ROBERT BURTON Anatomie of Melancholy 5th edition. 163 ^ Typical English printing of the 17th century, with types based upon Dutch Roman. The press-work is almost always poor. Printing In England In the XVII and XVIII centuries was for the most part coarse and tasteless, as the Shakespeare Folio and Quarto In Case V reveal, until Caslon In the early XVII century began casting a good •old face', based upon the beet Dutch letters. In 1750 Baskervllle cut a dignified Roman letter and employed it together with care¬ ful machining, large margins, and wide spacing to produce a few typographical masterpieces. MSGIIL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 1941 From the r ir r ‘ SAMUEL MATTHEWSON BAYLIS r r T ■ COLLECTION r y .i . <. * 'V ^1 ■ 1 ^- 4 .^,1 .V f f. N ANATOMIE OF ^ -rli i 1 SURtlC GoiGt Burton ' /6ZI ^ & A€^«, I The Argument of the Frontifpeice. npEn diftind Squares here feeue apart. Arc j )yn*d in one by Cutters art. 1 old Democritus ttndtr a trecy Sity on a jlone with bookeon kneci About him hang there man) featurtSy Of CatteSyDogges aodfuch like creaturety of which he makes i^natomjy The [eat ofblacke choler to fee, over his head appeares the skye^ ^ndSiilitnc Lord of melancholy. 2 Toll/left a Landfktp of Jealoufic, Prtferns it felfe unto thine eye, A Kingfifjerya Swan^ andierne. Two fighting Cockesyou may defeerne. Two roaretng BulUs each at her btCy T0 affault concerning Venery. Symboles are thefcylfay noe morCy Gonceiue the refl by that's afore, 3 7'^?»^»^x■t^>/Solitarine^Ic, A portraiture doth well expreffcy By feeping dogyCaUBucke and DoCy Hares y fonies in thedcfartgoc; BatteSyOwles the fiiady bowery after. In melancholy darknejfe hoVer^A Marke well : Ift be not as*t jhouldbe. Blame the bad Off for and not me, 4 ith' under Columne there dothfiand. Inamorato with folded hand. Downe h'ahges his hea'd,iterfe,andpolite. Some dittie fure he doth indite. His lute and bodkys about him lye. As fymptomes of his vanity, if this doe not enough difclofe. To paint himytake thyfelfe byth'nofe, % 5 Hypocotidriacus leanyfittnhis armL Winde in his ftde doth him much harme, ’ And troubles him fullfore God knowes, t.Atucb paine he hath and many woes. %.About him pottos andglaffes lye. Newly brought from's Apothecary, Th'ts Saturhe’s aspeHs figmfyey Tou fee them portraidin the skye. 6 Beneath them kneeling on hisknee, A Superftitious man you fee: HefaUeSy prayes-fon his idolfixt. Tormented hope and f eare betwixt', Tor hell perhaps he takes more paint. Then thou dofiylleauen it felfe togdne, Alas poore Soule, Ipitie thee. Whatfiarres inclin’d theefo tobef 7 But fee the Madman rage downe figk tvith furious lookes,agaflly fight. Naked in chaines bound doth he lye, K^ndroares amaine he kmwes not why? Obferue him,for as in a glaffe, Thint angry portraiture it war. His piHure kpepe ft ill in thy prefence, Twixt him and thee, ther’s no difference. 8 9 Borage Hellebor fiO two feeanes, Soveraigne plants to purge the veines, of melancholy, and theare the heart, of thofe blacki fumes which make it fmart. To cleare the Braine ofmifty fogges, which dull our fenfes, and Soule clogges. The beft medicine that ere God made For this malady,if well affaid^ I o 2^ow laft of aB to ftB a place, Prefentedis the Authors face ; Kylnd in that habit which he weares. His Image to the world appeares. His mime no art can well exprejfe, That by his writings you m^gutffe. It was not pride,npr yet vatneglory, (Xbough others do it commonly) Made him doe this: if you muft kjiow. The Printer would needs haue it fo. Then doe nqtjrowne or fcoffe at it, Deridemtfor detraci a whit. F'orfu^i^ as ^hou doft by him. He will doe the fame againe. Then looks npont, behold and fee. As thou li^ ity fo it likps thee. And I for it will[land in view, ^hine to command, '^czdtxAdewl HONORATISSI- MO DOMINO NON MIN vs VIRTVTE SVA, ■QVAMGENERIS SPLENDORE, ILLVSTRISSIMO, GEORGIO BERKLEIO. MILITI DE BALNEO, BARON! DE BERKLEY, . , MOU3REY.SEGRAVE, D.DE BRUSE, T>oMi:^C.o svo * 4 . Multis T^pminibus Ohferyando^ * HANG SUAM MELANCHOLIAE ANATOMEN, fe- 1 , \ '‘' ■‘-s^ ■ Oi'; ^ 2 !^" (^'VpL: %: f? '":i:‘ 'iii&lj'- T v^ •" j !f^ t / • V ,-' ■'■ '^?- 2 S^' ')l- '-if" CF- V V ' .'li^rf^Ti^ ^,w - . V r..' ■ < _• . kr- - U i > I ' i 'A 4 ;« ' % i r'i' /' 1 ' ■ M O.H''CiMi/'K)i ! n,- •fy^Wi 7 >■„■ •• ■ ■' - , “V . .. C .3. .- /\ -IP--.. '• -.-M ■• ^ ^Ya'i'r; ,-•' • 'g ^ .-■V- ' ■• i 5 '..a • >, f rv ' V -’ > ■■: ’ ■ l ,„■; if.Tiff. -.%;r I T; ‘' J /' l\ 1J5--; .^Y3.f-i'lJf( IT' l.'-iC’lAJi ,,. . ■ ^. .V . -'.. f'\ n-T -: '. '. ■ • V': v^Vo/o'-tiyvo-cv ■ ■■':'"■ 'S ' :■ ■ ■ • ;. ' ‘ ^ - .;. '■; . ' ' i'^u^:-Oi!iAJi ' ■ vI-A'I v-lCi'H HA. lii ■ ■ ■; ' .ki.-iMor 4 i .:4 ' , ;\ ■■’• . ,M/? , v'A;i •iom:l ^.uTi AO or. Mularum quemvis, fitibile te fine dence geras. Nobilis,aut fi quis te forte infpexern heros. Date morigerum,perlegaturc]^uelnbet. Eft quod nobilitas,eft quod defideret Gratior hsec fotfan chartaplacere poteft. Si quis morofus Ctf/Ojtetricufque Senator, Hunc ctiara librum forte yidcre v^lit, Sive magiftratus.tum te reverentcr habeto, Sed nuUus, muscat nort capiunt i^qutU. Non vacat his tempus fugitivum impendere nugis, Nec tales cupio, par mihi leftor erit. Si matrona gravis'cafu divetteritiftuc, llluftris domina, aut te CoroitilTa Rgat: Eft quod difpliciat, placeat quod forfitan illis, In<^ererc his noli te iiiodo,pande tamen. At fi virgo tuas dignabitur iucly ta chartas Tangere.five fchedis hsereat ilia tuis: Da modo te facilem,& quxdam folia effc memento, Conveniant oculis qua> magis apta iuis. Si generofa ancilla tuos aut alma puella r Vifuraeftludos,annue,pandelubens. Die utinam nunc ipfe meus * (nam diligit iftas; • InpraefenseffetconfpicienduSherus. Ignotus notufve mihi de genre togata Sive aget in ludis, pulpita five^ colet, Sive in Lycae:05& nygas cvolverit iftas. Si quafdam mendasviderit mfpiciens. Da veniam Authon,dices^ampteiinaveUet Aulicus aut Givis, feu bene Coraptus eques ' Hucappellat,age&tut 6 tecredelegenti, Multaifticforfannonmalenataleget. • Quod fugiat, caveat : quodque amplexabitur, ilta Pagina fortaflis promere multa poteft. At fi quis Medicus coram tc'fiftet, amice Eac circumrpe< 5 le,& te fine labe geras: ^ . Inveniet naraque ipfe meis quoque plurima Icnptis, Non levc fubfidium quae fibi forfan erunc. S3. * fUc {on^ci diHa tave »e mli (afiiKi Si quis Ca[ufidic«s chartas impingat in iftas. Nil inihivobifcumypeifima turba vale, Sit nifi vir bonus, & jtrris fine friiude peiitus, • TumlegaCj&fbrikndodioriodcfier. SiquiscordatuSjfaciliSj'iecftorquebe^igflus '5 Hue oculosvertat, qujBvelitipfcIegat; ' ^ ' Candidusignofccr,mctuasniI,paiKlelibcnter, OffenfusmcndisnoncritilletHts, ■ Laudabitnonnulla. Venitfi'Rhetorineptus, j Limata&terfa,&qui bene coda petit, r, Claude citus libruin, nulla hie nifi ferrea verba, OfiendenrftOmachum-qua? minus apta fuum, ‘ At fi qnis non eximius de plebc poeta, Annue, namque iftic plurima fida legct. Nos fumiis e mimcirojnulhis mihi fpirat Apollo/ , Grandiloquus Vates quilibetefle nequir. Si Crificus Ledor, turaidus Cenforque molefius, . ZoUm & fi rabiofa cohors: Ringe, freme, & noli turn pandere;turbamalignis Si occiirratfannisirividiofafuis: Fac fugias, fi nulla tibi fit copia cundi, j, Conremnes,tacitefcommataquiEque feres, Frendeat, allatretjVkuas gaiiDitibus auras V Impleat, baud cures, his placuiflcnefas. Verfitn age fi forfao diver tat'purior ho/pes, Gui^ue (ales, ludi, difpliceantquc /oci, ^ Objiciatque tibi fordeSjlafcivaque: dices, Lafeiva eft Domino & Mufa jocofa tuo,* : “ Nec (afeiva tamen, fi penfitet omne, fed efto, Sit lafeiva Itc'etpagim^vUafroba eft, ^ ®aibarus,indodufquei-udisfpedatoriniftara ; Simeflemintrndar'fuftefugabiseum, Fungum pelle procul (jubeoj nam qpid mihi fungoV . Conveniuntftomacho non minus iftafuo. Sed nec pelle tamen/l®to omnes accipe vultu : Qyos> * * \ * i ti yra i i. “ r\ f ' * .= 'V ' i' -4 j A ''•Ti. t. 1 X rijfl '! ■'*fV .'oK C ' J’, i t • . ^ j' - '■ -f. .or . « ) «r ■ .4 1 . o •> ... fr 1 "'Si ... .. 'uV ■ b . i i t 'ft/- • : f , vA VH: / t ! ' /f Unheard,unfought for,or unfeene, A thoufand pleafures doc me blclfe. And crownc my foule with hap'pincfle, All my joyesbefides are folly, o ^ • None fo fweet as.melancholy. When I lie, fir, or walkc alone,'! - I figh,I grieue, making great raone, ^ In a darke groue,or irkfome denne, ^ * With difeontentsand Furies then, A thoufand miferics at once, ’ Mine heavy heart and foule enfconcc. All my griefes to this are jolly. None fo fourc as melancholy; Me thinkes i hearc,me thinkes I fee, Sweete muficke,wondrous melodic, Townes, places and Cities fine, *' Here now,then there,the world is mine, Rare Beauties,gallant Ladies fliine. Whatc’re is louely or devine. o; All other joyes to this are folly. None fo fweet as melancholy. Me thinkes I heare, me thinkes I fee Ghofts,goblins,feinds,my phantafie Prefents a thoufand ouglyfhapes, > Headlefle beares,blacke men,and apes,'»M«/>»M,andthereftofhiswotksdo l&mBe wimefle. He was much delighted with the ftudies of Husbandrie,faith "‘t- „ n cAmllj, and often I finde him cited by •> Crrfawiwr and others ewfcasTo!*" treating of that fubjedt- He knew the natures, ddfeKnees of all beall^ vtuiufepti- plants,fiflics,birdsiand, as fomefay,could p underftand thetunw Md IZL1LS11' Toyces of them. In a word, he was ommfrmm Mdm, a generall Icho- lar,agreatftudent; and totheintent he might better contemplate.slfind 7ef, (uHimi ij. related by fome,that he put out his cyes,and was in his old age volun- prolu^«‘c'ogi- tarily blinde, yet fkw more then all Greece befides, and‘'wntof everic tamnuyemOCritSiS. Butinthc meantime,how doth this concerne me. ^ ferenccdoelufurpehis habit - I confeffeind-^ ^hat to compare my iDmeg. pgif unto him for ought I have yet ‘ /a mimZm' gancie. I do not premme to make any parallel,.<^^/^/?dif ^ ^ ^ ^ " agitarefolebat centis^ yparVUS Jumynullusfum^^^^ ffrST wil fay of my felf,and that ^ nope without all fufpicion of pride, or felf- ymnjiZ'dig. conceit,! have liv’d a /flent,fed entary,folitary,private \ik,mth& mufts., mspr,>rdM0sMermoMfrh- ieclyits mo(t doybut to rove abroadyccnium puer artium,t(? have an o^rein e. mrjmansha, ’>0 uftecfevmid.jh. ^dfif ./e««e«^which M * J>/»e,was well performed by Arifiotleznd his learned Countrey- mzaJdrian Turnebui.This roving humor(though not with like luccelle; negipns, ut 1 have ever had,& like a ranging fpaniell.that barks at mry bird he leaving his game, I have followed all, faving that which I ihoum,& rnaj. diquocu»d fuftly complain,and truly, fti ubi^ ejlynufquam efiy which § Gefner did in, modepCy that I have read many books, but to little purpolc, for want of ^curuii dolioju^ good method,I have confufedly tumbled over divers Authors in our Ci- cundum. Braries.with fmall profit, for want of art.order.memorie. judgment. I never travelled but in Map or Card, in which mine unconfined thought have freely expatiated, as having ever been efpecially delighted with the hjmb^ns ftudy oiCofmography .^Saturn wasLord of my geniture,culmmtiDg, • und Mars principall Jigmficator o( manners, in partile^onjunc ion witn mine .vracks,piracies,and fea-fights, peace,leagues,ftratagems,and frelh ala¬ rums. A vaftconfufion of vows,wilhcs,adions, edids, petitions, law- fuits, pleas, laws, proclamations, complaints, grievances, are daily brought to our ears. New books everie day, pamphlets, cuirantoes, ftories whole catalogues of volumes of all forts, new paradoxes, opi¬ nions, Vchifmes, herefies, controverfies in philofophie, religion, &c. Now come tidings of wcddings,maskings,mummeries,cntertainmcnts, iubilies embaflies, tilts and tournaments, trophies, triumphs, revels, fports playes: Then again,as in anew Ihiftcdfcene, treafons,cheating tricks,* robberies, enormous villanies in all kinds, funerals, burials, death of princes,new difcoverics, expeditions} now comicall, thentra- cicall maWs. Today we hearcofnew Lords and officers created,to morrow of fomc great men depofed, and then again of frefh honors con¬ ferred} one is let loofc, another imprifoned } one purchafeth, another breaketh: he thrives,his neighbour turns bankrupt} now plcntie, then a- gain dearth and famine} one runs,another rides, wrangles,laughs,wceps, &c. Thus I daily hear, and fuch like, both private, and publike ncws,a- midft the gallantrie and miferie of the world} jollitie,pride,perplexities w,nd cares, fimplicitic and villanic} fubtletie, knaverie, candor and intc- njritie, mutually mixt and offering themfelves, I rub on frivus frivam, asihaveftilllived, fol now commncjjlatu quoprius, left to afolitaric lifejand mine own domeftick difeontents.*faving that fomctimes,»e quid fuentiart as went into the citie, andX>fw tam fagax ohfervator, ac fmplex recitatofy not as they did to fcoffcor laugh at all,but with a mixt palfion. "'Bilem fepe^]ocumvefirimovye tumultuf, ^ I did fometime laugh and fcoffc with Lucian, and fatyricallyf axe with umSmuk Menippui, lament with H£rAclitus,(omumti again I was ^petulantifile^ pnpeaiuade- fjechachinno, and thcnzgain, ^ urere btlis ]ecur,\ was much moved to abufe which I could not amend. In which palfion howfoever I fedik Wfr4r« relates atlargeinh’'f'P““^ to Damegetui, wherein he doth expreflcjhow comming t^ ^ wriBjBc J/a day, he found Democritus in his garden at Abdera, in «’«e i>»murbs, P un- dcr a fhadie bower, q with a book on his knees, ftudie,lome- MimSa Sm- times writing,fomtime walking.The fubjd^^^f^ was mdanc o- latim firata, jy and madnes, about him lay the carr^'^^ of many feverai beaus,new- Srf"" lyby himeutupandanatomized, not that he did contemn Gods crea- r dm mmiut tures, as he told Hippocrate'y out to finde out the leat of this 4rr4 bilu^n txncfept.er melancholy whence it proceeds, andhowitwascngendredinmensbo- diesjtothcintcnchemight better cure it in himfelf,by his vvritmgs and fitar^re, ut obfcrvations ^ teach others how to prevent and avoid it. Which good m- tetitofhis,H//»/>pcr4fwhighly Qommtndtd:Democritsss]unior istherforc m Her. nPer. eMor^ f Secundum mcenia Idem eratjtondofit Democritus to the Reader, 5 bold to Imitate,&becaufeheleft itunpcrfe6l,&itisnow loft,^4j?y«f. (enturiator Democritiyto revive again, profecute and finifh in this tre^ife. You have had a reafon of the name j If the title and infeription offend VOurgravitie,\vereita fufficientjuftification to accufe others,.! could produce many fober treatifes, even fermons themfelves, which m their fronts carry more phantafticall names.Howfoever it is a kinde of pdicic in thefe daies, to prefix a phantafticall title to a book which is to be fold: For as Larks comedown to a day-net, many vain readers will p. ftand gazing like filly p.aflengcrs,at an antick pidure in apainterslhop,^^pJ^^J; that will not look at a judicious peeee. And indeed, as Scaltgerob- mi itives.mthing more invites a readerthanan argument unlooked fir, theuoht of, and Cels better than a^fiurrilepamphlet, turn maxime cum no- tumargumen- vitasexcitat^ palatum. Many men, faith Gefe, very conceited their inferiptions,’znd able (as ^ Pliniec^uotes out efifuam fetu~ him loy ter by the way, that went in haf to fetch a mid.wife for his dough, uns liter. ter, now readte to lye down. For my part I have honourable “ prefidents for this which I have done: I will cite one for all, nthonte Zara Pap. tur infcrif^ Zpifc.Xiis Anatomic of Wit,in four fc/2[^; diligentia ut vitarem torporemfe- Angehu satai'. riandi with Vexists in Macrobius otium in utile verterem negotium. y —^Simul (^rjucunda idonea dicere vitxi , cm. LeEiorem deleEiando ftmul atque monendo. Non efi cm» TothisendIwritc,likcthcm,faithi««rf;?,thatye«Ve to trees,and elaime to ptllers for want of auditors : as * Paulus iEj'/i?eMingenioufly yHoT. coTikffti\notthatanythingwasttnknown or omitted^ but to exerciferny ^Nmufije which courfe if fometook, I think it would be good for their dercj aut 4 ve* dies, and much better for their fouls j or peradvcnturcasothcrsdo,for/erj^^r«ifer- fwTie,toIhewmy felf (Sciretuum nihilefi, nifitefeire hocfeiatalter.) I’fffdexerci.- mighii-ie o^Thucydidesofimon, ^toknowathingandnottoexpreffeit, ts tattonu caufa. all one as ifi,^ jf y^hen I firft took this task in hand,e^ quod ait ^ille, impellenu ^enio negotium fufeepi, thislaymedatj*^ vel ut lenirem animumferibendo, tt-/>afe my minde by writing,for I had gravidum cor, mit,jexinittfi fotum caput, ^ kind of impottumC in my head, which I was very defirous to be unladen of,and could ima^^n no fitter evacuation than this. Befides mfi. I might not well refrain, for ubi doUr^i bi digitus, one muft needs fcratch <= Erafim. where it itches. I was not a little offendc^J with this maladie, {hiXlIizy my MtHiis melancholy,my Mg€ria,otmymalusgeniuSsl^^^’^^^^^^^ke^^^f^^* as he that is ftung with afeorpion,! would expel «'W'i/«w c/4Y^,fQ redeuntes feire lacuque, ® Uor.fer. x. What once is lain writ,all men mull know> Magnum poe- Old wives and children ,s they comeand goe. what a company of poets hath this yca^ brought out, as Pliny COnml^hiCS atmUfimenfa to Sofsius Sinefus-y P This April every dayfomc or other have r/’^»^«*What Afin nuihft acatalogue'or new books all this year, all fh‘- Franc-furt Marts, our donaeftick Marts brought out ? Twice a year, 8 --- - -, r i«npnta. /volientant,\st Itrecch our wits out,andfet ,h£mCBe«« J»mmh,U.,m»>.So that which ^ much de- “‘V ’ die reformation be not haf byfomc Princeshdiftsand Miberandwn lircs, p n • L-^ljbertie,itwillrunon/;?/;?jiwr«w.^tf SKS-haveavaftcAa«andconfofionofBooks,vvcare«opprenedwiththOT^ r;"2Z « ?"“iLakevvithteading.ourfingerswtthturmt^.Formypan^ ';T/"‘'"offoe number, »«»««er»»/»««,Idoenotdenieit, I have only this of S**«tofayformyfelf, om«<».cum,«h,l mum, ttsallmmeand in infinitum « minf' As 3 gOod houfc-wifc OUt of dlVCfS fleCCCS WCIVCS OnC pCCCC t'SfZuu Tloath; Bee gathers wax and hony out of many flowers, and makes a ingcnia, nmo new bundle of all, , legeiUisfttjfi- j:lortferU ut apes ijjfaltihs om/tialitant, 1 havelaborioufly 'colleited thisCweoutof divers Writers, and that muT.Muhte- f,,,., lhavewrongednoauthors, but given every manhtsown, SSiS ihich'Himm fo much commends in heftole notwholever- llfuM. fo pages, tra&, as fome doe now adaies, concealing their authours stradaMomo. „ ’ p. Uyt ftiUfaid this wdsCyprians, that LacJa/itifis, thatUiianus,lo mMrnuimfdjx, (onaorwHs, thus far I cite and quote ii%»!S«ai- • pjjjpej (whichhowfoever fome illiterate fcriblCTsaccomptpe- Srir“r/'danticall,asaclokeofignqtance,andoppofitemtheiraffeaedfin^^^^^ riuncmeU ad I muft and will \a{t)fumpfi, nonptrrifuf, and what VarroLt .6, ererujf^ sompendmm r ^ minimi maleficn nullius opus 'veUicantesfaciunt detenus,], authorita- cSay of my felf, whom have I injured 1 The matter is theirs moft prr, umaiienisex- gnd vct minc,4;>p4rf^ unde fumptumfit{\vhichSenecaaoipvo\cs)aliudta* =.lit mJ«„un,und"frmi,um /ii a/a«r which nature doth with the atoent meoT clientes of our bodies,incorporatc,digeft,aflimulate,I do comuoquere quodhaufi, difpofeofwhatltake. imakethempay tribute,tofetoutthismy^ rienjis ad Fo- romcon,thQ mcthode only is mine own, 1 muft ufurpe that of d J ^ ijcTat.proi. dtaumprius, methodusfola artificem ojtendit NeJmcyp. we can fay nothing but what hath been faid,the compofition and method fcflc Laci. ittud jg Qm-g onIy,and Ihews a Scholar. Orihafius,JEfius,Avicenna,havQan out rfaofnmM of Galen, but to their own methode, diver jo fiylo, non divers a jWe, our hunc modum Poets fteal from Homer, he fpews,faith &lian, they lick it up. lo^uum efi Aultins words verbatim ftilLand our Storie-dreflers doe as much, he jiftiOblU/ij C. J tn* s Fratj-adsyn- that comcs laft IS commonly belt, tax.med. ^,^donec quid grandius ntos Pofiera forfd, firat melior,—— - ,r fti/» vrrf Though there were many Giants of old inPhyfick and PhilofY jY h ULuc.io. l£aY mth^ Didacus Stella, A diparfe ftandtngon 1 feefar- Tom.z.pigmei may fee farther than a Giant bimfelfii Iraayhkelyado^ ' therihenmy Predeceflbrs t And it isnogreaterprq“<‘‘«f«“jr™ piufyudi^ji diteafter Others,thenforaEria»«r^a»rafrr'' n, ^ j,,r Ma- Oigantesvi- y^nttde morl^is capitu aftCY^afon f ejhc$m,& • ^ ‘ ny horfes to run in a race, one Rhetorician^ after anot c # O ppofe then sxrhat thou wilh Allatres licet Ujqj„»c ^ufique, MtgannitibHS^ improbUlacefidf^ Democritus t 0 the Reader. 9 Ifolveitthus. And for thofe other faults of barbarifmc ^Dorick dialed, zNecaranea- cxtemporancan ftUc,tautologics,apilh imitation, a rapfodie of rags ga- tumtcxm^ thercd together from feverall dung-hils, excrements of authors, toyes f and fopperies, confufcdly tumbled out, without art,invention, iudge- ment, wit, learning, harm, raw, rude,phantafticall, abfurd, iafolent,in- dso viiior^quia difcreet,ill-compo{cd ,indigcfted, vain,fcurrile,idle,dull and dry; I con- feffc all C’tis partly affected) thou canft not think worfc of me than I doe ‘’^ver. of tny felf.’ Tis not worth the reading, I y eeld it, I defire thee not to lofe /»* diatfiifi. time in perufing fo vain a fubjeCt, I Ihould be peradventure loth my felf to reade him or thee, fo writing, 'tis not opera prethm. All I fay,is this, that I have prefidents for it, which Ificrates cals perfugiumm qm pee. t, others as abfurd, vain, idle, illiterate, &c. Nonmlli alii idem fece. datomiUeft^ others have done as much, it may be more, and perhaps thou thy felf, Noviwus & we have all our faults o/e- Tiiamy ‘^thoucenfureft me, fo have I doncothers,and may doc thee, cNon duUra Cedimus irtatie vicenty^c. ’tis lea taliomsyquidpro quo. Go now cenfure, f hOnet criticize,fcke,iivdraUe. •, dUafutiufis ufque licet,(is denique »af»s: d Martin, Nonpotes innugttsdicereplura meae, Jpfeego quant dixiy^e, W er’fi thou all feoffes and flouts, a very Momusl Then we our felves, thou canft not fay worfe of us.’ Thus,as when women fcold,have I cryed whore firft, and in fome mens cenfures, I am afraid I have over fliot my ieMyLaudare fe vamyvituperare fiultiy as I do not arrogate,! will not derogate. Primus vejlrum non fum, nee imusy I am none of the beft, I am none of the mcandt of you. As 1 am an inch, or fo many feet, fomany parafanges, after him or him, I may be peradventure an ace before thce.Be it therfore as it is,wcll or ill, I have affay’djput my felf upon the ftage,I muft abide the cenfure,! may not cfcapc it. It is moft tmtyfijlus vitum arguityout ftik bewray cs us,& ^ as«hunters find their game by the trace, fo is a mans gentus defcricdb^/er<««^ vefii. his works,A/«/tfl melitiscxfemme quamlineamentis, demoribtts hominn judicamus ;’t was old Cato's rule. I have layd my felf open (I know it} Uft in this treatife, turned mine infidc outward, Ifliall becenfured, I doubt not,for to fay truth vtiihErafmus,nihil morofus hominmtjudiciis,ihcK*S naught fo peevilh as mens judgments, yet this is fome comfon^ntpalata, fc judicia,ouv cenfures arc as various as our palats. * Tresmihiconvivapropediffentirevidentur Pofeentes vario nmltum dwerfapdatOy&c, Our writing many diflics, our readers guefts, our books like bcautie, that whio. admires, another rejects 5 To arc we approved as mens fancies arcmclintj That which IS moft pleafing to cr... js amaractmt fui, moft harih to ano¬ ther. ^uot hominesy tot jententia, foicc^Qy fomany mind? * which thou condemneft he commends. - 8 ,^od fetfs, idfane efi invifim AtU^mque dtiohas, * He refpefts matter, thou art wholly for words, he loves a loofe and free B ftilc. xo Democritus to the Reader, * jlni1»erf’fo^ i6o-7- hAftre/w. ■M77houanalllbrneatcoropofition^ronglineSihedefir« XDominSll todraw on the Readers attention. wh>ch thou re- S^hat which one admires, anotherexplodesasmoft abfurdand iSoasJfitbenotpointblanktoh.shumom,hismethod>s conceit^ £ c S ierrai. mMm, ?»ed « a»«« J! a,u d,a,o^c. If on^ffbe omitted or added, which he likes or diflikes , thou art «a»o;r. /r^?,«.«,anidiot,ana(re, « orf/a^/an«i atrifler,atri- Ihou attanidlefcllowiorelfe-tisathiogofmeereindunrie.acol. kSwithoutwitorinvention,avetytoydfa«/Myir/,«r4«r»,«ru^ jcciionwu co^iunt.ubi vUfirata^o men arc valued.their la^ hHof. t Fieri tmtB* teftdBtiuai iuifii cogitate dicat uma. Mumus. mLih.i,de 9fd.eap.ii. nEra/htiCi* L $ EtafntMaU fEpifidih,60 Cujufque inge- %ium nonfia^ timemerpt,nl f tnateriee faU' to^,eccafiOiCOTn mniatorque tontingat. q FtdeJ. bifi. X Laudan d iaudiUohut ifi. iFit^Perfi* trcoXKXiimuche „*^#«eaf„«dar/r././.. .. ‘bounds in his own fenfeiandwhil'fteach particular partieisfoaf- feaed howlhouldonepleafeall; , , Howfhalll^opetoexprcffemyfelf toeach mans^^^^^^ & iconceir, w toSve fatisfo/4»,^»/^^«^^^/>f'J^* €onterxpJorttempm]udicant) foveas bees for honey, fome^^^^ fpiders to ^ather oovfon. Whatlhall I do in this cafe ^ As a dutch hoft, if you coLtoanILinC7ew^&dimkeyourfare,dlet,^^^^ \cizi\xx\YXQVitSdiitdtibiqttarofdiverfortum ,>§ 7 to another Inne :I refolve,if you like not my writing,g^o reade clfe. I do not much cftceme thy cenfure, take thy courfe, tis not as th^ wilt,norasIwill,butwhenwehavcbothdone,thatofpP/i;*^ torr^j4»willprovetrue, E^erym f/ue matter Jubje0,»ccafm,attd (owe commending favorite happen to it At L!^ taxed,?Vodedbythecandfomefuch,l(halhaplvbeapproved&co^^^ mendedbyothers, andfohavebcen ^Experm loquor)znd maytruj Iiicuucuuv f,n^ i.rt.ntia) heroum quoru'^^_f^> ‘minuitfra- gratias, & multorum ^ bene lauaatorum lauaesinm . have been honoured ^omcworthie menj fohaj^^ ('which f Pro- otherSjandfliallbe. At the atqueavide feirof ^''^'»fityis>dit««»»r»w^ Thefirft. *«/« few<’<^^^^'^ his fortune, admiratiom & ^ trnfiom ha. bithf, fate? that fuperintendent of wit, learning, --- w-,. -ludsc- Dbmocritus t0 the Reader, II judgement, ' ^d fiaforem doeftu, the beft of Greek and Latine writcrs,in ^ Flmarch's opinion}That renowned correiiorof'vice, as‘'/’4^/»#termes<g»ino»em. pugner i In eoplera^f permttofa, faith the fame fab/ns, many childiin m^renam traas and fentences lie hath, fermo illaboratusyioo negligent often, & re- ere. muitain mi(re,as obferves, oratio vulgaris (jr promt a, dicaces&tnepu^^ZZmi’- fententia^eruditio plebeia,zn homely (hallow writer as he is, Jn parttbm randa. %inas ^fafitdta habet^ faith Lipfius, and as in all his other works, fo e- fpccially in his epilUes, alia in argutits ^ tneptiis o ccupantur, intricate i introduced alicubty^parumconrpofitusyfwecopia rerumhocfecit,ht]\imh\t%\x^vt\s.- sen. ny things together immethodically, after the Stoicks falhion, parunt or. ^rJxJitquis Zm dtrfavity multa accumulavity (jrc. If Seneca be thus la(lied,and many fa- abfiium, ut mous men that I could name, what (hall I expeocc» Ihavenofuchauthoritie,nofuchbcncfaaorsasthatnoble»^«»f«/« .k/H,wastoowni, allowing him fix or feven.^wa*««/«to write out hi$ - h staHspede in t: a . t foj. jhat ciufc do my bufineflc my lelf. And was thcrclorc verfes. enforced, as a Bearc doth her whelps, to bring forth this confufed * lumpej had not time to lick it into forme, as flie doth her yong ones, butcvenfotopubliftiit, as it wasfirftwrittcn,^«^«/^//^ huccam ve. ftdts, mini- in an extemporean ftik, as 1 do commonly all other exerenes, e/- jBcji poets, auicqmd dtSiavit genuts meusy out of a confufed companic of notes, andwritwithasfmalldelibcrationasldocordinarilyfpeak,withoutall tanbefiam. affg^ation of big words, fuftian phrafes, jingling termes, tropes,ftrong \St%i lines, that like Ace}ds arrows caught fire as they flew j ftraines of wit, negiigit.o" ^tti braveh€ats,elogies, hyperbolicallexornations, elegancies, &c. whi(^ ^oUetjntcm manyfomuchaffect. 1 am'aquafotory drinkenowine atall, whichfo ^(tiphMmha- much improves ourmodcrnewits,aloofe,plain,rudewriter/c«w*'i/“*'-> rather pa* raphrafes, then interpretations, non ad but as an author, I ufe more libertie, and that’s only taken, which was to my purpofcQuotati- B 3 o X Ttt.Aitlfo. yHeaut.AS.i. - ” -- ———-—TT j „ rh^ Texr which make the ftilc more harfh, or in ons are often inferte i pUtOyPlutArchyJtheitaus, &c. ttemiu-go.tasithapncd.W«‘^^^ ^ecaufethe originaU wasnotfo *''T‘^ThaveStaglcV"‘‘/'"f■" ,eadie.Ihaveming ,j„^edthemfara«/*»a,notaccording to Kpetiuonot lutn ^ Neotericks before Ancknts,as my memone P”ftedlo.tK*ingsarehere altered,expiragedinjhisfiftlLE^^ f^geftedjSoTO^uJaddedbecaufe many good ’authors m all kinds aSTo m; hands fmee, and -tis no prejudice, no fuch rndem^m. or overfight.^^^^ i.^^^^ycnefMumrdtthneadvtumfuit, ^nresy atas, ttfus,femferaltqtitd affortentnevh MamdmomanU nt tUaqu^ fcircte credasMctas, EiattA tihputarUpriwitfinexercemo ut refuatas, Ne're was ought yet at firft contriv'd fo fit, SftS-"agc,ot fomethingwouldaltent j Advifetheebetter, and>uponperule> Make thee not fay.and what thou talc u,retuie. • Butlam now tefolved never to put this treatifeout again, 1 wUlTot hereafteradde, alter, or retraft, I have to-Thdaftand eteatea eaceptionis.that I being a divine have medlcd with phyfick, ° ^^ytantumneefiabretua, otn ttvty AUenx at cures, eaque nihil quA ad te attwent or little '^]\v:\\Menedernus obje^ed to Chremes j havel fo mu ,vhichcon ^nelfe of mine own, as to looke after other mens dcboled fellow ^m^nswoullhave itrepealed,thoughgood b«au^ ?hVame,andthenit(houldpaire.Thiscounfelwasembraced^«^ anditwiregiftredforth-vvith,£.Af«/t»re,^^^^^^ «»ta<»r e/.Thou faia as much of me,ftomachofus as thou are^ teft peradventure this which I have written in phy fick, n °“0 “ “J™ !• had another done fubieas Idoe dlewiththistraaeHearmefpeakiTherebemanyotherf^^^^^^ ealily grant, both inhumamtieand divmitie, fittobetreatCj^^^j^ which had I written ad ofientationem only, I could havcratherchofen,and in which Ihavcbeenmore andotherss have more willingly luxuriated, and better melancholy, but that at this time I was fatally driven upo^" ^ isdeduded and carried away by this i have pleafedandbufied from the main chanell of my ftudi^^ ^ ^y-^lTarie ^d commodious, my reif idle houres, as V tobc Notthatl prercri.vvdforeDivinitie, which Idoe acknowie^e touc theQucenofprofeflions,andtowhichallthe reft areas handma^^^^^^^^^ thatuTDivimiielfawnofuchgrcat need. For had I written pofitively. D emocritus to the Reader, 15 there be fo many books in that kindejfo many commentators, treatifes, pamphlets, expofitions, fermons, that whole tecmes of oxen cannot draw them j and had I been as forward and ambitious as fome others, I might have haply printed a fermcn at Pauls-Croffe, afermoninSt.i>/4- riesOxoM.a^ctmoainChnft-Church, or afermon before therightho- nourablCjright reverendja fermon before the right worlhipfull,a fermon in latine, in engliflij afermon with a name, a fermon without, afermon, afermom&c. But I have been ever asdefirous to fupprelTe my labours a e/ raf*. in this kinde, as others have been to prelTe and publiih theirs. To have written in controverfic,had been to cut off an Hydra’s head,=/^ Ittege- tier at,one begets another,fo many duplications,triplications, 8c fwarms Jan. Henjus. of queftions,//? /aero hello hoequodfitU mucrone agitur, that having once begun,I fhould never make an end.One had much better, as'’ Alexander ^Ztipegenrl the fixth pope, longfince obferved, provoke a great prince than a beg- ging friar,a Jefuite,or a feminpie prieft,! wil Sidde,£oi:inexfugnahilege. nus hoc homtnum, they are an irrefragable focietic,thcy muft & wil have miine. the laft word j and that withfuch eagernefre,impudence,abominablely- ing,falfifying,and bitternefle in their queftions they proceed, that ashe a kfifiM-ai idxd^farornecacus, anrapit vis acrior,anculpa,rejponfum date ? Blind fu- cajuiamfusb. rie,or error,or ralhnefre,or what it is that egges them, I know not, I am fure many times,which ^ perceived long {mcc,tempejlatecontenti. tmnifeimti* enfs,fcrenitas charitatis obnubilatur^ with this tempeft of contention, the ferenitie of charitie is bver-cloude 3 ,and thercbeToo many fpirits conju- red up already in this kinde,in all fciences,and more than we can tell how femmem infar, to lay, which do fo furioufly rage and keep fuch a racket, that as« Fabius Yi^^ux mma- faid. It had been much better forfome oft hem to have been borne dumb e,and utas imtiuim altogether illiterate,than fo/ar to dote to their own deflruclion, Kyi t meltusfuerat non fer there, namque tacere ^ Juam no- Ttttum femper erit ,— ducimus,mmM prieft a phyfician at once,and T.Linacer in his oU-s- orders. The J^- fmts profefle botfei at this time, divers of them permi/fu fuperiorum, Chi- -JovtHt. rurgions. T^ons, panders, bawds, aiid^dwives,to:. Manypoorcounmy- yicfis,foi- want of other means,ate driven to theitfliiftsito turn mounte- Ss quackfalvers, empiricks, andif ourgreed.c patronshold us to fuchtodconditions,ascomraonly theydo, they»dlmalemoftof us workat fomettade, as fWdid, at laft tumtaslers, malfters, cotter- monKets,gtafiers,fellaleasfomehavedonc,otworfe.Howfoevetinun- dertiini^ aiis task, 1 hope I lhall commit no great errour ot, ifallbefonrideredaright,IcanvindicatemylcifwithCeeix>«J«r4«»«r, and HUrtmmiisHemngiu.^ok two learned Divinesj who,to borrow ,,:..njnyoofmincielderbrothet'jdtawn byawwrf W, thcmt^ Uce/ierfijtrc, ^^pig theatre of Cities ^theother to thejludteofgenealogUSy ^ennedxxit^ truingenealogicum. Orelfe I canexcufemy ftudieswith kie/Siwthe 'jtifsisi.f'x T,&iteinlikecafe,'tis adifcafeof thefoul,onwhichlamtotreat, and KSi-'«-nuch appertaining to aDivine,as to a phyfician; and who knows nM whatanaireementthere is betwixt theft two profeffionse Ag^Di. l*c trattant • ^ either is or ought to be a good phyfician, a fpintuall phyfician at thndSo- leaft as our Saviour cals hitnfelf,and was indeed, ^ 41 . 4 . a 3 . Xt«^e5.i8. go,o‘eMgitur Luke y.S.They difter but in ob)c^> the one of the bodie, the other ofthc iemotboam- *: •- /inimain hfreortus^ formed us in a l earned leauig or nisnotxouK»ti^^- and paffions of the foul,lult,deiperation,pride, prcrumption,&c. by aWlyingthatfpirituall phyfick; as the ocher ufe proper remedies in bodily difeafes. Nowthis being a common infirmitie of bodic and foul, and fuch a one that hath as much need of fpirituall as a corporaU cure,Icouldnotfindafittertask tobufiemy felf about, a more appo- fitetheame, (b nccelTarie, focommodious, and generally concerning all forts of men, that (hould fo equally participate of both, and require a whole phyfician. A divine in this compound mixt malame, can do iittlc alone, a phyfician in feme kinds of melancholy much leuejboth make an abfolute cure. ^jilterius Jic alterafefeit opem. ^ And’tis proper to them both,and Ihopenotunbefeemingme, whoaiii by my profefllon a Divine,and by mine inclination a phyfician. I had J«- n LiiMpifiii. Viter in my fixt houfe; I fay with " Beroaldus , N onfum medicust nec me¬ dicine prorfus expert, in the theorick of phyfick I have taken fome pains, not with an intent to pra<51ife,but to fatisfie my felf, which was a caulc mlisr hamjbftt. cm uxczitles^aainviaiamOpenseiuenaam^ia.iui ivi.* l ?5«aw,ythe™vieofhiswork^ therichbifiiopof54//fW/e,whoinKing5faggravating,' appropriating things generally fpoken, to his own perfon (as melancho¬ ly menforthemoft part doe) he trouble or hurt himfclf, and get in con- clufion more harme then good. I advife them therefore warily to perufe that trad, loquituriCohid^ Agrippa de occ.Phil) ^caveantle- [prxj.ipfiori a ores ne cerebrum Us excutiat. The reft 1 doubt not they may fecurely reade,and to their benefit. But I am over-tedious, I proceed. Ot thenecefliticand generalitie of this which 1 have faid, if any man doubt, I fhall defire him to make a brief furvey of the world,as ^Cyprian ^ zdviCeth Donat.,fuppofnghimfelf to be tranjported to the top offomehigh Domtum. mount at ne, and thence to beholdthetumults and chances world, he cannot chufbut either laugh at, orpitie it. S. Hierome out of a 7nard^ mmtk ftrong imagination,being in the wildcrnefte,conceived with himfelf,that vemeem ceifto- he then faw them dancing in iJiJwejand if thou (halt either conceive, or S/S^- «Ume to fee,t hou (halt foone perceive that all the world is mad, that it is ccHtiiim facies, mei«ncholy,dotes:thatitis {vAdcdnBpichthoniua Cofnopolites (s’ocuiutndi- notmamYearsfincein amap) made like a fools head (with that Motto *** Caput jc e ‘"-><^/V»«;»)acrafedhead, fools paradife, and^Leds wbT^eforS^*”®” cheaters, flatterers, &c. and needs wberetom.x^^ Strabo in the ninth bookof his geographic, aurmt/erfie- zomnzxts Greece to thcpiCi,^, ^ which comparifon of his, Nic» CMu, in his expofinon of map,approvB; The breaft open from thole Acrocerauman hils in /><^,to the in Attica ; p aga and M agar a are the two Ihoi .1 Jvi jjinat Jfimos of Corinth the neck j and Peloponnefus the head. If this allulion hold, ’tis fure a mid hcadji'/tfrwmaybei'/t’rMj&tofpeakwhatl think, the inhabitants of C modernc i8 Democritus to the Reader, —- Greece fwerv'e ^ much from reafon^sTtruereligion atthis day, tnodcinc Or > nidurc of a man. Examine the reft m like fort, r°"«KVfo«'l’'y comcintotheworld,they arc ‘"'“•““d iiJSr'-’lirmofnS’aU Darmffpm “ J raUnertw Uontaltu 4 , confound them as differing fecundum magts &-twasanoldsr««^patadox,»*»»«/»/«/>«r<'»'«.'?dfoolsaretnad, zTm.i.^m. Rtwasanoiu r , Anj^hoisnotafool, who is free “fc'^ndior what is fictneire,but as ’ Crt^mc rhehUnm defines it, dam Mftmr, fick or ill difpofcd^ in whom doth not paffion,anger, cnvi > Utioj^ierUin r - ^d forrow raign i Who labours not of this difcafe if Give me SP'/";.b„S?lve.andyou®lhallfeebywh« mtas tfi C 0 n- j m jj j^at moft men are mad,that they had aj ™uch rogoapUgtinaageto\hei you will,propcrly or improperly, in difpofition or habit,for p ea for pain,dotagc,difcontent,fear, forrow,madnefre, for pwt,or or metaphorlaIly,*tis all one.Laushter it felf is Solomon fii as S.P4»/ hath it, worldly Jorroro brings , Cons of men are eml,&madnesU intheir hearts while they live. Wifementhemfelvesarenobetter^Ecc.i,i%,lnthemiiltttH f j ^ r.i..,. hatM life it felf.nothing pleafed hims he hated clud^Urer«»,gf«/wwt«,««»«»e^^^^^ dm'!!lhe\"‘?*'"“l“’'^"i?Ti?Stamfiehisownaato^^^^^ Merefitlijh talk KndcrJlMdingufiimM "">'^'1 • 30.S. SctheyiaWrwwords, orthewordsof ad^arthefonofja*'^ cBcdcf.t. Democritus to the Reader. 19 they are canonicall. I> 4 wW a man after GodI own heart, confeflethas much of himlelfj f i ,21. So foolip^ was I and ignorant,I was even as a be aft before thee. And condemns all for fools,?/ 93.&32.9.&4P.20. He compares them to beafts,horfes, and mules, in which there is no under- ftandtng. The apoftle ? 4 «/ accufethhimfelf in like fort, 2C0r.11.21. I would you would fufer a, little my foolijhne(fe,lfpeak fooltfhly. The whole head isfick,(z\ih. EJay, and the heart is heavie,Cap. 1.5. And makes lighter of them then of oxen and a[fes,The oxe knows his owner, d‘C. reade2e»r. Si- 6 .}er.i^. Amos ^.i.Ephef.^.e.Be not mad, be not deceived,fooltft) Gala. tians,who hath bewitched you ? How often are they branded with this E- pithetofmadnelfe and folly f No word fo frequent amongft the fathers of the Church and Divinesj you may fee what an opini(jn they had of the world,and how they valued mens adions. I know that we think far otherwife, and hold them moft part wife men that are in authoritie, princes, magiftrates, J rich men,they are wife men borne,allPoliticiansandStatef-menmuftneedsbefo,for whodarc ipeak agamii them i And on the other, fo corrupt is our judgement we ■yair’'- efteeme wife and honeltmcn fools. Which Democritus well /ignifiedin" an£^///eof histo Hippocrates: ^ThtAbderitesaccountvertuemadnes, and lo do moft men living.Shall I tell you the reafon ofit ^ ^ Fortune and Fertue, Wifedomemd Folly, their feconds, upona time contended in the mSIcT Olyn^icks^ Eyerie man thought that fortune a.nd folly would have the ^itabantur^pu^ worft, and pitied their cafes.But it fell out otherwife. Fortune was blind f fi”*. and cared not where flieftroke, nor whom^without lawes, Audabatarum sldpr^^r^x- tnjtdr^ ^c.Folly Td,ihz.T\d inconfiderate^ efteemedas little what flic laid ot6:id.FertuezndWsfedome^Vft%ip\zcc, werehilfed out, and exploded by the common peoplej/o//y & fortune admired, and fo are all their fol- esre. uu lowers everfince: knaves and fooles commonly fare and defervebeft in worldlings eyes & opinions. Many good men have no better fate in their bet feUatlns z^tS'.AchiJh, I •S 4 »». 2 i.i 4 .heldl> 4 wlmr »bi nati funt, makegood bargaincs,fup- \fnft ^ ^f^ft'^fsinfervire 5 folennes afeendendi modos apprehendere, ‘mdidi iMdmlfmmr ^it ’ ^aLndtmllis. mdire Mtifcc tern d-^fromotiomm fermt^ Jecur’--*^ 1 bat cannot tempoiizc as other men dn,iJia«u«- As iCha« writ ofi’«ta^<”''»t and Cars vL.,/ .hev were children in re- truMtioms, fped, infants, not eagles but kites nov m their agc,as hec cceUm Europe, although they were the wifeft,and ^rmic as worthy %h%Jtfap. ccnfured Alexandery\ do ^jnaad)as valiant as hiinff ^5 t.iy.eyio. Captaines (had they been in place or coni ^ retail « Fhuoro- therewereMyriadesofmenwifermthofedaies^^^ p^vesthemto -J ^.,r.la^s-y-.k/» r r/,/??/i«fi«!fmhlsbookeOl wile ?J,.U;rn1nnste-. fbiayantifies iiterarum fapientiis, ut Sctopp:i(^ tlm de Seal. HtnfiwsyAquila innubibuiylm'* ferator Ittera- torum, columen ‘ ere My riades of men wifer in thole daies,« y r.M;?X:;;i-,heyoughttobe.'£ato.««iBhisbookeo^^^^^^^ iaantbc,nuM bcdizatds, fools, alTcs, mad-men, lo^““ , .^uever any old woman K3.""' ncntsandbrain-fick pofitionSjthattohsthmkij^ Leucip;>us and 1 T)emocT-.^ 4 or fick perfon doted worfe. o;curus,‘/>r^»if»^^ dumfapten- hureditattm ' lefijOaith \it^the inheritance & the reft,making no dif- ftuirtureii- tu,^c. 1 iiuiu,. heholdsof ^ , couldfpeak.^rhodoret Uepu. i^,,^ct-betwixtthemanao..fiAyfA.nngtha^^^^^^^ Jf Democritus to the Reader* 21 in his trad Per cur.grac.affecl. manifeftly evinces as much of a, whom though that Oracle of confirmed to be the wifeft man then 1 ivincT and faved him from the plague,whom 2000 years have admired, of whomfome vvilfas foone fpeak evill as of Chrtfi,ya reveraMc was an illiterate idiot, as 'i Aripphanes cals him, trrt jor & ambftiojm^ as his Mafter Andotle termes him Jcurra Atticus, as Zer;;,;, an * cnemie to all yNeb.&Ra>tu OTS & fckDces, as Philofophers & Travelte anopmauve, afie acaviller^akindeof Pedants for hismanners, &%Theod.CyrenJis de-nam. ehrius dtcax^^c. 3 . pot companion, by P Uto s own conrellion,aItur- mquert. diedrinkersandthatofallothershe wasmoftfottilh,averymad-man in«r£«,«jf«« his adions & opinions.P>^%or/w was part philofopher,part magician, or part witch. If you defire to hear more of ApoUomus a great wife man, fometimeparallel’d by]«// 4 /itheapoftate toChrift, I referyoutothat' learned tra^t oi'Eufebius againft Hiereclcs,!ic for thcni all to Lucians PtJ- cator,Icaronfenippus,Necyomantia:thcita.&ionSyOipimonsm^cnemlwetc fo prodigious,abfurd,ridiculous,which they broached and maintained, their books and elaborate treatifes were full of dotage, which 'EuUy ad Atticnrn, longfince obferved, delirant plertmqyfcrtftorestnltbrisjuu, their lives being oppofite to their words, they commended povertie to others,and were moft covetous themfelves, extolled lov e and peace,and vet pcrfecuted one another with virulent hate and malice. They could give precepts for verfe and profe, but not a manof them (as Seneca tels them home)could moderate his affetaions.Their mufick did Ihew xxsfle- fednon turn biles modes,&c.hovf to rife and fall, butthey could not fo contain them- felves as in advei fitie not to make a lamentable tone. They \yill mealurc oround by Geometrie, fet down limits, divide and fubdivid^but can¬ not yet prefcribefl« 4 »t«w^^)/»/w/ 4 r/^, or keepwithincompafleofrea- fon &difcretion.They can fquare circles, but underftand nettheftateot their own foals,defcribe right lines,and crooked,&c.but know not what is right in this hk^qtfid in vita reSinmfit,ignorant’, fo that as he laid, NelcwanK^nticframrAtioilludefiinetomnem, 1 thinl wilnotteftore .tern totheit wits,>if novy-,that held ^ Xenodotus heart,Cr4r« \vvQt,Ept^etus lanthorn,were lo foctifli,and had no more brains then fo many beetles,what lhall we think or the commonalties What of the reft e , e a ^jecurCr^ Yea, but will you infer, that is true of heathens , if they be conferred with Chriftians,! Cor. 3 .ip. Themfedomeofthismrldisfeoli[hneJJetPtth Cod,earthly and deviltjh,zs]amescaUit. g.l5* They were vatntnWeir imaginations,and their foolijh heart was full of darkneffe,Rorn,l.2iy2i’ Wht. theyprofeffidthemfelves wife, becamefooles. Their wittie works arc admirea’a^re on earth, whiltt their foules are tormented in hell “‘‘c* foine fenfe. Crafsiani, ChnUhns are Craflians,dc if compared to that wifedome,,o better then fools..^^ eft fapiens <• Solus Deus, Py- Jjafie thagoras ve^[ks,Godu**,iy rvife,Rom.i6. P 4 «/determines, ^ lift I n well contends,4»4r r„an living can be juft i fed in his ^ looped down from heaven upon the children of men- tef^ derftand,P(a.^l.^A’h\XlP\i^t^cc>ii■^AY.,^n^*Rom.yi^M^^^ C 2 2X Democritus to the Header. notone. ]oh aggravates this, 4.18. Behold he found noftedfafincffe , fervants,and lay dfolly upon hts Angels: i p. Hotv much more on then tn his em that cHlcprojun- 'dvoellin houfesof j?*Iiithisfenfe\vcarcallasfoolSjan(ithe*^Scripture alone is arx Minerva-, we and our writings arelhallowandunperfcd. ^ But I doe not fo meanejeven in our ordinaric dealings, we are no better d Vaneiir.Tra. then fools. All our adions,as‘ii’//w>told Trajan, up.br aid us of folly,owv jam omnts ac- yyholecourfeof lifcisbutmatterof laughter; we arenotfobcrly wifej hare fiuhiti- and the world it fclf, which ought at leaft to be wife by reafon of his an- am vUeniur. tiquitie, as' Hugo de Prato Flortdo will have it, femperfiultiz,at, is everic ^Fai Mun^^ tnore foolijh thanother', themore it is whipped,the worfe it is,and as a fui viantiqui- childwillfiHlbecrownedwithrofes and flowers. Weare apilhin it, afini totem deberet hipedes,8c cvcrie place is full inver forum Apuleiorum,o( metamorphofed fimfTfiuiti- and two-legged zffeSyinverforum Silenorum,chi\di{h,pueriinfiar bimuli, ^at, iff milk tremula. patris dormientis in ulna, loviantss Pontanus, Antonio Dial,, m.fiimtwr l^J^ings in fome laughing at an old man,that by reafon of his age was a lit- vuit tops iff tie fond, but as he admonilheth there, He mireris mi ho^fesde hoefene, floribas core- marvell not at him only,for tot a hac civitas delirium^aW our T own dotes Thfanum te 1^ like fortj^we are a companic of fools. Aske not with him in the poet, mnes pueri, % Larva hunc intemperiainfoniaque agitant What madnesghofls this old manjbut what madnesghofts us all ^ For we are adunumomnes g Piautm Au- all mzd,femelinfanivimus omnes, not once,but alway fo, & femel, cjr Jt- luiar. mul,^ femper,tstt,ZTA altogether as bad as hej and not fenex bispuerjle^ lira anus, but fay it of us z\\,femper young and old,all dote, as La~ clantius proves out of Senccar, and no difference betwixt us and children, faving that, major a ludtmus grandioribus pupis, they play with babies of clouts & fuch toy es, we fport with greater babies. W e cannot accufc or condemn one another being faultie our felves, deliramenta loqueriSy h Adeipkatt.i. y^^ idly,or z^Mitio upbraided Demea,infanis,auferte,{ot we are as mad our own felves,and ’tis hard to fay which is the worft. Nay 'tis uni- i TuUy Tufc.%. verfally fo, ' Vitam regit fortuna, non fapientia. eiasouftu^'^ When *'/had taken great pains to findc out a wifeman, andto lAnt’maL purpofchadconfultedwith philofophers, poets,artificers,hecon- mLib.i.de fap. cludcsallmen wciefoolsj and though it procured him both anger and muchenvie, yet in all companies he would openly profefTc it. when /imt. ^ Supputius in Pontanus had travelled all over Europe, to conferre with a wife man, he returned at laft without his errand, and could finde none. agi vis’ll* concurres with him. Few there are(for ought Icanperceivejwell oinfania non tntheirwits.Sodoih.^TuU'i,! feeeveriethinrtobedonefooli(hh,and un' fnibuoeadem^dvifedly. Erafm cbil.i. ' ^ lU. r 'n r i • J r cent.io.r«mo HUJinijtrerfum,hic dextrorfum,unusutriquc mnaii'*Zf'*t Hrror, fedvariis illuditpartibus omnes. ^Ppit^ucal-^ reeles to this, another to that wall. tmatiomorbo *Tis the fame error that dcludcs them all. , _ iSSt °Theydoteall,butnotalike, ^ no'-^^i the fame kinde, 'iyarititeyambi- One is covetous,a fecondlaf€ivious,atbirdambitioP'>^ fourth envious iionu,invif •* tha^ar CafitHo: and cannot fo ealily be rooted outfit takes fuch faft hold, Ejt^nmcquo^ as Tully holds, Alta radicesJlultstu,'^ fo'we are bred,and fo we continue, nofirim fmi- Some fay there be two main defers of wit,error and ignorance,to which all others are reduced j by ignorance we know not things neceflarie, byjj ^uarndexa^ error we know them falfly. Ignorance is a privation, error a pofitivc a;^inghim, whom he found (as before) in his garden in caUeatum, /«• thefuburbs allalo^^ » fitting upona ftone under a plane tree, ^vithm hofe or ftoeSftpith aboox,, 2 ^fj cutting up fever allbeafts, and acJMcUentuntM Athisftudie. The multituoc ftood gazing round about tof=- 'he t^on-f ro^abarba, greffe. Hyppocrates after a little pir,,fe!fa]nf^^ nisnamc,whom he gSASa* rcfalttted,alhamcd almoft that he could not call him likewife by his, or that 24 Democritus to the Header. that he had forgot it. Hippocrates demanded of him what he was doing .• X 7 >e furore, He told him that he was ^bufte in cutting up feveraUbeajls, tofinde out maniameian- caufeof madnefe,andmelancholy.Hippocrates commended his work, ttjitImVo admiring his happinelfe and Icafure. And why, quoth 2) have paCfo in homi- ^ ^ ^leafure ^ Becaufe, replied Hippocratcsy domefticall affaires hinder,ncceirarietobedon^foroudyves,neighbours,a^^^^ rnicm, minu- difeafcs,frailties and mortalities which happens wife, children,fervants, otunh^c i»iuit bufincfles which deprive us of our time. At this fpeechDm^rr/- V!SS»eatuspMdyhughedy (his friends and the people Banding by, weeping feco, non -Dei j^ean time, and lamenting his madnes.) Hippocrates asked the rea- SX& fonwhy h' ‘““S’V''*- fopperies ofthe mturam dif- time to fee men fo emptie of all vertuous actions, to hunt fo farre after iment. y’ having no end of ambition j to take fuch infinite pains for a little gloric,and to be favoured of menjto make fuch deep mines into the earth for gold, and many times tofinde nothing, withlofleof their lives and f ortWs.Somc to love dogs, others horfes, fome to defire to be obeyed yAu/l.u.i>i inmanyprovinccs,yandyetthemfelveswillknownoobedicnce."Somc Genjumenti theif wives dearly at firfl, and after a while to torfake and hate SZSL«-th«m,bcgntbgchadtcn,wuhmuchcare&coftforthOT dcf ofiuiae, when they grow to mans eftate»to defpife,negleCt,and leave them naked tu nullum prt$- thence to land again,being no way conBant to their defircs. They co^- mend courage &Brength in wars,& let themfelves be conquered / to’SS- and avarice;*ey arein brief,as difordeted tenti mamore in his body. And now me thinks,OmoB worthy ffni-nr* ampetfphit manvvill mockhisownfolly,butthatwhich hf nemi fed alter they jultiy ^ock one another. The drunkar'^'^^ls him a ^term dsndet be Vnows to bc looci, mpn lovc lea,Others husbandry; bricHy, they cannot agree in their own trades and profcflions, much leue in their lives and anions.! ~ When DeWOcritus t$ the Reader. V/hmHffpecrates heard thefc words, fo readily uttered without pre- meditationco declare the worlds vanitie, full of ridiculous contrarictie, be made 2nfwcr,That neceflitie compelled men to many fuch adions, & divers vrilsenfuing from divine permiflion, that we might not be idle, being nothing is fb odious to them as doth and negligence, Befides,men cannot forefee future events, in this uncertaintie ot humane afFairesjthey would not fomarrie, if they could foretell the caufes of their dillike and reparation; or parents if they knew the boureof their childrens death, fo tenderly provide for them 5 or an husbandman fowe,if hec thought there would be noincreafej or a merchant adventure to (ea, if hee fore-faw Ihipwrack 5 or be a Magiftrate, if prefently to bee depofed. Alas, worthy Democritus^ everic man hopes the beft,andto that end he doth it, and therefore no luch cauie, or ridiculous occafion of laughter. .1 ^ Democritus hearing this poore excufe, laughed again aloud, percei¬ ving he wholly miftook him,and did not wel underftand what hee had faid concerning pert urbations and tranquillitic of the minde. Infomucb, that if men would goverrte their atftions by diferetion and providence, they would not declare themfelvcs fooles as now they doe, and hee fhould have no caufe of laughter 5 but (quoth heej they iwell in this life, as if they were immortall and demi-gods, for want of underftan- ding. Itwereenough tomakethemwife,ifthey wouldbutccnfiderthe mutabilitie of this worid,'ahd how it wheeles about, nothing being firin , and fure. He that is now above, to morrow is beneath j he that fate on this fide to day, to mbrrow-is hurled on the other: and not cbnfidering thefe matters, they fall int6 many inconveniences and troubles, fcoveting things of no profit,and thirfting after them,tumbling headlong into ma¬ ny calamities.So that if men would attempt no more then what they can bear, they fhould lead contented lives,and learning to know themfelye^ ^ ©ewjae Jk would limit their ambition, ^ they would perceive then that Nature hath qu^rendt, enough without feeking fuch fuperfluities, & unprofitable things, which bring nothing with them but griefe and moleftation. As a rat bodie is mim> more fubjcmocrito qui flout at another, one fpole to fleare at another. A great Stentorian Demo. ndm.Eraj: critus , as bigas that Rhodian Coloffus. For now,as ^Salishurtenjis faid in his time, totus mundus hifirionem agity the whole world play es the foolej j we have a new theatre, a new fcene,a new comedic of errors, a new troT * ** company oi^^xiQnzizz^orSyVolufiafaera(z%Calcagninus wittily feigns ^ in his Apologs j are celebrated all the world over, * where all the adors m/infan^^u were mad-men and fools, and everie houre changed habits, or took that hodie nauta» which came next. He that was a Mariner today, is an Apothecarie morrow; a fmith one while, a philofopher another,/» his volufis. ludis^ jaterl na* a king now with his crowne, robes, feepter, attendants, by and by f^-^rmacopoUs drove a loaded alTc before him like a Carter, &c. If Democritus were alebatmuhl'^ ^ive now, he Ihould lee ftrangc alterations, a new company of counter- /‘ueUitio,tiaras leit vizards, whiflers, Cumane alTes, maskers, mummers, painted Pup- pets, outfides, phantaftick lliadows, gulls, monlters, giddy-heads, butter-flies. And fo many of them are indeede (y if all bctruethatl have read) For when Jupiter and ]uno's wedding was folemnizcd of old, tmpeU't^’^ me gods were all invited to the feaft, and many noble-men belides: y (Saicagninm Amongft the reft came Cryfalus a prince, bravely attended, rich in geflden attires, in gay robes, with a ma jefticall prcfence,but otherwife dives, mantcats analle. The gods feeing him come in fuch pompe and ftate, role up give him place, hahitu hominem metientes'y ^ but perceiving what he was,aiight,phantaftick,idle fellow, turned him and his proud nuthuceejitii lollowers into butter-flicS: and fo they continue ftillcfor ought I know tothccontrarie) roving about in pied-coats, and are called y the wifer fort of men: that is, golden outfides, drones, flies, & things . o£nowonh.Multitudcsoffuch;&c. uZilTCZ. ■— ubique invenies Stultos avarosyfyeophantas prodigosl' levitatem Ja- fitir ferffi-- €icns, at tu (inquit) efia iombiliOy^Crn I Si foret in tenu rideret n jeu ^ci Chiyfalides v(h cant hujufmoM homines. » ‘p Tmochitus » utitr . _ - -thought.^ yicc,folly, andmadndTe waeaUatMlfc*. ‘.«.M their vices, puwiinm. notorious in viUaniesjbut we flow high- nerninm /<»- themfelves,who inouia dc u . ^ne(rc,farbeyondthem, finguiotceTta-. j.tf^Jiproq-memvfUofoyemt - n. *rr- mnhabetis ^ J / rr^n know whofcOraclcitis) isllkc tobcWOffl* TlS iuupejorfu. and the latter end ^ ^ ^ „ R^unt urbcs, regnA transfer noctobedemeithew^l^^^^ laws cullomcs, manners, but not vices, not change „,adneffc, they areftillehe famfAnt*kiver%cfee,lLpttheli^^ ter,and Ubetur inomnevolubtlis^vumx, *Hor. . vices are the fame,and ever Will be 5 looks esuperfiitioefi Ourttacsan pe» ^ ^ 'j^jj (;;ockscrowed,Kinelowed,Shcep bleat* I nn^eesbarked, fothcy doeftilljwckeepeour eJ^SparrowescturptdDoggesb^^^^^^^^ sS^.2.-;?;;f"hlM^a^iLlinationsasourptcdeceffbrswete,^ I,, theDukcof j^one,weandourfons, Andfolhall our pofteiitie continue to the laft. Butto Ipcakcor times h Si ml intueri prcfcnt. , (Vinnldbut fec thc fupcrftltion of tam diftimiiia fo many preachers, fo littlepradtice,luen varict c r«r/arfreeM,j»fuchabfurdandridic o .(^irAineCuite aman-ferpent,alhave- eumpmeioTi. ^ g Capuchme,3i Frandfian^ a I [ * r three-crowned crowned Monke in his robes, a begging ^ ^ Ccrvsrum Dei, i dicam Soveraigne Lord the Pope, poore e er - necks, make them PSPi”®"8 ‘ ”■;?''1* u“!;-a’at”u*2ates, Iwldhisbridlcand ftirrup, nihut, votis,fg- ftand batc-foot and bare- g^ § * ,. , fhould obferve a lufionibuspu- &c .(0 that and PauI '^f?^ 5 ^Jj.''^^^°^„ndthofe Red-cap Cardinals. ^Princea;ccpfodevout yto^ erganis.cantile- poor Parifli-priefts of old,nowPrince ? p ftf our d evout m.mmpnu, CcelumipfAmpetiturfiultittA.Hudhccm^ vnmeSs gomgb^{.loLorUj^'«,o^rh^^^ t'oriis. mitris, mAsSbrine, to creep to thofc counterfeit f’J •/rnS'-Paxes,crucifixcs, HadhebcenprefentataMa>k,andfeenfuchk^ pidures of c^uu,raCuTu, cringes, duckings, their feverall fcafts, crofling, knock- DbmOcmtUs t$ the Reader . ^9 ing, kneeling at Ave-Umes^ bells, with many fuch j -^^jucundarttdi J^eSiacula flebi^ praying in Gibbcriih, and mumbling of beads. Had he heard an old wo- manfay her prayers in latine, their fprinkling of holy-water,and going a Proceflion, - * inC(dmtmonachorurHagmina.mtllei *Tb.Nea^ect. Sluid memorem vexilU, crucesyidolaque culta,^c. ^ Their Breviaries, bulls, hallowed beans, exorcifmes, pidures, curious 7 ® crolTes, fables andbables.Had he read the Golden Legend, the Turks Al- anmrum fpasio farMy or Jewes Talmud, the Rabbins Comments, what would he have thought ^ How doeft thou thinke he might have been affeded i Had he annua. ArmU. more particularly examined tijefuits life amonglt the reft,he ihould have feen anhypo.rite profelfe povertie,‘and yet poflefle more goods & lands tute loquuti then many princes, to have infinite treafurcs and revenues} teach others fu^,feromia. to fait, and play the gluttons themfelvcs} likewatermin, thatroweone^^^^^^^^^ . way,and look aimther. ^ Vow virginitie,talk of holinefle, an 5 yet indeed notfumo, a- ' anSbfiousBawd, and famous fornicator, Ufeivum feem, a very goat. ^ Monkes by profelfion, fuch as give over the world,and the vanities of it, But they lhall and yet a Machiavtlian rout ■" interefted in all maner of ftate: holy men, prevaile no peace makers, and yet compofed of envie^Iuft, ambition^hatred and ma- ^ licCjfire-brands,^^/!^/-^^^^^/'/^ pcfiiSy traitors^ a(Iafinats,^4C//^/^r addjiray known t 6 and this is to fupererogate,and merit heaven for themfelvcs and others, all men. Had he feen on the adverfe fide, fome of our nice & curious fchifmaticks ^ ^ in another extreme,abhorre all ccr€monics,and rather lofe their livcs and ejfe,nunciiti^ livings, then doe or admit any thing Papifts have formerly ufed, thoi^h «« in things indifferent (they alone arc the true Chu ch, fal terra, cum fint svdam. cmniuminfulftfsimi .) Formalifts,out of fear and bafe flatterie,like fo ma¬ ny weather-cocks turn round, a rout of temporifers, readic to embrace and maintain all that Is, or flialbepropofed,in hope of preferment: Ano-' ther Epicurean companie, lying at lurch as lb many vultures, watching fora prey of Church goods, andready to rife by the down-fall of any: „ .. .j. as ^Lucian faid in like cafe, \vhat doft thou t\\vc^DmocritHs would have ^i^^aetmut donc,had he been fpe ^ WddyielJe fgoodly caufes quas univtrCtis orbis bedu C 4 d^^ litiaiqueJeupim «4r«r) whilft Starefmen themitlyes in the mean at homi^ . pampered with all delights sc pleaiurcsjwike their cafe and follow their *«**'*' *' 30 Demochitus 10 ihc itaJer, lulls not confidering what intolerable mifay poor fouldiers c-ndurc.theit often wounds, hungor, thitft,&c. the lamentable cares,toimcnts,calam i. ties & oppreffions that accompanie fuch proceedings.they leelenotjtak matUo.utfUd.- rie brought fodivellifh, fobrutifliathingas war firft into mens minds ?, bMvZl. Who made fo foft and peaceable a creature, born to lovCjmemie,meck- tix mum tarn ncftc,fo to rave,rage like beafts,and run on to their own deftrudnonf now nature expoftulate with mankindc,%o te divinum ntfzrnitim^ "Imadetheeanharmlc(re,quiet, a divine creature: ^®wmayG^ ^P®* * m. 7 )inotb. ftnlate,and all good men ^ yet,^^>r«w/4^(as ^ ojic condok'j ' mirantur, ^heroumnumerohahent: thefcarcthc bra*'' r crownc,,pftamid5;obdiskstothciretcrnallfc..Vh«ra^ s Jovigi. attends on them, aa, ituv ad afira. When sshodes was belieget^ r- hfs cadaverihts ref let a funt, the ditfw cie ^11 of dead carcalics;and as hjoviusvit. tjK*. i CtjmnCm, DhmOcritUs t 9 the Reeder. 51 z 7)olus,a/pe- ’^3 inJu/Htu whenthefaid 5 »madworld,ashctetms.V>rW^^^ Wmi. f»fr'‘t“'““fwould?toWyou,havcc^^^^^ wh"|rorratteroadehimtumehiscunc.alter^^^^^ £ 1 ^ 2 ; mhcrhowle ■ v^mocrim. ftand amazed 5 or as the Poets feigne,that was tor griei 4 X CUT^ leves n ’ -c j turned to a ftone^ 1 have not yet faid the worlt,That whi is moreabfurd and mad.In their ■‘"‘/‘‘rwa'S I m^ane' y Am^amm ^^.,.j /j„/f >(uCetpitury mpegerttur, mtferefnttur, luch wars 1 meaoc, tapio.necf^it n{ Jjio 4 condernned,asthofephantafticalU;» 4 %t^/jvainly ratmts tn ar- tor all are ‘J®” p. • ri- -r- ^j^ks are all-out as neccflaric as the Homan TErafmi. Grecian Phala nx- to be a fouldier is a moft noble and honoura- ^ p/oMure»a. mh^-fnared thevareour bellwals ■'“ffta w true^ AH tar cmitl affams,tll tarfiadies,aU ear fUtdin^:,tndaftrit mi 'Zlnidmoa. /,« aider ,he fro,eel,.,, ofroarl.h vertae,, aadarheaf^- " Z7hne « 4,« fafpeta tftamalt, all oar oris ceafe ; wartes are moft be- ^valouris ■"“h'obecom^^^^ t:ommuitu,. part, auferre, trstetdare, rapre, faijis norntnwm w cmimcorn. riifx^Gakactts obfervationin TacitHs)x.hQy terme^eft,murde^r, & ra ftt^conticef \ vertuc^by a wrong name, rapes,(laughters, maflacres, % ?S;.. t. &e pr’etfy paftimis.as Lado.ua, r,.e, notes ■ ,bemoJlkL.MnUood.facker,Jroasefi,hee.e,,ll,emoJidefjer^^^^^^^ rp£. la,nsUaeh.roa,rosae,:..ha,nmem,perer^^ SSirSi- la a, arL. .Mm, md rcLaed foaldurr, foffelfed m,ia£ L foaf,onoffdfehonour,iiPMtasHa,er >nh's»«'-^"‘^"'’hftoricco - tapucet.non forefront of the battell, marching bravely on with ache n “Sr;iLdrumsandtrumpets,fuchvigorand efeputant vi- in the ayrc, glittering armours, motions of plumes, woods of^ tm. qu^ nm fiords,variety of colours, coft and magnificence, as it td^ ^ ^ « «vcnf ar- Capitol,and ^ffo^r they run into army marched to meet Alexander at Ifs. Vo^^ " eminent-dangcrs,C4WWmouth,ScCaa^Ww'* J J onnlaufe^ betent, (ml.Uuus. toget a name valour, honour and applaul^ which lafts not neither, for it is but * luecr flalh this fame,and like * > intra diemmnm wt»r,tisgo[ic in an inftant* Of 1 5 ® 0 ° cLib.ioMt. Sfunderbeg. Democritus to the Reader. 33 (lain in abattel,fcarcc fifteen are recorded in hiftory,& after a while their names are likewife blotted o ut,the whole battel it felf is forgotten. Thofe Grecian Orators,/«w^»*^ ingenit & eloquentia,{tt out the renowned overthrows 2 .X.'Thermof‘jU,SAlaminayMArathro,MjcAle, Mantineay Che. ronxay PUtAa: The Romans record their battel at Cannasy and Pharfaltart fields,butthey doe but record, and we fcarce hear of them. And yet this fuppofed honour,popular applaufe, defireofimmortality by this means, pride and vain-gloryfpurs them on many times rafhly and unadvifedly, to make away themfelves and multitudes of others. ^Alexander was for¬ ty, becaufe there were no more worlds for him to conquer, he is adnaired hy(oxnciontianmofavox‘videtury®iay ’twas ifcoken like a Prince, but as wife e-uart«r/«i- j. ' iilc crucemfcelerispreciumtulttyhicdtadema. Tjuvensat 4. made a Knight, a Lord, an Earle, a great Duke, (as griff a notcs)for which another fhould have hung in gibbets,as a terror to the reft, lquit.Tupif- - - (Stamen alter, fiamomnium Si feciffetidem,caderet fub jttdicentorum. A poor (heep-ft«‘« « hanged for ft^ling of viauals.complled petad- rattoW^/ex- venturebv nccefliticof that intolerable cold, hunger andthirft, to lave miivm cur. , ^uta s great man in oflice,mayfecurelyrob wholeprovinces, undothoufands,pilland pole, opprdrc4^/;^/r«w,flea, «re (rc^Mfop. annde,tvrannize,inrich himfelf by fpoiles of the Cotnn:ions,be uncoor >S 51 .T-rroleablemhisaaions,andafterall,berecompeofedwKh™ tmmuitosbo. [^onourcdforhisgoodfervice,&nomandarenndrault,or mutter at it. nos VITOS in Democrittu havcbeen affededjto lee a wicked caitittc, or • foole, a very idiot, afunge,agolden a(fe, a monficr of men to have many duntaxM iuod men, VO tie men, learned men to attend ufon him mth all Jubmilsion,^ i 7 lSv:manmdixuhi 4 rMis,forth.tnff,adm>MM‘haf^^^ tnatum cumu-’ money ^ And to honour him toith divine titles ^Andbumb Aft Efithets,io fmother him with fumes and eulogies, whom they know to be a dizard, menu numif. a fool,a covctous wretch,a beaft, &c. bee au[e he is rich?'Xoktftib ojef^vus Tfutum.Morm. onarrum, a filthy lothfome carcaffe, a Gorgons head putred up by kEfrumiide- parafiteSjaffume this unto himfelf, glorious titles, inworthaninf^t,a tefianm Uto. Cuman afie, a painted fepulchre,an £j;-^^fM»tcmple^Tolecawitncrea face,adifeafed,deformed,cankredcomplexion,arottencarcairc,avipe. honorcs its ira- rous minde, and Epicurean foul fet out with orient pearles, j ^wels, dia- dems, perfumes, curious elaborate vvorkes, as proud of his clothes, as a vJos^a?,rtof- child ofhis new coatsj and a goodly perfon ofanangelike divine counte- cu,\s, non alio nance, a faint,an humble mind,a meek fpirit cloathed in rags,beg,& now ready to be ftarved^To fee a filly contemptible ftoven in apparel,raggcd quoddites ftnt. in his coat,polite in fpeech, of a divine fpirit, wife^another neat in cloths, ^ fpruce,fullof courtefie, empty of grace,wit,talk non-fenfe^ . nJ^ep Utrtus To fee fo many lawyers, advocates, fo many tribunals, fo little Ju- imocenfpeteat, fo many Magiftratcs, fo little care of common good 5 lo many ^lexdmn^'io. Laws, yet never morediforders;Tr/^«/?/t/ litium /c^crc«»,thc Tribunal ras,quodinm a Labyrinth,fo many thoufand fuits in one court fomctimes,fo violently eperatur. followcd^ToCccinjtiftifsimttm (afejuri frajidentem,imfiumreligtoni, nSaivi^Li’. imferitifsimum eruditioni, otiofifsimum I abort, monfirofumhumanttati. | de providen _ LI _ /zifrd aftvtlSnCu^ o pubiica merces. himfelf,m cundem furtum facere ^ funire, " rafinam pkctcre, ^ Petronm. jpfg raftori Law c« altered, mifeonftrued, interpreted pro and as the ‘^Judgeis made by friends, bribed,or other wife atfe^ed,as a nofe ofwax, pecuuia reg. goodto day,none to morrow s or firme in his opinion, caft in his f Sen- mi Idem- tChCC DemOcritUs to the Reader. 3S tence prolonged, changed adarbttrium jttdictSy ftill the fame cafe, ?onc thruft out ofhis inheritance ^anotherfaljly put in hy favour,falfeforged deeds UfaZubJl" tr wils. Jncife leges neghguntur, laws aremadeand not kept; or if put in Uberi.kc do>ia- cxecution, •i they be fome filly ones that are puniflied. As put cafe it be fornication,the father wil dif-inherit or abdicate his child,quite caflieere aiur.teftamen- him( out villaine be gone,come no more in my fight ) a poor man is mi'fe- rably tormented with-loHe of his eftate perhaps, goods, fortunes, good ^fefftcenfu- namcjfor ever difgraced, forfaken, and muft doe penance to the utmoflja »■<» coiwnbcu. mortall finne,and yet make the worft oi')X.,mcnquidaliud fecit,(aith Tra- nio in the'' ^ozi^nifiquodfaciunt fuinmUnati ^c»w^/i<^,hehathdoneno iFUut.mofiei. morethenwhat Gentlemen ufually doe. , ^Neque novum,neque mirum,neque feesss quant alii folent. (ikm. For in a great perfon,right worfliipfull Sir, a right honourable Grandy, ’tis not a veniall finne, no not a peccadillo ftis no offence at all,a common and ordinarie thing,no man takes notice of itj he juftifies it in publike,and peradventure brags of it, t/aw«. sat.^. t Nam quod turpe bonis,Titio,Seioque decebat tot fmt Crijpinum -“ Many poore raen,yonger &c. by reafon of badpolicie, and idle education (for they are likely umc^afr“m brought up in no calling)are compelled to begge or fteal,and then hang- maiosimitantu* cd for thefts then which, what can be more ignominious, enim turpe principt multafuppliciaiquammedico multa funerayWsthe^over- bentnu verbe- nours fault. Libentius verberant quam docent, School-mafters doe,ra- thercorre, while the moufe & frog fought,carried a MHvm rapu bothaway.Generally they prey one upon another as fomany ravenous birds,brutebeafts,devouring fifties, r\omediu>n,^omneshic aut captantur cromec^it. autcaptant,aut cadaver a qua laccrantur,aut corvi qui lacerant,dtb&t de¬ ceive or be deceived} tear others,or be tome in pieces themfelves} like fo many buckets in a Well,as one rileth, another falleth, one’s emptie,ano- ther’s Cill j his ruine is a ladder to the third; fuch are our ordinary pro- ceedings. What’s the market i A place according to ^ Hnachaifs^where- aiiam meum- in they cozen one anotheCja trap j nay, what’s the world it felf t A vaft C^4tf^,aconfufion of manners, as fickle as the ay re, domicii'^'ff^f^tio- i larvarum a turbulent troup full of iinpiirities, vvalkingfpintSjgob- emporium, lins, the theatre ofhypocrifie, afliopof knaverie, flattcrie, a nurfery E z of ^ ‘ --- 1 r „„„ i-voKlincf the fchool of giddineiig) the academic ofvUlanie, ’^he/ceae of S ^ ^,„c^aut fuccumbas, in which, kill or beki ’ charitie/love, friendniip, tear dim. nemo Jo- of ofFended,or that ftring of commoditie be touch- ‘’j'JLv ftUfoX Oldfriendsbecoraebitiercnemiesonafudden, for apertu ocuiis ^d, they offences,and they that erft were willing to do all mutuall bonafimeortt- toycs andimaiioiic > ^ now revile and perfecuteone another to cj«. indecorum ^cathjWith mor but when ubt there (Vipere him’which * Cato counts a great tndecorum^tou^c men anoldoxe, nuchlefl-e to turneawayanold nec bovemfi- not findc I of recompence,rcvile him, and when they have «m -uendide- fervant: but they m Itcaa or rec y o ^ grandem laboru roi of the T j V , ^ as Stltui was fctvcd by Tibertui. In a innumera iUttt* j ciAave: Dea mo»eta,QaQcn money,to whom we daily of- Urfulgoddeir^^^^^^^^ i/?r£7«i itbourand contend as filhes do for a ctum that falleth mto aumviiteninr go,conie) . ^ ivifedome,valour,lcarning,honcfty)religi* r.r:X office,hoLur,authoritiethonefty™ S^^Sn^dilbbnL ^pecunU donat. he,andhe, and he, Xon on theonefide, alambonthe o- tha HorwouldS«»haveto^ ' rrsf'■ To fee a man tmnhimfelf into all lhap« l.ke a tantumhcAet ontnidtransfortna^s^ u rorto^with • hisadvantase to temUize&varie like the Planet,pod wit^ m Non dpert- nisaavantagc, cotemwv humors inclinatbnSitofawnlikea tidfedaborm- good,bad With bad jol allreligions,humois,incu , a Cun^e, tu (s’vuigi VO- 5naniell menUtis ^ mimicis ebfequiUiVZge like a lip, ^.fnprin libuthabemur opppi,«»p»**^ tr^nr is meck as alamb,& yet ag^^ngnn ;5?r«£neL/e?htm,berec6mand,thetecron^^^^^^^^ na lucTo, Met- fled in anocker, a wife man at home,a fool abroad to ^firiumfi^ve(~De* difpUcere.vel ab homtnibm contemm.vcxan. nc^ttgi. a Curios fimulMt O' Bactham lia vivunt. b TragelaPho fm let vcl cemurU. /ur/um homines, deorfum eiut. 37 Democritus t$ the Reader. To fee fo much difference betwixt words and deeds, fo many parafan- gesbetwmtongucandheart.menlikeftage.playetsaavarktyofpar:s,‘J'“Jf«^^ ^ give good precepts to others^ fore aloft,whilit they them (elves giovell mitiuiu,ifji in- on the ground. term pulvera To fee a man proteft fricndfhipjkiffe his hand, quern mallettruncatHm*^^J‘^>'^‘^ vidercy ^ fmile with an intent to doe mifchief,or cozen him whom he fa- siiv. lutes,magnifie his friend unworthie with hyperbolicall elogiums j his *«: enemy albeit a good man, to vilifie and difgrace him, yea all his adiions, Z7,X/Mriut with the utmoft livor and malice can invent. fa/hnt. cyp.ad To fee af fervant able to buy out his Mailer, hifi that carries the mace more worth then the Magiftrate, which Plato lib. ii.de leg. abfolutely are Ltc the two forbids, Epi^etifs abhors. An horfe that tils theS land fed with chaffe, an ^ idle; adc have provender in abundancejhim that makes Ihoes go barefoot tC one muid- himfelf, him that fels meat almoft pined j a toiling drudge ftarve,a drone pii«,the other n -fu makes leflc. ilOUriin* f Mini fir i loot- To fee men buy fm gke for wares, caftles built with fooles heads, men fUnores ns like apes follow the falhions, in tires,geftures,afindfaultwithothcrs, Umjri/itf- f,,henifelvcss‘dcnouncethatinpublike,which he dothin ^ f l^ichheismoftguiltiehinifelf. apootefellowotanhited fetvantventu^ d'Execrari .,ufl fcarcc give him his wages at year ^ end; A noble man fuUici iuoi Matter, th ° death,and for a fmall dafli of honour to call a- dePTOMresui- J tj. -(jj ^^d hope for immoitalitie, defire to be happy, and yet by &%TSi^,e"ydiatL^ JcaJh with alacritie,yet“fcorato lament his ownfins and mifeties.orhis f4ittcnf,i»i. SSc old mengoetofehooli women wear the bteechess r Ibeepc ;S;S-tmoU(htowns,deUrmen,&c. Andinaword, theworldturnednp. dm dat U. * To infitt m everie particular, were one oi n gesfoTos, vix many ridiculous inttances,as motes in the Sun. £L J ^ ^fi7j7puT ? And who can fpeak of all ^ Crmme ah uno dtfee atattc. ■ ‘ pntjfTtjiiiu --- i. X e. ^'Bctihcfeare obvious tofenfe.triviall rhffel fri”t?cemed.MowwonldI)r—havebeenm^^^^^^ quod mater /'fzat.cr»fpii(»irhf»arr5 . . . ^hich quod mater ctets of thcit hearts if If every man had a wind V i vh r«//v fomuch would have had in J wf/eyiee»«,w»»c wiftit it were written in every mans forehwd,^^ j n . n ^ ^^hich /c»rt«t,whathethoughtiOrthatitcouldbeelfeaed man atrr.tW«tdidbyCAa»«ini««»byto^^^^^^ <0c. Mnrat difeern Cemel & fimul rumores dr[nfurros. f’Diiifol Spes homnum cacas, morbos, vommque labereSy vartis tribuit tOtO VolitdtltCS AthcTC CUY^* natura juTores. uuciiti^ante:,infiiiasmolientet,fuf^ ^Democrit. ep.pr^lHcdejerantes fragantesy vznzm mifeenm, in amteorum accufntmmfubfcrtbcnus, r captos,<(^c. D E M O c K I T u s to the Reader, 19 Blinde hopes and wilhes, ciieir cnougucs and arraircs, Whifpers and rumors, and thofe flying cares. That htcov\.dcttbiCfilorHm obduHas fores recludere,^ far eta cordiumfe. netrare, whichy defired,opendoores and locks, llioot bolts, did with a feather ot histaile; or Gjy^winviriblering, or pojfs iii/pecu- fomerarcperfpeClive Qh(Cc,ot Otacouftcon, which would fomultiply fiectes, that a man might hear and fee all at once (as ^ Marti anus Capeua's 'juptter did in a fpear, which he held in his hand, which did prefent unto RbUeUn qua him allthat was daily done upon the face of the earth) obferve cuckolds homes, forgeries of alcumifts,thephilofophersftonc,&c.andall thofx: quondtartu works of darknelTe, foolilh vowes, hopes, fears, and wilhes, what a deal of laughter would it have afforded i Hce Ihould have fecne Wind-mills zojupVercm- inonemans head, an Hornets neft in another. Orhadhecbeenprefent^»'«'*^»**'i’*‘«- vtizh Jcaromnippus in Lucian at ]«/>/> wwhifpering place, ^ and heard one pray for raine,another for fair weather j one for his wives, another awjM, for his fathers death, &c. to aske that at Gods hands,which thep are abajhed any manjhouldhear: How would he have been confounded i Would he, mwum.tur^ thinke you,or any man elfe, fay that thefe men were well in their wits i *»*<• ditt Can all the Heuebor inihz Anticyra cure thefe men^ an acre of aurm,(onticefi. Hellebor will not doe it, quU That which is moreto bclamented, they are mad like Seneca*s blinde ^ndmtT^to woman, and will not acknowledge, or ^ feek for any cure of it. 'If our warrant, sente. l^ge or armeoffend us, wee covet by all means poflible toredfelTeit; ^ and if we labour of a bodily difeafe, wee fend foraphyficianj but for necb. non potefi the difeafes of the mind, we take no notice of them; Luft harrows us on w**- the one fide, envie, anger, ambition on the other. Wee are tome in pieces "nerin”^ ^ * byourpaflions,asfomany wilde horfesjonein difpofition, another in ^Eoqigrav^ habitc; one is melancholy, another mad;' and which of us all feeks for ^ciT/erL^- help, doth acknowledge his error, or knows he is fickf As thatftupid tann. ^ fellow put out the Candle,becaufe the biting fleas fliould not finde himj' hefhroudes himfelf in an unknown habite, borrowed titles, becaufe no demnfpquii ^bodie Ihould difccrnehim. Everie man thinks with Egomet vi- Ejianimm, deor mihi (anus, I am well, I am wife, and laughes at others. And'tis a gcnerall fault amongft them all,that %hich our forefathers have appro- mr^nT' ved,diet, apparel, opinions, humors, cuftdmes, manners, we deride and caput,cm reject in our time as abfurd. Old men account Juniors all fools, when they aremeeredizardsjand as tofailers aecerpmui.reffe • - terraque urbefque recedunt'—^ Tat"‘t‘a‘'^ they move, the landftands ftill, the world hath much more wit, they dote themfelves.T«r^j deride us,we them j Italians,Frenchmen,tcco\XR~ "orhupm* ting them light-headed fellows; the French fcofie againc at Italtans^znd at their feverall cuftomes; Creeks have condemned all the world but thcmfclves of barbartfme, the world as much vilifies them now j we ac- count Ger manes heavie dul fellows,explode many of their fafhionsjr^y cEtquoru/quip. as contemptibly think of us', Spaniards laugh at all,and al I them, iae tamtn e/ fe/lts mtdicum requirat vtl agrotare ft<^»fcal?ehiStt ira,&c,Et nit tamtn agrot tJfinegarmJncilumtt mtJiti rtcufant,trxftni atatfiultitiampri/lk expnbtat.Bud.dt ajftc.lib. f Senttpnfiultk baHntjuvenet.Battb.eafi* So Dem ocritus _ -- - ndicubus,ab(urd in our adions, carriages,mmdcdy^((Jitodqtievolunthommesjehenevelleputatit)M i mmfi.x. that are not “r V-,u 1. not fay with AtticusySmm qmfq^ kP../A. foolsthattokno^shcd^^^^^^ fponfaftfymtht ,1 rnrrfbeaof himfelf,^ will imitate none, m,ifPf‘i>i habetneecurnlywz uuanalitie, a meerefopperie in another: like wife, others todittercn , imperfeaions, we fecurely de- Thus not acknowledging and fpeaitors of the reft,accounting tide others,as if we alone w ’jhelioptimuitiS-ui i»/aiiisowncaufe, heisaconvift mad- inocuiujafm-dtculo haberty lait p j r and Angels he[eems like turn 6r aw^eid- nian,as''^«>» wcl mfers, n i X J upward. Sothou laugheft at ‘“«>“‘^^”'*'ee,bothat , ^ a„ltrtiiifmUnt.''NKiCe cunp. mfer. Stulm.qmquterit quodnequitinvenire, ftulmqui qwetuqmd ntcettnvcmm, fiultutqut mmpluresba- bet taUesideterittem delimit. Mthi videntur omnes deliri, amentes,(o"c. F 2 eroa us 44 Democritus to the header. bEf.^ema gtte. Bcroaldta will have drunkards, afternoonemen,and flich as more then ordinarily delight in drink, to be mad. The firft pot quencheth thirft, fo Paftyafts the Poet determines in Athenaua, fecundagrattisyhoris & Dyoni- the fecond makes merry, the third for pleafure, auarta ad mfamam^ the fourth makes them mad.If this pofition betrue,what a Catalogue of madmen fhall we have < what fliall they be that drink four times fourc i Nonnefupra omnem furorem,[upra omnem in[aniam reddunt infantfsimosi I am of his opinionj they are more then mad, much worfc then mad. 'l\iQ,^x^ldtrites condemned fora mad man, becaufehe was fomtimes fad and fomtimes again profufely merry. Hacpatria(S3kh Hippocrates)el> rtfumfurere^ infa)tiredicunt,]\ls country-men hold him C AmicU no/lTu mad becaufe he laughss ^ & therefore he dejires him to advife all his friends HhtdiAicitofit afUodetdhat they doe not laugh too much, or be over fad. Hadthofeoi/^- nimium ride, converfant with us, and but feen what ** fleering and grinning Ti^rpra. there is in this age, they would certainly have concluded,we had been ail dFtrmultum Qutof OUrwitS. Ariftotle in his Ethicks holds, felix idemque fapiens, to be wife and fifitim. happy are xtc\^tocdW.ttzxvas,bonusidemqyfapienshonefiua. 'Ti^'^Tulttes offc.i.c.9. paradox,rt’i/f men are free^but fools arefiaver, libertieisapowertolive iSfftvitlfir. according to his ownlawcs,as we will our felvcs, who hath this libertic, vi,ltbertai e/i ^hoisffeef fibique imper 'tofuSy f Hor.i. per. 7, ^uem neque pauperies,neque mors, neque vincula terrent, JRefponfare cupidinibus, contemnere honor es Fortis^e^infeipfototus teres atquerotundus. He is wife that can com ir and his own will. Valiant and conftant to himfelf fUll, Whom povertie,nor death,nor bands can fright. Checks his defires,fcorns honours, juft and right. But where fhall fiich a man be found ^ If no where, then e diamttro, wee all arc flaves,fenllcirc or worfe. Nemomalus feelix. But no man is happy in this life 5 nonegood,thereforeno man wife. Rari quippe boni — For one vertue, you fhall finde ten vices in the fame partie \pauci Promt, thei,multi Epimethei.^cmzy peradventure ufurp the name, or attribute it to others for favour,as Carolus Sapiens,Philippus Bonus,Lodovtcus Pi. us,(b‘c. 3 nd deferibe the properties of a wife man as TuUy doth an Orator, Xenophon Cyrus,Cafiilio a Courtier,Galen Temperament, An ariftocrafie is deferibed by Politicians.But where fhall fuch a man be found i Vir bonus ^ fapiens,qualem vix repperit unum Millibus e mult is hominum confultus Apollo. A wife, a good man in a million, podo confulted could fcarce finde one. A man is a miracle of himfelf, but Trifmegiftus addes, Maximuv* mtra. euUnt homo fapiens,z wife man is a wonder: Thyrfigeri,paaci Baceht. K^lexand... when he was prefented with that rich and coftly casket of King 'Darius, and every man .dvifea him what to put in it, he referved it to keep works, as the moft precious Jeyvell of humane wit, and vet Juvtn. Democritus to the Reader, 45 yet ^Scaligerxv^htiiidQsHornerslAuk^Nutricemtnfarix fapientix,^ nur- aHypocrit. ierieof madneUe,'’impudent as a Court Ladie^that blulhesat nothing. bUtmuiurau- lacohns MjctllnSy Gilhertus Cognatus, Erafmus, and almoft all poltericie admire Lucians luxuriant wiCj^yet Scaltgertt)t^% him in his ccnfurejand cals him the Cerberus of the Mujes. Socrates whom all the world fo much magnified, isbyX- heard before. Wc are worldly-wife, admire our felves, and feek for ap- pJaiife: but hear Saint • Bernardyquanto magisfor as es fapiens, tantb magis poiumqmdpra.- intusfiultus efjicerts^ (jrc. in omnibus es prudens, circa teipfum infipiens: yter Deumfp- the more wile thou art to others, the more foole to thy felf. I may Piot^“‘”**' deny but that there is fome folly approved, a divine furie, a holy mad-?/<*«»« neflc> even a fpirituall drunkennefte in the Saints of God themfelves Sanciam infania r. B ernard cals it (though not as blafpheming Forf ius, 2 )m would inferre it as a palfion incident to God himfelf, butj familiar to reverafomt. good men,as that of Paul ,2 Cor. he was a fool ycjrc.and Rom. 9 .he wilheth himfelf to be anathematizedfor them. Such is that drunkennefte which »buber- j’/V/»«rfpeaksof, when thefoule is elevated and ravilhed with a divine tafteof that heavenly Nedtar, which Poets deciphered by the facrifice^„^^„-f’'*'^'^' of Dionyfius^Sc in this fenfe with thePoet ‘ infanire lubet, as Auflin ex- oin. FiamU horts us, ad ebrietatem fe quifque paret, let’s all be mad and drunk. But we commonly miftake, and goe beyond our commiftlon, we reele to the p Hor. vuigm oppofite part," we are not capable of it, "and as he faid of the Greeks, Vos Crxci fempcrpueriyvos BritanniyGalli ,Germani ,ltaliy(jpc .yonateacom- lifiofrltJuis pany of fools. circ. ex Anfi. Proceed now a partibus ad totum, or from the whole to parts,and lhall finde no other iftue, the parts (hall befufficiently dilated in ^^\~de feeret.an. lowing Preface. The whole muft needs follow bv a or indudfi- ^ ntt.e.8,n«>i on.Every multitude is mad, r ^rffnamuHorum capitum, precipitate ralh without judgement, fultum animal, a roaring xout.'l Roger Bacon F 3 proves ^ 2 TovZurvnL 4 Jfmefiit\^tv,hich^ Tuf ilmoftpartfalfc tieyarcftUI oppofitetow.fe men, butallthe reComm“andhU"^^ andfoareallthereft; and therefore, isf^rconcludes,robeapproved in nought youfay ordoe, meerer- SotsaXffes.-beginthenwhereyouwill, goe bachwari or|forward, Se out of the whole paclc,wink andchoofe,you fliall find them all a- like never abarrell better herring. . cumcm, ,«/a „i,;/-linurPo P'«*'“0*»-p(,plcare>ieat,politeandterfe,««fic»r,iMtt5«e'ti>'t'»i«,whcho P - ZZiZ^ litic?a.»o«kethe chiefendof a Common-weal*sand which beati.fidtota tie Folit. //^.3.^-f-Kcals Communt bonum^\Fxx. Countrey twitM beata. melancholy;As it was initaly inulieiiincof vf«^«/»J,now in CA/^,now rcpulST'^' in many other dourilhing kingdomes of Ettrofe.^ox. whereas you flid fce Democritus to the Reader. 47 many difcontents,common grievances,complaints,povertiejbarbarifm, be^‘^eiy,plagues,warres,rebcllions/editions,mutinies,contentions,idle- ne?le,riot,epicurilme, the land lye untilled,wafte,full of bogges, fennes, defarts, &c. cities decayed, bafe and poore townes, villages depopula- ted,the people fqualid,ougly ,uncivill;that kingdome,that country, muft needs be difeontent, melancholy, hath a fick bodie, and had need to bee Now that cannot well be effected, till the caufes of thefc maladies be firll removed, which comonly proceed from their own default,or fome accidental! inconvenience: as to be fite in a bad clime, too farre North, fteril, in a barren place, as the defart of Ljbia, defarts of Arabia^ places void of waters, as thofe of Lop and Bclgjan'm Afia^ot in a bad ayre,asat Alexaridretta^BaKtam,Fifa,Du azzo,^c. or in danger of the feas contU nual inimdations,as in many places of the Low-countries,and elfewhere, or neere fome bad neighbours,as Hmgariam toTurks^Podolians to Tar¬ tar T,or almoft any bordering Countries,they live in fear ftill,and by rea- fon of hoftile incurfions are oftentimes left defolate. So areCities by rea- fon • of warres ,fires,plagues,inundations,*’ wilde beafts,decay of trades, a Mamavx barred havens,the feas violence,as Antwerfe may witneffc of late, Syra- cufe of old, Brundufiiim mitaly, Rhye and Dover with us, and many that at this day fufpedt the feas furie and rage, and labour againft it as the Ve.\> Ynurdum 4 netUns to their ineftimable charge. But the moft frequent maladies are{ 2 ;"j-;“ fuch as proceed from themfelvesj as firft when religion and Gods fervice isnegleded, innovated or altered, where they doe not fear God, obey their prince, where Atheifme,Epicurifme,Sacriledge,Simony,&c. And all fuch impieties are freely committed, that countrie cannot profper. When Abraham came to Gerar, and faw a bad land, he faid,fure the fear c ’DtUcUs uij'. of God was not in that place. Cyprian Echovius ^Spanijh Chorogra-?^j« pher, above all other Cities o^Spatne commends Barctno, in which there was no be^^cr^no man poor .but all rich andin^ood ejlate, and he ^ives pauperyoptimta the reafon^becaufe they were more religious then their neighbours was i/rW fo often fpoiled by their enemies, led into captivitie, &c. pie, fanifeiue their idolatrie,negle( 5 l of Gods word,for facriledge,everi for ons Achans fault < And what fliall wee expert that have fuch multitudes o^Achans^ rafione, O* church-robbers,fimoniacal Patrons,&c. how can they hope to flourifh, more divino that negled divine duties,that live molt part like Epicures ^ ^ ^ nbmintum/^-' Othi r common grievances are generally noxious to a body politick; bant. alteration of laws and cuftomes, breaking priviledges, generall opprefli- ^ ons, feditions,&c. obferved by ^ AriJiotleyBodine^Boterus,“Junius,Arnif- lib.i»c,i.Cum cus^(^c.\ will only point at fome of the chiefeil.® impotentia gubernandi, nempe princeps 4 A4.v/4,confufion,ill government,which proceeds from unskilfull,floth- fuIl,griping,covetous or tyrannizing magiftrates, when they are fqoles, fegnu^o/eitanf. idiots,children, proud, wilfull, partiall, undifcrect, oppreifors, giddy- heads, tyrants,not able or unfit to manage fuch ofiices:*many noble tjp and flourifliingkingdomes by that means are defolate, thew.hp’^^j 7 grones under fuch heads»& all the members muft ne^^'^ iniiafteaed,as at this day thole goodly provinces in Minory grone under tl mam. Salubu- burden of a Turkifh government,and thofe vaft kingdomes of Mufeovia, tmpf.c. Rufsia^ r.f.22. 48 D bmocritus to the h-cadcr. g S:c T>.FUt- i?»/}/ 4 ,gunder atyrannizingDukc. Who ever heard of morecivil & rich ‘^7populous Countries, thenthofeof Greccey Jfia Minor, aboundingmth CagniiSi" all ^ malt hy multitude of hhabaants, force, power, fplendor andmagmfi- ftone. [hat miracle of Countries, “ the Holy land, that in fo finall a ^JnufvHL compalfe of ground could maintain fo many T ownes. Cities, produce r«wa//ac«r/i t>o- covetoHs,litigious generation of men. ^ Crumenimulga natio, (jrc. A pujfe- mines, majore milking nation,a clamorous company, g owned vultu res, ex injuria vivunt^ fanguine civium, theeves and Seminaries of difeordj worfc oft.arc.imtuiu thenanypolersby thehigh-way fide, auri'dccipitres, auri exterebroni- desypecuniarumhamiola, quadruplatores. Curiaharpagones,fori tintina. (<[,,ufaepii. hula, monfir a hominum, mangones, (jrc. that take upon them to peacc,but arc indeed the very difturbers ofour peacc,a company ligious Harpies,fcraping,griping catch-poles (I mean our crv*«‘non nun- g ArgerL cry Pettefo2gcrs, rabulos forenfas^ Inve and Konuur inthe meane time, Hurucon/uiti allgood lawc5, and worthy Lawyers, that are fo many Oracles and G Pilots k 5 ° Democritus to the Header. Pilots of a well govern’d common-wealth.) Without Art, without Judgement, that do more harme, as ^ X/V/e faid, quambeUa externay fa¬ mes^ morbivey then rickneffejwarreSjhungerjdifeafes; and caufe a mofi tn- hLib.t.dcrep. credible depumon of a Cornmon-we^lthyii\!i\x^ Sefellttu^^ famous civili- caiiarumy in- fometimes inParis.ks Ivie doth by an Oke, imbracc it fo longjuntilit ZbpeSm hath got the heart out of it, fo do they by fuch places they inhabitj no affamt. counfcl at all,no juftice,no fpeech to be had,»// eum framulferiSyhc rauft be feed ftill, or clfe he is as mute as a filli,better open an Oyfter without a cPoiyeratMb. \mk.Expertocrede{{i3.[th<^Saltsburicnfts) inmanus eorum millies incidi^ a is jt tft cen- ^ Charon immitis qui nulli pepercit un quam, his longe clementior eft; *resinte^ros‘fbi ^Jptakeout of experience, I have beene a thoufand times amongfl them, and muUifHwi * Charon hmfelfe is more gentle then they,^ he is contented with hisfinglepay, juhent. mtilttply fiillyihey are never Jiir^ei/;bcftdes,thcy have damnific as linguas^ as he termes it, fumbus argenteis vinctas^ they muft be feed tP/« to fay nothing,andtget more to hold their peace, then we can to fay our beft. They will fpcake their clients fairc,and invite them to their tables, e Totm inju- ^5 follo wes it, of all injufiice there u none fo pernicious as that of fftaUn^^uam theirs, tvhich when they deceive mofi, will feeme to be honefi men. They torumquicum take upon them to be peacemakers, ^fovere caufas humiltum, tohelpe *mTTiaem' n^t,patrocinantur afiliSlis,^ but all is for their owne good, mboniviritjftut loculos pleniorum exhauriant, they plead for pocre men^r4r*f, but ’tuan'^meun ^ catch Others. If there be no jarre,g they can make ZM^Zircaufl a jarre, out of the law it felfe findc ftill fome quirke or other, to fet them frocedat j}6c at oddes, and Continue caufes fo long, lufira aliquot^ I know not how uHoemSe. y cares before the caufe is heard, and when 'tis judged and determi-' antuf,ttp ava- ned,by rcafon of fome trickes and errours, it is as frefti to beginne, after twice feven yeares fometimes, as it was at firttjand £b they prolong time, gumdeniu delay fuits, till they have enriched themfclves, andbeggered their cli- norjuik,: piip ents. And as inveighed againft /yk> 4rcjSchollcrs, wcraayjuftly wrangling Lawyers, they do conjenefeere in lift bus, arefoliti- htes tamtn /e-gious and bufie here on carth,that I think they wil plead their clients cau- hPiuwcTv jfes hereafter, fome of them in hell. * Simlerus complaines amongft the Cat can/M a- Suifers of the Advocates in his time,that when they fhould make an end, pudinjerss they heg‘mcooitoweth.ts,zndprotra^theircaufes many 'pears,perfwading ^ierZrtceZt- title isgood, till their patrimonies be confumed, andthat they wuntyatrocinit have fpent more in feeking then the thing is worth, or they jhall get by the iLiZilitHei- that he that goes to law,as the proverb is,*' holds a wolfe by •vet. repub-non ' the careSjor as a Iheep in a ftorm runs for fhelter to a brier,if he profecutc expiicMdk.fid his caufe he is confumed, ifhefurceafe hisfuithelofeth all; what diffe- ^werfil 7 ^- • They had wont heretofore,faith Aufiin, to end matters ,per com- *amdant,itautmunesarbitros^zndk'mSwitzerland (ytezve informed hy'^Simlerus) mnlsex?^'^ arbitrators, or dayefmen in every Towne, that made iMtutfummi ^ friendly compofition betwixt man and man, and he much wonders at their honefifmplicitie, that could keepe peace fowell, and end fuch great tneanet. At"J’esiin they have neither Lawyers nor ^tTimmia exhMriantur. y,uriiuitentnt. iHor. mLib.de Helvet. repub. IttMctsiuecuriqttep^ocmt- fittmnt ^ui arnica aliqua nanfa^ione ft fen pojp ,, tssJUnt. Ejio maporum t^ofir&rum fmplUitatem admiror, qvH pc caufod gravijfmas compofuerint^fs'e. n ClenardJ, i.ep. Si qute controverfite utragp4rs judicem adit^h fmU Ct pmul rem tTanpifitjCffliU; n^c quid pt afpellativ^ lachr^mofc^ mtac nofeunu Advocates 2Lte'«»/«4«««,with a^few golden ctoffesand lines in verfe, .rake affurances.Andfuchwasthccandorandinc^v.tyof&^^ “‘T Li^fha aX?asIhaveoftfeene)to was 'implfc:ii contained in fome twenty lines, “u tedeTss<4/4L4«»/«,foniuchrenownedol:oldinalcontraas,wh.ch T^r^vLaconukc brevity in this kind. And well they might, forac- S;teto^ ftwerwords.Andfowasitofoldthtoughouttbutnowtnanyskm^^^^ Datchmentwillfcaiceferveturne, hethatbuyesand fellsa houfe, mull haveahoufefullofwtitings, therebefomany circumftances, fo many wor^s fuch tautologicallrepetitlons ofall part.culars(to avcnd cavdla- Jion they fay) but we findeb^ur vvofull exp jt isacaufe of much more contention and yatiance, andlcarce any con¬ veyance fo accurately penned by one,which another will not find ^ X cav II at, if any oL word be mifplaced, any little error, a 1 is nuUerXhat vvhich islaw to day,is none to morrow,that whi^ " one .^n;nir^n k moft faulty to another j that in conclufion,hcre is nothing amo^ft us but contention and confufion, we bandie one agamft notnmg g (plutarch complained of them in A- CLib. majet • rma%everS^^^^^ dm ; but anyearly dijedc exafperaUng Ajia o rumracra<<^i. fnake An end oftheir contreverfies and Law fuits, T ism p 'ant.mnutiovi iimdr tereuntturn a deftrudhve rout, that feeke oneanothers mine. Such frimitmoffe- motCatouToidtaa^ Ttoto errours, cavils, and at this prefent, as I have heard m fome one Couia,! know not howmany thoufandcaufes.no perfo^ moft good,witli liich bittetnefle in following,fo man;tllights,proci alli MtiXdelaves forgery,fuch coft (for infinite fummes are inconfideiat- nations,aciayc>,ikJi5i-i/ ?‘ ,.u,, l-iwvprs clients. Ivfpcnt) violence & malice,! know not by w 1 , Y t lawes both or all: but as Paul reprehended the' Connthiansion^ fince, I ^ ^ cor.s. y/. yourJhamejsthere not a'^wife man amongflyou, tUiPuU. ]hrei ? but that abr other goes to law with a brother. And - Chrifts counfel x^Of concerning Law-fuits, was never fo fit to be inculcated, asm this age. ^ Azreevpithtbtneadverfanquickljy&c. mons/fom- I could repeat many fuch particular grieyances, which muft di- fturbeabody politique j Tomutup allm briefe, where good our Regius mentis, pru^nt an 3 wifePrinces there all things thrive pcaceandhappinefleisinthat Land.whereicisotherwi e- f ieciati.,H 4 ,» u»lvtobchold,inc»U, barbarous. uncivUI, . paradife is mined ro a^ wllLnelfe. This Hlandamongfttheteft.our next neighbors the>«»^/r.»..«i.. Democritus to the Keadcr. and GennaneSy maybe'afufficient vvitneffe, that in a fliorttimc by that ^ prudent policy of the Romans ^\nz.s brought from barbarifmjfce but what reports ofus,and!r4m«i of thofe old Germans^ they were once as uncivill as they in Virginia^yti by planting of Colonies and good la wes. ^ \sy r eigne. Yet ifhisreafons‘were throughly fcanned by a judicious Politician, lama- sjperam caio, fraidhewould not altogether be approved, but that it would turne to thedifhonourof our Nation, to fuffer it to lye fb long waft e. Yea,andif b By his Maje- fome travellers Ihould fee (to come neerer home) thofe rich united Pro- vincesofH '’'^hich our tveighbours want, the Gofpel truly preached. Church difei- niaunicavei^t cftablilhedjlOngpe^eandquietneire,frcefromexa,orWb fterm. c re rufi.L t.cap.i* iHodieurbibui defolatur, magna ex parte tncolis dtfliiui- tur, Gerbclm defc, Graciit lb-6. c Vidtbit eas fere omnes aut tverfoiy aut fo~ lo aquatoi,aut in rudera fa- dijfimi dejeSfoi. GerbeliijA. f Lib. 7 . Septuaginta dim legiones feript^e dteUK- tur: qua6 Hires iodUy^c- may not compa^^^^Uh^-They have neither gold nor fflvcr of to owne,vv,ne nofoyle, or fcarce any corno growing m thofenmted Provinces, little or no Wood.Tinne,Lead,Iron,Silke,Wooll, any Iluffe S,orMettleiand yetH«W, thatbragpof their Ces fertile£w/aWcannotcomparewiththem.Idarebold yray,tbat ^rito ?r4»« Tmntum,Af»lio,Lomhrdj,ot any part of/ra/y, y.lencc "nip4i«,orthItpleafant,4W4/«y;4,withtheirevcellentfru,ts,W Ovle two Harvehs.no not any part of £««/■« fo flourilhing, fo rich.fo Snuious fo full of good fliips, of well built Cities, fo abounding with Knas’necelfary for theufe of man. 'Tis our W/«, an tpitome of China andallbyreafonoftheir induftry, good policy, and commerce. Induft’rv is a Load-ftone to draw all good thingsithat alone makes coun¬ tries flouriib, cities populous, “and will enforceby reafonof muchma- nurCjwhich necelTai ily followes,a barren foyleto be fertile and good,as Sheep faith^niendabadpafture* , m Tell me Politicians, why is that fruitfull Palejtinay uoxAcGreece , /E- ant i^fia Minor, fo much decayed, and (meerecarcaffes now) falne from that they were ^ The ground is thefame j but the government is al¬ tered, the people are grownc {loathfull, idle, their good husbandry, p^ licie and indultry is decay ed.iV' 0^ fatigata aut effoeta humusColumeUa. wellmformes 5 :y/a;;; 7 i«,fe^»^/ri/rr»erfw,(^c.Mayamanbelecvethat which AriftotU m his politicks, Pau[aniaSyStefhanw,SofhiAnus,Cerbelt. us relate of old Grecce?\ find heretofore yo.Cities in Pprw overthrown bv a goodly Province in times pall,now left delolate of good towns,and almoft inhabitants. 6 2 Cities in MMedonta in Strabo s time lEn^txo.mLAConia, but nowfcarcefomany Villages, faith Ger- belm. Ifany manfromMount rai^e/z^lhould view the countrpr round about, and fee tot m besper Pdofomjum dtfierfd^, fo many delicate and brave built cities, with fuch colt and exquifite cunning, fo neatly fet out in Pelofonefus,^ he Ihould perceive now rumours and overthrown,burnt, walle, defolate,and laid levell with the ground. Jncredtbtle didu^&c. And as he laments, ^ts tali a pndoTemperet aU. chrymis ? ^ts tarn durus aut ferrous (fo he profecutcsit)Who is hethat can fulficiently condole and commiferatethefe mines e Where are thole 4000. cities of iEmMhofe 100. cities in Crete < Are they now come to two'' What faith PUnyzndAltm of old Italy ? There were in former ages’i idd. cities : Blondus and Machia^vel^hoth^nni them now nothing neer fo populous, and full ofgood towns as in the time o ^ ( or now Leander Albertusczvs. finde but 3 o o.at moft)and if \ye may pve cre¬ dit tofi/'i^y, notthen fo Itrong and puilfant as of old : ihey mujteredyo. Legions in former times^ tvhich now theknon netvorldtvi jearceyee . • lex under built 70. cities in a Ihort fpace for his part, our Sultans and Turkes demolilh twice as many,and leave all defolate.Many will notbe- Icevebutthatour Illandof Great Britaine is now more popu oust en ever it was^yet let them read B ede,Leland,^v\d others, they lhall nnde it moll flourimckl in the Saxon Heptarchy, and in the Conquerors nmc was farre better inhabited, then at this pi-eient. See that Do?nefday. 3 ooK.,zud Ihew me thofe thoufands of Parilhes, which are now decayed, cities rui- nprf Democri TUS to the Reader, 55 ned. Villages dcpopulatecI,&c. The Icflerthe Taritoryis, commonly the richer it is. Rarvus fedhenc culm ager. As thofe Atheniany Lacedu- nteniany Arcadian, Aelian^Sycionian,Me(feniany e^c. Common-wealths oiGreece make ample proofcjas thofe Imperiall Cities and free States of Germany may witneffe,thofe Cantons oiSwitzers, Rheti, Grifons, WaL hones. Territories of Tufeany, Luke and Senes of old, Fiedmont,Mantua, yenice in Italy, Ra-gufe, &c, That Prince therefore, as 8 Roterns advifeth, that will have a rich gPo/i/ t.j.e.s. Country, and faire Cities, let him get good 1 rades, Priviledges, pain¬ full inhabitants, Artificers,and fuffer no rude Matter,unwroughr,as Tin, Iron,Wooll, Lead,&c.to be tranfported out of his Country. ^ A thing ^ por dying of inpartferioufly attempted amongft us, but not eflfe^ted. And becaufe cioahs^m^ induftryofmen, and multitude of Trades fomuch availes to the orna- ment and enriching of a Kingdom^Thofe ancient ^Mafsilians would ad¬ mit no man into their citie, that had not fome Trade. Selym the firtt Turkijh EmYitrouv, procured a thoufand good Artificers to be brought from Tauris to Confiantinofle. The Polanders indented with Henry Duke of Anjou,thdr new chofen King, to bring with him an hundred Families of Artificers into Foland.ymes the firft in Scotland(,as ^Buchanan writes) k fent for the beft Artificers hecouldget in Murope, and gave them great rewards, to teach his Subjects their feverall Trades. Edward the third, ut scoh ah m our moft renowned King, to his eternall memory,brought clothing firft fdocerimr. into this Iflandjtranfporting fome Families of Artificers from Gaunt hi¬ ther.How many goodly cities could I reckon up, that thrive wholly by Trade, where thoufands of Inhabitants live Angular well by their fingers ends; As F lor ence’m Italy, by making cloth of Gold j great Midan by Silke,and all curious Workesj Arras in Artois, by thofe faire Hangir^s 5 many cities in Sfaine, many in France, Germany, have none other main- tenance,efpecially thofe within the E^\).6L^Mecha\I\ Arabia Petr ^^,ftands in a moft unfruitfull country, that wants water, amongft the Rockes (as yertomannns deferibes it) and yet it is a moft elegant and pleafantcity, by reafon of the traffickoftheEaft and Weft. OrmissmPerJia,\stLvt\o&f^f"^ff^^ famous Mart-Town, hath nought elfebut the opportunity of theHaven urbs immeu- to make it flourilh.Cm>r^ a noble city (Lumen Grecia, Fully caUs it) the gantijfima, oh Eye of Greece, by reafon of Cenehreas and Lecheus,tbolc excellent P orts, drew all that traffick of the Ionian and Aegean feas to itjand yet the coun- oeddentu. try about it was curva ^ fuferciliofa, as *”’tijcjcfuite,n and fome others, relate of theinduftiy of clinoes moft slig.A^ic, countries, notab^ger, or an idle perl on to be feene, andhowbythateat^e^f.ifl means they profper and flo wilh. Wc have the fame meancs,able bodies,^»»«* I Uhi nohilcs and fell it to us when they have done,at their ownc prices. — - Pffdet hdc opfrohriA nobis Et dicifotuiffe, ^ nonpotutjferefelii. pliant wits, matter of all forts, Wooll,Flax,Iron,Tin,Lead, Wood,&c. many excellent fubjecfts towoikcupon, oncly induflry is wanting. Wc fend our beft commodities beyond thefeas, which they make goodufc of to their necelfitieSjfet themfelves awork abour,and fcvcrally improve, %Tamm Tit. fending the fame to us back at deare rates, or elfe make toyes and babies *[uam profteri. j-hg Tailes of them,which they fell to us againe,at as great a reckoning as they bought the whole. In moft ofour Cities,romefew cxceptcd,like h/i'mntam o spawjh loytcrers, we live wholly by Tipling-Innes and Ale-Houfes; laboriefiut j^/lting are their bcft ploughes, theirgreatefttraiHcktofellale. ?Mete~ liifpmttZ ran and%me other object to us, that we are no whit fo induftrious as the tons vitam ut ffollanders: Manus 'I Trades (faith he) which are more curious or trouble, piurimumotio- arewhoUjexercifedbjJlrangersithey dweUinaSeafuUoffifhjbutthey ^anes^mvM- grefo idle,they Will not catch fo much as/hallferve their owne turnes, but rt^qu Cranz.tUi d.n6. Aventtnus‘.,d%ihokfiii„opuUi^ raturs^Zlltansd, this day doin the Eafterne countries: Yetfuch hath becne the iniquity of all agesjas it feemes to fmall purpofe. emo m ; ri.,iitdte mmdicus e(lo. faith Plato^ he will have them purged trom cufios.ucm. ffOdraClVtUUmenattui ^Coiluvtesbo- Jcommq^e3.\th,<^^ahad buntour from the body.thztdtchkeio^^^^ minum.miran- iy UlHifTIndBoiles, and rauft be W before the Melancholy body *^^What CaroluiMagnus,Chinefe, iA\tSfantards^ the Dukeofi^xo- ,i^,and many other ftates havedecreed in icterus hbro 8. caf. 2 . O^ortus de Rebus gejl, Eman. lib. When a & countrey isover-ftorcd with people, as a pafture is oft oyer-laid with csencca. mud Slthcy had wont informer times to disburden themfelves, by fend- ^ ingout colonies, or by war res, asthofeoldifc/wa^w, ot hy employing thim at home about fome publique buildings, as Bridges,Rode-wayes, rneduo mua did in Rome the Spaniards in their Indian Mines:«Aqueduds, Bridges, ^ a cor- SavemSftu'^pcndworkesofT^^^ Lacus, that Piraum in Athens, made by rhemtftocles ,Amphttbeatrums of ■ .!cac at verona,CtvitasPhil.ppt,ScHeraclea inT^racc,thole eSte Lipfiut rather then they Ihould be§ idle,as thofe ^JEgyptim P ^aohs,Marts znd incuudio,^ Sr/Jy?ridid,totasktheirfubjedsto buildunnecelfaiy Pyramides Ob^ liskeSjLaby rinths,Chancls, Lakes, Gygannan woiks all, to divert them ^ from Rebellion,Riot,Drunkennelfe, • Muofcilicet alantur, & ne vagand labor aredefuefcant, . • cantw>mM» Another eye-fore Is that want of condud and navigable rivcrs,a gicat jubie^enmr. CrfK andother if it be neglededina Common-wealth. Admirable colt ana charge is bettowedintheLow-Counmes onthisbehalfe, in lan,'Venizoryo(Paduain”^France^ Italy ..China, andfo likewife abou | corrivationsof Waters tomoiftenand refrelhbarren Grounds, todrean^„^^j„^^f^. Rnn«, B(^ges, about Bercelcna, Segovia,znd many other places of Spaine ; by reafon of crm.Urb. > which, their SoUe is much improved, and infinite commodities arileto ^ ^ the inhabitants. , . ,r - t ThtTurkes o£hte attempted to cut that Ijlmos hctmxtAjricke ^d lam,oneJiansbuiltawdll like our Ptl^s walljabout Schanmte^ where Neptmes Temple Rood,and in thelliorteft cut over the Jfimos,oiy^huchDiodorus lib. 1 1 .Herodotus lib, %.Vran. Our later writers call it Hex amt Hum j-which Amur at h the Turke demoYdhedjtheVenetians anno 1453. repaired in i 5 .daicsvvith 30000. men. Thuanus drxdSerres theFrench Hiftorians, fpeakc of a famous A- quedu^ in France^intended in ffenry the fourths time, from the Zoyre to iheSeine,2nd from Rodanus toLoyre.Hhehke to which, was formerly af- fayed by Domitian the Emperor,‘’from^r4r to Moffella.,vt hich Cornelius 'Tacitus Ipeaks of in the 13. of his Annals, after by Charles the great and others.Much coft hath in former times been bellowed in either new ma- tuhm chanels of rivers, and their palTages, (as Aurelianm did ftriiimeria de- by Tybur, to make it navigable to Rome, to convey come from ^gypt to city^vadum alvei tumentis effodit, faith Vopifeus, ^ Tyburis ripas ex^ femTout truxit^he cut foords,made banks,&c.) decayed havens, whicli Claudius wtftmbtrg theEmperour with infinite painesand charges attempted ztofiiai as I have faid. The Venetians at this day to preferve their City : many excel- mtnavigdbiiia lent mcancstocnrich their Territories, havebeenc foftered, invented ia Provinces of Europe., as planting fome Indian plants amonglt us, unMmu uno^ Silk- wormes,*^ the very Mulberry leaves in the Plaines of Granado,yeeld rafetm. ^oooo,crowQSS per annum, tothekingof coffers, befidesthofe many trades and artificers that are bufied about them in the kingdome of smerasde Cvanado, Murcia, and all ovevSpaine, In France a great benefit is raifed Whether thefe things might not be as happily attempted .udeferm. god ^vith like fuccefle, it may be controverted: Silk-wormes (I meane) Vines,Fir-trees,&c.C4r^/4» exhorts Edward the fixth to plane 01 ives,and is fully perfwaded they would profper in this Illand. With us, navigable rivers arc moll part ncglc^led; our llreames are not great, I confeflc,by reafon ©f the narrownes of the Illand,yet they run Imooth- c. ly and even, not hcadlong,fwiftjOr arnongH rocks and llielves,as foming Rhodanus, zudLoyre in France, Tygrisiu Mefopotamia, violent Duriut mSpaine, with cataracts and whirlepoolesasthe Rhine,zud Ftanubius, t about Shaphaufen, Laufenhurgb,Linz,,zud Cremmes,to endanger navigar. torsjor broad lhallow,as Neckarin the Palatinat,Tibrk in Italy^ut calm, and fair as Arar in Franee,Hebrus in Macedoni.ay Eurotas in Laconia, they gently glide along,and might as well be repaired many of them (I meane Wie, Trent, Oufe, Thamifis at Oxford, the defe^ of which we feele in the d emieK iftji meane time)as theriver of Zee from Wareto. Zondon.'Pt.K^ twater of old, or as fome will Henry i . ** made a chanell from Trent to L incolne, navi-i ♦ NarcS. g^blcj whkWnow, faith is decay ed, and much mention is ' • made of anchors,& lUch like monumenta found about old*VeruUmium, good Democritus te the Reader. good (hips have formerly come to Exeter.^ and many fuch places, whofe Chanels,Havcns,Ports are new barred and rejeded. We contemne this benefit of carriage by waters,& are therfore compelled in the inner parts ofthislflandjbccaufeportageisfodcarjtoeat upour commodities our felves,and live like fo many boars in a fty/or want of vent and utterance. We have many excellent havens,royall \\.v 4 tv&yBdmotith^fort^mouth, Milford, See. equiv alent,if not to be preferred to that Indian Ha vana, old Brmdufium in Italy, Auiy 'mGreece,Ambracia mAcarnanta,Sudain. Crete^ which have few Ihips in them, little or bo trafficke or trade, which have fcarce a village on them, able to beare great citks^fedviderintpolitici. I could here juftly taxemany other negleds, abufes, errors,defe 3 is among us,andin other countries,depopulations,riot,drunkennelfc,&c. & many {[Kh^qtt^nuncinauremfufurrarenonlibet. Butimuft take heed, gravttts dicam,xhzi I do not overflioot my {e\^^SnaMinervam,\ am forth of my element,as you peradventure fuppofej and fometimes veritas odd am par it, as he (zid^verjuice and oatmeale is goodfor a F arret. Wehavegoodlawcsjldeny not,tore< 51 ifiefuchenormities, andfo in all other countries, but it feemes not alwayestogoodpurpofe. We had need offomegenerall vifitor in our age,that Ihould reform what is amifsj a juft army ofiJ^/ecrofle men,for they wil amend all matters,(they fay) religion,policy,manners,witharts,fcienccs,&c.Another/i/^//4,T4»»^tfr- lane jHercttles,to ftrive with Achelous^Atigeafiabulum pur gar e,to fubduc tyrants,as 'hedddDiomedes and 5 «y/r^f:toexpelltheevcs,asbcdid Cacus ^ufmOitaii. and Lacinius: to vindicate poore captives, as he did Hefione : to pafte the . Torrid Zone,the deferts of Lybia, and purge the world of monfters and Centaures : Or another Theban Crates to reforme our manners, tocoms> pofe quarrels and controverfies,as in his time he did, and was therefore adored for a god in Athens. At Hercules ^ purged the mrldo/Monjlers, (jr ^ fubduedthem,fo did hefght again^ envy dujl^anger,avarice,dre.^al thofe mtUatU inter' ferall vices and monfters eftheminde, Itweretobewiftied we hadfome homines ^tatk fuch vifitor jor if wilhing wouldferve,one had fuch a ring or rings,as molatu deCived ins Lucian,by vertue of which he fliouldbe asftrong as erjwgitrura xoooo.mcHjOran army ofgyants,go invifible,open gates & caflledoors have what treafure he would, tranfport himfelieinan inftant, to what Jor. ‘ place he dcfircd,alteraffedions,cure all manner ofdifca{es,that hemight Adverfm Wa^ range over the world, and reforme all diftrefled ftates and perfons, as he would himfclfe. He might reduce thofe wandring 74rr4r^ in order, that aw, imdinem, infeft China on the one fid c, Mufeovy , Poland on the other j and tamethe vagabond Arabians that rob & fpoilc thofc E aft erne countries, that they fhould never ufe more C aravans^ot lanifaries to condud thcm.He might Fhtiofopbmfi& root out Barbarifraeoutof America, zndi\x\\y6\{covexTerraAuftralis Incognita,^ndit out the North-eaft and North-weft paftageSjdrean thofc mentibu* extgit mighty Ji/^flf/ 4 »fennes, cutdownthofe vaft Hircinian woods, irrigate . , thofe barren Arabian dekns. See. cure us of our Epidemicall difeafes, ^ Scorbutum, Plica, morbus Neapolttanus, ^c. end all our idle controver- cut off our tumultuous defires, inordinate lufts, root out athcifi»e, impiety, herefie, fchifmeand fupcrftition, which now fo-^cific rhe world: oatcchife grofle igaorance,purgeri-*iy-ofioxuryand riotj Spaine Hi of rffirpcrWdonlilaiealoufie,C«r««Jofdri^cnn^^^^^ couiSry of gluttony and intanpetancc, cafttgatc out hatd hatted pa- nrTmaftefs tutors;Uflidifobcdient chUdten,negligent fervants,cot- tea thefefoeildthriftsand ptodigall fons, enforce idle petfons to wotke, dSunkards outofthealehoufe, tepteffetheeva. vifitcottupt and anvc Qiui ^ ^-„:(Vratcs.&c. But as L.Ltcmus taxed T imoUus^ you may rTTefS!iS&"^^ US. i , ’,. Common-wealths to come before A~ JaS, " feAe to tefotmeie world it felfe by Coratniffionets.but there Vfau.ja. r„ ■“^^v,i,maynotbetedteired,#«/.t kmtna t^mdimumfuL ' '■ «"««, rtctcrtvm You know what liberty Poets have ever had,and befidcs,my ^cdeceMor r^«.prr/r/^/wasaPolitician,aRecorderof^We.4,alaw.raakcras^ fayiandwhymaynotlprcfuraefomuchashedid^Howfoeverlwillad^ venture. Por thcrite,if you will needs urge me to it, I am not 1 ved,itmaybcinrerr4^»/>'4/;/;»fo^»/>4, there is roome enough (fo. of ^ d/(r/zLywhichliketheC>4W4;*Iflesinthe£»x»?efea,altertheirpto^ \ andarcacceiribleonlyat(ettimes,andtofomefcwperfons5oroneo^^^^^^^ FortunateIflcs,forwhoknowesyctwhere,orwhichtheyarc^ Therein roomenoughintheinncrpartsof^;wmr4,andnorthernecoa{tsof^/^^ But I will chufc a fite, whofc latitude fliall be 45 . minutes ) in the midft of the temperate Zone,or perhaps under * /.r^thatParadifeoftheworld, nbi^cr vtrens perpctuall Spring: the longitude for fome reafons I will conceale. Ya r ^tt klowne to dll men by thefi prefents,thu ifaay in fo much many,asWd/n allowes an Attrologcr for caftitg a Nativi- tie, helhallbea lharer, Iwill acquaint him w«hmy pr^eft, onfa^ worthy man willftandforanytemporallor (for as he faid of his Archbilhoprick o^Vtopa, tisfanaus not amilfe to be fought after )it lhall be fman- & be' fi<><«,bribe$dOTets,&c.hisownworthlhalbethebettfi»^fmun^^^^^ caufe wc ft»l admit of no deputies or advoulbns,if he be fuffic^^ lified,and as able as Willing to execute the place himfclfc, he ma^ln^vc Democritus to the Reader. 6i prefent pofleflion. It lhall be divided into 12 .or 13. Provinccs,and thofc by hils,rivcrs,rode-wayes, or fome more eminent limits exadly bound¬ ed. Each province lhall have zMetropolfS, which fliall befo placed as a center almoft in a ciicumferencejand the reft at equall diftances,fome 12 Italian miles afunder, or thereabout, and in them lhall be fold all things necedary for the ufe of mm-Jlatis horis ^ diehus^ no market towns, mar- _ j kets or fairs,for they do but beggar cities(no village lhal ftand above fix, feven,or eight miles from a city )except thofe Emporiums which are by the fta fide, gcnerall Staples, Marts, as Antwerpe, Venice ^ Bergen of old, Londony^c.cm^ moft part lhal be fituat upon navigable rivers or lakes, creeks,havensjand for their form,regular,round, fquare, or long fquare, •n with fair,broad, and ftraight"ftreets,houfes uniform, built of brick and m vie Patti-. {iQn^^^tBruges,Brtixels,RhegiumLepidi,Berna\nSwitcerland,MilUnf Mantuafiremafamhah in Tart ary described by M.PoIus,qx that Veneti- Relpub. ^ ’ an talmaX will admit very few or no fuburbs,& thofe of bafer building, wals only to keep out man and horfe,except it be in fome frontier towns, or by the fea fide,and thofe to be fortified "after the lateftmal|^ of for- capy. nr v- tification,and fite upon convenient havens,or opportune places.In every ‘ "■1^ fo built city,I will have convenient churches and feparate places to bury ^ wi* wall# the dead in,not in churchyardsja cittadella{m fomc,not al)tocommad it, of cat*, &«. prifons for offenders,opportune market places of all forts,for corn,meat, cattle,fuell,filh, See. commodious courts of J uftice, publike hals for all focicties,burfes,meeting placcs,armories,p in which lhall be kept engines p Oe bu PUnl for quenching of fire,artillery,gardens, publike walks, theatres and fpa- ** cious fields allotted for allgymnicks,fports,and honeft recreations, ho- Zi. 11%. fpitals of all kindcs,for children,orphans, old folks, lick men, mad men, fouldiers, peft houfes, &c. not built precario, or by gowty benefadours, who,whcn by fraud and rapine they have extorted all their lives,opprcf- . fed whole provinces,focieties,&c. give fomething to pious ufes, build a fatisfadory almef-houfe,fchool,or bridge,&c.at their laft end,or before perhaps, which is no otherwife then to fteale a goofe, and ftick dovvnc a feather, robathoufandto relieve ten: And thofe hofpitals fo built and maintained, not by colledions,benevolences,donaries,for a fet number, (as in ours)juft fo many and no morc,at fuch a rate, but for all thofe who ftand in need,be they more or leffe,and that ex publico arario, and fo ftill ^ Bri/oni. maintained,»tf» nobis folttm nati fumus, ^c. I will have conduits of fweet um de regno and good water,aptly difpofed in each towne,common q granaries, as at Drejden InMifniajStetein ‘mFemerland,Noremberg,(b‘C.Colleges ofma- tm ub.ixap.i. thematicians,muficians, and adors, as of old at Labedum in//r;e»w B^f^7^o/w,fubordinatc to the header. — --—patrons of church livings, or one n» Simitmin as the focietks, corporations, &c. and thole Rectors P5‘'^"'T""fo"berofenoutoftheUnive^ eaufidicos ex- olocnefices t parilh to containe abovea thoufand Audi- €iudmt,qui as the hteratt in Chw . imitateCZ-r//, frl tors.If It were ^heir neighbors as themfclves, temperate mnt^hfpu- J JJ5 Politicians contemne the world, Philofophers Maeiftrates corruption, &c. butthrs is unpoffiblc, I thiiganugtbm, mg and colening, ^ .Up-pforehave^of lawyers, judges, advo- gaiim Vt perk- cates,phylician , g ^ ^ the judge, which he sr iueant, aut ffibk, to p cad his caulc, t®^^111 jUppo^hagufe, (uano ^'^S;'7“A:htha"4robem«^^ ‘Hethatfuesa- eakreiernr Jo, very fmall fees, and when <1 the cauie is r y wrongfully ZnutSue- ny J ^Kalh^ mIlicioufly,he lhall forfeit and lofe. Or elfe xatpatTono.ftc fucdhis adverlary,p / , • -ji j^avc his complaint approved Tttoi jaciiins by a fet delega y ^ :f J^herwifethev fliall determine it. All caufes lhall be pkS/«fP/r" riomtfte,thc parties names be jpj{‘“ Province,\iUai^ P /- /inrl allcontroverfies, andtbofenotunglc, butthiceat ;Xntl;cS:fo" to fit *>y '“ttf' end°abovc a"year but Sow all delaycs.and further ap- oNibii ti clien- troverueto depend above a year,Duc ^ in that timcal-^ Ihu^patmi " tobefpeedily difpatched, and finally concluded azcipianupn- ^if A ind allother infeiiour Magiltrates to be chofenfasthe i^gaam»«/»»-lotted. Theleand - oitht'VenetiansyZWa,orbythofe exaalurrrage exceoc Argendib-i. Kppripiblc or capable ofmagiftracies,honours,onices, ex p tSSl7im W™‘>““°/’"ffSriS/2hisTptoiotaihoto txped. in sinas Souldiersjfoi I am of r^t fart Iter Hunt aua vero pro uti- fiuT?'"'rchStv^er.Ifr^^^ '^ry»,uZ and accordingly giveanaccount, \ 0/of .i. ri.de wife, once a yeare they Iha^e called in queiuo , ^ xehgefl.EmaK. ^te partialfand palfionate, • yL«»wlike Solons ■ tolove,hate,feare.favour,&c Ariotem loatm quifi pr*fertuT,et ,«i n plurimts wSwiM. ^tduci apud not. x Cethey(haUoveifeethatnopiolingofficer,underb 9 "““ colour of authoiity,{haIl infuk over hisjnferiours,as io many wild bealts, ^ „„ e* opprdft,dommar,Hea, gtinde, or tramfJe on, bepamall 01-coHupt thattlKrebean«afc^jM,juftkcequaUydone,liveasfrien^ai^brethrcn,"^«,^ totTether-and which would have,and fo much deures iuhis king- (Hm coxcuUent dome oiFranee, a dtafafon andfweet harmony cfKtngs,Primes, Noides, and plebeians fo mutually tied and involved in love, as welt as lames andaa>- mini cortfp, thority, as that they never 'difagree, infult or incroch one upon another. If any man deferve well in his office,helhall be rewarded. -quisenimvirtutemample^fituripfam. rep.GaliQrwa Liir.i.0^ 2. d Siquis cm- ■' r* • • ^UM GUtbcUo He that invents any thing for publike good in any Art or Science, writes a Trcatife or performes any nobleexploir, at home or abroad, ♦ihallbe accordir^ly enriched, f honoured, andpreferred. I lay with Uanmbal in Ennius, Hodem aiti feriet erit mihi CArwaginenfis, let him be of what con- temi admit’ dition he will,in all Qffices,aAions,hethatdeferves beft fhallhave beft. Tilianm'mthilonius, out of a charitable minde no doubt, wnhtaU ms bookes wert gold and filver, jewels and precloiw ftMO, captives.fet free prifoners,and relieve allpoore diftreffcd forte rte rva^ ^ ted meanes; religioufly done,I deny not, but to what purpofc i Suppole j„yj this were fowell done, within a little after, though a man wealth to beftow, there would be as many more.; Wherefoeq A will lun^ hk.i.eaf.i. no gBegeers,Roeues,Vagabonds,oridlepcrfons atall, that cannotgivc Undeimait*- anaccomptofthdrlivesLwtheyi^maintaincthaftfel^^^ potent,lamc,blinde,and Angle, they lhall be fufiiciently maintain^ in ft- myaa verall hofpitals,built for that purpofc; ifmarried and infirmcj paft work, or by inevitable lo{fe,or fome fucb like misfortunecaftbehinde,!^ diltrir ainTriwu- bution of' come,houfe-rent free, annuall penfions^or mony,they fliall uUm ex- relieved, and highly rewarded for their good ferviccthey have formerly donej if able, they lhall be enforced to worke. ^ for / fee no re^of^ (as he ju^^iOorta mor^ faid) why anEpicure or idle drone, arichglutton, an ufurer, eafe, and doe nothing, live in honour, in ad manner ofpleafires, andoppreffe eguns ethers,when as in the mean time, apoore loboftrer , afniittk,a earp^i‘>ttt,a»tjai\eT^m'i'li agatMxtam et fiUndfdam vitam agat,etio et deliciit^uum interim BUriga>jdier,^rie(/la, quo re^w.careKTVia f ey, .vitam adee mi/tram ducat,ut pejorqmmjumtntoru fit ejia conditio, liuqva refit>que dot parafitb.’^dUfdtiirpmjfaaui^ wluPtatvm artificibutgenerofit fcr* etiofis taitatnuHeraprodigit, at centra agtieolk, carhaST{U:aurigu,]0[tt>esre. inpT(^icit,fedeerumabufj laboreflorentiiatatitjameptafet (y InSegpvtan^oatte/t^ nemo taendicus ttifiper atatem out jsorbuw* Hanfoce/t: wtUi^tfi undtviCfumqiiaTat, ailtqtujs extretot* €ypr.EthnmT)etit.Hi^an,HvMmGmvatitiofi*,mfeptennup«*«t.toMlame»xmtltiHsr. j| ~ 66 D B u o c R I T u s to the Keader. nAthenm ihallplcafcslike"that5^^^//*«* amongft the tho^ . nals'in Rom, aswellashis matter. ° If any be cirunk, hclhalldunkno o Simiemde ■ ^ ^ j j ^ twelvc-month after. A banckrupt lhall be Romtpe. ,. j 1 . :f Uy riot or neelieence he have beene impovenlncdj inall be tor his family, is - he (hall bc hanged. He that commits facnledge^ lhall lolc tiis hands j he worfcriiena .l,., vvitnelTe, or is of perjury convuit, lliall have his tongue I AifTtdnex. cut out, except he redeemeit with hishead. Murder,* adultery lhall be pu- litra^ mantt* njfUpdbv death? 'butnot theft, except it be lome more grievous oltence, S^Srornotorlusoffend«s:otherwifetheylhaUbecondemncdw earn capitere^ behis flaves whom they offended,during their lives.I hate all herc^ ditarv flaves, and that Perfartmlegem,as»Brtfomuf calls ly, or as tamftu^nt, x AmmUntidyimfendioformidatas dye, the other party fball not marry till fe moneths aftersand becaufe many famiUes are compeUed to live niggard- ri «mii t<- ly and undone by great dowers, >’ none fhall bcgiven at all, or ve- rC.i« ry litele,and that by fupervifois rated,they that ate foule fhal have a grea. nottion: if faire, none at all, or very little: ‘ howfoever not to exceed SS"-''’ fucharateasthofefupetvifotsfhallthinlcfit. And when once they come Im to thofeyeares, poverty (hall hinder no man from marriage, or any other taflunx.Mai- but all (hall be rather enforced, then hindred: ^ except they be sc?(dLembted, or grievoufly deformed, infirme or vifited with fome Ego cum ittu enormous hereditary difeafe, in body or minde*, in fuch cafes upon a great fenttoAui I'ct- rnuia,? man or woman (hall not marry,other order (hall be taken SSL!; Lthemtotheit content. Ifpeople over abound, they lhaU be cafed by fert.qui me- j, C'„|onieS %it“JrTEm- «No manfliall weare weapons in any ^ maHuti sa.A- |(ept,and that proper to feverall callings, by which they mall be dmingui- flied.‘'X«x/^y«;?rr««s(hallbetakenaway,thatintcmp(livcexpcnfemo^ Rer/ofum. dcratcdi and many others.Brokcrs,takcrs of pawnes, biting ufurers,! will * ^ • not admit; vet becaufe hic cum hominibus non cum dttsagitur , we con- verfeherewhhmen,notwitbgods, andforthehardne^ .tiijYwmaii I „jU tolerate fome Icinde of ufury. IfwewerehoiKll, lcontcne,Ji i'LVSi- wefliouMhavenoufeofit, but beii^asitis, we mull neceffatUy ourp.bodte admit it. Howfoever moft Divines contraditi it, €^nenpumi Diamut inficiosjedvoxeu foUrepertaeJt.^ itmnftbewinkedatbyPoliticians. AndyetfomegreatDoaorsapprove aliet dt buqiufiion. a AtfKdu. ** QUic€autumnonttafridtmafudVentto5,n€iuufatnttM(^^^ Ut Awufi CteCa^Mat ad (lilies hsd.Si*lud^i±,oAjtTA^ric^dtrmptmcf,ntaliurincm^^^^ AomanotobmtUotuit. t A:«rbolabcranf:quttttprolemfactU mpindi u = ^ jinethiuibi/iMb. iAevttAcot». juventttte tapramr.moberet takt pr*culdefnfiuio virorum abUgantur.&t. s-xonsefclude dumb,blinde, nm mmbJ. f Sftci.cijfimi I,berk dabun, operam.Fluto 5 .1 of it CalvinyBucery Zanebiuf.F.Martyr y becaufe by fo many grand law- ^ ^ ' vers* decrees of Emperours, Princes Statutes, cuftomesof Common-" a wealths Churchesapprobationsit is permitted,&c.I wil therefore allow it.But to no private perfons,not to every man that will, to orphanes only, iriaidcs, widows, or fuch as by reafon of their age, fexe, education, igno¬ rance of trading, know not otherwife how to employ it, and thofc foap- proved, not to let it out apart, but to bring their money toa”commonn,;,,ji,^g, banke which fliall be allowed in every city, as inGemaj Geneva, Nerem- Lombards be, ber?eyemce,^t "5 .^>7-not above 8 fer centum, the fupervifors,or aram ^ prafecii lhall think fit." And as it ftiall not be lawfull for each man to be fome"rcformi- an Ufurer that will,fo ftiall it not be lawfull for all to take up mony at ufe, not to prodigals and fpendthrifts, but to merchants, young tradelmen, otcharityjas fuch as lland in need,or know honeftly how to imploy it, whofe necelfity, Maimes termes caufe and condition, the faid fupervifors lhall approve of. I will have no private monopolies,to enrich one man,and begger a mul- that lend mony titude, P multiplicity of offices, of fupplying by deputies, weights and meafuresthefamethroughout,and thofereftifiedby thtPrimummobile, and Suns motion, threefcore miles to a degree according toobfervatron,adventuicfo£ I ooo.Geometricall paces to a mile, five foot to a pace, twelveinchcs to a n That pro- foot &c.and from meafures known,it is aneafie matter to re SrLhere is betwixt a Politicall and Occonomicall body ;they r S^ff^onllmiMBnitudeand proportion ofbufinelTe (foi«%er>vvntes) '4’.V,r ^StLXthl.kelythefLeperi^,as'>i!»d,>and‘J>^^^^^ hLib-A-dert- cpil. {jx otfevcn hundred yeares, fomany times they have the fame it itvimt. . of both jriot in building, riot in profufe fpendmg, not in apparell, &c. dcwnaeniji * tinde foever itproduceththefamceftetts. AaCorogra- &ou“^Sof^ fn the Nonh,continue fo long, are fo foone extinguiihed in the South ai^ foftw‘ give noother reafon but this, not hath co£e!lall. Fineclothesandcurious buildings came into this Iftand, aX notes in his Annals,notfomanyyearesfincc,«a>.j;»cd,W«fo#/. tothedecayofhofpitality. Howbcit many times that wmd imiftaken, andundei-the name of bounty and holpitahty, is Ihrowded riM and orodigalityiand that which is commendable in it felfewellufed, 4^J4»uharhbtnemiL^^^^^^ comum-Gocie- j ^ of many a noble family .For forae menlivelikc the rich glutton,con- Sminithemfelves and their fubftance by contmuall feaftmg and invitati- 'fmZtm- ons with •^Axtlanm Humcr, keepeopenhoufe fotallcomraets, giving f’””,, r entenainmenttofuchasvifitthem,fkcepingatablebeyondtheirraeanes. andacompanyof idle fervants fthough not ^ *2,ds“devomidb» Ltkinfmen, friends, and multitude of followers. %mat,fieT. lovim relates ofour N ortherne Countries, what an _ nunturmtnfe f^atwcconfumeonour tables: that I may truly fay, tisnotbounty, KS£- nothofpitahty.asitisoftenabufed,butriotinexceffe,glun^^^^^^ hm fmptr edu- j jaalitic, a mcere vicej it brings in debt, want and beggery, heredita 7 « iiu dtrcHpt. their fortune^and overthrowes the good temperature of hLib!udettp. their bodies. To this I might here well addetheir inordinate expence in Oaiiotm^iod tbofe phantalticall houfes,turrets, walkes,parkes, &c. gaming, Lelfe of pleafL, and that prodigy alt* ftrmuT compelled to breakc up houfe, and creep into holes. J hisLmmoiwealthofHfra*^ ciwfar.cr mu-bility were fo frequently bankrupts: ^ y / J Juf.«another,M ,ed,m h fiuipaaU- niichmemes it ctime 10 iiUtirmcdns mni/iripk. f^eirPoMions.A(econdcaufe was their mt, they lived beyond their Means »ecldsfivcrcafonsofhiscountry-menspoverty,torhe fameefeaalmoft, iutdfumptmft Jndthlokeq verilvif the Gentry of France were divided into ten paits, ■ZZS: ei^tofAemwi^ldbe found Lch empaired,byfales,morg.ges arf thrtrbtntuT,tt debts, or wholly funke in their cftatcs.)T he UJl was immoderate ex (J it ttSfa. tthtchhttfamdthcir rcvtmtt. Howthis concernes and ag^^ Democritus to the Reader, 69 with our prefentftatc,looke you. But ofthiselfcwhere. As it is iu a mans body, if either head,heart,ftomack, liver,fpleen,or any one part be mifaf- felted all the reft fuftcr with it: fo is it with this Occonomicall body. If , the head be naught,a fpend-thrift, a drunkard,a whoremafter,a gamefter, how (hall the family live at eafe <' Ipfdft cupiat falfufervare, prorfta non * fotefi hanc familiam, zsDema faid in the Comedy,fafety her felfc cannot lave it. A good,honeftr painfull man many times hath a (hrew to his wife, • a fickly, di(honeft,flothfull,fooli(h,careleire woman to his mate, a proud, / ' peevifh flurt, a liquorilb, prodigall queane, and by that meanes all goes to ' ruineror if they differ innature,heisthrifty,(hcfpendsalI,hewire,fhcfot- • tifli and foft *, what agreement can there be, what friendfhip /tfWf/yA^/w/f, ajpend-thr/fi, iPaiiHg.FiUm , their daughter arvhorci a Itep'" mother, or a daughter in law diftempers alU "orelfe for want of meanes, many tortures arife, debts, dues, fees, mure,duo gam dowries, joynters, legacies to be paid, annuities ilTuing out, by meanes of g,"/; which, they have not wherewithal! to maintaine themfclves in that pomp nunquam vi* as their PredeceflTors have done, bring up or bellow their children to their uuntfine ute. callings, to their birth and quality,” and will not defeend to their prefent fortunes. Oftentimes too, to aggravate the reft, concurre many other in- o When pridfl conveniences,unthankfullfriends, decayed friends, bad neighbours, ne- gligent fervants, pycT'i'i fnraces , Verf'pelles callidij cccluja fibi tnille clavi. nuiy,they roare huireferant/fartmq-, raptant, confumunt, liguriunt-, cafualties, taxes, and howMid mulcts, chargeable offices, vaine expcnccs, entertainments, lofle of (lock, fiXfortur- enmities,emulations, frequent mutations,loires,fureti(hip,(ickne(re,death contents,as fire of friends, and that which is the gulfe of all, improvidence, ill husbandry^ dilbrderandconfufion, by which meanes tljey are drenched on a fudden concur^mikc in their eftates, and at unawares precipitated infenfiblyintoan incxtrica-thund.-rcUps blelabyrinth of debts, cares, woes, want,gricfe, difeontent, and melan- p choly it felfe. fviin, I have done with families, and will now briefly runne over fome few forts and conditions of men. The mod fecure, happy, joviall and merry • v ‘ in the worlds efteeme, arePrinces and great men, free from melancholy: but for their cares, miferies, fufpicions, jealoulies, difeontents, folly and madnelie, I referre you to Xenophons 'Tyannus., where King tiieron dif- courfeth at large with Simonides the Poet, of this fubjeyfr^, will have civill Law to be the (g- Poeta.efe. tower of wifedome j another honours Phyficke, the Quinteflence of Na¬ ture 5 a third tumbles them both downe, and fets up the flag of his owns peculiar fclence. Your fupcrcilious Criticks,Grammaticalltriflers,Note. makers, curious Antiquaries, finde out all the ruincsofwit, ineptiarum , delicias the rubbifh of old writers; P Profiultis habent nifi alt quid fujfciant inventre ^ quodtn altortim feriptts vert ant vitio, allfooles with them that cannot find faultjthey correct others, & are hot in a cold caufe, puzzle themfelves to finde out how manyftreetsinif 4 «?/f, and therefore lamented hisdepar. by eating pye- jjjf If wifcdome come fo late, where fhall we finde a wife man ? our old m threefcore and tenne. I would cite more proofes, and a better ToK Authour,butfortheprefent, letoncfoole point atanother. ^Nevifanus yiyiTM 25 hard an opinion of* rich men, wealth andwifedome cannot dweUto., opes ittidem gether,fiultitiampatiuntur opes, and they do commonly " infatuate cor imtaUbK/int hominUyhe[ot menjand as we fee ityfooles have fortune:" Sapientia noninve^ £n^”^*** nitur in terra fuaviter viventiumdcox befide a naturall contempt of learn-* n Emum ni- ing, which accom panics fuch kinde of men,innate idlenefle, (for they will ve'cfilTtwn' paines j and which P Artfiotle obferves, ubi meni plurima, ibi mini., fadt. mafortune,ubiplurimafortunaytbi mensperexiguaygrest wealth,and little ® wit goe commonly together; they have as much braines fome of them, in ^ib.i^up, I. rheir heads as in their heels-jbefidesthis inbred nc^leCl ofliberall Sciences, /jtf.4- and all Arts, which fhoidd excolere mentem, polifh the rainde, they have moft Democritus to the Reader. 73 moft part fome gullirti humour or ocher, by which they are ledj one is an ^ ^ Epicure,an Atheill,afeconda gamefter, a thirdawhoremafter, (fitfiib- /df.4. jeasallforaSatyriittoworkupon,) - ({Hicnuftarumin\amtamorwmj mepuerorum, mones.inf*- »one is mad of hawking, hunting, cocking j another of caroufing, horfc numvenandi riding, fpendingi a fourth of buildi^,fighting,&c. InUmt veteresfiafuas DamaftppHS emendo, Z)4W4)//»/>«jhathanhumourof his ownc, to be talkt of: ^Heliodorus the * C4r/^4^/»/4»another.Inaword,as5c4//^fr concludes of them all, ad'cxmmwn are Statua ereciafiultitU^x.hz very llatues or pillars of folly. Chufe out of orbu fanefu- all ftories him that hath been moft admired,you (hal ftil find,/« k/?4 adUu. deittymultaadvitttperationemmagni^cayZS ^Beroj’us of Semirainis\ otnties ut vi- ntortales mUtia.;rtumphifydwitiis,^c. turn ^ luxu, cade, catertfq-, 'Vitits t/a»pvra- h Mittefuetia- Labyrinths and Sphinges, which a company of crowned afles, ad vainly bmlt,when neither the ArchiteS nor King that niadethem,ortowhatufeand purpofe,are yet know ne: roiniiltintheir ■ hvpocrifiednconftancie,blindncire,ralhnes, fmmr4rfw,fraud, Hor. 0*vid. coinage,malice,anger, impudence, ingratitude, amotion, groHe fujper- ftition ^tempora tttfefta&aduUtione fordtda, zsinTiberiHs times,fuch bafe Battery, ftupend, paraTiticall fawning and colloguing, &c. brawles, conflids, defires, contentions, it would aske an expert to anato¬ mize every member. Shall I fay ^ /«/>/ft'rhimfelfc,^/»,4fl/4rJ,(^£-.do- tedjandmonfter-conqueringHfrcft/ej that fubdued thcworld,and helped others,could not relieve himfelfin this,but mad he was at laft. And where hooitJ.T.wef. {hallamanwalke,converlewithwhom,in what Province, City,andnofi E.ungu nati Sienior Deliro, or Hercules Furens, Manades, and Corybantes? Their fpeecLfay nolelfe. ^Ffmgisnati homines, orelfe they fetched w«ni xUm loci pedegrec from thofe that were ftruck by Sampfon with thejawbone S Strui ofanzffc.OrhomDeucahonmdPyrrhds ftones, ['ox durum genusfumus, fungunati di- ^ ni^TWBYci / 5 ^;;?/^,j,wcHrcftony-hc 3 rtcd,anduivourtoomuchoi theliocKj eebanw.fem ^sifthey had all heard that ittchanted hornof that Englifli Duke ^FamiM.stra- in y^r/ ^ilmeonSva. ^^dvaleat Nemo, Nemo referre poteft? But whom (hall I except in the fe- omnes infanta cond placc < fuch as are filent,‘vir fapit quipauca loquitur 5' no better way folly and madneUe, then by taciturnity. ^Vhominathird^ all Senators,Magiftrates 5 for all fortunate men are wife, and conquerors va- d Lepidumpot^ Uanc> and fo arc all great men> cjl bonuTn Itidcre cum diis^ they are wuc authority, good by their office and place, h;s licet impune pefsimos estuititiamfb- e(fe, (fomefay) we muftnot fpcakeof them, neither is it permefint mutate non fQ. protinus alba, I will not thinke amifte of them. Whom next if mrtimT' Stoicks f Sapiens StoUus, and he aloneis fubjea to no perturbations, as f idf/ivrU 75 Democritus to the Reader. ^ Piutarch fcoffes at him M U not vexed with tormentSyOr burnt with fre.foi^ fExtorm non Jedbyhisadverjary, fold of his enemy : though he be wrinkled, fand-blinde, toothlelfe and deformcd-^yet he is mojl beautifiill, and like a god., a king in con- dim^prftra- ceit,though net worth a groat. He never dotes,never mad,never fad, drtinke, becatife vertue cannot be taken away,zsZZeno holds, reafon ofjlrongappre- captividab ho- hen(ion,h\xc he was mad to fay fo. ^Anticyra coelohutcefl opus aut dolabra, he had need to be boi ed;and lo had all his fellowcs, as wife as they would JxSuiSf {Qcmtobe.Chryftppus himfclf liberally grants them to be fools as well as lufinsjefomh. others,at certain times,upon fome occahons, 4 »?//f/ virtutem ait per ebrie- tatem,aut atnbilariit morbum, it may be loft by drunkennes or melancho-je/« xJivesjex ly,he may be fometimes crafed as well as the reft:' ad fummumfaptens nifi quumpituita molejla. I fhould here except fome Cy nicks, Menippfts,Dio. fJjigMu" < : li PhilofojftierSjPhyfi^ns, PhilologerSjArtifts, &c. of whom S^ Bridget, in/aniafton in- Albas loacchimus, Leicenbergtus, and fuch divinefpirits have prophefied, and made promifetothe world,if atleaft therebeany (\xch{Hen?Neuhufi- JftwobZn-' m makes a doubt oiM^Valcntinus Andreas and others)or ^nElias artifex fiantescompre- their Theophrafiian mafter j whom though Ltbavius a nd many deride and c arp at,vet fome wil have m jbcj^e " renuer of all arts a nd reforme r of the world, and now living, fovfo Johannes Mont anus Strigoninijis that ‘’,f gfcatpatron orVaracelfus contends & certainly zvtx:s,,<^ amofi divine man, and the quintcfcence of wifedome wherefoever heisjfor he, his fraternity, i hw. friends,&c.arc all P betrothed to wifedome, if we may beleeve their difciples and followers. I muft needs except Lipfius & the Pope, and expunge their i Anfmt^u^ name out of the catalogue of fools.For befidp that parafiticall teftimony ofDoufa, ASoleexorienteMaotidasuf^paludes, civcrV^^^' Nemo ejl qui juftofe aquiparare queat. m Turn Babel. faith of himfelfe, \.]\z.t\\tm^f 3 umani generis quidempadagogus voce fs" ftyloy^L grand Signior, a Mafter,a T utor of us all,and for 13 .yeares tiarum infiau- he brags, how he fowed wifedome in the Low countries,*' cum himanitate hteras^fapientiam cum prudential antifies fapicntia, apien- .^ir author turn oHavus.The Pope is more then a man,as ^ his parats often make him, f^raw.w cpig. a demi-god,and befides his holinefle cannot erre, in Cathedra belike; and yetfome ofthem have beene Magicians,Heretikes,Atheifts,children, and ^sap entude- zsPlatina {zitho^John21.Etfivirliteratus, multa(lohditatem ^„ tempra feferentiaegit,fiolidt ^focordisvir ingenii, a fcholarfufiicienr,^^te^^)-^:^_ yet many things he did fooliflily, lightly. Icanfay nomorethen in parti- inantvciut cular,but in generall termcs to the reft,they are all mad,their wits arc eva- porated,and as-<^r/oj?ofaignes/.34.keptinjars above the Moone. ’ ■ Some lofe their wits withlove,fome with ambition, S ome following ' Lords and men of high condition. Some infairejewels rich andcojfly fet. Others in Poetry their wits forget. Anotherthinkestobean Alcumifi, Till all beJpent,and that his number s mi ft. Convidfooles they are, mad men upon record; and I am afraid paft cure many of them, * crepunt /;7j’«/w4,th&Symptomes are manifeft,they are all *piaut.Menec. of Cot am parifli; K 2 S^um I, thaf Moretwn. ( Reje^fiuncuU ad Fatavum. Felinuiicum rdiquU, t Magnum vi^ mm f€({w. eji fapere^ lome think pothers .Democritus to the RcAder « win Sat. 14 . “ ^uum furor baud dubim^quum fit ntamfefia phrenefis, fo^i what remaines then * b ut to fend for Lorarios.^iho(t officers to carry them tL Amicyr^ all together for company to Bedlam^ and fet Rablais to be their phyfician. to make Heiie- jp^gke in the meane time, who I am that fo boldly cen- fcuirbrau^ furc othcts, tu nullanc babes vitia ? have I no faults ^ y Yes more then thou pottage. haft, vvhatfoever thou art. Nos mmerta fumtss, I confefleit againe, I am Li';S'L. “ « fy «"/• . mefoiabor,quoi ^ Infansss 'vobts videoK^ non deprecor tpfe, und cum muitu minus infanus,- %>tStimu Idoenotdenyit, demens depepulo dematur. My comfort is, Ihavemore njins ipfiinfi- fellowes,and thofe of excellent uote. And though I be not fo right or fo ^/eMenipfl^ difcrect as I fhould be, yet not fo mad, fo bad neither as thou perhaps ta- Lueiani in Nc- keft me tO be. tyommia. Toconcludc, this being granted that all the world is melancholy, or madde, dotes, and every member ofit, I have ended my> taske, andfuf- ficiently illuftrated that which I tooke upon me to demonftrate at firft. Atthis prefent I havenomore tofayj HisfanammsntemDemocritusil can but wifh my felfe,and them a good Phyfician, and all ofus a better minde. A nd although for the above named r eafons, I had ajuft caufe to under¬ take this fubjed, to point at thefe particular fpecies of dotage, that fo men might acknowledge their imperfe often happening, faith ^ Laurentius,in fniuentijftmiti. ntiferable times as few there are that ieele not the fmart of it. Of the e.CQHfuit.^z. famemindeis.dE//4» Montaltus, ^MeUnSihon , and others; ^luliutCafar ^ttapofbMfte- calls it the fountaine of all other difeafes, and fo common in this qumerinfmt crafedageofours,thatfcarceoneofa thoufandisfreefiromit: andthatSple- neticke Hypocondriacall winde efpecially, which proceeds from the mmu reperia- fpleene and fhortribbes. Being then itis a difeafe fo grievous, fo com- iur iff omnium mon, I know not wherein to doe a more generall fervice, and fpend my ecLfJexlfi^t. better, then to preferibe meaneshowto prevent and curefouniver- fMor.Encom. fall a malady, an Epidcmicall difeafe, that fo oftcn, fo much crucifies the body and minde. qua rt decet ^f 1 have oveifhot my fclfe in this which hath becne hitherto faid, or theokgum,m that it is, which I am fure fome will objedr, too phantafticall, too light and ^ulm d^eat ttomtcaUfor a Divine, toofatyrkall for one of my profefsion., I will prefume chriftiamm. toatuvverwith ^RrufmuSy in like cafe, ’TisnotI,but Democritiu^Demo-‘ sritus Democritus te the Render. 77 critus dixit: you muft confider whayt is to fpeake in ones ownc or" ano- thers pcifon,an affumed habit and name; a difference betwixt him that af- fc<^isoraAsa Princes, aPhilofophers,a Magiftratfes,a Foolespart, and him that is fo indeed j and what liberty thofe old Saty rifts have had,it is a Ce»t9 colle(fted from others, not I,but they that fay it. 8 D ixero (i quid forte] ocofxs, hoc mihi juris ^HoT.sat.i.i .» Cum vent A dnbis—^^——' Take heed you miftake menot. If Idoealittleforgetinyfelfejlhbpe you will pardon it. And to fay truth,why fliouM any man be bfferided, br " • take exceptions at it ? . . ■ L icuit,femperque licehit, Parcereperfonis^diceredevitits. It lawfull was of old, and ftill will be, Tofpeakeofyice,butletthenatHegoeff«e: -I hate their vices,not their perlons. If any be dilplealed>ortake ought un- pium de Mma. to himfelfe,let him not expoftulate or cavill with him that* faid it (fo'did h Erafmtts excufehimfelfeto Dorpiusff tarvalicetcomponeremagnis) and biSk^Jon iodot\\hut let himbe ungry mth htmfelfe,' thnt fo betray ed 'and opened his habetqucdtx- ewne faults in applying it tbhtmfelfe: ^Ifhehfguilty-an'ddifervett, amendwhoever heiSf and not be angry.-HethathatethcorreUitfnis a foole, /c fvoletJi- Prov. 12.1. If he be not guilty, it concernes him not j it is nor my freeneffe offpeech, but a guilty confcicnce, a gaujedba-ckcof his mi^e thatjnakes him winch. declaravU hoc ■ Sufpitioneftqmerrabitftd, ^ ^ Etrapietadfc,quodertecdnimufieontnfum, isiquufeU- Stultb nudabit animt ConfeientUm, film (lamabir, I deny not this which I have faid fovoiirs a little of Democritusl ‘^fmprodit^^' ridentemdicere verumquidvetat^ one may fpeake inf jeft, 'an’d yet f^eak’e certe truth. It is fomewhat tart, I grant izyacrioraWexim excitant ernbd.'rn'mdtaf as he faid,fharp fauces increafeappetite, ** ^NeccibusipfejuvAtmorfufraudatHs^dceti. Objed then and cavill what thou wilt jl ward all with '^^Bemocritus hxidk. n, •ler,his medicinefhall falveitj ftrike where thou wilt,and vihetiTDeMcyi- Yiht^^dip'etgmn tus dixit y Democritus will anfwer it. It was written by an idle fellow, idle times5about our 5 or feafts, w hen'as he faid,’^/- lum libertati periculum eji^ fervants in old Rome had liberty to fay and doe va- what them lift. When our countrymenTacri'ficed to their goddeffe^r^. cuna, and fate tipling by their Vacunall fires, 1 ‘writ this,artd publilhedthis far, mpofi la- vT/feMj^pjit is The time,place, p’erfons,and alIcircuraftances apologize for me, and why may I not then be idle with others^ fpeakemy punLyfi *. minde frecly^Ifyou deny me this liberty, upOn thefeprefumptions I will ovid.(.6. Fafi. take It .T fay againe,! will take it. funtan*qut ^ Si quisejl qui diStum in fe ifielementius ficra Vacunx, Exijlimaviteffeyjfcexijlimet, _ _ ^ fcT^nr'rt Ifany man take exceptions, lethim turne the bueWe of his girdle, leafe dent^foMu not. I owe thee nothing, (Readet) I look for no favour at thy hands, I am independentjifearenot. Kz No, ■ 78 De MOCK ITUS to the Reader. N o, I recant, 1 will not, I carc> I fear, I confelTe my fault, acknowledge a great offence, -- motos frafiat compnere I have over fliot rny felfe,I havefpoken foolilhly,raflily, unadvifedly, ab- furdly, I have anatomized mine owne folly. And nowmethihkesupon a fudden I am awaked as it were out of a dreame, I have had a raving lit, a phantafticall fit, ranged up and down,in and out,I have infulted over moft kindeofmen,abufed fome, offended others, wronged myfelf* and now oAriofi.i.i^. being recovered, and perceiving mineerrour, cry with " Solvitc staf.^s. pardon that which is paft, and I will make you amends in that which is to conicjl promife you a more fober difeourfe in my following Trcatife. p Ut enim cx If through weakneffe, folly, palfion, P difeontent, ignorance,! have faid Ra^txH 3miire,let it be forgotten and forgiven. I acknowledge that of netemerefugilles Authoretn hujufceoperis, autcavillatorirrideas. Imo nevel ex aliorum cenHirataciteobloquaris^isdicani verbo)nequidnafutulus in- epteimprobes, aut falfbfingas.Namfitalisreverafit, qualem pr^E fe fert Democritus^ feniori Democrtto faltem affinis, aut ejus Genium vcl tantillumfapiatj a hath parts t : fits Equivocations, in Difpofitioii, Improper, Bcc.SnBfeB .^.' ' ' . fHumours,4.Bload,Phlegmc,&c, Tcontainedas^ ‘ ‘ . 1 eSpirits; viull,naturall,animall. 'I - ^ ./ ^Similar;fpcrmaticaI,or flefljjboncsi I ... y ncrvesj&c. ^containing SDiflimular j braine,heart, liver,Scc^ Or S Sxhf.^. r / cVegctall. I Soule and his facuIties,as.^Senfiblc.4y»^/.6,7,8. j cRationall. ^,10,11.’ Jidemh.^. r . Its de finition, narac,diflference, J«^Vi Afemh.i, To its cx- plication,a _ digreffiou l^/.i of anatomy ,moonln,&c.5«^^ Exercife, j Unfcafonable,exceflive, or defeaWe of body or mind,folitarmeffc,idlencfle,a life Sub, 6 m t out of aftiorij&c# v 1 o l Sleeps iid waking, unfeafonablc, inordinate, over much, over little, 8ccSub,7* rSorrow,caufc and fymptomc, Fearc, caufe and fymp- lomCySub.^rn Shame,rcpulfe,difgrace, 8cc.Sub.6. Envieand malice,^*^^.?. EtBuladon,hatred,faaion, defirc of revenge, Sub»9* Anger a caufe, Difconicnts, cares, nufchcs, 8cc. Sub. lOm Memb.^. StSf. 1 . Pat fIrafd (ions and perturbati. ons of the minde, Subf. 2 . With a di- greflion of the forced, of imaginadon.tfri. 2 . anddivilion of paf- .(ionsimoifnKB^ ble or concu-' lifci- le r- B. Syreptomes of mtlaiichp. 1 lyareeitheC ^ Se(f. 3 ‘ •Xi o Vehement defires, ambition,^«ii.i i. Covetonfeeffe, yificii Sub. I a. Love of pleafures, gaming in exceffe, &c. SiS. IJ .Defire of ptaife,pride, vain-glory,&c. Sub. 14 .Love of Iwming, fludy in excefle, with a diMcffion of the mifery of Scholars, and vfhy the Mufes are melancholy. Sub. i j. TBody,as ill dijeflion, ctudi7,winde,dry braine$,hard b^y, feicke bloud, much waking, heavineffe and palpitation of heart, leaping in many places,&c.^a&. i. rComon rFeare and forrow withoutajuflcaufe,fufpmon,jealoufie,fefcontent,f<>. to aU or 4 litarineffe, itkfomneffe, continuall cogitaaons, reflieffe thoughts, vaine mofl imaginadonSj&c.Stfk/'.a. rCeleftial influences, as 7^ (?. &c. parts of the body, heart,btaine, liver,fpleene,ftomacke. Sec. ^Sanguine are merry ftill, laughing, pleafant, meditating k on playcs,women, muficke,&c. or yphlegmatick, flothfull,duU,beavic,&c. Humours x ChoTericke, furious, impatient, fubjeft to heare and fee Or ^ flrange apparitions.&c. • u j j j «... tBlack,foUury,fad,they think they are bewitched,dead,&c Or mixt of thefe foure humours aduft,or not adufl,infinitely varied. /Ambitious thinks himfelfe a Kmg,a Lord} cove- Their feverall cu-f ygcguj juns on his money} lafcivious on ms mi- ftomes,conditions,/ religious, hath revelations, vifions, is a inclinations, difei-^ ptophet, or troubled in mind } a fcholar on his pline,&c. (. i,ookt,&c. c Is Particuhr to private Terfons, . accoeJing kto Jfl. J^ 4 . /-Pleafant at firfl, hardly difcerittd, afterwards harfe-and ContinuanceV intolerable,ifinvctetate. i of time, a« \Hencefomeri. thehu.noris.^make three4 » ^.^rata loqut in,cr.a«J or- ^Jcsices, L^. Excqut loquuta. t remitted,&c./ By fits, or continuate, as the objeft varies, pleafii^ or <• V difpleafing. -ore j Simple, or as it is mixt with other difeafes. Apoplexies, Gout, Cmm appettm, See. fo the fymptomes are various, ^ ^ See^Mcw.z.Par- I Syntf tomes of thefrfi Partition, ^Headach,bindli 1 g, hcavinefle, vertigo, lightnefle,’ ) fingingof the cares, much waking, fixed eyes, Un body ' colour, red eyes, hard belly, dry body, no ' g figtic of melancholy in the other parts. j Continuall fearc, forrow, fufpitioni difeontent, fu- 1 In mind< cogitauon offuch toyes they arc poflefled with, C thoughts like dreames, &c. rWindc, rumbling in the guts, belly ake, heat in the \ bowels, convulfions , crudities, Ihort winde, . - . , J fowrc and fharp belchings, cold fwcat, painc in Hypo- " the left fide, fuffocation, palpitation, heavinefle condria- call or of the heart, finging in the cares, muchfpittlc, and moifi,&c. windic i ^ 3111U moiitjC'tVr, windic I Or Particular fyraptomes to the three diftinftipc- fBIackc,moft part Icane, broad vcines, groflcjthickc Inmind'^ pany.fearfull dreames,&c. SymptomesofNunnes, Maids, and Widowes melancholy, in body an4 they are fo fearful,fad,fufpitious without a caufc,why fo* Areafon litary,why melancholy men are witty,why they fuppofc they ofthefe hearc and fee ftrangcvoiccs,vifions, apparitions, fvmp- Why thcyprophefie,andfpcak ftrangclanguages,whcncec^es tomes. 1 their crudity,rumbling, convulfions, cold fwcat, heavmefle or \ heart, palpitation, cardiaca, fcarfull dreames, much waking. ^ prodigious phantafies. *' phcw,Scabs,Itch,Brcakiiig out,&c. rTending to good, as ^ Hemrods voluntarily open. C Progno- fticksofme-^ lancholy. Leanneflc,drincflc, holIow-cyed,&c. Jnveterate melancholy is incurable. If cold, it degenerates often into Epilepfie, Apo- I plexy, Dotage,or into Blindnefle. If hot, into madncfl€,dcfpaire,and violent death. Tending to evil, as plexy, Dotage,or into Blindnefle. ' r The erievoufneffe ofthis ab^ve all other difeafes.' I The dileafes of the minde are more grievous ther I thnfe of the body* . . , . , loly, t now a meianciioiy or ludumanuu^iMig T*wlence to himlelfe, is to be cenfiired. I thnfe of the body* 1 1 nc Hricvuumtin. , , I The dileafes of the minde are more grievous then Corollaries and ■ queftions. I Pag.i. THE first partition. Mam Exceltencjy Fallj Miseries^In^rmities-^ T he cattfes of them, , the moft excellent and noble creature of the Mans excels World, thefrincifallandmighty rvorke of God, won- der ofNature, as Zoroafies calls him; audacts natma. miraculum^the^marvaileofmarvailes, as Flato^ the ^Magmta mi~ ^Abridgement and Epitome of the WorU^% Pliny, X'imii.pito- Microcofmus, a little world, amodellof theworld, me,natuT«de- ' Soveraigne Lord of the Earth, Viceroy of the t ^ ^ 1 1 ^ cFtnisterum World, foie Commander and Governour of all the ImniumUTi creatures ink: towhofe Empircthey arefubje< 5 lin particular, andyceld fubiunanafer- obedience j far furpafling all the reft,not in body only, but in foule 5 ^ Ima. ginis Imago, ^ created to Gods Image, to that imraortall and incor- fec.^. Vaief.de poreall fubftance,\vith all the faculties and powers belonging unto itj was at firft pure,divine, perfeer. 7. God isW^y, %ndat,fi .erra qv and flubbomnelTcsthey will not turnc unto him. If the earth be barren ffyff^fjf.thenforwantofrainefifdryandfquallidfityeeldnofru^ lidosherboifie- troubledwithdifeafes ftis by reafonofyourfinsivthicn likethebloud or A c IZtrS'o cry loud to heaven for vengeance,i 4 «.ei.r .5 . 1 5 wehaveftnnedfiher- vinem debili- fore our hearts are heavie.,lfa. 5 9.11 ,i a.fTe roare like Bears , and mourn like h D oves, and want health .jdre .for our fins and trefpajfes. But this we cannot enduretoheare,ortotakenoticeof,/er.a. 3 o.iyta«p«»<»^<»e,a»d ieratoinuptias, fitlencc he hath Centvut thc'^ hxvt 7 iot turned to him^ Amos 4. &■ cetera fiu^ couldnot abide uhn Baptift, nor ^Domitian endure i^pollontus to ITmficZll tell thecaufes of the plague at jsphcfrsy his injuftice, inceft, adultery, vrinrhnriim morboTum mu- andthefikc. fai dixit. D ifeafes in generall. Memb.i.Subf.r y i6. z iS. a 20. Part. i.Sed.i. To punirti therefore this blindncfle and obftinacy of ours, as a concomi-_3 tantcaufe,and principall agent, is Gods juft judgement, in bringing thefe ca¬ lamities upon us, to chaflife us, I fay forour finnes, and to fatishe Gods wrath. For the law requires obedience or punifhment, as you may reade at \2XQg.iDeut.">%.i'$>Ifthcy will not obey the Lord, And keepe his commandments and ordinances, t hen all thefe curfesjhall come upon them. 'iCurfedin thetowne and in the field, drc. ^ Curfed in the fruit of the body, &c . ^ The Lord fhall fend ^ thee trouble and jbamey becaufeofthy wickednelfe.And2.littlczftcr^ ° The^Lord b Verfc 17, (hall [mite thee with the botch ofEgypt^ and with emrods, andfcab, and itch,and thou can(l not be healed. ^With madnefe.blindnejfe, and afionijhing of heart. This Faul feconds, Rom.z. 9 -Tribulation and anguijh on thefoule of every man giti Qafiigat. that doth evil. O r elfe thefe chaftifements areinflided upon us for our humi¬ liation, to exercife and try our patience here in this life to bring us home, to make us know God and our felvcs, to informe and teach us wifedomc. ^ d Therefore is my people gone into captivity , becaufe they had no knowledge, therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled againfi his people^ andhehathfiretch- eSo/lr^ faiu- edout his hand uponthem.HcisdcCitous o( our Mvziion,^Noftrafalutisavi- dus faithXf»7W/»f,andforthateau(epullsusby the eare many times, to put veiucat^accor. usinmindeofourduties: That they which erred might have underfianding, lamtate/ub-^ fas I fay fpeakes 2 s>. 2 10 andfo be reformed. lamaffic}(d, citidatthe point death,{oT>A'vidcox\k^td:\oi himfelfc,Pya/. Mine eyes are for- rowfullthrough mine affiimon: And that madehimturne unto God. Great jilexanderiathcmidl\o£ all his profperity, by a company of parafitesdei- *fexatiodat fied, and now made a God, when fie Uw one of his wounds bleed, remem- bred that he was but a man, and remitted of his pride. Inmorbo recolligit fe fg ^ ^ animus, as ^ Pliny well perceived, In ftckne(fe the minde reflects upon itfelfe, judido.meret with judgementfurvayesitfelfe, and abhorres it former courfes’, infbmuchthat he concludes to his friend Marius that itwcrcthefcriodofall philojophy^ij tmturfiDum we could fo continue found, or performe but apart of that which we promifed to doe, beingficke. Whofo is wife then, will confider thefe things, as -D^w^did •• (Pfal.xA±.verfelafi) And whatfoever fortune befall him, makeufeofit. It pen unguoru. he bein forrovv, need, ficknelTe, or any other adverfity, ferioufly to recount with himfelfe, why this or that malady,mifery,this or that incurable dileale g Summum ejfc is inflided upon him j it may be for his good, ^fic expedit, as Peter kid of his daughters ague. Bodily ficknefle is for his foules he^lthj fcriijjet mfi pc-^ ejfe peTfevere- riifet, had he not bcene vifited, he had utterly perifhedj ioxHhe Lord cor- quiet ms relieth himwhomhelovtth, evenasafatherdothhuchildeinwhomhedeligh-J^fff^fff^^^^ teth. If he be fafe and found on the other fide, and free from all manner of aor. infirmity;'■cJ'rat . , . i'“ Cratia,forma, valet udo contingat abunaei i- hw. Ep:fi. EtmHndusvi 6 ius,nondefcientecrumena. l*Deut8ir’ And that he have grace,beauty,favour,healthy ^Tp'atviJe- A cleanly diet, and abound in wealth. atnecodat. Yet in the midft 6f his profperity,let him remember that caveat otMo^s, i Beware that he doe not forget the Lord his God, that he be not puffed “p* but Ji, acknowledge them'to be his good gifts and benefits,and * th^ more he hath.^ to muiaturpantd he more thankfuU, (as a r ridvifeth) «.d ufe them aright.- okiigatmem Now theinftrumentallcaufesof thefe out infirmities, are as diverfe, asthc}^;''’"'® A * infif- Parc.i.Sed.i. Dtfeafes in generalL Inftruincnull caufcs of our infirmities. SI Botertti dt Inft.mbium, XiLegehifi. ft- lationem Lod. Frok de rebu 6 iaponick ad an¬ num IS 9^- o Guicciard, deftript.Belg. anno 1411. p Gnaldta jpambrenf. q latiM Z>ouJa €p-lib.i,iar,\o r Munfter.l^i^ Cof.cap,^6 1. (Buebanan. Saptifin Thmehomlnt iupMyhmo ho- unim ikmon. Mcmb.i.Subf I. infirmities themfclvesj Stars,heavens,elcments,&c. And all^ecreatures which God hath made, are armed againft finners. They were indeed once good in thcmfelvcs,and that they are now many of them pernicious unto us IS not in their nature,but our corruption, which hath caufed it. For from the fall ofourfirft parent they have beene changed, the earth accurfed theinfluence of Stars altered, the foure Elements, Beafis, Birds Plants are now ready to offend us. The frincipall things for theujeofman, areWater Tire, Iron, Salt, Meale, Wheat, Hony,Milke,Otle,Wine, Clothing, ooodto the godhtothermnersturnedtoevU,Ecd^xs.s 9 . 2 ^ and Deartb,aUthefe are created for vengeance, Ecclus.39.2^. The Heavens threaten us wiij their Comets, Starres, Planets, with their great conjundi- ons,Eclipfes,Oppofitions,Quartiles,and fuch unfriendly Afpeds. The Air with his MeteorSjThu^er and Lightning,intemperate heat and cold,migh- tywinda,tempcfts,unfearonabk weather j from which proceed deanhja- raine.plaguc, andallforts ofEpideraicalldifeafea, conliming infinitemy. riads of men. At in ^ypt,«ery third yeare.fas it is related by "> nafe- rm, and mhers) 3 ooooo.dye of the plagueiand aooooo. in ConfiAntmopU, event fifth or feyenth atthe utmoft. HowdoththeEarth terrifieandop’ prelTeus with temble Eawhquahes,whicharc moft frequent in "Ci&rna /a- fn, and thofe ^fteme Climes, fwallowing up fometimes fix Cities at once' Howdot^he waterrage with hisinundations, irruptions,flinging downeTownes,Ciu«, V.U«es, Bridges, &c. befides IhipwrackSiwholl IlMdsarefometimes (uddenlyover-whelmed with all their inhabitants, in Zce/aW,Ma/>d,MdmanypartsoftheContinentdtowned,asthePLake in Ireland 'Wrf/Wp«rrr4w»«, cada«« UUnt, inmmu, In theFennes o^JFreejland 1230. byrcafon of tempefts, UheSeadrowned multa ^o?«injimwi/ha,&jume^tafnenuniero,dhheicomtry fn ■ntrcUefl'e Element, confuming in an inftant whole Cities f What towneofany antiquity ornote, hath not rSZEoka Peper€it,unda mtrgit,aerU ' Vis pejlt lent is 4 equori ereptnnt necat, JBellofuperfes, tapidus morboperit. Whom Fire fpares. Sea doth drowne 5 whom Sea, Pcitilent Ayrc doth fend to clay, , Whom War fcapes,ficknefle takes away. . ® ^feend to more particulars, how many creatures are at deadly feud with men ^ Lions, Wolves,Beares, &c. Some with hoofes, homes, tuskes, •^o^^ous Serpents'and venemous creatures, ready ftings,brcatb,fight,or quite kill us i How many pernicious 1 jf^aiits, feeds, flowers, &c. could I reckon up on a fud- vnn. L1 5 rail nn r fclfe f Some make mention of a thoufand feve- is man^hefu^^k*^^^^ ^ refpeft. The greateft enemy to man, executioner a mifchiefe,his owne • others. Weareallbrethren m Chrift, or at leaft fliould be, members ofonebody, fervants of one Lord, and Piirt.i.Sed.i. Mcmb.i.Subf-i. D ifeafes i» gtnerdl . and yet no fiend can fo torment, infult over, tyrannize, vexe, as one man 5 _ doth another. Let me not fall therefore, (faith D4^';<^,whcn warres,plague, famine were offered)into the hands of mcn,mercileffc and wicked men: _ yixfunt homines hoc nomine dtgni^ OvilieTrifi. ^dmifne lupi,fevd fins feritatishabent. We can moft part forefee thefe Epidemicall difeafcs, and likely avoid them; Dearths,tempefts,plagues,our Aftrologers foretel us jEarth-quakes, inundations, ruines of h6ufes,confuming fires, come by little and little, or makefomenoife before-hand j but the knaveries, impolturcs, injuries and villanies of men no art can avoid. W e can kcepe our profeffed enemies from our cities, by gates, walls and towers, defend our felyes from theevesand robbers by watchfulncffeand weapons; but this malice of men, and their pernicious endeavours, no caution can divert, no vigilancy forcfec. We have fo many fccret plots and devices to mifehiefe one another. Sometimes by the Devils helpe, as Magicians, ^Witches; fometimes by impoftures,mixtures,poyfons, ftratagems,finglecombats,warres, wehack and hew, as if we victtadinternecionem nati^liVc. Cadmus fouldiers,bornc to confiime one another. 'Tisan ordinary thing to rcade of an hundred and two hundred thoufand men flaine in a battle. Befidcs all manner of tortures, brafen bulls, rackcs,whecles,ftrappadoes,gunncs,engincs,&c. ^Ad unum iVi.t.JLyflX corf us humanum fuffUcia flura, quam membra: We have invented more torturing inftruments,thcn there be fevcrall members in a mans body, as Cy- p-ian well obfervcs. To come nearer yet, our ownc parents by their offen¬ ces, indiferetion and intemperance, are our mort^llenemies. ^The fathers «Ezech.is.i: have eaten fotoregrafes^and the childrens teeth are fet on edge. They caufc our griefc many times, and put upon us hereditary difeales, inevitable infirmi¬ ties : They torment us,and we arc as ready to injure our poftcrity; - '^moxdaturi frogeniem vitiofiorem, andthelatter end of the world, as * Paul foretold, is ftill like to be worft. Wc arc thus bad by naturc,bad by * * Tim.;.*, kinde, butfarreworfeby art, every nun the greateft enemy untohimfelfe. We ftudy many times to undoc our felvcs, abufing thofc good gifts which God hath beftowed upon us,Health,Wcalth,Strcngth,Wit, Learning, Art, Memory,to our owne deftrudion, y Perditio tua exte. As * ludas Maccabeus y f \ [' killed friends with his owne weapons, we arme our felvcs to our ' owneoverthrowes; andufcReafon, Art, Judgement, all that ftiouldhelpe us,asfomanyioftrumentstoundoeus. Hecior^zvzKyi\a>x2. fword, which fo long as he fought againft enemies, ferved for his helpe and defence; but after he began to hurt harmkfle creatures with it, turned to his owne hurt- lelfe bowels. Thofe excellent meancs, God hath beftowed on us, well im- ployed,cannot but much availeus;but if other wife perverted,they mine and confound us: and fo by reafon of our indiferetion and weakneffe, they com¬ monly doe: we have too many inftances. 'XhisS.Aufiin acknowledgethof himfelfein his humble confeffions, fromftneffe ofIVtt, Memory ^Eloquence, they were Gods good gifts, but he did not ufe them to his glory. IfyouwiH particularly know how, and by what meancs, confult Phy ficians, they will tell y ou,that it is in offending in fome of thofe fix non-n«curiil things, of which 1 (hall afterMilatc more at large,they «ic checaufes of our infirmities, pur furfetting, and drunkenneffe, our immoderate infatiabk luft, and prodi- A 3 gious Pan.i.Setit.i. Difeafes in gmera.ll. Memb.i.Subr.2. S gious nox..?lures crapila, quamgladiw, is a true faying, the board confumcs -more then the fvvord. Our intemperance it is, that pulls fo many feverall in- bNejuitia tfi curable difeafes upon our heads, that haftens*’old age, perverts ourtempe- qux te non [met ratutc and brings upon us fudden death. And laft of all, that which crucih'es usmoft,is our owne folly, madnelfe, {quos Jupterferdit^ dement at j by fub- ftradlionofhisaflifting grace God permits it) weaknefife, want of govern¬ ment, our facility and pronenelfe in yeelding to feverall lulls, in giving way to every paffion and pert urbation of the minde: by which meanes we meta- morphizeourfelves, and degenerate into beafts. All which that Prince of c Homer.Iliad. c'PoetsohCevwcdoiAgamemnon, that when he was well pleafed, and could moderate his palfion, he was- osoculof^Joviparlike lapiter ih feature. Mars in valour, Pallas in wifedome, another God j but when he became an¬ gry,he was a Lyon,a Tiger,a Dogge,&c.there appeared no ligne or likenellc oil up iter in him; fo we, as long as we are ruled by reafon,corrci«»^rthat^ without a Fever, and their memory is moll part bctter.lt hath the lame cau- i^ipotennaui fes as the other, as Choler aduft, and Bloud inepfed Braines inHamed, &c. e Fracaftoriw z^»4r 4^ faith, that he faw two of them inhistime:*' tells a ftoryoffuch a one at P4d/«4 15 41. that wquld not beleeve to the contrary, but that he was a Wolfe. He hath another inftance ofaSpaniard,whothoughthimfelfeaBearc:'/»rK/«confirmcsasmuchio*|™","- by many cxamplesj one amongft the reft of which he was an cye-witneiiej cerebn.cap.ii. at Alcmaer in Holland, a poorc Husbandman that ftill haunted about andkeptinChurchyards,ofapale,black,ugly,andfcarfulllooke. Suchbe- like or little better, were King fr.efoj'" daughters, that thought themfelves Kine. And i\rr^«ooVtdcKefub.c^. i. fpeakes of this infirmity j Monaviua in hislaftEpiftleto5«/r/;./«^, and in another to whereyoumay ^^^Thelaftkinde of madneffe or melancholy, is that demoniacall (if I may forallit')obfeflionorpoireflionofdcvils,which Platermzxid otherswould have to be prseternaturall: ftupend things are faid of them, their adions, ge- ftures,«Ai^5r^/^«^,fafting,propherying,fpeakinglanguagc^^^ taught &c.many ftrange Itories are related of them, which becaufe fome wU not^llow, (iotlteacon and Baurel have written large volumes of this lub- thefe another that proceeds from and anotlier from ^w^jano- therdivineor ir«rjijbutthefe more properly ^dongto^^ ^ of all which I will fpeak=^ apart, intendingto writea whole book ofthem. . . art. j. S U B S E C. 5 . Melancholy indij^efttion,improperly fo called^ JEqnivocathns, ;B;.»tW,.thefubieaofourprefent Difcourfe, is eitherjnDi^^^^ ■ fition, OTHabite. In Difpolition, is that tranfitory MtUnchah which goes and comes upon every final occafion of lorrow, need. Mum! iueem^ fetofll ttouble, fate, gtiefa pair,on, ot pettutbation of the A—-m- Minde anv manner of care, difeontent, or thought, which caul eth anguiih, amarimdintm dulnelfe,heavineireandvexationo/thefphats.anywayesoppo^^^^^ fute, mirth, ioy.delight, caulingfrowardnefle in us, oradiflike. 1 "''™'=“ • jfb iEauivocall and imwoperfenfe, we call him Melancholy, that is dull, fad, .omniumvort fo2re,lumpirti,illdirpofed, folitary, any way moved, or difpleafed. And from thefe Melancholy Difpofitions,‘’no man living is free, ^oStoick, none fivtdomz fo wife,none fo happy, none fo patient, fo generous, fo godly, IptZtZ' can vindicate himfclfe 5 fo well compofed, but more or othcr,hefeelesthefmartof it. Melancholy in this fenfe is the charafterot Mortality. * Man that is borne of a woman ^ tsoffhortcontimance, ^ttdful of trouble. Zeno, Cato, himfclfe, whom giEfi^wfo highly commends nMi^mis fA- fotamoderatetempet,thatn^««Wd,/«rJefc-»,f«<|«»^»«^ minf in,(lillSocrates keptthefameferenity of countenance, what mijery foever ^e/iy^;4(ifwemaybelcever/4rehisDifciple)wasmuchto^^^^ it. in whom gives inftance of all happmefie, the J emm^fudicam, ^Tsmamr‘lcimf.l"ha{fj in hismfi, ham in'hh children,&c. yet this man was notvoidof Melancholy, he had his (hare of forrow. Samsus^ i 15 2 Ittiwfe iMl t piiJ i I i;^-l Memb.i.Subf.j. that flun^^ his ling intothe fca, becaufe he would participate ofdifcontcnt with others,and had it miraculoufly reftored to him again Ihortly after,by a fifli taken as he anglcd,was not free from Melancholy difpofttions. No man can ftcure himfelfe j thevery gods had bitter pangs,and frequent pafrions,as k Homer Iliad thdt owa^ Poets put upon thein.In generall,Wi the heaven,(o U our life,[ome. lupfmccnt.i times fairejometmes overcafi^ temfeftuom, anelferene-, asm a refc,flowers cp.^^. ut (£- ^„^pyickles-,inthe yeare it flelfe, a temperate (ummer fometnnes^a hard winter^ ihiffmJ-' a d/owth, and then againepleafant jJiowers .• foisouriifeintermixt with joyesi iliudcxinter-' fgares forrowes,calumnies: Invicemceduntdolor (^voluptas^ihQtciSi alVceffionofpleafureandpaine, obfewatur. In — medio dejontc leporum, lofar.o flora Surgitamari alt quid quod in ipfisfloribus angat. Eveninthemidft of laughing there is forrow, (as" Solomon holds:) even in ocn,MO- j-licmidftofall our fealting and jollity, zs^i^uflin infers in his Com.onthe 41. /V4//«e, there is griefe and difeontent. InUr dcJitiasJemperaUquid^fxvi tas : itu v:ces rerum funt, freamiagau- CCS curte. m Lucretm 1. 4.1124. n Prov. 14 . 5 . Extremum gaudit lu^fut occupat. o Mutalitia in- msftrangulat^ for apinte of hony thou flialt here likely find a gallon ofgaul, for adramme of pleafure a pound of paine, for an inch of mirth andl of moncj as Ivie doth an Okc,thcfe miferies encompade our life. A nd 'tis moft abfurd and ridiculous, for any mortall man to looke for a perpetuall tenor of happinefie in this life.N othing fo profperous and pleafant,but it hath P fome bitternefle in it, fome complaining, fome grudging j’tis all a a mixtpaffion. We are not here as thofe Angels, celeftiall powers and Bo¬ dies, SunneandMoone, to finifh our courfe without all offence, withfuch conftancy, to continue for fo many ages: but fubjed to infirmities, miferies, interrupt,tolled and tumbled up and downe, carried about with every fmall funt-,at ibi qu'd blaft,often molclted and difquieted upon each flender occafion, uncertain, cekbramquU bri^tip^and fois all that wetruftunto. ^ And he that know es notthis, andUnot trarifln armed to endure it, is not fttoliveinthis world (as one condoles our time) hs tpApiiiemq. knowes not the condition of it^where with arcciprocalty,pleafure and paine are qnifquidhmi- fltd united,andfucceed one another in aring.Exi e mundo, get thee gone hen<^ ni tamprojpe- if thou canft not btookitj i here is no way to avoid it, buttoarmethy lelrc rumdivinitus with patience,with magnanimity, to^oppofethy felfe unto it, to fuffer af- admTxttmfit * fli(ftionasagoodfouldierofC/'r{^j (as ' P4«/advifeth) conftantly to bears aiiqui/disjcui- Bm; forafmuch as fo few can embrace this good counfel of his, or ufe it aright, but rather as fo many bruit beafts, give away to their palfions, vo- qua ittriium nojtrorum conditio^ nem ignerasy quihuti rectprocoquodam nexu, 0 *c. Lorchmus uaituvctyrii.in>* uUannum 1598. iHorfum omniafludta dirigidebent.uthttmanafortiterferamus. t xTim.i.?. uEpifl.96.lib. 10. affcCtxs frequentes contmpti^marbumfa- eimt. "DiflilUtio una nec adbuc in morem adauHa, tujpmjacit, ajfidm ist vioUntapthipm. nail jyi^refston ofAnat omy. Mcmb.z.Subf.i. Pan.i.Sed.i. nail foule is better able to make refiftance 5 fo are they more or lefle affected. 13 For that which is but a flea-biting to one, caufeth infufferable torment to an- othei'i & which one by his Angular moderation, and well corapofed carriage can Happily overcomc^a fecond is no whit ^ble to fuftaine; but upon every 1 fmall occafion of naifeonceived abufe, injuiy, griefe, dilgrace, lolle, crofle, rumor ,&c .(if folitary jOr idlej y eelds fo farre to pafllon,that his complexion is altered, his digeftion bindred,hisflcepegone,hisfpirits obrcured,and his heart heavie, hisHypocondriesmifaffededjwinde, crudity, onafuddeno- vertakehim,andhehimfelfeovcrcomcwithi>/^/4;?c^o/;'. Andasitiswitha man imprifoned for debt, if once in the gaole, every Creditor will bring his adionagainft him, and there likely hold him; Ifanydifcontentfeizeupona patient, in an inftant all other perturbations (for- qm data porta ruunt) will fet upon him, and then like a lame dogge or broken winged goofehe droopes and pines away, and is brought at laft to that ill habit or malady of melancholy it felfe. So that as thePhilofophers makf eight degrees of heat and cold: we may make %Z.oiMeUncholy,zs the parties afteaed arediverlly ^ feizedwithitjorhavebcene plunged more or lefle into this infernall gulfe, htrundo nmfa- or waded deeper into it. But all thefe Melancholy fits, howfoever pleafing at firfl:,or difpleafing,violent & tyrannizing over thofe whom they fei^e on for the timejyet thefe fits I fay,or men affeaed,are but improperly fo called, be- caufe they continue not, but come & go, as by fome objeds they are moved. This Melancholy of which we aretotreat, is an habit, tnorhm fonticns^ or ytih.i-c. 6 . ChronicuSyZ Chronicke or continuatedifeafe,a fetled humor,as x Aurelianm^ z fi.?,’ and * others call it,not errant,but fixediand as it was long increafing, fo now being (pleafant, or painfull)growne to an habit,it will hardly be removed. i jo. Sect, i.’ M E M B. 2 . Sue 6 EC. Digrepon of Anatomy. 5 Efore I proceed to define the Difeafe of Melancholy^ what it is, or j. ^ to difeourib farther ofit,I hold it not impertinent to make a briefs ® ^ Digreflion of the anatomy of the body and faculties of the foule, -- for thebetter underftanding of that which is to follow} becaufc many hard words will often occurre, as Myrache., Hypocondries, Hemrods^ ^c.Imaginatton}Reafon,HumoursfSpirits^yitall^Naturall, Animall,Nerves, Veines^ Arteries phylus,titmtar, which of the vulgar will not foeafilybe perceived, what they are, how fited, and to what end they ferve. And befides, it may peradventUregive occafion to fome men, to examine more accurately,fearch farther into this mofl: excellent fubjca,and therupon with ^ that RoyalP Prophet to praife God, ifor aman is fearfully and xvonderfully ^ -S?-* J- made, andcurioufy wrought) that have time and leifure enough,and are cicntly informed in all other worldly bufinefles, as to m^e ^ good bar- gaine, buy and fell, to keeps and make choice of Hauke, Hound, Horfe, &c. But for fuch matters as concernethe knowledge of themfelves, they are wholly ignorant and carcleflc,. they know not what this Body and ^ B? Soule Part.i.Sedt.i, i^fiatomy of the Body, Memb.i.Subf.a. _i4i_ ziDe AnimA. Turpc enim cjl homini ignorarc fui corporis (ut tta dicam Jtedt- fcuhpr^Jtrtim turn ad valetu- dinem et mores h£ccognitio plurimum con- ducat. b 7 )e ufu part. c Hiftory of man. D.Crookc. € In Syntaxi. f 2 )e Anima* ^Inftitdib.i^ irFlyfioLLi^i, Soule are,how combined, of what parts and faculties they confill, or hovy a MandiffersfromaDogge, And vvhatcanbe more ignominious and filthy, vvellinveighes) thenforamm mtto kmrvthe JlrucJttre and cotnpofmon of his orone body, efpecially fmce the knowledge of it tends fo much to thepreferiation of his health,and information ofhts manners. T o ftirrc them up therefore to this ftudy, to perufe thofc elaborate workes of ^ Galen, Bau. hinus plater,Fefalius,Falopius, Laurentius^Remelintis,&s.which have writ- ten copioufly in Latine 5 or that which fomc of our induftrious Countrimen havedoneinourmother tongue, notlongfince, as that tranflationof ^ O- Ittmbus, and ^ Microcofmographia^ in 13. bookes, I have made this briere di- creffion. Alfobecaufc «= Wecker, ^Melanahon, § Fernelius,^ Fufchms, and thofe tedious 'Tt^idsdeAnma (which have morccompendioully handled and writtenofthismatter)arenot at alltimes ready tobehad, togivethem fome fmall taftc, or notice of the reft,let this Epitome fuffice. \ Su B s E C. 2. DivijtonoftheBody. FItsmours^Spirits, IF the parts of the Body, there be many divifions: The moft appro- ‘ ved is that of' Lawentius, out of Hippocrates: which is,into parts contained,oteentaining. Contained,ztc cither Humours, ot Spirits, A humour is a liquid or fluent part of the body, comprehended in it for the prefervation of it j and is cither innate and borne with us, or ventitious and acquifite. The radicall or innate, is daily fupplied by noun A- roent, whkhfome callC-.«i««>,and make thole fecundaty humours of and Gluten to maintaine it:or acquifite,to maintainc thefe fqure firft piimary Humoursjcoming and proceeding from the firft concoftion by which meanes Chylus is excluded. Some divide them into profitable, and eLemeutitious. But^ C«»out of Wefccr.us wtUhave dlfourembee /wccfff^M^w-juyce, and not excrements, without which no livi^ creature can be ^ tod mmaifu- ^^ough they bc comprehended in the mafle ofyet fiemn mnf their feverall affeaions,by which they are diftinguiftied from one iMorbofoshu- another, and from thofe adventitious, or difeafed humours^ asAfo- mmes. calls them. j* L ir r. .vt,. Bloud, is a hot, fweet, temperate, red humour, prepared in theMeferaicke veines, and made of the moft temperate parts of the whofc office istonourifhthe whole body, to givert ft^en^h and coloui, being difperfed by the veines, through every par t of it. And from it Spirits are firft begotten in the heart, which afterwards by the Arteries are comma- "'^pi^^r°,^orPhkgme, is a cold and moift humour, begotten of part oftheCy&y/»/,(orwhitc,juyce coming of the ineat digefted in - macke> in the Liver; his office is to nourifh and moiftcn the members of the body,whichaaxi:ii*tong«e,aremoved,thattheybenotoverd^^* Cholerfis hot and dry, oiutr, nfrhp hotter parts of the Chylus^ and gathered to the Gall: it helpes the naturall heat and fenfes, and fer ves to the expelling of excrements. Bloud. Anatom) of the B od). Memb.z.Subf.^ Pait.i.Scz fourth foule of it felfe. M.elancihon holds the fountaine of thefc fpirits to be thebegotten there j and afterward convayedtotheBraine, they take another nature to them. Of thefe fpirits there be three kindes, according^ the three principall parts, Braine, Hearty Liver 5 Naturally Fitalh AmmaiU The Naturall are begotten in the Liver, and thence difperfcd throughtthe ' Veines, to performe thofe naturall adions. The VitaU Sfiritt &xt made.irk Naturally which by the Arteries are tranfported to all the other parts: ifthefe Spirits ceafe, then life ceafeth,as in a Syncope or S woun- ing. The Animal (pints formed of the VitaH, brought up to the Braine, and diffufed by the N erves, to the fubordinate Members, give fenfe and motion to them all. i / i U. Sub s E C. 3. 1 , ■ Similar ports. #' . ' j ^OntainingpartSjby reafonof their more folidfubftance, are either similar parts. ^ HcmogeneallyOX HeterogeneaU, Similar , oxHi^imilar, fo Arijlotle ^iv'iditS'^&tsXylih.'i’Cap.i.de hijl. Animal .Laurent ius cap .20 Jih.i. .—. . Similar, or Homogene all, are fuch,as if they be divided,are flill fe¬ vered into parts of the fame nature, as water into water. Of thefe fome be Spermaticall,{oxx\tFlejhie,oxCzxx\:A\. ^Spermaticall are fuch aaaK'imnS^ Tap.toMbT, diately begotteriofthe Seed, which are Bones, Grifil.es, Ligaments, MfiPi hranes Nerves, Arteries, Veines, Skinsylibers ox Strings,Fat. ' ^ The bones are dry and hard,begottenof thethickeft of thefecd,toftreng.* then and fuftaine the other parts; fome fay there be 304. fome 3 P 7 *or'^.i 3 * in Mans Body. They have no Nerves in them, and are therefore without fenfe.- 1^- ■ --r.?-; . A Grifile, is afubftance fofter thenboHes,and harder then the refl:,flexible, and ferves to riiaintaine the parts of motion. are they that tyetheboaes together; and other parts to the bones,with their fubfervingtendonsrMcw^r^^jf office istocovertherefb Nerves or finewes, arc Membranes without, and full of marrow- v^at i > they proceedftom the Braine, andcarry the Anifnali tor _leme and motion OfthcfcfomebeliurJcrjfomcfu/lcr jtncioftci: fcrvctheienies,and therebefevenpaireofthem.Thefirftbethc O^ticktNerves, bywhkhwe fceithcfeconciniovetheeyes; thethirdpaire fervefor the tongue to tafte; * the Parc.i*Se<^t.i< DifsimiUrfArts. Memb.2.Subf.4. i6 Arteries. fixt pure ismoft ample,andrurn^ pa.rc moves the To"g^ Jh of whom there bee inner o|f"”f.he Neck twelve of the Bread,&c. thirty combmattonstfeyenonhe NecMwe ve _ -Arteries are long Uptter thev fav that Vefalius the Anatomifi was fprritsttodifcernewhtchtheto^^^^^^^^ „ Inthcfc they wotit to cut up ^ V- . . ft derivcd, K^ortA, and Fenofa-, AorU wholebody; the other goesto • '' the Lungs.to j° ou'f "4'pip«!^S^^ from the Liver, carrying Veines. Vewes arehollow and rouna uKcpipc , 5 ^ j ^ from the concave of the Liver, and receiving and guts, and conveyes^t t^^^^ members. The branches of that Fer^a vertonourifhall The branches of the C.of.are ^ZT/ovlutJrd. InwardJemtnAll or mulgent. Outward, m the head, mattev of the blond* The skinne ^ ri»i^nfrhpronffealin2of fiora mmiat. jj foftand tuddy,compofcd oft g g C«'P-0'^S^^^ they are obvious and well knowne, I j P f „„iv(ila Jem a. ts- L«dier^ tmtim: qmduliqmm.cx hirn dc "”«’f,„4 ^&dOr^a,i«//ptrtswhkhcannotbefcene,aredw^^^^^^ ,/,MJi».i.t.havefcv».illnamcs,ftmaions,anddtvillionnbutt a ^ \Q.ceiebrisefi noizhh,into-tfvl'IovIcnohle parts. Of Liver. Anatomy of the Body, MeiQb.2.S«bf.4. Part.i.Se^i*i. __ tained,andBramekfelfc, which by his Nerves giVcfenfeandmotiontothe _ij__ reft, aidis rasit were)a prm^ounfcllou^^^^^ - - // ThefecondRcgionisthc Cheft, or middle m which the Heart as king keepes his court, and by his Arteriescommunicat^iifeto the whole body . The third Regionis the lower in which the Liver refides as a Legat a latere^ with the reft of thofenaturall Organs, ferving for conco(ftion, nou- riftiment expelling of excrements. T his lower R^ion is diftmguiib ed from the upper by the Midriffcy or Diafhragma^ztiA k fubdivided agwn by *1 fome J into threeconcavities,or Regions, upper, middle, and lower. The upper of others, the Hypocondries,in whofe right fide is the Ltver^ left the SpUen: Vrom v/hkhisdcnomm 3 X.ed Hypocondrtacali Melancholy, The feccm of the Na- vellandFlankes, divided from the firft by the Rtmme. Thelaftof thewa- ter-courfe, which is againc fubdivided into three other part^T e tans maketwopartsofthis Region, Epigafirwm, zndHypogaftrmm lower. Epmafirtum they call Mirach^ from whence comzs Mmachialts /4»r/^(»///,fometimes mentioned cf them. Of thefefeverall Regions I will treat in briefe apart: And firft of the third Region,in which the naturall Oi- ^^BuTyoS^e Readers in the meane time, S,{M‘ I"*f'"""’T into Come facredTemplcy or Majefiicall Palace MeUnahon laitn; /athfuerop/i/w hold not the matter onely^ hut the fngular ArtyWorkmanf^ipy andcounfell ofa^riu^^ this our great Creator. And tis a pleafant and prof table fpeculatton,fttbecon. ftderedariq-ht. The parts of this which prefent themfelvcs to your (g-c.sm ^ ‘ confiderationand view,arcfuchas ferveto nutrition^ otgeneration. Thofe of nutrition ferve to the firft or fecond cone option: as the oesophagus or v^l- lower Jet, whichbrii^smeat anddrmkcintothc Storn^h. Ther'e/«w/eorfto. niack> which is Icatcd in the midftofthat part of the belly b^e^h t e / - a riffoy the kitchen (as it were) of the firft conconAeroe tlucker.The ilendCT is Duedenum.ot whole gut, which is next to the ftomacke, fome twdve “’^h^ long,(faithfP«/r/&/»tf.;/<7«^«woremptygut,continuatetotheother,whichfL.iii, hath many Meferaicke Feines annexed to it, which take part of the Chyltu to * 5. the Liver from it. ///<>» the third, which confifts of many crinckles, which ferves with the reft to receive, keepc, and diftribute the Chyl-us from thej^- maeke. Thethickegutsarethrce,theS//»^/f^«^, and Right gut. The Blinde is a thick and ftiort gut, having one mouth,in which the I Hon and C»- Ion meet: it receives the excrements, and convey es them to the Colon hath many windings,that the excrements paffenot away too raft.The Right gut isftraight,and conveyesthe excrements to the ?’«»«f«we;;t,whotc lower part is bound up with certaineiW’«/c/f ^ ,called S^A/;?^?ierw,tharthc^- cremeots may be better contained^ untill fuchtimea naan be wiling to Part.i.Sc are fpirits in the bloud, and by that great Artery called Aorta fit fends vitall fpirits over the body, and takes aire from the Lungs, by that Artery which k c^ed| Vtnofa'^ So that both Creek^have their VefTels; the Right two Veines, 3r4/;;^wWchisafoft,marrowifh,andwhitefubftance,ingcndredofthe reft part of feed and fpirits, included by many skinnes,and feared within the skullorbraincpan, anditisthe moft noble Organ under heaven, the dwel- ling houfe and feat of the Soule^the habitation ot wifedome,memory5 judge- ment,reafon,and in which man is moft like unto God: and therefore nature hathcovereditwitha skull of hard bone, and two skinnesor membranes, whereof the one is called dura, mater ^ or meninx.^iht other mater.Tm du. ra mater is next to the skull, above the other, which includes and proteds the brainc. when this is taken away, thefia is to be feene, a thmne mem¬ brane the next and immediate cover of the braine, and not covering onely, butentringintoit. ^hcBraineli felfe is divided intotwo parts, thejf^r^and hindervar^S ihcfirefart is much bigger then the other, which is called the iittle braine in refpett of it. ms fore fart hath many concavities diftinguilh- cd by certaine ventricles, which are the receptacles of the Spirits, brought thither by the Arteries from the Heart, and are there refined to a more hea- uenly nature, to performe the adions of the Soule. Of thefe ventricles there bQthtcc,Ritr^t,Lefi,iadMiddle,T:ht Right ztid Left anfwer to their rite,and beget anim'all fpirits j if they be any way hurt, fenfe and motion ceafeth. Thefe ventricles moreover, are held to be the feat or the common lenle. i ne Middle ventricle^ is a common concourfe and cavity of them both ; and hath two paflages 5 the one to receive Pituita^ the other extends it ^If^ the fourth creeke: in this they place Imagination tind Cogitation, ^dlot e three ventricles of tVv? fore part of xhtBraine areufed. The fourth Creeke behinde the head,is common lo the c.erehd nr little braine, and marrow or the back-bone,the leaft, and moft folid of all the reft, which receives theani- mall fpirits from the other ventricles, and conveyes them to the marrow m the backe,and is the place where they fay the memory is feated. S U B S E c. Ofthe Soule and her Faculties • Ccording toy t^rifiotle^ the Soule is defined to be Y‘Deamm.c,t* feSiio (jr atint frimus corf oris Organici, vitam habentis i nfotentia: the perfedion or firftadof anOrganicall body, having power of life, which moft ^ Philofophers approve. But many doubts arifeaboutthe£#»f^, S»bje^ySeat,Difiin£lien, and fubordinatefaculues ofMp.i.c/fi j Ca Parc.i.Se 6 t.i. K^natomy oft he Sottlc, Memb.2.Subf.5, •»o a I. €Clp. I. hTufcul^ti^fi- ^ cLih. 6 , 7 )o£f, Vai. Gentil.c, dAri/iot. cAnimd inteUigimits.et tamcnquifit 1 ipfaintellige^e 1 non valemtcs. \ iSpiYitmkm animam d reli- i^uisdfiMam tuetur,etiain in cadaver c inh£- ventem pofi mortem per di- ^uot menfes. ^Lib.i.cap. iz g Coelm ltb. 2 . c.^ 1. Plutarch, in Grillo Upf. Cent.i.ep.^o, lojfm 4 e Rifu ^ FletUyA- •verroes, Cam- paneUay(fc. h Philips (ie A* nimaca.i. Coe- im zo.antiq. cap.^.Plutarch deplacit philof i De vit. 0 * mort part.i.c. ^.prop.iJevit et mort.z c.zi. Vegetal foule. SubfeSf. i. k Nutritio ejl alimenti tranf- mutatiOjViro natural^. Seal, fxcrc. 101. feif.ij* Attra^lion. I See more of Attradion in Scal.exet.i^l* B.etention. Digeftion. Maturation. Elixadon. A^ation. it. FortheEfTenceandpaiticular knowledge, of all other things icismoft hard (be it of Man or Bcaft) to difeerne, as» Ahfiotle himfelfc,^ Tnlly , c fUtts MtrandtiUy To/f^,and other N eotericke Philofophers confefle.*^ We can un- derfiand all things by her, but what jbe is we cannot apprehend. Some there¬ fore make one Soule, divided into three principall faculties j others, three di- ftin< 5 l 5 tf»/«. Which queftion of late hathbeene much controverted by P/- colominetts, zvAZubarel. ^Paracelfits will have foure Soules^ adding to the three granted faculties, a Spirituall Soule: which opinion of his, CampanelU inhisbookctt$if^-(^^atry)nice. ]:{^OrgArnsihtTonguc with his tafting nerves j the Medium, a watery juice i the Obiea ,Tafte, or fa¬ vor, which is a quaUty in the juice,arifing from the mixture of things tafted. Some make eight fpecies or kindes of favour, bitter, Ivveerjlharpe, lalt, &c. all which fickc menCas in an ague) cannot difeerne, by reafon of their organs, ’^S.'the laftof thefenfes,andmoftignoble, yetoBsgreat ncceflity ToucKi^. j as the other,and of as much pleafure.T his fenfe is exquifite in ra en^nd by his Nervesdifperfcdalloverthebody,perceivcsanytactilequality.His0r£4^, thtNervesihisOyieSi thofe fir ft qualities, hot, dry, moift,cold5 and thole thatfollowthem,hatd,foft,thicke,thinne,&c.Manydelightfomequrfto^^ aremoved by Philofophers about thefe five fenles i their Organs, Objects, Mediums, which for brevity I omit. Sub 8 E c. 7.' of the Iftrvard S enfes 2 inner y«/c/arethreein number, focalled, beeaufeth^bewithin ‘ thebraine-pan,asO»w(>5»/r,i’tofay>e,i^cw<>rj.Theirob)e«s are not oncly things prefent, but they perceive the fenfible 1 pecies ofthingsruC^w^, Pafi,Ab[ent^ fuch as were before m the Senle. ThisCeww(i»/8^/cistheJadge or Moderator of the reft, by whom we dil- cerne all differences of objects i for by mine eye I doe not know by min^ eare that I heare, but by my Commo^ fenfe, who)udget o 9 and Colours: they are but the Organs to bring the Species to be cen > fothat all their objects are his,andall their oflices aiehis; Thefore-partot the Braine is his Organ or feat. ’ . ^ pffantafie, or Imagination, which fome czW ox^Cogi 4 , (confirmed, faith FerndiMK^hy frequent meditation>is an inner lenle vvnicn doth more fully examine the fpecies ip^x<.medby Common fenfe, or things prefent or abfent, and keeps them longer, recalling them to mind againe, or making new ofhis ownc. In time of fteepthis faculty is free, and many times conceivesftrange,ftupend,abfurd lhapes,asinfickemenwe common yo - ferve. His Or is the middle cell of the Braine; his obje^fs allt e^p^ies communicated to him by the Common fenfe, by companfon o w ic c faines infinite other unto himfelfe. In Melancholy mtnthis ftculty i m powerfull and fl.rong,and often hurts, producing many monftrous an pro digious things,efpeci^ly if it he ftirred up by fome terrible object, prelentea toic from Common fenfe, or Memory. In Poets and Painters Imagination forcibly workes,as appearesby their feverall Fictions, Antickes,Images: As Oyidi houfe of fleepcy/^t'^f-^ palace io AfHleinijdK* Iti tnen it is Commod fenTe. pliantafie.' tFhi/.l.S.C.S. Part.i.Sed.i. Anatcmy of the Soule. Memb.2.Subf.8. 24 jMcmory, Affe^^ions of the fenfes, flecpe, nnd wakins governed by Reafon, or at leall fliould be; but in brutes it hwh no fuperiour, and is ratio brutorum^^W the reafon they have. Memory layes up all the fpecies which the fenfes have brought in, and re¬ cords them as a good that they may be forth-coming when they are called for by I hantafie and Reafon. His obje< 5 l: is the fame with Phantafie^ his feat and Organ the back part of the braine. The affeifiions of thefe fenfes, are and common to allfen- fible creatures. Sleepe is a refi or binding of the ouitvard S enfes,and of the com- wakinc^ tnonfenfe,for the prefers ation of Body and Soule y (as defines it j For v Exefdt.iio. when the common fenfe refteth, the outward fenfes reff alfo. The Phantafic alone is free, and his Commander, Reafon: asappearesby thofeimaginarie Dreames, which are of divers kindes, Naturally Divine, Damoniacally^c, which vary according to humors,diet, actions, objeds, &c. of which, Ar* temidorusy Cardan(ts,znd Sambucus, with their fcverall Interpretators, have written great volumes. This ligation of Senfes, proceeds from an inhibition of fpirits,the way being flopped by which they Ihould comej this flopping is caufed of vapours arifing out of the flomack, filling the N erves, by which the fpirits fhould be conveyed. When thefe vapours are fpent, the paf- fageis open, and the fpirits performetheir accuflomed duties; fothatfT-i*- kingu the akion and motion of the Senfes, which the Spirits dij^erfed overall parts, caufe. Su B s E r. 8 . Appetite. of the Moving faculty i His Moving Faculty, is the other power of the Senftive Soule, which caufethall thofc Inward and Outward animall motions in the body. It is divided into two Faculties, the power of and of moving from place to place. T his of appetite is threefold, fo fome will have it; Naturall, as it fignilies any fuch inclination, as of a Rone to fall downward,v'ind fuch adions iLsRetentionyExpul(ion,vihich depend not of fenfe, but are Vegetall, as the Appetite of meat and drinke, hunger and thiill. Senftive is common to men and brutes. Voluntary, the third or in- telledive, which commands the other two in men,and is a embe unto them, oratleaflfhouldbej hutfor themofl partis captivated and over.ruledby them: and men are led likebealts by lenie, giving reinesto their concupif- cence and feverall lulls. For by this Appetite the foule is led or inclined to follow that good which the Senfes fhall approve, or avoid that which they hold evil: his objed being good or evil, the one he embraceth, the other he rejedeth; according to that Aphorifme, Omnia appetunt bonum,2X[thw.gs feekctheirowncgood,oratlcafl feeminggood. This power is infeparable from fenfe;for where fenfe is, there is likewife pleafure and paine. His Organ is the fame with the Common fenfe, and is divided into two powers, or incli- X T.wjeruitc nations, ConcuptfcibU or Irafcihle: or (as * one tianllares k)Coveting, Anger o" the Mmdc.* i’^'^ading, or Impugning.Concupifcible covetsalwayes pleafant and delight- fome things, and abhorres that which is diflaftfull, harfh, and unpleafant. y veUurio. If afcible, 1 quaf aver fans per tram podium,9,% avoiding it with anger and in¬ dignation. I Part.i.Se. efficient caufe in manis Reafon, or his fubordinate Phmtafie^ which appre- hends good or bad objeds: in brutes Imagination alone, which inoyes the Appetite^^ikz Appetite this faculty,which by an admirable league of N ature, ; andbymediationof thefpirits, commands the Organby whichitmoyes: andthatconfiftsofNerves, Mufclcs, Cords, difperfed through the whole body, contraded and relaxed as the fpirits will,which move the Mulcles, or ^Nervesinthemidftofthem, and draw thecord, and ^ joyntjtotbe place intended* That which is moved, is the body^ or member apt to move. The motion of the body is divers, as going, rimning, leaping, dancing, fitting, and fuch like, referred to the predicament Wormescreepe, Birds flie, Fifhes fwimmes andfo of parts, thechiete ot which is Refpiration or breathing, and is thus performed. The outward airc isdrawne inby the vocallK^rtery^ and fent by mediation of uxt Midrtffe to the Lungs, which dilating themfelves as a paire ofbellowes, reciprocally fetch it in, and fend it out to the heart to coole it * and from thence now be¬ ing hot, convey it againe, ftill taking in frefh. Such a like motion is that of theP»/i^, of which, becaufe many have written whole bookes, I willlay nothing. K^nxtom-j eft he Soule, Mamb.2.Siibr.p. a Velcuno.tu- cunium au- eeft/ubj€(lum. Su E S B C. p. oft he Rationall Soule. N the precedent Subfedions I have anatomized thofe inferiour faculties of the foulej the Ratiomll remaineth, a fleafant^ hut a doubt fullJubjell (as‘'*onetermesit) and with the like brevity to be difculled. Many erroneous opinions are about the ellence and originall of itj whether it befire,as Zeno heldjharmony ,as Arijloxenus’^mm^ ber,as whether it be organicaljor inorganicalj feated in the brain, heart, or bloud; mortall or immortallj how it comes into the body. Some hold that it is ex traduce ihtl, i. dei^nima^ Tertullian^ Lailantius de opifie. Dei cap. i p. Hugo lib. de Spiritu ^ nma,Vineentim Bellavic.Jfec. hGocUnmin natural, lib.2^. cap.2.(jr i i.HippocrateSyAvicenna,and many late writerss in begets another, body and foule: or as a candle from a candle, to be produced from the feed: otherwife, fay they, a man begets but halfe rDamtdcrupm, j and is worfc then a beaft that begets both matter and forme j and be- the three faculties ofthe foule mult be together infufed, which is molt nm.Levitm abfurdas they hold, becaufc in beads they are begot, the two inferiour I tneanc,and may not be well feparated in men.<=Galen fuppofeth the foule ftqiMntuT.effe fin to be the Temperature it felfej Trifmegifins,MuJ^$ts^ Orpheus ^ Ho- mer^Rindartss.^ FhareetdesSyrus^ EpiHetnf,-w'ithihtChaldees znd&gypti.> ntt^Oaxeut <»»J,alfirmed the foule to be immortall, as did thofe Brttan * Druides of old. dial.oftheim- Pythagortans defend Metempfyehofs^ and PalingeneftAy that foulesgoc from one body to another, epota prius Lethes unduy as Men into Wolves, Beares, Dogges, Hogges, as they wereinclined in their lives,or participated in conditions. * Ovilmet. I i - - * inqueferinas Poffumusire domusypecudumque in corpora condi. ^Lucians Cock was fixldEuphorbus a Captaine; I lie ego {nammemini) Trojanitempore belli, Fanthotdes Euphorbus eram, a horfc,a man,a fpunge. -Julian the Apoftata thought Alexanders foule was defeended into his body: Plato in Timao, and in his Phadon (for ought I can perceive) differsnot much from this opinion, that it was from God at firft, and knew all, but being inclofed in the body, kforgets, and learnesanew, which he calls reminifeentia, or recalling, and that it was put into the body for a punilhment,and thence it goes into a beads,or mans, as appearcs by his ^^ciauManiib fortitione animarum, lib. \o. de and after 8 loooo. lAcfa^.Ptl- yearcs is to returne into the former body againe, ^~—*poJl varios annoSypermillefiguras^ Rurfus ad hum anafertur primordia vita. Others deny the immortality of it, which Pomponatlus of Padua decided out oiAriflotlenot\oti^^TiCC,Plinius Avunculus cap.y,lib. 2. ^lib.y.cap. 5 Seneca lib.y.epifi, adLuciliumepifi. y^.DicearchusinTull. Tufc, Epicurus^ \Aratus, Hippocrates, Galen,Lucretius Itb, i . ( Praterea etnGaUo. Idem. fNicephorM hifi.lib.io. Pavt.i.SciTt.i. Anatomy of the Soule. Memb.2.Subf.5>, {rratereagignt far iter cum corpore, una Crefcere fentimus, pariterquefenefcere mentem) 27 uC ini^ jnd Unow not how many Neoraicks. Thk til,ntfthtSoule, is uimon . and transferres them to the paffive Underftanding,* becaufe there is nothing in the under (landing, which was not firfi in thefenfe, T hat w hich the imagina¬ tion hath taken from the fenfe, x)ms Agent judgethof, whether it be true or falfe;and being fo judged he commits it to the Pafstble to be kept. The.^- gent is a Doctor or Teacher,the Pafsive a fcholar; and his office is to keepe and farther judge of fuch things as are committed to his charge;as a bare and rafed table at firft, capable of all formes and notions. Now thefe N otions are two-£o\dy Anions on Habits : Actions, by which we take Notions of, and perceive things; Habits,\x\\\ch. are durable lights and notions, which we may . ufe when we will. Some reckon up eight kindesot them, Senfe, Experience, Intelltgence,Faith,Sujpicion,Error,Opinion,Science‘,to which areadded Art, Frudency,Wifedome:as oiHo'^Sy nterefis,Dicfamen rationis,Confidence fothm in all there be 14. fpecies of the underfianding, of which fome are innate, as the three laft mentioned; the other ar e gotten by doctrine, learning, and ufe. Plato will have all to be innate: Arifiotle reckons up but five intellectual! habitsrtwo lpeculative,zs xh^tintelligenceoftheprinciples,mdficience of con- clufion: tvfopraHick,3.s Prudency yVihoCt ende is to practife;.< 4 rr to fabricate; Wifiedeme to comprehend the ufe and experiments of all notions and habits whatfoever. Which divifion of Arifiotle it beconfidered aright) is all - one with the precedent; for three being innate, and five acquifite, the reft are improper, imperfect, andinamoreftrict examination excluded. Ofali thefel fhould more amply dilate, but my fubject willnot permit. Threeof them Part.i.Se(fl.i. K^natomy efthe Soule, Menib.2-Subf.li. them I will onely point at, as more needfary to my following difcouife. 2 9 SynterefiS'y or the purer part of the confcience is an innate habit, and doth fianidc a confervatiort of the knowledge ofthelaroof God Nature ^ toknow ^odor evil: And (as our Divines hold) it is rather in the underfiandhig, then in the will. This makes the ma]or propofition in a pradicke Sy llogifme. The iclamen rationis is that which doth admonifli us to doe good or evill, and is the mnor in the Syllogifme. The Confcience is that which approves «"Ood or evill, juftifying or condemning our adions, and is the conclufion of the Syllogifme:3.s in that familiar example of Regulta the Roman,i2ktn^n(o- ncr by the Carthaginians^ and fuffered to goe to Rome, on that condition he fliould returneagaine, or pay fomuch for his ranfome. The Synterefis pro- pofeth thequeftionj his word, oath, promife, istobcreligioufly kept,-al- though to his enemy ,and that by the law of nature. ^Boe not that to another, „ tm which thou wouldefi not have done to thy felfe. I>i£lamen applies it to him, and fieri non vis,ai- didlates this or the like: Regulus, thou wouldft notanother man Ihould falli- fie his oath,or break promife with theciConfcience concludes, therfore Regu. lus, thou doft well to performe thy promife, and oughteft to keepe thine oath. More of this in Religious Melancholy. Su £ S E C. II. of the Will. ill, is the other power of the rationallfoule ,« which covets or avoids fuch things as have heene beforejudged, and a^prehend^dby the un¬ der funding. If good, it approves 5 if evill, itabhorresit: fothat his object is either good or evill. Arijlotle cals this our rationall Appetite-,iot^sintheSenfitive we are moved to good or bad hyomAppe. tite, ruled and diredled by Senfej fo in this we are carried by Reafon.^dides^ the SenfitiveAppetite hath a particular obje( 5 l,good or badrthis an urtiverfall, immaterial! 5That refpeils onely things delectable and pleafant,this honeft. Againe, they differ in liberty. TheSenfuall appetite feeing an objeCl, if it be sl convenient good, cannot but defire it 5 if evill, avoid it; but this is free in his effence,P much now depraved,obfcured, andfalnefrom hisfirjlperfe£iion',yet in fome of his operationsfiillfrec,z.sto^oc, walke, move at his pleafure, and to choofe whether it will doe, or not do,fteale,or not fteale.O therwife in vaine wereLawes, Deliberations,Exhortations, Councels, Precepts, Rewards, Promifes, Threats and Punilhments: and God fliould be the authoiir of fin. But in'?fpirituall things we will no good, prone to evill (except we be rege¬ nerate,and led by the Spirit)wc are egged on by our naturall concupifcence, and there is a confufion in our powers, our whole will is averfe from Cod andhis law, not in naturall things only,as to eat and drink, luft,to which we are led headlong by our temperature and inordinate appetite, . ^Nec nos obniti contra, nectenderetantum Suffeimus, - we cannot refill, our concupifcence is originally bad, our heart evil, the feat D 3 of o Xa dh inteU leffu monftra- tas red fit, vel rejidty appro-- bat, vel impro* belt, Philip. Ignoti nulla cupido. p Melanlfhon, Operationes plerumq^fer^, etfi iibe/a fit ilia in ejferitia /ua- q Incivilib:^ libera, fed non inJpiTitualibui^ Ofiander. r Tota voluntas aver fa d'Deo. Omnis homo mendax. ^ iVirg. Part.i.Se qft^fi fromblackeCholer. And whether it beacaufeor an effeft, aDifeale, or fymptome, \ctDonatua Altontartts, and S alvianns decide, I vvill not con¬ tend about it. It hath feverall Defcriptions, Notations, and Definitions. yFracafiortits in his fecondbooke of intelle which arc paflions, beleated in the Heart. But this objection is fufficiently ^nCvicttdhy'Montaltus, who doth not deny that the heart is affeCted Melaneltus proves out of Galen) by reafon of his vicinity ♦, and fo is the mtdnffe and many other parts. They dozcompati, and have a fellow feeling by the Law of Nature: but for as much as this malady is caufed by ^xtctdtnx.Imaginanon, with the Appetite, to whom fpirits obey,and are fubject to thofe principal pans: the Brain muft needs primarily be mifaffeCted, as the feat of Reafom andthenthe^e^/, as the feat oiAffeHion. ^ Capwaccm, zxsdMercunalis havecopioully dilculied thisqueftion, and both conclude the fubject is the inner Braine, and from thence it is communicated to the Hf4r^,and other inferior parts, which pathize and are much troubled, efpecially when it conies by confent, caufed by xtz{ot\oix)[itStotnack,otrnyrache,zs the Arabians whole body. Liver, or Spleen, which are feldome ivcc,Pylorfis, Mejerfck veines, Forour body is likea. Clocke, if one whcelebe amilTej all theieftare difordered, the whole fabricke fuffers: with fuch admirable art and harmo¬ ny is a man compofed, fuch excellent proportion, z.% Lodovietts yives in his hath elegantly declared. A s many doubts almoft arife about the " AffeHion ; whether it ht imap. nation or Reafon a.\one,oihoth. Hercules deSaxonia proves it out of Galen, &tifts, and Altomarus, that the foie fault is in ® Imagination. Bruel is or ihtizmtvcdndt'.Montaltus in his fecond chapter of Melancholy, confutes this tenent of theirs,and illuftrates the contrary by many examples:as of him that thought himfelfe aftiell-filh ^ofa Nunne,andofa defperateMonkjt at would not be perfwaded but that he was damned.i?^^/^^ was in as well as/?^/i^/^4f/(?;?5which didnot correetthis errorithey make away themlelvcs oftcntimcs,andfuppofcmanyabfurcl& ridiculous things. Why doth miRea. 53 / fm dcteathe Fallacy,fntlc acpccPwade ifII k be free c therefore holds both corrupr^to whom moft AT/ibia^yis fubfcribc. Tl^c Ismc is maintni- q ub.i cap.<^, ned bv n Areteui^GerfroHitts^Guianerim,d’C. To end the controverfic,no man r Mtd.cap. doubtsof/Wf<^<^<’».but that itis hurt and mifaffc^lcd here; for the other I determine with f Albtrtinm Bottoms a D" of Padit/t ; that it is nru in Imjgt- I'Hii^cjheimjpi ■ tion, and aftem Ards in reafon-, tfthc difeafe be inveterate, or asit is wore or UJfe of continuance.-hut by accident,as’‘'/^frinion, dif- 127* courfe ratiocination, are all accidentally depraved by the default of Imagination. etkmRmcmi^ To the part affeded,! may here addethe parties,\vhich lhall be more op- portunely fpoken of cire\vhere,now only fignified. Such as have the Moone, » Ub. fofthumo Saturne,Mercury mifaffeacd intheir genitures,fuchas live in ovcrcold, or o- ver-hot Climes: fuch as arc born of melancholy parentsras offend in thofe fix tur^des^ difeur^ non-naturall things,are black,or of an high fanguine complexion/ that have fui,opim.&c. little heads, that have a hot heart, moift Brain; hot Liver and cold ftomack, J"' have been long fick : fuch as arc folitary by nature, great Students, given to yicddinti. . much contemplation,idle,lead a life out of Aaion,are moft fiabjed to melan- f;^#/y.Of fexes both,but men more often;yct»women mifaffcdcd, arefarre moreviolent,andgrievoufly troubled. Offcafonsoftheyeare,the Autumne Mali p/eri^ I is moft melancholy. Ofpeculiar times,old age, from which naturall Melan- choly is almoft an infeparable accident; but this artificial! Malady is more u Arttmlib. j. frequent in fuch as are of a middle age. Some alfigne 40 years, Gariopontus "M-. 30, excepts neither young nor old from this adventitious. Daniel Sennertus involves all of all forts,out of common cxperience,?» omnibus om. Mtdm cmMt nine Corperibus cujufcun^ conjlitutionis dominatur.t^tius and Aretius,aknhc into the number notonely^ diJcontented,pafionate, and miferable perfons, (war “ 2 Frorm ad Me- thyfblachfbut fuch as are mofi merry and pleafant, fcofers,and high coloured. Ge- itnchobam wm ner\lly,(mhRhafisf the fnef wits, andmofl generous (firits, are before others obnoxious toit cannot except any compicxion,any condition,fexe, or age, cacbmantes, ir- but fools and which according to/ 5 y»f/«J,are never troubled with any manner of paflion, but as Anacreons cicada, fine fanguine ^ dolore, fimiles ferediisfunt. vindicates foolcs from this Melancholy Catalogue, *Libi.pm i. becaufe they have moft part moift braines, and light hearts, they are free fom ambition, envy, fame and feare,they are neither troubled in confcience, nor tilts mgem,et macerated with cares Jo whichour whole life is fo much fubje^. K^typerjpua- ^ citatis afjacHb vtcidunt in MeLincholiani.Ub. i .cont.Trad.^. b Nunqiiam fanitate mentis cxcidit,aut dolmcnpUW.Erafm. c InlaKd.calvit. d V^actmt cotffdmtta carmpeim, me pudefiunt, nec vereniK piec dHaceramur miliibtu cumani, qtabtu teta vita abntm ejl. Sub SE CT. 4. of the matter of t.Mtlancholy. ►F the Matter of Melancholy,\htxe. is much queftion betwixt Avi- I cen and Galen,-&.%yow may read in «Cardans Contradidions,^r4/d- .fitts coT\ttovex{ies,Montanus,Prolfer Calenus,Capivaccius,% Bright, w -J ** Picinus,x\\zi have written cither whole Trads, or copioufly of itTiiTtbeirfeverall T reatifes of this fubjed^* What this humour is, or whence it proceeds, how it is ingendredin the body,neither Galen, nor any old Writer hath fufficiently difcujfed, as Jacchinust^x»/rj.* the Ncotericks cannot agree.it/o«- tanus in hisconfultations, holds CMelancholy to be materiall or immateriaH : vatrulaboraver>int,Kcfacite aeeiperte.x Calmfentnliaobloqmdivariiuti, teon.faub.cm.in^Jlhapscap.i^. E and contradic.iS, { L ':b. I .cm. 21, g Bright ca. lA h Lih.ucap.6. de fanitjuendn. i^dfvem qualU fit humr aut qua ifiius differentia^et quomodo gign/tn- tur in corp^rcy fcrutandupiy hdc enim inre tnidt$ cap,16.in ^.Rhafis, Part i.Se6t.2. Matter of Melancholy. Mcmb.2.Subr.7. 34 Tra^-poflm. de Melan cdit. yens tits 1620. cap.j.tt S./lb intmptrie tali’- da^humida^&c. t Secundu nPgis ml minm fi in cerpeye fucnt^ ad inimperie phtf qua corptii falu- bmct fare pote¬ nt mde cor pu^s morbojum cjfici- tur. 1 lab, i.contio- Ttrfcap.ii. cap,^’ nC 0 Hcd.i 6 . o Lib z contra* die.cap. w. p Dt fcb.trail’ diff^.zcap.i-non eft negartdumex bac fieri Me/an- choiicos, q In Syntax, tyarie adudtur €t mifatWyundt itfrAf ament turn fpecics. MeUnlim PHumor fiigi- dns dclini caufa: ftaoris edidas^ &c. t Lib 1. cap.10. doafsll cap. 11 Ntgrfcitbic hHmoi\aliqimdo fupercalefaliHi^ aliquandofupir*T fi igefaciii 6 ^ca ,7 , X Humor hie ni- gcraliquundo foam mo dim ^ calefacltei, etali-* asrefigeramc*^ vadtt:nam ren- tibuscorhonibuoy iiqHidftmile ae- cidttyqui dr, ante flarnmu pelluci- diffimecandint.^ tdex*mfta pror- fid mgrefiunt. Hippoci'ates, y GtdamriHS w4c^4/^, from the/4W4c^'’« the beginning was. ■■ He is happy that can petforme u arieht will adventure to guefle as neere as I can, and np them all up, from thefirfttothelaft,^r4iZand;iirf/W4r, to everyj^eew, that fo they may the better be deferied. ■ nr civen iicet. ' Generaliczuks, are eitherfupernaturall, or naturall. Supernaturallare from , r.nta emn nftheirwickednelfe. Gehaz,i wasftruckenwithleprofie,2 Reg.<).zj.lehoram rityMeUneim with dilinteryand'fiux, and great difeafes of the bowels, a 'uS™»y David plagued for numbring his people, i Par. 21. Sodom zad Gomorrah ,„,YrerBwfog- fwallovv^edup. And this difeafe is peculiarly fpecified, Pfalme izy. 12. He no/are c^fas . SrLi.Wr hert thr>.gh l.vmegi Dt«. a8. a8. Hefrae fvithma dnelfe, blindneffe, and afiomlhment of heart. * i^n evilprit wasjent bttheLorduponSauftovexe him. y Nebuchadnezzar did eat grafle like oxe and \u%heartwas made like thebeajls of the field. Heathen (lories are ^ (UmmLnf full of fuch punifliments. Lycurgus, becaufehecut downe the Vines in the «im«rdre««- country,wasby ^accA/^drivenintomadneflTe: fo wasi'ewf^^o^ andhis ther Adaveior neglecting their facrifice. -^CenforPulvim ran mad tor un- mogUb.^^.cap. . luhtg /.«■< Temple, to covet a new one of his owne, which he had dedtea- W t^dtocofffour^dedto death, tvithgriCjcar$ajOKrowof * tanquaminfant when Xerxes would have fpoiled Apollo s T emple at Delphos, of thole in- defaxujgxct- , finite riches it polfelTed, a terrible thunder came from Heaven, andllrucke^*^;^-^3 4000. men dead, the reft ran mad. A little after, the like happened to Bren- nus, lightning, thunder, earth quakes, upon fuch a facrilegious occalion. It E J vve Part.i.Sed. 2 .. Memb.i.Subf.i, 38 b Gaz^uin.Li, C.4 qucdDio- tiyfu corpus dif- eooperuerdtdn infdnid incidit, cldem fuh.carol. 6 . fa¬ ct or u contempt tor.tmplijori- huiejfra^lis^ dum T>.Iohan- nh argent cum fimulachrum Taper e conten- dit, fimulachru aver fa facie dorfilm ei ver- fat^nec moray factilegui men- tu inops, at^ infemetinfa- niens in pro- prios art fa de- fevit. d Giraldui Cambrenfis lib. ^-c.i,Innerar. Cambria, c 2 )elrio tom, 5 iib,6Je^.l, i^Pfal.44.1. f,Lib.Sxap. de Hierar. h Claudian. i Z)e Babild Martyre, * VLih.ixap.^, prog. I Lib i.deAb- ditu return caufis. m Refponf: mcd, I i,re^. * 1 Pet, ^. 6 . c Caufes of Melancholy. we may beleeve our Pontificiall Writers, they will relate unto us many Itrange and prodigious punilliments in this kinde, inflided by their Saints. How ^Clodoveui fometime King of Franee Ton of Dogehert his wits for uncovering the body of S. Uenis : and how a cfacrilegious Frenchman, that would havertolne away a filver image ofS. lohn, ^x.Btrgbtirge, became frantickeonafuddaine, raging, and tyrannizing over his owne flelh; Of a Lord oiRhadnor, that comming from hunting late at night, put his dogges into Church, {LlanAvan they called it) and riling betimes next morning, as hunters ufe to doe, found all his Dogges mad, himfelfe being fuddenlyftrucken OiTyridates zn^^^rmenian King, for violating fome holy N unnes,that was punillicd in like fort, with lofle of his wits. But Poets and Papifts may goe together for fabulous tales j let them free their owne credits: Howfoever they faine of their Nemefis, and of their Saints, or by the devils meanes may be deludedjwe finde it true,that ultor a tergo Bests, ^Hess God the avenger, zsBavtdmts himj and that it is our crying finnes that pull this and many other maladies on our owne heads. That he can by his Angels,which are his Minifters, ftrike and healedaith g Bionyjfsts)whom he will; that he can plague us by his Creatures,Sunne, Moone, and Starres which he ufeth as his inftrument, as a Husbandman (faith Zanchstti\ doth an Hatchet: Haile, Snow, Windes, &c. ^ Et conjurati veniunt inclafsica vents: as in lofuahs time,as in Pharaohs reigne in Egypt', they are but as fo many exe¬ cutioners of his juftice. He can make the proudeft Ipirits ftoope, and cry out with lulian the Apoftate, Vies fit GaliUe . or with Apollo's Prielt in ■ Chryfo^ fiome, 0 caluml bterralundehofiishie? wHatanenemyis this^ Andpray with •D4'i//^/,acknowlcdging his power, I amweakned andjore broken, Iroare for thegriefe of mine heart, mine heartpanteth,^c. Pfal.^%. 8. OLordrebuke me not wthine anger, neither ehafitfe me inthy wrath,?faUfi^. i. Makemeto beare joy andglaaneffe, that the bones which thou hafi broken, may rejoyce, Pfal, 5i.S.&verJei2. Refioreto me thejoyofthy falvation, andfiabltfh me with thy free fpirtt. For thefe caufes Hippocrates would have a Phyfician take fpeciall notice whether the difeafe come not from a divine fupematurall caufe,or whether it follow the courfe of Nature. But this is farther difeuf- fed by Fran: Falefius defacr.philof.cap. 8 .1 Fernelisu, and “»/. Cafar Claudi. ntts, to whom I referre you, how this place of Hippocrates is to beunder- ftood. P4r4fe/y^ is of opinion, thatfuch fpirituall difeafes (for fo he calls them)are fpiritually to be cured,and not otherwife. Ordinary means in fuch cafes will not availe: Honefi reluHandum cum Beo. When thatmonfter- taming Hercules overcameall in the olympicks, Jupiter zihQ. in an unknown lhape wreftled with him; the vidory was uncertaine,till at length Jupiter de- feryed himlelfe,and Hercules yeelded. N o ftriving with fupreme powers* Niljuvat immenfos Crateropromittere montes, Phy ficians and Phy ficke can doe no good, * n>e mufifubmit our felves under the mighty hand of God, acknowledge our offences, call to him for mercy. If he ftrike us, una eademyue mantts vulntts opemque feret, as it is with them that withthefpeareof.<^£‘A/^«, he alone mufthelpej otherwife our difeafes are incurable, and we not to be relieved. Sub S E c. Part. i.Seft.a. Caufti ofMelanehly, Mcrnb. i.SubCli. Sub SECT. 2. Digrefion of the nature of Sprits, had Angels, or De-vils , and how they caufe (Melancholy. 39 «;v, Ow farre the power of Spirits and Devils doth extend, and whether they can caufe this, or any other Dif- eafe, isaferiousqueflion,and worthy ret be coniide- red : For the better underftanding of which, I will make a briefe digrelfion of the natureof Spirits. And although the queftion be very obfeure, according to " PofieBui, full ofeontroverfie and ambiguity : beyond n rib. 1 1.?.* the reach of humane capacity, fateor excedere vires •’bkeomwdia. intentienismea,{eL\i\\ * Aujlin^l confcfTc I am not able tounderftand k,fnitumdeinfnito nonptejljlatuere^ wee can fooncr deter- , mine 'w'vhTull'j fe nat, deoru'n ^ quid non ftnt, quam quid fint, our fubtile Schoolmen, Cardans, ScaUgers, profound Thomifes, Fracajioriana Fer- dedatmmbwet neliana aeies, arc weak, dry, obfcurcy'defective in thefe myfteries, and all rubfiamiisfefa- our quickeft wits , as an owles eyes at the Sunnes light, waxc dull, and are not fufiicientto apprehend them, yet as in the reft, I will adventure to nit.(»p.u fay fomething to this point. In former times, as we reade Affsi^. the 54- * AO ground, or in theJowcr parts,and were devils, the which with Ttrt^Uian^ Porphyrias the Philofopher,4»/V/,and as fhlip the Deacon was carried away by the Spirit,when lia tramfori pofi heehad baptized xhc Eumck ^ fo aid Pythagoroi zt\d Afolloniui “c-. thcmfelves and others,with many fuch feats) that they can reprefent caftles ^ .in the ayre, pallaces, armies, fpedrumsj prodigies, and fuch ftrange objetfts . thePinadc; to mortall mens eyes, caufc fmcls,favours,8{c. deceive all the fenfes;moft _ Writers of this fubjed a edibly belecve; and that they can foretell future flatcd.'Ste vcnts,and doe many ftrange miracles. image fpaketo CamilIu^s^d<.For^ morcinsrro^- tunes ftacue to the Komane matrons, with many iwch-Zanchim, Bodine, Spon- S" danfts and others are of opinion that they caulea true Metamorphofis,as iV4- n f.mag perai- buchadnez,ar was really tranflated into a bcaft. Lots wifeinto a pillar of Sa’lt; rljjfes companions into Hogs and Dogs,by C/rew charmssTurnthemfcIves poraftyre tof- and others,asthcy doe Witches into Cats,Dogs,Hgres,Crowes,&c.5/?77e.- &ius Cicogna hath many examples, Itb. 3 ommf.mag.cap. 4,^5. which hee . there confufcs,as Jujltn like wife doth de civ. Dei Itb. 18. That they can bee , cof?[p}c.ws cin?- feen wjicn and in what fliape,and to whom they will,faith Pfedtfs^Tametfi nil J"’ tale viderm,nec optem videre., though he himfclf never faw them nor defired it; find ufc fometimes carnalfcopulatiop (aselfwhere I lhall x prove more at " zl^/ippa. dc Iarge)with.women and men. Many will not belcevc they can be fccne,and if . any man fliall fay,fweare,and ftifly maintain,though he be difcrect and wife judicious and learned,tjiat he hath feen thefn,they accorapt him a timorous lovc Mfian-*" fooIe,a mclancholly di2ard,a weake fcllovt^a dreamer, a ficke or a madman, choll)'. they conteranc him, laugh him tofeorne, and yet Marcus of his credit told Pplus that hehad often feen the.And Leo Suavius,z Frenchman,c. 8. /« Com. ^ mentar.l. i. Paracelfi de vita longa^ out of fome Platonifis will have the ayre to. be as full of thflhi,as fnow falling in the skies'and that they may be feen, and withallfetsdowncthe means how men may fee them; Si irreverberatis oett- lis foie (plendente verftu cceln continuaverint obtutus^ ^c. and faith moreover ttyed it, pr^miffortmfeci experimentum,znd it was true, that the Platenijls izld.Paracelfus confellcth that he faw them divers times,and conferred with them,and fo doth Alexander ab t Alexandre.^ that he fo found it by experience ^ y Gemi. dicM. when as before he doubted of it. Many deny it, faith Lavater de (beClris, parti i. j I r ^ r 1 i n ^ commtum 0 . 2 . cf part.2.c. 11 .becauje they never Jaw them themjelvsi&vx as he reports at qimmfriiuas Jargcall over his book,crpecialiy c.ig.part. i .they areoften feen and heard, ‘’’’Mawbigeret ^ and familiarly converfe with men,as Zoc/,r/waflurethus,innumerableR.e-.f(.'^f'^'^*^ fords,Hiftorics,and teflimonies evince inallages,times, places,andalltra. vcllersbefides; in the Weft Indies and our Northerne climes,iV/^/ 7 familia. rim eyuam in agris (Jr urbibus Jpiritus videre^audire^qtti vetentJubeant.^c.Hie. * id,, dtvivU rehimusvita PaulijBafilfir.iyo.Nicephor/}s.,EufcbiUs,SocrateSyS0zomenusf la. rutimetmfpL " cobus Boijfardus in his traift de (^irituum apparitiinibus.,Petrus LoyerusJ.de(pe. ■ trisJVierus 1 . 1 .have infinite varity of fuch examples of apparitions of fpirits, for him to readethat farther doubts, to his ample fatisfadion. One alone I will briefly infert. A iwblcmao in (7frw4»y was fent Embafladour to the F King ParM.Se 6 t. 2 . l^lature of'DeVtls. Memb.’i.SubCa. 4 ^ , a Ctfp.8, Trdnf- pmavit in Li- 'loninm cupidi- tdtcvtdcdii 5cc. y hSicHcJiodus de Nymphis vi- vtre dkit lo. ietatesphctmcm ’^afflodesbih ?mnim etpro- vigciamm, &c. idm mclhres he?rnmbu5i quanto hibmis amnontibfis, * Pti^fidesy Fa- jlorcs, Gnbona- tons l 3 omHHm^ct iUi arimdium. a Natuyafamir^ Hares kt canes hofdnibks^ mid- tiaverfanUdT et abhomnt. b Ab homtne pirn di<}ant qua homo ab ignobi- lijjtmo veiTne^et lamcnquidam ex his ab homi- nibus fiipoan- tu7 ut homines d firisyScc. c cibd et potu utiy etvcncre cum hominihuSy cc tandm mori, Cicogna i. part. d plutai‘ch,de ^ defeUMaculorU. c LibJeZilphis ( d confiamnoprth ♦ OSlavian.diat, ludaorum deum fuiffe Komanoru nismnibui una tumgenteUptv- King of Suede>t{iox his name, the time, and fuch circumftances I referre you to Boijfardus mine * Author) after he had done his bufinellc, he failed to Li- vontAj on fet purpofe to fee thofe familiar fpirits, which arc there laid to be converfant with men, and doc their drudgery workes. Amongft other mat- ters,oneofthemtoldhim where his wife vvas, in what roome, in what ■cloatheSjWhat doing,and brought him a Ring from hcr,which at his returne nonfmeemniuTn admit ationeyitiomdtohctx\Kj and To beleeved that ever after,which before he doubted oi.Cardanl. x^Mjuhtil. relatesof his father Fmu6 Cardan^ that afterthe accuftomed folemnities, An .14p i.i he conjured up 7. Devils in Grecke apparcll, about 4o.yeares ofage, fbme. ruddy of complexion,and fome pale,as he thoughts hec asked them many queftions,and they made ready anfwer, that they were aeriall Devils, that they lived and died as men did,fave that they were farre longer liv’d,(7.or 8oo.‘’yeares) they did as much excell men in dignity, as wee doe juments, and were as farre excelled again of thofe that were above them jour * gover^ noiirs and keepers they are moreover, which * Plato in Critias delivered of old,and fubordinate to one another,rt tnim homo homini, ftc dxmon damoni dominatur^ they rule themfelvcs as well as us, and the fpirits of the meaner fort had commonly fuch offices, as we make horfe-keepers,neat-heards,and the bafeftof us, overfeers of our cattlejand that we can no more apprehend*' their natures and fun 61 ions,than an horfe a mans.They knew all things, but might not reveale them to raenjand ruled and domineered over us,as we do over our horfesj the beft Kings ampngft us, and the moft generous fpirits, were not coparable to the bafeft of them. Sometimes they did inftruft men, and communicate their skill,reward & chcrifh, and fbmetimes again terrific punifh,to keep them in awe,astbcy thought Qz^Hihilmagis cufientesiSmli LyJiU'S.,Phif.St0tcorum:)cjuaTnaJoratione homind.The fame Author Cardanln hviHyferchen,ovxoilhcdiO&.x\wcoiStoicks, will have fbmeofthefetJw/ (for fo he cals them)to be»defirous of mens company ,very affable, and fa¬ miliar with them as Dogs arcjothersagain to abhor asferpents,and care not. for them. The fame belike Triiemim cals Jgnies & fttblunares^ qui nmquam demergunt ad inferior a^aut vis uUtim habent in terris commcrcium : ** Gener ady they farre excell men in worthy asaman the meanef xoorme j though fome of them zxtinferiourto thofeof their orvneranke in worth, as the blacke guard in a Princes Court, andto men againe, as fome degenerate^ bafe, r ationall creatures, are excelled of brute beafis. That they are mortall,befides thefeteftimonies o^Cardan,Martianus,^c. many other Divines and Philofophcrs bold, pof prolixum tempus moriuntut emnesi The' Platonifisztid fome Rabbints, Porphyriiss and Plutarch, as ap- peares by that relation of Thamm: The great God Pan is dead: Apollo Pythi~* ceafedjandfo thercft.S.H/fra/»«inthelifeofP<<«/theErmiretels a fie¬ ry how one ofthemappeared to S. Antony in the wilderncffc, and told him as much. of our late Writers ftiflymaintaines that they arc mor- tall,livc and die,as other creatures doe.Zozimxs //^.2.farther addes,that re¬ ligion and policy dies and alters with them. The ^Gentiles gods, hec faith, were expelled by ConJlantine,ax\d together with them. Imperii Romani maje^ JfaS;^ fortuna,inte»iit, profigata eJlfChc Fortune and Majefty ofthc Ro¬ man Empire decayed and v^aniffed, as that Heathen in * ?s. But thefe paradoxes of their power, corporeity, mortality, taking cffhapes,tranfpoiing bodies, andcarnallcopulations, arefuificicntly confuted by Zanch cap.ioJib./^. Re- rerminhisComment-,and queftions on iht 6.otGen.Th.yiqmn. S.<^u(linAVierm,Th.Eraflt^S7 I>ilrio,Tom.2.lib.^. quafi. 29. Sebajttan UMt- chaelis,caP.7.Je(bmtibHs,D.R€imldsLea.a^'j. They may deceive the eyes ofrocn-vetnot take true bodies, or makeareall metamorphofis: butasO- cevna proves at large, ihty stxczllluforU&frafiigiatricestransformaUones, fimmf.mag.hb.^cap./^. mcere illufions and cozenings, like that talc of Paje- tU cbnlus in Saidas, or that of <^utclicm,CV.ercuries fonne that dwelt in Per- naifus,who got fo muchtreafureby cozenage and ftcakh. His father cury becaufc he could leave him no wealth, taught him many fine tricks to get meancs/ for he could drive away mens cattdl, and if any purUicd him, lurnc them into what fhapes he would, and fo did mightily inrich himldte, hoc aftumasiimampTxdamejl adjequutus • This no doubt is oS true as ther\.u5 yet thus much in generall, Thomas, Durand,and others grant that they have underftanding farrebeyond men,can probably conjecture,and •’ foretell ma¬ ny things; they can caufe and cure moftdileales, deceive oui fenles, they have excellent skill in all Arts and Sciences: and that the moft illiterate Di- veil is hcwfic ss* Cico^^d msintsjncs out of others. They knowthcvcrtucsof HcarbSjPlants, ftones,Minerals,8tc. Of all Creatures, Birds,Beafts, the foure Elements,Startcs,PlanctS;can aptly apply and make ufeofthemasthey fee good, perceiving the caufes ©fall Meteors, and the like: Dantfe coloribus{zs* Aupn hath it) accommodant fefgiiris,adhterentJo- nu,fubjiciuntfeodoribsts^infttnduntfefapcribm, omnesfenfus etiamipfam in- teUigentiam damones fallunt, they deceive all our fenfes, even our underftan¬ ding it lelfe at once. ^ They can produce miraculous alterations in the ay re, and moft wonderfullcffcCls, conquer armies, give victories, hclpc, further, hurt,crofreand alter humaneattcm.ptsand ^ro)e(Xs(^Dei fermijfn)isthcy Icc good themfelves. ^V/hen Charles the great intended to make a channell betwixt the Rhene and Danubius, looke what his workmen did in theday, thefe fpirits flung downe in the night,r# conatu Rex defijleret, pervicere.SMch feats can they doc. '&\xtx}c\.2t.w\\\chRodine lib./^.Theat.nat. thinks, (follow¬ ing Tyriiis.hdikt and the Platonifts)thcy can tel the fecrets of a mans hprt, aut cogitationeshominum, is moft falfe; his reafons are weake,and fufficient- ly confuted hy Zanch.lib.c^.cap.g. Hierom.lib.z. com.inMat.adcap,\y> c^- ibanafius quafi. 27. ad ntiochim Principem^ad others. As for thofe orders of good and bad Devils,which thePlaionifts hold,is altogether erroneous, and thofe Ethnicks boni and mali Genii, are to be ex¬ ploded : thefe heathen writers agree not in this point amongft themfelves,as Dandinus notes, fint * mali non conveniunt^ feme will have all fpirits good or bad to us by a miftake,as if an Oxe or Horfe could.dircolir{e,he would fay the Butcher was his enemy becaufe he killed him, the Grafier his friend be- caufe he fed him; an Hunter preferves and yet kils his game, and is hated ne- vcrthclefle of his game; nec pifcatorempifcis amare poteJl,(^c. But lamblkus^ Pfedus. Plutarch.and moft Piaionifts acknowledge bad, & ab eorum ■maleji- F 3 cits 43 g Owma Jpiriti- ifi6plaui,et ex coT/m cmvi'dia, et difckrdia mm boni et matieffcUiis pYomunanty jiiahumana re^ guntnr farac^ox vceci im de quo Cuog?ia, 0}7inip r/uig. ♦ Ouc^quasab- afUtnii erM m qHafam^fsT' mas veYietaO PaufarJits, Hjgin/is. h Auliia.m de Gin, ad ram cap, 17 ; Partmquia jMiioris finftti acimmey partim fcicntia calidiore vigentetexpc^ ritndia^pi'dpteY ma^mn dincrn vita y par- tm ab Ange/is difcimtydic. j Lib. ^.omwf. mag. cap. * L.i^.qaaft.^ k ^inm tanti fit ctiam prof HU' da JpiritMtm feientiay 7nhum non eft tot tan- taf^ res vifn admmbilesab ipfis patrariy qwdem rerticn mturalium ope qtm rnidto me¬ lius intclligunt, fnUfto^-, ptritif^ fm lech et tern- ftnibuS applica- rcmmtyqtiam horf^l^icogna* 0 \W. Aventinusi quicquid mtCT^ diu exhauriebor- tuYy no^exp^- batur, indepet- vtfa^ii mato^ resy &c. Part.i,Se6l.2. Nature of Spirits, Mcmb. i,Snbn 2 . 4 ^ dis cavcndttm, for they are enemies of raan-kindc, and this PUto learned in *Adm’uxt^' •^gypt) tliat they quarelled with lupiter^and were * driven by him down to Homenn diferi- hell. That which ^ Apuleius,Xenophon, and P/4W contend of Socrates Dxmo- mmirnmnes nium^\s moft abfurd : That which Plotinus of his, that he had likcwife Dcum jpiHUis amom pyg Bamonio : and that which Porphiry concludes, of them all in generally if h £>« DcoSooo' they be negleded in their facrificc they are angry jnay more,as Cardan in his di^fmT will, they feed on mens foules. Element a funt plant is element urn, vamomim cinimalibus plant a, hominibus animalia ,..erunt ^ homines aliis^ non autem diis qucddmdpri. minis enimrcmota efi e.orum natura a nofir a qnaproptcr dAmonibus: and fo be- many battels fought in all ages,countries,is to rake them difuadet^impel- a feaft, and their foie delight : but to rcturne to that I faid before, if drfelea-' %rwTp(ai^o f't^^^nd chafejCibr they feed belike on the foTilesofbeafts, as w'ee ' doc on their bodies) and fend many plaguesamongftusj but if plcafed, then ^Ajotcedia- they doemucl^goodjis as vaineasthercft,and confuted by Aufiinltb.^x.2,, fero!ispuiri,8Lc. de Civ.Bei. Ettfeb.lib./^.prapar.Evang.c .6 .zvid others. Yet thus much I finde, dei'fcuLphJ.’ School-men andxrthcr' Divines make ninekindesof bad Spirits, as is.zeuck Pi- Bionyfuis hath done of Angels. In the firft ranke are thofe falfe gods of the which were adored heretofore in fevcrall Idols, and gaVe Oracles mjia. atZ)e//),6w,andeire-whcrejwhofe Prince is Beelzebub. The fccond ranke is of Lyars,and yEquiVocators,as Apollo.,Pythius,^ii\d thelike^The third are thofe., vcirelsofanger,inventcrs ofall mifehiefej as that Theutus in Plato-, Ejay cads' kvafiir.3.//^.4.P.(JW4r/7r./» 4.54 w?. 28. ^iTs'maf So that according to thefe men,thc^umber of jetheriall Spirits muft needs yemfoiketeT~ be infinite; For if that bee true that fomc of our Mathematicians fay : ifa infiaubifredido ftone could fall from the ftarry heaven, or eight Spheare, andfhould paffe every houre an hundred miles, it would be 65 yearcs,or more, befbreit would come to ground,by reafon ofthe great diftance of heaven from earth, which containcs as fome fay 170 Millions 80^ miles, befides thofe other , heavens, whether they bee Chriftallinc or watery which tjlfaginus addes, which peradventure holds as much more,how many fuch fpirits may it con- taine i And yet for all this “ Thomas, AlbertusyZnd moft hold that there bee “ 2:3 farremore Angels than Devils. But be they more or leffe, ^dfupra nos nihil ad nos. Howfoever as Mar- fooliflily fuppofeth, ty£tberii Damones non curant reshumanas, they kindcs. care not for us,doe not attend our adions, orlooke for us, thofe astheriall fpirits have other worlds to raigne in belike or bufineffeto follow. We are oncly now to fpeake in briefc of thefe fublunary Spirits or Devils; for the F 3 reft. Part. i,Se 6 l. 2 . Nature of Spirits. Mcmb. I. Subflz. 46 xFug.S. Eg. y o€rj.4. 7. Auflln:l ocd\- xly nequisexi'- pimet ha'iitare ibimila jila ubi Solem et Lumm ct Stel¬ las Dm ordtM- vit^ et alibi/te- mo aYbitrayetur Damonem c sells habitare cum Angelis fids Hndelapjum cycd'f7jUs. idem Zauch Mb. dc Angel r/ialis. Temim in Gen. cap.6.lib.S.m ver, 2 . rerigran.Hie- refil. a Domus dim^ untjmuros deji^ cticntyimmifcent ft turbimbm et pmeUis^etpiU- ^erem infiar co^ iumrue evchtmt Cicogna.i<).cA. b ^refidn Liv. * Dt prafttpiis damomim.c 16, Conuelliculnn- m videmus^pyo- ficrm/ata^ic. reft, our Divines determine that the Devill had no power over ftarres, or hcwcnsi^Cam}inibttica:lofo(fu)ttdeducerelunamy(^'C, Thoie are pocticall fidions, and that they can ififtereaquam vertere fydera retro, ?tfr.//^.2.thcy are more often caufedby thofe aeriall devils, in their fcverall quarters; iox.,Tempeftatihusfe ingerunt,faith Rich,Argentinfy as whe a defperate man makes away himlelf,which by hanging or drowning they frequently doe, as Kornmannus obferves, dc mirac.ntert.part.'j.cap.']6, tripudium agentes, dancing and rtjoycing at the death of a finner. Thefe can corrupt the Aire,and caufe plagues,fickncfre,ftormes, fhipwracks, fires, inundations. At CMons Braconis in Italjithtto. is a moft memorable exam¬ ple % Part.i.Se(5l 2 , 2) tgrefsm of Spirits, Memb.i.Subr. 2 . pie in' lovianus Pent Ann* : And nothing lo familiar (if wee may bclecve 47. thofe relations of Ohns CMagnus, DAmunm ^.Gees) as for Witches and Sorcerers, in Lapland^ Lituania^ andallover ScandU^ ^ to fell windes toMarriners, and caufc tcmpcfts,vvhicli L^iarcus Paulta the Venetian relates likewife of the Tartars. Thefe kinde of Devils arc much ** delighted tin Sacrifice, ( faith Porphiry ) held all the world in ASuffitibrngas^ awe, and had fcvcrall names, Idols, Sacrifices, m Pome, Greece, ^gypt^ S/IS' and at this day tyrannize over, and deceive thofe Ethnicks, and Indians, chip'mis. bein« adored and worfhipped for' gods. For the Gentiles gods were Dc- c inDeUmu. '•vils ('as'^T'n/^^^/^f^confcflcthinhist-x^/^/^p/^) and hec himfcifc could make them come to their Images by Magickc fpcls: and are now as much » Lit gcTttiam rejpeciedby our Papip (faith f Piclorius) under the name of pints. Thefe are they which Cardan thinks, defire fo much carnall copulation with Witches, fcuexi. Oncubi and Succubi) transformc bodies, and arc fo very cold, if they betou- f it wincfub di- ched; & that fcrvc Magicians. His father had one of them (as he is not afha- roed to relate 3 }an aerialldcvill bound to him for twenty and eight years. As tificUs. Jgrippds dogge had a devill tyed to his collcrj fome thinke that Paraeedjus (orelfe Erajtus belieshim)had one confined to his fword pummcllj others weare them in Rings,and lambres did many things of old by their • hclpej Simon Magfis,Cinops,Apollonim Tianests, lamblicm, zvid Tritemitss of late, that fhewed Maximilian the Emperour his wife,after fhe was dead^ Et 'uerrucamincoHoejststSedtXi^Godelmim) fo much as the Wart in hernecke. h j. Helrio lib.2.hzth divers examples of their feats: Cicognalib.^.cap.^.zndfVi- ertts in his Booke de praftig.damonum^Boifardm de magU & venefeu. Water-devils arc thofe or water Nymphs, which havcbcenc heretofore converfant about Waters and Rivers. The water (as Paracelfm thinks) is their Chaos,wherein they livcjfomecall them Fairies,zvtd fay that nabundia\% their Quecnci thefe caufe Inundations, many times fhipwracks, and deceive men divers wayes, as Succuba^ or otherwife, appearing moft part (faith Tritentim) in womens fliapes. ■* Paracelfns hath feverall ftories of » Lib.dczi/phis. them that have lived and beene married to mortall men, and fo continued for certaine y cares with them, and after, upon fomediflike, haveforfa- ken them. Such a one was Mgeria^ with whom Numa was fo familiar, K w- na,Ceres,^c. ^ Olaus CMagnus hath a long narration of one Hot her us a King of Stpeden, that having loft his company, as he was hunting one day, met - ’ ' with thefe water Nymphs or Fairies, and was feafted by them; and HeHor Boethius,of cMackbeth, and Banco, two Scottifli Lords, that as they were * wandring in the Woods,had their Fortunes told them by three ftrange wo¬ men. Tothefe heretofore they didufeto facrifice, by that or di¬ vination by waters. Terreftriall devils, are thofe 1 Lares, Genii, Faunes, Satyrs,*'^ood- iPro faiute hd- nymphts, ¥o\iots,Vz:ines,Robin goodfellospes,Trulli,(jrc. which as they arc moft converfant with men, fo they doe them moft harme. Some thinke it fed in mum pert was they alone that kept the Heathen people in awe of old,and had fo many ""I"* tmia ' Idols and Temples credted to them. Of this range was Dagon amongft the Philiftines,Be//amongft the Babylonians, Ajlarteszmongfi the Sydonians, odes, Hamdr)-^ Ba.d amongft the Samaritans, ifis and amongft the 7Egyptians,&c. Some put our Fairies into this ranke,which have been in former times ado- red Part. i.SeS. 2 . Digrefsm ofSpirits, Mcmb. i.Subn 2 , 4 S m Part, uc.10, n Lib.cap, 11. Eivmun chorc^ as Okuslib,^. vocatfaltHtn ndcoprofundt in terras impitr rnunt^ ut locus infigrudelnceps vi/orc orbiciik-^ mfity ctgrtLTjcn non per cat. red with much fiipcrftition,vvich Iweeping their houfes,and fetting of apcile of cleanc water, good vi(5luals,and the like,and then they fhould not be pin¬ ched, but finde money in their (liooes,and be fortunate in their enterprizes. Thcle are they that dance on Heathes and Greens,as ® thinkes,'vfliZ/,or Telchinesy arevery common in Norwey, and’^feene todoedrud- gerjworkei todraw water ,ffaith i.crf/. 22. dreffe meat,or any fuch thing. Another fort ofthefe there are, which frequent forlornchoufes, which the Italians call Fdiets, moft part innoxious, Cardan holdsj They willmake jlrange' noyfes in the night ^hetvle fometimes pittifnlly, and then laugh againe,caufe great fame and fudJen lights, fingfiones, rattle chaines, fhavc^ ru^ varietat. t^en^open doores,and^lut them, fling downeplattcrs, fleoles, cJ?efls,fometimeap. fret- jpiritm peare in the liknefe of Hares, Crowes, blacke Degges,(jrc. of which read f Pet. 'he Jefuite in his Trad.^/e lecisinfeftis^part. 1. cap.i. (jr cap. 4. who i JRf/ will have them to bee Devils, or the foules of damned men that feeke rc- venge,or elfe foules out of Purgatory that feek eafejfor fuch examples per- ' ^ nfe' Sigifmtindus Scherciz,ius lib.de (pedris,part. i .f. i.which he faith he took out oiLuther moft partj there be many inftances.« Plinius fecundus remem¬ bers fuch a houfe at ^_Athens, which ^thenodorua^t Philofopher hired, which no mandurft inhabit for feare of Devils. ^Tflin de Civi. Irei.lib.rr. cap.S. relates as much ofthe Tribunes houfe at Zubedantzve their City of Hippos,vexed with cvill fpirits, to his great hinderance. Cum afflicli--’ One animaltum ^fervorum fuorum. Many fuch inftances are to be read in iV/-. .. Formiear. l.$.c. 12.3.Whether I may call thefe Zim and Ophim, whicli I fay cap. 1 3.21. fpeakcs of, I make a doubt. See more of thefe in the >K«,&c. fai(j Scheretf.ltb. 1 .de fpeH.cap./^. he is full of examples. Thefe kinde of De- ^^Iiltdtmics vilsmany rimes appeare to men, and affright them out oftheir wits, fome- p./«- ‘ dinofa' ampla Jijicta, filitaria, 6^ c.^de hommtim notaU, &c. rhjrtm ThefcfpirUsoften foretell mens deaths,by feve- raflfignes,a5knocidng,groanings,&c. "" ^ traftmis d^momim.wiW aferibe thefe pr ardidions to good Angcls,out of the j, Lthority of ficinus and others? prodigia w obitu prtmpim fapius conUri- 7 m &c. as in the Laterane Church in the Popes deaths are foretold by S^lveftersxox^ht. Neare Bupes nova in Finland, in the King- dome of ^Li^thereis a Lake, in which,before the Governour of the Ca- file dies,a (beClruntftn the habit of Anon with his Harp ^ppearcs, and makes ^ Snr- evcellcnt muficke like thofe blocks in which (they ^y) prefage vcyotCom- death to the Maftcr of the family jor that * Oakein Lanthadran Park in Corn. , Swhich forefliewes as much. Many families in Europezx^ foput in minde oftheirlaft,byfuchprediaions,and many men are forewarned (if we may,,5 beleeve P4r4c?//^) by familiar fpirits,in divers {hapes,as AbZemeoU Owles which often hover about fick mens chambers, vel quia morjentium faditatcm fentiunt, as a BaraceUies conjedures, ideofuper tcaum infirmrum kL4«r,beca«fe’theyfmellaCoarfe? orforthat {as ^ Bernardinus dcBu. (Iis thinketh) God permits theDevill toappeare in the forme of Crows,and cub.i. «/-.44 fuch like creatures, to fcarre fuch as live wickedly here I mef Zl fore death (faith P/«t 4 rc^) the Crowes made a mighty noyfe about him, thcypulkd ‘3"^,’’;,* •Rob, Caniinus htft. Branc. lib.%. telleth fuch anoth y ribus tavcnibtm the dcathof/i>Wa de Monteforti a French Lord, Anno 134 rum muUiludt Adibus mmemis wftdii q’l.xt.’” f‘ •» ZlSt- Such prodigies arc very frequent in Authors. See more ofthefein the la d ramft^untpo- Lavater Thyret^s de locisinfeftis^part'.s. cap.5S.Piblortiis,Dclrio,Cicegna, lib. cm»m,uU jc 2. frfp.p.Negromancers take upon them, toraife and lay them at their ducMTity Sec, lures- And iblikewifethofe which Mizaldus cz\s A mbulones^ that walke A MonsperiUt about midnight on great Heaths and defatt places, which (laith - U^AUr) . 4rAa mm CM eftkM,A»dUAd.tkm Admght Abj-itA,, er ^mtebanetkm tf I their way:, thefe have feverall names in feverall places? wee commonly call I «hcm Pucks. \e\ the Defarts of Lop in Afia,^\X.h illufions of vv^alking fpirits are often p^eivcd,3s you may read in M.Paulies xhtVenetian his travels? It one cttmtt>m[em. lofe his company by chance, thefe devils wUl call him by his name and counterfeit voycesofhis companions tofeduce him. Hteronym. Pauli \n m% {umvtihap^ book of the hils of 5»4/»e,rqlates of a great ^ mount in Cantabria^vihcxt luch «« (becirumszxtxohc feene? L4'y4rfr and C/Vdnes,are the Devils banqueting dijhes. By many temptations and feverall Engines,hce feekes to captivate our foules.The lord of lyes,raith’' y 4 uflin,as fi dcceptus,ados /^<^‘^'^^<^bimfelfe, hee feekes to deceive others., the Ring-leader to all ' deupmmptt, uaughtinefle, as he did by Ewand Cain,Sod0me,z\xd Gomorahfo would he hy all theworld.Sometimes he tempts by covctoufnefle,drunkennefre, ■veM0Tn2orus,i - p'^^futc, pride,&c. efres, dcjeds, favcs, kils, protC(fts,and rides fome men fupabit hiftttu. as they doe their horfes. Heftudies our overthrow, and generally feekes <^^ftrutgrtfs'm ofSpirits, Mcmb. i.SubC 2 . 51 Parc. i*Se6t.2.___ jnam (reiitri wfejlitis^noihxn^ fo impure, nothing fo pernicious, as may well appeareby their tyrannkall, and bloody aicrificps of men to Satume and Moloch.whkh arc ftill in ufe amongftthofe Barbarous their fcvcrall deceits and cozenings to keepe men in obedience, their falle Oracles, lacn- ces, their fupcrftitious impofitionsof falls, penury, &c. Hcrefies, fuperftin- ous obfervationsof meats, times, &G.by whmh they f crucifie thc foulesof chia c'initnifo t mortall men, as fliall be (hewed .in our Treatife ol Religious ^klancholy. i^odico adhuc tempore fmitur malignari, as s Bernard exprelTcth it, pcrmilTion he rageth awhile, hereafter to bee confined tohellanc^ark- which is prepared for him and his i^ngels^tj[iat.2^. . ^ How fane their power doth extend,.it is hard to determine, v;yi” the Ancients held of their effedfs,force and operations,! will briefly (hew you : Blatoin Critias, and after him his followers,gave ou; that thtfe (pints or De- , ^ vils, Weremens governottrs and keepers, our Lords and Mafters, as roe are of ^ our cattle, They governe Provinces and Kingdomes by Oracles^ auguries , f®. dreames, re vizards, and punifliments, prophefies, infpirations, facrifices,and nos:>t^ religious fuper ftitions, varied in as many formes,as there be diverfity of fpi- rits‘they lend warres,plagues,peace, licknelTe, health, dearth,pIeopz » ^^i!- rcgjtrit fiantes hie jam nobis, (feB antes & arbitrames,&c, as appeares by thofe hido- jksoi Thucidides, Ltviics, Dionyfim Halicarna feus, with many others, that 'are full of their wonderfull (Iratagems, and were therefore by thofe Roman {LyppmPbiff and Greek common-wealths adored and worftiipped for gods^with prayers, s^toicMb. i. up. and facrifices^ &c. ^ In a word. Nihil magis qu^rnnt quam metum cr aamira- Sfiotis. iionem hominum-, and as another hathic,I»/« non pote(l,quam impotenti ardore idcmmtitc- in homines dominium,cf}' Divinos cultus maltgni jfiritus ajfeBent. Tritemius in • in his booke^/iT/«;/>/alfigncs names to fuch Angels, as arc Go- vernours of particular Provinces, by what Authority,! know not, and gives themfeverall jurifdidlions. t^fclepiades a Grecian, Rabbi Achiba the Je\v, \^braham K^venezra, and Rabbi Azariel, fixahiians, (as ! finde themci- .tcd by 1 C/Vo?» 4 ) farther adde, that they arc not our Governoursonly,5e^ X ommfm- ex eoTui?} concGvdi^ ^ difcordid^boi^i ^ wall but as they ^ 3 agree, fo doe weandourPrinccs,ordifagrec;(tandorfall./»»flwasabitter ^etny to Trey, Apolloa%oodk\tnd, Iupiter indifferent, Mqua Venus Tea- cris,P alias ini qua fuit fion\t arc for us (lilI,fomeagainft t\s,Premcnte Deo,fert Deus alter dpem. Religion, policy, publike and private quarrels, warres are procured by thcm,and they are delighted perhaps to fee men fight,as men arc with Cocks, Buis and Dogges, Bearcs, &c. plagues, dcarthes depend on them, our bene and male ejfe, and almoll all our other peculiar adlions, (^ioxasK^nthony RtiPcaconttndslib.y.cap. i8.every man hath agood and abad Angcilattcndingof him in particular,all his life long, which lamblicm calsdamonem) preferments, lofles, weddings, deaths, rewards and punilh- ments, and as " Proclus will,alfoffices whatfoever, alii genetricem, alii opifi. cempotejiatem habent, drc. and fevcrall names they give them according to their olf ces,as Lares, Tndegites,Praftites,^c. H^hen the Arcades in that bat- tell at Cheronaa, which was fought againft King Philip for the liberty of Greece,had deceitfully carried themfclves,longafter,inthcvery fame place, Diis Gracia ultoribus ('(iiith mine Authorjthey were miferably (laineby Me- tellm the Romam fo likewife,in fmallcr matters,they wil have things fall out, G 2 as n Lib. de mm et darnone. PartJ.Sedz, Digrefskn of Spirits. Mcmb. i.Subf. 2 . as thefe^«- teft morbos et famtates. u P'ifcei Um a6lmes poteft etlemlsnlbi, dtfeafe proceeds eJpeciaUy from the DeviU, and from him alone. K^rculantts igwthmpmin- cap.6.in 9. Rhafis,<anus MontaltusiVthis 9 cap. Daniel Sennertus Itb. i, xinepemes 2.cap.ii. corifirmcas much, that theDevill can caufe this difeafejby corperibMoccui- rcafon many times that the parties afFc( 5 ted prophefie,fpeakftrange language ttonfineintervemuhumoris,noz\v\thontxhc humour, as hee interprets rent^tnembra uimiclrej tio vciOitdoin Avicenna y fi contir^gdit a aAmontOy fufficit nobis ut diflorquent. Upp.Phtt. Stoic.I1.C19. yT)e rerun v That this convertat ParM.Scd.z. naturebfSpirits, Memb.i.SubCa. . converlAt comflexionem adchelerammgram, & fit caufa qmpropintjuac/jole~ 5 3 ranigra’, the immediate caufc ischollcr aduft, which fomponatm likewife * HbMmeant. labours to make good ; Galgerandm of Maniua a famous Phyfitianjfo cured a dxmoniacall woman in his time, that fpake all languages,by purging black choller, and thereupon belike this humor ofMelancholy, is called Balneum the devils Bath; the devillfpying his opportunity of fuch humours drives them many times to defpaire, fury,.rage, &c. mingling himfelfe a- mongft thofe humours. This is that which T ertuUian averres, Corporibm in- fiigunt acerbos cafus^animx^ repentinos, membra dijlorqaent, ccculie repenies, (^c. and which Lemnim goes about to '^lovcjlmmifcent fe mail Geniipravis humoribu^ 5 ,at,j,atrdbili,(^c. hnd' lafon Praienfis/hat thedevillbeingajlen- \ cap.demxk der incomprehenfible (pint, can eajily inftnuate andrptnde himfelfe into hu- mane bodies,and cunningly couched in our bowels,'vitiate our healths, terrific our m,qmm fiat foules with feareftill dreames,and fiiake our winde with furies. And in another place, T hefe uncleane fpirits fetled in our bodies, and now mixt with our melan- rimje in}w!L choly humottrs, doe triumph :ts tt were, and Jportthemfelves ns in another Hea- rcmpmbmhu- •ven. Thus he argues, and that they'goe in and out of our bodies,as Bees doe in a Hive, and fo provoke and tempt us as they perccive our temperature in- feenbm operniy dined ofit fclfe,and moft apt to be deluded. ^ y^grippa and ' Lavater are per- /waded,chatthis humour invites thedevillto it,whcrefoever it is in extremi- ty.and of all othcr,melancholy perfons are moft fubjed to diabolicall temp- etmemsfuro.- rations,and ilIufions,and moft apt to entertaine them, and the Dcvill befta- Me to workc upon them. But whether by obfeflion, orpofleffion, or other- melanchoUcrdum vv’ife,! will not determine,’tisa difficult queftion.Pr/r/tf the Jefuite, Tom."^^ peaetr^bus,in- Itjb 6 .Springer and his colleague, mall.malef.Pet. Thyreus the Jefuite, lib. de d&moniaciSyde locis infefiis, de Terrificationibm noidurnu, Hieronymus Mengus mtur^ Wicfuam Tlagel.dam. and others of that rankc of Pontificiall writers, it feemes, by their exorcifmes and conjurations approve ofit, having forged many ftories to that purpofe. A Nunne did eate a Lettice * without Grace,or figning it with- ^ cut the figneoftheCr0(fe,tit\d was inftantly poftefled. 1 . 6 . Ratienall. c. occuiu pmf,' 86.»«w.8.relarestbathc faw a wench poirdfed in Bononia with two devils, Part.i.tap.i. by eating an unhallowed Pomegranate, as (he did afterwards confc(re,when fs^^aucea fhe was cured by exorcifmes. And therefore our Papifts doe figne them- fatmficatim fclvcs fo often with the ligne of the Cro(re,iV^ damon ingredi aufit,And exor- cifeall manner of meates,as being uncleane or accurfed otherwife,as Bellar- pipjap.^. mine defends. Many fuch Stories I findc amongft Pohtificall writers, to prove their affertions, let them free their owne credits^ fome few I willre- citein this kindeout of moft approved Phy(itians.C^r»e///« Gemma lib.r.de nat. mirac.cap./^. relates of a young maid, called Katherine Gualter a Cou- ^persdaughtcr,Ly^7>. I57r. that had fuch ftrangepaffions and convulfions, three men could not fometimeshold her; (he purged a live Ecle, which hec faw a foot and a halfe long,and touched himrclfe;butthe Eek afterward va- ni(hed,(he vomited fome 24 pounds of fulfome ftuffc of all colours, twice a day for i4dayes; and after'that (hee voided great bals of haire,peeces of wood,Pigcons dung. Parchment,Goofe dung,coals;and after them 2 pound of pure blood, and then againe coales and ftones,of which fome had inferip- tionsbigger than a walnut, fome of them peeces of glaire,braire,&c.bcl]des paroxifmesof laughing, weeping and extaliesj&c. Ethoc (inquit) cum her- rore Part.i,Sca.2. HmreofVeyih. Memb.i.Subr 3. rtrtvidi, this I &w with horror. They could doe no good.on her by Phy- ficke,but left hertothe Clergy. CMarcellm Domtm lib. 2,cap. i. dc med. mrdb. hath fiich another ftory of a coiintrcy fellow,that had foure knives in his belly, Inpr ferra dentatos^ indented like a Saw, every one a fpanne lo^ng, and a wreath ofhaire like a globe, with much baggage of like lorf, wonder- full to behold : how it fliould come into his Guts, he concludes, Certenen alio mam dxmonis afintia & dole. Langtm Epijl. med.lib. i. Epijl. 38. hath many relations to this effca,and fo hath Chrippherns a Vega : Wterm, Sken- ' all agree that they are done by the lubtilty andillufion of ■ the Devill. If you (hall aske a reafon of this,’tis to exercife our patience; for > opi. as ^ Tertulltan hoUSyVirtm non eft virtue,nift eomparem habet aliqut,in quo fu- fic. Dei. per Ando ^im Jiiarn ojlcndat , ’tis to trie us and our faith, tis for our ofT»wnces,and for the punifliment of our finnes,by Gods permifllon they doe it, Carmficcs u Lib.z%.cap. fuindici\ jufti Dei, as “ Tolofanus ftilcs them,Executioners of his will; or ra- i6.rm.z. Pfal.jZ.'verfe 1^9.He caft upon them thcfierceneffe of his anger, indignation, wrath, and vexation,by fending out ofevill K^dngeh / So did fiee afflitf lob,Saul, the Lunaticks and dsemoniacall perfons whom Chriftcured, eJtUt.A.%. Luke 4.11. M3. iJdarke 9. Tobit.ft .^. &c.lh\s, I fay happe- neth for a punifhment of finne,for their want of faith,incredulity,weaknelle, diftruftj&c. Sub SECT. 3 . of IVitches and UHagicians, hew they caufe t^elancholy. X Jit Lamiis. Ouhave heard what the Devill can doe of himfclfe, now you (hall heare what he can performeby his in- ftruments,who are many timesworfc(ifitbepoflible) then he himfelfe, and to fatisfie their revenge and luff, caufe more mifehiefe, CMulta enim mala non egijfet djtmon, nift prevocatus a Sagis, as ^ Eraftus thinkes; much harme had never becnedone, had he notbeene provoked by Witches to it. Hee had not appeared in Samuels ifthe Witch of had let him alone; or reprefented thofc Serpents in Pfjaro's prefence, had not the Magicians urged him unto it: Necmorhos *v€l homimbus^'vclhrutis injligtrct (^Erajl^ maintaincs)^ g£ quiefeerenti Men and cattle might goe frce;if the V/itches would let him alone. Many deny Witches at all,or if there be any, they can doe no harme; ofthis opinion is cap.^^. depraftig. dam. K^uftin Lerchemer a Dutch \Nnx.tx,Biarmantis, Ewichim, Euwaldas, our Countrey-man with him in S omnia, t error es Magi cos, miracula, fagas, NoHurnos Lemures ,portentaq^ Thejfala riftt Excipiunt——^ They laugh at all fuch Stories; but on the contrary,arc moft Lawyers, Di¬ vines, Phyfitians, Philofophers^ <^ufiin, HemtngiWy Danam, Chytreus, ' Zanebius, Part.i.Sed 2, Caufes of Melancholy. Membri.Subf^. y KcxlacQ'm VamonoU.u c.i. 2 An Univcr-* ZAnchias, Aretitu , (^c. Belrio, Springer^ * Niderim lib, 5, Fcrnicar, 55 Cuiatius^ Bartohis^ conftl. 6, tom,\. Bodtnc dAmeniant. lib.x. cap.-8. (7o. delman.^ Datnbodcrius, (jrc. Paracelfui, Erajtus^ Scribanius, Cameranus ^ .The partks'by whom the Devill deales, may be reduced to thefe two, fuch as command him in Ihcvvat Icaft, as Conjurers, and Magicians.w'hofc deteftable and horrid myftcriesare contained in thdr bo’okc called * Arba. * Tieqm phr^a tell-, damcnes emm ad'voc&ti praflo fant.^ fe^ exorcifmis conjuraticnibus qttafi cogipatiuntur.. ut miftruw magorum genus in impietate detineant. Or luch as arc commanded,as witchcsjthat deale ex parte implicit e, or explicit e, as the y King hath well defined; many fubdivilions there arc,and many fe- vnallfpccicsof Sorcerers, Witches, Inchanters, Charmers,&c.They have beene tolerated heretofore fome of them; and Magickc hath beene pub- likely profefl'cd in former times, in * Cracovia, and other places, though after cenfured by fcverall * Univerfiries, and now gene- ^‘ni'paine rally contradi(!^cd, though pra(ffifed byfomeffill, maintained and excu- fed, Tancjtiam res fecreta qtu non nift 'uirU magnis peculiari beneficio de TowacinPf- Coslo inflruClis commtinicatur {\ ufe * Boefart us his words) andfofarreap- j proved by fome Princes, Ft nihil aufi aggredi in politicisyn ftcris, in confi- varL, fee "fine /r/j, fine eorum arbitrio\ they confultitill with them, and uarc indeed doe F^umbardi. nothing without their advife. Bero and Heliogabalus(JMaxentius.^ and lull anus Apofiata^ wexe never fomuchaddided to Magickof old,asrome of our moderne Princes and Popes thcmfelvcs arc now adayes. Erricus King of .yW£»,h3dan^inchantcdCap, by vertuc of which, and fome Rvtmmpi-^ magicall murmur or whifpering termes he could command fpirits, trouble thcayre,and make the winde ftand which way hee would, infomuch that Zos%"eK^- when there was any great winde or ftorme,the common people were wont to fay, the King now had on his conjuring Cap. But iuch examples are '*^*‘**?*'««'» infinite. That whichjthey can doe, is as much almoft as the devill him- fclfe, who is ftill ready to fatisfie their defires, to oblige them the more un¬ to him.They can caufetempcfts,ftormcs, which is familiarly pradifed by Witches in iVcnrfjf, ]fiand,as I have proved. They can make friendsene- mics, and enemies friends, by philters; conctliare, enforce bEraOiu. ■ love, tellanyman where his friends are, about what employed, though in the moft remote places; and if they will,/^r/> fhect hearts to them h ^ I’^cke flying in the ayre. Sigifmund Shcretzim^ part, i. cap.9 defleCi. reports confidently, that he conferred with fundry fuch, that had been fo carried many milcs,and that he heard Witches themfelves con- bird Tied Mm. * Sterllesnnp- tdsetinhabiles, fefleas moch;hurt,and infed men and beafts,Vines, Come, Cattle, Plants, pa/Sb^lji. make Women abortive, not to conceive, * barren, men and women unapt nnd unable, married and unmarryed, fifty feverallwayes, faith //i.2. cap.7.. flic in the ayre, meet when and where they will, as Cicogna proves, tvibmpiffmm. and Lavat. de Jpeii.part. 2. cap. i y.fieale young children out of their cradles ^’•fAiiisfuppo- miniftcrio da:monum, and put deformed in their reontes, whichroe call change lings, fmh * Schereizim,part. i. cap.6. make men vidorious, fortunate, eJo- ' quent; and therefore in thofe ancient Monomachics and combats they were iearched of old,' they had no Magical charmes;they can makeJ flick frees, pdmLf^ct fuc h as fhall endure a Rapiers point. Musket fliot, and never be wounded •. ofwhlichrcOidemore'mBoiffardnscap.e. de cMagii, the manner of the ad- juration 7 >lature o/Veyils. T- Memb. i.Subr.3. Part. i.Sc£t.2, _ —[uration, and by whom’tis made, where anThowt^cc ufed ^ \iombm beHids, frdiis, dueRis, with many peculiar inftances and ex. amplesj they can walke in fiery furnaces,make m^en feele no paine on the cuvxt.cmg. Wncke^autalix^temrasfetttirei they can ftanch blood, ^reprefent dead •Boifikdus di drapes, alter andturnethemfelves and others intofcverallformes,at their pleafures. a famous Witch in would doe as much publikelv to all fpedators, Modo puftlla, mode amf, modopmera, at miercLmodovacca.^vu, coluber, &c. Now young, now old, high, low, hkeaCow, likeaBird, a Snake, and what notj Iheecould repreftnt too¬ thers what formes they moft defired to fee, fliew thein friends abfenr, re¬ veal e fecrets, maxim A omnium admirAtione, &c. And yet for all this fub- tilty of theirs, as Ljpfim well obferves, Pbyfiolog. Stoicor. lib, 1. cap 17 neither thefe Magicians nor devils themfelves, can take away Cold or Lct- tersoucofmine or Crajfus Cheft, & Clientele fuis largirt, for they are bafe, * 6b,i. poore, contemptible fcllowes moft part^as ^ Bodine notes,they can doc no- «P- 3 - thing in ludicum decreta autpeenas, tn regum Conctlta velarcapa, nihtl tnrern mimmariamaut tbefauros, they cannot give mony to their e^lierits, alter Jud- ges decrees, or Counccls of Kings, thefe cannot doe it, alftcres Genii hocfibiadfervarunt,tht higher powers referve thefe things tothem- fclvcs. Now and then peradventure there may be fome more famous Magi. f * Fide vhik. cians like Simon Magm, * Apollonius ry aneus, Pafetes, lamblicm, Odo de (Iratum vita ftcllis that for a time can build Caftles in the ayre, rej^efent armics,&c. as ^ they are faid to have done, comrnand wealth and treafure, feed rfio^fatids ■ * Nubiigatfes ^v^all variety ofmeatsuponjju^cn,protedl themfc VC . M.1C19. lowers from all Princes perfecutions,l)y removing from place to place in - aninftant, reveale fecrcts, future events, tell what is tries, make them appeare that dyed long miracles, to the worlds terrour, admiration and opinion o y - felves, yet the Devill forfakes them at laft, they come to wicked ends, and r4r^ aadmini\Ham fuch Impoftors are to be found. The fort can workc L.fuch feats. Buttomy purpofe, caufe moft difeafes to fuch as they love or hate, and this of o amongft the reft. Par^celju^Tom.c^Jemorbu amentmm,Tradi An^ 4, y,yords!i^xmcsi,CMul(ifafcinanturinmelancholiam, many are bewircnea into melancholy out of his experience. The fame, faith 3. Z‘froZT' defortiariis. Vid),inquit,qui ty^elancholicosmorbosgravipms Cohere, mtes: j hayg caufcd Melancholy in the moft grievous man- ner, dryeduprnmens Paps, cured Gout Palp-, this and inhtere euros. ficknefTey rvhich m Pkjficke could kelpe^folota^u^ by touch alone, u ;; / hGode/,»ams , - Cura Qi. gives an inftancc of onc X)4 'v/Wa young man, SCltCiZ ^ fvhich a Witch gave bin, be. |«>.conful,cdabo«taMclancholy man, thought Zifm et dm Ma^icall, and partly naturall, becaufc he vomited pceces of iron and lead, ^rhoi.q,m m- fuch Languages,as he had never beene taughtjbut fuch examples Hmuksd ,and oritets. The meanes by i Ttam i»* woike, areufually Charmes, Images,as that in Heeler ^eeilimi - ofKing ZiVschataaersftaWd offundry metals, dePafet. * De Cvim, Cadaver. f Eraftus. g eddolphus Scrihanm, g Virg ^y£md. 4. Incantutrlccin defcribcjts: Part. i.Sed. 2 . Caufes of Melancholy, Memb. i.Subf 4 ^ conftcliations,knots,amukts,words,Philters,&c.which geocraily make the 57 parties affcaed,melancholy; Monaviw difeourfethat large in an Epiftle of histo ftf/jJ/^jgiving inftance Bohemian Baron that was fo troubled, fe\m,ioci.a- by a philter taken. Not that there is any power at all in thofe fpelsjcharmes, km commune, charaaers,andbarbarou^wbrds; but that the Devill dothufe Wch meanes todeludethem. Ft fidelesinde mci^osi^saxh* Lihaniu^') in effteioreti-neat^tum ihoUcumepifi.,. in lenfmum malefaaorrn 'Voeet. ^ ^ . x , : • ^ I lf; > - m Apra rCgimi homines Yc^ J ^iitjlra DCfis. Sub sE CT. 4. Starres a caufe. Signesfrom Phyfsognomj/y LMetO' pofeopy, Chiromancy. it Chiromdib, qitantum ope-- _ us^ Erajlm^ Chambers^ cjrc. have fo farre P^'^vai- led with any man, that he will attribute no vertue at all to the Heavens,or to Sunne or Moone, more than hedothtotheir fignes ataninne-keeperspoft, mis. cujuime- or tradefmanslhop, or generally condemne all fuch Aftrologicall Apho- rifmes approved by experience: I referre him to BeUantius^ Pirevanniy^ia- tii, oem e!e- rajcallerZ, Goclenim, S'^ Chrifiopher Heidon, &c. If thou flialt askc me what I thinke, I muft zci{\vtr^nam^-doBishifceerroribmverfatuifum,thtY doc ' incline, but not compelljno neceflity at all: “* agetnt nojt cogunt :■ and fogent- •bio.ca^t^ ly incline, that a wife man may refift them; [apiens diminahhm afirii : they rule us, butGod rulesthem. All this(mee thinkes) '^loh. delndagine hath "epagiyaeb tx- comprized inbriefe, ^avU a me quantumin nobis operanturafira ? cVe, Wilt ceamijftmo thou know hewfarre the Starresworkeuponus ? I fay, they doe but incline^ and that fo gently, that if we nn/l be ruled by reafon,they have no power over m’, but quimritmirabi- ifwee follow our owne nature^and be led by fenfe^they doe as much in us^as in brute beajls^and tve are no better. So that, I hope, I may juftly conclude with ° Cajc- 11 tan, Calum is vehiculum dtvina virtutis, (frc. that the heaven is Gods inftru- q Medictuflne , ment, by mediation of which he governes and difpofeth thefe elementary bodies; or a great bookjwhofe letters are the Starres,fas one cals it)where- }mfciva-/t,ne in are written many ftrange things for fuch as can rCade, p or an excellent harpe, made bf an eminent workman, on which, he that can but play, will'make ^'fconlemio'^s mop admirablemuficke. But to the purpofe. cauaef: et ui. 1 Paracelftss is of opinion, that a Phyjitian without the knowledge tf Starres, can neither underfand the caufe or cure of any difeafe, either of this, or Gout, movet, inter., not fomuch as Tooth-ache-, except he fee the peculiar geniture and Scheme of dim omaibus the party ajfeCled. And for this proper malady, he will have the principall and primary caufe of it proceed from the Heaven, aferibing more to Starres d coeitpetoida ., then humors, ' and that the confellation alone many times, produceth rnelan- ep.Trder,Mbtt H T Canfe^ of MtUncholy. Memb. i. Sub 14, *’ 5 8 ail »tkcr caufesfit afatt. He gives inftance in' Liinatieke petfonSj that i ' axe d'^prived of their wits by the Moones motion; artdrtn^nother P’^cc, 1 ■■ V" '^' \ I. ^efttxes air tothcAfcendent,and will have the true and chi^ic caufe of ii to U "be fought from the Starfcs.Ncither is it his opinion only,but of many > ■ ■ w/jand Philofophers, though they not foftiEy and perenflptorily maintain ofMcUticholjrfjmpt^mcs^fiyocecds friw the Starresy laith f MdanBhon : The moft generous melancholy, as that. Qf jiavitrkths in * comes from the conjundfionof Saturae and lupitcr in Libra, : the bad,as that mkne'-oHi, I ratilines from the meeting of Saturnt and the CMosn in Scorpio, lovianas ^ Pontams\n\xs io.booke,anii3. Chap, derebus cMibus, difeourfeth to , % 'in 12 6 i this purpofe at largc.fv atra bile varii genermtar morbi, dre: ' f«any difeafes xEx’Z'biie blacke c/joler, as it jhall be hot t>r cold-, and though it be cold in vain generamr its oivno nature,yet it is apt to be heated,as water way be made to boyle^and burnt mi>,,i>emdeiit lad as fir e-,or made cold as Ice: and thence proceedfuch variety offymptomes, fmpSfn feme mad, fome foUtaryJowe laugh,fowe r 4 ^^c^x.The caufc of aU which in- ft habmrit, quit temperance, he will have chiefly and primarily proceed from the Heavens : f u frem thepofition of Mars,Satttrne, and LMercury>\{\% Aphorifmes bee thefe, ftt}amecii fuapie Mercury in any geniture,if he Jliall be found in Virgo or Ptjees his oppofite ftgne,, nmrafngidi that inthe Horofcope, irradiated by thofs quartile afpeBs of Saturne or fcatuUrZt CMars, the childe flmllbe madde or melancholy. He that jli all have Sa- ^ tori fit wdeat-, turneor Mars,fhe one culminatingithe other inthe ^,houJe,tphen ne fhal be bornOy fn fSmeZ melancholy, of which he fhall be cured m time,if Utter airy behold them. erc[cat,ctb 4 c if the tJMoonebe in con\unBton or oppofition at the birth time with the SunnCy vdmtM dilHn- Saturne or CMars, or in a quartile afpecl with themfe male cesliloco,Lcovitius fm,SlUc. ^ddes) many difeafes are ftgnified, ejfieciatly the Head and Bratne is like to bey u Hanc ad in- mi f affeBed with pernicious humours,to be melancholy, lunatick, or mad. Cardan uyrantkm addes4»4«4 luna «4iw,Eclipfes, Earth-quakes. Gar cans and Leovitius will fmiZl}.”: have the chiefe Judgement to bee taken from the Lord of the geniture,or d* ^ when thereis no afpcdl betwixt the Moone and Mercury, and neither behold ^Soumciaii. the Horofeopeym Saturne and CMars (hall be Lord of the precedent conjunai-j gmiu- on or oppofition in Sagittary or Pifies, of the Sunne or Moone, fuch perfons If are commonly Epilcpticke,dote, Dtemoniacall, Melancholy: but fee more ofthefe Aphorifmes in the above named Oarcaus cap.i^. de lud. ptim fardiiter genitur. Schoner.Ub. i.cap.B. which he hath gathered out of ^ Ptolomy,Albu'‘ 1 pumTi%ei hater,ZT\d fomcother Arabians, lunBine, B^nsiovim, Lindhout, Origan, &c, 5 □ ra«t'o/>«•- but thefe men you will rejedf peradventure, as Aftrologers, and therefore cujpiifueripm partiall Judges; Then heare the teftimony of Phyfitians, Galenip them- SS?" ■ felvcs.'^ Cr4ri» confefleth the infiuence of Starres to have a great hand to this peculiar difeafe,fo doth lafon Pratenfis, Lonicerusprafat.de Apoplextd, Fid. hcSrATdte- nus,Fernelius, &c. ' P. Cnemander acknowledgeth the Starres an univerfall rumimcAo, caufe,the particular from parents^and the ufe of the fix non-naturall things, turn miHcem Baptifta Port, mag.l. i .c. io,i i ,1 5 . will have them caufes to every particular SSVm' /W/W«».Inftances and examples,to evince the truth qf thefe Aphorifmes, quafiUkbUur,^ arecomon amongfl’ thofe Aftrologian Treatifes,C4r^4»in his ^y.geniture, g‘ves inftance in Math.Bolognius. Camerar.bor.natalit.centur.y. genit.6, (fr 7. ^ut Lk’/jatimy aut menucapm. a VtoIowatMcentiloquioyet qiiadripartito trilniitmmim mdancholitoTum fymptornatajyciaimm-- pmtiii. b Ant MecUca, acccdufit ad has caiifoi dffi^ioiUs fydci'fm* i^iurimnm incitant ttpxovocant cctlejies. V'dcurio iib.d{.aip, 15. c HildtjhtimJplceLz, demeL Part. i,Sed:. 2 . Caufes of Melancholy. Memb. i.! oiDaniel Care, Jind othciSjbuz i(.i:Gr£Cdm cap.^^.LtfC.GauricM Tyac?.6. P5 Y if c.The time of this melancholy is, when the fignificators of any ' geniture arc dircded according to Art,asihe Hor.'Moon.Hylcch, &c.to the hoftilebeamesor tcrmcsof T? and ^ cfpecially, orany fijtcd Starrcof their v V nature, or if ? by his revolution,or tranJhffs^driW offend any of thofc radicall promifTors in the geniture. / Other fighes there arc taken from Phyfiognomy, Mefopofeopy, Chiro¬ mancy, which becaufc loh.de Indagint,iM\d Roimauihs Landgrave of hisMathematiciaii,not long finceinhis Chiromancy; BaptJjla Portainhis . celeftiall Phyfiognomy, have proved to hold great aiHnity with AftroIogy, to fatisfie the curious, I am the more willing to infert. The generall notionsPhyfiognoraers give, be thefe; Black colour, argues H J.b.deindai. n.iturallmelancholy, fo dothleanneifeyhirjuttneffe, broad veinesymuch haire on lhebro\ves,{mh,e Gratanarolas cap. 7. and a little Head, out of i^r/Jlotle, ‘ccapf/tpanura high fanguine, red colour fliewes head mclancholyjtbey that flutter and arc qifihaUnt, ceie- baid,will be fooneft melancholy,f as Aricema fuppofeth) by reafon of the. dryneffcof theirbraincsjbuc heihat will know more ofthe feverall fignsof gitfios,%iiek- humours a ndwits out of Phyfiognomy,Iet him corifulr with old Adamantus ‘■^dununut- and Polemus, that comment, or rather paraphrafe upon Ariptles Phyfiog- ‘bkuKdUfy;^. • nomy, foure pleafantbookes, (JMiihaelScot defeentis tutu- idem Momaitta rAylohn de Indagme,'~Jiiontalitis.^ <^ntony Zara, anat. ingeniorurn. fe&. i. ^ memb.'i'^-. (X Itb.^. {Satumnai Chiromancy hath thefc Aphorifmes to foretell melancholy. lib. Rafeataper S‘Cap.2. who hath comprehended the iumentoi lehndc Indagine: Tricaffus, Certtinm^znd others,in his booke, thus \\zx\\\l-,The Saturnine line goingfrom ad radium mot' the Rafcetta through the hand, toSaturnes mount, and there interfeCied by cer- ^ taint little lines, argues melancholy ifo if the 'W(?;;rfre»w/ part imketudi- ■ melancholy, mifer able,and fad of di[quiet nefe,care andtrouble,continually vex- ed with anxiem and bitter thoughts,alivay forrowfnlLfearefull.fulpitious ; they rifunt,axiea^i' delight inhnsbatpy,buildings,pooles,Marjhespings,woods,waikcs,^c.Thad- dans Haggtfitis in his CMetopolcopia,\\zt\i ceitainc Aphorifmes derived from fu\odbm,Rm- .Sa///r«fjlincsin theforc-hcad, by which he colleds a melancholy difpofi- peruijlesypp tion; and Baptifia Porta makes obfervationsfrom thofc other parts ofthe c$'ta 7 snes' body, as if a fpot be over the fplcenc; > or in the nailes, if it appear c blackc, it ftmty TtUtc^u ^gnifcih much care,griefe,contention,and Melancholy ;The realon he referres 1 '^ to the humours,and gives inftance inhim{clfe,that for fevcnycares fpacc hee had futh blackc fpots in his nailes,and all that while was in pcrpetiiall Law- fures,confroverfics for his inheritance, fcare, lofle of honour, banifhmcnt, griefc,carCj&c. and when Jiis miferies ended, the black fpots vanifhed. Car- dan in his booke dchbris prepnis, cels fuch a dory of his owne perfon that a little before his fonnes death,hc had a black fpot,which appeared in one 0/ 'SSfmi- his nailes.; and eclated it fclfc as bee came nearer to his end. But I am over tedious in thtfctoycs,which howfoever,in Tome mens too fevere cenfures, tlkmU'S' they may be held abfurd and ridiculous, I am the bolder to infert,as not bor- ^ H 2 rowed r rowed from circumlorancan Kogucs a,,o , „|i5ou5 worthy Philorophers,and Phyfir.ans,yct ''™|^ ProfeUbrsin famous Univcrfitics, who are able to patronize thatwhicn They h^rSd^nd themfclves from all avrlkrs and rgnorarrt perfons. Sub SECT. 5* old age a caufe. hLih.i.Vath. wp.ii. c Venn mm propoM waHs znopindfineclus €t dolor atatem juffhineffemea aoethmmcL i* dc d caf de himo- ym. e Neceffirim uccidens decre~> ptis^etinfepm- bUe. ^rfa.po.io. f M^teran, hclg. hill Mb. I. g Sunt morofh anxii, etimuyn di^etdifficUes finesj fi qiiari-* mus^etiam avari Tull, defence ilfztc. \^Lib.^.de Iko. Senes uvttr ri.moYofi^ ja6fa- bimdiiphilautiy deliv , fnperfti- tiofijufpitiofh See. Lib.'^ .de La- mis^ eapAj.et i8. Ecundsry, peculiar caufcsefficicntj fo called, in re-* fpea of the other precedent, are cither congenita, interna, innata, as they terme them, Inward, innate, and inbred 5 or cUc outward andadvcntitious,which happen to usaftcr we arc borne: congenite or borne with us, are either natural!, as old age, ox prater na. uiram (as ^ rernelmc^X^ it) that diftesQ^rature, which we have from out Paients feed, it oisir^ an -hereditary difeafe. The firft ofthefe, which turalltoall, and which no roan l,vingcanavoid,isuer) and arc not able to thar ^ “^vs, through common infirmities incident in their age; full of ache forrovv andgriefe. Children againe, dizards, they L.arle many times as they fit, andwlke to themfelves, they are angry, wafpiOi, with every thing, fafhitious of all, tvayrvard,covetous,hard, (faith Tully) felfe-m led fitter Jlitious, felfe^ conceited, hr aggers and admirers of themfelves, as s BalthafarCa- ftalio hath truelynoted ofthem. This naturall infirmity is moft eminent in old women,and fuch as are poore,folitary ,live in moft bafe efteem and beg- gery or fuch as are Wirches;Infomuch i'o^i merifs,Bapttjla Porta, f Incas MoUtor,Edmcus ,doe referre all that Witches are faid to doe,to Imagination alone,and this humour of melancholy. And whereas it ‘scontroverted,w te¬ ther they can bewitch Cattle to death, ride in the Ayre upon a Coulftaffe out of a Chimney- top,transformethemfelves into Cys,Dogs,&c. trjnflate bodies from place to place, meet in companies, and dance, as they doe, or ^ait.i.Se 6 l 2 . Caufci of Melancholy • Memb. i.Subf.( 5 . ncLr.cho y, « t^ ,;]5 policy. Non Udant ommno {h\ihWier»f) ant qmd p„iSic. jirguk rail caufes, the IXMisp y \ ..t ■hutatur.folam vitiatam habent tnfimium.Sic. fad ,t ondy iir ■ Braines are era- | ,,a. ZZi«c, SMin, SchHion l^ichclii, c«fa. pinion * n-^W/MH^thcrTe^uiteJ/^.2. - cmptcximi,et . Ifl. there Vaith^ltoger Bacon) min needs he corrupt, andfcihecorrnfttonis derived from the father to / e^ ormd,m/a (oLe Now this doth not fo much appeare in tnc compofition of the Bo- /« cmimpum.. dy, accordirg to that of Hippocrates, hn habit, proportion, fcarres, and other lineaments', but in manners and conditions of the Minde: s.;u... .j Moo Et. patrnm in natos abeunt cum feminc mores. Seleucus had an anchor on his th)gh,fo had his pofterity,ab. repr ^ hb.i 5. Lepidus in Pliny lib.7.cap. 17 . was putMinde, fo was his lonne. That famous family of wereknowne of old, and fo furnamed fiom their red beards, the Juftrian lip, and thole Indians flat nofes are propaga¬ ted, the Bavarian chinne, and gogglecyes amongft the lemes, as ' fins obfetves^ their voyce, pace, gefture, lookes,is likewife derived wit^h all the reft oftheir conditions and infirmities^ liich a mother, fuch a daughter; f heir vtrv u affedtions Lemnius contends to follow their feed,andthe malice and had condimnsofclMrtn arc many limes M, to be tmfuud to their parents-, Ineed not therefore makeany doubt of Melancholy, but that it is an ne- occuitjut.miiii:. ‘ ^ u - rcditary tvatinr coi'y uptio '1 pa* tribui ad {Non tam {ivt quit Bippocra-* tes) gbboset cicairiccsmi • et corporis IjOy hit urn agnofeis ex iisy feetze* rum ince([um gepiiSynjoresy morhoSyScc, i Synagog yud. u rffeSlus pa- remum in fetus tranfeunty et pu* tmum molicia H5 / Part. i.Scdt. i. Catifes of Melancholy. Memb, i .Siibf^. 62 reditary oircalV. x Paracelfm in cxpicflc words affirnics it lih.de morb.Amcn- ^Pidtor/'^fb)- 4. 7 >. I. fo doi[\y Cr At 0 in an Epiflle of his to (JMe/taviu-s. So lioylbftiof^ex’ Scidelim in his booke de worho incur ah. free from riot, & eeipotmjam free from difeafesj to qualifie and make us as thofe poore naked Indians are generally at this dayj and thofe about Brafile{tis a late <= Writer obferves ) in tfsMj i’10,140. the Iflcof Maragnan, free from all hereditary difeafes, or other contagion, lacrnffiS-' without helpe of Phyfi eke .'they live commonly 120 yeares or £i>et.hiu!i deitt- 3s in the Orchadcs d-cid many other places. Such are the common fuiuqrcbad.et cffcdfs of temperance, and intemperance; but I will defeend to particulars, cTelTsm- mcanes, and by whom efpecially this infirmity is derived dk. unto us. Filii Filn ex fenihus natt, raroftnt frm temferamenti, old mens children are 6 ^ lildomcot a good temperamenc, as Scohuni fiippofeth, cenfult. 177, and therefore moLpt to this difeafej and as i Lcvjtm Lemmtu fart^her addes, old men bcoctmoft part wayward, pecvilh, iad, melancholy lonncs, and rancor fiuun^ fcldomemeTry.HetbatbegeisachUdeonafallft^^ ficke childe or a crazed fonnc(asg thinkcs) cotJtradicl.medMb. i iv/iAitl 18'or if the oarents be ficke, or have any great paine 01 the head, hiiamot. as megrim, headache, iHierommm V/olfius doth inftance in a childe of Seba- //v4»C4/?< «<toccn\ML mr. Pica morbid Viulkrum. t-Baptipa porti loco prad, Ex Icpoi'umm- 6^ fubfcribestothac of CArdan^ and afligncs this leafon, J^fod ferplvant de- hhum Uttguide, ebfcitanter, unde fatm a farehtumgenerejitatedefciftt: they pay their debt (as PahI cals it) to their wives remilTely, by which meanes their Children are weaklings, and many times idcots and fooles. Some other caufes are given, which properly pertaineto, and proceed from the mother: If fhee be over-dull,heavy,angry,pecvifh, difcontented, and melancholy, not onely at the time of conception, but even all the while file carries the childe in her wombe( faith Ferneiius pathjih.i.ii,)\\tx fonne will be fo likewifeaffe6led,and wdrfe, as ^ Lemnitis addes, lih. 4. ca^.y. if fheegrieve overmuch,be difquieted, or by anycafualty be affrighted and terrified by fomc fearefull object, heard or feene^fhe endangers her childe, and fpoyles the temperature of itj for the ftrange imagination of a woman, workes cffedually upon her infant,that as Bapttjla Porta proves Phyftog.cale. ^amfcdimibV lih.‘y .cap.i. fhe leaves a marke upon it, which is moftefpecially fcenc in fddfufeZre as prodigioufly long for fuch and fuch meates,the child will love thofe labeiio. meates, faith and bee addiiffed to like humours If a great-bellied Hare, her Childe will often have an Harelip, as we call it. Gar- fmm, pttonffTe cceus de Judiciugeniturarum cap. 33. hath a rhemorable example of one vitam madebit Thomof NickellhoxTiQ in the City of Brandeburge,i’)‘y\.'^ that went reeling vjdaebriiim‘^ ftdggering aU the dayes of his life., as if he would fall to the ground^ becanfe his mother being great with childe faw a drunken man reeling in the jlreet. Such an other I finde in fJiiartinWenrichius com: de ortu monflrorum crf/.iy. IfawCfaithhee) at Wittenberge in Germany., a Citizen that loo- xit cic ^ karkaffe; I asked him the caufe , hee replyed. His xJMother when Oftimim be- bim in her wombe, faw a earkaffe by chance.,and was fo fore affrigh- wnafei, ted with it, that„ ex eo foetus ei alfimilatus, fkom a ghafily imprefion the child ^xdctmuiL bike it. fir* bene ttafei. So many fcverall wayes are we plagued and punifhed for our fathers de- muchthatas F ernelius ixvicXy faith, xt it is the greatejl part of our ^eficott^- flicitie to be well borne,andit werehappy for humane kinde^ if onely fuch pa- turn vidcretur, rents as are found of body and minde, ftould beJujfered to marry. An husband- choifeft Iced upon his land, hee will not , Jm, i'd)em»pe- rearea Bull or an Horfe, except he be right (hapen in all parts, or permit j ramdarem. him to cover a Mare,except he be well affured of his breedj we make choice 1 Rammes for our fhcepe, rcare the neateft Kine, and keep the beft veeaiL jsohe- Quanto id diligentius in procrcandis liber is obfervandum ? And how np^'iacom fhould wee bee in begetting of our children •: In former times ! eim.Lypfifs^ fome y Countries have bcene fo chary in this behalfe,fo fterne,that if a child tpifi.is.ccnt. were crooked or deformed in body or mind,they made him away jfo did the | Indians old by the relation of and many other well governed qiiosai^qtd commonwealths, according to the difeipline of thofe times. Heretofore in j membmumpir- Scotland- {iwkf^HeB: Boethius,if am were viCttedwith the falling fickne(fe.j- teimtdu mta.- j rr i r r it ^ irr i t i.i n. * , yemi,neca.n ^^oanefje,gout,leprolte.,or anyJuch dangerous a;jeafe, which was likely to bez-a I jubem. propagated from the father tothe fonne., he was infant ly gelded', a woman kept ? company of men', and if by chance having fome fuch dfeafe, jhee were rum mnhui. Morbotomii fi,dcmmiafmmAjitpra^^c,aut fimlt labe^qiite facile in polem tranfmittitui'^ laborantes inter cos ^ ingentifafia indagincin-- zentos^ne gens fsda contagione Uderetury^cx ns mtaycapaveruntfmuhms hujufmediprocnla viromrn confortio ablcgarunt^quodfba^ imaliqiuicompif^tnvcnicbatur^Jimfd emfstu, nonc{ur/icdito^d:fodkbmrviva. found bominemficin- tedentem vidt- rat, * Civem facie cadaveroft^qui idixit^Scc- X > art I .Se( 5 t 2. •/ c^\^y _ Membj2.SubDi. 0 to be with child jhe with her breed were buried altve .• and this was done 'or the common good,left the wholcNation ihould be injured or corrupted. \feveredoomcyouwillfay,and;nottobe Ufed amopgft Chnftians, yet nore to be looked into than it is. FoY now by our too much facility m this kinde, in giving way for all to marry that will, too much liberty and indul- 'ence id tolerating all forts, there isa vaft confufion of hereditary difeafes, So family rccure,no ri^an almoft free from fome grievous infirmity or other when nochoice is had,but ftill the cldeft muft marry, asfo many ftallions of the race!or if rich,be they fooles or dizzards, lame or maimed unable, in- tcmperatc,di{rolute,exhauil through riot, as he faid, * jure h^redftanojapere iubentur j they muft be wife and able by inheritance s it comes to paffc that our generation is corrupt, we have many weak pcrfpns both in body and mind,many ferall difeafes raging amongftus,crafed families, farerites, per- empteres iOwx fathers bad .and we are like to be worfe. a Eupbtmio Satf. Memb. 2. Sub SECT. i. Bad diet acaufe, Subjlance, \^ality ef meats* Ccordingto my propofed method, having opened hi¬ therto thcfefetjundarycaofes, which are inbred with us 51 muft now proceed to the butward and adventi¬ tious, which happen unto us after we are borne. And thofe arc cither Eviden?:, Remote ^^rinward. Antece¬ dent, and the neapeft Continentrcaufes fome call them. Thefe outward, remote, precedent caufes arc _fubdi3ddcdagainc, into%c«jf4/y,and«<’^ 4;e(fafy(bcc3i\i(c we cannot avoid thcm,bi«: tfify Will alter us,a$ they are ufc ^ or abufed ) are thofe fix non-naturall things, fo much' fpoken of amongft Phyfitians,which are principal caufes of. this difeafe. For almoft in every confultatiorijvvberas they (hall come to fpcajc of the caufes^the fault is found, and this moftpartobjeaed to the ipmcni-^peccavit circa ra fex mn naiurales:^ he hath ftill offended in one of thofe {xx.Mmtanta ^'^ Memb; 2 i;S«(bl.'iy. ter And fupnAnceeftheWy forneit'her ajre, norpekurbations^ mr any fif thifi- other enidint eaufit ia'ke yVAce ',^ 6'9 Work this t^e&, except the conftimtion' of bo* ■ dy^And preparauhnof 'himouts do concurred. 7hat a man md^ fay, this Diet is the tnoiherof dtfea^s'Tietthe fathvr be vohalhe Wilf andfromthis alone'Mel'An. eholyyandfreqtunt\)ihermaladies arife. Many Phyfitian^fj I confeflfe, have wiicteh Copious vc>luihes of this one fubjcd^ofthc nature and qualities'of all manner of yGalenJfaac the lew yHaly abbas ^ Avicenna'Mefue alCo:hur'e !Ar 4 bians‘\'’Gerdonifss^ ViUanovanw, Wecker Johannes Bruetihus Jt- tologsade Efeulehtb dr Poculentis, cMichaelSavanarola^TraCl.i.c.S. A’dthony ,1 F.nmahedsesflib. de rtglrnineJenum^Curio in his Comment on Schola Salerna, Godefridxs Stekins ArH med. Marftlius cognatus^ Ficinus, Kanziovim, Fonfe- ca, Lef tieS^iJi 4 agmnW,regm.[amtatis,FrietagiusjHttgo Fridevallifts^drc.bG* a cog«n,Eiitt, fidcsmahy other in ■lEngliih, and almoft every peculiar Phyfitian, difeour- Vaithan. Fcner. J^)] peculiar iTieats in his Chapter of MelanchoIy:yet becauJfc thefe books are not at hand to every man, I will briefly touch what kind of meats ingender this humour,through their feverall fpccies,and which areto be avoided. How they alter and change the matter,fpirits firft,and after hu¬ mours, by which we arc prefcrved,and the conftitution of our body, Feme- lius and others will fliew you. I haften to the thing it fclfe: And firft of fuch Diet as offends in fubftance. Beefc. Beefe,a ftrong and'heiirty meaf (cold in the firft degree, dry in the fecond, faith Galen,lib.i.cap.x.de aim.fac.)\i condemned by him, and all fucceeding Authons,t;o breed grbfle melancholy■blood:Good for fuch as are fouad,aa(i ofaftiT)ng conftituc(d>'fy,fot'l'about1hg men,ifOrdered aright, corned,jiloung,' ofan0}te (iof all gelded metsin every fpecies are hcldbeft)orifoId».« fiich -T>i 0 . as hive been tifed out ^with laboaf^are preferred, ubansts and SabeSicsis •VViuM ^<^tn.mmdF$rtingitili^Fk to be^themoft favory, beft, andeafieft rA ftion jtve commend oufs'rbdt all is reje(fted,and unfit for fuch as lead Iife,any\vayesinclined>to Melancholy,or dry of complexion: • vwf'-i thkiksyvsS.yOi^if/tf melancholic is agrkudintbus capiuntur. povke. •\v . ’ • Prriff/^all meats h'moft nutritive in his ownc nature,but altogether unfit' jptc. fuchaS liveat eafejare any wayes unfound of Body or mind: Toomolft, full ofhurftours, andfthereforc mxia delicatis^ faith Savanarola^ ex eariimdfit Goat. ■ - '^dubitetar.^an febriscfuartanageneretur: naught for queafieftomacksjlh fb {xeniiHdatiir rou'ch,that frequent ulc Of it may breed a quartan ague. quia rneMcht^-^ Savamrola difeomtfiendsGoats flcfli,and fo doth f Bruerinus., lib. 15, cap. '^'7 ip-callifigdt a filthy bealft,and rammilh, & therefore fuppofeth it will breed Hatt. rank and filthy fubftante.'yct Kid,fuch as arc young,& tender, Jfaac accepts, gos^ aiit BrucrmHsind Galentib'.T.cap.i.dealimentorumfacttltatibm. Hart,andRed Deere%hath an eviliiiamedt yeeldsgrojfe natriment i d: 1 irong' fiffimumet Mn* and greatgrainedmeit',next untoa Horfe. Which although forac countries diZ^Jommum Tartars., and they oi China t yet ^ Galen condemnes. Young Foalcs hLibdefubth. are as commonly catei^io 35 red Dccrc, and to furnilh their Navies,' HffAieta-Equma dkiOnt Malaga e(p>ec\a\\y^ often ufed j but fuch rheats askc long baking, or , fecthing,to qualifie them, and yet all will not ferve. tft homimbu6 et All Femfori is melancholy,and begets bad blood ;a pleafanf meat:in great Fai-v ^ftt^ftnc witfi US, (for wchavc more Parkes in England, than there are^in all low Deere. £«r r ‘ Conies are of the nature of Hares, t^iagninus compares them to Beete, Pig, and Goat, Reg. fanii. fart.cap. 17. yet young Rabbets by all men are approved to be good. Generally,all fuch meats asarehard of DigeftIon,breed melancholy,/Tre- tew //^.7.c.i/>. 5. reckons up heads and feet, ^ bovvcls,brains,entrals,marrow, fat,blood,skinnes,and thofe inward parts,as Heart,lungs,livcr,rplecn, &c. They arerejciffcd by ifaac.li^.z.part,Magninu-spart '^.cap.i'j, Rrutrintts lib.iz. Sa'vanardlaRub.i 2 .TraH. 2 . r /-« j e Milke,and all that comes of milke,as Butter and Cheefe, Curds,&c. in- creafe melancholy (Whey only cxceptcd,which is moft wholfome:) * Tome except Afl'cs milk. The reft, to fuch as are found,is nutritive and good, efpe- cially for yong children,butbecaufe foone turned to corruption, "> not good for thofe that have unclean ftomacksjare fubjedto head-ach, or have green wounds,Stone,&c.OfallCheefes,l take that kind which we call Cheefe to be the beft,fx vetujlis pepmm^tbt older,ftronger,and harder, the worfl',as Langius difeourfeth in his Epiftle to Melan^hen^etted by M,i\aldtcs, jjaacpartGalen lib.^.de cibU boni fucci^^c. Amongft Fowle, “ Peacocks and Pigeons,all fenny Eowleare forbidden, as Ducks,Gecfe,Swanncs,Hearnes,Cranes,Coots,Didappers, Waterhens, with all thofe Tealcs,Curres,Sheldrakcs,and peckled Fowls, that come hi¬ ther in winter out of Scandiayf^iufcovy,Greenland,Friejland^ which half the yeare are covered all over with fnow, and frozen up. Though thefe bee faire in fcathers,pleafant in taftc,and have a good out- fide, like Hypocrites, white in plumes,and foft,their flcfh is hard,black, unwholfome,dangerous, melancholy meat 5 gravant ^ putrefaciant Jlomachum, faith ifaac part 5. p •vol. theiryoung ones arc more tolerable j but young Pigeons he quite dif- proves. Rbafis^and ° tSAagninm difeommend all fifli, and fay they breed Vifeofi- iies, flimy nutriment, little and humorous nourifhmcnt. Sa^vanarolazddes cold: mGift,and phlegmatick,//44f.- and therefore unwholfomc for all cold and melancholy complexions. Others make a difference, rejcwling oncly amongft frcfli water fifh, Eecle,Tcnch, Lampray, Crawfifh (which Bright approvcs,C4|/>.<5.) and fuch as are bred in muddy and ftanding waters, and have a taftc of mud, as Franeijeus Bonfuetus poetically defines,//^, de aquatfa iibus. Ham pi fees e>nnes, qui jlagnajacufq^frequentant, Se?nperplus facet deterioris habent. All fifh, that ftanding poolcs and lakes frequent. Doe ever yeeld bad juyee and nourifhmcnt. 12 ^ Lampreys 67 Hare. Conies. Varilm nbpau d mtura Leporm, BrumnuA 4 ij. cd. z^.puUorum tcncra et optir/u. k Ittatiddhilis fncci ndufem provicam* Milkc. 1 FifoMomar. m CurioJrktd^ part,i.cap.\j, Merciirialh de affcClJib.i.cap, lo.excepts all milke njeats in HypoconJria- call Melancho¬ ly. ' ' Fowle. taxJhcor.p.z. IfdAc.UruerUL Fiaies. ocap.i^^p^-t^ Part.i.Sc(5t.2. 68 p Omi /ocd et Omni tempore media dcteflnn- turanguilljn pruspunjial.highly magnifics,anci faith, none fpeak againft them but tnepti and fcrttpulofi^ fome fcrupulous per- ^ fonsj hui^Eclescaf^ he dbhoTTCth dll fUces, at all titles rhyfitians dc^ tefi them, ef^ecially about the Solfiice. Gomejltts lib, i.cap.n. de fale doth im¬ moderately extoll Sea-fifli, which others as much vilifie, and above the reft, dryed, fowced, indurate fi(h, as Ling, Fumados, Red-herrings. Sprats, Stock-ft(h,Haberdine,Poore-John,allSchell-fifli. is pxiuted zt Borne infol. 15 54 ’ with i moft elegant piCiures, efteems Carp no better than a flimy watery meat./*, j lovius on the other fide,difallowing Tench, approves of itj fo doth Dubra- njius in his bookes of Fifli-ponds.f r extols it for an excellent whol- fbmemeat,and puts itamongfl the Fifliesof the beft rankjand fo do moft of our Countrey Gentlemen,that ftore their Ponds almofl with no other Fifh. But this controverfie is eafily decided,in my judgmcnt,by Brtierinus lib.zi. cap. 13. The difference rifeth from the fiteand nature of Pools,<'fometimes muddy,fometimes fweet,*they are in tafte as the place is from whence they betaken. In like manner almoft we may conclude ofotherfrcfh-fifh.But fee more in Rondoletius., Bellonius^ Oribafiusdib.'j.cap.ti. ifaac. lib. i. cfpecially - Hippolitus Salviams, who is infiar omniumfolus^dfc. Howfoever they may be wholfomcand approved,muchufeofthemisnotgood5 P.Forepus inhis Medicinallobfervations, 'relatesthat Carthufian Fryers, whofe living is moft part fi(h,are more fubje6tto melancholy than any other order,and that hec found by experience,being fometimes their Phyfitian ordinary at Delph in Holland. He exemplifies it with an inftance of one Sujeodnefe a Carthufian of a ruddy colour, and well liking,that by folitary living and filh-eating be¬ came fo mifaffeded. Amongft hearbs to be eaten,I finde Gourds,Cowcumbers, Coleworfs, Mellons difallowed, but cfpecially Cabbage. It caufeth troublefomc dreames,and fends upblacke vapours to the braine. Galen, loc. afi'eSi.lib.^. cap.6.oCz\\ hearbs condemnes Cabbage; and ifaac lib.t. cap. i.animagra. vitatemfacit, it brings heavineffe to the foule. Some arc of opinion,that all raw hearbs and Sailers breed melancholy blood, except Buglofleand Let- tice. Cratoconftl.zi. //^.2.fpeakes againft all hearbs and worts,except Bor- ragCjBugloflc, Fennell, Parfly, Dill, bawmc, Succory. fanitatis ^.part. cap. ^x.omnes herba fimplicitermaU, via cibi. All hearbs are Amply evill to feed on (as he thinkes:) So did that fcoffing Cooke in « Plau¬ tus hold, __ .Non ego ccenam condio ut alii cequi folent, ^imihiconditapratainpatinisproferunt, Boves qui covivas faciunt,herbaf ^ agger unt. Like other Cookes I doc not fupper dreffe. That put whole Meddowes into a platter. And make no better of their Gnefts than Beeves, With hcarbs and gratfe to feed them fatter. • Om Italianszndi Spaniards doc 3. whole dinner of hearbs and fal- IctsCvvhich our faid Plautm cals ccenas Terrejlrts, Herace^canas[me fangnine) by which meancs,as he followes ir, * Hie homines tam hrevem vitam colunt- -- % Planm ibil her has hujufmodi in alvum [mm conge runt, Formidolofum diHi^, non efu mod'o, ^ts herbas pecttdes non edunt^ homines edunt. - Their lives that eate fuch hearbs, muft needs be fliort, , And’tis a fearcfull thing foe to report, ' That men (hould feed on fuch a kinde ofmeate. Which very juments would refufc to eate. y They are windie,and not fit therefore to be eaten of all men r<.w,though us zaitiudoii qualificdwithoyle.butinbrothcsorothcrwife. Sec more of chefe in every ?Husbandinan and HctbaliH. Rootes,£> CMagninus is of Crates opinion ' They m up4.de ^.em trouble the mindejendtnggrofefumes tethebraine.makemenmad, cfpecially Garlicke, Onyons,if a man liberally feed on them a yeare together. Guiane- Hor/o c. rim TraB. I’^.cap.z, complamcs ofall manner of Roots,and fo doth Brneri- Herba- even Parfnips themfelvcs,whichare thebeft,//^.9.r4/>.i4.p'*7^/»4^'4r«w Roote*. ffCtts fuccos^i^nit improbos, Crato conjtl.zidib.i, utterly forbidsall manner icap.i-^.pM.'^ offruits,as Peates,Applcs,Plumms, Cherries,Strawberties,Nuts,Mcdlers Serves nSVillATSOVdyitis^xxity infcxt the blcx)d3and ^ inieiie^iipm putrifie {i,Magninus holds,and muftnot therefore be uVen,viafibi,aut quan- titatemagna, not to makeameale of, or in any great quantity. Car dart makes that a caufc of their Gontinuall ficknefTe at Fejfa in Africkybecaufe quit rngma.y they live fomuchonfruits.eatingthem thriceaday, Laurentius approves of many fruits, in his Tra(!i of Melancholy,which others difallow, & amongft conumu come- the reft Apples,which fome likewife commcnd,Swectings, Pairmains,Pip- dot mmfiimm pins,as good againft Melancholy 5 But to him that is any way inclined to, or touched with this malady,' Nicholas Fife in his Praifticks,forbids all fruits, la^robi fncci as windy,or to be fparingly eaten at lead, and not raw. Amongft other fruits ^ * Bruerinus out of Galen y excepts Grapes and Figges, but I findc them like- y-,nat. wifereieded. All Pulfearcnaught,Beanes,Peacc,Fitches,&c.They fill the inFefMj, Braine (faith ifaac) with groffc fumes, breed black thicke blood,and caufc troublefome dreams. And therfore that which Pythagoras faid to his Schol- dam ter indie. lets ofold, may be for ever applyed to Melancholy men, a fabis abfiineu, Eate no Peafe, nor Beanes; yet to fuch as will needs eate them,I would give this counfell to prepare them according to thofe rules xhzt^rnoldus ViU lanovanus,3t\d Frietagius prefcribe,for eating and drclfing Fruits, FIcarbs, Roots, Pulfe, &c. ^ . 15 Spices Part, i .Sed. z. Caufes of Melancholy, Mcmb. 2. S ubf. i. 70 Spices caufe hotand head melancholy, and are for that caufc fbrbid- Spiccs. den by our Phyfitians,to fuch men as are inclined to this melady,as Pepper, fxccSIrtony. Ginger,Cinnamon,Cloves,Mace,Dates,&c.Honey and Sugar, s Some ex- h Hor. apud cept Hony,tothofe that are cold it may be tolerable,but Dulcia[ein bjlem obftrudlive, Grato therefore forbids all Spice,in a conl'ulta- ‘ tion of his,for a Melancholy Sehoolemafter, OmniaaromaticA, quicqttid fanguinemaditrit .-fodoth Fernelimconfil.Af'^.CmaneriiisMer~ r/4»Pricftsabftalned from Salt,even fo much as in their bread,*/ fineperturbatione anima ejfet, faith mine Author, that their foules f^femedas f ^ec from perturbations.. Bread that is made of bafer graine,as Pcafe, Beans,Oates,Rye, or over r(ir»,qida gigmt had baked, cruftie and black, is often fpoken againft, as cauAng melancholy schoi. jyyj-g winde. loh. ijiiaior in the fii ft book of his hiftory of Scotland^con- tends much for the wholfomcneffe of v])atcn Bread; It was objected to him then living at Varis in France.^ that his Countrey-men fed on Oares and bafe' graine,asa difgrace;but he doth ingenuoufly confcfte, Scotland, (Vales^and a third part of England, did moft parr ufc that kinde of Bread, thaf it was as wholfbmeas any graine,and ycelded as good nourifhment. And yet Weeker out of G4//«,cals it horfe meat, and Atter for jumenrs, than men to feed on. But read (74/(;» himfelfei. decibisboni & maUfucci, more largely dif- Wino. . courAngof Come and Bread. All black Wines, over hot3Compouhd,ftrong thick drinkes,asMufcadine, MalmAe, Allegant, Rumny, Brownebaftard, Metheglcn,andthe like, of which they have 30 feverall kindes in all fuch made drinkes are hurtf ull in this cafe, to fuch as arc hot,or of a fanguine cholerick complexi¬ on, young, or inclined to head melancholy For many times the drinking of wine alone caufeth it. .^rculanus cap. 1 6. in g.Rhafis, puts in • Wine for a great caufe,efpecially if it be immoderately ufed. Cuianerius Tradi.i'i.cap.i, tels a ftory of two Dutchmen,to whom he gave entertainment in his houfe, that^ in one ntonthec fjiacexvere both melancholy bj drinking ofipine, one did naught but Ang, the other Agh. Galen.lib. de caufis morb.cap, 3. tMatthioluc on Diofeorides,and aboveall other Andreas Bachiits lib.^.c. 18,19,20. have reckoned up thofe inconveniences that come by Wine. Yet notwithftanding all thiSjto fuch as are cold, or fluggifh melancholy, a cup of Wine is good PhyAck, and fo doth ii/erc«r/4/» grant,ctf»y?/.2 5.in that cafe, if the tempe¬ rature be cold,as to moft melancholy men it is. Wine is much commended, ifit be moderately ufed. Cider and Perry are both cold and windy drinkes, and for that caufe to bee negleded, and fo are all thofe hot fpiced ftrong drinkes. Beere^ ifit be over-new or over-ftale, over-ftrong, or notfod,fmcll of the caskc,fharpe or fowre,is moft unwholfomc, frets and gaules, &r. Fenrictts Ayrerus in a*confultationofhis, for one that laboured of Bypocendriacall melancholy i Vinm turbh dm* kKx zm pa- tCTitis bibitme) duo Altmaw in uno menfe me-- lancholkifa6li fwit. CidcraPeriy. Becre. 1 Hildijheim ^kdfoLzy^. o Crafpm genC^ ^atfangninem. PanLi.Scad. ”■ i(£eloBMP«\ Metnb.2.Subr. I, ' Qerntan^, Hamburg) Lyp- hk- Dum bibitur;ntl.cUrifts eft dttm mingitur, unde *' conftant^quodmulta^fieccsiniorforelinqmt, HothingComcsin fo thickc Nothing goes our fothinne, ' It muft needs follow then Th<» dreps arc left within. toSm^r^khroitobeThey '* are good for many domcfticall ufes.towalh horfes,wata Carrie &c.orio time of neceflity ,but not otherwife.Somc arc of opinion, that fuch fat ftan dh et bene elen- ding waters rriakethebeft Bccre,and that Teething dojJi defecate it, as ^ Car-- tem. i/a»hoIds,//i.i 3. (Hbtil.nm,«ds thtfuipanu ‘ndfav^ ./fr.bunr isa para- doxe.SuchBecre may be ftronger,butnot fo wholfoAe as the o^er, as ^ nonemendan. htnus truly juftifiethoutofG4/e;i,P4r4^cx^ef. i. P4rWox 5.that the feeth- iuh-debmu^ ing of fuch impure waters doth not purge orpurificthem P% /;^.3i.c.3.is of the fame Tenent, and P. Crefeentins Agricult Mb. i . (j Ub. cap. 11, &c. putridas, be ufed^and by the teftimony of (GAlen, b/eedt^^gues^ Drepftes^Plcurepes^ tumcorporucc SpUnetick and meUnchol-j papms^ hurt the caufe a bad temperature^ and coimem. iidMticn of the whole body,with bad colour. This lobertu^ ftiHy maintaines, Paradox Itb. i . part.^. that iteaufexh bleere eyeSjbad colour,aod many loath- citftpC€ora.bi-r fomc difcafes to fuch as ufe itxi This whi,ch they fay, ftands with good rea- fonj for as Geographers relate, the water of breads vvormes in vih(t6 ,turnesCattle moli parr white, ft potuiducat. J.Au- zMethodhift. ba»usBobem/u[€feiiesthat»Strufna,otVokco( the Bavarians iind Sty rians to the nature of their waters, as * Munfter doth that of the Valeftans in the Aquititnia. ob Alpes and* W/»efuppofeth the fluttering of fome families in Aqmtaniaz- quar,ai^i,i bout Labden.to proceed from the fame caufe,4«^ that the filth Is derived from the water to their bodies. So that they that ufe filthy, uanding, ill-coloured, vantur. thick. Patt.i.Sc(5l.2. Caufes 4 if Melancholy, Memb» 2 .Subf: 2 /. . 7 ^ a Edulia ex fan^ gimeetpifocato poiU.Hilde- Jheim. b Cupediaveroy pkcent^e^ btUa-^ riay iommnia^ elk curiefa, ph ftorum eteequo- rm, gf 4 [lk fey- 'vUmium com- li/int mo-bos turn corpoti turn ani- vw infanab 'iles, Phdo lucLeffs iib.de viSlsmis, PJov.vita ejns, c As Lcttice fteepH in Wine, Birds fed wifh Fen¬ nell andSHgar^ as a Popes Concubine ii- fed in Avigni- on, Stephan. d Anmanegih^ iittm ilk facejpt tide temp to Dei immundumfta- hfilumfacit, Pe- letm lo.cap. c Lib. 11. cap, ^z.Hominicl- husuiibfffnm ftmplexy acena^ iio cibarum pe- (iiferay et condi- m^nta permciofay msiltos mmhos muttafercula femm. f ii.dec.i.cap. Nihil deter iui qmm fi tempKS jufiolon^ c(h medendo protra. hatui'y ^ varia ciborum gtTiera conjangantfsr: mdemrborHm fcaturigOy qttic txrepu^amia humoYum oritur, ^PathLi.c, 14 ^Vev.Sat.^. h Nimia reple- tidcibornm facit melascholkm. thieke, muddy water,muft needs have muddy, ill coloured, impure, and irti' firme bodies.Andbecaufethe body works upon the minde,they fhall have- grolTer underftandings,dull, foggy,melancholy fpirits,andbe really fubje<5l to all manner of infirmities. To thefe noxious fimples, we may reduce an infinite number of com¬ pound, artificial! madediflies, of which our Cookes afford us a great varie¬ ty, as Taylors doe fafhions inour apparell.Such are a Puddings fluffed with blood, or otherwife compofed. Baked mcats,fowced,induratcmeats,fryedj and broyledjbuttered meats,condite,powdred,and overdryed, all Cakes, Simncls, Bunnes, Cracknels made with butter,fpice,&c.Fritters,Pancakes, Pies, Salfages,and thofefeverall fawces,fharpe or over fweet,of which Set- tntu feptnXy as SenecA cals it, hath ferved thofe' ^fician tricks, and perfu¬ med diflies,which Adr'tan\S\t 6. Pope, fomuch admired in the accounts of his predeceffor Lee Dectmmiand which prodigious riot & prodigality have invented in this age. Thefe doegenerally ingender groffe humours, fill the flomack with crudities,and all thofe inward parts with obflru y Djet a caufe. Pattj.Scd 2. example ot one fo melancholy, ad intempepvis commejfatiemhus, unfeafona- blc feafting. »Crate confirmes as much, in that often cited counfell, 21 Mi. 2.putting fuperflaous eating for a maine caufe.But what need I feeke farther for proofes i Heare Hipftcrates himfelfe, hi. 2. K^phorif. 10. Impure iodtes the more thej are nourefbed, the more they are hurt,for the nourifhment ts putrifedrvith vicious humours. re- jj And yet for all this harme,which apparently follows furfetting and drun- kennefle, fee how we luxuriate and rage in this kinde, reade what Johannes Stuckius hath written lately of this fubjea,in his great Volume de ^ntiquo- rum Conviviis^ and of our prefent agej quam 1 portentofa casna^ prodigious fuppers, “> Quiduminvitam ad canam, ejferunt ad fepulchrum, what Fagos, Epicures, Avetios, Heliogahles our times afford i LucuUus Ghoft vyalkes (till, and every man defires to fupin y^pollo: Mfops coftlydifh is ordinarily fer- ved up. Memb.2.Subr.2. • 7 ^ i Comepo f/fcr- fiui cibi, et fo^ tusquaulUa^ nU mia. k I^pJtracerpo^ ra quanto magis nutris^tanto ma- ghUdis: putre* fach (wm ali- fnentum zitiofud hun:or, 1 yid.Goclen, de portentofis ca^ niSydec, puteam Com, ni Ambftb. de Jejiuap.i^ _ _n tjilagis illajuvant, qua plurU emuntur. " 7‘(vcnd. The deareft Cates are heft, and ’tis an ordinary thing to beftow ao.or 30. pound ona difh.fomethoufand Crowns upon a dinner:ii/«//)i-^4»?«King of Fez. and Morocco fpent three pound on the fa wee of a Capon; ’tis nothing in our times, we fcorne all that is cheape.Pf^« loathe the very light (fome of us,as „ Seneca notes)iecaufeit comes freehand toe are offended mth the Sunnes heat,and cap.Jf^idh thofeceoleilaftsfecaufemiuy them not. This aire we breath is fo common, eflinmengra. we care not for it, nothing pleafeth but what is dcare. And if we be a witty in ^ any thing, it is adgulam : If wee ftudy at all, it is erudite luxu, to pleafc the jpirmm imm pallat, and to fatisfie the gut.o^ Cooke of old was a bafe knave (as ' Livy com- «»M'^ns,qdoi plaines)^»r now agreat man inrequefi: Cookery is become anart, a noble feienee, Cookes are Gentlemen-,Venter Deus', They weare their bellies, adeonihiipkcti, and their guts in their heads, as ( Agrippa taxed fome parafites of his time, rufhing on their owne dcftruaion,asifamanlhould runne upon the point of fmgemfiad 2 .[\vord,uf^ dumrumpantur comedunt^ ‘allday, all night, let the Phyfitian . fay what he will,imminent danger,and fcrall difeafes are now ready to feaze upon them, that will eate till they vomit, vomunt& edant, orm ipimath- faith Seneca-, which Dion relates of Vitellius, Solotranfita ciborum nutriri ju- dicatus-j his meat did paffe through,and away: or till they burft again.** ge animantium ventre oner ant. Sc rake over all the world,as fb many * flaves, q'mum in ven. ht\\y.^ods,VLnd\3iV^d-kx}ptv\x.i,d‘totusorbisvenirinimisangufius, the whole world cannot fatisfie their appetite, y Seajand,rivers,lakes,(jrc. may not give t inhctmca- content. to their raging gats. T o mjke up the meffe, what immoderate drink- vasertorm. ing in every place ^ Senem potum potatrahebat anas,hovt they flocke to the gn. Taverne: as if they werefruges consumer e »4»,borne to no other end but to dans nonfi. cate and drinke, like thatfamousitow4» parafite, flui dam vixit, aut bibit aut minxit-, as fo many Casks to hold wine, yea worfc than a neca.tor^oi, Cask,that marres wincs,and it fclfe is not marred by it, yet thefe arc brave neividmm. incn,^//f»»f Ebrius was no braver.Hr quafuerunt vitia,mores funt.- ’tis now the fafhion of our times, an honour: Nunc ver'o res ifia eb rediit ( as Chryfofi. pofm flmii « fer. 3o.in 5.£/'^ ^ta,Tis £pZ (ifhce belie them not) tpith his ChapUinejwill ftandby and dee as mtich^ o fmisauWmui, digmmprinctpehaullum,\vja^dont like a Prince. 0 «r Dutchmen invite all cotnmtTS with apaite and a difl)^ velut infundibula integtas obbas exhatiTiunt , princtps. in menfirofis poculu^ipfi monfir oft monfirofms epotant, making barrels oftheir bellies. Incredibilediciu^ "one of their owne Country-mcn^c^plaines: nPohemns in ° fijuntum liquoris immodefiifiimagens capiat, ^c. How they le^'j^ man that wid be drunke, crowne him and honour him for /r,hate him that will not pledge him,ftabbe him, kill him; a moft intolletable offence, and not to be forgi- tpfisbibi ur, ut Ten. fHee is a mortall enemy that will not drinke with him, as (Jtlunfier re- lates of the Saxons. So in Poland., he is the beft fervitor, and the honefteft thU fditim et • fellow, faith Alexander Gaguinus^ s that drinketh mofi healths to the honour of hu mafier, he fhall be rewarded as a good fervant, and held the braycll fcl- fZoiltm low that carries his liquor beft,when as a Brewers horfc will beare much muiflrae appo- morcthananyfturdy drinker, yet for his noble exploits, in this kinde, hee fhall bee accounted a moft valiant man, for ^ Tam inter epulas fort is virejfe_j tur qiiefT.Ubct as much valour is to be found in feafting, as in fighting, andfomeofour City Ciptaincs,and Carpet Knights will make this good, ^ and prove it. Thus they many times wilfully pervert the good tempe- huyfcciiquom rature of their bodies, ftiflc their wits, ftrangle nature, and degenerate into t>C^(lS* ^ ^ tmtem . Somcagaine are in the other extreme, and draw this mifehiefe on their habm^a... heads by too ceremonious and ftrid diet, being over precife,v Cockney- 'k like,and curious in their obfervation of meats, times, as t]AZtMedicina fiatica contraquimn preferibes, juft fo many ounces at dinner,which enjoyncs,fo much at , fupper, not a little more,nor a little Icffc, of fuch meate, and at fuch houres, a diet drinke in the morning,Cock-broth,China-broth, at dinner, Plumbc- ««- broth, a Chicken, a Rabbet, ribbe of a Rack of Mutton,winge ofa Capon, the merry-though of a Hcn,&c. to founder bodies this is too nice and moft exptasui-. abfurde. Others offend in overmuch faffing; Pining adayes,faith Guiane- ritts,znd waking a nights,as many cJWMmandTwrfr^rinthefeourtimesdoc; dtmm,S %.^nchorites,Monkes.flnd the refi of that fuperftitietfs rankfzs the fame Guiane- haimur mnijier. witnefleth thathe hath often feene to have happened in hit time) through immoderate fafiing, have becne frequently mad. OiCnchmenheliVeHippocra ja-.is. . t«fpcakes, i. /tphor.^.vihenzs he faith, ‘ They mere offend in toe fiartng diet., and are worfe damnified^ than they that feed liberally., and are ready to / lirftt. Mdidnt in mdath ^ ... clTOlianr, rtqui mtuyet modum excedmx.^, traPi. 15. e.^. tangn fams toleraHtky ut iis f^pe Mccidit qm mto eumfervore T>eo rervireentwntper je- jumum, quod mamaci effickmuTy ipfi 'nidifepe. In ttnui vUlu legjii d^l^uum^ fx quo fit ut majon affiemtur dtirinltmo (ft ttm quum pltmarc vi^n. v K 2 Sub s E c T. Pait.i.Se(5fc.2. CdufticfMeUnchQlj. Memb.z.SubCj. 76 <1 lingo ti- poreconp^ta frm, etiam fide- ttfiora^ minus inafuetismok' Jlare/blent4 c mdice vivitymifert iConfuetudi at- wa nature- gHcrefod- lhire,Gloce- fter(hirc,VVor- ccftcr fliiic. \iLt$AferXi* folocmdofam iadeantentiy fdl prteterea de^ Sub SE c T. 3. Cujlme sfdietyDelight, AppetiteyNecefitie^htP they caufe or hinder. • O rulcisfogenerall which admits not fome cxcep- tionj to this therefore which hath beene hitherto faid, ('for I fhall otherwife put moft men out of commons) and thofe inconveniences which pro¬ ceed from the fubftanceof meats, an intemperate or unfeafonable ufe of them,cuftome fomewhat de- tra(ils,and qualifies, according to that oi Hippocra¬ tes 2. j4phortf. 50.^ Such things as tve have beene long cuftomedto^ though they be eviil in their ovane nature^ yet they arelcjfe offenfive.OchermCe itmight well be objeded, that it were 3 mecre* tyrannieto live after thofe ftrid rules of Phyfickjfor^cuftome doth alter nature it felfe, and to fuch as are ufed to them it makes bad meats wholfomc and unfeafonable times to caufe no difordcr. Cider and Perry arc windy drinkes,fo are all fruits windy in themfelves, cold moft part, yet in fome fhires of s England^ Normandy in France,Guipufcoa in Spaine^'th their common drinke, and they arc no whit offended with it. In Spaine, Italy,and Affrick, they live moft on roots,raw hearbs, ** Camels milke, and it agrees well with themj which to a ftrangcr will caufe much grievance. In Wales, labliciniisvejcuntury as Humfry Lluydcow^e:ffc.t\\,2iCambro Brittaine him- felfe, in his elegant Epiftlc to ^bndiam OrteUuSyK.hty live moft on white «crr. ac- ll Dith- marus Bleskenitts,ButteryChecfe,andtheir drinkytvater^iheir lodging on the ground. In America in many places theirbread is roots, their meat Palmitos, iieyc'aft7c'on^ Pinas,Potatos,&c. and fuch fruits. There be of them too that familiarly drink’* fait Sea-water,all their lives,eatc * raw mear,graire,and that with de- flight.With fome, Filh, Serpents, Spiders j and in divers places they p eate "f^^nyfa VivHnt mans flelhraw, androfted, even the Emperour s himfclfe. In ^iMadt^los fome coafts againc, ^ one tree yeelds them Coquernut s, meat and drink, *oo. firc^ fuell, apparcll,* with his leaves, oyle, vinegar, cover for houres,&c.and yet thefc men going naked,feeding courfe,livecommonly ioo. yeares, are \i cap lo^ ' feldome or never fick j all which diet our Phyfitians forbid. In Wejlf haling Aqudm marinam^ they feed moft part on fat meats and wourts, knuckle deep,and call it f cere. brum lovis: in the Low countries with roots, in Italy Frogs and Snailcs are * Darks %. ufed. The Turkes,raith delight moft in fryed meats. In CMuf- covj., Garlickand Onyons are ordinary meat and fauce, which would be pernitious to fuch as arc unaccuftomed unto them,dclightlomc to others^and COY wind iih no^ all is' becaufc they have been brought up unto it. Husbandmen and fuch as ■!' labour,can eat fat bacon, fait grofle meat, hard chccfe,&c. (b dura mefforum ^6.p7iL%Li ilia) courfc bread at all times, goe toM and labour upon a full ftomack, which to fome idle perfons would be prefent death, and is againft the rules pZiiTmK of Phyfick; fo that cuftome is all in all. Our travellers find this by common ^ experience when they come in far countries, and ufe their diet, they arc ' fuddenly offended, as our Hollanders and Englijh-men when they touch up- on the coafts of Africk, thofe Indian Capes and Iflands, are commonly mo- iefted with Calentures, Fluxes, and much diftempered by rcafon ot their fruits. * Peregrina, etft fuavia, folent vefcentihsss perturbationes inftgnes adfer- re,ftrange meats, though plcafant, caufc notable alterations and diftempers. On the other fide,ufcor cuftome mitigates or makes allgood againc. cJW/- thridates by often ufe, which Plinie wonders at, was able to drink poyfon j and a maid as Curtius records, fent to Alexander from King Portu.^ was brought up with poyfon from her infancy. The Turks, faith BeUonius Itb. cap. 15 . eate opium familiarly, a dramme at once. Which we dare not take in graines. y Garcius ab Horto writes of one whom he fawat Goa in the Eafi In- c//«,that took ten drammes of Opitimin threedayes; and yet conful b Uque- ^4r«r,fpakc underftandinglyjfomuch cancuftomedoe. ^Theophrapus I'peaks of a Shepheard that could cate Hellebor in fubftance. And thcrctore Card... concludes outof(?4/f«, Confuetudinem utcunque ferendam ^ nift vaUe ma- lam, Cuftome is howfoever to be kept, except it be extreame bad: he ad- vifeth all men to keep their old cuftomes, and that by the authority of * Hippocrates h\vn{t\ie, dandimaliquidtempori, atati,regioni, confuetudini^ and therefore to»continue as they began, be it diet, bath, cxcrcife, &c. or whatfoever clfe. Another exception is delight,or Appetite,to fuch & fuch mcatSrThough they be hard of digeftion, melancholy : yet as Fuehftm excepts cap. e.lib.z, K 3 Injlit. u Kttm w mfi- tatiommxam par'mmMippo* crat, Ap 'mijm; xErmim/d iik* i*cap,i^. y SimpLmtd.c^ 2 HtainimU 3 ; cap. i^.pYOx, med. Apbopff.tj^ ^In duhiistanm pict-^dinem quatHY adol^^ cm^& inceptis P 3 tt< 2-t Cavfes dfMtlanchtly. Memb.2.Subl.4. 7 ^ bj^/« cumv(h [uptaie ajfumnn- tw dbi^veniri- aUi(s avid'm comple(fitm'y ex- pedtWff^ conco- qtdty&qu which to others is a de- lightfome meat. 1 • u j • The laft exception is neccflity,povcrty,want, hunger, which drives men many times to doe that which otherwife they arc loath, cannot endure, and thankfully to accept of it: As Beverage in fliips,and in fieges of great Cities, to feed on Dogges,Cats,Rats,-and Men themfclvcs.Thrce outlawes in He, Hor Boethius being driven to their fliifts, did eat raw fldh, and flcfli of fuch' fowleasthey could catch, in one of the Hebrides forfome few moneths. Thefe things doe mitigate or difanull that which hath been faid of Melan¬ choly meats, and make it more tolerable: but tofuchas are wealthy, live plenteoufly,ateafe,may take their choice, andrefraine ifthcywill; thefe viands arc to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or fufped melancholy, as they tender their healthsiOtherwife ifthey-bcintempera tc,or difordered m their diet, at their periU be it. ^i monet amat, Jve^ cave. Subsect. 4. Retention and Evacuation a caufe, and how. ' n F Retention & Evacuation,therc be divers kinds, which arc either concomitant, alfifting, or foie caufes many times of melancholy. ^ Galen reduceth defed and abundance to this head 5 others, f All that is feparated or remaines. In the firft rank of thefe I may well rec¬ kon up CoftivenelTe, and keeping in of our ordinary excrements, which as it often caufeth other difeafes, fo'this of melancholy in particular, s Celfus lib, i .cap. 3, faith. It prodttceth inflammation of the head^ dulnefe^ clotidinefe^ headache^ ^c. Profi>er Calenus ItbJe atra hile,m^\ have it diftemper not the organ one- ly, h but the mind it felfe by troubling of it ; And fometimes it is a foie caufe ofMadnefTe, asyou mayreadein the firft book of* his medicinall obfervations. A young Merchant going to Nor deling Faire in Germany ^ for ten dayes fpace never went to ftoole ; at his returne he was grievoufly me¬ lancholy, thinking that he was robbed, and would not be perfwadedbut that all his money was gone: his friends thought he had fome Philtrum gi¬ ven him,but Cnelinusz Phyfitian being fent for,found his ^ Coftivenes alone to bethe caufe, and thereupon gave him a Clifter, by which he was fpeedily xtcov€tt6.rrinccaveUius confult. 35. lib. i. faith as much of a melancholy Lawyer, to whom he adminiftrcdPhyfick,and Rodericus a Fonfeca confult. S^.Tom. 2. ’^ofaPatientofhis,thatfor 8.dayes was bound, and therefore melancholy affeded. Other Retentions and Evacuations there are, not Am¬ ply neceflary, but at fome times 5 as Fernelius accounts them. Path. lib. i. cap. 15. as fuppreflion of Hemrods, monthly ifluesin women, bleeding at nofe, immoderate, or no ufe ztiW-oiVenus: or any other ordinary ifTues. “Detention of hemrods, or monthly ifTues, Vittanovanus Sreviar. lib. i. cat). Part. i.Se<5l.2. ^tentionand'BMcuaHdn Caufes. Mcmb. 2.'Subn4. ^ap.iS. ArcuUnui cap.16. in p.RaJis^ Vitterim FAventinmpraci.mag.TrAui. 7P 1 5. put for ordinary caufes. Fuchfiui lih.i. feci. !guu cheth of his knowledge.^ that fome through bajhfulneffc abjlained from Venery,_ and thereupon became very heavy and duU^ and fome others that were very ti- [ungiam vacu- morous, melancholy.^and beyond all meafure fad. Oribafius med. colle0. lib. 6. cap. 37.fpeakes of that tf they doe not ufe carnall copulation, are cents- ^ Nt-Jqui/Uatu nually troubled with heavinejfe and headach i andfome in the fame cafe by inter- prapuderea-ca- mifion of it. Not ufe of it hurts many, Arculanpts cap. 6 in 9. Rafts , and Ma- gninuspart 3. cap. 5. thinke, becaufe it ^ fends up poif ined vapours to the Braine faaon mnmiios and Heart. And fo doth <74/^;? himfelfc hold, that if this/» 4 r«r 4 // feedbe^ mUMcVa- over-longkept {in fome parties) it turnes to poyfon. Hieronymus CMercurialis in his Chapter of Melancholy, cites it for anefpeciallcaufc of this malady, middff. ■ PriapifmuSySatyriaJts,(jrc. Haliabbas ^.Fheor.cap. ^6. reckons up this and raany other difeafes. Villanovanus Breviar.lib.i.cap.i^.{a.ith, he knew *ma- ny monkes, and widdows grievoujly troubled with melancholy ^iOnd that from this i^eftntur. felecaufe. Lodovijeus (jHercatus lib.2.dtmulierum aff^e 0 .cap.c^.Si Rodericus a Cajlro de merbis mulier.ltb.2.cap.^.ttt2it\3.xgt\y ofthisfubjed,and will have €t Ha failosex it produce a peculiar kindc of melancholy, in ftale.maids, nunnes, and wid- i»iemifto?x dowes, eb fupprefionem menfium (jr veneremomiffam, itmtda., mdjla, anxia^ tyapdesxitae- vereemda.^ fujpitiefe, langaentes, conjilii inopes, cumfumma pita ^ rerum me- tmos nim liorum defteratione,^c. they are melancholy in the higheft degree,'and all for want of husbands. ty£lianus Montaltm cap.‘^y.d€melanchol.cox\ftxvc\%zs sperixa plus much out oi Galen: fodoth Wierus, Chrijloferus a Vega de art. med. lib. 3. f 4 p. r 4. relates many fuch examples of men, and women, that he had feenfo melancholy. /’ieZ/.v in the firftbookc of his obfervations,* tels afto- wGra'oespf*- t'yof an anaent Gentleman in Ifatia, that married a young wife, and was not able to pay his debts in that kind for a long time together, by reafon of bis feve- ‘tuSm. roll infirmities: but fhe becaufe of this inhtbition of Venus, fell into a horrible ^^^sejpermatt fury^ and de fired every one that came to fee her, by words., looks, and gefiures to have to doe with her,tflrc.^ Bernardus Paternuss. Phyfitian, faith, he knew a miduat good honefl godly Priejl, that becaufe he would neither willingly marry,nor make sbofaay^pe fim ufe ofthe ftewesjell into grievous melancholy fits.Hildejheimflicell.i.htiih fuch another example of an Italian melancholy Prieft, in a confultation had ona i Anno 1580. lafen Pratenfis gives inftance in a married man, that from his At/iaa jitvemm uxoremduxit,4U iliec»!ie«dolefe,et naOtisaorbismr^ikf,ti»npeuutpr)^itre ofpc'mm mariti, vix inhomatrimet^ rgrom. llkinhmemiimifurafemtrKidh/iby'tmmciAibiuimiuomiu.meaafia-uifmium mgrelfm, voct.vultu, g^uexpet<, tt qimmnon catfeminiu, molotjn Angl'tetnos expetiit mg^o clammt. a Vidi factidotem optimum efp\m,qidquod mUetuti veoffeytK rixltmlsUutfymptomatamidit. » Wives lanMiam. c ^ gives the reafon,bccaufc e tt infrigidates and dries up the body, con]umes thepnts landtvould therefore haveiufHchas are coU arid dry,to take heed of andtoavotdtt ^ amortadene- mie laichtnus in 9.Raftscap.i^. zicnbes the fame caufc , and mftanceth in a Patient of his,that married a young wife m a hot fummer, and {odryedhtrn- felfe with chamber work, that he became tn jhort (pace from rnelancholy, mad .• he cured him by moiftning remedies. The like example I find in Lalius a FonteEugHbinmcon[ult.i 29 .oiaGtm\^mat^oiVenM^ that upon the fame occafionfwas firft melancholy, afterwards mad: Reade in him the ftory at ‘"Tny oth« evacuation “f' “>« be it bile, e ulcer, iffue. 8cc. Htrenks dt Uxmu Uh. i. c.f.\6. & C'’'’*'""-', verifie this out of theit experience. They faw one wounded m the head.who as long as the fore was open, kc’di hdmimirnis murvaOx, was well; but whenitwasftoppcd, rc‘!peeiatu>'fin- MafterofanHofpitallofmad men, ^ and found bp long experience, that this kind of evacuation either in head, arme^ or anp other part did more harme than good. To this opinion of his, * Felix Plater is cpAteo^Y^oCite^ though fome ^ Tvinke at,difallow and quite contradipl all Phlebotomp in tMelancholp, pet bp long experience I have found innumerable fofaved^ after thep had beene^zo. nap dam "efe 6 o. times let bloody and to live happilp after it. It was an ordtnarp thing of old ?««#»- inGalens time, to take at once from fuch men 6. pound of bloody which now we Zie^ugltZ dare fcarce take in ounces^ fed viderint medici^ great books are written of this ga exptttimid fubje^. obfervdvi in pro- Purging upward and downward, in abundance of bad humors omitted, may be for the worft j fo likewife as in the precedent, ifovermuch,too fre- quentor violent,itfweakneththeir ftrength, faith Fttchfius Itb.z.fecl.z. cap. ly.or ifthey be ftrong orablc to endure Phyfick, yet it brings them to an ill habit,they make their bodies no better than Apothecaries fhops, this,and fbch like infirmities muft needs follow. '^^•nd^pqs- 6mt.cap.-i. etpmkesh$cmprobafefckm,imimer»beervitimcemi^i,amzkepet,rexad!sTemtm dcBdtj&c. (Fitu dd)tluat. i. Subsect. y. , Bad Airea canfeof tjtulancholp. Ire isa caufe of great moment, in producing this,or any other Difcafe, being that it is ftill taken into our bo¬ dies by refpiration, and our more inner parts. ' If it t impmm tar be impure andfoggie, it dejeSis the jpifits^ and caufeth rphiifts dejUitj Difeafes bp infebiion of the heart,-as Paultts hath ixftb, i. cap.a^p. K.ydvicennalib.1. Gal. defan. tuendd. Ullercu- rialis, CMontaltHs,^c. Fernelius {^\xh, a thick AtTC ii Sdngmram thickneth the blood and humors. * Lemnius reckons up ubum- two maine things moft profitable, and moft pernitious to our bodies j Aire, Ztii^iZapl'. and Diet: and this peculiar Difcafe, nothing fooncr caufeth (r lobertus y ubje^'. boXAs^than the Aire wherein we breathe and live. Such as is the Aire, fuch be our fpirits,and as our fpirits^ fuch arc our humors. It offends commonly trahitur hutm if It be too 2 hot and dry, thick, fuliginous, cloudy, bluftering, or a tempc- fpckmhaUcia. ftuous Aire. Bodinein his’). Booke de nepub. cap. i. and 5. of his method of Hiftory, proves that hot Countries arc moft troubled with melancholy, ctrjftfmodirph and that there are therefore in Spaine, Africke, ttnd ^fa minor, great numbers of mad men, in fo much that they arc compelled in all Cities of 'IttSamMtm- note to build peculiar hofpitalsfor them : Leo *Afer lib. 3. de Feffa urbe, tania,Ltttiania^Ditmarjh,Pompingpaludes in Italy, the territoriesabouc Pifa.^ Ferrara.^^c. Rumny marfh wkh us 5 theHundreths in Effex, the Fenns in LincolneJhire. Cardan de rerum varietate, lib.xy. cap. p 6 . findes fault with thefite of thofc rich, and moft populous Cities in the Low-Countries, as Sruges^Ca»t,i.^mflerdam^ Leyden.^Ft're^,(^c. the Aire is bad 5 and fo at Stockholme in Sweden ■, Regium in Italy, Salisbury with us, HuUznd Linne: They may be commodious for navigation, this new, kind of fortification, and many other good ncccffary lifcs j but arcthey^To wholfomc i Old Rome hath defeended from the hills,to the Valley ,’tis thefite of moft of our new Cities,and held beft to build in plaines, to take the opportunity of Ri¬ vers. Leander pleads hard for the Aire andfite Venice., though the black moorilh fands appear at every low waCerjthe Sca,Fire,and Smoak (as he thinks) qualifie the Aire : and “ fomcfuppofe,thata thick foggy ayre helps the memory, as in them of Pifain Italy ; and our Camden out of Plato commends the fiteof Cambridge, bccaufe it is fo neere the Fennes. But let the fite of fuch places be as it may, how can they be excufed that have a de¬ licious feat, a pleafant aire, and all that nature can afford, and yet through their own naftincfle and fluttiftinefre,immund,and fordid manner of Iife,fuf- fer their aire to putrifie,and themfelves to be choaked up <• Many Cities in Turkie doc male audirc in this kind: Conftantineple it felf, where commonly carrion lies in the ftreet. Some find the fame fault in Spaine, even in CMadrit the Kings feat,a moft excellent ayre, a pleafant fite j but the inhabitants are flovens.and the ftreets uncleanly kept. A troublcforoc tempeftuousayre is as bad as impure, rough and foulc weather, impetuous windes, cloudy dark dayes, as it is commonly with us, caelum T/ifu faedum, ° Polidore calls it a filthy sky, & in quo facile generantur mbes: as Tudies brother ^intus wrote to him in Rome, being then ^aflor in Britame. In a thick and cloudy ayre (faith Lemnius) men are tetricke, fad, andpeevijh: and if the We feme winds blew 5 and that there be a calme, or a fairefunfhineday,thereis a kind of alacrity in mens minds', itcheares up men and heajls : hut if it be a turbulent,rough, cloudy, flormy weather, men are fad, lumpilh,andmuch dejeSed,angry ,wal^ijh,dull,and melancholy, This was p P'ir~ experiment of old. La ■ ,Verum 83 k Mtcidus alter €t idcm/€u7cr^ ra Aupalis in¬ cognita. 1 craffus ct tur^ biduidcr^ trifiem efficitawnam. m Commonly called Scimda- rkneinAjk rmner. n AtUu GcogYd* flhlcud mtmom valent pifamy quod crajfioY^ fiuatm acre. o Lib.i.HiJl. Lih.i.cap 41 . Jura den fa ac caliginojatetrici hormnesexidunty et fubtrides^et flamefub^ folano et Zephyr TOfmaxima in mentibtii hominu alacritastxipit, menufq^ ereSiio ubiulumfifit jpiend$rc mtefeit* Maxinfa de]c6lt$ meerorqj fquah do OHTa calinm^ faep. x> Gear, Parc«i.Se(^<2. Caufes of Melancholy. Memb.2.Subr6. 84 rerum uhi tempeftasy & cwli mohtlis humor, CMutavere vices, & lupiter htimidus t^ujlro, Vertuntur f^ecies rntmorum^f^ pectorernom Concipium aUos - - But when the face of heaven changed is To tcmpefts,raine, from feafon faire ; Our mindes are altered,and in our breads Forthwith fomc new conccipts appeare. t Mem qtdbus 'uacillAt 3 ah am cito offenduntuTy tt multi iniani apiid Belga* an¬ te tempeflatcs fteviun alitcy qiiieti. Spiritus quoj^ aem et maligemi all- qtiondofe tem^ pefiatibminge- runt^et menti hurnamefelatm- tctyinfinuantyC-- vexanty€x- Mutant yit utflu* iiu6 mariniy /;«- mamm corpus 'ventisa^tatHY. £ ACT mliu den* faittr,et cogit Tnceftitiam. t Lib de l[ide & Ofyridt* And who is not weather-wife againft fuch and fuch conjundions of Plaxiets, moved in fouleweather,dull and heavy in fuch tempeftuous feafons < ’^Geh- dum contrifiat Aquarim annum ; the time requires, and the Autumne breeds it 5 winter is like unto it,ugly,foul,fqualid,the Ayre works on all men,more or ledcjbut efpecially on fuch as are melancholy, or inclined to it, as Lemm- us holds, ^ they are mofi movedmth it, andthofe which are already mad, rave doivne right,either in, or againfi a tempejl. Befides, the devtU many times takes hu opportunity of fuch (lormes, and when the humours b) the ^yre be jltrred , he gees in with them, exagitates our (pirits, andvexeth our Soules: as the fea waves, fo are theJpirits and humours in our bodies, toffed with tempeftuous winds andftormes. To fuch as are melancholy therefore, iJMontanus conftl. 24. will have tempeftuous and rough Ayre to be avoided, and conftl. jtj. all night ayre, and would not have-them to walk abroad, but in^a pleaiant day. Lemnius //^.3.C4/>.3.difcommends the South and Eaftcrn windsj cona- mends the North. Mont^nus conftl. 31, ^wi/l not.any windowes to he opened tn the night. Conftl.229. & conftl. lyo:. he difeommends efpecially the South winde, and nodurnall Ayre :• So doth' Plutarch, The night and darknefle makes men lad,the like doe all fubterranean vaults, dark houfes in caves and rocks,dcfartplaccs.i 5.faith, “ that much exercife and wearineffe con- fumes the (pirits andfubftance, refrigerates the body j and fuch humors which Nature would have otherwife conco- Bed and expelled, it ftirres up, and makes them rage ; which being fo i nr aged, diverfty aft^eB, and trouble the body and minde. So terdmuracm- doth it, if It be unfeafonably ufed, uponafullftomack, or when the body coqutetdomari ’ ^ ' • / rr-. fo^y &demm blonde excludiy initatyCt quaftinficimm dgity qwpoftea.rnotacmtnrutytetro vapore corpidri umt Parc.i.Se 6 l 2. Idknejfe a caufe. Memb.2.Subr6^. 's full of crudities, which Fuchfu/s fo muchenveighs againff, lii>. z.tnftit. 85 fee. 2. uo tarresyfj’c.Rhafis cant.lib. i .trabi.. i. fcconds him out of his experience, * they that are idle are farre mere fub\eB to melancholy, than fuch as are conver- fant orimployedabout any ojftceer buftneffe, ^ Plutarch reckons up idleneffe for a foie caufe of the fickneffe ofthe Soule : There are they (faith hec) trou¬ bled in minde, that have no other caufe but this.Homer Iliad. i. brings in Achtl. les eating of his owne heart in his Idleneffe,becaufe he might not fight. curialis confil.%6.^ox a melancholy young man urgethsitas achiefe caufe ; why was he melancholy ^ becaufe idle.Nothing begets it fooncr,cncrcafeth and continueth itoftner than idcnefle. A difeafe familiar to all idle perfons, an infeparablc companion to fuch as live at cafe, pingui ecio defidiose agentes, cone',tat. ' alife outof adion, and have no calling or ordinary imployment to bufie ^r.tvidiqnod thcmfelves about, that have fmall occalionsj and though they have,fuch is ^l^J^Igh^gene- their lazincffe,dulnell’eithcy will not compofethemfclves to do ought,they rat MdanMi- cannot abide worke, though it bee necelfary,cafic, as to dreffe thcmfelves, write a letter or the like, yctashe that is benummed with cold,fits ftill flia. umanih/cau- king, that might relieve himlclfe with a little exercife or ftirring, doe they f,et pearnc growes in untill’d grounds,and all manner ol weeds,fo doe groue humours in an idle body, Jgmvtm cernmpum otia corpus. A hof fe in a ^tgmmi reddit, j^jg never travels, a hawke in a Mew that feldome flies, are both lubjeCt vSSfii difeafes,which left unto themfclves,arc moft free from any fuch incumbran- €xcrement9}nm ^es. Aoidlc doggjc will bcc inatigy,nnd how fht^ll Jin idle pci Ton thinketo poventiofacii. gpggpg ^ iJicnefTc^ofthe mindc is much worfc than this ot the body; wit ' without employment is a difeafe,* anmi, ruhigo ingenii : the ruft of • 1 Seneca. foule, m a plague, a hell it fclfe, maximum animi nocumentum, Galen cals Ittumaemf it*" As in a (landingpoole,wormes andfilthj creepers tncreafe, ( cf yitiumca- pi’uuic’a cals pinnt ni meveantur aijua^ the water it lelfe putrifies, and aire like wife it it bee ; . not continually ftirred by the v’indc )and corruft thoughts in an 'gemanturv^- jthe foulc IS contaminated. In a Common-wealth, where is no mes.ftc et oiiofol p^biikc enemy, there islikely civill warres, and they rage upon themlelvesj I this body of ours when it is idlc,4nd knowes not how to beftow it lelfe,m 3 - iccratcsand vexeth it felfc with cares,griefes, falf*fcarcs,difcootents,and fu- fpicions, it tortures and preyes upon his oWne bowels, and is never at reft. Thus much I dare boldly fay j hcopfhethatisidle,beth6y bfwhatcorfditi- onthey will,never forich,fo well allycd,tortunate,happy,let them have all j things inabundance,and felicity that heart can wifh and defire, all content- I ment, fo long as he or fhc,or they are idle, they fliall never be pleafcd,ncver I well in body and minde, but weary ftill, fickly ftill? vexed fl:ill,loathing ftill, j weeping, fighing, grieving,fufpe<^ing, offended with the world, with every objed,wifliingthemfelves gone or dead, or elfecarryed away with fome foolifhphantalic or other. And this is the true caufethatfo many great men, Ladiesand Gentlewomen, labourofthis difeafein Countrey and City, for idleneflfe is an appendix to nobility, they count it adifgrace ro worke, and , fpend all their dayes in fports, recreations,and paftimes, and will therefore i take no painesjbeof no vocation: they feed liberally, fare well, wantexer-? icgrnowthat cifc,a Fabripareatesfandamentum fubftruunt liberorms^ Expolmnty doeent literacy nee pareunt fumpttil, Bgoautem (ubfabrorumfoteftate frugifuiy Poftquarnautemmigraviiningeniummettmy^^: Perdidioperamfabrorumillieb^ppidb^ i.jwA.v- ■ V€nitignavia,eamibitempeft^fuit^\'\i^.-, ' ' ^ ^dventuq^fuogradinem^imbremaitutiPyi --r lllamihivirtutemdeturbavity^c. A young man is like a fairenew houfe,the Carpenter Uaves, itwcll built, la. good repairc, of folid ftuffe; but a bad tenant lets it raine in^ and for want of reparation fall to decay,&c. Our Parents, Tutors,Friends, fpare no coft to bring us up in our youth,in all manner ofvcrtuous;c;ducation; but when wee are Icftto our felves,ldlencfie as a Tempeft drives all vertuous motions out of our rnindes,c^ nihilifumtu yOn a fudden, by floathand fuch bad wayes wc come to naught. ini.: - '!' , Cofen German to Idleneirc,and a concomitant eanlc,which goes hand in hand with it, xs'^nimia folitudo, too much folitarinelTeij by' the teftimony of allPhyfitians, Caufc aodSymptomebothibutasit,iS:herc putfor a caufedt is either coadt, enforced, or elfe voluntary .r.Enforce^dj folitarinefic is com* monly feene in StHdents,Monks,Fryers,Andioritesithatby their,order and courfe of life,muft abandon all companysfociety .of pthcr^ineriy and betake themfelvestoa private cell;0/i^ fuperftttiofo JeclujifisBttle and Nof^inianvieX terme it, fuch as arc the Carthuftans of oUr time, that ,,^00 flem (by their 11- I -..1 '■.n r PiftyMomal" tus. MtrcumlUy See. Part i.Sc£t2. Cau/esofMelancklji. Memb.2.Subr6. 88 order) kcepeperpctuall filcnce, never goeabroad. Such as live in prifon, or fome defart place, and cannot have company, as many of our Countrey Gentlemen doc infolitary houfes,they miift cither be alone without com¬ panions, or live beyond their means,and entertaine all commersas fb many hoftes, or elfe converfe with their fervants and hindes, fuch as arc unequal!, inferiourtothem, and of a contrary difpofition-, or elfe as fome doe, to a- void folitarinefle, fpend their time with lewd fcllowcs in Taverncs, and in Ale-houfes, and thence addias he (they fay) that is lead round about an heath with a Puck inthenightjthcy runnccamcftly on in this labarinth of anxious and folici- tous melaochbly medkationSiand oannot well or willingly refraineoreafily leave ofl^ windihg and unwinding themfelves, as foraany clocks, and ftill plcafing their hiimoUrs, untill atiaft the Sceaneis turned upon a fudden, by fome bad.dbje^,and'they being how habituated to fuch vaine meditations and folitary^ccSj ^ri endure no'Company, can ruminate of nothing but harfh Idlenejfe a cdufe. Memb< 2 .Subr. 6 .- S9 aura*3 Hie la- boii Ijoc opHi efi, Virg. X Hieronimus epift.jz* dixit oppida et urbes vidcrifibite^ rm carctees. pitt.i.Se6l2» _ harlhanddiftall^nrilfubjcas. Fare, fortow, fufpicion, puM, difeontent. cares, and weaiinefle of life, (nrpize them in a moment,and they can tVmkeofnothingelfe, continually furpeiaing, no foonetare the.t eyes open but this infetnlll plague of Melancholy feazethon them and terrifies S foules.reprelenting fome difmall objea totheir mindes,wh.ch now hy nomeanes,noh.bour, no perlteafions they can avoid, 4 r»»d«, they may not be rid of It, “they cannot refift. 1 may not deny but that there is fome profitable Meditation, Contemplation, and kinde of foil- sedmome tarineffe tobeembLcd, which the Fathers fo highly comended/ cLfoftme, Cyprian, Juftw, in whole Trads, which Petrarch Erafmud, - . SteUa.znd others, fo muchmagnifie m their books;aPatadifc,an Heaven on earth, ifit be ufed aright, good for the body, and better for the Soule : As manvofthofeoldMonkesufedit, to divine contemplatio^ns, asSmult^ a Courtier in i^drians time,Dyocleftan the Emperour retired thcmfclves,&c. in that fcnfe,r4r/4 folfcd feit vivere^Vatia lives alone which the Romanes were wonttofaVs when they commended a Countrey life.Or to the bettering of f^uudjnem their knowledge,as Tiemocrttiis,Cleanthes,zx\d thofeexcellent Philofbphers have ever done, to fcquefter themfelvcs from the tumultuous world,or as in inftam, facco Tlim,,vilU la.r,^ut>a,TMa TufaUme ly'^ ‘*“^>'’, 5 '’? "L"”® r,‘ c tct'vaeare fitidiis^ Z)ef?,fervc God and follow their ftudies. Mee thinkes ^,aita»s, therefore our too zealous innovators were not fowelladvifcd in that gene- Sll fubverfion of Abbies and religious houfes promifcuoully to fling downe all, they might have taken away thofe groffe abufes crepe in amongft them redlified fuchinconvenicncies,andnOtfofarreto have raved and ra- Ecd agaiuft thofe fairc buildings, and evctlafting monuments of our orefa- thersdevotion,confecratedtopiousufeSi fome Monaftetiesaod Collegiate Cels might have bee well fpared, and their Kvenew« otherwife cm- ployed, here and there one, in good townes or Cities at leaft, for men and womenof all forts and coditions to live in,to fequefter themfelves from the cares and tumults of the world, that were not defirous or fit to marry,or o- wile willing to be troubled with common affaires, and know not well where to beftow themfelves, to liveapart in, formor^e convcnicncy, good educa- tion, better company fake, to follow their ftudies (Hay) totheperfeai- on of arts and fciences common good,and as fome tiuty devoted Monkes of old had done, freely and truely to ferve God.For thefe men are nether foil- tarv nor idle, as the Poet made anfwer to the husbandman in •Mfep, that obicdedidlenelTetohim; hee was never fo idle as in his company j or that Scipio jfricanus'my TudiejNitnquammintisplus, quant cumfittis-, nunquam minus otirus, quam qunm e(fet ottofus 5 never lefle folitary than vyhen he was . alone never more bufie than when he feemedto bernoftidle. It is reported bv FUto\n\\\s dialogue de ^more, in that prodigious commendation of Socrates how a deep meditation comming into Socrates minde by chance,he flood ftill vc\wem%)eodemveftigio cogitabundus, from morning to noone, and when as then hee had not yet finilhed his meditation, cogttans^t lo continued till the evening, the Souldicrs (for he then followed the Campe) obferved him with admiration, and on let purpofe watched aU night, but he per fevered immoveable f.vo/'ftfwyfl/w , till the Sunne rofeinthemor- ine and then faluting the Sunne, went his wayes. In what humour conftant ° jVl Socrates V Part i.Sc 6 t. 2 , Caufes of Melancholy, Memb,2.Subr.7. 90 thusjiknow not,or how he might be affe(lied,but this would be pernicious to an other manjwhat intricate bufinefs might fo really poflcfle him, I cannot ealily gueffcjBut this is otiofum otium^VL is farrc othcrwifc with thefe men, according to * 5 " Omnia nobis mala folitudo perfuadeti this folitude undoeth us, cum vita fociali^ ’tis adiftrudive lolitarinefle. Thefemenare Devils alone, as the faying is. Homo folus aut Dens, aut mon : a man alone is cither a Saint or a Devill, mens ejus aut languefcit^ aut ♦Eccl.4. 'tumefeit', and * Fa foli in this fenfc, woe be to him that is fo alone. Thefe wretches do frequently degenerate from men,and of fociable creatures be¬ come beafts, monfters,inhuraane,ugly to behold, ; they doe even loath themfdves, and hate the company of men, as fo many Timons^ ^^^^^^^badmT^ars'^ by too much indulging to thefe plcafing humours, and through their owne default. So that which Mercurialis cenfil.i i .fometimes cumabt* tem- cxpoftiilatcd with his melancholy patient,may bejuftly applyedtoevery fo- perfon in particular. * Natura de te videtur conquers p^j[c, drc. fis,tamprack- Nature may jnjlly compla/neoftbee^ that whereas (he gave thee a goodrvhole- rmaDeo ec feme temperature^ a Jound body, and God hath given thee fo divine and excellent a Soule, fo many good parts, and f of table gifts, thou hajf not onely contemned doiverumcor- and rejelled,but hajl corruptedthem, poButedthem, overthrowne their tempera- ^f^dperverted thoje gifts with riot, idleneffe, foUtarinefe, and many other rnimtmpora- waycs, thott art a traitour to God and Nature, an enemy to thy felfe and to the rnntmotioycra- world. Perditio r«4f.v«ithou haft loft thy felfe wilfully,caft away thy felfe, fbouthy felfe art the efficient caufe of thine owne miferj, by not refijting fuei vaine cogitations,but givingway unto them, , SUBSECTS. 7. ^ zVath. ib.i. cap.ij.FemeL eerpm infrigi-^ datomnes fen- fui^mentij^ vi-- res tor pore debt-- (dUU hLib.i.fe^, z. cap.s^ Magnam excrementonm vim cerebro ct tdiis partibui confervaf. clo, I, de rebus 6,non naimalihm pne- parol corpus ta^ Us fomitHsad mnltas periculo-^ S leeping and waking,caufes. Hat I have formerly faid of Exercife, I may now repeat of Sleep, Nothing better that moderate lleepe,nothing worfe than it,if it be in extreames, or unfeafonably ufed. It is a received opinion^ ^ that a melancholy man cannot flcepc overmuch j Somnus fupra V as an onely Antidote, and nothing offends them more, or caufeth this malady fooner, than waking, yet in fome cafes fleep may doe more harrae than good, in that flegmatick, fwinifh, cold,aDd flug- gifh melaDcholy,which MelanHhon fpcaks of,that thinkesof watcrs,fighing moft part,&c.3 It duls the Spirits,if overmuch, and fenfes, fils the head full of grolTe humours, caufcthdiftillations,rheumes, great ftoreof excrements in die brainc,and all the other parts, as ^ Fuchflus fpeaks of them, that fleep like fo many Dormicc.Or if it be ufed in the day time,upoa full ftomack,thc body ill compofed to reft,or after hard meats, it incrcafcth fcarfull dreams. Incubus, walking, crying out,& much onquietncffcjfuch fleep prepares the body, as * one obferves, to many perilous difeafes. But as I have faid,wa- king overmuch, is both a fymptome,and an ordinary caufe.// caufeth drineffe of the brain,frenfie^dotage,4ndmakes the body dry,leane,hard, and ugly to behold, as Lemnius hath it. The temperature of the Braine is corrupted by it, the hu^ fasoegrttudmes^ •* < dlnfiit.advum (iptimm cap,z6. cerebrificdtatemadfert^phrmfin et delirium^ empM midum faciejfqua&dumfprigofum^ humorcs admits temperariunUim cerebri commpit^niackm indueit: exficcat corpus^ bilemaccendit^ prrfundos reddit ocfdes, calorem augit, mours mours adtifi, the eyes made to fwk into the head, choller increafed, and the whole hod^ tr,darned: aiid, as may be added out of Galen 3. defamtate tuenda, Avi. mours hod^ tr,darned: aiid, as may be added out of Galen 3. defamtate tuenda, Avi. adnjl, the eyes made to fink into the head, c holler increafed, and the whole ^ anerm and reckon up this over-much waking, as aprincipall M E M B. 3. Su B SE C T. I. Pafsions and perturbations of the miad,how they caufe Melancholy. S that Gymnofophijl in f Plutarch,m2de anfwer to Alexander^ (de- (VitaAiexaa. _ manding which fpakc beft) Every one of his fellows did fpcak better than the other; fo may I fay of thefe caufes 5 to him that fhall require which is the greateft, every one is more grievous than other,and this of PafTion the greateft of all. A moft fre¬ quent and ordinary caufe of Melancholy,g/«//we» perturbationum{Piccolomi. „ cratLuc.i^: calls it)ihis thunder and lightning of perturbation, which caufethfuch violent and fpeedy alterations in this our Microcofme, and many times fub- verts the good efface and temperature of it. For as the Body works upon the mind,by his bad humors,troubling the Spirits,fending grofle fumes into the Braine 5 and f® per confequens difturbing the Souje, and all the faculties of it, -- Corpus onuflum^ Hefernis vitiis animumquo^pragravat una, . with feare,{orow,&c. which are ordinary fy raptomes of this Difeafc : fo on the other fide, the mind moft cffedually works upon the Body, producing by his paffions and p€rturbations,miraculousaltej:ations-,’as Melancholy ,de- qiiibiumpoiia- fpairc,crucll difeafts,and fometimes death it felfe* Infomuch,thatit is moft true which P/a/o faith in hisC^arw/Wfj ; omnia corporis mala ab animaproce. fam'^demift. dere 5 all thch mifehiefes of the Body,proceed from theSoulerand Democri. tus in ' Plutarch urgeth, iri animam a corpere^ ifthe Body fhould in ^‘prhtg.de vw- thisbehalfe,bring an adionagainft the Soule,furcly the Soule would be caft tutechriyi.^if and convidcdjthat by her fupine negligence, had caufed fuch inconvenien- ccs,having authority over the Body, & ufing it for an inftrumcnt,as a Smith 1 nta JpoUonii doth his hammci(faithimputing allthofc vicesand maladies to thcMind. Even fo doth ^ , non coinquinatur corpus, niftconfenfu anim^ 5 the Body is not corrupted, but by the Soule. Lodoviem Vives will tia,et igmanm have fuch turbulent commotions proceed from Ignorance, and Jndifcrction. ^^sammimo- All Philofophcrs impute the miferies of the Body to the Soule, that fliould nhtvhyfmu have governed it better,by command of reafon, and hath not done it. The ^to\c. 5 /wV/v a^altogether of opinion Lipftus, znd ° Piccolomineus tccoxd) that a wife man fhould be et.7aS«<, without all manner of paffions and perturba- q ’ tions whatfbever, ss? Seneca reports of Cato, the ^ Greeks o(Socrates, and ^ ■■ lo: Aubanus of a nation in Afikke, fo free from palfion, or nither fo ftupid, cufakm,m- that if they be wounded with a fword, they will oncly looke back. ^ Ladlan- tumreffddunt, tirn 2 . inflit, will exclude fcare from a wife man : others except all,fomc the greateft > Caufes (f Melancholy, Memb. 3 .Subl Part i.Se(5l.2. grcateft paffions. But letthem diiputc how they will,^ctdowne in give precipts to the contrary; we finde that of ‘ true, by common expe- mkli!cap”i‘'. lienee; Nomortallman is free from thefe pertttrbatiotJs .* or ii he be fo, fu^ he ’Ncmomortaiitm is cithcT SuE lib. i.cap 64, ftl y Lib. i.de La- miiiyCap.io. 'L AgfigpaLib. i.cnp.64. s^/AalUcii niia- wounds, like to thofc ot ChriftsTi fat theleaftany fuch w cre^’^ JgrJppa 95 pofcrhto have happened by force of Imagination ; that forae afe turned to ^ocUc.pIjUo/: Wolves,from Men to Women, and Women agafne to Men (which is con- ftantlybeleeved) to the fame Imagination: orfromMento Afl'es, Dogs, or any other (hapcs.y Wierm aferibes all thofe famous transformations,to Ima¬ gination ; that in Hydrephobiaxhey feeme to fee tbfe piiliure of a Dog, ftill in their water,® that melancholy men, and fick men, conceive To many phan- tafticall vifions,apparitions to thcmfcJves,and haw fuch abfurd apparitions, as that they arc Kings,Lords,Cocks,Bears, Apes,Owlesj that they are hea- vy,light,tranrparcnt,great,and little, fenlleffeand dead (as (hall be (liewed more at large, in our * Seiliionsof Symptomes) can bee imputed to naught clfe,but to a corrupt, falfe, and violent Imagination. It works oot4n fiOk and melancholy men oncly, but even moft fottibly fometimes in fuch as found; it makes them fuddcnly (ick, and “ alters their temperature in an inftanf.And fometimes a ftroUg conceit or apprehenfion,asproves 'Zdnullitpi! will take away Difeafes : in both kinds it will produce reall cifcds. Men if they fee but another man tremble,giddy,or fifekof fome fearful difeafe,their apprehenfion and feare is fo ftrong in this kind, that they will have the fame qiiametiam nm- Difeafe. Ot if by fomc South-faywifcksman, fttftunc-tcller, or Phy Ctian, they be told they fliall have fuch a Difeafe, they will fo ferioufly apprehend itjthat they wilUnftantly labour of it. A >hing familiar in China (faith Rkdius Expeduinsi- the Jofutte) ' if it be told them they fball he fick ifn fUch a daj^ when that day comes, they will fur tly be ftek, and wtU be fo terribly affliBed, tthat fometimes .pAiftenbw .■ they dieuponiu D" Cottam his Difeovery bfignorant PrSditidtiers of Phy- trUnmt^ lick crf/>.8.hath twoflrange ftories tothispurpofe, whatphanfie is dblc to doc. The one of a Parfons wife in Nerthamptonlhih. Aftft o ijie Peju. fuch ftories to be true, but laugh commonly-, and deHde whenthey heareof g thcmjbut letthefc menconfiderwiththernfelves^s^Pmr tllliftyates ^ck£atii it. If they Were fet to walke upon a plank on high, they would, be giddy, frttmon centre. upon which they dare fccurely walk upon the ground. Many (faith Agrippa) >"fcimt,ceiigam, zftreng hearted men othetwifts tremble at fitch fights, dazed, and arefteke, if they looke but downe from an high place, 4 ndwhat wbnpes them but cinceit ? rnrhi^cmi^us As Tome arc fo moleited by Phantafie 5 fo fomc againc by Fancy aIoQe,and feqwi- a good conceit, arc as eafily recovered. We fee commonly the T ooth-ache, *cedm”^^ Gout. H' Psit« Caufes of Melancholy. Memb.z.Subi:^ . 96 Gout,Falling-ficknefTc,biting of a mad Dog,and many fuch maladies cii red by Spells,Words, Charaders, and Charmes, and many greenc wounds by that now fo much ufed Vnguentum Armarium^ magnetically cured, which Crollimzad GocUtiiusm zhookcoihtc hath defended, in a juft Trad as ftiffely contradids,and moft men controvert. All the world knowes there is no vertue in fuch Charmes,or Cures,but aftrong conceitand opini- h Lib.de Incan- alone as Pomponatitts holds,tv^/V^ forceth a motion of the humors, (pirits mSS B’toi uka may the cmfi of thi moUdy fom the pans afeaed Z 2 ,m,«in. The like we may fay of all our Magicall cffcas/uperlUtious cures and fuch ntmmmtuin- 35 are done by Mountebanks and Wizards. kAs h) wickedincreduhty many men are hurt (fo faith " Wierna of Charmes,Spels,&c.:) weefndein our expe- janguisyOc Hna Titncc b) thc f^iT^cvtCAncs many ate rclicnjcd. An En[ipirick oftentimes^ and s X fillyChyrurgian,doth moreftrangecures,thana rationall Phyfitian.Nyw4». ^ nJgives a reafon,becaufe the Patient puts his confidence m him,»which A, * Lib.ycap.iS. ^icenna preferres before Art, Precepts, and aB Remedies whatfoever. 'T is opi- im^tfJfdState nion alone (faithC4r^4») that makes, or marres Phyfitian^s, and hedoth quisUeduHTi fic tlicbcft cutcs, Ht^focTatcs^ in whom moft trull* oo divcrlcly « ir,ar\ cundm phantafieof oursaffed,turne and winde, fo imperioiifly command obfervaium. ^ our bodies,which as another 1 Protests ,er a Camelion,can take aBjhapes ; and is ie^gri perputfie gf fch force (as Ficintts2iddts) that it can work upon others, as well as our miilZnjZ ,« How can otherwife blcare-eyesin one man,caDfe the like affedion in pudickte prtefe- another ''Why doth one mans <“ yawning, make another yawne i One mans V Piffing provoke a fccond many timcstodoc the like? Why ^th feraping of »w/» pbLscen- trenchers offend a third,or hacking of files ^ Why doth a Crakafle bleed, fidmt. lib. de[a- yyjjgjj jjjg mufthcrcr Is brought before it, fome weeks after the murthcr hath bcene doncf Why doe Witches and old womcn,fafcinate and bewitch chil- wuSb.ii c.iS. dren: but as Wiertss, Paracelfsss,Cardan,LMi\aldtts, Valleriola, Cafar Vanni' »/^,C4Mf/?4/andmanyPhilofophers think, the forcible imagination of tpunqL Pfo. the one party ,movcsand alters the fpirits of the other. Nay more, they can uMvtichama- caufcandcutc not oncly difcafcs, maladies and feverall infirmities, by this Ti^rJZm mcancs,as. dolorumy out of anapprehenfion of gricfe,did fweat blood, Af4yfv 14. His foule was heavy to the death, and no forrow was like unto his. 2. givcsinftanceinonethat was fo melancholy by reafon of g griefe .-and Montanm confil. in a noble ma- tron«, that had m other caufe of this mifehiefe. I.S.D.ln Hildefheim , fully cured a patientof his,that was much troubled with melancholy, and forma- ojjkat^ peUis nyyeares, 'but afterwards by a little occafion of forrow ^ he fed trite his former fts,and was tormented as before. Examples are common, how it caufeth me- hMuiumincep- Jancholy, ^ derpcration,and fometimes death it fclfej for {Eccltts.^S.i 5 .)Of tumec * 5 ium a heavineffe comes death. Worldly firrow caufeth^eath,z Cor.y.io. Pfal.^i.io. (Jliy life is wafledwith heavinejfe, and my yeares with mourning. Why was fpkd.x de me- Hecuba faid to be turned to a dog < Niobe into a ftonc? but that tor griefe fhc was fcnfclclTe and ftupid. Severm the Emperour* dyed for griefe j and how accedeme^mfri' •"many myriads bcfidcsif . crafympimau Tant a HU efferitaSy tanta ejl infanta luHus. k 5 dc a. givesa reafon of it, atl,egathering of much melancholy blood a- nim,c.de ma¬ hout the hearty which coUsclion extingutjheth the good fpirits, or at leaf dudeth them,forrow jlrikes the heart^makes it tremble and fine away,with great faine : And the black blood drawnefrom the (pleene, and diffufedunder the rtbs, on the ^.nunore magit left ftde,makes thofe perilous hypocondriacad convulfions^ which happen to them that aretreubledwithSorrowy,^, •, ‘ ' mmuJeitmf atribiUfiUA obik'^ \ gt'^arm Genmfis hift.&c.nMos^itk c^rquafipercu^^^^ con^mptur^tremetliTtguefck cmacrifenfu dolork.lntrdiithfor fu^t^f attrabitex Spltrtt UnUimbumonm wt(^//ofthg^frccruellpiagpefofell„i:.r ,.jq t M .Qr ycogeancepf the GPfd^ tJe;f GaffieiM)ip,Styxp.rHell. . This foule fiend of feare was5,warfhipped'h ' r*. p Etnte^umi-^ • diodAtm fictn^ runt ut biiJum ^ menttfnxdmi^ ^ derctffamyb^ cipmtu^Au^.n q Syn^.i.dedih vCaUndisJan- ferioefurU dhu AngeroTuciCui pontifim in fair cello yolupitepi- craficiunt^quod ungores etanim foUicitudmes pro-> pitkta propellat. 9 ^ . f Ymmindiicit frigi^s, cordts pa/pitdtione^fy atijpdQrem, j^ippalib.i’ cap.6^ Timi- difet/ipcrjp'ri- m htmifngi- dosMont. fer thMyearefollomng. Many lamentable cffcas this Fear caiifcth in men,as to be red, pi, tremble,fweat, ^k makes fudden cold and heat to come over all the body, palpitation of the heart, Syncope,&^ Icamazeth many men that are to focukc, or Hicw thcmfelves in pubhke affernbhes, or before fomc great per fonages! as Tullj conkffed of himfelfe, that he trembled ftill at the beginning of hislpecch ; and Demcflhenes that great Omor oi Greece be¬ fore Philipp its i It confounds voice and memory, as witti y rings m InpiterTrLdHs, fo much afraid of his auditory, when hee was to make a fpccch to ti reft of the Gods,that he could not utter a ready word,but was compelled to ufe cMerctiries help in prompting. Many men arc fo amazed and aftoniflied with fearc, they know not where they are, what they lay, t what they doe, and that which is worft,it tortures them many dayes before with continuall affrights and fufpition.lt hinders moft honourable attempts, and makes their hearts ake, fad and heavy . They that live in fearc are ne ver free, “ refolutc, fccure,never merry, but in continuall paine: that, as Vtves Alexandriyubi pr$pe res adfudt WnWie. VL^e^,zMem,i b e6l,z.Mem, 4 .Subf.j. tEfitfas terms funnies agmi- ne tHtmas^qidii mea mne \nfldt coynt^A Faunus iciuiULc, *'^*'-* * 7 5- ^ t 1 aiOAUiet. efi miferiamajor metus , no greater milcry, n® racke, nortLturel,kcuntoit,everfufpic.ous,anxiousaoUicitous,.hfyarcch.Id.ft. „at,fed et inlii- jy drooping without kafon, without pdgemtm, *ej^ecta/h ifjome ternhle SllSir^ ohjcaheoff%td,zs PlHtdnhhzt\^-Vi. It caufeth oftentimes fuddenmadneffe, jftim impedii. and almolt all manner of difeafcs,as I have fulficicntly illuftrated in my * Di- r y V greflion of the force of Imaginatiob, and (hall doe more at large in my fe- dionofi.Tefrors.FearemakesOutImaginationconceivewhantIift,iDvites thedevill to come to us, as * Agrifpa zndCarddjt avouch, and tyrannizcth overour Phantafie more than all other alfcftions, cfpccially in the darke. Weefcethiiverifiediomoftmen> as ^LavaterCmh, what they feare they conceive /and faigne unto thcmfelves j they think they ;ubp.i. fee Goblins,Haggcs, Devils, and many times become melancholy thereby. C snbtiuz.ub. Cardan fubtil. lib.\Z .hath an example bf fuch an onc,fo cauled to be melan- choly (by fight of a bugbearc)all his life after. C^far durft not fit moTetmormui- in thc ft all^uo affde/^te, CsLlth t Nunquam untbres cvigt^ urn inhomm- j ft^angc what womcn and children will conceive unto them- TijS'pcarrs felvcs,ifthey^ocGvcraChurch-y€aTdinthefiight,lye,orbcaloneinadark eap.^/irtesrnid joomc how they fjwcat&fld ttemblc ofi a fuddcrt. Many men are troublcu with future events, forc-krtowlcdgc of their fortunes, deftinics, as Sever ns theEmpetOufi JdriMztid Drnmn, ^edfciret ultmumvtudtem, faith Suetoniui,valde folicit^,muchf6rtiited im minde bccaufc he foreknew his end 5 with many fuch^^f Which I fhall fpeak more opportunely in another place. Anxiety,mercy,pitty,indignktion,&c.and fuch fearful! branches de¬ rived from thefetWo fteftiritesof icafcAnd forow, I voluntarily omit j read moie oi ttximiniGnr«ttii Pdfcahusy\Dafidfnw,(^c. ; hr... , ■ ' -'rr-.v . ' ^ : of)'pdl b>-■. fiJ'lO.n =8 i r. ;T "i fiDinii;'; '■ H quia minus t h tmm. eykaejut. f Sedi.z.Mmb. g D€ virt, et viHu. b C$m, hi drift* itAaim* A -I ft. •€^ -v. ".V.. a . SiV. •Uv ^ ' -r. ‘ i /.-WWK'aV h'.V 01. ,0 w \ ', ijDiobi. ■loo'll w.h’ ■ ii" Wsura V. Sobs EC t. - » 3..0 Patt.i.Scur,ure,4ndm,f / t j j ^ r */ amuiam pudo- the reft •> (JMany meth ntglt^tht tumults of the world^ ana care ^ot for glory ^ ns^feUxntineft and nt they are afraid of infamy, repulfe, difgrace, {Tul.offc.l. i.) they can fe- merely contemnepleafrre, beare grief indifferently, but they are quite^ battered and broken with reproach and obloquy : ( fiqutdem vita & fama part paffu am- pu. Mm) and are fo dejiaed nnat.y times for feme publique injury, d.fgrace, as a boxe on the care,by their inferiour, to be overcome or their adverUry > p'uum,reptittnt foiled in the field to be out in a fpecch, fome foul faft committed or d ife lo - pi‘0 mbiloglorw^ fed, &c. that the^ date not come abroad all their lives after, but melancho- lizc in corners, and keep in holes. The moft generous fpints arc moft fub - repHlJm. left to it; Sfiritus alusfia^git>mrifis: be- caufe he could not underftand the motion oiEurtpus , for gnefcand ftiame Tiunt^ m dolore drowned himfelfc: Cae//»f Rodiginusantiquar.lec.li.zp.cap.S.Homernspudo- fummUmes, « enfumpm, was fwallowed up with this paffion of Ihame, 1 lem,fc he cmli not unfoldthe fijhermans riddle. Sophocles killed himlelfe, «^for that a Tragce- JU,fhU«..,hifid>g>kp.ge.- rp.m.x i«rr«/a(tabbed hcrfclfe,and fodid '^Cleopatra, when Jhefaw,thatJhewasrefrrvedfor a trt quan: detr'w en- umoh to avoid the infamy. Antoniut the Roman, <> after he was overcome of hts mm, mab]tii» Jmi, for ,hreedapsmMfira.farlafM Ship, dtpam„g Z‘7S.t irom ad company, even of Cleopatra her felfe, and afterwards for 'very hame, ^ butchered hmfelfe, Plutarch vita cjus. ^podonins Rhodi^ p wilfully bani- (bed him felfe, for faking his countrey, and ad his deare friends, becaufe he wm out in reciumr his Poems^ Plinins lib. 7. caf. 23. ran mad^ becaufe his m ob TTogoedid armeswereadjudged to rljffes. In Chirn’m anortory thing for, fuch as are excluded in thofe famous tryallsol theirs, or fliould take degrees for ihame and grief to lofciheir wits, *1 CHat.Rtccius expedit.adSinas hb.^.cap. 9. Hoftratus the Fryer,iookc that book which Reucltn had writ a^inft him, variycitfa ejui under the name of Epifi. obfeurorum virorum, fo to heart, that for Ihame and igMrdniavuan. griefe he made away himfelle,' /.«»<» thgiis. A grave and learned Mi- oift^r and an ordinary Preacher at Alcmor ln HoBana ^ was one day (as he walked in the fields for his rccreationf fgddenly takcn witha laskcorloofe- r nelTe, and thereupon compelled to retire to the next d,tch; but being t fur- « r»«nr tii, ttkm Ckoeairae ooHeafi mterfecit. p Cum male recie^b Argo>mtua,eb puehrem exulavit. q ^idampravetecundiup- ^ f^aJL'lkkrakJlaicld^ ee>aMdaliteiatinumgradu in examine exduduamc. r Hi^aim cucuUatm adeogmvuer e(> Kuclm bblfm^diMmr,EpiM^^ dolmePmnletpudcrtfaUckm,utfeitjum ^feierit. IPrepitr ruboremcfMm pati>^ce!»tMme,&c.obfufpictmm,mbb.z.cap. 8.. zim. M. Aurelufiemhu ntc'mm elegm'ita fe vejiiid videns, leatue,indor mvirm*»f»git,&c. t^od'mftgnieqwet ofiro veheretur,qmnqiumn»Uim cminjuiiatrnatUfiiiUmunquamiefagfavabmtur. had Parc. i.Sc<5t.2. Cau/es ofMelanchly, Memb.3.Subr.?. 1 02 had a better horfe,^and better furniture ^as iffhe had hurt them with it i they were u ^iodpuichri- much offended: In like fort our gentlewomen doc at their ufuall meetings,one wi^omntitx- repjnesor fcoffes at anothers bravery and happinefle. Uiiyrfine an K^tticke Mgiluoui- wench, was murthered of her fellows," becaufe Jhc did excell the reft in beauty, (term. Cenftamine ^gricult.lib.1 1 .c.y.every Village will yccld fuch examples. Subsect. 8. ty£mulation. Hatred, FaBion, Defire of revenge caufes. ^Ut ofthis root of Envy,X fpring thofe ferall branches of Jr fadion, hatred, livor, emulation, which caufe the like grievances,and are, ferra anima, the fawes of the foule, * confternatienisfleni affeBus^z^eChons full of defperate amazemenrj or as Cyprian deferibes emulation, it is r 4 mouth of the foule, a confumption, to make another mans happineffe his mifery,to torture,crucife (jr execute himfelf, to eate his orvne heart. Meat and drinke can doe fuch men no geodytkey doe altvayes grieve,figh andgroane,day and night without intermiftion, their hr eft is tome afunder: and a littleafrer, z Whomfoever he is, whom tlpou doji ‘iZein dteroyec emulate and env^,he may avoid thee, but thou canft neither avoid him, nor thy u"‘f^nfrctn wberefoever thou art, he is with thee,thine enemy is ever in thy breaft,thy *!^eria,ttvm deftruBion ts within thee, thou art a captive, bound hand and foot,as long as thou qiufdam peHmi art malicious, and envious, and canft not be comforted. It was the devils over» throw', and whenfoever thouart throughly affeded with this paflion, it will tmibmeifenfi- bc thine. Yet no perturbation fo frequent, no palfion fo common. X Late fAtet la- vidite fizciindie fermCKs^ et livor radix ommil n;a- lor urn y fans cUdi- urn, ink odium ftiigU-i Cyprianfer* z. d: Lhore. * yalerm lib. 3. cap.^. y ^alU eji ani- mi ima^ qiit ho ^ Hoiieft * emulation in ftudies, in all callings is not to be dilliked, tis hge- »«™wr«,asonecalsit.the«hetftoneofwit the nur eofvwt^^^^^ andthofe noble Romans out of this fpmt did brave exploits. T n«e s a mo- deft ambition, as Thempcles was rowfed up with the glory of (JHflnades, Achilles trophies moved Alexander, * ^mbire femperpita confdentia eft, K^mbire nun^uamdefes arrogantia eft , "Tis a fluggifti humour not to emulate or to fue at all, to withdraw hmifclfe, negleift refraine from fuch places,honours,officeSjthroughfloth,niggardli- nefte,feare,ba{hfulncflc,orotherwife,towhichbyhisbirth,place,foitunes, education he is called,apt,fit,and well able to undergoej but when Jf is im¬ moderate,it is a plague and amifcrable pain. What a deale of mony did He^^ n the 8.& Francu the firft King of FranceS^cnei at that “ famous intervieW< and how many vain CourticrSjfeeking each to outbrave other, fpent thern^ felves,their lively hood andfortunes,and dyed beggars.* rour,was fo galleft with it,that hekilled all hisequalsj fqdid iVew This paf- fionmadef|/V»t/Z/^ the Tyrant banifti P/4#i> and Poet, be- caufe they did excell, and eclips his glory , as he thought jThqP^^^ CorieUttus, confine Camidus^ murder Scipio^ The Greekes by ftracifme o cxpcll Ariftides,Nietos, ^Icibiades, unprifon The feus, make zivzyFhecton, Are. When Richard the firft,and Philipoi Franee ,fellow fouldiers to-r cethcr, at the fiegeof Aconxvi the Holy land,and RicherdhzA approved him- felfetobethe more valiant man, in fo much that all mens eyes were upon him, it fo galled Philip , Franctm urtbat Regis faith mine s Au¬ thor ,ferebat Richardigloriam,ut carperedicta^calumniartfacla-^th^t hee caviled at all his proceedings, and fell at length to open defiance^ hee could containe no longer, but halting home,invaded his territories,and pro- feffed open warre. Hatredftirres up contention, Prov. 10.12.and they breake out at laft into immortall enmity , into virulency, and rnore than Fatintan hate and ragejthey perfccuteeach other,their friends,followers,&all their pofterity with bitter taunts,hoftlle warres, fcurnle mveaives, hbels,calura- nies,fire, fword,and the like,and will not be reconciled.Wi^effethat Guelfe and Gibelline f adion in jthat of the Adurm and Fregoftia Genoa-, that of CneusPapirius,zr\Q ^intus Fabiusin Rome-, Cofar zndPompey, Orleans and Burgundy \n France-, Forkeznd LancafteriwFngland-, Yea this pafhon lo rageth * many times,that it fubverts not men only,and families^but even po- pdous Cities,* C4rr/.i4^e-and Corinth canwitneifeas much,nay flouriniing Kingdomes are brought into a wildcrnefte by it. Ttus hatred^ malice, fa- ilion,and defire of revenge, invented firft all thofe racks,and wheeles,ftrap- adoes brazen buls,fcrall engines, prifons,inquifitions,fevere lawestomace- ’ O rate 10: alit 'mgemti : Pater-^ culu^po^er. zsi. *Grotm E/ig- lib.i. dAiino I5T5* bctv^’ixc Ardcs andQmne. e spanm» f Pluurch. %lo}xmisHe^ rddm iib.z-c. .ii,dtbellofiiCn ; h Nulladies tAHtum poterit lemefnroiem*. ey£ttrna be/Ia pacefublatage- runt. lierat edium, ntc ante* imifum ef- fe defmt^tiiKun ejfe defiit. Pater- cuius voLi, i itafftvit heec flygia mhiftra. uturbes fUbvtr- uualiquandoy proz'meias dlo- qm digat in folitudl- ms 3 mortales ze¬ ro mfms in pro- fimda miferw u voUe mijhabiii’- ter inimergat. ^Carthagpamu- laKomaniittfpe- rii funditus inte- riit.Salafl. CatiU Parc.i.Se^.2. Catfes ofMelamhclji* Memb.3.Subr9. 104 rate and torment one another. How happy might we bee, and end oui^ time withblcffed dayeSjand fwcet content, if we could contain our fclvcs,andas we ought to doe,put up injuries,learnc humility, meekneire,patience,forgct k Paul. j. Col. and forgive,as in ^ Gods word we are injoyned,compofe fuch finall contro- verfies amongft our felves, moderate our paflions in this kinde, and thinks IRom.ii. better ofothers^ds * Paul would hs.vtVLS,thenof our [elves : Be of like affeStion one towards another^ and not avenge our felves, but have peace with all men* But being that we are fopeevifli and pcrverfc,iDfolent and proud,(b fadious and feditiouSjfo malicious and enviousjwe Aotinvicem angariare^mzulc and vexcone another, torture, difquict,and precipitate our felves intothatgulfe of woes and cares,aggravate our mifery,and melancholy,heap upon us hell and eternall damnation. ni 6 raci.i*c.^^ vkjratt moeror et ingens anim confiemitio^me-^ Uncmlicos facit. Anteiis, iraim- modicagigm infaniam, o Keg fanit. parte z. cap. 8. in lungs:^hBn the liver,&c. Haic fenfus exuberat,fed efipudttrkdegenerjfanguip^fR. .Hcej« rich, butbafe borncj hcis noble, but poOre^ 'a third hath nieancs, latitbce wants health peradventufe, or witto managelhlseftatej dhil^Jren vesje lowi^ wife afecondj&c. ^ emo. facile cum‘C'on'ditionefua concordat with his fortune,a poundOfforrow is famili^h'iy mhet with a-dFam'bfc6tefici little or no joy,little comfort^but* every whcfedanger,contetitidhja£ixiei^4ft all ParLi.Sedt 2. Vlfcontei^Cmi^^Qf Memb.jjSubf. la 107 all placcs;20c wh«c Chou vvilc„and thou (hair find dif<;oncents qares.vvoes, complamts/.cko<:&,difcaf«,incumbrMc«,wUmations: there knavery and flattcry,&c.rf to a private mans hcuje, there, s car.ke ana care, „xa,etpkgne-,^ heavineffe.i^c.hshc^aidotold, ^ ’ indomumfiiv^ ^Nilhomine in terra (birat miCerummagU alma: Nocreature fo mifesable as man,fo generally molefted,i inrni(trtes of body, ^ miferics ofminde, mifcrtcs of heart, in miferies ajleepe, in mijertes awake, tn homomftrm, mfericswherefoever bemnes, as Bern^dtQ\xud, Nmqmd tentatUeft vtta humanafaper terram ? A mecre temptation is our life, ( Aupnaonfej}. lib. 10. cat! 28 ) catena perpetnornm malorum, (jr q»is potefi moleftias & diffcultates dumyigi/at,quo' p!t] ? Who can endure the tniferi^s ofit ^ ^ In pr^erity we areinfolent. and intoicrableMecledin a^verfity^ in all fortunes foolifh and miierable. ” In ad' tcrnporm^ wrpy fnj^tntj /awaM »/; »*■>' ri ”.,... mediocrity may be found? Where is no temptation? What condition oj fonumiatoie- ■free? nwi(dome hath labour annexedto it glory envy h/iches and cares, chi\- raad(,mc^im~ drenandtncumbrances,pleafureanddffcafes,rcjk andbeggerygoe together : ^ if a man were therefore borne, (as the Platonifts bold) to be punijhed in this mfm Cardan. lifejor fome precedentfinnes. Otth^t,^^^^^ T rather accounted a fiepmotber , than a motpr unto lesy all things conftdered: »f eyeatures life fo brittle, fo full of fear e,fo mad ,fopri«us yo^ly tt plagued pro^utimeo, wM envy,difcoment,griefes, covetpufnejfe, arnbitm, Our whole, life is an Irifh Sea, wherein there is naught to pef ?tpei3c4 I^wf nonjh humam liormes,and troublefoaae v/aves, and thofe ingAhc,. . .v , TZZH '' tf Tamum malorumpelagui ajficiOy 'yff ., '' ‘ yt non fit inde enatandi copia. ' ^ 'v giorixin^i^- . .no Halcyonian times, wherein a man canhold bitnfelfe fccure, or agree with bofi^Uiwdoy 'hisprcfcfltcftate:butas Boethius MeK%, ^ there is fomething in every one of U4, which before tryaU we feeke^ and having tryed abhor : ^ Wif^J^rnfjlly wtjh, ut quaftfrumd&- and oa^riy covets andare eft foones weary ofit. Thus betwixt,hope a^d fearc, ^i^tiptlSa ao^ers, , . - y- ^ ■ „ j 'I'’ ’ V O. mumpi^iCaOi j . .tjnter^esn^metumj^.timtiresintff 0tras,. . • 'piatompUag- betwi»c failing injalhug <}>ut,&c. we bangle away our beft dales,belpole our pur ti^^we lead acpt)fenttous,di.fco0tent, tumuterous, melancholy, miieT IaaW 5 ,*ewofWAtiafcisamS 2 «^l*yr**. 9 fswm^^ S>w)fc iderncf|^a:dcnne of theevpMdwwvhorr'id rocks, „ Brecipitii«iis,an ocean pfadverfity^an heavy yoake,. wberciBcinficinities and ni calgmitics^oyertake and follow one another as thc.Sea waMefi>?nd if vve &a^ -5^/f4,jVcfailfouleoniC^4r7^ he {a\d,all u vd- vexation of fpirit : lame and impcrfeift. Hadft thou Sampfoits hairc, €omfam,l^oLi. ^PXraffmMutmm^quinque hitbuijfe diciturrerumbonnYHmmaxim^quQdeffetdhiJftmus^ quodefjetnohilifftrnHSy tbqi^dflimuAy Jwifcfmfmtifsimusy Fcntiijfex maximns. Lib.j^Fegts fiiiafUegisuxortRegii mater, g TUhU umttam maUatH di^ xit^tfecityaHtfenfityqHi benefemffrficit^ quod aliterfaccre nonpomit. h Solo/non ^ccirf, 1.14. miilcs Patt.i.Sc(5l.2, V'tfcontentSyVmes Memb.3.Subf. la ' ^i cecidityfiabili non erat ide gradu,, i Hethat er ft marched like Xerxes with innumerable armies,as rich as Crafus, now fhifts for himfelfe in a poore cock-boat, is bound in iron chaincs, with £aja:(et the Turke,and a foot-ftoole with Aurelian,iot a tyrannizing Con- querour to trample on. So many cafualties there are, that as Seneca faid of a City confumed with fire, Fna dies interejlinter maximamcivitatem ^ nul- lam, one day betwixt a great city, and none; fomany grievances from out¬ ward accidents,and from our felvcs, our ownc indifcrction,inordinateappe¬ tite, one day betwixt a man, and no man. And which is worfe, as if difeon- tenrs and miferics would not come faft enough upon xxs-yhomo homini dxmon, we maul,perfecute,and ftudy how toftiog,gaul, and vexe one another with mutuall hatred,abufes,in)uriesjpreyingupon,and devouring,as fomany “ra¬ venous birds jand as jugltrs,pandcrs,bawdes,cofening one anotherjorrage- ing as o wolves, tigcrs,and devils, we take a delight tq torment one another; men are evill,wicked,malicious, trecherous,and p naught, not loving one a- nother, or loving thcmfelves,not hofpitablc,charitable, nor fociablc as they ought to be, but counterfeit, diircmblcrs,ambodcxtcrs, all for their owne cnds,hard-hearted,mercilcirc, pittileire,and to benefit thcmfelves,they care not what mifehiefe they procure to others, i Praxinoe and Gorgo in the Poet, when they had got in to fee thofe coftly fights, they then cryed^e^etf/, and would thruft out all the reft: when they arc rich themfelvcs, in honour,pre- fcrrcd,full,and have even what they would,they debar others of thofe plca- fures lOp i Hor.AifnP^t. k Jovm vita ejfn. \ 1 m Boithm lifif iMet.Met.i. 1 n Omes hk aut cavtantur^aut capum lautca^ daitf'aqfiseia- cp/mtuti out cwvi qki rant.Petyvn, o Homo omm mnfirum efi^ , ille mm fuperat ^rfospeifyreob- fcurotegk.Henf. p Pater^ cului de populo KorranOj durante hello Pimco per aims i\*^.aut bellutn imtr eoSy aut belli prapara* tiOyOUtinfida paxy idem cgo de mu^ accdif, q Theocrit(f$. Edill. IS. Part i.Sc< 5 t 2 . Cau/es of Melancholy, Mcmb.3.Subf. lo. tio r fedet in nierf4,non nx- minit fibi otiofo mwjhare nego- tiofo^^edcnti efk- rieme^^hibenti fitimesy&c. r^ui‘4domad0- lefcentia fiia ipfi 'vixerint, Imtim etlibrnusveHup- totes fiios "exple- winty iHigTuUis impomastdmo^ res continenthe leges- t tuguhru Ate fejo Ke- ‘ gfimtu^asob- \ • fidet arccs Kesejw inquieta fxlici'^ 1 ias, ^ u PpM aloes quo metis habet. Nonhumijacen- iemtolem, yo- Ur Mb,cap, I. X }^on dkdemd afpieias^ fcdvU tamaffiPiionere- fertamymn ca- tervas fatelli- iumy fed curatH multiUidinem, * Ai Plutarch relate th. y Sefl.z- 'rnemb, ^,fHbfe€l.6. furcs which youth requires,and they formerly have enjoyed.Hcfitsat table in a foft chaireat cafe, but he doth not remember in the meane tiin^e that a tired waiter hands behind him, an hungry feh^ minjersu^^ athirft that ^injes him drink (faith " EpCleius) and ufilent rvhtles hejpeaks his pleafureipenftveJad,tvhenhe laughs. Pleno feproluitauro^ He fcafts, rcyeJjs, Wprofufely fpcnds, hath variety of robes, fweet mufick, eale, and all the pleafure the world can afford, whilcft many an hunger-ftarved poore crea¬ ture pines in the ftreet, wants clothes to cover him, labours ha^rd all day long,runs,rides for a trifle,fights peradventure from Sun to Sun, hek and ill, weary, full of paineand griefe, is in great diftrelTe and forrow of heart. He loathes and fcornes hisinferiour, hates or emulates his equall, envies his iu- periourdnfults over all fuch as are under him,as if he were of another^eew, a demi god, not fubjed to any fall, or humane infirmities. Generally they love not,arc not beloved a^ainc: they tire out others bodies with continual! labour,they themfelvcs living atcafe,caring for none chejihi nan j and are fo'far many times from putting to their helping hand, that they leeke all mcanes to ciepreflTe, even mofl worthy and well deferving, better than them- felves thofc whom they are by thelawes of nature, bound to relieve and help, as much as inthcm-lies, they will let them cater-waule, ftarve, beg, and hang, before they wilt any wayes (though it be in their power) aflift, orcafe.-ffounnaturall ate they for t-he moft part, fo unrcgardfull : fo hard-hearted, fochurlifli, proud, infolent, fo dogged, of fo bad a dilpoliti- on. And being fobrUtifh,fodcvilifhly bent one towards another, how is it poflfible, but that we (honld bcdifcontent of all fidcs, full of cares^ woes, andmiferies? - .... j -r Ifthisbenotafufficientproofe of their difconfent and mifery, examine every condition and calling apart. Kings, Princes, Monarches, and M^agi- ftrates feeme to be moft happy, but looke into their eftate,you mall'findc them to be moft encumbred with cares, in perpetuall fcare,agony,fufpition, 1 jcaloufie: that as “ he faid of a Crowne,if they knew but the difcontents that laccompany it, they would not ftoopc to take it up. ^em mtht regem dabts \[a.\x\\Chryf0flome)noncur^plenum? What King canft thoufhew me,not full of cares i ^ Look not on his crown,but eonfider his afflictions : attend not his number offervants, but multitude of crojfcs. Nihil aliud potefias calminis, qukmtempefias mentisfZsGregory him j Soyeraignty isa tempeftoi the Soule: Sylla like they have brave titles,but lenderem titulo, cruciaUm animo: which made * Demoflhenes vow, ft velad tribunal, velad interitum ; if to be a Judge, or be condemned, were put to his choice,hc would be condemned. Rich men arc in the fame predicament. what their painesarc,J?«//i nefeiunt, ipfl fenflunt: they feclc,foolcs perceive not, as I fhall prove clfcwhere,and their wealth is brittlc,like childrens rat¬ tles f they come and goe, there is no certainty in them j thofc whom they clcvate,thcy doe as fuddenlydepreffe, and leave in a vale of mifery. The middle fort of men arc as fo many alfcsto bcarc burdens j or if they be free, and live at cafe, they fpend themfelvcs, and confumc their bodies and for¬ tunes with luxury and riot, contention, emulation,&c. The poorc I referve for another y placc,and their difcontents. For particular profeilionspl hold as of the reft,therc s no content or fccuri- b B9r.iz*od,u c Ratm feftx Part.i.Sea.ir” ~l)ifcontents, Feares, &c. Memb.3.Subf. lo. ty in any 5 On whatcourfc will you pitch,how icfolvc; contemptible in the worlds efteeme: To be a Lawyer tis to ™gleu ^ ^ TobeaPhvfitian, t^sloathcd: APhilofophcr, • MchvmS IbeS r fa Poet, hungry Jack:A Muritian,a pbyer: A g?nsa«unce,tine:A ^ecbanir,a„,bafe:A toa'^u^rfeTasVeo^^^^ (hew no ftate of life to give content. The like you may fay of all ag« • ^h 1 - HrenliveinaDerpctuallflavcry, flill under that tyranmcall government ot drenliveinaperpctua ^ fubiedto labour, and a thoufand Matters: young men,and ot riper yeares, luojcci lu lauv^ , cares of the world ^ to treachery, falfliood,and cofenage, --b Incedit ftr ignesy Suppofitos chert delofo, , «old are full of aches in their bones, ^j} »hat they nf hearing weak fighted.hoary,wrinkled,harfli,fo much altered as tha t y In^rthei; own face in^^^ glalTe, a’bntden to themfelvc s and others after 70. yeares, aU is forrerv (as David hath it) they doc not live but linger. Ifthey be found, they fe^difeafes j iffick,wcary of lives: vere fed valere vita. One complaincs of want, a fccond of (crvitud , txkUt.upuvosy other of a feer ct or incurable difeafe: of fome deformity of body, of fome mtndkosqm^ lofl-rdanger,death offriedds,fhipwrack,perfecuti6,imprifonment, difgrace, reDuife e^contumcly,calumny,abufe, injury, contempt, e.^e.da ncflTc fcofFcs,flouts, unfortunate mariage, fingle l‘lb, too many childre , no rn.v^. ^ childrcn,falfe fervants, unhappy children,barrcnnefrc, baniflimcnt, oppref- • (ion, fruftratc hopcs,and ill fuccefrc,&c. t Talia de gettere hoc adetfurtt vtuUa, locfuacem ut Talkingfai/orw Ibetyredbefotehecantellhalfeofthem; theyarethe S ca of wholeVolun>es;and (hallffomc ot then.)tenHewrwne!yi)- K elferXrc In the meanc time thus much I mayIar5raK^md>«' g.7'- Sf^cracife the foule ot raan^ attenuate our bodies, dry them, tivell them up like old apples, make them as fo many Anatotnies, (k a/Ta al tcUis t/l wrL.rra aris )i>a«<)they caufe imfiufxdiim h UiberloLdayes, flow,dull.and heavy timesimake us howle.toate,an^teateourhaires,asSortowdidin' "»*• ' for theveryanguilhofoutfoules. Out hearts failc us, as Pawdr did, P/al. io 12. fur inmmtrMt iroaUts lit) comftffiihmi and we arc ready to con- i Ucv,Lm^iM,jf 4 y^i., 7 MhUJcrfilichyliadhuurgmf.-tom<:f mi.h HiraiUtM to curie the day of our birth, with itremy ,20.14. and our Ls with Uh ,0 hold that axiome ofiitour,'‘tew “T'“d'n A^worU’ , Wf/&cM»«xre^«/f^^)’-orifwcmuftlivc,to abandon the world, I as Timon did,crcep into caves and holes,as our Anchorites; caft all into the ^ Scajs Crates Thebanus: or as Theembrettu ^tnbroctato s 400 auditors,pre. cipUaCe our felvcs to be rid of thefe miferies. Subsect. Pait.i.Sc(5fc.2. Caufes of Melancholy. Mcmb. 5 .Subr 11 111 SuBSEC T. II. I ft nUam ratme Cequun- icm mundi h.de civ.Dei : 1 if they be moderate : both pernicious if they be r -This Concupifcible appetite, howfoever it may bitaia. to carry with it a flicw of pleafureand delight,and ourconcupifcences moft part afFcdus with content and apleafing obje^, yet if they be in ex- treames, they rack and wring us on the other fide. A true laying it is, Defire ^Tho Buovie. hath norejl : is infinite in it felfe, endleffc : and as ■" one calls it, a perpetuall nLiam mil^ccording to ^«//»,ftill goihg round as ina ring. They iitm. are not 10 continuall,as divers,/4«7/»j atamos denumerare toffem faith o Ber. hac^nmc ilia cogito: you may as well reckon up p circa quaithtt ^hc iTiotes in the Sun,as them, p It extends itfife to every thinyg, as Guianerius will have it^that tsfuferfluoufy fought after : or t^y fervent defire, as interprets it j be it in what kind lbever,it t^ftres if immoderate,and is (according to' Plater and others)anefpeciallcaufe of Melancholy. concupifeentiis dilaniantur cogitationes mea, ^ Aufiin confefled, that he was Uitamum. ^ pieccs with his manifold defires ; and fo doth t Bernard complaine t imprimu verb that htcould not ref for them a minute of an houre: this I muld have, andthat tdeZtem. ^”f^^^^^^^fif^fobefuchandfuch.'T\sz\tzxd matter therefore to confine tconf.i.c.29. tncm,being they are fo various and many ,unpofiib|e to apprehend all Twill moft noxious in their kind, temflumomii, ^at exorbitant Appetite and Defire of Honour, which we commonly call toqui^,ta(be\ ^mb/tton } Love of money,which is CovetoufnefTe. and that ereedv defir<- I ^fgame ^ide, and inordinate defire of Vaine-glory or a/plaufe bakrede/idero.ji Loveoffudy in cxceftc : Loveof women^ (which will require a juft volumenf itfeife) of the other I will briefly fpcak,and in their order. Jmbition^z proud covetoufnefle,or a dry thirft of Honour, a^great torture ^xAmbrtf iib. J. or the miridejCompofed of envy,pride,and covetoufnefle, a gallant madnes IT “ a pleafant poyfon, ^ canker ofthefoule, an hidden X nm animm sfecref poyfon^the father of livor^ and mother ofh-tpocrifte f uioth ofholinelfCy and caufe of madnejfe^ crucifying and difquietinz all t hat it aJffZZT f '/Seneca cals ix^remfolicitam, timidam, vanam^ ventofam, a win- virm.pejiisoe- oy thing, a vaine, felicitous, and fearfull thing. For commonly thev that role this reftlcITe ftonc of Ambition, ate in a perpetuall agony, y Ep.ss: “‘h perplexed, taetti, trifie(j^ recedunt^ {Lucretius) doubtfull, timo- X mMwfcrt. rous, fufpitious, loath to offend in word or deed, ftill cogging and colloeue. ^^pping, cringing, applauding, flattering, fleering, yifitfng dHbmto, quan^ Way ting at mens doores with all affability,counterfeit honefty and humilitv’ hifrh'iX fo?1 it) pofli^e do.,niiUAiUi i thirity loule, amhittonu falfugo uht bibulam animam fo^idtt ^ by hook tntUbnsvacmhora. ^Smpcrmommjcmperh^idw, qmddicatjadatve: nedijpikmhmiUtatem fimlat,hne{late>»,mtitul and PavM.Sed.2. Mcmb.3.Subnj i. ^mhkion a Caufe. iiS and by crookc he will obtaine it, andfiemhts hlek mllclmheto aU andehces,if it b( fopblefor him to get flittering ene^ bribing niS le4ve no meanes unajfijd toivin aB. It :s a wonder to fee how flavifti y thefe kind of men fubjcathemfelves, when they are about a fute, to every inferiour perfonswhat paines they will take, runne, ride, caft, plot, counter¬ mine proteft and fwcarc.vow, promife, what labours undergoe, carclyup, downclatc j how obfequious and affable they are, hov; popular and cour¬ teous how they grinne and flicrc upon every man they rnect jwith what fca- ftine and inviting, how they fpend thcmfclves and their fortunes, m fcekin^g thaf many times, which they had much better be without ; as Cjneas the ^ cjpr_ proH. olZlMTjrrh^: with whatwalmg nights, painfull houres anx.ous thouchts and bitterneffc of minde, inter fpemijae metumque, diftradted and f confume the interim of their timc.There can be no greater p ague r^fiqmmnb- for the prefent. If they doe obtaine their futc,which with fuch coft and foil- citude they have fought, they are not fo freed, their anxiety is anew to be- am- ginne, forVy are Lv’er fatisfied, nihil diud nifl imferium fliiran^^^^^^^ thoughts, aaions,endcavours are all for Sovcraignty and Honour,like Lnes ^ e/'/ir^4fhathulhneDukcofi»///4», atnan offingtilar wife dome, but frojound umpmemon owne ruine and friends undoing, they will contend, they may not ccafe,but yit^ dife^u. as a dogge in a wheelc,a bird in a cage, or a [quirrell in a chaiac, fo Bndau, comnarcs them; they climbe and climbe ftill, with much labour,but never makeanend ne.veratthetop.AKnightwouldbeaBaronet,andthcnaLord, and then a vicount,and then an Earle,&c. ^ . flioD • from Tribune toPrxtor: from Bailiffeto Maior: firft this office, and ^ viutmhM. Ihcn ihat; asPjttto in • th>My will firft have thenAfia, and fwell with iB/i/nrog folong, till inthe endtheyburft, or cQmt ko^Vit^\thSe\AHW,adCemOHias fcaiis, and break their own necks : quonismj.omp. or as Euangelns the piper in Luciun, that blew his pipe fo long, til he fell «« « » downe de£l. If he chance to milTc, and have a canvas, he is ina hell on the otherfidesfodejcaed,thatheisreadytohanghtorell^^ Tnrkc or Traitor in an inftanc. Enraged againft his enemies, he lailcs, fwearcs fights flandcrs, detrafts, envies, murdets.: and for his owne part, Ji om ai (ass Bodine writes) he runs mad. So that both wayes,hic or miffe, he is diftra- adbeietjc aed fo long as his Ambition lafts, he can looke for no mher but anxiety and care, difeontent and griefein the meane time,'’ midneffc it fclfe, or violent death in the end. The event of this is common to be fecne in populous tics,or in Princes Courts, fora Courtiers life (as 5 //^dcfcribcs it) is a i CaBimaufly of ambition^ lufl, fraud, mpofture^ diflmuUtien, deir action, wjy, pride,the Court,a common conventicle efflatterers,tme fervers,f o^^^^^^ eras’' i^nthenj Pere'{y]\\\,the juburbs of heB itfelfe. Ifyou will lee luch dif- contented perlons,therc you (hall likely find them. I And which he obfer- «^ ved of the markets of old jfad/e ^4t perjurum convemre vult homintm ^mtttotnC emit turn ; deiabitur/bcx- Paitti«Se( 5 fc. 2 . Caufet of Melancholy, Mcmb. 3 .Subf i H 4 tT«)H.t.siexA; tfi- faueaufatvel afimefbtontm- tuiiiifludit, vet abii^ftctitputi- tote,oriiaH era- edljifda. Idem JmCbryf^emm anum cip.6.ai * Ctp.^i. iVt fititiqum mdeumy inpre- fum. b Si vertyCrate. My inter cteter 04 herbaU raJicety tvtrkue radice fieartpepsam- ram,ta nulU rt- SqiAetpntypra- befdtty&e. c cap. 6 .Dkii fuMru^io^es .-their mad ftruiturcs, dif- , ports, playes, &c. when they are unfcafonably ufed imprudently handled end beyond their fortunes. Some men are confumed by mad phantafticall . buildings, by making Galleries, Cloifters, Tarraces, Walkes, orchards, Gardens,Pooles, Rillcts, Bowers,and fuch places of p eafuie; I/iutiles do- xemphon cals them, which howfoever they be dehghtfome things in ^idftmmc rhemfclvcs, and acceptable to all beholders, an ornament, and bentting ofiotdam eos qw „ j. unprofitable to others,and the foie overthrow of their rSSX" cliatcf. fin his ohfcrvations ha.h an cxatnpk of fcch a one that be- tedificant, inquit melancholy upon the like occafion, having conlumed his lubltance in an unprofitable building, which would afterward yecld him no advantage. Others, 1 fay, are overthrowne by thofe mad fports of Hawking and hun- Vo-ycratMU. tina-honeftrecrcations,and fit for fome great men, but not for every bafe cap.y. vtmtom perfonjwhileft they will maintainc their Faulkoners, dogges, and jSfJX hunting Nagges, their wealth, faith I Sdmut^^c, rumts awdymth hounds and lent centmorii, flic awaj With Hawkcs : They pcrfccutebcaits 10 long, till iti the end they themfclves degenerate into benfts ns » Agriff. taxeth them, tMde(iM etff*- n Aciaon like, for as he was eaten to death by his owne dogges,fo doe they vk, yo^ocont^ devoure themfclves and their patrimonies, in fuch idle and unn^eflary di- fports, neglcfting in the mcanc time their more neceffary bufineffe, and to i Panaroi Tit. follow thcir vocatiotts. Over-mad too fometimes arc our great men in dc- lighting, and doting too much on it. • irkm iky drive ymi hiMmen m infgmsveiiitf- f^g^f tillage., as P Saruhurtenjis ob]eAs,polycrat. lib. i. cap.^.pmg aowne countref Farmes. andwhole Toxonts.^ to make Parkes, and qd to feed beads., and s punifhing in the meant time fuch a man that fliall moleft their dumrimmm aamc, more fevercly than him that is otherwife a common hacker, or a notorious ITV&e- theefe. But great men are fome wayes to bee excufed,the meaner fort have '{laomibuma- no cvafion why they fhould not be counted mad. Poggtus ibt Florentine, mtmin feras ^ merrv ftory to this purpofc, condemning the folly and impertinent bufineffe of fuch kinde of perfons. A phyfitian of Mtlltmy faith he,that cured n Sabin, wo- mendiad a pit of water in his houfe, in which hee kept his patients, o tST fome up to the knees, fome to the girdle, fome to the chinne,frii modoinfa^ vamt feient. iri' as they wcrc more or IclTeaffciflcd, One of them by chance that was fMumvm^i well recovered,ftood in thedoore^and feeing a gallant ride by with a Haukc on his fift,wcll mounted, with his Spaniels after him, would needsknow to tm-agriceu.pib- ufc all this preparation ferved; he made anfwer,to kill certainc rowle; si the patient demanded againe,whathi5fowle might be worth nis preeciudimur led in a ycareshc replyed,5 or 1 o Crownesjand when he urged him fanner, fji^et mta Horfc,and Hawkes ftood him in,he told him 400 Crownsj with that the patient bad be gone, as he loved his life and welfare, for if a • our mafter come and finde thee hcrc,he will put thee in the pit amongit mad men upto the chinne: Taxing the madnefle and folly ol fuch vain men, that q Fmsqiumho fmbuieake of us. Againe, a little after to eJMaximus, ^ I cannot ex- preffe how f leafing it is tometohearemy felfe commended.Thow^'fJt fmilc to our lelves, at Icaft Ironically, when Parafites bedawbc us withfalfe£»f«. mions, as many Princes cannot chufe but doe, fimmtale quid nihil intra fe repererint, when they know they come as farre (hort,as a Moufc to an Ele¬ phant, of any fuch vertuesj yet it doth us good. Though wee feerae many times to be angry, f and blufh at our ownepraifes, yet ourfoules inwardly rejoy ce, it puffes us up j 'tis fallax fuavitasjblandm damon, makes m fweH beyond our .SjJ hounds. uHor. X ^agiltdijute animm pene- truly ItvitiY pe^ netrat fed nmle- ve infUgitvul^ ms.fup. cant, j ormem pecufuarum con- temptumhabenty cl TUiUi iiomi tot'ius cutrintytt rarakai coFpo.. risconcupf/cen- Uaifu^inHtrrnt hi miUtoiincup^ tidvana gloria omnia, perdide- rmt. X Hac correpd non cogitant de medefa. a Dii taitm d terrisaverute peflem. i Ep.ad chium.de enflod. virgin. c Lypf.F.p.ad m Bonciarium. d Ep lib. 9 . Omia tmferip- tu pufeherrima exiftimOy mxir wt tameni^ qike de nobis, c Expfimerenen poffnmquani fityicundumy 8cc, f Hierom. nil. cetnosindignos dic'mus.ci cali-. dm ruboi ora perfundaty attOr menadlaudem fiam intrinfeom ardmUtmur. Patt.i.Sc<5t.2. Caufes of Mancholy, Memb.3.Subi:i4. 12Z hounds, and forget our [elves. Her two daughters are lightncffe ofminde, immoderate joy and pride, not excluding thofe other concomitant vices, which sjodocus Lorichius reckons up, Bragging, Hypocrifie, Peevifhncflc, snd curiofitic ^ Novrthrcommoncaufeofthismifchiefe,arifeth from our felvpor o- thers, h we are adive and paflive. Itproceeds inwardly from our lelves, as we are adivecaufcs, from an over-weening conceit wee have ot our good parts owne worth, (which indeed is no worth) our bounty, favour, grace, valdurj ftrength, wealth, patience, meeknefle, hofpitality beauty, tempe¬ rance, gentry, knowledge, wit, fcience,art, learning, our excellent gifts & fortunes,for which Narcijfus like, we admire,flatter,and applaud our fclvcs, and thinke all the world efteemes fo of usj and as deformed women, eafily bclecve thofe that tell them they be faire,we arc too credulous of our ownc <»ood parts and praifes, too well perfwaded of our felvcs. Wee bragge and venditatc our' own WGrkcs,and fcorne all others in refped ot us j Inflatifci- ent 'ta (faith P4«/) our wifdome,*^ our learning j all bur geefe are fwanncs,and we asbafely efteem and vilific other mens, as we doc over-highly prize arid value our owne. Wee will not fuffer them to be in fecundis, no not in tertiis^ what^ Mecum confertur Vlijfes ? they are Mures, Mu fc£,culues prafe^mtzs and flies compared to his inexorable and fupercilious, eminent and arrogant worfliip: Though indeed they be farre before him. Oncly wife, onely rich, oncly fortunate, valorous, and faire, puffed up with this Timpany of fclfe-conccit; as that proud ^ Pharifee, they are not (as they luppofe) like other men, oC a purer and more precious mettle : Soli rei gerendi funt eficaces, which that Wife Periander held of fuch: "> medttamttr omne qnt prt^ usnegotium,&c. Novi quendam(ia\th* Erafrmts)! knew otit Jo arrogant that he thought himfelfeinferiour to no man living, like " Calif henes the Philofophcr, that neither held Alexanders ads, or any other fubje am iftam demine longtfac d me, Aufivuconf- lib, eMan.l.^y. 51. * Lib, cent* S-OQ Part. i.Sc(5t.2, Cau/es of Melancholy, Mcmb, 3 .Subf. 14. 124 written in former ages, fcarcc one ofa thoufands workes remaines, mmwa. ^ Itbri ftmttl cum corforibus interkrunt, their bookes and bodies are peri- flicd together. It is notasthcy vainely thTnke, they fliall furcly be admired and immortal!, as one told PhilifoiCHacedon infulting after a vidory, that his fliadow was no longer than before, we may fay to them, Nos demiramur^fed non cum defide vulgo, Sedvtlut Harpyas, Gorgontcs^ Furioi. Wemarvailetoo, not as the vulgar we. But as we Gorgons, Harpy, or Furies fee. Or if we doe applaud, honour and admire^ quotupars yhow fmall a part in re- fpedofthe whole world, never fo much as hears our names j how few take notice of us, how flender a Trad, as fcant as Alcibiades his land in a Map: Orhem terrmm 'viBor Romanm habebat^ as he crackt in Petrenim, all the world was under ^^ugujlus .* and fb in Conjlantines time, Eufcbitk brags he governed all the world, univerfum mundum preclare admodtim admintftra. - & omnes orbis gentes Imperatari fubje&i: fo of {Alexander it is gl- ven out, the 4. Monarchies, &c. when as neither Creeks nor Romans, ever had the fifteenth part of the now known world, nor halfe of that which was then dcfcrib^d. What Braggadocians are they and we then < quam brevis rui.fiin.feip. hie denobis fermo, as8 he faid, ^pudebit auCii nominis^ how fliort a time, how Boethius. little a while doth this fame of ours continue < Every private Province eve¬ ry fmall territory, and city, when we have all done, will yeeld as generous fpirits, as brave examples in all refpeds, as famous as ourfelvcs, Cadwal. lader in Wales, Rello in Normandy, Robbin-heoda.nd Little John, are as much xet[Ovmtd [nSherwoed,2L%Cafar \t\ Rome, i^lcxander in Greece, or his He- cifaip. phejlion, > Omnis atas omnijque populus in exemplum ^ admirationem veniet, vvuimh Lr full of brave Souldiers, Senators, Schollcrs,an(i ewgo. ’ ^ though k Bracydas was a worthy Captaine, a good man, and as they thought not to be matched in Lacedamen^ytt as his mother truely faid, plures habet Sparta B racy da meliores, Sparta had many better men than ever he wasj and howfoeverthouadmireftthy felfc,my friend, many an obfeure fellow the world never took notice of, had he been in place or adion,would have done much better than he or he, or thou thy felfe. Another kind of mad men there is oppofite to thefe, that are infenfibly mad, and know not of it, fuch as contemne all praifeand glory, think them- fclves moftfrec, when as indeed they are moft mad ; calcant fed alto fajlu: a company of Cynicks, fuch as are Monkes, Hermites, Anachorites, that con¬ temne the world, contemne themfelves,contemne all titles,honours,offices: and yetin that contempt, are more proud than any man living whatfoever. They are proud in humility j proud in that they are not proud, fepe homode Vana gloria contemptu, vaniits gloriatur, as Aufiin hath it, confejf. lib. 1 o. cap, 38. \\VcDjogenes,intusgloriantur, they brag inwardly,and feed themfclves fat with a felfe conceit of fao Alpcs to be talked of,or to maintaine his credit. Commend an ambitious man, feme proud Prince or Potentate, Si plus aquo laudttut (S3khrEraJmus)crifaserigit,exaitheminem,Deumfeputat, he fets vp his crefi and will be no longer a mao but a God. - nihil efi quod credere de fe Nenaudet quum laudatur diis aqua potefias. How did this worke with .tf/rxWrr, that would needs helupiters fon, and goelikc/Zerra/rrinaLionsskinnc f a God, (* Dominus Dew no- fier 135 k Epifl.ii.lUud ttadmmoy m coTHtn mere fa- eiasiqut rm pro- ficere^Udeon^ki eupiunt^qaa in habiiutuo. aut genere vuse ?:ota» bilia funt. Ajpe- rum cultum u vUiofum uput^ ncgfigptiiorem barbam^indi£lfi argento odium^ cMebumi pB-~ ftum^& quic^ quid ^ Uudem perverfa zidfi- quftury€vita. 1 Pep. m^uisvero tarn bene lofne metiri fe novh^t enm of fidweetimmodi- cce lAHdatienes non moviorJ, Hen. Steph. ^ Mart. ^Stroiifa, 1 } nLiz/iui. Glorkt tantumelattiio nm trdy inmedl- os hopes hnwey quod Trims cenfftcife pHpmte^d muao gr^anttbusyegre- gium diicehau ol demens yOtft^ voi curr^ per Alpes.Aude alk- qtddy&c.tafu- erisplaceasy tt declamatie fias- Juv^Sat. 10. pi» morusP^nr com. t Juvenai.SaU^^ * Sueten.cap.iz inDormtkme. Parc. 1 .Se< 5 t. 2, Cau/es of Melancholy . Mcmb. 3 .Subf, 14. 126 P*' fic fieri iubet)\\Vt the *Perfian Kings,whofe Image was adored by all that ' *Brifoms. came into thc City of 54^^/Gadeus de rubeis, that being cora- livimiib. II. mended for refindingof an inftrument for joy fan maddt. ^hidtZpfiu- ^^ntarch in the hfg of hath fu^ a like ftory of one Chamus a limkre fouldicr,that wounded King Csfrus in Battle, and gre w thereupon fo* arrogant., hacet evanefee- fhat in aJhort (pace after he lojl his wits.So many menjif any new honour, of- ''fumfemfami- fice,prcfcrmcnt,booty,treafurc,pofrcflion,or patrimony,f at injperaio fall un- fift- BoAinesin- to tliem,for immoderate joy, and cotitinuall meditation of jr,cannot fleepe, mnefeiahta- ^ ^hcy afc fo raviflied on a fudden; and with vaine conceits tranfported,there is no rulewith them. Epaminondasthere- 'bd‘*^‘dvfsw‘iicr ncxt day after his Zf«^r/ 4 »vi(ft'ory, came abroad all fqualid and fatrplZmJb 30 ^^ gave no Other rcafon to his friends offo doing, than that hee inventimem in- perceived himfclfe the day before, by reafon of his good fortune, to be too ^lirnTrciAmcdt ^ofolentjOvcrmuch joyed. That wife and verruous Lady,® c^eene Katherine, dim,pr,eUutk Dowager of £Ag-/4»^, in private talkc, upon like occafion, laid, that ^ Jhee infanivit. would not willingly endure the extremity of either fortune ^ but if it were, fo that mdimeonep. of necefity fi)e muft undergoe the one,jhe would be in adverftty, hecauft comfort m, oh nimkm WAS never wanting in it, but ftidcounf’.U and government, were defeHive in the They could not moderate themfelves. mmdifiefmuiiam.Hor.Fortimiimrivereiit(rhabe,qidcu»^repaueDives ab ex'tSpregredieie Itto. Aufonm. z rmeJRt fquilidia ttfubmfm, ut hejlmuDicigaudium intempertmhodie cajligaret. a f^xor Hen. 2 . b Neuf/m fe fortmeextremum libenurtxper- twam dixit: fedp necepittu altermfubinde ivponeretur,opurefi dijpeilem et adverfmtqutd in h«c nuUi unqmm defidt foktium, in at. Ur*mUttc0jiiium,SiLc.Loi.Fhes, Part, 1, Sc(ft. 2. Study et Cauje, Memb. j.Subf. rj 127 Sub SEC. 15. Loi'e ofLeArning^or overmuch jludy, tviih a 'Digre^ion of the mifery ofSchoOers, and why the Mufef are -^el^holy, ' EonarttuFuchfitu Inftit.hb,\.feB, i.cap.l.F aUx Plater.lib.^.de menus alienat.Herc. de Saxoma TraB.pof .demelandKcap.^Speakc ofa « peculiar Fury, which comes by overmuch ftudy. Fernelttu ‘ Peckiimf Ifb. i.cap.\S. ^ puts 5r»«^,contemplation,and continuallme-{*^|" ditation^s aaelpeciall cauleof raadnelle: and in his S6.conful. >> Nihil matis titesthe fame words. lo: Arculanui in Itb.^.Rha^is ad Mnanforem cap. t6. amongftothercaufes reckons w^ftudiumvehemens: {o^olCnLevinwLemnius^fyfifmd^ecoji. lib.deoccul.nat. mirac. lib. t.cap.x6. • Many men (faith he) come to this malady by continuali * fludyy and nigk-wakingy andofall other men, SchoSerx aremofi fub- g» )eB to it : and fuch Rhajis addes, ^ that have commonly the fneji wits,Cont. hb. i. JMio, & ■,». traB. 9 .Marftlm Ficinus defanit.tuenda. lib.i .cap.j. puts Melancholy amongft oneofthofe five principall plagues of Students, 'tis a common maule unto hue devene- them all, and almoft in fomemeafureaninfepar^le companion. like for that eaufe calls jnew,fevere^ fUrunque me-^ are common Epithites to SchoUers : And • Patritius therefore intheinfti- tution of Princes, would not have them to be great ftudents. Vot{siS Machi- r wrfholds) ftudy weakens their bodies, dulls the fpirits, abates their ftrength * Stnayis a tndcouragci andgood fchollers are never good faildiers •, whichacertaine and'wmcf wu^ttaU Jpifsts* me ■ iHrieej aDaicatcu uommm ucal ncnc, Empire, becaufe be was forauchgiven to his booke : and ’tis the common f gt iuiqui Tenem of the world, that Learning duls and diminiftieth the fpirits, and fo per P*nt fuouih ;«>j»«i/(>rodac«b melancholy. ,.k Two mauie reafons may be given or it, why ftudents Inould be more lub- dimionis, de jea to this malady thanothcrs.Theoneis,they livea fedentarVjfolitary fibi mufisyitee from bodily extfcife,and thole ordinary difports which i,am. other men ufe; and many times if difeontent and idleneffe concurre with it, which is too frequent, they are precipitated into this gulfe on a fudden: but the common caufe is overmuch ftudy; too much learning (as ^ Fefw told Tit. y. lAul) hath made thee mad.’tis that other extreme which effeds it. So did TSjfuup^oul. Trincaxelim lib.t. confl. 12. & findeby his experience, in two of his ApoteUf. jt.' Patients, a voung Baron, and another that contraaed this malady by t^ ve- hement ftudy. So Forefbus tbfenat. hb, i o .obferv. i j.in^^xing Divine in Lo- akite , qiZ vain, thatwas mad, and laid, ’ hee had a Bible in his head : Marflius Fid- • rtnsde (anit. tuend. hb. i. cap. i. hb. 2.cap. t6 . gives many reafons, Hf p* ttdjy findents dote more ofiem than others : Thj firft is their ncghgeace : Jpiritus ex hMkBfirdJit. ytadarmatra^Andaplanelnhahilesfuturip;tt. ^ }\noles Tu)\, htfl, ^ Afb. iS, 24. * Nimiis (in* diis melanchelicHs evapty dicens fe BibTium in cajiitc h^bfre, ® C^r meUncbolin apidna, crebrifque delirammis^ •vexentur CQrnm dnimi ut deppert (ogantur. K ather Part. I. Sed. 2. Caufes of Melancholy, Mcmb. 3. Subf, 15. 1 z8 " other men looke to their tooles^ a Painter mil mfh his penciUs, a Smith will looke - Soim quill- to hsbammer^ anvill^forge tan husbandman will mend his plough-irons, andgnnde 0 , Faulkner Of Hunt[man will haz'e an e(j/eciaUcareof his Haukes, Hounds, Horfes,Do^ges,&c. A Mufitian will firing and unfiring bis curat, penicti- Lute,^c. onel) Schollers negleH that infirument,their bratheand (pints (/ meane) ‘koffnc 'ulfo- tvhtch they dayly ufe, and by which they range over all the world, which by much fiudy fabtr fnrm-is confumed. 'Vide (faith Lucian) nefuniculum nirnis mendendo,-ali,juandd nhrumpas : See thou twift not the rope fohard, till at length it " breake. Ficinus in his fourth chap, gives fome other reafons ; Saturne and Mercury, cants: thePatroncsof Learning, are bothdric Planets : and f Origanus afCignes dus &!'.% the fame caufe, why Mercurialifisarc fo poore, and moft part beggers ; for mufarum my- that their Prefident Mercury had no better fortune himfelfe. The Dcftinies ientTfuntfut of old, put poverty upon him as a puniihment^ fincewhen, Poetry and vipmmentum Beggcry,aretvvin*bornebrats, infcparablecompanions: iUudquomun- fummeklifr- * ^»d to this day is every fchotler poore, lent, ipiritim Grofle pold from them runnes headlong tojhe booret fcilicetype?iitus JJ ^ J ncgllgcrevidc^ . t i i * rrir r i • Mercur^^ canheipe them to knowledge but not to money. The lecond is m-^atibiton contemplation, *» which dries the braine, and extinguijheth naturall heat-, fir funt ieiiundawhilfi the fpirtts are intent to meduation above in the head, the fiomacke and liver left defiitute, and thence come blacke blood andcrudeties bydefeBef concoBion, and for want ofexercife, the fuperjluous vapours cannot exhale, ^c. The fame erit. Ovid. Gomefius ltb,s^.cap,\.de fale,^ Nyviannus orat.de Jmag, \cmteTpiatio lo. Vofehius lib. i. cap.’s, depejle: and fomethingmore they adde, that hard cerebrum ex- Studcnts are commonly troubled with gouts, catarrhes, rhuincs, cacexia, guStaitrm' bradiopiepfia, bad eyes, ftone and collicke, * crudities, oppilations, vertigo, natm'cdem,un- windes,conlumptions,and all fiich difeafes as come by overrhuch fitting ^ frizTim^ they are moft part leanc,dry,iU coloured, fpend their fortunes, lofc their ficcum evadit, wits, and many times their lives,and all through immoderate paines, and extraordinary ftudies. Ifyou will not beleeve the truth of this, looke upon eeditZ'bfcl' great Tofatus 2 nd Thomas Aguinas vyorkes,and tell mee whetherthofc men quod natura tookepaiues? p&ns{eAuBin, Hier»m;(jfc. and many thoufaildsbclidcs, irt contemplati^ r * r enty ccrehra prorfus cerdiq-^ intenta^ (loma^ chum bepdrq-, deUUult^unde ex dlimentis tndlc coltisy finguiscraflus " &niger e0ci- and laboUT hard for it.Sodid5««fC4,by his owne cbnfcflion ep.Z,'N‘9t aday MhimbrT that I fpend idle, partofthenight I keepe mine eyes open tired with waking, and now rumfuperpui fluttering to theitmCP^ttnuall taske. Hcarc Tully pro Archia .Poeta : whilfi fxCfr* ^‘hers loyterid, and tooke their pteafures, hee was continually at his booke : fo • c^wJrBjwfjf-rhey doe that will be Schollers,and thatto the hazard (I lay ) oftheir fafenjm'’^ healths,fbrtUDCS,wits^nd Jivcs.Howmuch did Arifiotleind Ptolomy fpend ? f Itudiojifunt CactTtti&nuTiquawthent cobrati, propter debiUtateadifcHivafacHlutis, multiplicanturin Us/i. pej fiuitates. le. Wofebw parte xrciw. J. de peSte. ’ NuUus mibi ptrotium dies exit, partem ntilis findits dtdieo^ nan veto fottmo, fed Kubsviitlia fatiiatiSt fadenttfqiitin operamdetinto. itmus Quieupit optatam eurfu conttngeremetam, Malta mlit, fecitquepuer, fudavit ^ alfit. He that deflres this wifhed goale to gaine, Muft ifweat and freeze before he can attaincj Part. 1 . bed. 2 » Study a Caufct Memb. j.Subf. 15 unmregni preditm they fay, more than a Kings ranlbme ^ how many crownes 129 to perfect absj the one about his Hiftory oFCrcatures, the other on his Almage^ ? How much time did Thebet Benchorat employ^ to finde out the motionof theeight fpheare ? 40 ycaresand more/omc writcdiovv manv poore Schollers have loft their wits,or become dizards,neg!ecling all worid- Iv affaires, and their owne health, wealth,and beneejje^ to gaine knc^v- led^e. ? for which, after all tlieir paincs 111 the worlds eltccme they are ac- comptcd ridiculous and filly fooles, Idiots, Affcs,and (as oft they are)rcje- rifle his houfe, hee mice no notice of it. S. BernardrcA ’ all day long by the lake, and asked at laft where hee was, MaruJlas inthus ftudiis^ lib, a. cap, 4.’ It was Pemcrim carriage alone that made the ^ R ? " fuppofe I. Sett 2. Caujes of Melanchol y, Memin 3 . Subi. 15 . 7^ ibppofe him to have becne triad, and fend for Hippocrates to cure him; if ^ heehadbeene in any folemne company, heevvoold upon all occafions fa a laughing;. Theovhraftuc faith as muchoi'Herachw for tlmhcc confinu-ally we?t, MLaernuc oiMenedemm La^r^pfacu hit . cubruri. e Lm.hecamfromhellasafpie, totell thedevtlUrrhat mor^ Jeieft Students are commonly no better, filly, foft fellovves in their out- wtufbm, behaviour, abfurd, ridiculous to others, and no whit ppencncedm S;;/« Tb worldly budnelfe; they can meafurcthe heavens, range over the world,teach tnfensvenife, others vvircdome,and yet in bargaines and contrails they are circumvented by every bafe Tradelman. Are not thefe men fooles ? and how foould they ?<*!<«»»be othenvife, hut as fo many fots in Schooler, when^ oi hetvell ohfenejjthey * Petronins. ^yg commonl) praBifed abroad? how IhoUld they get experience, by what meanes ? “ / knetrtn my time many Schollers, mos. fieri, tdB/t-as Sxlvtus (in an Epiftle of his to Gafper Scittcke ChancelOur to S',."?”- the Emperour) ,x»llm ».// fi ««»« bemus aut au-j^ffeiphow to manage their domefltcfceor ptehlikeaffaires. Paj^Iarenlis IT rras amazedjmdCaidhisFarmer haifurely cofened him,rrhenheheardhimtellthathif h Tiovi meis ggfpbad eleven vigges, anA hU ■^JJeh ad hut one fo ale. ^ Tofaythebeft f^^his diebiii, Pierof- ^Q^jpjon, I can give no other teftimony of them in generall, than thatOx ihm ; 'mis ytsssaae,, sUn M ImJe <,t w,. qid difii. f (f I Co fincere, nonebetter,they are moft part harmlefle, honeft, upright, tUms admodfc J J I ^ 1 1 • ^/bundabant, plainc dealing men. . ^ /'ll j j • '' fed fi iuhii Cl-' bJovv becaufo they are commonly lubjeft to fiich hazards, and inconve^ TfLZv:- niences,asdotage, madneffe, firoplicity &c to roflUm would harepc^ Schollers to bee highly rewarded, and had in feme extraordinary refpeft Jlicm regn-e u ofUpj. (g y^xe erkater * privileges than the refl, that adventure ^"pM^enfis themfelves and abbreviate their lives for the pt^hke good. But our Pattons of &fur1i learning arc fofarre now adayes, from refpe£tingthe^»/w, ind giving that honour ro Schollers, or reward which they defave, and are allowed by thofe tanf wfiAum indulgent privileges of many noble Princes^ that after all tneit paipes taken ' KTtiot in th? r»:trrj!.i«, coft and charge, expenfes, itkfome homes laborious tSuiuaxM yoi' tasks, vveariiome dayes, dangers, harards, (barred tntorm frotn all plealures htm emxm ^^bichothermen have,mcwcduplikehawkesall theitlives) if they chance to wade through them, they (hall in the end hce rejeacd contemned, and ^,ybich is theit greateft mifery, driven to theirihifts, txpofed towant, poycr- «^T^Btf|*i»r/y-ty aiidbeggery. Their familiar attendants are, ^ hommffh ^ * PaHentesmrhi, luBus, cur deque iahorqne ^ fiticenus aiit Ft metttf,^ makfuada fames, ^ turpis egefias, **®**^^/. Terrthiles vifu fotmee*'- dficfe,lioht,care,palefickneffc,mite Feare, filthy poverty, hunger that cHes, tdrible monfters to be feeiie with eyes. Iftherewctenothihgelfe lotroubletliem,the conceit ofthisalonc were enoughtoniaketheinaTl melancholy.MOft other tildes andptofeffionsaf., ter fome feaven yeares prefitifliip, are enabled by their craft to U\^ - felves. A mafctfiht aoVeiitUtes bis goods at fea, atidthoughhis hazard bee - great, Icmmmu ^ 9Utm affkrttfi* 'Halt fibivitMPfm I. ect. 2. vS tudj a ijoaf Meins’). j'.SuL^bf. 15 great, yet it one lliip rcturnc ot toure, he likely makes a faving voj’age An husbandmans gaines are almoft certaiiie; q'uiftu if>^ lufttt,- nkfre non foiejl (’tis *Catof Hyperbole, a great husband himfelfe • )on'y Schol'crs, mec ^ thinkesare moft uncertaine,unrerpcacd,lubjeatoaU cafualt.cs,aad hazards, Por firft,notoneofa many proves to be a Scholier, all are not CLipab'cand buyun^.&e. docile, ^^exonml-gm nonpt Mercn/'m: we can make and oificcrs every ^are,bur not Schollcrs: Kings caninveft Knights and-Bratons, as SU pyocQTjfules^ trijmnd the Emperour contefled-, U nivcrfities can give degrec.s >, and Tn qudd Kex & voetr. q’ttl'-het ejje potefi • but he nor they, nor all the world can gi\ e kar|- niilg, make Philolbphers, Artifts, Orators, Poets; we can Iborc lay as Senetk ‘ ' -i' WelTnotes, Ovirnmbonum^odiviteja^ffointatirich man, agood, an happy man,a proper min^p/mptf^ofe ve^hum^ CalamiHraiim^h^He$ti>»t^M^r/ja'tnot^~ forilimpendloan^at h^c Undatto, o xintinliteraiu-x^ but tis not fg cafily pert foi'med to finde out a learned man. Learning is not fo quick ! y got, rlaohgli t-heV may be willing to take paines, to that end fuificiently mfc>rmt‘d St jibe* rally maintained by their Patrons and Parents, yet few can cgnipalfe it.' Qt Ifthevbedocde, yet all mens rvills are not anfwerable tothe^vvits, they can apprehend, but will not take paines tlieyare either feduced by bad teompknions, t'p/ inpueUmn impingum^ vel in pocni’ine^ and fo fpend their time to ciieir friends griefeand their owne undoings. Or put cafe they bee ftudfr O’.Js, ind.uftrious,ofripe wits, and perhaps good capacities, tlipn how many • d'ifr’af^s of body and minde muft they encounter ? : No labour in the world • ' tike unto ftudy. It may bee, their tern perature will not endure it, but ftri* Virig to be excellent to kno^v all, t hey lofe health, wealth, vvir, li fe and all. icThimyet happily efcape all thefe baxards, imediinis^ wirh abody of bmfle, and is now confumraare andn^^fe, he hath profited in his ftudies, and - prOCe^ed with all applaufe v after many expences, he is fit for preferment, where (hall he have it? heisns farreCO ftvkeas hewas ( after m^ntyyeates {landing) at the firll day of his commingto the rwiverftm. For what courfe , (hail hc“take, being now capable and ready > the mod parableand eafie,and abobt which many are intployed is to teach a Schpole, tiirnc Leauret or •Ci5tat,and for that he fhallhas^ Faulkners anmm^and his diet, or fbtfte irnall ilipend, fo long ashecanpleate'hlsxPatron or the Pariih - if. theyapprovehim notf foriffually tlieydbebutaynare t>rtwo)as inconftant, ti$ * 'fhey that criedfii'Wit one day,-andthe other • ferving- .. ifrah ufe, henvdftgoe looked tteivrn'ailtet*: if they'doe what is his rewardV ■ ^H(>c^quoqt(ftemik't*tpueros^l(n^en:»ddcMi^»t. _ ' 3^. ;i: jrl ocedpet rxtrmis ifivicii'alba Likean Afie, he ’ 501 ! v.vn?t Vefeouthis tifoefot prOvendcr, and eanfoewa^(lufope:rod,w^w ^ faith'» tJotdnf.ad jold tpmegqwne,' afl«iTfigneofhife; folicity, « hath hiklabour;fo^his.paitrey-a Mdichm to keepehiat till hedheedecrepit,.^ ^ diid ?hlr'is all.' brarnmitic^idsn ep fcelix^^c. If hee bee a 'trehcher Chap- ; > A laine in a Gentlem.ans houfe, as it befell after fbrrie fcaven yeares fervice, he may perchance have a Living to the halfes, or feme ' ! Imall KeBory with the mother Of the maids a€ ' a- poore kinfwoman, or a crackt Chamber-maid, to have and 'to hold during the time of his . , *life. But if hee offend his good Patron,'Of difpjeklehis Lady Miftris in the '' .y. meane time, ' - ’.W.u -‘.I t WiA i ft : ./liL a; •A .-.'W Mir. Sed. 2. Caufes of Melancholy, Memb. 3. Subf. 15. * Ducetur Planta velut iBui ab Hercule Cacu-^ Poneturqueforas,fi quid tentavmt vnquam jji^gre - _ as Hercules did by Cacuf^iQ fhall be dragged forth of doorcs by the heeles, away with him. If lie bend his forces to Sne other ftudies, withan intent to be dfecretu to fome Noble man, ot in fuch a place with an Embaflador, he fhall finde that thefe perfons rile like Prentifes one under another^and in fo many tradef-mens fhops ,when the ma- fter is dead,the fore-m.an of the foop commonly fteps in his placc.Now for •AscoSt afiva. Poets,RhetoritianSj Hiftorians, Philofophers,°Mathematitians, SophifterSj &c.they are like Graffehoppers, fingthey muft in Sunamer, and pine in the Winter, for there is no preferment for them. Even fo they were at firft, if you will beleevethatpleafant tale oi Socrates, whichhetoid^airc Phfdrus under a Plane-tree,at the bankes of the river /Jew • about noone when it was hot, and the Grafhoppers made anoife, hcetookc that fweet occafionto tellhima tale, how Grafhoppers were once Schollcrs,Mufitians,Poets,&c» beforethe Mufes were borne,and lived without meat and drinke, & for that cauic were turned by Jupiter into Grafhoppers. And may beturned againc, InTjthoni Cicadas, out Lyciorum for any reward 1 fee they are like to have: or elfein themcane time^ I would they could live as they did without vAidro^ndus ^^y viaticum, likefo many p Mamcodiata thofe birds oiParadifi, as deAvibtisL wc comiuonly Call thecTij thole I meane that live with the ayre, anddew of ii,Gefner, heaven and need no other food i for being as they are, their * Rhetoricke only ^Literas ferves them^ to cur(e their bad fortunes^ and many of themforwant ofmeancs bentqueis fibi are driven to hard rtiifts ^ from Grafhoppers they turne Humble-Bees and tlTaut Wafps, plaine Parafites,and make the Mufes, Mules, to fatisfie their hunger cant, Sat 4 ftatved panebes, and get a meales meat. To (ay truth, tis the common for- tuneofmoft Schollers,to be fervileand poore, to complainepittifully,and \ Lib* de iibf U lay opcn their wants to their refpe dllefle patrons,astOr^^;;^doth,as*A^//jW(fr, froprmfoi-i^- and many others : And which is too common in thofe dedicatory Epiftles^ ut[piutanh. for hope of game, to lye, flatter,and with hyperbolicaU c logiums and com- mendations,to magnific and extollan illiterate unworthy idiot,tor his excel- IZitlcfilt lent verrues, whom they ftiould rather as s Machiavel obferves vilify, and tutibusptUe- raile at downe right for his moft notorious villaniesand vices.So they pro- ftituterhemfelves as Fidlers, or mercenary Tradef-mcn, to ferve great mens vitHpe- turnes for a fmall reward. They are like * Indians, they have ftore of gold 5 not the worth of it : for .1 am of Synefm opinion, * King Hierongot know^oc"^ * more by Simonides acquaintance, than Simonides didhy his: they have their beft tSeir ftrength education,good inftitUtion, folc qualification from us,and when they have S’o/thjro^ne ‘lone well, their honour and immortality from us;we are the living tombes, fforth. regifrcrs,and as (b many trumpetors of their femes : vvpat was Achnlesyvithr mn^dufamiH- Hotter I oilexandef vfithoM Afidn and Curtimiwho had knowne the Co/r entm Himnpars^\sx.iQitSumnimosA^ioni i confequutHS eftyquam ex Hleronn Smo-^ nides-^ Her, lib. 4* id.f. * V’ixermt forta ante Agamemnona Multi ;fed omnes iUachrymahiles y'rgentur,ignotiquelonga NoBe/arentquia vate facro. they Part. 1. 2. Why the Mufes are Melancholy , Memb. 3..Subf. I 5 *33 ^ Intel' inerted Plebeios /Jr- ye jacet, hlti^ mum locum babens^nifi tot Arils virtutif^ que infig?2ta, tw'piter, ob- 7 ioxiiy fnppA^ Yifit Ando fafci bus fubjeceyit protervie info- lentifque po^ teniiA^ Lib, r. de co?2tempt, rev urn foritui- tATUm. * Buchanan^ ele’e^, lib. rts they are nore beholden to Schollers, then Schollers to them ^ but they uri- der-valuc themfelves, and fo by thole great men are kept dotvnc. Let them have that Encyclopadianj all the learning in the \vbrld) they muft keep it to themlelvc', * hve m bafe eHeeme^ and (iane, except they will fubmit, as Budeus well hath it, jb many good parts^ fo many enjignes of ArtSy vertueSy bee Jlaviflj/y obnoxious to fome illiterate potent at and Lve under his infolent worjhipy or honour, like ParafiteSy ^i tanquam mures alienum panem comedunu For to fay truth, artes ha non funt Lucrativa, as Guido Bonat that Aftrologer couldforc-lec, they bee not gainefull arts thele fed efurientes ^ famelica, but poore and hungry. * Dat Galenas opes, dat luHinianus honoref, Sedgenus ^ fpecies cogitur ire pedes : The rich Phyfitian, honour’d Lawyers ride, Whirft the poore Scholler foots it by their fide. Poverty is the l^ufes Patrimony, and as that Pocticalldivinity teacheth.Us, whendaughters were each ofthem married to the Gods, the Mufes alone were left folitary, Heticon forlaken of all fitters, and I beleeve it was, becaulcthcy had no portion; . .2 • Calliope longupt Calebs curvlxtt in ovum ? pyempe nihil dotifyquod numeraretyerof, \Vhy did Calliope live lb long a maid ? Becaufe fhe had no dowry to be paid. Ever fince all their followers are poore, forfaken, and left unto themfelves.In fo much, that aS * Petronius argues, you (hall likely know them by their saty>^m- clothes. There faith he, by chance into companyy a fellow not verjfpruceintra to lookeony that I could perceive by that note done hee was d Scholler, wbomcom-^ culm non _ monly rich wen,hate: I asked hint what heew,ts, heeanfwered^ aPoet-^ f deman- ded azainervhs heetoas fo ragged, hee told met this kinde of learni ng never made •if ^00 , nouiitaiUum anymanrtch. .jo egifquosdi- fuitts odifiefif- ’lent,Lf^o inquit PoetA^fum ? ^uAi'e t,y> tAmmile fiitusufProp^ terhocipfumi Amor ingenii nminem un^ euAm divitem s * Pttt'oriiit ArbittXcs All which our ordinary Students , right weU'perceiving in the MnU verities, how unprofitable thcle Poeticall, ^thematicall, and Philo- fophicall ftudies are, how little refpe^ed, how few Patrons • apply themfelves in all hafte to thofe three commodious' profeflions of 'Law, Phyficke, and Divmkie, fharing themfelves betweene them , “icjethemwithdifcoutre. They arc not fo behovefiiU : he that can td( msfs mbU exi- ^ f^^ney hath Arithmeticke enough: Hee is a true Geometneian, can m^te^tagoodfottnnetohimfelfe; A^feft Afttolcger that cat call pouft, amxm' j of others, and marke their Errant motions to his ovvne ule. S ".wa. T he heft Opticks are, to refle A the beames of fome- gtat mens favour and lAumm^ grace to fhineupon him. He is a good Enginer that alone can make an in- ?6^Srr;rtrumentto2et preferment. This was the common Tenentand pradifeot vitee commc- " ^oUnd^z^ cfom^tts obferved* not long rince,in the firft ^oke of his hiftory ; dam videty xhi^\x V^mverfities were generally bafe^ not a Philofophcr^ a Mathematician, fo” an AntiquaVy,Scc.tobc found of any note amt^ft th^, beraufe they had incipic. Henj. r^yyard or ftipend,but every man bfetooke hmilelfc to Divinitie, hoc fol'wt invotis h/the».fy opt mum facerdot/um^ a good Perfonage was their aime. Thiswas the pradife of fome of our neare neighbours, as * Z,#«r inveighs they thruflthetr children to thefiudy of Lm and Dtvmtty before they bee informed mzhrjr capable of fuch Judies, Scilicet omnibus arttbm antiHat fpes luert, & ' fbrm^or mri^ mam quicquid GraeciLatinique delirantes feriffermt. Ex hoc nrmero deinde venmm ai gubernacula reifub, imerfum & praf^nt confilits retrum^opateropatriai fo he complained, and fo may others. For even fo wc finde, to ferve a great man, to get an^ce in fome B^ops Court (to prad fe in fomegood Towne ) dr compalTe a Benefice, is the marke wee niootar,as bcingfoadvantagious,thc high way tdpreferaent. Although many times, for ought I can lee,'thefe men fade as often as the reft intheirprojc£ts,andarcas ufually frutoatc<)f their hopes^^For let him be a Dodor of the Law,an excellent Civilian of good worth,where mall no pradifeand expatiate ? ITieir fieflds ate fo fcant, the Civill Law wictefo contraded with Prohibitions, fo few cafifes, by reafon of thofe all devou¬ ring municipall Lawes, quibusnihililliteratifis, laith * Erafinuf, znmiicxitc andabarbarous 'ftudy, ( for though they be never fo well learned in it, l ean hardly voiKhfafe them the name of Schollers, ttcept theybe oth^vde qualified) and ft) few Courts ate left to thatprofelhon, luch flender oftice^ and thofe commonly to bee compafled at fuch deare rates, that I know not hovv an ingenuous man (hould thrive amongft them. Now for Phyfirians, there are in every Village ft) many Mountebankes,Empiricks,C^acklalvcrs, .. ... Parafelfians, as they call theinfelves, Cauffet Janlada, lo * Clenard them, Wifards,Alcumifts,pooreVicars, caft Apothecaries,Phyfi- tians men. Barbers, and Good wives, pirofeffing great skill, that Imakc great doubt how they (hall bemaiiitaincd, or who fnallbe their Patrcnts.Befides, there are fo many ofbothfofts^nd (bme of thern Harpyes, lo covetous^ fo clamorous, fo impudent • and as i he faid, litigioils, Idiots, ' ^aibuf loquacUdffatim afrdghHfiee ef^ Peritieeparum out nihUy ^PTecuUamicdli^driijdlify Cfumentmulfa natU: Loqiiuteleta tttrba^ litium flrtifdjsef Afahgna litigmtiunt ^ors^ togdti vultUteSy Lavefnitdiiimi) Sfgjftfyl&e, Which » CUerin, dial J Id. Wufd Bpddon.tib.Zo Qau Part. i.Se(ft,2. why the ^ufes are Melancholy Memb.j.Subf.i 5‘ VVhich liave no skill but prating arrogance. *35 No learning, fuch a purfc-milking nation: Gown’d vultures, theeves, and a litigious rout Of cofeners, that haunt this occupation, that they cannot well tell how to live one by another, but as he jefted in the Comedy of clocks, they were fo many, * major pars populi aridareptamfame: z Piaum. they are alinoft ftarved a great part of them, and ready to devoure their fel- lowes,* Et noxia calhdttaie.fi corripere • fuch a multituac of pettifoggers and * sm.Ariem Empericks; fuch impoftors, that anhoneft manknowes not in what fort to ' compofe and behave himfelfe in their fociety,to carry himfelfe with credit in fo vile arout,f^/w«*<« nomen , tot fumptibus partum vigiliis profiteri difipudeat^ pofiquam (fic, Laft of all to come to our Divines, the moft noble profeliion and worthy of double honour, but of all cithers the moft diftrelTedandmiferablc. If you will not beleeve me, heare a briefc of it, as it was not many ycares fince pu- blikely preached at Pattis croffe, • by a grave Minifter then, and now a rev<> ^ joh.Howfon .rend Bilhop of this land, w? thasarebred up in learnings and dejltnated by ^ Parents to this end, tpe juifer oar childhood in the Grammer fchoole, which Auftin calls magnam tyrannidem, & grave malum, and compares it to the torments o/ted by Arnold mariyrdome‘ when we come to the Wniverfity, if we live of the CoUedge allowance, as Phalaris objeBed to the Leontines needy of all things but hunger andfeare-,or if we be maintained but partly by our Parents cofi, doe ex¬ pend in unnecej]ary maintenance, bookes and degrees, before we cometoanyperfeBion, ^ five hundreth pounds, ora thoufandmarkes. If by this price of the expence of time, our bodies andfpirits,ourfubhance andpatrimonies,we cannot purchafi thofe fmaU '■ rewards, which are ours by law, and the right of inheritance, a poore Perfinage, or a Vicarigeof^o I, per annum, bm we mufi pay to the Patron for theleafe of a life (a ^ fpent and out worne life) either m armuall penfion, or aboi'e the rate of a coppy hold, \ ^and that with the hazard and lofje of our foules,by Simony and perjury,^ the forfeiture of all our fpirttuall preferments , in elTe and pofle, both prefint and to come, what father after a while will be fo improvident, to bring up his fonne to his great charge, to this necefjary be^gery I what Christian will be fo irreligious, tp bring up his fonne » inthat courfi oflfe, which by -allprobability andmecefity, cogit ad turpia , enfor¬ cing to fnnef Will entangle hm in fmony and perjury, when as the Poet faith, Invitatus ad hoec aliquis de ponte negabit: abeggers brat taken from the bridge where hee fits a begging, tfhee knew the inconvenience, had caufi to refufe it. This being thus, have not wee fiihed faire all this while, that are initiate Divines, to finde no better fruits of our labours , *’ hoc elk cur pallet, cur guts bPerf.Sat.}. nonprandeat hoc esi ? doe wee macerate our (elves for this ? Is it for this we ^ rile fo early all the yeare long ? * Leaping (as he faith) out of our beds,when wee heare tfse bell ring, as ifwehad heard a thunder clap. If this be all the refpe They^re-eomnsortly unfortunate families thauife it, accurfed m their ptogenie, andas common experience e- vinceth, accurfed themfelves in all their pfoceedmgs, m^vh^t face (as»bee '* quotes out of Austin) can they expeB a hlejfinu or inheritance from Chr^ft n^tm nndis venythatdefraude Christ of hit inheritance here on eirih? J wo\Jld all our Symo- Bcfkjiu-. niacAll Patrons, and fucli as detaine Ti^es,wouldfead thofr jiudicious Tracts pf S* Henry Spelman^ and ^ames SempiS Knighjts j thofe late elaborate' and learnedTreatifesof D TtJjiyeymSU* Montagdey\oiach they have written of that fUbjedt. But thoughthey fhould read, kwouldte tjfmall purpofe, flames licet & mare ceelo C onfandAS . thunder, listen, preach hell and damin- tion,t^ them‘ris a finne,Yhey will not beleeve k; denounce and rerrige, theyjhave ** cauterizedconfcienceSyt^ey doenot attend,as thefnehanted Adder, ^ ^ they ftoptheireares. Calkhem We, irreligious,prophanc,barbarou%Pa^n*, Atheifts,Epicures,(as fomeofthemfurely are)withtheBawdinP/4«r?^,E«g7ri.«i4e<»r^ they areworfethan Heathens. For as Dionyfus HalicarnaJJeof gbCervpantiq. Romiib.f.^ Pfimumloctm ^c. Greekes andBafbari( ms obfervedUretioipUsMutignej-ih_ aaddaremheitkethemforfearf of offending their Gods^bvit6at^imohizcA'ixth-fi^^^ S 2 tra^rs, 7 aft. 1. bed. 2. ' "Caufes of Melancholy, Memb. 3. Subf. 15. ttaacrSjOurfenfelcfle Acham^rm ftupifiedPatrops,feare neither God nordi- * ^ vei^they have evafions for it,it is hd fin, or not due jured^vino^ or if a fin, no hbgreat fin,%.;Andthoughthcy be daily punillied for it,and they doema- nitSlly perceive,"that as he faidj^Froft ai^ Fraud,come to foiilc end?; yet as nTom.Uefie- “ Chrifiitome follovves it, l^Mliaexp(fna fit correBfo,^ quaji Akerfismahnaho- A'ltHoyu quQtid^c quod are rather vvorle thanbttter, ,^iramatqueMiYfios a. ermine more they are coircaed, the ^'^U-FaR. rabrc'they oif^nd: but let them take their courfc," Rode caper t7/tf/,goe on ftill ?»f as'tKey beginj^tis no fin, let them rejoyce fccure, ,Gods vengeance will over- ^ t^e themin the end,and thefe ill gottep goods as an Eagles feathers, P will coh^e ;th^ reft of their fubftance: lth^aura»i Tholofamm, and willpo duce no better efteds. » Let themUyit up fafe, and make their conveyaneet mever optsevMet, R (lore.lockeattd\h:ndoorey laith Chryfoiime,yet fraud and coieioufn 'jje, two mo jt viohdi. theeve/fare jliU incUdpd^ and a Utile game evill gotten^ will fukert the rejl of Mtp their goods. The Eagle in o£(ope^ l^ing a peece of flefti, now ready to be la- adfiad,fwcept kaway with her clawes,& cartiedit to her neft; but there was a burning coale ftuck to it by chance, which unawares confumed her, young eamcSmuiiias, ones,neft and all tt^ether.Lefour Syraoniacall Church-chopping Patrons, and lacrilcgious Harpyes,looke for no better luccefle. - vart&*m,&c: (econd caufc is Ignorance, and trom thence contempt, \ucceyit odium in Itteras ab tgmrantiavulgi • which * ]««»« vvell perceived: this hatred & con- c Ms neminem tempt of learning, proceeds out of* lCTorance,as they are them (elves barba- iihterate, an4 prou^ fothey efteeme of others, .. : r s'cntMecdnateSymndeerumFlacceMarones: Letthere bebountifullPatrons,and there will bee painfull Schollers in all Sciences. Butwhen theycontemne Learning, and thinkethemleIves fuffi- ciently qualified, if they can write andread, fcamblc at a peece of Evidence, He that can. or havelomuch Latine as that Empetour had, “ qui nefeit di/mulare, nefeit ^Wembie vAwf, they are unfit to doe their country fervice, to performeor undertake cannot Uvc. any adion or imploymen^ which may tend to the good of a Common¬ wealth, except it De to fight,or to doe country Juftice, with common fenfe, which every Yeoman can likewife doe. And fo they bring up their childreOj .^kfiRiqiteR. nideastheyarethemlelves,unqualifi d,unuughr,uncivillmoft part.* i I • e noftra juvemute legitime ■ m^ttuitur Uteris i S^uis oratores aut Philofophos taiim ' git? q‘*tf hijhriam legit, illam return agendatum quafi animam? precipitant • parentes vota fua^&c.^twsts complaint to illiterate countrymen^t may b'eours.Novv (hall theie men judge of a Schollers wortb,that have no worth, that- icnovves hot what belongs to a ftudents labours, that cannot diftinguifh betweerte a true fcholler^ a arone?or him that by reafon of a voluble tongue a ftrbhgvoice,apIea(ingtone,andfomc trivantly P<»/)'4«l7M/?helpes,ftcales arid gleancs a few notes fromother mens Harvefts,and fo makesa fairer fhew, tioKsi^jp tbanhee thatis traely learned indeed .* that thinkes it no more to preach^haii y* or to run avpaj with an empty Cart • as a grave man laid • and there- y ^biis 0fa lipt^ vilifie us, and our paines • fcorne us, and all learning, r Biecaufe they ^^■^tich^ and have other mcanes to live, they thinke it concernes them not Dter.uc^ to j^ow,(»,to trouble themfelves with it ^ a fitter taske for younger bro- ‘yiMM/it. ' thers. Part. i.Sediil. Studja Caufi. Memb.j.Stibf. i 5. thers or poore mens fonnes, to be pen and Inkhornc rasn, pedanticaU. flaves, 1 ^ ^ and no whit befeemingthc calling of a Gentleman,as Frenthmen and Germms commonly doe, negleft therefore all humane learning,what have.they to d^ with it ? Let Marriners learne Aftronomy 5 Merchants Fadtors ftudy Arjth- meticke • Surveiersget them Geomenry; Sp'edtacle-makers Opticks; Land- leapers Geo<^rapby j Towrae-Clarks Rhetorickc; whatfhouldhedpe-wirba fpadc, that hath no ground to dig j or they with Learning, that have no ule of. it ? Thus they rcafon,and are not afhamedto let Marriners, Prenril?s,and the bafeft (eryants be better qualified than themfelves. Informs times. Kings, Princes^nd Emperouts were the only Schollers,exccllent in all faculties. ]u/me^pr mended the ycare, andwrithis owne Commentaries, * media inter pr^lia femper^ ■ • MM the Emretour^./W,were lb much given to their ftudies,that no bafe fellow would take fo much paines Orton,Perfeyj,Mphonfpu, famous Aftronoraers Muhfttktes^^iNicet.i.A^i- L;yCmacht*i,^vn.M Phyfitians: kings alh; E;c4x.thatPrince, a’moftexpcrt Iueller,and anexquifite Philbfopher^ TheKtmg'i ot t/£ppt debant. were Prieftsofold, and chofen from thence,— Idem, rex homtnuin, Pkibtque ^ facerdos: but thofeheroicall times arc paft. the -^^fes are now ozvtiihc.Q.iVioiim&diaie' this baftard age, tom'caher perfons, and confined alone almpft to Mniverjttief.. Inthofe daiet, Schollers were highl)r beloved, ho- qui Jpedmen nouredicfteemed j as old B^wV^by Setpio ^fficanm,rirgilby Ho- by.-'Princes comi»nions .,deareto-them,as Anacreon to d^niuthinp^ crates • philoxenuito I)and highly rewardedf. Alexander lent Xenocra- n:adecrevcrut texthePhilofopher 50.talents,becaufehewas poore,vifu reruma-'/t prteftantesviri,menfts ohm regum adhihiti, 2 .SPhnoBratM relates of Adr/an 8c hcroM. Eraf». Lampridius of Alexander 9everui: famous Clarkes came to thefe Princes Courts,wl«f in Ljc£um^% toanU,niver(ity,and wereadmifted to their tables, • ■ ■ quaCt divumepulis accumbentes ; Archilaiu that Ma&eMnJan Rifig would not wil- *probHsv'ir lingly fiip without Euripides^ (amongft the reft he dranke to him at fupper one night^nd g^vefiim a cup ofgold for his paines) deleBam poet£ p/avt per- inurkhcshc- mone-fiL it was fit it Ihouldbe fo .Becaufe as * ihhis Prot^oras well faith, a good Philofopher as much excpis other men, as a great King doth the Commops of his Country; ^pd ^mt,^qyonidm illUnihtl deeB, & minime cHnnfmspr^- egereJblent, & difcipUn is qu.is profitetuup, fili 'a cpntenpptu vindtcare pojjupt, needed not to beg fb baldly, as thpy com pell * Schollers in ow times to scheiam jam. complaine of poverty,or crouph to a rich chuffe for a meales meat,but could vindicate thcmlelyes,an,d tholb Aqs which they profeffed. Now they would, emer^unt^&c, and cannot: fork isheld by fomeof them,asanaxiome,tfiacto keepethem poore, will nuke them ftudy; they muft be dieted, as horfesto a race, pampered,* Akndos volunt,mn faginMdos^nemeliarumentisfltntpsnlaextinguao mofabey,aua tur ; a fatbird will not fing, a fat dog cannot hunt; and fb'by this depr^Qp of theirs/ fome w^t meanes, others will^all want* incour^ement,^s being quo land dedu- forfaken almoft: and generally contemned. 'Tis an old faying Sim ^'deena- tes non deerum Flacce Marones^znd ’tis a true faying ftilL Yet oftentimes I may fuv.sat.7. S ? not .Se«te foie comfort and refuge, our PwW out common Mtcmn, yKoommamy- t^Tt:S-cm,]acamvuifo,^SiaMufrumfiexrlmmmrera«de^«!^obm^^ tiortm reddat. firum: A famous Scholler himrelfe,and the foie Patron, Pillar, and fufta er of learning: but his worth in this kind is fo well, knowne, thatas Paterculus of Cato, ]am ipfum laudarenefos fit: and which Phtty to Trajan, erta te ^ - mina,honorqJetternus annalium,non hiscbrevU & pudenda prfteam colet. But he is now gone, the Sunne of ours (et,and yet no night followes, ^^Soleccuhuit^oxnutta fequutaeii, Wehave fuch another * yfrgii. in his roome—^*aureus alter Avulfusjmili frondefih virga metallo, and long may he raigtie and flouriflx amongftus. Part. i.Se(^.2. Study a Caufe, Memb.j.Sut ^ ./ i i :p- Let me not be malitious,and lie againft my Goti'ts • I may not denie, but that wee liave a fprinkling of our Gentry, liere, and there one, excellently well learned, like thole in Germany, Du Bartas, DuPleJiif, Sadael in Francey icus Mtrardula,Schottus, Barotitis in Italy ; uipparent rarl rtantes ingurgite tasiot But they are but few in refped of the multitude, the major part (and fome a- gaine excepted) that are indifferent) are wholly bent for Hawkes and hounds, and earned away many times with intemperate luft, ganiing, and drinking. Iftheyreadabookeatany time, ( (i quid esi interim oti 't dvenatuyoculif^alea, fcortis) ’tis an EngUlTa Chronicle, S' Huon of Bordeaux, AnadU de Gaule, ^c. a play-booke, or Tome pamphlet of Newes, and that at fuch leafons onely, when they cannot ftirre abroad, to drive away time, their foie difcourfe is dogs, havvke?,horfes, and what Newes ? If fome one have beene a traveller in cmmiiis In illx /r4/^, orasfarastheEmperours Court, wintered in Orleance, and can court his Miftris in broken French, weare his clothes neatly in the neweft faiLion, fing fome choyce Out-landilTa tunes, dilcourle of Lords, Ladies, Townes, Palaces,and Cities,he iscompleat and to be admired: * Otherwifeheeand \ ^uhenm they are much at one; no difference betwixt the Mailer and the Man, but vvoriliipfull titles twinke and choofe betwixt him that fits down (clothes excepted) and him that holds the Trencher behind him: yetthefe men mull gencrey & prrc^ be our Patrons, our governours too fometimes, llatefmen, magillrates,noble, great, and wile by inheritance. luve.satis. Miflake me not(I fay aga-ne) Fos 6 Pamttui fangtits, you that are worthy Senatours, Gentlemen, I lionour your names and,perfons, and withall-fub- miflenelTe, prollrate my felfe to yair cenfure and fervice. There are amongll you, I doe ingenioully confell^ many w^ll delerving Patrons, and true pa¬ triots, of my knowledge, befides many hundreths which I never law, no doubt, or heard of, pillars of our common-wealth,'" whofe worth, bounty, have often learning, forwardnefle, true zeale in Religion, and good elleeme of all Schol- feifcjandon- lcrs,ought to be conlcaated toall pollerity: but of your ranke there are a de- ferred with di- bolhed, corrupt, covetous, illiterate aew againe^ no better than Hocks,-we "mtn in rum (tellor Deum,nonmihi videridignos jngenui hominis appellatio-the Country* ne) barbarous Thraciam^ ^ quis tile thrax qui hoc neget ? a fotaid, propliane,whu pernicious company, irreligious, impudent and Itupid, Iknow not what t, * bee preferred pirhets togivethem, enimiesto learning,confoundersof theChurch,andtheforj^^eKjciBd ruine of a common-wealth: Patrons they are by right of inharitance, and in truH freely to difpolcof fuch Livings to the Churches good j but (hard Academkks. taskemailers they prove) they take away their ftraw, and compellthem to maketheir number of Brick: they commonly refpe6l their ownc ends, com- tatus uemere, modity IS the lleere of all their adions, and him they prelent in conclufion,^^V^"^'^j^*‘ as a man of greatell gifts, that will give moll; no penny, ® no Pater noHer, as ref^\u. the faying is ; Nili preces auro fulcias,ampliui irritas: ut Cerberus offa, their at- tendants and officers mull be bribed, feed and made, z%CerberusisvivAi a fop 'nn^^temnts b V him that goes to hell. It was an old laying. Omnia Roma venalia, ’tis a rag Tanquiungues of Poperv, which will never be rooted out, there is no hope, no good to done without mony. A Clark may offer himlclfe,approvehis? worth,lear- ning .art, I.Sea. 2 . ^ CaufespfMlancholj. Memb.j.Subf. 1 5. nins:, honefty, rt\igim,z&i\6,thcy^in commend him fotit j bm^*prohkis to/ ‘ iJltur&dget. Ifhebeamari of extraordinary parts, they offtohcarehim,astheydiain>4p^/^/>r<^feeP^:W«w^^ advidendum UcuU dem,fj^ec»h^ gUriofuffi: Uudatur ah o?mihtfJpeaaturab om- nihm.nec qm{qumnonrex^non regm^ cupidm ejm ntiptiarum pernor accedit-^ mi- ramurqJdemdmmmformqmomnes,fedutftmla^^^^^ many mortallmencametofeefaire Pfyche the glory ofher age, they did ad- rtiire hcr commend, defire her for her divine beauty, and gaze upon her j^bur ^nna niaure- none wou Id marry ber^ quadindimai hifePfjchehzd no' moTy.’^ ’ So,heyd« bydearmng, x/fono tini- - - ^didtat jam dives avam dinis moiiiens, Tatttum admitati.^ tamumlaudare difett os , ZrtoSU-i ntpueri]umnuaMm> -- , vel argenti Your fich IHCH hclVC flOW* Icatll d ot ISttCT u^lCS ’^Ssb^rt radmire,commend,and come together enfis voLrat. To hcare and fee a worthy Scholler fpeake, lib.s .C. Io. ^5 children doe a Pcacocksfeather. {{7gefe»eno He {HaUhavc allthegoodwofds that may be given,' a proper man, and'tis medDoufa pjfj-y [jg HO preferment, all good wifties, but inexorable, indurate zs he fii- is, he will not prefene him, though it be in his pcAVcr, becaufe he is entia,fibique pQ moncy. Or if hcdoc give him entertainment, let him be never 10 wellqualified,plea*bUct Sc qu6dtamviles fcurrar,tot paffim Idiotae, literarum crcpufculo pofiti,hir- hfu, A»H 0 paftomm,circumfofanei, vagi,barbi,fungi,crafli,afini, raerum jx^cusin fa- ' croianaos Theolc^i*aditus,illotispedibus irrumpanr, prater mverecudam frontem adferentes nihil,vulgares quafdam quifquilias, & fchci’anum quae* damnu 2 amcnta,indigna qu* velrecipianturintriviis. Hoc illudindignum genus horainum & famelicum, indigum,vagum, ventris mancipium, ad fti* vam potius releandum, ad haras aptius, quam adaras, quod divmas hafee li*^ tcras turpitcr proftituit • ^unt qui pulpita cotnpl^t, in ancles nobilitini ir*^ repunt, & quum reliqui^vitae deftituantur fubfidiis^ob corporis Sdanimi egeftarem,ariaruminRepul\.partiumminime capaces fint • ad facram hanc Mchoram confiigiunfjfacerdotium quovifmodo captanres, nonex finceri- hxftf.7A7’ rate quod ^ giizy jed^^^upovitfUfs veyb.ut^ Dfi.Yicf^uisinKcrifnxitis bonis detradum quid putet, qups habet Ecclefia Anglicana quam plurimos, egre- giedoaos,illuftres,intaa3e 6mae homines,& plurcs forfan quam quaevis Eu- ropae provincia • ne quis a florentiflimis Academiis, quae viros imdiquaque do( 5 i;i(Iimos,omni virtutugenerefulpiciendos,abunde producunt.Et multo ' pluresutraq; habitura,multo fplendidior futura,ri nonhae fordes,fplendidura^ lumen ejus obfufcarent,obftarct corruptio,& cauponantes quaedam Harpy je,"" prolitaniq. bonum hoc nobis non inviderent. Nemoenim tsm c^ca mente, qui non hoc ipfum videat: nemotam ftolido ingenio,qui non intelligat; ram pertihaci judicio,qui non agnofeat, ab his idiotis citcumforaneis,facram pol- C ommenun lui Theologiam,ac coeleftes Mufas quafi prophanum quiddara ^oftitui. ri. les animx^ Bfrovtef (ficenim Lufkeru< * alicubivocat) lacelli ca»p,ut mtfra ad WHlBfiy ad KobiltK^ & hefoum MenfUs advdiPtty tn Jpm (acefdotu^ cujuflibet ho¬ noris, officii, in quamvis auJam,urbcm fe ingemnt,ad quodvis fc minifterium componunt. . }Jtnervisalieni( mobile lignum^^Ductti^- iHeinfins. e EcclefiaH. ^ offm rtquentea^vfivitcorum wwfe^n pr^d^ quid vis ejfunum: obfeeundantes Pataiiti (* Ersbfmw 2 ^quidvisdoceKt^dicuntyferibunt^ fuadent^ s^mraconfeien^ tiampro ant^Mftut fal'^are^ftddMt fedut ms^gntjisaM forta^ {LuthJf^Oal. naw. ^ Opiniones quafvis ^ desretA contra verbumDt^i a firuunt^ fte non offendans patronum^ fedut rettneant favmm proce^uw^ ^f>$pr4lipiaufum^fiiiq-^ ipji^ accu^ mulem. Eoetcnim plerunq'^animoad Theologiani accedunt,non vinam, fedut iuam fitciant; non ad Ecclefi« bonuni proniOYenduna,iedexpi- landum Part. why the ^ujes are Melancholy . Memb.^-Subf. i 5. landil^quaerentes quod P.vdus air,No/? qit£ J ejk Chnsiti(eci qtix. fu.i^non domthi | ^ | thelaurum, fed ut libi, liiilque thefauuzcnt. Ncc tantum lis, qui vilioris fbr- tun^e, & abjeftx fortis funr, hoc in ulu eft: fed ^ medios, fumraos, clacos,r.e dicam Epifeopos,hoc malum invalit. idleqontifices^ infacrisquidjacitanriim? g?erf.Sat.i. . •* fimmsf»^ ■* sat.Mcmp. qui ob htee.ts. emerfjj'e illos credat^ defipit: qui zero ingenii^ erudnionis-^ exponent probitatis^pieiatis^ Cf Mufarumid ejjepretiunipuiat (qyodolimreveiafuit,ho- die prbmittitur) plantjdme infanit. Utcunque vcl undccunquc malum hoc originem ducat, non ultra qineram, ex his primordiis cospk vitiorum collu- . . vieSjOmnis calamitas,omne mileriamra agmen inEccleliam invehitur,.Hinc tatn frequens fimonia,hinc ortce qucrelae, fraudes, impofturie, ab lioc fonte federivarunt omnes ncquitia:. Nc quid obiter dicam de dmbitonc, Adula- tione plufquamaulica, netrifti domicaenio laborent, de luxu,de foedo non- nunquamvita? exempio, quo nonnullos offendunt, de compotatione Syba- ritica,&c. Hinc ille Iqualor Academicu?, triples hac tempeifate Camenee^ quum quivis homunculus artium ignarus, his attibus alfurgat, hunc in mo- dum promoveatur & ditefcat, ambitiofis appcdlationibus inlignis, & mukis dignitatibusauguftus vulgioculos perftingat,bene fe habeat, & grandia gra- diens ma)eftatemquandam,acamplitudinem prx ft* ftrens,miranique Iblli- citudinem, barba reverendus, toga nitidus, purpura corufeus, fupelledilis * fplendore, & famulorum numcro raaximc confpicuus. guiles fiaiutc (quod ait*'illc) qutefaeru tn etdihtis columnu imponunturyelut onericeientesvide'ntur^ac fi infudarent^quum r ever a fenfu fint c at erne^ nibil faxeam adjuvent frniitatem: ^ ‘ Atlantes vidcrivolunt, quum fint ftatu^ lapidi ce, umbratilesrevera homun- cioncs, fungi forfan 8c bardi, nihil a faxo dilferentes. Quum interim dodi viri, Sc vitce fatiiftioris ornamentisprxditi, qui jeftum diei fuftinent,his ini- qua forte lcrviant,minimo forlan falario contenti, puris nominibus nuncu- pati, humiles,obfcuri, multoque digniores licet, egentes, inhonorati vitam * privam privatam agant, tenuique lepulti facerdotio, vel in collegiis fuis in ^^rernum incarcerati, inglorie delitcfcant. Sed nolo diutius hanemovere fentinam,hinc illje lachrymajjluijybris mufarum habitus,* hinc ipfa religiO (quod cum dicam) in ludlbrium (jf contemptum adducitur,abjc&itm {z- cerdotium (atqueharc ubi fiunt,au{im diccre,8c putidum ^putididiAerium ^ de clero ufurpare) Putidum vulgus, inops, rude, Ibrdidum, melancholicuni, miferum, delpicabile, contemnendum, Mem B. 4, 4 '- *‘^ M EM B. 4 . Sub s EC T. I. Non-necelfary,remote^ outwardyadventtuoufyor accidentaU 1 ?tom. itb.i. catties: as firBt from the Nttrfe. If ulU ars c67t- J J J mLib.t.c. 19 . remote, outward, ambient, Ihave fuffici- SSr cntlvdifconrled mthcprtc^deut member, theNon-necepry fol- decUnmitcet jov/. of whicb, faith * Fuchfiu^, no art can be made, by reaiojj autmU^nceef- ihcit Uncertainty, cafualty, and multitude; fo called notnecepty ^ l^ScSg to"* 4 may bee avotded andttfed rrtthout nece^ imbuta recens ^Ccidentall which 1 {hall entreat of here, ferudbitodo- t/f. ManyOt tu J fnrmer becaufe they cannot be avoided, but ostcut valet fatally happc ’ nt-inapnt and inevitable, and more properly inferred m ja^eDlcauls. To leckonup all is a 1 S;/r“;*oftteLibble,oftlicfeco,ttto caufes which produce Melancholy,! “^S/^vUlbrle8y inpecudibus malady uom tWt Viim (licha murdcrcr,and to expreflehetctuclty to r. lams tenet, cd, which tnadc him luena raur^^i, ^ ,^^5 fuch » foTeorffi&lnurfehwilU^ cafartbus. ^ ^(^^Q^,^y^\(i(B\.Franctfciis Barhartulib, z.codt, aere ■ jP viw. I ,EcclefMsf. Part. 2, Memb.4.Sub.i* Nurfe a Cauje. 'Ant^Guivarra hh.z Je Mareo Aureliox the childc will furely participate. For 145 bodily fickncfle there is no dpubt to bee made. Titus^ Vejfafians fon was theretbreficklyjbccaufe the Nurfe was [o^Lamprid/us. And if we may be¬ lieve Phyficians,many times children catch the pox from a bad Nurfe, 5 fedagita- fpecirum Or deviU,a thing very common in all ages,{.2i\th Lavater fart, i. cap.9. *w”co*tramiofcorideslib.6.cap.^^. )othythe fightofamonfter, acarcafe, •uei perinfotn- they are difquietcd many months following, and cannot endure the roomc o A^pafiitcTs where a coarfe hath been,for a world would not be alone with a dead man,or Vvife in Bafil, lye in that bed many years after, in which a man hath died. At Pafil a many 1600 Somnia- vitfiliumbello mmmmffink Melancholica confhlari noluit.^ Senec.Herc.Oct.^^artapars comment Je Statu reliffionh in Galliafub Carolo.^, 1 5 7 occurfu dtemonu aliquifurore corriptUHtnr,(f;*eoiperientia notu eft»*Lib.^.inArcad.\Lucret^ xPuelUextraurbm inprato concurrenteSi^ftComiefta O*mel0neboUci domum redUtper dies iHiquot^jexata^dum mortua eft. Plater. Uttlc Part. i.Se^l. 2. Memb.4.Sub.5. Tmotirs and Affrights catifes. little children in the fpringtime, went to gather flowers in a meddow at the 147 townes end, where a malefa< 5 lor hung in gibbetsj all gazing at it, one by chance flung a ftone, and made it ftir, by which accident,the chil dren affrigh¬ ted ran away jbne flower then the reft, looking back, and feeing the ftirred carcafe wag towards her, cryed out it came after,and was fo terribly affrigh- ^, ted, that for many dayes fhe could not reft, eat or fleepe, fhe could nor be pacified, but melancholy, died, f In the fame townc another childe beyond the Rhine, hn a grave opened, & upon the fight of a carcafe,was fo troubled in minde, that fbc could not be comforted,but a little after departed,and was grefa /epui- buriedbyit. Rlaterus ohfervat. lib, i. A Gentlewoman of the fame city faw a far hogge cut up, when the intrals were opened, and a noyfome favour of- ‘faXv^l ^ ** fended her nofe,fliemuch mifl.ikcd,and would not longer abide; a Phyfician in prefence, told her, as that hogge/o was ftie,full of filthy excrements, and ZTJ^vocl^, aggrav ated the matter by fome other lothfome inftances, in fo much, this pofi paucos nice Gentlewoman apprehended it fo deeply, that ftie fell forthwith a proximo%pui miting, was fo mightily diftempcred in mind and body, that with all his art chro collocata. and perfwafions, for fome months after, he could not reftore her to her felfe again, fhecould not forget it, or remove the ob|e»‘neturmas, heard in the dead ofthe night by irfllption of enemies and accidental! fires, &c. thofe’^panickfeares,whichoftendrivcmcnout of their wits, bereave Fauamait. themoffcnfe,underftanding,andall,fomefora time, fome for their whole lives, they never recover it. They were fo affrighted by Gideons, y jdA.6. 19. fouldiers, they breaking but every one a pitcher; and^ Bannibals army'by “rebus fuch a panick feare, was dilcomfited at the walles of Rome. Augujla Livia hearing a few Tragical verfes recited out of Virgil, T» Marcellus eris, &c. \^ fell down dead in a fowne. Edintts King of Denmark, by a fudden which he heard, ^rvas turned into fury with all his men, Cranssim lib. 5. I^. a Ufurorem hijl. Alexander ab Alexandra lib.^.ca^. 5 .Amattes Lufitanus hzd a patient, that by re;^n ofbad tidings became Epilepticus, cen.i, cur a 90. Cardan fub. W.//P. i8iU(v5|onethat loft his wits by miftaking of an Eexho. If one fenfe alone can cauie fuch violent commotions of the minde, what may we thinke when hearing, fight, and thofe other fenfes arc all troubled at once.? as by fome Earthquakes,^under,lightning,tempcfts, &c. At Rologne in Italy Anno 1 5 04. there was fuch a fcarefifll earthquake about ii. a clock in the night. T j fas _____ _ — 4 Q (as Beroaldffs in his booke de tend wofWjhath commended to pofterity j that fymcm */- be chronicled,! had a fervant at the fame timecalled /»/» bold ^ai. ftmK. °=y‘‘“ ’ (bgrievoufly tetrifiedwithit.thathetwasfirttmelancholy, h^f. :&Zrada&ndmadeawayhimfefe. At ^ Fufelnum«Japona fhnw4ir«ch4»wthi,«ii\zxi\xt\ytim'\%x.Rufiicitj3x\dSctirrilitjy two extremes, ^'S yfjfa- btlitj is betwixt Flatterj and Contentiony it muft not exceedj but be ftill ac¬ companied with that * or innocency, e^udnemini nocety omnem inju. rtx oblationemabborrens,\ains no man, abhors all offer ofinjury. Though a ’ man be liablcto fucb a jeft, or obloqnie, havebeen overfeene, or commit¬ ted a fottle faft, yet it is no goo d manners or humanity# to upbraid, to hit him intlietccth withhisoffencejortofcoffeatfuchaonej’tisanoldaxiome', ' turf is in rcum omnk exfr'obratio. I fpeakettot of fuch as generally taxe vice, Rarely,GentiliSyErafmus, AgriffayFijhcartus,(§'C.tht Varronifts and Lucians ©four time, Satyrifts, Epigrammatifts, Comoedians, Apofogifts, &c. but filch as pcrfonate,rayIe,fcOTe,caknMiiiare#perftringc by name,or in prefeitce offend; »#/ .,L * Luditqurjlolidatroeantatey ‘' ’ *' Nonefi Sefiiffs flte(edcab'aBusi ’Tis horfc play this, and thofe/efts (as he* faith) leave a (fii^bc- hinde them, and ought not to be ufed. T Set not thy foot to make the llinde tofall. If or wilfully offend thy weaker brother: If or wound the dead with thy tongues bitter gall. Neither rejoice thou in the fall oftthtr. If thefe rules could be kept, we fhouldhave much more cafe and (^uretnefle then we havc,lefle melancholy.* whereas on the contrary, we ftudy to mifufe each other, how to fting and gaule, Kke two fighting bores, bending all our force and wit,friends,fortunes, to crucific* one anothers fotfics; by mcanes of which, thcreis littlbcontcntand charity, much virulcncy,hatred,malice, dementia cen- and difquictnefrc among us. Jli6to9. Tull, ai Attic, liJh IX. V Pai*t.i.SeJtomaTy. huram0v%torur,TyhureRowam, thztvfhich we carneftly fought, we now tranpii. ^;ontemne.^^'<: quofdam agit ad mortemifzixh ^ Seneca)quodpropojitaJape mug tando in eadem rcvolvuntur, & non relinquunt novitati locum,Fapdio CApt e(revtta,&ipfusmundus, & Jubit iUud rapdifmartm dehetarum. £^oufq^ eadem ? This alone kills many a man, that they arc tied to the fame ftill, as a horfe in a mill,a dog in a wheele,they run round,without alteration or n^s, their life eroweth odious, the world loathfome, and that which crofleth theirfuriousdelights, What^fiiUthefame? Marcus Aurelms mA Solomon, that had experience of all worldly delights and pleafure,confeffed as much of themfelves, what they moft defired,was tedious at laft,and that their luit could never be fatisfied, all was vanity and afflidion of minde. % r Nowifit bedeath itfclfe, another Hell,tobe glutted with one kind of fport, dieted with one dilh, tied to one place; though they have all things otherwife as they can defire, and are in Heaven to another mans opinion, what mifery and difeontent fliall they have, that live in ftavery, onn pnfon it {dii .^odtrifiius morteinfervitute vivendum,zs Hermolaus told Alexan- cm 8 derm ‘'■Curtius,v;otkthmdczthishondagc.* hoc ammo fettoomnes fortes, *Tuim Lcpido ut mortem Cervituti anteponant. All brave men at armes (Tully holdes) are lo affeded. <^Equidemcgoisfum,qui fervitutem extremum onmum malorum J arahc(faith iaKmJthat accompt fervitude,the extremity of a Hot* h7)e part. I. Sv<^^* 2* LolfeofU^beaty^t dr<;. Mcmb.4.Sub.5 15? mifery. And what calamity doe they endure, that live with thofe hard task- maftersjin gold-mines,tin-mines,lead mines,ftone-quarries,cole-pits,like fo many mouldwarps under ground, condemned to the gallies, to pcrpetuall drudgery ,hunger,thirft, and ftripcs,witl‘K)ut all hope ol: cklivery^ How are thofe women inT«r^/eafFe( 5 led,that moft part of the year come not abroad} i-ijofcand Dames,that are mewed up like Hawkes, and lockt up by their jealous husbands^ how tedious is it tothera that live in Stoves and Caves halfe a year togetbet/’ as in Ijland^ Mufeovy-, os under the ^ Pole«i f Acn: be it feif, where they have fix months perpetuall night. Nay, what mifery and dilcoDtent doe they endure,that are in prifon ^ They want all thole fix non- naturall things at once, good ay re, good;diet,exercifej cojupany, ileep, reft, cafc,&c. that are boundinchaines all day long, fulfer hunger, and (as*ii«- fi»Toxari. firf^deferibesitj mtfidihthtjilthtcpnkymdratlmgofchaincs^howlings-, fitiftilL otit.crtes^thAt ftifoi^rs ufutiUj TJMke.; t^hefe things are not only trouble- efi.effmatm Come-, but intolerable. They lye naftely amongft todes and frogs in a darke dungeon, mtheir owne dung, in paine of body, mpaineof loule, ^^tojep t^„corfus did, Pfaltne 105.18. they hurthisard,zn 6 .Richardthe fecondy Valerian thelmperour, Bajazet the ^urke.Uit be irkfonae to milTe our ordinary companions and repaft for once ^ aday,oranhoure,whatlhallitb0tolofe rhem for ever*; If it be fo great a delight to live at liberty, and to enjoy that variety of obje^sthe world af¬ fords} what mifery and difeontent muft it needs bring to him,that fliall now becaft headlong into that Spanip> Inquifition,to fall from Heaven to Hell,to be cubbed up upon a hidden, how lhall he be perplexed, what fhall become ofhim?hi?o^^rt Duke of iVomWjf,being imprifoned by hisyoungeftbro- h William the thtt Henry theht^y ab tUo die inconfolabili dolore in car cere contabuit^ faith Conquered Matt hero Paris: from that day forward, pined away with griefe. f }ugurth ^ that generous Captaine,^ro«^^rro Rome in triumph^ and after imprifonedy mim tritimpho through anguijh of his foule, and melancholy died. ‘ Bifliop of Sal if. duaus tandem, bury the fecond man from King Stephen, (he that built that famous Caftle of k DewVw in was fo tortured in prifon with hunger, and all tho^e tnidoimepaut calamities accompanying fuch men, Uf vivere mluerit, mori nefeierit, he would not live, and could not die, betwixt feare of death, and torments ot/inem itafame life. F ranc is King France, was taken prifoner by the 'y'^.ad mor. tern fere melancholic us, faith Guicciardine, melancholy almoft to death, and jregit, inter thatinaninttant.Butthisisaseleare as the Sun, and needs no further illu- mertumetum, uration. menta, kViesbodU, I ScneciL Parc.i.Se6l.2. Caufes of Melancholy, Mcmb.4.Subr.^. 154 Sub s E c T. 6, Poverty andrvant^ caufes of Melancholy, O vcrty and want.are fo violent oppugners, fo unwelcome guefis,’ fo much abhorred of all men, that I may not omit to fpeake of them apart. Poverty, although (if confidered aright to a wifc,un. derftandingjtruely regenerate, and contented man j xthtt donum „ c.». .1B«, a blcffed eltee, the way to lfcavOT,as ” it, Gods gfc K the mother of modefty, and much to be preferred before riches ( m fliaU bre lhewedmhis"place)yetasitisefteemed inthe worldscenfure, tis a mott: Memh.i. odious Calling, vile and bafe, a fevere tonmc, fummumjcelus, a molt intolc- wor-rable bmtheniVtc°(hmitA\,canefejusd-angue^vrc abhor thename of it, UmfutrUtra. * paufertoafugiturytotoyfarcefstturorhe, , . , dtreformida- ^5 fountaine ofall other miferies,cares,woes,labours,and grievan- *£«S!i.ceswh?tfoevcr.Toavoidwhich,wewUltakeany ipzmts.-^extremoscur. rit mere at or adindos ,we will leave no haven,no coaft,no creeke of the world unfearchedjthoughitbeto the hazard of our lives, we will diveto the bot- As in the Gi- tome ofthelca,to the bowels ofthe earth,five, fix,(even, eight, nine hun> Tct mines at , , fathome deep, through all five Zones, and both extremes of heat and «- cold .-we will tame parafites and flaves,proaitate out fel ves, fweare and lye. Tits Morifon. jjamne our bodies and foules,forfake God,abjure Religion,fteale,rob, mur¬ der, rather then endure this unfufferable yoke of Poverty, which doth fo ty¬ rannize, crucifie, and generally deprefle us. n ~ n. J For lookeinto the world, andyoulliallfeemen moft part efteemed accor- t Tom 4. dial, ding to their mcanes,and happy as they are rich: ^FbiptanU quijqi quantum mnore fericu- jfjjg to thrive, and in the way of preferment, who but fafS-ir he; In the vulgar opinion, if a raanbewealthy,no roatterhow begets it,of tulu licet in. parentage, how qualified, how vertuoully endowed,or villanoully m- TomnUenim clinedilethimbeabawd,agripe,anufurer,ayillaine,aPagane,aBarbarian,a ttt.virtui. fa- wretch, t tyrant, onwhomyoumay looke tvtth leffe Jecurity, then on ma,iecus, divi- jjg ^j^h (and liberall withall) he (hall be honoured, ad- iTS!- mired,adored,reverenced, and highly f magnified. rtmrJ « rr/ata. tijsparent.Hor. bgcauCe ofhisgoods.^ Eccl. I o. 31 . He fliall be befriended : f or,nchesgather ci^tstiS. many friends^ Prov.i9.s^> — multosnumerabitamicos,a\U happinelfeebbes tu, jufttts,fa~ andflowes with his mony.Hefliallbe accounted a gratious Lord, a Meca- piens. etiam_ ^ benefactor,a wife,difcreet,a proper, a valiant, a fortunate man,of a ge- Etitticquid nerous Ipirit, tuUus lovis gallinafi lius alba : a hopefull,a good man,a ver- voUt.Hor. tuous honeft man. ^Mndoegote lunonium fuerum^ ^ matrispartumverc ;,L*:“«£a«««»,as'r»«,faidofOf?4«a«r while heewasa^^^^^^ fecu^h donat. apparent of fo great a Monarchy, hc was a golden child# All honor, Mony addes applaufe, grand titles, and turgent Epithets are put upon him, omnes ^uits, courage, ^j^^j^bonadicerc j all mens eyes are upon him,God blefle his good worlhip, r Epifi. ult. ad jjjg Jionourj^ every man (peaks well of him,every man prefents him,{eeks and fues to him for his love,favour & proteaion,to ferve him,belong unto him, Maftcr, a fiae ^vcry man rifcth to him>asto in the hcc ipeake^as de'iGod"ble{rehim,andhopcfull;vvhy?heisheir apatent to the right wor%fulUto the right honorable, &c. t O nurnmiiWmm; vtbiihuncpriefiathtnoiem.\aExindefaptTetum omnes dieim!u,acimf^ifortunamhabet. Plaut, Jlart.i.Scd.2. Fovertj and tvantcaufes. Memb.4.Subf.tf tHor.far. j./. 2 . of Herod, Vox Dei ^non hominis, the voice of God,not of man. All the graces, i J 5 Veneres pleafures, elegances attendhim/goldenFortuneaccompaniesand ^Aureafom* lodgeth with himj and as to thofe Roman Emperours, is placed in his cham- rS Securanavigetaura^ foiiu. Mm Fortunamq'yfuotemferetarhitriot lie may fayle as he will himfelfe, and temper his eftate at his pleafure, Joviall yPtHS. dayes,fplcndor and magnificence,fweet Mufick,dainty fare,the good things nhui gi ofu- andfat of the land, fine clothes, rich attires, foft beds,downe pillo wes are at his command,all the world laboures for hira,thoufands of Artificers are his ti pecuniofisji’- flaves to drudge for him,run, ride, and poaft for him: t Divines ( for Pphia Thilifpifat) Lawyers, Phyficians,Philofophers,Scholars are his;wholly de- ‘ * vote to his fervice.Every man feekes his ^ acquaintance,his kinred, to match z muih laum with him,the,ugh he be an aufe, a ninny, a monfter, a goofe Cap, uxorem du. catDanaen,v>t\itn,SA whom he will,^«;^f opantgenerum Rex ^ Regtna~ht a Dummedo fit is an excellent =* match for my fon,my daughter, my mtcc,SiC,M^icqutdcal. caver it hic^ Rofafiet^ let him go whether he will,T rumpets found, Bels ring, b piS l«. &c. all happinefle attends him, every man is willing to entertaine him, hec euiio, a rich flips in^ Jpollo wherefoever he comesjwhat preparation is made forhis^en- tertainmente fiih andfowle,fpices and perfumes, all that fea and land af- c Panupane fords, what cookery,masklng, mirth to exhilarate his perfon/* ^DaTrebiOjfoneadTrebium, visfraterabillis iuven.sat.f. What di(h will your good worftiip cat off . i dulciapoma, Et quofeunq^feret cult us tibi fundus honoreSt Ante Larem,gufiet venerabilior Lare dives. Sweet apples, and what e'rc thy fields afford. Before thy Gods be ferv’d,letferve thy Lord. Whatfport will your honour have(fhawking,hunting,fi(hing,fowIing,buIs, bears, cards, dice, cocks, players, tumblers, fidlers, jefters, &c. they arc at your good worlhips command.Faire houfes,gardcns,orchards,tarrafres,gal¬ leries, cabinets, plcafant walks, delightfome places, they are at handj aureislaCyVinum in argenteis,adol^centula ad nutum JpecioJk, wine, wen- Oinbach. ' ches,&c. a Tlwr^/eParadifc, a Heaven upon earth. Though he be a filly foft fE^bomit. ' fello w,& fcarce have common fenfe,yct if he be borne to fortunes (as I have f3idyjurebareditariofaperejubetur,hc muft have honour and office in his lati Juatanimit courfe: S Nemonijt dives honor e dignus {Ambrof.ojfc .21.) none fo worthy as himfelf .* He lhall have it, atq^ ejlo quicquid S ervius^ aut Labeo. Get mony e- arme*!^ rich nough,&commandt Kingdomes, Provinces, Armies,Hcarts,Hands,& Af- men are gene- feiJlions; thou (halt have Popes, Patriarks to be thy Chaplains and Parafites; ” thou flialt have (T imberlinAdst) Kings to draw thy Coach, Queenes to bee t tiuarim ait thy Landrefles, Emperours thy fbot-ftooles, build more Townes and Cit- ties then great ^^lexander, Babel Towers, Ppamides and Maufolean Tombcs,&c.command heaven and earth, and telltheworld’tis thy vaffall, auro emitur diaderaa, argentoccelum panditur, denarius Philofophum con- ducit,nummusy us cogit, obulus literatum pafeit, metallum fanitatem conci¬ liar, apsamicosconglutinat. And therefore not without good caufe, Uhn MedicesthoxitchF lorentine^ when he lay upon his death-bed, calling his fons,Coy 5 »«j andi/<«re»febefbrehim,amongftotherfober fayings, repea¬ ted this, Animo quietodigredior, quodvosfanos & divitespojl merelinquam^ Catffes ofMdmchol'j. Merab 4 -Sub. ^ Part.i.Se ■ssslsn alri, o Hot. infehethm ovu, if once poore, weare metamorpnoiea t Egere eft of- in aoluftant, bafeflaves and vile drudgesitfor to ^ p^^g^^ay fendere(fTin- afoolc a wretch, a wickcd,an odious fellow, acorn y a 7 »^;.pX aMfe"aU:’they are borne to labour, to mifery, to catty burdens r» temverantes temperanttftmus, tne moic ccmpcr4kc rfUM wv w^vv ..y, but incontemplation, all o/w^f.f,whereiu afew rich men T‘ domineere, doe what they lift and are priy iledged by their greatnefTe. They ..or.nort',. cnA as thev oleafe, no mandare aecufe them,no not Parc.i.Sc(5l.2. Fovertj and want. Memb.4.Siibr.d like juments, pfiumficrcus comedere with Vly(fes companions,and as Chre. ntiltts objected in Arifio^hanes^falem lingere^lidi fait, to empty jakes,fay , ^^^ channels,? carry out durt and dunghills, fweep chimnies, rub horfe heels, p fSZ^Iam &c.they are ugly to behold,and though earft fpruce,novv rufty andfqualid, i>‘*rbarum, tam becaufe poore, immunda/fortumu aqimmefifyndorem (eqm^ ’tis ordinari- lu ly fo. 10 thers eat to livoy but they live to drudge ^ f fervilis (jr miferagens ni. bmiffme^birl hi I recufare audet , a fervile generation that dare refiife no taske^ vein gens vt~ Heus tu DremOy , caf e hoc flabellum^ ventulum hinc facito I p^tus dum lavamus^ Sirrah blowe windeupon us while we warti, and bid your fel- q t.eo A*er cap. low get him up betimes in the morning, be it faire or foule, he fhall runne 5 o miles a foot to morrow,to carry me a letter to my mirtrisi Socia adpijlri. vanty/idutfor- tiam, 5oc/4lhall tarry at hom.e and grinde mault all day long, Trifian threlh. ‘j*borenr. Thus are they commanded, being indeed fome of them as fo many foot- \Mmfterdt ftooles for rich men to tread on, blocks for them to get on horfe backe, or fufiicuGerma- as walls for them tofiffe They^re commonly fuch people, rude,filly, fu- perftitiousIdebts,nafty,uncleane,lowfy,poore,deje-unhappylife,“//^«w4/j andjuments^ if not luafficimtur. werfe: their difcourfe is ffurrility,their ftmmum honfm,z pot of Ale. There ^^SYilldl is not any fiavery which they will not undergo-, illos fieri ^latrinas ratimuemr^ evacuant,alij culinariam curantyulij fabularios agunt, (jr id genus fimilia . exercent, ^c.likethofe people that dwell in the* Alfes .^chimney fivetpers Jakes.fermers^durt daubers ^vagrant rogues ^thtyh^OMthzxd fome, and yet cannot set clothes to puton,orbread to eat.For what canfilthy poverty give elfe, but ^beggery,rullomenaltinelle,fqualor, contempt, drudgery,labour, Tu.LeoAfer. uglinelfe,hunger and thirft-: pediculorum.^ ^ ^ulicum numerum ( as y he well * '» followed it in fleas and \\CQ,pro pallio vefiem laceram^ fro pulvinari lapidem bene magnum ad caput^ rags for his rayment, and a Hone fi^vaOeutpiu- for his pillow, pro cathreda^ rupta caput urna^ he fits in a broken pitcher, or ^ZoZ^vaiie on a block for a chaire, & malua ramospropanibus comedit^ he drinkes water, cuitrorumfa- ^ and lives on wort leaves,pulfe,like a hogge, or ferapes like a dogge, ut nunc in nobis vitaafjicitur,quis nonputabit infaniam effefinfehcitatemqi? as Chremulus dumgentui'^ concludes his fpeech, as we poore men live now adayes, who will not take tninum,quod our life to be * infelicity, milery and madnelTe^ IminZuiihua Ifthey be of little better condition then thofe hunger-ftarved beggars, wandring rogues, thofe ordinary flaves,and day labouring drudgesjyet they "t ^ "o' are commonly fo preyed uponby^poling officers for breaking laws,by their w upbrai^^o” tyrannizing land-lords, fo flead and fleeced by perpetuall exaClions, that fcoftcat,or though they doe drudge,fare hard, and ftarve their Genius, they cannotlive men^but nthec in fome' countriesjbut what they have is inftantly taken from them, the ve- to condole and • ^ pitty them by €xprefling,&c. y Chremulus A^.^.Plaut. z Faupertas durum onus miferh mortalibus.^ fexat cenfnra columbar.h7)eux acenonpojfunt,0* fix cinque folvere nolunr: Omnihusefl notum({uaxeitxe rolveretQtum.e Scafidia^Africaj Lituani^, ry Parca.Seit.2. Caufis of Melancholy. Memb.4.Sub.5 —-;;;^thev take to live, tobe drudges, to inaintaine their poore ftmilies, ’’ Xeirtroubi and anxiety tutoawji tkirjkif, S,r4c. }i. i. itmahesthem wearyoftheir livesiwhentheyhayetaken all pames,done their utmoft and honeft iudeavours, ifthey becaft behind by fickneflc, or overtaken with vMte no man pities them , hard hearted and metcilefle, uncharitable as ■ thcvUavethemfodiatc(red,tobeg,fteale,marmuteandarebell, hifrC” orekftaw! Thefeelingandfeareofthismifer^^ fp=,nof«r. whom paeifiad. totcfift their governours: out- pneindian* w /* ’ i„.upicinmoftplace 5 ,totakeup feditiousarmcs, andinallagcs bdnfaXd fecaufeduproai'es,mul:murings/editions,rebelUom,thefi^^ how they Uked* Jod Contentions in every commoti- wealth :grudging,repimng, SSa compVaining,difcontentineachprivatefainily,to^ afew rich men f totheircallings,bnngup their children,rtbrcaksthcir hearts, beycannotdoasthey would. No greater mifery then for a Lordtohavea many poo uity _Ypnmatis.notto be able tolivcashis birth and SSing,aGeotlemanaVeomVnottobeabletoUve^^^ j.a.on, *>; , s ° Poverty and want ate generally corfives to allkmde of men. ^STfnchashLbeening^^ thioats. enobly borne,liberally brouchtun, andby foracdifaftcr andca- cJuiuff m- wi miferablyddeiaed. For the reft, as they havebafcfoftunes,fo have ,•» Lem ddteixmi as they were obfeurely borne^pd bred, fo they delight ai^d live in obfeenitie i they arc not fo throughly touched wnhit. Yea that which is no fmall'caufe of thdr torments, if once thqi come to indiftrcfle,theyarefotfakenoftheirfellows, rooftpartm^laSed, and left .»«««vii. untothemfelvsiospoore* Terence inkewe was bykei/ve, ia/w, andTfc ejus. his great and noble friends. ^ . Nil PubltHs Scipiofrofnity nflet Ldbus^ml PurtuSy Tres PCT idem tewpns aui agitabant whiles jaeillime^ Hortem tile opera ne aomum quidem hahnir «sndu^itian$. *TIs generally lb, “T entpora fifuerint nttbilafohes erki he is left cold and com* fortlelTe nullM rf»jervattsamci^ ■ Cumcecidit,turpavertitkorafugL * Fefrmus. Whifft fortune favour d, friends, you fmrl donme. But when ihe fled, a friend I could not fee. gmHefiiui whichisworfeyct,ifhcbepoor€SevcrymancQn£enanfishim, infultt over dolcat vicemi " him, opprelfeth him, fcolFs at, aggravates his mifery. fi^Z^Llnrpe ^mcapit quajfatadomusfubfdm^artes hominemnon inproclinatos onanerecMmiitontts. Zifa in Trin when once the tottering boufehegmsto Ibrifdte, Thither comes all the weight by an kiftinft. , v Nay they arc odious to their ownc brethren, and deareft fricad^^^^' *^?*^*^ i Herat. hts brethren hate him if he be poore y ' omnes weini oderunty his nagmours tS' f « L - A._ 4.: Vi#»rnmnl^iinedmthe Part. I. Sed. 2 . other accidents and grievances. Memb.4.Sub.5 verty makes men ridiculous, Nil habet infelix faupertas durtus in fe, ^am 159 modridtcttlos homines facit, they muft endure ^ jefts, taunts, flouts, Clowes oftheir betters, and take all in good part to get a raeales meat: magnum tetcau}7mqr pauperies opprobriumyjubet quidvis ^facere drpati. Hec muft turnc Pzrz-Jocandi.-si toga litc, jcller, foole, Have, drudgeto get a poorc living, apply himfelfeto mans humors,to win and pleafe,&c.and be buffeted when he hath all done,as m hot. p^lylfesv/zshyMelanthiM^mHomer, bee reviled, and may not fomuchas i7« mutter againft it. He muft tur ne rogue, and villaine j for asthefaying is, N e- ce(litas cogit adturpia, poverty alone makes men theeves, rebels, murderers, traitors, affacinates, becaufe of poverty rve havefinned,Bcc lus.ij.i. fwcare,and forfwearcjbearefalfe witnefle,lye,diflemble,any thing,as I fay, to advantage themfelves, and to relieve thdtncce&ues:^ Culpa fcelerifq-, magi fra eJl^oManmn. when a man is driven to his fhifts, what will he not do ? ■—- ft mi f rum fortuna Sinonem Finxit^vanum etiam mendacemq-fmprobafinget, he will be¬ tray his father, Prince, and countrey, turne Turke, forfake Religion, abjure God and all, nulla tarn horrendaproditio,quam iUi lucri eaufa, (faith P Leo A. fer )perpetr are nolint.* Plato calls poverty, theevifi, ftcrilegious, pithy , wicked and mifehievous ; and well he might. For it makes many an up./a>-4«#-/.a/>d«. right man otherwife, had he not been in want, to take bribes, to be corrupt to doe againft his confcience,to fell his tongue,heart,hand,&c.to bechurlifb, gimfa^omium hard,unmercifull,uncivill, to ufeindited meanes to helpe his prefent eftate. ’^aiorumopifex It makes Princes to exad upon their fubjeds. Great men tyrannize. Land¬ lords opprefle,Jaftice mercenary, Lawyers vultures, Phyficians Harpyes^ friends importunatc,tradcfmcn lyars,honeft men theeves,devout affacinates, great men to proftitute their wives, daughters and themfelves, middle fort to repine, commons to mutiny, all to grudge, murmure and complaine. A great temptation to all mifehiefe, it compels fome miferable wretches to counterfeit feverall difeafes,to difmember,makc themfelves blinde, lame, to have a more plaufible caufe to beg, and lofe their limbs to recover their pre¬ fent wants. Damhoderitts a Lawyer oiPruges^ praxi rcrum criminal, cap.i 1 a. hath fome notable examples of fuch counterfeit Cranks, and every ■ ^ village almoft will yceld abundant teftimonies amongft usjwe haveDumme- xtxs^^.^braham men,&c. And that which is the extent of mifery, it enforceth them through anguifh and wearifomneffe oftheir lives to make away them¬ felves: They had rather be hanged, drowned, &c. then to live vvithouc q Theognis, meanes. q Jn mare catiferum,netepremata(]>eraegefas, Deftli^dra cel ft cor rue C ernej ugis. Much better 'tis to break thy neck, Ordrowne thy felf i’th'Sea, Then fuffer irkfome poverty, Goe make thy felfe away. . A5y^<<>'/?eofold,asIfindeit regiftred in **■ Athenaus, (upping in Phiditijs viiu ( jrfitthiutUb n,ad'verCtiSgefftes*LitbiMttff*bih,^,ca^,9'Oh^ .^..Lpootemendoed^^^^^^ . 2l>ootemeodoe.d^*^^^^^^ hrame,\g«»Mcn.. in fuch hMcxpomtts, Areato\ J V ^ Munfiery amongft us Chnftians m Lttua- SSrP ^f“th£v%unt«Uy mancipate, and fell themfelves, their wives and chil- umeitditi&c „,en to avoid hunger and beggeryj tmany make away them- t cormog.^.iib. dren to rich ’ . the Reman, when he caft up his accounts,& 2v“jr £00000 Qownesleft, murdered himfelfe fortearehelhouldbe SSr^S«£p 1 e,o£obto{her 5 ofia«/»,thatbeingdeftKuteofm /eip/»s.ut apud exampit, difeontented humour maffacred themfelves. =“• Tot of" wifeorherwrfeand d.fcreer, that our of a aoprehenfionhehadofaloireatSeas.wouldnotbeperrwadedbutas de^eratione. dccpeappre hellioulddicabegger. In a word thus much I may pST "Sderfpootemen.thatthough they have good> parts, they cannot thepmrf ts deji,{idmdhi,mrdsarimlhc^d J»^;r‘ 7 ££fica„thor,thoughliudableandgoodinthemfelves,theywrUn wiitareperar-^ff V N^UapUctre dtiinecLVtvere carmwa^ofunt Pooremm gmt mtrpt /.,nnot nleafe, theiraftions, counfels,confultatioiis, projefls, are vilified i ,„„ii«„icM/mnin2* obinopiammorof (unt,qmbuseft mare^^%m~ minafua, con- ftill murmuring and repining. j rnmicall Poet well feconds, yumtumtiKrt fi tomnes atttbM res Cunt minus [e^undxynefcioqmmoda xS'” snmmlndcmtumelumommn uctpmmttgss, forfaketand poore, he voluntarily banilhed himfelre to Stjmihdns a bafe towne in Arcndtn, and there mifetably died. ^y^^adfumtnaminopidm redactuSy . /r4 c confteau omnium abt] tGracU in terram ultmam,^ part. i.Se 4 tting of friends,abfcncc alone can worke fiich violent effefts, what mall death do, when they muft eternally be feparated, never in this world to meet againtf This is fo grievous a torment for thetinte, thatittalsesaway their appet^, X a dcfire Part.i.Se< 5 t. 2 . Caufes of Melancholy* Mcmb.4. Subr .7 i6z Gtxcus- ♦ Chmer. defirc of life, extinguilheth all delights, it caufeth deepe fighes and groanes, teares,exclamations, ( 0 dulcegetwen matrts , 0 fanguts nteus^ Bheu tepentes, ofostener) » rm. howling,roaring,many bitter pangs,C/a«>«f» gemH«i uluUm liPanes mortu- TeBa fremunt) and by frequent meditation extends fo farre fometimes, they tscotamaftan-ffjiiydeadfriendscontinually in their eyes, obfervantes imagi. “faiSfc »«,as confeflith he faw his mothers ghoftpreteing her ftife 'Denatui. beforchim. ^d nimpsmifert volunt,hoc facile credunt, Itill, that good father, that good fonne, that good vvife,that deare friend,runnes in their xciva^^cs’Totus animushaciinacogitationedefxusejl, all the yeatelong, lib i z%*Plinycom^\d:im^toRomanus,methinkesJfeeYixgm\xs,lheareVicgm- Virginium vi- \\s,ltalkewith yiV^Vai\XSi dec. _ deo, audio, de- ^ n^ifcfo viihi ^ lilt a vidctttuy ^ Fallentefqyrofe,necdulcerubens hyacinthusy * Caiphurniuf MttUos necmyrtus,nec laurusjfirat odores. They that are moft ftaid and patient, are fo furioufly carried headlong by the paflionofforrowinthis cafe, that brave difereet men otherwife, often¬ times forget themfclves, and weepe like children many months together, ajJ if tf)ep to toatet l»Ottll),and will not be comforted.They are gone, th y ^jyjiniffatradiesdrfuneremerfttacerhoy WhatlhallIdoe^ ^is dabitin lachrymal fontem mihi, quisfatis altos Accendetgemitus y ^ acerbo verba dolori? Bxhauritfietasoculosyfrhiantiafrangit PeBoruy necplenos avidofinit edere quefus, Magna adebjaBuraf remit, ^c. Fountaines of teares who gives, who lends me groanes, Deepe fighes fufficient to exprefie my moanes i Mine eyes are dry, my breaft in pieces tome. My loflefogreat, I cannot enough mourne. SoStroz>aFtliusthztt\cgmtItalianVoti\t\\yt% Epicediuniy bewailes hisf^ thersdeathihecouldmodcratehispaflionsin other matters (ashee conrel- feth) but not in this, he y eelds w holly to forrow, / Nunc fateor do tergamalis, mens iUafatifity Jndomitus quondam vigor dfconjlantia mentis, . , r • t 1 Prtfat. tih. 6. How doth * SluintiUan complaine for the lofle of his fonne, to defpaire d- mofl::CW4» lament his onlychilde,inhisbooke<7f//im^r<>/»'/jJjandelle- *r-uA.Mtu whereinmanyothcrofhistraas, * Ambrofe his brothers death? 4»< 1^0 sJyrifrattk. pofIumnoncogitaredete,autjinelaehrymiscogitareyOantartdieSyofle i esno- Besy fre. Gregory Nazians:>(n that noble Pukheriai 0 decorem,&c.fios recens, tudulansy^c. Alexander y a man of a moft invincible courage, wter Bp ej /- death, as Curtius tthtaSytriduumjacuit ad moriendum objtinatus , lay three dayes together upon the ground, obftinateto dye with hun,an wou d neither cat, drinke,nor fleepe. The woman that cotiimuned with J J^( ^ • 2cap, 10.) whenherfonfelldowncdead,^^i i„tothefeld,andwould not re- turne into the city . hut there refolvedto remttine,^ neither to eat nor rin ut mourneandfajl untill died, Rachel wept for her childrertyand won not e Parc.i.Sed.2. other accidents and grievances. Memb.4.Subr.7 \6i cemfortedbecaiifethepverenot^Mat. 2.18. So did Adrian the Emperour be- wailehis Antinous ; Hercules, H-jlas 5 Orfheus^Euridice-, David, Abfolont, (O ray deare fonnc Abfolon ) Aufim his mother Monica^ Niobe)\zx. children, infomuch, that the *" Poets faigned her to be turned into a ft one,as being ftu- ovilMet. pified throughtheextremity ofgriefe. '^AEgcus,figno lugubrifilij conjlerna- npiut.vitaejut tus^inmare fe frxcipitemdedit, impatient of forrowfor his Tonnes death, drownedhimfelfe. OurlatePhyficiansarefullof fuchexamples. cboiuaobmoT. fo;;/?/.242. "had a patient troubled with this infirmitie, by reafonofher huf- miriti. bands death many yearcs together: rr/«C4