfes to haue their manes fhorne off, and many common foul-
diers to be flaine,to accompany his deare EpheBions death. Which is now
practifed amon ft the Tartars , that when 9 a grear cham dieth , 1 o or 1 2 e - Matbiatk
thouf3ndmuftbe{laine 5 menandhorfcsall they meet, and amongftthofe Mlch ° u -^tcr.
T Pagan Indians xhc'w wiues and fernants voluntarily dye with them.Z,^ De- < u/pmoma-
cimusvjzs fo much bewailed in Rome.zfrcv his departure, that as foviuv sjucs r,m.M.v iM
out. communis Calm. pub hex hilarifas.xhtchrv.6n fafetv, all good frllovWhip. yenelmhb *-
peacc 3 m.rtr 3 AC plenty died with imv./anquaeoaemjepuichro cum Leone con- eosqm in via
dftatugcbantur-^xxx was a golden age whilft he liuedjbut after his deceafe oh ™\ <h*bent,
an iron feafori facceeded, wars ,plagues, vaftity,, difcontent. WhcnAugu- domi^fJirT
Jus cv/^r died,faith ? *ter cuius s orbis ruinam t/mueramus, we were all afraid, n&ferviteina-
as if heauen had fallen vpon our heads. r Budtus records, how th3t at Lewes ^^fa" '*
the rideathjdmjubtta mutatiovt qui prius digito cceluatttngere videbantur, mum™d\nt~
nunc humi dcrepenteferf ere ^fideratos effe diceres\ they that were crfl in hea- f !&c.
ven , vpon a fudden .as if they had becne planet ftroken 3 lay groueling on the > ^ J*^ '
gro und. t Concurs cecidere animisjeu frondibus ingens m our earn *u.
Svha dolet Upfis. they looked like cropt trees. r«rrfiaWa«
* At Nancy in Loraine.when Claudia Valcfiajlenry the fecond Trench kinr s \ ■. (ahtm!mi
fiftcr,ard the Dukes wife deccafed ^thc Temples for forty daies were all fruit vo \'Mtmabo^
vp.no Prayer s nor (Vtatfes.but in that roome where {he was. The Senaton s ^(jTvll^
all fecne in blacky fdfor a tmluenjonths /pace throughout the C/tty y they were femam patere-
forbid to ftng or dance. How were we affected here in England for our Titus """'/ww,
delitU huwant generis $>{\x\cz Henries immature death , as if allourdeareft ^ l^ 6 ^'^
friends liues had exhaled with his?In a word,as he u '&hhofEdwardtbejirftiM*?k
at the newes of Edward o( Caernarvan his fonnes birth ; immortciliter gavi~ ^S?f ^
7«s,he was immortally glad; may wee fay on the contrary of friends deaths, nummegum
immortaliter ^ementes.wc are many ofvs as fo many turtles } eternally dciec- K cantu tri ?*-
^wthit. .
There is another forrow , which arifeth from the loflTe of tempofall todfTmmi*.
goods and fbrtuncs,which equally affli<5teth ; and may goe hand in hand with Varis
tlie precedent IofTe of time,loflc ofhonour,office 3 of good name, ofkbour, LofFec fyZdt
fruftratc hopes, may much torment; but in my Iudgment^there is no torture x luv <™*ti-
Ijkc vnro this,or that fooner procurcth this malady and mifchiefe; Imtl^rdhk.
x Ploratur lachrymis amiffa peeunia verts: rant,ut film , fl-
it wrings true tcarcs from our eyes , many fighes and forrowes from our J£**#»*-
heartland often caufethhabituall melancholy itfelfc.Guianeritts trafl.i f.y. prZ^effidlk
repeatcs this for an efpeciall caufe: YLofle of friends \andloftc of goods, make taiium confide-
many men melancholy y as J haue often feene by continuall meditation of fuch J^'*-^
things. Thcfameeaufes ^irnoldtu FiHancvanmmcukatcs 2 Breviar. lib. 1. utifevidl *
T3 c*p.ig.
Part. i.Sed 2. Caufes of Melancholy. Memh.4. Subtz;
145 ctp.iS.txrerumamifione^damno,amicorummorteejrc. Many men arc affe-
* & uburjtui £tcd like * Irimmcn in this behalfe, who if they haue a good ikimiter ,had ra«
mu%. t j icr naue a bl ow on their armc , then their weapon hurt • they had
fca^.MetM' r a £ hcr loofe their life, then their goods: and the griefe that commcth
S^wtf*- hence, eontinuethlong (faith t Plater) andout of many dijpofit tins, pro*
rampeamitfji' caret b an habit, a Montana and Frifemelica cured a yong man of 22 yceres
C ^mi7iiwu °f a S e J tDat f° became melancholy,^ amtffam pecuniam,for a fumme of mo.
qaibittiontppoil ny which he had vnhappily loft. Sckenkius hath fuch another ftory ofone,
tempore animus melancholy becaufe he oucr-fhothimfelfe, andfpenthis ftocke in vnnecef.
52^1 ^ ar y building. b Roger that rich Bifhop of Sal/fiury J exutu* op thus & cajtris
bMbisu. a Rege StephanofyoWzd of his goods and Manors by King Stephen ^ui doloris
* Cm r l £*'n(' a K or P tm > At % tn ^mntUm verjtts* indecentia fecit, throu gh griefe ran mad,
V W*« an ' c j |-p a ^ e ant j ^ k new noc w har. Bee it by furetyfhip, fhip- wracke 3 firc,
fpoile and pillage of fouId*ers,or what lofle foeuer,it boots not 3 it will work
the like effe<5t,the fame defolation in Provinces and Cities, afwell as priuate
t T ™P la 01 **' perlbns.<4»»0 / s2 1. when Rome was facked by Burbonua^ the common foul.
jlZajnfta-' diers roads fuch fpoile, that faire -j- Churches were turned to ftablcs } oldc
bda eqoorum monuments and bookes, made horle-litter, or burned like ftraw ; reliqucs,
terfa&r co -ftty pi&ur^fcs defaced; altars demolished ,richhangings 7 carpets &c,tramp.
inf«!*bnmico- led in the durt* Their wiues and louelieft Daughters conftrupaced by eucry
cakat*, pf&- bale cullion before their fathers and husbands faces,Noblcmcnschildrcn,&
Icuiu a*' of the wcalrhieft Citizens a referued for Princes beds , were proftituted to c-
Yitomm file.- ucry common fouldier, and kept for Concubines ; Senators and Cardinals
a^H^omm themfelues,dragged along the ftreetes,and put to exquifitc torments,to co-
fefle where their mony was hid; the reft murdered on heapes, lay ftinkingin
^rumtbo^fc ^ ^ rcctcs 5 Infants braines dafhed out before the mothers eyes. A lamen*
fiV^&f. C ~ table %ht it was safes fo goodly a City, fo fuddenly defaced, rich citizens
t ita ftfuame fent a*begging to Fenice^Naples^Ancona &c: that earft liued in all manner of
m^dTc'mt™, delights, t Thofe proud palaces, that euen now vaunted their topps toHea<
& cacummkli ucny were deiected as low as hell in an inftant. Whom will not fuch roifery
vi^aTafem difcontent f Terence the Poet drowned himfclfe for the loflc of
'paucldk- fomz of his Comedies, which fuffercd fhipwracke. Whenapooreman
tmJekOa eft. hath made many hungry meales, got together a llmll fumme, which hdo-
&th in an inftant; aSchollerfpentmany an houres ftudy to no purpofe,his
labours loft &c: how ftiould it orherwifebe ? I may conclude with Gregory
temporalium Amor quantum ajficit,cum haret poffefiofAntum qnum fubtnh-
tur,urit doler^ riches doe not fo much exhilarate vs with their pofleifion, as
they torment vs with their lofle.
\ S subfc m ' Next to Sorrow ftill I may annexe fuch accidents as procure Feare ; for
Feare from befides thofe Terrors which lhaue c before touched, and many other feares, i
teTdefti^ ^ wmc h are infinite; there is afuperftitious Feare, commonly caufed by pro-
afes forc-toid- digies,and difmall accidents, which much troubles many of vs. As if a Hare
crolfe the way at our going forth, oraMoufe gnaw our clothes : If they
bleedthreedropsatnofe, the Salt fall towards them, ablacke fpotappearc
in their nailes,&c: with many fuchjWhich Delrio Tom.z. Ith.^. feci, 4. Auft*
Nifhm in his bookc de Augur ijs.Toli dor e yirg.ltb.^de Prodigijs.Sari(buricn-
d ^iccerfunt fis PoI/cratMb.r.cap.ij.difcuffc at large, they arc fo much afFe&ed, that witH
flnmainn, vcry ft rcn gth of Imaginatioi^Feare^nd the divels craft, they pullthofe d mtf-
firtunti
Part i.Se&2. Other Accidents and gneumces. Memb. 4. Subf.^*
fortunes they fujpecf, vpon their owne beads s and that which they feare ^ fhaH 147
come vpon themes Salomon fore-tellcth/n;./ .;>4.and Jfay denounceth,*^. lfjj° n l°^
which if *they could negleft and contemne^ would not come to paffe. Eorttmvi- icnuTdxd^'
res nofira refident cpinionejtt morbigravitxs agrotantium cog/tatione^jjhey ' confix. 1. 1 .
are intended &rcmitted 3 as our opinion is fixed.m ore or lefie. N.N,datpee- ^^3"^
j^faith*" Cr^ooffuchaone, utinam nonattraheret:hchpun'\(hcd, and is j ceorg.
the caufe of it 5 himfelfe: t Dum fata fugimm^ fata fiuhi mcurrimtu. ihmmm :
As much we may fay of them that are troubled with their fortunes,or ill de~
ftinies forc-feene, multos angit prxfeientia malorum. The fore-knowledge of
what lhall come to pa(Tc } crucfes many men, fore-told by Aftrologers , or
W/ihrdsjratum oh ccelum^c it ill accident,or death it k\\c. Sever us, Adrian^
Vomit/an, can teftifie as much,of whofefearc and fufpition, Sueten,Herodian f \ l to*f» to-
andthcreftofthofeWriters 3 telinrangeftoriesin this bi:\\2\k>Montanus f^fj^
confil.i /. ,hath one example of a yong man,excecding melancholy vpon this mcianchAum.
occalion. Such fcares haue ftill tormented mortall men in all ages,by reafon m
of thole lying oracles,and thofe juggling Priefts, -j- There was a fountainc in yu vmnLm 7 "
G><vc<r,nccre Ceres Temple in Achaia , where the euent of each difcafe was m*borumeti-
to be knowne; Aglajfe was let dvwnehya threed^c. Amongft thofe Cyancan IZfsfefubm
rockes at the fprings ot Lycia , was the Oracle of Thtrxeus Apollo, where all tenui fujpenfum
fortunes werefore-told^fickneffe}jealtb,or what they would befides: fo commo ^™ ul ^ d ^""
people haue bcenc alwayes deluded with future events. At this day , Metus ^04%^%
j futurorum maximctorquet Sinas , this foohfh feare, mightily crucifies them ty«*fontes&c
1 in China: as » Matthew Riccius the Iefuiteinformcth vs , in his Commenta- „* X fof mSt "
ries of thofe Countries,of all Nations they are moft fupcrftitious^and much ' ' M ***
tormented in this kind 3 atttibuting Co much to their Divmators,«r ipfe metus v Timmdepr**
ftiem fuiatxhn feare it (elfe and conceipt,caufc it to k fall out: If he foretell "'"P** l uod
nckneiie fuch a day, that very time they will be licke, m metus afpUli^n <e- vocatqj quodfu-
. gritudinem cadunt&nd many times dye as it is foretold.A true faying,T tmor &^dttq t
( mortis jnorte prior ^hc feare of death ,is worfc then death it felfe 5 and the me- ™Z?m$ r %t
mory of that fad houre 3 tofome fortunate and rich men, is asbitter as gaule i tieinfim Au-°
, Ecclus 41.1, a worle plague cannot happen to a man, then to be fo troubled ^
' in his minde. O Clotho^Megapetus the tyrant in LucUn exclaimes, let me Hue c a ™b*'JZri
,\ awhile longer. \ Iwillgiue thee a thouftnd talents of gold, and two holes he- vurimille talent
1 fdes^whicbltookefrom Cleocritus, w/£ a too talents a peece.Woes mee, ^Zum^'
* foiih anothcr,whatgoodty Ortanors fhall I leaue ! what fertile fields ! what mitto&e.
, ajinehoufe ! what pretty children I how many feruants ! who [h all gather 'my * w ^ dei ^' He *
I grapes ^mf cor ne ? muft I now dye fo well fettled! jeauea{J,fo wellprouided ? qunZ^ufo
^ Woe smeyvhattyyilll doe} \Animulavagulablandula^qu < tnuncahihisinlocaf qitmferttki
To thefe tortures of Feare and Sorrow , may well bee annexed Curtofity,
5[ j that irkfomc zittjiimiafollicitudo* fuperfuous induflry about unprofitable * ir.dnhk y&.
J things, and their qualities \is T^w^deflncsitvan itchinghumor,orakmde f^f ua ^ rti
; of longing to t fcc that which is not to bee (eene , to doe that which ought y Fiavtfecre-
' not to be done; to know that fecret,which (hould not be knowne, to eat of i* Minerv*, n
' the forbidden fruit. VVee commonly moleft and tireourfclues about things mZtuUta*
t vnfitand vnneceflary,as^rr^4 troubled her felfe to little purpofc. Be it in
Rcligion^iumanity, Philofophy,policy, any action or ftudy, 'tis a ncedlcflfe
troubIe,amecre torment. For what els is fchoole Divinity ,how many doth
I « puffle ? what froitlciTe queftions about the Trinity, Rcfurrcc^ion jElc&i6>
Parc.i.Sed.2.
Cau/es of melancholy*
Mcmb.4.Subf,^ #
'ifctf. fork,
t Stnta.
Vnfortunace
marriage,
^Avcrcuous
Woman is the
torownc of her
husband .Pro.
*M. hue fhec
3cc.
B>1*
Prcde(lination,hellrjrc&c.how many fhall bcc faued,darpned ? what els is
alLfuperftition^but an endlelTeobferuation of idle CeremonieSj Traditions ?
what is moil of our Philofophy,but a Labyrinth of opinions , propofitions,
Metaphyficall terrnes; Aftrologie, but varnc elections, prcdi&ions; Phy,
f»cke,but intricate rules and preoptions ; Philology, bat Criticifmes 5 Lo-
gickc, Sophifmes I To what end are fo many great Tomes, why doc wee
fpend fo many ycares in their ftudies?Much better to know nothing at all,as
thofe barbarous Indians are wholly ignorant, then as fome ofvs , to beefo
fore vexed about vnprofitablc toyes : Jtultus labor ettineptiaram, to build an
houfewithputpinncs,makearopeof fand ? to what end ? eui bono? Heeftu-
dres on,but as the boy told S c Attjlw, when I haue laved the Sea dry, thou
(halt vnderftand the myftery of the Trinity; He makes obferuations, keepes
times and feafons', and as *Conradus the Empcrour would not touch his
newBridc,til(an Aftrologerhad told himamafculinehourc,butwith what
fuccelTe? Hctrauelsinto£«r^, ^/Vir/^/^/earcheth cuery creckejSca^
Citty,Mountaine,GulfCjto what end ? See one promontory ( faid Soerates
©fold) one Mountaine,oneSea, oneRit*er,and fee all. An^/^w/^fpcnds
his fortunes to make gold ; Arijlotle muft finde out the motion of Euripus^
muft needes Ice Vifttviusfcvk how fped they ? One lofeth goods, ano.
t'her his Xxfc.Pyrrbus will conquer ■^dfrkke flrft 5 and then o*^*; he will be i
folc Monarchy fecond immortally third rieh,a fourth eommander.1T«r^;-
ne magno /pes 'folltcit* in urbibus errant; wc runne 5 ride. take vndefatigable
paines all,vp carly,downc late, ftriuing to get that,which we had much bet-
ter be without, (ardeltones, bufy bodies as wee are^ it were much fitter for
vs to be quiet,(it ftill 3 and take our cafe^ His folc ftudy is for words^hat they
bee Lepfdte/exeueompoji^u! tefferuU omnes y not a relia-
ble mifplaced,tofetoutaftramineousfubiccl;: as thine is about apparcll,
to follow the fa(hion } to be tcrfe and polite/tis.thy folc bufinefle: both with
like profite. His onely delight is building, he fpends himfelfe to get curious
intricate models and plots 5 another is wholly ceremonious about title?, dc«
grees,infcripticns.A third is oucr follicitous about his diet^hc redeemeshis
appetite with extraordinary charge to his purfe, is feldome plcafedwitha.
t>y meale 3 whileft a triviall ftomacke vfeth all with delight,and is neucr orTen.
ded.Bufy > niee :) ciwious wits,make that vnfupportable in al vocations ,trades,
a&ions,employments, which to duller apprchenfions is not offenfuic, ear-
neftlyfecking that which others asfcornefuHyncgle6t. Thus through our
foolifh curioltty doc we macerate our feluc<?, tire our foules, and run head-
long, through our indifcrction, pcruerfcwill,nnd want of go'uernmenvnto
many needlcfle cares and troublcs,vaine cxpences,tedious journies,painfull
hourcs,and when all his done,, quorfumbxc} cm bom} to what end?
Amongft thefc palfions and irkfomc Accidents , vnfortunatc marriages
may be ranked, a condition of life appointed by God himfelfe in Paradifc,an
honourable and happy eftate, & as great a felicity as can befall a man in this
world, 1 if the parties can agree as they ought, & Hue as <* Seneca lmdmh
his ?adma\ but if they he vncqually matchcd,or at difcorde,a greater mifcry
cannotbc expeftcdjtp haue a fcold,a Ativan harlot,a foole,a fury,or a fiend,
there can be no fuch plague. Eccles 26.14. He that hath her, uatifheehttti
fcorpon,&z6as^ witked wife makes a (orry countenance, an heavy heart, &
Pam i ,Sfct.2. Other Accidents andgrieuances m Memb»4.Subf # 7
be bad rather dwell with a Lionjhen keepe houfe with fueh « wife. Her * pro- 149
pcrtics lovianm Pont anus hath defcribed at large, Ant.dtal t T*m.2> vndcr the n ^matw 9
nameof£/^W^.OrtfthcybcnotcqualIinyeares, Ctcilttum Agetlim lib, 'g^***
*.c*/>..?.?.complaines much of an old w\fe,dum eitte mertiinbio , egomet mor-
tuns vivo inter T//w/,whilft I gape after her death,! Hue a dead man amogft
the liuingjdr if they diflike vpon any occafion,
f Judge they who are vnfortunately wed, t Dmei in fy»
What' tu to come info a loathed bed. f amuni -
The fame incdnvcniencc befalls women. A yorig Gentlewoman \t\Ba(jl *ttiymsi>rtp
was mimcdy&hhFeltx Plater ob(erttdt.lib,i, to an ancient managainfther ^t^jf^*
will,whom (he eould not affcc~t$(ric was continually melanchoIy,and pined nyjh&t?
away for griefe; and though her husband did all hec could poffibly to giue
her content, b a difcontentcd humor at length flic hanged her felfe. Many
other ftorics he relates in this kind, p Thus men arc plagued with women; ^umlbTZc^
they againc with mcri,when tbey are of diucrfc humors and conditions, he wZmnw'Ji,
a fpcndthrift,and (bee fparingj one honeft,the other difhoneft &c. Parents nati fit al "
many times difquict their ehildrcn 3 and they their parents. q 'A foolijb fonne it 7«*llvmU
an heauineffe to his mother, Iniuflanoverui Aftep-mother often vcxeth a Adeiph.
whole family jis matter of repentancc,cxercifeofpatience,fuell ofdiflcntio; s Pr0Yo
which made Cat as fonne expoftulatc with his father,why he fhould offer to r De ^. um
marry his client Soltnita daughter^ yong wench, Cuius caufa navercam in* wb i&.}.c*h,
duceret-j what offence had he done^hat he fhould marry againc? Vnkind, vn. tm i uatn
natural! fricnds,cuill ncighbours 3 bad feruants,debts and debets 5 furetyfhip, %f!°b u *7ua
the bane of many families, Spondeprsflb noxa <r/7, he fhall be fore vexed that is "reqm^miiad^
furctyfor ajirangerfro.i i.t $.andbe that bateih furetyfbip, is jure* Conten- t ^ tt9 ^ rxi
tionjbrawling.LaW'futes, falling out of neighbours and friends, 1 — dtfeordia fwrli$„L
demcm.(l< r irg.<is£n.6 .) arcequailtothefirft, gricuemanyaman, andvexe ^aw^fe*-
his foiilc.TV/^// fan} miferabtlius eorummentibus fas r Boter holdesj nothing ^Jmam
fo miferible as fuch men fall of cares ,griefes y anxieties, 4i if they were [tabbed WfH^Vv^,
With ajbarpg fxord, fear ejujp. t ion JcJJ>eration y farrow, care, griefe, are their [fj^f e i M g .
ordinary cowpxhiom. Our Welchmen are noted by fomcof their f owne Jtlrablmm
Wriccrs,to cortfume one another in this kindj but whofbeuer thcyare that
vfeit,thefe are their common fymptomcs, efpecially if they be convict or %wj&Jf*
oucrcomc/caft in a Mt.Arius put out of a Bifhoptickby Eujlachius, turned ad ornn 'm bone-
Hcretickc,& lined after difcontentcd all his life." Euery RepuHe is of like na- rum co "f km ^
til re: hen quanta deftedecidil Difgracc, infamy, will almoft effect as much, Znt"^"*"
& that a long time after. H/pponax a Satyricall Poet,fo vilified & lafhedtwo \ s P"*iim<>
Paintcjjm his Iambicks,/*/ antbolaqneofe fuficarent, * Pliny faithjboth hang. r nl^' d ,
ed themfelues, All oppositions, dangcrs^pcrplexitiesjdifcontcnts, z to Hue fitpavi.
in any fufpence;arc of the fame ranke:/*/tf hoc fub cajtt dmerefomnos.1 Who * ^fjffi*
can be fecure in fuch cafes?. Vnkindc fpccchcs trouble many .A Glafle-rhans mrm^lm
wife m ^/became melancholy ,becaufc her hufband faid hce would marry dmpendm^uU
againc if fhedied. No cut tovnkindnes, ss'thefaymgis, a frownc, an hard tm'faZt*'
fpeech,orbadlooke, efpcciallyto Courtiers, or ifuch as attend vpon great fmidijfm
Perfons,is prefent death, Internum vultu Rata,, eadita, fuo\ fuam^uim trt*
they ebbe & flow with their matters favours. Some pcrfons are at their wits nb. % a : t
ends, if by chance they ouer-fhoot themfelucs in their ordinary ; fpccchcs, y*u
•U&ions, whichmayafcercumc to chcir difgracc, oc baue anyfecrctdif* ^ J * tnt *
V dofcd*
Pert.i.Se£t.2. Cau l" °f Melancholy. Mcmby. S^i. 7 .
■-r^d^ trtfc reports of a Gentlewoman a 5 ycarcs old, that
15 falhngfoulewithonc^^^^
foo matter what) in pubhke, and fo much grieued with it,that toe d,d there
Jdens melancholsam.contabefcere, forfake all comparand in a melancho y
humour pine away.Others are as much tortured to fee themfelues reieded,
contemncd/corned^ifabled.or * left Mi»d then ' fellows. Luaan brings , n
* Turpi nim. ^ tamae fo z Philofopher in his Lapith.convtvio^ much dilcontcnted that
m ' he was not invited amongft there!*, expoftulating the matter, ma long E.
piftlc with Anflinem their Hofte. Prttextatu* a robed Gentleman in/V*.
urcb wouldnotfudowncataFcaft, becaufclie might not fit higheu\bc
went his waves all in a chafe. We fee tbeconw.on quarrellmgs that are op
dinary amongft vsfor taking of the wall precedency, & thelike,whichihogh
they be toyes in themfelues, & things of no moment ,yet they caufe many
diftempcrs,mnch hart-burning amongft vs. Nothing pierceth deeper then
* sdmtuenm a contempt or difgrace, b efpecially if they bee generous fptrits, fcarce any
t^&Ti thing affeas them morc,thcn tobedefpifedor vilifled.C^^A/^.;.
tmmver^Mt e x rmpbnes it,and common experience confirmes it. Of the lame nature is
gravm affix, ODPrc flj on Ecclcs 7.7 fureiymrefSton makes a man w^^.Banifhment a great
mifcry, as Tjrtm defers u in an Epigram of his,
Nam miferum eft p atria amifj&Jaribujfy vagart x
Mendicum,& timida voce rogare cibos:
Ommbusinvifus.quocun^accejfertt t exul
Semper crttjemper Jpretm egenfa iacet .&c.
A miferablc thing 'tis fo to wander,
And like a begger for to whine at doorc,
Conccmn'd of all the workman exile is,
Hatcd 3 reic£ted,needy ftill,and poore.
\ In fhrnf. Volynkes in his conference with locafia in « Euripides , reckons vp fine mifc
ries of a banifhed man , the leaf! of which alone , were enough to dcie#
fome pufillanimous creatures. Oftentimes a too great feeling of our owne
infirmities or imperfections of body orminde, will rivell vs vpj asi.'webec
long ficke: O beat a fanttas, te prafente, amanum
Ver floret gratis y abfy te nemo beattu:
O blefTed health ! without thee there can be no happineffe; Or vifited with
fome lothfome 4ifeafe,ofFenfiue to others, or troublefome to our fclues ; as
a (linking breath,defbrmity of our limmes,crookcdnes, loffc of an eye, leg,
hand,palencfle 5 leanneiTe,redne{re,baldnefle, lolTeof haire, or wanitjljc, m
* u lauicm ubi finer e e.epit % dtros tclus cordt infert^ faith 4 Syneftus^ he himfclfe troubled
not a little ob um& defeBHmfhz loiTc of hairc alone ,ftrikcs a cruell, ftroke to
the heart- ^cco an oldwoman,fecing by chance her face in a true glade/for
fhe vfed falfe Mattering glaflcs belike at other times, as moft Gentlewomen
doe) animt dolor e in infant am delapfa eflf Calms Rhodigtnm Mb. r 7. cap. 2 )t an
£ 9vid. mad. c Brotheus the fon of^Wf**,becaufe he was ridiculous for his imperfe-
ctions 3 tlung himfelfc into the fircSome are fairCjbut barren^nd that gaulcs
them. Hanna wept \and did not eatejdndwa^troubledinjpirit^andallfor her
harrenneffe. T.Sam, i * and Gen. 3 0. Rachel faid, in the anguifb of her foule t git*
mea$hdde t or ifhdlMei another hath too raany,onc was neuer marricd,and
that's
Paru.St&.t. Other Accidents and orieuanccs. Memb^.Subky,
that's his hell: another is, and that's his plague. Some are troubled in that 151
they ate obfcure;other by being traduced,{landred, abufed, injured: minime
mirsr eos ( as f he (aid J qui infanireeccipunt ex iniuriL I maruaile not at t r * r >
all if offences make men mad.No tydings troubles onc;illreporcs,rumours,
bad tydings or newes 3 h3rd hap,ill fuccefle^ainc hopes, or hope differred a-
nother ; one is tooeminenr, another is too bafe borne, and that alone tot*
tures him as much as the reft : one is out of a6tion,imployment', another o-
ucrcome and tormented vvithwoxldly cares, and onerous bufmefle. But j?
what f tongue can fufricc to fpeake of all ? tmm
Many men catch this malady by eating ccrtaine'meatcs at vnaWares, as ^om'acwfiii
henbane^ nightthade, cicuta, mandrakes cVc: by philters, wandring in the tercMtrerw*
Sun 5 bitingofa mad dog,a blow on the head, ftinging with that kind of fpi- 9im i" > U tm -
der called Tarantula; an ordinary thing, if we may belicue SkenckMhf.de
venenu^ Cxlabrta & Abulia in Italy jOardan fubtik l/b.p. Scaliger exercitat,
jS f .Their fymptomes are merrily defcribed by Iovianm ?ontanus,AntMaL
how they dauncc altogether and arc cured by Mufick. S Cardan fpcakes of WMeffmnk
ccrtaineftones,if they be carried about one, which will caufc melancholy ^J^*^f*
and madnelTe 5 hc cals them vnha ppy, as an K^dtmixnt , Selaiites (frc. "which fleet nddmt
dry vp the bodyjncretfc cures, diminish /leepe:Cte1o3 in Perfau, makes mcnti- euros cu%mt t
on of a Well in thofc parts, of which if any man drinke. « hee ismaUe for 24. fZt?!"™*'
houres: but thetc relations are common in all Writers, *«r.
k Hie aliiU poter am s & ptxres fubnectcre caufas^ iAd unum ^ m
Sediumentavocant : & Selinclinatjtwdumejl* * juvcn.Sat,{.
Many fuch caufes, much more could I fay, 1 i*tm befti*
JButthatforprovcndermycattlcftay: m*ut*mit*
The Sun dechnes,and I mult necdes away. mimuflima
Thcfc caufes,if they be considered, & come a!one 3 I doe eafily yceld.can doe f mt v am are '
little of thcmfelucs,or feldomc ; or apart ,though many times they arc all fuf- ™ml\m\nm*
ficicnt eucry one.yet if they concurre, as often they doc^w unita fort/or^ vemmittatur,
Etqu&nwobfunt fingulu muitanocenti they may batter a merili lUm \
ftrongconltitution; '^AujhnUiO^manygrat/jesandjmaHjands (ittkeafb/p, g»it<epiwi«!
many fmalKlroppes make a flood ejrc often reiterated 1 many difpofitions pro- & tmm m ~
duce an habit, etjch ^
tkrwufa ergo
Ma MB. << mam****
c * dim , fi nm
5 V B S l Ci I» mffutkdms,-
Continent jntvard^tttccedcntfiext caufes ^nd how
* the body xcofke%on the minder*
AS a Purly hunter,! haue hitherro beaten about the circuit of the For-
reft of this Microcofme 3 and haue followed only thofe outward ad*
ventitiouscaufes;I will now breake into the inner roomes,and rip vp
the antecedent immediate caufes which are there to be found. For as the di-
ffraction of the minde,amongft other outward caufes and perturbations 5 aI-
ters the temperature of the body, fa the diftra6tion and diftcmpcraturc of
thcBodywillcaufeadiftcmpcraturcofthe Soule, and 'tis hard to decide
which of thcfc two doe more harmc to the other, Plato fypriaa, and fornc
V % others.
Part. i.Seft z. Caufes of Melancholy. Mcmh.5. Subt ijj
2 52 othcrs,as I hauc formerly faid,lay the g. eateft fault on the Soulc , exculing
the Body;others againe accufing the Budy,excufe the Soulc, as a principal!
^^mvm a S cnt *^ nc * r rcafonsarc 3 becaule m ^^*/»^^y^//(^ the Temperature
ramnrftrit. of the body ^% Galen proucs in his bookc of that fubicct , Prefer Caleniusdy
Atra bile^ lafon Pratcnfts cap.de MantaJLemniw lib. 4 cap. id. and many a-
thers. And that which Gualter hath commented hom.io.in eptft.iohannu is
moft tru e,concupilccncc and origmall finnc 5 inclmations,and bad humours
tern"* >U * k ~ arc n ra< * ica ^ in cver y onc °^ vs > cau ^ ,n g tnC f c perturbations, affections, and
* m cer ?" e ' fcucrall diftcmpers , offering, many times violence vnto the Soulc. Enety
man it temped by his oxvne concup/fcencef lames 1.14 Jthejpirit is xotlling jbut
* Gal.j. the flefh is rveake t tnd rebelleth againjl the Jptrit, as our L^poftle teachcth rs:
that me thinkes the Soulc hath the better plea againft the body , which fo
forcibly inclines vs,that wc cannot rcfn% Nec nos obniti contra a net tender t
tantumSufficimus. How the body being materia'!, worketh vpon the im-
matcriall foule>by mediation of humours and fpirits , which participate of
both,and ill difpofed ox^ins, Cornelius Agrippa hath difcourfed lib. /. decs-
tult.philof.capJ $.64.6 $.Levinus Lemnius lib.iM occult.nat.mir. dip. n.tjr
16 2 j .injl/tut .adopt. vtt .Perkins lib. j .Cafes of Conf. cap. 12. T. Bright
*$hktex am- cap. jo. 11,12. in his Treat ifc of Melancholy. For as P anger, feare, fbrrowe,
wfla^nt- °bt r cc'tation j emulation, &c. ft mentis intmos reccjfus cccupartnt , faith
cTplm' H Lemnius y corpori quoq, infefta funt] tjr tUt ttterrimos morbos tnferunt^ caufc
mm&murbo. grievous difeafies in the Body.fo bodily difeafes affect the Soule by confent.
'ZtvfaXmi Now thc chiefeft caufes proceed from the < Heart, humors, fpirits ; as they
videmtti bebe- are purer,orim purer, fo in thc Minde, and equally fuffcrs , asaLuteoutof
1 w* 4 ' e tl,ne '^ one ft" n ?^ or onc organ be diftempcred,all the reft mifcarry/co^
* cwplrTitide onuflum Externu vitij$,antmum quo^pragravat vna. Thc Body is domicilii
mwbianmam um tnim*, her houfc, abode and ftay, and as a torch , giues a better light;*
%e°cfafmh^ fweeter fmell,accordingto the matter he is made of: fo doth our Soule per-
ficiuia } &quan- forme ail her actions, better or worfe,as her organs arc difpofed; or as wine
Si °^f lx favours of thc caske where it is keptjthe Soulc rcccaucs a Tincture from thc
mlltZTm Body , through which it workes. Wee fee this in old men, children, Europe,
bomine comity ans, A pans ,\\oi & cold Climes; Sanguine arc merry jMclanchol^ffad, Phleg-
^SScSka m3tick cd"ll } byrcafonofabundanccoffuch humours, and they cannot rc-
bmor&Mtfy- fift fuch paflions as arc inflicted by them. For in this infirmity of humane
rUihfa emft- naturc,as Melandihon declares, thc Vndcrftanding is fo tied to, andcaptiua-
'nor. te d DV ms inferiour fcnfes , that without their helpc hec cannot cxercifc his
( HtMum pra- fundtions,and thc Will being weakned^hath but a fmall power to rcftrainc
»«Sr ° b ' cho ^outward parts, but fuffers her fclfc tobeoucrrulcdbythemj.thatj
muft needs conclude with Lemniusffiritus ejr humor es maximum noeOmcn*
turn obtinent ,fpirits and humours doc moft harme in f troubling thc Soulc.
How ltiould a man choofc but bee cholcricke and angry, that hath bis body
^muZm- ^° clo SS c<J with Sundance of groffc humours? or melancholy, that is fo in-
perie generate, wardly difpofed > Thence comes then this malady , MadncfTe, Apoplexies,
vei reiinqwtur Lcthargies,&c. it may not be denied.
Now this Body of ours is moft part diftcmpercd by fomc prcccdcmd&
in venit conctu- cafes,which molcft his inward organs and inftrumcnts , & fo per sonfequens
f !!!:rJll t)dMi caufeMelancholy,according to thc confent of thc moft approucd Phyfiti*
Utaticmrabtt. ™ s - c T»h humour ( KAvncnnaltb. $% fen.i.TrtB.4X*p. iS.Arnoldus breui*
ar 9
Part.i.Sc&.z, Particular parts, Mcmb^.Sobi a.
ar.hb, j.ap. iS./accbwus comment. in p,Rhafis cap. i 5 . Montaltus rap.jo, 154
Nicholu Pifo tap. de Melan.ejrc. fuppofe)a begotten by the di(t t mperature of
fome invcar dp art jnnate, or left after fomcinftamation, or elf ? included in the_>
blood after an* ague, or fome other malignant difeafe. This opinion of theirs u u f ^
concurres with that oiGakudibj cap.if.de locu affect. Gunner ius giues an in- m fZ\ bZ£
fiance in one fo caufed by a quartan ague^and Mont Anus confil.jj, in a yong Meiamkohum,
man of 28 yearcs of age,fo diftempcred after a quartan,which had molcfted ?JjffJ e %™
him fiue yearcs together. Hildijheim fticeUz* de Mania , relates of a Dutch morblm.
Baron,gricvoufly tormented with melancholy after a long x ague, Galen, c f' lda ' ! ^pe-
lib.de atra bile cap, 4. puts the plague a caufc. Botaldm in his hookc delue fibre coxtrafta.
vener. cap. 2- th- French poX for a caufc: others, Phrenfie, Epilepfie, Apo- *^«maut.
pkxie,bccaufethofcdifcafes doe often degenerate into this. Offupprefli- XoZ° q tnm^
onof H*mrods 5 Haemorrogia, or bleeding at nofe, menftruous retentions, mian> boikuK
or any other evacuation ftopped J haue already fpoken.Only this J will add, <fc
that (ijch Melancholy as fhall be caufed by fuch infirmiries , defcrues to bee Tx.^MMel
pirtied of all men , aud to bee refpe&ed with a more tender compalfion,ac-
cording to Laurent m ,as commingfrom a more inevitable caufc.
Svbsbc. 2.
Disitmperature of particular parts.
1
/*| * Hetc is almoft no parr of the Body , which being diftempercd, doth
not caufc this malady,as the Braine & his parts 5 Heart,Liuer,SpIene
Stomacke 5 Matrix or Wornbc,Pylorus,Mirachc,Mcfcntery, Hypo- T ntnm
condries,Meferiackvcines,andina word, faith 1 ArcuUnus, there is no part libKbafnadAl-
which aufeth not melancholy ^either b'canfe it i**dufl,or doth not cxpeQtbcu
fnperflutty of the nutriment. SavanarolaPrail.maior.rubric.u.Tracl.6.cap.i. q Ua cunq t parte
is of the fame opmion^that melancholy is ingendred in each particular part, P 0t 4 fi cri
and * Crato in confil.iyMb^.Gordonius^ho is injlar omnium JiLmed.partic. rel^Ta'dm.
2. cap. 1 ^.confirmcs as much,putting the a matter of melancholy ^fometimes tn tu/yvel quia noK
the flbmacke,Liuer :> Heart f Braine,Sf>lene t Mtrach, Hypocendries, when as tbe_j t i^^ tr "
melancholy humour refides there , or the Liner u not well cleanfedfrom Mclan- cremenii. **"
tholy blood, * A I:e»f , Uci-
The Brainc is a familiar and frequent caufe,too hot,or too cold ^through X'/Xf«-
dduH bloud fo canfed^.% Met cur/alts will haue it, within or without the head, ritur.
the braine it fetfe being d ; itcmpered. Thofc arc mod apt to this difcafc,
< that haue a t ot Heart andmoift Braineyvhkh Montaltus cap.u.de Melanc. qumdbm cere.
approuesout otHaly abbas, Rbafis, and Avicenna. Mercurialid confil. 11. afc In^iquandbm
fignes the coldnefTc of the Brainc a caufc, and Saluliius Salvianta tnedJecJ.
lib. 2 .cap. 1 . will haue it «* arife from a cold ejr dry dijlemperature of the braine. bypmndriis ,
Tilo.Benediclus Vitlorius Faventinus. will haue it proceed from a e hot dtp- W acht >fP te " e *
J /-» jr t r LT>«i cumibtrema-
temperature of the Btatne ; and * Mont alt m cap. 10. from the braines heat, „ et , bumr w
fchorching the bldod. The Braine is (till diftempcred by hirnfclfe,or by con - lancboHaa.
fent: by himfelfe or his proper arFe6tion 5 as Faventintts calls it a S or by vapors gduftojZTvd
txtr* caput. c '§hti taMum cor habent, cerebrum bumidum facile melancbelici. d Seqritur mtUncbolia matam mtmferiem frU
pAm&ftccmioimi cerebri. c S*pefitexadidure cenbro ant corpore cottigente meldicbotiam. Pifo. { helper proprim affetlu>-
*m,velpereonfenfum,cumvaporet exhalaxtm cerebrm.iUjttalt.caP.i4. tAMtiki&ijpitvr mtlanchtlkwfHmm, antalinnM
ubkxr /titer ando animates fasuUaUs,
V $ which
f
Parci.Scd»2. Caujes of melancholy. Memb^.Subf^
1 54. which *rife from the other farts \and fume ip into the head , altering the ant*
mal faculties \ . » ' A
h Ab inttm^ HiUejbeim fficcl 2 Je MA»ia,xhinkcs it may be caufed from a h di/lempe*
aSto mdb ratl * re °f the heart Jometimes hvtfcmetimes eold.A hot Liuer,and a cold St*
frmdiore. mackc 5 arc put for v.fuall caufes of Melancholy.- Merturialis confil.r 1 . & con.
srtfY 09 ' fi}J con[d.S6. aflignes a hot Liner , and cold Stomacke for ordinary caufes*
k'qfetif hit- 1 Monavms in an Epiftle of his to Crato in Scoltzius, is of opinion 5 that Hy-
Tnorum bep.tr pocondriacall Melancholy may proceed from a cold Liucr 5 thequeftionis
thcrc difcuflcd. Moft agree that ahot Liucr is in £m\t,* the Litter it tAefty
vtju wfrhc* of humours &nd ejpei ■ tally caufeth melancholy by his hot and dry d temperature,
coicurrfmt^uol ijfa stomackc^and Meferiatkc veines doe often concurre ^ hyreafon of their
tte fklitiV' c & flrucfions \and thence their heat cannot be avoided^and many times the mat-
m Pcrfe jangui- ter is fo aduft^nd inflamed tn thefe parts, that it degenerates into Hypocondria*
ncm culurcntcs. ^H^i^boly. Guianerius cap t 2.TracJ.i<. holds the Meferiackc veines to be
&fics/u cV.ij a fufhcicnt m caulc alone. The 5plene concurresto this madady, by all their
o splat fiflrk - confents,and fupprelfion of Hxmrods , dum ncn expurgat altera caufa liea t
vo'e arte mei. fa^h MoataltusjfitbG n too cold and dryland doe not purge the other parts as
Itb.z.cap.n. it ought.C0nfil.23* Montanus puts the °fplenc^> flopped for a great caufe,
q "55^** P chriffovhertts a Vc*a reports of his knowledge, that hee hath knownc Me.
pMredoKtnva- , Jt r \ r * r ./-ni 1 • , r % 1 • o 1
fifeminariu ct tancholy caufed from ptitrmedbloud in thole Seed veines cx'wombe.q^r*
uere, & yum- cuianus from that men fir not* s blood turned into melancholy , and feed toolwg
fare:t*tTvd detainedfzs] hauc already declared^/ putrefaction oraduftion.
fmguinemen- The Mefcnteriu*n,ox. b\idt\ffe y Diaphragmajs a caufe 3 which the 1 Greeks
fimi* mekn- ca ]{ C£ j p^r** .-becaufe by his inflammation.the minde is much troubled with
per putrefactio' convulnons and dotage. All thele.moft part,6ftende byunflammauon ,cor«
ampd adufii- rupting humours and fpirits,in this non-naturall melancholy; for from thefe
^Magtrm. are infeendred fuliginous and blackc fpirits. And for that reafon/ Monttlfut
lErgo egtcietu cap.10.de cau/is melm .willhaue the efficient caufe of melancholy to he bote ad
C $c™didi& dryjiot a cold and dry diflemperature^as fome holdfromthe beat of the Braitu,
fuca imempm. ro fling the blood^andimmoderate heat of the Litter and bowels 3 and infiammi-
es, nun ftigida fion of the Pylorus. Andfo much tberatber y becaufe that^as Galen holds^fyi-
ttlti^npmfti ces *tfUme the blood fohtarinejfe jo aking^ agues f fludy } meditation , all which
funtfifitur caim heat: and therefore he concludes that this diffempemture caufing aduetit 'ttiout
afatTfalt M ^»^holy y isnot cold and dry ,but hot anddry.But ofthis Ihauc Efficiently
mm,&c*tum treated in the matter of Melancholy 3 and hold that this may bee true innon*
qitbdaroTTtiu natural! Melancholy, which produceth madnefle , but not in that naturall,
^ST/joh'tu- which is more cold, and being immoderate, produceth a gentle dotage
dtyvigiitijebru 1 Which opinion Geraldus de Solo maintaincs in his Comment vpon Rhtfn*
frteccdensjxe-
ditatiojludlum, c
idrJb.ef omna SVBSBC. J.
(alefaciunt^rgf
r *fo.ij & de' Caufes of head Melancholy.
AFter a tedious difcour fe of the gencrall caufes of Melancholy , I am
now returned atlafttotreatin bricfeofthe three particular fpeci*
es 5 &: fuch caufes as properly appertaine vnto them. Although thefe
caufes promifcuoufly concurrc to each and every particular ktndeiand com*
monly produce their effects in that part which is moft wcake,ill difpofed 3 &
leaft
Mtlmtb.
Part.i.Sc&.2. Particular parts, Mcmb.5.Sibf 4.
lcaftablccorefift, aadfocaufe all three fpccics; yet many of them are pro- XJ5
per to fomc onekindc,and fcldome found in the reft. As forexample,head
Melancholy U commonly caufed by a cold or hot diftempcraturc of the
Braine,according to Lwrentiu* cap. s .de meUnhwi as \ Hercules deSaxomd 1 lib r ^
contcnds,from that agitation or diilemperature of the animal fpirits alone, pjibum.de mtU
Salufi.Sdvianm bef- re mentioned lib. 2- cxp. i.dere med. will haue it pro-
ceed from cold : but that I take of natural 1 melancholy, fuch as arc foolcs *
and dotej for as Gakn writes lib. 4 depulf S.znd ^tcenna, « a cold & motH y^XTcc-
Braine u an vnfeparable companion of folly. BtU this adventitious melancho- reki frigiditas,
ly which is here meant,is caufed of an hot anefdry diftcmperature , as * Da- ]J e b ™p™ CA '
mafcen the Arabian lib.jsap.22.t\\inVc$, and moft writers. ^Altomarus and - immpam
PifocaW it y an innate burning vntemperatneffe, turningblood and choler in- 'vmata-t>Htm 9
tomeUncholy. Both thefc opinions may ftand good, as fir^/rt»aintaines 3 & j^Lm^k
Capivacciuifi cerebrum fit calidim if the Braine be hote, the animal fpttits mUncholiam
will be hot } and thence comes madneffe: if cold folly J)auidcrufim Theat.morb. cm ^l^ um
Her met .lib. 2. cap. 6* de atra bile^ grants melancholy to bee a d ifcafc of an in- fit calidim y fiei
flamed braine,but cold 5 notwithitanding ofit felfe: call da per accidens.fr igi- IP'^tmammaiu
da per fefroi by accident only, J am of Capivaccius minde for my part.Now '^T^ct-
thishumour,accordingto5^/*/*0* , isfometimc in the fubftance of the fifrigidiwfet*
BrainCjfomctimcs contained m the Membranes > and Tunicles that couer ^ T e ^ cbglia
the Braine, fometimes in the pafiages of the Ventricles of the Braine, or inputs Ledit
veines of thofe Ventricles. It followes many times * Phrenfiefong difeafes^ p°ft pkrenrfm
agues Jong abode in hot places, or vnder the Sunne x a blowe on the head&s Rhafis ZmoZl «t
informethvs: Pifozddcs folitarinefle, waking, inflammations of the head, pmuffiimm. in
proceeding moft part b from much vfc of fpices,hot wines, hot meates; all l*^ 3 "*' 1 *'
which Montanus reckons vp confil.22. for a Melancholy Jew ; and Hernius i ^ bibit vL
repeats cxp.i2*de Mania Jtiot bathes,GarIicke,Onions,faith Guianeriusjbad **t* nt '* « &
ayre,corrupt,much c wal tng,&c. retention of feed,or abundance, flopping ^ ^ nt s * b
of^^rr^/^the Midriffemlfaffeclied-, and according to Traffianus /, 1.16. ; cur* valid*
immoderate cares ,troubles,grieles, difcontent, ftudy, meditation, and ina
word .the abufe of all thofe 6 non-naturall things. Hercules de Saxonid^ cap. VZ?a™m?&
jdJib.i. will haue it caufed from a cautery, orboyledryed vp, oranyiflue. vkereexfucM.
\ i simamJ,uJh*nm centJ.curd tf/.giues inftance in a fellow that had a boyle ^hodkiT
in his arme, c after that was heahd^ran madjdr when thewound was openjje mfamam.apem
was cured againe.Trincavclius ccnfil.13. lib. /. hath an example of a melan- ^^JJJjJ
choly man fo caufed by ouermuch continuance in the Sunne , frequent vfe cai$%. "
ofVenery, and immoderate exercife. And in his conftl. 4$. lib. 3. from an
f headpeece ouerhcatcd, which caufed head-melancholy. Proffer Calcutta
brings in Cardinal Cafm for a pattcrne of fuch as are fo melancholy by long
ftudy: but examples arc infinite.
Stbsi c, 4»
Cdufes $f HypocondriaeaU$r w indie MeUnchtly*
N repeating of thefe caufes,I muft crambem bit coftamappMcrc , fay thac
againe which I haue formerly faid,in applying them to their proper Spc«
cies. Hypwndriacall or flatuous MclanchoIy 3 is that which the Arabians
sal!!
I
Part.L Sed.i. Caufes of Melancholy* Memb^.Subf^
1 5 £ call UMyracbiad , and is in my iudgcmcnc the rrtoft grievous and frequent,
though Brueland Laurentim make it lcaft dangcrous,and not fo hard to bee
knowne. His caufes arc inward or outward. Inward from divers parts or
organs.as Midriffe,Splene 5 Stomacke,tLiuerj Pylorus, Wombe, Diaphrag-
ma^creriackeveines.ftoppingoflffueSj&c.^^//^ taf % i$. out of 6V
* ixmkwtim* rcc > tcs s heat and objlrufiion oftbofemeferiacke v tines y 44 an immed'ute
guis & vent caufej?y which meanes the faffage of the chylus to the Liner is detained Jloppei
obfimmtur^ms or irrupted \andturncdinto rumbling and winde. Montana* confiL 2 33. hath
pobtttwlrM- 311 evident demonftration 3 3 r >/>^x/r//Vi« another, lib*i*caf. 12. -.and PUter a
fitM cbfii'adie- third fibfer nat Mb* j .for a Doctor of the Law vifited with this infirmity, from
C &?n77tvl& tne ^id obftru&ion and heat of thefc Mcferiackc veines^and bowels: qmni.
flat* vift'nnr. am inter ventriculum & iecur vent effervefcunt* The veines arc inflamed a-
bout the Liner and Stomackc. Sometimes thofc other parts arc together
mifarTededjandeoncurrcto theprodu6tion of this malady. Ahotliuer&
cold ftomacke or cold belly: lookc for inftances in Hollerius^ Vittcr T rinca*
veiius /onjif.j $Mb.j,Hi/defheim Spicel.2.fii t i^2, Solenander cenfil.p. promt
Lugdunenji, Mont Anus confd.22 pJtoi the Earle of Monfort in Germany /
and Frifimehca in the 235 confultation of the faid Montanus. I. Cafar Claw
dinus giues inftance of a cold ftomacke and ouerhot liner, almoft in every
confultation. conf.Sp for a certain Count: &eonf.io6£ot a Poionian Baronty
reafon ofheat the blood is inflamed,and groflc vapors fent to the Heart and
* stemcboU- Braine. Met curialis fubferibes to ihcm t confi/.S6. ^thejiomacke being mifafi
^mm\nS W & fi^ 'jWhich he calls the king of the belly, becaufe if he bee diftempercd,all
niiqZa membra the reft liifFer with him , as being depriucd of their nutriment , or fed with
*ti#$ento mbAtd bad nourifhment,by meanes of which,comc crudities, obftru&ions , winde,
&6m nimbling,griping 5 &c.i/<rrf ules de Saxonia befides heat, will hauc the weak*
neffe of the liver and hisobftruc~tiona aufe , facultatem debilem iecinoru }
which he 1 calls the mineral! of melancholy, LAurentius aflignes this reafon,
• becaufe tbeliucr ouer-hot drawes the meat vndigeftcd out of the flomackc,
and burneth the humomsJIJontanus c onf.2 jj.ptoues that fometimes a cold
liucr maybe a caufe. LAurentim cap. 12 Trincavel/us lib.i2.confil.zn&Gtnl*
ter Bruel teemes to lay the grcatcft fault vpon the Splene, that doth not Jw
duty in purging the liuer as he ought,being to great or to little, in drawing
too much blood fometimes to it,and not expelling it, as P. Cnemiandrutin
* HMefbeim. a k confultation of his notcdytumorem lieni* hee names it>and the fountainc
of Melancholy. Diocies fuppofed the ground of this kinde of Melancholy ,to
proceed from the inflamation of the Pylorus^ which is the neat-her mouth of
the Ventricle* Others afligne the Mcfenterium or MidrifFc distempered by
hcat,the wombe mifaffccledjftoppingofHemrods ,with many fuch. All
which Laurentiuscap.12. rcduecth to three, Mefcntcry,Liucrjand Spleen^
from whence he denominates Hcpaticke, Splcniticke , and Mcferiackc
hncholy.
Outward caufcs,are bad diet,care,gricfcs, d Hcontents , and in a word all
diofc fix non-naturall things , as Montana* found by his experience, conftl.
244, Solenander conffl, p. for a C itizen of Lyons in France giucs his reader to .
vndcrftand,that he knewethis mifchicfc procured by a medicine of Cantha*
*ides,which an vnskilfull Phyfitian gauc vnto his patient to drinkc ad vent-
re** exeitandam. But mod commonly fcarc 3 gticfc, and fomc fudden com*
motion
Part i.Scd.2. Caufes of windy Melancholy. Memb. 5. Subf.j;
motion.orperturbatiou of the mindcbeginneit 3 in fuch bodies efpecially as 157
are ill difpofcd. MeUnc r ibon.tracl.i4.caf.2.de anima,\vil[ haue it as comm
to men } as the mother to women,vpon fome grievous troublejdiflikejOr dif-
contenr .For as Camerarius records in his Xfe^Melantthon himfelfe was much
troubled with it , and therefore could fpeake out of experience. Mont anus
cmfd.22.fro Hel/rante /0^,conrIrmcsif, grievous fymptomes of minde l Hdmfeva
brought him to it. Randoletim relates of himfelfe, that being one day very mimi /Wf*
intent to write ou t a Phyfitians notes, molefted by an odde occaiion,hce fell amntconaiik-
into an hypocondriacall fit ? to avoid which he dranke the decoction of
vvormewood,and was freed> Melantthon( 'being the d/feafe is fo trouble forne ^nbm'cum^
and frequent jholds it a mo (I necejfary and frofit able frudie^? y fir euery man to vtik eft bum '
itnowe the accidents of itjwd a dangerous thing to be ignorant, & would tb ere v ^ mU auidm '
fore haue moll mctyn fome fort to t nderftand the caufes, fymptomes,and „ e uliyaku-
CUl'CS of it* lumhuim cau*
^ fas mnbi
rantibw*
5 v 1 $ 1 d 5,
Caufes of Melancholy from the whole Body.
A S bcfore,the caufe of this kind of Melancholy is inward or outward.
/~\ Inward, 11 vohtn the Imer is aft to ingender fuch an humour } or the fylene n Utur ^ ttim
voeake by nature and not able to dif charge his office. A melancholy fern- «d gtnerandum
perature, retention of Hsemrods,monthIy iflues, bleeding at nofc, longdif- tdwhumorem,
cafes, agues, and all thofe fix non-naturall things increafe it. But efpecially bediiior Pifo.
°baddiet,as /V/* chinks,pulfe, fait meat, (bell- fifh } chccfc 3 blackewine,&c. Aitmam.Gm-
Mercurialts our of ^verroes and Avicenna condemncs all hearbes : Galen.l. TMeimkikm
$.deloc. affecl.cap.?. efpecially Cabbage. Solikcwhefeare 5 forrow, difcon- qu/ftaredun*
tcnts,&c.butOi thefe before. And thus in briefe you haue had thcgenerall d . ant ™ hmoii *
and particular caufes of Melancholy.
Now goe & bragge of thy prefent happinciTe,whofoeuer thou art, brag gnerat quieum
of thy temperaturc,of thy good parts,infuk,triumph 3 and boaft ; thou feeft hmmm t mt *
in what a brittle ftatc thou art,how foone thou maift be deie&ed, how ma-
ny feueral waies 3 by bad diet,bad ayre,a fmall loflc,a little forrow or difcon-
tent 3 an ague,&c. how many fudden accidents may procure thy mine , what
a (mall tenure of happinefle thou haft in this Iife 5 how weake and filly a crea-
ture thou art . Humble thy felfe therefore vnder the mighty hand ofGod<, r.p e ?.
/.tf.knowe thy felfcacknowledgc thy prefent mifery and make right vfc of
it. Qui flat videat ne cadat. Thou doft now flourifh,and haft bona animijor-
poris^firtunce^oods ofbody >minde 5 and fortune , nefcis quid ferus fecum
vefperferat , thou knowft not what ftormes and tempefts the latccuening
may bring With it. Be not fecurc theo,^ foher and watch , ?fortunam reve- ? Anfmrn*
renter babeji fortunate and rich: if fick and poore,modcrate thy felfe. I haue
faid.
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Part.i.Sed j. Symptoms of Melancholy. Memtxi. Subtly
SECT- 3-
Mbmb. r. Svbsect, I.
Symptomes } or fignes of Melancholy in the tody*
q -?fttei* I* Ymptomes arc c ithcr q vniu ctfal or particular/aithOr^/w,//^.^
S^Udi cap.ip.part. 2 .to pcrfons,to (pcck%fome fignes ar efecret fome mat/if efo
manifep, qua- V-/ f 9me ^ t y B &y*f me in the minde,and diver fly vary , according to tb^j
^dm'Tcl- tnward or outward c<sufes£*Pivacc:m'. or from ftarres according to /wm,
guatione & a- nus Pontanus ,de reb.ccelejljib.i % cap t i 3.ax\& ccleftiall influences or from the
m m ,qu*dama numours diuerfly m\xt,Fic?n#s lib.j.c<tp jf.de fahit tmnda. as they arehotc,
{1 "humribM co!d,naturall, vnnaturall, intended or remitted, io Will <Atius haue meUn-
qwvtvinum* cbolica deliria multtformia , diuerfityof melancholy fignes. Laurentius&
ftZZ&c' 4 ' er ^ cs tncm t0 tneu * feverall temperatures, delights , natures, inclinations,
Divtrfafhan- continuance oftime.asthcy are (impleor mixt with other difcales, asthc
^.tteclufT' cau ^* es are divers,fo muft the fignes be,almoft infinite j^ltomar us caf.-j.arU
ex'e>n* mteme med. And as wine producemdivcrieerTec"ts,or that htzibTortocolla in r Z<w-
» Lib i.derfu. rentius ,wbieh makes fome Lmgh fome weepefome fieepe fome dance fome (mg >
*Mcils e r um f ome how le fome dr/nke,ejrc So doth ihis our melancholy humour , worke
a'tf hidu t . Ait) feverall fignes in fcuerall parties.
ViTnt^uln ^ L1C to con ^ nc thcm : the(e gencrall Symptomcs may be reduced to thofe
mndentn' e\{ the Body ox of the ^/^.Thofevfuall fignes appearing in the Bodies of
mac. dormant fuch as are melancholy be the(e,cold and dry,or they are hot and dry, asthc
to humour is more or lefteaduft. From f thefcfirft qualities arife many other
ffy^e'rit bic ffcond,asrhatof t colour,blacke,fvvarty 5 pale,ruddy,&c. fome are impenj)
^uwaiefac ruh U^ Montaltus capi6. obferues out of Galen Jib. 3. de lecis affeclis , very
tu». Z^uaridb rc d and higii coloured. Hippocrates in his booke u de Infanid & melan. rcc
fuperfiigefaft:*. kons vp thefc fignes,that they are * leane jvitheredjhollow-eyedjooke oldjcrin*
^IZlpmti. ^d, barfh 3 much troubled wit h winde, and a gryping in their bellies , or belly
caho. ake, belch often, dry bellies and hard, deiefted lookes faggy beards .finging of
» ocidt ha ex- t fr e eares ver tt.~ Jigkt headed Jittle or no fleepe.and that interrupt .terrible &
I -fftuntur cir- fearejuil dreames. I he lame Symptomes are repeated by Mclanelm in his
tumprxcordi* booke of Melancholy,colIec"tcd out of Galen } Rufus,i&tius, by Rhafisfiork-
%c\frlvmtm "** s f &d a U tn « Iuniors,y continuallSbarpe^ndftinking belchings^as if their
y. rtiga.tinmtm meat in their Jiomacke were putrtfiedyr that they had eaten fifh, dry bellies fdb-
'pumaZk f ur< ^ an d interrupt dreames 3 and many phantaflicaUvifons about their eyes,
ter tMi* & m- vertiginous ,apt to tremble , and prone to Fenery, * Some adde palpitation of
*j3ue ' tnene3rtC0 ' t ' fivent,as vfuall Syrrptomes, andakindeoflcapinginraany
\al *S P^ohhcbody fa/tuminmultiscorporispart/bus,2Wmdc ofitching, faith
, nu* abum Laurent'rus on the fuperficics of the skin,Iikc a flea-biting fbmetimcs. 3 Moth
^tX>' r ta/fus > ca P' 2I -P" ts fixcd c y cs and much twinkling of their eyes for a figne,&
d,rrm t 'find ^° dor h ^ivicennajculos habentcspalpitantesjrauli vehementer rubicund.
td_ mve*um fit, &cJ.j.Fen. T.Tra^. 4 . C ap. r8. Tbcy ftutte moll part, which hec tookc out of
rfira* otcm ff/ ^ terdtes Aphonfmes. b Rhafis makes headachanda binding heauinefe for
■ -i hipe aridlfomnui plerumq, parcm & interrupts firmi* abfurdiffma, turbulenta. corporis tremor, capitis grauedt,flttp m
<rcs,& vi fanes ante oculos.adveneremprodigi. 1 Ahomarm, Srutl, Pif;Mtmt*!tHS. *>Frequentes kabent oculormni-
yentres
tirci aura,
fames. Ahqui tamen fixit oculis plerumq, funt. "» Cent. lib. \ . Trgft. 9 . Siptt'b'nus morbifunt plunmni faUm ffrim miim,
u^thgravedottingkauiHbat^uhmavarivirj&c. lIn?«ntkeoncap. de Mttmkol'ut.
Part, i « Sed. 3 . Symptomes of the 'Body. Memb, 1 . Subi. i •
a principal! token,**«4& leaping ofwinde about the skinne^as well as Jlutting, I
er tripping in Jpeech , ejrc. hollow eyes^ grcjfe veines, and bread hppes. And al«
though they be commonly leane, hirfme, vnchearefull in countenance, wi-
thered , and not fo pleafam to bctiold , by reafon ofthofe continual! fearcs,
griefcs>and vexations; yet their memories arc moft part good, they hauc
happy wits, and excellent apprehenfions. Their hot and dry braines make
them they cannot fleepe, Ingentes k&bent & crebrasvigilias(Areteus)
Mighty and often watchings/omctimes waking for a month, a yeare toge-
ther. c Hercules Ac Saxonia faithfully averrcth,that he hath heard his mother l^deMe^
fweare>me flept not for feaucn months together: T rincavelltus Tom. 2, con f. choiia.
id. fpeakes of one that waked 5 o dayes^and Skcnkhts hath examples of two *j? lv ™
yeares. In naturall actions their appetite js greater then their concoction, Sj'^","^
mult a afpetunt,pauca digerunt,asRhafts hath it,they coiiet to eat,but cannot iniomrmtmcn
digeft. And although they d he eat much, yet they are leane, ill liking , faiths- t ^ t ^ a i./ u f'
reteus.withered and hardynuch troubled with cofiiuenejfe , crudities, oppila- f^oe'notidm
tions,fpitting/)elching,&:c. Their pulfe rare and flowe, except it bee ofthc &c.
« Carotides which is very ftrong; but that varies according to their intended ^^kX*w*~
palfions orpertiirbations,asS/r^/Avhathprouedatlargc, SpigmaticA ar- epiftjib.i.crat.
tislib.q.cap.i j.To fay tnuh,in fuch Chronicle difeafes the pulfe is not much ef f r : , mul r ' atH n
to be reflected, there being fo much fupcrftition in it ; as f Cr4/^notes,and ^J^metim
fo manv differences in C?.i/«7?,that he dares fay they may not be obferued, or due>e, totdttfe-
vnderftpod ofany man. "f^* d J'
1 heirvpmeis moll part paJe.and low coloured, Vrtnapauca^acrispilicjay ie» 0i ncq.'mei-
(Aretem jNot much in quantity,butthis in my iudgemet,is all out as vncer- a w?«
tainc as the other,varying fo often according to fcucral! pcrfons,habits 3 and "ljp/ trua "
©thcroccafions,ncctoberefpccl:cdinChronicke difeafes. g Their melan- iT.Brigbtcio
choly excrements in fomc very much, in others little , as the Spleene playes hu *J^' 4 f a ^*
fart, and thence proceeds wmdcpalpitation of the Hcart,fhort breath,plen- jucbimu in 1 j
ty of humidity in the fto:nackc,heauineflc ofheart and heart- ake, an intole- 9 ?M li : ldc ™
table ftupidity anddulncfle of fpirits. Their excrements or ftoole hard,b'ack fn^nc""
to fomc and little. If the heart,brainc,Iiucr,fplene,bee mifarfec~ted,asvfually veimrcm.%.
they are,many inconueniences proceed from then>, many difeafesaccom* '^J«i •
pany,as Incubus, h Apoplexy,Epilepfie,Vcrtigo, thofc frequent wakings & me sJZ]
terrible dreamcs.intempcftiue Iaughing,wecping,(ighing 5 fbbbipg,blufhing modbfim^
trcmbling,fweating,fwouning,&c k All their fenfes are troublcd,they think (im
they fee 5 heare,fmell.and touch 3 thac which they doe nor,as (hall bee proued c it.
90 the following dife'ourfe. TXimdf
ken ajjicltt lib,
SVSSBC. 2 s 3
Symptomes or fignes itt i be Minder*
T A ^ CH - An(ls ^* *d Almtnfor. cap.id. will haue thefe Symptomes*
f\ to be infinite,as indeed they arc,varying according to the parties,^ 1 jtpbetifm.^
[circa is there one of a thousand that dotes alike, Laurentius cap. if* ivb.de melan.
Some few of greater note I will point at ; andamongft the reft, Feare and ^Ic^m**
Sorrow ,\vhi'ch as they arecaufcs,fo if they perfeuere long,according to 1 Wp timffr&piifii*
picrates m & Galen's Aphonfines, they are moft aflured fignes, infcparablc forf&tih
Xa (Companion$ 3 ^ w,,r,,tf,>? »
Part. i.Sed j . Symptomes of Melancholy. McmUi • Sub£2»
1 60 companions,^ characters of melancholy; Of prefent melancholy,and habi-
tuatcd.faith Mont alt w cap.2r.1nd common to them all,as the faid Hippocra*
tcsfialen,Aviccnna$L all Ncoterickes hold. But as hounds many times run
away with a falfe cry, neuer pcrceiuing thcmfclues to bee at a fault, fo doc
thcy.For.D/<><r/^ofold, fwhom GdtntQvSxxzi) and amongft the /untors t
tude^MdMcb J HercH ^ es Saxo»ta } take iuft exceptions at this Aphorifmeof Hippocrates^
rit!raetjs ti s not alwayes truc^or fo generally to be vnderftood, Feare and Sorrow arc
i6io.perBoir no common Symptomes to all melancholy {upon morefcrtoui confederation^
MiZiHgmis 1 fi ffe ^ e f ome ^ ait h hc ' that Are not fi At *^ Seme indeed are f a ^ afid not fare*
banc rem wji* fulkfome fearefull,and not fad, fome neither fearefuHytor fad y fome both. Foure
deranti, pout kinds he excepts/anaticall pcr(bns,fuch as were Caffandra^Manta^Nicofira-
X^mi£m ^a,CMopfm t Proteu4^ the Sybills, whom* y*r//?<tf/<rconfe{Teth tohaucbecne
vmon& ti- decpely melancholy, Baptifta Porta feconds him, Phyfiog. Itb.t. cap.S. they
^Pr'ob lib werc Atr * ^ f ercitt: daemoniacall perfons. and fuch as fpeake ftrange lan-
guagcs,areof this ranke $fome Poets,fuch as laugh alwayes,and think them-
fclucs Kings,Cardinals,&c. fanguine they are, & plcafantly difpofed moft
llpi^Jbiu' P art 5 cont i nuc ' t Baptifla Porta confines Feare & Sorrow to fuch as arc
wuit'ofiigida coldjbut fach as are Loucrs 5 Sybilles,Enthufiaftes., he wholly excludes: So
biiu atrajaiidi j nat j thinkc T may trucly conclude.they are not alwayes fad & fcarcfull 4 but
&tmtdt:at r . , r J . . J m ' , A r f , \. ,. _ , >.
qui calidi t inge- vlually lo.' and tnat without a cauje 5 timent de non timendis , Gordomust
ttiofi, amajji, di- qutty momentt non funt ^although not all alike (faith Altomarm) ?yet all li keif
V fiigatf&T f eare * ^ f ome with an extraordinary and a mighty feare ^Areteus J Many feare
o Omnet e'*er- death \and yet in a contrary humor jnake away them fe lues, Galen. lib. 3. de Uc.
tent mtm & affecl. cap. 7 .Some arc afraid that Hcauen will fall on their heads; fomc,they
'efufa*' & ^ arc ^am ncd,of fhall be. \ They are troubled with fcruples of :onfcience } diflru-
r Omnei timent fling Go fa merciesjhinkc they fhallgoe certainly to Hell,and make great [amen*
Imt^mtmidi tAtion J a f on Pratenfo.Vttre of imminent dangcrjloff^difgrace ftill torment
modJ. fctiui. others,ftc. that they are all glaffe, & therefore will fuffcr no man to come
Tetrab.Hb.z. necrc them;that they are all corke , as light as feathers *, others as hcauy as
^fng'emipaua- ^ cac *3 *° m€ arc l ^ c " nca ^ s ^ °^ tneir ^^Wcrs, that they haue
re trepidant, frogs in their bellics 3 &c. r Mont anus confil. 2 3* fpcakes of one that durfl not
* MM mmem vfialke alone from horn'', for feare he fhou/d forvne. or die. A fecond f feares every
fbnpfis mortem be meet es -mil rob htm x quarteilvotthhtm % or kill him. A third dare not
stn[cifcmt,*Uf venture to walkc alone/or feare he fhould meet the divell,a thecfe,beficke;
wir * 4 * U ^ carcs a ^ °W women as witches, andeuery dog or cat he fees, he fufpeð
■\Apgitm to be a divell,anotherdarcnot gocoucrabridgecVc.orcome neereapoolc:
HZ* fc !** u[ s arc* afraid to be burned, or that the « ground will Cinkevnder them, or
vime mifericor- x J*>*Uow them qutcke y or that the King will call them in que fl ion for fome faft
A* dtffidenteiy they neuer did (Rhafis cont.J and that theyfballfurely be executedjslhe terror
fxdllmntml °^ ucn a death troubles them, and they feare as much, and are equally tor-
$ne dtpbrantes. niented in mind, y (ts they that haue committed a murder, ejr are penfme with-
f $rdZ7nl~ 9Ut * eau f e ' M *f the y ™ re noy * P re f eml > t0 h p«t to death.Plater.cap.3Je men.
deficeret. tualienat. they arc afraid of fome loffc, danger, that they fhali furelylofc
6 MMdmo- their liucs,goods,and all they haue, but why they know not. Trincavelius
TrmeT^' ""A; 1 ^ib.ihzd a patient that Would necdes make away himfelfe,for feare
Avkennn. ' of being hanged, & would not bee perfwaded for three v«crcs together but
8 Mi combat, 75
ttjfdeRegc.Raj*. « Xeterri abforbeantur. Foreflut. * He tern dtbifcut, G or inn. ? My t'more mmk tentnM,<trmt*
m gratia pnna^sm futmpt aliauid cQmmtfflti & *i fuftlkim reymi.
that
Parti.bcft.j. Symptomes of the mmdc. Memb.i.Subfe,
that he had killed a man. Plater. obferv At. lib. /. hath two other exampIcs,of iti
fuch as feared to be exeeuted without a caufc. If they come in a place where
a robbery, or any offence hath bjn done, they prefently fcarc they arc fufpe-
&ed,and many times betray thcrafelues without a caufc. Lewes the //.the
French King/ufpc&ed euery man a traitor that came about him, durft trult
no m an . ^dlij formidolofi omnium ^lij quorundam . ( Fracaftontu lib, 2. de In*
telle ft '.J 2 - fome fear e all dike \fome certaine men , & cannot endure their com- *Aim domt.
panies,are fick in them ,orifthey be from home. Some fufpc& treafon (till, faosmtt y aVtm
others Are afraidof their dearefiandneareji friend. ( Melahelius eValeno, T%!^%' t
Rufo,v£tioJ and dare not be alone in the darke, for feare of hobgoblins and mfubat. Xunl.
divels: he fufpe&s euery thing he hearcs or fees to be a divell, & imagineth f r '^
a thoufand Chimeras & virions $ another dares not be feene abroad, c loue$ iiue'lariffi-
darknejfe as lifc,and cannot endure the light to fit in lightforoe places, his m -M
hat ft ill in his cycs,hc will neither lee ,nor be feene by his goodwill, Hippo- dfamtntfmet
Antes Ith de Injania & MelancholiaMc dare not come in company for feare 1 Mc m hem
he fhould be mifufed or difgraced, or ouerihoot himfclfe in gefture or fpee- F odi ' e * imet >
ches 5 or be fickc ,he thinkes euery man obicrues him, or aimes at him,derides rh>c ttti
him.oweshim malice. Moft part d they are afraid \they arebevp itched^ foffef ^'gmofa fitgit,
fedjorpoifonedby their enemies, and fomctirncs they fufpecl: their neereft \fjp^Jfa
friends; he thinkes fomethwgfpexkes or talkes Within him^er to him , and bee ftiritm *bi.
belchctbcfthepeifon. chrtflophorvt aVtgxhb.i.tay.i. had a Patient fotfou- mmicit ?' ne f>-
blcd,that by no perfwafion or Pnyfick.hecould be reclaimcd.Some arc afraid tiQnibmfbTfZ
that they fhall haue euery fearefull difcafe they fee others haiie, heare of, or taut obie£iari p
readc^and doe not therefore hearc or read of any fuch {ubiect, nonotofmc-
lancholy it fclfc,left by applying to thefeitics that which they heare or read, nefcmfJr,™"
they fhould aggrauate & incrc ifcit. If they fee one poflcfledjbcwitch'd, or J'f'P^&de
anEpileptick Paroxilme, amanfhakingvviththepalfy , or giddy-headed, Zb7lZdtm
reeling or (landing in a dangerous place &C: for many dayes after it runnes idem Montai-
jn their mindes^thcy are afraid they fhall be fo too, they are in like danger,as ^J^'* 1,
?fr£//w^.^^#.a:wellobferuesinhis Cafes of Confcience,and many J}™ '
times by Imagination they produce it. They cannot endure to fee any terri- TraHknm nh
bIeobie6t 3 asaMonfter, a man executed, a carcafc, or heare thediuellna-
med jOr any Tragicall relation, but they quake for itwjlccates (omniarefibi
videntur (Lucian ) they dreamc of hobgoblins, & cannot get it out of their
mindes a long tiitwe after: they apply fas I haue faidj all they hcarc,fec,rcad, *^!l7o%'lh
to themfelues; as c Felix Plater notes of fome yongPhy fitians,that ftudying met, mfiqucd
to cure difeafes, catch them themfclucs, & will be fickc , & appropriate all ^Mic!!"'"
fymptomes they find related of others, to their owneperfons. Generally of i-.timeotmex,
them all, de in ambus femfer conquer untur , & t/ment, faith Areteus\ they mt ffi ca »f*
complainc of toyes and feare/ without a caufe. As really tormented & per- S^iSs*
plexed for toyes & triflesf fuch things as they will after laugh at thcrnfclues)
as if they were moft materiall & eflentiall matters indeed, worthy to be fea- l^i'^J^
rcd,& will not be fatisned.Pacifie them with one,they are inftancly troubled vi^mtrra-\
With fome other feare, alwayes afraid of fomething, which they foolifhly i- tionemfemyer
magine or conceiue to themfclucs.troubled m mind vpon euery fmall occa- f^jf^J^
fion,ftilIcomplaining,grieuing,vexing/uipecl:ing 5 d>fcontcnt,8icannotbe optimefigerunt
freed fo long as melancholy endureth. Yet for all this,as S lacchinus notes,
in allother things tbejAU wfcjflayed, Jifcrcet, Andd*t^>nothing'vnbefee~ temtmnittm
* Ittfiiesam
mat
Part i.Se&.j, Symptomes of melancholy. Memb.i.Subf.i,
Itfa wing their drgmty^perfon^ or place, thisfoolijh , ridtculotu andchtldijbfeare
excepted, which fo much , fo continually tortures and crucifies their foulcsj
and jo long as Melancholy laftctb,cannot be avoided.
Sorrow is that other Character, & infeparablc companion,/^/ Achates,
as all Writers \vitnes,a common fymptome, a continiiall,& ftill without a-
* A'tomrui n y evident cau fc 3 h mxrtnt omnes % ejrjtroges cos redder e caufAm^ son pojfunt,
^nfmi? 1 "' gluing ftil),but why,they cannot tell: they looke as if they had newly "come
forth oiTrophoniw den. And though they laugh many times, & feeme to be
extraordinary merry (as they will by fits,; yet extreme lumpifhagaine in
an inftant,dull & heavy, jemcl&fimul^ merry and fad, but moft part fad:
• mm. E'l.i. i si quapUant ^abeunt^immicA tenacius h&rent, forrow ftickes by them ftill,
*OvM.Mct.\. continually gnawing, as the vulture did k Tttius bowels, and they cannot a-
vnide it. No fooner are their eyes open, but after terrible and troublefomc
dreames,their heavy hearts beginne to figh : they are dill fretting, chafing,
He&utontimoi umenoi yvtin^ themfckies, 1 difquieted in mind, with reftlefie,
vnquictthoughts.difcontenr, either for their owne,other mens,orpublickc
arTaires,fiich as concerne them northings pzft.Lugubru <^dte frownes vpon
them 5 m Co much 5 that Aretem well cals it, angorem&nimi, a vexation of the
mind. They can hardly be pleafed, or eafed, though in other mens opinion
» mr jj C( j e , m oft happy, goe,tarry ,run,ride, m pofl equitem fedet a, ra cur a: they
cannot avoide this ferall plague.Iet them come in what company they will,
» yk&, n hsret Lteri lethalu arundo , as a Deere tha: is (truck , the griefc remaines:
the feare^t irturejcarcjlcloufie.fwfpinon, &c .* and they cannot, be relieued.
• Maud. He- $° he complained in the Poet.
mtirrtt, M. u Domum rev er tor m£ftws } xt^animo fere
fi» iu PerturbAto, atq ; incerto pr<t <egritucline y
K_yddfido .oceurrunt.fervi foe cos dctrabufft:
Video altos fejiinAre, leilos fiercer <l^ 3
Canam apparare, pro fe quifq, fedufo
Tteiebantj quo Mam lenirent miftriAtn.
He came home forrowfiill 3 and troubled in his mind, his {eruants did all they
pofiibly could to pleafcl.im^onc pulled of his focks, another made ready his
bed 3 another his fupper, all did their vtmoft endeavours to eafe his griefe,, &
to exhilarate him,but he was profoundly melancholy, he had loft his fonne,
iUudangebat y his paine could not be remoued. Hence % proceedesmany
*t4i\mwi*i times,that they are weary of their lines, udium vita is a; common fymp-
tomc,tardA fluuntjngrAtafe temporary ar foone tired with all things, they
will now tarry mow begone; now pleafed,thcn againe difpleafed, now they
like 5 byandbydiflikeall,wcaryofall,/^^/^r nunc vivendi, nunc moriendt
* Attemvus. eu pido, faith Aurelianmjih. i .cap, .but moft part P vitam damnant, difcon-
tent, difquieted, perplexed vpon euery light, or no occafion, obic£b often
<s Seiuu. tempted to make away themfelues; <1 Vivere nolunt jnori nefctunt^ they can-
not die,they will not Hue; they complainc, wecpe, & lament, & thinke they
lead a moft miferablc hfe,efpeeially if they be alone,idle,& parted from theit
ordinary company, or moleflcd, difpleafed, prouoked; griefc, fearc, difcon-
tcnt,fufpition,or fome fuch paflion forcibly feizeth on them. Yet by-and by
when they come in company againe, which they like , or be pleafed, fum
fcntentiAm rurfui dAmnantj& vittfoUtio dcfctfantur 9 a,s Qftuvius HorAttA*
ml
Part.i.Sc&.j. Symptomes of the mmde. Memtu.Subfo.
nus obfcrucs ltb.2,cap.f. they condcmnc their former diflike, and arc well I63
pleafed to liue. And fo theycontinuc^till with fomefrcthdifcontent thev be
molefted againe, and then they are weary of their liucs , they will dve, and
(hew rather a ncccirity to Iiue,then adefire./*/.Ce/«r Claudius con/lj^h.d
a Polontan to his Patient.fo affe&ed, that through feare and forrow, with tL m&fm*
which hec was ftill difquieted , hated his owne life , wiftied for death cucry ulTmTm^
Tiioment,and to be freed of his mifery. mortem fibipt-
, utam
trul"
Sufpition ,and Ieloufle, are general! Symptomes : they are commonly dif
iftfull,apt to miftake,jW/f /rafcrbilesy f tefty,petcifh,pecuifli and ready to babet
fliarlc vpon cucry * fmalloccaiion, cum amiczpmis^a^ without a caufe, da- Su1 i' ltio ».
turn vet non datum jt will befcandalum acceptum. If two talke together, and t Fatili^ntm
whifper, ieft, or tell a talc in generally hec thinks prefently they mcane him, wdimt. Am*
applycsri\toh\mfc\k,--defeputatownzadici. Or if they talkc with him, I '^ ( f'' e
he is ready to mifconftcr cuery word they fpeak, interpret it to the worft, swawoi*'
he cannot endure any man to looke fteedily on him , fpeaketohimalmoft. P ra tt-w'<*<
Vdocxta&it*
laugh 3 jeft 3 orbefamiliar 5 orhcm, or pointjCough, or fpit, or ma'keanoyfe / gmm
fometimes &c. u He thinkes they laugh,or point at him, or doe it in difgrace »« t&}.Fen.u
of liim,circumventhim,contemne him ; heispalc 3 red 5 fwcatsforfearc and
anger,left fome body fhould obferue him. He workes vpon it, and long af- /&" ' eM *
ter, tins falfe conceipt of an abufe^troubles him. Montanm confiL 22. giues 11
inftance in a melancholy ]ew,that was fo wafpifli and fufpitious. tarn facile der 'l M ^ m ? t0 '
1 ij li t. 1 • r , r . , . 1 J mota.CratoepiJt
irAtu$\\\2X no man could tell now to carry nimielie in hb comp my. info Akxan-^
Inconftant they arc in all their actions , vnapt to refolue of any bufineflc, dnm con f' l8 **
they will 5 and will not,perfwaded to and fro vpon cucry fmall occafion, or Inconftancy,
wordfpoken: and yet if once they bcrefblued^bftinarCjhard to be reconci-
led, if they abhorrcjdiflike^ordiftaftc, if once fettled, though to thebettct by
oddes.by no counfcll or perfwafion to be remoued. Yet in mod things wa-
uering,vnab!e to deliberate, through fcare,faciunt,dr mox faclipcemtet (A*
retew ) avari^rjrpaulb poU prodigi. Now prodigall, and then co vetousj they
doe,and by-and-by repent them of that which they haue done_, foon weary,
and ftill feeking change, erected and deiccled in an infant 5 animated to vn*
dertake,and vpon a word fpoken againe difcouraged.
Extreame faponnte, Quicquidvolunt 7 valdevolunt \ and what they dc Paffionacc,
fire,they doe moft furioufly fceke: cnvious^nalitious, covetous, muttering,
repining difcontcntjpeeviflij/^r/rfr^/^f^pronc to revenge^and moft
violent in all their Imaginations , not affable in fpeech, or apt to vulgar co-
plement, but furly, dul! ,fad, auftcre; held therefore by fomc, loft, fottifh,or
halfe mad.as the Abderites cftecmed of Democritm : and yet of a deep reach,
excellent apprchenfion, iudicious 5 wifeand witty: for I am of that f Noble- 1 KmnJi
mansminde, Melancholy advanceth mens conceipt s \ more then any humour "M'df"*
tvhatfieuer.lhcy arc of profound iudgment in fome things, although in o-
thevs y non retTc indicant inquieti ,faith Fracafior'mlib,2,de InteU. And as Ar»
€uUnusfap,i6 % in p.Rbafs jtcivmcs it, Iudiciumplerum^perverfum i corrupts
eum/udicant honefia^nhonefia-y & amicitiamhabent pro inimicitia: They
count honefty ; di(honefty* friends as enemies; they will abufe their beft
fricnds,and dare not offend their enemies.Cowards moft part,^ id infer en-
dam iniuriam timid/fimifaith Cardan Itbj.cap.AoMrcrum varietat .Loth
to offend 5 and if they chance co ouer-ftsoot thcmfclucs in word, or deed,
they
Paru.Scdtj • Symptomes of Melancholy. Mcmb.i . Subf^
164 they arc miferably tormented, and frame a thoufand dangers and inconvcnU
ences to themfelues/Ar mufed elephant urn Monet they conceit it: Yet again,
many of them defperat hairebraines^afti, carelcfle, fit to be Aflafinates , as
iTraftdenet being voidc of all Fearc and Sorrow, according to j Hercules de Saxonia,
tap*. ' Mojl audacious ^and [tub as dire rvalke alone in the night, through defarts and
ambulant per dangerous places, fearing none^>. They are prone to loue^ and * eafie to be ta«
feM^ni ken . Propenfi ad amor em & excandefcentiam/ Mont alt u* cap. 2 i )quickly ina-
mmmimtnt. morcd,and dote vpon all; loueonedearely, till they fee another, and then
Ahom'™*"*' ^ otc 011 ner ^ hanc,dr hanc^&illa/? omnes. Yet fome again cannotendure
Amorou*. the fight of a woman ,abhorrc the fcxe, as that fame melancholy y Duke of
y iodine. Mufcovy^lm was inftantly ficke, if he came but in fight of them : and that
ti!p*tri!m.'}£ z AnchoritCjthat fell into a cold palfie, when a woman was brought before
xoi.vauiiu him.
Abbxs &£*f4 Humorous they are beyond all mt&Cutcjnultd abfurda finvuntA' * rrtiont
perfcverat,ut alien*/ lai.cn j Frambejarms ) they faigne many ablurdities, voice 01 realon;
necveftem, nee one fuppofethhimfelfetobeaDog^Cock^Bearc^Horre.GlairepSutter&c.
™tfem™ojjitl' ^ e * s a Giant,a Dwarfe,as ftrong as an hundred men,a Lord, Duke, Prince,
&c &c. And if he be told he hath a (linking breath.a great nofc,that he is fick,oc
cwfuiThb 1 mc ^ ne ^ t0 ^ ucn or ^ l,cn a difeafejhe beleeues it ef cfoones, and by force of U
n.cwf. " magination,will workcitout. Many of them are immoueable, and fixed ia
their conceipts^others vary vpon eueryobiecT:,heard or feene. If they fee a
StagC 'play,they run vpon that a weeke after jif they heareMufick,or fee dan*
« r cing,they haue nought but Bag-pipes in their Brainej if they fee a combat,
as they are tnc y arc a H f° r armcs. a if abufcd,an abufe troubles them long after; ifcrof-
plcafed or diC- fed,that crolfe &c. ReftlefTe in their thoughts, and continually meditating,
thc^continu^ ^ ut *g r ifi m w d > van * Finguntur JpeciesMorclike drezmzrs^then men a-
allcogitatios, \vzkc y cogittttiones fomniantibtts (jmile$, id vigilant, quod alijfomniant cogittt-
Sn^fin^ btmku SiiWfohh Av/cenna 3 thzy wake, as others drcame, andfuchfor the
b' omeTtxer- m0 ^ P art aye ine ' E Imaginations and conceits, b abfurd,vainc,foolifh toyes,
ma vtrn'jn- yet they are c mpft curious and follicitous continually fupra modum^Rmfis
^oVtlioMi 11 COf3f -^.r.cap.p . frtmcditantur de aliqua re. As ferious in a toy,as if it were a
imcNo.'-BtU' moft neceflary bufines,of great moment, and ftill, flill, ftill thinking of it: fa-
ep& ajjtdu*. viant in fe } macerating themfelues.Though they do talke with you ,& fcem
bJrinimU.*' to DC otherwifeimployed, & to your thinking, very intent & bufie, ftill that
Areteus. toy runnes in their mind, that feare 3 that fufpition, that abufe^that vexation,
uif' l,deln ' that caftle in the ayre,that pleafant waking dreame whatfoeuer it is. Necin*
* Hoc mclm- terrogant ( faith d Fracaflorius )nec interrogate recTe rejpondent* They do not
zMKuomnibm much heed what you fay their mind is on another matter 5 askc what you
qttcKfemdima* will ? they do not attend. Tis proper to all melancholy men, faith c Men*-
ginationes vaide rialis cofil.i 1 .what conceit they haue once entertainedjo be mofi intent {uioltnt y
ncepermty non co „tinually about it. Invitis occur rlt y doe what they may^they cannot be
fedhtetumvd rid or lt^gamit their wills they muit thmke of it a thoufand times ouer, Per*
invitk femper p e tuo moleHanturjtec ablivtfci pojjuntfhcy arc contin ually troubled with it,
"nuimdtfen. in co m P an yjO"tofcompany5 at meat,atcxcrcife,ar all times &: places, \no*
deftnunt ea^ux minime voluntycogitarejiit be offeafiue efpecially, they can-
not forget it.
S %cfp'^' £ Crat0 -^ Laure ^ us ^ Ferneliusjpn bafhfulnefTc for an ordinary fymp-
EaMu incOc. tomejubrufticus pudorpi vitiofm pudcr, is a thing which much haunts and
torments
PartJ ,Se£t 3 . Symptoms of the mtnde. Memb, 1.6 ubu.
torments them though fome on the other fidef according to h FracaJloriw) 1^5
bztnverecundi &pcrtinaces, impudent and pecuifh. Moft pare they are kL ft*-&J*°
very ihamefaft: & that makes them with FctMefenfts^chripphcr Vr(mck y UVt
and many fuch, to rcfiife honours^fficc^Sc preferments, which fometimes
fall into their monthes,they cannot fpeak or put forth themfclucs as others
can, timor hos^pudor impedit iitos, timoroufnefle and balhfulnefle hinder
their proceedings. For that caufe they feldomc viUte their friends, except
fome familiars? pauctloqui^fevj words,& fometimes wholly filent 3 f Fram-
bejArim a Frenchman 3 had two fuch Pmcnts^mmtfo taciturncs^aixi friends *
could not get them to fpeake: of fmall,or nocomplemen^vnfociablc, hard
to be acquainted with^cfpccially of Grangers; they had rather write their
mindesjthen fpeake,and aboue all things lone Solitarinejp. Ob voluputem,
an oh timer em (elsfunt? Are they fo folitary for pleafure ('one askes Jos s °fa*«nefi<°
painci for both: yet I rather thinke for fcare and forrow &c»
* Hint metuunt, cupiuntfc dolentjfugiuntfy nec auras ' V#g.&n.
Rejp ctuni ckuft tenebru, & car cere caco.
Hence'tis they grictie and fcare. avoiding light*
And (hut them (clues in prifon darkc from f«ghr a -
A s Better ophon in k Homer, * Jl. t*
Qui mijer in fylvU mcerens err ah At opacify
Jpfe frntm cor tdens^hominum vejlig/a vitAn$ 4
That wandered in die woods fad all 'alone*
Forfak'ng mens focicty, making great nioanc-
They delight in woods and watcrs,de&rt places,to walke alone in orchards^ ' y * mlum *r
Gardens,pnvatc walke$J>acke-lancs,averfe from company , as Diogenes in ^"mlhZ;
his tub,or T mon Mifanthrop m 3 thcy abhorrc all company at laft,cuen their &f»lit*m fe-
ncerelt acquaintance^ d moft familiar friends, confining them fehics whol- mt "
Jy to their Chzmncvs, fugiunt homines fine cmfaf faith Rbajts)& cdio habent y
(ont.l b.i.c ip q\i was oneofthechiefefireafous , why the Citizens of Ab-
dera ufpected Demosritut to be melancholy and mad ; becaufe that as Hip-
pocrates related in his Epiftle to PhiUpcemenes^ m heforfo&ke the Citty , and It- m Vwocrltu*
u-ci tn groues and hollow trees, or vpon agreem banke by a brooke flde 3 or ionflu- ^/'j? *
ence of waters ill day long.and all night. Qjt.e quidem (Taithhe, 1 plurimum atra gvcjfetwq, '
bile vexeitts i & melancholicu eveniunt fefcrta frequent Ant 3 bominum^ con cutm mfteiun-
gteffumaverfantur. D Which is an ordinary thing with melancholy men.
The iA.gyftiani therefore in their Hiereglyphickes } exprefted a melancholy bm,veiintene.
man by a Hare fitting in her forme, as being a moft timorou s and folkary b ^f^ 1 ^
creaturc,/VVr//# Utercglyph lib. 12. But this,and all precedent fymptomes, quorum crebrai
are more or lelTe apparcnt,as the humor is intended or remitted,hardly per- qfatajka-
ceinedinfome,or nor at all.moft manifeft in others. To fpeake in a word, ^caudet tmi-
there is nothing fo vainc,abfurd,ridicnlous, extravagant, impo&We, incre- Wu.dUur^do*
dible fo monftrolis a Chymcra,fo prodigious and ftrange, fuch as Painters ^ a ^ ^
and Poets durft not attcmpt.which they will not really feare, faine, fufpeft, & fahu* f*m
and imagine vnro them (clues: All extreamcs,contrarieties, andcontradiclv- ^J 7 ^ 1 ^^
ons^nd chat in in finite vmctics^MeUncbolici plane incredibtlia fibiferfu*-* paferfiiitarius
Aentjit vtx ommbw f*cnlis duo refer ti fint 3 qui idem imaginati fint 3 Erafiu4 de in tmfb.
LamifsScarie two of two thoufand, thatconcurrc in the fame fymptomesj 1*^*^™*
butasiaaRiuerwcfwiromcinthcfameplace, though not in the fame nt»- m^pg^
Y ' raerkall
Part.1. Se&.$. Symptomes ofMelanchty, Memb.i .Subf 3*
\ \i6 mericall water: as the fame Jnftrumcntaffordcsfciicraillcflons a fo the fame
difcafe yceldes diuerfity of fymptomess which howfocucr they bee divcrfe,
intricate,and hard to be confined,! will adventure yet in fuch a vaft confufi.
on and generality ,to bring them into fomeorder 5 and fo defcend to parti-
culars,
S
SVBSBC. g.
Particular Symptomes from the influence of Starr es f
Parts of the Body y 4nd Humours. •
Omemen hauc peculiar Symptomes, according to their tempera"
mcnt and Cr/Jis, which they hauc from the Statres and tbofeccldhall
influences,variety ofwits and difpofirions,as Anthony Zara. contends,
An at. ingen. feet. i. memb* 1 1.12.13.1 4. flurimum irritant influent i& c<el(Bes t
t ' Vek.ltt.es. vnde cientur animi £gritudines &morbi corporttm P One laith,diucrledilea-
' ^ 1,mmb ' les of the bqp'y and minde proceed from their influences , r as 1 haue already
proued out of Ptolomy, Pontanus, Lcmniu>s ^Cardan, and others, as they arc
principallfignificatorsofmaners^difeafesjmutuai'y irradiated, or Loidsof
the geniture,&c. Ptolomeu* in his centiloquy, or Hermss^or vvhofoeuer elic
the author of that Tra6t,attributes all the fe fymptomcs,wh'ch are in melan«
choly men to cekmall influences: which opinion Mtrcuri.tlu de ajfeftMb.i.
ipfrebcwUJl. ca P J r 0.reiec't.S}but as I fay/ Iovianm Pontanus^nd others ft lfly defend. That
fifc10.ay.13. fomearefolitary^dulljhea'vyjchurliflvfomeagaineblithjbiixome^ightjand
merry , they afcribe wholy to the ftarrei'. As xiSnturne be predominant in his
* JM indagi- natumy,and caufe Melancholy in his temperature, then 1 hee (hall bee very
*t>GQciemni. a u frere 5 fullen,churlifli blackc ofcolour.profound in his cogitations, full of
cares,mifcries, and difcontents, fad andfearefullyilwaiesfilcntjfolitary, mil
delighting in husbandry, in Woods, Orchards, Gardens, Riuers.Pondes,
Pooles,darke wajkes and clofe* Cogitationes funt v e lie adiflc xre \v 'tile ar bores
p/antare^agros colerej&c.Gatch Birds,Fifhes,&c.aod ftilcontriuing and me-
ditating of fuch matters. Xilupiter domineirs 3 they are more ambiiious,ftiiI
meditating of kingdomes,ma^iftracies,offices,honors,or that they aicPrin*
ces,Potentates,and how they would carry themfelues oVc. If Mars jhey are
all for warres, brauecombats, Monomachies , tefty, cholericke, harcbraine,
rafh 5 furious,and violent in their a&ions.They wil faine themfelues Victors,
Commanders 5 are paflionatc and fatyricall in their fpecches, great braggers,
ruddy of colour. If the Sunne they will be Lords, Emperotirs, in conceipt at
leaft,&Monarch$ ; giueOr1ices,Honours,&c.lfA?«w,thcyare ftill courting
of their miftrefles & moftapt to loue.amoroufly giuen,they fee me to hcare
muficke,plaies a fee fine pi6l:urcs,dancers, merriments 3 and the like: Euer in
loue.and dote on all they fee. Mercurialifls are folitary , much in contem-
plation,fubtile,Pocts,Philofophers, and muling mod part about fuch mat-
jers. If the Moonehzue a hand,they are all for peregrinations, fca voyages,
much affected with trauells,to di{courfe,read, meditate of fuch things^ wan-
dering in their thoughts,divers,much delighted in watcrs,to fifti , fowle,&c
But the moft immediate Symptomes proceed from the Temperature it
£elfe,and the Organicall parts 3 as Hcad^ Liuer , Splcenc, Mcferiacke Veincs,
Heart,
Part.i.Se&. j. Symptomes fromftarres, bumours&c. Memb.i. Sut>£ 3 *
Hcart,Wombe a Stomacke,&c. and moft specially from diftemperature of ) by
Spiritsfwhich as \ Herc.de Saxonia contcnds,are wholy immaterial ;orfrom t^w.*
the foure humours in thofc feats whether they bee hot or co!d > r>aturalI > vn- m * n °
naturall,innate or aducntitious.intended or remitted , fimple or mixt, and
their diverfc rnixturesjand feuerall aduftionsjcombinations, which may bee
asdiverfly varied,astho(e^ foure firft qualities in x Clavius , and produce "Mumidum^ca*
as many feucralLSymptomes and monftrous fictions as wine doth effects, h ^£ Hjimi
whichas Andreas Bachius ob fetucs lib. 3 Je vino cap. 20. ate m&nke. Thofe *cem.ini.ejf,
of greater note be thefe. uhannu & sd.
If it be natural! Melancholy ,as T. Bright cap, id. hath largely defer ibed,e!» **'
ther of the Spleene,or of the vcinesjfaulty by eXcelfe of quantity,or thicknes
of fubftance,it is a cold and dry humour } as Mont&nus zftumesconjil.io'. the
parties are fad,timorous,and fearefull. Proffer Catenas in his booke dej atri
bile willhaue them to be more ftupid then ordinary 3 cold,heavy ,«hill,(blita-
tyAti%g\(h>Si?HHltamatram bilemejr frigidamhabent. Hercules de Saxon?*'
txp.i6dib.-j 7 vtiltbaue thefe that Arc naturally melancholy , to be of a leaden co* j si reflet me*
lour or blackest fo will Guianerius cap.j.trafi. j j. and fuch as thinke them- ^fjf?
felues dead many times,ifitbein exceife. Thcfc Symptomes vary accor- bticoitru\ut
ding to the mixture of thofe foure humours adull, which is vnnaturall Me- "j&>iJ*pidi : f<>*
lancholy. For as Trallianus hath written cap. 16Mb. 7. * There u not one caufe l "^"„' vm wgm
of this Melancholy \nor one humour xchich begets it y but divers diucr fly inter- imloii* can/a
mixt from whence proceeds this varietie of Symptomes, And thofe varying a- t ^ r>ecvyimhu "
gaine as they are hor or cold. a Cold M elan choly({i\\\\ Bene die \ Vittortus Fa* ftdpkre'f&a*
*ventinus prac7.mag.)ls a caufe of dotage ^and more milde Symptomes, if bote or l,Ui all,<r r,!Ma "
more adufl, of more violent papons,an<i furies. Fracapr'ius lib. 2. deintelkfi, ^T^taZ
will haue vs to cOnfider well ofir, b rvtth what kindeof Melancholy every one fentimtfyinp^
is troubled for it mtleh availes to knowe itjnc is enraged by feruent heat^ arte- fa-
ther is poffeffedby fad andcold, one u fearefull, foawefa H j the other impudent dus7ctir,itlhfa
and boM. As Aiax, Arma rapit ftp er of % fur ens in prxlia pofcit ; qu ite mad or ht<mor .
tending to madnefle. /Vaw bos nunc impetit illos. Bellercphou on the Other vSSfc^
fide, foils err at mate fanus in agris ^ wanders alone in the woods, onede- fettquaquify
fpaires,wccpcs,and is weary of his life,another hughes, &c. All which vari- mlanch f tli *
ety proceeds from the feuerall degrees of heat and cold, which f Hercules de
Saxonia will haue wholly proceed from the diftemperature of (pints alone, %tta?,itimfa
animall cfpecially,and thofe immatcriall, the next and immediate caufes of ^fintinii-
MclanchoIy,as they are hot,colde,dry , moid, and from their agitation pro- S,m mumc*-
ceeds that diucrfity of Syrnpromes,whtch he reckons vp, in the fig. cap. of
his Tract of Melancholy, and that largely through every part. Others will TratilcMd:
haue them come from the divers ad uftion of the foure numours, which in mtiln*
thk vnnaturall melancholy 3 by corruption of blood,aduft choler. or melan- ( H^^ xmcKi :
ti ii / s> j-rt rr 1 • ^ r pme&aytatu
choly natural!, * byexceffmc dtltemper of heat ^ turned jn compartfon of the^j mjphfatmji.
naturall.into ajharpe lye by force of idujlion, caufe according to the diver fit ie^> ni mat ™*'
#/ their matter finer fe andflrange Symptomes ^hich T. Bright reckons vp in \ ^frcatM.
his following chapter. So doth <* Arculanus^ according to the foure princi- ?Am*.**
pall humours ado(V,and many others. ^Brighten
For example , if it proceed from flea gme y ( which is fcldomc and not fo t Praa, main.
frequent as the rci\J e it ftirrcsvp dull Symptomes, and akindeofftupidity, ^mwns^igen
impaflionatc hurt: they arc flccpy, faith f Sauanorolafiullfio w^cold^bloo ™ Wo
Part. i.Scd j . Symptomes of Melancholy. Memtxi . Sub(
1 6 8 kifajZffcAikeydfiw/ram melancholiam^ § Melantthon calls it, they are muchgi*
* De anima. ven to wepingfnd delight in w iters, ponds Jooles, riucrsjijbing, fowling,
tapjehmmji ejrc( ' ^drnoldusbrcv'tar.i .cap. iS) They arc h pale of colour, flowe, apt to
fm^tmTqm fl{ ? c P c > hc * vv 3 much troubled with head-acb> contiouall meditation, and
ferefimt& cir< muttering to themfelues,theydreameofwaters, k that they are in danger of
afUvinjb* drowning,and feare fuch things, Rkajis. They are fatter then others that arc
rantmu tum> me j anc } 10 | Vj p a i cr) of a muddy complcxion.apter to fpit, 1 fleep,morc trou-
k Pigranafcitur bled with rheumc then the reft,and haue their eyes ftill fixed on the ground.
% C dboHulti ^ UC ^ 3 P a " cnt na( * c*l es deSaxcniajk widdowe in Fen tee , that was fatte
desaximia. ' and very fleepy ftill. Chriftophorm a Vega another affected in the fame
^savamoia. fo rt> xf it be inveterate or violent, the Symptomes are more evident , they
reinfi'LTlub- plaincly dote and are ridiculous to others,in all their geftures^&ions^ee-
mergrtiment, ches; I magining impoflibilities, as he in Chrifophortu a Vega. , that thought
fiZt^&jh- ^ C was a ^ ,nnc of winc, m and that Siennoisfhut refolued with himlelfe not
liosammttaies to piflTe,for feare he fhould drowne all the townc.
tAiexand. cap. • Ifit proceed from blood aduft, or that there bee a mixture of blood in ir,
J temper feri n f uc ^ are commonly ruddy of :omplexion t and high coloured, accord ing to Sa-
domit fomno- luJt.SalmanM&vA Hercules de Saxonia. And as Savanarola^Tittorius Faucn-
t™ taxa P- 1 6 - timts Emper. farther adde,° the veinet of their eyes bee red } as well m their fa.
m 'iwcMius ces. They are much inclined to langhter,witty and merry ,conccipted indif.
*Cap.6&ml. courfc^leafantjifthcy be not farre gone, much giuen to mufickc, dancing,
vmk"ube7o\- anc * to be * n womens company. They meditate wholly on fuch things , and
calorum &fad- thinke P they fee or heare plates y dancing,and fuch like fports{ktz from al feare
iijimmwi n- a nd forrow,as Hercules de Saxonia fuppofeth.)lf they be more ftrongly pof.
^Verue oculo- tms kinde of melancholy , Arnold™ adcics^reviarM. /, cap.
YttmfHnu-ubr* Like him ot Argus in the 4 Poet, that fate laughing all day long , as if he had
vjdean ?r f ceffe~ beene at a Theatre. Such another is mentioned by r Ariflotle , liming at Aby-
^sa. towne ofAfia minor jh. at would fit after the fame fafhion^s ifhee had
fequem baine- beene vpon a ftage,and fometimcs ad himfclfc, fometimes clap his handes,
b\ T xf'T P 7: and I«ugh,as if he had beene well pleafed with the fight, mlfiu* relates ofa
cejp'nt mora ? country fellow called BrunfeUius, fubicct to this humour, f Thatbeingby
^pRidet i ' c ^* nce at 4 f ermon i{ AW * woman fall off from a forme halfe afleepe y at which ob-
ft 4 fangmtZ. te ^ mo fl °f^ e company laughed \but he for hti part&asfi much moued, that for
ut fe vidcre three whole dayes after he did nothing but laugh y by which meanes he was much
mdlrtiJdof&c WM^djMd worfe a long time following. Such a one was old Sophocles^ and
t cap i Trail. Democritus himfelfe had hilar e delirium^ much in this vaine. Laurentius cap.
d *Hor?ifi nb ^w^Ar.thinkcs this kind ofmclancholy, which is a little aduft with fomc
l"Jdl P m bnud mixture of blood, to be that which Ariftotle meant, when he faid mclancho-
ignobii* ArgU, ly men ofall others are moft witty, which caufeth many times a diuincra-
dereb viftiment.and a kinde of Enthufiafmus , which ftirreth them vp to bee excel*
par. lentPhilofophcrs,Pocts,Propnets,&c.^r^r/4/ftf conftl.u <*.giues inftancc
(cumintacoH- j n a youne man his patient, fanguinc melancholy," of a peat wit indexed-
L^»i Untly learned.
fubreUiocdderet, Ifit arife from choler aduft , they are bold and impudent, and of a more
&matireiiqui h a i re brainc difpofition, x apt to quarrelLand thinkc of fuch thincs , battles,
riderm, trib.-u combats,of their niannood,runous, impatient m difcourfc, ftirTc, irrefraga-
fo§ dUbHs,&c. fri c anc j prodigious in their tcncnts,and if they be moucd, moft violent, out-
t InftmiaUttt. r o / * '
"luvew ingem'i&nn vulgarit erudition* *Si* (hM t fm\mdi } }mirfidmtfe&alsQS^Htantfi vidcre pugta.
ragious
Part.r.Se&.j, Symptomes of the minde. Memb.i.Subf^..
ragious,ready todifgraccprgvokeany, to kill rhemfeliies and others j ^r- ; 6'p
noldus addcs,ft arkc mad by h\sjhey fleepe little jheir vrine is (ubtile and fiery. 1 V' m * f
(Guianerius.)In then fits you fha/lheare them Jpeake all manner of languages , ^"J**"*
H:brew, Greeke and Latinejbat neuer were taught or knewe them before* Ap*
ponenfisincoman i.Prob.fec.joSpc&s cfa madwoman tharfpakc excellent
good Latinc; and tf^yk knewe another, that could prophecy in her fit, and
foretell things truely to come. 1 Gu'tan>rius had a patient could make Latin * Tr*n
verfes when the Moone was combuft ,'othcrwife illiterate. Avicenna and
fomeofhis adherents will haue thefc fyroptomes, when they happen, to ^t^umt
proceed from the divell, and that they are rather ^w<7»/4f/,poflerted,then raptid.cu*<ur t
mad or melancholy , or both togethcr,as IafinPratenfis thinkes , Immifcent 7*ȣ
fcmaligcnij&c but moft afcribe it to the humour, which opinion Montal- ]^tmT&%>
ttucap.2tSi\fy maintaines^confuting/iT//Vf^4cVthereft ) referringitwho» rm exacerbate
ly to the quality and difpofuion of the humour and fuSie6t.C*rdi» d' rerum »d t
vardib.i cap*io. holds thefe men ofall other fit to bee Afla{lnats,bold, bar- ruanturjitrtm
dy,fierce,andaduentc;ous,to vndertakc any thing by reafon of their chbler tfavmtamb*.
aduft. a This humour fifth hc,frepares them to endure death it fclfesndallma- ^u^ulm*
iter of torments with invincible courage, and'tis a wonder tofeewitbwhat a- j Tales plus'ce-
lacrity they will under goe fuch tortures, vt fupra naturam res videatur: hec teru . tmeY,t -> &
- . y , . c "* r J 1 n. -j" 1 • in- r i u continue tr iff an*
afenbes this generofiry.tury, or rather ltupidicy, to this adultionof choller tir,vaide(Kjji«.
and melancholy: but J take thefe rather to be mad or defperate,then proper- trfMtudinem
ly melancholy: for commonly this humour fo aduft and hot , degenerats in- ^^'^JJJ
tO madnelTc. imaginations,
If it come from melancholy it felfe aduft, thofemen, faith ^v'/cenna, f c ;
* are vfu illy fed and [ of.it ary , and that continually, and in exceffe , more then chha^dlp]
ordinary fnjpttiou <,more fearcfuH,and haue long , fore, and mo ft cor rupt Ima^i- trifles , de CepuU
iiations- ? cold and bUke,bafhfull,and fo fohtary , that as c Arnoldus writes, f^JZ^hC
7 ky vrill endure no company J hey dreamc ofgraufs ft ill, md dead men \ & think nenturjutantft
themfcluci bewitched or dead:'\{ "it be extreame,they thi.»ke they heare hide- **i**/t$&
ous noyfes,fee and talkc d withblache men /ndconuerfe familiarly with Di- ™ytientofk
veUs y & fuch ft range Chimeras and vifions/Gordonius)or that they arc pof- vtden mom-
feflcd by them, that fome body talkes to them/* within them. Tales melan- & f
tholicipkrttmi^damoniaci y ^Montaltm conftl.26. ex Av'tcenna. Valeria de^j $enf f& JoT-
Taraxtajud fuch a woman in cure^ c that thought euery night [be had to doe^> tm -
-with theDiuell: wdGentilis Fulgtfus qutft.s;. writes, that hec had a melan- je^dmm
choly friend,that ( had a blacke man in the likeneffe of a fouldier, ftill follow- we putavit.
inghim wherefoeucrhe wzs:Laurent/us cap.?. hath many ftoriesof fuch as ^S er J^ m
haue thought themfclues bewitched by their enimics; and fome that Would llgiumZlfZ
eat no meat as being dead. S Anno i55oan Advocate of /^n* fcllintofuch ttm - '
a melancholy fit, that he belieucd verily he was dead, hee could not bee per* p^deur^ ^
fwaded otherwifc,or to cat or drinke,till a kinfman of his,a Scholler of Bour' h guidam m*.
ges did eat before him fretted like a corfe. This ftory, faith Serres, was acT:ed ^a^&'e:
in a Comcedy before Charles the ninth. Some think they arebca(b,woIues, mafefutam,
hoggeSjand cry like dogges/oxes, bray like aiTes,and low like kinc, as King ^ ''^ fifa
frjctui daughters. ^H/Idejheim fpicel.2.de Mania ,hath an example of a dutch ^LC^
Baron fo affc&ed, and Trincavelius lib. 1. conftL it. another of a Noble* &ruiltmafi.
man in his country, 'that thought he was certainely abeaTt.aneiwouldimi- n ™"j^^
Un moft of their vines i with many fuch Symptomes, which may properly e g^ t
Y 3 be
P4ft.i.Se&.;. Symptomes of Melancholy. McmKi.Subf^
170 be reduced to this kindc.
If it proceed from the feucrall combinations of thefe fburc humours, or
fpiritSjf^rf.^s^AT.addeSjhot^cold^dryjmoiftjdaikejConfufedj fetled,con-
itrtnged,as it participates of matter ,or is without matter , the fymptomcs
are likewife mixt. One thinkes himfclfe a giant,another a dwarfe;onc is hca«
vy as lead , another is as light as a feather. Marcellus Donatus lib .2 cap.+ I%
makes mention out of Senecapi one Seneccio a rich man, k that thought hint.
y 0*numgia £ thin? elfe he had,<rreat: qreat mfe \great horftSJtouldnot abide
pHttbat 3 vxorem J ,. J . , / <•> , J . , 7 ^ * t ■ , - j J ? t t
tndgnam, gr^ **ttle things, but would haue great pots to drink e m,and great hoje , and great
desequoi^b- fy$ es bigger then his feet. Like her in 1 T raffi an us,th2t thought [he eoula [hake
p*™[ Z*&d & ^^ e ^rUwith her finger, and was afraid to clinch her h^nd together,left
pocu!a,& ca'ce- fhee fhould crufh the world like an apple in peecesror him in Galen, that
mm* pid'bai thought he was m Atlas^nd fuftained heauen with his {boulders. Another
1 tiblt jdp.it. thinkes himfelfefolittlCjthathec can creepe into a moufehole; onefearcs
putaukfe zm ^ heauen will fall on his hcad,one is a Cock.and fuch a one n Guianerius faith,
nmdmlcoAte' ^ e ^ aW at ^*^Mhat would clap his hands together, and crowe. Another
fae. thinkes he is aNightingale,and therefore fings all night long: another hee is
"Suftnet allglafrc.apitcncrjandwilhhercfore let no body come neerc him, and fuch
AUtmte. UmCH a one t Ldurentius giucs out vpon his credit, that he knewe in France. Chri.
Aitj cxli mnam flophorm a Vega lib. $. cap.- 14. Sckenkius and Marcellus Dtnatus lib. 2.t»p.i.
"c&M r/aa ^ auc mm y ^ UC ^ cxamplcs,and one amongft the red of a Baker in Tarrara %
n.aiiMfe gal- that thought hee was compofed of butter, and durft not fit inthcfuime,or
lttmmtat,aiiM COl Tie neerc a firc.for fcare ofbeing melted: of another that thought he was
?r«S«a. a cafe ofleathcrjftuffed with winde. Some Iaugh,wccpc,&c. Some hauca
-fctpj.de ml corrupt care,cycs,fome fmelling:{bme one fenfe, fome another. P Lewes the
V j** thon y irer ' eleuenth had a conceipt eucry thingedid ftinke about him , all thcodorife»
rotis perfumes they could get,would noteafe him , but mil he fmclled a fil-
a capjJeml. thy ftinke. A melancholy French Poet in <i Lturentius.bt'mg fickc of a fever,
and troubled with waking, by his Pbyfitians was appointed to vfe vngutn*
turn populeum to anoint his temples$bui he fo diftaftcd the fmel of it,that for
many yeares after, all that came neerc him he imagined to fisnt of it, and
would let no man talkc with him but aloofeoff, or wearc any new clothes,
becaufc he thought ftill they fmelIed.of it$ in all other things , wife and di£
crcet 5 and would talke fenfibly, fauc onely in this. A Gentleman inLymofen^
faith Anthony Verdeur ,W2s perfwaded he hadbutonelcggc, affrighted by a
wild boarc,that by chance ftroke him on the Icgge: he could not be fatisficd
his legge was found (in all other things well) vntill two Francifcans by
chance comming that way ,fully 1 cmoucd him from that conceipt. Sedabun*
defabularum attdivimus.
SvtSBC 4.
EducAtien,cu(lome continuance of time .condition jnixt with
other difeafesjby Jits ) inclination, &c.
ANother great occafion of the variety of theft fyroptomes, proceeds
from cuftome,difcipline, education, and fcucrall inclination. r Thit
hmowr imprint m mcUnsholy men tbg obieUt moji anfwtrabkj
to
Part.i, jc&.j. Symptomes from cufiome y cjrc. Nlemb.i. jubi.-j..
to their condition of life, and ordinary actions , and difpofr^ men accot ding to IJl
their fever all jludies and callings. If any ambitious man become melancholy,
he forthwith thinkes he is a King,anEmperour,a Monarchy wuikes alone,
pleafing himfelfe wiih a vaine hope of fome future preferments , or prefent
as he fuppofeth and vvithall ads a Lords part, takes vpunhimtobee fomc
fta.ciman or magnifico, makes congies,giues emertainment,Io,>kcs bigge^
&c. Francfco Sanfovino records of a melancholy man in Cremona, that
would not be induced to beleeue,but that he was Pope, gaue pardons, made
Cardinals, &C; f Chriflopborusaf^ega makes mention ofanother ofhisac' r tH>.$ up. 14
Quaintance.thatthouchthewasaKtnedriuenfrom hiskingdome, and was l kl < e7e l em f l *
vcry anxious :orecouer his eltate. Acouetous perlon is (till converlant a- puinm*
bout purchaling of lands and tenements, plotting in his minde how to
compafie fuch and fuch Manors , as if hee were already Lord of, and able to
goethrough with it$ all he fees is his^n? or ^,hee hath devoured it in hope, .
or elfe in conceipt efteemes it his ownej like him in ^Athenam^zx. thought hf^n^hM
allthefhips inthcHivcntobehisowne. Alalciuious inamorato , plots all pitavueme*
the day lone to pleafe his miftrefle, acts and Onus, and carries himfelfe as if m " esm r,r vm
fhe were in prelencejltul dreaming or her, as Pamphdmolhv Glyce-iumpt umtes lu^effk,
as Ibmc doe in their morning deep. u Marceflw Lonatm 1 nevve fticb a Gen- P e hl -
tiewoman in Mantua^czWcd EleoneraMeliorina,\\\z\. cor.ftaiv ly belceucd fhe m - ■•* ZXA '
was married to a King,and x would kneele downe undtilkc w : th him, at if he * Genb^f.cx-
badbeene there prefent with hif affociats jindif foe had found by chance a peccc « bqta cum
cfgUffc in a muck-bMjr in the ftreet , fbec would fay that it Wa*a IcweUfent **J
• 1 1 71/11 r j j ! • 1 11/ c i\ twtj/u tutu pu*
p'omher ' ord and husband. Ildevontand rejigious.hc is ail :or raiting, pray- iavit &c.
er,cercmonies, almesjinterpretations^vifions.prophecics^rcvel.ttions.y hee G*tom.
is infpircd by the holy Ghoft.fullofthc Spirit: one while hee isfaued,ano- Ta&Matm'k
thcrw nle damned, or Ihli troubled in minde fot his finnes, &c. more of [p mufmfia.
thelc in the third Partition,ofLouc Melancholy. 1 A Schollcrs mind is bu- ^cl^ttfu
ilcd about his ftudies,he applaudes himfelfe for that hee hath done,or hopes daim nfa me-
to doe, one while fearing to be ou : in his next exercile , another while con- P co *** &
temning all cenrurcsjenvicscne^mulatcs another, or elfe with indefariga ^m7o™lfi h
blcpaincs and meditation.confumes himfelfe. So of the reftjall which vary vcrfa fait.
according to the more remidc , and violent impreffion of the obicft, or as
the humour it felfe is intended or remitted. For fome are fo gently melan-
choly, ^hat in all their carriage 3 and to the outward apprehenfionofothcrs,ic
can hardly be di(ccrncd,and yet to them an intolerable burden, and not to
be endured. 3 Qu£damocculttt,qu£dammanifefta, fome llgnesare manifeft *Gordomus.
and obvious to all at all times/ome to fcw,or feldome,or hardly perceaued, \ Vetbonmtx-
let them kcepe their owne counfcllmone will fufpeft them . They doe not ex- ^""jjff c ~
prejfe in outward fhew their depraued imagi nation ^as^HercuksdcSaxoniz mm-
obferuesjbut c9ncale them wholy to themfelues , and are very wfe^j men , a s I dmt&{mi vi-
haue oftenfeene^ (ome feare^ fome doe not fe are at all, as fuch as thinker them-
felues kings or dead,fome haue more fignes* fome fewer, fome greater , fome leffe. -out cum
Some dote in one thine.are moll childiflh,ridiculous,and to bee wondred at mltlu f rnt P ne
in that, and yet for all other matters,moft dilcreet and wile. To lome it is in re ^ & mortu _
difpofition,to another in habit* and as they of heat and cold, we may fay of <» putatjiur*
this humour.one is mtUncholicui ad oclo , a fecond two degrees lelTe, a tl ird f ^^^. e
halfeway. Tis fuperparticular,y?/^/Vz//^4 i y^«/^r/;4, undfuperb/par- mumajmm**
tuns
Part i.Scd 5. Symftomes of Melancholy. McmUi. Sub£4«
172 tiens tertias fluint as ^Melancholia &q. all thofe Geometncall proportions
*TtaUi*9* arc too little to exprefTe it. b // comes to (omeby fit s y come s goes ao others it u
UfJk*\u«dl ctntintMtc^ manyf faith c F Mentions ) in Spring and Fa/lonely are molefied^
hubs t t vt eta fame once a yeere, as that Roman d Galen fpeakes of- e one,at the coniun&i.
ntftmjtih onofthe^^alone,orfomc vnfommatc Afpc&s 5 a fecond once perad.
continuo deiiw venture in his life,hath a mod grievous fit, cucn to the extremity of madnes
^Pr?° C 'i or ^ 0Ca g c A th 3t v P on f° mc ^ era ^ acc ^ cnt; °r perturbation,temble obie&j
VcrISm& & chat for a timc,ncuer fo before,neuer after. A third is moued vpon all fuch
oHtmn*. troub'efomc obie&s, croftc fortune, difafter& violent paffions, otherwifc
rib»i d " bum ' frcc 3 oncc troubled in three or foure ycarcs. A fourth,if things be to his mind
« GuixKYM. or be in a6tion,is moft jocund,and of a good complexion : if idle, carried a-
way wholly with plcafant dreames &: phantafies $ but if once crofted & dif
piea&d, ^Vecloreconcipiet nil nifi trifle fuo. his countenance is
alcered on a fuddcn,& his heart heavy, irkfbme thoughts crucifie his foule,&
in an inftant he is weary of his life. A fife complaines in his youth, a fixt in
his middle age,the laft in his old age
Generally thus much we may conclude of all melancholy almoft; That it
i Uv'mwi nm is f moft plcafant at firft,I fay, mentUgrntifimm error ^ a moft delightfome
mtuMon Pra- humor,to walke alonc,meditate 5 fo lye in bed whole dayes, 6c frame a thoH*
*intii* * lM * i 'ftndphantafticall Imaginations Vnto themfelues. They arc neucr better
pleafcd then when they arx fo doing,thcy are in Paradife for the time,& can.
» nor. tiQt VV£ || cn d inc ro DC interrupt, with him in the Poet, — S pol me vecidtflua*
mici, N&nfervaftis ait ! youhaue vndonchim, bee complaines,if you
trouble him: tell him what inconvenience will follow 3 what Will bee the e«
IFaciiisdtfcim- vent,a!lis one, canis ad vomit um^ t'cisfo plcafant, he cannot refraine. Hee
fmAverm , ma y t ^ u$ continue pcradventure many yeares, by rcafon of a ftrong tempe-
rature.or fbmc mixture ofbufinefle^which may divert his cogitations: but at
the laft Ufa ImigtHat'to,\<As phantafic is crafed , & now habituated to ftich
toyes,cannocbut worke ftill like a fat, the Sceanc alters vpon a fudden,
Feare and Sorrow fupplant thofe pleating thoughts , fufpition dilcon-
rcnr,and perpctuall anxiety fneceedin their places , fo by little and little, by
kpr if £ that fhooj ; nghorneofidlcnefie,and voluntary folirarineftc, melancholy that
' corpM coda- feral! fiend is drawn on, ejr quantum vertice ad auras ^£ there as, t ant um radi-
VraUy'cmofa ce h *" T artara tendit } it was not fo delirious at firft , as now it is bitter and
ejlfacittmea ' harfh.a canker 'd foulc macerated with cares and di (contents, tadium v(U t
2ri*?' tf¥<6 * e impatience precipitate them mto vnfpeakablcmifenes. They cannot indure .
k Lib.' 9 de ai- companyjightjor life hfelfefome,vnfit for action, and the like. * Theirbo*
mtihrm. dies are Ieane and dry edvp,withered,vgly, their lookes harfh, very dull , and
href* 1 '* m ~ tnc 'i r ^°»lcstormentcd,as they are more or lefte intangled , as the humour
«« ^uum we hath beene intended,or according to the continuance of time they hauc bin
loquitur <m<e troubled.
qLmfub^de To difcerne all which fymptomes the better, fc Rhfts the Ar uhlan makes
mire ada'jud three degrees of them. The firft is,/r^f ^//4//>,falfeconceipts, and idle
*mmd\*%n thoughts; to mifcon{ter,& amplify 5 agrauatingeucry thing they coceaueto
reddtt,tunct(i themfelues:thc fecond \s,fal(b cogttata loquijo talkc to themfelues, or to vfe
t^T'lf i nart,cu ^ atc 5 incondite voices, fpceches, abfolctc geftures, and plainly to vt-
^iB^J\n tcr their mindes and conceipts of their hearts by their words 5 the third is to
fammo piAt put in practife that which they thinkcoj fpeakc. Sauamrola Rubau traft .8*
CAf*
Part.i.Scd.j. Symptomcs from cuftome,<&*c. Memb.i.SubC^
cap. i .de agritud.cap. confcmes as miich 3 ro when hebeginnes to expreffethat 173
in TVords,rvbicb keconceaues in his heart jr talkes tdlyjrgoes from one thinge n c*p.i9- Par -
to another, ,which n Gordonim calls , nee caput habentia, nec caudam, hec is in Xm&im [ mm
thcmiddle way: hutwhen hebeginnes to aB it likewife y andtoput hisfoppc* &adaiios,acfi
ries in execution ,heis then in the extent of melancholy , or m&dnejfe it fetfe^>. ver * P r *f tKtes -
This progrefle of melancholy you (hall eafily obferuc in them that hauc bin decMrtponm*
fo arTee~t-ed,they goe fmiling to themfelues at firft,at length they laugh out; tuugerendd.
at fir ft folitary,at laft they can indure no company : or if they doc, they arc * h $£ m m ^
now dizards,paft fenfe and fhame.quite moped,thcy care not what they fay Uc dnenit^vi
or doe, all their a&ions, words, geftures, arcfurious or ridiculous. Atfirft w< ?«* ce & tar *
his mind is trcubled 3 he doth not attend what is faid,if you tell him a tale,hce m!"'atg]a£fZ
cries at laft 3 what (aid you? but in the end he mutters to himfelfc , as old wo- ferm'ifceat.tum
men doe many times,or old men when they fit alone, vpon a fuddenthey ^? a e ™ 1 **'
whoop and hallow 3 or run away,and fwcare they fee or hearc players, P Di* ?Meimb§6em
vells^obgoblinS jGhofts^rikejOrftrut, &c. grow humorous in the ende: fividerf&m-
Like him in the ?ocz 3 fepe duccntosfope decern feruos, he will drefle himfelfe, t^«"T«Srtf
and vndreiTc, carelefle at laft, and growes inicnfible , ftupid or mad. 3 Hee dcfpeUm part,
howles like a Wolfe harkes like a Dos,andraucs like Aiax& Orefleshezics W.*- ...
Mufickeandoutcriesjwhichnomanelfeheares. As r he did whom Amattu cap.31.
Lufitanm mcnv.onzth cent. 3. cura. ^. or that woman in f Springer , that 'MicbatUmu-
fpake many languagcs.and faid (he was poflefled. That Farmer in 1 Proffer ^aiitomttief,
Calenim^z difputed and difcourfed learnedly in Philofophy and Aftrono- * lib A or*
niyjjvhh Alexander Achilles his mafter, at BoUignc in Italy. Butofthcfcl
hauc already fpoken.
Who can fufficiently fpeake of thefe fymptomes, or prefcribe rules to
comprehend them? they arc fo irregular, oblcure, Proteus himfelfe is not fo
divers; I may afwell make the Moone a new coat , asatruc Character of a
melancholy man; as foone find the motion of a bird in the Aire,as the heart
of a man 3 ora melaacholy man: They are fo confufedjdiversjtntermrxt with
other difeafes;as the fpecics are confounded ( asl « haue (hewed ) fo are the ■ P*ru/kbf,%
fymptomcs.Sometimcs with headache, Cacexti^ dropfy,(tone 5 as you may ww *- a -
perccitie by thofe feucrall examples & illuftrations,collcded by*Hi/difhe;m x T>e dtlim
fpicel.2.Mcrcur talis confd.uo.cap. 6.ejr //.withheadachejEpilepfie, Priapif me ^ b ' 1 ^ «*!
miu.TrinQAveliui confil,i 2Mb .1 Jib .frcon/il.qp.with gouxxanintto appttitw.
iJMvntanus confd.26.ejr 2 3. 2 34.249. with Falling fickne(Te,Hcadache, Vcrti*
gOjLyanthropiaejre. I, C<efar Claudinus cMptlt.4. confult.Sp.ejr 116. with
gou^Agues^Hemrods^one^&c. who can diftingui(h thefe melancholy
fymptomes fointcrmixt with othcrs,or apply them ro their feueraifpecics,
confine them into method? T'is hard I confeflc, yet I haue difpofed of them
as I Could,and willdefcend to particularize them according to their fpecies,
For hitherto I haue expatiated in more generall lifts or tcrmcs , fpeaking
promifcuoufly of all fuch ordinary fignes , which occurre amongft writers,
Not that they arc all to be found in one man 3 for that were to paint a Mon*
ftcr or Chimera,not a man; but fome in onc,fome in another, & that fuc°
ccffiuely,or at feuerall times,
Which I haue beene the more curious to cxprefte & report^ not to vp*
braid any mifcrablc man,or by way of derifion ( I rather piety them; but the
better to difecrncjto apply remedies vnto them 5 & to (hew, ;that the beft &
Z foundeft
Paru,Sc£t?. Symptoms §f Melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subkf ,
, . . ■ — *
174 founded of vs ally's in great danger,how much we ought to feare our ownc
fickle eftares, remember our mifcrie sand vanities, examine and humiliate
our felues,feckc to God ? and call to him for mercy, that n cedes not fecke for
any rods to fcourge our foulcs, fincc wc carry them in our bowels, and that
ourfoulcsarcin a miferable captiiiity , if the light of grace andheaucnly
truth, doth not (bine continually vpon vs. • and by our difcretion to mode*
rate our felues , to be more circumfpeft and wary in the midft of thefe dan-
gers.
Mbmb. 2, S v i s b e. I.
Symptomes of bead Melancholy.
TOgrtobi ftfi. r T Fno Symptomes Appeare About the StomAcke, nor the blood be mifAffeZted,
vltrUublmnS \*nd ft Arc and for rove continue , it is to be thought the BrAtnc it felfe it tr*
apparent, nec bled, by rcAfon of a Melancholy iuyce bred in it,or otherwayes convayedin*
*S™&fi%u*t t0 Sndtkitcuill iuyce is from thediJlemperatureofthepArt^ or left after /ome
zinw& m'JpL inflammation. Thus far Ptfo. But this is not alwayes true , for blood and hy.
tiasenbrim ip- pocondries both arc often affc&ed, euen in head melancholy. } Hercules at
^m^&e^ S* xo »i* differs hecre from the common current of Writers , putting pecu«
$ Tract, delrtet. liar figncs of head melancholy 3 from the folc diftemperaturcoffpiritsand
cap^.&c. Ex Braine^as they are hote,cold : dry,moift, all without matter , from the motion
7mm[ t & fm- alone jtndtcnebroftty of fpirits^ of melancholy, which procecdes fromhu-
hi mm, tene- mors by aduftion,hetreates a-part, with their feuerallfymptomcs& cures.
^flckOtnt r«- The common fignes 5 ifit be by eflence inthchttd,areru4dineJJeoffaee t htgb
bente & livef- f anguine complexion jnofl part rubor e faturato* one cals it, a blcwifh , and
tente.qwbm fomctimesfullofpumpcls^withrcd cyzs.Avicennalib.j.Fen.z.Traft.j.edp.
Td^nfpuflut. iS.Duretus in his notes vpon Holler i us jmVts this a principall fignc of head
• lojantbton melancholy ,if thev be facie adwodum rubente: (b doth Mont alt us and others
ITeLT 1 ) 5 ' ouc of G * len ' de *ff e &* l ' l >>3-"?' 6 '< * Hercules de Saxon/a to this ofrcdncfle
warioTtfttaw of face,addes heauinejfe of the be Affixed and hollow eyes. b if it proceed from
odfunt capitu drynejft of the Braine/hen their heads will be light ', vertiginous , and they mofl
fcuT&cl a P* t0 ^Ake 7 and to continue whole rnoneths together without fleepe. Few excre*
*> Lament, tap. rnents in thetr eyes and noflrils t and often bauldbyreajon of exceffe of dryuejfe,
ULTm* Montaltusztezs cap. tj, If it proceed from moifture.dulne&jdrowfinefle,
capitu elk tew headache followesj and as Salufl.Salvianm cap. r ,ltb. 2. out of his owne cx-
tas.ptiipipiia, perience found, Epilcpticall, with a multitude ofhumors in the head. They
att veryi>a(hfuiy f ruddy,apt to blufh,and to be red vpon all occafions, pre*
talis marib'M. frttm ft metus accejferit. But the cbiefeft fymptomc to difcernc this fpecics,
* %fa'tentn- 3S * ^ auc ^a* 5 l ^ is > x ^ 2t l ^ crc ^ c no nota bk figncs in the Stomack, Hypo-
^uh^uimkmin condrics, or clfcwhere^g/^as c Montaltm termcs thcm,or of greater note,
bie melancholia becaufe oftentimes the padions of the ftornackc concurrc with them. Wind
n^mpw * s common to all three fpecies,and is not excludcd^nly that of the Hypecon*
ve»tricuiipatbe- dries is d more windy then the reft, faith Hotlerius.t^tius tetrabibd.zfeB.2.
y^clThec ca P-P'& /f'tnaintaincs the fame, e if there be more ftgnes, and more evident
membra fttifo .
vice* a>jcfr<mcn tranfm'tttunt. 4 ?oftrtm migk flatwfa. c Si mhm mlejlUarcu ventrkuhm avtvmrtm, m yi ctrtbrm
frmxr<» afc'iur : & curare opntet bmcafifimftrcfatjktmimtts, & borne ctwftmii &c. mi mebrm afoiw fat
veni kit!».
fa
Part i.Sc&.i. Cau/esof windy melancholy. McmU j.it.K
ri ... -
inthehead,thenelfwhere, tbcBrainc is primarily afFe&cd, and prcfcribes l;$
head melancholy to be cured by meatcs amongft the reft, void of winde,and
good iuyce,not excluding WJndc,or corrupt blood, euen in head melancho-
ly it iclfc: but thefe fpecics are often confounded,^ fo are their fymptorries,
as J haue already proued, and therefore by thefe ftgnes not fb cafie to be dif-
cerned.Thc fymptomcs of the minde are iuperfluous,and continual! cogita-
lionsifftr when the headis heated t tt fcorcheth the blood^andfiom thence fro- * t&gfam
ceed melancholy fumes y whith trouble the mind.Avicennt. They arc very eho- **" 1lt te t ut
lcrickc.and foonc hote,folitary,fad,oftcrt filcnt^watchfull difcontent. Mo*.
tabus cap, 2 4. Ifany thing trouble them, ; they cannot flecp, but fret them- litiadufli an*
felues ftill,till another obiec"t mkigate it, or time wcare it our. They haue ^ u1ntxe i lttMt -
grieuouspaffions, and immoderate perturbations of the minde, feare, for-
row &c. yet not fo ccmtinuate.but that they are fbmetimes merry^ which is
more to be wondred at,and that by the authority of ZGalen himfclfc,by rca- % i^mu «£
ion of a mixture of a blood^pr^erubri iocofts deletlantur \& irrifores plerum^ fe£tx«$.6. '
funtjt they be ruddy , they are delighted in lefts, & oftentimes {coffers them-
felues : concciptcd*,& as Khodericw a J^g/f comments on that place of Galen ,
merry, witty, and of a plcafantdifpcfition, & yet grieuoufly melancho-
ly anon after: omnia difcunt fwedoftore^ faith Areteui^ they learne without a
teacher: and as b Laurenttuf fu ppofeth ,thofe ferall paffions and fymptomcs b
of fuch as tntnkc themfelues glaffe^pitchers/eathcrs &c. fpeake ftrangc lan-
guages proceed a calorc cerebri (ifitbeinexccfTejfrom the Btaines diftera*
pered hear. 1 tiMffim .
* fyicel.i.deml
. In Uypocendri*
S V B S E C. $0 *ca meknebdii
*dco amb'tgua
Symptomes of 'windyor Hypocondriacal Melancholy, ^uuiumtx*
trcitatijfimiwe»
IN the Hypocondriacttll or fatuous melancholy , the fymptomcs Are fo ambi- *ftlfj"°$jf n
guomfoith * Crato in a counfell of his for a Noblewoman , that the moji poffint.
exqwfite phy (it iaits cannot determine of the part ajfecled. Matthew F/ac- k " <4fi *
iius consulted about a Noble matron,confefled as much,that in this malady q U etatfiJ!fe~r*.
he with Ho/Ieriusy Fraca/lorius^Falopius, and others, being to giuc their fen- t Trta.pefihJi
tence of a party labouring of Hypocondriacall melancholy, could not findc JJ£*jJ rf ^£
ont by the fymptomes, which part was moft efpcclally affc&ed ; fomefaid per B^ettum*
the wombe,fbme heart,forae ftomack &c.& therefore Crato confil.2 4Mb. /,
boldly averrcs,that in this divcrfity of fymptomes, which commonly acco- cruditate^fpZ
pany this difeafe, k no Phyfitian can truly fay vphatpart is ajfecled. Galen Itb.j. »« pmordys,
de he. affecl. reckons vp thefe ordinary fymptomes; which all the Neotcricks {w!£T^# c
repeat of Diocles; only this fault he findes with him , that he puts not Feare m vthmmtev.
and Sorrow amongft the other figncs. T rtntavelius excufeth Diodes Itb.j. frtyHM*
conftl. s f . becaufc that oftentimes in a ftrong head and conftitution 3 a gene- € ^^lumu
rous fpirit,and a valiant,thefc fymptomcs appearc not,by reafbn of his valor aum,idq t mid.
and courage. ] Hercules de Saxonig ( to whom I fubferibe ) is of the fame ^^i^
minde which I haue before touched ) that Feare and Sorrow are not gene- mL Gaiemu,
rail Syniptomcs;fomefeare,and arc not fad vfome bee fad, and feare notj M ^ eGm *
fome neither feare.nor grieuc. The reft are thefe, befidc Feare and Sorrow, JjSr^U^S"
^oarpe belch ing$) fuljomc cr/tdtttes, heat in the hwells y winde % and rumbling *tmt*i>m,Br»L
Z 2 m tl *«*<*t<
Part.i.Se&.$. Symptomes of melancholy. Mcmb.2.Subf.i
lj6 in the guts ^hementgripings, fame in the beHy andflomacke 4t (ome times %
^ft er me tte that u hard of concoction ^ much watering of thejlomacke, dad
moift jpinle ^coldfveat, importunus fudor, • nfeajonablefwt at all otter the
body^s Ottavius Horatianus lib. 2 .cap. y.cals it fold toynts, indigefion, » thcf
2fd"/fidl7~ cannot endure their ownefulfomebelcbings, continual retnde about their Hypo^
injktmt que condries^ heate andgrtfmg in their bowels, prxcordia furfum convelluntur,
fidmtftl"" "I'^'iff* d »d bow's *re putted vp^ the veines about their eyes looke rtd, rjr fxvcH
co^mi^pet- from vapors andwind. Their earcs fing now and then ^Vertigo and giddineflc
tuTwfrrMnar' come by fits,turbulcnt dreamcs,dryncflc, lcanncfTc, apt they are to fweat v
"Imw'mlj- ponalloccafi -ns, of all colours and complexions. Many of them are high
fi'vme laborani, colonred,efpecially after mcales, which was a fymptomc Cardinall Cactus
rutin* fun*- was mlle h doubled with 5 and of which he complained to Proffer Catenas his
nfcm^ifcT Phyfitian,he could not cat^or drinke a cup of wine , but he was as red in the
mm coiomba- facc,as if he had beene at a Maiorsfeaft.That fymptomc alone vexeth many.
^HontdtiAd n $° inc ^gainc areblackc,palc,ruddy, fomctimc their (houlders, and (houl-
iy*rcck r.Fnp der blades akc, there is a leaping all ouer their bodies, palpitation of the
timuetp 33. heart,and that cardiacs, pafoo^nd'm the mouih ofthc ftomacke>which ma«
7. °uurentMs keth the patient thinke his heart it felfe aketh, and fometimes fuffocation,
cap 73. Bmcl. difficult. ts anhelitusfiion brcath,hard winde,ftrange pulfe,foWnir g.<4/c/tf*«
Gordon. ms CQlt f t l %s ^Trtncavclius libj.conftl.36^ iy.PerncliuS conf^j.&jj.Fram*
befiriHs confu!t.lib.i.con(tl i/Hildtfheim, C audinus (be. giue mltanec of e«
very particular. The peculiar fymptomes, which properly belong to each
*4oC\ mW '' P arc ^ c thefejf from the ftomack, faith SavanaroU /tis full of pain, windc.
tomtlfttZtitau- Guianerim zddes yvertigo^aufea, much (pitting &c. Iffrom the myrache,a
ft*, fwclling & winde in the Hypocondrics,a lothing,& appetite, to vomit,pul-
lingvpward. Iffrom the heart, a'king& trembling of it, much hcauinefTc. If
from the liucr, there is vfually a painein the right Hypocondfy. Iffrom the
fplcncjbardnes & gnefe in the left Hypocondry, a rumbling, much appetite
& finall digMon,4vicen»a. Iffrom the Meferiack veines & liuer on theo-
ther fide,httle or no appetite. Herc.de Saxonia. Iffrom the Hypocondries,a
rumbling, inflation, concodion is hindered, often belching &c. And from
thefe crudines, windy vapors afcend vp to the Braine , which trouble the !•
*V stud Hi3gination,&caufefeare,forrow,dulnc(re,hcauincfre, many terrible con-
ftfrufaroir ccipts&Chimeras 5 asZ,^^"wwellobferues/^./.f^. 16. as q ablackcand
tftifasdim & thicke cloud Couers the S unhand intercepts his beames and light, fo doth this me*
^n&^mlv hwbcly vapor obnubilate the minde ^ inforce it to many abfurd thoughts and
jk&c. C Imaginations^ and compcll good, wife, honeft, difcrcct men othcrwife fari-
' rtf**«* * fing to the Braine from the r lower parts, as fmoake out of a chirnny ) to dote,
turn**. fpcake,and doc that which becomes them not,thcir perfbns , callings , wife-
domes. One byreafbnofthofeafcending vapors and gripings , rumbling
bencath,will not be perfwaded but that he hath a ferpene in his guts , a viper,
another frogs. Trallianus relates a (lory of a woman, that imagined fhee had
fwallowed an Eelc.or a ferpent ; and Falix Platerus obfervat. lib. /. hath a
moft memorable example ofaCountrcy man of his, that by chance falling
into a pit where frogs & frogs-fpawn was, & a little of that water fwallow-
ed, began to fufpeft that he had likewife fwallowed frogs-fpawn, & with
thatconceipt and fcarc, his phantafy wrought fo far, that he verily thought
he had yong liue frogs in his belly, qui viv chant ex aliment of**, that liucd
by
Parti.Se<ft.$. Symptomes from the whole Bcdy. Memb.2.Sub£$ -
by his nouri{hmcnt,& was fo certainly pcrfwaded of it,that for many yeares IJ7
togcther,hecouldnotberc<ftificdinhiSconceipc: He Audicd Phylick feucn
yecrcs together to cure hitnfelfc, cravailed into Italy, France,and Germany to
conferre with the beftPhyfuians about it, & A° 1609, asked his counfell a-
mongft the reft,hc told him it was wind.his conccipt &c. but mordicus con-
tradtcere ejr *re,rjr fcr/ptuprob are nitebatur: noHiying would feme, it was
no windjbutreall frogs: And doe you not hetr % them croakei Plater M would f Hyp6(mMafi
haue deceiued him, by putting ahuc frogs into his excrements : but he being mt ' xm i a g t .
a Phyfitian himfclfc, would not be deceiued, virprudens alias, ejr docltu , a coke, 6*
wife & learned man otherwife, a Doctor of Phyfick,& after fcucn yceres do •
tagc in this kind, a Phantajia liberate r/?,he was cured. Laurent tus and Gou» to qibd v.ntofi*
Urt haue many fuch examples, if youbcdefiroustorcadthem. One com- '^^f*
modity abouc the reft which arc melancholy ,thefc windy flatuoushaue, /*-
cendY.it, & tot*
cida interval, their fymptomcs& piines arc not vfually fo contintiate as ^J^f™* 1
the reftjbu: come by fits,fearc & forrow, & the reft : yet in another they ex. "oluht
cced all others*, and that is/they arc luxurious,incontincnt,and prone to Ve trati.9,
ncry ,by rcafon of wind,<^ facile amant, ejr quamlibet fere amant. (IafonPra- j^JJ^ ^
t(nfis.)& l Rhafii'\<> ofo. rion,thac^/////doth many of them much goodjthe f tot a corpart
other fymptomes of the minde be common with the reft. * %iTmmi
imbecil/ior.MS*
S V I S S C. 3. fcrf.«c c*p at.
Symptomes of melancholy abounding in the whole Body* v!m"aZ?
tvacuat'unu re-
T Heir Bodies that are ♦rTe&ed with this vniverfall melancholy , arc ^ttST'
moft part blacke, u the meUncholy iuyce is redundant all ouer, hirfute muierum men-
thcyare,&leane, they haue broad vcines, their blood is grofleand fr""> &vi f?
thick. * Their Splene is veeake, & a Liuer apt to ingender the humor j they anfiSklZ
haue kept bad diet, or haue had fomc evacuation flopped, as h^mrods, or J*.
moneths in women,which 7 Traltunus in the cure, would haue carefully to ^f^^
bcinquircd,& withall to obferueofwhat complexion the party is of,blackc teto cctpore,
or red. For as Forreflus & Hollerius contend, if * they be blackest proceedes "*icu*ti.
from abundance of naturall melancholy ; if it proceed from cares, difcon- m ^«.p5>!h*
tcnts,dier,exercife &c.thcy may be as well of any other colour, red, yellow, "'.ore jmgumk
pale,as black, and yet their whole blood corrupt : prarubri colore ftpefunt i^jifaMrn-
talesjape flavi (faith Montaltus cap.22)T\\z beft way to difecrne this fpecics, ger &t.
is to let them bleed, if the blood be corrupt, thick & black,and they withall \$ ul ^°
free from thole Hypocondriacall Symptomcs,andnocfogricuouflytrou- ^ s mo n Ma
bled with thcm,or thofc of the head,it argues they are melancholy a totocor- rum qmtquid
fore_j. The fumes which arile from this corrupt blood, difturbe the minde, JJ^J^f
and make them fearefull and forrowfull, heavy hearted, as the reft, dcie6tcd, qu'U kmrm
difcontented,folitary filcnt,weary of their liucs.dull and heavy: and if farre &f ar * arum
gone,that which jipuietHsmxtiitCL to his enemy, byway of imprecation, is rmt.fbifinpmt
trne in them b Dead mens bones, hobgoblins, ghofls, are euer in their mindes, emttu
ind meet them fill in euery turnei til the b upbear es of the night, and terrors,ejr nk ^vmT
ftirybahes of tombes andgraues are before their eyes, and in their thoughts y as fomidamn*,
Uwomtn and children, if they be in the darke alone^j. ]f they heare,or read,
or fee any tragicall obicdt, it flicks by them, they are afraid of death, and yet '
Weary of their liucs.&c Z3 Svis,
— — — I ■ ■ 1 — ____
Pare. i.Sed j. Symptomes of Melancholy. Mcmh.5. Subi i«
MhMB, 3. SvBSECT. I*
Immediate caufe of thefe precedent Symptemes.
TOgtue fomc fatisfa&ion to melancholy men, that are troubled with
thefe fymptomes,a better mcancs in my Judgment cannot be taken,
then to ftiew them the caufes whence they proceed, not from divels,
as'thcy fuppofe, or that they are bewitched or foriaken of God,hearc or fee
&c.as many of them think,but from naturall & inward caufes, that lb know-
ing them, they may better avoid the cffc&s, or at leaft endure them with
more patience. The mod grievous and common fympiomes arc Fearc and
Sorrow,and that wirhout a caufe, tothewifeft anddifcrccteftmcn, in this
malady not to be avoided. The rcafbn why they are fo, *A.ttus difcufleth a:
htge.Tetrabib.2.2.in his firft problemc but o{Galenlib*2.dccAufts y f}mpt.u
For Galen imputcth all to the cold that is black , and thinkes that the fpirits
being darkned, and the fubftance of the Braine cloudy and darkc, all the ob-
s craft ic&s thereof appeare ternblc.and the € mind it fclfe,by thofc darke^obfeure,
trS'inw?' S ro ^ fawesjafcending from black humors, is in continuall darknefle, fcare
brum exbtiant. and forrow,divers terrible monftrous fictions in athoufandftiapesandap*
^Fei.Tiattm. paritionsocairrc, with violent paflions, by which the Braine and Phanrafy
fr^ln^lfi. are troubled and eclipfed. * Fracaftorius lib. 2. de Intellect, will baue cold to be
ti ad letitiam, the caufe of Feare and Sorrow 5 for fuch as are cold y are ill dijpofedto mirth \duH
video foLtary, andhsAvy i)j nature folitary filent And not for any inmrd darknes ( as Vhyfi*
tacitvrm y mnob . J fir j i in • t j ^- r it
tenebw inter- ttans thwke ) for many melancholy men dare boldly be and continue 3 and walkc
not, *t mcd'td in the darke, and delight in it:folhm frigidi timidi : if they bee hote, they are
fripu-mtt mcrr y; an ^ £ he more hote,the more furious, and void of fcare, as we fee in
mtUncboiici, madmen: but this reafon holdcs aot, for then no melancholy, proceeding
none ambulant f rom cno ler aduft,(hould fearc. Lsivcrrees feoffes at Galen for his rcafons,&
t t'Jporesm. brings fine arguments to rcfell them.So doth Herc.de SAx0nia1TraQ.de mel.
iaruboiki,$iri' ^.^.afligning other caufes, which are copioufly cenfured and confuted by
5*f ^£lianus.Montaltus cap. s ,ejr 6, Altomarm cap.v.de mel.Guianerius trafi,i<.
fitnt.cajf.1. cap. i. Bright. cap.iy. LAurenttus cap.$. Valefms med.contr, lib.^cont.i* c D/f
« fntempenct temperature they conclude, makes black iuyce; bUcknefft obj cures the Jfirits,
gum^igritKs theftirits obfeur edjAttfc fcare andforrove. Laurent ius cap. rj* thinkes thefc
tbfeurat fyvtitu } blacke fumes offend especially the Diapbragma or Midrinc, and fo per conje-
tJifaUmtm S uefts tnc mind,which is obfciired as f the Sun by a cloud. To this opinion
&miiitiam . of GW<?»,almoft all the Greekes and Arabians fubicribe, the Latines new and
kfcn °^j ntern£tene b r *°ff u C canf an * mttm * ut externa" nocent pueris, as children
cmflamtmu**' arc affrighted in the darke,fo are melancholy men at all times, 5 as hauing
lib.ae Melon, the inward caufe with thcm,and ftillcarying it about. Which blacke vapors,
It^^CMfam whether they proceed from the black blood about the heart , as T. w. Iff*
fimJu chium- thinks in his Treatifc of the paflions of the mind 3 or ftomack/plcne.midriffe,
fen ater bumw r all the mifaffeded parts together, it boots not, they keepc the mindc ina
*t&"iql perpetualldungcon, and opprclTc it with continuall fearcs, anxieties, for-
iitn perpetuam rowes &c It is an ordinary thing for fuch as arc found,to laugh at this deie-
^ZbTtt p^^nanimity,and thofc other fymptomes of melancholy 3 to make the-
felues merry with them^nd co wonder at fuch, as toyes and trifles , which
.'7 " may
Part, i , Se&. $ . Cau/e of thefe Symptomes. Ivlemb.j . £ubi * •
may be refilled and withftood,if they will thcmfclues : but let him that fo 17$
wonders 3 confider with himfelfe, that if a man (hould tell him of a fudden,
that fomc of his cfpeciall friends were dead, tould he choofc but gricuc: or
fet him vpon a ftcep rock , where he (hould be in danger to be precipitated,
couldhebefccurc? his heart would tremble for fearc, and his head would
be giddy. P.Byarus TracJ.de Pe/l.gmcs mftancc (as I haue faid J ^ and put h Voniexm*
cafe ( faith he) inone that walkes vpon a flank r, if it lye on the ground \ he an JJjJJ ^Jj*
fafelydoeit: hut if t be fame planke bee laid ouerfome deeps water, in fteed of a juptrtrabm**
bridge jhe is vehemently moued^and t'it nothing but hit smaginationfovmz ca- l M & in w&
dendi impreffa/o which hit ether members and faculties obey, Yea, but you Jfj^r^£/
inferre 5 that fuch men haue a iuftcaufe to fcare,a true obieft offcarc,{o haue dam,iocop m u %
melancholy men an inward caufe, a perpetuall fume and darknes > caufing n ™ mbulab } t
feare,grief, fufpition, which they carry with them, ancbiecT: which cannot qutdi^etur
be remoued-remouc heat of the Liner ,3 cold ftomack/wcak fplene: remoue i**M*o> & ti-
thofcaduft humours and vapours arifing from them , black blood from the ™ t ?%m7ca-
hearr,take aw ay the cau(e>and then bid them not grieuc nor feare,or be hea- dendt imprefa
vy,dulllumpi(h 3 otherwifecounfell can doc little good; you may afwcll bid t ^J^ im .
him that is fick of an ague, not to be a dry 5 or him that is wounded^ not to & fj^atts*'
feelc paine.
Sufpition followes Feare and Sorrow at hcelcs, arifing out of the fame
fountaine,fo thinks * Fracaftoriusjbat Feareitthecaufeof Sujpition, and JIM \^^ n s ' H r
they (ufpett feme treachery, or fomefecret machination to be framed againfi the, pltiojiob timmi
ftil rhcydiftruft.Rcrtlcfnefle proceeds fro the fame fpring, variety of fumes ^My***
makes them like and diflike. SolitarineflTc, avoiding of light, that they are ftmperXdt^
weary ofth * iiucs,hate the world,ari(efrom the fame caufes 5 becaufc their tantjbrferim-
{piths and humors are oppofite to light, feare makes them avoid company, jf^'^
and abfent themfeliies,left they (hould be mifufed, huTedat, or ovcrihoot \r'raa.demU
themfelues,which ftill they fufpeft. They are prone to Venery,by reafon of Ex M**
wind. Angry,wafpilh,& fretting ftill, out of abundance of choler, which
caufeth fearcfulldreamcs,and violent perturbations to them, both deeping toubroftaufpi
and waking: That they fuppofe they haue no headsjflyCjfinke^hey ate pots, 2 y"^^**
glades &c.is wind in their heads, f Herc.de Saxonia doth aferibc this to the pwt'&l'!*'
Kiierall motions in the animall fpixits /heir dilation , contraclion,confuficn i k iUadinquif
titer ation/cncbrofityjhott or cold diftemperature^ excluding all materiall hu- ^L»j&J?
mors. k Fraca/Iorius accompts it a thing worthy ofinquifttion,why they fhould redpianfMtre
tntertaine fuch falfe conceipts, as that they haue homes , great nofes, that they f' cornu ^(f«
sre Birds, Beafls ejre. Why they (hou)d thinke thcmfelucs Kings, Lords,Car- ^g"avu&t
dinals.For the firft, 1 Fracaftorius giues two reafo n s : One it the dijpojttion of > -t> ff»f>i'*
the body: the other ytheoccafion of the phantafie, as if their eyes be purblind,
their cares (ing,&e. To the fecond,£rf*mr//*/ anfwercs, the Imagination nti.
inwardly or outwardly moued,reprefents to the vndcrftanding, not intice-
men ts only; to fauour the pa(fion,or diflike, but a very intenfiue plcafure fol-
lowes the pa(Tion,or difpleafurc, and the will and reafon are captivated by
delightinginir.
Why Students and Loners are fo often Melancholy,and mad,the Philo- & ^
fophcrsof M Conimbra 2\Tignc this c^tcjbecaufe by a vehement and continn- ufommt*
ill meditation cfth.ir 3 wberrwith they are affecJed, they fetch vp the /fir its into Jj^J^J*
{met-
fire,
the Brtinc+nd with the beat brought wit) ithem J be/ intend it beyond
Parti. Sed.g. Symptomes of Melancholy. Memb,3.Subfii
1 8 o fure* the cells of the inner fenfes } diffoluing their temperature jvbich being
diffolue djbey cannot per forme their offices^ they ought .
Why melancholy men arc witty, which Arlflotle hath long fincc main-
tained in his Problems; arid that n all learned men,famousPhilofbphers,and
n Melmhojki l^xjv-gmtxs^ad unumfere omnes Melancholia, haue ftillbcene Melancholy;
jimZvhTin' ,s a Problcmc much controverted./*/*?* Pratenfts will hauc it vnderftood of
artibiu & df naturall melanclioly 3 which opinion Melanfthon inclines to 3 in his booked
tmim l ™toZ An * m *JM& Marfilius Vicinm defan.tucndJib*j. cap. /.butnot firaple,for that
C JmM"reipia. makes men ftupid, heavy, dull , being cold and dry, fearefull^ fooles, and
dfiipimmjm folitary,but mixt with the other humors^ fleagmc oncly excepted: and they
™oiki™jitt' not aduft, but fo mixt; as that blood be halfe 5 with litle or no aduftion, that
*>Adcb mifcen • they be neither too hot ? nor too coXd.Aponenfis cited by Melanfthon, thinks
f fM ml! aire lt P rocec ^ 8 ^ rorn melancholy aduft 5 excluding all natural mclancholy 3 a$too
ttqiudut. " cold.Laurentitsscondcimics his Tenent, becaufe aduftion of humors makes
men mad, asLimeburnes, when water is caft on it. It muftbc mixt with
blood,and fomewhat aduft,and fo that old Aphoriffne otAriftotle^msy be
verifled,7V#//#«z magnum ingeninm fine mixturd dementi*, no excellent wit,
f lib *dein w ^ tnout 3 m ' xC,,re °f madnefTe. Fracaflorms fhall decide the controverfie,
teUeftim.Pin- p Flegmaticke are dull'. Sanguine liuely jleafant \accept 'able and merry Jlout not
gui [urn Miner- witty: cholericke are too fcoift in motion, and furious, impatient of contempt**
vi pkgmatw: ttm deceit full witsi Melancholy men haue the moll excellent wits , hut not all:
janzinnei ami- J J it 1111 1 r 11 r
blksygfatlM^' this humor may be hot or cold, t hi ck e or thinnest f too hot 3 t hey are furious and
nsM -am my- mi ^. t f too cold^dut^flupid^timorous^and f&d\ if temper ate ^ excellent, rather in-
7etmmitu' C ,& ctining to that extreame of heat , then cold.'fhis fentence of his will agree with
t>b:dcoatcmp!a- that of Her adit us £ dry Light,makcs a wife mind,ternperate heat &: drynes,
to^eSS arc the chisfecaufesofa good wit; therefore, faith ^£//4», an Elephant is
joiUm exceHett- the wifeft of all brute beafts,bccaufe his braine is dryeft , ejr ob atra bilU capi-
ta &*. am: this reafon Cardan approucs fubtU.lib.i2.Io.Baptijla Silvaticus y a Phyfi-
tian QtMilUnjxx his firft controverlle,hath copioufly handled: this queftion:
Rulandus in his Problems^Gf/zW Rodigmus lib.sy.Valleriola 6*° narrat.med,
Uerc.de SaxonikyTraft.pofih.de meLcap 3, Baptijla Porta Pbyfiog. lib.i.cap.i^
and many others.
WeepingjSighing^Laughingjltching.Trembling^weatingjBluming,
hearing and feeing ftrange noyfcs 5 vi{ions J windc,crudity,are motions of the
Body,depcndingvpontheie precedent motions of the mindc: Neither arc
teares,ar?e6tions,but adions (as Scaliger holds,) q the voice of fuch as are a-
kZ'lrmlh* frdid,tremb/es } bec4ufe their heart is fbaken- Conimb.prob.6fec.3Jefomno.vjbj
quh at quad- they ftutte or faulter in their fpcech, Mercurials and Montaltus cap.iy.giuc
Fob ariditatem ^ c rca f° ns out °f Hippocrates ^ r drynesjvhieb makes the nerues of the tongue
quxnddkn™ torpid. Faft fpeaking/which isafymptome offoraefew,) *s£ti*s wilfhauc
voi lingua tor- caufed f from abundance of winde^andfwiftneffe of Imagination'. t baldnejft
fidoi. comes from excelfe of drynelfe, hirfutcnefle from a dry temperature. The
tiagu* excop'd cauieot much waking, is a drybraine_, continuall mcditauonjdifcontent,
fi*t«m,&ve- fearcs 3 andcares,thac fufFcr not the mind to be at reft. Jncontinencyisfrom
M*Jfi4 Imagt ~ windjand an hot Liver, Mont anus con fit. 26. Rumbling in the gutts, is caufed
T caivtiet % eb from winde,and windc from ill concodion, weaknefle of naturall heat.or a
feemtu ' txeef- (jjftempercd heat and cold." Palpitation of the heart from vapors, and hca-
° Ah* uineffc ? and akingfrom the fame cawfc.That the belly is hard,wind is a caufe,
and
Parci.Se&.j. Caufe of thefe Symptomes Memb.j. SubCi
and ofthat leaping in many parts. Redncflc of the facc 3 anditchine, as if they i8f
were flea-bitten,or ftungwkh pif mircs/rom afharpe fubtile windc.* Cold x i^ntx.p
fwcat, from vapors arifing from the Hypocondries, which pitch vpon the ljL.i ?
skin, lcaneneflfeforwantof goodnourifhment. Why their appetite is fo ^nt.Ludovi
great, v£f/w anfwercs: Os ventru frigefcit, eolde inthofe inner parts,colde c ^ ob 'Jf^.
belly,andhoteLiver,caufethcrudity,and intention procecdes from perturb i&ryl.'
turbations,* our foule for want of fpirits, cannot attend exactly to fo many
intentiue operationsjbeing exhauft, and oucrfway'd by pafTion, fhe cannot
confider the reafons,which may diflwade her from fuchr:tft;c"tions,
a Bafhfulncfle and blufhing, is a paifion proper to men alone , and is not * Subrujikm
only caufed for b fomc (hamc or ignomy,or that they are guilty vnto them- f f H f^ r iVilu ^ 1
feluesoffomefowlefa&committedj but as c Fracajlorius we)l determines, - ob\mtm\i
ob defectum proprium^d* timorem^from feare, and a concert of our defects ; The ^ ■ turfid'mam
face labours and U troubled at his pre fence that fees our defecls, and nature wtl- c D ' e &
ling to helpe fends thither heatjoeat dravoes the fubtilejl blood \andfo we blujh. Any. cap iz.
They that are bold^ arrogant , and tareleffejeldome or neuer blujh, but fuch as
arefearefull. Anthonius Lodoviottsjn his booke de pudore^ will haue this fub- quidefetium n$
tile blood to arife in the face, not (6 much for the reucrence of our betters G* m Vldet &
in prefence, d but for toy andpleafnre, or if any thing at vnawares fball faffed "ITutura^ca-
Jromvs : a fudden accident^ occur fe, or meeting. Any obie£t heard or feene, lormitiuc wit-
forbHndemenncuerblufh ? as|Z)j^/»«/oblerucs, and the night and dark- ^^"^
neflc make men impudent. Or chat we be ftaid before our betters,or in com- de rubor, aud*-
pany we like not,or if any thing molcft and offend vs, erubefcentia turnes to ces ' Am rubenr,
rubor } b\u(h'mg, toacontinuateredneffc. c Sometimes the extremity of the f"ol gaudium
eaers tingle and are red ? fometimes the whole face. Etfi nihil vitiofum com- & loiuptatm
miferisfiS Ludovicns holds.rthotigh /iriflotle is of opinion ; <w/?« pudos ex vi- f Qr ?
tie commiffo) All ftiame from fomc offence. But wefindeotherwife, it may koriTreyertL
as well proceed f from fcarc,as well from force and inexperience, (fo * Dan. ilam > A ^ »^f»'
^/'/;wholdsjasvice,ahothuer,fau^ From a hot ^ § %$ m
hrainefrom winde,the lungs heated , or after dr taking of winejtrong drinkc^ cautim exude-
perturbations ,ejrc. ™- .
Laughter what it is 3 faith 5 Ttilyfiow canfed^ohere^andfo fuddenly breaks \ea^\maxlci
tut j has deftrous to flay it we cannot Jhovo it comes to poffeffe and ftirre ourface^j^ yt pimmum
veines \eyes ^countenance \month ,Jides Jet Democritus determine. The caufe J a ^f e "^,^.
that it often affects melancholy men fo much,is giucn by Gomefiui lib.j.de-j us.
ftlegental.cJp.iS.abundancc ofpleafant vapours,which in fanguinc melan- e a-
choly efpecially.breakc from the heart , h and tickle the tnidriffe, becdufe it k „ a £es db'afii
tranfverfe andfuHof nerues: by which titillat ion the fenfebein^moued^and ar- fulncfleaver-
teries distended ? orpuUed,the fpirits from thence mone 'and poffeffe the^> fides ', ^-^^f
*ueine$ ^countenance ,eyes. See more in Ioptts de r/fu ejr ftetuytues 3 de Amma . ftnri felautn
Tcarcs,as Scaliger dcfines,proceed from griefe and piety,* or from theu hea- tl f*4 tl adm< ^
ting of 1 mot ft bramefor a dry cannot tveepe. j m
That they fee and heare fo many phantafmes,Chirneraes,noyfes,vifions 3 aftiad mborem
&c. as Fienus hath d iico urfed at large in his books of I maeination . and k La- t p otu t v ™> '*
ab bepxie calido
ttttbro tAl'ido.&c. * Com. in Arijl.de mm. tarn avi & inexperietitid qum i vkit. & x.Veoreiore tjuidipferifiu, qm
f coneitetur, vbi fit, &e. h Diajibragma utilUnt , qu'u tYAttfvtrfum & navofum , qua titiUatione, motu [enfn atq s arteri/s di~
fantu , fpiritiss inde later Avenas ot octdot occupant. < Ex cAlefatliene bwmdi cerebri: nm ex (jcco Ucbtjme nenjluunt, k k Res
**aicbii moffjuatur; & pttfantftvidcrt^ua msvidentflec audiunt,
A a v*ter
Part.i.Se&j. Symptomes of Melancholy. McmUi. Subfa*
182 vater dejpettrispart.ncap.2. ^.thcir corrupt phantafie makes them fee and
hcarc that which indeed is neither heard nor feenc. Qui multum ieiumnt
am nodes ducunt infernnes , they that much faft,or want deep, as melancho^
ly and fickc men commonly doe,fee vifions^or fuch as are very timorous by
nature , maddc 5 diftracted, or camcftly fecke, Sabini quod V9lumfmm»nt %
as the faying is , they dreame of that they defirc. As they that drinke Wine
■ . thinke all runnes round , when it is in their owne braine ; fo is it with thefc
Jmtixtim" men,thc fault and caufe is inward, astf^affirmes, Imadmcnandfuch as
funt, res quas are necre death jhos extra fe videreputant Imagines tntra oculos habent^\%
extra feviden i n their braine, which fecmcsto be before them, the braine is a concaue
rtnLbent. °' glaffe reflects folid bodies. The Organs corrupt by a corrupt phantafie , as
« Prauarum Lemmas lib.r .cap.16.WcW quotes. m caufe a great agitation ofjpirits^andhu^
#^niumJ$4- mwrSywhtch wander to and fro in all the ere ekes of the braine \and caufe fucbap.
tlo vitro curoq s parittons before their eyes, Sickncfle is an ordinary caufe of fuch fights. Car*
^"mrantes&c ^ an fatH-hbtit.Mcns *gra labortbus ejr ieittn^sfrac7a,facit eos videre^au*
percrrantcs, c ^ rg ^ c ^ ^ n d.O fancier (aw ftrange vifions,and Alexander ab ^dlexanko
both in their fickneflc which he relates, de rerum varietatJib.8.cap t ^^Alb A ->
tegnitu that noble Arabian on his death bed, fow a Chip afccnding and dc-
" E * r 'W& s - fcending,which Fracaforius records of his friend Bapt/fia T urriantu.Pentbc*
us in his madnefle two fonnes,aod two Thebes , every thing double. Weake
fight and a vaine perfwafion withall,may caufe as much , and fecond caufes
concurring,as an Ore in water makes a refraction, and fecmes bigger, ben-
ded double,&c. The thickucfTc of the ayre may caufe fuch effect s,or any ob-
ject not well defcerned in the darkc , fcare and phantafie will fufpect to bee a
° Seneca Quod Ghoft.adiuclLj&c. Quodnimis miferitiment^hoc facile credunt.Wcc are
metuunt mm a, apt tobeleeue,& miflake in fuch cafes. Marcellus Do n at m Jib. 2, cap. r .brings
nmquam amo- j n a ft ory Q f ^yfrtHotle .of one Antepbcron which likely faw whercfoeuer hec
vert pOjl cjiec , , * T ? » 1 \ m • #»?•/
mi patant. was , his owne Image m the ayre, as in a glade. Vitello lib. io.perjpecl, hath
fuch another inftancc of a familiar acquaintance of his s that after the want
of three or fourc nights fleepc,as he was ridingby a riuers fide , faw another
riding with him, and vfing all fuch gefturcs as hee did, but when more light
appeared,it vanifhed. Eremites zn&Anachorites haue many fuch abfurd vifi-
ons,rcvelations by rcafon of much fading, and bad diet, many are deceaued
by legerdemainc,as^w hath well (hewed in his booke of the difcoueryof
witchcraft,and Cardan.fubtil. 18. fuffites, perfumes , fuffumigations , pcr-
fpectiue glades, and fuch naturall caufes, as you may perccaue in Bxputta
Forta^AlexityAlbertui and others,Glow-wormcs,Fire« drake*, Metcors 3 rof
ten wood,&c. But molt part itis within the braine } although I may not do
ny,but that oftentimes the diuell deludes them , and takes his opportunity
tofuggeft,andrepreientfuchvaincobicctsto fickc melancholy men, and
luch as arc ill affected.
The hearing is as frequently deluded as the fight 3 from the lame caufes
almoftjas he that hcarcs Bdls.will make them found what he M.As the foolt
^Blowing of thinkethfo the bell clinketh. Theophiliu inlGtf/*vf,thought he heard muficke,
WkTn* of d ^ rom va P 0Urs which madc his carcs f° u nd,&c. Some arc deceaued by Echo 's
HammS! if fome by roaring of waters , orconcaues and reverberation of ayre in the
Sdr « pIy § rounc * an( * hollow Pk ccs or wa ^ $ - p At Barry an lfle in the Severnc mouth
Jhccliffr to thcyfccmctohcatcafmithsforgc-fo at^MandthofcfulphuriousIflcs,
and
Part i.Sc&4^ Vrognofttcks of melancholy. Mcmb, i. Subti
and many fiich like which Olaus fpeakes of in the continent of Scandia , and 183
thofe northernc countries. Cardan.de rerum var.lib.ij. cap. S4. mentioned!
of a woman,that ftill fuppofed (he heard the Diuell call her, and fpcaking to
her, (bee was a Painters wife in Millan : and many fuch lllufions of voices,
which proceed moft part from a corrupt Imagination.
Whence it comes to pafle > that they prophecy, fpeakc feuerall langua-
ges,talke of Autonomy , and other vnknownc fcienccs to them ; ( of which
theyhauebeeneeuerijnorantjllhaucinbricfc touched, onelythis I will '^{j^J*
here addc.that Arculanusfioiin.lib.3. cap^Mmon. and fomc others r hold, tition.^ \6,
as a manifeft token that fuch perfons are poffcflTcd with the Diuell: fodoth «9.ra#£.
Hercules de Saxomdjnd Apponenjis, and fit only to be cured by a Prieft. But nU^fmt'
t Guianerius* Mont 'alt '»*,and Lemnius lib. 2. cap. 2. refcrre it wholy to the ill nifiquod icqua*
difpofition of the u humour.and that out of the authority of Arifiotletrob. **«
^o./.becaule fuch lymptomcs are cured by purgmg.and as by the unking of rtutonicumm
a flint fire is inforccd, fo by the vehement motions of fpirits,they doe eltcere aliud Moma,
voces in^ud/tos, compcll itrange fpeeches to bee fpoken: another argument n.tragf
he hath from Platoe'sremtntfcenttajbuun this Khould rather hold with A- dtmtian.
vicenna andhisatfbeiats , that fuch fymptomes proceed from evill fpirits,
which take all opportunities of humours decayed, or otherwife to pervert *Mir*vucm.
the loiile of man, and bcfides the humour it felfe,is Balneum Diaboli, the Du cttat kumorct
veils bath,and as Agrippa psoues ,doth intice him,to feize vpon them, Zin^mmm
SECT. 4- **
Mb mb, u Svtfssc. r.
Pregnofiicks of Melancholy*
PRognofticks, orfigncs of things to come, are either good or bad. If
this malady be not hercditary,and taken at the beginning^there isgood
hope of curefecens curationem non babet difficilcmfehh Avicenna l.j,
Ten. 1 .Tract. +x 1 8. That which is with laughter,of all others is moft fecurc,
gentle,and remifle. Hercules de Saxoni*. * If that evacuation of hamrods y or * si mM&<
varices wb'ch they call the water betweene the sktnne , fha/l happen to a melan- lie " *>*mormdt)
, cboty mart, bis mi feryu ended.Htppocratet AphorJ.u. Galen, lib. 6. de morbis
f«^r.f<7w.X.confirmcs the fame, and to this Aphorifmc of /f/^<?fr^« all vt qmbufdam
the Arabians pzvj and old Latincs fubfcribej^»/4//w cap. 2s -Hercules de f/^^J^
Saxonia^MercurialUyVtttoriui F -avent inm \&c. Skenkius ltb,i .obferuat '. meet, turmatm.
cap.de Mania, illuft rates this Aphorifmc , with fan example of one Daniel
Fedircr a Copperfmith, that was long melancholy, and in the ende madde
about the 27 ycare of his age,thefc varices or water beganne to arifeinhis
thighes,andhc was freed from hismadncflc. Mar ins the Roman wasfbeu*
red fome fay,though with great paine. Skenkius hath fome other inftances
ofwomen that haue becne helped by flowing of their monthes , which be-
fore were (topped. That the opening of the haemrods ;will doe as much fof
men,all Phvfitians ioyntly fignifie,fo they be voluntary fome fay,and not by
compulfio n. All melancholy men are better after a quartanc 7 Jobertus faith y
icarceany man hath that Ague twice: But whethet it free him from this vm £ y
A a % *nalady a
Part, i .Se£t..f. ?rogno(lkb of melancholy. Mcmb. i Subh
1 84 malady, 'ti* a queftion; for many Phy fitians afcribc all long Agues for cfpe.
icumdn u'u ciallcaufc$,andaquartanc Ague amongft the reft- z Rhafiscont. lib.i.tracl.
txUpnf^erfi- p When melancholy gets out at the (uperficies of the skinne^or fettles breaking
mm & refidet out m frabbes Jeprojiejnorphew j>r is f urged by Jiooles , or by the Frine y or that
f/Jb^mJ? the ftleeneisinlargcd>andthofc varices affearejhe difeafe it diffolued. Guia-
fbeam nigrum, ncrius, cap,$* trace, ij. adds Dropfie, Iandife 5 Dyfcntery 3 Leprofy, as good
vei expurgatur fi thc £ Scabbes,Morphewcs 3 and breaking out,and proiies it out of
per infer isrei par a ? « *
tayel per wt- the 6^ Hippocrates Aphorifmes.
nam &c.non t- Prognofticks on the other part. Inveterata melancholia incurability
mfmfta£!r e & & i£ Dc invcterate,it is a incurable, a common axiomc/*/ difficult er curdifo
varices a^a- as they fay that make the beft,hardly cured. This Galea witneffeth,//^.<sfo
1tn b. . loc.afecl.cap.d.^ be it in whom it willy or from what caufe foeuer. it is euerlonv %
verCamnaturS. wayward and tedious ^nd hard to be cur ed^tf once it be habituated* As Luctan
b in epicure^ faid of the Gont,(hc was the c Queene of difeafes^and inexorable _,may we fay
^[TtypKon. of melancholy .Yet Paracelftu will haue all difeafes whatfbeuer curable 5 and
F<tfert\m [em- laughs at all tnem which thinke otherwife , zsT.EraJIus par.j* obiectsto
fertfiamaw \ l \ m> Although in another place,hereditary difeafes he accounts incurable;
r <Mrd^poS. anc ^ D y no art to De remoued. d Hildejheim fiicel. 2, de meL holds it lefle dan-
c Reginam<>r- gcrous ifonly c Imagination be hurt ^nd not reafon,* the gentle fru from blood.
waMU & *** Wcrfefromcholcr aduflfbuttheyoorft of all from Melancholy putrified. IBruel
d omnl Mm- cfteemes hypocondriacall leaft dangcrotiSjand the other two fpecies fop-
um quod oritur, p fite to Galen jhardeft to be cured. h The cure is hard in man , but much
rebti!licurdbiie more difficult in women. And both men and women muft take notice of
Hildijbeim. {pi- that faying of Mont anas 1sonf1l.230.pro Abb ate Italo, 1 This malady doth com-
"sCoMma-' mon h ^company them to their graue , Thy fitians may eafe and it may lye hid'
gmaiio kdatur, for a timeout they cannot quite cure itjtut it will returne againe more violent
&mn rath. j\j Af p e then at firjljind that vpon every fmatt occafion or err our 2 as in Mer~
^nVftrnm- CUYtes weather- beaten ilatue , that was once all ouer gilt , theopen parts
te,deteri«rabi- werecleane, yet there was infimbrijs aurum , inthechinckesarcmnantof
leafj-atapeffima gr id ; thcrc will be fome reliqucs of melancholy left, in the purcft bodies ( if
" ab atrdbile pit- . i , r n i 1 t.Ar • • i -
trefaBi. once tainted ) not io ealily to be rooted out. * Oftentimes it degenerates in-
zyificttorcit- to Epilcpfy , Apoplexy j Convulfions,andblindnefle : by the authority of
vi'bSpow Hippocrates & Galen^ll averre,ifonce it pofleffe the ventricles of the braine,
M'w&cercbri Frambefarius ,and Salufl.Saluianus adde, if to the opticke nerues, blindnefTc.
h D #^f w ; Mercurialis confil.20.hi6 a woman to his patient ; that from Melancholy be-
muito aifficUm came Epileptickc and blind. m It it come from a cold caulc or 10 continue
h femina.^ cold,or increafe ? EpilepGe,Convulfions follow,and blindneffe, or clfe in the
pieru^TomT- cn ^ ^ey are moped^fottifli^nd in all their actions, fpeeches, geftures, ridi-
nes com'itatur, culous. n If it comefrom an hot caufe,they arc more furious, &boifterous,
licet media le- anc j j n conclufion mad. Calefcentem melancholiam fapius fequitur mann.
vent plerumq.. . r . , 7. r . . J . J r . J 2 -
tamennontii- n it heat and mcreafe,that is the common event, P per ctremtus, autfemper
hm vnqum, infanitty fits,or altogether. Ifitcome from Melancholy naturalladuft 3 &
^tti%%bn m exceflejthey are often daemoniacall, Montanus.
q Scldome this malady procures death,except ( which is the grcateft and
tccafume outer. mo ft gticuous calamity,and the mifery of all miferies ) to make away them''
* Vtrkulum e(l'
tie degeveret in Epilepjiam, Apoplexiam^CoHvuifionem^citatem. 1 MontcU.c.i^.lAur«ntiui. Here Js Saxon. m Her.de Sax*
mia, ^iriftotle^Capivaccim. " Vavent.bmw pigidiufoladelitu caufa.furorh verb burner edtdttt. ° Heurmiu cals madne»,
fsbolemmtlwMkt,? Alexandti\l\b,ijc*p.\1 t 5 Moittaltj.iS,Rarb mmwtemnHnqumnififibiipfiwfeTknt.
lelucs,
Part.i , Se&.4. Vrognoflicks of melancholy. Mcmb.i.5ubf.i ;
fclues,which is a frequent thing,and familiar amongft them. 'Tis r Hippocra- 185
tes obferuation,G4i(f»j fcntence,£^ mortem timent^ tmenplerun^ jibiip- T . L * b -
fis mortem confcifcu»tjib.3.delocisaffetlxap. 7 .thcc\oome of all Phyficians. ^^te^
'lis f Rabbi CMofes Aphorifmc. The prognofticon of Av icenna JLhafts ,v£ti- i tionmii vie*
us^3ordoniu^ x ValefcuS y AltomarH4^ Saluft Salmanus^ Capivaccius, Hercules de ^ nt . M f mami fi*
Saxonia y Pifo,Bruel,Fuchftus^c. blmfermt -
1 Et fepe vfy adeo mortis formidinc vit* « Lmet, Hk.%,
Perciptt inftlix odium Juciffy videndd^ >
Vt fibi confeifcat m&rcnt't peftore let bum.
And fo farre forth deaths terror doth affright,
He makes away hfmfelfc,and hates the light:
To make an end of fear e and griefe of hearty B
He voluntary dies to eafc his fmart. m^imm^
So farre forth doth the torture and extremity of his mifcry torment him, ffieoifeifcm
that he can takenoplcafureinhislife,butis in a manner inforeed to offer vi- frifiitim^dio
olencc vntohimfelfe, to be freed from his prefent infufferable paines. So v\u aftimib
fome(£iith u Fracaftorius) in fury, but mo fin de [pair e, for row x fear e, and out f Hmefn & de-
of the angu/fh and vexation of their foules^ offer violence to themfelues 1 for eniminfera
their life u vnhappy andmiferablcj. They cm take no reft in the nighty nor Ergo f K perpe-
fleepe, or if 'they doe (lumber .fearefulldreames aflontfh them. In the daytime, ^fj^ lvi '
they arc affrighted (till by fome terrible obiccl:, ancUorne in pieces with fuf- pwipitrnj,*
pition/earc/orroWjdifcontents^ares^ameSjanguifh^c.asfo many wild mlu . cari{ ^
horfes,that theycannotbc quiet an houre,a minute of time,buteuen againft fe^unlfe^uZ
their wils they are intenr, and ftill thinking of it, they cannot forget it, it commit tunt.
grindestheii foulcsday andnight,they are perpetually tormented,theycan y^ * 2 ^' 107 '
neither cat,drinke,or fleep, PfaJ.i 07.1 $ '.their foule abhorreth allmeat, ejr they * iob.1.1'.
are brought to deaths doore^ * being bound in mifery andiromthcy Xcurfe their t V\ * olorii &
ftarres with lob? and day of their birth y andrvifb for death: for as Pineda, and %
moft interpreters hold, Job was euen melancholy to defp aire, and almoft i*Ru».
t madnefle it felfe, they murmure many times againft the world, friends, al- \ Sm r ca - .
lics 5 all mankinde,euen againft God himfelfe in the bitternefle of their pafli- defperltilnept
on, a vivere ntluntjnori nefciunt } \iuo they will notjdyetheycannor.Andin y^fibimey.
themidft oftheferqualid,vgly,andfuchirkfomedayes, they feekcatlaft,fTn- oru^™
ding no comfort, b no remedy in this wretched life,to be eafed of all by death lib. z.cap. j.
Omnia appetunt bonum-znd for their good as they hope , fub fpecit ' at leaft^ ! f^f J "fi n j*
vel quia mor i pulchr urn put ant ( faith c Hippocrates) vel quia put ant inde fe ^ vmbrL
maioribus malts liberari, to be freed as thcyfeeke: Though many times as A c*p : iJemen
•s£fopes fifhes.they leap from the frying-pan, into the fire it felfe, yet thcv % alH ™ Uva &
hope to be eafed by this meanes and therefore (faith d Faltx Plater us) after dm mettem,
many tedious dayes at laft, either by drowning, hangings or fome fuch fear efuH < l um f ! ment >
end,thcy precipitate or make away themfelues ; many lamentable examples '^mtfim^Lt
are dayly feene amongft vs* T is a common calamity, c a fatall end to this dif- a h ui dti
eafc.They arc condemned to a violent dcath,by a lury of Phyfitians/uriouf- ft^l^tJ^,
ly difpofed ; carried headlong by their tyrannizing wils, inforeed by miferies, dimm.
and there remaincs no more to fuchperfons, if that hcauenly py&yfitian, by ' jj^* 1 j
hisaflifting grace and mercy alone, doe not prevent, no humane perfwafi. cwndmnux
on,or Art can hc!pe,to be their ownc butchers,and execute themfelues. dto fefnap.
crateshis acuta, Lucrctias ^ dagger, Timont halter, areyettobehadj Catoes ^J*'*
A z 3 knife.
Paru.Se<5t.4'
**~ ' — - — — - t ^
Vrcgnoflkh of Melancholy. Mcmfcu.SubJa
f Fezjna ' mr»
boTum, cut fx-
tnukntiir omnti
& obediwtt.
Et paulc*
pott
l8 5 knife, and N trots fword arc left bchindc them, as fo many facall engins 5 bc-
queathed to poftcri/y, and will be vfed to the worlds end, by fuch diftrcfled
fotiles: fo intolicrable^vnfufferable, grieuous and violent is their paine, g fo
vnfpeakablcjand fo continuate. One day of griefe is an hundred yeares, as
t o omnium o- Q ltr ^ n obikxucsiTis carnijicina bominum^angor amms 9 2s well faith Arete~
^altta™' */, h aplagucofthcfoule, an epitome of hell ; and if there be an hell vpoo
Lnc'um mortefq, carrh ,it is to be found in a Melancholy mans heart:
mUejmliejum For t } Jit ^ ee ^ e torture may bt cafrd an bell,
r't'p^HttZ when more is felt f hen one hath porvtr to tell.
§m AHfirtito. Yea,that which fcoffing Luc tan faid of the gout in jeft , I may trucly affirmc
of Melancholy incarneft.
O trifle nomenl b dijs odibile^j
t Mehncholta lachrymofa,Cocyti filt'a,
Tu Tartar i frecubus opacis adit a t \
Erinnys utero quam Mtgara fuo tulir,
Et ab uberibus aluit,cut^parvuU 9
Amarulentum in os lac Ale CI o ded/t y
Omnes abominabilem tt damonts
Produxere in lueem y exiti0 mortalium,
Non Iapp'tter fert tale telum fulminis y
Non ulla fie procella fevit aquoris,
Non impetuofi tanta vis eft turbinis.
AaaJ}erosfuHineomorfu$Cerbersf
Hum virus Echidna membra mta dtp a ft star ?
Ant tunic 't fanie tin 51 a NeJ r st fanguints f
Illachrymabile & immtdicsbsle malum hoc,
O fad and odious name/ a name fo fell.
Is this of Melancholy, brat of helL
There borne in hcllifh darknes doth itdwcll B
The Furies brought it vp,Megeras teate,
Alefto gaue it bitter milke to eate.
And all confpir'd a bane to mortall men,
To bring this divcll out of that black den.
lupsters thundcrbolt.nor ftormc at Sea,
Nor whirle wind doth our hearts To much difmay c
What? am I bit by that fierce Cerbcrmi
Or ftungby t fcrpenc fb pcftiferous ?
Or put on fhirt that's dipt in Nejfus blood?
My pain's paftcure, Phyfickcandoenogood.
Skull' non iMvenero tyranni maius tormentum.'No torture ofbody like vnto
it,no ftrappado's,hot izons,Pbalaris buls:
\ Nec ira dtum tantum^nec tek y ntc hoflis %
Quantum fola notes duimss Map fa
louts wrath, nor diuels can,
Doc fo much harmc to th* Soutc of man.
allfeareSjgriefes/ufpitions^ifcontcntsjmbonitics^nluavities are (wallow*
cdvp,and drowned in this Euripusjhis lrifh Sea, this Ocean of mifery, as fo
} many fmall biookes3 t'is soagulum omnium arumuarum, which f AmmUnus
applyed
(us Sear pi* &(
Seneca AU.\ t
Ha cat.
f S'ttm Ittl'h
Parci. Sedfc.4. frognoJltchofMdancbUy. Memb-i.Subfi--
. . —
applycd to his diftrefTcd Pallad/us, I fay of our Melancholy man, hec is the 1^7
cream of humane adverficy,the iquinteffcnce.vpfhot^al other difcafes what-
foeucr, are but flea bitings to Melancholy in cxrenr.Tis the pith of them all, pX*™*'
\ Hoffitium eft calami tatis } quid verbis opus eft, fit, ut TertuiU
QuamcuncL malam rem qaxres, illic repcries: * m HUr >
What need more words, tis calamities Inne, \Tiautm.
Where feeke for any mifchicfe, 'tis within;
& a melancholy man is that true Prometheus ,which it bound to Caucafus y thc
true Titiuj jwhoic bowels arc ftill by a vulturc 5 dcvourcd(as Poets faine) for ififajkcMii
fo doth k Ltlius Gir Aldus interpret it,of anxieties.& thole griping carcs,& fo
ought it to be vnderftood. In all other maladies whatfocuer, wc fcekc for
hclpe,ifa leggc or an armc ake, through any diftcmperature or wound, or
that wchaue any ordinary difcafe, aboue all things whatfocuer, weedefirfc
help & health,a prefent rccouery, if by any meancs poffible it may be procu-
red. Wc will freely part with all our other fortunes, fubftance, endure any
nnfery ,drinke bitter potions/wallow thofe diftaftefnll pills/urTcr our joints
to be feared, to be cut off, any thing for future health, fo fweet, fo dearc, fo
prctiousaSoue all other things in this world, is life ."but to a melancholy
man,nothing fo tcdious,nothingfo odiousj that which they fo carefully feek
to prefcrue, 1 lie abhorres: he alone,fo intolerable are his pains, Some make ' Q?id ejl mi~
a qucftion, pravieres morhi corporis an ammi. whether the difcafes of the bo- ^ mm m Y, tta >
oy or mmd be more gneuousjbut there isno companion, no doubt to bee n.Seneca.
made of \i } multo enim f<tvior t longe^ atroctor eft animi* qukm corporis crucia*
tits (Lemnius l.j c. 12 ) the difeafes of the mind are farre more grieuotis. So
Cardan teftifies,^ rerum var.l. X. c.40. m Maximus Tyrtus a Platonift, & Plu* mr m
tarchfauz made juffc volumes to proue it. n Dies adimit agritudinem homi- txbtUo a$p*>
/;/'^;inallothcrdifeafes 3 thereis fomc hope likely, but thefevnhappy men wtnresp^ffmm P
arc borne to mifery,paft all hope ofrecouery.incurably fickjtht* longer they
liue.thc worfe they are,and death alone muft cafe them .
Another doubt is made by fome Philofophers, whether it be lawfull fot
a man in fuch extremity of paine and griefe, to make away himfelfe: & how
fuch men that fo doc, are to be cenfured. The Phtomfts approue of it, that
it is lawfull in fuch cafes,and vpon a ncceflity, Plotihus Itbje beatitud, cap.j.
and Socrates himfelfe defends it, in PUto$Ph*don y if any man \ Ubour of u*
incurable difeafe y he may dijpatch himfelfe j fit be to hisgootl.ThcStoicks in ge-
nerally Seneca amongft the reft, quamcum^veram ejfe viam adltbertatCy • ttim }
anyway is allowable, that leades to liberty, \letvsgiueGo^thankes y thatn9 vS"!i"?f»-
man is compelled to Hue AgAtnfl his will, f He commends Cato, Dido i & Lucre* gere,quu vent*
//'-,for their generous courage in fodoing, cV others that voluntarily dye,to wi™*"* Q*
avoid a greater mifchief,to free themfelues from mifery,to faue theirjhonor, ^^mL%to
or vindicate their good name.as Cleopatra did,as Iuntut Brutes , as Vib'tm Vi* ixAuas^uodw
rius& thofe CampanUn Senators in Livy 3 ( Dec: 3. lib J.) to cfcape the Ro- JJjj^S£
man tyranny,that poyfoned themfelues : how many myriads befides in all teft.
2gzs,qui fibi lethuminfontes peperere manu&c. P Razis in the MacMees is t£/#«*4.7if
magnified for k : Sampfons death approucd.In warres for a man to run rafhly P M ac> , 4 42<
vpon imminent danger,& prefent death, is accompted valor U magnanimi- t a« ameogft
ty,t to be the ciufe of his own,& many a thoufands ruinebelldes,to commh Jic"*^
wilfull murder in a manncr,of himfeif and othcrs^i* a glorious thing, & hec
ftull
Part.i.Sed.^. Trognojlich of melancholy. Memb.i.Subf.1
1 8S lhal be crowned for it.Thc <\MxjJegat& in former timcs,& I know not what
i Bobemm At nation bdides,did ftifle their old men,to free the from thofc grievances, in*
mrbu gentium, cicieot to that age.S r Thomas Moore in his Vtopta commends voluntary death
**' ^ nc Dc f&iautalijs jW^/^troublcfome to himfclfc , or orliers, (efpeciallytf
c Lib.i.vnfer- life be a torment to him ) let him free himf elf with hu own hands from this tedu
mSdtiU ctli hfii** ft om a frifon,o r fa fir himfelfto be freed from others. It is an ordina*
jitbori fpe fie- ry thwg in china (fmh Matt.Ricc/Mthe Jefuite) *fftbeybeindeJpaireofbet.
tm acefH.v'ua ter fortunes y or t/redejr tortured with mifery, to here we themfelueseflife^-
fieximJwLab m %n ) f ^ mcs t0 JP !te en€nttes worejto bang at their doore,AuJtin de civ,
aiys mini fui dc i J. r .cap. defends* violent death/o that it bee vndcrtaken in a goodcaufe,
^Exl^t 'l^ nem0 fi c ^ l9rtum '> c j. t ^ non f uera{ aliquando moriturm^qutdautem tnterefi^ub
smus.lib.i'.c.?. mortts gjtnerejjita iflafiniatur, quandoiliecuifinitur^iterummori noncogi-
Veibonorum tur f no m an fo voluntarily dies,but volens, nolens > he mud dye at laft 5 &
tTw'm our ls f°bied to innumerable cafualties , who knowes when they may
perpefnnefracti happen, utrum fatlus efl unamperpetimoriendo^ an omnes timer e •vivendo t
&f*6&ti> vd u b ctter buffer one,then fearc all. x And a harder choice to liue in feare, then
I by once dying, to be freed from all. Theombratus Ambrociata perfwaded, L
ut inimkh fan know not how many hundreths of his Auditors, by a luculent Oration hec
IFs/TdAn-' nia de of the miferies of this, & happines of that other life,to precipitate the*
tbony, Gaibd, felues.f Calenus & his Indians ) hated of old,to dye a nacurall death; the C7r-
^/n? him' cumce ^ lans & Do»ati/is,\oih'mg life^opellcd others to make the away , with
feJfc.^. Atxx many fuch: but thefe are falfc & Pagan pof*tions 3 and vpon a wrong ground,
in dcfpair,c/c- No euill is to be don? jhat good may come of tt/eclamat Chriftusjcclamat Scrip-
^Thonor^ tertfiody & all good men arc V againft ir. * Male meretur, qui dat mendico
* inertim deli- quod edat^nam ejr Olud quod dat,perit\ ejr ifaproducit^ vitam admiferiam ? he
gtturdtuvtvere, t h at giues a beggar an almesfas that GomicallPoet faidjdoth ill,becaufehe
totZo?bo'rum doth Du * a prolong his miferies.But Latlantius 1.6. c ?.de vero eultu^h it a
fmei morie/ido, deteftable opinion,& fully confutes \t.l.jMfap.c.i%.& Aufltn c.6i.adDulci-
formidarf^ twmTribunum. Hieromxo MarceUa of Blefillas death, Ncn recipio'tales am-
t cmtm'l. \6. m,u ejrc.he cals fuch men jnartyres flult d PhilofophU, Cyprian de duplies mar.
rLa^uem pr^eU tyrio^Si qui fie moriantur, aut infirmitas^ aut Ambit /o, aut dementia cogit eos,
Zfdaml'aufia. To this effect writes Arijl.3. Ethic. but it needs no confutation.This only let
gio ftByaajfU me adde,thatin fo me cafes, thofe b hardcenfures of fuch as offer violence to
Txm!wpttt thcir wn P er ^ ons . a rc to be mitigated 3 as in fuch as are mad,befidc thefclues
fcpneidit m or known to hauc bin long me!ancholy,& that in extremity ,they know not
temMibfu^*' ^ oe >depriued of Reafon jludgmcnt^all j c as a fhip that is void ofa
^em[ Aiibe- PiIot,mu(t needs impinge vpon the next rocke or fands, & fuffer fhipwrack.
rattrem fit ma- &P h Forcftus hath a ltory of two melancholy brcthrcn 3 that made away thero-
s« L> 5 l> ^ lucs ? & for ^° f° u l c a fa<5t,were accordingly cenfured, to be infamoufly bu-
i4.Lcft.on/»- ried } as in fuch cafes they vie: but vpon farther examination of their mifery
£ on the ^. mac ^ nes > tnc cenfurc was « revoked^ they were folemncly inter red.Thus
fame Prophet. °^ thcir S oods & bodies a we can difpofe,but what fhal become of their lbuls
h As to be bu- God alone can tell,his mercy may come inter pontern ejr fontem ) inter glads-
Siah/L ™&'*gd*miqH9dciaviico*ti*g*tfuiq*dmtoteft^ knowes how he
riaii ypth a may be tempted? it is his cafe,it may be thine:| Qua fus fors hodie eftjrts fore
K&udcmpu. ve fi r a potest^ we ought not to be raft and rigorou s in our cenfures, as fome
Sl'|pS are 5 charity will iudgc the beft, God be mercifull to vs all. Finis.
fepcltri.qui fibi fyfi morte confeifcunl. ^.lofe their goods &c. c 7{avis deftitttta naucler$ v mterrMiaTmemfcapulMm impinpt.
* Obfewat, « Scnecatrafl.iJ.S.CA'Lexhomicida'm feinfepuln*abyciatHT,cMradkitur. eb ipod afim fibi marm cmCIw Jit ajft-
dHiimalififummm inftltcltAtmfmmm'mljoc wnoiitjqHod n'l^'utubat lime mifenmtri, t BHcbmxg. EUg.
Sec. i
Gcne-
rall
1
to all
which
con-
Cure
of
taincs
melan
choly
is e
1
cither
or
Vnlaw-
ful means
fotbidde.
or
THE SYNOPSIS OF
THE SECOND PARTITION.
Memb.
i. From the Diuel,Magitians,Witches &c.by charmes, (pels, 1
incantations, Images &c.
Queft. i . Whether they can cure this, or other fuck like
difcafes ?
Quefi.2. Whether if they can fo cure, it be lawfullto
feeketothemforhelpe ?
p2.Immediatly from God, a Ioveprincipium, by prayer &C.
'■f.Queft.i. Whether Saints and their Rcliques can hclpe this
infirmity ?
Quefi.2. Whether it be lawful! in this cafe to fue to them
for aide?
| SSubfeU.
Lawfull J , or »• < PhyJtti4*> In whom is required fcience ,confi«
meanes 1 . dence,honefty &c.
whichare 4'. M e di- 2.?«&W,in whom is required obedience,con(raii«
cy, willingnefle, patience, confidence, bounty^
&c. nottopra£tifeonhim(clfc.
£-Dia;tcticall T
which con-< Pharmaceutical! x
tills of J
^ 'Lchirurgicall K
Particular to the three diftinct fpecies s Si
4, Medi-
atly by
Nature, ,
whxheo-
ccrnes &
^ works by
pDiet re-
ified
/ .Mem.
VSeZt.2.
Diacteti-
cal which
confifts
in refor-
ming
thole fixe
non natu-
ral things,
as in
or
""Such meates as are eafie of digeftion , well drefTed , hote^
fod, &c.yong,moift,ofgood nourishment &c.
Bread of pure wheat,wcll baked.
| Water cleare from th- fountairte. /
1 Wine and drinke not too ftrong &c.
J p. ^5Mountainebird,partridge,phefanr,qu^^^^
c £Hen,capon,mutton,vcale,ki«l,rabbet &c.
r fL SThat line in gravelly waters, as pike,pearcb,trowt»
FlIh \ Seafito,Llid,white&c.
„ 5Burage,buglofre,bawme,fuccory, endiuc,vioIet*,
Hearbs^ in broth,not raw &c.
t Fruits 5R a y^ lns f ^ e Sunne,apples corrected for winde a
i Qua L& roots £ oranges &c. parfnips, potatoes &c.
" "^- a " <" At feafonable & vfuall times of repaft,in good ordcr,not be-
"Matter
& qua
lity.
i.Sttbf.
L 1 ^ \ fore the firft be coco£ted,fparing,not ouermuch,of one difti.,
s.Re&ification of Retention and Evacuation^ coftiuenerTe,Vencry,bleeding at
nofe,moneths flopped, bathes &c.
% . Aire re£ti-CNaturally in the choice and fite of our countrey ,d welling-plaee, 1
fied , with a J to be hot & moift,light, wholefome, plcafant &c.
DigreflTion ) Artificially ,by often change of aire, avoiding windes, fogs,tem-
of the Aire. L pe(ts,opening windowes,pcrfumes &c.
fTOfbody & mindcybut moderate, as hawking,hunting,riding,{riooting,
4. Ex-0bowling,fifhing,fowIirig,walkingin fair fields, galleries } tennis, bar &c.
ercifc jOfmind,asChefTe, cards,tablcs,&c. to fee playes, maskes SccferiouW
(tudiesjbufineffcall honeft recreations.
5. Rectification of waking, and terrible drcames &c.
6. Rectification of paflions and perturbations of theminde. £i
Bb
MemJ.
Paffions, •
and per-
turbati-
ons of
the mind
rectified.
SjHoffnoftbi fece*d Mkk£
r SuhftH.
r-From J i .By vfing all good meanes ofhelp, confefling to a friend, &ci
j J himfelfe ) Avoiding all occafions of his infirmity.
LNot eiuing way to paflions,but refilling to his vtmoft.
"2. Byfaire and foule meanes,counfell,comfort ,good perfwifion/rit*
ty deviccs,fi6tions, and if it be poftiblc to fatisfic his mind*
3, Muficke of all forts aptly applycd.
4. Mirth,and merry company.
or
from his
Ajnends. 4
Sett.j.
Aconfo-
latory
digteffio
contai-
ning re-^
medies
h to al dif-
contents
& pafli-
ons of
< jhe mind
tJMemb.
1. Generall difcontents and grieuances fatisfied* .
2. Peculiar difcontents, as deformity of body, ficknefle,
bafenefle of birth, &c.
3 . Pouerty and want, fuch calamities and adverfities,
4. Againft fervitude,lo(Te of liberty,Imprifonment,Banifh.
ment &c.
j . Againft vaine feares/orrowes, for dca th of friends,or o-
thcrwife.
6*. Againft envy, livo^hatrcd^alice, emulation, ambition,
and felfelouc &c.
7. Againft repulfes, abufes, iniuries, contempts, difgraccs,
contumelies, flanders,and fcorTes &c.
8. Againft all other grievous and ordinary fymptomes of
this difeafe of melancholy.
Pharma-
ceutice,
or Phy-
ficke ,
which
cureth
with me-
dicines,
with a
digreflio
of this
kinde of
Phyfick,
is either
Mem. 1,
Sub fee % i
or
or
Simples
altering
melan-
choly, t
with a
digrcfli-
on of
Exotick
Simples
or w
copouds
altering
melan-
choly,
witha di-
greflion «'
of com-
pounds.
If To the heart; borage, buglofle, Scorzonera &c.
To the head; bawme, hoppes,nenuphar &c.
Liuer; Eupatory,artimeha &c.
^ Stomack; wormewood, centaury,penyroyall.
3 t Sfthf, f Splenc 4 Ceterache,afhc, Tameriske.
J To purific the blood; endiue, fuccory,&c.
{^Againft winde; origan, fennell,annifeed. &c.
4. Precious ftoncsj as fmaragdes, chalidonies tec. Miner als,as
gold, &c.
"~ Wines; as of Hcllebor,bugloffe,Tame-
riske,&c.
Surups of borage, bugloffc, hopps, Epi*
thvme,endiue,fuccory &c.
Conferues of violets, maydenhaire, bo-
rage,buglofle,rofes,&c.
Confections; Treacle, Mithridate, E-
legmeSjOiL injures.
Diambra dianthos.
Diamargeritum calidum.
Diamofchum dulce.
Eleftuarium de gemmis.
Lactificans Cjdeni & Rkafis.
Diamargeritum frigidum.
Diarrodon Abbatis.
Diacorolli,Diacodium,with their tables.
^Condites of all forts &c.
Oylesofcamomile,Violets,Ro{es,&c.
pintments; alablaftritum,populeum &c
Liniments;plaflers,ca!rotes,cataplafmcs,fron-
tals, fomentations, Epithymes, facks,bags,
odoroments,pofies,&c.
or
folid, as^
thofe a-
romati-
1 call con-
i/edions.
Out-
wardly
vfed/ as.
_Orpurging q
Particular to the three diftinct Species. 83 SI W
Medietas
purging
melan-
choly ,are t
cither
Mtmb.2
or
Sjniffis (ftbtfttwd lATtition.
fi.Srifi 5Arrabecca,Uurell > whiteHellebor,5cylUi orSetionyon,
Vpward,£ AntimonyjTobacc©.
as vomits *
~More gentle;as ScnajEpithirnCjPolipodiejMiroboIancs,'
Fumitory &c.
Stronger; aloes, lapis Arcmcnus, lapis lazuli , blackc
Hellcbor.
m m f Liquid,as potions,Iulipes,Syrtipes,wine
of Hellcbor, bugloffe &c
Soltd,as lapis Armenus,and lazuli, p;IIct
a *s of Indie,pilles ofFumitory &c.
» °- J Electuaries, Diafcna , confection of Ha«
S mcclvHicrologadium &c.
<J Not fwallowcd,as gargarifmcs, mafticato*
or L ties &c.
Simples
purging
mclan*
choly L***V&
r Mouth
^Superior
parti
or
5"
Noftrils; Tneezing-powders,odoTaments, perfumes &c.
Inferior parts; as Cliftcrs ftrong 'and wcakc, and fuppoficories of
Caftilan fope,hony boyled &c.
Com-
pounds
purging v.
' choly. ("Phlebotomy, to all parts almoft, aud all the diftinct Specica.
* I With k nife, horfelecchcs.
TL Chirmgicall Phy- 1 Cupping-glafTes. ' .
fickc, which con- 1 Cauteries, and icating with hote irons,boanng.
(\l\ioi Mcm.j. IDropaxandSynapifmus,
{jiTucs to fcuerall parts,and vpon feuerall occafions.
Moderate diet,meat of goodiuycCjinoiftning^afy of digeftioi.
Good Aire.
Sleep more then ordinary.
Excrements daily to be avoided by Art or Nature.
Exercife of Body and minde not too violent, or too remuTe, paflions of the
mindc,and perturbations to be avoided,
a. Bloodletting if there be need, or that the blood bee corrupt, in the arme 9
fore-head &c.or with Cupping-glafTes.
fPrcparatiues ; as Syrupc of borage, buglofle, Epithymc.hoppes,
with their difti lied waters tec.
Purgers; as Montanus, and Mathiolus Hclleborifmus, Querce-
p tans Syrup of Hellcbor, Extract ofHellebor, Pulvis Hali,
? ' rc * . s Antimony prepared, RuUnd$ tana mirnbilit : which arc vfed,
tiues an t j er mcmc i ncs ^\\\ not cake place, with Arnoldus vimm
»8<*. % P ur 5 crf bugloflat um,Scna,ca(Iia,mirobolanes,**^j^f *f*£#/r, or bc-
Cure of ^ fore Hamcch,Pil.Indar,Hiera,Pil.dc lap. Armento, lazuli,
headme- t \ Cardans nettIes,fric^ions,cIifters,fuppofitories,fncezings l cnafti-
Jancholy 1 C catoiics,nafals,cupping-gla{Tej.
JO*» i . 4» Arcrtcrs.JJTo open the Hzmrods with horfelecchcs, to apply horfeleechcs
to the forehead without fcariHcation,to the moulders, thighs.
I flues; boaring, cauteries, hot irons in the future of the €r«wnr»
A cup of wine.or ftrong drinke.
Bczars ftone, amber, fpice,
Conferuesofborage,buglo{re,Rofes,Fumitory.
$ .Cordials, Confection of Alcermes. #
rcfoluers, EU^MarinmUttpcdnt Gtlcni & Rhujis See.
hindcrcrs< Diamargfrittm frig, duti$r*£i»*t*m &r.
6. Cor-
rectors
of acci-
dents,as
Sjmffnof the fecofd TArtithn*
Odoraments of Rofes, Violets.
Irrigations of the hcad,with" the decoc"Hons of nympheaJettice,mal«
) lowe*,gcc.
Epithemes,oyntment Sjbagges to the heart.
Fomentations of oyle for the belly.
Bathes of fweet water,in whxh were fod Mallowes, Violets, Rofe s
Water-lillics, Borage flowrcs,rammes heads,&c.
f Simples SPoppy>Nymphea,Lettice,rofc,purflaa,
hcnbaiie,mandrake,nightftiade,opiu,&c.
Liquid,as Syrupesof Poppy, Verba^
Violets.Rofcs.
Solid 3 as replies l^choUi.ThilwMm %o-
mamm ) Ltudtnttm Partcelji.
fbyIesofNymphca,poppy,Violets J Rofes,mandrake;
nutmegs.
Odoramcnts of vineger,rofewater, opium,
frontals of r ofe- cake,rofc- v ineger ,nu tmeg.
6yntmcws,alablaftritum,vnguentumpopuIeur»,fini.
ple,or mixt with opiufti.
Irrigations of the head,feet, fponges, Muficke, rr.ur-
mure and noyfe of waters.
Frictions of the head,, and outward parts , facculi of
Henbane, wor me wood at his pillow &e.
r c dreames; not to fup late, or cat peafe, cabbage, yciij.
J fon,raeates hcauy of digeftion; vfc bawmc,hocfetongue,&c.
i, Againft ruddineflc and blufliing,inward and outward remedies.
n
-a
r>
V>
9
Q.
w
f Inwardly | or
[Coro-
' pounds.
° l taken
H3
O
n
or
outward*
Jy vied as
Againft tertib
^.C^rw.rDiet, preparatiues,purgers, aveTters,cordials,corre6tors, as before.
Cure of ^Phlebotomy in this'kinde more necefTary and more frequenr.
melan- < VTo correct and cleanfc the blood with Fumitory ,Scna,Succo£'y ,Dandelion,En-
choly ©-^ diuc&c.
uer the p Sn&fctt.f.
Phlebotomy if need require.
Diet,preparatiucs,averters,Gt>rdials,purgers as before,fauing that they mutt not
be fo vehement.
Vfc of penny royall,worme wood, centaury fod,which alone hath cured many.
To prouokc vrine with annifeed,daucus, afarutn &c, and ftooles if need bee by
ciifters and fuppofitorics.
To refpc£t the fplene,ftomack,liuer,hypocondries.
To vfe treacle now and then in winter.
To vomit after mealcs foraetimes if it be inveterate.
p e? SGalanga, geBtian,Enula^ Angelica, calamus A-
§ I romaricus,Zeodary,China,conditc ginger &c,
Penyroyall.ruejCalamintjBay leaues, & Berries,
Scordium,Bcttany,Lavander, camomile,«n-
taury,wormwood,cumin,brome,orangepil$-
§-5Safrron,cynamome,mace,nutmeg,pepper,musV,
r c Zcodary with wine &c.
% SAnnifeedjfennell feede,amni, cary, cumin,nctde,
, "j I 1 L § C bayes,parfly,grana paradifi.
Dianifum,Diagalanga, Diaciminu ,Diacalaminthcs,
Ele&uariumdebacchis Lauri , Bencdicta laxati-
va,&c.pulvisCarminativus,& pulvis defcrip.An-
tidotario Florentino,aromaticu rofatu,Mithridat.
Outwardly vfed, as Cupping-glafles to the Hypocondries without
fcarification.oylcofcamomile,rue,annifced, their dcco&ions £t&
W Cure
ofHypo-
condria-
call or
windy
melan-
choly.
Inward-
ly taken
B
i.Toex
pell wind
or
Part.2.Sc#.i.
Vnlmftttt Cum meEled.
Mcmb.i.Srbf ;
\*9
THE
SECOND PARTITION.
THE CVRE OF
MELANCHOLY-
tSection.
The Fi'hst^Membex,
(^svbsection.
VnUyvfull Cures reietted*
552^3*3? Nvctcratc Melancholy, howfbeuer it may feem c to be
a continuatc, inexorable difcafc, hard to bee cured,ao
companying them to their graues moil part, as a Mon- *c»nfd.
tanus oblerues, yet many times it may bee helped eucn t™^*' 2 &
that which is mod violent , or at leaft, according to the
fame b 'author/> may bee mitigated and much eajed. Nil fc c*»R*3. «*J
defter andum. It may behard,butnotimpoflible, for mttmhm^
him that is grieuoufly affe6tcd,if he be but willing to be helped. citturjivelit,
Vpon this good hope I wil proceed, vfingthe fame method in the Cure,
which 1 hane formerly vfed in the rehearfing of the caufesjfirft GeneraHjhen
Particular , & thofe according to their fcuerall fpecies. Ofthcfe Cures fome
be Lawfullfomcagainc Fnlarvfult jtihich though frequcnt/amiliar, and of-
ten vfed, yet hi ftlycen fared, and to bee controucrted. As firft, whether by
thcfediabolicallmeanes, which are commonly practifed by the Diuell and
hisMiniftcrs, Sorcerers, Witches, Magitians,&c. by Spells, cabalifticall
words,Charmes,CharacT:crs 3 lmages, Amulets, Ligatures, Philters, Incan-
ra tions,cVc.This Difeafe and the like may be curedfand if they may .whether
it be lawfull to make vfe of thcm.or for our good to fceke after fuch meanes
in any cafe? The firft whether they can doc any fuch cures /is qucftioned a-
mongft many writers,fomeaffirming 5 fome denying. Valeftuscont.med.ltb,~$ ,
cap J. Malleus MalleficarJIernius Jtb .^pracl. med.cap.zS. Callus lib.rf.cap,
id.Delrio T om.j.merus lib. 2. deprafttg. dam. Lavater de Jpecl,part. 2. cap. 7*
Holbrenner.the Lutheran in PtHormm, Poly dor Vtrg. lib. 1. de prodig. Tan die-
ru4 3 Lemwus \( 'Hippocrates ,and Avicenna amongft the reft ) deny that fpirits
or divclls haue any power ouer vs,and refcrre all with Pomponatius of Padua,
tonaturall caufes and humours. Of the other opinion are Bodinus Dtmont*
*fiHti<e ) lib.3.cdf>.2.4rnoldus :> M4rcellfcs Empyrkus, I. Pijlorius,, Paracclfus A
Bb
podix
Parc.2,Sc<5t.i. Cure of melancholy. Mernb,i.5ubf.i.
i$0 podix. Magic. Agrippa lib .2 de occult. Phi Ufctp.it .69.71.j2* rflib. j.cap.2j 9
& jo. Mar fili us Fi cirrus de vtt.calit.comf >ar. cap. it*i$ % 18. 21. (be. Galmtu:
de promt fcuk doll .cap. 24.10m anus Pont anus Tcm.2.Pltn.ltb.2t. cap,2.Strabo y
mt lib. is* Gecg. Leo Suavtus: Gcilenius de vng. armar. Cardan dejubtil. brings
IndJmonfeftt niany proofcs out of Solomons decayed workes, old Hermes, Arte fi 'us, Cojia-
mrbos curat ben Luca, rfrc. that fuch cures may bee done. They can ftanch blood, cure
Gouts > Epikpfics, biting of mad dogs, roothach, Melancholy, &c. by their
fpcils and charmcs. c Many doubt fihh Ntchola T lurcDus ^whether the Diuel
perimikconfir- ca n cure fuch difeafes as he hath not made t andjome flatly deny tt \ howfoeuer
rCff common experience confirmes to our afloniflmcnt i that LMagitrans can worke
flupere morbot fuch feats , And that the dinell without tmpediment can penetrate^ through 4"
**wt,pt{/d<i tns p xrti & f 9ur bodies, and cure fuch maladies by meanes to vs vnknewne, Dt*
zhra tmped'** neus in his tract de Sorttarijs lublcnbcs to this ot TaureUus y Eraflus delamijs,
umftrmtm^ an( j f d oc moft diuincs,thatout of their excellent knowledge and longtx-
%!q:U cume!* perience they can commit d agent es cum pitientibus^ccUigere femina rerm t
* ^geuti* cum eify materia *ppltcxre>is Austin inferrcs de Ci v.Dei & de TrinitMb . j . cap.j.
Itfunt™ '"*' & *' inc V can worke ftupcnd and admirable conclufious ; wc fee the cffe&s
« Htca'ft ri- oncly,but not the ca'ifes of them. Norhing fo familiar as to hearcof iuch
dentyftdvereor curcsSorccrers arc too common, Cunning men, Wifards,and white wit-
^owSb^ chcs,as they call thcm,in every Village, that ifthevbe fought vnto,willhe!p
emmnm tfju- almoft all infirmities of body and minde, that tc doubt of it any longer, c or
ST W<WiW " not tobeleeue hereto runneinto thit other Scept:aHextreame of incredultti %
*RefertSo!e- faich Taure/lus. Leo Suavtus in his Comment vpon Paracelfus , fecmesto
mmmmtntu make v an art 5 which ought to be approucd. Pijlorius & others ftiffly main*
^StrMmA tJnnc V ^ C of chai-rncs,words,chara£t-Cis,&c. i^irs vera ejl/cd pauci art;*
tiiffe ifosar- Jices repmuntur\ The art is true but there be but a few that hauc skill in it.
^fo^m^e Msrc ^ MS Donatus Ub.zJe hift.mir.cap. r.proues out of Iofephus eight books
ftafainfeatE- °$ arjfiquitits,that f Solomon fo cured all the diftajes of the miucte^j by Jfells,
Ua xar. charmes , and droue away Diuells,and that Eletzar did as much before Vefyafh
»»« *$rL- **• L **g'*> m nis nted^pift. holds Iuppiter Meneeratcsjhx. did lb many ftu.
titer curm de- pend cures in his time,to hauc vfed this art, and that he was no other then a
ksi 'nifum ex Magitian. Many famous cures arc dayly done in thiskindc , the Divell is an
aurfpecuiiare expert Phyfitian ,as Gokelman calls him >lib.i. cap.if. and God permits ma-
*d sMetaxche- ny times thefc Witches and Magitians to produce fuch effects , isLattatcr
l !ijbV'de$C' t'p'S'td.S.part.sjap.T.Polid.rirgM.iJeprodigifS) Delrio and othcrsadmir.
nh PbfioTm- Such cures may be done,and as ParacelfTom.4. demorb. ament. (iifiy main-
W tffflfiS , /«T ta ' ncs ' 8 *^ e y QAnmt othcrwife be cured but by JpcRsfeales , and jpirituallphy*
fi cke - h <Amoldus Itb.deftgillu fets downc the making of them 3 fo doth Rst*
di fyiriti* *er$ Unkus and many others.
m% f 'rZbue Hoc pofito jhty can effed fuch cures.thc maine queftion is whether it bee
curetur. lawfu 11 in a defperate cafe, to crauc their helpc, or aske a Wifards advice ?
k M*zaMm\- »Xis a common pradifc of fome men to goc nrft to a Witch , and then to a
ftvr&Vicmm phyfician^f one cannot the other ftutXfle&ere ftnequeunt fuperos Acheron*
> Mere fartl i- ta mouebunt. 1 // matters tf^faith Paracelfus whether it be God or the Diuel!,
txli"£™fc. An £ els 0f vmleans (P; rin eure »' m {° 'bat he be ex fed. Hcc calls a k Magitian
Gods Minifter and his Vicar, applying that ofxw^D^prophanclyto
q ' uc ' them.for which he is laftied by T. Eraflus part.fel.4j. And elfewhcrc he en*
Ykdori m couragcth his patients to hauc a good faith, 1 a flrong imagination^ and they
fba3
Part.2.Se& l . Cure of Melancholy. Mcmb. i . Sub£ i •
fha/lfinde the effects Jet D mines fay to the contrary what they will, Hec proues 1 9 1
& contends that many difcafes cannot othcrvvife be u\iz&Jncantatione orti ',
incantatione curari debent. If they be caufed by Incantation , m they muft be m Um , f 1 '* 1 *
cured by Incantation.C0#jto//»/^ //'£.^.approues offuch remcdies:&«r/V/# Tam%morlo%
the Lawyer ^eter^rodim reram/udic.lib.j.tit.y t Salicetu4 y GodeJrid(a y \vkh qui mantatis-
others of that feci, allow of them $ modo fintadfanitatem , qux a magu fiunt r ^?J dHmmm
/ecus non.So they be for the parties health and good,or not at all. But thefe
men are confuted by Remigius ) Bodin y d&m.lib*$.cap.2.Goddmannui lib. 1 .cap.
g-Wieruspelrio lib. 6 .qutft^'To.j.magjtjquif.Eraftiu de Lamijs fiMom n Di- ^J^'j*''^
vines, SchooIemen,and fuch as write cafes ofconfcicnce,areagainftit, the tmumiww
Scripture it felfc abfolutcly forbids it as a mortall dnnc^Levit .cap.i S.rp 20. e^Q,m{uU
T>eut.i8.&c.Rom.8.ig.Euidisnottobedone.thatgoodmaycome of it. Much m !°'
better it were tor lucn patients as are io troubled, to endure a little mifery in tmogmtjtim
this Iife,then to hazard their foules health for euer; & as Velrio eonnfelleth , W dm ch '' l P' im
much better dye, then be fi cured.Somc take vpon them to expell Divels by ^ifZm^e.
naturallremedics,and magicall exorcifmes , which they feeme to approue ricajfe.&Apo-
out of the pra&ife of the primitiue Church, as that aboue cited of Jofephtts^
Eleazar^IranemfTtrtullian^^ujlin. Eufebitis makes mention of fuch, and obferv.bocpa'fo
Magickc it fclfe hath been publikely profeffed in fome Vniverfities, as of old ^f d eB jf citur
\x\ Salamanca: but condemned Anno 13 iS.by the Chancellor and Vniuerfi- m„" oum ' Pt
ty of P Parts. Cur Pontificiali Writers rctaine manyofthefeadiurarions, & Mm pr*fi*t
formes of Exorcifmcs ftill in their Church, befides thofe^in Baptifmc vfcd, ^amndip-'
they exorcifemcatSjand fuch as arepoffefled^asthey hold, in Chrifts name, quif, mag. nb.z.
Read Hieron.Mengus cap.j.Thyreuspart,} ^.j^.what exorcifmcs they pre-
{cribc,bcfidcs thole ordinary meancs of Hfuffumi 'gat ions , cutting the ayre Tv'iimbUti
with fwords^^p.jy.hcarbs^oders.Of which Tofiat .treates. 2,Reg: c .1 6 \ qutfl. «j suffim git-
43, you fhall finde many vaine frivolous/uperftitions/ormes of exorcifmcs *?™ w
among them not to be tolleratcd.
Me mb. 2.
Lawfull cures fir 'jl from God.
BEing fo clcarely evinced, as it is, that all vnlawfull cures are to be "refu. t
fed,it remaines to treat of fuch as arc to be admitted, and thofc arc co- iJhcK««f
monly fuch which God hath appointed/ by vertue of ftones, hcarbes, medicines of
plants,mettles &c.and the like, which are prepared and apply ed toourvfc, {f/ t "adswiTc
by Art and induftry of Phyfitians, who are the difpenfers of fuch treafurcs «m notX* °
forourgood^andtobe f honoured forneceffities fak^, , Gods intermediate horrc thera «
minifters, to whom in our infirmities we arc to fceke for helpe. Yet not fo f faUc
that wc rely too much,or wholly vpon t\\z\x\^A love princip i urn ^vjc muft firft not in thy
beginne with Prayer,and then vfe Phyficke, not one without the other, but ndndre > b " £
1 b i » ^ J 1 » ' r\ j • • ■!.«•• pray vnto the
both together .To pray alonc,and reiect ordinary mcanes 3 is to doe like him Lord,and hec
in ts£fepe y t\\2t when his Cart was (tailed, lay flat on his backe, and cryed a- Jj^^e
loud 5 hclpc Hercules ,but that was to little purpofe, except as his friend advi- E J c f $ % J m '
Udhim,rotH tute ipfe annitaruMcwhipthishorfcs withall, &puthis (Tioul- Hucomneprin-
dertothewhccle. Godworkesbymeancs,as chrift cured the blindc man a J^ H £f"
With clay and fpittle. Orandum efi ut fit mens fan* in corporefano, cam.odj, ' h
As
Part.2.Se£t.i. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.2.Sub£i.
As we muft pray for health of body and mind, fo we muft vfe our vtmoftin*
deavours to prcferuc and continue ir. Some kind of Divcls are not caft out
but by faftingand prayer 3 and both ncceflarily requircd 3 not one without the
other.For all the Phyficke we can vfe 3 art 3 excellent induftry 5 is to no purpofc
* Mufickand without calling vpon God 3 A r il ittvat immenfos Cratero promitterc montes.h
doe no Tood is m vaine t0 ^ ckc f° r helpe,runne,ride,except God blefle vs.
* Her. 1. 1. ej> -non SicuU dapes
7 sint cr*fi & ii Dulam claborabunt faporew,
bosPaSlohmu- Nonammumcytherauecantus,
reas mien & - * Non domus ejr fknJtusjton oris acervus & auri
^mfriiTer'i *s£groto poffunt domino deducere febrcs.
tscientiade ' ? With houfe,With land 3 with mony,and with gold,
vead-bctinms' Jhe matters fever will not becontrol'd.
%l$lubl' ^ C mu ^ V ^ e P ra y er anc * Phyficke both together ; and fo no doubt but our
fmatomncsU* prayers will be availeable, and our Phyficke take efFecl:. T'is that EzechUh
For" oufliaU P li &ifcd 9 2*ICixgs 2 > Lu ke the Evangelift 3 and which we are cnioyned Ccloff %
pray to your 4-not the Patient only 3 but the Phy fitian himfelfe* Hippocrates an Heathen)
j,ord,thathee required this in a good Pra£Htioner,and fodid Galen. I. de Plat.ejr Hipp. dog.
S wWch^" tib.0.capsif.and in that Tradt of his, an mores fequantur temp. cor ; cap.n. t'is
giucn foreafr, a thing which he doth inculcate, 1 & many othcrs.Hyperiw in his firft bookc
and then phy- de facrfcript.lec. fpeaking ofthathappincfTe and good fuccefle, which all
prolonging of Phyfitians dcfire,and hope for in their cures 3 a tells them^ that it is not to hei
life.£cr/.38.i4 expec7ed 3 except With a true faith they call vpon God , and teach their patients
*uaZm°mm. to doe the llke ' Thc C° llncc11 of L*terane£anone r^.decreed they fhould do
dklm fylicita- fo$the Fathers of the Church haue ftill advifed as much , Whatfoeuer thou
tem, fed bancno takeft in hand ( faith b Gregory ) let God be of thy counfelL 3 and confult with h'm\
teTtmenm T ^ at bc^th thofe that are broken in heart (PJal. 147.3) andbindeth vp their
ver/fidc rave- /W/.Ocherwifc as the Prophet leremy^ cap.46.11, denounced to ty£gypt t in
tent, atj s *gm va j nc fhalt thou vfe many medicincs 3 for thou fhalt haue no health. h is the
fiww«S- famccounfcll which c Comin<tus thzt politick Historiographer giuestoall
nem excitcm.^ Chriftjan princes,vponoccafi6ofthatvnhappyoucrthrowofC^/«Duke
Gnw7xhor' °^ Bur ^ Hn ^y^l mcanes of which he was extreamely melancholy, and ficke
ad vitam o'Jt. *0 death; In fo much that neither Phyfick, nor perfwafion could do him any
\npt,cay 48. good 3 perceiuing his prepofterous crrour belike 5 advifeth all great men in
Marked' * uch ca ^ s ' d t0 ? r *y fi r ft t0 Go ^ a U H ^ mi P on a»dpemtency t to confeffe
aut \>er{tcere } de- their fmnes ^and then to vfe Phyfickc_j.Tht very fame fault it was, which the
Td\Ze C '?^' mm P ro ph ctre P rcncn a ,s m^ king of luda, thatherelycd more on phyficke
c comment*, then on God 5 and by all meanes would haue him to amend. And is a fit cau»
lib T.obmf.di^ tion to be obferued of all other forts of men. The Prophet Dauid was fo ob«
trifi^hJ-' f crvant °f lllis precept 3 that in all his mifery and vexation of minde , heeput
gritudbieminci- this rule firft in pra&ife.P/^/.;7V. whcnl aminheauineffe, I will th/nke oft
du;mutame- God.Pfal.St.j. Comfort the foule oft hy feruant , for vnto thee I lift <vp mvfoule.
diets curan non , J . ' r , 7 r /, i, , u 1 s> r t J * r I .
pier at. & ver '7 ' In tf,e of trouble will! call vpon thee, for thou hearefl me } Pfal.tf.
d lnbismtmi j.Saueme O God^by thy Name ejrc.Pfal.S2.Pfal.20, And t'is the common pra-
TmpZ'tJL aife ofaI1 § ood men//./*/./*, when their heart was hubledwith heauinet,
Mm pr«cetur,& they cryed to the Lord in their trouble 3 and hee deliueredthem from their dU
^ImiTdtad A^-And they haue found good fuccefle info doing, as D^/^confcfiTeth,
mdiciZn>&c. Pfal.jo.ti.Thou hajl turntdmy toy into mmrning^ow haft loofed my fack,
and
Parc.2.Scc5c.r, Saints cure reietled Memb.j.Si'-bCi.
and girded mec with gladnefle. Therefore he advifcth all others to doe the 19$
hkc/ fal.jr. 2 4-M ye that truji in the Lordjte ftrong,*nd he fb*tl eflabltfh your
heart. It is reported by c Suidxs^ fpeaking of Ezechiah, that there was a ^reat rTxM^tc^
book ofoldjofKingSo/flw**/ writing , which contained medicines for all Syntax, invt*
manner of difeafcs,and lay ftill open as they came into the Temple: but E- ^ b f^*^
zechtahVxngoU.rufalem, caufedittobetakenawav, bccatife it made the rmZum*^
people fecure,to negledb their dutiein ca'lingand relying vpon God, out of iu fg s vorbifuit,
a confidence on thofc remedies/ Mintttius that worthv Confull ot'Romc_j l^*™ 1 ^
in an Oration hce made to his fotildiers,was much offended with them, and ppuiu/negieCfo
taxed their ignorance, that in their mifery, called more on him, then vpon deo mc inV0CA '
God. A gcnerall fault it is all otter thr World,and Minutiut his fpeech con- ^dt'ptmt.
cernesvs all,we rely more on Phyficke, and feeke more to Phyfitians, then f ^«tofiW*
to God himfelfe. As much faulty arc thev that prefcribe,a$ rhcy thataske.re- s t ,e P un f* ur "
fpe&ing more their gaine, and truiting more to their ordinary receipts and rmiumfoao.
medicines many times,then to him that made them. J would wifli all Pati- rum ^f*P 1 ^ not
cms in this behalfe,.in the midft of their melancholy , to remember that of lH^ZtZ"^
SiractdeSyEcc.i.i2.and u.Tnefeareofthe Lor -a ts glory and gladneffe ^andre- opem.
ioycinq.The fcare of the Lordmxketh a merry hearty and giueth gladneffe y and . l Rukndtti ai \
icy, and long lifcj. And all fuch as prefcribe Phy fick, to beginncln nominee 'wtlnevTad*
DeiyZ* Mtjtte did,to imit2te Lalius a Fonte Eugubwtu^ that in all his confulta- finmsmpyrico*
tions.ftill concludes with a prayer for the good fucceffc of his bufineffe: and 7*1 M n Tcvn *.'
to remember that ot Crate one of their predeceiiors ,fugeavaritiam y & fine tonciudnMrn-
orations \& invcutione Dei.mhil facias. AvoidccovetoufncfIc 3 and doe no- tmm ? a $ m
thing without invocation vpon God. Vytit"* 1
Ml MS, Jo
whether it he larvfuil to feeke to Saints for aide in this Difeafcs*
THatwemuftprayroGod,no mandoubtS5 but whether weeftiould
pray to Saints in fuch cafes, or whether they can doe vs any good, it
may be lawfully controuerted. Whether their lmages,Shrines,Rek
!iqucs,confccratedthing5,holy water, benedictions, thofc diuine amulets,
holy exorcifmes^and the fignc of the Crofle be availcable in this difeafe.The
Papifts on the one fide flirty maintaine, how many mclancholy^ad^aemo.
niacall perfons are dayly cured at Saint Anthonies Church in Padua , at S« Vi-
tut in Germany our Lady of Loretta in Italy y o\\x Ladyof Sichem in the low
Countries? h Qu* ejr Cdcis lumen^egris falutemjnortuti vitamjUudugrejfum h
teddit^mnes morbos corporis ^animi t curat^ & in ipfos dtmones imperium ex-
trtet\ (he cures halt,Iamc,blind 3 all difcafes of body & minde, & commands
the divcll himfelfc,faith Lipfius. 2 so 00 in a day come thither, 1 qui* nifi numen x
in ilium Ucumftc induxit? who brought them ? in auribus, in oculis omnium
feft4,»9v*novitia. New ncwes lately done , our eyes and earc&arefull of
her curcs,and who can relate them all ? They hauc a proper Saint almoft for
euery peculiar infirmity, for poyfon,gouts,agues/^r^//4: S l Romanm for j^' 1 ' c *ffi
fuchasarcpofreircd:^/^//^ for the falling Gcknes; &Vitu* for madmen in^adjn-
&c.and as of old^Pliny reckons vp gods for all difeafcs,F^^r/ fanum dicatum ptU> dearepefa
efljZJ/i/u Gtraldus repcaces many of her ceremonies.- aUaffeftionsofchc lw *
C 6 minde
Part.2.Se&i. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb,g #
194 mindc were heretofore accounted gods, 1 Lcue t an6 Sorrow, Virtue
1 selden.poiog. Liberty .Contumely Jmpudency^ had their Tcmplcs,Tempeft$,Seafons, Crept.
Ititfrnl 1 S) tSiS Ventris.dea Vacuna^ea CloacinajkiZtz was a goddefle of Idlcncflc^a god-
m See Liltj Gi- defie of the draught ? or lakes, Prema.Premunda, Priapus, bawdy gods, and
tMfynugmx g 0c j s f or a jj. m ffi ccs . y AY ro reckons vp 3 0000 gods; Lucian makes Podagra,
»\?xtua»*- the gowt a goddefle,and afligneshcr Pricfts and Minifters: and Melancholy
arujeriat ceie- comes not behind: for as \^upn mentioneth lib. 4>de Ctvit.Dei jap. pthcic
tSUSa wasof oldi^foferotadea, and (hchadherChappelland Feaftsj to whom
ikhndims pro- ffaith *Macrobiw) they did otter lacrihcc yearclyjthat lhe might be pacified
pitkta depeiiat. as we jj as t ^ c re ft.Tis no new thing,you fee,this of Papiftsj and in my iudge-
penmmZ}c. mcnt, that old doting Lipfiut, might haue fttcr dedicated his © pen after all
aavi Lipfim. his labours,to this our goddefle of Melancholy, then to his Virgo HaUenfo,
and haue beene her Chaplin, it would haue becomed him better : But he,
poore man,thought no harme in that which he did, and will not be perfwa.
ded but that he did well,hc hath fo many patrons,and honorable precedents
in the like kind ,that iuftifie as much,as eagerly,and more then he there faith
of his Lady and Miftris: read but fupcrftitious Cojlcr and Gret/ersTtzCtde
Cruce.Laur.Ar5lurm Fantetis de Jnvoc.Sanci.BelLarmine.Delrio dif t mag,To.
3.lib-6.qu<sfl.2.feft.j. Greg.Tholofanus Tom. 2. lib. S. cap. 2 4. Syntax, Strezim
Cicogna lib.j.cap.p.Tyreui, Hieronymus Mengus, and you fhail finde infinite
examples of cures done in this kind, by holy waters, rcliques , croflTes, exor-
cifines,amulets,Images,confecrated beades Uc.Barradtus the lefuite 5 boldly
giues it out,that cbrifts Countenance, and the Virgin M tries, would cure
Melancholyjf one had looked ftedfaftly on thtva.P.Morales the Spaniard in
his booke de pttlchjef. Mgr. confirmes the fame out of Carthufianu*, and
' I know not whom,that it was a common proverb in thofe dayes,for fuch as
were; troubled in m'mdc.Eamu* ad videndum filium Mari<e,zs they doc now
leruitti Gal g oc to S c ^ nt honie$ in Padua,ot to S* HtUries at Poitiers in France^. P In
lue 1*17. Hue a clofct of this Ghurch,therc is at thisday S* HtUries bed to be (ccn t to which
vientecaptosde- t yy y r i n q a /j the madmen in the Cotintrey. and after Come prayers, and o.her to-
trathnibiu , fa- remomesfhey lay them dorvne there to fleepe^and Jo they recouer. It is an ordi.
mfyperatiu, na ry thing in thofe parts , to fend all their mad men to S* Hilar ies Cradle.
dormZm%™ They fay the like ofS< Tuberym 1 another place. Giraldu* Cambrenfislti*,
mm &c. Camb.cap /.tells ftrange ftories of S* Cirkius ftaffe, that would cure this,&
yia Gallia 2 \\ otncr difeafes. Others fay as much fas f Hojpinian obferues) of the three
t ubjewfy. Kings of Co /d7*,their names written in Parchment.and hung about a Patients
Feftemm. coiie neckc, with the fignc of the CrolTe,will produce like effe&s. Read Lipomtn*
gfmwtfrip' "WP* that golden Legend of lacobui de Voragme^ow (hal haue infinite fto«
ta, cum fign riesj or thofe new relations ofour r Iefttites in lapona and China, of MatM-
''Emtic'ofia c i™) Aco ft a > Lo *°l A > x < t ' ver * u *X\{t&c. Ja/per Belga alcfuite, cured a mad wo«
toZtaum in rnan,by hanging S c lohm Gofpell about her neck, and many fuch. Holy-wa-
oritnte geft. a ter did as much in Iapona &c. Nothing fo familiar in their workes, as fuch
ficu^Uf. Ann, examp l CSi
tpifi&nfaJvi But wee on the other fide,feekc to God alone. We fay with Dau/d 9 Pf*l.
Ternandes An- ^, Tt Qod U our hope and ftrengtb^andhelpe in trouble, ready to he found. For
' Ia ~ chcir Catalogue of examples, we make no other anfwere, but that they ate
f alfe ficlions.or Diabolicall illufions,countcrfcit miraelcs.Wc cannot deny
but that it is an ordinary thing on Anthonics day in fnduA i to bring divers
mad
Part2.$e&. i. Saints cure reizcled. Memb, ^ . SubCi .
ipadmcn&demoniacall perfons to be cured: but we deny that fuch parties 19%
arc fo affc&ed indeed,but fo prepared by their Pricfts,by certain oyntmcnts 1 mr.
and drammes,to cofen the commonalty , as f fMdijbeim well faith \ the like f & mMiat: >**
is commonly pradifed in Bohemia, as Mtthidtu giucs vs to vnderftand in ^mt^l
hit preface to his Comment vpon Diofcorides, tricks only to get opinion & wpm
mony,mcere impomires.^*/^ of old,that counterfeit god did as ma- £jj M<B
ny famous cures; his Temple ( as « Strabo relatcsj was dayly full of Patients, MmtZ
and as many feuerall tables ? infcriptions,pcndants 5 donaries &c. to be fecn in e T ri * s **t*
hisChurch 5 asatthisdayatourLadyotor^in//^. It wasacuftomc l c^ g
longfince '——foftemdiffepotenti cui * f*»m *.
Vepmcntamartideo. fHor.od.i.lib.5.od. t * t 7* mm * m
todoethelikc in f°rm c ni mC s t h cyvvcre feduced and deluded as they are
no w. Tis the fame dwell ftill,callcd heretofore Apoll 9t Mars Neptune Venus t UeUu
lame Jupner^na tnole bad Angels, are now worfhipped and adored by the f orei .
e rant in-
MmcsofS* SebafiMMjarbtrs&c. Chrijlopher and are come in their ^
plac«.Our^
arciupphcd^s^Z^^r writes, and fo they are deluded, r Godofam 9mi ' J ^J^
mnkesatthefe^po^es^ and betake the Jc/ues 7c"$°£&
to the divdl, as they doe thxtfeeke after holy vpater.eroffes &c Wierus M. 4 cap Us «2T
B. What can thefe men plead for themfclucs more then thofe heathen rods ^iV** 1
the famecurcs done by both 3 the &me fpirit that feduceth: or put caff they' ESSS
cou.aheipcwhyfliouldwcerathcrfcckccoihcm, then toChrift himfelfc bdbe?tt ^^
firce that he fo kindly invites vs to him, come vntome all yee that are heavy *>U,
Uden^dlwtlleafejou Mat.u^wt know that there is one God one Me- ****25
dtafr tetwtxt Goda n dmanIe(uschrift.(Tim.2. s .) »bogauchmfelfe *ra»-
for alir,en^e know that veehaue an* Advocate with the Father. Iefus fSSSffi
ChnB ( 1, John 2; i.j that there is no other name vnder Heauenfo which wee «*-
Z/TS % ih t ^wayes ready to hcarevs, and (its at the right 3S
hand of God,and from * whom we can hauc.no repulfc, folus vultJolus po- *+»Z2
*t!t,curatuntverJostanquamfagulos 3 f]r*Hnuquem^ Jr
areallasonetc , hi m, and he cares for vs all as one, and why fhould wee then t^JL
fecketoany other but to him? cn WrXmT™
cein&cJubric*
M.m,. 4. Sv.sect. ij
T Cbarior eft if.
PhyfitianyPatientfhyficke^j, figmiqium
O Paul.
F thofe diucrs gifts which our ApofHe/Wfaith.God hathbeftow-
ed on man.this of Phyfickc is not the leaf*, as moll necelTar^and c£
■ P ec,al, y inducing to the good of mankind.Next therefore to God
jo an our extremities (forofthemoft high commeth healing, Ecclus B U 2.) wee
rnuf k fceke to and rely vpon the Phyfitian/ w h is manus DeiMthHierophi- c 38.
//w,and to whom he hath giuen knowledge, that he might be glorified in his ln ^ %h \° f
wondrous vvorks^^ ff
TLcclus 3 S.d 7 .when thou haft need of him Jet him not goe from thee^. The hour e '
maycomethat then ^nterprifes may haue good fucce(fe,ver.n t It is nottherc-
torc to be doubtcd,that if wcfcckcaPhyfitian as we ought,weroay becafed
C c a of
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Part.2, Sed.i • Cure of melancholy. Memb.^Subf,!;'
I? 5 of our infirm ities,and to fuch a one as is fufficient a and worthily fo called-for
• rm^Ttrti, t i lerc be many Moutnebankes,Quackfaluers,Emperickcs,in cucry ftrectc a!*
mrim."* moft > and in cucry village, that take vpon them this name, make this n6«
Harm mill ble and profitable Art to be cuill fpoken of, & contemned, by reafon of ftich
7i??J!Jdt& ba ^e and illiterate Artificers : but fuch aonelfpcakeof, as is approuedjear*
Afrologis t quo- nedjskilfull, honcft,&c. ofwhofeduty WeckerAnt'td. cap. *. & Syntax \wed.
niamoriptvM Crato.Iulim^lexandrinus lib Jewed. Herniusp r ax% med.lib.3. cap, a
taeiapete x trcatat j ar g-.p or this particular difeafe,he that (hall take vponhimtocutc
e LibjeTeda* it* Paracelfus wil haue to be a Magician 3 aChimift,a Philofopher 3 an Aftro.
*s*tf f \ogQX.TburneJferuSy Sever inus the Dane 3 and fome other of his folio wers,re.
i Lan 'gius. qu i r c as m u ch; many of them cannot be cured but by Magicke. « Paracelfus is
i. e*ptrctm$* fo ftjffe for his Chimicall medicines, that in his cures he will admit almoft of
TpZtjiinatU no otncr Phyfick,deriding in the meane time Hippocrates 3 Galen _,and all their
ad banc curak- followers: but Magick,and all fuchremedies 1 haue already cenfured,fr fhall
tnehbomat- *P caIc ofChimiftrie f elfwhere.AftroIogy isrequired by many famous Phy-
tat, fed quod ab fitian?,by FicinuSjCratOyFernelius^ doubted of,& exploded by othcrs.I will
tmd damme- not ta k £ V p 0n m e to decide the Controuerfy. Paracelfus goes farther,& will
f^XS/^/c- haue his Phyfirian h predcftinatcd to this mans cure, this malady, and time
tcmihbi.cap. of cure.,of gathering of herbs , ofadminiftring Aftrologically obferued 5 in
lecefuu^ wmcn Tburnefferus^n^ fome latromathematicaU profeflbrs, are too fuper.
frufrtfiti£<ou ftitious in my Judgment.* Hellebor rvillhelpefiut not alwayjiot giuen by euery
nmcdMtgm, p/jyff/an &c. but thefemen arc too peremptory, and felfe-conceited as I
tucuw! p<f' thinkc.But what doe I doejnterpofingin that which is beyond my reach? a
timt.Herniut. blind man cannot iudge ofcolours,nor I peradventure of thefe things.Only
r ** 0i med>cti mllcn * wou ^ require, Honefty in euery Phyfitian,that he be not oucr-
nun"uam pop?- carclefTe or covetous, Harf>y-\ikz to make a prey of his Patient, as an hungry
nbitadphar- Chirurgion often produce & wier-draw his cure , fo long as there is any
^mefZfe!' no P e °* P av :> Non mi lf ur * cutem ^nif plena cruoris hirttdo.
4i.Apbor. pr'u- Many of them to get a fee,will giuePhylicke to euery one that comes,whcn
dTJabk^ii there is no caufe, trritarcfilentemmorbum, as k /terras complaines,
mdicind.qu% ftirre vp a filent difeafe,which often falls out; which by good counfell good
'medieiaii purls advice alone, might haucbin compofed, or by rectification of thofe fix non-
kre^a^ Xfe! " natura ^ thin gs.other wife cured.ThisisiY < a/«r4r^f/7«^ inferre, tooppugnc
>"BrcvJ.t.c.x$ Nature,&to makeaftrongbody wezk.Arnoldus in his 8.& n.Aphorifmes
ft ^Swe- ^ UeS caut ^ ons a g a i n ftj& cxprefTcIy forbids it. 1 A wife Phyfitian will not glut
fiVu import. Pbyficke^ but vpon necefitty } and firfl try medicinal diet J? e fore hee proceede to
oQp-mehn- me di email cur e^j.ln another place he laughes thofe men to fcorne^hat think
ttmlZon }!. lon g^^ expugnare d*moneJ,& animiphantafmata ,thcy can purge pha-
tis valid*. tafticalllmaginationSjthediuellbyPhyficke. Another caution is,that they
ungiomrmrbi proceed vpon good grounds,if fo be there be need of Phyfick, & not miftake
ZmZdkipo- the difcafe.they are often deceiued by the «• fimilitude of Symptomes, faith
jhfinty&jMe* HerniuSy and J could giue inftance in many Gonfultations 5 wherein they
bt £ m £iM' nai » c P rcf c riDedo PP fitc Phyfickc. Sometimes they goe too perfunaorily
ri'thos trtRant, to worke,in not prefcribing a iuft <> courfc of Phyficke, to ftirre vp the hu-
vireg dfa m» mor,& not to purge it,doth often mote harme then good.Montanus confiL
dZ*&frax. ^- invei g ncs a § ainft ^ Uch perturbations^^ purge to the halfes, tyre Nature,
imt &c. and molejl the body to no purpof<^>Xis a crabbed humor to purge; and as Lau*
rcntius calls this difeafc 3 the reproach of Phyfitians 3 Beffardus flagellant me*
dicerum,
Part.2. Se&.i . Vatient. Mcmb.4. Subfo
rf/wWK,thcir la{h- 5 & for that caufc, more carefully to be refpe&ed.Though 197
the Patient be averfe,faith Z^»^/i//«; 3 defirehclp 3 and refufe it again,though
he neglect his own health, it behoues a good Phyfitian, not to leaue him
hclplefle. Eut moft part they offend in that other extrcame, they prefcrifac
too ranch Phvfick, and tire out their bodies with continuall potions, tono ? ?* mr *' € '
r \ \ L L r -in. l • || * - miflionem dare
purpofc.e/C///*/ tetrabib.2,Jer.2>cAp.90*m\\ haue them by all mcanes there- tprttt.
fore P togiuc fome refpit to Nature leaue off now & then: & Lalius a Fon- q ple >H boc
te v£gubinus in his confultation,found it ( as he there witnefleth J often ve- ^pvffjjji*
rifled by experience, *1 that after a deale of phyjicke te no purpofejeft to them- viji fimt,&fiti
[elites, they haue recoucred. T'is that which Nic.Pifo, Vonatus jiltomarusfiiW demt ^ invaltte '
inculcate,^*™ requiem Nature ,to giuc Nature reft,
SVBSIC. 2«
Concerning the Patient.
WHen all thefe precedent cautions are accurately kept, & that wee
haue now got a skilfull honeft Phyfitian to our mindc, if his Pati-
ent will not be conformable, & be content to be ruled by him, all
his endeavors will be to no good end. Many things are neceflarily to be ob-
ferued& continued on the Patients behalfe§ Firft, that he bee not too nig-
gardly miferable of his purfe, or thinke it too much he beftowes vpon him-
ielfctofaue charges, endanger his health. The Abderites^ when they fen t
for Hippocrates ,promifed him what reward he would, r all the gold they had, A ^ mta ^ *
if all their Ctty were gold, he ^houldhaue it.Naaman the Syrianyvhcn he went fj^JS ew
into ifrael to El/fjjaso be cured of his Lcprofy, tookc with him ten talents nafudnn t&
of filucr,and fix rhoufand pieces of go!d,& ten change of ray ments (2 Kings JJ^£»J
j.f.) Another thing is,that -out ofba(hfulnes,hc doc not conceale his gtiefe, uuwbs mfit*
iforght trouble his mind.let him freely difclofe it, aurmtflih
Stuitorum incur at a pudor m&lus ulcer a celat % '
bythatmeanes,he procures to himfelfe great mifchiefc, and runnesintoa
greater inconvenience: He muft be willing to be cured, & earneftly defire it.
Pars (anitatis velle fanar't fuit. ( Seneca?) T'is a part of his cure, to wifh his
own health; and not to deferre it too long.
f Qui blandiendo d'ulce nutrivit malum, s smta.
Serb retufatferre quod fubijt iugum. Ec 1 7(r .
* Helleborum fruftra quumiam cutis £gra tumebit,
Pofcentes video* , ven'tenti occur rite morbo*
He that by cherifhinga mifchief doth provoke
Too late at laft refufcth to caft offhis yoke.
When the skin fwels,to feeke it to appcafc,
With Hellebor is vaine; meet your difcafc.
by this meanes many times.or through their ignorance in not taking notice b vttama.
of their grievance & danger of it.contempt, fupine negligencc,extcnuation 3 J^JJJJ*
wretchednes & pceuifhnefle,thcy vndoc thcm(elues,& often out of a preiu- depioranddm.
dice,alothing,& diftafte of Phyfick, they had rather dyc,or doe worfe, then tmttm -
take any ofit.Barbarous immanityf^^elanclhontCTmesitJand folly ubeede- ^ut^Xtnt
pUrcdjo to contemne the precepts of healths rood remedies, and v$luntarily to & tlsrt
Part.2.Se& u Cure of Melancholy. Meriib^. Sub£i<
«. . — ■ — 1 >
jp3 pull deatb>and many maladies vpon their own heads. Though many againc
arc in that other extrcamc too profufc,fufpitioUs & jealous of their health,
too apt to take Phyficke vpon eucry (mall occafion,to aggravate cucry final
pairion,imperfedion,impcdiment: if their finger doe but akc, r un, ride, fend
tor a Phyfitian,as many Gentlewomen frequently doe,that are fick without
acauie,& when they will themfelues, vponeuery toyorfmalldifcontentj
& when he comcs.they make it worfe then it is, by amplifying that which i$
* con[il\7$. not. * Hier.Capivaccius fets it downe as a common fault of all melancholy
JftfaSwS P er fos> tQ [*)■ t9e * r . fymft ™* 5 greater then they are , to hclpe themfelues.
hoc fere prom- And which r Uercurialisnotcs.confil.sj.to be more troublefome to their Pbyfi
um eft,ut gram- tiansfhen other ordinary Patients y th at they may haue change of Phyjickeu,
fimp^mtT A third thing to be required inaPatientjiscofidence^obeofgoodchearc,
qua revera (unt & haue good hope that his Phyfitian can help hxmJ-Damafeen ihcArabian rc
\ M MmdUti quires hkewife in rhe Phyfitian himfelf,that he be cofident that he can cure
fMtmohiu!ut him jOtherwifc his Phyfick will not be cn°ec1:ual 7 & promife him withall, that
alia alt/s adiun- nc w \\\ certainly help him,make him beleeue fo at leaft. a Galeottus giucs the
Topvta infir- rcalbn, becaufe the forme of health is contained in the Phyfitians minde
mo imprimre as Galen holds f> confidence and hope doe more good then Phyficke cures rnoft,
^'omhcre7 ia wnom mo ^ arc conRdcnt.Paracelfvs aiTignes it for.an only caufe.why Hi*
fpj™e$erc't. pocrates was (o fortunate in his cures, not for any extraordinary skill he had;
^uHum medl kwx.* becaufe the common people had amofl ftrongconccipt of his worth.To this
7ax^fmJi!L of confidence, wemay addepcrfcuerance, & obedience, conftancy, not to
etUmfuerit, change his Phy fitian,or diflike him vpon euery toy, for he that fo doth ('faith
forte imagma- d j ams i) lima f cen J or confults with many , falls into many error s\ or that vfeth
*Deprtmifc. many medicines* It was a chiefe caveat of e Seneca to his friend Lucilius , that
to8.cap.xi. he fhould not alter his Phyfitian, or prefcribed Phyfickc 5 Nothing hinders
frtTZlT* health more ^a wound can neuer be cured that hath feuerall plotters, Crato con-
tat 14 JOi mum d- 5 r \ r \ c >
mmx medici fit. 1 86. taxeth all melancholy perfons of this fault : f Tis proper to tbem,ij
cmtlntt. things fall not out to their minde , and that they haue not prefent eafefo fecktu
dentil^"™'- another \an d another; twenty, one after another, and they flill promife all to care
lent quamme- themjry a thoufand remedies , and by this meanes they encreafe their malady y
tplfaior - m and make it moH dangerous and difficiUto be cured.They try many ((zhhMon*
metiema ob ft- tanus) andprc [fit by none: and for thiscaufeft^/.^.he inioyncs his Patient
: th f°™ 4 before he take him in hand, h perfeuerance andfuferance , for in fuch a [malt
&lJquiphiri. time, no great matter can bee effecled, and vpon that condition he wifadmitti*
mos confuiame- fter Phyfick either wife aU his endeavour and counfeU would be tofmallpurpofe.
Sco^iernrnq An(J jn hi$ 3j%c0U M{qi a noble matron, he tels her * iffbe will be cured, fbec
guiowm cadit. muflbeofa rnoft abtding patieme^>,faith(ull obedience, and fingular perJeHt*
' N ' M 'm*edti' rxme ytffy e remit 0r de$M re *fy e t~> ciH cxpetl or hope for no good fucceffu*
^nmLrum Conftl.230.iot an Italian Abbat y he makes it one of the greateft rcafons.why
crehra mutatv, thisdifeafc is fo incurable, fc becaufe the parties are forejllejfe, and imp at tent %
ntC V ldti™r\ AH ^ wt ^ therefore haue him that entends to be eafed, to take Phyfickc, 1 not for a
^n'm quodh moneth i ayearejbut to apply himfelfe to their prefer ipttons s all the daycfofhit
V erfa medka- /if^j. Laft of all,it is required that the Patient bee not too bold to praftife
nentatentm- J
tur. f Melmbolkotum proprium, quum ex eorum arbitrio non fit fubita mutation melius , alterare medkot qui quldvis, &e*
8 Con(t!. 3 r . Oum ad vma fe cmfermt % mlio proGM, h lmprmii hoc flatuere opcrtet tequmperftverantiam & tolcrantiam. £j*
9Uo enim tempore nihil 'X&c » Sicuwi vult,opus "(Ipertinaci pcrfeverantii, fideti obedientti, & patimid[mgi4lari,fitardet*Jd
defperet jiullumh debit effeftuw. k &gitudineamiumtp<ukntim i &ind^ > Ntnadmenfe/n out <mnum,(td
vportst tQto v'tf* curricula citfat'wtfoperom dare.
vpon
Part.2. Se&.i. Concerning ?ky(icke. Memb.4. Subf.^.
ypon himfelfe, without an approued Phyfitians confent, or to try concluii-
ons,if he read a Receipt in a Book* for fo, many groflfely miftake,& do them*
felues more harme then good. That which is good to one man ^in one cafe, t cmcm'ut
atone time , is oppofitc to another, f An Afle & a Mule went laden ouer a '^'^V cegtti *
brooke,the one with fait, the other with wooll. The Mules pack was wet by narmld,
chance, the fait meltcd,his burden the lighter,& he thereby much eafed. He "» WeUu
told the AflejWho thinking to fpeed aswe! 3 wet his pack lvkewife at the next v j£&
watcr,but it was much the header, hee quite tired. So one thing may bee incautiwes,
good,and bad to fcucrall parties,vpon divers occafions. Many things ( faith mulu kg**,*
^Penottus J are written in our bookes,whicb feeme to the Reader to be excellent 1"°™ exm^
remedies ^but they that make vfe of them y are often decerned, and take for Phy* iau.fcdpmen-
fickejoyfen. I remember in r^r/tf/^obferuations, a ftory of one Uhn Bap- t0 ^ m hakrim
ttJtaNeopolttan y that nndmg by chance a pamphlet m Italian , written in « operariexii.
praifcof Hellebor, would needs adventure on himfelfe, and tcoke 3 j for ^Mq^oyn-
B j : and had not he bin fent for , the poorc fellow had poy foned himfelfe. ^t/rS
From whence he concludes out of Damafcenus 2 ejr j.Aphor. n that without tyum eft.
exquifite knowledge .to worke out ofbookes is moft dwverous : how <vnfavory a Vnit ,ntnm ' fr >
thtngit tit obdeeue Writer Sfnd take vfontrujt) as thu Patient percemed by fcriptit autbm-
his orvne perillX could recite fuch another example of mine own knowledge, (redere,
of afnend of mine,that finding a Receipt inflr^/f/W^would needs take Hel- *Zt^\w\9*
lebor in fubftance,& try it on his own perfon ; but had not fome of his fami- ctn/iiibti
liars come to vifite him by chance, hchadby his indifcrction hazarded him- y*"
felfcimany fuch I have obferued.Thefe are thofc ordinary cautions,which I Z'cmbfturl*
(hould think ft to be no ted, and he that fhall keep them,as Mont anus iivki > veUerti minm
(hall furely be much eafed,if not throughly cured. aftim*.
S V l S B C, 3,
Concerning Phyficke^j*
PHyfickc it felfe in the laft place is to be confidercd^r the Lord hath cre-
ated medicines of the earthy and he that is wife will not abhor re them^Ec-
clus 38.4. vcr.8. of fuch doth the Apothecv y make a confection ejre. OF
thefc medicines there be divers & infinite kinds, plants,mettals, animals,&c*
& thofc of feuerall natures, fome good for one, hurtfull to another fome
noxious in themfclties.corre&ed by Art, very wholefomc & good,(imples s
mixt &c. & therefore left to be managed by difcrcet & skilfull Phyfitians, &
thence applyed to mans vfe. To this purpofc they haue invented mcthod,&
feuerall rules of Art,to put thefc remedies in order,for their particular ends.
Phyfickc fas Hippocrates defines it ) is nought els but P addition and fubfira. p Fucbfiu tip,
as it is required in all other difcafes , foin this of melancholy it \jn primed.
ought to be moft accurate, it being (as Mercurtalu acknowledgcth)fo com- baaftaii »#-'
mon an arTc&ion in thefe our times, and therefore fit to be vnderftood. St* if^^^
ucrall prefcripts & methods 1 findc in feuerall men, fome take vpon them to JJmaxmi'
cure all maladies with one medicine, feuerally applyed, as that Panacea I An- ** »«
rum potabile, fo much controverted in thefe dayes,berba folic &c. Ptracelfm j^^J*'"* 2
rcduccth all difeafes to 4 principall heads, to whom Sever in us fjLvelafcm t
Uo s*vim 3 2nd others adhere & imitate: thofc itcLeprofie , Gou/^Dropfie,
Parc.2.Se£b.a. ^nre of melancholy. Mcmb. i .Sub£i.
200 FaHtng-fickncJfe.lo which they reduce the reft, as to Lcfufy, vlcers, itchc$ J
furfurcs/cabbes &c. To <70*/,ftone 5 cholick J tooth.achc,head-achc &c. To*
Drtpfte, AguesJaundies 5 Cacexia &c. To the Falling-fickneffe belong PaJfy,
Vercigo,Craraps,ConVulfions,lncubuSj Apoplexy, &c. r If any oftbejefoure
'Sidiqu'a bo- pintifilibe cured (faith Ravelafcm^ ) all tie infer tour be cured, and the fame
rmmZt^ remedies commonly feme : but this is too generali, and by fome conrradi.
tur^nnnmr a e d: for this peculiar difcafc of Melancholy, of which I am now to fpeakc, [
mn inftriores. ^ f cuera u curcs/cucrall mcthods 5 and prcfcripts.They that intend the pra<
• click cure of Melancholy, faith Duretus in his notes to Holleritu, fct downe
nine pecnliar {copes or cnds,Sava»aroU prefcribes 7. efpeciall Canons,
lianas Montaltm caf.26.Faventinw in his Empiricks , Hercules de Saxoni^
&c. haue their feucrall iniun&ions and rules 5 all tending to one end. The or-
dinary is threefold, which 1 meane to folio w.am/7»77x» } pharmaceutic a, and
ChintrgicarP'itt or Liuing, A pothecary,Chirur gery, which wecker crato,
Gm&nerw &c. and moft prefcribe, of which I will mfift, and fpeake in their,
order.
SECT. a.
MfiMB. I. SvBSEC. V
Diet refltfied in f ubjiance^j.
DIct,£i*/7»77** ^icJ/a or Liuing,according to f Fuchfius & othcrs,com^
prehends thofe fixe non naturall things, which 1 haue before fpecifi*
ed,are efpeciall caufes, and being rc&ifiedja folc or chicfc part of the
tibm &pott*i, Cure.* lo. ^Arculanus cif.i6.tn p.Rbafis, accompts the rectifying of thefe
MkffilmZ fi*> a fufficient cure. Guianerius Tratf.ts- "p>P> cals it 3 fropriam & pr'mm
vigtiia, &rcli- curamfht principal cure: fo doth Mont anus t Crate, Mcrcurialis^Altoimm
qiMresfex nm- & c> fi r ft t0 Dc ultd Lcmnius inftit \cap % 22*c*\s them the hinges ofour health,
natursUi conn- , r . , J . * ' . . 9 »
vmtut. u no hope of recouery without them. Retnerus Stlenander in bis ^.confulca*
1 sufficit pit- t j on f or a spanifh yong Gcntlewoman,that wax fo melancholy } fhcc abhor-
feSm^mt' a ^ company 3 & would not fit at table with her familiar fricnds,prcfcribcs
mturaiium. this Phyficke aboue the reft, x no good to be done without it. V Areteus /./,
Mm mm ca P'7* 2n °W Phyfitian, is of opinion,that this is enough of it felfc,if the party
eonfifiit. 1 be not too farrc gone in fickneflc. * Crate in a confutation of his for a noble
* vfyii bk <*- Patient,tcls him plain!y,that if his Highnefle will keepc but a good diet, hec
^jt™ vivendi will warrant him his former health. *Montanut c onftl. 27* for a Nobleman
ntione&e. of France, admonifheth his Lordftiip to be moft cirenrrifpeft in his Diet.or
ImftTpZpi- cls a11 his olhcr P^ficke will be to fmall purpofe.Thc fame iniundion I find
mm h*bit*m 'verbatim in 1. Ctfar Claudinus&Jpon.s+.Scoltzij confil.rSj.Tralliaftus eap.16
recuperandum, /.and Lalius d Fonte ^£gubinus often bragges 3 that he hath done more
%^m. li ^ curcs in this kind b y rcaification of Diet, then all other Phyfick. So that in a
* coxfi.99.iib. word I may fay to moft melancholy ntjcn,as the Fox (aid to the VVefcl^thac
ufrefamti- cou ^ 001 8 CC out g*™cr,Macra cauum repetes, quern macrafubijlififc
ihi tJmm fix non- naturall things caufed it 3 aad they muft cure it. Which ho wfocuer J
&c ,
* Mo two Domnejit fti prudexs ad viftitm, §nt qit9,c*ter* remdk jruflra adhibmur. k Omm remtdia itrka & vm fat bii.
tfiotftimtplmfaiuiri/wantesviftitprtik, ^uammtiUmtfUU waffe.
treat
Part.i. Sc£ti. DktnEtified. Memb.i.Subfj,
treat of, as proper so the Meridian of melancholy , yet neuer thelefle that ; o i
which is here laid, will generally ierue c moft other difeafcs_, andeafohem c Mafi km
bkcwife.ifitbeobferued. . m ^ m eio *'
Of thefe fix non-naturallthings,the firft is Diet, properly fo called,which TO ; . wp ^
conflfts in meat &drinke,in which wee muftconfider Subftance, Quantity, ^ckneafj.
Quality, and that.oppofite to the precedent. In SubUancc, fuch meaies ate Cjl f IM& ' hu *.
generally commended, which are d moi^eafie of dsge(lion y and rut apt to tn- ca£t« facte ji*
genderTvinde^^notfryed^norrofied^butfod ({2\\\\^alefcas i ^lltomartij y Ptfo y f *'*fffe&tfa
&c)hotc xndmoifl,andofgoodnouj lament Crato confil % 2 :Jib.2. admits roft bfrvfrj' Ci ~
mcat,if the burned and lcorchedy«^/ft/«,thebrowne we call it, bee pared c sihtenv
oftSifoianus lib.2*cap.i,ctyes oik on cold and dry inches, f yong flelh and j/*™l t J lilF *
tender is approued ,as of a kid.rabbecs, chickenSjVealejmuttonjCaponSjhens, fiperficies torrU
pjrtridge,phefant,and all mountaine birds. Galen takes exception at mutio, « «l"g»e.
but withou' queftion, he meancs that rammy mutton , which is in Turkic u ™ bl ""^^
and y^4w/>or,wliichhauethofe great flefhy tailes.of 48 pound weight,as *i<u witm
FtrtomaKnuswhnzfcih^av/gJtb.i.cap.f. The lcanc of fat meat is beft, & ^ ,carunen
all manner of brother & pottageAvirhburragp^Luice.and fuch wholcfome ' •
hearbes are excellent good, efpccially of a Cotk,allfpoone meat. Arabians s Mcaflo.
commend braines,but 5 Laurcnttus cap.i excepts againft them,& fo doe ma- T^ot f ryc< i
nyothersj h Bgges arc iuftified as a nutritive wholcfome meat. Butter and or buttered
oylcmay pah\ , but with fome limitation, fo * Crato confines it, zndtofomc 5%JS^*j
men ff singly at fet times, or in fauce, andjofugar andhony are approved^ i All mprobam lu-
fharp and fowre fauces mud be avoidcd,& (pices,or at leaft leldome vfed: & tyr«m&ok«m t
fofaffronfometimes in broth may bee rolleratedi but thefe thinesmaybee r r m
more freely vfed,as the temperature ot the party is note or cold, or as hee profundetur.
fhaJI find inconvenience by them. 1 he thinne(t,whiceft,fmalleft wine is beft, fowM&mek
not thicke,norftrong; & (b ofBeere, themidlingisficteft. Bread of good d*£mma!L
whcat,pure,wel purged from the bransLiw entitt s cap.S would hauc it knea» dwmta com-
ded with raine waterV it may be had.
Pure water by all rncanesvfe,vvhich^ z&Pindtrus holds ) is better then conr.m.aerb*
gold,ancfpeciail ornament it is, &very comntodtoui -to a city ( according to «^
* fegetius) when frejh fpnnvs are included within the miles, if Nature afford * ^* C J* M
themnotfh ynt'ift behjdby /4rf,ttisa wonder to read of thofc ftupend A- «rf?<v.
qucdu<Sts,& infinite coft hath bin beftowed in Rome ofold ^Constantinople^, ^ h £^°
Carthage \Alexandriafx\d fuch populous cities,to conveigh good & whole- tittup elm p t ~.
fome water s,read m ?rontinut,lipfius de Admir.* Plinius lib. 3. cap, nStra- nnm% fates
bo inhis Gcogr.That Aqueduct oicUudtus was moft eminent jfetched vpon ^TV«W/f»7
Arches 1 ?.milcs,euery Arch 10^ foot high,they had 14. fuch other Aquc- manon prJfiat
du<Sr.s,bcfides lakes & ci(ternes 5 7oo as ] take it,° eucry houfe had priuat pipes €^di&c
& channels to feme them for their vfc. P Peter Gi/lius in his acuratc Defcrip- dJulfm"^
tion oiconjlanttmplefyz&ts of an old eiftcrne,which he went down to fee, m E£«w<b&
lirffootlone i8ofoot broad.built ofmarblc,coueredoucr with Archwork " Cur Tj^L
&fufl:ainedby ^^pillarSjtweluefootaiundcrj&in n rowes, tocontainc Updeinurbm
fwcet water.Infinitc coft in channels & cifterncs,from Nilus to Alexandria, of "j {( ^ *p J
hath bin formerly beftowed,to the admiration of thefe times,*! their citterns N, 4 t.}i'. '*'
focurioufly cemented &cornpofcd, that a beholder would take them to be °^<7>*«
allofoncftone: when the foundaiion is laid, and cifterne made, their houfe l^f^^
mles4rc. t Ii6.».«fl.zo. 1 fodJ Me&en ee?.i$.pfreg.HieTof. Belloam,
Dd is
Part.2,Se&.2. Cure of melancholy. Membj. 6ubf,i.
m — — . ■
201 is halfc built.That Segcman Aqucduft in Spaincj* much wondred at in thcfc
r cjprMEcbc* daycs/ vpon three ro wes of pillars, one aboue another , conveying ftveetc
vitadeiii>Ht!p. water to euery houfe : but euery City almoft is full of fuch Aq ucdu&s. A-
itfi-ImZ? mongft thc reft f he is eternally to be commended, that brought that new
feredommdm. Streame to the Northfidc of London at his owne charge ; and M r Otho AV.
V^^wti. ^/^/ ounder °f oUr water-works,& elegant Conduit in OxfordSo much
foTiftigtdiflimA h aLlc all times attributed to this Element^ be conveniently provided ofm
toafirvatur. Although Galen hath taken exceptios at fuch waters, which runne through
Middiemf leaden pipes, eeruffam qn* in ij$ generator , for that vn&uous ceruie,
Basnet. which canfes dyfentcries and fluxes: yet as * Alfarius of Genu* well anfwers,
"mlmatil lt ls PP ^ ce t0 common experience. If that were true,moft of our ltdiian
' Citics,Montpel/er in France, with infinite others, would finde this inconvc.
< T)e pifcibuf niencc,but there is no fuch matter. For priuatc families, in what fort they
LhtSk^' ^ ould fornifli thcmfelucs, let them confult with P. Crefcentius dcAgricult.
modo non ftmt e lib»l .CafjAnd the reft .
" Defies t Amon S Fifhes, thofc arc moft allowed ofyhat liuc in gravelly or fandy
iib.7.?LrimUm warers^ikcsjpcarchjtrou^gudgconjfmelts^ounders Sec. Hzppeljtussalvs*
pr*ft*tad utiii. anus takes exception at Carpj but I dare boldly fay with f Dubravius, it is an
%a7em.'i7m' cxcc ^ cnt mcat come not from c muddy pooIes 5 that it retaine not an vn«
Traiiiamuiih.t fauory x&t.Erinacius Marinas is much commended by Or/bafius, &£ti»s
ItlfrlmL and raoft of our Iatc Writers.
came! ° " u c ™ t( > conftl. 2 1 .ltd. 2. cenfures all manner of fruits, as fubiec"t to putrcfa.
*Eiftmnei}*- 6Hon, yet tolerable at fome times,aftcr mealcs 3 at fecond courfe, they kecpe
VfJl'fbifeclt ^ ownc vapors,and haue their vfe. Sweet fruits are beft, as fwcetc cherries,
d i fftenfjsjncep* plummcs,{weet apples & pippins,which Lturentius extols, as hauing a pc-
faTentu"' cu ** ar P ro P crt y a g a inft this difeafe,but they muft be corrected for their win«
mdi fuctprZ dinette; ripe grapes are good, and rayfins ofthe Sun, muskmiliions well cor-
A«, qm duke- rccted 3 and (paringly vfcd.Figges arc allowed, and almonds blanched.7>4fl/.
ingWjpfi. Mm difcomrnends figs, * Salvianus oliues and capers, which 7 others efpe-
vt dnitia eera . cially like of,and fo of piftick nuts^Montanus and MercurUlti out of Aven-
*i\b* &e ' zoar, > ac * m " P cacncs > x pcarcs and apples baked after mealcs, only corrected
y jHontatti ^ U g ar an< * annifced,or fcnncllfecd, and fo they may be profitably taken,
becaufe they ftrengthen the ftomack,and keep downc vapors, Thc like may
^Mfip%*' ftidofprcfcrucdcherrics^Iuramcs, marmalit of plummes, quinces &c.
toil* mala,poma but not to drinkc after them; a pomegranats,Orangcs 3 are tolerated, if they
toft* & facha- be not too fharpe.
mkTc(^f e ffa t b Cratt will admit of no herbes but borage,bugIoflc,cndiue,fenneIl,anni'
Miiner ftatim ' feed,bawmc.C*//<r#/*f and Armtdus admit of lettice,fpinage, beets &c. Thc
einTfimi^f. * ^ ame CrAto a ^ ow no roots at to ^ c c a ccn*Somc approuc of potato \
fiat, quid parfnips,butall corrected for windc. No raw falletsj butasJL^r<f»//*wprc*
l^nt&vJ"' ^ C^ ^ CS, ' n ^ ro ' n cs-, and fo Crato com mends many of them: or to vfc borage,
res 'caput pten- j 1 °PP cs » ba wme,{tecr>cd in their ordinary drinkc. c Avenzoar magnifies thc
us reprimmt. iuyce of a pomegranat if it be fweet, and cfpecially Rofc-watcr a which hce
^timca mta wouId haue to b <= vfed incucrydi(b,whichthcyputinpraaifcinthofchote
nwmla.com'
Countries,;about *Damafcus, where ( if wecmaybclceuc thc relations of
ZrtnTmdl Vert*******) m a »y hogfheads of Rofc-watcr arc to be fold in thc market
**7mtlfttT* acon cc a it is in fo great requcft with them.
& acid* » Olera mm* prtttt beragtnen, buihJfum t mtybMm t f<mtdm , anifimmelitfum vitarl debent. « McrcurUlit paS.
Parci.Scd.i.
Diet reBified.
Memb.i.^ubf.2.
203
SVBSlcj 2,
Diet r eclified in quantity.
MAn alone.faith B ; C*r<k* ,eates and drinkes without appetite, and v-
fcth all his plcafute withou t ncceifity, vitio y & thence come }J^^
many inconveniences vnto him . For there is no meatc whatfoc- MtMt&&e*
vcr a though otherwifewholcfome and good, butifvnfcafonablytakcnjor !^$* ,4S
immoderatly vfed , more then the (lomacke can well beare,i t will ingendcr qZmf^l^n
crudity, and doe much harmc. Therefore f Crato advifethhis patient to vatntnim to-
eatc but twice a-day , and that at his fet mealcs,by no meanes to eate with- *£2tudiu.
out an appctite,or vpon a full ftomackc, and to put feaven houres difference tesgaerat&c]
betwixt dinner and (tipper. Which rule if we did obferue in our Collcdgcs, 5 Eg
it would be much better for our healths . But cuftome, that tyrant, fo pre- indk^sfa-
vailcs,that contrary to all good order and rules of Phyficke,we fcarce admit nttre^ertijm-
of tiue . If after feaven houres tarryinghc (hall haue no ftomacke , let him Tj^f[ •
ditferre his meale , or eate very little at his ordinarie time of repaft . This ratcaue^m"
' very counfell was given by Proffer CaUnm y to CardinalL Cafm labouring of fr**vt*triat->
this diicafc ;and 8 ?Uterm prescribes it to a patient of his to be raoft fevere- fh$££
ly kept . Gdianerius admits of three meales a day , but Mont Amis confiL 23.* mafi mi /i-
pro. Ab.Itdlo,\\zs him precifely to two ; and as he muft not eate overmuch, J*£: ^
fo he muft not abfolutely faft $ for as Celfus contends lib.i.Ucchinus cap,j S . femmm/mn
inp.Rhafs^ repletion and inanition may both doc harmcin twocontraric lo ! itef ngam
extrearfles . Moreover that which he doth eate , muft be well * chewed, and
not baftjly gobbekd,for th;? t caufeth crudity and winde , and by all meanes f»m*& {Um
to eate no more then he can well digeft , melancholy men moftpart haue
k good appetites , but ill digefti on, and for that caufc they muft be fure to ^Muha^^l
rife with an appetite,and that which Socrates and Difirius the Phyfitiansin
Macrobms fo much require,and S c Tiierom inioyncs Rufiicus y xo cat & drinkc fsS^j^
no more then will m fatisfie hunger and thit(k. n Lefius the Jcfuirc holds 12 w; 4 . 1
l5,or 14 ounces,or in our Northerne countries i6atmofi y ( forallfludents^ m . M ^fau&
weaklings 5 and fuch as lead an idle fedentary life>/~ meat^drinke, bread^ frca t b^&cmi'&
jit proportion for a whole day y and as much or little more of drinke. Nothing amu vi'Utitfl.
pefters the body and minde fooner then to be ftillfed,to cat and ingurgitate r^ w {**£ ;( _
beyond all meafure,as many doe,° by ouermuch eating and continuallfeafs^ titferdk'mCuf
jtiflc Nature ^nd choke vp thentfelues {which had they liued cturjly, or like gal- & m com P**
I j '- flattcs beene tied to in oarcjnight haue happily prolonged many fair e y ear es. ^[vct'ofy™
As great inconvenience comes by variety of difhes 5 which caufeth the obfmy^&t*-
prcccdent diftempcraturc.P thenwhich y fahhAvuenfta,fiothin^iswor/e , to t ^ mvel f mU>
* , ~ . r 1 vi > ' 1 1 pfortsvncH tu-
fted on diver fit te, of meats $r ouermuch y Scrtonus like tn lucem canare , and as m,
they commonly doe in Mufcouy y znd IJland,to prolong their meales all day,
of all night. Our Northernc countries offend efpccially in this, and wee in brlj"
thislfiandfampliter viventesinprandijs & ccenU y zslPolydore notes) are tempore pafcen-
moft liberal! feeders, but to our owne hurt. Excefleofmcatbrcedethfick- [""fif^
nclTe^and gluttony caufeth cholcrickc difcafes^ forfeiting md»y pertfb, bttt
fiaffintydutffi
ptrio psnefafifim&irtcolitmu inlm^m tutm vitmprswgtffmt. P HibHdtttriHi quim i^frfrnutrUHtidfmjda^m^Tt^
trndtmbttmpuifwogare. *tib,ibift B
Pd a he
Part.a.Scd i. Cure of Melancholy. Mcmha. Subti*
^04 be that dietethhimfelfprologeth hit life,Eeelus i/.^./#.Wc accout ic a great
'tiborvm v+ glory for a man to hatic his table daily furniflied with variety of mcats,but
* m ltmJi hcare the Phyfitian.hc pulls thee by the care as thou fittcft , and tcllcth thee,
iiibi/ mwimi 1 notbiugcanbe more noxtomtothtne heAltbJ "ben fuchvariety andpfa.
homni adfain ^ j Q zyQJ ^ therefore all thofe inflations,tormcnts, obftru&ions, crudities,
W'jfT* and that come by a full diet,thc beft way is to f feed fparingly of one
f Null** cibum or two difties at moft,to haut vent rem bencmoratum, as Settee* calls it , « /#
T^mchlat ehoo f e one of many ^tnd to feed en that alone.zs Crato aduifcth his paticnt.Thc
\ul™G?'<L fame counfell tt Proper Calenus giucs to CardmallCtfms y to f fe a moderate
nittiUUmei. a nd fimplo'dicti and though his table bee iovially furni(hcd,by rcafon ofhis
^emil fate and g ucfts j y« his ownc P art to fin s ,c out *° mc onc ftvor y <Wh &
fyvnumtUge, feed ofit. The fame is inculcated by * Cr 4/* tonjil.pjib.2. to a noble perfo-
*1!^?m£ k "agcarTefted with this grieuancc^ce would haue hishighneffetodineor
» Ukje *tri fup a!one,without all his honorable attendance & courtly company ,with
hie stmpUxfit a p r i liatc friend or fb,a difh or two, a cup of Rhcnifh wine, &c. Montanut
"aw* %0dii- co»fil.24>fox a noble Matrone inioynes her onc dith , and by no meancs to
ca digriiutit 't dr.nke betwixt meales,The like confil.22 ^.It is a frequent folcmnity, ftill vfed
MbvicuJtilr with vs when friends mecr,togoc to the alehoufe or tauernc, they are not
&e V ' Hr * fociablc otherwifc,and if they vifit one anothcrs houfes^ they muft both eat
* Ctlfft*d9tua anddrinke. I reprehend it not moderately vfed, but to fomc men nothing
S^^aSS can be more orTcnfiite,they had better powre fo much water in their (hoocs.
wiKojumtntM It much availcs like wife to keepe good order in our diet, » to eate^j liquid
^ilcf^duobZ thtBgs firjljbrrthcsJilbjinA fneb meats 44 are f toner corrupted in thejlomackf
tmimn feuuiit, harder meats of digeftion muft come laft, Crato would haue tbefnpper lejfe tbtn
tang Kberunt dinner ,which Car4*n.contrddiftMb.i.trafl.s>efintradic. rS. diialloWcs,and
vtatur! **** tnat by tnc authority of Galen.?. art jurat, cap. 6. and for foure rcafons hec
7 semper intra will haue the fuppcr biggeft. I haue read many Treatifcs to this purpofe , J
^m^Anetitt ^ nowc n °t how it may concernc fome few ileke mcn^ut for my part gene-
tmfercuiocon- rally for all,l ihould fubfcribe to thatcuftome of the Romans y xo make a fpa-
ient*. ring dinncr,and a hbcrall fuppcr. All their preparation and invitation was
^efiTrmi^- ^11 at f»ppcr,no mention of dinner. Many rcafons I could giuc , but when
rare qui cibi all is faid pro and conf Cardans rule is beft, to keepe that we are accuftomed
*7d* & cedMt vnt °j l bo u gh it be naught, and to follow ourdifpofirion and appetite in
Tarnium m* y fomc things is not ami(fc,to eat fomctimes of a difh which is hurtful!, if we
&ti,jrH£i*i % haue an extraordinary liking to it . Alexander Severm loued Hares and
^'/fpwnfo. Apples abouc all other meats, as Lampridtm relates in his life; one Pope
• Tr*£i.6.at- porke } anothcr PeacockCj&c.what harme came ofit ? 1 conclude,ourowne
uam.\. lib.x. experience is the beft Phyfitian.that diet which is moft propitious to one.is
• Super omma J . . //•!.'. • r 1 1 r 1
quotidummk- ottcn pcrnitious to another,! uch is the variety ot paiats,humours, and tera-
5' w bs w l P craturcs 3 ^ ct cucr y roan obferue, and bee a law vnto himfclfc. Tiber itu in
&pmu wM- * 7Vr/V«» did laugh at all (uch 3 thac after joyearesofagc, would askecoun-
* Amaijs. fell of others, concerning matters of diet: J fay the fame.
*alt*>mm, dy remedy by it.lt is a wonder to relate that prodigious temperance of fome
td cgpufceada Hcrmitcs, Artachoritcs, and Fathers of the Church; hce that (hall but read
iT£7i^fi* their liucs written by H/rn>», Athanafim^c. how abftcmious Hcathcni
hauebeene in this kinde,thofe Cwrjj and Fabric^, thofe old Philofophers, as
£t*m. puny rtwds UbaiXtnopha* lib. 1 Ac vit.Socrat. Eroperouts and Kings, as
Nicepnorut
■ I - .. ■ III'
Parti.Scd.2. fytentionjtyacuauimreElificd. Mcmb.j
Nscephitrus tchtcs y Ecclef.hiJtJtb. r S.eapJ.oi Mauritius, Lodovicus Piu$ tjrc. 2 o%
cannot but admire them. This hauc they done voluntarily,and in health;
what (hall thefe priuatc men doe that are vifited W ith fickneffe, and necefla- ZZlmvlri-
rily c inioyncd to rccoucr,& continue their health ? ltisahardthingtoob- t*&imm.
ferucaftnet diet. & qui mcdiceviuit,mifcrcviutip$\hchy\^ *tbtm M w.i,
ipfum erit vivere,bU ft frimtus fueris ? as good be buried, as fo much debar- "clt. &t*m
red of his appetite fo he complained in the Poet,fo thou thinkeft: yet hec
thatloucs himfcirc,wiU cafily endure this little mifcry,to avoid a greater in- ^"^V*
convenience/ malis minimum ,better doc this then doc worfe. And as \ wh*c*>
iy holds fetter be a temper Ate oUmAnjhcn a ii(ttuious youth \ 'tSSf*'**"*
Ms mi. a«
Refiifying, Retention And Evacuation*
IHauc declared in the caufcs,what harme coftiuencfle hath done in pro-
curing this difcafc,if it be fo noxious, the oppofne muft needs bee good, * Vtiet ptt+
or mcane at leaft.as indeed it is,& to this cure neceffarily required , max <*? ™*»
imcconducttAzxth Mont dt us tAf.zjM very much availcs. a AltontArus cap.?. exc ^ e(it ^ m
commends vptlking in a morn'tngjntofomefAiregreene pleafAntfie/des, but by arte vel now*.
a/I meanes fir ft,by Art or nature he wi/ihaue thefe ordinary excrements euAcua- ex(1 ' mt *
ted. Ptfo calls it Benefiaum ventris, the bcncnt,hclpe, or pleafurc of the bel-
ly ,for it doth much eafc ii.LAurenttus apJ.Crato confil.21. /- 2. prefcribesft
once a day at lcaft: where nature is dcfe£tiuc 5 art muft fupply , by thofe leni-
tiueeleduarics^ppofitarieSjConditeprunesjturpcntinCjClifterSjas (hall bee
(hewed. Profper Calenus ltb.deatra £//V 3 commcnds Clifters in Hypocondri-
acall melancholy ,{till to be vfed as occafion femes. c Peter Cnemander in a ■ Hlldifbeim
confultation of his pro Hypocondriaco , will hauc his patient continually %"^ e "'„i
loofejand to that end fets downe their many formes of Potions & Glitters, urn operm dn~
MercurtalU confil. 88. If this benefit come not of it's oWnc accord,prcfcribes J^^Jj
f Clifters in the firft place,fo doth Mont Anus conjil.24. & confil.3 r.fjr 22p.hc bmfici'mZi*
commends Turpentine to that purpofc.the fame he ingeminates,***/*/.*^ tru y jemper t*-
for an Italian Abbot . 'Tis very good to wafabis hands and face often, to }Ztt)L?fl"
fhifc his clothes,to hauefairc Jinnen about him, to bee decently and comely Sa.
attir ed ,for for des v/Vm/** .naftincfTc dertles,and detects any man that is fo yo*
iuntarily,or compelled by wanut du'kththe fpirits. ge f™
Bathes are either artificial! or naturall, both h aue their fpeciall vfes in this * Mnwm
malady,and as5(^/^^fuppofeth//^/.^./^yccldasfpcedya remc- ^J^lt
dy,as any other Phyficke whatfoetier. would hauc them daylyvfcd, ifauw.
dfidud balnea.retra^fe^^.cap.g^ Galen crakes how many fcucrall cures he ^b*cM
hath performed in this kinde by vfe ofbathes alone , and Rujfus pills, moift- *™riSoTt
nine them which arc otherwife dnt.RhAfts makes it a principall cure. Tots mm**
euTAftt in humettando, to bathe and afterwards annoint with oyle. lafon
frAtenfis, Laurent iuscap.$.2^^Montanus fct downe many peculiar formes
of artificiall bathcs.CM/* confil. iy.lib.2. commends Mallowcs, Camomile,
Violcts,Burragc to be boyled in it,and fomctimes fayre water alone, andire
bis following com(t\\^Balneumaqu4 duUufolumfdpifime profuijfe ctmper*
turn Memus. So doth Fmhfim Wki* tap. 3i . friftmclic* lib. i. unfit. 42. im
Da j *TtimmtUm
Part.2.Sc&2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.2.
206 Trincaveliut. Some bdidcs hearbs,wil hauc a Rammcs head & oihcr things
UnquibHiuiu- boy led.* Fern eli us f^/.^.\vi!l hauc them continued 10 or* 2 daies togc-
l»uf«£* s t ^ lcr » t0 ^hkh he muft enter fafting,and fo continue in a temperate hcatc,&
indmemexciiet, after that frictions all ouer the body. Leltus <s£gubinus conftl. 142. & Chrijl.
mmfflm ^ rtYUS j n 2 confutation ofhis , hold once or twice a wcekcfufficicntto
vldmrcfoge- bathc,thc k water to be warme not hot fir feare offweating. Falix Plater. ob~
TAtioxebumt- fervjib.r. for a melancholy Lawyer, 1 wtll haue lotions of the headflili toyned
r. to thefe bathes. with a lye wherein capital! hearbes hauc beene boyled. m Lauren*
edtUjeJ tepi- tius Ipcakes of bathes 01 milkc,wnich I find approucd by many others. And
*>nefiidarft' ft ill after bathe, the body to bceannointed with oyle of bitter AlmondSjof
f lXw, tapi- Vio!ets,neW or frcfti butter," Capons grcafc,cfpccially the backc bone,and
tisexiixivi»,in then lotions ofthc hcadjCmbrocations^&c.Thefckindc of bathes hauc bin
tSSSSt in former times much frequented, &divcrfly varied, and arc full in gcnerall
m Cap. 8. dt met. vfe in thofe Eaftcrnc Countries. The Romanes had their publikc Bathcs,very
* ^Htaxungia fumptuous and ikiipcndjsihofeofAMonintH&Diccle/san.PlsnJib.jdSMh
f&Ai 1/0. wcrc an i n fi n i cc number of them in Rome,&c mightily frequcntcdjfome
bathed fcuen times a day , is Commtdus the Emperour is reported to haue
done: Vfually twice a-day, and they were after anointed with moft coftly
oyntmcnts: wc hauc many mines of fuch Bathes found in this Iland 3 amogft
thofe parictincs & rubbifh ofold Romane townes. Lipfiuc.de magVrb.RamJ^
•Tbtmt. j.cap.8. Roftnm,ScotofAntwerpe y and other Antiquaries, tell ft range ftorics
vsSes 'lib.:. or " tnc * r Bathes.(7/#/w lib.4.cap.ult*Topogr.Conflant. reckons vp 15 5.publikc
faith,chcirvvo- o Bathes in Conflantinople^ of faire building, they arc ftill P frequented ii
"wISc to'" tnac c "y ky tne Turkes ofall forts, men and women, and all oucr Greece ,and
the baches n thofe hot Countries. qtf^^/WinhisEpiftlcs, is very copious in defcri-
Icaft hing the manner of them,how their women goccouered,with a maidefol-
*Suail'm lowing with a boxc of oyntmcnt to rub them. The richer fort hauc priuate
txctmtmt, quia Bathes in their houfesj the poorer goc to the common, and arc generally fo
tqimmfecum _ cur i ous j n t hj s behalfe , that they will not cat or drinkc vntill they haucba-
*tc7obfilTlu- thedjbeforc and after mca\cs(omc^ andwtt not make water {but they xcti
vent. Bufbequ'i' tpafh their hands) orgoe to the floole_j. Leo Afer lib ./.make j mention of lot
T*nl* Ug ' fipcraU Bathes at Fez, in L^ifiick, moft fumptuous, and fuch as hauc great
{ HMjheim revenues belonging to them. Bnxdorf.cap.14.SynAgog.lud. fpcakcs of many
fficeu.de met. ceremonies amonsft the Icwcs in this kindc, they arc very fupcrftitious in
Rypncm. [man § • n «,• /• . n . * ' *
ttdeffet iecoris their Bathcs,efpeciaIIy women.
ctMitaf ,Thcr- Naturall Bathes arc praifed by fome, dhcommended by othcrsj but it is
T^nmZh in a divcrrc "fpea. f Marcus de oddis in Hipp.affia. confulted about Bathe?,
bumoru exfic- condemncs'thcm,becaufcofthehcatof the liucr, and bccatife they dry too
<*'» e Jr< tmctu ' too fall-, and yet by.and-by in another c counfcll for the fame difcafc, heeap«
* F0/.14T. proucs of thcmjbccaufc they clcanfc by reafon of the fulfur, &< would hauc
"Tberm-uU- their water tobedrunkc. Ls4reteuscap.j. commends allomc Bathes aboiic
b%%t 3t eil» thc rc{ U an£ l u Mcrcurialis confd. $8. thofe of Luca in that Hypocondriacall
per 1 s-dietpt-^ paflion. He would haue his Patient tarry there r / dayes together s And drinke
TuZmtm the 1 * > * U * °f them > An<i *° be bucketed jr haue the water powredon his heal Io.
vdyum dm Biptifta Silvaticus c0nt.d4.comm ends all thc Bathci in Italy , & drinking of
turn ventrk*. their watcr/vhether they be Iron, Allomc, Sulphur. So doth * Hercules k
jSjcte!™ Suxo/u4.bui in that they caufc fwcat,and dry fo much, he confines himfelfc
*jn Va)ub. to Hy poconddacall melancholy alone, excepting that of thc hcad 3 and thc
other
Part.i.Scd.2. Retention and Euaaiation reBtfied Mcmb.i
other. Tnncavelius conftl.i4.\ib.i.\yxtitixz i i thofc y Porrctfan Bathes before 1 07
thcrcftbecaufeof the mixture ofbralTc 5 iron,allum,and confil. ss . lib. 3. for a T ^
melancholy lawyer,^- confil.36. in that Hypocondriacall paffion,the Bathes fjj,
of x ^^4r/4,and 36. conflict drinking of them, Frifimelka confulted a. w.
mongft the reft in TrincAuelius,conJil.42.lib.2.X)Xckxxcs the waters of a ^^fj^^f*
va bctbrcall artificial! Bathes whatfoeuer in this difcafc, & would hauc one ad fa
a ram an-
nine yearcs affected with Hypocondriacall paflions, 6yetothcm 5 asroan tbmmyufif
* holy anchor. Of the fame minde is Trine aveliua himfclfc there, and yet T} \ uhHhm
both put a hoc liuer in the fame party for a caufc.and fend him to the wateis tib.?. cap i 4 .
of S s Helen \ which arc much hotter. Mont Anus ccnftl. 230. magnifies the t ^^- n '
Chalderini&n fcathes,^ confiU 37. & 2 3 j?.he cxhortcth to the famc,but with ducat, mmm-
this caution,* 1 that the Liner be outrvArdly annointedretth fome coolers, that it ber i- levict *•
be not ouerheated.Wux thefe Bathes muft be wanly frequented by melancho- l^d^cholL
Jy perfons,and fuch as are very cold of themfelucs,for as Gabelius concludes cos mrbesjrti-
of all Dutch Bathcs,and efpecially of thofc of Baden y they Aregcodfor dl told mm 'tffff**'
dtfetfes* naught for cholenckejjot And dry , And all 'infirmities proceedings/ w ; faihmau.
t holer inflammations of the Jpleene And Uutr. Our Englifh Bathes as they arc ■ BaineatM-
hot.mult needs incwrrc the fame cenfurc. But D r Turner ofold, & D' Jones fjJJ^ ext „ v
haue written at Urge of them. Of cold Bathes J finde little or no mention in *c xmtfterm
any Phytitian,fonicfpeake againftit: \Cardan alone , out of Lsfgathi mas, l ^ff irt eaVl
commends bathing in frefhriuers , And aldrvaters , andaduifeth a(1 fuch as du&jiceiijh*
mcane to Hue long to vje it for it agrees vesth a/I ages and completions , and is tew-. &mni*
moft profitable for hot temperatures* As for lvveat ing, vrinc, blood-letting ry Jww>;2l,
haemrods,or other wife, 1 (hall elfcwhcrem ore oportunclyfpcakc of them, fp'rnifaajjctiy
Immoderate Venus'\x\ cxceflc,as it is a caufe,or in dcfcc~t$fo moderately v- ™^ de ui
fed to fome parties an only helpe,a prefent remedy. Peter Forejlus calls it, ^ jj^lil
Aptifimum rernedium>a moft appofue remedy J remitting anger ^andreafen, vit<cumtutum
that was otberwifc hound. ^vicenna Fen. 3.29. Oribafiut med. cellefl. lib. 6. J^^/^.
CAp. ij. contend out of Rujfiu and othet s, 5 that ntAny mad-men, melancholy, die aauk}*pt
and laboring of. he falling fickneffejsaue beene cured by this Alone. Mont alius l«v*rtdtbe*t t
r4/^7.^w^.willhaueitdriueiway forrow,& allillufionsofthebrainc, ftiL^u*,*
to purge the heart & braine from all ill fmoakes & vapors that offend them, tatjdu impfmu
h And if it be omitted, as V Ale feus fuppofetb, it mAkes the minde fad, the bodies T'^ lvit VtnM
dull and he any. Marcellus Donatus ltb % 2. med. hifi. cap. 7. tells a ftory to con- ration* vimim-
fit me this out of Alexander BeneHiftus&f a maid that was XQ2d,ob menfes in- peditam, mien-
bibitos,cuw in officina?nmeritoriam incidiffet y aqui*decim vtris e/tdem no- "l"^™*'
tie compreffajnenftum largo profiuuio fiuodpluribw annis AnteconjliterAtjto \Mult$c»mi~
JinemAguopudoremanementirefiitutAdecept. But this muftbee warily vn-
derftood; for as Amoldus obiects ,// b. 1 .brenUr,! S. cap, quid coitus admelan*
bum vfu fok
cholicum fuccum} What affinity haue thefe two f 1 except it bee manifefi thAt .
(upet abundance of feeder fulneffe of blood be a caufe>or that louejr An extraor- ^'ZlnJUt
dinary defire of Venus haue gone before. Montaltus CAp.27. will notalloweof &p\mmum
moderat Vemk to fuch as haue the Gout 5 Palfy,Epilcpfy, Melancholy, ex - g*™//^
cept they be very lufty , and full of blood . k Lodovicm (yintonim lib. med. 7{jfictrtocm
mifcel 'm his Chapter of fenus, fotbidsit vttcrly to all Wrcftlcrs, Ditchers, ^inmmm f,-
ti r 1 t rl . J C.Um men out Jangut-
laborinz menjcVc. 1 Ftctnus and® MarfiUm CagnAtus put Venm oneottnc „ m(M f m t(1
Hue mortall enimics of a ftudent: // con fumes the fbirits. and tvcAkncth the_j fijut *mrpr't-
J . ce§erit,*Mt &t.
Athktu, ^rtbiincU pixker'-cunocety'iite opportune ptodt(i i «\jifrttibui& qui muttofmgubte abrndtnt. Idem Scaler txerto
1 *9Xmit ideo Lu&ttonbmprMitm. *Vtf*mjMtHd\lio t i. » Hb.iaaf.7. cxbamt mm fflrttmyenlmumi dtbiliUU ^
brain*
Part.2.Se<5U. Cure of Melancholy. Mcmbu;
2o S brain*. Hdyabba the Arabian. $.Tbeor. cap. 36. and Jafon Pratenfis make it
- r Trkutu & the fountaine of mod difeafes, n but moft pernitiom to them which are colde
tlmcZ! bM and dr ?>* melancholy man muft not meddle with it, but in fomc cafes, pl u .
chfmnua tar oh in his booke de fan.tncnd. accounts of it as one of the three principal!
■ faaetatem, im- f,g nes 3ac i preferiters of hcahh,tempcrance in this kinde , To rife rvit ban
SZ!fvtL petite, to be ready to rvorke j and &b ft .line from reneryjriafduberrmaj.it
ftmn wftr three moft healthfull things. Wee fee their oppofites how pcrnitious they
uhia fa are to mankindc 3 as to all other creatures they bring death, and many feraJI
F^c mnjwt Mza.fcsJm»*odici*brevi4 eft dt& & rarafeneclm.Ariftotle%\wzs inftanccin
ef \ fenem. ^ Spat rovves , which are parum vivaces ob falacitatem , fhort liucd became of
^/cttdflTuL their falacity, which is very frequent, ^sScopptm\nPriafetjs will better in.
forme you .The cxtrcames being both bad,-f the medium is to bekept,which
'tkhii C &f Un cannoc ca % k c q determined. Some are better able to Maine , fuch as are
^rbl^hdx* hot and moift, phlegmatick,as Hipocrates infinuateth/ome ftro ng Sdufty,
ienuit. wc \\ fed,like Hercules^ Precului the Emperour, f Meffaltm the Emprcfle } 8c
dwmliiXZ by Philtcrs,& fuch kinde of lafciuious mcats,vfe all meanes to t inabic them
(Etiajka w- felues 3 and brag of it: others impotent,of a cold and dry conftitution cannot
9 *%rtd M' M fnftaine thofegymnicks without great hurt done vnto their owne bodies,
tmtii 1 Lm- of which number ( though they bee very prone to it J are melancholy men
niumji.% cap. f or t h c m oft part.
16 Qatullumad *
JpfipbiHam,&s
Ovtd.Slrg.3i Mfi MBi g «
Ayre reclifted. with a digrejsion of the Ayre.
S a long.winged Hawkc when he is firft whittled off the fift, mounts
aloft,and for his pleafure fctchcth many a circuit in the Ayre 3 ftill
foaring higher and higher, till he be come to his full pitch, and in the
end when the game is fprung.comes downe amaine , & ftoupes vpon a fud-
den: fowill ] , hauing now come at laft into thefe ample fieldes of Aire,
wherein I may freely expatiate and cxcicife my felfe , for my recreation a
while roue, wander round about the world ^ and mount aloft tothofe
sethcriall orbes and celeftiall fpheres,and fo defcend to my former elements
againe. In which progrefTe,! will firft fee whether that relation of the Frier
• McbJetyx- of u OA/Wbetruc 3 concerning thofe Northerne parts vnder the Pole (ifl
™ treat* in m cet w * tn tnc wandering IcWyEltas artifex , or Lucians Icaromenif-
his Mappc. fMS, they (hall be my guidesjwhether there bee fuch4.£*r/^, and a great
SomT/a'nlt roc ^ c °^ ^oadftones i wn * cn ma y cau ^ c tne nc cdle in the compare ftill to
theTighcfthii bend that way, & what (hould be the true caufe of the variation of the corn-
in die world paflc,* is it a magneticall rock,or the Polc-ftarrc as Cardan will 5 why at the
r ex , c rc "l r '?! Azores it lookes directly North,otherwife not?, whether rules may be made
in the Canarut J . . , ' /
Lai.%i. ont,as 1 1 .grad.Londsvanat Mwi 30 »c. Whether the Sea be open and na*
1 i*i s. vigable by the Poles , and which is the likelicft way , that of Bartifon the
Hollander by fretum Dauis , or Nona Zernbla. Whether X Hudfons difco-
vericsbettuc of a new-found Ocean, or any probability to pafTe by the
« Ub.x.capj4. Straights oiAnian to china by the Promontory of Tabin. If there be,l ftial
demb civim. f one perccaue whether z Marcut Polu* the Venetisnt narration bee true or
tol cmbZ falfc,of that great citty oiQmnfay and Camba/*, whether there bee any fuch
places
Part2.Se&.2. Digrejjion of atre % Memb.$ #
places,or that as a Mat.Rfcc/u* the Icfuite hath written,c£/#* and Cataia be 2o?
all onCjthc great Cham of T trtary. and the King of China be the fame. Xun- A wwdit
tain and Quinfay ,znd the citty oicambalu be that new Paquin,ov fuch a wal *&iT<xIp. 3 *
400 leagues long to part C^/»4 from Tartxry. Whether t> Presbyter Iohn be b «.p«fai m
m Afeaoz^frick. M. Point Venetm puts him iwAfia, f the nioft reccaued ^["iritb?'
opinion isjthathcisEmpcrourofthc/f^/yr/^jWhichofoldwase^^/^/^ np+o *
now Nubia^ndcx the Equator in Africke . Whether c Guinea be an J (land t -Huarefm&
or part of the Continent j or that hungry d Spaniards d iicoucry of 7V/r a ^ Lat lo ^
Anpalu Incognita fit Msgellanicajbc as true as that of Mercurim Britinni- 44.
cui,oihiso{rto/?iapthiso(Lufinia. Andyetinalllikelyhooditmay be fo, J 9*™^
for without all queftion it being extended from the Tropic ke of Capmnne, r "
to the circle ^Antarticke^nd lying as it doth in the temperate Z^,cannot
chufc butyceld in timc,fomc flourifliing kingdomes to fucceeding ages, as
America did vnto the Spaniards. As I goc by MudagAfcur I would fee that
great bird e Rucke that can carry a man and horfe, Or an Elephant. And af f Alarm f ea "
tcrwards In Africke examine the fountaincs oiNilus , whether f Herodotus 3 ZgZZ?™.
% Seneca s Pltn. lib j.c^.^.S77*£0//£.j.giucatruccaufcof his annuall flow- pn!Jw,Eiep^
ing horP<£*/?*tadifcourfe rightly of it, or of iV/g^r and 5^^, examine JX^*^
C^^» 5 i 5 , ^/^rsreafons 3 andthereft.Isitfromtho(e Etefian wirdes, or Po/«* /.5.C.40.
melting of fnowc in the mountains vnder the tAZ<i[uator({av Jordan yearely f L/ ^ 2 -
ouerfiuwes, when the fnowc melts in mount Ltbantu) orfrom thofe great i^ c 7pT"^'
dropping perpetual fliowrcs,which are fo frequent to the inhabitants with- ' Llb - deteg.
in the Tropickes, when the Sunne is vcrticall, andcaufc thofc vaft invndati- Ca !! g0 '« „
f 1 1 n c 1 r 1 JcXfiCH.tfo
ons in S/nega,Maragnan^Orencque^na the relt ot thole great riuers in Zona
T nrtdaj/v\\\t\\ haue all commonly the fame pailions at let times. I would
obfei tie all thofe motions of the Sea, and from what caufe,from the Moon,
or earthes motion. Why in that quiet Ocean ofz*r mart factjico it is lcarce
perceaued, in our Brit t/fb Seas mod violent, in the Mediterranean and Red
Sea fo vehcmentjirregular and diuerfc ? Why the current in that Atlantickc
C$e4n (hould (till be in fome places from,in lbmc againe towards the north,
and why they come looner then goe ? And lb from Moabar to Madagascar
in that Indian Occan^ne Marchants come in three wcckes,as k Scaltgcr di£ k
culTethjthey rcturne fcarce in three moncths, with the fame or like winder JL™mtl)t!~
The continuallcurrent is from Eaft to Wcft.Whcthcr mount Athos Pelicn f*nw4w»d**
Olympm.OjJa, Caucafta.Atlas be fo high as Pliny, Stlinus.MeU rclate,abouc ^Z7nZa*
Clowds,Ntctcors,r£/ nec aurtnec vintifiirant y i2$o paces high^according vJktlt^ut*
to that mcafure otDica-arcbu*, and cquall to the greateft depths of the Sea
which is as Sca/iger holds,i 5 80 paees,E #f7V..? Mothers 100 paces. I would l^quialpT
fee thofe inner parts o f America , whether there bee any fuch great citty of vat'mujexut
Manoa^s he relates,or golden countries oiGuiana^Amazms or gigancicall ipS^ih
Patagoncs in chica. 1 The pike otTeneriffc how high it is ? 70 miles or 5 2, n miks in
as Patritiw holds: fee that ftrangcf Cirknickzerk/ey lake in CarniofajvhoCc hei s hth - .
waters gufh fo faft out of the ground-, that they will oucrtake a fwift horfe- cmtGewr**
mankind by and by with as incredible celerity flipped vpp, which Lazhu and
mrnertM make an argument of the o^wrf^j- fayling vnder ground. I [[^t&ii.
would examine the Cafpian Sea, and fee where & how it exonerates it fclfe, (wbentur vtt*
after it hath taken in Volga JaxaresjDxwfii thofe great riuers; at the mouth f*»
of oby or wheref What vent the Mexican lake hath, and that of mare mor- XdZ!"'"*
Ee tffftm
Part.i.Sc&2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.j.
% io taum i n Pale ft inapt Tnfumene, at Peruzium in Italy. The Mediterranean it
felfe. Foe from the Ocean ,at the Straights oiGibr alter, there is a perpetual!
current into it,and fo likcwifc by the Thracian Bojphorm out of the Euxine,
or blacke Sea 3 bcfidcs all thofc great riucrs oiNtlus^ Padm^hodanm, fa
how is this water confumcd by the Sunnc,or otherwise? J would findcout
*incmpk u- with Tra/an the fountaincs of Danubimpi Ganges fix us, fee thofe v£gypti*
wenfoium vi- an Pyramids. Tra/ans bridge,*?™//* de Sibill^Lucullus fifh-ponds 5 the Ten>
&vbinamTeri pic of Ntdrofc 3 And if 1 could , obferue what becomes of fwallowcs,
*<}ate, autumno ftorkes, cranes,, cuckowcs,nightingaIes , redftam, and many other kindcof
HemeiTo/it ^ m3 ^ ^ ln g in § birds,water-Wles,hawkes 5 &c.fomc of them are only lcene in
hb.xM.mm Sommer,fomc in Winter/omc arc obferued in the * fnowc , & at no other
t ttmm 'mm- t j mCj eac h haue their feafons. In winter time not a bird in Mufcovy to bee
firepunt mm found but in the Spring ,in an inftant the woods and hedges are full of them,
eantiknu Muf faith f Herbaftein. How comes it to pafle ? Doe they fleepe in winter , like
^tnm^Ttt Ge f ners Alpine mice,or doc they lye hidfas * O/aus affirm csjtn the bottoms
fLnm\ribm,h- of lakes and r//s^r /,fpiritum continent/* often fo found by Fifherihen in PohnA %
eabufq, per hie- An d Scand/a.two together. mouth to mouth.Vfiin? to wim. and when the ^riff?
memtotam,&c » . . t 1 it 1 ■ n w r ri
J survay of comes they revtite aga/ne^r if they be brought into a /toue,or to the jirefide. Or
Cornwall, doe they follow the Sunne,or lye hid in Caues and Rocks , or hollow trees,
qwZm °itcT as mo ^ ^inke,in dcepe T inne mtnes or Seacliftes, 2* t M r Carevo giues outf I
veniani^quhft conclude of them all,for my parr,as* Munfter doth of Cranes and Storkes:
'ntum^tuc w ^ cnce tnc y co^CjWhcthcr they gozjncompertum adhuc,as yet we knowc
Igmert tenkn not « We fee them here fome in fomer, fome in winter , Their commingini
itum, dtfceJen- going is fure in the night jn theplaines of Afta ( faith hce ) the Storkes meet en .
Ve^ce^nZl fa* 1 * l ft fyM that comes hft u tome i» peeces^nd fo they get them gone. Ma-
notUmu opiner ny Grange phccs^lftmi^Euripi^ cherfonefi, creekes, hauens, promontories,
temwibm. m ftraightSjlakeSjbatheSjrockesjmountaincs, places and fieldcs , where citties
lamLmldit nai,e becne ruined or fwallo wed, battles fought, creatures, mincralls, vege-
congregant fe,e. talls,Zoophites were fit to be confidercd in fuch an cxpcdition,and amongft
amqut nomjTi. thc rfft lhal fm Herbaftein hlsTartar lambe. * Heel or Boethius goofe-
meaauemt ,m . , J , 3 , - a
terant, inde a- bearing tree in the Or chades , Vertomannus wondcrfullpalme,thatflyin
fl&^ci "^#^ / ^ t ^ ai ^ 1 ' ncs ^ , ^ ca ^' orcn m tnc m g^ lt 5 that one may fee well to
« emmmk writc - Thofe fphericall ftoncs in Cuba which nature hath fo made , & thofe
MuCcovit. like BirdsjBeaftSjFifhes^crowncs/wordsjfawcs, pots, &c. vfually found in
• renommm mct ^ cm ^ nes m Saxeny about Mansfteld,md in Poland neete Nekcw and
M.i.cap.ie. Palukye,as f Mnnfter and others relate. Many rare creatures and noueltics
«fa n Jrcc C that C3C ^ ? m °^ ^ c wo ^^ an<or ^ s - amongft the reft , I would knowe for a cer<
bcar« C fmitcs tainc ; whether there be any fuch men , as Leo Suavius in his Comment on
to cat.wood Ptracelfus de fanit.tuend.ind* Gaguinus records in his dercription of M»f
tomak/roles < ov ?> that in Lucomoria y a Province tn Rufia,lyefajl afteefe as dead all winter,
wine & water from the 21 tl > of November , like Frogges and Sxvallcwes 3 benumd vpith cold,
and 'foafand ^ a ^ Ut ^ e *** ^ °f A P r ^ * n ^ IP rin i^ e y reviue againe^andgoe abtut their
le'aucii'arnics bufi ne fe* J would examine that demonftration of Alexander Picolomincus,
to couer hou- whether the earths fuperficies be bigger then the Seas? Search the depth,&
for clothe!' fcc that varict y ofScamonftcrs &fifhcs,Marcmaids !) Sca men,Horfes,&c
&c 5 which it atfords. Or whether that be true which lord Anus Br mm fcoffes ar,
f Cofmo£.lib.3. 5«%V
w/>. 43 1.& lib.4.cap.t.habent oUas a natura format e ten* extr*fi<ufmlet \UU kfiguUs faSlat, coronas,?' fen, avet, & cmet*®>-
mantimgewh * Ftfolent bimdim &rmt prtjhgom mpitudw mm^ $ojkartdtmt vttm ^HU reviuifcert.
that
Part.2, Se&.i. Difreffion of aire. Memb. j .
that if God did not dctaine it , the Sea would ouerflow the Earth by reafon 211
of his higher (ke. I would examine the true fite of that tcrrcftriall ] Paradifc, 1 Awmaiinfei»
and where Ophtr was.wherc Solomon did fetch his gold. I would examin all tmC ,'*£" > v *
Vlimes£olinus,Straboes, 5. Unn Mandevius, Olaus Magnus ^ Marcus Pol us fttibtupfjit fi>
lies. Correct thofe errors in navigation,rcforme Goimographicar Chaitcs, w 6h "! ilti0 t*
and re&ific longitudes 3 if it were poflibk, obfet uc fome better meanes to \v)4i Ke mm
finde them out. m Gen.
Or 1 would finde a convenient place to goc downe with Crpheus, Vlyffes, ^J^fj^f I
Hercules,? Lucians Me»ippm,2i S* Patricks Purgatory , at Trophomu* denne, t fracaf}^
Hecla in Ijand,ty£tna in Sictly$ and to defcend ,&fec what is done in the Matfymp.
bowels of the earth: doe ftoncs & mcttals grow there full? f how come flrre UAmm^
trees to be digged out from tops of hilles, as in our modes and maridies all ^ BUt'w&t
oucr Europe How come they to digge vp fifti bones, beamesjron works, * te f™ lertfi,0r ~
many fnhomes vnder ground, andancres in mountaincs farrc remote from f^w/f/tr-
all Seas? * <^inno 1460 at^r«4in5iv/^r/4W^3fathomcdecpe,aftiippe r *l*pm*tfljm
was digged out ofa mountains, where they got mettle Ore, in wfrch were rTi^am^'
43 c3: e ilfcs of men,with other merchandifcCame this from Earth quakes, *kr* &c**'
or {torn Noahs Flood, or isthercavkiffitudc of Sea and Land, as < Idnaxi- q ° r Pkincj
wenes hc\d of old,the Mountaines of Theffaly would become Seas,and Seas holds!
agameMauntatncs ? The whole World belike (hould bee new moulded, ^^u^oh.
when it feemed good to thofe all-commanding Powers, and turned infide ^th^t^T*
out.as we doe hay-cocks in Harucft.top to bottome,or bottom e to top : or old, round as
if the Worlds be infinite, caft three or foure Worlds into OaC ; or els of one f Trc, '<*cr.
old Worid,make three or foure new, as it ihall fceme to them beft. To pro* & %fJl^ h£t
cced,ifthe Earth be 2 1500 miles in <* compaflcjits Diameter is 7000 miles, ^yp-neiUte
from vs to our Antipodes ,and what {hall be comprehended in all that {pace? ^Jf^** a *
What is the centre of the Earth,is it pure clement only, as Ariftotle decrees, Aire.° C
inhabited fas *Paracelf*s thinks) with creatures, whofc Chaos is the Earth: t
oiwith Fayries, as the woods and waters f according to him ) arc wirn ^""Vp 7
Nymphes\ or as the Aire with fpirits ? Or is it the place of Hell,as Virgidin 1m?Ziofopb%
his %/tneides \plato ,Lucian,Dantes ,and others poetically describe it, and as V^J^t
many of our Dittoes thinke? In good tixncbjvhatfeeuer Pbtlofophers verite^ JwpuntndT
('faith | Suri us) there be cert nine mouthes of *Hell ', and places appointed fir the **™>" dtfiiw
.pumfhmcnt of mens Souks, as at Hccla in J (land, where theghofls of dead men u ' ut Hecla -
are familiarly feene^andfometimes talkt with the liuing: Cod would haue fuch Zmwumfft.
vifible places J bat mortall men might be certainly informed, that there be fuch rittM vfi**#»
pumfbmeats after death, and learne hence to feare God. Kranziw danjbijl.lib.2 t txtwTJuafr
^/.^.fubferibes to this opinion of Surius y lo doth Colerus cap. 12. lib.de im- c*,*tdifca*t
mortal.anirnt, making thatfearefull mount Hecklebirge in Norway , an cfpc- ™ ,ta ! ei & c '
ciall argument to proue it, * where lamentable ftriches andhowlings are con tifc luSahim
tinuaHy hexrdyehich (Irikt a terror to the Auditors, fiery chariots are commonly V9des *** M |-
feene to bring in the Soules of wen in the likeneffe of Crowes, and dtvcls or din a- Sl^lm
rilygoe in and out. Such another proofc is that place , ncere the Pyramidcs 'matim bani
m tAgyptfcy Cairo jus well to confirme tbis,as the Refurre&ion, mentioned ^T^ k
by }K<>rnmaxnusmirac.mortMb.i.cdp.3S.Camerariusoper.fuc.cap.j 7 .Brede** tppareti m^t
bacbius fereg. ter.fanc7.2nd fome others,iv^r<r once ayeare dead bodies *ri(e^> Mmio > & THr "
about March, and waikejnd after a while hide themfelues againe : thoufands
people cemeyearelytofie tkem* But thefc and fuch like reft (monies others rc- .
' E C 3 k&
Part.2.Se6U. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb. 3 ,
an ieftasfables, illufions of fpirits, andchcywillhaucnoifuch locallknownc
place. Well then, is it Hell, or Purgatory, or Limbus Patrum, as QaUmiut
^enclave ig> wil ^ f or j ius parkr# virg n fomctimes Bifhop of CMetttzjms therefore
t Meim duhi- ca [| C£ j i n qucftion, becaufe hce held Antipodes fo by that mcanes tookc
Zm'nmrJde ^ay the feat of Hell 3 or fo contra&ed it, that it could bcare no proportion
hcertuXfmm to Heauen 5 and contradided that opinion of AuftinJBafil, Laclantm } thn
Abrabe, ubi j^ld the earth round as a Trenchcr 3 but not as a ball. If it be no materiall fire
fgm inferno ^ Soncina , difpUCes ) it may be there 3 or dfc-whcrefyJlem.TheoL as Keeker.
t AS 'theycomc man difpiftes,for fure fomc whereitis 3 cert eft e fe alicubi, etfi definitus
fo°the Ch return circulus non apgnetur 5 1 will end the controverfy in f Auftins words, Better
tochcScTa- doubt of things concealed, then to contend about "uncertainties ^ where Abra.
gains b> ft- fams y f ome d^nd hell fire: Vix 4 ma»fuetu,k cwtentiofis mnqaam invent.
2tSf^: /#r,fcarccthe mcekc,the contentious fhall neuerfinde. If it be folide earth,
lyhood.thc 1 i s thefountaineof mettles,waterSj which by his innate tempcr,turncs Aire
C ^*\tMtc mo Watcr.which fpringavp in fcuerall chinkes, to moiftcn die Earths fu-
h^fefe* perficies,znd thzz in a tenfold proportion (isAriftotle holdesjor elfe thefc
or Ocean. Fountaines come directly from the Sea,by * fecret paflages,and are fo made
IbTZ fre{h againc 3 by running through the bowels of the earth, & are either thick,
7 jk$do.iiiii thinnc,hot,cold,as the matter or minerals-are^ by which they paflc.Orelfcit
de <a*fit aqua- mav ^ ^ of winde,which fometimes breaking out, caufeth thofe horrible
T A l? a lTbo. Earth quakes,which arc fo frequent in thefc dayes in Japan.china^nd often
ntfpeiincoi*, t j mcs fallow vp wholeCities. Let Lucians Menippus confult wither aske
^sdwfisurrfTirefiat, if you will not beleeuePhilofophcrs, heefhall clcare all your
mmWfjfMi& doubts ,whcn he makes a fecond voyage, i
uahaqui nigri j n thc mcanc t j mc i ct vs confides of that which is fub dJo y and finde out a
m true caufe,if it be poflible, of fuch accidents. Meteors^crations^s happen
tts ab Mquato- a b 0l!C ground.Whence proceed that variety of manners,! and a diftincl cha.
uta?Bmm? ra & cr f as ic wcre ) t0 ^ cucra11 nations ? Some arc wife 3 fubtile, witty , others
\lifub Vmby- dull 5 heauy \ fome bigge,fomc little j as T utty^e Fato, Plato in T imeo.Vegetm
woubmnth*. an y Bo fc ne p r oiies at tetgcjnethodxap.s. fome foft, and fomc hardy, barba-
fuming rous : ciuill, x black/tonne,white,isit from the Aire 3 or from the foyle, or in-
&Ma'abar,m- fl l)e nce of ftarres 3 or fomc other fecret caufe ? Why doth LAftica breed fo
mTfcfZ'e many venomous beafts,/;rf/Wnonc?whence come this variety ofcomple-
lldmi tip*- xions,eolours > plants,birds i besifts,r mettals 3 peculiar almoft to euery place I
raieb-.fcd hoc ^ ovv comcs \ z t0 palTe,that in the fame placc,m the fame latitude,to fuch as
qmp^cfnt,- are Perfect jherc fhould be fuch difiference of foilc,complexion, color, met-
ta Amend mf- ull^vrc&c.Mofco in j-/.^.oflat.extrcaroccolde,asallthofe Countreycs
j£"ST" are 3 hauing one perpetuall hard froft all Winter long : ^ England neere the
patten in inc» fame latitude,^ Ireland very moift and warme, & more temperate in Win-
jgtattM m tcr t hcn Spainejtaly&t France. Is it the Sea that caufeth this diffcrence.and
thruZfaeffi- the Aire that comes from it? why then is * ifier fo cold, meere the Euxincj,
tkns,c*Hvean pontus^Bithinia^ndaWTtorace, frigid^ regiones Maginus calls them, and
tm * ycr their latitude is but 42,which (hould be hote: b Qucuirapx. Nova Albion
Tll^oj^b 'um in ^^r/V<<,bordering on the Sca 3 was fo cold in July , that our c Englifh-
bminum imx- mcn CO uld hardly endure it. At [Norembegu in 45. lat. all the Sea is frozen
la ratio aut om-
ft'ta} Orte'iwi in i:\ J*AlVii • •<r
AjricayTbeat. 7 M^i^nPerUipluAmriqHam tm* foddurmAmfodinti.** Kegio quocunq^m tempore tmpetal^im.
OrteLmultaiGaUi* & Italia Return, mollt tcpore, &btni&iqHidamUtymcfftrfiHanuc<Uit. lovim, * lat. tf.Qwfy.
* gueum lut.+o. c In S [ Franc* Draty voi*oe.
w *Cv 3
Part.2. Sed.2. 7)igrefio?i of aire. Memb.^
Ice,and yet in a more Southcrnc latitude then ours. Our Climes breed lice; a 13
come to the Azores fry a fecret vcrtuc of that Aire, they arc inftantly con*
{umcd,and all our European vermincalmoft, fyvhOrtclzus. ^Egypt iswa.
tcred with Nitus y 2nd not farrc from the Sea 3 and yet thcrc,it feldome or ne-
ver raines; Rhodes an Hand of the fame nature, yceldesnor a cloud, and yet
our Hands eucr dropping,and inclining to raine. The Atlantkk Ocean is flfJl
fubied to ftormes,but in De/Zur,ot MariPacifico, feldome or neuer any. Is
it fromTopick Rmcs>apertio port arum jt\ the Dodecotemories or conftclla-
tions,thc Moones manfions,fuch afpc&s of Planets, fuch windes, or diflbl-
uing Ayrc,or thick Ayrc, which caufcth this and like differences of heat and
cold? Bodin relates of a Portugal Embaffador,that coming from d Li/bon to a D - |fcw £,.38
*Danzike in Spruce 3 found greater heat iherejthen at any timeathome.Thc e
torride Zone was by our Predeccflbrs held to be inhabitablcjbut by our mo-
dcrne travellers found to be moft temperate, bedewed with pleafant raines,
and moiftning fhowres,in fome parts 3 as t^cofta defcribes, moft pleafant &
fertile. Arica in chili, is by report, one of the fweeteft places that cuer the
Sun fhined on: how incomparably doc fome cxxoW Mexico in Nova Hi [fn-
nUj>erH,Br*file &c. In fome againe hard,dry,fwdy, barren, a very Defart
& ftill in the fame latitude. Many times we find great diverfity of Aire in the
fame f Country.by reafon of the fite to Sea, hills or dales, want ofwater,na-
tureof foyle,& the like; as in Spaine^ Ejlramadura is dry,fandv, barren moft f The fame
part,excreamc hot.by reafon of his plaines, Andalufia another Paradife, fa- variety of
lencc a moft pleafant Aire,and continually greenc : fo is it about S Granado, vvealhcr L <^-
on the one fide fertile plaines, on the otherj contintiall fnow to be feene all obferws be.
Sommer long on the hill tOps.That their houfes in the A/pcs are three qtrat* l *.xc uke &
tersofthcyearecouered with fiioWjWhoknowes not? That Tenarijfa isfo ^^te***
coldatthctop,extreame hotatthebottome: Mons Atlas mAfruke, Liba-Bei™
nut in Palefima , with many fuch, tantos inter ardor es fidos nivibtts, -j- Tactfu* 5 Magm.Qa*.
calls them, and Radzimilitts tpift. 2t fU.2$. yeelds it to be farre hotcr there, HbjftJEfc*
then in any part of Italy , t'is true: but they are highly eleuatcd , neerc the
middle Region,and therefore cold 3 ob pjucam foUrium tadiorum refractione %
as Sermrius anfweres,c<w/#*./* j.capJofNaquafly^AbulenJis qutfl.tf. I n the
heat of Summcr,in the Kings palace in EfcuriaH, the Aire is moft temperate,
by reafon of a cold blaft which comes from the fnowy mountaines o{ sierra
de Caderama hard by,when as in T vledo it is very hote, fo in all other Coun-
tries. The caufes of thefc alterations are common, by reafon of their neere-
nefle ( I fay ) to the middle Region: but this diverfity of Aire,in places equal-
ly fitc.clevatcd. and diftant from the PoJejCan hardly be fatisfied, with that
diverfity of PJants 3 Birds,Beafts,which is fo familiar with vs, with Indians
ncry-where: the Sunne is equally diftant 3 the fame vcrticall ftafres,the fame
irradiations of Planets, AfpccTs alike, the fame ncercnefTc of Seas, the fame
faper fides jhc fame foyle,or not much different. The Philofophers of Co-
nimbrica^ will refer this diucrfity,to the influence of that Empyrean Heauen:
for fome fay the ExentrUity of the Sunne is come nearer to the Earth, then
mPto/om/ejtimc, the vcrtue therefore of all the vcgetalls is decayed, men
grow f leflTe 3 &c. There arc that obferue new motions of the Hcauens, and ^te-umUi,
from thofe motions,procced (as they conceiuc ) diuerfe alterations. c/avz- howiftts *****
wconietturcsotherwife, butthcybebuteonic&urcs. About Damafcas in f
B c 1 c*U*
Part.*,Se£t.2. Cure of melancholy Memb.$;
214 Caeli-Syriap a > P aradife,by reafon of the plenty of waters,//; promptu caufa
1 vdum<n. *y?,and the Defcrts of Arabia barrcn,becaufe of rocks,fands,and dry mou-
y*v\.\. wp.5. S aines,which by no Art can be manurcd,'tis cuidenr. 'Bohemia is cold, by rca.
fon it lyes all along to the North. But why fhouid it be fo hot in v&gyptpi
1 strait, there ncuer rainc? Why (hould thofc v Etefian and Eaiterne winds blow co«
tinually in fomc placcs,at fct timeSjOnc way ftill,in the dog dayes only.hecrc
pcrpetualldrought,therc dropping fhowres; heerc foggy mift,there a plea-
J As yndmhc fant Aire: heere 1 terrible thunder & lightning at fucKfct leafons,heerc fro-
^Equator in zcn f cas jt h crfl open in the fame latitude,tothe t eft no fuch thing, nay quite
Sowrc$ hecrc oppofite is to be found? Sometimes as in Peru,on the one fide of the mourn
ac luck a fee taines it is hot,on thcothcreold,with infinite fiieh,;
^c'h^mc, Who can giuc a reafon of this divetfity of Meteors, that it fhouid raine
th= Brifexhey n Stones,Frogge$,Mice &c. raucs, which they call Z>w#>fr inNorway,^
nVerd coneS- atc man *f e % OD ^ cruc d ( as t Munjlcr writes ) by the Inhabitants^ defcend
w lib. iym. fall with fomc feculent iliowres,and like fo many locufts, confume all
arbis infcript. that is greenc. Leo ^fer fpeakes as much of Locufts about Fez. in Barb&rj,
"fl LwvfT* tnc *e be infinite fwarmes in their fields vpon a fudden,they cannot imagine
t'ftf^^ whence they come,but from Hcauen. Are thefc and fuch crcaturcs,corne,
C % A1 ib H *d>c*i- woo ^3^ oncs > wofracs 3 woo ^) D ^ ooc ^& c - lifted vp into the middle Region by
dmtc "nubile the Simncs bcamcs, as * Baracellus the Phyfitian difputes, and thence let fall
fetukntu, de- with (howrcs.or there ingendrcd? f Cornelius Gemma is of that opinion,they
\t™m$rum are there conceiucd by cclcftiall Influences .-others fuppofc they are imme-
omu virmia. diatly from God,or prodigies raifed by Art and illufion of fpirits, which arc
* Hort.gm.il. princes of the Aire. In fine of Meteors in general!, Arsflotles reafon* are ex-
fmtilmZ ploded by Par&celfus ,his principles confuted, and other caufes affigned,&/,
a. soie. ittrum^ Sulphur % Mercury ,in which his due spies are fo expertjhat they can alter Elc-
S^f/JE ments,and feparate at their plcafure,make pcrpetuall motions, imitat thun-
■fcefmog.cap.6 ae^moWjhailejthe Seas motions, gme bfc to creatures fas they fayj with*
o cardan faith, out generation, and what not? P. Nonius S&lucienfts , and Kep ler % take vpon
asfmilesftf tncm t0 demonftrate.that no Meteors, Clouds, Fogges, « Vapors, arifc
the earth.Hr*- higher then 5 o or 80 milcs,and all the reft to be purer Aire , or Element of
2!kT 48 fire * Wnicn p c * r(ian » q Tycho, and r lobn Pens manifeftly confute by rcfra-
p Defubtii u. ctions,& many other arguments , there is no fuch elemcntoffire at all. Jf as
s uprogymnaf fycho proucs the Moonc to be diftant from vs 50 and 60 Scmcdiamctcrs of
VmM CMttp. tnc Ear th ; an< * as Peter Noniw will haue it, the aire bee fo anguft,what pro-
* Mamcaudi- portion is there betwixt the other three Elemcnts,and it ? to what vfc feru«
£e B »niS" "?»s it full offpirits which inhabite it, as thc Paracelftans^ P/ahuifiho\d>
ally m thT the higher,the more noble, f or full ofBirds, or a noccre Vacuum to no pur-
Aire, and are pofe.? Is it much controverted betwixt 77^0 5r4&<r, and cbriftopber U»tm*
S UC ^o f und thc L *»fgr*™ of Hap* Mathematician, in their Aftronomical! EpiAles,
but d-ad. fee whether it be thc fame Diaphauam y c\ccxencQc y matter of thc Aire and Hea«
wl ortT" ucns,or two &fcm& EfTences? Chrijlopber Rotman % John Pena^ Itrdanut Br*
"Zscd Ixire. WrWith many other late Mathematicians, contend that it is the fame, and
up » 9- one matter throughout, fauing that thc higher,ftill thc purer it is,and more
if^wL*' rubti!c - ! Tych9 wiI1 hauc lwo dift . ia<Sl: mj «crs of Hcauen and Aire 5 6ut to fay
truthjWithfomefmallqualificationjthcy haue one and the fclfc-famc opini.
verfa arrU &
*tberu Oiaphanj effe n»c refnfftom tiimde^am a crtfi am ctufari.— Km iutaautmPervUMi famd* fubtiUt, mtm
Wtmttmmfatlieedm.
en,
Parc.2. Sed.2. Dtgrefiton of aire. Mcmix e
on,about the Eflencc and matter of Hcauens, that it is not hard and impc- a i >
nctrable 1 as/ > m^/^r/fi'j , hold,tranrparentofa quintaejfentia, but that /tit
fenetrable and [oft 4s the Aire ft f elf e is ,,and that the Planets moueinit ,at
Birds tn the Aire^ Fijhes in the Sea. This they proue by motion of Comets,
and othcrwife,which are not generated, as ^striftotlc teacheth,in the aeriall
Region of an hot and dry exhalation,and fo confumed^ but as Anaxngoras &
Democrittu held of old.ofa ccleftiall matter: & as tt lytho, *Helife/t4 Roe/tin, „ Jn?tmmg p
Thaddetts HaggefiuSyPena^Rotmait^Fracdftorius&monhmt by Paralaxes,re- *?arie<»ia '
fra&ions,motionsofthe Planets which intcrfcirc & cut one anothcrs orbs, *°y« Meuak-
now higher,and then lower, as 6* amongft the reft, which fomctimes, & j™"it.Zfi,m,
t^/>/*7Confi;roesbyhisowne, and Tychos accurate obferuations , comes ^4-
nearer the Earn then ihe © , and is againc fometimes aloft in luff iters orbe. Ifa^/v!**-
& 7 other fu fhcienr reafons,farre abouc the Moouerexploding in the meane tw «b/urda ) &
time that Element of Fire,thofe monftrous Orbes ofEccentricks,and Eccen- f trS * M aimd * 101
tre Eficycles .Which howft eucr Ptolemy ^Alhafenfiteh, Maginus .Clavius, ^Zt'JaM
and many of their aflbciats ft rTcly maintaine,tobereall orbes ,excentticke, mmuUmotbi
conccntricke,circ!esaequant&c. are abfurd and ridiculous; For who isfo
mad to thinke,that there (hould be fo many circles Jikc fubordinate wheeles 'fXmliTefht
jn a clock,all impenetrable and hard^as they fame, adde and fubftract at their tuntjyebo 4u
pleafurcs. % Maginw makes eleucn Heaucns, all fubdivided into their orbes Tf^^Jj
and circks,and all too little to ferue thofc feueralHapparances , Fracaflorius vumtamm.
72.Homocentricks,T)T^ Brahe,Nich<>/*sRdmerusjHelifeus R<e/lin t hauc (e-
uerall hypothefes of their ownc inventions, and they be but inventions, as
mod of them acknowledge, as we admit of ts£quators,Troficks, Colures for
doctrines fake ( though Ramus think them all vnneceffary J they will hauc
them fuppofed only for method and order. Tycho harh fained, ] know not
how many fubdivifions of Epicycles in Epicycles &c. to calculate and ex*
prefle the Moones motion: But when ail is done, as a fuppofnion, and no o*
ther wife ; Not fas he holds ) hard, impenetrable,fubtile,tranfparenr &c. or
making Muficke,as Pythagoras maintainedjbur ftill quiet,liquid,open &c.
If the Hcaucns ihen he penetrable,as thefe men deliuer,& no lets 5) it were
not amilfe in this aeriall progrefle,ro make wings, and five vp, as that Turke
in Busbc qui u* jnzte his fellow citizens in Conflantinople bcleeue he would
performer and fome new-fangled wits,me thinksjfhould fometime or other
findc out: or if that may not be,yct with a Galilies glafle , or Icare-meniffm
wings in Luc /W#,command the Sphcares and Heauens, and fee what is done
amongft thcm.Whether there be generation and corruption, as fame think,
by reafon of auheriall Comcts^thar in Caftofe* 1 57o.that A 1 6oj &c. and
manylikc, or thnt they were created ab initio y and (hew themfclues at (ct
times; and as Heltfeus Raepn contends, haue Poles, Axeltrccs, Circles of
their o wnc,and regular motions. An cvlnrnfit cohratum} Whether the ftars
be of that bigneiTe,diftance, as Aftronomers relate, fo many in number,
1 02 6. or 1 72 5 ,as I.Bay eruss or as fomc RMins 29000 Myriades^ or as Gali- * fkt#. 'mm
^difcoucrs by his glaftes, infinite, and that vialaeTe*, aconfufed light of ^efijiam.
fmailftarresjtheleaftvifibleScarreinthe eighth Spheare, 18 times-bigger & i^ u ^
then the earth; whether they be thicker parts of the Orbes, as Ariflotle deli- tcdu ad pM*m
ticrs,or fo many habitable Worlds,as Vemuritm: whether they haue light ^d^k rtt
©fthcirownc^rftorntbeSurmc^orgiuclightround, as^/rZ/z/wdifcour- rtfatratnam*
fcth,
Part2.Se£U. Cure of melancholy. Memb. $ .
%i6 ftth.Whethcr light be of the Effcncc; whether they be hot by thcmleUicT,
or by accident caiwe heat? whether there be fuch a PreceiTion of the iEqui-
noxcs,as Copernicus holds,or that the eighth Spheare mouc? An bene i>hii 9%
fopheatur^Acon, & I.Vee, Aphorifni.de makiplt cat tone fleeter »m. Whe-
ther there be any fuch Images afcending with each degree of the Zodiack in
the Eaft.as ^Jliacenfis faines. aqua fuper ccelumfis Patritiut &r..0r to
omit all fma'lcr controversies, or matters ofleflc moment, to examine chat
maine Paradoxe of the Earths motion,nowfomuchinqHeftion. Pythtgo.
rat maintained it of old, Democritt&pnd many of their ScholJers, arid lomc
Commentators will haue/o£ to inGnuztt cap. p.verf.4. Qui commovet ter-
ram de locofuo&c.whom Pineda confutes, moft contradict: howfoeuer ,it is
reviued fincc by Copey nicus, not as a truth.bucasa fuppofition,ashcc6*
feflcth himfelfe in the Preface,but now maintained in good earneft . by f col*
bcuiy ' ' cagmnmj&tpler potman fiilbert ; , DiggesfiL fome others of his foliowers.For
if the Earth be the Center of the World,ftand ftill,andthe Heauens mouc,
as the moft receined opinion is, Quu ille furor} cVc. What Fury is that,fauh
* ' DeMa !P ete ' e£)r Gtlbert,ihzt fhail driue the Heauens about with fuch incomprehenfiblc
celerity in 24 houres,whcn as cuery point of the Firmament, and in the e/£.
* Comment h q Uit * r mu ^ needes mouef as d claviw calculates ) 1766 60 in 1 1 *4***» part
4x*pjp'ier* 10. ofanhoure: and an arrow out of a bowe, muftgoefeaucn times abouttbe
4tSw.Bofc Earth, whilft a man can fay an Ave MarUjfii keepe the fame fpace,orcon>
pafle the Earth 1884 times in an houre,which is/upra hum An Am cogt tat iwi \
beyond humane conccipt. A man could not ride fo much ground , going
40 miles a-day ,in 2^o4yeares 3 as the Firmament goes in 24 hourcs^W/^'
* J g J credibile videtur: And the e Pole fforre , which to our thinking fcarce mo-
dPoh. "2 ueth out of his p!ace,goeth a bigger circuit then the Sunne, whofc Diame-
* circum ' ter is much larger then the Diameter of the Hcauen of the Sunne. To avoid
u 'lumftTo- therefore thefc impoflibilities,they afcribc a triple motion to the Earth, the
feruneum tfi^ Sunne immoueablc in the Ccntcr,and folue all apparanccs, better then any
tjfemLum.vi. vvhatfoeuer; calculate all motions, much more certaine then by thofe
ventes creatu- ,J. „ r i i 1 i • i i \r i • '/*
tas: & (htgutk Alpfonftncpt any men tables, which arc grounded if om thofe other fuppo-
ITrT'm^wlt ^ cions ' Now, ^ tnc ^ artn mouc > lt li a Planet, and fhincs to them in the
eilcluLm™' Moonefftb to the other Planetary Inhabitants,as the Mtone and they doe to
qua confiimti- vs vpon the Earth: but fhine (he doth, as Galilye^ f Kepler ,and others proue,
^cotfimni an< * r ^ cn C9 "f e< l uens j tnc rc ^ °^ tnc P^nets are inhabited, as well as the
p-obMuate Moone y which he grants in his difTertation with Galilyes Nuncim Sideriut,
tMciudimus* g fat tfcre y e Jtv/AllAnd Saturnine Inhabitants ejrc, and that thofe feucrall
Kit ^fiiT Planets,haue their feucrall Moonei about thcm,as the Earth hath hcrs,as fa-
ttnitdcatmt lilem. hath already evinced by his glaffcs/oure about Iuppiter,two about Si.
^mfatx". turne (^"g^ 1 Sf ttitts the Florentine cavill at it ) yet Kepler, the Emperours
ttr iifleri cum Mathcmatitian,confirmcs out of bit cxpericnce,that he faw as much,by the
mnctyifoUs. fame helpc.Thcn the Earth and they be Planets alike inhabited alike,
\J* e $lm?qm rt 1006 ^ a ^ oul tnc Sunnc,thc common center of the World alike,and it may
tx'wvenmtm be thofe two greenc children, which f Nubrigenfis jpcakes of in his time,
rT^bffmil that fell from Heaucn,camc from thence. Wee maylikcwifc inferre with
mn um,n lm- Brunud^t^ichMeliJfui^ maintained in their ages,
n£,fcd ttiam in
lovtj&teliijuU Ptanrtit btcolai tfe. JZ$fltrfol.i6. Si nm fint tucoU in ltvuglob*, quiaotent aAwrnuUm bate virietateia «<*•
Uajm bwo cpxtmiBFlmt* hvem wcmwfimt \ t Rtr ** <A^' &ij.f«/.~*7. de v'mdibm t*erit,
tharc
Parr.2. Se&.2. t Vigrefion of atre. Memb.j|
thcrcbc i/jjfcw/f^r/^, and infinite Eart^^ 2 \7
netsJikcvnto this of ours. k Kepler betwixt icft andcarneft in his Perfpe- ' In ^ niti ff
6tiues,Lunar Geographyj dif/ertat.cum nuncjyder. leemcs in part to agree Brunffiy /rty4 .
with this.and partly to contradict-, for the Planets he yeeldsthem to be inha- Wc j£.
bitcd, hee doubts of the ftarres : and fodorh Tycho in his AftronomicaH E- f^/fr./^
piftleSjOUtofaconfiderationofthcir vaftity and greatriefTe , brcake out into difjirt. £had
fbme fuch like fpeechcs,That he will ncuer bcleeuc that thole great & huge m i^t qum.^
Bodies were made to no other vfe,thcn this that wc perceiuc, to illuminate Vit^ium*?-
the £arth,a point inlenfible, in refpect. of the wholeJtac who fhall dwell in nos'muvto 4*
thefc vaft Bodies ,Earths, Worlds, * tfthcy be inbabitedfrat-o,<all creatures ,a$
Kepler demands ? or haue they fottles to he faued > or doe they inhabite a, better mt) infinite^
part of the World then we doe? or are vte or they Lords of the mrlde and how ! ^«*r
are all things made for matit Difficile efl nodum hunc exptdtre^eo quod nondum
cmnia qua hue pertinent jxplor at a habemmjL\$ hard to determine*, this onely ^.firmUinoiira
heproueSjthat wcarein/>r^f/^w«»^/7//?«,inthebeft place, belt World, ]f^ r \^ i cu ^
neareft the Heart of the Sun. Thefc and fuch like prodigious Paradoxes, in- tpu neimtm '
fcrences mud needes follower* it once be granied,whkh Kotmnn ^Kepler, Gtl- *i*di}t*gm
bertj)tggewj3alilyjn& others ,maintainc of the Earths motion, that it is a ^^i^onm''
Planet,and (nines as the Moone doth,which containes in it m both land and gbbt, noi vm
fea as the Moone doth ,for fo they finde by their glafics, that MacuUm faciei ^^^.^g
Lu?j£, the brighter parts are Eartb,the duskie,Sea } which Plutarch and Pytha- nibiUpniimw
goras formerly taught; and mamfeftly dilcernchilsand dales , and fuch like ™ do •>»'■ »'«»»-
concavities,ifwc may fubfcribeto,and belecuc {fcZ/Vwobferuations. But
to avoide thefc Paradoxes ofthe Earths motion, our later Mathcmatitians eimdmin
haue rolled all the (tones that may be ftirred: and to falue all apparences and °^™l? t ?
objections, haue invented new hypothefes, and fabricated new fyftcmes of ™V» Jtmrn-
the World,out of their ownc DedaUan heads. FracaHorim will haue the tUpianffatiife-
Earth ftandftill,asbefore,and to avoid that fuppofuionof Eccentricks and ^f^^t
Epicycles ,he hath coyned 72 Homoccntricks, to falue all apparences. Nicho- manage ind-
las Rawer us fWiW haue the Earth the Center of the World, but moueabIc,& d»
the eighth Sphearcimmoueablc, the fiuevpper Planets to moue about the jW.1T *
Sun,the Sun and Moone about the Earth. Of vvfiich Orbs, Tycho Brahe puts
the Earth the Centre immoueablc,the Stars immoucable; the reft with Ra-
merusfhz Planets without Or fees to wander in the Aire, and kcepc time ami
diftance,true motion,according ro that vcrtue which God hath giuen them.
* Helifaus Rceflin cenfurcth them both, with Copernicus and Ftolontttus^s n in Hypttbtp
vnfumxient: one offends againftnaturall Philofophy, another agarnft Op-
tick principlcs,a third againft Mathematical!, as not anlweringto Aftrono- I,?7 '
micall obferuations: one puts a great fpace betwixt Sat'urnes Orbe, and the
eighth Sphearc,another too narrow. In his ownc hypothecs he makes the
Earth as before, the vniuerfall Centre, the Sun to the fiue vpper Planets,to
the eighth Sphcare he afcribcsdiurnall motion, Eecentticks and Epicycles
to the fcuenPlancts,which hath bin formerly exploded, and fo
Dum vitant flulti vitia x in contraria cur runt as a Tinker
flops one hole,and makes two, he corrects them, and doth worfe himfclfe:
reformcsfome,andmarrcsall. In the meanetimc, theWorldistofledina
blanket amongtt them.thcy hoife the Earth vp and downc like a Ball, make
it ftand aud goc at (heir plcafures; one faith, the Sunne ftands, another hee
F f mo\Ks s
Part.2, Se&.2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.3.
218 moues ; a third comes in, taking them all at rebound: & left there fhould any
* u. Fabritiui Paradox be wanting, he findes certaine fpots and clouds in the Sun,by the
%™lt1bi6ii thchcI P °f gkflcs, by mcancs of which, the Sun muft turnc round vpon his
own Ccnter,or they about the Sun, Fdrit/us puts only three, and thofc in
the Swn^Apelies //.and thofe without the Sun,floating like the Cyaxean Ifles
in the Sea, & arc fo confident, that they haue made Tables of their
tiHgdm] Bat. motions. The ? Hollander in hisdiJ^matiuncuUcHm^peffe^cnCutcszll^
A * 16 1 *' fo whilft thefe men contend about the Sun & Moon, like the Philofophers
in Luc/anjt is to be feared,the Sun & Moone will hide themfelues, & be as
* tq fefibdtt- much offended as <! (he was with thofe,& fend another mcflage to Iuppiter i
«a*t, &reim by fome new-fangled /wrawM*^*/ , to make an end of all thofc curious
fawnjit cmo- Controversies, and fcatter them abroad.
ftatu [mm /*• But why fhould the Sunnc and Moonc be angry , or take exceptions at
*Her'cuks turn Mathematicians and Philofophers? whenas the like meafure is offered vnto
fidm satjra God himfelfe, by a company of Theologafters , they arc not contented to
Hempen edit, fee the Sunnc and Moonc, and meafure their fite andbiggeftdiftanceina
* sardi Senates gla(Tc,calcuIatc their motions,or vifitc the Moonc in a Poeticall fic"tion,or a
SatyrMemp. dreame 3 as he faith, r Audax P acinus & memorabile nunc incipiant , ne^ hot
*pMeanico- f* cu l° ^f^f^um prius y quid in Luna regno hac nofiegeftum Jit exponam, ejr
mm fit incipit, q*o nemo vnquam nifi fomniando peruemt : Hee and Menipfus : or as f Peter
or as lipfiu Cunausfiona fide ag&mjtihilcorum qua fcr/pturus fumjverum ejfe fcitete &c.
dreane? * 1 m nec faft*/tecfutur& funt^dtumf flili tantum ejr ingwij caufapot in icft,
but in good earneft they will tranfeend Spheares,Heauen, Starres,into that
Empyrean Hcauen,foarc higher yet, and fee what God himfelfe doth, The
Iewifti Talmudifts take vpon them to determine how God fpends his whole
time,fometimes playing with Leviathan,fometimes ouerfeeing the world,
&c.likc Lucians Jupiter ,that fpent much of the yeare in painting butterflies
wings , and feeing who offered facrifice , telling the hourcs when it fhould
rainc,how much fnowe fhould fall in fuch a place, which way the winds
fhould ftand in Greece ^ which way in Africke. In the Turkes Alcoran, Mat/a-
met is taken vp to heauen vpon a Pegafus fent a purpofe for him , as he lay in
bed with his wifc>and aftenbme conference with God , is fet on ground a*
gainc« The Pagans paint him and mangle him after a thoufand fa(hions,and
our Herctickes and Schifmatick* , and fome Schoolemen, come not far be-
hinde.fome paint him in the habit of an old man,and m akc maps of heauen,
* TritemiM B. number the Angells, tell their feuerall tt names, offices,. fome deny God and
* 7 fecund*, his prouidcncc,fome take his office out of his hand^nd will x bindc Scloofc
fetched Tra^ m heauenjreleafcjpardonjforgiuc^and be quarter mafter with him,fomccall
ianes fouieout his Godhead in qUeftion,his power ,attributcs,omnipotcncy,<i»/tf)f////«rw
nooize for*" fi m M acreare deo$)*nexfcaral?eodeHm,(jrc.d t quo demum ruetit facrifiiuli*
Saints whom f° mc by vifions & re velations,take vpon them to be familiar with God, and
they lift. to be of privy counfcll with him,they wil tell how many, and who (hall bee
7 Napier. faued 3 and when the world (hall come to an end,what yeare, what moneth,
Brighcman. and whatfocucr elfc God hath refcrucd vnto himfelfe,& to his Angells. But
hoo ? I am now gone quite out of fight, lam almoft giddy with rouinga-
* Vt me piuma bout- 1 could haue ranged farther yet , but I am an infant , and not 2 able to
kvatfe grauc diuc into thefe profundities, not able to vndet ftand,much leflc to difcuffe. J
«*. j eauc tnc contcm pl a tion of thefe things 3 to ftronger wits, that haue better
ability
Part.2. Se&.2 • aire reEltfied. Mcmb.3 .
ability ,and happier lcafurc co wade into fuchPhilolophicallmyfteries: my 2tp
melancholy fpaniels queft,nw game is fprung,and J muft come downe and
follow.
Ujon Pratenfis inhisbookc demur bU cxpitu ,and Chapter of Melancho-
ly,hath thefc words out of Galcnf Let than come to me to knotve rvbat meate a y^ mt ^
dnddrinke they fhall vfc^and be fides that I mil teach them what temper of am- maudlturiquo
hint Ayre tbey fhallmake choice cfjvhat window hat countries they jhaH chufe^ 'f^'m^quoi*
sndvfibst auoid. Out ofwhich words of his, this much wee may gather, that uTlll^'fr
to this cure of melancholy ,amdnglt other things, this Rectification of aire pr*t* alimt*.
is nccciTarily required. This is performed , either in reforming Naturall or J*^'^'^*
Artificial Ayre. Naturall,is that which is in our election to choofe or avoid, fTfaefojtcm
and 'tis cither generali to Countries , Prouinces 5 or particular toCitties, 'w»bitntu
Towncs, Villages, or priuate houfes* What harmcthofc extremities of p^^*"
heat Or cold doc in this malady,] haue formerly (hewed .-the medium muft qum eiigcre,
needs be goodjWherc the ayre is temperate>fcrenc,quicr, free from bogges, f** Vltgree *
fcns,mifts,all manner ofputrefa&ion, contagious &filthy noyfomefmels. •
1 he b Egyptians by all Geographers are commended to be hilares , a con- b Uo Afw,.
ccitcd and merry nation , which Jean afcribe tonoothcrcaufe then to the Moimi»,&c.
fercnity of their Ayre.Thcy thatliue intheOrcW^ arercgiftred by c He- m c ' u
tior Boetbius^and* Cardan, to bee faire of complexion , long-liued 3 moft A Lib.i.dem.
hcalthfulljfree from all manner of infirmities of Body and minde , by reafort vgr '
ofaCharpe purifying Ayre, which comes from the Sea. The Boeotians in
Greece wcredull and hcauy \prafii Ba?oti,by reafon of a foggy ayre in which
theyliucd, (* Bxotumincrajfo iurares acre natum) Attica mod acute , * u»rxt e
pleafantand refined. The Clime changcth not Co muchcu(tomes,manners,
wits,as Arrfiotle Polit.6 Jib.c.4.P r egetius ) Plato i Bodine y method.hijl. c. $■. haue
proued at large, as conititutions of their bodies,and temperature it fclfe.ln d , .
all particular Provinces wee fee it confirmed by experience , as the Ayre is, c ^S*' ^
fb are the inhabitants dulUieauy.wittyjfubtil^ncatjCleanly, clownifh, fickc, Tartaiu.
and found. In d Perigort in France the Ayre is fubtill, healthfull, fcldomc a-
ny plague or contagious difeafe,but hilly and barrenuhe men found.nimble ver. W *
and liilty.but in fome parts oiQuienne full of moores and mari(h^s,the peo- f Thc , Airc ^
pic dull,hcauy,and fubicdt to many infirmities. Who fees not a great dirTc- tocZ&t$£*
rence betwixt Surrey £uf[ex, and Rumny irmfti, the woolds in Lincolnshire, plague. .
and the Fcnncs. Hcc therefore thatloues his health , if his ability wilfgiuc \ l J t m ^' Al ' *
him leaue,muft often fhiftplace,and make choice offuch as are wholfome, pw^ipiu'T.
pIeafant,&convcnicnt,therc is nothing better then change of Ayrcin this LucuBl
Malady , and generally for hcalth,to wander vp and downe,as thofe c Tarta-
riZamolhcnfcs, that Hue in hords } Sc take opportunity of timcs,places, fea- ckero, mului
fons. Thc Kings of Perfta had their Summer and Winter houfes, in Winter TO ^ ft v ^ l ^ m
at Sardisjn Summer at Sufa. | C/r*/ liued fcaucn cold months at Baby tori, w^mtimt-
three at Sufa, mo at Ecbatana , faith Xenophon , & had by that mcanes a per* ^^«*>«-
pctuall fpring. Thc Turkes Hue fometimcs at Conjlantinople, fometimes at ™uTf*rithri
Adridnople y &.c. Thc Kings otspainehzuc their Efcuriall'm heat of Summer, thmttm eft,
f Madritte for an wholfome fcate y rilladolite a plcafant (itc. &c. variety of ta f Y^*™-
feceffusjLs all Princes and great men haue , & their feuerall progrefles to this puofm & eu»
purpofe. Lucullm thc Roman had his houfe at Rome,2i BaU, cVc. S When C#< g*#** w *Meri s
Impetus iMar cm Cicero ( laith Plutarch ) and many noble men in the SotfU ^^f fUa '
Ff 3 mer
Parc.2.Sed.2. Cure of Melancholy. McmUs.
220 mcr came to fee him,at (upper Pompeim iefted with him i that it was an clc«
gant and pleafant Village 3 rull of windowes 3 galleries, and all offices fit for a
Summer houfe^but in his judgement very vnfit for Winter : Lucullm xm^
anfwere^that the Lord of the houfe had wit like a Crane , that changech her
Country with the feafbn,hec had other houfes furnifhed , and built for that
purpofe,all out as commodious as this. So Tully had his T *fculane 3 Vlinm
his Lawetan Village 3 and euery Gentleman of any faihion in our timcs,hath
h GoMn.vita the like. The h Bifhops of Exeter had 14 feUeral houfes all furnifhed in times
uynQt ai. p a ft # j n i tA iy though they Hue in Citties in Winter, which is more Gentle.
man-like,a)l the Summer they come abroad to their Countrey houfes to re*
create thcmfelues. Our gentry in Englan&Xmz mod part in the Countryfex-
J Vefcrip.Erit. ccpt it bee fome few Cartels ) building ftill in bottomes ( faith ' l Iovitu ) ot
neere woodsy ro na arbor urn virentium^you fhall know a Village by a tuft
of trees at it,or about it,to avoid thofe ftrong windes, wherewith the Ifland
is infefted,and cold Winter blafts. Some difcommend all rooted houfes, as
*ln Oxford- vnwholfomc , fo We/* faith of^Nerv-elme, that it was therefore vnfrc*
fWrc. quented, ob flagni vicin 't halitus 3 and all fuch places as bee neere lakes or ri-
vers. But I am of opinion, that thefc inconveniences will be mittigatcd, or
eafily corrected by good fires 3 as one reports of Venice fimgrattcolentta and
fogge of the moores 3 is fnfricicntly qualified by thofe innumerable fmoaks.
But it is not water (imply that fo much offends, as the fly me and noifome
fmelsjthataccompany fuch oucrflowed pi3ces,which is but at fome few fea-
fons after a flood,& is fufficiently recompenced with fweet finds & afpects
in Summer, Ver pingit variogemantia prata colore-fic many other com mo*
dities ofpleafure and profit. or els may be corrected by tlie fitc 3 if it be fome-
* The poffef- vvhat remote from the water,as Lindly* Orton fuper montem^ Drayton jot a
fion of Rob. little more eleuatcd,as * Caucut, f Amington^ ° Wcddington ( to infift in fuch
tOf^wT q " P' aces to me knownej vpon the riuer of i^nker in fVarrvickfhire* Svoar*
•purefaFAq. fton^vA \ Drake fly vpon Trent, Or howfoeuer they be vnfeafonablc in win*
fiimof &°/r'« tcr3 ° r at ^ omc c ^ mes J ine y nauc tne ^ r g ooc * V ^ e m Summer. If fo be that their
punjie, Efq?" meancs be fuch 3 as they may not admit of any fuch variety } but muft make
fThc feat of choice once for all 3 and make one houfe feme all feafons, Iknoweno men
pLrtMKtif 'h tnacnaue g> uetl better rules in this bchalfc , then our husbandry writers,
ofhedwel- 1 Cato y and Columella prefcribc agoodhoufctoftandbyanauigableriiier,
ling houfe of good highwaies.necre fome Citty. and in a good foyle,but that is morefot
Efq. commodity then health.
* S r idbn Har- The beft foyle commonly yeelds the worft Ayre , a dry fandy plat is fit-
Sed tCly d °' tc ^ to Dm ^ v P on ' anc * mc ^ as * s ratncr m ^y tncn plaine, full of Downes ,a
f Sf George Cot fw aid country 3 as being moft commodious for hawking,hunting,wood,
Grefifo** waters 3 and all manner of pleafures. Perigort in France is barren , yet by rea,
i ti.ixap.z, ^ on °^ tne excellency of the Ayre 3 and fuch pleafure that it affords 3 much in-
habited by the Nobility 3 as Koremberg in Germany , Toledo in Spaine. Out
Countrimanr^rwill tell vs fo much 3 that the fieldone is for profit,the
woodland for pleafure and health , the one'eommonly a decpe clay, there-
fore noyfome in Winter, & fubieci: to bad hig h waies; the other a dry fand:
provifion may be had elfewhere 3 and our townes are generally bigger in the
woodland then the fieldone, more frequent and populous, and Gentlemen
more delight to dwell in fuch places, Sutton CoUfield intvarwickejhirtLj
fwherc
Part.2, Se&.i. DigreJJion of aire. MemL>.$ .
where J was once a Grammer Scholler^may be a fumcientwitnclTc,which 221
ftands,ss Camden notes, loco ingrato & ftenli, but in an excellent Ayre, and
ful of al manner of plcafates**f?ddlej in Barkfbire is fauatc in a vale,though * The fcat of
not of fo fettill a foyie as fome Vales afford , yet a moft commodious, fite, Ef P q U f re ? * rr ^
wholfome,in a delitious ayre,a rich and pleafadt feat. And he that built that B s vwtim
faire houfe rruHerton in Nottinghamshire , is much to bee commended Htl ^ l J t -' & '
(though the tract be fandy and barren about it)for making choice of fuch a wmitimi (aiu-
phcc.Confantine li.2.cap Je agruuit .px^i\\mo\mt2mcs^h\\\y kimes, aahx.es,
aboue the reft by the Sea fide, and fuch as looke toward the " North , vpon vl ^ t c { \ em
fome great riuer,as * F armache in Darbifhire , on the Trent enuironcd with • The dwel-
hills,open only to theNorth^like mount Edgem&nd in Cornwall , which M r g"^ /^' 7 ?*
f Carew fo much admires for an excelle lit feat. Such as is the gcnerall fire of b arpnet, £ *
Bohemia/erenat £0^.#,theNorthwinde clarin"cs,te neere lakes or marines , t ^his Sur-
in heles^bfcure places jr to the South & weft he utterly d?J}roues } rhofe winds J*Jjj°[ ^okc'
are vnwhol(ome,pucrifyiug 5 and make men fubiecl to diieafes.The beil buil* Propepaiudet
dinefor health according to him is ? in hivh places , and in an excellent pro- P ag7Ul & lc "- a .
„ J . . 1 ■ 1/1 j 0>/ . 1 , . r , .flk ctmcava tel ad
fleet. P.Crefcentms in his 1. Ub.de Agr/c.cap.j.iS very copious in this lubifft, AHdYm^eUi
howahonfe fhould be wholfomely lited,m a good coaft,good Ayre, wind, midmm i».
Uc.Varro dere ruflMb.i .cap. 12. <1 forbids lakesandriuers, marifli grounds, j^^Z™
they caufeab2claire,e,roh r cdifealcshard tobecured: r if it bee fo that he can- v'Qportetigitur
not helpe it , better as hee aduifeth fell thy houfe and land f ben loofe thy health. ^™ ta ! CM .
Heethatrefpe&s not this in choofingofhis feat, or building his houfc,is r^TJdifiwe
mente capttttfM&f Cato faith 3 and his dwelling next to Hell itfelfe^ according & ad fyccuhtih
to Columella Me commends the middle ofan hill vpon a defcent. Baptifl*
Porta rilU lib.i.cap.22.czmmts Varro£ato ^Columella ,and thole ancient Ku- vtbtmtnter 0.
lticks,approuing many things,difaIlowing fome, & will by all meancs haue & d *>&fP?*e
the front ofan houfe ftand to the South,whichhow it may be good in Italy TudetemmflZ'
and hotter climes, Iknowenot, in our Northerne Countries 1 am furc it is wtaaffumae-
beft. Stephanies a Frenchman prxdto rufl'tclib.i xap.4. fubferibestothis, ap- n ^f 0i d ^ lH
prouingcfpecially the Defcent ofan hill South or South-Eaft 5 with trees to - Vmd M qua
the North,fo that it be well watered.a condition in all fites, which muft not *jf tb **p!fn&
beomitted,as Herbaftein inculcates lib. j. Julius CefarfUudinus a Phyfitian ^^ ea4,reLn "
confult.24. for a Nobleman in Poland, melancholy ginen, aduifeth him to *jW>.i.tap.i.
dwell in ahoufe inclining to the «Eaft, and Q by aJlmeanestoprouidethe fj%'^ Bit *Z
Aire be cleare and fweet 5 which Mont anus confil. 22 p. counfclleth the Earle rnkTrtnlv.
olMonfort his patient 3 to inhabit a pleafant houfe, and in a good Aire. If it *&faoruri»
be fo,thc natural! fee may not bee altered of our Citty, Towne, Vi]lage,yet j? Jfc$K
by artifici-i!! meanesit may be helped. In hot countries therefore they make i*h*tittt &
the ftrects of their Citties very narrow,all ouer Spaine ) Afrieke 3 Italy ) Greece \ ™™
and many Citties of Francejn Languedocke e/pecially,& Preuencefhok Sou- ed.riftm.eii- '
thernc parts : Montpelicr the habitation and Vniverfity ofPhyfitians is fo 1*. tobiutionl
built,with highhoufes , narrow ftreets , to keep out the Sonnes fcaulding ZTdsm" W '
rayesjwhich Tacitus co.neds lib. rj. Annals moft agreeing to their health, * Qunim an.
1 becaufe the height h of buildings, and narrow nejfe of ftreets , keepeaway theu ^"J^^
Sunne beames. Some Citties vfe Galleries, or arched Cloyfters towards the {loram \ion$a~
toxtzi 1 a$DamafctM J Bolog»*J > aduA :) Bewa in Switzerland&fad to avoid tern- ir,de *M
pcfts,as the Sunnesfchorching heat. They build on high hills <in hotccun- rm *** m *-
trics,for more ayre,or to the Sea fide,as BaU^Naplesj&c* In our Northerne
Ff 3 Countries
Part.2. Se<3.2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.j.
322 Countries we are oppofite 3 we commend ftraUhtjbroad^penjfaircftrcct*,
as moft befitting and agreeing to our Clime. Wee build ipbottomcsfor
warmth: aad that fite uiMitytene in the jfland of Lesbos, in the v£ge*n Sea,
which Vitrtivim fo much difcommends^agnificently built with fee hou.
fcStfedimprudentcrpofiumiVnifaifc&y fited, becaufc it lay along to the
South, and when the South winde blew, the people were all ficke, were an .
excellent fite in our Northernc Climes.
Of that artificiall fite of houfes,! haue fufficicntly difcourfed,if thcfitcof
the houfe may not be altered,yet there is much in choice of fuch a chamber
or roome in opportune opening and (hutting ofwindowes; excluding for-
l c -y l "' l „ll raine aire and windes, and walking abroad at convenient times. V Crttoi
khfJJw™-, German commends Eaft and South fite, fdifallowes cold aire & Northernc
vk**di», «ft) w indes in this cafe > rainy weather and my ftydaics) free from putrefa&ibn,
%Zl&T bogs and muckhils. Ifthe Aircbeefuch, open no windowes, come not*.
* ctnfiU^ btoa&6 Montana will haue his patient not to * ftirrc at all ifthe windebce
•Feneflramnoit biggc,ftarid how it will,rtf»/5/.^7.and 30. not to 3 open a caferuent inbadveen-
Tvlfwut sol ^r,orinaboifterousfeafon/f/?y//.^.hee efpecially forbiddesvstoopen
bonorem craft windowes in a South winde. Thebeft fite for chamber windowes in my
tm™T Judgement are North, Eaft, Southland which is the worft.Weft. Levin* ■
mm tam tor- Lemntus lib.^.eap^.de occufr.nat. mtr.2mib\Kcs fo much to Aire 5 andrc£ti-
pora,qtam & £ - ofwindc and windowes , that hee holds it alone fufficicnt to make a
nmSube. man iickc or well,to alter body and mindc. cleere Ayre cbeares vp tbejfh
mt, fw call & rits.exkiUrates the minJLe y a thicke, blacke, myjly> tempeftuous 3 contrac7$ f ovtr*
l^ t0 &%iaii-fi orves ' Greathecdis therefore to bee taken at what times we walkc, how
mtfemfmt we place our windowes, lights, and houfes, how wee let in or exclude thii
tab nubibA- am bient Ayre. The ^Egyptians to avoid immoderate heat, make their win«
pfnlmavm- dowesonthetop of the houfe like chimnics, with twotunncllstodrawea
tommtctfimy through Aire, in Spaine they commonly make great oppofite windowes
itsSwi^r without glaflV,ftill (hutting thofc which arc next totheSunnc: Solikcwife
&e. tln " in Turkey and Itnly s ( Venice excepted, which braggesof her ftately glafed
Pallaccs)they vfe paper windowes to likepurpofc $ & \yc fub dio, in the top
of their flat roofed hou fes,fo deeping vnder the canopy of hcaven.In fomc
7Iwnlap * P arts of * ltg b lhc y haue Windmills to drawe a cooling aire out of hollowe
' Caues^anddifperfethcfamcthroughalltheChambcrsofthcirPallacesjto
refrcfh them,as at Coftoza the houfe oictf&rio Trento^ Gentleman of Vi-
eenza^nd clfcwhere. Many excelleut meanes are invented to correct Na-
ture by Art. If none ofthefewaieshclpc, thebeft way is to make an artifti-
< A'fmtm a ]j Aircjwhich howfocucr,is profitable and good ,and that is ftill to be made
a&ktoiZ hotandmoift a andtobcfcafoncdwith fweet perfumes, « as pleafantand
«/btf , humid**, lightfome as m ay be,to haue Rofcs and Violcts 5 and fweet fmelhng flowers
MonUtmUm {ViU m their windowes, Pofics in their hands. Laurentius commends water
Itutfhafum. Lillies 5 a veflcll of warme water ftill to evaporate in the roome 5 which will
uureHt'mc. 8. ma ke a morcdelightfome perftirrie,if there be added Orange flowrcs, pils of
tftmtu^ Citrons,Rofcmary 3 Cloucs,Baycs 3 Rofe.watcr 3 Rofevincger,Bcl2oin t -a-
**Trl™u. 9 . danum,Styrax,and fuch like Guramcs, which make a pleafant and acccpta-
«* rtioimibm bl c perfume, f Bejfardus Bifantinus preferresthe fmoake of lunipcr to mc-
t"^f lancholypcrfons, which is in great requcft with vs mOxfird tofweetcn
fitk* t &6. 0Hr chambers. d Guiancrius prefcribes the Aire to be moittocd with water,
- . and
Pait.a.Sc&.2. aire reBtfted Mejmb.$«
and fwcet hearbes boy led in it, with vine and fallow leaucs,&c.« to befprin- 323
klc the ground and pofts with Rofe-watcrjRofe-vineger, which ^ivicenna e ^ av ' mentu f*
much approues. f Of colours it is good to behold gfeene ; rcdde 5 yellow,and "o/f ce Tnwtre
whitc,and by all mcancs to haue light enough , with windowes' in the day, * Lmmim
wax candles in the night* for though melancholy pcrfons loue to bee darke, t de
yet darknefie is a great encreafer of the humour. . awb.Afrmm.
Although our ordinary ayrc be good by nature or art,yet it is not amhTc Jn fVff uaum
as I haue faid,ftill to change it,no better Phyfick for a melancholy man then ^Tn^lL,
change ofayre,and variety of placcs,to traueil abroadj& fee fafhions. g Leo vt fiqwaBi
Afer fpeaks of many of his countrymen fb curcd,without all other Phyfick:
amongft the N egret sphere is fuch excellent Aire, that if any of them be ficke_j p a}!m famtati
tlfevehcre,and brought thither ;he is infiantly recouered } of vchtch hee veas often rtfiHmm^l
An eye-witneffe. h Lipfius and Zuinger, and fomc Other, addc as much of or- jjjj mtTv'£-
dinary traueil. No man,faith Lip fine, in anEpiftlc to Phil. Lanoiti* 3 a noble •
friend of his, now ready to make a voyage: » cm be fuch a flock e or ftones,
whom that p leaf ant peculation of countries, citties, tewnes, riucrs, vpill not af 1 epifi.i.cem.x
feci. Paulas v£miltus that noble Roman Captainc after hee had conquered K tc ytiw**
PerfeusthchftKmgof Macedonia fit now made an end of his tedious wars, ^Zex^emnm
though he had beenelong abfent from Rome much defired, about the begin - tmatamoaiA
ning of Autumne (as * Ltvy defcribes it) made a pleafant peregrination all ^* Yitmm 9 '
ouer GVrev ? accompanied with his fonne Scipio , and x^Atheneus the brother vrbium geni*
of King oiEumenes s leauing the charge of his Army with Sulp'ttius G alius, «™& c -
'By Thejfaly he went to Belphos^ thence to Megaris^Aulis^ Athens^ Argos, La- i '*' 4^,
cedemon,MegdofolU,ejrc. he tooke great content, excellent delight in that
•his voyage. As who doth not that fhall attempt the like* For peregrina-
tion charmes our fenfes with that vnfpeakable and fweet variety, f that j Thus Mm-
fomc count him vnhappy that neucr trail elled,akinde of prifoner, and pitty fa c.yfmt.u
his cafe that from his cradle to his old age beholds the fame ftill, ftill,ftill the
fame,the fame. Jn fo much that k Rhafis cont.lib. j. Trad. 2. doth not Onely k Vuuuo it
commendjbut inioyne traueil, and fuch variety of obic&s to a melancholy J^i^Ti
man^and to lye in Jeuerall tnnes,to be drarvne into feuerall companiesiMontal. ^ knga & h-
-tus cap. 36. and many Neotericks are of the fame minde. Celfus aduifeth him ^terminata,&
therefore that will continue his health,to haue varium vita genus, diucrCny t^X<r/^
of callings,occupations, to be bulled about, 1 femettmes to bee in the^> citty, rys.
fome times in the cottntrey,nov> to Rudy or rvorkeJo bc_j intent. then avaine-j to 1 M ? da rMr i e f e
havpkeor huntjrvtmme/unne^ide^or exeraje htmjelfc, A goodprofpect a- frpuu itngra
lone will eafe Melancholy, as Gomefins comments, lib. 2. cap. 7, de Sale. The ^enm&t.
Citizens of w Barcinofaih. he,otherwifc penned in,melancholy and ftirring ™ i n CMaimia
little abroad , arc much delighted with that pleafant profpeci their Gitty »Sfmu.
hath into the Sea,which like that of old Athens befides t/£gina, Salamina,& t
many pleaiant Jflands, had all that variety ofdelitiousobieclrs.-fo arc the
Neapolitans ,and inhabitants of Genua to fee the fliips,boats,and pallcngers n ^ ,
goe by,out of their windowes,their whole citties being fite on the fide of an
..hill,like Perabj Conflantinople , fothateuery houfe almoft hath a free pro- q«* profpUit'.*
•'pcdl into the Sea. Euery country is full of fuch n dclightfbme profpecls, ^'anytowns
?s well within land as by Sea , as Hermon and * Rama in Paleflina, Colalto in there of that
Italy ,the top of L^crocorinthus.ot that old decayed Caftle in Corinth, from
Which PeUponcfuVjGreecefhc Iowa* ana vSgean Seas vfcvcfemel fypmulat highfiw^
one
Parc.2. Sed.2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb. * i
1 - ■ ■ ■ . ■- ■ . Z.»
% 24 one view to be taken. Jn t^gypt the Sultans Palace in grand C4/>p,the coun-
try being plaine,hath a maruelous faire proipec*fc as well ouer Nilm^s that
great Citty 3 fiuc Italian miles long and two broad,along the riuer fide: fuch
high places arc infinite: with vs thofe ofthebeft note are Glaffenbury Tow-
cr y Beuer Caftle^afo^ Grange ,&c.and two amongft the reit, which J may
not omit for vicinities Gkcflldbury in the confines oimiwickfyire \ where
J haue often looked about mcc with great delight, at the foot of which Hill
in A Leice d ftfr- J wasbornc. And Banbury in Staffordshire , contiguous to which is Falde
ftiire, the pof- a pleafant Village, and an ancient patrimony belonging to our family , the
fdlkm and now dwelling of mine cider brother mttiam Burton Elquire. P Barclay ths
houfcofarf/e Scot commends that of Greenwich Towre for one of the Deft pr.ofpc£tsia
Burton Efq. Europe ^.o fee London on the one fide,the Thames, fhipps , and pleafant mgd-
^i^V ' dowes on the other. There be thofe that fay as much and more of S c Marks
ccaled rathe*. ; • J r . ,. Z
p m icon, arii- ltceple in Vemcc. Yet thcie are at too great a dmance,iome arc elpecially ak
morum. fe&ed with fuchobie&sasbcneerc , to feepaffengcrsgoc by in fome great
Iwfnlinimio ^ 0< ^ e wav i * n fubieclum forum de fitter e } to ouer fee a Faire, a Market place,a
emtrMfpar- multitude offpeclators,at a Theater,ortomefuch like fhew. Buti roueuhc
ahunae!em& f ummc * s this,that variety of actions obicctSjairc^laces^re excellent good
aquam partiel- in this infirmity and allothcrs,good for man,good for beaft.q Conftantin^j
fantet, wale f ant cne Emperour lib. t$, cap. 13. ex Leontio 3 holds tt *n only cure for rotten Jheepe,
&^cortoboren- an £ an y gunner of ficke cattle . LeltHs aFonte \Agubinut that great Doclor,
* AHa-vi'iiia, at the latter end of many of his confultations f as commonly hec doth fct
feie* mulatto- downe what fuccclTe his Phyficke had J in melancholy moft efpecially ap<
cM»tu*. proucs 01 this abouc all other remedics,as appcares conjult.69. conjult. 22 p»
&c« r Many other things helped j?ut change of aire was it which wrought the^
sure^nd did mofigood.
mm
M a m 2. 4,
Exercife rectified of Body and Minde.
»w{um invent- r ■ » O that great mconuenience, which comes on the one fide by immo*
com derate and vnfeafonablc exercifc, too much folitarinciTe ana idlcncs
peiiedeuety" v • rin the other fide,muft be oppofed as an Antidote , a moderate and
mm once a feafbnablc vfe of it,and that both of Body and minde, as a moft material cir-
fcowVe^iuca cumftancc 3 much conducing to this cure,and to the gencrall pTefervation of
»No(lra memo- our health. For which caufe Hierome prefcribes Ruftteus the Monke 5 that hec
othomnTu" ^ c a ^ wa * es occupied about fome bufinefle or other > f that the diueSdoe not
nut Grad* im- finde him idle. The c ^£giptians of olde , and many dourifhing common-
perim f»bver> wealths fincc,haue inioyned labour and excrcife to all forts of men,to be of
rum U poJu!atT *° me vocat iort ot calling, and togiue an account of their time , to preuent
mdhrct met- thofe grieuous mifehiefes that come by JdlenelTe, The Turkes inioy ne all
exSial^nea " racii what(bcucr,of what degree, to bee of fome trade or other 3 the^r^
afJuTfJabaty Senior himfclfe is not excufed. u In our memory (faith SabeUicus ) Mahomet
aut aiiquid in fhe Turke y he that conquered Greece^ at that very time when he heard Embaf
tabuh ejfuff- £ 4 d ors f ther Princes ,did either carue and cut wooden f]>ooncs t or frame fome*
xSandsMyj thing vpn a table. * And this prefen t Sultan makes notches for bowes. The
» feufS JcWeS arc m0 ^ k" erc m rh ** CKa roinatiop of timc,and all Well governed pla-
ces,
Part.i.Se&.i. Exerctfe rectified. M6raU r
ccSjTownes^FamilieSjand every difcreet pcrfon will be a law vnto himfclfe. 225
For this difeafc in particular^ there can be no better cure, then continuallbu- 1 Non eft eura
fneffe^ Rafts holds > to haue fame imployment or other y which may fa their mllr '-^- mjn -
minde avporke^and diflracl their cogitations 1 fit bee of the body, Guianerius ™§"uX
allowes that which is gentle *^nd that after thofe or Jinary frications^whkh turn optrum
muft be vfed every morning,^/-/ tabus Mf.j*.and lafon Praienfis vfe almoft: c ^mt'lm
the fame words,highly commending Exercife if <ibe motet itc^a wonderful fmitatu inert-
helpe fo vfedCrato calls \t,and a great meanes to prefer tic our health , m a iding m ff H ™l k ^
Jlrength to the whole Bodyjncreaftng niturali heat, by meanes of vohich,the nu* IfJo^eorum,
triment uwellconcocledinthejlomackej/uer andveines, few or no crudities & mutiant n
left,u happily diflrtbutedouerallthc Body. B.fides, it expels excrements by jjjjjjj^
fweat,and other infenfiblc vapors; info much, that a Galen prefcrres cxer- tradf.
ci fc before all Phy fick, and Rectification of Diet, or any regiment in what ^' Ant l e * xertf '.
kmd foeuer/is Nature s Phyfitian. b Fulgentius out of Gordonius de conferv. L0X f m fr,tiii*
<v it. horn Jib. 1. cap. 7 termes eXcrcifc,^ [purre of a dui fleepy nature^ the comfor- ma cotwemit,
ter of the members, cure of infirmities, death of difeafes^ deflruclion rfallmtf ^ e'xcrcnli
chief es and vices. The ficteft time for exrrcifc, is a little before dinner, or a om^uurirs-
little before fupper. c or atany time vyhen the Body is empty. Motitanm con- & J U0 tm '
n r -i • ■ u r»- J ■ a i jj fore pumjnm-
j7/.^/.prclcribes it eucry mornmg to nis Patient, and that a> d Calenus acicies, fa concucmt,
after he hath do nc Im ordinary needesjubbed his body } wafhed his hands &face t &^nu<item
combedhis headend gargarized. What kind of Exercife we fhou'd v{c y Galen ^"i^/fo
telsvs Lb.2.rjr $.de (anit .tuend. c till the body be ready ^yW^.androwiedvp, tmid.
adruboremSomc fdy^nonadfudorem, left it fhould dry the Bodv roo much: b F - xcrcltlttm
^ ■ . . r 1 • 1 t 1 1 •/ ' • / ' ,, Mint* lio/mt-
iome lnioync frequent and violent labour and cxercilcs. epid.6. Hippocrates mis QmtAetio;
confounds the,but that it is in fome cafes,to fome peculiar men; f they moft membmum
forbid ir,and by no meanes will haue it goe farther then a beginning Sweat, ^^ e £" b0m
as being g perilous if it exceed. fuga virimum,
Ofthefe labours^xercifcs and recreations, which are likewife included, medium Un-
fbme properly belong to the Body, fome to the mind,fome more cafy,fbmc
omnium
hard^bme with delight/omc without, fome within doores, fome naturall, meiorum.crate*
ibme are artificial. Amongft bodily cxcrclfes^alen commends ludum parv* l^fcZptki
fiU, to play at ball, be it with the hand or racket, in Tennife-courts, oro- cmaCfa.
thcrwife.it exercifeth each part of the Body, and doth much eood, fo that d * iww vatte »
they fweat not too much. J exumm*
The ordinary fports which are vfed abroad,are Hawking^HuntingJjilares f-urgm,fric*tu
venandi labor es one calls them,'»becaufe they recreate Body and Mind/ano- ^2^<?V
thcr, the k befl exercife that is, by which alone many haue beene 1 freed from all t uiU &cMb.de
feralldifeafes.Hegefippus It b.i. cap. j 7. relates of Herod, that hce was eafed of "J r *£j lc -
a grieuous melancholy by that meanes. Plato 7.^/^. highly magnifies itjdi* f ff^nc%m
vidingit into three partSjl*^' land^vater^aire* Xenophon'mCyroptd. graceth htumefcat, &
it with a great name, Deorum munus, the gift of the gods, a princely fport, ^$$1*6*
which they haue cuer vfcd,faith Langius,epifi^ pMb,2. as well for health, as f omninb \udo-
pleafure,and doe at this day,it being the fole almoft and ordinary fport of all r ™™ te £f" f t'
our Noblemen in Europe,nnd el{\vhere allouer the World. JSohemas demor. 7 c ' M i e rJ t ■
gent. lib. 3 .cap. j^.ftiles it therefore ftukium nob ilium ^ communiter venant.tr, Exereitim Q
q*bd fibi t foils licere contendunt^^W^tix ft udy, all f their cxcrcife,ordinary e ^^f
S^fl.SalvlvmderemedJib.z.Citpj. h Camden in Staffordftiire. i TrideveUfoilib.i.ca\>.i. optima omnium txetdiatk*
*m,mltiab bacftlummodo morbii liberati. k lofepbus £^rcct<inuAdialett.\>olit.fe£l.r.c.i'i. inter omnia cxercitia prtejltut'ue {a*-
Am nemur. 1 ChjmM mntt Ftfo.fmepcrbcrom cos a morbu animi -venationibhS &pkris etbis tuebatur. CMaximui Twiui
G g bufineflc.
Part.i.Se&2» Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.4,
21 6 bufinefTc.all their talkc,and indeed fome dote too much after it,they can doe
nothing clsjdifcourfe of nought els. Paulus Jovius dejer, Brit, doth in fomc
fl> tJobUitas f or t taxe our m Engltfo Nobility for itjor Iming in the Countreyfo much^ and
fyirin%foli», tc0 f rec l ttent v f e °{ ***** tf they hid no other meant s but Hawking & Hunting
& liberwe c*- to approue themfelues Gentlemen with.
lo .^ a ' j e " e ' Hawking comes necre to Hunting the one in the Aire , as the other on
n J<h dignitatem . . . tC n 11 i t r r it
mdmaxime the Earthy lport as much aftected as the other, by lome preferred. n It was
vemtione, & neucr heard ofamongft the Romans, invented fome 1200 yeares fince, and
pptHHur^' ^rft mentioned by Ftrmicuslib.j.cap.8. The Greeke Emperors began it, and
11 lof.scaiiger now nothing fo frequent; he is no body,that in the (eafon hath not a Hawke
iTfoi' tU j^ tr ' on 6ft«A great Art,& many bookes written of it. Jtisawondertoheare
srtmuth.ii.de ° what is related of the T urkes Officers in thisbchalfe, how many thoufand
'Hpv.repen. |fl Cn are imployed about it,how many Hawkes of all forts ,how much revc-
ounkerM™' ncwes confumcd on that only difport, how much time is ipent at \^AdrU.
Geffreus,iovitii nople alone euery yeare to that purpofe.The P Perfian Kings hawk after but*
shclife? h ieh- tcr ^ cs Wltn rparrowes 3 made to that vfc,and ftares, lefler hawkes forlefler
tions. game,and bigger for the reft, that they may produce their fport to all fca«
* Haciuit. fons. the Mufcouian Emperours reclaime Eagles to flye at Hindes, Foxes,
&c. and fuch a one was fent for a Prcfcnt to r Quecnc Elizabeth : fome re-
claime Rauens } Caftrils,Pies 5 &c.and mannc them for their pleafures.
iW//#£ismoretroublefome 5 butalloneasdeiightfome to fome forts
of mcn,be it with guns,!imc,nets 3 glades, gins, firings, baites, pitfalls, pipes,
calls 5 ftawking horfes,fetting dogges &c. or otherwife.Some much delight
f Cotamcuw to take Larkes with day : nets,fmall birds with chaffe-nets,plouers. ) Partridgc J
t Fmcs Mori Herons,Snire Scc.Henry the third 5 King ofCafl/lefas Mariana the Jefuite re«
fon.parte$.cap ports of him lib. j. cap, 7. ) was much affe&ed <with catching ofquailcs, and
8 - many Gentlemen take fingularpleafurc at morning and euening to goea*
\du™t™ml m broad with their Quail-pipes and will take any paines to fatisfie their delight
viimo ctptunt, in that kind.The ^Italians haue gardens fitted to fuch vfes 5 with nets 5 biifhcs,
qmm qm fem glades.fparing nocoftorinduftryinthatkinde, and are very much affected
mfn canibus with the fport. Tycho Brabe that great Aitronomer , in the Chorography
comprebendunt, ofhis Ifle of Huenafc caftlc of Vraniburge, puts down his nets } & his maner
TcwCfquamo' °f catching of fmall birds,as an ornament, and a rccreationjwhercin he him-
fas pecudes in felfe was fometimes imployed.
^Zm^ato Fifying is a kind of hunting by wate^be it by netSjWeeleSjbaites, Angling,
rumsnmhl ° ov othcrwi{e,and yeelds all out as much pleafure to fomc men 3 as dogges,or
tenatus. hawkes 5 1 when they draw their Fifb vfon the banke , faith Nic.Henfelim
le9atio7eporU* SilepographU.caf.^. fpcaking of that extraordinary delight his Countrey
nonfit inbone- men tookinFifhing,and in making ofpooles. lames Dubravim that Mori'
m^filtvy'-- v ^ n ^ ^ 00 ^ d*P*fe* tcllcth 3 how rrauelling by the highwayes fide in Si-
primwm vl- lefiafrz found a Nobleman u booted vf to thegroines 3 §t wading himfclfe,pul-
deri debeat pu- \\ n g : he nets,& labouring as much as any Fjjfherman of them all: and when
yominhurpu ^ omc belike obiefted to him the bafenefle ofhis office, he excufed himfelfe'
pifcatio, nulla x that if other men might hunt Hares y why fyould not he hunt Carp es> Many
'Sifi g cfe£ta Gentlemen in like fort with vs, will wade vp to the [Arm eholes vpon fuch
e#, quod nullum occafions, and voluntarily vndertalte that to fatisfie their pleafure, which a
Met hgenhm, poore man for a good ftipend woulAtofce be hired to vndergoe.P/^r^in
SS. • ^ his book defolenanimdfytikx agaMall FiOiing, r as a filthy, bafejMerd
Parta.Se£t2. Exercife r'Eltfied. McmL.4;
Employment Jawing neither wit nor perf]>icacity in it, not "worth the labour .But * *7
he that (hall but confider the variety of Baires ^and pretty devices which out
Anglers haue invented,pcculiar lincs/alfe flycs,fcverall flights fcVc.will fay 5
thatitdefcrucsas much commendation, requires as much itudy, &perfpi*
cacity as the reft, & much to bee preferred before many of them : Becaufc
hawking & huntingate very laborious,much riding, & many dangers acco.
pany them; but this is ftill and quiet : and if fo be the Angler catch no Fifh^
yet he hath a wholefomc vvalkc to the Brooke fide, plea fant (hade, by the
iwect filuer itrcames,he hath frelh Airc,& fweet fmels of fine frefti meadow
flowres,he hcares the melodious harmony of birds, he fees the fwannes, he*
rons,ducks,water-hcns,cootes &c. and many other fowle,with their brood;
which he thinketh b etter then the noyfe of hounds, or blaft of horncs,and
all the fport that they can make.
Many other fports & recreations there be, much in vfe, as Ringing, bow*
ling,fhooting,which^^4w commends in a iuft volumnc,and hath in former
times bin inioyned by Statutes adefenfiueexercife, and an z honor to our *vwdfmVaa
Land,as well may witnes our victories in Fra/^e^.Keelpins^ronkes^coites, A *l}* 2 f f rw >
pitching barsjhurling^rcftling^eaping^unning/encing, muttering, fwim-
mingjWafters/oii'-s/oot-bal^balowne^uintans &c.and many fiich, which
are the common recreations ofcountrcy folkcs.Riding of great horfcs,run*
ning at ring,tilts and turnaments,horfe raccs,wildc goofe chafes,whieh are
the difports of greater men, and good in thamfcluesy though many Gentle-
men by that meanes,gallop quite out of their fortunes.
But the mod pleafing of all outward paftimes, is that of z Arctetts, deam- *
bulat/oper amtna loca y tQ mzkeapetty progrcffCj 3l merry iournevuo'w and b ^ic4«niti
then with fomc good companions^tovifucfriends/cecittics^oflles^tovN'ns, ' Aniuhuonn
b ri fere ftp} amnes nittios, per*m*n<i% Temper, ***
Etplacidas fummis feolari in montihm aur,ts. miijkaxt, fuli
To fee the pieafant fields, the Chriftallfounumes, t r l ; u, vi »
And take the gentle /\yrc,amongft the mountaincs.
< To vvalkc amongit Orchards 5 Gardens,bowres,and Arbors.^ tificiallw
dcrne(Tes.ereene thickets, Archcs.Groucs .Rillets.Fountaines, ai,
plealant places Jike that AnuochianDayhne_j i PooIcs^Filliponds, betwixt c*... ... info
wood and watei\,in a faire meadow, by a riuerfide, todifportinfumcplea- mt: }' i:i
fant plaine,run vp a fteep hill,or fir in a fhadie feat, muft nccdesbc a deleeta« ^/J^^J
ble recreation. S.Bernard'm hisdefcription of his Monaftcry. is almoft ravi prmnajtfefc-
fhed with the pleafures of it. A ficke <* man ( faith he) fits vpon a green banke, ^J^ljf
4nd when the dog-farre parcheth the Plaines, and dries vp riuers i he lyes in a & addoladsfui
fbadte bovcre, Fronde fub arborea fcrventia temperat aftra, & fee As {oiu'mm ,
his eyes with variety ofobieclsjoearbes, and trees \and to comfort his miferyjiee wfndoietfre-
receiucs many delightfome fmels, and fils his eares with that fweet and various tics, paftit ocu*
harmony of 'Birds: good 'God ( faith he) what a company of plea] ures haft thou lot
made for man? He tha t fhould be admitted on a fuddaine to the fight of fiich tgh ams f liav ;
a Palace as that ofEfcuriall in Spaine, or to that which the Moores built at nwdtAxmnt fo-
Grantdofountenblewe in France, the T %rks gardens in his Seraglio } wherein ^^1'^"
allmannerofBirdsandbeaftsarckeptforpleafuresWoIucs^carcs^ynccs, um &c. oem
Tygers,Lyons,EIephants &c.or vpon the bankes of that Thracian Bojphorw h ™£*ffff ^
the Popes Belnederc io Kme^ thofc famous gardens of the Lord Chant elm wm^m*
Gg 2 in
Parc.2,Se<5U. Cure of Melancholy. McmU^
228 in Fr*#cc^, could not choofc, though he were ncucr fo ill apaid, but bec
• vttm'm. much recreated for the time* or many of our Noblemens gardens at home.
T° take a Boat in a plcafant Euening; , and with mufick f to rowc vpon the
i£i 7 . ud.si*- watcrs,which Plutarch fo much applauds, f vSlian admires vpon the riucr
SJ f i«r r# *' netu > in thofe Tbejfdlidn fields, befet with greene Bayes^orinaCW/Ztf
sym?. lib. 1. through the grand Candle in Fcnice^o fee thofe goodly Palaces,muft necdes
fwjU. rcfrefh and giuc Content to a melancholy dull fpirit.To fee fome Pageant or
IkmSS'*' % nc § oc D y» as at Coronations, Weddings,and fuch like folemnities, to fee
iHxta mare & an Embaffadour or a Prince met/ecciued,entertained with MaskcSjfhcwcs,
mav'tffm prope fi rC -works,&c.To fee two Kings fight in finglc combat,asC4/!f0//fcf,and Edm.
t Jn maa. flu- Jronfide p battle fought, one otCafars triumphs in old Rome reviued, or the
mkii ripL likc.To be prefent at an Interview, 8 as that famous of Henry the 8 th , and
!#3«&"w- ^"^thefirft, fo much renowned all ouer Europe^ to the fight of which,
tut. 1S19. many times they will come hundreths of milcs,giue any money for a place,
and remember many yeares after with lingular delight. Bodinejwhcn he was
Embaffadour in England, (aid he faw the Noblemen goc with Robes to the
Parliament houfe, /umma cum iucund tate vidimus , he was much affected
with the fight of 'it. Pompom ut Columnd,(ahh/ouius in his Mcfawi^French-
men^nd fo many /ta(ians y oncz fight for a wholzfXcmy^Quodiucundi/s'imm
jpeclaculumjn vita elicit fua,ihc plcafanteft fight that euer he faw in his life.
Who would not hauc bin affected with fuch a fpectacle? or that finglc com*
li^fT^ k at of \Breaute the Frenchman , and Anthony Schets a Dutchman, before
vcteri Heratb- 1 he wals of Sylvgducis in Brabant, A 1 £00. They were 2 2 horfe on the one
tum exempio, ficlc,as many on the other, which like Liuies Horatij fought, for their owne
TeffuMrfbUi, $ ov V & Countries honor, in the fight and view of the whole City and Ar-
*eftshoitib:ti\7 my. h When lulm C<efar warred about the banks ofK&w,thcrc came a Bar-
Zit&f"**' b*rUn Prince to fee him,& the Roman Army; and when he had beheld Cafar
*Pater'culM agood while, > J fee thegeds nory(hidhc) which before /heard of, necfelic'h
tV^ 1 * t i ° rem U ^ um v,t * mC<t AUt P tAV ''> AUt f en f l d* em ^* was tnc happicft day that ei
tZfaitnllit, uer ne nac ^ m ms l*fc s Such a fight alone were able of it felfe to driuc away
Awtt vidi deot. roelancholyjf not for euer,yet it muft needs expell it for a time.
The Country hath its recreations, the City its feucrallGymnicks &Ex«
€rcifes,Maygamcs,Feafts,Wakcs,& merry meetings to folace themfeluesj
the very being in the Country, that life it felfe is a fumcient recreation to
fome men to enioy fuch pleafures,as thofe old Patriarkes did. Diode fim the
Emperour was fo much affected with it, that he gaue ouer his Scepter,and
turned Gzrdncr,Conflant/ne wrote 2obookes of Husbandry. Lyfdnder ,whcn
Embafladourscameto fee him, bragged of nothing more,then of his Or*
chvdjbifunt or dines What (hall I fay oicincinmtm, Cato,TuUy } & m*
k ^ ny fuch,how haue they beene plcafed with it,to prune, to plant,
*' W ' k Nunc captare fcrtt laqueo, nunc fallere vifco,
Atfy etiam mdgnos mdmbm circundare fdltui 9
Inftdias dvibns moliri,intendere vepres.
Sometimes with traps deceiue, with line and firing
To catch wild Birds and Beafts, encompaffing
The groue with dogges,and out ofbufties firing.
Imnndm in his Preface to Cato^arrOjColumelU &c. put out by him $ eonfef-
feth of himfelfe,that he was mightily delighted with thefc Husbandry
dies
Part z.Std. i. Exerct/e retttfied M cmb
dies,and tookc extraordinary plcafure in them : if the Theorick or fpcculati- 22?
on can fo much arfeft, what fhall the place and cxercife it felfe,the praclicke
part doc. The fame confeflion I find in Herbaftein, Porta 3 CamerartusjbL ma-
ny others, which haue written of that fubie&. If myteftimony were ought
worth,! could fay as much of my felfc. I am vere Saturninui.No man euer
tooke more delight in Springs, Woods, Groues, Gardens, Walkes,Fi{h.
ponds^Riucrs&c. But T&ntalut alabrit fttiens fugentia soft At itaemUb
Flumina. And fo doe I, Velle licet jotiri non licet, politxap.i.
Euery City almoft hath its peculiar WalkSjGroues/Theaters^Pageants, ^ ^f Mf *
Games,andfeuerall recreations, euery country fome peculiar Gymnicks,to m 22
exhilarate their m indes,and exercife their Bodies. The 1 Greekes had their O- P>cri,i«dicriMe
lympian Pythian jftmian^Nemcan gamcs,in honour of Neptune Jufpitcr^A fj'"^^"
follo.Athens htzsforinth hers. Some for Honor ,Garlands,Crownes $ for Mai tides, &t.
^beauty^ancing/unningjleapingjike our filuer games. The n Romans had F f vui V 11 -
their Fcafts (as the Athenians *\\& Lacedemonians had their pubhkc bankets,
in Pryt4n*o i PanatbendisJ've/perys,Ph/Mtys i Phycs,N^ Rofwm fcfr.f.
Sea fights, Theaters, Amphitheaters able to containe 70000 mcn 3 where- ^'^JJ^jS
in tney had feuerall dehghtfomc fhewes ro exhilarate the people : P Gladia- gcis,uons,E-
tors ,cumbats of men wuh themfelucs.witb wild beafts, and wild beads one kpbaftts,!**-
with another,danccts on ropes, Juglers, Wreft'ers, Comedies, Tragedies, scares
publikeiy exhibited at thcEmperours 5: Cities charge, and that with incre« fl UbJut. &t.
diblecolt and magnificence. Jn the Low- countries fas <! Meteran relates,/ l '£ d f* mc **~
beforc thefe warres,they had many folemne Feafts, Playcs, ChalIenges,Ar mi»L 'ukZu,
tilleryGardens^ColkdgesofRimers.Rhetoricians^oets: and to thisday, W*******
fuch places arc curioufly maintained in Amfterdam^ as appeares by thatdc- )Tm%by^*
{cripuonadfdACtts Pontantu rerum Amftel0d.Hl/.2 xty .2 $ An Italy they haue wcr«w
folemne Declamations of certaine felecl: yong Gentlemen in Florence (like h ^ wm '^
thofe Reciters in old RomzJ) and publike Theaters in moft of their Cities, "lubLtxtut
for Sragc-players and others, to exercife and recreate themfelues. All fea-
fons almoft 3 all places haue their feuerall paftimcs, fome in Sommcr, fome ^dStlm'&c''
in Winter, fome abroad , fome within 5 fome of the body, fome of the
mind , and feuerall men haue their feuerall recreations, exercifes. r Dom- nM i exe *^3
tUn the Emperor was much delighted with catching flies, Augufltts to play ^mmjudum,
with nutres amongft Children, t Alexander Severus was much plcafed to t***cy* m PQ*
play with whelps and yong Pigs. * Adrian was fo much enamored on dogs «
and horfes. that he bellowed monuments and Tombes on them, and buried /«/<«w^%
them in graues.Jn fowle weather,or when they can vfe no other convenient w &cnui w *
fports 5 by rcafon ofthctime, as we vfe Cock-fighting, to auoidc Idlencfle, "Vuttrim.
u Sever tu vfed Partridges and Quailes, and to keepe Birds in Cages , with f L ^fridbu.
which he was much pleafcd , when at any timehehadleifurc frompublikc V^Z'us
cares and bufinelTe. Hcc had (faith L4mprtdiu*)tamc Phcfants,Duckes,Par-
tridges,Pcacocks,and fome 2ooooRingdoucs and Pigeons. Bufbequiui the r «"U«* m > v '
Em perours Orator, when he lay in Couftantinople, & could not ftir much a- f^m^Zut
broad,kept to rccreare his mind, bufying himfclf to fee them fed, almoft all
manner offtrange Birds and Beafts; This was fomething,though nor to ex- (j^
crcifc his body,yct to recreate his mind. Conradia Gefner at Zuricke in Srvit- 'bu maxim dl
zerUnd^cpt fo likewife for his plcafurc,a great company of wild beafts>and /f "^i*-
( as he faith) cook great delight to fee them cat their meat* T vrkie Gentle- ^inJL
G g 3 women
Part.2,Sc6t.2. Cure of melancholy. Memb,^
3.30. woraen,thatarcperpciuall prifoncrs, ftill mcwcd vp according to ihe cu*
ftome of the place.haue little clfe befidcs their houfliold bufineHc/jr to p)ay
with their children to dtiue away time, but to dally withtheir Cats, which
they hauc in delitgs^s many of our Ladies and Gentlewomen vfe Mnnkies,
and little Dogs.The ordinary recreations which we hauc in Winter, and in
moft folitary times bufy our mindes with,are Gardes, Tab Us, & Dice, Shottcl*
hoard fheffe-pky ,the Philofophers game/mall ti'imkes,.balliardcs, muficke,
maskes,finging, dancing, vlcgamesjcatchesj'purpofes, quefti'ons, * merry
*Brma!eskt} tales of errant Knights, Kings, Qncencs> Loucrs, Lords , Ladies, Giants,
U e e !eno6ics° dU ' Dwarfes,Theeues,Fayries &c. fuch as the old women toidc Pfycbe in f Ap*
t Mikfa' leius^Bocace Nouells and the reft. Newes ?. re generally welcome to all our
>«ju#.fi*.S. ^z%,avi^caudimy^jiurestnimhomtnumnovttateUtantur ( * as Plinyob.
\ Hor '. lerues ) we long after rumour to eare and liften to it, f denfnm humerti bibit
» Viu em M. aure W^.When that great Gonfalua was vpon fome difpieafure confined
yThcy accout by Ki»g Ferdinand, to the City of Loxa in bifida lujia 9 the onely comfort
them vnlaw- ({aith * lovim) he had to eafe his melancholy thcughts 5 was to heare newes,
fuii,b:caufe an( j tQ ijft en a f ter thofe ordinary occurrents which were brought him cum
°infhm°™l*. frimujmt of ail parts cjEurope.Scinc mens only delight is, to take Tobac*
ink* Utdk pie- co,and dtinkc all day long in a Tauerne or A'e»houfe, to difcourfe, fine, jeft,
*mimiu 'v'h roare,talkc of a Cockand a Bull ouer a pot &c. others to game, nothing to
get, Zd front, them fo pleafant. Many too nicely take exceptions at Gardes, y Tables,and
faUack 3 do'm, Dice,and fuch luforious lots,whom Gataker well confutes. Which though
/Irtmo^wmi' they be honed recreations in themfelucs^et may iuftly be otherwife excep-
' tas loem bo- ted at,as they are often abufed,and forbidden as things moft pernicious,/*/*.
^SurTfr^i- mm rem & c L* mm f* m -?' Lemniuj cals xt.For moft part in theje kind of tiJports y
tntia&c. funot ^rt or skilllut fubtilty funnycatching,knauery, chance and fortune
KAbufiutm carries all avpay.Hoxto palTcaway time for honeftdifporr,butfor filthy lucre
mTuHplut anc ^ couetoulheffe of mony. a thing fo common allouer Europe at this
pUriih crebro day, and fo generally abufed , that many men ore vtterly undone by it, their
barurnvfupa- meanes f pcn rP atrimoniesconfumed.they and their pofterity bcpcered,be.
tnmomutn pro- r m 1 % . * ' . j r 1 • ' & ° •
fmdantsxbau fides fwearing 3 wranglmg,dnnkmg,loileof time, and iuch inconvenience*,
ftifa faevkati which are ordinary concomitants. h For when once they haue got ahaunt of
rS^i'ir* fuch companies t and a habite of gaming, tbsy can hardly be drarvne from it, but
b Fbifemtl pm- #s an itch it will tickle them } and otitis with whoremafers, once entrcd i they
ofcufxTrT cAn ^ A7 ^b ^ mte c ff- V€xat ^ntes infant cupido, they are madde vpon their
d^mipof^cd- fporr. So good things may be abufed, and that which was firft invented to
ikiuntibm un- c rc f re fli mens weary fpints , when they come from other labours and ftu-
£ l £mibl] dies to exhilarate the mind,to cntcrtaine time and company,tcdious other-
dm*ofiu Mm wife in thofc long folitary Winter nights, and keepe them from worfe mat 1 '
7JTqubd&'' tcrs ? an honeftexercife, iscontrarilyperucrted.
femwordm in- Cheffe-play is a good exercife of the minde, for fome kind of men, and fie
frtum&c. for fuch melancholy 5 as shafts holds,as arc idle,& haue extravagant impcrti-
IxmZlnsn ncnl thoughts jOr arc troubled with cares , nothing better ro diffract their
fom, fed vole- mind,and alter their meditations: invented ( fome fay J by the f Gencrallof
^mmtrtlio 311 ^ xm 7 ^ n a ^ ammc J t0 ^ ec P c Souldicrs from mutiny : but ifit proceed
ntX'quoZi- " from oucrmuch ftudy,infuch acafc it may doe more harme then good} it is
tnuidefatigotut
refpiret, novafy vires adfnbcnndos laborei dertub] cmcifiat. f tAlrunculvtm Ittdm kvMtti efrk Vm, ut cnmmltt int»ler&&
fame tabor oret, oltero dieedens,oltero laden*, famii oblivi[certtHr. JStllmim.
a game
Part.2. Exercije reBtfted. Mcmb.4.
■ —
a game too troublefomefor fome mens braines, coo full of anxiety, all out 231
as bad as ftudy ,and befidcsjc is a tefty ; cholcricke game 5 and very offenfiue to
hinuhatlooieth the Mate. d William theGonquerourinhis yonger yeares, 4 p/waypwd
playing at Chelfe with the Prince of France, (Dauphmevt^s not annexed to Vitatm '
thac Crownc in thofe dayes ) lofing a Mate, knocked the Chefl-beard about
hispate, which was a ecu fe afterward of much enmity betwixt them. Foe
fome fuch reafonic is bejke>that Patritim in his ^.hvoVTit.izderegjnflit.
forbids his Prince to play at CheiTe 5 hawkirig and hunting.riding &t.he will
allow of,and this to other men ,but by no mcanes to him.Jny^«/'^T^ ) whcrc
they liue in Stoues and hot-houfes all Wi iter long, come feldome or little
abroad,it is againe very neceflary,and therefore in thofe parts /'faith c ffer- c Mrf ™ 1 -
bajle'm) much vfed. At Fejfa in Afiickc, where the like inconvenience ofkee- cmmentar '
ping within doores is through heat, it is very laudable; and (as f Leo^ifer ' inter civet
relates) as much frequented . Afportficfor idle Gentlemen , Souldiers fX^JST
in Garrifon, & Courtiers thathaue nought but loue matters to bufic them- ufiatijfimmj.$
fclucs aboin 5 but not altogether fo convenient for fuch as are Students. The <fc#*«»
like I may fay oid.Bruxers Philofophy game,D r Fulks Metfomachiafe his
Ouronomach/a^wxxh the reft of thofe curious Aftrologicall and Geometri-
cal! fi£tions,for fuch efpecially as^are Mathematically giuen : and the reft of
thofc curious games.
Dxncing^Singing^Masking^Mummmg^Stage-playes, howibeucr they bee
heauily ccrtliircd by fome feuere Catoes, yet if opportunely and fbberly vfed,
mayiuftlybcapproued. Melius e/lfod:re, quamfalrarc-j, faith /ivftin, but % ^
what is that if they delight in it? SNemo fall l at fobrt ; us y But in what kindeof
dance? J know thefe (ports haue many oppugners, whole Volumes writ a-
g3inft them \ and fome againe,becaufe they are now cold and wayward, paft
themfelues.cavill at all fuch youthfull fports in others, as he did in the Co-
medy,they think them,////co nafci finesse. Some out of prcpofteious zealc,
obied many times triuiall argumentSjand becaufe of fome abufe, Will quite
takeaway the good vfe,asiftheyfhould forbid wine, becaufe it makes men
drunke^but in my judgment they are too fternc: there is a time for all things :
for my part, J Willingly fubferibe to the Kings Declaration, and was euer of h
that minde,thofeMay.gamcs,Wakes,and VVhitfonales,cVc.if thcybenoc Yaps™' 1 *' 1 '
atvnfeafonabletimes^iiay iuftly bepcrmitted. \v\Francoma a Province of k idemSarU-
Germany (faith h \^4ubanm Behem/ts) theoldefolkes after Euenine Draver ^ u " e "^',
went to the AIe-houfe 3 and the yonger lore to dance: and to fay with 1 Salif on (m,\umm
burienfis.Satias fueratfc ctiari,qukm turpius occupari, better to doe fo, then c f minomme
worfe,as without queftion otherwife ( fuch is the corruption ofmans na- uZat^Zta
turc; many of them will doe. And for that caufe, Playes, Maskes, Jefters, piufqum fmi-
Gladiators,TumbIers Juglers 3 &c and all that crew,is admittedand winked l ** mm ;*,yt*
at. k Tot a ioculariumfcenaprocedit^ideof^eclaeulaadmilfafunt^infinita l^o"jfitiL'
tyrodnia vamtatumjut his occupentur f quipernicioftus otiari folent : that they ™ ta 'h eXce P tic
might be bufied about fuch toyes, that would otherwife more pernitioufly ^kmtili.
btidlc.Eusliu not to be done (t confeffe) that good may come efttx but this is for* dwidunt,
cuill per accidens, and in a qualified fence, to avoid a greater inconvenience, d ™ taxAt
may iuftly be tolerated. Thomas Moore in his Vtopian Common wealth, ^iqumTfim*
1 as he will haue no man idle, Jo will he hatte no man labour oner-bar d t to be toy' »• & «fo «-
Utout like an horfejtis more then Jlauifb infelicity^ andtbe life of mofi $f our ^^f*
hind
Parc.2,Se&z. Cure of Melancholy. Mcmlx4.
331 hired fcrmnts, and trade/men elfewhere (excepting his VtofUm )lwt halft the
dxy allotted fir vporke^r balfe for hone ft recreations yr vobatfoeuer twfloymcnt
thcytyallthinkejit themfelues, lfonchalfedayin a weeke were allotted to
our houfhold feruants,tor their merry meetingsjjy their hard Maftcrsjorirt
a yeare fome Fcafts,like thofc Roman Saturnds^ i thinke they would labour
harder all the reft ofthe yeare,and both parties would better be plcafed: but
this needs not ('you will fay) for fome of them doe nought but loy ter all the
weeke long.
This which ] ay me at , is for fuch as are Fracli animif troubled in minde,
to cafe them 3 ouer-toyled on the one part to refrefti: oucr idle on the other,
to kecpethcmfcluesbiified. Andtothispurpofe,asany labour orimploy-
mem will ferue to the one., any honeft recreation will conduce to the other:
ofwhich,as there bediuers forts, & peculiar to feu erall callings, agcs 3 fexcs,
conditions, fo there be proper for feucrall fcafons, and thofe of feuerall na-
tures, to fit that variety of humors which is amongft men , that if one will
not,anothcr may take place: fome in Som;ncr,fome in winter, fome gentle,
fome more violcnt,fome for the minde alone/omc for the body and minde;
( as to fome it is both bu(inefie,and a pleafant recreation, to oucrfee Work,
men offeuerall forts,to burld,caft,plot,proiec"t,caftvp accompts&c.)fome
without,fome within doores; new,old,&:c.as the feafon ferueth,and as men
t Kemm Bur- m ' c inclined.lt is reported of Philip Bonm^ that good Duke of Burgundy (by
XfudM* lfidov\vives in cptft. and Pont.Heuter in his hiftory) that the faid Duke, at
the marriage of ElconorafriKtt to the King of Portugal] at Bruges in Flanders,
( which was folemn ifed in the deepc of Winter,) when asby realbn of vnfea.
fonab'e weather he could neither hawke nor hunt, and was now tired with
cards ; dice &c.and fuch other domeftical fports 3 or to fee Ladies dance with
fome of his Courtiers, he would in the Euening walkcdifguifed all about
, the Townc.lt fo fortuned,as he was walking late one night, he found a cou-
defimJpl'u- trey fellow dead drunke, fnoningon aBulkc, fheecauled his followers to
mm y & lefo^ bring him to his Palace, and there ftripping him of his old clothes, and atty-
d &f!mSxt- ring him after the Court fafhion, when he wakened, he and theywereall
im 'ubi fg eb loci ready to attend vpon his Excellency, and perfwaded him he was fome great
vidit, DukcThe poore fellow admiring how he came there,was ferued inflate all
day long,after fuppcr he faw them dance, heard muficke, and all the reft of
thofe Court-like pleafures:but late at night, when he was well tipled, and a«
gaine faft afleepc 5 they put on his old robes, & fo conveyed him to the place
where they firft found him. Now the fellow had not made them fo t*ood
fport the day before,as he did now when he returned to him fclfc, all the jeft
li Q ul * t fT was.to fee how he m looked vpon it. In conclufion.after fome little admira-
viau Vmu tion 3 the poore man told his friends nchadlccne avilion, conftantly belee-
(epijl dd Fran- lIcc j jt,would nototherwifebepcrfwadedjand fo the jeft ended. n Anthchut
vfteTdfemml Efipbanes would often difguifc himfclfe 5 ftealc from his Court,and goe inro
&noflrosaii- Marchants,Goldfmiths,and other Tradcfmcns fhoppes, fit and talke witfi
qitotann^m- in em 3 and fometimes ride and walke alonc,and fall aboord with any Tinker,
quU&e. ' Clowne,Scriung man,Carricr, or whomfocuer he met firft. Sometimes he
■ Hen.stepbxn. would ex infpsrato^ giuc a poore fellow mony,to fee how hec would looke,
F*f*t.Haodett. Qr Qn ^ et p llr pof e J 00 f c his purfe as he went,to watch who found it,& with-
alL,how he would be arfcclcd^SC with fuch obic&s he was much delighted.
i Many
Parc.2.Se&. 2. Exerci/e retttfied . Memb.4
Many fuch trickcs arc ordinarily put in pradtifc by great men, to exhilarate *3 5
themfclucs and others, all which are harmeleffe jefts, and haue their good
vfes.
But amongft all thofe Exercifcs,or recreations of the mind within doorej,
there is none fogeneralljfo aptly to be applyed to all forts of men, fo fit &
proper to expell idleneffc and Melancholy,as that of Study, To read, walkc
and fee Mappcs.,Pi£l:ures,Statues.oId Coyn-s of feueral forts in a faire Gal-
Iery,artificiall work"s,perfpcc"Huc gla{ies,oldreliques, Roman Antiquities,
variety ofcolours.AgoodPifturc is falfd Veritas, & muta po'efif y &c though
fas Fives faith) artificials detect a * fed mtxfaftidtmut, artificial! toyes c , ^
pleafc but for a time; yet who .s he rhat will not be moued,to fee thofe wcl-
furnifhed Galleries of choie ^w** Cardinals,fo wel ftored with all modcrne
Pi(5turcs,old Statues and Antiquities? Or in fome Prince* cabincts,or great
Nobicmens houfes.to fee fuch variety of attires, faces, fo many, fo rare, and
fuchcxquifitepeeccs,ofmcn 3 birds,beafts, &c. to fee thofe excellent land-
skips,and Dutch-workes, curious cuts ofSaM/er of PrAge^ filbert us Durcr,
Goltzdm^Vtintes ejre. fuch plcafantpecces of perfpc&iue, Indian Pifluret
made of feathers,C&/>/<* workes,frames,motions.cxotick toyes ,&c, Who is
he that is now wholly oucrcome with Idlcnefle, or otherwife involued in a
Labyrinth ofworldly carcs,troubles,and difcontents, that will not be much
lighened in his mind by reading of fome inticing ftory 3 true or faincd, where
as in a piaffe he fhall fee what our fore -fathers haue done, the beginnings,
rnines 3 falls,periods ofCommon-wealths,priuate mens actions difplaied to
thelifcj&c.f Plutarch ihttdoiecz\\3thzxxi,fecundaswenfas ejrbellaria 5 the \^dherwm
fecond courfe and junkets, becaufe they were vfuallyread at Noblemcns p/lT*' U ^
FeafK Who is not earneftly affected with a paffionatc fpeech,well penned,
& elegant Pocine 3 or fomepleafant bewitching difcourfc, which will draw
his attention along with it ? To fome kind of men it is an extraordinary dc*
light to ftudy.For what a world of bookes offers it felfc, in all fubiecl:s,arts 5
and fcienccs,to the delight and capacity ofthe Reader ft n Arithmctickefieo-
metry^Perjpectiue y Ajironomy 3 Architeclure y Military matters ^Aiuficke, Meta-
fhyftcks^ naturall and morall philofopby philology, in Policy jn thofe ftudics of
* A&tiquity y &c.\n Larv 3 Phyficke,&Diuinity for profitc,plcafure, pra&ife, * a ^ m t "^
fpccular ion, in verfe or profe &c.their names alone arc the fubfect of whole reft "oe for-
voliimes,wehaue thoufands of Authors of all forts, many great Libraries, wardandlook
full, and well furnifhed, and he is a very block that is affected with none of ^^* c ™^
them.Me thinkes it fhould well pleafc any man,to lookc vpon a Geographic alone lookes
call mappe,and to behold,as it wcre,all the remote Provinces, Townes, Cu
ties of the World,and neuer to goe forth of the limits of his Study, to mea- things pSf,
fure by a Scale and Compafie^heir extent, diftance, examine their fite&c. &c.h«hae6-
What greater pleafurc can there be, then to view thofe elaborate Maps of plcat Homa
Orteliusj Mcrcttor JlondiwfiLc, To pcrufc thofe bookes of Citics,put out p 'Atlas Gu§,
bv Braunui ,and HogcnbergiM.To read thofe exquifite defcriptions oiMtgi*
ntu,Mun(ler^MerulaJs'Qtcru4jaeander Albertut£*rndenJLeoAfer,Adricomi-
«*,<^.Thofe famous expeditions o^Cbri floph. Columbus ^ America Vejfuti-
us, Marcus Point the Venetian, Lod. Vertomannus, x^dlofw Cadamuftus &c*
Thofe acurate diaries of PortugalsJloUartderspt Bartifonpliuer a Nort ejre.
Haclutts voyages, P Martyrs Decades : Btnza, Leritts, LiHcbcoftettsi&axfons,
H h Hodtf*
Part.2,Se6t.2. Cure of melancholy. Memb. 4 .
a 34 He dtp or icons of Ud. a Meggen, Br our d the Monke. Brede*b4chi*s>/o.D*bli.
nim Andes ^c. to Jcrufttem^gypt^nd other remote places of the world:
to read Be Horn us obferuations, P.GHUhs his Survaies; Thofe parts oiAmtri*
cafct out,& curioufly cut in Pi&ures by Futres a Br^To fee a well cut Her-
baU,all Hcarbs,Trees,Flowres,Plants, exprefled in their proper colounro
the lifc,as that oiMAthiolussyon Diofcorides^DelAcamptus^UoUel^Bnuhinus^
and that laft voluminous and mighty Herbal of Noremberge, wherein almoft
cuery Plant is to his owne bignefle.To fee all Birds,Beafts>and Fifties of the
Sca,Spiders,Gnats,Serpcnts,Flies,&c. & ail Crearuresfetoutby the fame
Art,and trucly cxpreffed in liuely colours, with an exact defcription of their
natiires,vcrtues,qualitics &c . as hath been accurately performed by <A.licin %
iSefnerflyJfes AldrovAndu5^Be/lomus y Hippolytu5S4lviAnus,e^cyWhzti\YotQ
nifk decufil plcafing ttudies can there be then the Nlathematickes,' Thcorick ; or Pra&icke
*TemDi(>gs P art ?TsUs eft Matbematum pulchritude ( d ith H Plutarch) ut bis tndignum fit
fr*fat.a&w- div/tiarum fkderasiftas &hullcu^ &fntiUr'tAfpicUctiU c«mpATAri\ fuch is
?>/wM?aw- tn e excellency of thofe Itudies, -hat all thofe ornaments and bubbles of
hputjs&e wcalth^arc not worthy to be compared to them, crede mthi(* filth onc)ex>
tpteticestib. tingm 'dulce erit MathemAticArum Artium Jtudio, J could euenliucanddyc
Vmtemtm 9 with thofe ftudies, f and take more pleafure , true content of mind in them,
tram tibi&c. then thou doeft in all thy wealth ,how rich foeuer thou utt.The like pleafure
"mT ^tuMtt tncrc * s m a ^ otncr ^"dies, to fuch as are trucly addicted to them, as well
*sFu»vkm may witnefle thofe many laborious hourcs 3 dayesaud nights, fpentin the
mihim fathftt, voluminous Treatifeswrh ten by them* the like content. c lulitu ScAliger
«tf C *f!mMAt~ was lo much affected with Poctty,thac hce brake out into a patheticall pro.
wet*' optia, hoc reflation , that hce had rather be the Author of fuch twelue vcrfes in Lucw^
ITSbUca- fuchanOdcintf/br/!f^thcnEmperourof(7^rw4»7. SenecA prcfcrrcsZ^w
tenU ilfytri, and Chryfippus^iw^ doting Stoicks ( hee was fb much enamoured on their
tm Wee capti- workes J before at »y Prince or Gencrall of an Army, fuch content there is in
IwZagT ftllt ty- *K*»g Iambs 1605, when he came to fee our VniuerfityofO^yW,
y Epifi.vrimie- & amongft other ^Edifices, now came to view that famous Library, rcnucd
BMotSm* ^ r Thomas Bodley, in imitation oiAlexAnder , at his departure Drake out
me onf-ro, in into that noble fpeech, If 1 were not a King, I would be an Univerfity man;
tfui fmuUc pe x ji n d if if wer g f that I mujl he a Pri/bner y if I might hxue my wifh ) I would
t" f$Am % ' Wire to haue m other Prifon then thAt LibrAry^ ejr to be ch -4/ ned together with
obdo , ambitio- my fellow writers* So fweet is the delight of ftudy, the more learning they
ZZmitidine nauc f as ne lnat nat h adropfie, thcmorehcdrinkcs 3 thcthirftierhecis) the
&c.excld < y ' more they couet to learnc,and the laft day is priori* difcifulus , harfh at firft
ipmumpmnt Learning \s>rAdices amara, but fru&us duke ^according to that of jfocrAtes,
prv^mtrix. pkafant at laft,thc longer they liue,thc more they arc inamoured with the
in ip/6 fiter. the M ufes. Hcin(ws the keeper of the Library at Leiden in Ho/Und^ns mew-
mtatH tremk, C( j vp lTi j t 2 n fa carc j ong an j tnat w hich to thy thinking (hould hauc
ammasfedm bred a lothmg^caufed m him a greater liking, y I no fooner (mm he) tome in*
mfrfumo, tam f ffj e UbrAr /^ut I bolt the doors to me ^excluding Ittjl y Amb it ion y AVArice,4nd
2££ J^!* *Uf*cb vtceijvhofenurfeuldlenefle the mother\of/gnorAnce, And MeUntkly
mdi ma^iitm her (elf e y And in the very Up of eternity ^amongft fo many diuine foulesj uktu
fciiatvctbm m /( faf i w '*hfoloftyaJpir/t And fweet content \ thAt Ipitty all our greAtWS,
iffwrm. And nchmen thAt know not this hApfincfft^j.
Whofoever he is therefore that is o verrunne with folitatincfle , or carri.
cd away
Paft.i.Sect.2. Exercife reBtfed. Mcmb.4*
cd away with pleating melancholy and vaine conceits , and for want of :m- 235
pioymcot knowcs not how to fpend his time, orcrucified with woi <iiy \£*"£ff\
care., 1 can prefctibc him no better remedy then this of ftudy,to com^ofe cum, mid
himfelfe to the learning of forne art or fcicncc . Provided alwaics (hit bis Wpf'jk
maladic proceedc notlrom overmuch ftndy ; for in fuch cafes he addes fuel! Vy^^S*
to the firc.and nothing can be more pcrnitious;let him take heede he do not pmhentilNam
outftrctch his wit$,and make a Skeleton fiiknfelfe ; or fuchlnamoratoesas w 9< ^otum
read nothing but play-bookes s (dle P ocA;s 5 icfts,o^?4^ de Gaul,thc Knight rum tigunl fa*
of the Sunjhefeaven Champions. Ptlmer'm de Oliva , HuonofBurdeaux^&c. weridie per
Such many times prouc in the ende as mad as DonQuixot « Study is only ^'IxhTnut
prefcribed to thofe that are otherwife idlej troblcd in mind,or carryed head* mbram, net
long with vaine thoughts and Imaginations,to diftracl their cogitationsfal l ^^ £lum: u
though variety of ftudy, or fome{eriousfubiec"t would doe the former no uSil^aL
harmcj and divert their continuall meditations another way . Nothing in
this cafe better then ftudy, / emp erah quid memor iter edtfeant, faith Fife y let {^ r ' & re '
them learnc fomething without booke,or read fomebooke. Read the Scrip- a o 'timfneli*
ture which Hyperius lib.r. de qactid.fcript.lec.fol. 77. holdes availeable of it teris .
lelfe, z the minde is ereclsd thereby from all worldly cares, and hath much quiet ^tvZs^eill
and tranquillity . For neither as \Chryfoflome well addes, thofe boughes and b ty.99.1.17.
Icaues oftrces,whichare plashed for tattle to Jland vnder,in the heat of the day, * er "* t ^ ^
in fummer ,fo mttch refrefo them with their acceptable (hade 5 as the reading of dmtammm
Jcripture doth recreate jind comfort a difirejfed joule , in forrcw andaffliclion. & con Pantem t
Paulbidspray continually ^quodcibus corpori,lcclio animafacit \ faith Seneca, as aJimnm"'
m; ate is to the Body/uch is reading to the Soule. a To beatleafure without mmu amhm 9
bookes ii another Hell,and to be buriedaliui . b Cardan ca\s a Library the phy- "j^^ C0 & tlL "
fickcofthc fouIe, c Divine authors fortifie the minde, make men bold and con- a A Umat\eni-
Jlant y undf as Hyperius addes ) godly conference will not permit the minde to be bm <*tantur>que
tortured with ab fur d cogitations . Rhafis xmoynzs continuall conference to ^Jum"!!^*
fuch melancholic mcn,and would haue fomebody ftill talkeferioufly,ordi£ mergi profundi*
pute with thcm,and fometimes d to cavill andwrangletfo that it breakc not ^*f»***?,
out to a violent perturbation ) for fuch altera, ion is like flirring of a dead fire clgtat&fr''^
to make it burne a frefojtwhets adullipint. and will not fuffer the minde to be ftatur in ijs.
drowned in fuch profound cogitations , which melancholy men are commonly If^ff**'
treubledwith . « Ferdinand and ^ilphonfm both kings ot^Arragon and Si- * operum jkl*
iilyjvzxt both cured by reading of hiftory, one of Curtius , the other of Li- J.
i7,when no other Phyficke would take place . f Camerariiis relates as much * ^llmdumtft
of Laurence Medices • Heathen Philofophers are fo full of divine precepts mummeoiympi
in this kinde, that as fome thinke they alone are able to fettle a diftrefled "ff^Jlf 4
minde. g Sunt verba & voces quibw bunc lenire doforem,e£t.Epic7ef us, pla- mMvideor^ui
t arched Seneca, qui lis t 'lie qua tela , faith Lipfius, adverfus omnesanimi cafns Mum lego, fupra
adminifiratj&ipfam mortem.quomodo vitia eripitjnfert virtutes } When I V c lfa!&mnet
read Seneca^ 1 me thinkes I am beyonde all humane fortunes, on the top of t hill a- res bnm<m<u.
bone mortality . If this comfort may be got by PhiIofophy,what iTiallbe had ^^'^
from Divinity ? What (hall Aufrmfyprian, Gregory, Bernards divine mc- m in Script**
ditations afford vs ? Nay what lhall the Scripture it felfe ? Which is like an h*bet medkha,
Apothecaries fhop, wherein are remedies for all infirmities of body and
minde,purgatiucs,alteratiues,coroboratiues, lenitiues, &c. Every difeafe of nonrecufa po\l-
the Stule, faith * Auftinjjatha peculiar medicine in the Scripture^ this only is re* enem > w a . De **
H h % qttircd, " f tf CMV,, °
Part,2.Se&.2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.,
a 3 6 quircdfhat the ficke man take hut the potion which Gtd hath already tempered,
^inmorshfix- ^Gv/egory ctiiitaGlaJfc wherein we may fee all our infirmities , igmtum co!!o~
TmZfpfmm ^ium^pfilm.iig. 140} Origcn a Charmc. And therefore Hierome prefcribes
iHem.ii.utin- Rujlicus the Monke 3 ra continually to read the Scripture , and to meditate on
^fTmit^u f ^ 4 * ^hich he hath read -.for as majli cation is to meate y fo is meditation en that
Teimemkm. which we reed . I would for thefe caufes wifh him that is melancho!y,to vie
nitimmatq, borhhumaneand divine authors,voluntary to impofe fome taske vponhim
T^Z°7^a himfclfe,to divert his melancholy thoughts. To ttudy the Art of memory,
fctip. kaim CofmuS Rojffeliuj.Pet.Rauenn/ts, Scenkelius deteftus,&c % that wiil aske a great
SCC Mat d'tvl ^ ca ' c °^ attcnt ' on:or ^ ct mm demonftrate a proportion in Euclide in his £ue
mm pabulum' kft bookes,extra& a fquarc root,or ftudy iJjlgebra y Napiers Logarithmes ; or
mdttatio. thofc Tables of Artificiall f Sines & T tngents 3 not longfiocc fct out by mine
IJ*fc« tC Anno °^ Collcgiar, very good fricnd,&late fcJlow-Studet o(chrift>Church in Ox*
itfio. • frrd y M r * Edmund Gunterjwhich will pcrformc that by Addition and Sub*
* Aftronomy ftraclion oncIVj\yhich heretofote Rogiomontanus Tables did by Multiplier
Grfom Col- *i° n ar| d Diuifion, or thofe elaborate conclufions of his j SeClor and Crojfe*
ledge. ft a jft: Or let him calculate Sphaericall Triangles 3 caft a Natiuity, make an £.
imdmby^u- fhemcridesji&A Suiffet the Calculators workcs,Sf4//££r de emendatione tern*
lum ionai6x$ por um ; till he vnderftand ir,read Scot us and Suarez. Metaphyficks, or Schoolc
T>Wm\typccam,Entisberus^Durand ejre. If thofe other doe not affect him,
he may apply his mind to Heraldry, Ant iquity, invent) Imprefes, Emblemes;
make Epithalamiums ^Epitaphs \Elegies JLp'tgrams ^Anagrams , Cronograms, v-
ponhis friends names : or make a Comment vpon tAllia LtliaCriJpU , as
j Tot tlh ft* many idle fellowes hauc alTayed; and rather then doe nothing, vary a n verfe
dotes virgo,quot , 1 r 1 it-, trr 1 i & , \ „
fydetacth. a chouland wayes,as Putean hath done It luch voluntary taskcs T pleafure &
deIight,or crabbedncsof thefe ftudies,will not yet diucrt their idle thoughts,
and alienate their Jmaginations.thcy muft be compellcd,faith Chrifiophonts
a Vega.cogt decent J.;. c. /^.Vpon fome mulct, if they performe it nox,quod ex
*?™^/ e £~ rftcio incumbat s oi loflc of credit or difgrace,fuch as arc our publike Llniuer-
Mmem'ccfj%. f uic cxcrcifcs.For,as he that playcs for nothing, will not heed his game; no
tk mn babent, more will voluntary impIoymcnt 5 fo throughly affec*t a Student, except hee
S ttkmmm,tdi he very mtent ofhimfclfe, and take an extraordinary delight in the ftudy, a*
terre!ircm*thc. hout which he is convcrfant. It (hould be of that nature his bufineiTc, which
rue *¥?ijpr*; nolens nolens he muft ncccffarily vndergoe,and without great lolTe, ftiame,
uunm utTai or hinderancc he may not omit.
meio ufu ven\t y Now for women» indeed of laborious ftudies, they hauc curious needle*
d!xi" b fme\ workcs 5 cut-workcs,bonc-lace &e. to bufic themfclucs about,hou(hold offr
dem ((xvirnt '. ccs 5 &c. or fome goflippings.-old folkcs haue their Beads. An excellent in«
tm^fovT' vcn " on to ^9 C P C tnem & om IdlencfTe.that arc by nature mclancholy,& paft
alliaffaircSjto fay fo many Paternoflers 7 Avem*ries£reedes#\ivtzit notpro-
fHfajfetj pauib phane and fuperftitious.In a word,Body and mindc muft be both excrcifed,
VH^fT, not onc 5 Dut both,and that in mediocrity : otherwifc it will caufe a great in*
cutc» } & tatum . tri_T»ji j • ■ * »» « . P r
tm cogeretur convcnicncc.lt the Body be oucr-tyred,it tyres the Mind. The mmd oppreC
geflare (^u fcth the Body, as with Students it oftentimes falls out, who fas ° Plutarch
im^tm°) e iu ot) f erucs ) no cncofthcBody, but compell that which is mtr tall, to doe
quej s to- as much 4f that which is immortallithat which is earthly, as that which is *the~
Pw^'' rU ^ utMtht0xet y re ^ uUtheCtme h(^ thatrefu-
&t, 8 ^ h fedt0C4rry,/0mepart0fhuburden,beforcitwerc/on^hee jhtuldbe emptied
to
Part.2. Sc<ft.2. Exercije reBtfied. Mcmb.5.
■ 1 .
to carry all his pac kernel his sktnne to boot ( vchhh by and by ,/ he Oxe being dead 2 37
fell out) the Body may fay to the Soutejhatw/llgiuebim no re/pit or remtponx
a Utile after ^an agueyertigo£onfnmption,feafeth on them botb y all hit ftudy it
omitted^ and they mujt he compelled to be ftcke together: Hce that tenders his
owne good eftate.andhealth.muft let them draw with equall yoke, both a-
like, P thatfo they may happily intoy their wtfyed health. p Vt fukbram
Warn & amabi-
Mlm (amcttm
1 M »• 5 # r«fi<iKHu
A
1 lyterd'ccrdtt
taking and terrible dreames rectified.
S Waking that hurts,by all mcanes muft be avoided/o Sleep which
fo much hclpSjby all waics, <1 mufi be procured, by nature or art , in- (
ward or outward medicines, and to be protracled longer then or dinar ie^ fr^^S
if 1 1 may be , as being an efpeci all helpe. It moyftens and fattens the Body, tauli hntwts
conco&s,and hclpes digcftion,as we fee in Dormice, and thofe Alpine Mice ^ar^lj.
that fleepe all Winter , which Cefner fpeakes of, when they arc fo found
flccping vndcr the fnow in the dead of Winter , as fat as butter . Jt expels moelu !" p "' de ft*
cares,pacifics the mindcjrefreftieth the weary limmcs after long workc, uiwd^pfi.
1 Somne quies rerum jlacidipme fomne deorum y 1 0vid.
Pax animi,quem cur a fugitflui corpora duris lft*du<£alt
Fe/fa mimflcrtjs mulces reparaj labori. t n b m baru p»fi
The fittcft time is f two or three hour es after /upper , when av themeate it now fw*».9«*w
fetledat the bottome of "the flornacke y and t'is good to lie on the rtght fide firjl^be- "Zdlmventrl*
caufe that at that fite the liver doth rejl vnder the fiomacke y not molefiing ante tub rtfedtrit,
way but heating him as a fire doth a kettle J bat is put to it. After the fir ft fleepe
t'is net amiffe to lye on the left fide . that the meate may the better defend : and quiefcenduvt,
fometimes againc on the belly , but never on the backe . Scaven or eight de-
houres is a competent time for a mclancholie man to fleep, as Crato thinksj vmrit^e^
but as many doe,to lie in bed and not fleepe, a day or halfea day to'gethcr,to tfcatynmgr*-
ciue wav to plcafinc conceits and vaine imaginations, is many Waics perni- (ibm
tious . To procure this iweet moiitning ilecpe,is hrlt to take away the oc- indt «
cafionsfif it be pofhble) that hinder if, and then to vfe fuch inwarde or out-
Ward remcdics.which may caufe it . Heate and dryneflcmuft firft beremo-
ved,t an hot and dry braine never fleepes wclJ,gricfe,fcares } cares, expc&ati- wtfmdumia.
ons.anxietics, great bulinefles , and all violent perturbations oftheminde ["s^wutd'it
muft in fome fort be qualified, before we can hope for any good repofe. He mdmuMcltu
that fleepes in the day time, or is in fufpence, fcarc, or any way troubled in iummMf^
minde,or goes to bed vpon a 11 full ftomack,may never hope for quiet reft in rfiaumeMr
the nighty nee enim meritoria fomnos admittunt } is the x Poet faithjnncs & FUmiu Lixj£
fuch like trouble fome places are not for flccpe,onc cals Oftlcr.anothcr Tap- " P,f tno 3 tU "
ltcr,one cries and Inouts.anotner lings, bnu.
— • \ ab fen tern can tat ami cam, t HorStrM,i ,
Mult a prolutus vappd nauta dt% viator, **imtn. Sat.}.
Who that is not accuftomcd to fuch noyfes,can fleepe amongft them ? He » sepopk turn
that will intende to take his rcft,muft goe to bed ammo feenro, quiet & Hbe- JJJJ^pJ!^
^,with a 7 fecure and quiet mindc,in a quiet place:and if that will not fcrue, ^ em ^
or may not be obtaincd,to fecke then fuch mcanes as are rcquilitc To lie in J^^«
Hh ? cleanc
Part.*. Sc&2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb. 5.
238 cleane linncn and fwecte , before he goes to bed or in bed to hearc z fweete
* Aiwam AfuJ?.cl'e } whkh Ficinus commends lib, 1 .cap. 2 4 or as Jcbertm med.praclM.
lTi*7m t lTs' 3-cap.t Moreade fomefleafant Author tiUhe be afieepe , or haue aba/on fwa\
& [oms deli- ter fhll dropping by bis bed ftAe y ot to lie neare that pleafant murmurc, lene ft.
""unio iucun- "Mti s aqu* ,$omc flopd.gates,arches,fals of water, like £ Wo* Bridge, or
da y aut (etmoad fomc continuate noy.ee, which may benumme the fences. TV'commcnds
quem attmtior frications, Andrew Borde a good draught of ftrong drinke before one goes
%7r^aaquT to t>ed,I fay,a nutmeg and ale,ox ; a good draught of mufcadine, with a tofte
tbahoinfubie- and nutmcg,or a poflet of the fame, which many vfe in a morning, but me
tbZtw&c**' tmn ^ cs ^ or ^ uc ^ as " aUC ^ y braincs,are much more proper at night t fome
Ovid.* ' prefcribea^fup ofvinegcr as they goe to bed,a fpooncfull faith tA-timTe*
t^icetiforbit'o. trabibMb.2.fer.2.cap.i .ejr hbj^cap.io.^gmet/i l/b .j.cap.i j.Ptfo, a little af.
ItncblZt™' ter me<lte > c beaufe it rarifies melancholy ,aud procures an appetite to fleepe. Do-
adcondiiandm nat.ab Alt omar. cap. ^.and Mer curtails approue of it, if the malady proceedc
fomiari uvat. f rom t j ic a fpl ene . Salu(l.SalvianMb.2 .cap . j. de re wed. Hercules de Saxtnii
"Quod Uema- . r ; , . . i *
cetum conveni- tn Pan.iAbliamis Mont alt ui de mor.b .capitis .cap. 2 8. de MeUn. arc altogether
againft it , c Rhafis feemes to deliberate of tv, though Simeon commendcit
IxZlndumde (in fawecperad venture,) hemakesaqueftionofitr as for bath, fomentati.
accto. onSjOylesjpotions.fimplesorcompounds inwardly takento thispnrpofe, I
si&fe^r ^P ca ^ e °^ clfewherc . Jfin the midft ofthc night they lie awake, which
ipb.de fanh t is vfuall.to toflc and tumble , and cannot fleepe , % Ranzovius would haue
M*d*. thcm 5 ifit be in vvarmc wcather,to rife and walke three or foure turncs ( till
ftt^femt l ^ e y ^ c c °!d J( Mbout tne chamber,and then goe to bed againe.
'coyiaiiom no - Againft fearefull and troublelbme dreames, Incubus and fuch inconveni*
xntud^d cnccs J vv ^ ereW i m Melancholy men are molcftcd, the beft remedie is to catc
^fomno^ic a light fuppcr,and of fuch mcates as are eafle of digeftion , no hare/venifon,
deuoycrofm- beefe,&c.not to lye on his backe,not to meditate or thinke in the day time
JltSef/rf- ofany terrible obie&s, or efpecially talke of them before hce goes to bed.
m - ; v%i!a -i F°r as hefaid in Lucian after fuch conferencc,//^/^ fomniare mihi videos
fi'ebjtco^are J can thinke of nothing but Hobgoblins: and as TuUy notes, ^forthemofi
^Anfcx hi(l. P art our Jp^ches in the day timejaufe our pha ntafie to wtrke ypon the lib i*
^ optimum de our (leepe^hchEnnivs writes oi Homer.
t*Wibm&lo : Etcanis in fomnis leporU veflhialatrat.
& cafacere. As a dogge dreames ot an hare, lo doe men , on fuch fubie&Sjthcy thought
i Llb.i .d; can- on ] a ft # . * Somnia qu* mentes ludunt volitantibus vmbris,
mirTmonflr™ ^ec delubra dcumjiec ab at here numina mittunty
qu*ftionum ft- Sed fibi ^uif^facit ,ejrc,
?eZ f s"7riZ for^atcaufewheni^/^Kingof^r^had pofed the 70 JnterpreteK
eosmterdum in in oider 3 and asked the 19 th > man, what would make one fleep quietly in the
^TtTdVSs n ^8^ lt ^ ct0 ^ htn^thebejlveayvpastohaue diuine_j and celefliallmediUU-
iTteTebris % ons,and to vfe honcft aftions in-tbe day time. 1 Lod. Fives wonders how Scbcel-
dere verba fat* men coul A [fleepe quietly ; and were not terrified in the night , or walke in theu
Z£o^^ m darkc they had fuch monflrous queflions^and thought effuch terrible matters
^hlnjib.i. ' Aty l° n g' They had need amongft the reft to facrifice to God Morpheus >
•FeH.s Memb. whom 11 f hi/oflratus paints in a white and blacke coat, with a home & Jvo.
tsubfa .. box full ofdreames,ofthe fame colours,tofignirle good and bad. Jfyou
wiy. know-how to interpret thcm,read Ammidorm.Samhucm and Cardan^
buE how* to help c thcml muft refcrre you to a more » conucnient place.
Mbmb,
w
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Part.*, Sc&.i. P*/3cw re&tfied. Memb. d . ul i i
Me MB. SVBSECT. I.
Perturbations of the minder edified. Fromhimfclfe,
by refilling to the vtrnojl 3 confeftng tiu
griefe to a friend >
Hofbeuer he is th^fhall hope to cure this malady mhin.felfeor l^ p ™"]
any other jinuftfirft icitiflctheic palfions and perturbations of fupeUe mnm
theminde, the chicfeft cure confifts in them. Aquietmindeis &
that voluptas ,or Summum bonum of Epicurus, non Aoler cruris vac Are , animo hcla^ZTu-
tranquillo effe ,not to grieue 5 but to want cares 3 and hauc a quiet minders the mukene'us hU-
only pleafurc in the vvor!d,as Seneca, trucly recites his opinion , not that of a^*T m \T
eating and dnnking,which miurious o^r ///o//^ malitioullyputs vponhim a vtmuna m-
andforwhichheisftillmiftaken^/^fl^//^ vapulat, flandered without a rofej >
caufe.andlartiedbyailpcftcrity.o^r^//^ Sorrow therefore are cfiecially j^Jf"
to be avoided, and the minde to be mitigated with mirth. jconftancy, good hope , p Mmm^v eo-
vaine terror s^badobieBs are to be remoued.andalijuch perfons in whofe com- ^ v / t ^ c f l
panies tbey be not wellpleajeL Gua/ter Bruel. Fernelius confil. 4;. Mercurialis terrme: \bJni-
confil.6.PtfO)Iacchinmcap.i <.in p.Rhafis,Capivaccius 5 Hi Idifherm&c.zll in- m r ***vendi<
culcate this as an efpeciall meanes of their cure, that their P mimes be quiet- IjSll m ^ xA
ly pact p. cdfja me con ccits diverted, if ft be poftble,with terror scares fixed flu vifmottv am-
dies i cjgitatt6s i ey t wbatfoeuerit is that fhal any way molefi or trouble the mind y taKlur -
becaute that Othcrwifc there is no good to be done. r The Eodtes mifchiefcs ,Xr&
as Plato proucs,proceid from th" Soule : and if the mtndc bee not fir ft (atistied, mprcced$M,
the body can neuer be cured. Crato in that often cited Counfell ot his, for a qu * Cur(7t '
Nobleman his paticn^wl en he had uifficiently informed him in dice, aire, rtrirnktimip*
exercife,Venus 3 fleepe,co d'des with thefe as iratters of greatclt moment, f$&*m
Quod relict uum e(l wi ns a :c dentia corrtranturStom which alone proceeds l [ a b J lm . U0m
MeJ ir.choly,tney are the to untamed tie lub!cdt.tne hinges whereon ic turns, 0dmt 9 vitakt
and muft nccciTaril y be reformed . i For anger ftirres ckolcrfieats the blood ejr fy'**"**?**
vita/l/pirits,Sjnow mthtrther file refrigerates tie Body , and extznguifheth ^{um^ni
nat ur all heat \ ouerthrowes appetite, hinders cor.ccclion , dries vp the tempera- mfrgidat, a»-
ture,andperucrts the vnder ft andMg.FeMC ditto foc$ the fpirits , infects the ^in^Te
Hcartjattcmutes the Soule: and for 'hefe caufes all padions and perturbati- tium deffiti,
onsmuft to the vrtermoftofotir power, and moft feriouflybeercmoued. c ^oiimem
^£liantuMontalttts attributes fo much to ihcm^ that be holds the rettifica*
Uonofthem alone to beefufficient to the cure of Melancholy in moft patients, fom pervert^
Many arc fully cured when they hat; c feene or hcard.&e. inioy their defires, ^ mob j tvt
or be fecured and fatisfied in their mindes \Galen the common mailer of th5 fmv^ndlfi^t
all/rom whofe fountainc they fetch water 5 brags lib.iJefan.tuendx\i%thtc
for his part hath cured many of this iofirmity^w animu sd reclum inp- l !% d *' m e % 6
tutif,by right fetling of their mindes. ex m foium '
Yea but vou.wi! here infer jthac this is excellent good indeed if it could be reme * m J*iiti
done,bur how (hall it be effecledby whom 5 what Art,what meanes i hie la- Z^atip.
horjioc opus eft. 'Tis a naturall infirmity ,a moft powerfull aducr/ary, all men
arc fubiefl to paffions^and Melancholy aboue all others , as being diftempc-
fed by their innate huraours,abundance of choler aduft ? weaknefle of pans,
outward
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I, 340 outward occurrcnces 3 and how (hall they be avoided ? the wifeft men 5 grca-
teft Philofophers of moft excellent wit s reafon , judgement, diuinc ipirirs
cannot moderate themfelues in this beha'.fe, fuchas are found in Body and
Minde.Sf Heroes, Homers gods, all are paflionate, and furioufly carried
fometimes,and how fhall we that are already Qtak&fraftianimisfKk in bo.
dy,fickc in mindc,refift ? wee cannot performe it. You may aduife and giue
good preccpts,as who cannot? but how fhall they be put ia pra&ife? I may
not deny but our paflions are violent , and tyrannize ouer vs s yet there bee
meanes to curbe them,though they be headftrongjthey may be tamed, they
may be qualified 5 if he himfelfe or his friends 3 will but vfe their honeft endea-
vours,or make vfe of fuch ordinary meanes 3 as arc commonly prelcribed. v
Hehimfdfe(] fayjfrom the Patient himfelfe 3 thefirft and chicfeft remedy
mud be had/or if he be averfc.pecuifl^wafpitfygiue way wholly to his pat
fions,and will not feeke to be eafcd-.or be ruled by his friends, how is it pofk
ble he fhould be cured? but if he be willing at leaft,oentle,tradl:able > anddc«
fire his owne good,no doubt but he may m&gnammorbi deponerepartem^z
eafed at leaft 5 if not cured. Hee himfelfe muftdoe hisvemoft endeauourto
rcfift 3 and withftand the beginnings,/>r/w/^s objla. Giue not water pajfage }
no not a little, Ecclus 25.2 y.it they open a-little, they will make a great breach
at length. Whatfoeuer it is that runneth in bis minde, vaine conceit, beeic
"Jritmkm P leafin g or difpleafing,which fo much affcas or troubleth him/ by all f of.
inprtdiaujum blemeanes he mufi voitbfland it , expell thofe vaine ^falfe, frivolous Imaginati-
malxmwtut" ms ^f ur ^ cottca P ts i v ^ ne I orr0Wes fi om ™hich } [i\xM Pifo^ thuDifeafe prim*.
pnmaJ \aufa ri h 'proceeds , and takes his fir jl occafion or beginning Jby doing femethingoro-
euafmem n* ■ tber that fhall be off fit e vnto tbem fhinking offomething elfe, perfwadtng by
vat?om7bi?fr- reafonjr hovfoeuer to make a fuddatne alteration of them. Though hee hauc
fitjaifch, & hitherto runne in a full Career,and precipitated himfelfe 3 following his paf-
™un^(lZ fi cns >g> uenre ^ neston ^ sa PP ct " c ^ ctn " nnow ^
ITopkltT^t fefe inland as x Lemnius M\feth,ftriue again/I with all his power , to theuU
aliud agendo, mojl of his endeauour } and not cherifh thofe fond Imaginations >rvhich fo couertly
fadzndMvJm cree P e * nt0 ^ minde jnoftf leafing and amiable at firft 5 but bitter as gaullat
mvtaiionem ft • lajl^and fo keadflrongfhat by no reaf w/rtjounfeli, or perfveafion they may bee
^nbTca fr a k eM off- Though he be farre gone, and habituated vnto fuch phantafricall
tteoccuiLM. Imaginations,yet as Y TuSy and Pint arch aduife , let him oppofe,orprepare
gvifiitu huk himfelfe againft them 3 by prcmeditation 5 reafon,oras wee doe by a crooked
*$£%f. fla&Jbcnd himfelfe another way.
fiat, & fummi z Tu tamen inter ea effugito qua triftia mentem
curd obiuttetur* Solicit ant .procul e(fe tube curalq, met ami
foueat imagine PaUentem,vltr/ces iras.fint omnia Uta,
times tacite ob- Jn the mcane time expell them from thy mindc,
IZTJ PaIc fcarcs 5 fa(1 carcs and g riefes wnicn doc it grindc,
th &amab\\et > Rcvengcfull angcr,paine and difcontent,
fid qu* adeb L C t all thy Soule be fct on merriment.
excutiqueant. If it be idlencfle hath caufed this infirmity, or that hee perceaue himfelfe gi-
Id'A^ofiomum vcnto f°li carine ff e > w fonde Imagi*
* Fm^hH. nationjet him by all meanes avoid it, it will in the endc bee hisvndoing.let
him goc prefemly^taske or fct himfelfe aworke,get fomc good company. Jf
he
Part.2. Scdl.2. Vajjions reftified. Memb.6.Subf.i«
he procced,as a Gnat flics about 2 candle,fo long till at length hee burne his 24 1
body/o in the end he will vndoe himfelfe, Ifit be any harfh obiect, ill com-
pany,!ethim prefently goefrom it. Jf by his owne default through ill diet,
badayte,wantof exercife&c, lechimnowbctiinnetoreforme himfelfe,// atr 3a . ,
f 1 / r J • ' a n .•-•/» M if ' EpM.de. Wi*
would be a perfect remedy agiwjt all corruption ,if as a Roger Bacon hath it 3 vs>ee tk ana & na-
couldbut moderateout fe/ues in thofe fix norunatura\thmgs : b if it bee^any turacap.7.de
difgrace^abufe temporal loffejdumnyjletfb of friends, tmprifonment^ banifh- 'mltm*^?
rnentjo e not troubled rvith it, doe notfeare,bee not angry ; grieue not At it, but contra co rrupti*
with all courage fuftaine it t (Gordonius Li. cap. de confer wit*) Tu contra au- 9 r } m J^ lam *
dentior ito. c Jt it be {ickncfte,iU fuccefle.or any adverfity that hath caufed it, lent 'regimen'
eppofe an invincib'e courage fort ijie thy felfe by Gods rvordjr oiberwiJe y ma. IfWetihtpud
U bonis perfuadendi, (ct prolpcrity againft adverfity, as wee refrefh our eyes ^SwtttH
by feeing fome pleafanc :neddow,fountainc.picture 5 or the like; recreate thy Ww.
minde by fome contrary ohiccfyvith fome more pleafine mcditation.diuert °. Pn Alt * M
thy thoughts. ^ vdiyier^neo
Yea,btit you inferre againe,/rff/7tf tonfilinm d&miis alijs^wc can cafily giuc Foarmflkne *
counfelltoothers,euery man,as the faying is,can tame a fhrew/but he that S^'iS
hathher^ hie effes^alitcr fenfires, if youwere in ourmifcry , you would necpro cmtre,
fwde it otherwife,'tis not fo eafily performed. We know this to be true, wee n ^ ro e ^f° %
{hould moderate our fclues,but we are furioufly earied 3 we cannot make vfe mXlfcalVJtc
of fuch Precepts, we arc ouercome,fick, male /i»/.,dij(tempercd and habitua- timeat, nu da-
ted in theft: courfes,we can make no refinance; you may as well bid him that
js difeafed/iot tofeelepaine, as a melancholy man not to feare, not to bee tdhecfufuneM
fad: us within in his blood, his braines,his whole temperature, it cannot be \^f£^ ltf
rcmoued.But he may choofe whether he will giue way too farre vnco it a hee faaui*fmu»k
may in fome fort correct himfelfe. A Philofophcr was bitten with a madde ho: mfbmw*
dog,and as the nature of that difeafe is to abhorre all waters,& liquid things,
and to thinkc ftill they fee the picture of a dog before them : He went for all oppotus, z>«
ius/eliicljintefefti the Bathe.and feeing there ( as he thought)in the water, v J^°/™r%f
the picture of a dog,with reafon ouercame this conceipt 3 quid cant cum bal. Zl&!!um.
•neo? what fhould a dog doe inaBathePa mcereconceipt.Thou rhinkeft thou bmwJ&x.i*, '
he3reft and feeft divels,black men,&c. t'is not fo. c is thy corrupt Phantafy,
fettle thy Imagination, thou art well. Thou thinkeft thou haft a great nofe,
thou art fick,eucry man laughes thee to fcorne,perfvvade thy felf t'is no (iich
matter: this is feare onely,and vaine fufpition. Thou art difcontentjthou art
fad and heauy^but why? vpon what gtound? confiderofit,thou arcicalous,
timorous,fufpitious,for what caufe? examine it throughly, thou (halt findc
none at all,or fuch as is to be contemned, fuch as thou thy fclfe wilt deride,
and condemnc in thy fclfcwhen it is paft.Rule thy felfe then with rcafon 3 {a«
tisfie thy fe!fe,accuftome thy felfe, weane thy felfe from fuch fond coceipts,
vaine feares,ftrong Jmaginations,reftleflfe thoughts. Thoumayn;doeit,£/£
in vobis affuefcere fas Plutarch faith ) we may frame our fellies as we will. As
he that weares an vpright fhooe, may correct the obliquity, or crookednes,
by wearing it on theothcrfide:weniayouercomepa(fionsifwe will. Quic-
quid fibi imperavit animus obtinuit^s d Seneca tixihjtullitamferi affecJus y ut d j# tl Jr ^
non difciplina perdomenrur whzt{otucv the Will defircs, fhe may comand:
no fuch crucll affections, but by difcipline they may be tamed. Voluntarily
thou wilt not doc this or that, which thou oughtcft to doe, 01 refiainc &c.
I i buz
Part.2.Se&.2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.6.SubC (
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342 but when thou art lafhcd like a dull J adc,thou wilt reforme it/eare of a whip
will make thee doe,or not doe. Doc that voluntarily then which thou canlk
doe,andmuftdoebycompuIfion: thou maift rcfraine if ihouwilr, and ma*
• ca deaf ^ Cr t ^ ne an ° e< ^^ ons * c m A Clt y (feith Melanclhn ) they doe byflubborne
fefatJ 'aim*. rebellious r agues hat will not fubmit themfelues to political g ouernment.com*
Vt in civit :ti- pell them byforce.fo mufl we doe by our affections *lf the heart will not lay ajidc_j
buA ttntumacti t yr g vtt i 0(ts mo t ions .and the phantafy.thafe fond Imaginations, wehaucano*
qui non cedmt , J 7 r j r • i t
piuua imperh, ther forme of gouernment y to enforce andrefrainc our outward member s, that
w comendi they be not led by our papons.h appetite will not obey, let the Mouing facuU
^ofatidid't tv oucr-rule her .lecher rcfift andcompellher to doe other wife.Jn an Ague,
alteram imperij the Appetite would drinke.fore eyes that itch^would be rubbed, butReaibn
^Znde ona°vi ^ tn no > and therefore the mouing faculty will not doc it. Our Phantafy
itfum ajfetiu, would intrude a thoufand feates,fuipitions,Chimera's vpon vs ? huc we hauc
membra f>m teafon to refift,yet we let it be ouer- borne by our Appetite, { Imagination
mruminquod en f orcet h fyir it i. which by an admirable league of Nature , compell the nerucs to
afettni npel- obey y and they our feuerall immes: wee giue too much way to our paiTions.
ht,&focomoii' A nt j as t0 n j m tnat IS f iC ^ c Q £ an Ague, all things are dirt aftefull and vnplea-
impem Mem- febtjton ex cibi r///*, faith Plutarch, not in the meat, bu* in our taftc : fo ma-
perat, alien re- n y things are offenfiue to vs,not of themfelues,but out of our corrupt Judg-
^annatmm- mem jealouficjfufpitiotijaod the like, wee pull thefe mifchiefcs vpon our
peiiithi'it i,& owne heads.
ventur' V &r If then our ludgmentbe fodepraued, our Rcafon ouer ruled, Will pre*
& obtemperant cipitaied,chat we cannot feeke our own good,or moderate our fellies, as in
imagination & this Difeafe commonly it is , our beftway for cafe is to impart our mifery
W fkd re™d' 10 ^ ornc hi zn d J not to 8 fmother it vp in our own breft, alitur vttiu^ crefcit^
txeqtmim tegendo £rr.and that which was moft offenfiue to vs,a caufe of fearc & grief,
quod iubent. q U0 ^ nmc te C oquit^ another hell*, when as we (halibut impart it to fbme dif-
llu^MoffTfy creet,trufty,louingjfriend,is h inftantlyremoued, by counfell happily, wif-
extflua'intw. domejperfwafion^aduifejhis good meanes, which we could not otherwifc
* V r'nfGw a PPty vnto our ^ ues * A friends Counfell is a charme,and as a \ Bull that is
kparticipesin- tyedtoa figge tree, becomes gentle on a fudden (which fome, faith */Y«-
AecikmuAtk /^reinterpret of good words ) fo is a fauage, obdurate heart mollified by
wiutfxon'raTa. faire fpeecbes. All adverfttyfindes eafe in complainings ( as \ Ifodore holdesj
in eos fars'ma and iis a comfort to relate it^
were levamur. . rl « , . , . f
•fcmerarhi Friends confabulations are comfortable at all times, mutually luitaimng
tmbkm.i6.ceat eacn other,like Ivy and a wall,which \ Camerarim hath well illuftrated in aa
*Sympt>f.iib.6. Embleme* Lenit animumfimplex, vel fepe narratio , the flmple narration
tap.10. many times eafeth our diftrelTcdminde,and in the midft ol greateflextrcmi-
lidifrfa fttl' ti es ^fo m anyhauc becnerclieued,by 'exonerating themfelues to afaithfull
mbabetmque- friend he fees that which wc cannot fee for palfion&difcontent, he pacifies
nia Uvamen- our mindes,hc will eafe our paine,afiwagc our anger, quanta indc voluptai,
mm relays &c. quttntafecuritas, chryfoftome addes, what plcafure, what fecurity by that
* AUoquium meanes J \ Nothingfoauatleable^ or that fo much refrt fbeth thefoule ofmM*
sbm & whofoeuer t hen labours of this malady, by all meanes let him get fome tru-
joiamen amtei. n r \ t. // 111 ^
t zmb.njcmt. fty friend, k Semper habens Pyladem^ altquem qui curet Oreflem t
Damd * fyfodesjio whom freely and fecurcly he may open himfelfe, It is the beft
OA to ImAtbati s 1 Saoa.zo. f Seitea tpifl. 67* k Ovid.
thing
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thing in the World 1 Senec -a therefore advifcth in fitch a cafe, to get a tru- 243
Jly friendfo whom we may freely andfecurely powreout our fecrets , nothing fo 1 De rrarjwfc
delighteth And eafeth the minde ^as when we haue a prepared bofome, to which ^fimmmp^
eurfecrets may defend, of whofe confeieneewi are affnred as our owne y vohcfe hmn.nafa, w
fbeech may eafe our fuccorleffe eft Ate ^ counfcllrelieue, mirth expell cur mournine < femfeaetan-
and whofe very fight may be acceftaole vnto vs.)t was the counlell which thac mm, nihil' *qui
politickc ^Commineus gaue to all Princes, and others diftrefled in mindly rikfot mw f
occafionofcWw Duke of £0^0*^, that was much perplexed, fir ft ^ to
pray to God, and Uy himfelfe open to him, And then to fome ffeciallfriend, whom ra, m qu<t tutb
vp e hold mo fi dearejo tell alt our grieuances to him, nothingfo\forcibleto fireng- dt $ en '
then, recreate and heale the wounded foule of a mi [ex able man. c^lSiaZui
fermofoitudinem !eniat,fententia confilium exjiedkt, bilaritas iriflitiam dijjtpet, conljietlufa ipfe deleftet. m Comments. lib.7.
Ad Oeum coifugamitijir peccntuveniampreccmr, indead*mcos i & cui pluriMUM tribHmH6,nos pate faimw totes & mimi
Wtlm fioajflymutyibUadreficmdumiaiimum efficatiu*.
S V B S H C| 2,
Helpe from friends by counfeH,comfort, faire And foule meanes ,wttt;
deuices ,fatisfaciion y Alteration of his courfe oflife^f,
remoouing obiecis, ejre.
WHen the Patient of himfclfrs not able to reflft.or oucr-comc thefe
heart-eating Paflions, his friends or Phyfirian miift bee ready to tt C %W<?
{iipplythat which is wanting. Ifhis weakenciTcbc fuch.thathec mam^dtiy
cannot dKcerne what is amifTe^orrect or fatisfic, it behoues thembycoun- w*jw,?fw»tt-
fcll,comfort,or per{wafion,by fairc or foule meanes, to alienate his minde, oXf/S'***-
by fomcartificiall invention jOr forae contrary perfwafion,to remoue all ob- landoiu 'cw-
ie&s 3 caufcs,companies,occafions } asmay any way csmolcfthim,to humor re P[ aex ^
him,pleafc him.divert him.and if it be polfible, by altering his courfe of life,
togiuehtmfccurityandfatisfa&ion.lf he concealc his grievances^and will d'e o^'mbm n-
not be kno wne of them/ » Theymuft obferueby hit lookes, ge fares, motions, ^rZ'domZ
pbanttfy, what it id that offends], and then to apply remedies vnto him: ma- r ever fa > prater
ny are inftantly cured , when their mindes are fatisfied. Alexander makes IP (m &c-
mention of a woman, that by reafon of her husbands longab fence in tfav ell, m lltJ^ ui
iy as exceeding 'peeuifh and melancholy , but when fhe heardher hrtsbandwas re- nm'utttm efet
tmnedjjeyondallex^eaation^tthe firft fight of him^ee was freed from all ^gJJJ^
fear e without helpe of any other Phyficke, reft 'ored to her former health, Trinca- ucuperlvit.
veliilsconfil.vMb.rhathfacha&otyotirenetian, that being much trou- ^m4 e ^
bled with melancholy.P an* ready to die for grief e: when he heard his wife was ™f%Jv7ruL
brought fo bedtfafonne, inftantly recouered* As Alexander concludes, S if our amfido imagi-
Imaginations be not tnveterate,by this Art they may bee cured, epcially 7 ifthey JJ^J^
proceede from fuch a cauJe^tNo better way to fatisfie,then to remoue the ob- t im ubi malum
ie<2,caufe,occafion,if by any Art or meanes poflibly we may finde it out. If Atov***.-
he grieue,ftand infeare,be in fufpition,fufpence,orany way molcfted/ecure
cceafionem ha*
himJolvitur rnalum&iuc him fatisfaftion, the cure is ended, alter his courfe buent.
oflif Cj thcreneedes no other Phyficke. If the party be fad, orothcrwifcaffc- ^^jgj2
fedfonfider (faith r Trail/an) the wanner of It, all 'cir -cum fiances, & forthwith
*lio ifjjeClu ce-
perit fpecim
cwfiderttj aut atiudqud emm, quefufitm aUmxmemfawt fefant,
I i 2 make
Part.2.Se&2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb. 6. Subta.
244 make afudden alteration, by rcmouing the occafions, auoidc all terrible ob*
{ £vuandi mm- ,hcard or fecne, f monftrons and prodigious ajpe&s, talcs of divcls, fpirits,
ffafa tfreftut, g ho ^ $j tragicall ftories,to fuch as are in feare they ftrike a great impreflion'
*Ne&enimtam renew many times,and recall fuch Chimera's, & terrible fictions into their
kJIio out rem- m j fflc j cs t jtf a ke not fo much as mention of them in priuate talke y or a dumbe (bew
iufmgds d$ii- tending to that pur pofe: fuch things ( iaitn Galateus ) are ofjenjtue to tbetr Jma*
eet,fedenvet gigation. And to fuch as are in forrow, u Seneca forbids all fad companions ,
wgklZad- an d fab lament, a groaning companion is an enemy to qntetneffe* Or if there
umbwe, vebe- be any fuch party At whofe prefence the Patient U not well pleafed 3 hee muft bee
mmir mole- remme fa n e ntle (beeches, and faire meanes muft fir ft be tried, no harfh language
Hum.GAlAt.de «^ r It I 1 n r J 1 /r- • , 6
mor.cAf.7. 'vfedjpr vncomjortable words ^ana not expeu, as jome doe, one madneffe with a*
vjrAnquil pa- notherjie that fo doth,u madder then the Patient himfelfe: all things muft be
Ss^&mniA quietly compofed/x/rr/* non ever tenda fed erigenda ,things do\vn,muft not
depyantei,t?2 be deie&ed jbut ereared,as Crato counfclleth, y he mufl be quietly andgtntly
qumatimmi- v f e d^vA notdoe any thing againft his mind, but by little and little. As an
ITrLrbit^om- horfe that ftartsat a drumme or trumpet, and will not endure the (hooting
ttiagemttis. ofapiccc,may be fo manned by Arr, and animated, that he cannot onelycn-
lom^Jqll- durc,but is much more generous at the hearing of fuch things, much more
rum anfortio couragious thcnbefore,& much delighteth in it: they muft not be reformed
ubborret, fr*- eX abrupto t but by all Art & infinuation, made to fuch companies afpects,
da, net ferment' obiects,they could not formerly away with. Many at firft cannot endure the
but ingratu ob- fight of a greene wound,a fick man,which afterward become good Chirur-
Zfk»*AmAb"in gi°ns,bold Empcricks: A horfe ftarts at a rotten poft afarrc orf,which com-
fknia,jic cuwi ming neere,he quietly paflcth.T'is much in the manner of making fuch kind
*ftimet,&pro- ofperfons.be they neuerfoavcrfe from company, baflifull, folitary, timo-
gU quam *ger rous,they may be made at laft with thofe Roman Matrons, to defire nothing
infAnit.crAto more then in a publikc fhew,to fee a full company of gladiators breathe out
their laft.
j MoUitir <tc If they may not otherwifebe accuftomed to brooke fuch diftaftefull and
^traattuY *nec ^?^^ m % obie&Sjthc beft way then is generally to avoidc thcm t Montanut
adea'adigaTur confil.22 9X0 the Earle of Momfort a Courtier, and his Melancholy Patient,
*«« nm curat, aduifeth him to leaue the Court, by rcafon of thofe continuall difcontcntj,
luras^muS- z cites -> factions y emulat tons, ambition^ anger jealoufie, which that place affor-
nm,*mbitienc, ded^and which furely ctufedhim to be fo Melancholy at firft:
'^KuTiitmr Maxima qu*fy domusfervu efi plena fnferbis, A company
§m&%™}t- of /coffers and proud Jacks, are commonly converfant& attendant in fuch
uffent meiAtt- placcs 3 and able ro make any man that is of a foft quiet difpofition (as many
tiotoum. times they doe J ex fiulto injanumji once they humour him, a very Idiot, or
ftarkemad. A thing too much pradifed in all common focieties, and they
haue no better fport then to make thcmfelucs merry by abufing forae filly
felloWjOr to take advantage of another mans wcakncflc.In fuch cafes, as in a
plague, the beft remedy \s,cito,longe, tardh (for to fuch a party, efpecialiy if
he be apprehenfiue,thcrecan be no greater mifcry)to get him quickly gone,
farrc enough off,and not to be oucr-hafty in his returne. If he bee fo ftupid,
that he doe not apprehend it, his friends ftiould take fome order, & by their
difcrctiofupply that which is wanting inhim.as in all other cafes they ought
todoc.Ifthcy fee a man Melancholy giuen, folitary, avcrfe from company,
plcafc himfelfe withfuch priuate and vaine meditations, though he delight
in
Part.2. Scd.2. MmJe retttfyed. Memb,6.Sbbf.*.
in it, they ought by all meancs to fecke to divert him , to dchort him, to tell 245
him of the euent and danger that may come of it. ]f they fee a man idle,that
by rcafon of his meancs othcrwifc, will betake himfelfe to no courfc of life,
they ought ferioufly to admonifh him , hec makes a noofe to intangle him-
fclfcjhis want of imploymcnt will be his vndoing. Jf hec hauc fuftaincd any t ^#>'»« *-
great loflc/uffcred a repulfc,difgraec,&c.if it bee po0ible,relicuc him.lf hce Tmtjf}^
defire ought,let him be fatisficd,if in fufpencc,fcare, fufpition, let him be fe- 0Cklt ft' <*p'~
cured,and if it may conveniently bc,giuc him his hearts content; for the bo- '^imlmm
dy cannot be cured till the mindebefatisfied. f Socrates in Plato would pre- fotefi.
lcribe no Phyfickc for Charmides headach , tiUfirft hee had eafcdbu trouble.
fome minde-Jbody & foule muft be cured together head and eyes. If that may mm^ammim*
not be hoped or expected, yet cafe him with comfort, chearefull fpeeches, oddeki-
fairepromifes,and good words,perfwadehim.aduife him. Manyfyith *Ga- ]™ t
len^ have beene cured by goodcounfcll andperfwajion dene. Heauineffe of thtLJ tttmd.
heart of man doth brtng it dovonejbnt agoodvpord reioyceth /?,Piou. 1 2*2 5 b ^ n ( el '
there u hethat jpeaketh words like thepricking of afiverd , but the tongue of a ^ufapkitiir&
wfemanu. health, Vct(.ib,Oratio nam^faucij antmi efi remedium } a gentle /«* tepeutdbi-
fpcech is the cure of a wounded foule,as b Plutarch contends out ©f tAfcby- ^^j^"
Iw and Euripides: if it be wifely admimftredjt eafethgriefe and paine^ as di- diverjafuntydo-
verfe remedies doe many other difeafes: 'Tis incantationis in flar ; a charme. A lmttm fp'^ be ~
Wife and wcl lpoken man may doe much in fuch a cafe,a goodOrator alone, D?nat.dtmh.
as c T//i7yholds,can alter affections by power of his eloquence > comfort fuels cwfoUaw offli-
as are aj fuel ed,er eft fuch as are depreffed^exp ell and mitigate fearej»ft,anger^ ^InJt^Tu-
tjre. and how powcrfull is the charme ofadifcreet and deare friend. Illeregit mart, eup'-dita-
diclis animos.dr teperat //^What may not he effccVAs d Chremes told^fcfr- t^d'Z^
nedemus^Feare not.ccnceale it not O friend, but tell met vch&t it ii that troubles primit.
thee s and J fbaHfurely helpe thee by comfort , coun/ell, or in the matter itfelfe. d Ht<mton,A[l.
c Arnoldm libit .breuiar.cap.iS. fpeakes of an Vfurer in his time,that vpon a i^'^JS
loflc much melancholy and difcontent,wasfo cured. As Imagination/care, u^tdenqum
gricfc,caufe fuch paffions, fo conceipts aIone,rc£tified by good hope , coil jjjjj ^ ^J?"
fell,&c. are able againe to helpe: and 'tis incredible how much they can doe So Jut n'"
iUVt-
in fuch a cafc,as f 7r/>f*W/*«illuftratesbyan example of a Patient of his. *
Torphyrius the P hilofophei/in Plotinus life, written by him ) relates ofhim- ^Z^Jum
fclfc,that being in a difcontcnted humour through vnfuffcrablc anguiftiof upudmmfic
irund,hc was going to make away himfelfe.- but meeting by chance his ma- tur * tum >'i ui ^
iter Plotinus ^who perceauing by his diftracled lookes all was not wcll,vrgcd "ml^aJtT
him to'confeffe his griefe: which when he had heard, he vied fuch comforta- f ^-c«nftU%
ble fpeeches, that he redeemed him efaueihus Erebi , pacified his vnquiet aT^ltm^
minde.infomuch, that he was cafily reconciled to himfelfe , and much aba*- mxmi.
fhed to thinkc afterwards that hec fhouldcuer cntertainc fo vile a motion. % ^ em '' l fj iu f' ,
B, . \ r r • -r j i i r r ffi$dtCOMdltUHH
y all meanes theretorc,taire promiies,good words,gent!e penwafions arc kmw&m m-
to be vfcd.not to be too rigorous at firft ,5 or to iufult ouer themjtit to deride- f ultet ^ < Ht ■ .*
negletlor contemne^but rather ,as Lemnius cxhorttth/opttty , and by aU plash ^^mmfml
fihle meznes to feeke to reduce them : but if fttisfa&ion may not be had, milde potwindoief-
cowrfes, promifes, comfortable fpeeches , and good counfcll will not take ^'l^'fl'
place-,thcn as Chriftopharus a Vega determines lib. >,.caf. 14.de Mel. to handle 1*. ' '
them more roughly , to threaten and chide, faith h Altomarus a terrify fome- h Of-iMm
times , or as SduUms will hauc them, to be lafhed and whipt, as wc doe by ]y'J* wcnt **
' Ii 2 aftaj.
Part.2«Sect.2. Cure of melancholy. Memb.6.Subf.;
246 a ftarting horfe,* that is affrighced without a 'caufc , or as k Rbafu aduifcth
iguod timet on: ^yilc to fpsakefaire and flitter Another while to terrifie and chides rh?u
gitur& vtdet. inauicccauic.
¥ vnivktbii- When none of thefe precedent remedies will availe,it will not be amiflc
fantur,vna-vt' sauanorola and Mian MoMaltuS fo much commend . clauumdaul
rtm mumnt. fellere} to ariue out one fafsien wnb mot her, or by j ome cotrary fapon^% they
isiverofucrit ^ 0Q bleeding at nofe by letting blood in the arme,to expell one fearcwith
ZZZdfxa. another ,one griefe with another. m christophorus a Fega accounts it ratio-
wmi academe, nail Phy fickc 5 "»0 » alienum a ratieneand Lemnim much approues xi^tovfe
mt demiftont an fc ar dtved?e to an hard knot, to driue out onedifcafc with another,to du!J
m»rteamiei s in- °ut a tootb,or wound nim,tnat the painc of the one,may mitigate the grief
troditcantumo' of the othzr t and / knew e fuch a one that was fo curedofa quartan ague, by the
™H«itfum A aA {utMcHcomming of his enimies vponhim^ If wee may belceue ° Pliny ,whom
gaud* mrntpit, Scdliger calls mendaciorum patrum 3 the father of lies 5 0. Fabi/ts Maximus
deboc fem\Ki that renowned Con fuU ofe;#?,in abattle fought with theKineof thzAl-
4. Cm lobroges 5 atthc ruier /Jaurvs,was lo rid of a quartan ague. Valefius in hiscon-
« ^.5.^.14. trovcrfics,holds ihis an excellent remedy , and if it bee difcreetly vfed in this
malady.bettcr then any Phyfeke.
'bo,vt chvm Sometimes againe by fome P faincdiy,ftrange ncwes, witty device,arti<
cUvorctHid*- ficiallinuentionjitisnotamifletodcceaue them. k^Js they hate thofe faith
wSo mi'm w« Alexander 5 that neglecl or deride , fo they giuee are to fuch as will foot h them
mum adbihe - <vp. If they fay \t hey haue fw allowed ft ogges or a fnakejay allmeanes grant it.,&
qTeTS tea them y°» can eafily cure it: 'tis an ordinary thing. Philodotus the Phyfitian
bofimmwwpi, cured a Melancholy King , that thought his head was off, by putting a lea-
&iwt>mtoti- den cap thereon, the waight made him perceauert, & freed him ofhisfond
Tpuier!u! laM Imagination. A woman in the faid Alexander, , fwallowed a Sef pent as (bee
o Lib.j.capjo. thought,he gauc her a vomit 3 and conveyed a Serpent, fuch as fhec concca*
vedjinto the bafon.vpon the fight of it (bee was amended. The pleafantcft
liberate eft.] dotagethat euer 1 rcad,faith r Uurentius ,was of a Gentleman of^^ain
p iacchinui cap j ta [y ,who was afraid to pifle,left all the townc fhould be drowned, the Phy-
Mmu.16 fitians cau fed the bells to be rung backward, and told him thetowne was on
iLib.1sap.16 firc,wberevpon he pifTed, and was immediatly cured. Another thought his
SSf #• nofc fo bi gg«> that hc fo° uld ic a § ainft the walls if hee fiirred, his Phyfi^
eiHiYideni ccn* tian tooke a great peccc of flefh , and holding it in his hand 3 pinched him by
temunt.sira- t he nofe , making him beleeue that flefti was cut from it. Forefltts obferu.
"2?dtfeT?»- ltb ' 1, hacJ 3 melancholy patient,who thought he was dead 3 Ike futafefom
turn concederc, in a chcflfikc a dead man by his bed fide^ and made hint ere are himjelft a little,
temlbcwafa- ea * ! ^ me ^ ne ^°h mcln ^hed the counterfeit whether dead men v[e to tit
cm. meatjie told himyeajwherevpon he did eat liiervife , and was cured. Lemnim
'tctanf'mt ^^--^ -^/ > -^-^' f ^.^w/'/^Ar.hath ma«y Rich examples. And Ivuianus Pontanut
txmZorum M>.+caf*. of wifd. of the like : but amongft the reft I finde one moft memo*
eonfiUopi-ope rable , regiftrcd in the French Chronicles , of an Aduocatc of Paris before
'imVmom-' mentioned, whabeleeued verily hc was dcad,&c. I read a multitude of fuch
mfingentem ' examplcs a of melancholy menfo cured by fuch artificial! inventions.
foCuit t bic in
tifla iaccnsy&c.
£Serres ijjo.
Svbsicy. 3,
Part.2, Sc&.i. Perturbations re&ified. Mcmb.6.Sub£j
Svbsec. 3.
Muficke a remedy*
247
MAnyandfundryarethemcanes,wJiicri Philofophers and Phyfiti-
ans hauc prefcnbed to exhilarate a forrowful heart, to diuert thofe
fixed and intent cares and meditations, which in this malady fo
much offend', but in my iudgemcnt none fo prefent,none fo powerful, none
fo oppofite as a cup ot ftrong drinke, mirth, muficke, and merry company. Jn
Ecclus ^0.20. Wine And Muficke reioyce the beart.Rbafts cont.g.Tracl.i /. oa7- m^m vim
tomarus,cap. 7. ^lianas Montaltui cap.26 t Ficinus,Bi'ned'.P r /c7or.Fauentinrts, Met Mrfca,
are almoft immoderate in the commendation of it,a moft forcible medicine \\P'^^ r ' an
* Jacchinm calls it. Ufon Pratenfis,a moft admirable thing, and worthy of con- da profiflo ret
fideration J hat can fo mollifie the minde 3 and flay thofe tempeftuous afjecltcns e P> & d wcx-
of it. Mufica eft mentis medtcina m*ft<e,2 roaring-meg againft v) C lancho]y,to %mmcmtiw
ereare and reviue thelanguifhing Soule, 1 affecting not only the eares^but the mt«s mmm
'very arteries f he vit all and animal Jpirits y it erects the mindc_j ,and makes it t j" olt ' a t-fP*tj,
nimble \Lemnim tnjlit.cap 44. And this it will effect in the moft dull/euerc, affeakms!
and forrovvfull Soules , z expellgriefe with mirth, and if there bee any cloudts J Uttpmeii.
or dufl^er dregges of cares yet lurking in our thoughts , mcfl powerfully it wipes ™* JwSS
them all away. Saltsbur.polic.lib.r .cap, 6. and that which is more 5 it will per- titjitc um au-
formc all this in an inftant. a Cheat e vp thy countenance \expellaufterity .bring refe, S C!t ^ &
1 . ~ ' j y ' o \0n1tHpet arte-
g» h/larityf Girald.Cavib. cap. 12.Topog.Ff/ber.Jinforme our manners, mitigate i\ M $r.
anger \AthenxU4 (Dipnofeph/ft.lib.j4.cap.io.)c2llcili ir 3 an infinite t( eafure to f&flmtmtm
fuchasareindowed with it. D vlcifcnum refic/t trifltacordamelos. Eobanus l l 'j' es f ma " >
Heffus.Many other properties b Cafiodorus epift.4. reckons vp of this our mmcmreddent
divine Muficke, not only to expell the grcateft griefes , but it dcth extenuate f ,m & c -
feares and furies , Jfppeafeth cruelty , awaketh heauineffe , and to juchasar^ ftateffmcmt
watchfully caufeth quiet reft ft takes away fpleene and hatred , bee it inftru- frue.iuescapit,
mentall votall ? wiih ftrings,windc. c Qutaftiritu ^fiuemanuum dexteritate f c ^ imstrj p es
gubernetur^c. it cures ail irkfomnelTc and heauincfTc of the Soule. c Labo- fubko exbiUm,
ring men that ling tr> their workc,can tell as much,cV fo can Souldiers when vuhilos vu,,Hi .
they goe to fi^hr^whom terror ofdeath cannot fo much affright, as Muficke meml'ftiif
animates. // makes a child quiet ,the nurfes fong, &cjn a word it is fo pow- ittetmdmtem
crfull a thinc,thar it rauifheth the Soulc,and carries it beyond it felfe,helps, B " rb f'
cleua*:es 5 cxr..nds it. Scalxqer.exerc/t.jo2.Q > wcs a realon of thele cfrects ; e be- pmae gen.es;
caufcthe fpirits a^out the heart } take in that trembling and dancing ayre into ? om
the boky^nd are t/toued together } and flirred vp xoith it 5 or clfe the mindc , as t j"™ immlm
fome fiippofc, harmonically compofed,isrowfcdvp at the tunes of Mufick. b cytbaratri-
And 'tis not oncly men chat are foaffc&cd, but almoft all other creatures. f^fZ*!?
You kno we the tale of Hercules G alius, Orpbeu* } ar)d Amphion .fielices animas attenufucrucn-
OzvWcalls therrt that could faxa mouere fono tcfludinisfiic* make ftockes and J^*"?"
ftonesaswcllasbeafts, other animals dance after their pipes. Lsfrien that ia»gHorem'&c.
made *" Fifhcs follow him, which as common experience evinceth^are much Pet. Arethe.
affeaed with Muficke. All fmging birds arc much plcafcd with ir,efpecially l^ltfoi^.
* JQuodtyiritM qui in cordt optant,t<emulHm,& fubfultantem renpimtammmfe5lui,& i»deexcttmtur,a &mtttmu(cttlimuen-
tuty&c. f M : Cartvo of Anthony in DcfcripcCfir»a»4i7,faith of Sailcs that they will come and ftcw themfducs dancing
at the found of a Trumpet,/*/.} &f»L 1 H-*. •
Nightingales
Part.2 t Se<5t 2. Cure of Melancholy. Mcmh.6,Subf.j«
248 Nightingales , if wee may beleeue Calcagninus , and Bees amongft the reft,
?vectru;equo, though they be flying away, when they hcare any tinkling found, will tarry
mmm^- bthMiHmSiHiithstforfeS > Dogges, Beares, are exceedingly delighted mth
fia a!fmu-uur. it^Scal.exerc. 30 2, .Elephants Agnppa zddes Jib.2. cap. 24. and in Lydia in the
buumn imp m idft f a lake there be certaiac floating Ilands, (if you will beleeue it; that
« s«p ir met after good Muficlce will dance.
mwba moduli- B lJC t0 leaue all declamatory fpeechesinpraifeofMiuineMufickejIwill
I7t&d4ert confine my felfc to my proper fubiedl: bcfidcs that excellent power it hath
tit 'conaliavH to expell many other difeafes,it is a foueraigne remedy againft « Dcfpaire &
op em. Melancholy^and will driue away the Divell hirnfelfe. Canus a Rhodian Fidler
]wemibZ%- in k Philoftratm jnhtvi Apollonius was inqiiifitiue to know what he could doe
rorem adtmm, with hispipc,told him, that hee couldmake a melancholy man merry ^an&kim
Uuntemvero^ t ^ a( mtrr y^ much merrier then before, a louer more inamored , a religious
^biUnmm ,T man more deuout. ifmenias the Theban , 1 chyron the Centaur e is faid to hauc
mntem caiidi- Cllre d this and many other difeafes by Mufick alone: as now they doc thofc,
S/2»T faith m W^<?,that are troubled wuli S c Vitus bedlam dance. *7imotheus
corrcptum, & the Mnfitian compelled Alexander to skip vp and downe, and leauehis din-
addcos eolendot ncr (hke the tale of the Frier and the Boy) whom ^ufiin deciu. Dei, lit. ij %
P tVZ m coma cap. 14X0 much commends for it. Who hath not heard how Dauids harmo
Sxm.16 .and Ehfha when he
when
de
mem sakfo j^[ An i^ hsth many examples , how Clinics and Empedccles cured fomedef-
*Exiiire econ. perately mclancholy 5 and fomc mad 5 by this our Muficke. Which becaufe it
vw'ioxvdm, hath fuch excellent vermes, belike Homer brings in Themim playing , and
Mufes finging at the banquet of the Gods. Ariflotle pelit. lib. $. cap.
*Lib.9.'cap.t. Plato 2.delegibu* >highly approue ofit,and fo doe allPolititians.The Greekf,
Tfahnxt^sam- R omitn$ graced Mufickc,& made it oae of the libcrall fcrcnees, though
wwu^Su' n be now become mercenary. All ciuill commonwealthes allow it. Cneius
dimm obiefa- Man\iw{«s * Limns relates) A ab vrb.cond, $6?* brought firft out of t^tfia
mn lif A Afii to Rome ^ ln g in § wenchcsjplayers^ieftersjand all manner of Muficke to their
wuetftlt w- feafts. All Princes and Emperouts, and perfons of any quality, maintaine it
btm - . ia their Courtsj No mirth without Muficke. S 1 Thomas Moore 'mhlsMo*
t iptimer hite Vtopian com monwcalth 3 allows Mufick as an appendix to cuery meale,
&magn.i cum and that throughout 5 to all forts, Ep iftet us c&Ws menf tm mutam ,pr<efepe, a
V a?tdto^Tt taD ^ e wu:nout Muficke,a manger. P Lewes the #/.when hee inuitcd Edward
friote ttecebw the 4. to come to Paris , told him that as a principall pare of his entertainc-
hifce upturn ment> h e fhould he arc fweet voices ofchildrcn^xquifite muficke., he fhould
Viptdiafumm ; hauc a and the Cardinal] olBurbon to be his Confeflor, which hee vfed
bauiduHede- as a moft plaufible argument : as to a lenfuali man, indeed it is. f Lucian in
Tinmuficis fa booke de [altatione is not afhamed to profefle 5 that hee tookc infinite dc*
pxomnem fide light in finging,dancing ) mufickc,& fuch like pleasures, W//>£<w ( faith he)
tapior & able- y (t t heare them vlay and dance 3 / knowc_j thou wouldjl be fo well pleafed
tbmijpmTaJpi' with the obiec~l,tbatthouwould(l dance for company thy felfe , without doubt
tio, todcham thou vcilt be taken with it. So <! Scaliger of hirnfelfe ingenuouGy confeflfcth,
mUuMmor exercit.274.1 am beyond all meafure affeftedwith Muficke, idoe mofl vo'Mnglf
miati inter has behold them dance, I am mightily detained and allured with that grace ejr come-
fiiutm curnpof. n ne jp affaire womenjam well pleafed to tee idle amongfi them. And what
f m * young
Partz. Se&.2. (perturbations reEiifyed. Memb.d.Sbbf.^.
young man is not? As it is acceptable and conducing to moft , fo cfpccially 24$
to a melancholy man . Provided alwaics , his difcafc proceed not originally
from it,that he be not fome light inamorato fomt idle phantafticke, who ca-
pers in conceit all day long, and thinkes of nothing clfe, but how to make
Giggcs 3 Sonnets,Madrigals,in commendation of his MiftrefTe. Jn fuch ca-
fes Muficke is moft pemitious 5 as a fpurrc to a free horfe , will make him run
himfclfeblindc, orbreakehis winde, it will make fuch melancholy perfons
mad,and the found of thofe Gigges and Horne-pipes, will not bee remoued
out of their eares a wecke after . * Plato for this caufe forbids Muficke and * j.dc ughm;
Wine to all young mcn,becaufe they are moft part amorous, ne ignis adda*
txrigni}ea(\ one fire increafe another. Many men arc melancholy by hea-
ring Mu{ickc,but it is a pleafant melancholy that it caiifeth,and therefore to
fuch as are difcontent.in woe,fcare,forrOw,or deie&ed^ it is a moft prcfenc
remedy 3 it cxpells cares,alters their gricued mindes, and eafeth in an inftant.
Otherwife,(aith r Plutarch y Muficamagis dement at quam vinum- y Muficke r tympofiqusft;
makes fome men mad; like Aflolphos home in Ariofio: or Mercuries golden £™f 2m?,!tl
wande in Homer $\ix made fome wakejOthersflecpe; it hath diuerfe effects: qmm vtmm.
and f Theophraflus right well prophecied 3 that difcafes were either made by
Muficke,or mittigated^ curantur vd
mferufituT.
Syesec, 4.
Mirth and merry company remedies,
Mirth and merry company may not be fcparated from Muficke^oth
concurring 5 and neceffarily required in this bufinefle. Mirth ( faith
c yive> )pttrgeth the bloody confirmes healthy caufeth afrefb pleajing t pb.3.&A+
fine colour ,proroges life,whcts the wit, makes the body yong and liuely^and
fit for any manner ofimplpymcnt. The merrier hcart,thc longer life, A mer~ ntm,vaktudmi
ry heart is the life of the flefh, Prov. 74,30. and this is one of the three Salerni- ^prmt ?to h-
tan Do<5tors,D r MerrymanJJ* £>/tf,and D r Qutet which cure all difeafes. rtmtm.Tutidu,
< Menshilaris y requtes, rnoderata di<eta s * Gome fins prtfat Jib. 3. defah patum.
gen.ls agrcat magnifier ofhoneft mirth,by which (faichhe) weecuremany ^"XIST
papons of the mindjn our felues, dr in our friends-, which / Galatcus affignes excitat, nature
for a caule.why we louc merry companions: and well they deferue it, being ^ ^Jf?
that as *>Mag/nMholds t z merry companion is better then anymufick: & Z*°ie°ZpZ
as the faying \s,comcs iuctmdus in viafro vehiculo y as good as a Wagon to fervat 3 vit*
him that is wearied on the way. For thefe caufes, our Phyfitians generally *Z&£-
prefcribc this as a principal! engine , to batter the wallcs of Melancholy, a wmemwytp,
chicfc Antidotc,and a fufficient cure of it felfe. Byallmeanes /'faith *Mefue) ^ff^f'
procure mirth to fuch men, in fuch things *>s are heard^feene^ tafied ) or fmelled^ "JbZs'aierL
tr any way perceiued^and let them haue all entifements , and fair e promifes, the x vm contu-
fight of 'excellent beauties, attiresjernaments, delight feme pa ff ages , to diflraB ^^^Um
their mindes from feareandforrovfi 7 and fuel) things onrvhicb they are fo fixed t ate ma/dent^
mediocw am-
mgyittulintifamrefo!e*t&t. J Vemorfo\.tf.Ax«mM\de6eoiqu\(jmtfactii&wundi. 1 Regim.fanit.part.i. ?{pta y
qwai amicus bmvs, &dileftn* focm, tuvrationibu»fnis iuemdis, fuperat omnem mlodiam. * t>t ngritud. capitis. Omni ma*
d» 'Critru Utitiam h ys, de t/t qu.t auchmtur, & vidtxtur, aut odsravtur, aut gu^Mtur, wt quocunq s medofenmiptjfunt^
tfbeClufoYwrim wtdH decora &otnatxi i &neictktmt'vttmda t & blandimib* ludis, &promifii dijlrabantur torum amm^
it ri alhui <pw timtnt & ddent,
Kk *nd
Part.2. Se&2. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.6. Subi.4'
250 ~+nd intent . b Let them vfe Hunting>fj>ortsjlayesjeftsfnerry company Rbu
* Vmtwr vt- Jis prcfcribcs,«^/^ will not let the minde be molefted^a cup of good drinke nov§
™Tcwri'co- and t km ,heare muficke.and hauefuch companions ^ with whom t bey are c fieri,
rum coxfont/s, ally delighted. Merry tales or tvyes yfinging,dancingjtnd wbatfoeuer elje may
q*e non fmmt p- m ure mirth: and by no meanes.faith Guianerius, iuffer them to bcc alone
rh vino & can- Benedittus Viclonm FavenUnm in his Emperickes, accompts it an efpeciall
tttt&kcimutA- rcm edv aeainft Melancholy ,to heare and fee Ctnging dancings maskers, mum-.
tlQTll (fa hlltg. JO , . _ . f ft If* • ■ 1 vl 1
ttit&gaJio, mersfo converfe with fuch merry fellow es^and fair e maides. Not to be an au«
tx qmbm pr<e- ditor only,or a fpec1:ator 3 but fomctimes an A5tor himfcife. Dulce eftdefipere
'tut dMtM ' inlocoyto play the foolc now and then, isnotamifle, there is a time for all
'p'ifo.Exfabu- things. GravieS<w^/ would be merry by fictes, h*ng, dance, and take his li.
lis&luOs qu*- q UOr t oo,or clfe Theodoret belies him; fo would old Cato, \ T ully by his own
'"ftltar^T? confeflion,and the reft. Xenophon in his Sympof. brings in Socrates as a princi-
hu verfitury pall Adtor, no man merrier then himfelfe, and fomctimes he would ride a
4^ maxim* COCf uh OY r c w i t h his children (though c Alubiades feoffed at him lor it)& well
ttti & chorea % he mighr,fornow and tncnflaithP/^rf^/ the molt vertuous, honeit, and
adktitkirt.pro- graueft men will vfe Feaftsjefts,and toyes, as we doe fauce to oui meates.
%p'r<ecii>ue va- Macbiavell'vn the S.bookc ofhis Florentine hiftory, giues that note of Cof
let ad expeUen- mus Medices y\\z wifeft and graueft man ofhis time in Italy 3 That he would
'tim ftare7n°~ f f omet * mes pt*V tne mo fi egregious foole in his carriage \ and wasfo mvebgiuen
€Mt'*M, ludU, to ieflers .players } and child/jh {ports, to make himfelf merry \that he thatjhould
& finis, & ha- but confider his gravity on the one part , his folly and light neffe on the other ;
mUlarlZ&' weuldfurelyjay 3 that thereweretwo diftinclperfons in him. Now me thinks,
ftxcyul cum he did well in it,though S Saltsburienfis be of opinion, that Magiftrates, So
^L^frnti nators 3 ar, d g rauc uien 5 fhould not defcend to lighter fports 5 #<? Rejpub.ludere
*\.t$. HeW videatHti^atzsThemiflocleS) ft ill keepeafterne and conftant carriage, I
demum bene commend Cof mm Medicespnd thztCaftruccius Caflrucanus ,thcn whom Iti*
jEf^ ^ b ncuer ^ new a worthier Captain^anothcr Alexander, if Machiauel doc not
* Valet. Max. deceiue vs in his life: when a friend of his reprehended him for dancing he fide
tap&M.i. m- fa dignity (belike at fome cu(hen dance) he told him aeaine,?/w fapit inter.
terpofna mm- ... ' v ^ . r . . , -r • i_ 1 s . 91 .
dinecturibM di^vix nnqmm nottu defipit,hz that is wile in the day,may dote a htlc in the
fuis, cm film n jght. Paulns Iovius relates as much of Pope Leo Decimus, that hee was a
b^Trpmifi!' graue,difcrect,ftayd man, and yet fomctimes moft free, and too open in his
* Hominibm fports. And cis not altogether f vnfit or mif befceming the grauity offuch a
£ man 5 if that Decorum of time and place, and fuch circumftances be obferucd.
modum deJkvs, * Mifce flnltitiam confilijs brevtm; and as k he faid in an Epigram to his wife,
edebut fi cui in \ would haue eucry man fay to himfelfe, or to his friend,
*tem™Em\evi Mo\\, once in pleafant company by chance,
extern confde- / wijbt that you for company would dance y
dZ f^nos whichyou refusd,andfaid y youryearesrequirf 3
diQ'mftat in to Nowjnatron-likejboth manners and attire,
tfe diceret, fy e H Moll, if needes you will be matron-like^
MibTcapi Thentrujlto this >I mllthee matron like :
Mapftrxtiu & Tet fo to you my hue may neuer leffin,
IZZ^L ^ryc^AMrff*^rMfthkleffiai
mendi. Stt m the Church as folemne as a Saint,
h Macbiavel
wiu Hits. Ab amlco Ytpiehenfaquod prater digiiwim tripudui optram daret, rejpondit &c. \ There ii a time for all things 19
wcepeJaugh 2 oioume,daac€,Eccler,3<>4, *ff*r. k SrlohnHaHuigtoOjEpig.fo,
Part.2.Se&.2. perturbations rettifed. Memb.6.Subf.4*
Nodee^word.thoughtjyourduedeuoticntatnt^ ' JJI
fTi//(P //^tf* nv ill your head^your Soule r eve Ale
To him that onely wounded, Soules can healt;
Be in my hcufe as bufie as a Becj,
Htmng d pngfor cuery one but mez_j,
Buzx,mg m euery corner gathering hony,
Let nothing waftcjbat cofts or jeeldcth mony x
And when thou fee ft my hart to mirth incline
Thy tongue , wit^blood war me with good chearc and wine:
Then off veet Jports let no occafton fcape 3
But be at wanton t toying as an o<^c->.
Thofeold 1 GreekestedthcitLuhentiamDeam, goddefle o{pleafance 3 and ufjwj^
tho fc Lacedemonians inftru&cd from Lycurgusjiid Deo Rifuifacrificare ) after t*g.i.
their warrcs cfpccially^and in times of peace,which was vfed in The/fitly, as it " uh > x d*w°
appcares by that of m Apuleius ,who was made an inftrument of their laugh- ^MoqMr'^M
ter himfclfe: n Becaufe laughter and merriment, was to feafon their labours & e f rt uhot ^ &
modefrer life. Rifus enim divum at% hominum eft xterna voluntas. ^dtmmutm.
Princes vfe Jefters,Piaycrs, & haue thofc Matters of Revels in their Courts. ° c.cakag.tfc
The Romanes at euery fuppcr f for they had no folcmne dinner) vfed Mufick, J j^/^^
GladiatorsJefters,&c. as jSftetonius relates of Tyherius, and Dion ofCom- rLZ&ldu-
modus s and fo did the Gree M.Befides mufickCjin Xenpphons Sympofphilippus latmt -
ridendi art/fix yPhi/ip a Jefter 5 was brought in to make fport. Ctefias reports
of a Per pan King, that had i5oMaidesattendingat his Tabic, toplayjfing, ^EobatmHef-
and dance by turnes; and P Lil.Giraldus of an Egyptian Prince, that kept p (j*- . .
Maides ill to waic vpon him.and thofe of raoft excellent featurc,and fweet Vy^ieergi
voycesjwhich afterwards gauc occalion to the Greekes of that fiction of the amici >
p.Mufes, And this and many fuch mcanes , to exhilarate the heart of men, ^thiuuti
haue bceneftillpradtifed in all ages, as knowing there is no better thing to 'iterumprttoi
the prcferuation of mans Iife.What {hall I fay then,but to euery mclancho-
ly m an, q Mere convivis.non trifltbus utere amicis,
Quo s nugt , ejr rifus , ejr ioca falfa iuvant. xtgtigte.
Feaft often, and vfe friends not ftill fo fad,
Whole jefts and merriments may make thee glad. quldZTaOde-
Vfe honeft and chart fports, fccnicall fhewcs 5 playes, rit curare, hot.
r Accedant iuvenum% Chori^ rnifiac^ pueUa* Merits &^
And as Marftlius Fieinus concludes an Epiftle to Bernard Canijianus, and Median. h*c
fomc other of his friendcs,will Jtoalleoodftudcnts, f Liue merrily % O my "m*™*
friends ) free from carcstferplexity,angui}b,griefe of mtndejtue mernlyjxtiuk m\>mndo vo
coelumvoscrcavit: 1 Againe and agatne 1 reqneftyou to bemerry: if anything bUqn*miame-
troubleyour hearts ^ or vex your foules ^neglect andsontemne letitpajfc^ 9 ^STtm^k
* And this I inioyne you,' not as aDiuine alone ^but as aPhyfitian y for without mMnam
this mirthjvhich is the life and Quint effence of all Phyfieke^ all 'medicines , and JJ^J^j^ r#
whatfoiuer it vfed and applied to prolong the life of **an % u duU^dead, and of no advitmm-
force<Dum fata finunt,vtvitelxti. (Seneca) I lay, be merry. du:enda* «i«
t A 7 ^ Mfihiu virentem tm . vivite i^
Viduemus banc invent am, Ic was T irefjad -\ uecbm A-
the Prophets counfcll to 7 Menipptu^ that trauclled all the world ouer, and .
downe to Hell it felfc to feckc content, and his laft farewell to Mcnifpm, to „JJ^r^ ,
Kk a be
torn
arts'
Part.2,Se<ft.2. Cure of melancholy. Memb.6.Subf # 4 #
252 be merry. ''-Coutemne the World (faidhc) and count aS that is in it vanity
• Omnia mutt- andtoyes/hu onely couet all thy lift long^e net curious. or ouer follicttow in any
m^Hj^lhm thingjbut with a vpeU-compofed and contented eft ate to inioy thy felf 3 and about
mi vita perfe- all things to be merry. Nothing better, ( to conclude with Solomon, Ecclef. ^
f* le f 22.) then that a man (bouldre/oyce in his affaires. Vis the fame advice which
tibta bene com- r • t» *v • ~ ■ • 1 .
pfitujninmi euery Phylitian in this cafe.nngs to his Patient,as Captvacctus to his,» avoid
tmofm,iutu'U ouer much ftudy and perturbations of the minde,andas much as in thee lies, liuc
qllmitiml^ a * hearts eafe. Proper Calentss to that melancholy Catdinall Cafius, *> amidfr
petes 'vitam hi- thy ferioxsjludies and bu(inejjes,vfe iefls & conceit s.playes andtoyes, ejr what-
^ r ™J™ d ^-foeuerelfe may recreate thy minder. Nothing better then mirth, andmerry
^MliAtUa- company in this malady/ It beginnes with farrow ffaith Montana) itmujl
mLfuUei. ^ he expeUedwith hilarity.
*&mimi?lnw- Buc ** ce tnc mifchicfe,many men knowin g that merry company is the on-
tatbnes fagiat, Iy medicine againft melancholy ,will therefore neglect their br.HncrTe,and ii
riif*"n™il' anorner extrcamc ) {pcnd all their dayes amongft good fellowcs in a Tavcrnc
vat. * or an Ale-houfc, and know not otherwifehow to heftow their time but in
• iib.de atr. drinking, T is all their exercife to cat and drinke, to facriMce to Volupia y Ru~
tt\uruZdoi m in*£dulicafotina s MeUonajL$ all their Religion. Flourifhingivirsj&men
&ft:etias aii- of good parts, good faftiion,good vvr rth, balcly profiitute themfelues to c
quanta inter fa- ucry roagues company, to take Tobacco and drinke, to roare andfingfeur*
feicntanimum tlxC l° n g s « Invemcs aliquem cum pertujfore iacentem y
relaxare. Permiftum nautis autfurihus^aut fugitivis,
^Mdfval'tudo w ^ Icn Thomas Eraftus obieds to Paracelfus^ that he would lye drinking all
antla *c can-
day Iong,with Car-men and Tapftcrs in a Brothell-houfc, is too frequent a-
fiatiaefi trifii- mongftvs with men of better note. They drowne their wits, feeth theit
'txhiiSnVl- B rjnncs m Ale,confume their fortuncs,Iofe their time, weaken their cernpc*
mm remove*- ratures,confound their Soules, goc from Scylla to Charybdis^ and vfc that
i*', « „ which is an helpc to their vndoing,
■ 1 uven. S at. 8 , _ . , ^ t r • * »• ■ -
• fj 0K c Qutd refer t morbo an ferro pereamve rutna ? That
•f Frojard. biji. j When the blackc Prince went to fct the cxil'd King otcaflilc into his king.
l cum' H An\ym domc 5 tncre W3S 3 terrible battel foughtbetwixt thcEnglijh & Spanijb:at lail
tim fem nan the Spanifh fled; the Egnlijh followed them to a riucr tidcjvhere fonte drew-
fe°dedemm&7 nee ^ t ^ em [^ ttes t0 Moide their enemies y t he reft were killed. Now tell me what
Pr<ecipites m
' difference is betwixt drowning and killing? As good be melancholy ftill,as
favium & Je- drunken beafts & beggcrs. Company a fole comfort, and an only remedy to
%Zin n ^°' aI1 m ann€r of difcontent 5 is their fole mifcry & caufe of perdition. As Hermh
devemrent. one lamented in Euripides \MaU mulieres me fecerunt malam 9 Eu'i\\ company
f marr d her, may they iuftly complaine, bad companions hauc beene thcii
banc. For, f malm malum vttlt ut fit fuifimilis, one drunkard in a company,
one thiefe,one whorc-mafter, will by his goodwill make all the reft as bad
} nor* as himfclfe, ■ — - — g £t ft
Notour not iurts teformid$revapores % bo of what
* ( h » complexion you will,inclination,loue or hate, bee it good or bad, if you
ttmd). come amongft them,you muftdoe as they doe; yea, h though it bee to the
preiudice of your health, you muft drinke. And fo like Grafhoppcrs, whilft
they ilng ouer their cuppes all Sommer,thcy ftarue in Winter; & for a little
vaine merriment, (hall finde a forrowfull reckoning in the cadi
Sictt
Partz.Sed.3. Q(pncJies to Di/contents Mcmb.i, Subia;
SECT. 3.
Ml MB. I. SVBSBC. To
A CenfoUtoryDigrepon^ containing tU Remedies
ofs.ll manner of V if contents*
BEcaufc in the precedent Section, J haue made mention of good coun-
fcll,comfortable fpecchcs.perfwafion^how neccflarily they arcrequi-
red to the cure of a difcontentcd or troubled minde, how prefent a re-
medy they yceld,and many times a fole fufficient cure of themfclucs 5 1 haue
thought fit in this following Se6tion,a little to digrcfle/if at lead it be to di-
grcflc in this fubicdt) to collect and gleane a few remedies,and comfortable
ipeeches out of our beftOratours ^hilofophers^ivincSjand Fathers of the
Church,tendmg to this purpofe.T confefle 5 many haue copioufly written of
fo\s{\xh\z&:,PUto % Sefln&.Plittarcb y Xenophon y Epih
tesjCravtor^Lncian^Boethim: & fomc o{htc,SadJetfu ^Cardan, Bud } &ut ,£/ el-
la^PetrarchjErafmas bchdes '^*u ft in ^Cyprian, Bo nard< ejre. And I {hall but
atlum agere.-ycx because thefe Tradts are not fo obvious and common, I will
Epitomize, and briefly infertfome of their diuit e Precepts, reducing their tpb.jetibpt*
voluminous and vaftc Treatifes to ray fmall fcak fov it were ctherwiie im- ?P'JI%j n t os
pofliblc to bring fb great vcflels iiuo fo fmall a ct ck. And although fas dr- we^mffiutt
^^{aidofhisbooke^ ff»/^/.) * J know before-hand, thiiTracl of mine many tefe nm mdi-
will contemne and re 1 eft: th°y that are frtunate^appy^and in flourishing eftate, fJiln^fi^
haue no need offuch lonfdotary jpeechfS\ they that are mferable and vnhappy f one mftm non
think eth em vnfufficient to cafe their grieuedmindes,andcomfort their mife- ^"f^l^
ry: Yet I will goeon,for this mult needs doe fome good to fuch asarchap- mdaatumtm,
py,to bring them to a moderation,and make them reflect and knowe them- d f m
lclues,by feeing the vnconftancy of humane felicity , others mifery : and to ^UimTdl'nt
fuch as are diftrcfled,if they will but attend and confider of it, it cannot chufc
but giuc fomc content and comfort. k Tit true y no medicine can cure all difea-
fhSome affftttons of the minde are altogether incurable >yet thefe helpes of art, flfoaredde"?
fhyficke andPhtlofophy mufl not be contemned. t-drrianusztidPlotinusatc Fif™'- •
ftiffe in the contrary opinion, that fuch precepts can doe little good , words ^^utm
Me no courage 7 ( which * Cateline once faid to his Souldiers^) and a Caf tames omm[mr.rty>
Oration cannot make a coward a valiant man. But fure I thinke they cannot % llf u J^ et '
chufc but doe fome good,& vpon that hope J will aducnture. 1 Non mens hie pw^fumL
fermofedquepreceptt lefts, Not my fpecch this, but of Seneea t Plutarch ? Epi- fmabiki.im
aetm^AufiinJernardfhriflandhKApofllcs^ If I make nothing, as » CMon- ^^dtbtu
taigne faid in like cafe, I will marre nothing, 'tis not my doctrine but my ftu- out meduin*,
dy,l hope I (hall doe no body wrong to fpeake what I thinke, and (ball not T^f^ A
be blamed in imparting my minde. If it bee not for thy cafe ? it may for mine vhtutem nm
'owncfo Tally£ardanan& Boetkius writ decwfolas wel to helpc themfclues *MM,*ec h*>
as othcrs.be it as it will J will eilay. f aett e tmldo
Di (contents ard grieuanecs arc either generall or particular: gcnerallarc fortm.
warres^la^jcs^earthsjfircsjinundationsjvnfeafonablc weather ,Epidcmi« L^"^^
call difeafes which afflicl whole kingdomcs, territories, dictics: or peculiar ^
K k 3 <q
Tmi l . _ ' ^' " ' ' ' ' ' B ■ to* '
Part2.Seft.$ # ^ °f w^Mr- Mcmb.i .Sub£ t
* 5 4 to P rivate mcn » a as cares Joftesjdeath of friend s > pouerty,want,ficknc(Tc 3 or-
vAliumpm- bitiesjniurics.abufes^&cXcnerallyalldifcontent, ^/^ quatimurfor-
f Z£™m"r'' t» n * f al °' N° condition free ^nifyfaospatimur manes. Eveninthemidft
hi ilium timer, of our mirth and iolllty there is fomegrudging/omcGomplainr,as p he faith
alum iniuruty Qm w h } c j[jf c j s a clueupicr on ^biticx fweet pallionj hony and gall mixt to-
tmviluM gcthe^we are all miferable and difcontent 3 who can deny it? If all 5 and that it
djirabuntxard be a common ca!amity,an inevitable neceflicyjall diftreffed , then as Cardan
o Boeib'm Ub.i j n f errcs ^ q ^fo art f ^ ou that hpeft to got free ? why dofl thott notgrieue thou art
TA\mkm 4. a mor tollman, and notgouernonr of the world ? Ferre quam fortem patiuntur
fotfid.Nibii bo- omnC s Nemo recufet./f/f be lommoio alljvhy fbsuldone wan be more difquie*
^itdaJm 'di' ted then another} alone wcr't diftrcfied,it were indeed more irkfome
vimtUi, quin d and Ieflb to be indurcd;but when the calamity is common , comfort thy fclfe
^■fdMwh' vv * tn tms > tnou na ^ morc fellowcs, Solamen m'tferis focios habuiffe dolor a, us
Mujnampiif- not thy folc cafe,and why {houldft thou be more impatient ? f / but alas me
ftmaquaq t Uti- &re more m iferable then ethers jtvhat [ha It we doe? befidcs priuate miferies, voce
&m b fj!im]- l* ue in perpetual fe are and danger of common enimies^ we haue Be/Ion as whips,
via, coniugittio' and pit /full out cries, for tpithalamiumsfor pleafant mufick ghat feat 't full noi[e
Z&ftU" mel ' °f or ^ lnxnce ^ Drammes^ and warlike T rumpetsftil! founding in our eares $ /'#.
usiomus pre- feed of nuptialltorches we haue firing of tovones ana citties yfor triumphsja*
wtMtur,quis tu went at ions for icy f eares. 1 So it island fo it voas.and euer ft ill be. And hie that
dere^cupUabei refufetbtofeeandbearefofufferthtsjsnotfittoliueinthis world > and know es
leg que rem- not the common conditio of 'all men /o whom fo long as they line with a recipro-
nem patent , C allcourfe,ioyei and forrowes are annexed,andfucceed one another. It is ineui*
tAimfaftumet table.it may not be avoided , and why then fliouldft thou 6ee fo much trou-
vmerfi orbu bled ? Graue nihil eft homini quodfert necefitas* as u fully deemes out of an
dSes/" 1 nm oldPoct,thatwhichisneccflary,cannotbcgrieuoiis. Jfit bee Co, then com-
rputemtu ep. fort thy fclfe in this,} x That whether thou wilt or no jt muft bet ndured : make
7 {.N4«)|w avcrtueofnecelTity,andconformethyfelfc to vndereoe it , 1 Si lonva eltU-
twine dole*- . _ , /i f • Vi tiv i_ «• *_ • . 6 /
dum eo quod te- vis eft ft gravts efl,hreuu eH\i it be long,tis light, it gncuous 3 it wii no t long
ddit iniverfis. Jaflr. it will away,^/W^^w w/>«/'/,and ifnaught elfc, yet time will wearc
wttZ lib.i. 11 oUi^cuftome will eafe it, z obliuion is a common medicine for alllofres,in-
Anne i^.de iurics,griefcs,and detriments whatfoeucr, a and when they are once p aft ^this
•Btlya. Scd^ ehc^ commo( {ity comes of infelicity 5 it makes thtu 'reft of our life fweet er vnto vs.
^gemu^vbTpro h Atq;ha;c olim meminhTe juvabit ^the privation and w ant of a thing many
epkhalamh times makes it more pleafant and delight fome then before it was. Wee muft
^oZtfclht- not thinkc the happieftofvs all to ekape here without fome misfortunes,
«wsM t cr.ib'M m - * Vfy adeo nulla eft fine era volupt as ,
iTuma^J ' Solicit urn % aliquid Utis interuenit, .
eUagorem.pro Heauen and Earth are much vnlike. d Thofe heauenly bodies indeed are freely
t*dis mptiali- carried in their orbes without any impediment or interruption, to continues
p7"orutttlvTbiii, f ^ e/r c°u r fefo r innumerable ages \and make their conuerfionsibut men are vr-
videos incendiit ged with many difficulties, and haue diner fe hinderances^ppo(iticns y Hillcrof
timni^pmi- fi n gM^ ru f tin g f heir indeauonrs and de fires. And no mor tall man is fee from
fu flttus derem complent. 1 It a eft profeflb & quifquis b<ec videre abmiijouic feculo pamm apttn es^ut pot'm noflmum ommum
conditionem igvtras^qmbm redproco quodm nexu Uta to(libui,triftie Utis invicem fuccedunt. u In Tufc.'e vet. Poet*. * Cardan,
lib.x Je confol.Ejl conColationis genus nonleue,quod a nccejfitate fttlfue feras,fmenmferas ferendmefi tamtn. J Seneca. » Omni
dolori tcmpws eft >mcdicina ipfua luUm ext'mguit 3 in'mia4 ddetjmnis mali oblivionem ajjbt. * Habet hoc quoq t emmodum omnis
ptftHcit<u,{uaviorem vitam cm abierit nlmquit. b virg. c Ovid. d Lorcban Sunt nxmq\ infer a fuperisjoumana terren'u lengl
di(pam.£tenimbeit<t mentzs feruntur liber e &fine vlla impedimento^elU ttther 'yqf orbes cur fus&converfonet fuas'um fecdk
inmimcrabilibm mftmtijfmhcnfiiiunuverm bmnvmagnu an^uNc^ hac natur* lege tflqttifaum mortalkmfthuut.
thU
Part.2, Sett.}, %emcdiet agatnfl DiJconte?its. Mcmb.t .babi i.
this law of nature. Wc muft not therefore hope to haue all things anfwere 255
ourowneexpe&ation , and to haue a continuance of good (uccefleand
fortunes. Fertuna nunquam perpetuo eft bona,and as Minutiw Falix the Re- e VimjfmUa*
ma»Con(\A told that mfahing Cor ioltniss drunke with his good fortunes, tZf'^t^
looke not for that iuccetlc thou halt hitherto had, *ltneuer yet happened to cmngitjiec ^
man Cince the beginning of the world^nor euer wilhto haue ad things accor- b . omm
ding to his iefirej>r to whom fortune was neuer oppoftte and aduerfe. Euen fo it qum^cuheada
fell out to him as he foretold. Such was i^dlabiddes fortune , Narfitesjhax txammfenta-
ereat Gonfalua's^nd moft famous mens,that as * Iouitts concludes , it is a(. £ f!"^? 4 ^
S ,/ ' _ i . 7/. f ^» / t . ttavt nulla in
mofl fttalL to great Princes Jbrough their owne default or otherwtfe circumuen • re fo tuna fit «
ted with enuy and malice Jo looje their honours, And die co»tumeliou/ly,1is fo, $°*&*'
ftill hath becne,and euer will be, Nihil eft (xomni parte beatum, B^uful
There's no perfection is fo abfolute, hufaude //r
That fome impurity doth not pollute. ^fuiZL%'
Whatfocucr is vnder the Moone is fubieft to corruption.alterationjand fo ItJmem^tm
long as thou liueft vpon earth looke not for other. { Thou [halt not herefinAe f" a ^ia & in-
peaceable and chearefull dates , quiet times y but rather cloudes } ftvrmes , calum- ^V^'JtT
nietifucbisourfate, per autumn*
Yca,but thou thinkft thou art more mifcrable then the reft, other men m l ^ r e K .
arc happy in refpec^ of thec,their mifcrics are but flca-bicipgs to thine,thou WurnVthJan*
alone art vnhappVjnone fo bad as thy felfe. Yet if as Socrates faid , S blithe fen mvaies &
men in the world jhouldcome & bring their grieuances together. pfboty, mind, ™™£
fortune fore j^v leers ^madneJfe,EpilepJies,dgues^and a/lthofe common calamities procellas,calum*
of beggcry , want feruit ude , imprisonment jind lay them on a heape to be equ-My n £t ctntt
divided,wouldft thou [hare alike and take thy port ion y or be as thou art f mthout Vsilmm bo*
queftion thou would/} be as thou art. Jf fome Jupiter fhould fay to giue vs all /«* mala
content, * law faciam quod v*ltU>erd tu qui mode miles vfL'cmuL
Mercatorfp confultus modo ruftiemjoinc ves, nnfenm *quis
Vo s hinc mutatis difceditepartibusjia d vi f» ri pm*
Quid ftatis? nolunt. I £j£ MjU
Well be't fo then,- you raafter fouldier
Shall be a marchant.you fir Lawyer h ^ d vm f~
A country Gent'.eman.goc you to this, vukwvu^
That fide you 5 why ftand yec? It s well as 'tis. rumnefciat,in
* Every man knovees his orvne ^but not other mens defefts and miferies 5 and'tis ^{rSmmife*
the nature of all men fliHto refleci vpon themjelues t tbeir own misfortunes ^not rumfutet car.
to examine or confidcr other mcns,not to conferre thcmfelucs with others. ^f^ lu d ^ rch
To recount their miferies, but not their good giftSjfortunes^benefitSjwhich de «mf*l aAA-
they haue 3 to ruminate on their aducrfity,but not once to think on their pro poBonium.
fpcrity,not what they haue, but what they want, to looke ftill on them that ^^/^
goe beforejbut not on thofe infinite numbers that come after them . i where proxmusputa-
ds many a man would thinke himfelf r e in heauen,a petty Princejfhe had but the ^^^1
leaf} part of that fortune which thou fo much repineft at y abhorr eft andaccoun- nAt L nlmus
Xef a mofi vile t awr etched eflate. How many thoufands want that which ^^'^
thou haft 3 how many myrriades of poorc flaues, captiues, of fuch as workc ^
day and night in Cole-pits , Tinne-mincs, with fore toyle tomaintainea profit
poore liuing,of fuch as labour in body and minde,liuc in extreame anguifli,
and painc 3 aJl which thou art free from . O fertnnatgs niminm bona ftfua no-
rmt
Parc.2.Sc(5l 3 . Cure of Melancholy. Mcmhu.Subf.i •
25 6 rtnt, Thou art moft happy , if thou couJdft bee content, k and acknowledge
» When thou t hy happyncfTe.bc filent then . 1 reft Tatisficd . define . intnenfa, in alter um to*
commefthcrc- r \ ■ y , ' r l r ir - u u • r
after to W3 ut J ortuftla J & ^ ar e mentem 3 comio:t thy ieite with other mens mi:>fortunes,and
that which as the moldi warpe in tABfope told the Fox,compIainingfor want of a taile.fc
Jhou ™faty' ^ c rc ^ °f nis companions/***/* <p Wo we- * */*r Atf *//W*/*r , you com-
thou waft hap plaine of tOycs,but I amblinde,bcquiet. It is m faid of the Hares, that with
P£ ■ ^ a generall confent they went to drowne themfelucs, out of a feeling of their
EfaqiJ'T' mifcry, but when they faw a company of Frogges more fearefullthcn they
quni fmt were,thcy began to take courage and comfort againe.Conferre thine eftatc
*fc q %™odnon othcxs } Stmiles aliornmrejpice cafus^M Bee contentand
ei wUsquod po- reft fatisfied,for thou art well in refped: of others , be tbankfull for that thou
tes effe veto haft > that God hath done fo much for thee, hee hath not made thee a mon#
™sem^ ab ' ft cr > a beaft,a bafe creature, as he might, but a man, a Chriftian, fuch a man;
osi drrmunt confidcr aright of it jthou art full well as thou arc. n Qutcquidvult habere ne*
2lT TiofJn- mo P oU ftp° m3n can nauc wnat nc wi '^ Mud pot eft nolle quod non habet, Hcc
coreffet. card, may chule whether he will defire that which he hath not: Thy lot is falnc
v semx de ira. m ^ c t hc beft of it.° jfwefhould all fleece at all times } who then were^j happier
]bo?Ani™m then his fellow? Our life is but fhort,avcry drcamc,and while we look about,
titan banc pc- p Immortality adeft ^eternity is at hand. 4 Our tifzs is a pilgrimage on earth,
Wc^uanni i w ^ c ^ men P A jf e ^ tt ^g reiLt *Utrtty~ Jf thou be in woe, lcrrow, want,cr
tntlTcumtau- diftreffe jin paine or ficknefte,thinke of that of our Apoft!c,6W chafltfeththe
dia petcummt. whom he loueth-.They that fowe in teares.fhall reape in ioy.Pf, 126. 6. As thtJ
mdicuIlmLt Furnace preueth the Potters vejfelljo doth temptation try mens thoughts. Ecd.
quod patiem ^.j.tis for r thy good. Pcrijjfes nifiperijjfes: Hadft thou not beene fo vificcd
}fblniTfcit t? tnou nac ^ ^ eenc vctcr ty vhdone,as gold in the fire , fo men arc tryed inad«
> vruZnum verfiry. Tribulatio dttat: And which Camerarm hatb well (haddowed in an
wn egreduur Emblem of a Threiher and eorne,
ng tnturatnm Sitrituraabfit pdeisfitnt MiUgrana,
t Non eft pmt J$oS crux mundanis feparat a palels :
damwatufed^ A$ ^refhing ftp aratcsfrom ftrawe thc corne,
gentil. Cm By crofTes from the worlds chafFc are we borne,
* M h*rediu- >"r/j s the very fame which * ChryfoBome comments horn. 2, in j. Mat. Com it
^utdmur™^ not 'ftp*?* ted but by threfhiffg^or men from no or Idly impediments but by tri*
'confetf. 6. halation *X'\% that which \Cyprian ingeminates Ser. 4. de immortal. 'Tis thac
\ Nauclemra which * Hieromjjvhich all the Fathers inculcate^ are we eatechifedfor eter«
letam ■ fladium »tty. Tisthatwhich the prouerb imm^xcs^Nocumentum^docuwentum.lis
ducempuftuty , that which all the world rings into our eares, De us vnicum habet filium fint
TaiS^cZi- peccato nullum fweflagch: God, faith f Aujlin, hath one Sonne without fin,
pianim verb none without correction^ An expert (ea man is tryedin a tempeflya, runner ,
^^xmmft*' * n A race > 4 Ca pt*int)*x a battle- 7 a valiant manjn aduerjity 5 a chriftian^ tn a
* Sen.Her.fur. temptation and miferytBaJil.bomii.S.WcciTcfentas fb many fouldicrs into
"ldeovcmaf- this world,to ftriuejWith the world,flefli,diuell,our life is a warfare, & who
Kdumdeke^ 9 ^ novves 11 noC !>t Non e ft A ^ a fl ra * * err ** v * a : u An & therefore peraducn-
tmtw m v\X ture this world here is made troublefome vnto vs } that,as Gregory notes, wee
tblm(e<mt» e- fault not be delighted by thevo 'ay \and forget 'whether we are going,
T™*tM x Ite nunc fortes jvbi eel fa magni<
x Boethini. 4. Vucit exempli via 3 cur inert es
mtMtt Terga mfottil frperttateBm
fydcradonat. Goc
Part2.Se&, 3 . ^medics to Vijcontents . Memb. i . Subl . i .
Goe'on merrily to heauen. If the way be troublefome.and you in mifery ,in 257
many gricuances, on the other fide you haue many pleafant obic&s , fwect y ^
fmclls, delightfomc tafts, muficke, meats, hearbes, Bo wrcs ,&c. to recreate ulmt^l
your fenfes. Or put cafe thou art now for faken of the world, deiecled con- tmcmRwum
temncd,y et comfort thy felfe,as it was faid to Agar in the Wildernes , 7 God d J^ t £f ch £
fees thee ^he takes notice of thee. There is a God aboue that can vindicate thy miamdufup- *
caufe,that can relicue thee. And furely * Seneca thinkes,liee takes delight in ffo* #e»-
feeing thee. The Gods are well pleafed when they fee_j great men contending ^ubdeprouid
with adnerfity, zsweateto fecmenfight 5 oraman with a beaft. But thefe vouptum ca.
are to ves in rcfpc6t,+ Beholdffahh hee> fbetlacle worthy of Godi ^igood man P^fi 9»f»-
J t /S . n a • t 1 f\. r 'C t 1 a do mazms vires
contenteawtth bis eft ate, A tyrant is the belt laennce to 7«/>/^r, as the An- colluiantticum
cients held.and his belt obiedt a contented minde. For thy part then reft fatif- caiamitate w-
ficdjcajl ad thy care on himjhy lour den on him, rely on him, t> truft in him^ and d ™£ ce
he fhallnourijh thee ,car e for thee^giue thee thine hearts dejirefay with David, culum deo dig-
God is our hope and flrength in troubles ready to bee found \?f. 46 .1 for they that ^ v "J m *
truft in the Lor d foallbe at Mount Sion % which cannot beeremmed. Pf.124.1.2. Z%opZsT*
as themoumaines are about Icrttfalemfo U theLord abouthUfeoplefirom hence x x.p«.y.7«
forth *nd for euer. Vfd.^
Mb mb. 2,
Deformity of Body. Sicknejfe. Bafenejfc of
Birih) peculiar DiJ contents.
Articular dhcorfecnts & gricuanceSjarc cither o( Body,Minde,or For*
tune,which as they wound the foule of man, produce this of melan-
choly,and many great inconueniences jby that Antidote of good cou-
fell and perfwafion they may be eafed or expelled. Deformities and imper-
fections of our bodies ,as lamene{fe,crookedneffe,deafenefle,blindnefle, bee
they innateor accidentall.tortme many men: yet this may comfort them,
that thofe imperfections of the body doe not a whit blemifh the foule, or
hinder the operations of it, but rather hclpe and much increafe ir. Thou arc
lame of body, deformed to the eye, yet this hinders not, but that thou maift
be a good.a wife,vpright honeft man. a Seldome^ faith Plutarch, Honeflyand a Barb fubeodi
Beauty dwel together.and oftentimes vnder a threadbare coat, lies an excel- l Z e ^°lf b ^
lent vndcrftanding,/c/£ fub attrita latitat fapientia vejle. A filly fcllowe to '
looks to , may haue more wit, learning, honefty, then hee that ftruts it out
Ampullu iaclans >&c. and is admired in the worlds opinion , Vilis fepe cadus
nobile neclar habet, The beft wine comes out of an old veflell. How many
deformed Princes,Kings,Emperours,could I reckon vp, Philofophers,Ora-
tors'yHanmballhad one cye s Apptu* Claudiu6,Timoleonb\m& ) John King of /to-
hernia, and Tirefits the Prophet. b The night hath his pleafures 5 and for the b Nox habet
lofleof that one fcnfe,fuch men are commonly recompenced in the other; f» MVtlu P utctt
they haue excellent memories,and other good parts, muficke, and many re-
creations. Many Philofophers and Divines haue evirated themfelues, and
put out their eyes voluntarily the better to contemplate. K^ingelus Politia*
nus had a tetter in his nofe continually running, fulfome in company,yet no
man fo eloquent and pleafiog in his workcs.t^/tf crooked, Socrates pur-
Ll blinde*
Part.*,Se&.$. Cure of melancholy* Memb.i,Subf. lt
358 blinde,Ionglegged 3 hairy; Dcmocritus withered, Senecd\czv\t and har(h,vgly
to behold,yet (hew me fo many flourifhing wits,fuch divine fpirits s //*r<itf
a little bleareyed contemptible fclIow,yci who fo fententious & wife? Mar*
cilim Eicinu's , Eabcr SUpulenfts, a couple ofdwarfes , * Melanclhon a (horc
cJir*Mi*rit ^ ard ^ auorcd man,yet of incomparable parts all three. c Ignatius LoioL the
ciitf! " . ' founder of the iefuits, by rcafon of an hurt he receaued,i« his legge 5 at the
?Ribed.vti.em fi C g e f p^mpelona the chicfe towne of 'Navarre in Sfaine 3 vnfit for warrcs
- mtrobm ' anc j i e {f e feruicesble a: Court , vpon that accident betooke himfelfe to his
beades , and by thofe meanes got more honour, then cuer hee fhould haue
done with thevfeofhislimmeSjandpropernelTeofperfon, rulnus non pc«
netrat ammam^ a wound hurts not the Soulc. Gdba the Empcrour was
crookbacked, Epttletus lame , that great Alexander a little man offtature,
Auguflus C<e(ar of the fame pitch, ^Agefilaus defpicabili forma , Boccharis 3
Ilib.T.'corpore moft deformed Prince as etier Egypt had* yetasf Diodorus Stculus recordsof
fedl^S^' him,in wifdomc & knowledge farre beyond hi* predecelTors.^ Dom,i 3 o6 t
pudenda long* vUdiflaus Cubitalis that Pigmy king of /^/aWraigned^and fought more vi.
antefereges ce- $ or j ous battles, then any 01 his longfhanked predeceflbrs. Nullam virtus
^Akxanllr^ rejp-tit ftaturam^J'xnwc refufcth no ftature , and commonly your grear vaft
Caguima hilt. bodies,and fine features,are fottilh and dull Jeaden fpirits. What's in them?
r fprv'tferm * 0**^ nt f l p ndus intrs flolid.a^forocta mentis, what in MaximinttS t
tubmrnx aitior Aiax y Calig%la ,ai d the reft ofthofc great heauy, vaft,barbarous lubbers ?
vno, Scd t men — -jj membra tibi Aant gran ha Pare*,
re mtptuserm Mentis eges ? — Their body^ fa ith*" LcmniuS 3 is a burden n
*Owd. them^ani their Jpir'ts not fo lively ,» or they foerecJ and merry: Non efl in mag*
Lib.i cap.io. cor p rc mica fdisx A little diamond is more worrh then a rockv moun«
wenefiilliscor »« 1 1 //•/ r • J
fornjn$lts,& taine; Which made f Alexander Aphrodifeus pofitiuely conclude , the lejfer
fiintm mmm the wifer jbecaufe the Soule w as more evntrattedtn fuch a body. L et Bedim in
It'corp'ore bre- ms s-ctpJncthod.hift'.yXziA the relfyhe leffer they are,as in Ajia, Greccejhvj
veiprudtmms haue generally tbeflncft wits.
quum ware- Sicknefle.difeafcs trouble many,but without a caufe, § It may bee *tit for
tut* fit ammi. , r t c r • r • i /i n t 1 i
* Multu *d(x- the good of their Joules. Pars/at* futt, the rklh rebels agamft the (pint; that
htem amm* which hurts the onejmuft needs helpe the other. Sicknefle is the mother of
*g'itudo?Pe* nnodefty , and putteth vs in mindc of our mortality, and when we are in the
traub. full careere of worldly pompe and iollity,fhe pullcth vs by the eare,and ma-
\fm)!tTblo ^ ec ' ri vs ^ now our ^ ues * h ^7 calls it,thc fumme of Philofophy,^ could
f«?bi*,fi tales, but performe that in our health, "which we promt fe in our JickncJfe^j.Quum in*
&c \ . .„ iirmi fumm.optimi fumiufot what fick man (as f Secundum exooftulates with
•j. lb. Quern in- was euer lajctv tousjouetous or ambtttom: hee envtes no man^dm'MS
firmum libido no man \ flatters no wan, dejptfeth no man y liflens not after lies and tales ^c.
witiambo- ^ nci werc iZ not ^ or ^ ucn g cnt ^ e remembrances, men would haue no mode
mm: \emini ration of themfelues^they would be worfe then Tigers,Lions : who fhould
invidet, nemirie keepe them in awe ? Kings ^ Princes y Maflers^Parents^Magifrates/ud^es,
™forit$rmme Fr tends ^Enemies ^f aire or foule meanes cannot containe vsjput a little ficknes,
nuiigm ma a- (ai f chryfojldme obferues ) will correcJ and Amend vs. And therefore with
Won tenet & 00£ * ^^ crct ^ on > * Iovianus Pomanus caufed this fhort fcntchcc to be ingra-
pn/ueps, magi- Ven On hisTombc in Naples: Labour farrow ^grtefejficknejfe^vo ant andwt,
fir; parens, iu- , ^.^.vy.,
tlex,ata!grititdo fupeYvevensjmmtt correxit. * 7(at.cbytr£us EHrop.delhiU.LaborJolorjeQkudo i b^
hymfatc j»prjliti$wflitoi babes cbam {e]>eU(c&sj9*dmtntt vittt funt.
U
Part.a. Scd.j, fymcdiesagainft Discontents. Mcmb.x.
to [erne proud At 'after s joeare that fuperftitiousyoke y rjr bury our dearejl friends, 2^9
rjrctrc the f Ames of our life. Ifchy difcafc be continuate and painfull to thee,
it will not iiircly laft: and a light Affliction, which is hut for a moment^ caufeth
vnto vs a far re more excellent tnd eternall weight tf glory, 2. Cor. 4. / 7% bcare it
with patience: women indure much forrow in child-bed, and yet they will
not contain,and thofe that are barren.wifti for this pain: be couragio»s}There Wontm mm
it as muckvalour to bee {hewed in thy bed^ as in An Army, or At a SeA~fight, aut l u .* m F* 1 ' 9
vincetur$t*t vine ,thou (halt be rid at laft.In the meane time,let it take his ImTtxlXtuf.
courfe,thy mindc is not any way difablcd. Bilib Aldus Pirkimerus % Schatour ™»"'«' *»<
toCharlesthe /.ruled ail GermAny, lying moft part of his dayes ficke of the ^ImTefo-
gout vpon his bed. The more violent thy torture is,the lefle it will continue:
and though it be feuere and hideous for the time, comforc thy felfc as Mar- Se9tttm
tyrsdoe,wiih honour and immortality; -J- Thatfamous Philofopher£/>/V«-
rus } being in as miferablc paine of Stone and Gollicke, as a man might en- ^ e h ^ Vc ^
dure,comforted himlelfe with a conceipt ofimmortality , the icy of bis Soule ^utiMmit'*
for his ra re Inventions^ repelled the paine of bis Body by torments . dffipiu*
Bafenefle of birth is a gtcat difparagemcnt to fome men,efpecially if they JJ^^J
be wealthy, bcare office, and come to promotion in a Common-wealth, iaperct,"r$i-
thenfasMieobferuesJif their birth be notanfwerabletotheircalling,and Mute. mm*
to their fellowes,they are much abaftied andaOiamed ofthcmfclues. Some *^mm»im
fcorne their owne father and mother, deny brothers and fillers, and the reft mocntmm.
of their kindred and friends, and will not iiiffer them to come neerethem,
when they are in their po'mpc,accounting it a fcandall to their greatncflejto
hauc fuch beggerly beginnings. Simon in Luciari, hauing now gota little
wealth , changed his name from Simon, to Simonides y bceaufe there were fb
many beggers of his kinnc,and let the houfe on fire where he was borne,be-
caufe no body (hould point at it.Othcrs buy titles, and coatcs of Armes,;and
by all meanes skrew themfelues into ancient families, falfifying pedegrces, fJexupeniftit
viurpingScutchions,andall becaufe they would notfeemctobebafc. The *(lp"doridep>
reafon is,for that this Gentility is fo much admired by a copany of outfides, "$^.£«
and fo much honour attributed vnto it 3 as amongft 1 Germans Jrrenchmen,& peiit. thif.
Venetians, iht Gentry fcorne the Commonalty, and will notfuffer them to "/^'^
match with them-, they depreffe, and make them as fo many Afles, to carry ZVemZTm
burdens. In our ordinary talke and fallings out, the moft opprobrious, and tewnw^te-
fcurrile name we can fallen vpo a man,or firft giue,is to call him bafc rogue, ^jjSw*
beggarly rafcalUnd the like: Whereas in my iudgcment,this ought of all o- perditio nobiiu
thcr grievances to trouble men lcaft,of all vanities and fopperies,' to brag of 'Jjj** 2Hi*' s
Gentility is the grcateft; for what is it they crake fo much of, and challenge i^XLttme,
fuch fupctiority,as if they were demi-gods? Birth? it is,non ens:* meerc flafh, tabmii,,&c.
a cercmoriy,atoy 5 a thing of nought.Confider the beginning,prcfent eftate, * vgm
progrcfle,cnding ofit,& then tell me what it is. m Opprefton, fraud /ofening, n Ex kemkidk
v(ury y k»aueryJ?Audry,murther^nd tiranny^are the beginnings ofmAny Anci- ^J^iJjJJ"
tnt families^ ■ n One hith beene a blood fucker^ parricide, the death of many a fitly wmfidni.
foule in fome vniufl quarrels , [editions y mtde many an OrphAn andpoore rvi- ?liffti * b P^.
dorv,Andfor that he is made a LordorAn EArle Andhispofterity Gentlemen for U y^^ et
euer a ftcr, Another hath beene a Bawd y A Pander to [ome great man, a pArafite^ ft(li,m!t0s w»
jlittefproftttuiedhimfclfcjiii wife, daughter, to fome lafciuious Prince,5<: for ^" w ' f ?'* fi
that he is exalted. Tiberius preferred many to honours in his timc^becaufe
L 1 % they
Part2.Se&. Cure of melancholy. Memb.2.
260 they were famous whore-raaftcrs, and fhirdy drinkers*,* Many come into this
row by flattery or cofening,fearch your old familics,& you ftiall fcarce find
of a multitude (as v£neai Sylvita obferues^l $ui feeler atum non habent ortu y
P That hauc not a wicked beginning. They are commonly able that are weal-
licfnobile* tr tty)*^ vertae and riches feldome fettle on one man: who then fees nut the baft
JemZqrid? beginning of Nob Hit f. jpoiles enrich one ^ fury another freafon a 1 hird,mt c b*
vitikabundrnt, cra f( a fourth, flattery a fifi^ lytng, ftcaUng^ bearing falfe veitneffe a ftxtMuae-
thltiM^fZ't rythefeauenth y &c.Om makes a foole of himfelfc, to make his Lord merry,
tQmuei.qmnon another,'dandles my yongmafter, a third marries a crackt piece, &c. Now
vtdit onum no- nia y j t pleafeiyour good worftiip,your Lord(hip,who was the firft founder
u™hmcJ"r* of your family? The Poet anfweres,
ditaynnt, iUum q K^iut Paflor fuit^ ant illud quod dicer e nolo,
m'^wntf- Are ^ e or y oU ■ ^ e ^ etter Gentleman? If he, then we hauc traced him to his
ctisdiratutjte forme, jf you,what is it ofwhich thou boafteft fo much ? that thou art his
* d " l att b Z' ^ onne ' S rcar S rcat 8 rcat grandfather was a rich ci t izen, and then in all
immwtbent, likelyhood an Ufurer,a Lawyer,and then a—— a Courtier, and then a- -a
nonmiik men- country Gentleman,and then he feraped it out of ftieepe, cVc. And you arc
daaa, qmdar» ^ k c j rc G f a |j n j s vertues,fortunes,titles,fo then,what is your gentry, but as
9 pmfmHn\ Hierom faith ppes antique jnvcter at* dfrx/tf ^.ancient wealthjThat is the dc«
pieri^ ex mm, finition ofgentility.The Father goes often to the Diucll,to make his fonnea
tiuvra. Gentlcman.For the prefent,what is it? Itbeqan (faith r Agrippa) with pong
* Robufta'im- impiety jvtth tyranny } of predion ejrc and fo it is maintained; wealth beganne
r^ide'imem lt ^ no mattcr now S°0 wea hh continucth and increafeth it. Thofe Roman
&c ' Knights were fo called, if they could difpend per annum fo much, f Jn the
1 Ga $ er Snt Kiagdome of 'Tuples and France^ that buyes fuch lands,buyes the honor,
^Hcr° P ° hl ' title,Barony together with it , and they that can difpend fo much amongft
"Syi.rtup.iib4, vsjimift be called to bearc orfice,to be Knights,ot fine for it. And what now
™ mi1 }' is the obieel: of honour? what maintaines our Gentry but wealth?
x Omnium no- r . - . , . ,\
mum (uffirien- 1 NobtUta* Jine re proiecla vilior alga,
tiameo proba- Without meanes Gentry is nought worth, nothing fo contemptible and
wemtja'let bafc u Dijputare de nobtlitategenerU /me divitijs, eftdijputare de nobilitate
ji corporis vne's fl en oris ,(aith Nevifanu* the Lawyer,to difputc of gentry without wealthy
tngmtibmp- /f au j n g y 0Ur reuerece) to difcufie the original of a Mard»So that it is wealth
sulu common- ' Y , • t • 1 . . — . r 1 • 1
pent, fi nature alone that denominates,mony which maintawes it,giues effe to it/or which
tobur numerofi euery man may hauc it. And what is their ordinary exercife ? wherein lyes
mrt probent, thdt WQrth & f u ffj cicncy ? x \f„e cm havoke & hunt, ride a h 9 rfc$hy at cards
7 Difficile eft, and dice y fwagger,drinke,frveare, take Tobacco with a grace, fing, dance,
Xulvetu*- weare his cloathes in faftiion, court and pleafe his miftris, talke big fuftian,
jlm.rer.z^. ? infult,fcornc 5 contemne others, and vfe a litle mimicall and apifti complc-
wtimdrixt' mCnt a ^ oue tnc rc ft> ne .* s a complcat, (Egregiam vero laudem) a well-quali-
improb\l!fu- ^ Gcntleman,thcfc are mod of their imployments, this their grcatcftco-
rorsap'ma,h- . mendation. Whatis Gentry, Nobility then, but as z Agrippa defines it 5 *
XZnTh™ 1 ' fa acloakefir wtekednes and execrMi
venatio , violin- , vices i efpride t fraud ^contempt^oapng^oppreponydifsimuUtionJufl^gluttonyt
tta &c. malice •jbrniaat ion , adultery, ignorance, impiety. A Noblem an therefore in
tolke aw°ay *° mc likclyhood s as he concludes/* Atheift^ an oppreffbr,an Epicure^ \guQ i
my Lord in a dtfardjin illiterat idiot ^n cut ft de p glow or me, a proud foole, an arrant affe^'
?J ™poate Ventrii& inguinh mancipiumyi flaue to his luft & belly,y2>% libtdinefortis.
K ' And
Par t.2. Sc&. 5 . R<?ma//« againft Dtf contents. Mcmb.i •
And as Saivtanus obferuedofhis Countrimen the i^qvitanes in Frances, 261
ftcut titulis prmifuere,fic & vitijs,wc may generally concludes the greater
mcn,the more vitious.Jn fine, as \ ts£neas Sylvius addes, they are moll part f m ' 1 ^' ct,m
miferable,fotti%ank filthy fellow csjtke the waits if their houfes,faire with- tep^l[ml
out Joule within.Vslhat docft thou vaunt of now? a whit doefi thou gape and P" f«nt y maiti
wonder at? admire him fir his braue apparell, horfes.dowes , fine houfes, ma Ht f a ; ietn *{ tm
nor s, or char ds,gar dens, walkes. why} afoole may bee po/feffor oft his as well as tuft,
he, and he that accompt shim abetter mun a noble man for bauingof it, heeis a 1 Mharis awe*
foole himfelfe. Now goe and brag of thy gentility. This is it belike, which 7am"oX"m
makes the Turkes at this day fcorne nobility, and all thofe huffing bumbaft hmlorum^
titles,which fo much elevate their poles ; except it bee fuch as haue got it at tM ™ m l Ai >«w%
,or maintaine it by fome fupereminent quality ,or excellent worth. And pifdnas^fyivaj,
for this caufejthe Raguftan Common wealth,S»vA&w,and the Vnited \ J xo* &c - h £ c mni *
vinces,exclude all fuch degrees of hereditary honors,and will admit of none p"ttf.£k!iu
to beare officeybut fuch as are ]camcd,likc thofe Athenian Areopagites , wile, *ofler knocmia
difcreet,and well brought vp.The c Chinenjes obferue the famecuftomcs,no n j£* ut f? e A
man amongft them noble by birth, out of their Philofophers and Doctors b BeZJJ'ri-
they chufe Magiitrates ^thcir politicke Nobles are taken from fuch as be mo ff™Mb.i.
raliier nobilts, vertuoully nobl , nob Hit as ut olim ab officio y non a naturals ubTcap^^
in ifraet of old, & their oilice was to defend & gouerne their Country in war Ad ngtmbm
aiidpeacc,notto hawkc 3 hunt,drinke 3 game,as too many doe. their Loyfti, ^f^f^,
M*rtderiniJ/teratt,licenUatt, & f ich'as haue railed tHelelues by their worth, atiadfcifcmw 9
are their Noblemen only, thought fit to gouerne a ftate,& why thenftiould
any that is otherwife o f wonh,bec afhamcd ofhis binh ? how much better
is it to fzy,Ego meis mtiorir us virtutefraluxijio boaft himfelfofhis venues,
then of hisbirth? PertiKtxfbilippus ^Arabs, Maximinus, Probus, Aurelius %
^f.from common fouldicrs,bccame Emperours. Cato,Cincmnatus,ejrc^ co-
fuls. Pius /, Stxtus fjohan. 2 9 , Nicholas / ejrc.Popcs. Socrates, Virgiljlo-
race,libert/'nopatrenatus. d The Kings of benmarke fetch their pedegree, as A 0UtmMag.
fome f iv ,from one fV/J? .that was the fonne of a Beare* f £ tenui c afa Jape vir T llbA z : Sax§
mugnus exit many a worthy man comes out 01 a poore Cottage. Hercules, d quo rexsuc-
Romulus^ ( 4lex ander,by Olympta 's Confeffionj Themiftocles,lugurtha 3 King no.&utera
Arture, Willi am the Conqueror &c.baftards 5 and almoft in euery kingdome, ^ZZT/.'^
the moft ancient families haue bin at firft Princes baftards, & their worthicft t scneta'de ca-
captaines,braueft fpirits in all our Annales,hauc bin bafe.* Cardan in his fub- T^f'A'
tilties,feiues a reafon ofit, why they are moft part more able then others, in & Zl fati*
body and minde,and fo per confequens,movc{oitunatc. Caflruccius Cafiruca- 6r "lj"*™> pie*
***apoorechildc,found in the field, expofed to fnifery, became Prince of ThemJiZ*
Luke *x\&Senes 'm Italy % a molt complete fouldier, and worthy Captainc, ftmnk mjf.
iVIachiavcl com pares him to Scipio or Alexander. And its a wonder full thing ty lta £ a ji m „
(efoithbc) to bint that fhallconfider of it, that all thofe, or the great eft part of cu.Kecprtttr
them, that haue done the braneft exploit es freer e vpon earth, and haue excelled rat £ m "™ { ru "i
the re (I of th" Nobles of their time , haue beene jltllborne in fome abieft obfeure ^'rem tonfi.
place ^or of bafe and obfeure abiec? Parents,/ could recite a great Catalogue of the, dtme vibt,m-
euery Kingdome,euery Province will yeeld innumerable examplcs:and why " t "J^ x e ^
then (hould bafencfie ofbirth bee objected to any man ? who thinkes worfc pmtm, quiin
hoc tenant*
•►fx m prtftMtiom a-greffi (unt,a% inter aetcroi *vi fui heroes exceSuemnt, ant obfiuro, ant abisfio kco editos, & preyiatu
theftti parentibm.Eomm rj» Catakgm MfiititHtn reetnfere foffem. f Cwlm,
LI 3 of
Parti. Se&j. Cure of melancholy. Memb,2.
2 62 oiTtttty for being Ar pittas an vpftar t? or t^gathocles that Sicilian King, for
I rtmeml di- being a Potters fotti/phicrates and Marius were mcanely borne.What wife
Sir man thinkcs better of any man for his Nobility ? To fpeake truth, as f jfo/e
pauim schaii- did oi? .Schalichiu^lmore efleeme thy worth JearningJjone/ly 5 then thy Nobi-
thimjcryori, Uty^onortheemorethatthouartaiVriter^aDotlorofDivinity^ then Ear ic of
fluris facio* the Httnnes, Baron of skradine, or title to fuch and fuch Provinces &c. Who
qum cmutm doth not fo indeed? ^bdolominut was a Gardner, and yet by Alexander for
^wm m sc%(L- hi s vermes 4 made King of Syria. How much better is it to be borne of mean
JnZ,Encydo- Parcntage,andto cxccll in worth, to be morally noble, which is preferred
f*dhmtuam, before that naturall nobility ,byDiuincs,Philofophcrs,and f Politicians, to
%mmom\- be learned ,honeft,difcrect,\vell qualificd,to be fit for any manner ofimploy-
i>m provinciu mcnt,in Country and Common-wcalth,warrc and peace,then to bee Dege*
V^nmupat neres Ncepnlcmi$& many braue Nobles are, only wife,becaufe rich, other*
S?"Je*fj»w- wife idiots,illiterate,vnfit for any manner of feruice. Thou haft had fo many
nu( firht.Brit. no ble Anceftors,what is that to thee? vix ea nojira voco, g when thou art a
IbfcTpx.'?' difard thy felfc, qmdprodefl Pont ice longo ftemmate cenfert ? &c. I conclude,
% if children haft thou a found Body,and a good Sotile,good bringing vp,art thou vertu-
hlu hc OU foo- ous,honcft,wellIearncd,well qualified, religious 3 arc thy conditions good \
fiCKthey^e- thouartatrueNoblc man, perfectly noble 3 non n at us ^ fed fatfus, noble
file the nobi- ^ if 9 ^^ # f for neither frvord^nor firejjor water \jior JickxeJ?e,nor outward vie
kindred h E«to Unceyor the divell btmfelfe can take thy good parts from the*^>. Bee not afha-
«.8. ' medofthy birth, thou art a Gentleman all the world ouer,andfba]t bee ho*
r " CU fVoffi nourec3 > whenashee,ftriphimofhisfinecloathes, h difpoiTelTe him of his
mcinZdud- wealth,is afunge^ike a peeccofcoync in another country, that no man will
fwni, nec aqua- take,and fhall be contemned.
r ZrbZl vdvi Lct n0 urr * fl'MyOt vpftarr, infult at this which I haue faide,or worthy
morbidejim, Gentleman take offence. I fpeake it not to dctracl from fueh as arc wcll-dc-
vei tdia extera f cru i n g,trucly vcrtuous and noble: J do much refped and honour true Gen-
™X * tr Y and N° bilit y . 1 was bornc of wor(hipfull Parents my fclfc, in an ancient
Send them Family ,but J am a yonger Brother,it concernes mcc not : or had j bin forac
fl° th C ° f °^c g rcat Heirc,richly cndowed,fo minded as 1 am,] (hould not haue bceneelc*
vIuTm&o- vated at all by it,but fo cfteemcd of it,as of all other humane happincfle, ho-
/ 0J ,as Ariflip- n ors &c.thcy haue their period, are brittle and vnconftant. As ihcefaidof
fe^fhe^fFe- tnat g rcat r * ucr Danubius^ rifcth from a fmall founraine, a little biookc at
rence. Bacons firft,fometimes broad, fometimes narrow,now flow,thcn fwift,increafcd at
%Zvm Uc to an mcrcd ^ c grcatneflbjby the confluence of 60. navigable Riucrs, it
iWr'x, hmd- vaniftieth in conclufion,lofeth his name,and is fuddenly fwallowed vp of the
Turm renmi- £ ux ine Sea: J may fay of our grcateft Families, they were mean at firft,aug«
TJd'JTm- rnented by rich marriagcs,purchafcs, offices, they continue for fome ages,
wtitij* immm- with fome little alteration ofcircumftances, fortunes, places, Sec. by fomc
fmcrefcunt,& p ro dieall fonnc,for fome defaulter for want of ifluc, they arc defaced in an
sunt. Exiiiihic inftant,and their memory blotted out.
primofluvwy So much in the meane time J doe attribute to Gentility,that if he be well
j^XtT tended of worfhipfull or noble Parentage, hee will cxpreffc it in his con T
excrefch, tan- ditto n 5 . * nec enim feroces
mariEu. Progenerant aquiU columbam,
]7t^mperig, he willbemoreaffable,courtcous,gently difpofed^offairer carriage, better
mrjHxim. tcm per,of a more magnanimous, heroicall and generous fpiric ^ then that
vdgtu
Part.2,Scd.3. ^emtdietaoimft Di/contcnts. Meuib.-t
i/ulgw hominum^hoc ordinary boores and Pefanrs, quiadeo improbi, agre- it\
JltSjdr tnculti plerum^funt. ne ditam malitiofi, ut neminiullum humamtaiis
ejficiumprtjlentjieipfiDeofiadvenerit^ as k oneobferues of them, a rude, : s*h'm*'v*.
brutifhjvntiuil^wilde^ currifhgencration 3 cruell and malicious, vncapabie ° wdJiet 't- h '
of difciplinCjand fuch as hauc tcarcccommon fen fc. And it may be generally
fpoken of all, which ^Lemmut the Phyfirian f.id of his traucls into England, Lib. i.ie 4° r
the common people were fiily,fullen,doggcd clowncs fed mit /or Nob Hit as % c "*l ltx!mLt " i
idomnc humanitatii officiumptrattfs/majhe Gentlemen were courteous &
ctuill. If it fo fall out ( as often it doth J that futh Pefants are preferred by rra*
fon of their wcaith.chanu ,error,&c.or otherwife, yet as the Cat m the Fa-
ble, when fhe was turned to afaircmaide, wou'd play with mice; a Currc
will be a Curre, a Clowne will be a C lowne, he will likely fauor of the flock
whence became, anathat innate rufticiry can hardly bee iliaken off. And
though by their education,fuch men may be better qualified, and more refi-
ned', yec there be many iymptomes, by which they may likely bcdefcried,an
affc&ed phantafticall carriage, ataylor like fpruceneflc, a peculiar garbc in
all their proceedings; a beggars brat will be commonly more fcornefull,im-
perious,infultinganfolent,then another man of his ranke : Nothing fo tntoU
lerable as a fortunate foole as \ T ully faid long lince out of his experience. ti^fa*
djperitts nihil efl humili cum furgtt m altum. fatoZthtu.
fet a beggar on hoi ieback,and he will ride a gallop, a gallop,&c.
m —drftvit in omnes m cljudin. lib $
Dumfe poffe putat.nec belluifrvior ull.t eft, kEutrof,
Ojixm fcrvi rabies in libera co&a furentis,
he forgets what he was,domineeres &c.and many fuch other Iymptomes he
hath,by which you may know him from a true Gentleman. Many errors &
obliquities are on both fidesaioble, ignoble, fattis ,natis^ yetftillin all cal-
lings, as fome degeneratc,fomc are well-deferuing,and moil worthy of their
honors. And as Bufbequius faid of Solyman the magnificent, hee was tanta
di^nui ImperiOy worthy of that great Empire. Many meancly defen-
ded ,arc moft worthy ot their honor y polit ice nobi(es^nd welldcferueit. Ma-
ny of our Nobility fo borne,/' which one faid o{ Heph<tflion t Ftolomxus^ Se~
Uwusj^Antigonus &c. and the reft oi Alexanders followers^ they were all
worthy to be Monarcbes,and Generals of Armies J deferue to bee Princes.
And I am fo far forth of*SefeMus his minde,that they ought to be preferred *iib,\JeKer.
( if capable ) before others ,as being nobly borne \ ingenuoufly brought vp^ and Gall. Qmi«m
from their infancy trained to all manner of civility. For Icarnir g and vcrtue in & iomu " >Me
a Nobleman,is more eminent,& as a Jewell let in gold, is morepretious J & tionc.&bene-
much to be refpe&ed; fuch a man deferucs better then others,and is as great fiwbnjMti,
an hoaour to his family,' as his noble family is tohim. Jn a Word,many *wil»idmnM
Noblemen are an ornament to theirorder : manypoorc mens fonncsarc chMtatemei**
Angularly well endowed /noft eminent, and well deferuing for their worth, S^'*^
wiftome,lcarning,vcrtuc,valour,intcgrity; excellent members,and pillars of
a Common-wealth. And thereforeto conclude that which fitft I intended,
to be bafe by birch,mcanely borne, is no fuch difparagemcnt. Etftc demon-
flratitrtfvod erat dcmcnftr*Hdt$m,
MlMB. 3,
Part.2.Secl 3 . Cure of Melancholy. McmtxjJ
Mb mb. 3.
t^gainft Pouerty and wantpvithfrnh ether Adverftty*
ONe of the greateft miferics that can befall a man, in the Worldfe-
fteemjs Pouerty or want, which makes menftea^bearcfalfe witnes,
fwearc,forfweare 5 contcnd,mUrder & rebell,which brcakcth flccpc 3
97% quis ine an d caufeth death it fclfc. «<A\ mvU* fatfafw %tf wo'f jw, no burden ( faith
dti^m putaret, n Mcwnder) fo intolerable as Pouerty : it makes men defperatc,it ere&s &
ant ywpertas deiec~ts jcenfus homrts senfus Amicitiasfnony makes 3 but this marres &c.and
Goiter k cap a ^ * n wor lds efteeme ; yet ifit be confidcred aright , it is a great blef-
%tVe ,.i$,iMc*. fing in it fclfe,a happy eftatc^and yeelds no fuch caufe of dilcontent, or that
v inter proceres men ihould therefore, accompt themfelues vile , miferable, vnfortunate,
^eramiettum Christ himfelfe was poore, borne in a manger, and had notahoufeto
babmt genu, hide his head in all his life , left Any man jhould wake Pouerty a Judgement of
C Z7w™ lh Go ^ or an e ^ 9m eft Ate. And as he was himfelfe, fo he informed his Apoftlcs
^Tpiaf&c. A- and Difciples,they were all poorc,Prophets poore, Apoftles poore.^7; 4.
fuleim Flor.1.4. Siluer And goldhaue I none. As forroxcing (faith PahI) And yet A/way reioycing^
eptfif?&%* as h****g nothing,And yet pvffefting aII things, i Cor.d.io.AW your great Phi-
ebia'tos refpui lofophcrs fiaue bin voluntary poore, not onely Chriftians, but all the refr.
bmores,exonere crates Thebanm was adored for a god in At bens > P a noble man by birth ^ ma«
ambirio%s%ga- n J [erttants he hAd^and honor Able AttendAnce, much wealth ynany manors fae
ttu nan ivi&c. apparell$ but when he [aw that all this^all the wealth of the world was but brit*
* Sudat pauper j vncertAine ,and no whit auailin? to Hue well , hee flung his burden in th<u
forMinopcre, > . . r d .. , : . . 7 , r
dives in cogita- SeA 7 and renounced his ejfAte. Thole Curt] and Fabrittj will be tor euer renow-
tmeMcoiape- ncd for contempt of thefe fopperies , wherewith the world is fo muchaffc*
UkmSm, & c d • Amongft Chriftians I could reckon vp many Kings and Quccnes, that
ffauifo iSe £■ hauc forfaken their Crownes and Fortunes , and wilfully abdicated them-
utlnTudatur ^ c ^ ues fr° m tnc ^ c f° much cftecmed toy es,*l many that haue refufed honors,
Bernard, fer. titles _,and all this vaine pompe and happinefic, which others fo ambitioufly
VnHyppercben. feekejand carefully ftudy to compafle and attaine.
e^Tpmfq^i' Biit r conferre both eftates, for naturall parts they are both alike; and a
demu mendi- beggers Childc, as \ CardAn well obferues, is no whit infer iour to a Princes,
^rtenmfi' mo ft? art better-, & for thole accidents offortune 3 it will eafily appeare, there
f fa%ffiZ, is no fuch oddes,no fuch extraordinary happines in the one, orrnifery in
fierunqjanio- fa ot hcr.He is rich,wealthy,fat,what gets he by it?pride,infolency,luft ) am-
'iGaiu.Tom.i. bitionsCares.feareSjfufpition.troublCjangcrjCmulationj-and many filthy dif-
t st e contuber- C afes ofbody and minde.He hath indeed variety ofdifhesjberter farc : fweete
wofediat^ohdt • ,plea(antfawcc,daintv mufickc, gaycloathcs, &c. and all that which
tandem edudt. Mifyllus admired in 1 Lnct&npvx with the he hath the gowt, dropfics, Apo-
seneaep 103. plexies.palfiesjftone^oXjrhcumeSjCatarrhcs^ruditics.oppilations, 1 Melan-
fejudaiuxMy cno ^ & c entcrs in,anger,ambiti6jax:cording to* chryfoftomejhe fettle
intemperies, ar- ofriches is pride/iot^intemperAncejArrogAncjjfury, And all irrational! courfts.
bFfuwSu — ^ turpi jregerunt facuh luxu
emn^krat^ DivitUmollcs- with their variety ofdifhes,many fuch
ntbiiis moim. maladies ofbody and mindc get in, which the poore man knowes not ofl
As§aturnein tt £w/'*#, made anfwere to the poore coromonaIcy 3 (which
' * - - - fo c-
Part,2. Scdt.j. JHemedtes againfl DtJ 'contents* Memb.j .
bccaiifeoftheirnegleded^/«rW/FcaIisin^^, made a grieuous com- 26%
plaint and exclamation again!! the rich men,) that they were much miftaken
jnfuppofingfuchhappincsin riches,*/**/** thebeftffaid he) butyoukmw
not their feuer all gripings and discontents: they are like painted vvalies^ fait e f*ikes/efae{ct
without/ottcnwithiiijdireafed^khyycrafy, full of intemperances effects, tli . mum
7 And who can reckon halfejfyou but know their feares, cares, auguijh ofminde ^Tei quota pan
efrvexationfo which they are fubiefi, you would hereafter renounce a/lriches. b*ccurum qa*
t Oft p At cant pectora divitum, *Mcru$uni a
Outnto! intus jubumts agit, & ewas^idbM
For tuna met it* ? Brutia Coro 6bnox ^ font,
Tulf*„tefret»mmithrmd* t fl.
O that their breafts were but confpicuous, txtfmtttttt.
How full of feare within, how furious? h^o * in
The narrow Seas are not fo boiftcrous.
Yca,buthchath the world at will that is rich, the good things of the Earth, rEtdisr .
fuave eft famaono toller eacervo, hce is a happy man, * adored like a god, a Macojwi!
Princc,euery man fecks to him,applaudcs,honors, admires him.He hath ho- f acit -
nors indeed,abundance of all thingsjbutf as I faid)withal * pride Juft^nger, Uidk^tf^t
emulation feares \cares fufpition enter with his wealth, for his intemperance twjra furor
he hath aches 3 crudities 5 gowts, and all manner of difa&s: pecunys augetur diVlti *
improbitas, the wealthier, the more difhoncft. b He U expofedto hatred,envy, ctyp eq " <l1 '
per til andtreafonfcareofdeathptdcgvadmon&c. and the higher he climes, b 0t ""ium oca.
,he greater is his fall. --'"//'^""^ ,
Decidunt turres,fertunt^[ummos, Fulgura montet fdichmffm*
the Lightning commonly fets on fire the higheft towres, d in the more cmi-
nent place hcis,thc more fubied to fall. '^dmfJi*
Rumpitur innumerU arbos uberrima pomis % cm teties u-
Et fubito nimi* pr<ecipita»tur opes, ^uiVfjit'fl
As a tree that is heauy laden with fruit, breakes her own bonghes,with their bihZ'/un m
ownegreacneffc they mine themfelucs: which IouhtrmuCamtrariH* hath Boetb.
elegantlyexpreiTedinhis/^. Emblemecent.i. Jnopemfe copia fecit. Their „^
mcanes is their mifery,they fat themfelues like fo many hogges,as * ty£neds
Sy/-?//#*obferues,ihat when they arc full fed, they may bcdeuourc.d by their viatjeiirfiu&
Princes , as Seneca by Nero was ferued, and Seianus by Tiberius . I refoluc
with Gregory fotcftas culminis, eft tempe/fas mentis, & quo dignitas altior y ca*
fm gr -avior -Jionor is a tempeft , the higher they are cleuated, the more grie-
uou{l/deprc{r:d. For the reft of his prerogatiues, which wealth affords, as
he hath more,his cxpenees arc the greater, when goods incrcafefhey are in*
cteafed that eat them , and what good commeth to the owners , but the behol-
ding thereof with their */*/ ,Ecclus 4.I0.
* MtUtafittmcntitua triuerit area centum, * m>
Non tutu hinc capiet venter plus quam mettS^
an euillfickneffc Salomon cals it,& referued to them for an euiU } 1 2 vcrH They
that will he rich, fall into many feares and tempt at ions Jnto manyfooltjh & noi-
fomclujls \which drowne men in perdition, I Tim.^.9. gold and filuer hath dc-
ftroycdmanyjLcc\vi% %.2.dtvitUfeculifuntlaquefdiaboli: fo writestf*/-/*^,
worldly wealth is the diuels baite . And therefore lames bids thcm,w**/>*
indhowleforthemiferies that fed come vfon them , their gold fbali r»(l and
M m canker j
Part2.Sc<ft.j. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.jt,
266 canker ^and eat their flcfh as fire James $. 1.2,3* J may then boldly conclude
• Cap.6.decu- W\t\\*Tbeodorct t quotiefcun%dtviti]s affluentemj&c. As^^
%Tpi£t- mAn dounditsg in wealth, and naught wtthall, 1 befeechyou call htm not happy %
tid. quoiufcuni hu t efieeme him vnfirtunate, becaufe he hath many occafions offered to Itue vn*
Imklminm' * H ^ : on ^ e ot ^ er fi^ g -> a T oore miLn " mt m 'ft r *ble jfhe hegoodjbut therefor^
videmui, enm^ happy f hat thofe euilloccafions are taken from him.
peftmiim, m Wherein now confifts his happines, or what priuilcdges hath hec more
tfitmla-*' tncn otncr mcn? or r atncr wnat miseries, what cares and difcontents ruih
temn, fed infe- he not more then other men?
fa* cenfeamus g 2{j>n enimgaz£,ne^confularis
% |/, r< /# A Summovet liftor mijeros tumult us
MenttSjcjr euros laqueata circum
Tcfia volantes,
Nor'treafurcs,nor Mayors officers remouc
The miferable tumults of the mindc:
Or cares that lye abour,or flye aboue
Their high roofd houfes,with huge beames combindc.
Tis not his wealth can vindicate him fint Crap & Crafsi licet, non hot Patio*
lus aureus undo* agen^eripiet unquam e mijeri/sfirafus or rich Crajfus cannot
Dhllluecifo' nowcomm andhealcn,or gethimfelfeaftomack. ^Htsworjhtp^ zsApuleitts
merdicitur, & defcribeshmv'/z all his plenty and great prov/fion, is forbidden to eate, or els
in mm copii hath no appetite \ when as in the meane time^ all his houjhold are merry , andthe
^cipijkmin- f oore fl feruant that he keepesjloth continually feafl. T'is Bracleata faltcitas, as
tereatotumeht * Seneca termesit.tin-foyld happinefife,ifit be happines at all. His goldeand
^Tt^uutur £ uar d;>and clattering of harncis 5 and fortifications againft outward enemies,
• £^!us. tMr cannot free him from inward feares and cares.
Reveracfc met us bominum y cura^fequaces
Nec metuunt fremitus armor um y aut ferrea tela s
AucUcierfy inter reges,regum£ potent es
Verjantnr jtcfyfulgorem reuerentur ab aurs.
Indeed men ftill attending cares and feares,
Nor armors clafhing 3 nor fierce weapons fearc:
With Kings converfc they boldly,and Kings Peeres,
Fearing no flafhing that from gold appeares.
Looke how many feruants hec hath 3 and fo many cnimics he (ufpe&s, for li«
berty he entertaincs ambition 3 his plcafurcs arc no pleafurcs,and that which
k m m& mlhi is worft,he cannot be priuate,or enioy himfelfc as other men doe , his ftatc
eurto ire licet is a feruitude. k A country man may traucll from kingdoms to kingdomc,
vr°Talentum P rov * ncc to Provincc,Citty to Citty, and glut his eyes withdelightfull ob-
• % modi "tx- ie&s,hauke and hunt 3 and vfe al ordinary diiportSjWithout any notice taken,
tefferU fitiuijpf all which a Prince or a great man cannot doc. Apoorcmantakes morede*
™Jt£cZ$ii ^ l m an binary meales mcat 3 which he hath but now and thcn,th6 they
doc with all their exotickc dainties and continuall Viandes 3 £»//>/£ volupta-
wbt 'TeT' Um cmmen ^ At rtrtor vfus*m the rarity that makes a thing acceptable and
™t£H vmr 'u pkafant. All excefle as * Epitletm argucs,will caufe a diflikc^ fweet will bee
mnia tractant fcwcr,which made Epicurus fometimes voluntarily faft. But they being al*
T4tf?dewi waics accuftomed to the fame 1 dtfhes, (which arc naftely drefTed by floueri«
wic/ifc ly cookcs,that after their obfeenities , neucr wafti their hands)bce they fift,
Part.2. Sc&.j. Remedies again/l Di/contents. Memb.
fle(h,or whatfoeuer elfe,are therefore cloyed , Netlar it fclfe growes loath- 2^7
fome to them, they are weary of all their fine pallaces, they are to them buc
as fo many prifons. A poore man drinkes in a wooden difh, & cars his mear
in wooden fpooncs 3 wooden platters,earthen Vcfl'cls,& fuch homely ftuffe:'
the other in gold,filuer,and prctious ftones, but with What fucccfle ? in aura
bibitur venenumfateofpoyfon in the one,fecurity in the other . A poors
man is able to write, to fpeake his minde, to doe his owne bufines himfelfe,
locuples mittitpara/ttumfehh * Philoflratus^ rich man imployes a parafite, * Epijl.
and as the Maior of a Citty fpeakes by the Towne<!ar'<e,or by M r Recorder
when he cannot exprefTe himfelfe. f Nonius the Senator hath a purple cote
as ftiffc with iewels , as his miadc is full of v ices , rings on his fingers worth w > 6 -
20000 feftercies,and as *Perox the Perfian King.an vnion in his earc worth 'J^**' 3 '
ioo 1 waight of Gold: \ Cleopatra hath whole boares and fheep fcrued vp to t Pbtmh.vK
her tabic at oncc,drinks iewels diflolued worth 40000 fefterces, but to what em -
end. Num tibi cum fauces vrit fitis^aurea qmris Pdcula? HorSerM.t
Doth a man that is a dry defire to drinke in gold^ Doth not a cloath fu te be-
come him afwell.and keep him as warmc,as all their filkes/attins, damasks,
tjffaties,and tiflues? What's the difference? one's fickc,the other found.-iuch
is the whole tenor of their liues,and that which is theconfummation & vp-
fhotofall, death it felfe. The rich man Hues like Dives ^ louiallyhere on
C<at\\>te?nulcnti44 dimtijsjTizVzs the beft of it^and boajls himfelfe tnthemuU
tttude of his riches ,P/ al.jp.d. ejr 1 /. hec thinkeshis houfe called after his ovpnc
n*meft\2\\ continue for eucr \bat he 'perijbath like a beafl,verf,20. his rvay vt*>
ters his folly jver.i ?nale parta,male dilabuntur , likejheepe they lie in the_j
Graue^^.Punclo defcendmt ad infer mm. For all his Phyfitians & medicines
inforcing natures fowningwifejfamilicscomplaintSjfrends tearcs,Dirgcs, ™Mgenerm
MafTcs^^/ViJuneralSjfor all Orations, counterfeit hired acclamations, e- ^Jn^he^
logiums, EpicaphesJierfeSjblacke mournerSjfolcmnities 3 obeIisks,and Matt* 6 vefundunt
ytf/^tombcsjifhehaucthematlcaft^hedicslikeahog^oestohclvvitha re Z"> & fa*
guilty confcience,and many a poore mans curfe; his memory ftinkes like the ^GodE**
(nuffe of a candle when it is put out, fcurrile libels, and infamous obloquies <fcliuer his
accompany him. When as poore Lazarus is Vet facrarium, the Temple of f ° o u ^ r
God,liues and dies in true deuotion,hath no more attendants , but his owne grauc.p/a/.^,
innocency,thc heauen a tombe t defires to be diflblued.,buried in his mothers J'f. ; ■
Jap.and hath a company of n Angells ready to convey his foule/nto Abra- ct Zp%'avt
^wsbolbme, heeleaucsancuerlaftingandafweet memory behindc him. twm acquf*
Graffiti and Sylla are indeed ftill recorded , but not fo much for their wealth. tl ° "f* hia '
as tor their vi&orics: Crcejas for his end ^Salomon for his wrldome.lna word 3 mtimru,amf
*t?get wealth is agreat trouble \wxiety tokeepe^greefeto lofeit. fromgndehris
But confidcr all thofe other vnknowne, concealed h3ppinefTes , which a ^tS^vuL
poo r c manhathrlcallthem vnknowne,becaufe they be not acknowledged f(fiMm$fr* a
in the worlds eftceme, or fo taken ) O fortttnatos nimittm bona ft fua norinti f^f™'^
happy they are in the meane time if they would take notice of it, or make farer pauperta*.
vfe,or apply it to themfclues. A poore man xoife^> is better then a fioltjh King, q P^n* P;
Eccl.4. r S*° Pouerty is the way to heauen^ the mifris of?hilofophy y the mother mter ^ u f m
ofreligionjvertuejfobrietyjfifterofinnocency^ndan P vprightmind. How pkxjoAuuft-
many fuch q encomions might J adde out of the Fathers 7 Philofophers,Ora- JJgJJ^
tors. It troubles many chat they arc poore , and they account of it as a great m>
Mm a difgracc
Part.a.Se&3* ^ m °f f»elancboly. Mcmb.j.
258 difgrace 3 a ihamc and a rcproach,but to whom, or why? r Jf fortune hath en^
vied me wealth jheeues haue robbed mejny father haue not left me fitch rtve«
* cardan, op. nerves <u others hauefhii 1 am a younger brother, bafely borne , am I there.
?/pZ"erZ" : for e to be blamed? an Eagle } a Bull 3 a Lion u not reietfedfor hkpouerty^
quodiatro erf- fhould a man? 'Tis * fortune telum non c fortunes fault not mine. Good
pit,aHt pater nS / aferuantUo vfef Seneca 's words)horvfoeuer your Poore friend t afervant
relmitcurmibt . ' > , r „ ,. r cj r J mi * »
vitio darem? and yet your chamberfellovo^and if yon conjtder better of it jonrfelloiv ferutnt.
fi fartunadtvi- \ am c hy drudge in the worlds eyes,yet in Gods fight peraducnturc thy bet-
*quZZtt&c ter,myfoule is more pretious and I dearer vnto him. Thou art an Epicure, I
* Tuiiy, ' am a good ChriftiamThou artmany.parafanges before me in mcanes/auor,
tmCuJ^bo' nonor 5 butawordouerfhot,ablowcincholcr, agamc at tables, alofleat
mfamfum fca s a fudden fire,the Princes diflikc,a little ficknelfej&c. may make vs cquall
mm comuber- [ n an inftant,howfoeucr take thy time 3 triumph and infult awhile, c'misa*
itb»m™[Z * Alphonfus faid,death will make vs equal! at laft. I liuc fparingly,in
the meane time,am clad homely , fare hardly , is this a reproach ? am 1 the
fervi* ft cogita- wox fe f or j t ? im J contemptible for it ? am I to bee reprehended? A learned
* ?anojm\tm. man in f Neuifantu was taken downe lor fitting amongft Gentlemen,but he
rebus geflis, replied jny nobility is about the Head } yours declines to the tayle, and they were
^S5*4 mm fil ent - Let them mocked fcoffe and revile, 'tis not thy fcorne , but his that
2\$.quidamde- made thee fo. He that mocketh the poor e yeproacheth him that made him, Prou*
^edemicTnt 11 -5-*^ nc tnat rcioyceth at afptttcnfljAilnot he vnpunifbed. For the reft,
'bdittm, mea no"- the poorer thou art,the happier thou art., ditior efl & non melior^ faith 1 Eft*
bdiias ait,efi c7etus,hc is richer,not better then jhou art,nor lb free from luft >envy 3 hatred
jtod&Z ambition. Beatnillequiprecul negotys
caudam Pater na rura bob us exercet fuis*
« Tamo beatior Happy he,in that he is u freed from the tumults of the world , hce feckes no
timanto code- , rr; c r n •
{lior. honours , gapes alter no preferment, flatters not,envies not 3 temponzeth
« Nm amori- not 5 but liues priuatcly 5 and well contented with his cftate,
X^boTl Necfpescordeauida*,neccurampafcitinanem
& quathercfy Securus quo fata cadunt,
^hotlne h<L 'c * s not trou ^^ c ^ witn facceflions/eare of invafions/a£tions,ernulations,
t^emmZ^ x F*6* * animi.divif^ fimitlimm ipfis^
invidet nemmi, Qugm non morddci refplendens gloria fnc*
%iZ/£. SclUciUt > »,nfrpf lm *Uga l UUlH X &s,
tratur.pmoni- Scd t ac it os fmit ire dies& pauper c cult it
^ttenduf U Exigit innocu* tranquilla file nth vita.
tur. v\in\m. " An happy Soule,and like to God himfclfe,
tpoiitiamsm Whom not vainc glory macerates or ftrifc,
y tyga regno 0t wickcd io y cs of that prowd fwelling pclfCj
But leads a ft iil,poore and contented life.
fufiUatm mi- A fecure.quiet, * happy ftate hee hath, if he could but acknowledge it. But
an quu mm- nerc Is tne ni lfery, that he will not take notice of it 3 hec repines at rich mens
lim fe fditior wcaith,braue hangings,dainty fare,as a Simcnides obieded to Bier on ,hec
feodum™*- hatha11 th . c P lc . arurcsoftnc world, and it troubles him that he hath not the
perrimum Aptl- likejthcreisadifFerencefhcgrumblcsJbetwccneLaplolly and Phefants, to
toprttidit, qui tumble i'th' the ftrawe and lye in a downe bedde , betwixt wine and water,a
fuTm^uam cottage and a pallacc. Fie hates naturefzs * Pliny charadterizeth him )that fbc
excejferot,rurefuo eontentu*yder. hb.i x*p.7. 1 Hot. — h*c efl VtX* folntmn m^traajnintient^mi^ * J>t*fatM.h°fo
Murom quid mfru deos fcirafatur dyi \wi qm illi mtuedat,
fath
Part.2. Se&.2. Remedies agamft fit/concerns. Memb.$.
hath made him louver then a God^ndis Angry with the Goas that any mangoes 2 6?.
before And alchough he hath receaued much,yetf as \Sencca follows ir J t
he thinkes it An iniurythat he hath m more^and t$ fo fore fromgiuing thanks ^J^J^
for bti tribunejhip jh it he compUincs he is not Ptdtor , nether doth that pleafe rkanZtamp^
him ^except he may beConfull. Why is he not a Prince , why not a Monarch, tat P lura vm
why not an Emperour? Why fhould one man haue To much more then an-
othcr^onehaue all, another nothing? one furfeit another ftarue, one Hue at t» fid
eafc,another labour, without any hope of better fortune? Thus theygrum- J^l^J**^
blc,mutter & repine: Not conquering that incond3ncy of humane affaires, tZlm^lc *~
or iudicialiy conferring one condition with another,or well waighing their
ownc prefentedate. What they are now^thou miid ihortly bee , and what ufj^* ton ^"
thou art th :y fhall likely be. Expect a Jittle , conf errc suture and times pad
with the prefent 3 and fee the evtnt,comfort thy felfe with it. It is as well to
bee difcerned in Commonwealths, Cittics, Families, as in priuaie mense*
dates. Italy was once Lord of the world, Rome the Queene of Citties vaun-
ted her felfe of two \ myrriadesof inhabitants , now that all commanding \U^maAmi,
country is poflcfled by petty Princes,* Rome a fmal Village in rcfpc&.Greece
of old the feat of all civihty,mothcr of fcienccs and humanity ,now fbrlorne * 9 %^° "J^,
the nurfe of Barbarifmci, a den of thceues. Germany then, faith T acitw^wzs biu&ti.
incult and homd,now full of magnificent Citties: Athens,Corintb,Carthage %
how flouridiing Citties/iow buried in their owne mines: Venice a poors fi-
fhercowne,/ > 4rfcf ,Lcndon t fmall Cottages, in Cafars time , now mod noble
Emporiums .Valoti y PLntagenet ScSutigerhow fortunate familics,how like'y
to continue? Now quite extinguifhed and rooted out. Hee (lands aloft to
day, full of favour , wealth, honour , and profperiry , in the top of fortunes
wheele^to morrowe in prifon,wor(c then nothing,his fon's a beggar. Thou
art a poore feruile drudge,F*x^/if//,a very flaue,thy fonnc may come to be
a Prince,with Maximinui ^Agatbocles, ejre. a Senator, a Cenerall of an Ar-
my; Thou (landed bare to him now , worked for him, drudged for him and
bis,rakcd an almcs of him, day but a little , and his next heire pctaducnture
(hall conlume all with riot , be degradcd,thou exalted, and he, fhall beggc of
thee. Thou (halt bee his mod honorable Patron,hce thy devout feruant,his
posterity fhall runnc,ride,and doe as much for thine, as it was with f Frifgo- t *k ad * e
bald and Cromwell^t may bee for thee. Cittizens devoure country Gentle- l *Jj: 9
men_,and fettle in their fcats^aftcr two or three defcents,they confumcall in hh Aft* and
riot,it returnes to the City again. A Lawyer buyes out his poore Client,af- MonuaacnlSe
ter a while his Clients poderity buy out him and his 5 fo things goc round.
Ergo terrena calcanda.jitienda uleftta. Therefore J fay fcotne this tranfitory
dare,look vp to heaucn,think not what others arc, but what thou art.* Qua »
part locate es in re?& what thou (halt be,what thou maid be. yea but their
prefent edate crucifies and torments mod morcall men , they haue no fuch
forccad,to fee what may bc,what fhall likely bc,but what is, hoc angit i their
prefent misfortunes grind their foules,and an enuious eye that they cad vp-
on other raensprofperities ^Vicinum^pecus grandtus vber hibet^how rich,
how fortunate,how happy is hef but in the mcane time hec doth not conG-
der the others mifcries,his infirmities of body and miftdc ? that accompany h J^™'jf™*
his cftate ; but dill reflects vpon his falfe conceaued woes and wants, where- tm&fu ^ G
as if the matter were ducly examined, 1 * he is in no diftrcflc at all, bee hath no JW.
Mm 3 caufe
Part.i,Sca:.j. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb^,
370 caufc to complainc. . c telle querelas,
Pauper enim non eft cui rerum fuppetit vfa,
he is not poorcjhc is not in need. d Nature is content with bread an&watef
r t . tp. and he that can reft fat is fied with that, may contend with Jupiter himfelfefir
« se» ca e ill happinejfe. Ucob defired no more of God but bread to catc 3 and cloathes to
2 i.pnem ©• ' put on in his iourney 5 G>#~2*-2 o.Bene eft, cui deus obtulit , Parca quodfatis e/l
aquamnaturA manu^btcad is enough, e to ftrengthen the heart. And if you ftudy Philofo-
qmbTefipfi P n Y aright,faith f Maudarenfis b whatfoeuer is beyend this moderation, is not
cum nuede fa vfefu!l y but troubkfome. % AgclltM out of Euripides , accounts bread and wa-
*dT%bTfon tcrcnou S nl ° f atisr * c nmnc^fwhich there is nofurfeitjhe reft is notafeaft y
plex fmemfe' ^ r ^t t h S l Hterome eftcemcs him rich/hat hath bread to eat, and a votent
dat veftu tenuis man that is not competed to be a Jlaue: hunger is not ambitious y fo that it hauc h
^eTeptf"*. e<tt ^ n ^ tktrft doth not prefcrre a cup of gold, Jc was no Epicurean fpecch of an
« piai.84. ' Eptcure,hc thac is not fuisficd with a littlejWill neucr haue enough. And ve-
fsireaepbito- ry £ od counfell of him inthe + Poet.O my fonne mediocrity vfmeanesanees
qmdapiam m»- best with men foo much\$s pemttious.
derationem fu- Diviti<egrandes hom 'mifunt vivereparce,
^quoanimo, And if thou canft be contcnt,thou haft
vfni eft. zbimdzncc ^nihil eft nihil deeft,thou haft little s thou wanteft nothing.
& Lib.7. 16. i S i VC ntri bene Si later i.pedtbufq. tuisjsil
Cererumunm ^ . . . . J l , •
& aqu* focu- Dtvttta pcterunt regales adder e maim,
km mmaies If bellv/tdes and feet be well at eafe,
TqZumfat , A PrillCCS trC3{l,rC C3n thcC n ° m ° re P Icafc '
a nunqum eft 'Tis thy want alone that kecpes thee in health of body & mind ? & that which
Iuxhs wen tnol , perfecuteft and abhorreft as a feral! plague 5 is thy Phyfitian and k chic-
tpHiT! erA ^ m feft friend , Which makes thee a good man, a found , a vcrtuous , an honcft,
h satuejldkes an happy man.For when Vertue came from hcaucn ( as the Poets faigne;rich
TJ^JIT T men kicked her vp.wkked men abhorr'd her, Courtiers feoffed at her, Citti-
"'i S 111 11/1 I /l /"• 1
potemquipm- zens hated her,* and that (he was thru ft out of doorcs in every place 3 fhec
re non cogmr. camc ac j a ft t0 her Sifter Pouerty, where ftiec found good entertainemcnt.
tffamt&T. Poverty and vertue d well togethef. ^oviututa faculty
t Euripi&i Me Pauperis y anguftiei teres j) munera nondum
*jf' 0fi *. InteUeUadeum—
Wiediocres divt' .
tin bommbm how happy art thou if thou couldft but be content. Godlinejfe is great gaine y
wh'verb mole's min C4 " ^ e content w ^ f ^ At w ^ c ^ ^ ^' 4t K 1 -Tim.6.6. And all true hap-
pmUhfA ^l" P ines ls lti a mcane eftatc. J haue a little wealth, as he faid, m fed qtt# animus
i hot. magnasfacit y z kingdomc in conceit. • — a nihil amplius opto
n*q } deim Mai a nate jit fi 'vt propria hac mihi munera fax is.
* Ter milk J Iiaue enough.and defire no more. * Veftem &fortunam com inn am ,petittS
quam laxam probo } \ct my fortune and my garments be 6oth alike fit for mee.
pldfcimpat &n&wh\ch\SebaftianFofcarinusfomzt\vnc Duke of , caufedtobee
pcrtatem ekfa cngrauen on his Tombe in 5 C Market Church < Heare Oyee Venetians, andl
TensZ'efmm)- w ^ tdh™ *>h"b is the beft thing in the world : To contemn it. I wil cngraue it
HHl&tuteidde. i" my heartjit (hal be my whole ftudy to contemnc it,Lct them take wealth
litiatxr Stercoraftercus amet t (o that I may hauc fecurity/^ qui latuit , bene vixit,
^LucAn m ' thoughJliucobfcure 5 oyctJliiieclcane andhoneft,and when as the lofty
» lipfm mifcell.ep.40, n S*t.(M.i. * Chytreiti m Zurop*dclitt}\:Accipite dues Vtneti qtu>d ejl optimum in rebus bumms,ret
humane cmtemnere. • Vab vivere etiam wackbtt^s Dim* faid Ade\pib.AR4. qttmmltknonegeo^itmmkltA non #•
dertpt SecrAtcs i?tfomfa t ille In rmdiois,
Okc
Part.2, Se&.j. (Rjmediet agamjl Difcontents. Memb.j
Oake is blowtic downe,thc filly reed may ftand. Let them take honour, fo 27 1
that I may haue hearts eafe. DucmeOJuppitercjrtufatum^^c. Leadmee
O God whether thou wile J am ready to follow^command I wili obey, I doc
not envy at their wealth, titles, offices, P erimus fcrtaffe fas hce comforted * *>$&*mar
himfelfej quando tllinon erunt , when they are dead and gone , and all their J?-****
pompe vanitticdjour memory may flourifti. Let him bee my Lord, Patron, ^Sd!£.
Baron,Earle,& poiTcfle fo many goodly Caftles , 'tis well for nice s that I p &
haue a poore houfc,and a little wood, and a Well by it,&c, 6 f' F m(
His me confolor vielurumfuavius acfi \otu - , 1,
Quaflcr aviis pater atcL mens patruufa, fuilTent. &rt m " " a ****
lime J thanke God as merrily as hc,and triumph as much in tf . is my meane etuBox uZ
cftate, as if my father and vnkle had beene Lord Treafurer, or my I . Maior.
He feeds of many difties,Ihauc one/ quiChriflum curat , nonmultum curat tS^f
quam de pretiofts cibis ftercus conficiat, what care Jofwhat ltuffc irv excre- toVfcr.
mentsbe made? 1 * He that Itucs according to nature.cannot he poore .and he that 'tf m %*'
exceeds fan never haue enough^ totus nonfufficitorbu, the w h ole world can- cdMm^fap
pot giue him content, ^yljmall thingt hat the righteous hath ^ isbetterthen x \V^tmma
the riches of the vngodlyfhl $7.16. and better u a pcore merf ell with quiet- ^mrnZL-
nejfe,then abundance with ft rife, Prov. j 7.7. wem mnfen-
Be content then 3 enioy thy ielfe.- and as chryfopme advifeth, be not angry ftt> q £ ex ?®*
for what thou haft not, but giue God hearty thanks for what thou hafireeeaued. p^pmZfequi-
\ Si dat olufcula tur.
Menfa minufcula l Hm ' J H"
J J bu qua acceptfit
pace referta } gratia age , noli
Nepeterrandia* ivdignmprobii,
- l . ~ j 1 qua nen
Lauta^prandta fa r
Uterepleta. ^'J^at.cbytrm
But what wanteft thou to expoftulatc the matter? Or what haft thou not
better then a rich man? healthshiLdrcnfccurity^eeycfriends^ liberty , diet, bu* uui'mu
apparelled what not,and that which J am fure he wants.a merry heart. Paf
fing by a v/Hage in the T erritory 0/Millan ,faith S* Aujlin, If aw a poore beggar fJ^KpSv*.
that had got be like his belly full of meat /eft ing ejr merry \lfighed ana fatd tofome bet k. dim paw
efmy friends that were then with me , what a deale of trouble, madnelfc.paine, 1"' m ?
J ■ r t r n ■ t , i t J V vitsm 7 rali:uci-
and grief e doe voecjuftatne and exaggerate vnto our fe lues, to get thutfecure^ nm,tibm,
happ 'neffejvhich this poore beggar hath prevented vs of and which wee per ad- i mru ^^ r '
venture fh ill neuer haue. Tor that which hee hath novo attained with the beg- t ^-^ t,Cnm
ging of forne f mall pee ces offiluer,a temporal/ happineffe ,and prefent hearts eafe, u ctnftff.
J cannot compxffe with all my carefull windings, and running in and out. x And ^"m^Jcrda
furely the beggar Wits very merry 3 but I was heavy: hee was fecure^ut Jttmo- Medlabnefan,
rous. i^4nd if any man fhoxld aske me now s whether I had rather bee merry , or mmdvat *
ft ill fo follicitous and fad,/ fbould f ty,merry. /f he fhould dske me againe jvh ether Smfidtw,
J had rather be 44 Iamjr as this beggar was , I fhould fure choofe to bee as I am^ ' Mm ? ecio f atu -
tortured ftill with cares andfeares y but out ofpeeuifhnefe^andnot out of truth. Z^rTdTtm,ct
That which S, Aupn faidofhimfelfe here in this place, I may truclyfayto mgcir,Hi&h.
thce 3 thoudiicontentedwrctch,thoucouctous niggard, thouchurlc, thou J^^tT"*
ambitious and fwelling toad, 'tis not want but pccuirtincs which is the caufc erant,& e . '
*Etcerte Me
t*tab4tnr,eg-o ««, fecvYMi!!e > e£0trepia'ns.Etji peremtveturme qmfrimanexHhmmalUmjm mauere, rtfponderemtuvltatti
G$rvr[tii'mttrrog<tret,a$ tgotalu ejfm,<a<piali4 mm [nmjmtifCmsHTK cmfiftmcligttmftdpcrvtrftttesm vtrkat,
of
— — ~ %
Parc.2.Sed 3 . Cure of Melancholy. MemUj.'
272 of thy wocs,{ettlc thine affe&ion thou haft enoughs ^
y Her. y Denifyfit finii qmrendi^quum^ habeas plus
rem, "m^it, Pauper wn met not minus f ejrfinire labor em
quanta & qua- Inctpiosjarto quod avebas Mere.
wTmanennt' z ^ a ke an end of fcraping,purchafing this manor,this field , that houfe, for
fe/fim:nf t bM ' this and that childe,thou haft enough for thy fclfe and them,
decern vd ofo _ j q U od petti hie eft,
UbcHm, ab om- Tis at hand, at home already, which thou fo carneftly feekeft. O if I might
if^meex 'li but /zue a whi/e longer to fee althings jetledfome twoor three yearej wouldpay
tdo\™uumt *Umy debts y m^Vt all my recknings euen,but they are come and paft.&V thou
imeam menfa haft more bufinefle then before. O madneffe to tbinke to fettle that tn thtn^
^rlwnillfan- old age wbenthoubaft more jvbich in thine youth thou canft not now compofe
m & adbuc re- hauing but a little, \ Pirrbus would firft conquer t^fricke, and then Afia^fr
ftantpiur* qua fum (flutter agere^nd then line merrily and take his eafc , but when Cyneas
*M{per"t, fin- the Orator,told him he m i ght doe that already, id iam poffe fieri y hee reftcd
fane,friem qui fatisfled condemning hisownc folly. Si parua licet compontremagnis , thou
^nvVeZbth- maift doe the like,and therefore becthoucompofed in thy fortune. Thou
venta, infene- haftenoug^,he that is wetin abath ; can be no more wet if he bee flung into
^demlft'm* ^ ^ er s or * nto tric ° cean IC ^ c ^ c ? an< * ^ inou na ^^ a ^ tnc world, thou canft
qwim ob curls not haue more then enough, inioy thy fclfe at length 3 and that which thou
crnegotU tw haft,rhe minde is all,be content,thou art not poore,but rich. Non adijee opes,
B* K qM pitas' f e ^ m * nue cupiditates (tis * Epicurus advife ) adde no more wcalth,but dcrai-
faturumquum nifh thy defires. How many deafe and dumbcjhalt and lame,blinde, mifera-
f ca£ub r 'f } ^ c P er *° ns cou ^ J rcc k° n vp,that are poore,and withall diftrefTedJn impri-
eap.+o.de rer. fonment, banifhment, gally-flaues, condemned to the mines, quarries, to
varieuacete,v2- giues in dungeons ; perpetual thraldome,then al which thou art richer,thou
^mtocu\Tc% art more na PPy 3 t0 whom thou art able to giue an almcs , a Lord in refpeft,
turn videtis. a Petty Prince, a be contented then I fay,repine & mutter no more 3 forthm
^H^re lb * rt not P oore * n deedjbut in opinion.
* piuilrch! Yea but this is very good counfell 3 and rightly applyed to fuch as haue
* Apud stobc- it,and will not vfeit,that haue a competency, that are able to worke&get
™smhp*M- tnc » r ^ l » n g by tne ^ wcat of their browesby their trade,that haue fomerhing
fenate,fedin yet,hec that hath birdes, may catch birdes ,but what fhall wee doc that are
twwijsenesa) flaues by nature, impotent and vnabletohelpeourfelues, meere beggars,
oneLlmT' tnat ^ an g u ^ and pine away,that haue no meanes at all mo hope of ineancs,
no hope of dcliuery,or of better (Itccefle? as thofe old Brittans complained
to their Lords and Matters the K^i^oppreflcd by the Pities , mare ad Bar-
haros^Barbari admare t xhe Barbarians drouc rhem to the Sea , the Sea drone
them backe to the Barbarians^om prcfent mifery compells vs to cry out&
howle,to make our moanc to rich men , they turne vs backe with a fcornc-
full anfwere to our misfortune againe,and will take no pitty of vs , they Will
not,thcy cannot hclpc vs. Jnfteed of comfort they threaten vs,mifcall v^to
aggrauate our mifery, giue vs bad Ianguagc,or if they do giue good words,
what's that to relieue vs? According to thatof Thales , Facile eft altos mone-
re, who cannot giue good counfell? tis cheape , it cofts them nothing. It is
an eafy matter whe ones belly is full,to declaime againft Mmg,Quifatureft
pleno /audat itiunk ventre 9 Doth the wild Ajfe bray when hee hathgrafeyr
Part.2. Se&.j. Remedies agamfl Difcontenis. Memb.}/
lotseth the Oxe when he hath fodder? lob. 6.$? Neq { entm populo Romano quid • 273
qtnm peteft ejje Utins^o men liuing fo iocund , fo merry as the people of * Hri*** Ait*
Rame whm they had plenty,but when they came to want,to behungerftar l^fmeiaa
ved^ether fhame^or Uwes^nor armes^cr Magiftr at es could keepe them ino- media hhoret t
bedienee. Seneca pleaded hard for poucrty ? and fo did thefe Philofophers^ut mearma » le i»>
in the mcane time b he was very rich , they had wherewithal to maintaine r^Sfv^
thcmfelucsjbut doth anypoore man extoll it ?i would to Godfasheclaid) int.
No mtn would commend pouerty, but bee that U poore^ or hce that fo much ad- j ic ^ of
raitcs it/vould relieuCjhelpCjOr cafe others. ' j R 0m m ™
\ Nunc ft nos audti xt% c$ divinus <^JpoEo t Ntmi >
Die mi hi qui nummos non habet vnde fctat f dltefjji"£?
Now if thou hear'ft vs and art a good man, fer.
Tell him that wants to get meancs if you can f \l2ef m
Bet no man heares v$,wc are moft mifcrably deie&cd s
. * Vix habet in nobis iam noua plaga locum 3 * 0v ^»
Wc can gee no relcifc,no comfort.no fuccour,
\Et nihil inueni quod miht ferret opem, " ;
Wehauetryed at meanes,yet findeno remedy; No man liuing can expreflc
the angu iih and bitterneiTc of our foules 3 but wc that endure it a wee are di-
ftreflcd } forfaken,in torture of pody,of minde,in another hell : & what fhall
we doc? Quod mate fer s affaefce feres bene^— accuftome thy fcifc
to it,and it will be tolerable at laft. Yea but I may not,I cannot,
In me confumpfit -vires for tuna nocendo y I am in the extremity
ofhirnianeaducrhty;^//^//»^rrrf^/?^^^^^4/. Comfort thy ¥ LncnJib f
felfe with this yet, thou art at the worft, and before it bee long it will either t^*W««/«*
on ercomethce/n- thou it .If it be violent, it cannot endure, autfoluetur aut f j" b ^ m ^ dlt
fclttct; Let the Diuellhimfclfe.and all the plagues otEgypt come vpon thee nu'abfiuiudi.
a: once, Ne tu cede malts fed contra audentior ite, be of good corage, doltu&c.
mifcryisvertueswhetftonc, ferpensfitis, ardor ,ar en*
Dulca virtuti. as Cato told his fouidicrs marching in the babuitommthc*
dr ^:sofZ : y^ J thirfl J heat,fands,fcrpcntswcrcpleafant to a valiant man, f mo P'fofi-
honorable enrcrprifes are accompanied with dangers anddarnages.asexpe- '/^ vliemj
rienccevinceth, they will make the reft of thy life rellifn the better, orput gme pbUefa*
cafe they continue? thou art not fo poorc as thou waft borne 5 and as fome fi e . m ' mi ntc j^
hold 5 much better to be pittiedjthen to be envied. Butbe it fo thou haft loft S^temr.
all 5 poorc thou art deicftcd Jn painc of body 5 griefc of minde, thine cnimics c imei'x*Mf
infill* ouer thee,thou art as bad as /^ 5 yet tel rnc(faithf Chryfeftome)was lob ^^^f c
4Y thcDiuzll thegreater eonquerer/urelylpbjhe Diutllh^dhti goods Jhe fates ding ioy wic
on the muckhill^ *id kept hit good name y bee left his cbtldxtnj?ealth,firiends y but y° u fcUimo
be kept his innccencyfie loft his mony but he kept his confidence in God , which ta 'tjo«*
was better then any treafure. Doe thou then as Job di d 5 triumph *t]ob did, A Affli&o dot
* and be not molefted as euery foolc is. Sedqua rationed potero ? How (ball ^tm^fcZ
this be done} Chryfoftome anfwercs, factle fi caelum cegitaueris,m\h great fa- p*at. Dm of-
cilitvJfthou ("halt but meditate on heauen. Aodthoueh thou becft now timmquemq
3 i . 1 i r »>«rLrt- aut mala, vale-
peradventtire in extreame want c and milery, d ltmaybcc tis tor tnyfarther
good to try thy parience as it did /^/, and exercifc thee in this life : truft in affich.smeca,
God,andrelv vpon him 3 and thou (halt bee « crowned in the ende. What's H-^^
this life to eternity? The world hath forfaken thee, thytnendsandtortunes „to,iw«»r,
' Nn ?H
Part i. Se& 3 • Cure of melancholy. Mcmb. 3 ,
274 all arc gonc,yet knowc this.thzt the very haircs of thine head are numbrcdj
thatGodiiafpc&atorofallthymifcrics, hee fees thy wrongs, woes, and
Wants,* Tis his good willdud f la fur tit fbculd hefo , dnd kets knowes better
•semc.ttepro- what is for thy good then thou thyfelfe. The Tyrant tookc the Citiy ffaiih
ttt*vftm \Chryfofiome)God did xot hinder it Jed them awaycaptiuesJoGod would Uuc
itjheboundthemfiodyeeldedto itfiunge them inU thefornace , Cod permitted
rim quid fit in- itjhtat the Oven hotter t tt wot granted, andwhen the Tyrant had done^, his
comwdmmt- wor ^ G9 ^^ e ^i^ s p meri£n ji t hechtldreits patience: he freed them j fo can
t Hem.6,vo!u'u he thee > and f can helpe thee in an inftant } when it fecmes tu him good, g Re.
Z^Z^&dt ioyeen^) again ft me Omi/teeaimy, fir though ifd^^ when, fit m
w mn'probibl' d&rkneffefhe Lord fball lighten me , Remember all thole Martyres what they
it,voiuit capti- haue endured, the vtmoft that humane rage and fury could invent, with
im*ptl™%Z what patience they haue borne,with what nriilingnes embraced it.rh
it I'gve, cmcef- he ki/i mefalh lob % l will truft in htm, Jufias inexpugnabilis , as f Chryfojlome
^rti M De holdcs,a iuft man is impregnable, and not to be overcome. Take away hit
tertd 'inopmje mony, his treasure is in heauen hani(h him his country, hee is an inhabitant of
Jlercore erigt t h*t heauenly ferufalemi cafi him hit* hands } his confidence is free. Killhti fo.
7 8 tyj* foaffrife agatnex he fights with a faddowe that intends with an vpright
h r reme,^me man. He will not be moucd. — — ft fraCius illahatur orhis,
$locmnPu>daro impavidumferientruina i Though hcauen it felfe mould
l t *"'7c ^ fall onhishcad he will not be moued. He is impenetrable , as ananuilehard,
^u»,immer{a- as cennSnt as Itb. Be thou fuch a onc,let thy mifery bee what it will.whatit
flbvfrpam- cahjWitli pat iencc endure it) thou maift be reftored as he was. The poore jhiS
risfeptHm.Lip- not alway be forgotten jhe patient abiding ofthemeekefhaffnot perifbfor em,
*iHom Au Pfcl* 1 °* 1 vcr ^ 9 %r ^ e L$r ^^ be a refuge of f be oppreffed , a defence in due
faeniel'unUs ? time of trouble, f Servns E pi&etus,w*///4f / corporis, hue
at habet^ i»c& Pauper: At hac inter charm erat (*pcris t
%Tlrin^de' ^ame was E P'ft et **i* n d poorc Irsu,
fiem avitatm Yet to them both Godwas propitious.
^ickt' ith** L '^ 9Htcui Vertomannut that famous traucller,indurcd much mifery ,yet fure*
bit [oh*™ »»- ly ,faith Scal/ger^t was vir de$ Chdrtu^ in that he did cfcape fo many dagers,
fciemia. Corpus, Qo<\ efpecially protected him,he was deare ynto him: Modo in egejlate , tti*
b»U*iene t cenvdUe deplorationis &c. ihouartnow inthe vale ef mifery, in pe-
xmbra pugrut vertyjn agony* in tentdtion; reft, eternity Jfapp'tnejfejmmortalityfyd bee_j
qui cum iufi§ t f,y reward^ Chryfoftome plcadcs,//^* truft in God and keepe thintJ inn*-
^Hu'vreMc cency. Tipn fi mate nunc & elim y fic erit femper, a good houre may come vp«
lec^vt f» *t«r- on a fudden, k expect a little.
*4*ii** rca '' Yea,but this expectation is it which tortures me in the mcane time, x fit-
•Dm fruitvr ka- tut a expettdns prafcntibus ^^ffrjwhileft the graflc gro wcs,the hor fc ftarues;
mfaimiT m d ' 'P airc not >^ ut no P c SfdlSpesdlitagricolas, he that fewest* tcercsfid
Mvlmignit, reape mioy^H\.\26.j. Si fortune me torments^
Tibrmum pan EJperane* me content a.
^mmm^sT hope rcfrcflicth^s much as mifery deprcfleth; hard beginnings haue many
vratm vwtrA times profperous events, and that may happen at laft, which ncucc was yet.
fkpertn nmgo> ^ dcfirc accomplijhedydelights the feule.Ptov. j^.xg.
T^nida . * Gr * tA fuperveniet qux noh ftersbttur herd.
* Modo m fiof^
fuyVtntentcaumbm&itptftikmmtW^ k DtbitDtHt hk a*4% fi*m., [ Semi. n K m
dtft&ctmziwr* kpCm. .. . .
^ VVhicb
Part.2. Sc&; j» Remedies againjl Di/contents. Memb. $ .
Which makes m'inioy my ioyes long-wiflVd at laft, 275
Welcome that houre (hall come when hope is paft.
a lowring morning may turne to a faire afternoonej
j Nube foletpulfa candidut ire dies, the hope that , Qv}J
it deferred js the fainting of the heart, but when the defire commeth, it it a tree
*f7//c->.Prov. 13.1a. \fuavipmum eft voti compos jfrr/.Many men are both t Tbttet.
wretched and miferable at firft,but afterwards moil happy, and oftentimes l^ h l'^'
it fo fals out,as Macbiavel relates of Cofmus Me dices , that mod fortunate
and renowned Citizen of Europe f hat all hisyouth wasfuHof perplexity, dan* ba$eti$mu %
gerandmfery \till '40 year es were f aft \and thenvponafudden the Sunne of his Xl'^pTadlu'f.
honour brake out as through a cloud, Hunniades was fetched out of prifon,and cemiam periculo
Henry \hcyo{Portugall,outo£apootcMonaQiCTy , to bee crowned Kings. ™XltmT&
Multa cadunt inter calicemfuprema^labra, dfcrimim pie-
beyond all hope and expectation many things fall out , and who knowcs mm & c >
what may happen? Nondum omnium dier urn Soles occiderunt, as Philippus
faid, ail the Sunnes are not yet fee, a day may come to make amends forall. fmuicumdivi*
Though my father and mother for fake me, yet the Lord will rather me vp. PfaL
/ 1 i j it • 1 ■ T^r^ /t 1 ne[at 3 Camb<Lit.
l^AO-Watie patiently onth? Lordandhope in him, rial. 37.7. Bejtrong^hope WecMniamper*
tnd truft, m the Lord^and he foxll comfort thee,andgiue thee thine harts defire, dMfofatajRk
PfaL 27. vert 14. Speratc&wfmet reins fervatcfecundis. l^sZL
Fret not thy fclfc becaufc thou art poorc, contemned, or not fo well for the 1 Expditmr es
prefentasthouwouldftbc^notrcfpcaedasthououghtefttobe, by birth, jJ^J^JJ 1 .
place, worth,or that which is adoublecorfiuc, that thou haft beenc happy, tiLaqamifxr*
honourable and rich, and art now diftreffed and poore, a fcorne of men, a re nin *n™**
burden to the world,irkfomc to thy fclfc and others 3 thou haft loft all . Mi- tjfc?***'
fcrumcffuiftfceltccm^ lconfe(Teitisagrcatmiferictohaucbcenchappy,co (
haue beene rich,but yet eafily to be endured : P Security fucceeds , and to a J**//,,*?^
ex~
iudicious man a farre better cftate. The lofTc of thy goods and monyisno pedU'mPbilefi
lofTc,S thou hafi loft th-mfhey would otherwife haue loft thee If thy mony be f ^
gone, 1 thou art fo much the lighter ,and as S* Hierome perfwades Rujlicm the rittsjnulumibi
Monkcto f >rlakealiand follow Chrift, gold andjilver are too heavy mettals P™» la dmi *
fir htm to carry that Jeezes heauen. ^
\ Vel nos in mare proximum, qmu alia ttle-
Cemm.ts & lapides aurum & invtilf* raui>dh detrS
Summt matcriam mm v - ntute me £ .
Mitt amus feeler um ft bene ptenitct , nunquamani-
Zeno the Philofopher loft all his goods by ftiipwrackc, * he made light of it,
fortune had do ne him a good tu rne . Opes a me. animum auferre non foteft, y^^aa res
fhec can take away my meancs,but not my minde . Jt was mafcttU vox & '"Ff"*"?
praclara % 2 generous fpeach of Cotta in jSaluft, manymiferies haue happened \^* t % S'
vntomeat home and in the wanes abroad , ofwhichbythehelpc ofGidfomel * ^udiimmdl
haue endured fome J haue repelled,and by mine owne valour overcome , courage $*"J%^
was never wa *ti»g to my dejignes,ner induftrie to my intents , projperitie or \ tmA mens
adverfitie could never alter my di/fojition • A wife mans minde as Seneca wUm viftw
holdes,* ts like the flat e of the world aboue the moone % ever ferene. Come then ^nfumyJer,,
what can come , befall what may befall, infraclum inviclum^ animum op - ^.4 C ap.i.
ton 'as , Rebus angu/fie animofus atquefortis appareSHor,Od,ii,lib,t.) Hope f^'^ff ,
and Patience arc two fovc/aigne Remedies for all B nihil
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?•
Vj$ « Durum fed levins fit patient ii
*Hor. quicquidcorrtgerecttnefas.
l^tonbTm JHt cannot be helped,or amended,* make the beft o^neeefttatiquifeac*
mdun servare comodatfapit,hc is wife that fuits himfelfe to the time • As at a game at la-
mmtu.od.i. bles,fo doe by all fuch inevitable aceidents.
, J Tcr. AdtiM. 1** vtU e ft homtnum, quajt cum ludas tejferts.
4 Sc. 7, y si illud quod eH maxime opus iaclu non cadit y
fas t aitefa que Jfthou canftnot fling what thou wouldeft, play thy call as well as thou
tmli 'tZmn can ^* Every thing faith *Epicletus hath two handlcs,the one to be held by,
mm'nojhL ™ the other not,tis in our choice to take and leaue which wee will, fall which
quam voiumia simplicius his commentator , hath illuftrated by many Examples*,) and t'i$
• Ptqumu , * n our ownc power,as they fay, to make or marrc our felues. z C onformc
quadmm.qui' thy felfc then to thy prefcnt fortune, and cut thy coatc according to thy
doquodv^umm c \ ^ % g e contented with thy /^ftaceand calling whatfoever it is, & reft
XSiui* : * as we M fatisficd with thy prefent condition in this life,as he that is invited to
■\Epiftetw.m~ afeaft, f he eates what is let before him and lookes for no other , cnioy that
mam ad con- ^ ^ ^ j ^ nQ mQrc fGod,then what he thinks fit to beftow vpnn
ziiaum.qux ap- ' .... ? , ^ r "
pniam comedii thcc. Non cwvis conttngit adirc Corinthum^ we may not all be Gentlemen,
non ■ <{mm h' a ^ Cat ° s ) Sc 'P* ' s -> ox L *tyi as " T u Rj tclleth vs,all honourable 5 iIliiftrious & fc-
mSur^m rene,all rich, but becaufe mortall men want many things, a Therefore^ faith'
qu<e ty negant. Theodoretjbath God diver fly diflributed his gifts, wealth to onc y ski I to another •
vidattfo d tior° t ^ Jat ric ^ men ^* encmra Z e f et f oorer mtn Avporke 3 poor e men might
tdeickmfmt learne (evcrall trades to the common good . A>apecceof Arras is compoled
rerumomnium offeverali parcels,lbme wrought of filkc,fbrne of gold.filverjCrucll of diverfc
Zi g dwhia, ! " colours,all to ferue for the exornation ofthc whole: Muficke is made of fc-
impaupemtem verall difcords andkeycs 3 a totall fumme of manyfmall numbers : fo is a
dl -ibf' at [ietr l Commonwealth of feverall inequall trades and callings . b If all fhouldbe
ZJmmU- and D^all idle, all in fortunes cquall^whofhould till the land ? As
rmnfient.qul c Mencnius ^dgrippa well fatisfied that tumultuous rout of Rome^ in his cle-
2I£ gant Apologue of the belly and the reft of the mcmbers.Who ftould build
mama admove- houfes make our feverall ftuffes for rayments > Wc (hould all be ftaru'd for
fmt omnes c0m P an y> as ^^ydeclared at large in K^iriftophanes Plutus^nd fue at Jaft
*qLies nLfe to be as we were at firft . All things then being rightly examined and dulic
tti vt omnes fa- confidered as they oughyhere is no fuch caufc of (o gcncrall difcontent,'tis
w/tnZram 1 * not in tne tmn § " DUt m our m i n( k> as we moderate our palfions and e-
fuicmt,quiife- fteeme of things . Nihil aliud neceffarium vt-Jis mifer f faith Cardan) quam
^'Imas'lt vt te m tf erum cre ^ M > Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy minde alone
rem!quUvmm that makes thee poorc or rich 5 mifcrablc or happy. So for all other things,
exprmem> they are as old e Chremes told vs,as we vfe them .
I ^'^de'eonf. farentes,patrtam :> imicoSygenu>s ) cognatos y divitia4 y
* Heaiuontlm, H<*c perinde funt ac illius animus qui ea pofidet^
**E*fTom ^ vtifcrt } ei bona,qui vtitur non retTc, mala.
JpuL Parentsjfricnds.fortunesjcountry^irth^aliancc^c.'ebbcand flow with our
katiof tfe *m couceit', pleafe or difplcafe,as we accept and confter them,or apply them to
my2 OUr fclueS * ?* ber <l ui faf ortt » ia fu*> a od in fomc fort I may trucly fay,prcjf-
dmt.bau^ac perity and adverfitie arc in our ownc hands . Nemo Uditur nift 'a feipfo, and
mreut m* f,hi ythi Q h Seneca continues out of his iudgement and experience, f Every mm
m * mwdc
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minde u Jtronger then fortune, andleades htm to what ^de he will, acaufeto 277
hmfelfe each one u,of hu good orb ad life. But willweor nillwe, make the
worft of it,and fuppofe a man in the greateft extremity, 'tis a fortune which
fomcindcfinitly preferre before profperity, of two excrcames it is the belt.
Luxuriant animi rebus plerum^ fecundity men in f profperity forget God & ^tT
themfelues,thcy are belbtted with their wcalth,as birds with henbane,* mi- fecit
ferableiffortuneforfakethem 3 but more mifcrableif fhee tarry and over- WMmuL
whelme them . in adverfuy many mutter and repine, defpaire,&c: both bad 'J™"*^'"
1 confefle, 5 vt calceus olim m pip faera*
Sipeke maior erit fubvertet.fi minor vret. rforetfiobwan
And as a fhooc too bigge or too little, one pinchcth 3 the other fers the foot m.
amy, fed e malvs w/'/?^*^,Adverfineistobe preferred,^ franoindiget-fHa ltiw -
folattoj'h faht,kdc inflruit.Thz one decciues 3 thc other inftruc1:s 3 and there- h
fore many Philofophershaue voluntarily fought adverfitie, andifomuch
commendeitin their precepts. Demetrius in£<7/ta*efteemeditagreatin-
felicitie,that in his life time he had no misfortune, mi ferum cui nihil vnquam
aiadiffet adverft . Adverfitie then is not fo heavily to be taken,& we ought
not in fuch cafes fo much to macerate our felues; there is no fuch ods in po-
vertie and richcs.To conclude in 1 Uieromes words,/ wiH ouke our magnifies > EpiftMb.i.vit.
that bmld with marble and bellow a whole manor on a thred , what difference Pa f Ermt -^'
,„ , J , r I . / / , , / 1 • / « • Meat nunc tn-
brtw'xt them andfamtbeEvmncjbat bare oldman : they Art nke\in Jewels t tmogare qui da
he in his hand- he is poore and goes to HeavenJhey are rich and goe to Hell, ™ m *»*"»<>ri-
* * ° bn*veftmnt,qui
vnefilo viUarK
' MB ME. A. pmntpecxa
r K • «, 1 mic Jm mcdo
. quid vnquam
K^igainfl fervitudejoffe oflibertyjmprifonment, Btm]bment a defrh ^sfimi
■1 1 1 bibitis yiUecM'
SErvitude,lofle of liberty,Tmpri(bnmcnt,are no fuch miferics as they are ^m^tkjTcit,
held to be i we are flaues and fervants the beft of vs all : as we do revc- Me' pauper para-
rence our matters, fo doeour mailers their fupcriors-, Gentlemen ferue
Noblcs,and Nobles are fubordinate to Kings , Omne fub regno grav tore reg- fijeiput.
»*w,Princes them felues arc Gods fervants reges in iffos impermm efi IovU.
Thev ire fubie6t to their owne laws 3 and as the Kings of China, endure more
then (lav ifh imprifonment 3 to mainetaine their Hate and grcatncfTe, they ne-
ver come abroad . Lovers are flaues to their miftris,rich men to their mony,
Courtiers to luft and ambition, and all flaues to our affections, who is free?
Why then doft thou repine? Situ eft potent, Hierome faith 3 qut fervire non
eogitur . Thou carricft no burdens, thou art no prifoner, no drudge 3 and
thousands want that liberty,thofepleafures which thou haft . Thou art not
ficke,and what wouldft thou haue ? But nltimurin vetitum,wt muft all eatc
of' the forbidden fruit . Were weenioyned to goe to fuch and fuch places,
we would not willingly goe ; but being barred of our liberty, this alone tor-
ments our wandering foule chat we may not goe • A eittizen of ours 5 faith
k Cardan, wa s 60 yea res of age, and had never becne forth of the wals of the k S«»folM.t.
citty of MtUan , the Prince hearing of it commaunded him not to ftirre our,
being now forbidden that which all his life he had negle&ed,he earneftly dc-
fircd,and being dcnkd,doUreeonfeclus mortem obi/tJ\c died for grfefc.
What I hauc (aid offcrvkufol fay againe of imprifonmenc . We are all
Nn j pr>
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278 prifoners. What is our 1 life but a prifon?We arc all imprifoned in an Hand.
1 Gaurfa The world it felfe to fomemen is a prifon, our narrow feas as fo many dit-
qddtfiviunifi chcs,&when they hauccompalTcd the Globe of the earth, they would fainc
TutS^Ai. § 0£ ^ cc whai ' s donc in thc Moonc - J" m Mnfavic & many other northcrnc
partes, all over Standi* they are imprifoned halfc thc yeare in Stoues, thcv
n yertmamiis dare not pcepe out for cold • At ft ^Atden in Arabia they&rc penned in all
wvi&Kfr 1 c.4. l on g w ith that other extreamc of heatc , and kcepe their markets in the
kISmw* » night . What is a|(hip but a prifon^ And fo many cittics are but as fo many
kor&jecMddyob hiucs of Becs,Anthils,but that which thou abhorrcft many fcekc . Women
ZTlmMt- kee P in al1 winter ,and mod part of fummer to prefcrue their beauties, fome
fiui txtrcem. for loue of ftudy Dcmrfhenes (haued his beard becaufc he would cut off all
occafion of going abroad : how many Monks and Friers, Anachorites^aban-
don the world ? Monachm in vrbepifcis in arido . Art' in prifon?makc right
rti verkr v fc Q f it,and mortifie thy fclfc; Where may a man contemplate better then in
JSS^*-j?^f^>#i or ftudy more then in quietnefle. Many worthy men hauc
dine, vbifhdit bcene imprifoned all their liucs y and it hath beene occafion of great honour
m anc * §^ or y to tkem,much publike good by their excellent meditation. Sevri
rinm Boethiut never writ fo elegantly as in prifbn , P title fo devoutly 5 f or
tinKft.nm moftofhis Epiftlcs were dictated in his bands. Iofeph > faith P Aitftin <?6t
mlaudatur U- mo re credit in prifon y then when he dtftributedcorne, and w 44 Lordcfphira.
mLamfikle- •h'shoufc. Jt brings many a lcwdriotous fellow home , many wandring
fet,<uqiMmcat' rogues it fcttlcs,that would otherwifc haue beenc lb many ranging Tyeers
f ^ w ^ MrA and haue ruinated thcmfclues and others. /5 \
Banifhment is no grievance at all, Omnefolttmfortt patria, &c. & patrh
eft vyicunfabene eft, That's a mans countrcy where he is well at eafe. Many
travcll for pleafure to that citty,faith Seneea,to which thou art baniflied,and
1 tutixut. what a part of thc Citizens are ftrangers borne in other places , q Incttenti-
bus patrta'its their country that are borne in it,and they would thinkc them-
felues baniftied to go to thc place which thou Jeavcft, and from which thou
art fo loath tolpart . 'Tis no difparagement to be a ftrangcr, or fo irkfomc
i^MttTp^e- to ^ C an exilc * * The r * int * 4 fl r * n & er t0 the ***&fiver$ to thefea , Iuppiter
gmi fmt im- in tAZgypt, the Sttnne to vs all. The fouk it an altene to the body t a Nightingale
bres m tma y & f Atre>A swallovo in an hottfr,and Ganimede in heaven ,an Elephant at fame,
iuppit7r m apud * Phoenix in mdiaj&nd fuch things commonly plcalc vs beft,which are moft
JEgyptw,st>u- ftrangc and come fartheft of . Thofe old Hebrewes eftccmcd all thc world
ftt'Sain Gentiles ^az Greekcs held all Barbarians but themfclucs, our moderac Italic
€orfore, lufcima ans account of vs as dull Ttanfalpines by way of reproach, they Icornc thec
Z%m hl Gmi an ^ thy country which thou f° muchadmireft. Tis a childifh humour to
mdtsca^&c. hone after home , to be difcontcnt at that which others fceke,to preferred
ba fc //landers and Norwegians doc their ownc ragged Ifland, before Italic or
Greec f,the Gardens of the world/tis want of iudgemcnt . All places ardi*
ftant from heaven alike, the Sunne Chines happy ly as warmc in one citticai
in another, and to a wife man there is no difference ofclimesrfricnds arc c-
very where to him that bchaucs himfelfc wcl a and a Prophet is not eftccmcd
in his owne country . Alexander fa far i Traian^drian s were as fo manic
land lcapcrs,no w in thc Eaft,now in thc W r cft,littlc at horoe,& Polus Vene*
txs.Lod. rertomannusfinz,onus£adamuftus<Colttmb»i^Americus jref^utint^
Vafm G4ma f Drake£a*diJh s Oliver Anort 3 [Schoitticn, got all their honor by
ioluih
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voluntary expeditions . But you fay fuch mens travcll is voluntary , wee arc 170
compelled, and a j malefactors mu ft depart : yet know this of* to bee •tibjielep*
xuxc,irftori Ded jnmma cura peregrinus eft ,God hath an efpecial care of (Iran-
gers,<tW when he wants friends tnd a/ies y befbati defcrue better and find mere
favour with Gociodmcn . Btfidcs the plcafurc of peregrination , variety of tpuddm &*>
obiefts will make amends, and fo many noblcs^ulI^Ari^dfS^hemifrocles, jJ^J^S
T^/^jC^m^f.ashauebecncbanifliedjWillgiuc fufficient credit vnto wetter.
it.
Mi us* 5.
Againft Sorrow for death of friends or othemifejuaine feare$c.
DEath and departure offriends arc things generally grievous, . r Omni- « caim. &
urn qut in human* vita, contingunt , luclus atfy mors funt acerb t&ma, ct^olM.^
the molt aiift ere and bitter accjdents that can happen to a man in this
life,/* aternu.v valedicere^ to part for ever , to forfakc the world and all our
friends/tis r ultimumterribilium y thelail and thegrcatelt terror , and racft
irklomc and troublefomc vnto vs.f Homo toties moritur^uottes amittttfuos, t Sou**
And though wc hope for a better life, ctcrnall happyneflc, after thefc panic*
full and mifcrable daies, yet wc cannot compote our feluci willingly to die,
the remembrance of it is moffc grievous vnto vs.cfpcc ally to fuch as arc for-
tunate and rich, they ftart at the name of death , as ahorfc at a rotten port.
Say whai yon can oi that other world,with f Metezuma that Indisn Prince, f b<*v.
honum e/i effe hh ,ihey nad rather be here • And many generous Tpirits , and
graue ftaide men othcrwife } arc fo tender in this, thar at the loflc of a dearc
friend they will cry out,roare,and tcare their haire.lamentmg many months
after, houlingas thofe /rifh women and Greekes at their graucs, commit Im^ZHHZ
many vndecenr actions , and a!moft goc btfidcs thcmfclucs . My dearc fa- w y fc£Una per-
ther.mv fwcete husband, mine onely brothers dead, to whom ihail I make
mymoanc.? Omemtftsum. a^um M
Qmdxbit inLchtym#sfontem ) t$'C* hates Outlm
Whatihallldw?
« Sedtotum hot (Indium luBtt frgterna mihi mors 9
Ahjlulitjximifcro fitter ademptemthi*
Mv brothers death my ftudy hath vndonc,
Woes is me. alas my brother he is gone*
Mezenttus would not line afrer his fbnne.
a T^ttnc vrvO) nccadhuc homines l»cem^relit$qi$i 9 «
Sedlinquam.
and Pompefs wife cry cd out at the ncwes ofher husbands death
TTurpemort pof} tefolononpoffe dolor e. « rutuu
So fhccwouldenecdcsrunncvponthcfwordes point after JBwi/Wdepar-
wrc - * , *r«i
* Figite me, ft qua eft piettsj* me omnia teU
ConijciteoRnttlt. t
O let mc dic,(bme good nan or other make an ende of me. How did AcmU
/rnakconfor^rw/andcpattnte? Ablackedowdcof fonowcsovcrdia.
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aSo . dowed him, faith Homer . Jacob renthis cloathes, and put fack-cloat)j about
his loynes,and forrowcd for his fonrie a long fcafon 3 and would not be corn-
fortcd,but would needes goe downe into the graue vnto his fonne.fo;*.^
34. Many years after, the remembrance of fuch friends, of fuch accidents
is moft grievous vnto ys , to fee or hcare of it , though it conccrnc not our
felues but oi\izzs.Scaligcr faith of himfelfe 3 that he never read Socrates death
» c<mW. lib t m MM** Vhoedon , b 11 1 he wept : a ^iuftin (hed teares when he read the dc-
* ■ ' ftru&ion of Troy. But ho wfoevcr this paffion of forrow be violent and bit-
ter, and feizcth familiarly on wifc 3 valiant,difcreete men 3 yet it may be with-
flood jt may be diverted . For what is there in this life,that it fhould bee fo
*deare vnto vs?Or that we (hould fo much deplore the departure of a friend?
The greateft pleafures are commo focicty, to cnioy one ano triers prcfencc
feaftingjhawkingjhunting.woodsjhils, muficke , dancing 3 &c-all this is but
t u ™^'r cet vanitie and lode of timc,as I haue fufheiently declared.
tumvitt pr<epo' — | dmn bibimtts^dum ferta y vnguenta^pnellas
mt, iracundui Pofcimm^obrep/t non intellect* (cnccltts.
fmfS[Z Whil'ft we drinke,prancke our feiues,with wenches dally,
hmefuAbm- Old age vpon's at vnwares doth fally.
rikmhtin* ^ S ^* cum *ft s fp cn d tnat ^ tc ^ e which they haue to get gold,and never findc
'jijprtdam"' it>we loofe and neglect cternitiej fpr a little momentarie pleafure which we
wrboi odium cannot cnioiejnor (hall never attaine to in this life. VVc abhorre death. paine
&Mcerjimm. anc j g r j c f ej and yet we will doc nothing of that which fhould vindicate
t seittca>q«um vs from it,but rather voluntarily thruft our felues vpon it* b The hfctviom
mifumm mors p re f erres fa pyhore before hu -life.orgcod eftate,an angry manhis revenue, apa*
vera mm adefl, rafite hugut \/tmbiUot4s^honours\ covetous y wealthy theefe hu booty , a foutittt
turn mm»S»' his fpoile t voe abhorre AifeafeSjandyetrpepuHthem vpon We are never bec«
*Bmurd\c^A. tcr or ^ rcer k° m carcs tncn wnfin wc ^ CC P C *& yer 3 which we fo m uch avoid
*ed.wfa wife- and lamcn^death is but a perpetuall flcepe, and why (hould it as * Epicurus
rum, vwmf€- ar g Ue s 3 f much affright vs}fvhenwe arejieath is notjbpt when death is, then
m,a»pj am*- ^ n ^ ; our j s tC( jj 0US an( j troubleforae vnto him that Hues heft.- \tk
* cemeii ad fa- a miferie to be borne, a faine to Hue, a trouble to *//>,death m akes an end of our
tTmo'jlZ't, miferics,and yet we cannot confider of it;'no pleafure here but forrow is an-
p$rci*i edi,non nexed to it,repc»tance followcs it. < if I feed liberally lam likely fieke or fur*
%Mm U vwe- f et ' y J f jl * ue $ Ariri & l y m y b m g er a "d tbirft it not aUaid, JamyoeU neither frU
\tu7eitiTfl nor fifing-, tflliuc bone ft iburne in lufi^ Jfl take my pleafure,! tire and ftarue
qwrjmumar- my felfe,and doe iniurie to my body & foule.f Off fmalla quantity of mirth,
butjaffitxdo, fo m mucn f rrorv\after fo little pie afure^how great miferie . Tis both waies
* Eent.cap.;^. ^ troublcfome to me to rife and goe to bed,to eate & provide my meat, cares
TJtkit U hmu an< * contcn ^ ons attend me al day long,fearcs and fufpitions all my lifc.I am
uifitiifpofi'* difcbntentcd.and why fhould tdcfirel'o much to liuc? But an happy death
tantam vokp- will make an end of all my woes and miferies,
^ SI Omnibus vna meti cert a medela mails.
* Eji enimmort why lhould not I then fay with old Simeon firxt I am fo well affc&ed, Ufi
^InfrJfdek- Hm let tJj yf er,VAf}tde P art i» peace,ox with Paulejdefireto bee d'tjfolvdtnl
b7rtad\ef,ige' t0 bewith chrtsl . Beata mors quxadbeatam vitam a dit urn aperit ,'tis ablcf-
mm,deexp*- fed houre that leads vs to a d blcfled life , and blcfTed arc they that die in the
m1t] e dc d Ig Z Lord ' But life is fotttcjuid death is not fo terrible in it felfc 5 as the cobco-
gd brmim, luiutics ©fit , a Uuthfomc difcafe, paine, horrour,&c. and many times the
manner
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manner of it,tO be hanged, to be broken on the wheele, to be vnburied,or fo. 281
As Socrates told Cato it concernes me not, what is done with me when i am
dead. Facilu tatlura fepulchri. I care not fo long as 1 feele it not, let them fet
mine head on the pike oiTenariffa^ and my fourc quarters in the foure parts
of the world , pafcam licet in cruce cor ho s
let VVolucs or Bcares devoure me. * f^-
* Ccelo tegitur qui non habct vrnam. ♦ ovid.+. Ttfa.
The Canopy of heaven covers him that hath no tombe. Solikewifeforour
friendsjwhy fhould their departure fo much trouble vs ? They arc better as ]mm!hlTi
we hope,and why then doft thou lamcnt,as chofc doe, whom Puttie taxed in Itgfomte taU
his timc,/.T heff. 4.13. that haue no hope . 'Tis fit there fliould be fomc folem- f^ c " at ^b*t
nity,and 'tis a naturall paflion to weepc for our friends , an irrefimblc pafli-
on to lamcnt,andgricue. /r^r^m; ( faith Seneca^) butfometimes'tis J&ipiadi*.
good to be miserable in miferie^andfor the moH part all grief c evacuxts it [elf e c ^™[
by tares* * eft quadamflere voluntas , dedarpmp.'
Exp let fir lachrymis tgtriturtfe dol&r, J 1 ?- f
yet after a dales mourning or two ^comfort thyfelfefor thy beavines, Ecclus.38. pueiil^lu
/7.Waen Socrates was dying,his friends Apollodorut and Crito with fome o - wubbiu ponnk
thersjwerc weeping by him, which hce perceiving asked them what they
m cant . %>for that 'very caufe he put all the women out of the roome^ ipon which ' Pmceptu pbC-
words of bit they were abafhed^and ceafedfrom their teares. Lodovicm Cortefi- to W> : * conpr-
*S,a rich Lawyer of Padua (dLS\Bcrnardwus Scardeonius relates^ commaun- mmm^tmu
ded by his laft will,and a great mulcl if othcrwife to his heire ; that no fune- &tec<»rc-
rall fhould be kept for him,no man fhould lament . But,as at a wedding,mu-
ficke and minftrels to be providcd,and inftcedc of blackc mourners he tooke aftdiul Utml
order * that twelue virgins cladingreene fhould carry him to the church. His i tm ac voiupt*-
will and tcftamcnt was accordingly pcrfourmed, and he buried in S c Sophies n'mTup^ptp.
Church . h T ully was much grieved for his daughter Tulliolas death at firft, f«m, ac txuiure
vntill fuch time that hce had confirmed his mindc with fome Philofophicall J^^jf? jj**
precepts, 1 and then he b"gan to triumph over fortune andgriefe i & for her re- £/c*
ception into heaven to be much more ioyed^ then before hee was troubled for her fatw&tokmm
loffe, Jf an heathen man could fo fortifie himfelfc from Pbilofophy , what f%} gmm vri
{hall a Chriftian from Divinity? Why doeft thou fo macerate thy felfe? Tis mtum, aripafe-
an inevitable chancc s an evcrlafting aft of Parliament, all muft \ die. tari f lc hmint *
k Con flat <tternapofttum% lege eft "°BoetbAb.i
Vt con (let ge nit urn nihil. met .3 .
Jt cannot be revoked,we arc all mortal!, and thefe all commanding Gods & l B ^'!?$ eU *
Princes die like men. O weahe condition of humane t(late\ Sylviut cxdaimes, ™ 30 j^ ctl
Jz*^//^Kmgof/^w/4i8ycaresofage, intheflowrcofhisyouth, fo prefent.
potent,rich/oitunatcandhappy,inthcmidftofallhis friends, amongftfo tfe°dJught«
many m Phyfitians,now ready to be n maricd,in 3dbotircsfickncdand died, ofrwfenhe
Tombes and monuments hauc the like fate, datafu»tipftsquo% fatafepul- ^J™™^
cArwJECingdomeSjProvinccSjTowncs^nd Cittics hauc their pcriods,and are tiicf^&c *
canfumcd.ln thofe flourilhing times of Troy 3 ^f«r*wasthefairertcitty * Sj»orum
in Greece fir trie c unci a imperitabat, but it alas, and that * Affyrian Ninivie r $" t ™ m
are quite overthrown^ The like fate hath that Egyptian and Botian Thebes, f Ommum qm
Velo$ t eommu»e Gr*ci* conciliabulum, the common counccll houfe oiGreece, ™£ t ""^*f~
aodj Bab Hon the grcateft citty that ever the funnc (hone on , hath now no- m ^ m%
O o thing
Parc.2,Se& 3 . Cure of Melancholy. McrnU^
282 thing but walks and rubbifh left. Thus f Paufanias complained in his rimes,
f Amd. lib. 8. And where is Troy it felfe novs£arthage t Ciz,icum ) Sparta i Arg9S ,and all thole
Grecian chtiestSyracufe and Agrigentum, the faircrt townes in £/c/£> 5 which
had fomctimes 700000 inhabitants 3 are now decayed, the names of Hiewi
Empedocles^ejrc. of thofe mighty numbers of people, onelylefr. One-***,
charfis is remembred amongft the Scythians ^ the world it felfe mud haue an
end. And as to a traveller great mountaines feeme plaincs afarreof, atlaft
are not difcerned at all, citties,men,monuments decay,the names are oncly
left,and thofe at length are forgottera, and involued in pcrpetuall night.
oEplJiML^ Returning out of Apa,when 1 fay led from zs£gina toward Megar a J began
flaith Servius Sulpitim in a confolatory Epiltle of his to Tully) to view the
country round about . *s£gina was behinde me y Megara before^ Pyraus on the
right hand.Corinth on the left hat flourifhing townes heretofore^ novo proflrat
and overwhelmed before mine eies, lbegannetothmke with my felfe , \^Am
why are we men fo much di [quieted with the departure of a jriend } whofe life is
^'f^m^dl'' ^dfyorter}? whenfo many goodly Citties lie buried before vs . Remember
vera ante oculos Servius thou art a man^andwith that 1 was much confirmed , And correcledmy
pmeaa. Uceann felfe : Correct then likewife, and comfort thy felfe in this , that We inuftne-
ceflarily die,and all die,rhat we fhall rife againc;as Tullv held lucund.or^ muU
to cengreffm nofter futurus^ quaminfuavis ejr acerbus digrejfus. Our meeting
againe fhall be much more pleafant,then our departure was grievous.
I but he was my moft deare and loving friend,my folc fiicnd.Thou maift
* Henmlfor- be afhamed , I fay wirh 9 Seneca to confeiTe it , in fuch a * tempeft as this 1 9
* mt ' hr haue but one anchor gocfeckc another: and for his part thou doft him great
g&tmpefluT' i n j ur y to defire his longer Yxicfivtltthou haue him crafedand fickly JliH } erU
quod ad vnam be freed from his miferies? thou haft more needreiqyce that he is gone. Another
^r^xium* com pl aines °f a m °ft f^eetc wife , fuch a wife as no mortall man euer had,
morbiZ&fi' fo good a wife: I reply to him in Seneca s words , if fuch a woman at leafte-
tibundum-— ver to be had, c He did either fofinde her or make her jf he found her y hecj
^tlbumdk wd J happily finde another^ if he made her, as Critobulus in Xenophon did by
liberals (it. his,he may as good cheape informe another,he need not dcfpaire,fo long as
1 v * mm bma f ame ma ft cr j S to t> c had. But was fhe good ? had fhe beene fo trved per-
eut invenifh, . . r .... ■ \ r r > r \
autjicfcctfkfi aducnture as that Ephejtan widdow in Petronim , by lome iwaggenngioul-
huemrh, aiiam dier,fhe would not haue held out. Many a man would be willingly ridde of
ms: Dc ^ ore tnou waft hound ,no w thou art free, u and tis but a folly to loue thy
vtus: ffcceris fetters /hough they be of gold. Come into a third place you fhall haue an a-
b vmtflr%ef' 8^ ^ atncr fig m ' n g f° r a forme,or a forlorne fon for his deccafed father. But
*stuitieft7om- why? Prior exijt, prior />/r4zv* Jiee came firft and hee mjuftgoefirft.What,
fedesitcet awe- would'ft thou haue the lawes of nature altercd,and him to liue alwaies?/*/.
Cdifar ^^uguftm ^Alcibiadesfialen, Ari/lotle ) loft their fathers young. And
why on the other fide ihould'ft thou foheauily take the death of thy little
* caff. 19. si id fonnc s was he not mortall? Heare that diuine * Epiftetus , if thou covet thy
fades vt vxer, wifcjfrtendcs^ childrenfhouldliuz_j alwaies, thou art a foolers, Heewas
a fine Childe indeed, but who can tell whether hee would haue becne
(iHitusa. * an honeft man ? Hee might haue proued a theefc 3 a rogue, a fpend-
thrifr,a difobedient fonne,vexed and galled thee more thcnjall the world bc«
fide,hc might haue wrangled with thee and difagreed ; or with his brothers,
as Eteocles find Pelynicespnd broke thy heartj he is now gone to eternity as
another
Part. 2. Scd.j, Remedies again/I Vijconttnts. M cmb. 5 •
another Ganymede in the flowrc of his youth x ,asifbee hadrifin 5 faith 7 Plu- 283
t arch from the midjl of afiafibefoxc he was drunk/^ longer he had lined 'the 8 7)11(1 ?** di "
worfe he would hane beene^ey quo vita longior ( ^Jmbro/e thinkes ) cuh.t ;w ^IZlkt
merofior ,more finneful^more to anfwere for he would hauc had. Jf hee was y cor^udji-
naught,thou maift be glad he is gone,if good,be glad thou hadft fuch a fon. M^; ffto ™*
Or art thou fure he was good ? ] t may be hee was an hypocrite as many are, rede'effitZ^e
and howfocuer he fpake thee faire ; peraduenture hee prayed amongftthe etemta-
reft that Icaro-menippm heard at Iupiters whitier/nr place in Lucian, for his te J^ re ^ *
fathers death. Or put cale he wasgoodjuppole the belt , may not thy dead v»abmi\pi*
fonnc cxpoftulatc with thce,as he did in the fame * Lucian. why doft thou la> ^ a c ^ e ^-°"
meat my death } or callme miferable,that am much more happier then thy felfe^ TmJSl*
•what mufortune is befalne me }Is it becaufelam not bald i crooked ) old^ rotten^ 'Jdatt.quaki :
of thou art? whatfiaue I loflfome of your good cheer gay cloathes , mufickc.fw- Zcifajfiiai
ging.dancingjuftngjnerry meetings &C. ii that it ? it not much better not 1 Tcm.t. tnff*
to hunger at all then to eat t not to thirjl then to drinke to fatisfie thirft,not to be de hiSiM '
a c old then to put on cloathes to driue away coldf You had more need reioyce that Jfn^m^L^
I am freed front dtfeafes^agues,cares y anxietiesj.mcr i loue y couetoufnejfe i hatred, ?*» tefummul-
ewyjnaltcejhat I feare no more theeues tyrants > enimies as you dte % F^hxt 'ffimJti^
good doe your tearesfo what end ? hiputas emit-
Excefii e vita arumnis facilifa, lubenfq, . IPJ an 1 U *
a/ * :^r* 1 L J «on [am malm,
Ne fetor a tpja morte dehtnc vtdeam. (enex,vt tu, f<i-
I left this irkfome life with all mine heart, f/<r>*£<f«v'»-
Leaft worfe then death (liquid happen to my part. 'odem^'md
I Gardinall Brundttjiniis caufed this Epitaph in Rome to bee inferibed on his tibi lidetur in
Tombe.to fhew his willingacfle to dyc,and taxe thofe that were fo loath to v>u
depart. Weepc no more then,'tis to no purpofe . And as Tully aduifeth vs f t*n™&\xot-
in the like ca{c, Nen qruos awifimusfrd quant it lugere par fit cogitemus.lhxvkz gi m\m rm .
what we doe.not whom we hauc \0b.S0Dau1d did 2.Sam.zz .while the child e ( ume e '
watyet aliue ^ifafredandwept^ but being now dead why fbould ifajl? Can I &c.Gjud e fi-
brin^ him aga/ne y /fhallgoe to bimjtut he cannot returne to me. The Thraciam tlui 1™ d
wept ftill when a child wasborne,and feaftcdand made mirth when any ma ^£^"^1
was bnried.-andfofhould wee rather be glad for fuch as dye well, that they nmi&cjEUh
are fo happily freed from the mifcries of this life. If ourprcfent weaknes bee. q jf la ^
fuch,we cannot moderate our paffions in this bchalfe; we muft divert them m*!&c.
by all meancs by doing fomething.thinking of fomc other fubied. The ita< XCtiuwdthh
Hans m oft part ileep away care & griefe>if it vnfeafonably feafe vpon them* *J^^ de
Danes^Dutchmenfolandcrs^nd Bohemians drinke it do wnejour countrymen t c«p.*. si oV*
goe to Plaics: doe fomething or other, let it not tranfpofe thee , or by b pre* ff^%^*
meditation make fuch accidents familtarjLS Vlyfrfes that wept for his dog, but non pemA-
not for his wife,^W paratm ejjet animo obfirmato,( Plut, lib.de animJranq.) ** c<m r r*M
accuftomc thy fclfc.and harden before hand by feeing other mens calami- ^tm*mmm
ties,and applying them to thy prefent ftate. I will conclude with f Epi&etus. bemmm a te
jftho* louejl a fot jemember *tU but a pot thou louefl y andthou wilt not be trfu- b p^^^
bled when tit broke: if 'thou louefi afonne % or voifejemember the? were mart all, wfmkm red-
and thou wilt not be fo impatient. And fo for falfc feares and all other fortuit ?"^* < J W * c *~
inconvcniences^ifchances^alamities, to refift and prepare our fclues, not fT*d Ap7ul«i*
to faint,* Stultum efl timere quod vitare^nonfotes , 'tis a folly to feare that Affnefacere »«
which cannot be avoided, or to be difcouraged at all r^lSf*
Oo 2 Wdm
Part.!,Sc<a.3. Cm of melancholy. Memb!*
284 « Nam quijquu trepiAut pauet vel of tut,
* Bottb. lib.u Abiecit clypeumjocofy mot us
T^eBit qua valeat trahi catenant.
For he that fo faints and fcares,& y celds to his paflion , flings away his own
weapons 5 makcs a cord to bindc himfclfc , and pulls a boarac vpon his ownc
head,
M B M 2. 6.
AgainfiEnvy^ Livor, Emulation, Hatred, Ambit iott,
Selfe-leue, And allot her ajfecli on s.
* j& iirv ^ 1 ' A Gainft all thofe other <* paffions and Affe<5tions,there is no better re-
™${en™cX* /\ medy,then as Marriners when they goc to Sea,prouide all things nc-
temptmcogi* ^eefTary torcfiftatempeft,to furnifti our fclues with Philofophicall
w ' and Divine precepts.- to ballancc our hearts with loue, charity, meekeneffe,
patienee^and counterpoifc thofe irregular morions of cnvy 3 liuor, fplcenc,
hatred,with thofe oppofitevertues, as wee bend a crooked ftaffe another
lEpiftettueap way. To oppofejfuffera^ce to labour 7 patienceto reproach , bounty tocoue*
X4.s; Ubm ob- toufnes, fortitude to pufillanimity^eeknciTctoanger.hurnility topridc.to
5SwSw*e«i«i- examine our fclues for what caufe wee arc fo much difquietcd, on what
tium patienti*, ground,what occafion is it, a iuft or a fained caufejand then either to pacify
&c.futa c<m[i4- our felues by reafonjOr to divert by fomc other obicc"t or contrary palfion,
Mmferrti?™ or premeditation. In fecundis meditttre, quo patio few aduerfa 5 or out of ma-
ture iudgement to avoid the erTc<5t,or difanull the caufc.
t AlmutmbU f Vt vivat Caflor fibi tejles amputat ipfe 5
T u quofyfi qua nocent jbijee futyu erit.
The Bcauer bites of ftones to fauc the reft:
Doc thou the like with that thou art opprcft.
Or as they that play at waiters ^exercife thcmfelues by a few cudgells how
to avoid an cnimies blowes: armc our fclues againft all fuch violent incur-
fions } which may invade our mindes. A little experience and practice will in*
vre vs to h^vetula vulpes^s the proucrb faith , laqueo baud capitur, an oldc
Fox is not fo cafily taken in a fnarcan old fbuldier in the world mce thinkes
fhould not be difquieted,but ready to rcceauc all fortuncSj incounters, and
with that refolute Captainc 3 come what may comedo make anfwere,
ZVkfrE* >*nonvBa labor um
O virgo nova mi fades inopina^furgit ,
Omnia percept atfy Ammo mecum ante peregi.
No labour comes at vnawarcs tome.
For I haue long before caft what may be.
t Katxtynm the Commonwealth of f Venice in their Armory haue this infcriptio, Hap-
Mtifi Europe p u that Citty which in time of peace thinkes oftvarre , a fit Motto for eucry
™* X tenp V <*epa" mans P" uatc nou fe > happy ls tnat man that prouicte for a future aflault.
tu de belli) cogh But many times we complaine, repine and mutter without caufe , wee giue
m * way to paflionSjWe may refift and will not. Socrates was bad by nature,cnui-
ous,as he confeffed himfelfe 3 la{ciuious,but as hee was Socrates faze did cor-
icdt and amend himfclfe. Thou art malitious^nuious^ouctous^impaticnt,
no
Parti.Se&.3. tftjmedie* to Vijcontents . Mcmb.6.
nodoubt^andlafciuious, yet as thou art a Chriftiancorreft and moderate 285
thy felfe. 'Tis fomething I confefTe,and able to moue any man a to fee him-
felfecontcmned,neglcaed 5 dirgraccd, d /«/>^^W, fomecanViot indureic,
not Z,/£/2/«himfelfc ) a man diferect otherwifc,yet too weake and paflionate JfaZ!"
in this, as his words cxprcfle , collegas olimquos ego fine fremttu non intrtecr^ li/,c i 1:i ^.Hir*
nuper terra filtosjwnc Macenates & Agr'tppas , — fummo iam monte potitos. u ' l *' lt * e ^
But he was much to blame for it , to a wile ftaid man all this is nothing, wee
cannot all be honoured and rich,all Cafar j,if we can be contenr,our prefent
ftate is good,and in fome mens opinion to be preferred. Let them goe on,
get wealthgofhces^itles^onoiirsjprcfermcnts.&what they wil themfelues,
by chance, fraud, impofture, fimony , and indirect meanes, as many doe ,by
bribery ^flatteryjand parafitical infinuation.by impudence,and time-fe ruing,
let them goe before scroffe me on euery fidef me non offendunt modo non in ecu* f i-^yv?^
los incurrunt^s he faid,corre£t.ing his former error,they doe not offend me, fcX/S-
fo long as ihcy runnenot into mine eyes. J am inglorious teyooxz jompofi* dim, fmm#-
tapaupcrtatehwx.\X\\\t fecure and quiet: they arc dignified, and hauc great "/w**"^
meanes , pompe and nate 3 they are glorious , but what haue they with it ? rem fo.
iEnvy^trouble^anxiety^as much labour to maintaine their place with credit % h /£wdali*d
as to get it at fir ft. I am contented with my {oxixxxitsJpecJator e longtnquo^ & JJjJJ^JjJ*^
\o\\cNeptunumproculkterraJpe£tarefurentem\ he is ambitious and not fa- tnbraeiuipd*
tisfied whhW\s:butwhat h gets he by it? to haue all hu life laidopen.his reproa- tMm >
ches [eene.not one of a thoufand but he hath done more worthy of dtfpraife and habetVvhl
animaduerfionjhen worthy of sommendation^no better meanes to help this then P lf<r « vhuptrt*
to be priuste. Let them runne,ridc,ftriue as fo many fifties for a crum,fcrape, *™ m! ™~
climbe.catch.and fhatch,cofcn, and collogue, temporize and fleire, take all m'is non mefr
amongft them, * and get what they can,it offends me not , — k me mea telLus lh
Lare fecreto tuto% tegat. I am well pleafed with my fortunes. - *
- — J Fivo & regno ftmul ifla rehnqttens, I haue learned in ' ownt% fa*
what date foeuer lam therewith to be contented.Pbitip.1.1 1. Come what can mfer , .
com e,l arn prepared, Nauejerar magnd an paruajerar vntts & idem. s sen. Her.far.
I am the fame. J was once fo mad my felfe to buffell abroad, and feek about 1 Hffr -
for prAtment, tyre my felfe and trouble all my friends, fed nihil labor tan-
tus proTeti^nam dum alios amicorum mors avocat , alijs ignotus fum , his
inuifus,alij large promittunt,intercedunc ill* mecum Folliciti, hi vana fpe lac-
tant,dum alios arnbio^oscaptOjillis innotcfco,a?tas perit, annidefluunt,a«
micifatiganturjego deferor, & jam mundi txfus,humanseq$ fatur infidelita-
tisacquiefco. And now as a myrcd horfc that ftrugglcsatfirftwithallhis
might and mainc to get out, but when he fees no remedy, that all his bea-
ting will not feme, lies ftill, I haue laboured in vame, reft fatisficd, and if J
may vfurpc that of + Prudentius, t W uf ! e " *
Invent portumjes & fort una valet e t chrifiiavum.
N tl mibi vobif cum Judite nunc alhs. Engrauen 00
Mine hauens found , fortune and hope aduc s SSSiSi
Mock others now for ] haue done with you. memme in
Oo 3 Mimi. 7.
Rome. Cbitratt
h dtlkw*
Parc.2.Sc<a.^ Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.7;
1
285
Mbmb. 7*
^Jgdiftjl Kepulfe^ Abufes % Iniuries Contempts, Vifgru*
cesy Contumelies glanders, Sceffes,
May not yet concludc,or hope to rcmoue paffions, or quiet the minde,'
tillfuchtimcasjhaue likewifc remoued fomc other of their more emi-
nent and otdinary caufes,which produce fuch grieuous tortures and dif-
contentsito divert all 1 cannot hope,to point alone at fbmc few of thcchie.
*** ul(c ' fcftjsalljaymcat.
» p<ederatus'm Repulfe and Difgtace arc two maine caufes of difcont ent, but to an vnder*
seoucedfMo. ft an( jj n g man not fo hardly to bee taken , C<*far himfclfe hath becne denied.
nontkttuirifity m and when two ftand equallin tortune 5 birth,& all other qualities aIike,onc
ffatutoi ft di~ ofneeelfitymuftloofc. Why (hould'ft thou takeitfogrieuoufly ? Jci ach
babereloo d- DC ene a familiar thing for thee thy fclfeto deny others. Jf every manmight
ves femeliom. haucwhathc would,wc fhouldall be deified, Emperours.Kings, Princes.if
b^fSour 80 " wnat ^° eucr vamc hope fuggdls, vnfatiable appetite affe&s , our prepofta
* am* sylv. rous iudgement thinkes fit,fhould be granted, we fhould haue another cht*
demiTer. ariai. s in an ?nftant,a meerc confufion. Jtisfomc fatisfadlion to him that is re-
^TZuZT[l pelled.that digni[ics,honours 5 OTrlces,arenota-Kvaies giuenby dcfert.orfor
cundttmbono- . worth,butfor Tau^ejan^iicy/riendfhipjaffcclion , n great mens Icttcrs,or,as
ref&vmutts, commonly they arcbought and fold. Honours in Court are be/lowed not accou
tiorejl atq, po- ding to mens venues andgood conditions (* as an old Courtier obfenics) but
ttntMyto magis as every man bath meanes t or more potent friends fo he it preferred. With vs
\°s7[eUmiib.i* ™£r*»ce(\{ox fo their owne countryman \t\i\is)r»oJlpartthcmAtttrua.
de repub.Gatlo- ried by ftuour andgrace y he that can get a great man to be his mediator ^he runs
rum. Favorea- w j t ^ all the preferment. Indtemftimtu plerumk. prtfertur* VAtinius to
ziaplerumqjes Cato,illaudatw laudatijsimo. — Jerui aominAutur 3 afe//s
Agitur , & qui Ornantur phaleru^dephalerantur cqui. An illiterate foole fits
quZtam(lnt in 2 wi ^ c mans f eat ) & lhc common pcpple hold him learned.graue, & wife.
werce[forem,a- One prcfejfetb(* Cardan well notes)/*/' a thoufand cror»ues,but h e_j+f erues
tlTadomnti H9t tenne ^ jen be ^ at deferues a thoufand cAnnetgct tenne. Salxfamnon
fnfcEiuras. datmultu falem* Many times too the feruants haue more mcanes then the
*imp»ituipt- mailers whom they feme , which f Epiftetus counts an eye-fore and incon<
™pa™&fxa~ venient. Butwhoeanhelpe it>Jt is an ordinary thing in thefe times to feea
pud vuigus ba bafe,impudent alTejillitcrate 5 vnworthy 5 vnfufficient 3 to bee preferred before
ftTur mUkci llis beltcf s ^ ccauft hc can P ut Wmfelfc forward, becaufc he lookes big,hath
venatii.civn ncc a fairc outirdc 5 can temporize, collogue , infinuatc , or hath good (lore of
ikee mtnatur: friends and mony,whereas a more diicrcct,modeft,& better defcruing man
tnldigw? ^ aI1 haue a repulfc.'TwasfoofoId and eucr will be, and which Theft* li-
nk decern con- vifed vljffes in the f Poet. — Accipe quA ratione que as ditefctre^ ejre. is ftill in
f ?m-Mio- vfe,Iyc,flatter,and dilTemble. If not^as hec concludes,— Ergopattpcrerujhz
cupletiom funt goc like I beggar as ihoxxm.Erafmus^Melanclhon^Lipftut^ ButUus, Cardan,
i ^ Hibui *** and died poorc,Gefiter was a filly old minicab innixHs y amongft all
iTorj^z. tnofc huffing Cardinals and fwcllingBtfhops that flourillied in his time , &
sati. rid on foot cloathes.Jt is not honcfty, learning, worth, wifaome, thatprc-
sk£™ Ec ~ ferresmcnjbucasthewiferaanfaidjO cW^ and fomccimcs a ridiculous
chance*
Paft.2.Se£t.3. Kcmedtes agatnft Vijcontents. Mcmb.7,
chance. * Cafus plerum^ ridicdus multos elevautt. Tis Fortunes doings, as 287
they fay,which made Brutus now dying exclaime,0 mifera virtuj 9 ergo nihil ' s»t.Mmf,
quam verba eras^atqui ego te tAnquam rem excercebam , fed tti feruieUas for-
Beleeuc it hereafter 6 my friends .'Vertue femes Fortune. Well be it
fo,they haue wealth and honour , yet Car chin comforted himfelfe with that p £tdk Vmim
p the flarre Fomahant wouldmAke him immortalized that ] after his deceafe hm h rmu-
his bookes fhould be found in Ladies ftuddies. Viutim Mit.
* Dignum laude virum mufti vet at mori. Volrhs* * '
But why fhouldft thou take thy Canvas fo to heart ? It may bee thou art * Hor.
not fit. But as a t childe that weares his fathers fhoocs J hat ;( headpeece,breft- l 'Jf :
platc 3 or brceches;or holds his fpearejbut is nether able to weild the cne 5 or Uamf&c! *
wcare the other; fo wouldft thou doe by fuch an office or Magiftracy, thou
art wnht.And what is dignity to An vnworthy WAnJouU as * Saivianus holds) jijtrfjffi
a gold ring in a /wines fnowt:1hou art a brute.Like a bad actor(fo Plutarch dipi'ita* mdign
compares fuch men )m a Tragcedy fiadema fert } at voxnon auaitur: Thou en-
wouldft play a kings part,but a&eft a clowne , fpeakeft like an aflc. Magna ^ m VMlbM
petis Phacthon ejr qu# non virtbus iftis, rjrc as lames and John the fbnnes of ° in Lyfavdro.
Zehedy did aske they knew not what,#(/of temerarze nefcu^ thou dolt as an- q 0ud - mt '
other Suffenus ouerwecne thy felfe 5 ihcu art wife in thine own conccit,but in
ether mens more mature iudgement altogether vnfit to manage fuch a bu-
fineffe. Oi be it thou art m ore deferuing then any other , God mhisproui-
dence hathreferued thee for fome other fortunes fcfuper is vifum. Thou art
humble as thou art,it may be hadft thou bcenc preferred, thou wouldft haue
forgotten God and thy fclfe , infulted ouer others , contemned thy friends,
* b cene a block,or a tyrant,or a dermgod fequitur^fuperbia formamS There- r ^^f d ^ at
fc re, faith ChryfoHome^geod men doe not alwaies fade graces and fa vourjeatt r ^ y jni v „\
they Jhould be pi fed vp with t urgent tales ,growe inf tlent and prove d t aliquandogmi-
Injuries ^Lufes^xe very ofTenfiue, & fo much the more in that they think a ^c\n(uf!r-
veterem ferendo tnuitantnovamfcy taking one they provoke another: but it biam chvir.m
is an erroneous opinion: for if that were true, there would bee no end of a- ™»;!f
bufing each oihzrjis htem general 'tis much better with patience tobeare, tZfmmii'
or quietly to put it vp. Jf an afle kicke me, faid Socrates , fhall J ftrike him a- w>nt'wti
gainc.and when u his wife //>/><? ftrokc and mifufed him, to fome friends 'fj^
that would haue had him ftrike her againe , hee replied that hee would not
make them fport,or that they fhould ftand by, and fay Eia Socrates eia Xan-
tippe,R$ we doe when dogges fight, animate them the more by clapping of
hands.Many men fpend themfelues,their goods/riends.fortunes 5 vpon fmal
. qtiarrclls,and fometimcs at other mens procurements, wiih much vexation
of fpirit 3: anguifh of minde 3 that with good advife, or mediation of friends * Jmufrmm
might haue becne happily compofed,or ifpatience had taken place .Patience
in fiichcafesisamoftfoueraigneremedyjputitvpjConcealejOrdifTembleita f Maus.n.
to x forget and forgiue.y not 7 but jy times y as often as he repents forgiue him, J*££ 3 \ '
Luk. 17. j. as our Saviour inioyncsvsftrokcn,/f ^^/^ other fide: as our \s\toktas in-
*Apoftle pcrfwzdesvsjorecompencenomaneurl/for euiU^hut as much as is '""J^'*^-*
popble to haue peace with allmen : Not to avenge our felues , and wee fhall ^Jnitpriva-
hcapc burning coalcsvpon our aducrfaries head. For ifyou put vp wrong (as t^efi^nmefi
f Chryfofrome com mcMS)yo»get the viaoryjhec^, that loofeth his monyjoofeth ^^'^
not the conquefl in this our Pbylofophj. If hee contend with tbee , fubmit thy f ^,
felfc
Part 2.Se&$. Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.7.
a^S felfc vnto him firft,yeeld to him. durum & durum non fadunt ntnrum , at the
divell is,two refractory fpirits will never agree, the onely meancs to oucr-
comc is to ic\ent t obfequio vinces, Euclide in Plutarch when his brother had
t vifpereamnL angcrd him/wore he would be revcngcdjwt he gently replied,] Let meenot
P'* 1 '™ f sieTo: Hue if I doe not make thee hue me dgaine, vpon which m eckc aniwerc he was
vi imde'mceps pacified. * Fletfitur obfequio curuatus db whore ramus 3
totes effect™. Frangtiji vires expert are tuas .
rlfasmito ^ branch if gently bended yeelds to thee
»i.f«tf.i. " Purdharditbrcakesi the difference you lee.
The noble family of the Columni in Rome, when they were expelled the cicty
by that furious Alexander the 6 th ,gaue the balding branch therefore as an
Imprefe with this motto , Fleclipotef frangi nonpotejl , to fignific that hec
might breakc them by forcc,but fo ncuer make them ftoupe,fbr they fled in
the midft of their hard vfage to the kingdomc of Tfjples, and were honou.
rably entertained by Fredericke the king according to their callings.Gentlc*
* Htiiodom. nefle in this cafe might haucdone much more.and let thine aduerfary bene.
•f Riiffa repen ver fo pervcrfe,it may be by that meanes thou mailt winnc him y *favorefr
nimrtmfaili'- benevolentia etiam immanit animus manfuefcitfofc words pacifie wrath, and
Ute& cUmen- the ficrccft fpirits are fooneft overcome 5 j A generous Lion will not hurt a
* cTyi bcafk ^ aC ^' eS P ro ^ ratC J nor an E^phant an innocuous creature), but isirft*
b camden h ft m i*fitli f > a terror and fcourge alone to fuch as arc ftubborne and make re-
clone. fiftance. Jt was the fymbole of Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy & hec was
h^ffllf*- not mi ft A ^ cn m ic / or * OH 1**f% e ft m * ior Ma &" ejlplacabilis ir* t
q/tam & limb* Et fi c'tles motui mens generofa cap it.
ampkfcnSafi. /\ greater man is fooneft pacified,
Sfig? A noble fpirit quickly fatisfied.
tneam vicit Cu- It is reported by Gmlter Mapes an old Hiftoriographer of ours , that Ihied
ferbim,&pt. earcsfince ,thatkine£^ ward Senior , and Prince of tfWtf, being
plena tnum- " . 3 ^ • ^1 n 1 1 t% . /• &
t hmt iaejaiam at an Interview neerc Auji vpo n Sever ne m Glojler]hire , and the Prince lent
coiium afende, f or refufed to come to the King, hec would needes goe ouer to him: which
fitL'lTxrm- L eolin perceauing , c went vp to thedrmes in water , d»d embracing hit bat,
trahk terram, vpottldhaue carried hint out vpon his fheulder sodding that his humility fjr wif
qumhoetie fecit d ome fad tr iumphedouer his pride and folly: And thcrcvpon was reconciled
& : . vnto him,&didhishomage. Ifthoucanftnotlo win him , putitvp/thou
t Chryfofiome. beeft a true Chriftia,a good diuine,an imitator of Chriftyf (For he was revi.
wlutfl&m An ^ P ut ** vp ^whipped and fought no revenge ) thou wilt pray for thine c-
pertuitwppro- nimies 3 d andbleffe them that per fecute thee, bee patient, raeeke, hurr.ble,&c
eTveZlib!!^ ^ n nonc ^ man w ^ not °^ cr tncc ^vity^robm non vultjt hce were a bran-
ts nec vkem
gling knauc , 'tis his fafhion fo to doc , quo quij^ultior i eo magis infolefcit,
reddidit . tne m0 re fottifh he is,ftill the more infolent: « Doe not an fa ere a fiole acctr-
'« p°o?" ,I+ ' ding to his folly. Jf he be thy fupcriour/ bcare it by all meancs, gricuc not at
^Contend not ftjet him take his courfe,/fA«///w and Mel/tus* may killntee, they cannot hurt
W Mn3n r pr* W ^ 2S ^ at g encroils made anfwcre inlikecafc.^w/ww^
*o though the body be torne in peeces with wild horfes a brokcn on the whecle,
fmkdcre non pinched with fiery tonges,theSouIe cannot be diftra&cd. 'Tis an ordinary
* fTi. • i thinn for ercat men to vilific and infult . oppreflc , iniurc . tyrannife, to take
IN vi fuci taut o o . . n , , « r 1 «Of r m t
tmmmmn whar liberty they hit s and who dare ipeake againft them? Miferumejtabeo
tetmftt^r' ^f^quononpoj^isqucrifiomv/homisnoa^^ fafe to write
' ' againft
Part.2. Se&.j. Remedies agamft Difcontenu. Memb,7.
againft him that can profcribc and punifh a man at his pleafure,which a8p
nius Pollto was ware of, when Oclavianus writ againft him. 'Tis hard I con-
fefle to be fo iniur'd: One of Cbilos three difficult things. \ To keefe counfeli, 1 Arcana tame,
(bendhis time rvcll,put vp injuries ,butbe thou patient, and kauc revenge vn. etlumrem co1 '
to tne Lord. 5 Vengeance is mine and I tviU repay, faith the Lord, / knorvc the poffe je»e dffi-
jLor^faith * Dauid,rvill a vtnqe the afficled and iudge the pcore. No man fas
j Plato farther addes Jean fofieuerely pun/fb his afaerfary , as Cod wilifijj as I2 P1 ' 45 ' RonJ '
eppreffe mifierable men, \ Iterum tile rem iudicalam iudicat y * pr.r^. 12.
Maiorcfy mulcla mulclat, t N "" M tam
If there be any religion,any God,and that God be iuft it ftiallbee fo ; if thou SmS^!,
bclceucft the one 3 belceuc the other: Erityeritji fhaii bee fo. Nemefis comes
tftzr.fcrb.frdferiofay but a little.and thou (halt fee Gods iuft judgement o- ^^T*
vertake him. Thou (halt fee that of5^w^/to^4^,/.5^w. 15. 3 3. thy (word \A>aurui'm
hath made many women childlejfe fie [ball thy mother be^f childleffe amonofio- TlMt ^
ther women. It fhall be done to them as they haue done to others 5 and ihac
to their delert. * ^d aencrum Cereris fine cade & fanquine pauci
Dejcenduntreges ty jtcca morte tyranm.
Few Tyrants in their beds doc dye.
But ftab'd or maim'd to hell they hyc.
And a bafe contemptible fellow is the inftrument of Gods iuftice to puniffc
thcm,to torture and vexc them 3 as an/chtsewon doth a Crocodile. They fhall
be recompenced according to the workes of their hands , they jhaffhaue for-
row of heartland be h deflroyed from vnder the hcauenfThr 6,3,64.6 $.66. onely h Human IJiali
be thou patient, » vincit qui patitur, and in the end thou (halt be crowned. th a h r a ga5twcs
Yea but 'tis a moft hard matter to doc this, tlefh and bloud may not abide it, bee pouided
'Tisgraue.graueino {cbryfofiome replies ) non efigraue b homojis not fo grie- for Mardoclie '
vous.t nether had God commanded itjfiit had beenefio difficult . bu t how fhall T^S'cf i/Zi-
it be done? Eafily as befoUowcsitjfthou [bait lookc to heauen^and behold tbe^j wosxonqui pa-
beauty ofit-andwbat God hath promifed to fuch as put vp iniuries. B ut if thou m N td i M f*
rn ' 1 t ■ ■ n " l n. c l. ii- -t citmxrtammh
relut,and goc about vim vt repellere^s tnecultome or the world is,to right f ef efl.uofer.
thy iclfe,or haft giucn iuft caufc ofon c ence,tis no iniury then but a condignc t ^'ftp*^
punifhment,thou haft deferued as much. \^dteprincipium terecidtt cri* fu^tffd^uT
men quod a te fitit^peccafli, quiefce^s Ambrofe expoftulatcs with Cain. 1. 3, de rathne potera}
Abel ejr Cain. ^Dionyftus of Syracuse >\n his exile was made ftand without
do ore 3 pat tenter ferendumfortajfe not tale quid fecimm , quum in honor e ejfe- m pukb}xtudi>
wof,he wifely put it vp, and laid the fault where it was 3 in his owne pride & mm & l" *
fcorne,which in his profperity he had formerly (hewed others. For hec that p &" tur dm
doth wrong mud looks tobe wronged againe s Habet &mufca ftlenem y & k Vakrimhb,
formic* fua bilis ineft, The leaft flyc hath afplecne, andalittlcBeeafting. 4C ^- 1,
f An aflc flung downc aThiftlewarpcs neaft 5 the little bird pecked his gaul'd ± Cafmar - Jia
backe in revenge^ and the Humble-bee in the FablejflungdownetheEagl's
eggesoutof/A^/to-ilappe. Bracidas in Plutarch put his hand into a moufe *P«p*>i»q»it,
neaft,and hurt her young oncs/hc bit him by the finger.* I fie novo( faith he) ^^//^
there is no creature fo contemptible jhat vp ill not be revenged, 'Tis lex talionis, quod non capiat
and the nature ofall things fo to doe; and if thou wilt liuc quietly thy felfe ^|^ f ^^
t doe no wrong to othcrs.Jf any be done to thee put it vp,with patience en- r iit<m w •lun
dure it. For 1 this is tbanke worthy, faith our Apoftle , ifs man for confidence «
tctoards God y endHre grief e^hd^jftr wrong vndefertudifor what pritifie is it, I ^ ct * *'
?f if
ParM.Se&.j. Cure of melancholy. Memb^.
290 ifwbenyee be buffeted for your faults you take it patiently (but if whenyon doe
well fee fuffer wrong, and take it patiently {here is thankes with God for here*
vnto verily we are called. Qui mala nonfertjpfe fibi teflis eft per impatientUm
quod bonw non eft fa that cannot bcarc iniurics , witneflcth againft himfclfc
*s°muUemmA> that he is no good man,as Gregory holds. k 'T* the nature of all wicked men
l7'^fem P daZ t0 * oe i™**"^* it is the property of all honeft men patiently to b ear e them Jm-
probttas nullo flechtur obfrifuio/l he goate in the f Emblcme fucked a Wolfe
pedijjlquaefiix. ({ t h c Qicphcrd would haue it ) but hce kept ncuerthelcflc a Woolfes na-
t dcUt mbi. turc,* 3 a knaue will be a knauc. Iniury is on the other fide a good mans foot*
* itytaram cx- boy,his fidm o^f hates ,and as a lackey followes him wherefoeuer hec goes.
MvrmJ-' Bzfidestm/fera eft for tuna qua caret inimico , hee is in a mifcrable eftate that
ret. ' wants enimics,it is a thing not to be avoided, and therefore with morepati*
^By many in- cnce to Dc endured. Jf there were no other refpeft then that of Chriftianity,
come " dig! rcIigion,and the like,to induce men to be long furfering,and paticnt,yetmc
nhies. thinkes the nature of iniury it felfe, is fufficicnt to kecpe them quiet, the iu-
™$%%s mults ^roarcSjraiferieSjdifcontents, anguifh, dangers that attend vpon it,
fatmjtmvku the common experience might ftay them. m The more they con tend,tthc
&€.& in iji in more they are involued in aLabyrinth ofwoes,'tis an Hydras head,the more
^xcmdefc^Z tne Y ^" uc tnc morc tnc Y m *T-> and as *r*xiteles did by his glaffe , when hee
fifctus. faw a (curvy face in it ,brake it in peeces:but for that one,he faw many morc
ra ( cl . 9 J r ° as bad in a moment: for one iniury done, they provoke another cumfanore.
fiercore cmo, and twenty enimies tor one.TW/ trrttare crabrones, oppoie not thy lelfc to a
f into re* vin. multitude, but if thou haft rcccaued a wrong, wifely confidero£ and if thou
Cg * can ^ polfibly.compofc thy fclfc with patience to bearc it : This is the fafeft
* obhqMtM ct>urfe,aod thou (halt finde greateft cafe to be quiet.
SiSwfi* a w r - ° * y tnc ^ amc °^ ^ onCes 3^ an( ^ ers j contumelies, obloquies, pafquilling
fhm, fiue vtta Hbclls,and the likc,which may tend any way to our difgracc,'tis but our opi-
isdixerUtfiue nion,if we could neglect or contemne them , or with patience digeft them,
^Mc7rZ7Z lhe y vvould reflc5t on thofc lhat offcrcd lhem firft - As he that had a rcold t0
xmUfmwfk- his wifc,whcn fhc brawlcd,he plaid on his drumme,& by that mcanes mad*
SfoS"? r* dcc * ner morc s DCCau ^ & w tnat nc wou * d not bee moued. Diogenes in a
txaflai Rom. crowd when one called him back,and told him how the boyes laughed him
ftr.io. to (coxnzjegojnquitfion rideor ,tookc no notice of it. Socrates was brought
vMeSe t?' v P on tnc ^ a S c by 4riftophaneS)*nd mifufed to his face, but hce laughed as if
fmi fit anmoy it concerned him not,and as ts£lian relates of him,whatfocuer good or bad
& tuamdera* acc jd cnt or fortune befell him, coins in, or comming out, Socrates ftill kept
wuminfamt the fame countenance: Eucn fo (nould a Chnltian louldier doe, as Htermc
muriam. defcribes him 3 per infamiam tjr benam famam grajfari ad tmmcrtalitatm,
march on through good &bad reports to immortality, not to be mooed.
Yea but I am (bamed and difgraced, degraded, exploded, J hau c beencftig*
inatiried,whipt at polT,arraigncd and condemned,! am a common obloquy,
I haue loft mine cares, odious, cxccrablc,abhorrd of God and mcn.Becori-
tcnt'tis but a nine daies wonder, and as one forrow driucsout another, one
pailion another,one clowd another , one rumor is expelled by another: Jt
will be forgotten in an inftant,be it thcft 3 rape,murdcr,inceft, treafon, thou
art not the firft offender, nor (halt bee the laft , tis no wonder , cucryday
fuch malefactors are called in queftion,nothing fo common ,
Qupcuny. in populo^Hoeun^fub axe, Comfort thy fclfc thou art
not
Part.*, Scd, j. %emediet agamfl Dtfcmtcnts, Mcmb^.
not the folcman. ifhec that were guiltlefle himiclfe ftiouid fling the firft %$l
ftonc at thce,& he alone ftiouid accufe thec that were faultlefls-, how many
cxecutionersjiow many accufcrs wouldft thou haue ? If cucry mans finnes
were written in his forehcad,& fecret faults knowne , how many ihoufands
would parallell,if not exceed thine offence ? It may bee the Jud^e that gaue
fentence, the Jury that condemned thee , the fpe&ators that gaxed on thee,
deferued much more,and were farrc more guilty then thou thy felfe; But it
is thine infelicity to be taken,to be made a publikc example of Juftice, to bee
a terror to the reft), yet flaould cucry man haue to his defcrt , thou would'ft
peradventurebe a Saint in companion 1 , ve xat cenfuractlumbdt^oott fouls
are puni(hcd,thc great ones doe 2 othoufand times worfe, and are not fa
much as fpoken of. Be not dilmaicd, humsnum eft err -are \ wee are all finners,
dayly and hourcly fubieft to temptations, the beft of vs all is an hypocrite, a
grievous offender in Gods fight,how many mortall (inncs doe we commit?
Shall J fay,br penttcntjaske forgtuencflc , and make amendes by the fcquele
of thy life for that fowlc oifence thou haft committed, recoucr thy credit by
fome noble cxploit,becomc anew man and fcekc to be reformed. Hec that
runnes away in battle , as Demiftbenes faid.may fight againe , & he that hath
a fall,may ftand as vpright as ever he did before. 2{emo defyertt melt or a Up-
{tup wicked huer may be reclaimed,and prouc an honcit man^hec is odious
in preient,huTed out,an exile,may be receaued with all mens fanours, & lin-
gular app'aufc. Let thy difgracc then be what it will, quod fit^ infeftnm mn
fotefi tffe$\ix which is pan" cannot be recalIed,troublc not thy felfc,vcx,and
grieue thy felfenoniore.be it obloquy 5 difgracc,cV:c. No better way, then
to ncglc(Sr ? contcmnc,or fecmc not to regard it , to make no reckoning ofttj ^'J?™?**'*
deejfe robur arguit dicacitM . jfthou be guiltleflcitconccrnes thecnou * ut»Um.
f Irrita vtniloqu* quid cur as ft tenia lingu^ *^b%Tm
Latrantem curatne altaDtanaanemt femfo mim*
DoththeMoonecareforthebatkingofadogge? They fcorfcandrayleat &t**moJer<*
mc,faith one,P and barke at ire on every fidc.but J, like that ^/Wj* dogge JJSlf
fometimes giuen to Alexander for a prcfent, vtnd/conieab iHufolo tontemf- hmmtm.
tu ,1 lye ftill and flcepe,vindicate my felfc by contempt alone. M*.
* Expers terrorli AthiUes armatus. As a Tortoifc in his fhell, vitutc u*r"tmX°
meAme/nvolvojorinVtchm roundyri/ mtrtr ifim y ° aLizardinCammc*. «»aetaceo>&t
mile,l decline their fury and am fafe.
Integrity virtu fafua mun'tmme tutg 9 dtr a Ca rin-
No n patet dduerfk marjibm inv'tdu. tfeian Baron
Vertue and integrity are their ownc tence, *Thc fymbok
Care not for en vy ,or what comes from thence. «f Cen^gs
Let them raile then 5 fcotTe & (lander ^fafiem eontumelia n$n afficiturfi wife ^ of Mm *
man Seneca tbinkes,is not moved, becaufc he knowes, centra. Sycophant* irerfsa.r.
morfum non ett remedtumfhetz is no remedie for if. Kings and Princes, wife,
grauc,prudent holy,goodmen,divinc,aIl are foferved alike. ^ Olaneatergo pitenstntc* at
quern nulla ciconia pinfitfiod himfelfc is blafphemcd : nondum feelix esfite n *j&$ x ? .
nondum turba deridet . 1 is an ordinary thing fo to be mifufed , * Regtum eft J J^^^
turn benefeceris mate audzre,t\\c chiefeft men, and mod vndcrftanding are to wumtx »»)pi-
ferved,lct him take his f courfe. And as that lufly courfer int^>/^that con- J^JJ^
teamed the pooreAfle,came by and by after with his bowels burft, a packe
P p a on
t
Part.2.Se&.$. Cure of melanckoily. Mcrab.7.
292 on his backe , and was derided of the fame Affe, contcmnentur abijs quos ipfi
* Tut te wCd- P r *** S wf^pfi™ 7 & trridentur ab ijs quos if ft frius irrifere, they fhall bee
entiifiiarejn contemnedand laughed tofcornc of thofewhom they haue formerly deri-
c*bmim 1* ded . Let them curie and fwcarc, faintf and lie , doe thou comfort thy fclfe
wrireqJejL. w ' tn a g OG£ * confcienee, in finstgaudeas, when they hauc all donc,agood ccn,
Mimti fe quo- fcience is 4 continual fetf, innocencie will vindicate it klfc.Elegiwn mihtpro
dmmdt pro- f or iy [4S my po fi c \ s mt t9 y € m o v e d s tfut f my Palladium , my breftp/ate,w
binta confcm- J , ' {X r . , 5 , » . . . zr x- /» r .1 r i *
Mfecreum. buckler jvttb wbuh I warde nil imurtes,effencesjtesjlanders,lteane vfm tba
Bsttb'mliif.i. pake ofmodepe^ndforeccim andbreake a/under all that fos/ijh force of Liver
yfingZw licet wdsplcne. And he whofocver he is that (hall obferue thefe ihort inftru&i,
&maiedicant, ons 3 wkhoutall queftionhe fhallmuch eafe and benefit himfelfe. In
palladium utud g nc * p r i nGCS would doc Iuftice, ludgcs be vpright , Cleargiemenbe
^nMoveri) truely dcvout } & fo liue as they tcach 3 if great men would not be fo infolcnr,
coaji(itmode!ii« if fouldiers would quietly defend vs,ihe poorc would be patient , rich men
lm!^mpk & wau W be liberall and humble,Cittizens honcft, Magiftratcs mcekc, fuperi-
frango ftuitijji- ours would giuc good example,fubieel s pcaceable,young men would ftand
tiwi m put7an ln awe ; ^P arcnrs would be kinde to their children,and they againe obedient
fifci.ipjjl.j8. to their Parents 5 brethren agree amongftthemfelucs^enemies be reconciled,
fervants trufty to their Matters, Virgins ehafte', Wiues modeft,Husbandes
would be loving and lelTe iealous ; Jfwe could imitate cbrifi and hisAp«.
ftles,liue after Gods laws, thefe mifchiefts" would not fo frequently happen
amongft vsjbut being mod part fo irrecocileablc as we are ; perverfe. prowd,
anfolent/aclious and malicious,pronc to contention anger and revenge, of
fuch fiery fpirits,fo caprious 3 impious,irreIigious/o oppofite to vertue,void
of gracc,how fhould it othcrwiie befMany men are very teftie by nature,apt
to miftake^apt to quarrcll, apt to provoke & mifinterpret to the worft,evcry
thing that is faid or donc,and thercvpon he3pe vnto themfclues a great dealc
of troublc,and difquietnefTc to others,fmatterers in other mens matters, talc
bearersjwhifperers^yers, they cannot fpeakc in feafon,or hold their tongues
\Mil. g\arM when they (hould,* Et fuw partem itidem tacerejhm alien* eftoratio : and
$,PUutM. ^ t j lo ^ c cour f cs accumulate much evil to their own {owlcs^quiconten-
ditjib't convitium facit , ) their life is a perpetuall brawle, they fnarle like ib
many dogges with their winesjchildrenjfervancsjneighboursjand all the reft
of their friends, they can agree with no body ; But to fuch as are iudicious,
mceke 3 and quict,thefe matters are cafily remedied : they will forbearcvpon
all fuch occafions, neglect contcmne, or take no notice of them, diffem-
bkjor wifely turnc it off. If it be a naturall impediment, as a red nofe, fquint
eics, crooked legs, or any fuch imperfection , infirmitic, difgrace, rc-
« Bum faid hi$ proach,the beft way is to fpcake of it firft thy * felfe, and fo tho u (halt fureJic
^ a"u ta ^ c awa ^ a ^ occa ^ ons fr° m ot ^ crs Jf° * c ft tt&t contemne it, that they may
mofher a pcrcciue thee to bee carclefle of it . Vatiniut was wont to fcoffe at his ownc
whore to pre- deformed fcete,to prevent his enemies obloquies and farcafmcs in chat kind;
aStoftcw 7, or dfe by prevention, as Cotys King of Thrace t that brake a company offinc
that nought glafles prefented to him, with his ownc hands, left he fhould be overmuch
hTm but d raovc ^ wnen C ^ c y wcrc Dr °k cn °y chance . And fomctimcs againe, fo that
rf3ic U mbdc! * c ^ c ^^ crcct ^y anc ^ modcratly done , it (hall not be amiflc to make refiftaoce,
. to take downe fuch a fawcic companion no better mcani to vindicate him-
felfe to purchafefioall peace s for he that fuffers himfelfe to be ridden, or
through
Parti^cft.g. Qfjmedtes to Vtjcontents . Memb.7.
through pufillanimity or fottifhnes wil let every man baffle him, fhall bee a 2^3
common laughing-ftocke for all to flowt at . As a currc that goes through D
a Village ,if he clap hiscaile hetweene his legs,and run awayjevery curre will ' ^e?eipfm
infult over him,but if he bride vp himfclfc,and ftand to it,giue but a counter* yswte ma con-
fnarle,theres not a dogge dare roedle with him; much is in a mans courage HKjJ* •
and difcrecce carriage of him felfe. ^ ' ne ^f r '^.
Many oihcr grievances there are,which happen to man in this life, from " ir « ht * w
fricnds,wiues 5 children 3 fervants ; ma(ters > companions3 ncighbours 3 our own ^Smam
defaultSjjgnorance,errours } inflrmities 5 &c. and many good remedies to mi- fommbm i^e,
tigate and oppofe them , many divine precepts to countcrpoifc our hearrs, ^Sff" —
Tpeciall antidotes both in Scriptures and humane Authors, which who fo ^ut.iymb.
will obferuc, fhall purchafc much eafc and quictnelle vntohimfelfe, I will b **.
point at a few. Thofe Prophetical, Apoftolicaladmonitions,arewel known SJ^J^"
to all, what Solomon "acides y our Saviour Cbrifi himfelfc hath faid tending qiem.
to this purpofc ; as Feare God : obey the Prince : be fober and watch : pray conti- ' v :u Wkttm
finally : be angry Jo fit finne not 1 remember thy laft :fafyion not y cur jelues to this etfHwepftmtL
yporld.&c: apply your felues to the times :Jlriue not -with a mighty mam recom- d Jkffientis efl
pence good for evill: let nothing he done through contention or vaineglory 5 hut f^f "^"
with meeke/teffe oftntnde every man efleeming of others better then himfelfe. c Ames parmi
Or that Epitome of the Law and the Prophets , which our Saviour inculca- P
tcs, lout God abouc all/hy neighbour a* thy felfe . And whatfoever ydu woulde ^ntibi^p)^'
that men%ou\ddoe vnto ycufo doe vnto t hem ,which Alexander Sever us writ tcm^miciidUe-
in letters of Gold,and vfed as a motco,and u Hierome commends to Celantia fc^'imim-
as an excellent way , amongft Co many intifements and worldly provocati- g^m Quiddo
onstore&ificherlife. Out of humane Authors take thefe few cautions, ffy™^
* Know thy felfe. 7 Be contented w/th thy /at* T rufl not wealth f?eauty nor pa- ™vitTmmi-
rafttesfhey will bring thee to destruction. a ffaue peace with all me»,war with m audio* qa. »
'vice. t> Be not idle. c Looke before you leape. d Beware of hadlwifl . « Honor thy h v f™^ vivc
parents, Jfeake well of friends. Be temperate in 4 things^ lingua, loculis^culis, t eptiietuivpti*
tjr poculis 5 «Mf f h thine fief moderate thine expenfesfleare much,jpeak little , mfuerUfiu
f famine fcabftine. ifthoufeeft ought imiffe in another 3 mend it In thy felfe.
Keep* thine owne com fell \reve 'ale not tbyfecrets, be filent in thine intentions, Vtmm dixtm
% Gitte not eare to tale tellers fablers fie nop (currilous in converfation : * iefi
without bitter neffegw no man caufe of offence fet thine houfe in order . h Take ^,fcMZo%
heedeof(uretyjhtp. f Fide &diffide , as a Fox on they ct, take heed whemyou fugtto,&c.
trull. ' 1 Liue not beyond thy meants. k Giue cheart fully . Fay thy dues willingly. * s ! n ] l a ! ei £'
J J J . /* f • ■ 1 r neetente^txijt-
* Be not a (lave to thy money . 1 Omit not oecajton , emorue opportumUeJeoje no n e vilitate. Sen.
time . Be humble to thy fuperiottrfefpecliue to thine equa^affable to aM y m but b spmde#r*fli
not familiar . F latter no man Lie not ^diffemble not % Keepe thy word and pro* Trecum babita.
mifejbe eenfiant in agoodrefolutien. Speake truth. Be not opinitiu£ t mainetaine k b« dat qui
no faclifins. Lay no wagers y make no compar 'tfons. Finde no faults y meddle net c ^ 9 ^ e ' Yar mb
with other mem matters, admire not thy felfe . P Be not prowde or popular. 5 utKt x ' cav ' e
Infult not. Fortunam revercnter habc. *1 Feare not that whtch cannot be avoi- «« credas,vei
de'd. | Grieue not for that which cannot be recalled. * Vnder-valtce not thy felfe. ™™J£%*
Lsfrtufe no man x commende no man rafhly . Got not to Law without great caufe. » t ft o«ifo
cak 4.
m Ximia fauiliarita* park csatcmptum . v CHtnismm ferwle vinam* ° Auamm neq\ tu firutaberu v'diut vnqiun^emmip.
fmq\ tegstftr. li. uep.i ?.Nec tua laudab'u Jludid aut aliens reprendet. Mor.ep.lib.x2. p Ne te nuafiverit extra, q Stultum tft time-
n i quod vitari n«n pujl. t Of re amijfa irreptrabili ne dtleat* Tati era qm»i On /ww. 1 Vmmem ciib kudtt vtl amfes,
pp s Cm ft
Bart,2 f Se&$. Cure of Melancholy. Mcmh.7*
2 9$ Cdfi not off An old friend , take heede of a reconciled enem'te ♦ f jf thou come m <
itiuUimbofciik g ue ft H *y mt t0 ° lon Z - Be not vnthAnkeftttt. Be meekc \ mtrcifull AndpAcient.
grata ejl mtra Doe good Co a/!. Be not fond off Aire words . * Be not a neuter in Afkft/on. Model
**SoimU Ux a rats f ^ y t A (fi om ' c fhinkc no pUce without a witnejfe.* Admonish thy friend
ptdAriftttelem. infecret .commend him inpuhlike . Keepe good company * Loue others tobebe-
Gt&njb. t. loved thyfelfe. Aroa tanquam ofurus. Amicus tardo fias. Provide for a tem~
^VJiumlocmP^' Noliirritarccrabrone$.Z>^**r/r^
pue s fine tefie, afoole of thy felfe to make others merry . Marry net a» old Cronie or & fooUfr
ffim^tu mone ) '• SenotoverfoH/cttoujorcurio/cs . f Seeke that which may heejound,
«Sm!timicQt * Seeme not greater then thou art.] Take thypleafurefoberly . Ocymum nc te-
edmxe, imU r i to . 7 Line merrily ts thou canjl. * T tke hcede by other mens examples . Gee
^yiamerit *^ 9U w<,/w '^ & e ™ et f lt ^ouldfi he found** Tecld to the time follow the
mbtiis efio Eros jlrcAme . Wilt thou Hue free from feares And cares ? b Liue innocently, krepe thy
& Armosg- felfe vpright } thou net 'deft no other keener , ejrc. Lookeformorcin7/!*m«
7t™*i?& d Sencca y ?luurcb£pifctus t &c t and for dcfc<5t 5 confuk with ehcefe-trenchcrsj
redamatu>.fuu and painted doathcs*
yDumfata f-
mntviviuUti,
Seneca. MBMl. d*
* lAapmmi in
qvodexvptjkt.
surfu curmti* Jr\lancholy man aboue all others complaincs mod, Wcarincs oflife,
ceaefuwi.Creth abhorring all company and light$feare, forrow, fufpition, bafhful.
c^eTe^cri- ncs 5 3n( ^ tno ^ e other dread Symptomes of body and minde > mud ncedes ag.
bm fervi,* (C gravatc this mifery : yet conferred to other maladies , they arc not fo hay.
centra fimvta nous as t h C y be taken . For firft this difcafe is cither in habit or difpofition,
»h'uU wiM Clira blc or incureablc . Jf new and in difpofition , 'tis commonly plcafsnt,
cHfttdukuoun- and it may be helped . Jf inveterate, or an habite, yet they haue litcidA inter*
tts t iiuxpwmibi~ fometimcs wcll.and fometimes ill: And amongft many inconvenien-
mtmmmtHOH ccs,(omecomlorts arc annexed to it. rirltit is not catching, and as £/■*/•
e z m : . , r *»M comforted himfclfe , when he was gricvoufly ficke of the ftonCjthough
tnwStrim ]t was mo ^ troublcfomCjand an intolerable paine to him, yet it was no whic
viottur. offenfiuc to others,not loathfomc to the fpe<5tators,gaftly 3 fulfomc 5 tcrrible,
as plagues, Apoplcxies^eprofieSjWoundSjfores^etters, pcftilent agues arc^
which either admit of no company , or terrific or offend thofe that are pre*
lent. In this maladie that which is,is wholly to themfelucs ; and thofe fymp-
tomes not fo dreadfull,if they be compared to the oppofite cxtrcarocs.Thcy
are mod partbaftifulljfufpitious.folitary, &c- therefore no ftich ambitious,
impudent intruders,as fomc arc,no fmcl-fcafts 3 praters, panders, parafitcs,
bawdes,drunkards,whorcmaftcrs,ncceffity compels the to be honeft. They
are freed in this from many other infirm itics,{fblitarinc(Te makes them more
apt to contemplate, fufpition wary > whichisaneceffary humor in thefe
* fUwu, timds,* 1 NAmpolqui mdxime cAvet y ii ftp} cAutor captm he that talces moft
hced,is often circumvented and overtaken. Fcare and forrow , keep them
temperate and fober,and free them from many diffblutc acls , which iollity
and boldncs thruft men vpon:They arc therefore no /7^ry,thccucs or alfafli*
nates. As they are fooacdcie&cd,fo they aic as foone s by foft words & good
pcrfw»:
Part.*. Sccl.4. Remedies agiinjl Vifcontents. Mcmb. 1 .Subij*
pcrfwafions reared. Jfthcy dote in one thing they arc wife and well vnder- 295
(landing in moft other . If it be irrveterate,thcy are iafenfati, mod part do-
ting,or quite mad,infenftblc of any wrongs , ridiculous to others, but moft
happy and fecurc to thcmfelucs. Dotage is a ftate which many much mag-
nifie and commend : fo is fimplicity 5 and folly ,as he faid, e hie furor 6 fuperijit * t ][ m * m ^
mihi perpetuus , Some think* fooles and difards Hue the merrieft Hues, as A*
iaxinSophotles, Nihil fare vita, iucundifsima , t'is the pleafantcft life to
know nothing: they are not macerated with cares, tormented with fcarcs,
and anxieties^as other wife men arc: and in fome { countries,as amongft the 1 Bufaqum.
Turkes } honovcd as Saints, and abundantly maintained out of the common *™f 6 slit;) '
ftockc.They are no diflemblcrs,licrs.hypocritcs 3 for fooles and madmen tell ^ y m
commonly truth. In a word as they are diftre(Ted 3 fo arc they pittied^which btatur.quam
fome hold better then to be envied, better to be lad then merry, better to be
foolifh and qu ict s quam fapere ejr ringi, to bee wife and ftill vexed; better to dun mmmiui'
be miferable then happy: of two extreames it is the beft uh
SECT. 4-
MfiMI. X. SVBSBC 7.
OfPhyftcke which cureth with Medicines.
AFrer a long and tedious Difcourfe of thefe fix non-natorall things, &
their feucral! rectifications 3 all which are comprehended in Die t 3 l am
come now at laft to Pbarmaceut/ce,ot that kind of Phyfick which cu-
reth by medicines, which Apothecaries moft part make or minglc 3 or fell in
their fhops.Many cavill at this kinde of Phyfick, and hold it vnneceflary un-
profitable to this or any other difeafcj becaufe thofe countries which vfc it
leaft 3 liuclongcft, and arc beft in health, as Z Heeler Boetbiusichtcs of the jjjj^^ w .
3lles o£ Or cbddes, the people are ftill found of Body and Minde , without any tujiaberiofr
vfe of Phyficke,they line commonly an 120 ycares, and Ortelius in his Itine* lm l* 1 '^ ( *'
rirrofthe Jnhabitantsof theforrefto^r^/f, \they are very painfuQ > long- 'uTlmoi'X'
lined* found &c**Martiinus Capel/a,{pctiking of the Indians of his time 3 faith 5 V»M.
they were /much like our wefterne Indians now) ; biner then ordinary men^ ^ f'* 7 *?*'
bred c our fly ^ very long Ifuedjn fo much J hat be that died at 100 yeeres of age } bmanamfrap-
went before bis timej& c.Vami&nHS A-Goes^ Saxo Grammaticus^ K^iubanus Bo- lnaitm P r °6x*>
hemus&y the Jikciof them that liue in Norway ^Laplanci^Finmarke^Biarmia, plrlaTqlTctH-
Corelia^llouct Scandia, and thofe Northcrne Countries, they arc moft tenarimmwia-
hca!thfull,and very iong-liucd, in which places there is no vfe at all of Phy- hpjj^ e
fick, the name of it is not once heard. Dithmarus Bleskenim in his accurate cafea&ilfa*
defcription oUJland 1 6 oj> makes mention amongft other matters,of the In-
habitants and their manner of Jiuing, h which u driedftfyinfleedcfbreadjbuu ^testc^i
terjheefe^tndfalt meateSfnoji part they drinke water andwhay, &yct with* babent, it* mut-
eut Phyfick orPhyfitian, they liue many of them 2 5 oyeares. I find the fame re- ^^r'
lation by Lerius^nd fome other Writers of Indians in America, fauluslo- c^&mtdM
vim in his defcription of Brittaine, and Levinm Lemnius> obferue as much J***.
«f this our Iflandjthat there was of old no vfc of Phyfick amongft vs,and but f j£* 4>ww "
little
Parc.2.Scd.4» Cure of Melancholy. Mcmb.i.Sub. i
***— ■ > ' — ■ ■ — ' — _ •
20 6 little at this day,exccpt it be for a few nice idle citizcns.furfcuing Courtiers,
and ftaulfcd Gentlemen lubbers. The country people vfe kitchin Phyfickc
and common experience tcls vs jthat they liuc frceft from all manner of mtir-
mities,thac makeleaft vfcofPhyficke. Many areouerthrowneby prepoftc-
rous vie of it 3 and thereby get their bane, that might otherwife haue cicaped;
* pet mtteti- * *° mc Phyfitians kill as many as they faue 5 and who can tell
yott expen- k Quot Themifon <egros autumno occiderit unot
m" l lUtJm man y that did ill vnder the Phyfitians hands, haue happily cfcaped, when
gotmur a i i &' they haue bin giucn oner by them,and left to God & Nature, & thcmfelucs.
quod dm exiti- T'vvas Pliny s dilemma, of old, 1 Euery difeafe is either curable or incur able p
dibomincmoc recovers of it, or is killed by it, both rvayes phyjicke is to be reiecled. J fit bee
ctdere,t!stmpu- .... J , y r i t i i • ■ „/ r ■
uitas fumms. deadly /t cannot be cured, tfit may be helped) it requires no Phyjitian, Nature
Plinm. jy/// cxpellit vf her (elfe.Plato made it a great figne of an intemperate and cor-
i o^'morbui ru P c common-wealth, where Lawyers and Phyfnians did abound, and the
Lttbaiuvit cu- Romanes diftaftcd them fo much, that they were often banifbed out oftheic
?S ,i< ^ art city,as Pliny and Celfus relate, for 6coyeares not admitted. It is no art at aJJ,
nmm^nro^ as fome hold,the beginning, pra<5tice,and progrefTe of it,all is naught/ull of
igitnrmocUme- impofturejncertainty.and doth generally more harme then good. TheDi-
ttth^emrf u ^h\mfe\k was the firft inventor of it. Inventumejl medtcina mcumfai
wm^tfjhji Apolloficwhzt was Apottobut the Diuel.Thc Greekes firft made an Art of ir,&
curabiitsjtmre- they were all deluded by Apollo i fonnes,Priefts,Oracles. Jf we may beleeuc
VJtwlxpMt ^rro^linyfolumeUa^o^. of their beft medicines were deriucd from his o-
' ' xaclcs.isEfculapiui his fon had his temples erected to his Deity, and did ma*
riy famous cures,but as Latlantim holds,he was a Magttian,* meere Jmpo-
ftor,and as his fazc&oisjhaonfodalirim,Mclampitis,MenecrAtes( another
god)by charmcs, fpels, and miniftery of bad fpirits, did raoft of their cures.
The firft that euer wrote in Phyficke to any purpo fc,was Hippocrates , and
his Difciple and Commentator Galcn,\v\\om Sealigcr cals Fimbriam Hipfo-
™ vttfit.de cratisjom as m Cardan cenfures them both,immethodicall and obfcure,asall
(onuM. mid. lno f c Jd ones are,their precepts confufed, their medicines obfolcte,& now
moft part reiec"ted.Thofe cures which they did, P&racelfm holds, were rather
n opinio fad: ^ onc olu °^ their Patients confidence, n & good opinion they had of them,
medicoi: afairc then out of any skill ofthcirs, which was very fmall,he faith,and they them-
vct cT' the 1 ' ^ lICS J^ ots anc * Infants,and all their Academicall followers.The Arabian*
n?m C e P of a rcceiued it from the Greekes, and fo the Latines^ adding new precepts & me-
Doaorisall dicincs of their own,but fo imperfect ftill, either through ignorance of Pro-
• fefforsJmpoftors.Mountebankes^mpirickSjdifagrceingofSectaricSjCnvy,
couetoufnefle^nd the like, they doe much harme amongft vs. They arc fo
different in their confultations^prefcriptionsjmiftaking many times the par-
ties conftitution,difeafe,and caufes ofit,they giue quite contrary Phyficke,
•cmrarias one faith this ^another that, owt of Angularity or oppofition, as he faid of l>
m^sard'an. drianjnultitudo medicorumprincipem inter fecit, a multitude of Phyfitians
hath killed the Emperour. Befidcs, there is much impofture and malice a-
'p z%. de(*p. mongft themj^//4rr * ^faith P Cardan)admit ofcofening^ Phyficke amontfitht
omnes anet yeftfoth appropriate it to her [elf e • and tells a ftory of one Curtius a Phyfitiart
tmMamtt' * n ^*^,becaufe he was a ftranger 3 and pra&ifed amongft them, the reft of
ma jp *t e earn the Phyfitians did ftill crofle him in all his precepts. Jf he prefcribed hot me-
dicincsjthey would prefcribe cold, mifunus fro calidU frigtda, pro frigid
Partz.Scd.4- Medictnall Thy/tche. Mcmb. i. Subf.
humidajro furgantibtu aftringentia,bindets 4br purgatiucs, omnia perturbs 297
fattMihz party mifcarricd, Curtium damn ab ant t then Curt/us killed him, q o«»w*-^gr#*
that difagrced from them: Ifhe recouered, then 9 they cured him thefelues. ^,7j?dne<>
Much emulationjimpoftute^alice, there isamongft them.or it they be ho mompmedki
neft,and mcanc well.yet a knaue Apothecary, that adminifters the Phyfick, le J c ^'
and makes the medicine,may doe infinite harme^y their old obfolcte doles, i^.j. c\aT'
adulterine drugs,bad mixtures,^*/^r0 qvo^drc. fee Fuchfius lib m i. feci. 1. cap. *t$> "'mtfla*
tJCordus t>iJpenfatory^nd Brafsivola's examen (imfL&c. But it is their igno« sJJ^
ranee that doth moftharme, their Art is wholly coniedhirall , vnccrtaine,
impcrfc<5t,and got by killing of men, many difcafes they cannot cure at all 3 as ^-^^f'
Apoplexy^pilepfyjStonejStranguryjGowt^ gJL*u a
1 oiler e nodofam nefcit mediant Podaaram, qnoquam m-
cjuai tan agues, a common ague fometimcs (tumbles them all, they cannot ljf'*" t itT '
fb much as eafc,they know not how to iudge of ir.Jf by Pulfcs,that dodhinc iib.i% cap.j.
fomc hold 5 is wholly fufpitious,and J dare boldly fay with * Andrew Dudeth, ^XJfow'f"
that variety of pulfes defcrtbeuby Galen, is neither ebferued n,r vnder flood of ™p' er tu cudfe
any. And for vrine, that is meretrix medicorum, the molt deceiptfull thing ot (ofim^mmt*
all,as Forefliu and fome other Phyfltians haue proucd at large- 1 fay nothing JJ!?2r
ofCriticke 6iycs y errors in jndications&c. ThcmoftrationJlohhem,and ^i,f yoffum
inoft skilfulUre fo often deceiucd, that as f Tholofanm inferres, / bad rather "ft tuum R *~
ti t - fir- -II . J * bylonitirVI,
belccHC ana commit my felfe to ameercEmpertck } tben to amee*e Doctor, ana I j C mpM t.
cannot fuffictently commendtbat cufiome of the Babylonians , that haue no fro- Vtbtt tmtBuA
feffed Phyfltians but brine all the Patients to the market to be cured. Which »'^""» £
Herodotus relates oi the Egyptians ^Strabo^Sardut, and Aubamu Bobemu* 01 ubyfafl hem.*
many other nations. Cambifes in jXencphon told Cyr us, thzt to his thinking, r Praam*
Phyfirians were like Taylors and Ceblers , the one mended our ficke bodies^ fl ^ ^ m ' c ™ t %
the other did our cloathes : but I will vrge thefe cavilling and contumelious tfylierefii*-
arguments no farther,lcft fome Phyfitian ftiouldmiftake me 7 and deny mec ^J^^f'
PhylTcke when I am ficke: for my part, J am well pcrfwadol of Phyficke. J Zmm.
can diftinguifh the abulc from the vfe, in this and many other Arts and Sci- 1 c*a*$t*-
enccs^al/udvinumyaliudebrietasy wine and drunkenneiTc are twodiftinft al f '™**
things. I honour the name,and magnify thccalling,as I am inioyned to honor fugm^efi
tbe Phyfitian for necessities fake. The knowledge of the Phyfitian Ufteth vp his PJ™«* vfu* me-
head,andinthe fight of great menhefbaUbe admired. The Lord hath created t'XJX*
medicines of the earth, and he that is wife will not abhorre tht?n % Ecclef. fatten mdm% 9
Only this 1 will adde,that this kind of Phyficke is very moderately andadvi- "ZTtZZr
fedly to be vfed,vpon good occafion, when the former of Diet will not sake macum^co-
place. And t'is no other which I fay,then that which ^trnoldw prefcribesin ifnttmuffimt
his 8 Ap\iox'£*^4difcreetd»dg,dly Phyfitian doth fir fl endeauour to exfel
a difeafe by mcdtcinall diet f hen by pure medicine: and in his ninth, u hee that it-
may he cured by Viet y mu^ not meddle with Phyficke: and in his ir. Aphorif. f^'*^"
* t^imodefl and wife Phyfitian 3 wi/i neuer ha fen to vfe medicines , but vpen * myfi pc*
vrgent necessity ,and that ftaringly m\ becaufe as he addes in his 1 3 . Aphor.
1 whofecuer takes much Phyficke in his youth , fhaltfoene bewaile it in hit olde J d ;^j, p ^
age* Purgatiuc Phyficke cfpecially,which doth much debilitate Nature. For im*u* *tna
Which caufesfomePhyfitiansrefraincfrom the vfcofTurgatiues,orelsr P a-
ringly vfethem. z Wlf/rr/V^i_^rr^rwioaconfult.fora melancholy pcrfon, cor}fork
Wouldhauchirn take as few purg« as could , becaufe there be no fuch me- dam.
g ^ dfdnes^
rsorbo um funt \ J¥ Edicines properly applied to Melancholy,arc either Simple ovOm*
idea, ut rmi- I \y I p oun £ t Simples are Alter attut or Purqatiuc. ^Alteratiues arc fuch as
diorum genertt 1 ▼ 1> . ...
Parc.2 # Se^4. Cure of Melancholy. Mcmbi. Subf.i.
298 dicinesyvhich doe not fteale aw%y fome of mr [Irength, and rob the farts if our
•Ubi &Ban bodyjwca.ken 7{ature,andcaufe that Cachochymia ) which z CelfuS and others
uh'.capM. obferuejor ill digeftion^and bad iuyce through all the parts of ii.Galcn hin>
* i. de via. f e lf e confciTeth//tf /■ purgatiue Phyficke is contrary to Nature, a*d takes away
gmi^Z'-fi meo f our ^ e ftfi' trits y ^dcenfumes the very fub fiance of 9ur body. But this
tumsorporipur- without queftionjis to be vnderftood of fuch purgcrs as are vnfcafonably
g &r7»cc»! H & or * mmot ferately taken, they haue their excellent vfeinthis,afwejl as rpoft
fyntui addu- other inrlrmities.Of Altcratiues & Cordials 3 no man doubts,bc they fimplcs
at, fubfiamkm or compounds. J will amongft that infinite variety of medicines, which I
arpr* ffrt. Cl , er y pbarmacopta fucry Phyfuian,Herbalift fccjingleoutfomcof
the chiefs fi«
SVSSEC. 2i
Simples proper to Melancholy y i^dgainfl
• Hefioi.cf. Exotitke Simples.
4 Ret rim pcef. 1
prax merf.Quot
deoma. ca fe 3 an( j t hey bee hearbes,ftones, minerals^&c. all proper to this humour.
lIr!ZTgt~- For a* thcrc De diuerfe diftinft infirmities,continually vexing vs ,
eu/iq, reqio jre- 'K*ni tit^drniav ip Mf«fi» itA c/OT* Willi
duett fimpbeu, hvnua.ni ipoilaai,^ Spnloiei *ipuau
ptomnrbu rev- _ « , , « lt . « n.
mUfofm wi Ziyi,*™ pmflm 4£«mU f^litf Stv ( .
abfynthhm m Difeafes fteale both day and night on men,
pym^molbi ^ or IU P 2ter natD ta ^ cn v °i ce fr° m thew •
eaMiJd eicu* So there be feuerali remedies 3 as * he faith for euery difeafe a medicine, for e»
uMpaver i & ver y humour\ and as fome hold,every clime.cucry country . and more then
apudm Get- that.evcry private place hath his proper remedies growing in it, peculiar aU
manm& Poia- m oft to the domineering and moft frequent maladies of it. As c one dif-
"abfiZm comkth yvormwoodgrowes Jparingly in Italy, becauft moj} part there they bee
f^uum in vil- mifaffefted with hot difeafes y but henbane, poppy i and fuch cold hearbes. With
foav^'u+M vs Germxn J ^°^ n ^^ reAt ? ore °f ft m ever y wafte. Baracellm Hortogenia.
trekebmml ' U^and Baptijla Porta Phyftognomic£ t libj.cap.2s.^\ut many inftances and ex-
dicamenta, fm- ainples of it,and bring many other proofes. For that caufe belike that lear-
ir^&wpZT nc ^ Fuchjiu* of Tioremberge} vohen he came into a Village jenfidered atmits
rm^ vfiis di- what hearbes did grow e moft frequently about it , and thofe he di /tilled in a fil-
^uttumbtum' vsr Lim ^ ec ^ e -> and made vfe of others amongft them as occafion ferued. I
\dc\ vgemeum knowe that many arc of opinion , our Northcrne fimples are weake,vnpcr-
tirem er m. fe6t,not fo well concocted \ of fuch force 3 as thofe in the Southerne parts,
t noc fo fit to bc v ^ cd 111 ph y fickc 5 and wiil therefore fetch their druggs a farrc
um i* Ami! off, Sena, Ca/fia out of ty£gypt, Rubarbe from Barbary, Aloes from Zocotora,
fe/adfimt. Turbith.Agerick^MirabolaneSjHermodaftils^ from thcEaft Indies, Tofatc*
**lL A tTbl fr° m the Wcf^and fome as forre as C^jHellebor from the \^4ntycir* % or
iwummmeru* that o^Aujlrta which beares the purple flowrc , which Mathiolm fomuch
VtniJumer commends^nd fo of the reft. Jn thekingdome oiValence in Spaine^lM^
Gaiin. ' mu commends two mountaines, Mario'U and Rena Golofa , famous for fim-
plcs,
Part.*, Scd.4. Simple remcdier. Memha. Subia.
pics. Leander Albert us , \Baldus a mountaine necrc the Jake Benacus in the 299
territory oiVerona , to which all the hcrbalifts in the country continually t BaldHi mK *
AocucOrtelius one in Apulia^Munfier Mons maior in HsfirUi* others Mont- IXteumZ
pelier in Ft ance^Pr offer i^iltinus preferres Egypt im fimples . Gar cms ib Hor we mm.
toAndian before the reft 5 another thofe of Italy, Crete, rh-c. Many timesthcy \^"'f er i hi L
are oucr curious in this kindc 5 whom Fucbfim \*w\\Injttt.Ub*i f<c. j.cap.i. , //r ^ indium
that tbtnke they dec nothing ^except they rake over all India, Arabia >t A thtopia Kii'iop'wn, A-
for remedies ^and fetch their phyftcke from the three quarters of the World , and ^^Gautma
from beyond the Garamantes . Many an old w/fz^s or country woman doth often * wbm mndi
more zoodwith a few knowne and common garden hearbes , then tur bumbafl P artlbliS
Phyfittansjvtth all their prodigious. fumptuofts farre fetched \rare 3 con/ectur •all ra dant.
medicines. Without all queftion if we haue not thefe rare Exotickc fimples, Ttomptpemt.
we haue that at home whichisinvertuc equivalent vnto them , ours will t^wf^*'
feme as well as theirs if they be taken in a proportionable quantity s be fitted
and qualified aright, if not much better, and more proper to our cOnfiit u t i-
00s. But fo 'tis for the moft part 5 as Pliny writes to G alius * we are carcleffre_j * tfiftM. 8.
of that which is neere vs . and follow that which is a far re off, to knowe_j which ? mm "" n
xec vcill trauell and fayle beyond the fcas, wholy neglecting that which is vnder qua ftclerftur t
our eyes. Opium in T tfrkie doth fcarce offend , with vs in a fmall quantitie it ""g" -
flupifics: cicuta or hcmlocke is a ftrong poyfon ir\Greece,bm with vs it hath '^i&vwt
no fuch violent effects: fo that I conclude with i Jo.Vofchius , ( who as hee tranfmtm fa*
much inveyes againft thofc Exoticke medicincs/o he promifcth by our E»- J^ r4
ropean^i full cure.and abfolutc of all difeafes , a capiteadcalcemj noftra rcgio- ne^mu.
nisherbsnosiris corporibus magis conducunt , ourowne fimples agree beft
with vs. Jt was a, thing that Fernelius much laboured in his French practice, M,A7 *
to reduce all his cures to our pro per and domefticke phyfick. So did | lams \Exoticg relt-
C or nanus ,and Martin Rulandus in Germany, T.£.with vs 3 as appcareth by a p u „™f"Jl
Trcatife ofhisdivulgcd in our tongue idi5,toproucthefufficicncyof£>?£- tentottjjivo-
l/jb medicines >to the cure ofall manner of difeafes. ]f our druggesbecnot l ^ tl ^ wi
altogether of fuch force,or fo appofitc,it may bee,if like induftry were vfed, mm xn,awi%
thofe fartc fetched drugs would profper as well with vs , as in thofc coun-
tries whence now we haue them,as well as Cherries, Artichokes/Tobacco,
and many fuch. There haue becne many worthy Phyfitians, which haue tri-
ed excellent conclufions in this kinde^nd many diligent, paincfuli Apothe-
caries^ Gefner,Gerard i rjrc.b\\t arnongft the reft thofe famous publikcGar*
dens of Padua in Italy t Noremberge in Germany y Leiden in Holland, Montpeli-
er in France >, ( and ours in Oxford now in fieri > at the coft and charges of the
right Honorable the Lord Danucr$)zxc much to be commended^whercin al
Exotickc plants almoft arc to be fecne , &alibcrall allowance yearcly made
for their better maintcnacc.that yong ftudents may be the fooner informed
in the knowledge of them: which as m Fuchfivs holds, u mofl neceffary for m - ~
that exquiftte manner of zuring , and as great a (hame for a Phyfitian not to u yi fu.i.*d '
ebferoe them ,as for a workeman not to knowc his axe, faw,fqairc , or any ^Jj^JJJ"
other toolc,w Wch he rnuft of nccellity vfc. "Lm^Z
imprmk natf-
. fariatjt.
A!
Part.z.Sc£t4. t Cure of melancholy. Mcrab.i.SubCj,
300
Syisic, 3t
Alter At tuts. Hearbeu Other Creatures ^
Mongft thofc 800 Gmples, which Galc4ttus reckons vp, Uh. fJepr*.
mifc.dotllr.cdp. j. 2nd many exquifue Hcrbalifts hauc written ofjthefc
few following alone, 1 findc appropriated to this humour: Of which
Iw'ifMqu™ *° mc ^ C altcratiues , n which by a fecret force, faith Renedxus, dndfrccialLqua*
lit ate mvtboi lity ex pell 'future dzfetJcSyfcrfechy cure thefe which *re,&many [ach tncurMc
LiilTn™ 1 e ff*^s. This is as well obicrued in other ptants a ftonc>, minerals, & creatures
inftit.Tkir. ' as ' !1 hearbs,in other maladies as in this. How many things are related ofa
« Gdtniib.e- mans skull? what fcucrall vcrtuesofcorncsinahorie legge ,° ofa Woolfes
IncTatT* 1 ' J iver A'c» ofdiverfe P excrements ofbcafts,all good again!* feuerall difeafes?
p stercm feco- What extraordinary vcrtues arc afcribed vnto plants ? Satyrium ejr eruaje*
am &^ l e ^' nem er *g unt * vitex tfr nymphea femen extinguunt , 1 fomc hcarbcs provoke
1 Prcftpindc, luft,fome againe,as^*/C4/?«/,watcr-lilly,quitc cxtinguiflicth fced.poppy
rockcc. cauleth fleep,Cabbigc refifteth drunkcnncrTc, cVc. and that which is more
lliclt? a ^ tUm to be admired, that fuch and fuch plants, (hould hauc a peculiar vertuc to,
l rtec\tr.Vtde fuch particular parts/ as to the head Anifecds/oalcfootjBetony^Calaminc
^miTdtin Eyc-brightjLauande^BayeSjRofcSjRuc, Sage, Marjoram, Piony, &c. For
term rt>um the lung* Calamint,Lichoras ,Enula campana, Hyfop, Horchound , water
uatprit de be^ Germander.&c. For the hearr,Borage ) Buglolic J Saftr6,Ba\vm,Bafill J Rofe«
bw^ti 'Z^ rnary,Violcts,Rofcs 5 cVc. For the ftomackc,Wormcwood 3 Mints,Betony,
cawimnteM. Bawmc,Centaury,Sorcll,Purfelanc. For the liucr,Darthfpineor Cam<tpitjs y
Germander, Agrimony jFcnnclljEndiue.Succory.LiuerwortjBarbarics.For
the fplecnCjmaiden-hairCjrlngerfcarne, dodder of thyme, hops, the rindcof
afh. For the kidneyes,grummcll, parfly,faxifragc, plantaine,mallowc. For
the wombe,mugwort,pcnnyriall,fctherfew,favinc,&c.For the ioynts , Ga-
momilejS 1 Johnfwort^rganjrue.couflips^entaury the lefle^c. And fo to
peculiar difcafes. To this of melancholy you fhall find a Catalogue ofherbs
propcr,and that in every part. See more in trecker, Rcttodem, Her ram lib. 2.
cap.ip.&c I will briefly fpeake of fomc of them, as firft of altcratiues, which
Gilen in his third bookc ofdifcafed parts, prefcrres before diminutiues, and
* idem uure*. Tra/t/awtsbtags , that hce hath done mere cures on melancholy men c by
tmeap 9. moiftning,then by purgingof them.
Borage. j n ^ j $ c ata ] O g UCj B 0ra g C anc j BuglofTe maychalenge the chicfeft place,
D ti e§r jt m!P whether in fubftance, iuicejrootSjfeea^flowrcSjlcaucSjdcco&ions, diftillcd
ga*di*f*mptr waters ,cxtracls,oylcs,cVc.for fuch kindc of hearbs bee diucrfly varied. Bug-
l i0 y min r u r um ^°h^eis hotandmoirt, and therefore worthily reckoned vpamongftthofe
bHartatetfjh* heaibs,wbichexpell melancholy,and u exhilarate the heart. Gdcn.ltb.6sty
ot. SoJe fimpLmed.Dicfcoridcs lib. 4. cap. 12 j. fliny, much magnifie this phnc.
jjSTtap. Z \ 1 ma Y be diucrfl y v ^5 as i" Broth,in * Winc,in Confcrucs, Syrups, ho Jt
praxjned. Ura is an excellent cordiall,and againft this malady moft frequently prelcribcd.
tt^&T**** Meltjfa BawmCjhath an excellent vertue to alter Melancholy, bec it ftee*
fmats tfwet ped in our ordinary drinke,extrac>ed,or otherwifc tikcn.CardanJth.S. much
r admires thishcarbc. Jt heats and drics,faith 7 Hcrwu* y 'u\ the fecond degree,
jjr&« jam- ^ a wonderfull vertuc it comforts the heart 3 and purgcth all melan-
choly
Part.2. Scd.4. Simple Altcratiucs. Mcmb.i.Subf.-.
choly vapors from the fpirits, MathioLin lib .j t cap. 10. in Diofcoridem. Be- 301
lldesthey afcribcotbcrvertucstoit l z ^/tf/'^^f^7/^ 5 to cleanfe th<^j if
braine^and expell all careful thoughts , and anxious imaginations : The fame UnmZd^'
words in effecl: are in ^vicennaJPliny^Simon Sethi \Puchftus^ Leobel y Dcla- amttffimm '
cAmpiue, and every Herb alijl . Nothing betrer for him that is melancholy fjJfSJJ*'-
then to ftccpe this and Borage in his ordinary drinke. fa >
Mathiolus in his fift bookc of medicinall Epiftles, reckons vp Scorzonera^ xesfui'are, (oii-
* not agatnflpoyfon only fitting ficknejfe,and fuch as Are vertiginous Jut to thi* 2£ jS*"""
w*/^ 5 f ^ rw/ of it taken by it Jelfe expells forronv^ & ctufetb mirth & light- s roraono a ,
Lupulusjopjs a foucraignc Temcdyfuchjius cap. s l.Phnt. hift. much ex- }T*m<T
tolls it, b it purgeth all choler, and purifies the blood \MathioLcap ,140, in 4. D/« &rtigmfajed
ofeor. wonders the Phyfitians of his time made no more vfe of it , becaufc it A "^uiTm
rarifies and cleanfcth. we vfe it in our ordinary bearc,which before Was thick Jlitiam di'iHlit t
andfulfomc. faw**m±
Wormwood 3 Ccntaury,Pcnniriall,arclikewi{e magnified and much pre- ~c*rard.
fcribed,as I fhall after fhcw^cfpccially in Hypocondriakc melancholy, day- Hop.
!y to be vfed fod in whay : and as Ruffus Ephefws 3 C Areteus relate.by breaking
.wind.hclping concoc"tion,many melancholy men hauebecne cured by the um^rpf^
frequent vfe of them alone. *
And becaufe the Spleene and blood are often mifaffe&cd in melancholy, ctojfaij ?;*
J may not omit Endiue^uccory^andelyon.Fumctory, &c. which cleanfe (wfii.ni.
the blood. ^o/^Wr/^CufcutajCctcratche, MugwortjLiucrworr, Aftic, ^ >V o**J r "
Tamerisk,GeniiY Maydcnhaire, cVc. which much help and cafe the fplecnc. fW&hm &
To thefc I may addc Rofes,Violets,Capcrs, Fethcrfcwe, Scordium, Stae- P b *»t'fi>*i*
chas,Rofcmary,Ros Solis,Betony,SahWn,Ocyme,fweet Apples, Wine, 'if^Um*
TobaccOjSandcrSj&c. And to fuch as arecold,thc d decoction of Guacum, 'fw bukum-
Salfaperilla,SaiTafras,the flowrcs of Carduus Benedtftus ,which I finde much IZ'&TJ"*'
vfed by Mont Anus in his confutations, Julius Alexandrinus , Lelius *A.gubi~ H *(ci. ******
**;,and others. « Bernardus Penottus prcferrcs his Herba Solis.ot dutch Sin- f
dawe.bcfbrr all theveft in this difeafc, and will Admit of no hearbevpon th<^, ttZ'^dTteZ
tAYth to be comparable vnto it. It excclls Homers Moly, and cures this, falling foruuone.G ad
(icknefTe.and almoft all other infirmities. The fame Penottus fpeakes of an Jf""
excellent Balmc out of^fpponenfts , which taken to the quantity of three *Rm&ict'm
drops in a cup of wine. { will caufe a fudden alter at ion ^dr sue away dumps } and Elcnum
chearevp the heart. Ant. Gusanerius inhh Antidotary hath S many fuch, and ™td%a7itt-
Ucobus de Dondu the Aggregator ,repcats ambcrgreefe,nur megs, & all fpice tm, & mdti
amongft the reft. But that cannot be generall, Amber and Spice will make a p ^ c ™' h *:
hotbrainemad,good for cold and moift. Garciasab Horto hath many Indi* o\>\en>.md.tcn.
**pIants,whofe vermes he much magnifies in this difeafc. Lemnius in/lit. s-dfirM.
eap. , r^.admircs Rue & commends it to haue excellent vcrtue,/# ^expellvain )ff^^.
imaginations J)ivells } and to etfe af flitted foules . Other things arc much mag- •» i^gmatit-
nifkd by * writcrs,as an old Cock 3 aRammes head,a Woplfes hart borne or 1Hmtl
eatcn,which Mercurial'u approucsj Proffer Altinus,thc water of Nilus > Go* is^ewipmMb
mefms all Sea wa:cr , and at fcafonablc times to bee fca fickc : Goatcs milkc,
Whay,&c.
Qq I Svi-
Part.2.Se&$» Cm of melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.^]
Sybsec. 4.
Pretious ft ones, Met 7 als, Minerdls^Alterdtiuef^
PRctious (tones arc diuerfly cenfurcd,many explode the vfc of them or
any minerals in Phyficke 5 of whom Thorn* Erafius is the chicfc , in his
TracT: againft />ir*«#5tf 3 and in an Epibkofhisto PettrMonavius,
qui vuit fem- k that ftones can worke any wonders Jet them beleeue that li/f^ no man foal per-
mat mvakUu fa A fo me f or my part I haue found by experience there it no vert vein them&ut
& ntvont & Matthiolm in his comment vpon 1 Dtojcortdes , is as proline on the other
txpcrkitia di- f^ c j n their commendation, fo hCardan,Renodeus,Alardus,Enceltus^MArho>
bim"mZ deus^&c. m Mathiolus fpecifies in Corall.and Ofwaldus Crollius Bafil. chym,
facile ferpude- prcfertes the fait ofcorall. n chriftoph.Encelius lib.3xaf.131. will hauethem
bitfaifum 'etfc tQ ^ e as (* m a n y fousraigne medicines againft Melancholy, forrowe, fcarc,
*Lih d'egemmU dulneiTe,and the like. Renodeus admires them , be fide s they adorns Kings
» Ha&fm crovpnis, grace the fingers ^enrich our htufycM fluff e, defend vs from enchant*
telTcbZm^ ments .prefer ue health,cure difeafes,they driue awaygriefejares > andcxhtU.
frtcifuevaient rate the minele. The particulars be thefe.
»M<i»&rit* & G r4 „atHs a pretiotis ftonc fo called 3 becaufc it is like the kernels of a Pomc-
fonfertw& granate,anvnperfe£tkindeofRuby > it comes from Calecut, Ptf hung about
fgr t mdmhiii- the necke y or taken in dr inkejt much reftflethforrow, and recreates the_j heart.
™^*f*ikty. Tnc f arne properties I finde afcribed to the Iacinthe and T opazc^ they allay
free Mb ifee.il anger,griefe,diminifh madncfle,and much delight and exhilarate the mind.
% Tm 'coronas * eit ^ er carr ^ about, or taken in a potion , it will increafe w/fdomcu,
JnZ, c7gZT faith Cardan,expellfeare % he brags that hee hath cured many madmen with it,
lllufiraat, fupel- which when they laid by the ftone 5 vere at mad agatne at euer they were^> At
iMadiiant, a Petrus Bayerusjib.2.c.i i/venimecum , faith as much of the Chryfolite,
tmrbiimam. f a friend ofwifdomCjan enimie to tolly .Pliny It b.^Soltnus cap.$s-Alberm
tuyfanhatem laptd.Cardan.EnceliusJib.j.c.o'o'.much magnifies the vertue of the Beryllf it
TemTxbti&M* much Availeito a goodvn^erftanding , and repreffetbvA*ne_j conceits , euill
trifiitiam peittt. thoughts ,caufeth mirth ^&c. In the belly of a fwallow , there is a ftone found
l^'sypen'L c*ftzdchelidonius* whichifit be lapped in afaire cloath,and tied to the right
vel cbibitm tri- arme,will cure lunatickes and mad men, and mAkc them amiable and merry,
pvu muhum There is a kinde of Onyx called a Chaleidonye , which hath the fame quali-
rfcreat & ties_,and x availes much againft phantaflicke illufions which proceed from me-
q idem cap.i. Uniholy ,and prefcrues the vigor and good eftate of the whole body.
\%\Xot n'- Thc Ehm ftonc which Goldrmiths vf " c t0 flickcn tn cir gold with , borne
about,or giuen to drinke 5 X hath the fame properties or not much vnlike.
tlat, & amm Lev t nns Lemnius Inftitut,advit.c.^S. amongft other Jewels makes men-
VupThic^' t,on °^ lW0 « Carbuncle and cW/, r which driue away childijbfeares, Diuels,
pat m Aut tbibl- overcome for row ^and hung about the necke reprejfe troublefome dreames,vth\c\\
tm pruicnti- pro p ert j cs almoft Cardan dues to that grecne coloured * Emmetrutfil bee
tumostimres earned about.or wornc ma ring,
fellitjnfanoi
hie fanattL& quuw lapiJemabiecer'mtyCruph itemm ftult'itia. f Inducit fapkmUm/ugat flultUiam. Idem Cardmtijuntuitauh
vat. 1 Confer't ad bonmivttUcffm cmpr'mit malts ttgiutwwfrc. Alacresteddit. » Mbatrnfincetim cip.^.lib.i.?iimm
Ub.$7. cap. 10. lacobui de De»du:dextr» bracb<oalli&attti[anatlHMicos } 'm[anot.fac'uamabiles,iucundot. x Valtt contra pbtnttfi-
WiMvmes ex melancholia . 7 Amtnttifamt,lnfliuam peUitjram&c. _ * Valet ad fuganda timons& damona , turbulent*
fomniaabigU ) & mHurnos puewum timorei cmptfeit. * Stmwa Utafacitgrie/tuo anmlogpatiu.
(Mercu*
Part.2. Sed.4. Simple Alterattues. Memb.i .Sub'.^.
Mercurialis admires the Emerald for his venues in pacifying a] affections 303
of the minde, others the Saph/re, which is the b faireji ofallpretious ftcnes, of b ^ t r*biiiad-
skie colour \and a great enemy to bUcke choler* frees the minde \mends mar, ners, wrjatur, ami-
ejre. Jacobus de Dondis in his Catalogue of fimples , hath Amber Greece \ cs in '"P*!""**
Cordecerui* the bone in a Stagges hearty Monocerots horne^^r* ftone ^Ummnjm,
* of which elfewhere, it is found in the belly of a beaft in the Eadjxdies, aumum abtT ~
brought into Europe by Hollanders and our countrymen Marchants.^W*. ^mmii^T
us cap.22.ltb.3.dement.med.{2L\i\\ he faw two of thofc beafts aliue 3 in the Ca-
file of the Lord oiFttry at Coubert.
Lapu Lazuli and ^rmenns becaufc they purge , (hall bee mentioned in mAtw^kii.
their place. q«m&c
Of the reft in briefe thus much J will adde,out of Cardan Jlenodew jap. 2 3 \ S s e ' b f\ Mtm '
Itb.j.Randoletiut lib. iJeTeflat. cap. j $.(t?c. That e almofl all frwells and prcti- « Gtflamenh.
Dtufloncsjhaue excellent venues to pacific the affections of the minde, for t' dum &
which caufe rich men fo much couet to haue them : f and thofc fmaller vni- JumfeT^uxi-
ens which are found in fhe/ls amongf the Per funs and Indians , by the confent '«* & iuva-
ofall writers, are very cor did/I , and moft part avaiJcto the exhilaration of 2^f 9 f w
the heart. nun (ecum [me
Moft men fay as much ofGold 5 and fome orner Mineralises thefe haue P" Jm *
done of pretious ftones. Erafim ftill maintains the oppofitc part. Difputat. z^e™!*?
in Paracelfum cap^tfol.i ptf.hc confeflcih^f Gold,! that it makes tle^j hear t cmbu & ftfd-
merry but in no other fenfebut as it b in* miferschiH : at mihiplaudo fimulac b f* l " a p "ft
nummos contemplor tu area ^2% he laid in trie votv.aurum potabiie^z clifcom- covdiala )unt,
mends and inveighs againft 5 by rcafon of the corrofiue waters which are v- Jjf^
fed in it. Which argument our D.Gwwne vrgcth againft D.Anton/us.' 1 Era- \ ZZVitti-
fvu concludes all their Philofbphicall ftones and potable Gold, Wc.to bee no iiam gtvrrat ,
better then poyfon. Paracelfus zndhis Chymifticall followers, will cure all ™ nm f twde >f<*
,irr • 1 »r 11 • u i_ i i-^L r i v* ana avam*
manner of difeafes with Mincralls, accounting them the onely Phyucke on " Amum nm
the other fide.f Paracelfm calls Galen,Hippocratcs y 2izd all their adherentsjn- ** rum - N °-
fantsadiots^Sophiftersj&c. not worthy the name of Phyfltians, for want of ZZtt.
thefe remcdies,andbraggcs that by them hecan make a man Hue itfo years, 1 Epifi. 'ad Mo-
ot to the worlds end: That he was primus medicorum , and did more famous
cures then ail the Phyfltians in f/xr^befides , * a droppe of : hu preparations, nh7™mq™~
fbouldgoe farther then a dramme } or ounce of theirs. But thefe are both in ex- Hmodojam*,
trcames, the middle fort approue of Mineralls , though not in fo high a de- j ^^ ^j
gree. Lemnim lib. j. cap'J.de occult* nat. mir. commends Gold inwardly and wfm [mi.
outwardly vfed,as inRings,excellent good in medicines; and fuch mixtures \ ln /.Z M ' 1 ' .
as are made for melancholy memfaith tvecker.Antid.Jfec Jib. /. to whom Re- iTcfi^u t e i
nodeus (ubfcnbcsJib.2.cap.2.Fic/nus /ib.2.ap.ip.Fewe/.meth, wed. lib. y. e. ptiufiit^uim
21.de CardiaciSy ^ndernacus, Ltbaui»s,Quercetanus,Ofrvaldus Cro/lius y Eu- ™** v £'j£ m
nonymut^Rubeus^nd Mathiolus in his fourth booke of his Epiftles, Andreas arummmum
a B/arven epiji.ad Matbiolunt^s commended and formerly vfed byAviccn- ^uii dotiwra
na^Arnoldus 3 xnd many others. ^Mathiolus in the fame place approucs of ^G a ™m~&
potable ao\d,Mcrcury, 2nd many other Ghymicall confections 5 and goes fo Avutma, bar-
farrc in approbation of them ,thac he holds 1 no man can bee an excellent Fhy- J^ M f | f^j
vefine mnes
Academe. * Tint pro fact pitta mea t <fuam tot etrum drachm* & vm'ur. k Womulii buic fufra modam indulgent >vfum etfi ncn
odea nugnm nm tamen abuciendum cenfeo. 1 AhJm diem nerimtm medicum exctllentem yanonin bac diflilUtionc cbimki Jit
verfuM. Mtrbi cbrtniu devmi citra metallic* vixfoflknt^vt vbi faniuU cmumfitkr.
fit i an
Parc.z.Se£t4* Cure °f Meknchly. Mcmb. i .Sub. j.
304 tbdt hath not fome skill in ChymicaHaifiHations, and that Chronukedtf.
cafes can hardly be cured without miner all medicines. Lookc. foj Antimony
amongftpurgcrs.
S v b s b c t. 5.
Compound Alter at iues , cenfureof Com-
pounds and mixt phyjfeke.
TreifL^k inexplicable mixtures fine fetch out of Indu and Arabia , a medscine^fir a
qmbufua r«f| ^ had as far as the red Sea y &c. And 'tis not without caufe which
vmxU promit- n r ■ * r wlt h out qucftion they arc much to « blame in their compofiti.
titm vita, til- * * y . , r • _ * /** 1 ,
riw ca»^0. ons,whilft they maks infinite variety of mixtures , as Fucbjius notes 5 "%
ms & mixture thz.nke they get the mft lues great credit #nd excell others 5 and to bee more leur*
T/bil*& S iZ ned then the reft >becaufe they make more variations, butbec_j accountstbem
dia^Um par- foolts^nd whileft they bragge <f their skill , and thinker to get themfelues t
TuhottTm » Ame fhey become ridiculous JbeWTay their ignorance and error. A few fimplcs
prtlu™ m ~ well prepared & vnderftood.are farrc better then fuch a heape of non-fcn(c
« Amtiu a- C onfufed compoiinds,which are in Apothecaries (hops ordinarily fould. In
m^qfpZ "bick many vaine/uperfiuous.corrupt/S^ete things out of date are to bee hd
temmedtri fim f frith * Cor nanus Jd company of barbarous n^mesgiuen .0 Syrupesjubps^n
fiS nece f Ar y <- em ? An ) ofmixt medicines^ rudu tntigeftafc moles. Many times ( as
fiuflra %7L Agrippa taXc'th jthere is by this meanes,P more danger fiom the medicine thtn
o ub 1 .fee i. p, om the difeafe yvhtn they put together they knowe not what , or leaucit
pUameTct" to an iterate Apothecary to bee made , they caufe deaihandhorrourfor
mnu mifcenty health. Thofc old Ph yfitians had no fuch mixturcs,a fimple potion of Helle-
Uudmmcom- y or ^ m HippocrxtcsxmtytK the ordinary purge,and at this day,fairh r Mtt.
% A \nbo U c'A Kicc/usjn that flourifhing commonwealch of China , Their Phyfitiansgmt
titer alteram precept s quite oppofite to eurs y not vnhappy in their fhyftcke: they vfe altogether
f tT7/m m quifi r0 ** s > hearbs,andfimples in their medicines, and all their phyfeke in a manner
qui plum mif is comprehended in *n hcrballpo fciencc, no fchoolc^no art , no degree, but
€wtt } eofedoc- fofa a i rA de^uery man in pr/uate it injlruft'd of his mafter. \ Cardan crakes
2fo™m that he can cure all difcafes with water alone,as Hippocrates of old did moft
podm infeiti infirmities with one medicine. Letthebeft of our rationall Phyfirians de*
^tt7tim & monftrate.and giue a fufficicnt rcafon of thofc intricate mixtures , why iuft
ft rubers ex- fo many fimples in Mithrydatepi Treacle, why fuch or fuch quantity may
tibeont c
fMtt'to
fericuhk
tamento
« mmbo ft. MonUg na^ Simon Eitouerfhc beft of them all 5 & raoft rationall haue fiid
ZZ.rZp*: inthiskindc^but neither henor they, noranyoncofthem,giueshisRea-
?r*ceptamedi- ( j cr j n m y judgement, that fatisfa&ion which hee ought, why fuch, fo many
Itr! r L fimplcs. Rog. B*cw hath taxed fome errors in his tracl: de graduation/bus, cx-
Part.a. SC&.4. Compounds Alteratiues. Meirib.i.Subf.5.
plained forac things but not cleared. Mcrcur talis in h\sbooVdcc*mpofit*mc-* 305
*V/W».giucs inftaoec in fome,£taw£, and Pbilomum Romanum , which Hi-
wech an Arabian,znd Pbilonius a.Roman long fince compofed , but crafie as
the reft. If they be fo exa&,as by him it feemcs they were , & thofe mixcurcs
fo pcrfe5t,why doth Ferneltus alter the one 3 and why is the other abfolcte ?
* Cardan nxzih Galen for prefuming out of his ambition to correct Theria- a?.*
cam Andromachi ; & we as iuftly may carp at all the tc(k.Galens medicines arc
now exploded and reiected.and w\\zt Nicholas Meriffi^Mcfvefielfm, sirl*
banius \Acluarius,&c. writofold, are moft part contemned . Mellhhms i
Cordis , yncker.Quercetan^RhenodeuSj the Vt net ian, Florentine fates haue
their fevcra!! rcccipts,and Magiftralls; They o{ Nor emerge hauc thcirs,and
AHgu/ldtd P 'harmaccpaa peculiar medicines to the Meridian of their Ciriy-
London hers, every Citty, Townc, almoft cucry priuatc man hath his ownc
m ixaires^ompofitions^ecciptSjmagiftrallsj precepts, as if he fcorned anti-
quity , and all others in refpe6l of himfclfe, but every man muft correct and
alter to fhew his skilljCveryopinatiue fellow mud maintainchisownepa-
radoxe,bc it what it will. Delirant regesjleftuntur Achivt: they dote, and in
the meanc time the poorc patients pay for their new experiments, the
Commonalty rue it.
Thus others obicct , thus I may conceiue out of the wcaknefTe ofmy ap-
prehcnfion*, but to fay truth, there is no fuch fault, no fiich ambition,no no-
vclty,or oftcntation,asfomcfuppofe, but as" oneanfweres, this of com- u guerceta*
pound medians,** a mofl noble and profi\ table invention^found out ^ejr brought ^"™^'™y 9
into Phyjickcjwitb great tudgement , reifdome^ counfellanddifcretion. Mixt k. : ffimum&
difcafes muft haue mixt remedies , and fuchfimplcs arc commonly mixt,
as hauc reference to the part affected, fomc to qualify, the reft to comfort, ZTnetffiwt
iome one part/ome another. Cardan and Brafs'tvola both hold, that2V£#/<- adiawntum &
lam fiwp/ex medicamentutx fine noxa , no fimple medicine without hurt or i 'f red,i£lkm :
offcnce,aiid although Hippocrates, Er afiflratm ^Diodes of old, in the infancy tr£bl&*i
of this Art .were content with ordinary fimples, yet now, faith 1 P^£t iwjie- xcaffitM mnt
iefsity cm pellet b to feeke for new remedies, and to make compounds of fimples. aU ^ uanio
as well to correct their harmes /f cold^dryjiot^ tb/cke ) tbtnne, iMjipid^noyfome remedial ex
to fmelljo rnxke them fauory to the paht , pleafant to tafie and take^ and to pre* faP&'to™ con-
fer ue them forcontinHnnce.byadmixtionoffugar^hony, to make them Uft mo-
neths and year es for (eueralLvfes. In fuch cafes, compound medicines maybe rtto,pai'*tigrA.
approwcd,and Arnolds in his 1 8 Aphorifme, doth allow of it. y Jfftmple^j ^e^nfimpi^
tAnmtjtecefsity compels vs to vfe compounds y 2nd for receipts and magiftrals, ciumjumadfu.
dies diem docetpnz day tcacheth another, and they are as fo many words or " n9S
phrafes, Qua nuncfunt in honore vocabala fivolet ufusi Ebbc and How with y cum [mf\-
the feafon 5 and as wits vary,fo they may be infinitely varied. n»n potfur.t,
Qui fa, fuu'm fUciturn quo capiat ur habet. neceflit* co&
Euery man as he hkcs,and 10 many mcn,io many mmdes,and yet all tending • utf. £pi[K
to good purpofe, though not the fame way. As all arts and fciences,fo Phy-
fick isdayly pet fected amongft the reft, bora mufarum nutr ices , and experi-
ence teachcth vs cucry day many things, which our Predeceflbrs knew not
of.NaturcisnotfocrfGetc, ashefaith, or fo lauifh.to beftow all her gifts v-
pon an age,bu t hath referued fome for pofterity,to fhew her power 3 that (he
is ftill the famc.and not old or confumed. But I digrcflc.
R r CmftunA
Parr.i.Se&4* ^ m °f m knckoly. Mcmb.i.Subf^.
30$ Compound medicines ,are inwardly taken ,or cutwardly apply ed. jnwardly
takcn.be either liquid or/*//<61iquid,are fluid ,or f **y^///*£.Huid,as Wines fie
Syrupcs. The wines ordinarily vfed to this difcafc, arc Wormcwood wine
Tamarisk,and Buglojfatum ,wine made of Borage and Buglofle.Thc compo.
fitionofwhich,isfpecin^din^r/W^/wr^
glotfcjCinamom.&c.And highly commended for his vermes. * Jtdnucs *.
* tmyuum way Lepro/ie y Scabbes y clear es the blcod y recreates the Jptrtts , exhiUratei the
cmupum emt- mindejpurgetb the bratnes of thofe anxious J> lack , melam holy fumes /ad clean*
M^hpram f et ^ ttie whole body of that blacke humour by vrine. To which Iadde t faith Vil-
tHttt, (pirit'M lan iva(\\\s>that it will bring madde men, andfuch raging Bedlams a* are tied
rtcreat, & m~ j c haine$Ao thevfe of their reafon araine. My confcience bearesmewstneffe
mum txbilarat. . , , J , J , , w / n r J J '
McUncboluos that I doe not lye ) I Jaw agraue matron helped by thts meanes , Jbee was jo cbole*
humo es per u- r i c k ^ndfo furious fometimesjhn t fbe was almojl mad, and be fide her felfe,fhee
'wtfrnm^kcfaf- f**d and did fb? knew not what, fcolded, beate her maide^andwas now ready to
Jis, trumnoftt be bound till jbee dranke of this Borage wine, and by this excellent remedy, was
mt'wjraf '^i CHre A&hich a poore forrainer^a Jilly beggar ta tight her by chancer ,th at came to
bo* addajme- craue an almes from doore to doores. The iuyce of Borage, if it be cJarificd,and
us, &fum{oi drunkc in winc,will doe as much.the rootes diced and ftecpcd 5 &c.faitru/tf .
dl%itrhtim' Mtzaldus art.med. who cites this ftory verbatim out ofrillanovanus^nd fo
iuvat,& air a- doth -Magninus a Phy fitian of Millan, in his Regiment of health. Such ano»
turn ufum du- t h cr cxcc U ent compound water J findc in Rubeus de difltll feft. j. which hec
at Tejtu eft mi- ... . . r r r ^ . , r . r t i n t
h'temfcitntta, highly magnifies out ot Savanarola, b jorfuch as arejolitary* dua,heavy^r
quid videdm fed without a caufe.or le troubledwith trembling of heart* Other excellent
dm°b'mc' l 'iZ- compound waters for melancholy ,hc cites in the fame place, c if their me-
raum y <fu<efrc- lancholy be not inflamed, or their temperature ouer hot, Euonymus hath a preci-
cmTu mm' ous A( l mvtt * to tms putpofcfov luch as arc cold. But he & moil commend
«*■ mpmamri ^urumpotabile t 2nd cucry writer prefcribes clarified whay, with l ? orage,Bu-
dkenda.tdceHeU glofTc,Endiue, Succory,&c. of Goats milkc cfpccially, fonie indefinitelyac
^rm'utHwi ^ tim es,forne 3° da y cs together in the fpring.eucry morning fafting,a good
cogi^elur. Fuit draught.Syrupes are very good, and often vied to digeft this humour in the
remd^ a ' ! '^ ma ncarr ^P^ cnc 3^ l,cr ^ c -^ s fy r "P c of Borage, depomis of King 5^or obfolct,
Wm kfaXdi of Thy me and Epi thymCjHops, Scolopcndria, Fumitory, Maidenhaire, Bt-
tatm a peregri- zmtinc.&rc. Thefcaremoft vfedforpreparatiucsto other Phyficke, raixt
fml'umfa* with diftilIc<J waters of like nature,or in Julips othenvifc.
fr/foribta dt Confining, arcconferucs or confections conferues of Borage^ugloiTc,
tt*Mau$nxim BawmCjFumitoryjSuccoryjMaidcnhairejViolctSjRofcSjVVormcwood.&c
Viu'qui tridsu. Con/eclions.TrcacIejMithridatCjEclegmcs or Lin6lures,&c. Solid,asA«
inrfinecaufa, romaricall confeclions,hot, Diambraptamargaritum calidumpUnthus^di*
& vit.ma.mi- t mo r c bi,m- dulce.Elecluarium de ?emmisJ*tiRuns Galeni ejr Rhafis. T)ta9slin*
& trmuntctr. ga,Dsacimynum ? Diantpimptatrtonptpertonpiazmziber fDtacapei 's fDiatm*
dt. namomum.Qo\6,2sDiamirgaritumfrigidum y Diacorotlt,Diarhedon abbttis,
fla^mv"!™'- D * ac °dion ejrc.2s eucry Pharmacopeia will (hew you, with their tables or lo-
lings that are made out of them; with Conditcs,and the like.
Mwitmma* Outwardly vfed as occafion fcrucs,as amulets, oylcs hot and cold, as of
memfat. Camomile, Starchado's^iolctSjRofes^lmonds^oppy^Nymphea^an-
drake &c.to be vfed aftcrbathing.or to procure flccpc.
Oynrments compofed of the faid fpecies,oyIes and wax, cVc. 'as i^Ubla-
flr/tum, ^W/^/omchotjfomccoldjto raoiftcn,procurcflcepc 5 and cor-
Part.*. SC&.4. Compound alteratiueu Mcmb.i. Subi 1
ted other acciden ts. y*j
Liniments arc madeofthe fame matter to the fame purpofc, Emplafters
madeofheaibs,flowres,rootcs&c. withoylcs, and other liquors mixt and
boylcd together.
Cataplafmcs,falucs,or pultifcs made of greenc hearbes, pounded,or fod
in water ^till they be foft,which arc applyed to the Hypocondries,and othw
parts when the body is empty.
Caerotes,arc applyed to fcucrall parts, andFrontals, to take away paine ?
griefe,heat,procure flecpe .Fomentations or fpunges, wet in (bme deco&i-
ons.Epithemata,or thole moift medicines laid on linncn,to bathe and cook
fcuerall parts mif-affe&cd.
Sacculi,or little bagges of hearbes, £owrcs,foedes,rootSjand the likc,ap«
plyed to thehead 5 hcart,ftomack 5 &c,odoraments,balls, pcrfumcs,pofics to
imcll to,all which,haue their fcuerall vfes in melancholy, as (halbe (hewed^
when 1 treat of the cure of the diftind Species by thcrafclucs.
Ml MB. 2. SVBSECT. I«
Parking Jimples Vpw&rd*
MElanagoga^ov melancholy purging medicines, are cither Simple or
Compounded that gcntly.or violently, purging vpward oidovene-
ward.~l\\ck following purge vpward. d ^/4r*w,or/4/M^cw,which a HeurniusJa*
as Hcfut faith,is hot in the fecond degree, and dry in the third, // it common- ttu hjm lafii*
ly taken in wine, vphay^ or as with vs, theiuyceof two or three Jeaues or mvm '
morefbmetimcs 3 poundedinpofietdrinke, qualified with a little liquorifh,
or annifeeds,to auoide the fuKbmneflc of the tafte, or as Diaferum Fernelij*
BrafsivoU in Cat ^rt. reckons it vp amongft thofc fimpks that onely purge
melancholy, and RueBm confirmes as much out of his experience, that it
purgcth c black chollcr,! ike Hellebor it felfc.Galcnlib.o'.Jimplic.&.tMathioluf e ^atrimdt
afenbe other virtues to it, and will haue it purge other humors as well as SSJ^JJ"
this. mmomm.
Lturef/Jby tieurmm methsd. ad pr ax. 1 2. cap. 24^ put amongft the ftrong f J£^JJ- , ^
% purgers of melancholy, it is hot and dry in the fourth degree* D/ofcorides Hifuhmm
lib. 1 i.caP.ri4 *ddc$ other effects to itJPliny fets downc 15 berries in drinkc tfymtm*
fora futfuicnt potion.it is commonly corrtcT:ed with his oppofites,cold and Tp«rmtm&
moift,as iuyce of Endiuc,Purflane, and is taken in a potion to fcuen graines menfesch. valet
andahalfe. Bu t this and Afrabecc 4, euery Gentlewoman in the Countrey
knowes how to giue two common vomits.
Sci/Iapr Sea onyon,is hot and dry in the third degree. 'BrafsivoU in Ca~ h mw > m *
Urt. out of Mefue and others, out ofhisownc experience, will haue this tratedmt.
fimplc to purge h melancholy alone Jt is an ordinary vomitpinufn Sciltti- \^ t d e ( ^ ei fA
cum jnsxt with Rubcll in a little white-wine. p%dmfif*>
white He(leb$r > which fomc call fneezing powder , a ftrongpurgervp- cet'ums.
ward,which many rcic£t,as being too violent, Mefue znd Averroes will not Jl[edu e it%
admit ofit,* by reafon of danger offuffocation, k and great paine anci trouble it puieftucm
f tits the poore patient to 1 (ii&nodon4u*.YetGalenUbj.ftmpl.med. and D "f'%'Tf l ^
cor ides allow of it. It Was indeed 1 terrible in firmer times ^ as Pliny t £^ t
R r % floici,
Parc.2. Scd.4. " Cure of melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subd,
""ToS notcs,but now familiar jinfomuch that many tookc it in thofc daycs, » that
*M»uiflHJi+ tverej^udents, to quicken their wits, which rerfituSat.j. obicc"U to Accim
r«» gr*t,* od thc p oc t,///^ ^r<f r*. « //^/ Melancholy, the filling fcknes,
madneJfe lg out,&c.but not to he taken of old mcnyouths, fuch as are w takings %
mm****. nice 9f e ff e minateJrottbled with headach, high floured \ or fearer fir anglmg %
\£2Zm faith Dtofcorides. ° Oribafm an olde Phyfuian ,|hath written very cop,,
butcbolicistto- oufly , and approues of it , in fuch affections , which can otherwije hardly
ds g neU,vetatm ' fa et J e £ Ht rnim lib ,2.pr ax .med.de vomitoriju will not haucit vied 9 but
mTbT&cf- with great caution Jby reafon of its ftrength,and then when Antimony wiUoe
fnmnaiu. M0 ao0 j which caufed Hermophilm to compare it to a Itout C aptaine ( as C#.
Vmfnlk drwcL obferues c .7. comment.de HeU.) that will fee all his fouldiers goc
omh* m before him 5 and come poflprincipi a, like the bragging fou!dier,laft himfcifc,
itfcuierwM- q whcn Qt | ier hel cs f ailc in inveterate melancholy, in a deiperate cafe , this
7mT vomit is to be taken. And yet for all thi^fit be well prepared, it maybe ■ (c-
TNenfrnfim- curc iy giuenatfirft. f Af^w//tfbra£ges,that hee hath often to the good of
nmZTcnll many , made vfc ofit.and Hermm^tUt he hath happily <v fed it, prepared after
efi mm vaul hu owne prefer //* 3 and with good fucceflc. Chriflophortss a Vega lib. 3. cup, 14.
&nuik\&q»m is o{ - the ftmc pi n i on jt hat it may be lawfully giuen,and our countrey Gen-
ZntmTZl tiewomen findc it by their common pra&ife,that there is no fuch great dan-
bmjnouxjMm ger in it. D r TV/wrr fpcaking of this plant, in his Herball, telleth vs 5 thatin
vSvZlf- his time it was an ordinary Receipt among goodwiues, to giue Hellebot in
forefront. powder to ij d weight.and he is not much againft it. But they doe common-
If*" mfA - lyexceed,forwho fo bold as blind Btyard, and prefcribe it by pennyworths,
ier'Tlmm and fuch irrationall wayes,aslhaueheard my fclfe market folkcs askeforit
donvuit utile- m an Apothecaries fhoppe;but with what fucceiTe God knowes,they {marc
SfS often for their rafh boldneflTc and folly , breakc a vcine , make their eyes
mn babent, run ready to ftart out of their hcads,or kill themfelues. So that the fault is not in
tiqui syncopen t h e Phvficke,but in the rude and vndifcreet handling of it.He that will know
TSL %te therefore,when to vfc it,how to prepare it aright , and in what dofe, let him
mti'tmum. rca( j Hernim lib.2.p r AX.mtd.Brafsivoh deCatart.Godefridas St e^ius the Em-
toVp**""' pevout Rjfdvlphiu Phyfuian c.rd. Mathiolw m Viofcor. and that excellent
tVosfkcifflmi Commentary of Baptifia Codronchtts, which is inftar omnium de HellebMb.
mimr no'ho wncrc j, c Q, a jj fafc g rcat diuerfity of examples and Receipts.
CSX Antimony or Stibium } which our Chy roifts fo much magnifie, is either
•i» ft* DUp ta kcn in fubftance or infufion,&c.& much prefcribed in this difcafe.// belpes
mrba^motra »ejfe,and all Hypocondriacall pa /5/>«,andfor farther pro ofe of his aflcrtion,
W excitmt, he - ucs feucrall inftances,of fuch as haue beenc freed with it. 1 One oMi-
^jhZ^ s drew Gallus^ Phyfuian of Trent ,that after many other &vjz%jmputcs thu
HypMHdmcat recouery of his health ^next after God Jo this remedy alone. Another of George
9 kmm paffio- ^^^^hat in like fort, when other medicines failed, Iwaibythu reft*
y ''Andre* red to his former health^andwhich of his knowled^others bauelikewifetryed,
GaSuiyTriden- ^ £ y t y admirable medicine^ haue hen recouered.h third of a Pa-
}ZZ A bm rifh Prieft at Prage in Bohemia, * that vasfofarre gone with melancholy, tktt
mdicamento J fe deted^and /pake he knew not what, but after he had taken ugraincs ofSti*
*?utw* ?onhoti,brevi refiMtts.?dqMd*liu*ccMfcfch,quibicm^ x QmmelancholicHi \f*»
p\Mtd£foieboi,multMp»heloaueboM^ n gr.ftibium.quod poult po(l f 4trm btlem ex atv*eduxtt (utego w«fcf»
%6cotui>o n ^mAdmiracuhtmodfme^onfo^m) &r*mento Unqutmcornu Jijfea* iaporut, utm excrtmentom
fa»tmtm niyrr'mtm reprtfentobot. §inm
Part. 2 f Scd. 4» Purging Simples. Mem b» i S u bC%
hitman I my felfe fay* t a»d an rvitneJfe,for 1 wat ailed to fee this miraculous £c£
accident ) be vpm purged of a deale of black cboler, like little gobbets offlefb, and
all his excre?. ents were like blac^e blood ( a medicine fitter for a horlc then a
man)^f / tt did him fo much good, that the next day hee was perfectly cured.
This very ftory of this Bohemian Prieft, Sckenkius relates verbatim, Exoter.
experiment. ad Var \morb. cent. 6. obfer. 6. with great approbation ofit. HtrtH*
les de Saxonia calls it a profitable medicine, if it be taken after meat to 6 or 8
graines,of fuch as are apt to vomit. Iacobus Gervinus a French Phyfitian on
the other t\&cjib.2.def> r enenis con fut. explodes all this, and faith he toolc 3
graines onely vpon Mathielus and fomc others commendation, but it al- a / nt ' imm ', m
ip oft killed him,whercupon he, concIudcs 4 a Antimony it rather a poyfon then vn ^ m> Ln
a medicine, Tb.Eraftus concurres with him in his opinion, & fo doi h %s£li*n aukcomntum.
Uliont alms tap, 3 o.demclanhw\\v\\ix doc Jtalke ? 'tis the fubiecl: of whole
bookesj might cite a century of authors^ and con, I will conclude with Y Cmm , utp }a
h Zutnger, Antimony is like Sander begs fword, which is cither good ot bad, (ec.vol. cd
ftrong or weak as the party is that prefcribes it,or vfeth it, a worthy medicine f aiiume P i I i -
tfitbe rightly applyed to a ftrong man .otherrvtfe poyfon. For the preparing of tmd&fy.mm
itjookc in Ev$nimi thefaurHS i Quercetan ) Olwaldus Crolliuj BafiLcbim, Bafil. metieamtntum,
Valerius drc. t'f£Z 9
Tobac c tf.diuinCjrarejfupercxcclIent Tobacco, which goes farre beyond all
their Panaccas,potablegold,andPhilofophcrs ftones.afoueraigne Remedy
to all difeafes. A good vomit, I confe(Tc,a vcrtuous herbc, if it be well qualifi*
cd,opportunely taken,and medicinally vfed, but as it is commonly abufed
by moll men,which take it as Tinkars doe ale, t*is a plaguc,a mifchiefe,a vio-
lent purger of goods,Iands,heaIth; hcllifhj dcuilifh and damned Tebacco^the
mine and ouetthrow of Body and Soulc.
SviSIC. 2.
Simples purging melancholy downervard,
POlypodye and Epithymepxc without all exceptions, gentle purgcrs of c atgmn ^
meimcholy.D/ofcorides will haue them purge fleagme, but Brafstvola gM t, uttiifiifti
out of his experience averrcth,that they purge this humor,thcy arc v- damurmeuih
fed in dcco&ion,infufion,&c.fimplc,mixt &c. \ma\u & V ^
Mirabtlaues, allfiuc kindes, arc happily c vfed againft melancholy and * MUHtsbonm
quartan a ones.Brafs/vola fpcaks out of a thoufand expericnccs 3 hc gauc them e ^ ertHt
in pilsjdccoclion &c. lookc for peculiar Receipts in him. '? S ti mum,
StoechaSjFumitoryjDoddcr^crbeMercury.rootsofCaperSjGcnifta or f al
broomc.Pennyriall and halfc boylcd Cabbage, J finde in this Catalogue of ^Imfam.
purgcrs of black cholcr, Origan,fctherfew,ammoniack c fait, faltpctcr. But f ctutmdm
thefc arc very gcntlc,alyppu$,dragon roor,centaury,ditany^Colutea,which f ^ 0, f^ uS
Tnebfms cap, 1 6 Sand others take for Sene,but mod diftinguifh. Sene is in the
middle of violent and grntlc purger* downeward, hot in the fecond degree,
dry in the firft. BrafsivoU cals it, f a wonderfull herbc againft melancholy , tt '^™ s
fcowres the blood jilt ght em tbejpirits,fbakes off (error? ft moftprtfitable medi- marorem difc*.
tmeja iDodouaui termcs it,invcntcd by the ^Arabians ,and not heard of be- t ^ erbg ***
fore.Jt is taken diucrs wayes in powder,infufion,but mod commonly in the » cgf+M.*.
R r 3 ' infufion,
Parc.2.Se& 4. Cure •/ Melancbtly. Mcmb.i. Subfo.
3 10 infufion^with ginger fomc cordiall flowrcs added to correct it. Acluariua
cammcndsitfodinbroth^vithanoldcock, ©rinwhay, which is the com-
ro on con vaycr of all fuch things as purge blackc choller, or ftccped in wine
which Heurnius accompts fufhciem,withoui any farther correction.
h Rtctmtom ibices by moftas faid to puree choller.but Aurclt&nw lib .2, cap ,6, de mrb
nam* refecm. chron,Arculan\u cap. 6 jnp.RhaJis.lultHs Alexandrian* fonjil.ii $ % Scoltz,.Crx~
» An due ape* to confl.iSfi.Scoltz.prekr\hc it to this difcafe,as good for the Itomackc, and
Tumllb I'cm.i t0 °P cn Haemrods,out of Mcfvefihafts y Serayie,Avicenna. Mahay Aw ep.
^Vayoteub- Itb, i. ep ijl. i .o^okih ir t hlocs^doth not open the veinespx mouc the Hxtii-
flerfft avitdi- ro ds,which Leonhartus Fuchfms paradox. lib. i . likcwifcafifirmes$ but Bra/si-
iTrrftAuap. vo ^ a an£ ^ Dodonaus defend Mefuc out of dicir experience 5 let * Valefias end
6. Bomts Atex- the controverfic.
Up 'de ^Armnn La P" Ar menus and Lazuli fxt much magnified by k Alexander Lt. cap,
confidntim J tf.and LAvicenna^EtiuSyAcluarius^ if they be well wafhed, that the water
^wmdaMi ^ c no morc c °l° urc d 3 fifty times fome fay. 1 That good Alexander ( faith CuU
cm affiants ai ^ n£ rius)put fuch confidence in this one medicine , that he thought admeUncho*
eo cwari pofe ly p of $ ions might be cured byit y andl fir my part 3 haue oftentimes happily vfei
hde'rJ^$M° if -> an ^ wat netier decerned in the operation of it. The like m ay be faid of Lafk
vfafum, & in £<<cW/' 3 though it be fomc what weaker then the other. Gar cits ab Her to hifi.
eius exhibitime Hb.i.cap.6 $. relates, that the m Phy (itians of the Moores y familiarly prefcribc
IteXS! lt t0 a ^ m elanchoIy pafiTions^and Matthiolus epiJIMb.j. n brags of that hap-
m Maumum py fucceiTe 3 which he ftill had in the adminiftration of it. Nicholas Meripfa
A^fam' 1 "*. P Uts lt amon gft tn€ befi iemcdies y /ecJ.i.cap.T2jn Antidotis* andifthureil
eJt mSSi not Jerue (faith Rbafis) then there remaines nothing, but Lapis Armcnus 3 and
t"Z &c ' - Wellebor it felfe. Valefcus%xA UfonPratenfis^ much commend Pulvu Halt,
fafoZlruCu?' which is made of it. lames Datnafcen lib. 2. cap .12. Hercules de Saxonia&e.
fum, & magna fpeakcwcllofit. P Crato will not approueofitjthis and both Hellebors ^hce
e ™i»Mb°' " ^ a,tn > arc no better then poy {ox\.Viftor Trincaveliusjib.2.cap. r^.found it in
bii 'repot ntfi* n,s experience 9 to be very noyfome^ to trouble the Jtomacke, and hurt their 00*
Hciieborus \, & dies th.it take it ouermuch,
^con^ulT' ^lacke HeUebor that mod renowned plant,and famous purgcr of melan-
Scotia. ' choly,whicb all antiquity fo much vfed and admircdjWas firft found out by
q Mulu c$rpo- Melanpodiut* (hephcard.as Plinr records Jtb. 2 (.cat. <. ' Who feeing ft to
me hfocaptat*, purge his Goats when they raucd,prachlcd it vpon Ehge znaCalene, King
& ftomicbo Trttus daughters 3 that ruled in Arcadia , neerc the fountaine Clttoriut , and
^Cumvfdm ^ orc ^ tnem to tn " T ^ ormcr health. In Hippocrates time it wasinonely re*
requcft,infomuch that he writ a bookc of it , a fragment of which remaines
frat furentes , y et. Theophrafius^ Galen ,F liny ^Calius K^4urelianus 3 as ancient as Galen,lib.r
*iib.6 jimpi. ea P J-ArctemJib.yjap.s.OribafisfisJib.j.fuorKm collet!. a famous Grceke, e/£-
mtd. tiusfer.3.cap.ii2.& iij.P.iAZgiiteta Galens K^zjib.y. cap. 4. Acluariusmd
TraUianus lib. f . cAp. 1 $. Cornelius Celfus only remaining of the olde Latines,
Jib.j.cap. 2 j. extoll and admire this excellent plant , and it was generally fo
much eftcemcd of the ancients for this difeafc amongft the reft , that they
fent all fuch as were crafed,or any way doted to the Anticyrajo be purged,
where this plant was in abundance to be had. In Strabos time it was an or-
dinary voyage, Naviget ^nticyras. A common prouerbe amongft the
Grtekes and Latines y to bid a difard or a mad man goc take Hellebores irxLu*
sit Menippm to Tantalus pantile defipufieilebero epott tibi opus ejljofyfanX
mcraco*
Partz-Seft.^ ?urgmg Simples , Memb.i. Subf.2.
meraco. Thou arc out of thy little wit O Tantalus, and muft needs drink He/- 311
Uborjkx\& that without mixture. Artftophanes in t/^^drinke Hellebor.ejrc^
Harpax in the c Comoedian,told Sims and Ballto ,two doting fellowcs , that ^ftuith. *8.
they had need to be purged with this plant. Liltus Geraldus faiih 5 that Her- ^blfcltmC
cules after all his mad prankes vpon his wife and children , was perfectly cu- mbiu opnefi.
red by a purge of HeUebor ,which an AntieyrUn adminiftrcd vnto him. i hey
that were found commonly tooke it to quicken their wits, ( as our Poets
drinkc facke to improuc their vnderftandings; 1 findc itfo regiftred by Age/*
/ius lib.iy.cap.ij, Carneades the Academicke when hec was to write againft
Z<r*0thcScoickc, purged him felfc with Hcllebor firft, which u Petronius u ^Satyr.
puts vpon chryftppus. Infuch eftcemc it continued for many ages, tillac
length Aiefue -and fome other Arabianshcg2nnc to reied: and reprehend it,
vpon whofe authority for many following luftcrs , it was much debafed and
quire out of rcqueft.held to be poyfon and no medicine ; and is ft ill oppug-
ned to this day by * Crato and fome Phyfnians. Their rcafons are, be- 1 craiomfn.
caufc AYtdotlc lib. 1. de plant, cap, 3. faid Henbane and Hellebore were pov- li ,7 *' e '^-
foaand Alexander Aphrodijeus in the preface of his Problems,faid(fpcaking ri pretax, in
of Hcllebor)7 Quailes fedde on that which W4s poyfon t$ men> Galen lib, 6, £- bottam
ptd.com. $.T ?x*; j.connrmes as much 3 Con famine the Emperour in his Geo "ifivonp^'lm
ponicks^i tributes no other vertuc to it, then to kill mice , and rats, flics and 'Vtfimw u-
mouldewarpes, and fo Mizaldus. Nicander of old , Geruinus , Skenkius,
and mmc other Neotcricks that haucwrirtcn of poyfons fpeake of Hclle- toxitmtfl.
box in a chiefe place. • Nichols Leonicus hath a ftory of Solon that befeiging z ^3.(^.7*
1 know not what citty,ftecpcd Hcllebor in a fpring of water, which by pipes ^Xar.bift.
was conuayed into the middle of the townc , and fo either poyfoned them,
or clic made them fo feeble and wcake by purging , that they were not able b cvrpmimb'
tobcarcarmes.Notwithllandineallthcfccauils and objections, moil of f rw 4 ftr »!£
our late writers doc much approucotit. ^Ga,rrtopontu$lib.i.ctp t T^ Codron* ■ vetemvov fi-
chus cofn.de heUeb.Falopins tonfd.i$. T rmcavcllij \Montanus 239. Frijemelica ''"ffvff™*''
tonjil.i+Hcrculcs de SaxoniaSo that it bee opportunely giucn. lacobus dc_j fj% r " ! ™Jfy
Boh du,A*g.A?n*tus Lufit.cent,2.cent.66.Gvd. St eg/us cap. 1 j, Holler ius and all & terror* pit-
omHerbalifls fubferibe, c Ferneltus meth.medMb.^cap.i6 t confeffeth it to be **{ tAnh *$*
.. , J fit t n ■ a i f 1 1 drtwtfimcn&c
d terrible purge and hard to take yet wellgiuen to Jlrong men, and Juch as haue d inrecm mt-
ablebodies. P.Foreflus and Capiuaccius fobid it to bee taken in fubftance, but
allow it in decoction or infuuon,both which waics P.Monavius commends ™f° rite ^ re '
aboueall oihtxsfipip^s 1 *Scoltzij.lacchinus in p. com mends a receipt c Abfit Uttm-
ofhis ownc preparing; Hildefheim Jp/ceLi»de melancholia, huh many exam-
pies how it fhould bevfed.diverfity ohcceipts.Heuw/usl/b.y.prax.med.cap. ^ c m
24.(aUs it an * tnnocent medicine hovefoevcrjf it bee well prepared. The roote 1 ln Ctt / rt ;
ofit is only in vfc,which may be kept many ycares, & by fome giuen in fub* l^hnt £
ftancc,asby^r4/f/W4amongftthcre{t, who 6 brags that hee was the firft rofctffai>H&
that reftorcd it againc to his vfe,and tells a ftory how hec cured one Melata* ^j^xm-
ft a a madman , that was thought to bee poiTefled , in the Duke of F err arts pim*puds\tn t
court with one purge of blackc Hellebor in fubftance: the receipt is there to &
be Icene, his excrements were like inkc , f hee perfectly healed at once. Vidus l"^^^"
V/dtus aDutchPhyfitian, will not admit ofit in fubftance, towhommoft vwft fltiidum
fubfcribc,but as before in thedcco£tion,infufion,or which is all in all,in the l" c f c J'f'l M
Extrad,which He prefcrrcs before the reft, and czlU fua/te medicamentum, a tHt £ v ° ul b m .
fwece
Part.2.Sc&4. ^ ure of Melancholy. Mcmb.a.Sub.j,
312 fweet medicine 3 an eafie,that may be fecurcly giuen to women, children and
tvkimum re : W caklmgs. Baracellus horto geniali , calls ic maxim* frt&antU medicamen.
melx^ntm, tum y a medicine ofgrcat worth and note. Quei cet an in his Spagir. Pbar, and
nuod^ttraom- many others tell wonders of this Extract , Paracelfus abouc all the reft is the
cJfi/f- g rcatcft admirer of this plant-, and efpccially the extract , he calls it Thetis
xattltt peUlaon cum t terrefire 5^w//w 5 anotherTreacle,a terrcftrial Bawmc,/>^*r omnium
p^unt ad him a //i a a llths S fo c andlafl refuse to cure this malady .the tout fipilep fie. Uin fie
bmcjiuuicednt &c If this will not hclpe,no Phyfickc in the world can but mmcrall,ius the
exhikuiRc, nulla fence^and baue communicated it to diuerfe worthy Phyfltiansyvho hxuegtuen me
*mfo&cT' & reat tbtnkes for it. Lookc for receipts^ofejprcparation^nd other cautions
concerning this fimplc in him } BrafliHola } Ba} acellns fodronshus^ and the reft.
C
S V B S B Ci 3.
Compound fur gets*
Ompcund medicines which purge melancholy , are either taken in the
ftif trior or inferior pans: fuperior at mouth or no/Iritis. At the mouth
/wallowed or not fwallowed: Jf (wallowed liquid or J olid: liquid as
compound wine of Hellebor,Scilla or Sca-onyon, §cn2,rtnum Scilliticum }
£ Phirmacop: Helleboratum ,which * Quercetan fo much applauds , for melancholy and md-
optimumejlad neffe t either inwardly taken or outtvar dly applied to the head , with littlepeeces
xes mdariMi- oflmnen aifpeawarme in it. Oxtmel Scutiticum , Syr up us Hetleboratus maw
cos etfetUs, tum and minor in Quercetan^nd Syrufus Gen'tflx for Hypocondriacal mclancho-
7umexvT(ic U -l m k nlc author .compound Syrupc of Succoric, of Fumitory.Poiy po«
eapuicumimte- dy,&c. Hernius his purging cock.broth. Some except againft thefe Syrups,
oliiin eomade- as appcarcs by k Vdalrinus Leonoras his Epiftlc to Mattbiolus^s moft perni»
mown!** tl0Xls anc * inat out °^ Hippocrates jocJa mcuere^ m edicari non cruda i no raw
k Epift. Math, things to be vfed in Phyfickc jbut this in the following Epiftlc is exploded
ij>.}. rda ff anc j foundly confuted by MatthioluSyXTiany Julips,potions,Rcceipts.areco-
rttpt nocentiiji- /» 1 /■» t <~ n \\c * • - 1 \ n *> • i '• it
m & ommbwi ' poled of thefe,as you than nnde in Hilaejheim ffi cel. 2. Hernius lib. i t caf. 14.
mdu txiwpm- George Skenkius Ital,med.frax t & c,
Solid purgers are confections , electuaries, pills by therr.fcluesorconv
pound with others 3 as de lafide Lazulo,Armcno^ Pil.lnd*, of Fum/torie i ejrc.
Confection of Hamechj)iafena,Uiapolyp odium ^Diacafia, DUcatholiccnjVtc >
kers Electuary de Ef ithymoJ?tolomie$ Hierologadium />f which divcrfe reccits
arc dayly made.
ts£tiM 22.3$. commend s Hieram Ruffi, Trincavelim conftl. 12 Mh.ity*
proues otHiera^nonjnquitjnven 'tomelfm medicamentum^ findc no better
mcdicinejhc faith. Heurnius addes pi I. ^ggregat. pilles deEfithymo,fil.Ind.
cJtf?/«<T,deicribed in the Florentine Ant idot ary ^PiluU fine qutbm effenolo , Pi-
luU Cochu cum Hclleboro^iLArabica^Fcetid* , de quin^generibus miraboU-
norum &c. More proper to Melancholy : not excluding in the meanc time,
Turbeth,Manna ; Rubarbe, Agaricke ? Elcfcophe,&c.which arc not fo proper
10 this humour. For as Mmtaltm holds c^.^a.and Mont Amu ^holers et'tam
furganU
Part. 2. Sed.4. Cure of bead melancholy. Memb.$.Subf.j #
purganda$uod*tr* fit pabulum , cholcr is to bcc purged becaufc ic feeds the 313
other-.and ibme are of an opinion,as Erafijlratus and AjclcpUdes maintained
ofold.againft whom Galen difputes I that nofhyficke doth purge one burner l P«r£wkce~
done but all alike or what «»a?.Moft therefore in their receipts and magi- ^2
(trails which arecoyned here, make a mixture of feuerallfimplcs and com- buimmcttu-
pounds.to purge all humours in generall as well as this.Some rather vfe po-
tions then pills to purge this humor, becaufc thatas Heurnius and Crato ob- Z^amMu^
fcruc Jiic fuccus a licco remedio £grt trabitur, this iuyce is not fo eafily drawn ra mcon>ertere.
by dry remedies,& as Montanus z&v\ki\\2<;.conf % All m drying medicines are m R e i^ a „ tur
to be repelled as Aloe,Hiera y znd all pills whatfoeuer, becaufc the difcafe is drv 9m " '*fica*.
J might here infert many receipts ofprefcribed potions, boles, &c. The hi* quecM^.
dofes of thcfcjbut that they are common in every good Phyfitian, and that I
am loath to incurre the cenfure of Fore/lus lib.j.cap.d.dcj vrinis, n againH n Contraeesqui
thofe that divulge and publifh medicines in their mother tongue y andleaftj ^^^liS
l*houldgiueocca(ion thereby to fome ignorant Reader topradtifeonhim- remedia&rre-
iclfe.without the confent of a good Phyfitian. diemma p*>
Such as arc not fwallowed,but oncly kept in the mouth,arc Gargarifmes bufvulmmt
vfed commonly after a purge when the body \i folublc and loofc, Or Apo- nttfatittnt.
ph!egrnatifines,Maft catories,tobche!dandchewcdin the mouth, which
are gentlc,as Hyfopc,Origan ,Pcnnyriall/rhymc,Mu(tard 3 ftt ong as Pellito*
ry,Pepper,Ginger,&:c.
Such as are taken into the noftrills , Errhinn arc liquid or drie , iuyce of
Pimperncll.OnyonSj&c.CaftorjPcpperjwhite Hellebor, &c. To thefc you
may addc odoraments^perfumeSjand fuffumigations 3 cVc.
Taken into the inferiour parts are Clyftcrs ftrong orweake, Suppofv
tories of Gaftilian fope ,hony boyled to a ccmfiftcncc, or flrongcr of Scam*
mony,Hcllebor,&c.
Thefc are all vfcd,and prefcribed to this malady vpon feucrall occafions,
as (hall be (hewed in his place.
Mbme. 3.
ChirurgicaU Remedies.
IN letting of blood three mainccffcum (lances are to be confidered, who,
hove much,vbe» t That is,that it be done to fuch a one as may endure it , or
to whom it may belong, that is, that hec bee of a competent age 3 not too tm W** 9 *
young nor to old,oucr weak/at or leane,fore laboured, but to fuch as haue
need, are full of bad bloud, and noxious humours, and may be eafcdbyir.
The quantitie depends vpon the parties habite of body, as he is ftrong or
weake,full or empty,may fparemorc or lefle.
In the morning is the fittcft time, fome doubt whether it bee beft fafting
or full,whether the moones motion or afpe&s of planets be to be obferued, r cim cmUm
fome aflirme 3 fome deny , fome grant in acute but not inChronickdifeafcs, ^Ji a vam-
whether before or after phyfickc. 'Tis Heurnius Aphorifmc , a phlebotomii c '
aufpicandam effe curat toncm^mn a fharmacia ,you mttft beginne with bloud-
letting and not phyfickej fome except this peculiar malady. But what doe I?
S f Hot At i us
Parta.Se<a.5«
Cure of melancholy.
Memb.i.Subf.i t
* Ferrtel'm lib.
3 14 Horatius Augenms, a Phyfitian of Padua , hath lately writ 17 bookes of this
{dbxzQiJobertH^&c.
Particular kindcs of bloodletting in vfe 1 are three, firft is that opening a
Veincinthearmewithafharpeknirc, or in the head, knees, or any other
parts as (hall be thought fir.
Cupping-glajfes with or without (carification, ocyfiimc compefcunt , faiih
F<rr/z^/'*/,they worke prefcntly,and are apply cd to feucrall parts, to divert
humours,aches,winde,&c.
Horfe- 'leeches ,are much vfed in mclanchoIy,applied efpecially to the hem-
rods. Horatius Augenius lib. io.cap.i .& many others y preferrc them before
c %enodm lib. any evacuations in this kinde.
jZenviaiu m * Cauter * es or tarings with hot yrons 5 combnftions,boarings Jauncings,
$.decompojIt. which becaufe they are tcrriblc,I>r^.v & Synapifmus are inyenred ? by plai-
med.cap.z4. ft ers to raife blifters.and eating medicines of pitch 3 muftardfeed,& the like.
prax.med m iy'ec' I JI HCS ^ c0 ^ c keptopen , and made as the former, and applied in and to
ker,&c. fcvcraU parts c haue their vfe here on feverall occafions,as (hall be (hewed.
SECT. 5-
Mb MB. I, SVBSBC. T.
T
Particular cure of the three fever nil kindet
of head Melancholy*
H E generall cures thus briefly examined and difcufTed , it remaines
now,to apply thefe mcdieins to the three particular fpecies or kinds,
that according to the fenerall parts affected , each manmaytcllin
fome fort how to helpe or cafe himfelfc.I wihreat of head melancholy firft,
in which.as in all other good cures weemuft beginnc wich Diet, as a matter
of mod moment,able oftentimes of it felfe to vvorke thiscffe£t.J haue read,
faith Laurentius cap. S. de Melanch. that in old difcafes which haue gotten
the vpper hand or an habit , the manner ofliuing isto more purpofe, then
whatfoevcrcanbedrawneoutofthemoftpretious boxes of the Apothe-
caries. This dict,as I haue faid,is not only in choice of meat and drinke , but
ofallthofe other non-naturall things. Letayre bee clcare andmoiftmoft
part. Diet moifting,of good iuyce,eafie ofdigeftion,and not windie , drinke
cleare,and wellbrewed,nottoftrongnor to (mall. Make a melancholy mm
tr . i t fat,** f Rhafes faith, knd thou haft finished the cure. Excrcife not too remilfe,
sfili'mes adim nor too violent. Slecpe a little more then ordinary. Excrements dayly to be
f'aguationem, avoided by art or nature 3 and which Fernelim inioyncs his patient confil.44.
%anm™tm- aboue the reft to avoid all pafliorts and perturbations of the minde. Con-
vetnrmatm. cerning the medicinall partjhee that will fatisfic himfelfe, at large fin' this
1 Bencfam p rcc edent ofdiet^and fee all at once^thc whole cure and manner of it in euc-
ry diftmdt fpecies; let him confult with Gordonim^alefcm, with Proffer d-
Itnim Ith de atra bile ad Ctrd.CtJium^aurentius cap. 8. & pJe mela . %ALlU»
Montaltus demeLcap.26.2j.2Z* 2 p. 30. Donatab ^Itomari eap % y.artUmed.
Hercules de Saxonii in Pantb<cap.j t tjr Tratt.cim peculiar, de melan.per Bolz>?\
tarn
Part.2. Sc&.j. Cure of bead melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.A.
turn edtt,VenetijS i620*cap.iy.iS.i9,Sauonarola Rub J '2. TraCl J. cap. /. Scken- 3 1 J
ktusin Prax.curat.Ital.med.Heurnius cap.12. demorb.cap.Vi6lorius Faventi-
nus Praft.Magn t ejr Empir. Hildifbeim Spicel.2. de man- & mel. Fel,Platter y
^tockerus^Bruel > P.Bayerus y Foreflus,Fuchfiusfapivaccius i Jafon Pratenfis. Sa-
fofl,Salvi 'an.de re med.lib.2 t cap.iJacchinus in 9. Rhafis , Pifo, Holler ius &c.
That haue culled out of thofe old Greekes,^4rabians y znd Latines,wh2ifoe-
ver is obfcruable or fit to be vfed. Or let him read thofe counfclls and con-
fulcations otHugo Senenfis confil, 13.^ i4,Rcnerus Solinander confil. 6. fee, /,
ejr confil.sfec.jJCrato eon ftl. 16. lib. 2. Mont anus confil. 2 0. 2 2. 229. and his fol*
lowing counfels^Lxlius a, Fonte Egubinus confult^jrf 9.77.12$. 129. 142* Fer-
nelius confil. 4 4. 4 $.46 ,lul.C<efar Claudinus, Mercurialit , Frambefarius, &c«
Wherein he fhall finde particular receipts 3 thc whole method, prcparatiucs,
purgers 3 corre6torsjaverter$ J cordiallsin great variety and abundance. Ouc
of which jbecaufc every man cannot attend to read or perufc them,! wil col-
led for the benefit of the readcr>fomc few notes,
S v b s b c T. 2 9
Blood-letting,
PHlebotomy is prdrr.ifcitoufly vfed before and after Phyfickc,common«
ly before,and vpon occafion is often reiterated 5 if there be any need at
leaft of it. For Galen and many others make a doubt of bleeding at all
in this kinde of head melancholy. Jf the malady,faith Pifo cap. 2 Altoma-
ruscap.y.Fucb/ius cap. 3 3* fhall 'proceed primarily from themif-ajfettcd brain , „ si gx fr}fK ^
the pat tent in fitch cafe fbili 'not need at all to bleed \ except the bloud otherwife ritcertbri afe-
abound,the veines be fait ',inflamed blood, and the party ready to run mad. In im-
matcriall melancholy 3 wbichcfpecially comes from a cold diftemperature gZl^Zratt-
of (p'nits ^Hercules de Saxonia cap, 77. will not admit of Phlebotomy. Lau ™ *° indigent,
rentius ^/^.appuoues it out of the authority of the Arabiansjyut as Mefue, n £f*£ c *£
Rbafes^Alexander, appoint, x effecially in the head, to open the veines of the tarn, vt fimui-
fore-head,nofe and earesjis good. They commonly fet cupping glaficson Tj^f^f'
the parties fhoulders, hauing firft fcarrified the place , they apply horfelee- t^Z-mpJs'
ches on the head, and in all melancholy difeafes 3 whether cflentiallor acci- &c.
dentalhhcycaufethehaemrodstobeopencd, hauing the cleuenth Apho- ^ZSf
rifme of the 6 booke of Hippocrates, for their ground & warrant,which faith, fiontU.
that in melancholy and mad-men 5 the var icons tumour or hstmorroides appea . l^^jjfjjff:
ring doth heals the fame, Valefcus prefcribes blood-letting in all three kinds,
turex vena urn
whom SaluJl.Salvian followes, y Jft he blond abound t which id difierned by repieticnevk-
the fulneffe of the veines, his precedent diet ,t he parties laugh ter, age begin \f
with the median or middle veine of the arme: if the bloud be ruddy and clearer pi, *tate & <-
flop it, but ifblacke in the firing time, or agoodfeafon,or thickest it runne,ac- l jg
cording to the parties Jlrengtb^ndfome eight or twelue dayes after \open the_j f^g™ apperet
head veine ^aud the veines in the for (header provoke it out of the nofihrills ,or darns & ruber
cupping glaffes,&c. Trallianus allowes of this,* if there hauebeene^ anyfup* ^J^gJ*
predion or hoppin? of bloud at nofe^or h&mrods,or t9$men$ rmnthes, then to open su t craffui per-
r J mittatur fiuere
provir&t<***riJeinp9(} Zvelu diem epemtur cephalic* par tu may* 'off edit, & ven* front it autptngitii provoettur fetu per nates,
&t. * S'tqi^MC^e^afupprefxfuntmnfes &c.tabfecare6p*rtet mtvenafrmtoft fatt&ii peccet cerebra.
Sf* A
Park2.Se<9:.5» C«r* rf melancholy. Memb.i.Subf.3 4
316 a veine in the head or About the ankles. Yet hee doth hardly approue of this
a , courfe. if melancholy be fitcd in the head abnc,or in any other dotage , *ex*
tat a fmgttine, cepttt prim inly proceed from bloud^ or that the malady bee^> tncreafed by it % jor
nemortm hde blond-letting refrigerates and dries vp t except the bo Ay heveryfullofbloo^ani
ZfoZufat- * kinde of Wuddmeffe in the face .Ihercfore J conclude with ^freteus , H*
rat & exkeat, fire you let bloud,de itber ate of it : and well confider all circumftanccs beion*
wnjtub.cun&Hm b ckmfagumem detrabcreoportct^eliberatiene indigtt, AntmJib-7MM»
A'
Svbsec. 3.
Preparatives and purgers,
ftcr blood-letting we muft proceed to other medicines, flrft prepare
and then purge, Auge* ftabulum purgare , make the body clcane be-
fore we can hope to doe any good. Gualter Bruet would haue a pra»
ftitioner beginne firft with a Clyfter of his , which hee prefcribes before
blood-lettingrthe common fort as Mercurialis.Montaltus c<ip. 30. ejre. pro-
ceed from lenitiues to prcparatiucs^ fo purges. Lenitiucs are well known,
Elecluarium lenitivum^Diaphenicum^Diacafholicon, ejre. preparatiuesarev-
fually fyrups of BoragejBugloflCj Apples^Fumitory/Fhyme and Epithyme,
with double as much of the fame decoction or diftilled water, or of the wa-
ters of BugloffejBawmejHoppeSjEndiue, Scolopendry,Fumitory r &c. or
thefe fod in whay, which muft be reiterated and vfed for many dayes toge-
ther. Purges come h(k,which muft not be vfed at all/fthe malady may b<u 0-
. therwifehelpedjoeczufe they weaken nature and dry fo much,and in giuing
mmlmdm^ °f tncm > c we muft beginne with the gent left fir ft. Some forbid allhotmcdi-
(ydcfcm, pi/5, cines as Alexander and Salvianm^&c.T$jinfaniore% inde fiant , Hot me«
BrueQramfqi dicines increafe the difeafe *by drying too much. Purge downeward rather •
pvgaZbTv- tncn vpward,vfe potions rather then pills, and when you beginne Phyficke,
tendum/rifo perfeucrc and continue in a courfe, for as one e obferues, mouere ejr non edit*
°f%-. „ eere in omnibus malum e(l\ To ftirre vp the humour fas one puree common*
c £>Hi4 corpus ... , -111 t 1 n
exiccant,morb2 ly doth Jand not to proiecute.,dotn more harme then good. They muft con-
mgern. t j nue j n a courfe of Phyficke , yet not fb that they tire and opprefle nature,
Traft*™cap.6 danda quies nature , they muft fometimes remit , and let nature haue fomc
f Pifo, reft. The moft gentle purges to beginne with,are f Sena,Caftia^ Epithym^
vaieni ? «Htf- Myrabolanes.Catholicon: Jf thefe prevaile not, wee may proceed to ftrongcr
leboro. as the confection of Hamcchefiljndt^FumitoricJe ^ffaieret , of Lapis Ar«
*Lib.7 JZxigu- menus and Lazulipia(ena y Or if pills be too dry; S fome prefcribe both JJeU
mrbnnonob- ^ ors ln ine kft placc,amongft the reft K^ireteus, h becaufe this difeafe^ will
feqmtut. refifl a gentle medicine. Laurentius and Hercules de Saxonia would haue An*
detur d &ToL- t ^ mon J tr y e< ^ fftfo P ar ty ^ e ft ron &> 4fl ^ * f warily giucn. ' l Trincavtlius
p Ui preferrcs HieroUgodium 5 to whom Francis Alexanders his ^4pol.rad.$fo\>'
« Ctnja.ioM.i jcribes.a very good medicine they account it. But Crato in a counfell of his,
for the Duke of Bavaria's Chancellour wholly reicfts it.
J findc a vaft chaos of medicines, a confufion of receipts and m agiftrals, a-
raongft writers, appropriated to this difeafe, fome of the chiefeft I will re-
hearfc
Part.2, Scd. 5. Cure of head melancholy. Mem b, i. Subl 4
hcarfc. \ To be Sea fake firft is very good at feafonable xxmts.Helleborifmm 317
Matthioliyvixh which he vaunts and boafts he did fo many feuerall cures 5 k / t p! ' ir/m lib -3 X
muergaue it ( faith hej f £7 flk Aajw *f God, they were^j g£ J
happily cured.Thc manner of making of it, he fcts downe at large in his third /www j»e> .t
booke of Epift.to George Hankfbius a Phyfician.GW^r Br net and Heurnius, P lHr:m { moi **
make mention of it with great approbation, and fo doth Skcnkius in his me- ^Lobql^d-
morabiecurcs,and experimental! medicines, centj.0bfcr.f7. That famous itbmvmbbiw.
HeUorifme of Montana 3 which he fo often repeats in his confutations and deTu'uaT'ji
counfels t as 28.promelan.[acerdote y ejr confil.24S.pro Hypocondriaco /jr cracks, ^ivicema ur-
m to he amoft fouet aigne remedy for all melancholy per j oris ^ which hee hath of m P rimis -
Utigiuen without offence, and found by long experience and obferuation to bee dedSm!qu «
Tfitcb. ex unu aht aite-
<2*rrata*preferresaSyrupeof Hellebor in his SpAgirictth.it -mac. and ^/^fl?*''
Hellebors Extract cap. 5. of hi's-invention likcwikf a mcfrfafe medicine, fuemtad fati-
» andmt vnfit to begmen children) before all remedies whatfoeucr. temrefiituti.,
Paracelfm in his booke of blacke Hellebor, admires this medicine, hut as C o»ipo [fabr-
ic is prepared by him.° It is mofl certain (faith he ) that the venue of this herb priu mUw-
is^reat^and admirable in effect \and little differing from Balme it fclfe> and bee expos-
that knowes well bow to make vfe of it, bat it more ^Art then their bookes meiito i feob.
container all the DoclorS in Germany^ can {hew. ^hmbo£ *
is£lianm Mont alt us in his exquifite worke de morb. capitis, cap.jiJc mel. f^cf^Ugre-
fets a fpeciall receipt of Hellebor of his o\vne,which in his practife P bee for- g*c wandosva-
tunately vfed,becaufe it is but \hort y I will let it downer. *tfm
R Syrup de pomis § Y),aqu<£ borag. | iiij, fine ad ^suber*
Ellebori nigrt per not! em infufi in l/gatura *** > **r#rm
d.vel 8 gr. mane facia colatura exhtbe. mdm & peri*
Other receipts of the fame to this purpofe you fhall finde in him. Valefcm t*i»jkm ,«W
26mucspuhisHa!i^ndlafon Pratenfis after him, the confection of which, ^f^nwdtm
our new London Pharmacopea hath lately reuiucd. r Put cafe (he faith) all 0* f c u(ul ndd i.
ther medicines faile My the hclpe of God this done will doe it 9 And fit a crowned ll:r > # aismpu-
t • i t ni 1 • r ~ * em tut0 a dm\~
medicine which mujt be kept in Jecret. ^ mftwipejpt.,
\kEpitbymi I B Japidis lazuli agarici ana 3 ij 3 cenumeft
Scammonii , 2 j .Chariophillorunt nnmero 2 . pulveri- hiim fer ** zv :
fentur omnia 3 ey tpfitu pulverts fcrup. 4. Jinguiis Jeptimants &mrahi!m
affumat. f > f aY ! im J<
roxhcfcJmayaMc^rnoldivinitmBuglojfatum, orBorrage wine before 27ty<i»mt
mentioned, which CMizalditsczltesvinHmmirabile^wondctfii]] wine, & ea rette uti plus
Stacker us vouchfafes to repcatc verbatim amongft other receipts.* his If^-^jf
t compound water out of Savanarola: Pmetushis Balme j Cardans Pulvis cobori autem-
Uyacinthiyvith which in his booke dectrisadmirandis, he boaftes that hee netvotinei in
hadcuiedmanymelancholyperfons ineight dayes, which * Sckenkius puts ^J™f; 6tith
amongft hisobferuablemedicincs.o^/^w^/his Syrupej with which *he ufafum.
calls God fofolemnly to witnefle, hec hath in this kinde done many excel- ^fSl
lcntcures,and which Sckenkius cent.y.med.ob/erv. 2o. ^mentioneth. Rulandus
n&nvakantjfla
admirable water for mclancholy,whichtf^/.2.f^^^. he calls Spiritumvit* tmcveimifau
1 * CiYdia vakbity
&efl ncdic'mt
wmat^tfKdfecretiflimlteTreatur. f Lib.deartifit.med. 1 Sett.}. Optimum remedim aqua compotta Saiwarg'*, u Sulfas
kiAiobferv.med.cuit.i fflerv.31. * VtnatmabAUmmcap.T. Teftor'Deum, me.mHltomelmhoLtcos, hum [dim fj/wpi ufa
fmktMapnmmiimt,
S f 3 mem,
Part. 2. Sed 5 . Cure of bead Melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subf. j.
3 18 avreumfanaceamjNhzi not, and his abfolutc medicine of 50 Eggcs, curat.
& e *n"m ° V *' em ?^ r * centtI * cur 'S' 10 ^ taken three in a morning,with a powder ofhis./^-
betmmi}^' vemtums pracEmpirAouhks this number of Egges,and will hauc 1 o i,to be
mm ovafbihi- taken by three and three in like fort,which Salufi Salvian approucs de remed,
t^efmaT. ^•^•^/.withfomeofthe fame powder, tillallbefpenc, a mod excellent
vHtnatperfa, & remedy for all melancholy and madmen.
tonimuent quo. R Ep'tthymijhymi ana drachmas duas y facchari albi unciam
"mmTwl unam.crocigrmna triafiinxmomidrachmamunamjnifceji*?
maniacii&me- pulvii.
hncboiick ut\- jp^ t h c fe y Ct arc nothing to thofc z Chymicallpreparatiues oi^SqunChe*
ijmm rente- ^y Qn - m ^ j ntc ^ ence Q f Hellebor jfalts 3 extra& %,Auru m potabilc^&c. D r An*
* §>mtctm thony in his bookedeaaro potab.cdit.i6oo* is all in all for it. a And though *
Z ? MMCro<lw the fchoole of Gdenift$ y VQitb wicked and vnthankfull pride and [cor »e, dettf
a cap.i. Licet tt in their praclife^yet inmoregrieuous difeafes y when their vegetal* will doe
tota Gdenifix - no g 00 ^^ z ^ are compelled to feeke the helpc of mineralls, though they vfe
^Znatwfine tbemrajhfyijlackefyyvnprofitabljr) andtonopurpofe. Rhenanus^ aDutchChy^
impio & ingfa. mift,in his booke de Sale e puteo emergente^Yts vpon him to Apologize foe
Zai'ctdeu An ^ on y^^ f ets I'ght by a ^ tnat fpeakc againft him.But what doe I meddle
fLutr,timen with this great Controuerfic 3 which is the fubieft of many Volumnes ? Let
in yavbribu Paracelfus,Quercetxft y Crollius^ the brethren of S l Rofes croffe defend them-
ge^CmdZ'- k' ucs as the y mzj.Crato i Eraftus ) and the Galenifts oppugne. Paracelfus^cz
imo fubfidio, ad bragges on the other fide,hc did more famous cures by this meanes, then all
Tuh^tictt'e* x ^ zGa ^ eni ft $ m Et * ro P e > anc * CSL ^ S himfclfe a Monarch 5 (74/^ 3 f///^<>fr*/« ) in-
umfc i&lvt fants 3 illitcrate &c. b One drop of their chymicatl preparatives , fhall doe more
ter,& imtihter qoodjhen all their fulfome potions, Erajtus, and the reft of the Galenifts ^ vilific
fnemlliri M thcm on thc otncr 5 as Hcreticks in Phyfickc, c Paracelfus did that in Phyfickt t
«> cod'oncku which Luther in DzuinityA <~A drunken roague he was, a bafe fellow ,4 Mtgiti.
defile abfmtbq. an fa had the dittellfor his mafter^ diuels hit familiar companions, andwhat hte
tlt^medi- M^as done by the helpe of the diueH, Thus they contend and raile, and eucry
tin*, quodLtt. Marte write bookes Pro and Con$ adhncfub ludice lis eft, let them agree as
t&. mlheo ' they willpl proceeds,
d Difpat.ine-
undempartet, SvbSEC. 2«
MtgMy ebdm t
illiteratuiydte -
pionem p*cep- Averter J.
torem babmty
Bves&c, A Vcrters and purgers muft goe together 5 as tending all to the fame
f \ purpofe,to diuert this rebellious humor 3 and turnc it another way.Jn
this range, Clyfters and Suppofitories challenge a ehiefeplace 3 to
draw this humor from the braine & heart a to the more ignoble parts.eSomc
would hauc them dill vfed fome few dayes bctweene, and thole to be made
with the boyled feeds of Annis,FennelI,& baftard SafFron,Hoppes,Thyme,
EpithymejMallowSjFumitory^ugloflCjPolypodyjSenCjDiafenejHamech,
Caffia 5 Diacatholicon 3 Hicrologodium,oyle of Violets, fweet Almonds &c.
For without queftion ja Clyfter opportunely vfed, cannot choofc in this 5 as
moft other maladies,but to doc very much good. Cly feres nutriunt, fome-
Mjd>-r r t imes Clyfters nourifti^as they may be prepared ,as I was informed not long
taporch. ' fince by a learned le&urc of our Naturail P hilofophy t Reader. Such things
as
Part.2,Se&:,4. Cure of bead me/ancholy. Memb.i.Subfj
as prouokc vrinc moft commend ? but not fwear, T rinpavelins confil.16. cap. 3 1 9
y.inhead melancholy forbids k.P.Byarus and others approue frictions of the t Ant.vbiiol
outward parts,and to bathe them with warme water. In fteed of ordinary »M'
frictions, Cardan prefcribes rubbing with nettles, till they blifter the skinnc, ^ krUc * 3
which likewife | Bafardns Vtfontinusfo much magnifies. s Ucpa fortif-
Sneefings^iafticatories^andnafals^re generally receiued, Montaltus cap. f m w*&™ 9 *>
34.Hildi\heim fpicel.2 fol.i jtf.and /^^.giuc feuerall receipts ofall three. Her- w/ M '
auto i:n>
' cules de Saxonia relates of an Empirick in Venice § that bad a /Irong water to de 'f-
purge by t he mouth and noflrils a which hee flillvfed in bead melancholy t which cjtfu^&fo.
he would fell 'for no gold. bemroidum '
To open months and Hemrods.is very good Phyficke, h lf they haue beene
formerly flopped. Faventinus would haue tnem opened with horie-icaches, m0( ]b extent*
and-IIercules de Six. Iulius Alexandrinus confiLi8s>Scoltzif 7 thinkes aloes ( U PP e Jfi ore *'
fitter,* moft approuehorfe-leaches in this cafe, to bee apply ed to the fore- ^uurmwt
head, k noftrils,and othet places. , nme^&c.
Montaltus cap. 2 p.our. of Alexander 8? others, prefcribes 1 eupping-glajfes, k p.Z"}*™*
and iff ins in the left thigh, Aretetts Izb.jsap.j. ™ Paulus Regolinus ^Sylvius, lu S a &
will haue them without fcarirication,^^^ to the [houlders and backejhight faurbicuU
and feet. n Montaltus cap. 34 . bids open an iffue in the Arme.or hinder part of
the head. ^//^inioynesligatureSjfridlions'.luppofitoricSjcV cupping- giaffes, pro.
ftill without fcarification,and the reft. Mcfz'raZtt
Cauteries and hot irons are to be vfed P in the future of theCrowne, and f^Xo "la-
the feared or vlcerated place, fuffered to runneagood while, T'ij not amtjfc to bend funtfri-
bore the fcull with an injlrument, to let out the fuliginous vapours. SaluJt.Sal- f^™^,
vianusde re med.Ub. 2. cap. 1 . 1 Becaufe this humor hardly yeeldes to other fhy- lupccisjiumerk
ficke would haue the leg cauterifed, or the left leg beneath the knee, r tnd the « dor f° a ffi xti »
head bored in two or three places 3 becaufe it much auailes to the exhalation of &
the vapours, f J faw ffaich he,) a melancholy man at Rome, that by no remedies " Fontanellam
could be healed, but when by chance hee was wounded in the headend the fcnlL 'l^™***^.
broken ,he was excellently cure 4 * And another, to the admiration of the be- ***
ho]6er$,breakingbitheadwitbafallfrom0n high jvas inftantly recovered of his valmjigat*
dotage.GordoniM cap. 1 p part. 2. would haue thefe cauteries tryed laft, when r £$ l&mes >
no other Ph) fick will feme, 11 The head to be fhaued and bored ,to letout fumes \ p cautemmfiai
which without doubt will doe much good. I faw a melancholy man wounded in fi! ur * imm]t *
the head with a fwcrd.hts brainepan broken, fo long as the wound was open, hee KUtanVJiL
was well but when his wound was healed, his dotage returned againe. vUerofa, Trept.
Gutanenus c*p.Z.Trac~l t j 5 . cured a Nobleman in Savoy, by boring alone, 2$™.™*
* leauing the hole open a month together ,by mcanes of which,after two ycares nut pterit, ut
melancholy and madneiTe,he was dcliuercd. All approue of this remedy in v ^f^Jff'
the future of the Crownc, but y Arculanus would haue the Cautery to bee ™^ extm ? a ~
made with gold. Jn many other parts, thefe cauteries are prefcribed for me- * iumiamdif.
lancholy men,as in the ih^hcs^Mercur/alis confil.St.) armcs,legges; idem ^ledkmi.
confd.6.ejr io>& 2 ^Montanus confil.S6.cjrc.but moft in the head. * if other titjdeo fiatm
Phy ficke will doe no "cod. vertke cmerU
rn^rt mfra genu. 1 T'tant duo aut tria cautem, cum cjfu perforat'ione. f V\& "Rom* melmboftcum, qui adbiblm nultit rmcdiis,
fmmrtony»teiat,fedcum cranium gladiofraSumeffet^optimefanatui eft. c St alter umvidi me favhdicum, qui ex altocadentjton
fine aflantium admiratione Jibnattuefl. u Rfclaturcapu^&fiatcauteriumincapite, proculdubioiflafuciunt ad fumorm exbala-
t'mem.vidimelancbo!icnm a fortuni gladiovHlneratm } & cranium fra6lum y qnamdiu vulmtsapertKmyCxrMtmoptimejuit quumv*L
mfaaatm 3 rtver[a eji mnti. « f% ad dm am mtrem trcpamifcci,& per menfem aptrti fietit.
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320
SviSECT. <5«
B
Alter at iues And CordiAls,corroboriting,refoluing the
reliques } and mendt ng the Temperament*
Ecaufc this humor is fo malignc of it felfc,and fohard tobcremoucd
the reliques are to be cleanfed,by altcratiues,cordials fic fuch meanes
the temper is to be altered and amended,with fuch things as f rtific 3c
« Cor j is m \ ftrengthen the heart and braine 3 a which Are co mmonlj both afjefttd.m thu ma*
femper babencU, lady ^And doe mutually mifafft ft one Another : which are ftill to begweneucry
^itw'&fefe ot ^ er ^ a y> or *° mc * cw ^ a y cs i n ^ ertC( ^ a ^ tcr a P ur g e or f"ch other Phyfick, as
lnvkmaffk)mt occafion ferues,and are of fuch fo* ce,that many times they helpc alone, and
b Afhar 38. 3s ^Jrnoldus holdes in his AphorifmeSjare to be preferred before all other
terk etigend*. Amongft this number of CordiSs ana Alteratiues, J doc not find a more
P rc ^ cnl rem€( ty, tnco a CI1 P of wine,or ftrong drinke, and if it be foberly and
faffiumpii,' opportunely vied. Jt makes a man bold 3 hardy , couragious, c whetteth the
mmt ingenium. u>/>,if moderately taken,(and as d Pint Arch foiih,Symp.y.qu*/!.r2.) it makes
& li4« thurl *ho(e which are otherwife dull to exhale and evAporate tikejrankincen/e. *Afa.
inmodim ex- mous CordiaU Matthiolus in Diofcoridem calls it, and an excellent nutriment
h * l Vilb!ur /?- tore fr e ft thebofyjt tnnkes a good colour^ florijbingage.he/pesconcoftion/orti'
dendis drldti fits the flomAcke, takes aw ay ob fit uftionsyrouokes urine ; drives* out excrements,
tximwm,riviri- procures /leepejlcares the blood,expelswinde, and all cold poy fins , Attenuates ;
ht^m'opi concofts.difipatesallthickvapors^andfitltginoushumors. Andchac whichis
all in all,and to my purpofe.it takes away fearc and forrow,
tilmmlnm t Cwrat AiftpAt EuiuS.
tlmfhvet, con it^ds the heart of man,PfAl.i 04.1s. hilaritAtU duke feminArium^ and giucs
toclhrtttimvati life it felfc,fpirits ) wit > &c,For which caufejthc Ancients called Bacchus \ Liber
b7weZcrt. P ater S hberandofii f facrificcd to Bacchus and Pallas ftill vpon an altar, % wint
tk vlamparat, meafurably drunkejndin time, brings gUdneffe AndchcArefulneffe of wink, it
Tom^cmvUt c h earef h God And men fudges p. jz.UtitU Bacchus dator, it makes an old wife
veMH^frigtZ dancc^andfuch as are in mifcry,to forget ill 3 and be k merry.
flatui difipat, Bacchus & off lift is requiem mortal thus offer t %
Mifiutii &c. t Wine makes a troubled Soulc co reft,
t jr r m.%. Though feet with fetters be opprcft.
fpwfaniM. Demetrius in Plutarch, when he fell into Seleucus hands, and was prifoner in
t sywides 3 1 . Syria , \fpent his time with dice and drinke that he might fo eafe his difcontetf
^Legtw & ted miri demand auoide thofeeontinuaU cogitatitns ofhisprefent cohiitien&hert-
pifci catanis, with he was rormented.lhcTeforc Solomon Prov.j 1.6. bids wine begiuen to him
ssfimtrtcak' that i< readv to \peri]h y andto him that hath grief e of "he Art , let him drinke , that
f e infmdA& he fir get his pouerty, and remember his miferj no mtre.Sollicitis Animis onus ex-
deamfe fva> /^//.Nothing fpeedicr,nothing better; which the Prophet ZacbarypcKzi-
t*u<Z»m' uc ^ whcn *? c fudf. tb*t tn the ttme of Mep4* % tbey ofEphr A im fbouldbe gld,&
d* Migrant their heart jhould retoyce as through wine . And which makes mc very well ap-
cr.tp:< 3 tnentm
tet iret. & c-udkma prafentu cpgMionei qwbm Aptabatiirfikrim, evitaret. f So did tkc Athenians of old, as ShUo* rc-
iiusjiod [9 Uoc the Germans at this dajr 6
proue
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prone of that pretty dcfcription of a Feaft in f Bartholomew Anglicut, when 321
grace was faid>their hands wafhed , and the Guefts fufficientiy exhilarated, 1
with good difcourfc,fweet muficke,dainty fare, cxbtUrathntsgratik, pocula p^#* m
iterttm atj { iterum efferantur^s a Corollary to conclucHthe Feaft, and con-
tinue their mirth, a grace cup came in to chearc their hearts,and thoy dranke
to one another againe and againe. This of drinke is a moft eafie and parable
remedy ,a common,a cheap,ftill ready againft feare,forroWj& fnch trouble-
fomc tho'.ights^hat moleft the mind, as brimftone with fire, the fpirits on a
fudden are-mlightned by it. No better phyficke ( faith k Rba/is) for a meLncho* fc Ttai.i.cmi
ly mw^andbe tbtt can keepc a company , and caroufe y necdes no other medicines, MZMfneff
'tis enough His countriman Avicenna j.r.dofi.j.cap.f. proceeds farther yet, ^^ZtcmTm-
and will baue him that is troubled in minde,or melancholy,nottodrinkon- for. qui mean-
ly,but now and then to be drunke; excellent good Phy ficke for this and ma- f^! c ^ e '^^
ny other difczfes.Magninxs Reg.fan.part.j. cap.jr. will haue them to bee fo &■ hiber' Ui &
oncea month at leaftj and giues his reafonsfor it, 1 beaufe it fcorvres the body 1* f*&ftifc
by vomit, vrine^fw eat, of all manner offuperfluities,andkeepes it cleaned ihe ™* n f!TnY*hl
fame minde is S^wthcPhilofopherinhisbooke^'/rj^//. lib. 1, cap.ry, medians > m.bd
nonnunauxm ut in altjs mortis ad ebrtetatem ufiL ventendum* ur.ts deprimit, ****** ot,m " *
■ n- ■ 1 f ■ ir l j 1 • 1 1 r 1 r ufkm **HP*M
triftiti* medeturAt 1$ good lometimcs to be drunke,it hclpes iorrow,deprel- hid , pijmii.
feth carcs,and fo concludes his Tract with a cup of wine. Habes } Screm cba- ' H)n l™*
rifsime,qutad tranqit'llitatcm anim<t pertinent. Butthefc areEpicureall te- 2^o»L»^
ncnts,rendingto loofcnefleoflife, luxury and Athcifmc, maintained alone ma^qu'Am
by fomeHeathens,dilToIute Arabians ,prophaneChriftian$, andarcexplo- JSjf*" 8 *
d?d by Rabbi CMofts T ra&.4.GulieI.P/acentinus ltb.ifap>$V*lefcus de Tar nth wtur&rm*-
/.«,and moft accurately by Io.Sylvaticus, a late writer and Phyfician oi Mil ""cvp** r»ua-
lan^d.coKt.cap.14' where you fhall finde this tcnentcopioufly confuted. dm '
Howfoeuer you (ay ,tf this be true, that wine and ftrong drinke haue fuch
vertLieroexpellfearc andforrow , and to exhilarate the minde^ucr hcerc*
after let's drinke and be merry. tt H ^
m Prime reconditum Lyda jlrenua C£cubum. ■ 'ub. \\a »•£
Ca p adores puer hue after Seyphos Alt - rig"** *-
- ~i ■ + r IT- tumimtderaf
Et Chia vino, aut Lejbia, vini u r u tMt _
Come lufty Lyda,fiirs a cup of facke, »«r, & catefc.
And firra Drawer , bigger pots we lackc, f'/'T^r
And Scio wines that haue lo good a imacke. M vel
I fay with him in n Agel/ius, let vs maintains the vigour of wrfoule with a frw** trfiiti*,
moderate c up ofrvine,& drink to refrejb our minde, if there be any coldforro* ^35%^,
in tt^or torptdbafyfulncffcjcVs rvafb it ad away. — Nunc vino pellite euros: Mumm.
fo faith t Horace, fo faith Anacreon, \
p ut juȣh Qflt cbrium me
\lokv %ft*t<nf it Zufirlet, quam mortuum
LctsdriuedownccarewithacupofAlc: andfofayl, forallthis maybce T ^' AA ^ U
done,(o rhit itbemodeftly,fpbcrly, opportunely vfcd.Otherwife, as Pliny m pcm'tkfm
telleth vs:lf fingular moderation be nothad, nothing fo pernitious, tifpoyfon v ^"j™^*
it felfe^zt not good fellowes triumph therefore ( faith Matthiolus) that J \
haue fo much comended wine, ifitbeimmoderatly tikcnjnjteed of making dyh^.vinodari
gUdjt confounds both body and foule y ttmakes a giddy head, a forrovofull heart. %% m&< <°*
And 'twas well faid of that ?o'iio{o\&,mnea*feth mirth tndgriefei q no- ^ w ^ o
T t Aing
Parui.Sed.5. Cutf of Melancholy. ) Mcmb.i.Sub. 2 .
thing fo good for fome,fo bad for others,cfpcciaIIy as * one obfcrucs, qui 4
mi malancb*- tms c g j g me / w - yvinc is bad for madmen, and fuch as are troubled with
' FcrneliuA con- heat in their inner parts or braincs,but to melancholy ,which is coldf as moft
jW44.es?" 4 j v'h i s j vVine foberly vfed,is very good.
affidmti [&*• 1 may ^y the very fame of the Deco&ion otcbina roots, Saffaffas, Sarfa.
romta. pariliafiuaiacum.cbina } faith Manardus^ makes a good colour in thcfacc,
n^immdlm tg ^ cs ZW *Y melancholy ,and all infirmities proceeding from cold,and fo Sal,
" Pcri+iwat faperi/Ia prouokesfweat mightily, Guaiacumdries. Claudinusconfult.S^ejr
fenfum dSbrk 4 d .Mont anus fapivaccius confute i88.Scoltzij. make frequent and good vfc
Mm fait.' ^ OiGua/acum^nd China* fo that the liuer he not incenfed gpod for fuch as are
*hicxtafmco' cold.as moil melancholy men are, but bynomeancs to bee mcntionedin
git, ommfditu- J^qj^
ttLl £ ^ii n- Borrage,Bawmc ) SafFron > Gold 5 l hauc fpoken o^Montaltus cap.2s.c0m->
den fait. mends Scorzonera roots conditc. Gar cms ah Horto plant. hijl. lib. 2, cap. 2$,
\fcti^ em ma kes mention of an hearbc called Datura* which if it be eaten for 2+ hmti
* Allfermes^m- following,takes away all fenfe of grief e. and makes them tncline to laughter and
via vttalU vi(- m i rt ij. an( j anoc hcr called BaureMke in erfed to Opium* which puts them for
cera mite con- . . . , - * A; , , , X r i »
fmat. a time into a ktnde of Extyts ,2nd makes them gently to laugh .One or the Ro*
* Contr * om » man Emperors had a fecd,which he did ordinarily cat to exhilarate himfelfe,
l$al 6 'co%rt. ? Cbriftopborus Ayrerus pvckncsBezoarsftonc, and the confection of^/«
acartumeflip- kerwes,bcfovc all other cordials ? and ^/w^r in fome cafes. z Alkermescom.
^rdf&coro- f orts ^ e mmr P arts ^ n ^ Bezoar ftonc,hath an cfpeciall vertuc againft all mc
* Iancholy affections, a it comforts the heart j and corroborates the whole '
ru vires.
w moiimrefici. b Amber prouokes vrine,hclpcs the body,brcakcs wind, &c. Afrer a purge 5
rMbifimu™' or 4 g r « Oi Bezoar ftonc,and 3 gr.of Amber C7r*rff<,drunke,or taken in Borage
eonfortat vin- or BugloiTe water, in which gold hot hath becne quenched, will doe much
tricuium^tim „ OQ ^ tnc purgc diminifti lclTc (the heart fo refrefhed)ofthe ftrcngth
difcttttt; umm & « r t n ' £ i i i
movet,&c. and lubitance of the body.
« Gaum lib R t tonfett*K_Alkermes f G lap.Bezoar v).
f/»™. SuecinialbifubtUifpulverifat. B\\ cum
i%.advtrfaom- Syrup.de cort.citri^fiat elecluarium.
"ancZlkn 'cm To 5f^ir5 ftone moft fubfcribc,cJ^^r^, and « many others, it takes 4*
ducit & vent • way fadneffe^nd makes him merry that vfeth itjhaue feen fome that hauc bin
num.Ego (m. much difpleafedwith faintneffe, fwouning , and melancholy^ and takingtbe
Vorliimlm ■ weight of thrcegraincs of this Jlone> in the water of Oxtongue , haue bin cuuL
cbolicU, &:. & G arena ab Horto brags, how many defperate cures hec hath done vpon me*
depk nam bum JanGhol men by this alonc all Phyfitians had forfaken them. But^-
ufUyadpnflinam J > J ■ k • r r • lit-i.
faitatem nfil- chermes many except againlt,in lomecalesK may hclpe, if it be good,anaot
/». Sec mow t hc bcft,fuch as that of Monfpelier in France , which d Iodocm Sincerm Hint-
book" dThl rar *° Gdbtyfo much magnifies,and would hauc no traucllcr to omit to fee it
Be%par. cap.tf. made. But it is not fo generall a medicine as the otheuFernelius confibtf. fa*
liotftfitu- fr e( ^ s Alc ^ ermes ^y rcafbn of its heat,c nothing f faith he ) footer exajpcrAtes
allium fit this difeafefhen the vfe of hot working meats and medicines jind would hufCJ
preciojfjjimum
AlcbermtSy&c. e Nihil morbm bunt tqueexafcr^acrimatormvclcal^ &autd(tml
mntamjamt. adhibenda calida mdiemtnta.
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themtbeteforervAnlytAken. J conclude therefore of this and all other medi- 323
cin«s,as Thucydides of the plague at Athens. No remedy could be prefcribed
for WyNtm quod uniprofuitfioc alijs erat exitio. There is no Catholikc medi,
cine to be had,that which helpes onc,is pernitious to another.
DUmargarttttm frigidum^ Diambra ^DiAboraginatam y ElecluxriumUtifc
cans G&Uni ejr Rhtfispe gernmispUnthos^ D/amo[cum dulce & Amtrum > Ele-
ttuirium ConciltAtoru.fjrup. Cidoniorum de pomis, conferues of Rofes,Vio- f S( fa%it) (A
lets,Fumitory,Enula campanajSatyrio^Lcmans/Drangc Pills conditc^&c. 1. ttfrvat de '
hauc their good vfe. Msn&Mmt*.
R.Diamofcbi dulcis ejr aman aha 3 ij\ &d^nu7n
DiAbug'offati Diaboraginati (tcchar 't vioUcij vmditMh
4M I ymifee cum (yrufc^fomh.
Euery PhyGrian is full of fuch receipts, one only J will adde for the rarcnefle Germanico,taic
ofit,which I find recorded by many learned f Authors, asanapproued m Q~" ,(d!£ame * tHm
dicine againft dorage,head melanchuly,and fuch difeafes of the bramc.Take tcapkt arietk
a S Ramines head that neu :r medlcd with an Ewe, cut off at a blow, and the. nmdum exuni
homes oncly taken away,boyle it well skinne and wooll together, after it is
well fod.take out the biaines,and put thefc fpiccsto ir, Cinamome, Ginger, amnbrnttntajn
Nutmeg,Vlace,Cloues4//4 |R, mingle the powd.r of thefefpiceswithir, &*oiUMtegi*
and heat them in a Platter vpon achafing-difh of eoaies together, flirring ™,£]fo£it m
them wcll,that they doe not burne, takcheeditbenotouermuch dried, or <«» «•
dryer then a calucs brains ready to be eaten.Kecpe it fo prcparcd,& for three
dayes giue it the Patient faftwg, fo that he fail two hourcs after it.Jt may be rattta &c.
eaten with bread 5 in an egge or broath, orany way^foitbee taken. For 14 %tl ™ te $ ui h
dayes jet him vfe this dicc,drinke nowiT\Cy$cc.GtJher.bift.Ani/K'd/,//b,r. pAg, r/opotui* melon-,
Car icier ius prAcJ.cap .ij.jn Ntcb.de metripsg.j 2 p I&tro: Witenberg edit, tWuun curat,
Tuking.ptg.62. mention this medicine,though withfome variation Jhec that ^.^ r *^ r?m
lift may try it,5 and many fuch. &c.s^iut.
Odoramentsto fmcll to, of Rofe water, Violet Flowres, Bawmc,Rofe- k W*
cakes 5 Vincget,&c. doc much recreate the braincs and fpirits 3 andasfome ^Zmxd
fay 5 nourifh 5 'tis a queftion commonly controuertcd in our fchooles, An tdoriifiufm
dores»utriAnt,lct FfcinujItb,2.cap.rS.dccide it, h many arguments he brings f * st
to proue ir, as otDemocritus, that lined by the fmcll of bread alone, applyed Albant
to his noftrils,for fomc few dayes, when for old age he could cat no meate. ««x*«ff«j&-
Ferrer im lib.j,metb. fpeakesofan excellent confection of his making , of
wine, fafVron,cVc which he pre/bribed to dull.weake/ceblej and dying men , tbj*min*,d-
to fmcll to,and by it to haue done very much good, *<p> fere profuijje olfa-
BuAcpott*^ if he had giuen them drinkc. And our noble and learned Lord k j ntrr
f VeruUmjt\ his booke de vita ejr morte^ commends therefore all fuch eolde adbibita,
fmels, asanywayferue to refrigerate the fpirits. Mont Anus confil.31. pre- J^^JS.
fcribes a formc,which he would hauc his melancholy Patient neuer to haue ferre,Hfusferi
out of his hands. If you will hauc them fpagirically preparcd,lookc inO/W/- c t ZfoHeVbZ
dus Crcllius bAfil ChymicA. riy&irrigatio
Itriginonsofthchead fhauen,**/ 'the fibres of WAter liliies,Lett See, Vio. « lAtie Nym~
lets£Amomilej*ild MA(lowe$jv ethers heads^ejre. muft bee vied many mor- f ^fyZTwL
nings together. Mont ahus con would hauc the head fo wafhedoncca naii odhbiujak
weekc. Ldtus a Fonte Eugtibtnus confult.44. for an \tdUn Count, troubled ™ ed !%J**j£ a
with head melancholy ^cpeatcs many medicines which he tried, k but two adtptus$,
1 1 2 dine
Part.2.Se& 5 . Cure of head Melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subf.5
324 alone which did the cure, vfeof whay made of Gouts milke, with the extraclof
Hellebor y and Irrigations of the bead with water Itdies ,lettict^vi$lets \camomiie
1 confert & &c.vpon the future of thecrowne. Pifo commends a Rammcs lungs ^ applied
pimo metis, hot to the forepart of the head,or a yong lamb diuided in the backe, exente-
pfdTfmdi- ratC£l &c - a11 acknowledge the chiefe cure to confift in moiftning through-
ly, exentera- out.Some,faith Laurentius powders, and caps to the braine : but fora£
tusadmjuitfin- muc h as fuch aromaticall things archot and dry 5 they muft bee fparingly
' vfed.
Vnto the Heart we may doe well to apply bags, EpithemeSjOyntments,
of which Laurent ius cg.de meUn .giues examples. Bruel prefcribes an Epi-
theme for the Heart, of Biiglofle 5 Borrage,wateplilly 5 Violet waters, fweete
wine 5 Bawm IcaueSjNutmegSjGloues &c.
tiSjwJat Fo r the Belly , make a Fomentation of oyle, m in which the feedes of Cum*
ci,ane!bi cottn^ min,Rue,Carrets pilljoaue beene boyled.
lm' iJel ° ClS Batncs are of wonderful great force in this malady 3 much admired by n Gi.
°Tetrab.i.fe\ len° <j£tius fthafis $c.oi fweet water ,in wfiieh is boyled the leaues of.Mal-
t:atp.\o. lowes,Rofes,Violets 3 Water-hTiies, Wethers heads,flowres of BugloiTe,ca-
momilCyMdihifac.Gitianer.cap.S.tratf.iS' would haueihem vfedtwicca
day,*and when they come forth of the Bathes 5 their backe bones to be anoin-
ted with oyle of Almonds,Violcts,Nymphea 3 frefh capon grcafe &c.
Amulets arid things to be borne about,I finde prefcribed, taxed by fome,
t Cap de me- approued by others,looke for them in Mizaldw, Porta, K^ilbertus^ &c. Bef .
UnxoMUm fir dm rifontinus ant.philof commends Hyper icon pi S* Iohns wort gathered
tllZm*d°£ onafrydayin the houre of lupiter , when it comes tohU effecluallopentim
ncrgum venit. (thit is About the fid Moone in Iuly)fo gathered and borne, or h r mg about thej
a. ad plenilu- „ ec ^ e ^f mightily helpes this affeftim,and driues away allphantaflicallftirits.
gijU&^uf. * PhUes a Greeke author that flourifhed in the time of Michael Paleologm,
appenfahnncaf- writes that a Sheep or Kiddes skinncjwhom a Woulfe wearied^
feSlum apprim . ^dut inhumani rapttu ab ore Lupi , oufcht not at all to be wome
uvai &janati- , • , _ . > ' , i ' o
cos (pmtiuex* about a man, becaufe it caujeth palpitation of lhc_j heart , not tor any feare,
peUit. butafecret vertue which Amulets hauc. Aringmadeofthehocffeofan
*pmm d amLi AfTes right forefoot carried about 3 &c.I fay with P Renodem, they are not al-
misi lupo cor- together to be rejected , Piony doth helpc Epilepfie , pretious (tones moft
reptepeuemnon fafe fa q a Wolues dune borne with onchelpes the Cholick, ' a Spider an
tueprovnaimc- ■> o m ■ t * . ■» » _
to enrp^ vfw- Ague,&c. Being in the country ,m the vacation time,not many yeares fmce,
fandum, cordis at undlyin Lecejlerfhiremy fathers houfe 5 J firft obferued this Amulet ofa
25 Spider in a nut-fhell lapped in filke,&c.fo applyed for an Ague by * my mo<
t Mart. _ ' ther. Whom although J knewe to haue excellent skill in Surgcry,fore eyes,
lafa f' aches 3 &c.and fuch experimental! medicines, as all the country where free
9 JEtius cap. % t dwells can witneffe,to haue done many famous cures ( & ftill dothJ vpon di-
rctr ; i.(cr.4. vers poore folks that were otherwifedeftitute of help. Yet among all othec
Wyfcl°Mi"r . experiinents,this me thought was moftabfurd & ridiculous J could feeno
mndwi de ara- warrant for it. QuidAranea cum febre ? for what Antipathy ? till at length
. » rambling amoneft authors(as often 1 doe) ] found this very medicine in Di-
thy Burton. ofcoridesj&pTOiKa by Ma ttmolusjz p ea t ed by Alder mandw cap. de ^ranea
lib.de infeclis^ beganne to haue a better opinion of it,and to gme more cre-
dit to AmulctSjWhen Ifaweitinfomeparties anfwer to experience. Such
medicines are to bee exploded , that confift of words^ character s,fpells,and
charmes j
Part.2. Scd.5. Cure of bead melancholy, Memb. 1 .Subf.6»
charmes,whichcan doc no good at all, but out ofaftrong conceit, as P^w- 3^5
ponattm proues^ or die Diuclls pollicy , that is the fir ft founder and teacher
of them.
Svbsbct. 6.
Correctors of "accidents to procure (leepe. Against
fearefuU dreames/ednejfe, &e.
WHen you haue vfed all good meancs and helpes of alteratiues , a-
verters,diminitiucs,yet there will be ftill ccrtainc accidents to bee
corrected and amended,as waking, fearefull dreames , flu(hing m
the face to fome,to fome ruddinefle,&c.
Waking by rcalon of their continuall cares, feares,forrovvcs , dry braines,
is a fymptome that much crucifies melancholy men, and muft therefore bee
fpecdily helpcd,and flecp by all meanes procured, which fometimes is a fuf-
hcient remedy ofitfclfe without any other phyficke. Skenkitu in his obfer-
vations hath an example of a woman that was fo cured. The meanes to pro-
cure it,are inward or outward. Inwardly taken, are fimples, or compounds,
fimplcs^sPoppy^ymphaeajViolets^ofes.Lettice, Mandrake, Henbane, *Soh ftm»
Nightfhade or Solarium, Saffron , Hempfecd, Nutmegs; Willowes : with JJJg fj™
their leeds,iuyce,deco<5tions,diftillcd watcfSjC^c. Compounds_are fyrupes, um.jd is*
or opiats.fyrup ofPoppy,Violets Verbafco which arc commonly take* with
diftilled waters, R diacodtj | j diojcordij 3 fl aqu<t lectuc* I iij ft
mijia jia-i potto a d horam fomni fumenda,
Requies NicholaifhUonium Romanum 3 Tripbera magna jtluU de Cynog/ojfa,
Dtofc or dium ^Laudanum Paracelfi, Opium , are in vfe, &c. Countrey folkes
commonly make a pofletofhempe-feed, which Fucbftus in his herballfo
much difcommends, yet 1 haue feene the effed, and it may bee vfed where
better medicines be not to be had.
Laudanum Paracelfi'xs prefenbed in two or three graincs,with a dramme
of Diofcordium , which Ofrvald.Crollifts commends. Opium it fclfeis moft
part vfed outwardly, 2 j to fmcll to inaball, though commonly fo taken by
the Tutkes to the fame quantity tforacordiall,andat(7^inthe Indies the t Btllm]m ^
dofe 4 o or 50 graincs. fen*. %
Rtdandus calls requiem NicboUi.vltimum refugimnjht laft refugejbut of \f^ mi &
this and the reft looke for peculiar receipts in Victorias Fxventinus cap.de^t
tollunt inde
pbrenefi.Heurniuscap.de Mania Hi/defbeim fpicel. 4. defomno&vtgU.&c. GvcmabHor*
Oirwardly vfcd,as oyle ofNutmegs by cxtraaion,or expreflion with Rofe }^;^ 4 '
water to annoint the templcs,oyles of Poppy ^enuphar, Mandrake, Purfe-
Ian,Violets,to the fame purpofe.
Mont anus confil.24.dr ^ -much commends odoraments of Opium,Vine-
gcr and Rofewater, Laurentitss cap. p. prefcribes Pomanders and nodules a fee
the receipts in him. Codromhus* wormewood to fmcll to. r^f S
Vn<ruentum ^lablaflr it urn ,p op ule urn ,to annoint the tcmples,noitrills,or ' cl ^ u%
ifthcvbe tor. weake to mix Saffron and Opium. Take a graine or two ofO-
pfctro jaild diflblue it with three or foure drops of Rofc-watcr in a fpoone,&
after mincie with it as much Vnguentumpopulenm as a nut 3 vfe it as before:
fa Tt 3 or
Part a. Scd.5. Cure of melanch$ly. Memb. 1 .SubJ.6 #
3 2 £ or elfe cake halfe a dramme of OyxuvcKyngucntHmfofuleum^ oyle of Nenu.
phar,Rofewater,Rofevinegcr,of each halfe an ounce > with as much Vucin
wax as a nut,annoint your temples with fomeof it/i horam femni.
* Read imnU Sacks of Wormcwood,* Mandrake,! Henbane.Rofcs made like pillows
Hi lib btrMb. and laid vndcr his head, arc mentioned by * Cardan and MizaUhsJo xnnoins
ca.%. of mm- the [oles of the feet with fatte of a dormeufejbe teeth with carervax ofg A a oe
iHyofcyamm f»**<* gall .hares eares: charmes, &c.
fubcem.aiivi. Frontlets are well knowne to every good wife, Rolcwatcr and Vincger
^planum pe- Kvit ^ a ^ c womaQS mi ^ c > an ^ Nutmegs grated vpon a Rofe-cakc applied
da imtgen ' to both temples .
fmiuedmegiiru f ox an cmplafterjtakc of Caftorium a dramme and halfe , of Opium halfe
fml!&^d 3 Icruple.mixiboth together with a little water of life, and make iwofmall
vixcredippttfi, plafters thercof,and apply them to the temples.
tTfoJtl™*" RuUndmcent.i.cur.j^.cent.^cur.g4. prefcribes Epithemes and lotions
C om . of the head,wi£h the decodion of the flowrcs of Nymphsea, Violet leaues,
num cam*
mm
profmdm Mandrake roots,Henbane,white Poppy. HercJeStxoma.pliicid/a or drop.
^dmdtvi P» n g s >& G * Lotions of the feet doc much availe of the faid hcarbs ; by thefe
rum vamt. meancs,faith Laurentius,} thinfee you may procure flccpe to the molt me-
lancholy man in the world. Some vfc horfeleechcs behind the earcs,andap«
ply Opium to the place,
t Vm mem z ^y erus ^ cts downc fome remedies againft fearefull dreamcs,
ift. and fuch as walke and talke in their fleepe. Baptifta Porta Mag.nat. ltb.2. U.
to procure pleafant dreames and quiet reft , would haucvou take Hippo.
glolTa,or the hcarbe horfetongue,Bavvine,to vfe them or their did illcd wa-
ters after fuppcr,&c. Such men muftnoteatBeanes ,Pcafe,Garlickc,Ony.
ons^abbidgejVenifonjHarCjBlackc wines , or any meat hard of digeftion
at fuppcr.or lye on their backes,&c.
» Autfawd Raflicm Tudor jbafhfulneflejfludiing in the face.high colour, ruddincs are
'dtritwt &?' common gricuances which much torture many melancholy mcn,whe they
qua meet a man or come in * company of their bettcrs,ftrangers,or after a mcaf,
fine prnttft- or if they drinke a cup of wine or ftrong drinke , they are as red and fleet and
'S?'' fweat,as if they had been at a Maiors fc&frtfertimfimetusaccepriti it ex-
statm. cccds, b they thinke every man oblcrues it,takes notice of it : and feare alone
' °!&? my l7^ it,fufpition without any other caufe. Sckenkius objeruat. tnedJtb.
Tut hvatm /.Speakes of a waiting Gentlewoman in the Duke of Saneycs Court , that
was fo much offended with it,that fhe kneeled downe to him & offered By*
iknit mmu * arm a Phyfi" an j *U inat had to bee cured of it. And 'tis moll true, that
• Fades nm- c Antony Lefovictu ,faith in his booke tie Pudore^ Bafhfulnejfc_j either much
nuUu "fx™* hurts fir helpes, fuch men J am furc it hurts. Jf it proceed from fufpition or
ftpJiiJlmex- feare, d Fcelix Plater prefcribes no other remedy but to rciccT: and contemnc
muemtwm- 'w.ldfo^ulm cur At fci/icet^s a f worthy Phyfition in our town faid to a frend
"£ idmZ- °* minc in likc cafc,complaining without a caufc, fuppofc one looke redde,
ciitt,f*mm what matter is it , make light of it >who obferues it ?
frxfmmmfa jf j t trouble at,or after mcales,(as * lobettm ohktuzsjnea\frafi.ltb.i.l.7.)
frmluthZu- or after a little exercifc or ftirring,as many arc hot and red in the face, orif
cfum fagHinem they doe nothing at all,efpccially women, he would hauc them let bloud in
ttrDoftor botharmcs,firftone,thcnanother,twoor three dayes betwecne if bloud a*
bound,to yfe frictions of the other parts,fect efpecially,and waftung of the,
becaufc
Vh
th-
Part.i,Scd.5. Curerfheadmelancholy. Memb.i.Sub£<5»
bccaufe of that confent which is betwixt the head and the feet. * And withal! 3*7
to refrigerate the face,by wafh/ng it often with rofe^iolet^NenupharjLet- 1 lnta ™
tice,Lovage waters and the like:butthebeftofallis that lac virginale, or {[f^fi™
ftrained liquor of Litargy. Jt is diuerfly prepared by Icbertus thus. KJ/thar. utur; vtrum^
Argent ij 1 j cerujfx candtdtfitm*. Z X\).cafbur&3\)MffolvAntur aquarum foU- P4 ab " fr'-
9t JacJhc<*)& nenufbaru Ana\\\) % uetivini all?/. %\\. Aliquot boras reftdeAt^ ^uTrofrrVm,*'
dewde trAnfmitutur fcr f hilt. aqua feruetur in vafe vitriolic ea bis terue fA- alarum, na&
■ties auotidie irrorctur. % Queratan fba^tr-phdr. cap.6. commendes the water ^j^ c '.
of rrogges fpawne tor ruddmcs in the iace. h Crato conJtl.283.Scottz,if would bmm aqua
faine haucthem vfc all fummcr,thcconditc flowres of Succory, Strawbury m*-
water,Rofcs/cupping glades aregoodforthctime>o^/.^^^^-^^j-.&to vtaTi .
defecate impure blood with the iniufion of Sene , Savory, Bawme water, m mfftatef*-
' HolietiHi knewc one cured alone with the vfe of Succory boyled,& druake
forfiuc monthcsjcuery morning in the fummer. ttfy it! [tcthart
k It is good oucr night to annoint the face with Hares blood, and in the f ^ U9> f c -
morning to waft) it with Strawbury watcr,and cowflip water 3 of the iuyce \
ofdiftillcd Lemmons,or to vfc the feeds of Mellons , or kernclls of Peaches, k riiieimpH^
beaten frnallor the roots of Aron,and mixt with wheat branne 5 to bake it in ™
an ouen.and to crumble it in ftrawbury water, 1 or to putfrcfh cheefc curdes fum<uporm t
to a red face. &T*T5
Jf it trouble them atmealc times that fluihing, as oft it doth, with fwca- ae .^ $ floribm
ting or the hke,thcy m uft avoid all violent paffions and actions as laughing, wrfc/« cum
&c. ftrong drinke,and drinke very little, » one draught faith CrAto y and that
about the midft of their meale,avoid at all times indurate falt,and efpecially j y t iie rdari
ipicc and windy meat, "fc*
» CrAto prescribes the condice fruit of wildc rofc , to a nobleman his pati-
cnt, to be taken before dinner or fuppcr,to the quantity of a Cheftnut. Jt is « cmfaa.
made offugar,as that of Quinces. The decoffion of the roots of fowthiftle g^jj jjj
before meat by the fame Author is much approucd.To eat of a baked apple tem J!
fome advife,or ofaprcferucd Quincc,Comminfced preparcd s with meat in- n i*mcnfL
ftced of fait, tokeepe downc fumes: not to ftudy or to bee intcntiue after £j^2fe.
mealcs. rof*cmin*fm-
R. nmkorumprfn (mini, mthmm MiO.
Aquit pragrorum ll.q.wij cc vtAtur mAne. ^ nu&itudh
•To apply cupping glafles to the fhouldcrs is very good. For the other ntmitfme*.
kindeofruddincflTe which is fetled in the face with pimples, &c. becaufeit ™Zs2h\£
pertaines not to my fubicct, I will not meddle with it. I rcferre you to Cr«- mat tibum f*>
tos CounfeUs^rnottus Ub.ubrevtAr.cAf. 3 p,i % KulAnde, Peter Fereftm de Fu- JJ^JJ**
to ltb.3 i.obfer.2 . To ? Uterus ^MercurUlu^lmut^Andoletim, Henrnitu^ and I cucurbit, d
others that hauc written largely of it. fiv**
Thofe other gricuanccs and fymptomcs ofheadach , rertig^deliquiun,
&c .which trouble many melancholy mcn^ecaufe they arc copioufly band-
led a part in every Phyfitian 3 I doc voluntarily omit.
Ml MB* 2*
Pait2.Se6t.5.
Cure of melancholy.
Mcmb.z.Sibt6.
328
M E MS. 2,
Cure of Melancholy otter alt the body*
WHcrc the melancholy blood poiTcfloth the whole Body with the
Braine,P it is beft to beginnc with bloud letting. 1 The Creeket
prefcribe the <l Median or middle vcine to be opened, & fo much
bloud to be taken away 5 as the patient may well fpare,& the cut that is made
muft be wide enough. The Arabians hold ic fitted to bee taken from that
arme,on which fide there is more paine and heauinefle in the head. If blade
bloud iffue forth,blecd on,if it be clcerc and good, let it be inftantly fupprcf.
Ihetic'maSa becaufe the mtilice of melancholy is much correttedby thegoodnejfeofth^j
[iHpmk bs- blond. If the parties ftrength will not admit much evacuation in tbiskindat
Tutattcmignur nce 3 it muft be afTayed againe and againc, if it may not conveniently beta-
tndatxZua* ken from the arme,it muft be taken from the knees and anckles : efpecially to
atyjarit fan- fuchmen orwomcn whofehaemrodsor montheshaucbeene flopped, f If
fjf di ~ the malady continue^it is not amilTc to evacuate in a part,in the forehead^'
*ob(crvat foi to virgins in the anckles,which are melancholy for louc matters, fo to wid-
ju.curatMex <jowes that are much gricued and troubled with forrow and cares: for bad
JckomZ™ bloud flowes to the heart,and fo crucifies the minde. The ha?mrods areto
tiSflk*. be opened with an inftrument or horfeleechcs, &c. fee more in Monnltm
tmacitmJux- cap.2-p.Seke/tktushzth2n example of one that was cured by an accidental!
cbohewi impin- Wound in his thigh,much bleeding freed him from melancholy. Dict.Dimi-
guetw.exquo n utiucs,Alteratiues,Cordialls, correctors as before, intcrmixtasoccafion
l7rZfiMe"^- denies, u a /I their fludymuflbe to make a melancholy man fatte, and then thtj
nifmi. cure vended. Diuret/caot medicines to procure vrinc are prefcribed by
fikef^Mer f° mc in kindc,hot & cold: hot where the heat of the liuer doth notfor-
caiida radix pe- bid,cold where the heat of the liver is very great , x amongft hotarcParflcy
mfeiini apiifi- roots.Lovaee.FcnnelL&c.cold Mellon feeds,&c. with whay of Coats milk
wculi. Inter fri- , • , . , ° J . i ' J
pd*m,4fa fe which fs the common conveigher.
minis meimum To purge and purify the bloud , vfe Sowthiftlc, Succory, Sena, Bndiue,
TquollZm. GarduusBchcdiauSiDanddionfloppcjMaidenhairCjFumito^Bugloffe,
mint vehicul -i. Borage,&c. with their iuyce,decocl:ions,diftillcd waters,Syrups,$<:c.
mScammt " d O^voaUut CroHius b afil.C by m. much adm ires fait of G oralis in this cafe,and
qnoi bti'c com- t/£//'w Tetrabib.fer .z.cap.i 1 4.Hieram Archigenis ,which is an excellent me-
farari pojfit. dicine to purifie the bloud,y for all melancholy affections faffing ficknejfe^none
to be compared to it.
Mimb, 3. Svbsbc. r.
CureofHyfocondriacall melancholy.
frsmTidim- JN this Cure as in the reft , is efpecially required the rectification of thofe
nc\v %«j I fix non-naturall things,abouc all a good diet , which Mont anus confil. 27.
t ea vlR T ft ' inioynes a French Nobleman,* To hauean efheciall care of it without which
rrrn?i, a f, u !\ ra all 'other remedies art tn vatne. Bloodletting is not to bevfed,* except thepa-
* m*""' ticnts k° d y ^ cc vcr y ^ ?^ ou ^ a and that it bee derived from the liuer and
fplecne
Part.2. Scd.5. Cure of head meianchdy. Memb.3 . Subf. \ .
fpkcn#to the ftomackc and his veflells,then b to drawc it backe , to cut the 320
inner veinc of cither the arme,fome fay the falvatefla, ,and if the maladic bec b ^ftm
continuatc/ to open a veine in the forehead. "l^rluafi
Preparatiacs and Alteratiues may be vfed as before,{auing thattherc muft nam inter nam .
be refpeft had as well to the liuer/plccnejftomackCjhypocondrics^s to the ****** Braihii
heart and braine. To comfort the f ftomackc and inner parts againft windc ? s!j>trthux
^nd obihu^tlons^by Areteus^Galen^tyEtius^Aurelianus^c. and many later mrbm
vvritersjarc ftill prefcribed the decoctions ofWoumewood^Ccntaury^Pen- %ffl eeabu '
neriall,fod in Whay and dayly drunke : many haue becne cured by this me* t H<> maxima
dicine alone. wrvajhmuh*
Codronchmvcx his booke defaleabfin. magnifies the falc of Wormewood Homianmlb
aboue all other remedies , d which workes better and fpeedier then any ether 2 -«>p s.
fimple what foeuer. and much to he preferred before allthofe fulfome decoclions ejr ff"? &e fi*'
• r r 1 • t 1 tf J 1 r r I ■ 1 r r n catm fu**vire$
wfujionsfvhich much offend by reajon of their quantity , this alone in a [mail ex* cet quam
meafure taken expeHs winde,andthat mofl forcibly \mouts urine, cleanfeth the ^ m dcofiau
flomacke ofaUgroffe humours ^crudities, helpes appetite,ejrc ^drnoldm hath a titall mulT^.
Wormewood wine which he would haue vfed 3 which euery Pharmacopaa magna cum V
fpeakesof. u^TdTu™*
Diminu tiues and purgers may c be taken as h^ox^oihiera^manna,ca fit a rt",?s bk$ie%
which Montanns confil.2 3 0S01 an Italian Abbot, in thiskindepreferresbe- femur difipat
fore all other fimples. * Andthefemuflbe often -vfed y f ill abjlainingfrcm ZZmZaZ
tbofc which are more violent fefi they doe exafperate the flow Acke_j$c. and the abfitiytpmsf
mifchiefe by that mcanes be increafed. Though in fome Phy fittans I find very cbkm SUflPj
ftrong ptirgerSjHcllcbor it felfc prefcribed in this afTcc"tion. If it long conti 'wm^m
nue,vomits may be taken after vneatc, orotherwifc gently procured with appetentiammi-
warme warer.oximelL&c.now and then. Fuchfiut cap.33. prefcribes Helle- rumin m f m
borit felfejbut ftill fake heed in this malady, which lhaue often warned of « vfaAitoma-
hot medicines, g becaufe fas Salvianus addes) drought followes heate,which in- rm - 'Lwent'm
creafeththe difeafe : and yet Baptifta Silvat/cus contro-v.j 2 . forbids cold me- 'tll'tevdHm
dicme^ h becaufe they iner -cafe ebfiruclions \and other badfyntptomes. But this f*pw iteratkjt
varies as the parties doc.and t is not cafie to determine which ioy(c. l Theflo- ^^"T
macke mofl part in this infirmitie is cold f he liuer hot Scarce therefore ( which jUncndumne'
Montanusinr\nuatQsco»fil,22pSorthcE2vlcofMonfort) can you helpe the venttem ex«$e-
one^and not hurt the other, much difcrction muft be vfed, take no Phyficke at Thb.t. cap.i.
allheconclud£s,without gccztnccd.L<eliusis£gubinus confute. 77. {oz an Hy- Quonim ddC
pocondriacall German Princc,vfed many medicines^*/ it was after fgnified
uhiminLetters y tbatthedecofiionofCbin*andSdffafr*s, and fait of Sofa- ' ma[ ZZgZ*
fr.fs, .wrought him an incredible good. Jn his 708 Confvlt, hce vfed as happily \ ft-
the fame remedies , this to a third might hauebin poyfon, by ouer-hcating
his liuer and blood. nt,u obflruaio-
For the other parts lookc for remedies in Savamrola^ Gordoniusjobnfin, ™ m ^f" b f'
(£f.one for the Spleenc.amongft many other, I will not omit, cited by Hit- ^rmtS^'
dcjljeim fiicel.2. and prefcribed by Mat.Flaccus t and out of the authority of ^umifrip-
Benevenius. ^/^^ww'winanHypocondriacailpaflion, - Cured an d ££*uomd*
exceeding great fweHtngof the Spleene with Capers alone ^t meat befitting that em ventricuii
66 ealefacietyVtl
Ytfrktrabit htw fmi alterlm mixxmo dttrimenta. * Sirnificxtum per Uterus, IncredtbiUm utilitatim ex Aecotto Chat*,& Saffa
fras percepifle. 1 Tvmorcm /plena incurabilem,foU tappsn cnravit cibo,tali ngritudinc aptlfmo. Stlo^ ufn aqittju <{ho fiber fet«
w'm fipe ctmdtm fcrrm extinxa<a } &c. #
Part.2.Se& 5 . Cure of Melancholy. Mcmb.$. SubfJ
330 infrmitie^and frequent vfe of the water of a Smiths forge, by this Phyfuke hee
m ***** cured a fake man .whom aii other PhyfitUm had forsaken, thatfor feuen yeares
fX*s P ?di!cZ. b*d beene Spleniticke.Pind of fuch force i s this water, m that fuch creatures as
tHrjxigm bx- drittke ofitjhaue commonly little or no Jpleene. See more excellent medicines
»sitmmi. ^ 0r tne s P Ieene in him.^verters mult be vfed to the Liuer and Splccncand
des fiuerent, to fcowre the Meferiacke vcines, and they are either to open or prouokc v
niiUm xfttfan. rine.You can open no place better then the hcmTQ&i y vpbichtfby horfeleeches
SJfqLfaT.' ikey be made to flow , n there may not be Again fuch an excellent remedies Pla.
guifugsadmotu ter holds.Salujt.Salvianw'iW admit no other blood letting but this, & by his
KZtlb\a vT cx P cricncc m an Hofpitall which he kept, he found all mad and melancholy
lib.i.pro hypoc men worfe for other blood-letting. Laurcntimcap.i $. caUs this of horfe-
Uguicio. lceches,a fure remedy to empty the Spleene and Meferiacke membrane.On-
lacinboTmor- Mont Anus eonfil.2j$jsiLgamft. ic, ° to other men ( faith he) thu epemngtf
bo videtur utl- the hemrods feemes to be a profitable remedy, for my part / doe not approue efit 1
admd^mfrZ" ^ ecau fi ** dratves avo ay the thinneft blooh, andleaues the tbickejl behind<u.
batur, quia fan- Jktius \Vtdus ridiuj^Afercurialts^Fuch/Ius^ recommend Diurettckes, or
attaTt ttm S- ^ uc ^ tn i n g s as prouokc vrinc,as Annifeeds 5 Dill,Fennel 3 Germander,grou0(l
%mnUnqu\t!' Pinc.fod in water,or drunke in powder, and yet P P. Bayer us is againlt them,
p Lib.z cap.i 3. t^yf/l melancholy men ( faith be ) mu(l auoide fuch things at- prouoke vrine, he-
Ski detmt cau f e ^ *^ em t ^ 3e f H ^ f ^ e or thinn e fl is evacuatedjke thicker matter remaines.
emittere ur'mi Clyfters arc in good vcquc^Trincavelius Ifb.j.conJil.jS. for a yong No-
provocaztia, bleman,efteemes of them in the firft place, and Hercules de Saxon/a Panth.
Thc'mrfult'de t tib.i.cap,i6As a great approuer ofthem. 4 / haue found (faith he) by expert*
& nmwetcraf- encejhat many Hypocondriacall melancholy men % haue beene cured by the fo/zj
^Egocxperien- v f e •fclyfiers^c^ts arc to be had in him.
tlx probavi, Befidcs thofc fomentations, irrigations, inunctions, odoraments preferi-
Itr'n^T*! ^ ^ or ncat ^ tnerc ml1 ^ be tne ^ f° r tnc Liuer, Spleene, Stomack,
ci^umfu"fe Hypocoodries,&c. In crudity (Taith Pifo)tis good to bindethe Stomack bard,
faitatds. to hinder wind,and to helpe concoction,
•pSmmven- Of inward medicines I need not fpeake, the fame Cordials as before. In
tricuUmarftiia this kind of melancholy ,fomc prefer ibe Treacle in Winter,efpecially before
'^Theria * or a *" tcr P ur & es * or m tne Spring as Avicenna^ t TrtncavelUus Mithridatc,
vwep T r*fcrin u MontaltusYiotr] fecdcs.Vnicornes \\oxvit\os decor de cervi &e.
& afiate. Amongft Topickes or outward medicines, none are more precious then
« cmfl. ti Hb.i Bathcs,but of them J haue fpoken. Fomentations to the Hypocondries arc
* C TrmaveU'm vcr y good,of wincand water ,in which arc fod Sothernwood, Melilot.Epi.
w»jH.iy. cero- thyme^MugwortjSenajPolypody^as alio x Cerotts, y Playfters,Liniments,
wuimcboiZ ad Oyntments, for the fplecne ,Liuer, and Hypocondries, of which lookefor
ucur optimum, examples in LaurcntiuS) Iobertus lib.j,cap.r.prac.med. Mont anus confil.2]u
]um l fmefm Montaltus cap.j j.Hercules de SaxoniaJFaventinus, And fo of Epithemes,di-
corfU's. e geftiuc powders,bagges 5 oyles.0^v/>/5 Horatius lib. 2 f^./.prefcribes cala*
* vropax epke fticke Cataplarmes,or dry purging medicines : Pifo 1 Dropaces of pitch and
maufafoltur oylcofRue,appIycd at certaine times to the ftomacke, to the metaphreneor
ventrimie, & partof the backe,which is ouer againft the hcm.iy£tius fynapifmcsj^^/-
toiimeupbreni. f US ca p^ f .would haucthe thighes to be a cautcrifed,^rf»m/w prefcribes
vibHitojia™' beneath the kneesj L*liusv£gubinus conf. 77 Sot an Hypocondriacal Dutch-
man,wili haue a cautery made in the right thigh, and fo Mont anus confess*
The fame Mwtmus confiLj ^t.approucs of hTuc* in the armes 3 or hinder pate
the
Part.2. Sc&.f. Cure of by focondriacatl melancholy. Memb.^.Subf.?..
of the head. Bernardus Piter nits in Hildefbeim J/>iccl.2. would hauc b Iflues 3 3 1
made in both thiehesXisaturcSjFri&ions. and Cupping glaflcs may bee v- b rmamu*
fedasbefore. '
S V B S H C T. 2.
Cerreftors to expell mnde y i^giinjl c^Jliuenejfe^c.
IN this kindc of Melancholy, one of the moftoffenfiue fymptomci, is
winde, which as in the other fpccies,fo in this, hath great need to bee cor-
rected and expelled.
The medicines to expell it, are either inwardly taken, or outwardly. In-
ward ! y taken to expell winde,are fimples or compounds. Simples arc hcrbs 3
roots,&c.as Galanga,Gcntian, Angelica,Enula, Calamus Aromaticus,Va«
lereanjZeodoriJris.conditGinger^AriftolochyjCicliminus.ChinajDittau-
derjPcnnyrialljRuejCalamintjbaybcrries & Bay leaucs, Betany, Rofemary,
Hyfopc,Sabinc,Centaury,Mint,Camomile 5 Sta?chas,^«/«r4y?/^,Broome
flowrcs,Origan,Orange pills &c. Spices, as Saffron, Cinamome, Bczoar
ftjnc.Myrrhe^MacCjNutmcgSjPepperjCloueSjGingerjfeedsofannifejFcn-
nel,Anani,Cary,Nettle 3 Rue a &c.J«niperberries,granaParadi(i.Compouds,
Vzanifum,BiagaLmgaJDiacimmum^piac<iUininth y Electuarium debxecis Uu-
rZjBcnedicia. lax&tiv » 9 Pulvisadflxtm Antid. Florent.pulvis Carminative^
Aro mticitm Rofatum y Triacle t MithridAte ) e^c.'X\\\s one caution of c Gmlter c c«vnAm
Battel is to be obferued in the admimftring of thefc hot medicines and dry, ^m^fufi.
that whilfl they couet to expell rvinde,thcy doe not inflame the bloody increafe cimlbm^
the dileafe* Comet imes fas he faith) medicines muft more decline to heat . Come -
times more 'to cold, as the circumjtances requires , and as the parties are inch- fucri»th<ec,fivi
tied to he A tor cold* medkamtuta,
Outwardly taken to expell windes,are oylcs,as of Camomile ,Rue,Bayes 3 "J^^JJJJ
oVc.fomcntations of the hypocondries,with the decoctions of Dill, Penny- & rugitui com'
rialLRuCjBay leaues,Cummin,&c. bags of Camomile Flowres, Annifecd, p ^ tybuili ^
Curnmin,Bayes,Ruc,Wormewood, oyntmcntsof theoylcof Spikenard, mdkmauit 9
Wormewood,Rue,&c. d Areteus prescribes Otaplafmes of Camomile ?iurimumpec-
FlowrcSjFenncll, Annifceds,Cummin, Rofemary,Wormewood leaucs &c. ^^mTde
c Cupping-glafles applycd to the Hypocondrics, without fcarification,
doe wonderfally rcfoluc mnde.Ferneli»s confil.43. much approues of them decO.
at the f Iwcr end of the belly,/*//"*/ Ctfir Claudimtsrejponf.med. rcjp.33. ad- TJfif^T
mires thelc Cupping- glafleSjWhich he cals out oiGalen % £ 'a kind of enchant- ftcundiimexi-
mentjhey ceufefuchprcfent helper. Tank™™"'
Empyncks hauc a myriade oifmcdicines, which I voluntarily omir. Ami- xt^n^ntb.
tus Lufitanus ) cent.4,cHrat.$4 t foranhypocondriacall perfon, that was ex- **tadc«i&
trcumely tormented with wiridc, preicribes a ftrangc remedy. Put a pairc of ^^'} lb j
br'lowe* L-nd in a Clyfterpipe,and applying it into the fundament, open the e PifiirueL
bcllowcs,fo draw forth the mnd.Natura non admittit vacuum.Hc vaunts he ™f£$* m vt '
was the fir ft invented this remedy ,and by meanes of it, fpcedily eafed a me- v l y' eht - maHh
lanchoiy n lan. Of the cure of thisflatuous melancholy, read more \nFterms tamcntmquod-
Againft Hcadach.,Vertigo,vapors which afcend forth ot the ftomackc to „ tm i (vaott
» V v a molcft
Part.2.Se<ft.5. Cure of Melancholy. Mcmb.^Sub.i.
33a moleft the head,read Hercules de Saxoniapnd others.
Jf Coftiucnefle offend in this,or in any other of the three fpecies , it is to
be corre&ed with fuppoficoriesjclyftcrs^or lcnitiues^powdcrof Senc 3 cond«
Prunes &c.
* r ?^f R- EleclJenit.efucco roJarUna I j. mifce.
^tfZiitarem, Take as much as a nutmeg at a time.halfe an houre before dinner or fuppcr,
*d quantitatem or piLmaflicbina 3 j .in fix pills } a pill or two at a time. See more in Mwa*
twttVib™™ nm con P l -2i 9- Mldejheifn jf>icel.2. P.Cnemander, and Montanm, commend
bom ante pun- ZCyprian Turpentine jvhtch they would haue familiarly taken, 1 the quantity
dim veiccma, f afmd nut, two or three hour es before dinner and '/upper, twice or thrice am
Z!nf U F mt' weeketfneedbejorbcfidestbat, it keepei theMyfduble, it cleares thefts
expedite vide- mackejpens objiruftions, cleanfeth the liuer^pr evokes vrinc^f*
u^trTJof The k in bric k arc tnc ordinar y* medicines which belong to the cure of
I'm^mUem melancholy 5 which if they be vfed aright,no doubt may doc much good, Si
efficit i0 bflw5ti- non lev ando{altemleniendovalent^peculiAriabenef electa, faith Beffardus^z
7ru2Tf!!*' g ood choice of particular Reccipts 5 muft needes cafe^if not quite cure : not
pt t mnam pro- one , but all or moft ,as occafion {erues.
Z%WcT Et i»*»o»profuntfmguh % multa iuvanU
Partitionis Sccundx Finis.
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o
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o
ANALYSIS OF THE
THIRD PARTITION.
^Preface or Introduction. SubfeZl.i.
Loues dcfinicion^PcdcgrcCjObieftjFairc, Amiable, Gratious and Pleafant, from which comes
bcauty,gracc,which all dcfirc and loue, parts affected
Naturall,in things without life;as louc and hatred of elements, and with life,as vege-
tall,wine and clme,fympathy,antipathy,&'c.
Senfible,as of Bca$s,for pleafure,preferuation of kinde,mutuall agreement,cuftome,
bringing vp together, &c
''Piofita- '
ble,S*.
r Things without life,made by art,pi£tures, fports,games,
I fenfible*obie6ts,as Hawkcs,Hounds,Horfes. Or men ihe-
J Pleafant] felues for fimilitude of manners^ naturall affection, as to
^ Subf.2. | fr:ends,children,kinfmen,&c. for glory, fuch as comend vs.
I Of wo- 5 Before marmgetZsHeroicallme/anc.Se.J-Vtde'Y'm
Unen, as £ Or after marriage,as Iealottfie Sett. /. vide t*.
Honeft C Fucate in fhew by fome error or hypocrifie, fome fecme
Jitibfj, < and arc not,or truely for vertue, honctty, good parts, lear-
^ningjeloquencCj&c.
Common good,our neighbour, country, fricnds,which is Charity*
the defect of which, is caufe of much Difcontent and Melancholy,
or Cln ExceiTe, vide ir.
God. 2
See.+ fin Dcfcft. vide 2F.
Divifion
or kinds.'
SubJ.i,
or
Simple,
which
hath 3
obie£ts,
zsMe.i.
or
:a- $ HeaIth,wcalth,honor,we loue our benefactors, nothing
*. i £fo amiable as profit,or that which hath a fhew ofcomodity
Mixt o
allrhrecc
which
extedsto
<JMem.$
V
Heroicall
or Loue (
Melan-
choly, in
which
confidcr
~CMemb. i .
His pedegree,power,extent to vegetals and fenfiblecreatures,afweil as men,to fpirits,
diuels,&c.
His name,definition,obiec^,part arTe£red,tyranny.
Starres jtemperature/ulldiet^lacejCountryjClimCjConditionjIdlenes.,?*./.
Naturall allurcments,& caufes of loue,as Beauty, its praife, how it allureth.
Comlinefle,grace,refulting from the whole,or fome parts,'as face, eyes a haire,
hands,&c. Subf.i.
Artificiall allurcmcnts,and provocations of lull and loue,geftures,apparclf s
dowry,mony.&c. N
jg#<»y?.Wnether Beauty owe more to Art or Nature. Subf.j .
Opportunity of time and place,confercnce,difcourfe,Muficke,finging,dan-
cing,amorous tales,lafcivious obie&s,familiarity,gifts,promifes,&c, Sub,*
Bawdes and philters. S ub.j.
Caufes. I
Mcmb.
Symp-
tom es or
fign.es.
Memb.s
CDrynefle^aleneiTe^eanneiTejWaking.fighingj&c.
ft
Of body £ Quasft. eAndcmrfulfui amntorin}
f-Bad as ^eare,forrow,fufpition,anxiety,&c,
or ^ ^Anhell,torment,fire,blindnelTe,&c.
J or ^Dotage^flaucry.negleitofbufinefTe.
ofmindeJ C SprucenclTe, neatenefTc, courage, aptneffe to learne
CCood as^muficke,(]nging,dancing,poetry &c.
Prognoftickes; Defpairc,Madnefle,Phrenfie,E>eath, &c. iMemb
f Bylabour,diet,phyficke,abftinence. Sub.i.
To withftand the bcginnings,avoicl occafions, faire & fowle meancs,change
Cure s of placc,contrary paffion, witty invemions,difcoramend the former, bring in a-
Mcm. J** nother. Snb,i'
By good counfel!,perfwalion,from future miferies,inconveniences,Scc.5*.i
By Philters,magicall, & poeticall cures, Su. +. To let them haue their dcfirc
difputcd fro and c$n. Impediments remoued,rcafons for it. Sub.j,
Vv 3
ft
c
3
e
KAndjfUtfthe third? Art ithn.
"His namcdivifio^extcn^power, tyranny. Memba.
' Divifion^ImpropcrCTo many beafts;as fwanncs, cockes,Bulls.
£quivo\ < To Kings and Princes of their fubieas, fucceflbrs.
cations, < or £To friends,parents, tutors oucr their children, or othcrvtife.
kindes/ J S Before marriage,corrivals,&c
Sttefi . L Proper £ After,as in this place our prefent fubie&.
✓-In the par-C[(jIenelTe,impotency in one party,melanchoIy,longabfence.
Caufcs. J*-" them " V ne y nauc nau S nt themfelues. Hard vfage,vi&indncs,wantoniie*
Sett 3 ' V e ^ ucs ^Inequality of yeares,pcrfons,fortunes,&c.
^Fro Siers^ Outward cntl ^ ements an< * provocations of others.
SymptomesA Feare,forrow,fufpition,anguifti of minde, ftrange actions, geftures, lookcs,
Memh.2. \ fpeaches,locking vp,outrages,feuere lawes 3 prodigious trials,&c.
^S'^'^^Qefpairejrnadnefle^o make away themfelues and others.
By avoiding occafions,aIwaycs bufie,ncuer to be idle.
By good counfell,aduice ot friends, To contemnc or diiTcmblc it. Subfj,
By prevention before marriage,Platoes communion,
To marry fuch as are equall in yeares,birth,fortunes,bcauty, of like conditions, &c.
Of a good famiUy ,good education. To vfe them well.
Cures
f CMem.4-"
1
-5
c
3
O
flnex-
cefle,
or fuch
as doe
that
which <
is not
requi-
red.
Me. /.
Caufes.
Snb.z.
Symptomcs
Subf.3.
In de-
fect, as
r A proofe that there is fuch a fpecies of Melancholy , Namc,Obie<St God, what his
beauty is,how it allurcth,Part and parties affc&ed, fuperftitious Idolaters,Prophets»
Hercticks,&c. Sttb.i.
CThe diucls allurements,falfe miracles , Priefts for their gain.
From others )p j ititians to ]j eC p nj en j n bedience,Bad inftru&ors .Blind
° r I Guides.
From t» cm -C Simplicity ,feare,ignorance,folitarinefle,melancholy,curio-
C fity ,pride,vainglory,decayed Image of God.
Zeal without knowledge, obftinacy, fuperftitio,ftrange devo-
tion,ftupidity,confldence,ftiffe defence of their tenents ,mutual
J©ue,&hateof other fe£ts, be lief of incredibilities,impo{fibilitics
Of Hereticks,pride,contumacy, contempt of others, wilful-
neffe,vainglory,fingularity,prodigious paradoxes.
In fuperftitious blinae zeale, obedience, ftrange workes,fa-
< fting,facrificcs,oblations,prayers,vowes, pfcudomartyrdoitc,
mad and ridiculous,cuftomes,cercmonies,obfervations.
InPfcudoprophets, virions, revelations, dreames,prophe-
j L cies,ne w doctrines, &c.of Iewes,Gentiles,Mahomct ans,&c.
S New docVines, paradoxes, blafphemies, madnene,ftu-
Prognoftickes. Snb.4. £pidity,defp3irc,damnation.
C By Phyfick ifncedbe,conference,good counfel,perfwa-
Cures. Sub. /. «f fion, compuIfion,corre£tion, punifhment, qu&ritm an cogt
{debent} t^ffir.
Secure,voidC Epicures,Atheifts, Magitians. Hypocrites, fuch ashauecauterifed
of grace and<^confciences,or els are in a reprobate fenfe, worldly fecure, fome Philo-
fcares. £fophcrs,impcnitent finners. Sttb.i.
r The diuel and his alluraments.Rigid Preachers,that wound
Caufes Jtheir confciences.Melancholy,contempIation, folitarines.
Sub. zf\ How melancholy & defpair difrcr.Diftruft,weaknes of faith.
t_Guilty cofciece for offence comittedj mifunderftading Scnpt.
fperat.Inde-< Symptoms5Fcare,forrow,anguiili of mind, extrcame tortures & hor-
Or
frftruftful,
or coo timo-
rous, as de-
^fpaircofidcr
J \, M 9 ' 'J "~
Sub. 3. l ror of con/cience, fearfull dreamcs, conceipts,vifions, &c.
Prognofticks; Blafphemy, violent death, Sub.4.
[Cures ^.jSPtyfoMsoccafio ferues,cofercce,not to be idle.or alone.
2Good coufel ; good c6pany,all comforts and contcncs.&c.
333
THE
THIRD PARTITION.
LOVE MELANCHOLY.
rSECTION.
The First)Member.
(jsvbsection.
The Prefaces.
Hbrb will not be wanting, J prefume, fbme or other
that will much difcommend Tome part of this Trcatifc
of Loue Mclancholyjand obiecfc ( which a Erafmus in
his Preface to S r Thomas Moore (iifpc&s of hi?) that tt
is too light for a Divinejeo ComicaUafubiecl to (peak of
Loue Symptomes,and fit alone for a wanton Poetic
fbme fuch idle perfon. Some againe out of an affected
gravity will diflike all for the name fake before they read a word^diflembling
with him in b Petronius, and feeme to bee angry that their eares are violated
with fuch obfeene fpecches,that fo they may be admired for grauc Philofo-
phers,&ftaid carriage. But let thefe Cavillers and counterfeit Cato sknow,
that Loue is a fpecies of Melancholy , and a ncccflary part of this my Trea-
ti(e,which I may not omit, opcrifufcepto inferuiendum fait, fo lacobm Mytil-
lus pleadeth for himfelfe for his tranflation of Lucians Dialogues^ fo doe J.
J muft and will performc my taske. And that (hcrt Apologie of Mercerus^
for his edition of Arifltnettu fhall bee mine, * Jflhiue jfent my time^j til to
write Jet not them befo idle 46 to read. But J hope it is not ill fpent J need not
excufc or repent my felfe ofthis fubic<5t, on which many graue and worthy
men liauc written whole volumcS)PlaU,Plutarch>Plotinw f Avicenna, Leon:
Hebrew in three large Y)\*\oQ\cs,Xettephonfymfof.Theophrattt*s$wzt may
bclceuc ^ithemm lib.i s.cap.p.Picta MiranduU^Marim i£ qui cola } both in
\x.^ y \.\w % Kornmannm de Itnea ^morujib. s* Petrm Godofridm hath handled
in three bookes, P. Htdw, and which almoft euery Phyfitian, as ^Arnoldus
Villanov an w,V after iola obfervat.med.lib. 2. obfer. j. K&lian. Montaltus, and
Laurentim in their Treatifcs of Melancholy, lafon Pratenfis de morb.capiFa*
lefcus de Tar ant a ^ Gordoniut^ Hercules de Saxon/ a, Savamrola, Langius, ejrc,
haue treated of a parr/and in their workes. I excufi: my felfe therefore with
Peter
a enrm.Morit
leKwesefle rut*
yu qmm it
iheolotpm de-
cent.
b jrnetitsdea*
matOH'i mentio
facia eft tarn vt
bementtr ex-
candii, tamft-
vera triftiti* vi~
olarianrtsmeas
ibfcxnoferwone
rtciu^vtmetan-
quam vmtn ex
Phdofoibitm- «
tuerentur.
* Si male Ira-
ta eft opera firi*
bczdo,nc ipjil6"
cent ra legnde.
Partj.Se&i. Loue melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.ii
3 34 Peter Godefridm^VaUeriola^Eic'tnus^ and in c Langius words*Cadmus Milefius
« M$d.cpi<l.ij. vvritfouretecncbookcs of Louc^avdwhy fbould / bee ajhamed to mite me*
*Mikfm a %? pM e if. f AUOur °fy<> m g menjfthit fubiecJ? Dycearcbus&nd fomc other carpc
Suidx.dc hoc e- ixPhtds maiefty that hcc would vouchfafe to indite fuch louc toycs, buc
r f%bmfm'n w " nouc Cal ^ c f as F'&* us pleads) fir all loue is bonefi andgvfd , and they areu
™cLe°pigeln" worthy to be lotted that Jpeake well of loue. Being to fpeake of this admirable
hgratim ads- affedtion ofloueffaith fatter tola) there lies open a v >ajl and philofopbit aft 'field
l (crihy"™f!jW to m J difcourfe >by which many letters become mad : let me leaue my more firms
' d capmt alti ' meditations y andwander in thefe Philofophicall fields , and looke into thefeplc-
Vletonicamma.- j* ane g rcues f the Mufes,w herewith vnfpeakable variety offlowreSyWetu may
moririmum' ™^e Garlands to our feluesjiot to adorne vs only^ but with their pleafant fmel
irtfalfe-rityVycs- and iuyce to ncurijh our foules , and fill our mindes defirous of knowledgeu^c.
frdmatolu After an harrti &: vnpleafing difcourfe of Melancholy, which hath hitherto
amor \meftijts molefted your patience,and tired the author , giue him leaue with f Code fit*
& bonm &A- j us t h e Lawyer,and Laurentius cap.j.to recreate himfelfe in thiskinde alter
beni fount dt n,s laborious ftudizsftncc fo manygraue Divines and worthy men haue with-
^imore. out offence to manners 3 to helpe themfielues and others voluntarily written of
Icap^Ta'd- ^- He ^odorus a Biftiop pcnnedaloUeftoryofT^g/'»tt and chariclia ,and
tnirando amorit when fome Catos of his time reprehended him for it, choofc rather, faith
tfeftu diamm g 2{icephorus,io leaue his Biftiopricke then his book. v£neas Silvius an an-
l p^&phiiofo'- cientDivine,andpaft4oyearesofage,asnieconfeiTeth ofhimfelfe, ('after
phiau 3 qfto pepi Pope Pius Qutntus) enditedthae wanton hiftory oiEurialus and Lucretia.
\TaTinfai"ri And how many fuperintendents of learning could I reckon vp that haue
hbeatmodiv*- Written of light {ubic&SjBerealduSyEraJmuSs&c. Giue mee leaue then to re-
&n>&c. frefh my mufc a little,and my Weary Readers, to k feafon a furly difcourfe,
mdo "fed fa" with a morc plcafing afperfion of louc matters: Edulcare vitamconvenit, as
granth &fuc- the Poet invites vs^curasnugu^c, 'tis good to fwceten our life with fomc
7l%niwa)7ru P^^ng to y cs to rcllifti it,and as Pliny tclfs \s.magna pars fiuditfirum am>
& c . nitaies qntrimus ,moft of our ftudents loue fuch pleafant {iibie&s .Though
* lib.x.prtfit. Macrobtus teach vs othcrwifc,f thofe old Sages banifyed aU fuch light Tre-
gtnsrZ^ndt ati f e ^fiom their ftudies, to Nurfes cradles , to pleafe only the eares 5 yet out of
ammi canfa Apuleius J will oppofc as honorable Patrons, Solon , Plato, m Xenophon^Adri'
dt'ftfaf"' *»-efc.that as highly approue of fuch Treatifes. On the other fide me thinks
wando & 7bo- they are not to be difliked , they arc not fo vnfit. I will not peremptorily fay
9logi fe bU iu- 3 s one fold/am fuauia dicamfacinora.vt male fit ei qui talibus nen deletfatur.
mfifmntiu J will tell you fuch pretty ftories, that fowlc befall him thatisnotpleafcd
voimu with themj but if you like them you may : Pliny holds it expedient ,and moft
ca"f^ iblX ' ^-feueritate iucunditateetiaminfcriptuetndire 3 to fcafon our works with
i ?x4at.(imd fome pleafant di(courfe,i>«<f/7*y approues iijicet in ludicru ludcrejhc * Po-
quadragenario C t admires it, Omne tulitpunclum qui mifcuit vtile dulci, And there be
*mrT CUm tn °k without queftion, that arc more willing to read fuch toyes, then \ I
Ego vm agnof- am to write, Let me not liue/aith Aratines Antonhjflhadnot rather bare
ZZTii th y Ai f c '* r f e ? the »f ee * Ph- No doubc but there be morc of her naindc.euer
mn comewe. hauebcene^uerwillbe^s fi/rr^bcaresmewitneflc. far greater fart
JEneai Silvias
prtfat. quiiam meridiem pmer^m'm vefperum fersr. k Vt feveritra ftudin bit ammtatibus letter eondtre poflit. Acc'tm.
1 In Som.Sdp} fecrariofuo turn dd cmat mtricum fapientn olim elminarunt,folas annum deliaas profitentes. m Babyloniui & E-
phefita qui de Amore faipferunt vterq, mores Myrrx Cyrenes & AdmidU.Smdas. f Pet.^iretine dial. Jul. * Hoy. f Ltgtnii
cupidiores, quam egofcrib'endi, faith Lucian. * Plai capio voluptatu inde , quam frtttmdis in thtatro ludk, o PrtemM Ifaiim.
MuUq mmr Milejhs fibulas revolventmm quam ?tatonis libros,
had
Part.;,Se&.t. Ike Preface. Memb.i.SubCir
hadrather read Apulcius then ?Uto: Tully hirofclfc Confefleth he could not 535
vriderftand Plato's Ttm*us,2r\d therefore cared Iefle for it, but every fchool- t /* *** ?b&-
boy hath that famous tcftamcnt of Grunnius Corocotta PorceHus at his fin-^jjj,^^
gers ends. I thinke J hauc faid enough $ Jf not: let him that is otherwife roin- EyiftoUt petit*
ded,rem ember that of f Maudarenfisjjewas in his ltfeaPhilofopber.fas Au. la "hi*fr*ctpu
fonius apologizethferhimj/fl his Epigrams , d Louer-. in his precepts moft fe-^^t.
vere-yin his Epiftles to CereUia^a wanton. <^4nnianus, Sulpttius^ Euemus, Ale- °F'cin»s com-
nandcr&L many old Poets befides, did in fcriptu prurire, write Fcfcennines , m ™*. ( ap- l 7. '
and lalciuious iongaUtam mater tamper, they had in moribus cenjurdm^ey (e* mvemaidi a.
^r/^/r^thcywercchaftjlcvere^ndvprightliuers, I make the fame Ape- mr '{, amorem ■
logy in mine ownebchalfe. And which he vrgeth for himielfe,, accufed of &
the fame fault, n Lafciva ejl nobis pagina, •vita prcba eft, Howfoe- 1 H « prtdixi
vermy lines erre.my life is honcft. But Ihopelneednofuch Apoloeies I KC! i UiSteme >* .
need not as Socrates in Plato aid , cover his race when hec lpake otioue,or pffijedemonm
blufh and hide her eyes in her hood , as * Pallas did when fhee was confaited ltn ™pApr«-
by Iapiter about Mercuries marriage, qnod fuper nuptys virgo confulitur , it
is no fuch la fciuious,obfccane or wanton difcourfe, but chait and honeft,& &c.
moft part ferious and cuen of religion it felfe. ° Jncenfedtis he faid J with the ). r S*l i *P
X_ ,i , i r i • i r i a j i i t i deter UH-
lout of finding loue,tvee^> haue fought it^and found it. And thus mr.chlhaue humor am
thought good to fay by way of preface , lcaft any man ( which P Godefi-idus &i*
fufpe&cd^ould obiec* vnto me lightncflcjWantonneflejrafancfTcj in fpea- nm^dxi^,
kingofloucscaufes,entifcmcnts, fymptomes, remedies, lawftill and vnlaw- nonigitur can-
Mi loucs,and luft it fcifc , «! Ifbeake it only to taxe anddeterre ethers from it, w/ " ™'
not to teach y but to apply remedies vnto it. I will treatc of this With like ll- & c . conmmU
bcrtyasofthcrcft, ' Uomtmven^
^SeddicamvohUvosporrldicite multit
Mi/libus, ejr facite hxc chart a loquatur anus. & omift Ufci-
Condcmne me not pood Reader then.or cenfure me hardly , if fome part of w ( i u ^ bm '-
this Trcatife to thy thinking be too light , butconhder better of it , Omnia mt vmntu in-
munda w^^,Anakedmantoamodeftwomanis no otherwife then apt- flud*
dure,as Auguftd Ltvia truly Hiid,and * maU mens malus animus as 'tis ta-
ken. 3 ftothv thinking it be too lightjladvile thee as Lipfius did his Reader tisfiqm tefdi
for fome places of Pkntus^ps quafi Sirenumfcopubsprttervehare], Ifthey M*t*«bfih
like thee not let them palTe ,or oppofe that which is good to that which is *iunuam
bad,and rcie<5t not therefore all. For to invert that verfe of Martial 3 & with capeiu lib. r.
Hicrom wolfius to apply it tojmy prefent purpofe, < t^g&f^
Sunt mala, (unt qutdam mediocria,funt bona plura y lome is good, rubm khIos /e-
fomc bad 5 fome's indifferent.] fay farther with him yct, I haue infertcd (* /<?- t£* b ™l>™>
vicuUqttAdam&ridtcuU afcribere Hon fkm gravatus >&c.) fome things ^c«tuSm.
more homely or light 5 which I would rcqucft every man to interpret to the °^>« nudes ^
bcft,& as Iul'tus Cafar Scaliger bcfoughcGwfar, (Si quid vrbaniufiul} lufam
a nobis, per deos immor tales te oro Uieronyme Cardane ne me male capias,)] be- fire,
feech thee good Rcader,not to miftakc me , or mifconfter what is here writ-
ten. Per Mufas & Chantes, ejr omnia Poetarum numina , bcnignclcBor , oro ^pl^fatjitial
te ne me male cdpias : 'Tis a Comicall fubiccl , I craue pardon of what is a-
mi(re,and denrc thee to fufpend thy iudgenocnt,or to be filcnt at leaftj but if
thou likeft /peakc well of it, and with me good fucceflc.
txtrcmnm buns ^Arethufd mihi concede labor em*
Parc.3.Sed.r. turn melancholy. Mcmba.Siibfo,
33 5 I am rcfolvcd howfoeucr^/W.W^in this Tragc-comcdy of Louc , to A&
fevcrall parts,{bmc Satyrically 3 foraeGomically,fomc in a mixt Toners the
fubied } hauc in hand giucs occafion , and prefect Sceane (hill require or
offer it fclfe.
Svbsect. i*
Loues beginnings ObieB^ 'Definition ^Divijiott;
LOues limits are ample andgreat,and a Jjratious walke it hathj?efet with
thornes^A for that eaufc, which Scaliger reprehends in Carta* , not
lightly to bepafiedouer. Leaft J incurrc the fame cenfure J will examia
maxm J&Jpt a ll the kindes of louejhis nature,begiBning,dirYerenceSjObicc'ts 3 how it is ho*
wobjiM >nec neft.or difhoneft,a vertue or vice , a aaturall pafllon or a difeafe , his power
mnfvokniw anc ^ cffe6ts,how farre it extends : of which, although fomething hath becne
f 6rad.ue.19. faid in the firft Partition, in thofe Sections ofPerturbations( f for hue & ha*
SxPlatone.prh tre £ Are t y j£ r ft m0 fl common pafious from which all the reft arife^and are
mffimx pertuy- attendant^ Ptcolominem holds,) I will now more copioufly dilate through
batio»es 3 ex qui- all,his parts and feuerall branches^hat fo it may better appearc what Loue
- mtw&*awm "» anc ^ now * c varies with the obie<5b,how in defect, or ( which is moft ordi-
fmtpediiTeqit<€. nary and commonjirnmoderatc,and in excellent caufeth Melancholy.
\m?^maffe~ ^oiie vniuerfally taken,is defined to be a Defere , as a word of more ample
am&dlfidt- fignification: and though Leon: Hebrew the moft copious writer of this fub-
viwn reborn iect.in his third Dialogue makes no diffcrence,yet in his firft Dialogue,he di-
"btfderiHm fti n g ll ifh ctn tncm againc,& defines loue by defire. 1 Loue u a voluntary up-
epmtisyamore- dion^and defire to enioy that which is good. u Defire wifhethfLoueenioyes^thcj
qtubxi en A of the one it the beginning of the other : that which we loue is prefent^ th.it
pA^m^defi- fvhich we defire is abfent. x It is worth the labour fahhPlotinus , toconfider
derii fels, am- well of Loue , whether it be a Go A or a DiveH^ or pafiion of the minde i or partly
unwell ' 1 ' 1 ' Gtdjartly divelfartly paf?ion.\\zconc\\\&cs loue co'participate of all three,
* Primplo lib. to arifc from Defire of that which is beautifull and faire , and defines it to be
de amore.opcr* 4 „ A ^ t9n 9 f fh e mind,e , defiring that which is good. Y Plato calls it ihegrert
{ZTeconfJe- ~Divcll$.oi his vehemency and foueraignty ouer all other paflions, & defines
we y vtfum De it an appetite, 2 by which we defire feme good to be prefent. Ficinm in his Co*
toanDemx addes the word Faire to this Definition, Louc is a defire ofenioying
unima, an par- that which is good and taire. Auftm dilates this common dehnition,and wil
timietujartim naue ] oue ta DC a Delectation of the heart , a for fomething which wee[eekcto
fArtimf&c^A- winnesr ioy to hauejoucting by defire /efling in ioy. b Scaliger exerc.joi.xaX-
mrtfi aama- eth all thefe former Dcfinitions,aYid will not haue loue to be defined by Dc-
ltderm Hmde ~ ^ rcor Appetite for when wrtnioy the thing we defire f here rernaines no more
7 Mayim-Da- dppetiteizshcdcftncsit^Loueisanajftfiionbywhichwe are either vnjtedto
wn: convivit. the thinv wee loue , or perpetuate eurvnion. which agrees in pare withLeo/t
*Boni pttlchiq. rr I
frutndi d e ftic- Hebreu4 ', , . ,. t .
num. Now this loue varies as his obiecT: varics,which is alwaies Good^Ammle t
F a ir e fi rAt i° m anc * c All things defire that which is good , as w/ee ate
mor efi delecfa-
tin cordiydicuiui ad aliquid, propter aliquod defiderium in appettndo & gaudium ptrfruendo per defiderium currens, requiefcm per
gattdiura. 3 i^on efi amat defidemm aut appetitm vt ab omnibm hafteitH* traditum. Nam cum poiimur, amatd re nmmact apj>c
mm. Efi igitur aftettm quo cm rt amatd aut vnmWiMt vnmem perpctuamm, * Omnia appetuntbmm.
taught
Part j.St(ft. I. Definition of Lone. Memb. i . Subf. u
taught in the Ethicks,or at leaft that which to them fecmes to be good 3 fro 337
this goodncfle, comes beautyjfrom beauty, grace, and comclinefle, which
rcfult as fo many rayes from their good parts, which makes vs to loue it , &
fo to couct it; for were it not pleafing and gracious in our eyes, wee fhould
not fecke it. a No man l9ues((m\\^4rijlotle p.mor.cap.^.Jbut he thst was fir jl d ^ m amri
delighted with comeltneffe andbeauty. As this faire obiect varies , {0 doth capitur nifi qui
our loue,for as Procltts holds, Omne pulchrum amabile^ euery faire thing is a - ^fif™ jf''
miable,and what we lou« is faire and gratious in our eyes,or at Iesft we doc utE!* *'
fo apprehend,and eftecmeof it ftill. i« i^sfmiableneffe is the obieci of r louejhz_j c JmabUeabie*
fcope and end u to obtaine it for wbofe (tike weloue 3 and which our minde couets fajf^*^
to enioy*r\nd it feemcs to vs cfpecially faire &: good.for good,faire,& vnitie, t}6bt\$mm~
cannotbe fcparatcd. Beauty fhines,P/4/v? £iith,and by reafon of it's fplendor m i ra " a m *'
and ihiningcaufeth admiration,and the fayrer the obieel is^thc more eager- nimaipiratvi
ly it is fought. For as the fame Plato defines it , f Beauty if a liuely foini*. f or ™ fr»*tur s &
gUturmgbrightHtffcrefdUtgfrom efftfiffO. ty Ue^fecAt, refmsfi*.
dowes. flirting up our mindesjhat by this good they may be vmtcdand m.ide_j viettiur & \&.
*/^.Ocacrs wiilhaue beauty to be the pcricdion of the whole compofition, " L ^ c Jf 0)m ~
g c ait fed out of the congruous fyrnmetry^ncafufe^order and manner of parts , & ^%
that eomelincffewhich proceeds from this beauty is called grace , and from thence c*M
all fiyre things aregrav-ons.^m Grace and beauty are fo wonderfully annex-
ed, h Cfi fwectly 'Urgently winne our foule s^y [Iron'? ly allure hat they confound ij>fo bono ma-
mtti&mdzement and cannot be diftiiteuifhed. Beauty and Grace art like thofe_^>
leames andfhimngs that come from the gLor torn and divine Sunn e , which are vmbras ejfhfa
divcrfcas they come from the divcrfc obiccls and pleafe and arfbcl our feuc- «mw excitant
rail fen fes* » o# the fpecies of beauty are taken at our ey estates, or cenceaued tn J^JJ
cur inner joule , as Plato difputes at large in his Dialogue dz_j PulchrojPhtdro, tur.
Hrpp/as,and after many fophifticall errors confuted, concludes that Beauty V^;™'/^
is a grace in all thwgs,dchghung the cyc$,cares,and loule it leltej and as Fa- fofttl excongr ,^
le fitts inferrcshcnce,whatfoeucr pleafcth our carcs^yesj&foulcmu ft needs cntemu»c 3 r»e»
be beautifull and faire,and delightfome to vs. k And nothing can more pleafe ™™
tur eares thin Muftcke } orpacifie our minds'.Vzitc houfe$,piclures 5 orchards ;) gc^&venu- '
GardcnsJFeilds ,a fayre Hawk 3 a fayre horfc is moft acceptable vnto vsjwhat /**
foeucr pleafeth our eyes and carcs,wc call beautifull and fayre ; 1 Pleafure be- Zt&mJmt,
longeth to the refi of thefenjesjbut Grace and Beauty to thefe two aUne. As the ptUya&Mefc
obietfs vane and arcdivcrfc 3 fo they diverfly affeft our eyes, eares.and foule J^^^
it felfc. Which giues occafion to fome , to make fo many fcuerall kindes of fatuiter anivM
loue as there be obieds; One Beauty arifeth from God, 'another from his
crcaturcs^therc is a beauty of the body, a beauty of the foule, a beauty from Zhmu&lL
vevtweforma martyrum&s L^uftin cals it, quam videmus cadis ,which mkabilit'er cm-
we fee with the eyes of our foulc,whieb beauty, as Tu/ly faith, if wee could
di(cernc with thefe corporal! eyes, admirabilesfuiamoresexcitaret, would dam& dtfin.
cau^adniirablcarTeaions,andrauifhourfoulcs. This other Beauty which g^f^
ariieth from thofe extreame parts 3 and thofe graces which proceed from ^tsr ffl
cefture«;,fpccches,feuerall motions,and proportions of creatures men and m diMfiUs
womcnrefp-cially from womcn,which made thofe old Poets put the three Z^odffit
Graces ftill in Venus company, as attending on her, & holding vp her trainej imct .
' Species pul-
tfritHdinii bmiiaiuroculis,*mhu6jut conCxpimlunnttiMmmtt. k Ntbilh'w mpt animetcmiliat ym Uu^Mut^
(l«K *iU$,&c. 1 la velum ftnftbm wtf«/to w bit fulcbrititao &
Xx z arc
Part,j.Sc£b i . loue Melancholy. Mcmb.i.Sub.2.
338 are infinite almoft.and vary their names with their obiedts, as loue of mony,
convi-owPhto- covetoufneflejloue of Beauty,Luft,immodcrate defire of any pleafurc, con*
mi^tvmm cupifcence,friend(hip,loiic,good will,&c. & is either vertuc or vicejhoncft,
dm amonwua- di(lioneft,in exceflc 5 defedl,as fhall be (hewed in his place: Heroicall Loue,
K V & lit Religious Louche, which may bee reduced to a twofold Divifion , accor-
Ze'exio va- ding to the principall parts which are affl*6ted,the Braine and Litter, \^m r
ta.q : am cdifi ^y, am icitia which Scaliger exercitat^o 1 . Valefius and Melantthon warrant
]7m^Teru : out of Plato cr «e*',out of that fpeech of Paufanias belike , that makes
verb iunlor a t w o Veneres and two loues. m One Venus is anitent without a mother, and de-
i(we& Dioie c em i e( i fr om hearten ,xehom we call carle ft i all : The younger, begotten of Iupiter
promtta,quamJ , J . . ., _ J • • • • ^ , .
vulgaremvene- and Dionc \whom commonly we call Venus. Ficwut m nis Comment vpon this
hm^namu. p| ace c/t pj, following'**/** calls thefe two loues 3 two DivcllSj n or good,
lenTeHgltfrt- or bad Angells according to vs , which are ftillhouering about our foules,
te>-a deprim.t ad q j-/ ;e one rex res vs to heauenjhe other deprejfeth vs to hell- 3 the one good which
% ^AV*t '~ V fi* rres vs V P t0 s° nt(m J>l A t lon of that divine beauty ,for vohofe (akewefer.
Uminem addi- forme lit ft ice. and alL godly offices ^fudy Phylofoph^rjrc the other bafejn re feci,
vinam pulchr'h An £ bad^an&yet to berefpecled -jor indeed both are good in their owne natures;
^t^uifcM- procreation of children is as neceffary as that finding out of truth Jout therefore
fa pkhfopbhe called badjbccaufe it is abufed^and which drawes our foules from the [peculation
^tif&f °f*h*t other y to viler obiecis\ So farre Ficinus. S l Auflin lih, //. de civ. Dei ejr
v6mnLyeitnfup.PfalJ4.hzth deliuered as much in effect P Every creature is good \& my
ra cumbwafoy y e [ 0Uf >d wc [\ or \\\ % And 1 Two citties make tcco loues , Ierufalem and Babylon^
foteft&^ale tnc ^ 0!te °f Go ^ one fht ^ ue f^ e world the other \ 5 of theje two Citties we Are
<\dum chiua- all citizens, as by examination of ^our felues wee may foonefinde y and of which:
tes duo flaunt -T/h c onc i oue j s t he root ofall mifchiefe the other of all good. Andinhis
tem fait Zor Ts^ap Jib.de mor.Ecc/efe^hcc willhaue thofefoureeardinall venues to bee
veK Babilmetn naU ght elfc but loue rightly compofed,in his 1 5 booke de civ. Dei cap. 22. he
I7^fequd calls Vertue the order of Loue,whom Thomas following rfart. 2. qutfos*
amet htenoget art.r.znd qu£{l.j6.j.o;uaft.62.art ^.confirmcs as much 3 and amplifies in ma-
& invemetva- n y words. r Lucian to the fame purpofe hath a divifion of his owne^One loue
r AVer man or- was borne in the Sea , which is as various and raging in young mens breafis as
t',ferox,vmus, the Sea it felfe^and caufeth burning luFl : the other is that golden chaiae which
£w'w£ was let downe from heauen^and with a divine Fury rauifyeth our Soules, made
yefh-em,&c. to the image of God } and ftirres vs vp to comprehend that innate And incorrupt i*
fexlVJollmt hie beauty Jowhichwcwere once created t Bercaldus hath exprefled all this-in
fabmum fcto- an Epigram of his 5
rem memibm Dogmata divini memorant ft vera PUtonis^
1 Suntgeminax veneres , ejr geminattts amor,
Ceeleflis Venus ejl nutto generate parent^ ,
Quje cttfio fancJos necJit amore viros.
Altera fed Venus ejl totum vulgata per orb em,
Qua divum mentes aliigat y at^ hominttm s
Improbajeduclrix ,petulans ^c.
If diuinc Plato s Tcnents they be true,
Two Veneres ^sno loues there be,
The one from hcauen,vnbegotten ftill,
Which knits our foules in vnitic,
The other, famous ouer all the world,
Part.}. Se&.i. ObteBof Loue. Memb.i.Subf.2.
Binding the hearts of God and men, 3 3?
Di(honelt,wanton,and feducing fhc,
Rules whom (he wilI,both where & when.
This two-fold diuifion of Loue, O/g^ likcwife followes in his Com-
ment on the Canticles ,one from God,the other from the diuellljas he holds,
(vndcrftandingitincheworfer fenfe ; which many others repcate and imi-
tate. Both which (to omit all fubdivifionsj in cxcelTc or defect, as they are
abufed,or degenerate,caufe melancholy in a particular kind,as ihal be (hew*
cd inhisplace. c^/^/» in another place, makes a threefold Diuifion of this
Loue.which we may vfe well or ill. f God pur neighbour \and the world: God a- ^!7xSi*
houe VS) our neighbour next vs^ the world beneath vs. In the courfc of our de- be/u vd male
fires y God hath three things \t he world one, our neighbour two. Our defretoGcd, P°f k '^ l ''*>
is either from God pith God or to God^and ordinarily fo runncs.From God } when ^^DaJp^ra
it receines from him ^whence , and for which it foould loue him: with God jxhen wj, hut* rm
it contradicts his will in nothing: to Godphen it feekes to repofe and re ft it felfe ^ l ^ff a
in him. Our Loue to our neighbour /nay proceede from him ,and runne with him, r, « x>tm^iu*
net to him: From him ,as when voeretoyce of his rood fa fety.ejr well- doino\ with fau^m,****
himjvhen we dejire to haue him a fellow and companion of cur tourney in the &Cm
vip Ay of the Lord : not in him, becaufe there is no aide, or hope, or confidence in
nun.Frcm the world our loue comes , when we come to admire the Creator in his
workes-.aud Glorifie God in his Creatures* with the world itjljouldrunne, if ac-
tor ding to the immutabtlitie of all temporaries, it fhould be deictic d in adverfi «
ty,or otter eleuated in pro ferity, : T 9 the world, if it would fettle it felfc in his
vaine delights and fludiesMzny fuch partitions of Loue J could repeate,and
fubdivifions, but left (which Scaltger obieds to Cardan,Exercitat. S oi) * / l^" c f & r ^ m
confound filthy burning luff, with pure and diuine Lone ) I vvi'l follow that ac- 4, mora tea-
curate Diuifion of Leon Hebr<etss dial.2. betwixt Sophia and Philo^Mtit hee tu > fuUr*tm
(pcAcso(NaturaU,Sen/ible^r\dRationallLouc, and handleth each a-part. JJJ^j^
Naturall loue or hatred,is that Sympathy or Antipathy, whic h is to be fecn
in animatc,and inanimatecreatures, in the foure Elements,Mettals,Stones,
Plants,Hcrbes,and is efpecially obferued in vegetals 5 as betwixt the Vine &
Elme a great Sympathy, betwixt the Vine and Cabbage, betwixt the Vine
and Oliue, u Viroo fugit Bromiim, betwixt the Vine and Bayes, a great Ann- u ^Miai.
pathy,the Vincloucs not the Bay, * nor hisfmell.and will kill him,if hee grow \^J™
were him-, theBurre and the Lintle cannot endure one another? the Oliuc & ma t, mc mu*
the Myrtle embrace each other, in roots and brandies if they grow neere. dore f m > fi?r°pe
Read more of this in Picolominemgrad.j.cap.T.Crefcentius agric. Bap- a jJ^a u
ttfta Port* de mag. lib. T.cap.de plant, odio & Element. (ymjracafl or ii*s defym. vtrfatur
dr Ant/p.oUhc loue and hatred of Planets , confult with eucry Aftrologer:
Leon.Hebrtus giucs many fabulous reafons,and moralizeth them withall. Zru^&rT
Senfible Iouc,is that of brute beafts,of which,the fame Leon.Hebrsus dial. duuMfecompie-
j.afligncs thefe caufes. Firft/or the pleafure they take in the A£ of Genera-
tion male and female loue one another. Secondly, for the prcferuation of cm. 1*7* '
the fpccies,and defire of yong brood. Thirdly ,for the mutuall agreements
being of the fame kind. Fourthly,for cuftome,vfe 5 and familiarity,as if a dog
be bro tight vp with a Lyon and a Bcare,contrary to their natures, they will
loue each other.Hawkes 5 dogges,horfcs,loue their mafters and kcepers.-ma-
nv ftorics I could relate in this kind, but fee Gillius de hijl.imm.lib.3. cap. 14.
3 X x 3 thofc
enccat.
knti cd-
Part.j.Se&t. Loue melancholy. Memb.i.SuW.u
340 ihofc two Epiftles of Lipfims^ of dogges and horCcs^golliut, &c. Fifcly, for
bringing vp 3 as if a bitch bring vp a kid, a hen ducklings, an hedge-fparrovv \
cuckow,&c.
The third kinde is Amor cognotionk^s Leon calls ir, Rationall lone, Intelle.
Ciivm amor pnd is proper to men, on which I muft infift. This appearcs in
Go&yAngelsfMsn. God is loue it fclfe, the fountaine of loue 3 the difciplc of
louc,as Plato ftiles him,the fcruant of pcacc,thc God of loue and peaccjhauc
peace with all men,and God is with you.
* Mmtum. . — a, Qui/qui* veneratttr Olympum y
nifica'q'ulmer- itfefibimundumfubycit atfi Deumx
camurdt oeo * By this Lone ( faith Gerfon) vee purchafe Heaven, and buy the Kingdome
SSS*? k °f God - This b Louc is cithcr in thc ^inity it fclfc,for the Holy Ghoit is the
in. zwcbmde Loue of thc Father and the Sonne 5 &c. lohn /.//.and j-.20.and 14.3U or to.
natur3&ei.c.$ wards vs his creatures, as in making the world. Amor mundtim fecit ■, Loue
mirfiei^t. buile Cities, invented Arts ; Sciences, and all good things : Loue is thebe-
ginner and end of all our actions, thc efficient and inftrumentall caufe , as
t Cmamwi our Poets in their SymbolesJmprcfcSj \ Emblcmcs, of rings, fquarcs^c.
Emb.x*o.c t m. ftadowvntovs,
Si rerum quarts fuerit qttts finis & ortus y
Define y nam canfa efi unica folus Amor*
Jf flrft and laft of any thing you wit,
Ccafc,louc's the fole and onely caufe ofit.
c Dm/j„ Loue/aith c Leon y xm&t the world,and afterwards in redeeming ofit,6W/#
loued the w rid J hat hegaue his only begotten Sonne for it> John 3 . 1 6. Bebott
what loue the Father htttbfbewed on vs, thatweefhculdbe called the fonnestf
(W.ijohn 3.1. Or in his prouidcncc,in protecting ofit; either all in gene-
rall,or his Saints elect and Church in particular: whom he kecpes as thc ap«
t Meg, pic of his eye,whom he loucs freely 3 as Hofea /^.j-.fpeakcs. d Charior efiipjis
home yuam Jib /'.Not that we arc faire, nor for any merit or grace of ours,for
we are moft vile and bafcj but out of his incomparable loue and goodneflc,
out of his diuinc Nature . And this is that Homers golden chaine, which rea-
cheth downe from Heauen to earth ,by which cuery creature is annexed 3 &
• Ge*.i. depends on his Creator. He made all,faith c Mo/es } itnd it WMgooA, and hec
loucs it as good.
The loue of Angels and liuing foules 3 ts mutuall amongft themfclucs, &
towards vs militant in thc Chureh,and all fuch as loue God 5 there is ioy in
Heauen for cuery finner that rcpenteth^ they pray for vs, are follicitous for
tneodtret i our good, f Cajli gentj*
' vbt regnat charit*s,fuavc defider/unt,
Latitiify & amor Deo coniuncluf*
Loue proper to mortall m cn,is the third member of this fubdivifion, and thc
fubie& of my following Difcourfc.
Mi mi, s.
Part.3. Sc&.i.
Diutfion of Loue m
Mcmb.2.Sub£i
34 1
MEMB. 2. SVESEC. I.
Line of men y which varies as his obieclSyprofitable^
fleafant) honefl*
VAleftus jib.j.controv.rj .defines this Loue which is in men,T<? be I an % AffeRmnun
affection «f both powers ^Appetite &nd Reafon. The Rarionallrcfidcbin VP**'** /»-
the Braiiic^thc other in the Liuer fas before hath bin faid out of Plato S2fX
andothers ) the Heart is diuerfly affe&ed of both, and carried a thouftnd rtbrorejld ttjU
waves by confent. The Scnfuiue faculty moft pattouer-rules Rcafon, the u ' e t' te f oi c c
Soulc is carried hoodwinked,and the vndcrliandingcaptiue like a bca(t. h The h corvariem-
Heart is vtrioujly inclined^ (ometimes they are merry \fometimes fad t and from clmt,u > " nc
Loue arije Hope^nd FearcJealoufte y Fury,D?J])eration. Now this loue of men rl'ltc''' '':/ : m
is diuers.and varies as the obiec~t varies, by which they are entifed, as Vertue tx tmvtmfti*
wifdome,eloquence,profit ? wealth,money, lamejhonou^orcomelineiTeof 'jSj^lhSi'
pcrfon,&c. LeonHtbr&us in his firft Dialogue, reditccth them all to thefe rata'. *
threc 5 ^//c , /»^/?«'»w,ff<?«^w J Pro6table J l :) lcafant > Honcft; of which hee
difcourfethatlarge,and whatfoeuer isbeautifull&faire, is referred to them,
or any way to be defireii » To profitable \if afcribed health. Wealth ^Honour j&c . > Ad utile fa»i.
•which is rather Ambition pefirefiouetoufnejfcf hen Loue. Friends, children, Xm^ilwbHo
loue ofwomcn,and all dclightiull and plcafant things, are referred to the fc- cupi to, defifai
cond.The loucofhoncft things,coniifts in vcrtuc and wifedome, and is pre- ^potmquam
fcrrcd before that which is profitable and pleafant.-lntelle&uall, about that S"^"
which is honcft. 1 Saint Aujiin calls profoab/e^rvor/My; Pleafant, carnally Ho* K Vkolom.grtd.
nefijfirituall. m Of and from *ll threes efult charity^Fr/endfh'p, and true Loue, J- ca P l • . .
which reflects God and our neighbour. Ol each of thefe I will briefly dilatc 5 and mtndn*,
(hew in what fort they caufe melancholy. coma e ituun-
Amongft all thefe faireentifing obic&s, which procure Loue, and be- fc^*"**'
witch the Sonic ofman, there is none fo mouing,fo forcible as Profite,and « ex fingul*
that which carrieth with it a (hew of commodity. Health indeed is apreci- *^§teban-
ous thing,and to recouer and preferuc which, we will vndcrgoe any mifcry, ^^ZTdt
drinke bitter Potions/reely giue our goods: reftorc a man to his health, his um & pofa
purfc lyes open to thee,bountifull he is,thankfull and beholding to thee:but mm%
giue him wealth and honour 5 giue him gold, or what fhall be for his aduan-
tageandprefcrment 3 and thou fhalt command his affections, oblige him c-
ternally to theejicart and hand,life and all is at thy feruicejthou art his deare
and louing friend,good and gracious Lord and mafter,his MeUnat^z is thy
flauc^thyvaiTalljmoftdenote^ffedionedjandboundeninalldiiety: tell him
good tydings irr this kind,there fpoke an Angelica blefled hourc that brings
in eainc^he is thy creature ,and thou his creator, he huggcs thee^nd admires
thee: he is thine for euer.No Loadftone fo attra&iuc as that of Profite,none
fo fair an obieel as that of gold," nothing winncs & man fooncr then a good n $ ene f g fl m ;
turncj bounty and liberality command Body and Soule, frttifut am*-
Muner* (crede mihi) pUcant homtnef^ deoffy ' Zfa ™ 1 *
Placatnr don is Iupiter ipfe datis.
Good turncs doe pacifie both God and men-,
/^nd In? iter himfclfe is won by them*
Gold
Part.$;Secli
Loue Melancholy.
Mcmb.2. Subfa
34*
9 Tetrerum
Arbiter.
1 luvmatU.
Gold of all other 3 is a raoft delicious obie#, a fwect lighr.a goodly IuAcr
it \ux\\«gratius aurum quamjolem intuemttr, faith Aujlin^ and wee had rather
fee it then the Sunne.Swcct and plcafant in getting, in keeping, it fcafons all
our labours,intollerablc paines we take for it,bafe implotnenri,bittcr flouts
and taun ts,iong iourneyes, heauy burdens, all are made light & cafie by ihis
hope of gaine. At miht plattdo Ipfe d»mifimul ac hummos cexttmplor m Area.
The fight of gold rcfrcrfieth our fpirits,and rauifheth our hearts, as that Ha*
lylontan garmen^and ° golden wedge did Achatt in the campe^the very fight
and hearing of it,fct on tire hisfoulc wich defire of it. Jt will make a man run
to the Antipo&e$ t or tan vat home and turncparafice, lie, flatter, proftitutc
himfelfc,fwcarc and bean: falfc witneffe; he wii venture his body,kiU a king
murther his father,and damne his Soulc to come at it. Formojhr aurim&JJt
as P hee well obferued , the mafle of gold is fairer then all your Gracian pi!
clures ? that Apc&esfhydiaspi any doting Painter could euer make : we arc
inamorcd with it, S Prima fire veta,cjr cunclis notifima temp/is,
Divitu ut crefcant* — -
All ourlaboursjftudiesjcndcavours^vowcsjpraycrs and wifhes, are to get
how to compafic it. Jf we get it, as wc thinkc, wc are made for eucr,thnce
happy,Priiices,Lords&c.ifwclofcir,we arcdu!,heaiiy,deiG&ed,difcontcnc
miferablCjdefpcrateandmad.Our eftatc and betteeffe^bzs and flowes with
ourcommodity,andas\vcare endowed or enriched, fo are wc beloued &
eftccmed; it lafts no longer then our wealth, when chat is gone, and theob«
icc"t rcmoued, farewell friend(hip ; as long as bounty , good chcere, and
rcwatdswerc to be hoped, friends enough; they were tied to thee by the
tccth,and would follow thee as Crowes doe a carcalTe.- but when thy goods
are gone and fpent,the lampc of their loue is our, and thou (halt be contcm-
* luchm 7J» ncd,(corncd,hatcd,iniurcd. r Lucians Timon,whcn he was in pro ferity, was
the folc fpectaclc of Greece, oncly admired, who but Timw, eucry body lo-
tied,honoured,applaudcd him,euery man offered him his feruice, & fought
to be kinne to him $ bur when bis gold was fpent, his faire poffefTions gone
farewell Timtn ,nonc fo vgly ,none lb deformed, fb odious an abie<5fc as T/-
monpo man fo ridiculous on a fudden,thcy gaue him a penny to buy a rope
no man would know him. '
Tis the gencrall humor of the world, commodity fteeres ourrffeclions
throughout,wc loue thofc that arc fortunate & rich, that thriue, or by who
wee may receiue mutuall kindncfie, hope for like curtcfics,or get any good
gaine,or profited hate thofe,& abhorre on the other Gdc,which are poore
and miferable,or by whom we may fnftainc lofTe or inconvenience. And c-
tienthofe that were now familiar and dcare vnto vs, our louing and long
friends, neighbours, kinfmen, allies, with whom wee haue convcrfed and
liucd as fo many Gerycus for many ycarcs paft, ftriuing ftill to giue one ano-
ther all good content and cntertainmcnt.with mutuall invitations/catlings,
difports,offices,for whom wc would ride,run,fpcnd our fclues ? & of whom
wc haue fo freely and honorably fpoken,to whom wee haue giuen all thofc
turgent titlcs,and magnificent ciogiums,moft excellent & moft noble, wor-
t hy,wife,grauc,learncd,valiant, &c. and magnified beyond mcafure. Jf any
concrovcrfie arife betwixt vs,fomc trefpafle, iniury,abufe, fomc part of -
goods be detained, a piece of Land come to be litigious, or any way c r o 1 I < t
\5
Part.$. Sc&.i. Plea/ant obteBs ofLoue. Memb.2.SubL*
- o
vs in our fuit,or touch the ftring of our commodity, we deteft and deprcfle 345
them vpon a fudden ,nei"hcr amnity,confanguinity,or old acquaintance can
containe vs,but rupto iecore exierit Caprifcus, a golden apple fets f all toge- f per *
thcr by the eares, as if a marrow bone, or hony combe were flung amongft
Bcares.Fathet and fonne,brother and fiftcr, kinfmcn arc at oddes, and looke
what malice,deadly hatred can invent ,that (hall be done, Terribile^dirum,
peflilens^atrox^ferum, mutuall iniuries, dcfire of reuenge, and how to hurt
them 3 himand his,areallour ftudies. lfour pleafurcsbe interrupt, wee can
tollcrateit,our bodies hurt, we can put it vp,and be reconciled, but touch
our commodities ,we are moft impatient, faire \ ccomesfoule, the Graces
are turned to Harpyes,fricndly falutations, to biuer imprecations, mutuall
feaftings,to plotting villanies, minings and countcrmii tings, good words to
Satyrs and inve&Utes, wee revile econtra y nought but his imperfections
are in our eyes,he is afbafc knaue,a diuell,a monfter, a eatcrpillerja viper, an
bog-rubber &c. Definit in pifcem mulicr formcfa, fitperne,
the fceanc is altered on a fudden, loue is turned to hate, mirth to melancho-
ly; fo furioufly are we moft part bent, and our affeclions fixed vpon this ob-
ject of our commodity,vpon money. The defirc of which in excefle is couc*
toufncflcjambition tyrannizeth ouer our Sonlcs, as * ] haue (hewed, and in 1 Pa>t.i Sea.%,
defect crucifies as much, as ii a man by negligence, ill husbandry, improui- mmb - s,tb ' L> -
dcnce,and prodigality ,wafte and confume his goods and fortunes, beggery
followes,and melancholy, he becomes an abicct^odious, u and rvorfe then An u i.Tfo»,j.f.
Infidell, in notprottidmgfor hu family \
Svbsec. 2.
Pleaftnt obiecis of Lottt^*
PLcafant obie&s are infinite, whether they bee fuch as haue life, or bee
without life. Inanimate are Countries, Prouinces, Towres,Towncs,
Cities ashefaid, * P ulcherr imam wfuUmvidemus,tt jam cumnonvi- *Lipfwse$l.
^ww,wcfccafairc1flandbydcfcriprion, when we fee it not. ThcrSunnc ^J^Sof*
neucr faw a fairer City ^Theffala r*»/*, Orchards ,Gardens,pleafant walkes, ummdfbmj.
Groucs,Fountaines,&c.Thchcauen it felfc is faid to be * faire or foule, fairc
buildings,fiiire pi£tures,all artificiall.elaborate and curious workes,clothes, j£J£
giue an admirable luftrc, we admire thcm,and gaze vpon them, utpaerilu- mtib.iJeM.
nonuavem^ children doe on a Pcacockc. Afairedogge, afairehorfeand ^; edte<pddm
hawke &o are moft gracious in our fight, acceptable vnto vs, and whatfoc- vlV0S ducenti
tier els may caufe this pa(Tion,ifit be fuperfluous or immoderately Ioued , as
Gukneritu obferties. Thefe things in themfclues arc pleafmg and good,fin- tm '
gular ornaments,ncceflary,comely,and fit to be had •, but when wee fixe an
immoderate eye, and dote on them ouer-much, this pleafure may turne to
paine may caufe much forrow&difcontcnt vnto vs, workc ourfmallouer-
throw,and caufe melancholy in the end. Many arecarried away with thofe
bewitching fports of gaming,hawking,hunting,and fuch vaine pleafurcs, as
b Thaucfaid fome with immoderate dcfire offame, to be crowned m the 0- *
/vl/^,knighted in the fieW,&c. and by theft mcanes ruinate themfclues. ««*J.
The lafciuioiis dotes onhis fairc raiftrclTc, the Glutton on his drfhei , which
— Y y arc
Part.j.Scd.1. Lotte melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subu
344 arc infinitely varied, to plcale the palate t The Epicure on his feuerall plea-
fures.The fuperltitious on his ldoll,and fattes himfelfe with future ioycs,as
lurkes feed themfelues with an imaginary perfwafion of a fenfual) paradilc,
fo feuerall plcafant obie<3:s,diueifly affect diucrs men. But the faireft objects
and enticings,proceede from men themfelues, which moft frequently cap-
tiuatc and allure men, and m ike them d ae beyond all meafure vpon one a-
nothcr,and that for many refpe&s. Firft, as lomefuppofe, by fomcfecret
force of ftarres, ( qasd met ibt ten/per at ajlrumf) They doc Angularly dote
I omnfm%. on fuch a man, hare fuch againe,and can giue no rcafon for it. d Nw amo te
bb.zdf.i. Sabidi^c. Alexander admired Epbejt /on, Adrian ^ntinotu ,Ncro Sportu
llibb^cf 'l's & c - ^ ne P il y^" ans referre this to their temperament, Aftrologers to trine
* s'mtiando and textile Afpects, or oppofite of their feuerall Afcendents, Lords of their
morumparita genitures, lone and hatred of Planets; f Cicogna, to concord and dif< ord of
"STj.* ipiritsibutmoftto outward graces. A merry companion is welcome and
Arm 'x. acceptable to moft men, and therefore faith *Gomefim 3 Princes and great
ferirenauftagi mcri entcrta ' nc iciters 3 and Players commonly in their Courts. Umpares cum
um>uamxpr> f&r ib tufa c t tit me congregant yr, Vis that fiimlitude of manners, which tycs
tHiirtvincitia, mo ft men in an infeparable linke, as if they be addicted to the fame ftudies
foatum[ve n ' or difports.thcy delight in one anothers companies, birds of afea$her 3 mll
foc'utate \m gather together: if they be ofdinersinclinations,or oppofite in manners,they
iumur,mmctm f c ldome aeree.Secondly ,S ffibiliry,cu(tome,and familiarity, may con*
taunt Brutum & t u u i in -r i l
&cjfltwnvtvi- vert nature many times, though they be different in manners J as if they bee
ce* iafenfos Countrey-men, fellow ftu<Jents 5 colleagnes, or haue binfellow-fouldicrs,
mmdtM lonci- h btethren in a'fliction, affinity, or ft -me fuch accidentall cccafion, though
bavit Mm im they cannot agree amongft themfclues,they will fticke Together like burrcs,
G^Ffaau 1 "' anc * a S a ' n ^ a tmr d,or after fome difcontinuancc, enmity ccafeth; or in
qmrn effent a forraine place. AthirdcaufeofLoucandhate,maybemutualloffices,4c<.
imm'ciftmi, ceptum bmefieium 3 commend him, vfehim kindly, take his part in a quarrell,
IkuJLuitts' relieuehiminhis mifcry,thou winnefthim foreuer; doe the oppofite, and
lUicb depofuere. be fure of a perpetuall enemie.Praife & difpraife of each other,doc as much,
SculittiM cap. 4. tnoll »h vnknowne,as k Schoppim by Scalirer^ and Cafaubenus: mulm mulum
deaufa Amur* ,. -it- 1 °- „ r »
iterates De- fcabtt. Who bur Scal/ger with him, what Encomions^ Epithctes^Elogtums ?
momo precipit Antijles fxptentia^perpetuus diclator Itterarum^ namentum^Europde miractt-
XuVmicimm ^^» noD ' c Scaliger jncredibilu ingenij praftantia cjrcJys potius qmm himini~
vellctilbm lew- bus peromntzcomparandus^fcriptaeius aurea ancylia, de caelo delapfa,popliti-
tiluilvt'*!*" • ^ US vemrAmur fl ext6 &c.bvL\ when they began to vary , none fo abfurd isSca-
Ju.vituperarut tiger fo vile and bafe,as his Bookes de Burdonum familia^nd other Satyrical
fmuiutum. inve&iues may witnefle, Ovidin ihin, K_s4rcbilothus himfelfe was not fb bit>
liS^t^' tcr * Another g rcal f y c or caufe of louejs confanguinity ,Parents are dcarc to
their children, children to their parents 3 brothers and filters, cofensofall
forts,as a hen and chickens, all of a knot: euery Crow thinks her owne bird
faireft. Many memorable examples arc in this kinde,and t'is p«rtentifimile^j %
if they doe not: a mother cannot forget her thilde Salomon fo found out the
true mother: loue of Parents cannot be conccaled.r'is naturall,and they that
arc inhumane in this kinde,are vnworthy of that aire they breathe,and of the
foure Elements,yet many vnnaturall examples we haue in this rank,ofhard-
lJt4rg e p (0ftj hearted parents, dilobedient children, of Mifagrecing brothers, nothing fo
s*diA fiatrnm. comnion.The louc of kinfmen is gcownc cold, mmy kinfmen (as the faying
isj
Part^.Se&.i. Homjl obteEls of Loue. Memb.2.Subf.3
is) few friends , if thine eftate be good, and thou &b\e 7 par pari referre, to re- 345
quite their kindnefle, there will be mutuallcorrefpondcncc, other wife thou
art a burden jir.oft odious to them aboue all others. The laft obiect that tyes
man and man 3 is comclinefle of perfon, and beauty alone, as men loue wo-
men with a wanton eye: which ^7' i?o^r is called, Hero/call^t Loue Me-
lancholy, Other loucs (faith m Piccolomin&ut) are fo called with fbme con- m &*d. x. tap.
tra£tion,as the loue of wine,gold,&c. but this of women is predominant, in
an higher ftraine 5 whofe part affe&ed is the Liuer , and this Loue deferues a
longer cxplication,and (hall be dilated a- part in the next Section.
S V J S H C T. J.
Utneflobiecls of Loue,
Eauty is the common obieft of all Loue," as let dr&xtes a ftr<tw,fo doth
\beiUty loue i> vcrtuc and honeftyare great motiues. and giue as fayre *v'wtiiM
a lulire as the reft,efpecially if they be lincere and nght,not fucate.btit Anim^vt pale-
proceeding from trueforme,and an incorrupt ltidgcment. tor many times j vmmm „[
men are deceaued by their flattering c?*4/^j jdiflembhng Camelions, out-
fides,hypocrites,that make a {hew of great loue , lcarning,pretend honefty,
vertue'zeale,modefty, with affected lookes & counterfeit gefturcs : feigned
proteftations often fteale away the hearts and favours of men , and deceaue
ihem^fieeie virtutis & vmbraj/vhen as revera and indeed* there is no worth
orhoncfty at all in them,no iriuh,butmeerehypocrifie,fubtJety,knaYery,&i
the like. As true friends they are,as he that Caltut Secundus met by the high
way fide; and hard it is/m this temporizing age to diftinguifa fuch compa-
nions^ to finde them out. Such Gnathoes as thefc for the moft part belong
to great men,and by this glozing flattery,afFability 3 and fuch like philters, fo
diue and infinuatc into their favours.that they ate taken for men of excellent
worth,wifdomeJcarning,dcmy-gods,& fo fcrew themfelues into dignities,
honoursjofficesibiittheicmencaufcharfticonfufion often, and as many
ftirres,as Jeroboams Councellours in a Common-wealth,ouerthrowc them-
fclucs and others. T^/^.andfome others make a doubt, whether Loue
and hatred may be compelled by philtcrs,or chara<5ters,C*r^;/, and Marbo-
dim by Drctious ftones and amulets, Aftrologers by eleftion of times , &c.
asolflialldfewhcrcdifcufle. Thetrucobicctof this honcftloueis vertue,
wifdomc honefty, and p rcall worth, & this loue cannot deceaue or be com- o
pdlcd,^r^ f h ^ m i ™'
tue and wittotnc,gratiagratum faciei 3 thc fole and only grace,not counter-
feit but o P en,honeft,fimple,naked,4 defending from heuen ■ as our Apoftlc ,
hath ic an infufed habit from God, which hath giuen feuerall gifts, as witte, q IaDQCS ^
learning,tongucs,for which they (hall be amiable and gratious,£^. f ./ as
to filature and a goodly prefence,, .^././^ found fauour in P*«
r^court 5 G^^^^
nuches,^, , P . Chrtjl was granous with God and mtr *^*£g ^TjL
is mil fomc peculiar grace as of good difcourfe, eloquence, wit , honclty, j _
which is xYiiprimm?mbilefix& mouer,& a moft forcible loadftone to draw
Sours & rood wills of mens eyes,cares,& anions vnto them.VV ben
* y *
Part, j .Sc6t. i . Lone Melancholy. Mcmb.i.Sub. ^
34^ gratious words which proceeded from his month. An Orator ftcales away the
hearts of men,and as another Orpheus-, quo vult^nde vult^ hee pulls them to
him by fpecch alone.a fwect voice cauicth admiration , and hee that can vt«
tcr himfeife in good words,in our ordinary phrafc,we cal him a proper man,
a divine fpirit. For which caufe bclikc 3 thofe old Poets made Mercuric the
Gentleman-vfher to the Graces ^cA Capraine of eloquence, and thofe chd-
rites to be lusters & Eurymones daughters 5 defccnded from abouc. Though
they be otherwife deformcdjCrooked.vgly to behold,thefc good parts ofthc
minde denominate them faire. Plato commends the beauty of Socrates^ yet
who was more grimme o f countenance, ftcrne and gaftly to looke vpon, &
'oratAtJe- f 4trc an j haue been moft of your Philofophers.as * Gregory Ntzianzen ob-
pbHoTopbi ad id izxucs.dtformea moft part in that which ts to be Jeene wttti the eyes , but moft f
quodin ajpetl* legant in that which is not to he feene. S<epe fab attrita latitat fapicntia vejle.
k £te?m!^ ^fip^^^ocritus^Ariftotle.PolitianuijMelanclho
iuitifxgfi. men,very harfh and impolite to the eye , but who were fo terfe, polite, clo-
temfaajor. quent,generally learn-d,temperate and modeft? Honefty,vertue, faire con*
fSpSao dirions 3 are great entifcrs to fuch as arc well giuen, and much availetoget
fait- the favour and good will of men. Abdolominus in Curtius^x poore man /but
^clpemTa- w ^ lc ^ m ' nc tKuthotnotes^the caufe of his poverty was bis honejly) was for his
n'imitm,&k ei modefty and continency from a private perfon (for they found him digging
fortunam qua j n n j s garden J fainted king, and preferred before ail the magnificoesof his
nentiam ijUm tlm C 3 iniecta ei vejtis purpura aurofy dijtincta , a purple embroderea garment
p'ofei-. was put vpon him? and they hdd him wajb himfeife \and as he was worthy fake
t^mauT' v P on ^ ;tm ^ e ft'^ ane ^ IP trit e f * &*£>continuc his continency and the reft of
jpermntyTiec his good parts. Opera pretium audire,&c.\lt is worthy of your attendance,
vututi locum fj V y cryes//<j* that fcorncall but riches, and giue no efteeme to vertue } except
^fiawit.%pa- ^ey he voealthy withall ) (KCincinnatus had but foure acres , and by the conjent
cinnatiti confen- of the Senate was chofen Dictator of Rome. Of fuch account were Cato , Fabri-
%lwem%o!' ^Hs^^ripides^Htomnus^Probus^ot their eminent worth: CoCaffr, Tn<
mamm tieftus, ian, Alexander ^admired for valour, Titus delitia humani generis , and which
L»1&n fands Aure ^ HS ^^ or natn otFefiatian the diliing of his time , as y Edgar Etheltng
♦iafiing? 2 " S was in England, forhis x excellent vertues, their memory is yet frefh and
* * Momm [ux- fwcet,and we Ioue them many ages after, though they be dead. Suxvemme-
ritu^LZl mor * Am f* 1 reliquitfti\i\\ Lipjius ofhis friend , lining & dead they are al one,
efeia, mortali a I haue euer loued as thou knoweft (to Tally wrote to Dolobella ) Marcus Butus,
umammoi de- f 0r bis great wit,fingular honeflyjonftdncyfweet conditions,^ bcleeue it there
a E pifl ib%. * nothing fo amiable and b fayre as vertue. i doe mightily hue Calvifinus, (fo
Semper mavi, * Plinie writes to Sop us) a mofl indubious., eloquent 3 v fright man , which is
%nmm\mm *^ in ^ wtth «*This arfeclion came from his good parts. And as S c Aufin
tmfummm com ments on the 84 Pfalmc 3 c There is a peculiar beauty oflufice 3 which voce
rngenuim,fui- f ee Wl tb tlj e € y es v f our he arts, and lcue,and are enamored with , as in Martyrs,
f^rem°pro- t ^ on Z^ ^ eir hodies betorne in peeces with wildbeaflsyet this beaut f [bines /nd
bititm &con- we loue their vertues. The d Stoicks arc of opinion, that a wife man is onely
■ftJSSJ*, F */ r '> & CaSo in Tu//Jes *- de F '* ib "!> contends the fame, that the lineaments
vhtttte formo-
fii*s,mhilama!>ifiHi. b ^irdentes mom exdlortt.fi fimulacbr urn tw ad eculospenetrsret. PlatoPbtdone. ¥ Ep'i(i. fibj.?'*'
lid' (fine ddigovirnn indujlrium/edum, difertum, quod apud me pottnlifftmum eft. c eft que dm pMnitado iuftitue quum vide-
mmocu\li cordi$,ammm,&exaide'c'mm.iitin mmyribus, qum tvtm membra beftutldcerafmt, etftalwdeforms^c. d lip-
ftm manHdHcMPbyf.St9icJib.$.difA7.fol^fap'msp(tl(htf.
of
oftheminde arefarre fairer then th^erfrM^fyT^^
J
man is 247
C to Lewes r Tratu.Belfo-
, M r * lj 1 V . <1 uovvre > and killed him iweet y ; when the fededtfomu;
young Ladies laughed at her tor it.fhe replied that it *as not * *****
fe : did embrace ^ reverence ,01, t the divine beauty of g his Soule. Thus in
all ages vertue hath beene adored,admired ,and a Angular luftrc hath proce"
ded from it,and the more vcrtuous he is, the more gracious, the more admi- *
red No man fb much followed vpon earth as cbrifl htmfelfe; & a, the Pfal
ofthc « beauty ofhisperfon there wasadiuine Maicftie in his looked I ,and iftfc* U
itfhined like lightning, and drew all men to kjbut Baf^CynlMb.t fuper <- "f^P*
tfay, Theodor et ^rnobi^&coi the beauty of his diuinkv, Tutticc Grace' tt^fV*
eloquence &c. Thorn* i»Pf*l. 44 . of bath, and fo doth KSfe St * *
<MwrtesJtb.h pulcbritnd.Iefu& MtrU, adding as much of/^A. and the
Virgin Mary Be they prefene or abfent, neerc vs,or a-farrc off, this beauty
lhincs,and will attract men many miles to come and fee it. ?Ut, ™d Pytha-
goras left their country, to fee thofe wife Egyptian Pricfts; ^plkntta tra- *
veiled into ^Ethiopia fcrfia, to confult with chc M agi.hr Achmanni, Gymno-
fifbtjts. ThcQuccncof5^4camctovi(it^/*w/r, and manwfaith k ///>- "p^.m,
r<ww,came out of Spaine and remote places 1000 miles , to fee that eloquent ml z* r - '
Livy.Ho beauty lcaues fuch an imprcflion, or ftrikes fo decpe^or linkes the 'A true louers
foules ofmenclofcr,then vertue. For that reafon belike, Homer fainesthc knot -
three Graces to be linked and tycd hand in hand , becaufe the hearts of men
are fo firmcly vnited with fuch graces. ™ Ojweet bands ( Seneca exchimes )
which foi happily combine, that thofe which tire bound by them Joue their tin- m d(im .
iersydefirmgwithaU, much more harder to be bound, and as (o mzny Geryons Uquei, &tm
to be vnited into one. For the nature of true friendfhip is tocorubine,to bee ^ llclUr devu ~
like affe&ed ofonemindc cMitjaetiam*
Ukcarieciea,oioucminac, xmStuMgm-
n VeUe ejr no He ambobtu idemjatiata^ tot 9 tfm * ffdy 1
Mens avo. — v f ai f unt \ cu -
as the Poet faith, ftill to continue one and the fame. And where this loue Migci,e-m
takes placc,therc is peace & quietnes,a truecorrefpondence, perfect amity,
a Diapafon of vowes and wifhes,the fame opinions,as betwixt Dxuid and fo- I Hcbued
nathan, Damon and Pythi/ts \Py lades and Orcflesf Nyftu and Euryalus, The- him » he Jo-.
feus and Perithowfl they will liueand dietoi>ethcr,andprofequuteoneanO' " cd hi$0 * rnc
ther with good turnes, fMiw vinct tn amore turptj\imumputaHt^ox.o\\t\y 15. t.
Httingjb it when their friendsare dead,with Tombs & monuments^*/*//*'/, ? J$*' X *'
EpitaphSjElegiesJnfcriptionSjPyramides ^Obeliskcs, Statues, Jmages,Pi- ^Zm^f/cZ
enures, Hiftories^oemSjAnnalesjFealls^Anniverfaries, many ages afrcr(as 'udtamUtm
Platoes Schollers didjthey wi\lparentare(\i\l 5 and omit no good office that 9 ^
may tend to the preleruation oftheirname, and eternall memory, ilium co> m Omubum.
Uubusjllumcer allium jere frc.He MJexpreffe hu friend in colours \ in waxe, M™M<!I'*
i*brajje,in tuory y marble,gold and filuer ( as Pliny reports of a citizen of Rome J Q uo j & v „^.
lio Hn -alius,
& fa nes m\m<c dwUum mtce. t VImms. * Ilium argento& auto, ilium eb«re 3 mrmore ejfmgt , Mfer mynn atbibitt
tdkorioAnitnUm devitfeim l1kumrtcitwti.epf1M4.ef1fl.6Z.
Yy 3 \d*d
Part.3.Se£t.J. L° ue melancholy. Memb.i.Subf.j
348 and in agreat Auditory not longfince/eciteda mji volumne of hit life. In ano-
*Lib.4.epift.6t thcr place,* fpeaking of an Epigram which Martial/had compofed in praife
frifcofuo. oeiit ^ ^ He qaue me M muc ij M fa might and would bxue done more if bee could:
fomt maxima though what can a man give more then honor, glory & eternity} But that which
daum mplm fa w ro te peradventure 3 wifl not continue, yet he wrote it to continue^. 1 'is all
^'qllhZl the recompence a poore fchollcr can make his well-deieruing Patron , Me-
daripottft m- c *nxs, friend, to mention him in his Workes , todedicate abookctohis
tf&mSt name,to write his life &C. as all our Poets, Orators,Hiftoriographershaue
us; euerdonc, andthegreateftreuenge fuch men take of their aduerfaries, ro
Atnonerunt p er f £Cllte t hcm with Satyres Jnvc&iues &c. & us both wayes of great mo-
lukt*- ment,asP/^giues vsto vnderitand. Paulus Iovius in the fourth booke of
menfcripfiiiatt. tnc life and deeds of Pope LeoDecimwJnxs noble Patron, concludes in thefc
quam ejjem [u- wor< j s . j. ^ ecau f e i cannot honor him as other rich men doe 7 with like encUauour y
f Lib nJeLe- affcclion,& piety^lhuuevndertaken to writehii life, fence my fortunes will not
gilw. Magn.w; ^ ue me [ eaue p ma fa a more fumptuous monumental will per forme thofe rttfs to
fm.&c. a nis fared afhes t wbicb a fmdH perhaps 3 but a liberal/ wit can afford. But 1 roue,
t Tari tamen Where this true loueis wanting* there can be no firme peace,fricndfhip fro
("fvtimSti- tcethoutward,countcrfcit 3 orforfomebyrefpcc^s, folongdiflcmblcd, till
u tim mum* they haue fatisfled their own ends,which vpon euery final occafion.brcakcs
fufcepi,&p((t- ouc j nto cnmityjOpenwarrejdefiance^heart-burnings^whifpring^calumnies,
jT7oSf7o contentions, and all manner of bitter melancholy difcontenrs. And thofe
fortunwnii- men which haue no other obie& of their loue,then greatnes,wcalth,au[ho«
tTfatiftbfra'u Tlt y^ Ctiive rather feared then belouedj & howfoeucr borne with for a time,
vtifm' mom- yet for their tyranny and opprefTion,griping, couetoufnes, currifhhardncs,
ptmio iufld fan folIy,intemperance,impudence,& fuch like vices, they are generally odious,
S&rT 5 abhorred of all.both God and men,
** Nec Amant Nun uxor fdvum te vult non filius^ omnes
mMtSuUo Vicinioderunt^ — wife and children,
m " °' friends 5 neighbours,all the world forfakes them,would faine be rid of them,
and are compelled many times to lay violent hands on them, or Gods iudg*
mcnts oucrtake them: inftced of Graces,comc Furies. So when faire f Abi-
f 1 Sam.aj.j. gailfi woman of lingular wifedome, was acceptable to Dauid, Nabal was
* e ? her * churliih and euilI-conditioned,& therefore c Mard&chy was receiued, when
Human was executed. Though they flourifh many times^fuch hypocrites,
fuch tcmporizingFoxcs,andblcare the worlds eyes by flattery, bribery, di£
fembling their natures,or other mens weaknefle,that cannot fo foon appre-
hend their tricks,yct in the end they will be difcerncd, and precipitated in a
momcntjfurely faith Dauidjhou foft fet them in flippery places y Pf 7 j. s . as fo
many Seiant ,they will come downe to the Gemoman fcales^ and as Eafebius
srtimiib'ji. in u ^ w ""*^»that was in fuch authority ad iubendum lmpcratorem, bee
caft downe headlong on a fuddcn.Or put cafe they efcapc and reft vnmasked
ro their lines end,! yet after their death, their memory ftinkes as a fiiufife of a
candle pur out, and thofe thatdurft not fo much as mutter againftthemm
their liues,will profecure their name with Satyrs 5 Libels,and bitter impreca-
tions, they (ha.ll malt wdire in all fuccceding ages, and bee odious to the
worlds end.
Me MB. 3*
Part.?,Se&n
Mcmb.j Sub£ r#
Me mb. 3,
Charity , ttmfofed •fall three kindes^leafant^rofitable^Htnefi,
BEGdes this louc that procecdes from Profite,Pleafant 5 Honcft (for one
good turne askes another in equity; or that proceedes from the Law
ofNaturCjOrfromdifcipline and Philofophy 5 there is yet another
louc compound ofallthcfe three, which is Charity^ commanded by God,
which no man can well performc,but he that is a Chriftian, and a true rf ge-
nerate man; That is, * To loue GodaboueaU y and *ur neighbour a* our f elf * vt
Other Obiedts are feire,& very beautifull] confe(rc a kindred,aIliance,triend- f^ZLT ad
(hip,the loue that we owe to our countrey^naturc, wealth, plcafure.honor,
and iuch moral refpc&s^&c. A man is beloucd ot a man, in uat he is a man ' 1> " &#°****>
but ail thefe are f arre more eminent and great,whcn they fhal Proceed from MtmtViZ
a fanctified fpirit,that hath a true touch ot Religion,and a reference tu God. *" -
Nature bindes a man to loue his Parents, 5c this loue cannot be di(To!ncd,as *2f/JS^
fully holds y without deteJ?*h/eofence:b\it much more Gods Comanden et, 'twatu, ,kx pe-
which inioyncs a fi'iall loue arid obedience in this kind. * The uue of brethren W^jf*
it great t and like an arch offtones, where tf one be difpUced^ all comes downe, no 1 fhamk
loue fo forcible and {trong,hondt.to the combination of vvhich,nature 3 for- cha,l ' M f ar M*
tunc,vertue happily concurrent this louc comes (hort of it. dexftdlii r£
- — Dulce ejr decorum fro pa t rid mori, a and tt can- tire mm pottfl.
mtbeexpreffed , what a deale of chxrity that one ntme of Countrey containes. jffi™^?"
IhcDecy dtife devovere,Horatif,Curtij fiegulwfodrtUy facrificc themfelues tdmajfykit
for their Coum reyes peace and good. wem (4t*y*
b pna dies Fabios adbel/um mifertt omnes, TSmmn*
Ad b hum mijfos per did it una dtes* Itudm w pg.
One day tf'cFabtt (touily warred, H quantum
One day the Fabif were dcltroycd. ffidhabtt.
Fifty thoufand Englifhrnen loft their hues willingly at Battel Abbye, in de- c b Ovid 14.
fence of their Countrey. c P. v€mtli at. 6. Cpc&esoi fa Senators of Callice, \
that came with halters in their hands to the K. of England^ to die for the reft. AnmiYiani ''
Thisloue makes fo many Writers take fuch paines,fo many Hiftoriogra- llb - 11 -
phers 5 Pnyfitians,&coratlcaft as they pretend for common good,and their
Countries goodA SancJum nomen amicitUfociorum communio (aura JFricnd- J ™y-
fhip is an holy name,and a facred communion of friends.* As the Sunne u in \^Zk^
the Firmament, fo ifjriendfhip tn the worlds moft diuinc and hcaucnly band, ut{ttmmmd§.
take this away,and uke all pleafure.all ioy,comfort,happines, and true con- &c -
tent out of the world,tis the greateft tyej and as our modcrne Mare dacides
k,is much to be preferred before the reft.
fHardisthedoubt, and difficult to deeme, 35535?
w When all three kiodes of loue together meet§ 1,3.
And doc difpart the heart with power extreme,
Whether fhall waigh the ballance downe, to wir,
The dcarc affection vnto kindred fwece,
Or raging fire of louc to women kind,
Or zcalcoffricnds^combinde by venues mectc, j
Part.j.Se<5fci. Loue Melancholy. j Mcmb.j.Sub.tJ
35c> Butofthcmall 3 thebandofvcrtuons mind,
Me thinkes the gcndc heart fliould moft aflurcd bind.
For naturall affection foonc doth ceafe,
And quenched is with Cupids greater flame,
But faithfullfriendfhip doth them both Tupprcflc,
And them with mattering difcipline doth tame,
Through thoughts afpiring to eternall fame.
For as the Soule doth rule the earthly mafic,
And all the fcruice of the body frame,
So lone of Soule doth Ioue of Body pafle,
No lefle then perfect gold furmounts the meancft braflc,
t syracidet. S A faithfull friend is better then h gold.a medicine of mifery,and » an on-
Plutarch. pre- ]y pofleifion^et all this loue offriends, all three loues put togcthcrjare litlc
txZphmfve worth 5 if they proceed not from a true Chriftian illuminated foule, if it bee
yh* amkm pr<t- not done in or dine ad Deumfoi Gods {akc.Tbough I bad the gift ofProphefle,
Jlantiftmpof- jp^enith tongue of men and Angels, though I feed the poore with all my goods,
*Greg. Per a- andgius my body to he burned t and bane not this Low , it profitethmee nothing,
mremDei^ro- It cor.i ^.r^.^.This isan all-apprehending louc, loue with an addition, loue
^efbtnTa- «P*bX", loue ofGod,and loue of men. * The loue of God begets the loue of
worm prox'mi, man, and by this loue of our neighbour , the loue of God is nourijhed andtnerea-
vumtritur. , ^ g |j foppy Vnion of loue, 1 all well-gouerned families & cities are com-
gradj.cap.ij. btned, the heauens annexed , and amine Joules complicated, the world it Jetfe
buftlici amoris C ompofed y and all that is in it,conioyncd in God, and reduced to one* ra This loue
famJi*^'*' caufeth true andabfolute vertues, the life and Jpir/t, and root of euery vertuous
tes, &c. aftion.it finifbeth prosperity ,eafeth adverjity , corrects all natural tncumbran~
hmfaf^rU ces * inconveniences ,fuftained by Faith and Hope, which with this our loue,
vimtes^adix make an indifibluble twift; a Gordian knot, an yEquilater Triangle. Andyet
mmum virtu- the great eft of them u leue, i .Cor. ij.t 3. which inflames our fonles with a divine
j^ST" heat e, and being fo inflamed purgeth, andfo purgeth, eleuates to God, makes an
n vivmo calore attonement,and reconciles vs vnto him.° That other loue infecls the fouler of
Mximosmendn, mAnt hu demfeth'. that depreffesjhis ereares, that caufeth cares and troubles,
pantos elevat this quiet neffe of mind; this injormes, that deformes our life $ that leades to re*
ad Deum.Deum pentancejhis to hcauen. For if once we be truely link't and touched with this
vlTclncTaT." 1 Charity,we (hall loue God abouc all /wr neighbour as our felfe, as wee arc
Bernard. inioyned, Marke 12.31Mat.1p.19. pcrformc all thefc duties and cxcrcifcs,
° fMu*? thofe °P erations °f a § ood Chriftian.
£L»f,Wefc- This loue fuffereth long y it U bountifully envieth not, boafleth not it felfe, is
vaU hk trsn- not puffed vp, It deceiueth not, it feeketh not his owne things, is not prouokedto
Iwpa'rV, tic * n g er S* thinketh not euilljt reioyceth not in iniquity, but in truth. It fuffereth
warn rede in- all things \beleeueth all things J? opeth all things t 1 Cor*i 3.4.5.6.'/. it couereth all
formtjiede- trefpajfes,Prov. 10. i2.a multitude offtnnes 9 j Pet,j. it will defend the father,
form &c . j g jjr f yifoypjfey fake m r euengr } or be mindfullof wrong, Lcvit;
jp.iS. w ill bring home hti brothers oxe if bee goe of ray, as he is commanded,
T)eut.22.i%will refift euill.giue to him that atketh, andnot turnefrom him that
borroweth^bleffe them that curfe him f one his enemy, Mat. beare his brothers
hurden 3 Galat.6.2.Hc that fo loues,will be HofpitalI,anddiftributc to the nc-
ceflities of the Saints^he will, if it be pofftblc, hauc peace with all men/eede
his
Part}.Se(ft.I. Charity. Memb.j.Subf.i,
his enemy if he be hungry* if he be a-thirft, giuc him drinke, he will perform* 3 51
thofe fcuen workes of Mercy Jie will make himfelfe eqmll to them $f the lower
(ortfeioicc with the that reioice,weep with the that wetp.,Row.i2 he wil fpeak"
truth to his ncighbour.be courteous & tender hearted, For^iuihg others for
Chrzflsf/ike y 4S God forgaue him^Eph.^.^.he will be like mznded } PhiL2.2.of one
Judgment. Be humble jneek,Ungjuffring£ olojf. 3. forbeire -forget &forgiue ) iz
jj.2 i-and what he doth,(hall be heartily done to God 3 and not to men. -Be* pi-
tiful and courteous^ Pet.jfeeke peace and follow it. He will loue his brother,
not in word and tongue,but in deed and iT\iih y roh.j.iS.dnd he that hues God,
Chriji will loue him that u begotten of him John $a.ejrA \ hus fhould we wil-
lingly doe, if wee had a true touch of thisC^r/^ 5 of this diuine loue,if wee
would pcrformc this which wee are inioyncd, forget and forgiue, and com-
pote our felucs to thofe Chriftian Lawcs of Loue.
P Ojoelix homin urn genus y rroeihmiH.%
St vejtros tntmts dmtr
Quo ctlumrc^itnr regit.
Angelicallloulesjio w blefled,ho w happy (hould we be,how might we tri-
umphouerthcdiuell,andhauc.inotherheaucnvpon earth!
But this we cannot doe, and which is the caufe ofallour woes, mifeties,
difcontent .melancholy, 1 want of this Chatity. We doe invicem tngtrUrt,
contend, confult,vcxe, torture, moled and hold oneanothersnolc to the odlw „, ! ,,i K ,'
Erinftonehard,prouokc,raile,fcoff^calunmiatc,challenge,hate,abufe(lurd.;» C rfrftB«/;u.
hearted,implacable,malicious,pceui(h, inexorable as we are; to fatisfie our
luftor priuatc fpleene.for ' toyes, trifles, and impertinent occafions, fpend , Kulm „
outfel^s,eoods,friends > fortunes ) tobereven 6 edonouradverfary,toruineMf«i-r«<«<.
him and his! 1 Tis all our ftudy,pra<Sife and bufinefle, how to plot mifchiefe,
minc&countermine ) defend&offend,wardeoucfelua,miurieothers,hurt
all- as if we were borne todoe mifchiefe , and that with fuch eagemefle and
bittemefle.with fuch raneor,malice,rage and f UI ie,weprofecuteour inten-
ded defipnes,that neither affinity or confangumity loue or fcare of God or
men can containe vs, no fatisfaSion, no compofit.on w. be accepted no
offices will ferue,nofubmimon ; though he (hall vpon his knees.as s«pe*m
did teUucm in /^acknowledginghis ertor,yeeld h.mfelfe with teares
in his eves beghis pardon.we willnotrelent/org.ue.ot pardon.till we haue
fon banned his fricnds/ollowers,^*»»</™'^ .
nSh spofterity. M^«teof^«we.«,^^ol^^
B.illes Beircs Fiends and Diucls, we doe not onely contend, opprelIe,and
SSou £s,bot«fo manyfire-brands, wee fet on and animate o-
,our^
fit Eru iet is fetlcd in our tents,' OmnU it /rf^oppofing wit -to wit, wealth
toSh ft ength to ftrength,fortunes to fortunes.fr.ends to fnends.a. at a
WMu' wt turne our broad fides, or two milftones w.thcontmuallattrm-
u^dS^
wecarenothowwegetithowmany^
prcffe.bywh.fonincanddow^
children i , widowes, common .tactics, » (attsfie our ownepr
m Ma ^ B fr lrgr — ff ^— 1 II— mm^^m I ■ ■ ■■■■ ■ . . ,
Part-3.Se<a.i. ^ melancholy. Mcmb.s.SubU
352 Though wchauemyriades, abundance of wealth and trcafure, fpittildTe,
mcrcilefle,rcmorfelcfl c as we arc, and vncharitablc in the higheft degree) &
our poorc brother in needjficknefle^'n great extremity, and now ready to be
ftarued for want offood,wec had rather, as the Fox told the Ape, his raile
(hould fweep the ground ftili,then couer hisbuttocks,rather fpend it idlely,
confume it with dogges,hawkes,hounds, vnnccefTary buildings, in riotous
apparelljingurgitatejor let it be loft,then he (hould hauc part of it, u rather
littmTli from him that httle which he hath.then rclicue him.
lonttiquidde Like the doggc in the mangcr,we will neither vfc it our fc r ues, nor let o*
n ftet qui pa- ^ tis ma k c vfe of,or inioy it,part with nothing while we Jiuc, and for want
ofdifpofingotirhoufhold, and fctting things in order, fe: all the world to-
gether by the eares after our death. Poorc Lazarus lies howling at his gates
for a few crummes,hc oncly feekes chippings,ofFats,let him roare & ho wle,
fami(h,and eat his owne fle(h,hc rcfpc&s him not. Apoore decayed kinfman
of his, fetsvponhimbytheway in all his iollity, and runnes begging bare-
headed by him,coniuringby thofe former bands of friendfliip, alliance, con-
fanguinity &c.vncle,cofen,brother,fathcr.
! — Per ego has lachryma* \dextt am % tmm t',
Si quidqu&m de te merui^fuit aut ttbf quidqmm
Vulce meummiferere met.
Shew fomc pity for Chrifts fake,pitty afickman, an old man,&c. hee cares
not,ridc on: pretend ficknes, inevitable loffc of limmes ; goods, plead furccy-
(hip,orfhipwracke,fires,common calamities, fhew thy wants and imperfe-
ctions. Etjt per fanttam iur&tus &iut Ofyrim^
Credite non ludo cruAeles toUite cUudum.
fwcarc,proteft,takc God and all his Angels to witneflfe, quaere peregrinum,
he is no: touched with it,pauper uhi faucet ;xi&t on, he takes no notice of it.
Put vp a fupplication to him in the name of a thoufand Orphans, an hofpi-
tall,a ipittle,a prifon as he goes by,they cry out to him for aide, ride on,/«r-
do/jarras 3 hc cares not, let them cate (tones, devourc themfelues withver-
minc, rot in their owne dung, he cares not. Shew him a decayed hauen, a
bridge, afchoole, a fortification &c.orfome publike worke, ride on; good
your wor{hip,your honour,for Gods fakc,your countries fake,ride on. But
(hew him a rollc, wherein his name (hall bee rcgiftred in golden letters, and
commended to all pofkrity,his armes fet vp , with his deuices to bee feene,
then peradventurc he will ftay and contribute} or if thou canft thunder vpon
him,as Papifts doc, with fatisfa&ory and meritorious workes, or perfwade
him by this meancs,hc (hall haue his foulc out of hell , and free it from Pur-
gatory ,thcn in all likelyhood he will Men and ftay$ or that he hauc no chil-
3rcn,no neere kinfman, hcire he cares for at leaft, or cannot well tell other-
wife how or where to beftow his pofleflions ( for carry them with him hec
cannot^ it may be then he will build fome fchoole oihofpitall in his life, or
be induced to giue liberally to pious vfes after his death. For J dare boldly
fay , that vaincglory,that opinion of merit,and this inforced neccfTity, when
they know not otherwife how to leauc, or what better to doe with them, is
the mainc caufc of moft of our good workes. I will not fay this,to derogate
from any good mans charitable devotion or bounty in this kind, to cenfurc
any goodworke,no doubt there be many fan&ified, heroically and worthy
minded
Part.} . Se&. i. Cbantie. Mcmb. j .Subf. i
minded mcn,that out of true zeale, and for vertues fake, diuinefpirits, that 353
out of commifcrationand pitty, extend their liberality , and as much as in
them lycs,doe good to all mcn 5 cloath the naked, feed the hungry, comfort
the ficke & needy, relieue al!,forget and forgiue iniuries , as true charity re-
quires, yet moft part there xsfimuUtumqutd^ a deale of hypocrifie in this
kind 5 much default and defect. As * Ccfmtu Medices that rich citizen of Flo* x m "m
rence confeiTed to a ncerc friend of his,that would know of him why he built
fo many publike and magnificent palaccs,& beftowed fo liberally on Schol- /J*J^***
Iers,not that he loued Learning more then others, but to y eternize his owne Uunrum, m-
name Jo be immortal by the benefit of Schollerstfor when his friends were dead } *^^' r
walies decay ed,and all Jnfcriptions gone , bookeswouldremaine to the worlds tate "mSvit.
Vainglory and emulation^ as to moft men jwas the caufe cfhcient.and ro 4^«wf*
be a trumpettcr of his ownc fame, was his folc intent, fo to doe good . that h ^*l^ff:t
all the world may take notice of it. Such for the moft part is the charity of ruit»a^tjfn^$
our times,fuch our Benefactors, Macenatcs and Patrons. Shew me amongft ^'"^f""
fo many myriades, a trucly deuout,a right,honeft,vpright 3 meekc, humble, *
apaticntjinnocuousinnocentjamcrcifulljalouingja charitable man? x Pro-
bits fits nobifcum viviti Shew mc a Caleb or a Iofua ?
Vic mihi Mnfa virttm — (hew a vertuous woman a con-
ftant wife,a good neighbors trufty fcrvant 5 an obedient childc,a true friend,
&c? He that (hall examine this a yron age wherein we liuc, where charity is *j£™ m t> e8 "
cold ejr /am terras ^Jlrsarel/qv/t ^ndthc Divcllloofe.andfeeone manvi- b T uipnRofi.
lific and infult over his brothers if he were an innocent, orablocke, op- j^**c&
prelTc,tyrannife 3 pray vpon,torturc him,vexc,gaull,torment & crucifie him, [ u „™*'$^
ftarue him where is charity ? To fee men fweareandforfwearc 1 lic,& beare tcrm»iiart*&
falfe witness advantage themfelues jP reiudice others,hazard goods.liues, J^J/j*
fortuncsjto be revenged on their enemics,men fovnfpcakablc in their luits iare>u faulu ,^
vnnaturallin malice,fuch bloody dcfignements,/;i//^Blafphem in g ,
^renouncing,&c:whereisch.rity? He that fliall fee fo many law fairs, J ito
fuchendlcaecontentions,fuchplotting,vndermining, fo much mony (pent <Gfam i»
withfuchegernefcand^
vellforall fo many diftrclTed foules, fuch lamentable complaints, lomany mnU!ra f cm ,
faaions,confpiracies 5 feditions fuch grudging,repini^
cmulation,cnvie,fo many brawls,quarrels,monomachies,&c. where is cna- m
ritv? To fee and read of fuch cruell warrcs,tumults,vproarcs,bloudy battles, vtfmfA*.
fo y manv "men <laine,fo many citties ruinated *c. <for what elfe is the fob- -J"
ieft ofall our ftorics aImoft,but Bills jBowcs , and Gunnes; fo many mur- qM „ tum quk
j j (T frr where is Charitv'To fee men wholy devote to God, vim potmt.
dcrsandmaflacrcs,cVc.wncrcis\-narity. luitwu ; .^^/Lr^wr^'"'"-
Churchmcn,profcflcd Divines,holy men, * to make the trumpet f the Goftell hmb £ ltuhm
^V ^iL^ a company of hell borne Tefuits,and fiery fpintcd Fry- f^mmp^
S rtL* fi^oJL &fiU m g r,)l«i by their bloody mqmfmom , that
rommTn S .Worfethenthofetenp«fec U tions,whercisChar,ty?Hecth«
£7X3 fee thefe things may fay to them as Cst* to C<f* , cr<J,
Part.r.Sed i . Lone Melancholy. Memb.j j
. ... %
354. is neither Heaucn nor Hell. Let them pretend religion , zeale 3 make what
ftievvcs they will 3 giuc almes, peace makers, frequent fermons , if wee may
gueffe at the tree by the fruit , they are no better then Hypocrites ,Epicures 3
e TCaL Atheifts,with the e foole intbeir hearts they fay there is no God. 'Tis no mar-
l *' U veil then if being fo vncharirable,hard hearted as we are,vvc haue fo frequent
and fo many diicontents 3 fuch melancholy fits, fo many bitter pangs, mutu-
all difcords,all in a combuftion 3 often complaints, fo common grieuances,
generall mifchiefes,fo many plagues 3 W2rres 3 vproares,lo(Tes, deluges, fires,
mundations 3 Godsvcngeance,&all the plagues o{*s£gypt come not vpovs,
fince we are fo vncharitable one towards another , fo relpe&letfe of God 3 &
our neighbours,and by our crying finnes pull thefe miferies vpon our owne
heads. Jf we had any fenfe or feeling of thefe things, furely wee fhould not
goe on as we doe 3 in fuch irregular courfes, pra&ife all manner of impieties,
our wholcrcarriage would not be fo averfe from God. If a man would but
confidcr,when he is in the midft and full career of fuch .prodigious andvn*
charitable a&ions^how difpleafing they are in Gods figt^how noxious to
himfelfe 5 as Solomon told Ioab, /. Kings y 2. the Lord fhalLktAe t L is bloudnpon
their heads. Prov .1 .27 'fudden defolation dr deftrutlionfmUTome like a whirl-
winde vpon them: afp£tion>attguifojhe reward of hit hand faa/l be giuen hint,
Jfarf.ii.&c.they fhall faS into the pit they haue digged for others, & when they
arc fcraping,tyrannifing,getting 3 wallowingin rhcir wealth , This nighty
foole^Iwidtake away thy foule , what a feuere account they muft make , and
( Benefacit aiii- how f gratious on the other fide acharitablc man is in Gods eyesfaurit fbi
™emm ™ & r ****** M*t.$.jMejfedarc the merciful! for they fhall obtain e mercy: He that
lendeth to thepooregiues to (W 3 andhow it (hallbereftored to them againe
how by their patience and long fuffering they fhall heape co ales on their enimies
heads 3 Rom. 12. and he that followeth after right eoufneffe and mercy fhal! finder
righteoufneffe andglory: Surely they would checkc themfelues 3 curb in their
vnnaturall inordinate affedtions, agree amongft themfelucs, abftaine from
doing evill^amend their liues and learne to doe good. Behold how comely &
% etnewdia Z*od a thing it is for brethren to Hue together in S vnion : it is like the pretious
mgfu ret cref- oyntment,&c. How odious to contend one with the other. h Miferi quid /«,
mtxim^U- ^atiunculis hifce volumus } ecce mors fupra caput efl , & fupremum illud tribu*
bmtur. nal,vbi & dicla etrftclanoflrA examinatidafunt. Sapiamus. Why doc wee
^tiffin. contend and vex one another 3 behold death is oner our heads, and wee muft
ftiortly giue account of all our vncharitable words and actions , thirike vpon
it.andbc wife.
SECT. ft.
Part.?.Sea.a. Loues'Pedegree. Memb. i. SubCt:
SECT. 355
MEMS. X. SVBSIC. I.
HeroicaU hue caufing melancholy. His Pede*
gree, Power, and Extent.
IN the preccdentSeclion mention was made amongft other pleafant ob-
ie<5ts,of this comelineflc ancrtcauty which proceeds from women ,which
caufeth Heroically or loue melancholy, and is mere eminent aboue the
reft,and properly catted Lone. The part affected in men is the liner, & there-
fore called HeroicallJbcczuCc commonly Gallants | Noblemen and the moft
generous fpjrits arc pofieflcd with it. His power & extent is very large, '& .
in that twofold divifion of Loue, ?m«» & «?* r ,thofe two Veneres which?/*- si$$£
to and fome others make mention of,it is moft cminent.and ihyh called k ^*»r&*
Venvs,zs 1 haue faid. or Loue it felfc. Which although it bee denominated m
from men,and moft evident in them,yet it extends and fhevves it felfc in ve- ami
getalland fenfible creatures, and thofe incorporcall fubftances fas (hall bee ^ Pk!a " u ^
Ipecifiedjand hath a large dominion and foueraignty ouer them. Hispede- m Arte Dm
greeis very ancient, and deriued from the beginning of the world, as 1 /'/;*- ***** P ri,rHVt
*/r/tf contends.and his m parentage offuch antiquity, that no Poet could e- fS?*'?
ver findc it out. Hejiod makes n T ?rra and chats to be Lc ues parents , before ■ See the mo-
the Gods were borne: Plutarch aviator: lib ello,m\\ haue loue to be the fonne [JJ^^JL 4
tflrtsandFavon/us , but Socrates in that pleafant dialogue of PlatOyW'hcn it fittfon.
came to his turne to fpeak of Loue,telleth this ulclWhcnVenus was borne, c A P^*'*
all the Gods were invited to a banquet,& amongft the reft, ° For us the God *S.7.fl£
of bounty and wealth. Penh or pouerty came a begging to the doore. Porus ment. in Plat.
well whitled with 2\£ft5far(for there was no wine in thofe day csj walking in JSjjJJr j
Jupiter s garden, in a Cowre met with Penia , and in his drinke got her with ; Wf/Sw 3.
childe ,of whom was borne Loue , & becaufe he was begotten on Venus birth Kcd - &
dzy y Venus ftill attends vpon him. The morall of this is in P Ficinus. Another \p^\ t j ea .
tale is there borrowed out of Ariftopbanes: q In the beginning of the world, mm/tnmm ti
men had fottre armes and foure feet,but for their pride becaufe they compa- JJ^^jj
red th?Wifelues with the Gods, they were parted into haifes, and now per- & ex
adventure by Loue they hope to be vnitcd againc and made one.Otherwife
thus/ Vulcan met two Louers, and bid them aske what they would & they /S^S^f
mould haue it,but they made anfwer, O Vulcane fiber Deorvm &c. O Vulcan mmet v,,um
the Gods great Smith , we befeech thee to rvorke vs a new in ^hfirnace.andof^^f'
two make vs onejvhich he pre(ently did fad euer finte true louers are all one,& < sec more in
de/ire to be vnited. Many fuch tales you (hallfinde in Leon-.Hebrxus dial.j.& J^JJJ
their f morall to them. The rcafon why loue was ftill painted young,M be- dt
aufe youn? men are moft apt to loue. fof if aire, and fat jbeuufe fuch folkes ar<u> lm^mbu lM
foonefttakem nake^becaufe all true affeBton is fimple& open: he fmilesft raufe
merry and giuen to delights: bath a quitter fofbew hit power fione can efcape : ts cc .
' o 1 luvenufmtt'
tur^amreplermiiuvmsc^nt^c&m^ mimo/odji^Ux& Mftrtm hie tfta^riietyoiMeQmt*
tmti*[cftnt>cnmt»mira 3 &G, Z z> s blindc
Part.$. Scci.i. Lone melancholy. Memb.i.SubLu
3 5 5 blindcjtccaufe he fees not where hee fir ikes^w horn he hits , rjrs . His power and
°A pjcy Pope foueraignty is exprefTed by the u Poets, in that hee is held to be a God,and a
*%7>lmm&ti- g rcat commanding God,aboue Jupiter himfelfc, M Agnus Dxmon , as P Ut§
f e ,em<»a* o - calls him,and the ftrongeft and merrieft of all the Gods according to x o^
^iab &C 'ct thenars. Amor virorum rex^mor rex & deunt^s Euripides jthc God of Gods
Vpw/lpbift?' and goiiernour of menjthat conquers all,y domineeres oucr all 5 & can make
TUtznat&h mac | and foberwhom hee lift; infomuchthatC^/7/^in Tallies Tufculanes,
fiP tro J t »* h *- holds him to bee no better then a foole or an idiot, that doth not acknow-
bet ittt dm 0- n . *
vidi ledge louc to be a great Ood.
xSelden pr»Ug. z £ui in mxnu fit quern effe dement em velit ,
SyrL ***** Quern fapere,quem finari^quemjw morbum ins/ci, r}c.
That can makefickc and cure whom ihs lift. Homer Stejichorus were both
•DUl 5. made blmdc.ifyou will beleeuc a Leon: Hebrasts for fpeaking againft his god-
t/ativr"*"*' head; he is of that b power, maicfty, omnipotency, and dominion, that no
creature can withftand him: Jupiter himfelfe was turned into Satyrc , fhep-
*Tm*. heard,a Bull,a Swanne.a golden fhowre.and what not for louc; that as *JJh
*Dtd.Detmm. c - an$ righc well obie&cd to him , ludusamoris tues , thou art Cupids
whirlegiggcjiow did he infult oucr all the other Gods, Mars^Neptune^Pauy
CMcrcury '^Bacchus >and the reft? Luc'ian brings in iupiter complaining oto-
f Tm.} . f id that he could not be quiet for him j and the j- Moone lamenting, that fhee
was fo impotently befotted on Endimton 5 euen Fenm her felfe confciTing as
muchjhow rudely and in what fort her own fonnc Cupid had vfed her being
* Vnippema- mother^Muv driuingher to mount Ida for the loue of that Troian \^An-
tnmiftm qui- chtfes y now to Libanusfor that Affyrian youthesfake. And although fbe threat*
bus mod* me nee l f 9 breake his bowe and arrowesfo clip bis wings,] and whipped him be/ides
*idam *td%m on * ne ^ are 6*tt*d s ^ her pmtophlejet all would not feruejhe was too head*
Jncbipe caufe Jlrong and vnruly. That monfter conquering Hercules was tamed by him:
f'fampridem Quern non rnille feraquem non Sthenelcins bofis ,
phgag ipft'm Nec potuit luno vimer elicit amor,
menncttjfifin Whom neither beafts nor enimies could tamc 3
d M ( fc t amT Nor Juno's might fubduc 5 lou c quel'd the fame.
efimedicabils Apollo that could cure all difeafes, 4 could not cure himfelfe ofthis,& there-
•"pbtarcb'm ^ orc c SocrateS ca ^ s Louc a tyrant,and brings him triumphing in a Chariot^
Anttoriopi- whom Petrarch imitates in his triumph of Louc , and Fracaftorius in anele-
tittterquo end- pant Poemc exprcflcth at hiec.Cupid ridine,^/4ri and Apollo followine his*
mxjfaiJ; Chariot,^^ weeping, &c. ^
tjtei pirn k In vcgerall creatures what a Sbueraignty louc hath , by many pregnane
Z^urndtie- P ro °fe s and familiar examples may bee proued , efpccially of Palme trees,
&tu conMttur, whicharcbothhcandihejandexprcflenotafympathy but a louc paffion,
^mmbVem ^ man y °bfcrvations hath beenc confirmed. Confantine de Agric. I. io*
tZvatam^vl- ^A^gi"" an inftancc out of Florentius his Gcorgicks, of a Palme tree that
trot*** ah v- lou'd moftfcruently , and would not bee comforted vnt ill fitch time her hue ap.
vntv her, you might f ee the two trees bend , and of their ovone ac*
VeftT eXP ° r ^ords fir etch out their boughs to embrace and kiffe each other-. They wtligiue ma •
limfefa dm nifeftfignes of mutual loue, ^bnmianus MarceHinus lib. 2 ^.reports that they
jfcM. 1 At ^ m marr y onc *nother 3 and fall in louc if they growc in fight,and when the wind'
brings the fmcll to thcm,thcy arc maruclloufly ztfc&zd.Philoftratus in Ima~
gmtbtu obferues as much,and Galen J,tb.tM locis ajfeftu, cap. $. they will bee
ficke
gat^Sed ^ Loues power andex tm^^ ^k^Ts^T
ficke for loue , and ready to dye andpine away^vh.ch the husbandmen per- T^T
wamng/auh 8 Confiamimfiroke many Palmts tkagrov^ J^Tldl « JJZ . i
ttbtr: or tying the leaues and branches of the one to the ftemme of the o,h«
m«m»ke,hemta«h«o«ft»*p^
growing at Brundufium, the female at
O^^^relatedby ovunus ?or.nm s in an'excellent Poem. fometimes Tu- tZ SL
PK^ ,O ^^%•^^ n60f ^' W$W ^<» f S«t«. and aereat
Philofopherj'wfocAw^f^rrw^^^f^,,^,,/ tjl] t , - <«»/im.
to fee oneanothetby growing vp higher,tho Ug h many s,^<«« J undcr .
f "™ K^Hurtglithtcks^MekbmGmUndinusmemb , trail dep,py. «
« 1 cuethisftoryof/'o*/^«foratr U th. See more in Stlmuth tmmtnt.in
voyage hb.2fol.10 j. eye,
Jtfuch fury be in Vcgctalls , what (hall wee thinkc of fcnfiblc creatures
how much more violent and apparant (hall it be in them ? '
k Omne adeo genus in terris hominumg f ferarum^ k y]f
tt genus aquoreum.pecudes^iei^volucres
J n fur ids tgnem^ runnt^amor omnibus idem*
All kinde of creatures in the earth,
/nd fifties of the Sea.
And painted birds doc rage alike,
This loue bearescquall fway.
1 Hie Deus & terras & maris alt a domat.
Common experience & our fenfe wil informe vs 5 how violently brm't beads
are carried away with this pallion ; horfes aboue the reft, —furor eft inftgnU
equarum. m Cupid in Luc i an bids Fenus his mother be a good cheer e for he was n T> ^ aUepruf *-
novo fomliar with Lions >and oftentimes did get on their baches , and bold them koiibL ™!f*.
by the mane^andride them about like horfes 3 and they would fawne vpon him m ^ Ar ^ i*mf*-
with thetr tajles. Bulls,Bcarcs,& Bores are fo furious in this kinde that they ^Xw/t
kill one a nor her; but efpeciaHy Cocks, n Lions, & Harts_, which are fo fierce «*» ttrg*&
that you may heare them fight halfc a mile off,faith * Turbervile, and many l^f™*™'
times kill each cther,or compell them to abandon the rutte , that they may mme^fiZs,
remaine matters in their pfoces$and when one bath driuen his corriva/l away y Mi
he raifeth his nofe vp into the ayre y and lookes aloft as though hegaue thankes to ™tandhnm
nature jwh\c\\ gauehim fuch greatdelight. How Birds are afFeded in this n pr*
kinde.appeares out of that of Ariflotle . that will haue them to fine obfutu- a ™ re f" ,mt - .
ram Penerem^ot ioy or in nope of their vencry which is to comc t Fijhes pine ^ript.btf.
way for loue and wax leaneji Gomefius authority may bee taken, fo loue ty- ?' md -
rannifeth in dumbe creatures. Yet this is naturall for one bcaft to dote vp- ^Skc^f
on another of the lame kind } but what llrange fury is that,when a Beaft (hall Hunting,
doe vpon a man' ? Saxo Grammaticus lib.io.Dan.hifl. hath a ftor y ofa Beare ^Ifp^cel'
that loued a woman ,and kept her in his denne a long time , and begot a fon ob amiicmmar*
ofher,out of who (e loynes proceeded many Northerne Kings; this is the "^'^^
orjginall belike ofthat common tale of and Orfon -.t^ltan ^Pliny, u •
tetcr Gill* us arc full of fuch relations. A Peacock in Uuiadialoud a maide,
and
1 Trottrim.
— — , — .
Parc.^.Scdi. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.i,
358 and when (he died,thc Peacock pined. A Dolphin lotted a boy caHcd Hernias
* timMao. and when he died } the Fijh ante cn land, and jo perijhed.The like addes GctttZ
rimiTmpi hb.ro. cap. j 2, out oiAppion^gyft.lih,! /.a Dolphin at Puteoli loued a child
juteperi'ftt and would come often to him,& let him get on his back,& carry him about
Him^mfcco q £ when-byficknes the child was taken away /he Dofphtne died J Encry book
*To(lqvampu~ is {u\\(fi\\\i Bufbeqmtss^ the Empcreurs Orator with the Grand Senior, not
er morbo abiit y \on^C\ncce^.^.leftt t Turc.Jandyeelds fucb injlances /o bcleeue which / nasal*
mufertit tlpbS ~ Wi y e ' a fr^idjejl I jhould be thought togiue credit to.fables % vntilijfaw a Lynx
1 FUni funt li> which 1 had from AJfyria y fo ajfecled towards fine of my men, that it cannot bee
bn quibw (era ^„y e d y ut that he was in hue with htm. when my man was pre fen /, the bead
inbtmmesm- , t ,, r 1 1 r , r , 1 i "
flammat* fue- would vje manj notable entijements, and pleajunt motions ', and when hee was
runt , in qmbm going, hold him backe, andlooke ajter him when he was gene , very fad in hu ah-
felarenfu^if^^^ m0 I l 1 i° ctin & vpnen returned: and when my man went from meejhe
fii*u!,veritutne beaji expreffedbti loue with continual! ficknejfe 5 and after he had pined away
nm^D-i C 'tQ% ' f ome f evp d*ys t d/ed.Such another ftory he hath of a Crane of Majorca, rhac
diiyncemcjuem loucd a spainiar d, rhat would walkc any way with him, andinhisabfence
bibm(ibA®rn would fceke aboutfor him, andmakeanoifcthat he might heare her, and
%f™2ml knocke athisdoorc, f ' and when he tookelmlajl farewell ',fam.jhedherfelfe.
u hormmbut , Such pretty prankes can Loue play with Birds, Fifties^Beafts- and if all be
f£ . true that is credibly rcported,with the Spirits and Diuels themfclues* who
fuum upm, arc as much inamorcd,and dote f if I may vfc that word J as any other crea.
pojiinediam a- ture whatfoeuer. For ifthofeftorics be true that arc written of Incubus and
l Sift! rUn Succubuspf Nymphcsfc[cvi\ox& Fauna and Satyr <r,and thofe Heathen gods
which were Diuels,of thofe lafciuious T Mines 3 of whom the Platonifls tell
fo many fables*, or thofe familiar meetings in ourdayes, and company of
Witches and Diuels,therc is fomc probability for it. J know that Biarman-
nusjvierus Ub.j.cap.1 $.& ^^.and fome others ftoutly deny it,that the Diuel
hath any carnall copulation with women, that the Diucll takes no pleafurc
in fuch facts,' they bee meere phantafies all fuchrelations oflncubi,Succubi,
«j®«i Wcw«- lies and tAc%.V>\xx.AuJlinlib t j^Jeciu}tJ)ei doth acknowledge it, Erajlus de
%tt mmi- Lwijs Jacobus Sprenger and his collcagues,&c. Zanchius cap,) 6. L4.de oper.
vimnfim \o- Dei.Dandinus in Artjl.de Anima lib.2.Text.2 pxom.30. Bodin lib. 2. cap. 7 . and
natifmt^ibii paracelfus & great champion of this Tenentaiflongft the reft , which giue
( mm - many peculiar in(tanecs,and by many tcftimonies, proofcs,and confeflions,
evince \t.Heflor Bo'etbius in his Scottifh hiftory, hath three or foure fuch ex*
amples, which Cardan confirmes out ofhim lib. 16. cap,^j } of fuch as haue
had familiar company many ycares with them, and that in the habit of men
and women. Philoftratus in his fourth bookc de vita Apollonij, hath one m:«
morablcinthis kind,which J may not omit: of one Menippus Lycius a yong
man of 2 5 ycares of agc,that going betwixt Cenchreas & Corinth, met fuch
a phantafmc in the habit of afaire Gentlewoman, which taking him by the
ludeT&'vini* hand,carried him home to her houfe in the fuburbs of Corinth, and told him
kibes, quale an- fhe was a Phanician by birth,and if he would tarry with her, u he fhwld heare
Tb'^u^lk ^ eT Ant ^^ a y^ n ^ "fin-h fuch wine as neuer man dranke x & no man jhould
tlrV/bknuU^ inolefl him^ but fhee being f aire and lonely jvould Hue and dy with him # hat was
fuiebraautem fairc and louely to bebold.Thc young man a Philofopher other wife,ftaid and
Tevtaa"^' ^rect, and able to moderate his paflions , though not this 0/ loue, ftaicd
mi*. * with her a while with great contented at laft married her , to whofc wed-
ding
Partj-Sc'ft.1. Charity. Mcmb.j.Subf.i,
his eacmy ifhe be hungry, ifhebea-thirft, giuchim drinkc, he will perform t 351
thofc fcuen workes of Mercy Jie votll make himfelfe eqmll to them $f the lower
fortfeioice with thtthtt reio/ce,rveep with the that rveep.,Rom.i2..he vvil fpeak
truth to his ncighbour,be courteous & tender hearted, For^imn^ others for
Chrifisfake^ GodforgAuehim t Eph.4.^2.hewillbelikeminded 1 PhiL2.2.ofone
ludgment.Be humb lejneek \Ung fnffringfoUff.3. for bare frrget ejr forgiue, 12
jj .2 i.and what he doth,fhall be heartily done to God,and not to mtn.Be pi-
t/fftltiptd courteous^ Pet. 3. fcekc pence And follow tt. He will loue his brother,
not in word and tongue,Dut in deed and truth,/oA.j. 18 ,*nd hethn loins God,
chrijl to f /I loue him that u begotten of him John ;<i.rjrc m % 1 hus fhould we wil-
lingly doc, if wee had a true touch ofthis C^r/V^ 5 of thisduiineloue,if wee
would performc this which wee are inioyncd, forget and forgiue, andconl-
pofe our felues to thofc Chtiftian Lawcs of Louc.
P Ofoelix hominum genus % it«AkuM*
St veftrot animos amor
Quo cdum regit ur regat.
Angelicall ibules,how blcfTcd^how happy {hould we bc,how might we tri*
umph ouer the diuell.and haue another heauen vpon earth !
But this we cannot doc, and which is the caufc of all our woes, miferies,
difcontent,mclancholy 5 1 want of this Charity, We doc invicem a„gan*re x '^tf™*'
contend confuIc 3 vexe, torture, molcft andholdoncanothcrsnoletothe ^ lumemtoc *
erinftonchard.prauoke^^
heartcd^mplacablcmaliciou^peeuifh, inexorable as we arc; tofatisficour ■
luft or priuatefpleene,for*toyes, trifles, and impertinent occafions, ipend r^umi*
our felues, goods,fr^^
him and his/ l is all our ftudy,praaife and bufmelk, how to plot mifchiefc,
mine & ccuntcrmine,defend U orTcnd,warde our felues imurieothers,hurt
all- as if we were borne to doc mifchiefe , and that with fuch eagcrnefle and
bitternelTc,with fuch rancor,malice,ragc and furie,wc pro feci, teoor men-
ded deficncs,that neither affinity or confanguinity loue or feare of God or
men can containe vs, no fatisfaSion, no compofmon wi lbe accepted, no
officcswillftrue^ofubraiffiointhoughhcftallvp
in his eycs,bcg his pardon,wc will not rclcnt/orgmc.or pardon.till we haue
confoundedhiman^
fonbaninicdhisfricnds/ollowc^ .
Bulle3,Bearcs Fiends and Diucls, we doe not oncly contend, oppreflc,and
fyrSour felues jbut asfo many firebrands, wee fee < ? n , and animate o-
fit Erude* isf«ledinourtenss,«0»w4^//W,oppoiingwit to wit, wcaitti
to wealth ft ngth to ftrcngth,fortuncs to fortuncs.friends to friends,as ar a
rcarenothow we gctit,how many thoufands wc vndoe,
Zla b whefo mine and downcfall wc arifc, whom wee iniury,facher clTc
Part3.Sc<ft.i. Louc Mcmb.3,Siibi.i
351 Though wchaucmyriadcs, abundance of wealth and trcafurc, f pittileffc,
mcrcilefte,remorfclcflc as we are, and vncharitablc in the higheft degree) 8c
our poorc brother in need,ficknefle,in great extremity, and now ready to be
ftarued for want offood,wcc had rather, as the Fox told the Ape, histailc
(hould fweep the ground ftill,then Coucc his buttocks,rather fpend it idlcly,
confume it with dogges,hawkcs,hounds, vnncccflary buildings, in riotous
„ apparell^ngurgitate^r let it be loft,then he fhould haue part of it, » rather
take from him that little which he hattuhen rclieuc him.
wnditaiudde Like the dogge in the manger,wewill neither vfe it ourfciucs, norleto«
tofitt qui pa*- t fe ts make vfe of,orinioyit,part with nothing while we liue, and for wane
^Ifiht ofdifpofingourhouftold, and fctting things in order, fet all the world to-
gether by the earcs after our death. Poore Lazarus lies howling at his gates
for a few crummcs,hc onely feekes chippings 5 ofFalSjlet him roare & howle,
famifti,and eat his owne fle(h,hc refpc&s him not. Apoorc decayed kinfman
of his, fetsvponhimbytheway in all his iollity, and runnes begging bare*
headed by him,coniuring by thofe former bands of friendfhip, alliance, con-
fanguinity &c.vnde,cofen > brother,father.
'—'Per ego has Uchrymas^dextrum^ tuam t" y
Si quidquam de tt merttifiiit ant t/bi qmdquam
Vulce me um mifcrere met.
Shew fomc pity for Chriftsfake,pitty afickman, anoIdman,c*:c. hee cares
not,ridcon: pretend ficknes, inevitable lofle of limmes,goods, plead furety-
(hipjOrfhipwracke.fires.commoncalamitics^fliew thy wants and imperfe-
ctions. Etji per funttum turxtus Azcat Ofyrtm y
Cred/te non ludo crudeles tollite cUudum.
fwearc,protefl,takc God and all his Angels towitnelfe^JW peregr'mum^
he is not touched with it f&uper ubi^iacet ,'ridc on, he takes no notice of it.
Put vp a fupplication to him in the name of a thoufand Orphans, an hofpi-
tall,a fpittlc,a prifon as he goes by,they cry out to him for aide, ride onfor-
do mrras^iz cares not, let them eate ftoncs, devoure thcmfelues with ver-
minc,rotin their owne dung, he cares not. Shew him a decayed hauen, a
bridge, a fchoole, a fortification &c.or fomc publike workc, ride on; good
your worftiip,your honour,for Gods fakc,your countries fake,ride on. Buc
(hew him a rolle, wherein his name fhall bee rcgiftred in golden letters, and
commended to all pofterity,his armes fet vp , with his deuices to bee feene,
then peradventure he will ftay and contribute} or if thou canft thunder vpon
him,as Papifts doc, with fatisfa&ory and meritorious workes, or perfwade
him by this meancs ,hc (hall haue his foule out of hejl , and free it from Pur*
gatory ,thcn in all likelyhood he will Men and (lay; or that he haue no chil-
dren^ neere kinfman, heire he cares for at lea ft, or cannot well tell other-
wife how or where to beftow his pofleffions ( for carry them with him hec
cannot/ it may be then he will build fomc fehoolc 01 hofpitall in his life, or
be induced to giue liberally to pious vfes after his death. For J dare boldly
fay,that vaincglory,that opinion of merit,and this inforced neccflity, when
they know not otherwife how to leauc, or what better to doc with them,is
the mainc caufc of moft of our good workes, I will not fay this,to derogate
from any good mans charitable devotion or bounty in this kind, to cenTurc
any good wotke 3 no doubt there be many fan&ificd, heroically and worthy
minded
Part.j.Scfl.u Charttic. Mcmb.j.Subf.i
minded mcn,that out of true zeale, and for vettues fake, diuinc fpirits, that 253
out of commifcrationand pitty, extend their liberality , and as much as in
them lyes,doe good to all men 5 cloath the naked, feed the hungry, comfort
the fickc be needy, relieuc all,forget and forgiuc iniurics , as true charity re-
quires i yet moft part there is fimulatum quid^ a dealc of hypocrifie in this
kind,much.default and defed. As * Ccfmm Medices that rich citizen of Flo> * U um viu
rence confeflcd to a ncere friend of his,that would know of him why he built
fo many publike and magnificent palaccs,& beftowed fo liberally on Schol- IJ,*^?'*
lers,not that he loucd Learning more then others, but to y eternize hti owne totranm,im.
name, to be immortal by the benefit of Schollers^for when his friends were dead, mc l tali ihri0 ^
wattes decay ed,and all ]t\Ccxiiptions gone , bookeswouldremaine to the worlds we^ncu'lut.
^.Vainglory and emulation^ as to moft men Jwas the caufe efficientjand to *fc
be a trumpettcr of his owne fame, was his fole intent, fo to doe good, that ^"i^f^
all the world may take notice of it. Such for the moft part is the charity of ruuitT^ug
1
if
our timcs,fuch our Benefactors, Mxcenates and Patrons. Shewmcamongft f un t tu «fy
foinanymyriades, a truclydeuou^arightjhoneftjVprightjmceke, humble, /j^J* .
apatient,innocuous innocent,amercifull,alouing,a charitable man? i-Pro-
hm quid nobifcum v'wi$> Shew me a Caleb or a lofua ?
Die mihi Mufa virum — lhew a vertuous Woman a con-
ftant wife,a good neighbors trufty fervant,an obedient childe,a true friend,
&c? He that fhall examine this a yron age wherein we liue, where charity is * Durun t enM
cold,^* ixm terras ^frrxa reltqmt 3 and the Diveil loofe,and fee one man vi- ZTulpriRofc.
lific and infult over his brother,as if he were an innocent, orablocke, op- vknfin^um-
preflc 9 tyrannife,pray vponjtorturehim.vcxe^aulltorment & crucific him,
ftarue him,where is charity ? To lee men fwcareandforfwcarc,lic,&: bearc termenihuul
falfe witncs,to advantage thcmfelueSjpreiudice othcrs,hazard goods.liues, JJ^^J^
fortunesjto be revenged on their cnemics,men fo vnfpcakablc in their lufts TtTe)U
vnnaturall in malice,fuch blocdy delignemems,/*.*//^ Blafpheming , Spa- 3 1» t mpe*fiif+
»//fcrenoiincing,&c: where is charity? He that ttiallfccfo many law fuirs,
fuchcndlelTecontentions,fucht)lotting,vndermining, fo much mony fpent < Galium* i*
with fuchegernefle and furic,cvery man for himfelfe his owne ends, thcDi- £££££
veil for all,fo many dirirefledfoules, fuch lamentable complaints, fomany w ,„;,^; r ,.
faaions,confpiracics,feditions,fuch grudging,repining,difcontent,fo much Txbh ke*rfc
emulation.envie/o many brawls,quarrels,monomachies,&c Where is cha-
ritv ? To fee and read of fuch cruell warres,tumults,vproares,bloudy battles, vopifm of An-
te many emcn flaine,fo many cirtics ruinated &c.<fot wbatdfeisthefub-
left of all our ftorics almoft,but Bills jBowes , and Gunncs; lo many mur-
quantum quit
ders and mafTacrcs,&c,where is Charity ?To fee men wholy devote to God, vim pmmk
Churchmen jprofelTed Divines,holy men, to make the trumpet of the Goftell
bam belli tubam
the trumpet ofwtrrejx company ofhell borne ]cfuits,and nery fpintcd Fry- fd(m t: m ■
ctsficempr.ferre to all fcdirions,as fo many firebrands fa all the world by j-j«g.
the carcs(I fey nothing of their contentions and rayling bookcs,wnole ages rWf ^
fpent in writing one againft another,and that with fuch virulcncy and bitter-
neffc Bioiutu fermonibm &fiU nigro ) and by their bloody inquifmons that
in 20 y eares,7^faith,confumcd 39 Princes,i 4 8
Commonsjworfe then thofe ten perfecutions , where is Chanty? Hec that
Jhall obferue and fee thefe things may fay to them as Cato to C*J*r , creao
qu< dc inferudivmturfalf* t*ifimm> furej thinkc thou art of opinion there
1i z 2
fltlfh
in
btUn
Part. $ ,Secl i . Loue Melancholy. Mcmb. %
.. i — - *
354 is neither Hcaucn nor Hell. Let them pretend religion , zealc, make what
(hewes they will,giue alines, peace makers, frequent fcrmons , if wee may
gueffe at the tree by the fruit, they are no better then Hypocrites ,Epicures 3
« PlkL A theifts,with the c foole in their hearts they fay there is no God. Tis no inat-
veil then ifbcingfovncharitablcjhard hearted as we are 3 wchauefo frequent
and fo many difcontents,fuch melancholy fits, fo many bitter pangs, mutu-
all difcords,all in a combuflion , often complaints, fo common grieuances,
gcnerall mifchiefcs,fo many plagueSjWarres^vproarcSjlofTes, deluges, fires,
mundations,Gods vengeance,&all the plagues of t^gypt come not vpo vs,
fincc we are fo vncharitable one towards another , fo refpectlelTc of God, &
our neighbours,and by our crying finnes pull thefe miferies vpon our owne
heads. Jf we had any fenfe or feeling of thefe things, furely wee fhould not
goc on as we doe,in fuch irregular courles, practife all manner of impieties,
our wholcrcarriage would not be fo averfc from God. If a man would but
confider,when he is in the midft and full career of fuch prodigious andvn*
charitable ac"tions,howdifpleafing they are in Gods fight, how noxious to
bimfelfc,as Solomon told Ioah, j. Kings 2. the Lord fba/ibring this bloud vpon
their heads. Pro v. i .2 j.fudden defolation & dejlruclion fhall come like a whirl-
tvinde vpon them: affli£lion,anguityfhe reward of hit handjball he giuen him,
/fa^.n^rc.they jbaSfafl into the pit they haue digged for others, & when they
arc fcraping,tyrannifing,getting 3 wallowingin their wealth , This night ,0
foole JvtiH take away thy foule , what a feuere account they muft make , and
i'Benefmt m- how f gratious on the other fide a charitable man is in Gods eyes faurit fibi
"mm V " WM " £ rat * am Mat. s . 7 Meffedarc the mere if nil for they jhaU obtain e mercy: He that
lendeth to the pooregiues to (W,and how it (hall be reftored to them againe
how by their patience and long Offering they jhaHheapecoales on their enimies
heads 3 Rom. 12. and he that follow eth after right eoufneffe and mercy [hall finder
right eoufneffe andglory: Surely they would checke themfelues,curb in their
vnnaturall inordinate affe&ions, agree amongft thcmfclucs, abftaine from
doing evill,amend their hues and learne to doe good. Behold how comely &
« cmtriiA * thing it is for brethren to Hue together in S vnion : it is like the pretiouS
msgu m cref- oyntment^c. How odious to contend one with the other. h Miferi quid lu«
mufm^ll clAtiuncnlu hifce volumus^ecce mors fupra caput efi , & fupremum iHud trihu*
bimtur. naljvhi (jr dicJa & facia noflra e x am in an da f tint. Sapiamus. Why doe wee
*titfm. contend and vex one anothcr,bchold death is oucr our heads, and wee muft
fhortly giue account of all our vncharitable words and actions , thinke vpon
ir.andbc wife.
SECT. *.
SECT. 2.
MBMB. I. SVISEC. I.
HeroicaU hue caufing melancholy, Hu Pede*
gree i Power, and Extent.
IN the precedentSe&ion mention was made amongft other pleafant ob.
ie&s,of this comelinefleand beauty which proceeds from women,which
caufeth Heroically or louc melancholy, and ismoreeminentabouethe
reft,and properly called Loue. The part afferfted in men is the liner, & there-
fore called Heroicall Jbccauic commonly Gallants , Noblemen and the moft
generous fpirits are poffeffed with it. His power & extent is very large, » & . Mmi
in that twotold divifion of Louc, ?m«V & \%* r ,thofe two Venehs which Pla. SubfeO.%.
to and fome others make mention of,it.is moft eminent ; and called k ~ 4 ' wr
r*#0J,aslhaue faid.or Loue it Which although it bee denominated TpMmmii
from men,and moft evident in thcm,yet it extends and (hewes it felfc in ve- inlMtAm cm*.
gecalland fenfible creatures, and thofc iiicorporcall fubftanccs fas fhallbec 1 ^ tcnui0itm
Ipccifiedjand hath a large dominion and foueraignty oner them. Hispede- m Ante vies
gree is very ancient, anddcriuedfromthebecinnineofthe world, as 1 ^- §mm P rimum
H J , i , . rr \ • - \ r\ i i Itntravit amo-
w7tf contends 5 and n»s m parentage of lucn antiquity , that no Poet could e- , (m .
verfinde it out. Hejiod makes n Terra and chaos to be Loues parents, before "See the mo-
the Gods were borne: Plutarch amator: libello ,will hauc loue to be the fonne [^"tfrfui
oilria and Favenius , but Socrates in that pleafant dialogue of Platojwhzn it fiction,
came to his turne to fpeak of Loue,telleth this tale.When^«/ was borne,
all the Gods were invited to a banquet,& amongft the reft, ° Porus the God rfojfijt.
of bounty and wealth. Penh or pouerty came a begging to the doovc.Porus mm. m Plat.
well whitlcd with qjfortfot there was no wine in thofc dayes; walking in TZTmoic in
Jupiter s garden, in a Bowre met with Pent* , and in his drinke got her with vdt[m lib. 3.
chiIde,of whom was borne Loue , & becaufe he was begotten on Venus birth c ™ med - &
fayjrlnus ftill attends vpon him.The morall ofthis is in P Ficinus. Another 'yf£ s \ . dc , u
tale is there borrowed out otJriflophanes: 1 1n the beginning of the world^ mmafitmui u
men had fcure arracs and foure fect,but for their pride becaufe they compa- J2J2*J
red themfelues with the Gods, they were parted into halfes, and now per- rtfopt t &ix
adventure by Loue they hope to be vnitcd againe and made onc.Otherwife «j»
thus r Vulcan met two Loucrs, and bid them aske what they would & they
fecit y&ex'inde
fliould haue it 5 but they made anfwer, O Vulcanefaber Dcorum ejre. O Vulcan matom mum
the Gods great Smith 5 we befeech thee to worke vs a new w thyfornace/nd f f $*Z™
two make vs one y which he prefently did.and euerfince true louers are all one >e jr ■ Scc more m
defire to be -united. Many fuch tales you (hall finde \nLeo»..Hebr*us dial 3 .U
the'Vf morall to them. Thereafonwhy loue was ftill painted young,«^- nwir*t M a*
um Ce youn^ men are rnojl aft to lo*e Joft {aire ,and fat ^ jESSSf*
fane ft taken: nake^becaufe all true affection u faple & open: he [miles, becaufe Symg ^
merry andgiucnto delights*, hathaquiuer^ew hu power ,none can escape :,$ cc.^_
tm F f*[eftrat 3 cH*}l>*retra,&c.
Part.3, Sc&.i. Loue mtkncholj. Memb.i.Suba.
3 5 £ blindejjecaufe he fees not where hee fir ikes fvhom he hits , rjrc . H is power and
■A pecy Pope foueraignty is exprcflcd by the u Poets, in that hee is held to be a God,and a
pwHm&ti- great commanding God,abouc/*i/>//rrhinifclfc, Magnus Damon 5 as
ftmnrnM Or- calls him 3 and the ftrongeft and mcrrieft of all the Gods according to x o*.
**iJb% e 'cip * thsnaw.Amor virorum rex^mor rex & deum^s Eursp/des y xhc God of Gods
'Djtniofo'pbijl. and gouernour of men,that conquers all,y dominecres ouer all 5 & can make
j-qegnat&in m ad and fober whom hee lift ; infomuchthatC^/V/^in Tallies Tufculanes
fet?Uedeo*0' holds him to bee no better then a foole or an idiot , that doth not acknow*
vid. ledge loue to be a great God.
*Selden ptoUg. z Cu/ /> manu (it quern effe dementem velit .
•xx*p.dcdta ~ r J J r JJ . , 3
Syrk. Qjttm j apere^uem Janari^uem tn morbum inifct, r$c.
That can make fickc and cure whom he lift. Homer & Stefichorus were both
•Dht. j. m ade blinde.ifyou will bcleeuc 3 Leon: Hebram for fpe:king againft his god-
^Tjdm ucon- head; he is ofthatb power, maicfty, omnipotcnc>\ and dominion, that no
creature can withftand him: Jupiter himfclfe was turned into Satyre, fhep.
*Tom A . heard 3 a Bull,a Swanne,a golden fhowre.and what not for louc- that as *Lu-
•p$oUH*tm. /« w r igh c wc ll obicded to him 5 ludusamoris tues , thou art Cupids
whirlegiggc.how did he infult ouer all the other Gods, Mar s^Neptune fau,
(Mercury 3 Bauhtu^nd the reft? Luc/an brings in Jupiter complaining ofC*.
t rom.3. pid that he could not be quiet for him j and the f Moons lamenting, that free
was fo impotently bcfottcd onEndimton , eucn Fenm her felfe confeiTing as
muchjhow rudely and in what fort her own fonnc Cupid had vfed her being
* guppe mi. * mother, Mi* driuing her to mount Ida for the loue of that Troian k^Au-
tnmipfm qui- cbfcsjiow to Libanusfor that Affyrianyouthesfake, And although fbe threat <
iffkU^wb " ed *' hre * ke hU kdVPe and Arrovces J cli P h » ™ l "gs>\ ^d whipped him be fides
the bare buttocks with her pxntophlcjet all would not ferue^he was too head*
Jncbifc taufe firong and wruly. That monfter conquering Hercules was tamed by him:
f fampridem Qt em non m jfy. fira ? quem non Stheneleim boflis 3
& phg<t$ ipj! in Nec potuit luno vincerejvicit amor.
***™>®fi* Whom neithcr beafts nor enimics CQuld tam ^
d NuUUamsr Nor lund s might fubduejoue quel'd the fame.
t^mediatilk Apollo that could cure alldifeafes^ could not cure himfclfe of this, & there*
-viutmbh fore c Socr * tes "Us Loue a tyrant 5 and brings him triumphing in a Chariot
Amxtompi- whom Petrarch im itates in his ttiumph of Loue , and Fraca/hrius in anele*
«!Zt\Zi S" 1 Poen l c c 7 x P r ^cth at hx&fupid riding,^ and Apollo following his
mxgiftmu*. ^nzxXQ^PJyche weeping, &c.
IttUt" J^g^ hath, by many pregnant
agkt dum Me- P r o°[ es and familiar examples may bee proucd i cfpccially of Palme trees,
&m emioUtur, whicharcbothheandfhcjandcxpreftenotaiympathy but a loue painon'
t^Xt asb y m anyobfcrvations hath becne confirmed. Conf amine deAgric.L io\
wtrvatmM- f *A*-gi"es an inftance out of Florextius his Gcorgicks, of a Palme tree that
«hrm*ab v- lou'd moft fcrucntly >and would not bee comforted vntilt fucb timeher loueap
tea*. cords ftr etch out their boughs to embrace and kiffeeach other i They willgiue ma*
Zflcfln m Mh*' s *fm*t**MoH€. ^mianus Marcellinus /^.^.rcports that they
Am. niarry one another 3 and fall in loue if they growc in fight,and when the wind
brings the fmcll to thcm 5 thcy are maruclloufly -&&z&.?hiloflratus in Ima-
gtnibat obferucs as much,and Galen Jib, 6 % de Ucis affetlu, cap. s . they will bee
fickc
Part.3. Sea.2. Loues p ower and extent. Memb.i . Sub' i
ficke fof loue 3 and "ready to dye and pine away, which the husbandmen per-
ceauing/aithsc^^ , , A ,
Jlroktng agame the Palme that u enamored they carry kiffes from the one to thL mai '
other: or tying the leaues and branches of the one to the flemme of the other S
will make them both florift and profper a great deale better; h which are ena-
moredthey canferczaue by the bending of their boughs, and inclination of their cam ^
bodies. Jf any man thinkc this which I fay to be a tale, Jet him re,d that ftory
01 two Palme trees in Italy , the male growing at Brundufium, the female at lum mu,ui «>'
0/*,«/*(rclated by Uvtanus Pontes in an excellent Poem, fometimes Tn- u£»t
tor to ^!phonfusIu/ttor,Kmgo{JVaples 3 his Secretary of States and a great ^cM,J ua .
?hi\oCophcv)'whichwerebarren,andficontinueda/ongtime till they came
to fee one another by growing vp higher , though many st.tdiums afundcr.
P/erius in his Hierogl/phickspnd Melchior Gmlandinus memb 3 tracl dep p y . ^ k ? M rm **
recite this doxy o[Pontanus for a truth. See more in Salmuth cemment .in £Sf2£*1
Pam:rc!dcNouaref>ertJ'it.i.denouoorbe i MizaldusArcanorumlib.2. Sands
voyage lib .2 fol.ro 3. ejrc,
Jf fuch fury be in Vegetalls , what (hall wee thinkc of fcnfiblc creatures,
how much more violent and apparant fhall it be in them ?
k Omne adeo genus in terrishominum^ferarum^ * r Cm
tt genus aquorenmfecttdesjicltcfyvolttcrcs
lnfurtas igncmcfo ruunt^amor omnibus idem*
Ail kinde of creatures in the earth,
And fifties of the Sea.
And painted birds doc rage alike,
Thislouebearescquall (way.
1 Bit Deus ejr terras ejr marU alt a domat, 1 Proftrtmt4
Common experience & our fenfe wil informe vs,how violently bruit bcafts
are carried away with this paflionjiorfes abouc the reft, -—furor efitnftgnis
equarum. m Cupid in Lucian bids Fenus his mother be a good cheer e for he was Z T)ia ]- imm '
* ,. \ , , r j, • lit 11 11 t Covpdt mai(r t
novo familiar with Lions, ana oftentimes at a get on then baches , and hold them koribu ipjh /k.
by the mane^andride them about like horfes , and they would fawne vpon him ""/wa
with their tayles. BulIs,Bcarcs,& Bores are fo furious in this kinde that they ^e'SS/t
kill one anorher.-but efpecially Cocks, n Lions, & Harts, which arc fo fierce «*» terga&
that you may heare them fight halfe a mile off,faith * T nrbervile, and many J^ r f
times kill each other,or compel! them to abandon the rutte , that they may mm bifidm,
remaine matters in their places^ and when one hathdriuen his corrivall away, m a i U6 » & «
he raifeth hisnofevp into the ayre i and iookes aloft as though hegaue thank rs to ™<Ldiunm. '
nature y vfh\oh gauc him fueh greatdclight. How Birds are affected in this n pr*
kinde,appeares out of that of Ariflotle , that will haue them to fing cb fut u • ^n'^cap'it
ram Feneremfox ioy or in hope of their vencry which is to come t Fifbes pine ^rijij^biji
away for loue and rx>axleane,i(° Gomefius authority may bee taken, fo loue ty- f ^ .
rannifeth in dumbe creatures. Yctthis isnaturallforonebcaft todotevp- bisbooL°of
on another of the fame kind,but what ftrangc fury is that,whcn a Beaft fhall J 1 ^™^ ,
docvpon aman ISaxoGrammaticuslib'.io.Dan.hijt. hathaftory ofaBcarc °£[{' P s ce !'
that loued a woman,and kept her in his denne a long time , and begot a fon obmormmt.
ofhcr,outofwhofeloyncs proceeded many Northernc Kings; this is the [f^'g^
originall belike of that common talc of Valentine and Or fon \%Ali*n , Pliny,
Peter Gillius arc full of fuch relations. A Peacock in Umadia loud a maide,
and
Pare. j.Sed 2.. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subf. i k
358 and when (hcdied,the Peacock pined. A Dolphin leued a boy caNedHtmhs
r TUnjib. 1 o. A nd when he diedfhe Fifo came on land, and fo perifhed.lhc like addes Gellim
C &TJ$- id -io. up. 22 ,out o{Appion,t/£gypt.lib.i S .z Dolphin at Puteoli loucd a child,
fidtepemfct and would come often to him,& let him get on his back,&: carry him about
HtmiiiMftao <j njj^ fyji c fo es tne c fofd wot taken away /he Dolphtne died J Euery book
*?ofauamp- is full(faith Bufbcquiu*^ the Empcrours Orator with the Grand Senior, not
er morbo abiit, long fince cp.$ legat.T urc.Jandyeelds fuch in ft antes Jo bcleeue whieh iwasaU
tnfetit! lpbl ~ w *y e ' a faMMft ifyould be thought togiue credit to fables \vntill /Jaw 4 Lynx
1 Pleni fwt it- which 1 had from Affyria^fo offered towards one of my men y that it cannot bee
bnquibm ftr* denyedbut that he was in loue with bin/, when my man w as pr t Cent ^ the bead
znbamwesm- s 11 r 1 t r ■ t 1 • * J
fammiu fue- would vfe many notable entijements^anapleajAnt motions ^ and when h cere at '
ram , in qmbm going \hold him backe, Andlooke after him when he was gone , very fad in his ah-
ffrlftnfum € /ii~ f ence M* mofliocund when he returned'. And when my mm went from mec^ the
fiiitu:,veritMne beaft expreffed his loue with continualljickneffe , and after he had pined away
nm^D,} "efvi ' f amc 'f er * dayes,died.Such another ftory he hath of a Crane of M.u»rcx } rhac
n lymemqutm loucd a spainiard > that would walkc any way with him , and in his abfence
balmuMfyrti would feeke about for him, andmakeanoifcthat he might hcare her, and
^atumTmt. knockc athisdoore, < *nd when he tooke his laft farewell Jammed her felfe.
ubomimbM , Such pretty prankes can Loue play with Birds, Fifhes,Beafts: and if all be
*z> rider' tri,c l ^ at * s crec ^^y rcpotted,with the Spirits and Diucls themfclues • who
fuum uf£m, arc as much inamorcd,and dote (\{ I may vfc that word J as any other crea.
poflhe&am a- ture whacfoeuer. For if thofe ftorie$ be true that are written of Incubus and
Succubus y o[ Nymphes,hfc\v\o\is Faunes and S*//n*,and thofe Heathen gods
which were Diuels,ofthofc lafciuious T Mines } of whom the Platonijh tell
fo many fables* or thofe familiar meetings in ourdayes, and company of
Witches and Diucls,thcrc is fomc probability for it. J know that Biarman-
nusjvicrus lib.j.cap.jp.ejr ^.and fome others ftoutly deny it,that the Diuel
hath any carnall copulation with women, that the Diuell takes no pleafure
in fuch fads,' they bee meerc phantafics all fuch relations of Incubi, Succubi,
* *h*\h*cina- lies and ta\cs.hutAuJlinlib t rf.de ciuit.Dei doth acknowledge it, Erafrus de
tnl ^mt'wnu LAmi j s ^ IlLCO l' us Sprenger and his collcagues,&c. Zanchius cap,} 6. Ua.de oper.
vimTefeTre co. Dei.Dandinus in Arifl.de Anima lib.2.Text.2 pxom.30. Bsdin lib. 2. cap. 7 . and
ytifattjtibii paracelfus 3 z great champion of this Tenentamongft the reft , which giue
foam. man y p ecu ij ar i n ftanccs,and by many teftimonies, proofcs,and confeflions,
evince 'wMeclor Bo'ethius in his Scottifh hiftory, hath three or foure fuch ex«
amples, which C^/vfo/fconfirmes out of him lib. 16. cap of fuch as haue
had familiar company many yeares with them, and that in the habit of men
and women, fhilofratus in his fourth booke de vita. ApoHonij^ hath one me-
morable in this kind,which J may not omit: of one Menippus Lycius a yong
man of 2 5 yeares of agc,that going betwixt Cenchreas & Corinth^ met fuch
* phantafmc in the habit of a faire Gentlewoman 3 which taking him by the
iSZITvLi nand i carried ^mhometo herhoufcinthcfuburbsotor/«/^and toldbrra
kibes, quale an- fhe was a Phanician by birth 3 and if he would tarry with her, "-hejhiuldheare
lw7elTv"x her fi n & * nd f la yS» d hin kef itch wine at neuer man dranke, & no man fhould
Jb'bknuL, mole ft him \ wfr" hirigfairc and louelyjvouldliue and dy with him f hat was
fuicbramtem faire and louely to behold. The young man a Philofopher otherwife,ftaidand
TvZ°*»"£' difcrecr, and able to moderate his paffions, though not this o/louc, ftaicd
mm*. 9 withhcrawhilewithg^ hereto whofewed-
ding
Part.j-Sefl.^ Louts poller and extent . Mcmb.i.Subti
dingamongO : other gucfts came 4>X/*m, who by fomc probable com7 TTT"
aincstoundhcrouttobeaScrpent s aL^4 1 andthacallherfurnitiire was ■
bucasrtf^/wjgolddcfcribcdbyff^rjnofubftance but meere illniions.
When (he faw her fclf dcfcried.fhe wcpt,and defired Apolionius to befiienr
but he would not be moucd,and therevpon fhe,Plate,Houlc, & ail th at was
in it,vanifhed in an inftant: * many tboufands tooke notice of thu fut for it vms ******
doneinthemidJIofGreece.SibinemWiscommenton the lo^otOvtds Me- ^dTmdi*
tamorphofis, atthctaleoi Orpheus, tclicthvsof a Gentleman otBavaria, ^Zgefikft
that for many months together bewailed the lofc of his dearc vvi.e ac
length the Diuell in her habit came and comforted him, and told mm be-
cauie he was fo importunate for her, that (hee fh uildcon e and iiuc with
him againe,on that condition he would be new roarrtecl^ai dnentriweart
and blafpheame as he vfed formerly to doe for ifhe did,fh wbu [d bec gone.-
y lie vowed it y married,and lined with her. fhe bt ought him chtL \reh \ & . oner- iim t
ned his houfejjut was JIM pale andfad,and jo continued , Utll or.- , ok} fatting en? dmcuunm , vt
-with him 'he fell a f wearing. fhe vanifhed there vpon r md w& ne vt r after feenr. " te )
* This / hatse hctrdfiv&i Sabine from per font of good credi r } wbich told mee thai Vrt'm^u"*
the Duke o/Bavana told it for a certainty to the Duke of Saxony. One more J °" i diiax -
Will relate out oiFlonlegus, an honeft hiftorian of our nation,bccau fe nee "de'dig.
telieth it fo confidently, as a thing in thofedayes talked of all ouer Europe, nkyqiaajfeve-
A young Gentleman oiRome the fame day that he was married , after din- ^tar'J^ndm
ner with the Bride and his friends went a walking into the fields ,& towards retutyfe Dud
evening to the Tennis Court to recreate him felfeiwhilllhccplaicdjhec but Scx ™* p»-*t~
his ring vpon the finger of Venus flatm^ which was thereby made inbrafle; m '
after he had futriciently plaied 5 and now made an ende of his fport,hec came
to fetch his ring,but Venus had bowed her finger in , and bee could not cet it
off. Whercvpon loath to make his company tarry at the prefent,there left it
intending to fetch it the next day,or at fomc more convenient timc,& went
thence to (upper,and fo to bed. In the night when hee fhotild come to per- *'Jpfafc»|j
forme thofe nuptiall rites ^#/ftepsbetwcenchimaudhis wife ( vnfeene,
vnf:lt of hcr)and told him that fhe was his wifc,and that hee had bctroathed dot$l* 6.&r<uv.
himfelfe vnto her by that ring,which he put vpon her;finger 5 (hee troubled lf%^" g f" M
himforfomefoilowingnights. Hee not knowing how to helpc himfelfe, S^fcrA
made his moane to oncPalumbus , a learned Magician in thofe dayes, bummffiiUr
who gaue him a Ictter,& bid him at fuch a time of the night, in fuch a crolTe lo ^ff m
commouM'
way at the towncs end, where old Saturne would pafie by with his aflociats, tes, denvnator
in proceflion, as commonly he did, deliner that fcript with his own hands to mttcrr * gM 5
Saturne himfelfe: the yong man of a bold fpirir, accordingly did it, & when S^S,
the old Fiend had read ir,he called Venus to him ; which rode before him, and &muiierm
commanded her to deliuer his ring,which forthwith fhe did,and fo the Gen- C ™-^ M *"
tlem an was freed.Many fuch a ftories J find in feuerali Authors to confirme <■ ex
this which J haue faid; and though many be againft it , yet I for my parr,WiIl J
fnbfcribe to LaSlantim lib.14tap.15. b Godfent ^Angels to $e tuition of met?, & lMm ^
but whilfl they lived amongfl vs/hat rnifchieuous all-commander oft he Earthy d ^^ tt > et
& hot e in luft.entifed them by little\& little to this Wtetjdk defiled them with "*f"J£™ t:
the company of women: And to Anaxagoras de refurrcB* Many of thofe fpiri- Mt i fax.
tuall bodies, oner come by the lone ofmaides.and lufl r fatled, of whom thofe were *
home wc callGyants.ltiflin Martyr flemens Akxandrinm^ulptUus Sever ^ , ^ ^
A a st Eufebiut,
Part, J. Sc&.i. Lone melancholy. Memb.l.SuMu
Eufebius^&cxo this fcnfe malce a twofold fall oi Angels, one! from the bc-
« rbyfioi»zi* ginning of the World, another a little before the deluge, as Mofes teachcth
f/Tos/jpir)- vs,opcnly profefling that thefe Genij can beget, and haue carnall copulation
m^e'femen with womcn.Many Diuincs ft iffely contradict this,but I will conclude with
yi exem " c Upfiud, that fince examples Jejiimon/es, and con felons of thofe vnbappj rvf
wulrumy!'' *re fo manifejl on the other fide ^ and many euen in thu our town */Lovan,
Mm* confejt- that it is likely to be fo$ One thing I will adde,that ifuppofc that sn no age pAft %
mti de tfwnt 1 ^ no w not h w ^ at ^ e fl in J rf f ^ vff happy time , there haue neuer appeared $r
^unttnhk * fhervedthemfeluesfomanylecherortsdtueh) SatyrsandGenif^as in thifofours }
urbe Lovinlo M d pp ear cs by the daily narrations, and iuduiall fentences vpon Record, Rcadc
Tymmdixert, more of this qucftion in Auftin de civ,Deilib, i S .merus Ub.jJe prafiig.Dam,
tmofimri me Gtraldw Cambrenfis Itinerar.Camb.lib.i . MtiUeus malefic \qu*jl,s$ art, iJa*
ullo retre «vo ^ Rut tins lib .c.cap.d.foL s4.Godelman. Ub,2.cap.A.Eraflu4. Storz. Ci count /,
satymum<& s*ap.3.Delrto,LtpJius,Bodtne da-monolMb.z.cap.y. Perertus in Gen* lib.S, tn 6*
faUciumiflorum ei p tV g r ,l. King j AM ES &C.
Gtmtrum fe o- 1
fUndifliyquxnti
nuruquottdiane J>VBSECT t 2»
narratioMts , &
'untit^oftrmt. How hue tyrannizeth oner men . Loue or HerJi/caU melancholy,
his definition , part affecled.
YOu haue heard how this tyrant Loue rageth amongft brute beafts&
fpirits , now let vs confidcr what paffions it caufeth amongftmeo.
S Improbe amor quid non mortalia peclora ccgis?
fhamc * Horrefco refer ens^ I am almoft afraid to re.
fbeakc of late, amazed,* 1 and afliamed, it hath wrought fuch ftupend and prodigious
which ^are* c ff c<as / ucn f° u k offences. Loue indeed ( I may not deny ) firft vnited Pro-
done of them vinces,buitt Cities,and by a pcrpctuall generation, prcferucs mankind, pro-
m fecrct. Epb. pagates the Church; but if it rage,it it no more Loue,but burning luft, a dif-
tphtarcb*. eaft,Phrenfic } Madnc(fe,Hell. 1 Eft or cm i/le t vis eft immedicabilu , eft rabies
mMtuAb. in/ana. It fubverts kingdomes,ouerthrowes cities,townes,famiHes,& makes
a maffacrc of menj thunder and lightning, warrcs, fires, plagues, haue not
done that mifchicfe to mankind, as this burning luft,this brutifh paflion.Lct
Sodome and Gomorrha^Troia^nd J know not how manyCities,beare record,
& fait ante Helenamficc* Bcfides thofe daily monomachies,murders,effufi»
on ofbloodjrapcSjriotandimmoderatcexpence^ofatisfle their lufts,beggc-
ry,fhame,loiTc,torture,puni(hmcHt,difgracc, ioathfome difeafes that pro-
ceed from thence, worfc then calentures and peftilcnt feauers, thofe often
Gouts,Pox,combuftions,&c.which torment the body, that feral melancho-
ly, which crucifies the Soulein this life,and cuerlaftingly torments in die
world to come.
Notwithftanding, they know thefe and many fuch miferies, threats.tor-
tures will furelycome vpon them,rcwards, exhortations, econtra, yet either
out of their ownc weaknefle, a depraued nature, or loues tyranny, which fo
furioufly rageth,thcy fuffer themfclues to be led like an oxe to the daughter
Factlis defcenfus Averni, they goe downc headlong to their ownc perditio,
they will commit folly with beafts, men leauing thenaturallvfe of womtn, as
t Xmb.i.i7. P**l faith,burnedin luft one towards another 7 and man with man wjugbtfil-
thineff^ Semi-
FWWfrocctn. Loues power and extent. Memb.i. SubCi,
Stmirmk equo M^b** U*n,AriJlo Efh e f lut afin* f e commifcuit ^A
v;M
rum & PbrygA, zh)&Euriftiumzb Herculc amatnm tradunt. Scores pul
chrorum Adolefcentumcaulafrequcns Gymnafium obibat, nagirrofoque
fpc&aculo pafccbat oculos^d & ^ />/W**,Riuales, Cbarmides ' f*"""""**
& rciiqui Dialogi,fatis uiperq.,teftatumfaciunt; quod vera urffc. 5^222*
^4^;dccodcm^rrtf^loqiuair, lubcnscontieefco, fed & abhorrec- tan VNhLuc ™'«
tumincitamcntumpracbcntlibidini. Ac bunc pcrftrinxit Theodorctit* lib de* dliUmo ""*
curat.gra?c.afFea.cap.ultimo. Quin & ipfc Plato fuum demiracur Ls/ntfo.
wmJenophonClwUmytrgtlius Alexin^Anacreon Bathylhm Qi\od autQm
6cNerone,Clartdio, caeteroruroq, portencofa libidinc memoriae prodirum,
ma\kmaPetr»nto Suetonio, castcrifq-, petatis, quandoomnem fidemexec-
dant,quamameexpcactis:fcd vetcraqucrimur. m kpudAfiams ^urcm mD 'fi l i ui »-
//4/o/,nunqiiam ftcqucmius hoc,quam hodicrno die vitium jofficina; horum
alicubi apud Tuna*, &frequentcs querela?, etiam inter ipfos coaiuges hac
de ic^v* virorum concubitum illicitum calceo in opppfttam partem verfo magi,
jlratue indicant $ nullum apud Jcalosfamiliare magrspeccatnm, qm&poft
n Lmianttn & ° Tatium.icuipth voluminibusdcfcndunc. Johannes dela Cafs
F^v^/^Epifcopusdivinumopusvocat, fuavefcelus, ade&q; ia6hcfe B <*#fc*r<i
non alia ufurrt Vcnerc.Nibil ufiratius apud monachos.Cardinalcs, facrifi'cu- Tlt'wm
los 3 ctiam P furOr hie ad mortt n,ad infaniam. <l Angelas Politian tu, obpucri cbmdmo.
amorem,violentasfibi iT2 ( i, i; is iriccicEthorrendum fane didtu, quantum a- V7 i mt f ih * c
pud nos patrum memoria,fcelus deccftandum hac fafuicrrc.Quum enim An- *™£ !a<Umcnt
no r , ? S.prudentifimus Rex Henricm OcJavtts, cucnlLxtcrum c^nobia^dr facri- 1 l9VIM
Jtcorum collegia, vot trior um, pervenefabiles legitm D»ftores,T bantam Leum t
Ricb.tr dum LAytomvnvifitArifecerat ejre. tan to numeroreperti font Apud eos
fcortxtorei y ri,v,tdi,gAneones j>ddicones i puerAry,p*dcrajl£) Sodomite, (* Balei » Tr*fatMori
Verbis utorj Ganymedes,&c. ut in unoquofyC»rumnov((mcredider\$ Gomorrba. MMvitUfMr
Sed vide filub:;corundcfn Catalogum apud BAleunt$\\c\\$(inquit)inleflis ,
dormire non pot er ant oh fiatres necromanticos. Ha?c fi apud votarios , mona-
chos,fan<5los fcilicet homucioncs,quid"irrforo , quid in aula fa&u fufcipcris?
o\id apudnobiles.quid inter fornices, quara non fa?ditatem,quam non fpur- t utrcvmiij
citiemr Sileo interim turpes illas,&nc nomfnandas quidem monachorum frw/if*
{ maftrupationes,Tribadcs illas mulicrculas, quae fe inviccm fricant, & pr± - f Jj«r«ft/« Lb
t-r Eunuchos etiam ad Venerem explendam , artificiofa ilia vererra habenr. x. Enter p<e ux».
Etquodmaeis mirere foemina foeminam ConflAntimpoli non fra pridem mm h™ m
ceperijc,aufa rem plane incredibilem , mutato cultu mentita virum denup-
tiis fermoncm inrty &brcvi niipta eft: fedauthorcmipfurrrconfule^Ar/^- * r<kdmt cmdl -
5f»/*/w.Omrtto t falinarios illos *s£gypttAcos , qui cum for^tiofarum cadave- 'ffimfxriZ
ribuscon^umbuntj^corumvefanam libidinem, qui itiafmldola &imagf- qudfwmp
hcsdeperciinr. NotaeftfabulaP/^4^/5 apud" Ovidium^Mundi ScPte- ^^^jj*
lint apud vZ^efippum belli JiUJib.z.cap^.Pcntiw " t C*fdris lcganis rcfercntc
Plmto lib, t $.c 'tp.3. quern fufpicor cumefle qui Chriftura crticifixic , pi&uris ^Jj^^**
KAnUnU ic Heltn* aded libidinc incenfus a ut tollcrc eas vellct, fi natura te- u'Jj,^ , Jo
A a a 2 ^o"j
Part.}.$e&i. Loue melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.i
3^2 clorij permifiiTct 3 aliusftatuam bona? For tun* dcpcrijr, (%/E.lianm lib. p. cap,
*seiiec*deira, alius bona? deae, cVc. Etnc qua parsprobro vacct. x Roptmadflupra 9
r^NuSl % i^od ait dr ne Y os quidem a Itbidine except um. Heliogabalu4 % per omnia
wettusaiqum cava corporis libidinem recepit^iw^r/W.vita eius., Vc vcrum plane fu 3 quod
non pttest adi- apU( j z p/utarchum Gryltus Fly /f i obiccit.^ hunc u((l diem apudnos netL mas
element Alex', marem^ne^ faeminafGemtnam amavtt } qualta mult* apud v$s memorabUe s &
p*da&jib.iea% pra-clari virtfecerunt,vt viles mijTosf&ciam, Hercules smberbem fe clans fo-
*Tem.i.Gryito c i Hm ^ mim defer »it drc^eftra libidmet intrafuos natura fines eotrceri non
poJfunt.c[HininjlArfliivi} exundmtes atrocemfeeditatem, tumult urn, confufio.
nemcj { nature gignant in re venerea pam & eapraSyparcoS/quos, inierunt viri
tjffieminx infano befliarum amore exar[erunt,unde Minotaur /', Centaury SyU
vani, Sphinges rjrc .Sed ne confutando doceam, nolo quern dimius hifee for*
dibus inquinare.
J come at Lift to that Heroicall Z<w,which is proper to men and women,
and is a frequent can fc of melancholy ,and deferucs much rather to be called
burning luft 5 thcnby fuch an honorable title. There is an honeft loue ] con-
v^itJnd f c ^ c 3 wmen>is natural!,and no man liuing can auoidc it. a Et qui vimnon fen*
*> rimer, fit amoru^aut lapis eft^aut bel/ua: Hceisnotaman ) butablocke 3 averyftonc
«r#w.i M. that hath not felt the power of it, and a rare creature to be found,
n^Ammnm . 0^ ^^vifaflagravit amorepuellai
ardent Muf*. for dote we either young or old^s b he faid s and none are excepted but Miner*
a/* and the Mufes: fo Cupid in c Lucian complaines to his mother Venus % that
amongft all the reft 3 his arrowes could not pierce chem .But this is a commo
paffion 3 an honeft,for men to loue in the way ofmarriage. You know marri-
age is honourable,a blcflcd calling, appointed by God himfelfe in Paradife,
icbrccdcstrucpeace,tranquillity 5 content and happineffc, when they liue
*m without jarring,fcolding,louingly as they fhould doc.
" • * d Eoeltces tcr& ampltrn,
Quos irrupt a tenet copula,
Vtvuljis queremonijs,
Suprema citius folvit amor dic~>.
Thrice happy they 3 and more then that,
Whom bands of Loue fo firmely tics,
That withoutbrawlcs till death them part,
T'is vndhTolu'd and ncutr dies.
As Seneca liucd with his Paulina, Abraham and Sara } Orpheus & Euridice t
Arria & Paetus^rtemifia and Maufolus.Rubenius Celer, that would necdes
haueitingraucnonhiscombc, that hee had liucd With Ennea his wife, 4$
ycares,8 moncths,and ncuer fell out : there is no happinclTc like vnto it, no
loue fo great as this of man and wife,no fuch comfort.
• TttftYt. Omnit amor magnus y fed aperto in contuse motor %
When they loue at laft as frcfti as they did at firft,
tS«w»«fc» \charafycharoconfcneftitcomugi, as Homer brings
Paris kifling Helena ftm they had been married ten ycercs 3 protcfting with-
all 3 thatheloucdherasdeareashedidthcfirfthourehewasmarried: And
in their old age when they make much of one another, and fay as bee did to
*Aftmm. his wife in the Poet.
[Vxorvivmus**odviximtu> ejrmoriamur,
Ser*
Part.3« Se&.2. tones power and extent. Memb.i. Subt.i.
Servant es nomen (umpfimus in thalamo J 2^2
7{jc ferat ulla dies ut commutemur in avf y
Quin tibi ftm iuvenu y tu^ puetla mihi.
Dearc wife,let's hue in loue,& die together,
As hitherto wc haue in all good-will,
Let no day change or alter our affections,
But let's be yong to one another ftiil.
Such ftiould conjugal! Loue be, ft ill the fame, and as they are one flefh, fo
fhould they be of one mind,one confent.f GeryonAiVt , corpus coalefcere in u*
nttm^xW and nil! the fame. A good wife,according to Plutarch ftiould bee t G *P" &
like a looking glafie,rotcprelcnt her h usbands face and paffion: if hecbee " tl * b mHh9i -
merry ,tlie fbould be merry: if he fmilc,(he fhould {mile % if he looke fad,(he
fhould participate of his forrow,and bcare a part with him,& fo they fhould
continue in mutuall loue one towards another.
■ * Etmeab amore tuo deducet nulla feneclus, * vripettm
Sine ego Tithenus, fine ego Nejlor ero. **
No age fliali part my loue from thee fwcet wife.
Though I liue Neftor or T ithonus life.
Tis an happy ftate this indeed, when thefountaincisblefied ffahhSolo-
mon Pro Vef . 77) and he reioyceth with the wife af his youth andjbe u to htm 44
the lotting Hinde ^andpleafantSae^andhe delights in her continually. But this
loue of ours is immoderate, inordinate, and not to be comprehended in any
bounds.lt will notcontaine it felfe within the vnion of marriagc,or appl v it
felfe to one obie£t,but it is a wandring extravaganza domineering, a bound-
lefle,an irrefragable palfioa : fomctimes this burning luft rageth after marrt*
age,and then it is properly called Iealoufie\ femctimes before, and then it is
called f/^/W/mclancholv.ic extends fomctimes to corriuals/omcrimes to lmtnmhd
rapes jncefts,murders,cVc.and is confined within no rermes, of ycares, (cxe, w!^^
orwhatfoeuerelfc. Some filiioufly rage before they come to difcretion or unquam mmi-
age. f Quart ella in Petromutpzuzi rcmembrcd fhe was a maidcj and the wife ™™f™A vtrsf '
of Bath in Chaucer cracks, infam en'm pa*
mte 31 toa* ttorfue ft arc « olb bettor,
ilpuf battD0 at JKtrke doo?c fcato 31 Sue. maLtrim me
\Aratines Lucretia fold her maiden head a thoufand times, before fhee was "ff^dmc
34 y eares of age,/>/W miUtes ven Aider am virgmttatem^rc ne% te ecUbo, non veni}Ut mlo &
decrant auiut integrum amlircnt. Rahab the harlotbcgan to be fa profcfTed tuim,tmi'e ta*>
ciucaneattcnyearesofagc, and was but fifteene when fhe hid the fpies, as \ m T ^ Mi ^
*Hwh Broughton proues,& to whom Serrarius the IefuiteyutftJ. in cap^. diaiULimap.
JofuefiMci fots. Generally women begin pubefcere as they call it, 5 at 14 ^.umbioex
ycares o!d,and then they doe offer themielues,and fome plaincly rage. f Leo
coacentft.
<^fer faith, that in ^fricke a man fliall fcarce findc a maidc at i4yearcs of tur: a ^
age, they arc fo forward, and many amongft vs after they come into the ]ffmSS%
tecnes doc not liue without husbands,but linger .What prankes in this kind urn cbaato 14.
the middle age hath plaid,is not to be recorded.
Si mihi fint centum linguae/tut tray, centum, no tongue can fum- Rm ^ mxt
ciently declare,evcry ftory is full of men and womens vnfatiabJe luft , Nero's , f.^™™^''
HcUogabali y Bonoft*Cdim^mpbilcnumfedQuintiH* AmpbcUnam deperr J^tJIlirt
nnt^c . They ncy after other nacns wiuei("as /eremy^ap.f. $ . conoplaineth; t cmUm.
Part.3.Se&.2. Loue melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subfo,
354 like fed horfcs,or range like fo many toWne Buls,as many of our great ones
k De mutorum doc.Ofwomcns vnnaturatl, b vnfatiablc luft,what countrey , what Village
»itxb**fli bbi • doth not complainc. — ' Sed Amor fed effrtnata libido,
dine luxui in- cdftum in terrU intent At um^ relte^uit ?
^ulrnjom What breach of vowcs,and othcs/utydotagCjmadncflcjmight I reckon
conqueri f$jfe vp? Yet this is more tollerablc in youth,& fuch as are yet in their hot bloudj
XtiMtm^' Dut ^ oran oldfooletodore 5 tofccanoldlcachcr,what more odious, what
* owiicaiigaxt can be more abfurd? and yet what fo common ? Who fo furious I
Muresgravttcr j ^m A re ca At Ate fi occeferint \mnlto infAniunt Acrih %
^umtfmha- Some dote more then then encr they did in their youth. How manydecre-
rtfcit'flittti o- pite } hoaric,harfli,writhcn,bHrftenbellicd & crooked 3 toothleiTe, bald, blear*
tojufa &c. c ycd ; impotent,rotteaoldmenfhall you fee flickering ftill in every place.
\L\bl'.e^. One gets him a young wife,another a Curt ifan, and when hee can fcarce life
T^ffinus. his legge ouer a fill ,and hath one foot already in chains boar,whcn he hath
irtnviSL- the trembling in his ioyms, thegcnrtinhisfeerjapcrpctuall rheumcinhis
tes fodex. head,* continuAte^j cough,* hu fight ftyles him, thicker vf heAtingJois breath
v c? daver fi (link es ,and all his moifturc dryed vp and eone^and cannot loit Irom him ; a
fetk reverfa vi- very cnildc againc that cannot dreile mmlclf e,or cut his owne meat, yet hee
An pafflt, vttit will be dreaming of,and boning after werrches,what can be more vnfcemh ?
^SaJ & **- Worfc it is in women then- in men, when (he is At Ate decliuu y dtuviduA y mA.
erimmiu «/l de- ter olim$Arum decor e mAtr/moniumfequt vtdetur , an old widdowe,a mother
^jtntM ^sMm ^° * ol> ? ^ ncc * n p ^ cs °pi n *° n ) *° c doth very vufecmely fecke to marry,
*» gnid tm» y ct vvbilft flic is » fo old a crone 3 abeldame,(ne can neither fcc,nor heare,go
ttrramm $tbe nor ftand,a meere k carcafle, a witch , andean fcarce feete ; yct (hee cattcr*
fS7?«»r wau ' €s > anc ^ nauc a ft*Uion,a Champion.fhc muft & wil marry agame,
gpfidwi, qut & betroth herfelfc to fome young man, 1 that hates to lookc on, but for her
fmihavaeatx- goods,abhorrcs the fight ofher,to the prejudice of her good name,her own
tuf^MMSii- vndoing,griefc of her friends,and ruine of her children.
vitu.quk trig- But to enlargeor illuftrate this power and effects of loue , is to fct a can-
nullum* ^ C * n ^ unnc * m h Mgcth amongft all forts and conditions of men, yet is
mrucaufxper- moft evident amongft fuch as are young and lufty, in the flowrc of their
tgitinftgnefaci* yccres, nobly dcfccndcd 3 high fedd , and fuch as Hue idle and at eafe, and for
f^io'fome^ tnat caufe (which our Diuincs call burning luftythis « ferinm infant* amor %
ramtjHcm mor this mad and beaftly pa(fion,as I haue faid,is called by our Phyfitians, Heroi*
tnmUt perxuia ^j OUCjan( J a m0 re honourable title put vpon \t,Amor nobilu, as °- Savaka *
n Fereftus,?ia- roU ftilcs it.becaufe noble men make a common praclifc of it, and are fo co^
•Pratt monly affected with it. ^visennAlib.j. Fen.i.traft t j.cAp.2j. calleth this
rraftj. paflion l/ifbi, 2nd P defmes it to be a difesfe or meUncholy vexAtionpr Anguijh
nub.u Je *gnt cf mindjn which a mtn tenttnuAlly mekitAt'S of the beAtrty^geJlurt \tnanners of
rnHMcminp h " Mij?ru>An4 troubles himfelfe about it: dc&ring (as SA V «nAroU addes)with
t H*c.*gritudo allintcntbnandeagcrneflcofmind^tfw/w/^flr/w^^r, q m commonly
tfi ftUictiuda Hunters trouble t hemfclues About their fjrortsjoueton their gold And goods , fir
™nunA™ * ^ tormented ft ttt About hie Miftris* K^rnoldut \ rtllanovAnus m his bookc of
ftkatCibicmt- Hcroicall loue,defincs it, r a continuAScogitAtion of that which hedefiresyoith
tZZ(*WHi 4 C0n fi^ me * r ho P s which definition his Commentator ca-
shrittdiue ip/im vilsat. Forcondnuallcogitationisnotthe^w, buta fymptomeoflouc,
quam amtt, ge»
$iMmjnmnm % 1 Ammifbrtt Atcidmqut) quit rmhabtrt nimii evidittte eonenpifcit, vt kdeivenattw s mm & eptiivtri.
* AJftdMAstijutio fupcr rem itftdcviam^MftMwbunXn&tVt Jfc Ajprchenfm itlttttfdc, &c.
Part j-Se&.i. Loues power. Mcmb.i. Subf. i ,
we continually thinkc ofihat which wee hate andabhorrc , as well as that 3^5
which wclouc, and many things wcecouct and defne, without all hope of ( Mwhm
attaining. C&rolus a Lorme in his qucftions makes a doubt , An amor fit mor* ft™ palm aui
^whether this Hcroicall louche a difeafe : f Amoldm willhaueitimpr-) ™ mu
pcrly fo callcdjand a difeafe rather of the body,thcn of the mmSjully in hi: L'^L'lk*
Tufculanes defines itafuiiousdifeafeofthcmirdc P/^madneffcic felfe 3 F/ ob taiefon-
anus his Commentator cap. 12.3. fpecies of madnefle .but Rhafes a 1 m-Uncho- [ ™ P'""""
' • *z St^$ (ITHCltOf
lypafiionpwd moft Phyfitians make it a fpecics or kinde of melancholy ( as uttitk i t btrat,
will appearc by the Symptomcs/& treat of ic apart : whom J mcanetom i- eb
tate,and to difcufle it in all its kindcs,to examine its (cucrali cauics , to fntw ; ; ?
itsfvmptomeSjptognoftickcs^effeclsjUiaifoitmay bee with mor e facility x r "
CUred. ^ . tkid&kmrti
The part anecled in the meanctime as a ArrMiu fuppolern^ theformer m*i*p*
tart of the bead for want of moifiure which his commentator reiecls. £4*#/- kit* menu h
f J „ ,.r .111 i- rr C J ^ L !• J t iff fpintiuM
usmect.eptftJtb.z.cap.ij.mtthaucihispMioniiccu iaihclmcr,and tokeep iC[0 , t
rcfidcnce in the heart, 1 to proceed fir ft from the eyesfo carrud iy cut Jf h > n.
kindled with imagination in the liuer and hurt; cogtt amare iecur, as the fay ^ J ^£
\nz\s.M edium frit per epar^as Cupid \n * Anacreon , For that caufc ucitkc t^d t*u
Homer hmtsjhaiTsty us liuer (who was enamored onLatena J was (till ^mfmwi m
gnawed by two vultures day and night in hell * For that young mens bowels ^IS^mm
thit are enamored, (ire fo continually tormented by loue. Gordon/us c ip.s.pa rt 2 fatuttmexfkU-
» vtllhauc the ttftnles an tmmedutejubteaor caufe, the liuer an Antecedent. ^
But b properly it is a paflion of the braine , as all other melancholy , by r ea- ad cau r m i»n-
fon of corrupt imagination,and fo doth Jafon Pratc»fis,cap. ig. de morb. cere- >"J™JP«
Wwho writes copiouGy of this Eroticall loucjplacc & reckon it amongft vo(funt ^
the aff'&ions of the braine. c Melanfihon de anima confutes thofe that put utium.
the liuer a pari affcSe^and Guianerins Tracl.is.cap. 13.&17. though ma- ^Zpf'
nvput Vlthcan^aionsintheheartjrcferrcsit toihe braine. Futnus cap. 7 . coiruftmmA .
inConv^mHatonu^Maue^
<tuuap.i4.nocl.med. fuppofeth all fourearTeacd,heart, liuer, braine, Wood # **
Lit the maior part concurrc vpon the braine/ tis imagmaUo Ufa and both - tft m U
redinrliu
fi t ftone, l hen«he«het. ' f ^f
W tutu.
MlMI. 1 SVBSHCT. I.
C„ fa of Heroic An Loue, Temperstirrfull Diet,
Idlenefe, PUce, Cltmtt, &c.
OFallcairfes themoft remote arcftarres.^/Wf^. faith tltey f Cmmnum
Uorofcetesx that the Mutuant Ventti DC mutually ^
Pait.j.Scd.2. Loue melancholy. Memb.2.Sub££
$66 as be of Venus complexion. S Plutarch interprets Aftrologically that talc
t?lewm&*: of Mars andrews I in whv/e gemtures Mars and Vcnu$are i»comun£lio»i
™f*JmlZ«t ine y arc commonly lafciuious,& if womcn^qiwancs, as thepoA veifc ff /Bath
trices Jib de aw confyfed inGhwcZt,
tend.™. SifoUotoecapeminnnclinfltton,
13ptocrcue ofmpconfieUaiion.
Aptioresadmafculinam venercm funt quorum genejG Venus eft in figno
mafculino,& in Saturnifirubusaut oppofitione,&c. Ptolomeusinquadri-*
parr.plura de his & fpecialia habct Aphorifmata^ongo proculdubio vfu co«
firmata,&abexperientia multaperfecla,inquit commentator eius Carda-
nus.Chiromantici cx cingiilo Veneris plerumq* conie£turamfaciunt,& rr.o-
tc Veneris.de quorum decrctiSjTaifncrumJohan.de lndagine,Gocleniunj,
C3etcrofq-,fi lubet/mfpicias. Phyfitians conie<5turc whojly from thetempc-
raturc and complexion, Phlegmatick perfons are feldome taken according
to Frc/nus Comment. cap.p.nzuivaWy melancholy leife then they,but once ta-
ken they are ncuer freed, though molt are of opinion flatuous or hypocon-
driacall melancholy are moft fubiecT: of all others to this infirmitie. Vale feus
k . affigncs their ftrong imagination for a caufe , Bodine abundance of windc
■ mLmmm s an g U jnc are foone caught 3 young folkes moll apt to louc , & by their good
wills faith h Lucian } wouldhaue about with every one they fee: the colts evil is
common to all complexions. Theomeflus a young & lutty gallant acknow-
jOtmmarii ledgethfin the* faid Author^all this to be verified in him. / am fo amoroujly
jtuBut & nkti g t uen,\you> may fooner number the fea fands , and fnowe falling from the skies \
mmi!»k%Z then my fevera/l loues. Cupid hatbfhot all his arrow es at me ^ 1 am deluded With
amores mess, feveratl ' de fires yone louejucceeds another \andth at fofoone , that before one is en*
tofa^ru*' dedjheginne withafecondfije thit is lafl is ft ill fair ejl y andfhee that's prefent
w prlufauxn fleafeth me mofii as an Hydras he id my loues increafe^ no Iolaus can helpe mee.
defawtt p/itrres M me gyes arefomoift a refuqe & fantluary of loue^ that they draw all beauties
)7s P 'miVZ- t0 them^and are neuer fatisfrd. lam in a doubt what fury of Venus this jhould
mi'dls owls be: Alas, how haue I offended her fo to vexe me , -what Htppolitus am I ? Ano-
weus inhabits tncr j n * ^^ratfeonfefleth that he had twenty fweet-hearts in Athens at
fomm W adfe once 3 fiftcene at Corinth ,as many at Thebes ,at Lesbos at Rhodes , twice as
rapiens,vt nui- man y j n j^^thricc in Caria^ioooo in all.-orinaword , *Va\« Wf7*,6Vc #
fteatur,qu£>tam J
htc ira veneris, Nofli referre cunfld,
& c ' Autcomput are arenas
3 Inaquorevniuerjo ,
Solum meorum amorum
Te fecero logiflam.
Can ft count the leaucs in M ay,
Or fands ith' Ocean Sea,
Then count my loues I pray.
His eyesarelikeaballancc, apt to propend every way 3 and tobeewayed
downc with every wenches lookes, hishcarta wetbercockc , his affection
tinder,which every fwect fmile 4 or miftrisfavour fets on tire.Guianerius trsc.
i Qui uMurfi jfjdp.i^vefenrcs all this * to the hot temperature of the tefticies ^fuchasar^
mJmhZt veryjpermaticke and full of feed, for which caufe thefe young men , that arc
' ftrong fee, of able bodies , arc fo fubieel; to it, Hercules de Saxenia^ih the
fame
Part.?.Sea.a. Cau jaof melancholy. ~ Memb.i.SubC
fame words in effea. Butmoftpart, Ifa^fuchareapteftTolouethat
V7
L U s n8an k^ fty,liaeateafe3ftaul - fed/rcefronicares ' 3dlc andfoatary pe"
ions. *Mens ertt aft a cap turn quttm Utifimt rerum 3
Vtfeges inpingut luxuriabit humo.
The mindc is apt to luft,and hot or cold,
Ascornc luxuriates in abetter molde.
The place it fclfe makes much svherein we liuc, the clime,ayre.& difciplinc
if they concurrc.Jn our Mtfnafikh Galen, neere to Pergamus, thou fhalt
fcarce finde an adultercr 5 but many at Rome , by reafon ot thedciights of the t Gab** &
place. It was that plenty of all things , which mz^Corinth fo infamous of fi* Gr ^
old,andtheo P portunit y oftheplace^cntertaineall forraigne commers, %2™IZ
every day ftrangers came in,at each gatc,from all quarters. J n that one tern " mira 'to* 1 *-
pic ofrenus 1000 whores did profticute themfelues : as Strabo writes, befidc *uS£
Lau and the reft of better note; All nations refortcd thither, as to a fchoolc
omenta. All hot and Southcrne Countries are prone to lu(t 5 and farrc more J?* Tem]A *
incontinenr 5 thenthofe thatliucintheNorth,as^/^difcourfethatlarge J^LTfi
MetM.hiJi m cap, s .Atolles ^ftatici, fo are Turkcs, Greekcs, Spaniards^ tali-
ans,and all that latitude: and in thofe Countries , fuch as are more fruitful!,
plentifull,and delitious.as riltntc in Spainefaptta in Italy^whkh Haw balls fikSSBS*
fouldiers can witne(Te)C^»^ in ^gyptySibarySy Bxu y 1 Cyfrus, Lampfacm. <»**t& obid
In Naples ,thc fruits of the foyle and pleafant ayre encruatc their bodies,and ^muT'"
alter conftitutions : Jnfomuch, that F torus calls it Cert amen Baccbi ejr Ve- Dmraimfa*
nertiyind * Foliot admires it. In Italy and Spttxe , they haue their ftewes in e- Ortefoti
vcty great Citty.as in Rome^enice,Plorence: which as fomc fay, hath 90000 p^/pofZfZ
inhabitantSjOf which 10000 arc Curtizans , and yet for all this, every Gen- vmum genno-
tleman almoft hath a peculiar miftris,fornications, adulteries, are no where £ & £" *'
{o commo: how (hould a man liuehoncftamongft fo many provocations? ■ wgri Nrapr
Now ifyouth,greatnctTe,liberty I mcane,and that impunity offinnc, which
Princes take vnto themfelues in this kindc (hall meet , what a gappe muft it t^X^ima
needs open to all manner of vice. For commonly Princes and great men bumi-
make no fcruplc at all of fuch mattcrs,but with that whore in Spartian.-quic* l™ t J? n J% d " e
quid ttbet licet {hey thinkc they may doe what they lift,profcfTc it publikely, & c . umAm-
and rather braggc of it with Proculus ( that writ to a friend of his in Romc_j 7 bert i cs in Cam '
« what famous exploits he had done intha'tkinde^ then any way beabafhed ^MtUuA.
at it. Nicholas Saunders relates of Henry the S th ( I knowc not how trucly ) wb.nup.
Quod pauca* vidit pulcbr tores quas non concupierit , ejr pauct/ftmas non concu* j^^f™
pierit,quas non violirit y He faw few faire maids that he did not defire, & de- noaibmemtum
fired fewe whom hce did not enioy , nothing fo familiar amongft them/tis ™f™" f tc W a
moft of their bufioeflfe: SardanapaluSy Meffalina y and lone of Naples ,arc not oS'riw.
comparable top meaner men and women. Solomon of old hadathoufand rifthey con-
Concubines,o^w his Eunuches 3 and keepers, Nen his TigtHinus Pan- ^ ^
ders and Bauds, the Turkes, Mufcouttes , Xeriffes of Barbary , and Per/ian So* tima 'tis not
phies,2xeno whit inferiour to them in our times. Deleclus fit omnium fttella-
rum to to regno formaprtflantiorttm ( faith Iovtus ) pro imperatorc, dr quas itle
tas fed fjcultae .
linquit \nobiles habent , they muftcr vp wenches as we doc fouldicrs,& haue ^ t* M*fcni*.
their choice of all the beauties their countries can afford,and yet all this can-
notkeepe them from adultcry,inceft,Sodomy,& fuch prodigious lufts. We
Way conclude^ that if they be young,fortunatc,& rich,high fed, & idle with-
Part.j. Scd.i. Lowe melancholy. Memb.z.Sijbij .
3*8 all,it is almoft impoffible they {hoiild hue honeft, or not rage , and precipi-
tate themfclues into all thofe inconveniences of burning lult.
* catu Urn td r otium ejr reges prihs ejr beat a
Uibi "*' terdidtt urbes.
Jdlenefle oucrthrowes all, Vacuo peclore regnat amor , louo tyrannizcth m
*Hor. an idle perfon.Jfthou haft nothing to doe
* poiii. 8 . num. { jnvtdia, velamore m/fer torquebere.--— Thou fhalt be
X ^nmlfca- bailed a-pieces with envy, luft, fome paflion or other. Homines nihil a*
morad iths 'jui gcndo t mxle Agere difcunt 5 Tis ^Arijiotles Simile,* as a mutch or touchwood
Jrt**- takes fire Jo doth an idle per fon/oue.
hen tiki, ce- QH<trttttrv£giJtu4 quarefitf actus adulter , eye. why was e/f.
fUint. egrcgp gtfitss a whoremafter? You need not askc a rcafon of it. ifmenedora ftole Bac*
^TuridZt c b°i* woman a manias t Aurora did Cephalust No maruaile, faith « Plutarch,
tia^abiemct- Luxurians cptbusmore hominummulier agiti She was rich,and doth but as
mrecafa. ef- mcn ( j oc j n t j laC ca f Cjas Jupiter did by Europa, TJjptune by Amymone^j. The
* 'in*mtorio. Poets therefore did well to faignc all ShephcudesLouers, togiue them-
* Pwk»p« p/f- fducs to fongs and dalliances, becaufc they hucd fuch idle hues. For Louc
7um&adil7'~ as t describes xtjuventagignitur, luxu »utrttur,ferifs aliturjtiofytn-
entiam divitta- ter Ut* for tun* bona. Yqvl\\\ begets it,riot tnainraines it jdlcneffj nourifheth
e2Sf w lt ^ c « wn ' cn m3L ^ cs Gordonius the Phyfitian cip.20.part.2. call this difeafe the
cunere. proper paflion ofnobility.Now if a weakc judgement and a ftrong paflion
t Amor etkfe ("hall conoirrc^how/alth Hercules de Saxonia 3 (\\i\ they refift? Savanarola ap>
dTnt^^ 11 *' P co P r i acc6 > c almoft to 7 Monkes, Frier s>and religious per fans Jbecaufe they Hue
1 Arientetap- folitary \fare wetland doe nothing: and well he may; for how fhould they 0-
sommumth- in- Diet alone is able to caufe it: A rare thing to fee a yong man or woman,
cm-it htcpaffio that liues idlely ,and fares well,ofwhat condition foeuer, not to bee in loue,
^ivilllutln- VbicuNfyfecttr'itaSyib: libido dominatur) luft & fecurity domineers together,
cBntinentei, n- as S c Hierome auerrcth. All which the wife of Bath in Chaucer iuftifies,
TviT mm **} aU t0 ° Gcfecr » a£! co1 * eiigenn^etb bate,
3 liquojtfo tonpe mutt &aue altquoulrj taile.
*sed»Meru- Efpccially if they (hall further it by choice Diet, asmany times they doe,
ti[@Mcs. M ~ fc C( * 'iberally.and by their good- will, eatc nothing els but lafciuious meates,
improbam | Vinum imprimis gencrofum, legumen,fabas, radices omnium generum
pofit tam/atu- b cn ^ con£ Ji tas & l ar go pipereafperfas, carduos hortulanos, la&ucas, z eru-
rciatwt.Ovid, 5 orr r. > 1111 1 rt • r
A ?etronmCn- cas,rapas,porros,c3epas,nucem piceam,amygdalas dulces, electuaiia, lyru-
V y ""Si*' P os / uccos i cocn ^ cas » conchas ; pifces optimc prasparatos,aviculas,tefticulos
bm&c. m ' animalium,ova i condimci^adivcrforum generum; molles lc&os,pulvinari?,
* vti iUe apud &c.Et quicquid fere meaN'ci impotcntia rei venerea? laboranti praefcribunt,
$cenk>v»> h oc quafi diafatyrion habent in dclitiis & his dapes multo delicatiores-. mul-
Mxortm lum,cxquilitas & exoticas iruges,aromata,placentas, expreflos fuccosmul-
tuer awtUu tisferculis variatos, ipfumq; vinum fuavitatevincentes, & quicquid culina,
P narmaco P xa » ailt q i, ^qifereofficinafubminiftrarepoflit. Ethoc plcrunq;
tomprejfu. vicluquumfe ganeoncsinfarciant/utillc obCrcfeida fuam/ebulhis&co-
* ? sifa6da' C ^ C ' S curJV ": c " am ^ Venerem fc parenr,& ad hanc pala?ftram fe exaceant,
Voxy&lmaf, qui fieri po(Tit,ut non miferedepereant,*> ut non penitus infanianr? *A.jluans
vmura^ n.bU 'venter cito defpuit in Itbidinem. Hierommus ait. c foft pranditjCaliyrow ds y
^ e fna- ^ u j scn j m coacinerefcpotcftf ^Luxunoftres vinum^ fomcntum hbHnus
vocac '
fart.$. Seft.2. Cau/es ofboue melancholy. Memb.i.SubU.
vocat AuguftmusMn v£tna,non refuvtus tantu ardoribus a7Z^ T^T
mles medulU vmoplen^t < Hteronymm: undc ob optimum vmum Urn* - * wL
Jacus ohm Prtapo facer: Ethxcfi vinum funplc*,& per fe iumptum praftarc ' D /« fc «*.i.
pofl",quamnoninfa B iam,qucrononfurorcmac«ier«
mfiu% lalem enumerat inter ca 5 quar intempeftivam iibidmem provocate fo. H ™
^^tfalacioresHerifarminasobefumfalucontcndit^^ i'V^ 1 ^
Occanoortam^frta mater Salacea Occam comux, verbumq* iortalle falax a
iale cffliixit. Mala Bacchica tantum olim in amonbus pi jevaluerunt ur co mefaat fiquU
ron* ex .His ftatu* Bacchi ponerenwr.S Cubcbis in v.no maceratis utuntur' }7JXT
/W/0^^/^,adVencremexcitandam, & h Suraxradice/f/^4*>. chen* luiu
radix eofdemeffeaushabet, talifquehcrbacm^miniiw^.^ tib.^cap 16 ^T^'i
\Baptijlx /»pr/jcx/W/ial!atac,oiiusmcntioncmfacit & Th>ophraftus.St& t 4< ™/£
i lfinita his fimilia apud Rhaftn y AIatth/olum,Mizaldum } cxtctofciuc medicos iimede " ttb **
occurrunt quorum ideo menuonerrifca,nc quis impent.or in hos fcopulos tm^uS^L
impingat 3 ied pro virili tanquam fyrtcs & causes conlulio effugiac. tum%ai t :,*t ».
M_ derm, amies
1MB. If SVBSBC. 2r ft,tvelM )r <f
f"t, alios duo-
Other caufes of Loue Melancholy, Sight, Beaut ie from the to, 3Sf£
fat e % eyes, other parts t and how it pterceth. ' Cts pwtmjft
nftrt.
MAny fuchcaufes may be reckoned vp,but they cannot auaile,except
opportunity be offered of time.and placc^and thofc other Bcautifull 1 Lucun.Tom^
obiec"ts, or artificial lentifemcnts, askifllng^ontcrencc.difcourfe, fff^T'
gefturesconcurrc>and fuch likelafcivi'ous provocations. Kcrnmannns in his mumm meempe-
booke deLint -a ^dmoris, makes Hue degrees of luft, out of » Lucian belile, '*»t*m ubiia
Which he handles in fiue Chapters,
p r /f»S t Colloquium, Conuiclus,Ofcula,Tac7us.
Sight of all othcr,is the firtt ftcp to this vnruly loue, though fometime ir be & ue Md ^" tei£ '
prevented by relation or hcanng.or rather incenlcd. For there bee thofc fo MvkSH^'
apt ,icrcdulous and facile ro loue, that if they hcare of a proper man or wo- 1 Formofm s§.
man,theyare in loue before they fee them, andthacmecrclyby relation, as ^m^tZ^T
Achilles Tatius obferues. k Suck U their intemperance and lufl, that they are as tstfk, & fitiil-
much maimed by report as if they faw /^/w.Califthcncs a rtchyong Gentleman ^ d * u * tmc
♦/Bvzance/^Thracc.A^r/^^/^LeucippeSoftratusyi/^ daughter, vpm m i u]iWl ' U dh.
Jarre in loue with her, and out of fame and common rumour, was fo much insen am fluffs cots-
fed, that he would needes haue her to be hit nv/L;. And fometimes by reading fjjj^,
thev are fo affected, As he in m confefleth of himfelfe, / neuer reade ^undeVsn-
that place o/Vanthca in Xznophou s but lama* m%ch affccled, as if I were pre- f^*™'^
fent with her. Such perfons commonly fainc a kind of beauty to themfelues,
and fo did thofe three Gentlewomen in BaltktfarCafltlfofiW in loue with fe£t*[*m,acfi
1 1 L... Iiawl riirn /<r\mm»n^<ir). Ar COT am P tUtrCT.
reccwedtnto the Phantafie by relation alonc_j,\ Vt cupereabaffeclujic veUe ab ]arffc by hm>
auditu both fenfes ^cCtMerdum ejr abfentes amamus, fometimes wee loue p Grant vmt
thofe that arc abfent,fairh Philojtratus 3 & giucs inftancc in his friend Athena-
etesafurit in *b«ntrfam mifrnttufoLi relation. Tut^mam paA.t.cap.i*. t Liffim (tMi.xap^x^
Part3.Se&.2. Loue melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.2
3 70 dorus,thzt lou'd a Maide at Corinth whom he ncucr faw, bom null fed mens
Beauties en videt, We fee with the cy cs of our vnderftanding,
<omions. B ut t h e mo [\ f am iliar and vfuall califc of Louc, is that which comes by
\ ? Amrit pri- fight, which convayes thofc admirable rayes of Beauty and pleating graces
mm gradum to the heart. Plotinm deriues Loue from fight, quafi fy*«r*.
Ittcifuma- Si n€ f cU 0CH ^i unt in Am9re thc CVCS are
mum. the harbingers of Loue, and the firft ftep of Loue is fight,as f tilim Giraldus
« Achiiiti Tatl- proucs at hx%z,hifl.dcor fyntag.i ; % which as two fluces, let in the influence
ZioywTa™ ofchatdiuinc,ponrerfull,(bulc-ratiifhing } and captivating Beauty? whieh.as
tlor ad 'nferat- t on c faith,# foarper then Any tiartor needles, wounds deeper into the_j heart,
^T' Tcllos'a P em * n through our eyes to that Uuely wunAjohiehperceth the fal
f £\to?\ovuLri it fe\fe( Ecclcl.i8)T hrough it^Loue it kindledlike a Jzrc^.Tbis amazing 3 con-
aditim paufa- founding,admirable,amiable Beauty, u then which, in all Natures treafures
pcmrJ mmm f faith lfocrates)tbere u nothing fo mate fi call & fared, nothing fo diuinejoue-
*inwa renm lyjretivtw.whofc power hence may bedi(cerned,we contemne and abhorre
ffmfdivMu* S cncr ?^y f uc h things as are foule and vgly to behold, accompt them filrhy,
mklwA'iw! but loue and couet that which is faire. Pis beauty in all things, which pica-
nihil peciofw, fech and allureth vs. Tis that which Painters and Orators allaymcat. x It
facte bttelli£utt. **** 'Beauty fir f that miniflredoccafion to Art , tofinde cut the knowledge of
tur &c. earning, Painting,Snilding, tofintie out models , per Retimes , rich furnitures ,
7 trie's rob An ^f° many rare inventions, VVhitencfFe in the Lilly, red in the Rofe 3 purple
11. defomL in the Violet, a luftre in all things without life,the cleare light of the Moon,
i Luciano. t hc bright bcamcs of the Sunne, fplendor of Gold, pure marble, fparkling
fi^tib^Xfll] Diamond.thc excellent feature of the Horfc, the : maiefty of the Lion, the
nifi benefice ' colour of Birds,Peacocks tailcs,thc filucr fcalcs of Fifh,wee behold with fin-
^tdne ammm gl ,la r delight and ad m h* a t ion . 7 L^nd wbicb u rich in flints, delight full in
frmofama" flowres } wonderfuU in beajlsjbut mofigloriom in »i<rj(r,doth make vs affect it,&
mu* & primt carneftly defire it , as when wee hcare any fweete harmony, an eloquent
VtnSen%co' tongue.fee any excellent quality,curious worke of man/elaborate Art,or a-
*mtimur,& ees ny thing that is exquifite,there arifcth inftantly in vs a longing for the fame.
% 2muiZi ^ ouc ^ uc ^ men ^ ut mo ^ P art ^ or comeanc ^ e ofpet^on- 1 wee envy(h\th
m iufervimn lfocrates)wife ) sujl,honefl menjxeeft witbmntuaH offices and kindneffe,fome
quim aim im- goodturne or other \they extort thu loue from vs, onely faire per font wee loue at
remj&c frfl fight ,dejire thecr acquaintance, and akore them 44 fc many Gods : wee bad
* Form mate- rather feme them, then command other s^ and account our felues the more bchol.
Jlaiem Barbari ding to them, the more fertttce they inioyne vs . Though thcybeothcrwifc viti-
iumaio/ti qui ous,vnhoneft; wee loue them/auourthem, and are ready to doc them any
quKeximiftr- g OQ d office for their "beauties fake; though they hauc no other good quali-
mt^fTHmd tv Dcn ^ c * Many men haift becne preferred for their perfon alone , chofcit
Ub.l.cmmj. KingijSauliVM a goodly perfon and a faire^jj Miximinm elected Emperour,
*Ariji.Peiit. fy c B C auty is a dowrc of it felfe.a fufScient patrimony, an ample commen-
d xx>tm*w. dation an accurate epiftle^s b Luctan* ^dpuletMi^T traquehu, and lome o-
Lib.%.cMn*b. thers concludc./^^r/o digna formafiwuty deferucs a Kingdo me,faith Abu*
frrmJfietfiit- h*fof* ra( lox.2.cap.i oi ^.immortalityjand more haue got thii honour andeter*
pdo panoo- a- nity for their beauty f hen for all other vert net beftdts : & fuch as arc faire 5 are
hundlefldotata ■
tifocratei.plHTtt ob formam immortalitaum adepti funt ytamobttliauat mm virtitttu * iMium. Tom. 4.Cb4iid(mo*:quipul-
9bH,merttO apudDm&apudbem'mctbmrc afeffi.
worthy
Part.$.Se& a. Cau/es of Loue Melancholy. Mcmb.2. Subf.2»
worthy to be honoured of God and men. That Italian Ganymedes was therefore 372
fetched by Iufiter 'into Heauen, Hephjefiion deare to Alexander, x^ntinoia
to Adrian. PUto calls Beauty for that caufc 3 a privilcdgc of Nature, 7^a:urx
gaudentisopus^ a dumbc Comment, Theopbraflut,a.C\\zr\t fraud, ftill Khero- * MuUumr .
rickCrfr»£4^J ? that perfwades without fpecch,akingdome without a guard, ™* TlT«m-
becaufe beaurifullperfons command as lo many Gaptaincs-, Socrates } a ty- mendaduM sf-_
ranny , w^/VA tyrannizcth ouer tyrants themfelues. A nd t'is a great matter ^"" flr *
faith » Xenophon^and of which all fair e perfons may w orthily brag, that a fir on ^ & #' tfum-
man mufl Ubourfor bis liuingtfke will haue ought J valiant man muflfght & mi
tndanger himfelfe for it, a wife man Jpeakeftew himfelfe and toyle s but a fane * jgw cnt
•and beautt {nil per (on doth allwitbeafe , bee compaffcth his de fire without any ma V" 1 ub c . Uv *
patnes taking: God and mcn,Hcauen and earth confpirc to honour him 5 cue-
ry one pities him aboue others.if he be in need, 1 and all the world is willing b*fiu nlaf**
todoc him good. ™Cbariclsa fell into the hands of Pyrats, butwhenall the ". mllt labcra ">
reft were put to the edge of the fword, (he alone was preferued for her per- fellZ!"}^
fon. n When all Co/^flf/Vw^/f was lacked by the Tari^/r^ efcaped, and rntem,&t.
was fo farre from being made a Captiue with the reft,that l"he eucd captiv a . ^7d7m^
ted the grand Stgnior himfelfe. So did Rofamond infult ouer King Henry the *>t»dmdim
Second t- — VffM ft f Aire * n obieCl, frm*\fum ac-
Whom fortune made my Kingjny loue made fubie£} 3 *j$tZl.
He found by proofe t he priuiledge of beauty e t m Heli«d*rM,
That ft had power to countermand all duty. « jejwr/b bip t
It captiuates the very gods themfelucs, runlet.
* ~~Deus tpfe deorum, 1 Dani 'l to c6.
Faclus ob hanc formam bos^equuSyimber^lor. oiR< **'
and thofc mali Genijzit taken with it,as \ J hauc already proued. Pormofatn 9 filim
y A rbarivcrcntur ad dfpettumpulchrum tmmanit animus manfuefcit. (He- H&Lij««m
Itoddtb.s) The Barbarians ftand in awe ofafairc woman, and at a bcautifuU f^ff.
afpc&,'a fierce fpirit is pacificdJBcalts thcmfelues arc moucd with \iSinalda ******
was a woman of fuch excellent feature,* and a Queenc, that when fhee was f Z\or^tT
to be troden on by wildc horfes for a punifhment, the wildbeafs food in ad- try ft* font <-
wt raUonofberferfon,(SaxoQrammaticusltb.$.Dan. Hifl.) and wouldnot
hurt her Inanimate creatures I fuppofe,hauc a touch of it 5 when a drop of foment*
p pfyches Candle fell on Cupids lhouldcr,I think furc it was to kilTc it.Whcn ^J*£^
Venm rannc to meet her rofc»cheeked^»// ,as an elegant \ Poet of ours fcts
* Afulc'm our.
u „ nil r - —the bufbes in the way «/&».
Somecatchhernecke/omekijfeherf^
Some twine about her legs to make her} ay >
AndaUdidcouetherfortoembrtcc-j. \
Aer ipfe Amore infc'tur^ Heliodorus holdes.the Aire ic fclfc is in loue.- For
when Zfcwplay'dvpon her Luce, t*«*
\rhewtnton Aire in twenty feeeet formes danc t
After her fingers. i and thofc lafciuious windes
ftaide Daphne when (he fled from Afoh\ * nudaksnt cor for* vents,
they would be doing too,
ObvtatLadverfasvsbrabantflamtntveftesJ
That Seas and waters are inamored with this our bcautyf, i. all ou t as hkcly
Part. ? .Sed.2. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb. i.Subf tl .
372 with his Trident did beat downe the waucs, but
7 bey (I til mounted, vp intending to lane kiffedbim %
And fell in drops like tearts becaufe they m/ft him,
t ovidjmtls . -j h 5 1 r j ucr ^ipkew was i n i oue w i t h Aretbufa^s flic tells the talc her fclfc
— virideffy manu ficcata capiltos
Fluminis ^ilphet vctcrii recitauitamoreS
Pars ego Nympbarum^&c. ■ When our Tame & jfi$ meet
* ulmi. * Ofcula mi He [on ant, connexu brae hi a patient,
v^unZmcm Mutua% cxpltcitii conneflunt coda la cert it .
bmnm eitgan- Inachrts and Pinemp. how many louing riuers-can J reckon vp,whom beau-
nam &c. epj. ty hath enthrai'd. But men are mad, ftupeficd many tiroes at the firft fight of
*iJZ?nu[a?n beauty , amazed as that fiftierman in Artftxnetut, that fpicd a. maid bathing
ex hom'me fac- her felfc by the Tea fidc,and as r Lucian in hi* Images confefleth of himlclie
tM ^mmMio £ ^ at ne was at n * s m ^ ls prefence void of all fenfc 3 immouable, as ifheehad
Im me fecit' " fcene a Gergons head : which was no fuch crucll monfter , as *C*li»s inter-
i Vetmi Ger- p rcts fejfb,i j.eap.p. but the very quintefcence of beauty , Tome fairc creature
fimltfel as without doubt the Poets vnderftood in thefir ftjfi&ion of it, at which the
mmmfomtde- fpe&ators were amazed.* M/feri quibtu intentata nit's, poore wretches are
cnfafhiosred- compelled at the very fight ofhcrrauiftiinglookes to runne mad,or makca-
'iior.oie, ?. way themfclues. * They wait the [entente of her fcorne full eyes 5
* Marioi Hero. i^dndrehom fhe fauours Imesfhe other dyes.
"&!£f™e V fu- u H e ti"h rt " /^./.brings in Tbyamis almoftbefides himfclfe , when heelavv
git in[*n*fm, Cbartclia firft^and not daring to look vpon her a fecond time, for bethought
&impoffibiU itvnpopiblc for any man Iming to fee her and contatne himfclfe. The very fame
mHUmafyki of beauty will fetch them to it many miles off(fuch an attra&iue power this
re quit ptffiu& loadftone hach)and they will feeme but fhort 5 they will vndertake any toile,
tiTmSrt'- or ttonble Jong iournyes.,tbrough Seas,Defarts, mountaincs, & dangerous
sktere * " places,as they did to gaze on * Pfyche\many mortal men came fane and rseere
* Apuleiu* fib. t0 F ee tk At »l rioui obteclofber age: Parte for Helena for ebus to Troia.
O* * MKmrnpifiruiiAm —.
r'tbui Venerat infano Caffandr* incenfua amore. And not only come
to f cc jb ut as to a Falkoner., makes an hungry bau kc houer about 5 followe,
rata, p>r*dem giue attendance and fcruice, fpend goods, Hues ,& all their fortunes to at-
HHAcm^ vag*- tainc, Were beauty vnder twenty lockes kept ftjf 3
™ Louebreakes through andpickes them all at lafi.
bebat,& ocnios, When fairc r Hero came abroad jthc eyes,hcarts 5 and affections of h« fpec*
& torda vita- utors wctc attendant on her.
fHower. t Ef mc di°s inter vultus fupereminet omnes,
* Mario. P* r & *rbem afpieiunt venientem numinu in far*
llZ'utt * So farreabouethereftfairc^fhind,
utin.donat.' a And ftolcaway the inchantcd gazers mind.
V^m* 19 ^ W ncn Peter t^fretines Lucretia came firft to Rome , and that the fame of
- Tropertiw. herbcauty ad urbanarum dcliciarum feftatores venerat , nemo no n advtden*
\V4hm^i- ^4w^Wjeff.wasfprcdabroad 5 thcycamcin (asthcyfayj thickeand three*
^tmbtmt f o/ * co f ce ncr > ancl houered about her gates, as they did of old to Lata of Co*
rinth,md Phryne of Thebes t
tmtilemt &c. * 4d cuim iacuit Grxeia tot a fores,
patiom adi/f ^ £ ^ mn f toget her la*c y fomeveitb gallant anisofily < app*reR y fme
vtitb
Part.3.Sc&.2. 'Beautiea cau/e. Me*nb.2.Subf,2.
with an Affected pacejome with muftcke^ others with ricbguifts,p/eafa/jt dif- 373
tour fc, multitude of followers 5 others with letters, vowes and promijes/o com' 7 p " c * !trii
mend them feluesandto begrattow in her eyes, Happy was hee that could fee
hcr,thricc happy that cnioycd her company. Charmides in Plato was a pro- nMt mr^dm
per young man, in cornelinefTe of per (on, and all good qualities far excee- tppv'tew*
ding others, whenfeeuer fere Charmides came abroad \tkey feemdal to bec_j in "mattoreii-
hue with him( as Critia* delcribcs their carnage J rjr we y t ttaubiedaA it were bbsuxi.&c.
At the 'very fight ofhtmjnany came neere htm. many fSowad im wberefceuer
he went, As thofe * formxrum fpeclatores did Acontiw.ihz anv time hec wai- \m{™ ttM
ked abroad. Such louely fights doe not only pleaie,cnti > I it.ratmh, and a-
mazc. Cleonymw a delicate and tender youtb,prcfcr:t at, feaftv< btchVWr*.
cles his vn:k'e made in Pirao at Athens, w\\e\i he (acrlfiecd to Mercury, \o flu-
pifiedthe Qi&SyDin'caf^Ariftipptu^AgaflheBesfinc] die reft ,( as Chiridcmm
in f Lucian relates it) that they could not cat [heir mcare, they fare ai! Tup- f to*M^«
per timcgazing,glauncing at him.and admiring oi hi beauty, Many will
condemnc thefe men that are fo enamored,for lookout fome again e corn w* objtu-
mend them for it,many reject Paris iudgement, and yet Lucian approucs of K' ce " tes -
it,and much admires Paris for his choice,he would haue don? as much him -
fclfeand by good defei t in his minde.Beauty is to be preferred. 3 before vcealtb ^^t^uo
orwifdome. b Athenaus Dipnofophifl Mb.r j.cap. 7. holds it not ftidi indignity fblebdtvAtpte.-
for the T rotans and Greekes to contend ten ycarcs.to fpend fo much labour., ('75**^*5/
loofc fo many mens liucs for Helens fake, c for fo fairc a Ladies fake. t fi VrT* faint
Ob talem vxorem cut praftantiflima forma, trAtbivn urn-
NihHmortalerefet. IZT^
That one woman was worth a kingdome, looooo other women,a world it toes.
fclfe. The fame teftimony giues//<vwroftheoldmen of Troy , that were
fpc&atorsofthatilnglecombate betwixt Paris and Menelaut at the Seian uuTrlt^fbil
gate.wben Helena her felfe flood in prefcnce 5 they faid all, the war was wor- toiM Prwnm
thcly prolonged and vndertaken * for her fake. When * Venus loft her fon
Cupid made proclamation by Mercury, that hee that could bring tidings perMb.i.
ol him fhould haue 7 ki(Tes,a noble reward (bmc fay, and much better then al hofe muli "
fo many golden taients,feauen fuch kiflfes to fome men,were more pretious "ha"* mmmZ
then feaucn Citties,or fo many Provinces. c Great Alexander married Rox* «dat M«h 9 ~
a»e, a pooremataschilde, oftelyforherpcrfon, 'twas well done of Alexan- Z'^cl
der,ind heroically done J admire him for it: Orlando was mad for Angelica, cufed his »b.
and who doth not condole his mifliap. Thube died for Piramw , Dido for k nce -K»<"*/«.
tAZneas ( who doth not wecpe,as f Aufiin did in commiferation of her eftatej ml *'
fhe died for him,w<r thittkesfas he faid) I could dye for her. c curt'm libs
But this is not the matter in hand, what prcrogatiuc this Beauty hath 3 of f ctn ^'
whit power and foueraignty it is , and how farre filch perfons that fo much
admire .and dote vpon it,arc to bee iuftificd 3 no man doubts: the cjueftion is
how anu by what meancs Beauty produceth this cfFccTfc? By fight; the Eye
bcrrniesthc fonle 5 andisboth Adiueand Pafliuein this bufinclTes it wounds
and is woundedjs an cfpeciall caufc and inftrumcntjboth in the fubic& and
intheobie<5t.t^ tear es, i t beginnes in the eyes defcends to thehrcafo Jtcon- j sentca.amv
vaics thefe beauteous rayes, as J haue faid , vnto the heart. Vt vidi vt pert/, moektu oritur,
I Mars videt hanc,vifamfi(upit. Shec hem faw Dinah the daughter ofZ^, ™J* am labi '
and he defiled her. Gen.^dAishj^AtkeUp.iy .for fbe wai beaut ifitl ejr fmre : 1 6v\d.
Dausd
Part.3.Sc^a. Louc melancholy. Mcmb.a.Subf.i
374 Zfcv/Wefpied Berjheba a farre o£ 3 2<Reg,ri,2. the Elders SufannaJU werccap.
tivated in an inftant. Viderunt ocuh , rapueruntpettora flammt, Am mn fell
ficke for Thamxrs hkCjZ.Sdm.ij^. The Beauty of Eftcr was fuch, that (hec
found fauour not only in the fight oiAJfuertu 3 iut ofaff thofe that leokcdvpon
her. Gerfon>Origen$L fome othcrs,contend that C/»r//?himfclfe was the fay.
reft of the fonnes of men, and lofeph next vnto him, Jpecwfus prafilijs hmi*
xumpnd they will hauc it laterally taken,his very perlbn was fuch, that hec
found grace and fauour of all thofe as looked vpon him. lofeph was fo faire
that as the ordinary Gloflchath it >fili& decurrerent permurum , & adfene-
firasjhey rannc to the top of the walls,& to the windowes to gaze on him
as we doe commonly to fee fome great perfonage goe by : as Mather* Parit
defcribes ^Matilda the Empreflc going through Cullin. h P. Morales the Jc«
*tibje pul- f u j le f a i t h as much of the Virgin Mary. Anthony no fooner faw Cleopatra^
'attlT & biit,f»ch AppianMb.ihc was enamored on her. k Tbefeus at the firft fight of
*A»mm vhi Helen was fo befotted , thatheeefteemcd himfclfc thehappieft man in the
^IScST wor ^ ^ee rfli § nt enio y ncr - 1 Charicles by chance cfpying that curious pi-
dure oi failing Venus naked in her temple 3 ftooda great while gazing, as
9 **fh r . one amazed,at length he brake into that mad paffionate fpecch, O fortunate
dem/Jpraonl'. God Mars fbatwafi bound in chaines and made ridiculous for berfakeuMzc
nes mrmesfx- could not containe himfelfejbut kiflcd her pi&ure I knowe not ho w oft,and
l ff m T^ lhk could hauc heartily defired to be fo difgraced as Mars was: and what did he
tfTucm amv. but what his betters had done before him.
tofamm quid- * at^aliquis dc dijs non trifiibus opt at
*Z"ldmt Sic fieri turpi*— When Venus came firft to hcauen ,hcr
ofort»nati{fim comelinefle was fuch 3 that ( as my author faiths 1 all the Gods came about, tnd
*°™™terhlnc f a ^ ted hr/ach of them went to Iupit errant defired hee might hauc her to be bit
VS'fui™ wife. When faire Autilochus came in prefence , as a candle in the darke his
* ovidjib. 3. beauty (hincd 5 and all mens eyes ( as m Xenofhon defcribes the manner of it )
U)mes dii d- were i n ft* nt h fi xe ^ ° n h* m > **dmoued at the fight 3 tnjomuch that they could
pkxi funt, & in not conceale themfelues j?ut that ingefiure or lookes it was difcerncd cr expref
vxorm ftbi pe- y^. Thofe othcrfenfes hearingj'touching, may much penetrate and affc#,
amesdtFne- DUC none fo much,none fo forcible as fight. Forma Brifeis mectys in armis mo*
re. vit AchiUem y Achilles was touched in the midft of a battle* Judith captiuated
'afjget, tnat & rcac Captaine Holofernes^ Valilabjamtfotii Rofamund* Henry the 2^
Koxolana^Solyman the Magnificent 3 &c.
tncumtxfk Ak- »N/^a $ x) oiAi&r
Keu ™% *x* m ?<*.
A fayrc woman oucrcomes fire and fword.
Nought vnder hcauen fb ftrongly doth allure^
&velignem, ThcfenfeofmanandallhismindepofTefTe,
/errumqjt qua As beauties louelieft bait 3 that doth procure
itmn% A ' Great carriers erft their rigor to fupprcfle,
o spencer in And mighty hands forget their manlinelTc,
mhisFairw Driuen with the power of an heart-burniugeyej
"^ ccnCB And lapt in flowres of a golden trcfle,
That can with melting plcafure mollific
Their hardned hearts inurd to cruelty.
P Clitifhon iogenioufly confefTcth 3 that he no fooner came fa Leucipfus pre*.
fence,
» Delevit cm
tusex ammn
mdiem.
*Na*/i v'rndt
T jtcbttet Ta
Part.$.Se&2,. Beauty a cavfe. Mernb.2.Subf.a«.
{cnce,but that he did corde tremere^r eculis lafauius tntueri^hc was woun- 375
ded at the firft fight.his heart panted, and he could not pofiiblycurne his eics q Statm Mt *
from her. So doth Calyfiris in Heliodorm lih.2.ffrs Pricft,a reuerent old man ™J*uZat>
who by chance at Memphis feeing that Thrxctan Rodophe, co uld not hold his &j * virgne*-
eycsonhcr, r IrotUnotceBceale it^eoHereamemeroithherpref nee ^ quite }lmfidluuZ
ajfaulted my continencypebich I had kept vnto mine old age , Itefrjled a long futnabmt.
time my bodily eyes, with the eyes of my vnderftanding.at Ufi I wjs conquered. r Vfutet & lcm *
And do in atempeje amedheadUng. Xenophiles aPhilolophsr , raylcdatwo- Mmfhim ve .
men downe. right for many yeares together,fcorned, hated, (coifed at them, m vkit,
comming at laft into Daphnisfi faire maides company , (as hee condoles his %[ *"*^ a %
mifhap to his friend Demaretus) was farre in loue^ and quite ouercorae vp- a d fene&ittem
onafudden. FiftusfumfateoraDaphnide^&c. vfr ferula,
* Solahac inflexitfenfui^animum^labefttem
Impulit ] could hold out nojongcr. No .faith f Ludan, \ifum pimm
of his miftrisjflne is fo faire ,that if thou doft but fee her,/I>« voiUfrupefie tbee y ™^™™*' o
ktdthee fir sight /nd Medufa like turne thee ta a Jlone, thou canfi not pull thine Arifi*neti» y cpl
eyes from her fiut as an adamant doth iron , fhee will carry thec bound head- »7.
long whether (he will her fclte,infea thec like a Bafiliskc, ' \ 2j. Si*
Obftupuit prime aJpeHuSydonia Dido, fimo.fi iUm
It holds both in men and women,D/<& was amazed at *A.nea4 prefencc;& fft»m*caru,
as he feelingly verified out or his experience. iwetefakt.fi
« Ouam ego poflquam vidtjion it a amaui vt fani folent twfpcxcrit em
. mmines fideodempaao vt tnfa 9 i fo'lent . fZ^l
1 leu'd her not as others foberly, «*m smuendi,
But as a mad man ragCth ,fo did I. abAtuet u
So Mnfcttt of Leander^nufquam lumen deter efuet *b iU^ and * Chaucer of? a- X'TJwfet
Umon. fumtdfetra-
fyz ca£ b(s epc Dunn tfmtlta, mmm.
QnD ti)f rettttl) \yt blent anD crpcu &a ba, « -phut. Merc.
80 tbougb be baa bin ttrofce tonto tbe barta, f in tke
if you defire to knowe more particularly what this Beauty is , how it doth Kmshls TaIc '
/^^,howitdothfafcinate(forasallhold,loue isafafcination) thus in JExJebUittm
brkfe. x This comclincffe or beauty drifeth from the due proportion of the whole , t ; liS p e p D rt\onc
or fro in each feverallpart. For an cxaft delineation of which, I rcferrc you to p****
Poets,Hiftoriographcrs, and thofc amorous writers, To Lucians Imagines, "S^;
and Char/demm^Xenophons defcription of Panthetfetronitu Catalefies ,He>
liodorus Chariclia.Tatius Leucippe^Lottgus Sophiflas Daphnis and Che.Arift*-
netus,znd philoftratus Epiftles Jail ha far Caftilio, lib. 4. de aulico^ Laurentius
cap. ro.de melan. <A.neas Sylvius his Lucretia, and every Poet almoft , which
haue moft accurately defcribed a perfect bcauty,an abfolute fcature^nd that
through every part , both in men and women. Each part muft concurre to
the perfection of it fat as Seneca bith.Epifrjj. lib. 4. No* eftformofa mulier
■ cuius cru< Uudatnr & hrachium ,fedilla } cuius ftmulvniverfa fades admiration
nem fmgulis partibus dedit. Shce is no faire woman,whofearnie, thigh, &c.
are commcndcdjexcept the face and all the other parts be correfpondent,&
the face efpecially giues a luftre to the reft. The Face is it that commonly
denominates faire or fowle jrxform* fades ,the Face is Beauties Tower and
though the other parts be dcformed ; yct a good face carries \\(frcies mn vx*
Css *
Part.3.Sc&.2. Low melancholy. Mcmb.a.Subk
yj6 or Amatur)ihit alone is mod part rcfpc&ed.principally valued^ndofitfclfc
? Hor. od. if . able to captivate. y Vrit te Glycer* ntton
®* u Frit grata proter vitas
Et vultui ntmium lubricm ajpici.
Gtyctra's too faire a face was it that fct him on fire, too faire to bee beheld*
t Ter tuntub. When f Charea faw the finging wenches Tweet face,he was To takcn,that he
aft.zften. 3 . cry ed out. O faciem pnlchram , deleo omnes de hinc ex animo multeres , ttfat
auotidianarum hirumformarnm. O faire face, Me ncuerloucanybuthcr,
lookc on any other hereafter but her, I am weary of thefc ordinary beauties,
away with them . The more he fees her the worle he is , — vrit% videndo 9
as in a burning glade s the funne beames are recollected in a center, the
rayes of louc are proie&ed from her eyes. Jt was tineas countenance raui«
thed Queene Dido,Os burner of % Deo fimilis^ he had an angelicall face.
* Tetrmhu z Ofacros vultus B&ccho vel Apotline dignos }
cateU. Quos vir^uos tuib fcemina nulla videt.
O facredlookes befitting Maiefty,
Which never mortall wight could fafcly fee.
LxchieM Although for the raoft part this beauty be mod eminent in the face,yct ma-
* Arandui'vallk ny times thofe other members yceld a mod pleafmg gracc,and are alone fuf-
emnifima,* ficient to enamour. An high brow like vnto the bright heauens, coelt pulcber-
tuamp^u r * mi fty** Frons ubt vivit honor \frons ubi ludit Amor.
niveu. white and fmooth like the polifhed alablafter, a paire ofcheekes of Vcrmilt«
? 2^' - on colour.a corall \\nJuAviorum delubrum t in which
+ Fol. 77. Dip- ' r ... rv . r :„ , r
filet hikm a I $ a J la »*t* e patent ^ bafta mtue latent.
matfret &c. at i arum fedes gratij?ima>vihitc and round neckc, that via iaflea, dim pie in
ft^fcfknm c hinne 5 blacke cycbrowes } Cupidinu arcus^ fwect breath, white and eucn
*mim bsben- tecth,which fome call the fale peece: a fine foft round pappe, which giues
twubi pjebe an excellent grace, f Quale decuitum'idisPariodemarmoremammul
v t l X ambrofiicer- * and makes a pleafant valley betwecne two white chaulkie hilles,
vieem mfpexit, (* Forma papillarum quam fuit apt apremi: Againe
emu criffw, rrebantoculoidur/flanteftLtnamill^) ' A flaxen haire, gol-
nas, candidafy, den haire was cuer m great accountjfor which Ftrgtl commends Dsdo,
&c.Aputeiu6. Nondum fuflulerat flavum Proferpina crinem^ And crines
talui: ]pkndidi nodantur in aurum.^pollonim {^Argonaut .lib, 4. Jafonisflavacomaincendit
coma quifaa- cor Medea)m\\hmc lafons golden haire, tobeethemainecaufcof^^V
1mea'cLf Klt dotage on mm £ A fo r and Pollux were both yellow hair'd, Paris ^Menekusfe
*remuitfdm moft amorous young mcn,haue bin fuch in all ages, mollei defrnves^ as Bap*
fUcem emu tifla Porta inferres,f /'i&^/z^./i^^.Ioucly to behold. Homer fo commends He-
tfoifJaJq'a- /Mw,makes PAtrocltts and Achilles both yellow hair' d.Pu/chricowA Venus t &
iu ipfa Vtn M Cupid himfelfe was yellow haird: for fo Pfyc he lpy cd him afleepe,iBr//>///^.
sum fun Virgo lf X(nA ^c.fla vicom* omnes. — and Hero the faire,
tb»>«fiii>ata, & Wbom yong Apollo courted ror her haire.
mo cupidmum Leland commends GuitherAKingArthures wife, for a faire flaxen haire : fo
mtb""be» tt fko P^ulmK/Emihus^Clodeueus loucly that King of Frances Synefius holds cuery
tinfta, cimam effeminate fellow or adulterer is faire haird: & Apule'ttujhax Fenus herfelfe,
^^^"•Goddcfle of Louc,cannot delight, c Though fbee come AccompAniedrvith the
frocefcrit "pi*. Graces y And aII Cupids traine to Attend vpon her t girt with her orvnegirdle y and
ten m poteji focUof Cynamom and Uawme^et iffhe be bauld or bad hair'd, fbe cannot p lea fe
Part.$.Se&.2. 'Beautiea cau/e. Mcmb.2.Subf.2*
her Vulcan. Which belike makes our Venetian Ladies at thi? day \ to counter- 377
feit yellow haire fo much , to adorne their heads with fpangles, pearles, and
flowrcs,& all Courtiers to affe&apleafinggraceinthiskind; Jn a word,
\thchAires areQ\\y\fenct$ y to catch Allcommers ^abrufyievoood^ in wbichCu-
pid builds bis neft , and voder rvho[e fbadowes, all Lmes a tbcufand feuerali \ Atanitu. ex-
vp Ayes fort themfelues. r f
A litle hand, fmall,fine,long finger*, Gratia qua digit is— - J^ a J„ ^ ^
t'is that which L^potio did admire in Daphne, —Jaudat digit of^ manufq; A ' l $ iat - Cu ? l ™>
a ftrcigh r & Gender body: a fmall footed well proportioned lcgge,hath an J^JST
excellent luftre. Clearchus vowed to his friend Amytnder in \ Arifttnatus, mdu/eexer-
that the moftattra&iue part m his NAiftris, to make him loue& like her firft, TLja Xf y%
was her pretty lcgge& foot: a foft & white skinne,&c. haue their peculiar puicbLm
graces , d Nebula haud eft molltor ac ha/us cutis ejl^ tdcpol pap/Ham belluLim, bene compafiu,
Thoughin men thefc parts are not fo much rcfpe&ed 5 a grimme Sarazen ^ eWft * edm
fometimes.a martiallhirfute face pleafeth beft } a blackc man is a pearlc in a *pfcKftw££
fairc womans eye, & is as acceptable as * lame Vulcan was to Venus 5 for he r ^"^ (i f/
bcingafweaty fuliginous black fmyth, was dearelybcloued of her, when %d™sffir*
faiic Apollo, nimble Mercury were rcie&c d, and the reft of the fwect-fae'd
gods forftke.Many women fas Petromus obferues; fo rdt b us talent (As many X?Sw»f '
men aremore moucd with kitchin wcnchcs>&a poorc country market -maid, am puivcrt pet'
then with all thefe illuftrious Court and City Dames,, will fooncr dote vp5 M^futiijin-
a flaue>a feruant,a durt>dawber,a Cooke,a Play cr,if they fee his naked legges TaZelu™™*
or armcs /horofafr brathU t^.thoughhcbeallinraggcs,obfcene&:durty, t^* fuiM
then vpon a Noble Gallant, cmbroydcred Courtiers all in Gold, f iujlines ^Zi!v"L
wife, a Citizen of Rome, fell inlouewithP//*^a/V4/<rr , and was ready to memuiaiucuU-
runne madde for him.had not Galen himfelfe helped her by chance: Fauftina ta no P a f #
thebmprene,ona rcnccr. j> r iapo.
There is not one of a thoufand falls in lotie, but there is fomc one part or f G ^»-
other which pleafeth him moft,and indanies him abcue the reft, f A compa- ^T^*
ny of Philofophers on a time, fell at variance , which part of a woman was pars mx'mi '
moft defiderable & plcafedbeft,fomc faid the forchcad/oinc the tecth,fomc ^M>;«,
the cycs^heekesjlippesjchinn^&c. the controverfy was referred to Lais of gZga^&c.
Cf?r/»/^todccidc,but{hcfrailing,faid, they were a company of foolcsj for * ltuafimmi
fuppofetheyhadhcrwherethcywould 5 whatwouldthcy ¥ fifftfecke ? Yet Jj^SjJ
this notwithstanding J doe eafily grant, ne% qui* veftrum negAverit cpinor, y&a, qJm-
AH parts arc attra£iue,but cfpecially the eyes, . if Am
Syderihm ftmiles cculcs ) ocnUtiffimi cer-*
which are Loucs Fowlers,5 Aucupittm Amor^tht fhooing homes, the hooks P™ e *^°' a _
4>fLone{ig> t Araundm wil ; the guides \t ouch font 'Judges j that in a moment cnre
gimt ? quid nm
madmen ,and make found filkes mad^hewAtehmenef the body, what doe they agm*
wot <\\ow vexc they not? All this is truc,and ( as AtUnem Itb.i ;.dip.cap. s .$c \ fff^ tnim fl .
Tatiifs hold) they are thcchicfcfcatcsofLouc, to lames Lernutiu4\mh&~ tunprmpui
cctcly cxprelTed in an elegant Ode of bis,
Amor em ocelli* fUmmeolu herd i OceUi cam.
Vidi infidentemfredite fofhri:
FrAtrefy circumludibundos, Mjcapiu
Cum pbaretrs v*liUrc & trtu &c* _ rmmm A <&
Part.$.Sc&.i.
37 8
Loue melancbo/y.
Mcmb.i.Subl
I faw Louc fitting in my Miftris eyes
Sparkling, belecuc it all poftcrrry,
And his attendants playing round about,
With bowe and arrowes ready for to fly,
k c ) ntbiap r ri * Suliger calls the eyes 5 k Cupids arrows } t be tongue, the lightning §f U%*\ the
m ce^rS, pappesjhe tents: 1 Baltbafar CaftMo, the caufes, the chariots, the larapes of
toHuftumatiiis Loue, ~*muU Urnifisfielliif
tnte cupidtni
bm.?ropertJ,\ .
9 X* dtdeft.
fDe SiilpU'to
lib. 4*
1 Pulchritude
ipfs per occult*
vadioi in peftui
tunnuu ditru-
ntm amai* rei
formam fcfculp'
JtiXatm lib.§*
e Ucoh.Corm-
rwAmmontrt*
iced.A8.i.fi,i.
'Refit fomopt'
turn otHliinif-
€untur,& htU*
vitas vultm e-
kgtHti* mm*.
Tbibjiratui dc-
titHi.
x Lpifl.&mde-
I'ttiji.Abi&op*
ftttnathnem re-
itnque, qnam
flamm nonex*
ginguiwamab
amore ipfafli-
n& fentit incen
dim: q»* cor
Lum'tnA qua poffentfoilicttAre Deos*
Eyes emulating ftarrcs in light,
Entiling Gods at the firft fight,
Loues Orators. n Fetromus
O bUnfos oculos, & o facetos y
Et qujiclam propria ntta loquAces ,
Jliic efl Venw,& leves amores y
Atcfc ipfa in medio fedet voluptas.
O fweet and pretty-fpeaking eyes,
Where Venus louc and pleafurc lyes.
LoucsTorches,Touch-box,and Matches. P TibuBus,
lilius ex oculu quum vult exurere divot ^
Accenditgeminas Umpadas aeer Amor*
Tart loue when he will fct the Gods on fire,
Lightens the eyes as Torches to defirc.
LeAnderzt thefirft fight o{ Hero's eyes, Was inccnfcd,faith Mufaus.
. Simulin 4 o tutor am rAdi/s crifeeht /ax amor urn,
Et cor fervebat invicli ignii tmpetu^
Pulchritude enim Celebris immAculAtafaemina t
Acutior hominibm ejl velocifagittd.
Oculus veroviAefi) Ab oculiiclibus
Vttlnus diUbitur 9 & in pracord'iA viri mAMt.
Loues torches ganne to burne fitft in her eyes,
And fct his heart on fire,which neuer dyes;
For the faire beauty of a Virgin pure,
Is (harper then a dart,and doth inure
A deeper wound,which pierccth to the heart,
By theyes,and caufcth fuch a crucll froarr.
* A raodernc Poet brings in Ammon complaining of Th*m*r 9
ejrmefafcino
. Occtdittteri{uS)& forma lepos
Me nitorjttagrAttA, ejr verus decor,
III* am«UntespurpurAm y & r of as gen* ^
Oculij ?i vintfaifc auto nodo coma.—*
It was thy Beauty/ was thy plcafing fmile*
Thy grace and comclincfTe did me beguile,
Thy rofc-likc cheekes,and vnto purplcfairc
Thy loucly eyes, and golden knotted haire*
PhiloflrAtus Lcmnius ay zs out onhisMiftrisBafiliskesyej, they had foifr
pru'm pmtil flamed his foulc,that no water could quench it. whAt a tynnny ( faith hee)
wyttyran- g p cmtrat i 9n ofbodies is this} ,tbeu drtwejlmc with violence^ and foal*
mbac.&c, i lowejt
Part $.St&.2. tBeaujy a caufc* Mcmb.2. Subf.x.
bnrefl me vp/u Charybdis doth Sdylersjosth thy rockie eyes, hee that falls into 372
thisgulfe ofLouejan neuerge*. out. The ftrongeft bcamcs of Beauty, arc ftill
darted from thy eyes,
\ Nam quit lamina >tanta, tanU t
Pojfet I ami nib m fuis tueri , t Lxcbem ?<n -
N«n jiatim trepidarf^palpitanf^ 9
Pr£ deftderij tftuantis aura ejr c.
For who fuch eics with his can fee
And not forthwith inamorcd bee.
And as men catch dotrels,by putting out a. leg or an arme, by thofe mutual!
glances of the eyes they firft inveaglc one another. Of all eyes ( By the way)
blackc are the mod amiable,entifHig, & the faircft,which the Poetobferues
in commending of his Miltris, aQ , ^ g
u Speftandam higris oculrsftigrofy capiUa. tib
which Hefiod admires in his Alcmcnx \ Scut.mculk
\ Cuius a vertkeac nigritantibus oculis 3
Tale quiddam Jpirat ac ab awe a, Fenere.
From her black eies,& from her goldcnface 3
As if from Venus came a louely grace, & "Triton in his 4$^®***
MiUne^ — nigra oculosfor mofa m'thi.
* Homer vfeth that hpithcte of Oxe-eycd, in defcribing /#/fo 5 bccaufe a round * z
biacke eye is the beft,and the fartheft fropV the black 5 the wor(e: Which l Po-
iidcr e Virgtl taxcih in our Nation, dngli utplurimumctfiisoculis ,weehaue
.gray eyes for the moft pztt.Bapttfla Porta Phy/iognom./ib.j. puts gray colour
vpon childrcn^they be childifh cyes,dull and hcauy. Many commend on the ^ .
other fide Spamjb Ladies,and thofe z Greeke Dames at this day ,for the black- ^u 7 ['^
nefle of their cycs 5 as Porta doth his Neapolitan Whies. Suet on defcribes /*-
Hits Cefar to haus bcenc nigris.vegctify ecuhs micantibuspt a blackc quickc
fparklingeyejand althoughy4t/(frr^/inhis CofligetmW haue fuch perfons
timorous,yct without queftion they are moft amorous.
Now laft of all,] will fhew you by what meancs Beauty doth fafcinate, be-
witch, as foTe hold,and workc vpon the Soule of a man by the EyeForcer*
taincly I am of the Poets mind, Louc doth bewitch and ftrangely change vs.
* Ltfdtt amor fenfus ,oculoS perjlringit,rjr aufert * utma*.
Liber tatem animi/nira nos fafeinat arte.
Credo aliquis dtmdn fuhiens pracord/a flsmmam
Comitate rap tarn to/lit Ae cur dine mentem.
Loue mocks our fen{cs,curbs our liberties,
And doth bewitch vs with his Art and rings, * Amor per t-
J thinke fome Diudl gets into our cntrals^ tllZ&c m>
And kindles coales,and heaues our foulcs from the hinges. 2Si tm
JJelodorus //£.^.proues a t large, b that Louc is wirch-craft , it gets in at our fummopere faf-
eyes^ores,noflrils % Andingenders the fame qualities, and affeilions in vs 3 *s were X/tyJ^
in the p*rty whence itcame.Thc manner of thefafcination,as Ficinus com.ro. mintmtgtd-
caiKcom.in P/tf .declares ic,is thus. Mortailmen are then e [bed aSy bewitched m *'
whin as by often gaztng one on the other ,tbey dtrett fight to fight , mne eye to &c . idee pit
cye y and [0 drink & fak ** Loue between tbem^for the beginning of this difeafe mtore pcikat +
is the Eye. And therefore hee that bathacleare eye, though he be otberwife de- ™ l « m >*<-
Ccc % firmed,
Part.j.Sed.2. Lone Melancholy. Memb.i.Subf.i.
y t o for me A y by often leaking vpon ht?n, "will mike one mad, and tye him fafi to him
. . by the eye.. Leo nardy arms lib. T.cap.2.defafcinat t tclleth\$, that by this inter*
mtfmnln- view 3 c the purer ftirits arcinfefied, the one Eye pierceth through the other
WiKuUskft with his rayes>which he Tends forth, & many men hatie thofe excellent pier-
radui emtut, cing ^j,^,. wnic | 1 Suetonius relates of Auguftus^ their brightnefl'e is fuch,
* LiUtptdchr. they compcll their fpe&ators to lookc ofF,& they can no more endure them
^tib zc* r \* t ^ len ^ C Sunnc beames. d BarradiuS lib. 6 .cap.jo, de Harmonia Evangel. re .
Mbrv ports as much of our Sauiour C h r i s t, and e Peter Morales of the Virgin
refcrcnte trine, Mary t whom Nicefhorns defcribes likevvife to haue becne yellow hair'd, of a
atlu* Ur ' , " U9 " wheat colour,butofamoft amiable and piercing eye. The rayes, as fomc
fjtypi /fti> thinke,fent from the eyes, carry fome fpirituall vapours with them, and fo
tuhuaimiippot jnfedl: the other party. I know, they that ho\d vifio fit intra mittendo } will
Sum-Sit make a doubt of this , but Pic'tnus proues it from blcare eyes, f That by fight
vaporemcormp- alone y make others bleare-eyed: and it is more thenmanifefi, that the vapour of
ttfangum e - ^ corrupt blood doth get in together with the raves, and fo by the cont avion .the
ctntagtwe ocu-.Jpeclators eyes are infected. Other arguments there are or a l5aliliske,that kills
iHsipeClantis a f arrc rT by fight alone.as that Ephefian did,of whom § Philofiratus fpeakes,
irTaApoihn. of fo pernitious a fight,he poyfoncd all he looked fteddily on: and that other
* sk raimk zxQxmtnx.fnenftrutfcernin&fiXLt of -^Arijlotles Problems ynorh >oJ 4 Capivmmt
wie pmuticn- a ddes,that contaminates a looking-elafle with beholding it. h So the beames
men propmm come from the agents heart, by the eyes infect the fpirits about the Patients^ and
repetit, i^r j nNvarc )ly wotind,and fo the fpirits infect the blood. To this effect (hee com-.
*&feagu\nm " plained in « Apuleius, Thou art the caufe of mygriefe^ thy eyes piercing through
hficit, &fj>iri- mine eyes to m'ne inner parts , bauefet my bowels on fire i and therefore pitty me
dtmvtfaflT' f ^ At am mv0 ru fy tfi ^ e f or * J fakes* Ficinus illuftrates this with a familiar
lib 3. dtauiko. example of that Marrhufian Phxdrus & Lyeias. k Lycias he flares on Pha?drus
1 Ltb ' l °- Cat f d /^/^Phaedrus fafi ens the balls of his eyes vpon Lycias^ & with thofe $ark- .
vmUt % 6 (knfu Ungr ayes, fends out his fpirits. Thebeames of Pha»drus eyes are eafily mingle I
dthrUtutees. voith the beames ofhychs^andfpirits are inioyned to fpirits. This vapour begot
culi^crmwo * n ^ ^ isc ^ rus heart .enters into Lycias bowels ^ and that which is a greater won>
ctk fad Intima ^r^Phaedrus blood is in Lycias heart 3 and thence come thsfe ordinary hue fpee-
dehpfiprtcor- c hes,my fweet heart VUxdn^andmine owne fe/fe,my deare bowels: And Pha?»
ml ZTdirtT ^rus *g A 'w to LyciaSjO my light, my ioy,myfoule^ny life. Phsedrus foUewes Ly-
emmutntin. chs f becaufe his heart would haue his j)>irits i and Lycias followers Phasdrus , be-
'rifewetnuH cAH f e ^ e ^ oues f eat 9 f Jf' r * ts -> both follow, but Lycias the more earneft of
f* peteuntu. the two: The ri'uer hath more neede of the fountaine^ then the fountain* of the ri*
* Lyc'm U ?be- nerydS ' tr on is drawne to that which is touched with a loadflone, but drawes not
ifblTut 1 ' ** agaifiefo Lycias drawes Phaedrus. But hove comes it to paffe then f hat a blink
tcuhs ijfue man hues jhat neuerfaw ? Tis true indeed of naturall andchafteloue, but
not °^ this Hcrolca11 pafTion, or rather brutifli burning lull 3 of which
f«w4 fcintittUa we trcat,wc fpeak of wandring,wantoa,adulterous eyes,which as J he faith,
&c Sequitur jy C ftiu m waic^/tf many fouldters^ and when they fpie one fixed on them 3 fboot
^cmfqrit L J<rrju- ^ tm through ^ and prefently bewitch him : EfpeciaHy when they fhall gaze and
um petit fpiri- glote^M wanton Louers doe one vpon another and with a. pleafant cye*conpc7,
tumfhtATum p Ar ti C ipate each others foules. Hence you may perceiue howeafily and how
rim prfprim quickly we may bee taken in Iouc, unce at the twinkling of an eye, Phtdrus
ftiem poflulat.
Vemm Lyc'uu, &c. 1 Caplio de iuUco M.$.f«l. ziS. Oculi ut milittt in inftdui feixpcr ucubmt, & fit'tie ad vijitm fagttat e-
m'>unnt>&c.
{piths
— ■ - ' J - 1 — - . — _
Part.j,Scd.a. Jrtificiali allurements. Memb.2.Subf I
fpirits may fo pcrnicioufl y infect Lyciat blood. m Neither is tt any wonder tf 371
VPe but conjider how many other difeafes as dofelj^andas fuddenly are caught by m ?(ec mmm fi
/^7/<?w,PIaguc,ltch,Scabs,Flux,&c. The fpirits takenjn, will notlethim rtL ^ osmrbes '
reft that hath rccciucd them, but eggehim on, ZVptZT
n idfo fetit corpus mens unde eft faucia amore^j, 1 confidcremut pe-
ts we may manifestly percciue a ftrange eduction of fpirits 5 by fuch as bleed ft&tm&T"'
at nofc after they be dcad,at the fight of the murderer but read more of this *Lucmi#.
in Lemnms ltb.2.de cccult .natMtir*caf.jJ r alltriola lth.2*obfcrv } cap.j % Vdefius
sontrov.FatnuSfCMrdinejrc.
Ms MB. 2 SVBSBCT. g.
ArtifciaU allurements of Loue^aufes and provocations to
It* ft. Gejluresf loathes y I owre ejrc
NAturall Beauty is a ftrong Loadftone ofit felfc, as you haue heard, a
great tcmptation,& picrccth to the very hcart,but much more when
thofc Artificial! cntifements & provocations of Geftures, Clothes, o j n Beamy,
JewclSjPigments^ExornationSjftial be annexed vnro it 3 thofc other circum- ,hat 01 fauour
ftanccs 3 opponunity of time and place fhallconcurre, which ofthemfelucs bXre'hatof
alone were alifufficientj each one in particular to produce this effect. Jtisa Colours, and
qucftion much controverted by fome wife men, inform* defeat plus ar ti dcccnt r """^
an nature whether naturall or artificiallobiccts be more powcrfull, but not thatTf favour
decided: for my part I am ofopinion, that though beauty ofit felf be a great l)aim E fiJ e *
motiue,and giuc an excellent luftre in ford/bus ^nd in beggery,as a lewel on
a dung hilLjit will fhinc and caft his rayes, it cannot be fupprefled,as//W/W0«
rns faincs of Chariclia t thoug\\ (he were in beggcrs weeds; yet as it is vfed,ar-
tificiall is of more forcc^nuch to be preferred. John Lertus the Bargundi*u } c.
S.bij? -navigat. in Br ajil. is altogether on my fide. For whereas (faith he) ac
.our comming to Brafle, wee found both men and women, naked as they
were borne, without any couering, fo much as of their priuirics, and could
not be perfwaded by our Frenchmen that liued a ycarc with them, to wcare
any:P Many will thinkc that mr (olong commerce wtth naked women^ mufl t Muhi tuctti
needes be a or eat provocation to lufjbut he concludes othcrwife,that their na- tynanm com-
kedncfle did much lefTe entice themro lafciuioufnefie , then our women? "^fount
cloathes.^xW / dare boldly affirme (faith he) that thofc glittering attires, coun* cum llrbvU
terfeit colour s % head-geares juried haires 3 plaited coates, chakes t ggwnes y cojlly *c?r*fa;
floMAcher s } garded and loofe garment's y and alltboj e other acoutrements^ where- nUM'fdmvi
wtth our countrey women counterfeit a beauty \& fo cnrioujlyfet out tbemfelues, provocate, at
can fe more inconvenience tn this kindjhen that Barbarian homelines. although m . mtii mll ° no ;
they be no whit infer tour vnto them tn Beauty. I could evtnce the truth of this by dit*s, qum no-
many other argumentsjbut lappeale ffaith hc)to my companions at that prefeni, fi mm f* ml -
xohich were all of the [ante minde. His coun trcy-man Montague in his E/Jayes, f *^,
is of the fame opinton,and Co are many others. Out of whofc aflertions thus r«re(pUndtdtm
much in briefc we may cAnclude, that Beauty is more beholding to Art then j^"/ ( jj r " w '
to Nature, and ftronger provocations proccede jfrom outward ornaments,
then fuch as Nature hath prouided. Is it true that thofc fairc fparkling eyes,
white neck,corall lips 3 turgcnt pappcs 3 Rofc coloured cheekcij&c. of them.
fclucs
Part. 3 v Sc<ft.2. Loue melancholy. Memb.2 . Subi
372 felues arc potent cntifcr$,but when a comely 3 artificiall,wcl compofed look
pleafing gefture,an affc&ed carriage ftiall be added, it muft needes bec farrc
more forcible then it was, when thofe curious needle- workes, variety of co-
lours, iewcls/panglcsjpendants^avvnc, faire and fine linncn, cmbroydcries
calami{trations,oyntments,&c. fhall bee added, they will make the verieft
doudy otherwife a Goddefle,whcn Nature fhall bec furthered by Art.Forit
is not the eye of it felfe that entifeth, to luft, but an adulterous eye^ as Peter
tearmes it 2,2 .1 4-a wanton,a rolling lafciuious eye. A wandring eye, which
//^taxeth,3.id. chriH himfelfc, and the Virgin Mary^hzd moft beautiful]
cycs,as amiable eyes as any perfons, faith 1 Bmadim^ that euer liucd, but
gei.ubT. cap.9~. withall fo modeft, fo chaftj that whofoeucr looked on them, was freed from
* sem. de c«n- that pafiion of burning luft, if wee may belcene r G erf on and f Bonaventure }
cep.yvg pbyfiog- fa was n0 Antidote againft it,as the Virgin Muries face.Tis not the
owes movnad eyc,but carnage of it,as they vie it,that cauiethfuch efrec"r, fofhe makes her
eaftitatem. bragges in a moderne Poet,
Jifum,' lim t $ 9 * nc eoH ^ I m *kc my brorv to tyrannife,
fo 'mofifimr, fed And make the world doe homage to mine eyes.
ancmine concu-
The eye is a fecret Orator,the firft bawde, and with priuatc lookes 5 winlcing,
t B^ofamonds glances & fmilcs,as fo many dialogues they make vp the match many times,
compbinc, by & vnderftad one anothcrs meanings,before they come to fpeak a word. « £*.
S t A fa ( „ ie s][v r ^ M & Lucretia were fo mutually enamored by the cye 3 & prepared to giuc
« HeMor. i.i, each other cntertainment 5 bcforc euer they had conference: & that n Thraci-
Kofypbe Thra- An Roc j pf, e was f Q cxcc ll cnt a t thatdumbe rhetorick,/^/ if (be hud but lookei
hilt fattm in- vf on *ny °ne almofi ( faith Caltpris) Jbe would haue bewitched him^ & he could
(iru£ta,tamex- notpofibly efcape //.For as x Salvianus obferucs/^ eyes are the voindowes of
mamnxh^t o»r foules.by which a4fo many channels , alt dtjhonejl concupifcences get into
fin iiimquk our hearts, They rcucale our thoughts, & as they fay^frons ammi Index but
midifet,ficn fa eyc Q f fa countenance, f Quidprocacibus tntuere ocellis^c
n *aperem. *"* J way fay thcfameoffiniling.gatejnakcdncffeof parts, plaufible geftures,
*Lib:i.depro- &c.To laugh is the proper paflion of a man,an ordinary thing to fmile \h\xi
}etfrto«d!"ct thofe eounterfeiVompored,affecl:ed,artificiall and reciprocal^ thofe coun«
cmnisifprob'a terfmiles,are the dumbe flbewes and prognofticks of great matters,
tupfau per +. Stultus quando videt quodpukhra pmllula ridet*
Gtilot tanqttm . u r 1 r 1
tAMlei imrtit, ' vmfatuus credit Je quod aware veht.
t Buchanan. When a foole fees a faire maid for to fmile,
( He thinkes fhe loues him,t'is but to beguile.-
They make an Art of it,as the Poet telleth vs,
1 0vid d art 7 cre ^ At 'A i f cunt et ^ Am ft^fe puelU.
ammdi Qujtrttur atfc illis hac quofc parte decor*
Who can belceuc. ? to laugh maides make an Are a
And feekc a pleafant grace in that fame part.
And t is as great an entifement as any of the red.
fuur.t, Mufetu She makes thine heart pant,with a a pleafing gentle fmile of hcrj
* (H ™- ^BulceridentemLolaoenamaboy
• Hot. Otl.il, _ , .° ' _ - ,
Jtb.i, Vulce loquentem, J loue Ltlagt
as much for fmiliog>as for difcourfing, dclcttat* HU rifit tarn blandum^ he
faid
Part. 5 . Sed. 2 . Cau/es of Lone melancholy, Memb.2 . Sub] ^
faid in Pi'troniui ofhi:s Miftris, being wellplcafcd,(hee.gaue fo iweetafmile. gT? '
It wonne Jfrneniitsj* he c confefleth, ifmcne fubrift amatortumjfmcne (mi- 1 fi^Llm / ;
led lo louingly the fecond time I faw her, that J could not chufe but admire
her. All other geftures of the body will enforce as much. Daphnis in f Luc/an }^* m *L
was a poore tottered wench, wrier* i knew her fir ft, faid Cor bile > pv$**f* & (« P (J"J t ™ B *
Ucera, but now (hec is a ftately piece indeed, hath her maides to attend her tir ' ^ cikKi *
braucattires, mony in her purie&c. and will you know how this came to'
pafl'c? by letting out herfelfe after the beftfafyhn^y her pleafant carriage, af ^ndt^dofui.
fabilityjwcet /wiling vpon allo c. Many women dote vpon a man for his
complement only,and good behauiour.they are Wonne in an inftant; and a- '
mongft the reft.an vprighc,a comely grace,curtcfie$,gent!e lalutationsxrin-
ges.a mincing gate,a decent and an affected pace : Which the Pre phct Efty
obh&dto the daughters of Sion 3. 16. they minced as they went JapdmaJe a.
ttnklmg with their feet. To fay ihc truth , what can they not effect by fuch
meanest whileft Nature deckes them in their befl attires >
Of youth andbciuty which the world admires,
and Art fhall Se annexed to it,whcn wiles and guiles fhall concurre : ( for to
fpeaV.eas it is,Loue is a kind of legerdemaine, mecre juggling,a fafrination )
When they fhewth :ir faire hand ^nc foot & leg -viithitt jnagnum fa defidf*
rium/iobu r.clt aquuvtfoiih «* Hilthafar Cajiilio lib.r. they fet vs a-longing,<^- d Wfifai
(owhen they pull vp their petty>coites, andoutwar d garment s y a> vfually rhcy 3Jh?^
doe,ro fhew tiicirrlneftockingS|goldfringcs 5 lace>,cmbroyderihgs, fitfhall tur^t^dmu
goe hard but when they goe to Church, or to any other place, all (hall bee P ma -
ieene)t'isbutafpring-tucatch Woodcoekesj and as c Chryfoflomc tellcth XXTttm%
thcmdow:ic-right,though/^/^ nothing with their mouthes^yet they /peak rut ah-
in their gstejheyjpcakc with their eyes , theyjpeake in the^j carriage of their ?Zmne%«d
bodies. And what ihal wc fay ochcrwifc of that baring of their necks, fhoul- *mf*m. vnu
ders 3 naked brefU, armcs &: wrilis, to what end are they }but pnely to tempt t ° h 7 *' mt l 1 ™'
men to lull? Nakednc(fe,as J haue faid,is an odious thing of it felfc, remedi- i^JTif. "
%m amorisjicx. it maybe fo vfed in part,& at fuch times, that there can bee no 'i uuta « i re iff-
fuch cntifemcnt as it h.Dauid fo c ipicd Ber[beba,thc Elders Su(ann*..^petles ITj^dVL
was inamored with Campafpc, when he was to paint her naked. T herms in leqm** dm-
Snct.cap.42. flipped with Seflim Gallus an old kichcrjibidinofe fene^ea lege ut t f i ^ mvoce *
nud.epitellt adninijlrarent.i bmc fay as much of AVr*,and P Muter of Carol, loZm'^fn,
Purnax. Amongft ;hc Babylonians ,it was the cuftome of fome lafciuious Q. mUm paw
to dance FJsldii in that faihion 3 faith Curtius L$, and § Sardus demor.gent. ^^^J^
//^/.writes to than effedt. The T ufcans at fome fet banquets,had naked wo- eji.
men to attend vpon them, which Lconicus dzFaria btjl.lib. uc 96. confirmes l'^^""^
of fome other bawd; Nations. Nero would haue filthy pictures ftillhanging w «/,> rfJ mir ,i.
in his Cha nbcr,which is too commonly vfed in our times, & Uelisgabalus, pabant.
Ettam cora-m agent esjtt ad teener e incitarent: So things may be abufed. A fer« ! ^^y^L
uantmaid : in \Artfl*netuS , fpied her Mafter and Miftris through the key ff*ftt-w*,#
hole * merrilv difpofed.vpon the fight Che fell in Iouc with her Maftcr. ^n- ^^ u ^ c
ton/us CaracalU obferticd his mother in law with her brefts amoroufly laide emr f lt i^e Cm-
-open,he was fo much moued.tfiat he faid,^ fi liceretfi that I mightjwhich
(hebv chance ouer-hcaring,repIicd asimpudently 1 g«/Vy0/^//^//V^,thou K'^ti^
maifli doe what thou wilt: And vpon that temptation he married her : this
obicctwasnociucaufc, not the thing it felfc, but that vnfeemcly, vndecent
carriage of if, jDd d When
Part. j.Scd.2. Lout Melancholy. Mcmb.2.Subf.3 .
374 When you hauc all donc,veniu»t a vefte fagitu , the grcatcft prouoca*
tionsofluft are from ourapparell. God makes, they fay, man fhapes, and
there is no motiue like vnto it, a filthy knaue 5 deformed queanc, a crooked
carcafTc,a maukin 3 a witch,a rotten poft.an hedgeftake may be fo fct out and
tricked vp 3 that it may nuke all out as faire a fticw , as much enamour as the
reft: many a filly fellow is fo taken. Primum luxurtx aucupwn , one calls it,
i T>i immod. the firft fnarc of luft,» Boffu4 ancupium animarum, letbalem arundinem , a fa-
ymewrtt*. ta |] rcc d,thc ercateft bawd forte lenocwium. Not that comehncs of clothes
is therefore to be condcmncd 3 and thofe vfuall ornaments: there is a decency
and decorum in this as well as in other things,and fit to be vfed 5 becommrog
feucrall perfons,and befitting their eftates, hee is oncly phantafticall, that is
not in fafhion 5 and like an old image in Arras hangings , when a manner of
attire is generally receaued; but when they arc fo new fangled, fo vnftaid,fo
prodigious in their attires , beyond their meanes and fortunes 3 vnbefitting
their age,pIace 3 quaIity,conditio 3 what fhould we othcrwife thinke of them?
Why doc they adorne themfelucs with fo many colours of hearbs 3 fiowres,
curious needlcworkcs 3 devices of fweetfmelling odors , with thofe incfti*
mable riches of prctious ftones f pearles 3 diamonds ,emerald<,&c« Why doe
they crowne themfelucs with gol J and filuer 3 vfe coronets and tires of feuc-
rall fa(hions 3 decke themfelucs with pendants, bracelets, carer ings, chaincs,
girdles jings.pins/pangles.embroderics^fhadowSjrcbatoes, ribbands jwhy
k p c[TOtJ i, u doc they make fuch glorious rticwes with their feavhers,fannes 3 maskes,
fii$i. quo ft*- furresJaces,launcs 3 tiffinies,ruiTes/alls 3 cal^^
^ fyf co ' cloth of gold, filuer , tiflTue ? with colours of hcauens, ftarres, planets, the
miklmiMM- ftrength of mcttals > ftones 3 odors 5 flowres ;) birds J bcafts, fifhes, and whatfoc-
triu, &ocuio- vcr K^Jr/cke i _y4fia America , fca,land 3 art,and induftric of man can afford?
Zuvia^ubix' Why doe they vfe and couct fuch nouclty of inventions ; fuch new fangled
etfttttam com- tyres,& Tpend fuch ineftimable fummes on them ? To what end are thofe cri-
pfhMi&c. Jpedfalje baires fainted faces.as k the Satyrijl obferucs,y#«? a compofed gite y
* Pet. Am'me. not a fl e p *wry? Why are they like fo m any Sybarites ,or Neroes Pep [km yAffih
HomiMia mm erm concubines,fo coftly,fb long a dreiTing,as Cafar was marfhalling his ar-
vtfadTtvtis ni yi or an hawke in pruning/* 1 Dum moliuntur^dum comuntnr y annus eft , i^i
equitei eqm 3 * Gardner takes not fo much delight and paines in bis garden , an horfeman to
vibw&T**' dreffe his horfefcoure bis armour 7 a Marriner about his (hip, a Mcrchanthis
t Epiji.^sonuA fhop,and fhopbooke,as they doe about their faces^and all thofe other parts:
vmiiiarum be- fuch letting vp with corkes,ftreightning with whale bones $ why is it but as
7uuTmtlrum 3 nctcatcheth larkes, to make youngmcn ftoupe vnto them, phi lochs-
H«r mguento' rus a young man in Ariflmetm 3 advifeth his friend PolUnm , to take heed of
» "rom' d'al ^ UC ^ cnt ^ mcnts st f or ^ e facet found & motion of his Mijlris fp&ngles
Amer.'vafeula' & n Abracelets y thefmellofher oy ntments ,that captiuatedhim firft. Quid phi
fUnxmuit* in- vult pixidumturba 3 faith m Lucian 5 Torvhatv/eare pinues, fots^ gUffes^
f nmwito°rum V ntments ^ ir ° ns -> combes , bodkins jetting ftickes , vphy be flow they all their
epulenthm in patrimonies and husband's yearely reuenues on fuch fooleries , j hina pAtnmonia
d e lcw" dUnt ' fa**!" w^w^byvfetheyArAgons^aftcSifnakesforchaines, in a mc lied
mM'tth- I cvvc ^ s on tnc ' r »cckes, eares, dignum potim forct ferro manw isia* rel/gtr/,
bent^mmam Atfyvtimm mcnilii vere dracones cjfent , they had more need fomeoaie a
"fnf^cTt* ^ c "cd in Bedlam with iron chaines,and hauc a whip for a fanne , a»id haire-
iscneu. ' cloathesnexctotjacirskinos^nftcedofwroughtfmockes^haucthrir^h :
i " fiigmati/cd-
Part^Stdti. Artificial} allurements. Memb 2.oubf.$.
ftigmatifed with a hot iron J fay, fomc of them infixed of painting , if they 375
were well fcfrucd. But why is all this labour , all this coft; preparation,riding,
runningjfarrc fctched 5 and dcarc bought ftuffe ? but as he faith, « Besaufe fir- " c 4ti° ieaH -
forth they xcouti be faire and fincjffdvebere na ture is defecliuefupply it by art, l^bu
Sanguine qua vero non rubet^arte rubet, Ovid, and to that pur- hoc imprmu m
p®fc thcv annomt and paint their faces. crufy in their feet And bodies .hurt and vatl t e b m f*l
r _ , r • • 1 11 111 it Piolitpnt, out ft
crucinc ihcmfclues,iometimes in laxe clothes, an hundred y aides J thinke in reipia m* fw>t,
agowne,afleeue,anoTomctimesagamcfoclofc, wnndos exfrimAM art us. v ^ wnm ™
Now long tailcs and traincs,and then (hort, vp,downc,high,lowe, thicke, ^ttllttlde-
thinne &c.Why is all this,but with the whore in theProueibs,to intoxicate fityvtu (w
r t - . tixt ad'tungunt.
fomc or other; \ wide iiu faciei
Quo d pukhris Glycere fumas de pixide vultus, mctioses , dolor
Quod tibi compofita nec fine lege coma. *>■ ermatm '«
_ T> . 1 . v L. i „ h • arftanda cotpo-
Quod mteat cUgttts adamaa^Beryuus tnaure i
Non fum Atvtnusjfedjcio quid cupias. Modb cauda-
O Glycere in that you paint fo much, t^^'
Your hairc is fo bedeck' t in order fuch,
With rings on fingers,bracelets in your carc^
Although no Prophet, tell i cin,lfcare.
to be admired, to bee gazed on, to circumvent Tome novice? as many times
they doe,?hat in ftead of a Lady he loucs a cap and fcather,in ftead of a maid ffij*^
that (Wild hauc verum colorem.corpusjolidum.ejrfucci plenum, as charea de- * st ,' e ^
fcribeshismittris mthe \ Poet, a painted face, a ruffe band, faire& fine liti-
ncn,acoronet,aflowre. * Natura^putat quoa fait art ificti y v a painted \^l- t ' m .
wafte*coat,orapiedpetticoat,infteadof a proper woman. T'is too com- mu. rratiow-
monlyiO, 1 w cnojakmfa*-
P Auferimur cultu^ty gemmis.aaro^teguntur
Omnia, pars minima eft tpfa puellafui. fucai^teceml^
With gold and lewels all iscoiicrcd, peho^imi-
And with a ftrange tire we arc wonnc: &*, paUMoqi.
rWhilefhe'stheteaftpartofherfeife)
And with fuch baubles quite vndone. mes cirmiemnt.
Why doe they keepe in fo long.toeether, a whole winter fomctimes, and l om.meWm.
will notbefeencbutby torch or candlc-Hght, andcomeabroad withalhhe ^Zm'*
preparation may be , when they hauc no bufincflebutonely tofhewthem- pecbba expo-
felues? sptSiatumvemunt^eniuntpaenturuttffa, 7^ZZ
f F$r TV hat u beauty if it be n»tften<Lj y trabun: tunicas
Or what ist to be feene if not admird, FM** coUidcn-
And though admir'd,vnleffe in lone defird? tari^$fc
why doc thcv eocwith fuch a counterfeit gate, 'which *l Pht/o ludaus repre- edmpudmmin-
hends them far,and vfc fuch gefturcs,apiil a5 ridiculous,vndecent attires , vfe
thofepcrfumcs,oyntrncntsinpHblikc: come to hcatc Sermonsfo frequent, tempefmiam
is it for deuotion? or rather as * Baftlttls them, to meet their fweet hearts,& infe pwocau-
fec falliions; for as he f»th,co«monly they come • fo prouided to that place, jggjg-
With fuch .-'cfturcs and tires as if they fhould goc to adancing-fchoole,or to mrtyrumcmfe-
aftagc-plav^rb-audie^oufe^etthena Church <^™>
when fuch a jhee Prtrft comes fier Maffe to fay %
(htm ftcawtt
Twenty to one they alforgct to fray, impdrnti*.
Ddd % They
PartjrSc&i. Lout melancholy. Memb.i.Subf.j,
yj6 They make tho(e holy Temples confeeratedto Gods martyrs , and religions vfes
the fboppes of impudence ^ dennes of whoores&nd theeues, and la tie better them
brothell-houfes. When we (hall ice thcfe things dayly done, their husbands
banckrupts 3 ifnotcuckolds,theirwiues light hufwiucs,daughiersdifhoneft§
and hear c of fuch diflblutc a£ts,as daily we doc, how ftiould we think other-
wiiCjWhat is their cnd,but to dccciuc and inveaglc yong men? As tow rakes
fire, fuch cntifingobie&s produce their effe&s, howcanitbeeotherwife f
t Hyme Went- When Venus flood before Anchifes fas f Homer fames in one of his Hymnct)
rifattt. i n her coftly robes,hc was inftantly taken,
Cum ante ipfum flaret lovis flia y videns earn
Anchifes ^admirabatur formam^ ejr ftupendas vejles,
Erat enim induta peplejgntis radijs Jplendidiore,
Habebat qvocfe torques fulgidos fcxilcs halsces i
Tenerum collum ambiebant monilia pulchra 3
Aureajjariegatar—
When Venus ftood before Anchifes firft a
He was amaz'd to fee her in her tires.
For (he had on a hood as red as fire,
And glittering chaincs 5 and Ivy twifled fpires,
Abouthcr tender ncckc were coftly bruches,
And ncckclaces of gold,inaraell'd ouches.
So when Mcdta came in prcfence, attended by her Ny mphes and Ladics,as
\ Aeffmu Ia, ftc fa dcfcri b c d by * Apollonius.
Cunffa* vet o ignis tnflar fequebatur Jplendor^
T tntum ah aureis fimbrijs rejplendebatiubar,
Accenditfy tn oculis duke dejiderium,
A luftrc followed them like flaming fire,
And from their golden borders came fuch beames,
» RegUdom Which in their eyes prouok'd a fweet dcfire.
wnmth certan- $ uc h a relation we hatie in Plutarch in the life otAnthonyjwhen the Qucenes
mm film An- came and offered themfclues to Anthony^ u with diners Preftnts indent ifmg
mie $fferentes, ornaments, Afaticke allurements , xoithfuch wonder full ioy and feflmity^ they
^htndiW* * nvea & e f he Romanes, that no man could containe him[elfe i all was tur-
pmpa per Cyd- med to delight hndpleafure^?. The women transformed themfelues to Bacchus
mm fluvium jhapes } the men children to Satyrs andP&ns ; but Anthony himfelfe was quite
^up^ipf/'d hefotted with Clcopmas fweetejjteeehes, philters ^beauty ,pleajing tires: for
fmihtudmem whenfye failed along the riuer Gydnus, with fuch incredible pompe in aguilded
fnZVra^ herfelfe dreffed like Vcnws, her maides like the Gtaces, her Pages likefo
fim\t\,putti cu- many Cupids, Anthony was amazed^ rapt beyond himfelfe Melio dor us lib,/.
*riuad£m brings in Dameneta ftepmothcr to Cnemen, w hem jhefaw in his robes and co-
"iwfaaT™ ro»et,quitemadforthe loueefhim. It was Judiths Pantofles that rauifhedthc
*iibJe!fr.proi, eyes of Olofernes. And SC4r<&#isnotafhamcdto conrcflejthat feeing his
\bUmyk&«- wi k thc ^ rft timc a11 in wniw > nc admire and inftantly loueher. Jf thefc
ronUtquHmpri- outward ornaments were not of fuch force , why doth * Naomz^mzRuth
mum sfpexit counfcll how to plcafe Booz? and Iudith fecking to pleafe Olofernes, waftied
potej^e "mntu & anoynted her felfc with coftly oyntments , drcfled herhaire , and put on
txcidit. coftly attires? The not in thiskindc hath bin execfliue in times paft,no man
I c^mI' alrnoft came abroad,but curled and anointed^
Part.3-Scd.2. artt 'ficiall allurements . Mcmb.2.Subf.:
b Et mAtuttno fudans Criftiuus amomo, 377
Quantum vtx redolent duo funera t one fpent as much as two k imnkteA
funcralls at once , and with perfumed haires, c & rofa canos odoratt capiHos c ^or.hb %.oi.
Affyriify nardo % What ftrangc things doth d Suet on relate in this matter of *capx r .
Caltgults riot? and Pttny jtb.12.tjr 1 i-Rcad more in Diofcorides , vlmus, Ar- < EpM. 9 ' 9 .
noldw : Randoletiut de fuco & decor it ion ef.ox it is now an arr,as it was of old, f efl
ti e Seneca records .officinal funt odorescoauenttum. Women are bad, & men b ™' meru Uttl "
arc worlc,no dittcrcncc at all betwixt tneir and our times/ Good manners^ tm.& poinmi
Seneca compUines^arc e x tinClwith wantonneffe , intrickina r vpthemfelues *Q** % mifr
mengoe beyond women , #r 1* Aer<? hirlgts colours And do: not rvalue p ut tct ejr auettJEm* ,
^Wjhicmulic^ria?cvir,morelike Players,Butterflies,Babocns, Apes, An- <*^*#***'
tickes then mcn,and fo ridiculous we are in our attires, and for coft fo excef-
fiuc,that as liter ome faid ofold^nofilo vilUrum infunt pretia, vnc It no deci- mdi gradu ft-
es fejfert turn infer it ur , 'tjs an ordinary thingtoputathoufandOakes,or an J***"* £ r*'
hundred Cxen into a fiitc ofapparell,to weare a^vholeMannor on his back.
What with fhooc-ties.hangcrsjpointsjcappes and feathers, fcarrfes, bands,
cuffcSj&c. in «fhort ("pace their whole patrimonies are confumed. Hel/ogA- \ p^J^J
balm'xs taxed by Ltmpridtu* , and admired in his age for wearing Jewells in inpultbritudmt
his ihoocs,a common thing in our times , not for Emperours and Princes, f a
butalmoft forferuingmcnandtaylcrs:alltheflowrcs,ftarrc$,conftcllations JJ^JJJXii-
goldandprctiousitonesdo condcfccnd to fct out their fhooes. Toreprefle <« ^
thc luxuric of rhofc Romane matrons,thcrc was S lex VAleria and Off**, and ^ W j^""
a to contradict , but no lawes^rill feme to exprefle the pride and info- ivmder.mulir.
Jencv of our dayes.the prodigious riot in this kind. Lucullus wardrope is put Cklt *: a
downeby our ordinary cittizens,and a Coblcrs wife lnr^/r^aCurtcfanin iv ! tmn mm
Florences no whit inferiour to a Quccnc 3 if our Geographers fay true , and mmbu*iordcnt\
why is all this ^ ^ />&<7£/»7 their Jewells (as * he faith ; or exul t and 3£2J8JJjJ
triumph en the beauty of cloathes,why u all this cojl? to incite men the fooner to w j*, M p. 3 . 17.
burning luff. They pretend decency and ornament , but let them take heed, ; f '
lcaft whilft they fet out their bodies, they doe not damnc their foules, ns nariculttia4um
» Bernards counfcll :fbine in Jewels finke in conditions, hane purple robes y & m&riurfjna
a tome confe 'tence. Let them take heed of Efayes prophefic , that their flippers ffi&F*
and tyres be not taken from them , fwect balles , bracelets, earerings, vailes, ckmm Akx-
wimpells.crifping pinncs,gla(Tes, fine lionen, hoods, lawncs, and fweetc fa- m J^^'/ e
vours,thcy become not bald.burnt andftinkevponafudden. And let maids %^ mmt>
beware,! s k Cyprian aduifcth/^/ while they wander too loofcly abroad , they l Lib.i de cultu
loofe not their maidenhead*, and like ^Egypttan temples ,feeme fayre without, 'J^HXt
bu t proue rotten carkalfes within.How much better were it for them to fol-
)owihnQpodcoi™(c\\otTertuBU* 9 k T*b*ae chxfli- tnmuimfi^
tie, the word of God infer ted into their cares, Cbripyoke tyed to their haire, to
fthicB thcmfelues to their hutbink. if they would doe fo. they fheuld be comely bmiugimcb^
enou^cloaththemfelueswtththefilkeoffancJ^
fifpietvAndchaftitysndfopainted 3 they [hallhAueGod himfelfe to bee a (utter-. f a aie&(*tue-
Let whores 6- queanespranke vp themfetues™ let them paint their faces wtth
mtnion and ceruffe, they Arebutfuelloflufl.and/tgnes of a corrupt foulet ifr<C-J f1oblui ^ t .
be rood htnef} Mrtuoud and religions matrons ; let fobriety, mode fly and chap- vofrdh^
«S ' J ' . purpura pudxi-
tUjaUterpimentata dtumhtbebhk omumm. ^Smibskmnma^lofih^^Mf^
tA umJm&iompumntk *tew$nm oruArnntM^fitjuteaiA wtu^M^M^
Ddd 3 v
Part3.Se&2. Loue melancholy. Mcmb.z Si b£j.
378 ty l>e your honour ^and God himfelfeyour loue and defire. Mul/er rccTc oiet vb*
tlmm. mhilolct^ then a woman fmells beft , when (bee hath no perfume atall,anci
more credit in a wife mans eye and judgement they get by their plaincncfle,
and fecme more fayre then they } that arc fet out with bables^as a Butchers
meat is with prickcs,purTed vp and adorned like fo m any Jayes with variety
of colours. It is reported oiCornelU that vcrtuous Romave Lady, great Set*
ftfis daughter : T/tM Semprenifti wife ; and the mother of the Grace fo, that be-
ing by chance in company with a CampantAn^ ftrange gentlewoman^ fomc
light hufwifebelike 5 thatwasdreflcd like a May Lady,& as moil of our Gen-
tlewomen are , was mcre^j follkitotu of her head tires jben of her health, that
*Solicitimt de ffl ent ^ er ** me betwixt a combe And a gUffe^ndhad rather bef&irethen horejl
Mfitti (Uidtceri fas he {i\&)andhaue^> the commonwealth turned topfie turttres then her tyres
vttoeRmm' mArre ^)^ n ^ ^ e did nought but bragge of her fine robes and lewels ,cV pro-;
& jptcuim a- voksd the Roman Matron to (be w hers. Cornelia kept her in taike til her chil.
emperdum,co- <j ren camc f rom fchoolc,and thefe faid fhe arc my icwels 5 and (o deluded &
'nZnfmL P ut °^ a prowd,vaine,phantafticall,idle hufwifc. How much better w ere it
b9?u(liom s & for our matrons to doe as fhe did, to goc civilly and decently ,° Honefemu*
'lurliruutmt ^ erii tn ft A7 1** vtitur auro pro eo quod eft ^ad ea tan turn quibm opw efl 3 to v fe
ffum comm. gold as it is gold^and for that vfe it ferucs,and when they need it,then to co«
Sentca. fume it in riot,begger their husbands,proflitutc themfelues 3 invcagle others
•Lucia*. and peraduemurc damme their owncfoulcs. How much more would it be
rv&H ftc Fm- for their honour and credit? fo doing,as Uurome faid of BleJiHa , p Funusdid
Pa^mdes7- not f* tr * Hm fi ouer Ga *l e$ i Papyrt Hi of the Sammtesjcipic ofl^um?.mu %
mikiujciphde atjbe did by her temperance ^puMfemper vefte , e^.they fbould infult & do-
vumaniui tri- m i n eerc ouer luft.folly , vainc- glory, all fuch inordinate, furious and vnruly
ftwctnhm Prions.
b* forte. But J am ouer tedious Jconfefle 5 & whilft I ftana gaping after fine cloths
there is another great allurement ( in the in the worlds eyes at leaf! J which
had like to haue fiolne out of fight: and that is mony } venmnt a dotefagUU v
mony makes the match} f Morfr urpyi Chtmvar. Many men if tbey doe but
fii<^Zmr hcareofa great portion, arichheire, are more mad then if they had all the
mm. beautious ornaments, and all thofc good parts that Art and Nature can af-
ford, tbey care not for bonefty, bringing vp, birth,beauty,pcrfom but foe
mony. Jf{beberich,thenfbci$fairc 5 thcn he burncs like fire, they loue hee
dearely,like pigge & pic, and arc ready to hang themfelues if they may not
hauc her .Nothing fo familiar in thefe daycs.as for a young man to marry an
old wifc,as they fay,for a piece of good; and though flic be an old crone,and
haue neuer a tooth in her head 5 ncithcr good conditions,nor good face»a na«
turall foole,but oncly rich 5 fbc (ball haue twenty yong gallants to be fuiters
in an inftant .As {be faid in SueUnius^ non me Jed me a ambiunt ,'tis not for hee
fakc,but for her lands or mony; & an excellent match it were fas he added)
if (be were away .So on the other fide, many a yong loucly maide will caft a*
way her felfe vpon an old, doting, decrepit dizard, that is rheumatickeand
gouty,hath fome twenty difeafcs,perhapsbut oneeye^nc legjneuer anofe,
•Vx*md*> no hairc on his head 5 wit in his braincs,nor honefty : if he haue land or r mo*
tat Damn t ay^ftje will hauc him before all her other fuiters,
JJiirf. f Dummodo fit dives barb Arm ille placet,
Jf he be richjhe is the man 3 a tine naan^and a proper man , a$ ThiUm&fium its
\Ars*
f 1 "
Part.^.Sc&i.
allurements of Loue.
f ^/Irifianetm told Emmufm^bf^argento omnia, van* , hang him that hath 379
nomony,/« /o *<» purpofe to talke of marriage without meaneswovfolz menot tEftf m./w-'
with fuch motions,let others doc as they will, Jlebe fure to haue one {hall f^£f£*
maintainc mc fine and brauc.Moft arc of her minde, 1 Demoribm ultima fiet g$pecuna &e.
^^/?/>,for his conditions fhe fhall enquire after them another time,or w'c *-™jj**B*&
all is done /he match made 3 and every body gone home, t Lucians Lycta was "j^atiu.
a proper young maid,and had many fine Gentlemen to her fiiiters, Etheclcs 1 t*« .4 rrmt.
a Senators fonne> Melijfus a Merchant,&c.butfhe forfookc them a'l for one f*!^*,
Vafius a bafe^hirfutCjbald patcd knaue 5 but why was it ? His father lately dted 7 pater m»
*#d left brm foleheire of hi* goods and lands . This is not amoneft your duft- p« «
wormes alone,poore lnakes that will proltitute their foulcs for money, hut ^ bw^w
with this bait you may catch your moft potent, puiftant, &illuftriousPrin- antmm.
ces. u /agfiifo the great Duke of Lituania, 13^6, was mightily enamored cn > AUxandtr
Hcdrngafnfomuch thathc was turned Chrillian from a Pagan,and was bap- G*g«w«» s<?r-
tized himfelfc by the name of Vladiflaus ^nd all his fubic&s for her fake , but
why was it? fhe was daughter and hcire of PcUnd.znd his dcfire was to haue
bothkingdomes incorporated into one. Charles the great was an earneft xr ' fB ') MMi
fuiter to Irene the Empreflc , but, faith * Zonorasjbregnum, to annexe the
Empire of the Eaft to that of the Weft. But what isthceuentofalhuch
matches. that are fo made for money , goods, or by deccipt, or for burning
hfttfucsfrda l/frido coniunxit 5 what followes ? they are alrnoft mad at firft,
bnt'tis but a thfh,as chaffc and ftrawc foone fired , burnc vehemently for a
while, but out in a moment , fo are all fuch matches made by thofe allure,
ments of burning luftjwhere there is no refpect of jionefty , parentage, vcr»
tue,re!igion,cducation,and the like,thcy are cxtinguifhed in an inftant , and
infteed of loue, comes hate; for ioy ) repentance > & defperation it fclfc.Fran-
cifcus ^^^///inhisfirftbooke^rtf"i'Xfrwf4/».j.hathaftory of one Phil,
lip of Padua that fell in loue with a common whore a and was now ready to
runnc maddc for her -,his father hauing no more fonncs , let him enioy her,
7 but after a farv dayes fhe young man began to loath her } could not fo much as y iMM fatlm
endure the fight of her, and from one madneffe fell into another. Such euent co- ^^/f^'
monly haue all fuch loucrs 3 and hec that fo marries, and for fuch refpe&s,! et quedtn c* t .n-
him loo! c Tor no better fucccfTc,then Menelaus had with Helen yulean with topon- edam-
Venus^hefcm with Phadra.Mtnos with Pafyphae , and CUuAtus with Meffa* ^abJvv.^l
lina\ (hame fotto w,raifery,melancholy , difcontcnt. m Bhentm ir 1
7 tnffirmincidtS
SVBSECT.
Importunity and of for Unity of time, place ^nference^difcourfe,
Ringing, dancing^muficie, amorous tales, obie&s,
kifi*gf&mtliarityjQhn s J>refeMs>
bribes, promifesjroteftati*
tns^teares^&c,
ALL t hefe allurements hitherto are a farre oft*, and at a diftance , I wili
come ncerer to thofe other degrees of Loue , which are conference,
kifling,dalliancc,difcourfc, fmgingjdancing, amorous talcs, obic#s 5
prcfcnts,&c. which as fo many Syrens ftcalc away the hearts of men & wo-
men
Part.3.Scd.2. Lone melancholy. Mcmbu.Subi 4
380 men. For as TAtius oblerues lib. 2. 7 - It id nojufficient tnallof a maids affetfi.
* De pue&evo- by her e y es alone j^ut you wnj! fay jtmething that foal/ be more auatlable.and
ktllclt^iu vfc fome oth<r forctbleengtncs. Therefore take her by the band , rvnnghcrfn*
eculii mn eft gcrs h tr t an >d figh witballjffbe take this tn good fart, and feeme n$t to be much
fitit [edeffica- aver f e then cah 'her mtftrisJakc her about the nuke And kiffe her^rc. But this.
gercoponetMq, cannot be done,except tney hrlt get opportunity ot liuing, or comramg to-
mum tmkm gcthcr^ingreflc^grcffc^and regreiTe ; letters and commendations may doe
rma^mlnT much ,otu ward geftures,a£tions:but when they come to liuc together in an
tai&ydifjtos houfejlouc is kindled on a fudden. Many a fcruingman by rcafon of this op.
c«jMm,«(£ pcrtunity and importunity, inueagles his matters daughter , many a gallant
7ul(u$tTri louc% a Dowdie,many Ladies dote vpon their men,as the Qucenc in Artofio
hecagentm *■ did vpon the dwarfe,many matches arc fo made in haft and they compelled
ntjief'faaT' as lt werc nccc '^y > which had they beene free , come in company of 0-
bmfmiuliAipcr* thcrs 3 or fcene that variety which other places afford, or compar'd them to
ndttur,tum others, would reuer haue looked one vpon another.Or had not that oppor-
™?°Ui™h[q! tunity of difcourfe& familiarity beene offered 5 they would haue loathed
coUmfnAvim. thofc and contcmned,whom for want of better choice and other obie&s,
they are fatally driuen on,and by reafon of their hot blood, idle life, full diet,
&c: arc forced to dote vpon them that come next. And many times thofe
which at the fir ft fight cannot fancy or affeel each other , but are harfh and
ready to difagree,offcnded with each others carriage^ in whom they finde
many faults ; by this liuirjg together in ahoufe^onference^ilfing^coliing, &
fuch like allurcments,begin at laft to dote infenfibly one vpon another •
It was the grcateft motiue that Potiphars wife had to dote vpon Iofephfe
a TatiMlik.z. a Clitijih&n vpon Leucine his vnkles daughter , becaufe the plague being at
Bixunceja was his fortune for a time to foiourne with her, to fit next her at
the table,as he tcllcth the talehimfclfe in T ttim lib.a. (which though it bee
b Jn mimn- but a h*c1:iou,is grounded vpon good obferuation.an-d doth wel cxprefle the
mm mrastuy paflions of louers ) hee had opportunity to take her by the hand 3 and handle
IteYmmdi'ti* her pappcs,&c. b which made him almoft mad. ifmenm the Orator makes
& attren.it:ti s the like confeflioa in£/^^/'i'/W//^.r.\vhenhecamcfirn: to Sojlhenes houfe,
*Ovidi Met and fate at table with Cratifles his friend, ifmene So flhenes daughter, wzi-
« Mmmadcu- ting on them with her armes halfebare^j , after the 6>*^e_^fafhion in thofc
hum nuda, co- times, *~±>nudos media plus parte lacertos , as Daphne was when Hie
IZmtiJ*. 7V fr° m Pbtbtu, fwhich moued him much) was euer ready to giuc atten*
mem de pesiore dance on him,to fill him drinkejier eyes were neuer off him >but flic was ftil]
figitummrm' ^ m *^ n g 0,1 hi m 5 an d when they were rifen , that fhee had gotten a little op-
frejjit& bibent portunity ffhe came and drank to him^fjr -with all trod vpon his toes 5 ejr would,
pedem pnffjt,\ cems and goe^aridvohen^x could not fyeakefor the > company ^ fhee would rvring
ftm corponL] n " band^nd blurti when flic met him: and by this meanes firft (he ouercamc
labim-um com- hxmjbibens amorem hauriebam fmul 7 fhee would kiffe the cup and dn'nkc to
mxttom t ps- hi m an( j { m i\ c anddrinke where he drank e on that fide of the cup\ bv which
mutuallcomprellions^illing^wnngingof hands 3 trea4Jingoficct,cVc.//'y4w
Etbibiteodem m hl videbarforbillare v'trgmem^ Apt, and fipt,and fipt fo long,till at lengih
f Epifl t. Re- I was ^ run ^ e ^ n ^ oue v P on a fudden.M//* chart nm in f Arifltnetusfvizt a faire
fpexKrefaxit & maide bv rhance,a meere ftrangcr to him 5 hc looked backe at hcr,fhe looked
Midden,, backc athim againc,and fmifd withalL
• rirg. 4 Ea. 4s * iUe dies letht frimu4jrimufy malorum
Caufafutt- ■ It
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it was the foleeaufe of his farther acquaintancc^ndloue thatvndid him. 581
* O mllis tut urn credere blanditijs. * Pro^tim,
This opportunity of time and place, with their circumllances arc Co for-
cible motiues, that it is vnpoffible almoft for two young folkcsequall in
yearcs to Hue together ,and not be in loue,efpecially in great houfes, Princes
Courts,where they are idle 3 />/ fummo graduate welljhue at eafe, & cannoc
tell otherwife how to fpend their time.
d Illic Hiffolitum ponejriaptu erit % whenas J fay yioxjvtnUm, 4 QM Amv
& 4^<?/^/z/w,youth,wine,and night (hall concurre , "sis a wonder they bee iib.i.tieg.2.
not all plunged ouer head and cares in louc. If there be feauen feruants in an
ordinary houfe,you fhallhaue three couple in fomc good liking at lcaft,&
amongft idle perfons how (hall it be otherwife? Lming at \ Rome , faith Ara- J^**;™™
tines Lucretiajn the flowre of my fortunes yichfayre young ^ndfo well brought opulenti* mc*
vpjny converfation^age ^beauty fortune^made all the world admire andloue me. *ta» forma
Night alone,that one opportunity is enough to fet all a fire , and they are fo ^ mlw/m
cunning in great houfes , that they make their heft aduantage of it - } Many a fiiemnt cxpe-
Gentlewoman,that is guilty to her felfe of her imperfections, paintings,im- f'p^^"/^
poftures,wiil not willingly be feene in the day time, but as *Caftilio noteth, r.
in the nighr,D/V#« vtglts oditjadarum lucem fuper omnia, mauult. She hates
the day like a dormoufe,and aboue al things loues torches and candle light,
and ir the umft conic abroad in the day,fhe couets, a: f in a Mercers (hop, a * Vt siuUmm
very oblufcate and obfeure fight. And good reafonthe hath for it Noclela- ^nni.
tent mend<e,ax\d many an amorous gull is fetched ouer by that meancs. Go-
meftus lib.j.de (ale cap.22.QUts inftance in a Florentine Gentleman, that was
fo deccaucd with a wifc,fhe was fo radiantly fet out with rings , and iewcls,
lawnes ,and laces>gold fpang!es>& gaudy deviees,that the young man tooke
her to be a goddeife,(for he neuer law her but by torch light ; but after the
weddinp folemnities.whcn as he viewed her the next morning without her
tyrcs,andinaclcareday,fhswasfo deformed^leanejyelloWjriueldj&c.fuch ( B u>beq. tpifc
a bcaftly creature in his eyes, that hee could not endure to looke vponher. 5 P*ranympha
Such matches are frequently made in Italy , where they hauc no other op- ™f^"%* ll0s
portunity to wooe but when they goeto Ghurch,or as f in Turkie fee them ad auem ttfu
at a diftance , they mull enterchange few or no wordes , till fuch time they Y J^f^ n "
come to be married,and then as Sardm lib. neap. ^.de morib.gent . and § Bvhe-
grelfm unguium
mus relate of thefe old Lacedemonians , the Bride is brought into the chamber^ felyebat', net
with her hair e girt about her /he Bridegroome comes inland vnties the knot,& ^Smeriit
mufi not fee her at all by day light/ ill fuch time as he is made a father by her. Jn quinn ex iUajk~
thofe hotter countries thefe are ordinary pra^ifes atthis day , but in our ?^"^f r *
Norrhernc parts amongfttorwrf/i/jD^ tmfc
dia and the reft ,we aiTume more liberty in fuch cafes, wee allow them as Bo- 1 ub^epifl.
hemM}(m\\to kifle comming and going, & modo abfit lafcima , in cauponam ^JJ^J
duccre to talkc merrily Jport and play, fingand dance,fo that it be modeftly matwnvidM'
done and eoc to the Alchoufe and Tauerne together. And 'tis nor amincj */" ep f ?i*'
though h chryfoffome , Cyprian, Uiereme, and tome other or the bathers, tulM qgl( p leon
fpea 1 e bitterly againftit : but that is the abufe which is commonly feene maxumM*-
at fomc drunken matches; diflblute meetings, or great vnruly feaftcs. ^f^ t
* young p'ttiitxnted , trimbearded fellow^ , faith Hierome, tviH COme^f tentabitur tut
with * company of complements , and hold you vp by thes *rme~j *syo* tembit.&c,
Ece g9e 9
Fart.3.Se£U. Loue melancholy. Memb.a.Subf^
382 goe^ and wringing jour fingers, will ($ bee^f entifed^ or entife: one driitkes n
k Loiuetur A- you ^another embraceth,a third ki/fcth^allthk while the fidler play es or ftngs
^.c^dmfmt ^fcimomfong.a fourth fingles you out to daunce^ k onefieakes bybeckesand
d'cere, fignifica- Jignes y and that which he dares net fiy } jigmjies bypapons: amongflfo many
iHterfa'tsittas J°g reat P rotiC cattons of fleafarejuft conquers the mo ft hard ejr crabbed mmdes,
velumtum ii- and fcarce can a man hue bene ft, amongjl f eatings and Jports ,or at fmb great
lecebrasictim meetings. For as he goes on, 1 jhee walkes along, and with the ruffling of her
^ZfaJZT* cbtbesfloe makes menlookeat her, her fbooes creakeherpappes tied vp t her wafte
Difid e inter e- pulledin to make her look finally fhe u firaight girded Jo er h aires han^ loofeabmt
pulu fervamr fo eY eareSy fj er vpper garment fometime falls } and fometimes tarries, to fbrw her
"cimereve ■ naked fhoulders, and as tfjhe weutd^ot be feene,fhc couers that in all ha/le\wb/ch
fliumadfeiu- voluntarily foe jhewed. And not at Feafts,Playes,Pageanrs, and fuch afljm-
m'f^Su*' ^^ cs ' m b ut as Chryfopme obie<5rs 3 thefe trickes are put in pra&ife, at Seruice*
comprimuntut time in churches, and at the Communion it fclfe. If fuch dumbe iTicwes,{ignes,
C c£^cS> ^ nl0re obfcurc fignifications of Loue can fo moue,what (hall they do that
tdfiUi Venn' naue ^ hbertie to fing^ariccjkiflejcull, 10 tfe all manner ofdifcourfeand
froHtem t vei in dalliance? The very Tone of fome of their voyces, a pretty pleafirg fpeech,
mZimSw- an a ^ e( ^ sc * cone tncv v ^" c 5 * s °f lt klfe ro captiuate a young man; but
dm cadic,ut when a good wit fliallconcurre. Art & eloquence 3 fafcinating fpeeeh, plea-
mtiei humtm, fantdifcourfejfweetgeftures^hc^r^/themfelues cannot foinchant. n P,
whet\t™elii' Jwitu commends his Italian Country-women, tp haue an excellent faculty
mmceht, q»»d in thiskind,aboue all other Nations 3 & amoogft them the Florentine Ladies:
valensdetexerh. fo ne pre f cr Ram/tne & Venetian Curtifans, they haue fuch plcafine toneucs,
toncubm. u & nich elegancy of lpeech,that they are able to ouercomc a Sanity
fanfto & reve ■ Pro fuie mult 13 vox fua Lena fait.
'tmmwn^re' Tanta 'gratia vocisfamam conciliabatfolth Vetromm in his fragment of pure
wtitas oecafio. impurities 3 I meanehis Satyr icon Jam dulcufontu per muleebat a'era^ut putures
nesjtt da ft*. i nter iHY{U cantare Syrenum concordiam , Shce fang fo fwcetly, tha t fhe char-
videnTprJbent. med the Aire.and thou wouldft haue thought thou haddeft heard a confort
n Defcri?t.Brit. of Sjrens. O good pod, when Lais Jpeakes^ how fweet it is! Phtlocolm exclaimes
eamtipM* * n t ^ifawtut. To heare a faire young Gentlewoman play vpon the Virgi-
emtare pudi*, nals,Lucc,Viall 5 & fing to it, muft needes bee a great entifemenc. Varthenis
profuic&c. was fo ta^en.O fitter Harpedona.fae laments ,1am vndone.4 how fweet ly hee
Ovtd. 3. ds cute r 'r n i i i\ i r • i /» / ^ J ~
tmandi. J tn g s ->H e ff eA ke a bold wora,be is the proper eft man that euer J Jaw in my life_j;
t E^fiM.i. O how fweetly he fingsj dye for his faktp that he would loue me againe! If thou
i£!°q«!nLo diddeft but heare her fmg, faichP Lueianjhou aouldeft forget father anb mo*
«ty boni,vocis thcrjorfake allthj friends & follow her. Helena is highly commeded by S The- \
T^Arttlt' * crttM C ' 1C Potior ncr fw cct voyce & muficke^ none could play fo well as
Uh.i.epili. <. fhc 5 and Daphnis in the fame Edyllion,
Quem fuave Qubn tibi os dulce eft t ejr vox amabilis o Daphni,
tamt , verbum jucundius eft audi re te canentemMuam mel linger e_j.
mumqum vidt How lWjcet a face hath Daphne ,now loucly a voyce !
fofimftffmm, Hony it felfc is not fo pleafant in my choyec.
m7 x Zr e A fwcct v °y cc & muflckc arc powerfull intifcrs,
p tm%j,m,{i Centum luminibus cinclum caput K^drgus habebat^
TSiSm an hundred cyes,all fo charmed by one fillie pipc 3 thac he loft his
ttl?rc'%pcn~ head.C//>//>tecomplaincs in r Tatius, of Leucippus fweet tunes, he heard her
um&patrujlatifttoblh'ifcarit, * EdyUS. neqfani nllafic tykaramfttlfm ami. * PutUmcpbari cAmtem vidimus.
play
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flay by chince vpan the Lute, & fing a pretty fong to it in commendation of a 380
rofe,*nd that rausfbedhis beat, Jc was Jafons difcourfe as much as his beau-
ty,or any other of his good parts,which delighted Me dxa fo much.
f Deieclabatur enim
Animus fimulformd.dulcibuf^ verbis * AptHm*.
Jt was Cleopatra's fwect voyce,& plcafant fpeeeh, which inveaglcd K^intho- ^ 0}mtM ^
»;,aboue the reft ofher enrifcrncnts,
Verb a Itgant hminum y ut T turorum cornua fanes, as buJIes
homes are bound with ropes, (6 arc mens hearts with plcafant words. Her
vrords burne as sjircs t Ecelef.p.io. • Koxolana bewitched Solyman the magnifi-
cent- & Shores wife by this cnginc,oucrcarae Edward the fourth,
1 Omnibm una omnesfurr'tfmt Veneres. , eatuUm
The wife oivath in Chaucer confefleth all this out of her experience,
feome folfee DeCic tos foj xitfytk
&>crne fo^.'pefame fo? fairenede*
<&omc foj mat ft>e can Onp; 0? oaunce, i.Pmuduiifa.
&omc fojt gemlnteffejOj fo? aailtance . h duJ - Itdi ' La -
f Pete" Aretines Lncretta tclleth as much and more of her felfe ,/ 'counterfeited TJtbtc^'
hone(fy,46 if I hadbeene virgo virginifliniavwrf then a vefiall virgin ) /looked F *&ebam bne.
like a wife. / was fo demure and cha(l t / didxdde fuch ecflurcs Junes. (beeches f t '} em r !ur l»< m
jsgnes and motions vpon all oceajiom , /«u/ «y Jfeclators and audi, or s were flu- intucbar %uiu
ftfied,enc!untedfajlned all to their places Jike fo mdny flockei andftonesMzny uxo 'y> tdi *i>**
Ally Gentlewomen are fetched oucr in like ibrr,by a company of guiles and * rljii i
fwaggcnng companions, that hauc nothing in them but a few players ends mcrilr -
& complements, that can difcourfe at table of Knights & Lords combates, }cmT!>ebm<nt
like \ Luctans Leant i(cus&{ other mens traucls,brauc adventures, & fuch c6- vtbemmueini.
mon triuial newes/idc and dancc,fingcld ballad tunes 3 & wcare their cloths dl !. itu
in faftiion, with a good grace, a fine fwcet Gcntleman 3 a proper man, who *i[n!*syVui.
could not love him? She will haue him though all her friends fay no,though ^%uiiama. •
(he bee with him.Some acaine afc incenfed by reading amorous toyes,?*/- ihm *
merindeOliva the Knight of the Sunne,CrC. or hearing fuch tales of louers^ to/fo r »* 9
defcriptions of their pcrfons, lafciuious difcourfes, fct them on fire, with ffp' bit. j
fuch like pictures «r wanton obic&s in what kindefoeuer, no flron?er enrinc 'fluitlfj 1 *
/to A> W4>t or r^tf 0/ toye^ fables and dtj courjes ( x one faith ) and many ttmhmtm.
by this meanes are quite w^.This belike made Ariflotle Politjib.y.cap.i /.for- y ^ ttbitu
bid yont; men to fee Comcdies,or to hcarc amorous tales. Jfmenius as hee rm'Jimmai
walked in Softhenes gardcn.being 1 ow in louc,whcn hee faw fo many y lafci • Venerem&e.
vious pictures, Thetis marriage, andlknoWnot what, wasalmoft befide "tZZiLZ
himfclfe. And ro fay truth,with a lafciuious obicd who is not moued, to fee pettier trtdi-
others dally ,kiflc,dancc? and much more when he fhall come to be an A&or fW*** 1
r _ 7 3 3 lofutfc fptcula
himielfe. ^ duitur babnfji
To kifleandtobekiffed, which amongft other lafciuious provocations, dfpflagtf*'
is a burden in a fopg.and a moft forcible Batterie, a great allurement,la fire it
{c\fc,protrmiumaut dnticcenium, the prologue of burning luft ( as dpulettts refirrht, Sue-
addcs)luftitfclfc, *ren*sqmntd?Artc(ui*c£iarisimbuit: migvtt.em.
A ftrongaflault,that conquers Captaincs,& thofe all-commanding forces, , Htn ^
a Domaffcfcrro fed domatis ofculo: t *' «W
t LucretkiWhcn (hec would in kindncflc onercome a filter of hers, ^XJ-.tw
andhauc her defire oi hiro/^r ^/W thenecke and kiffedh 'm agatne ejr f4 g m pH,
E cc a *l*int)
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384
h Tetroniut Ca
taletl,
c CatuUiti ad
Ltibiam>dt mi-
bibajix mille y
demde centum^
&c.
d Tetroniut.
f Petromm.
* ^ipuleius.
e Petronim.
Profekoi id
Circen'
fPetronhu
h Animus con-
iungitur J & fft-
ritm etiam no-
fler ptr ofculum
ej}'luh,*Uern*-
imfcinutt'uifa
corpus infun
dgdine^ndxo that which (hec could not othcrwifc effect, (hec made him fb
fpeedily and willingly condefcend. Andt'isacontinuallafiault, alwayes a-
frcfli,and ready to begin as at firft, hdfium nuZo fine term'mAturJedfemferre^
cens *y?,and hath a ficric touch with it.
■ 4 Tent* modb tAngereeorfm t
Hm tud melLifluo membra, cctlorc fluent,
Efpccially when they (hall be lafciuiouflygiuen, as he feelingly faid, & me
lot^Zlca pr<f*&>» deofcuUu Fotis. t ObtorU vdlgiter Uhefr.
*Vdlgij$fuAvijs.
Hum femiulco fuavie,
Me Am fueHdm fuAvi$r y
jAnim* tune dgr* & ftucid,
Concurrit ddldbid mi hi.
The foulc and all is moued/ Idmflur'tbm ofculu Uhr& crepitdbdnt ? animdrum
quofy mixturdm fdrieritesjnter muttaos complex** dnimst anbeUtttes:
S Hdfimw ca/entes,
Et trdnsfudimui hincd'hinc Ubellis >
. - Err Antes AnimM , valete cur a.
cm^ArimTfO' They breathe out their foules & fpirits together with their kifles, faith* BaI-
tm fum cor- thdftr Cdfltlio , chdnge^ hedrts dndfpirits , And mingle AjfecJions as they d»e
? liSaM hjfess** if ** r * ther * connexion efthemwd, then (ft be body. And although
thefc kiflcs be delightfome and ]>\c2&x\t y Ambreftdn kiflcs,
* ^ atuUlit ' I Sodviolum dulci dukius Ambrojidy fuch as Gaxy-
medes gauc Iupiter s Nefiare fuAv'm ,fweetcr then Ncclar, Balfomc, • hony,
■* Sftflatbiftil^ fc O/cuIa merum imorem Jf/HdnttAyLouc dropping kifles 5 for
The Gilliflowre,thc Rofc is not fo fwcer.
As fugred kiflcs be when Louers meet.
Yet they leauc an irkfome imprcflion ,
f Ft mi ex AmbrofiA mutAtum idm foret sBud
Sutviolum^ trifli triflim Hellebore.
At firft Ambrofe it fclfc was not fwceter,
" lusbmn. At laft blacke Hellebor was not fo bitter.
They arc dccciptfull kiflcs. * Quid me multibus imfl'tctu Ucertis?
QuidfdUdcibus of cults inefcad} &c.
Why do'ft within thine arraes me lap,
And with falfe kiflcs me intrap ?
, 0v}(lart they are dcftru&iuCjand the more the worfc.
1 Et qua me fcrduntffculd mille ddbtt.
They are the ban e of thefe mifcrable Louers. There be honeft kifles 3 Ideny
not,ofculum chdritatis, friendly kifles,modeft ki(Tes 3 officious and ceremonial
morjiunculu, & kifles,&c.O/W/ fenfusJbrAchiorum amplexus, kiffing and embracing, are pro-
mm mmmUi- ppr g jf ts f N ature to a man: but thefe arc too lafciuious kiflcs,
lit. Lip.od.ant. Impl/cuttfafuos ctrcum me a coua Ucertos too contmu*
iec hb.3 . ate> an( J too violent, n BrAcbtA non hederdjton vincunt ofeuU concha.
ubTctfiw they cling like Jvy,clofe as an Oyfte^billasDoucs, meretricious kiflcs, bi-
ta morjimculis ting of lip s,c*«* ddd/tdmento: Tdm imprejfo ore ( faith t Lucidn) #t v/x labia
^rltT'dial d e t rA hiint y inter dcofcuLndum mor die Antes , turn & '* Apcricntes qttcque &
werctr'.*' " ' mammas attrcftAntestfjrc. fuch kiflcs as fhc gauc to Gyton^ inntemerA cfi uU
dedit
j Citttlia.
Eleg.iZ.
m Ovid.
n Cum capita
timent f otitis
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00* repugnant* puere.ceruicem invadens, innumerable kifl'es &c More Tgl
* hcn kiffi*,or too homely kiffes: as thofc that P he fpake o^Accepturus d ip- p #
Jarenere y7 .fuivia&c* with fuch other obfeenities, that vaiac loners vie Uf 6 ' Btvn ^
which are abominable and pcrnitious.Ifas * Ledefmo U J. conf.holds, £
cuerykifleamangiueshis wife after namz&fcmortalepeccatum,* mortal mitoH.
finne,orthatof * Hiercme, Adulter ejl qmfquis inuxoremfuam ardenti or eft &p0 ^ llb -^ '
amat or ,what (hall become of all fuch q immodeft kifles and obfeene anions iS^SL
the forerunners of brutifli lufty f not lull it fclfe ? what fliaJl beco me of the'
that oftcn.abufc their owne wiues ? but whathaue I to doe with th»- ? 3 pam ' r fatl ■■ *
That which J ayme at is to (hew you the progreffe of this burning foftro
cpitomife therefore alhhis which J hauc hitherto faid, withaf^rc liar ex fam ' ili *&* u '
ample bm of that elegant Mnfami Obferue but with me thofc amorous 'SffSSS
proceedings of Leander and «r«. Theybegan firft tolookconcon thco* 7 ™*«M°.
therwithalafciuiouslooke, » q ofcukqn
Oblique intuem inde nuttim— KJ^'L
Nut thus mutis inducens in error em mcntempuell*. ipu&t.
Et Md econtrt nutibut ntutuu iuu enis
heandri quod Amor em non renuit ejrc, Jndc
Adtbtt in tencbru tacite quidem firingens
Rofcos puefU digitosjx imo fujpirabat #
Vehement er — Inde.
VirginU Autem bene olens collum ofculatm,
Tale verbum ait amorii iclm Jlimu/o,
Preces audi ejr amorii miferere mei ) ejre.
Sic fat m recufantis perfuafit went cm puell**
With becks and nods he Hrft beganne.
To try the wenches tninde,
With becks and nods and fmiles againc
An anfwere he did finde.
And in the darke he tooke her by the hand,
And wrong it hard,aiad fighed grieuoufly,
And luffed her too 5 and wo'd her as he might,
With piety me fweet hearr,or elie J dye 3
And with fuch words and geftures as there paft ?
He wonne his Miftris fauour at the laft.
The fame proceeding is elegantly dclcribed by ApoRoniui in his Argonau-
ticks,becwixt lafin and Mcd*a,by Ettjlatb/us in his ten bookes of the loues
of ifmcn'm & Jfmehe, In AcbiUes Tatiusbztw'm his Clitipbon and Leacippe^
and in that notable talc of Petronius of a Souldier and a Gentlewoman of E-
phrfusrfmwK fo famous all oucr^rf for her chaftity, and that mourned
fox her husband ; the Souldeir wocd her with fucb Rhctoricke as Louers
vfc to doe, placitone etiam pugnabu amm^c. at hftfrangipcrtinaci*'
am paff a e/l,hc got her good will 3 not only to fatisfic his luft, r but to hang r cerpmfUcuij
her dead husbands body on thecrofle , which hec watched, infteed of the """^m
theeues which was newly ftolneawayl, whilft hewoo'd her in her Cabin, qmtvutbtt
tfhefc are tales you will fay 5 but they hauc moft fignificant Moralised doc
well cxprefle thofe ordinary proceedings of doting Louers.
Many fuch allurements there are;Nods,Iefts ^Winkings, Smiles, Wraft-
Ecc 3 Hogs
Part.$.Se£t2. Lm Melancholy. Mcmb,2.Subi.4.
385 lings,Tokcns,Favours,Symbols r| Letters jValentineSj&c. For whichcaufc
bdikefiodfidus lib.i>dc amor .would not hauc women lcatnc to writc.Ma- 1
ny fueh provocations are vfed when they come in picfence , they will and
will not. iMaU me a Galatea petit lafciua puetta,
Et fttgit ad (Alices & fe cupit Ante v tiers.
My Miftris with an apple wooes me ,
Andhaftclyto coucrtgocs,
To hide her felfe,but will be fecne
VVith all her heart beforc ; God knowcf *
Hero fo tripped away from Leander as onedifpleafcd ,
* Stork. * te t as foe went full often lookt behinde y
Anh many poore excufes Aid foe fnde y
To linger by the way. ™
yet if he chance to ouertakeher 5 fhe is mod averfe.nice and coy,
Denegat & pugnat fedvnlt fuper omnia vinci y
1 . She fcemes not wonnc,but wonne fhe is at length,
b ^Puttt ^ n ^ lc ^ wa * rcs womcn v k DUt ^ a ^ c tnc ' r length,
utt*Amat.i Sometimes they lye open and ate moft traceable U comming,apt, yeelding
Gajp. Emtio and willing to cmbrace,at fuch fcafons,and to fome, as they ipy their aduan-
G uam^mri& ta S e > anc * tncn c ^°^ c againc, not a looke, not a fmile , not a kiflc for a king-
trtcerm for- dome. b Aretines Lucretia was an excellent Artifan in this kinde 5 as fhec tells
mo0iHOy ifa her one n\e x Tbo ugh J was by nature and art mojl beaut if ullfjr faire y yetby theft
utfodotor *vi- tribes ifeemd to be farremore amiable then I was. For that which men ear*
debar, quod trim neflyfeeke andcannot attaine t drawe$ on their affeftion withamoft furious de*
T%l7h*t!r ^ re ' * ^ 2 f u * ter * ou ^ mc dearcly( faith fhejand the c more he gaae mc,the
miti' 'nag*' more eagerly he wocd me, the more J fcem'd to neglect, to fcorne him, and
affeambuma- which J commonly gaue others >l would not let him fee mee 3 converfc with
*%limi li. mc ) no not nauc a kifle. To S u ^ mra lnc morc and * fetch him oucr ( for him
(ms me donit only I aymed at)t perfonated my ownc fcruantto bring in a prefent from 3
P 7Irt ab s%ai s f Ant ty Count,whilft he was in my company,as if he had becne the Counts
feruant,which he did excellently well pcrforruc. * Comes demontcTur corny
ne bifmm im. Lord andMaflerJjath fentyour Lahfoip a fmall prefent .and part of his huntings
I'cZZus dtmb - * f eece °f Vwfi*** Phefant,a fewe Partridges s &c. (aU which foee bought with
te Turco Hij}t- her ownt mony ) commends his hue and feruice toyou, de firing you to accept of it
TttioZrli V 'a * n ZP ^ P arf > a *d be mcanes very foortly to come and fee you .With all flic ftiewd
VctZlltJufft**" himrings^gloucs,fcarfes,coroncts,oic.which others had fenthcr,whentherc
^uepermanter was t\o fuch matter but only to circumucnt him. c By thefc mcancs (as fhec
"uaUmTt^dont con cludesj/w4^7^ foore Gentleman fo madjhat he wa* ready to fiend him-
fwnmineAc- felfe^and venture his dearef blood for my fake. Philinna in f Luc tin, praclifcd
•ft mibft l ^ ls ^ on S DC ^ orc 3 as lt fa*^ appcarc vnto you by her difcourfc , for when
bominem ' iZ T>*pbil»s her fwcetheart came to fee hcrf as his daily euftome was jftie frow-
txcantibm ,vt ned vpon him,wouldnot vouchfafc him her company , but kifled Lampria*
%j t J^ a his corriual!,at the fame time &beforchisfacc 7 butwhy was it? to make him
nm, &c. ^as (he tcllcth her mother that chid her for it ) more icalous , to whetten his
f T«w. 4 . dial. joue 5 to come with a greater appetitc,& to knowe that her fauour was not
zZnao itto, t° ca ^ ,c t0 b c ^ an y otncr tr i c ^ cs fr c vfed befides this (as flic there co4
*v} ipfimerm fcfTcth jfor ilic would fall out with him and anger him of fet purpofe 3 picks
^titifikfa*' <l uarr€ N s V P°0 no occafion,bccaufc (he would be reconciled to him agaioe.
Am ant mm
Part.^iScdi. allurements of Loue. Memb.2.Subf.4«
Amsntium irtamoris redintegrations the old faying is,the falling out of lo- ^87
vets is the tenuing of loue; and according to that oiArifttnttm i lucundwres
amor urn poftiniuria* deliti<e, loue isincreafed by iniuries 3 as the fun beanies
arc more gratious after a clowde. And furcly this Aphorifme is imoft true,
for as Amp e lis infor mes Crifis in the faid Lusting If a Utter be not lealous^ an- * S '^ entm
gry&ajfifytft tofatl out ,figb and fweare Jets notruelouer. To kiiTeandcoli, fa/Jtur*"**
hang about her necke^roteft^and wifh,are but ordinary fymptornes,//?^ Pw at ali -
entu adhuc & erefcentis amoris figaa, but if he be iealous , angry, apt to m if-
take,&c.toe jperes licet fiNttx fifter he is thine owne 3 yet if you let him a- eft habendum a.
lone,humour hrm,and pleafe him,&c. and that hee pcrceaue once hec hath ^^f^ ], 9 e '
you fure without any corriuall ,his loue willlanguifh,and he will not care fo btypttienfat"
much for you.Hithertof faith fhe jean I fpeakc out of experience; Demofhan- &c mnam si-
tus a rich fellow,was a fuiter of mine,! feem'd to neglcft him , and gau'e bet- ^Z'scdfi*'
ter entertainement to Calliades the painter before his hct.principio abi/t vet* perfuafum tin ,
bis me in fe flatus ,at firfthewenthis waies all in achafc,curfing & (wearing,
but at laft he came fubmitting himlelfe , vowing and protefting that hee lo- £irjji£ J* '
vedmcmoftdcarely^fhouldhaueallhehad.&thathe would kill himfelfe
for my lake. Therefore ] aduife thcc(dcere fifter Crifis Jand allmaides,notto
vfe your fuiters oucr Yin&lyjnjolentes enim fnnt hoc cum fentiunt /twill make
them prowd and info lent,but now and then reie& them ^(hange thy felfc,
ytfime undies femel at % iter urn exclude 5 fhut him out ofdoorcsonce and
twice follow mycounielljandby this meanesyou 'fhallmakc him madde^ Wkntm**
come erf roundly ,ftand to any conditions^ doc whatfocuer you will haue ^ u fM^J u e ^
him. Thefe are'the ordinary pra&ifes , yet in the faid Lucian, Melijfa
thinkcs,had a trick beyond all this;for when her fuiter came coldly on.to ftir mtnttm.
him vp jfhe writ one of his corriuals names and her owne in a piper y Melifa.
amat Hermotimum } Hermot>mus Meliffum^ and caufed it to be itucke vpon a
poft,for all gazers to behold , and loft in the way which hee vfed to iralke;
which when he peiceaued,/?^//* vt legit credidn , inftantly apprehended it , : ft ^
months after I recouered him againe. But who can repeat halfe their devifcsP raf[em,po(l w
what Arxtine cxperienced 5 what conceited Lnci*n y or wanton Aripnetv ?
They will deny and take,ftifly refufe and yet carncftly feeke the fame/ repel
to make them come with more eagerneffe^ye from you ifyou follow , bu c
ifyou be averfe 3 as a fhadowe they will follow you againe.and haue a thou-
fand fuch feuerall intifements . for as he faith, j Petmmc**
t Non e ft forms fatis,nec qu* vultbeU vtderi, "m*s*« £
Debet vulvar i more placer e fuif. ' crwnjoLiii .
yirtcunt nature candidioris opus* Uturpetmw
'tis not enough though {he be faire ofhewe, mAtf*?
For her to vfe this vulgar complement t£il*v±
But pretty toyes and iefts>and fawes and fmilcSj ios,pueiia<, «/*•
* Are farrc beyond what beauty can attempt. ^../^
•For this caiife belike Philtftrttus in his Images, makes diners loues,/w»<-> tel d „ pmt
fiura/mi ttbtr cngins in their fr^/^hatbprct t efy{^edthe^
Part.jrSe&.i. Loue melancholy. Memb.2.Subi 4
38$ outj//^.^ 2p& which fome interpret, diuers entifcmcnts,or diucrfe affe-
ctions of Loners, which if not alone, yet ioyntly may batter & ©uercomc
the ftrongeft constitutions.'
It is reported of Deciu-s, & Valeriana*, thofe two notorious perfecuters
% B 3 of the Church, that when they could inforce a yong G hnftian by no mcanes
vita Pauhs're- fas * Hierom records ) to faenfice to their Idoles Jby no torments or promi«
wk*. fesjthey tooke another courfe to tempt him : they put him into a fairc Gar-
ritfa'c%u!£li- den,& let a young Curtefan to dally with him,y fbee tooke him about the neck
(dtkuftringete, and kijjed bim 3 a//d thai which is not to be named, wanibufy at freeware } (jrc,
C bm&m l ore' ^ a ^ thofe entifements which might bee vfed, that whom Torments could
inhbilnem notjLoue might batter. But filth was his conftancy , (bee could not oucr-
condtato &c. come>& when this laft engine Would take no place,they left him to his own
Gtotferftjire. vvaves.' At x Barely em Gloceftertyire^ there was in times paft a famous Nun-
Hukprcefuitno- nery /'faith Gualterm Mapes, an olde Hiftoriographer, mat liued 400 yeares
AtobtJtTod- ^zz)Ofwhichtherewas znoblc andafaire Lady ^bbeffe^: Godwin that
mm comes in fitbti/lEarle of Kent,trauelltng that way 7 (feeking not her but bers)leaucs a Ne-
dob fithilUjion phew of bis, a proper yong Gallant ( a* if be bad beene ficke) with her, till he came
*f*$\dfrd\*mt- bukeagainc, and giues the youngman charge fo long to counterfeit, tillheehd
ncpotem fuum, deflowredtbe Abbeffc an das many befides oft he Nunnes as he could: and leaues
fiym.% elegantf himwith a]Lrinzs .tewels girdles . andfuchtoyes to giue tbemfti'd, when they
fwt'tmjaiiquam , ■ . & ' 36 s , . ' y , r . . » ->• . , J
ihfirmum dunce came to vijit him.The young man willing to vnaergoe jucb a bufmcfje^laid his
revertcreturjn part fiweH ^batinjhort (pace begot vp mofi of thar bellies, andwhen hce had
doncfol i hii Lord bow he had J)>cd* His Lord makes inflantly to the Court,tclls
Ytgtm ad>t Ab- the King how fuch a Nunnery was become a b aw die houfe, procures a vifit'ati'
^r^Mtts fjo on £ ets t ^ )Cm t0 b e turned out and begges their Lands to hii owne vfc^* This
^tfexpbraiori. ftory I doe therfore rcpeat,that you may fee of what force fuch entifements
1>m mi/ji> pro- are, if thev be opportunely vfed, &howhardit iseuen forthemoftauerfe .
JSSjJjf* &fanaificdfoulcs to rcfift fuch allurements. Ipbn^hr in the life oi ic\,n
vtmermm acce- the Monke, that liued in the dayes of Tbeodofms ,commends the Eremite to
- r haue becne a man of Angular continency, & of a moft auflerc life ; but one
deeafufuo [m- night by chance the Diuell came to his Cell in the habsteofa young market
vhate femonk wench , that had loft her way, and defired for Gods fake fome lodging with
mm > b old man let her in^ and after feme common conference of her mifhap^
inter col'oqui* foe began to inveagle him with Ufciuiom talke, and lefts, to play with bis beard y
tm^otmdn^ t0 ^ l ff e ^^ m ^ an ^ worfs^till at laft [be quite outregme him. As he went to ad'
&palpare ccpit dreffe himfclfc to that bufinejje,fhe vanifted on a fnddaine y and the Diuels in
cervkem fu.w, t b e 4i re Uughedbim to fcorne_j. Whether this be a true ftory ,or a talc J will
ZfunlpZt not *>uch contend, it femes to illuftratc this which I haue faid.
ditch miiitem Yet were it To, that thefc of which I haue hitherto fpoken , and fuch like
cbrilit. compk- cm jfi n p baitcs bee not fufiRcient, there bee many others which will of them-
ixmoneunaere fclucs intend thispaflion ofburning Iuit.amonglt which pancingis none of
mmcbttm rife- t he leaft-, and it is an engine of fuch force, J may not omit it. Incitamentum
™cbor<eacirctt- hbidinufetrarcbczHs it,the fpurreofluft,^ \ circle 7 of which theDiucllhim*
bujum centra felfe is the center. c Many women that vfe it^haue come d/fhonejl i&mejncft in-
diaboh*. different. none bitter. d Another tearmes it the companion of all Bltby delivbtf
6 Mitltt mde # .> j >• /»« ./;/.■ 1 . ' i" . 6 .
impudic* domi And entifements , andt is noteafily toldw bat inconveniences came by it \ what
redicre,t>tures
ambigHt. melior tuM<i. d Turp'mm deHtiaruvt cmti eft externa fit alio, nej t cexti facile diflu *mt msda hinc vifm bauriat, & qua
farwctfiqm/vmftTefojMndiitts&fah&s*
Jcwrilt
Part . $ , Scd.a. Artific'tall allurements. Memb.2.Subf4
(currile talkc,obfcene 4#/>/*'/ 5 and many times fuch monftrousgeftures, fuch 283
lafciuious motions/uch wanton tunes, meretricious kifTes., homely embra-
cin g s > ~vt G ad.it an a canor* ' lav.Satn
Incipiat prurire chore, p/au(ug ; probata 1 toft*, lib.* Q [
Adterram tremula defendant dune pHeBdk ^Jdwtw m -
irr it amentum Veneris Unguent u> — ; rie, tympam &■
That it will make the Spectators mad. When that Epitomizer off 7><£«# p^ la wc tv*
had to the full defcribcd and fet out King Ptolomies. riot, as a chiefe engine PJ^J£'
and inftrument of his ouerthrow,hc addes tympanum & triputliumfidlmg &
dancing; the king was not afpeffatsr onely y but aprincipall ^Attor bimfelfe_j.
A thing neuerthelefle frequently vied, part of a Gentlcwomans bringing ' m
vp,to fing and dance, & play on the Lutc-or fome fuch inftrument, before £ £ f wh
Che can fay her Pater nofler pi ten Commandemcnts.T'is the next wty their m rhec^f."
Parents thinkc,to get them husbands, they arccopelled to icarnc, & by that ™ 'to the fame
meanes/ Inceftis amores De tenero meditantnr ungue; T'is a great allurement h ^
as it is often vfcd.& many arc vndone by it. Thais in Lucian 5 inveaglcd Lam. down "tytog
^r/*r in a dinceJIerodias fo far plcafcd ffiwW, that fnee made him iweare to &c - .
giue her what fhe would askc/o^ head in a platter. S Robert Duke ofl^fmhaL^f
Normandyjidlwgby Fataisfpicd LA'rlette a faire maid, as face was dancing f^* ? quia
on a grecne,& was fo muchdfcmorcd with the obiect, that h he muft needs Zlvif-
lye with her that night. Owc?T*fudcr wonne Queene Catharines affection in & mZtlnA
a dancc,fal!ipg by chance with his head in her lappe. Who cannot parallell * ma *> fidtM
thefe ftories out of his cxpcrknc&Spevfippus a noble Gallant in f that Greek pavaVtTflil
Arifl £ net us, feeing Panareta a faire vong Gentlewoman dancing by chance, *
was To farrc in loue with her, that for a lonq time after he could think of no- ^ !t . e f' r > &e -
1 vrmtpoAn-
jrrodiens
many proper women but neuer any like to Panareta, they are drojfe^ dowdies all tdnumem can-
to Panares ,0 how fhe danced Jjow floe tript Jjow fhe* ur;id y with what a grace! t S t, j? i * ^ al . ra ~
happy is that manfhalltnioy her t O mofi incomparable onely Panareta/ When fat*om*'ii.
Xenophon in Sympofio or Binquct fad difcoutkdofLoiic, &v fed all the en- tmm 1 - »?,
gines that might be deuifed,to mouc Socrates ^mouofk the reft,to ltirrc him lf 7 % fl ;
the more, heiliutsvpallwithapleafant Enterludcordanceof VionyfimZi co- , iefecre^
Ariadnt} Fir/} Ariadne dreffedltke a Bride fame in and tooke her place ^and by %? ic f 9 r " " ,
tnd by Dionyfius entred^dancingto the Muficke. The ffeclators did at admire
the yongmans carriage , and Ariadne her felfe was fo much affected with the Vt *Mtm f«r- ■
fight /hat fhe could fcarce fit. After a while Dionyfius beholding Ariadne^ and Z*ex\?fali%
incenfed with Leuejb owing to her knees \embraced her firft^Cr kiffedhcr With rhdnem;
d grt ce\ fhe embraced him again e y and kijfed with like affeclivn eye. as the dannce IP" r; .
required: but they that flood by andfaw this, did much {applaud and commend H iti, & titer fi
them for it .And when Dionyfius rofe vpjhe raifedhcr vp with bimfand many etwpterrtvttti,
pretty gejlures, and embraces \anA kiffes y andloue complements paffed between^ ^uh^&c'
themyivbich when they (aw faire Bacchus and beaut i full Ariadne fo fwettlyo' Mtxtwm*
ffivnfiiuedty kipng each other ,fo really embracing^ they /wore they loued in- ]^ c ^^
deeded wercfo inflamed w/tb the object, that they begtnne to roufevp them- in^ncatot& 1
Im'uimai ths-
Umum Ituros, qui non duxer.mt Hx$rti,iHra!wtt uxtresfe inUwoi, qui autm duxctant, confcatflt cam hu'uah y itt ijfimfac, vh
tur ) domumfcjlm.h'ttnt,
F f f ferns.
Part3*Se&2. Lone meUncbdy. Memb,2.Subf.4
£po f clues ^4 if they would haue flowne. At the laft when they [aw them ftiU % ft wil-
lingly embratingjindnow ready to gee to the Bride-chamber^ they were fo raui-
f ijb.4 Ae ««- fhed with it f hat they that were vnmarrted^Jwore they would forthwith marry ^
umntnlamf anithoje that were married y ca/ledinftantly for their horfcs^andgaUoped hornet
" Ad Aiyjinm t0 tnetr What greater motiue can there be to this burning luft? what
ipsi. -. u fo violent an oppugner? Not without a good caufe therfore fo many grauc
tJnefl&& VU men ^P ca ^ c a g a * n ft u* v f e mt the company of a woman fm\\ Syracides S.^that
mptysabbomm is a finger or a dancer .neither hearejejl thou he taken in her craftincffe.In area
inter fkitaxtes mn f Am cemitur quam dtjeitur libido ; as f Hadm holdes,luft in theaters is not
^diffenm,&" fccn,but learned. Gregory Nazianzen that eloquent diuinef* as hee relates
Efifcopm. the (lory himfelfejwhen a noble friend of his fclemnely invited him with o*
*n' m ~t&*m' ^ ler Bitoops,to ms daughter Olympiad wcdding,refufed to come; t For it U
vat Oftimam abfurdtofte an oldgowty Bishop fit amongfi dancers , he held itvnfit to hee a
hnoemter mah SpeCfcator 5 cnuch lefie an Adot,Nemo fait at fobriutyTully holdcs,hce is not a
& hmc ^ fober man that dancethj and for that rcafon belike, Domitian forbade the Ro~
v>iupta;em re- man Senators to dance,& for that facl: 3 rcmoued fome of them from the Sc-
'tntF 1 * natc# ^ at thc(e,you will fay 5 are lafciuious dances, & t'is the abufe that can-
ctmtetoni m* ■ feth fuch inconvenience. And I doe nor well therefore to corg :mnc,fpeake
debet. againft,or innocently to accufe the heft and pleafantef thing ( fo* ji'<ciancd)l$
\tfl^f % &' n ) tnAt belongs to mort all mention mif inter jfcet,l condemns it not; I hold it
mentemcLm&u notwithstanding an honeft difport, a lawful! recreation, if it bee moderac
C &tbettinteT' ^ ^ foherly vfed. J am oiPltttarchs minde, k that which reJpecJsptiafure alone %
0b'eftet> mu'tos honefl reereation^or bodily exercife^ ought not tobeereiecled and oontemned: I
ge^m decoros fubfcribe to * Lucianfti an elegant thing.which cheareth vp the minde^ exer*
M^ Mimum ct [ €tn the body, delights the Jpeflators, which teacheth many comely geflures y e-
ex (equodemul- qually affecltng the eares % eyes-andfeule it felfe. Salujl difcommends ringing &
J f * J - . ^ dancing in Sempreniapot that (he did fing or dance, but that fhe did it in ex-
vJuC?7e!u£ ccflc,t is the abufe of it:& Gregories refufall doth not fimply condemne ir,but
• vittnti fm-emes m fomc folks. Many wil not allow men & women to dance togetherjbecaufc
Tonfpkui vcTe* IC is 2 P rouocat i° n 10 luft: they may as well with Lycurgm and Mahomet ;cuc
mtidi,w:efi}i downe all Vines, forbid the drinking of wine, becaufe it makes fomc men
gra'.ioft gmam- drunkc.I fee no fuch inconuenience.but that they may fo dance,if it be done
py'bkamjif at ^ U€ times,and by fit pcrfons.Let them take their pleafures, and as 1 he faid
fofau ofdmati- oioX&jongmen and maides flour ifhi tig in their age^ faire andlouely tobehoU y
onibmjecoroi ^ftired.and of comely carriage Jaunced a Greelze Galliard.and as their dance
ambit o iterr. i- ' ■> J o _ ^
baH,nunc nor- required Jztpt their timejtow tnrmngfiow traewg^noxc a part, now altogether^
hem fiexi,n;nc novp A curtcfiejhen a caper 9 ejrc. 2nd it was a pleafant fight.Our greateft Coun-
r Vm2nmxC ftllours,o^ ftaid Senators,at fome times dancej as Dauiddid before the arke.
nmc m q'tadrti The greateft Souldiers.as * Quint iltanus 3 j tALmilirnVrobus,* Caliits Rhodi*
cmeati,vu4cm- ^ w fa ue p XOiK ^ at i arg , c ftj]} v f C( j j c j n Greece, Rome, and the moft worthie
*Li!> \ eafi.iu ocnttovs,caHtare 9 [altare 3 1xc. In this our age it is in much requeft mthofe
t ft'.Epami- Countries,as in allciuill Common-wealthes,| amongft the Barbarians the-
*"ub \. fellies nothing fo precious, all the World allowes it. m Plato in his commo-
f gcadP. Mar wealth,will haue dancing-fchooles to be maintained, that young folkes might
Tad ° T ' Tie meet ^ e AciHMMedtfee one another \and be feen^ nay more,he would haue the
^2, dance naked,and laughes atthofe that laugh at \t&utEt*febiuspr*par>Evan>
™ \o. Leg.-rhytt maim omvJfit iniye, &(%h»mm[Ao^metdi[cifUnam(m^ituhui tampueriquaptfuelU cboreai c:'c-
brentffpcitemHrq^ acfpeflent.&c.
Part.j.Sed.2. arteficiall allurements . Memb.2.Subf.4 #
gelJib.i /.<m/>./ /.and Theodoret lib. 0.curatgrtc.affeB. Worthily lafh him for 391
it,and well they might: for as one faith 3 n Tfo very fight of naked partsjaufetb nA ^mmm
enormous ^exceeding concuptfcences i andfiirres vp both men and women to bur* ^mummln
ning /a/^Therc is a mcanc in all things 5 this is my ccnfure in briefc. Dancing fmimu
is a moft pleafant recreation of body and minde,if conveniently vfed ; a furi- wuarefito a
ous motiue to burning luft,i f abufed. But I proceed. 7^'™
If thefc allurements doc not take place,for *Simierus himfelfe,that great ' cmdtn.
matter of dalliance fhall not behaue himfelfe better , the more effectually to
moue othcrs,and fatisfie their luft, they will fweare & lye, promife, protcft, toriu facetijs &
forgCjCOunterfcitjbragge^ribcjflatte-anddifrcmbleof all fides. Twasz«. tiitubwtx*
cretia's counfell in Aretine y Si vis arnica frui^ promittefingejnra periuraja- ?«^'# B< * 1 -
Ha^muU^mentire^d they put it well in pra£tifc,as Apollo to Daphne,
\ mi hi Delphic a telltu + n Jetl m o v j£
EtClaosr rjr Tenedos } Patarca%regiaferu/t,
Juppiter eft f*nit&^~t.
VelphosfUros vab'Tenedos feme mc 3
And Iuptter is knownc my Sire to be.
The pooreft fwaincs will doc as much,
* Molkpecui niuei Cunt & mihi vahbrn agzi, I haue a thoufand
fheepe,good ftore of Cattle ,and they arc all at her commandc,
errant in nrnti*
. j Tibi nosfibi nojlra (upcllex , *«» tgAvvg.
Rurafyfcruierint. houfe,land,goods,they arc all at her t Ucbtm '
fcruicc 3 as he is himfelfe. Dinomaebus,* Senators fonne in * Luciaa, inloue , Tmjimeritm
with a wench inferiour to him in birth and fortunes, thefoonertoaccom- dwUvwefi
pliilihisdefire 3 weptvntoher,andfworchceloucdhcr with allhisheart,& '^fj^' 1 '
her alone 5 a$d that as foone as cucr his father diedf a very rich man & almoft
vxortm me du-
decrepit)hc would make her his wife. The maide by chance made her rno- ttrevtUeanwn
thcr acquainted with the bnfineffe, who being an old fox, well experienced
in fuch matters,told her daughter 5 now ready to yceld vnto his defire, that
he meant nothing leffe ? for doft thou thbke thathee will cuer care for thee
being apoorewench , b that may haue his choice of all the beauties in the \& u ™ r ff
Citty,onc noble by birth,with fo many talents 5 as young better qualified & ^ l m ^
fairer then thy felfe? Daughter beleeue him not: the maid was abator ,and fo <? c .
the matter broke off. It is an ordinary thing too in this cafe to belie their
ace which widdowes vfually doe,that meane to marry againe,& batchelours
tooVomctimcs.to fay they areyoungcr then they arc. charmides in the faid
Z,*<r/^loued phtlematmm^ old maide of45 yearcs 3 c (he fwerc to him Che < r>t\eiamuU
was but 22. next Decembcr.But to diflemble in thiskinde , isfamiliar of all ^mjupm
fidcs,and often it takes. ^ . , r poxmum ve*
f patlerc credentemres eft opero[apueUm. tisloo 1 cdonejno lucn cembrm com-
greatmaftcrv, EgregUmveroUudem&fjtoUatmpU.—
And nothing fo frequent as to belye their eftates , to prefcrrc their (uitcs 3
and to advance themfelues. Many men to fetch oucr a 'young Woman,
widdo wes,or whom they loue,will not fticke to giuc out 3 as he did in Petro-
„it« that he was mafterofattup, and kept fo many fcruants.and to pcrfo-
nate their part the bctter,take vpon them to be Gentlemen of good houlcs,
well defcended and allied,and hire apparcll at brokers , fonae Scauingcrs, or
t>rick-lo»^^
Part.$.Sc<5t.2. taut Melancholy. Mcmb.2.Subf.4,
39 2 poflcili 6s, bribe,lyc 3 cog 3 & foift.how dcarcly they Iouc,how bnucly they
o T(am d»m w iH maintaine hcr,like any Lady.CountefTej ^utchesjPrincefle.or Quccne,
morTam^t ^y naue gowncs^ires.icwelSjCoachcs^nd caiochcs^choice diet,
ijtb&U The heads of Parratsjtongues of Nightingales ^
The braines of Peacocks ^andofEflrtches 3
Their bath fhjt/lhe the tuyce ofGihfoures^
Spirit of Rofes^nd of Violets,
The mike ofVnicorneSjfjrc. as old Vulpane courted Cdia m
d fox the a Comoedy, when as they arc no fuch mcn,not worth a groa%but mcerc
fr.-r* 5 fharkcrs,to make a fortune 3 to get their defirc , or die pretend louc to fpend
p catuUM. t h c i r idle hourcs to be welcome.and for better entcrtaincment. The conclu*
fi°n M*J meane nothing kfTe,
ter & ventoi P Nil metuunt iurare t nihil pr emitter e cur ant,
irriia fmeiu - Se £ fimul ac cupida mentis fatiata libido eft.
& $ m Dicta nihil mctuercfiihtlperiuriit cur ant,
« inVbiUbo.pt- Oathes^owcs^romifes, are much proteftcd,
°T£Z!SL But when their mindc and luft is fatisfied,
* atiti. OatficSjVowcs.promilcs, are quite neglected.
wmun£«m ^ nen Louers fweare , Venus laughes , Ventuhtc periuriaridet, % luff iter
fibZ " fmi1es.and pardons it withal,as e Plata giues out,for of all periury 3 that alone
* DiaUt*i. ar- f or | ouc matters is forgiuen by the Gods. Jf promifeSjlycSjOathes., and pro-
hTpZ^feL. tcftations will not availe,they fall to bribes .token s 3 gifrs,and fuch like feates.
2U1 fm h.ibui r pfarivnut xuro conciliatur amor: as Iupptter corrupted Danae with a golden
* m * tere ? qui ftio wre 3 they will fall in her lappe. And fo muft hee ccrtainely doe that will
ginibly&c. fpeed, make many feafts,banqucts 3 inuitations, fend her fome prefentoro*
t^uIIm lectm tl^cr euery foot. Summo ftudio parentur epuU ^ faith f Haed' $ ) & crehrt fiant
fiutiL "nullum Urg'tienesfrz muft be very bountifulUnd liberall,not to her only 3 but to all
cupediarm gc- her folio wcrs/rends^and familiars 3 fidlers 3 panders, parafites, and houfehold
ww tm carum f eruantS)t o all,ofall forts,melTcngers,porters 3 carriers,no man muftbec vn-
mmceuum rewarded. I had a fuirer (faith S ^aretines Lucreti/t J that when hee came to
freto r um, qujn m y houfe,flung go'd and filuer about, as ifit had beenc chaffe. Another fui-
*L7redol?te 1 -' tc *" * nac * was a vcr y c holerickcfellowe,but I fo handled him , that for all his
rumocuimpiz- fuming,! brought him vpon his knees. If there had beene an excellent bitin
nori data™, fa mar ker .any nouelty,fifh,fruit,or fowle, muskadtll, or malmfey, or a cup
tp fl mu f tcm of neat wine in all the Citty,it was prcfented prefently to mc.though neuer
9piper M epuiat fo deare 3 hafd to come by 3 but i had it: the poore fellowe was fo fond at laft,
tie'Z'" doll l ^ iat 3 tmn ^ c ^0 would,! mighthaue one ofhis eyes out of his head. A third
&c. ' ' fuitcr was a Merchant ote^,and his manner ofwoing was with exquifite
k x»*v i * m *: mufickcjCoftly banquets,pocms 6Vc. 1 held him off till at length hee protcuS
nwZTun- cd 3 promifed 3 and fwore pro virginitate regno me donaturum } J fhould hauc
t* attemione all he hadjhou(e,goods,and lands pro concubitu (olo» H Neither was there c-
'buteTbTlfa v w^yconiurerJ thmketocharmehii fpirits that vfed fuch attention, or
tji^uamiUeex- fpch mighty words,as he did exquifite phrafes, to get the loue of me. Thus
quifitu mbi di- men arc aftiue & palfiue, & women are not f arrc behinde them in this kind.
' Ab cfHieiege - ^>\jjem anD Ipe as toomen can.
n^nectutw f xhey can crackc , counterfeit and collogue as well as the beft, with hand*
rZjZt kcrchiefs,and wrought nightcaps,purfcs 3 poelies.and fuch toycs,as he iuAly
com-
Part..* . Sc&.2. Can/es of Loue melancholy. Mctnb.2 . Subl.^
complained, *Curmtttu vtoldst nemfevtviolenttmvrar^ 393
Quid violas violis me violent a tuu ? ejre *Uvmw ftn .
Why doft chou fend rnc Violets my dcarc,
To make meburne more violent I fearc,
With Violets too violent thou art,
To violate and wound my heart.
When nothing elfc will ferue.thcir laft refuge is their teares. H*cfcripfi( u*
flor amor em Jmixta Uchrymu & fujpirijs \ 'twixt teares and fighs 1 write this * Anpntm
(\ take loue to witneffc jfaith * chelidonia^o Philomus. ^retines Lucretia, J*-*^ »*•
- . . ^ t • l • i r I 1 . 1 / T Suaviter He-
when her fweet heart came to to wne f wept m his boiome, that be might be bmM tt1 f udf
perfrvaded thofe teares were fhed fir ioy of his returne. Quart ilU in Petrcniu$ % pa* htbaa 1+
when nought would moue, fell a weeping , and as BalthafirCafttlio paints
them out, u 7 r^/<r Crocodiles teares jhey willadde fobbes Jiery fighs^ndfor- d,m jnVA ema-
rowfuH countenance^ ale colour \leaneneffe^ & tfyou doe but flirre abroad, thefe »^ ^ ^ ^
fiends are ready to meet yau at eueryturne>with (uch a flutt/fhneglefied habit , c(iunt vuUui
detected looker if they were now ready to dye for your fake, and bowjatth be^ } (ubmfl****
fbaffayoung novict thu* befetrfcape? But bclccue them not. ^Stiw^T-
. * animam ne crede puellis, ta (ufpimjfa-
T^amj^ eflftminea tutior vnda fide. On the other fide , as I hauc ^ffi*
faid,men pre as falie,let them fwcarc,protcft,and Iycj jp* {e \i a tm
x Quod vobis dicunt^ dixerunt mitle puellis. They loue fome of offitunt
them thofe cleuen thoufand Virgins at once , and make them bclccue each t ~%2i i „ t t A .
particulate is befotted on her,or loue one till they fee another , and then vertkub, tanti
her alone: like Mitfi wife in Jpulet*sJ;b.2. Stquem conftexerit ftecioftfor-
m*iuvenem,venu!htcetu$fumttur^&tncuirammum wtorquct. 'Tis their bundM putetm
common complement in that cafe.tiiey care not what they fay or doe. One • Pttmm.
while they Hight thcnijcare notforthem, rayledowne right and icoffc" , TmAlSA
the n and thenaeaine they will runne mad 3 hangthemfelues , (tab and kill,if merit ruveid
they may not enioy them. Thefe trickes and counterfeit paffions arc more -Jjj* ~
familiar with women.finem hie dolor; faciei autviudiesxmijerereamantu, vbl « udur »me
quoth Phtdr* to Kippolitus. loeffa in b Lupoid Pythias ayoung man , to -
monchim the morc,that if he woud not haue ner,(ne was relolu d to make
cttum Mt in
away her fclfe. 7 here is * Nemefis,tnd it cannot cboofe butgrieue and trouble f , um ,pr«iti-
,h t e t° hetrethot I hAueertherjiunglelor drowned mjfelfefor thyfrke.Ko. J£*
thine Co common to this fex,as oathes, vo wes, and proteftations , and as J ftL
haue already faid teares, which they haue ^at command , their eyes are kite
toc'<s which (tilldropp water, dUritUeHrtmt&fndoruinmodum Urgtre fHMmca .
tromiuMfo < ^r,ft*netus, ibey wipe away 'their teares I.ke fweat , weepe
with one eye,
laugh with thcothcr s oraschiWrcn^wcepc and crytney can
both together. •
7 Neve fueBar um lachrymu nmeare memento ^
Vt fierent oculos erudiere f t*s.
Care not for womens teares I counfell thc6,
They teach their eyes as much to weepc,as fee. *imapmih
When Venm loft her fonnc C^fhcc font a Crycr about, to bid cuery one wmm^A
that met him take heed. jsjpovt,
x ttflentem a(pictas^ ne moxjdUare y c*vet0 i rolmmu* u*
Sil ,srridtitt i msgiief^e,&,f t nU/:firs *mfi*.
F If 3 '
Part.3.Se£t.2. Loue melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.^
394 Ferre volet fugitojunt ofcnla noxUjn ipfis
• Lib.i.MiUe S»»tq^venenalabru 3 ejrc,
ZZlt: Take h ce d of Cufiis teres Jthee advife,
Mm macbinau- And of his fmilcs and kifles J thcc tell,
™m!lndT~ ^ C ^ at ^ C °# er V or tnc V be noxious,
™Tvm& And very poyfon in his lippes doth dwell.
muliemvife a A thoufand yearcs 3 as Caflilio conceiucs^willfearce ferueto reckon vptbtfe
Tcnimsxcw- allurements and guile s,t hat men and. women vfe to deceaue one Another with,
txrcfoltnl.
SVBSECT. 5.
gawdes, Philters caufesi
\ IT T Hen all other cnginsfayle, that they can proceed no farther of
V/V/ themfclucs,theirlaft refuge is to flye to Bawds 3 Panders 3 Magicall
Philters,and receipts/ather then faylc,to the Diucll himfelfe.
Fiedler efmequeunt fuperos i^fcheronta mouebunt,
* vctromus. And by thofe indirect meancs many a man is ouercome,and precipitated in*
\?kutHs. to this malady,if he take not good hecd. For thefe Bawds firft, they are cve-
^catid'deg 5 r y vvnef e f° common,and fo many, that as he faid of old Croton , b omncs hie
lib.\.VtnUiu aut captantur aut captant 3 ether inveagle,or be inveagled.we may fay of moft
*Ummum dl °^ our Cittics,thcre be fo m any profcfFed^cunningBawds in them. Befider
tovid.io.met bawdcry is become an art,or a liberall fcience 3 as Lucian calls ir, and there be
f De vn.Erem. f Q ma ny tricks and fubtleties,fo many nurfes 5 oid women Panders, letter ca.
Pixafiquamre- ricrs » beggcrs, Phyfitians,Friers 3 Confcflbrs employed about it, that nullttt
dufuram buim trader e flylm fu/ficrat, one faith, trecentu vcrfibw
tmporii folam St(iU mpuritiat tr aha us nemo pot/ ft,
inveitics, ante n , . , 1 i_ r»i t
tam fenefttm Such occult notes/ Steganography,Polygraphy , cunning conveyances^
Konanmgmu- this kindc 3 that neither lunds Jcalofie, nor Danaes cuftody 3 nor^^V viei-
ia,veimg^erti- ^ can k eepe t j icm £f e# "xis the laft and common refuse to <vfc a d bawds
la mutter, fcact, 1 1 . . 7 v 1 1 n
qua earn fabu- helpe 3 an old woman in the bunnelle 3 as c Myrrha did when thee doted on
luoceHptju* Cyniras^nd could not compafle herdefire,thcold Jade her Nurfe wasready
buiL "diilim at a pinch,dtejnqu/tjpemfo Me fine ferre tibi — ■ ejr in hac meafpone timorem)
mnacki, &c. Sedulttai erit apt a tibi feme it not 3 if it bee poflible to be done, I will effect it:
* ct mm or ncr be neuer fo honeftjWatchedjandrefcrued ,'tis hard but one of
r> reguivquam thefe old women will get acceffc- and fcarce fhall you findc , as f Auttin ok
mter nunqutd ferues,in a Nunnery a roaide alone 3 iffhee cannot haue egreffc before berwin-
MemldekfUt'a dowejou jhall haue an old woman, orfome prating Gof/p tell her femes tales , of
ilia vrbariuatc this Clear ke^and tha t LMonke, defer ibing , or commending fomes young Gen-
tam fluita, & t \ emAn or ot fj er vnto fj er% ^ s [ was walking in the ftrect (faith a good fellow
quid nijCiam w m . ~ . w , . , 1 . * c
quinconfurrex- m Petronius )io lee thelowne fern doneeuening,g IJpiedan oldvpomaninz
itq. & c*pt me corn€r filing of Cabbages and Roots ( as our Huckftcrs fell PJummes, Apples,
mme d g 7pu d tT ancJ ^ uch likc fruits>^YquothheJ«» you tellvphere 1 dwell? fhebeingvoel
bam } &c. mdas p leafed with my fboltjh vrbanzty s replied^ and why fr fhould I not tell? with
video mum- ' t ^ at jfo e rc p V p ane { y^^p y e f»re me; / tooke her for a wife woman } and by & by
c- foe led me into a by lane 3 ejr told me there I fhould dwell; 1 replied againe I knew
t*m,ferb exe- „ ot the houfe,but /perceaued on a fudden by the naked queanes , that lw*4 now
"ar teVddlt fhe led me into a by lane ,dr told me there I fhould dwell\j replied againe I knew
tvm,ferb exe-
idim mCUU com€ tnt0 ^Bavpdy houfe 3 and then too Utelbeganne tocurfetbe treachery of thh
< old
Part. $.Se<5l z . allurements ofLoue. Mcmb.2. Subf. 5.
tld lade. Such trickes you fhall haue in many places , and aroongft the reft it 3P 5
is ordinary in Ve nicepnd in the jland of Zante^ for a man to be Eawde to his
owne wife. No {boner fhall you land or come on fhore 3 buc as the Comical
Poet hath it, h Morem hunc merctrices babent> h TlautM v ,
K_4d portum mittunt feruuios,ancitIuLts y M cb.
Si qua per carina navis in tor turn aderit. 1 Prtmffls euer-
^ u f "..V j c ■ beianumolliuvt
Xpgent cufatts fit, quod ei nomenjlet. duiaho^m &
Toll ill<z extemplo fefe adplicent. vpptrtmum a-
Thefe white Diuels haue their Panders 5 Bawds and Factors in euery place ^^JJrSi
to feck about,and bring in cuftomcrs, to tempt and way-lay filly trauellers. g « w r)x\u-
And when they haue them once within their clutches,as ^£gidius Maferius cr f' ia
in his Comment vpon Vaierms Flaccus defcribes them , » with promifts and ] J ^' m JSSw
plea fant difecurfe. with gifts, tokens, & taking their opptrtunniesjhey lay nets Hi,ppliiusfo-
voh /^Lucretia cannot avoided baits that Hippolitus himfelfe would fwal- ^ c ^/' l7 ^*
low,thcy make fuch flrong ajfaults and batteries J hat the Goddejfe of Virginity fcporifertqut-
ca/inot whhfland them: giue gift s,ejr bribes to moue Penelope^ with threats ^"""f^* *
able to terrify Sufanna. How many Proferpina's with tbof^> catchpoles doth YekeridJt^Ut
Pluto take ? Thefe are the fleepy rods with which their fou/es touched defend to gfumqua cm-
hell, thu theglew or lime with which the wmges of the minde encetouched can- Jjf^J^'J*
not fly air lyj he Diuells mintflers to allure /ntice.ejrc. Many young men and qunntj*m-
maids without all queftion are inveaglcd by thefe Eumemdes, and their afto- fy™^^
ciares. But thefe are triuiail and well knowne. T^emoftflye, dangerous, & ,c
cunning Bawdcs, are your knauifhPhyfnians,Eropyrickes , Maife prieftes,
Monkcs,lefuits.and Friers.Though it be againft Hippocrates oath , fome of
them will giue a dramme , and promifc to rcftore maidenheads, and doc it
without danger 5 make an abort ifneed bc,keepe downc their pappes, hinder
conception 5 procureluft.makc them able with Satyrions,and now and then
{\ep in thcmfelucs. No SVlohaftery fo clofe ; or hoqfe fo priuatc , or prifon fo
kept.but thefe honeft men are admitted to cenfure & aske queftions.to feele
their pulfc beat at their bed fide, and all vnder pretence of giuing Phyficke,
Now as for Monkes,Confcflbrs,and Friers 3 as he faid, k ^
k 2{on audct Stygius Pluto tenure quo A audet
Effrtnu Monaihus jlenafyfraudis anus.
That Stygian Pluto dares not tempt or doe ,
What an old Hag or Monke will vndergoe.
Either for himfeife ro fatisfie his own luft,or for anothcr,if he be hired there
to 01 both at once,hauingfuch excellent meanes. Forvnder colour ofvifi-
catiomauricular confefifion,comfortand pennance,they haue free cgrcflc &
rc«t-fle,and corrupt God knowes how many. They haue fo many trades
foracof them,tp pra<5tifc Phy(lcke 3 to vfeexorcilmcs,&c, | ^ ^
1 mbcrcas toas \uont to tuaifee an eue, t v, c WI f e f
Cljcre noto roalkeis tbe limtter fctmfelfe, Bathes talc,
3in eucn> bttflj ano Dnuer cuerp tree,
ClicrcneeDBnootl)cr3!ncubH0butl)e. . jjiL
mTnthe mountainesbetwixtP^/^and^jthe Friers pcrfwaded the ^stepham
ooodwiucs-counterfeitthemfelue^
Pine them free acce<fc,and were fo familiar in thofc dayes with fome oi the
^asonenob^
Friers: and the good AbbcOcw W m wn fomc forc wuncllq 1 ^r*""*
Part.^Sed.2. Loue melancholy. Memb.a.Subi.}
396 tookc and put on the Friers Breeches infteed of her vaile or hat. You haue
heard the llory J prefume,of Paulina 5 a chaft matrone m^^efipp^^ whom
one of I/is Prieits did proftitutc to a youogknight,, and made her bcieeue it
was their God Amtbit. Many fuch prancks are plaicd by our Iefutts 5 Ibme.
times in their ownehabits/omctimes in others jlikcfouldierSjCourrierSjCit-
tizens 7 Schollcrs > Gallants J & women thcmfelues. Proteus- like in al formes
and difguifes,thcy goe abroad in the nighr 3 to inefcatc & begj^e young wo-
men 5 or to banc their pleafure of other mens wiues; And if we may bclecne
o Lifor ediUu ° fome rclations 3 they haue wardropes of feuerall Ruts in their Colleges for
ffnAo'tlcs tnat P lir P°^ c - Hovvfbeucr in publike they pretend much zeale,and fecrae to
' be very holy men , and bitterly preach againft adulrery,fornication;therc are
vj^umm am- no verier Bawds or whorcmaftcrs in acountrey , P ivhofe f vales they jhouU.
m.u lucrari de- g A i ne to Godfhey /acrifrce to theDiuell. But I fpare thefe men for the Prefent.
b cm dlbohf' ^ ne M battering Engins, are Philters, Amulets, Spells, Charmcs, Ima.
ges,and fuch vnlawfull meanest they cannot prcuaile of rhemfelues by the
helpe of Bawds^andcrSjand their adherents,thcy will fly for fuccour to the
Diucllhimfelfe. Iknowethcrebcethofe that deny theDiuell can doc any
fuch thing,as Crato ltb.2.epift.?ncd. and many Divines,that there is no other
fafcination then that which comes by the eyes, of which J haue formerly
tier Ef^ m fpo^en ? and if you defirc to be better inform ed,read Camerarim oper. fitbeif.
t Pamod'daf- ce»t.2.c*>. It was giuen out of old that a Theffalian wench , had bewitched
ylti^mt' ^' n S 10 ^ ote v P on Upfs^hd by Philters enforced his loue , but when
■Gafp.Lrtbio. Olympia thcQucene fawthemaid ofan excellent beauty , well brought vp f
ms pefm qua and qualificd 3 thefe,quoih fhe.were the Philters which inueagled King Phi.
p™ e jfafolf' hp* Thofe the true charmes.as Henry to Rofamtwd^
Heammtk'i, \ One accent from thy lippes the blood more rt\i rmes
&<.foU falhi r (j £ „ a fi t f Je ; r philters \exarcifmes \<ind charmes.
mu»?em i. am- . . , . , . . . ■ n i i i
fiexu&bafa with this alone Lucret/abiiggcs m t Arcane , (nee could doe more then all
tamfHriofe fa- Philof©phers,Aurologers 5 Alcumifts,Necromar,cers,Witches, and the reft
sStd^H oFthat "cw. As for Herbes & Philters,! could ncucr sldll of th cm, r/p^Zc,
coegi,ut mftar philter that euer Ivfedjva* ktfiwg and Emhrachigjjy which alone Inmde men
idollme adorn- raue like heafrs Jtupifrdyand compelled them tovoorfyipmelike an Ifolc. In our
q s a ga omiics times 'tis a common thing,faith Eraflm in his bookc de Lamijs^ for Witches
Jiblanegant no- to take upon them the making of thefe Philters, <I to make men and women
tl utcm T/Zore loue & hdt f * hom thc y cau f c ^mpep ? di/cafis y( yc. by Charmcs 5 SpcIs,
cUkkndi qaos Cbara&erSjKnots. S^Hierome^ouzs that they can doe it, ( Win Hilar tut
7onTctfZT& life> c ?'ft'l'3'M hath a ftory ofa yong man,that with a Phiker made a maid
C tmpf(lateTex- mac » &r the loue of himjWhich maide vvas after cured by Hilarian. Plutarch
citandi, morbes records of LucuRm that he died ofa Philter; & that Cleopatra vfed Philters to
% fjdem nfer't invcaglc^^wy^amongft other allurements. Eufebim reports as much of
Uen.Kprn/an- Lucretius the Vozt.PanormitanJ1b.4Ae geft.Alphon^.wh a ftory of one Ste-
nmdemh\mon. pfan a Neapolitan Knight, that by a Philter was forced to run mad for Loire.
Ter'dk/mavit But of " ali others,that which f Pctrmhepift.famMb.i. s .cp. relates ofcharles
mtiierc-tUm the Great.is mod memorable: Kc foolifhly doted vpon a woman of meane
TTkx^Tc- fauotir& condition, many ycares together j wholly delighting in hercom-
w/frmfimmi pany.to the great gricfe & indignation of his friends & foilowers.Whcn (lie
cum iniifnatio- W as dead,he did embrace her corpes, and caufed her Coffin \( rjch!y embal-
wfwe^ me( j^ decked with Iewels) to be carricc! about with him 3 ouerwliich bee
Part.$. Scd.s. Caujes ofLoue melancholy. Memb,2.Sub£*:
" — : — 1 ' " i i . . 1 1 . ■ 7 •
ftill lamented. At laft a venerable Bifhop that followed hisCourt,pray'd ear- 2 a 7
ncftiy to God, (commiferating bis Lord and Maftcrs cafe ; to know the true
caufe of this mad paflion,& whence it proceeded. Jt was reueaied to him at
hd/bit the cwfe ofthcEmperors mad loue lay vnder the dead worn an s tongue.
The BiQiop wens baftily to the carcaffe,and took a fmall ring thence- vpon
the rcmoueall,theEmperour abhorr'd the Corfe,& in ftced * ofit 3 fellas fu- * s .- r
rionfly in louc with the Bifhopjie would not fuffer him to be out of his pre- h E#co}m
fence: which when the Bifhop percciued, he flung the ring into the middeft Z 8 **** «*■
of a great Lakc^hcrc the King then was. From that houre the Em perour T^mmm
ncgle&ing all his other houfcs,dvvelt at t ^^built a fair* houfe in the midft »** i'™-
oftheMarfh,to his infinite cxpence 5 anda*TempIeby it.in which after hee & im *# )fy *f"
was buried, and in which city all his poftcrity cucr fince vfe to beccro wned.
Marcus the Haretick is accufed by frenaut to hane inveaglcd a young maidc
by thismeanes; & i'ome writers fpeak hardly of the Lity Catharine Cobham,
that by the fame Art fhec circumvented Hamfrey DnkeefGloeefier to bee her
husband. SyoMutv£miltintte imximomd r Apuleius tocomebcfo;eC^/«f
Maxima Proconfull otAjrieke^hzt he being a poore kllo w, had bewitched Qt' od ***** ;
by PhUters Pudentilla an ancient rich matron to loue him, and being worth fo 2*^
many thoufand feftcrcesjto be his wifc.Agrippalil>,i.cap. 4 s.occu/t.pbilof. at- utTrnk^k,
tributes much in this kind to Philters. Amulcrsjmages: and Salmutz com.in f xmnam ' (an '
Pa»cirol.Ttt.ioJefIorol.LcoAferlib. 3 .U\th, 'tis an ordinary ft^M^itFe^Zm^i^
in AJricke.prtpgsateres ibi plnres,qui cagunt amores & concubitw. ft llt £ ra . xtft.
fiue.wierus, & others, are againft it j they grant fuch things indeed may bee
donc,but (as Wierm difconrfeth Lamijs cap. 3 7. )not\>y CharmeSjln-
can tations,Philtcr s,but theDiuell himfclfe,//^. f.w/>. ( ?. he contends as much'
So doth Freitagim n0cmed.cap.y4. Andreas Cifalpinus cap. s% and fo doth Si- Vtrs^pri Te-
gifmundus Scheretzius cap.pje horto /z^*r»o 3 prouc at large, t Vnchaflvco-
men by the helpe efthefe Witches. The diuels kit chin maides haue. their Loues amu"mfu»7ad
brought to them inthe night^andcarriedbacke againeby a t> h ant afmc flying in Cenofiu daunt,
the Aire tn the likenejfeefagoate. 1 haste heard (faith he) many confeffe, that & iC(iucunt >.
they hake bin fo carried on ago&tes backe to their frvect- hearts } many milts in 4 "tfltuwfmt-.
night. [Amy arc of opinion ,that thcfefcats 3 which moft fuppofe to be done muIm »»w9*i
by Charmes and Philters,arc mcercly done by naturall caufcs,as by MeU in-
/2/M,Mandrakc roots, Mandrake f applcs 3 prccious ftones,dcad mensclothes, pfalemi'J*'
candlcs.w*/* Bacchicafanuporcinw^HippomaneSt&c.ofwhkhRhaJis, Diof- M-MMkc.*,
corides, Perta^Vecker^RubeuSyMizaldus^Albertus treat.-of a fwallowes heart, 'ymm
duft ofaDoucs heart,&c.which are as forciblc,&:ofas much vertue,as that '"wiexeobi-
fountzincSalmacis in c Vitruvius^ that made all fuch madde for Loue that h "i aUhetu
dranke of if; or Venus inchanted girdle, "in which faith Natales Comes, Loue nerl^efua-
toyes anddiH'ance,pleafantne[fe^fvfieet»eJfe ^perfevajions , fubtilties , gentle vim
fpcechcs,andall witchcraft to enforce bnejwds contained.Kad more of thefe in vtS&Tii-
Agrtppa de occult. philof. lib. 1. cap. fo.ej* 4$. Malleus malefic.part.i.qudtfl.j.Del' fu*fims>
rio tom.2^uafi^Mb.^wierus 3 Pemponatiuscap.SJe/ncantat. f/cinusl/b.ij. {^'td^,.
Theel.PUttCalcagninus &c. bantur.
Ml MB. 3.
It
Part.j.Sc&.2. UtteMchmfoly. Mcmb.j.Subf.i.
MfiMB. g SYBS1CT. I.
Symptomes or Signes of Loue MeUncholy^ i* My,
SYrnptomes arc cither of Body or Minde; of body, palcncflcjlctnncflc,
drineflc,&c. x PaBdus omnis am ams, color htc eft dp fas AmAnti,
as the P oet defcribes Louers : fecit amor maciem^ Loue caufcth lcan-
jsigu em prt- ncfle J Avicenntt de ll/fht CAp.j 3. mikes bollovo eyes>dri*ejfe, Symptomes oft bit
tTri'lfo' difeAfe.togoefmiltngtotb-mfelues^rAcling^iftheyfATV or heArdfome dek*
lacbrymirHm, liable obucl. Fader toU Itb.j .obfervAt .cAp.j.LAurcntiu* CAp, 1 . v&Uahus Men*
Miruypeperi- t ^ (ftS j g fj £r , Am0 re. Caucus epifl.24.ltb 1 1 .ept/f.med. dcliucr as much, corpus
dent firi,ac ft / / • i 1-
qmd deksiabiie exaague • pAUet ^corpus gr Acilcfculi avt, leanc,palc,
viderent ant at nudu qui prefsif calcibus Auguem 9
hollow-cycd.thcir eyes arc hidden ih their heads, •
* senta Htfpoi t Tener% nittds corprru ccctdtt decor \ they pmc away,
% ??? trb * ce ' andlookc ill with waking,airey,n"ghcs 5
tile Z%«u ' EVquitenebAntfignAfbebctfAcis
tuum diflra£i\o- Oculijuhilgcfttilc nec f Atrium micAnt. groancs,griefc,
nm> kepArofi- r a d nc fle,dulnefle, * Wu&a Urn Cereriffubit
cto (ho non fun- * si. - r • «
guuT.necvtrtit CurAAutfalutu wantofappctitc,&e.
dmenium in A rcafon of all this, L lafon frAtenfis giucs , becAufe of the dtflrAclion of the jpi*
^debeTTSmt- r it s ^the Liuer doth mot per forme ha pArtpor turnes the Aliment into bLod as it
bra iebttia,& ought , And for tbAt cAufe the members Are veeAke fer mat of fuftenancejbey Are
penuria aiMk [ eane ^ p nt ^ ^ fa bearbes in mygArdendoe this month of May for mnt of
rqZkn^fuT' rrf/'^.Thcgrecncfickneffc for this caufe often happencth to yong women,
btrbtinborto a Caccxia,or an cuill habit to men, befides their ordinary fighs, complaints
l*a£zer™f e an< * lamentations,which arc too frequcnt.as-droppcs from a Still,
tb mbrim de- — ut occlttfo ftifot ab igne liquor ^ doth Cupids fire
fettum. prouokc tearcs from a true Louers eyes. t — ignit dtftillat in undas.
\km*!° r Em ' Trf" ertt l*rgus qui rigat era liquor. with m any fuch like
a Lib. 4. Amm» paffions . When ChAriclia was inaorcd on Tbeagines^s *Hcltodorus fets her
Z a lbvtmt d ' oVlt ^ e was hd f e difracled y AnA fake jbe knew not rvhAt, fighed to her felfe_j %
qmur.vkiiias I Ay much AWAkejindwas leane vpon a fudden: and when (he was befbtted on
obfa caufd fu- f onnc i n Jaw, \ pallor deformid,mArce»tes oculi &c.fhe had vgly palcnefle,
mmJ$™ hollow cyes 5 rcftlcae,(horr windc &c. b Euriil*s in an Epiftlc fent to Lucre,
amifit- . tU his Miftris,complaines amongft other gricuanccs, tu mihi fomni^
t ApnUim. u j> ttm abftulift tt thou haft taken ray ftomacke and my fleepe from me. So
he defcribes it aright.
$)tsi Qccpe, \)\$ meat,bts D?tnKc ii ^tm bereft,
i chancer in <%fa t j eanc ^ toa^tb 3 anu Bjp as a tljafc,
rfw Knights tm wm mXf sriap tQ be |, olo>
^ts betu pale ami atyen to bnfolD,
Smi folttarp ttas euer alone,
Sltio ttaktng all tbe ntg^c mafctng mone*
TfreocrytmEdyl.2.m2\ies*foitcm*[&CQiDelpkosi^ a young man
of MifitUxorisfis as much.
rt
1
Part^Sea.z. Symftmes of Loue. Memb.j.SubO
Vt vidi ut mfa*tf t ut Animus mibi math affcftw efl, ^$9
Mi fer mthiformx tabefcebAt.ne^ amplius powptm
VdAm curabam^ut quando domum redieram
N ovtjed mc ay dens qui dam morbus confumcbat,
Decubui in kilo dies decern, & nodes decern ,
DefiuebAnt cApite cap Mi, ipfa^fola reliquA
^ "a & cutis.. [ .
No fooner fcene I had,but mad I was,
My beauty fail'd,and] no more did care
For any pomp,l knew not where J was,
But fick I was,and euill I did fare,
I lay vpon my bed ten dayes and nights,
A Sceleton J was in all mens fights.
All thefepaflions are well exprefied by c that Heroicall Poet in the pcrfon < r*g*>&k
oiDidg* At non infdtx animi Phmijfa, nec unquam
Solvitur m fomnos, ocultfy ac petlore amores
Acciptt jngeminAnt curd/urfuf^ refurgens
Stv/t amorce. —
Vnhappy Vide could not fleepc at all,
But lycsawake^and takes no reft;
And vpfhe gets 3gaine 3 whilfl: care &griefe,- 4 D*»wg4
Andra^inelouctormcnishcrbrcft.
Kjicctm SAftAzarim EglogAz. de GAlat&i, in the fame manner faines his Lyco- lo %^ tetrhut
ris tormenting ofherielfe for want of fleepc, fighing, fobbing, and lamen* ^"j^f 'f^
ting. And Eufiathius in his ifmenus much tro ubled 3 and « panting At heart At f^imndo lp*
thefight of his miflr is y hcc could not fieepe,his bed was thorncs. * Ailmake 1
lcanne(fe,want of appctfte,want of flcepe ordinary Symptomes, & by that Irltp&Jw
mean~s they are brought often fo low, fb much altered and changed.that as if-
S he i eft ed in the Comedy, one can fcarce know them to be the fame men. TT' , .
Attendant tuvenum vtgilatx corpora nodes y zo.amittm r*-
Curaifr , dr immenfo qui fit amore dolor . f e ^tm t ptium t
Many fuch Symptomes there arc of the Body to difcerne Loners by, tndUmTw
Pius quam mi He not is Nympba finfiff t fir ant nr. fits.
but two ofthemoft notable are obferued by the Pulfe and Countenance. i D J^ 07! f i:ni,cb '
When Antiochus the fonnc oiS<rleucus Was fickc for Stratonice his mother bocejl ) ^tdeme
in law,& would not confcfTe his griefe,or the caufe of his difeafe,£>*/z/?r<*- mutarl
tus the Phvfitiao found him by his Pulfe and countenance to be in loue with ( f am ^ ut ^
her, h becaufe that when Jbe came tn prejencc y or was named, bupulje varied, demefl}}
and he blufjjed befides.]n this very fort was the loue oiCahclcs } the fonnc of k ^daM nmm
Polyc les ,difcoucred by Panaceus the Phyfitian , as you may read the ftory at
large in f Ariftxnetus. By the fame figncs Galen bragges, that hee founcftuc whbahr.
Jujla Boetbius the Confuls wife 3 to dote on Py lades thePlayer,becaufe at his J Ylc\jib r '
name {till fhe both altered Pulfe and Countenancc,as-f /W/ir^tf did at the o cult mod'iC9
rime of Argenis. Francifcas Valefius l.^controv.13. wed. contr. cFenie*that i^mrt crm-
there is any Cach pulf us Awatorius ,or that Loue may befodifcernedj bnc^- ip J^ tvmft
v 'tcenna confirmes that of Galen out ofhis experience Jib.jJ en. r. and Gor- vein &mr-
donius up.29>rhsir pulfe be frith is in ordinate, and fwift, tffreegoe by whom
he IfiueSyLangitts epiJi.24Mb.i.med.epi/i t NevifAnus lib.4<num<r.66fyl . nupti- ti
| G gg 2 «lis>
Parc.3.Se&.2. Loue melancholy. Memb.j.Subl.ij
400 alis ydcfcits de Tarantafiuiancriuf, T rafl.if* fcts downc this for a Syrnp-
k sigmfunt tomc, k difference of pulfe,neglec~? ofbuftneffejvant cffeepe^ cften fighcs, U*fh>>
t $et"lSteto! ni tngs^ohen t ^ iere " * n J J? e ™h their miflru,are mamfeft ftgnes. But amongft
frivatiofomi,] the reft,lojepbus Strut hius that Polonianjn the fifth booke cap. 77, of his do-
lufpim cnbra, & v [ ne Q f p u lfes,holdc3 that this, and all other paflions ofthemindc.maybe
r (e!mdereL difcoucrcd by the Vi\\(c} And if ycu will k'no w,faith ht whether the men fujpe-
mat^&cm- fieci be fitch or fuch jotteh their arteries ^ejre. And iri his 4. booke, 14 chapt.he
^siZc vk *P ca k s of this particular pulfc, 03 hue makes an v n equal put fe ejrc* he giuesin-
avhomiui /»- ftanceofa Gen:lewoman,a Patient ofhis, whom by this mcancshce found
fye&i talcs fat) £0 Dc mucn inamored,and with whom : he named many perfons^but at the
lrtey°J mm taft when his name came whom he fufpecled, her pulfe began to vary^andto
m Amr facit beat fwifter^ (0 by often feeling her pulfe y heperceiuedwhat the matter was.
'Sol" ' mt ~ ^^ onim Argonaut, lib ^.poetically fettingdowne the meeting otufon &
n m n'obiiu cu- Med*a>mzVzs them both to blufh at one anothcrs fight, and at the firft they
ififdtm uxo-re WCre not 2 hk t0 fpeakc.
SIS: -V«mr*rmm
mm fa i(fe cor- Tremojmreo^ poflquam ajpexi hanc.
nptam t &qua pfajyjt trembled at the fight of T#<w, others fweat, blowfhort, aretrou-
upit'iiiicl bled with palpitation of heart vpon the like occaGon, cor proximum cr/',faith
pip* yariari * Ariftsnetus jheir heart is at their mouth.leapes ,&c. they looke pale, rcd,8c
%ffici«veni m> c ° 1TJ °nty blu Hi at their firft cogrcfTe; which very figne PEuftathius makes an
t Bunuch.Aci i argumenr ofl/menes affe£tion,that when fhe met her fvveet-hart by chance,
* ii Ub t ^ e Gnan S cc ^ ncr countenance. 'Tis a common thing amongft Loucrs, as
rener^dor,& q Amulphus that merry-conceited Bifliop, hath well exprefled in an Epi«
crcber anhelitua, gram of his^
gf/toii. cordis (^ilterno fades fibidat refionfa rubore,
p Lib.i . Et tener affectum predit vtri% pudor^
1 Lcxovienfo Their faces anfwere and by blufhing fay,
How both affe&ed are they doe bewray.
But the bef^conie&urcs arc taken from fuch fymptomes as appeare when
they are both prefent; all their fpeechcs,a&ions, lafciuious gefturcs will be-
wray them,they cannot containc thcmfelues , but that they will bee ftill kif-
fing, Firft a word 3 and then a ki{Tc 5 thcnfome other complement 3 and then a
kiffe.thcn an idle qucftion, and then a khTe, and when hee hath pumped his
wits dry,and can fay no more, kilting and colling arc ncuer out of feafon,
* Vtmn.CA\<&. Hoc non deficit incifttfyfemper r ncuer at an end s | a««
\$*&™mm 0t ^ cr kiflc,and then another ,another,and anothcr^&c.
Teum dtnuU- r Centum hafia centies,
beUu t Pofii vn& Centum bafia miS/es,
&vnum&v~ ... . r J .«. 7
numynumdm Mtlle bajta mtUtef,
t0«abo. Lxcbeut # Et tot mi Ilia mi£ies y
Q^tgmu SicuU mm,
Quot funt fydera, ceelo,
Iftii purpureas genu y
J flU turgidulis Ubrit,
Oceffiffa Uquacibui y
Figawftttinut impctu.
h^CAtuJUm to LctbU
Part;.Se<a.2. SymptemesofLoue. Mcmb.2.Subf 5.
Da mihi lafia miHe^de inde eentum^ ~7T r
Tie in mi!U alter* jia fecund* centum
Vein vf palter a mtllia,deinde centum.
giuc an hundred,
Then a thoafand.then another * Tra nflatcd
Hundrcd,chen vnto the other or iniitat ^
Addc a thoufand,and fo more,&c. ArcVp^in
Till you cquall with the ftore all the graflc,&c. As Venus did by hitMonts y EpV
the Moone by Endtmion,thcy are ftill dallying and culling,as fo many doues 3
Columbatim^labra confer entes labus,
and that with alacrity and courage,
a ^ffrgunt avide eorputjunguntfafaliuas , uy M
Oru,cjr injpirant prenf antes dentibut or a. ;
h Tarn impreff vorevt vix tnde labra detrahantjervice reclinata^ as Lampri ■ b dial.
as w Lucian kiffed Thais,Philippus her ' in Ariftametus^or* lymphato tarn }™£'T"l t V
furiofeadha?ric,vt vix labra feluerc eflet,totumq-, os mihi contriuit 5 d (_4re- L&cT"'*
tines Lucretiajby a fuiter of hers was fo faluted, & tis their ordinary faftiion. \ E ^ l6 -
denies tlluduntfepe labelfc, IZjtfLf"
Atfyfremunt arcTeadfigentes ofcula^— 1 They cannot, J fay, dcmuUtt.
containethcmfelues, they will be It ill not only ioyning hands, ki0ing, but
embracing,trcading on their toes, &c. diuing into their bofomes , and that
libenter & cum delec7at /on e.2s c PhiloJ}ratus confeileth to his miftrisj& Lam- e indSi^imt-
prijs in Luci.m^mamilltspremens^per finum cladextra ^c .feeling their paps, mmtutu unyt,
and that fcarcehoneltlyfometirBes: asthc'old man in the f Comedy well
• .- » n • r • . / ' 1 11 ■ r , I ornament.
obkrucd 01 his ionne,Afa/z ego te vtdtbam manum buscpucUjt m jinum tnjere- aul
ret Did not I fee thee put thy hand into her bofomePgoe to^with many fuch
lo.ie tricks. )uno in LucianjLcorum dial.j.T om.j. complaines to Jupiter of/x-
ton he looked fo attentiuely on her % and fometimes would figh and weepe in her * Attenti add
company \andwhcn 1 dranke by chance andgaue Ganymede the cup i be_j would umtafyexit,
defire to drinke fiR in that very cup that I dranke of\ and in the fame^j places gtm f- e u" t &
where I dranke \and would kijfe the cup, and then lookejleadily on rne^ andfome imbrjimabatuy.
times fob.and then a^atnefmile. If it be fo they cannot come fo neerc to dal- e *fa"* A » *»•
ly,or hauc not that opportunity 3 Tamilianty,or acquaintance to conierre & ^ evi^* omnk
talkc together* yet if they come in prefence,thcir eye will beway them: vbi e '^"J h f c ^Z
amor ibi oculus^s the common faying is. am^&Zrfnt
" Alter in alter ius iacllantes lum/na vultus y fify m wi,
Quxrebanttacttinoflervbieffct amor. ' They cannot look J™^ot
o&whomthcylouetimpugnareeam ipjis cculu , bee ftill gazing and ftaring, ; >/^ 4 .
fmiling,glanci'ng at her,as Apollo on Leucothoe ^the Mcone on her f Endimion^ t ^"-^
when (he ftood ftill in Caria^nd at Z*/awcaufed her Chariot to be ftaicd. l^vlll cur-
They mud all ftand and admirc,or if fhc goe by,look after her as long as they mmjifa&de-
can fee heroic is anim* auriga^s ^nazreon calls her , they cannot goe by f + y " x f H ^' r>
her dorc or windowc 5 but as an adamant, fhc drawes their eyes to it, though m km vidi?y-
fhebenot there prefcnt,they muft needs glance yet that way,& look backe ^ ( ff n ^
to it # t^frtftxnetus of Exithemus t Lucian in his Imagin.of himfclfe , & Tatius ;f
oiclitiphon fay as much,/^ oculos ^<?Leucippc,t nunquam det/ciebat ,& ma- , ^
nyloucrsconfciTe when they came in their raiftrefle prefence, they could
not hold offthek eyes. There is a plcafantftory to this purpofe ifi Namgat.
Cgg j Veriom
Part.3,Sc&.2. Lone melancholy. MemD.j
402 VertomJ.jx.j. The Sultan of Sanas wife in Arabia. , becaufc Vcrtmannus
was faire and whitelcould not looke off him from funnc-rifmg co funne-fet«
ting,(he could not dcfiit,lrie made him one day come into her chamber, &
geminx horx /patio intuebatur^on a me vnquam actem senior um aver t chat ,me
obfervaas veluti Cuptdinem quendam , for two houres fpace fhee ftill gazed
on him. A young man in f Lucian fell in loue with Venus picture , hce came
\oU.Amwm every morning to her tcmple,§c there continued all day long,* from funne-
•*Adocctfm^ rifmg to fun-fet 5 vnwilling to goc home at night 5 fitting oueragainftthe
rdienf y lt^to- GoddefTe pi£ture,he did continually looke vpon her,aod mutter to himfelfe
tumdiemexad- J knowc not what. Iffobetheycannotfeethera whom theyloue,theywiI
verfodetfedm, ^jjj ^ c wz \^\ n a a rvd waiting about their miftrisdores.takine all opportunity
prpetnb ocuit- to fee themes in Longus SophtjtayVaphxtt and Clee too loners , were frill ho-
mm iftiu dt- vering at one anothers gates,ne fought all occafions to be in her company,
xtfift? to hunt in fumraer , and catch birdes in the froft about her houfe in winter,
t negmm pda* that fli e m i gh t fee him , and he her. f A Kings palace was not/ > dtli gently at-
'm \ntUufb H'tdedfaith Aretines Lucretia^as my houfe was when I lay tn Romej\\t porch
dd 'feptm and ftrcet was cuer full of fome walking or riding on fct purpofc to fee me,
fuh, (ic«desmC' t h c i r eve W as ftill vpon my window,as they pafTed by 3 they could not choofe
taftuabant&c. ^ j 00 k e backe to ray houfe when they were paft , and fbmetime he?»,ot
cough, or take fome impertinent occafion to fpeakealoude, that I might
looke out and obferue thcm.Tis fo in other places/ is common to enery lo-
uer,Tis all his felicity to be with her s to talke with her,he is neuer well but in
dkfex^dfe" ^ Ct company.and will walkc 7 feuen or eight times a-day through tbeftreetzj
tiaambulJt where fhe dwels,and make fie euele(fe errands to fee her 3 And when hce is gone,
per eandm pk- he thinkes euery houre as long as a day 3 tillhe fee her againe,
teamjit velum- | j- tmpora ft numercs bene qua numeramus amantes.
CO amic* [m ' J r rr
frvanturafpctlu And if thou be in loue,thou wilt lay 10 to 5 relileiie and impatient, for Amor
libj.Theat. mn p a titur morasj^ouc brookes no delayes: The time's quickly gone xhat's
t Ovid. fp ent m ner company ,thc miles fhort,the way pleafant, all weathjer is good
whileft he goes to her houfe, heate or colde, though his teeth chatter in his
hcad,he moucs not^wet or dry 3 t'is all onc^et to the skinne,he feeles it nor,
cares not at lcaft for itjbiit will eafily endure it,and much more, becaufe it is
* Gen. . 20 done with alacrity, & for his Miftris fwcet fake, let the burden bee neuer fo
i?iaHtus tiftel. heauy^Loue makes it light. * Jacob ferued feuen yeares,and it was quickely
epribminU * § one becaufe he loued her.None fo merry ,if he may happily enioy her com-
carnificinam a- pany,he is in hcauen for the time,& if he may not,deie&ed in an infiant,folt.
mmm went* car y 5 (ii cntjW eeping,lamenting,fighing,complaining.
*r>cciwtatM. But the Symptomes of the mindc in Louers, are almoft infinite, & fo di-
zi.cap.zo. uerfe.that no Art can comprehend thcm,though they be merry fomctimes,
e JmdacTcur t e > an ^ "P 1 beyond them felues for ioy, yet moft part, Loue is a plague, ator-
fermrbat'mes, ture,a hcll,a bitter fweet paflion at laft 5 t Amor melle & felle eftfacundifsimus,
ZmcT\n'a°nT' <L u ftum dat di$lcem & amarum-lhc Sfanify Jnquifition is not comparable to
gxudtajifior- it, * torment & * execution 3 as he calls itjin the Poet, an vnquenchable flre,&
dieJaesMXa, what not; a From it, faith Auftin^nk biting cares , perturbations, pafstons y
firroweSifeareSjfujpitivns^tfcontexts^ treache-
fathci.e,ad*lA' riespmitiesfatteryfofentng/iGtfuftfmpHdencefrutltyfi
nmne*!?' ^ c c e com P an i oris ofLoucrs, and their ordinary Symptomcsj as the Poet
im/udenua.^ repeatcs, them.
b In
beet a» Symptomes of Loue.
Memb,
b In tmore hdc fu»t vstii,
Mum, fix rurfum &c. c VlautmMtv-
InfomnU^YttmnAfrror^ terror & fug*, ut '
ExcogitAmtA, excors mmodefliA,
PetuUutiAfuptditd* ejr rntUvelcntid,
Inhtrct etUm Aviditdt^defteiiAjuiuriA^
InofUfontumelU & dtjpendtum^&c.
jn loue thefe vices arc,fufpittons,
Peace ,warre, and impudence, detractions,
Dreames^ares^and errors 3 terrouts and affrights,
Immodeft prankes, deuices,fleights and flights,
Heart- bumings,wants,neglec1:s > deGrc of wrong,
Loflc continuall,expence and hurt among.
EueryPoet is full of fuch catalogues of Loue fymptomes, butfeareand
foirow may iuftly challenge the chicfe place. Though Hercules de S Axons*
cap..j. Tracl.de meUnch.mW exclude Feare from Loue Melancholy, yet J am
otherwile perfwaded,
* Res eH foRiciti plenA timoru Amor. a 0v '^
Tis full offearc^nxietie^oub^care.peeuifhncfle/ufpition. They are apt to
miftake,too credulous fometirncs, and then again very iealous, vnapt to bo-
lceue or enrertaine any good newes.The Comicall Poet bath prettilypain-
ted out this paflage amongft the reft in a t Dialogue betwixt Mitto & t^[- \f n delp ' } ^f'*'
chines, agentlcfather,andalouc ficke fonne. JO<? of goo Ache Are my faxes, ^nmot^dtctt
thoutydt have her to wife_s. JE.Ah father, doe you mocke me how? M./ mocker xxtrm bane
thccjvkyt h^t which I (oearnejlly dejire,l more fupcJ inci fare. M.Get ^'^nm
jou home \And fend for her to he jour wife. JE.trkat now dwtfefiowfithcr&c. tn L4k m y
Thefe doubts,anxieties,fufpitions, are the leaft part of their torments, they ' unc} M ,^ m 3
break many times from paffions to A&ions,fpcake faire,& flattcrjnow moft %^' d '
obfequious & willing, by and by they are anerfe,wrangle,fight,fwcare,quar- wjericufio&c
relljaugh.weepe.-andhcthatdothnotfobyfittcs, * Lucitn holdes, is not
throughly t ouched with this Lodctloneof Loue. So their Actions and paf-
fions arc in<:ermixt 3 but of all other palTions.Sorrow hath the greateft fharc,
Loue to many is bitternefie i: fclfe/«* AmAnmfUto cals ir,a bitter potion, j^ ue
a plagUC* therefore in
EripitehAncfeFfemperniciemfymihii the irafcibk
Qua ruibt fuhrepeus imos ut tor for in Art us, 0v}d -
Exfulit ex omnipeclorc UttttAs.
' O take away this plague.this milchicfe from me,
Which as a numnefle ouer all my body,
Expels my ioycs,and makes my foule fo hcauy.
Pfadr/A had a true touch of this 3 whcn he cryed out,
t O ThAu t VtinAm effet m/hi t Ttr. tumth,
firs *qui Amoru tec«m 9 Ac }Ariterfieret y ut AU.Uw.*.
Aut hoc tibi doleret stidem, ut mthi dolet,
O Thau wonld thou hadft of thefe my paincs a parr,
Or as it doth me now,fo it would make thee fmart.
So had that yong man,whcn he roared againc for difcontcnt,
^ iiCtor ^
Part.3.Se&.2. Louc melancholy. Momb.j.
404 * UttorfrucierjigiUr^imuUr,
*VUhm. Verjerinamoritrotamifer^
Exammor,fenr t diftr*hcrjleripxori
Vbi fumjbinen (um\ ubi non fumjb't eji tnimut.
I am vcx'tand tofTd,and rack't on Loucs wheele,
, Where not,l am§Jbut where am, doe not fccle.
The Moene in * Lucian^mzdc her mone to Fenua ,thar (hee was almoft dead
b ScU qttjd for Louc y pereo equtkem amcrc-j ? znd after a long talc, (he broke offabruptly,
foftbudtanTM and wept, b O rentes fhw k now eft my poor e heat, cfarmides in c Lactates
f Uam - j. fo impatient,that he fob'd and fighed,and tore his hairc, and faid he would
hccampliui Cu-
ftinereptfu*. prayes. Shall J lay,Moft part a Loners life is lull of anxiety, fearc and griefe,
m ^tt\n tM com Pk* nts an( * fighes/ufpicionsjcarcs and difcontents,exceptat fuch rimes
1 ' i,€ M' ' that he hath luctda interv*tla 3 pleafant gales, or fudden alterations, as if his
Milfrisfmile vpon him, giuchimagoodlookc, akitfe, or that fomc com-
fortable meflagc be brought him 3 his Icruicc is accepted &c. then there is no
happinefle in the world comparable to this.
*c*tuUtu de f Quit me uno vivit feelicior> au t magis hac eft
Uihim - OpUndum vita, dicer e quis potent.
Who liues fo happy as my felfe ? what bliflfe
Jrt this our life may be compar'd to this?
He will not change fortune in that cafe with a King,
ttior ode 9. g nokecgrttus eram tibt,
Per fir um vigui rege be a fieri
« AR.s.fttn.s. The Per fun Kings are not fo loviall as he is, O c fefttss dies bominisjO happy
SuHKcb.Ttf. £ j a y j as cbtre* cxclaimcs when he came from Pampbi/a his fwcct-heartjwell
plealcd, Nunc eft profecTo interact cum per pat i me poffem^
Ne bocg&udiitm cont amine t vita aliqua agrttudin^j.
He could fmdc in his heart to be killed inftantly , left if hee liue longer,fome
fbrrow or fickneffc (hould contaminate his ioyes. A little after, hee was fo
merrily fet vpon the fame occafion ,that he could not containc himfclfe.
ld&j.fcen.}. f q pop H Ures,ecquu me vtvit hodie fortunatior f
Nemo hercle qufquamjum in me dij plane pot eft at em
Suam omnem eftendere^j* ]st poffible/O my Coun«
trey men; for any liuing,to be fo happy as my felfe? No fure it cannot be,for
the gods haue (hewed all their power,all their goodneffe in me. Yet by and
by when this yong Gallant was croffed in his wench, he laments and cryes,
androaresdownc-right. Occidi Iamvndone,
tLib.i deem- Me%virg<>eftrfqu*m,ne%egefluicconjpeaufa^
tem.moribHi: ^ qutramjtbi inveftigem^quempercuncier^quam infiflam viarn}
Si <i*em ahum The Virgin s gone,and I am gonc,(hec' s gone, (hee's gone, and what (hall I
rfiLT doc? whcrc ^ J fcckc her,whcrc (hall I findc her,whom (hall I askefwhac
famnams, /i way,what courfc (hall I take? what will become of me? Pis not ch&rcas cafe
S 4 f ««T this alonc > but his and his& his > and cucr V Louer s in the like fate. Jf he hcare
mau»&c.Jb. M newes,haue bad fucce(Tc in his fute,(hec frowne vpon him,or that his Mi-
tim tmimr. ftris in his prefcnce^rcfpcc^ another more fas s Hxdus ©blcrues ; prefer re a.
notber
s
Part; -St A. 2. Symptomesof Loue. Memb.3;
mther futerjpeake msre familiarly to him^ or vfe more kindly then himflfe 40 J
If by nodyfmileynejfagejhe difcloj e her felfe to another^ he is infant ly tormen*
tedjione jo deietted as he is . h Aretines Lucretia made very good proofc of h Par!l( >^'C^
this,as (he relates it her {zM.Forwhenlmadefomeofmyftaenbelecue I would & malrt £2
betake my felfe to a Nunnery, they tooke on, 4s if they hid loft father ejr mother % gjA *h\ ce.fe-
bscaufe they were for euer after to want my company. Omnes labor es leves fue- 1 n > ? ,tM m9
J "'11 • is t 1 ' • 1 • - 1 \ H 1 a contttbermo car
recall other labour is Iighrjbut this might not be enourcd. And to at other return c jjct.
times when an importunateffuter came, 1 If I had bid my mxidc f.ty thxt I was t Tcr tut ca*
not at le*fure,n&t withinjsufy jouldnot fieake with him \be was inflantly a/lo- )^ ut um qkod
nifbed^and (loed like a f War of mar ble ^another went (wearing, ch&Hnv, cnrfirtg, » si refpnfu*
foaming\but he to whom IgAueajgj&ainmeist, was in the E/j -fan jieldes yam- 'frl^Tm^fr
uite beyond himfelf^fXi^ ti:c generall humor oi ail Louers,(he <ti>fe wimr
fhedfirioytfuit
is their fternc Cynofura ,Polcftarte. j* W» »*
k Delitium%animi/eliqHi*m$fut. letZJ^iHT*
AsaTulipanrtothc Sunncf which our Herbahfts call Narc^ffus) when it chip% tin $
{hme^jsaimirandits flos adradmfolisfcpandens^ glorious fluwre cxpofirg * 1 ™- r e,crc
it Telle, 1 but when the Sunne {cttes,or a tenpeft comes 5 ir hides it (clfc,pine$ L^i" (JS
away 3 andhathnoplcafureinit ('which Carolvs Gonzaga, Duke of Ma.tua, eft uJebaiur,
inacaufenorvnhke/omemnesvfcd foranlmprefe jdoeallinamoraies to V{. zchcm
theic Mu\ris,the is their Sunne,thcit Primnm mobile: which « one elegantly 1 Sole re o.cut-
rxorefled bv a wind mill ilill moucd bv the winde, which hathothcrwile no *****
r J * sr • peltate ve-'teH'
motion of it fclte, Stc tu* mfiiret gratia truncus ero. teJUmdaufi.
He is wholly animated from her brcath,hisfortunecbbes&floweswichher tw h i* nue f.
iauour,a gracious or bad afpeA turnes him vp or downc, ^kbUmcmi:
Mens men Iticefcit Lucia luce tua* 33,
Howfoeeuerhisprefenrftatebccpleafingordifpleafing, t'is continuate fo
long as he loucs Jie can doe nothing, thmke of nothing elfe but her ; defire
hath no reft,(he is his Cyncfnre, his goddefle 5 his iwiQrisji hislife,his fou!e,his „tZL7 y $
euervtl me dreaming,waking,fhee is alwayes in his mouth; his heart, eyes, ubtatM. '
cares and 3 his thoughts arc lull of hcr.when "Thais tooke her leauc of ph*- *t* ftw*
j ria 3 mtVhx&x'te^&nunqfsidaliudviii Sweet-heart
(iHcfaidJ wilt you command mc any further fcruice ? he readily reply cd^nd
gauc this in charge, • sgonequidvelim?
Qiesnoflcfy awes me, me deftderes^
Me fommesfne expefies, me eogites,
Me fperes^ne te obleBesynecum totafis^
Metps fac pojiremo animm \qttando egoftdn tutu.
Doft askc (my dcare) what fcruice J will hauc?
To Joue me day and night is all J crauc.
To dreame on me,to cxpc&,to thinke on mc,-
Depend and hope,ftiIl couct me to fee,
Delight thy felfe in me,be wholly mine*
For know my Loue,that I am wholly thine.
But all this needed not, Vou will fay, if llielouedhim,{he will,(hecan,fhe
mud thinke and dreame tif nought els but him, continually of him,asdid Or-
pheus on his Eur i dice y
Te dulcis coninxje f do in lit tore mecum t
Tevcfiicnte die Je tltf cedent? cAnebam. £
Hhh ° n
Part.3 v Sc&.i. LouemelancMy. Mcmrj.j
40$ On thcc fwccc wife was all my fong,
Mornc,Euening,and all along.
hndpido vponhci v£neas.
« & qua me infomnia terrent,
CMulta viri virtus^ejr plurima cttrrit Image.
And cucr and anon,t"he thinkes vpon the man,
That was fo fine,fo faire 3 fo blith 3 fo debonaire.
Clitiphoninfacfc&bookcof^cbi/iesTatius, complaincth how that his
Miftris Lemippe tormented him much more in the night, then in the day.
k For alt day long bee had feme ebieclt or other todiflraft bisfences , hut in tie
frMuocl*-' ni g ht dlranve vpon her. s^dll night long bety f twake y and could thinke of no*
patt, dijlrabunt thing elfe hut her^he could not get her out ofhis mind^ towards morningjleepc
ammum,atm- f ^ a pj tty on fo m „ e flumbred a while, but all his dreames wsre of her,
td iuwam, \te noclefub atri
l<m*u* paidm e^foqnor^mpleftorjalfafyin Imagine fomni^
mat '« 'aim Gaud/a foiicitam palpant evanida mentem.
pueUa atyt, (ed Jn the darke night I fpeake,embrace and flnde,
mnitmibi de That fading ioyes decciue my carefull minde.
wot? mm * The fame complaint Eurialtu makes to his Lucretia, day & night I think e of
t rot* h*e n«' thee, I wifbfor theej talke of thee jail on thccj&oke for thee^j,hop e fat f bee i de*
light my fclfiinthet^J knight I Uut
Ter. m 2(ee mihi ve/pero
\ BucbmiM, Surgentedeceduntamores y
iJEneatSyivim. rapidum fugientefolem,
re dies, wsufy Morning,Euening,all is alike with me, I haue reftleffe thoughts,
Trf^Tl)i e n Te vigilans oeulu.animo te nocle require.
ae[td{ro t te vote , o «.-#.« r i i ... a . .
te expat, te Still I thinke on tnce^uinta non eft ubttntmatjed ubi amat y \ hue & breath
fjfero, tecum ob- j t h ce ] vyifh for thee, * O niuiam qua tepoterit mihi reddere lueem^
lefto me, Mia ' J 7 _ r-rf- 1 \
in tt f um O mihi falicem ter% quiter^ Aietn.
m Horfb.i. o happy day that dial rcftore me to thy fight.ln the meane time he raues on
wtnm*. ncr » & tnat *° violcnt ty fometimes,wi'th fuch earneftnes & eagemefic, fuch
* Ttbaiim Ub.} continuance, fo ftrong an imagination,that at length hee thinkes he fees her
H l h indecd,he taikes with her,he embraccth her, /x/V* -like, pro Iunone nuhemp
cloud for Junops he faid,ZV/&/7 prater Leuctppen cerno ^Leucippe mihiperpetuo
in oeults ejr animo verfatur, I fee & meditate of nought but Leucippe y be fhee
t Ov\d. F*jl.i. prefent or abfent,all is one, f & qusmvis aberat placida prafentia forma ,
ver -77t. Quern dederat prafens forma fnanebat amor.
* Viri JEn 4 Thatimprcflion of her beauty is ftill fixed in his mind,
* harent infixipeclore vttltus. as bee that is
bitten with a mad dog,thinkcs all he fees dogges, dogges in his meat,dogges
in his dilhjdoggcs in his drinke, his miftris is in his eycs^careSjheartjin all his
oVcFythmijfa fenfes. VallerioU had a merchant hisPaticnt in the fame prcdicamcnt$&
ricus ^///^routof^//>z,hathaftoryof one, that through vehemency of
his louc pa{fion,fliIl thought he faw his miftris prefent with him, (he talked
with him$ Et commtfeeri cum en vigiUnsvidehatur ,ftill embracing him.
Now if this paffionof loue can produce fuch erfec^s, ifitbepleafantlyin-
tendedjwhat bitter torments (hall it breede, when it is with fcare and conri«
nuall forrow,fufpicion,carc,as commonly it is,ftill accompanicd a nrhat an in-
toll*
Part.$.Sc<5t.£. Symptomes of Louc^. Memb.3.
tolicrablc? painc muft it be? 407
Noa t am gr Andes
Cargara culmos^ quot demerfo testtla^MK
fytfore euros longAnexav bjtu, 'quint**
VftL catena/v el au<t pen/ t us uu t°' es ™»*
Cruielu tmor vulncra mtfcet. 1. i P«-
Mounc GargArus hath not fo many ftemmes., wcMmm.
As Louers breft hath grieuous wounds
And linked cares 3 withloue com pounds.
When the King ot Babylon would haue punithcd a courtier of his,for louing v Phibjiratta
ofa young Lady of the royall blood,and farre abouc his fortunes, *1 Apollo- euu - Ma ~
mus in prefence,by all mcanes perfwaded to let him alanc^r to hue and not tum^Jinct.
emo^jTvai a mojl vnjpeakable torment ,no tyrantcould invent the like punifh- gtdevddoun
mcntj as a gnat at a candle,in a (hort fpace he would confumc himfelfe. Per V^™^
Lo'i J is a perpmiall r flux. anger antmi,* warfare,^////'/*/- cntuis amans^ gric« 1 ' Mfmim^
lio us wound is louc Itill, and a Louers heart is Cupids quiucr, a consuming f Et . ""urpi.
* fit€,t acct de ad banc tgnem,&c.m incxtinguibrc fire. ffiofmdtl
txlttur & crefcit malum ^ mm tyiu a-
EtArde* intus.qttalis *£tn*o vafjr fj^^mA
Exttn.at axtro 'ScntcaHjfpt,
As i^tna rageth/o doth Loue,& more then ty£tna t ot any materiall fire.
u Nam amor fape Lypare» u ibucrju*
Vuhano ardent u.r em jiammam tneendere Jolet. ^
No water can que rich this fire * in pectus ctcos abf wbuit ignes, tela.
■ lgnes qui nec aqua fer'mi potuerepec imbre egU^***
Vimrnut.nefygraminibusfnagictfefufurru*
A fire he tooke into his breft,
Which water could not quench,
Nor hcibe,nor Art,nor Magickc fpclls,
Cou'd quell,nor any drench.
ItftrikesIikeLightningMi»ch made ^
ofiheirTemplc^with/^/^ thunder-bolts in his hands, for it wounds,& y im*gmico-
cannot be pcrceiucd how ,whence it came,wherc it pierced. r ™\^
* Vrimur>& c&cum peflotA vulnus habent,
And can hardly be difcerncd at firft. « *E{1m*llisfimma medullas,
Et taciturn infano vivit fub peciore vuluHf*
A gentle wound 3 an eafie fire it was,
Andflieatfirft,andfecretlydid pafle.
But by and by it began to rage and burne amainc.
- — — b Pettus infanum vaptr
t^Jmtrfy terret, intus favus vorat
Penitus medullas \atfc per vena* meat
Vi[ceribus t^nis merjus,ejr vents latens,
Vt Aqi'rt Altos flamma percurrit trabes*
1 hii fierv vapour ragcth in the vcincs,
Aud fcorcheth entralls,as when fire burncs
Anhoufe. it nimbly runs along the beamed
And at the lad the whole it oucrturncs,
Hhh* Alrtkm
Part^-SedU. Leue melancholy. Mcmb.j.
408 Abraham Hofemannus lib. 1. amor. coniugal.cap.z.pag.M rclatci out oiPUto
I cot mum how that Emved&cles the Philosopher was prcfent at the cutting vp of one
7uffuf!mill- tnat ^ iec * ^ or k° uc » t ok heirt was combufi, his Liuer /moakie, his lungs dryed
tHm^puimo are- vp,i»fo much that he verily beleeued his foule was either [odor re fled , through
ut ctcdi the vehemency of Uuesfire. Which belike made a moderne Writer of Arao-
ritoZ hUdi- rousEmblemes 3 expreflcLouesfury by a pot hanging ©ucr the fire, and C*.
xam mi com- pel blowing the coalcs.As the heatc con fumes the water,
^mu't&mm * $* C f U4 con S Umtt vi f eera C£CUS am{ ".
fo doth Loue dry vp his radical moifture. Another compares Lowe to a tnei-
»b ignem aim* t i n g Torch,which ftood too neere the fire.
IZ'&t \SUquoquis propter fuapuellaeft,
■\Gro;'m. Hocfiultus propior fuaruinaefi.
*- n:m The nearer he vnto his Miftris is. •
iHm avow , . .
»4 pmcipu A he neerer he vnto Ins rume is.
Ke^mcdiaaiiud So thatto fay iruth,as c Cajlilio defcribesit- The beginning, middle, eudeof
l 0U * ** elfc but (orrow jvex at ion .torment , irkfomeneffe, wearifomenes^
Momauciatus fo that to be faualidjugly jrnfer able folitary ^dtf content, detected, to wifhfor
defattgationety j eat fr to complasnesaue^nd to be peeuifaare the certatnc fanes . and ordinary
umeffe merare, actions of a loue fickeperjon.ims continuall paine and torture , makes them
tfwtu/oiitudi forget thcmfelues,if they be farrc gone with it , in doubt ,defpaire of obtai*
S^^ning 8 orcagerlybcnt 5 toneglcaallordinatybufi B eirc , '
fcrh debaccharh * pendent opera interrupt a, mina%
f mt * " Murorum ingentes^aquata^ mtchina carlo.
Tirti'leltms. Loueficke Dido left her works vndonc,fo did f Phadra^ — PaUadis tela vacant
* rirg. ^,. 4 . £/ tn ter ipfas penfa labuntur mantis. And tis the humour of
\smca Mppet. t ^ em a jj^ f Q ^ c carc j c fl c G f c | lc j r p C rfons 3 and their eftates, as the fhecphcrd
* idyll, T4. in d Theocritus, Et hac barb a inculta efi fqualidi^ cspilli , their beards flagge,
I M**t.echg.z an( ] they haue no more care of pranking themfelues,or of any bufineffe,they
it Poiyphem* carc noc as tnev fay,wmch end goes forward.
vrUur oblitui c Oblitufygrcges f& rura domefiica totus
pecnum antra- f y r j fur X no Q es in l u ft um expendit amaros.
iam%ubiform* Forgetting flockcs or lheepe and country tarmcs,
The filly (hepheard alwaics mournes and burnes.
* ^ii^""fo h ' Louefickef Charea when he came from PamphiUs houfc, and had not fo
jifm. good welcome as he did cxpec~t,was all zmon^Parmeno meets \\\m fluid trim
% o«i oUm eo^ p s €S { vvhy art thou fo fad m2n } vnAe es ? whence com'ft 5 how doeft ? but he
Ut'&^uickeri- fodty replies,^ here le nefcio necfe vn&e eam^ne^ qmrfum earn, It a prorfus ob*
m : i Pbtbfopbi* Utus fum mei. I haue fo forgotten my fclfe,I nether knowe where I am, nor
Vf»»W r * m whence I come,nor whether J wilLwhat I doc . P. * How fo? chjam in loue.
vtiverfi cut** S He that er ft had hi* thoughts free (as PbiUftratus Lemmas m an Epiftleoi
imti na-' his,defcribes this fiery palfion )and fient his time like An hard {Indent, in thofe
*Ha^e'vnm in - delight/ ime Pbilofophicall precepts , hee h&d with the Sunne and CMoone wan-
tendit operam, drcd all ouer the worldjevith Starr es themfelues ranged about , and left no fecrct
maa&'dtsfe or f mA ^ m yl^ er y tn *aturevnfearched,fince he was inamored , can doe nothing
eomnmit ad n0JV b* f think e and meditate of loue matters \day and night comfefel h mmfelfc
btnc&ada- horvtopleafehismij}ris,a/lhisfudy y endtauor, is to approue himf[fe to his mi*
"^ndaaus ft r i*> fft winnehis miftris fauour, to compaffe hisdejire/o be counted kcr(c>vavt.
intern
animni. Now io this end and purpofe, if there bec any hope of obtaining his fuit, ro
ptofccjco
Part. $ . Se& i . Symptomes of Loue. Mcmb.$
prolccutc his caufe,he wil fpend hirnfclfe,goods,fortuncs for her,& though 409
he lofe and alienate all hisfriends 5 bc caft orf 3 and difinheritcd,vttcrly vndone
by it 3 goe a begging,yet for her fwcet fakc,to inioy hcr,he will willingly beg,
hazard all he hath^goods^ands^nd life it felfe. £
2tjn recedam neq, quiefcam noclu ejr interdiu, Wmpufa,
Prius profefto quam aut ipfam, aut mortem inuej!igauert t vaUat honcf:*,
Jlc never reft or ceafc my fute, w »
Till fhe or death doe make me mure. h Ub.x. anl
Par the nis in t^*//?*^*' was fully rcfolucdto doe as much. I may hatter z ^f\f™ ,&
better matches Iconfeffe, but farewell ft) ame farewell honour farewell hone/fy ) r e4wm?te
farewell friends and for tunes } drc»0 Harpedena keepemy cotttjfc l l,i will 'eaue_j *m **a$* "dto
all for his fxeet fake J will haue him fay no more 3 contra gentes } lam ' j^/uedj J ^^^"'J
will haue him! Tis a common humour this a general! paffion o f alf iouers to me (fa ubitpri-
be fo affected , and which %/Emilia, told ^.ratine a courtier \x\Cajhlios dif-
courfe, h fare ly Aratinejfthou werji not fo indeed \thou didft not louejngeniouf J tt ankl'un *
ly cenfejjefor if thou had(l heene throughly enamoredjhou wouldfl haue defy ed floor*, eacnim
nothing more then to pleafe thy mi fir is. For that is the law of loue , to will and *™ \ l ff t ^
ml the fame, f Tantum velle & nolle } velit nolit quod arnica, nolle.
Vndoubtedly this may be pronounced of them all they are veryflaues, i stroma fl.
drudges for the time, mad men,foolcs, and difards/ftf/r^/'/wr^befide them- ^;^ e t«
fclues,and as blinde as beetles. Their » dotage is moil eminent , Amare fimul mm* ex atvk \
& fapere'tpfiloui non datura Seneca holds lupiter himfelfc cannot loue and *^f** r ',.
be wife both togcthcr,the very beft of them all, if once they bee ouertaken / »r
with this pafiion, the mod (hid and difcrcet, gratic, generous and wife, o- ^ffi*'^
thcrwife able to gouerne thcmfelucs , in this commit many abfurditics 3 ma- ^JdM i*b\%
nyindecortTmSjVnbcfitting their grauity and pcrfons. S amp fon ^ avid ^ Solo- difyitKtii'
monger cities t Sscrates,&c. are iuftly taxed of indifcrction in this point 3 the
middle fort are betwixt hawke and buzzard, & although they doc perceauc
and acknowledge their owne dotage.weaknefTe, furie.yct they cannot with-
ftand it; as well may witnefle thofe cxpoftulations 3 and confeflions of ZWo
in rtrgtl * Jncipit effari media % in voce refijlit. Phtbra in Seneca, * V^iR*.*.
b Quodratio pofcitfjincit ac regnat furor, ^ L a "* Hyf '
Potienfy tot a mente dominatur dens. Myrrha in * Ovid, * Mtt,\ c
lUa quidemfentitfeedofy repugn at amort,
tt fecum quo mente fercr, quid molior^ in quit,
Dif precor^r pietas } e3*c.
She fees & kno wes her faulted doth refift 5
Againft her filthy luft fhe doth contend,
And whither goe J,what am I about ?
And God forbid, yet doth it in the end. Agamc
Pervigtl igne^t,
Carpitur indomito, furiofa% vet a retreftat,
Et modo dejperat.modb vulttentarefudetfy
Et cupit,& quid agatjion invemt.&c.
With raging luft fhe burnes,and now recalfi
Her vow,& then defpaires, & when tis paft,
Her former thoughts fhe lprofccutc in haft^
And what to doefhe knowes not at the lafc
Hhh 3 . She
.... ' ' - 1 ■■■■■■ " ■ ■ ■■ I ^ ■■
Part. % .Se&.2. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb
410 She will and will notjabhorrcsjand yet as MeAaa did,doth it.
, rahtt tnvitam nova vu/tliudfo tupido
Mens aliud fuadet /video meltora $robo^
Deteriorafequor. >
Reafon pulls one way ,burningluft another,
She fees andknowes what's good,but fhe doth neither,
j Bwhain. 1 fratu^morfoeb mentis emot* furor,
Qubmeabftulifli*?
The major part of Iouers arc carried headlong like fo many brute beaftsjrea-
fon counfcls one way, their friends, fortunes, Thame,difgraec,danger, & an
Ocean of cares that will certaincly fbllow^ yec this furious lutt, precipitates,
counterpoifeth,weighes downe on the other: though it bee their vttcrvn-
doing,pcrpetuall infamy,lofTc 5 yet they will doe it,& become at hftjnfenfati
voide of fenfc degenerate into dogs, hogges, alTes , brutes; as Jupiter into a
Itt woman ft ^^i^P u ^ M an Afle,Z^Mc» a wolfe, Tereui a Lap-wing, k Call ft a bearc,
like TBMrc. 15 Etywor & GrilLas into Swine by CtrceJror what els may we thinke thofe in*
1 Ferm intuit genious Poets to haue fhadowed in their witty fictions & Poems, but that
£rr£»S/« a man oncc ghicn ouet to his luftfas ^Fulgentitu interprets that of Apuleius,
nitat. AlcUt of T treat) ii no better then a, beaft.
m Aleut* it Rex fueram fit crifia docet. fed fordid* vita.
Jnimalimmu* Immuadim e tanto culmme fecit avem.
dnntvpn fa. I was aking,my Growne a witnefle is,
But by my nlthineflc am come to this.
nihil Mdinofiui Their bhndnclTc is all out as grcar,as maniteft ascheirwearcncs&cotage,
Stbi/t. tit Ovid, or rather an infeparablc companion 5 an ordinary figne of it. n Louc is blind,
»L«ieh Ukc as tnc %i n § i&>C»pids blind,and fo are all his followers,
a falfc glaflc Quifquisamat rammer an am put it ejfe Dianam,
fcnts euer tC " ^uery Loner 5dm ires his Miftris,though ftreebc very deformed of her felfe,
thing tor ill fauoured,wrinkled,crooked,dry,bala^gogle-eycd,or fquint-eyed/parrow
thenit i$. mouthed.hooke nofed, or haue a fharpe foxe nofe, a red nofe, great nofe,a
nofe like a promontory Rubber tu(hed 3 rotten teeth j bcetlebrowed,a Wit»
ches beard.her breath ftink all oucr the roome, her nofe drop winter & fum-
mer,with a Bavarian poke vnder her chin,a fharpe chin,laue zizt^pcndulu
mummisjber dugges like two double iuggesfaloodyfolne fingers, Hie haue fii.
thy long vnpared nailes, fcabbed hands or wrifts, a tanned skinne, a rotten
carkalTejCrooked backe, Iame,fplca-footcd, as flender in the middle 4s a cow
in the nvafiegowtic legges,her ankles hang oucr her fliooes,her feete ftinke,
(he breed lice, a very monfter, an aufe imperfect, her whole complexion fa-
uours,an harfh voicejneondite gefturc,vile gzte.ffiqua latent mcliora puta )
and to thy iudgemcnt lookes like a marde in a lanthornc, whom thou couN
deft not fancy for a world, but hateft, loatheft, &wou!dcfthauc fpit in her
face,or blow thy nofe in her bofomc, remediumamcris to another man, a
dowdy,a flut.a nafty,rilthy,bcaftly queane,difiioneftpcradvcnture,obfccne,
bafc,beggerly,foolifli 3 vntaught,peeui(h:if he loue lie%once 5 he admires her
for all this,he takes no notice of any fuch errors or irnperfc&ions,ofbody or
mind,he had rather haue her then any woman in thcworid.Jf he were a king
fhc alone fliould be his Qiieene,his EmprelTe.O that hee had but a carran of
Diamond s a a chaiqe of pearlc ,a cafcanet of Jewels^ (a paire of calfe skinne
gloucs
Part.;,Sc?<5t.2, Symptomes of Loue, Meinb.j
gloues of a pairc were fitter ) or fomc fuch toy, to fend her for a token , 41 1
file (hould hauc it with all his heart, he would fpchd myriades of Crownes
• v Qui mouerunt horridabella, LetP^rsrhim- M
fclfe be iudge) Helena comt (hort; your counterfeit Ladies were ncuerfo ]&
(aire as (he is , ] Qui f quid erit placifH,lepidi,grati,at% facet/, t
_ ~- "3 " T ...w ...jw^w- Vl VjIUWUGJ ,
for her Venus her fc\t } Pa*thea y Tarqu/ns Tanaquil,ot *Mary o( Bur run.
it Ihc were aliuc. p F7*r e t vultus hac Tyndartdos, f Carol* p*g-
Qui mouerunt horridabella. Let P*r«r him-
t Seneca tn
V iv/da eunclorunt refines Pandora deorum^
What e re is pretty,pleafant, facete, well,
What ere Pandora had,(he doth excel'.
Ephemeru* in Ariftanetw , fo farre admireth his Miftris good parts, that
hee make&proclamation of them,& challengcth all comraers in her behalfe.
\JVhoeuerJarv the Beauties eftheEafljr of the Wefl Jet them come from al qusr- jzpfi.i%. < $Hk
ters^ill,a»d tetttrttthjfeuer they faw fuch an excellent feature as thu u» Moft "ff'jj f mm «
of your louers are of his opinion.She is nuflifecunda, a rare creature, a Phx- V ^u*o7cidmU t
ntX)tn z fole Commander ofhis thoughts,hisoncly delight,as* Triton now vertisntunii^
feelingly (ines,that loue-frcke Sea- eod , omnti,& diunt
fa / b ' . b > ver«a.t»tm
Candida Leucothoe $ licet ey placet atra MeUne 3 infttntm vide.
Scd Galatea place t i on ?e magts omnibus una . mtfomm*
Faire L mchthce black MeUne plcalc me wel, dULGdlr
But Galatea doth by oddcs the reft excel!.
All the gracious elogies 3 Metaphors,Hyperbo!icall comparifons ofthebeft - N 1
things in the woild,the molt glorious names, whatfocuer,! fay,tsplcafant,
amiablc,fwect,gratcfull 1 and delicious,arc too little for her,
thabo pulchrior ejrforore phabi
, —His Phoebe is fo faire a fhe is fo bright,
Shedimmes theSnrmcsluftre.andMoones Iight_
Starres^SimneSjMooneSjrVtcttalsjfwcetfiTiellingflowrespd^ur^perfumes
Cblour^Gold,Stlver ,Iuory,Pearles,prctious Stones,Snow» painted Birds,
Dounes,Hony,Suger,Spice,cannot expTcflc her s ° fo foft,fo radiant, fwect, o canto,
fofairc is (he.
—Mollior cuniculi capiUo e$>e. v ? (tm j
Lydia bella,puella caudida, ^Ife
Qtt£ bene fuperas lac & lilium , ^ w
Albam^ fimulrofam& rubicundam^
Et ex poll turn ebur Indie urn, 1
Fine Lydia my miftris white and fairc 3 \
The milkc the lilly doe not thee comenecrc., J
The rofe fo whitc,thc rofc fo red to fee, \
And Indian Jvory comes (hort of thee 5
Such a defcription our Englifli Homer makes of a fayrc Lady
■] Cmcet m
t Cfjtc Cmilia tfoac teas fairer to feenr , chc Kmgks
<&tjen is Lilly upon tlje ftalke grrene:
gm> frcfoer tben O&ap toit^ fletojw ncto,
fo} tomb tbc Kofe colour ftroue fter Ijcto,
31 not lobtcb teas tfee fairer of t^e ttoo.
Jn this very phrafe *l Polyphemus courts his GaUtta
Gandidior folio niutt Galatea ligu/lri,
?Urid*$r
Part.3.Se&.2. Lone melancholy; Mcmb.j.
412 FloriAior fr*t$,fo*ga ftocernr alno>
Splcndidzor vitrofenero Ufa am b&doj&Si
MtlUor ejr cigniplamts^ ejr coatfa.
Whiter Galat then the white withy-windej
Frefher then a field .higher then a tree, '
Brighter then glaiTcjmore wanton then a kidde,
Softer then Swannes do wnc,or ought that maybe.
To thy thinking {he is a moft lothfome creature , thou hadft as Ieiue hauc a
(hake in thy bofome,a toad in thy difh 3 and calleft her witch 3 diuell,hagge 3 &
all the filthy names thou canft inuent 3 he admires her on the other fide, fhee
* ishisIdolCjLadyjMifttisjQuecnejthcquintercencc of beauty, an Angcll 3 a
r , r Starrer Goddefie, *Thoit artmyVefi^thoumyGoddeffeart^
u^itu- Tty hollowed temple otlyts my hart.
?h*be, Tant« thefragrancie of a thoufa»d Curtefans is in her face: Nec pttlchra effigies he
frfwZ^ Gypridis autstratonices 3 Tis not Ferns pi&urc that as you fuppofe 3 but his di-
Herce. Ovid, viae miftris,to whofe fcruicc he is wholly conlccratCjWho he alone admires,
* m.d. Son.p * cm comparatus indecens erit pavo ,
spgjt. InamAbtln fctwut j&jrequens Phtmx.
To.whom confer'd a Peacocks vndecent,
A Squirrels harfh 3 a Phaenix too frequent,
all the graccs,vcneres,elcganccs 3 plcafurcs,attend her. Hecprefcrresherbe-
lA . h fore a Myriade of Court Ladies/
r "^°' t He that commends Phillis &r Nerea^
Or Amaritlis, or Galatea,
T ityrm or Meltkeafiyyour leaue^
Lit him ke mute jots lone the prayfes haue. •»
Allthebumbaft Epithetcs. adiuncls, incomparably faire 5 curioufly neat s di«.
vine 3 fweet$atnty 3 deIitious,&c.diminitiucs,^^ plea-
fant names ma*y be inuentcd^ird^oufejlambe^us^igeon^igihey^idde,
loue,doue,&c.he puts on her. And as 1 Rhodomant courted IfdeHa y
« Amfc I %i. By allkinde words ^andgefturcs that he might
Tie calls her hit deare hearty his fole belotted,
^Mp ioyfttB comfort. and hit fweet delight,
4f ^rHis mtftris t and his goddejfe \jtndfuch names 5
As lotting Knights apply to louely dames.
Every cloath (hee wearcs 5 eucry faflaion pleafeth him aboue meafure , her
hand, quales digitos jquM hahet ilia manus, pretty foot, pretty co-
roncts,hcrfweetcarriagc,fwect voice, tone, her divine and louely lookes
£ her euery thing ,louely,fwect, amiable, and pretty : euery a<5tion,{ltc,habi^
gefture,he admircs 3 whcther (he pIay,fing 3 or dance,in what tyres foeucr (he
gocth,how excellent it was 3 bow well it became hcr ; neucr the like feene or
*TitoHni. heard. u Mills habet or natus^mille decent erhabet.
Let her wcare what fhc will,doe what fhe will 3 fay what ilic wil 3 hc applauds
and admires every thing fhc wcaresjfaith^or doth.
» ributtm x quicqttidagit.quoqtto veftigia verttt y
ek 4 Siilpith, Comfojuitfttrtim (ubfequiiurej decor- y
Sett foluit crines/ujis decet effe caprllif,
Settcomffitfomftiseflreuerenda, comix,
What
Part.$;Se&2. Symptomes of Loue. Mcmb.?
What ere (he doth 3 or whether ere fhe goc, 413
A fwect & plcafing grace attend forfotb, a Arifttatw
Or ioofc or binde her haire,or combe it vp, ;/?' 24 vt-
She's to be honourd in what (he doth.
* Fefiem indmtur firmofa efljxmtur, tcta forma tft.htt her be dreflcd or vn- Lyeit > ci <° ve * i >
dre(Ted 5 all is one,fhe is excellent ftiil, beautiful!, fake j and louely to behold. Zn Sum
Women doe as much by men. Nay much more , farte fonder, weaker, and bmme^
■that by many parafanges. Come to me my deare (faith Mufarium in b A.
ri^anetus )come quickly fvseet hurt y all other mm are Satyres ,meerc_s clownes, yub.^. Jean-
blockheads to thee y no body to thee: thy lookeSjWords^geltureSja&ions^c. are l p fS^*?'
incomparably beyond all others* t could repeat centuries of fuch. Now tell me ctmpoxit 'TtZ
what greater dotage,orbIindne{Tc can there be rhen this in both fexes? and p'.xccrcjiudct,
yet their flattery is more eminent , a greater figne of their folly then the reft, t^j'™™^
They are commonly flaues.captiues , voluntary feruacts , am at or arnica yimfait.
mancjmim^ as y Cajlilto tearmes him , his miftris feruant, her drudge,prifo- ' cmdiib $
ncr,bondman,whatnot? Hee^j comvofeth h'imfilfe whely to her affections to ^ mo utmi. *
pleafe her^and as Emilia f aid, makes himfclfe her Ucky. All his cares \acl 'ions jll ty**t to bbt-
his thought s.are fubordiaateto her willand commandeer mod deuore, obfe- rar! > m 'f CC! *
w» 1 /Y it * / 11 C.VO CUOUtm
quious 3 afTccl:ionate feruant and vafiall For louefas 1 - Cyrus in Xenopbon well m-, bo^iibe-
obferued )is a. meere tyranny \and voorfe then any difeafc^nd they that are tret: - [■■^ >y
bled with it defire to be free and cannot [hut tbtybee_j b irder bound then tfthey m taffiiatt
-were inyron chaines.Von what greater captiuity or flauery can therebef as f»|tt*/S«$iri»
c Tully expoftulates Jthen to be in kmc? Js he a free man oner whom a rvoma/t V* JJ ■
domineers, to whom fhe prefer ibes Lws, commands, forbids what fhee^> will her rent;
felfet th.it dares deny nothing fhe demands: fhe askes.be giucs- 3 fhe cals, he comes-,
fhethreatens y hefeares ,nequiifimum hunc feruum puto, / account this man a ht( viittw fW >
very drudge. And ashcfoliowesic, d Is this no (mull feruttude for antnamo- mto jpaat?
rate to be euery houre combing bis head, fltfrtng his bear d^per fuming his haire y jJj^L*!^
xcr.fyiinv bis face witb fweet water s^amting^curling, and not to cowe abroad iubet,vet*t'
hut p,r1tcclycrowncd,decked,and apparelled* 'Yet thefc arc btit toyes in refpccl
to goe to the Barbcr,Bath,Theatres, &c. hec rouft attend vpon her where e- Swb*,&
vcr (he goes.runnc along the (Ireets , and by her dorcs and windowes to fee iWj , &c.
ber,& come every day to her houfe ( as he will futcly doe if he be truely ena- Z^v£di
mored bndoffcrhisferuicc, and follow hervpanddownefromroometo mlnatUT ? txt't-
roome,as^«^futors4id,heca™«eonwinehim^
v he ;ti'iftandwillbewhete(heis,nextner,ulkingwith her. c ijldtdbat
let my befall by chancers the faid Arattnes Lucretiabu%gzs)l hadone^of ' mmmjm^
Zoiiters^ytwoorthreeatoncereadytopupeandtake^
w-'th a f owe conoyc deliuer it vntomejfr would walke^ansther wai ready toju- cs .\ mi p r% Ur-
flaine me by th^me. A third to prouide fruits Jcares jUmmes thtrnes.cr
vq r >itfoe*er/ would eat or drinkc. All thisand much more he doth in her pre- ^.^g,^
f nce,aad when he comes home tis all his meditation to recount with him- «g<
fclfe all her anions, words , geftures, whatentertainemen:heehad,now
kindl" fhe vfed him in fuch.a place,how slice fmilUhow shee graced him,& taJltm T <u mi
that infinitely plealed him,orelfe how (he reiefted his feruice .denied him a
fcifTe di r «racedhim s &c.andthatasefFeftuallvtormcntshiRT. And thele arc fromtfJ]nK
L" X nci r es betwixt combe and glafle,&c. thefehis cogitations nil hec fee n «m(iM<>
Part, j .Sed.2. Lout Melancholy. Mcmb.^
414 bondage, no hunter will take fuch paines for his game jfowler for his fporr,
* L b 1 de con or f° u ^ cr t0 ^ ac ^ e a c * lt yi as nc will for his miftris fauour, goe, rimnej ride
tcm.aman 'quid man y a mile to meet her,day and night , in a very darke night endure heate 3
nfvm eo,Hm cold 3 wait in fro ft and fnowe,tempefts,fuftaiuc hungcr^thirft,
pmc»u& ck- (Rofcida per tenebros Faunus adantra venit) for her fweet fake
carum «dc; per he fecles it not. what 'fhall I fay (faith Madus ) of their great dangers they <vn~
fenelr^ mgnfi dergoe,fingle combats they vndertakejhow they will venture their Hues 3 (re epe
grefphde^de- * n at windows .gutters y climbe ouer walls to come to their fweet hearts ^and if
turban fe dint they be furprzfedjeap cut at wiad&wes>cafl themfe/ues headlong downe^bruftng
*bufrang^nT~ or breaking t ^ e ' r tyges °r Armes,andfometime$ lofing life itfeife.Hcarc fome
colliduH^aut a~
of their owneconfeifionSjproteftations^omplaintSjproferres, expoftulati-
wmm amiu ons,wifties 3 bruti(h attempts,labours in this kinde. Hercules ferued Omphale,
t'rer. Eunuch. P ut on an apornc,tooke a diftaffe and fpunne. jhrafo the fouldier was fo
ab j.st.s. lubmiflc to Thais that he was refolucd to doe whatfoeuer fhe enioyned. \ E~
edfauafm &° me Tbaididedam s drftciam quodiubet, J am at her feruice. Philoflratus in
wortemfitu iu- an Epiftle to his miftris, a 1 am ready to dye fweet heart if it be thy willjlay his
btn ,h*ic [mm thirjl whom thy far re hath fcorchedand vndone, the fount aines andriuers de«
%tem turn % n y no man drinke that comes } t he fount aine doth not fay thou fhalt not drinker,
dtu pcrdidit, <t- nor the apple thou [halt not eat y nsr the faire meddowe walke not in mejuut thou
qu.e & fontH A i one ^vilt not let me come neere thee .or fee thee, contemned a nd defbifed I dye_j
nonnegint,&c. r , n J ' 1 •
b si-o:c\l n forgnefe. Polienus when his mains Ctrce did but troWne ypon him in Petro*
mum ^^^ rcwe hisfword^and bad her b kill him or ftabbehim ; orwhippehimto
vZikucan- death, and he would ftrip himfelfc naked and not refift. * Galeatm of Man*
tenu es^imtt tua did a little more: for when he was almoft mad for lone of a faire maid in
»rt«T ai tnc cltz y>fa c t0 tr y e nmi belike what he would doe for her fake > bad him in
* Go/per sm. ieft leapejinto the riuer To ifhe loucd her, he forthwith did leap headlong off
pmiiam mifere tne bridge and was drowned. Another at Ficinum in like paffion, when his
wumab ^A 'm miftris by chance ^thinking no harme,! dare fwearc) bad him goe hang^he
Fadum dtftil- next night at her dores hanged himfelfe. c Money ^ ( faith Xenopkon Jis a very
retujiut^itattm acce pffyi e *L voelcome zuefl.yet J had rather pine it my deare Clmia, then take
epmeje prxci- . <■ h , t s J i • r 11 11 11 ,
piiavit. Alius of others J had rather jerue him f hen command others^ I had rather bcc_j his
riciniinjano «■ drudge J hen take my eafe/vndergoe any danger for his fake , then hue in fecuri-
^amtt iufiii *fe *f' For rather fee Clinia then all the world be (ides , and had rather want
fufrendere iUkb the fight of all other things ,then him alone J am angry with the night and fleepe
"hitii ipecu, *^ a * 1 msL 7 not t ^ ien ( ee him^andthanke the light and Sunne beeaufe theyfjjewe
riwn m reme(fe me my Clinia. Iwillrunne into the fire for his ftke,andif you didbutfeehim y l
%ucmdi§mim knowe that you likewife would runne with me. So Philoflratm to his m iftris.
Ten^usdlrcm ' C^rnmandme what youwilllvoi/ldoeit 3 bidmeegoeto Sea y I ani gone in an in*
Clinia: quam (I ant y take fo many flripes^Iam ready, runne through the fire , and lay downe my
t^Ube^m kfcMdfuleatthyfeetltudQne.So&&*&oli*s\.o June.
huiefsrvitem, Tuus regina quod opt as \
quam aha im- Explorare labor mihiiuffa capejfere fas efl.
Mk2&rm. ° Q u <*ne " is thy paines to inioyne me ftill,
nii vcufo, quod And I am bound to execute thy will.
ilium nm vide- ^ p^fa t0 Hippelitus.
amjuctautm 1 K r TT . .. _
&foii gratiam e iVit velfororem Hippolite aut famulam voca,
babeoquodmi-
bi Cliniam ofiendatt. Ego etiam cm Clinia in \gnem currerem & fcio vet quoj, mccum irgrefures ft vidcreth. d f/i firnpof.
* Impera qmdvu-flmigart mbejmetn confctndttflagai accipere,pleflor 3 ammamprofimderejn went currerejnon reeujojubensfacia.
Famulam^
Part.3.Se&.2. Symftomes ef Loue^. Memb.$„
Vamulamt^potitu omneferuitiumferam. 415
O call mc fitter ,call me feruant,chufe f Sencca *
O r rather fcruantj am thine to vfc. f H&tm
Non me per altos ire ft tube** niues i vus, mrtmsh*
V,gcMgeUtUi»gr C ii?inii„. ? u, Sf'
Nenfi per ignei ire aut infefla agmina v - wat f t udat
Cunfterjaratw g en fib us peclus dare. * A cadm.id.
_ ,f . , r . 3 i Dud. Amort.
T ? nunc tuber e } ne decet tuffa exequt. m n } dll Cltle .
h It fhall not gricue to the fnowy hills fia ittra fit vi-
Or frozen Pindus tops forthwith to clime, ltltfi2i-
Or runne through fire,or through an armic, t*fcdm&fua*
Say but the word for 1 am alwaies thine. ikhytmm
Callieraiides in » Lucian breakes out into this palhonate fpeecb , t God ofhea- ^^m*
ven.gr ant me this life for euer to fit ouer againH my miHrit y and 1 hearc_j her xenon f4'meb»
fweet voice fogoe i» and out with her Jo haue euery other bu fines common with ^jf^J^fr'
her. /would labour when fhee labours faile when fhee_jftiles ,he th<t kites her m ' J
jhould hate mee.and if a tyrant killed her;hee fhould kilt meetffloee fhould dye, I
would not Uue\and one graue fhould hold vs both.
+ Finitt ilia meos m&riens morientis amores, t l uc j M :
Abrocomus in Artftxnetus makes the like petition tor his Delphta. ha . vmm a di .
P Tecum viuere amem tecum obeitrn hbens , 'lis the fame u am.»c ud-
ftraine which Theagtnes vfeth to his Chariclea, fo that I may but inioy thy loue W m j$f
let mc dye prefently: Leander to his #*r<?,when be belought the fea wanes to fH i c brgm, &
let him goe quietly to his louc,and kill him commingbacke.
<1 Parcite dum proper jmergite dum redeo. 'tis the common p ^
humour of them all,to contemne death ,to Ai for dcath.to confront death <j Mart.
in (his cafe. Thirtccne proper young men loft their lines for that faire Hippo-
damus fakc.the daughter ofOnomaus king of£/*,when that hard condition
was propofed of death or victory , they made no account of Jt 5 butcorragi- , Ovidlomt .
ouflvfor louedied.tillW/^atlaft woneherbyaQight. r As many gallants mpwaV:
defocratcW adventured their dcarcft bloods for ^tdanta the daughter o*
StLmujL hope of marriagcall vanqui(hed and oucreomc,till Wfpomenes
bv a fewe polden apples happcly obtained his iuite. PerJeusoMd fought
with a Sea monfter for Andromeda s fake 3 and our S. George freed things
dan ehtcr of * W'hc golden Legend is mine authorjhac was expofed to a
Dralon -by a terrible combatc 5 our Knights errant , and the S' Lancelots of
our dayes,i hope will aduenture as much for Ladies fauo urs 3 as the Knight
of the Sunned Beuis of Southampton ,ox that renowned peire, k ArhfUi y u
k orlando.who long ttme had loued deare cm.i M*
Angelica the fayrc> and for her fake
About the voorldjn nations fitrre and neere,
D M*hattcmpts,performeAndvndertaie, They will lure ^
they will/or it is an ordinary thing for thefe enanujftto s of our times to
fayTdo^asmuch^oftabtheirarm
f rtheirmi(triuesfake,todrinkcrhealthsvpontheirbare knees. Iffoeebid forthcloueof
I .Un W \\\ roe barefoot to Ierufalem.io the great C^wf court /to the Eun ^ 9mn m
ill 2
Parcj.Sc&i. Loue melancholy. McmUj.
41 $ feucn yearcs as lacob did for Rabel-^doc as much as f Gifmunda the daughter
r £tfMi6fi i of Tancredus prince of S*UrH*,d\d for Guifcardus her trueloue , cat his heart
w hen he died; and endure more torments then Thefeus or Paru.Et bis colitur
, £ ^ u> r^*/ <p*a« thurc & vifttmisfjvith fuch facrificesas thefc ( as * ^r/y?<.
' #tf #j boldi)^enus is well pleafcd and pacified. Generally they vndcrtake a*
ny paine,any labour,any toyIc,for their roiftris fake , louc and admire , a fcN
vant not to her alonc,but to all her friends and followers 3 they loiie them
for her fake,hcr dogge,pi£urc,and every thing (he weares,thcy adore it as a
relique. ]f any man come from her,they fcaft him, reward him ,will not bee
out of his company ,doc him all offices,ftilI remembring,ftill talking of her.
So the very carrier that comes from him to her is a mod welcome gueft,and
"JEneaiSU- ifhc bring a letter,(he will read it twenty times ouer , and as ra Lucretm did
Yius,Lucrctia by Eurialus^kijfe the Utter a tboufand times together and then read it: And
EuZiUiueL u cheltdonia by Philontus 3 after many fweetkifles punheletienn her bo-
kihrUflatim fome, Ankkiffe againe^ndoften looke thexcon %
ttfuMt P<tpyr * AfJ ^ ft*? we Jf en i er ^ at ^ouldbegone: And askc many pre?-
* Media inft. tyqueitions,howhelookcd,whathedid 5 andvvhatfaidhe? In a word,
tmt pafillis lit- * n pr u / t pl Acere fefe amicxfjult mihifjult pedtjfequx
F™p%m k Vult famuli* y vult etiam ancitlu,& catulo meo.
fitdttia.Arift.1. He ftriues to pleafe his Miftris^and her maide,
T^ll^ A r t , Her feruants,and her dogge,and $ well apaide.
If he get any remnant of hers,a buske-point, a feather ofher fan,a (hoo-tye 3
a lace 5 a bracelet of haire>hee weares it for a fauour on his arme,fn his hat,or
next his heart. Her picture hec adores twice a-day, & for two houres toqe«
thcr.will not looke off it; As Laodomia did by Proti[elaus t when hec wentto
demimSem warrc ' ^f ltat home with his piclure before beri a garter or a bracelet of hers is
Au'jto^Mto rnore precious then any Saints Rclique,he layes it vp in his casket, Oblcffed
tjftdui mjpi- Reli que,& euery day Will kiffe its if in hir prcfcnce,his eye is neuer offher ,&
ww> drinke he will where (he dranke,if it be pofliblc in that very place,&c. Jf ab«
fent,he will walkc in the Walke,fit vndcr that tree where (he did vfe to fitjn
that bowre,in that very fear, many yearcs after fometimes, & iffhee be farre
diftant,& dwell many miles off 3 he loues yet to walke that way ftill , to hauc
his chamber window looke that way: To walke by that Riucrs fide ('which
though farre away) runncs by the houfc where (he dwels,ne loues the wind
I tochtxax. blowes to that coaft. f O quoties dixi Zephyr is properantibus iiluc,
S * tv *' Falices pule hr am vifur't AmAryllida vent/.
o „ f ^ O happy Wcfternc windes that blow that way,
uams P tiiaT Fof you (hall fee my Loues faire face to day.
feme her,hap< <>to ce-nferre with fornc ofher acquaintance/or his heart is ftill with her, Pto
arcTnlicrcL ta ^ c °fhcf ? admiring & commending her, lamenting Jioning,wifliingnim-
pany. felfe any thing for her fakc,to haue opportunity to fee her,0 that hec mighr
v7(on ivCufO' but inioy her prefencc. So did Philoflratiu to his raiftris/ O happy ground on
mmmlmT which fbetreades^and happy were J if 'jhe would trctdvupon me \ Ithinkeber
mant.Luua*. countenance would make the riuers Jtand t and when {be comes abroadjbirds #/&
'Epit.O terf*- fi d CQmc A y 9Ut l )erm
iixiolitmbettM i ^ ... , ... . ,
$goj me calca- Rtd&unt valles, ridebunt obvta Tempe_j s
vera s vuim tu- j n for em viridti protinm ibit humtu.
jwfjjfr/krc The fields will laugh, the plcafant vallics burnc s
And
Part.$.Sc<ft.3.
Symptomes of Lout*
MemL j
deSyffeftaculo
commsti ft ra-
viges fequeittur.
quit flki'uu ft-
lnm tuum nen
rigtrtti
1 z.EhgM.
• Cm w.30.
And all the graflc will into flowers turnc. 4 1 7
* trke»fhe u in the meadow, fhee ii fairer then any floverc, fir that lofts hut for * Jdew ' ?A
4 day f he river u pleaftngjout it vanifbeth on a [udden, but thy flow re doth net f ^'° s ™
fide fhyfireame ugretter then the Set* lfllookcvptoHeauen y we thinkes 1 Vtip»Ubriftd
fee the funne falne downe to {bine heloxo.snd thee tofbine in his place t whom I de- *» Mi1Ml » m
fireJfJlooke vp tn the ntghtjnc thtnkes I fee two more glorious ftarres i Hcfpe- /W) ^ tVAflt( .
rut And thy fclfcj.k little after he thus Ourts his naiftris.f ifthougoejl forth •'««? fl*
»f the city f he proteciinggods that kecfc the towne^ wi/lrunne after to gaze v~ ^ /JJJJaT^
pon thee: if thou fade vpen the Seas, as fo many fmaUhoates, they void follow thee:. fku,ftlm txi-
what riuer would net runne into thy Sea. Another , he fighes & fobs,& wifheth ^ f £jJ^
himfelfe a faddlefor her to (It on,a pofie for her to fmell to,and it would not Mm &c.
gricue htm to be hanged,if he might be ftranglcd in her garters : hee would t ^*j^J£
willingly die to morrow, fo that (hee might killbim with her owne hands, f^^JJ*
« Ovid would be a flca,a gnat 3 a x'mgjOatuUui a fparrow,
O fi tecum ludereficut tffa poffem,
Et trifles animilevare euros.
* Anacreon^ glafle,agowne,chaine,anything,
Sed fpeculum ego ipfe fiam>
Et me tuum uffy cernat,
Et Vfflis ipfefiam,
Vt me tuum «f$gef?cf.
Mutari et opto in undm^
Lav em tnos at artus>
Nardus puella fiam^
Vtego teipfamiungam ,
Sim fafcta / inpapillis,
T»o & monile cotlo.
Yiam^calcem, me
Saltern utpedeufy calces.
But J a looking glafle would be 3
Still to be look'd vpon by thee,
Or ],my loue would be thy gown,
By thee to be wornc vp and down;
Or a pure Well full to the brims,
That J might wa(h thy purer Hms:
Or I'dc be precious baulme to'noint,
With choifeft care each choifeft ioinc ,
Or, if i mightj would be faine,
About thy necke thy happy chainc.
Or would it were my bleffed happe
To be the Lawne o're thy fairc pappe
Or would I were thy fHooe to be
Dayly but trod vpon by thee. ,
n rhrfce haoPV mm that (hall cnioy her; as they that fiw m Af*fi*M
Sedlonge cunclts, longe^eattortBc^,
Quern
Th e 6n,epaffio n madeh«l««akcott t in t heComcdy 3 ^
Englifhcd by
M r B.Hotidq
in hisTwtaffg.
Part.3„Sc&2. Lone melancholy. Mcmb.j
418 1 7{& ilU fortunate funt qu<e cum illo cub ant > happy arc
■} Xenophon q~ his bedfellowcs-, & as fhe faid oiCyrtu^beat* qua di uxor future ejfet^ blefied
IViwtodc ts l ^ at woman that (hail be his wif c,nay thrice happy ftie,that fhal inioy hint
tmiht. but a night, \ Vna n'ox Iovis fceptro aquipar anda, fuch a nights lod-
t Lucia ?' ging is worth Inciters fcepter.
' * Qjtdis mx erit ih, dy y dctfc
Ouam mollis therus}
O what ablhTefull night would it be, how foft a bed? fhee will adventure all
her eftate for fuch a night Jor a,Ne&arean,abalfome kiffc alone.
\ E Grata Ruf. * Q^j te vifot y eAtm € jf 9
Be At tor qui: te audiet i
Qui te potitur ejl deusi
■ led Vino- The Suit** oisanas wife in Arabia, ,whcn fhee had fcenc Vertomansus that
tnamta navig, comely trauellcr,lamentcd to her felfe in this manner, O God i thou haji made
lll 'bimc 'crffii *^* S mAn w biter t ^ en f be Sunne y but me .and mine husband, And all my children
fi&saaduHorm, bUtke ,1 would to God he were my husband^r that lhadfuchafonnz_j> fhec fell
idiverfe me & a-weeping,& fo impatient for Loue at hftjbat (as Podphars wife did by Jo-
'^MiosmT f c P n )l^ kaue had him gone in with her y fbe fent aw Ay Gazella, Tegeia,
tmes niveau- Galzarena her waiting maikes, loaded him with faire promifes andgifts 3 and
teurtituMhk, wooed him with all the Ahetoricke (he could,
ibit Gt-xeUa, ' extremnm hoc miferx da munus amanth
Tezcia,Ga!^ : z but when he would not confentjfhc would haue gone with him, and left all,
V fK9ntiSt&' t0 ^ e n * s Pag c >his feruant,or his Lackey,fo that fhe might inioy him, threat*
donii 3 &e. ' ning moreouer to kill her felfe,&c. Men will doe as much and more for wo-
men/pend goodsJiueSjlands/ortunes., Kings will leauc their Crownes, as
King lohn for Matilda theNunne at Vunmow<Lj.
p * But Kings in this yet priuiledg'd may bee,
' lie he a Monke fo I may due with thee_j*
The very gods will endure any fharr.c, dt^aliquis de dijs nontriftibus in.
quit, e^f.be a fpc&acle as Mars and Venus were to all the gods 5 fa did Luci-
ans Mercury with, & pcradventure fb doft thou. They will adventure their
fttor.tde lines with alacrity, — — ; — j pro qua non met nam mori-
nay more, fro qua non metuam bu mori^ J will dye twice, nay twentie times
far her . If fliee dy e/nere's no rcmedy,they muft dye with her,they cannot
helpe ic. A louer in Calcagninm y wrote this on his miftris Tombe 3
Quincia ohijt,fed non Quincia fola obijt }
Qu incia obijt^fed cum Quincia & ipfe »bij t
Rijm obit, obit gratia jlufm obit,
Necmea nuncanima in peeler e, at in tumuleeft*
Quincia my deare is dead^but not alone,
For J am dcad,and with her I am gone,
Sweet fmilcs,mirth,graces 5 all with her doe reft.
And my foule too, for t'is not in my breft.
How many doting Lduersvpon the like occafion might fay the fame? But
thefe are toyes in refpecl:, they will hazard their very foiilcs' for their miftris
fake,* L/#$ diquti inter iuvenes miratm eft^ verhum dixit t
Non ego in ccclo cuperem Deus effe s
NofirmaxoremhabensdemtHcio
One
Part.$. Scd.2. Symptoms of Loue. Memb,j
One faid,to Heauen would 1 not ~~4i?~
defirc at all to gOC, t Buchanan.
If chat at mine owne houfc T had
iucn a fine wife as Hero. i cw« ift*.
Old Uniutre in Chaucer thought when he had his faire May ,hc fhould ncuer
goe to heauen, he fhould Hue To merrily heere on carth.had J fuch a milkis, jE^SSS
heprotefts, \Ccelumdijsegononfuuminviderem ) aud.ca.ex ava-
Sedfortemmihi dumeam insider em. m $ kn ?' ! ? IJS >.
1 would not envy their profpeney, r««fcfi-
The gods fhould envy my felicity. hHi . "M^'y*
Another as carncftly defires to inioy his fwect-heart, %^ex faj$k
¥ Omnia q&# patior mtla fi penfare velit fors 3 ~« t - '« otg tul-
Vna. alt qua nobit profperitate, dij Zterfa^T'
Hoc precor^ ut faciaxt. faciant me cernere cor a mutu e!*juetes.
Cor mihicaptivumqux tenet hccce.deam. * ^immahcmi-
mr if <r 1 1 • r r i flii aviore capti.
it all my miichieies were rccompenlcd, w<l nf^/pif.
And God would giuc me what 1 requeftcd, fitilm & odm-
J would my miflris prefencc onely feeke, fax &c
Which doth mine heart in prifcneaptiuekeepe. » Ovid.,
But vvho can reckon vp the Dotaee 5 madnefle,lervitudejandblindne{re 3 the b 1,7 tmwia.
phantafmes and vanities oi Louers 5 their torments,wiines, idle attempts? ^//^
Yet for ail chiSjamongft fo many irkfonhe 3 ab(urd 5 and troublcfomc Symp- n<t,&f<*tm
iomes,mconvcuicnces 3 and patfions, which are vfually incident to fuch per- {Zlmtfime*
fonSjthere be fome good qualities in Louers, which this affc&ion caufetb. rubc/are am-
As it makes wifemen fooles, fo many times it makes fides become wife , y // J^^JJJ!''
makes baj'e fellow es become gen erom^cowards contagious, ^Cardan notes out ^JdlTn-.mt- 1
Qiplutar ch.eouetous. liber all andmumficent^clownes^ciu^crue
ked prophage per (o»s\ to become reiigivusyfloucns peat; churles y mercifu[l; and \%ZTu^
dumb e docges ^eloquent. No paffion cauferh greater altcrations,or mere ve- txttdtm jejjfr
hemencofioy or difcontent. Plutarch Sympof. lib. feftt^'flkfc; that the J*^* '
(oule ■fdman in loue \u full 'of perfumes and fiveet odors, and all maner ofpleafing tmexhUj &c .
tones aid tunes: V addes fpirits, and makes them othcrwife {"oft and filly ge- d Ub. } A £.
nerous and contagious,* ^Judacemfaciebatamor. Ariadne V loue,made 7 he- J£ ™f
feus fo adventerous,and Medeas beauty fo vi&orious. b is ox opi- \ m txereitnm
nion, that the loue of Fenus made JW*r/ fo valorous ayong man mil be much
abafhed to commit any fiulco fence, that frail come totbe hearing or fgkt of hu turfap
mifirit ArJtfitverc'fofiblctobaueanArmyconfjlUfLoucrsJuchM loue.or forte cumuli
are belnucdjbey would be extraordinary v Z^nZ
mode
(ly would detatne them from doing amijfe, emulation incite them to do that c jjl t) m < ; ho cm-
Zseoodandhoncft, andafew efthemvouldouercome > a great company of ^~re,ef
thers Ihercisnomanfolpufillanimoiis, fo very a daftard, whom Lone
would not incenfe,and make a diume tempered I an heroical I doubt ™*p«e
not but ifamanbadfucb an Army of 'Louers ^asC^thinkes; hemigbtfoon *J£
conc\ »er all the rvorldjxcept by chance he met with fuch another army of/namo- f r » did
Z^tooppofitt. c'ForVoperd.ancetheymightfightasthatfatalldog^
and fatall bare in the Heauens,courfcone anotner roAind,and neuer makcan wrw/H/ ^,
^Ar*(Wt» thinks FerdinandKmz °{\$pa>ne had ncuer conquered Granado, mAjmnmf*
had not Queene //.Wand her Ladies beene prefcut at the fiegc, W
Parc.3.Sc(a.2. Loue melancholy. Mctnb^.
420 be expreffed what courage the Spanifb Knight tooke y when the Ladies rverepre-
(ent) a few Spanhrds oucrcame a multitude of Moores»They will vndcrgoe any
danger whatfoeticr,as S r waiter Manny in Edward the thirds time, ftuck full
of Ladies fauours,fought like a Dragon. For foliamantes^s Plato holdes^ro
Jtmicis mori appctunt, onely Louers will dye for their friends, and in their Mi-
^pb.i.&eu- ftris quarrel!. And for that caufe \ he would hatic women follow the Gamp,
to be fpc&ators & encouragcrs of noble 1 Actions:vpon luch an occafionj s*
. Lancelot and S l Triftramfitfar, nor Alexander (hall not be more refolute,oc
goe beyond them.
Not courage only doth loue adde,but as I faid.wifdomejWarinefTca
f * quis filler e pofsit amantem.
All manner of ciuility 3 decency,and good behauiour. Bnace hath a pleafant
tale to this purpofe,which he borrowed from the Greekes y & which Berod-
dus hath turned into Latinc,Bebclius into verfe/>f Cymon & Iphigenia. 1 his
C/zw/z was a foole,a proper manofperfon, and theGoucrnour of Cyprus
fonne 3 but a very Afle, infomuch that his father being afhamed of him, ih\c
him to aFarme houfe hce had in the Country to be brought vp. Where by
chancers his manner was,walking alone, hee cfpied a gallant yong Gentle-
woman named //^^WjaBurgomafters daughter oiCypus with her maid,
by a brooke fide in a little thicket/aft afleepe in her fmocke, where fhee had
IwpTclt^efl newly bathed hrr fclfe: when 8 Cymon faxo her M flood leaning on his ftajfes,
Cymn, baculo gaping on her ^immoue able 3 and in a maze: at laft hee fell fo farre in lone with
lutTetit&' g^ orious obie& 3 that hebeganne to rouzc himfelfc vp.& ro bethinke him
mrabitrkL&c whathc was,& would ncedes follow her to the Citty, &for her fake began
to be ciuill,to learne to fing & dance,to play on Inftruments,& got all thofe
Gentlemen like qualities & complements in a ihort (pace, which his friends
were rao'ft glad of.Jnbriefejhe became from an Idiot & a Clowne,to be one
of the moft compleat Gentlemen in C^r»j 3 did many valorousfexploits,and
all for the loue of miftris fphigenia, Jn a word 3 ] may fay thus much ofthem
alljet them be neuer fo clownifh, rude & horrid, Grobians and (hits, if once
they be in loue,they will bee moft neat and fpruce, follow the fafhion,begin
to tricke vp,& to haue a good opinion ofthcmfclues.A (hip is not fo long a
rigging,as a yong Gentlewoman a trimming vp her felfe 3 againft her fweet-
heart comes, A Painters fhop,a flowry meadow,no fo gracious an afpeft in
Natures ftore*houfe 3 as ayoungmaide^ a Nouitfa, or Venetian Bride 5 thac
lookes for an husband, or a young man that is her fuiter , compofed lookesj
compofed gatejdoathes, geftures, a<5tions,all compofedj all the graces^le.
fa flaunt 8 anccs m tnc wor ^ arc m ner face.Thcir beft robes 3 lewels,lawncs 3 Linnens,
Laces, Spangles,muft come on, h prater quam res patitur fludent elegant i* %
they are beyond all meafure coy 3 nice , and too curious on a fudden : * Tis all
their ftudy,all their bufinefTc,how to wcare their cloathes neate, to be polite
and tcrfcjand to fee out themfelues. When Mercury was to come before his
f Ovid, Mtt.i. Miftris, ■ f chlamydem^ ut pendcat apt*
Collocatjtt limbus totumj x appareat auram.
He put his cloake in order, that the lace,
And hemme, and gold worke all might haue his grace.
Stimuli would not be fecne at all oiHermaphrtdttus, till (be had fpruced vp
her fclfe firft,
\Nec
Part.^Sed.a, Symptomes of Lone. Memb.j
} Nectamen ante adijtftfi proper abat adire s 421
Quam ft eompbfuitfluam ctrcufpexit amicus , • \Ovld. Met*.
Etfinxit vnitUm^r meruit formofa videri.
Nor did flie'comejalthoiigh'twas his deGre,
Tilfhe compofdher fclfe ? & trim'd her tirc 3
And fet her lookes to make him to admire.
Venw\iiA fo ordered the mattcr,that when her fonnc*tx£#<f/tf was to come • vir^t.&ti
before Quecne Vido^ he was
(OS humerof^deo fimilis^nam^ipfa decor ant
Cafariem natogenctrix, lumen ^invent*
Purp»reum,fjr latoS cculis afflarat honor es.)
like a god,for the was the tire-woman her fclfe,to fet him out witrrall nam-
rail and artificial impoftures. When thathirfute Cyclopicall Polyphemus
Courted Galatea.
» Umfy tibi form*, «»| eft tibi curaplacendi, . ^ ^
lam rigidos peciu raflru Polyphemecap/llos,
Jam libit htr[utam tibi f alee redder e barbam 3
Et fietfareferos in aqua & componere vultus*
And then he did begin to prankc himfclfe,
To pleafe and combe his head,and beard to {haiiej
And looke his face ith' water as a glaflc,
And to compofe hirnfelfe for to be braue.
He now began to bane a good opinion of his ownc featured good parts
Jam Galatea venijtec muntra define nop a,
Certe ego me novi ltquidacj ? in Imagine vidt
Nuper aqi(£,p!acHit%mthi mea forma videnV.
Come now my Galatea fcornc me not,
Normypooreprefcntsiforbutyefterday
I faw my felfemV water, and methought
Full faire I was,fcorne roc not I fay,
j Nonfum *dt infirmis, nuper me m Uture vUt, f r»$4».
CumpUcidumventis flaretmare_j ■ ^ptfiMnxat
i_ ~f\11 Curr»r<: to tricke VD themfelueS, tO be prOdl- Iiteratofit du-
^TisthecommonhumourotallSutorstotncKcvpuici ^ \^Z PK r Xui anda.^es
u l^rr\\ with cuervdav new futes^as the fattiion vanes; tonHenJtm XTl(m .^ Uc ^
vm\ to Prtmtertuf If once net>epejonc*v 1 j j , ^ „Mcia»d U m,
J „n,»^booke fob and lament, now and then weepe for hu hard nap, ana
renounce h* bo ^W* Bands .Doublets, Breeches are tnf VonL^m &
markeaboueaU h t n«s wM f H *' s >?* 1 hisCMnnfrato s.and curler his VUcbrjmndm
tn rut his Beard,and weare his Lock, to turne Jp ™ ^»} v " ; . - . , fo r tt & mdiu-
Part.$,Sc&.2. Loue mdancMy. MemD.j
422 t lupiter pcrcciucd Mercuryto be in lone with Philologia t bccaufe he learned
t Minions languages,polite fpeecb, Arts and Sciences^ 00 virgtni placeret^W to pleafc
hisMiitris. Tis their chiefcftftudy to fmg, dance, and without qucftion.fo
iam iUumfentio many Gentlemen and Gentlewomen would notbee fo well qualiScd in this
kindc.if loue did not incite them. m fi'ho i (siithCaftilio i wouldilearne to player
m habere com- gw hts mtnde to Mufickjr learne to dance, or make fo many Rtmes J Louefongs t
fxtat u in/*- as mofi doe, but for wome»s fakejbut that they hope by that meanes to purcbjfc^
™T&? l ^ li ' their gook-wils ,andwinne their fauours. Conflantine agncult.lib.ii.cap.i8.
™ ub.yit m- makes C^/Whimfelfc to be a great dancer,by the fame token as he was capc-
lk l'n?kdam lm & amon gft tne g 0£ k> n ^ fl un Z downe a bvwle of "NjcJarjcvhich diflilling Vm
nifi fxminAmm fo* the white Rofcjuer fince made it red: and Califtratus by the helpc of Da-
caufa? qua mu- dalm about Cupids Jfatua, made a many of young wenches (till a-dancing,
«lm%Tam*' 10 fignific belike, that Cupidwzs muchaffc&ed withit. Wirty f Lucian, in
mftqubdiiim thatpatheticall Louepaflage, or pleafant defcription of //^//<rrs dealing of
dtiicedincper- Europa, and fwimming from Ph.cn/cia to Crete, makes the Sea calme, the
qwTotSmfrut windes hufa^eptune and •^mphitrite riding in their chariot to breake the
somponeret, nifi waucs before them, 1 he Tritons dauueing round about, with euery onea
%lfL£eZ Torch,thc Sea-nymphcshalfc.nakedjkeepingtimc on Dolphins backes,and
expticaret} finging Hymeneusfupid nimbly tripping on the toppc of the waters, Sic re-
n ctAMem m- nui herfelfecomming after in a iTicll, drawing Rofes & flowrcs on their
flmswTde- hcadsyPraxiti/es in all his pictures of Loue, made Cupid cuer fmiling, & loo-
os qti in terram king vpon dancers. And fin S 1 Mar hi s Garden i n Rome( whofc worke j know
taJenyofam nQt x Q c^ c mo ft delicious pieces, is a many of S*/?r/dauncin£ about a
bm infecu. wench a ileepe.So that dancing Kill is as it were a ncceflary append/x to loue
o Vtuttischo' matters. Yea many times this Loue will make old men daunce, iiiaske and
Zwtiiem 'cupi- mumme; for Comw and Hymen loue maskes, and all fuch merriments aboue
d'mk ftatuam meafure.will allow men to put on womens appareil in fomc cafes , and to
*imfhb^de ^ ancc mcn °^ a ^ tots-P*"^ Iovim taxerh ^iugujline Niphtu 'the Philofo-
JhtLxxerciti- phcr, P For that being an old manjind a pub like Prof effort father of many chil-
um mm qtif drenjoe rvasfo mad for the loue ofayong mxide ( that which many of his friends
^\rom 4 were ashamed to fees) an old gowty fellow, yet would dance after Fidlers, Many
laughed him to fcorne for it,but this omnipotent loue would hauc it fo,
* ew mort - f Hyacinthino baciffo.
part.'!, cap.it. ' J % .
Sat. pudu d»- Proper an s amor , me adegtt
wienti infnltait° Vtolcntcr ad fequendum,
?^/?fi'w.Ptf. ^ ouc hafty with his purple ftaffc did make
tUt am e 'rep- Mc follow,and the dance to vndertake.
tU Tu}"adinfa 020 W " n ^ an( ^ lt ? ^ ° nCC WC ^ C * n ^ ouc >y oun g or though OUr
nim torreptw, tcctn fhakc in our heads,there is no rcmedy,we rauft dzncc.Plutarch Sympof
muhisMe-m /.^y?.^.doth in fbme fort excufc it, and tellcth vs morcouer in what fenfe,
Confine pudore ^ lu fi cam docet amorjicetpriusfueritrudii^ how Loue makes them that had
ton^exetant no skill before.learne to fing and dance; he concludes, tis oncly that power
fexem& rhi- & prerogatiuc Loue hath ouer vs. «1 Loue (as hec holdcs J mil make a filent
^twn^non^m mAn ftcdcfmodefi man mofi officious\dull^uick\flow^nimble^ and that which
rim ra'tantem U mojl to bee admired, an hard b*fe vntraclable churle t m fire doth Iron in a.
^aZhm f mip bc* fag' •,f*cite 3 gentle l 4*dcafieto be intreatcd.Nvj t will raakeprodigall
&arm.7.
^ De tacimnilsauacemfacil/Sr dc vtimnAoojficioCim reMtidefKgligentekdujlmm^ficordct^^um,
In
Part.j.Sefl.z* Symptomes of Louz^. Memb"
5
th ^°-f h ? ^ trcamc » ? nd 6'«c/n t ioo feftcrccs for anights lodging, as 42 2
they did of old to Lais oiCortntb, For which caufe many compare Loue to t **.
winc,which makes men louiail and racrry,frolickc & fad, whine,Gng,dance J 2£ £££
and what not. ftfkm*.
outaboue all the other Symptomcs of Louers , this is not lightly to bee
oucrpaOed,that likely of what condition focucr.if once they be in loue,they ^ZTh*
turne to their ability ,Rimcrs 3 Ballet-makcrs 3 and,Pocts. For as Plutarch faith fauriwp*.
1 They rvMbewitnejfes and trumpeters of their Paramo$rs goodptrts, btdeck- ccn " u ufki
ing them r»ithverjes-*nd commendatory fongs y u we doe ftatues with goldjhat S,-
tbey may be remembred and admired of all. Ancient men will dote in this *** & v "f buS
kinde fometimes as well as the beft. f iovianm Pont anus makes an old foole £
rimc 3 and turns Poetaftcr to pleafc his Miftris, m (W «ir &
Ne r ingot Mar tana yneos ne deforce (a nos ab . cmHlbui ai *
Delenemmuwencm Dia referre potes, tjre. * Tom x' Ant.
Sweet Marian doe not mine age difdaine , violet.
For thou canft make an old man young againc. They will be ftill
finging amorous fongs and dittics(if young cfpecially jand cannot abftainc
though it be when rhey goc to.or (hould be at Church.we hauc a pretty fto- . „, '
rytothi^purpoteinf ^//^^//<rr/^yw, an old writer of ours ( if you will f 9 t.z 9 z,
beleeue it )And)om.ioi2M Colewiz, tn Saxony ,on Chriftmas Eue a compa-
ny of young men and maids , whilftthcPricft was at Mafic in the Church,
were finging catches and loue fongs in the Church-yard ,he fent to them to
make kffe noy (ejbut they fung on ftill,and if you will you fhall haue the ve-
ry fong it felfc 3 Equitabat homo per fylvamfrojtdofam,
Ducebatfy fecum Mefwinden formofam y
Quid flamtss cur non imus ?
i A fellow rid by the grecnewood fide,
And fake Mefwtndc\vz%h\s bride.
Why ftand you fo,and doe not goc?
This they fung,he chafc,till at length impatient as he was 3 hee prayed to S l .
tMagnus oarron of the Church, they might all there fing and dance till that
time tweluemonth,ard fo* they did,without meat and drinke, wearifome- *p e r t»tun
neflc or giu ing ouer^ri 1 1 a t yeares end they ceafed finging,and were abfolued *»**»\cm+
by HercbertKs Archbilhop of Colen* They will in all places bee doing thus, r ^J M vu
young folkss reading loue ftoric«,finging,telling or hearinglafcivious tales, udit^mfrigm,
tunes, fuel 1 obie<2s are their fole dclight,thcir continual mcditatid,thcy can
thinke,d ; "ronrfe willingly, or fpeakealmoft ofno other fubie<5t. This loue doihsafecit.
is the caufc of all good conceipts,' neatnefle^xornationsjplaye^elegancics f£ .
dclights,and all the fweetnefle of our life,it feafoncth our harfh and dull la- tJ'* in ™m!'
bours,and^ucsapleafantrelliftitoour other vnftuory proceedings. All kporm/ktiti-
our fcafts Mmoft,maskques 3 mummings,banqucts, merry meetings , wed-
din2^pIcafingfongs,flnc tunes, Poems, Louc-ftories, Fefcenincs,EIcgies, „ % vufntm-
Odes.&c. Syinbols,fcinb)ems Jmprefes, devifes, if wee may beleeue Icttius, t*m debim*.
C ntile t,F*ra/ti*c, Camillm de Camillu^ may bee afcribed to ir. Moft of our ^ ^ ^
a» t ; and fcicnces,pairvririg amongft the reft,was firft inucnted/aith f Patriti- de pr £^ M ^
r xamdrisbeneficio. For wh en the daughter of Deburiades the Sicyonian, *?(m»4*.?*.
vasto r tk<*leaueo J her fwect heart now going towarrcs, vt defidenoeius "P- 1 *-
minus tdefeerct) to comfort her felfc in his abfenccQicc tookchispiaurc
Part. \ Se&i.
L*ue melancholy.
Memb.
V
424
*Trgnft4tl\b
Vtfymbolx.qui
primu4(ymbo-
lam excogitauit,
volttit vimirum
hue ratio at m-
glicatum ammti
svoktrc, eumq }
vdimxnx vel
«/y; intuentibm
3 Vib.+jtum.
loi.fylv* nup-
tklk.poeu nen
itvemuntfabu-
lauditosfdciunt
nijiquiab am*-
refnemt exei-
Uti,
Martial.Sfie*
I Ttmii *rb*'
rihu *micarum
nmmmfcri-
hetet vt fmul
grtfcatitMtd.
5, R, i*oe.
with a cole vpon a wall,as the candle gaue the ihadowc which her father ad-
miring perfected afccrwards,and it was the firft picture that euer was made
All our Tilts and Turnamcnts, Orders of the Garter , Golden Fleece &c, owe
their beginnings to louc. And many of our hiftories : by this racancs faith
lovius y thcy would exprefle their louing minds to their Miftris, and to the
beholders.' lis the fole fubicft almoft of Poetry , all our invention tends to
it,all our fongs,what euer thofe old Anacreons s Greeke and Latine Epigram*
matifts^ouz wthcts } Anthony Diogenes the mofe ancient , whofe Epitome
We finde in phocius Btbliotheca^ Longus Sophifta, FujlathiM, Achilles Tattus
Ari(ianetus y Hcliodorus, Plato film Arch yLucianfArtheniusfividfiAtullus Ti-
hullus^&c.O\xt new LsJrio/IoeSfBcyardes^uthoxs of Arcadia y Fairy Q. &c.
haue wrictcn in this kinde , arc but as fo many Sympcomcs of Loue. Their
whole bookes are a Sjnopfis or brcuiary of Loue 3 the Portuous of Loue Le4
gends of Louers liues and deaths,and of their memorable adventures. Nav
morels x Neuiftnus the Lawyer holds , there never was any excellent Poet
that inutntedgood fab lessor made laudable vcrfesjhat vom not in loue himfelfe.
Cynthia te vat em fecit lafciue Proper ti,
Ingenittm Galli pulchra LycorU babet,
Fama eft arguti JXjmeftsformofA Tibull/,
Lesbia diflauit docle Catulle tibi.
Nonme Pelignusysec Jpernet Mantua vat em 9
Si qua Cdrinna mtbiji quit Alexis eriti
Wanton Propertius ,and witcy Gallus,
Subtile Tibullut,and learned Catullus ,
It was Cynthia^LesbiayLychorUy
That made you Poets all,and if Alexis,
Or Corinna chance my Paramour to be,
Virgil and Ovid fhall not defpife me.
Petrarch: Laura made him fo famous, Ajlropbels Stella y and Jtvianus Pont a*
nus Miftris was the caufc of his Rofes^ioletSyLillieSyNequitU^Undttix^oci^
decor yNardus yer for Alla{Thus } Mars J alias t Venus y Charts, Crocum, Laarus*
Vnguentum ) Coftum y LAcbrymaiMyrrha^Muf£ l &c.b\ci& the reft of his Poems.
The very rufticks and hog-rubbers, if once they taft of this Louc liquor , arc
inipired in an inftant. Jnftced of thofe acurate Emblems, curious Jmprefcs,
gaudy mafquesynits, Turnaments/cVc. they hauc their Wakes, Whitfon-
alcs, Shepherds fcafts,mceting on Holydaies,country danccs,roundclaies,
writing their names on f trces # trueloucsknots,pretty gifts, j
With tokcns.hearts diuided; and halfc rings.
Shepherds in their loucs arc as coy as kings*
Choofing Lords,Ladics,Kings jQueencs, and Valentines, &c.they goc by
couples, Coridons Phyllis ',/VJ fa and Mopfus^
With dainty Doufibell and S r Tophus. Infteed of Odes and
Elegies,&c.they hauc their ballads,country tuncs,They muft write Iikewifc
and indite all in Rime.
Thou Hony-fucklc of the Hathorne hedge^
Vouchfafe in Cupids cup my heart to pledge,
My hearts dcare blood/wcct Cis is thy Caroufc,
Worth all the Ale in Gammer Gubbins houfc*
I
Part. 3» Sc&.2. Symftomes of Loue. Memb.j
I fay no rnorc,aftaires call mc away, ^ 2 5
My fathers hotfc for Provender doth ftay. Ti.ifr.13.
Be thou the Lady Cre(fet light to m e, rifafcbtf.
S r Trolly Lolly will J proue to thee, . Sec
Written in haft 5 farwell my Cowflip fwcct, tpifo)!"™
Pray let's a Sunday at the Alehoufe meet. Jf«g«wj st-
Your mod grimmc S/f /f ks^nd feuere Pbilofophers will melt away with this Th^su'Lm
pa(fion,and if / ^thenaus belye them wox^AriftipptUyApohdorus ^Antipba- 'pel. rroumd.
nes t &c. hauc written louefongs and Commentaries of their Miftrisprai. d^J**'
fcs, a Orators write Epiftles,Princes giue titles, honours 5 whar not? b Xerxes c /immuji-
gaue to Themiftocles } Lampfacus to finde him wine, Magnefiaioi bread , and mlu mrhm
Myunte for the reft of his tisi.Affturm wold haue 'giuen Efher half his Em-
pire, and c Herodbid Herodias aske vobat fhewouldfhe fljould haue it . Kings & /««-
Emperours inftecd of Pocms,build citties, Adrian built Antinoa in vtgypt, £f w *^jf *"
befides Conftellations, Temples, Altar$,Statues,ImagcSj&c. in the honour *'5«Tfor«w
of his K^dnttnotts. Alexanderbcikowcd infinite fummcs, to fet out his He- ^ lbtrt *f'^:
phepen to all eternity. c Socrates profelTcth himfclfe Ajsaw /^ignorant Vtfi^f^
in all arts and iciences, ajDo&or alone'in loue maters. &c. iutjeon- »?/««.
dude thercisnoendofLouesSymptomes/cisabottomcleflTcpic , Loue is fjj^S?
fubieft to no dimcnlion^ not to be luruayed by any art or engine: & beudes nhm^^urhtc
lamof f Hcedm minde,#<? man can d/fcourfe of loue matt 'ers^riudge ofthema &"*t m ' t * em
right. that hath net made triallinhU orvnc per/on , or that as v£ne*i Silvius Tafp&wt
zddesMatb not a little doted bin mad or loueficke htmfelfeX conftflc I am but
a nouice inexpert in this {ub\t& jtonfum preceptor amandi , and what ] fay, ZTm^S*
is meercly by readingjby mine owne obferuation,and others relation. cent perimium,
M b m e. 4,
frognoftickes of Lone Melancholy,
WHat Fires,Tormenrs,Carcs JealofieSjSufpitionSjFeareSjGricfes, « semper ...
Anxietir s,accompany fuch as are in loue, I haue fufficicntly faid: «*»
the next queftion is 3 what wil be the euentof fuch miferies,what Tmit^lstv.
theyforetc.il. So 1 nc arc of opinion that this Loue cannot bee cured , NuHia b Emd.ep.ti
amor eft metictM* hermit accompanies them to the * laft, ^ITsttl
idem amor exitio eft pecoripecorify magiftro, an d is fo continu . koim # amart
are that bv no berlwafion almoft it may be relieucd. Bid mee not hue , faid
hEurtalutf^idthe Mountatnes come dovonetnto the flames, bsdtbeRjucrs run num
backe to their fount aines\ 1 can as foone leaue to hue, as the Sun leaue bit courfe, * fmesjimms
f Et prim ^uortbuspijees & monttbus vmbrt,
Et volucres dceruntfylvi* & murmur a vent is^ mare, « fitum
QuammtbidifcedentformefaAmarMdisignes.
Firft Seas (hall want their fifti,the mounraines fhaac, |
tuct<m«a.Syl ,
Woods finging birdsjthc windes murmurc (hall fade,
Then my faire Amarillis loue alaid.
BidmenotIoue,bida d cafe roan hcarc, ablindemanfee, **™ hc JP c £ C
lamerunnccounfcllcandoenogood.afickemancannot rellifti. NoFny-
fickc can cafe me. Q**profunt domino nonprofit ommbus artes.
Kkk % ™
Part.j.Scd:.2. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb.^
42* As Apollo confefled,and lupiter himfclic could not becurcd.
* 'PreptrtM^ c Q m nes humanos curat mcdicina dolor es %
&{e i- 1 Solus amor morbi non habet artifoem^
Phyfickc can foonc cure every difcafe,
d Excepting Loue, that can it not appeafe.
4 eji orcm \Ke But whether loue may be cured or no, and by what meancs ftiallbec explai.
eabiif^Tat- ncd in ms P lacc » in cnc mcanc tiaic,ifit take his courfc, and be nor othcrwife
es infana. cafed or amended , itbreakes out into outr2gious often and prodigious c-
* ucms.Amor ejr Liber violent i dij funt, as c Tat/as obferues, ejr animnm
incend»»t,ttt pvdoris oklivifci cogant, Loue and Bacchus are fo violent gods,
& To furioufly rage in our minds,that they make vs forget all honefty 3 (hame
and common ciuility. For fuch men ordinarily as arc throughly pofleficd
t * r "2- E £ , -3- w j t h humour,arc infenfati ejr infant, for it is \ amor infanus^ as the Poet
s RT cals it,befide themfelues 3 & as J hauc proued, no better then beafts, irratio-
* guiquidem nall,vtupid,head ftrong, voideoffeareof God or men, they frequently for*
*x)9rvtrgq s & fwcarethemfeluesjfpendjftcalejcommitincefts, rapes, adulteries, murders,
ITtmnis cfu" depopulate Townes,Cities,Countries,to fatisfic their luft.
mitAtibm invA- f A Diuell t'is 3 and mifchiefe fuch doth workc,
1 As ncuer yet did Pagan, lew, or Turkc.
*Vtm$Mpri- Thcvvarres of Troy may bee a fuffkicnt witneflq and as \^4ppianlib,$.bijl.
dere,fic mam f a j c h o{Antony & Cleopatra^ Their loue brought themfelnes & all ^/Egypt into
wur. A4ml\ extreame andmifcrable cdamitics 7 Xhzt\\d of her is as bitter as wormwood,
dech>M.c.rt. and as (harpc as a two edged fword. Provyf.j.f. Herfeetegoe doxone to d'atb %
\ ^ H . mc ' her fleppes lead on to hell, she is more bitter then death, Ecclef.7. a 8 . and the
tia dftrauo.ct /inner jbali be taken by her.
vonyidcra in- h Q#i m A more pracipitavit, pcitts per it , quam qui faxo falit. * Hcc that
n'frZmlgc. runnes headlong from the top ofarocke 5 is not in lb bad a cafe, as hce that
1 Idem Sav ana- falls into this gulfe of Loue. For hence, faith k Platina.comes Repent anceJ)o*
at*'&c * krtt ta £ e jf Je y I°°fe themfelues. their witsjtnd make jhipwracke of their fortunes at-
VJiidlmfaciii- ff^^Madneflejto make away themfelues &others,violent death.- Prog-
rut 0,-exin.iu- noflicatio eft talisfathGordoniusifi non fuccurrttur ys y aut tn maniam cadunt y
™ n c'ap. de He- aut wriuntur* The Prognostication is, they will either runnc mad.or dye.
For if this pafiion continuc,faith m K/£lian Montaltwjt makes the blood hot,
Htcpafludtt. thicke and blacke, and if the inflammation get into tbc braine y with cont'mnd
*midm U &a. meditation ejr waking 3 it{o dryes it vpjkat madnejfefoSowes^r elfe they make
trabiiUmm away themfelues, t O Coridon,Coridon,^ te dementia cepit}
llfmbmmdt And as Arnold* addcs,it will fpecdily workethefe effeas, ifjtbce notprc-
Utwi, infamam fently helped, They will pine away funnemad^nd dye vpon a fudden. Facile
tarat,vi$ia & f„ e jfa„ f } n ^aniamSmh Falefcut ,quickly m^dde.nif/fkceurraturM good or-
(rebro defidem . . , . „t n ■ •/•••»/ a
exfiecm. dcr be not taken, t Eheu trifle tugum qutjquu amoru habet.
-j- yirg.EgLi. is prim ac nor it fe ptrtjjfe per it.
Ohhcauyyokcofloucwhichwhofobcares,
ftewites mortt Js quite vndone, and that at vnawares.
tffermt. Lan- 5 {h c CO nfeflcd of her felfc in the Poet.
tem aut mmi- — Inftrnmprmfyutm quufenttat t
mn patiuntur. V ix pill interva&o a furore^ abfum
i^allbemadbeforeitbepereeiued,
An haire breadth of fcarcc am I, now diftra&cd.
As
Parc^Scflz. Symptomes of Loue.
As mad as Or Undo far his ^jgr//*r, or »r«f/« for his H*l
Mcmb.i
^tUeruebatquhpedesducebantfurtbundud ' lf f'7
He went he car'd not whithcr.mad he was roiftris 311 thfl<
The crucll God fo tortur'd him, alas. ' S£
Ac the fight ote™ J cannot tell how many ran r mad, *> y her, ranne
* i-Al>usvulnuscelansinfanttpulchrttudinepuelJ* mi f\% . han "
Andwhilfthedothconcealehisgriefe, ' '
Madncfle comes on him like a theefe 1 Ovtd met -' io
Coe to , fo, : examples. Jt is fo well knowne in euety village^ ma- %Z$fc
ny naue either died Jot loue or voluntary made away themfelues.that I need "*
not much labor to proue it.'Ntc mduut refit, mf,mm rtfcrmmorU. SSSS
Death is the common Cattjlrepht to liich perlbns. T«lZ£i
\ Mori mihi coxtingat, non entm ilia. t otkit ad ^""3
Liberie ah vumnufuerit uh patio iftU. JJESS
Would I were dead, for nought God knowes «**>&Jktttm
But death can rid me of thefe woes. Hfiww
Aflbone as Emialus departed from Senes , Lmretia his Paramour neuerloo- \**f«mA.
ked vf.no lefts could exhilarate her fad mmde.no toy a comfort her wounded & cbaKU li * n '
diflre(fedfoule:butal t ttleafierfrefeMckeanddicd. But this is a gentle end,
a natural! dcath,fuch perfons commonly make away them felues; fo did Di- Lstclm ■ Tem +
dofyr*mU$ and ThifbeJMtd**$ Corefus and Callyrboe* Theagines the Philo- \ °tr2'Jd*'
iopher,& many Myriades befides, & fo will cuer doe, putavttfe vide.
■ .\& mihi fort is pJu*&Z m
Eft tmnmjfl & Arnor, dabit hie in vulnera vires* C q ,i 'buSbau
Who cuer heard a itory of more woe, M,&e.
Then that of Juliet and her Borneo. H *
VitterioL lib.2.obferv./.hzth a lamentable narration of a Marchant his Pari- • m<-
ent, 1 that ramng through impatience of Loue t had he not beene watched > would dl f™i$eR™u
euery while haue offered violence to himfelfe. Amatus Lufitanus cent. j . car. $6. flhm dqttiba
hath iuch w another ftory, and Ftlix Platter med.obferv. lib. /. a third of a &c ->
yong * Gentleman that ftudied Phyfick, & for the loue of a Doctors daugh- timcfihbeXi
ter.hauingnohopetocompaiTchisdcfire, poifoned himfelfe YAn°i6i$. «ujmnd.vtr~
A Barber in Fr4/?<r^r/,becaufe his wench was bctroathed to anorher,cuthis JJ^^^b*
owne throat,* At Neeburge the fame yccre,a young man, becaufe hce could & indi «.
»ot get her Parents confcnt,killed his fwect-hcartj & afterward himfelfe,de- ft™"-
firing this of the Magiftrate,as he gaue vp the Ghoft, that they might be bu- l^ZeZ"^'
ried in a grauc, Q*pd% ro ^ jufereH una requiefctt in uwa> & ivgine
which f Gifmunda deilred oiTancredus her father, that (hec might bee in like -^^^
fort buried with Guifardus her Loucr, that fo their bodies might lye toge- interfecit, hoc £
ther in the graue,as their Soulcs wander about * Camos lugentes in the Ely- ™&***pt-
fian fieldes, —quos durus amor crudeli tabe per edit t
dem fepukhrt
in a myrtle groue &myrteacircum feptiri pojjcm.
Sylva tegit: cur a non ipfa in morte rcltncjuunt. \ s'^'^
You haue not yet heard the worft,thcy doc not offer violence to themfclues
in this rage of luft,but vnto others,their ncarcft & dearcft friends, f Cateline 'W?™''^
killed his only fonne for the loue of AureliaOriftilla, quodeius nuptiadvivo '^ J 1 ' '
jilhr ec* fact. * Uodicc the fiftcrof/W//^4W,poifoncd her husband, to \saiy<d.M*x.
428 giuc content co a bafe fellow, whom fhe loued. t Alexander to pktfc Thau
t cwtim lib. 1: a concubine of his fet Perfipolis on fire.. a Nereut wife, a widow and Lady of
]Jdenb °Tur'' At ^ ens S° l tne l° ue °f 2 Venetian Gentleman, betrayed the City, and he for
mii i l b 9 .Nem her fake,murthered his wife 3 the daughter of a Nobleman in Venice, t> cou-
uxor Atbenar* fl xn tinc Dejj>eta,xmde away Catharine his wife, & turned his fonne Michael
b m Nk$oru4 and his other children out of ddoresjfor the Iouc of a bafe Scriuenersdaugh-
Greg.hiftM, ter in Tfojfalonica with, whofe beauty he was enamored. <■ Leucephria be-
^ibelT&Mi- tra y ed the city where (lie dwelt, for her fweet hearts fake,that was in thee-
chaeim fiium nemies Campe. d Pith/dice the Gouernours daughter of Methinia^fofxhc
videre abhonuk j ouc Q f ^£///<f.r 3 betrayed the whole Hand to him,her fathers enemy. € Diog«
r mfu7ptl*w netti * did as much in the City where he dwelt, for the loue of Pol/cr/ta^c,
notarufiU &c Such Atb and Scenes hath this Tragecoracedy of Loue.
c ¥am>eriiui E-
rot.lib.cap.1.
a Idmcap.it. MfiMB. <. SVBSEC. I*
Cubermttm fi'
lia Achilla amo> r . . . . . . , ~ ,
re capta, ciuita-
Care of Loue Melancholy, by Labour pietj>byjuke,papng jfrc
tern predidit.
* idemc*p.9. a though it bee controucrted by fome, whether Loue Melancholy
• v / \ ma y ^ c Cl,rc d 5 becaufe it is fo refiftable & violent a paflion,
u Virg. A JL. * fact Its defcenfus ^Averni^
Sedrevocare gradum y fuperaf^ evaders ad auras 3
JJic labor Jooc opus efl,
yet without queftion, if it bee taken in timejt may be helped, and by many
good remedies amended. Avicenna lib.s.Fen.ixap.2 3,&24.&ts down feucn
good wayesjio w this malady may be eafed 3 altered 5c expelled-S^z/d^W* 9.
principal! obferuations, fafin Pratenjis pveferibes 8 rules befldes Phyficke,
how this paflfion may be tamed, Laurentius ^.m aine iprcccpiSjAwoldus yd*
leriola,Montaltus,Hildifyeim,Langiu$ and others otherwife, all tending to
the fame purpofe.The fumme of which } willbriefly Epitomize^and enlarge
againe vpon occafion^as (hall fceme beft to me,and to mine owne method.
Thefirftruletobcobfcrucd iufubduingthisftubburne and vnbridled pafli-
on,isExcrcifc&Diet, Itis anold&wcllknownefentence,S//^Cfm-£ &
f^imtMa. B * cc b* fiigetVenus^ As an ( idle fedentary life,liberall feedingj are great cau«
S^il. fcsofit/otheoppofitelabourjflcnder&fparingdier, withcontiouallbufi-
neflc 3 are the beft and mod ordinary meancs to preuent it.
Otia fit olios per /ere Cupidinis arte$ s
Contempt ai^ tacent,& fine luce faces.
Take JdleneflTc away, and put to flight
Are Cupids Arts, his torches giue no light*
Minervapianayefi£Xi& the p Mufes were neuer inamorcd, becaufc they
HaS?' WCUCr WCrC *^ C > * Fruftra blanditia appultfu ad has,
Fruflra nequ itU venifis ad has,
Fruflra dclitta sbfidebitU has,
Fruflra has iUecebr* & procaci 'fates,
Etfujptrta^ efcuhj&fufurri)
Ft quifquis mala fan* cor da amantum
Slandis ebria fafcinat venenis,
Jo vaine arc all your flatteries,
ft
Part, $ , Sc&.a. (ure of Loue Melancholy; Memb.,
Invaincarcallyourknaucries, 43?
Delights,dcccipt$,procacities,
5ighes 5 kifles,and confpiracics,*
And what ere is done by Art,
To bewitch a Loucrs heart.
T*is in Vaine to fet vpon thofe that arebufy* Tis SAvannrolas third ruIe.O* -
(apart in multis & mAgnu negotijs. And Avicenna's Precept up. 24.
S Cedit amor rebus jres.Age tutus eris. % ovldM.i.
Tobeebufieftill, andas h <7*M#£r/«* inioynes,about matters ofj great mo- ™>w.
incnt,if it may be. i Magninm addes 3 »<wrr to be idlejout At the bottres offiep. y/Si'
- — 1 k & lli ceri,
Pcfcas Ante diem librum cum\ lumine, ft non *Part.t. c*fa
lntenda<s animum ftudijs^fjr rebm honeflis^ irtetcr*ionm
Jnvtdia i> el Amove mifer torquebere.*— > ' l!a rtt
For if thou do'ft not ply thy booke, TZalt^
By candle-light to ftudy bent, £/>//* t, '
jmploy'd about fomc honeft things ^Tr'ad i<r
"Envy or loue fhall thee torment. tap.\Z.[*pinu-
No better Phvfickc then to be alwayes occupied, ferioufly. intent. Hum Mm
4 . - .\. /" / ■* intent, tempore
1 Cur in penates rarrus tenues ]ubtt l ^ igidu j ne \ tlim
II ac deli cut its eligens peftis domus, l« & nudu
fr&mtfm v»lgm afiam te»et> Jrc.
Why do'ft thou aske poore folkes are often free 3 ieumcnt, f*pwt
And dainty places ftill moleftcd be? Qfaf&T
Becaufe poore people fare courfly , worke hard, goe wollward and bare.
» Guianerius therefore prefcribes his patient to goe with baire-doAth next his nftrtafunt etr-
skinnejo goe b Are* foot eland barelegged in cold weather Jo whip bimfelfe norv m jjg*"
And then as Moukes doe } but aboue alljofaf}. Not with Mutton and pottage, quiietiutUvt-
as many of them faft whatfocucrthey pretend 3 but from all manner of rnear.
Faftine is an aU-fuffiaent remedy of it fclfcs for as la/en Pratenfts holdes.thc urfmitm hlh( ,
bodies offuch persons that feed liberally, &liueatcafe, n Are full of bad fit- rtnt t banc W
ri t s And D*vels,d t ueltfb thoughts, no better Phyfckc -for fuch perfins then to ™EU
M mldiibeim (bicelzxo this of hunger, addes ° often bathes \much exercife t *r«dpuikiii*\
Vndfreat^^ in . jEKfi
deed our Savours Oracle,'* kinde of dtuellunot cafl out but by Fafingand ^ ufm &
Prayer which makes the Fathers fo immoderate in commendation of Fa- cold
ftin^As^^laithP ^mbrofe^Afiendofvi^^
larciuioufneltlbut fulneffe overthrows chafiity &fofereth all manner provo . mm ^ h
J {c u- \u^ui* nn ]uQ\i Hierome zdmfeth thee to take away fomc Mf.13.wduc
^//w.lfthniehorlebetooluKy,/i/^^^ UU1 ^ 1 9 ,L~„„ m oucrhcadsnd
ofhis Prouendcr,by this meanes thofe Panics, HtUr m^nt onus ? & famous carcs in a coU
Anachorites fubdued the lufts ofthe fie(h,by this meanes piUnaumaie hk riuc^c ,
7fTe as he called his ovnebodyjeaue kichng^s q Hterme relates of him in his ^
lichen the diuell tempted him to any fuch foule offence By th.s meanes MM*.
fiT^^ > *cy % vpon the
Ground coucredwithskiimes^sthc^^doconHadder, and dieted ^ ^
tCiesfparinglyofon^ ^W-wouldhaue all young ^
; sttd9faii^t*&faaitort4rt. ^ 1 i men
Part.3. Sc&i. Lout melancholy. MemU 5. Subf.i.
430 men put in pra&ifc 5 and if that will not feme, f Gordoniw would have tbem
'sCMpt.i.partii foundly whipped \or to coole their courage ,kept inprtfon, and there feddewith
IfnwSdi- tread & watcr ? till they acknowledge their crrour, and become of another
refagdietur minde.Jf imprifonment & hunger will not take them downc, according to
fonimdutin direction 0I ~ tnat 1 Tb e b*» Crates, Time mufl weare it out Jf time wilt not,
ctpiat fcaere. the lafi refuge is an halter. But this you wiHfay,is comically fpoken. How-
I* Laertiuttib.6 foeuerFaftingbyallmeancs muft bee ftill vfed j & as they muft refrain from
'temfZllTfo fochmeares formerly mentioned, which caufeVeqery, orprouokeluft 3 fo
diterjempwjin they muft vie an.oppofite diet. u Wine muft bee altogether avoided, of the
™r°£ aqum ' yonger fort.So * Plato prefcribes,& would haue the Magiftraces themfclues
mmsrmri, abftaine from it,for examples fake., highly commending the Carthaginians
f c - for their temperance in this kinde. Women of olde for that caufe,in hot
* l& Uffbas. countr j es were forbid the vfe of it; and young folkes, as Leomcm hath recor-
ded yar. hi fi. It b. cap.% 7. S 2. out oL4^#*0i*andothers,and is ftiil pradiifed
in Italy and fome other Countries of Europc_j&nd Afix , as Claudius Mino'es
.hath well illuftrated in his comment on the 23. Embleme of Aleut . So
choice is to be made of other meats.
Necmtnm erucas apt urn eft v 'it 'are Jalaces,
Et quicquidVeneri corpora no fir a par at.
Eringo's are not good for to be taken,
And alllafciuious meats muft be forfaken.
Thofe oppofite meats which are to he vfed 4 are Covvcumbcrs > MeIlons J Pur«
flan 5 watcr lillies.RuCjWoodbinej Amni, Lcttice, which Lemnim fo much
commends a /^.2.fi/>. 42. and Mizaldus bort, med. to this purpofc. Vitex ,ot
lxlf\^Mirt A g n ™ c *fl M before the reft,which faith * Magninm, hath a wonderfull vcr-
Memvimbx* tue in \t.Thok Athenian women,in their folemne feafts called Thejmopbe*
bet. rieSyWcic to abftaine nine daies from the company of men , during which
time 3 faith tAZlian^hey lai'd a certaine hearbe named Haneafm their beddes,
which alTwaged thofe ardent flames of lone , and freed them from the tor-
ments of that violent paffion. Sec more in Porta JAatthiolwCrefccntiusjliy.
j.drcznd what every Herbalift almoft and Phyfitian hath written {ap.de Sa*
tyriaft ejr Priapifmo , Rhafts amongft the reft. ]n fome cafes againejif they be
1 cam mature much dejected and brought lowe in body,& now ready to defpaire through
fiffaomaf 1 anguifh 5 griefe,and too fcnfible a feeling of their mifery , a cup of wine and
utiiijftmum. full diet is not amifTc,and as Vale feus aduifeth, cum alia hone (la, venerem fape
idemiMrcntM exercendOjWhich Langim epifi.medjib.1jtpijl.24. approues out cf Rhafis, af~
"cip'ij. de ftduationem coitus^nd Guianertm {ccondsyCap.i6.trac?. 16. as a 7 very profi*
morb. cereb. table remedy, ~ * tument ttbi quum inguina/um ft
Ise^TimZ K^ncilla^ut vernaprtjlo eftfentigine rumpi
tentti mens a- Malts ? non ego. 7^_am^ r ejre. _ f la/on Pratenfis ap-
W ° ta fil?m*li P roucs tms counfcll of the Poet^excretio enim aut toUit prorfus ant Unit &gri«
vuwiMd™- tudmenv. And to be drunks too by fits,but this is mad Phy ficke,ifit bee at all
regr'matme do- to be permitted. If not,yet fome plcafure is to be allowed 3 as that which rt-
^7muJcZ m ves f P eaks Animal A louer that hath 44 it were loft himfelfe through
cortvhu, &c. impotencyjmpatierjce } mufl he called home as a traveller by muficke^j ifttftinfa
rer omupuim „ o0 ^ Tpp^^fn^ be to drunkenneffe it felfe , which many fo much commend for
vasnarraiimesy the eafmg ofthe mmde, all ktnde of (ports and merriments ■ , to fee fome pictures,
labtrem ufa *d hangings ^buildings } pleaftnt fields, Or shards ^Gardens fit oues^onds^PooleSy
Parts* S e d.2. Qirt of Lone Melancholy . Memb^.Subf.r
^^^^g^wUng^kiug^untingjto heart merry tales ,&pleafant dif. 451 .
courjevrexdmgjo vfe cxercife till he free at, that new fpirits mayjucceed : or by
Jome other vehement affettion or contrary fafionfo be diuerted till bee be My
warned from anger, (uftition, cares Jeares, ejrc. and habituated into another
courj e. And as this method of Muficke, merriment , Tinging , dancing, doth
augment the paflion in fome Louers.as » ^vicenna notes/o it expdleth it IfuZtfS'
in others,and doth very much good. Thefe things muft bee warily applyed, *W™t
as the parties fymptomcs vary, and as they fhall (tend diverfly affeded. ' J** l * tit " "*
IftherebeanyneedofPhyricke 5 thattnchumoursbealtered 3 oranyncw f"n%^t?
matter aggregated,they muft be cured as melancholy men. Car olw a Lor me m we*taa.
amongft other qucftions 3 difcufled for his degree at Montpelier in Frances,
An Amantes ejr amentes ijfdemremedijs curentur t Whether Lo-
vers and madmen be cured by the fame remedies, he affirmes it, for loue ex-
tended is meere madnefle. Such Phyfickc then as is prefcribed , is either in-
ward or outward,as hath beene formerly handled , in the precedent Partiti-
on in the Cure of Melancholy. b Amatiu Lufitanus cured a young lew that b Cm * cum '
was almoft mad for loue, with the Syrupe of Hel/ebor, and fiicfa other evacu- ll' or afo'&
ations and purges^whteh are vfually prefcribed to blacke choler : c Avicennx i"* ad Mam
confirmcs as much if need require 3 and d bloea 1 letting aboue the reft , which ^^KJ
makes amantes ne fwt amentes. Loners to come to themfclues , andkeepe in im difpefhiou.
their right minds, 'Tis the fame which SchoUSalernitanaJafonVratcnfis^Hil- n ™ tA *
dV/W^&c.prefcribejbloodletting to bevfed as a principal! remedy. Thofe bamifetur.
old Scythians had a tricke to cure all appetite of burning luft, £ by letting the- d **u»tim
felues blood vnder the earcs , and to make both men and women barren, as JJ^/^^*"
SabcHkns\n his Enneades relates ofthem. Which Salmttth Tit, 10. deHorol. venafetiwne&
comment. in Paneirol.de nov. repert. Mercurials van lec. l/b. 1. cap .7. out of (UCkrbl1 ^'
Hippocrates , and Benzo iaith is lull m vie amongit tne Indians , a realon of £$ mt per a**
which Langitis giucs lib.uepift.i 0. nsunde{m}tr
Hucfaciuntmcdicamentaveneremfopientia, vt Camphor -a pudendis aUi- '° fI>
gata,& in bracha geflata( qu'tdam ait )menlbrum ftaccidum reddit, f Labor amt
hoc morbo vtrgo mbilUjui inter cater a prafcripfit medicus y vt laminam plum-
beam multis foramimbus pertufam ad dies viginti portaret in dorfo , ad exic*
candum vero Jperma tufit earn quam parcipnie cibart , & manducare frequen-
ter coriandrum pr£paratum^& femen laclucx ejr acetoft, &fc earn a, morbo li~
beravit. Porro irnpediunt & remittunt coitum folia falicis,trita & epota , &
fi frequcntius vfurpenturipfa in totum aufemnt. Idem prseftat Topatius an-
nulo geftetus^dexterum Iupi tefticulum attritum,& olco vcl aqua rofata ex*
hibitum Veneris tedium inducere knhvt Alexander genediclus ■ lac buturi
commeftum & femen Canabis 3 & Gamphora exhibita idem prcfhnt.-Ver-
bena hcrba geftata libidinem extinguit , pulvis ranse decollate & exiccata?.
Ad extinguendum coitum, vngantur membra genitalia, & rencs, cV pe<5tcn
aqua 5 in qua opium Thebaicum fit dhTokitum, libidini maxime contraria
camphoraeftj&coriandrumficcumfrangit coitum, & eredtionem virgae
impeditjidem eflicit fynapium cbibitum.Drf verbenam inpotu drnoner/getur
verga fix diebus,vtere mentha ficca cum ac etc, genitalia tUinitafucco Hyp fey*
ami ant cicuUjaitus appetitu fedant&c. R femints hcluc.portuhc , coriandri
tn.z ).mextjeficc^ (3 .Jacchari albijf.^\\\).puluerifentur omnia frbtttiterrf*
Vo 'flt*Cmdmi(cc&qH* Netwpharuj.tonfec.filida in morfalit, Exbvfumat
. . hll 2 mage
t Seneca.
Parc.}.Sc£t2. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb. j. Subf.i.
. 43a m*»t vnum qu*m furgAt, Jnnu mcra fere his ftmilia pcusfibHtldijbcmo loco
^txdi^to^MtzAldojPortA caetcrifq;.
Svbsect. 2.
mthfltnei the beginnings ^voidoccafionsjhAngekk place: /aire and
forvle meAncsjontrAry pApon shitty inventions 1 to bring
in Another \and difcornmend the former,
OTher good rules and precepts are cnioyned by our Phyfitians,whicb
if not alone, yet certainely conioyned may doc much. Thc'firftof
which is obfitreprincipi/sjo withftand the beginning , 1 Quifquu /«
lew* midt- primoobfiitit, Pepulit glamor em tutor ac v iclorfui t : hcc that will but refift at
r«, f* cum firil may eafily be a conqueror at the laft , Ualsafar Caflilio lib^i, vrgeth this
fu^uZZ- P refcri Pt aboue the reft,f when befall chancefath hcjto light vpon a woman,
Mam hsbtt, thAt hath good b ehauiour ioyned with her excellent perfion, and Jhaffperceaue bit
tJZJntmi CyC5 > ^ tth 4 kmd€ ofgrHtinffefopvUvnto them thu Image of beauty, and car*
edfe im*ginem V ** ** the heart: and fall obferue himfelfe to bee fomevohat inctndedwith thk
cum Aviditate influence yehich moueth witbtnwben he fait difeerne thofe fubtile fpirits /par-
cmt^&c kU *& '* her e y es S° morefucilto the fire, he^mufi wifely withftand
the beginnings ,rowz,e vp reafon fiuptfiedalmoft/ortifie his heart by alt meanes
And fat vp all thofepa/fagesjby which it may haue entrance, 'Tis a precept
which all concurre vpon,
lib ^ w ** rem ' h Opprime dum noua funt (ubiti mala fimina morbi i
Bum licet jn primo limine fife pedem.
Thyquickcdifeafe,wbilft itisfrclh today,
By all meanes crufh ,thy feet at firft ftep ftay.
^EjitatSyivm Which cannot fpecdier be donc 5 then if he confefie his griefe and paffion to
fomc judicious friend(^»i tacitus ardet rnagis vritur, the more he conceales
the greater is his paine) that by his good aduifc may happily eafe himofa
fuddenjandwithalltoauoidoccafions, or any circumftance that may ag«
grauatc his difeafe. To kcepcout of her company, which Hierome fo much
labours to PauIa^o Nepotian; Cbryfofiome fo much inculcates in fir, in con*
tubern,Cyprian ,*and many other Fathers of the Church. Siracide s in his c.
chapter,/*/** PrAtenfis^AvAnorolA^Arnoldus^Va^erioU ejrc, and cuery Phyfi.
tian that treats of this fubieft. Not only to avoid as k Gregory Thdcffanus
cjToV^l' tx^rtsJifingJalliancesll frceches ,tokens \loue-letl ers and the like, or as Caftj.
md.trt.mirab\ Uolib.4Xo conuerfc with them.hcarc them fpeakc, 1 thofe amiable [miles ad*
^afa'fom* 1 mtrA b[egrAces t AndfweetgeJ}ureSi which their prcfcncc affords: but all talke,
&firiptl'impu- namc,mention,and cogitation ofthem,and ofali other women, pcrfons, or
tlic^iiteray&c. any circumftance,amorousbooke,or tale that may adminiftcr any occafion
Memfbl^g o^ cmcm brancc.f/>r^r forbids young men to read the Canticles & fomc
dedintt, gratia, parts ofGcnefis at other times , but for fuch as arc inamorcd they forbid ,as
fmtMu,ama. before,all namc,mcntion,&c.cfpecially al fight,they mud not fo much as fee
f**v\fiim\V&<. thcm,or looke vpon them.
t . de vit. * Etfugitdre decet fimulachra ejr ptbula amor it %
'*to£< m ?' r - Jbftinerefibiatfcalioconuertercmentem. GizenotonamAtd, faith
* intrttim, SyrAc'ide$Jt*r*$MA]i thine eyes from a bentifull nvomanwver.?. S. auerte 0-
calos
Part.j.Scft.z. Cure of Loue melancholy. Mcmb^.Subfz
*W*/,faith DdMtd , or if thou doc fee them,as Ticixus aduifcth , let not thine 433
tycbcintentMs *dltbidinem , doe not intend her more then the reft; but as
liter ome to Nef9tt*n s **t tepditcr amA s tut aqtitliter igntr*, either fee all
alikc.or let all alone 5 and that is the fafeft courfe , let all alone, fee none of
lanydayes after. IP*
n *fi** "ufapu/HU mtet ,
Vt pent extinclum ctnerem ft fulfhure ttngas wend* luxury
Viuet jfr ex minimo max mas tgnis ertt : ™' Q
Sic mfivitabis quicqutdrenou*bit Awnem, 9 Hetjjttfa-
F Umma re crude feet. qu£m»do nulUfuiU Ut * va * *•
A fickly man a little thing offends, n qMqueparvg
As brim-ftonc doth afire decayed renew, f J> wh&k u-
And make it burne afrc(h,doth loues dead Barnes , StfjjSS
Jfthat the former obieel: itreuicw.
Or as the Poet compares it to embers in afhes, which the wind blowes, ut u **^&t
Cvlct a ventfSj&c.z fcauld head ( as the faying is) is foonc broken, dry wood ? J
foonekindles and when they hauebcene formerly wounded by fight;, how a^eammmm
can they by feeing but bee inQamed ? ifmemw acknowledge* as much of
himfelfc^henhehadbeenelongabfent, and almoft forgotten his miitriile, fdti ll n tm
VatthefirfiJight.fber^fir^r.aM iburned*^ ^^^J^^
did before. 1 Chxriclt* was as much moued at the light ot ner acare 1 n
»^afterhehadbccneagreatftranger. f ^r^in^^fwore fhec do
would neuet loue PmfbiUts againe.and did moderate her paffion,fo Ion g as
hewasabfent-,butthcnexttimehecamein prcfcncc, Che could not contain mgg mmtm
effu/ea^lexaattreclanfefl^
brace him. Hcrmotwus a young man ( m the faid Author ) is ail out as vn- %™
ftaidehee had forgot his mfflris quite, and by his friends was we ,1 weaned tmjbmih*,
fromherlouc.>ifce^
Lluti lucid* flelU ctpit elucere.drc.faec did appeare as a ftarrc, or an Angell , £ ^ ^
this fort For that caufe belike ^to^ fore- knowing this inconvenience rij[au4atmau .
j j ^rrom^bv feeing r rvbenhebeard Darius wfifo much com- dm^tmum
f»e»acaj9T w i i i /_ i „~iG*A rhardiuinefaceof Panthe* to ; .„ ;/ ,_ ^
as Ardjpus
Cyrus} by \
v»willing
Gittyin
tr0 , U / gh . t /
Part«3.Se<a.2. Loue melancholy: Mcmb.5. Subf.z.
434 S un °f Loue f gwt discretion it argues in fuch a man tha t can fo contains
h'tmfclfej?ut when thou art encein loue .to moderate thy [elf e ( as he faith ) it a
fmguUr point of mfedomcj.
* Nam v it are plagas in amor is ne iacemur
* Nm i tA diff n ii e ejlfimm is ft urn retihm ipfis
Exire^ & valtdos Veneris f err urn fere nodos.
To auoide fucb nets is no fuch maftcry,
But tane to efcape is all the victory.
But fbrafmuch as few men are free, fo difcrcet Louers, or that can con-
taine themfelues^and moderate their paffionSjito curbe their fenfes, as not
to fee thcm,not to lookelafciuioufly 5 not to conferre with them , fuch is the
fury ot this head-ftrong pafliori,and their weakneffe fer ox itie ardor a natura
\ mint B.i. infitusjSLs f fte tearmes it,fuch a furious defirc Nature hath infcrib'd_, which
tern™'' C01i ~ ne "^ er reafon,'counfell 3 poucrty, paine, mifery,dmdgery, par tut dolor } &c.
can deterre them from, we muft vfe fome fpeedy meanes to correct and pre.
vent that ? and all other inconvcniences,that come by conference & the like.
The beft,readieft,& futeft way, & which all approue,is Loci mutatio^o fend
them feuerall wayes,that they may neither heart of, nor fee, nor haue op-
portunity to fend to one another againe. Elongatto a patriate SavanaroUs
fourth rule, and Gordoniits precept, dtjlrahatur adlouginqtas regiones, fend
him to trauell. Tis that which allrunnevpon, as fo many hounds with full
* Loci mulatto- cry,pQets,Diuines,Philofophers,PhyGtians 5 ail 5 mulct fatri am^Valefm . x as
a ^ c man ne be cured with change otAkc^Tuffy 4.Tufc. The beft re-
atrandm eft. medy is to get thee gonc.-Iafon Pratenfis^hzix^t aire and foyle 2 L&urtntiu4^
l ap : z1 ' t-L- Fu?e Itttus amarum, Virg. Vtile Hnitimis abflinunjelocis,
jshtiftuis antat, 7 Ovid. / frccul cr tongas car per e perge vim,
loca wtaweent, _ fedfage t ****** er **- Trauelling is an Antidote of loue ,i time
IttimT'dftaZ an( * abfence weare away paine and gricfe , as fire goes out for want of fuell.
deiet. irebcet All which 2 Henfiut merrily inculcates in an Epiftle to his friend Primierw.
frocd btm, pa- pj r ft f a ft jt hen tarry ^thirdly change thy place,fourthly thinkc of an haltar. Jf
fines, oud. change ot place, continuance or time, ablencc will not weare it out with
*pr»xmumcji t hofe precedent remcdies,it will hardly be remoued : but thefe commonly
mmanem^rit arc oHoxce.Fe/ix Plater ohfervMb.i. had a baker to his patienr.almoft mad
9Wonati.& lo- for the loue of his maide,and defperate,by remouing her from him , bee was
2^ c Jt ar ma fliortfpacecured. Ifatss a Philofophcrof'^^r/^jWas a moftdiflblutc
^ajueoeegi j^^^ jjjj youth. pal am lafciutens ,in loue with all he met ; but after heebe-
tooke himfelfc by his friends aduicc to his ttudy, & left womens companies,
hewasfochanged,thathecarednomore for pleas, nor feafts, normaskes,
fine cloathcs,nor no fuch loue-toyes, he became a new man vpon a fudden,
^vntso^bi tAnc L u * m P friores oculos a?n/fiffet/hhh mine * Author) as if hee had loft his
t*m. former eyes. Peter Godefridws in the laft chapter of his third booke, hath a
ftory out of Saint t_Jmbrofe % of a yong man that meeting his old Loue after
long abfencc,on wftom he had extremely doted, would fcarce take notice
of her,flie wondred at it,that he fbould fo lightly efteeme her , called him a-
gainc,and told him who fhe was,£^ fnm intuit, At ego non fum ego\ But hec
replyed,he was not the fame man, loathinghisfolly, and afliamed of that
which formerly he had done, \ Non fnm ftultusut ante iam Near a.
t MMebmn. ptf rdrc b hath fuch another tale of a young gallant, that loued a wench with
one
Parc^Se a^^ Cure of Lone Melancholy. Memb^.SubU
one cye,& for that caufc by his parents was font to traucll into farre Conn- 4, 5
t^y^^rfomeyeeres he returned^nd meeting the maicU for wh^ fa 1 cmtfrt.
xfiMjcnt abroad^ked her how and by what chance ^hee loft her eye? no [aid (he qm tmoi
Jhaueloftnone,butyouhauefoundyours , Signifying thereby that all Louers Z^t
were blind f&Fabius faitn, Amantes de forma indicate nonpojfunt , Louers
cannot iudge of beautie,nor fcarce of any thing clfe, as they will cafily con- tZTv'Z'
fcfle after they rcturncvntothemfclues, by fomedifcontinuance or better "jSl
aduicc, and wonder at their owne foil v,raadne(re 3 'ftupidity, blindneffe,con. am W e * nm w
demne themfelues that cuer they fhould be fo befotted and mifled ; and bee T^ettTL
heartily glad that they haue fo happily efcaped. famvenifii.
If fo be (which is feldomej that change of place will not cffecl this altc- m^SSSi
ration.then other remedies are to bee annexed,faire and foule meanes, as to * nuj».triffc
perfwade,promife,threaten,tcrrifie, or to divert by fome contrary naflion, tU *f!i
rumour,rales,ncwes 3 or iome witty invention,to alter hisafFe6hon, b by feme < Aut^dfn
greater forrowjo dr'tue out the lejfefi'uhGor don/us 5 as that his houfe is on fire, '' r;/ » ' n ' ui '
his beft friends dead,his money ftolne 3 c That he is made fomegrcatGoueruour , \
or hath fome honour t ojf/ce y fome inheritance is befalne him, he ihalbeaKnieht, magnum.
a Baron: or by fomefalfeaccufation , as they doetofuchashauethchickc* t A ,l f cem .
t 11 r • - ■ ' 1 1 n n- Gructucrat in
hope, to make them torget lr. Sunt Hierome lib .2*epijt .1 6 '. to Ruff tens the AmtteiMu,
monke,hath an inftance of a d young man of Greece, that litied in a Monaftc- ? w T:uU ■' t f tm
ryin *y£gypt that by no labour, no continence, no perfwafion couldbe diuetted, ^uu^perfuafione
but at lafl by thu trie he he was deli iter ed. The Abbot fets one of hit convent to fUmrnam pou~
quart ell with him\ And with fome fcandalous reproach or other . to defame him rat f e(l ^ e:mo '
before company, & then to come and complame Jirjtjhcwitncfjes werelikewije trttferuMvit.
fubornedfor the plaint iff e. The yong man wept, and when all were again fl him, l m t? at cu,dm
the Abbot cunningly too'ke his p art. f ft he fhould be ouercome with immoderate^ \%ht$c t omn
grief e : but what neede many words ? by 'this invention hee voas cured, and alie- t<herf*kHur ,/#-
nated from kHprifoaeUiK-tka^ ^p^e^
are very forcible meanes to with draw mens 2ffc€t'\ox\s,contumelia affetli a bundmtu tri-
matores amarc definunt^s Luthn faith,Loucrs reuiled or negle&ed.contem- ftm* ,^^ ?
nedormiibfed.tiirneloue zoh^tc J redeam}non ft me obfecret. lie neuerloue^ Z'Z'ew'cl
thcemore.Efonetllam.quxillumflUtrHejutno'Bf So Zephirus hzxt&Hyacin- ratmtfl t &*
thus becaufe he fcorned him, and preferred his coriuall Apollo ( Pate P h,tus
fabnar.) he will not come againe though hee be invited. Tell him but how tm \
he was fcoffcdatbehindehisbacke, (Yiuhecounfellof^tvV^r ) thathis ; t«m.
loueis falfc 3 &entertainesanother,earesnotforhim, or thatfteisdfoole, x T „\
anaftyqueane 3 aa-.it,afixen,a{cold,adiuell,orwhith Italians commonly .
doe that he or fhe hath fome loathfome filthy difeafc,gout,ftone ftrangury,
fa ''inG fickncfle^ they are hereditary, not to be auoided,hcc is fubic& to a
condnnntion , hath the Poxe, that hee hath three or fourcUncurablc tetters,
iflues: that i nee is bald^her breath ftinkes, (he is mad by inheritance^ lo are
ai i he kinred 5 an haircbraine 5 with many other fecrct mfirmitics,which I wil
net fo much as namc.belonging to women. That he is an Hermaphrodite
an Eunuch , imperfect , impotent, a fpendthrift , a gamcfter , a foole, a guJI,
a beceer a whorcmaftcr,farrc in debt.and not able to maintame her, a com-
mondrunkard.his mother wasawicch,hjsfo^
in his bofome,a fore leg,he is a leper 3 hath fome incurable
furcly beat hcr,he cannot hold his watcr.that he walkes in the nlght,wil llab
Part, j .Se&2. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb^.SubfX.
his bedfellow, tell all his fecrcts in his flcepe, & that no body dare lye with
him 3 his boufe is haunted with fpirits, with fuch fearcfull & tragicall things,
able to auert & terriGeany manor woman liuing. Gor&onius €*f.2o>part.2.
hunc in modum conM\i\P dretur dliqua vetuU turpifiimA ajpefitu, cum turpi
& vM hdbitu:ejr portet fubtm gremittrn pannum menftrstdem y ejr die at quod
AmicA fax fit ebriofa^ & quodmingAt in leclo^ & quod eft epileptica ejr impudi*
quod in eorpore fuo funt exerefcentU ericrmes, cum factor e anbelttm^
alti enormities , qtsibiu vetuU funt edocJt-.fe nolit hu perfudderi t fubtio ex-
trahat g p annum memlrudem for urn facie port Ando, exzhmandofalis eft ami*
% Hypatu A- ca tua,ejr fi ex his non demiferit, non eft homo, fed diab&lus incarnate . idem
^d^kaLmM' ^ Avicenm cap.24.de cura Jliftii, Lib.3 .Fen. 1 .*Xn&.q.narrcnt res immu.
tem.proiam m- das vetuUfx qmbus abomination cm incurrat } & res h fordidas>& hoc afsidn*
liebribu* pamx* ent.ldem<L4rcuUnus cap. 16. in p.Rbafis } ejrc. 1
ZaVT&mvl Withall as they doe difcommcnd the old, for the better effecting a more
infanti .libera- fpccdy alteration,they rauft commend another Paramour^//^^ inducer e^
vit. suicLu & f et bimorher to bewocd, or woe fome other, that (hall bee fairer,ofbet-
^ H Tava%oU tcr note,better fortune,birth 5 parentage,much to be preferred,
veg.s . f Invenies dium ft te hie faftidit Alexis j by this meanes, which
\ Mpfaltfrt. I*fi# Prstenfis wi(heth,to turne the ftreame of affection another way,
mm fi*t in Suecejfore novo truditur omnis Amor* or as Vdcftm advi*
fi*m, adpbres fefa i f u y u j n g to diminifh ir.
upplicet. Hortor & ut pArtter bin as hAben tts arnicas^ &c,
* ovid. If you fufpect to be taken, bee furc, faith the Poet, to haue two miftrcfles at
once, or goe from one to another; or bring him to fome publike fbowes,
playes,meetings,wherc he may fee variety, & hee ftiall likely loathe his firft
choice: carry him but to the next town,yea peradventure to the next houfe,
and as Paw loft Oenones louc by feeing HelenA^c will diflike his former mi-
llibJefalt. ftris. A young man in a Luci/tn was pitifully in loue,he came to the Theater
by chance, tand by feeing other faire obiefts there, mentis fanitAtem rccepit,
* E tbeatro t- was c ccouered, b Andvecnt merrily homers if he bad taken a dramme^j of
pefjui Mam, oblmion. c A moufe /'faith an Apologcr ) was brought vp in a cheft, there
7biiwnTbibiC- ^ ra S racnts °f Drca d and cheefe, thought there could bee no better
f e t.\ nieate,till comming forth at laft, & feeding liberally of other variety of vi-
* mm incfa ands,loathed his former life-moralizcthis fable thy Ccl&.Plato in his fcuenth
^lnqum e booke De legibusfath. a pretty fi&ion of a Citty vnder ground, 41 to which
jgtfc« jhbtm** by little holes, fome fmall ftore of light came, the Inhabitants thought there
neofiodKum cou \$ not be abetter place, & at their firft commins abroad they could not
endure the nght^gerrimejolem mtueri 5 but atter they were accuitomed a
« Depbtxhant 1 j tt j c t0 j Cj e/^ deplored their fellow es mifery that liuedpnder ground. A filly
X™ublenamti Loner is in like ftate,nonc fo faire as his Miftris at firft, hecaxes for none but
m locis vitam her; but after a while when he hath compared her with others,hc abhors her
ru * name,(ight and memory, T'is eenerally true: for as hee obferues, 1 Priorem
jiAmmum novus ignu extrudit,\ & es multorum natura J ut properties rnnxme
ament.Qnc fire'driues out another, and fuch is womens weaknc(Te s that they
loue commonly him that isjprefent. And fo doe many men fas hcconfcfTed)
he loued Amye, till hee faw iFloriat^ and when he faw CynthiA 3 fotgzt them
both; but faire PhillU was incomparably beyond them all, Chris furpafled
her,and yet where he cfpied Amaryllis jht was his fole miftris, O diuiae A>
mArjUii)
Part^.Seft.i. Cure of Lone melancholy, Memb.5.Sub£2^
maryBis i quam procers } quam elegans, quam decens} &c . how loucIv,ho w tall, 437
how comely (he was. (faith Potemius) till he faw another,and then (he was t Arifi**tm
the folefubicdt of his thoughts, * Triton the Sea godfirftiouecU^/W, T^Xnanm
tillhecamcinptefenGeof^//rf»fjfheewas thecommandrefTe ofhis heart duiG^atjttx
till he fawG4/<f^4',but(asfhecomplaincs^ heeloucd another eftfooncs, a- * fcp f!*5*^
nother 3 and another. Tis a thing which by Hieromes report, hambeene v(u- xwJumSi
ally practifed. m Heathen Philofophers driue out one hue with mother , as they mkmotcafk ^
doe apeggeforpinnewithapinne. which thofefeuen Periian?/ irtzes didto Af. Sj^^ a ,6
fuems, that they might requite the defire of Qu;eneV with the hue of o- i , ,i
thers. Paufanias'm E//4c«,faith J rhat therefore one Cupid was painted to co~ vtttrm ^f T ^
tend with another,^ to take the garland from him, becaafe one luiie drities mmJ!>"%-'
out another. n K^ilterius vires fuhtrahit alter amor. feiiire.^ucd&
and Tu/ly 3 .<tar.difputing with C.CW/^makes mention of three feucral A { ^' m p'^,
Cupids z all differing in office. F*Ux Platter in the firfi bookc of his obfertia- Perform fi-
tions 5 boafts how he cured a widower in BaJiljL patient ofhis, by this ftra- c Ji"
tae,eme alone,that doted vpon a poorc fcruant his maidc,when friends^chil- uw^amm taw
dren 3 ooperfuafion could ferue\to alienate bis minde. they motioned him to tenfrent.
another honcft mans daughtef in the townc,whom he loued, & liued with, I v ^ t
Jong after ^abhorring the very name and fight of the firft. After the deathof vubdm,n»f«i*-
Lucretia , Eurialus would asfmtt of no comfort^ till the Emperour Sigifmundc u <™ n ™ m f c ^
married him to a noble Lady of hit Court ^nd J in fljertjpace he was freed] f / r ' \ x duCili
<;.w ..' v pai£uixe t fornic-
fatn vhfvm
S V B J E C T. 3. nulrtmowo c<tti'
vmxit.JEneat
BycoHnfelUndperfwafion.foulnefeoftheficl.mens^pornens ^^&%
fault sjmf tries of managements oflufi.&c. ^
AS there bee manycaufes of this burning luft, or heroicail Louc; fo
tfiere bee many good remedies to cafe and hclpe, amongft which,
eood coimfell and perfwafion , which I fliould hauc handled in the
firft p?acc,arc of a grca: moment ,& not to be omitted. Many arc of opinion,
that in this blind head.ftrongpamon,counfellcan doe no good.
p Qiu enim res in Je>nc% confilium, ne% modum '
Habet.ulio earn conftlio regcre non pst es.
Which thing hath neither ludgment , or an end,
How (bould aduice or counfcll it amend ?
i quis enim modus adfit amor if
But without queftioo ,good couafeU & aduie'e muft needs be of grot force,
% "„ of uthov ty whom the patties doe refpefl or ftand m awe of or from
tnc
iA. f ir t is intcmpc tiue at nrit,ro giuc ^u»»*"» ~> - . :
*™ X n the ehi Wren are in that into* departed: let paffion lutte b*
n. 1 rentswhentn«rcniiar<.u* r . . the muerable e-
Part.3,Sc&.2. Loue melancholy. Memo,; Subi.},
4 j8 ucnts and dangers which will furely happen, the paines of hell, ioyes of Pa«
radife,and the like, which by their prepoftcrous courfes they fhall forfeit or
incurre; and 'tis a fit mcthod,a very good mcanes: for which \ Seneca, faid of
WIJ 1* l + vicCjlfay of loue, Sine magifro dtjitt»r,vix fine magi fit o deferitur,*Tis lcar-
*Lmgovfudi. ned of it fclfe 2 but* hardly left without a lutor. 'Tis not amifTe therefore to
dicmut, bngd haue fome fuch ouerfeer,to expoftulate and (hew them fueh abfurdities, in*
%lndumet' convcn i cnccs 3 im P cr ^ <aions 3 difcontents, as vfually follow ; which their
vamTJpji. blindnc(re 3 furie,madneflc,cannot apply vnto thcmfclucs,or will not apprc-
^.J. 8 « hend.-and good for them to difclofethcmfclues, to giuc care to friendly ad-
monitions.Tcll me fwectheart, ffaith Tryphena, to loue-fickc Charmidesin
t Tm 4 dial t what it is'that troubles thec^peraduenture lean eafe thy mmde.and
meretjmap further thee in thy fuite^j, and fo without queftion jfhec mightjand fo maift
euamitfa td a- t hou,ifthe Patient be capable ofeoodcounfell, and will hearc at leaft what
morem iftum ? /* *j
nmmbii emu- may be laid.
Uro. jf he loue at al^fhe is either an honeft woman or a whore . Jf difhoncft,
mmtLnifiiu- ^ et rca ^ or inculcate to him that 5. of Salomons Prcu. Ecclus.26. Ambrof.
vtntai'u expik- lib. iuap.4 in his booke oiAbel and Cain,Phile Iuddus de mercede meret. Pla*
rl^afeumors- ***** ^' tn A mores,Ef>encAUs$.n& thofe threebookes o(Pet,H<edus de^> con*
^ahwunfdT-' tem t amoribus 3 -y£neas Sylvius tart.f^/^whichhewrittohis friend Nicho-
mrmixybono' las of ^rartburge^hkhhccaWsmedelamillicitiamoris , &c. r Tor what's an
bZtlm"7i!bdi~ wbore^as be faith,but a p'tller of youth* ruine ofmtn y a dc$ruclion^ a deuourer of
unuamorfu, patrimonies ,4 downefallof honour fodder for the diueB, the gate ofdeatbjejr fap-
inferni fuppk- pl ejne nt of hell. * Talis amor ejl laqueus animate, a bitter hony ? fweet poy-
* san»uinem fon,delicate deftruc"tion s a voluntary mifchicfe, commixtum ccenumflerquili~
bomnum for- nium. And as b Pet.Aratines Lucrctia,* notable queane, confeflcthj Glutte-
^cdntemptaiis- ^y a;t g fr i e ^yp r ^ e fi cr ^ e S e ' } theft . /laughter s were all hornet that day that a,
ne idiottx.i*. tv here beganne her profepon :forasfhe follows it, her prides is greater then *
^'"'bfnda'*' T * C ^ c ^ ur ^ eS fi° e ** more enuious then the pox, as malitious as melancholy ^ as ct-
Zl?fei?em,M' vetous as hcL if from the beginning of the world any were mala,pejor.peflima^
te venerium, had in the fuperlatiue degree fit a whore^ how many haue I vndene.caufed to be
9 um2mlm- ™°u»A e< lflMne.OAntonia thou feefi c what I am without , but within God
tmeum, &c knowes y a puddle of iniquity ^a ftnke offtnne i a pocky queane. Let him now that
b vanodidafc. f dotes,medicate on this. Let him fee theeuent & liicccfle of others, Samp'
/^^Mrr^i^/rs-g RT^A^r-^r x,c^'^'«*'^ofc infinite mifchicfes attend it: if fhee be an
perbiaficri'.egti other mans wifeheloues,Yts abominable in the fight of God &men,adul»
deTeTdfemt'a ls exprcfly forbidden in Gods commandement, amortallfmnc, able
fwihquoprinu to endanger his fouIe,and if he be fuch a one as fcarcs God 5 or haue any reli-
meretrix profef gion,he will efchew it,and abhorre the loathfomcnelTe of his own fad. If he
fup7bu"mier ,ouc an honeft maid, tis to abufe or marry her: if to abufe , 'tis fornication, a
quimyuicvn fowlcfac*t. ) and almoft equall to adultery it fclfc. If to marry, let him fcriouf-
ru ^hiUve- con ^ cr wnat * 1C ta ^ cs * n hand,looke before he leape,and examine firft the
SwiwicL partie and condition of his cftate and hers , whether it bee a fit match/or for-
mctntiormtia. tunes,yeares,parcntage,& fuch other circumftances,«*yfr/k* reneris.Whc-
tfmme^m lher h bc likc, X to P rocccd: if not > lct him wifc| y himlclfe ofTat thefirft,
profunda. curb in his inordinate paflion,& moderate his defire , by thinking of fome o-
Cufildli "m. ther ^ u bic6t, diucrt his cogitations. Jfhec bee fickly 3 foft,deformcd 3 Ict him
™MnMt~ thinke of his deformities ? vices,infirmitics •, if in debt, let him ruminate how
t>t* 3 &c. to pay his debtsj if he be in any danger 5 lct him feekc to auoid it 5 if he haue a-
Pares* Se&.i. Cure of Lorn Melancholy. Memb.j.Sul
ny law-fute ? or other bufinefle,hc may doe well to let his loue niatteis alone 43?
and follow it,and labour in his vocation,what cuer it is. But if he cannot fo
cafe himfclfe,yct let hirn wifely premeditate of both their eftates •, If they be
vaeqiuHin yeares jthe young and he old , what an vnfit match mud it needs
be,an vneuen yoakc, how abfurd & vndecent a thingis it,as Lycinus in f Lu> t re m.i. few
clan told TimeUus , foranoid bald crookc-nofed knaue to raarryayounc tu:eahm cum
w*nch,howodiousathingisitco fee an old leather : for a young man to %f!jmZ&e*
marry an old wife for a peecc of good . But put cafe (he bee equall in yeares 3
birth,fortunes,and other qualiticscorrefpondcnt, and hce doth deflrc to bee
coupled in marriage, which is an honourable eftate, but for whatrefpetts?
Her beauty belike,and comelincffc of perfon , that is commonly the maine
obiect, fhe is amoftabfolutcformeinhiscycatleaft,but doc other men af-
firmc as much? or is it an crrour in his iudgement ? Jt may be, to thee thy
felfc vpon a more fcrious examination^ after a little abfence 5 fhe is not fo
faire as (he fecmes. Qntdtim vi&cntur cr nonftmt. Gomp3re her to another
{landing by,* tisatouchftonc to try, conferrehand t o hand, body to bo-
dy ,face to lace.eye to cyc,nofe to nofe,necke to necke, &c. examine euery
partbyitfelte, and then altogether, and tellmee how thoulikeft her. It
may be not {he.that is fo faire, but her coats, or put another in her cloathes,
and fhe will feemc all out as fairejas the « Poet then prefcribes , feparate her « on*
from her cioths.-fuppofe thou faw'ft her in a bafe beggers wecd,or elfe dref-
fed in forac old hirfute attires out of faftiion, fowle lwnen, courfe ray menr,
befmeared wirh foot.colly^erfumed with Opoponax > Sagapentim,A(fa(oe.
tida,or fome fuch filthy ^ummes^durty , about fomc vndecent action or o-
thcr- or in fuch a cafe as | Brafiuol* the Phyfuian found Matat.tfta his pati-
cat aftcra potion of Hclleb;>i,wiiichbe had prefcribed : Mtnitui internm
hfo(m,& *»» vcrfe calum clmito( U fivUirelur Socntuus ,lle Ariflopln-
Jsqui Geometncvfyitr*, in tentmfcrtktns, tdera colore vidch*t*r)*lr*
ei-c all ro be raved,orworfc,ifthou fawft her fifty) Wouldft thou affefi
h. r « thou doft> Suppofs thou fawft her in a " frofty morning, in cold wea- - si fmut dc-
feorl^
hehold She many times that in a compofed looke fcemcs fo amiable &de- , t f „ m ,, ,„,„
litiousjf fhe doc but laugh or fmile.makes an vgly £S2£V
Lwe^paireofvncuenJothfome,rotten,b!acke tech. Shee Lath a blade
k,Ie.Routy legees.a deformed crooked carkafe vnder a fine coat It may
be for aM her coftly tyres fhe is bald, and though £hc feeme lo faire by darke ,
Deioraii. j ; h djft sC ^ fMf;<a ; w bf cr ued in * Am a m *
or by candlchgnt£r a i rre : ob at w> M, n eirc won **} 4- f
^ZZnVLfl Follow my couofell.fee her vndreft.lce her, if it be pofhble, ■
?*v T*Ptim<s CantarideMhe will be loathfome,r.diculous,thou wilt not , 4
3 I'Z her fkht- or fuppofe thou fawft her ficke.palc, in a confumpt.on on ^uta , ;£
h edeaK&e3boiK S) or„
mM^*^*h^i2&± A,ano£ie ftefmellsfweet
Part.3.Se&.2. • Ltue melancholy. Mcmb^. Subf.3.
440 deformed then T^r/i^jand^/^/rdeccafcd asvglyas Marcolphw: thy
f Buchanan louely miftris 3 that was cift t Chirk char tor aftmata oceflk y
BtndctafyL j carcr co t h cc then thine eyc$,oncc ficke or departed 3 is
Vili vilior aflsmata cano y Wcrfc then any dure or dunghill.Her
embraces were not 10 acceptablc 3 as now her lookes be terrible 3 thou hadft
better beholdja Gorgon* head^tben Helenas carcafe.
Some are of opinion 3 that to fee a woman naked is able of it felfc to alter
Tjt&pn his arTcc"tion»and it is worthy ofcofifideration,faith 1 Montaigne the French*
•%>H.sek. man in his E(faycs 5 that the skilfulleft matters of amorous daliances } appoinc
for a remedy of venereou s paflions t a full furuay of the body$which the Post
* Orid. z. rem. j n {i nUatC3t % jRc quodobfianas in aperto cor fore partes
Videratjn curfu qmfuit 3 hafit amor.
The louc flood ftill,that ran in full careire.
When once it faw thofe parts (hould not appearc.
Jt is reported of Seleu:m king of Syria,\\\ix feeing his wife Sratonices balde
pate,as (he was vndrefling her by chance,hc could neuer arTedt her after.
mundus LuHins the PhyGtian , fpying an vlcer or canker in his miftris breft,
whomhefodcarelyloucd, from that day following abhorr'd the lookes of
her. Philip the French K.as Neubrigenfisjib. 4x^.24. relates it, married the
% mm* king of Denmarks daughter * an A after he had v fed her as a w/fe one night \bc-
tumTrtdcefen- ^aufeher breath funkefome fay,or for fome other fecret fault y fent her bade a*
famcepit, prep- gaine. Many fuch matches are made for by refpe<Sts 3 or fome feemely come*
immrltuma linefic, which after hony moones paft, turneto bitterhefie, for burning luft
mdiamtjveJU' is but a tla(h 3 a gunpowder paffion 3 and hatred oft followesin thehigheft
unum fediu- degree,di{iike and contempt. * Cum fe cutis aridalaxat,
iZf^p't Fiuntobfcurideutes ~* whe-n they wax old, and
neuiicitam i & illfauored 3 they may commonly no longer abide them,
mu^mindecc- ' — ~~ iAm S. raH " es * 9 ^"* Dc gonc,they growe ftale,fulfome
um. m e " loathfome,odious,thou art a beaftly filthy queane 5 (l fay) begone.
* Juvenal. Yea but you will inferre 3 your miftris is complcat 3 of a moft abfolutc
forme in all mens opinions,n© exceptions can be taken at her perfon 3 fhce is
the mirror of women for her beauty 3 eomelincfle and pleafant grace.
merade!itia y merilepores 3 fhe is MyrotbetiumVenerk t GratiA-
rum pixu, fhe hath all the VcneresjxA, graces,
mtle faces & mile figure, in each part abfolute and
iLoehem. complcat, f Latagenasjata os rofeum,vaga lumina Uta. to be admi-
red for her perfon 3 a moftincomparable 3 vnmatchablepcicc , nntlifecunda ^a
mcerc quintefccnce.Put cafe (he be,how long will fhe continue?
¥ Smea * F lor em decork ftnguli carpunt dies: Eucry day detracts from
• Seneca 'Hipp, her per fon,and this beauty is honum fragile mccre flafh . * t^nceps forma
b Camemku honum mortalthm exigui donum hreuc temporisjt will not laft. As
failLiuT' thatfayreflowre b o^w, which wee callow* w 3 flourifheth but one
fvkhetim-MfU month,this gratious all-commanding beauty fades in an inftant. Jt is a iewel
l Zm*?^ lt ^ oonc ^°^3 the P a,rj ters Goddeflc,/*//* Veritas 3 a naeerc pi&ure.Frftfw U dc
* lJfpt **' ceitfuSy and beauty is vanity Prou.3 r.^o.
t ternar. b*«- | Vitrea gemmulafluxa^ bullula Candida forma ejf,
*>*fi»* fift./.* Nixfiofa/osjuentHsfumttt & anra, nihil,
A brittle Jcmjbubbkjis beauty pale 3
A
Partj.ScA.2. Cure of Loue Melancholy. Memb.j.Subf 3.
as mutable as a jlowre.andtis not nature fomakes vsjvut m$Jl part the injirmt- XX^ctf
tyofthe bekolder-Jrovaske another ,hc fees no fiich matter. DicmihiperC. a- vayna gee.,™
tias quoits tibi vidctvr>l pray thee tell mc,how thou likeft my fweethe art,as Jfjjjj^
(he asked her fitter in ] Aripnatusjvhom ifo much admire, me thtn^es heeii fuotiin a-
euen the fvpeetefi Gentleman, the prefer eft man that euer I J aw j but I am tn ™ s Jf m ™™
kue } l confejfe^and cannot therefore well iudge_j>. She fufpe&shcr Iudgmenr, omre ru :
as well fhe mi ght,and fo maift thou. But be (he faire indeed, golden haired, B*ickrit*d»
is Anacreon his Bathtllus^o examine particulars; (he haue _
•f Flammeolos'oculos joflatfe lacJecla, or a pure fangumc dibnum.om.^
cor.Dlexio^Uttlemouth^coralllippes.whitetceth, foft&plumpe necke,
body hands,feetc,all faire Sdouely to beholde, compofedoiallgraccs.eic- cmfl , l!u , M .
gances 5 anabfolutc piece,
\ Lumina fint Melita lunoma Jextr* Minerva, JJj
MamiU* Veneris ifuramarithmina'j&a t^-»-^
Let a her head be from Pr W paps out of ^ belly from Fr<*«, backe
from *r<rW, hands out of England, feet from Rhine, buttocks from 5 wt- chemm(6Vult .
vrland, let her haue the Spanish gate, the Venetian tire /r^coplcments
& endowments, j ardefcant lumina ftamm^ m J non uSic
Sudent colla rofas & cedat crtnibm anrum t \^ 9 .
MeUea purfureum lepromant or a rubor em,
Fukeat,eic Venerem calefii corpore vtneat^
+ Idem.
Formi Aetrnm omnU^c. *
kt her be fueh a one throughout^* Lucia, -deciphers in his _^ fpL».^.
/ Z nfold oaintcd renm,Arip»* tu < defenbes £», another HeltntfihA-
. 't r f\l iiill f.ieh a one as Tf*w eaue P/iww^when hee carried her o-
pa„e her fdf eft »ne S ^ M be ljke her and
the /° r h i £ wUt or all theft in one 5 A little 4nefle,afeuet,fo.tt
Jwr^w^^'^l'^Xwotliinme, a violent paff.on.adiftem.
P °3hea t r ffi^V id fffl6
P M « car duels h« vpon a fudden; after (hee hath bcene married a fmall
^ S -'nd the Wacteo* ihath troden on her toe, (bee willbe fo much alte-
X. Lne &c all at laft out of fafhion. Thofe faire fparkhng eyes win %
Part.}. Se&a. Lette melancholy. Mcmb. 5. Subf.j.
^2 lammtm^ASwhenthoufaxoefmeU^
That fauour foone is vanifyed andpafi,
That Rofy blujb Upt in a Lilly vale,
Now is with merphew ouer-grotcne and p die.
T is fo in the reft ^their beauty fades as a tree in winter, which Deianirs hath
elegantly cxpreffed in the Poet,
« Deforme folit ajpicis truncis nemtut
• S mcA aft j. . sj c no jl r a longum form a per cur r ens iter,
Deperdit aliquid femper, ejrfulget minus t
Malify minus cH quicquidin nobis fait,
Olim petitum cecid/t,<& partu labat,
Materfy multum ratuit ex ilia mihi >
t^Etas citato fenior eripuit grade*.
And as a tree that in the grcene woods growes,
With fruite & lcaues ,and in the Summer blowes,
In Winter like a ftockc deformed fhewes: 1
Our beauty takes his race,and iourney goes,
And doth decreafe,and loofe,and come to nought,
Admit'd of old,to this by childbirth brought:
And mother hath bereft me of my grace,
And crooked old age comming on apace*
s Met ttm- To conclude with Chryfoftome, £ when thou fee ft a faire andbeautifuHperfon,
fu^dmbaben- a €ome h woman j^auing bright eyes^a merrie countenance^ (hiningluftre in her
tmocuhm,vHl~ looke,apleafant grace , wringing thy foule,and increafingthy conctipifcence\ he-
u biUri comC- ffj^g w j[h thyfelfe that it is hut earth thou /oue/l, a meere excrement, which
quemUmajpe- f° vtxeth thee } tvhich thoufo admire jl^and thy rag ingfoule. will beat reft. 7 ake_j
Hum & deco- her skinne from her face jtnd thou jbalt fee all Uathfomneffe vnder it/hat beau*
7eZemurmtem *J * s ^ 4 fitperficiall skinne and bones perues^finew es : frppofe herficke, now
mentemtuAm& rivel dfioarie-hcaded, hollow checked, old$ within fbee is fulloffilthiefleawe,
concupifcemim' pnking^putride ^excrement aH ftufj r e :fnot and fneuillin her nofirils, jptttle in
^mmtffeld* ^cr mouth joatcr in her eyes, what filth in her braines^rc. Or take her at beft,
i*od<im*s,& & looke narrowly vpon her in the light,ftand neare her,nearer yetj-and thou
ft7rcus&qtto7 ^ a ^ c P erccuie almoft as much, and loue leflc,as B Cardan well writes, minus
temtl&c cogi- amint,qui acute f/'dfc*?;, though Scaliger deride him for it*Ifhc fee her ncare,
u Warn km ©r looke exa£tly,whofoeuer he is, & according to the true rules of fymme-
rugorZjavT tr * c an( ^ proportion,cxaminc him or her:lfhc be eUgansfornurum fj>sctator 9
genis,<e$roiam: he fhall find many faults in Phyfiognomic,an ill colour ,ill forme, one fide of
tiMpiemeft inc ^ ace l^y digger then the other, crooked nofe, bad eyes, prominent
fitmtk } (iercore: vcines 3 concavitics about the cycSjWrinkleSjpimpels ,red ftreekes, frechonsj
refHta quid w- haires,warts ; neties,inequalties,roughnefrc,icabrecityjpaIenclTe 5 yclIowncSj
ktcmbrmge- anc * as man y colours as are in a Tutkicocks necke ; many indecorums in their
fiat,qum ferdes, other parts,*/? quod deftderes % eft quod amp utes % h\\A t'is true that he faith, 1 ^/-
*tsuh\l i ligMfa confiderAnti raro fades ai/duta^ qua vitio caret, feJdo me fh all yon
* card**?/*!,- find an abfolute face without fault, as jhaue often obferued; nor in the face
tUM.13. alone is this defect or difproportion to be found, but in all the other parts,of
body and mind,Shc is faire indced,but foolifhj pretty, comely and decent,of
a majefticall prefence,but peradventure imperious, vnhoneft/elfewili'drfhc
is rich , hath a fwsctfacc^but bad carriage, no bringing vp, a rude and wan-
toa
Part.^Scd.a. (jure of Lout Melancholy. Memb.5.5ubf.j
ton flurt,a neat body (he hath, but is a nafty qucane other wife, a very Out of 443
abadkinde. As flowrcs in a garden haue colour fomc, but no fmclij others
hauc a fragrant fmcll, but arc vnfeerncly to the eye ; one is vnfauory ro the
taftc as rue,as bitter as wormcwood,& yet a raoft medicinal cordial flowre,
moft acceptable to the ftomackc; fo are men and women 3 one is well quali-
fied J)ut of ill proportion,poore & bafca good eye (he hath .but a bad hand,
a fine leg , bad teeth,a vaft body,&c. Examine all parts of body & mindc, I
aduife thee to enquire of all.Scc her angry jmcrryjaughjWcepc, hote, cold,
ficke/ullcnjdrefled^vndrcfledjin all attires, fues, gefturcs, paffions, care her
mcales,&c.and in fomc of thefe you will furely diflikc; and not her onely let
him obferucjbut her parents, how they carry themfclues; for what deformi-
ties^efetts^ncumbrances of body or mindc be in them at fuch an age, they
will likely be fubicct to,be moleftcd in like manrter,theywil fttrizxre or mx •
trizire .Now when they fhal pcrcciue any fuch obliquity , indeccncy,difpro-
portion^eformity.badconditions^clctthemftillruminatconthat, &as
j H&dus aduifeth out oiOvU^rum mtndat mtcnt^ note their faults, viccsj J^^JJJ"
errors Sahinke of their imperfc&ions, 'tis the next way to diticrt and miti- z«um mmd*
gate Louesfurioushcad.ftrongpaffions, as aPeacockcsfcete, and filthy ■
comb^they fay ,makc her forget her fine feathers,and pride of her tayle. Be- [M f\ llu „ f , ^
fides thefe outward names or open fauks,crrors, there be many inward infir-
mities fecrcr.ard &x.fomc more priuatc(which I Will omitjand fomc more
common to the fexc,in this cafe fit to bee confidcred. Confideratio fzditatis
mulierum,quam immunds funt,quod SavtnaroU proponit rcgula fcptima,
penitiin obfervandum.fc VUtinx dial. Amorisfufipc^^^^ . ^ m m6 ,
ZZc*«mm*&ob&s, wi(hedwithallhisheartheewerehisM»ftr,
Rinr.to heare,embrace/ee & doe I know not what : O thou foolc quoth fruipofj &( ,
theRWifthouwcrftm ° u ZL7 m '> t
cyweaknekmalicV^^
f/m^thor vrzeth rrrv.si.iojrbfMfi*"' ™ rtuom mak ?
ypMtloewhattheyhp .
* Infdu huminigeneru^nenmonu vttd, • mhm .
Exuvu no His, duripm* cur a diet^
Lanterne to A »'< .^* J but ^ euer an y row was found to hght k, pM^m
jig if/iProud^tbMkfitU tni vnkmi, t*&m.
With flint ic bc*rts,»rcUjfc of others mum, /s
Part. j.Se<5t2. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb ySub{ t $
4^ In their owne lufis carried mo ft headlong blind,
But more heerein to Jpeake lam forbidden^
Sometime for fyeakwg truth one may be chidden*
lam not willing,you fee, to profecutethecaufcagainft them, and therefore
t Htr > take heed you miftake me not,f matronam nuUam (go tango ,1 honour the fcx,
with all good men, and as J ought to doe t rathcr then difplcafe them, J will
voluntarily take the oath which Mercurim Britannicus tooke, Wragin. de-
fcr/ptMb.2.fi/.pf. Me nihil unquam mail nobilifsimo fexui^vel verbo>vclfa~
Bo macj)inaturu^&e.\cx.Mantuan i PUtina i Pet.Aretwe ) bL fuch women haters,
beare the blame, if I hauefaid amifTe, I haue not iaid an halfeof that which
might be vrged out of them & others. And that which J haue faid (to /peak
truth ) no mOrecoccrncs the then men, though women be more frequently
named in thisTract- ( to Apologize once for all) I am neither partiallagainft
them,or therefore bitter: what is faid of the one, mutato nomine \ may moll
part be vnderftood of the other.My words are like Pafftu picture inf Lucian y
of whom , when a good-fellow had befpoke an horfe to bee painted
with his heeles vp ward,tumbling on his backe, he made him pafTant ; now
when the fellow came for his piece, he was very angry,and faid, it was quite
oppolite to his mindjbut Pajfas inftantly turning the Picture vpfide downe,
(hewed him his horfe at that fite which he requefted , & fo gaue him fatisfa-
ftion.Jfany man take exception at my words, let him alter the name, readc
him for her,and t'is all one.
But to'my purpofc: If women in generall be fo bad ('and men worfe then
they ) what an hazard is it to marry, where {hall a man finde a good wifc,or a
" , . , „. woman a good husband? Awomanamanmayefchue.butnotawifc.-wed-
ctuxor, &nox ding is vndoing (lome lay J marry ing,marnng: wooing, woing: m avt>ifeis
mfi mailt avel- a feuer heclicke^s Scaliger calls her, and not to be cured but by deaths out of
Men*nder»Athcn*mz^
lnf>elagu5tc taczs negottorum^ — f—
Non Obyumfion tALgaum^ubiex triginta nonfereunt
Tria navigia : ducens uxor em fervatur prorfui nemo .
Thou wadeft into a Sea it felfe of woes,
In LybickezaA v£g<ean each man knowes 5
Of thirty not three fhips are caft away,
But on this rocke not one clcapes, J lay.
The worldly carcs,mifcries,difcontentsJ;that accompany marriage, J pray
you learne of them that haue expcrience,for I haue none ^ many married ire
exelaimcat the mifcries ofit,and rayle at wiues downe right; I ncuer tryed,
but as I heare fome of them fay,
o Marehaudmare,w mare acerrimum. An frith Seais not
<s>Ie J io turbulent and raging as a litigious wile,
* Sem.m Her. * ScylU & charybdU Sicula contoro[uens freta,
Minus eft timenda^nulU non melior fera eft.
Which made the Diucll belike,as moft interpreters hold, when hee had ta-
ken away lobs f>oobs : corporii & fortune ^»j,hcalth,childrcn,friends,to per
fecutc him the morejeaue his wicked wife,as Pineda proues out of Tcrtulli-
An£yprian ^Aaftn£hryfoftome % Profper fiaudent'tmj&c.vt nouumcaUmitatii
indegenm viro exifteret, to vex and gaulo him worfe, as kbowing the condi-
tions
Part.3«St<ft.2. Cure of Loue Melancholy. Memb.5«Subf. 3
lions ofa bad woman. Better dwell with a,T>r agon or a Lion , then keepe houfe 445
with a wtckcdwife. Eccltts 2 s*i abetter dwell tn a wilder nejfe.Pr0v.2r. 1 p. no
wiskedneffe like to ber,Ecclw,2s*22.Sbe makes aforry heart , an beany counte.
nance % a woundedminde jveake handstand feeble knees {ucrf.2$. And yet for all
this weBatchelcrsdcfirctobc married,with that Feflall virgin ,wce long for
it, t F dices nupt£,moriar,niftnnbere dulce eft* Tis the fwecteft thing 1 SaKg :
in the world, J would J had a wife faith he 3 hahho for an husband cries {hee,
and happy arc they that arc fo coupled,wc doe earncftly fceke it , and are ne-
ver well till wee haue efFec"tcd it. But with what fate? like thofe birds in the
•f Embleme,that fedde about a cage, fo long as they could fl ye away at their E *"
pleafurc,liked well of it;but when they were taken and could not get loofe,
though they had the fame meat^pined away for fullcnnetfc , and would not
cat. So we commend marriage, donee mifim liberty
A fpicimut dominant {ed poftquam heu ianua claufa eft ,
Felintm eft quodmelfat. So long as we arc wooers 3 :nay kifle
andkoll at our plcafure,nothing is fo fwcet , we are in hcaucn as wee ihinkc:
but when we are once tied ,and haue loft our liberty, marriage is an hellgi**
me my yellow bofe agatne^ moufe in a trappc hues as mcrily, we arc in a pur-
gatory fo me of vs,if not hell it felfe. DHlcebellttminexfcrtiSy astheproverbe
is tis 6ne talking of warre,and marriage fweet in contemplation , till it beC
tried,& then as warrcs are moftdangcrous,irkfome,euery minute at deaths
dorc!v\toenthofcwUd/r^ £S»T
Henry the fecondf at what time he kept his Chriftmas at Dnbltn ) and had ta-
ftcd of his Princelike cheere,exquifite wines,damty fare, had feene his ? maf- J<™«£
fic plate of filuer, gold, inamel'd, bcfctwithlewcls, golden candleitickes, v <fa,uta>fr
goodly rich hangings, braue furniture . heard hUTn«*pets found Fifes ^ =
Dr u mmes,and his exquifitc mufickc in all kindes : When they had obferued ^ bucmg ,
his maicfticall prefence as he fate in SffiS?
&c in his rovall feat .the poore men were fo amafed , inamorcd , and taken
u T „S that thev were pertsft demeftici &pnfltmtyrotarubi p ^^JSSm,
anfa^
forthwith i who but E»M , but when they had now mbrmt- ^ vdl
P , rhe lours vvhen we fee & behold thofc gaudy (hewes that women make,
Batchclcurs wncn w dancc,&c.wc arc taken with dumbc
^^^ h ^^^^. But when wefeelcthcmifcries, cares,
Aiewcs 5 and would tame be ^ rrlca afv cry om u ]cn g lh
jonartcsvtputo malt primus fat. ^TrandateJ
iFoulc fall him brought the fecond match to pane* by my brother
The firft Iwifhno harmc,poorc man alas, MT«
He knewe not what he did,nor what it was.
Part3.Se&2. Loue melancholy. Mcrab.j.SubCj.
446 the firft time he muft doe as he may,bcarc it out fomctimcs by the head and
a Gmefm de {houlders 3 and let his ocxt neighbour ride,orclfcrunneaway 3 or as that qjp-
^B«chcl2i 7 ' racuftan in a tcmpcft 3 when all ponderous things were to be exonerated out
alwaies arc of the (hiptfuia ma ximum pondtss trifling his wife into the Sea. But this J
the braveft con feft c j s Comically fpoken,* and fo I pray you take it. Jn fobcr fadncfl'e,
fcdkc cSty marriage is a bondagc,a thraldome,a yoke, an hindcrance to all good enter-
in memory prifes,a flop to all preferments^ rockc on which many are faued, many im«
not in poftc pingc anJ arc caft awa y ;noc t h at the thing is cuill in it kKc or troublcfomc,
* hm In fyci- but full of all contentment and happiaefle , one of the three things which
m dot* ewe pi ca f c God,* when a man and his wife agree together ; An honorable & hap-
s
yj^e^t vx. py eftate 3 who kno wes it no t? Jf they be fober,wifc,honeft,as the Poet infer
mml'item at- j $t commodos nancifcantur amores,
fjtatidoiorm. Nullum its abcfl voluptatiseenm.
I Empides Ifhtly match d be man and wik,
Andrmub. No plcafurcs wanting to their life.
But to vndifcreet fenfuall perfons.that as brutes arc wholy led by fenfe, it is
a ferallplague,many times an hell it felfe^and can giuc little or no content,
being that they are often fo irregular and prodigious in their lufts,fo diuerfc
( JE&tu Vertu in their affc&ions. Pxtr nomen dignitatis non voluntatis ^ hefaidjawifeis
Zuku^^' 2 namc °^ h° nour ' noc ofpleafurc , flic is fit to bcarc the office, goucrne a fa*
mily.to bring vp children , fit atbords end and carue , as fomc carnall men
thinke and fay; they bad rather goc to the ftewes , or haue now and then a
fnatch as they can come by it, borrow of their neighbours, then haue wiues
of their ownc. Except they may,as fome Princes and great men doc , kcepc
as many Gurtifans as they will themfclucs., fly out Impune^
Permslere vxores alienate or that poligamy of Turks >
t®wdlieetit. of /r//bdiuorcemcnt wcrcmvfc.-butasitis, "tishardand giucsnotthat fa-
gZiufn tft. tisfa&ion to thcfc carnall men 3 beaftly men as too many arc , f what ftill the
for wrfc 'for k me? t0 ^ c ' to one s DC ^ c ncucr *° faire,ncuer fo vertuous, is a thing
richer 1 " for " they may not endure. Say thy pleafurc and counterfeit as thou wilt,as P Par*
pooret , in nseno told Thau, Ne£ tu vno eru content a^ one man will ncuer pleafc thee.
fnhcaith &/ Nor onc woman man y men; ^ uc as q ?An replied to bis father Mercury t v?hc
tis durm fermo he asked whether he were married? Nequaquam pater, amator enim fum i ejre.
to a fenfuall yyj father, nSyl am a louer ftill^and cannot be contented with one woman y Pytki-
™Ttr aei.j. asficcho^Manades, and I koowc not how many befides, were his Miftrifles,
sc \.Emucb. he might not abide marriage. Varietas deleclat 3 'tis loathfomc and tedious.
I t c Tl m s one Aulas he faid oUherm*.
+neq, turn vni •> . , . _ rr . ....
«/>f ud rem ha* f Vnut Ibertn* vtr fuJJiCttilCJHS rllutt
here ttnt cm** Extorquebu t vt ba>c ecub content a Jit vno.
tiwvtnsi. >Tis one man will feruc her by her will,
As foone Hide haue one eye as onc man (till. As capable of
anyimprcflion is materia prima itfclfc, that ftilldcfircs new formes, like the
Sea their affections ebbe and flowe. Husband is a cloake for fome to hide
their villany; once married flic may 6y out at her plcafurc,the name ofHuf-
band is a fan&uary to make all good.Eo vent um( faith Seneca)vt nulla vtrum
haheat,nifi vtirritet adulterum. They arc right and ftraight, as true Troians
as minehoftes daughter , that5/4»//]bwenchin u ^r/^,asgood wiuesas
Mejfalma. And many men ace as conftant in their choice , and as good huf-
bands
Pare. $.Sc& z, . Cure of Lone Melancholy. Mcmb.5 Subl.i
bands as AV* himfelfc , they mufthaue their plealure ofallthcv fee. Being 447
that men and women arc fo irre!igious,depraued by nature , fb wandring in
their afiec"tions,fo bruti(h,fo fubiecl: to di{agreement,lb vnobferuant of ma-
nage rites,wha: (hall J fay? If thou beeft fucn a one j or thou light on fuch a
wifc,what concord can there be,what hope of agreement ? As the Reed and
Feme in the r Embleme auerle & oppofite inxiature 3 ' tis twenty to one thou ' Cimm - 2i *
Wilt not marry to tny contentment.
f Nee integrum vnquam tranfigts Utns dienn ■ Simnidt: '
If he or fhee be fuch a one,
Ihouhadft much better be alone.
Iffhe be barren 5 (he is not-- &c. j ifhehaue* children, and thy ftate bee not * children
good 3 though thou be wary and circumfpe£t 5 thy charge will vndoe thee } n - kc miffbr-
fecttnda domum tibi prole graunbit, thou wilt not be a- ^r" 1 .^
ble tobiin^t' emvp,y andwbat gretier mifery can there bee^j jhen to beget iHe*fmtpi(t.
'ihildrenJowhom thou canjl leaue no other inheritance but hunger and tbtrft: *^*»».«M
To turne them vp to die wide woi!d,to (Shift for themfelues. No plague like p^gTSom
to want: and when thou haft good meanes,and art very carclul of their edu- *lqm mkiUx
cation,thcy will not be riiled.~Ihinkebut ot that old proucibc , ifa* JJJ,
«a'ptfi« Heroum jilij ^x^great mens fonnes feldome do well , O vtintm &ut uftfpaftmm
c<elebs manftffem Ant ptolccarercm*Anguflm exclaimes \\\Sueton:m.Iicob had * Jjjjj:
his Ruben ^Simeon and Leuv.Dduid an Ammon^w Abjalon, ^W.^,vvi fern ens c «wncLia.
fonnes arc commonly foolec,inforauch that Spartian concludes, Kcmmcm f U(U r Mm
frofe magnorum virorum optimum & vtilca reliqufff'filntm ; y They had w f i!C hbail *
beene much better tohaucbecncchildlefTe. Tistoo common in the middle Weftfe.
fort, Thy forme's a drunkard.a gameftcr,a fpendthnU,thy daughter a foole.a JSSSSf'
whote thy feruants lazy drones and tlr:cues,thy neighbours duiclls 5 thev wil tofsf nmm
make thee weary of thy life, f if thy wife befroward, if fie may not haue^ her ffijffc
wttjhcu had/? better to be buried al/ue fie wi/lbec^fo 'inpatient, notbingbut mpacnla m 0i
tempers aU it m an -vproare. If fhe be folt or fooliih, thou hadft better haue a f^***f»:
b!ocke,niee will feme thee,and reveale thy fecrcts: if wife,and learned,wcl ™^ZZ
qua'ihcd there is as much danger on the other (\6c,mul/erem dofiam ducert_j pcfhia, &c.
periculofi(fimumfo\\\\ Neuifanmjhz will be too infolent and pecuifh,
' b Malo Fenufmam quam tf Cornelia mater. 1 ake heed j jM nc , lm aal [
be a Out,thou wilt loath her; ifprowd tWbeggcr thec ffced' fiend thy pa -
trimony in babies ,all Arabia will notferue to perfume her W,fau h Lucian: If ™ -
f ure and wantorsftieel* make the a Cornuto; if deformed, (he will paint . f // , K /w,r,f*«»
her face be filthy b) nature^ ****** by art ^ * fi£L?*
Jvthuh who can endure* ] f (h« doe not patnt^c will looke io ftkhily,thou f Uerr & quii
i canrt not loue her,that will peradvtnture ^tetto^g; ^^UUa
j.b-fochzcsofCMfimiriti, c t hatheewasvnchaft,becaufehis wite^/^ ^
r' Amhta QtHc*n,U*fcrAueoimfei*FK h deformed. Jf (hee. bee « Suht ^
ifaricha wi dow,^
f^rhldtoherotherchildre ^^^^/^/^'f^^^W
^.SdswiiS sess
/
Part]. Se&*. Lone melancholy. Mcmb. 5. Subf.j.
448 thee out of houfe and hoine,(he will be fo proud /o high minded jfo irapcri*
o tI s t ( nihil ejl magu intolerable Dittos)
*sittoja*erH, thou (halt be as the Taffell of a goflc-hauke , « foe rvtll ride vpon thee y dcmi m
wperiofomti- neere M jy e /^ >wcarc t he breeches, and begger thee befides. Vxor es divitcs
qSre"conabi- fervittttem exigunt 3 as Seneca hits i\\tm( declimMb t2 .dec lam. 6 )Dctem azcepi,
tin. Petrarch. i m p er ium perdidi. They will haue foueraignry, they will hauc attendance,
nourrfhTcr they will doe what they lift. f Jn taking a dowre)hou loofeft thy liberty, ha.
husband,{hee zardeft thine eftate. H* funt at ^alid mult a in magnu dotibus .
h angry an Incommoditates,/ umptufr^ intolerabdesj&c.
fun of rTpro'h with m any fuch 1 inconvenienccs,take her at beft, fhee is a commanding fcr-
E«/w,i5 14. uant , thou hadft better haue taken a good hufwifely maidcin her fmocke.
mtenno'ome^ Since thcn thcre is fuch haxard,ifthou be wife 3 kecp thy fclfe as thou art/tis
good to match^much better to be tree,
\vlautu* mil \procreareliberos lepidifsimum,
gtor.a£i. 3. fa. Hercle verb liber urn ejfejd multo eji lepidim )
art thouyong } then match not yet; ifold,match not at ali }
Vis invents nuberel mndum venit tempus 7
Ingravefcente at ate iam temptis prxterijt.
and withall confider how free, how happy, how fecure, how heauenly,in
refpeft, a fingle man is s how merrily he liues,he hath no man to care for but
him{elfe,none to plcafe, no charge, none to controle him, is tied to no refi-
dence, no cure to ferue, may goc and come, when, whither, liue where hee
will,his owne mafter, and doe what he will himfelfe. Confider of the excel-
lency of Virgins ,z>/>g<7 caelum meruit, virginity is a precious lewell, a faire
t'vapbne in garland,a neuer-fading flowre, h for why was Daphne turned to a grecne Bay
laarum fempe r tree,but to (hew that virginity is immortall? a fine picture , as * Bonaventme
mnaUm foet ea ^ s " ,a bleflTed thing in it felfe,& if you wil bdeue a Papift,meritorious.Co-
JOrumparatZ flder laft of all thefe commodious prerogatiues a Bacheler hath, how well
vhpnibmpudi. j s e fteemed,ho w hartily welcome to all his friends^w^ mentttis obfequi-
ammjeruM' ^jsTertu/lian obfaues 3 with what counterfeit curtefies they* will adore
j Diet&luua? hira 3 follow him,prcfent him with gifts,// cannot be be/eeued((z\th Amm't*
}eitmin^ Anm ^ lt ^ w ^ at humble [eruice he [ball be yvorjhipped , how lou ed and refpect-
precy gemmajt ed: if he want childrenf and haue racanes)^ fhall be often inuited , attended on
ficiurafpeciofd. Primes ^andhaue aduocates to plead his caufe for nothings as P Plutarch ads.
K nbfqulmmdl wilt thoinhenbe reuerenced 3 and hadineilimation?
verfttate colon- dominus tamen ejr dominirex
MerlT"'^* S * tH vis f er *> ttbiparuulus aula,
v nunc di/ ad Luferit i&neas 3 nec fiiia dtdcior ilia ?
ccenn-n inuitant Jucundum & charum flerilis facit vxor amku.
mTIw^rat' ^ l,c an »g lc man.marry not,andthou fhalc foone perccaue how thofe ta-
rn gratis patro- redtpatrefioi fo they were called of oktywill feeke after thee , bribe and flat-
ditantur. iib.de ter t j icc f or tny f ai ior,to be thine heire ot executor : L^runtim and Atertus^
*\Amd.\\. t1n °fe k. mo us P ari ^ tcs thiskinde, as Tacitus and 4 Seneca haue recorded,
1 6- de bene* fhill not goe beyond them. Pertplettomenes that good pcrfbnat old man,
fiexap.tf. delitium (enis.weW vndcrftood this in Plautus , for when Pleuftdes exhorted
him to marry that hee rriight haucchildren ofhisownc,he readily replied in
this fort 3 Quando habeo multos cognatos^ quid opus mihijit liberisi
T^unc bene viuo & fortunate^tfy animo vt lubet.
MeA
\
l'artg. Sefl.2. Curt of lone Mel ancholy. Memb^.Subf.j
Me a bona mek morte cognatU dicam interpartiant. 449
W apud mt ednntjne curant^vifunt^ukm agamic quid velim,
Qui mihi mittunt munera^dprandium adc&nam vacant
CertAttm dona mittunt. Ego mecum muf?ito,&c.
W.hilft I hauekinne,what need J brats to hauc ?
Now J Hue well 3 and as I will, moftbraue.
And when I dye my goods He giue away,
To them that doe invite me cucry day,
That vifiee me,and fend me pretty toyes,
And ftriue who fhall doe me moft currefies.
This refpecT: thou (halt haue in like manner lining as hcedid, aflnglcman^
but if thou marry once,befides a Myrriadc of cares and troubles , al! gifts &c
inuitations ceafc,no frend wif cfteeme thee.] f this which 1 hauc faid wil not
fuffice,fee more mLemnius ltb.4xap.13.de occult. nat. mir. Efpenfeus de conti-
nent ia Jib. 6 .cap.S.Kornman de virgimtate flat in tin ^imor.dial.Praclici arm
fis amandi,Barbarus dere vxoria. <^4rnifaus in folit.caf^. and hee that is tn*
far omnium 3 Nev ij anus the Lawyer,^/*/* nuptial, almoft in eucry page,
*
Svbsect. 4.
Philters ^Magicall and Pceticall cures.
Here perfwafions and other remedies will not take place, many
fly to vnlawfull mcanes.Philters, Amulets, Magicke fpells,Liga-
riircs.Charafter.sCharmeSjWhich as a wound with the fpearc of
jichi ". s s ) ffo made and caufed, mud fo be cured. If made by Spells and Phil-
tei sXaith ^/^4% 7 itm"ftbcfoeafedby Chandlers, Mar.l1L2.cap.2SMA .
•■ bv Incantations, Jj^m%
- li-ihfotiiC examples offuch ashauc beenefo magically caufed, and magi- cantamenterm
call v aircd.and bywitchcraft/o faith BaptiJt.Codr nchusJib. 3 cap.6. de mor. ^J^%
ven. Malleus mailt f cap. 6* Tis not permitted to be done, ] confeflc, yet often njgM re?ert )
attemp:edTrcmoreinW>w/^.i-^.//.^/^^^^ w ^^ P er p ^ tra » m»
Velw 7om.2ML^fl.j.fecl.jJtfq^ c. po. reckons ff™™ u
vpmanymagneticallmedicines,as to pifle through a ring, &c. Mtzaldus, txmithis yfa
cent 3 3o.B*Ptil!aPortaJafonPratcnfts,Lobeliuspag^ »»P* :et '
fcr ibc many abfurd remedies .Radix mandragor* ebibit*, Annuli ex vnguhs
afini Srcrciisamarsfob ccruicalpofnu,i!lanefcicntc&c.quum odorefoedi-
ratis Ventit amor foluitur.No<5tu* ouum abftemios facit comeftum ; cx con-
fi'io /,r/^/W^gymnofophifta, apud PbUoflratumUb^S^m ama- J™
£ - bibimsomncmamorisfenfum to\\it,FauJltntm,mrci Aurelu\xotcm f hyd(0?ti &0 .
piadiatorisamorecapcamjtapcnitusconfilio^^^^
\l ms c*i»tolinus. Our old Poets and phantafticall writers haue many tabu- ^
Inns remedies for fuch as are Ioueficke,as that of ProtifiUmiomhzxn Phtlc- &**»?<£
SXe of the rare vetn.es of that Arm* telleth him that Prctf*>« al-
r Nnn 3 W1
Parti}* Scd.i. Loue melancMy. Mcmb.5, SubCj
450 of which Strabo writes 5 G>0£.//£./0.not farrefrom S c M*ures fiith Sands /i£>,
/.From which rocke if any Loner flung himfelfe downe headlong , hcc was
inftantly cured. r<?»*/ after the death of ^<?#// 5 whcntfie could take no reft
csailtm f or ^ oue > t CumvefanafuastorrerctflammAmeduHas^ came to the
\cat m. Templeofy^^toknowwhatfliefhoulddoctobeeafedofhcrpaine: A-
pofti few her toLeucata Petrajjvheie (he precipitated her felfcyand was forth-
with frced 3 and when (he would needs know of him a rcafon oHt 5 he told her
« gmm Jam- againc,that he had often obferued ^Inptter when he was enamored on
™upter\mp' tnitner S° e to ca ^ e and wa ^ hirofelfcj and after him druers others. Cephalus
tenter jibifelilm for the loue of ProteUpegonetm daughter leapt downe heere, that Lefb'tan
kvariy&c. Sappho for PkaottyOn whom fhe miferably doted,
t Mmvder. f Cupidinis tftro percita e fummo pr<eceps ruit.
hoping thus to'eafe her felfe 3 and to be freed of her loue pangs,
• Ovid, ep.u. H/f f e Deucalion Pyrrh* fuccenfm amorce
Merfit^ ilkfo corporeprefsit aquas 3
Nec mora^fugit amorce
Hither Veucalion came 3 when/ , /rr^'jIoue
Tormented hiin,& leapt down to the Sea,
And had no harme at alljbut by and by
« , • His loue was eone.and chafed quite away.
quos amor u- Tnis medicine Ioj.Scaiiger lpcakcs oi,\^sujomarum Udionum 1/b.iQ.Salmutz,
theseiimfu t^is } n pancirol.de j.mundi mirac.&t other writers. Pliny reports, thatamongft
*pofiitJemln- tne ty^**»there is a Well confecrated to Cupid 3 of which ifany Louer taft 3
ciifixbat,hn'm his paffion is mitigated: And '^dmbonyVerdurius ./mag. deorum^de Cupid,
Jlama Vcmm faith,that amoneft the Ancients there was P Amor Letbes. hee tooke bnmin?
vifebatHr, quo torches \jind extinguished them tn the r merits itatua was to be Jeene m the^j
mmm conflu- f <mple o/Venus Elufina, of which Ovid makes mention, and faith, that all
temmmde™ Leuers °f ^ we?it thither en pilgrimage % that would bee rid of their loue pangs,
fonerevoiebant. Paufaaias \n\Phocicis 5 fpeakes of a Temple dedicated Veneriin [pelunca^o
t tib.to. Vota. yenus in the vauk,at Naupaftmin Achaia(now Lepanto)\w which all widows
mtveSt;*' that would haue fecond husbands,made their fupplications to the goddeffej
decaaftu fedim- & all manner of fuites concerning Louers were commenced , & their gric-
foZ\ V tffiliai' uanccs helped. The fame Author in Lsfchaicis, tells as much of the riuer Se*
tern* del mp~ nelus in Greece 3 if any Louer walhed himfelfe in it , by a fecret vcrtuc of that
tiasexpofcant. \yater,hc was healed of Loues torments,
t T^od'gmui X^morisvulnusidemqmfanatfacit. which if it be
antjett. lib. 16. fo,that water as he holds isomni auropreciofior frettcr then any gold, Where
"eimn C omni none °f a ^ tnc ^ e remedies will take place,! know no other, but that all Lo-
tmore libera, uers muft make an head,& rebcll.as they did in q Aufen/utfind crucifie Cupid
I cupido cruci . t jj| he g rant fair rcqueft,or fatisfic their defires.
fixutjepiduitt a x j
fHma.
T
Svbs&c* 5.
The lafi and beji cute of Loue Melancholy ^ ii y To let
them haue their Defire.
He laft refuge and furcft rcmcdie, to bee put in [pra&ife in the vtmoft
place 3 when no other meancs will take effect, is to let them goe toge-
ther,and enioy one ano thcrj poUftima cur a eft ut heros amafia fua poti-
atur >
rart.*'Sca ^ 0™°f Lone Melancholy. Mcmb^.SSTj
wraith Guianerimcap.T S . trail.i S . ^fulapius himfelfc to this maladv 777~
*r*/fr)thcn thataLouerhauehisdefire. n J irZSrf?
Et par iter torulo bini iungantur inuno,
Etpulchra detur Anea^Lauinia * ow*.
And let them both be joyncd in a bed,
And let vAneas fairc Lauinta wed.
Tis the fpedal! cure.and if it be pomble,fo let it be/ ArcuUnm holdes it the 1 F **>t*s p*tU'
fpcedieft and the beft cure/is Savanarolas laft precept ,a principall infallible ? r ■«
remedy,the laft, fole and fafeft refuge. * P s P P
/ >/* jt* r« »o/?r^ extinguereflamma, *»
nivepngUcitt Jed fates ignepart. \*£"tt
Julian alone can quench my defire »n
With neither ice nor fnow 5 but with likefirc. Ijetrni* ca-
When you haue all done,(ai th c Avicennajhere is no Jpeedier or fafer eoarfe, 1 cap. dt mjhic
then to ioyne the parties together according to the it de fires and wtfres^ the cw Non ™"**r
pmeandfirmeojloue, and Jo voce hauefeenc him quickly rejhred to his former Zn' n fZ*fxi$.
hea!th t that was languifred away to skwnc and bones , after hit defircwtufa-
ttsfiedjois d/j content ceafed, and we thought it flrangejur opinion is therefore^ ^.fc^^
that tn fuch cafes Nature is to be obeyed. Areteris an old Author, lib. j. cap.j. ic^&fjclidh
hath an inftanceofa young man , u when no other meanes could prcuailc, mM <>dt*™tn
was fo fpeedily relieued. What rcmainesthen but to ioinc them in marriage? ^ TmrTu
Yea but hie labor Jjqc optis, thiscannot conveniently be done,by rcafon of are/ad oum,
many and fcnerall impediments. Sometimes both parties themfelues arc ^^J^
not agreed ,Parcnts 5 Tntors,Mafters > Gardians,wil not giue confcnt;Lawes,
Cuftomes,Statutcshindcr:poucrty,fuper{tition,fearcand fufpition: many "J^f^'
men dote on one woman, femel& fimul y ("he dotes as much on him, or the, qnen i im ex *.
and in modefty muft nor 3 cannot, dare not make it knowne, fhew her affecti- mwi nfoadiB-
on.or fpcake her mind. And hard is the choice ( as it is in Euphues ) when one is %fffi™™ 9
compelled either by ftleme to dyewithgriefc, or by {puking to Hue with frame.
Jn this cafe almoft was that faire Lady Ehzabctb,Edwardi\\t ^ his daugh- ft,tu '™fy
tcr,when fhe was enamor'd on Henry the 7* h 3 that noble young Prince, and iM "^;} % .
new fainted King,whcn fhec brake forth into that paflionatefpecch,tO/^^ dim.
I were worthy of that comely Prince, but my father being dead,! want friendes
to motion fuch a mtittcr % what frail if ayi lam all alone , and dare not open my
mind to any. what if 1 acquaint my mother with it ? bafrfulncffe^ for bids.
whatiffoneofthcLordslaudacitywants: Othat I might but confer re with
bim,perhap$ in difcourje I might let flip fuch a vaord that might dif comer mine
Intention How many modeft maids may this coccrnc J am a poore feruanr,
what (hall J doe? I am a fatherlefle child , & want meanes; fame they would
fccannot wooc, make fute, with many fuch lets and inconveniences 3 which
I know not ,what (hall we doe in fuch a cafe? Some arc fo curious m this be-
halfc as thole old Romanes, our modernc Venetians, Dutch and French, that
if two parties dearely loucy the one noble 3 the other ignoble, they may not
by their Lawes match,though equall otherwife in yeares, fortunes, educati-
on and all good affection. In Germany except they can prone their gentility
bv their defcents, they fcorne to match with them. A noble man rouft marry
a y n^
Part,} .Scd.2. Lone Melancholy. Mcmb. ^Subf. 5 ,
45a man,a Gcntlemans,as flatters fort their (lattes,doe they degrees & families.
If (he be neuer fo rich, fair c,well qualified othcrwife, they wil make him for-
fakc hcr.The Spaniards abhorre all widowes, The T ftrkes repute them old
womcn,'tf paft fiue and twenty; But thefe arc too fcuere Lawes,& {hid Cu-
fkomcs^dandum aliquid amort, wc are all the fonncs oiAdam^ 'tis oppofite
to Nature,it ought not to be fo. Againc, he loucs her moft impotcntly,{hc
loues not him,& fo e contra, Cupid hath two darts, one to force loue/all of
• ov\d.Met.i. goi^ t hat (harpe, a quod fait auratum eft: another blunt, of
Leade,& that to hinder, fugat hoc, fait ttlud amor em. This wee fee
b Paitfanixs too often verified in our common experience. b Chore fus dearely loued that
vtdaftmlU Virgin Caftyrhoejout the more he loued hcr,thc more (he hated him. Oenone
chaii'rboenvir- loued P^ra , but he reiedtedhcr, they are ftirTe of all fides, asifBcaurvwere
piemj & qua*- therefore created to vndoe,or be vndonc. I giue her all attendance,all obfer-
w/rt'iit " ancc (* s hc coplaincs in the c Egloguejl lament & figh,& make my moanc
er, tantintat to hcr,but (he is hard as flint —- . — cautibm Jfmarijsimmotior>
t*etif\mm-a flic will not re fpc& 5 D^#/w tibifum,ot he arc me,-— /W/ iHavocanUm
«o euu amort L~>i i t -r * Ait r-
aHewr, 7{Jl law y mas mtf erata meas^ml flex* quereto.
c EYafnw Egl. What (hall I doe? / wooed her as ayong man jbould doe,
Cdatca - £utSirfbefaid,llouenotyou.
I fend prcfents, but they aretefufed.
«t jriyg ^ Rujltcm eft Coridon^necmuner a curat Alexis.
• Utchm. J proteft, J fweare,l weepc, *odiofcrependitamores^
Irrifu lachrymal ■ fhee neglects me for all this ? (hec
ftoutesrae,(hee hates mee. And us moft true, many Gentlewomen are fo
nice^hcy fcornc all fuitcrs, crucific their poorc Paramours, & thinke no bo-
dy good enough for them,as dainty to pleafe as Daphnehcrklfe,
\Qvtt.Mtt.u \Multi iHampetiere jllaa/pernatapetentes ,
2{Jc quid Hymen ^quid amor, quid fint connubia curat,
Many did wooc her,but (he fcorn'd them ftill,
And faid (he would not marry by her will.
One while they will not marry, as they fay at leaft ( when as they intend nop
thing leflc) another while not yet, when tis their only defire, they raucvpo
it.She will marry at laft,but not him: he is a proper man indeed ,& well qua-
lified,buthe wants raeancs; another of her fuitcrs hath good meanes,but he
wants witj one is too old,another too yong,too deformed, th'ey like not his
carriage: a third to o loofcly giuen, he is rich,but bafe borne . fhee will be a
Gentlewoman^ Lady,as her fifter is 3 as her mother is, (hec is all out as faire,
as well brought vp,hath as good a porti'5, & (he lookes for as good a match
as Matt Ida or Derinda^ if not. (he is refolued as yet to tarry. In the meanc
ume.quot tor fit amantes ,one fuitcrpines away.languiftieth in loue,ra*r/ quot
• t de**Qt c0 & t: ant >thcr fighes and gr ieues, (he cares not ; and which * Stroma
obic^ccJcoo/r/4^,
Nec magis Eur tali gem'ttu , lacrymify woverit,
Quam prece turban fteclitur or a j alt*
Tu mvenem^qu$ non formojior alter in urbe t
Spernitidr infanocogu amore mori.
Is no more mou'd with tho fc fad fighes and tearcs,
Of her fwect-heart^hen raging Sea with prayers:
Thou
Part.}.Sc<ft.i» Cure of Loue mclancbofy. Memb^.Subf^.
Thou fcorn'ft the fairefli youth in all our Cit ty, 453
And mak'ft him almoft mad for louc to dye.
They take a pride to prankc vp themfelues,to »akc yong men enamored^ to
dote on them,& to runne mad far their fakes,
. \fed nullis ille movetur I yhgj.x.t.
rletibuv, &ut voces uQm traclabitu Audit.
whilejl niggardly their fauoun they difcouer }
They hue to be beloud t yet Jcornc the Loiter.
All fitte & feruicc is too little for them^prcfents too bafe: As At&hnta they
mud be ouer-runne,or not wonne.Many young men are as obftinatc,and as
curious in their choice.as tyrannically proud, infulting.deceicfull/alfe hear-
ted,as irrefragable & pecuifh on the other fide, NArcijfas like,
* Multi ilium IwvcnesjnultApetiercpuclla,
Sed fuit in t ever a Urn dirafuperbia for mi, * Mittmnh*
Wjilli ilium luveMcsjHtll* petiere puelU.
Young men and maides did to him fuc,
But in his youth fo proudjfo coy was hcc 3
Young men and maides bade him aduc.
Escbf wept & wooed him by all mcanes aboue thejreft,but he wasobflinatc,
Ante nit ernorhr quam fit t 'tbi copU nofri,
he would rather dye then giueconfent. So many Louers doe holdout fo
longdating on them felucs.ftand in their own light,till in the end they come
to be fcorncdand reiec*tcd J as Strozts Gargil/an* was,
Te iuvenes, te odere fenes .defer ta% Ungues,
Qutfuerts procerus publico, curd prius.
Both yong & old do hate thee fcorned now,
That once was all their ioy and comfort too .
aSiV^f/^washirafelfc, —>vohodeftifingf*A»j
Dyed ere be could enioy the hue of tny. a nd to bee con-
temncd thcmfelucs of othcrs 5 as he was of his fhadow.Yct this is a common
humor,and will not be lcft,and cannot be helped. t
t Htnc volo qu/t non vultj&tm qux vnlt cg$ nolo,
Vincere vultunimos, non fttiare Veniu.
J lone a maid,{he loucs me not: full fainc
She would haue me,but I not her againe;
So Louc to crucify mens foulcs is bent,
Butfcldomcdothitplcafcorgiuecontent.
Their louc danceth in a ring,and Cupid hunts them roune I about.be dotcs,ts
doted on acaine, VHm%petitpetiturp*ritet%ACcendtt&*rdet
and their loue cannot befeconciled : oftentimes too they may and will not,
Z their ownc foolifti proceeding that m arres all , they omit opoftunmcs,
ofcuU qui fimp fit fltcthty ncgled the vfuall mcanes and times.
Hetb2tvpilLnotrvhenhemay y
When he wllbcfrttlbiue nay: they lookc to be ■wooed K
Wht after and fued too.But moft part they will ,and cannot.eithcr or the
SnS
^^rinpaUalikc^ndvvherconcalonerauftlpceiwhat fliall become
Ooo
Parcj.Sc&z. Loue melancholy. Mcmb. j. Subf.5«
454 company of futers,yet all miffed of their futc. In fuch cafes he or they mult
wifely & warily vnwinde thcmfclues, vnfettle his arfc&ion s by thofc rules a-
bouc prefcribed,diucrthiscogitations,orelsbraueIybearc it out,as Turnm
did,7#* fit Lavinia conwx,whcn he could not get her/ with a kind of&croi-
call fcornc he bid v&neas take her,or with a milder farewell,lct her goe,
— -Et VbiHida Joins habeto, tajic'her to you,God giue you ioy Sir.
Many fuch inconveniences, lets and hinderances there are , which croffc
their proiec*ts,& crucify poore Louers,which fometimes may Sometimes a-
gaine cannot bcefo eafilyremoued . but put cafe they bee reconciled all,
helped hitherto, fuppofe thisloue or good likiug be betwixt two alone, and
both parties were pleafed, mututfs amor^ mutuallloue and great affedion,
their parents, gardians,tutors,cannot agree, all is dafhed, the match is vne-
quailjonc rich,another pootc,durus pater,an hard hearted, vnnaturallja co-
uetous father will not marry his fonne, except he haue fo much mony, nor
ioyne his daughrer in marriage, to fauc her dowry, or for that hec cannot
fpare them for their feruicc they doc him,or that he wants meanes to fet hec
out,he hath no mony,fhe muft and fhall tarry. Many flacke and careleffe Pa-
rcnts,meafurc their childrens affections by their owne ; they are now cold &
decrepit thcmfclucs,paft all fuch youthfull conceits, and they will therefore
1 Ttr ' ftarue their childrens Genius J iHiconafcifenes^vj muft not marry ^ecear»
participes ejfe return qttas fecum fert adolefccntia : as he laid in the C omcedy,
they will ftifle naturc,thcir yong bloods muft not participat of youthful plea
{ures,btit be as they are thefelues,oid vpon a fudde. And f is a general fault a-
mogft moil parents in beftowing of their childre, the father wholly refpe<5ts
wealth, when through his own folly,riot,indilcreti6, he hath embeazlcd his
i eftate,to recouerhimfelfo, he confines and proftitutes his eldeft fonncs loue
and affection to fome deformed pcece for mony,ifhe looke or hope to inhe«
H^Uuambt n * s l an( k)he fh a ll marry, not when or whom hec loucs,but whom his fa-
bunt pneUam thcrcommands,whcn and where hee likes 5 his aftcclion muft dance atten-
putU* urtame dance.Now the mother refpe&s good kindred, moft part the fonne a pro-
VtmU P er woman. As z Liuy relates dec. i Jib. 4. a Gentleman & a Yeoman wood
a Gen. z6. { a wench in fow* (contrary to that ftatutc that the gentry and commonalty
ve^IiiteTti mu ^ not marcn to g etncr ^ the matter wascontroue'rtcd. TheGentleman
muikr em duett wa $ ptcferred by the mothers voice , qiM%HamJplendidiJ%mis nuptijs iungi
obpuicbritKdi' puellam vo/ebat: the ouerfeers ftood for him that was moft worth,&c. But
t A kg parents ought not tobefo drift in this behalfe,Beauty is a dowry of it felfe
txvfu'reipub. all fu flic ient, a Rabe/iwas fo married by laceh^n^Bonauenture in4.fent. de-
tfivt tn mpim ntes ffat jy e j" much as veniafly finnesjhat marries a maid for comclineJfc_j of
^!m7^a- p^fi^^/ewes 9 Deut%2r.ji. ifthcyfaw amongftthe captiuesabeautifull
tem fugant^ vvoman,fomc fmall circumftances obferued , might take her to wife. They
diviwm men- (^ 0[l \^ not j, e t00 f cuerc j n tnat kindc, efpecially if there bee no fuch vrgent
* p'hiiofir.epift. occafion 3 or grieuous impediment. Tis good for a commonwealth \ ?Ut$
V'^dV*"™ holds^hatmthelrconirz&s young menfhould neither auoid the_j affinity »f
^tmptiw&A- foorefolkcsjrfeeke after r/^.Poucrty and bafe parentage may be fufficient-
ieftiortibivide- Jy rccompenced by many other good qualities,modefty, venue, religion, &
d»feft^L7t § 00 ^ bringing vp * / ampoorej confeffejbut am I therefore contemptible , and
*jh4, Hercules an abieel? Loue it felfe is nakedstheGizcQs^the Starrcs,4»d Hercules cUdina
ttm™** L * om skinne. Giue fomething to vercuejloue^ifdome/auour, beauty, per-
fon
their d De re pub. cap.
•ericttjerum
Part.5. Sed.2. Curt of Lone Melancholy. Memtvj.Subl^
fon.be not all for mony. Betides you muftconfidcr that Amor cogi non potefi 45 5
Louc cannot be compelled,they mull affect as they may : Fatum ejl in parti- '
bus illti Qvas finus abjcondit i as the faying is 3 marriage and hanging goes by
deftiny,matches are made inheaucn.
It lies not in our power to loue or hate,
For wtUinvs ucverrul'dbyfate.
A feruant maid in \ Arify&netm loucd her miftris Minion , which when her * U
Dame perceaiied ; /«r^/4 &mttlationejxi a icalous humour thee dragged her
about the houfc by the haire of the head, and vexed her fore. 1 he wench cri-
ed out, * O miftris , fortune bath made my body your feruant. but not my feute, * ^^;<4 '- f7:, m '
a rr n- r tr 1 1 « V . , it ' (tun fion mm-
Anecuons are tree,not to be'eommanded. Moreouer it maybe to remains tm t7 , n ^ :x .
their ambition,pride,andcouetoufnetTe,to correct thofc hereditary difeafes « [mum
ofa family,God in his iuftiudgcmentalfignes and permits fnch matches to n""
be made. For I am of Plato and d iodines mindc, that Families haue their d De
bounds and periods as well as kingdomes ? beyond which for extent or com:-
nuance they (hall not excecde fix or fcuen hundred y cares, as they there illu-
ftrateby many examples,and which Peucer and \ Melaacthon approuc^buc \c<mu*cm.
in a perpetuall tenorfas we fee by many pedegrees of Kr.tf its, Gentlemen, c, f " n -
Yeomen jcontinuc as they began , for many defcents with little alteration.
Howfoeucr lec them,]- fay 5 giue fomething to youth, to !cuc, they muft not
thinke that they can fancy whom they appoint. « Amor cnim non tmperttur, , M „ pm ^
ajfeclus liber fiquis alius & vices ex>gens,this is a free paflion,as Pliny faid in
aPanc^yrickeofhis,and may not be forced, it requires mutuallloue, a core-
foondeiicy.Andconfiderwithalhhcmiferics of enforced marriages , take
* pittyvponyouth; and fuchabouc the reft as haue ^daughters to beHowe,
muft be very carefull and prouident to marry them in due time, Firgtnesc
nim tempepuc locand^s Lemnius admoniaieth,//7v./.^/.^.Virgin5 muft be fwj*m.»J.
prouided for in feafon,to preucne many difeafcs,and other wconueniencesj ™*9**
and for athing that I knowe befides , they perchance will marry thcmiclues
elfc or doe worfe.y Neuifiws the Lawyer doe not impofe, they may doe
it bv ri"ht- for as he proues out of Curtms^nt forae other Civilians , Sylud
n»lliL*»m*r. S o, % A mtidpaj! 2 s year es of age , again ft her parents cogent
may marry fuch a one *s is vnworthy of her, and infer tour to her, & her fa, her u q ^ ^
bv law mud be compelled to giue her a competent dowry. Fonf they tarry Ion- ******
SSarcpaftdatc, and no body will refpecl them A woman with vsm
it dvtfihh \ Aretines LucretU)** yeares of age,« old already ja(l the bef. , *f gmtd ca „ gru t
Wen ' h Ouam modo mfcentera rutilus conjpexit Lous, ms , + 1limmn .
' Banc rediens fero vejfere vidit anum. vetuU cfi &
She that was erft a maidas frcfli as May, f ^
T s nowanoldCrone,timefoftealesaway. ^,,4.
Let them take time then while they may, make aduantage of youth , and as ^ ,
he prefcribes, CoUige virgo rofds dumflos novas <y nouapubes,
r Etmemorejlotuum fu proper are tuum.
Faire maid goe gather Rofes in thy prime,
And thinke that as a flowre fo goes on time.
Let'saHIoiie^
fitforloue mattcrs^wMctime tocs.For ? ^
iucM<
- *
Part.j, Sed.2. Loue melancholy* Mcmfa.j Subi$
a^S P Sole s occidere ejr retire pofjnnt ,
f Catullus. Nobis cum femeloccidit brents lux,
i Trmflatcd Nox eft perpetm vna dormienda,
by M. B.iobit~ q S unties that fet may rife againe y
fa Bat if once we loofe this light ;
' T/s with vs perpetual! night.
Volat irreuocabile tempus ,timc paft cannot be rccal'd. But wee need no fuch
exhortatioD,we are all commonly too forward, yet if there be an cfcapc 5 and
allbcnotasitfhould, as Diogenes ftroke the father when thefonnefwore,
becaufe he raught him no better: if a maid or young man mifcarry , J thinkc
their parents oftentimcs 5 Guardians 3 Overfeers 3 Gouernours 5 are in as much
fault ,and ought as fcuerely to be punilhed as their childrcn 5 in prouiding for
them no fooner.
Now for thofe that haue free liberty to beftow themfelues ; I could wi(h
that good counfeil of the Gornicall old man were put in pradtife,
* viiaim , * Opulent tores pauper iornm i>t filial
In dot At as ducant 'vxores domum.
Et mult o fie t ciuttas concordior 3
Et tmiidia nos minor e vtemur^quam Wtmsw.
That rich men would marry poore maidens fome.
And that without dowry , and fo bring them home.
So would much concord be in our citty,
Lefle envy fhouid we haue/nuth more piety.
If they would care lefle for wealrh 5 we fhouid haue much more content and
quietnefle in a commonwealth. Beauty 5 good bringing vp,, mee thinkes, is a
fufficicnt portion of it felfc,and he doth well that will accept of fuch a wife.
f spi(i.ii.iib.z Eubulides in P Arifianetus married a poore mans child, in piety of her eftatc,
™%Z%Z aml chat q uic ^y- Aontius comming to Delos , to facrifice to Diana , fell in
utm t & \ub\to loue with Cydippe a noble laffe,and wanting meanes to get her loue, flung a
demxuit , ex golden apple into her lap, with this infeription vpon it ,
dm Zfk. lur ° tibifane per myjliea facra Diana,
Me fibi venturum comitem, fponfum^futurum.
J fweare by all the rites of Diana,
Jle' come and be thy husband if I may.
Shec confidered of it,and vpon fome fmall enquiry ofhis pcrfon and eftate,
was married vnto him. Blcfled is the wooing,
That is not long a doing,
As the faying is, when the parties are fufficiently known to each other,what
needs fuch fcrupulofity, fo many circumftanccs f doft thou knoweher con-
ditios, her bringing vp 3 like her pcrfon,Iet her meanes be what they wil.takc
q yir^fcn, her without any more adoc. <l Dido and tineas were accidentally driuen by
^ a ftorme both into one caue 3 they made a match vpon it jifthouloueftthe
party 5 doe as much.good education and beauty is a competent dowry ,ftand
not vpon mony. Leontius a Philofophcr of Athens , had a faire daughter Gal-
s' m"!/'^' ^ Athenaisjnulto corpora lepore acVenere, ( faith mine author ) of a comely
stuk'seafi? carriagejhe gauc her no portion ,but her bringing vp>occutto forma prafagio y
w/uj. ouioffomcfecret fore-knowledge of her fortune 3 beftowing that litrlc
which he had amongft his other children. But (he thus qualified, was pre-
ferred
Parc.g.Se&i. Cure of Loue Melanclwly. Mcmb.5.Subi.5
ferred by Tome friends ro Confantincple to ferue Tulcberix the Empcrours 45 5
lifter 3 of whom (be wasbaptized and called Eudwii. Theodefhu the Empe-
rour in fhort fpacc fooke notice of her excellent beauty and good parts>and
a little after, vpon his filters fole commendation made her his wife : 'Twas
nobly done of Theodofitu. f Rodophe was the fayrcft Lady in her dayes in all *\
^^^(bc went to wafhher,andbychance (her maids meanc while look- &mhmJ,i^
inghutcarelefly tohercloathes J an Eagle ftolc away one ot her fhooes^and Ci ?-y> c **i&-
laid it in Pfammetichm the king oi*J£gypt$ hp at Memphis, He wondred at ^ jj^.
the excellency efthefhooe and pretty foot,but more AquiUf&cfum , at the wm k mt,
manner of the bringing of it: 5c caufed forthwith proclamation to be made, JJJ^J
that Irtc that owned that fhooefliould come prefently to his Court, thee /Egy/««i Vr
came and was forthwith married to the Icing. I fay this was heroically done, * S ^JJJ*
and like a Prince: J commend him for it ? and all fuch as haue meanes s that "J^r 'Xt , e •
will either doc as hec did themfelues, or fo for loue, &c. marry their ch;l mi fciwm-
dren. Jfhe be richjet him take fuch a one as wants, if fheehauc fortunes of J^JJ^
her owne,lethcr make a man. * I but in this yron age of ours wee rei'pect ri-
ches alonc 3 couetouuieife and filthy lucre marrcs all good matches , io louc
isbanifhed,andvvef:clcthcimartofitinthecnd. But J am too lauifh per-
adventure in this fubiect.
Another let or hinderance is ftriot and feuere difcipline,!awcs & rigorous
cuftomes that forbid men to marry at fome fct times,and in lome places: As
IVntifcs Scriiants^ollegiatsabresofliucsi^coppyholds.orinfomebare
inferiouroffices, » lint in fuch citefotiri n,n he laid. They fee i£Jj» £
but as priibners through a gratc^hey may couct and eaten , but as TiaMm ?da wlk ^
mr*,&cX\\t\i loue is !oh\and in vainc in fuch an eftatc to attempt^ Or* <£ ^
They may indeed J deny not, marry if they will, and haue nee choice fomc
of dim; but in the mear.e time their cafe is defperat, up»m*«sbwtc»emt %
theyihoM a woolfe by the eares; they mutt either burne or fame. '1 is Cor-
nuulm fokifmafrtd to rcfolue, if they marry they loneit tneir eftates , they
are vndone and ftaruethemfelues through beggcry and warn; if they doe
not marry,in this heroicall paflion thev furioufly rage , and ^mented
torncin pccccs by their predominate affections. Eucry man hath not he
lift of continence* , better it is to marry then burne, for tneir foulcs health,
and diuert the ftreame of this fiery torrent, to continue as they are, rcu .a ^ ^
ti<fied and with Iipthes daughter to bewaile their virginities. ot bcc
fuch a s liu to r ligious orders ;but farre more tyrannical! and much worfc.
nnr ftdc 'but their order and vow checkes them o«thc other.
cestheyheape&
Tarn fuS^ fuch raft vowes,and inhumane manner of life proa d m
I nconueniences,manydif^
Ovid 1. vies
ecu-
iMtrcnmlifdc
Part.3.Sed.2. Loue melancholy.] Mcmb.5. Subf.5 ,
458 t «*,that which Vlricm writes in one of his Epiftlcs 3 m that Pope Gregory when
m MemtrMU he fa wtioo. skulls And hones of Infants ta ken out of a fijbpond neere a Tannery,
pijhlTrefartf' f ^ ev pon retracted that decree ofPrtefts marriages jvbtch was tht^j caafe of
Cregomm qu» fuch ajlaughter \vpas much grieued at it and p urged himfelfe by repent mce^j.
ex ptfam 'qua- £ cac j fuch.and then aske what is to be donei Is this vow to bee broke
dam allzti pita 1 . / . ., , ;
g«N»/?x w/fc or not ? No,iaith Beuarmtnejap.3 8. Lib.de Monacb. melius ejt JcorUrt ejr- vri,
infantum capi- q m?n de veto cdibatm ad nuptias tranfire 5 better burne or fly out then to
w^&S- breakethy vow. And Cofter in his Enchirid.de c *\ih at. facer dot um^ faith
tumdc cxhbaiu i t.is abfolutcly grauim peccatum^ n a greater finne for a Priejl to marry J hen to
umam csA* £ Concubine at home. Gregory de Valence jap. 6. de ^//^/.maintaincs as
ITidigno \Std mueh 3 as.thofe Ejfei and Montanifis of old. Jnfomuch that many Votaries,
pmttmi* fm< out of a falfe periwafion of merit and holinefle in this kinde, will foonerdye
%!Zx:fomi &cn marry ,though it be to the fauingof their liues. ° Anno 1419. Pius 2.
Mutt pari.*, Popc^/ames &^Jfo Nephew to thekingof/^r/T/g^., and now elect Arch-
d \rhtwn ^' ^^ 10 P °^ Li*hone,being very ficke at Florence^ when his Phyfttians told hiw y
K'Simbat, qtti that his dtfeafe was fuchjte muft either lye with a wench jnarryjr dye^ cheere-
ft dm cuitcfibi- f u ![y c hofe to ^.Now they commend him for it.But S c Paul teacheth othcr-
•%ttf«/7« ci. wik, better marry then burne 3 and Cyprian Epijl. 8 .boldly denounceth, Adul-
casnifu lib. de terum efijmpittm eft facrilegum efl } quodcu»fy humano furore ftatmtur , vt di-
ge^pantifutm. fh r ltl0 ciiuina violetur. It is abominablejmpious.adulterous , and facrileci-
P Cum media J£ ' . , jj» t L - r • rr *~ 1
fuaiereKtvtaM ous , what men make and ordeinc alter their owne runes to crone Gods
mberet,ara coi- lawes, Itis an vnnaturall and impious thing to barre men of this Chriftian
S3 Ubert y> tQ0 fe««e and inhumane an did.
fo(fe,mortevt
pntia intrepi'
dui expetiauit, %\ )t IfctlC ReDbjeft \>mz t&ett ClCCttOtl ,
t . c&ep flpe 31 fato ano togetbec ojone ,
chmm flow - SH&ereas bem lift,abouc entttron
cr of cuwGe. 8s tljep of fetnuc Ijattc inclination,
Siid as nature 3imp?efle anD %me,
©feuet'P tiling lift to$?ouuje,
^ut man a!onc,aIas t&e &arn Sono ,
3f all cruelty bp. Rtnos o?Dtnance
ConftratneD ts?,anD bp ftatutes 'botfmr,
ano bebarreo from all fuel? pleafance;
SBbat meanctb tfcte, tufeac is t^ts pretence
£)fIaU)es, 31 UJts.agatnft all rtg^t of fembe
CHit^ont a caufe,fo natron) mm to binoe.
Many Lay men repine ftill at Priefts^marriages abotie the reft, and notat
Clcargy men only 3 but all of the meaner fort and condition 3 they would
tiwd "butSic ^ aue nouc marr y ^ ut ^ uc ' 1 as arc r ^ c ^ an( ^ a ^ c zo mamta i nc wiucs , becaufe
neflV which their parifh belike (ball be peftered with Orphans, and the world fullofbcg-
caufcth beg- gcrs: but P thefe are (hallow politicians, they doe not 1 confider that a great
I Or to fct P arc °^ tnc w °rld is not yet inhabited as it ought , how many Colonies into
them a work, AmericajVerra ^uftralis incognita ^4 frica may bee fent ?Tnofe politique
* nd b fomc h£ R * mins were °^ anolncr mmc * ) tne y thought their Citty & Country could
tonefttrades, neuerbc too populous. r i^uguftfisCd-far made an Oration in Rome adctli*
r v'm.cajfit* bes,to perfwadc them to marry , fome countries compelled them to marry
Part.?.Se6U. fy 7e f Louc Melan cho ty. Mcmb.5.Subf. 5
of old.as f Iewes ^Turkes^ndian^Chmefe, amongftd^ft^hcfc daycs, T^T
who much worker at our difciplinc to Merfo many idleperfonstoliu'cin <s«d».
Monaltcrics, often marvell how they can Hue honcft. 1 3
n the Ifl 5 * of Ait ^ ux ^ ar ^ its '
ragnan^ Gouernour and petty King there did wonder at the Frenchmen* *'cZe AM.
admire how fo many Friers, and the reft of their company could hue with-
out wiues, they thought it a thing vnpoflible, and would not bclecuc it. If ^'0^
thefc men ftiould but Survey our multitudes of religious houfes, obferuc ■ WeVi^-
our numbers ol Monafteries all ouct Europe, 18 Nunneries in Padua \v\Ve- ntn ' An »* 61 *
nice 3 i.Cioifters of Monkes, 2 8.ofNunnes,&c. exvngu^leonem^usio
this proportion,inall other Prouinces & Cities,what would they think.doe
they liue honeft? Let them diflemble as they will, I am oiTertuUigns mind,
thatfew can containe but by compulfion.* C chafity ( faith he) thou art a * x#a
rare Godde/le in the world.not fo eafily got feldome com innate: Thou mr.ijl now f l tu . ei ° cb "
& then be compel" d either for defect of nature jr ifdifcipline perfwade, decrees rH^cc fadli'
enforce-. Or forjfome fuch by refpe&s.want of mcanes, rafn vowes 5 &c. But Wf&wm
can he willingly containe? I thinkenot. Therefore either out of commifera- Sta-
tion of humane imbecillity 5 or in pollicy, or to preuent a frrre worferin- r«M>M*«r?
convenience, u Jnmoft countries they doc much encouraacthem tomar- d ';f cnum >"^ l fi
s to luch as haue many children , and mulct fuch as /ZjSk, Lfa*
will not marry,/^ trium liber 01 7*2»,and in Age\liwlib.2.cap.i j. x Wee read nwnJMf.
that three children freed the father from painefuli offices , and fiuc from all Aiexwdi'lb*
contributions. Awomanjhallbefauedby bearing children. EpicletM would 4
haue all marry,and 7 Plato 6.de legibusjne that marrieth not before 3 < yearcs
ofhisage 3 rauft be compelled and punilncd , and the money confecrated to Uqi6nq.ab m.
Juno's Tcmplc,or applied to publike vfes. 1 hey account him in fomc coum n, ' M<i
tries vnfortunatc that dies without a vvife,and lament him for it:o my lwect ypjj^ f ,;.
fonnCjSt'c-Sec Lucian de luclu, Sands fel, $3. m.Cog*tur m-
Yet notwithstanding many wich vs arcoftheoppofitparr,they are marri- utlr& mk '
cd themfclues and for others let [them burnc, fire and flame they care not, (o niatempbi*.
they be not troubled with them. Many poorepeeplejandofthc meaner fore nonU deduew
aretoodiftruftfuIlofGodsprouidencc, they will net marry for fuch worldly x^J^J?'
refpefls.fcatc of want, woesj-mifcries, or that they (hall light , as z Lcmnitu flu \ mnimmi
faith, on a Scold^a flutjr a bad wife. And therefore f T rift em Iwventam venc- r '°* t **i
re deferta colunt] they are refolued to hue fingle , and ready with Hippolitm Lb.t.i h £Z-
to abiure all women. * Detefloromnes horreofugio^execror.&c.^yxt thefc me cu ^ nat.Abhor-
are too diftruftfull and much to blame, TmZweZ'-
a Pare it e paucorum diff under e crimen in emnes, Th ey m uft n 1 rofam^ueruim
blame all forfome. As there be many bad,thcrc be fomc good wiues: read * C £™£Z
what Solomon hath faid in their praifcs 3 Prov. 3 j. and Siracides cap. 26. & 3^ pet fem co L *n.
Mmtfuntur atrt coniuge cur^ women are the folc only ioy^and comiort of a ^ ^
mans life. P DelitU human* generufelatia vtt*, ♦ iZm.Ht^. '
bUnditU nottiijlacidipma cur a Aiei, a Ovil
Vota. virumjuvenum ftes,&c. A wife is a young mans Mi ■ \
firu a middle ages companion ,an old mans nurfe: PArticeps Utorum &tnftiu. cj^ ulVMtt Vl .
a Drop an helpe 5 &c.becaufe marriage is troublcfomc,to avoid it, is no argu- unmu^
went- « he that will avoid trouble muft avoid the world, faith Eufebimprapar. vM
Evane-el <.cap.) 0. Some trouble there is in marriage J deny noi,Etftgraueftt
m*trtmoni»mSmh ErAfmH4,edulcatur Umcn multu.&c yet there bee many
things
Paruj.Scd.2. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb^.tSubtj,
460 things to d fweetcn it,* plealant wife.pretty children, dulces nati, &c. And
h j\H /3/«f hovvfoeuer though it were all troubles 3 • vtilitatu public* cau/a devoran-
77'Oe 7if dum.gr due qui A lib enter fubeundum, it muft willingly be vndergone for pub-
*ns %y9M like goods lakcj * SuppletKenm acreflituithum^umgenm, andtOpro-
%fndvitaefl pagate the Church. Matrimonium humano generi immortalitatem tribuit i
qu<e[o> qutiut faith 7{euifanm , Matrimony makes vs immortal!.
4 [mecypnde " g j„di^e vtu jt per etuem nonviuit & alter, • A nd as h Trifme*
duke Mmner, . . «> . * , ' • / V / . . * J mc
c e^/«. to his ionne Tat/us : baue no commerce with a. Jingle man. They hold him '
t in fome places vnfortunate that fo tiesjands fol.Sj. if wee could line without
t^T^enius. > 2S Mctelltst Numidtcus faid in * AgeRiutjve rvould all want them, but be*
*Neh/ocietaic caufe we cannot Jet aUmarry y andconfult rather to the publike good ,then their
h ?Ubtr* 6 ownepriuatepleafure or eflate. It were an happy thing, as wifef Euripides
k inquUlgid- hath it 3 if we could buy children with gold and filuer, and be fo prouided^w
rites fine vxdrc ^uliernm.congrejfu^withouzwomcns company y but that may not be,
mm. Sed queni- Vanum fine vllu clafibu* flab it mart \
%m laltptati neceffity therefore compclls vs to marry. J conclude with Seneca 9 :
cmfrlcndum. . cur T 9ro %>iduo iaces ?
jfito™™ * T/ 'A m invent imfolue: nunc luxm rape y
argmto mercxri Effunde habenas opttmos vit& dies
ts'nui el Effuereprobibe.
* Dm Jno* Let him that is auerfe from marriage read more in tvbarus de re vxerMb.i.
fotefl conjiprc cap.i.Lemnim de inftitut.cdp.j.P.Godefrid/u dt *Amor. lib. cap. t ^T^euifanus
}!' hb.j.'^lex.ab Alexandre J.+capJ. T m(faU,Erafmus tra&s in laudemmatri-
WKW.18. ' monijt&c. And Jdoubtnotbutinthecnd he wil reft fatisn"ed 3 & be as willing
^rTiStmcorti t0 em k face carriage as the reft: There will not be found,l hope, 1 No not in
fiLiU qui rm *b$t feucre family ofStoicksfhat will not fab unit hti graue beard , andfuperctli-
kvb.vn quofa ous lookes to the clipping of a wife, or difagrec from his fellowcs in this point;
fj^kxihuvx- F ' r W ^ at more wMwgbi™ \r*rro bo!ds>*# a proper man fee then a fatre wife}
om fubmfeat, can the world afford a better fight,a more gratious afpe&?
aut i* t^aparu Since then this of marriage,is the laft and beft refuge } and cure of Heroi-
je/u?Henfiu callloue,all doubts are elecred ,and all impediments rcmoued; I fay againe,
Tnmkro. whatremaines , but that according to both their defires, they bee happily
IS wlfc«" i°y nc£ J«fi n cc it cannot othcrwife be helped. If al parties be pleafed,aske their
lusvidcrc dtba Banes/tis a match. m Potitur^fua puerlphu Ianthi. And although they hauc
quxm beitm hardly paft the pikes,through many difficulties & dclaycs haue brought the
Stlrf. match about,yet let them take this of* ^rijl^netmfih'st fo marrv Jtonhck
* nfifi 4,^&.i. comfort: After many troubles & cares, the marriages of loners are more \faeet
muitf&frMi* * n dpk*f*nt. As we commonly conclude a Comedy with a wedding, and
orctiongepoft fhaking of hands, lets fiiut vp our difcourfe , and conclude all with an f Epi*
vinkflas turbos thaUmntm.
ammmm Up- ^ t0 g Cr fo cr ^ Hymen Hymin^Hymerrades Hymin&e.
t oiim mem- Bonumfaclum, 'Tis well done. Ambo animts^ambo praftantcs vinbus \ambo
%Tdtxt Florentes Ann*; ■ you both exccll in gifts of body and
tmiHtuii f mindc,you are both equal! in yeares,youth 3 vigcr,alacrity,
untnupti*. ~-a ' \ \ tQn. v " * , - -V, .'it .'/^^lfcflPi»
the niufickc,gucfts,and all the good chcereis within, f Be it knowac to the Bride I lookc fcra pake of gloues.
ICatuUut,
Indite
Parc^Sca z. Cure of Lone Melanchol y. Mcmb.5 .Sub! 5
1 P Incite vt luket & breui ~~~ ^
Likens date : 9C *fc
Then modeftly goc fport and play,
r r ^. nd 1Cl ) ha ; U S Cl,Cry y " rC 3 bo >'* f ^<«' *f*«ifme& ■ A*.*.*
* Incenje^nd bring forth fionrcs as che lAy>. that wc may fay hereafter
Srtftf* Mecafior^atm efl Pamphilo fuer.
In the mcanc time, I fay, //* agite invents t non murmur* vejlra colMa, r GidkA £ *
Brach'anon harder a pefrvincantofcuUconchx' thai.
O gentle youths goe fport your fclues betimes,
Let not the Douesoutpafle your murmurings,
Or Ivy clafpingarmes 5 or oyfter killings.
•And in the morne betime, as thofc « Lacedamoman LaflTcs fainted Helena & 1 rbeocrum
Menelausfinpngat their windowes, &wifhinggoodfuccelTe, doe wee at
yours. Salvtojfonfajalvefalix^dct vobis Latona
Falicem Sebolemjfentu dea det aqua/em amor em
Inter vds mutno\ Saturnue durahles diviiias,
Vormitein peclora mutuo amor em tnff>ir antes.
Et defiderium. .
Goodmorrow Matter Bridegrorae,& miftris Bride,
Many fairc louely Bcrnes to you betide:
lutiVenusxo you mutuall louc procure,
Let Saturne giue you riches to endure.
Long may yon flccpein oncanothcrsarmes,
Jnfpiring fweetdefire,andfree from harmes.
And alf your hues lone, g Cont'tnq-At vobu turturnm cencordia * nnfhm epi*
CormcuUvivAcitas— u,c (atmmodh
The louc of Turtles hap to you, fed duo ejtarjfi*
And Rauens yearcs ftill to renew. SMS!! "!'
Let the Mufes Ong (as he faid) the Graces dance 5 not at their weddings enly, bcncvoina*
but all their Hues long;^ e ouple their hearts, that no irkfomnejfc tr anger euer ™^f°'f mui
befall them: Let him neuer call her other name then my ioy, my Light \ or her call ™ j^JJJJ
him other iv 1 fe then fiveet-htart, T this happinejfe of theirs, let not old age any P n lfi ir* vtl u-
whit detraflM as their ye Ares, fo let their mutuall hue and comfort increaje. d ^l[22l%
And when they depart thislife \ Concordes quoniam vixere totarmos, ma fa: m
t^uferAt hot a duoseadem. nec coniugis ufquam ™ c, f ,m *MAw&
J - ■ r r r ? / ni anmemi: Atq.
Bujta fua vtdcAt, nec Jit tumaUndus ab tlld. ^ \uwd\mi
Becaufc they haue fo fwcetly liu'd together, vcftmRm de-
Let not one dye a day before the other,
He bury her,fhc him with eucn fate, j«r.
One houre their foulcs let ioyntly feparate. t otid. Me:.*.
T alt cite f nuptis. , . h KBnim . ymMA
Atqt hare de amore dixifle fufficiat, fin cmeclione, h quod ait die, twmfy ^ Arm ^
melius fentientu* Plura qui volet de remediis Araons 5 lcgat Jafonem Prater
femJrntUnm,Montaltum,Savanarolam s Langium^alefcum,Crimi(onum
~lexd*drm» BenedicJum^aufentium^a/lerioUm^octis e noftra^
tibusChaf^erum^c,
Ppp SECT.3,
Part^Seft. j. Loue meUncbo/y. Mcmb.i, 6ubLi
4^2
SECT. 3-
MfiMB. I. SVBSICT. 7.
Iealouftejiu Equivocations jNdme y DeJinition^ Extent \ feuernllkindes^
of Princes ^Parents yFr lends Jn BeajlsMen,before marriage^
• as CorriualS) or *fter> as in thit places.
Alefcas de Tar ant a cap.de Melanchol. <s£lian Mont alt us t Faltx Plate*
rus.Guianerius^vxlealoufie foracaufe; of Melancholy, others for a,
Sy mptomc ; becaufe melancholy perfons amongft other paffions &
perturbations of the mind,are moft obnoxious to it. But me thinkes for the
latitude it hath, and that prerogatiuc aboue other ordinary Symptomes, ic
ought to bee treated of as a Species a-part , being of fo great and eminent
iinhisOrati- note.fo furious a paflion,& almoft of as great extent as Loue it felfe,as 1 Be*
fie ^outt?" ne ^ ett0 V*™ * holds,Afo loue without a mixture of ledoufie_j t For thefe cau-
ti^Sirftmno. &s I will dilate it,& treat ofit by it felfe,as a baftard branch, or kind of Loue
Melancholy ^and of like note; which as Heroicatlhoue^ gocth commonly be*
foremarriage,thisvfuallyfollowes 3 tortures, and crucifies in likefor^de-
ferues therefore to be rectified alike^ requires as much care and induftry, in
fctting out the feuerall caufes ofit, prognoftickes & cures. Which I haue
more willingly done 3 that he that is^or hath becne Jealous, may fee his error
as in a glafle; he that is nor,rnay learne to deteft,auoid it himfelfCjand difpof
feflc others that are any way aflfe&ed with it.
* tenedetto Iealoufic is defcribed & defined to be k a certaine fujffition which the Louer
Farcbi.j hath of the party he chiefly loueth,left he or jhe fhould be enamord of another: ot
an eager defire to enioy fomc beauty alone, to haue it proper to himfelf on-
ly: a feare ordoubtjeft any forrainer fhould participate or fhare with him in
J exercltat.v7 hisloue. OrfasS^Z/^raddesJ afeareoflcoftngherfauour, whom heefo ear-
cum mtiuimm neftly aff els .Cardan calls k,a m zeale for loue^and a kinds of enuy left any man
"ItTbemu" ^° ou ^ beguile vs^Lodovicm Fives defines it in the very fame words, or little
pflefione. differing in fenfe.
^zrWfjW- There be many other lealoufies ,but improperly fo called all; as that of Pa-
^%ck^m rents,Tutors, Guardians ouer their children, friends whom they loue, or
qua formats fuch as are left to their wardfhip or protection,
nmmutfrtta- storaxjion redijt hac notie a ccena ^Efchinus,
n 3 \de Mima. . Ne^fervulorum quijfiam qui aduorfum ierant}
oRjeanimL As the old man in the Comedy cryedout in paflion, and from afbllicitous
^ptfdelfpiL f eare anc * care nc nac * 0I ~ nis adopted fonnc,° not of beauty, but left thej jhould
UbtriSy cbarifg L mij carry ,doe amiffejr any way difcredttjdif grace ( as Vines notes ) or inkan*
™lfa"f™ d f ' £ er i tbtntfelues ' and vs. P *A.gcu4 was fo follicitous for his fonnc Thefeus y
frmtredm ' (when he Went to fight with the Mtnotaure) of his fucceUe, left hee fhould
mak jit pjut be foyled ,<! Prona efi timori femper in peim fides. We are fhll apt to fufpeft
flrmt{ntlm- the worft in fuch doubtfull cafes, as many wiues in their husbands abfence,
m. fond mothers in their childrens,left if abfent they fhould be mif led or ficke,
IsmchHiH an( * arc c ° ntinu % expecting newes of them, how they doe fare, & what is
fur. ' 'become of them, they cannot endnrc to haue them long out of their fight:
O
Part$.Se&.3. halou fie of Princes. Memb.i a $ubi.i #
O my fwcet fonnc,0 my dcare child,&c. Paul was iealous oucr the Church 4^
of CmmfbjA he confefleth 2. Cor. 1 1.12. With agodly Inalouficjoprefent them 1 z*od. io.
a pure Virgin to chriftpnd he was afraid (till 3 left as the Serpent beguiled Eva t Jjjjj"^ fo
through his fubtiltyjfo their mindes (hould bee corrupt from the limpkcity rf.ftbt.SmZr
that is in Chrtjl. God himfelfe in fome fenfe is faid to be iealous, r lam a ***** »e eo-
iealous &&d,andwiH vijite^fjrc.zncl Pfal.yQ.j, Shall thy Iealou/ic burke like fire ^mSH^
for euerl But thefe are improperly called Icalonfies, and by r Mccaphcr, to ^tih iqtspt.
cxprefle the care and follicitude they haue of them. Although iorRcjeaiou-
fies exprefle all the Symptomes of this which we treat of, feare. lor- A'. an* icf} tjuim ic.utt
guifli 3 anxiety^ufpition 5 &ctheobie£t only varied. As that ofPrm< e i.wl ich • «■
cef ^ t> ^'*^ er,t }7lx "
to j / * 1 j — j - ,
is raoft notorious.^ when they feare cotrivals (if I may (o call uie. ; , fuccci-
fors,emulators, fubiects, or fnch as they haue offended. f Omnijq, fotefta* v bctjl
Impatiens confortisertt: They are jliUfufpitious^ le(i thetr authority fjjjuld bee
dimin/fhedf as one obferuesj And as Comineus hath if , u It cannot beeexpref jr>?c:pumrci'
fed vohat fender caufes they haue of their gricfe andfufpition } a fecrtt difeafe_j^
that commonly lurkes andbreedes in Princes families .Sometimes it is for their /l>4 nt a&nt
honour only .as that of Adrian the Empcrour,* that killed all his Emulators. Umptitim.
Saul envied Dauid; Domitian ^AgrtcaU-. becaufe hce did excel! him, obfeure '
his honor as he thought,ecelipic his lame. L.no turned Pr.nti&s daughters in- cyparflk
to Kine.bccaufe thev contended with her for beauty. Cypar /{fa King Eteecles EuttUtfim,
daughters 3 were envied of tneGoddellesior ihetr excellent good parts , and m:iUtl0/lm de .
dancing amongft the rcft.faith y Conjlantine^andfir thatcaufe ^fkwg dorvne mmm faH*m
heading from hewen,and buried in a pit, but the earth tooke pitty of them J and *jf'}'J^
brought out Cypreffe trees to preferue their memories, t Niobe, Arathne, and nU , ttftegtt
MzrfiMj&w tcftify as much.But it is mod grieuous wbc it is for a kingdome
it felie 3 or matters ofcommodity>ic produceth lamentable effects, efpectally tSaMt
araongft Tyrants,/*;* Defpotico Imperio, and fuch as are more feared, then be- b mtm
loued of their fubicas,that get and kcepe their foueraignty by force, * Quod c ^'*^
civibiis tcnere te mvitis faas^ejrc.^PhaUris.DicnyfiusJ'eriander held theirs. att ddm a<jki-
*> What (hue, what hangman fas Bodine well expreileth this pamon/2.^. f . it^mem*
derep.jcanfocrutllytorture wndewnedperfon, *s this fear e_j and fujftt/on? „ :0 '"™rM ijtt
Feare of 'death .infamy , torments^ are thofe furies and vultures, that vexe and crucmtmfimt ,
dsfqmet tyrants, andtorture them day and night, withperpetuall terrors and
tfirhbtS envy, (ufbition,feare,defire of revenge, and a thoufand fuca dx 'j agree- mcxaP 'ant,
il^erturbattlns, turne and affright the foule out .ft k 'hinges of health , and JjJJJgj^
nilreorieuouflywoundandpierce^ then thofe cruellmaflers can extfper ate ana ^ mt;Pmm
vexe their prentifes orferuants, with clubbcs^hippeslchaines a»4 tortures. ttMni^m
Many terrible examples we haue in this kind amongft the Turles , cfpccially ^ J— J
nanv iealous outragcs 5 c ^//'w<w killed Corxutttshn voungeit urothcr, hue mnln tx ,u-
ofbisNephewes, Muflapha tffrd many others. *Baiazetihc lecond jjfgj^
Turke iealous of the valour and grcatnefle ol vim* 2?.^,caufcd him tabc , Turt
an ordinary thing amongtt them,to make away their owne brothers, or any f* ^
competitors; at the firft comming to the Crowne t is ail the iolemnitv they
commit in / *rr 3 whcn he maflacf ed al the children of a yeere old? And what
SXankcs had? I*#Oim&n MufauUn cyrancpraclifed d late Jt . a ^
Sffitit ft ^uetcnii, relates of dauaius
Part.3.Se£t.3. Loue melancholy. Mctnb.i.SubCi.
4^4 Cafar ,and of Dom/ti an,thcy were afraid of cucry man they faw. And which
Herodian of Antoninus and Ge r^thofc two icalous brothers, the one could
ikh endure fo much as the others feruants, but made away him , with his
followers,and all that belonged to hira^-or were his well wifhers. g Maxi*
s D T Fletcher, minmpercetuing himfelfe to be odious to mo /I men y becaufe he was come to that
inftdk effenu height of honour out ofbafe beginnings , and (uf]>e cling his meane parentage
* Herodian.lt 7. would be obiecledtohim^ caufedaR the Senators that were nobly defcended i to
rfumfe%£~ ^ e fl**M ** A honour, turned all the fern ants of Alexander his predecef-
ens s quodex in- /or cut of doores^and flcvo many of them, becaufe they lamented their Makers
fimo loco in tan- deaths/peeling them to be tray tors, for the hue they hare to him. When A-
am ifIt[moTbm lex&nder in his fury had made Clitus his dcare friend to be put to death , and
venii
acgenerebarba- faw now ffaith n Curtius) an alienation in his fubie&s hearts/ionc durfl talk
Ta£Tob}L- withhim 3 he began to be iealous of himfelfe, left they fhould attempt as
ritasobjeerctur, much on him s andj aid they liuedlike fo many wilde beafls in a wlderne/fe , one
mats Alexin- a fr aide of another . Our moderne ftories afford vs many notable^ examples,
rlmnfirTex 1 H** r y the third ofFM#tf,iealous ot Henry oi Lor aine Duke of Guife, An-
aula eiecit, pin- no 1 583,caufed him to be murdered is his own chamber.!, ewes theelcuenth
nbl *d mt fo f* was fufpitiousjhe durft not truft his owne children^uery man about him
fint 'ad monem he fufpected for a traytor, Many ftrange tricks Comineiss telleth of him.How
Alexandria infi- iealous was our Henry the fourth of King Richard the fecond, fo long as hee
dm tnde mem- ij UC( j ja f ccr nc was depofedjand of his owne fonne Henry his latter dayes >
h iib.z. tmepik which the Prince well pcrceiuing, came to vifite his father in his fickneflfc 3 in
vlcfanner*' a vvatcnet vc l uel gowne/ull ofilet holes,and with needles flicking in them,
rentes^iils^i- an cmblcmc of JealouficJ and fo pacified his fufpitious fathcr 3 after fome
menus. fpeaches 5 andproteftations } whichheehadvfedtothat purpofe, Perpetuall
k xTaplftili' imprifonm-cnr, as that of Robert 3 T>ukc of Normandy, in the dayes of Henry
the firft,forbidding of marriage to fome perfons 5 with fuch like edicts & pro-
fmhomini fide- hibitions,are ordinary in all eftatcs.ln a wordf n as he faid jthree things caufc
dw^bTpL- Jealoufie,a mighty ftate,a rich trcafure^ faire wife,or where there is a crackc
bat. " titlc,muGn tyranny, and many ex2&ions. In our ftate, as being freed from all
i eamdem Rs- t h c fcfeares and miferies 5 we may be moftfecurc and happy ,vnder the raicne
™ Mat.varU. of our fortunate Prince.
n r. Notu m © Hit fortune hath indebted him to none*
%£t WtoMU M Uv.iverf*\l h
Panegy rickc And not to them but for their loue alone %
to the; King. which they account as placed worthily*
He isfo fet 3 he hath no caufe t$ be
Jealous, or dreadful? of difloyaltie,
t I . d» arimx The pedifiall whereon hisgreatneffe /lands,
eap.de \ei-.Ani- Is fcid f^ 9Ur hearts, and all our hands,
^etwittaT But I roue, Jconfefle. Thefe Equivocations, Jcaloufies, and many fuch,
guntur y utoiom s which crucific the foules ofmen,are not heere properly meant, or in this di-
?^&fobme- ftinclion of ours included , but that alone which is for beauty 3 tending to
tumcommme- Ioue,and wherein they can brookeno corriuall," or endure any participate
J*- on: and this Jealoufie belongs afwell to bruit beafts 5 as to men . Some crea-
turesjfarth P Vive j,as SwanncSjDoues^GockSjBulles.&carc jealous as well
asmcn^and as much moucd,for feare of comrrt union.
<1 Fen ere infrucli quam magna gerunt #
Grege
V ii i r ■■ ,
Part.3. Se ft. ? . Moufte of <Bea/ls. Mc m b. ,. Subf.,;
Grege pro Mo belU tuvenct,
Siconiugiotimnerefuo, "
Pofcunt tim'tdipralia cerv/\
Et mugttm dint concepts figna furor is*
Jn Venus caufe what mighty battles make
Your railing Bu/s,and ftirrcs for their heards fake,
And Harts and Buckes that arc fo timorous,
Will fight and roare if once they be but iealous.
Jn Bullcs^orfeSjGoatcs.this is moft apparahtly difcemcd, Bulles cfpccial-
\y y alium inpafcuis non admittit ,hc will not admit another Bull to feed in the
fame pafture,faich f Oppian: which Stephanas Batborius, late King of Poland nlb
vfed as in Imprefe,with that Motto Jiegnum non capit duos.R.T. in his blafon
of Jealoufie,telleth a ftory of a Swannc about mndfore jilut finding a ftrange
cockc with his mate, didfwimme I know not how many miles after to kill
him, and when hce had fo done,came backe and killed his henne, accrtaine
truth, hee faith, done vpon Thames, as many Water-men, and neighbour
Gentlemen can tcW.Fidem Juam Itberet; for my partj doc bclecuc it may be
true/or Swannes haue euer beene branded with that Epithcte of Jcaloufie.
r %\)t tealoits <§>to?.nagamft Ijts oeatb tfcat Gngetb, 'Chmnrin to
9no che tbe ©ouletbat of ueatb booe tyingetb. fouiT$ b!y ° f
f Some fay as much of Elephants, that they are more iealous then any other t A'derwandua
creatures whatfocuerj and thofc old Egyptians } as 1 Pterins informeth vs, !^ x *"
expreffed in their Hieroglyphickesjhcipztiion of Jcaloufie by a Camell^ be- eimtmvmt+
caufe thatfearine the worft ftill about matters of Veneryjic loues folitudcs, «sfto*tim
that he may cnioy his plcaiure alone. mfemini fr*~
But this furious paiFion is moft eminent in men , and is afwcll amongft W.
Bachelors 5 as married men: if it appcarc amongft Bachclours, we common-
ly call them riuals or corriuals, a mctaphorc deriuedfrom ariucr, riuaLcs a ^ u}(jM
{rzvofoT as a riuer, faith Ait on in Hor. art. Poet. and Dcnat-in Ter.Eunuch.ti- ™£ u .
uides a common ground betwixt two men, and both participate ofit/o is a htm y \ndidedu-
woman indifferent betwixt two filters, both likely to enioy her ; and thence c ™ rad man '
comes this emulation, which breakes out many times into tempeftuous
ftormcs.and produceth lamentable effecl^murdcr it felf with much cruelty,
many fingle combats.Thcy cannot endure the leaft iniury done to them be-
fore their miftris, and in her defence, will bite ofToneanothcrsnofes, they
arc moft impatient of any flout,difgrace ? or leaft emulation or participation
in that kind, t Phtdria could not abidejiis corriuall Tkrafofot when Par me- \ftr, tun
no^^^numqmdaliudimpetras? wherhcr he wouldcommandhim a- ^^ST
ny more feruice,AV more (fad he) bat to fleak in his bebalfe y and to drive away v J tr b Uy & t ftm
his torrinxUifhe could. Confantine in the eleucnth booke of his husbandry, ***
cap. i / .hath a pleafant talc of the Pine tree, * (he was once afaire maidc,who £ m
Psneus and Boreas two corriua!s,dearcly foughtjbut iealous Boreas broke her * Pkm t*to
necke fcc.And in his 1 8 chaptcr,he telleth another talc of y M*rsfh*x in his V*****!"*
jealoufietlew Adcnis.Petrowus czWahthiipztfion, amintiumfurtofarnxmu- yMeri ^
Ut'htemfi furious e:r,ulation 5 and their fymptomes are well expreftec I by *
Jeffrey chaucet in his firft Canterbury tale. It will make the ncareft & dcarcft
friends fall out-, thcv will endure al other things to be common, goods,Iands,
rnoncycs,participace of all other plcafurcs, and take in good part any difgra-
Part^.Se&j. Loue melancholy. Memb # i. Subi.r
Cfi6 ccs jioiurics in another kind,but as Propertius welldcfcribes it in an Elegfe f
his 3 in this they will fuffer nothing,haue no corriuals.
. Tu mthi vel ferro peclus^el perde venene t
A domina tantnm te modo tolle mea y
TV focium vittyte corporis effe licebit,
T t Dominum admitto rebus amice mels
Leclo te folumjeclo tedefrecor uno,
R « T° Riualempoffum non ego ferre Tavern,
Stab mewithfwordjorpoyfonftrong
Giuc roc to workc my banc;
So thou court not ray lafle, fb thou
From miftris mine rcfrainc.
Command my fclfe,my body 5 purfe 3
As thine ownc goods take all 3
And as my cucr deareft friend,
Jeuer vfctheelliaJI.
O fparc my Louc, to haue alone
Her to my felfe I crane,
Hay, Ioue himfelfe He not endure
MyRiuallfortohaue. /
This Icaloufie which I am to treat of,is that which belongs to married men,
so refped of their owne wiucs,to whofe eftatc, as no fweetneflc , plcafure,
happinefle can be compared in the World, if they Hue quietly and louingly
together; fo if they difagree or bee icalous, thofe bitter pilles of forrow and
griefe,difafterous mifehiefcs,mifchance5,tortures,gripings, difcontents are
not to be feparated from them . A moft violent palfion it is where it taketh
placc,an vnfpeakable torment,a hcllifh torture,an infernall plague, as Ario.
fio calles it^A furie 3 a continuall feuer,fuUof(ufpition^feare % and forrow a mar-
tyr dome, a mirth' marring monfier. The farrow and griefe of hearty one woman
» i Sam. 1.6. zealous of another, heauier then death, Ecclas 28.6. as 1 Peninnah did Hannah ,
Vexe her y and vpbraid her fore t Tis a maine vexation, a moft intollerablc bur-
» Bkfon tf'm* <j enja frcnzie,a madnefle it fclfc, as a Benehitto Varcht proues out of that fc-
le<ft Sonnet of Giomnni de U Cafa } that reuerend Lord.as he ftiles him.
SVBSEC. 2.
Caufes oflealouflejvfo are mofl apt. idleneffe, Melancholy,
Jmpotencyjong Abfence, Beauty , want onnejfe^
bad themfelues , Allurements ,from
time,place,per[ons f>ad vfage,
AStrologers make the ftarrcs a caufe or figne of this bitter paflion,and
out of every mans Horofcope ^ willgiuea probable conjecture whe.
therhewillbeiealousorno, and at what time: their Aphorifmes
are to be read in Albumazar, Pont anm \Schoner^ Iuntline.&c. Bodtne c.$. rne*
t W.^.afcribcs a great caufe to the country or clime, & difcourfcth large-
ly there of this fubie£t 5 fayingthat foutberne men are more hot , lafciuious,
and iealous , then fuch as line in tne north , they can hardly containe them*
felues
1
Part.^.Se&.g. Ieatoufie corriuals. Memb.i.Subti.
felucs in thofe hotter climes, but arc moft fubieft to prodigious Kilts. Leo 467
o^^telleth incredible things almoft of the luft and iealoulic of his coun-
— j - O wi ill) LUl
trymen ofAfricke^nd efpecially fuch as liue about Carthage, and fo'doth c -
very Geographer of them in Afia^T urkie Spaniards, Italians^ \ Italy Jomc
Finn &ieri-
Mu'ierum
j --- j - 3 vww. ipiion of conditio mifeta,
Lapland^ndHerbafteinotRufians^gzinftthefaczmzotdl other Gcogra- *^wmtiT»
phers,would fatten it vpon thofe Northerne inhabitants./4//^w^r^/(?f^;«s L cmllfa X
and Aiunfter in his defctiption of &*ak» 3 reports that men and women of al vat ;
f»rts goe commonly into the Bathes together J without all fufpition, thz_j
name ofiealoufte ( faith Munfter )is not fo much as oncers beard of amongH them, locum nmbs-
In Frtfland the women kifle him they drinketo,& are kifledagaine of thofe bet llb -l-
they pledge.Thc Virgins in Holland goc hand in hand with young men from
home 5 glidc on the Icc.and lodge together abroad without fufpition, which
xzfaSanfovius an Italian makes a great figne ofvnchaftity. Jn moft Nor-
therne Countries young men and maids familiarly dance together,raen and
their wtues 3 f which 5/>//*,onely excepted, Italians may not abide. d The L^'^.'
Greekes on the other fide haue their priuate Bathes for men and women, ^^^m.
where thev mint not come neere 3 not fo much as fee one another: &: as c Bo *
lit fir // ii * a " ! * T '
dim obferues lib*$.de repub. the Italians would neuer endure this , or a Spam- yhtyfia {*p\**
ard,thc very conceit of it would make him mad: and for that caufc they lock
vp their women,and will not fuffer them to bee together , fo much as in the
f Ghurchjbtit with a partition betweenc. Hee telleth moreoucr, how that
when he was Embaffadour in England.he heard Mendoza the Spanish Legatee f Auflrakt re
finding fault with it, as a filthy cuflomefor men and women to fit prom if cuon fly PjVJ?*? ^
in Churches together ,butD t Dale the mafler of the Re que fls told him again <u>*
that it was indeed a filthy cuflome in Spaine, where they could not containethem ttrtftxm pari-
felues from lafciuious thoughts in their holy places, but not with vs. we arefarre J^j
Horn any fuch flrange conceits ,and will permit our wiues and daughters to go tn An $ m - m .
totheTauernewithafriendjas^^/faith,^^ abJitlafciuia^ndCufpc£t ^tMatmU
nothing,tokiffc comming and going,which as Erafmus writes in ;oncof his ^JX^]
EpilVcs they cannot endure. Some make a queftion whither this hcadftrong Mtndo^m u*
Jmon,rage more in women then men,* Mmn,gn e l. s ^ _fnre it is mote
outraeiou s in women.as all other Melancholy is,by reaion ot the weaknciic
turpi ejfe vhei
ofthtirfexc Scaler PoetM.ca.rj. concfodes2&m<\. women. ZBefidestheir & fieri***
wonflancvjreac&ryfufritionj^ ( for all wo- * ^ ea:rouli ^
men are bv nature prowd jdefire offoueraigntjjftbey be^ great women, f hee rm fa qubi
ons Sed nea fulvus aper media tarn fulutts w tra ejt , iaMfW*
Fulmineo rapidos dum rout ore canes.
Nec Leo>&c pmus/mtik-
Tveer,Boorc3Bearc,Vipcr,Lioncfle, r*Mto mm
A womans fury cannot exprefie. ^m.ovid.
h Some fay red headed women , pale coloured, blacke eyed, andotalnnu U(art
voice,aremoftfubieacoicaloufie. * B *«^
High colour in a woman chollcr fhewes,
Naught are they pcetiifti, prowd,malitious,
But worft of all rcd,(hrill 5 and icalous.
Paaj.Se&j. Lone melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subi.2.
4^8 Gomparifons arc odious , I neither parallell them with others , nor debafe
theia any more: men and women are both bad* and too fubieft to this per*
nitious infirmity. Jt is moft part a fymptome and caufe of Melancholy, as
Plater and Vale feus teach vsv melancholy men arc apt to be iealous , and iea*
lousapctobe melancholy.
P akiealoufie child of in f At tit e lone,
Of heart ficke thoughts which melancholy bred,
Aheil ' tormenting ft 'at 'e^no faith can moue y
By difcontent with deadly poyfon fed.
With headlejfe youth and err our vainely led.
K_4morta\i plague \a vertuc drowning food,
A heliifh fire not quenched but with blood.
If idlcnefle csncurre with melancholy , fuch perfons are moft apt to bee iea-
• r:t . , - • lous.and'tis > NeuifanuS noxz^An /die woman is pre fumed to be Ufciuious and
lLfPl.num,Q. 3 \ y * . A ■ A 1' • lit/*
muHerotufafa- often leahus, MuUer cum jola cogit at \male cogit&t \ And tis not vnlikely,for
hxm$* mU fc t ^ e ^ ^ auc no ot her bufinefTe to trouble their heads with.
jevhyt*. More particular caufesbe thefe which follow. Impotencie firft 3 when a
minis not able ofhimfclfe to performe thofe dues which hee ought vnto
his wife, and he perceaues her to be more craning, clamorous, vnfatiable &
prone to lull then is St,he beginnes prefeotly to liifpedt tha? wherein hee is
defediue,{he will fatisfie her felfe/he will be pleafed by fome other means.
This caufc is moft euident in old men, that are cold and drye by nature, and
mzniedfucci plexis , to young wanton wiues , with old doting la niuere in
Chaucer they beginne to miftruft all is not well. And how (hould it other-
wife be? Old age is a difcafe ofit felfe , loathfome, fulforr e, full of fufpition
• Lib.i.mm 4 and fcare 5 whea it is at beft,vnablCj vnfit for fuch matters. k Tam apt a nuptijS
f m T quambrumamefiibus , as welcome to a young woman as fnowein haruefh
botinhdelH fx- j. . . J . . , r J . ■ P, . . , . , \
mn*jeaibnA iiithT^fuifanus.Et ficapu luuenculamjactet ttbi cornun Marry a maid and
mfiddiifim*. fhc will furely graft homes on thy head. 1 K^Swomcn are flifpery, vnfaith*
Znimp>!Za t et f u ^ t$ f ^ eir htssba»ds\moft part (is %s£ne*s Syluitu epift.Sj .feconds him )but to
1*amnonfu{pe ■ old men moft treacherous', they had rather mortem amplexarier^y w ith a corfc
& uutTlt z ^ Qn Wit ^ ^ uc ^ a onc ® n ^ c ot ^ er ^ c mo ^ mcn > ^teronymud^xc fuf-
"\ib.tdcaur. pitiousof their wiues, m if they be lightly giucn,but old folks aboue the reft.
Aftno.Ategomi- Jnfomuch that (lie did not coraplainc without a caufc in *Apuleis*s of an old
flnivsmmsrl. ba-d^cdriddenknaue&ehadtobergoodnian. Poor e woman as I Am 3 what
tum nafta (um , [haft fdoe> J haue an oldgrimme fire to my husband y *s bald as a cout^at little and
?dzl"m& M vnA ^ e a c b*M 3 a bedfellow of bones, he keepes all the doores barred & lock,
funis pueropu- cd vpon mejxoe is meythattyaU 1 dee} He was iealous, and (he made him cue-
miiorm^cun- kold for keeping her vp: fufpition without a caufc, hard vfagc,is able ofic
fe^&utfonis f cl fe to;makc a woman fly out,that was otherwifc honeft. Nam quAndo mu*.
tbditamcujlo- lieres cognofcunt maritum hoc aduerterejicentim peccant , as T^cufanua
• til"'* So ^°^ s » wnen a woman thinkes her husband watcheth hcr,{he will fooner of-
t Ovid'x.de' fend,P Liber tus peccant & pudor omnis abejl , rough 'handling makes them
*rt.*mnai. worlc; as the good wife of Bathe in Chaucer bragges,
3!n W otone greafe 31 maoe frie,
anger ano foj toerp 3leaIoufie*
out U of hu hu- Of two cxtreamcs , this of bard vfage is the worft ,'cis a great fault (as fome
aww> rnea arc vxorij )to bee too fond of the k wiues , to dote on them as ? Senior
Delin
Pan.?. Seft.j. Caufes of "leiou/ie. Memb. I. Snbfa.
ZV/*r* on his FaHace t to be 100 crVeminate,or as feme doc,to be fick for their 4 dp
wiues,brecd children for them, and as the 1 Tiberim doe lye in :or them as " ^p/w*
forac birds batch egges by turnes,they doe all vvomens offices. CaLu* Rbc- T,ber "'
digi*tu,a*JeclMb.i6 t ca?,2 4 .™Vts mention ofa fellow out ofW^,r t h rtt ITaZ Tu«
was fobefottcd on his wife,hc could not endure a moment out ot her com f uhe «*t,vt *m
pany,he wore her fcarfc when he went abroad next his heart, and would nc- CST*"
vcrcitinkcbutinthatcup (lie began firft. Wee hauc many fuch fondlings ******
that are their wities packhorfes and flaues,to carry her mufFc,dog 3 and fanne ^ l ' xor " pt ~
let her wear* the brcechcs,lay out, fpend,and doe what ftee will , gee whe-
ther {be will,they giue confent. ft* fen 'a i us
Here take my muff e, and dte you hare rood man* ca 'i' e nteTct *
» ,i * • _ ' pitta. m hat<-
Tiorpgtueme Pearle \and carry y tit my fanne, &c. Thcfe offend in rfrfct -
onccxtreamc,buttoo hard & too feuere are far more ofFcnfiuc on the other. ' K ™ 12
Another uift caufe may bee long abfence of either party, when they muli of
nccelfity bee much from home, as Lawyers,.Phy(uians,Marrir.ers\bv their
profeflions,or otherwife m«kc i riuolous impertinent lourneyes 3 and rarry
long abroad to no pnrpofe 5 vp©n iinall occafions,it muft needs yccld matter
of fufpition; when they vfe their wines otherwife vnkindly,and ncuer tarry
at homcjit cannot chooie but ingender fomcfHch conceit,
q Fxor ficejfas am* re te c tgt tat y IStfi^^t
Aut tete amtri ant potare y aut an/ma obfcqui , ■ jab. Ciiw.
Ft tibi bene ejfe ft J . quiemftbi fit mate. toemuit'tt-
Jf thcni beabfent long.thy wife then thinkes , <nmrtdkit
Th'art drunke,at cafc.or with forac pretty minkes, mem
'lis well with thee,or clfebelouedoffome, Mitab.&ii-
Whil ft tnce poore foule doth tare ftrll ill at home. bu*babitet y kac
///>M^^thePhyfit!anhadafmackcofthts difeafe.for when hee was to v - ck Vsr**:
f ■ V ./ j j r i r_ time, cam tame
goe from home as forrc as Abdera t and lome other remote citties of Greece, e tm mm
he writ to his friend Dionyfim fit at lcaft thole r Eptftles be his ) to ouer(ee hu ohfenabit y vA
wife m hit abfence .although tye lilted in the houft with her father and mother, $f%™£
whom he knerv would haue a care of her, yet that would not ftufie his tcalcufie, a i. 0i vtTC i « f i-
he would haue hit efpectalL friend Dionyfius to dwell in hu houfe with her , all « «< ?«« **>
the time of hit peregrination^and to ob'f true her behauiour, how fljee earned her ^
felfe i» her hutbands ah fence, and that {be did not lujl after other men. 1 For a ftife puMcam
mman had need to haue an tuerfeer to keefe her honeJl,they are bad by mture^ ™^%£ k
and Itfhtly giuen attend if they bee ntt curbed in time , as an vnproyned tree_j, ttrquit la in ft-
they wit be full of wild braxches, and degenerate tfa[uUen. Efpecially in their J* ^
husbands abfence, though one Lucretia were trufty , and one Tenclofcytx ^ vur ^
Clytemneflra made Agamemnon cuckoId,and no queftion there bee too ma- mfloimiamu-
nyofher conditions. Jf their husjwnds tarry too long abroad vponvnne- JJJfc
ceflary bufincfle 5 well they may fufpea^ or if they flyc oHe way, their wiucs , ViM c:a .'.
at home will flye out another, QuUftt quo. Or if prefent,and giue them not ^ ^
that content which they ought,* Primumingrau, mox tnu/fentrfes qu*per t3kflCT ^ ie ,
fomnumtranfifuntur, They cannot endure to lye alonc,or to fan: long. *Pe- » bAkmtix
ter Gtdefri^in his fecond booke of louc and fixt chapter , hathaftoryout
ofS« phonies Hfcofa Gcntlcman,thatby that good mans aduife^would
not meddle with his wife in rhe paffion weeke , but for his paincs i hec let a
pairc ©fhornes on his head. Such another he hath one of JfiMmpn^c*
Parc.j.Se&3. Ijouc Melancholy. Mcmbi. SubU.
470 fwaded a new married man, y to for i ear e the three fir ft night s^and hee fheuld
> tie tnbiu ggfa iif e tme After -he fortunate m attic jbuthisiinparient wife would not
KZvmhSi- tarr y *° l° n g ; wcl1 nc ,ni g nc *P ccd in cattlc,but not in children. Such a talc
retcumeiyvt hath Hen fuu of an impotent and flacke fchollcr,a meere (Indent and a friend
fnfortuMm °f his 5 that feeing by chance a fine damfcll fing and dance , would needs mar-
Jb 'vxou mw* ry her 3 the match was foonc made 3 for he was rich. * The firft night, hauing
impatknte &c hbcrally taken his liquor (as in that countrcy they doe J my fine fch oiler was
1™T$£ fo fufled 3 that he no foonet was laid in bcd 3 but hee fell faft afkepe, and ncuer
ntvm miicfiia waked till morning,and then much abafhed 3 he made an excufe, 1 know not
Tit^i autl w ^ aC » ollt °^ Hipocrates Cous^drcMd for that time it went curranr,but when
qulmMiiZ S as afterward he did not play the man as he fhould doe/ne fell in league with
twfdm facim- a g ao d fellow, and whilft hee fate vp late at his ftiidy about his Criricifmes,
hmhf^eti mending fome hard places in Fejltts or Pollux^ came cold to bed,& would
auditfefcaiebat tell her ftill what he had done 3 thee did not much regard what hee faid,&c
tumdolart cat- a she would banc another matter mended much rather, which hee did not per*
"rfiaZtlvuo ceaue rvds corrupt: thus he continued at his itudy late,{he at her fport,hating
fr*ce$u um a n fehollers for his fake, till at length hee began to fufpeft , and turne a little
™{j™nmivem yellow,as well he might, for it was his ownejfault , and if men bee icalous in
t*fcral& bone- fuch cafes ( b as oft it falls out ) the mends is in their owne hands , they muft
™ xerat >f<:<f thanke themfclucs. A Lawyers wife in * Arifttnetus , becaufe her husband
TJtitiftayU- was negligent in hisbufincfle, quango leclo danda opera , threatned to comute
ri poierat 3 Mu- him: and did not fticke to tell Philinna one of her goffips as much, and that
tmZ°LT a l° tlc * f° r nim to ncarc $ tfhc ffl oyv other mens matters andletue hk owne , lie
negaffent: ktue an Orator jhalpleadmy cauf ?, I care not if he knowe it.
\mndlZnm ^ tn * r< * emmcnc cau ^* e °f icaloufic ma y be this,when he that is deformed,
firiopMbl* hirfutc, ragged, vermoufly giuen, will marry fome very faire nice peecc, or
quern cormptum fome light hufwife,hebeginnes to mifdoubt fas well he msyV (hee doth not
£?' mH m ' a ^ e< ^ mm * c Lis g ft cum f ,rm <* ma g** pudicitU. Beauty and honefty hauc cuer
* Such ano • beene at oddes. Abraham was iealous of his wife becaufe (hee was faire ; fb
ther tale is in was jmlcan of his Venm^whcn he made her crcekingftio6cs,faith \Philojlrx-
w^fhilfirft tus,ne tnxcharetur/andalio fcilicet defer ente y That hee might hcarc by them
ta'.e. when (he ftirred , which Mars indtgnef err * was not well pleafcd with.
sipeA'i Zlnis Good caufc had Vulcan to doe as he did , for (hee was no honeiler then fhec
negpm eperam fhould be. Your fine faces haue commonly this fault , and it is hard to findc,
4»c sfui mgii- fc^ Francu Philelphxs in an cpiftlc of his to Saxola his friend^a rich man ho-
S^attr^ni neft 3 a proper woman not prowd or vnchafh Can [hee heefatre and hone ft tec}
rem meam agat He that marries a wife that is fnowt faire alone Jet him looke,faith Barbarm
mmdkfo*™ for no bettcr fucceflc,thcn Vulcan had with Venus ? or Claudim with MeffalL
dUq^udkitite. nt. And 'tis impoiTible almoft in fuch cafes thy wife (hould containe , or the
*% ,ll 'd a -j g°^ man not Dc icalous, for when he is fc> farre defc6tiue, ill proportioned,
retiL eaLt vnplcafingin thofe parts which women moft affc^and fhemoftabfolutely
mmum. : faire on the other fide, if fhc be not very vertuonfly giuen, how can fhe lotic
iikica ™ m * him 3 and although (he bee not fairc,yct if he admire her and thinke her fo, in
' " his conceit fli e is abfolute t he holds it vnpoffible for any man liuing not to
... dote as he doth ,to looke on her and not luft,not to couct 3 and if he be in co-
panywithhcr 3 nottolayfiegc tohcrhonefty • orclfcout ofa dcepcappre-
henfion of his infirmitics,deformitics, & other mens good parts, he fufpe&s
fhc cannot affeft him, or be not fo kinde and lowing as (he (hould , fhec cer*
taincly
Part^Sc^.j. Cau/esof hloufte. Memfcu.Subf.2 #
tainelyloucs fome other man better then him felfe. 471
* 2{eutf anus lib. 4 .n»m. 72 .Will haue barrenneffe tobcamaine caufc of
Icaloufte. lfher husband cannot play the man, fome other fhal^ they will •cmjlerito
leaue no remedies vnaflaicd, and thereuponjhe cood man grovves jealous !"*>'.*'*****'
could gme an inttance 5 but be it as it is. mt (eKC:F i rtm
J find this reafongiuen by fome men, becaufe they hauebeenc formerly
naught themfelues, they think they (hall be foferued by others : they (ball
h^ue legem taltonis } \iVc fat like.
f Jpf e mifer docuKquo pojfet ludere patio fTifatiiu tleg.6
Cufiodes^ eheu nunc premor arte mea.
Wretch as J was, I taught her bad to be,
And now mine owne (lye trickes are put vpon mc.
MaU metss,mdu4 animus 3 as the faying is, ill difpofitions cauie ill fufpitions.'
S There is none iealom I durft parvne my life % withers Stt.
But he that hath dejifd another s vpife^
Anil for that he himfelfe hath gone affray,
Fe flrxightway tlvnkes his rvifcvotli tread that rvaj.
Tothefcaboucnamedcaufcs, I may very well annexe thole circuit fiances
of time.place,pcrfons,by which it ebbes and flowes, as h Vitus very well ob- \ h* An ! mS *
ferues,& fuch like accidents or occafions,procccdmg Irom the parties them- „fa ^,^ 4
felues or others,which much aggrauatc and intend this fufpitious humour. « ptrfaujuit,
For many men are fo lafciuioufly giuen, cither out of a depraucd nature, or
too much libsrty,which they doc aflumc vnto themfelues, by rcafon of their
greatnefle jin that they arc noble men, though their owne wiucs be ncuer fo
faire nobls,vertuous,honen\wife,and well giucn,they muft hauc change.
1 Qui cum legtttmi tunguntur feeder e leai,
Virtute ?grtgif s ,fi cle $ domofypue/lu.
Seer t a tamenjkdafy lupus in for nice qutrunt,
Et per aaulterium nova, carperegaudia tent ant .
Who being match'd to wiues moll vertuous.
Noble and faire, fl ye out lafciuious.
Quod licet iagratumejl, that which is ordinary,is vnpleafant. Nero (faith 7>
titus J abhorred Oftauia his owne wife, a noble vertuous Lady, & loued Acle
abafc queane in re fpc& ***** 4 * lit ** '* me Jf e ™l»?*«*,
or th<it*fi/ne waters be more pledftnt 3 otisrtteliius the Emperour was k P^.?.ir.
wont to fay, Iucundiores amores, qui cum periculo habentur, like ftolne Veni-
fon tha* is ftillthc fweeteftys Loue, which is mod difficultly attained 5 they
] ike better to hunt by ftealth in another mans walkc, then to haue the faireft
courfe that mav be a: game of their owne. ipr^u^.*
1 AJpice tit in ccelo modo Jolmodo Una, mtmjtret ,
Sic cttam nobis una puella ptirum eft .
As Sunne and Moone in Heauens change their courfe.
So trrv chance Loues,though often to the worfe.
Or that fome faire obiectfo forcibly moues them , they cannot conraine
^emfciucs 5 beithcardorfecne,they willbcatit. t Neptune faw by chance
SrteffJun V ro£u«ipim wife, he forthwith in the fury ofhH luft coun-
eSdher husbands habited made him cuckolde. Mm heardc^ ;
STommcnd bis wif^aad was fo tee cnragcd,that to middeft oi the mght
Q 44 *
Part^Scft-J. Loue melancholy. Mcmb. i. Subfo.
472 tohcrhewenr. Great m cn arc m oft part thus affe&ed all, as an horfe they
» ty.|f £ .' ncigh,faith Jeremiah jafter their neighbours wiucs,and if they be in company
of other women,though in their owne wiues prefence, they rnuft bee dally-
ing with thcm.luno in Z,^/4« 5 cproplaincsof /upiter, that he w as ftill kilfing
Ganymede before her face, which did not a little offend her.
Or that they care little for their owne wiues,or fcarc no Lawes,thcy dare
freely kcepe whores at their win es nofes, Tis too frequent with noble mcu
■ Stma. t0 difaoncftfieta.sjrofotosjidesjrivata bona funt^s «he faid lortg fince,
piety,chaftity,and fuch likc^arc for priuate rnen.Great pcrfonages will fami-
« tib.%xq. »3, ]j ar j^ fry oUt j n thjj ki n d,and yccld occafion of offence. Montaigne in his Ef-
fayesjgiues inftance in Cafar^Mabomet the Turke,that kcVt&Cenftanttnoplc,
and Ladi/laus king of Naples,t\\2t befieged Florence:grezt men,& great foul-
diers,are commonly great &c. Mars and Venus are equally ballanccd in their
YPttfodm C*- ac ^j onSt f Milifis in galea nidum fecere columhd^
Apparet Marti quam fit arnica Venus.
A Doue within an head-piece made her ncft,
'Twixt Mars and Venus fee an Inter eft.
Cafarfzkh Curio m Sueton^wzs omnium mulierum wir^ hee made loue to £*•
noe Quecne of Mauritania ^odeopatra >to Pojlbumia wife to Sergim Sulpiti-
us,to Lollia wife to Gahinius 3 to T crtuUa ofCraJfus , and to Mutia Pompei's
wifc,and J know not how many bcfidcs : Euery priuate hiftory will yccld
fuch variety ofinftanccs:Otherwife good, wifc 5 difcreet men, vertuous and
p Pmrntte*' valiant,but too faulty in this. ? Phil/ppus bonus left lqbzftzxdSjLaurence Me-
TlaVfL. dices a good Princc,and a wi fe, but, faith <i Macbiauel,pw6igio\iQy lafciui-
fci/f. Dux omm- OUS. None fo valiant as Caftruccius Ca/irucanus, but as the Author hath it,
umoptm:u& r none f incontinent as he was. And us not onely predominant in Grandies
feSiZrevwru this fait, but if you will take a great mansTcftimony/tis familiar with euery
frodtfffus. common fouldier in France (and elfcwhere I thinke.) This vice (* faith mine
f ^idemuxZei Author Jufo common with vs in Francejhat he is of no accompt, a meere cow-
rnmtii abate- ardjiot worthy the name of i fouldierfhat is not a notorious whoremafler. In /-
» vk - taly he is not a Gentleman , that befides his wife hath not a Curtifan and a
de npukGaih'. Miftris.'Tis no maruaile then 3 if poorc women in fuch cafes be iealous,when
rum. jumnc they fhall fee -themfelues manifeftly neglected, and their difloyall husbands
t&tbKlu to entcrtaine others in their roomes , and many times to court Ladies to
their faces,other mens wiues to weare their jewels , how fhall a poorc wo-
qUiwi hfm- t Q»u tibi tunc Dido cement i talia fenfus }
uu<me max'me How on the other fide (hall a pocre man containe himfclfe from this fe-
& *' ral1 malady, when hee fhall fee fo manifeft fignes of his wiues inconftaocy*
t rirg.kn.4. when as like Milos wife 5 (hee dotes vpon euery young man fhee fees , or as
¥ EpgvJib.*. * Oteartials Sot a deferto fequttur Qlitum mat it 'o. Thou gh her
husband be proper and tall /aire aud louely to behold, able to giuc content-
ment to any one woman,yct (he will tafte of the forbidden fruit, Juvenals
jberina, to an haire,fhc is as well pleafcd with one eye, as one man. If a yong
Gallant come by chance into her prefcnce,a Fafiidius Briskest can weare
his clothes well in fa{luon,with a lockc,a gingling fpurre, a feather, that can
cringe,and withall complement ? court a Gentlewoman,fhe raucs vpon him,
O what a louely proper man be was y hoVf fwectly he carried hjrofelfe,with how
comely
rzn+bctLj. Caufesofhalmfie. Mcmb . i .SubC 2 .
comely ^cjicvultusftc oraferebat^ neatly he did^eare his clothes, 47,"*
difcourfe fing and darice,&c. and then fhebeginnes to loath her husband, to *
hate him & his filthy beard,his goti(h complexion ,how like a dizard ,a foolc,
an aflc he lookes ho w like a Clovvne he behaues himrdfe.f So did Lucretia a ,
Lady of Sen* , after (he had but fcene Eur talus, In EurtAlum tot a ferebatur do - ■
w*** reverfi^cfixz would not hold her eyes off him in his prcfcncc,
' tantum egregio decus enitet ore. 'and in his *tr #
abfence could thinke of none but him fhec loathed her husband
forthwithjCouid not abide him.
\Etc oniugalk negligens torijuiro
Prafente, Acer bo nAufcAt faBtdto. tJj*™ 9 *
All aga inft the Lawcs of Matrimony,
She did abhortc her husbands Phtfnomy.
and fought all opportunity to fee her fwect-heart againc. Now when the
good man fhall obferue his wife fo lightly giucn,f be fo free & familiar with
every ga\l*nt,her immodefty andwantonneffc fas *lC*w^/» notes ) it muft o^w^Il
ncedesyeeld matter offufpition to him, when ftice ftill prankes vp her fclfc UcmiJi™*
beyond her mcanes and fortunes, and fo frequently goes to playes, maskes, f aml ' ati * *
feafts,andall publike meetings, and fhall vfefuchimmodeft « geftures, free TZZl^Z
fpceehes,and withall facw fome diftaftc of her owne husband how can hce & j*n»odtpi*,
clKifc 3 though he were another Socrates, but be fufpitious & inftatly iealous? ^"J^^
More cfpecially,whcn he fhall take notice of their more fecret & flie tricks, maimmvm
which to cornutc their husbands they commonly vfe,they pretend loue 3 bo- fr f^' a
nour, chaftity, and feeme to refpeft them before all men iiuing, Saints in Kl j orm t9 g e '.
fhew,fo cunningly can they diffemble, they will not fo much as lookc vpon <]ui*sontreiuti«
another man,in his prefencc,f fo chaft,fo religious,and fo dcuoutc, they can ^£ r *^J£
not endure the name or fight of a queanc, an harlottc, out vpon her, and in imwodici.&e.
their outward carriage are moft louing and officious,and will kifTe their huf- ?J$^' ishert
bands,& hang about his neckefdearc husband, fweet husband) and with a
laid, is not pre-
compofed countcnancc,faIute him,efpeeially when he comes home, or ifhe iudiciaikohc-
goe from home 5 wecpe > figh,lamcnt, & take vpon them to be ficke & fwoun, ncft w#mcn -
(like Jocundo's wife in x Arhfawhen her husband was to depart) and yet ar- i
ran. &c.carcnotforhim.
Aye me the thought (quoth fbejmahes mefe fraid,
That fcarce the breath abidetb in my brefl,
Peace my fweet loue and w//£,Iocundo ftid,
And rveepes asfafi^nd comforts her his beft^c.
All this might notaffwage the womtns paine y
Needs mufl I dye before you come againc.
Nor how to kecfe my life can I deuife y
The dolcfull dayes and nights ifballfofl'Wt,
From meat my mouth ftomflccpc will keep mine eyes^e.
That very night that went before the morrow 3
That he had pointed fur ely to depart,
Joetindo's wife was fuke.andfwound for J orrtw }
Amid bid armcsfo beany wot her heart .
And yet for all theft counterfeit teares and proteftarions, feundo comming
backctaaUhajlcforaJewellhchadforgot, ^ ^ ^
Part.$,Sc&.$. Loue melancholy. Memb.r Subi.i
474 Hit chafe and joke fellow he found •
y DM. Amor. f ok't with a knaue^all hone fly neglecJed 3
TKtMterer flee t i»g -ueryfouni,
§f$ttia tmriti, Tet by his face was eafdy detected,
iutm in tutted y e an Ars hrat bred by him from his cradle,
fieri poffetjeof- j>& j- 1 • a r J J/
culari vdit M - 4nd now was riding on tots masters {addle .
Mvium cbmo- Thus cart they cunningly counterfeit, asy /Y^//?* dcfcribcs their cullomes,
"Zrldttfir- ^*ff e f ^ etr husbands yehom they had rather fee hanging m the GaHowes^and
mat-, qum arte f veare they loue them dearer then their owne Hues , whofe foule they would not
mn redimereta- ranfomefor their little dogges.\Amy of them feeme to be precife & holy for-
™tff e f* telil ^ footh,& will goe to fuch a z Charch,to hearc fuch a good Man by all nieancs,
-* Ademt tem- an excellent man, when'trs for no other intent (as he foliewes it) then to
^vimmaldiant f ce & to hefattefo °b/erue what fafliions are in vfejo meet (owe fanner \Bawd }
Monke^Frier^r to entije fome goodfellow . Jror they perfwadc thcmfeluesjas
fed vej utMo- a Neuifanus fhewes , That 'tis neither finne norfhame to lye with a Lord or
™UMttmm' P&'ifh Priefljfhebe tproper man^and though fhe kneele often ,audpray denout-
Ihzuasciilis, ad /y,V#(faith Platina)not for her husbands welfares childrens goodjr any fend y
Bidinemprovo- but for berfweet-hearts returne , -her Panders health. Jf her husband would
a -.ii.4»«w.8i haucher goe 5 fhefainesherfelfeficke, c Et fimukt fubitb condolniffe caput:
jpfc ftbi perftu- her head akcs 5 and fhe cannot ftirre: but if her Paramour askc as much) fhe is
t^ri?" for him at al1 £afons,ac allhourcs of the night. Jn the kingdomc o(MaU.
vrmcipeveUum W 5 and about Goa in the Eaft Jndics, the women are fo fubtile 3 that with a
Vrtjitiesicnefr c ertainc drinke they giue them,to driueaway cares, as they fay, c They wilt
urn. aecp€cca make them fleepe for 24 hcures^r fo intoxicate them , that they can remember
b Dem rogat nought of that they faw done^or heard^ and by wafhing of their feet y reflore them
mmti,fiTcoz- AgMntjandfo make their husbands Cuckolds to their faces 3l\tzs hefaid,
vatijjota 'fufe's- f No penne could write ^no tongue attaine to tell 2
pit, fed pro redi- f orce f eloquence j>r helve of Art ,
frovaietudine Ofwomens treacheries the hundreth part.
Uum ffiagro- Both 5 to fay truth,are often faulty. Men and Women giue iuft occafions in
^ribuiiiM tws nurn0Lir ofdiicontcnt,aggravate & yecld matter of fufpition: but moft
d GatardMAr- part thechicfe caufes procecdefrom other adventitious accidents, and cir-
orient' " cum ft anccs » r bough the parties be free,and both well giuen themfelues.The
linchctfienl vndifcrcet carriage of fome lafciuious gallant^ e contra of fome light wo-
<= Garcias ab man)by his often frequenting of an houfc,andbold vnfecmely gcftures,may
^Ipx^mtuta. ma ^ c a Drcac b,and by his ouer familiarity, if hee be inclined to y ellownefle,
Mrbamvocit colour him quite out.jf he be poorc,baiely borne,faith Benedetto rarchi^nd
& depibit. othcrwife vnhandfome, hee fufpecls him the leflc ; but if a proper man 5 well
fuM&lveZrem delcended , commendable for his good parts, heetakethonthe more, and
muiiemjuviroi watchethhis doings, f T^^^/z/^theEmperour, gauehis wife Eudoxia a
mbrmt per 24 poi^ a p p ] e vv | ien h e vvas a f utcr to her,which (helone after beftowed vpon
qnnd.im.ut nihil a yong uallant in the Court,ot her cipeciallacquaintauce. The Emperor e-
vtitantsew- fpying this apple in his hand,fufped:ed forthwith, more then was, his wifes
tTmf&pI'i di(honefty,bani(hed him the Court,and from that day fo!lowing,forbare to
htionem pedum y accompany her any more. Now when thofe other circumftances of time &
cdten^imnt, place,opportuntty & importunity (hall concurre, what will they not effect?
Atiojlt. Fain opportunity can vpinne the coyefl fjjee that is,
f So wifely he takes time. 4s heel be fure he mil noimiffc;
\ J 7 ' Then
Parc.$iSe&$. . Cureofleahufie. Mcmb.i.Subtr.
Then be tbdt hues hergdmejome veine^nd tempers toyes with ^Art, 4; %
Brings Lone that [wimmeth in her eyes,tt dine into her burr.
As at Playcs 5 Maskes 3 great Feafh and banqucts 3 one fingles out his wife to
dance,anothcr courts her in his prcfence,a .third tempts her 3 &c. and then as
he faith, &{,e map no Wit in cljattfty abtoe, cbtuetr -
%i)tt is aflatoe on euerp (toe.
And after a great fcaft , % Vino fapc f hum nefcit Ami a virum. 1 TihuUu
Noab (faith f Hierome ) (hewed hi* nakednejfe in hn drunk enneffe^ohUh for fix t z
hundretbyeares behddcouered in {obcrncf[e_j.Lot lay with his daughters in his JriMhnttbw-
drinke. * quid enim Venus ebria curat? teem nudat fe -
The mod continent may be oucrcomcor if otherwifc they kcepc bad com- m r ou * qux per
pany,they that arc modclt or themfelues 3 and dare note fiend, confirmed by ^bnttaiean.
■ others grow impudent And confident ^and get An tH h*b?tt. Otifthey dwell in V""^ { s t
fufpe&ed places;as in an infamous Jnne,neercfomcStewes,ncere Monkes, I3 .
TrnttSiNentfunus addcs 3 wbercbec many tcmptors and follicitors, idle per- h N [ h '< 1 * adent
fons that frequent their companics,it may giuc iuft caufe of fufpirion.t^£#<r- i}™$m*!*,
otSilvitts puts in a caveat againft Princes Courts, becaufe there be tot/or- omcUui &cm-
wofiiuvenes qui prcmtttur.tSo many braue filters to tcmpt,&Ci^7f« letter ^f^J^'f"
her in fuch aflaccyou ^aH likely finde her in cojnpany you like tot ^either they lHndlx lmttt
tome to he. \or(heu gone t& them. l Kornmannut makes a doubting ieft in his tr**fiemt.
lafciuious Country, VirginU ifohata cenfedtur ne gajfttas ad quam frequenter
accent fcholaresrfind Baldus the Lawyer feoffes on , quum JcboUru, tnquit, bum turn $i m.
loquitur cumfuellaMnfrtfumitur etdiceroftternofcr.Whcn* Schollcr 2£JJ*
talkes with a maide,or another mans wife in private, itisprefumcd he faith rirt .
not 2 PAternofier. Thcfe arc the ordinary caufes of Icaloufie 3 which arc in- j^f 1 *-*
tended or remitted as the circumftanccs vary.
Mi mb. 2. S v 1 s 1 c t. I.
Symptomes ofledloufjefesrejorrew, fuptionjrdnge Mk*t y
gefinres t outrAges l loekingv^cdthes i trUls y Lar»es ) &c.
OFallpaflions,as I haue already proncd, Loue is moft violent, and of
all thofe bit ter potions which this Louc Melancholy affords Jealou-
fieistheereateft , as appearcs by thofe prodigious Symptomes
which it hath andeffcas^
which is common to all melancholy, anxiety of mmde reft left thoughts,
Ileneffe leannelTe,meagerne<Tc,ncglca of bu(inene 5 and the hke thefe men
£ar S
?i on a orlfurious perturbation^ bitter painc 3 a nrc 3 madnefle plaguc,hcll: 0^ ^
lealoufic faith *Vtvesfeget,vnquietnefemthem*nd,n<ghtv >T>*7
3caloulie,iaitn v > * whiter & Amplifies it to htmfelfe fas all me-
A ft*r eueryrvord hehedres,euerywDijj>cr h rj-»rr,[ j Jw—^A^ 1 (um m m , - m *
?«ho!v doe in other matters) „** < mf ™^^f*?'£%t **T »
fo fiefoto/oe, ^^^feffi^T ' W
nnvtes $yferuer t frysngtne*eryfart. Befides
Patt.3.Seca.J. Lwc melancholy. Memb.2. Sub£i.
47df Bcfidcs all thofe ftrangc gcfturcs of itaring , frowning, grinning, rolling of
eyes,racnacing,gaftly»looks,broken pace,iQterrupt,preeipitate,halfcturnes,
He will fomctimes figh,wcepc>fob for anger, fwcare and bclyc,flander any
iaan 3 curfe,threaten,brawle 3 lcold5 and fometimes againc flatter, and fpeakc
faire.askc forgiuenefle.and then againe 3 impatient as he is,raue,and lay about
hiaa like a mad man,accufing& fufpe&ing not ftrangers onely,but Brothers
and Sifters a Father and Mothcr 3 neareft and deareft friends. He thinkes with
thofc Italians, Chi mn toicx f&rent&do,
7'occa mater ado.
And through fcare, conccaues vnto himfelfc things alraoft incredible and
impofTible to bee cffe&ed. As an Hearnc when he fifties,, (till prying on all
Odest or as a cat doth a moufc 3 his eye is neuer off hers, he glotes on him, on
hcr,accuratcly obferuing on whom ftiee lookes 3 who lookes at her,what fhe
faith,doth,atdinner,atfuppcr 3 fitting ;> walking > at home, abroad, hce is the
fame, ftill enqmring,mandring, gazing, liftning, affrighted with eucry fmall
obiedfc. As he confeffeth in the Poet,
1 tnfmm. 1 Omnia me terrentfimidu* fumjgnofce timeri,
Et mifcr in tunica fujpico* effe vtrum.
MeUdttftmulta tibt dub it efcula water,
Me for or $ cum qua dormit arnica JimuL
Eaeh thing affrights me, I doe fearc,
Ah pardon rnc my fcare,
I doubt a man is hid within
The cloathes that thou doft wears,
Is't not a man in womans apparell, is not fome body in that great eheft? or
behind the doorc,orhangings,or in fome of thofe barrels ? May not a man
come in at the window with a ladder of ropes, or come dovvne the chimny,
or hauc a falfe key, or come in when he is afleepc ? Jf a Moufe doe but ftirre,
©r the wind blow.a cafement clattcr,that*s the villain 3 there he is,by his good
Will jno man (ball fee her/alutc hcr 3 fpeakc with her, (be fhall not goe forth
« &m SUv. of his ffght,fo much as to doe her needes. m Non iiahovtm Argus ^c. Argus
did not To kcepc his Cow 3 that watchful! dragon the golden fleece, or Cer*
her the comming in of Hcll,ashee kecpes his wife. Jf the neccfTity of his
bufineflc be fuch,that he muft goe from home,hec doth either locke her vp,
or commit her) with a deale of iniundions and proteftations,to fomc trufiy
friends,him and her hee fets and bribes to oncrfec ; and yet all this will not
ferue,though his bufineflc be very vrgcnt,he will when be is halfe way,come
backe againe in all poft hafte,rife from fupper 3 or at midnight, and bee gone,
and fomctimes leauc his bufincfle vndone.Though there be no danger at all,
no caufe of fufpition , fhee liue in fuch a place, where Metfxlina her felfe
could not be diflaoncft if fhee wonld,fyet hec fufpc&s her as much as if lhcc
were in a bawdy houfe,or (bmc Princes Court,or in a common Innc, where
all commcrs might haue free aeccfle. Nopcrfwafion,no proteftation can
diuert this paflion,nothing can cafe him,fccurc or giuc him (aciffa6tion.lt is
anoft Grange to report what outragious a els by men and women haue been
itejfa ) committed in this kinde, by women efpecially, that will runne after thcit
husbands into all places,all companies, as » Iovianus Vohumus wife did by
him/ollow him whitharfocuer he went, it matters nor, or vpon what bufi-
neflc
Part/j.Se&.j. Symptoms of leafoufie, Memb.2.Sub£i
ncfle,rauinglikc/»«*>inthcTragedy,cur(ing/wcaring, andmiftruftingeue- 477
ry one fhc fccs.GemeJiuv fometime Archbithop of T oJedoMzth a ftrange do-
xy of that incredible Icaloufie of loane Queenc of Sfaineju\{t to King Philip, t
and mother of FerdtnandfixA Charles the 5, Emperonrs*, when her husband
fhJip^ either for that hee was tyred with his wifes Jealoufje , or had forae
great buGnefl'e,went into the Low-countries 5 fhee was fo impatient & me-
lancholy vpon his departure, that fhc would fcarfe eat her mca^or converlc
with any man, and though fhc were with childc, and the feafon of theyeare
very bad,the winde againft hcr,in all hafte fhee would to fea after him. Wei-
tha Jfabcllt her Qiieene mother, or the Archbtfhop , oranv other friend
could perfwadc her to the contrary,but (he would alter him. When ihe was
nowcomc into the Low«countrica,and kindly entertained by hcrl usbancf, ^ .
{he aotild not conraine her felfe, but in her rage ranne upon a yellow hand ^ ctfJkmZ-
wg»chyv\i\\ whom fhc fufpe&ed her husband to be naught,™/ off her fair?} raft, , ^4
a fid eha beat her blacke and blew, and fo dragged her about* It is an ordinary J3^,/£T
thing for women in fuch cafes,to ferae the faces, flit the nofes of fuch as they vibkiL frfo
fufpect-,as Henry ti e Seconds importune 7^,did by Rofamund at modflo.ke:
for (he com plaines in a f modeme Poet, (he fcarce fpakc,
But flier with eager fury to myfacc^
Cffring me moft vnwomanly difgrace,
Locke how a Ugreffe^ &c.
So feline on me tn outragiom wife,
As could Difdatne and Icaloufie deuifc.
Or if it be fo they dare not or cannot execute any fuch tyrannicall mmft.ee, , ^
they will raile and revile them ,be are them deadly hate and malice, as P T«/- ? ~r~ mll .
<«.«Uferiies rhehitreMaH*lommominum(tfarailetgamnjuzhas\bt(^> m-^tyf ifi
/mj ouittiitiji ( t 1 in aliM milium
foveas. *N*tlivup.mm£,tumiAi%ventt ^{^.iu,
Tanta,nee teli metuenda terti, I aiaMmn a-
Quant* »«»«* viiuat* tadis
K^rdet&tiit. M , iu ,
Windes,weapons,flames make not futh hurly bur ly,
As rauine women turne all topfieturuy.
men arefufficientlv curbed m fuch cafes , the rage of men is more eminent,
huSs vrannize ouer their poore wiuesjn M, *™ff»
zSSZ and generally oucr all thofe hot countr.es , rhey locke them vp
ftKd will fuffer no body to come at them,or their wmes to con* abroad
ft.ll and will uner no y ^ them , as the Grand
Sarian keepe their Cur e ans u [0 fee a man, & doe not c „ mm n , M
tut in fieht of them he dies tor ii,and ittney cnauw d ^ mam** »
\
Part.$,Sed.$. LyuemeUncholy. Memb.i Subti
478 no man can fee them,F7/c/* tot* incedunt^ which Alexander ab Alexandra
tSemmivi' relates oithc PArtbians Jib. f.cdp.24 which with Andreas TirAqueHus his co-
rS^Jw- mentatOT,I rather thinkefhould be vnderftood of Perfians. 1 hauc not yet
rum coMjpeft* faid all,they doe not only lock them vp ,/ed & pndendis ferss adhibcntktzxt
mmm. Wnat ^ em bm relates lib.6.oi his Venetian hiftory, 3 of thofc inhabitants thai
dwell abou t Qutloa in \^firicke s Lufitam , inquit^uorundAm ciuitates adie.
runt 3 qui natisftAtim famtnis naturam confuunt , quoad vrina exit us ne impe-
dtaturjafy quum adoleucrint fic confute in matrimonium coSocant 5 vt jfienfi
frima cur a Jit conglutinatas fuelU or as ferro interfcindere. Jn fome parts of
Greece at this day ,like thofc old lewes , they will not bclccue their wiues arc
honcft, nifipannummenfirnatumprima node videant^ our countrcymaa
I J#.i./fr.7. * Sandes in his peregrination, faith it is feucrcly obferued, in Zazynthus , or
Z*»^,and Leo Afer in his time at Fez, in Africkejion endunt virgmem ejfcj
nifi videant fanguineam mappam, fi non y ad parent es pudore reijeitur. Thofc
(hects arc publikcly (hewed by their parents 3 and kept as a figne of incorrupt
virginity. Thofe old lewes examined their maides ex tenui membrana called
Hymen yvh\ch Laurentius in his Anatomy folumbns lib. 12. tap. j$, Captuac-
ciml1b.4xAp.11.de vteri affetttbuslVinccnt.Alf Arms Genuenfis quafit. med.
cent.a.Hierenymus McrcuriAlU confultiAmbrof Parens y luliusC<efar Claudmus
vvtrupumti ReJp0nf.4.zsthatz\[ode u rupturavenaruMvtfAnguufluat: copioully con-
mfmprpdil futc'tis no fufficient trial^ they contend. And yet others againe defend it,
gnu vel ah dp GaJpar BArtbolinus lnfiitut.AnatMb t i.cap.jr.Pinaus of Paris , Albert us Msg-
^idemRbafu nHS de fccret.mulier.cap.p .& io.&c.znd thinkc they fpcake too much in fa-
Urabxm. vour of women. * Lodovicus BonctalusJtb.2.cap.2 . multebr. naturalem Mam
vteri Ubiorum conflriclionemjn qua virginitatem conftfiere volunt } aJlringe»»
tibus medicinis fieri foffe vendieat, etfi defloraU fint, afluttmulieres ( inquit )
nos fallunt in his. idem Alfarius Genuenfis qfdem fere verbis. An olde ba wdic
f Bpifl.6; Ma- nurfe in f Ari/lanetus^hcn a faire maide of her acquaintance wept & made
zero Jnttr. jj Cr moanc to hcr,how (he was deflowred; and now ready to be married, was
e iHt y ttt afraid it would be pcrccaucdj comfortably replicd^olivererirlliajcVc^rtf
pi mutter ante not dAUghter 3 lle teach thee a tricke to helpe it. Sed hac extra csllem. To what
nuptiMffon'fite cn d arc a H thofc Aftrologicall qucftions,** fit virgo t an fit cafta, An fit muli*
frtbet wrgtften ^ And thofeftrange abfnrd triallsin Albert us Magnus 5 Baptifia Porta ,
Mag.lib.2.cAf.2i.dr tvcckerlib,s.defecret.\>y Stones,perfumes } to make them
piflc.and confefTe J knowc not what in their fIecpe 5 fomc icalous braine was
the firft founder of them. And to what paflion may wee afcribe thofc feuerc
lawes againft icalouriCjA 7 *jw^.j.7^.Adultcrers,I)^/!r/.f. l 22. v. 22- as amon^ft
y $ni mulitre thc H g & rews >*™<M£fi the tsEgyfttans, X BohemusJ.ix. s . demcr.gen. of the
woUfct viriSa Carthaginians,cap,6.o{TurkesJtb.2.cap.ii.amorig(ith<: Athenians of oldc,
«xecdb*»t t & Italians at this day 3 wherein they arc to bec fcvcrcly puni{hcd,cut in pceces,
mUe wgaiia- bume^buried aliue , and feucrall expurgations as fo many Symptomcs of
incredible iealoufie? Asforthofeveftall virgins to fetch water in a Ciffe as
*9k*jiAliear. Tatia did in Rome^Anno ab vrb.conditA ^o,bcfore the Senators ,and * t/Emi-
lta y virgoinnocens % to runneouer hot irons'as £0*0*4 ^Edward the Confeffors
mother did 3 thc king himfclfe being a fpe&ator.and the like. We read in Ni-
eephorus ^that ChunegundA the wife otHenricus Bavarus Emperour,fu/pc-
&cd ohda\tCiy,w/imulata adulter if per igm to s vomer esiUafa trAnfiit , trod
vpoo red hot coulters and had no harrae,thc like wc findc in Regino, lib. z. \ n
Auenttnm
Part.j.Se &j* Symptoms o f iealoufie. Mernb*i*Subf . i .
Aventinus and Si gonitis of Charles the third and his wife Richard* An° 887 479
that was fo purged with hot irons. Paufanias faith that hec was once an eye
Witnefle ofluch a miracle at D lands Temple, a maid without any harmc at
all walked vpon burningcoales, Pius 2, in^isdefcriptionof£*™V cap. 4 6.
makes mention of the lame, that it was commonly vfed atD^^TempIc' ^"f^
lorwomcntogoebarefootouerhotcoalcs 3 totrytheirhoneftics • ? Units
Solinus^nd many writers make mention of^Frr^/^Temple,andl)/^y/«j 5 ' 3**** was
Haltcawaffeus, I.3. of Memnons ftatuc,whieh were vfed to this purpofe,7*-
t/us lib. 6. oiPan his Gaue, ( much like olde S c mlfrides needle in Torkfhire) vh th maides
wherein they did vfe to try maides , » whether they were honcft , when Leu. did [ wi ? ,|ne »
• • r ' /> j • 4 s~ • s> vnciMli were
ctppe went in Juautpmus exaudtrtfonm c£ptt. Aufttn.de civ, Dei, lib. ; 0t c.t 6. crowned, e*
relates many fuch examples 5 ali which Lduater dejfec7r.p«rt.r.ctp. /^.'con- J : l < h ' u l:b -*-
tends to be done by the illufion of Diuells ,though Thomas qutfl'j. de pet en faMwffi!
//^j^cafenbe itto good angells. Some, faith b /ty?/>7 3 con)pe';lthcu wines
tofvvcaretheybehoneft^asifperiurywerealelTerfinthena'duliery, c fomc ' V"*"
confult oracles,as Phxrus that blind king of vAlgypt. Jf all this will not feme, Sip" 2«£
faith Alexander Gagttinui{ap.$.defcript .Mafcouix^ \\\z Mufccuites 3 if they nmm> orsculum
fufped their wiucs'will beat them till they confeffe, and if this will not avail, JSfjS^
like thofe wild 7r//jb J bediuorccd at their pleafures,or clfe knock them on the H - fod - Bttt "h
heads. Of this tyranny of lealouficread more in Parthenius Era .cap. 1 o.C 'ti-
mer arius cap.j 3 .hor.fubcif.ejr ccnt.2Sip.34.Cdius Epi flies y and Th.C ha latter
de repub.'^ngMb.pjAricflo lib.3i.ftaffc i.Ftlix Plater us obferuatMb.i. eye,
M B MB. g ,
Trognojlicks of lealoufte^ Beffaire, Madneffe^ to
make away themfelues and others.
Hofc which arc Jealous moft part,if they bee not othcrwife relieued, d Mmiiobm
proceed from fufpition to hatred from hatred to frenfie , madnrjfe, intu . Jfo^JlJ.
ry^nurder and defftaire. rm 4twmm
c A p las ne b y whofe mo ^damnable effcel re ^ nt - *4-
Dtuerfc mdeepe defpatreto Ate bate fouobt t muGakm?
By which a man to madneffe neere is br ought t c
Aswellvithcaufeleftaswitbiuftfufpecl.
In their madnclTc many times/aith f FiWjthey make away themfelues and d.it ^i 9ty p.
1 orfences 5 and fonntaine of murders .Tragicall example
in this kindejoth new and oldan all zgtsXefbalus and Prccris , 6 pbtrus of 'JJgSik
isEpopt Tereu<)>4treus pn&Thieftes. h Alexander Phxrens murdered of his tjpiitextka
wi^4^'^y¥^^ w ^^^ tb - fo made away by
Lucil/apemetriusihc(omco[Antigonus,?itcancr,byihci:wiucs. Hercules (l f(d;tlilkm
povfoncd by Dcianira. iCsdnna murdered by Vejpafian % Juflttta 2 Romany «^ *¥
Lady by her husband. * Umefris, Xerxes wife , becaufc thee found hct Buf- Jg*
Partj.Se&j. Loue melancholy. Memb.j.
- i
480 bands cloake in Maftfto his houfesutoffMafi/fahurviuespappes t andgauc^
1 Ub.i. Dm them to the dogges, fie Ad her beftdes , and cut off her eareS, />//*/, tongue **d
tiZta^il ft* the »'fe °f *uynu her daughter. Our late ftorics arc full oiTuch outra-
mfekpemtyi ges. ^Paulus v&milius in his hiftcry of France, hath a Tragicail ftory of chtU
hi™ Knurl ? emus tne ^ his death s made away by Ferdegunde his wife, Jn a iealous
(mm^rue- humour hee came from hunting , and ftolebehinde his wife, as fhec was
nience virgi drcflingjandcombingher head in the funne, gauehet a familiar touch with
U^McTdixjt, ni$ war.d, which fhec miftaking for her louerfaid, Ah Landrejgood knight
fronum v'trfor- fhould Hrike before andnothehmde 5 but when (he faw her felfe bewrayed by
tk P e ! e > &c - his prefence/hce inftantly tooke order to make him away. iHierome Oforius
GoaiLSm m tnc cleucnth booke of the Deeds of EmmanuclKmg oiPertxgd, to this e£
Landrico mux fe6t hath a tragicail narration, of one Ferdinands Ghalderia that wounded
'™mfyr™&Z : Gctheri "' M a noblc country man of his,at Go a in the Eaft Indies, «» and cut off
tim inter vena: one of his legges /or that he looked as he thought too familiarly vpon his vpifc_j
dam effirit. which rvas afterwards a caufe of many auarrells.and much blood (bed GumnerL
orTmhabem, m Mp.36.de agritud.matr. fpcakes oi a filly icalous fellowe 5 that feeing his
Goterinu, prk' child new borne included in a kell , thought fure a* Franc/fian thatvfedte
vUum ll'ddvx- come t0 & boufejvas the father ofit.it was fe like a Friers Cowle^ therevpon
orifutt oculos
threatned the Frier to kill him: Fulgofus of a woman in Narbene chat cut off
tfvullltdT' ^ Cr ""^^des priuitics in the night, hecaufefhee thought hee plai'dfalfe
f»LJtinfa. witn her - 1 nc ftor y °f lonufcs Bafa 3 zni faire Monte his wifejs wel known
at, & tibiam to fuch as hauc read the Turkifb hiftory.and that of Ioane of Sfaineyzt which
munZZti. 1 treated in my former fe&ion. Her iealoufie, faith Gomcfius, was caufe of
n Ed quod in-
both their deaths; King Philip died for gricfe a little after , as P UMartian his
wbamSra't p kyfi"an S aue " oui i af/ d fhe for her par Rafter a melancholy difcontentedlife,
^cub,fed!bat mi fpf»* *>* lurking holes and corners y made an end of her miferies. Fcelix Pla-
sum filium fi*- tcr in the flrft booke of his obferuationSjhath many fuch inftanccs, ofa Ph y-
tru Francifa, fi t j an f n j s acquaintance,*! that was fir ft mad through iealoufie^ afterwards
• K>jctv!es. defter ate: * ofa Merchant that killed his wife in the famc_j humour , and after
r zelotyfm re- precipitated himfelfe_j: Of a Doctor of law that cu t of his mans nofe • ofa
umSeZn Winters wife in BaJilA<> i£oo,thathad nine children^ had beene 27ycares
fault poji s vt married,yet afterwards iealous,and fo impatient that flie became defperate
timSZZ and wouId ncithcr eat nor drinkc in hcr owne hoi]fQ 5 fof ft arc her husband
hi iiiaautm fhould poyfon her. Skenkius obferuat.lib.+capJe Vter. hath|an example ofa
atrabitinde iealous woman that by this mcancs had many fits of the Mother: and in his
kblfificfc firft booke °^omt that through iealoufie ranne maddc : ofa Baker that gel-
cemprtygritu. ded himfelfc to try his wiucs honcfty,&c. Such examples are too common
quum tcmpui
ttmfumpfit. Mbmb. 4. Svbsict. r.
^ A Zelotypia
'frM&dT Cur e of Iealoufie: by aueiting weapons pot to be idle: hy good
fyerationem. counfcll \ to contemne it, not to watch or lecke^
rabmdmexal'
toy* prtcipit* A S of all other rac!ancholy 3 fome doubt whether this malady may bee
'Were nod*. /"\ curedor no 5 they chinkc *cis like thc f Gout,or5»/>^, whom wee
fa nefcit mdk* commonly call mhwncs 3 thofc hired fonldiers if once they take
^f^s,rm. poflcffionofaCaftkjthcy can neucrbegotout.
Part j.Se#. 3. Vrognoflkks of hloufte. Memb.4.Subf. 1
Qui timet vt fuafitjie quis fibi fubtrahat illam, 48 1
/He Machaonta vix ope falvu* erit. ' Ani^ojtb 51
* Thii is that cruel/tvoundagainflrvhofefmartj W " T *
No liquors forcepreuailes or anyplatjler,
No ihHofflarresjno depth of Magicke art y
Veuifed by that great clearke Zoroafler ,
A wound that fo infecls the foule and heart ,
As all our fenfc andreafon it doth ma/ler y
K-Awoundwhofe pang and torment u fo durable,
k^4s it may rightly called be incurable*
Yet what I haue formerly faid ofother Melancholy,! may fay againe,it may
be cured or mitigated at leaft by fome contrary paflion , good counfcll and
pcrfwafion it be withftood in the beginning,maturcly refi(ted,W Its thofe
ancient holds the nayles of it be pared before they groxce too lorg. No better UVt tera
meanes to rcfift or cxpell it then by avoiding idleneflc, to bee (till ferioufly «rift«A»iwa
bul'c^r.boutlbmc matters ofimportancc, to driue out ihofe vainefeares,
fool illi phanufies 5 and irkfome fufpitions out of his hcad,& then to bee per-
fwaded by his iudicious fricnds 5 to giuc eare to their good couniel & aduice, cantfenimii.
and '.vifely toconfidcrwithh!mfeli"e,how much heedifcredits himfelfe, his
frie^ds.gr'icues himfelfe & others,whatan argument of weaknefle it is, how
abftird a thing in it fdfc,how ridiculous,how brutifh a paflion ,how fottifa,
how odiotis^ow harebraine 3 maddc and furious. Jf hec will but hcarc them
fpcake,no doubt he may be cured. * Ioane Queene of Sftim<£ whom 1 haue - *
formerly fpokcn 5 vnder pretenfe of changing ayre, was (em to Complutum, ximnii
oc ^ciZadelasHenera6,whzKXimsni^ l%Ai
vcd,that by his good counfell(as for the prcfent fhe was)(hc might be ealcd
y For * At(c4e of the foidejfcoHcedeifortures tni met t arms it , & bj mphj- ;„ m .
f^JfoLrbercmcMnh * £fer«t cmforuhleftenbct will
nothereinfertanyconfolotaryfentencesto this purpofe , or foreitall any lll>necllllcm .
m a nS ir,ven t ion,b U tkauc-. t e Ue ryma,uodil a teand a mphfieas he ftal think
fit himfelfe:let him aduife with S«*«/.,. i. and read that comfortable
and oithv fpcech to this purpofe of Xtme iim in the author himfelfe as it is {mm .
,w " ' „ ■ ' ■ • t.. -ii.jj. .f,,.:f;.h«.»-r.,-.rKlpredarifht.th!Swhich
X: n menfib e fmarr, grounded many times vpon faife fi.ipu.on alone, &
fo fofter ed by a finifter conceit .Iffhe be not d.ihoneft he troubles and m -
c n te himfelfe without aeaufe.or put cafe which .s the worft,he be a G. c-
to" it cannot be helped,, he more he ftirres in it the more heeaggrauates
K Mvne miseries. Ho w much better in fuch a cafe to d.flemble or contemn
r Itf^^rives^aumiiaimtriusmnp^ vtitnt. Manywomen 3
f ' V£l Z is no remedy.h.ue been* f pacified, & fcall men be more
■ then "omen? -Tis fomecomfort in fuch a cafe to haue companions,
jealous tnen women l L..,/r. Who can fay he is free?
Solamen mt ferufocros habuttfe doloru. J m MC tdefu
Who can affurc himfelfe he is not one ^mr,,erfccurc himfdfc^
Part.j.Se<5t.3. Loue Melancholy* Mcnib.4. Subf.i.
482 turot Jf ic were his cafe alone it were hard,but being as it is almoft a commo
calamity,'tis not fo grieuoufly to be taken.jn forac countries they make no-
*&ih thing oi\x y nenobilu qm'demSm\\ z Leo Aferjw forne parts of Afrnke^ if fhec
b , be part fourtcencthere's not a Noble man that marries a maid , or that hath
cdedonyRcguli a cn aft wife/tis fo common. And as that Caledonian Lady > b Argetocoxw a
vxorMi* ah Britttfo Prince his wifc,told Julia Augujla ,whcn fhec tooke her vp for diibo-
mrdtm '%u ne fy & e ^^ines are naught at leafi with feme few choice men ofthe^t better
inboMe t Ve verpt- fort ^ut you Romanes lye with euery bafe knaue y y6H are^j a company of common
retur,rcjpo>idet 1v ^ frejm severus the Empcrour in his time made lawes for the refrains of
vlm^wUtU' this vice , and as c Dion Nic&ta relates in his life, tria rnillta mxchorum^hree
amemha)emn6 t thoufand Cuckold makers , or nature menetam adulter antes ^ as \*Philo calls
^utimwm^e tn ^ m / a lfe coyners 3 and clippers of Natures money , were fummoned into
ptffm homma the Court at once. And yet j Non omnem molitor quxfa'tt vndavidet \
"jUT^u' t ^ lc ^^ er ^ ecs not a ^ tne watcr tnat § 0€S n * s m il^ no doubt but as in our
(hiijhhfcxci- dayes,thefe were of the commonalty all , the great ones were not fo much
wbM plum in as called in queftion for it. And d Martials Epigram might haue beencge-
'iiTj^itf ncrally applied in thofe licentious times, Omnia folus habes, &c. thy goods,
« AfiuAribti- lands^mony^wits are thy ownc^Kwrem fed habes Candide cum populo ,but
njfmtrem lU nti^hQWiC&ndidus your wife is common. Husband and Cuckold in that
rlTi^l-mZ- a g e it feemes were reciprocall termes,the Emperours themfclues did weare
fidijnonbh yfifotf/wbadgcjliow many Cafars might I reckon vp together, and what a
tvrm lltiu Catalogue ofcornutcd kings and princes in euery l\ory fAgamemnon 9 Mene*
ret.Uknd t l&usfbilippws of Greec'e,Ptolom*Hs ottAigjpt, LucuUm } C<efir^ Pompe/fts t Cato t
Augnftus^HtoninusyCrc. Thcbraueft Souldiersand moltheroicallfpirits
could not avoid it./They haue becne a&iue aqd pafliue in this bufincs. c King
Arthur whom we call one of the nine worthics 3 for all his great valour was
vnworthily fcrued by Mordred one of his Round table knights,^ Guithera y
or Helena i^Alba his faire wifc 3 as Leland interprets it , was an arrant honeft
woman. Ifpeakcnot of our times all this while,we haue good 5 honeft, ver-
tuous men and women,whom fame^zeale/earc of Godjreligion & fuperlli-
tion containes, and yet for all that, wc haue too many knights of this order,
fo dubbed by their wiues,many gctod women abufed by didbhite husbands.
Jn fome places and fomcperfons you may as foone inioyne thenuo carry
water in a Ciffe,as to keepe themfclues honeft. What (ball a rmn doe now
f c«gUaa*fk m fuch a cafe? What remedy is to be had 3 how (hall hebecafed? Byfuinga
Mi tu vnquam divorce, that is hard to be cffc&cd/tnon cafe tamen cautefiwj carry the mat-
Sim Tc fai tcr fo cunningly jthat though it be as common as Simony , and as cleare , as
Ofpum fit 5 ft- manifeft as the nofe on a mans face,yet it cannot be evidently proued. Much
™™mt£Aw k cttcr P ut 11 v p 5 the more he ftirres in it,thc more hee (hall diuulgc his ownc
(barne; make a vertue of ncccflityjand conccale it 5 there is no remedy but pa-
nonipfo t j ence . It may be 'tis his ownc default jandhehathnorcafontocomplainc,
Tragi Md™ 'tis quid f ro q'foflit is bad,hc is wor fc/ Bethink e thy felfe, baft thou not doners
tum ipft c\uom as muchfor fome cf thy neighbours >wky do/l thou requires that of thy rv/fc_^ y
rap»it % cmfi w yj e jj t l oa ypilt not per forme thyfelfe. Thou rangeft like a towne Bull^hy art
imtifaafr. thoufoimtnfedtflbee tread awry?
. h g e it that fome woman break chajl wedlocks lawes,
at^ff 80 ^ aues ncr bub and &nd becomes vnchx ft 3
ret commonly it is not without taufe ,
Parc.?;Sea. 3 . Cure oflealonfte. Mcmb, 4 .SubZ7.
S bee fees her man t» fwne berecods to tea /t y " " o
She jeeles that be his louc from her votthdr ones,
And hath onfome perhaps lejfe worthy plact,
who fir ikes witbfrvordfhe fcahbard them may fir ike.
And Jure loue craueth lone .like dskethlike.
Eafemperftudebttfaxh » N euif anus, pares redder e vices, flic will quit it iffhe i sjbuupu
can. J doc not excufe her in accufing ihec, but if both bee naught,mcnd thy flMW -7»- •
fclfefirft.
Yea but thou replicft, 'tis not thclike reafon betwixt man and woman,
through her fault my children are baftards,! may not endure ic. k Sit amsru- k ummm £i
lent a fit mficrhfafrodiga.&c. Let her (cold & brawlc and fpend 3 1 care nor, «P-*i- ^ *- '
modofit ctflaSo fhebchoneft,! could rafily bcare it s but this I cannot.. And uUjut ' mt '
why not this? Euen this which thou To much abhorrut, iijaayJbeefbrthy
progenies <v>od ^betterbe any mans Tonnes then thine, thou thy felfehafl ' optimm bf.
r-.jdiierKurcmoredifcafcsthcnanhorfc^raakcthe worftoht.ay it \svulriu*
infanabtleSic vulnm inferifibile , as it is incurable , fo is it infcnfiblc, Due art
thou fure it is (o? it may be thou art ouer fufpkious, and without a cauie, as
fbme arCjif it be oftimejlrisparttufcoinz at eight months, or like fuch & fiich
a man 3 they fondly fufpecTt hec got it$ iffhec fpe2ke or laugh familiarly with
fuch or fuch men, then prefently fhc is naught with them,iuch is their weak-
nefTc. Whereas charity, or a well difpolcd mindc would interpret all vnto
the bcft.S.Francis by chance feeing a Frier familiarly killing another mans
wife, was fo farre from miiconceaumg it,that he prefently kneeled downc &
thanked God there was fo much charity left; but they on the other fide will
afaibe nothing to naturallcaufes, indulge nothing to familiarity , mutuall
focicty ,fi icndfhip,but out of a finifter fufpition, prefently loeke them clo/e,
watch them, thinking by that meanesro prevent all fuch inconveniences,
that's the way to helpe it , whereas by that meanes they doe«ggrauate the
mifchiefc/Tis but in vaine to watch that which will away.
m jyjt cufiodtrifi velit vSa pot eft ^ m Ovkt. mm,
Kecmcntem feruarepotes, licet omnia [eruts, ^vkSHft.
Omnibus exclufis\tntu4 adulter erit, « Ptimtt. lib*
None can be kept refilling for her part, * JT
Though body be kept clofc within her heart. mt . vx0ti
Aduoutric lurkes,to exclude it thcr's no art. ocdui»mjnto\
^rtu* with an hundred eyes cannot keepe her, & bunc vnus fa} fefillit a- WJyg.
*w\asin » Arioffo* tf'Uour hearts rvere eyesjet fure they/aid fmtntm „ k
We husbands of our mues fbovld be betratd. im» mntie,n\
/&>,Waith,***"»M^
caLtbe^epMahoncftonghtnottobeck.pt.ncccffny.s,^
milted. Difficile c«foditur,a«dpl»rtsdmms That which many eouct mni! Mn _
hardly be preferued, as o S ,/*W»>thinks. Unoi^nwSylvms
naraiyutpiv » ,. , .« *. f*,L» tlt»imiu?t fnr women ! rram **bib<i,
Part^Sed*.}. Lwc melancholy. Mcmb^.SubCi
1 484 (he is cxafperated , and feekes by all mcanes to vindicate her fclfc , and will
therefore offend,bec:m£ fhe is vniuftly fufpe&cd.Thc taft courfe th$n is to
let them hauc their owiic wills } giue them free liberty ^without any keeping.
In vaine our friends from this doe vs dehort %
lor beauty will he Where is mojl re fort.
Jffhebc honeft as Penelopi \Lucretia t (bee will fo continue hir honour 3 good
f opttptvivtu' name,credit,and as Phoetas wife in f Plutarch,ca\kd her husband/rr wealthy
dmftum.tbe' treafttre,world,ioy,delight ^orbe andjpheare ft\e willhers. The vow free made
fiwm Cmm, ^ q ^ huslKmd,loue,vtttue,rcligion,xealc,are better keepers then al thofe
lockcs f Eunuchs 5 prifon$jfhe will not be moued.
I jfrrg, Mn. r At mtht vel tellus opt em prius tma dehifcat ,
<d*t pater omnipotens adigat me fnlmine ad vmbras %
Vaile At es vmbras Erebi,nooiem^ profundam.
Ante pudor $uam te violem^aut tua iura rejolvam.
Fir ft J defire the earth to fwallow me,
Before 1 violate mine honefty,
Or thunder from abouc driue me to hell,
With thole pale Ghofts 3 and vgly night to dwell.
She is refola'd with Dido to be chaft, though her husband be falfc, fh&e will
be true: and as Oclavia writ to her Anthony,
j Daj foi t Thefe walls that heere doe keepe me out of fight ^
Shall keepe me tllvnfpotted vnto thee y
And teflife that I will doe thee right ,
lie nener fhine thine honfe jthough thou flyawe m<_j,
Turnc her loofc to all thofe Tarquines and Satyres, fhe will not be tempted.
mfl"*Ucerti<* f When one commended Theana's fine arme to his fcllowes /bee tooke him
bU,quidm in- vpftiott, Sir,t 'is not common ft\ec is wholly refernedto her husband. c BtlU
qnit;ad funics h ac | an Q y man ro ner fpoufe,and his breath ftunke, fo that no body could a-
™btem$nqti> bideitabroad,f*»**Vig^ww* one day Jhe reprehended his wife, becaufejhe did
<mn cfl. not tellhimofit: fhe vowed vnto him fhe had told him, but that fhe thought eue-
* Miiu DiHHtum mans y reAt }j ySiheene <ts fir on? as his* Tio-ranes & Annena his Lady , were
bduit, & fori- invited to fupper by King Cyrus, when they came nome } T tgranes atked his
tmfctidumbi' w ife,how flie liked Qr/^,and what flic did efpccially commend in h\m\fhee
^umqnS faore fhe did not obferue him\ when he replied again, what then fhe did obfenie f
exprobraflct, whom fhe looked on? fhe made anfwerejjer husband^ that f aid he Would dies for
^Nm uidti- ^ er fike^>. Such are the properties and conditions of good women, and if
to,Jmena, ri- (he be well giuen,fhe will fo carry her felfejif otherwife {he be naught,vfe al
gar.es vdeba^ t h e mcanes t hou canft,fhe will be naught. Shce hath fo many lies, excufes,
cT£ %q%t» friGks,Panders,Bawdes,(hiftstodeceiue, t'istonopurpofeto keepe her vp,
*depoi &c xe- or to reclaimc her by hard vfage.Fairc meanes pcraduenturc may doc fomc-
ToriJ 9 ^ 11 '* w ^ at • x Obfyuio vinces aptiusipfe tua.
Men and women are both in a predicament^ in this behalfe fooner wonne,
v Read Pe- . better pacified.Many patient y Grizels by their obfequioufnefle in this kind,
trarcbstattoC h aU e reclaimed thcirhusbands from their wandringlufts. Jn Nova Franc/a
Snc*4««r. an( ^ Turkie(*s Leah Rahel,znd Sarah did to Abraham and Jacob J they bring
their faircft maides to their husbands beds*, Liuia fecondcd the luftfull appe-
tites of Auguftus,Str atonic* wife to king Deiotarus^ did not onely bring £.
lefirazidhs n>aid,to her husbands bed } but brought vp the childie begot on
her,
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Part3.$c&.$« Cnreof hloufie. Mcmb.4,Subf i
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her,as carefully as if they hadbccnchcr owne. T <rtifUvA.miliutmfc ) Corne- 485
li£s mother,perceiuiogher husbands diftcmpcrancc/r/W/^wflkv/f,madc
much of the maide,& would take no notice of it, The beft remedy is by fairc
mcanes$ if that will not take placebo ditfemblc it as I fay 5 or turne it off vviih
a jeft: Minut malum ? Ncm^.nm \\o\&zsjHptnttUref.o be *Cunxrum emptor, * Sil -™?- &4>
abuverofCradlcs.asthc Proucrbe is,thentobc
ley rvben his vcifc V OA brought to bed before her time, bong/ft h.ilfe a frozen Cr&~ b au-
dits before hind for fo runny child) en^as if his vcifc foould continue to be Are chtl- Jj5^2K
Are# at eucry two moneths. c PertinAX the Emperour, when enc toldc him m ?J ',.' c l ^
a Fidler was too familiar with his wife, made no reckoning of it. And when tttHM w< ' : -'
that M&ccdontAH Philip was vpbraided with his vvifes difhoncfty, cum tot vi- y^,^* "V*-
i:or regum ac populor um effet c. 4 Concuicrour of Kingdomcs could not ffftk btrrHnfbM
tame his wife, ( forfhe thrufthim outofdoores) hec made a jeltof it.yi- r
pontes port Ant cornuA inpeclcrf^flulti in fronte % faich NeHtfintu ) wife men ^ t tm:qiuim
beare their homes in their hcarrs,toolcs on their foreheads. locundt in Aria- t*i*m cub.^*-
Jio y found his wife in bed with akiuue 3 both afleep,wcnt his wayes, &: would ^^IJjfl
not fo much as wake tbcm,miichlcflc rcprouethem for ic. Anhoncft fcl- e»*fmf**.
low finding in like fort his wife had plaid falfe at tables, and borne a man too J^JJ*
ipany,drew his dagger, and fworc if he had not bin his very hiendjhc would
hauekilPd him. Another hearing one had done that for hint , which no man A,hfio.
defires co bee done by a dcpury,Tollowcd in a rage with his fword drawnc, &
hailing ouertaken him,laide adultery ro his charge 5 the otLndcrhotly pur-
fucd confejTedit vvastrue 3 withwiu)fcco ifcmonhewaslari,fied,andfolcfc
bim fwearing that ifhe had dcnicd.he would not haue put it vp. How much
be ccr is it to doe thus.thcn to maccratehimfelf,impaticntly to rauc & rage,
f 1 cn -cr an A&ion ( as Arnolds Tii'm did in the Court of 7^/^agamft
Martin Guerre his fellow ibuldicr,for that; he counterfeited his habit, and
w s top familiar with his wife) fo to divulge his owne flume, and to remain
£0 cue! a Cuckold on Record* how much bctrer to contcmne m iuch cafes,
m. r tZ j ^ n o notice of k, Melius fie err are^ium zelotypU curt* , faith Era(-
ysfmto fe conficere^cnA be a witall and put it vp,thcn to trouble himfclfe to
no putpofe. And though hec doc not omnibus devmme, yet to winke at it as
rin»vdoe.is not amifle at fomciimcs,infomccaufes;to feme parties,iiitbc
^r^iscommoditv,orfomcgreatmans fake,hisLand lord, Patronc,bene-
i 1 ' tor and fo co let itpafle ^olmebAudp^itet, f fcei.
' Scnnetbonidimidaimdividerecumlov^ ****
it nsucr troubles roe,faid Amphitriojfi be cornutcd by Applet it not mo-
left thce.be friends with her,
ruc'tnt Alcmcn a uxerc Antique grAti Am . ( mfM
• , i ct i Cj l fay, make no breach onouebctwixt
U^fnena I he beft way is to contcmne it,wnich d Henry the fecond, a r . omm
u IT, ii \c oBtinency,and fo«cs the Popes curie , (hall neuer hue a merry
A o m^hat cou^fcll oi^ Neu^MBS ^{tvitiutn uxori$ etffigi^tt^otefijfereii'*
f i nnv not be helped, it muft be endured. There is no other cure,
!:£S^ /5^r^ 7 ,/^ agewillbereai.
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Bart.$.Se&3* ^ oue wtUmholy. Memb.4.Subl.2
48 5 het of ladies dolor em minuit^xmz and patience muft end it.
* f Themttteiesajfec7/»ns 3 PAtiencew/lla/fpeafe 9
Itfapons kills } a»d healet beach difctjt
S V B S B C, ''a,
fypreuentionleforejr After marriage^ PUto's community at ry a
Cnrt i fan ^Philter s^Stevces^to mArry one e^naHiny cares,
fortunes , cfagofid family education ^ good
f lace jo vfe them weH^&c.
O
F fuch medecins as conduce to the cure of this malady, J haue fuffici-
ently treated, there bee fbme good remedies remaining, by way of
preventioi^precautions^r admonitions, which if rightly practifed,
may doe much good.Plato in hiscommon-wealth 5 to prcucnt this mifchicfe
belike,would haue all things common 5 wiues and children, all as one: and
which Cafar in his Commentaries obferued of old Br it aims , that firfl inha-
bited this Land, they had ten or twcluewaues allotted to fuch a Family, oe
promilcuoufly to bee vfed by fo many men*, not one to one, as with vs, oe
J&m^ezek ^ 0Uie 3^ ue i 0r t0 °ne 3 as in Turkic The *Nhholaites^ Seel: that fprung,
suiparttur, fur- faith Auftin, from lyjcholai the Deacon, would haue women indifferent, &
gandifecautt thecaufe of this filthy Sect, was Nichols the Deacons jealoufie, for which
»ted \ lillliet when nc was condemned,of this fault to purge himfelfc 3 hc broched this he-
vteretur, quod refie,that it was /awfull to lye with one anothers wines, and for any man to
fsMfatumtn j e w j t h |-jj s . t0 t fo fe Anabaptifts in M»n(ler. that would confort with
mm verfum orhcc mens wiucs,as the ipim moued them : or as « Mahomet that feducmg
ifljua placet* Prophec.would needes vfe women as he lift himfclfc.to beget Prophets. A-
^m\nlum? mon g^ tne old Carthaginians 3 zs 1 Bohemus relates out of Sahcfficusjhc king y
suidan. of the Countrey lay with the Bride the firft night , and once in a yearc thm
^vemT'e t ^ promifcuoufly altogether. Munfter Cofmog.lih^.cat^gy. afcribes the bq-
iib.i.cap.6. ' ginning ofthisbnuifh cuftomcto one Picardus a Frenchman; that invented
Hupturt regide- a new Sect of Adamites ,to goe naked *%Adam did , and to vfe promifcuous
IS™'!*™' Venery at fet times.VVhen the Pricft repeated thatotoa?^, Increafeand
*Lumim extix- mult/ply, out * went the candles in the place where they met,^ without all
*7rtm* U &™<i r€ JP e ^ 9 f Ageiftrfonsfonditionsf&tch that catch may y eucry man tookc her came
&\babUi rew- *> ext efc.Somc Men this on thofe ancient Bohemtass URupam\\ others on
renti.i, in qum thofe inhabitants of Mambrmmjxi the Lucerne valley in Pedemont- and as I
Im'midT, f cad,it Was praclifed in Scotland amongft Chriftians themfelues,vntill King
mulierem cog- Malcomes time, the King or the Lord of the to wne had their maidenheads,
XuMder AU ^ n *° mc P arts oV* India in our times,and thofc 1 Iflxndcrs™ as the Baby lorn-
berm. Flaghi- of old , they will proftitute their wiucs and daughters(which chaUocon-
0<o ritu emffi dila a Greeke modcrnc Writer,for want of better intelligence^puts vpon vs
Zm^p'opiM' * ritiines ) to fuch trauellersorfea-faring men as come amongft them by
farem coxcm?, chancc_, to fhew how farre they were from this ferall vice of jealoufie , and
extinsiuiumim- [j OW jj tt j c tncy efteemed it.But thofc Effai and Mwtaw/isjwo urangc feels
vtuta Vtntwn J M J * o
taunt.
k Lod.ymmxmmn&iug.lib,6.cspS.&MaYeM Point Hb.i.eap 4^. Vxorts tnatcribm preflituant. 1 Dkhmavm Bles^efi'm, ut
Afftas Arifloni, pulcberrimm ux9r(mbabm,pr$jlituit. » Htrodtf.i* Erato. Midiercs Babyltmcx tm btfptte ptrmifctntur eb
srgtnttm quod poji V mm farm, Boketnm libXcap.
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ofoldjWcrc in another extrcame, they would not marry at all , orhaueany 4S7
fociety with women, beewfeofthtir intemperance^ bey held them to bee all 11 fbemiitib.*
niUght.Hcuiftnus the Lzwyctjib+Htm.j s.fyLnupt. would haue bim that "iTnoTmtb
is inclined to this malady ,to prcuent the worft,marry a queane,C*/>/>#; me- mdmimm-
retricem y hoc bakes faltem bsni^quocL non dec/pi tur, quia. (tit enm fic iffe , quod ln ' ! j i erm ' tm t
non contwgit dJtfS. Hierome king of Syr^a/^ in Sicily, married himfclie to SJJ&S!
/Vf^kcepcr of a Stewcs^ and Ptclomie tooke Thais a common whore to bee
bis wifc,had two Tonnes, Leouttjcm and Lagm by her, and one daughter /- J^S^JJ
renei 'tis therefore no fuchvnlikely thing. P ,A citizcu oiLugubine gelded AbmiUpmak
himfclfcjto try Ins wifeshoncfty ,,and to be freed from jcaloufic^ fo did a ba- jT*"
ker in «1 Bapl^.o the fame intent; But of all other prefidents in this kind, that uxmntSai
of r CombaUit is moft memorable: who to prcuent his matters fufphion, for vt$m*m'Tk+
he was a bcautifull yong man,and fent by SeleucH* his Lord tand king , with J~? ElfiftES
SirAtor>ice\\\^ Quecne to conduct her into Syria-, Tearing the worn, ge'ded uAutfimtf
himfelfe before he went.ano 1 lett his genitals behind him in a boxe.fealcd vc. tl t !t &c -
O * r l P$* "in
His miftriflc by the way fell in loue with him ,but he not yeclding to her,\vas rm * 4
beholders Jic had formerly cutoff. The LyiUns vfed to geld women whom ******
they (ufpecled,(auh£ffl»/>wv<ir.^J/^.^,f^ v fp. alu'cll as men. J o this , *
purpofc/ Saint Fr^fw.bccaufc he vfed toconfcUcwomeninprinat. to pre ibsvifir.Eonar-
ucnt fufpition ,and prouc himfelfe a maid, (tripped hiraftlfc naked before the ffiffi.
Bifhcp of ^4pfe and others: and Frier Leonard for the fame caufe, went
through Vitcrbium in Italy, ftarkc belly nsked.
Our Pfcudocatholickes, tohclpcthcfe inconveniences which proceeds
from Jea'oufiCjand to keepc thcmfclucs and their wiucs honcrt.make fcuete
Lavves againft adultery, prefent death, and withall fornication a veniall fin,
as a fmke to convey that furious and fwift flreamc of conctigifccncc , they
appoint and permit Stewcs, the more to fecuce their wiucs in all populous
Cities for they hold them asnecclTary as Churchward howfoeuer vnlaw-
full yet to auoide a greater mifchicfe,to bee tolleraied in po!icy,as vfury foj
the hardncflc of mens heartland for this end they hauc whole Collcdgcs oi
Cuttcfans in ail their towncs and cities. For they hold it vnpoinbb fondle
pcrfonstf ong.rich & lufty,f*> many fcruants,Monkes I Friers J to huchoncft,
too tyrannicall aburden tocompell them to bcchaft,aud moft vnfic to fuffer
pooremenA'oungcr brothers, fouldiers,all to marry ; asthofcdileafedpcr.
fons votarics 5 Pn!fts 5 fcruanis. Therefore asvvell to he pe and cafe .hcoiw
as heother,thcy tolerate and winke atthefe kindc of brothel Uhoufes and
Stewcs Many probable arguments they hauc to prone the lawfulnefTc, the
miritumjolum
ous ,abfurd,*nd ridiculous devices
Part, j ,Se<a.j. Loue Melancholy. Mcmb.4. Subf.a,.
488 The beft meanes to auoide chefe & like inconveniences,arc to take away
* ciuw a t hc caufcs and occafions.To this purpofe a Varr$ writ Satyr Am Menippeam
bSi 4 .rif.4. ^ ut ' c * s ^°^' b p ^titm prcfcribcs fourc rules to bee obfcrucd in chooilng of
deiafrt.reipub. a wifc(whicb who fo will may readj c Cleobulvs two a others othcrwife 5 as firft
^heclTtt' t0 ma ^ e a » O0< * choice in marriage , an old man not to marry a young wo.
bUnde nmu *- man , cr a young woman an old man, fuch matches muft needes minuter a
g.«, ntobwgu perpetuallcaufc offufpition.and bediftaftcfull to each other.
tout*! >M 1 Noftua ut in tumults ^uper at% cadaver a, bubo >
* s lcutt,emk Talis spud Sophoclem nofira, puella fedtt*
Night-crcwes on tombes 5 Owlc (its on carcafle dead,
So lies a wench with Sophocles in bed.
« vipnoftp. B. For Sophocles ,as u i^thenxm defaibes him, was a very old man, and doted
/ 5 cap. « z vpon Archtppe a yong Curtefan, then which nothlngcan bee more odious.
' ^ Seneca therefore difallowes all fuch vnfeafonable matches, habentenim male*
\macumomni d/tli locum crebr*x*ptU. And as f Tally farther invcighes, tisvnfitforany i
tetati totpitjum but vgly and filthy in old ages, Jurpe fern lis amor , one of" the three things
fnrtfuuftdiffi- « hatcth.P/«^r<r^ in his bookc contra Coletenjziks downerieht at fuch
*£cclu*2j,z. kindofmarriages^hiehare attempted by old men, and makes aqueflion
An old man whether in fome cafes it be tolerable at feaft for fuch a man to marry, that is
t iacdote&&c. paftthofe vencreous cxercifes: Whethcrhee may delight himfelfeas
thofc Pr'tapeian Popes,which in their decrepit age, lay commonly between
two Wenches euery night,«*ft*#» formofarum, & contreflat/one, num act*
* C*p-u.'*pit» fot e g*#deat: and as many doting Syres (till doe to their owne fhame, their
ai optmm childrens vodoing 5 and their families confufion: he abhorrcs it, tanquam ab
ionium*™* a 3 re ft* & f urto f° domino fugiendumjx. muft be auoided as a mad Bedlam ma-
prtcipitanter & fter,and not obeyed. * Levinus Lemnirn reckons vp three things which ge-
inconfiderat^ ncrally difturbe the peace of marriage: the firft is, when they marry intern-
uie'qiftmifwi P*ftiuc or v n feafonably many mortal! men marry precipitately and incenfi-
epta eftfitum derately y rvhcn tfycy are effeate and old \The fecond^ when they marry vnequally
' (itlfmor- f or f ortuf2es birth the thtrdpehen a fickc impotent per (on marries, one that
bidt/ivcs pai* is found, nova xupt* fpes fittflratur, Many diflikes inftantly follow, many do-
pri&c. t j n g dizards 5 it may not be denicd,as Plutarch confeffeth/rffrwte themfelues
Im^^wfi with fuchobfolete y vnfeafonable and filthy remedies {(o he calsthem,! with a
rtmeiiofMer.tur remembrance of their former pleafurcsjagatnfl nature they fiirre vp their dead
ft uumordatw- # r f[,.but an old leacher is abominablerw*//>r>r//£ n*bens*Newf*mu holds,
hpumm (c re- frajumitur lubrtca & tnconjtans ,a woman that marries a third time, maybe
credt,&-idver- pfefumed tobe nohonefter then (hediould. Ofthemboth,thus^/»^r^/c^
^li.famw- concludes in his Comment vpon Lukeu, 8 they that are coupled together, not
nem&entflm to^et children \but to fatisfie their lufl>art not husbands } but fornicators , with
•Li^T'ffa s wn ° m S c ^^confents* matrimony without hope of children,**/; »?4fr/«
a Qui ' ve ro nan monium y fcd concubtum dici debet not a wedding, but a jumbKng or cou-
pwnindt pro- p] j n g together- Jn a word it is moft odious,whcn an old Acheronttck dizard,
Mid^lwPi that hath op.e foot in his graue^all Hickcr after a yong wench 3 what can be
fibiinvicr.m a- mo-redetelbb'c?
pnix nut f m b Th cano capite amas fenex nequifme %
tibenrur. " Scnex hlrcofus tu ofcularemulierem^
b piiuam ma- Vtine aMtns vomit urn potiut e xcuties.
Thou
Part.j.Se &.fr C un °f tea l° u fi& Mcmb.4t Subf z
Thou old goat,hoary lechcr,naughty man, 48$
With ftinking brcath,art thou in louc?
Muft thou be flauering, (he fpewes to fee
Thy filthy face,it doth {omouc.
And thou old Vet up ha bed-ridden queane, that art now skinnc and bones,
« Cm tres capiUi^uttaor^funt dentcs, * MatiaMf.
Veclm cicada i crufit$Um^for mica 3 %Jftsr '
Rngofwrcm quxgeras jlola front em,
Et aranenrum cafiibus pares mammas.
That haft three haircs.foure tecth,a breft ;
Like grafhopper 5 an Emmets creft,
A skinne more rugged then thy cote,
And dugges like fpiders webbes to boote.
Muft thou marry a youth againc ? And yet lucent a* ire upturn pc/l mortes
rfw^:howfoeueritis,as \_s4pulciu4 giuesout of his Meroe, congreffumnnt-
fmjejlilenssbhorrettdut^ peftilent matcr^abominable, and not to be endu- A ' m *'
red.Jn fuch cafe how can they othcrwifcchoofe,butbe icalous, how thould
they agree one with another?
Another maine caution fit to be obferued, is this, that though they be c-
quail in ye3res,birth,forrunes 5 yet they doe not otr.it vcrtuc and good edu-
cation. Ifas TktAYch aduifeth, one muft catc modiumfdit , a bufhell of falc
with him.beforc he choofe hisfriend, what care (hould be had in choofing a
wife,his fecond felfcjhow follicitousfhouldhebc to know her qualities and
tfhaiiiour^ndwhcnhccisaffuredofthcni, nottoprcferre beaimebefore
bringing vp,& good conditions. « Coquage god of Cuckolds, as one merrfry p
{Hd^cSmpanicstta^ e ,
^potHroent^theyLincetobothtogethcr:
^.Su/kithnkpUnareieft^m^UTKm, bcautie (foithf Cbnjaftome) is [ mmnibtife ,
ful ) of treacherie and fu fpit'ionjic that hath a faire wffceannot hauea worfe M4g*
mifchicfe andyetmoftcouctit, as ifnothingelfe in marriage but that and
S£i IFrncuSfirz* Duke oiMtikinyfo cur:* cMg tia .
except he might fee hcrnaked firft» Which Ljcurgm appointed in his lawes, ^ #/ „
"U^in^is^Common-wealth ^^^^^ SKSSfi
fer ebfcrues.ifa man haue three or foure daughters^ more,and they prouc ^ rnditum
f thev' re married eftfoonesttf deformed^hey change their Jouely names wgfc*
faire,tney arc milieu m ^ riAret u vrfuk Brte/t, and fo put them ottom*,
Sonafteries'as if none were fit for marriage, but fuch as are eminently * 4,^
into MonaiKn«,u:» v T mo deft virgin we condittoned,to hirim, 4-
faire: buttlfcfcarecrronious^ » ^.
feeh a faire fnom piece,is much to be preferred. Jf thou wri : anoid ^w, ana
t \ . a a ct ,fes of fufpiiton and iealoufic.marry a courfe piece 3 fetchhe &
tAeavvav an eajicaunuij. 1 r ,*/ vt n he a Sanfiuarvfora I >umcy»dt
from C «W A Temple, which was wont to be a ^""""J ' or w «
oX^idcs,^
koi , d fcohte£Ss^
me d liar 10 his wire, an b 4< f,«, f O thou wretch.what need-
Part,3,Sc&.; Loue melancholy. Memb.4 6ubU
4P0 wealth before bcauty,andfofhe be rich, they care not how (hee looke, but
*?oijcrtt t l&. thefeareall out as fanlcie as the reft, AttcndcndA ftxtrit fertoa^s k Sdtsbnri'
fc4p.11. ^/foaduifcth,** ft Alter Am aj]> exerts y mox earn jordere ptttes, as the Knight in
Chancer was married to an old woman,
Sm> all Dap after Ijto &im as an ©to!*,
^>o \uoe luas Ijtmljts totff looheo fo fottlf.
Haue a care of thy wifes complexion, left whileft thou fceft another, thou
loatheft her,and fhe proue iealous. frlolejlum efl pofidere, quod nemo habere
dignetttr,i miter y to poiTcflTe that which no man likes, on the other fide, Dif-
ficile cuftoditur quedplures amAnt. Both extreamcs are naught, Pulcbra cito
adamatur^feda facile concttpifcitjhz one is foone beloued, the other Ioues,
one is hardly kept.thc other not worth keeping, what is tobee done in this
cafe?£#*/Mf in Menelippe x&vMtih thee as a friend to take flit am for mam ^ fx
vu habere 'wcdumcmpndicitiAmjLiks, one ofa middle fize, neither too fairc,
nor too foule.This I approuc,but of the other two, J refolue with Salisbury
ettfis } Cdteris paribus ,both rich alike,endqwed alike, maiore miferia deformit
Met»r,quaw formofa fervatur, J had rather marry a faire one, and put it to
thehazard,thenbe troubled with a blouze.but do thou as thou wilt,lfpeakc
onely for my fclfc.
Howfoeucr,! would aduife thee thus much,bc fhe fair or foule,to choofs
a wife outbf a good kindred,parentage 5 well brought v'p in an honeft place.
He that marries a wife out of a fufpedted jnnc or Alehoufe,buyes a horfein
Smithfieldjind hires a feruant in Paules > as the diuerbe is, fhall likely haue a
jade to his horfc, a knatie for his man, an arrant honcft woman to his wife.
i Llb.iMfa. Vtljaprafumitur effe matri ftmilis 3 faith 1 New [anus 1 Such m a toother Juth 4
' 35f : , daughter ,mali corvi malum ovum,(Z^z to the kind,
TJ! f Jf'L' t Scilicet expett At ut tradat matt r honeflos.
fiiin vhet , Jitffe Altos mores quam qu»$ habet — '
simmtmmx* jf ^ m otherbc difhoneft ,in all likely hood the daughter will mstrizzre take
cwr. ^ U U after her in ail good qualities. My laft caution is, that a woman doc not be»
t Jjtven.Sat.6. ftow her fclfe vpon a foole,or an apparent melancholy pcrfonjcaloufic is a
1 fvmptome of that difeafe.and fooles haue no moderation, luflma a Romans
Lady was much pertecuted,and after made awayby her iealous husband ,fhe
caufedandinioyned this Epitaph,asacaueat to others, to L ee ingraucn on
7entTZp"t ^ cr tombe, n D if cite ab exemplo Iujlinx ^difcite pa fres,
eper. fttbc'if. Ne nuhat fatrnfilia veflra v'tro&c*
t f^A^Jv Learnc parents alhand by luftinas cafe-
At mfiu P-eipub. f > J J '
cap. At efflcio Your children to no dizards tor to place.
mmti&uxoris After marriage,I can giue no better admonitions., then to vfe their wiucs
nm.Stfl{wt' vve ^3 C0 maintaine them to their meanes,which f Patriciiu ingeminates, and
eurantieuxori* let them haue liberty with difcretion, as time and place requires r many wo-
h '\ y fllvtl\n k mcn turne 4 lican cs by compulfion,as Neuifantttohkwcs, becaufe their
viftu t veptu. husbands are fo hard,and kcepc them fo fhort in diet & apparell, paupertaj
&Cm . • eas metetricAri$Q\\ztty and hunger, want of meancs, makes them dif-
m fupra honeft,or bad vfagc; their churlifh behauiowr forccth :them to flie out, or
*ln Clio. Sptc'i-
muxor 'u fupra
nudanf txtot. bad example,they doe it to cry quittance. In the other extrcame lome arc
■Umwdm^i too liberall,as theProucrbeis, Turdns ma lumfihtcAc At, thty makearedfor
tjpkertt. their owne tailcsj as CAttdattles did to Gygei in * Htrodttw. commsnde his
wifes
Part.j.Scfl.g. Cureofleakufie. Memb.^Subfx
wifcsbeauty himfclf,& befides would needs hauc him fee her naked.Whiift *y X
they giuc their wiues coo much liberty to gad abroad, and bountifull allow-
ancc,they are acceflfary to their ovvnc mifcries,<»//»* uxor urn ptpme *lent&
fUutus gibes,they haue deformed foules, and by their painting & colours
procure^/*?* W4r/r/,their husbands hate.efpecially
. — f cum mifcri vif cmtur Ubr* mar ax, * j„ vm . sttA-.
befidcs,their,wiues(asP£*/7/notes, Impudenter fe expmuni mafculorxm*. He cannot'
JpeaibM i U6iantestumc^,&coramtnpudiante5 i impudently thruft them- fofp^t^
lelues into other mens companies, and by their vndecene wanton carriage, * *. m*m
prouoke& tempt the fpeaators.Vertuous women (houldkcepehoufc, and ebr '
as M.Aurelttis prefctibes it as a nccetTary caution to be obferued of all good , Horo! Vtn:ip
matrons, that loue their credits, to come little abroad. 'Tisgoodtokecpe K*«*5j3!
thempriuatCjnotinprifon. Read more of this fubted, Horolprincdib.2 per S2L*SS?
t9tym.Arnif4wpt>lit.Cypria?j } Terti&i<in,BoJ] r u4 demulier.appsrat. Godffridtu tTm fam-
de Amor.lib.2,c*p.4.Levimu Lemmus cap.^Je infiitut.Cbrtft.Barbarus de re ter
uxerj b.2 cap.2.Francifcus Patritius deinjlitut. ReipubMb.4. Tit .4. & de
officio inariti & ux0ru,crc,
Thefe cautions concerne him; and if by thefe, or his owne difcrction p-
therwife he cannot moderate himfelfe, his friends muft not bee wanting by
their wifedome,if it be poffible ,to giue the party grieiied,fatisfaction,to prc-
uent andremouerheoccafionSjobic6ts 3 ifitmaybctofeciirehi,n. Jf it bee
one akme,or many 3 ro confidcr whom he fulpc<5ts,or at what ttm*es,tn what
places he is moil incenfcd.in what companies. ^jsieuiUnui makesaquefti- ' l J b ^ Jtm - XJ
on,whethcr a young Phylman ought to be admitted tn calc oi fickneflc.into ^ f,„ x itvut-
anew marricd»marislioufc. The Perfians of old would not admita young **""*Mj0t,
PhyfitiantocomcsmonghVvomcn. f ApoUonidts Ceus made i^&taxcrxes ^ftZmvllf*
cuckold.and was after buried aliue for it, A Jay lor in f Jrijltnctusjcud a fine tncmi enttfc
yong Gentleman- to his prifoner,in commifcration of his youth and pcrfon, / " i '£'" com ~
he let him Ioofe>to enioy the liberty of the Prifon,but he vnkindly made him t uptwl v«-
cuckold.The like meafure was offered to \^Jgu king of Laccdvxcn, by * Ala- cuiu^Uumq,
Mdesan cxilc/ot his good entertainment; he was too familiar with T ime* jjgj %
his wife,begettinga fonnc of her jczlkdLeot/ch/desjLnd bragging moreouer ;r.«* tmu^m
when hecame home to Athens^ he had a fonne rtiould beking of the La- 7*** v,tg
cedtmonUns. If fuch obic&s were remoued, no doubt but the parties might
cafily be fatisficd,or that they could vfc them gently, and intreat them well,
not to reuile them/coffe at.hate thcm,as in fuch cafes commonly tficy doe,
'tis an humane infirmity, a mifcrable vexation, and they Iftiould not adde
griefe to griefe,noraqgrauate their miferie, buefceketo pleafc,and by all
meanes giue them content, by good counfell, rcmouing fuch offcnfuic ob .
ie5ts,0rbymcdiationoffomedifcreetfricnds. In old Rome there was a tern- _ r
pic creeled by the matrons to that « ViripUci P^whmicr (it any difference ,JJ3J£3.
hapned betwixt man and wife; they did intently rcfort, there they did offer m j mu.
facrifice a white Hni t Plut archxecou\s, fine felle, without the gall, ( some
fav the like oUunos templcj and make their prayers for eoniugall peace and (tiHen iltr .
before fome" indifferent arbitrators and friends, thematterwas heard be-
twixt man and wife,* commonly compofed. In our times we want no (a-
rTJd Churches or good men to end fuch controucrfics, if vfe were made of
£ jfnoncofaUthcfcmeancsandcautions will take place, lknownot
Parc.3.Se&.3. Lous melancholy. Mcmb.4. Subf.2.
49 2 what rcnacdie to prefcribe, or whither fuch pcrfons may goe for cafe , ex-
* strftf* <*- ccpt they can get into that fame x Turkic paradife, where they 'fhaS banc as
x^rti&Jn- min y fe re ™iM s they will themf duesjviU clear e eyes, and fuih as Uthe^j •»
tmMbm tbi- none but their ownc husb48ds,nokzxc,no danger 01 being cuckold?; Orellc
dm uxom quot fa f a diuorcc.TLiis is the beft counfel I can giu e.which he that hath need
atiii tUuflimiSt as occafion ferucs,may apply vnto nimlelic.In the meanc time
$w miHqttifj dij tdemtcrris avert it e peflem, as the proueibc
%* ll ZJZ*' is ^om Hcrcfic,fcaloufic,and Frenzie,good Lord deliucr vs.
fixurifunt, &c.
Bredenbacch'm. m -p,
Me'me. i. Svbssct. r.
RELIGIOVS MELANCHOLY.
Hit ohieft God, what his beauty w > Hw it allaretL
The parts and parties affected,
7 Called Re- r I k Hat there is fuch a diftinitSpecics of Louc melancholy no man hath
%ious,bc- I ever yet doubted, but whither this fubdiuifion of y Religious Mehn*
cauicicisftiU cholybz warrantable,it may becontrouertcd.
bout Region " * Pwgite Ti er ides , medio nec ca/le vagantem
and)uch(ii- Linquite me 3 qua nulla pedum vejligia dttcuntj
^Gmm^' Nulla rot a currui tefiantur fegna prieres. ^
Ihanenopatternetofolloweas in lomc $f the rcft } no man to imitate,
*TJ*.i.wjutf. NoPhyfitianhathasyetdiftindlly written ofit as of the reft, all ackhow-
mmuuiwnto- ledge it a moft famous Symptome , fome acaufe, but fewc a Species or
fmu&f!twa kinder Aretem^lexander^hafis^dvicenna^xxd. moft ofour late writers
ft prxdictn ar- as GordontM^uchfmJ'Utter $ruel,Mcntaltus^&c pzyzix it as a fymptome.
^AlT'ldetur a ^ ome f eem tfi ^ e i n Ipi re dofthe Holy G heft. fome take vpon them ta be Prophe*^ ,
qkad*(mt ?ro-fime are adduled to new opinions -feme foretell flrange things \dcflatu mundi
fhetje & info- ji n uchr if % faith Gor^onim. Some will prophecie'of the end of the world to
CMfof&m"pi- a day almoft,and the fall of Antichrift, as they hauc bin addicted or brought
"u*t f'rfhetatt, vp 3 fo melancholy workes with them as b Laurentim holds. If they haue bin
**t*dJr>r P re cifelygiuen,all their meditations tend thatway ,and inconclufionpro-
r *cl'/ H 'dt duce Orange cffc6ts,the humour imprints fymptomes according to their fc-
Mtltvcb. verall inclinations and conditions,which makes c Gunner 'ius and Foslix Pla*
lutml'ilot'n- ^ put too much devotion, blind zcale,feare of eternall puniflimcnt 3 and
mtrem dei 9 fmt that laft iudgement , for acaufe of thole cnthufiafticks & defperate perfons:
wtUnMxuet fo mc £ QQ nQt bfcnt ely ma fc c a diftinc*t Species of it, diuiding lone Mc-
n* "They arc lancholy into that,whofe obie<3 is women; and into the othcr,\vhofc obice^
ftiih.oublcd j s Go&.Plato'm Cflnuiuio.mokcs mention of two diftin(S furies and amoneft
*m# t n! our Neotericks,«rrr*/« de Saxonia lib.r.prafi.med.cap.id.cap. de iMelanch.
« MekncboiiA doth cxprefly treat of it as adiftinc"t Species. c Lone Melancholy (faith hee) u
EntitaveiqM twofildf be fir H is that (to which fome per aduenture will net vouchfefejtbia
A™e7eVyri* » a **e <?r Specie s of Melanchfly)affeclio» of thofe which put God for their obieUy
m* '\ut ah aliii
forfinmi mtrttur mmtn melancholi* f$ ajftftio tormqtu pre obittto ptytmnt dcum t &idt» nihilalisdciiYAntmttnnim a nipt
itm } iv)tm } v\^lm % alttTa eb mvlitres,
and
Part.$.Se& 4. 7batit is a dtflmH ftecits. Mcmb.i.SubO.
and are altogether about prayerfipof^c. the fit her about momem. Peter Fire* 4? 3,
fin* in his ebferuations deliuercth a$ much ,ancl in the fame words : and they
haue a ground of that they fay 3 forrh of <^reteus and Plato. f ^Arcteus an old { A:h rcf™ 1 "
Author in his third booke c4f.tf.d0th fo diuidc Louc Melancholy dcriues fi^S^
this fecond from the rlrft vvhich comes by iofpiration or otherwise. % Plato rumUdtor»m
in his Phadrus hath thefc words. Apollosprieftsin Delphos .and at Dtdona in M
!•/••) r 1 r A 1 i i 1 afiidtu t.umntm
their jurte doe many pretty feats , and benefit the Greenes , but neuer in their furor bkvait.
rsght wits. He makes them all mad , as well he mighr, and hee that (hall but ; Q~' ,n Dtl '
confidcr that fuperftition of old, thofc prodigious effects of it(as in his place
J will (hew the fcuerall furies of our Sibyls s Entbtifiafisffcudoprcphtts^Here- w Dod»naf«-
tickes,z\\d Schifmatickes in thefc our latter ages) fnall infhmly confefls 3 thac
all the world againc cannot afford fo much matter of madnefTe,fo many flu- f . f ,oawb Gi*~
pendfymptomes^asfupcrftition^ereiiCjfchifme hath brought out: that this ui1tf«**>f*<
Species alone may beparallefd to all the former ,hath a greater latitu dc 3 and
more miraculous effects; thai it more befots and infatuates mcn.then any o-
ther abouc named whatfoeuerjdoth more harmc, workes more difquietnes
to mankinde^nd hath more crucified the foule of mortallrncn ( fuchhath
bcenc the diuells craft)then warrcs^lagucs/icknelTeSjdcarth/amine^nd all
the reft.
Giue me but a little leaue,and J will fct before yourcyes in briefc,a(tu~
pend,vafUtffmite Oceau of incredible madneflc &: folly: a Sea full of ftielucs
and rockes, fands . gulfes, Euripes and contrary tides , full of fearcfull mcm-
fters,vncouth fliapes 3 roringwaiicsA'mpcftvand Siren calmcs, Halcyonian
Seas* vnfpeakable mifery,fuch Comedies and Tragedies, fuch abfurd and ri*
diculous Jcrail and lamentable fits 5 that J kno wc not whether they arc mere . :
to be p ittied or derided ,or may be bclceued , but that wee daily fee the fame
ft ill practffed in our dayes/refla examples,**** *>*/7/*,freft obic^s , of rni-
fery and madnefTc in this kindc that are ftill rcprcfenred vnto vs , abroad , at
home.inthcmidftofYs^ourbofomcs. ... . • , .
But before lean come to treat of thefe fcncrall errors & obliquities , their
cau(es,fymptomes 3 affeaions 3 &c. I muftfay fomcthing neccffarily of the
obied of this louc,God himfclfc, what this loue is,how it allureth, whence
itprocc:ds 5 and(whichis thcxaufe of allow mifcrics)how wermfUke^wan-
derandfwat,ucfromit. _ ■ ,. nf *next,lmM,
Amonpft all thofc divine attributes that God doth veadicate to himfcie, s^H**
fiSoS^
his h beauty is not the icaft, One thtng, faith Dauid. htueltefired >f the Lord
JrZtJnMde/JreJoMcldtkehart
trtdthatVPittl fit*™ ircf * " r j - am f 1( . rrrP1 . imimitiem fy
Stan vhtch»'theferfeZl»ncf beauty hath GedfbtneJffil.) ^.Allotncrcrea- ^ :
I fZr 1 ronfcfTc & many other obicas doe much inamour vs, a fairc tm &e . &
turcs are faire J co ^^^t x jAm gmgz ,a/arth Auftn, when J Me v* M /-
iiAiifff a fairchorfc,a comely penon. jamam*~*».j j 1 ttttqudmu-
v pt»bcae>u*ew ~.A>^'wc cint i ietm mtui, trfitnttku urn
*!■ f , ? , fes jg V s} foftire t hsdj->( tfurt *fiu, tyes,»>fe^>, **i „, a J, ajt .
* w ;i2ffi^^ M^*;' *s*» jsssst
Part.3.Se<5t.4« %ehgions Melancholy, Mcmb.i. Subf.i«
494 miable and fairCjto draw the eyes and earcs,heans and affections of all fpe.
Gators vnto it,to moue 3 winnc,inticc,allure s how (hall this diuine beauty ra*
vifb out foules 3 which is the fountaine and quintefcence of all beauty f Ge-
lum pulcbrumfedpulchrior cali fabricator $ih£i\xtn be fo fairc,the Sunnc fa
faire,how much fairer (hall he bee , that made them faire. This beauty and
*Futjprdim*t ^ /piendor fifth* divine Gofas it that draws al creatures so it,to feekcit.loue,
uj . ac j jT) j r€jan( | a( j orc it . an£ j t^Qfg HeathensjPagans .Philofophcrs, out of thefc
reliques they haue yet left of Gods Image,are fo fane forth incenfed, as not
onelyto acknowledge a God 5 but, though after their owncinventians,to
ftand in admiration of his bounty, goodnefle, to adore and feeke him , the
magnificence and ftru&urc of the world it felfc,& beauty of all his creatures,
his goodne(Te,prouidcnce,prote6liun,inforceth them to louc hina 3 feek him,
fearc him,though a wrong way.but for vs that are Ghriftians , regenerate^
that are his adopted fonnesjilluminated by his word, hauing the eyes of our
hearts and vnderftandings opencd,how fairely doth he offer and expofe him
fclfr 'Ambit ncs dew{ Auflinfcvhjslonis $- forma fua,ht wooes vs by his beau-
1 JnT r d 6 ^ ty,gifts,promifes to come vnto him, 1 the whole Scripture is a meffkge, an ex-
mifu ad noi e ■ hortation,a loue letter to thupurpofe^o incite vs and invite vs, m Gods Epsftle y
Mas & mi a $ G re g 0r y calls it/o his creatures. Hec fcts outhisfonneand his Church, in
bTnlfafamt that Epithalamium or myfticall fong of Solomon 9 to enamour vs the more,
emaadl defide- comparing his head to finegoldjhis lockes curled, andblacke as a Ratten fiant.j.
™%ifl 48 1 4 S-ctp'his V es hk* doucsjn rtuers ofwatersjvafhed with milkejhis lips as lift'its,
quideft ma ' dropping downe pure iuycejhis -hand's as rings of goldfet with chryfolite: and his
fcriptura mfi e- church to a vineyard \a garden enclofed.a fountain of liuing waters , an orchard
um'ndTadcn- ofPomegranetsyvtth fweet feats of faffron^ikefalamus and cynamon , and ad
atmun [ami the trees efincenfe y as the chiefs fjticesjbe fayrefl among fl women ^ no fpot in her,
*Caj6Z a his ff(fer,his fpowje^vndefiledythe only daughter of her mother, dearc vnto her y
faire cu the Moonc^pure as the Sun Rooking out as the morning. That by thefe
figures,that glaffcthefe fpiritual eyes ofcontemplationjwe might pcreeaue
fome refemblaacc of his beauty,the louc betwixt his Church and him. And
fo in the 45.Pfal.this beauty of his Church, is compared to a QjtceneinAve-
Jlure ofgoldyof Ophir^embrodered raytnent ofneedleworke/hat the king might
•Ctff %7. 11. take f leaf are in her beauty. To incenfe vs farther yet, John in his Apocalypfe,
makes a defcripuon of that hcauenly Ierufalem, the beauty of it, and in it the
maker ofit. Likening it to a citty ofpuregoldjike vnto clearegUffe fosning &
garnifbed with all manner ofpretious ftones,ba*ing no need of Sunne or Moone^
for the lam be is the light of it /he glory of God doth illuminate it : to giue vs to
vnderffandthe infinite glory ',beauty,andhappineffe of V/. .Not that it is not fai-
rer then thefc creatures to which it is compared, but that this vifion of his,
this luftre of his divine Maicftie cannot otherwifc be exprefled to our appre*
'UnffiLtf. henfions,#o tongue can tell it ./to heart conceaue it 3 as Paul faith. Mofes him-
t fal*wnnas ^ Q i Exc ^^- zS * When heedefiredtafecGodinhisgIory 5 wasanfwered
mtriyargenti^e- that he might not endure it,no man could fee his face and line. Senftbile forts
m'Hm&cam : dejlruit fenfum , A ftrongobic&oucrcommeth the fight, according to that
yZmt^'i axiomc in Philofophie:/*/£*ww Solu ferrenon pot es, multo magis creator*, if
Lvufietiaruin, thou canfl not endure the Sun(beames,how canft thou endure that fulgouc
t& Mn^hrrm, b r jghtnelTe of him that made the Sunne? the Sunne it fclfc & all that we
jajmm. ' * can imagine arc but fhadowes of it/tis vifioprdcellens^s ? Aufin calls it , the
cjuintcfcence
Part.3. Sed.4. God the true obieB of Loue ] Memb.i.Subf.i*
quintefccncc of beamy this jvbtch farre excefc the beauty efheauer.s^un and 4? 5
Moone^Starres ^Angelis ^gold and Silver ', woods andfayrt ' fields , and rvhatfoeuer
is pleasant to behold. AH thofe other beauties faile,varie, arc iubiect to cor-
ruption^ loathing/ But this is an immortallvifion^a divine beauty , an im* r Jmmer[t n s
mertall loue^an indefatigable lone and beauty ,with fight o{ which we lhailne- bxcxiboimmtr
verbetired,nor \vearicd,but Hill the more we fee him themore wefhallco- tJmmttjt* \
vet him. f For as eJiefaithjvbfre this vifionisjbere is abfolutc beaut;e_j ,and m *&
where is that beauty ^jrom thej&me fount aine comes all pUafure and h&^pir.effe^ 1 oympbi-
neither can beauty ,pleafure ) happinejfe^ bee (eparatedfrom hisvificn or fighter ^S^a
bis vifionfrom blautyjleafurcfhappineffe. ]n this life we haue bur a glimic ot vm &&&&
this beauty and happinefTe,wee (hall hereafter, as John farh/ee him as he is, ti™i»pt«e*
thine cycs.as if ay promifeth,} 3.17. ShaUehok the King m his glory 5 then ftul Miokbi
we be perfectly inamored, haue a (till fruition of it, defire and behold ar,d wctAtimQ*
loue him alone,as the mod amiable and faireftobicft i oM/ummum£onum, J^SSjZE
or chiefeft good. te ajpcfatfep*'
1 his likewile fhould we nowhaue c done, had not our will beene corrup- taripatftr^
ted,and as we are enioyned to loue God with all our heart,and all our foulc:
for to that end were we borne, to loue this obie6t, as u ^/4w7todifcour- bmana fdui-
feth,and to enioy it. Andhim our willvcould haue lotted and fought ahn^m
our fumraum bonum,^ principal! good } a»d all other gcodthings for Gods fake: da ttrmvt tHr.
and nature as fbe proceeded from it would bane fought this fountain, butjn this ^*«*Jj
infirmity of humane nature this order is difiurbed,our lone is corrupt : & a man aMmhm&
is like to thatmonllcr in x ;V4/<?,compofcd of a ScylU,* lyon,and a man,wec ftuendum nati
are carried away headlong with the torrent oi our affections, the world,and
that infirticc variety ofplcafingobieas in it, doefoallurc and cnamonrvs, a^^miC*
that we cannot fo much as looke to wards God,fceke him or thinkc on jfo
as we fh ould: we cannot cohtaine our felues from them , their fweetoellc is ^ ^ &
fnDleafinetovs.Marriacie.faithy Gualter.dcuincs many , a th/»g m ttfelfe c *ter* mm.
loue of it they Lue quite Uiitfidetbt loue ofC^ni Afire of bts glory Moat , H( „. „„
JrMe bath ouercome as meny , rebMehey tttberjriue »*^«Jk>
their guts aMellyjhentoferue Godand nature. Some are iobuficd about
mLhandifc to aermony,theyioofe their owncfoules, whilitcouctoufly ^
mercnanancto ^ctujw. y , y _ c _-_ .u.^^r r,^ «mijfhww M»um &nt
Jla< (blendors and briebtnejfe ofgoU^aiefie of gbry.f fancy of friends, ^
^ H ^r en ^ a \ f .% As Tories triumphs y and uchan infinite company J urlum Mm .
fsirepromi etfrnooth w . r ^ V f^ G J t y t „ e Unot looke af ^
^fttl^fm^ beauties to auurevs.anuaravoev^jrgmui^^t j
? { 'i \ l i s is it which Chrift himfelfe,chofe Prophets and Apoftles o ^ '
ter km. And this is it : wnicn , wrlipor the V t» mundo
muchthundcracainft^./^./.^-a 600 ^ vsirom. * n f t i?f* t U,r i* <t»«
wucntnunu b min louc thevorld, the loue of the father u > lt J c ,
thtngsthatareintheworiajjaj ^ ia ^ Us ^ tLf[aA aftUt> jeyeSm ^..^
tbetys there *W« te wnp - » ^ > jj ; & h &
^^faith our Sauiour, un(erue ^^^3S Hee cannot A j
^Wrp.andthis»schatwhichallthcr.t^
Tec 2 ( M ? tn
Part. 3 „ Scd.4. Lone melancholy. Mcmb. 1 6ubi 1
4^5 ( a ^7?//zadmoni(heth / /bc Gods friend 3 that is delighted with the plcafurcs
* in Tfii. 3 1. of the wovldyVtake cleane thine heart, pur/fie thine he Art , if thou wilt fee thit
nmpMf^S beauty, T re J>*re f h( el f e f 4r iu I^t^ f)c of contemplattonby which wet^>
mmdi ftuip muji behold it , the wing of meditation which lifts vs vp and reares our foules y
banTfor m mt ^ mottm fi f ottr hearts ^and fweetneffe of contemplation, fo fai th Gregory
vidua* mJubt cited by b Bonauenture. And as c PhiU ludetu feconds him, hee that hues God
torferma cor willfoare aloft and take him wings \ and leauingtbe earth fly vp to heauen^ wan.
t contemplate- with S tonne and Moment arrcs^ndthat heauenly troupe^ God himjelfe be-
m pima m ing hisguid. If we defire to fee him,we rauft lay aGde all vaine obie&s,which
^em'imr 1 *' ^etainc vs an ^ dazcW our cyes,and as f /V/auwadvifeth vs,gct vs folar eyes, fee*
tmime cordis clacles as they that leoke on the Sunne/o fee this divine beauty lay afide aS ma-
dulced'me con- teriall obiecls^allfenfe.and tbentboufbalt fee him 44 hee^> is. Thou couerous
^{tkclTde 7. wretch,as c AuJlin expottulates,!*^ dofi thou ftandgaptng on this drojfejnttck-
hmrjbn*. v hi Is filthy > excrementrjbehold a farre fairer ah i eel God himfelfc wsocs thee , be-
<L&. tovMj* hold him,enioy him joe is ficke for hue of thee. Gant.$. Hee inuites thee to his
futoimUput %ht,to come into his fayre garden ,to cat and drinke with him,to bee merry
fumptti da & with him 5 toinioy his prefence for eucr.fWifdome cries ©ut in the ftreets,
vJftTcWi* befides the gates ,in the top of high places,bcfore the citty , at the cntrie of
terra] cupidm the dorc, and bids them giuc care to her initrudlion , which is better then
aberrandi cum g jjj or p rcc i ous ftones^o pleafures can be compared to it ; leaue all then
ruml^crlmi- and follow her; vos exhortor amici & obfecro. In Ficinu* words, J exhort &
luk, ipjo deo befeech you, that you would embrace and follow this diuine lone with ally our
^ in com TUt hurts and abilities ,andbf all offices and endeauours ma ke_j this fo toning God
tap. 7. vtsokm propitious vntoyou. For whom alone 5 {aith § P lot inns jvee muji for fake all the
videos ocufofi- kin<f domes and Empires of the whole earth.Sea.Land.and^yrejfwc defire to be
tridebcsfolaris. * r , . , . r , ' }, jrn^i- J
vtdivinam a- engrafted into himjeaue all and follow him.
ffu'w'puichft- Now forafnauch as this lone of God,is an habit infufedof God , as h Tho-
tudmem demit- \\o\ds ^2. i.quafl. 2 J M which a man is inclined to lone God aboue all, and bis
tcmatmamde- 5 Z ' 9 J . A ~ , , , ...
mitefenfum, neighbour as himfelfc. Wee mult pray to God that hee will open our eyes,
&dtumqiuiu make cleereonrheartSjthat we may be capable of his glorious rayes, &per-
% am" quid forme thofc duties that he requires of *s.Deut s 6. and hf.23. To hue God aboue
hbias bis &c. all y and our neighbour as our felfcj.0 kecpe his ccmrpandcmcnts. In this wee__>
fukhrior effi fa me fafa j fa c , 2 m i CHe t h e children of God.wben we lone Cod and keepe
te ambit ipfim , J , 3 , . . 7 , r~. \ 1 1 1 • r [
vlCum ipfm his commandments. Th/s is the lone of God that we kepe hts comm an dements^
bdititm. fa t fj At l 9Uet \j m t knoweth not God for God is loue % caf.^ 8. and he that dwelleth
sC*?.'\*.Rom. in loue dwelleth in God , and God in him , forloue prcfuppofeth knowledge,
Amorem bunc faith,hope,and vnites vsto God himfelfc, as^^/y^r^deliuereth vnto
divinum mis ws , j s accotanpanicd with the fcareofGodjhumility raccknefle, patience,
Virions ampler- * 1 . . . . g< \ n 11 ^1
gmhyiemto- all thofe vertues,and eharity it felt c. For it we louc God, wee lhall loue our
his emni officio- nc ighbour,and performe all thofc duties whieh are required at our hands,to
™ m ^£°' which we are cxhortcd./.C*r./ s.^.Ephef^olotf.jMm.u.VVee fhail not
tcap.T.dcpul- be envious orpuffed vp 3 orboaft,difdaine,thinke cvilI,orbc prouoked to an-
gcr,but fufFer all things,cndurc all thiags, Endeauour to keepe the vnity of the
wterw &mci~ fpirit /he bond of peace, Forbearc one another, forgiue one another 5 cloath
vk &caii opor- t ^ c na ked,vifit the ficke.and performe all thofe workes »f merry which k Cle-
'JdtfumZn. mens Alexandrinus calls amor is & amicitU mpletionem & extenfione^s, 3 the
vetfus vein is- * . •'" \ . .
feri. h Habitus d Deo infuftn per quern htclntttitrbma «d dih^etidum dem [ttpcr omt*. « 2J*/,r. Owbm converttt mcn i* if.
frufuUbri notwtun. * Stromntum lib. 1.
extent
Part.j.Sefl .^ Parties affined. Mcmb.i.Subfi.
extent and complement of loue. And that not for fearc or worldly refpefts, 4^7
but ordime ad Deum /or the loue of God hirnfelfc.This we fhall doe if wc be
truely enamoced,but wc come fhort in both , wee neither louc God,nor our
neighbour as weefhould. Our louc in fpirituall things is two, 1 defeftiue, 1 Gtmbm.
in worldly thwgs too exeffiuejhere is a Urreinhoth. Wc louc the world too
much,God too littlcjour neighbour not atah\orforour ownc ends,
Vulgw Amicitia* uttlttatefrobat.
3 - J > x , , wx,w.Jglu,
norfecke,orloue,orworfhiphim as we ftiould. Andforthefedefe6ts,wee
involue our fclues into a multitude of errors, wc fwarue from this true loue
and worflfup of God, which is a caufc vnto vs of vnfpeakable mifcries, run-
ning into both extreames,we become foolcs,madmen 3 without fenfe, as
now in the next place 1 will fhew you.
The parties affected arc innumerable almoft, and fcattcred oucr all the
face of the earth, farre and nccrc, and fo hauc bin in all precedent agcs.from
the b:jzinnin2 of the world, to thefc times, of all forts and conditions. For
methods fake 1 will reduce them to a two/old diuifion , according to thole
iwocxucamcsotarc^tf zndDcfitt Not that there is any execfle of diuine
worfhip or loue of God.that cannot bc,wce cannot louc God too much,Of
doc our duties as wee ought, as Paptfts hold, or hauc any pcrfeaion in this
life 3 muchlefle fupcrerogatc,when wc hauc all donc,we are v/tprofitaLlefer*
ttant /,Bu t becaufc wedoe alutdagere, zealous without knowledge, and too
follicitatis about that which is not neceflary, bufyingour fclues aboutinv
pertine»c 3 nccdlefrc,idle,&vainccerc^
did about facrificcs 3 oblations,orTerings,inccnfe,ncw mooncs,fcafts,&c. but
as//xytaxcththcm 1.12. who required this *t your hands? Wee hauc too
great opinion of our o vvnc worth .that wc can fatisfic the Lavv,and do more
fhen is required at our hands, by performing thofc EuangelicallCoonfcls, %
& foch workes offupcrcrogation.mcrit for others, which BelUrmi*efirtg$-
ry de rdentti^W their Iefuitcs, and other champions defend , that if God
fhould deale in rigour with them,fomc of thcit Francifcans and Demm/cans
arc fo pure,that nothing could be obiedted to them. Some ofvs agamc are
too dcarc as wee thtnke, more diuine andfantfified then others, of a better
mett'c neater gifis,& with that proud ^/^contemne others in refpeft
know m*re,hauc fpcciall relation,* know Gods fecrcts, and thereupon
Smc & fay, Sc doc that many times, which is not befitting , to bee faid or
t Z« Hereticks » Euthufiafts,Diuinators, Prophets, Scenes & Scifma- . Di fn »
STSi&l' al! Jnfidels to fourc chiefc M*« J will mfift «J W
follow mi «j « d jn this cxtrcamC)& fight vn-
& infinite fwarmcs
f Ste feduced by thc.In the other excreame ,or in de c c% march
all thofc E P 1CU '^?S c. na ,j mindc d that attribute all to natural!
Part.}, Se&4* (Religious melancholy. Memb. i. Subi.i
4^8 caufes 3 that will acknowledge no fuprcame power, that hauc cauterized con*
fciences,or liue in a reprobate fenlc-.Or fuch defperatc pcrfons as are too dif-
truftfull of his mercies. Ofthcfe there bee many fubdiuiiions, & diuerlc de-
grees of madnefle and folly,fome more then othcrs 3 as (hall be (hewed in the
Symptomes; And yctall rnifcrably out,perplexed 3 doting 3 & befides them*
» T>jtvt(% Sbx felues for religions (ake.For as « Zanchy well dtltinguifheth 3 & all the world
' ' knowcs,Religion is twofoId,True or Falfcj Falfe is that vamc fuperfhtion of
Jdolaters.fuch as were of o\6 } Greekes Romans ^ickni Mahometans 5 cVc. Ti-
oiVeMtJco- moremdeoruminanem, ° Tufly could tearmcit, or as Zanchy defines it, Vbi
mm. falfdij^aut J c alfi cultucolitur dew, When falfe gods, orithat God isfalfely
worfaipped. And t'is a miferable plague 3 a torture of the foule,a meere mad-
l^f' BelgtC ' n&zfieligiofa infinity Meterancz\\s\t^
i SHperjlitioer- cicke crrour,or asJuftin^nfanus animimvrbm^ furious difeafc of the foule;
rormjanmeji. | f or he fliat is fupcrftitlous,can neuer be quiet.l'is proper to man alone,**/
t^m'qiti fu- fuperbU^Haritia/uperfitiofinh Pliny Ub.y.c.j. at% etiampof f*utt defutu.
ftTititioneimbu- ro, which wrings his foule for the pretenr 3 and to come; The grcateft niifery
[itm^wpo' belongs to mankinds pcrpetuallferuityde,aflauery. r Ex ttmore timer, an
yenmpwp vo ke 3 thc feale ofdamnation 3 an intolerable burden. 1 hey that are fu-
£ Gre i- perftitiousjarcftilfearingjfufpcaingjvcxingthemfelueswith auguries,pro-
t Polit ny , digies,faifc talcs,dreames,idle, vainc workes,vnprofitab!e labours, as f Bote*
w/ij.' ' ' rut obfcrues,f*ri mentis ancipift verfantur, Enemies to God & to them-
felues.Jn a word, as Seneca concludes, Religio Deum colitfuperptio dejlrmt^
fuperftition dcitroycs,but true Religion honours. True Religion, vbi verm
Dew vere f<?//7*r,wherc the true G O D is truely worfhipped, is the way to
Hcauen,thc mother of all vertues 3 Loue,Feare 3 Deuoti6,Obediencc 3 Know-
ledge,&c.ltereares the deieded foule of man, and amidft fo many cares 3 mi-
feries,pcrfecutions, which this world affords, it is a fole eafe>an vnfpeakabie
comfort,a fweet repofall, Jugum fuave ejr lenep light yoke 5 an anchor,an ha-
ucn.lt addes courage,boldne{Tc,& begets generous fpirits, although tyrants
rage,& perfecute 3 and that bloody Liclor or Serjant bee ready to martyr the,
autlita, aut morere/zs in thofe perfections ohhe Primitiue Church,it was
' put in praclife,as you may read in Eufebius and others) though enemies bee
* m * now ready to invade,& all in an vproare,* Sifraclm ilkbattir orbit jmpauidos
ferient ruina t though Heauen (hould fall on his head,hcc would not be dif.
maid. But as a good Chriftian Prince once made anfwere to a menacing
Turkejacile feeler ata hominttm arrna contemnitflui det prafidio tut m eft: On
«B$.rbAkr. as* Pht/aruwmto Meander jnzwrongcwfc, He nor any other encmic
could tetrify hira.for that he truftcd in God.5i Dem nob^cum^uu contra noi>
3nallcalamitics,pcrfccutionswhatfocuer,asD4»^did 3 54w.2.^.he wilfing
with him 3 T^ Lord it my rnkejny fortreJfe,my flrengthmy refuge, the toxsre^
AudhorneofmyfAluation^&c. In all troubles andadverft/es^Pfal^.r. God is
my hope ejr helpe^ft ill ready to be found J will not therefore feare^ejrc'us a fcare
expelling feare,hce hath peace of coufcicnce, and is full of hope, which is,
*ImPj<u.$. x ^ u ^f UtV ff A viUmortxlisfhcMfc of this our mortall life, hope of i-m-
iTiortalitv 3 thc fole comfort of our mifcry, othcrwife as Paul faith, wee of all
othctsweremoft wretched, but this makes vs happy , countcrpoifing our
hearts in all mifery;fuperftition,torments,andisfrom the Diuell,the author
of Ives but this is from God himfelfe, as Lucian that Antiocbian Prieft m ad :
7 * his
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* Ul.$. cap jt-
forties affeBed. Memb. 1 .SubO.
hisdiuineconfeflionin 1 Eufehitts^ Author nobudeVeoDetu eft , Godjisthc
Author of our Religion himfclfe,hi$ Word is our rulc,alanthorne to vs,di-
dated by the holy Ghoft,he plaics vpon our hearts as fo many harp-ftrinos,
and we are his tern pies ,he dwelicth in vs,and we in him.
The part affe&ed of fuperftition, is the Braine, heart, will.vnderltanding,
Soulc it felfe,and all the faculties of it, totum compofituw, All is mad, dotes.
And for the extcnt,as I fay 3 all the world it felfe is the Subiecl of it, (to omit
that grand finne of Athcifmej all timeshauebin mifaff :Cted >*paft, preicnr,
there is not one that dcthgcod.no not one from the frofhet to the ?r/rf} t ejrc. A '
lamentable thing it is to confider,how many myriads ofrfl ea his I dolatry &
Superftitionffor that comprehends all) hath infatuated in allage* befbt-
tedby this blind zealc 5 which isReligions Ape, Religions baftarG/. Jiptons
fhadow,falfc glaffc. For where God hath a Temple,thc Dine' mtihwcl
chappell: where God hath facrifices,thediiiel will haue his ob.Ia-.ior.s, where
God hath Cercmonicsti-cdiuell will haiie his traditions . wlicre there is any
Rcligion^thcdiucilwillplantfupcrftitionj and t'isapitifu'I flghl tobcholde
and rcadc,what tortures 5 miferies it hath procui-ed.wha: (liughter oi Soules (
it hath madc,how it raged amongft thofc old Perfians, Syrian;, ^£«ypsians,
Gr e 'ekes .Romanes cans. Ga/ucs .Germans sSritta/nes,c?<- Iritannta earn bo
Me edebra* tarn attcnite , faith * PliayfantH ceremonies ( fpcaking of fnperfti- 1 f *f'
tionj ut dediffe Perfis vid«ripoflt:T\\c Brittaincs are fo ftitpendly fuperfti-
tious in their ccremonies.that they goc beyond thofc Per funs, In all Couiv
triesjin all places/upcrftitionhath blinded tl x hearts ofmcn.-in all ages what
a fmall portion hath the true Church cuer beene ?
Divifum iMper/tvu cum love Damon htbet .
The Patriarchs and their Families,thc Israelites a handfull in refpcel , chrifi
and his Apoftles 5 and not all of them neither. Into what ftraights hath it bin
comoioecd,alittlc flockc: how hath fuperftition on the other lidc dilated
her felfe,errour 5 ienorance,and barbarifme, folly madnc^deceiued, trium-
phed and Infuittd ouct che mod wife,difcreer,and vndcrftanding men Phi-
loforfiers a Monarchs,all were involued and ouer-lliadowedin this raift m
more then c^r/« darkneffe. Atthisprefen^ ? e^« ; ' How fmall a
par is truely Religious? how little in refpeft ? Diuide the World into fixe
Ka^fiJcatenotfomiiiAaiChriftto, Maters & Mahometans po f-
Ss & many other petty Princes in Afia.Monomotofafon^ & I know not
hnw mTnv New Princes in Afrieke^ Terra ^jhalu tncogmta, raoft of
Sfpa^ans differing all in their feuerall fuperfticion. & yet all Jdol -
™ The Mahometans extend themfelues all ouer the great TVto domini-
ters.lne^""' A fi M . tnt u-xerifFes\nB*rbAry t and his Territories in
V*m S 'rt*s Morocco, cxC.ine 1 arrar^uic^^ 2, ) - ,
re***^ 1 ™* CikwA* lire at this day Mahometans, oee now
of their dominions ociuDiects 3 iare at ui»>««7 f.t,..r n At<if
mets filCCeflors,o2 arc iuduiuiuu / frittered ouer all parts,
Part.3.Sed:.4. ^eligttus melandnly. ~Memb.i.Subc7.
500 M r * TluUckfon Do 5tor of Divinity, iahis Comment on the Creede. A fife
* m Tel ^& ? m World,and hardly that,now profefleth Chris T,but fo inlarded
dcmcefil^' an£ * interlaced with feuerall fuperftitiens,that there is Icarce a found part to
be found jOr any agreement amongft thera. Prejhyter John in Ajricke ^Lord
of thofe Ahy fines Ethiopians, is by his profeffion a Cbriftan^ but fo dif-
ferent from vs 3 with fuch new abfurdities and ceremonies^ich liberty ,fiich a
c ritimxnnm mixture of Idolatry and Paganiftnc, e that they kcepe little more then a bare
toedenbuhm; of Chriftianity. They fuffcr Poligamy,Circumcifion, flupend 'fallings,
ir.Aiv»t§ul diuorceasthey winthcmfclues,&c.andasthcPapiftscallonthc Virgin^/^
^crbi^mm*' ' r Yf° ^ oc tne y &n Thomas D'tdymm before Chrift. «* The Grceke or hafternc
ve{emtnr'vatai Church is rent from this of the Weft, and as they hauefourechiefe Parri-
vif, aquis mem archs.fo hauc they foure fubdiuifions,befidcs thefe 2{efter;ans i !Ac$l>ines } Sy->
temi dormmt, r i Ans ^ rmen i mS Q tcr gi Ans ^ c ^ Q ^x. t ^ q\\ii Afiaminor^Syria^gypt ^&c*
4BreJexhackius. Greece ^ValachiA^CyrcA^ia^BnlgaryJiofnia^ 'Albania ) iUyricum, SUvotttafroa*
ud.iMc?°cn. : tU i ihrAce i Ser'viA ) RAfcU % and a fprinkling araongfl the Tartars, The
« s e Po!Tv' a * s iMvfcMitts,an&mofc of that greatDukcs fubie£ts,arc part of the Greeks
nx^nevbifieln, Churcb,and ftill Chriflianst but as? one faith, temp&ritfucccjfn mult as Hi
Magm.T>.fki- Addtdernnt fnperfi it tones ^ In proceile oftimc they hauc added fo manyfu-
HvMA?mhat P er fti" 0BS > triat ^cy be rather fcmi-Chriftians,tben othervvife. That which
e^cofcheir cr- rcmaines,is the Wefterne Church with vs in Europe , but fo eclipfed with
rors « feuerall fchi{hies,bcrefies and fu perditions, that one knowes not where to
find ir. The, P apifts hiwz Italy > Spaine 3 par t of Germany, France, Poland^ and a
fprinkling in the reft of EnropeAaAmerica they haue all that which Spaniards
inhabite,fft^4«M novafaflclLa Aureajperu &c. Jn the Eaft Indies 3 the Philtp-
pina-fomz, fmall holdes about Gaa, Malacha^ Ormus tjre. which the Portugal,
got not long fince.and thofe land-leaping Iefaits haue alTaid in China, Japan ,
asappearcsby their yearcly letters. Jn Africke^> they haue A4elinda i Quiloa )
Mombazi^drC'&fomeicw townes, they driue out one fuperflitioa witha-
aoihcr.PoUndis a receptacle of all Religions, where Sawofetans,Arrians, A-
mbaptifis are to be found,as well as in forae German cities. Scandia is Chri*
*T>epkm. gen- fti a n 3 but as Vawianm A goes that Portugal Knight coaaplaines,fo mixt with
uioff. Magick,Pagan Rites and Cercmonies,they may be afwcl counted Idolaters:
t Gm fuperfth which Tacit** formerly laid of a like Nation,is verified in them, \ A people
turn ebnoxky fafoeff tfi fuperjlitio» y contrary to Religion : Yet very fuperflitious, like our
1 y^ >m wild Iriflv. the remnant are Caluimft souther ams^ laGermAny equally mixt:
Sweden 7 T>enmarke^France^rtttAine,mQiz defecate then the reft,yet at oddes
amongftthemfelues , and not free from fuperftition. Asadarancofwater
ilopt in one place,breakes out into another, fodothfuper-ftitioa. I fay no-
thing o{Auafapttfls i Brorvnijis i BarrovriJt's,Familift&^ is fuper&ition
in our praycrs,in our bearing of Sermons, besides bitter contentions, inve-
&iues,perfecutions. Q*fdqu<efe miDorpi^ as Era/mm concludes to Dorpius,
hi fee Tneolegis faciamm f.ut quidpreceris,nift firte jidelem medicum^qgi cere-
bro n*edeAt»rSN\m ftiall we wifti them,but a good Phyfitian ? But mote of
their dirferenccs,paradoXcs,opinionSjmad pranks,in the Sy wptomes.l new
kaften to the eaufes.
Svbsic. i.
Part.?,Sc<a,4. Q m j e$ f re Hg 0US me / anc f 70 f y : Memb< f ^ Sub
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501
SVBSBC. 2,
C«*/« rfReligi,m melancholy, from the DiueU by miracles, Apparitions,
oracles. His inflruments orfacJors.politittans^PricftsJmpo/lorSi
Heretickes, blinde guides Jn them fimplicityjearefrmd
^aie^gnorancejohtarineffe^curiofitie, pnd^j,
vainglory, freftmption&c.hu engins,
f^fitffgfolitarinesjjope.feare^e,
WE are taught in holy Scriptme{hauhcD well rdngetb abroad like
a roaring Lion, ftillfeeking vehtm he may demurer : and as in fcuc-
rall fhapes,fo by feuerall engines and dcuices hee goeth about to
feduce vs; fometimes he transformes himfelfe into an Angcli onight, and is
focuniMng^lurhcisablc.ifitwercpoffiblc.todcceiuethevcryEkd. Hcc
will be worfhippcd as g God hirofelfc, and is fo adored by the Hcathen,and rtl7^
ctisemed.And in imitation of that diuine Power ,as h Ettfebius obfcrties, 1 to dafimtbm^
abufc or emulate Gods gfory, as Dandinm addcs,hec will haue all homage, SS^jST
faciifices.oblarivjn^aridwhatrocuereire belongs to the worfhipofGod, 10 nima'iumjicc
be done likewile vnro him,& by this meancs infatuates the World, deludes, h *jJ"| • (**
intrappcs,andcie(troyes many a thoufand foules. Somctimesby dreamcs,vi- t^^Zti,
fions (as God to Mofes by familiar conference ) the Diuell in feuerall fhapes wptttyt
talkes with them,in the Indies 'tis common, and in China nothing fo famili- ^rvm****
ar,as apparitions 3 i»fpirations, oracles, by terrifying them with falfe prodi- 1 ofprapar*.
gies.counterfeit miracles/endingftormesjtempcftsjdifeafcsjplagucfj ('as of *™ c ")f abu ( l4BI
old in Athens there was Apollo Alex facta , Apollo x*?fftw peftifer & malorum fa iVt \ u amu *
depulforyrainngwarrcs/editionsjbyfpeclrums, troubling their Confcien- l ^" e " m ^
ces,driuing them to defpaire,terrors ofmindcjtntollcrablepaincSjby promi-
fes rewardes,brnefires,& faire mcancs,he raifcth fuchan opinion of his Die- A».Tea.tf.
ty & greatne(Tc,that they dare not doe otherwifc then adore him, doe as he ^~ f ^t
willhaucthenv, they dare not orfendhim. & tocompcll them the more to luredtbnt^
ftend in awe of him, l he fends and cures difeafes, dtfqttiets their fj>irits (as C;- "JJJJ^ f**
•prian fatiijonxcnts and terrifies their foules } to make them adore him, andtll JJ.i.S^JST
his flndyjllhis endeauour is to diuert them from true religion .to fupcr flit ion: & txvedh. sinar.
hecaufe he u dam ned himfelfe, an dm an err our, he would haue all the world par-
tictp&teofbtserrours,&be damnedwithhwj. The primum mobile therefore, tarttjrrepenm
& flrft mouer of all fupcrftition js the Diueil,that great enemy of mankinde,
the principall agent, who in a thoufand feuerall fhapes , after dmerfcfafhi- vdUtfl£!im •
ons with feuerall cngines,ilhifions, and by feuerall names hath decerned the f^jkmht
Inhabitants of the earth,in feuerall places a«d countries, ftill reioycing at
theirfalls AH the world oner, before Chrifts time, he freely domineered, and held ggnt0tt M!litd
the foules 'of men in moflfauifhfuhiecJw, faith » Eufehim^in diner [c formes, £
ceremonies, and facrifcesjifichrifis comming. As ifthofcpiuelsorthc Ay re
had foarcd the earth amongft them, which the Plitonifts held for gods ft ^ ff* g.
dJdeommfnmns) & were our Go B ernours& keepers. In feuerall places,
^zi^ t v tbey
Part.$ t Scd.4, Religious melancholy. Merab. i , Sublz
502 they had fcuerall ritcs,orders,names. n Admitted amongft the Syrians Adra*
nstnyMyti. wt Uch amongft the Cap€rnaites , AfinU amongft the Emathites\ ^/fiartes
mfgitb^%.7 Wlt ^ tne s ydonUns' y Ajleroth with the Paleflines^ Dagon with the Philifiinesi
E%ik 8.4! 7 'art ari with the Han£/, Melcbenis amongft the Ammonites $ Belt the Bdylo*
Keg.u4.Reg1 HtAns Beelzebub *x\d Baal with the Samaretans&Moabitcs, ifts &0/Wa-
^9 smb. x\.' mongftthe Egyptians t Apollo at Delpbos, lupi tern Rome, Venus at Cyprus,
3.^.13. D/*»* at EphefufyPdllos at Troy&c. And cucn in theft ourdaies,borh in the
Eaft & Web'lndtesjn T artary fhinaJapan,&c>N\\\t ftrange!doIs 3 in what
prodigious formes,with what abfurd ceremonies arc they adored ? See but
o what Vertomannm I. $.c.2. Marcus Polas, Lerius } BenzojiP. Martyr in his Ocean
ft*pxr\' Decades ^ad Mat.Rtccius expedit.Ckrift.in Sin<u //^./.relate. Eufebim wo-
ders how that wife city of Athens, H florifhingkingdomes ofG>mrfhould
be fo befotted,arad we in our times, ' how thole witty chinas, fo per/picaci*
ous in all other things,fhould be fo galled, fo tortured with fupcrftition, fo
blinde as to worfhip fctoekes and ftones.But it is no maruell 3 whcn we fee all
out as great effects amongft Chriftians themfelues : how are thofe Anabap-
tiftsyArr tans ,and Papifis abouc the reft,miferably infatuated. Mars Jupiter,
Apollo, & lAifculaptm, hauc refigaed their intereft names & offices to Saint
f Bap. mm .4 George, f Maxime bellerum rector, quern npjlra inventus
FaftJeSanfo Pre Mavorte colit. .
George. g c chrijiopber^nd a company of fictitious Saints, Venus to the Lady of Lag.
retta.t\v\d as choft old Romanes had feucrail and diftincT: gods, for all diftind
*-T'*rt.i.c*p.i. om\:es,perfons,pIaces,f©haue they Saints, as Lauater weilobfcruesoutof
tpoiid'rir' 9 ' L *tt* ntms ) mtit * t9 nomine tantum' 3 t\s the fame diueil that deludes them ftill.
teldeprodig. The manner how.asl fay,is by rewardes,promifes 5 terrors,arYrighcs ? pimifl>
Wents Jn a word Hope & Feare. How often hath Iupiter.Apoh, Bacchus and
the reft,fent plagues in 4 Greece & Italy j becaufe their facrifices were negle-.
Hejperi* mala luttuofe. to terrific them,
to rouze them vp,and the like: fee but Livyfiimyfius HAlicarna[fxus;rhuci.
dtdesJaufania4 y vhiloflratus,&c. What prodigies & miracles, dreames,vifi-
pnSjprediclionSjapparitions^oracles^auebeeneofoldat Delphos, Dodona %
what ftrange cures performed by Apollo & ^£fculapius> Juno's Image,& that
*Gratitegeme- Q f r fortunefy&c, { Caflor & Pollux fought in perfon for the Romanes againft
^Dm^Hdklrn. ^nnthals Army,as V 'aflat, Mars Juno Venus for Greekes and T roians,&c. A-
<TuhyAenat.' mongft our PfeudocatholickeSj nothing f® familiar as fuch miracles, how
farmlib.z. mm ^ ^ y 0Ur L ac j y Q f j^ AUYett a\ at Sicbem,o{ old at our S.Thomas
Teusrisfaiiat Shnne,&c. « S.Sabme was leene to faghttor Arnulpbus Uukc of Spoleto, u S.
mqut futi. ceorge fought in perfon for the baftard of PertugaU, againft the -
Bj'.ap'ZT a ^-% the battle of Bannoxburne ,wherc Edward the 2 3 ourEnglifh king was
u i>et.oiber. de foy led by the Sfttf-T; S.Philanus arme was ftene to fight f if * //^r Beetbius
p^rX^- ^ ot ^ not ira P ^ tnat was before {hut vp in a filncr capcafe : Another time
le.suemtpg- in the fame author,S,M*g;w fought for them»Now for vifions 3 reuelations,
&adver- niiracles,not only out of the Legend,out of Purgatory, bnt euery day come
%% t MipZ. ncwcs fr5 thc totesJte at nome rcad tnc Jefuits \cttits,Ribadeneira % Tbur(eii*
• i.t 4 . Locv W nus^AtoflAyLippomanttS'.Xauerius, Ignatius liues,&o& tel me what d iffcrec : ?
frMewruiffe, His ordinary inftruments orfadtors which hcevfeth 5 as God himfelfe did
^pr» m pug- g 00 ^ KingsJawfullM5igiftrates^Patnarchs 3 Prophc?s a to the cflablijfhing of
his
Parr. g ^Scd^ Caufes of religious melanc holy. Memb. i. Subf.i .
,y ar C PolHui a ns ) St a tcfmcn > Pri C fts, Hcretickes^Jinde guides,
JmpoUrs^feudoprophcts.to propagatchis fuperftition. And firft to bepin ' «
* lth Polituuns,it hath euer bcenc a principal axiomc with them to main- hold ' is
tame religion ov fupcrftition.they make Religion meere policy, an humane cfeT
invention,*/^// *que valet <tdregendosvulgi animos ac fuperfiiio^s^Tacitas kcc P c »« m
term lib^.de increment* urbtum, CUpmarius lib.*. cap. 9 . de Arcani* r trump. "™Jbm.
K^irnefus cap. jJib^Jotit . Captainc Machiauel will haue a Prince bv all t"f"*S*- f*
n.eanes to counterfeit religion , tobefupcrftitiousinftiewatleaftjtofcem tlrJkSt
tobedcuout/rcquenthoiycxcrcires^honoucdiuines^loiiethcChurch, af- PMu'fc
feet Priefts.ps Num* y Licurg»s y and fuch law makers were , non ut hisfidem f " llt e ^ Dtot
btbeantjcdut (ubdifosrcttgionumetufActlwm to Iceepe
the people in obediencc.Btit this error of hxsjnnocenttus lentilettus aFrench
Lzwyci,Theerem.p.comment.i.de ^//g.hatbcopiotifly confuted. fVfcny Po- ^t^SSST
litttians.L doe not deny ^maintainc Religion as a true meancs , & finccrely (celtrmfatQrl
fpeake of it without hypocrifie, are iniely zealous & relig'ous tbemfelucs. JJw? .
liiftice,RcUgioii,Pcace,are the three chiefc proppesofa wel gouern'd com- * Hm»jhnih
rnonwea'.th*. but moil ofthemarebut M4r6/ri*r//y**7/ } coimterfeitsoneIy for h me -Ji™ Xe -
political!' ends.as knowing c rnagnueius in tnimos impcr&fiL that as *Sabelti- *""lJTo ***
eus dcliiicrs,^ man without religion y is like an horfe without a bridle. No way Mo lycrguf,
better to curb.then fuperfl.it iOjto terrific mensconfeiences, & to keep the in
aw: they male new lawesjtatutesjinvent new Rcligios, ceremonies to their fefei^advi-
ownend 1 , X\k7 fore S^^Polybiu^o^Lycuryt^didhemaint sin ceremonies ,not ierttwtrukt
that he wai fuperHitious himfelfjrut that heptfrceaued mortall men more apt to l ZTt^mXc
embrace paradoxes fhen ought elfe^and durjl attempt no eat 11 thing for feare cf m pavn au-
the This wa< Zamolehta llraragem amongft the Thracians , Numaes jft^^ **
plot.when he laid he had conference with rhe Tiymphe tsEgeria^nd that of • Qtauu'im
Scrioriui with an Hearc So ^Mahomet referred his new lawes to the * An- ( f' T . SolM
Fcll6^^W t bywhofedireaionhcegaueout they were made. CaUgnltm ^^gL-
Dion failed him fclfe robe familiar with Caflorand Pollux , and many fuch, tkm reftrtitt,
which kept thofe Romanes vnder,who as Machiauel proxies Jib. i. dijfut.cap. J^J22ir
jr / & 12 .were Rcligtone maxim mcti , moll fuperftitious 5 and did cutbe the mafeierere.
people more by this meanes,thcn by force of armcs , orfeucrity cf humane ^ L p 6l jf
lawes, To this end that Syr e An Phyrecides , Pythagoras mailer broched in the tMm ^J!l m
Eaftamonaftthc Heathens firil the immortality oftheSoulc, as Tr/fmegi* tkMwuum
^in^^withamanyoffaincdGods. Thofe French & Brittain Drui- WjJ*
des in the'weft fir ft taught.faith f C*(ar,non inter ire amm*s , but after death luc;a „^ m &
Ugoe fro* one to anaberjbatfo thy might encourage them to vert ue ' T was
forapeliticke end, and to this purpoic the old Poets famed tnok* Elyfuu* ^.jg.,.
fields
r«rt« in tl'.eir ^w'when they fctdowne rewards, andfeuerallpunifh- ^M-> »
ment for cuerv particular ver.uc and vice >6 when they perfwade men, that <*fi£ (m .
Ihev that die in hattle,(hall goe direfily to heauen.&c. A T«Ur Prmce.fa.th
S^W^.'-4-^- Mlled ^^7;ff« 11,6 feett « toeft4bI ^ *"
Part.j.Scd.4- { J(ehgi$us Melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subti.
504 his government amongft his fubie&s^and to kcepe them in awe/ound acd«
h citrafum, venicnt place in a pleaiant valley,environcd with hills, in h which hce made a
ftouvTmaxi' ^littom Parke fuhfaHodortferowjlovPresanAfruits % and a PaHace full of at
mum, &j>ui- worldly eontentsjhzt could poflibly be deuifcd.MunckCjPi&urcs, variety of
t^odmlftu mcals >& c * ™d chofe out a certaine young man, whom with a * (eponferom
^/iMvilm" 1 pettoxyhefo benummed ^thatfce perceaucd nothiug : andfofafia/leepe as hce
fumbmflettUy xoM^ctiuftdhimto be conveyed'tnto this faire garden. Where after hee had li-
fp'otam pen. ve ^ 3 while^n all fuch pleafures atfenfuall man could dcfire, k Hecajlhimitt.
dim dedit, quo to afleepe agawepnd brought him forth ,thdt when hee waked hee ' might tetto-
i»tjGatu4,& thers he badbeeze in ParadifeiThclikchc did for Hell 3 andbythismeancs
%7§m!\nwr%- brought his people in fubic&ion. Many fuch tricks and impofturcs arc a&ed
iarium interim by Polititians in chiqa efpeciallv^but with what effect 1 will difcourfe in rhc
dvcebatur drc. S ymptomes.
memomnmpa- Next toPoImtians,!! I may diftrnguifh them, are our Pnefts , ( for they
tmbibendum make Religion Policy ) ifnot iarre beyond them , for they domineereouer
^xtr^Tauit Prince»and Statefcnen thcmfclues. Carnificinam exercent jOnefaithjthcy
fimreduxit, at tyrannize ouer mens con{cienccs,more then any other tormentors whatfo-
cm evigiiarct, Cycr p art i y f or tnc j r commoditie and gaine, for foueraignty .credit to main-
taine their ftate and reputation out or ^dmbttton and Avarice , which are
their chiefc fupporters. What hauc they not made the common people to
bcleeuc? Impofiibilities in nature 5 incredible things^whac deviccs^raditions,
cercmonies,haue they not invented in all ages to keepe men in obedience,
to inrich therafelues? Quibm quafiuifuntcapti fuperflittene ammi , as Livy
1 m faith. Thofe Egyptian Priefts of old got all the (buct aignty into their hasds,
m and knowing , as Cnrtim faith 3 nulla res efficacim multitudinem regit qutm
fuperftitiojotelws vatibus quam ducibm parent \vaua religione capti\etiam im
fotentes famine, the common people will fooner obey Priefts then Cap-
taincs,and nothing fo forcible as fuperftitton,or better then blindc zeale to
rule a multitudes bane fo terrified and gulled them,that it is incredible to re-
late. A'l nations almoft hauebecne befotted in this kiade, amongft our Br if*
taines & old Gaules the Drnides^Magi'm Terfu\ Philofophers in Greece.ChnU
deans amongft the Or tent alt, J5rachma»i in /ndia> Gymnofophifles in ty£t hi-
opia 3 thc Turditanes'm Spaine^Angures ia Rom e,hiuc infoked^pellees Priefts
in Greece ,by their oracles and phantafmes 3 ^«/>^r<*«* and his companionss
now Mahometan Pagan Pricfts,wrrat doc they not effedt ? How doe they
not infatuate the world? But abouc all others that high Prieft of Rome , that
a S t gismds. three-headed Cerberus hath plai'd his part. n wbo(e religion at thu day U meere
policy fate wholy compofedof fuperption ejr wit^and needes nothing hut wit
andfuperfition to maintaine it^thatvfeth Colleges and religious houfes , to as
good furpofe as forts and sa/lells , and doth more at this day by a CO mpa.ny of
fcribling Parafites,fiery fpirited Friers, zealous Anachorites, hypocritical]
Confeflbrs,and thofe Prctorian fouldiers,his Ianifary lefuits^hat now ftand
in the forefront of the Battle, 3 Excipiun/t foli totitu vu/nera belli^
I EMmt„ anc j figh t alone almoftjthencucr he could hauc done by garrifons & armies.
What power ofPrincc,orpoenall Jaw, bee it neuer fo ftri<5t, could enforce
men to doc that which for confcicncc fake they will voluntarily vndergoe?
As to faft from all flelh,abftainefrom marriage , abandon the world , wilful!
jpoiiertv ; perfa:nac canoakall and blindc obedience,to proftra te their goods s
fortunes,
5°5
Part.j.Sefl^. CaufesofXc/igous melancho ly. Mcm b. i .SubO
commandr VVhatfo powcrfull an cngin as fu petition ? which they ri e bc
well perceauing,arc of no religion at all themfclues. Primum ekm (as C Ln
rightly fufpe&s, the tenor & praSifc oftheir lifeproues )*r«n*iiltm The..
i'Z'^odtpudw rtz*^^^ They hold there is no
Ood,as Leo lo.Mpddebrandxhe MigitUn, Alex inker the 6.1uiius ;.mecre
Athctfts,and what is faid ofChrift, to be fablfll and impoftures , of heauen
and hell,day of iudgement,Paradifc,IrHra© r cality of the fouIe,are all
P Rumor es vtcu/^verbdfy inania, p
Et par [ollictto fibula. fomnid,
Dreames,toyes,and old wiues talcs. Yet as fo many qwhetdenes that make q
other tooles ciu,but cue not thcmfelues,though they be of no religion at all %%Jmt£
they will make others moft devout & fuperftitious , by promifes & threats, ltt txm W*
compcll,to enforce from,and lead them by the nofe like l'o many bearcs in a
Jine;Whcn as their end is not to propagate the Church,advancc Gods king,
dome, feeke his glory or common good, but to enrich themfclues, to en-
large their t€rritorics,to domineere & compell them to ftand in awe, to liuc
in hibie&ion to the Sea of Rome, As well may wiinefle their intolerable co-
vecou fnefTc,ftrange forgeries, fopperies , fooleries , vnrightcous fubtlet ies,
impofhires, illufions, new doctrines, paradoxes, traditions, falfe miracles,
which they haue ftill forgcd,to enthrall and fnbiugatc them , to maintainc
their ownc eftates. r Oae while by BuIlsjPardons 5 lndulgences,and their do* * Seeking
clrinc of gbod workes , that they bee meritorious, hope of heauenby that ^ r °vvne,^
meanesjthcy hnuefo fleeced the commonalty, and fpurr«d on this free fu- chr^s*'""
perftitioushorfe, thatherunncshimfelfc bUndc, and is as an Affe to carry 'Hehaththc
burdens. They haue fo amplified Peters Patrimony 3 , that from a poore Bi-
fhop,he is become Rex Re gum, Dom'tntu ktmintntium , a Demi-God, as bis the Marqui-
Cansnifls make him, Felitttu and the reft, abouc God himfelfe. And for his i ^ r ^ j4tttMg *
wealth and r temporalties , is not inferiour to many kings his Cardinals 3 ndthetS-
Princescompanions 7 and in every kingdomcalmoft^bbotSjPriorSjMonkSj mriesndiacec,
Fr iers,&c.and his Cleargy haue mgrofled a » third part, halfc , in fo»c pla-
ces all into their hands. Three Prince Electors in GVrJw^Biftiops^bcfides mFrl*ce,&c.
A4agdeburge^pire J Saltsburge,BremeM^rge, drc. How »any Townes in ■jgjgg
every kingdome hath fupeiftitioninriched? Whatadealc of mony by mo- blfi ; u J undl '
ftvieliques,Images, haue their MiflePricfts ingrofled, and what fummes words oftheir
banc they fcraped by their other trickes; L*uretum\* July, mlfmghtm in ^°J aity
England inlthofe dayes/ 7 /'/ cmnU auro /f/'tt/tf, faith Erafmus$.ThemM purine f urpeft t h CK
&c.niay witneflc. f Delpfos fo renowned of old in Greece for ApMs oracle, g^f^.
Velos commune concilubulum & emporium fola reltgfuc mum turn , V'*?*', ftatutcs o{
whofc fame and wealth were foftaincd by religion 5 werc not fo rich , fo fa- monm^c
mous. If they cangctbutareliqueoffomcSaint , the Virgin Mines pi-
clure or the like,that'Citty is for eucr made,it needs no other maintenance. Utmit
Now if any of chefe their impoftures,or iugling trickes be concerted or *j*.mm
railed in queflion; If a magnanimous and zealous Luther , an nereicall Lu- ^
ther as *Dithm«m calls him,dare touch the Monkes bellies,all is in a com . ,^
inneeces to kecpevp their trade, t Grettk Vt*na .f the Epkefuns_ Witaa t ^if.*.
^ffhry (bout of two hourcs io«g they will ro.rc and noc be pacified.^
Part j. Se&4. Q^eligtous Melancholy. Memb. i, Subfa,
506 Now for their authority,.what by auricular confeflion , fatisfaction, pen*
nancCjPf^f /keyes^hundrings, excommunications, &c . roaring bulls, this
high|Pricftof&>/«r 5 (baking his Gorgons head, hath fo terrified thefouleof
many a filly man 3 infuitcd ouer maiclty it felfc,and fwaggercd generally oucr
all Europe for many ages,& ftill doth to fome, holding them as yet in ikuifh
fubie&ion, asneuertyrannizing«S/rf«?wr^did by their poorc Negroes^ or
*Tm&ftxKo- Turkesby their Gaily* flanes^ The Bifyop of "Rome /faith Staplcton^ parafite
mvtHiprorf;* o£h\Sjdemag.Ecclef Jib. 2 >cap.i.) bath done that without arrnes ^ which thofe
hem* regibus R 9 man Emperours could neucr atchieuewith 40 legions cf 'fouUiers , depokd
*Jd7egZ*evebit, Kings,and crowned them againe with his foot, made friends, and corrected
ad 'yum cegit y at his pleafure,&c,y Tu a wonder faith MachiauelljFlorentin.e hijl. lib. 1. what
&pe:cMtes\ca n Avery Henry t y frond endured for the death cf Tb. Bccket, what things
impcratom Ro- he vcas emoynedby the Pepejtnd hove he fubnutted himfcife to doc that\ychichm
mani 40 hgio- cur times a priuate man would not endure,znd all through fuperftition.*
nonl^rmt^ r ) ine fourth ,dcpofed of his Empire, ftood bare-footed with his wife,at the
y Minm quan- gates of Canofftu. a Frcdericke the Emperour was troden on by Alexander
U f ^ m Jdo ft t ^ rc ** Another held Brians ftirrup.- King lohn killed the knees o{Pan*
yjm$t*A\t ' dulphm the Popes Legat,&c.What made fo many thoufand Chrittians goe
faSlumm polll f ronQ France t Br ttt ai ne ^iccAnto the holy Land, fpendfuch huge fummcs of
S nTpriva- mon e y 5 g oc a pilgrimage fo familiarly to Jerusalem, to creep and couch , but
m quidmpar- fuperftition ? What makes them fo freely venture their Hues ,to lean e their
Ssw"" n3 " uc Cotintries„to goe feekemartyrdome iu the Indiesjout fuperftition?
bijlMi."* 9 l * be aflafinats to meet dcuhjnurder Kings,but a faffe perfwafio ft of merite,
* cmoiib^. ofcanonicall or blindc^obcdiencc which they inftill vnto them, and animate
Fa* MtrtjrtZ. thcmbyftrangcillufions, hope ofbeing Martyrs and Saints t Such pretty
feats can the Diuellworke by Priefts, & fo well for their owneaduantage,
can they play their parts. And as if it were not yet enough, by Priefts & Po-
lititians to delude mankinde, & crucifiejthc foulcs of men, hee hath more fl-
exors in his Tragoedy,more yrons in the fire) another Sceane of Bererickcs,
factious ambitious wittes, infolent fpirits, Schifmatickes, Im poftors, falfe
Prophets,blind guidcs,that out of pride,fingularity,vaineglory ,blinde zealc,
caufe much more madneflc yet, fet all in an vproare by their new doftrines,
paradoxes,figments,crotchets,make new diuifions, fubdivifions, new feds,
oppofeonc fuperftition to another, onekingdome to another, Prince and
fubie<5te,brothcragainft brother, fathenagainft fonnc, to the mine & deftru-
ftion of a Common-wealth, to thedifturbancc of peace, and to make a ge-
nerall confufion of all eftatcs.How did thofe L^rrians rage of old, how ma-
ny did they circumvent? thofe Pelagians , Manichics&Q. s their names alone
would make a iuftVolumne.How many filly foulcs haue Impoftors ftill de-
scdl'T^/Lriw luded,£w«*f Alexander ^Simon Magus, ApoUonim Tian^usjCynops i Eumopi
eo haue bin whomF/or*x//^.^.c4/>.7j?.makcsmention,by counterfeiting fome new ce*
ssgreataPro- rcmonies & juggling trickesjof that pea ^r/'^jbyfpitting fire, and the like,
thomE^fiim S ot an 2rmic together of fourtic thoufand men, and did much harms : and
€oafut« 4 that Eudo de StcUispt whom 7{uhrigenfis fpeakes,//'£. i.eap. 79. that in King
Jf<^)tawdaycs,imitatcd many of Chrifts miracles, fed J know nor how ma-
ny people in tbe wildernciTc,and built caftles in the Aire,&c.to the feducing
of multitudes offilly foules.Jn FranconU 147^ bafe illiterate fellow tookc
vpon him to be a Prophctj&preach/^^^/w by name,a ncatheard a t ^z-
chol-
attftf^^^
a molt holy man jC ome from Hcaucn * Tradefmen left then ft
tnstf di [taxes, reruantsrannp *Lt*^A. l.ij... r 3
e Lib.T de*At.
Dcorum.
their difi*L. r * 1 , M'wjmc* <**j*mtr jvtffts .women" C*f-
^bttrnt.tUfibytbeBijhcpofmrtzburge, andfoheandhu hmfaJEi B
altogether. How many fuch Jmpoftors, taife prophets, haue lined in cucrv S2?£fd
Kings raigne? what Chronicle will not afford Lh examples f that as fo£ X&S
ny/^»«/4/w hauclcdmenourofthcwav, terrified tome, deludedoih^rs > f ™^
that are apt to be carried about with the blaft of euery winde. a rude,,*™
Itant mulutude,tnat follow a!l,& arc cluttered together like fo many pibblcs r "" «*
in a tidc.What prodigious foUics.roadncne, vexations, perfccutioAs, ablur. *S£S£
dities ,impoflibili«c S ,t!icfcimpoftors I hcrcticl,es ) &c. baoethtuft vpon the ST *
WorId,whar ftrange effects 3 fhail be (hewed in the by rnptomes.
Now the mcancs by which,or aduantages the d ucli & h.s infernall mini-
fters take,fo to delude & difquict the World,wit h fuel i idle ceremonies /a! e
doc1:rines,rupciftitions,lopperie? 3 arefromthemfJucs, innate feare, igno-
rance,Omplicity,f/^and f^r^thofe two battering C annons & prmcipafl
Engincs,with their obie&s 3 rew3rd & p\}n\(h\T)znx } P:<rgatorv,LimbtiS +*trk\
fccwith now more then euer tyranniie 3 ffir what Province is fire from u# l^^fZ]
tbei/mejuperftiticn .idolatry Jcbijme^herefy.imptety then fetor s twd follow- Atbdfmk, &c.
erst thence they proccede, & from that fame decayed image ol God, which lt9 H m L
is yet remaining in vs. 0* homim (nbltme dedit^alumcj, vtdert bi u bcUuu m-
Jufit, amp our owncconfcience
doth di&atc fo much vnto v?, wee know there is a God, & Nature doth in-
forme ss^Nuffagens txm barbara ( fakh Tally) cut non in 'fide At hjec perfuafio de-
nm effeu* There is no Nation fo barbarous 3 that is not perlwadtd there is a
Qod^The Hcaucns declare the glory ofGod^andtbt Firmament jbeweth bu lun>
Mworkes ,Pfial.ip. Euery creature will euince it. The PhiIofophcrs J .Sw.t/f* J
P/ato.P lot inuSyTrifmegiji 'us, Seneca JLpittet its ,thofe Afagt,Drutdes,crc. went .
as farre as they could by the light of Nature, 1 mult a prtdara de natura Dei Zir ' ,
ficriptareliquerttnt .Writ many things well of the nature of God. bat they had
but a confufed lights glimpfe.
Quale per inter t am Ittnatn fiuh lune maligna
Efttter wfylvu. ashethnt walkes
by Moonfhinc in a wood,they groped in the darke ; they had a grofTe know-
ledge, as he in Euripides, ODcus quicquides.five caelum, five term, five ali-
tf«/i,andthacof 'Anfetle.Ens entiummifercre met. So fume faH this, lbmc , Slt?er p thti
thar,'as they conceiued themfelues,which thediuell perceiuingjedthem far- \gi*auudni'
thcr out ('as *Lemnms obferucs^and made them worftip him as their God, j^J 1 ^
ftockes U ftones. and rorturethcmfelnestotheirownedcftruaion, ashee u^&de-
thou^htfithimfelfe, infpircd his Priefts and Minifters with lies andfitfions mi*
toprofecutethefame : whichthey for their own ends were as willing to vn- ^jJS^,
dergoe taking advantage of their fimplicitv,feare and ignorancc.For the co &«a(e*m-
mon people are as a flocke of fteepe 3 a rude illiterate rout,void many times
©fcommon (cnk^mccvcbe^be/Juamultorumcapttum, will goe whither- cui rt(imAtm
foeuerthey areled:asyouleadarammeoueragappe by thehornes,allthe
reft will follow, « K!* 1»* f» *** ^ thc V Wl11 d °/ V o y , fCC °'
thersdoc, and as their Prince will haue them, let him be of what Religion ■ 5 emu.
Part.3 - Scdt 4. %ellgtom melancholy, Mcmb. 1 . Subfo.
508 he will,they arc for him.S ^4nd little difference there is betwixt the diferetir
%Ve remm va- enof men An{ i children in this cafe specially of dd folkes and women, as Cardan
™arTJwd 3 l- difcourfeth yohen as they are to/fed with fear e and[uperftttion y and with fit her
fittfapientiavi- mens folly and d/jhwejl/e. So that J may fay, their owne ignorance is a caufe
mm* piitriij, Q f f uper fti t j n,a fymptome and madnefle it felfe,
multa mmiiA fe- * 3 J r n r . /• . ' . .
mm.& mulie- Supphcij caujaefi Jupplmumgjut. their ownc
rum, cum metu feare/ollyjftupidityjto be deplored Lethargye,is that Which giues occafion
ZlZnfZ™?- t° the other, and pulls thefemiferies on their owne heads. For in all thefc
tii& improbi- Religions and fuperfticions, amongft all jdolaters, you (hall ftill finde, that
wt fmphca a- p art j ss fi r ft afte6ted } are filly ,rude 5 ignoran t pcoplejold fo]kes,thac are na*
tymtitr. turally prone to (iiperftition,wcake women , or fomepoore rude illiterate
perfons,that are apt to be wrought vpon, and gulled in this kinde, prone to
beleeue any thing. And the beft meanes they haue to broach it firlt, and to
maintaine it when they haue done, is to keepe them ftill in ignorance : for
Ignorance is the mother ofDeuotion,*% all the World knowes ^and thefc times
can amply wirnefle.This hath beene the Diuels practice, and all his infernaH
minifters in all ages,not as our Saujour } by a few filly Fifticr men ..to cofound
the wifedome of the world, to fauc Publicanes and Sinners^ but to make ad.
fcTnall fuper- vantage of their ignorance, to convert them and all their aiTociats, &that
ten, wifj j they may betterferfecT: what they intcnd,thcy begin^ars i£iy,with poore tylu-
foo" ^T'coci P*d,illitcratc perfons.So Mahomet did when he puolifhed tas-^W^which
Efloyn. JC ° ls a pi fiCC of workc ( faith Brcdenbachtus ) fuiUf mn-fenfe, barbarifmejonfufi-
iPcrtgin.H** onyvitbout rimeyeafonyr 'any goodcempofition,firjl publtfbed tea company of
fir!pt*m unfa- ru ^ e rupckeSyhogge-rubhers , that hid no diftretion judgement ^ art y or vnder-
fum [me ordme /landings &isfo ptl maintained.Voz it is a part of their policy to let no man
wijcotort, abg commcnt,dare to difputc or call in qucftion to this day any part of it, bee it
aT\%icifiZs neucrfoabfurdjincrcdiWe,ridiculous, fabulous as it is, it muft be bcleeued
idemitdti m wplic/te y vpon paine of death no man muft dare to contradict it. What elfc
fwTrefa^T ^ ac our P a piA s »but by keeping the people in ignofancc,vent and broach all
uuUm 'trantdtf- their new ceremonies and traditions 3 'when they conccale the Scriptures^
tretmk, ut di- rcac j it in Latin 5 and to fome few alonc/eeding the people in the meanc time
wdicare pofint. with ta j es QUt Q f Lcgcnds,Si fuch like fabulous narrations ? Whom do they
begin withjbutcollapfed ladics/omefcw tradefmen.fuperftitious old folks,
illiterate perfons.weakc women, rude, filly companions 5 or fooner circum-
k uy.i.Hp.9. vent? .So doe all our fchifmatickes and heretirkes. Mar cm and xValtntimm
^Mxeranuttb. heretickes in Irindus, feduced firft J know not howmany women, & made
i.bifl.Bei£. them beleeue they were Prophets. 1 Frier Cornelius of Z>orf, feduced a com-
pany of filly women. What arc all our ^dnabapttfls, Brownift$ % Barrowi@s y
**s\T)8ttom Fam ^^ s i >ut ^ com ? 3Ln y of rude illiterate bafc fellowcs? Whatare mo ft of
fum fccifefit ou r Papifts,but rude and ignorant blind baiards,how fhould they otherwifc
ffficium.&pie- bc,when as they are broughtvp and kept ftill in darkneffe.' ra if their Pafters
^tmnmin. (^ itn L*v*ter) had done their dneties ,and inputted their flock as they ought,
fiitui(fe>Jt,dcdo- ?n the Principles of Chriftian Religion, or had not for bidden them the reading of
t^caut^' Scri ¥ tures tkcy had not beene at they &rz_j. But being fo mifled all their liues
fau^nmk in fupcrftition, and carried hood winked like fo many hawkes,how can they
hterdixiffentje proue othcrwife then blind Jdiots, and fupcrftitious AflTes ; what fball wee
^nStfi^r. ex P e<a clft at their hancls - Ncitner is ic fufficient co keepe them blind, and in
/*«/. " Cimmerian darkneflc , butwidiall, as aSchooleraafterdothby his boyes,
fomej»
rart.3. Sea. 4 . Caufes of religious melancholy. Memb. a. Subf z;
foractimes by good Hope.promiies and encouragements , but moft of all 5©$
by Feare,ftri&difciplinc,feucrity, threats and punifhmcnr, to make them
follow their bookes,doc they collogue and footh vp their filly Auditors, &
fo bring them into afoolcsparadifc. Rex erisAiuntJi retfe fades, doe well;
thou fhalt be crowned; but for the moft part by thrcats^tcrrors^ affrights,
they tyrannize odtcrrifie their diftrcflcd foulesj' knowing thatfeare alone is
the folc and onely meanes to kcepe men in obedience, according to that he-
fnifltckium oiPetroniuj y Vrimus m orbe deos feat timorfkit Feare offomc di-
uine and fuprcme powers, keepes men in obedience," makes the people doe
their duties: they play vpo.n their confcicnccsj n which was pra5Hfed of old » Cmm
in *s£gypt y by their Pridi s.when there was an Ecclipfe, they made the peo-
ple belseuc God was angry, great miferies to com? ,thcy take all opportunt-
ties of naturall caufes, to delude the peoples fenfes, and with fearefull tales
out of Purgatory,fained apparitions, earthquakes in Japona or o£/>M,'tragi-
call examples of diuels,po{reffions,obfefftons,falfc miracles, counterfeit vi 7
fions,$cc.They doc fo infult oucr,ind reftrainc them J neuer He by (o dared
a Larke,thar they dare not offend the leaft tradition, tread, or fcarce lookc Stc [° otc,u
zwiy.Deus bote ( P LAV&tervicmmzs) quot hoe c&mrnentum ae Pur gat .no men .concn>i-
mtjereaffltxtt: good God,how many men hauebcen mjfcrably alfli&ed by *■* P *V"
this fiction of Purgatory. 3krt.ue p.i*
To thefe advantages Hope and Fetre^ ignorance &fimplicity,hc hathfc- prt.3. c0.i&
uerall cngines,traps,deuices,to batter and enthrall, omitting no opportune & M,<
rieSjaccording to mens feuerall inclinations , habilitics.to circumvent and
humour them, to maintainehisfuperftition: fomctimes to mipifie,bcfottc
them ,(bmetime againe by oppofitiops,fa£tions,to fei all at oddcs,and in an
vproarc/ometimcshee infects one man, &make> him a principal] agent,
fbmetimes whole Citties,Countries. If of meaner fort, by mipidity,blinde
Canonicallobedience,blindezcale,&c.Ifofbetternotc, byprid^ambition,
vainglory.Ifofrhe Clergic, and more eminent of better parts then the reft,
more Icarncd/iloquent, he puffes them vp with a vame conceit of their own
W9Tth,ftie»ti4t»fof' 9 they beginne to fwell and fcorne all the world in rc*
fpe& of thcmfelii*,& thereupon turncheretickcs,fchifmaticks,broachncw
doftrines/rame new crotchets^ the like, or clfe out of too much learning
become mad,or out of curiofitic.thcy will fcarch into Gods fccrcts,and eatc
of the forbidden fruitc, or out of preemption of their hoIinefTe and good
Pifrs infpirations ,becomc Prophcts,£*//;*>A& what not. Or elfe it they
difplcafcd,difcontent,and haue not (as they fuppofc) preferment to their
worth,haue fome difgracc^cpulfe.negle&cd^r not cfteemcd as they fondly
value thcmfclues.or out ofemulatiomthey begin prefently to rage and raue,
Utm terr* mtfient, they become fo impatient in an inftant , that a whole
Wdome cannot containc them, They willfetallinacombun,on,allat va.
Sance to be revenged of their advcrfarics.l T»n«m when he faw Ceulunu* 1 *4*
Preferred before him in the Bifhoprickc of Or/^c* turned hereticke,and
fe did ^*,becaufe Alexander was aduanccdj we haue examples at home,
and too many experiments of fuchperfons. lttheybeeLay men of better
n«t ihcTami engines of pride,ambition, emulation & icaloufie take place, ,
Srtn Ss!hemfelues/^4^r in Iniu after his v,aoncs,became
t^&t**^** * ^ andthofc ^Hmperouts
Part J. Se&4. %eltgtous Melancholy. Mcmb. i. Subi2.
510 came to that height ofmadne»,they mufthauc temples built to them 5 facri-
* Lmpridm ficcSjoblations to their Deities a D/ 1^/ Auguftus i D t cUudim.DuAdrtanut^H$*
tnwfaUs'^ b^halus P ttt out the veflaHfre at Rome,expelled the vkgin^nd bammed all 0'
faoum igniRo. ther Religions allouer the worlds would be thejole Godhimfelfe. Our Turks,
w* exthxit, & chiri* Kings great Chams,2nd Mogors, doc little lcfle 3 afluming diuine and
9 ™ t m untie- bumbaft titles to themfelues 3 the meaner fort are too credulous, & Jed with
Mgmt! y unum blind zcalc 3 blind obediencc,to pro{ecute& maintaine whatfoeuer their fot«
h (o\SmlaUu' leaders (hall propofe, what they in pride or fingularitie, reucnge, vain-
iur., eMC3erC ' g!ory,ambition,fplecn,forgain,fhallrafnly maintain &broch 3 thcirdifciples
make a matter of confcicnce,of hell & damnation, if they doe it norland will
rather forfake wiues, children, houfc & home, lands 5 goods,fortunes, life ic
felfe,thcn omit or abiure the lcaft title ofit,and to advance the comon caufc^
vndergoeanymiferies,turne traytors,aflafinates,with full aiTurance&: hope
of reward in that other world>that they fhall furely merit by it, win Heauen,
be canonized for Saints.
Now when they arc throughly pofleffed with blind zealc , & nulled with
fupcrflnion^he hath many other baitcs to inveagle 8c infatuate them farther
f tUgeflatftrm yct,to make them quite mortified & raad,& that vndcr colour of perfection,
jiiia. Mm^tr. \ merit by pennance.going wolward^hipping^almes^aftings, &c. Anno
JJ V Co ^ m ^ 1 320, there was a Sc& of whippers in Germanyjhat to the aftonifhmem of
the beholders,lafhedj & cruelly tortured thcmfelues. J could giue many o-
ther inftances of each particular. But thefe works fo donc,arc meritorious,
exopcrc'opcratofx condignofoi thcmfelues & others, they macerat and con-
fume their bodics^Jpec/e virtutu uwbrd^ihoCe Euangelicall counfels arc
propounded,as our Pfeudocatholicks call them, Ganonicall obediencc,wil»
t full poucrty,* vowes of chaftity & monkery 3 & a folitary life, which extend
btm^ttbi. almoft to all Religions and fuperftitions,to Turkes f hinds ^Gentiles, \^ibyf
tut. fines fir eekes JLatints jtod all Countries. Amongft the reft 3 fafting 5 contcm-
plation/olitarinesjarc as it were certain Rammes, by which the diuell doth
batter and workc vpon the ftrongeft conftitutions.A r £?»/r«^/* ('faith Peter Fo.
reflui ) ob longas inedias } Jludia ejr meditationes caleftes^de rebm far is & reli*
gione femper agitant^yj rafting ouermuch,and diuine mentations, arc oner-
come. Not that falling is a thin g of it felfc to be difcommcnded,for it is an
« Mxter (m. excellent meancs to keep the body in fubie&ion, u apreparatiuetodeuoti-
utu, cha>k\ue- on 3 the Phyfick of the Soule, by which chaft thoughts aire jingendrcd, true
^Tkvnp^ zc *l c > a diuine fpirit,whence wholfome counfels do procced,concupifcencc
muproiucat^t is reftrained,vicious and predominate lufts and humours are expelled. The
^[ubCtmfe^t, f at hcrs are very much in commendation ofit,&fas Caluin notes fometimes
finfh, vlxlttum immoderate. The mother of health Jeey of r heauen ,a fyirituallxving to ereare vs,
fdeijMipara- the chariot of the holy Ghoft , banner of Faith } (jrc . And 'tis true they fay of
t^&r 1 ' 1 *' if > ^it bee moderately and feafonablyvfed, by fuch parties as Mofe sjtliaty
* ckigo tarpM Danic^ Christ, and as his x Apoftlesirade vfc of it, but when by this
meum.Vaui. meanes they will fupcrcrogatc , and i as J Erufmu* well taxeth , cdum
^Mmjmm. ^ f u ff ner ^ p H tant fuU merttti , Heauen is too fmall a Rewardc for
it: They make choice of times and meats, buy and fell their merits, and at-
tribute more to them then to the ten Commandcments 3 and count it a grea-
ter finne to cate meatc in lengthen to kill a man: And as one faith, Pltu re.
fyicmntajfum pifcem^uam Chrijlum srucifixum , pluAjalmonem ^aam Sol 3.
monem
4*
Part. j.Sca^' Caufes of%etigtous melancholy , Mcrub.i.SubCz
rnoncm^utbiuiu .rechriflut, Epicure in W ^ 5 whcn fotne counterfeit and
rion,thc dwell fcts m a foot,{trangely deludes thcm 3 & by that mcanes makes * rmm 1
^..^xu^^uugswcfcincpreceacntcauics, the torcrunners orconcomi www .»* *«•
cants of them : The beft opportunity and folc occafion the divel! takes to dc S SS2T
ludc thtm.MdrJtltm Cagnatus lib. i. cont. cap. 7 . hath many ftorics to this , f£+
purpolc,of fuch as after long faftingihaue bin feduced by divels.and * tk a mi-
raculom thing to relate^ Cardan wrttes)what f range accidents proceed, from infZS'
fap*g^reamcs fuperptien } co*tcmpt of torments, defire of death, propb'fier, m
faradoxesynadneffefafting naturally prepares men to thefe things Monkey A-
nachorites and the likc,after much cmptinefTe become melancholy, vcrtigi-
nous,they thinkc they heare ftrangc noyfes .conferrc with Hobgoblincsi, di- ^\
vels,rivell vp their bodies,^ dnm hoflem infequi mar, kith Gregory, civem qwe Z ummm'
diligimw trucidamwjhcy become bare Skelctor.s.skinne and bones. Carmh jlS! cv f $n * Mt
bits abfltnentes propria cxmes devorant^vt ml pr&ter cut em & offu p reltnuu. t^ntaT
Hilarious a Hierom reports in his lifc,was fo bare with faftingjki t the "*»> wff-
did fcarce flicke to the bones Sot want of vapors.he could not flccp,& for want tui * ktUtm ff'
of fleepe became idle headed , and heard every night infants crie, oxen lovce y benm ) voccs'&
wolves howle i lyons roarefav he thought Jclattermg of chaines f range voices .cr !udlbr,a ckm '-
the like ittufionsof divek . Such fymptomes arc common to thole that faft
)ong,arcfolitaric,giucntocontemplation,ovcrmuch fohtarineftcand ruedi- *t*a.ffbrietat
ration . Not that thefe things(as 1 laid of fafting) arc to be difcommended of ZZm ttl"
thcmfelues^but very behouefull in fome cafes and good ; fobiiety and con- tungm. -
tcmplation ioine our foules ro God , asthathcathcn b V>0r/>fyr/> can tell vs. '
e Extafisis a tafle of future happy nejfc, byxckichwe arevnitcdvnto God, a di- luflm jl!ZZ
vine melancholy \a JpirituaB wing, Bonaventure tegrmes /> 3 to lilt vs vp to hea- l><ati:udizM(E-
vcn.But as it is abufed,a mecre dotaee, madneiTc, a caufc and fymptomc of r j£Z"ff: ad
Religious melancholy. if youjbiltxt any time fee (laith Guxttnerim J a religious ««i uti abinr-
per/off over fuperflitiom, too folitary,or much given to fafingjhat man wit ccr- J*** « ^um.
tainely he melancholy fbouneaift boldly fay 'it JiewiUbefo. P. F or ejlm huh al- J^StS-
moft the fame words,and c Cardan fuhtil.ltb.i S. 6" exp.40 ] Mb. S.Mr er am vx- itm ttfervm-
rietatejditxrinesjaflwg,andthat melancholy humour, ire the canfcsofall Her- t ™j%j^
mitsillufions.Lavater .deflect. cap. impart. j.*ndpart.i,cap. j o.puts lolican'nes prewriabts.
a mainc caufe of fuch fpe&runas and apparitions , none 5 faith he, fo mclan- rm^j u*f f .
choly as Monkes and Hermits,thc Divcls bath melancholy 3 f none fofubi eel ^J^gg
to vifons and dotage in this kinder fuch at hue foiitary lints, they heare & acl nbu* nxik , &
ftrange things s* their dotage . % Polidoe VirgfUib. 2 . de prodig. is .holds that ^
thole prophe pes and Monkes revelathns^Nunnesdreames, which they fuppcje ^mutaapt.
come from God,doe proceed wholy ab inftindu dasraonum^ the Divels meanes:
4ndfot»ofeEnth*fi4/ls t ^**baptisJsy pfcudo prophets hatic the ftmccaiifc. h ; tmtit lUkiJh
h TncipritK libs2.de intellecJ.mil hauc all your Pytkositfes, Stbflci & pfeu-
wiaarcfiltnt^ncsfhm^fHfft Btti**** Xn2 do-ProphctS,
Part.} .Sed.4. { \ehgious Melancholy* Mcmb.l. Subf. 2,
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5 H do-prophets to be rneere melanchoIy,fo dothmertts ptouelib.i.capj,et lib.
jXAf.j.ArcuUnwin p.Rbafis 3 that melancholy is afolecaufe, andtheDivcll
together 3 with fafting and folitarines of all fuch Sibylline proprieties, if there
were ever any fucr^which with *Caufabon and others I iuftly except at. But
i Exeratxy.i. h QW f ocvcr t h erc fa no sibylles^l am allured there be other Entbujiap y Pro-
phets,&c.and ever haue bcene in all agcs,and ftil proceeding from thofe cau-
k P^.if.Di ff - f es> Xh at which Matthew Varii relates of the Monke of E-z^jW* , that faw
"iZIamuMks ne *ven and hell in a vifion,of 1 Sir Owen that went downe into St. Patriarks
videbat vifiones. Purgatory in king Stephens dajes,and faw as much : Walfingham of him thac
steblni^'ri W3S fh-w^thehkeby s * Miatt>Beda I/b.f.ca.i 3.74.1 $.et 20. reports *fking
iTTJnttuim. Sebba Ub^.cap.i i.ecclef.biftxhzt faw ftrangc m virions , and Stumphius Hel-
nteafum imdi: vet.Cronic.oi^. coblcr of Rafd^i $20. that faw rare apparitions ^x^Amborough
r?Jp!rl g Zt ln Ge >' mari y>w^ a ^ tcr mi!cn folitavinefle, fafting, or long fickneffe, when
nihil comedms their braincs were addle 3 and their bellies as empty of meate,as their heads of
eutbibtns. WJ * C ; fhriUgus hath many fuch examples, fil.ipr. one of Saint Gultlake of
tLnplacbn*?!! Crowlade that fought with divcls 3 but ftill after long falling , overmuch foli-
an ExtaGs,ro tarynefle, ri the divelsperfwadc him there to h&,2.sMofes and EUm did, the
whT^d^for bmcr: to delude him. In the fame Author is recorded Car elm Magnus vi-
reaEg Tuly, fion An.S8j*ov Extafis,wherein he faw heaven and hell after much farting &
fee millions of meditation . So did the divcll of old with ^Apolbs Priefts, ^Ampbi&raus and
our Annals, ms fcllowes,thofe *s£gvptians t Mi cnioine long fafting before he would giue
Bedcs, Gregory, any oracles,and Strabo Geog .Ub.i 4 .defer ibes Cbarons denne , in the way be*
lacobM de vo ■ tw | xc j- ra n e5 ane i TV/^^whether the Priefts led ficke and fanatikc men: but
'nmScmy^ nothing performed without P long fafting,no good to be done , That fco£
muAtobnMcuot fj n g q Lucian conducts his Me nip put to hell by the directions of that chalde-
dtvituVAtrm an Mithrobarzancs , but after longfafting , and fuch like idle preparation,
n vol. xp.pojl Which the Iefuits right well perceiving, of what force this fafting and foli-
ebfimentMcu- tar y meditation isjto alter mens mindes when they would make a masrmsd,
ItT'famomm ravifh him,and make him goc beyond himfelfe,to vndet take fomc great bu-
tudivit. fincAe of momentjto kill a king or the like/ they bring him into a melancho.
mtmmJmi- !y darkc chamber , where he (hall fee no light for many daies together^ no
mm in vi°jii£ company,little meate, gaftly pictures of divels all about him , and leau~e him
^■Tmbabuit toneas nc will himfelfe 5 on the bare flower in this chamber of meditation as
4ev^k!w£\ they call it,on his backe 3 fidejbelly , till by this-ftrange vfage they mak| him
v vbi muUoi q U i tc madde and befide himfelfe. And then after fomc ten daies, as they finde
iun]Tnfii!o% him animated and refoIucd,thcy make vfe of him.;The divell hath many fuch
serdetum mxh fa&ors,mauy fuch engines,which what effect they produce } you (hall heare
tiainvocantes. - fafe f H oW ing SymptomCS.
mnt.Stcibut
qmdemgiaades irtnt,pW ^HAktlvfub dio 3 &e. * Ioba Evtttrdm SrilttmT^mm lib. edit. xtfn. defcribes all the
aunncrefit.
Part ? . Sc a. 4 - Symptornes of^ligious melancholy Mcmb.uSubf $ .
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Symptomesgenertlljoueto their envnefeB, hate if dither religions - 9 Ml mm
feevtfbteffe, ready to vndergoeany dinger or crofjefor it, martyrs, blind
z.eale,bltnde obedience/aftmgs.vowes Jteliej r e iftncredibtlttiesjm-
fopbtlities : Particular of Gentiles , Mahometans , levies ^
Chripans^and in them Heretikes old andnerv,Sch/f. ' %
rnatickeSiSchoolemenfrofhetsfinthufufisJrc.
Leaf Her adit us an rideat Democritus, in attempting to fpeake of thefe
Symptomes,fhallI laugh with Democritus, or weepe with Heraclitus,
they are fo ridiculous and abfurd on the one fide,fo lamentable and tra.
gicall on the o ther,a mixt Sceane offers it fclfe,fo full of crrours , and a pro .
Hiifcuou s variety of obiccls', that I know not in what ftrair.c to reprefent it.
When I thinkc of that Turkifh paradife,thofe Jewish fables , and pontificiall
rites,thofc Pagan fuperftitions,thcir faenfices and ceremonies, as to make
Jmages ofall matter 5 and adore them when they haue done.to fee them kiffe
thepaxc.crcepc to thccrofTeA'c. I cannot choofe blifrfaugh with Demurs*
twbut when I fee them whippc and torture themfelues , grinde their foules
with toyes and trirles,defpc) ste,and now ready to die , I cannot choofe buc
weepe With Heraclitus. Wlicn 1 fee a Prieft fay MafTe. with all thofe apiili
geftures, murmurings, cVc. read thecuftomes ohhz Jewes Synagogue , or
Mahometan Mefchites , I muft needs f laugh at their folly , rifumteneatisa- { v*r'wmwk
mid? But when I fee them make matters of confcicnce of fuch toyes and fZmjtf**
trifles to adore the divellj to endanger their foules, to offer their children to
their Idols 5 &c. I muft needs condole their mifcry . When I fee two fuperfti-
ticus orders contend,/*™ >tris &fiei*,Wtth fuch haue and hold, Aelena caprt-
va fomt write fuch great Volumes to no purpofe,takefo much paincs to fo
final crTed/ncir Satyrsjinvc&iucs, Apologies 5 dulland grolfc ficlions,wr.cn
I fee sruie learned men^ailc & fcold likebuttcr-women,me thinks 'tis prct-
ty foo« and fit ( for Calphurnius and Democritus to laugh at. But when I fee
fo much blood fpi!t,fo many murders and rr.aflakers, fo many! cruell battels hot.
fouebt,&c:tis a fitter fubie<5t for Heraclitus to lament. *t\* Merlin when
he fate by the lakes fide with Vortiger a and had feenc the white and red dra-
con fieht before he beganne to interpretc or to fpeake, wfletumprirupit,
HI a weeping, and then proceeded to declare to the King what it meaner I
nlaPiie of mortall men, and able of it fclfe alone to ftand m oppoution to all
LherplaRues^ifcricsandcalamitieswhatfocvcr/arrcmorccrueU, more
neftfcous,moregncvou
for the time,but this is for ever,etcrnall damnation hell it fclfe .A plague, a
fire an in^dation hurts one Province alonc,and thojofle may be^ovcr^
£ J Ai fuocr ft ition involues all the world a!moft,and can never be rcmedi-
h A S \Sc and forrowes come and go,but a fuperftitious foulc hath no
Religious meUncholy.
Memb.i , Subij
514
emmttt.
* UttoMtim.'
quietneffe.True Religion and Supcrftition arc quite oppofite s bnge diver fa>
strnificinifrftttMi as defcribesj the one ercares, the other
dcic&sjthc one is an eafic yoke,thc other an vntolcrablc burden, an abfolute
tyrannyjthc one a fure anchor,an havcn,the other a tcmpeftuous Ocean,the
one makes,thc other marrcs,the one is wi(cdomc,the other folly,roadneffe,
indifcretion^he one vnfained,thc other a counterfeit , the one a diligent ob-
fcrvcr,thc other as apejone leades to heavcn,thc other to hell. But thefe dif-
ferences will more evidently appearcby their particular Symptomes. What
Religion is , and of what parts it doth confift , every Catechifrae will tell
you,what Symptomes it hath,and what efFecto it produceth; but for this fu-
perftition no tongue can tcl,no pen can exprcfle,they are fo raany,fo divers,
fo vncertaine,inconftant,and fo different from themfelues. Tot mundo fupcr-
Jlttit/ffS,qaot carlo ftdl<£ t onc faith,thcrc be as many fuperftitids in the world,
as there be ftarres in heaven, or divels themfelues that are the firft founders
of them :,With fuch ridiculous abfiird Symptomes and figncs,fo many feve-
rallriteSjCcrcmonies.tormcntsand vexations accompanying , as may well
expreffe and befeeme the di veil to be the author and mainetainer of them , I
will onely point at fome few of them/x vngue leonem,Q\$Rz at the remand
thofe of the chiefc kindes of fuperftition, which befidcvsChriftians, now
domineer and crucifie the world,Gcntiles,Mahometancs, Jewes 5 &c.
Of thefe Symptomes fome be generall , fome particular to each private
feet : generall to all , are an extraordinary loue and affection they beare and
(hew to fuch as are of their ownc fe&, and more then VAtinUn hate to iuch
as are oppofite in religion as they call it , or difagrce from them in their fu-
perftitious rites,f>lind zcalc(which is as much a fymptome as acaufe, ) vaine
fcares 5 blind obediencejnecdleflc works.incrcdibilities^mpofTibilitieSj mon«
ftrous rites and cercmonieSjWilfulneiTejblindnefie^bftinacy^c.For the firft
whieh is loue and hate, as y MontAttm faith,**i5k firmior amicitii quam qu*.
contrahitur hi»c % mhUa difcordu main, quhw qua a religions fit , no greater
concord,no greater difcord, then that which procecdes from Religion. VVc
arc all brethren in Chrift, fervants of one lord, members of one body , and
therefore arc or (honld be at the leaft dearely beloved, infeparably allycd in
the great eft bond of loue and familiarity, vnited partakers not onely of the
fame crofle^but coadjutors jComfortcrs, helpers, at all times,vpon all occafi-
ons: As they did in the Prioaitiue Church, Abls the /.they fold their patrimo*
oies,and laid them at the Apoftlcs feet, and many fuch memorable examples
of mutuall loue wee hauc had vnder the ten generall perfecutions , many
fincc . Examples on the other fide of difcord none like,as our Savior faith,
he came therefore into the world to fet father againft fonnc, &c. Jn imitati*
on of whom the divell belike ( n*m fnperftttit irrepfit ver* -/eUgionu twit**
fr/#,fu perflation is ftill religions ape,as in all other things,fo in this ) doth fo
combine and glew together his fuperftttious followers in lone and affe&u
on,that they will line and die together : and what an innate hatred hath he
ftiilinfpired to any other fuperftition oppofite ? How thofe old Romanes
were affc£tcd,thofc ten perfecutions may be a witnefle, and that cruell exe-
cutioner in tufebim^ Ant lit a aut mtrere , facrifice or die . No greater hate,
more continuatc,bitter fac"tion,warrcs,pcrfecution in all ages, then for mat-
ters of rcligion^nQ fuch fcrall oppofition, father againft fon fl mother againft
daugh-
Part . 3 ♦ Seft. 4. Sy mf tomes of religious meknchoh/i Memb. 1 . Sub. ^
daughtcrjhusband and wife, CittyagainftCitty, KingdorncagainftKing- 515
dome-as of old at Tentird and Combos.
a ImmortM odium , ejr nunquam fenihilc vulnm^ * Iw.sv, 1 j
Inde furor vulgo^uodnumina vtcinorum
Od.it vttffy Ucm^quum folot credit kabendes 3
E/fc? deos quos ipfe col at. >
J in mortall hate it breeds ,a wound paft cure.
And fury to the commons flill to endure.
Bccaufe one Citty t'others Gods as vaine,
E)eridc ? and his alone as good mainetainc.
The T wkes at this day count no better ofvs.then of dogs,? fo they common-
lycallvs^^/jjnndclsjmifcreants^and make that their maine quarrcll&
caufeofChiiftianperfecution.lfhcwillturneT^^ he Oiall be entertained
as a brother,and had in all good cfteeme,a LMufelman or a belcever.which is
2 greater tic to them, then any affinity or confanguiniiy . The Jc w« fticke
together like iomanyburrcs, butasforthe reft whom they call Gentiles,
they doe hate aed abhorrc,they cannot endure their MejstdA rtiould be a co-
mon Saviour to vs all,and rather as Luther writes, then they that vovofcoffe ^mnt.j*
dt themjurfe them , perfecute and revile them , fljali be coheires And brethren ^^ tUl$ ,
with them or haue any p*r tor feller* fhipvith their Mejji* , they would cruet- rm vtffim
fa their Meffia* ten times over, and oU bimfelfe.hu ^4ngek, and all bu crea- ™™l$ tt
tures 1 fit were pofsible though they did endure acboujandhetsfer it : Such is ia .. d ^# t .
their malice towards vs. Now for Papifts,whatin a common candor the
advancementoftheirRehgicnthcy will indure, our traitors and pieudoca-
tholikes will declare vnto vs.and bow bitter on the other fide to their adver- *» fi
faries.how violently bent,let thofe Mtnan times rccord.thc Sptnfi inqinfi- ^jffi^
tion^heDukeof^/^TyrannyinthcLow-countncs, the fr^Maiia- i^nmm
leers andCivill warre?. fcnermm d
cTdntumrelifiopotuitfu.ideremdlorum. . batfati,^
wheeles,fedition«^aions J «ppofiuoo« 1 .bv^J'gm. .^J
Inveaines and contenttons.They hid rather inaKe nan.™ .
' c»,wW>doefufFcr^r«totmeamongftthem, and//w«tnen „J tll .
fopaffionate.violentin their le °'"^'T. rf ' ofthem ,hey doenoton!y
rv ) Pcev 1 n 1 ,&aio» S) fiog l .lar and ft A n , fc fence « tnc , y 7 ^
perfecote and hate , bin pitty e fwcAThe
» this day are fo J£ AnJ JS f s „ x , Vr/ «, addesji <f-
tbamtm** l ' v '"i% H ^'r''"ZLut k&s,M.Uct**s, Gentiles in Cfe-
Parc3.Scd.4- ^digitus melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.3.
51c? Churches oiAmjferdamjhty alone,& none out they can be faucd.s Zealous
tGreatisDi- ( as p 4U i faith Rom. io.2.) without knowledge they jWill endure any mifery,
S^dd'ts an y trouble,takc any paincs,faft 5 pray,vow chaftity, wilfull pouertie-, forfake
all,and follow their Jdols, die a thoufand^caths rather then abjure, or deny
the leaft particle of that Rcligion,which their Fathers profefTc,&: they them,
felucs haue bin brought vp in,be it neuer (6 abfurd, ridiculous, they will em-
brace it 3 they will take much more paines to goe to heathen we fball doe to
Hcauen.Single out the moft ignorant of them, convince his vnderftanding,
(hew him his errors,grofTencs,& abfurdities of his fed, Nonperfuadebis eti*
amftper (tufcr is ,he will not be perfwadcd.As thofe.Pagans told the Jefuirs in
Uik^S-e m fa ? oftA ^ c ^ e y wou ^ ^ oc as tnc * r fore-fathers haue done, & with Ratholde^
qumlmku that Frifian Prince, goe to hell for company, if moft of their friends wenc
bweftme. thither: They will not be moucd,no perfwafion, no torture can ftirre them.
So that Papifts cannot brag of their vo wes,pouerty, obedience, orders, me-
rits,martyrdomes,faftings 5 almes,good workSjpilgrin3ages 3 much and more
then all thisj fhall ihew you,is,& hath bin done by thefe fuperftitiousGen-
ttlcSjPagans Jdolaters: their blind zcale & fuperftition in allkindes, is much
at one; and is it hard to fay which is tbe greateft, which is the grofleft. In a
word,this is common to all fuperftition, there is nothing fo abfurd., fo ridi-
culousjimpoflible,incredible, which they will not belecuc, & willingly per-
joffigtfWjW- f ormea f nluc hasinthemlyes» \Qo£gypt (zsTrifmegifttu exclaimes ) thy
fr^mTfdour religion is fables ^andfrcb as poflerity wik not beleeue. J know that in true Reli-
incredtbi- gi on i t fclfe,many myftcries arc fo apprehended alone by faith,as that Trini-
lu pojitm tm. ^^brifis J n carnation,refurre&ion of the body at the laft day, quod idee ere*
»A$ true a$ dendum ( faith T trtullun ) quod incredibtlc^^ eye. many miracles not to bee
o^Jiaa* controverted or difputed of.But he that fhall but read the « Turkes ^learcn i
mlrpbjfij'&fopi the Jerves Talmud^nd Papifts Golden Legend, will fweare that fuch groflc h>
F^ifo. &ions,fabIes,vain traditions 3 prodigious paradoxes & ceremonics^could ne-
uer proceed from any other fpirit,then that of the diticl himfelf,which is the
Author of all confufion and lies, and wonder withall how fnch wife men as
haue bin of the Jewes,fuch learned vnderftanding men as ^Averrees y \^4vi-
cenna, or thofe heathen Philofophers, could cucr be perfwaded to beleue,
or to fubferibe to the leaft part of them : but I will defcend to particulars,
read their feuerall Sympt©mes,and then gucfle.
Superftitions Qf (j,^ Symptomcs that properly belong to fuperftition , J may fay ss
U» p SrSar. of the rcft/ome arc ridiculous, fomc again fearfull to relate . Of thofe ridicu*
lous^hcre can be no better teftimony then the multitude of their gcds.thofe
abfurd namcs,aclions,offices they put vpon them,their Feafts 5 Holy-dayes 5
Sacrifices,^ the like. The«y£^f/rf#$worfhippcd } zsDiodorus Siculm re-
cordsjSunne & Moone vndcr the name of Ijis & Ofyris, and after fuch men
as were beneficiall to thcm,or any creature that did them good. Jn the City
of Bubafti they adored a Cat,faith Herodotusjbit and Storkcs, an Oxe (faith
g Zl *^ n y y t ^eckes anc * Onyons,Macrobius y
mfeuttur in ' * P or rum ejr cepe deos imponere nubibus aufi 3 '
bortt Nuw'ma. Hos tutl^jle deos colis.— — ! —
* p'rltnki The Syrians jChaldeans had as many of their own Inventions, fee Lucia* k
*7toj;*.Antifi. ded Syria,A4orny cap. 22.de verttatjelig. SeldendedijiSyris, Pure has Pilgrim
*»mlxx,i.& m }acR0 (tt, m f she Romanes pLlslius Qtraldus of the Greekes.Thc k Romanes
* J borrowed
Part ;.Sc&4. Symptomes of Kdigiom melancholy Memb.uSubf. 3.
borrowed from aUjbcfidc their own,which were maiorum and miner urn gen* ^17
dcns } orchards 5 &c.all actions & o^czs.Pax^Qjties^Salus^Liberta^^F^icitas,
Strertua t Strm(tla,Horta^Paff t Syluantts,Pr/apuSj Flora, Cloaci»a 1 Febris, Paffer,
lnvidia,Ri(us ^Angeromayolufia yacunayiriflacXj Kings, Emperours } vali-
ant men that had done any good offices for them,& arrant whores amongft
the reft.For alla<5t.ions,places s creatures 3
Et domibiMje£iis 1 tkerrnis,& tqwt folettis
Afignartjolent geniot > faith Prudentius.'Cuna.
for cradles .Uiuerra, lor fweeping houfes, Tiodina knots. Prema ) Premunda i
Hymen Hymcnxm, Com us the god of goodfellowes. Hefiodtts reckons vp at
kaft 3QOC0 gods/^rro 300 Iupters.zs leremy told them, their gods wete to
the multitude of citcics,
Qjt/cqutd htimut,fclagusfa>lnm miferahtle gignit
id dixh e deosfotics , fret a ,flrtm?na fammtu .
What euer hcauensjiea and land begar,
Hiils,Seasand riuers^God was this and that.
That which was moft abfnrd, they made gods vpon fuch ridiculous ocean-
ons./4j children make babies (Co faith f Morncas) their Poets make gods. Sa. '
turnc a maa,gdded himfelf.did cat his own children ,driuen out of his king- \ c c ^ x Dt ^
domebyhisfbnnc/////'/rr, as good a godashimfclfc, a wLked lafciuious xetult tearum
paltry king of Crrte,of whofe rapes,lufts,murdcrs,villanies 3 a whole volumnc J^J*
is too little to relate. W'hen wa* made away by the fcditionof the * llvm i lf>u
Senatots 5 topacifiethe people *lulm* Proculus^z out that Kmuhs was = .
taken vp by /W^toHeauen, & was to becuer after adored for a god a-
rooneft the Romanes, Flora was a rich harlot in Rome, & for that (he made the
Common wealth her heire,hcr birth-day was folcranizcd long after, and to
make it a more plauhblc Holy • day.they made her goddeflc of flowres, & fa-
crifced to her amongft the reft. The matrons of Rome*, Vzonyfms Halicar.
n t fous relatcs,becaufc at their entreaty Conolanus defifted from his wanes, , An{h y aiUjk
confecratcd a Church Fortu^muliehi } znd ^ennsBarbata had a temple C Jmg . dc „„ m .
SSSor that fomewhat was amifie about haire,and fo the My wn.es
.T*tt,rM< that his daughter rulitola might be made a goddeiTc 5 and adored amK ^ a .
f ^ij^s lld as well (he deferued it. Their Holydayes & adora- ^
AeA * A * n * w ' . , fh „ v u ano tnc i r nofes ouer the fmokc of la- &c.A f nUmi
crifices^aith Lucta , fwood hratTe.ilone, #*» /r*«w^«, *
Altars.Thcir aitars, Jdols, Images 01 wo , thcm ^ f ^
o ..,^r/.ol1 niitascrolTe, andtneinapesinwnicnincyuiui^iw . m >M,t?muU*-
fccwerc a 1 out as gru ' d ^ s P<tw ^ a o at 3 fomciikc ftorks, r J J£3
with a rams h«M*m* ^What whU^as impious & abfurd, y^m
IrU bulls & vet fcriouflvbeIieaed,& all that wnicii,was imp ° • ; „, fl
a pcs,bulls,Ky«i - ious whorcma ftcrs > a$cornmonJythc) were all, ^
they made their gods 3 noi«i jJepttiX<LS> *c. thecues,flaues,
afwcll as /ipifer, ^^rcury^n^ *
Part. j.Se<5t.4. Religious Melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subf.3 *
5 18 drudges ,as Apollo and Neptune made tiles in PbrygUyx&i to dwell ypon the
t Vever. nHg. Mrtn fa* their villanies,much lefle in heaucn , as f Mornay well faith, and yet
r«j>,»*. they gaue them out to be fuch,fo weakc andbrutifh,fome to whine,lamenr
woundedjVexcd, and the like: that it is no
™ jupiter Tra- marucllif m Lucian, & P//^ could fo fcoffeat them & their horrible Idola-
gteAu, dt fieri- try^as they did: liDiagora took Hercules Image, and put it vnder his pot to
2. & ^ m feethhispottage,whichwas,ashcfaid 5 his 13 labour. But fee more of their
* 666 fcuerall fopperies in Cypr.^tracl Je ldol.varietate.chryfofomeadverf.Genttl.Arnob.
^ccsln^P' ^du.Gentes.^ufijn de civJei.Tbeodoret.de curat. Gra>c.afccJ. Clemens Alex*
pptyMaior ree- ^#^r//?/#j<^cXamentable,tragicall, & fearfall thofc Symptomes are^ thac
kons v P» T j?-* they fhouid be To farre forth affrighted with the irfidtitions gods,as to fpend
IndmoKm * tneir goods,liues,fortunes,precious tiroejbeftdayes in their honour 3 to * fa-
cap.x.o{Lawea- crifize vnto them, to their ineitirnableloffc, fomany 1000 Sheep, Oxen,
hh fcucL- Goats,as ^Crtfits king o{Lydia, n Marcus Julianm^ and the reft of the Roman
wtfcwfacaufc Emperors vfually did with fuch labour and coft : and not Emperours only
of which sa- & great men pro communi bonoyvcrc at this charge,but priuatemen for their
fubelafTu ordinary occafions. Pythagoras offered an hundred Oxen for the invention
t Herod, ciio. of a Geometricall Probleme>& it was an ordinary thing to facrifize in a Lv.
^Tata^ilk c ^ aKSlime t * heifer for their good health , four -e oxen for wealth \anbundretb
vdlbillintcm fir a kingdome \ntne buUesfor their fafe returne from Trota to TyltM^&c. befides
mu & pbiaUt flieep,cocks,Corals,irankinccnfe ,,to their vndoings, as if their gods were af-
«r« & argm- fcacd whh bloQ( j Qr fillokc< An ^ urdy ( b f a i t h he ; tfonetyould but repeat^
*De fwifoiis. the fopperies of ~mortall men in their facrifices^feafts^ "worshipping their gods,
^T'aUtudtie ' *^ e * r r * teS * n A ceremon * e *J*kat f hey thinkeofthemjf their diet \houfii ^orders
boveswattior 3 &c*what prayers andvorves they make,if one fhould but obferue their affurdtty
frfdm.'iis, ten and madnejfe joe would burft out a laugh wg, andpitty their folly. [ fay nothing
fi^ehTrmm °^ tneir donaries,pendants, offerings, prefents, to thefe their fictitious gods
rednn.&c daily fent. c Alexander the fon of Mynxs king of Macedonia, fent two ftatues
b Enimvero fi Q f p Urc g Q ^ to ^p h at Delpbos. d Crafut king of Lydia dedicated an hun-
17* pSfm*- &ctU golden tiles in the fame place , with a golden Altar: No man came
tales in fcfa,f*- empty handed to their Shrines. But thefe are bafe offerings in refpedt, they
dofandf&c" °^ ercc ^ men themfelues,and they did voluntarily vnder goe it , The Decij did
qu<e veta foci- fo facrifize Dijs Minibus. Curtius did leapinto the gulre. were they not all
tmtwid deiis ftrangely deluded to goefo farre to their Oracles,to be fo gulled by them as
iVdffian n- tnc y wcrc,both in warre and pcace,as Polybius relates,and which, Augures s
[uw,&c. Priefl:s,veitall Virgins can vvitneffei to be fo n fuperftitious, thar they would
* HeS'rw ratncr ^°°^ c g 00 ^ s an( ^ l* liCS 3 tncn om ^ an V ceremonies, or offend any Hea-
*Sxper(litiof* then gods. Niceas that generous and valiant Captain of the Greekes\ oner-
lutimiuvmu- threw the Athenian Nauy^by reafon of his too much fuperftition, °becaufe
rimifpcules tfle Augures told him it was ominous to fet faile from the hauen of Syraenfe,
mtiavit, Am- whilft the Moonc was ecclipfcd, hetarried fo long till his enemies befieged
tibial**" ^ lrn ' o^ he and all his Army was ouerthrown. It is ftupendto relate what
[JnmjnT Grange effects this Idolatry and fuperftition hath brought foorth of later
victm perimia yeares in the Indies , and thofe bordering parts : P in what ferall fhapes the
%lZ?imi tPwcllisadorcd/rtf^/^///*/^, asthcyfay, how he terrifies them,
fmtt ceremiiu. howthcy offer men and women facrificcs vnto him 3 an 100 at once, as they
rum bcllop'tt-
femm. n Boter** potitM.txap.i 6. p In templh immnia Idolotum monftra CMjpkiuntur, tzarmorea, lignea, \utea 3 &c. R/cctut,
f Dtum emm placsre nm ejlopus, quia ntx meet, fed dxmnem facrificiiiplacant 9 &c.
did
Part. J. Scdt.4, Symptoms of fyitgious melancholy. Mcmb. 1 .Subf j ,
■■ — ■ :
did infants in Crete to Saturne of old,at q Mexico^ when the Spaniards firft 5 19
oucrcamcthem, 1 how they bury their wiues with them, and burne them a- ] T ^ r J^ uU
liue,bcft goodSjhorfcSjfcriiams, when a great man dies/ noco atoncca- ud.rt Ivm*
mongft the Tartars when a great Cham departs: how they plague thefelues, ma***i&Mb.t,
which abftaine from all that hathlife,as thofcold Pythagoreans , with immo- {S^'JJjf^
derate faftings^ c as they oichina^ that for fupcrftitions fake neuer cat flefh 1*1*0** i
nor fi(h all their liuc$,neuer marry 5 but Hue in defarts and by-places, & fomc
pray to their Idoles 2^ houres together, without any inter miCTion, biting of jxst
their tongues when they haue done. Some again are brought to that mad. umo&rocm.
ucs by their fupcrftitious Priefts; fthat tell them fuch vain {lories of immor.
cality, and the ioyes of hcauen in that other \\k) u that many thoufands vo- / V.,.^ te:kmm
luntarily break their own neckes, as Clembrotus Amhrociotw Auditors of ^™ a J™ e Pf
old, precipitate themfelues, that they may participate of that vnfpeakable ^Mmat
happinellcin the other world.One poyfons,anothcr ftranglethhimlelfc,and
the King had done afmtich,deludcd with this rain hope,had he not bin dctai- r £ g ™"J a °%
nedby msferuant.Butwhocan tell of their feuerallfuperftitions,vexations, ienta^^m
follies,torments? I may conclude with * Fofjevinui ,KeUgiofacitaJ}trosmi. fffi^^
tesfiomimefertiiifMcrjlttioexhtmiMbMifcrds, Religion makes wild beafts W(m ^ ^
ciuill fuperftition makes wife men beafts and foolesi U the difcrecteft that ff**'/«"*
are,if they giue way to it s are nobcttcr then dizards.nay more, if that of Plo ; SSg^SZ
//««•- be true nanus rtligtonnfcepns.ut ei quern ul/ntusfimtlesfiamus^iM la bit vjwf,
the dnit of Religion to make vs like him whom we worftip, what fhallbc *J22Si
the end ofldolatets,buc to degencrat into ftocki and (tones, of tuch sswor- pudta Uimm%
Chip thefe Heathen gods, i or dtjtentium lemtnia * but to become duels <^f«*+
themfelues:^ lis therefore exit*?** err or, & mxxmeyrtcnhfns^b peri - g ^
lous and danserouserrour.ofallothers,asy P/^r^ holds turbuUnurf- fc-jjfcgtt
fihonincJnflern^ a troublefome pafhon ^^^^^O*^
VntoppyfopeiftitioD, x^callsk, *#r/«i»>w, death takes away ^
,77" v. * (lirion Impious and ignorant arc farrc more happy then §b.t*judm
icofokhheyhauedone . and what W^t^c*^ *>s£
monies to nopurpoie,nci 11 ^1 . thcir a (>{ ur d ceremonies,
L»ftofa\thcexpeaat*^
pompe that (hall attend him, as . Ar , hanec |] (hall found his ,J>ft*
Trumpet,hoW ncinau g ^MrmvmtmemmWtow+toMMt
there
Yyya
Part,^ Scd.4. <i\eligious melancholy. Mcmb.i , Subij
5 20 there makcthem a great banquet, b fvhereinfball be all the birds \beafiSyfifhet
v Micimnid a- that ever God maeie t and a tup of wine that grew in Paradife t <tnd that hath him
aZtqulsD^ ke P* *» Ad * ms CeiUr ever ftnce.hx the firft courfe fhalbe ferved in that great
vnqvmcreauit, Oxe in Iob.4,10 .that every day feeds on a thoufanb hils. PfaU^o.io. that great
^um™wrf Lev ***b*»,*n& a great Bird.that laid an Egge fo biggc, c that by chance turn*
fum.&c. bling out of the neajl^ it kneckt downe so tall Cedars, and breaking m it felt,
*c*uw> hfu drowned joo villages;. This bird flood vp to the knees in the fca, and the fca
"oo.Sffi' was fodeepe, that a hatchet would not fall to thebottomein feaven yearcs.
jit»t } efumq s e Of their Mejfiai d wines and children; Adam and Eue, ejre. and that one ftu-
m U cZanm P cnd ^ lon amon g ft tnc rcft.When a Roman Prince asked of Rabbi lehofui
fig.iIio.Sfir benHanania 3 why thc/«wxGod was compared to aLionjhcmadeanfwcrc
fubmcr/i,& at- he compared himfclfe to no ordinary Lion*, butto onein thewood Ela,
Uvhrumunda. w hi c h whenhe defired to fce,thc Rabbine prai'd to God he might,aud forth
A Eucry King with the Lion fet forward,* But when he was 409 miles fromRomc>be fo roa*
Ih* fend hfm re ^ ***** fl ^ t ^ e i reit bellied women in Rome made aborts , the citty walsfeS
enc of his downe \andwhenhe came an hundred miles nearer , and roared the fecondttme y
daughters to their teeth fell 'out of "their heads \the Emferour himfelfe fell downe dead 9 and ft
eaufc k^s*" t * te Lion went backe.\N\th an infinite number of iiich lies & forgeries, which
written pf.45. they verily bclceue.feed thcmfelues with vainc hope, and in the meanc time,
dau \xf* w no P er ^ va ^ lons DC diverted, but ftill crucifie their foules with a com-
flSf attend P an y °f idle ceremonics,liue like (hues and vagabonds, and will not be relic-
©nlier&c. . ved, or reconciled.
dmgenUs ai' Mahometans arc a compound Qtecntilesjewes,and Chriftia$s % and fo ab*
hue miiitribui ford in their ceremonies,as ifthey had taken, that which is 010ft fbttifh out
* blm ?" a ! or l of every one of them,full of idle fables in their fuperftitious law , their Alco-
tm{»rmtr!u- ra »ii felfca galiimafryc of lies, tales^cremonies.traditionSjprccepts.ftolne
gisbat,vt mku from other fects,and confufedly heaped vp to delude a company of rude and
ablrtia^wh DarDarous clowncs . As how birds, beafts, ftones, faluted Mahomet when
nes murify&c. be came from Mecha , the Moone came downe from heaven to vifit him,
*$ir$viujti. f how God fent for him, fpakctohim, &c: with a company of ftupendfig-
mtMAMp 1. men ts of the Sunne,Moonc,and Starres,&c.Of the day of Iudgement , and
futidamuitt three fouds to prepare to it,which muft laft 5oocoycarcs,of Paradife,which
^twamiec^l * s foridiculous J thatf r />^//,I>4*^x,£*fWjf,nor any Poet can bc« more fabu*
fteUUyAHgcik. 1 lous. Their rites and ceremonies arc raoft vaine and fuperftitious , wine and
Lontcertu cap. fwincs flefh are vtterly forbidden by their law, % they muft pray fiuc tiroes a
V^inquksin day,and ftill towards the fouth,wafh before and after all their bodies ©uer,
die tmtcTurc* with many fuch.For fafting,vowcs,rcligious orders , peregrinations , they
ETsST S oc b € y on< * an y P a pi& s . h ^1 a month together many times , anci
hubmcy. f. muft not cat a bit till funne be fet. Their Kalanderspewifes , and Torlaehers %
i* in quoUbu &c.are more 1 abftcmions ibmc of them ythcnCarthufans^Fr anci [tans, Ana-
™ZtZ ckoritsfoxhVc all,linc folitary,farc hard,goe naked,&c. ^ Their pilgrimages
nantmerM, are as farrc as'to the riuer f C»4«^^which the Gentiles of thofc Traces like-
U lb£e?& c w ^ c ^ oc ) to wa ^ tnc mf c hi cs , for that riuer as they hold hath a foueraignc
%h(iTv^J vertue to purge them of all finnes , and no man can bee faued that hath not
mm ffr mm Scene wafhed in it. For which reafon they come far & necrc from the Indies
™{cm^? Maximm gentium omnium w»J?^/wt/,and infinite numbers yearely refore
Afer.
*■ Unarm to.iMp.17. 18, f GtUtrAtuArtbtu cap.tfMfl.otietitJnd'ie opinis efiexpiatermm efe Gtn^m 3 & quod nudum sk
<mmp«esetQ t mflklvmf(ripo([e£wmmbe abkat^um obewfmtK toti J*dia t &f.
to
i^j^g ^ Symptoms ^ r^^ ^^ Memb .iTfr^
to it,Ochcrsgoeasfarrca$^4to Mahomet: tombTT which iourn^u -
both miraculous and meritorious. TheceremonL of at2 e Ze J to W
#onc the Diucll,of eating a Camcll at ctfr, by the way. thc^n« rh-S
bmldmg of it would aske a whole volume to dilate : and for their paines ta-
kenin this holy pilgrimage, all their finncs are forgiuen, and they deputed
for fo many Saints. And diuerfc of them with hot bricks,when thevVetume
™lputout^
looke for their Prophet as doc for their Mefim. Read more '"J 4 **'
of their cuftomcs 1 ntes J cercmonies,in Lomcerm TurcicMJl.tom. /. from the
tenth to the 24 .chapter, Jr«fc^ii«r c4 H . s j. Leo Afer lib. 1. Vutbeauim,
SAcUtcw furtk* M.jxgp. 4 . s .&c. Many foolifo ceremonies you (hall
hnde in thcm.and which is moft to be lamented , the people are generally fo
curious in obferuing of thcm,that if the lead circumftancc be omitted they
thmkethey (hall be damned ;tis an irremifliblc offence ancT can hardly bee
forgiuen. J kept in my houfc amongft my followcrs({aith 5«3^*/«*(fomc-
times the Turkes Orator in ConftxntinofU ) a Turkey boy that by chance did
eat flicl-fift^a meat forbidden by their law 5 but the next day when he kaewe
what hehaddoncjhewasnotonclyfickctocaftandvomit, but very much
troubled in minde, would weepe, and 00 grieue many dayes after, torment 'W,
him felfe for this fowle offence. Another Twkc being todrinkeacuppcof Tmf,^
Wine in his Ccllar,firft made a huge noyfe and filthy faces," to wirnc hit fettle " n «
4uhe[dd^thattt^ouUnotbeguHtyofth(itfoxoUfAaxehuhhee xom to commit* ^"/j,,^
With fuch toyes as thefe are men kept in awc.and fo cowed , that they dare "« dtum,
not refift/>r offend the Ieaft circumftancc of their law, forconfeience fake
rnifled by fupcrfticion.whichnohuiiaaneedidtothcrwifc^noforceofarmcf
could haue enforced.
Jn the laft place are cbriftUtts'm defcribing of whofc fuperftitious fyrnp*
tomes, I may fay rhat which S.Beneeiicl once faw in a vifion , one Diuell in
the market piace,but 10 in a Monaftery,becaufe there was more workc 5 in
populous c ittie$,they would fwearc and forfwcare,lye , falfifie, deccaue faft
enough of themlelues,one Diuellcould circumvent a 1000, but in their reli-
gious bsrtffes 1000 Diuclls could fcarce tempt one filly Monke. All tfeeprin.
cipall Diuells } thinke bufic themfeluesia fubnerting ChriftUtts Jeeves f5e*~
tiles ,and Mahometans arc extratautim&ut of thefold , and need no fuch at-
tendance, they make no refinance , but thriftians haue that fhicld of faith,
fword ofthcfpirittorcfift.&mufthaucagreatdcaleofbartcry before they
can be ouercomc. That the Diuell is moft bufie amongft vs that are of the
true Church, appeares by thofe feuerall oppofitions, heretics 3 fchifmes,
which in all ages he hath raifed to fubucrt it , and in that of Rome efpecially,
wherein Amtitkrifk himfelfc now fits,and playes his prize. This myftcry of
iniquity began to worke even in the Apoftles time, maay ^itichnp and
Heretickcs were abroad.many fprung vp fince,many now prefenr, and wiU
be tofche worlds end,to demtntatc mens mindcs,to feduce & capnuarc their
foules.ThcirfymptomcsJknowenothowbetterto exprciTc, themnthat
So U diuifion of fuch as leaded fuch as are lead Such as lead are Here,
tkkes Schifmatto
«!{-■» Common 3 asmadneffe,fo 1^.
Part. j. Sc&4* ^eligtous Melmfoly. Mcmb. i.Subi.g
52a pride l infolcncy <) arrogancy > (ingularicy,pccttiQinc(rc 9 obftinacy, impudence,
feorneand contempt; of all other fc&s:
Nullim adXtcii write in verba noagi/fri y
They will approueofnought^but what they firft invent tbcmfclues, no in-
terpretation good but what their fpirit di<Statcs,none fhali be in fccuudts,no
not in tertfjs ,they arc onely wife>onely learned , in the truth,al! damn'd but
they,f *dem fcriptnrarum faciunt ad mater Urn fuam , faith Tertullian , they
make a (laughter of Scriptures, and curnc it as a nofc of waxc to their ownc
ends. So irrefragable in the meanc time,that what they haue once faid,they
£$.190. muil and will maji\taine,in whole Tomes^duplications , triplications, neuer
lw6\mtM- y cc ^ to death.folfelfc conccited,fay what you can , As * Bernaxdfyczkcs of
ttptis vidcniHt P'siliardusiomnes patres fic t at^ ego /^Though all the Fathers ceuncclls, and
tmUmMeri, a ll t hc world contradict it they care not 3 they are all one : and as P Gregory
fat*qwm*r- wcilnotes,,^^ as are vertiginous \tbey thinke all tames round and miucs %
m in ipfrfum all errejvben as the err our is wholy in their orvne braines* Magallianm thc le-
ttrebnfit. fuite'm his comment on the I oiTimothy.cap. 16. ver, 20* & Alphonfm de Ca*
ftRM& iw-firo lib aduer fus htrefes £\uc two more eminent notes, or probable con-
tHet t fdfk vtm lectures to knowe fuch men by ( they might haqe taken themfelucs by the
*"IdTwritM no ^ es wncn lhcv lt J q F/rji they ajfift nmelties, and toyes, and preferred
tftuttirirdf*- falfehood before truth* fecondly they are not what they fayjhat which rajhnes
ferbi* ptftmt- And foUy hath brought out pride y aftenvard,peeutjhnejf<Ls >and contumacy fhaS
dm tucbitur m t tHtA i nc t0 tfaUji za fh et Peculiar fymptoroes are prodigious paradoxes,
&c. new doctrines, vainc phantafmcs , which are as many and as divers as tney
r Sec morc * n themfelucs. f Nicbslattes of old would haue wiucs In common, Montanip
%j3i2wf. will not marry at all,nor TV/^/orbidding all Az^Seuer/ans w ine. ^Jda*
v[ m mniitrum miAHs goc naked,* btcmfeAdam did fo in Paradife, and fomc M barefoot all
^SmTmu their liucs,bccaufe Go^Exed.j.ztid lofua^hid Mofes fo to doe, and /fay, 20.
pKcawtAdm t was bid put off his fliooes. Mamshe's hold that PythagorUn tranfaigration
nudm tut. f f n l cs f r om men to hearts. * The Circurnsellions in Africkeyvtth a madde
tibuftmpV'' * r * c hy m ^e away tkemf clues Je»:e by firewater ; breaking their neekes, an A fc~
smbuUnt. duced others to doe the like , tbreatning(ome^> if they did not , with a thoufand
xl 'S ui ^ ntd ' fueh,as you may TMd\vi^4uftiUyEpiphattiits*Atphox}fa des Caftro i Danaus,
tm^mmfcT * Gab .Prat eolus^&e. Of Prophets Jinthufiafts 3 and ImpoftorSjOur Ecclefia-
wortes variat fticali (lories afford many examples ,of Elias and cbrifts , as our Eudo de^p
afi!mm t &lg. A^> a Srittane, in King Stephens timc,and many fuchj nothing Co common
nimjtitfhw* as vifions,rctteIations,prophciies.Nowiwhatthefebrainc-licke Heretickcs
and pro*
runnc along
fuperftitione
h*rtt. fi^bhjtor^t he that is bitten with a mad dogge bites othcrs,and all in thc end
abtrbe cMo. become mad^ither out of affedation of nouelty , fimplicicy , blinde zcaJc 8
i^tn^t^ ^°P c > an ^ f carc »^c giddy headed multitude will imbracc it.
* uvwtHiHt, Sed Vetera f*erimMr t xhcfe arc old,^ pr/kr faere. In out day cs wee haue
MM. a new (ceaneoffuperditions impoftors and heretickes , a new company of
A&ors,of Anti chrip , that great Anti-chrifl himfclfe. A rope of Popes,
who from that time they proclaimcdithcmfelucs ? nivcrfall Biftiops 5 to c-
ftablidh their ownekingdomc/oueraignty y greatneffe, and to enrich thcrn-
fclucs 3 broughc in fuch a company of humane traditions 5 Purgatory,z/w^
Patrum 9
Part.j. Seft.4. Caufes of religions melancboty. Memb. K Subf.t.
pttrum ,iafintum, and all that fubtcrranean Geography, Mafic, adoration of ja 3
Saints, almcsjfaftings^ullsjndulgcnccs, orders, Friers, Jraages,Shrines,
niufty telicuies,excommunications,conieflions, fatisfaftions, blinde cbedi>
ence,vowes,pilgumages,peregrinations, that the light ofthtGol'pcU was
quite edipfed,datknefle oner all,the Scriptures concealed, legends brought ^
in.religion baniib.cd,fuper(Ution exalted,and the Church it ielrc >> more ob- ^JZm t-
icurcd and perfecuted: Chrift andhis members crucihed,more, faith Bti>v>, mfufiri «•
by a few Necromanticall, Atheifticall Popes,then euer it was by thofe he*
then Empcrours,H»»»M,Gef//j, and Vtnixls. Wliateach of them di.l.by f,j3am
whatmeanes 1 atwhattimes,^wa»x//'^,fuperftitioncametoihishcight, J ««« *
traditions enctealed, and Anti-chrifi himfclfc came to his eftcto , let AUgde, I""- •
tar"e» ■ftsJCemtiifmfifwiier^U.Moriidj, Foxfind many otuers relate. In
theni.anctime,hethat(V.allbutfeetheirprophanerites&loohrticuftomes
howfupcrftitioua^ept.howfttialyoblcrucd, then multitude of oamts,
limces'fortradcs^rofeffions.difeafes.perfons.officcs, countries, places,
k*d i lL,spai« i &c.G»g*r> tost****** f°t"i*!«> M m ?* *
th*y for Pmees^/^Gcefc; WiKtfm&****. p, WOwnj Stftfw.
hepl gir^r^.ikingficknclfe^^^ tooth *V<£«* ^ £
£ obtruethetcthings^
v-,- 1 nsPilErima"es,theymaketothem > whatcrecpingtoCrolles,ourL.a.
W»iobs,1 l ^^'"*y* hcrdonaries, thecoftbeftowedon Jmages, hsdol , el!0 &
s .d«*j & how many tnoulands come yeare_y^ ^
mir.'.cles,buyingWeJingoip rVl -j/ ftri ataftines, Monkes, Anachontes,
Fr«rMe»diean«^ p a fme Sunday, Blafe,
ceremonies at ^f n ^ S ^£^*. wt aUs,Uc. willthinkeall
***** S.A^^^day the ratoanon £ an dCeremo-
me.fner^K.time,^
Cnn?H;msAVhilfttheypreferrc^
pererogations.beforeGodsC^
f. rehis>cep«,& kc«p«them»»g.™." of damnation, they
, ;u . common people into fi ha « e , b t J P , fi
dare not breake theleaft "Effigy con fciences are fo ternfied,
earabitofnKaunLen^^
t hac they are ready .0 deipa. e 1 U Ima. ^ ^ * 5.
what pennawc foeuer » en'oyned,tney ^ ^ amoin ted, ece woo.watd,
Pait3*Se&4- %eligtm melancholy. Mcmb.i.Subf.3.
524 d Vtpmi infantes crebunt figna, omnia akena
* iMciiim lib.u Viuere, & effe homines & fic ifli omnia ficla
h de Firs put ant jsrekunt fignis cor inejfe ahenti.
As children thinke their babies Hue to bc 3
Doe they thefc brafenjmages they fee.
And whilft the ruder fort are fo carried headlong with blindezealej are {b
gulled and tortured by their fupcrftitions, their own too credulous fimpli*
city and ignorancc,their Epicurean Popes,and Hyper it kali Cardinals laugh
in their flceucs,and are merry in their chambers with their Punkes,they doc
Indulgere gemofinA make much of themfelucs. The middle fort fome for
gainc,bopeofpreferrnent 3 and for fcarc are content to fubferibe, and doe all
that in them lies^to maintainc & defend their prefent gouerment.as School*
men,CanoniftsJefuits,Friers,OratorSjSophiftcrs ; who either for thac they
had nothing elletodoejluxuriantwits knewenothowto buficthemfcJues,
or better to defend their HeSjmiracleSjtranfubftantionSjPopes pardonsjpur-
gatorieSjMaflcSjimpoflibilitieSjhaue coyned a thoufand idle queftions., nice
diftinclions, Obs and Sols , fuch tropologicall, allegoricall expofitionSjto
falue all apparences,obie£ts, fuch quirkes and quiddities , Quodtibetaries^ as
Bale faith o( Ferrihrigge and 5/7W<? 5 inftances, ampliations, decrees, glofles,
canons 5 that indeed of found Commentaries 5 good preachers , arc come a
company of mad Sophifters^r/aw [ecundofecundarij , fedaries, Caucnifts,
- „ • Sorbonih. Minorites. with a rabble of idle controveriles and queftions , c an
ojtander. Papa fit Detu an qua ft Dem ? participet vtram^ Chrifii naturam ? Whe-
dnh*c pwefi- ther it be as pofTible for God to be a Humb!cbee,or a gourd as a manrWhe-
€wbkawi }ci- tncr ne can produce a refpeft without a foundation or terme^nake a whore
tabem fit teqiu a Virgin i Fetch T wans foule from hell, and how ? with a rabble of quefti-
f$ ^ibomo De ' onsa ^ olltnc ^fi rc J whether itbee a greater finne to kill a man 3 or to clout
An?fuxt$t- ftiooes vpon a Sunday ? Whether God can make another God like vnto
Hum ptoduere himfelfe? Such, faith Kemnifiw^ are moft of your Schoolcmcn 3 aco. Com.
i7&ufZT mentators on Peter Zmw^r^Scotifts ,Thomifts;Reals, Norainals,&c,
levins fit Thus they continued in fuch errourjbIindne(re,decrees,fophifmes,fupcr*
^HtmJefmi ^ tlon$ ^ Qccxcmon ^ cs andtraditions,wcre the fumme of their religion, &
STrXJT'" truc Churches wine and water mixt , lay hid and obfeure to fpeake of,
unCutrc. till Luthers time, who began vpon a fudden to defecate , and as another Sun
to driuc away thofe foggy mifts of fuperftition , to rcftorc it to t hat purity
of the Primitiue Church. And after him many good and godly men , divine
fpirits haue done their endeavours, and (till doe.
. * i^ind what their ignorance cfieem 'd ] fo holy 5
K ' Our wifer ages doe accompt a* folly.
But fee the Divell that will ncuer fuffer the Church to be quiet or at reft*
No Garden fo well tilled,but fome noxious weeds grow vp in it, no wheat
but it hath fome tares, we haue a madde giddy company of Priefts,Schifma-
ticks 5 and fome Hereticks cuen in our owne bofomcs in another cxtreamc,
Dum v it ant ftulti vitia in con tr aria cur runt.
That out of too much zcak,in oppofition to Antichrift,hnm5nc traditions
thofe Romirti ceremonies and fupcrftitions , will quite demolifh all, they
will admit of no ceremonies at all,no fafting daics , no Crofie in Baptifme,
kneeling at Communion 9 no Church rauficke 5 cV.c B no Bifhops Courts , no
.Church
Part. 3 . Sed.4. Symptomes of religious meUncholyi Meiflb. 1 . Sub.51
Church goucrnmcnt ,raylc at all our Church difciplinc , will not hold their 515
tongues,and all for the peace of thee OSytn. No not fo much as degrees
fomc of them will t olcratc 5 or Vniverfitics.all humane learning, hoods, ha«
bits,cap and furplefle, fuch as arc things indifferent in themfelucs',l& wholy
% for ornament and decency ,or for diftindion fake,thcy abhorre and hate,and
fnuffc ar,as a ftone-horfc when he meets a Beare: They make matters of co«
fciencc of them .and will rather forfake their liuings then ilibfcribe to them.
They will admit of no holidaics,or honcft recrcations 3 no Churches _,no bels
fomc ofthemjbecaufePapiftsvfc them: No difciplinc, no ceremonies, but
what they inuent thcmfeluei*. No interpretations of Scriptures , no Com-
mcnts of Fathers,no Councells,but fuch as their ownc pbantafticall fpirits
di&ate,by which fpirit mifled^many times they broach as prodigious para-
doxes as Papifts thcmfelues. Some of them turne Prophets , haue fecrct re-
velations. will be of priuy counfcll with God himfclfct, and knovve all his fc-
crcts. f Per eipilies JjtiritHm (anfi*m tenent t & emnia fciunt cum fat afini om- {j1 l r W
nmm obflnssttftmi. A company of blockheads will take vpon them to de-
fine how many (hall be faucd,and who damned in a parifh, where they fh^ll
fic in heaucn,intet pret Apocalypfes.f Comment atoresprac/prtts & -vertighic-
fos^ one calls them, as well he might )and thofc hidden myftcrics to priuate
perfons,times places,as their ownc fpirit informes them, priuatreuelations
(hall fuggeft ,and precifely let downe when the world fnall corrc to an end,
what ycare 3 what month,what day. Some of them againc haue fuch ftrong
faith„fo preiutnpuous, they will goe into infeaed houfes.cxpcll Diuclls,&
faft forty daies,as Chrtft himfelfc did, fome call God and his attributes into
qucftion,as rerfttteSomc Princcs,civill magiftratcs,and their authoritics,as
jnabaPttfts and will doe all their ownc priuate fpirit diaates , and no tning
clfe Brownt(lsMyrowifts,FAmilifls^thokAmflerd4ms4n fea* and fec-
taries , are led all by fo many priuat fpirits. Jt is a wonder to revealc what
pafla°cs Sletden relates in his Commentaries, of Crettvkt^j and Kmfterdt*
lin? and their aflbciatcs ,thofc madde men of Munfier in Germany , what
ffcange Enthufiafnies , fottifh Revelations 5 how abfiirdly they carried
thcmieUics,dcliided others; that as prophanc MachUuel in his polincall d.f-
fputations holds ofChrirtian Religion, in gcnerall it :doth enervate debu.
tatc,take away mens fpirits & courage from them & breeds nothiDg fo cou-
various fouldicrs as that Remade may fay of thefe peculiar feSs , their Re-
1 b \ ^r-- I., knrwir X/ inHamrnr. and deonues them
rir ,ndhad ifainiliarconfercnccwithuoaana.nis ;
Part.3 Se&4. <%thgtQM Melancholy. Mcmb. hSubi.4
520* Prophet r^.ofdiucrs others, that had conference withAngdsj,
were Saints,Propbets. me rm lth.$.de Lamijs ^^.makes mention of a pro-
phet oiGroning, that faid he was God the Father, of an Italian and Spantjh
Prophet jthat held as much. Wc need not roue fo farrc abroad,we haue fa-
* Sec camim m ^ ar examples at home, Cof finger that faid he was Christ, Hacket and
Amaii, ft, ^A&/*£f**hisDifciplcsj *3urehetJIouAtutb\\\nt&ii2(orvp/ch m Wears
*8j. neuer likely feuen yeares together, without fome fuch new Prophets, that
haue feuerall infpirations, fome to convert the Iewes, fome faft forty dayes,
fome foretell ftrange things,fome for one rhing,fome another. Great preci-
fians moft part by a prcpofterous zcalc,fafting, meditations,melancholy 5 are
brought into thofc grofleerrours & inconveniences. Of thefe men I may
conclude generally >that howfoeuer they may feeme to be difcreer, and men
of vnderftanding in other matters, difcourfe well, Ufam hdeht Imagination
»*w,they are like Comcts,round in all places } but only where they blaze ca*
tera(an/ 9 ihcy haue impregnable wits, & difcrcet otherwife, but in this their
madncs & folly brcakes out beyond meafurc, in infinitum erumpit fiultnia.
They are certainly f arre gone with melancholy, if not quite mad, and haue
more need ofPhyfiekjthcn many a man that keepes his bed, more need of
Hclleber^thcn thofc that are in Bedlam.
S v i s e c. 4«
Prognopckes of Religious melancholy.
YOu may gueffe at the Prognofticks,by Symptomes.What can thefe
llgnesforetel otherwife then folly jdotage^adncsjgroireignorancc,
defpaire,obftinacy,areprobat fenfc, 1 a bad end ? What elfe can fu-
^cdhiZtlk P er ^' tIon ^ ncrc ^ e producc,but warrcs,tumults,vproares,torture of foulcs,&
ge ^ im ci c, jj c fpaire,a defolat land,as Jeremy rcacheth,^^.^^, when they commit Ido-
Eudode fuuu latry,& walk after their own wayes: how fhould it be otherwife with them?
i^S' * What can thc y cx P e<a but M*P»gJ*™»cMrth,& all the plagues of u£.
quamadvium gyptps Ames denounccihsap.j.verj.i o, to be led intocaptiuity ? Jf our
eorngi mdut- hopes be fruftrate, rvefowe much y andhrtng in little gate and haue not enough,
hfix) femUr- drinkc and are not filled^ cloath and he not wrme^&c. Haggai i . 6. wee loo kefir
rww,they died much,and it comes to littler. And why? his houfe xoas vpajie } they came to their
VM^tMp * WHe b'ufesper. p. therefore the hcauen flaidhis dew ^ the earth ha fruit e\ Bc-
■x^iib.i. ' caufe wc are fuperititious,irreligi©us,we doe not fcrue God as wc ought^U
jr. 7 . ver.13. tnc fe pl a g UCS & mifcries come vpon vs.what can we look for elfe , i but mu-
'' 5 ' mall warres,flaiightcrs,fcarefull ends in this life,and in the life to come eter-
nall damnation? What is it that hath cau fed fo manyferall battles to be
foughrfo much Chriftian blood fhcd,butfupcrftitian? ~thnspan/]hkic\ui-
fition^acksjWheeles.torturcSjtormcnts, whence doe thcy proceed ? from
" l' e fP*. fuperftition.W/^thcf renchman in his » mcthod.bift Accounts Englishmen
» Vofimerm. £ ar fr ar j a „ s fo T tnc j r c j u j|] W arrcs: but let him but read thofc Pharfalian fields
Urh»pr*fMfi " ^ ou S nl in FrA » ce °^ Iatc for Religionjtheir w,whcrcin by their own
' relations,in24ycarcs,l know not how many millions haue bin confumcd
whole families & cities/and he fhall find ours to haue bin bnt velitaricus ro
sheirs.Buc ic hath cucr bin the cuftorae of heretickes^ Jdolatcrs 3 when they
are
Part. J. Seft^ Trognofltcks of fyiigms melancholy. Memb. i .Subf 4
are plagued for their finnes, and Gods iuftiudgment come vpon them, not 527
to acknowledge any fault in thcmfelucs, but ftill impute it vnto others. In
Cyprians time it was much controverted betwixt him and Demetrius an Jdo-
later,who (hould be the caufe of thofe prefent calamities. Demetrius laid all
ihe fault on Chrijlians, that there were not fuch or dint; y fkovres in winter \
the ripening heat in fommer^fo fe.tfen.ibie firings ,ft -ait full autumn es . no mar tmtawtbxium
hie mines tn the mount aines Jejfe gold and finer then gfolde, that husbandmen^ XmlmtSSit
jeamen^fouldiers Mwerefcanted; tuflice, friendship , skill in Arts, akwasde- rtufrM.
cayed t 2x\& that through Chriftians default, and all their other miferics from :/ : > , ec vt,lial *
them^wod du ncfiri a nobis non colantur. becaufe they did not worfhip their 2 f*J$» lf
gods. But Cyprian retorts all vpon him again, asappeares by hisTrac'ta- w*tUr*»f*-
painft him. 'Tts true the world is mifcrably tormered Scfhakcn with warres, , f°< !Utur :»>
1 1 r • r • j- 1 _ ' r u »•/« r- {-tana mint ft
deanlvlammejhrc^inur.dationSjplagucs^v many tcralldifeafcs ragcaraoneft it mmtibui
vs, fed non ut tu qaereris if a accidunt quod dy vtfrt a nobis ncn colantur, fed
quod 4 vobis non colatttr Veus.a qnibus nec quant ur, nee timetur .Not .is thou Ym t " ***
complaineft.that we doc not worfhip your gods,but becaufe you are ldola- t s$LtM mt
ters,& doc not feme the true Go d, neither leckehim,nor fcarchim as you J '"' t!e ^ dl '
OUght.Our Pupifls obiect afmuch to vs,& account vs hcretickt/Wf ihcmjthc /v i rwe<:i ' urn,
T#r^efteemeofboth as Infidels, andwethemas a company of Pagans, W ww *"f-
Jcwcs, againft all. When as indeed there is a gcncrall fault in vs all, & fome- '^J^iJJ.
thing in the very beft, which may luftly deferue Gods wrath,& pu!l thele mi- w*< t y &t.indi
feries vpon our heads.] Will fay nothing here of thofe vain cares, torments, JJJjjJ,,^
needleiTe workes,pfeudomartyrdomc,&c. We heap vpon our iclucsvnnc sjmfktwtumi,
cefl'ary troubles 5 obfer various," wee punifh our bodies, as in Turkic ( faith
P BttsitquiHS Icg.Turcc.epif.j) one did, that wa much affededrvith Mufek, '^XrmlJi
and to hcareboyes fingjbni very fuperfltticus-, an olde Sibyl camming to his bwjc, '„>,mt,& m it-
er an boh woman (as that place yeelds many) tookelmn downe for it, an A told J'jJ^;**
h myb.it tn that other world he fbouldfufjcrfir it, thereupon he fun* hu rich rjr ctfinntuau*-
itoj
lie ions man revreht ..
tartktk M.Ujl>f*S,**cr<ec4m e firth, houfeTvkts might mtmnke JgJJ
wine 'bemfeiites,th.,t anther lew nor cbriftun then limng in C snjt tHttnofle, vc „ r M ^
%&&i tV! **«a. Inlikcfortaraongft^/p, lading at firrt was 'J;**?
ecaertlW propofed as a good things after, from fucn meats at (uch times,& „ ;l J:, lrais
Th :n laft of all <b ricorotiflv propofed, to bind [he conicicnce vpon p.unc 01
damnation. **/^,W***W^*»a*«*|
f, tr Aits Mercttri & Wcclncfday now is in danger ot a fait. 1 ^xdferjome nm ^mm
{her tL ffeJ,*»dt h.nkc t hen, fe/nes good Chvjbf* » 't^cnatnJeeatk?
Ll JLwIevcs. So6iA Leomrd^Fuchfm, a great Phyfman m his r,i,<„„ mx
Mgvisfi *m*&t ?"'fn*"??J''' '
wan,
before t
anothc
honeft 1
e uerytoy 3 wetyranmzeot.ciouiu lut ...w.£-.--.---- •• ^
Part.* .SC&.4. Religious Melancholy. Mcmb.i. Subf.5 ,
* , T - ft
528 ^good gifts/ punifh'our {clues without a caufe.loofc our libertics.and fome-
*XudJ<u,trh times our hues. A j2jQ,at] MagdeburgeinGcrmatty, a lew fell into a privy
r«'^5«r v P on 1 Saturday, & without hclpe,could not poffibly get out ; \hc called to
bus [icandtda his fellowes for fuccour, but they denied it, becaufe it was their Sabbaoth
ia ^i s5 ? w * ^ md/tuuexerctre.inc Biftiop hearing of it,the next day forbad
™Munfier cof- him to be pulled out , becaufe it was our Sunday. In the meanc time , the
mgMs*ap. wretch died before Monday .We haue myriads of examples in this kind,and
^JaZ'tnde therefore not without good caufe, « Intelltrabiltm perturbationtm, Seneca.
calls it,as well he might 5 an intolerable perturbation, that caufeth fucb dire
mere nmflomt cue ms,folly, madncflc, fidknefle, defpairc, death of body and foule,and Hell
mmfoc'torum > r \c
fid m tug/at, "ie lie «
&e.
b V B S B C. 5,
Cure of Religious Melancholy,
O purge the world of Idolatry and fuperfUrion^ will require feme
monfter«taming Hercules,* diu'mct^ fculapius^or Christ himfelfe
to come in his own pcrfon.They are all generally fo refractory ,fclfe-
conceited,obftinat 5 fo firmely addicted to thatReligion 3 in which they bauc
biabred&jbroughtvp, thatnoperfwafion 3 no terrour 3 noperfecutioncan
divert them. The confutation of which_, hath induced manyCommon^
wealths to furfer them toinioy their Confcicnces as they will themfelues,
A tolleration of lives is in moft Provinces of European Aft*, they haue theic
Synagogues: Spaniards permit Mocres to Hue amongft them r the Mogutti*
ans, Gentiles-, the T urkts all Religionsjn Europe fcland&nd ^imflerdzm^xs
the common Sanctuaries. Some arc of opinion, that no m3n ought to be
^menvmt. compelled for confeience fake , but let him be ofwhat Religion he will 3 he
ran fr*fertim maybe {iLiic6^er» i Turke > AnabaptiJl } c}'c.Uhc be an honcft man, Hue foberly
quticmta*c«- anc j c i u jjiy j n his profefiion,& fcrue his own God 3 with that fearc and reue-
» sedbabeant ' rencc as he ought.^5tT4/« aduifcth Demonicus, when he came to a flrange ci*
fro afbitrlo (ho t yj Q | wrfhip by aI meanes the gobs of that place. Plini us Secundum as appearcs
famuli™ 11 *' nis Epiftlc to 7>4/4* 3 woulld not haue the chriflians fo perfecutcd,and in
7inepift.sym. fome time of the raigne of Ma ximinns^ aswefinde it rcgiflred in Eufebius
immnfntuiLa. L&.g.up.pjikiVLS, was a decree made to this purpofe,* Nullus cogatur invitus
sfi,& infinity eci hunt velttlumdeorumcttltum J &c.'XhzX\Vc Edict came forth in the raigne
tmui mtura of Arcadius and Honorins, 7 Symmachus the Orator in his dayes,to procure a
wlfJtfl^un general! tolleration.vfed this Argument., 2 Becaufe God if tmmenfe andinfi-
erp t\lutdi~ nite y andhu Nature cannot per feclly be knovpne y itu convenient hefhouldbe as
wtrfd ratine diuerfiy i*>orjhcpped,as entry man fha/l conctiut or vnderfland.1 his Ten en t was
qJfafiquid finely maintained in Turkie not long fmcc,~as you may read in the third E-
iedeoperclfit piflleof Busbequiusf that all thoftfbould participate of tttrnallhappines, thai
^BtrnTbet. line * m ^ ty an<iinn(,cent life jvhat Religion foeutr they profefed • RuflanBafft
titudinistonfgr- was a great Patron of it.Somc again will approue of this for levees 5 Gentiles
m fre $Hi fa*- i n fifols ■ that arc out of the fold , they can bee content to giuc them all re-
Bmvkamtrl- fy c & & fauour, but by no mcanes to fuch as arc within the precincts of out
iuxervtt^am' own Ghurch,and called Chriftians,to no Heretickcs, Schifmatickes, or the
^mfe^I/wt likc ' Lct thc s t* n *$ Inquifition,that fourth Fury, fpcake for fome of them,
the
Part. 3 . SC&.4. Cures of religious mlancboly. Memb. i. Subf.i i
the ciuill warrcs & Maflacres in France put Mar tan times> Magatlunus the 5 2 9
lefuitev/iW not admit ofconference with an heretickc,but feuenty and rigor k n
to be vfcd^nd-T/^^tf* is commended in Nicephorus Ub.12. caf.r;. c That C £™l % ^j£ l<t
he put alL Htretickes to fdence.Bernar d.epi/i .1 00. willhaucclubbc law,fire and riutc amber*
fword for Hereticks,c cmpeli them, flop their mouthes not with di (but ations.or u j"
r r 1 • rn i • • t • !• e\T ti. &tmi alttcr.
refute them with reajons but with jiffs fie this is their ordinary practile. Ano- fii^ti.
ther company arc as milde on the other fide , to auoide all heart burning, & umb*rtmun-
contentious warrcs and vproares, they would haue a generall tollcration in A X "J,g & f H q a
cuery kingdome, no mulct at all, no man for Religion or Confcicnce to be fttm rgenaum
puttodeath. Martin Pell/us and his companions, maintained this opinion ^^'J'
not longfince in Ff4»^,whofe error is confuted by Beza in a iuft Volume. jp u utmitus '
Ihemedium is beft,and that which Paul prefcribes.cW.tf././/^ man fbsHfal os aLli
bjoccxfion^ to re ft ore fuch a one with the Jpirit ofmeeknejfe, by affaire mcanes, c ''
gentle admontthm\ but if that will not take place, Pofi unamattt alteram ad»
monitionem btreticum devita.hc muft be excommunicate 5 as PWdid byf/r-
w^^'^,deliuer him ouer to Sax.x\.Immedtubiie vulnus, enfe reddendum eji.
As Hippocrates faid inPhyfickcJ may well fay inDiuinity, Qutftrrononc*
Ydntnrjvnii curat. For thevulg ^> rettajne them by lawcs,mulcls 5 burne
theirbookes/orbid their convent icies:fofwhcn thecaufc is taken away,thc
effect: will foone ceafc.Now for \ Vopbei,dreamcrs, and fuch rude filly fcl.
lowes that through fading too muc'h,m«itat ion .precifcneffe,or by Melan-
choly arc dittempcred, the beft metfuesto reduce them *df*nammentem y J^taiJ
is to alter their courfe of life 5 and withconfcrcnce,thrcats 5 promifes,perfua- ^ ec ^ M
/;„ nc f n inrermixe Phyfickc. Hercules de Saxon/a had iuch a Prophet com- & dtyrtcam
^^SSfS^ thatthoughthewas^,and wouldfaftas J-J.*-
hrrlid he drefled a fellow in Angels attire, that faidhee came from Hcaucn, ^ Mth „
, T:. C .:uVul J.nine food, and bv that meancs he ftaidc his faft, admini
ir'-dtohiin.andaeiircuiiwH*.!^. v »' j ,/.• L,, tuJ <
1 *ti*l f am continually meditating of hcauen and hcll^and we thtnkcs l ^ Hrn hktn .^
V ' th A ,Lu vhdu)P*rtlybj ttr ntfiM^tlybjThfickt^nifihtuel i**.Xj?<>-
icvedhtM(mWK*'J";f* T "s."s r ' . ^..u r Dr „„ui. c «,j, MrnCTS am5Bft
MlKI. I. SflSICl- I.
jmftmientfinitri, crc.<
. »,<^feflofthisloueofGod, knowledge, faith,
IN that other awai^ w ^o^ ^,, f
cureinareprobatefenfe.teatenotoo > , fi of Atheilme,
fu lUnd t i«oro« S ,asdefperateperfon S are. Thatgran
(Religious melancholy. Memb,2 SubUt
5 30 as ' l MeUnfthon calls \x.,monjlrofam melancholias* jnonfaous melancholy, or
falMrtmfap. venenatam melancholiam, poyfbned melancholy. A company oicyclopes or
itkummbm. Giants,that warrc with. the gods,as the Poet fained 3 thatfcetfcatallReligi.
on 3 at God himfclfe, deny him aid all his attributes, his wifedome, power,
prouidence,his mercy and iudgmcnt.
1 i wtn & 8 Effe aliquot manes, & fubterranea regna,
Et contnm^ejr Stygio ranas ingurgite nigrasf
Atfy una tr an ftre vadum tot miha cymba,
Necpueri creduntjtifi qui nondum are lav ant ur.
That there is either heauen or hell, refurre&ion of the dead, paine or happi-
HefTe 5 or world to come, credat ludttu ^pella, for their parts they efteemc
them as fo many Poets tales, Lucians Alexander Mahomtt and Cbriftarc all
as one in their Crecd.Thcy fearc neither God nor Diuell j But with that Cy«
■ clops in Euripides ^
[laud ulla numina expAvefcttnt ctlitum^
Sed victim as urn dcovum maximo y
Ventri offer unt^deos ignorant uteres ,
They fearc no God hat one,
They facrifice to nofce,
But Bclly 5 and him'atiore,
For gods they knowtao mare.
Their God « their befly£.s VauKzith^Sancla mater fat ur it as. ,
• qutbus in folo vivendi caufa palato eft.
* Satan is their guidc 3 the Flefh is their inftrucl:or 3 Hypocrifie their Counfcl-
lor,Vanity their follow fouldicr, their will their law. Ambition their Cap-
tainejCuftome their rulc$ temerity^oldnefTejiropudence^heir Arts, toyes
their tradiag.damnation their end. All their endcauours are to fatisfic their
luft and appetite,how to pleafe their Genius ^wA to be merry for the prefene,
Edejbibejudejoft mortem nutta voluptas.
The fame condition is of men and of beaflet , as the one dieth } fo dieth the other ,
* Wi&U.» Eccles.3.10. Our life is fhort and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no
recouery ^neither was any man knowne that hath returned from the graue. for
we are borne at all advent ure^ and we jhall he hereafter as though voce hadneuer
beene,for the breath is as fmoake in our ndflrils^cand thefpirit vamfyetb m
I Vcr/7.8. the foft aire} Come, let vs enioy the pleafures that are pref tntjet vs chearefully
vfe the creatures as in youth Jet vs fill our felues with ceftly wine cy oyntments,
let mt the flown of our life paffe by vsjet vs crow ft e our felues with rofe buddes
before they are withered : rjrc. for this is our portion, this is our lot. For the reft
of heauen and hellylet children and fuperftitious fooles beleeue it, for their
parts, they are fo farre from trembling at the dreadfull Day of Iudgemenr,
that they wifh with NerojJWe vivo fiat t kt it come in their times; fo fecurc,
fo defperate,fo immoderate in luft and pleafurc,fo prone to revengc^hat as
Titer culm faid of fome Cay tiffs in his time in Rome, Quod nequiter auftSorU*
ter executi;\t(ha\l not be fo wickedly attempted, but as delpcrate'y pcrfor-
Kied,what ere they take in hand. Were it :not jfor Gods reftraining grace,
fearc and fhamc,difgracc, temporallpimifhraenvand their ownc infamy,
they would Lrc^-like^xenteratc, as fo many Canibals catc vp, or Cadmus
fouldicrs 5 confumc one another. Thefe arc commonly profefled Atfreifts,
that
Part 5 .St £.4. JKjeUgiotts melancholy in dtfecl. Mcmb.2.Subf. 1 .
that ncuer vfe the name of God, but fwearc by it, that exprefle nought elfe ^ 3 1
but Epiamfme in their carriage, or Hypocrifie; and as * lovim relates of 'Talmfeesk^
Mahomet the 2>tkat picked Constantinople fle Jo behaued bimfelfejhat he bclit- "
Med neither Christ nor Mahomet ^ thence it came to paffefhat he kept his word aid mum
andpromife no farther then for his aduant age • neither did he care to commit any cr ', d ' et >
cjfencetofattspehtsluft. J could lay the like ot many Princes, manypnuatc . , ?;/
mcn(our ftorics are full oithcmj in times paft, this prefent age, that louc, msm^mna
fearc, obey,and performe all ciuil duties,as they ihall find them expedient o '
rr.odumctzcYcnt
^ tnmme fcrva-
behoouefull to their owneends. Bulco Opilienfts ,f©metimes Duke of Silefia, ret, ntt&fi*
was fuch a one to anhaire,he liued ( faith k tA-neas Sylvius )zi Vratiftauia^nd
was [0 mad to fdtisfie his luft y that hee belieued neither keaue* ncr bell, or that dtfdmu fait-
the joule was immortall, hut marricdveiucs, and turned them vp as hee thought fatru*
ftt.didmurder andmifchiefe^ andwhat he lift hmfelfe. This Duke bath too J p ™!* 4t &
"inany followers in our dayes: fay what you can,dchort,cxhorr :rfoadc to ^OiBrtflm.
the contrary Jieaucn and hcll,t is to no purpofe,/«.'rr«» lavas, they anfwerc Wkj4 °. '*£
J 1 ■ mm m < 111 I a I HUI.UI Ml Wit'
as Ataliba that Indian Pnnce did to Frier Vincent , ■ when be eh ought km a m ; uc fu ^ m
knew it- thev wilbut IcorTcat it.Let them take Hcauen,Paradife,and that m- tteMg.
turehappinesthatwill, W^/?#A/V,it is good being hcere itheieisno
talking to fuch, no hope of their convcrhon , they arc ina reprobate lenie, hbrurKa ytn ;
meerccaraaiifts, worldly minded men, which howfoeuer they mavbeap- t j*» mm**
bytemc fewparafucs, andheld for worldly wife men, £££
« Theyfeemetomc^Melancihon) «M5-J
rits there are that orofeffe Relieion.but tmtdtcr kt f^f^^^ *****
untooutofthathWlecoafidcrat^
andhauc bin in the world.lome of them,fophantalbcall, exorbitant Lbn[U m „ w
£S thevabrfc worO-.ip the true God, piety all other fcSs , and lament f quam
Um «c<W now. as ^/4<to«^contends,wcre mucn morcnouic.gc-
inttrfecit , habel
astlicc«/»<Jsuoci , 1 m , r i(W common wealth, better emies, Uc.tmfm
as of old,wicked men generally ^^^f^&^fc
fiuour mr rtcht, to mtm e fl" d % ZL\, I fe it cannot (land with gods
•Some cavil! and make doubts of Scnptute « felfc anno . g-»
an d hold aboutRehgtons^ll «*"»*«"g^ with „ an y fuch vaine
^erm^heirconver^
toAw^oo much learning mak e thein "^^^ calls tbem.f u~ frmm-
turall cwfes,* contingency of all thmgs^s (U/mm
Part. j.Scd.4. Religious Melancholy. Mcmb.a. Subf, 1
532 hominumgensp, pccuifh generation of men, that milled by Philofophy,and
the diticls fuggeftionjtheir owne innate blindnefle,deny God as much as the
reft. in fpirituail things GodmuftdcmonftratcalltofcnfejOrlcauea pavvnc
with them 5 or clfe feek fame other creditor. They will acknowledge nature,
P ^ m lfcTi y et not ^ 0£ * : ^ ut as P SenccA vvc ^ difcourfcth w » n them lib.^de Benefices >
ti^maJete £ cap. s .6.j. they doe not vnderftandwhat they [ay, whit is 7{atme but God ? caR
fum nomen dei ? him what thou wilt, Nature Jupiter fa hath as many names ,as many offices : it
ZdZZlqui comes alto onepaffe, Godisthe Fountaineof * all \ the fir ft giuer -and f refer uer
Deus,&c. tot from whom aU things defend, °l a ^uo,ejr per $uem omnia,
babet appeliati- J\7am quodcun^ vides Deus eftquocunfa moveris.
Ta^m™'**' God is all in all,God is eucry where.in every place. And yet this Seneca that
could confute and blame them 5 is all out as much to bee blamed and confu-
ted himfelfe,as mad himfelfe/or'he ho\As fatum Stoicum, that inevitable nc-
ccflity in the other extreamc 3 as thofe Chaldean Afirologers of old did,againft
whom the Prophet leremie fo often thunders 3 and thofe heathen Mathema*
ticians } Nigidius Figultts ^Magicians 5 and Prifc/lianijls^whovn §,^duflinfo
eagerly confutes ,tfaofc Arabian queftionaries,/w*«« Indices ,^lbum*zar t
Dorotheas, &c. and our Countrimen Eft nidus jhzt take vpon them to define
out of thofe greatjconiun&ions of ftarres,thc periods of kingdomes,orreli<
Ihmer* 19 gions^of all future accidenrs. ) wars. ) plagucs,fchifmcs > herefies , & whatnot?
f vxrie hom- all from ftarres,and fuch things, faith Magmas } Qua fibi ejr inteUigentijs fait
Tr^ftmad re f ervAUlt *fc**,which God hath referued to himfclfe and his Angells , they
t^;iiS«w, will ta ^ c v P on cncm to foretell, as if ftarres were immediate, incuitable cau-
•fii adnaturam fes of all future accidents. In &ww^faith Dionyflus Haliearnajfamjib. j. wb£
'fbMnatfce thofe meteors and prodigies appeared iuthe aire, after the baniihment of
tJeffed human* Coriolanus$ Men were diuerfly affected, fome fatd they were_j Gods iusi iudge*
taufc&c ments for the executton of that got d man , fome_j referred all to naturall caufes %
qutf.i^is. f ame *° fltrresifome thought they came by chance , fome by neccfitty decreed ab
t Epifi. ddc. initio 3 and could not be altered; The two laft opinions oineceftty & chance^
llmwaban' wtte j l fcemcsjof greater note then the reft. For thefirft of Chancers f Sa*
fartmAm regn* lujl informcth vs,thofe old Romanes generally receaued. They fuppofed for*
drmptriadtre^ tune alone gaue Kingdomes and Empires* wealth, honours 5 offices , and that for
Morula f»m- tV0 ° cdufes^firft becaufe every wicked \ bafe, vnworthte^j wretch was preferred,
.namfoiam opts rich potent, cjre. Secondly \becau(c^> of their uncertainty ,/ 'hough neuer fo good,
%iiT ie Labui f carcc * n y one en *°y e ^ tffem foxgi ^ ut A f tsr *bey heganne vpon better advit ' to
^euu%,Primii thinke otherwifejbat every man made his owne fortune. The laft of necel.:ty
tjuod indignu* W as Seneca s tcnent 3 tbat God was aHigatm caufis fesundis, fo tied to fecond
mrtt^p'otem, catifes,to that inexorable neceffity , that hce could alter nothing of 'hat
glterum vix which was once decreed,^ erat in fatisjt cannot be zhcvcdfcmeliufiif, >7i*
quifqnm per- p fr p Arct D em „ u n A rHm pit,nulU precesjsec ipfum fulmen 5 God hath once
frm vifiu.Pojlea laid it and it miift for ever ftand good.no prayers,no threatspor powcr,nor
frudentmet di- thunder it felfc can alter it. Zeno , chryfippus and thofe other Stoicks , as you
i K Z e ~ r !l1 m may read in Tully z.de diuinationefiellim hb,6.c.2. &t* maintained as much,
fingere. Jn ail ages there hauc been fuch,tnat cither deny God in al^or in parr,lomc
* \f. De legib. deride him,they could haue made a better world , and rule it more or-
$w!af*dmn9 derly themfelues , blafphcamehim , derogate at their pleafure from him.
tat at rethw *Xw as fo in * Platoes timcSeme fay there be no Gods, other that they carc^ not
™^m!ilm\J or mc *>* mi ^ e f° r *g r **t So it will ever bee, fome of all forts, good,
tviV/r UsA, t£3> °" Z* z g ■
Part ^ xd. i. Re//^'o^ melancholy in dtfeB. Memb.2.Subf 6.
badjndirT:rcr:t 2 true 3 falfc, zealous, ambodextcrsjukewarme, libertines, A-
i • r w • — ■ — j / «
**x,E?i:urM fliny \Luci an, Lucretius ,profcffed Atheifis , all in their times. 1 ^^^ t .
Gilbert a-. Cognxiw labours much, and (6 doth Erafmut, to vindicate Lucia* vitftoiatmwk
from fcanda!! 3 & there be chofc thac Apologize for Epicurus jo* 1 all in vaine: po(je 3 &fewct-
Lucian fcoffes at ^Epicurus he denies all, & Lucretius his Schollcr defends * m
hina in it, * Human a ante ecufos fade f am wit a iaceret y « itf.i ,3,
Interru eppreffagrauifub relit? fane*
Qu£ caput a ccelt regtombus oflcndebat,
Horr/b/li fuper ajpeclu mort dibits in^AUS^c,
When humane kindc was drench't in (uperftition,
With gaftly lookes aloft which frighted mortall men,&c.
He alone as another Hercules, did vindicate the world from that monfter*
Vncle Pliny lib.2xap.j.nat % hift-ap % s^& ltbxap.$.\n exprcfTc worses denies
the immortality ofthcfoule. Some Grceke Commentators would put as
much vpon lob, thathee fhouIddcnyRefurre6tion,&c.whom Pineda copi-
oufly confutes in cap.jjob,verf.p.AriJiotle is hardly cenfured of fome, both
Divines and Philofophers ,S C Jujiinein Para>nettco adgentes 5 Greg. NaxJan-
zen in difpttt.aducrjvs Eun-.TheodoretJib.f.de curand.grxc. affec. Origen lib,
de princip^s.PomponAtim^ScaligerfiL Vandinus U b.j.de an t ma t acknowledge
as much, ^iverroes oppugned all fpirits,and fuprcamc powers , of late Brit-
nt*s{infcelix nrunusj Kepler calls him JMachiauel and ¥ct.Arctine$ti\\t pub- y T>\jjht. cum
likely maintained inch Atheifticall paradoxes. nm -
To thefe we may well adde that carnall crew of worldly minded eiaty'in- j
penitent (inners , who though they bee profefled Chriftiars , yet they doc,
NuHapaHefcere culpa,) nakc a confcicnce of nothing they doc,ttiey haue cau-
terifed confciences,and are indeed in a reprobate {en(c,paje all feeling^ jue^j
etnen tbemfelues ouer U wantouveffeXo worked! manner of vndcanejfe , even
wrtbgreedixep.Epkj.ip.lhty doc knowc there is a God , a day of Judge-
ment to comc.and yet for a!l,as Hugo faith JU comedunt ac dormiuntjep di.
emlidiciieuaftffentjtaluduntacrtientacStincdi* cum Deo regnarent ? ihcy
arc as merry for all the foirow as if they had efcaped all dangers,and were in
heaucn already. All thofe rude idiots and ignorant perfons,thac neglect and
coi'-emnethe meanes of their falvation, may march on with thefe , but a-
boue all othcrs,thofe temporizing ftatcfraen,poIiticke Machiav i!ians,& Hy-
pocrites that make a fhew of religion,but in their hearts laugh at \t,pmulau
fan? itas duplex iniquity they are in a double fault y th at fashion the m^elues
to u U world, which * /Wforbiddes, and like Mer curie the Plan ct arc good . Rora.n.*.
with good Jwd with bad. When they are at Rome, they doe there as they fee
done Puritans with Puritans, Papifts with Papifts •, omnium hot arum hems-
„esJermal,fts,Ambodextcrs. • All their ftudy is to plcafc , and their God is
the rcommodity,all their labourfor to iatishe their ownelufts,and their in- celtf & figtm
deauours to their owne ends. Whatfocver they pretend, or it . publike #«.
r pm - r Q foe pmth the fooltt* their hearts, they fathered no God. Their • *
words arc as fbfc as oyle,but bittcrncfle is in their hearts , like Pope « Alex. « QmcMuk
4*dcr the 6 Co cunning diflcmMcrs,that what they thinkc they never fpeak.
Part$.Sc<£4-
Q(cligM6 melancholy.
Momb.a. Subf.i
534
* Huron*,
Many of them are fo elofe,you can hardly difcerne it,or take any iuft excep-
tions at theirij they arc not factious, opprcflours as rood are, no bribers, no
(imoniacall contraftcrs^o fuch ambitious,lafcivious perfons as fome other
arc,no drunkards, Sobrij folem vident orieutemfobrtf vident occideutem. They
rife fober and goe fober to bed,plainc dealing,vpright honeft men,they do*
wrong to no man,and are fo reputed in the worlds efteeme at leaft,very zea.
lous in religion,very charitable,mcekc,humble,peacemakers , kecpe all du-
ties, very devout, honeft, well fpoken of> beloucd of all men : but hec that
knowes better how to iudgc, hce that examines the heart, hce faith they are
Hypocrites, Cor doloplenum^fonantvitium per cujfa malign) , they are not
ttafmut. found within. As it is with writers «* oftcntimes > >/«r fanclimoni* in libefio,
quam UbeUi author r,more holinefle is in the booke then in the Author of it:
So tis with them ; many come to Church with great Bibles , whom Cardan
faid he could not choofe but laugh at,and wil now and then dare operam Au-
guftinejead ^*/?/»/requent Scrmons,& yet profeffed Vfurers,meer gripes,
Wa viu rati* Bpicurea tfl; all their life is Epicurifme and Atheifme,comc to
Church all day ,and lie with a Curtefan at night.
Qui Curios fimulant & Bacchanalia vivunt.
Yea and many of thofe holy Fricrs 3 fan&ified men^Cappamj faith Murom , &
cilUinminduuntfedintm latroncm tegunt,Thcy are wolues in ftieeps cloa-
thing, Introrfum turpes^fteciofipeHe decora, Faire without and moft
fo wle within . e Latet plerumfa (ub trifti ami ft* lafciuid , & de for mis horror
vili vefte tegitur. Oftentimes vnder a mourning wcedjlics lull: it fclfe,& hor-
rible vices vnder a poore coat. But who can examine all thofe kindes of Hy-
pocritcs,or diue into their hearts? Jf wc may gueffe at the tree by the fruit 7
neuer fo many as in thefc daycs,{hew me a plaine dealing true honeft man?
Et pudor^&probttaa^ & timoromnis abefi. He that fhall but lookc into their
liues,and fee fuch enormous vices, men fo immoderate in luft , vnfpeakable
in malicc,furious in their ragc,flattcring and diflembling,(all for their own
ends jwill furely thinke they are not truly religious, but of an obdurat heart,
moft part in a reprobate fcnfe,as in this age. But let them carry it as they
will for the prefent* diflcmble as they can, a time will come when they fhall
be called to an account, their melancholy isjat hand , * inje flmtfiui w cat'
• Sena cm fa. j?***, and Hell it felfc is ready to rcccauc them.
tdP0t)b.c.u.
Svbsic. a.
Dejpaires Equivocations ^Definitions, parties
and parts affefled
THere be many kindes of defperation , whereof fome bee hoIy,fome
vnholy,as f one diftinguifheth, that vnholy hee defines out of TV//,
to be l/Egritudinem an/mi five vlla rerum expeflatione meliore, a fick-
nefle of the foulc without any hope or expectation of amendment: Thomas
*.2 x .diftinft.40*art.4,ReceJffu a redefiderata propter impopbilitatem ext$i-
matam^ reftraint from the thing defired/, for fome impofTibilityfuppofed.
Becaufe they cannot obtaine what they would,they become defperate, and
many times cither yccld to the paflion bydeathitfclfe,or elfe attempt im-
poflibilities,
if Abemetbf
ofhis Pfyfick
•f the foulc.
Part, $.Se& 4. Dejpaires Definition. Memb.z.Subf.z
portabilities, not to bee performed by men. Jn fomc cafes this defperatchu. 535
mour is not much to bedifcommcnded,as in wanes itisacauie many times
oi extraordinary valour- as JofephJib.iJe hello /ad. cap. i^.L.Danxus tn A-
fhortf.polit,pag .226,^. many polititians hold, ltmakes them improuetheir
worth beyond it ielfe , & of a iorlornc impotent company become conqiie-
rours in a moment. VnafalusvicihsnitlUmfierarcfalittem. , Infuch
cafes when they (cc no remedy-, but that they mud either kill or bee killed,
they take couragc,and oftentimes, putter fyem y beyond ail hope vindicate
themfclucs. Fifteene choufand Locrenfes fought agaisft ioooco Crotonicn-
^and feeing now nowaybutone,thcy muh 1 all dye,t thought they would ^omif!^,e
not dye vnrcvengcd,and thcrevpon defperately giuing an .liau'r^copquercd via»ru i» de-
their C- amies. Nec alia can fa vtcforUfh'xxh iufline mine author) f**t . cuam ( ),n ' lrm ™*-
quod da frar aver a at. Wt'diam the-Conqueror when henrit landed <=i England, taniufy ard* '
fent backe his fhips,that his fouldicrs might hauc no hopeo f ic.yrir.g backe. JP*« "WJ*
% Bodifte cxcuCcih hiccountrimens ouerthrowe, at thatfomous battk "tant'Jm
getttiurtjvL Henry the 5 his time ( caifimtlefixxh Frffird^ tota hiflo) iapi odu > iti vcrtm-
e, renovpofiit,\\ji\\ch no hiftory can parallell almoft,wherein one handluU 6i lM i e -^ l 'l%' ,
E ^/^^^ouerthrevvaRoyaiarmyofFr^^d'/?) with this refuge ofde- ■
(paire ,pauct dejperati , a few defperate fellowes beir. g com pa fl : d in by their
cnem\es,palt all hope of life,fought like fo many Divclls, and gmesacautio,
that no foulilicrs hereafter fet vpon delpcratc perfons, which \ GfticciarAwe j ((t ^
Jikewife admoniChzthSfypomnef. part .2.pag.2 f.notto flop an enimy that is nivitatmbfr
Agoing his way. Many fuch kindes'there arc ofdefperati on, when men arc
pail hope of obtaining any fuit. Dejperatioficit Monachum , as the faying is,
but thefe are equivocall,vnproper ; when j'jpeake efdeftaire, faith * Zanchie,!
fpeake not ef tuny kindc Jmt of that alone which (oncerncs God. It is oppojiteto J^|[™Jk
hope and it it amofi yxrmtimsfinne , wherewith the Diuell feekesto tntrappe xAmtm. Ne»
men. Mufiulm makes fourc kindes of Dcfperation, of God, our felues, our ^Jf*^
»ciehbouf,or any thing to be done,but this diuifion of his may bee reduced tMtm de f j
cafily to the former: all kinds are oppofnc to hope, that fvvect moderator of i"J>§™
paflions as Stmnides calls it,} doc not mcane that vaine Hope which phan- ffi,,^
taftical' fellowes fame to themfclucs, which according to ^n/lotle is that t*rfri&efl
infomnhm vioilanttump waking dreamc,but this diuineHope,which pro-
ceeds from Confidence,and is an anchor of a noting foule alit agrrco- iL ib.ytitxu
UtaxA were it not for hopewf of Mothers were wjt referable,** Paul faicb, *^~f«-
indiislife, were it not for hope the heart would breake: yet doth it not fo tMMUt „
rearc as defpairc doth deic&,this violent and fowerpaflion of Defpatre,and detmim*.
of alfpcrturbations moft grieuous,as * Pttritim holds Some diuide it into k J%£*£
finallandtcmporall, k rtnallisincurablewhich bcfalleth reprobates, tempo- nAClltn « ft .
rallisarcieaionofhopeandcomfortfora timc,which may.befall the beft fiat*****
of Godschildren 5 and it commonly proceeds \frm ™*kneMfutk , as m ( ^ ^
Vxvid when he was opprefied.he cryed out 5 Lord thou h*(lf*r[akex me&ut fMitatt ^
this was for atimc.lhiscbbes andnowes withhope,itisagneuousfinnc <$m.
howfoeucr: although fomc kindc of Defpairc bee not amifle, when, faith
Zsm toe defpairc of our owne meanes,and rely wholly vpon God : buc
that fo icies is not here meant. This pernicious kindc of Deiperatioms the
fubieaofourdifcourfc>W^^^themurderero^
tearmcs it a fcaicfiill pa(3SoD,whercin the party oppceffed chinkcs he can gee
Aaaa a no
Part.]. Se&4. Religious Melancholy. \Mcmb* g. Subi.j
5 36 no eafe but by deaih,and is fully refolucd to offer violence vnco himfclfe; fo
fenftblc of his burden,and impatient of his croflc, that hee hopes by death a-
lone to be freed of his calamity(though it proue otherwifc,) & chufeth wich
*Abernetbit ^ ^•^•P- I 7''> * Ratner to ^ e s^r Angled ink die f t hen to be in his bones. The part
* ' affe&ed is the whole foule, and all the the faculties of it , there is a priuation
of ioy 3 hope 3 truft 5 conndcncc,of prcfent and future good, and in their place
fuccecd fcarc 3 forrow,&c.as in the Symptomesftullbe (hewed : The heart
is grieued 3 the confcicnce wounded , the mindc edipfed with blacke fumes,
anfing from thofe pcrpetuall terrors.
M h m b. 3.
Caufes of Deft aire, The Divefl f Melancholy } Meditation.Dif-
trufijveaknejfe of Faitb,rtgid Minifters^Mifmdcr-
jlanding Scriptures fiui It y Confcience^c,
r 1 ' He principall agent & procurer of this mifchiefe,is the Diuell, thofe
I whom God forfakes, the . Dwell by his permifiion layes hold on.
Sometimes hee perfecurcs the m with that worme of cenfcieRce as
? i.Sam.vi^. h c did ittda& y n Saul, and others. Thei Poets call it Nemefn 3 but it is indeed
Gods iuftiudgement,^ro/i , ^^r/o ;) heftrikcshomeatlaft ,and fctteth vpon
°VhL}S. them as a theefein the night^i.Thef.2. This temporary paflion madeD^W
cry out, Lord rebuke me not in thy anger y neit her cha flen me in thine beauy dif
pleafurefor thine arrowes haue light vpon me j&c. there U nothing found tn my
flefh,becAufe of thine Anger. Againejroarefor the verygriefe of mine heartland
<crf.?. pjal.22*My God,mf God y why haft thou forfaken me!f& artfe far from my hcAlth,
And there or ds of my trying^ Am likc_j to water powred outjny bones are out of
VerCi4. loyntjnine heart is likewAxefhat is molten tn the midfl of my bowels. So Pf.SS
j$.And i6.ver.and Pfal.i02* I am tn mifery at the point of death from my youth
ifuffer thy terrors doubting for my life } thine indignations haue gone ouer me %
And thy feare hath cut me off. lob doth often compiaine ia this kinde , & thofe
God doth not affift 3 the Diuelis ready to try & to wtmcmjli/lfeeking whom
he may devour c, Jf he finde them merry, faith Gregory ' 3 hee tempts them forth-
with to fame dtffolute actjfpenfiue andfadjo a de (per ate ende^j , Aut fuadendo
blandttur aut minando ferret. Sometimes byfayre meanes, fometimesa*
gainc by fowle,as he perceaucs men fcuerally inclined. His ordinary engine
by which he produceth this effects the melancholy humour it fclfc, which
is Balneum DiabolijXhe Divells bathj and as in Saul, thofe euill fpirits get in
v immijcmt fe p as it werc 5 and take poffeffion ofvs. Black colour is a fhoeing horne,abait
matigenii.Lm. to allure them,infomuch that many writers make melancholy an ordinary
hkixq.i6 m caufe,and a Symptome of defpaire,for that fuch men are movVap^by reafon
of their ill difpofed temper t to diftruftjfeare,griefc,mi{takc,& amplifie what-
foeuer they prepofteroufly conceaue,or falfely apprehend. Confcientia fcru-
pulofA nafcitur ex vitio naturalt compleclione inelancholtcA ? faith NAuarrm,c.
27. num.282 • Tom. 2. cafconfeien. The body woikes vpon the mind , by obfuf-
* Cafes of eating the fpirits 5 and corrupted inftruments, which <l Perkins iiluftrates by
confcicnce that fi m ji e G f an Artifieer 3 that hath a bad toole,his skill is good, abillity cor-
refpondent,by reafon of bad toolcs 3 his workc muft needs bee lame , and vn-
pcrfrft
Part.? ,Seft. 4 . Q au j es f T)e^alre. Memk^^
withoutrefpea,raylcat and pronounce them damned , for giuingfomuch 53?
to fports and honeft recreations, making every fmall fault and a thing indif-
ferent^ irrcmifribleorTcncc,theyfo wound mens confcicnces , that they
arc almoft at their wits end*.
Thofe bitter potions, frith i Erajmtu , are pU in their mouthes, nothing hut XffiZlt
g&lUnd horror jtndamad noyfejhey make all their auditors dejperate: many imtbmendm
arewoundedby this meanes/andtheycommonly that arc moft devoutand ZITlTJ"
prccife,hauebeene formerly moftprefumptious',andcertaine of their falva- tl"
tion,thcy thathaue tender confcicnces,that follow fcrmon* .thathauc leaft l m P tr bcUnt *
caufe,they are naoft apt to miftakc.and fall into chefc miferies. Jhaueheatd
txdtflerai'umcm
fome complainc ofParfons Refolution ,and other bookes of like nature(good a>g**t.
otherwifejthcy are too tragicall,too much deie&ing men , aggrauating of-
fenccs,grcat care and choice, much difcretion is required in this kinde.
Thelaftand the greateftcaufe of this malady , is ourowne confeience,
fen/eofourownefmnes,and of Gods anger iuftlydeferued, a guilty confei*
ence for fome foule offence formerly committed,
f O mifer Orefle^uidmorhi teperdite \im$in r
Or: Conf cientia. Sum enim mtht on fetus de mtlis perpetratis. J vitr'm,
A good con fci ence is a continuallfeaftjbut a gaulcd conference is as great a tor- > /caufw
ment as can poflibly happen,a ftill baking oven , as Pierius in his Hieroglyph, M*fcdiri
compares it, another hell. Our confidence which is a great Ledgier bookc, "jjjes. 1 ,
wherein arc written all our orfences,a regifterto lay them vp, ( which thofe 1 au$s m/cri
g Egyptians in their Hieroghphickes expreffed by a mill, as well for the con- 'fig* pk*< /
rinuance,as for the torture of it) grindes our foulcs with the remembrance ^Aumm'
of fome precedent.finnes,& makes vs reflect vpon, aecufe & coudemne our fcrpoqujmmt,
owne ielues. b Sinne lies at foorc.&c. I know there be many other caufes af &
.. _ r. ... e , _ _ t__i : :-CJ -r. cayajuKjt,n
gt
lous r.onfcience (as 1 Peter Foreflus cals it,which tortures fo many.that either * lwenai
our ofadecpeapprehenfion of their vnworthineffe , and confideration of \ l ^l anJaa
their owne difiblute \ifc,accufe themfelues^nd aggrauate eueryfma/Z offences. Si adftiteriife
when there /snofuch caufe y mifdo»hting in the meane time of Gods mercies y they oftmyfiuaf.
fall into thc\e inconveniences.1 hePocts call them ■ Furies s Dire>ut it is this c ™>jf< " »'
Confcicnce alone which is a thoufand witneffes to aecufe vs , « prim*b*ctft
1 2V eclediUfuumgeflantinpetloreteflem. *Jtyubd(ei*-
continual! witnefle to giue in Evidcnce,to em panel! a Jury to examine vs, al>rolvituy>im .
m vs>a bayliffe to carry vs,a Serjantto arreft,an Attourny to plead againit
ilavlortotormentJaJudgctocondemne, ftill accuiing, condemning, vnumiwad.
vPuiltv,aperfecutorwithhueandcryto follow, anapparitor tofum- prob* q nmvU
torturing, pleadingagainftvs. And as the ftatue of in that holycitty ^ =
ncare Euphrates in * A(fyrUpi\\\ look ftill towards you,fit where you will in mgfy dum(ucrJi
her Temple, (he lookes full vpon you Jf you goe by, Oie followcs with her ^ *duitcr«,
,i ,rrufevs finne lies at doore. After many plcafant dayes, and fortunate ad* K w^ ffcrf ,
ventured £iSrf-*W
r«nc temporall pHniOiment," bribe a corrupt Iudgc, auoidc the cenlure ot w „
fcaDetcmporallpnnifhment 5 nbnbeacorruptiuagc, np^u^v, mn
thcLaW^ flouri ^^ rfaithc^/^0^^^ *<■
Part.$. Se&4. tfteligtous Meianthdy. Memb. l.Subi.j*
540 man troubled in minde whzn he is telling ofbu money y an adulterer mcwnc-j
with hit mifiris in bis armes: voce are then drunke with pit 'afut e 3 and pa ceiue
nothing- but as the prodigall fonne had dainty fare , fwecre mufickc at fiili,
merry company, loviall entertainment, but a ct uell reckoning in the enemas
bitter as wormewood.a fcarefull vifiution commonly followes. And that
Diuell that then told thee that it was a light fmne,or no finne at all,novv ag.
grauatcs on the other fide, and tellcth thee , that is is a mod irremiflible oft
fencc.as he did Cain and ludas.to bring them to dcfpairc.Tragicall examples
in thiskinde,arc too familiar and common, ^sdrian.G&ibajNtroptho fttel.
litujCaracallitfYftTC in fuch horror of confeience lor their offences commit-
* tad/Mm lib t c ^> mur ^ crs » ra P cs 3 cxtorl ' ons ^ nu,r ' cs 5 tnat tnc >' wcrc wc3r y °* tnc * r Iiuts,8c
s. wfl. Seat, could get no body to kill them. * Kennethus king ot Sect land, when hee had
murdered his Nephew Malcolme knag Dufes fonne 3 Prince of Cumberland,
* uimmtisctt- aft d with counterfeit tearcs and protection* diflembled the matter a long
fc'mtia fceinis time, b at laft bis confeience accused him, his unquiet Settle cculdreft day nor
ironies, mllm night t hexoas terrifiedmthfearefulldreames^andjomifcr^biy tormented aU his
itZfdfmpt tift'h ls Grange to read what P Cominxm hath written of Lewes the 1 1. that
•exatK man French Kmg,ot~CbarIes the 8.and of Alphonfm King ©f l^aples,l\\ the fury of
fammviik* ^ S P a ^ on now nc camc int0 Sicily t tnd what prankes he plaid, GutectardiM
tom™ pUm amanmoftvnapttobelecuelies , relates how that Ferdinand his fathers
pertrtmefittHs,' gho.ft,who before had died for griefc,came and told him, that he could not
&c ' refill the Frf*£/&King,hc thought cucry man cried France,France\ the reafon
a of it, faith ComwAwyiVi becaufe he was a vile tyrant, a murdcrer,au oppref»
four of his fubicc*ts ; he bought vp all commoditics^and fold them at his own
pricc,fold Abbics to Jewes,n\d Falconers, both Ferdinand his father, and he
nimfelfe, ncuer made confeience of any committed fiene ; and to conclude,
v at btlk Xe ^ c > " was vn P cm ^ c to doc worfe then they did. Why was Panfanits
g thztSpart<tnTyrant t Nere y Oth<> t Gdlba t fo perfecuted with fpirirs in cucry
irhyeusdii* houfe they camc,but for their murdeiswhich theyhadcommittcd' s Why
winje^tm. j ot ^ ^ 5i«el haunt many mens houfes after theitdeathes,& take poflsflio
of their habitations, as it were, of their palaces.but becaufe of their feuerall
villainies? Why had Richard the 3. fuch fearefull dreames, faith Poll dor, bwt
for his frequent murders ? Why was Theodoricus that King of the Gothes, fo
fufpicious,and fo afft ighted with a fifh headalon- ,bur that he had mutdcrf d
Symmachtufe Se'ethius his fonne in laWjthofe worthy Remnnesl Caliuslib.
27.cap.22.Scz more in Plutarch, in his trad Ve bis quiferb a Namine pun/un-
f#r,and in his booke De tranquifiitate anim/^e* Yea, and fonK times GOD
himfelfc hath a hand in it, to (hew his powcr^nrniliat^exercr'Cj and to try
their faith; (diuine temptation, Perkins calls it,Caf etnfe. lib. 1. cap. 8 fecf.i.)
t V 44 «» to punifh them for thdr finncs,God the avenger, as r Dduidcvtts him, n'tor
a tergo D«w,his wrath is apprehended of a guilty Soule, as by Saul and i»das t
which the Poets exprcflcd by ^4drapa,ax. Nemefis.
Affequitur ,Ncmefif% virum vefiigia feruat ,
Se male quid facias. 1
f ^epna eodk- /^ nc | j S)as f ^dmmianus lib. /^.defenbes htxjhe Queene of c&ufesjwdmo*
nZmnZcTre- dcrater of things > bow (he pulls downe the proud, nowflicerearcsandert-
it* cervica»f' courageth thofc that are good,he giucs inftance in his Eufebins , Nicepborus
tib.zt.c*f.;s,ccclef.bijl,in Mtx'tmwus. 5c IttlUn* Fearefull examples of Gods
iuik
Part.j.Se fl.^ Vejpayrekis Caujer. Mcmb.g.Sub£j
perfect. But Melancholy and Defpaire though often, docnotalwaiescon- 537
currc$ there is much diffcrcnce;Mclancholy feares without a caufe,this vpon
greatoccafionsmelancholyiscauiedbyfcarcand gtiefe, but this torment
procures them and all extremity of bitternclTe.muchMclancholy is without , riaaw<m
afflifh'onofconfciencc^st^ byfourcrcaions-,& ea p%'.&^T
yet Melancholy alone againe may bee fometimes a fufticient caufeofthis *c*p$J*mm-
terrourofconfeience. r Fcelix P/^rfofounditinhisobferuations, erne- ^Tr^L
lanchcltcU Ali) damnxtos fe putaxt^ejre. They tbinke they are not predcjlinate_j^ efle jte'e ad ft ■
God hxthfirfaken- them^ and yet othetwife very zealous and religious , & 'tis lKtm
common to be feenc/ Melancholy for feare of 'Ggas iudgements and hell f.?z_j, Ad Detytrafo-
driufs men to defp er at ion, f ear e and for owjf they be immoderate jend. often voith nm <
/^Lofle of goods JolTe of friend^ ^ ef- h g^f™*.
feci it,orfuch difmall accidents: V Mix Platter hath a memorable example tiffim.^up-
in this kinde,of a Painters wife in Bafil, that was melancholy for her formes ^f^/hdU-
death,and from melancholy became defperate,fhe thought God would not ^ y ma%r "&
pardon her finncs,* and for four e months -Ji/H r attest hit fbee was in hell fire, al» mtm hi deflx-
ready damned. When the humour is ftirrcd vp, eucry fmall object ac grauats JS' J^wifc
and incenfeth itjas the parties are addicted. " The fame Author r»3th an ex- 1 vmnatamft
ample ofamarchantman,that for the loffeof a little wheat, which hec had
ouer long kept , was troubled in confeience, for that hee had not fold in gefautp*l$
fooncr,orgiuenictothepoore-,ycta.goodScholler,andagrcatDiuine,no fa fc£ " ^
perfwafion would feme to the contrary ;but that for this fad hee was dam - f V£
ncd 5 in other matters very iudicious and dhcreet. SolitarineiTe } much fafting, fmaumcen-
divine medirations 3 and contemplations of Gods iudgements, moft part ac l ^fJ^
company this Melancholy ,and are maine caufcs 3 as * Navarrtu holds s to co ■ e . l7 ,
verfe with Inch kind of perfons fo troubled is a fuffirient occafion of trouble «mi%t.c<m-
to fome mcn.l^onnnlU ob longas inediasjtudia & meditation's cceleftes^de re- ^l™*
bmfacru& rcliqione femper agitant$>c. Many, faith Pet.Foreflw, through u^eiunia.
long tafting/erious meditations ofheaucnly things/all into fuchfits.and as .
Lemnius 2d&sJib, 4 x.2iJftbeybefolitarygiKnfw^ , precifeor 'very fuf ^ ti
devout- feldome fjjallfoi* finde a C^archant } a Souldier, an Inne-keeper, a Bawd, i x4p
Hofo* ^ r (0 tabled tn mind, they hauecheverellconfciences that wilt «
fir etch they are feldome mouedin thti ktndormolejled-.young men and middles lcmnes , coup*,
toearlmorewildsndleffeapfrehenfwe^utoldfolte tfZZ!m
morcu* and reUgiouilygiucn. Pet^ore^obferuatMb.iox^i2.dt^morb^ bln ^ (iih , a .
cerebri hath a fcarefull example ofa Minifter,that through prccifciaihngm fcitntimjw
Leor,and ouermucb meditation contraded this mifchief Cj and in the end be-
came 'ceVratc.thought he fawDiuells in his chamber, and that hee could Hunhfenesau .
nm he froed he fmclled nothing as he faid s but fire and brlmftone, audwas tcm,&.
alrea It helUnd would aske them ftfllif they d,d not y fmell afmuch.I told
liimhc wasmrlancholy>Jchclaughedmetofcorne, and replied that hec &c ,
f- w Dwells talked with them in good earneft, and would fpit m my face , &
I ke me if I did not fmell brimftone.and at laft he was by him cured .Such an
other ftory 1 finde in Platter obferuat. lib. 1. A poore fellow had done fome
fowleotfcncc,and for fourteencdaies would cat no meat ,in .the wd became
tinuill meditation of Gods iudgements trouble many, Mdtt ob timoremj*.
K^d. aa a j
Part.$ r Se&.4. %e\{ojous melancholy. Memb.i SubA$.
5 38 David himfelfe complaines that Gods iudgcmen ts terrified his foulc. Pf.i j p
part.i6.ver.S.Myfle(h trembletbforfeare of thee , and lam afraid of thy wdge-
ments. Quoties diem i$um ctgit afiith Hietomcfoto cor pore consrernijco^. trem»
blc as often as J thinke of it.
Efpccially if their bodies be predifpofed by Melancholy , and they religi^
oufly giucn,and hauc tender confeiences, eucry fmall obic& affrights them,
the very inconfiiieratc reading of Scripture it felfe 3 and mifinterpretation of
fome places of it^s^Many are called few are*chofen. ?$jt every one that faith
Lord. Feare not little flocke. He that jla.nds.let him take heed leji he fall^ w or See
» ' 1 bdn out y eur J A ^ lut * on with f eAre A n ^ tremblwgSThat night two fhallbe^j in a bed y
nit*Nn'a "pud 0Ke receaucA the other left* Straight is the way that leads to htauen, and fewest
ft cruddnt, & there are that enter therein. The parable of the feed and the fovver^/We^ feK
txesmficant i* ^ y A ground J ome was choked. whom he hath predeflinated he kith ihofcn.
pamm ahfmt He -will haue mercy on whom he will haue mercy. 7{jn ejt volcntts nec current u
Mb in(anis,j£(b fedmiferentis Dei.lhcfc and the like places terrific the foules of many,elec"ti-
mwtl Lxie-' onjpredeitination^cprobationjprepofteroufly coccaued offend many ; with
we effyjunt, a deale offoolifh prefumptionjCuriofityjUecdicflTe fpeculation 3 contcmpla-
* U *%arem'f!ui- t,on /ollicitude,whetcin they trouble & puffle themfelues about thofeque*
axtipfosper de- Hions ofgracc/reewiI,perfcuerance/Sodsfecrcts 3 they will know more then
(peMiontm ad js revealed by God in his wordjiumane capacity 3 or ignorance apprehend,
ZnT. ?U>d *' and too importunate enquiry of that which is revealed 3 myfteries,ceremo-
*ecekfufiM.\ nies,obferuatios ofSabbaoths,lawcs,duties,&c.with many fuch which the
GafuiftsdifcufTe 3 and Schoolmen broach,which diverfe miftake,mifconfter,
wen *b hi* qxi mifapply to themfelues , to their owne vndoing,and fo fail into this gulfc.
blmihntur, an q-hej doubt of their Eleclion, how they [hallknowe it, by what fignes ? and Jo far
It^mgiuX' forth. faith Luther \withfuch nice point s, torture and crucifie themfelues^ that
tmqjcriccikm. they are almofi mad^and all they get by it is this J bey lay open agappe to the diuel
teVdlcmTdii h Deration to carry them tohell. ^ ut tnc greatcft harme ofall proceeds
ajfiiMmHtn. from thofc thudciing Mini(ters,a moft frequent caufe they are of this 'mala-
magvitudme dy: and doe more harme in the Church , faith Erajmus y then they that flatter^
Ibvt'&tfik- great danger on both fides, the one foils them ajleepe in car nail fecurityjhe other
ftctithmmtra' drtues them to Defperatien. Whereas c S.Bernard well aduifcth , freefhould
bunt - „ not meddle with the one without the other , nor (beaker of iuhtrement without
CMt.uaiicrun m&cy jt he one alone brings Dejperatien/be other fecuritie. But thefc men are
fntdtaop'9' wholy for iudgcmentjof a rigid difpoiitioa themfelues 3 that can fper.k of no
^mvdlT' ^ ,n 8 k uc reprobation, hcl^rire^nd damnation,as they did 3 Z,*£. //. 4 6. lade
fotw iudie'd h men with burdens grievous to be borne , which they themfelues touch not
depritimm a fi n g Cr .'Tis familiar with our Papifts to terrific mens fonles with Pur-
mliucZrke: gatory ; tales,viilons,apparitions 5 to daunt even the molt generous fpirits,to
ftfotoftentatk, require charity Brentius oblcrucs } of other sjbountyynecknejfejouejatience,
^af^affitatem w *^ e ? themfelues breath nought but lujljnvyfovetou/nejfe. They teach
others to faft 3 giuc almes,doe pennancc, and crucific their minde with fupw-
io$. cxiguntab fti c ious obfervations,bread and water,haire clothes,whips 3 and the like,whe
bmftcenifam* tne y themfelues haue all the dainties the world can afford,ly on do wr.e b^-d $ ,
tiim ipft nil ft*, with a Curtifan in their armes: Heu quantum patimur fro chrifla&s c he faid,
tie* frater U- w ^ at a cruc j[ t y ran ny is this,fo to infulc oucr and terrific mens foules. Our
tbam 3 av4riti~ indifcrcetPaltors many ot them come not rarrc bchinde, whi :eff in their or-
dinaryfermonsthcyftill aegrauace finne, thunder out Gods iudeemints
Part^. Sc&.^. Vejpayre \m Caujer. Mcmb.3 .Subf 5
iwft iudgcmcnc,wrach & vengeance arc to bee found in all biftoric*, ©ffoine 541
that haue beene eaten to death with Rats and Mice, as * fopelim the fecond ' Mex - G *l ui '
Kingof/W^A" 83o,his wife and childrenjthe like ftory is of mm, Arch- JJ]
bifhop of Mentz, y A° 9tf9,fodeuouredby thefc verminc'whichhowfoeuer
^r4r'«itheJc^llite^^»/^^r^ w //^.^. ^ ^.J.i^i,pt^gncby 2 ArguntentSj
Trhemttu y u Munfter^Magde^Mrgenfis, and many o5iers,rclatc foi 4 truth.
Such another example J finde in GitaUus Ctmbrevfis ltm:CiikMb.2 % u*a. l ^!^"*'-
j. •% J x Iter, & MiaVo
and where no if J
Svbsbc. 4,
Symptomes of 'Dejpair e^Feare y Sorr tw, Sujp'tion \a»xiety Jhtrt or
fifco»faffjce } f(drefuii dreunes and vijjons.
S Shooemakcrs doe when they bring home fhooes, flill cry, leather
is dearer anddearer,mayj juftly fay of thele melancholy Symptoms^
tfacfe of Defpaire are mod violent,tragicall and grieuous,far beyond
the reft 3 not to be cxprcfTcd bur ncgatiuely,as it is a privation of all happines,
not to be endured, /or ,t wounded fpiril who can bears it ? Frev.iS.ip What
therefore t T imxntbcs did in his picture oi fpljjgtn/*f\ow ready to be facrifi fPlirnicsp 1®
ced$ when he had painted Cbulcas mourning, Vlyffcs fad 5 bur mod forrowful
Men: Um\ and rn i fhewed all his Art in expreiling variety of affections, hec Ayxm&nmi
couered rhe nraides father ^Agtmemnons head with a vaile,andleft it to cue- <*ytvehutjix
ry Ipectator to conceiue what he would himfelfe,for that true paffion & for ^""Z"*Jim
row in/#wwp£™rf#,fuchashis was,conldnotbeanyartbedeciphred.w! at mayerem'mxw-
hedid in his picture, J willdoe in dekribing the Svmptomcs of Defpaire, i- f w
mag ne what thou canft, feare,forrow,luries 1 gnck.painc. terrcr 5 angor.dil-
xnail.ea(tly,tediou5,irkfome,cVc. it is not fiithcieot 5 it comes farre fliort.no
tongue can rcll,no heart conceiue it. 'Tis.an Epitome of Hcll,an Extract^
Qumteflcncc,a Compound,a mixture of all feral! maladies, tyrannicall tor-
tures„plagues & perplexities.Therc is no ficknefic almo{t,but Phyficke pro-
uideth a remedy for it; to cucry fore Ghirurgery vv ill prouide a faluc,friend-
{hiphelpespouerty, hope of liberty eafcthimprifonraent, futc andfauour
revoke banifhment, authority and time, wcare away reproach : but vvhac
'ofdefpcranon.Alltharisfmgle in other mchncho\y,HorrMe 3 dzrum 7
pcfifttv t atrcx feruw.cancuncs in this , It is more then Melancholy in the
h4heftdcgret,a burning fcaueroftheSoule, fo made, faith * Iacckmtisty '4*1**9
tfafs mifery ;fcire, foirow,and defpaire, he puts for ordinary Symptomes of
Mclanch »lf« r ey arc in great paine and horrourofminde, diffraction of
fou'c refUelfc, fuiiofcontinuallfcares/carcs.torments^nxieties, they can
neither cat,drinl.e,no, deep for them 3 takc no reft. , ^
y Pr> pttrid impietM.nec menjx tempore cef/dt '
hxaoittt ve(s»A qu'tcsjomvify furentei*
Neither at bed,nor vet at bord,
Will any reft Dclpauc afford.
Job do rcarc
Part*; .Scd.4. fyhgi&tts Melancholy. Memb, a. S11H4
54a Fcarc cakes away their content ,and dries the blood,wafteth the marrow, al-
ters their countenauca,euen in their greatefi delight s,finging y dancing>da&i-
* 9immer\- A nc ^thcy are ftill ffakh Lemniut ) tortured in their foules. Jt confnmes
^vJtmyWmq, t ^ iein to nought,/** Itke a Pelican in the wildernejfc^jfakh Dauid of him-
corporis htbitum felfejtcmporally afflicted,** Orvle hecaufe of thine indignation. Pf. io2.ver. S.
immut\,etim pM, c.a.Mj heart tremhleth within me.andtheterrours of death haue
mdehtutjmtrt- 3 • T- i // / > i r i / i
pHdiis jn fimyo- come vpon me y feare and trembling are borne vpon me s &c. at deaths doore^ PJal m
fujzamfiexit i oj.it. Their foulc ahhorres all manner of MAtf.Their * fleepc is,if it be any,vn-
"Setmtt quiet.fubieft tofcarefuldrcames,and tcrrors.P<r/*rinhis bands^flept fecure,
m^jcMM. * for he knew God protected him 5 and T ully makes it an ai gument of Kofcim
r^iaSesTo' Amer * nm innocency, that hcc killed not his father, becauie hee fb fecurely
mwreaivtt flept.Thofc Martyrs in the Primitiuc Church were naoft b chcarcful & roer*
btfrofem.aut r y in the midft of their perfecutionsjbut it is farre othcrwife with thefc mcQj,
Z^TtpMre™ to ^ as 3 Sca,and that continually without reft or intcrmiflion , they can
«b $mm homnu thinkc of nought that is plcafant, c their conference will not let them be quiet ?
?erminrt"& X ' m P er P etl,a ^* earc > anx i ct y> that they be not yet apprehended , they arc in
Sorrimet per- doubt AiH they rhall be,rcady to betray themfe!ucs,?s Cain did, he thinkes c-
terrefait-.Phi' ucry naan will kill him: Androares for thegriefeef heart,Pf.$$ m $ t 2s Dautddid,
^t!ipillo1ti V '~ as 10 ^ -2 o.2 1.2 2 .'Uz.wh are fore is\light giuen to him that is in mifery y and
* Eufebm jf i » Hfi to them that haue heauy hearts ? which Ung for death y and if it come not,
mIT CCC ?' f eAre ^ '* M0re *^ en tre4 f ares i * n A rtioyu when they can finde the grave. T hey
*sauatB. 7 i9. arc generally weary ofthsir Hues, a trembling heart they haue, a forrowfull
tfp.io6. con- minde,and little or no rcft.Gods heauy wrath is kindled in their fbulcs, and
imlmpatftur] notwithftanding their continuall prayers and fupplieations to Cbr/JUefw,
fertufbatam vi- they haue no relcafc or cafe at all, but a moft intolerable torment, and in-
tmaytntjtm- fufferabk anguifh of confcicncc, and that makes them through impatience
yum viunti tQ murmurc a g a i n ft God many times , toblafpheme, and fecke to offer vio-
lence to themfclues.D«tf .^.tf $.66. In the morning they wifh for euening^and
for morning in the enening y for thef^ht of their eyes which they fee y and feare of
hearts. And fo for the moft part it i ; with them all,they thinkc thcyhearc&i
fee vifions,conferrc with Diucls, that they arc tormented, pofTefl'ed 3 and in
hell fire already damncd.quitc forfaken of God,they haue no fenfe for ecling
of mercy,or gracc,hope of faluation, their fentence of condemnation is al-
ready paft,and not to he rcuokcd.Neuer was any liuing creature in fuch tor-
ment bcfore,in fuch a mifcrable cftate, in fuch diftreflc of mind, no hope/io
faith,paft cure, reprobate, continually tempted to make away them fclucs:
Some thing talkcs with them, they fpit fire and brimftonc, they cannot but
blafphcame,thcy cannot rcpent 3 bcleeue, or thinkc a good thought, fo farre
iLtb.urifer. carried,*/ cogantur ad impia cegitamdum etiam contra volttntatem , faith <* Fx-
lix Plater ,Thcy think cuill againft their wils; that which they abhorrc them-
fclues,they muft necdes thinkc and fpcakc.Hce giues inftanec in a Patient of
his,that when he would pray, bad fuch cuill thoughts ftill fuggefted t© him,
VJj^f"* and wicked 6 meditations. Another inftancc he hath of a wonian , that was'
often tcmptcn to curfcGod,toblafphcmc,and kill her fclfc. Somctimcsthc
Diuell (as they fay; (lands without , J and talkcs with them, fometime , he is
within them,as they think,and there fpeakes & talks as to fuch as arc pofTef-
fcd 5 As Apellidorus in Plutarch *th ought his heart fpake within him. There
[Qtulm. is a moft memorable example of * Francis Spirt an Advocate of Padua, An°
*545,
Part.?. Scd.4. Fry>nojltcket of De/paire. Memb. 2,. Subf,yj
1 545.that being dclperate, by no counfcll ut learned men could be comtbr* 543
ted,hefc!i fas heiaiJ; thepaincsofhcllinhisfoule, in all other things hce
difcourfed 21 ighf, but in this mod ma.d.Frifemelica ) Be/lortat^nd fomc other
cxcellen
fw adorn
man did
Written his life.Catdinali Or/? died fo lik:wifcde!per.ue at Verona, w
he thought a black dog followed him to his death-bed, no man cou d aSrio e T^Jmimt*
the dogg- away. Sleidantom 2jsCap.l/b.j. Wbilft 1 wasa writnigthis Irca lamLita J^m-
tife/aith Mont alt us cap.2.de mel.l A Nun cmie to me for help well for all other M •''''•'»
matter s^but troubled in (on[cien(ejor $yeares lajt pajt,)hee u almcjt ma?, ar,a mtiuomttfc
not able to refifl , thinkes jhe hath offended Gad, and is ce) ta/nelfl damned. F*lix & c - .
Plater hatfi ftore of in fiances of (uch as thought thcmfeluec damned, h for ^^252
taken of Godj& c. One amorgft the reft, that durit net goe to Church, or tfc ex iui*+>
come \\ :erc the Rhine .for feire to make away himfclfc, bccaufe then he was t f tm un "°>
mott elpccully tempted. 1 heie andiucn like bymptorues, arc intended and r *,*r«»j ft*,
rcmir -d, as the maUdcic felfc is more orlefle, (erne will hcare good couu- t^qutprwm
fell/orne will notj ibme defire helpc,tbmc reied all, and will not be eafed. ^"^Xit
S V B S B C,
frcgnopchs cfDe^aire^Bla^h',my t vlolent de&tb y &c,
fa Oft part thefe'kinde of pcrfons make away them felues, fomeare
mad. bat moft offer violence to their owne pcrfons. orf rvonnded
iv^<3 w» beare,Prov. 12.14. As C*//», Saul^^cbitophel, Iudas^
blafphemed & dyed.Sf^ faith, /V/*/ 1 died defperate eight ycarcs after tauqii
*F*ltx Plater hath collected man y examples, ^AMarchxnts wife that was f^ #wwrA
Z*/;? troubledrvitb fucb temptations, in the night rofc from her bed, and out 4 l nat.cbfav.
of the window broke her nccke into the ftreete, anothesdrowned himfclfc l [ b ^; x , rMmu
defperate as he wasjn the Rhine, fomc cut their throatsj many hang them-
torn dm vtxu
felues.ButthisneedesnoiHuflration. Itiscontroucrted by fomc,whether a timtim tort*
man fo offering v iolencc to himfclfe,dying defperate, may be faued J or no? ta > &c '
If they die fo coftinatly and fuddcnly, that they can not fo much as wifh for m jbtmttfy
mercy,thcworftistobcfufpc&ed, becaufethey die impenitent. » If their ^
death haue bin a little more lingring, wherein they might haue fomc lcifure
in their hearts to cry for mercy, charity may iudgc the heft, diuers haue bin
reco tiered out of the very ad of hanging and drowning thcmfelues, and fo
h-o\\2^t Ad finmmeHtem, they haue beenc very penitent, much abhorred
cheir former fa£t 3 and haue confeffed that they haue repented in an inftanr, &
erved for mercy in their hearts.Jf a man put defperate hands vpon himfclfe,
b v ; occafion of madncfle or melancholy, if hee haue giuen tcftimony before
of his regeneration,in regard he doe this not fo much out of his wil),as ex vi aSHsbl ^ )a ;
morbijNt rouft make thebeftconftruclion ofit,as a T*rltesdoc, thatthmke
all looks and madmen goe dirc&ly to Hcauen.
Svisic. 6,
Bbbb a
Pail. 5 , Scd.4. Religious meUnchoiy. Mcmb.2 6ubu6
14*
Svbsbc. 6,
Cure ef Dejpiire by pbyficke y gofd ceunfeSjimftrts^c,
Xpericncc tcacheth vs,thac though many dye obftinare, and vrilfull in
this malady,ycc many againc arc able to rcfift and ouercomc a (ecke lor
VtUfwrn.' helpc 3 and findecomfort 5 arc taken cfanctbwErcbi, from thechoppes
qtidam negtvit ofhell,and out of the Diucls pavves, though they hauc by obligation giuen
cb^T'hu" themfcluestohim. Some out of their owne ftrength, and Gods affiftance,
fojhf'LtM! Though he kt/lmefoith Iobyet wiU Itrufi in himpu t of good counfel 5 aduicc,
p Trmcaveiwt and Phyfickc,P Bellonacm cut cd a Monkc by altering of his habit, and courfe
Ub+mfiW. £|jf G . />/^ r many by Phyfickc alone. But» for| the moft part they muft
concurrc, and they take a wrong courfe that thitike to oucrcome this ferall
paifion by Phyficke alone,- and they are as much out ,that thinke to worke
this effect by good aduice alone^hough both bee forcible in themfelucs 3 yct
vis umtAfortiorjhzy muft goe hand in hand in this dileafc:
■ alter -tits jic alter* f of lit of em.
For Phyfick the like courfe is to be taken with this as in other melancholy,
diet 3 aire, cxercife, all thofc paffions and perturbations of the minde,&c. are
to bee rectified by the fame meanes. They muft not bee left folitary, or to
themfelues^ncuer idle,neuer out of company. Counfell,good comfort is to
be applyed,as they (hall fee the parties inclined^ or to the caufes, whether it
be loffc,fcare 3 griefe,difcontent l orfomcfuch ferall accident 5 a guilty confei-
cncc,orothcrwife by frequent meditation, or too grieuous an apprchenfi-
on 3 and confiderationofhis former life, by hearing, reading of Scriptures,
goodDiuines, good aduice and conference, applying GODs Worde
to their diftrefled Soules : it muft bee corrected and countcr-poyfed.
Many excellent exhortations 5 para?netica]ldifcourfcs are extant to this pur*
pofe,for fuch as are any way troubled in rhmd^Perk/ns^Greenham^Haywardf
f My brother Bright \ Aberncthy, Calmannm, HcmmingMi£ alius Secnndat^xt copious in
ivSmwSl thisfubiec1::u^»r/VM^'^ written cafes
fc^Rcaor of of confciencc amongft our Potificiai writers .But becau fe thefe mens works
Chu ?'A(w arG not t0 a ^ P arc * cs at hand,fo parable at all times 3 I will for the benefit and
my 'tjmdm ' ca ^ c of fuch as are afflicted , at thercqueft of fomef friendsj recoiled out of
chamber-fd- their voluminous Treatifcs 3 fome few fuch comfortable fpccches 3 exhorta-
fcSow ft'udent l ions,argumcnts,advife J tendingto this fubie&,& out of Gods word, know
mChri[ichitreb ing, as Culmannus faith _,vpon the like occzhon J>&w vnavAi table andvaine
Oxo-4. ^ mens counfefo arc to comfort an afpfteclconfc'tcncefxcept Gods word concur re
vmafo&'ui- A *dbeannexed y from vphich comes life/afe/epentAnce^rc. Prcfuppofing firft
tgkax bumm- that which BezajQrenhamferkinsfeiuc in chargc,the parties to whom cou-
rum vtrbmim ftg
is giuen be fufficiently prepared,humbled for their finnes, fitte for com-
imf*Utio,wji fort 3 Gonfefrcd 3 triedhow they are more or IefTc afflicted , how they ftand af.
vetbum dei m~ fe<5fced a or capable of good advifc,before any remedies be applied : To fuch
tTreHeraZ, therefore as are fo throughly fcarched and examined , I addrcfle this follow-
fihrittnftni. ing difcourfe*
*Antid acker- maine Antidotes h Hentm»gitts obferues oppofite to Defpair,good
fm defttmtit Hope outofGodsword,to be embraccd,perverfe Security from thediuells
"treachery
Part.$,Se&4. Cure °f Veftaire. Mcmb.i.SubU
treachery 5 to be KicOicd^Illa falus animx^bac pejlts-, oncfaues the other kills, 545
ccci^itavimam,faith^uJlin,mddoihasmuch\\arm(: as Defpaire it fellc.
c Navarrt*s the Cafuift,rcckons vp ten fpeciall cures out of ^Anton. /.part. J^JJjJJJf
Tit.j.eap.io. I.God. 2.Phificke.3. d avoiding fuchobiects as hauecaufed it- t'jtmi*
4 Submiffion of himielfe to other mens judgements. 5. Anfvvcre of all obie- uw.ui * re ^
&ions,&c.all which CaieUn, Gcrftn lib.de vit.fyirit. Sayrus lib. /. caf confc, jJ2«Sa >/«ri •
f^./^.repcat and apptoucoutof Emanuel Roderiqucs $ap»$i \& si.Grenham p«/e>«w.
prefenbes 6 fpecial xu\ts<CtUmannits y.Firft to acknowledge alihelpe comes
from God. i.That the caufc of their prefentmifery isfinnc. 3.T0 repent and
be hartcly forry for their finnes.4.To pray earneftiy to God they may- be ca~
fed.5.To expc&and implore the prayers of the Church, and good mens ad-
vice <.Phyfickc.7.To commend themfelues to God,& relycvponhis mcr-
cy.-ochcrs otherwife,but all to this effccT;. Butforafmuch as moft men in this
malady ire fpiritually ficke.void ofreafon almoft , oucrborncby their mife-
ries,andtoodcepean apprehenfion of their finnesjthey cannot apply them-
felues to good counfdLpray,beleeue 3 rcpent 3 wee muft as much as in vs lies
occurre and helpe their peculiar infirm itics,according to their feuerall eau»
fes and fymptomes,as we fhall finde them diftreffed and complaine.
The main matter which terrifies & torn.ecs moft that are trobled in mind,
is the enormity of their off*. nccs,the intolerable burden of their fins, Gods
fceauy wraih,and difpleafure fo deeply apprehended ,that they account the-
iciues reprobares,quitc forfaken of God, already damned , paft all hope of
grace,vncapable oi'ir\ercy,diaboli mancipia^ucs of finne , and their offen-
ces fo great rhey cannot be forgiuen. But thefe men muft knovvc there is no
finne fo hay nous which is not pardonable in it felfe , no crime fo great , but
by Gods mercy it maybe forgiuen. w&*r<? finne aboun deth.gr 'ace abonndetb
much more,R*m. S .2 \ And that the Lord laid vnto Pauley in his extremity
2&or.M.f. My Trace is [ufficient for thee, for my power is made perfect through
wea kneke conccrncs every man in like cafe. His ptomifes are made Emteito
all belecuets,sencraily fpoken to all touching rcmiffion of fmncs that are
triielv nenitcnt^ricued for their offcnccs,and defire to be reconciled.^.
' i cAme n tto«RtherifhteoWshutfinnersnr^
aVtrucW touched in confeiencefor their finncs.iAgaine,^^.//.2i'.C^c^
vnto me *Hyee that are hem Uknand Imlleafeyou , Ezek.i S. 2 7 .^twbat
time faster * (inner (b'Srepext him of bU finnes ,from the bottorne ofhu heart J
ndlot out al/hiswickednefe oat of my remembrance faith the Lord. Jjay )4S .
, - Uventtm he that put away thine iniquities for mine mm fake , and m*
"rot remember thy finnes. As a father ffaith DdvidffaLr^.rj.) hath com M"
r . , t u children Jo hath the Lord companion on them that f are him And
; "ill r , sees* them againe as the prodigall fonne iwascntcrumcd^. /j. if
/...r^libcomcwithtcaresin their eyes and a penitent heart. Though
« "■ rrv our to the angaifti ofhis foulcmy puniOimcnt is greater tnen I can
re 4wnft;r^* Ucfl Cainfkiih ^ufitnJGods mere) r* greater then thy
" H is mercy uabmeillhisworkesffal. 14$* 9- able to fatisfie for all mens
in ; " s M ttl»tron«&m.2.tJX* mercy was great to Solomon , to ManaJJes,
Iter creat to all offenders s and whofoeuer thou art it may be fo to thee,
r ' r J Oiould God bid vs pray (as Auflin inferresp^r vsfrcm *tleviU %
the Sea though great,yet may be tneafu red 5 but Gods mercy cannot bee cir-
eumfcribed.Whatfoeuer thy finnes bee then in quantity or quality, muiti-
Part.3.Se&.4. Religious melancholy. Mernb.2. Sub£i
546 fore that c doubtsof the remiffion of his finnes jdenies Gods mercy , & doth
'ur£* inm T i™ ut jfi* l h A "$ m > Yea but thou replied, j am a notorious (inner, mine
Vt^Saifilt" ■ ounces are not fo great as infinite. Hcare FulgentiusJ Gods inuinciblegood-
de em miferi- nejfe cannot be over come by finnejois infinite mercy cannot be terminated by a*
^Bmkai mvt- n y^ e mu hitade of bit mercy is equivalent to kU magnitude. Heare SCbryfo*
Uhwnvi-nciw ftome/hy malice miy be meafuredbat Gods mercy cannot be defined \tby malice
bifimti miferi- is circumfcribed})ii mercies infinite. As a droppe of water is to the Sea fo arc
wr w novfim* ^ m jfd e eds to his mercy, nay there is n© fuch proportion to bee giuen^ for
« Hem. 3. Df
pemltntit:Tua
MMfaamtf* tude or magnitude,! eare them not 3 diftruft not.] fpeak nor this /aith ^chry-
bet, t>!s auteitt foflomejo make thee fecure and negligent , but to cheer e thee vp. Eye but thou
Imenfurlmloi vr geft againc. J hauc little comfort of this which is faid , it conccrnes mec
babet. Tun ma- not,inanispanitentia quam fequens culpa coinquinat,' lis to no parpole for me
ftoJuefT&e t0 rc P efU anc ^ co ^ 0C Wor ^ c tncn €UCr I did heforc,to perfeucr in finne , & to
Feiagm'etS returne to my lufts asadoggc to his vomit.or a Iwinc to the mire, 1 to what
mgwm men- e n d j s \i to aske forgiuenclTc of my fi«ncs,and yet day ly to finne againe and
^Ztm,&c >del againejto doe evill out ofanhabite. J dayly and homely ofTend in thought,
lUonvt 'dtf- word,anddeed 5 inai'clapfebymincowne weaknes and wilfulnes,am fainc
dares vos faa- from that 1 was,or would be«Avorfe & worfe.^W my latter end is wot fe the*
trims reddam. **y beginning: Si quotidiepeccas quotidie, laitn Cbryjojlome ^pamtentiAm age,
tpro peceatu If thou dayly orTend 3 daily repent 3 k if twice, thrice^ an hundrcth i an hundrcth
dmdt denwo tboufand times Jveice jhrice ,an httndrcth thou/and times repent. As they doe
utnn. by an old houfe that is out of repaire,ftil mend fome part or other,fo doe by
k sibiiMterfi thy foulejftillreformcfomevice^epaire it by repentance, call to him, for
tirillm'tltles S race & tnoB ft 13 ^ kaue it for we are freely m/lifiedby hu grace, Rom. 24^
f^nitentimnage thine enimie repent as our Saviour enioyned /Vf<?;,forgiue him 77 ti mes,&
tiorfb°iftimm w ^y ^ ou ^^ fc ^ ou thinke God will not forgiuc theefWhy flsould the cnor-
inbonum.quam mity of thy finnes trouble thee? God can doe it,he will doeir. Conferrethc
peccati nopa^ debt and the payment/7&r//? and Jdamfinnz and the cure of it, the difeafe &
pJt'potmis"" tnc mcdicine 5 conferrc the fickc man to the Phyfician , and thou fhak foonc
«d fdvandum,. perceaue that his power is infinitely beyond it. God is better able, as 1 Ber-
^'? d 1 mna ' i nard informeth vs,to helpe then finne to dee vs hurt , chrijl u better able^j to
npcritmmedi' fittefhen the dmellto dejlr&y. m If he be a skilfull Phyfitian, as Fulgchtitu ads 3
t us pottfl vmxes y e ctn CHre A ddifea (es/f merciful he will. Non est perfect a bomt.zs a qua nen
u»efi!^e£s omn ™ malitia vincitnrfivk goodneffe is not abfolute and perfect, if it be not
■ ttuit. ' abletooucrcomeallmallice. Submit thy fclfe vnto him, as S«^y?/»adui-
mdtTCl"* fe tn > n knweth befi what he doth, & be not fo much pleajed when he fu/Iaines
languor mpauf thee 3 as patient when he corrects thee Joe is omnipotent andean cure all difeafes
bit* ouuTiitjH when he fees bit ownetime.lic lookes doWnc from hcauen vpon earth , that
1ST Janm nc ma )' liearc themonr*titg ofprifoners >and del/uer the children of death y Pfal,
em ne rcpeffe, 10 2. t 9\2 .and though oar finnes be as redasfcarlet he can make them a* white
MmtqsMtut, ^ f m weJfiy*r.iS. Doubt not of this 5 or aske how it fhall be d©ne, hee is all-
ualTcmfo' fufficient that promifeth,^//>^*f rnundum deimmnndo , faith Chryfoflome^j,
■ vet jed toieres ne that made a faire world of naught , can doe this and much more for his
mam {em. p art?( j oc thou only belecue,truft in hirr^relye on him,be penitent and harte-
ly forryforthyfiuncs. Repentance is a Soueraigne remedy for all finnes, a
fpirituallwingtoercarcYSjacharmefor our mifcries , a proceeding Amu lei:
to
Part.$ ,Sc&.4, (ure 'of Veftaire, Mernb. i • Sub.*
tocxpcllfinncsveBomc^nattraftiueloadftoneto drawc Gods mercy and^ 547
graces vnto vs . Peccatum vulnus.p&nttentU medians 5 fin made the breach, cbi y[^ h
repentance mud hclpe it 3 howfocucr thine off ence cameby error,floath,ob-
ftinacyjignorancc^xz/iw perp*nitentiam,th\s is the fole meancs to be relic- p s fj
vcd. P hence comts our hope of fafety,by this alone finners are faucd a God is per yum feat*
provoked to mercy. This vnlojeth all that is hound, , enlightneth darkneffe^j y ten" fAonUa
mends that is broken % puts life to that which was defter ately dying. Makes no ^Xw*2«-
refpeft ofofTences.orofpcrfons. ITbit doth not repell aFornicator^reiecl a cat*r.ifakre.
drunftardfejift a proved fellow y turne away an idolater \but entertaiues all^com- j^^JJJj -
municates it felfe to all. Who pcrfecuted the Church more then Paul, often f^l Ton( u f a
ded more then Peter} and yet by repentance,faith chryfologus, they got both ivM#J4*>
Magifler'mm & miniver turn fanclitatisjhe magiftcry of holineiTe.The pro* Tp'r^jim.
digall fonnc went farre 3 but by repentance he camehome at laft. . r This alone 5. Nmfonkt-
wtl turne a woulfe into atyeepejnalzc a Publican a Preacher \ turne a thornc :rJo ^y^™^
an Oliue /nake a keboifyedfelow r^/tf««,ablafpheamerfmg//4^/«/4,makc entity ma fu-
Alexander the Copperfmith truely devout,make a Divcli a Saint/ And him perbm refeOt' s
that polluted his mouth with calumnityjying/wearing.and ad filthy tunes and
tones fo purge his throat with divine ?\almes. Repentance will effect prodi- aduUerumJtA
gious cures 5 make a ftupend mctamorphofis. An bauke came into the L^frke^j ™to f *1ml
and went out againe an hauke Lton came in went out a Lion , a Beare a Beare * mi}/ - lcat%
a Woulfe a mulf'Jbut if an H*wke come into thisftcrcd Temple of Repentance, r f jjWJjj|£
he wsllgce forth a P#«r,fatth 1 Ghryftfttmes Woulfe wiHgoe out a Sheepe, a Lion JgJ^W
a Lambe. u This giues fight ta the blind Jegges tt the hme^cures alldifeafesjon' quanAomquim-
ferres grace.expdls victjnferts vcrtu^omforts andfirtifes the Soule. Shall J ^*™» um
fay let thyfmnebewhaiit will, docbutrepent 5 itisfumcient. p urgare .
Tis true indeed and all fufficient this, they doeconfeffc ,if they could Re- « H ^ ff tt \
pcnr,but they are obdurate ,theyhauccautcrifedconfciences, theyarema ™J C JZ
rcDrobatefenfc they cannot thinkea good thought, they cannot hopefor fewr,***
grace,pray 5 belceue, repent, or be forry for their finnes , they flnde no griefe £
for finne in themfelues,but rather a deIight,no gronmg of (pint , but arc car- * 0mes la ,_
r :.j headlong to their owne deftruaion>*/>/*£ xcrath to themfelues again fl pm/oat fa-
de day ofwrathfom.z.s. Tis a grieuous cafe this I doe y eeld, and yet not to
he defoaired God of his bounty and mercy calls all to repentance, Rom. 2. 4* tiamcmttrtM
^hournaiftbecalledatla^reftored.ta^
Croffc atthelafthowre,as^r? Magdalene and many other tinners nauc oneptccatOYli>
Cene that were buried in finnc <7^,faith * Fulgent ius, is delighted mthe^ um^
cnnverfionofafinner]be(ets nottmejroltxttas temporu Deo nonprawdicat, depm J ?fo
L eravius peccat ^differing of time or grciuoufnclTe of finners doe not pre- r , fmi6m u .
«»tgr*™ j thinespaftandtocoracarc as one to him asprefent, tis bemurta^
indicate niseracc 5 vni»g>p*it*i«"* vw » Mv . * i ;n . m sr t \ tana quamfu*
r , ji,„,.,rr.eHerasv«nofienej»ppeare, thoumaift repent m good t sm-
/ t^.^Howfoeverasvet.Ifay.thouperceai.eft no fro.t, no feeling, - ^
c j ftln likelihood of it in thy felfe,patiently abide the Lords good leafure
^ tnmo ft faure u nrttt 'Dw i 4MftrTet,ftrcemii damn vt rtdtat&c.
tance,
Part.}. Se&4«
Religious Melancholy.
548
* Mat S.ii.
* Abemethy,
tenth fed Dti
mfvkordinaa-
WiXd.
Memb.2.Subf.j.
tzncc,Luk.f. f2,oi which number thou art one, he came to call thee , and in
his time willfurely call thee. And although as yet thou haft no inclination
to pray , to repent thy faith be cold and dead , and thou wholly averfe from
all divine fun&ions 3 yet it may reviue,as Trees are dead in winter but flourifh
in the fpring,thcfc vermes may lie hid in thee for the prcfent and hereafter
(hew themfclues, and peradventure already bud , howfoaicr thou doft not
pcrceaac it. Tis Satans polliey to plead againft ,ifuppreiTe and aggrauatc , to
conceale thofe fparkes of faith in thee* Thou doeft not belecue thou faift,
yet thou wouldft beleeuc ifthon coiildft/tis thy defire to belecue,ihen pray,
8 Lord helpe mine vnbeleefe^ hereafter thou fhakcertainely beleeue. b Da*
bitur fitientt^x (hall be giuen to him that thirtieth. Thou canft not yet re*
pcnt,hereafter thou fhalt \ bee of good cheere , a child is ra tionall in power
not in a<5t } andfo art thou penitent in affection, though not yet inaction.
'Tis thy defite to pleafe God,t® beheartcly forry; comfort thy felfe, no'timc
is overpaft,tis newer too late. A defire to repent is repentance it felfe, though
not in nature yet in Gods acceptance a willing minde is fufneient. Blejfed
arc they that hunger andthirfi after rightconfneffe^Mat.<; % 6. Hec that is defti-
tuteofGodsgracCjandwifhethforitfhall haue it. The Urd > faith David,
TfaLio.rjjppw heare the defire eftbeptorejehax is of fuch as arc in diftrcfle of
body and minde. Tis true thou canft as yet grieue for thy finne , thou haft no
feeling of faith J yeeld,yct canft thou grieue,thou doft not grieue ? Jt trcu-
bles thee I am fure thine heart fhould be fo impenitent &hard,thou wouldft
haue it otherwife.tis thy deGre to grieue to repent and bclceuc. 'Tis a good
figne of thy converfion,thy finnes are pardonabIc,th6u art,or fhak ftireiy be
reconciled. The Lor d is ne ere them tbat are of a contrite he*rt,Luk. 4. 18. c A
true defire of mercy in the want of mercy is mercy it felfe , a defire of grace
in the want of grace is grace it felfe,a conftant and earned defire to beleeue,
repcnt,arid to be reconciled to God,ifit be in a touched heart , is an accepta-
tion ofGod 5 areconciltation 5 faith and repentance it felfe. For it is not thy
faith and repentanee,as d chryfofiome truely tcacheth , that is available , bin
Gods mercy that is annexed to it,he accepts the will for the deed; fothatl
conclude^© feele in our felues the want of grace,and to bee gricucd for it is
grace it felfe, i am troubled with feare my finnes are notforgiuen, Carejeffe
obit&sjmt Bradford anfweres, they are for God hath giuen tbee^j a penitent
etndbeleeuing heart jhat is an heart which defireth to repent ank beleeue , for
fitch a sne is taken ofhm{he accepting the wiHfor the deed) for a truly penitent
and beleemng heart.
All this is true thou replyeft, but yet it concernes not thee, t'is verified in
ordinary orfenders,in common finnes, but thine arc of an higher ftraine, c.
uen againft the Holy Ghoft himfelfe, irremiffible finnes. Ihou art worfc
then a Paganjnfidelljew or Turke/or thou art an Apoftat and more, thou
haft voluutarily blafphemed,rcnounced God & all Religion, thou art u orfe
then ludas himfelfc,or they that crucified chrifi : for they did offend out of
ignorance, but thou haft thought in thine heart there was no God. Thou
haft giuen thy Soule to the Diuell, as Witches and Conjurers 6qc 7 exp//c/t}
and implicit}, by compa<St 5 band 5 and obligation (a defperate, a fearefull cafe J
to fatisfie thy luft, or to bee reucnged of thine encraics, thou diddeft neucr
prayjCome to Churck,heare 3 readc ; or doe any diuinc duties with any devo,
tion,
Part.$.Sc<fl 4. Cure of Vejpaire. Mcmlxi.Subi.j
tion,but for formality and fafhioas fake, 'twas troublcfome and painefull to 54?
thee,to doc any fuch thing/>r*r <rr *vw 3 againft thy will. Thou ncuec
madeft any Confcicnccoi 'lying,fwearing,bcaringfalfe witneffe, murder, a-
dulccry,bribery,oppreffion 5 theft,Jdolatry 3 but haft cucr done all duties for
fcarc of puni(hment, as they were moft advantageeus 3 and to thine owne
cuds.ln fteed of Faith,Fcare,and loue of Godjtepentancej&cblafphemous
thoughts haue bin cuer harbored in his mind,euen againft God himfelf,the
fclcflcd Triniry.-the Scriptures falfe.rudejharfh^immethodicall; Heauenjiell,
rcfurrc£lion 3 mcerc toy cs and fables-, Religton,policy ,an humane invention ^
to kcepe men in obedience, invented by Pricfts and Law-giuers to that pur-
pofe. jf there be any fuch fnprcme Power, he takes no notice of our doings,
heares not our praycrsjregardeth them not,will not,cannot hclpe,or els hec
is partiall,an execpter of perfons,author of finne,a cruell,a deftructiue God,
to create our foules,and deftinate them to etcrnall damnation, why doth he
not gouerne things better, protect good men, root out wicked liuers ? why
doth he fuffcr Turkes to ouercome Chriftians,his enemy to domineere ouer
his,fueh enormities to be committed.& fo many fuch bloody warres, mur-
ders,tnaffaercs,plagues,feral difeafes,why doth he not make vs al good,ab!e,
found,why makes he venomous crcatures,rockcs,(ands,deferts,this earth it
felfe the muck-hill of the world, a prifon, an houfe of ccrrc&ion, &C. with
many fuch horrible and execrable conccipts, not fit to be vttered; TcrribilU
de fide.horrtbilid As Divtnitttui They cannot fome of them, but thinke c-
uil ? they are compelled vole»tes,nolente$XG blafphcmc,efpecially when they
come to Church and pray,rcadc &c. fuch fbule and prodigious fuggeftions
come into their hearts.
Thefe are abominable, vnfpcakable offences, and moftoppofitc to God,
tent at rones fad* & imfU^zx in this cafe, fce or they that (hall be tempted &
affeacd,muft know, that no man lining is free from fuch thoughts in part,
or at fome times, the moft diuine fpirits haue bin fo tempted in fome fort,
cuillcufto!ne,omiffionofholyexercifes,ill company, jdlenefte, Solitaries,
Melancholy, our depraued nature , and the Diucll is ftiil ready tocorrupr,
troubicanddiucrtourSoulcs, tofuggeft fuch blafphcmous thoughts into
our phantafies,vngodly,prophane,monftrous,and wicked concsipts,If they
come from Satan,thcy are more fpecdy,fearefull and violence parties can
not avoide them; they are more frequent, I fay, andrnonftrous when they
come; for the Diuel he is a fpirit,and hath meanes & opportunity to mingle
himfelfe with our foirits,& fomctimcs more flily,fometimes more abruptly
and openly .to fuggeft fuch diuelifti thoughts into our hearts, he mfults and
dominecres in melancholy diftempcrcd phantafies and perfons, cfpcciallys
Melancholy is bdneum d/abolt, as Seraph holdcs, the diuels bath,and invites
him to come to it. As a fick man fretccs,raues in his fits, fpcakes and doth he
knowes not what,thc Diuell violently compels fuch crazed Soulcs,to think
fuch damned thoughts,againft their wils.they cannot but doc 11 ^ometimcs
more continuate,or by fits, he takes his advantage, as the fubiea is lcfTe able
to refill he agcrrauatcs, cxtenuatcs 3 affirmcs,<Jcnics,damne$, confounds the
foirits troubles heart>raine i humors > organ$,fcnfes, and wholly dominecres
in their I imaginations. Jf they proceed from thcmfelues fuch thoughts, they
arc rcmifle ft naoderate,noif<> violent and monftrous,not fo fieqnent. The
Cccc L>iucll
Part.j r Scft.4. %e\igious melancholy. Mcmb.2 6'ubt?
550 Diuell commonly fuggefts things oppofite to Nature, oppofite to God and
his Word,impious,abfurd, fuch as a man would ncucr of himfclfe, or could
not concciuCjthcy ftrike terror and horror into the parties own hearts. For
if he or they be asked whetherthey doc approue of fuch like thoughts,or no,
they anfvverc ( and their ownc Soules truly dictate as much J they abhorrc
them as Hell and the Diuell himfclfe, they would faine thinkeotherwifeif
they could 3 hec hath thought otherwife, and with all his Soule defiresfo to
thinkc againe,he doth refiit, and hath fome good motions intermixt now &
then: So that fuch blafphemous^irnpious, vncleane thoughts, are not his
own,but the Diuels, they proceed not from him, but from a crazed phanta-
cper&U' fie,diftcmperedhumors,black fumes which offend his brain, c theyarcthy
crotTes,the diuels finnes,and he (hall anfwere for them, he doth enforce thee
to doe that which thoudoeft abhorre , anddiddeft neuergiuc confcnt to:
And although he hath fometimes fo (lily fet vpon thee, and fo farre preuai-
led,as to make thee in fome fort to aftent to fuch wicked thoughts, yet they
haue not proceeded from a confirmed will in thee, but are of that nature
which thou doeft afterwards reiect and abhorre.Thcrefore be not ouermuch
troubled and difmaide with fuch kind of fuggeftions, at leaft if they pleafc
thee not,becaufe they arc not thy perfonall finnes , for which thou fhalt in-
curre the wrath of God ; or his difpleafure,contemne, ncglecl them Jet them
goe as they come,ftriue not too violently,or trouble thv fclfc too much,buc
as our Sauiour faid to Satan in like cafe,fay thou ^voide Sat^n,! dcteft thee
and thcm.Satana ejl mala ingerere (faith S.Aufiin) noflrum non conf entire^
Satan labours to fuggeft,fo muft we ftriue not to giue ccnfent 3 and it will be
fufhcient,the more anxious and follicitous thou arr,the more perplexcd,the
more thou Chalt otherwife bee troubled, and intangled. Ik-fides they muft
know this,all fo molefted and diftempered, that although thefc be moft exe-
crable and greiuous finnes,they are pardonable yct,through Gods mercy &
goodnes they may be forgiuen,if they be penitent and forry for them. Paul
himfclfe confciTcth,K<wz.7./£. hee did not thegoodhe would doe, but the eutll
which he would not doe ^t is not lj?ut ftnne that dweSeth in meel Xis not thou ,
but Satans fuggcftions 3 his craft &: fubtilty,his malice-comfort thy felf then,
if thou be penitent and greiued, or defiroustobeefo, thefe hainous finnes
fhall not be laid to thy charge,Gods mercy is aboue all finnes,'which if thou
tfewTSttl doe not finally contemne, withoutdoubt thou (halt be faucd. f 2{o man
ftiritum fafit, finne s again fi the holy Ghojl, hut he that wilfully and finally r enounce th Chrifi^
nifi qui fimlur An fc contemneth him and his word to the la ft. without which there is no fatuati*
rtmnciat cbri- on^fromwhtchgrieuompnne^Godoj nts infinite mercy deliuervs* Take hold
fa tumq, &e- of this to thy comforr,& meditate withall on Gods word,labour to pray 5 to
mmUomem^" rc P cnt J t0 be renewed in mmAJcecpe thine heart with all diligence, Prov. 4. IS
mt, fine quo ml- refift the Diuell,and he will fly from thce 9 pray continually^ as Paul inioynes
tcuAtm an< ^ aS Dau ^did,Pfal t i.mfdit*te on his Law day and night .
wmmLTie- Yea but this meditation is that marres all,and mifconceiued 3 makes many
ft* cbripii. men farre worfe,mifconceiuing all they read,to their owne ouerthrow, the
dmert ' more they fcarch and read Scriptures, or diuine Trcatifcs , the more they
pufllc themfelues,as a bird in a net, the more they arc intangled and precipi-
tated into this prepofterous gulfe. Many are called, few are chofen y Mat.20.
withfuchlikc places of Scripture raifiotcrpretcd ftrikcthem
with
■ — p— *~ Him — ii _ . . ■ i — — - - ' -
Part j.Stft.^ Cure of Vc/paire. Memb.a«Subf}
with horror, they doubt prcfently whether they bee of this number or no, 5 5 l
Gods cternall decree of ptcdeftination 3 abfolutc reprobation,and fuch fatal!
tables they forme to their own ruinc,and impinge vpon this rock ofdefpair
How fhall they be allured of their faluation } by what fignes ? Who knowes
faith Solomon, whether he be ira^odio &namore digrHu, whether he be cleft.
This grindes their Soules. how fhall they difcerne they arc not Reprobates ?
But] fayagaiu,how fhall they dilcetne they aic?From thcdiucllcan be no
certainty, for he is a ly ar from the beginning, if he fuggeft any fuch thing.as
too frequently he doth,reie& him asadeceiuer, an enemy of humane kinde,
difpute not with him , giue no creditc to him, ©bftinately refufchim,asthc
Collier did. For when the Diuell tempted him with the weaknefle of his
i aith.and told him he could not be faued , as being ignorant in the principles
of Religion, and vrgedhimmoreoucrto know whathebclieued, whathec
thought of fuch and fuch points and myftcries,tbc Collier told him, he be-
lieued as the Church did; but what,faid the Diuell againe,dorh the Church
beleeue? as I doc 5 faid the Collier; and what's that thou bcleeueft / a? the
Chinch doih.&c.when the Diuell could get no other anf\ver,hc left him. If
Satan fummon thec to anfwer,fcrid him to (Thrift, he is thy liberty ,thy p:o«
te&or againft cruell death 5 raging finnc, that roaring Lion, he is thy righte-
©ufries .thy Sauiour 5 and thy l»fe. Though he fay.thou art not of the number
of the electa reprobatejbrfaken of God,hold thine own (till, ftay thy fclfc in
that certainty offairh; let that be thy comfort, Chrift vtillprotcclthee^in-
dicate ihee.thoti a rt one of his flock,hc will triumph ouer thcLaw,vanquitli
deathjouercome the Diuell,and deftroy hell. If he fay, thou art none of the
Hlecl-mobelccuer^eiefihimjdefyhim, thou haft thought otherwile, and
maift fo be refolued againj comfort thy fclfe, this pctfwafion cannot come
< from the Diuell, & much lefTe cannot ft be gtounded from thy fclfc, men
arclvers,andwhy fhouldeft thou diftruft ? A denying Peter, apcrfecuting
P*«/,an adulterous cruell D<i»/W,hauc bin receiucd,an Apoftat Solomon may
be converted, no fin at all but impenitency, can giue tcftimony of finall re-
probation.Why fhouldeft thou then diftruft,mifdoubt thy felfe,vpon what
ground, what fufpition? this opinion alone of particularity? Againft that,5c
lor the certainty of Ele&ion and faluation on the other fidc,fec Gods good
will toward men,heare how generally his grace ispropofed to him & him,
& them each man in particular , and to 2lL1.Ttm.2~4.G0d will that all men be
(aued^ndcome to the knowledge of the truth. 'lis an vniucrfall promife,cW
Cent uot his Sonne into the world to condemne the world \ but that through him
t heworldmhhtbe{auedJohn;.i 7 . He then that acknowledge* himfclfe a
man in the world ,vnuft likewife acknowledge he is of that number that *s to
be faued Ez,ek. 3 3. 11. 1 wilt not the death of & [inner, but that herepent& hue:
butthouartafinncr, therefore he will not tby death. This if the wiH of him
that tent met, that euery man that beleeueth in the Sonne , fbould hane euerla*
ftm* life John 6.40 t hewouldhauenomanperifbM^ ^^metorepentance^>^.
Pet 1.0 bcfides.the remiflionof finnes is to be»preached, not to a few, but v-
niverkily to all mtri.Goe therefore and teach at Nations, baptizing them, &c.
Mat 2S 19. goe into aRthe world, and preach the Gotfcll to euery creatury^
Marke 16.1 f-Now there cannot be contradictory wills in God,he wil haua
aH fawcd,aod not all,how can this ftand together ; be fecure then , bdecuc,
ccc a tru»>
Part.3.Se&.4- : %eitgtM melanchoty* Mcmb.2.Subf.^
552 truft in him,hope well,and be faued. Yea that's the main matter, how fhall J
belecuc or difcerne my fecurity from carnall prefumptton, my faith is weak
i Abtrmtby, an( j f a j n t J want thofe fignes & fruitcs of fandtification , 6 furrow for fmne,
shirking for grace,groanings of thelpirir, louc of Chriftians as Chriftianr,
auoidingoccafion of flnne, endeauour of Hew obedience, charity, loucof
God,per(cucrance. Though thefe fignes be languifhir*g in thetf,and not fea-
red in thine Heart, thou i»uft not therefore be dejected or terrified , the ef-
fects of the faith and fpirit arc not yet fo fully felt in thee 3 conclude noc
therefore jthou art a Reprobate, or doubt of thine Election, becaufc ihe ri-
led* themfehves are without them, before their Converfion. Thou maift iri
the Lords good time be Converted, fomc are called at the uhoure : vfe,J
fay,thfc meafies of thy toiiuerfion,cxpect the Lords leifure,if not yet called,
pray thou maift bc,or at leaft Willi and defire thou rnaift be.
Notwithftanding all this which may be (aid to this effect, to eafe theiraf.
flicted mindes, what comfort our beftDiuines can afford in this cafe, Zan-
ehius y Beza &c. This furious curiofity,needlefle fpeculation, fruitlcflc medi*
js Sccwholc tation about Ele£tion,reprobation 5 free-will,gracc,fuch places ofScripture
boob of their prepofteroufly conceiued,torment ftill,and crucify the Seule^oftoo many,
arguments. j Q 2 \ioid which inconveniences, and to fettle their diftrefled Soules 3 to mi-
tditA6x6. * tigate thofe diuine Aphorifmes (though in another extrcamc)our late ^dr-
k Lib 3.Mi2i minium haue reuiued that plaufibie doctrine ofvniuerfall grace^vhich h ma- •
^Z^v'tU, '' ny Fathers, our hn Lutherans and modcrne Papifts doeftillmainetaine.
maligna, &ap~ that we haue free-will of our felues,& that Grace is common to all that will
u ad impBen- belceue.Some again though lefle orihodoxall, will haue n farre greater part
Jefpuimem. faued, then (hall bee damned ( as » Calms Secundus ftilfly maintaines in his
J v'oimw efi book de amplitudine regni cxleflispi fome Impoftor vnder his Hame J beato-
Veodtaboixit & yum mmt7m mu ./t%. wafer damnatormn. k He cals that other Tenent of fpeci-
&i«mtiiiiudi- SiliElec7/on and Reprobation ,apre/ua/cate f envious and malicious opinion, apt
xebommmft!* t draw all men to defter at ion. Many Are calk •d \fevo chofen^&c* Heoppoleth
KHmiZ'* qui many oppofite parts ofScripture to it, Chrifl came into the world to faue fin-
'm» fttbvenit »ers 3 ejrc. arfld foure efpeciall Arguments he produceth , one from Gods
t!e"e%nfiu- P owcr -^ morc ^ e damned then fa tied, he erronioufty concludes, r thediucll
fceiere agttari hath the greater Soueraignty,for whatis power but to protect? and Maielty
xonpotefrvtpo - confifts in multitude. If the Viuell haue the greater fart, where is his mercy f
%TtTceV > torii wfcre & his power} He procecdes^' accompt him a murderer that is acceffa-
tutura comma- ryonclyff doth not helpewhenhi ican y which may not he fuppofed of God with,
•Dew B quZei9 6Ut £ reAt offince } heca$tfe he may doe what he will, and is otherwife accejfary } and
wiferlcordtt pi- the author of ](inne,The Nature of good is to bee communicated \Godti good y and
iandi n9t *^ en contracled in hisgoodneffefor how id he the Father of mercy and
$Usqm nsn and comfort 7 if "this good concerne but a few . O envious andvnthankfuilmen to
nudiuntobigw- tbinke otberwifcj. At laft he comes to that he will baue thofe faucd tl ar ne-
rantim.Non ejl uer j Q c Q{ beleeued inChritl/Ar^r« ttatur-MtatJind proues it out of
4ex Deta, nt Of/£*#, and others.TO/ ( laith n Ongen)that neuer heard Gods w»rd,are to bee
qutnqxam mdi- excufed for their tgnoranceyoee may not thinke God wilibeefo vnmfl'as to con-
welfiutifi fomneanyman'tndiBacaufd. They alone (he holds) are in the (late of dam-
ltmda>nnxntm\ nation,that rcfufe Chrifts mercy and grace, when it is offered.Many worthy
J^gmim^i. Greekes ^ Romancs > g°pd morall honcft men,that kept the Law of Nanre 5
wmt' m Wl ' did to others as they would be done to thcmfelucs, are certainely fauetf.he
con-
— , ^
Part.? ,Se&,4. (urt ofVeftaire. Memb. i . Sab.j,
concludes 5 as they were that liued vprightly before the Law otMcfrs. They 55^
were acceptable in Gods ilght,as lob was,the Magi^ht Queen oishebafia.
rim king o{PerfiaJ>ocrates^Ariflidcs£At9£urtu4^T ully, Seneca & many other
Philofophers,vpright liuers,no matter ©fwhat Religion, as Cornelius ,out of
any Nation,fo that hecliuehoneftly, call on God, truftin him, feare him
he fhall be faued. This opinion was formerly maintained by the Valentintan
and^/z^^heretickSirevivcdoflatein °T»r£/>,of which feet RttflanBxf- \
fa was patron, defended by P Galeatitu Martivs , andfauored by 9 Erafvux, ^fiaow.iJikx
His conclufion is,that not only wicked Iiuers 3 Blafphcamers, Reprobates,& 1 cicm.Akxav.
fuch as rciect Gods grace,te that the very dwells thrMeUes fhali be faued at Iff'^* 'JJJjJ*
lafi^s r Origen longiincedeliuered in his works. But thcfeublurd paradoxes « Nsn hemmes
are exploded bv our Church, we teach otherwifr. That this vocation,prede. fi*&fy 4'"
ftination, election, wasirom thcbeginmng, bdoretr.c foundation ot the dffermidK
world was laid,we hold perfeuerantiam fanttorumyvt ttfiifl be certaine cfour
falvatiotijWe may fall but not finally , which owtArminizns will not admit.
According to his immutablc,eiernall 5 iuft decree ar.jccunfcl offauing men
and Angells,God palls all,and would haue all to bee faurd according 10 the
efficacy ofh is vocation all arc invited,but only the elect apprehend, t hey reft
that are vnbeleeuing, impenitent, whom God in his hi ft ludger.^nt Icaues
to be punifhed for their fmnes,are in areprobate fenfe; yet wee rauft notde-
terrnine who are fuch } eondcmne out felucs ororhers ,bcc3iife wee haue an
vniverfall invitational are commanded to belccuc , and we knowe not how
foone or late before our end we may be receaued.
But to my former taske.The laft mcane torture atid trouble of a din 1 reiTcd
minde 5 is not fo much this doubt of Election, & that the promifes of grace
are fmothered and extinct in them , nay quite blotrcd out as they fuppofe,
but withall Gods heavy wrath,a moft intollerable paine and griefe of heart
feafeth on them 3 to their thinking t £hcy are already damned, they fuftcrthe
paioes of hell.aed more then pcflibly can be exprelMthcy fmell brhiftone,
talke familiarly with divells, heare ihd fee Cbimeraes prodigious vncouth
fta P es,Beares,Owles 3 Antickes, blackedoggcs, kinds, hideousoutcnes (
fc.arefuilnoyfes 5 fhreekes,lamentablccomplamts , they are poflelTedf and {iim} ^
t hroimh impatience they roare and howle^urfe^lafpheame.deny God 5 call fenf* »*
his ITZ I qucrtion/abiure religion , afcdare ft.U ready to oftrvio.-W
kncevntothemfelucs^yhanging, drowmng.&e. Never anymilerable „. tm ^
wretchfromthebeginningoftheworldwasm^
oerfons I oppofe Gods mercv and his judgements fecretcounfcll & iuft
indaement, by which he fpares fome , and fore affife others aga.nc m this
ft his judgement is to beadoKd.ire.Wed at not to be farched or encpa,.
red after by mortall men , hee hathreafons referued to h.mfelfe which out
^ItycanLtapprehend.HemaypuniftaiU
n athedothitinfomeis to'makeway forh.s mercy that they repent*
£ faued to beale thcm,to try them.cxercife their patience , andmake them
«1 vponhim.toconfeffetheirfinnesandprayvntohim.asCWdid^fal.
«a 7U gitbtem "tthu O Urii»di«n*n thy iuigtmMt , as the poore
^McanA/f^^
filnce "nd haue anaflured hopeinhim,as/^ had ,j.t 5 .r%W<(M»o
Part* }.Sc£t4. 9(e Itgim Milancholy. Mcmb 2. Sub (.4
554 plaguc,is an evident figne of Gods mercy and iuftice , of his lout and goo 6-
neftc: per if jfent nifiperijf[e*t)M& they not thus bcene vndonc,thcy had final*
lybecne vndonc. Many a carnall man is lulled alflcepe in pcrvcrfe fecurity,
foolifh prefumption 3 is ftupified in his firme,& hath no feeling at all ol them
Jhaue finnedfht faith^»^ what evii^aH come vnto me ? Ecclus,5 .4. and tufh
bow jhaMGodknoweitf and fo in a reprobate fenfe goes downc to hell Buc
beere Cjnthius aurem veHitfioi pulls them by the eare,by af fli&ion he wil
bring'rhem toheaucn&happincsj Buffed are they that moume, for they flja/l
btcomforted,Mat.$.4^ blefled and an happy ftatc 3 ifconfidcred aright, it is 5 to
be fo troubled. It isgoodfor me that lhauebeene af flitted ffal.i 19. T ribalati-
§» xeorkes patience patience hopefom.f.j and by fuch like crofles and calami-
tiesjwe are drouen from the ftakc of fecurity. So that affliction is a Schoole
of Academy , wherein the beft Schollers arc prepared to the Commence-
ments ofthe deity. And though it be mod troublefome and grieuous for
the time ; yct knowe this,it comes by Gods permitfion and prouidenec , he is
a fpc&ator of thy groncs and tearcs,ftill prefent with thee ? hee will not fuf.
fcr thee to be tempted abouemeafure, the Lord will not quench thefrnoa-
king flaxc,er breakc the bruifed reed 5 but as a mother doth handle her child
fickc and weake,not reiecl: it , but with all tendcrneiTe obferuc and helpe it,
fo doth God by vs,not for fake vs in our miferics,or relinquifh vs fcr oiir im-
perfec^ionSjbut with all pitty and compaflion fnpport and rceeaue vs , who
he loucs he loucs to the cnd i R*m.S.tvbom he hath eleclcd , thofc he hath called,
infifiedjjanclifiek , an& glorified Thinke not then thou haft loft the fpirir,
that thou art forfakenofGod 5 bc not overcome with heauineffcofheart^but
is David CsLid^w/Snotfeare though Iwalke in the fjjaddovoes of death, Wee
muft all goe by hell to Hcaven,as the old Romans put vermes Temple in the
way to that of Honour^ wee maftendutc forrow and mifcry in this life/ Tis
no new thing this, Godsbcft feruants and deareft children hauebeenefo
vifitcd and tried. Chrift in the garden cried out jay Cod my God why ha/l thou
forfaken me,hit fonnc by nature as thmi art by adoption and grace,/^ in his
anguifhes folAfhe arrows of the almighty God were in hi?n t Iob.6.4.his terrors
fought againfi him,the venom dranke vp bis Jpiritjap ; j^tf.hcc faith God was
km enimy jevrit bitter things agaisft him( 1 6 .p.) hatedhim. His heavy wrath
had fo leized on his foulc. £?*iwWcomplamcthj his eyes were eaten vp , funke
into bit head^Pfal.C.jJhis moijlun became as the drouth in fummer^hii flejh wac
eon fumed \ his bones vexed : yet ncthe r lob nor Dauid did finally defpaire- Job
Would not leaue his hold,but ftill truft in htm , acknowledge him to bee his
good God. The Lordgiuesjhe Lord takes \blejfed be the name of the Lor^ Icb
j.2j .behold Jam vile, I abhor re myfelfe y repent in dufl and afbesjob.j p.j 7s Da-
wWhumbled him(clfe,^/4/.i/.&vponhisconfch1onreccauedmercy.Faith,
hopc,repentancc,arc the Sovcraignc cures and remedies , the fole com forts
in this cafe confcfle,humble thy felfc, repent, it is fufficierir, Quod purpura
nonpote fifteens potejl , faith ChryfoJJome 5 the king of Niniues fackcloaih and
afhes did that,which his purple robes and Crowne could not cfTeft, Quod
Viadema mn potuiteinisperfecit, Turnc to him hec will turnc to thee , the
Lord is necrc thofc that arc of a contrite heartland will fauc fuch as be affli-
€tcd in fpirit 8Me came to the lofi fheepe oflfrael^Mat.j$. 14. Si cx&tn .
Urn ittHCtnrfUmcNtU mtrsm proUndit^ is at all times ready to aflift . NH .
Part.j.Sc a.^ Cure of Dejpayre Mcrnb.^ .Sub£g
quam Jjtermt Dem p*nitentiam,fi fincere &fimf licit er offeraturfe ncuer rc» 555
lefts a penitent Tinner, though he haue come to the full height of iniquity,
wallowed and delighted in finne, yet if he will forfake his former waies, libe-
ter ample xaturhz will receaue him. Par cam huic homtni , faith * Auftin 3 ex
ferfona Bet yuta flbt ipft non pepercit,ignofcam quia fee cat urn agnovit , J will rmvertlradb-
fpare him becaufc he hath not fpared himfelfe , ] will pardon him, becaufe bmndm em
he doth acknowledge his offence; let it bee ncuer fo enormous a finne,/b* v u tonver f M
graceis (nfftctent } 2.Cor.i2.<>. Defpaire not th en, faint not at all,bee not dcie- fjmpwS.
tfcd,but relye on God 5 call on him in thy trouble, and he will heare thee,the
will a{Tift,helpc,aud deliuer thee, Drarveneere to him hee willdratve neere^> to
thee James ,4.8. Lazar its was poore and full of boy les 3 and yet ftill hee relied
vpon God: Abraham did hopebeyond hope.
1 hou exccpteft,thefe were chiefc men,divine fpirits, Deo chart, beloued
ofGod,cfpecially rcfpe&ed,but J am a contemptible and forlorne wretch,
forftken of God, and left to the mercilcflefury of evill fpirits. I cannot hope
pray,repent,&c. How often fhall J fay it, Thou maift pcrforme all thefe du-
tics a Chriftian offices ,and be rcftored in good time. A ficke man loofeth his
appetite,ftrength and ability, his difeafe prevaileth fo farre , that all his facul-
ties arc fpent.hand and foot performc not their duties , his eyes are diramc,
hearing dui, tongue diftaftsl things of pleafant relifh.yet nature lies hid/eco-
vercth againe, and expelleth all thofe faeculent matters by vomit, fwcat,or
fbme fueh li'<e evacuations. Thou art fpiritually ficke , thine heart is heavy,
thy minde diftrcfledjthou maift happily recover againe, expell thofe difraal
pafTions of fcare and gi icie , God will not fuffer thee to bee tempted abouc
mcafure,whom he louesfj fay) hclouestothcend. Hope the beft. David
in his mifcry prayed to the Lord , remembring how hee had formerly dealt
With him,and with that meditation of Gods mercy confirmed his faith , and
pacified his ownc tumultuous heart in his greateft agony. O my fouler vehy
art thou jo dijquietedvotthin me} &c.l hy foulc is Eclipfed for a timej yccld,
as the Sunne is fhadowed by a clowd 3 no doubt but thofc gratious beames
of Gods mercy will (Tune vpon thee againe, as they haue formerly done,
thofe embers of Faith,Hope & Repcntancc,now buried in afhes , will flame
outafrefh,and be fully revived. Want of faith , no feeling of grace for the
prefcnt.are not fit dirc£ions,we muft Hue by faith, not by ieelin g/tis the be-
ginning of grace to wifh for grace; we muftexpea and tarry. David a man
after Gods ownc heart ,prayed long before he was hw&fxpecJans expecla-
W/,endured much before he wasreleeued, Pfalm.69. /.hecomplaines,/^
weary of crying j*l throat u dryjntne eyes failejvhilfl I watt on the Lord 3 and
vethcperfeuers.Benotdidnai'djthouOialtbe refpeftedat laft. God often
vvorkes by contrarieties,hc firft kills and then makes aliue , he woundcth firft
and then healcth,hc makes man fowe in teares,that hee may rcape in ioy , 'tis
Godsmethod:hethatisfovifified 3 muftwithpatiencccndurcand reft fatft
ficdfortheprefent.ThepafcallLambewaseatenwithfowre hearbes, wee
(h ill fcele no fweetnefle of his blood,til wc firft feele the fmart of our finnes.
Thypainesaregrcat,intolcrablefor the time, thou art dcllitute of grace &
comfort.ftay the Lords leafure,hc will not(J fay; fuffer thee to be tempted
aboue that thou art able to beare,/.Or. / o.rjbut will giuc an iflue to temp-
tation HeworkesallforthcbcfttothemthatloucGod,^w.^^ Doubt
not
Parc.3.Se&.4- Religious melancholy. Memb.2.Sub£j,
5 5 6 not of thine Elect ion 3 is an immutable decreets niarke never to bee defaced,
you haue bcenc othcrwife,you naay and ftiall be. And for your prefent affli-
ction,hope thebeftjt will fhortly end./fr is prefent with hisfervants in their
affli6lion y Pftl.p great are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord deliue-
reth them out of alljPfal.34.1p.Our light affticlion is hut for a moment , veorketh
in vs an etcrtiall vo tight oj glory \ 2. Cor. 4. ij. Not anf werable to that glories
which is to cdrne ^though novo in heavineffefiith Peter, j. 1.6, you jhallreioyce.
Now laft of all to thofe externall impediments , terrible objects , which
they heare and fee many times Diuells and M ormeluches , noyfomc fraclls,
Part.i. gr c> jhefc raa y c omc,as I haue formerly declared in my prefent .difcourfeof
the Symptornes of Mclancholy,from inward caufes , as a concaue glafle re-
flects fohd bodies ,a troubled braine for want of flecp,nutriment, and by f ea-
fonoftbatagitationoffpirits to which Hercules de Saxonia attributes all
Sympromesalmoft.may reflect and fhew<prodigious fhapes, asourvaine
feare and crafed phantafie ihall fuggeft and faigne , as many filly wcake wo-
men and children in the darke 3 ficke folkcs for want of rcpaft and fleepe, fup.
pofc they fee that they fee not ; Many times fuch terriculaments may pro-
ceed from naturallcaufcs 3 and all our fen fes may be deluded. Befides, as I
haue faidjthis humour is Balneum Diaboli, the Divells bath,by reafon of the
diftcmper of humours 3 and infirme organs in vs 3 hee may fo poffefTe vs as in.
wardly to molcftvs , as hedid&ia/ and others, by Godspermillion, hee is
Prince oftheayre,and can transformehimfelfcinto feuerall fhapes, delnde
all our fenfes for a timc.but his power is determined, hee may terrific vs but
not hurt,God hath giucn hisAngells charge ouer vsjhe is a tv all round about his
people, Pfal.flr.u.ir. There be thofe that prefcnbcphyhckc in fuch cafes,
tis Gods inftrumcnt,and not vnfit. TheDivcllworkes by mediation of hu-
raours 3 and mixt difeafes muft haue mixt remedies. Levinus Lemniutfap. $ 7 .
& sS,exhort.adv/t.epJnfiit. is very copious in this fubiectjscfide that chief e
remedy of confidence in God,prayer,&c. and that Ghriftian armour which
Paul prefer ibes,he fcts downe certainc Amulets,hcarbs,and pretious ftones,
which haue marvelous vcrtucs all profligandis eUmonibus, to driuc away Di-
Yells and their illtifions. Saphyres,Chryfolites, Garbunkles, &c. Qujt mira
virtute poffent ad Lemur es } Stryge$ 3 /ncabos jQenios a'erios arcendos^fi -veter urn-
monument is habenda, fides. Ofherbes 3 he reckons vp E>ennirial,Rue, Angelica,
which righly vfed by their {ufiimsyD<zmenum vexatiombus obfiftunt, affliBas
mentes a dtmontbm relevant t & venenatis fumis ,which expel! Divells them«
felues 3 andalldiuelifh illufions, fecmorein him. Cardan would haue the
party affected winke altogether in fuch a cafe , if he fee ought that offends
him,or cut the ayre with a fword in fuch places they walkc and abide,fhoot
a piftoli at them,far»being aeriall bodies/' as many hold )\{ ftroken,thcy fcele
paine.Papifts commonly inioyne and apply crofTes, holy water, fanctified
^ j e r unt beads, AmuletSjCounterfcitreliqucSjfo many MafTes , peregrinations, ob-
mjlri xtate fa- lations,adinrations,and what not ? Thyreus and Hieronymm Mengtss^ with
triftcuiirfm m- many other Pontifieiall writers, prefenbe and fct downe 'feuerall formes of
u£$editl exorcifmes 3 afwelr to houfes poffefled by diucls,* as to daemoriiacall perfons;
ufammt mifi but J am of f Lemnim mind,t 'is but damnofa adiuratio y aut pot i us ludificatio.
^m&fthtCt amccrc mockage,a counterfeit charme,to no purpofc. Jfany man,faith hc^
fytiktiu!'' will attempt fuch ithingjWithoutjall thofe juggling circuuiftanccs, Aftro-
logical
Parc^.Scd,^. Cure of.Vefyaire Mcmb^.Subf. 2.
, "
logicall Elecuons,of timc,place,prodigious hibics/uftian^big, fefquipedal 5 57
words,rpclls,crofiCs } charadcrs } which ExorcilH ordinarily vie, let him lol-
low ihe example of Peter and that without-any ambitions fwelling
teavmesjcurcd a lame man 3 ^dfts^Jnthe name ofchnfllefxs nfeandyvalke.
His name alone is the beft and only charmeagainft all fuch diabolicall iliu-
Honsjto call oh him, hope i pray, trui\ rclye on him, to commit our fclucs
wholytohim.
I Lalt of all. Jf the party afte&cd fhall certaincly knowe this maladie to
haue proceeded from too much fafting,meditation,prccife life," contempla-
tion of Gods iudgements(for the Diuell deceaues many by fuch mcancs J in
that other extream he circumvents melancholy it felfe,reading fqmc books,
Treatifcs,hearing rigid preach£r«,&c.!f he (hall perccaue that it hajji begun
firft from lb me great l<*iTe , grieuous accident, difaller, feeing others in like
cafe 5 or any fjeh terrible obiedt Jet him fpecdely remoue the caufc,which to
the cure of this dileafe^sygufctrriw fo much c6mmQf\ds y avertat cogitztionem Tem '*£* f ' x7 ''
are feruputepi, by a!l eppohte mcanes,art, and irxjuitry, lethimdire&his
thoughtSjbyhiaiielfe and other of his friends. Let him read no more fuch
Traclsor fubiecl:s 5 heare no more fuch fearefull tones, avoid jiich compa-
nies, and by ill meanes open himfelfe, fubmit himfclfc to the advife of good
Phyfitians,& Divincs 5 which \%ccntrAuentio fcrufnlornm , as he calls it, hcare ^warna.
them fpeake to whom the Lord hath giucn the Tongue ofthelearned,to be
able to mimftcr a word to him that is weary, whofe wordes are as flaggon*
ofwinc. Let him not be obftinatc Jicad-ftroug.pccuifh, wilfull/elfe-concei-
tecf as in this malady they arcjbut giue care to good advicc,bc ruled, & per*
fwadcd- v & no doubt but fuch good counfell may prouc as good to his foule
as the Anf ell was to Peter , that opened the iron gates , loofed his bands,
brought him out of prifon>and deliuercd him from bodily thraldome ; they
may cafe his afflicted mindc,relieue his wounded foule, and take him out of
the iawes of Hell it fclfe. I can fay no more , or giue better aduife to fuch as
are any way diftrefled in this kindc , then what I haue giucn and faid. Oncly
take this for a Corollary and conclufion 5 as thou tqnderefl thine own good,
in this, and all other mcnancholy , thy good health ofbody and raindc, ob-
feme this foort prccept,giue not way to folicarincfle and idkoefTe. Bo net
done £e not ill'.
Spbxatb Misbri,
Cavetb F*iicbs»
Visadubioliberari, vis quod inccrtum eft evadere ? Age pasoitentianQ
dum fanus es.fic agcns,dico tibi quod fecurus cs, quod pxnicentiam egiftf,
co tempore quo peccarc potuifti. uAM
FINIS.
Dddd
J be Tabk,
ABfence a cure of loue melanch. 444
Abfc.cc ouerlog caufe of iclofy. 464
Acadenucorum Erratd, I 24
AducrfitywHy better then profperity.277
£quiuocatiom of melancholy. 1 o
otlcaloufie. 462
^Emulation, hatred, faction , defire of re-
venge,caufes of mel.91. their cures.284
Afft&ions whence they arifc. 13. how they
transformers. 5. of fleecing and wa-
king. 22
Affe&ion in melancholy what. 3 o
Againft abules jepu]fc,iniuries , contume-
ly ,difgraces,fcofres. 286
Again!* enuy,Uuor,hatred, malice. -284
Againftforrowe , vaincfeares, death of
friends. 284
Aire how it caufeth melancholy 70. how
rectified it cuieth melancholy. 208. aire
inloue. 371
Aieriall Diuells. 41
All arc melancholy. 3 1
AH beautiful! parts attra&iue in loue.376
Alkermcs good againft melancholy. 322
Aloes his venues. 500
Alteratiues in Phyficketo what vfe. 300
againft melancholy. 320
Ambition defined, defcribed, caufe of mc-
lancholy. 99. ofhercfy, 509
AmiableneiTe,loucs obic£t. 337
Amorous obic&s , caufes oflouemelan,
choly. 383
Amulets controuerted, approued. 574
Angers defcriptjon.effc&s how it caufeth
melancholy. C2
Antimony a purger of melancholy. 3 08
Appetite. 23
Apparell and cloathes , a caufe of loue me-
lancholy. 3 74
Aqueducts of old. 201
Arteries what.
*4
Artificiall aire againft melancholy. 222
Artifi ciall allurements of loue. 371
Armenians cenfurcd. 552
Aftrologicall Aphorifmcs how available,
fig nes or caufes of melancholy. 49
Atheifts defcribed. 530
Aucrtcrs of melancholy. 31$
Aurum potabile cenfured,approued. 303
BAniftiments effects. 150. his cure and
Antidote. 278
Barrennes what grieuanccs it caufeth. 1 50
Barren grounds haiic beft aire. 220
BaftifulneiTea fympiomeofmrhnch. 16 5
BaienelTe of birth no difparagemcnt. 2 j 9
Bathes rectified. 20 j
Bawdcs a cauie of loue melancholy. 394
B3wme good againft melanch. 300,322
Beafts and birds in loue. 3^8
Beatcsoflouer-. ^87
Bcefe a melancholy meac. < 7
Beere cenfurcd. tfi
Beft fue of an rnufe. 222
Beauties commendation. 373. attra6tiue
powerjprerogatiuesjexcellency, how ie
r -ufethmeIancho'y, 373. makes grie-
vous wounds,irrefiftablr, 375. more
beholding to art then nature, 371. brit-
tle and vncertaine.440. a caufe of iealo-
^,470. beauty of God. 493
Bezoars ftonc good againft melanch. 322
Blacke fpots in the nailes figiies of melan-
choly. ^ 1
Blacke man a pearle iri a womans eye. 377
Blafp L emy how pardonable, 548
Blindneffe oflouers.
Bloudlctting and purging t how caufes of
melancholy. ^
Blowe on the head caufe of melanch. 1 c 1
Body melancholy his caufes. 1*7
Bodily fymptomes of melancholy. 1 5 8
Bodilyexercifes,2 2 5. body how it works
on the minde. 7 ^ 2
Borage and buglofle, foueraigne hearbs a-
gainft melancholy. 3oo.their wines and
iuyce moft excellent . 3 06 .3 2 2
Braine diftcmpcred how -caufe bf melan-
choly 1 3 3.1 5 5. his parts anatomifed 18
Bread and beere how caufes of metan. 61
Brow and forehead which arc moft plea-
fing. ^5
Brute beafts icalous. 46 ^
C.
Ardsns father coniurcdvp feuen Di-
vcls at once. 3 8. had a ipint bound
c
to him,
41
Cataplafracs and carrots for melanch. 307
Caufe of difeafcs. 2
Caufes of honeft loue. 34 5. ofheroicall
loue,36e.ofIea'oufie. ^66
Cautions againft icaloufie. 480
Centaury good againft melancholy. 391
Change of countenance, figncofloue me-
lancholy. +oa
Charity defcribed, 349. defects of it. 351
Character of a couetous man. 105
Charles the fixt king of France madde for
anger. 9?
Cheflplay
The Table.
"Chcflplay cenfured. 2 3 o
Chiromanticail fignes of mel ancholy, 5 1
.Chirurgicall remedies of melancholy* 3 i? t
r CholericT£e "mclam holy 'fi^ncs. * lq8
Chorus fancti Vitiadifeafc. . 10
Chymicall phyfickc cenfured. 503
Cut c? recreations. 229
Ciujll lawyers mifcries. 117
Climes and particular places , how caufes
of lone melancholy. 367
Cly ftcrs good for mclancJhb'Iy. 318.330
Comets aboue ihc Moone. 215
Compound Alteratiues -cenfuicd, appro-
ve! .304. compound purgers ofmelan-
choly.3 1 2. compound wines tor melan.
pholy. 317
Comunityfpf wines a cure of Iealofie.^Sd
Complement and good carriage caufes of
loue-mclancholy. 373
Confections and conferues againft mci2ii-
cholv. 306
Confcffion of his griefe to a friend , a ptin-
cipall cure of melancholy. 23 9
Cofidcnce in his Phyfitian halfe a curc.198
Coniugall lone beft. 361
Continuall cogitation of his miftris a fym-
ptome of loue melancholy. 40 5
Conference troubled a caufe of dcfpaire.
Contentio,brawling,Uwfmes,efFects. 1 49
Continent or inward caufes of melan . 1 j 1
Cookery taxed. | ^4
Coiiiucnefle to fome a caufe of melanj.67
CouctoufnerTe defined, defcribed, how it
caufcih melancholy. 101
Counfcll againft melancholy, 194. cure of
IeaIoufie,482.ofdefpairc. 554
Cordials againft melancholy. 3 20
Correctors of accidents in melanch. 325
Cuckolds common in all ages, 482
Countnc recreations. 228
Cuoids 2 darts tocaufe 5c cure loue. 452
Cuppinglaffes'jCauterics how and ^hen v-
" fed to melancholy. 3 I 4-3 1 P
Cuftome of Dice, delight of appetite, how
to be kept and yeelded too. 6" 5
Cure of melancholy ,from God. 10 1. of
~ head-melancholy. 3 i^.ouer all the 60-
dy,3 28.ofHypocondriacalI melancho-
ly j^ww.of loue-melancholy, 428. Of
Icaloufie,48o.ofdefpaire, $44
Curiofity dcfciibedjhis effects. 1^9
fccts.how they caufe lque. melancholy,
. 280. how fymptomes ofljpuersu 424
Deformity of body-no rn^ciy, . 1 j.*
toe^th foretold by fpirits. 41
.Death offiriends caufe of melancholy, i^jl
Other effects , ihdem. Haw cured. 270
Death aduentagiousi * ~ \ 281
Dcfpaites equivocations. 5 34. caufes. 5 3$
Symptomes,54i. Prognoftickes. 543
Cure. 544
Diet what and how caufcth melanch, 56*
Quantity. c» 3. Diet of rjiuers nations^y
Diet how rectified to. cure.. 200
Diet a caufe of loue mel. 368.
Digreffion againft all manner of difcon-
ten:s,2 5 2.Digreifion of ayrc.208. Of
Anatomy, 1 2.of Diuells, 37
L ifcommoditics of vnecuiall matchcs.488
Difcontcnts,cares,miferics, caufes of mel.
93. how repelled and cured by good
counfcll. 253
Difeafes why infixed vponvs, 3. Their
numberjdcfinitionjdiuifion, 6. difeafes
of the head ,7. difeafes- of the mi nd more
gricuous then thofc of the body. 1 87
Dilgrace qualified by counfcll. 286
Diflirnularpartsofthebody. 15
Dotage defined. 7
Diucls how they caufe melancholy. 3 7.47
their bcginning,nature,conditions, iW,
fcel'd paine,fwift in motion/nortall, 3 8
their orders,. 39. powei-,44. how they
caufe religious melancholy, 5 01. How
dafpaircj 36.DiueI/s arc often in loue,
3 58.fhalLbefaucd as fome hold. 553
Diuinefentenccs. 59}
Diuines miferies. 119. with the caufes of
their mifcries. 120.12 1
Diucrfc accidents cabling melanch . 143
Dreamestvoublefotnehow to bee amen-
ded. 2 3 7. 3,16*
Drunkards children often melancholy. 54
Drunkenneffc taxed. #4
Dowry and mony maine caufes of loue-
melancholy.
• 400
Dotace oflouers.
E.
V.
D
A-ncing, masking, mumming, cent-
red ,approued,2 3 1.290. their ef-
EArthes motion examined. n6
Education a caufe of melancholy. 553
Election mifconceaued czulc of defpairc.
555
Element of fire exploded. 2 14
Effects of loue. , 3°°
Enuy and malice caufes of melanchory.8^
Epicurcs,Atheifts, HypocriteSjhow mad,
Dddd 2 «nd
7be Table.
ind melancholy. 529
Epithalamium. 461
Errors about ▼nraeffall grace. 552
Eunuchs why kept and where. 477
Eu aaiations ho w they caufe melanch. 6 o
Excentrikes & Epicycles exploded. 125
Exercife if immoderate caufe of mclan .73
before meales wholfome, ibid, exercife
rectified,! i4.fcucrall kindes, when fit.
22$.Exercifcsofthemindc. 23*
fexoticke & ftrange fimples ccnfured. 298
Eyes maine infrruments of loue. 3 74.
loues darts, 375. feates, orators,ar-
rowes^torches, 377. how they peirce.
370
FAces pr*rogatiue, a moft attra&iuc
part, 37$
IFafting caufe of melancholy 0$
a cure of loue mel. 425/. abiffed the Di-
vels inftrument.5io.cfrcc^s ofic. M.
Fayries. 42
Fcare caufe of mel.his effects. 86*. fearc of
deathjdeftinies foretold. 147. afymp-
tomc of mel.25o.figne of loue mel.40 2
Flaxen hairc a great motiue of loue. 3 76
Flegmaticke melancholy figncs. 1 67
Fires rage. 4
Fiery Diuels. 40
Fifli what melancholy. 5 8
Fifhing and Fowling how and when good
226*
Fruits caufing melancholy. 50
Fumitory purgeth melancholy. 300
€.
GAming a caufe of melancholy ,his eP*
fe£ts. 105
Gardens of Simples where, to what cnde.
*99
Gencrall toleration of religion ,by whom
permitted and why. e 28
Gentry whence it came firrt. 260. Safe
without mcanes,i'^v ices ac compar-
ing it.»J«i.truc gentry whence. 26 1
Gods tuft iudgement caufe of melancholy.
2.folc caufe fometimts, jc
Gold good again ft mel. 3 03. a moft beau-
tiful I obieCt. 342
Good counfell a charme to melancholy.
242.245.good counfell for Ioue-fickc
perfons. 438,443. for fuch as are ica-
louio 481
H.
HAnd and paps how forcible inloue-
mel.
Hard viagc a eaufc of iealoufie. 4 ( 3
HaukinganJhu ring why good, 226*
Hereditary difeafes. j j
Head melancholies caufes, 1 54.
his cure. 3 . 4
Hearing what. 2 t
Heat immoderate, caufe of mel. 71.151
Hell where. 2 1
Helpc from fiiends again'? me!. 243
Hellcbor white and blacke purgcrs of mcL
3o7.bJack his vertues and hiftory. 3 10
Hcmorrhogia caufe of mel. 155
Hemrods flopped Caufe of mel. C%
Herbescauflngmel. 5 9. curing [mel. 300
proper to molt diieafe?. ' ibid,
Hcretickes their conditions. jo5
their fymptomcs, 522
Heroicall loucs pedegree-, power, extent,
3 5 5 .definition,part affc<iled,3 oo.ty ra-
tty, ibtd.
Hippocrates iealou/ie. ^69
H j ppocry tes defcribed, 534
Honcft obie&s of loue. 345
Hope a cure of mifery. 274
Hope and feare the Diuels maine engins to
intrap the world. 507
Hops good againft mel. 307
Hot coutries apt & prone to iealoufy.^6 7
Horfcleechcs how and when >v fed in me-
lancholy.
Howoftcntisfittoeatinaday. 203
How to refift paflians. 240
How men fall in loue. 3 ~o
Humours^what they are. 1 3
Hydrophobia defenbed. o
Hypocondriacall melancholies caufes in-
ward,out ward. 1 5 5 . cu r e of i t. 3 2 8. Hy-
pocondrics mifafre&ed>caufes. 153
/.
IDIeneffe a maine caufe of mel. 7 j
of loue mel. 3 67. of Iealoufie. 4 6%
Iealoufie a fymptome of mel. 1 6 3. defined,
defcribed 46*2.of princes/46^. of brute
bcafts.46 5. caufes ofit 5 466.47o. fym-
ptomesofic.475. prognoftitkes. 470
Cure of it. 48 1 .&c.
lefts how and when to be y fed. 1 ^4
Iewes fymptomes. 5 1 j
Ignorance the mother of devotion , 508
Ignorant perfons ftill circumvented 508
Imagination
The Table.
Imaginatio what.11.hr? force &efft<5ts.8o
Immaterial! mel. 51
Immortality of the foiile impugned by
whom.
Imprifonmerit caufe ofmel.
Impoftures of Diucls.
ofpolititianSj.yo^.of priefts,
Impotcncy a caufe of Icalouiic,
Incubi and fuccubar.
Inconftancy of louers.
Inconltancy a figne ofmel.
*5
}l 6
,502
504
468
, V
16^
Louers impudent^ 1 8.Coragic*K,4iQ
Wife,raliaiit/ree,42o.Neat in appareil
420. Poets, Mufitians, Dancers, 421
Loues ege&s,42i,42 3. Loue loft revi-
ved by fight43 3 .Loue cannot be com-
pelled, 455
Loue & hate fyraptomes of religious me-
lancholy. 5 14
Lycanthropiadefcribcd. 8
Infirmities of body and mindc , what grie-
vances they caufe.
Inner fenfes defcribed.
Iniuries and abufes rectified,
Inftrumentall caufes ofdifeafes.
Interpreters of drcames.
Inundations fury.
Irrigations for mel.
Iffucs when vfed in mel.
150
22
287
4
323
3H
M
' AdnefTe defenbed, 8. The extent of
me!. 1 84.A fymptomc and effect
of Loue mel. 41 6
Made dimes caufe me!. 6 3
MagitianSj^i.how they caufe mclanc. 47.
190
520
1
► To
45*
97
Kings and Princes difcontents.
Kiffing a main caufe of louc-mcL$ 8 3
a fymptomc of loue mclanch. '400
L.
AbourJbufincflCjOurc of loue mel.418
iLAfis lArmenw his f ertues againft
310
3 58
307
478
*%
m
how they cure it
Mahometans their fymptomes.
Mans excellency ,mifery.
Many meanes todiuert Louers, 43 5
cure them,
Manage roiiferies,444. Benefits and com-
mendation, 459
Medicines Celc£t for mel. 317. Againft
wind & coftiueneffe, 3 3 Kfor loue me-
lancholy. 43 1
Melancholy in difpofition/mel.equiuoca-
LAbour,buftncflc,aireotlouemeI.4t8 tions^o.definitio^name^iflL'rence^o
Lafu lArmennt his V ertues againft part and parties affecled in melancholy^
mclanchoiy.« Jio his affec^tion^o.matter, 32. fpeciesor
Lafciuious meats to be avoided. 368 kindes of mel, 3 3.mel:an hereditary dif-
Laurellapurgeformcl. 307 eafc,^. meats caufing it, 57.58.50.
Lawes againlt adultery. 47* fymptomes of it,i 5 8. they are paflio-
Leo decimus the Popes riot. £3 natc aboue meafure, humorous 1*4
* hisfcoffing trickes. 13? melancholy adufts fymptomes, io*y
ttticatautr* the cure of loue-ficke per- mixt fymptomes of melancholy with
f ons< 450 ether difcafes,^. melancholy a caufe
Libcry of Princes and great men how a- of IeaIoufie,4<58. of defpaire 5 ^6. me-
bufed. 3^7 lancholymcn why witry, 164. 180.
Liuer his' fite,i <5.caufc of mel. diftcmpers, why fo apt to laugh, wcep,fweat,blu{h
1 c 3 .if hot or cold. 1 54 ^.vvhy they fee virions , hcare ftrangc
Lofle of liberty , fcr uUudc, imprifonment, noifes/pcakc vntaught languagcs/pro-
caufes ofmel. 135 phefie,&c. 181
Lo(fes in "cnerali how they offend. 145 OHenJhuuj ConcMkawctnfanuUimih. 54
caufccTcfpaire,537.howeafed. 278 Memory his feat. 22
Loue ofcaming and plcafures', Immodc- Mai feduced by fpmcs in the night. 43
rate i-aufcs ofmel. .104 Meteors ftrangc, how cau fed, 212.114.
Loues bednning,obic&,definition, diuifi- Metopofchopy forclhewing mel. 5 1
on ,^. Loue made the worid, 340. M.Ike a melancholy mear. 58
Loues power. 3 ecUn vegctals, 3 56. In Minifters how they caufe defpaire. y 38
fcnfible creatures, 3 58. Loues power in Mirach, mefenterv, matrix , mefenacke
piuels and Spirits, 358. Inmen,30o, veincs caufes of mel. 153
Loucadife3fe,^ 5 .A fire,407. Loues Mirabolancs purgcrs ofmel. jo?
o a{tions,408.Phrafes of Louers, 412 Mirth and merry company excellent a-
Thcirvaiuewiflh«an4aucm P ts,;4^ gainftmeUjo.thcir abitfe. 151
The Table.
Milcricsofman.i.28o.comrnon miierics,
94.no man free, 25 c. mtferics cffecls in
vs,fent for our good , z 5 6. mifcries of
ftudents and fchollcrs. 114
1 to. . Mooncinlaabkcd,277.niooiicinIouc.404
Mufickc a prefent remedy for mel. his ef-
fe6l« a 247ia fymptome of lpucrs, 4*1
*
NAturall mel. fignes. 1 6*7
Narrow ftreets where in v fe, 222
Nakednes of parts a eaufe of louemel, 373
Neceflity to what it enforced*, 67
Neglect and contempt ,bcft cures oflea-
loufie, 485
.Non-neccflary caufes of mel. 1 z-'6
-Nurfehowcaufcofrnel. I26
O. ,
OBie&s caufing rnclanch. to be remo-
ued. 244
Obftacl.es and hindcrances ofiiouers. 451
Occafions to be auoided in lone mol. 452
: Odoramcnts to fmell to for mel. 323
y Old folkesapt tobeiealous,> 468
Old age a caufe of mel. 5 j . old mens fons
often melaneh. 5:4
OpprelTions effects. 150
Opportunity and importunity caufes of
loue mel. 3 381.379
Othes of louers pardoned, vokept, fre-
quent. 391
Overmuch ioy,prtde,praife,how caufes of
mel. 107
Oyntmcnts for mel. 307
PAlcneficand leanneife, fymptomes of
loue-mel. 398
Papifts fymptomes, 524
Paracelfus defence of Mineralls. 393
Parents fhow they wrong their children.
■ t 454.how they caufe mel. by propaga-
tion,^ 1. how by remifnerTe and indul-
gence. 129
PafTions'and perturbations caufes of mel.
78? how ?hey worke on the body , 79
their diuifions^.how rectified and ea-
fed, 238
Particular cure of all three kinds of me-
lancholy, 3 14
Particular parts diftempered, how they
caufe mcl. 153
Parties affe&ed in religious mel. 497
. Paffions of loucrs. 40 3 .40 7
P atiencc a cure of mifery. 2 76
Patient his coditions that would be cured
l97>P 3 ticnce,confidence, liberality ,not
topradtife on himfelfe. 199
Parc/.icticall difcourfe to fudi as are tiou-
I bledinminde. a HriGloi 544.
Peniriall good againft mel. 3 j 1
PerfuafiouHWieancs tocuie lone mel.4j7
PcrucrfneiTc and pride of loners. 451
Phantafie what, 22
Thtbppw Benm how hec vfed a country
fellow., * bo tui 232
Philofophcrscefurcd^i i. their errors.^.
Philters caufes of loue mel. ? 94
how they cure loue mel. 449
Phlcbotomyhow to be vfed,when,in me-
lancholy, 3 13. in head me]. 315
Phrenfies defcription. 8
Phyfitians miferies,i 1 7-his qualities jfhe
be good. I0 6
Phyficke cenfured^j, commended,^
297.whent.ob? vfed, tbid*
Phyfiognomicallfigncsofmel. 50
Planets inhabited, 217
Plagues effects. ^
Pleafant obiedts of loue. 3 4^
Pleafing tone and voice, a caufe ofloue-
melancholy. 282
Poetry a fymptome of louers, 425
Poericall cures of loue-meJ. 449
Poorc mens miferies,i ^p.their happinene
26"i.theyarcdeare to God, 274
Politicians prankes,
Porke a me^tneat. ~j
Pouerty and want caufes of melancholy,
their effect?. I2 V
no fuch mifery to be poore, z c<jl
Predeftinattoh milconftrued,a caufe of de-
V f P aire > 554
Prieftshow they caufe religious mel. 504
Progrelfe of loue-mel.exemplifled, 395
Prognofticks or euents of loue meian.42 j
ofdefpaire,j43.ofIeaIouiie, 479. ( f
mclancholv. } g ,
Precedency what ftirre* it caufeth. *j 5 Q
Pretious ftoncs .mcttle-saltenng rfle1#}b?
Preuentions of Iealoufie. 40Q
Profpc6t good againft mel. 2 24
Profperity a cauleofmifeiy, 277
Profitable obiedts of lone,
Proteftations and deceitful! promifes of
louers, 5pr
Pfeudoprophets~thcir pranks^oo". Their
fymptomes. ^ 2 6*
Pulfe,peal"e a caufe of mel, 60
Pulle
The Table.
Pulfeofmel.menhowtisaffe&ed. 159 Simular parts of the body. 14
Puheafigneoflouemel. 399 Singing a fymptome of louers. 421
.Purgers & preparatiucs of head racl. 3 1 6 Sin the impulfiue caufe of mans outcry. 2
Purging fimplcs vpward, 307 Single life and virginity commended, 44$
their prerogatiucs, ibti.
y of diet.
.203
RAtionall foule. 24
Reading fcriptures good againft me-
lancholy. 255
Rcdnefic of the face helped. 316
Regions of the belly, 1 7
Relation or hearing a caufe of loue melan-
choly.' 360
Religious mel.adiftin£lfpccics,his obicft,
492.caufesofit.$oi.Symptornes,5i 3
Prognoftickes.526\Cure.528.religion
pollicy^y whom. 503
Repmtancc his effects, 547
Richmcns difcontems & mifcrics,98.z65
27 1. their prerogarues. J 37
Riuals and corriual;. 4^5
Slauery of louers. 402.41 3
Sleep and waking caufes of melanc.77. by
what means procured,hclpcd.2 37-3 25
Small bodies haue greatcft wits. 25;$
Smelling whr. a j
Smiling a caufe of Ioue-mcL 372
Sodomy, 301
Soldiers moft part lafciuious. 472
Solitarinefle cau fe of mel. 7 5 .coa6t,volun-
tary,howgood,76.figneofmel. 168
Sorrow his eflfc6ts,85.a caufe of mel. 8 * .a
fymptomeofmel. 152.178
Soule defined, 2 5.his faculties, 18. ex tra-
duce as fome hold. 24
Spleenehis fice,i6'.how mifaffc&cd caufe
of mel.
Spices how caufes of mel.
Spirits in the body what.
Spots in the Sunne.
Sprucenefle a fyroptome of louers,
60
218
421
or loue mcl
579.377
S.
SAl'cts cenfured. 59
Sanguine mel.fignes. 108
Scilla or Sea Onion a purger of mel. 307
Scoftrs, calumnies, bitter iefts, how they
caufe mel. 1 3 2.thcir antidote. 290
Scripture mifconftrucd caufe of religious
mel,
Sco; zoncra good againft mel,
Seaficke good pbyfickc for mel.
Sclfe loue caufe of mcl.his effects.
Senfible foule and his parts.
Sentences felc&ed out of humane authors.
293
459
149
487
128
Ryot in apparel, excefTe ofir,a great caufe Start cs how caufes or fignesof mel 48. of
loue mel. 3 66\of iealoufie.
Step-mother h?r mifchicfes.
$to nacke diftcmpercd caulc of mel.
Stewes why allowed,
Strange nurfes when beft.
Study ouermuch caufe of mel. 1 1 1 .wby ©c
how, 1 79.(tudy good againft mcl. >3 3
Subterranean diuels. 1^.3
Supcrnaturall caufes of mel. 3 5
Sufpition and iealoufie fympt.of mel. i6z
Superfluous effecls , fyroptomcs, eio\
bowitdomineeres. 521
S wallowcs jCuckowcSj&c. where are they
iniwintcr. 210
Sweet tunes and fingkig caufes of loue-
melancholy. 382
538
301
301
I09
20
Scruitude and imprifonroetit cafed. a 77 Symptomes or fignes of mel.in the mjndc,
Seuerall men* deiighr$& recreations. 229
Seucre Tutors andGardians caufes of me-
lancholy. 129
Shame and difgracc how caufes of melanc.
their effects, $7
SickncfTe for our good, 258
Sighesand teares lympt. of loue mel. 398
Sight a principal caufe of louc-mel. 3 70
Signesofhoncftloue. 347
Simples cenfured proper to mcla^S. fit to
be knownc.299.purging mel. vpward, Syntercfis.
307.dovmewar«l purging fimplcs.309 Syrrup of Hcllcboxv
i59.from ftarres, members, humours,
X 6 cj.from education,cuftome,continu-
ance of time, mixt with other difeafirs.
1 7o.Symptomes of head mei. 1 74, of
hypoconcfriacallmel.i7^.of the whole
body,i 77. Symptomes of loue melan,
398. caufe of thefe fymptomcs. 178.
Symptomes of a louer pleafcd.404.de-
ieftcd.fAMi.of a great man in loue, 42 e.
Symptomes ot Iealoufie. 47c
^ 317
Taraitulus
Ike Table,
7*. • ' C?x .faft&f ihWbu ;^*ft.I^tr:1pi;:i
TArantularsftingiogs e&a% * 5 1 \7\ ZAlking , fTiodtin^, fwirnrnin*
Taftwhat. 21 V V &c.good again!! me!.
•Temperament a caufe of loue melancho - Want of flcepc a fympt. of Iouewcl. jpg
ly.. S 66 Waking caufe of meL^.a fympt. 1,3
Tcmpcftuous ayrc , darkeand fuligenous, Wanton carriage & "gefture caufe of loue
how caufe of mel. 72 melancholy ^
. .Terreftriail diuells. 42 Water diuels. ^ x
Terrors and affrights caufes of mel. 130 Water if fo wle caufcth mel. 58
The beftcureuf loucmcK' is to let them Waters ccnfurcd^thcir effect 61
their defirev, 450 Waters,whjchgocd. 102
Three degrees of mehfymptomes. 172 Waters in loue. • "$11
•Tobacco cenfured. 30$ 308 Wearifomneflc of life a fymptome of mc-
-Trauclling commended/good againft mc- lancholy. • '
lancholy. 223 Whac phyticke fit in Jouc mel. '431
Whoaremoftapttobeiealous. 467
Whores properties and conditions. ^%
f * Why good men arc often reieaed. 287
.A/Aine g ory defcribed* a caufe of me- Why fooles beget wile children , wifemeii
V lancholy. . 107 fooles.
Variety ofmifireffes and obiefts a cure of Will defined,diuided,his anions why o-
. loue mel. 435 vcrruied. 2?
Variety of wcather,aire,maners,countnes, Wine cau feth mel. 6 r . 1 06. i good cordial
whence. ' 213 againft mel^io.forbid in fouemcl. 4 ?o
Variety ©fplaccs,cbange of ayre, good a- Winde expelled by what medicines. 1U
gainftmel. 2*0.2 24 Windesinloue. Vj\
Vegetali creatures in loue. 35S Wiucs ctnfurcd^.commended. 460
V€nus rectiiKd. 20-7 Witty devices againft mel. 24.6
Vcnery a caufe of mel. ^ 68 Withftand the beggings a principal cure
Vcrtue and Vice ipnncipall habits cf the oflouc-mcl. 432
fc*j2?' , 20 Witches power, how they caufe mel. 47
Venifonamel.meac. 57 their transformations hovv caufed a.
Vicesofwomen. > w They can cure mel. 190. Proc Ui cloue.
.Vtolentmifcry continues not 273 3 ^n°t to be fought tofot hclpe, io 2
Violent death prognofticke of mel. 185 nor Saints. \^
. cuentof loue mel. 4 26.ofdefpaire. 541 Woodbine, Amni,Rue,Lettice, how good
by fome defended, 1 87. how to be cen- in loue mel. 4§0
.r. ll,rcd ' , , 188 Women how caufe of mel. 1 co'.theirvani-
Y irgmity by what fignes to bee knowne. ty in apparcll taxed, 3 74. how they co-
. 478 fenmen.381.by whac art, 2 85. Their
Vttex at Jgmttjlm good againft loue- counterfeit tcares,3 9 3. their vices. 443
\rTa a- ac 1 j. • 1 j taik « proper to them againft mel. 337
Vnderftanding defined, diuided, 26 Wormewood good againft mcl. l ot
Vnfortunate marriages effeas. 148 Writers of the cure of mel.
Vnbwfull cures of mel.rcieaed. iqo 5
Vncharitablemendefcribcd. 35 2 3".
Vpftarts cenfurcd,thcir fyrm*om<s. 262 \TOung man in loue with a piaure.AOi
YrmcofmeLpcrfons i J0 I Youth acaufc of loue mel, \ 66
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