THE 
ANATOMIE 
OF 
MELANCHOLY. The Argument of the Frontifpicce. 
TEn difHnft Squares here fcen apart. 
Are joyhd in one by Cutters art. . 
6 Beneath them kneeling on his knee. 
fe : 
He fa (Is, pr ayes, on his Idolfixt, 
Tormented hope and fear betwixt : 
For hell perhaps he takes more pain. 
Then thou doji heaven it felf to gain* 
Alas poor Soul, I pitie thee. 
What flars incline thee fo to be ? 
I old Democritus under a tree, 
Sits on aJtone with hoofon knee 3 
About him hang there many features. 
Of Cats, Dogs, and fucbliby creatures, 
Of which he makes Anatomy, 
The feat ofblacfcholer to fee. 
Over his head appears the skje, 
And Saturn Lord of melancholy. 
7 But fee the Madman rage down right 
■ With furious looks, agafllyfight. 
Nakgd in chains bound doth he lie. 
And roars amain he knows not why .<? 
Obferve him 3for as in a glafs. 
Thine angry portraiture it W(fS* 
His piCfure keep fill in thy prefence 3 
Twcxl Li*/* and thee, thers no difference. 
2 Tot h' left a lands hyp of Jealouhe* 
Frefnts it fife unto thine eye. 
A Kingfifer, a Swan, an Hern, 
Two fighting Cocky you may difeern 3 
Two roaring Bulls each other hie. 
To a fault concerning Venery. 
Symholes are thef 3 / fay namore. 
Conceive thcreji by tfasf* afore Jl. 
9 Borage andHdleborjz// two fenes, 
“Soveraign plants to purge the veins 
Of melancholy,and chear the heart, 
Ofthof bla effumes which make it fmartj 
To clear the Brain of mi fly fogs, 
Which dull ourfujes, and Soul clogs* 
The befl medicine that ere God made 
For this malady if well affaid* 
3 The next of Solitarinefs, 
A portraiture doth well expref. 
By Jlcepingdog, eat: Bucfand Do, 
Hares, Conies in the dejart go : 
Bats, Owls the fisady bowers, over,1' 
In melancholy darfneffe hover. 
Markwell: ift be not as t Jhould be. 
Blame the bad Cutter, and not me. 
10 Now lafl of all to fill a place, 
Prefnted is the Authors face 3 
And in that habit which he wears. 
His Image to the world appears* 
His mind no art can well expref. 
That by his writingsyou may guefs. 
It was not pride, nor yet vain glory, 
(Though others doe it commonly) 
4 1th’ under Columns there dothfland 
Inamorato with folded hand', 
Down hangs his head, terfe and polite. 
Some ditty fure he doth, indite. 
His lute and books about him lie. 
As fymptomes of his vanity. 
If this do not enough difclofe, 
fo paint him, take thy felf by thl nofe. 
Made him do this : if you mud (now. 
The Printer would needs have iff. 
Then do not frown or feoffe at it, 
Deride not, or detraffi a whit 
For fur ely as thou dofi by hi 
He will doe the fame again* 
Thenloofupon t, behold and]■. 
As thou hkfl it,f it likes thee 
5 HypOGondnacus leans on arm. 
Wind in his fide doth him much harm. 
And troubles him full fore God knows. 
Much pain he hath and many woes . 
About him pots and lie. 
Newly brought from s Apothecary. 
This Saturn's afpeels flgnifie, 
Jou fee them portrdid in the skje. 
And I for it willfland in vieta. 
Thine to command, Reader A; THE, 
Anatomt of 
MELANCHOLY 
Qid&ift&fUiiii causes, 
■jymnianm&p <Saicras cures it 
In tkree Partitions, witk tiieir sever all 
Sectionsj members %T sub&Hons, 
ittPjz/ilceJ&f j 3 
j cjtnfb 8f , 
fijr 
(J)enurcriiu6 . 
(^\{’itlCd Sa^rtcaSlConducing 
to fjyui cau'irJC , 
«7i£e-CfkvttttbE'ch'&pn i canre&vl' one) 
autjmenfei) Jry ifu —'• 
Omne (jut mis cm tviifeC?ufd. j HONOR ATISSL 
MO DOMINO NON 
MINUS VIRTUTE SUA, 
QUAM GENERIS 
SPLENDORE, 
ILLUSTRISSIMO, 
GEORGIO BERKLEIO 
MILITI DE BALNEO 
BARONI DE BERKLEY 
MOUBREY, SEGRAVE, 
U.DE BRUSH, 
DOMINO 
Multis Nominibus Obfervattdo, 
MELANCHOLIAE 
HANC SUAM 
ANAT OMEN, 
JAM SEXTO 
REVISAM, 
D. D. 
DEMOCRITUS, Junior Democritus Junior ad Librum fnum. 
VAde liber, qualis,»*# aufum dicere, foelix. 
Te niti felicem fecerit Alma dies. 
Vade tamen quocunque lubet, quafcunque per oras, 
Et Genium Domini fac imitere tui, 
I blandas inter Charites, myfiamque faluta 
Mufarum quemvis ft tibi letter erit. 
Rura colas, urbem febeafve palatia regum, 
Submife,placident e fine dente geras. 
Nobilis, aut fi quk te forte infpe&erit heros. 
Da te morigerum, perlegat ufque lubet. 
Eft quod Nobilitas, eji quod deftderet heros, 
Cratior hdeforfan charta placere poteji. 
Si quis morofus Cato, tetricufque Senator, 
Hunc et iam librum forti videre velit. 
Sive magijiratus, tum te reverenter habeto$ 
Sed nullus, mulcas non capiunt Aquila?. 
Non vacat hk tempus fugitivum impendere 
Nec tales cupiotfar mihi leUor erit. 
Si matrona gravis cafu diverterit i flue, 
llluftrk domina, aut te Comit iff a legat : 
Eji quod dijfiliceat, placeat quod for ft an illk, 
Ingerere hk noli te modh, pande tamen. 
At fi virgo tuas dignabitur inclyta chartas 
Tangere, five fchedk h<ereat illa tuis: 
Da modo te facilem, & qusdam folia ejfe m ement & 
Conveniant oculk qu£ magk apta fuk. 
Si generofa ancilla tuos aut alma puella 
Vifura eji ludos, annue, pande lubcns. 
Dic utinam nunc Ipfe meus *(nam diligit ijias) 
In prdfens ejjet conjpiciendus herus. 
Ignotus notUfve mihi degente tegatb 
Sive aget in ludk, pulpita ft ve colet• 
difta cave tie 
tml i capiat, * 
& nugas evolverit iftaS, 
Si quafdam mendas viderit injbichns. 
Da veniam Authori3 dice sonant plurima vellet 
Expungi^qnajam ditylicnijjefciat. 
Sivc Melancholicus quijquam^feu blandus Amator9 
Aulicus aut CivisoJeu bene comptus Eques, 
Huc appellat & tuto te crede legenti^ 
Multa ijiicforfan non male nata leget, 
gjued fugiat, caveat9 quodque amplexabitur0 ifld 
Pagina fortajfis promere multapoteji. 
At fi quis Medicus coram te fifiet, amice 
Fac circumjj)e8e0& tefinelabegeras: 
Inveniet namque ipfe meis quoque plurima fcriptk, 
N i Uve.Julfidium qu<e fibiforfan erunt. Democritus Junior ad Librum fuum. 
Si quis Causidicus chartas impingat in i flas, 
Nil mihi vobifcum,peflima turba vale'. 
Sit nifi vir bonus, & jurisJine fraude peritus, 
Tum legat, & frrjan doBior inde fiet* 
Si quis cordatus, facilis, Iddorque btftignus 
Huc oculos vertat, legat'. 
Candidus ignofcet, metuas toil, pande libenter, 
Offenfus mendis non erit ille tuis, 
Laudabit nonnulla. Venit fi Rhetor ineptus. 
Limata & ter fla, &qui ben'e co&apetit. 
Claude citus librum', nulla hic mfi ferrea verba2 
Offendent flomachum qua mums apta fuum. 
At fi quis non eximius de plebe poeta. 
Annue', namque i flic plurima fida leget, 
Nos fumus e numero, nullus mihi fpirat Apollo.. 
Grandiloquus Vates quilibet ej]e nequit. 
Si CriticusLeUor, tumidus Cenforque moleftns, 
Zoilus MoiUUS, fi rabioja cohors; 
Ringe, freme, & noli tum pandere, turba malignh 
Si occurrat J annis invidi of a fuis: 
Fac fugias', fi nulla tibi fit copia eundi. 
Contemnes, tacite feommata quaque feres. 
Frendeat, allatret, vacuas gannitibus auras 
Impleat, haud cures', his placui ffe nefas. 
Verum age fiforfan divertat purior hofpes. 
Cuique j ales,ludi, difllieeantquejoci 
Objici atque tibi for des, lafcivdque • dices 
Lafciva efl Domino & Mufa jocofa tuo 
Neo lafciva tamen,fi pen fi}et omne', fedeflo5 
Sit lafciva licet pagina, vita proba eft. 
Farbarus, indo&ufque rudis fpeBator in jflam 
Si meffem intrudat, fufle fugabis eum. 
Fungumpellepro cui (jubeo j nam quid mihi fungo $ 
Conveniunt flomacho non minus iflajuo. 
Sed nec pelle tamen', lato omnes accipe vultu, 
jffuos, quas, vel quales, inde vel unde viros. 
Gratus erit quicunque venit,gratiflimus hofpes 
guifquis erit,facilis difficili f que mihi, 
Nam fi cutpdrit, quadam culpaffsjuvabit. 
Culpando faciet me meliora fequi. 
Sed fi landkrit, neque laudibus efferar ullis. 
Sit fatis hifce malis, oppofuiffk bonum. 
Hac funt qua noftro placuit mandare libello 
Et qua dimittens dicerejufiit Herus, The Authors Ahjlraß of Melancholy , Ai ahoymi 
WHen I goc muling all alone. 
Thinking of divers things fore-known. 
When T build Caftles in the air. 
Void of forrow and void of fear, 
Pleafing my felfwith phantafms fweet. 
Me thinks the time runs very fleet. 
All my joyes to this are folly. 
Naught fo fweet as Melancholy. 
When I lye walking all alone. 
Recounting what I have ill done. 
My thoughts on me then tyrannife. 
Fear and forrow me furprife. 
Whether I tarry ft ill or go. 
Me thinks the time moves very (low. 
All my griefs to this are jolly. 
Naught fo fad as Melancholy. 
When to my felfe l ad: and fmile. 
With pleafing thoughts the time beguile. 
By a brook fide or wood fo green, 
Unheard, unfought for, or unfeen, 
A thoufand. pleafures doe me blefs. 
And crown my foul with happincfs. 
All my joyes befides are folly. 
None fo fweet as Melancholy. 
When Hie, fit, or walk alone, 
I figh, I grieve, making great Uione, 
In a dark grove, or irkfome.den. 
With difeontents and Furies then,- 
A thoufand miferics at once. 
Mine heavy heart and foul enfconce. 
All my griefs to this .yre jolly. 
None fo four as Melancholy. 
Me thinks I hear, me thinks I fee. 
Sweet mufick, wondrous mclodie, 
Towns, places and Cities fine y 
Here now, then there, the World is mine. 
Rare beauties, gallant Ladies fiiine. 
What e’re is lovely or divine. 
All other joyes to this are folly, 
None fo fweet as Melancholy. 
Me thinks I hear, me thinks I fee 
Ghofts, goblins, fiends 5 my phantafie 
Prefents a thoufand ugly ftiapes, 
Headlefs bears,black men,and apes, 
Dolefull outcries, and fearfu 11 fights. 
My fad and difmall foul affrights. 
All my griefs to this are jolly. 
None fo damn das Melancholy. Me-thinks I court, me thinks I kifs. 
Me thinks I now embrace my miftrifs, 
0 blefifed dayes, O fwect content. 
In Paradife my time is fpent. 
Such thoughts may ftill my fancy move, 
So may I ever be in love. 
All my joyes to this are folly. 
Naught fo Tweet as Melancholy. 
When I recount loves many frights. 
My fighes and tears, my waking nights. 
My jealous fits 5 O mine hard fate 
1 now repent, but ’tis too late. 
No torment is To bad as love. 
So bitter to my foul can prove. 
All my griefs to this are jolly. 
Naught fo harlh as Melancholy. 
Friends and Companions get you gone, 
Tis my delire to be alorle 5 
TV T J 1« « • . « f . 1 1 
Ne’rc well but when my thoughts and I 
Do domineer in privacie. 
No Geirm, no treafure like to this, 
'Tis my delight,my Crown, my blife. 
All my joyes to this are folly. 
Naught fo fweet as Melancholy. 
'Tis my foie plague to be alone, 
I am a beaft,a monfter grown, 
I will no light nor company, 
I find it now my mifery. 
The feean is turn’d, my joyes are gone 5 
Fear, difeontent, andforrows come. 
All my griefs to this are jolly. 
Naught fo fierce as Melancholy. 
He not change life with any King, 
I ravifht am : can the world bring 
More joy ,thcn ftill to laugh and finiles 
In pleafant toys time to beguile ? 
Do not. O doe not trouble me. 
So fweet content I feel and fee. 
All my joyes to this are folly, r 
None fo divine as Melancholy. 
JJ’c change my ftate with any wretch, - 
Thou canftfrom gaole or dunghill fetch: 
My pain, paft cure, another Hell, 
I may not in this torment dwell, 
Now defparate I hate my life. 
Lend me a halter or a knife. 
All my griefs to this arc jolly. 
Naught fo damn’d as Melancholy, DEMOCRITUS 
JVNIOR TO THE 
READER. 
Reader, I prefume thou wilt be very inquifitiy© 
to know what antickor perfonate ador this is, that fo 
W infolently intrudes upon this common theatre, to the 
R worlds view, arrogating another mans name, whence 
n| he is, why he doth it, and what he hath to fay} Al- 
though, as a he faid, Primum fi noluero, non reffondebo, 
quk coa&urus eft? I am a free man born,and maychufe 
a Seneca in lu- 
do in mortem \ 
Claudii Ceefa- 
whether I will tell, who can compel me ? If Ibe urged, I will as readi- 
ly reply as that Egyptian in b Plutarch, when a curious fellow wouldJ 
needs know what he had in his basket, <Duum vides velatam, quid in- 
ris. 
b Lab. is curio- 
(hate. 
— J J Ji 
quiris in rem abfeonditam ? It was therefore covered, becaufe he 
Ihould not know what was in it. Seek not after that which is hid, if 
the contents pleafe thee,c and be for thy ufe, frppofe the Man in the 
Moon, or whom thou wilt to be the Author5 I would not willingly be 
known.Yet in fome fort to give thee fatisfadion, which irmorc then I 
need,l will ihew a reafon,both of this ufurped name,title,and fubjed. 
cMoiohac ti- 
bi ufuifini, 
quemvis autbo- 
rem Jingito. 
Weckgr. 
And firft of the name of left any man by rcafon of it (hould 
be deceived, expeding a pafquil, a fatyre, fome ridiculous treatife 
(as I my felflhould have done fome prodigious tenent, or paradox of 
the earths motion, of.infinite Worlds, in infinito Vacuo, ex fortuity 
atomorem collifione,in an infinite wafte, fo caufed by an accidental col- 
lifion of Motes in the Sun, all which Democritus held, Epicurus and 
their Mailer Lucippus of old maintained, and arc lately revived by 
Copernicus, Brums, and fome others. Belides it hath been always an 
ordinary cull om, as d Gellius observes, for later (Vriters and imp oft ors, 
to broach many abfturd and infolent fi&ions, under the name of fo noble 
a vhilofopher as Democritus, to get themfelves credit,and by that means 
the moyS to be refpeeded, as artificers ufually do. Novo qui marmori 
€fcrihunt Praxatilem fro. "Tis not fowith me. 
e Non hic Centauros, non Gorgonas, Harpy afqne 
Invenies, hominem pagina no fir a frpit. 
d Lib.io.c. i 2. 
Multa a mali 
feriatu in De- 
mocriti nomine 
. commenta data, 
, nobilitatu, au- 
' thoritatifq; 
ejuf perfugio 
utentibus, 
e Mar rial is lib» 
10. epigr. 14. 2 
Democritus to the Reader. 
No Cent aures here, or Gorgons look to finde. 
My fubjed is of man, and humane kindc. 
Thou thy fe If art the fubjed of my difeourfe. 
tguicquid agunt homines 9votum9 timor, ira9 voluptas, 
Gaudia, difeurfus, nofiri farrago libelli. 
What ere men do, vows, fears, in ire, in fport, 
Joys, wandrings, are the fum of my report. 
f luv. Sat. 1. 
g Auth. Pet. 
BeJJeo edit. 
Colonice 1616. 
h Hip. Epiji. 
Vamaget. 
\ laert. lib. p. 
k Hortulo ftbi 
cellulam feli- 
gens, ibique fe- 
pjfum inclu- 
dens, vixit fo- 
Htanus. 
IFloruit Olym- 
piade So, 700. 
annis pofl Tro- 
My intent is no ctherwife to ufe his name, then Mercurius Gallobelgi- 
cus9 Mercurius Brit anicusyxfe the name of Mercurie,g Democritus Chri~ 
fiianus9&c. Although there be fome other circumftances, for which I 
have mafked my felf under this vifard, and fome peculiar refpeds, 
which I cannot fo well exprefle, untill I have fet down a brief chara- 
cter of this our Democritusjnhat he was, with an Epitome of his life. 
Democritus 9as he is deferibed by and»Laertius as a little 
jam. 
m Diacof. quod 
cunilis operi- 
bus facili ex- 
cellit, Laert. 
n Col.lih.i.c. 1. 
o Conji. lib. de 
agric.pajjim. 
p Vohcrum 
voces & Un- 
wearifli old man,very melancholy by nature, averfe from company in 
his latter days,k and much given to folitarineffe, a famous Philofopher 
-in his age,l cooevus with Socrates, wholly addided to his ftudies at the 
laft,and to a private life,writ many excellent works,a great Divine,ac- 
cording to the divinity of thofe times,an expert Phyfitian, a Politician, 
gitas intellige- 
re fe dicit Ab- 
deritans Ep. 
Hip. 
q Sabellicus 
exempt, lib. 10. 
oculis fe pri- 
vavit, ut meli- 
us contemplati- 
oni operam da- 
ret, fublimi 
vir ingenio, 
profunda cogi- 
tationis, <&c. 
*.Natur alia, 
'Moralia, Ma- 
thematica,libe- 
rales difiipli- 
nits, artiumque 
omnium periti- 
am callebat. 
f Veni Athe- 
an excellent Mathematicians Dzacojmus 6c the reft of his works do 
witnefle.He was much delighted with the ftudies of Husbandry;, faith 
and often I find him cited by 0 Confiantinus and others, 
treating of that fubjed.He knew the natures, differences of all beafts, 
plants, fifties, birds} and, as fome fay, could p underhand the tunes and 
voices of them.ln a word, he was omnifariam do&us9 a general fcho- 
Jar,a great to the intent he might better contemplate, q I 
find it related by fome,that he put out his eys, and was in his old age 
voluntarily blind,yet faw more then all Greece befides, and r writ of 
every fubjedcflihilin toto opificio natur <e9de quo non fcrippt.A man of 
an excellent wit,profound conceit}and to attain knowlcdg the better 
in his younger years,he travelled to Egypt and f Athens^to confer with 
learned men,1 admired of famendejpifed of others. After a wandring life, 
he fetledat inthrace, and was fent for thither to be 
their Law-maker Recorder or town-clerk as fome.wilftor as others,he 
was there bred and born.Howfoever it was, there he lived at laft in a 
nos, & nemo ; 
me novit, 
tldem contem- 
ptui & admi- 
rationi habitus. 
u Solebat ad 
portam ambu- 
lare, & inde, 
Hip. Ep. 
Dameg. 
X Perpetuo ri- 
fu pulmonem 
agitare folebat 
J)emocritus. 
Juv. Sat. 7. 
y Non fum dig- 
nus proflare 
matella "Man. 
garden in the fuburbs,wholy betaking himfelf to his ftudies, and a pri- 
vate life,u faving that fometimss he would to the havenjs. and 
laugh heartily at fuch variety of ridiculous obje&s9 which there he faw. 
Such a one was Democritus. 
But in the mean time,how doth this concern me, or upon what refe- 
rence do I ufurp his habit > I confeffc indeed that to compare my felf 
unto him for ought I have yet faid, were both impudency and arrogan- 
cie,l do not prefume to make any parall Anti fiat mi hi millibus tre~ 
tentis $ parvus fum9 ahum nec Jpe.ro.Yet thus much! 
wil fay of my felf3& that I hope without all fufpitionof pride,orfelf- 
conceit,! have lived a filent,fcdentary,folitary,private lifeynihi&mujts 
in the Univerfity as long almoft asXenocrates in Athens9adjene&am fere De MO GRIT US to the Reader, 
to learn wildom as he did, penned up mod part in my ftudy.For I have 
been brought up a ffudent in the mod florifhing Colledge of Europe, 
z Augufiijfimo collegio3and can brag with * foviusyA\\\o*Ajn ef. luce do- 
micilii Vacicaniyotiusorbis .annosmulta opportunaqve 
di dic A for 30 years I have continued (having the ufe of as good a Li- 
braries as ever he had)a fcholar3and would be therefore loth3eitherby 
living as a drone3to be an unprofitable or unworthy a Member of fo 
learned and noble a focietie3or to write that which (hould be any way 
difhonourable tofucharoyal and ample foundation.Something 1 hav 
donc,though by my profeffion a Divine,yet turbine raptusingenii^sb he 
faid,out of a'running wit,an unconftant unfetled mind,l had a great de- 
lire, (not able to attain to a fuperlidal skil in any)to have fomefmatte- 
ring in all,to be aliquis in omnibus, nullus in fmgulisfw\\vz\\ Plato com- 
mends,out of himdLipfius approves and furthers, as fit to heimprintedin 
all curious he a jlave of one dwel altogether in one fub- 
mo ft to rove ntum puer artium, to have an oar in 
z ChrlH' 
Church in 
Oxford, 
* Pros fit. hiji 
a Keeper of 
ourcolledg li- 
brary lately 
revived by 
Otho Kicdifn 
t Efquire. 
• b Scaligsr. 
clnTheat. 
dPhil. Sioic.H. 
diff. 8. dogma 
cupid is & cu- 
riofis ingeniis 
imprimendum, 
ut fit talis qui 
nulli rei fervi- 
every mans boat fto et aft of every dtffand ftp of every cup0 which faith 
Montaignefwas wcl performed by Arijiotletk his learned country-man 
Adrian 'lurnehus.This roving humor (though not with like fuccefs}! 
have ever had,& like a ranging fpaniel,that barks at every bird hefees3 
leaving his game,l have followed all3faving that which I fhould,Bc may 
juftly complain,Bc truly,ubique eft, nufquam efi>which g Gefner did 
in mo defy 3that I have read many books,but to little purpofe,for want 
of good method ,1 have confufedly tumbled over divers authors in our 
Libraries3with final.profit for want of art,ordcr, memory3 judgement.! 
never travelled but in Map or Card3in which my unconfined thoughts 
: at, aut exafth 
unum aliquid 
elaboret, alia 
negligens, ut 
artifices, <&a 
c Delibare gra- 
in de qmcunq% 
I cibo, & pitti- 
fare de quo- 
cunqr, dolio ju- 
' cundum. 
' f Effies lib.3. v 
g Pr#fat.bibli- 
othec. 
have Freely expatiated, as having ever been efpecialy delighted with 
the ftudy of CcfmcgraphyytSaturn was ,Lord of my geniture3culminatiog 
SeeXAMars principal fignificator of manners,in partile conjunction with < 
mine Ajcendent’Jooth fortunate in their houfcs,&c.l am not poor,! am 
not deejif. have little3l want nothing:all my treafure ■ 
is in Minerva s tower. Greater preferment as I could never get3fo am I 
not in debt for it,l have a competency (laus Deo) from my noble and 
munificent Patrons,though 1 live ftili a Collcgiat ftudcnt,as Democrit/js 
in his garden3and lead a monafHquelife3 theatrum fcqueffred 
h Amho fortes 
, & fortunati, 
Mars idem ma- 
gifierii domi- 
nus juxta pri- 
mam Leovitii 
regulam. 
iromthofe tumults 6k troubles of the world,tanquam in Jpecula po- 
J/te,(ias he faid)in Tome high place above you all,like Stoicus Sapiens, 
omnia prejentiaqbvidensyuno velut intuitu X\\t2x & fee 
what is done abroad,how others,k run,ride,turmoil,& macerate them- 
fclves in court and country3far fromthofe wrangling Law fuits3 an Ice 
vanitatemfori ambiti mtcum foleo:\ laugh at all,* vnlyfecure 
left my (ait go amifsynyfiips per iff corn and cattle mifcarry, trade de- 
cay:» 1 have no wife nor children go odor bad to provide for. A meer fpe- 
ftator of other mens fortunes and adventures, and how they ad their 
parts3 which me thinks are diverOy prefented unto me, as from a 
common theatre or fcene. I hear new news everyday, and thofe 
Ox dinary rumors of war3p]agaes3fires3mundations3thefts3rnurders3maf 
lacres, meteors, comcts3 ipedrums, prodigies, apparitions3 of towns 
3 Henjtus, 
k Calide am- 
bientes, folicite 
litigantes, aut 
mifere exciden- 
tes, voces,fhre- 
pirum, contenti- 
ones, <&c. 
\Cyp. ad Do- 
nat. Vnice fs-. 
durus, ne exci- 
dam in foro, 
aut in mari In- 
dico bonis elui, 
de dotefili#, 
patrimonio filii 
non fim foliti* 
> tus* 4 
DEmocritus to the Reader, 
taken, cities befiegedin Germany 7urby0 Perfia, Poland, &c. 
daily mufters and preparations,and fuch like, which thefe tempeftuous 
times afford, battles fought, fo many men flaine, monomachic:, (hip- 
wracks, piracies,and fea-fights,peacc,leagues, dratagems, and frefh ala- 
rums. A vaftconfufionofvows, wifhes, adions, edids, petitions, law- 
fuits, pleas, laws, proclamations, complaints, grievances are dayly 
brought to our ears. New books every day, pamphlets, currantoes„ 
fcories, whole catalogues of volumes of all forts, new paradoxes, opi- 
nions, fchifmes, herefies, controverfies in phylofophy, religion, See. 
Now come tydings of weddings,maskings,mummeries,entertainments, 
jubilies, embafiies, tilts and tournaments, trophies, triumphs, 
fports, playes: Then again,as in a new drifted feene, treafons, cheating 
tricks, robberies, enormous vilanics in all kinds, funeralis, furialis 
death of Princes, new difeoveries, expeditions, now comicalUhen tra- 
gical matters. To day we hear of new Lords and officers created, to 
morrow of fome great men depofed,and then again of frefh honors con- 
ferred 5 one is let loofe,another imprifoned one parchafeth, another 
breaketh 3he thrives,his neighbour turns bankrupt 5 now then 
again dearth and runs,anotherridcs,wranglesJaughs,weeps 
6ec. Thus I dayly hear,and fuchlike,both private and publick news a- 
midft the gallantry and mifery of the world, jollity,pride, perplexities 
and cares,fimplicity and vilany* fubtletie, knavery, candor and inte- 
grity,mutually mixt and-offering thcmfelves, I rub on privus privatur 
as I have fill lived, fo Inqw continue, fiatuqu© to afolitary 
3ife,and mine own domedick difcontentsifaving that fometimes,»* quid 
mentiaryss Diogenes went into the city,and Democritus to the haven to 
fee fafhions,! did for my recreation now and then walk abroad looke 
into the world,and could not choofe but make fome little obfervation 
non tarn fagax objervator0 ac fimplex recitator, not as they did to fcoffe 
or laugh at all, but with a mixt paliion. 
m For. 
Vi? BY. 
o Hoy. 
p Secundum 
mania locuf 
erat frondojts 
populis opacus, 
vitihujf fpon- 
te natis, tenuis 
prope aqua de- 
Jiuebat, placide 
murmurans, ü- 
bifedile&do- 
raw Democriti 
conficiebatur, 
q Ipfe compojt- 
te con ftdsbat, 
fupergenua vo- 
lumen habens, 
t&utrinque ali- 
a patentia pa- 
rata, diJfeSaq*, 
animalia cumu - 
l-atim grata, 
quorum vifeera 
rimabatur, 
it Cum munius 
extra fe ft, & 
mente captus 
ft, & nefeiat 
fe languere,ut 
medelam adhi- 
beat. 
m Bilem fapt,jocum- vefiri movere tumultus. 
i did fomctime laugh and fcoftewith Lucianoand fatyrically tax with 
, Menippus, lament with Heraclitus^omtimes again I wasnpetulanti fple- 
■ne chachinno, and then again, <> urere brlk jecur, I was much moved to 
; fee that abufe which I could not amend.ln which paffion howfoever I 
may fympathize with him or them, ’tis for no fuck refpeft I (hroud my 
feif under his name,but either in an unknown habit, to a flume a little 
more liberty and ffeedome of fpeech,or if you will needs know,for that 
reafon and only refped,which Hyppocrates relates at large in his Epiftle 
to Damegetus,wherein he doth exprefle, how coming to vifite him one 
day, he found Democritus in his garden at Jbdera, in the fuburbs p un- 
der a (hady bower, q with a book on his knccs,bufie at his ftudy,(ome- 
r times writing,fomtirne walking.The fubjeft of his book was melancho- 
ly and madnefs,about him lay thecarkafes ofmany feverai beads new- 
ly by him cut up and anatomized,not that he did contemne Gods crea— 
tures,as he told Hyppacrates, but to find out the feat of this atra bilis0 or 
melancholy,wnence it proceeds,and how it was engendred in mens bo- 
dies, to the intent he might better cure it in himfelf,by his writings 6c 
obfervations teach others how to prevent and avoid it.Which goodie Democritus to the Reader. 
5 
tent of his,Hippocratcs highly commended.*Democritus Junior is there- 
fore bold to imitate, and becaufe he left itunperfed, and it is now 
ioft,qnafifuccenturiator Democriti, to revive again, profecute and 
finifh in this treatife. 
You have had a reafon of the the title and infeription offend 
your gravity,were it a fufHcient jullificationtoaccufc others, I could 
produce many fober treatifes, even fermons themfelves,which in their 
fronts carry more phantafticai names. Howfocver it is a kind of policy 
in thefe days.to prefix aephantaftical title to a book which is to be fold: 
For as Larks come down to a day-net,many vain readers will tarry and 
fbnd gazing like filly pallengers,at an antick pidture in a painters fhop, 
that will not look at a judicious peece.And indeeed as is caliger ob- 
ftrves,nothing more invites a reader then an argument unlooked fer,un- 
thought of, andfels better then afcurrilpamphlet,tum maxime cum no- 
vitas excitat* palatum.Many men,faith Gellius, are very conceited in 
their inferiptions, and able (as tPliny quotes out of Seneca") to make 
him ioyterby the way, that went in haji to fetch a mid-wife for his 
daughter,now ready to lie down, Vox my part I have honourable “prefi- 
dents for this which I have done:l will cite one for all, Anthony Zara 
Pap. Epifc. his Anatomic of wit in four fe&ions,membcrs, fubfe&ions, 
&c. to be read in our Libraries. 
If any man except againlfthe matter or manner of treating of this my 
fubje£f,&: will demand a reafon of it,l can allcdg more then onc,l writ 
of melancholy.by being bufie to avoid melancholy .There is no greater 
caufe of melancholy then better cure then bupnef, as* Kha- 
fis holds.*and howbeit fultus labor efl imptiarum,to be bulled in toys is 
to final purpole,yct hear that divine Seneca,better aliud agere quam ni- 
hil,better do to no end then nothing.! writ therefore, and bulled my 
f Scaliger Ep. 
ad Patifmem. 
nihil magis ls- 
Rorem invitat 
quam inopina- 
tum argumen- 
tum, neque 
vendibilior 
merxeji quam 
petulans liber, 
* Lib. 20. c.ii . 
miras fequun- 
tur inferiptio- 
numfeflivitet- 
tes, 
t Fr<efat. Nat, 
hijl. patri ob- 
fletricem par- 
turienti filiae 
accerfenti mo- 
‘ ram injicere 
pojfunt. 
u Anatomic of 
poperie. 
■ Anatomic of 
i- immortalitic. 
Angel w fains, 
' Anatomic of 
. Antimony, &c. 
xCont.Z.4.f.p. 
Non eji cura 
melior qudm 
l labor. 
yHor, 
z Non quod de 
) novo quid ad- 
[ dire, aut a ve- 
teribus prater- 
* mijfurrii fed 
; proprU exerci- 
r tationis caufa. 
a Qui novit, 
” neque id quod 
>i fentit eapri- 
_ mitxperinds ejl 
qc ft nefeireu 
- h'Jovius Pr<€p 
t *¥• 
Q c Erqfmus, 
felf in this playing labour ,otiofaq',diligentia ut vitarem corporem feri- 
andi with Ve&ius'm Macrobi us in utile verterem negotium. 
y Simul & jucunda & idonea dicere vit£, 
> Le&orem delectando fmulatque monendo. 
Tothis end I write5Iikc them5faithL»cid«,that recite to trees,& declaim 
to pillars for want of auditor s:AStPaulusJEginet a ingenioufly confeffcth 
not that any thing was unknown or omitted,but to exercife my felf, which 
courfc if fome took,l think it would be good for their bodyes, and 
much better for their peradventure as others do,for fame, to 
fhew my felf{Scire tuum nihil eft,nifi te feire hoefeiat alter,)l might be; 
of Thucydidis opinion,* to know a thing & not to expref it, is all one as 
if he knew it not. When I firft took this task in quod ait b i Ile,im- 
pellente genio negotium fitfcr.pi, this I aimed at, c vel ut leniem animum. 
Jcribendo, to cafe my mind by writing,for I had gravidum corfoctum ca- 
put,a kind of hnpoftume in my hcad,which I was very defirous to be 
unladen of5Se Could imagin no (iter evacuation then this.Befidest might 
pot wel refrain,for übi dolor,ibi digitus,onc muft needs fcratch where 
ititches.lwas not a little offended with this maladie>{hall I fay my'Mi- 
itrls melancholy,my JEgeria,or my mains genius,Sc for that caufe as he 
that is ftutig with a fcorpionj would expel itavu-m clavo f comfort one 
forrow with another, idlenes, with idlenes, ut ex vipera Theriacum, 
make an Antidoteout of that which was the prime caufc of my difeafe. 
d Otium otio 
, dolorem dolor t 
' fumfolatus,' 6 
Democritus to the Reader. 
SObfervat. 1.1 • 
Or as he did,of whom fFelix Plater fpeaks,that thought he had fomcof 
Arijiophanes frogs in his belly,ftil crying Brec ckexyoax, coax, oopyoop 
and for that caufe ftudied phyfick feven ycars,and travelled over moft 
part of Enrop to eafe himfelf; To do my fclf good I turned over fuch 
phyfitians as our libraries would afford,or my g private friends impart 
and have taken this pains. And why not} Cardan profefteth he writ his 
bookDe confolatione after hisfons dcath,to comfort himfclftfo didTullv 
gM.Joh.Kous 
our Protobib. 
Oxon. 
M. Hopper. 
M.Guthridgc, 
h Qji.it iUi au- 
dire legere 
fdent, eorum 
partim vidi 
egomet, alia 
ggJJi,qu<fiUi- 
teris, ego mili- 
tando didici, 
nmevos exijh- 
matefifta an 
dicta pluriffiit, 
i Dido Virg, 
k Camden, Ipfa 
elefbantiafi 
correpta ele- 
phantiaJJs ho- 
fpidum con- 
jhvxit. 
1 Iliada pojl 
Homerum. 
m Nihil pr<e- 
iermiffim quod 
a quovis did 
pojjlt. 
r Martial#, 
o Magis impi- 
um mprtuomm 
lucubrationes, 
epuimvejhs 
fiirari. 
p Eccl. ult. 
q Libros Eunu- 
chi gignunt,jle- 
riles pariunt. 
r D.King pvtf- 
fat. left. Jonas 
the late right 
revcrcndLor. 
B. of London. 
{Homines fa- 
melici glw* 
td ojlentatio- 
nem eruditio- 
ns undique 
congemit. 
Buchananus, 
tEjfacimti e- 
tiam laudis ti- 
more, &c. Ju- 
ftus Baronius. 
u £sc mints a- 
lien<e exijlma- 
tionufibigra- 
dum ad famam 
jhvmt. 
x Exercit 288» < 
write or the lame lubject withhke intent after his daughters departure 
i fit be his at leaft3or feme impoftors put out in his name?which Lip ft us 
probably ftifperis.Concerning my fclf3 lean peradventure affirm with 
Marius in Saluji.)1 that which others hear or read of I & pra&ifed 
my fel ft hey get their knowledge by mine by melancholizing. Ex- 
perto crede Roberto.Something I can fpeak out of experience, aerumna- 
bilis experientia me docuitynd with her in the Poet,} Haud ignara mati 
miferisfuccurrcre difco.l would help others out of a fellow-feeling 
and as that vertuous Lady did of old,k being a leper herfelfheftow all her 
portion to build an Hofitalfor Lepers^l will fpend my time and know- 
ledge, Which are mygreateft fortunes, for the common good of all. 
Yea but you wil infer that this is 1 a&um agere, an unnecdlary work 
cramben his cottam apponere, the fame again and again in other words* 
1 o what purpolclothing is omitted that may welbefaidSo thought 
Lucian in the like theam.How many excellent Phyfitians have written 
juft Volumes and elaborat tracts of this fubjed? no news here that 
which I have is ftoln from others," Dicitqynihi mea pagina fur er .If that 
fevere doom of *Symftus be true,/* is a greater ojfence tojiealdeadmens 
laborsotkan their clothes^what fliall become of moft Writers? I hold up 
my hand at the bar amongft others, and am guilty of felony in this 
kind Jiabes confitentem reumfi am content to be prefted with the reft* 
Tis moft truejenet infanabile multos feribendi cacoethesyndv there is 
no end of writing ofhookjys the Wife-man found of old ,in this q fcrib- 
ling age3efpecially wherein r the number ofbooky is without number (as 
a worthy man faith 'fprejfes be opprejfed38c out of an itching humor,that 
every man hath to Ihew himfelff defirous of fame and honor (fertbi- 
mm indoUi do&iqy-.)he will write no matter what,Bc ferape together 
it boots not whence* Bewitched with this deftre offmetfiam medium 
morhts,to the difparagemcnt of their health, 8c fcarce able to hold a 
pen,they muft fay get themfehes a namefmh Scalier 
though it be to the down-fall and mine of many others. To be counted 
writers feripi ores ut falutentur, to be thought and held Polumathes 8c 
Poly hijiors.apud imperitumvulgus ob ventof * nomen artisxo get a paper 
kingctoOMHUaffie Jedthis precipate ambitious 
ag efi jaculum,inter immaturam erndnienem, ambitiofum & 
■pr<ecep(, tis * they that are fcarce auditors, vix 
audit or e senuit be mafters 8c teachers,bcfore they be capable 8c fit hea- 
rers, They wilruiliinto all l^rningyogatam,armatam,divmc,human au- 
thors,rake over aWlndexes 8c Pamphlets for notes,as our merchants do 
Grange havens for traffick?write great Tomes,Cto non fm rt vera do- 
ions, fed loquaciores, when as they are notthereby better fcholars„ Democritus to the Reader. 
7 
but greater praters.They commonly pretend public k good,but as *Gef 
ner obferves,’tis pride and vanity that eggs them on,no news or ought 
worthy of note,but the fame in other terms. Ne feriarentur fortaffe ty- 
pographiquel idea fcribendum eji aliquid ut fe vixijje teftentur.hs Apo ; 
thecaries we make new mixtures every day,pour out of one vclTel into 
another>andasthofeoldi?fl#M».f robd all the cities of the world,tofct 
out their bad fited Romeyve Ikim off the cream of other mens wits, 
pick the choice flowers of their til’d gardens to fet out our ownderil 
plots.Cajtrant alios ut libros fuos per fe graciles alieno adipe fujfarciant 
(fo * Jovius inveighs) They lard their lean books with the fat of others 
work s.ineruditi &c. A fault that every Writer findcs, as Ido 
a Omnes fili 
famam quae- 
runt & quovis 
modo in orbem 
Jfargi conten- 
dunt, ut nov<£ 
alicujus rei ha- 
beantur autho- 
res.Pr<ef. biblL 
oth. 
*Py<efat. hijl. 
b Plautus. 
c E Democriti 
puteo. 
d Non tam re- 
fdrtee bibliothe- 
car quam clo- 
acae. 
e Et quicquid 
canis amicitur 
ineptis. 
f Epiji. ad Pe- 
taf. in regno 
Franciet omni- 
bus feribendi 
datur libertas, 
paucis facultas. 
g Ohm 
ob homines in 
precio, nunc 
for dent ob ho- 
mines. 
* h Anf. pac. 
, i Inter tot mil- 
’ le volumina 
vix unus a cu- 
jus lettione 
quis meleor e- 
vadat, imma 
: potius non 
psjor. 
k Palingenius. 
I Lib. 5. defapi 
now,and yet faulty themfclves,1» Trium liter arum homines ,all thcevesf,; 
they pilfer out of old Writers to duff up their new Comments, ferape 
out oi* have done. By which 
means it comes to paffe,d that not only libraries & flops are full of our 
putid papers flut every clofe-Jiool carmina qu£ legunt 
cacantesqthej ferve to put under pies,to e lap fpjee in, and keep rod- 
meat from burning.With us in France,faith fsc aligerae very man hath li- 
berty to writeflut few ability .8 Heretofore learning was graced by judici- 
ous fcholarsflut now noble fciences are vilified by hafe and illiterate feri- 
J rn • V y J ✓ 
bier?)that either write for vaint-glory,need, to get money, or as Para-, 
fites to flatter and collogue with fome great mcn,they put out h hurras, J 
quifquiliafque ineptiafque. i Amongji fo many thoafand Authors you{ 
fiallfcarje find one fly reading of whom you flail be any whit better, but: 
*%kther much worfeoquibm inficitur potius, qukm perficitur, by which he 
is rather infefted than any way perfected. 
* k fpjii talia legit, 
ffuid didicit tandem, quid fcit niftfomniayntgas f 
So that oftentimes it fals out(which Challimachtfs ta*ed of old) a great 
Book is a great rpifchief.*Cardan finds fault with Frenchmen and Ger- 
mans, for their Icribling to no purponon inquit ab edendo deterreo, 
modo novum aliquid inven i ant flc. doth not bat them to write, fo that 
it be fome new invention oft heir we weave the fame web dil, 
twift the fame rope again and kagain,or if it be anew invention, tis but 
fome bauble Or toy which idle fellows write,for as idle fellows to read, 
and who fo cannot invent?*31#!? muji have a barren wit y hat in this f sib- 
ling age can forge nothing.™ Princes Jbew their rich men vaunt 
their buildings fiouldiers their man-hood, and fcholars vent their tdyes. 
they mud read, they muft hear whether they will or no. 
m Sterile opor- 
tet ejfe ingeni 
urn quod in hoc 
feripturientum 
pruritus,&C. • 
a Car danpr <efl 
4d confol. 
6 Hor. fer. 1. 
Sat. 4. 
-pEpifi. Uh. j. 
Magnumpoe- 
tarum proven- 
tum annus hie 
attulit, msnfe 
Aprili nullus 
fers dies quo . 
' non aliquis re- 
citavit. 
0 Et quodcunque femel chartis illeverit, omnes 
Cefiiet a furno redeuntes fcire lacuque, 
Et pueros & anus —7— 
What once is jfaid and writ,all men muft know. 
Old wives and children as they come and go. 
What a company of Poets hath this year brought out0 as Pliny comp] a ins' 
to Sojjius Sine fusq?This April every day Come or other have recited fN hat 
a catalogue of new books all this year., all this age (I have our 
Frankjfnrt Marts.our dome dick Marts brought out? Twice a year. 8 
Democritus to the Reader. 
a Idem. * 
b Principibus 
& daBoribus 
deliberandum { 
relinquo, ut ar- . 
gmmtur autho- ' 
rumjurta & ■ 
millies repetita ' 
tollantur, & 
temere feriben- 
'di libido coer- 
ceatur, aliter 
in infinitum 
progreffura. 
c Onerabuntur 
ingma,nemo 
legendis fuffi- 
cit. 
aProferunt fe novia ingenia & oftentant,we ftretch our wits out,and fet 
them to fale,m agno conatu nihil agimus. So that which & Gefiner much 
deftres, if a fpeedy reformation be not had,by fome Princes Edids and 
grave Supervifors,to reftrain this liberty, it will run on in infinitum. 
Quis tam avidus librorum heUuo, Who can read them? As already, we 
: ibali have a vaft Chaos and confufion of Books,we arc- c oppreffed with 
them,d our eys ake with reading,our fingers with turning.For my part 
I am one of the number, nos numerus fumus,! do not deny it,l have on- 
ly this of Macrobius to fay for my fclf,Omne meum, nihil meum, tis all 
mine and none mine. As a good houfe-wife out of divers fleeces weaves 
■ one peece of cloth,a Bee gathers wax and honey out of many flowers, 
and makes*a new bundle of ail. 
Flori feris ut apes infaltibus omnia libant, 
—j1 y / 
I have laborioufiy c collected this Cento out of divers Writers,and that 
fine mjuria f have wronged no authors,but given every man his own, 
which Hierom fo much commends in Nepoti an, he ftole not whole ver- 
fes, pages, trads, as fome do now a dayes, concealing their Authors 
names,but ftil (aid this was Cyprians,that La&antius,that Hillariusfio 
fa id Mmutins Felix, fb Vicdorinus, thus far Arno bins: Icite and quote 
mine Authorsfv/hich howfoever fome illiterate fcriblers account pc- 
dantical,as a cloak of ignorance,and oppofitc to their affeded fine frile 
I muft and will u fe)fiumpft ,non furripui->and what Varro lib.6,dere ru(i. 
d libris obrui- 
mur, oculi le- 
gendo, manus 
volitando do- 
lent. Eam. 
Sttada Momo. 
Lucretius. 
e Jfiticquid 
vbiquebene di- 
Bum facio me- 
1 m, & iUud 
nunc meis ad 
compendium, 
nunc ad fidem 
<& authorita- 
tem alienis ex- 
fpeaks of Bees ynininie maleficce nullius opus vellicantes faciunt deterius 
I can fay of my fel£,whom have linjurcd?Thc matter is theirs moft pi; 
and yet mine, apparet unde fumptumfit (which Seneca approves) aliuff 
tamen qu hm unde fumptum fit apparet, which nature doth with the ali- 
ment of our bodies incorporate, digeft,affimulate, I do conquoquere 
quod haufid ifpofe of what I take.l make them pay tribute, to fet out 
this my Maceronicon,the method only is mine own,l muft ufurp that of 
WeckfirVer. nihil ditium quod non ditium pri^s,methodus fota artificem 
oftendit,wc can fay nothing but what hath been faid,the compofition 
primo verbis, 
omtes authores 
meos clientes 
ege arbitror, 
dye. Sarisburi- 
enfis ad Poly- 
rrat.prol. 
f In Epitaph. 
Hep. illud Cyp. 
hoc lac. illud 
Hilar, efi, Ita 
Vißorinus, in 
hunc modum 
loqmtus efi. 
Arnobius, 
g 
tas.msd. 
and method is ours only,Bc mews a Scholar.Oribajtus,JEJtus, Avicenna 
have all out of Galen, but to their own Nlethod,diverfo ftHo, non di- 
versa fide, our poets fteal from Homer fpews,faith Aflian,they }j 
it up.Divines ufe Auftins words verbatim ft'iW, and our Story-dreffers 
do as much, he that comes laft is commonly beft. 
donee quid grandius cetos 
Toft er a forfqfterat melior. 
h In Luc. 10. 
Tom. 2. Pigmei 
Gigantum hu- 
ineris impqfiti 
plufqmm tpjt 
Gigantes vi- 
dent. 
Though there were many Giants of old in Phyfick and Phiiofophy, yet 
I fay with h Didacns Stella,A dvrdrfftanding on theftwulders of a Giant 
may fee farther then a Giant himfielf I may likely add, alter, and fee 
farther then my it is no greater prejudice for me to 
enditc after others, then for JElianns Mont altus that famous Phyfiti- 
an,to write de morbis capitis after Jajbn Vratenfs,Heurnius,Hildejheim, 
&c. Many horfes to run in a race„ one Logician, one Rhetorician af- 
ter another. Gppofe then what thou wilt. 
Allatres licet nfq5 nos & ufique, 
£# gannitibus improbis laccfias, Democritus, to the Reader. 
9 
I foive it thus. And for thofe other faults of barbarifm * Doric f dialect, 
extemporanean ftile, tautologies,api{li imitation,a Tapfodie ofrags ga- 
thered together from feverai dung-hils, excrements of authors, toys 
and fopperies confufediy tumbled out,without art, invention, judge- 
ment, wit, learning, harfh, raw, rude, phantaftical,abfurd,infol©nt,in- 
) a Kec aranea- 
_ rum textus i- 
deo melior quia 
exfsfila gig- 
. nuntur, nectio- 
fler ideo vilior, 
’ quia ex aliens 
• libamus ut a- 
> pes.LipJruf ad- 
verf us dido- 
dilcreetjili-compoiedjindigelted,vaindGurrifidlejdulland con- 
fefs all(tis partly afledfed) thou'canft not think worfe of me then I do 
of my felff Tis not wrorth the reading,! yield it,! defire thee not to lofe 
time in perufing fo vain a fubjedi:,! fliould be peradventure loth my flf 
to read him or thee fo writing, kis not opera; pretium. Ail I fay, is this, 
that I have bprcfidents for it,which ifocrates cals perfugium ik qui pec- 
cant?others as abfurd,vain,idle, illiterate, &c. Nonnulli alit idem fece- 
runt?ot\\crs have done as much, it may be more, and perhaps thou thy 
fc\t?Novimus qui te?&c. we have all our faults?Jamus? du hanc ve- 
nia m?&c.c thou cenfureft ine,fo have I done others, and may do thee, 
Cedimus inque vicem?<&cf tis lex talionk?quid pro quo,Go now cenfurc, 
criticize, fcotFe and rail. 
b Eno ahfurdo 
dato mille fs- 
quuntur. 
c Kan dubito 
multos leclores 
hic foreJlultos. 
d Nafutus [is ufque licet, jis denique nafus : 
Non potes in nugas dicere plura meas3 
Ip fe ego quam dixi? &c. 
Wer’ft thou all feoffs and flouts, a very Momus. 
The® we our felves.thou canft not fav worfe of us. 
d Martial, 
13.2. 
I hus,as when women fcold,have I cried whore firft,and in Tome mens 
cenfures,! am afraid! have overfhot my fel^Laudarejev ani ?vituper are 
(iulti?2s ! do not arrogate,! will not derogate. Primus veftrUm non fum, 
nee inmisf am none of the bed,! am none of the me an eft of you. As 
! am an inch, or fo many feet, fo many parafanges, after him or him, ! 
lnay peradventure an ace before thee.Be it therefore as it is, wel or 
illj have aflayed,putmy felfiupon theftage,! muft abide the cenfare, 
1 may not cfcapeit.ltis moft truc?Jiylus virumarguit?ouv ftilebewrays 
us,and ase hunters find their game by th.e trace,fo is a mans genius de- 
fericd by his Works, Multo melius exfermom quan lrneamentk?de mon- 
bus hQm. num judicamusjtW2.sold Cato's rule. I have laid my fell: open 
(I know it)sn tais trcatife,turoed mine infde outward,! fhall becenfu- 
e Et venatores 
feram e vsjti- 
gioimprejfo, 
virum fcripti- 
wicula.LipL 
red.! doubt net, for to fay truth with Erafmus?nihil moroftus hominum 
judicik?there’s naught fo peevifh as mens judgements,yet this is fome 
comforter palata jic judicia?our cenfures are as various as our palats. 
f Ire.f mi hi convive prope dijjentire videntur 
iyjcenter vario multum diverfa palato? &c. 
Our writings are as fo many dilfles,our readers guefts,our books like 
beauty, that which one admires, another rejedbj fo are we approved; 
as mens fancies are inclined. * s 
Pro captu Uttork habent fua fata libelli. 
1 hatwnich is maft pleaiingto one is amaracum fui, moftharfhto ano- 
*Tf g homines, tot fententi<efo many men, fo many minds : \ that 
which,thou condemned: he commends. 
i Eon 
t t 8 flßod efl invifum acidumqus duohus. 
r f leJPedts matter,thou art wholly for words,he loves a loofe and free 
ItuCjtaou art all for neat compofition,drong lines, hyperboles, allego- 
gfiwv Democritus to the Reader. 
* Antwerp- foU 
i6o-]' 
riesjhe defires a fine frontifpiece3entifing pi£hires?fuch asHier on:* Natali 
the Jefuit hath cut to the Dominicals3to draw on the readers attention, 
which thou reje£te(b,that which one admires3anothcr explodes as moft 
abfurd& ridiculous.lf it be not point blank to his humor2his method.* 
his conceit,*1 Siquidforfan animo conceperit J* qua di&~ 
io>&c. If ought be omitted?or added2which he Jikessor art 
mancipium pauc& le&i'onis&n idiot3an e^orplagiarius,a trifler 
a trivant?thou an idle fellow, or elfe tis a thing of meer indufhy. 
'h Murem, 
i Lrpjtt#' 
a collection without wit or invention, a very toy. 1 Facilia [tc putant 
omnes falebris cogitant, ubi via Jiratao fo men are 
valued, their labours vilified by fellows of no worth as 
things of nought,who could not have done as muchhtnufquifque abun- 
dat fenfit [ho,every man abounds in his own whiift each par- 
ticular party is fo affecfed,how Ihould one pleafe all ? 
k Quid dem fluid non dem? Renuis tu quod jubet i/Je. 
How (hall I hope to cxprefs my felf to each mans humor & 1 conceit,or 
to give fatisfa&ion to all? Some underftand too little, feme too much, 
Qui Cimiliter in legendos libros^afq^infaint an do s homines 
cogitantes qttales fidqHtbvs vejiibus induti ftnt,as mAufiin obfervesmot 
regarding what, but who write,n orexin habet aut bores 
valuing the metle,but ftamp that is upon it. Cantharum non 
k Hsf. 
IFisrf non po- 
ts]}, ut quod 
guifq; cogitat, 
dicat mus. 
Miretuf. 
m Lib. i. de 
ord. cap. n. 
nßrafcm. 
quid in eo.Vi he be not ncla,in great place,polite and brare3a great do- 
ctor,or fal fraught with grand titles, though never fo well qualified, 
he is a dunce,but as * Bar onus hath jt of Cardinal Caraffds works, he 
is a meer hog that rejeds any man for his poverty.Some are too parti- 
alis friends toov€rwcen,others come with a prejudice to carp,vilifie, 
detrad, and feoff de meforfan, quicquidefi, omni contemptu con- 
temptius judicanf)iome as bees for honysfome as fpidersto gather poy- 
fon.What lhall Ido in this cafe?As a dutdihoft, if you come to an Inn 
in Germany,& dillike your fare,diet,lodging,&c.repiies in a furly tone. 
* Anna! Tom. 
3. ad annum 
360 .Eft porcus 
ille quifacer- 
dotem ex am- 
plitudine redi- 
tuum fordide 
demetitur, 
oErafm. dial. 
p Spiji. lib. 6. 
Cujufque inge- 
nium non Jh- 
tim mergit,ni- 
Ji materi<e fau- 
tor, occafto, • 
commendator- 
que contingat. 
q Prcff. hijh 
r Laudari a 
Ivudato law 
ej}. 
iVitPerfi. 
Oaliud tibi qu<eras diverforiumyiyou like not this, get you to another 
Inn;I refolve3 if you like not my writingsgo read fomethingelfe.l do 
not much efteem thy cenfurc, take thy courfe/tis not as thou wil tsnor 
as I wiljbut when we have both done3that Pof vliniusSecundus to Tra- 
jan will prove true3 Every mans witty labour taker not 9 except the 
matter Jubjett jome commending favorite happen to zt3lflbc 
taxed exploded by thee and fome fuch3I [hall haply be approved and 
commended by others38c fo have been{Expertus loquor)ik.may trulyfay 
withq Jovius in like verbo quorundam. pon- 
tivirorum nobilium familiaritatem & amicitiam 3 gratafque 
gratiasmultorumt bene laudatorum laudes fnm inde promeritus I 
have been honoured by fome worthy men, fo have I been vilified by 
other s, end fhall be. At the firftpublifbing of this f Prohtts 
of Per[ms hbrum continuo mirari homine j, atque avide 
deripere I may in forne fort apply to this my work. The fir ft, 
fecond,and third edition were fuddenly gone,eagerlyread,fkas I have 
faid, not fomuch approved by fome,as fcornfully rejefted by others. 
But it Was Democrit/0 his fortune,idem admirationi * irrijioni ha- 
bit m, Twas Seneca s fate, that fuperintendent of wit, learning. 
'* Minuit pv me- 
jentia famam. Democritus to the Header. 
judgement,l adfiuporem doffius,the belt o£ Greeks and Latine writers,in 
Plutarch's opinion'-) That renowned corrector of vice, as u Fahius terms 
him, and painful omnij cious philofopher,that writ fo excellently and ad~ 
mirably well, could not pleafe all parties, or efcape cenfure : How is he 
vilified by * Caligula, Agelli us,F abius,and Lipftus himfelf,his chief pro- 
pugner?!# eo pleraque pernitiofa,iaith the lam c,Fabius, many childilh 
tracts and (entences he hath, Jermo illaborat us,too negligent often,and 
remits, as Agelhus obferves,oratio vulgaris & protrita,dicaces & inep- 
t<£ fcntcnti£,eruditio plebeia, an homely (hallow writer as heis,ln par- 
tibus fpinas dkfafizdia habet faith * Lipftusfx. as in all his other works, 
fo eipecially in his epiftlQs,ali£ in argutiis & ineptiis occupantur,intri- 
catus alicubi,& parum compo filus,fine copia rerum hocfecit,hc jumbles 
up many things together unmethodically, after the Stoicks fafhion, 
parum ordinavit, multa accumulavit,<&c.\i Seneca be thus ladled, and 
many famous men that I could name,what (hall I expect ? How diali I 
that am vix umbra tanti philofophi, hope to pleafe?No man fo abfolute, 
yErafmus holds, to fatis fie all, except antiquity,prefeription, (&c. Jet a 
bar. But as I have proved in Seneca, this will not alwayes take place, 
how diali I evade? Tis the common doom of all writers, I muft v I fay) 
abide it, I feek not applaufe j z Non ego ventofe venor fuffragiaplehis', 
again,##» fum adeo informis, I would not be a vilified. 
t Lipfrus Ju- 
dic. de Seneca, 
u Lib. io. Plu- 
rimumfrudii, 
multam rerum 
cognitionem, 
omnem Jiudio- 
rum materiam, 
<&c. muha in 
eo probanda, 
• multa admi- v - 
, randa. 
x Suet. Arena 
) fine cake.' 
•J Introduc, ad. 
, Sen. 
} yjudic.de Sen. 
j Vix aliquis 
tarn abfolutu*, 
utalteriper 
omnia fatis fa- 
) ciat, nifi longa 
f temporis prg- 
feriptin, femota 
judicandi hber- 
) tate, religione 
quadam ani- 
mos occuparit. 
zHor.Ep. i. 
——k laudatus abunde, 
Nonfaftiditus fi tibi le&or ero. 
I fear good mens cenfures, and to their favorable acceptance I fubmit ’ 
my labors, -——c & linguas Mancipiorum 
Contemno, . 
A?barking of a dog,l fecurely contemn thofe malicious and fcur- 
nie obloquies,floutSjCalumnies of railers and detractors, I fcorn the 
reft.What therefore I have [aid,pro tenuitate mea I have faid. 
One or two things yeti was defirous to have amended if I could,con- 
cerning the manner of handling this my lubjedf ,for which I muft apolo™ 
gize,deprecari, and upon better advice give the friendly reader no- 
tice: It was not mine intent to proftitute my mufe in Englifh, or to di- 
fe creta Minerva jowl to have expofed this more contract in La- 
I could have got it printed.Any fcurril pamphlet is welcome to 
our mercenarie Stationers in Englifi,they print all, 
Üb. ip. 
a /Eque turpe 
frigide laudari 
ac infeSlanter 
vituperari, 
fhavorinuf 
A. Gel. lib. ip. 
cap. 2, 
, b Ovid. trifl.i. 
eleg. 6. 
cJuven.Sat.f-, 
*——- cudunt que libellos 
p . In quorum foliis vix jimia nuda cacaret j 
ut Jn Lptinc they will not dealoWhich is one of the reafons d Nicholas' 
ar in his oration of the paucity of Englifi writers, gives,that fo many 
ounihing wits are (mothered in oblivion, lye dead and buried in this! 
°ur nation. Another main fault is,that I have not revifedthe copy,and 
t^ie ftilejWhich now flows remifly,as it was firft conceived,but 
fJr• . c Yould not permit. Feci nec quod potui,nec quod voluijl con- 
ceit is neither as I would,, or as it (hould be. 
d Aut artis in- 
fdi, aut qtitfjlui 
magb quant 
Uteri# Jiudent, 
hah. Cantab. 
& Land. Esc- 
cuf. ip]6. 
e Ovid.deponts 
Et eg.1,6. 
relege fcripftjje pudet, quia plurima cerno 
Me quoque qu£ fuerant judice digna lini. 
When I perufe this tradi which I have writ3 
I am abafh’d, and much I hold unfit, Democritus to the Reader. 
Et quodgravijJimumj.n the matter it felf,many things I difallow at this 
prefent, which when I Writ f Non eadem ejl <etas0 non mens 5 I would 
willingly retrad much,Bcc. but tis too late, I can only crave pardon 
now for what is amifie. 
fHoy. 
I might indced(had I wifely done)obferved that precept of the poet, 
nonumque prematur in annum3 
And have taken more care:Or as Alexander the Phyfitian would have 
done by Lapis Lazuli fifty times walked before it be ufed3I (hould have 
revifed3correded and amended this I had not as (I faid) that 
happy leifurc,no Amanuenfes or aikff ants fiancrates in SLuczan,wanting 
'a fervant as he went from Memphis to Coptusin Egypt fiook a door bar 
and after fome fuperftitious words pronounced (Eucrates the relator 
was then prefcnt)made it ttand up like a ferving-man3fetch him water 
turn the fpit3ferve in fupper, and what work he would befidess and 
when he had don that fervice he defired,turn’d his man to a ftick again. 
I have no fuch Ikil to make new men at my pleafure, or means to hire 
them, no whittle to call like the matter of a (hip3and bid them run,&c# 
I have no fuch authority3no fuch benefadors3 as that noble * Ambroftuy 
was to brigen, allowing him fix or feven Amanuenfes to write out his 
didats,! mutt for that caufe do my bufinefs my felf. And was therefore 
enfo-rced3as a Bear doth her whelps3to bring forth this confufed lump 
Ihad not time to lick it into form,as (he doth her young ones but even 
fo to publilh it3as it was firft written, quicqAid in buccam venit3 in an 
extemporean ftilc, ash Ido commonly all other exercifes3 effudi quic- 
quid di&avit genius mens, out of a confufed company of notes and 
writ with as final deliberation as Ido ordinarily fpeak, without all af- 
fectation of big words, fuftain phrafes, jingling terms, tropes, firong 
lines, that like * Aceft as arrows caught fire as they flew3ftrains of wit 
brave hcats3clogies3 hyperbolical exornations, elegancies, See. which 
many fo much affed. I am1 aqu<e potor, drink no wine at all,which fo 
much improves our modern wits, a loofe,plain3rude writer, ficum voco 
ficum3 ligonem ligonem fie as free3as loofe fidem calamo quod in mente 
k 1 call a fpade a lpade3 animis hacfcriboy ne auribus, I relped matter* 
not words,rcmembring that of Cardan^verbapropter res propter 
verba: and feeking with quid feribam, non quemadmodum ra- 
ther what3t hen how to write.For as vhilotffmks} He that k converfant 
about matterjiegle&s thofethat excel in this art offoeahino 
have no profound learning 
g Tom. 3. Phi-' 
lopfeuLaccepto 
peffulo,qmm 
carmen quod- 
dam dixffet, 
effecit ut am- 
bularet, aquam 
hauriret, ur- 
nam pararet, 
<&c. 
■* Eufebius ec- 
clef.Hijl.lib. 6. 
h Stampede in 
uno,as hemade 
verfes. 
* Virg. 
i Non eadem 
afummo ex- 
petles, mini- 
moq; poeta. 
k Stylus hic 
nullus prater 
parrheffam. 
'1 Slui rebus fe 
exercet, rerbei 
neglignff? qui 
caVet artem 
iUrendi, nudam 
difciplinam ha- 
bet recognitam. 
m Palingenius. 
n Cujvfcunque 
orationem vi- • 
des politam, 
pollicitam,fcilo 
animum in pu- 
ff II is occupat h, 
in feriptis nil i 
folidm. Epiff 
lib. 1.11. 
o Philoftratus 
lib. S.vit.Apol. 
Negligebatora- 
toriam faculta- 
tem,& penitus 
afpernabatur e- 
jus prof effores, 
quod linguam 
duntaxat, non 
autem mentem 
redderent eru- 
ditiorem. 
m Verbu nitent phalerie,at mi Verba medullas 
Intus habent- 
Bcfides,it was the obfervation of that wife Seneca*1 when you fee a fel- 
low careful about and neat in hk fpeech, knoxvthk for a cer- 
tainty mans mind is bufied about toyes, there's no folidity inhim. 
Noneji ornamentum virile concinnitas: as he faid of a nightingale 
-vox es, pr<eterea nihil, &c. 
I am therefore in this point a profefled difciple of o a fcholar 
of neglect phrafes, and labor wholly to inform my readers 
nnderftanding,not to pleafe his caratis not my ftudy or intent to com- Democritus to the Reader. 
Pofe neatly, which an Orator requires,but to exprefs my felf teadily St 
plainly as it happens.So that as a River runs fometimes precipitate and 
fwift,then dui and dired,thenper ambages5 now deep, then 
fhallowmow muddy,then broad,then my (file 
flow.-now ferious,then 
borate,then remiffc,as the prefent fubjed required,or as at that time I 
Was affeded.And if thou vouchfafe to read this treatife, it (hall feem 
no otherwife to thee,then the way to an ordinary Traveller/ometimes 
fair,fomctimes foul,here champion,therc in one place, 
better foyl in anuthenby woods,groves,hils,dales,plains, &c. I fhali 
lead thee per ardua montium,& lubrica vallium,& rofeida cejj>itum,& 
*glebofa camporum, through variety of objeds, that which thou (halt 
like and furely diflike. 
For the matter it felfor method, if it be faulty, confider I pray you 
that o£Columella,NihilperfeffHm,aHt a pngulari confummatum indufiria 
no man can obferve alfmuch is defective nodoubt,may bejuftly taxed, 
altered,and avoided \nGa!en,Arifotle,thofe great Mafters. Boni vena- 
: * Hic enim, 
quod Seneca de 
Ponto, bos her- 
: bam, Ciconia 
. larifam, canis 
leporem, virgo 
'florem legat. 
tork(f one holds yplures feras capere, non omnes fic is a good Huntfman 
can catch fome,not all:I have done my endeavor.Befides,! dwell not 
p Pet. Kannius 
not. in Hor. 
in this ffudy,Nfl# hic fulcos ducimus,non hoc pulvere deftdamusf am but 
a fmatterer, I confe{fe,a ftranger, <1 here and there I pul a flowery I do1 
ealily grant,if a rigid cenfurcr ihould criticize on this which Ihave writ 
he fhouid not find three foie faults,as Scaliger in Terence, but 300. fo 
many as he hath done in Cardans fubtleties, as many notable errors as 
* Gul.Lauremhergiusfs late profeffor of Roftocfy,difeovers in that anato- 
my Venetian i n Sacro ho feus. And although 
this be a fixth Edition,in which I fhouid have been more accurate,cor- 
reded all thofe former efcapes,yct it was maoni laboris opus fo difficult 
and tediouSjthat as Carpenters do find out ofexpericnceftis much bet: 
ter build a new fometimes, then repair an old houfe I could as foon 
write as much more, as alter that which is written. If ought therefore 
qNon hic colo- 
nus domicilium 
habeo, fed topi- 
arii in morem, 
hinc inde flo- 
rem vellioo, ut 
canis Kilum 
lambens. 
r Supra bis 
mille notabiles 
errores Lau- 
rentii demon- 
flravi, &c. 
be amiffc,(as I grant there is) I require a friendly admonition,no bit- 
ter invedive, Sint mufts fecit Char ites, Furia omnis abejio, 
Otherwife as in ordinary controveriies,/#»?;» contentionk neffamusftd 
cui bonos We may contcnd,and likely mifufe each other, but to what 
purpofe > We are both fcholars, fay. 
f Philo de Con« 
t Arc hades amho, 
Et cantare pares, & refbondere pdrdti. 
t Virgi 
If we do wrangle,what dial we get by iRT rouble 8c wrong our felvcs, 
make fport to others.lf I be convid of an wil yield,! wil amend. 
Si quid bonk moribus,fi quid veritati dijjentaneutm,in facrkvel humanis 
-iteris a me didtumft,id nec diblum efto.ln the mean time I require a fa- 
vorable confute of all faults omitted, harfh compofitions, pleonafmes 
of words,tautological repetitions(though Seneca, bear me out ,nunquam 
dicitur, quod nunquam fatk dicit.sr) perturbations of tenies, 
immoers,printers faults, Bcc. My tranflations are fometimes rather pa- 
raphrafesjthen ad verbum, but as an author, I ufc 
more liberty.and that’s only taken,which was to my purpofc: Quotati- Democritus to the Reader. 
ons are often inferred in the Text,which make the (Hie more harlh.or in 
the margent as it Plutarch., Atheneusfoc* 
I have cited out of their interpreters,, becaufe the originali was not fo 
rcady.l hwemingled facr a p/ophanisjout I hope not prophaned,and in 
repetition of authors names,ranked them per a'ccidens, not according to 
Chronologic, fometimes Ncotericks before Ancients, as my memory 
fuggefted.Some things are here altered,expunged in this lixth Edition, 
* Frambefari- 
us, Sennenus, 
Ferandus, &c. 
x Ter. Adelph. 
others amendcd,much added,becaufe many'good authors in all kinds 
are come to my hands tis no prejudice,*no fuch indecorum^or 
overfight. 
x Nunquam ita quicquam bene fubduffa ratione ad ‘Vitam fuit. 
£puin res, jemper aliquid apportent novi, 
Aliquid illa qu£ f ~ire te credas, nefeitts, 
Et qu£ tibi putaris prima jn exercendo ut repudias. 
Ne’rewas ought yet at firft contriv’d fo fit. 
But ufe, age, or lomcthing would alter it 5 
Advife thee better,and upon pemfc. 
Make thee not fay,and what thou tak’ft, refufe. 
But I am now rclblv'd never to put this treatife out again,Ne quid nimis 0 
I will not hereafter add,alter,or retrad,! have done .The laft and great- 
eft acccption is, that I being a divine have medled with phyfick , 
y tantumne eft ab re tua otii tibi, 
Aliena ut nihil qua ad te attinent? 
Which Menedemus objeded to Chremes-)have I fonmeh leafure, or little 
bufineftc of mine own,as to look after other mens matters which con- 
cern me not} What have Ito doe with phyfick ? quod medicorum eft 
promittant medici,Thez Lacedemonians were once in counfell about 
ftate debolhed fellow fpake excellent wel,and to thepurpofe, 
his fpeech was generally approved: A grave Senator fteps up, and by- 
all means would have it repealed,though good,becaufe dehoneflabatur 
pejftmo authored had no better an author } let fome good man relate 
the fame,and then it ftiould pafs. This counfell was e 
and it was regiftredforthwith,£t pc bona Jententia manipt, mains author 
mutatus eft,1hou faieft as much ofme,ftomachofus as thou art, & gran- 
ted peradventure this which I have written in phyfick, not to be amifs 
had another done it,a profeffed phyfitian,or fo, but why (hould I med- 
dle with this trad? Hear me fpeak:Thcre be many other fubjeefs,! doe 
eafily grant, both in humanity and divinity, fit to be treated of of 
which had I written ad oftentationem only, to fhew my felfe, I fhould 
have rather chofen,and in winch I have been more converfant I could 
have more willingly luxuria ted,and better fatisfied my felf and others 3 
but that at this time Iwas fatally driven upon this rock of melancholy5, 
and carried away by this by-ftreame, which as a rillet, is deduced’ 
from the main chanel of my ftudies,in which I have pTeafed and bulled 
my felfe at idle hours, as a fubjed moft necelfary and commodious* 
Not that I prefer it before Divinity, which I doc acknowledge to he 
the Queen of profeffions,and to which all the reft are as handmaids,but 
that in Divinity I faw no fuch great need.For had I written pofitively^ 
y Heaut. Aft. 1. 
pti. 1. 
z Gellius. libt 
18. cap. 3. Democritus to the Redder, 
there be fo many books in that kind, fo many commentators,treatifes, 
pamphlets, expolitions,fermons,that whole teemes of oxen cannot draw 
themsand had I been as forward and ambitious as fome others,! might 
have haply printed a Sermon at Pauls- Croffe, a Sermon in St. Mariis 
Oxon, a Sermon in Chrifi-Church, or a Sermon before the right honora- 
ble, right reverend, a Sermon before the right worftiipfull, a Sermon 
in latine,m englifti,a Sermon with a name,a Sermon without, a Sdrmon, 
a Sermon, See. But I have been ever as defirous to fupprede my labours 
in this kind, as others ‘have been to preffe and publidf theirs. / o have, 
Written in controvcrfie,had been to cut off an Hydros head.a Ik litemge- \ 
nerat,one begets another,fo many duplications,triplications,& fwannsl. 
of quedions,r;zJacro bello hoc quodfiili mucrone agitur,that having once, 
begun,! fhould never make an end.One had much better,as b Alexander I 
a Ei inds cate- 
na qiurdam Jit, 
qu<e heredes e- 
tiam ligat.Car- 
dan. Henfius, 
b Malle fi bel- 
lum cum magno 
principegsrers, 
quam cum uno 
■ ex fratrum men- 
dicantium ordi- 
' ns. 
c Horapoi. . 
. lib. od. 7. 
d Epifl. Btf. ad 
! Cafulam presb. 
c Lib. li.cap.i. 
Mutos nafd,& 
'omni /cientia 
■ egere fatiusfii- 
I ijfih quhmjtc 
iri propriam 
* perniciem infa- 
i me. 
f Infelix mor- 
’ talitas inutili- 
the fixth Pdpe,long fincc obferved, provoke a great Prince than a beg- 
ing friar.a Jeiuit, or a feminary Pried,! will add, for inexpugnabile ge- 
nus hoc nominumfthey are an irrefragable focicty, they mud & will have 
the lad word->and that with fuch eagcrnefs,impudence,abominable ly- 
mg,tanitymg,and bitterneis in their quejtions they proceed,that as c he < 
iitid,furorne jecus,.an rapit vk acrior,an culpayefponfum fu- 
ry, or error,or radmeffe,or what it is that eggs them, I know not,l am 
fare many times, Which d Auflin perceived long fince, tempeftate content 
tionk, ferenitas charitatk obnubilatur,with this temped of contention, 
the ferenlty of charity is over-clouded,& there be too many fpirits con- 
jured up already in this kind in all fciences, and more then we can tell 
how to lay,which do fofurioully ragc,and keep fuch a racket, that as 
"Fabius faid3l£ had been much better for fome of them to have been horn 
dumb,and altoget her i Hit crate,then Jo farto dote to their own definition. 
At melius fuerat non Jen here, namque tacere 
Tutum fern per erit,—• 
bus quajiioni- 
busac difeepta- 
iionibus vitam 
traducimus, na- 
ture principes 
, ihefauros, in 
quibus gravif- 
< Jim<f morborum 
( medicine collo- 
L cat£Junt, inte- 
’ rim intaSos re.- 
* linquimus. Nec 
ipji folum re- 
linquimus fid 
' <& alias prohi- 
[ bemus, impedi- 
Tis a generali fault, fo Seiserinus the Dane complains fin phyfick, un- 
happy men as we arc,weJ'pend our dayes in unprofitable quefiiohs & difiu- 
-sintricateTubtilties,<ak lana caprina,about moonfhine in the wa- 
tex,leaving in the mean time tbofe chief eft treafures of nature untouched, 
wherein the befi medicines for all manner of difeafes areto be found, & do 
not only neglect them onr [elves,hut hinder, condemn, forbid andfcojf'e at 
others,that are willing to enquire after theta, Thefe motives at this pre- 
ient have induced me to niake choice of this medicinali fubjed. 
If any phyhtian in the mean time ihall infer,Ne futor ultra crepidamJ 
and find himfelf grieved that I have intruded into his profefsion,! will 
tell him in brief,! do not otherwife by them,than they doe by us. If it 
be for their advantage,! know marly of their feed which have taken or- 
ders,in hope of a benefice,tis a common tranhtion, and why may not 
a melancholy divine,that can get nothing but byflmonie, profefs phy- 
, c Drufianu s an I tali ah (Cru cia nusfb u t cotruptXjfTrithcmius cals him) 
. mis, condemna- 
mus, ludibriifq; 
' afficimus, 
g -Quod in 
praxi minime 
fortunatus ef- 
fit, medicinam, 
8 ecaufe he was not fortunate in his practice, profejfion, and 
f1 n after&ards in divinity .Mar ciliks Ficinits was femel& fwufz pried 
a phyfician at once,& k f. Linaccr in his old age took orders. The Je- 
Juits profefleboth at this time-divers of them permiJTu fuperiorum, Ghi- 
| reliquit, <& or- 
dinibus initia- 
te in Theolo- 
gia poji mduTti 
J'cripfit; Gefnor 
Bibliotheca, 
rh' f. fovius. 16 
Democritus to the Reader, 
rurgions, panders, bawds, and midwives, &c. Many poor countrey- 
vicars for want of other means, are driven to their Ihiftsjto tufn moun- 
tebanks, quackfalvcrs, empiricks,and if our greedy patrons hold us to 
fuch hard conditions,as commonly they do, they will make mod of us 
Work at fome trade, as Paul did, at lad turn taskers, malfters, coder- 
mongers, graders,fel Aleas fome havedone,or worfc.Howfoeverin un- 
dertaking this talk,! hope I fhall commit no great error or indecorum, if 
all be confidered aright,! can vindicate my felf with Georgius Br annus, 
and Hieronymus Hem ing i us,t ho fe two learned Divincs-,who(to borrow 
a line or two of mine * cider bfother)drawn by a natural love,the one of 
pictures a?id maps, profpe&ives and corographical delights,rbrit that am* 
pie theatre of Cities, the other to the ftudy of genealogies, penned thha- 
trum gcncalogicum. Or elfe I can excufe my ftudies withk Lejfiusthe 
Jefuit in like cafe,lt is a difeafe of the foul, on which lam to treat,and 
as much appertaining to a Divine as to a Phyfitiam>and who knows not 
what an agreement there is betwixt thefe two profefiions?A good Di- 
vineeithcr is or ought to be a good phylitian, a fpiritual phylitian at 
lead, as our Saviour cals himfelf,and \vA*> \nd.<ee6.±MatLuke 
Luke 7.8.They differ but in objeft,the one of the body,the other of the 
foul,and ufe divers medicines to cure: one amends animam per corpus, 
the other corpus per animamus lour Regius profcllor ofphyfick wel in- 
formed us in a learned lecture of his not long fince.One helps the vices 
and paffions of the foul,anger,Dd,defparation,pride,prefumption,dv. 
i M.W Burton 
Preface to his 
defer iption of 
L dcejterjhire, 
printcdatLon- 
don by W.Jag- 
gard for J. 
White, 1(52 2. 
kln HygiaJli- 
con, nepue e- 
nim hate tra- 
Hatio aliena 
rideri debet a 
theologo, <&c. 
agitur de mor- 
bo aniritf. 
1 T).Clayton in 
comitii*, anno ■ 
1(521. 
by applying that fpirkual phyfick* as the other ufe proper remedies in 
bodily difeafes. Now this being a common infirmity of body and 
foul, and fuch a one that hath as much need of fpiritual as a corporal 
cure,l could not find a fitter tails to bufic my felfabout,a more oppo- 
fitc theam, fo neccllary,fo commodious, and generally concerning all 
forts of men,that Ihould fo equally participate of both, and require a 
whole phylitian. A Divine in this compound mixt maladic,can do little 
alone, a phylitian in fome kinds of melancholy much lefs, both make 
an abfolute cure. m Alterius jic altera pofeit opem» 
And tis proper to them both,and I hope not unbefeeming me, who am 
in Hor. 
by my profellion a Divine, and by mine inclination a phylitian. I had 
Jupiter in my fixt fay with n Beroaldus,Non fum medicus,ncc nit- 
' dicin£ prorfus expers, in the theorick ofphyfick I have taken fome 
pains, not with an intent to pradife, but to fatisfie my felf, which was 
a caufe likewife of the fird undertaking of thisfubjed. 
If thefe rcafons do not fatisfie thee good Reader,as Alexander Muni- 
- ficus that bountiful prelate,fometimes bifbop of when he had 
built fix invidiam operis eluendam,faith 0 Mr. Camden,to take 
away the envy of his work(wbich very words Nubrigcnjis hathof Reger 
the rich bilhop of Salisbury, who in King Stephens time, built shirburn 
caftle. and that Devi fits') to divert the fcandal or imputation, which 
, might be thence inferred, built fo many religious houfesrlf this my dif. 
courfe be over medicinaJ,or favor too much of humanity, I promife 
• thee,that I wil hereafter make thee amends in fome treatife of divinity. 
But this 1 hope dial fufhce,when you have more fully caalidered of the 
jiUb.de pejith 
oln 'tiewavke 
in Kotting- 
hamjhire. Cum 
duo edjicajpst 
cajlella, ad tol- 
lendam (hvßi- 
onn invidiam, 
& expiandam 
maculam, duo 
injiituit amo- 
tis, & colligi* 
religiojts im- 
pleviti Democritus to the Reader. 
matter of this my 
the rcafons following,which were my chief motives; the generality of 
the difeafc,the neceffity of the cure, and the commodity or common 
good that will arife to all men by the knowledg ofit}as fhall at larg ap- 
pear in the enfuing preface. And I doubt not but that in.the end you wil 
lay with me,that to anatomize this humor aright,through all the mem- 
bers of this our Microcofnosys as great a task,as to reconcile thofeChro- 
uologicall errors in the Aflyrian monarchy,find out the quadrature of a 
circle,the creeks and founds of the north-eaft,or north-weft pafrages,Bc 
all out as good a difeovery as that hungry p Spaniards of Terra auflralis 
s great trouble as to perfect the motion of Mars & Mercury, 
which fo crucifies our Aftronomers3or to redific the Gregorian Calender 
lam fo affeded for my part,and hope as q Theophraflus did by his chara- 
p Ferdimndo 
ne Uuir. anno 
1612. Amjler- 
dami impreff. 
q Frefat. ad 
Char adderes. 
Spero enim O 
Policies') Itbros 
nojlros meliores 
inde futuros, 
quod ij%[modi 
memori# man- 
data reliqueri- 
mus, ex precep- 
ts exemplis 
nojhrif ad vi- 
tam accomo- 
• datis, utfe inde 
. corrigant. 
’ r Fart.i.feß.3l 
Ctcisflhat our poferity pO friend he the better for this which 
we have correcting and re&ifying what is amijfe in themfclves 
by our examplesoand applying our precepts and cautions to their own ufe. 
As that great captainZiyrii would have a drum made of his skin when he 
was dcacLbecaufe he thought the very noife of it would put his enemies 
to flight,! doubt not but that thefe following lines, when they fhall be! 
recited,or hereafter read,wil drive away melancholy(though Ibe gone) 
as much as Zif cues drum could terrific his foes. Yet one caution let me 
give by the way to my prcfent,or future reader, who is adrually melan- 
choly,that he read not the t fymptoms or prognofticks in this following 
trad,left by applying that which he reads to himfelf, aggravating, ap- 
propriating tilings generally fpoken,to his own perfon (as melancholy 
men for the moft part doc) he trouble or hurt himfclf,and get in con- 
flufion more harm then good. I advife them therefore warily to perufe 
that trad: i Lapides loquitur (fo faid fAgrippa dc occ.Phil.)& caveant lc&o~ 
res ne cerebrum iis excutiat.The reft I doubt not they may fecurely read, 
and to their benefit.But lam over-tedious,l proceed . 
[?Yce[, hißorU 
Of the neceffity and generality of this which I have faid,ifan}7 man 
{hall defire him to make a brief fbrvey of the world,as t Cyprian 
advifed Donat fuppofwg himfelfto he tranfportedto the top of fonte high 
mountain, and thence to behold the tumults and chances of this wavering 
worldfe cant chafe hut either laugh at:orpity it.S.Hierom out of aftrong 
imagination,being in the wildernefs, conceived with himfelfe, that he 
then (aw them dancing in Rome } and if thou (halt either conceive, or 
clime to fee,thou fhaltfoon perceive that all the world is mad,that it is 
melancholy,dotcs;that it is(which Epichtkonius Cofmopolites exprefted 
not many years fince in a map)made likea fools head(with that Motto, 
Caput heleboro dignum') a era led hea f ultorum, a fools Paradife, 
or as Apollonius, a common prifon of gulls, cheaters} flatterers, Bcc. 
and needs to be reformed.Str.aho in the ninth book of his geographic, 
Compares Greece to the picture of a man,which comparifon of his, Nic. 
Gerhehus in his expofition of Sophi anus map. approves } The breaft lies 
t Ep. 2a 1.2. ad 
Donatum. 
Padijper te 
crede fubduci 
in ardui montif 
verticem celft- 
orem, [peculate 
inde rerum ja- 
centium fader, 
& oculff in di- 
verfa perreßtf, 
JJußuamis 
mundi turbines 
intuere,jam fi- 
nd aut ridebit 
aut mferebcra.; 
, &c. ' ■ 
i x i-' rr J 
open irom thofe Acroceraunian hils in Epirus,to the Sunian promontory 
in Attica } Paga & Magnera arc the two fhoulders'}that I fimos of Corinth 
Vie r‘ Peloponefus the head .If this allufion hold,tis fure a mad 
nca may be Morza->and to (beak what I tl.»mk,tEd inhabitants of Democritus to the Redder, 
modern Greece^fwerve as much from reafon3Sc true religion at this day, 
as that AEorea doth from the pidure of a man. Examine the reft in like 
fort3 and you (hall find that Eingdomcs and Provinces are 
cities and families3 all creatures3vegetall3 fenfible,and rationali, that all 
forts, feds, ages, conditions, are out of tune, as in Cebes tab er- 
rorem bibunt*, before they come into the world,they are intoxicated by 
errors cup, from the higheft to the loweft, have need of phyfick, and 
thole particular adions in u £e«ec<*,where fathcr&fon prove one another 
mad,may be general ft Porcius LatrofaAi plead againft us all.For indeed 
who is not a fool, melancholy, mad 1 x Qui nil molitur inepte jwho is 
not brainsick? frDlly,melancholy,madnes,are but one 
is a common name to nW.AlexanderyGordoniusfjafon Pratenjisfavana- 
confound them as dmcring fecundum mafs 
& minus fo doth Davidf aid unto the fools feal not fomadly, 
Sc twas an old Stoical paradox^omnesflultos infanireoy all fools are mad, 
though fome madder then others. And who is not a foolc, who is free 
from melancholy ? Who is not touched more or Idle in habit or difpo- 
lition?lfindifpofition yll difpofition s beget habitsyfthey faith 
2 Plutarch*,habits either are,or turn to difeafes.Tis the fame which Tully 
maintains in the fecond of his Tufcidanes incipientum animi in 
morbo funt, & perturbatorum^Fools are fick,and all that arc troubled in 
mindftbr what is ficknefs,but as a Gregory Tholefanus defines it, A dila- 
tion or perturbation of the bodily league fwhich health combines: And who 
is not fick,or ill difpofedHn whom doth not 
tentjfear, and forrow rcigne>Who labours not of this difeafe>Givc me 
but a little leave, & you ftiall fee by what teftimonies,confeffions,argu - 
ments I wil evince it,thatmoft men are mad,that they had as much need 
to goe a pilgrimage to the Anticyr<e(as in \>Strabo’s time they did)as in 
ourdayesthey of Sichem, or Lauretta, to 
feek for it is like to be asprofperousawoyage as that of(?ai- 
ana> and that there is much more need of He debar then of Tobacco. 
That men are fo mifaffefted3melancholy,mad3giddy-headed,hear the 
teftimony of Solomon, Eccl.2. 12, And I turned to behold wifdame, mad~ 
nefs and fiodyy&c. And ver.23.A1l his dayes are forrowfis travel grief & 
u ControvJ.2. ] 
cont.q.&l. S. 
cont. 
x Horatiw. 
y Idem H0r,1,2 
Satyra 3. 
Dcmafippiff 
Stoicm probat 
omnssftubos 
infardre. 
zJorn.2. fym- 
pof.lib. j. c. 6. 
Animi ajfettio- 
nesji diutius 
inhaereant,pra- 
vos generant 
habitu.f, 
Z'Ub.zS.eap.u 
Synt. art. mir. 
2yiorhns nihili 
ejl aliud ■ quam 
difolutio qu<£ 
damae pertur- 
batio ftederb in 
corpore ewjhn- 
tufteut & fu- 
nd as ejl con- 
fentientis bene 
corporis con- 
fummatio qua- 
dam. 
b Lib.p.Georg., 
Pluses otim 
gentes naviga- 
bant illuc fani, 
tata caufa. 
his heart takfth no reji in the night »So that takemelancholy in what fenfe 
you will, properly or improperly,in difpofition or habit,for pleafure or 
for pain,dotagc,difcoritent, fear, forrow,madnefs,for part,or all, truly, 
or me£aphorically,tis all one.Laughter it felfe is madneffe according to 
S. JW/Zhath itfworldly forrow brings death.The hearts of 
the Jons of men are evil,& madnef is in their hearts while they live feel. 
9*i .Wifi men themfelves are no better3 Ecc. I. I S.Tn the multitude ofwif- 
dorn js much grief & he that increafeth wifdom increafeth forrow3 Cap. 
2.17.He hated life it felf3nothing pleafed hated his'labor, all3 as 
c he concludes ,isforrow, griefvanity.vexationoffpirit. And though he 
were the wifeft man in the world,/'tn&uariumfapientidfa had wifdom 
in abundance,he will not vindicate himfelf, or juftifie his own adions. 
Surely 1 am more ftolijh' then any have not the underjianding of 
a man in me fro. 30,2. Bethey Solomons words,or the words of Agur the 
x Ecdef, 1.24. DEMOCKITUS to the Reader. 
fon of Jake they are canonical!. David a man after Gods own heart, 
confeflethas himfelf,P/37.21,22.was id* ignorant 1 
&,fs even us a beaji before thee.And condemns all for fools,B/.93.&: 32.9. 
Sc 49.20. He comparcsthem to beafisjjorfes and mules fin which there is 
no underjianding.Thz Apoftle Paul accufcth himfelf in like fort, 2 Cor. 
11.21. I would yon would fuffer a little my foolijhnejfe, Ifpea ffoolifj ly. 
Thewhole head is faith Ejay0 andthe heart is heavy7 Cap. I, $• And 
makes lighter of them then of Oxen and ajJesjThe ox hyiows his owner 
read Dent.32. Be not not deceived, 
foolijh Galatians, who hath bewitchedyousWow often are they branded 
with this Epithet of madnefte and folly? No word fo frequent amphgft 
the fathers of the Church and Divines 5 you may fee what an opinion 
they had of the world,and how they valued mens aftions. 
j j j 
I know that wc think far otherwife, and hold them moft part wife 
men that are in authority,princcs,magiftrates, d rich men, they are wife 
men born, all Politicians and Statcf-men muft needs be fo,forwho dare 
fpeak againft thenPAnd on the othcr,fo corrupt is our judgement, we 
efteem wife and honeft men fools. Which Democritus well lignilied in 
an Epiftle of his to Hyppocrates: c The Abderites account virtue madnes, 
and fo do moft men living .Shall I tell you the rcafon of it? f Fortune and 
VertueJVifdome and Fo#?,thcir fcconds,upon a time contended in the 
Olympickj b Every man thought that fortune and folly would have the 
Worft,and pitied their cafes .But it fell out otherwife.Fortune was blind 
d Jure heredi- 
tario fapere ju- 
bentur. Eh- 
phormio Satyr. 
e Apud quos- 
vinus, infanid 
Qfy furor ejjh 
dicitur. 
f Calcagninu's 
Apol. omnes 
mirabantur, pu- 
tantes illifatn 
injhltitiam. 
Sed praeter ex- 
peSiatione res 
evenit, Audax 
Jhltitia ineam 
irruit, <&c. illa 
cedit irrifa, & 
plures hinc ha- 
bet feBatores 
' Jhltitia. 
■ g Non efl Ys- 
jpondendum 
fulto fecundum 
ljlv.ltitu.rn. 
1 h 1 Reg. 7. 
i Lib.io.ep.pqi 
) k Aug. ep. 17& 
and cared not where (he ftroke, nor whom, without laws. Andabatarum 
inflar, dpc .Folly ra(h and incon(ideratc,cfteemed as little what (he faid 
or did. Vertne and Wifdom gave g place,were hided out,and exploded 
by the common fortune admired. Sc fo are all their fol- 
lowers ever fincc knaves and fools commonly fare and deferve beft in 
Worldlings eyes & opinions.Many good men have no better fare in their 
agcsMr hi fa I 5am.21.14. held David for a mad*man. h Elijlsa Sc the reft 
■were no otherwife was derided of the common people 
am become a monjler to many. And generally we are accounted 
fools for Chrift, 1 Cor. 14. We fools thought his life his end 
without honour, Wifd.%.4. Chrift and his Apoftles were cerifured.in like 
ioit^Joh.ro.Mar.^. A1t.26. And fo were all chriftians m'l Pliny s time, 
fuerunt dp alii ft mil is dementi £>& c. And called not long after, k Vefa- 
nue j eclat 0 retrieve rforts hominum novatores canesmale- 
fieigvenefici^Galil<ei homunciones, &c. Tis an ordinary thing with us,to 
account,hone ft,devout,orthodox, divine religions, p]ain-dealin§|-men, 
miots,affcs,that canriot,or ivill not lye and diffemble.(hift,f{attcrs ac- 
commodare fe ad eumhcum übi nati Junt3 makegood b a rgains5 flip plant, 
stive, patronis mj ajeendendi modos apprehendere Jeges, 
™ores: con fuetu dines recte obfervar e, candide laudare, fortiter defen- 
font enti ai am plecti de credere omni om~ 
qute promotionem ferunt dP feeuritateni 
qo<e fine ambagef (elicem reddunt hominem, dp vere fapientem apud nos 5 
i. nat canuot temporize as other men do,1 hand and take bribe,Bcc.but, 
tear God and make a confciehce of their doings. But the holyGhofty 
*aat knawes better how to judge,he calls them Eools.Ths fool hath faed 
1 Quis nifi men* 
tis inops, Vj/Cr 20 
Democritus to the Reader. 
in Quid infant- 
tis qiumpro 
felicitate *ter- 
w te mancipa- 
dorw.Hicjimi 
fun amid.no- 
judido ommum 
9!m ffffi 
<&app°fme fa- 
pitntijTimi, (far 
offompUAs 
dea» Socratif 
Ut'socratfs* 
quern 'omnium 
optimum cfa 
fa idjjimum 
jiatuam, 
* Lib. 23. Pld- 
in hk hearty Pj- 53*1* dnd their wayes utter their follyy pf.dfay. 14. m For 
what can he more madjhan for a little worldly pleafure to procure unto 
Ihemjelves eternalpunijhment ? As Gregory ana others inculcate unto us. 
Yea even all thofe great philofophcrs,the world hath ever,had in ad- 
miration,whofe works we do fo much efteeme, that gave precepts of 
wifdome to others,inventers of Arts and Sciences , Socrates the wife ft 
man cf his time by the Oracle of Apolloywhom his two Scholars n Plato 
and o Xenophon fo much extol and magnifie with thofe honourable ti- 
tltsybeji and vp if eft of all mortal menjhe happiejfand mo ft juft ;&as * aL 
cihiades incomparably commends him, Achilles was a worthy man, but 
Bracides and others Were as worthy as hinddhAntenor and Ideflor were 
as good as Periclesy and fo of the reft,but none prefent, before, or after 
nemo veterum neque eorum qui nunc funtfaveve ever fuch, will 
iilatch,or come neer him.Thofe feven wife men o(‘ Greeceythofe Britain 
Dr unies.fandi an Br a chm anni Ethiopian Gymnojoph ijisfaPag iof the Per- 
f ans: Apollonius ,of whom philoJtratusfNon d nit ns fed natus fapiensfaviih 
from his cradle, Epicurus Co much admired by his Scholar Lucretius > 
6>//i oenus humanum invenio fuperavity(& amnes 
c*'—• & ~ 0 J 1 , . , 
Ferflrinxit Stellas exortus ut <etherms Sal. 
totus Convivio 
'K Lucretius. 
p Anaxagoras 
olimmens di- 
; ‘das ah ant iquis 
q Kegvia natu- 
ras, natura’ mi- 
mulum, ipfa 
eruditio damo-' 
niutn hominis 
Coi fcientiarum, 
mare, Sophia, 
antijies Hiera- 
rum & fapun- 
xi<e,vt Scioppi- 
1# olim deScal. 
<& HenJJus, 
Aquila in nubi- 
bus, Imperator 
Uteratorum, co- 
lumen Itera- 
Whofe wit exed’d the wits of men as far* 
As the Sun riling dothobfurc a Star. 
Or that fomuch renowned Empedocles, 
* TJt vix humana videatur (lirpe creatus. 
Al! thofc of whom wc read Inch p Hyperboli call elogium $ as of Ari- 
ftotle->that he was wifefome it felf in the abftrad, q a Miracle of nature, 
"breathing libcraries,as Eunapius of Longinus,lights of nature,gyants for 
, vvit.quinteflencc of wit,divine fpirits,caglcs in the clouds, fallen from 
heaven, gods, fpirits,lamps of the world,didators. 
Nulla ferant talem fecla futura virum: 
Monarchs, miracles, fupcrintendentsofwitand learning, Oceanus, T>hos~ 
Atlas./ilonjimmyortcntum hominis .orbis univerft ultimus 
humante naturae conatusyzaturee marituss 
merito cui doctior orbis 
Submijfis defert fafeibus imperium. 
mm, abyffus e- . 
rudit tons*, ocel- 
li# Europe, 
Scdiger. 
t Üb. 3-defip. 
c. 17. ey 20. 
omnes Philofa-1 
phi, aut Jiulti, 
aut infant", rail- , 
la atm, nullus 
ager ineptiis 
deliravit. , 
{ Democritus d 
Leucippo do- 
th#, heredita- 
tem jhdtitirf 
reliquit Epic. 
t Hoy.car.Ub.\. 
od. 94. i.epi- 
car. 
As Mliun writ or Protagoras and Gorgias,wc may lay otthein all yantum 
a fapi entibus abfuerunt quantum a viris they were children in re- 
fpeCt, infants,not eagles but kites}novices,illiterate, Eunuchi fapientia. 
And although they were the wifeft, and moft admired in their agc,as he 
ccnfured Alexander ,1 do thern,there were 10000 in his army as worthy 
Captains ( had they been in place of command ) as valiant as himfelf 
there were Myriadcs of men wifer inthofc dayes,& yet alHhort of what 
they ought to be.F LaU antius in his book of wifdom, proves them to be 
dizards/ools, afies3mad-mcn3fo full of abfurd and rediculous tenents, 
pofitions, that to his thinking never any old woman or 
lick perfon doted worfe. f Democritus took all from Leucippusc and left 
faith hep he inheritance of his folly toEtpkumsynfanienti dum fapienti£, 
<&c. The like he holds ot P latoy the reft, making no dif- 
ference u betwixt them & beajis.fuvzng that they couldfeeakgst Theodore* 
u Kihi'l inter sil inter has & bejiias nifi quod loquantur, defa. 1,26, c, S. x Cap, de virt. DEMOCR.ITUS to the Reader. 
. ■ —— - \ —' 
io his trad De cur, grec. affect. manifeftly evinces as much of 
whom though that Oracle of Apollo confirmed to be the wifeft man then 
living;.and laved him from the plague,whjom 2000 years have admired, 
of whom feme will as icon (peak cvill as! of Chrifi, yet re vera, he was 
an illiterate idiot, as y Ariftophanes calls him, irrifcor& ambitiofus, as 
his Mafter Ariflotle terms him0f curra Zeno, an*, enemy to all 
arts Sc fciencessas to Philofopners 8c Travellers, an opiaative 
afte, a caviller,a kind of Pedant, for his manners,as Theod, Cyrenfis de- 
bribes him,a * an Atheiftflo convid by Anytus') iracundus & 
ebrius, dicax, &c.a pot companion3by * p/<m</xownconfeffion,aftardy 
drinker 5 and that of all others he was moft fottilh, a very mad-man in 
his adions and opinions.Pythagoras was part philofopher,part magician, 
or part witch.lf you defire to hear more of Apollonius a great wife man. 
j m.&Ka- 
t ms. 
2 Omnium dis- 
ciplinarum ig- 
narus. ’ 
* Pulchrorum 
adolefcentum 
cauf a frequen- 
ter gymnafiim 
obibat, &c. 
Sometime paralleled by Julian the apoftate to Chrift, I refer you to that 
learned trad of Eufebius againft Hy erodes fk. for them all to Lucians Pif- 
adions,opinions in general were 
fo prodigious,abfurd,ridiculous,which they broached and maintained, 
their books and elaborate Treatifes were full of dotage,which Tully ad 
Atticum, long fince obferved, delirantplerumq'->feripturos in libris juts, 
their lives being oppofiteto their words, they commended poverty to 
others,and were moft covetous themfelves,extolled love and peace,and 
yet pcrfccuted one another with virulent hate and malice. They could 
give precepts for verfe and profe,but not amanofthem (as Seneca tels 
tuem homc)could moderate his affedions.Their mu lick did (hew us fle- 
biles modos^c.how to rife and fail,but they could not fo contain them- 
felves ns in adverfity not to make a lamentable tone.They will mcafure 
ground by Geometne,fct down limits, divide and fubdividc, but can- 
Seneca.Scis re- 
tunda metiri, 
fed non turn 
‘ animum. 
not yet preferibe quantum homini Jatk, or keep within compaffe of rea- 
son and diferetion.They can fquarc cirdes,but underftand nottheftate 
of their own fouls, deferibe right See. but know not 
what is right in this\ife,quid in vitarellum fltygnorantfo that as he faid 
Nelcio an Anticyram ratio ilhs dejiinet omnem. 
I think all the Anticyra will not reftore them to their wits, a if thefe 
men now,that held b Xcnodotus heart, Crates liver, EpiUetus lanthorn, 
Were fo fottifh,and had no more brains then fo many beetles, what fhall 
we t l-i ink of the commonalty? what of the reft ? 
a Ab überibiis 
fapientia laßa- 
-3 ti caecutire non 
1 pqfunt. 
b Cor Xenodv- 
ti & jecur 
. Cratetis. 
i ea,but will you infer,that is true of heathens, if they be conferred 
with Chriftians,! Cor. 3.19. The voifdome of this world is foolijhnefswith 
God) earthly and devilhfj, as James calls it, 3.15. They were vain in their 
imagina, tions, and t heir foolifl) heart was full of 1.21,22. 
they srofeJ]'ed$rofeJ]'ed themfelves ante fools .Their witty works arc 
admired here on earth, whileft their fouls are tormented in hell fire. In 
Ibme fenfe,C hr if- iani are Craftians,and if compared 
to that wifdom,no better then fools. £)uif eji fapiensl Solus deusf Py- 
t/^?ras t^pliesydodk only l6. Paul determines only as 
-O' - well contends, and no man living can be juflifedin hk jight.God- 
oo)\td down from heaven upon the children of men to fee if any did under- 
JtandyPfalm 53.2,3. but all are corrupt,er re. Rom. 3.12. None doth go odyw 
* IJb. de nat/ 
boni. J Democritus to the Reader. 
not one. Job aggravates this,4.lB. Behold he found no fledfajlnejte in his 
fervant s, and laid folly upon his angells,vy,How much more on them that 
c Vicprofun- 
dijjime Sophi£ 
fodina. 
d Panegyr.Tra- 
, patio armies a- 
tliones expro- 
brare fiuhili- 
am videntur, 
e Ser. 4. in do- 
Vli Pal. Min- 
dus qui ob an- 
tiquitatem de- 
bereteffe fapi- 
ens, femper 
(Inhibit, fy 
“tofis fagellu 
alteratur, fed 
utpuev vidt 
rofs&,fori- 
bus coronari. 
flnfanum te 
omnsspucri, 
clamantque pu- 
eli <f. Hor. 
g Plautus Au- 
bular. 
divell in houfes of clay fin this fenfe we arc all as fools,and the c Scripture 
alone is arx Minerva, we and our writings are (hallow and unperfed. 
But I doe not fo in our ordinary dealings, we arc no better 
then fools.All our adions,as <1 Pliny told Trajan,upbraidus of folly, our 
whole courfe of life is but matter of laughtenwe are not fobcrly wife; 
and the world it felfwhich ought at lead to be wife by reafon of his an- 
J sJJ j 
tiquity,as e Hugo de Prato Florido will have it femper Jiultizat, is every 
. day more fool ijb then other more it is whipped,the worfe it is,and as a 
child,willJizll be crowned with rofes andflowers.We are apifh in it,afni 
bipedes, 6c every place is full inverforum Apulei orum,of metamorphofed 
and two-legged ailes,inverjorum Silenorum,childnh,pueri injiar bimuli, 
tremula patrjs dormientis in ulna. Jovianus Fontanus, Antonio Dial, 
brings in feme laughing at an old man, that by reafon of his age was a 
little fond,but as he admoniflbeth there, Ne mireris mi hojjes de hoc fene, 
marvel not at him only,for/o*tf heee civitas delirium,all our town dotes 
in like fo:t, f we are a company fools. A(k not with him in the Poet, 
8 Larvae hunc intemper ice infani<eque agitant fenemlWhat madnes ghofb 
tins old mansbut what madnes ghoftsus al!?For we are ad unum emnes, 
all madfemel inf inivimus omnes,not once,but alway fo,d* femel, <d> JV 
mul,& temper,tver and altogether as bad as not fenex bis puer,de- 
lira anus, but fay it of us all femper pueri, young 8c old,all dote, as La* 
El antius proves out of Seneca'fSc no difference betwixt us and children, 
faving that,majora ludimusgrandioribus pupis,they play with babies 
of clouts 6c fuch toys,we fport with greater babies. We cannot accufc 
or condemn one another,being faulty our felves, deliramenta loqueris, 
you talk idly ,or as h Mitio upbraided Demea,infanis, auferte for we are 
as mad our own felves,and it is hard to fay which is the work. Nay tis 
hAdclph. aft. 
fen. 8. 
univerfally fo, 1 Vitam regit fortuna, nonfapientia. 
When k Socrates had taken great pains to find out a wife man,and to 
that purpofe had confulted with phiJofophers,poets,airtificers, he con- 
cludes all men were though it procured him both anger and 
much envy, yet in all companies he would openly profeffe it. When 
1 Supputius. in Pontanus had travelled all over Europe to confer with a 
■ wile man, he returned at laft without his errand, and could find none, 
m Cardan concurs withhim,FeJ? there are(for ought I can perceive Jwell 
in their wits,So doth n T ully, I fee every thing to be done foolifAy and 
1 unadvifedly. 
i Tally Tufc. 
k Plato Apolo- 
gia Socratis. 
I Ant Dial. 
frtLib. 3. de 
fap.pauci «t 
video fanar 
mentis Junt, 
n Stulte<& in- 
caute omitt 
agi video-, 
o Infama non 
omnibus eadem 
Erafm. chil. 3. 
cent. 10. nemo 
mortalium qui 
non aliqua in 
redefpit, licet 
alim alio mor- 
bo laboret, hic 
libidinis, ille a- 
varitice, ambi- 
tionisy invidi<e, 
p Hor.la.fat.3 
lUe fmiflrorfum, hic dextrorfum, umts utrique 
Error, fed variis illudit partibus omnes. 
One reels to this,anotherto that wall. 
Tis the fame error that deludes them all. 
° They dote all,but not alike., MwU $ tAw not in the fame kind. 
One is covetous,a fecondlafcivjous,a third ambitious, a fourth envious, 
as Damiftppus the Stoick. hath well illuftrated in the poet. 
p DeCipiunt omnes <eque ac tu, 
Tis an inbred maladic in every one of usstbere heminarium ftultiti£,% Democritus to the Reader, 
23 
feininaric of folly ,which if it be jiirred up,orget a head,will run in infini- 
infinitely varies,as we our felves are feveraUy addi&edfitsithißal- 
tbazar Caftilio: & cannot fo cafily be rooted out,it takes fuch faff hold. 
qLib.U ds au- 
lico. 
EJiin moqmq% 
noflrumfemina- 
rium aliquod 
jhiltititC, quod 
J? qmndoexcite- 
tur,in infinitum 
facile eaacrefcit. 
x Prima que lusa 
vita prima ju- 
, roris erat. 
{Tibullus, Jhl- 
ti preetersunt 
cfex,their wits 
. are a wool- 
gathering. 
1 So fools com- 
. monly dote. 
* Dial.contem- 
plantes, Tvnuii 
as Tully holds, alt£ radices jinltitiaf fo we are bred,and fo we continue. 
Some fay there be two main defeats ofwit,error and ignorance,to which 
all others are reduced, by ignorance we know not things neceffary,by 
error we know them falfly. Ignorance is a privation, error a pofitive 
aft.From ignorance comes vicc,from error herefic, See. But make how 
many kinds you will,divide andfubdividc,few men are free,or that do 
not impinge on fome one kind or other.i Sic plerumque agitat finitos in- 
fciti a, as he that examines his own and other mens aft ionssfhali find. 
Charon in Luci an,zs he wittily faigns, was conducted by Mercury to 
fuch a place,where he might fee all the world at he had fuffi- 
ciently viewed, and looked about. Mercury Would needs know of him 
what he had obferved : He told him,that he faw a vaft multitude,and a 
promifeuous, their habitations like mole-hills3 the men as emmets, he 
could d/feern Cities life fo many hives of Bees, wherein every Bee had a 
Jiingi& they didn&ugbt butJiingtone another,fome dominertng like Hor- 
nets,bigger then the reft,fome hke filching wafps, others as drones. Over 
their heads were hovering a confufed company of perturbations,hope, 
tear,angcr3avarice, ignorance, Bcc .and a multitude of difeafes hanging, 
which they frill pulled on their pates. Some were Brawling,fome fight* 
mg, riding, running, follicite ambientes, calli de litigantes, for to yes, 
and trifles, and fuch momentanie things. There Towns and Provinces 
mcer fadions,richagainft poor,poor againft rich, nobles againft artifi- 
cers, they againft nobles,and fo the reft. In conclusion, he condemned 
them all for- mad-men,fools.idiots, afles, O (iulti, qu£nam h£c eft amen- 
tia ? O fools, O mad-men he exclaims ,iftjanafludia,infani labores,&c. 
Mad endeavors,mad aftions,mad,mad,mad, t 0 fectum inftpiens & 
facetum,a giddy-headed age. the philofopher,out of a ferious 
meditation of mens a weeping, and with continuall tears be- 
wailed their mirery,madnes,andfolly.Demerit/# on the otherfide burff 
cut a laughing,their whole life feemed to him fo ridiculous,and he was 
fo far carried with this ironical paliion,that the citizens of Abdera took 
him to be mad,and lent therefore EmbafTadofs to Hypocrates thephyfr- 
tian,that he would excrcife his skill upon him .But the ftory is fet down 
at large by Hypocrates,in hisEpift. to bamogetus,which becaufe it is not 
impertinent to this difeourfe,! will infert verbatim almoft,as it is delive- 
redJ?y Hyppocrates himfelf,with all the circumftances belongingunto it. 
t Catullus c 
Wiien Hyppocrates was now come to Aider a*, the people of the City 
came flocking about him/ome weeping,fome intreating of him,that he 
Would doe his beft.After fome little rcpaft, he went to fee Democritus, 
people following him, whom he found (as before) in his garden in 
l'hc fuburbsall otlonc^fit ting upon a fione under a plane tree,without hofe 
a boolean his knees,cutting up fever albeafts,and hufie at his 
Judy.The multitude flood gazing round about to fee congreffc. 
Hyppocrates after a little paufe, faluted him by his name,whom he re- 
ainted3afhamed almoft that he could not call him likewife by his, or 
u Sub vamofd 
platano feden- 
tern, folum, dif- 
calceavum, Su- 
per lapidem, 
valde} pallidum 
ac madlentuvt, 
promijfa barba, 
librum fuper 
, genibus haben- 
tem 24 
Democritus to the Reader. 
that he had forgot it .Hyppocrates demanded of him what he was doing. 
He told him that he was x bufie in cutting up fever all heafisje find out 
the caufe of 'madnejjh and melancholy .Hyppocrates commended his work, 
admiring his happinefle and leafure.And why, quoth Democritus have 
not you that Hyppocrates^domcftical affairs bin- 
der,neceffary to be done,for our felvcs,neighbours,friends,esq)enfes,di~ 
fcafes,frailties and mortalities which happenswife,children,fervants,Bc 
fuch bufineffes that deprive us of our time. At this fpeech Democritus 
profufcly laughed,(’his friends and the people (landing by, weeping in 
the mcantime,and lamenting his madnes asked thereafon 
why he Jaughed.He told him at the vanity and fopperies of the time, 
to fee men fo empty of all virtuous adions,to hunt fo far after gold, 
having no end of take fuch infinite pains for a little glory, 
and to be favoured of men 5 to make fuch deep mines into the earth for 
gold,and many times to find nothing, with loffe of their lives and for- 
tunes.Some to love dogs, others horfes,fome to defire to be obeyed in 
many provinces,y and yet themfelves wil know no obedience.2 Same to 
Jove their wives dearly atfirft,and after a while to forfake and hate 
them,begetting children with much care 8c coft for their education,yet 
when they grow to mans cftate,a to defpife,negled,and leave them na- 
ked to the worlds mercy.b Do not thefe behaviours exprefs their in- 
tollerable folly ? When men live in peace,they covet war,detefling qui- 
etnefs,cdepofing Kings,and advancing others in their flead,murdcring 
fome men to beget children of their wives.How many flrang humors are 
in men } When they are poor and needy, they feek riches, and when 
they have them, they do not enjoy them,but hidethem under ground, 
or clfe waftfully fpend them.O wife Hyppocrates, I laugh at fuch things 
being done,but much more when no good comes ofthem,Bc when they 
are done to fo ill purpofe- There is no truth or Jufticc found amongft 
them,for they dayly plead one againft another,d the fon againft the Fa- 
ther and the mother,brother againft brothcr,kinred and friends of the 
fame quality,and all this for riches,whereof after death they cannot be 
pofkflbrs.And yet notwlthftandingthey wil defame 8c kill one another, 
commit all unlawful anions contemning God 8c men,friends 8c country. 
They make great account of many fenfleffe things,efteeming them as a 
great part of their treafure.ftatues, pidures, and fuch like moveables, 
dear bought, 8c fo cunningly wrought,as nothing but fpeech wanteth 
in them,c 8c yet they hate living perfons fpeaking to them.Others aflfed 
difficult thingsjifthey dwell on firm Land,they will remove to an Hand, 
and thence to land again, being no way conftant to their defires. They 
commend courage 8c ftrength in wars, 8c let themfelves be conquered 
bykftand ayariccsthey are in brief, as diforderedin their minds, as 
therfites was in his body. And now me thinks, Omoft worthy Hyppo- 
crates0 you fhould not reprehend my laughing, perceiving fo many 
fooleriestn no fman will mock his own folly,but that which he 
' feeth in a fecond,Bc fo they juftly mock one another.The drunkard cals 
him a glutton,whom he knowes to be fober. Many men love the fea,o- 
thers briefly they cannot agree in their own trades 8c pro- 
ytDe furore, 
mania melan- 
cholia feribo, 
ut fciam quo 
paBo in homi- 
nibus gignatur, 
fiat,crefcat, cu- 
muletur minua- 
tur, h<ec. inquit 
animalia qu<e 
vides propte- 
reafeco, non 
Dei opera pevo- 
fus, fed fellis 
bilifq; naturam 
difquirens. 
And 11 in 
Gen.jmemi 
& fervi tui oh- 
'iSlZ & W 
mVumpr*jU 
aiw, nec ipj? 
£ vscores du- 
emt, mox pros 
cjidunt. 
nPuerosawant, 
mox fajhdiunt. 
b hocab 
gum, deponunt. 
dconmparen- 
Tes perpetuo' 
mm, & 
““ a' 
c Idola inari.- 
mata amant, 
animata odio 
habent, fie pon- 
tificii, 
* Credo e qui- 
dam vivos du- 
cent e marmore 
vultus. 
f Suamflultiti- 
am perfpidt 
nemo, fed alter 
alterum deri- 
det. 
feffions,much lefte in their lives and adions. Democritus to the Reader. 
25 
. When Hypocrates heard thefe words fo readily uttercd,without pre- 
meditation, to declare the worlds vanity,full of ridiculous contrariety, 
be made anfwer, Thatneceffity compelled men to many Inch aftions, 
pnd divers wils enfuing from divine permifiion, that we might not be 
idle, being nothing is fo odious to them as doth & negligence. Befides, 
men cannot forefee future events,in this uncertainty of humane affairs 3 
they would not fo marry, if they could foretell the caufes of their dif- 
like and feparation 3 or parents , if they knew the hour of their chil- 
drens death, fo tenderly provide for them 3 or an husbandman fowe, if 
be thought- there would be no incrcafe 3 or a merchant adventure to 
fea, if he forefaw fhipwrack 3 or be a Magiftrate, if prefentiy to be de- 
pofed. Alas, worthy every man hopes the beft, and to that 
end he doth it, and therefore no fuch caufe, or ridiculous occafion of 
laughter. 
# Democritus hearing this poor excufe, laughed again aloud, pcrcei- 
ying he wholly mifiook him, and did not well underftand what he had 
laid concerning perturbations,and tranquility oftheminde. Info much, 
that if men would govern their actions by diferetion and providence, 
they would not declare themfeives fools, as now they do , and he 
fhould have no caufe of laughter 3 but ( quoth he ) they fwell in this 
life, as if they were immortal, and demi-gods, for want of undemand- 
ing. It were enough to make them wife,ifthey would butconfiderthe 
mutability of this world, and how it wheels about, nothing being firm 
and fure. He that is now above, to morrow is beneath 3he that fate on 
this fide to day, to morrow is hurled on the other : and not considering 
thefe matters,they fall into many inconveniences and troubles,coveting 
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 fhoulcl lead contented lives, & learning to know themfeives. 
Would limit their ambitio5f they would perceive then that Nature hath 
enough without feekingfuch fuperfluities,Bc unprofitable things,which 
bring nothing with them but grief and moleftation. As a fat body is 
more fubjeft to difeafes, fo are rich men to abfurdities and fooleries,to 
many cafualities and crofs inconveniences.There are many that takeno 
heed what happeneth to others by bad converfation,Bc therefore over 
throw themfeives in the fame manner through their ownfault,not fore- 
feeing dangers manifeft.Thefe are things(o more then mad,quoth he) 
that give me matter of laughter, by. buffering the pains of your impie- 
ties,as yourayarice,envy,malicc,enormousvillanics;)mutmies,unfatiable 
denres,confpiracies,and other incurable vices,befides, your 8 dhlimula- 
tion and hypocrifie,bearing deadly hatred one to the other,and yet fha- 
dowmg it with a good face,flying out into all filthy luffs,and tranfgref- 
ions ofall laws, both of nature and civility. Many things which they 
jave left off,after a while they fall to again,husbandry,navigational ’ 
-cave again,fickle and unconftant as they are.When they are yong,they ; 
would be old, and old, yong. h Princes commend a private life, pri- 
vate men itch after honour : a Magiftrate commends a quiet life,a quiet 
man vVOU-ld be in his office,and obeyed as he is: and what is the caufe 
! £ "Denique fit 
[finif querendi, 
cumque habeas 
plue,pauperiem 
; metuas minue, 
i & finire laba- 
rem incipias, 
1 par tie quod a- 
vehas,uter e. 
i,or, 
g Ajhtam va- 
pido fervat fub 
peclore vul- 
pem. 
Et cum vulpo 
pofitue pariter 
vulpinarier. 
Creti pandum • 
cum Crete, 
h Quii fit Me- 
crenae ut nemo 
quam fihi for- 
tem, Seu ratio 
dederit, feufors' 
adjecerit, ili ii 
contentus vi- 
vat, Hor* D EMOCRiTUS to the Reader, 
of all this,but that they know not themfelves. Some delight to deftroy, 
i one to build,another to fpoil one countrcy to enrich another and him- 
felf.k In all thefe things they are like children, in whom is no judgment 
or councel,and refemble beafts,faving that beafts are better then they, 
as being contented with nature.l When lhall you fee a Lion hide gold in 
the ground,or a Bui contend for a better pafturehvhen a Boar is thirfty, 
he drinks what will ferve him,and nomore->and when his belly isful,he 
ceafech to eat: But men are immoderate in both, as in luft, they covet 
carnal copulat on at fet timessmen always, ruinating thereby the health 
iDiruit, *difi- 
cat, mutat qua- 
trata rotundis. 
Trajanus prn- 
tem Jlruxit fu- 
per Danubium, 
quem fucceffor 
eju* Adrianus 
Itatim demoli- 
tus. 
k .giw quid in 
of their bodies. And doth it not deferve Juughter,to fee an amorous fool 
torment himfelf for a wench,weep, howl for a mif-fhapen flut,a dowdy, 
fometimes that might have his choice of the fiueft beauties > Is there 
any remedy for this in phylick? I do anatomize and cut up thefc poor 
beafts, o) to fee thefe diftempers, vanities, and follies, yet fuch proof 
were better made on mans body, if my kinde nature would indure it; 
n Who from the hour of his birth is moft miferable, weak and lickly 5. 
when he fucks he is guided by others,when he is grown great praftifeth 
unhappinefte,o and is fturdy,and when old,a childe again,and repenteth 
him of his life paft. And here being interrupted by one that brought 
books, he fell to it again, that ail were mad, carelefTe, ftupid. To 
prove my former fpeeches, look into courts, or private houfes. 
re ab infantibus 
differunt, qui- 
bus mens & 
fenfus fine ra- 
tione ineff, 
quicquid fefe 
his offert volu- 
pe ejl. 
1 Idem Pint. 
mVt infant* 
caufam difqui- 
ram bruta ma.i 
So & feco,cum 
hoc potius in 
hominibus in- 
vejligandum 
ejfet. 
n Totus d nati- 
vitate morbus 
eji. 
o In vigore fu- 
ribundus, 
quum decrefcit 
infanabilis. 
p Cyprian, ad 
Donatum. J%ui 
fidet crimina 
judicaturus, 
<&c. 
q Tu teffmus 
p Judges give judgment according to their own advantage, doing 
maniftft wrong to poor innocents, to pleafe others. Notaries alter fen- 
tences,andfor money lofe their Deeds. Some make falfe moneys, o- 
thers counterfeit falfe weights. Some abufe their parents, yea corrupt 
their own lifters, others make long libels and pafquils, defaming men 
of good life, and extol fuch as are lewd and vicious.Some rob one,fome 
another 5 qMagiftrates make laws againft theeves, and are the verieft 
theeves themfelves. Some kill themfelves, others defpair, not obtain- 
ing their delires. Some dance, fing, laugh, feaft and banquet, whileft 
others ligh, languilh, mourn and lament, having neither meat, drink. 
omnium latro- 
nes, a» a thief 
told Alexand- 
er in Curtius. 
Damnat foras 
judex, quod in- 
'tus operatur, 
Cyprian, 
g Puli*# mag- 
na curo, magna, 
animi incuria. 
Am. Marcel. 
{ Horrenda res 
ejl, vix duo 
verba fine men- 
dacio proferun- 
tur : & quam- 
vis folenniter 
homines ad ve- 
nor clothes. «Some prank up their bodies, and have their mindes 
full of execrable vices. Some trot about fto bear falfe witnelfe, and 
fay any thing for money 5 and though Judges know of it,yet for a bribe 
they wink at it, and fuller falfe Ccntra&s to prevail againft Equity. 
Women are all day a drefling, to pleafure other men abroad, and go 
like Huts at home, not caring to plcafe their own husbands whom they 
(hould. Seeing men are fo fickle, (ofottifti, fo intemperate, why (hould 
not I laugh at thofe, to whom tfolly feems wifdom, will not be cured 
and perceive it not ? 
It grew lat left him, and no fooner was he come away, 
but all the Citizens came about flocking, to know how he liked him. 
He told them in brief, that notwithftanding thofe fmall neglcds of his 
’ attire,body,diet,u the world had not a wifer, a more learned, a more 
■ honeft man, and they were much deceived to fay that he was mad. 
dam invitentur,pejerare tamen noti dubitant,[ut ex decem teflibus vix unus verum dicat, Calv. in 8. "John. Serm, i, t Sapienti- 
am infamum ejfe dicunt, u Siquidem fapkntu fu<e admiratione me complevit, offendi fapiedtijjimum virum, quifalvos pe* 
M omnes homines reddere. D EMOCRITUS to the Reader. 
Thus Democritus eftccmed of the world in his time, and this was the 
caufe of his laughter: and good caufe he had, 1 
a olim jure quidem, nunc plus Democrite ride 5 
G)nin rides f vita !j£c nunc mage ridicula eli. 
Democritus did well to laugh of old. 
Good caufe he had, but now much more, 
This life of ours is more ridiculous 
x £ GraC.dpig, 
Then that of his, or long before. 
Never lo much caufe of laughter, as now, never fo many fools and 
mad men.Tis not one y Democritus wil ferve turn to laugh in thefe days, 
We have now need of a Democritus to laugh at Demo cr it us ,one Jefter to 
flout at another, one fool to flear at another. A great Stentorian Demo-- 
as big as that Rhodian Colojjus. For now,as 2 Saiisburienfs faid in 
his timeyotus mundus hijirionem agit> the whole world playes the fooft 
we have anew theatre, a new fccnc, a new comcdie of errors, anew 
company of perfonate zQeoxsgvolupire Calcagninus wittily feigns 
in his Apologs) are celebrated all the world over,* where all the aftors 
were mad men and fools, and every hour changed habits, or took that 
which came next. He that was aMarriner to day, is an Apothecary to 
5 y Pluses Dem- 
) criti nunc non 
_ fiifficiunt, opus 
Democrito: (put 
1 Democritum 
• rideat. Eraf. 
Moria. 
7 z Pelycrat. lib. 
53. cap.B.e fe- 
, mwi. 
* * W OOT«(?i 
- delirabant, om- 
> nes infani&c, 
. hodie nauta, 
5 cm* philofo- 
i phut *, hodie 
* faber, cras 
' pharmacopola • 
" /)ic modo rogem 
- agebat multo 
_ fatellitio, tiara, 
t&fceptro or~ 
l natus,nunc vili 
amictus centi- 
’ c«/o, ajinutri 
• clitellarium 
[ impellit. 
. y Calcagninuf 
Apol, Cryfalus 
‘ £ cateris auro 
r dives, manica- 
’ to pepio & tia- 
ra confpicmu, 
levis alioquin ' 
. roji- 
jtlii,&c.magnri 
■ fajh ingredien- 
ts affurgunt 
dii, &C. 
z JW hominis 
levitatem 'Ju- 
_ piterpe fpici- 
ens, at tu 
(inquit) ejh 
bombilio, 
protimfj? x«-_ 
illa mani- 
cata in alias 
verfa eji, <& 
mortales inde 
Chryfalide i -uo- 
cant hujufmodi 
homines. 
a fur en. 
b Juvttii 
■ j j ± j 
morrow 5 a fmith one whi!c,a philofophcr another., in his volupi£ ludis 5 
a king now with his crown, robes, feepter, attendants, by and by 
drove a loaded afle before him like a carter, &c. If Democritus were 
alive now,he fhould fee flrange alterations, a new company of counter- 
feit vizards, whirs. flers. Cumane a Acs, maskers, mummers, painted Pup- 
pets, outlides, phantaftick fhadows, guls, monfters, giddy-heads, but- 
tcr-flics. And fo many of them are indeed (y if all be true that I have 
read) For when Jupiter and Juno’s wedding was lulcmnized of old, 
the gods were all invited to the feaft, and many noblemen belides : 
Amongft the reft came Cryfalus a Verilan prince, bravely attended, rich 
. yy I 1 j j 
m golden attires,in gay robes,with a majeftical prefencc, but otherwife 
an alle. Fhc gods feeing him come in fuch pomp and (late, role up to 
give him place, ex habitu hominem metientes } z but Jupiter perceiving 
Vv’hat he was, a light, phantaftick,idlefellow,turncd him and his proud 
followers into butter-flies: and fo they continue ftill (for ought I know 
to the contrary) roving about in pied coats, and are called Chryfalides 
by the wifer fort of men : that golden outlides, drones, flies, and' 
things of no worth. Multitudes of fuch, Bcc. 
J 
—— ubique invenies 
Stultos fycophantas prodigos-. 
Many additions, much' increafe of madnefle, folly, vanity,fhould Demo- 
critusobferve, were he now to travel, or could get leave of to 
come fee fafhkms, as in Lucian to vifit our cities of Moronia 
Pi a? and Aioronia F&lixSure I think he would break the rim of his bel-J 
Jy with laughing. 
zSi foret in terris rideret &c. 
A fatyrical Roman in his time, thought all vice, folly, and madnefle 
V/Cre all jjt full Tea, 
Omne in tricipiti vitium (letit. 28 
Democritus to the Reader. 
* Jofephus the hiftorian taxeth his country-men Jews for braging of 
their vices, publilhing their follies, and that they did contend amongft 
themfelves 5 who fhould be moft notorious in villanies } but we flow 
higher in madnefle, far beyond them. 
c Mox daturi progeniem vitioforem^ 
and the latter end (you know whofe oracle it isjisiike to be worft.Tis 
not to be denied, the world alters every day,Ruunt urbes, regna transfc- 
riinturo &c' variantur habitus, leges innovantur, as d Petrarch obferves, 
we change language, habits,laws, cuftoms, manners, but not vices, not 
difeafes, not the fymptoms of folly and madncfle , are ftill the 
fame. And as a River we fee, keeps the like name and place,but not wa- 
ter, and yet ever runs, 
* Labitnr & labetur in omne volubilis aevum 
* J)e bello fud. 
I, 8. c. 11. Ini- 
quitates vefira 
neminem la- 
tent, inque dies 
fingulos certa- 
men habetis 
quis pejorfit. 
c Hot. 
d Lib. 5. Epijh 
8. 
* Har. 
Cur times and perfons alter, vices are the (ame, and ever will be, look 
how Nightingals fang o( old, Coclts crowed, Rine lowed. Sheep bleat- 
ed, Sparrows chirped. Dogs barked, fo they do dill j we keep our 
madnede dill, play the fools dill, me dnm finitus oreftes, we are of the 
fame humors and inclinations as our predeceflors were, you (hall finde 
us ail alike, much at one, we and our fons. 
,e Superf.itio 
eft infanus er- 
ror. 
iUb. 8. hijl 
Belg. 
* Lucan. 
g Father An- 
£<?/(?,the Duke 
ofjoyeucc go- 
ing barc-foot 
over the Alps 
to Rome, &c. 
h Si cui intueri 
vacet qua patiT' 
untur fuperjb- , 
tiqf, invenies 
tam indecora 
honejlis, tam 
indigna liberis, 
tam diffimilia 
fants, ut nemo 
fuerit dubita- 
turus furere 
eos, ficum pau- 
cioribus fure- 
rent, Senec. 
i Quid dicam 
de eorum indul- 
gentiis, oblatio- 
nibus, votis,fo- 
lutionibus,jeju- 
niis, coenobiis, 
Et ?iati naterum, & qui nafeuntur ab illis, 
And fofhall our pofterity continue to the lad. But to fpeak of times 
prefent. 
If Democritus were alive now, and (hould but fee the fuperdition of 
our age, our c religious madneffe, as * Meter an cals it infani- 
am> fo many profclfed Chridians, yet fo few imitators of Chriif, fo 
much talk of Religion, fo much fcicnce, fo little confcience, fo much 
knowledge, fo many preachers, fo little pradife, fuch variety of feds, 
fuch have and hold of all ddes, * obvia fignk &c. 
fuch abfurd and ridiculous traditions and ceremonies:lf he (hould meet 
a g Capuchin, a Franci Jean, a Pharefaicaljejnite, a man-ferpent,a (have- 
crowned in his robes, a beging Frier, or fee their three crown’d 
Soveraign Lord the Pope, poor Peters fucceflor, fervus fervorum Dei, 
to depofe Kings with his foot, to tread on Emperors necks, make them 
ft and bare-foot and bare-lcgg d at his gates,hold his bridle and (lirrup, 
tkc. (O that Peter and Paul were alive to fee this!)lf he (houJd obferve a 
h Prince creep fo devoutly to kifs his toe, and thofe Red-cap Cardinals 
poor parilh pneds of old,now Princes companions} what would he fay ? 
fomniis, horis, ( 
organis, canti- , 
lenis, campanis,1 
fimulachris, 
rmjjis, purgato - 
rift, mitrss, hre- 
fyiariv, built), 
lufiralibus, a- 
quis, rafuris, 
uncioribus, 
candelis, calici- 
bus, crucibus, 
mahbis, cereis, 
Cozlum ipfium petiturJtultitia.Uad he meet fomc of our devout pilgrims 
going barefoot to Jerufalew,our lady of S. jfago, S. Tho~ 
mas Shrinei to creep to thofe counterfeit and Maggot-eaten Reliques. 
Had he been prefent at a Mafle, and feen fuch killing of Paxes cruci- 
fixes, cringes, duckings, their feveral attires and ceremonies,pidures of 
faints, iindulgences, pardons, vigils, fading, feads, eroding, knocking, 
kneeling at Ave-Maries, bels, with many fuch 5 
- jucunda rudi fie&acula plebi, 
praying in Cibberi(h,and mumbling of beads. Had he heard an old wo- 
ihuritnilfSf incantationibus, exorcifmis.fiutif, legendis, & a Baleusdeaflis Rom. Pont. Democritus to the Reader. 
man fay her prayers in latine, their fprinkling ofholy water,and going a 
Proccfiioii, incedunt monachorum agmina mille y 
_ ffiuid memorem vexilla,■ cruces, idolaaue culta, <&c. 
* To, Neage&fc 
Their Breviaries,buis,hallowed beans, exorcifms,pifhircs,curiouscrof- 
fes,Fabies,and babies.Had he read the Golden Legend^the ‘Turks Alcoran, 
or Jews Talmud, the Rabbins Comments, what would he have thought ? 
How doefi: thou think he might have been aliened ? Had he more par- 
ticularly examined aJefuifs life among!! the rdf,he fhould have leen an 
hypocrite profefle poverties and yet poflefs more goods and lands then 
many princes,to have infinite treafures 8c others to faft 
2nd play the gluttons themfelvcs 5 like watermen, thatrowe one way, 
and look another. k Vow virginity, taik'ofliolinefle, and yet indeed a 
notorious Bawd, and famous fornicator*,1 lafcivum pecus, a very goat. 
Monks by profeffioa,fiich as give over the world, and the vanities of it, 
and yet a Machivilian rout m interelf ed in all maner of frate : holy men, 
peace -makers,and yet compofed of envy,luff,ambition, hatred and ma- 
lice, hie itnr ad aftra, 
and this is to fupererogate, and merit heaven for themfelvs and others. 
Had he leen on the adverfe fide, fome of our nice and curious fchifma- 
ticks in another extream, abhor all ceremonies, and rather lofe their 
lives and livings,then do or admit any thing Papilfs have formerly ufed, 
though in things indifferent (they alone are<tiie true Church, fat ternc, 
cum jint omnium infulftjJimiJ) Fonnalifts, out of fear and bafe flattery, 
hkc lb many weather-cocks turn round, a rout of temporifors, ready to 
• i Thun Jlrmdant 
fpsrnere, acqui- 
* Jivemnt fibi go 
' annorum fpatio 
. bis centena mil- 
lia librarum . 
1 annua. Arnold. 
1 k Et quum in- 
terdiu de vir- 
tute loquuti 
1 funt, fero in la- 
tibulis chines 
agitant labore 
noßurno, A- 
gVPpz- 
-11 Tim. 3.13» 
But they fliall 
' prevail no 
longer, (heir 
madneffc (hall 
be knorvn to 
all men. 
m Benignitatis 
Jtnus folebat 
ejfe, nunc liti- 
um officina cu- 
ria Romana. 
Budttus. 
embrace and maintain all that is, or (hall be propofed in hope of prefer- 
ment : Another Epicurean company,lying at lurch as fo many vultures, 
watching for a prey of Church goods,and ready to rife by the down-fall 
ofany: as n Lucian faid in like cafe, what doft thou think Democritus 
would have done, had he been fpeffator of thfefe things ? 
Or had he but observed the common people follow like fo many (keep, 
one of their fellows drawn by the horns over a gap, fome for zeal, fome 
for tear,quo fe cunque rapit tempeftas, to credit all,examine nothing,and 
yet ready to dye before they will abjure any of thole ceremonies, to 
which they have been accuftomed} others out of hypocrifie frequent 
lermons,knock their brefb,turn up their eyes,pretend zeal,cfefire refor- 
mation, and yet profclied. ufurers, gripers, monfters of men, harpies,de- 
Vl s 10 their lives toexprefle nothing.lelle.' 
n Quid tibi vi- 
detur faßurus 
Democritus,Ji 
horum fpeßa- 
tor contigiffet 1„ 
w hat would he have (aid to fee,hear,and readefo many bloudy bat- 
io many thoufand (lain at once, fuch dreams of blood able to turd 
. ob noxam furiafque-pr to make fport for princes,without any 
ju 1 Calue5 Afor vain titles (Taith An ft in) precedency, fome menchjr fuch 
7 xCjoy~t or out °f dejircof vain-glory malice, revenge Jolly, 
wa^ns/s^goodly caufes qiias univerfus orbis bellis & credible mif- 
ceattir)vj hiift Statefmen themfelvs in the meantime are fecure at home, 
pampered with all delights & plea fares,take their eafe,and follow their. 
lfrlS;llot confidering what intolerable rnifery poor foldiers endure,their 
. 'e? w°tmds,hunger,thirft ,See. the lamentablecares,torments,calami- 
'alCs °Ppreiiions that accompany fuch proceedings, they feel noEtake 
* Oh inanes di- 
tionum titulos, 
oh prereptm 
locum, ob inter- 
ceptam mulier- 
culam,r.ll quod 
e Jhltitia na- 
tum, vehe md- 
litia, quod cu- 
pido dominan- 
di, libido no- 
cendi, &c, Democritus to the Reader. 
no notice of it. So wars are begun, by theperfwafton of a few deboijbed, 
hair brain,poorb dijfolute, hungry captains, par aflticalfawners, unqttiet 
hotfpurs, rejilefs innovators, green heads, to fatis fie one mans private 
fpleen, luft, ambition,avarice,&c.tales rapiunt fcelerat a inpredia caufle. 
Flos hominum,Proper men,wellproportioned,carefully brought up.able 
both in body and minde,found,led like fo many? beafts to the daughter 
in the flower of their years,pride, and full ftrength, without all remorfe 
and pity, facrificed to Fluto, killed up as fo many fheep, for devils food, 
40000 at once. At once, faid I, that were tolletable, but thefe wars laft 
aiwayes, and for many ages 5 nothing fo familiar as this hacking and 
hewing, mafifacres, murders, deflations. 
p Bellum rem 
plane bellui- 
nam vocat Mo- 
rw.Vtop.lib.z• 
ignoto coelum clangore remugit, they care not what mrfehiefthey 
procure, fo that they may enrich themfelvesfor will fo 
long blow the coals of contention, till all the world be confirmed with 
■ fire.Thc a fiege of Troy lafted ten years eight months,there died 870000 
; Greet ans,6joooo Trojans, at the taking of the City, and after were flain 
276000 men» women, and children of all forts. C<efar killed a million, 
b Mahomet the fecond TurJ^qoooooperfons: Sicinius Dentatus fought in 
an hundred battels, eight times in fingle combat he overcame,had forty 
wounds before, was rewarded with 140 crowns, triumphed nine times 
for his good fervice. M.Sergius had 3 2 wounds 5 Scaeva the Centurion I 
a Mmfier.Cof- 
mog.l.s. c. 3. E 
Diß. Cretenf. 
b Joviuf vit. 
ejus. 
know not how many, every nation hath their MeUors, Scipidf, C<efars 
and Alexanders. Our c Edward the fourth was in 26 battels afooV-and as 
they do all,he glories in it,tis related to hishonor.At the fiege of Hieru- 
falem nooooo died with fword and famine. At the battel of Canas 
c Comineuf 
* Lib. 3. 
70000 men were flain, as * Folibius records, and as many at battle Albye 
withrus 5 andtis no news to fight from fun to fun, as they did, as Con- 
fiantine and Licinius, 6cc. At the fiege of Ofiend (the devils Academic) 
a poor town in refpeft, a fmall fort, but a great grave, 120000 men loft 
their lives,befides whole towns,dorpes, and hofpitals, full of maimed 
fouldiers* there were engines, fire-works, and whatfoever the devil 
could invent to do mifehiefwith 2 500000 iron bullets (hot of 40 pound 
weight, three or four millions of gold confirmed, d Who (faith mine Au- 
thorjean be Jujficiently amazed at their flinty heart s,obflinacy ,fury filind- 
nefis, who without any likely hood ofgoodfuccsjfe, hazard poorfouldiers 
and lead them without pitty to the /laughter, which may jujily be called 
ci Hifl. oF the 
fiege oiOfiend.- 
fol.23- 
the rage of furious heafls,thh run without reafon upon their own deaths : 
* quis matus genius, qu<e furia, qu£peflis, &c. what plague, what fury 
brought fo devillifb, fo brutifh a thing as war firft into mens minds ? 
Who made fo foft and peaceable a creature, born to love,mercy, ineek- 
nefle,fo to rave,rage like beafts,Bc run on to their own deftruaion>how 
‘ may nature expoftulate with te divinum animal finxi, 
I made thee a harmlefle, quiet, a divine creature; how may God expo- 
ftulate,and all good men>yet horum fa&a(zs * one condoles)**»*»;» ad- 
‘ mirantur,& hercuan numero habent : thefe are the brave fpirits,the gal- 
lants of the world, thefe admired alone, triumph alone, have ftatues, 
crowns, piramids, obelisks to their eternal fame, that immortali Genius 
♦ Eraftnuf de 
bello, ut placi- 
dum illud ani- 
mal benevolen- 
tia natum tam 
ferina vecoydia 
in mutuam ru- 
eret perniciem, 
*Kichibinoth. 
pmfat. Belli 
civilis Gal. 
e yoviuf. 
attends on them ,hac itur ad ajira. When Rhodes was befieged,«foJJ<e nr- 
his cadaveribus refletsfuntfhe ditches were full of dead as Democritus to the Reader. 
when the faid Solyman great Vienna, they lay level with 
the top of the wals. This they make a fport of, and will do it to their 
friends and confederates, againft oaths, vows, promifes, by trechery or 
otherwife.—- ” dol//san vertus? quisin hojie requirat? 
leagues and laws of arms, (fftlent leges inter arma ) for their advantage, 
omnia Jura,divina, humana, proculcata plerumque funt Gods and mens 
laws are trampled under foot, the fword alone determines all 5 to fatis- 
fie their luff and fplcen, they care not what they attempt, fay, or do. 
* Bolus, afpe- 
ritaspn jufiitia 
propria bello- 
rum negotia 
Temd. 
PTully 
8 Rara fides, frobitafque viris qui cajirafequuntur, 
Nothing fo common as to haveh father fight againji thefon, brother a- 
gainfi brothcr.lffinjman againft ffnfman, kingdom againji kingdom, pro- 
vince againji province,chrifiians againji chriftians:a quibus nec unquam 
cogitatione fuerunt UJt, of whom they never had offence in thought. 
Word or deed. Infinite treafuresconfumed,towns burned, flour idling ci- 
ties Tacked and ruinated, quodque animus meminijfe horret,goodly coun- 
tries depopulated and left defolate, old inhabitants expelled,trade and 
traffick decayed, maids defloured. Virgines nondum thalamis jugat£, 
Et comis nondum pojltk ephcebijchaft matrons cry out with Andromache, 
* Concubitum mox cogar pati ejus, qui interemit He&erem, they (hall be 
g Lucan. 
h Pater infili- 
um, affinis in 
affinem, amicus 
in amiem, 
&C.Regio cum 
regione,regnum 
regno collidi- 
tur. Popuh-fs 
populo in mu- 
tuam pernici- 
em, belluarum 
infiar fanguino- 
lente ruentium, 
* Libanii de- 
clam, 
ilraenim 
fitror Bellon<e 
confultores, 
&c. dementes 
facer dotes funu 
, k Bellum quafi 
bellua & ad 
omnia feelers 
furor immiffus. 
1 Gallorum de- 
cies centum 
millia cecide- 
runt, Ecclefiaris 
20 millia fun- 
damentis exci- 
fi- 
compelled peradventureto ly with them that erft kild their husbands: 
to fee rich, poor, lick, found. Lords, fervants, eodem omnes incommodo 
confumed all or maimed, Bcc. Et quicquidgaudens fcelere animus 
audet 1 & perverft mens, faith Cyprian, and whyatfoever torment, mifery, 
mifchicf,hell it felf, the devill,* fury and rage can invent to their own 
ruin and abominable thing iskwar,as Gerbelius 
adco foeda & abominanda res eji helium, ex quo hominum c<edes, vajiatio- 
nes^i&c.the fcourge of God,caufc,efxcs:,fruit and punifhmcnt offin,and 
not tonjura humanigeneris,-j.s Ter tu Ilian cals it,but ruina. Had Democri- 
tus been prefent at the late civill wars in France,thofe abominable wars, 
—bellaque matribus detefiata, 
I IP here in leffe then ten years, ten hundred thoufand men were confumed, 
lai-tli Collignius, 20 thoufand Churches overthrown 5 nay, the whole 
kingdbm fubverted (as m Richard Dinoth adds.) So many myriades of' 
the Commons were butchered up, with fword, famine, war, tanto odio 
ntrinqne ut barbari ad abhorrendam lanienam objiupefcerent, with fuch 
ferall hatred,the world was amazed at it:or at our late Pharfalian fields 
Mi the time of Henrythe fixt,betwixt the Koufes of Lancafler and Tor 4, 
an hundred thoufimd men (lain, *one another,ten thoufand fa- 
milies were rooted out, that no man can but marvel, faith Comitiem, at 
that barbarous immanitie,ferall madnefs, committed betwixt men of the 
fame nati on.language and religion, o is furor O cives? Why do the Gen-, 
tiles fo fieriottjly r*ge,faith the Prophet David.?fat.2.l.But we may ask, 
why do the Chriftians fo furioufly rage > 3 
*T-C * Arma volunt, quare juventus ? 
W* or entilessmtich Idle for us fo to tyranize,as the Spaniard in the 
, fWfejythat killed up in 42 years (if we may believe p Bartholomce- 
us a Cafa their own bifhop) 12 millions of men, with fhipend & cxquiiite 
toiments 5 neither (hould 1 iy(faid he') if I laid 50 millions. I omit thofe 
m Belli civilis 
gal. 1.1. hoefe- 
rdi bello 
caedibus omnia 
repleverunt, iy 
regnum amplif- 
fimum a funda- 
( menti* pene e- 
_ verterunt, ple- 
' bis tot myria- 
' des gladio, bel- 
, lo fume mife- 
rab liter perie- 
' runt. 
* Pont.Buteruf 
n Cominew.Vt 
null iff non exs- 
eretur & ad- 
' miretur crude- 
_ litatem,& bar- 
baram infant- 
- ani, qua? inter 
• homines eodent 
hb Codo natos. 
ejufdem lingua, fmguints, religiom exercebatur. o Lucan. *Virg. p BiChop of Cufso an eye-witnefs^ Democritus to the Reader. 
32 
French Maflacres,<9fo/7/4« Evenfongs,q the Duke of Alvas tyrannies,our 
gunpowder machinations, and that fourth fury, as rone cals it, the spa- 
. nifhinquifition, which quite obfeures thofe ten pcrfecutions, 
f fovit toto Mars impius orbe, 
Is not thistMundusfuriofus,a mad world,as he terms it An fanum helium? 
q Read Mete- , 
nwtofhisftu- ' 
pendcruclties 1 
c Henfm Au- 
Jhiaco. 
tViyg. Georg. 
t Janfeniw 
GaUobelgtcw 
15p5. Mindw 
furioftss, in- 
feriptio libri. 
* Exercitat, 
4. 
u Fleat Hera- 
clituf an rideat 
Democritus. 
k C\xr£ Isxss 
loquuntur, in- 
gentes Jiupent. 
y Arma amens 
capio, me fat 
rationis in ar- 
mis. 
z Erafmus. 
* Fro Murena. 
Omnes urban£ 
res omnia Jiu- 
dia, omnis fo- 
Ycnfis law & 
indujiria latet 
in tuteba & 
pYtfcidw beUicte 
•virtutis, & ft- 
mul atque in- 
crepuit fujpido 
tumultus, anes 
illico no]}y<£ 
conticefcunt. 
•* Ser. 13. 
a CrudehjJi- 
mos fevijji- 
mofqve latro- 
nes, fortupmos 
haberi propvg- 
mtores,fi'dij]l- 
tnos duces ha- • 
bent bruta 
perjuajtone do- 
nati. 
b Eobanus 
Eejfiu. dj- 
bus omnis in 
armis vita jpla- 
cet, non til la 
juvat niji mor- 
te, nec ullam 
effe putant vi- 
tam, qwt non 
ajfuevent ar- 
mis• 
are not thefe mad men, zs* Sc aliger in pr alio acerba morte, 
infama fua memoriam pro perpetuo tefle relinquunt pofleritati b which 
leave fo frequent battels, as perpetual memorials of their madnefle to 
all fucceeding ages ? Would this, think you, hive enforced our Demo- 
critus to laughter, or rather made him turn his tune, alter his tone, and 
weep with * Heraclitus, or rather howl,x roar, and tear his hair in com- 
f miferation,dand amazed 3 or as the Poets faign,that Niobe was for grief 
quite dupified,and turned to a done? I have not yet faid the word,that 
which is more abfurd and y mad. In their tumults, feditions, civil and 
unjud wars, 2 quodfinite fufeipitur, impie geritur, mi feri finitur, fuch 
wars I mean,for all are not to be condemned, as thofe phantadical Ana- 
bap tiffs vainly conceive. Our Chridian Tadicks are all out as neceflary 
as the Roman Acies, or Grecian Phalanx 3 to be a fouldier is a mod no- 
ble and honorable profdSon (as the world is ) not to be fpared, they 
are our bedwals and bulwarks, and I do therefore acknowledg that of 
* Fully to be mod true, All our civil affairs, all our fludies, all our plead- 
ings indujiry and cotnmendation lies under the protection of warlife ver* 
tues, and whenfoever there is any fuffpition of tumult,all our arts ceafe 3 
wars are mod behovefull, <& bellatores agricolis civitati funt utiliores 
as * Tyrius defends : and valor is much to be commended in a wife man5 
but they midake mod part, auferre, trucidare, rapere, falffs nominibus 
virtutem vocant,&cf 1 was Galgacus cbfervation in TacitusJ they term 
theft, murder, and rapine, vertue, by a wrong name, rapes, daughters. 
maffacres, Sec. joetts & ludus, are pretty paftimes, as Ludovicus Vives 
notes. aT hey commonly call the moff hair-brain blood-fuckers,firongesi 
theeves, the moll defferate villains Jr echerous rogues, inhumane murder- 
ers,raf}j, cruel and difjolute caitiffs, couragious and generous Jpirits, he• 
roical and worthy Captains, brave men at arms, valiant andrenowned 
fouldiers, poffejjed with a bruteperfwajionoffalfe honour,<\s Pontus Hu- 
ter in his Burgundian hidorie complains. By means of which it comes 
to pafle that daily fo many voluntaries offer themfelves, leaving their 
fweet wives, children, friends, for dx pence ( if they can get it /a day 
proftitute their lives and limbs, defire to enter upon breaches Jy fen- 
tinel, perdue, give the fird onfet, Band in the fore-front of 
marching bravely on, with a chearfull noife of drums and trumpets3 
fuch vigor and alacrity, fo many banners dreaming in the ayr,flitter- 
ing armours, motions of plumes, woods of pikes, and fwords, variety of 
" colours, cod and magnificence, as if they went in triumph, now viftors 
to the Capitol, and with fuch pomp, as when Darius army inarched to 
meet Alexander at Ijjus. Void of all fear they run into eminent dan- 
gers, Canons mouth , &c. ut vulneribus Juts ferrum hoftium hebetent 
faith c Barletius, to get a name of valour, honour and applaufe, which 
lads not neither, for it is but a ir.ecr dalbthis fame, and like a rofc, in- 
tra diem nmtm extinguiiur, tis gone in an indant. Of 15000 proletaries 
c Lib. 10. vit. 
gcanderbeg. Democritus to the Reader. 
33 
{lain in a battel, feare'e fifteen are recorded in hiftory, or one alone, the 
General perhaps, and after a while his and their names are likewife 
blotted out,the whole battel it (elf is forgotten.Thofe Gract ah Orators, 
fiumma vi ingenii & eloquenti£, fetoutthc renowned overthrows at 
ThermopyU3 Salamina, Marathro, Micale, Mantinea,Cheron£a, plat£a : 
The Romans record their battel at Cannas fix. vharfalian fields, but they 
do but record, 8c we fcarce hear ofthem. And yet this fuppofed honor, 
popular applaufe, defire of immortality by this means, pride and vain- 
glory fpurs them on many times rafiily and unadvifedly, to make away 
themfelvs and multitudes of others .Alexander was forry,becaufc there 
were no more worlds for him to conquer, he is admired by fome for it 
animofa vox videturregiaywas fpoken like aPrince,but as wifed Se~ 
neca cenfures him,twas vox inqnijfima &flultijjimd,twas fpoken like a 
bedlam fookand that fentcnce which the fame e Seneca appropriates to 
bis father Philip and him 3 I apply to them all 3 Non minores fuerepejres 
mortalium qu*m inundatio yqHeim conflagratio, quibus, &c. they did as' 
much mifehief to mortali men as fire 8c water, thofe merciJeffe elements 
when they rage. fWhichis yet more to be lamented, they perfwade 
them, this hellilh courie of life is holy, they promife heaven to fuch as 
venture their lives hello facro,and that by thefe bloody wars,as*Perfians, 
Greeks,and Romans of old,as modern Tfurhj do now their Commons, to 
♦encourage them to fight,cadant infeliciter,If they dy in the field, they 
go direUly to heaven,&Jhall be canonizedforfaint s,(O diabolical inven- 
tio)put in the Chronicles ,in perpetuam rei memori am Jco their eternal me- 
mory : when as in truth,as glome hold it,it were much better(fince wars 
are thefcourge of God for fin, by which he puniflieth mortal mens pee- 
vifimes 6c folly) fuch brutilh ftories were fuppreffed,becaufe ad morum 
znftitktiorient nihil habent, they conduce not at all to manners,or good 
life JBut they will have it thus neverthelefs,Bc fo they put a noteoihdivi- 
nityupon the mo ft cruel, &pernicious plague of humane kjnde, adore fuch 
d TSLulIi bsatio- 
■ res habiti, 
• qii ’iu qui in 
. profdiif cccidif- 
fent. Brifonius 
dsrep, Perfa- 
mm. 1.3.f01. 3. 
44. Idem La- 
Uantius de Ro- 
manis <& Grae- 
cis. Idem Am- 
mianus lib. 23. 
1 de Panhis. 
' Judicatur is 
, folus beatus a- 
pud eos, qui in 
’ prodio fuderit 
; animam.De Be- 
nef. lib. 2. 
cap. 1. 
■ cKat. <puejl. 
[ htb. 3. 
i Boterus Am- 
' phitridion. Bufl 
i bequius Turc. 
c hi]}. Per c,tdes 
& fanguinem 
■ parare homini- 
bus a feenfum 
in caelum pu- 
■ tant,LaSlan.de 
• falfa relig. 1.1„ 
, caP- 8* 
g Quoniam 
• bella acerb ijjl- 
-1 ma dei flagella 
flint quibus ho- 
minum penina- 
. dam punit, ea 
perpetua obli- 
vione fepelien- 
’ da potius quam 
: memori* man- 
danda pleiique 
, pdicant. Rich. 
Idnoth. pYsef. 
hijl Gal. . 
men with grandtitles,degrees,ftatues,images,i honor3 applaud 8c highly 
reward them for their good fcrvicc, no greater glory then to die in the 
fidd.So Africanus is extolled by Ennius:Mars,andkHercrilef,and I know 
not how many befides of old were deified,went this way to heaven, that 
were indeed bloody butchers, wicked deftroyers, and troublers of the 
World,prodigious monfters,hel-hounds,ferall plagues3devourers3 com- 
mon executioners of human kinde,as Lactantius truely proves,Bc Cypri- 
“ntoDonatfwch. as were defperate in wars,Bc precipitately made away 
themfelvs(likethofe Celtes in Damafcen ,v/kh ridiculous valour,«t dede- 
cor ofnm putarent muro ruenti fe fubducere, a difgraceto runaway for a 
rotten wall, now ready to fall on their heads) fuch as will not tulh on a 
iW°rds point3 or feek to fhun a canons (hot, are bafe cowards,Bc no vali- 
ant men.By which means,Madet orbk mutuo fanguineyhc earth wallows 
ni her own blood3a S£vit amor ferri & fceUrati infiania belli ,8c for that, 
which if it be done in private, a man (hall be rigorouOy executed, hand 
which is no lefs then murder it felfif the fame fa& he done in puhlike in 
7 j j j j j h Cruentam 
tadT*'Peftem> ■& perniciem divinitatis nota in/igniunt. iEt quod dolendum,applau&m habent & occurfum viH 
. 1 S' * merculi eadem porta ad ccdvm patuit, qvi magnam generu .humani partem perdidit, i. Virg, /xlnsid.’j. b Homiddi- 
m comMtvnt JJnguli , crimen eji, autm publice geritur, virtue vocatw. Cyprkiim* 34 
Democritus to the Reader. 
c Seneca. 
wars,it is called manhood,and the party is honored for it.— c projperum & 
falix j edus Virtus vocatur We meafure alias Turks do, 
by the event, and mod part, as Cyprian notes,in all ages,countreys, pla* 
ces ,feviti£ magnitudo impunitatem federis acquirit fthe foulnelle of the 
d juven. 
eDevanit.fd- . 
ent. de princip. 
nobilitatis, 
t Juven. Sat.4. 
g Faufi rapit, 
quod Natta re- 
liquit. Tupej- 
fimus omnium 
latrones,as De- 
metrius the Pi* 
rut fold Alex-' 
cinder in Cura- 
tu. 
b Non avfi mu- 
tirefyc.Mfip. 
\ Improbum <& 
jhltum, fi divi- 
tem multos bo- 
fad vindicates the offender, d One is crowned for that which another is 
tormented : I Ile crucem federis precium tulit, hic diadema. 
made a Knight, a Lord, an Earl, a great Duke, (as e Agrippa notes) for 
which another (houid have hung in gibbets, as a terror to the red. 
f & tamen alter, 
Si feci fet idem, caderet fub judice morum. 
A poor (beep-dealer is hanged for dealing ofvictuaJs,compelled perad- 
venture by ncccnlty of that intolerable cold, hunger,and third,to five 
himfeif from darving : but a g great man in office, may fecurely rob 
whole provinces,undo thoufands,pill and pole,oppreile ad libitum,flea, 
gr nde,tyramuze, enrich himfeif by the fpoils of the Commons, be uncon- 
trolable in his actions,and after all, be rccompenced with turgent titles, 
honored for his good fcrvicc,and no man dare to find fault, or h mutter 
at it. 
nas. viros in 
firvitutem he-] 
b'entem, oh id 
duntexit quod , 
ei continget m- 
reonun nv.mifi ■ 
friatum cumit- ' 
lus, ut appendi- 
ces, <& addita- 
menta nwnif- 
tnattnn. Morus 
Utopia. 
kEonimq* de- 
t fantur Vto- 
pienfis infam- 
am, qui divinos 
honores iu im- 
pendunt,. quos 
firdidos dy a- 
varos agnof- 
cuntnon alio 
rdpeBu hono- 
rantes, quem 
quod dites find, 
idem. Ub. 2. 
I Cyp• 2.ad Do- 
nat. ep.Vt reus 
innocens pereat, 
fit nocens. J«- 
deti damnat fo- 
ras, quod intus 
operatur. 
m Sidonius A- 
How would our Democritus have been afiedcd, to fee a wicked cai- 
tlffe,or i fod* a 'vcrJ idiot, a fruge, a golden aft, a monfter of men, to have 
many good menyvife men, learned men to attend upon him with all fubmif- 
fon, as an appendix to his riches, for that ref peel alone, becaufebe hath 
more wealth and money, k and to honour him with divine titles and bum- 
baft Epithets, to (mother him with fumes k eulogies,whom they know 
to be a dizard, a fool, a covetous wretch5a bead, kc. becaufe he is rich .<? 
To feeJub exuviis Iconis onagrum, a filthy lothfomc carkaffe, a Gorgons 
head puffed up by parafites, a flume this unto himfeif, glorious titles, 
in worth an infant,a Cuman afle, a painted fepulchre,an Egyptian Tem- 
ple? To fee a withered face,a difeafed,deformed,canckredcomplexion, 
a rotten carcafs, a viperous minde, and Epicurean foul fet out with ori- 
ent pearls, jewels, diadems,peif«mcs,curious elaborate works,as proud 
of his clothes, as a childe of his new coats 5 and a goodly perfon, of an 
angel-like divine countenance, a Saint,an humble minde, a meek/pint 
clothed in rags, beg, and now ready to be ftarved ? To fee a filly con- 
temptible Coven in apparel, ragged in his coat, polite in fpeech of a di- 
vine fpirit, wife? another neat in clothes, fpruce,full ofeurtefie emp- 
ty of grace, w it, talk non-fenfe ? 3 
To fee fomany lawyers, advocates, fo many tribunals, fo little ]u- 
’ (lice 5 fo many Magidrates, fo little care of the common good 5 fo many 
Laws,yet never more diforders 5 Tribunal litium fegetem, the Tribunal 
a Labyrinth,fo many thoufand luits in one court fometirncs,fo violently 
followed ? To fee infrftijftmumfep'ejuriprsffrentem, impium religioni 
. imperitijftmum cruditioni,otio[tjfimum labor1, monftrofrm humanitati } 
To fee a lamb executed, a worn pronounce fentence, latro arraigned 
and fur fit on the bench, the Judge feverely punifh others,and do worfe 
himfeif,151 eun dem fur turn freer e & punire, nrapinam pled ere, quum fit 
• jpfe raptov f Law’s altered, mifeonftrued, interpreted pro and eon as the 
©Judge is made by friends,bribed,or otherwife affe&ed as a nofe of wax 
? good to day, none to morrow 5 or firm, in his opinion, caff in his ? Sen- 
i‘°’ , T ; 
iiSalvianus L3 
de provident. 
o Ergo judici- 
vrr\dkil eft ni- 
fi publica mer- 
ces. Petronius 
faciant 
teges ubi fila 
pecv.niaregw.il 
JCrri. D EMOCRITUS to the Reader* 
35 
fence prolonged, changed,ad arbitriumjudick? ftillthe fame cafe,P one 
thrufi out of his inheritance? another falfly put in by favor ? falfe forged 
deeds or toils, Incife leges neghguntur? laws are made and not kept > or il 
put in they be fome filly ones that are punhbed. As put cafe 
it be fornication, the father will dif-inherit or abdicate his child, quite 
caftieer him, (out villain be gone,come no more in my fight)a poor man 
is miferably tormented with loffe of his eftate perhaps,goods, fortunes, 
good name, for ever difgraced, forfaken, and muft do penance to the 
■ p Hic arcentur 
- hereditatibus 
gibed, hic dona- 
tur bonis alie- 
ni, fdljum con- 
fidit, alien te- 
Jlamentujp cor- 
rumpit, Vo'c. 
Idem. 
q Vexat cenfu- 
ra columbas. 
utmoft} a mortali fin, and yet make the worft of \t?Nunquid ahudfecit? 
faith Tranio in the t poet, niji quod faciunt funtmts nati genenbus £ he 
hath done no more then what Gentlemen ufually do» 
r Plant. mofieL 
f Neque novum? neque mirum? neque fecus quam alii folent. 
For in a great perfon, right worrttiptul Sir, a right honorable Grandy, 
tis not a venial fin, no not a peccadillo? tis no offence at all, a common 
and ordinary thing, no man takes notice of it 5 he juftifies it in publike, 
and peradventure brags of it. 
£ldem. 
t Nam quod turpe bonis? Titio? Seioque? dicebat 
Crijpinum u Many poor men, yongcr brothers, 
&0. by reafon of bad policie, and idle education (for they are likely 
brought up in no calling) are compelled to beg or fteal, and then hang- 
ed for which,what can be more ntinm emni 
turpe principi multa fupplicia? quam medico multa funera? tis the gover- 
nours fault. Libentius verberant quam docent? as School-mafters do ra- 
ther corred their pupils, then teach them when they do amide, x They 
had more need provide therefjould be no more t beeves and beggars, as they 
ought wi th good policy ?and take away the occafwns?then let themrun on?as 
they do to their own dejirn&ion.'toot out like wife thofecaufesof wrang- 
iing,a multitude of iawyers.and compofe controverfics fites luiiraies & 
t JuvenSat.^ 
u rof fint 
' fures & mendi- 
", «, rmgifiratu- 
. um culpa fit, 
qui malos imi- 
! tantur precep- 
■■ tores, qui deci- 
pulas libentius 
’verberant 
quam docent, 
Mona Vtop, 
lib. 1. 
x Decernuntur 
‘ furi gravi <& 
horrenda fiup- 
plicia quum 
potius prov[- 
■ dendum multi 
foret ne fures 
Jint, ne cuiquam 
tam dira fu- 
randi am pere- 
undi fit necejjt- 
tas. Idem. 
; y Boterus de 
augment, urb. 
lib. 3. cap. 3* 
z £ fraterno 
corde fiangui- 
nem, elidunt. 
a Milvus rapit 
ac deglubit. 
b Petronius de 
Crotone civit. 
feculare/,by forne more compendious means. Whereas now for every 
toy and trifle they go to law,y Mugit litibifs infanum forum,? in- 
vicem? difc&rdantium rabies, they are ready to pullout one anothers 
for commodity z to fquee&e blood?.faith Hierome out of their 
brothers hearty defame, lie, di/grace, backbite, rail, bear falfe witneffe, 
iwear, forfwear, fight and wrangle, fpend their goods, lives, for- 
tunes,friends,imdo one anothcr,to enrich an Harpy advocatc,that preys 
Upon thembothjfind cryes Eia Socrates? EiaXantippe 5 or fomc corrupt 
Judg,that like in JFfop?while the moufc Sc frog fought,carried 
Doth away.Generally they prey one upon another as fo many ravenous 
U os,brute hearts,devouring fifhes,no medium hic aut captantur 
aW captant? aut cadavera qnec lacerantur? aut corvi lacerant? (tlther de- 
ceive or be dcccivedytear others,or be torn in pieces themfelvesflike ,fo 
n?any buckets in a Well,as one rifeth another falleth, one’s emptie, ano- 
ier s full i, his mine is a ladder to the third b fuch are our ordinary pro- 
eeuings. What's the market?A place according to c Anacharfs? where- 
cozenone another,a trap 5 nay,what’s the world it felf ?d A vaft' 
aos\a confn(ion of manners, as fickle as the air, domicilium inf ano-' 
«MtnAul» troop full of impurities, a mart of walking fpirits,gob-1 
ns, the theatreof hypocrihe, ailiopof knavery, flattery, anurfery of* 
5 ail3c» feene of tabling, the fchool of giddineffe, the academic 
c Quid forum ? 
locus quo alius 
alium circum- 
'venit. 
d t'a/fora cha* 
t$s, larvarum 
emporium, 
theatrum hypo- 
• crifios? Democritus to the Reader, 
\ 
c Nemo ccdvm, 
nemo jus juran - 
dum, nemo Jo- 
vem pluris fa- 
cit, fed omnes 
apertis-oculis 
bona fua com- 
putant Petron. 
£ Plutarch, vit. 
ejus. Indecorum 
animatis ut cal- 
ceis uti aut vi- 
tris, qu£ ubi 
jracla abjici- 
mus, namut de 
meipfo dicam, 
nec bovem f§r 
nem vendide- 
. vam, nedum ho- 
minem natu 
grandem laboris 
focium. 
of vice 5 a warfare, ubi velis nolis pugnandum, aut vincas aut fuc 
in which kill or be killedjWherein every man is for himfelf, his private 
ends, Scftands upon his own guard.No charity,elove,friend{hip,fear of 
God, alliance, affinitie, confanguinitie, Chriftianitie can contain them, 
but if they be any ways offended,or that firing of commodity be touch- 
ed, they fall foul. Old friends become bitter enemies on a fuddain, for 
toyes and final! offences, and they that erft were willing to do all mu- 
tual offices of love and kindnefs,now revile,Bc perfecuteone another to 
death,withmore then Vatinian hatred,Bc wil not be reconciled.So long 
as they are behoveful, they love, or may beftead each other,but when 
there is no more good to be expeded, as they do by an old dog, hang 
him up or cafheer him:whicbf£tftfl counts a great indecorum^to ufe men 
like old fhoes or broken glafles,which are flung to the could 
not finde in his heart to fell an old Ox, much lefl'e to turn away an old 
fervantrbut they in ftead ofrccompenfc,revile him,and when they have 
made him an infirument of their villany, as&Bajazet the fecond Empe- 
rorofthe did by Acomethes Baffajmks him away, or in ftead of 
h reward,hatc him to death, •s&Silrtfs was ferved by Tiberius. In a word, 
every man for his own ends .Our fummum bonum is commodity, and the 
goddefle we adore Dea moneta^Queen money, to whom we daily offer 
facrifice,which fteers our heartSjhands,l affedions,alf: that moft power- 
ful goddefle, by whom we are reared, depreffed, elevated, k efteemed 
the foie commandrefle of ouradions, for which we pray, run, ride,go, 
come, labor, and contend as fifties do for a crum that falleth into "the 
water. Its not worth, vertue, (thatj bonum theatrale) wifdome,valor, 
learning,honefty,religion,or any fufficiency for which we are refpeded, 
but money, i greatneile, officc,honour,authority 5 honefty is accounted 
■ folly 5 knavery, policie 3m men admired out of opinion,not as they are, 
but as they feem to be : fuch fluffing, lying, cogging, ploting, counter- 
ploting,temporizing,fiattenng,cozening,diflembiing. nthat of necejfity 
f one muft highly offend God if he be conformable to the worlds Cretizare 
cum Crete, or elfe live in contempt, One takes up- 
g Jovius. Cum 
innumera illius 
beneficia re- 
pendere non 
pojfet alit er,in- 
terfici jHuit. 
h Beneficia eo- 
ufque lata funt 
dum videntur 
folvi pojfe, ubi 
multum ante- 
venere pro gra- 
tia odium red- 
ditur. Tac. 
iPaucis chari- 
er eji fides 
qkam pecunia. 
Salujl. 
k Prima fere 
vota & cunftis 
&c. 
I Et genus <& 
formam regina 
pecunia donat. 
Quantum quif- 
que fua num- 
morum fervat 
in arca, tan- 
tum habet & 
fidei. 
m Non d peri- 
tia fed ab or- 
natu & vulgi 
vocibus habe- 
mur excellen- 
tes. Cardan. I. 
2. de conf. 
n Per juratafuo 
poftponit numi- 
na lucro,Mer- 
cator. Vt ne- 
cejfarium Jit 
‘ on him temperance, holineffe, another aufteritie, a third an affeded 
kinde of fimplicky, when as indeed he, and he, and he, and the reft are 
a hypocrites, ambodexters, out-fides, fo many turning pidures, a lyon on 
the one fide, a lamb on the other. How would Democritus have been 
affeded to fee thefe things ? 
To fee a man turn himfelfinto all ftiapes like a Camelion,or as 
omnia transformans Jefe in miracula rertfmjLO aft twenty parts 6c perfons 
at once,for his advantage,to temporize 8c vary like Mercury the Planet, 
good with good,bad with bad 5 having a feveral face,garb,Bc charader 
for every one he religions,humors, fawn like 
a Spaniel, mentitis & mimicis obfequiisoragc like a lion,bark like a Cur, 
fight like a drag6,fiing like a ferpent,as meek as a lamb,& yet again grin 
like atygre,weep like a crocodile, infult over fome, 8c yet others domi- 
neer over him,here comand,there crouch,tyrannize in one place,be ba- 
iled in wife man at home,a fool abroad to make others merry. 
vel Deo difpli- . 
€gre,vel ab hominibus contemni, vexari) negligi. a £ui Curios Jmuknt & Bacchanalia vivunt, b Tragelapho fimiles i'sl cen- 
tawisfurfum homines, deorfum equi. Democritus to the Reader. 
To fee fo much difference betwixt words and deeds,fo m my parafan- 
ges betwixt tongue and heart,men like ftage-players ad variety of parts, 
cgive good precepts toothers, fore aloft, whileftthey themfdves gro- 
vel on the ground. 
To fee a manproteff fricndfhip,kiffc his han mallet truncatum 
with an intent to do mifehief, or cozen him whom he la- 
lutes,* magnifie his friend unworthy with hyperbolical his 
enemy albeit a good man, to viiitie and difgrace him, yea all his actions, 
with the utmofl livor and malice can invent. 
To fee a f fervant able to buy out his Maffcer,him that carries the mace 
more worth then the Magiflrate, which Plato lib. 11 •de leg. abfolutely 
forbids, Epifletus abhors. An horfe that tils the 8 land fed with chaff, an 
idle jade have provender in abundance} him that makes fliocs go bare- 
foot himfelf, him that fels meat almofl pined 5 a toiling drudge ifarve, a 
drone flourilh. 
cPr#ceptis fu- 
ti cedum pro- 
minim!:, ipfi in- 
terim puivens 
terreni vilia 
mancipia. 
d /Eneas Silv. 
c Arridere ho- 
mines lltjk'Vi- 
ant, blandiri ut 
fallant. Cyp. ai 
Donatum. 
r Love & hate 
are like the 
two ends of a 
perfpedtive 
glafs, the one 
multiplies, the 
other makes 
lefs. 
1 Minlfiri locu- 
pletiores iis 
quibus min- 
jimur,fervuf 
majores opes 
habens quam 
patronus. 
g Am terram 
colunt equi pa- 
leis pafcunnir, 
qui otiantur 
caballi avena 
faginantur, dif 
: calceatus dif- ' 
currit qui di- 
ces aliis facit. 
h Juven. 
i Bodin. lib. 4. 
de repub.cap.6. 
k Plinius l. 37. 
cap. 3. capillos 
habuit fuccine- 
os, exinde fa- 
Bum ut omnes 
puella: Romanae 
colorem illum 
‘ aJfeSlarent. 
! I Odit damna- 
tos. Juv. 
' m Agrippa ep. 
28. I, 7. Quo- 
rum cerebrum 
• eji in ventre, 
ingenium in pa- 
tinis. 
n Pfal. They 
eat up my 
people as 
bread, 
oAbfiur.it h#- 
■ ros cacuba dig- 
nior fervata 
centum clavi- 
‘ bus, & mero 
1 iifiinguet pavi- 
mentis fuperbo, 
pontificum poti~ 
■ ore mnis, liort 
To fee men buy fmoke for wares, Caftles built with fools heads, men 
like apes follow the fafhions in tires, geftures, actions: if the King laugh, 
all laugh } k Rides <? mayor e chachinno 
ft lachrymas confpexit amici, 
i Alexander ftooped,(o did his Courtiers, Alphonfus turned his head,and 
fodid 
hair, fo did all the Roman Ladies in an inflant, her fafhion was theirs. 
To fee men wholly led by affection, admired and cenfured out of opi- 
nion without judgement $ an inconfidcrate multitude, like fo many dogs 
in a vi!lage,ifone bark all bark without a caufe; as fortunes fan turnoff 
a man be in favor,or commended by fome great one, all the world ap- 
plauds hirmiif in difgrace,in an inffant all hate him,& as at the Sun when 
he is eclipfed,that erfftook no notice, now gaze, and flare upon him. 
To fee a man mwcar hisbrains in his belly, his guts in his head, an 
hundred oaks on his back, to devour. 100 oxen at a meal, nay more, 
to devour houfes and towns, or as thofe Anthrop>opha0on to eat one 
another. 
# To fee a man roll himfelf up like a fnowball, from bafe beggery to 
right worfliipßiH arid right honourable titles, injuflly to ferew himfelf 
into honours and offices 5 another to ftarve his damn his foul to 
gather Wealth, which he fhall not enjoy. Which his prodigall fon melts 
and confmnes in an inftant. x 
To fee the «no?»*!*? of our times, a man bend all his forces,means,time, 
fortunes, to be a favorites, favorites, favorite. Sec. a parahtes, par'afites, 
parafte,that may fcorn the fervile world as having enough already. 
To fee an hirfute beggars brat, that lately fed on feraps, crept and 
Whm d, crying to all, and for an old jerkin ran on arrands, now ruffle in 
and fattin, bravely mounted, jovial and polite, now fcorn his old 
llcnc*s and familiars, neglect his kindred, infult over his betters, domi- 
neer over all. * ° 
fo ice a fcholar crouch creep to an illiterate pefant fora meals 
ferivener better paidfor an Faulkner receive greater 
Wages then a ffudentra lawyer get more in a day then a phiiofopher in a 
year.better reward for an hour, then a fcholar for a twelve moneths ftu- 38 
Democritus to the Reader, 
* 7hai- 
dem pingere, 
infare tibiam, 
cnjjtare crines. 
f Dotius Jhetia- 
re lacunar, 
t Tullius. Eft 
enim proprium 
Jhltitirf alio- 
rum cernere 
vitia, oblivifei 
fuorum. 
Idem Ariftip- 
‘ pus < haridemc 
apud laudanum. 
Omnino fiulvi- 
li<e cujufdam 
effeputo,<&c. 
* Execrari 
publice quod 
occulte agat. 
Salvianu* lib. 
de pro.acres ul- 
eifeenits vitas 
quibus ipjive- 
hementer in- 
dulgent. 
u Adamus eccl. 
hill. cap. 212. 
Siquts damna- 
ttufueritfatus 
ejfe gloria efl; 
mm lachrymas 
(Ce piantium 
cetteraq; com- 
puntiwnum ge- 
nera qu<£ nos 
falubria cenfe- 
mus, ita abomi- 
nantur Dani, 
ut nec pro pec-> 
catis nec pro de- 
funtiis amicti 
ulli fare liceat. 
*Orbi dat le- 
gos foras, via 
famulum regit 
Jtne jlrepitu 
domi. 
x ttuicqnid e- 
go vole hoc 
vult mater 
mea, & quod 
mater vult, fa- 
cit pater. 
y Oves, olim 
mite pecus, 
nunc tam indo- 
mitum fa edax 
ut homines de-' 
vorent,&C. 
Morus Vtop. 
lib. I. 
z Diverfos 
variis tribuit 
natura furores. 
die 5 him that can * paint Thats, play on a fiddle, curl hair. See. fooncr 
get preferment then a philologer or a poet. 
To fee a fond mother like JS.fops ape, hug her child to death, a fwit- 
tal wink at his wives honefty, and too perfpicuous in all other affairs , 
one ttumble at a ftraw, and leap over a block 5 rob Peter, and pay Paul5 
(crape unjuft fums with one hand, purchafe great Manners by corrup- 
tion,fraudand cozenage, and liberally to dittribute to the poor with the 
other, give a remnant to pious ufes, &c. Pcny wife,pound foolitti} Blind 
men judge of colours}wi(e men filent,fools fault with others, 
and do worfe themfeives 5 * denounce that in publike which he doth in 
which Aurelius Vilior gives out of Auguftus, feverely cenfure 
that in a third, of which he is moft guilty himfelf. 
To fee a poor fellow, or an hired fervant venture his life for his new 
Matter that willfcarce give him his wages at years end } A country co- 
lone toil and moil, till and drudg fora prodigal idle drone, that devours 
ail the gain, or lafcivioufly coattails with phantaftical expences 5 A no- 
ble man in a bravado to encounter death, and for a ttnall flafti ofhonor 
to catt away himfelf} A worldling tremble at an Executioner,and yet not 
fear hel-fire, To w illi and hope for immortality, defirc to be happy3 and 
yet by all means avoyd death, a neccttary paflage to bring him to it. 
To fee a fool-hardy fellpw like thofe old qui decollari malunt 
quam verberari, die rather then be punifhed, in a fottilh humor imbrace 
death with alacrity, yet ufcorn to lament his own has and mifcrics or 
; his deareft friends departures. 
To fee wife men degraded, fools preferred, one govern Towns and 
Cities 5 and yet a filly woman over-rules him at home 5 Command a 
Province, and yet his own fervants or children preferibe laws to him 
as Jhemiftocles fon did in Greece 5 x What I will( faid my mother will> 
andwhat my mother will) my father doth. To fee horfes ride in a Coach, 
men draw it} dogs devour their matters $ towers build mafons, chil- 
dren rule, ohfmen go to fchool 5 women wear the breeches $ y (beep 
demolifti towns, devour men, &c. And in a word, the world turned up- 
fide downward. O viveret Democritus. 
z To infill: in every particular were one of Hercules labors, there’s tt> 
many ridiculous inftances, as motes in the Sun .Quantum eft in rebus ina- 
ne ? And who can fpeak of all ? Crimine ab uno difee omnes, take this for 
a tatte. 
But thefe are obvious to fenfe, trivial and well known, eafietobe dif- 
cerned.How would Democritus have been moved, had he fecn *the fe- 
cretsof their hearts > If every man had a window in his breft which 
Momus would have had or that which Tfully fo much 
wifht it were written in every mans forehead, ghndquifque de republic b 
\ fentiret0whsx. he thought} or that it could be effetted in an inftant, which 
Mercuric did by Charon in Lucian, by touching of his eyes, to make him 
difeern feme I & ftmul rumores & fufurros. 
Spes hominum c£cas, morbos, votumque labores, 
Et pajfm toto volitantes act here curas. 
* Democnt.ep. pY*ed. Hos dejerantes fa potantes deprehendet, hos vomentes, illos litigantes, irfidias molientes ,fuffragantes,vemm 
mifcentes, in amicorum accufationem fubfcribentes, hosgloria, illos ambitione, cupiditate, mente captos,&c.' Democritus to the Reader. 
Blinde hopes and wifhes, their thoughts and affairs, 
Whi/pers and rumors, and thofe flying cares, 
i hat he could cubiculorum obduttas foras recludere, & fecreta c ordium 
penetrareffvhichy Cyprian defired, open doors and locks, {boot bolts, as 
Eucians Gallus did with a feather of his tail: or Gyges inviiible ring, or 
tome rare perfpedive glaffe, or Otacoujiicon, which would fo multiply 
Jpecies, that a man might hearand fee ail at once (as 2 Martianus Capellas- 
Jupiter did in a fpear,which he held in his hand,which did prefent*unto 
uni! all that was daily done upon the dice of the earth ) obferve cuckolds 
uorns, forgeries of alcumifb, the philofophcrs done, new projectors. See. 
all thofc works of darknefle, foolilh vows, hopes,fears and withes, 
wnat a deal of laughter would it have afforded ? He fhould have ffen 
vv ind-mils in one mans head,an Hornets neft in another. Or had he been 
prefent with Icaromenippus in Lucian at Jupiters whifpering place, a and 
heard one pray lor rain, another for fair weather, one for his wives,ano- 
t nci for iiisfathers dcath-Scc.to askffhat at Gods handwhich they are aba- 
Jhed any manJhould hear: How would he have been confounded ? Would 
; y Ad Donat 
_ cp. 2. /,i. Off 
pojfes infjpecu- 
' la fublimi con- 
jiitutus, <&c. 
7 Lib.i. de nup, 
' Pkilol. in qua 
; quid ffngidi 
nationum popu- 
li quotidianis 
, motibus agita- 
rent, relucebat. 
zO Jupiter con- 
tingat mihi au- 
rum, hecreditas, 
&C. Multos da 
Jupiter annos, 
Dementia 
quanta eji ho- 
lie, think you, or any man clfe, fay that thefe men were well in their 
wits ? n#c foni ejjs hominis quis fanus juret Orefles ? 
Can all the Helkbor in the Anticyra cure thefe men ? No furc,* an acre oj 
Hell eh or vo ill not do it. 
Fuat which is more to be lamented, they are mad like Seneca s blind 
minum, turpif- 
ffma vota diis 
infufurrant, ji 
' quss admoverit 
uure/n, conticef- 
cm; & quod 
feire homines 
Woman, and will not acknowledge, or b feck for any cure of it, for pauci 
vident morbum juum., omnes amant, If our leg or arm offend us, we co 
vet by all means poffible to redreffe it } and if we labor of a bodily 
oiicafe,we fend for a for the difeafes of the minde we take 
no notice of them :,Luft harrows us on the one fide, envy, anger, am- 
ution on the other. We are tom in pieces by our paiiions, as fo many 
vilde hones, one in difpofition, another in habit one is melancholy, 
anotner mad and which of us all feeks for help, doth acknowledge 
ms error, or knows he is fick? Asthatftupid fellow put out the Can- 
pie, becaufc the biting fleas fhould not finde him he fhrouds himfclf 
in an unknown habit, borrowed titles, becaufe no body fhould di/cern 
lni]ly Every man thinks with himfelf Egomct videor mihi fanus, lam , 
l am wife, and laughs at others. And tis a generali fault amongd 
tucm ail, that f which our forefathers have approved, dyet, apparel,; 
opinions, humors, cudoms, manners, we deride and reject in our time , 
as a, rd. Old men account Juniors all fools, when they are meet di-1 
zards s and as to failcrs ! 
nolunt, Deo 
mirant. Senec. 
ep. 10. Ll. 
• * Plautus Me* 
nsch. nonpdtefl 
h<ec res Helie- 
bori jugere ob- 
tinerisr. 
b Eoq, gravior 
morbus quo ig- 
notior pericli- 
tanti. 
, c Uu<£ I admit 
oculos feffinas 
demere ;ft quid 
Eft - animum., 
differs curandi 
tempus in an- 
num. Hor. 
dSi caput, crus 
dolet, brachium 
<&c. Medicunt 
accerffmus, re- 
tie & honelh. 
.. ’ terr<eqiit urbejque recedunt—1 
nL°Vc*ti]e Stands dill, the world hath much more wit , they 
ote themjelvcs, Turks deride us,we them.5 Italians Frenchmen^accoun- 
fellows *> the French fcoffe again at Italians, and 
th f f cudoms 5 Greckj have condemned all the world but 
covm C ICS barharifm) the world as much vilifies them now swe ac- 
as e" *~*crmaffs heavy3dull fellows, explode many of their fafbions b they 
ntciTiptibly think of us iaiigh at all,and all again at them. 
ffpar etiam in- 
, dujlria inani- 
mi morbis po- 
• neretur. Joh. 
Peletius Jefui- 
td. Üb. 2. de 
hum.ajfec. mor- 
borumque cura. 
e Et quotujquif- 
que tamen eji 
qui coiitra tot t 
pejhs medicum 
:. Prffens aids 
JlultitirtmlLr^-°tays fe aSnofcat? ebullit ira, &c. Et nos tamen agros ejfe negamrsp. Incolumes medicum recufant. 
i>- jtu gvprobrat, Bud, de ajfec. lib. 5. f Senes pro jiuttis habent juvenes, Bakh, Ctiff. 40 
Democritus to the Reader, 
So are we fools and ridiculous,abfurd in our adions, carriagesydyet, ap- 
parel, cuftoms and confultations 5 wehfcoffe and point one at another, 
when in conclufion all are fools, * and they the verieft a ffes that hide 
their earsmoft. A private man if he be refblved with himfclf,or let on an 
opinion, accounts all idiots and affes that are not affeded as he is. 
i —Vr- nil rettum, nif quod placuit ftbi, ducit, 
that are not fo minded, \quodque volunt homines fe bene velle putant') all 
fools that think not as he doth.-he will not fay with Atticus, Suam qurfhj 
h Clodiffs accu- 
fat rrucchos. 
* Omnium ftul- 
tijjimi qui au- 
riculas jhdiofe 
tegunt. Sat. 
Memp. 
i Hor. Epifa 2. 
k Proffer. 
fponj am, mihi meam ft every man enjoy his own fpoufe 5 but his alone is 
faii\fuus amor,dsc.and fcorns all in refped of himfelf,! will imitate none, 
hear none m but himfelf, as vliny faid, a law and example to himfelf. And 
, that which Hippocrates in his Epiftle to Dyonyjius, reprehended of old,is 
verified incur times, guifque in aliofuperfluum efje cenfet, ipfe quod non 
habet nec curat, that which he hath not himfelf or doth not efteem, he 
accounts fuperfluity, an idle quality , a meer foppery in another : like 
uFfopsfrox, when he had loft his taifwould have all his fellow foxes cut 
» off theirs.The Chinezes fay, that we Europeans have one eye, they them- 
felves two, all the world elfe is blind e : (though * s caliger accounts 
them Brutes too, merum pecusft) fo thou and thy fedaries are only wife, 
" others indifferent,the reft be fide themfelyes, meer idiots and afies. Thus 
not acknowledging our own errors, and imperfections, we fecurely de- 
ride others,as if we alone were free,and fpedators of the reft, accounting 
1 Statim fapi- 
unt,ftatimfai- 
unt, neminem 
reverentur, ne- 
minem imitan- 
tur, ipft ftbi 
exemplo. Plin. 
epijl. lib. 8. 
m Nulli alteri 
fapere concedit, 
ne deftpere vi- 
deatur. Agrip. 
* Omnk orbis 
perfachio d per- 
fts ad Lift La- 
mam. 
j 1 I-* / 1A 3 -'-vwwuui 
it an excellent thing,as indeed it is, Aliena optimum frui infant kyo make 
our felves merry with other mens obliquities,when as he himfelf is more 
faulty then the reft: mutato nomine, de te fabula narratur, he may take 
himfelf by the nofe for a fool 5 and which one cals maximum ftultiti£ 
fpecimtnyo be ridiculous to others, and not to perceive or take notice of 
it,as Marfyas was when he contended with Apollo,mn intelligensfe deri- 
diculo haberi 5 faith * Apulei us $ tis his own caufe, he is a convid mad- 
* 2 Florid, I 
n Auguft. . 
Qv.alk in one- ' 
Ik hpmimm qui j 
inverfts pedi- j 
bus ambulat,ta- 
lk in oculkfa- t 
pi'entum <& an- j 
gelorum quift- 
vi placet, aut 1 
ad pajjiones ] 
dominantur. 
o Plautus Me- ' 
nechmi. 
* Governor 
of Afnich by 
Catfars ap- 
pointment. 
p Nunc fanita- 
tk patrocinium 
eft infanienti- 
um turba. Sen. 
a Pro Rofcio 
Amerino, & 
quod inter om- 
nes conftat in- 
fanifjimus, nift 
inter eos, qui 
ipftquoque in- 
faniunt. 
bNece/fe eft 
cum infanienti- 
bus fir ere, nift 
folus relinque- 
ris. Petronius.' 
man,as n Auftin wel infers,/» the eyes of wife men and Angels he feems h\e 
one, that to cur thinking walks with hts heels upward. So thou laughed: at 
me,andl at thee,both at a third} and he returns that of the Poet upon us 
again, o Wei mi hi,infantry me aiunt, quum ip ft ultra infaniant.Wc accufe 
ethers of madnefle, of folly, and are the verieft dizards our felves. For 
itita great fign and propertie of afool(which Eccl. 10.5, points at) out 
of pride and felf-conceit, to infult, vilific, condemn, cenfure, and call o- 
ther men fools ( Non videmus mantica quod a tergo eft) to tax that in o- 
thers, of which wc are moft faulty $ teach that which we follow not our 
felves : For an inconftant man to write of conftancy , a prophane liver 
prefcribe rules of fandity and piety, adizard himfelfmake atreatife of 
wifdom, or with Saluft to rail down right at fpuilers of countrcys, and 
yet in * office to be a modgrievous poler himfelf. This argues weakneffc, 
and is an evident fign offuch parties indifcretion. p Peccat uter noftrum 
cruce dignius ? Who is the fool novo ? Or elfe peradventure in fome places 
we are q all mad for company, and fotis not feen. Satietas erroris & de- 
menti amariter abfufditatem &admirationem tollit. Tis with us,as it was 
of old(in zTnllies cenfure at lead) with C.Fimbria in Rome, a bold, hair- 
brain, mad fellow,and fo edeemed of all, fuch only excepted, that were 
as mad as himfelf: now in fuch a cafe there isb no notice taken of ft. Democritus to the Reader. 
Himiruni injanus faucis videatur} eo quod 
Maxima fars hominum morbo jafflatur eodem. 
When all are mad, where all arc like oppreft. 
Who can difccrn one mad man from the relf ? 
But put cafe they do perceive it, and fome one be manifeftly convict: ot 
madnes, che now takes notice of his folly,be it in aftion, gefture, Speech, 
a vain humor he hath in building, bragging, jangling, fpending,gaming, 
courting, fcribling, prating, for which he is ridiculous to others, on 
which he dotes, he doth acknowledge as much : yet with all the Ef heto- 
rick thou haft, thou canft not fo recall him, but to the contrary notwith- 
standing, he will perfevere in his dotage. Tis amabilis infania, & mentis 
c Quoniam non 
3 eft genus mum 
5 Jlultitias qua 
I me infamre pu- 
tas, 
cl Stultum me 
" fateor, liceat 
r concedere ve- 
, rum, Atque eti- 
am inf anum, 
I Hoy. 
• e Odi nec pof- 
fum cupiens 
nec ejfe quod 
1 ad: Ovid, 
f £rrore grato 
libenter omnes 
inf animus. 
. f Amator fcor- 
tum vit<e pro- 
ponit, iracundus 
vmdiBam; fur 
. prodam, para- 
f/itus gulam, 
’ ambitiofus ho- 
nores, avarus 
j opes, <&c. odi- 
mus h<fc. efy 
• accerjtmus. 
i Cardan. 1.2. 
de confo. 
' g Prov. 26. ir. 
“ n Plutarch. 
Gryllo, fuilli 
homines Jk 
Clem.Alex. vo. 
' i Non perfiia- 
debis, etiamjt 
perfuaferis. ■ 
k Tally. 
. 1 Malo cum il- 
lis infanire, 
quam cum diis 
1 bene f entire. 
m Qui inter 
hos enutriun- 
. tier i non magis 
fapere pojfunt,. 
quam qui in 
culina, bene ole- 
re. Fetron. 
nPerfius 
o Hor. 2. fer. 
pVefanum ex- 
agitant pueri, 
inmpt<tque pu- 
elis. 
q Fkutus* 
graiijfimus error, fo pleafing, fo delicious, that heecannot leave it. He 
knows his error, but will not feek to decline it, tell him what the event 
will be, beggery, forrow, fjeknefle, difgrace, fhame, loffe, madneffe, yet 
san angry man will prefer vengeance, a lafeivieus his whore, a thief his ' 
booty,a glutton his belly before his welfare.Tel an Epicure,a covetous man, 
an ambitious man of his irregular courfe, wein him from it a little, pol 
me oceidiftis amici, he cries anon, you have undone him, and as g a dog to 
hk vomit, he returns to it again: no perfwafion will take place,no coun- 
fell, fay what thou canft. 
-> j j 
Clames licet & mare coda 
■—Confundas,fur do narras., dernonftrate as Vlyjf'es did to h El- 
penor and Gryllus, and the reft of his companions thefe Jwiniftj men,he is' 
irrefragable in his humor, he will be a hog (till 5 bray him in a morter, he 
will be the fame.lf he be in an herefie,or ibme perverfe opinion,fetled as 
fbme of our ignorant Papiftsare, convince his underftanding, fhew him 
the feveral follies, and abfurd fopperies of that fed, force him to fay, 
veris vincor,make it as deer as the fun,i he will etre ftill, peevifh and ob- 
ftinate as he island as he faid kft in hoc erro, libenter erro,nec hunc errorem 
auferrj mihivoloj will do as 1 have done,as my predecelfors have done, 
hand as my friends now do:l will dote for company. Say now, are thefe 
men m mad or no, n Heus age reftondefavt they ridiculous? cedo quemvis 
t\\tjfan£ «*e«t;k,fober,wife,and difereet? have they com- 
mon fenfe ? °uter eft injanior horum £ 
I am of Democritus opinion for my part,l hold them worthy to be laugh- 
ed at a company of brain-fick difards as mad as p Oreftes and Athamas, 
that they may go ride the aft, and all fail along to the Anticyra,in theftjip 
of fools for company together. I need not much labor to prove this 
which I fay otherwife then thus,makeany folemn protcftation,or fwear, 
think you will believe me without an oath} fay at a word, are they, 
tools? I refer it to you, though you be likewife fools and madmen 
ypur felves, and I as mad to ask the queftion } for what faid our comical 
foer curie? 
q jfuftum ah injuftis petere inftpientia eft. 
He ftand to your cenfure yet, what think you ? 
. ut f°r as much as I undertook at firft, that Kingdoms, Provinces, fa- 
were melancholy as well as private men, I willexamin them in Democritus /<? the Reader. 
particular, and that which I have hitherto dilated at random, in more 
general terms, I will particularly infifr in, prove with more fpecial and 
evident arguments, teftimonies, illufixations, and that in brief. 
a Nunc acczpe quare defipiant omnes £que ac tu. 
My firfi: argument is borrowed from Solomon, an arrow drawn out of his 
fententious quiver ,Pr0.%.-j. Be not wife in thine oven eyes.And 26.12. See ji 
thou a man wife in hk own conceit ? more hopek of a fool then $f him,lf ay 
pronounceth awoeagainfi: fuch men.czp. 5.21. that are wife in their own 
eyes, and prudent in their own fight. For hence we may gather that it.is a 
great ofieiice, and men are much deceived that think too well of them- 
felves,an cfpeciall argument to convince them of folly .Many men ( faith 
b Seneca) had been without quefiion wife, had they nht bad an opinion that 
they had attained to perfection of hyiow ledge already, even before they had 
gone halfway ,too forward,too ripe,pr£properi stoo quick and read},*cdto 
prudentes,cito piz,czto maritfeifo patres,citv jacerdotes, ciibomnis officii 
capaces & curioji, th£y had too good a conceipt of themfelves, and that 
marred all 3 of their worth, valour, skill, art, learning, judgement, elo- 
quence, their good parts 3 all their geele are fwans,and that manifeftly 
proves them to be no better then fools. In former times they had but fe- 
ven wife men,now you can fcarfe find fo many fools. Thales fent the c-ql- 
den Hr ipos,which the Filhertnen found,and the oracle commanded to be 
* given to the wifefi, to B/as,Bias to Solon fit c. If Inch a thing were now 
found,we (hould all fight fork,as the three goddefles did for the golden 
apple, we are fo wife : we have women-politicians, children mctaphvfi- 
tians 3 every fillyiellow can fquare a circle,make perpetual motions,find 
the Philofophers ftonc,interpret Apocalypfs, make new Theoricks, a new 
fyfleme of the world, new Logick, new Philofophie, &c. No fir a utique 
regio, faith d Petroni us,our countrey -kfo full of deified jfiPits, divine fouls, 
that you may faoner find aiGodthan a man among ft us,we think fo well of 
our feives, and that is an ample teftimony of much folly. 
My fecond argument is grounded upon the like place of Scripture, 
which though before mention’d in effed,yet for feme rcafons is to be re- 
peated(and by Plato sgood leave, I may do it, e fin to gnbir 
Fools ( faith David) by reafon of their tranfgrejjzons, &c. Pfal. 107. 17. 
Hence Mufculus infers all tranfgreliors mult needs be fools. So we reade 
Rom.2. ‘Tribulation and anguzjh on the foul of every man that doth evil• 
a 1!0r.1.2.fat.2. 
Superbam fid- 
titiam Plinius 
vocat. 7 epifit. 
2i. quodfemel 
dixi, fixum ra- 
tumq’,fit. 
h Multi Capi- 
entes procul du- 
bio fdjfent, ft 
fe nonputaffent 
ad fapiemue 
fummum per- 
venijfe. 
c Idem. / 
* Plutarchus 
Solone. Detur 
fapientiori. 
d Tam pv<efen- 
tibus plena -efi 
numinibus, -nt 
facilius pqjfis 
Deum quam 
hominem inve- 
nire. 
e Pulchrum bis 
difcere non no- 
tet. 
but.all do eviL And I fay 65.14. My fervant s fallftngfor joy,andtyefall 
cry for Jarrow of heartland vexation ofminde.Tk ratified by the common 
content of all philosophers. Dzfhonefiy (faith Cardan nothing elfe but 
folly and madnefje.% Pro bus quk nohijeum viviti Shew me an heneft man. 
Nemo malus qui nonfiultus, tis Fabius aphorifm to the fame end.lf none 
honed, none wife, then all fools. And well may they be fo accounted • 
for who will account him otherwife, gui iter adornat in occidentem 
quum properaret in orient erne that goes backward all his life, weftward! 
. when he is bound to the caft?or hold him a wife man ( faithh Mufculus ) 
that prefers pleafures to eternity f hat fpends his Mafiers goods 
in hk abfencefo rthwith to be condemned for itfNe.quicquam fapzt cm Jibi 
nonfapityNho'will fay that a fick man iswife, that eats & drinks to over- 
f Malefactors, 
g Who catl ' 
finde a faith- 
ful man 1 Pro. 
±0.6. 
h In Pfial. 4p. 
tfixi momenta-' 
nea fempiter- 
nis, qui aelapi-- 
dat heri ahfen- 
tis bona, mox in 
fuf vocandus 
<& damnandus. DEM OCR i TUS to the Reader. 
43 
throw the temperature of his body ? Can you account him wife or dil~ 
erect that W'ould willingly have his health, and yet will do nothingthat 
ftiould procure or contiirue it? 'Theodorei out of Plotinus the platomfi, 
holds it a ridiculous thing for a man to live after his own laws, to do that 
wnich k ofienfwe to God0 and yet to hope that he fijould fave himiandwhen 
he voluntarily negleßs hk own fafety.and contemns the means, to thinkjo 
oe delivered by another : who will fay thele men arc wife ? 
‘i Perquam ridi- 
culum sjl homi- 
nes ex animi 
fementia vivs- 
re,<&yqua JDHs 
ingrata funt 
exeqtd, & ta- 
men d jolh 
Diis vsliefal- 
- vos jieri, quum, 
propria faint is 
L diram abjece- 
rint.Theod.c.6. 
, deprovid. lib. 
de curat, grdc. 
ajfetl. 
. k Sapiens Jtbi 
qui impsnofus, 
&c.Hor.2. 
A third argument may be derived from the precedent, k all men are 
carried av/ay with paiiiomdifeontent, luft, pleafures, &c. they generally 
bate the vertues they ftiould love, and love fuch vices they fhould hate, 
rhereiore more then melancholy, quite mad, bruit beafts, and void of 
reafon.fo Chryfofiome contends 5 or rather dead and buried 1 Philo 
Jude us concludes it for a certainty, ofall fuch that are earned away with 
pajjions0 or labour of any difeafe oft he minds. Where is fear and forrowu 
tnere m j-ail ant 7us Ififiely maintains, wifdom cannot dwell. 
~ ~qui cupiet, metuet quoque porrb0 
6)ui metuens vivify liber mi hi non erit unquam. 
fir- 7- 
I Concluf. lib. 
•uzc. o/gr. 
Emm yl ani- 
mi morbis labo- 
rantes pro mor- 
tuis confendos. 
m Lib. ds fap. 
Ubi timor ad.- 
ejt, fipisntip 
adeffe nequit, 
ft Ouid infa- 
nius Xerxe 
Hellefjbontum 
verberante, 
&c. 
o Bed. 2u 12. 
Where is bit- 
ternefTe, there 
is no under- 
ftanding. 
Prov. 12. 16. 
An angry 
man is a fool, 
p 3. Tvfc. Inju- 
ria in fapien- • 
tem non cadit. 
■ cj Horn. 6. in 2, 
Lpiji. ad Cor. 
Hominem te 
agnofeere ne- 
queo, cum tan - 
quam ajtnus re- 
calcitres, lafci- 
olias ut taurus, 
hinnias ut e- 
quus pofl mu- 
lieres, uturfus 
ventri indulge- 
as, quum rapi- 
as ut lupus, 
Seneca Sc the reft of the Stoicp are of opinion, that where is any the leaft 
perturbation, wifdom may not be found. What more ridiculous, as nLa 
vt antius urgeth,then to hear how Xerxes whipped the Uellejpont^threat* 
ned the Mountain Athospand the like. To fpeak adrempwho is free frorq 
fziiioiidoMortalis nemo eji quem non attingat dolor\morbufve,as P Lully de- 
ter mins out of an old Poem, no mortal men can avoid forrow 5c licknefs, 
and forrow is an unfeparable companion of melancholy, q Chryfoft ante 
pwaas farther yet,that they are more then mad,very bcafts, ftupifted and 
'91 j c hove ( faith be )fimll 1 piow thee to be a man 
iv.ven trjou pcpjt lip; an aff neighefi lip a horfe after womenyavefi in lufi 
>i t\calni it; raveneji lip a hear fit ingejl lip a fcorpion, rapji Up a wolf 
fi jfibrle as a foxo as impudent as a dog f shall I jay thdu art a man,'that 
najt all the fyrnptomes of a beaji f How Jhalll know thee to be a man by thy 
JaapeThat affrights me 1 fee a head in lipneffe of a man. 
Sefi*ecdcals that of magnificam vocem, an heroicall fpeech, 
“jovtfiillbegins to live, and accounts it a liltiiy lightneiie in men. every 
ay tS> Jay new foundations of their life, but who doth other wife ? One 
builds 5 one for this, another for that bufirtefle ? and old 
Tf iS ape 38 *3r OUt as tbe ’ 0 dementent jeneauiem, 7ally exclaims. 
neieiore yong, old, middle age, all are ftupid, and dote. 
t Sylvius amongft many other , fets down three fpecial v/ayes 
pYYe,e by. He is a fool that leeks that he cannot finde He is a 
m)o ' • s. tbat* Fhieh. being found will do him more harm then 
ls a fbbljthat having variety of wayes to bring him to his jor- 
exa’S -S tbatwhich is worft. If lb, me thinks moft men are fools 5 
ITt *],7lc tbe3- you ilia 11 foou perceive what dizards and mad 
“ Cn the major part are. 
forkam homing hH n - &C. at inputs 
vivere, Uila i j;eo Ajnag# term, quum femh ‘humana JJssde videre me putem. tSpijl. «0. 2.13. Stultus femper incipit 
quark quo(dnen '\ mm tey*tasi r}ova fundamenta vita ponere, povoffies, &c. *X><? curial. mifer. Stultus, qui 
Mkvdhit»*' l^tnre, Jtmw qui quam quod nocet inventum, Ijultus qid cum.plures habet cades, deteriorem deligite 
uur°mnesdshri, amentes, &c, ", 44 
Democritus to the Reader. 
Beroaldm will have drunkards, afternoon men,and fuch as more then 
ordinarily delight in drink, to be mad. The firft pot quenchcth third, fo 
P-onyafis the Poet determines in At hen# us,fecundagratiisfloris & Dyoni- 
fo: the fecond makes merry, the third for pleafurc, quarta ad infamiam, 
the fourth makes them mad. If this petition be true,what a catalogue of 
mad men (ball we have > what (hail they be that drink four times four ? 
Nonne fupra omnem furorem,fupra omnem infant am reddunt infanijjzmosf 
I am of his opinion, they are more then mad, much worfe then mad. 
The b Abderites condemned Democritus for a mad man, becaufe he 
was fomtimes fad,and fomtimes again profufely merry. Hac Patria faith 
Hypocrates )oh rifum furere & infanire dicunt, his countrey men hold 
lm becaufe he and therefore he defires him to advife all his 
friends at Rhodes, that they do not laugh too much, or he over-fad. Had 
hEp. Verna- 
gete. ' 
c Amici* no- 
(irif Rhodi di- 
cito, ne nimium 
rideant, aut ni- 
mium trijies 
fint. 
d Ver multum 
rifum poterii 
ccgnofctre 
finitum. 
Qffic. 3. c. p. 
e Sapientes li- 
beri, fiulti fer- 
vi, libertus eft 
poteflas, &c. 
i Hor.i.fer. 7. 
thofe Abderites been conveiTant with us, and but feen what d fleering 
ancj grjnnjng there is in this age, they would certainly have concluded, 
we had been all out of our wits. 
Arifiotle in his Ethicky holds, feelix idemque fapiens, to be wife and 
happy are reciprocal terms, bonus idemqb Jap tens hone ft us. Tis e Tallies 
paradox, wife men are free, but fools are flaves, liberty is a power to live 
according to his own Laws,as we will our lelves : who hath this liberty > 
, . f ® > J ' 
WilO IS tree . 
. ifapiens fibique imperiofus, 
Quem neque pauperies, neque mors, neque vincula terrem, 
Rejponfare cupidinibus, contemnere honores 
Fortis, & in feipfo totus teres atque ratundus. 
He is wife that can command his own will. 
Valiant and conftant to himfelf ftill. 
Whom poverty nor death, nor bands can fright. 
Checks his defires, fcornes honours, juft and right. 
But where lhall fuch a man be found ? If no where, then e diametro, we 
are all flaves,fenfle£Te,or worfe.Nemo malus ftelix. But no man is happy 
in this life, none good, therefore no man wife. 
Rari quippe boni 
For one vertue you lhall finde ten vices in the fame party 5 pauci Prome-f 
thei,multi Epimethei.We may peradventure ufurp the name,or attribute 
it to others for favor, as Carolus Sapiens, Philippus Bonus, Lodovicus Pi- 
us,&c& nd deferibe the properties of a wife man,as Tully doth an Orator, 
Xenophon Cyrus, Caftilio a Courtier, Galen Temperament, An ariftocrafie is 
deferibed by Policians. But where (hall fuch a man be found > 
Juim. 
Vir bonus & fapiens, qualem vix repperit unum 
Millibus e multis hominum confultut Apollo. 
A wife, a good man in a million, 
Apollo consulted could fcarce finde one. 
A man is a miracle of himfelf, but Trifmegiftus adds. Maximum miracu- 
lum homo fapiens, a wile man is a wonder : multi Thirftgeri,pauci Bacchi. 
Alexander when he was prefented with that rich and coftly casket of 
King Darius, and every man advifed him what to put it in,he referved it 
to keep Homers works, as the moft precious Jewell of humane wit, and D EMOCRITUS to the Reader, 
45 
yet aScaliger upbraids Homers Mule, 'Nutricem infame fapientia, a nur- 
fery of madneffe, b impudent as a Court Lady, that blufhes at nothing. 
jacobus My alius, Cilbertus Cognatus, Erafmus, and almoft allpofterity 
admire Lucians luxuriant wit, yet Scahver reieds him in his cenlure,and 
a Hypocvit. 
b Vt muher 
aulica nullius 
pudens. 
cals him the Cerberus of the Mujes. Socrates whom all the world fb 
much magnified, is by La&antius and Theodoret condemned for a fool. 
Plutarch extols Seneca s wit beyond all the Greeks,nulti fecundus,yet cSe~, 
necafaith of himfelf, whe?z I wouldfolace my felf with afoot, I refleft upon 
felf and there I have him. Cardanin his i6book.o£ Subtilizes, reckons 
up twelve fupereminent,acutc Philofophers,for worth,fubtikie,and wif- 
00m : Archimedes, Galen,Vitruvius, Architas Tarentinus, Euclide, Geher, 
c Efid. 33. 
ditando fatuo 
deleßari volo, 
non ejl longe 
qtuerehdw, me 
video. 
thatnfft inventer of Algebra, Alkjndus the Mathematician, both Arabi- 
ans,with others. But his triumviri terrarum far beyond the reft, are Pto- 
lom<eus,Plotinus, Hyppocrates. Scaliger exercitat. 224. feoffs at thiscen- 
hire of his,cals feme of them carpenters, and mechanitians, he makes Ga- 
len fimbriam Hyppocratkfix skirt of the Cardan him- 
felfclfwhere condemns both Galen and Hyppocrates for tedioufnefie, 
obfcmity,conPu(ion.Paracelfus will have them both meer idiots, infants 
in phyfickandphylofophie. Scaliger and Cardan admire SuiJJet niie Cal- 
culat or,quipene medum excejpt humani ingenti , and yetc Lod. Vives cals 
them nugas SuijJeticas : and Cardan oppofite to himfelf in another place, 
contemns thofe ancients in refped of times prefent, f Majorefque noftros 
adprefentes collatesjufte pueros appellari. In conclufion the faid g Cardan 
and Saint Bernard will admit none into this Catalogue of wife men,h but 
only Prophets and Apoftlcs f, how they eftcem themfelvcs, you have 
heard before. We are Worldly-wifc,admire our felves, and feek for ap- 
plaufe : but hear Saint1 Bernard,quanto magis foras es fapiens,tanto magis 
intus jiultjis ejjtceris, efa. in omnibus es prudens, circa teipfum inftpiens : 
the more wife thou art to others, the more fool to thy felf. I may not 
deny but that there is fomc folly approved, a divine furie, a holy mad- 
ndle, even a fpiritual drunkenneffe in the Saints of God themfelves 5 
SanUam infaniam Bernardcah it (though not as blafphcmingk Vorfttus, 
would infer it as a pafiion incident to God himfelf, but J familiar to 
good men,asthat of Paul, 2 Cor. he was a fool ,&c. and Rom.y. he wifheth 
himfelf to be anathematized for them. Such is that drunkenneffe which 
Fucinus fpeaks of, when the foul is elevated and ravilhed with a divine 
tab: of that heavenly Neftar, which poets deciphered by the facrihce 
of Dionyfius,nnd in this fenfe with the Poet, 1 infamrelubet, as Juft in ex- 
horts us, ad ebrietatem fe qutjqueparet, let’s all be mad and m drunk. But 
we commonly miftakc, and go beyond our commifiion, we reel to the 
oppofitepart,n we arc not capable of it,0 and as he faid of the Greeks, 
los Grad femperpueri, vos Britanni, Gallic Getniani, Itali, &e. you are 
a company of fools. 
fh nOW *Part*bus ad totum, or from the whole to parts, and you 
all nnde no other iflue,the parts (hall be fufticiently dilated in this fol- 
OWing Preface. The whole muft needs follow by a Sorites or indudi- 
°n' v.ery multitude is mad, p bellua multorum capitum, precipitate and 
131 Without judgement, ft ft hum animal, a roaring rout. Roger Bacon 
cl Primo con- 
’ tradicentium. 
, c Lih.de cauJJs 
• corrupt, artium, 
f A&ione ad 
fubtil. in Seal. 
■Jol. 1226. 
g fJb.i. deSap. 
h Vide mifer 
' homo, quia to- 
, tume]} vani- 
ty, totum fu!- 
- titia, totum de- 
; mentia, quic- 
quid facis in 
hoc mundo, 
' prater hoefd- 
lum quod pro- 
pter Deum fa- 
cts. Ser.de mi- 
■ fer. horn,. 
i In 2 Platonis 
dial I. de jufto. 
k Dum iram 
odium in Deo 
revera ponit. 
1 Virg.x. Ecd.3; 
. Pf. inehria- 
, buntur ab ü- 
bertate domus. 
1 n In Pfal. 104 .’ 
. Auflin. 
o In Platonis 
Tim. facerdos 
■ /F-gypbw. 
p Hor. vulgus 
infanum. 
q Patet ea dL 
vifo probabilis, 
&c. ex Arid. 
Top. Üb.l, c. B,' 
Biogdßac.Epifi.' 
defieret, art. 
& nat.c.B. non 
ej} judicium in 
• vulga. 46 
Democritus to the Reader, 
proves it out of dividi in oppofitum contra fapientes,quod 
vulgo videtur verum, falfum eft 5 that which the commonalty accounts 
true, is moft part talfc, they arc frill oppofite to wife men, but all the 
world is of this humor (vulgus) and thou thy felf art de vulgo, one of 
the Commonalty $ and he, and he, and fo are all the reft} and therefore, 
as Thocionconcludes, to be approved in nought you fay or do, meet i- 
diots and affes. Begin then where you will, go backward or forward, 
choofe out ofthe whole pack, wink and choofe, you (hall finde them all 
alike, never a harrell better herring. 
Copernicus, Atlas his fucceffor, is of opinion, the earth is a planet, 
moves and fhines to others, as the Moon doth to us, Digges, Gilbert, K.e~ 
plerus, Origanus, and others, defend this hypothecs of his in fober fad- 
nefte, and that the Moon is inhabited : if it be fo that the Earth is a 
Moon, then arc we alfo giddy,vertigenous and lunatick within thisfub- 
lunary Maze. 
I could produce fuch arguments till dark night.-Ifyou ttiould hear the 
rett. Ante diem claufo componet vejper Olympo : 
but according to my promife, I will defeend to particulars. This mclan- 
it felfnct to men only,but even to vegetals and fenfibles. 
I fpcak not of thefe creatures which arc Saturnine, melancholy by na- 
ture's Lead, and fuch like Minerals,or thole Plants, Rue, Cypreffe, &c. 
and Hellebor it felf, of which a Agrtppa treats, Fillies, Birds, and Beads' 
. Hares, Conies, Dormice, See. Owls, Bats, Nightbirds, but that artifi- 
cia], which is perceived in them all. Remove a plant, it will pine away, 
which is efpccially. perceived in Date trees, as you may reade at in 
aDe occult. 
Vhilofoph. 1.1. 
C. 2;J. & Ip. e- 
iufd. 1. Lib. 10. 
'cap. 4- 
Confantmes husbandry, that antipathy betwixt the Vine and the Cab- 
bage, Wine and Oyl. Put a bird in a will.dye for fullennefie,or a 
beaft in a pen, or take his yong ones or companions from him, and fee 
what effeci it will caufe. But who perceives not thefe common paffions 
of fenliblc creatures, fear, forrow, &c. Of all other, dogs are mod: fub- 
jc<tt to this maladic , in fo much fome hold they dream as men do 
and through violence of melancholy, run mad 5 I could relate many 
flories of dogs , that have dyed for grief, and pined away for lofs of 
their Matters, but they are common in every Author. 
Kingdoms, Provinces, and politick bodies are likewife fenlible and 
fubje(S to this difeafc,as cßoterus in his politicks hath proved at large. 
As in humane bodies ( faith he ) there be divers alterations proceeding 
from humors Jo there be many dijeafes in a common-wealthyohich do as di~ 
verjly happen from fever all diftempers, as you may eafily perceive by their 
particular fymptomes.For where you fhall fee the people civil obedient 
to God and Princesjudicious, peaceable and quiet, rich,fortunate d and 
flourilh, to live in peace,in unity and concord, a Country well tilled ma- 
ny fair built and populous Cities, ubi incoL-e nitent, as old e Cato faid3, the 
people are ncat,po]ite and terfc,«£/ benefeateque which our Po- 
liticians make the chief end of a Common-wealth } and which f Arijlo- 
tle Polit .lib.cap,4.cals Commune lib. 6. optabilem & fe~ 
le&um fiatunfThat countrey is free from As it was in Italy m 
the time of Auguftm,now in China, now in many, other fkmrifhing king- 
b See LipJJus 
c De politia il- 
lujhium lib. 1. 
cap.4. ut in hu- 
manti copori- 
tuf Ivarice acci- 
dunt mutatio- 
nes corpora, a- 
nimiqnejlc in 
republica, &c. 
d Vhi reges , 
philosophantur. 
Flato. 
cLih.de re rujl. 
$ Vel publicam 
utilitatem; pa- 
lus publica fu- 
prema lex e jio. 
> Beata civitas 
mn ubi pauci 
beati, fed tota 
civitas beata. 
Flato quarto 
rte republica. D EMOCIUTUS to the Reader. 
47 
doynsoi Europe. But whereas you (hall fee many difeontents, common 
grievances, complaints, poverty, barbarifm, beggery, plagues, wars, re- 
bellions, feditions, mutinies, contentions, idlencli’e, riot, epicurifm, the 
landlyuntilled, wade, full of bogs, fens, defarts,6cc. cities decayed, 
bafe and poore townes, villages depopulated, the people fqualid, ugly, 
that kingdom, that country, muff needs be difeontent, melan- 
choly, hath a lick body, and had need to be reformed. 
Now that cannot well beeffe&ed, till thecaufesof thefe maladies be 
firff removed,which commonly proceed from their own defaulter iome 
accidental inconvenience : as to be fite in a bad clime, too far North, 
fteril, in a barren place, as the defart of Lybia, defarts q£ places 
void of waters, as thofe of Lop and Belgian in Ajiao or in a bad ayr, as at 
Alaxandretta^Bantam, Pifa3Durazzoy S.John de Vllnay&c. or in danger 
ofthe Teas continual inundations,as in many places of the Low-countries 
and elfwhere, or neer fome bad neighbors, as Hungarians to TurkjoPodo~ 
lians to Tartars, or almoft any bordering countries, they live in fear dill, 
and by rcafon of hoftile incurfions are oftentimes left defolate. So are ci- 
tics by rcafon a of wars, fires, plagues, inundations, b wilde bcafts, decay 
of trades, barred havens, the Teas violence, as Antwerp may witnefle of 
late.Syracufe of old, Brnndufium in It 8c Dover with us,and ma- 
ny that at this day fufped the Teas fury and rage,and labor againll: it5 as 
the Venetians to their ineftimable charge. But the moft frequent mala- 
dies arc fuch as proceed from themfelves, asfirft when religion 8c Gods 
lervice is neg!cfted,innovated or altered, where they do not fear God, 
a Mantua , 
mifetit nimium 
vicina Cremo- 
na. 
b Interdum hut 
feris,ut olim 
Mauritania, 
<&c. 
obey their Prince, where Atheifm, Epicurifm, Sacrileslg, Simony, &c. 
And all fuch impieties are freely committed, that conntrey cannot prof- 
per. When Abraham came to Gerar y and Taw a bacl land,he fa id, fore the 
fear of God was not in that place. Echovius aSpanifi Choro* 
grapher, above all other Cities of Spain, commends Borcino, in which 
there was no begger, no ntan all rich and in good he 
gives the they were more religious then their neighbor siwhy 
was ifrael fo often fpoiled by their enemies, led into captivity, &c. but 
for their idolatry, negleft of Gods word, for facriledge, even for one A- 
chans fault ? And what fhall we expert that have fuch multitudes of A- 
cA*#j,churcfa-robbcrs,fimonical Patrons,&c. how can they hope to flou- 
tiih, that ncgled divine duties, that live moft part like Epicures ? 
Other common grievances are generally noxious to a body politick 5 
alteration of laws andcuftoms, breaking priviledges, generali oppreffi- 
ons, (coitions, &c.obferved 
I will only point at fome of the chiefeft.c Impotentia gubernandi, 
a confufion, ill government, which proceeds from unskilful, (loth- 
griping,covetous, unjuif,rafb, or tyrannizing magistrates, when they 
idiots, children, proud, wilful, partial, undifereet, oppreflbrs, 
giduy heads, tyrants, not able or unfit to mannage fuch offices: f many 
1 c^*es and flour filling kingdoms by that means arc defolate, the 
grones under fuch heads, and all the members muft needs 
e ITsfiaffeQ-ed, as at this day thofe goodly Provinces in Aft a 
Under the burthen of a Turl{ijh government 5 and thofe vaft king- 
c Deliciis Hif~ 
parvis Anno 
i(504. Niwnd 
malus, nemo 
pauper,optimus 
quifque atque 
ditijjimus. 
Pie, fanßeqye 
vivebant fum- 
tnaqp cum vens- 
ratione, (fy ti- 
more divino 
cultui, facrifqi 
rebus incurhbe- 
banf, 
d Polit. 
e Boterus polit, 
lib.i. c. i. ’um 
nempe princeps 
rerum gerenda- 
rum imperitus i 
fegnis, ofci- 
tam, fuique 
muneris imme- 
mor, aut fatuus 
£Kon viget 
republic a cu- 
jus caput infir- 
matur. Salisbu- 
mnfis. c. 22* 48 
Democritus the Reader. 
g See 1). Flet- 
chers relation, 
and Alexander 
Gagninus hi- 
ftorie. 
h AbunAam 
omni divitia- 
rum affluentia, 
incolarum mul- 
titudine [plen- 
iore ac poten- 
tia. 
a Not above 
aco miles in 
length, <so in 
breadth, ac- 
cording to A- 
dricomiu*. 
b R omaha A- 
mafeus, 
c Sabellicus. Si 
quis tineola ve- 
tus, non agnof- 
ceret, Ji quu 
peregrinus in- 
gemi[ceret. 
d Polit. I.5.C.6. 
Crudelitas 
principum, im- 
punitas fcele- 
rum, violatio 
legum pecula- 
tus pecuniae 
publica, <&’c. 
e Zpift. > * 
f Reincrem, 
urh. cap. 20. 
fubditi tniferi, 
rebelles, deje- 
rati, <&c. 
g R. Lading - 
ton, con- 
clujio libri. 
h Bqferus l. p. 
c. 4. Polit, kuo 
Jit ut aut rebus 
dejperatu exu- 
lent, aut conju- 
ratione fubdito- 
rum crudelijji- 
tns tandem tru- 
cidentur. 
i Mutuis odiis 
<& eredibus 
exhaujli, &c. 
k Lucra ex ma- 
id, fcelerat iff, 
caujts. 
\ Salui, 
m For mofi 
part we rni- 
ftake thename 
ot' Polititians, 
accounting 
fuch as reade 
domsof Mufcovia,Rujjia,g under a tyrannizing Duke, Who ever heard of 
more civil and rich populous countreys then thofe of Greece, Ajia Minor, 
abounding with alf wealth, multitude of inhabitants force,power,fflendor 
and magnificence? and that miracle of countreys,athe Ploly land,that in fo 
finall acompafs of ground could maintain fo many Towns, Cities, pro- 
duce lo many fighting men} Egypt another Paradife, now barbarous and 
defart, and aimed wade, by the defpotical government of an imperious 
Turk,intolerahili fervi tutis jugo premitur (b one faith ) not only fire and 
water, goods or lands, fed. ipje fpiritus ah injolentijjimi viUoris pendet 
nutu, inch is their (lavery,their lives and louls depend upon his infolent 
will and ccmmand.A tyrant that fpoyls ail wherefoever he comes, info- 
much that an c Hidorian’complains, if an old inhabitant fbould now fee 
them,he would not kvOVP them, if a traveller,orftranger,it would grieve his 
heart to behold them. Whereas d Arijiotle notes,Nov£ exaUtones,nova one- 
ra impo jit a,new burdens and exactions daily come upon them, like thofe 
of which Zojimus lib-7. fo viri uxores,patres filios profiitue- 
rent ut exactoribus e quefiu,&c.they mull needs be difcontent,£/>/c civi- 
tatum gemit w & ploratus, as e Tully holds, hence come thofe complaints 
and tears of Cities, poor, m/ferable, rebellious, and defiperate fubjects,as 
f Hippolitus addsrand 8 as a judicious countrey-man of ours obferved not 
long (incc in a furvay of that great Dutchy of ‘iujeany, the people lived 
much grieved and difeontent, as appeared by their manifold and mani- 
fefl complainings in that kindc. That the State washky a which 
had lately taken phyfuf,whofe humors are not yet wellJ'etled,and weakened 
Jo much by purging, that nothing was left hut melancholy. 
Whereas.the Princes and Potentates are immoderate in Juft, Hypo- 
crites, Epicures, of no religion, but in Ihew : gwid hypo crip fragilus ? 
what fo brittle and unfure ? what looner fubverts their edates then wan- 
dring & raging lulls,on their fubjeds wives,daughters }to fay no worfe. 
They that Ihonld facem proferre, lead the way to all vertuous anions, 
are the ringleaders oftentimes of all mifehief and diflblute 'courfes, and 
by that means their countries are plagued they themfelves often rui~ 
\ tied, ham fed or murdered by con]piracy of their jubjedts, as Sardanapalus 
was, Dionyfius Junior, Heliogabalus,reriander,P/fijiratus, Tarquinius,Ti- 
mocrates, Chi Idencus, Appi us Claudius, Androni cits,Galeaci us Sferfta, A- 
lexander Medices, &c. 
Whereas the Princes or great men are malicious, envious, faftious, 
ambitious, emulators, they tear a Common-wealth afunder, as fo many 
Guelfes and Gebellmes difturb the quietncfs of it,i and with mutual mur- 
ders let it bleed to deaths our hidories are too full of fuch barbarous 
' inhumanities, and the naileries that illue from them. 
Whereas they belike fo many horfe-lceches, hungry, griping,corrupr, 
k cov^tcws,avari tire mancipia,ravenous as wolves,for as Tully writes =, qui 
prceefi pro deft, & qui pecudibus debet eorum utilitati infervire : or 
fuch as prefer their private before the pubiick good. For as *he faid 
long fince.res private publicis femper officere. Or whereas they be illite- 
: rate, ignorant,Empericksin policie, ubi deeji facultasm virtus ( Arifiot. 
ftatefmen, that can difpute of political precepts, fupplant and overthrow their advcr faries, enrich them* 
felves, get honours, diffemble •, but what is this to the bene #, or prcfervation of a Common-wealth ? D fiMOCiUTUS to the Reader. 
49 
pol. 5. cap. f cientia, wife only by inheritance, and in authority by 
birth-right,favour,or for their wealth and titles 5 there muftneedsbea 
fault, n a great defeChbecaule as an o old Philofopher affirms, fuch men 
are not alwayes fit. Of infinite number few alone are Senators, and of thoje ; 
few, fewer good,and of that fmall number of honefi good and noble mm few ■ 
that are learned, wife,difcreet and fuff dent, able to dijeharge fuch pla- 
ces, it muft needs turn to the confufion of a State. 
For as the a Princes are, fo are the people, Gfualis Rex, talk grex : and 
which k Antigonus right well faid of old, qui Macedonia regem erudit, 
omnes etiam fubditos erudit,he that teacheth the King of Macedon,teach- 
eth all his fubiedsds a true faying ftill. 
n Imperium fu- 
apte (fonte 
corruit. 
o Apul. Prim. 
Flor. Ex innu: 
merabilibus, i 
pauci Senato- 
res genere no- 1 
biles, e confu- 
laribus pauci j 
boni, e bonis 
adhuc, pauci 
eruditi. 
a Kon folum 
vitia concipi- i 
unt ipjiprinci- 
pes, fed etiam 
infundunt in 
civitatem, 
plufog, exemplo 
quam peccato 
; nocent. Cic.i. 
j 0 
For Princes are theglaffthe fchool, Ihe book.? 
Wherefubjeffs eyes do learn, do read, do 100 
• Velocius & citius nos 
Corrumpunt vitiorum exempla domeftica, magnh 
Cum fubeant animos authoribus . —their examples are 
fooneft followed,vices entertained,if they be prophane,irreligious, lafci- j 
vious,riotous,Epicures,factious,Govetous,ambitious,illiterate,ro will the ■ 
commons mod part be idle,unthrifts,prone to luft,drunkards,and there- 
fore poor and needy (« Wm s»W ep<a w for poverty begets 
fedition and villany) upon alloccafions ready to routine and rebel, dif- 
eontent ftiil, complaining, murmurring, grudging, apt to all out-rages, 
thefts,treafons,irjUrders,irmovatioris,in debt,fhifters, cozeners, outlaws, 
Proflagat£fam£ ac vita.lt was an old c Politicians Aphorifm, They that 
are poor and bad, envy rich, hate good men,abhor the prefent government, 
veijhfor a new,andwould have all turnedtopfie turvie. When Cateline re- 
beiied in Rome, he got a company of fuch debofhed rogues together, they 
were his familiars and coadjutor:, and fuch have been your rebels moil 
part in all ages,Jacfi Cade Atom Straw, Kette, and his companions. 
de legibus. 
b Epiji.adZen, 
Juvon. Sat. 40 
Paupertas fe- 
ditionsm gignit 
& malejkium, 
Ariji.pol.i.c.-j, 
cSalufl. Sem- 
per in civitate 
quibus opes 
nuliee funt bo- 
nis invident, 
vetera odsrs,- 
nova exoptant, 
• odio fuanim vC- 
_ ru mutari om- 
■ nia petunt. 
d De legibus. 
Where they be generally riotous and contentious, where there be ma- 
ny difeords, many laws, many law-fuits, many Lawyers, and many 
Phyfitians, it is a manifefi: figne of a diftempered, melancholy ftatc, as 
d Plato long fince maintained.-for where fuch kinde of men fwarm, they 
will make more work for themfelves, and that body politick difeafed, 
which was otherwife found, A general mifehief in thefe our times, an 
unfcnfible plague,and never fo many of them : which are now multi ply ed 
profligate in 
rspub, difcipli- 
ne ej} indicium 
juris peritorum 
numerus, ’ & 
medicoru copia, 
, e In pref. find, 
juris. Mdtipli- 
. cantur nunc in 
' terris ut locufle 
. rion patriot pa- 
rentes, fed pc- 
’s J}es,pdltmi ho- 
- mines, majore 
j exparta fuper- 
j dlioJJ,contenh- 
- o/i,(&cdicimm 
(daJth Mat. Geraldus, c a Lawyer himfelfj as fo many Locufis, not the fa- 
refit s,but the plagues of the Country,& for the mo ft part a juperci lions,bad, 
covetous, litigious generation of mendCrnmenimulga natio, &c. A purfe- 
milking nation,a clamorous company,gowned vultures, g qui ex injuria 
vivunt & fanguine theeves and Seminaries of difeord} werfe 
then any polers by the high-way fide, auri accipitres, auri exterehroni- 
tjespecuniarum hamiol£,quadruplatorcs,Curi£ harpagones, fori tintitubu- 
a,monjfra hominnm,mangones,&c.that take upon them to make peace. 
latrocinium 
exercent. 
f Dmfi. epvl. 
loquielsia tur- 
ba, vultures 
togati. 
g Bare. Argent 
i Juris confulti 
domw oraculu 
Civitatis, TuUj'i 
k Lib. j. 
ut are indeed the very difturbers of our peace, a company of irreligi- 
pUS Harpies,fcraping9 griping catch-poles (1 common hungry 
t ettcFoggers, rabulas forenjes, love and honour In the mcane time, 
good laws, and worthy Lawyers, that are fomany Oracles and Democritus to the Reader. 
pilots of a well governed Common-wealth.) Without Art, without 
Judgement, that do more harm, as a Livy faid, quam bella externa, fa- 
a Lib. 3. 
b Lib. i.de rep. 
Gallorum, in- 
credibilem. rei- 
pub. perniciem 
afferunt. 
meS) morbivC)then liekneixe, wars, hunger, diicaicsband cauf e a mofi in- 
credible defiruclion of a Common-wealth,faith b SefeUiusjx famous civilian 
fometimes in ParisOAs Ivie doth by anOkc, imhrace it fo long, untill it 
hath got the heart out of it, fo do they by fuch places they inhabit, no 
counfelat all,no juftice.no fpeechto be ft eum prtcmulferisfc muft: 
c Polycrat. lib. 
d Is flips con- 
tentus, & hi 
ajfes integros 
Jtbi multiplica- 
ri jubent. 
be fed ftill,or elfe he is as mute as a fifb,better open an Oyfter without a 
• knife. Experto cm/e(faithc S alis buri en ftsfn manus eorum millies incidi, 
& Charon immicis qui nulli pepercit unquam, his longe dementior eft,r 
■j(peakout of experience,/have been a thoufand times amongfl them)& Cha- 
ron himf elf is more gentle then they'f he is contented with his ftngle pay, 
but they multiply fit ft hey are never fatisfiediheiidesffhey have damnificos 
linguas,as he terms it, ni ft funibus argenteis vincias, they muft be fed to 
fay nothing, and * get more to hold their peacejthen we can to fay our 
beft .They will fpcak their clients fair, and invite them to their tables, 
but as he follows it,e of allinjujiice, there is none fo pernicious as that of 
: theirsjwhich when they deceive moji,will feem to be honeji men.They take 
! upon them to be peace-makers, & fovere caufas humihum, to help them 
to their right, patrocinantur affhttk) f but all is for their own good, ut 
loculos pleniorum they plead for poor men gratis* but they 
* Plus accipi-' 
unt tacere, 
quam nos loqui, 
c lotius mju- 
Jiititf nulla ca- 
pitalwr,-qudm 
eorum qui cum 
maxime decipi- 
unt, id agunt, 
tit boni viri ef- 
fe videantur. 
{Ram quocun- 
que modo caufa 
procedat, hoc 
femper agitur, 
utloadi imple- 
antur, etjia- 
varitia nequit 
fatiari. 
g Camden in 
arc but as a ffcaie to catch others.lf there be no jar,8 they can make a jar, 
out of the law it felffinduill fome quirk or other, to fet them at odds, 
and continue caufes fo long, Infra aliquot, I know not how many 
years before the caufe is heard, and when tis judged and determined 
by reafon of feme tricks and errors, it is as frefh to begin, after twice 
feven years fometimes,as it w*as at firft} and fo they prolongtime, delay 
fuits till they have enriched themfdves, and beggered their clients.And 
HorfoUiiquiJi 
nihil Jit litium 
d juris apicibus 
lites tamen fe- 
rere callent. 
h Plutarch.vit. 
Cat. caufar 
apud inferos 
quits in fuam 
jidem recepe- 
runt,patrocinio 
fvo tuebuntur. 
i Lib'2'de Bet- 
vet.repub. non 
explicando fid 
moliendi) con- 
ash Cato inveighed agamic Jf cerates Scholars, we may juftly tax our 
wrangling Lawyers,they do confenefccre in l/tibus, are fo litigious and 
bufie here on earth,that I think they will plead their clients caufes here- 
after. feme of them in hell. 1 Simlerns complains amongfl the Sniffers of 
’ the Advocates in his time,that when they (hould make an end, they be- 
gan controvcrfses, and protraff their caufes manyyears* perfwading them 
thar title is good, tilltheir patrimonies be confumed, and that they have 
jpent more in feekjng then the thing is worthier they pall get by the recove* 
goes to law as the proverb is, k holds a wolfe by the ears.» 
or as a fheep in a ftorm runs for (belter to a brier;, if he profecute his 
caufe he is confumed, if he furceafe his fuit he lofcth all, whafdiffe- 
rence?they had wont heretofore,faith Aufiinffo end matters per commu- 
mverjiv ope- 
ram dant, ita 
ut lites in mul- 
tos annos ex- 
trahamur fim- ■ 
ma cummolefli- 
ihttrifq, par- 
tti & dum in- 
nes arbitro fo in Switzerlandfwe are informed by m Simlcrus fthey 
had forne common arbitrators, or dayefmen in every Town, that made a 
friendly composition betwixt man and man, and he muck wonders at their 
boneji Simplicity , that could keep peace fo well-, and end Inch great caufes 
by that means. At npez in they have neither Lawyers nor 
perea patrimonia exhauriantur, k Lupum auribus tenent. 1 nor. m Lw.de Helvet, repuu. Judices quacunque pago corffitttunt qui 
amica aliqua tranfattionejijieripojjit, lites tollant. Ego majorum nojtrorumjtmplicitatem admiror, qv.ijid caufasgyuvffmas com- 
pafuerint, &c. n Olenard 1.i. ep. Si qua controverjia utraq-, pars judicem adit, ufemel&Jtml rem mrjigit, audit: nec quid Jit 
appellatio, lachrymofeq-, mora nofcunt. Democritus to the Reader. 
if there be any controversies amongd them, both parties 
plaintiffand defendant come to their Alfakjns or chief Judge, & at once 
Without any farther pitiful delays, the caufe is heard and ended. 
Our forefathers, as ° a worthy Corqgrapher of ours obferves, had wont1 
o Camden; 1 
pauculis crucuUs aureisa few golclen crofles,and lines in verfe,make 
all conveyances,affurances.And fuch was the candor 8c integrity of fuc- 
ceeding ages,that a Decd(as I have oft feen)to convey a whole Manor 
Was impliciti contained in foirie twenty lines, or like tlw.t 
feede or Sytala Laconica fo much renowned of old in all contracts,which 
P Tully foearnedly commends to Atticus. Plutarch in his Lyfander, Ari- 
ffiotle polit .‘Thud dides lib. i.q Diodorus and Suidas and magni- 
fi e,for that Laconickjorevity in thiskind, and well t hey might, for ac- 
cording tor funt paucis, there is much more certainty in 
p Lib. lo.epijfi 
ad Atticum, 
epifl. ii. 
q hiblioth. /.3; 
c Lib.de Anim. 
fewer words. And fo was it of old throughout .-but now many (kins of 
parchment will fcarce: ferve turn, he that buys and fels a houfe, mud 
have a houfe full of writings, there be fo many circumdahces, lo many 
words, fuch tautological repetitions of all particulars (to avoid cavilla- 
tion they fay)but we find by our woful experience, that to fubtle wits 
it is a caufe of much more contention and variance, and fcarce any con- 
veyance fo accuratly penned by one, which another wil not find a crack 
in,or cavil at,if any one word be mifplaced, any little error, all is difan- 
nulled.That which is law to day is none to morrow, that which is found 
in one mans opinion, is mod faulty to another:, that in conclufion, here is 
nothing amongd us but contention and confudon,wc bandie one againd 
another. And that which long lincef Plutarch complained of them in 
•dfay may be vended in our times.Thefe men here affembled, come not to 
facrifice to their godsOto offer Jupiter their firJi fruit s0 or merriments to 
Bacchus-> hut an yearly difeafe exafferating Apa hath brought them hither, 
to mal\e an end of their controversies and law fuits.’Tis multitudo perden- 
tium & pereuntium,a deftruftive rout,that feek one anothers ruinc.Such 
mod part are our ordinary fuiters, termers, clients, new ftirs every day. 
f Lib. major 
morb.corp. an 
animi. Hi non 
Conveniunt ut 
diis more majo- 
rum facra faci- 
ant,non Ut lout 
primitias offe- 
rant, aut Bac- 
cho commefTa- 
nmtak.es, errors, cavils, and at this prelent, as I have heard in tome one , 
Court,! know not how many thoufandcaufcs.-no perfon free,no title ab ; 
mod good,with fuch bitterneffe in following,fo many flights,procraftb 
nations, delays, forgery,fuch cod (for infinite fums are inconsiderately 
fpent)violence and malice, I know not by whofe fault, lawyers, clients, 
laws, both or all: but as Paul reprehended thec Corinthians long -ince, 1 
rnay more appolitely infer now '.There is a fault amongft & l (peak it 
to your there not a u wife man amongst you , to judge between hk 
brethren? but that a brother goes to law with a brother. And * Chrids 
tion.es, fed an- 
niverfanus 
morbus exaffe- 
vans Afiam hue 
eos coegit, ut 
contentiones 
he peragant. • 
tiC or, 6.5,6.' 
u Stulti quanda 
i detmmfapie. 
xis ? Pf. 4p. 8. 
: x Of which 
counfel concerning Law-fuits, never fofitto be inculcated,asinthis 
aEc * * doree with thine adverfary quickly, <&c. Matth» ty. 25* . ■ 
1 could repeat many fuch particular grievances, which mud di-i 
ftui b a body politick, To (hut up all in brief, where good government | 
JS prudent and wife Princes, there all things thrive and profper, peace 
i happinefle is in that Land : where it -is otherwife, all things are ug- 
y !■? behold, incult, barbarous, uncivil, a Paradife is turned to a wilder- 
neiie. Lius Ifland amongd the red; our next neighbours the French 
text read two 
learned Ser- 
mons, *fo in- 
tituled, and 
preached by . 
our Regius 
Profeflbr, D. 
Prideaux; 
printed at 
London by 
■ FielixKivgfton# 
i6-iu Democritus to the Reader. 
and Germanes may beafufficient witneffe, that in a fhorttimeby that 
prudent policy of the Romans,was brought from but what 
C<efar reports of us,and Tacitus ofthofc old Germans,they were once as 
uncivil as they in Virginia, yet by planting of Colonies and good laws, 
they became from barbarous outlaws, a to be full of rich and populous 
cities, as now they are,and moft iourifting Kingdoms. Even fo might 
Virginia, and thofe wild Irifl.? have been civilized long fince,if that order 
had been heretofore taken,which now begins,of planting Colonies, Bcc. 
a Sctpiuf bona } 
vuteria ceffat 
fine artifice, 
Sabellicus de < 
Germania. Si 
quis mderet ■ 
Germaniam [ 
urbibtss hodie 
excultam non . 
diceret Ut' olm ‘ 
triliem cultu, 1 
aff eram c<e\o, 
terram infor- 
mem. 
b Ry his Ma- 
jefties Attor- 
ney General 
there. 
I have read a b difcourfe,prmtcd Anno 1612.Difcovering the truecaufes, 
why Ireland was never intirely fubdued, or brought under obedience to the 
Crown of Engldnd, untill the beginning of his Majeflies happy reign. Yet 
if his reafons were throughly fcanned by a judicious Politician, I am a- 
fraid he would not altogether be approved, but that it Would turne to 
the diftonour of our Nation,to fuffer it to lye fo long wafte. Yea,and if 
fome travellers ftould fee(to come neerer home)thofe rich, united Pro- 
vinces of Holland, Zdand,&c,over againft neat cities and po- 
bAs Zeipland, , 
Bemiler in i 
Holland,&c. ] 
dFrom Gaant i 
to Since, from ( 
Bruges to the , 
Sea, &c. 
cOrtelius, Bo- 
tev us, Merca- 
tor, Metera- 
nusf&c. 
Slam inde non 
,belh gloria, 
quam humani- 
tatis cultu in- 
terflorentifli- 
nuw orbis Chri- 
fiiani gentes 
imprimis floru- 
it Camden 
Brit. de Nor-' 
mannis, 
q Geog.Kecker 
Ii Tam hieme 
qudm aflate 
intrepidiful- 
cant Oceanum, 
& duo tllorum 
iuces non mi- 
nore audacia 
quam fortuna 
totius orbem 
terra circum* 
pulous towns,ful of moft induftrious artificers, c fQ much land recovered 
from the Sea, and fo painfully preferved bythofe artificial inventions, 
fo wonderfully approved, as that of Bemjier in Holland,ut nihil huic par 
ant ftmile invenias in toto orbe, faith Bertius the Geographer, all the 
world cannot match itfl fo many Bavigablc channels from place to place 
made by mens hands,Bcc. and on the other fide fo many thoufand acres* 
of our fens lie drowned, our cities thin,and thofe vile,poor, and ualy t(> 
behold in refpeft of theirs, our trades decayed, our ftill running rivers 
flopped, and that beneficialufe of tranfportation, wholly negle&cd fo 
many Havens void of fhips and towns, fo many Parks and Forrcfb for 
plea fare, barren Heaths,fo many Villages depopulated,6cc. I think fure 
he would finde fome fault. 
I may not deny but that this Nation of ours, doth bene audire apud ex- 
ter os, is a mo ft noble, a moft flourishing kingdom, by common confent 
of allc Geographers, Hiftorians, Politicians, tis unica velut arx, and 
which Quinti us mLivy faid of the inhabitants of Peloponefus,ma.y be wel 
applied to us,we are tejludines tejid jua inclufi, like fo many Tortoifes 
in our lhels,fafely defended by an angry Sea, as a wal on all fidcs , Our 
Iflands hath many fuch honorableElogiums, and as a learned country- 
| it an of ours right ftnee the Normans firjl coming intoEng- 
land,thk country both for military matters, and all other of civility, hath 
been paralleld with the mofl flour ifhing kingdoms of Europe our Chri Ili- 
an world,* blefifcd,a rich country, and one of the fortunate Ides: and tor 
fome things § preferred before other countries, for expert feamcn our la- 
mrigarvnt. 
Ampithsatro 
Boterus. 
iA fertile foil, 
good air, «See. 
Tin, Lead, 
Wool, Saf- 
fron, &c. 
kTota Britan- 
nia unica velut 
ans. Boter, 
borious dilcovenes,art of navigation,true Merchants, they carry the bel 
away from all other Nations, even the Portugal* and Hollanders them- 
, without all fear, faith Boterus, furrowing the Ocean Winter and 
' Summer,and two of their Captains,with no left valor then fortune,have fai- 
led round abon t the world, * We have befides many particular bleliings 
which our neighbours want, the Gofpel truly preached. Church dlfci- 
slin'e eftaLlifted Jong peace and quietnefle free from exaftions,forraign 
fears, invafions, domeftical feditions, well manured, k fortified by Art, Democritus to the Reader. 
andNature,andnow mob happy in that fortunate union of England and 
Scot land fwhich our forefathers have laboured to effeci, and defiredto 
fecrßut in which we excel all others, a wife, learned. Religious King5 
another Numa, a fecond Augufius, a true worthy 
learned Clergy,an obedient Commonalty, box Yet amongb many rofes3 
fome thibles grow, fbme bad weeds and enormities,which much diburb 
the peace of this body politick, eclipfe the honour and glory of it,fit to 
be rooted out, and with all fpeed to be reformed. 
Thefirb isidlenebc, by reafon of which we have many fwarms of 
rogues and beggers,thceves,drunkards,and dilcontentedperfons(whom 
Lycurgus inFlutarch cals morhosreipuh. the boils of the commonwealth) 
many poor people in all our ignobiles, as a Polydore cals 
them, bafe built cities, inglorious, poor, fnall, rare in fight, ruinous. 
zLib.i.hijK 
and thin of inhabitants.Our land is fertile we may not deny, full of all 
good things,and why then doth it not abound with citics,as well as Ita- 
ly , France, Germany, the Low-countreys? becaufe their policy hath been 
otherwife,andweare not fo thrifty, circumfpect, ldlenefs 
is the malm Genim of our nation. For asb Boterus jubly argues, fertility 
of a country is not enough, except Art and Indubrybe joyned unto it, 
according to Arijlotle, riches are cither natural or artificial} natural are 
b Increment, 
urb.li. capi pi 
good land, fair mines,Bcc.artifitial, are manufaffures, coines, Bcc. Many 
kingdoms are fertile,but thin of inhabitants,as that Dutchy of piedmont 
in Italy, which Leander Alhertus fo much magnifies for Come, Wine, 
Fruits, Sec. yet nothing neer fo populous as thofe which are more bar- 
ren. c England, faith only exceptedfhath never a populous Ci*y, 
and yet afruitful Country ,1 finde 46 cities and walled towns {nAlfatta, 
a frnall Province in Germany 050 cables, an infinite number of Villages, 
no ground idle,no not rocky places,or tops of hils arc unfilled, as d Mun- 
fler inlornaeth us.ln e Greiehgea a final territory on the ltalian 
cAnglirfrfXce* 
p 0 Londino, 
nulla ejl civi- 
tas memorabi- 
lis, licet ea na- 
tio rerum om- 
' nium copia a- 
miles over, I read of 20 walled towns, innumerable Villages, each one 
containing 150 houfes mod: part, bclides cables and Noblemens Palaces. 
I obferve in Ptiringe in Dutchland (twelve miles over by their bale) 
12 counties, and in them 144 cities, 200 villages, 144 towns, 250 
caftles.lng Bavaria 34 cities,46 towns, &c. h PortHgallia a 
frnall plot of ground hath 1460 parilhes, 120 monalferies, 200 bridges. 
buriiet. 
ACofmog.lib.g. 
cop. up. Villa- 
run non eft nu- 
meras, nulla* 
locus otiofas 
ant incultas. 
e Chytre at o- 
Malta, a barren Iflapd, yields 20000 inhabitants.But of ail the reft, I ad- 
mire Lues Guicciar dines relations of the Low-countries .Holland hath 26 
cities, 400 great villages. Zeland to cities, 102 parilhes. Brabant 26 
cities, 102 parilhes. Flanders 28 cities, 90 towns, 1154 villages, befides 
AbbieSj cables, Bcc. The Low-countries generally have three cities at 
Icaft for one of ours,and thole fir more populous and rich: and what is 
the caufc, but their indulfry and excellency in all manner oftrades?Their 
rat. edit. Fran- 
cof. 1583. 
1 Maginas 
Geog. . 
g Ortehuf £ 
%feo& Pet. 
■de Medina. , 
h An hundred 
families in 
‘ each. 
commerce, which is maintained by a multitude of Trade finem, fo many 
excellent channels made by art, and opportune havens, to which they 
build their Cities: all which-we have in like meafure, or at lead: may 
nave. But their chiefeft Lodebone which draws ail manner of commerce 
ano merchandize, which maintains their prefent ebate,is not fertility of 
soyl 5 but indubry that enricheth them, the gold mines of Fern, or Novd Democritus to the Reader, 
Hi fi ani a may not compare with them.They have neither gold nor (liver 
of their own, wine nor oyl, or fcarce any corn growing in thofe united 
Provinces,little or no Wood, Tin, Lead, Iron,SirksWool,any fluff almoft, 
or Mettle} and yet Hungary, Tr anftlvani a, that brag of their mines, fer- 
tile England cannot compare with them.l dare boldly fay, that neither 
France, Tarentum, Apulia, Lombardy, or any part of Italy, Valence in 
Spain, or that plealant Andalufa, with their excellent fruits, Wine and 
Oyftwo Harvefts, no not any part of Europe is fo flourifhing, fo rich, fo 
populous, fo full of good (hips,of well built cities, fo, abounding with all 
things necefiary for the life of man. 3Tis our Indies, an Epitome of Chi- 
na,and all bv reafon of their induftry,good policy, and commerce. Indu- 
a Populi multi- 
tudo diligenti 
cultura jacun- 
datfolum. Bo~ 
ter. I. 8. c. 3. 
b Orat.Ter- 
ra ubi ovesfa- 
bulantur opti- 
ma agricolis cb 
fiercus. 
c De re rufi. I. 
2. cap. i. 
ftry is a Load-ftoneto draw all good things, that alone makes countries 
ilourifb, citiespopulous,3 and will enforce hy reafon of much manure, 
which necefiarily follows,a barren foyl to be fertile and good, as Sheep, 
faith b Dion, mend a bad pafhire. 
Tell me Politicians,why is that fruitful Palejiina,noble Greece,Mgypt, 
Aft a Minor, fo much decayed, and ('meer carcaffes now) fain from that 
they were? The ground is the fame, but the government is altered, 
the people are grown {loathful,idle,their good hufbandry, policy, and 
induftry is decayed .Non fatigata aut effect a humus, as c Columella well 
informs Sylvinusfed nofira fit inerti a, amanbelievethat which 
Arifcoth in his politicks,P auf.'ani asyStephdnus, Sophi anus, Gerhelius relate 
of old Greece ? I find heretofore 70 Cities in Epirus overthrown by Pau- 
lus JEmilius, a goodly Province in times paft,d now left defolate of good 
towns and ahnoft inhabitants. 62 Cities in Macedonia in Strabo’s time. I 
find 30 in Laconia, but nowfcarce fo many Villages, faith Cerhelius. If 
any man from Mount Taigetus fhould view the countrey roundabout, 
and fee tot delici us, tot urbes per Pdoponcfum difperfas, fo many delicate 
and brave built cities with fuch coft and exquiftte cunning, fo neatly fet 
cl Hodie nrbi- , 
Hu defolatur, • 
& magna ex 
parte incolis 
dejiituitur. 
Gerbelm defc. 
Grafcue lib A. 
C Videbit eas, 
fere omnes aut 
ever/iis, aut fo- 
to aut 
in ruder a fee- 
dijjime dejeftas 
Go belt us. 
out in Peloponefus, che fhould perceive them now ruinous and over- 
thrown., burnt, wafte, defolate, and laid level with the ground,incridi- 
bile dilUt,&c. And as he laments, Quis talia fando "temperet a lachrymis? 
ffuk tarn durus aut fer reus,(fo he profecutes it) Who is he that can fuf- 
ficiently condole and commiferate thefe ruins? Where are thofe 4000 ci- 
ties of AEgypt,thofe 100 cities in Crete? Are they now come totwo?What 
faith Pliny and JElian of old Italy? There were in former ages 1166 
cities: Blendus and Mac hiav el, both grant them now nothing neer fb 
populous,andfull of good towns as in the time of Augnjlusffor now Le- 
ander Albertus can find but 500 at moft)and ifwc may give credit to 
{pipy, not th\en fo ftrong and puiflant as of old: "They nmjhred 70 Legi- 
ons in former times, which now the kgiewn world will fear ce yeeld,Alexan* 
der built 70 cities in a (hurt (pace for his part, our Sultans and Turfs dc- 
moliili twice as many,and leave all d efolatc. Many will not beleevc but 
that our Ifland of Great Britain is now more populous then ever it was} 
yet let them read Bede, Xe/W,and others, they fhall fnde it iroft fiou- 
riihed in the Saxon Heptarchy, andin the Conquerors time was far better 
inhabited;, then at this prefent. Sec that Dome]day -Book, and (hew 
me thofc thoufands ofPari(hes3 which arc now decayed, cities ruined* 
f Lib. 7. 
Septuaginta 
own legiones 
feriptar dicun- 
tur; quas vires 
hodie, <&” c. Democritus to the Reader. 
55 
Villages depopulated, &c. The lefler the Territory is, commonly the 
richer it h.Tarvus*fed bene cultus ager. As thole Athenian, Lacedemo- 
nian, Arcadian, JElian, Sycionian, Mejjenian, &c. Common-wealths of 
Greece makeample proof, as thofe Imperial Cities, and free States of 
Germany may witnede, thofe Cantons of Switzers, Kheti, Grifens,lVal- 
loons, Territories of Tufcanie, Luke and Senes of old. Piedmont, Mantua, 
Venice in Italy, Raguje, &c. 
That Prince therefore as 8 Boterus advifeth, that will have a rich 
Countrey, and fair Cities, let him get good Trades, PriviJedgcs, painful 
inhabitants, Artificcrs,and differ no rude Matter unwroughp,asTin,lron, 
Wool, Lead, eke. to be tranfported out of his Country. h A thing in 
gF01it.1.%.c.%. 
hFor dying of 
cloachs and 
drefling, &c. 
i VderA a. r.r. 
part ferioufly attempted amongd us, but not eifeded. And becaufe in- 
dudry of men, and multitude of Trade fo much avails to the ornament 
and enriching of a Thofe ancient * Majfilians would admit 
no man into their city that had not fome Trade. Selym the fird TurbJJJj 
Emperor procured a thoufand good Artificers to be brought from Tauris 
to Confiantinople.The Folanders indented with Henry Duke of Anion, 
their ncwchofen King, to bring with him an hundred Families of Artifi- 
cers into Foland.James the fird in Scotland(as k Buchanan writesjfent for 
the bed Artificers he could get in Europe, and gave them great rewards 
to teach his Subjects their feveral Trades. Edward the third, our mod 
renowned King to his eternal memory, brought clothing fird into this 
Hland, cranfporting fome families of Artificers from Gaunt hither. How 
tnanygoodly cities could! reckon up, that thrive wholly by Trade, 
where thou hands of Inhabitants live fingular wcl by their fingers ends : 
As Florence in Italy by making cloth of Gold great Mill an by Silke, and 
a[l curious Works} Arras inArtok by thofe fair Hangings, many cities 
k Fijt.Scot.lib. 
10. Magni) 
propojtti) pv£- 
mi», ut Scoti 
ab Of edocei'eft* 
tur. 
m Spain, many in France, Germany, have none other maintenance, eipe- 
daily thofe within the Land.1 Mecham Arabia Fetnsa, ftands in a mod 
unfruitful country, that wants water, amongd the docks fas Verto man- 
nus deferibes it) and yet it is a mod elegant and pleafant city, by reafon 
/of thetraffik of the Eaft and Weft, Ormiis in Persis a mod famous 
Mart-Town,hath nought elfe but the opportunity of the haven to make 
it flourilh,c<?r////A a noble c\ty(jLumen Grect£, Tully calls it) the Eye of 
Greece, by reafon of Cenchreas and Lecheus, thofe excellent Ports, drew 
all that traffick of the lonian and Mgean Teas to it:, and yet the country 
about it was curva & fuperciliofa, as m Strabo terms it, ragged and 
harili.We may fay the fame of Athens, Affiiumgthehes, Sparta, and mod 
of thofe towns in Greece. Noremberg in Germany is feated in a mod Bar- 
ten loil,yet a noble Imperial city,by the foie indudry of Artificers, and 
eunning Trades,they draw the riches of mod countries to them, foex- 
\ rnmjl. CofrrJ 
c. 74. Agro 
omnium rervtm 
infacundi Jmo 
aqua indigente 
interfaueta, 
•urbs tamen sic* 
gantijjima, ob 
Orienti) nego- 
■ tiationes & 
Occidenti'f. 
mLib.S.Gedgr, 
■nbapyum- , 
_ Jttum. 
pert in Manufadurcs, that as Salufl long fince gave out of the 1 ike,Seckm 
*nipioe in extremis digitis habent, their foul,or intellect us agens, was pla- 
Jca hi their fingers fo we may fay of Baftl, Spire,Cambray, Franc- 
j vrt0 &C' It js ahnoft incredible to fpeak what fome write of Mexico, 
the Cities ad joyning to it, no place in the world at their fird difeo- 
¥dr)7 ir,°re populous, n Mat. Ricci ns the Jefuite and feme others, relate 
ot the induftry of the 'Chinaesmafk. populous countrys, not a begger, 
°r an idle perfon to be fees, and how by that means they profper and 
TiUb.Ed’t. a 
Kic. Tregant.P 
Belg.A. Aido 
expedit, in 
Sinaf'o 56 
Democritus to the Reader. 
flouriib. We have the fame means, able bodies, pliant wits, matter of 
all forts. Wool, Flax, Iron, Tin, Lead, Wood, See. many excellent 
fubjects to work upon, only indubry is wanting. We fend our beb com- 
modities beyond the Teas, which they make good ufe of to their necef- 
fitics,fetthemfelvcs a work about, and ieverally improve, fending the 
o'Vbi nobiles < 
probri loco ha- 
bent artem ali- 
quam profiteri. 
Cleonard.ep.l.t 
p Lib. , 
Hijh non tam 
laboriofi ut 1 
Belg<f,fid ut 
Hijpani otia- 
tores vitam ut 
plurimum otie- 
fan agentes; 
artes mama- 
vi*e qu<e pluri- 
mum habent in 
fi laboris & 
difficultatis, 
majoremq; re- 
quirunt indu- 
fame to us back at dear rates, orelfe make toys and babies of the Tails 
oft hem, which they fel to us again, at as great a reckoning as they 
boughtthc whole.ln mob of our cities, fome few excepted,like 0 Spanijh 
loytcrers,we live wholly by Tipling-Inns and Malting are 
their beb ploughs, their greateft traffick to fell Ale. ¥ Meter an and fome 
other objed touus that we are no whit fo indubrious as the Hollanders: 
Manual trades (faith hej which are more curious or trouble fome,are wholly 
exercifed by fir anger s:t key dwell in a Sea full of Fijhy but they are fo idle, 
they will not catch fo much as full ferve their own turns, but buy it of 
their neighbors, c.Mare liberum, they fifli under ournofes, and 
fell it to us when they have done, at their own prices. 
jiriam, a pere- 
grinis & exte- 
j vis exercentur ; 
habitant in pi- 
fiojijjlmo mari, 
interea tantum 
non pifeantur 
quantum infill 
fujficent fid 
a vicints emtre 
coguntur. 
q Gratii Liber* 
t Vrbs animis 
numeroque po- 
tens, & robore 
gent is.S caliger 
{Camden. 
—— Ludet hate opprobria nobis 
Et dici potuifje> & non potuijfe refelli. 
lam aflbamed to hear this objected by Grangers, and know not how 
to anfwer it. 
Amongb our Towns, there is only * London that bears the face of a 
City,f Epitome Britamiidcyx famous Emporium, fecond to none beyond 
Seas, a noble Mart.-Eut fola crefcip, de crefcentibus aliir, and yet in my 
(lender judgemcntjdcfedive in many things. The reft (tfomc few ex- 
cepted) arc in mean ebate, ruinous mob part, poor and full of beggers, 
by reafon of their decayed trades, neglcded or bad policy, idleneilc of 
their Inhabitants, riot, which had rather beg or loyter, and be ready to 
barve.then work. 
t Brijiol, 
■KorwitchJVor- 
cejhv, &c. 
uM. Gainf- 
fords Argu- 
ment. Hccaufe 
Gentlemen 
dwell with us 
in the Coun- 
I cannot deny but that fomething may be faid in defence of our Ci- 
ties, u that they are not fo fair built, (for the foie magnificence of this 
Kingdom (concerning buildings) hath been of old 'intholc Norman 
Cables and Religious Houfes) fo rich, thick lited, populous, as in fome 
other countriesjbefides the reafons Cardan gives. Subtil.lih.ii.we want 
Wine and Oyl,theirtwo Harvebs, we dwell in a colder Air, and for 
that caufe muff a little more liberally x feed of Flefb, as all Northern 
try villages, 
our Cities are 
lcffe,ii no- 
thing to the 
purpofe: put 
three hun- 
dred or four 
hundred vil- 
lages in a 
Shire, and 
every village 
ycelda Gen- 
tleman, what 
is four hun- 
dred families 
Countrit s do : Our provision will not therefore extend to the mainte- 
nance of fo many : yet notwithftand ing we have matter of all forts, an 
open Sea for trartkrk, as well as the reft, goodly Havens. And how can 
we excufe our negligence,our riot, drunkennefie, Sec. and fuch enormi- 
ties that follow it?We have excellent laws enafted, you will fay, fevere 
ftatutes, houfes of correction, Sec. -to fmall purpofe it feems, it is not 
houfes will ferve, but cities of correction, y our trades generally ought 
to be reformed, wants fupplied. In other countries they have the fame 
: grievances, I confebe, but that doth not excufe us, 2 wants, defers* 
enormities, idle drones, tumults,difeords, contention, Law-fuits, many 
to encreafe one of our Cities, or to contend with theirs, which ftand thicker? And whereas ours ufually csnfiftsof 
fcvcii thoufand, theirs confifts offorty thoufand inhabitants, x Maxima pars viftu* in earns confifiit. Polyd. Lib. u 
Hijh y Kefranate monopolii licentiam, pauciores alamur otio, redintegretur agricolatio, lanificium injtaumur, ut Jit hone- 
flum negotium quo fi exerceat otiofa illa turba. Hif h» malis mfdentur,frufira exercent jujhiiam. Mor, Clop, Lib. i, z Mancipiis 
‘locuples eget aris Gappadocm rex. Hor, Democritus to the Reader. 
57 
Laws made againff them to reprefie thofe innumerable brawls and 
Law-fuits, exceffe in Apparel, Diet, decay of Tillage, Depopulations, 
x efpecially againff Rogues, Beggars, ./Egyptian vagabonds (fo term- 
ed at leaff) which have a fwarmed ail over Germany, France, Italy, Po- 
land, as you may read in Munfier, Cranzius, and Aventinus, as thofe 
Tartars and. Arabians at this day do in the Eaffern countries : Yet fuch 
Hath been the iniquity ofali ages,as it feems to fmall purpofe. Nemo in 
nofir a civitate mendicus efio, faith Plato,he will have them purged from 
a c Common wealth,d as a bad humor from the bodys that are like fo ma- 
ny Ulcers and Boils,and muft be cured before the Melancholy body can 
beeafed. .. • 
* Regis digni- 
tati* non eji ex- 
ercere imperil 
um in mendicos 
fed in opulen- 
, tos. Non efl 
regni fetus, fed 
careers) ejpt 
\ cujhs. Idem. 
a Colluvies ho- 
-1 minum mirabi- 
les excoSti folo, 
y immundi vejhs 
fa ii vifu, furti 
imprimis acres, 
What Carolus Magnus, the Chinefe, the Spaniards, the Duke of Saxony, 
and many other (fates have decreed in this cafe, read Armfens cap. 19. 
Boterus hbro.S. cap. i.oforius de Rebus gefi.Eman.lib.il .When a coun- 
tfey is over-ffored with people, apafture is off overlaid with cattle, 
they had wont in former times to disburden themfelves, by fending 
out Colonies, or by wars, as thofc old Romans, or by employing them 
at home about fome publick buildings,as Bridges, Rode-ways, for which 
thofe Roman r were famous in this Ifland: As Augufius C<efar did in Rome, 
the Spaniards in their Indian Mines, as at Potoja in Peru, where fome 
30000 men areftill at work, 6000 Furnaces boy ling, Bcc. e Aque- 
duds,Bridges,Havens,thofc ftupend works of Trajan, Claudius at toflium, 
Diodepani Therma,Fucinus Lacus,that Pireum in Athens,made by Tbemi- 
fiocles,Ampitheatrums of curious Marble, as at Verona, Civitas Philippi, 
and Heraclea in Thrace, thofe Appian and Flaminian wayes, prodigious 
works all may witneffe : And rather then they fhould be g idle, as thofe 
Egyptian Pharaohs, Moeris and Sefofiris did, to talk their fgbjecfs to' 
build unnecefifary Pyramides, Obelifks, Labyrinths, Chanels, Lakes, Gi- 
gantian works all, ta divert them from Rebellion, Riot, Drunkenneffe, 
» £Tuofcilicet alantur,<& ne vagando laborare defnefcant. 
&c. 
b Cofmog. I. 3. 
cap. 5. 
c Seneca. Hand 
minus turpia 
_ principi multa 
' fupplicia, quam 
I medico multa 
(fimera. 
d Ac pituitam 
, & bilem a cor- 
-1 pore(n.de leg.') 
omnes vult 
’ exterminari. 
e See Lipflm 
. Admiranda. 
£ Deque Suet. 
. in Claudio & 
; Plinius c. 36. 
g Vt egejiati 
flnv.d & igna- 
-1 a:/> occurratur, 
. opificia condif- 
cantur, tenues 
> fubleventur, 
Boditi. 1.6.C.1, 
Another eye-fore is that want of conduft and navigable rivers, a great 
blemifh as kßoterus, Hippolitus a Collibus, and other Politicians hold, 
1 fit be neglefted in a Common-wealth, Admirable eoft and charge is 
be flowed in the Low-Countries on this behalfe, in the Dutchy of Mil- 
ofPadua in m France, Italy, China, and fo likcwife about 
corrivations of Waters to moiften and refrefli barren Grounds, to drean 
Fens, Bogs, and Moors. Majfinijja made many inward parts of Barba- 
te, and Numidia in Africk. before his time incult and horrid fruitful and 
oar table by this means. Great induffryis generally ufed all over the 
Eaftern Countries in this kinde, efpecially in JFgypt, about Babylon and 
Damafcus,zs Vertomannus andn Gotardus Art bus Barcelona, 
Segovia, Murti a, and many other places of Spain, Millan in Italy,by rea- 
°n of which, their Soil i: much impoverifheds and infinite commodities 
of late attempted to cut that ifimos betwixt Africk and 
itai Which 0 Sefofiris and Darin sfAtiA fome Pharaoh? of AEgypt Had for- 
merly Undertaken,but with ill fuccefs,as p Diodorus Siculus records, and 
nuni, 6,~j. 
h Amafls AS.- 
gypiißexlegem 
promulgavit, ut 
omnes fubditi 
quotannis ratio- 
nem redde- 
rent unde vi- 
verent. 
’ i Bufcold'tdif 
I curjit polit. 
, cap. 2. 
' k Lib. i. de in- 
I asm. Drb. 
cap. 6. 
1 Cap. 5. de 
' increm vxb. 
> Jpuasflumen, 
lacus,aut inure 
alluit. 
1 m Incredibilem 
■ commoditatem , 
veQwr kmer- 
1 Cium tres fluvii 
Mfvigabile.f, <gyc% fa Qajjj£t n Eorodotus. o Ind. Orient, cap. 2. Rotam in medio flumine conjlimmii 
an*m^m confms uteres typwdunt, hi dum rota mevetur, aquam per Camks, &c, p Centum pedes k~. 58 
Dem OCR1TUS \to the Reader. 
q Contrary to 
that Of Archi- 
medes, who 
holds the fu- 
perficies of all 
waters even, 
r Lib. i. cap. 3. 
Pliny, for that RedTea being three <1 cubits higher then &gypt0 would 
have drowned all the countrey, c<epto deft iter ant > they left off, yet as 
the fame r Diodorus renewed the work many years after* 
and abfolved it in a more opportune place. 
That iftmos of Corinth was likewife undertaken to be made navigable, 
by Demetrius, by Julius Atticus, to make 
a Dion. Faufa- , 
to'; & Hie. ‘ 
Gerbeliuf. 
Mmjler.Cofiru 
lib. 4.cap.ff. 
ut brevior foret 
navigatio & 
minus pericu- 
lofa. 
a fpeedy a paliage, and lefs dangerous, from the lonian and ASgean feass 
but becaufe it could not be foweil effedfed/he Eeloponefyans built a wall 
like our Pi&s wall about where Neptunes Temple ftooc!,,and 
in the fhorteft cut over the Ijrmos^oiwhich Diodorus lib 11.Herodotus L 
8. Vran.Our latter Writers call it Hexamilium, which Amurath the Turk 
demolilhcd, the Venetians anno 1453. repaired in 1$ days with 30000 
men.Some,faith Acojia,would have a paftage cut from Panama to Norn- 
bre de Dios in Americajaut Thuanus Sc Ferres the French hiftorians fpeak 
of a famous Aqueduft in France^intended in Henry the fourths time, fro 
the Loyr to the Seine^and from Rodanus to Loyr. The like to which, was 
b Churls the jj 
great went a* i 
bout to make 
a chanel from j 
Rhine toPam- , 
bius.Bil Pvkl- 
merus defeript. 
Ger. the ruins 
are yet feen 
about Wejfen- 
berg&omßed- 
nich to Alti- 
mul. Vt navi- 
gabilia inter fs 
Occident if & 
Septentrioni) 
littora jierent. 
C lYtaginus 
Geogr, 
Simlerus de 
yep. Helvet. 
lib. 1. deferi- 
bit. 
formcriy allayed by Domiti an the Emperor, b from Arar to 
Cornelius Tacitus fpeaks of in the 13 of his Annals, after by Charls the 
great and others .Much coft hath in former times been beftowed in.-ei- 
■ ther new making or mending chanels of rivers,and their paflages,(as Au~ 
relianus did by Tybur to make it navigable ta Rome, to convey corn from 
JEgypt to the cityyvadum alvei tumentis effodit faith & Tyburk 
ripas extruxitjaecut fords, made banks, &c.) decayed havens, which 
Claudius the Emperor with infinite pains and charges attempted at oftia» 
as I have hidffhcVenetianstft this day to preferve their City} manyex- 
cellcnt means to enrich their Territories ,have been foftered,invcntcd in 
moft Provinces of Europe, as planting fome Indian plants amongft us. 
Silk-worms,c the very Mulberry leaves in the Plains of Cranado, yeeld 
30000 crowns per annum to the King of Spains coffers, befides thofe 
many trades and artificers that arebufied about them in the kingdom of 
all over Spain. In France a great benefit is railed 
by fait, Jkc. whether thefe things might not be as happily attempted 
with us, and with likefuccefle, it may be controverted. Silk worms 
(\ mcanJVines,Fir-trees,Bcc. Cardan exhorts Edward theftxth to plant 
Olives, and is fully perfwaded they would profper in this Ifland. With 
us, navigable rivers arc moft part negleded} our ftreams arc not great, 
I confefs,by reafon of the narrownes of the Ifland,yet they run fmooth- 
ly arid even,not headlong,fwift,or amongft rocks and (helves, as foinrng 
Rhodanus a"d Loyre in France, Iygris in Mefopotamia, violent Durius 
in Spain, with catarads and whirl-pools, as thz and Danubius* 
about shaphaufeno endanger naviga- 
broad lhallow,as Nectar in the Palatinatffibris in Italy? but calm 
and fair as Arar in France, Hebrus in MacedoniaoEurotes in Laconi4, they 
gently glide along,and might as well be repaired many of them (J mean 
Ivte Oufeffhamifts at Ox ford, the deleft of which we feel in the 
mean time )as the river of Lee from tVare to London. B. Atwater of old, 
or as fomemil Henry i.d made a chancl from ‘irent to Lincoln, navi- 
gable, which now, faith Mx.Camden is decayed, and much mention is 
made of anchors, 8c fuch like monuments found about cid * Verulamium» 
d Camden in 
Lincolnjhire. 
loJf«dib£. 
* Near S. 
Albons. Democritus to the Reader. 
good (hips have formerly come to Exeter,and many fuch places,whofe 
Chanels,Havens,Ports are now barred and re jetted. VVe contemn this be- 
nefit of carriage by waters,Sc are therefore compelled in the inner parts 
of this Hland,beeaufe portage is fo dear, to eat up our commodities our 
felvcs,Bc live like fo many boars in a tty,for want of vent and uttea nee. 
We have many excellent, havens, royal havens ,Falmouth, port 
not to be preferred to that Indian Havana o\d 
Brunduftum in Italy,Antis in Greece,Amhracia in Acarnani a,Suda in Crete, 
which have few ffiips in them, little or no trafficker trade, which have 
fcarce a village on them, able to bear great cit\ts,fed viderint politici A 
could here juttly tax many other negleds,abufes, errors, defetts among 
us,and in other countries,dcpopulations,riot,drunkennefte, See. 8c many 
£uch ,qu£ nunc in aurem fufur rare, non libet .But I mutttake heed,ne quid 
gravius dicam,that Ido not overfhoot my fe\f,Sus Minervam,I am forth 
of my element,as you peradventurc fuppofe, and fometimes veritas odi- 
um parityxs he fai d,vcrjuice And oatmeal is good for a P arret. For as Lucian 
faid of an Hiftomn,! fay of a Politician. He that will freely fpeak and 
write,muft be for ever no fubjed,under no prince or law, but layout 
the matter truly as it is,not caring what any can,will, like or diflike. 
We have good laws,l deny not, to redifiefuch enormities, and fb in 
all other countries,but it feems notalways to good purpofe. We had 
need of fome general vifitor in our age,that (hould reform what is amif $ 
a juft army of Rofie crofle men,for they , will amend all matters,(they fay) 
religion,policy,maners,with arts,fcience§jBcc. Another AttilafTamberlane, 
Hercules, to ftrive with Achelous, Auges jiabulumpurgare, to fubdue ty- 
rants,as che did Diomedes and Bufirjsito eypel thccves,as he did Cacus 8c 
Ladnius’Xo vindicate poor captives.as he did Heftom: to palle the Tor- 
eLijius GiralL 
Nat. comes. 
rid Zone, the deferts of Lybia,and purge the world of monfters and Cen~ 
taures.Ox another Theban Crates to reform out manners,to compofequar- 
rcls and controverlies,asin his time he did,and was therefore adored for 
a god in Athens :As Hercules p purged the world of Monfters, and fubdued 
themfio did he fight againji envy Juft,anger,avarice,.and all thofe feral 
vices and monjiers of the mmde. It were to be wifhed we had fome fuch 
vifitor,or if wiffiing would ferve, one had fuch a ring or rings, as Timo~ 
lans defired in 8 Lucian, by vertue of which hefhouldbe as ftrongas 
ioooo men,oran army ofgyants,goinvifiblc,open gates 8c cattle doors. 
f Apukim lib. 
fa- 
miliar u inter 
homines <etatis 
fu<e culm eft, 
; litium omnium 
<& jurgiorum 
> inter propin- 
: quos atbitrer 
■ (& difeeptator. 
' Aiverjus ira- 
' cundiam, invi- 
; diam, ava- 
_ ritiam, Hindi- 
■ nm ceteray, a- 
nimi humani 
nave what treafurehe would,tranfpoit himfelfe in an inflant, to what 
place he defired,alter affedions,curc ali maner of difeafes,that he might 
range over the worldsand reform all diftrefled ftates and perfons, as he 
Would himfelf.He might reduce thofe wandring Tartars in order, that 
mfeft china on the one fide,Mufcovy, Poland on the other j and tame the 
vagabond Arabians that rob and fpoil thofe Eaflern countries, that they 
mould never ufe more Car avans.pxlanifaries to conduct: thcm.He might 
loot out Barbarifin out of America, and fully difcover Terra .Aufiralk 
incognitafuid out the North-eafl3and North-weft pattages, drean thofe 
• vitia fa men- 
,Jira Philofo- 
phus ifle Her- 
' ades fuit. Pe- 
, Jies eat menti- 
bus exegit om- 
o nss, /<jc. 
- gVotis Havigt 
uughty Maottm fens, cut down thofe vaft Hircini anwoods, irrigate 
thole barren Arabian deferts, &c. cure us of out diieafes. 
Scorbutum, Plica,morbus Neapolitsnus, &£• end all ouridie controver- 
nes5 cut off our tumultuous ttefires,inordinate lutts, root out atheifm. Democritus to the Reader. 
impicty,here{ie,fchifmand fuperftition,which now fo crucifie the world, 
catechife grofle ignorance,purge Italy of luxury and riot $ Spain of fu- 
perftkiqn and jealoufie, Germany of drunkennefle, all cur Northern 
country of gluttony and intemperance, caftigatc our hard-hearted pa- 
rents,maflers,tutorSjla{h difobedient childrcn,negligent fervants,corred 
thefe fpendthrifts and prodigal fons, enforce idle perfons to work,drive 
drunkards off the alehoufe, reprefle theeves, vifit corrupt and tyranni- 
zing magiftrates, &c. But as L. Licinius taxed youmayus. 
Thefe are vain,abfurd and ridiculous wiQies not to be hopedrall mull be 
h Kaggndlias 
pan 2* cap. 2. 
pan. 3. c. 
I 7* 
JL 
ask is, h Bocc halinus may cite Common-wealths to come before Apollo, 
and feekto reform the world it felf by Gommhlioners, but there is no 
remedy, it may not be homines turn denmm Jiultefcere 
quando ejje deftnet, folong as they can wag their beards, they will play 
the knaves and fools. 
Becaufe therefore it is a thing (b difficult, impoffible, and far beyond 
Hercules labours to be them be rude,ftupid, ignorant, in- 
cult Japisfuper lapidem fedeat, and as the * Apologift will, Rejp. tujji, & 
graveolentia laboret., mundus vitio, let them be barbarous as they are,let 
them k tyrannize, epicurize, opprefle, luxuriate, confume themfelves 
with fablicnsjfuperflitionsdaw-fuits, wars and contentions, live in riot. 
iVelent An- 
drew. Apolog. 
manip. 604. 
k Qui fovdidus 
eft >for defeat 
adhuc. 
poYerty,want,miferysrebel,wallow as fo many fwine in their own dung, 
with rly/es companions.Jtultos jubeo ejffe. libenter.I will yet to fatisfie and 
pleafe myfelf,makc anFtopiaof mine own, a new Atlantis, a poetical 
Commonwealth of mine own, in which I will freely domineer, build 
cities, make Jaws,{latutes,as I lift my felf. And why may I not > 
—-—*—t—i ViUoribus atque Poetis, <&c. 
You know what liberty Poetsefver had, and befides, my predeceffor 
1 Hot, 
.~J J x 
Democritus was a Politician, a Recorder of a law-maker as fome 
fay,and why may not I prefume To much as he did > Howfoever I will 
adventure.For the hte, if you will needs urge me to it,! am not fully re- 
folved,it may be in Terra Auflrali incognitajhcvo. is room enough(forof 
my knowledgneither that hungry Spaniardyiov Mercurius Britannicus, 
have yet difeovered half of it>r elfe one of thofc floting lilandsin Mare 
del Z»r,which like the Cyani an Iflcs in the Euxine fea, alter their place, 
and are accefiible only at fet tiihes,and to fome few perfons 5 or one of 
the Fortunate I(les,for who knows yet where,or which they are? there is 
room enough in the inner parts of America^and northern coafts of jjia. 
But I will chufc a life, whofe latitude fhall be 45 degrees (I refpeft not 
minuts)in the midft of the temperate Zone,or perhaps Under the 
W?that * Paradife of the world,a&i femper virens where is a 
perpetual Spring;the longitudefor fome reafons I will conceal.Yet be it 
known to all men by thefe that if any honefl gentleman will fend 
in fo much mcney,as Cardan allows an Aflrologer for calling a Nativity, 
he fhall be a (barer,! will acquaint him with my project, or if any wor- 
thy man will (land for any temporal or fpiritual office or dignity, (for 
as he faid of his Archbkhoprick of t\s fan&us ambitus, and not 
amiffe to be fought after)it {hall be freely given without all interceffions, 
bribes, letters,&c.his own worth (hall be the bcfl becaufe 
we (hall admit of no deputies or advoufohs, if he be fufficientlyqua- 
Fefdimndo 
guir. 1(5x2. 
*Vide Acofla 
&Laiet, Democritus to the Reader. 
lifted,and as able as willing to execute the place himfelf, he dial 1 have 
prefent podeflion.lt fhall be divided into 12 or 13 Provinces, and thofe 
by hills, rivers, rode-waycs,or fome more eminent limits exaCfly bound- 
ed. Each province fhall have a Metropolis, which diall be fo placed as a 
center almod in a circumfcrence,and the red at equall didanecs,forne 12 
Italian miles afunder,or thereabout, and in them (hall be fold all things 
neceffary for the ufe of man horis & diebusfio market towns,mar- 
kets or fairs,for they do but beggar cities (no vifage fhall ffand above 
d, 7, or 8 miles from a city ) except thofe Emporiums which are by 
the fea fide, generali Staples, Marts, as Antwerp, Venice, Bergen of old* 
London^&c.cities mod part (hall be iituat upon navigable rivers or lakes, 
creeks,havens,and for their form,regular,round, fquarc, or long fquare, 
m with fair,broad and draitn dreets,houfcs uniform, built of brick and 
done,like Bruges>BruxetsoRhegiumLepidifierna in Switzerland, Miilan 
MantuafiSrema.fi:amhalu in Tartary described by M. polus> or that Veneti- 
an Palma.i will admit very few or no fuburbs,6c tfiofe of bafer building. 
m Vide Patri- 
tiuni lib. 8. tit, 
la. de Injbs. 
Reipub. 
nSic oiimHip• 
podamns Mile» 
fix* Arijl. pilit 
cap. n, sy Vi- 
triviuf I. x. c, 
r lilt. 
r o With wals 
I of earth, &c. 
wab only to keep out man and horfe,except it be in fomefrontier towns,, 
or by the fea dde,Bc thofe to be fortified ° after the lated manner of for- 
tification,and fite upon convenient havens,or opportune places.ln every 
fo built City,! will have convenient churches,and ft parate places to bury 
the dead inmot in Churcb-yards;a citadellaCm fome.not all)to command 
itjprifons for offenders, opportune market places of all forts, for corn, 
meat, cartel, fuel,&c.commodious courts of Judice, publike halsfor all 
focieties,burfes,meeting places,armories,P in which (hall be kept engines 
for quenching offire,artillcry gardens,publike walks, theaters, and fpa- 
ciqus fields allotted for allgymnicks, fports,and honed recreations, ho- 
fpitalls of all kinds, for children,orphans,old folks, lick men, mad men. 
p De his. Pirn. 
epiji.42, lib. 2. 
& Tacit. An- 
nul. 13. lib. 
loukhers, peft-houfes, 6cc. not built precario, or by gowty benefactors, 
who, when by fraud andrapin they have extorted all their lives,oppref- 
fed whole provinces,focietics, &c. give fomthing to pious ufes, build a 
fat is fadory almf-hoiife,fchools or bridge,Scc.at their lad end,or before 
perhaps,which is nootherwifethento deal a goofe, and dick down a 
feat her,rob a thoufandto relieve ten: And thofe hofpitals fo built and 
maintained,not by colleftions,benevolences, donaries, for a fet number 
vas in ours)jud fo many and no more at fuch a rate,but for all thofe who 
Itand in need,be they more or leffe,and that ex publico arariofind fo dil! 
maintai nobis folum nati fumus have conduits offweet 
and good water3aptly difpofed in each town, common 9 granaries, as at 
£>refden in Mifniafitrctein in romerlandfidoremberg^&c.Coledges of ma- 
theimticians,muficians,and actors, asof old at Labedum in lonia, *alcu-( 
mifts, phyficians,artids and Philofophers, that all Arts and fciences may 
looner be perfected & better publick hidoriographers,as a- 
monglf thofe ancient f in commentarios referebant qua memo- 
rftu dignagerebantur,informed and appointed by the date to regider all' 
amous a£b,& not by each infufficicnt feribier, partial or parafitical pen- 
(*ant, as in our times.l will provide publick fchools ofallkindsjfinging, 
{ ancing,fencing,Bcc.efpecialy of Grammar Sclanguagcs,not to be taught 
.Y th°le tedious precepts ordinarily ufed,but by ure,cxample9converfa- 
tionsas travelers learn abroad,& nurfes teach their chijdren;as I wil have 
q Vide Brifcni- 
umde regno 
Per fe lib.3. dt 
hufi Vegeti- 
urn 
de Annona. 
g Not to make 
gold, but for 
matters of 
phyfick. 
f Brefoniu* lo- 
Jephwlib. ai. 
antiquit, kid; 
cap. 6. Herod, 
lib. 3. 
11 SoLod.Vrvei 
'■ thinks bed, 
. ComminfUfi 
and others' ' Democritus to the Reader, 
u Plato 3. de ■ 
leg. VEdiles 
creari vult, qui 
fora,fontes, vi- 
as, portus,pla- 
teas, Vy idge- 
nt» alia procu- 
rent. Vidslfaa- 
cum Fontanum 
de civ. Amjhl. 
hcec omnia, 
<&c. Gotardum 
all fuch places, fo will I ordain “ publieke governors, fit officers to each 
place,Treafarcrs, AMileSjQueftorSjOverfeers of pupils,widdows goods, 
and all publick houfes, &c.and thofeonce a year to make drift accounts 
of all receipts,expences,to fo fiet ut non abfumant (as 
Fliny to Trajan,} quod pudeat dicere. They (ball be fubordinate to thofe 
higher Officers, and governors of each City, which (hall not be poore 
Tradefmen, and mean Artificers, but Noblemen and Gentlemen, which 
(hall be tied to refidence in thofe towns they dwel next,at fuch (ct times 
! and feafons.-for I fee no reafon(which* Hippolituscomplains of (that it 
Vy alios. 
xDe increm . 
urb.cap. 13. In- 
genue fateor, 
me non inteli- 
gere cur igno- 
bilius Jit urhes 
bene munitas 
colere nunc 
qmmolim, aut 
fjould be more dijhonourable for Noblemen to govern the City, then the 
Country,or unfeemly to dwell their now,then of old.V I will have no bogs, 
fens, marifhes, vaft woods, defarts, heaths, commons, but all indofed $ 
. (yet not depopulated,and therefore take heed you miftakc me not) for 
r that which is common, and every mans, is no mans }the richeff countries 
areftill rnclofcd,as Ejfex,Kent, with us,&c.Spain,ltaly-,and where inclo- 
; fures are left in quantity,they are beft z husbanded, as about Florence in 
cafdt; rujlic.de 
prdtejfs qudm 
urbi. Idem V- 
bertus Foliot, 
de Keapoli. 
y He tantillum 
quidem foli in- 
cultum relin- 
quitur, utve- 
runineJit polli- 
cm quidem a- 
gri in his regi- 
onibus jierilem 
cut inforem-, 
dum repsriri. 
Marcus he- 
mingim Augu- 
Jtimus de regno 
Chinee, 1.uc.3. 
Italy, Demafcus m Syria, &cc. which are liker gardens then fields. I will 
not have a barren acre in all my Territories, not fo much as the tops of 
Mountains: where nature fails,it (hall be fapplyed by art: a lakes and ri- 
vers (ball not be left defolate. All common high-wayes, bridges, banks, 
corrivations uf waters,aqueduds, chanels, publike works, building, &c, 
out of a b common ftock,curioufly maintained and kept in repair, node- 
populations, ingroffings, alterations of wood,arable, but by the confent 
of fome fupervifors that (ball bb appointed for that purpofe,to fee what 
• reformation ought to be had in all places,what is amiffe, how to help it. 
Et quid quaque ferat regio, & quid quaque rccufet, 
what ground is aptelf for wood, What for corn, what for cattle, gardens, 
orchards, niliponds,Scc.with a charitable divifion in every village, (not 
, one domineering houte greedily to fwallow up all, which is too com- 
mon with us)what for Lords,6 what for tenants : and becaufe they (hall 
zM.Carew in 1 
his furvey of 1 
( ornwaU,faith * 
that before 
that country 
was indofed, 
the husband- 
men drank 
water,did eat 
little or no 
breadth 66. 
lib. 1. their ap- 
parel was 
courfe, they 
went bare 
legged, their 
dwelling was 
correfpon- 
be better incouraged to improve fuch lands they hold, manure, plant 
trees, drean, fence, &c-. they (hall have long leafes, a knowne rent, and 
known fine to free them from thefe intolerable exadions of tyrannizing 
Landlords. Thefe fupervifors (hall likewife appoint what quantity of 
land in each manner is (it for the Lords Demefns, d what for holding of 
Tenants,how it ought to be husbanded, * 
j • ' - - o — •> 
Vt c magnetis equ?<•,Miny£ gens cognita remis, 
how to be manured,tilled,rectified,* hr c fegetes veniunt,illicf&cilius uva 
Arborei fretus alibi At que injujfa virefeunt gramina, and what proporti- 
on is fit for ali callings,becau(e private profeilbrs are many times idiots, 
ill husbands, oppreilors, covetous, and know not how to improve their 
own, or cife wholly refped their own,and not publick good. 
Vtopi an parity is a kind of government, to be wilbed for, f rather then 
indofurei'they live decently, and have to fpend (fol. 23.) when their fields were common, their wooll was 
Cornijh hair? but Gnce it is ahnoftasgo das Gotfxool, and their Toil much mended. 'TuJJsy, cap, 5*2. 
of his husbandry,is of his opinion,one acre inclo fed,is worth three common. The Country indofed I praife; The other 
delightethnot me, For nothing of wealth it dothraife,(jrc. a Incredibilis navigiorum copia, nihilo pauciores in aquis, quam in 
continenti commorantur* M. Kicceus expedit in Sinas, l.i.c. 3. bTo this purpofe, Arifi. polit, 2. c- 6. allows a third 
part of their revenues, Hippodamus half, cita lex Agraria olim thorns, d Hic fegetes, illis veniunt felicius w<c, Arborei 
fatus alibi, atq; injnjja virefhmt Grsmina. Virg. 1. Georg, e Lucanus l. 6. * Virg. f Joh. Valent. Andreas, Lord Vendam. 
e So is it in the Kingdome of Rapies and France. Democritus tophe Reader. 
63 
cfFcfted,/tt?ypub.Chrijiianopolitana,Campanella s city of the Sun,and that 
new Atlanti s,v/\tty hftions,but meer Chimera s and Platoes community 
in many things is impious,abfurd and ridiculous,it takes away allfplen- 
dot and magnificence.l will have feverall ordcrs,degrees ofnobility,and 
thofe hereditary,not rejecting yonger brothers in the mean time,for they 
fhall be fufficicntly provided for by penfions,or fo qualified, brought up 
in fome honeft calfing,they (hall be able to live of themfelves .1 wiihave 
luch a proportion of ground belonging to every Barony, he that buyes 
the land, (hall buy the Barony, he that by riot confumes his patrimony,Sc 
ancient demeans,fhall forfeit his honours. As fome dignities fhall be he- 
reditary,fo fome again by election, or by gift (befides free offices, penfi- 
ons, annuities)like our Bifhoprickj,Prebends,thc Bajja s palaces in Turley, 
the h Procurators houfes 6c offices in Venice,which like the golden apple, 
fhall be given to the worthieft,Sc beft deferving both in War and peace, 
as a reward of their worth and good fervice as fo manV goals for all to 
h Sec Comare- 
nus and Ofori- 
’ pu de rebus ge- 
li» Eimnueliii 
aime at phonos aht artei)smd encouragements to others.For I hate thefe 
fevere, unnatural, harfh, and Venetian Decrees, which 
exclude Plebeians from honors, be they never fo wife, rich, vertuous, 
Valiant,and well qualified, they muft not be Patritians, but keep their 
own rank,this is nature helium /«/em?,odious to God and men, I abhor it. 
* Claudian 1.7 
i Herodotus 
Erato lib. 6. 
Cum Egyptiis 
Lacedemchii in 
hoc. congruunt, 
quod eorum 
My form of government fhall be Monarchical!. 
* nunquam libertas gratior extat, 
§)uam fub Reve pio*&c. 
few lawes,but thufe feverely kcpt,plainly put down, and in the mother 
tonguc,that every man may underltand.Every city (hall have a peculiar 
trade or phviledgc,by which it fhall be chiefly maintained: kind Parents 
(hall teach their children,one of three at leaft,bringup and inftrud them 
in the rnyfteries of their own trade .In each Town thefe feverall tradef- 
praecones, tibi- 
cines, coqui,<& 
reliqui artifi- 
ces, in paterna 
artificio fucce- 
dunt,<& coquvs 
' d coquo gigni- 
men (hall befo aptly difpofed, as they (liallfree the reft from danger or 
offence : Fire-trades, as Smiths, Forge-men, Brewers, Bakers, Metal-men, 
Scc.fhall dwell apart bv themfelves ; Dyars, Tanners, Fel-mongers, and 
tur, & paterne 
opere perfevg- 
rat. Idem Mar- 
cus polus de 
fuch as ufe water in convenient places by themfelves : noyfome or ful- 
fome for bad fmels,as Butchers llaughter-houfes. Chandlers, Curricrs,in 
remote places,Bc fome back lanes* Fraternities and companies, I approve 
of, as Merchants Burfes, Collcdges of Druggers, Phylitians, Muticians, 
See. but all trades to be rated in the fale of wares, as our Clerks of the 
matket do Bakers and Brewers 5 Corn itfelf, what fcarcity foever (hall 
ldem 
Ojbrius de E- 
vianuele rege 
Lnjitano. Rid 
cius ds ScinU* 
' k Hippol.d col. 
' libus demerem, 
urb. c. 20. 
conic, not to exceed fuch aprice. Of fudi wares as are tranfported or' 
brought in, k if they be neceffary, commodious, and fuch as neerly con-. 
cern mans life,as corn, wood, cole,6cc.Bc fuch provifion we cannot want, 
will have little or no cuftom paid,no taxes but for fuch things as are 
crpleafure, delight, or ornament,as wine, fpice, tobacco, lilk, velvet, 
S.oth ofgoldJace,jewells,&c-a greater impoft. I will have certain (hips 
ent out tor new difeoveries every year,l Sc feme difcrect men appointed 
to all neighbour Kingdoms byland,which (hallobfcrve what 
artinciall inventions, and good laws are in other Countries, cuftomes, 
a terations, or ought elfe,concerning war or peace, which may tend to 
common good.Ecclefiaftical difcipline, penes fubordinate 
Plato idem ~i 
de legibus, 
ad vitam ns- 
cejjaritt, <& 
quibus carere 
nonpqffumus, 
nullum depen- 
diveSligal,&c 
\Plato 12. de 
legibus,qo.an. 
nos natos vult,* 
ut fi qaid me-- 
i inorabile vide- 
i rent apud exte- 
, ros, hocipfum 
' in rempub reci- 
5 piaturs D EMOCRITUS to the Reader. 
tn Simlerus in 
Helvetia. 
n Vtopienfcs 
caufidicos ex- 
cludunt, qui 
caufes callide 
& vafre tra- 
bem & 'iijhu- 
tentJiuqwJjt- 
mum egnfent 
hominem ullis 
obligari legi- 
as the other.No impropriations, no lay patrons of church livings or one 
private man, but common focietics, corporations, Scc.and thofe Redors 
of benefices to be chofen out of the llniverfitics,exaniined and approved 
as the literati in China. No parifb to contain above a thoufand Audi- 
tors.lf it were podiblc,! would have fuch Priefts as ftiould imitate Chrift, 
charitable Lawyers ibould love their neighbors as themfelvcs, temperate 
and modeft Phyfitians, Politicians contemne the world, Phiiofophers 
ftiould know themfelvcs, Noblemen live hphcftly, Tradefmcn leave ly- 
ing and cofening,Magiftrates corruption, &c. but this is unpoflible, I 
qv.tc aut 
numerofiores 
funt, qtidm ut 
perlegi queant, 
aut obfeuriores 
quam ut a quo- 
vis pofjmt In- 
tel! gi. Volunt 
ut fiam quifq*, 
cavfam agat. 
mu ft get fuch as I may. I will therefore have m of lawyers,judges, advo- 
cates, phyfkians, chyrurgions, See.a fet number,11 and every man, if it be 
pofhble to plead his own caufe, to tell that tale to the judge, which he 
doth to his advocate, as at Fe%mAfricJ\, Bantam, Aleppo, Ragufe, Juam 
quifqb caufam dicer# fc«e*«r.Thofe Advocate, Chyrurgions and 0 Physi- 
cians,which arc allowed to be maintained out of the P common treafure, 
no fees to be given or taken upon pain of lofing their places , or if they 
eamq; referat 
judici quam 
namur us fu- 
erat patrone fie 
minus grit am- 
bagum, (fu ve. 
ritiiis facilius 
elicietur. Mor. 
Vtnp. L 0. 
o Abdici ex 
'yablico vitium 
do,very finali fees,and when the <1 caule is fully ended.r He that lues a- 
ny man (ball put in a pledge, which if it be proved he hath wrongfully 
fued hisadvcr(ary,ralhly or malicioufly,he (hall forfeit, and lofc.Orclfe 
before any fu it begin, the plaintiff (hall have his complaint approved 
by a fet delegacy to that purpofeqf it be of moment he (ball be differed 
as beforc,to proceed,if otherwife they (ball determine it.All caufes fhall 
be pleaded fupprejfo nomine,the parties names concealed,iffomecircum- 
ffaucesdo not otherwife require. Judges and other officers (hall be aptly 
futmmt. Boter. 
l.i.c.'j.de EE- 
gyptiis. 
p be bis lege 
Fatrit.lg.tit.S. 
de reip. Injlit. 
qNihil a clien- 
tibus patroni 
accipiant,pri- 
ufquaut lis fi- 
nita e fi. Barel. 
AJjgsn. lib. 3. 
tIt is fo in 
moll free ci- 
ties in Ger- 
dilpoiedm each Province, Villages, Cities,as common arbitrators to bear 
caufcs, and end all controverlies, and thofe not tingle, but three at 
leaf!: on the bench at once,to determine or give lentcncesand thofe again 
to lit by turns or lots,and not to continue ftill in the dime office.No con- 
rroverfie to depend above a year, but without all delays and further ap- 
peals to be fpccclily di(patched,and finally concluded in that time allot- 
ted. Thefe and all other inferiour Magistrates, to be chofeiff as the 
Literati in china, or by thofe exaff fuffrages of thel Veneti ans,and fuch 
again not be e!igible,or capable of inagidracies, honours, offices, except 
they be diffidently u qualified for learning,maners,and that by the ftrict 
approbation of deputed examinators: xfirft Scholars to take place,then 
many. 
i Mat. Riccius 
ex bed.in Sin** 
I.i.c.Vj.de exa- 
minatione elc- 
fHonvm copio- 
fi agit, foe- 
ti Contar.de re- 
pub. VenstJ.x. 
u Ofor.l. it. de 
reb.geji.Eman,1 
Xgu in Uteris 
maximos pro- 
Souldiersffor I am of Vigetins his opiniou,a Scholar deferves better then 
a Souldier,becaufe Vnius £tatis funt qua fortiter fiunt, qtt£ vero pro uti~ 
litate reipub.fieribuntur, eterna : a Souldiers work Jafts for an age, a 
Scholars for ever.lf they y mif-behavc themfelvcs/hey (hall be depoled, 
2nd accordingly puni(bed,Sc whether their offices be annually or Other- 
wife, one? a year they mail be called in qucition, and give an account j 
for men are partiali and paffxonate,mcrcileffe,covetous, corrupt, fulnject 
to love?hate, fear, favor, See. omne fitb regno graviore regnum: like Solans 
/ireopagites, or thofe Roman Confers, feme (ball vilit others, and abe vi- 
gre/fasfecerent maxima honoribus afficiuntur, fecundus honoris gratus militibus affignatxr, pojhremi ordinis mechanic is,doBorm 
hominum indiciis in altorem locum quifqi profertur,& quia plurimis approbam,amplior es in rep. dignitates conf'equitur, i{ui in 
hoc examine primas habet, infigni per totam vitam dignitate infignitur, marchioni fimilis, aut duci apud nos.x Cedant arma 
y As in Bruna, Lucerne. Frihurge m Switzerland, a vitibus liver is un capable ofanyofS c; if a Senator, indantly 
ilcpoied S intents. z Not abov. three years, Arijlp&lit, 5- f* 8. a N*m quis cofiodiet ipfos cujhdes ? Democritus to phe Reader. 
65 
ted invicem themfelves,b they ihall overfee that no proiing officer,under 
colour of authority ihall infult over his inferiors, as fo many wild beaus, 
oppreffe, domineer, flea, grind, or trample on,be partiali or corrupt, but 
that there he <equabile jus0 jufticc equally done, live as friends and bre 
thren together,and which cgefellius would have and fo much defires in 
his kingdomcof France, a diapafon and fweet harmony of Kings, Princes, 
b Cytreus in 
Greifgeia. 
feui non ex 
fublimi defri- 
ciant inferio- 
res, nec ut be* 
fiias conculcent 
> /$z fubditos 
p authoritatis 
nomini confifi, 
’ &c. 
Nobles and Plebeians Jo mutually tied and involved in love, as well as laws 
and authority fes that they never difagreefinfult or incroach one upon ano- 
ther,lf any man deferve well in his office he ihall be rewarded. 
* —quis enim virtutem ample&itur ipjam, 
premia Ci tollas i 
c Ssfellius de 
rep. Galkrufi 
üb. i. afi 2. 
d Si quis egre- 
He that invents any thing for publick good in any Art or Science, writes 
a Treadle, dor performs any noble exploit, at home or abroad, cfhall be 
accordingly enriched, f honored, and preferred, I fay with Hannibal in 
Ennius,Hojiem qui feriet erit mihi C art haginenfis,let him be of what con- 
dition he will,inail offices, aftions,he that delcrves beif ihall have beif. 
7flianus in Philonius out of a charitable mind no doubt, wifnt all his 
gium aat hello 
aut pace perfe- 
cent.Sefel. l.u 
e Ad regendam 
rempub.foli li- 
terati admit- 
tuntur, nec ad 
earn rem gra- 
books were gold and filver, Jewells and precious If ones, *toredeeme: 
captives,fet free prifoners,and relieve all poor diifreffed fouls that wan- 
ted done, I deny not,but to what purpofe? Suppofc 
this were lo well done, within a little after, though a man had Crecfns 
wealth to beftow,there would be as many more. Wherefore I will buffer 
tt* magifira- 
tuum aut regis 
indigent,omnia 
explorata ca- 
jufq; fidentia 
<&virtute pen- 
' dent, Ricci us. 
j j ~ 
no S eggers,tvogues, Vagabonds,or idle perfons at all, that cannot give 
an account of their lives how they k maintain themfelves: If they be im- 
potent,lame, blind,and fingle, they ihall be fufficiently maintained in fe- 
verall hofpitals,bujlt for that purpofeyf married and infirm, paft work, 
or by inevitable lofle,or fome fuch like misfortune caif behind,by diif ri- 
lib. i. cap. S. 
fln dsjunSi lo- 
cum aim jujjit 
fubrogari, qui 
inter majores 
virtute reliquis 
praeiret; non 
bution of i corn, houfe-rent frec,annuall peniions or money,they ihall be 
relieved, and highly rewarded for their good fervice they have formerly 
donejif able,thcy (ha'll be enforced to work. k For I fee no reafon{as Ihe 
fait apud mor- 
tales ullum ex- 
cellentius cer- 
tamen, aut cu- 
laid) why an Epicure or idle drone,a rich glutton, a ufurer Jbould Live at J 
cafe fend doe nothingfivs in honor, in all manner of pleasures, andoppreffe 
others,when as in the mean time a poor laborer, afmith, a carpenter fen huf~ 
handman that hath fpent hifi time in continual labor,as an Afto carry bur- 
dens,to do the commonwealth good fend without whom we cannot livc,JhaU 
\w viftoria 
magis effit ex- 
petenda. non e- 
nim inter cele- 
res, celerrimo, 
non inter robu- 
Jhs, robuJHJJi- 
mOf&c. 
* Kullum vi- 
deresvel in hac 
vel in vicinis 
regionibus pau- 
perem, nullum 
obxratum,&c. 
gHuUus men- 
belejt in his old age to beg or jiarv,& lead a m ifer able lifejworfe then aju- 
raent. As m all conditions (ball be tied to their task,fo none (hall be over- 
tired, but have their fet times of recreations & holidays ,indulgere genio, 
teaits and merry meetings,even to the meanell: artfficer.or bafeli fervant, 
°nce a week, to ling or dance,(though not al at once)or do whatfoever he 
nom*n* fano oculus iwbatus fit mendicare permittitur, omnes pro viribus laborare coguntur,cceci molis 
yJ(itLrf.m'JVerf addicuntur, foli hofpitiu gaudent, qui ad laboresJitnt inepti. Ofor. I, II. dereb.gejl- Eman. Heming.de 
AnaJr‘]U l' C’ ?* dotard, Arti). Orient. Ind. defer, h Alex, ab. Alex. 3. c. 12. i Sic olim Koma Ifaac. Pont an. de his 'optime, 
jnf * ',2‘ C’ k Idem Aiijht. pol, 5. r. 8. Viiiofum quum foli pauperum liberi educamur ad labores, nobilium fediviium in 
oi I h#c injvfiitia ut nobilis quijfiam, aut. fenerator qm nihili agat, lautam faffrlendidam vitam agat, 
mnl < *“<**, yuum interim auriga, faber, agricola, quo rejfuh. carere nonpotefi, vitam adeo ndferam ducat, ut pejer quamju- 
immer ? iniqua rejj), qu* datparafitis, aduUtoribus, inanium voluptatum artificibus, generofis & otiefis tanta 
at contra agricolis,carbonariis, aurigis, fibris, <&c. nihil projficit, fed eorum abufa labor e florent is itatis, fame pen-.. 
;i 1.. ifq Mv-Vtop. /. 2. mIn Segovia nemo otinfus, nemo mendicus mfiper aetatem aut morbum opus facere nanpotefi t 
Jfex&um qU(£mt,autqmfeer.SYceCit,Cypr.Echovius ’Delit.Hiffan. Uulhu Genevae otiofm, ne feptennupuer.Paidtst 66 
Democritus to the Reader. 
n Athenaeus. 
L 12. 
o Simlerus de 
repub, Helvet. 
p Spartiem. o- 
lim Roma:pc. 
qHe that pro 
vides not for 
his family, is 
worfe then a 
thief. Paul. 
fhall pleafedike n that Saccaram feJium,amongft the Ferjlans^thofe Satur- 
nalis in Romeos well as his matter. olf any be drunk,he (hall drinkc no 
more wine or (hong drink in a twelve month after. A bankrupt (hall be 
p Cat ademi at us in Ampitheatrotfublikely (hamcd,and he that cannot pay 
his debts* if by riot or negligence he have been impoveri(hed,(hall be for 
a twelve-month imprifoned,ifin]that fpace his creditors be not fatisfied 
qhe (hall be hanged.He r that commits facriledge fhall Joofe his 
that bears or is of perjury convict, (hall have his tongue 
r .Atfredi lex. 
utraq% manus 
<Jy lingua pro- 
cidatur, nift 
eqm capite re- 
demerit. 
{Si quis nup- 
tam Jhpririt, 
virga virilis ei 
prociditur; Ji 
mulier, rnfus 
& auricula 
procidatur. 
Alfredi lex. En 
leges ipjt vene- 
ri Martiq', ti- 
mendas. 
Z Pauperes non 
peccant, quum 
extrema necef- 
Jitate coatti 
rem alienam 
capiunt. Mal- 
donat.fummula 
quafi. 8. an.3. 
Ego cum illis 
fentio qui lice- 
re.putant h di- 
vite clam acci- 
pere qui tene- 
tur pauperi 
fubvenire. Em- 
manuel. Sa.A- 
phor, confeJJ. 
u ljb.2.de reg. 
ferfarvm. 
X tab. 24. 
y Aliter Arijh- 
teles, a man at 
2 , av/oman 
at 20. polit, 
z Lex olim Li- 
curgi, hodie 
ChinenJ/um; 
vide Plutar- 
chum,Riccium, 
cut out, except he redeem it with his head.Murder, f adultery (hallbe 
punifhed by death, t but not theft, except it be fome more grievous of- 
fence,or notorious offenders :otherwife they (hall be condemned to the 
gailies, mines, be his flaves whom they offended, dm ing their lives. 
I hate all hereditary flaves,and that duram P erf arum legemus u Brifonius 
calls as x /immaianusfmpendioformidatas & abominanda leges 0p er 
quas oh noxam uni us, omnis propinquitas per it, hard law that wife and 
children,friends and allies (hould fuffer for the fathers offence. 
No man (hallmarry untill he y be 25. no woman till (he be 20. z nift a* 
liter difpenfatum fuerit. If one a die,the other party (hall not marry till 6 
months becaufc many families are compelled to live niggard- 
iy,exhauft and undone by great dowcrs,b none (hall be given at all. or ve- 
ry littk,and that by fupervifors rated,they that are foul (hall have a trea- 
ter portionjif fair,none at all,or very little : c howfoever not to exceed 
fuch a rate as thofc fupervifors (hall think (it.And when once they come 
to thofe years,poverty (hall hinder no man from marriage, or any other 
refpeft, d but all (hall be rather inforced then hindered, c except they be 
f difmembred, or grievoufly deformcd,infirm, or vifited with fome 
enormous hereditary difeafe,in body or fuch cafes upon a great 
pain or mulft, 8 man or woman (hall not marry, other order (hall be ta- 
ken for them to their content. If people overabound,they (hall be cafed 
by k Colonies. 
. *No man (hall weare weapons in any City. The fame attire (hall be 
kept, and that proper to feverall callings, by which they (hall bediflin- 
guifhed.k Luxus funerum Ilia 11 be taken away, that intempcftive expenfe 
moderated,and many others. Brokers,takers of pawns, biting ufurers I 
will not admit 5 yet becaufe hic cum hominibus non cum diis agitur, we 
converfe here with men, not with gods, and for the hardnefle of mens 
hearts, I willtollerate fome kind ofufury. If we were honeft,! confcfle 
ft probi (hould have no ufe of it, but being as it is wc muft 
ncceffarily admit it. Howfoever mod Divines contradici: it 3 
Dicimus infici(tsifed vox eafola reperta efi. 
it muftbe winked at by Politicians.And yet Tome great Doctors approve 
i 1 .. ./7?—- _ Air... 1... % * % • 
Hemmingium, 7 a. ' 
Arnifeum, Kevifanum, & tilios de "ac quajnone, a Ajredus, b lacones olim 'virginesJins dote nubebant. Boter, 1.2.C.2. 
c Lege cautum non itapridem apud Venetos, ne qws Patritius dotem excederet 1500 rora», d Bux. Synag. lud. Sic Ludai Leo 
Afer Africa 4efcript. ne Jtnt aliter incontinentes oh reipub.bonum. VtAuguJi. Cafar. orat, ad calibes Romanos olim edocuit. 
c Motbo laborans, qui in prolem facile diffunditur, ne genus■ humanum foda contagione Udatur, juventute cajhatur, mulieres to- 
les procul a confortio virorum ablegantur, &c HeSlor Boethius hiji. Ub. 1. de vet. Scotorum moribus. £ SpedociJJimi invents 
liberis dabunt operam. Flatos- de legibus. The Saxons exclude dumb, blind, leprous, and fuch like perfons from all In- 
heritance, as we do fools, hVt olim Romani, Hifpani hodie, <&c. i Riccius lib. 11. cap. s. de Sinarum. expedit, JicHifpani 
cogunt Mauros arma deponere. So it;is in mod Italian cities, k Idem Flato 12, de legibus, It hath ever been immoderate vidt 
Guil. Studjium antic/, convival. lib. 1. cep. 26. 1 Phto p, de legibus. Democritus to the Reader. 
of it, Calvin, Fucer, Zanchius, P. Martyr,becaufe byfo many grand law- 
yers,decrees of Emperors, Princes Statutes, cuftoms of Commonwealths, 
churches approbations it is permitted, See. I will therefore allow it. But 
to no private perfons, not to every man that will,to orphans only,maids, 
widows,or fuch as by reafon of their agesfex, education, ignorance of 
trading,know nototherwife how to employ it, and thole fo approved, 
not to let it out apart, but to bring their money to a m common banke 
which (hall be allowed in every city,as in Genua, Geneva, Nor emberg9 Pe- 
nicestn 5,6,7, not above 8 per centum,as the fupervifors, or <grani prat- 
fell i (hall think fit.o And as it (hall not be lawfull for each man to be an 
Ufurer that will,fo (hall it not be lawfull for all to take up money at life, 
not to prodigals and fpendthri(ts,but to Merchants,young tradef-inen, 
fuch as (land in need, or know honeftly howto employ it,whofe necef- 
fity,caufe and conditions the faid fupervifors (hall approve of. 
m As thofe 
Lombards be- 
yond Seas, 
though with 
fomerefonna- 
tion jnons pie- 
tatts, or bank 
of charity, as 
Malines terms 
it, Lex 
. msrcat.pan. 2. 
. that lend mo- 
ney upon ca- 
de pawns, or 
I will have no private monopolies, to enrich one man, and begger a 
multitude,? multiplicity of offices,of fupplying by deputies,weights and 
meafures the famethroughout,and thofe re&ifiedby the Primum mobile? 
and Suns motion,threefcore miles to a degree according to obfervation, 
1000 Geometrical paces to a mile,five foot to a pace, twelve inches to a 
foot,&c.Bc from meafures known it is an eafie matter to redifie weights 
See. to caft up all, and rcfolve bodies by Algebra, Stereometry» I hate 
wars if they be not ad populi falutem,upon urgent occafion. 
£ ~ 
take money 
upon adven- 
ture for mens 
lives. 
n That pro- 
portion will 
make raer- 
chandife in- 
creafe, land 
dearer, and 
better impro- 
ved,as hehath 
judicially- 
proved in his 
traft of ufury 
, exhibited to 
the Parlia- 
ment anno 
162 c. 
o Hoc fere 
Zanchius com. 
' in 4 cap. ad. 
Odimus accipitremini a femper vivit in armis. 
q offenfive wars except the caufe be very juft,l will not allow of. For 1 
do highly magnifie that faying of Hannibal to Scipio pxH Livy,lt had been 
a blejjed thing for yon and us,if God had given that mind to our predeesf- 
Jors,that you had been content with Italy,we with Africk-For neither Cici- 
lyyior Sardinia are worth fuch coji and pains ,fo many fleets & armies,or fo 
many famous Captains lives. Omni a prius tentandafm means (hall firft be 
tried. $ Peragit- tranquilla poteftas,g)uod violenta nequit,1 will have them 
proceed with all moderation : but hear you, Fabius my General,not Mi- 
nutius,nam * qui Conftlio nititur plus hoflibus nocet, quam qui fine animi 
rationeyvirihusihndi in fuch wars to abftain as much as is pollibic frorade- 
populadons,burning of towns, maftacring of infants, See. For defenfive 
Ephef. aquijji- 
mam vocat u < 
furam, <& cha- 
ritati Chriflia- 
na confentans- 
am, modo non 
exigant, &c. 
nec omnes dent, 
ad fenus, fed ii 
’ qui in pecuniis 
l bona 
oh atatemfex- 
5 um, artis alica- 
■ jus ignorantia, 
L nonpojfum uti 
Nec omnibus, 
- fed mercatori- 
I bus <& iis qui- 
honelh imptn- 
3 dent, &c. 
— » j j j 
wars, 1 will have forces (fill ready at a fiuall warning,by land and fea, 
a prepared quam * lonpnius apud Hunga- 
rosjnos vultyvirgam ferream,and money which is nervus belli, (fill in a 
readinefs,and a (officient reveniie,a third part as in old u Rome 8c Egypt3 
referved for the Common-wealth $ to avoid thofe heavy taxes and im- 
poiitions, as well to defray this charge of wars, as alfoall other publick 
defalcations, cxpences* fees, penfions, reparations, chad: fports. fea (Is, 
donaries,rewards,and entertainments: All things in this nature efpccially 
will have maturely done,Scwith g;reat* deliberation: nequidy temere, 
a °lim,lege Brifonium. q Idem Plato de legibm, t Lib. 30. Optimum quidemfuerat eam patribus nofiris mentem 
clalTifi SiaVy ut vos nos Africa imperio contenti ejjemus. Keque enim Sicilia aut Sardinia fatis digna precmfimt pro tot 
*Yfc' f Claudian. *Toucidides. t A depopulatione, agrorum incendiis, & epfmodifaQ is immanibus, flato, * Bm~ 
ra ' 9- u SefeUius lib. 2. de repub. Gd.valde snirn eft indecorum, ubi quod prater opinionem accidit dicere,Uon puta- 
pr weaver i potuerit. Livius lib. 1. Dion. lib. 2. Diodorus Siculus lib, 2. x Peragit tranquilla pc- 
*<}m violenta nequis, —— Claudian, y Bejlim nec timendum nec provocandum. Plyn.. Panegyr, Trajano, 68 
Democritus to the Reader, 
ne quidremijfe ac timide fiat } Sed quo feror hofpes ? To profecutc the 
reft would require a volume.Manum de tabella, I have been overtedious 
in this fubjedfj could have here willingly ranged,but thefc ftraits where- 
in I am included will not permit. 
From Common-wealths and cities, I will defeend to families, which 
have as many corfivcs 6c moleftations,as frequent difeontents as the reft. 
Great affinity there is betwixt a Political and Oeconomicallbody 5 they 
a Üb. 3. poet. 
cap. 19. 
b Lib. 4,de re- 
pub. cap. 2, 
c Peucer. lib. i. 
de divinat. 
d Camden in 
Chejhire. 
■ differ only in magnitude and proportion of bufinefs(fo scaliger a writes) 
,as they have both likely the fame period,asb Bodin andcPencer hold,out 
of Plato fix or feven hundred years, fo many times they have the fame 
* means of their vexation and namely, riot, a common ru- 
ble of both, riot in building,riot in profufe fpending, riot in apparrel,6cc. 
be it in what kind foever,it produceth the fame effeds. A d Corogra- 
pher of ours fpeaking obiter of ancient families, why they are fo frequent 
in the north,continue folong,are fo foon extinguiftied in the South,and 
fo few } gives no other reafon but thisAhxhs omnia dijjipavitfiiot hath 
confirmed all, fine cloaths and curious buildings came into this Ifland, 
as he notes in his Annals,net fomany years fine dij'pendio hof- 
pitalitatisoto the decay of hoipitality.Howbeit many times that word is 
miftaken,and under the name of bounty and hofpitality, is (hrowded 
riot and prodigality and that which is commendable in it felfwel ufed, 
hath been miftaken heretofore,is become by his abufe,thc bane & utter 
ruin of many a noble family .For fome men live like the rich glutton,con- 
fuming themfelves and their fubftance by continuall feafting and invita- 
tions,withe Axilon in Homer, keep open houfe for allcommers, giving 
entertainmentto fuch as vifit them,f keeping a table beyond their means’ 
and a company of idle fervants (though not fo frequent as of old) are 
blown up on a fudden 5 and as A&aon was by his hounds, devoured by 
their kinfmen,friends and multitude offollowers. glt is a wonder that 
Paulus Jovius relates of our northern countries, what an infinite dealc 
of meat we confume on our tables: that I may truly fay, tis not bounty. 
C Iliad. 6. lib. 
f Vide Puteani 
Comum, Gocle- 
nium deporten- 
tojts canis no- 
Jkorum tempo- 
rum. 
g Mirabile di- 
fix eji,quantum 
opfonioYum una 
omnus Jingvlis 
diebus abfumat, 
J?ermmtur,men- 
f* in omnes pe- 
ne horas calen- 
tibus femper e- 
duliis. defaipt. 
Britan. 
h Üb.i.ievep. 
Gallorum, quod 
tot Utes &cau- 
J<eforenfes,ali- 
fe ferantur ex 
din.in immen- 
fum producan- 
tur, & magnos 
fumptus requi- 
rant unde Jit ut 
juris, aiminijiri 
plenmqinobili- 
tm pojfgjjiones, 
not hofpitality,as it is often abufed,but riot in excclle,gluttony andpro- 
! a meer brings in debt,want and beggery,hereditary dif- 
eafes,confumes their fortunes, and overthrows the good temperature of 
; their bodies.To this I might here well add their inordinate exyencc in 
building,thofe phantafticall houfes, turrets, walks, parks,Bcc^gaming, 
■ excefsof pleafure,Bcthat prodigious riot in apparrel, by which means 
: they arc compelled to break up houfe, and creep into holes. Sefellius in 
his commonwealth of h Francejgvves three rcafons why the french No- 
bility were fo frequently bankrupts. FirfiJ becaufe they hadfo many law- 
ful ts and contenti upon anotheryohich were tedious and cojily : by 
i tpd) means it came topafsjhat commonly lawyers bought them out of their 
\ pojJejjtons.A fecond caufz was their riotjhey lived beyond their 
were therefore fwallowedup by merchants.(La-Nove a French writer yeeids 
‘ five reafons of his countrey mens poverty, to the fame effect almoft, 
. and thinks verily if the Gentry of France were divided into ten parts, 
eight of them would be found much impaired, by Tales, morgages,and 
debts,or wholly funkjn their eftates.) The laji was immoderate excefie in 
apparel, which confumd their revenues. How this concerns and agrees 
adquirant, tum 
quod fumptuofi 
vivant,, & a 
mercatoribus 
abferbentur & 
fyendijTimd 
vefiantur, &c Democritus to the Reader. 
69 
With our prelent ftate,look you. But of this elfwhere. As it is in a mans 
body, if either head,hart,ftomack,!ivcr,fplcen,or any one partyc 
leded,ail the reft fuffer with itifo is it with this Oechonomicall body.lt 
the head benaught,a lpendthrift,a drunkard,a whoremafter,a gamefter, 
how fhall the family jive at cafe ?1 Ipfa oupiat fains fervare0prorfus non 
i Ter. 
potejt hanc familiam ,as Demea faid in the Comedy, fafety her leit cannot 
fave it. A good, honeft,painfull man many times hath a fhrew to his wife, 
a fickly,dilhoneft3floathfulJ,foolifli,careleffc woman to his mate,a proud, 
peevifhflurt,a liquorifh, prodigal quean, and by that means all goes to 
1 uin; or if they differ in nature,he is thrifty,lhe Ipends all,he wife,fhe fot- 
tifti and foft3what agreement can there bc?what friendfhipMike that of 
thc Thrufh and Swallow in in ftead of mutuall love, kind compel- 
-lat ions, whore and thief is heard,rhey fling ftoolsat one anothers heads. 
f%U£ intemperies vexat hanc familiam £ All enforced marriages com- 
monly produce fuch effeds, or if on their behalfes it be well,as to live 8c 
k Ampitheccti 
Plant, 
agree lovingly together,they may have difobedient & unruly children, 
that take ill courfes to difquiet them,1 their fon is a thief a fpendthrifty\ 
their daughter a whore 3 a ftep m mother,or a daughter in law diftempers' 
all 3 a or clfe for want of means,many torturers arife, debts, dues, fees,' 
dowries, joynters, legacies to be paid, annuities iffuing out,by means of. 
which they have not wherewithal! to maintain themfelvesinthat pomp 
as their prcdeceflbts have done,bring-up or beftow their children to their 
callings,to their birth and quality,0 and will not defeend to their prefent 
1 Paling. Piim 
aut fur. 
m Latus cum 
mure, duo galli 
Jimul in <ede,Et 
glares binx 
nunquam vi~ 
funt fine Ute. 
n Res angujh 
domi. 
’ ©When pride 
• and beggery 
meet in a fa- 
mily, they 
. roar & howl 
y and caufc as 
many flafhes 
1 of difeontent 
fortunes. Oftentimes too,to aggravate the reft, concur many other in- 
conveniences, unthankful! friends,decayed friends,bad neighbours,ncg- 
ligent fervants,P fervi jibi mille clavi- 
bus refer ant* raptant, confumunt, liguriunt 3 cafualties, taxes, 
mulds, chargeable offices, vain expenccs, entertainments, loffe of ftock, 
enmiticSjCmulationSjfrequent invitations, loffes,furcti(hip,fickners, death 
ot mends, and that which is the gulf of all,improvidence, ill husbandry, 
diforder and confulion,by which means they are drenched on a fudden 
in their eftates,and at unawares precipitated infenfibly into an inextrica- 
ble labyrinth of dcbtSjCareSjWoeSjWantjgriefidifcontent, and melancho- 
ly it felf. 
I have done with families, and will now briefly run over foiue few 
as fire & wa- 
ter, when 
they concur, 
' make thunder 
■ claps in the 
skies. 
p PlautmAulii- 
r hr. 
|orts and conditions of men. The moft fecure, happy, joviali and merry 
Jn t^e worlds efteem are Princes and great men, free from melancholy; 
mi t for their carcs,miferies, fufpicions, jealoufies, difeontents, folly and 
madneffe, I refer you to Xenophons Tyrannus, where King Hieron dif- 
courfeth at large with Simonides the Poet, of this fubjed. Of all others 
they are moft troubled with perpetuali fears, anxieties, infomuch,that 
as he faid in q Valerius,lf thou kneweft with what cares and miferies this 
q Lib. ~.cap.6; 
|obe were ftuffed,thou wouldft not ftoop to take it up.Or put cafe they 
e fecureand free from fears and difcontents,yet they are void * ofrea- 
Pn.tP°oft3and precipitate in their all our hi dories,quos de 
J u tk prodidereIliades,iEneides3Annales,and what is the fubjeft ? 
r Pellitur in 
beUti fapientit, 
•vi geritur res, 
' Vetus profer- 
binm, aut re- 
gem aut fatuum 
’ mfei oportere* 
o Stultorum regum, & populorum continet ezftus. 
ow they are, how furious,and upon fmall occasions, ram and in- 70 
Democritus to the Reader. 
confiderate in their proceedings, how they dote, every page almoft will 
witneflc, delirant reges, ple&untur Achivi. 
Next in place, next in miferics and difeontents, in all manner of hair- 
brain adions arc gfeat men, procul a Jove,procul a fulmine, the nearer the 
worfe. If they live in Court,they are up and down, ebb and flow with 
r Lib. 1. hifl. 
Rom.Jimiles a 
hacculorum 
calculis,fecun- 
dum compu- 
tantis arbitri- 
um, "r ' arci 
ftunt, odd au- 
rei ; ad nutum 
regis nunc be- 
ati funt nunc 
mferi. 
f Erumnoflqu» 
their Princes favors,lngenium vultuJlatqj caditqJflo, now aloft,to mor- 
row down, as * Pohhius deferibes them,//kefo many cafiiug Counters now 
of gold, to morrow offdvsrflhat vary in worth as the computant will', now 
theyft and for unites, to morrow for thoufands,now before all, and anon be- 
hind, Befide they torment one another with mutuaJl fadions, emulati- 
ons:one is ambitious, another enamoured,a third in debt,a prodigall, o- 
ver-runshis fortunes,a fourth folicitous with cares, gets nothin'* &c. 
But for thefe mens difcontents,anxieties,l refer you to Lucians Trad de 
merce de con duff is, f JEneas Sylvius (libidinis & Jiultitice fervo s, he calls 
them)Agrippa, and many others. 
Solonesin Sa. 
3. Lemifer.cu- 
■ ilium. 
\ Douff E- 
pid.lib. l.c. 13. 
a Hoc cogno- 
mento cqhone- 
flati Roha,qui 
ceteros morta- 
les fapieatia 
pr a parent, te- 
Jlis Flin. lib. 7. 
cap. 34. 
x Infanirs pa- ' 
rant certa rati- 
one meddque, 
mad by the 
book they, 
y Juvenal. 
Of Philofophcrs and Scholhrs,prifegfapienti# diHatores,\ have alrea- 
dy fpoken in generali terms,thofe fuperintendents of wit and learning, 
men above mcn,thofe refined mensMinions of theMufcs, 
c mentemque habere queis bonam 
Et effe u corculis datum efi. 
x Thcfc acute £< fubtilSophifters, fo much honouredjhave as much need 
of Hellcbor as others, Vo Medici mediam pertundite venam. Read 
Lucians Pifcator,and tell how heefteemed them^Agrippa sTratit of the 
vanity of Scicncesmay read their own works,their abfurd tenets prodi- 
gious paradoxes, & rifum teneatis amici You fhall find that of Arifo- 
tie trueyinllum magnum ingenium fine mixtura dementia, they have a 
worm as well as others 5 you fhall find a phantaftkaJJ ft rain a fuftian 
a buinbaft, a vain glorious humor,an affeded ftile, &c. like 
timed in an uneven woven cloth, run parallel throughout their works 
And they that teach wifdom, patiencc,meeknefle,are the verieft dizards 
a Salomon. 
J ' X. —J UJ 
hairbrains,and rnoft difeontent. a In the multitude of wifdome is grief 
& he that encrsafethwifdom,encreafeth forrowX need not quote mincau! 
thor 5 they that laugh and contemn others,condemn the World of folly, 
deferve to be mocked,are as giddy-headed,and lye as open as any other! 
b Democritus that common floutcr of folly, was ridiculous himfeif bark- 
ing Menippus, fcoffing Lucianfztynczl Lucilius, Petronius, Varro]Verti* 
us, &c. may be cenfured with the reft, Loripedem reUus derideat JEthto* 
hCommunis ir- 
rifor Jhhiticf. 
c Wit whi- 
ther wilt ? 
(IScaliger ex- 
ercitat. 3. 24. 
e Fit. erus 
f Ennius. 
g Lucian. Ter. 
mille drachmis 
ohm emptaflu- 
dens vide fapi- 
en'iam adipi- 
Jtf-ur, 
pern Alb us.Bale,E'rajmus, Hojpinian., Vives, Kemnifus, explode as a vaft 
Ocean of obs and Sols, School divinity, c a labyrinth of intricable que- 
ftions, unprofitable contentions, incredibilem delirationem one calls it 
If School divinity be fo cenfurcd,fubtilis d scot us lima veritati Occam 
irrefragabilis, cujus ingenium vetera omnia ingenia fubvertit,dfc.Bacon- 
thro pe, Dr. Refolutus, & Corculum Theologiae, Thomas himfclfc, Dodor 
c scraphicus, cui ditfavit Angelus, &c. what fhall become of huma- 
nity ? Ars fluita, what canine plead } what can her followers fay for 
themfelves?Much learning1 cere diminuit-brum,hath crackt their skonCc, 
and taken inch root,that tribus Anticyris caput infanabile, Hellcbor it 
felf can do no good, nor that renowned 8 Lanthorn of Eprtfetus, by Democritus to the Reader, 
71 
which if any man ftudied,he (houldbe as wife as he was.But all wil not 
ferye 3 Rhetoricians, in ojlentationem loquacitatis multa agitant, out of 
their volubility of tongue,will talk much to no can per- 
fwade other men what they wi\\,quo volunt, unde volunt, move, pacific, 
&c. but cannot fettle their own brains,what faith Tnlly ? Male indifer- 
t amprudenti am, quam loquacem Jiultitiam 3 and as h Seneca feconds him, j 
a wife mans Oration fliould pot be polite or folicitom. i Fabius efleems 
no better of moft of them, either in fpeech, aftion, gefture, then as men 
befide declamatores3 fo doth Gregory, Non mihi fapit ‘ 
quifermone,fed quifaffis fapit. Make the beft of him,a good Orator is a 
turn-coat, an evill man ,honus Orator pejfimus vir,his tongue is fet to lale, 
he is a meet voice, as k he faid of a fine mente fonnm, an 
hyperbolical liar,a flatterer,a parafite,and as1 Ammianus Marcellinus wi], 
a corrupting cofener,one that doth more mifehiefe by his fair fpeeches, 
then he that bribes by a man may with more facility avoid him 
that circumvents by money, then he that deceives with gloling tearms 3 
which made m Socrates fo much abhor and explode them.11 Fracaftorius 
a famous Poet, freely grants all Poets to be mad 5 fo doth aSc aliger 3 
h Epiji. 21. r. 
lib.Kon oportet 
orationem fipi- 
entis ejfe poli- 
tam aut filici- 
tam. 
i 13, 
multo anhelitu 
jaBatione fu- 
rentes peBtff, 
frontem c<se den- 
tes, &c. 
kLipjiuiyvoces 
funt,praetere i 
nihili. 
1 Lib. 90. plfff 
mali facere vi- 
detur qui orati- 
one quam qui 
pr<fcio quem- 
vis corrumpit; 
nam, <&c. 
m in~Gorg. 
Platonis. 
n In naugerio, 
o Sifirorfit 
Lyeeus, &c. 
quoties furit, 
furit, firit, a- 
, mans, bibens, 
’ €>■ PoetaJ&c. 
and who infanit homo, aut verfus facit ,Hor.S at.J .lib .2Jn~ 
fanire lubetfi. ver fus componere. Virg.%. Egi. fo Servius interprets it, all 
Poets are mad,a company of bitter Satyrifts,detra(ftors,or elfe parafitical 
applaudcrs:and what is poetry it felt,but as Aujiin bolds,Finum erroris 
ab ebriis doff ori bus propinatum} You may give that ccnfure of them in 
generali,which Sh Thomas Moore once did of Germanus Brixius Poems in 
particular. vehuntur. 
Inrate fultitix,fylvam habitant Furiec. 
Fnddeus in an Epiftle of his to Lupfet us,will havecivill Law to be the 
tower another honours phyfick, the Quintcflence ofNa- 
tuie ya third tumbles, them both down,and fets up the flag of his own 
peculiar fcience.Your fupercilious Criticks, Grammatical triflers, Note- 
makers,curious Anatiquaries,find out all the ruines of wit, ineptiarum 
the rubbilh ofold writers 3P Frfl finitis habent nifi ali- 
invenire,quod in aliorum feriptis vertant vitio, all fools 
Wlt-h them that cannot find correct others,& are hot in a cold 
p MorUsVt&p. 
lib. 11, 
cau(e5pU2<zie themfclves to find out how many ftreets in Rome, houfcs, 
gates, towers ,Homers country, JEneas mother, Niohes daughters, an Sapko 
p übl '1 °a pier i t'tovumHprius extiterit an gahnai&c.&alia qu£ dedifeenda 
yjtnt feirefi fcircs,as* Seneca bolds.What deaths the Senators did wear 
ln hat fhoes,how they fat,wheYe they went to the dofe ftool,how 
q TBacrob. So* 
tuY. 7.16. 
X Epiji’ X<s* 
anY duties in a meffe,what for the prefent for an hiftorian 
0 relate, f according to L&dovic.Vivesjs Very ridiculous,is to them,moft 
Precious elaborate ftuffe,they admired for it,and as proud,as triumpFiant 
ntle mean time for this difcovery, as if they had won a City, or con- 
a rich as if they had found a Mine of gold or 
afhores ahjurdis commentis fits percacant & fercorant, one faith, 
°cwray Scdawba company of books and good Authors,with their 
f Lib. de confis 
comp, anium, 
f (J,1 1 Comments, correctorum ferquiliniat Scaliger calls them, and 
1 ev* tQe*r wit in cenfuring others, a company of foolilh note-makers. 
t Lib. 2. in Au- 
finium,cap. Ip» 
& 32. 72 
Democritus to the Reader, 
humble bees, dors or beetles, inter Jiercora ut plurimum verfantur, they 
rake over all thofe rubbith and dunghills,and prefer a manufeript many 
times before the Gofpel it felf,z thefaurum criticum,hehxQ any treafure, 
and with their deleaturs,alii legunt ftc,meus codex fc habet, with theit 
z Edit. 7. ve- 
lum. law Gu- 
tero. 
pojirema editionestannotations, caft]gations,scc. make books dear,thcm- 
felvcs ridiculous,and do no body good, yet if any man dareoppofeor 
contraaidf, they are mad, up in arms on a fudden, how many flbeets arc 
written in defence, how bitter invedtives, what apologies ? Epiphilledes 
h£ funt ut mer<e nuva.But I dare fay no more of,for,with or againft them. 
a Arijlophanis 
Kants, 
becaufe lam liable to their lalb,as well as others. Of thefe and the reft 
of our Artifts and PhilofophersJ will generally conclude they are a kind 
of mad mcn,a Seneca efteems of thereto make doubts Sc fcrup!es,how 
to read them truly,to mend old Authors, but will not mend their own 
lives, or teach us ingenia fanare,memori am officiorum ingerere,acjidem itt 
rebus humanis retinere, to keep our wits in order, or re Clitic our manners. 
hLib.'debene- 
feiis. 
Numquidtibi demens videtur, ft ijiis operant impenderit} is nothe mad 
that draws lines with Archimedes, whiles his houfe is ranfacked, and his 
city befieged,when the whole world is in combuftion, or we whilft our 
fouls are in danger,(z»^rj-Jequitur, vita fugit')to fpend our time in toyes, 
idle queftions,and things of no worth ? , 
That c Lovers are mad, I think no man will deny. Amare ftmul & fa- 
pere, if ft Jovi non datur,Jupiter himfelfe cannot intend both at once, 
d Non bene conveniunt,nec in una jede morantur 
Maje It as & amor. 
c Delirus & 1 
amem dicatur , 
merit. Hor. 
Seneca. 
d Ovid. Met. 
ePlutarch. A- 
tnatoria eji ti- 
mer inf anus. 
npift.w 
gSylva nupti- 
alis l.i.num. 11. 
Omnes mulie 
yes ut pluri- 
mum jiult<e.. 
h Arijiotle. 
i Dolere fe di- 
xit quod tarn 
vita egredere- 
tur. 
Tfully when he was invited to a fccond marriage,replied, he could not ft- 
mul amare & fapere.be wife and love both together,« Eji orcus il/e, vis 
eji immedicabilis,eji rabies infaua.Lo\Q is madnefle,a hell, an incurable 
dikafebimpotentem &infanam libidinem, f Seneca calls it, an impotent 
and raging luft.l Ihall dilate thisfubjeCt apartjin the mean time let Lov- 
ers (igh out the reft. 
k Lib. i. mm. 
11. fapientia ] 
dUrdivitite via 
Jmul pqjjideri 
fojjimt. 
1 They get 
their wil'doro 
by eating Py- 
cruft /ome. 
jn xphfutn» 
7vl< SwrciV 
yhivu ct\&- 
evw 
Opes quidem 
mortalibus funt 
ementia. Theo- 
gnis. 
n Fortum nimi- 
um quem fovet, 
Jlultum facit, 
o 7oh. 28. 
p Mag. moral, 
iib,2.& lib.i. 
fit'* 
6 NeviJanus the Lawyer holds it for an axiome, mojl women are fools, 
j£mmk invalidum ‘,Seneca men, be they yongorold} who 
doubts it, youth is mad as Elius in Tullyfiulti adolefcentuli^old age little 
better,ddrri jenesy&c.Jheophrajies in the 107. year of his age, laid he 
then began to be wife,*»;»Japere c<epit, Sc therefore lamented his depar* 
ture.lf wildomc come fo ]ate,where ihall we find a wife man > our old 
ones dote at threefcorc and ten. I would cite more proofs, and a better 
Author } but for the prefent, let one fool point at another. k Nevifanus 
hath as hard an opinion ot 1 rich men ,wealth and wifdom cannot dwell to- 
gcther,fiultiti am patiuntur opes,™ and they do commonly uinfatuare cor 
homini/,befot men} Sc as we lee \Vfools have fortune:0 Sapientia non inve- 
nitur in terra fuaviter viventium.For betide a natural contempt of lear- 
ning,which accompanies Inch kind of men,innate idleneflc,for they will 
take no pains)and which p Arijiotle obferves,a£z mens plurimaybi mini- 
ma fortuna,ubi plnrima fortuna,ibi mens per exigua, great wealth 5c little 
wit go commonly togethenthey have as much brains Tome of them in 
their heads as in their inbred negleft of liberal fciences, 
and all Arts,which (hould excolere mentem, polilh the mind, they have D £ M o CIU Tus to the Reader. 
73 
nioft part fome gullith humor or other,by which they are led} one is an 
Epicurean Atheiff a fccond a gamefter, a third a whoremafter, (fit fub- 
jects all for aSatyrift to work upon,) 
: q Hor.fer. r. 
fat. 4. 
r infana gula, 
infane ob- 
* Flic nuptarum infanit amoribus fic puerorum, 
‘oneis mad of hauking, hunting, cocking? another of caroufing, horfe- 
riding, fpendihg} a fourth of building, fighting, Bcc. 
Infanit veteres fiatuas Dattfafippus emendo^ 
Damafippus hath an humor of his own, to bctalkt of: { Heliodorus the 
Carthagini an anoxXwx.ln a concludes of them all, they 
Jiruiliones, in- 
i fanum venandi 
jiudium difeor- 
dia demens. 
Virg. AEn. 
{ Heliodorus 
■ Carthaginenjis 
r ad extremum 
. orbU farcopha- 
’ go tejiamemo 
I me hie jujji 
. condier, &ut 
t viderem an 
5 quii infanior 
ad me vifendii 
. ufqwdhtecloca 
' penetraret. Or- 
-1 telius in Gad. 
) t If it be his 
I work, which 
Gaffer Veretscs 
* fufpe&s. 
> u Livy. Ingen- 
t tes virtutes in* 
5 gentia vitia. 
\ x Hor. £uif- 
are Stature ereßce the very ftatuesor pillars of folly. Chufe out 
of all ftories him that hath been moft admired,you (hall iff ill find ynulta ad' 
ad vituperationem magnificari 1 Berofus of 
*tes mortales militia, & c<eterifqb 
vitiis anteceffit, as (he had fome good,fo had (he many bad parts. 
Alexander,a worthy man#but furious in his anger,overtaken in drink: 
Ccejar and Scipio valiant and wife,but vain-glorious,amhitiousiVefiaficn 
a worthy Prince,but covctous:u as he had mighty vertues, fo 
had he many virtutem mille vitia comitantur3 as Machiavel 
J V ■' J " w ” 
of Cofmus Medices, he had two diftinft perfons in him. I will determine 
of them all,thcy are like thefe double or turning piftures 5 ftand before 
which,you fee a fair maid,on the one fide an ape, on the other an owle •> 
look upon them at the firft fight all is well,but farther examine, you (ball 
find them wife on the one fide,and fools on the feme few things 
praife worthy ,in the reft incomparably faulty. I will fay nothing of their 
difeafes, emulations, difeontents, wants, and fuch miferies} let poverty 
plead the reft in Arijiophanes Plutus. 
quit ambitions 
mala aut ar- 
' genti pallet 
amore, Muif- 
qu# luxuria, 
tridicr. fuber- 
Covetous men amongft others, arc moft mad, x they have all the 
Symptomes of lUelancholy, fear, fadneile, fufpition, Sic. as (hall be pro- 
ved in his proper place. 
' jhtione.Per. 
, y Cronica Sla- 
vonica ad an- 
num 1257. d* 
Danda eji HeUebori multo pars maxima avaris* 
And yet me thinks prodigals ate much madder then they, be of what 
condition they will,that bear a publicior private purfc} as a y Dutch 
Writer cenfured Richard the rich Duke of Cornwall fuing to be Emperor, 
for his profufe fpending effudit pecuniam antepedes principium Ele- 
gorum ficut that Scattered mony like watery I do cenfure them, 
Stulta Anglja(f2C\th htfquce tot denariis fionte eji privata, ftulti principes 
nohtle jus funm pro pecunib 
bers,and bribe takers are fools,and fo are2 all they that cannot keep,dis- 
burfe,or fperd their moneys Well. 
cujm pecunia 
jamincredibilia 
dixerunt, 
z A fool and 
hismony are 
foon parted, 
a Oral, de i- 
tnag.ambitiofuf 
& audax na- 
viget Ant icy- 
ras. 
, b Navis jhha± 
qu<e continuo 
movetur, naut x 
Jhlti quifepe- 
riod# expo- 
nunt, aqua in- 
farta qu<e Jic 
fremit, &c.aer 
jaQatur, &c. 
qui mavi fe 
committit Jlo- 
lidum mum 
terra fugiens,'), 
40. niari inve- 
nit* Gaffer ErU 
Worof 
i might fay the like of angry,peevifti,cnvious,ambitious}a Anticyras me- 
hor farbere Hereticks, hi ottines 
habent imaginationem Idfani (faith Nymannus') and their madnefifhall bej 
'vident,2 1 FabatHs an Itali an f\o\ds fea-faring men all 
Jjfp is mad for it never Jlandsjiill: the mart iners are mad Jo expofe them- - 
drives to fuck imminent dancer: the waters are raeinc mad, in perpetual 
m°tioh:the winds are as mad as the refis they know not whence they come, 
whither they would go: and thofe men are maddeji of all that goe to fea } 
for one fool at home-.they find forty abroad• He was a mad man that 74 
Democritus to the Reader. 
cl Cap.de alien, 
mentis. 
e Dipnofophiji. 
in. 
fTibicines 
mints Capti. 
Erafm. Chil. 4, 
cer. 7. 
g Prov. 30. In- 
fana libido. Hie 
rogo non Juror 
eft, non eft h<ec 
mentula de- 
mens.iyfart.ep. 
74.1.3. 
h Melie puella- 
rum far puero- 
rum mille ju- 
rares. 
i Vter ejtinfa 
nior horum. 
Hor. Qvid, 
Virg. Plin. 
k Plin. lih. 36 
z Tacitus 3. 
Annal. 
faid it*and thou peradventure as mad to reade it. d Fcelix PUterus is of 
opinion all Alchemifts are mad,out of their witsi>e Atheneus faith as much 
of Fidlers,d° mnfarum Itifcinias jMuficians,omnes tibicines infaniunt,ubi 
femel efflant,avolat illico mens,in comes mufickat one ear3out goes wit at 
another .Proud and vain glorious perfons are certainly mady and fo arc 
» „ . . -r r 1.10. ir 1 i . 1 i _ Ir_ . r. t 
e lafcivious* I can reel their pulles beat hither, horn mad lome or them* 
to let others lie with their wivcs3 and wink at it. 
To infifth in all particulars*were an Herculean talk3to Reckon up k /«- 
fanas fubjiru&iones, inf anos labores, infannm luxum3 mad labors, mad 
books3endeavors3cariages3groflc ignorance3ridiculous adions*abfurd ge- 
ftures}/nfanamgulamjnfaniam viliarumffnfanajurgiajs&Tully terms them* 
madnes of viliages*ftupend ftrudures*as thofEgyptian Pyramids3Laby- 
rinths & Sphinges, which a company of crowned afles* ad ofientationem 
opum,vainly built’when neither the Archited nor King that made them, 
or to what ufe and purpofe*arc yet known: To inlift in their hypocrifie* 
inccnftancy,blindnes,rattmes,dementem temeritatem,fraud, cofenagc* ma- 
lice3angcr3impudence*ingratitude*ambition*grofs fupcrftition, z tempora, 
infetfa & adulationefordida, as in Tiberius times* fuch bafe flattery* ftu- 
pend* parafitical fawning andcolloguing38cc.brawies* conflids* defires* 
would afk an expert Vefahus to anatomife every member. 
Shall I fay>Jupiter himiclP, A polio,Mars,&c. dot cdb and 11 onfter-conque- 
ring Hercules that fubdued the world*& helped others*could not relieve 
himfelf in tbis*but mad he was at laft.And where fhall a man walk, con- 
verfe with whom*in what Province*City*and not meet with SigniorJDe//- 
ro,cv Hercules Furens,Msenadesy& CorybantestThoix fpeeches fay no lefs. 
a e jungis nati homines* or elfe they fetched their pedegreefrom thofe 
that were ftruck by Sampfon with the jawbone of an affe. Or from Deu- 
z.Ovid.’]. met, 
E fungis nati 
homines ut o- 
lim Corinthi 
primaevi illius 
lociaccolafluia 
jiolidi fa fatui 
fungis nati di- 
cebantur, idem 
far alibi dicas. 
b Famian. 
S trade de ba- 
julis, de mar- 
more femifcul- 
pti. 
cation and Myrrha s ltones*tor etyntmgenusJumus* marmorei fumus, wc 
arc ftony hearted, and favour too much of the ftock* as if they had all 
heard that inchanted horn of Ajiolpho that Tnglilh Duke in Ariofio, w<k 
never founded but all his auditors were mad5& for fear ready to make 
away landed in the mad haven in the Euxine fca of Daph- 
cAriantispe- ; 
riplo marts . 
Euxini portus , 
ejuf meminit, i 
far GiUius l.3. 
deBofpher. 
Thracio&lau- 
rus infana <pua 
allata in con- 
vivium con- 
vivasojnnes in- 
fama affecit. 
GulielStucchi- 
us 
fare. 
d Lepidum po- 
ema ffc infai- 
ptum. 
e Stultitiam 
/mulare non 
potes ni/t taci- 
turnitate. 
nU infana,which had afecrct quality to dementate, they are a company 
of giddy-heads*afternoon-;men*it isMidfomer moon ftil3 8c the Dog-days 
laft all the year long*they areallmad.Whom fhall I then except?£?/r/V«/ 
Hut tenus d nemo,n<?m,nemo omnibus horis fapit, Nemo nafeitur fine vitiis, 
Crimine Nemo caret,Nemo forte fua vivit contentus,Nemo in amore fapit. 
Nemo bonus, Nemo fapi ens. Nemo, eji ex omni parti beatus,&c. and there- 
fore Nicholas Nemo,ox Monficur No-body fhallgo £ree,(jj)uid veleat nemo* 
Nemo referre potefi ? But whom fhall I except in the lecond place? 
fuch as are filent, vir f tpit qui pauca loquiturs cno better way to avoid 
folly and madnefl'e3thenby taciturnity. Whom in a third > all Senators, 
for all fortunate men are wife3 and conquerors valiant*and 
fo are all great men jton eji bonum ludere cum diis, they are wife by au- 
thority* good by their office and place* his licet impune peffimos ejfes 
(fome hj) we not fpeak °f them, neither is it fit 5 per me firtt omnia 
protinus albao I will not think amiffe of them. Whom next.' Stoicks? 
Sapiens Stoicus, and he alone is lubjcd to no perturbations* as DBMo C r IT uS to the Reader. 
75 
f Plutarch feoffs at him,be is not vexed withtorments,or burnt with fire,foi- 
led by his adverfury, fold of his enemy’.though he be wr?nckled,ftnd-blind, 
toothleff and deformed'-, yet he is moji beautiful,' And life a god, a king in . 
conceit, though not worth a groat. He never dotes, never mad,never fad, ‘ 
drunf, becaufe vertue cannot be taken away,asB Zeno holds, by reajon 
Jtrong a ppre hen [ton,hut he was mad to fay fo ccclo huic eft opus 
aut do I a hr*,he had need to be bored, 8c fo had all his fellows, as wife as 
they would feem to heexhryfpus himfelfliberaiy grants them to be fools' 
, f Extortus non 
cruciatur, am- 
bujius non lu- 
ditur, projhra- 
tw in lutlajvm 
avindtur \ non 
Jit captivus ah 
hojle venunda- 
tus. Etjt rugo- 
fus,fen ex eden- 
tulus, lufeusj 
deformis, for- 
mfus tamen, 
& deo Jimilis, 
r felix,dives, rex 
nullius egens,et- 
\fi denario non 
'Jit dignus. 
■ g lUu conten- 
dw\t non inju- 
ria afjjd, non 
■ infania, non in- 
• ebriari, quia 
. vmusnon eri- 
pitur oh con- 
flantes compre- 
. henfiones.Lipf. 
. jphyf.Stoic. lib* 
3‘ diffi. iB. 
> h laneus He- 
. bus epig. 102« 
/.8. 
‘ i Hor. 
; k Fratresfan3. 
. Rofeds crucis. 
1 Anftnt, qua- 
lesfint, unde 
nomen illud 
afeiverim. 
* m Turn Babdi* 
I n Omninm ar- 
. tium & fdm- 
ticarum inflau- 
" rator, 
, o Divinus ills 
I vir author no- 
-1 tarum, in epijl. 
1 Rog.Bacon, ed. 
as wc] as others,at certain times,upon fome occalions, amitti virtute ait 
per ebrietate .nut atribilariu morUyt may be loff by drunkennes or me- 
lancholy,he may be fometimes crafed as Well as the reft:1 ad famt fapiens 
Hi ft quum pituita molejla, J ftiould here except fome Gynicks, Menippus, 
Diogenes,that Theban Cratesjox to defeend to thefetimes,thatomnifcious' 
only wife fraternitykof the Rope Croft,thole great Theologucs, Politici- 
ans,Philofophers,Phyfitians,Philologers,Artifts,Bcc.of whom S. Bridget, 
Albas Joacchjmu,Lcicenbergius,e>c fuch divine fpirits have prophefied,Bc 
made promife to the world if at leaft there be any fuch(f/e#.l Neuhufus 
makes a doubt of it,m Valentinus Andreas 8c others ) or an Elias artifex 
j j ; 
their Theophrajiian whom though Lihavins 8c many deride Bc. 
carp at,yet fomc wil have to be the n renewer of all arts &fc fences, refor- 
mer of the world,Bc now living, for fo Johannes Montanus Strigonienfis 
that great Patron ofParacelfns contends,6c certainly averso** moji divine 
manfa the quintefcence of wifdom wherfoever he begins fraterni- 
ty,friends. See.areall P betrothed to wifdom, if wc may believe their dif- 
cipiesand followers.! muff needs except Lipftus Sc the Pope, Bcexpunge 
their name out of the catalogue offools.For befides that parafitiqal tc- 
ftimony of Doufa, A Sole exoriente Maeotidas njqjpaludes, 
Nemo ejl qui jujio fe £.quiparare queat* 
Lip fins faith ofhimfelf3that hewivAhumani generis quidem paedagogus voce 
& Jiylo, a grand Signior3a Matter, a Tutor of us all, and for 13 yeats he 
brags,how he fowed wifdom in the Low countries,as Ammonius the phi* 
lofophcr fometimes did in Alexandria,* cum humanitate Uteros & fapi- 
entiameum prudentiaiantijies fapientice, hefhallbe Sapientum O&avus. 
fhe Pope is more than a man,as his parats make him, a demi-god, and 
befides his holinefs cannot encyn Cathedra bglike:andyet foine of them 
liavc been Magicians,Hereticks,Atheifts,children,and as Flatina faith of 
John 22.Et Ji vir literatus, multa Jicliditatem & levitatem pr£ feferen- 
Ga egitfiohdi & fodordk vir ingenii5a fcholar fufficient,yet many things 
he did foohfhly,lightly.! can fay no more then in particular,but in gene- 
ral tern-s to the red, they are ail mad, their wits are evaporated3and as 
Ariojlo faigns /.34.kept in jars above the Moon. 
Some loje their wits with love, fome with ambition3 
' Ham bur. 160S* 
p Sapientitcde- 
(ponfiti. 
q Solus hk ejl 
fapiens dii vo- 
litant vehitum- 
br*e. 
tlnep.ai B il- 
thaf. Moretum* 
fßejeßiuncuU 
ad Patavum. 
Felinus cum 
reliquis, 
t Magnum vn- 
rum fequi ejl 
fapere, fome 
think*, others 
dijtpere* Cattd* 
*?laUf.Meneii 
Some following t Lords and men of high condition* 
Some in fair jewels rich and cofily fit, 
Others in Poetry their wits forget. 
Another thinfs to be an Alcumijl, 
Lilt all be (bent, and that his number s mid* 
Convici fools they are,mad men upon record 5 and lam afraid paft cure 
many oft hem * erepunt inguina, thcSymptomes are manifefkthey are all 
—■> ' 
Ot Got am parifh: Democritus to the Reader, 
u Quumpi>'or hand fit manifejia phrenefis, 
what remains thenxbut to fend for Officers to carry them 
all together for company to Bedlamfk. fet Rablais to be their phyfitian. 
If any man (hall afk in the mean time, who I am that fo boldly cenfurc 
habes vitia ? have Ino faults? y Yes more then thou 
halkwhatfoever thou art* Nos numerus fumus A confeffe it again J am as 
u In fat. 14. 
x Or to fend 
fora cook to 
the Anticyrae 
to make Hel- 
lebor pottage. 
Settle brainc 
pottage, 
y Aliquantu- 
lum tamen inde 
m filabor, 
quod una cum 
mulus <& fipi- 
entibibfrv cele- 
berrimis xirts 
ipfs injlpiens 
fan, quodfe 
Menippus Lu- 
ciaminfiecyo- 
■ hiantfq. 
z FetVonius in 
Catdc'i}. 
fbolilb, as mad as any one. 
z Infanus z'dbis uon deprecor 
frfno minus inf anus 
I do not deny it ?demens de populo dematur. My comfort is, I have more 
fellows, and thofe of excellent note. And though I be not fo right, or fo 
difereet as I fhould be, yet not fo mad, fo bad neither as thou perhaps 
takdf me to be. - ; c: 
To conclude, this being granted, that all the World is melancholy, or 
mad,dotes,and every member of it,l have ended my talk, and fufficient- 
ly iiluftrated that which I took upon me to demonftrate at firfb Atthis 
prefent I have no more to fays His fanammentem Democritus, I can but 
Willi my fclf and them a good Phylitian, and all of us abetter minde. 
And although for the abovenamed reafons, I had a juft caufe to un- 
dertake this fubjeft, to point, at thefe particular fpecies of dotage, 
that lb men might acknowledge their impcrfeCfions, and feek to reform 
what is I have a mofe ferious intent at this time 5 and to omit 
all impertinent fay no more of Inch as are improperly me- 
lancholy, cr metaphorically mad, lightly mad, or in difpofition,asftupid? 
a That I mean 
of Ar.dr. Vais. 
Apolqff.smanip. 
1.L&26. 
AP)L 
b r.teo ajfsßio 
nojlrA tempo- 
ribus jrsquen- 
tijjima. 
c rap.ls. de 
Ml. 
dhe anima 
wjh‘o hoc jit- 
rub morbus 
frequentijft• 
mus. 
e Confab. 98. 
adeo nojhos 
temporibus fre- 
quentes wgruit 
ut ml}us frrs 
ah eju< Übsim- 
minis veperia- 
mr& omnium 
fere morbonm 
occajio etctjla*. 
(Mor. Lr.com, 
Jtquis calwn- 
nistur levim 
langty, drunken, filly, fottifn, fullcn, proud, vain-glorious, ridicu- 
. lous, bcaftly, peevifh, obftinate, impudent, extravagant, dry, do- 
ting, dulf, ddperate, harebraine, &c. mad, hetoro- 
(elites, which no new hold, no phyfick help : my purpofc 
and endeavor is, in the foliowing difeourfe to anatomize this humor of 
■ me 1 ncholy, through all his parts and fpecies,as it is an habit,or an ordi- 
n :ry difeafe, and that philofophically, medicinally, to (hew thccaufes, 
f\ mptomes, and fevcrallcures of it, that it may be the better avoided. 
Moved thereunto for the generality of it, and to do good, it being a 
difeafe fo frequent, as b Mercurialis obferves, in thefe our dayes'f'o often 
happenings faith c Laurentius, in our miferable times, as few there are 
that feel not the fmart of it. Of the fame minde is Mian Mont alius, 
dMelan&hon. and others} c Julius. Ca>far Claudinus calls it the foun- 
tain of all other and fo common in this crafed age of ours, 
that fcarce one of a thoufand is free from it: and that Splenetick Hy- 
pocondriacal wind efpedally, which proceeds from the fpleen and (hort 
ribs. Being then it is a difeafe fo grievous, fo common, I know not 
wherein to do a more generali fervice, and fpend my time better, then 
to preferibe means how to prevent and cure founiverfall a malady, an 
Epidcmicall difeafe, that fo often, fo much crucifies the body and 
minde. * 
qf qucm decet 
SS!S,aiit 
quam deem 
cbujymm.- 
jfj }]avc cvcrfhot my felf in this which hath been hitherto faid,or that 
it is, which I amfure fome will objed, too phantaftical, too light and 
comicallfor a Divine Joo Jatyrical for one of my profej/ionj. will prefume 
anfwer with * Evafmus* in like cafe, Tis not I, but Democritus Memo ~ D E MOCRITUS to the Reader, 
critas dixit:\o\x muff conlider what it is to fpeak in own or ano- 
thers perfon,an aftumed habit and name} a difference betwixt him that 
affccfsor ads a Princes, a Philofophers,a Mag iff rates, a Fools part, and 
him that is fo indeed}and what liberty thofe old Satyrifts have had, it is 
a Cento collected from others, not I,but they that fay it. 
gHor. Sat.4.l. 
% 
, g Dixero ji quidfor fe Joc&fius, hoc mi hi juris 
Cum venik dabis 
Take heed you mkfake me not. If! do a little forget my felf, I hope 
you will pardon it. And to fry truth,why (hould any man be offended,or 
take accept ions at it> 
L icui licebit, 
Parcere perforik) dicers devitik. 
It lawful was of old, and If ill will, be. 
To fpeak of vice} but let the name go free: ] 
I hate their vices,not their perfons.lfany be difpleafed, or take oughti 
unto himfelf, let him not expostulate or cavil with him that faid it (ToJ 
did*1 Erafimus cxcufe himfelf to Dorpius, ft licet componere magnk) 1 
and fo do Ifiut let him be angry with himfelf that fio betrayed and opened1 
hk own faults in applying it to himfelf:1 if he be guilty and deferve itj let 
him amend who ever he island not be angry. He that hateth correfdion k a. 
foofprov.i2.i. If he be not guilty, it concerns him not} it is not my 
frecneife of fpeech, but a guilty confcience, a gaulcd hack of his owne 
h Epi. ad Dov- 
pium de /Horia, 
ft quiff iam of- 
fendatur Vyjt- 
bi vindication 
habst quod ex* 
pojiuletam eo 
quifcripjit, ip. 
fe ft volet, fe. 
cumagat infe- 
riam, utpote 
fui proditor, 
that makes him winch. 
Suffitione fi quk errabit fua. 
Et rapiet ad fe, quod erit commune omnium, 
StuUe nudabit animi confidentiam. 
Ideny not this which I have faid favors a little of Democritus} k Quam- 
vk ridentem dicere verum quid vetatb one may fpeak in jeft,Sc yetfpeak 
truth. It is fomewhat tart, I grant it feriora orexim excitant embamma- 
ta0 as he faid, (harp fauces increafe appetite, 
qui declaravit 
hoc ad fe pro- 
priepeniners. 
i Si quit feU- 
fum clamabit, 
aut donfeienti- 
am prodit fu- 
am, aut certe 
metum Phtdr. 
lib- 3. fep, 
Bab, 
1 Nec cibus ipje Juvat tnorfu fraudatus aceti. 
Object then and cavil what thou wilt,! ward all tat buck- 
ler,his medicine (hall halve it}ftrike where thou wilt, and when: Demo- 
critus dixit wil anfwer it.lt was written by an idle fellow}at 
idle times, about our Saturnalian or Djonifan feaffs, when as he faid, 
nullum libertati periculum eji ervants in old Rome had liberty to fay and 
do what them lift.When our country men facrificed to their goddefs 
n Vacuna^and fet tipling by their Vacnnat&YCS. 1 writ this, and publifhed 
k Her, 
1 Mart.lq. 22. 
m Vt lubst fe- 
riat abjlergant 
bos 1 Qus De- 
mocriti phar- 
-1 macos. 
n Rujlkorwri 
, dca presffe va- 
‘ cantibus & o- 
i tiofts putaba- 
, tur, cut poji la- 
bores agricola 
facrifecabat. 
. i«. 
Ovid. 1.6. Fuji. 
Jsim qitoq; cunt 
-this Ivt \Kxyyj it is nonink nihil. The time,plac£, perfons, and all circum- 
ftanccs apologize for me, and why may I not then be idle with others ? 
fpeak my minde freely? If you deny me this liberty,upon thefeprefum- 
ptions, I will take it : 1 fay again, I will take it. 
o S j qnk eji qui diUum in fe inclement jus 
Exijiimavit exijiimet. 
if any man take except ions,let him turn the buckle of his girdle, I care 
pot.l owe thee nothing(L\eader)l look for no favor at thy hands* I am 
independent, I fear not. 
funt antique 
fii ra 
Ante Vacuna- 
les jlantq; ft- 
dentp focos. 
Kofitu#»■ 
o Ter.prol, &*■' 
nue'h*• D E MOCK ITUS to the Reader, 
No, I recant, I will not, I care, I fear, Iconfeffe my fault, acknowledg a 
great offence, -—-motos prccjiat componere flu&us, 
I have ovcrlhot my felf, I bavefpoken foolifhly,raftily,unadvifedly, ab- 
furdly, I have anatomized mine own folly. And now me thinks upon a 
fiiddcn I am awaked as it were out of a dream,! have had a raving fit, a 
phnntaftical ft, ranged up and down, in and out, I have infultcd over 
moft kind of men, abufed feme, offended others, wronged my felfe, 
and now being recovered, and perceiving mine error,cry with ° Orlando, 
Solvite tf/e,pardon(T boni') that which is paft,and I will make you amends 
in that which is to comesJ. promife you a more fober difeourfe in iny fol- 
lowing Trcatife. 
o Ariefi.l. 3p. 
Staf. 58. 
If through weaknefte, folly, paffion, P difeontent, ignorance, I have 
fa id a miffed et it be forgotten and Forgiven; I acknowledg that of 3 Ta- 
citus to be tru c.A(j>er<e faceti £ ubi nimis ex vero eremfui memo- 
riam relinquunt,a bitter jeft leaves a fting behind itrand as an honoura- 
ble man obferves ff They fear a Satyrifls wit, he their memories. [ may 
juftly fufpeft the worfty and though 1 hope I have wronged no man, yet 
in Mcdcds words I will crave pardon. 
p Vt enim ex 
tUdik gaudiu 
ff. ftudia ex hi- 
Imtata prove- 
niunt. Plinius 
Tff.rxin ofuo, 
ep. lib, 8. 
q Annal. 15. 
x Sir Francis 
'Paconrsi his 
Effayes, now 
Vi (count S. 
Albdnes. 
li/ud jam voce extrema peto> 
Nc ft qua noftcr dubius effudit dolor, 
Maneant in animo verb a xfed melior tibi 
Memoria nojiri fubeat, h&c ir<s data 
Obii terentur—— 
And in my Lift words this I do defire. 
That what in paffionl have (aid, orire. 
May be forgotten, and a better minde 
Be had of us, hereafter as you findc. 
I carnefrly reqiicff every private man,as Scaliger did Cardan, not to take 
offence.l will conclude in his lines, Si me cognitum haberes.non folum do- 
nares nobis hasfecetias etiam indignum duceresjam humanum 
animum, lene vel minimamfuffitionem deprecari oportere. If 
thou knewcft iny *modcfty and fimplicity, thou woulds cafily pardon 
and forgive what is here amifs, or by thee mifconceived. If hereafter a- 
naton.izing this furJy humor, my hand Hip, as an unfkilful prentife I 
launce too deep,and cut through fkin and alat unawares,make it fmart, 
or cut awry, fpardon-a rude hand, anunfkilful knife,tis a moft difficult 
thing to keep an even tone, a perpetual tenor,and not fornetimes to Jafti 
eft Satyram non feribere^there be fo many objeftsto divert, 
inward perturbations to moleft, and the very beft may fornetimes erres 
aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus,it is impoffible not in fo much to over- 
fhoot: 
i 
K jQuod Fro- . 
bw Perfii (Zic- 
ypetO:f virgi- 
nah verecun- 
dia Perjhm 
jiuijfe dicit, ego, 
fjQm cut in- 
curia fudit, aut 
humana parum 
' cavit natwc. 
Lor. 
• opere in longo fas eji obreperefomnum. 
But what needs all this? I hope there will no fuch caufe of offence be gi- 
yenldfthere be, * Nemo aliquid recognofcat, nos mentimur omnia. 
He deny allf my lad refuge)recant all, renounce all I have faid, if any 
man except,and with as much facility excufe,as he can I pre- 
fume of thy good favor, and gratious acceptance (gentle reader ) Out 
of an allured hope and confidence thereof I will begin. 
t Frol, quer» 
Flant. Letter i wale feriato. 
vero cavefis edico quifquis es,nc temere fugilles Autbo* 
S|||||| rem hujufceoperis, aut cavillator irrideas. Imo ne vel ex 
|raj|3| aliorum ccnfura tacite obloquaris (vis dicam verbo) ne- 
|S|i quid nafutulas inepte improbes, aut falfo fingas. Nam fi 
talis revera iit, qualem prse fe fert Junior Democritus, fe- 
- sk—niori Democrito faltem affinis, aut ejus Genium vel tantil- 
lum fapiat jadum de te, cenforem aeque ac delatorem a aeet e contraCpe- 
r ■rr r \ r cn i • • • . ev . 
tuianti jplene cum Jit) lufflabit te m jocos, comminuet m tales, addo eti- 
am, Sc deo nfuT te laetificabit. 
„ 
acumecom^ 
mSrity melius 
non tangere 
I terum moneo, ne quid cavillere,ne dum Democritum Juniorem con- 
viciis infames, aut ignominiofe vituperes, de te non male fentientem, tu 
idem audias ab amico cordato, quod olim vulgus Abderitanum ab b Hyp~ 
pocrate, concivem bene meritum Sc poplarem fiium Democritum^pro in- 
fano liabens. Ne tu Democrite fapiautem & infani Abderita, 
c Abderitana pectora plebis habes. 
tecte paucis admonitum volo (male feriate Ledor'} abi. 
clamo. Hor. 
b Hippac.epijh 
Damageto, ac- 
cerjtttsjum ut 
Democritum 
tanqmm infa- 
num curarem, 
fed pojlqmm 
conveni, non 
per Jovem de. 
Jipienti£ nego- 
t him, fed rerum omnium receptaculum deprehendi,ejufq; ingenium demiratis fwn Abderitanos Mero tanquam non fttnos accufavi,ve* 
fatu potione ipfos potiw eguiffh dicens * c Mart. "jifiEraclite fleas, mifero fie convenit asvo, 
g | Nil njfi lurpe vides,nil nifl trifle vides, 
gj I Ride etiam, quantumq, lubet, Democrite ride 
Non nili vana vides, non nifi ftulta vides, 
Is fletu, hicrifu modo gaudeat, unusutrique 
Sit licet ufq; labor, fit licet ufq* dolor. 
Nunc opus efl (nam totuschcu jam defipit orbis) 
Milk Heraclitis, inilkq, Democritis. 
Nunc opus efl (tanta eft infania) tranfeat omnis 
Mundus in Anticyras, gramen inHellcborum. THE SYNOPSIS OF 
THE FIRST PARTITION. 
rrhcirCau-rj ,r {finne,concupifcence,Scc. 
nsSiSuo}.t,< r , 
. Clnfirumental; \ intemperance,all fecond caufcs,&ct 
i folfthebo- CEpidemicall; as Plague, Plica, &c. 
j /dy ?00, ) Qr 
• 1 which are £ Particular; as Gout; Dropfie,&c. 
(In difpofition; as all preturbutrons, evil af* 
fedtion, &c. 
indifeafes 
conlider 
beU* i- 
Definition, i 
Member, \ 
Division, Or 
2. Or (Dotage. 
< Phrenfie, 
MadoefTe, 
o£ the head Extafie, 
or minde. Lycanchropia. _ 
[s*if. 3. Habits, as < &nftt Via 
q„Lr : Hydrophobia. 
b 4* Poiieff .on or obfelfion of De- 
vils. 
JMelancholy.SeeV 
Its in Difpofition,lmproper, &c. Subfett. <s. 
r Humors, 4.Bloud,Phleghie, &c, 
Memb. 2. (Body [contained as-^ 
To its ex- hath j i Spirits; vital, natural, animal, 
plication, a 1 parts J 
digretfion \Subf.i. or fSimiliar; fpermatical,or flefh, bones, 
of anatomy, ‘ J) nerves, &c, 
in which fAnM;n- „ TDiffimular;'braine,beart,liver, &c. 
obferve a, 4. 
Par.tpjf i r Vegetal Snh[. 5. 
SnbJ. j. c ySenfible. Subf. 6> 7,8. 
'-Soul&hlsfacuk.es.as^^s4<a'9,10, it. 
V 
Melancho- 
ly: in-which 
confider 
< Memb, 3. 
Its definition, name, difference, Sub. _ 1. 
The part and parties, affected, affection, &c. Sub. 2, 
The matter of melancholy, natural, unnatural, &c. Sub. 4. 
sOf5Of the head alone, Hy-C with their feve- 
pocondriacal, or windy J rail caufes,fymp- 
Species, or as Jmelancholy. Of the whole j comes, progno1- 
kindes, Or *. Gfiicks, cures. 
, which are Jlndefinite;as Love melancholy, the fubjedl of the third 
C Partition. 
Its Caufes in general. Sett. 2. A. 
ItsSymptomesor fignes. Sett. 3. B. 
Its Prognofticks or indications.Sett. 4. 
Jits Cures; the fubject of the fecond Partition; S)vopjis oj the Jirji partition. 
.j? •^jr m ■ - - v ■ . v 
fAs from God immediately, or by fecond caufes, Sub. 7. 
Super- from the devil immediately, with a digreflion of the na- 
natural J ture of fpirits and devils, Sub. 2, 
COr mediately by Magicians, Witches, Sub. 3, 
rPrimary as flats, proved by Aphorifms, ftgns from Phyfiog- 
nomy,Metopofcopy, Chiromancy, Subf. 4. 
rr h’ r Old age, temperament, Sub. 5. 
•°nG L.< Parents, it being an hereditary difeafe. 
„•<; Or inwardfrom£ 
(Neceflary, fee 
I TNuries, Sub. 1. 
<or «J Education, Sub. 2. 
« Evident, ol Terrors, affrights, Sub. 3. 
-3 outward, Scoffs, calumnies, bitter 
§ G j remote, ad- jefts, Sub. 4. 
w «J ventitious, J of liberty, fcrvitudc, 
A w as, sif imprifonment, Sub. 5. 
Sett. 2. y Poverty and want, Sub. 6. 
Caufes of £ c An heap of other accidents, 
Melancholy Ho death of friends, loffe, 
are neither f jg Out- Or dec. Sub. 7. 
’ ward, ln which the body works on 
adventi- the mind, and this malady is 
Contingent caufed by precedent difeafes; 
vyhtch as agues,pox,&c. or tempera- 
late "I?’ < ture innate, Sub. 1. 
nearefl * Or by particular parts diftem- 
Membls. pered,asbrain, heart,fpleen, 
c « , 3 Aver, Mefentery, Pylorus, 
2. ftomack, dec. Sub. 2,, 
[Particular to the three Species. See^ 
- Innate humor, or from diftemperature aduft. 
■ ' A hot braine, corrupted bloudin the braine. 
f Inward ofVenery, or defedf. 
J Agues, or fome precedent difeafe. 
rOt head- f Fumes ariflng from the ftomack, &c. 
Melancholy ) Or 
are. Sub. 3. j ’fHeat of the Sunne immoderate. 
j j A blow on the head. 
• j Overmuch ufe of hot wines, fpices, garlick, 
onions, hot baths, overmuch waking," &c. 
Idlenefle, folitarinefle, or overmuch ftudy, 
vehement labour, &c. 
Particular fPaflions, perturbations, &c. 
caufes <; Of hypo- ** Inward CDefaulr of fpleen, belly, bowels, ftomack, m«- 
Sett. 2. condriacal, J fentery, miferiack veins, liver, Sec. 
Memb. 5. orwindie* < Or jMouths, or hemrods ftopt, or any other ordi- 
melancholy J C nary evacuation. 
are> Outward fix non-natural things abufed. 
r Inward S Liver diftempcred, flopped, over-hoc, apt to 
Over all the J 0 I ingender melancholy, temperature innate, 
body are, j r CBad diet,fuppreflion of hemrods, &c.andfucb 
\subf. 5. £ Outward evacuations, paflions, cares, &c. thofe fix 
■* C non-natural things abufed. ■Synoffis 'of the firft Partition-, 
f Bread ; courfe and black, &c. 
Drink;thick,thin,fowr, &c. _ # 
Water unclean, milk, oyl, vinegar, wine, fpices, &c. 
r Parts; heads, feet, entrals, fat, bacon, blood,&cf 
Flefli S 
fSubftance s3• j JBeef, Pork, Venifon, Hares, Goats, Pige- 
Kinds ons. Peacocks, Fen fowl, &c. 
Fifli, Of fifli; all Ihell-fifli, hard and flimy fifli, &c. 
‘ -Diet of* Of hcrbs;pulfe,cabbag,mcllons,garlick, onions,&c« 
fending in < v_&c. £ All roots, raw fruits, hard and windy meats. 
Sub. 3. [Quality, as J Preparing, dreffing,fliarp fauces, fait meats, indurate, fow- 
lin *1 ccd, fried, broyled, or made-diflies, &c. 
1 in eating, immoderate eating, oratunfcafonable 
k Quantity ) times, & Subf eft. 2. 
£Cuftom; delight, appetite, altered, &c. Subf. 3. 
Retention and eva- c Coftivencffe,hot baths,fweating,iffues flopped, Venus in exccfs, 
cuation, Subf. 4. 1 or in defeft, phlebotomy, purging, &c. 
Aire; hot, cold, tempeftuous, dairk, thick, foggy, moonlh,&c. Subf.s. 
Exercife, f Unfeafonable, cxcdlive or defective of body or inind,fohtarinefle,idlene{re; 
Sub. 6. \ a life out of action, &c. 
Sleep and waking, unfeafonable, inordinate, overmuch, overlittle,&c. Subf. 7. 
Sorrow,caufe and caufe & fym- 
\ ptomeJiS’ui.s.Shamc,repulfe,dlfgracc,&c.s'uk(s.Envy 
Slw. 2. Paf- and malice, Sub. 7. Emulation, hatred, faftion, defire 
fions and perturba- {' J of rcvengeySM.S.Anger a caufe, Sub. p. Difcontents, 
tions of the minde, £ cares, mifcries,&c. Sub. 10. 
Subf. 2. With a di- Or 
grefllon of the forced Vehement defires, ambition, Sub, n. CovetouCnefs, 
ofimagination.Vui. j L <pih*fyvftarf>ub.i2.Lovt of pleafures, gamingin 
2. & divifion ofpaf- toncii- J Defire of praife, pride,vain-glory, 
Sub.%, Ipifciblc S Slc.Sub.l4. Love of in excefs, with a 
v & digreffion of the mifery of Scholars, and why the Mu- 
L fes arc melancholy, Sub. 15. 
Neceflary 
caufes,as 
thole fix non- 
natural things 
which arc, 
Seß.2,Mem.2, 
'Body, asill digeftion, crudity, winde,dry brains, hard belly, thick blood, much 
Waking, hcavineffe and palpitation of heart, leaping in many placesj&c. Sub. i. 
CCommon c Fear and forrow without a juft caufe, fufpition, jealoufie, difcon- 
to all or 3 tent, folitarihefs, irkfomncfs, continual cogitations, reftlefle 
moft £ thoughts, vain imaginations, (kc.Subf. 2. 
~ fGeleftial influences, asf? U <l* &c. parts of the body,heart,brain, 
’ll liver, fpleen, ftomack, &c. 
C r Sanguine are merry ftill, laughing, pleafant, medita- 
ZJ ting on playes, women, mufick, &c. 
or u ■ egmatick,flothful,dull,heavie, &c. 
*2 Humours s. cholerick, furious, impatient, fubjcft to hear and fee 
g Qr & ftrange apparitions, &c. 
0 v.Black,folitary, lad,they think they are bewitcht,dead 
&c. 
Or mixt of thefe four humors aduft,or not aduft, infinitely varied; 
5 Tv . . .. r Ambitious thinks himfelf a King, a Lord; co- 
Tneir leverai cu A vctous runs on his money, lafcivious on his 
-o . poms, miftris; religious, hath revelations, vifions, 
•S Particular tticfinations» ail- j aprophet,or troubled in minde, a fcholar 
to private clPlmc>&c- L on his book, &c. 
accordfns fPleafant at lirfi^ardlydilcerncd,afterwards Karlii 
MSu.i 4 Continuance j, and intolerable, if inveterate; 
* * of time, as J Hehce fome rl. Falfa cogitatio. 
the humor is<i make three 2. Cogitata loqui. 
intended or j degrees, \3. Exequi hquutunu 
&c. |By fits,or continuate, as the object varies,plcafing 
t. or difpleafing. . . 
Simple, or as it is mixt with other Difeafes, Apoplexies, Gout, Canintu appetitw, k?c, to 
1 the fymptomes are various» 
B 
Symptomesof 
Melancholy 
*re cither. 
S*&. 3. Symptoms of the firfi partition 
THeadach, binding, heavinefle, vertigo, lightnefie, 
Tnbody J finging of the ears, much waking, fixed eyes, 
j high colour, red eyes, hard belly, dry body, no 
THead-me- L great fign of melancholy in the ocher parts.; 
lancholy, < Q 
rContinual fear, forrow, fufpition, difeontent, fuper* 
j fluous cares, foficitude, anxiety, perpetual cogi- 
. , j cation of fuch toyes they are poflefled with, 
On naind thoughts like dreams, See. 
fWinde, rumbling in the guts, belly-ake, heat in the 
1 bowels, convulfions, crudities, fhorc winde, 
j fovvr and fharp belchings, cold fweac, pain in the 
'ln body < left fide, fuftocation, palpitation, heavinefle of 
Hypocon- j the heart, finging in the ears, much fpicsle, and 
driacal or k nioifi, &c. 
windie Or . 
melancholy. I C Fearful, fad, fufpicious, difeonrent, anxiety, See. La- 
< Sub 2 I t •j < feivious by reafon of much winde, croublefome 
' pnmmd I dreams, afeted by fits, &c. 
s 
Particular 
fymptomes 
to the three 
diftin6\ fpe- 
cies. Sett, 3. 
C Jiiemb. 2. 
, , sBlack, moft part lean, broad veins, groflc/thick 
Overall Cbocly £ blood, their Hdmrods commonly flopped, &c. 
the body. Or \ 
Sub. 2. Jr • . sFearful, fad, folicary, hate light, averfe from com- 
m n I pany, fearful dreams, &c. 
Symptoms of Nuns, Maids, and Widows melancholy, in body and minde, 
&c. 
fWhy they are fo fearful, fad, fufpitious without a caufe, why fo- 
Areafon litary,why melancholy men are witty, why they fuppofe they 
of thefe hear and fee ftrange voices, vifions, apparitions, 
fymp- .Why they prophefie, and fpeak ftrange languages, whence 
tomes. i .Comes their crudity, rumbling, convulfions,cold iweat, heavi- 
Jiiemb. 3. I nsffe of heart, palpitation, cardiaca, fearful dreams, much 
[ waking, prodigious phantafies. 
CMorphcw,Scabs, Itch, Breaking our, &c. 
jßlack jandife. 
'Tending to good, voluntarily open. 
Llf varices appear. 
f Leannefs, drinefs, hollow-eyed, &c, 
lnveterate melancholy is incurable. 
Tending to evil, as cold, it degenerates often into Epilepfie, Apo- 
J plexy, dotage, or into blindnefie. 
v If hot, into madnefie, defpair, and violent death. 
The grievoufnefTe of this above all other difeafes. 
The difeafes of the mind are more grievous theu 
thofc of the body. 
| Corollaries and que- < Whether it be lawful in this cafe of melancholy, for 
i fiions. a man to offer violence to himfelf, Neg. 
How a melancholy or mad man offering violence 
I to himfdf, is to be cenfured. 
C 
Progno- 
fticks of 
melancho- 
ly. Sett.4. j THE 
FIRST PARTITION- 
rSECT I O N. 
The Fust) Member. 
Mans Excellency, E Miferics Infirmities 3 
The caufes of them. 
AN, the mod: excellent and noble creature of the 
f World, the principal and mighty God) 
wj J wonder of Natur e, as Zoroafles cals him 5 audack 
0 naturae miraculum, the a marvail of marvails) as 
djjjfyk fg o Abridgment and Epitome of the World) 
0 % I as 5 Microcofmus, a little world, a model 
SiSIPIS the world, cSoveraign Lord of the Earth, 
a o Viceroy of the World, foie Commander and 
Governor of all the Creatures in it; to whofe 
**** Empire they are fubiefi: in particular, and yield 
Mans excel- 
lency. 
a Magnum mi- 
raculum. 
b TPfundi epita- 
me, nature de- 
litict. 
b bints rerum 
omnium, cui 
fublunaria fer-~ 
vimt. Scaligi 
exercit. 365. 
fee. 3. Valef. de 
facr. Phil. c. 5. 
: d Ut in mmif- 
f mate Carfari) 
' imago, jtc in 
; homine Dei. 
e Gen. 1. 
£ Imago mundi 
in corpore, Dei 
. in anima, 
i Exemplumqus 
dei quiff efi in 
■ imagine parva. 
: 8 £ph. 4* 24. 
h Palant Or ike 
obeoicncc 5 far furpaliing all the relffnot in body only,but in foul 5 a Ima- 
ginis created to Gods own f Image, to that immortal and 
poreal fubftance.with all the faculties and powers belonging unto 
at nr ft pure,divine,peffe(d:,happy,&C>erfW after God in true holinejje and 
congruens frec from ail manner of infirmities, and put 
10 Paradifc, to know God, to praife and glorifie him3 to do his will. 
Vt diis con fannies parturiat deos. 
(as an old Poet faith)to propagate the Church. But this moft noble cfea- 
tuie3 Hen trijik, & lachrymofa commutatio (hone exclaims) O pitiful 
change! is fallen from that he was, and forfeited his eftatc,become wife- 
\c kottiunciO) a caftaway,a caitiff,one of the modi miferable creatures 
<>i the world,if he beconfidcved in his own nature,an unregenerate »an, 
•nr fpttrach obfcured by hisfall(ti)at fome few reliques excepted) he is 
»°r tp'a beaft.i Man in honor that underjiancUtb notJsUk? unto heajis 
nat perr fQ j^avui c deems him : a raonfer bv ftupend Metamor- 
i Pfal. 4p. 20. 
Mans fall and 
mifery, Part. 1. Sect. 1. 
Difeafcs in genera//. 
Memb.i. Subf.l. 
phofisAafox, a dog, a hog, what not? (Quantum mutatus ah illo ? How 
much altered from that he was5 before blelled and happy,now mifcrable 
ll Lofavid Jit- 
perat equum, 
impAidentid of- \ 
tl’in, afiu vul- j 
pern, jurors le- 
onem.Chryf.z3. * 
Gen. 
1 Gen. 3. 13- , 
in Ecclus 4. t, 
2, 3f 
A defcription 
01 melacholy. 
Impulfive 
caufe of mans 
rnifery and 
infirmities, 
n Gen.. 3. 17. 
o’PJa cadens 
tegmen mani - 
bus decujJJt fy 
und Perniciem 
immifit miferu 
mortalibus a- 
mm. Hefiod.i. 
and He mu ft eat his meat inf arrow, fubjed to death 8c all man- 
ner of infirmities,all kinde of calamities, m Great travel is created for all 
me?!-, and an heavy yoke on the fans of Adam, from the day that they out 
oftkt ir mothers womb,unto that day they return to the mother of all things. 
Namely their thoughts, and fear of their hearts, and their imagination of 
things they wait for,and the day of death. From him that ftlteth in the glo- 
rious throne, to him that fitteth beneath in the earth and affics . f rom him 
that is clothed in blue (ilk.,5 andweareth a Crown, to him that is clothed in 
(imple linnen. Wrath* envic, trouble, and unqnietnejjh, and fear of death, 
and rigor, and firife, andjuch things come to both man and bcafi, but fe- 
venfold to the ungodly. All this befals him in this life, and peradventure 
eternal rnifery in the life to come. 
The hnpulfive caufe of thefe miferies in man,this privation or deferudi- 
on of Gods image,the caufe of death and difeafes, of all temporal and e- 
ternal punifhments, was the fin of our firft parent Adam,n in eating of the 
forbidden fruit, by the devils mitigation and allurement. His difobedi- 
ence,pride,ambition,intemperance, incredulity, curiofity 3 from whence 
proceeded originali fin, and that general corruption ofmankind, as from 
a fountain flowed all bad inclinations, and aftual tranfgreffions, which 
Caufe our feveral calamities inflated upon us for our fins. And this belike 
is that which our fabulous Poets have fhadowed unto us in the talc of 
0 Pandoras box, which being opened through her curiofity, filled the 
1 world full of all manner of difcafes.lt is not curiofity alone, but thofe o- 
■ ther crying fins of ours, which pull thefe feveral plagues and miferies 
eper. 
p f-jom. 5* ad 
pop. Antioch. 
q V’fal 107* 17* 
t Pro. 1.27. 
f 2udd dl'tcjm 
p-ebr us bella 
concutiant,qudd 
fieri!itas f fa- 
mes follicitvdi- 
nem cumulent, 
qued 
bus morbis va- 
Utudo pangi- 
tur, qved hu- 
manum genus 
lui* populatione 
vajtatvr •, oh 
peccatum om- 
nia. Cyp. 
t Si raro dejii- 
per pluvia de- 
tendat,Ji terra 
upon our heads. For Vbi peccatum,ibi procella, as^Chryfofiomwell ob- 
ferves. <3 Fools by reafon of their t ranfgrejjion.and becaufe of their iniqui- 
ties are affi&ed.t Fear cometh like fudden defolation,and dejlruffion like a 
whirlwinde, affliction and anguifibccaufe they did not fear God, p Are 
youfbaken with wars? as Cyprian well urgeth to Demetrius,are you mole* 
Jied with dearth and famine? is your health crufljed with raging difeafes ? 
if mankinds generally tormented with Epidemi call jnaladies ? die all for 
your jins,Uag.i.q,io. Amos i.Jer.7. God is angry,punifheth, and threat- 
neth, becaufe of their obftinacy and ftubbornnelle,they will not turn 
to him. If the earth he barren then for want of rain, if dry and fqualid, it 
Jttu pulveri* 
jejunat & pal- 
lidas herbasjh- 
vihgleha pro- 
ducat, ft turbo 
vineam debih- 
tet,&c. Cyp. 
yield no fruit,ifyour fountains be dried up,your wine,corn,and oyl blafied, 
'if the air be corrupted, «fe# troubled with difeafesjis by reafon of their 
•Jins : which like the blood of Abel cry loud to heaven for vengeance 5 
Lam. 5. 15. That we have finned, therefore our hearts are heavy, 1fa.59.i1, 
12. IVe roar like Bears, and mourn life Doves, and want health, &c. for* 
cur Jins andtrefpajjes. But this we cannot endure to hear, or to take no- 
u Mat. 14. 3. 
y Philofiratus 
hb.Q.vit. Apol- 
lonii. Iniul tili- 
am ejuo,gyfcs- 
leratas naptias, 
prater ratio- 
rem fecerat, 
morborum cati- 
jfo; discit. 
ticc of are fmitten in vain,and receive no correcsion&nd cap. 
5.3, ‘Jhou hajifiricken them,but they have not forrewcd, they have refufed 
to receive correction, they have not returned. Pefiilence he hath Cent, but 
they have not turned 10 him, Amos 4. u Herod could not abide John Bap- 
tifi, nor x Domitia?! endure Apolloni us to tell the caufes of the plague at 
Ephefus, his injuftice, incefi, adultery, and the like. Vart.i,Seft.i, 
Dzjea/ef in getterall - 
Memb.i. Subf-i-" 
r |> *> - -- # 
A o punifh therefore this blindnefte and obftinacy of ours,as a concomi- 
tant caufc.and principal agent, is Gods juft judgement, in bringing thefe 
calamities upon us3to chaftifeus,lfay for ourfinnes, and to fatisfie Gods 
Wrath.For the law requires obedience or punl(hment,as you may read at 
large, Deut.2B* 15. Ifthey will not obey the Lord, and keep his Command- 
ments and ordinancesyhen all thefe curfesfijall come upon them! Curfedin 
the towns, andin the field, &c. z Curfed in the fruit of the body,&c. a The 
Lordjhallfend thee trouble andfijame,becaufie of thy wickednejje. And a lit- 
tle after, bT he Lordjhall finite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with em- 
rods,andJ'cab,and itch,and thou canfi not be healed- c With madnejs,blind- 
nefs,and aftomfnng of heart. This PaulfecmBs,Rom.2.y.Tribulation and 
anguifij on the Joul of every man that doth evil.Ox elfc thefe cliaftifements 
are infii&cd upon us for our humiliation,to exercife and try our patience 
here in this life to bring us home,to make us to know God our (elves, to 
y 16. 
z 18. 
a 20. 
b Vtfrf. 17. 
c 28. 
Deus quos dili- 
git, cafiigdt, 
m U s ' 
informe Sc teach us is my people gone into captivity, 
hecaufe they had no knowledge therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled a- 
gainji his people,& he hathJiretched out his hand upon them Me is defirous 
of our falvation,e Nofirs. fialutis avidus, faith Lemnius, and for that caufe 
pulsus by the eare many times,to put us in minde of our duties :That they 
which erred might have underjlanding, ( as if ay fpeaks 29.21.) and fo to 
be reformed.l amafflitted,and at the point of death fo David confeffeth of 
bimfelf,pp/.88.i 5 .u.9. Mine eyes are farrow full through mine afUUion : 
And that made him turne unto God. Great Alexander in the midft of all 
his profperity, by a company of parafites deified, and now made a God, 
when he faw one of his wounds bleed, remembred that he was but a man, 
and remitted of his pride. In morbo recolligit fc animus, asf Pliny well 
d Ifa. 5. 13, 
Verfe is. 
e Kojirat falu- 
tif a-vidu* con- 
tinenter aures 
’vellicat, ac ca- 
lamitate fib~ 
inde nos exer- 
cet. Levinus 
Lemn.l.2.c.2p, 
de occult nat, 
mir. 
* Vexatio dat 
1 intelleBum. 
Efay 28.1p. 
LLib. 7. um 
perceived. In ficknefie the minder efiedts upon it felf with judgement fur- 
vayes it felf\and abhorres its former courfies 3 infomuch that he concludes 
to his friend Marius, g that it were the period of all Philofophy,if he could 
Jo continue founds or perform but a part of that which we promt] ed to doe3 
being fd is wife thenyviU confider thefe thingsyts David did(pjat. 
144 .v.laji.J And whatfbever fortune befall him,make ufe of it. If he be 
in forrow,need,fickne(s,or any other adverfity, ferioufly to recount with 
himfclfjwhy this or that malady,mifery,this or that incurable difeafe is 
inliiffed upon may be for his good, h ftc expedites Peter faid of his 
daughters ague. Bodily fickneffeis for his foules health, pepizjfiet nifi pe- 
r^J]ct, had he not beeh vifited,he had utterly Whe Lord cor- 
rect eth him whom he loveth,even as a father doth his chjlde in whom he de- 
light eth. If he be fafe and found on the ether fideaand free from all mam 
ner of infirmity 3 t & cut 
judicio, mores 
& fabla recog- 
nofeit & fe in- 
tuetur. Dim 
fero languorem, 
few veligionii 
morem : Ex- 
pers languoris 
non fum memor 
hujus amor if. 
g Summum effh 
totius Philoso- 
phic, ut tales 
effi perfevere- 
mus, quales nos 
futuros ejfe in- 
firmi profite- 
mur. 
K Petrarch. 
i Prov. 2. toI 
Gratia , forma, valetudo contingat abunde 
Et mundus vicius, kon deficiente crumena. 
And that he have grace, beauty., favour, healthy 
A cleanly diet, and abound in wealth. , • 
•r in the midft of his profperity,let him remember that caveat oxfifio- 
J €sylßetvare that he do tzot forget the Lord his God 3 that he be not puffed 
npjbut acknowledge them to be his good gifts and benefits3and*f/>e more 
theindrumental caufcs ofthefe our infirmitiessare as diverfe,as the ■ 
kHor. Epifi. 
lib. I. 4. 
I Deut. 8. ir.' 
■Qui fiat vide- 
at ne cadat. 
. * kuanto ma- 
joribus benefi- 
cii* a Leo cu- 
mulatur, tante 
obligatiorem 
fi debitorem 
pterii Tart-1 .Sed. 1. 
Difeafes in generali. 
Mcmb. 1. Subf.r. 
4 
infirmities themfelves 5 Stars, heavens, elements,6cc. And ail thofe crea- 
tures which (§od hath made,are armedagainftfinners.They were indeed 
once good in themfelves, 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 of our fitffparent Adamy they have been changed, the 
Inftrumental 
caufes of out 
Intimities. 
earth accurfed, the influence of Stars altered, the four Elements, Beads, 
Birds, Plants, are now ready to offend us. The principal things for the ufe 
of many are Water, FirCylr&ny Salty Meale, Wheats Hony0 Milh^yOihyWiney 
Clothingygood to the godly yto the finners turned to evi /,Ecclus.39.26 .Firey 
and HaileyandF amtney andDearthy allthefe are created for Ec- 
clus. 39.29. The Heavens threaten us with their Comets, Stars, Planets, 
v/ith their great conjunctions, Eclipfes, Oppofitions, Quartiles, and fuch 
unfriendly Afpeds.The Air with his Meteors, Thunder and Lightning,in- 
temperate heat and cold,mighty winds,tcmpefls,unfeafonable weather s 
from which proceed dearth, famine, plague, and all forts of Epidemical 
difcafes,confuming infinite myriads of men. At Cayrom Egypt very third 
year,(hs it is related by ® others 3000,00.dye of the plague 5 
and 20C000. in Conflantmople, every fift or feventh at the utmoft. How 
doth the Earth terrific and oppreffe us with terrible Earthquakes,which 
are moft frequent inpchina>Japanpand thofe Eafternc Climes, (wallowing 
up fometimes fix Cities at once > How doth the water rage with his inun- 
dations, irruptions, flinging down Townes, Cities, Villages, Bridges, 
bcfides llands are fometimes fuddeniy over-whelmed 
with all their inhabitants in o Z eland and many parts of the Con- 
tinent drowned, as the p Lake Erno in Iceland ? q Nihilque prater arcium 
cadavera Patenti cernimus freto .In the Fennes of Freefland isgo.byrea- 
fonofteinpefts,rtheSea drowned multa hominum millia^jumenta fine 
numero, all the country almoft, men and cattle in it. How doth the Fire 
rage,that mercileffc Element,confirming in an inftant whole Cities? What 
town© of any antiquity or note, hath not been once, again and again, by 
the fury of this mercilefife element, defaced,ruinated* and left defolate ? 
In a word. 
m B oteruf cb 
Inji. urbium. 
fi Lege hifl- re- ■ 
lationem Lod. ■ 
Frots de rebut 
ad an- 
num \ys6' 
o'Guicdard. 
defcript. Belg. 
anno 1421. 
p Giraldus 
Cambrenf. , 
qyanut Doufa 
ep.lib.i.cap.lo. 
f Munfkr. /.3, 
Cof. cap. 462. 
{Buchanan. 
Baptijh 
{lgnis pepercit5 unda, mergit, a-eris 
Vis pejiilentis ceqnori ereptum necat, 
Mello JuperJieS) tabidus morbo perit. 
Whom Fire fpares5Sea doth drowne 5 whom Sea, 
Peftrleut Ayre doth fend to clay. 
Whom War fcapes, fickneffe takes away. 
To defcendto more particulars?how many creatures are at deadly feud 
with men? Lions3Wolyes,Beares.)Bcc. Some with 
nailes:How many noxious Serpents and venemous creatures, ready to of- 
fend us with ffiogSjbrcathjfightjjor quite kill us? How many pernicious f- 
See. could I reckon up on a fud- 
<?en3wbich by their very fmel many of them,touch,taftescaufe fome grie- 
vous maladysif not death it felDSome make mention of a thoufand feve- 
ral poyfons:but thefeare but trifles in refpect.The greateft enemy to man, 
is man, who by the ready to do mifchief,his own 
Wolf,a Devil to himfelfsand others.We are all brethren in 
’ Chrifh, or at lead: fhould be, members of one body, fervants of one Lord, 
Homo homini 
lupus,homo ho- 
mini icemon. Part, i. Secl.i. 
Difiafes in generali. 
Metnb.i. Subf. 
and yet no fiend can fo torment, infult over, tyrannize, vex, as one man 
doth another.Let me not fall therefore,(faith wars,plague, 
tamine were offercd)into the hands of men,mcrcilefs,and wicked men: 
Vix funt homines hoc nomine, digni^ 
Quamque plus feritatk habent. .. . 
We can moft part forefee thefe Epidemicall difeafcs,and likely avoid 
them;dearths;)teiTipefls,plagues,our Afi rologers forctcl 
inundations,mines of ho-ufeSjConfuming fires, come by little and little,or 
make fome noife the knaveries,impoftures,injuries,and 
viilanics of men no art can avoid. We can keep our profelled enemies 
from our cities,by gates,walls and towers,defend our felves from theeves 
and robbers by watchfulncfle and this malice of men, and 
their pernicious endeavours, no caution can divert,no vigilancy forefee, 
We have Co many fecrct plots and devices to mifehief one another. 
Ovid de Trijh 
/.5. Heg. 7. 
Sometimes by the Devils help, as Magicians,* Witches : fometimes by ; 
impoflures,mi>:tures,poyfons, flratagems, fingle combats, wars, we hack ; 
and hew,as if we were ad internecionem like Cadmus fouldiers born 
to confume one another/Tis an ordinary thing to read of a hundred and 
two hundred thoufand men (lain in a battle. Bcfides all manner of tor- 
tures, brafcn bulls, rackes, wheeles,ftrappadoes,gunnes,engines, Sued Ad 
urntm corpus humanum fupplicia plura, quamjnemhra: who have invented ' 
more torturing inftrumeDts,then there be feveral members in a mans bo- 
dy,as Cyprian wel obferves.To come nearer yet,our own parents by their 
offences,indifcretion and inteinperancc,are our mortali enemies.tThe Fa- 
thers have eaten fowrc the childrens teeth are fet on edge. They 
caufeour grief many times,and put upon us hereditary difeafes,in evita- 
ble infirmities: S hey torment us,Bc we are ready to injure our pofterity 5 
lmox daturi progeniem the latter end of the world, 
ns x raid foretold, is thill like to be word. We are thus bad by nature, 
bad by kinde, but farre worfe by art, every man the greatelf enemy un- 
to hin del f. We fludy many times to undo our felves,abufing thofe good 
gifts which God hath bellowed upon us, Health, Wealth, Strength, Wit, 
Learning, Art, Memory to our own deftrudion, y perditio tua ex te. As 
z Judas Maccabeus killed Apollonius with his own weapons,we arme our 
mlves to our own overthrows 5 and ufe Reafon, Art, Judgcment,all that 
mould help us, as id many inftruments to undo us, Hetfor gave Ajax a 
(word, which id long as he fought againft enemies, ferved for his help 
and defence but after he began to hurt harmlefle creatures with it, 
turned to bis own hurtlcfle bowels. Thofe excellent means, God hath 
bellowed on us, well imploycd,cannot but much availe us 5 but if othcr- 
Wife perverted, they ruinc and confound us: and fo by reafon of our in- 
diicrction and weakneffe,they commonly do : we have too many inflan- 
ces. This S. Aufiin acknowledgeth of himfelf in his humble confeilions, 
promptneffi of IVit they were Gods good gifts, but he 
c7d not ufi them to his glory. If you will particularly know how , and 
Y what means, confult Phyfieians, and they will tell you, that it is in 
0 ,?n<bng in fome of thofe fix non-natural things, of which I (hall after 
a nate more at large} they are the caufcs of our infirmities, our furfet- 
* mg, and drunkenneffc, our immoderate infatiable lufl?and prodigious 
t Mificnt aco- 
nita novsrcec. 
ad Donatum, 
tEzech. x8.2, 
u 
x 2 Tun. 3. 2. 
y Ezek. 18.31. 
z 21 Macc.3’aa 
a Part.i.Sec.2/ 
Memb. £ Part.l. Sect.l. 
Difeafes in generali. 
Memb. 1. Subf. 
riot. Tlures crapula, quam gladius, is a true faying,the bffard confumes 
more then.the fword. Our intemperance it is.that pulls fo many feveral 
b Nequitia eft 
qxuf te nonJi- 
net ejjh.ftnem. 
incurable difeafes upon our heads, that haftens bold age, .perverts our 
temperature,and brings upon us hidden death. And lad of all,that which 
crucifies us mod,is our own folly, Jupiter perdit ,dementats 
by fubdradionofhis affiding grace God permits it) weaknellc, want of 
government,our facility and proncncfle in yeelding to feveral hafts,in gi- 
ving way to every paifion and perturbation of the mind.-by which means 
we metamorphize ourfc!ves,and degenerate into beads. Ail which that 
Prince of cPoets obferved of Agamemnon,that when he was well pleaded, 
and could moderate his paffion, he was—os oculofq3 Jovi parAike Jupi- 
ter in feature, Mars in valour, Vallots in wifdom, another when 
he became angry, he was a Lyon, aTyger,aDogge, &c. there appeared 
no figne or likcncfle of Jupiter in him 3 fo wc,as long as we are ruled by 
reafon, correft our inordinate appetite,and conforme our felves to Gods 
word, are as fo many living Saints: but if we give reines to Luff, Anger, 
‘ Ambition, Pride, and follow our own wayes, we degenerate into beads, 
r transforme our felves, overthrow our conditutions, provoke God to 
anger, and heap upon us this of-Melancholy, and all kinds of incurable 
difeafes, as a jud and deferved puniihmcnt of our fiunes. 
c Homer.lliad. 
d Intemperan- 
tia, luxus, in- 
gluvies, & in- 
finita hujufmo- 
diftagitia, qu<£ 
divinas 
merentur. 
Crate. 
S U B S E C. 2. 
Definition's 
‘ihes. Number sof difeafes. 
CDivifion L 
~~ |Hat a Difeafe is,almoft every Phyfician defines .cFer/*e/i&f cal- 
| leth it an Affe&ion of the body contrary to Nature. f Fufchius 
; and Crato an hinderance, hurt, or alteration of any attion of 
, the body, or part oj it. g‘Tholo fanus, a dijjolution of that league 
which is between body and foule,and a perturbation of it : as 
e Pmi. Path. | 
I.i.c.x. Morbus 
eji affect wc on- 
tra naturam 
corpori injtdes. 1 
f Fufch. Inftit. ' 
/-3. SeSl.x. c.3. 
a quo primum 1 
vitiator atlio. i 
g Diffolutio { 
feeder is in cor- 
pore, utfaniuv I 
eft confumma- 
tio. 
hUb.a. cap.2. ■ 
Morbus eft ha- ; 
hit us contrana- 
turamqui vfttjn 
e]us, &c. 
Number of 
Difeafes, 
i Cap. ii. lib. 7. 
* Horat. 
No man free 
from fome dif- 
cafe or other, 
k Cap.'iodih.'j. 
Cemuet quinq', 
vie! it annos fins 
ullo incommodo. 
' J J I J r 
health the perfect ion, and makfts to the prefervation of it. h Labeo in Agel- 
lius, an ill habit of the body, oppofttc to nature, hindering the ufe of it. 
Others other wife, all to this effed. 
How many difeafes there are,is a quedion not yet rec- 
kons up 300 from the crown ot the head,to the loie or the foot.-elfwherc 
he faith ynorborum infinita multitudo,their number is infinite.Howfoevcr 
it was in thofe times,it boots not ■> in our dayes I am fure the mimber is 
much augmented : & nova febrium 
Terris itcubuit cohors. For befides many 
Epidemical difcafes unheard of,and altogether unknown to Galen and 
Hippocrates,as Scorbutum,fmallpox,V li c a,Sweating fickyiefs,Morbus Galli~ 
have many proper and peculiar ahnoft to every part.No man 
amongft us fo found,of fo good a conditution,that hath not fome impe- 
diment of Body or Mind. ffiufiquefuos patimur manes,wc have all our in- 
firmities,fird'or lad,tnore or lelle. i here will be peradventure in an age, 
; or one of a thoufand,like Zenofthilw the Mufickn inkP//>/j/,that may hap- 
’ pily live 105 years without aby manner of pollw Romulus^ art.i. Sed:, i. 
Definit. Nunth. Diverf. of Difeafes. 
Memb.r. Subf.3. 
tliat can preferve himfelf mwith wine andoyle 5 A man as fortunate as 
of whom Valerius fo much man as healthful as Otto Her- 
warduS)a Senator of Aushorrow in Germany, whom h Leevitius the Aftro- 
loger brings in for an example and inftance of certainty in his art 5 who 
becaufc he had the fignificators in his geniture fortunate, and free from 
tile tortile afpeefs of Saturne and Mars., being a very cold man,o could not 
>emember that ever he was fiefP Paracelfus may brag,that he could make 
a man live 400 years or more, if he might bring him up from his infancy, 
2nd diet him as he fome Phyficians hold, that there is no certaine 
period of mans life but it mayftill by temperance and phylick be pro- 
longed. VVe hnde in the fneanc time, by common experience, that no 
man can efcapc, but that of tHefiod is true : 
m Intus muljb 
foras also. 
n Exemplis ge- 
nitur. pr<ejfxis 
Ephemer. cap. 
de injimitat. 
o k’ui, quoad 
pueritias ulti- 
mam memori- 
am recordari 
potejimn me- 
minit fe tfgro- 
tum decubuijfe. 
PL ib, de vita 
longa. 
tOper,& dies* 
uiv yd yexiA ttAc/h 3 frAhAicraa, 
NvtiiV £tp9p®7bi iiv h<P irnywri 
AdtV'Mini fiOTKOt. , 
Th5 earth's full of maladies, and full the fea, 
1 Which let upon us both by night and day. 
If you require a more exad divifion of thefe ordinary Difeafes which 
are incident to men,l refer you to Phyficians, they will tell you of Acute 
and and Secundary^Letbales^SalntaresoErrant^Fixed^Swz- 
Confequent^belonging to parts or the whole,in 
Habit or in Difpofttion, &c. My divifion at this time(as mod befitting my 
purpofe)fhall be into thofe of the Body andMinde. For them of the 
Body, a briefe Catalogue of which Fufchius hath made, Inflitut. lib.%* 
cap, n. I refer you to the voluminous Tomes of Galen> Areteus, 
ffaysi f Alexander JEtius ffor doner ins : And thofe exad 
eotencksjS'rf'z; anarolafC apiv aecius Alto mar us de Sax• 
07flao Vied onus F avent mu 
thodically and elaborately written dfthem aIL Thofe of the minde and 
Head I will briefly handle, and apart. 
■] *’ , j . - • ■ ' • ' , * 
Dlvifion of 
Difeafes. 
tSee Ferneliuf 
Path.lib.i. cap. 
P, IO, 11, 12. 
Fufchius injlitl 
a7; 
Wicker. Syntl 
SUBSEC- 3. 
Divifion of the difeafes of the Head. 
BHefe Difeafes of theMinde, forafmuch as they have their 
chiefe feat and organs in the head, which are commonly 
repeated amongft the difeafes of the Head which aire.di- 
vers,sc vary much according to their fite.For in the head, 
as there be feveral parts, fo there be divers grievances, 
which according to that divilion oftHeurnius* (which he 
akesoiit of Arculanus)2xo. inward or outward (to omit all others which 
pertain to Eyes and Eares,Noftrils,GumssTeeth,Mouth,Palate,Tongue, 
Wciel3Chops3Face38tc.) belonging properly to the brain,as baldnefs,fal- 
Jn§ °fhairesfurfaire,lice,&:c. ulnward belonging to the skins next to the 
-jrain,called dura and pia mater0 as all head-aches, Bcc. or to tfee Ventri- 
QeSs Caules, Creeks, and parts of it, and their paflions, as 
Vertigo 
er 'JcsiCrampesoStupor.Convaljion:)Tremor, Paljie:or belonging to the ex- 
crements of the hv2iin3CatarrhesySneez,iftgi&heuMesyß)iJiil/*tions : or elfe 
t Profati is 
morbus capita. 
In capite ut va- 
ri*e habitant 
partes, ita va- 
rias querehe i- 
bi eveniunt. 
U OF which 
rtade Heurni- 
us,,Montaltusf 
Hildejheim, 
guercetanfa- 
fon Pratenfisf 
<&ci Part-1. Sect. T. 
D'/feajes of the Mi tide. 
Me nib. i. Subr.4. 
thofe that pertain to the fubftance of the brain it felf, in which are con- 
CQ\ved)Frenfie)Lethargie)Mclancholy0 m a cinefsyveafmemG ry.So p 0 r,or Co- 
ma Vigilia & vigil Coma. Out ofthefe again I will Angle fuch as proper- 
ly belong to the Fhantapeoor Reafonit felf,which * Lau- 
rentius calls the difeafes oft he Hildfieimynorbos Imaginationis, 
Cdp.2,de tne- 
lanchol. 
aut Rationis LrfiC) which are three or four in number, FrenJtS) Madnefsj 
Melancholy) Dotage) and their kindsras Hydrophobia)Lycanthropia)Chor//s 
fancli vitiynorbi deemoniaci/which I will briefly touch and point at,infill- 
ing efpecially in this of Melancholy, as more eminent then the reft, & that 
through all his kinds,caufes,fymptomes,prognofticks,cures:As Lonicerus 
hath done de Apoplexia , and many other of fuch particular difeafes. 
Not that I finde fault with thofe which have written of this fubjed be- 
forc,as Jafon FratenpS) Laure?/tius, Montdtm, T. Bright) See. they have 
done very well in their fcveral kinds and that which one o- 
yCap.2,dePhi- 
JJologia fega- 
ntm; £uod alii 
minus reels for- 
tajje dixerim, 
nos examinare, 
melius dijudi- 
care, corrigere 
Audeamus. 
mits,ancther may happily which one contracts, another may in- 
large. Tp conclude with yScribanius, that which they had negleffed) or 
perfunffiorily handled) we may more throughly examine 3 that which is oh~ 
j curdy delivered in then/) may be perfiicuoujly dilated and amplified by us: 
and fo made more familiar and ealie for every mans capacity, and the 
common good 5 which is the chief end of my Difcourfe. 
S U B S E C. 4. 
Dotage, Madne Hydrophobia, Lycanthropia, 
Chorus fanch Viti, Extafis. 
5 Fatuity,or Folly,is a common name to all the follow- 
ing Species, as fome will have k.z Laurentius and a Altomxr- 
ii 'WJM wcomprehended Madnefs) Melancholy, and the reft under 
this name, and call it the fiummum genus of them all. If it be 
diftinguifhed from them, it is naturali or ingenite, which 
Delirium Do- 
tage. 
zrap.4Jem.ol 
a Art. med.c.7. 
comes by fome defed of the organs, and over-much brain, as we fee in 
our common f ools,and is for the moftpart intended or remitted in par* 
ticular men.and thereupon fome are wifer then other: or elfc it is acqui- 
lite, an appendix or fymptome of fome other difeafe, which comes or 
goes or if it continue, a figne of Melancholy it felf. 
phrenitis,which the Greeks derive from the word is a Difeafe of 
the Minde,with a continual Madnefs or Dotage,which hath an acute fea- 
ver annexed, or elfe an inflamation of the Brain, or the Membranes or 
Phrenfle. 
Madncflc. 
b Plenqi Iff di- 
ci uno complexu 
perjtnrgunt 
hos duos mor- 
i>os,quod ex ea- 
'dsm caufa ori- 
antur, quodq; 
magnitudine 
modofolum 
dijhnt, et alter 
gradus ad alte- 
rum exijiat. 
Jafon Fraterfi. 
Kels of it, with an acute reaver, which cauleth Madnelie and Dotage. 
It differs from Melancholy and Madnefsfceczxik their dotage is without 
an ague : this continual, with waking, or Memory decayed. See. Mela/t- 
-choly is mod: part filent, this clamorous 5 and many fuch like differences 
are afiigned by Phyficians. 
Madnefs, Frenjie, and Melancholy are confounded by c, and many 
leave out make Madnefs and Malancholy but 
one Pratenfts efpecially labours,and that they differ 
only fecundum majus or m/ntfsfia quantity alone,the one being a degree to 
the other and' both proceeding from one caufe .They differ intenfo & re- Part.i. Sect. i. 
Meinb.i. Subf.4c 
Difeafes of the Minde. 
wtjj'o the humor is intended or remitted.Of the 
lame minde is Are tens, Alexander Tertullianus, Guianerius, Savanarola, 
hirnfelf writes promifcuoufly of them both by rea- 
son of their affinity : but moft of our neotericks do handle them apart, 
whom I will follow in this Treatife.Madnefs is therefore defined to be a 
Vehement Dotage} or raving without a Fever.far more violent then Me- 
lane holy , full of anger and clamor, horrible looks,actions, geftures, troub- 
hng the patients with far greater vehemency both of body and minde, 
without all fear and borrow, with fuch impetuous force & boldnefs,that 
fometimes three or four men cannot hold them. Differing only,in this 
from Fhrenfte, that it is without a Fever, and their memory is moft part 
better. It hath the fame caufes as the other, asCholcr aduft, and blond 
mcenled.Brains inflamed,&c.e Fracafiorim addes, a due time,and full age 
to this definition, to dijiinguijb it from children,^will have it confirmed 
Impotency, tojevarate it from fuch as accidently come and go again, as by 
taking Henhane,Nightfijede,lVine,&c.Of this fury there be divers kinds 5 
:Ext a fie, which is familiar with fome perfuns,as Cardan faith of himfelf, 
he could be in one when he lift 5 in which the Indian priefts deliver their 
Oracles,and the wiches in Lapland, as Olaus Magnus writeth, /. 3. cap. 18. 
Extaji omnia praedicere, anfwer all queftions in an Extafis you will ask 5 
what your friends do, where they are , how they fare , &c. The ci- 
ther fiecies of this fury are Enthuftafmes, Revelations, and Vifions, fo 
<HtSD mentioned by Gregory and jSeda in their works 5 Obfeffionor pof- 
devils, Sibylline Prophets, and Poeticall Furies3 fuch as come 
by eating noxious Herbs, Tarantulas, fringing, &c. which fome reduce 
to this, Ihe moft known are rhefe, Lycanthropia, Hydrophobia, Chor- 
ns Janlii Viti. 
Lycanthropia,which Avicenna cals Cucubuth,others,Lupinam infamam, 
or Wolf-madnefsjwhen men run howling about graves and fields in the 
night,and will not be perfwaded but that they are Wolves, or fome fuch 
tcafts. 8 Act Pus and h Paulus call it a kinde of Melancholy but I fhould ra- 
ther refer it to Madnefs, as moft do. Some make a doubt of it whether 
there be any fuch ciifeafe. i Donat ab Altomdri faith, that he faw two of 
them in his time;15 Wicrus tells a ftory of fuch a one at Padua 1541. that 
would not believe to the contrary,but that he was a Wolf- He hath ano- 
ther inftanceof a Spaniard, who thought himfelf a beared Forrefim con- 
firms as much by many examplcs,bne amongft the reft of which he was an 
tye-witnefs, at Alcmaer in Holland, a poor Husbandman that ftill hunted 
about graves,be kept in Churchyards,of a pale,black,ugly,Bc fearful look. 
uch belike or little better,where King pr£twm daughters, that thought 
tfcielves kine.And Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel,as fome interpreters hold,1 
Was only troubled with this kinde of Madnefs.This difeafe perhaps gave 
°ccaiion to that bold aiiertion of nPliny,fome men were turned into wolves ■ 
I?fbis time,andfrorn Wolves to men again : and to that fable of Vaufanias,' 
a man that was ten years a Wolf, and afterwards turned to his former; 
lfffff'x^oovids tale of Lycaon,ffc.Pic that is defirous to hear of this Dif- 
fff* °r more examples, let him read An fin in his 18 book De Civitate 
T •5• Mi zaldus cent. 5.7 7 kfnk ius lib,l .HildefiieimJ vice 1.2 .de Ma- 
aLtorejius lib. 10.de morbis cerebri .olam Ma am us, Vine enti us Beilavicen- 
. 
d?'^‘ 
mihi videtur. 
td, & tempore 
nt^r/e’ 
nlam&figa- 
cein, ut viviifo- 
-2L Met 
impotentiam 
°f^f 
Bum. Üb. 2. de 
intelleßione. 
Plater wp%, 
de mentis die- 
natme' 
Lycanthropiao 
g Lib.6.cap.m 
KL16.3. cap.l 6, 
i Cap. p. /irf. 
med. 
k Deprieflig. 
Daemonum. 1.3; 
21. N 
1 Obfervat. Jibe 
10, de morbu 
cerebri,cap.ls. 
m Hippocrates 
lib. de infama. 
n Lib.Z czp.TU 
homines inter 
dum lupos fe- 
ri 5 & contra, 
o Met. lib. u Parta. Sed. i. 
Difcafes of the Minde. 
Memb. i. Subf.4. 
10 
jis^Jpec.met.lib^i»c,i'l'l .V ierius Teucer, Wzerus7 
Sprangeri&c. This malady,faith Avicenna, troubleth men moft in Febru- 
ary, and is now adayes frequent in Bohemia and Hungary, according to 
P Heurnius. Schernitzius will have it common in Livonia. They lye hid 
moft part all day,and go abroad in the night, barking, howling, at graves 
and deferts b* they have ufually hollow eyes0 fcabbed legs and very 
dry and pale, 9 faith Altomarus 5 he gives a reafon there of all the fymp - 
tomes, and fets down a brief cure of them. 
Hydrophobia^is a kinde of madnefs, well known in every village,which 
comes by the biting of a mad dog, or fcratching,faith xAurclianusy.o\xeh~ 
1 ing,or fuelling alone fometimes,as iSckenkjus proves, and is incident to 
many other creatures as well as men : fo called, becaufe the parties af- 
p Cap.de Man. 
* Vlcerata cru- 
ra,Jhis ipfis ai- 
eji immodica, 
pallidi, lingua 
ftcca. 
q Cap. p. art. 
Hydrophobia. 
t Lib.3. cap.p. 
{Lib. 7. is Ve- 
nenis. 
fefted cannot endure the fight of water,or any liquor,fuppofing (HI! they 
fee a mad dog in it. And which is more wonderfuh>though they be very 
dry,(as in this malady they are) they will rather dye then drink: t Callus 
Aurelianus) an ancient writer, makes a doubt whether this Hydrophobia. 
be a paflion of the body or the minde.The part affeded is the Brain: the 
caufe,poyfonthat comes from the mad dog,which is fohot and dry,that 
it confumes all the moyfture in the body, u Hildejhezm relates of fomc 
that dyed fo mad } and being cut up, had no water, fcarce bloud,or any 
moyfture leftinthem.Tofuchas are fo affe&ed,the fear of water begins 
t Lib.?, cap. 13. 
de morbis acu- 
tis.. 
a Spied. 2. 
at 14 dayes after they are bitten,to fomc again not till 40. or 60. dayes 
after: commonly faith Heurniusyhey begin to rave,flye water,and glaf- 
fcs,to look red,and fwell in the tace,about 20. dayes after (if fome reme- 
dy be not taken in the mean timeJto lye awake,to be penfive, fad,to fee 
ftrange vifions,to bark and howl, to fall into a fwoun, and oftentimes fits 
,of the falling fickncfs. xSome fay,little things like whelps will be feen in 
their urines. Ifanyofthcfefignesappear,thcy are paft recovery. Many 
times thefe fymptoms will not appear till fix or feven months after, faith 
y Codronchus and fometimes not till 7, or 8. years,as Cuianerius 5 12. as 
Albertustf.or 8. months after,as Galen holds.Baldus the great lawyer di- 
,ed of it: an Augufiin Frier0 and a woman in Delphi that were z Forrejius 
patients, were mifcrably confumed with it. The common cure in the 
country (for fuch at leaft as dwell neer the fca-fide)is to duck them over 
X Sckenbitfs 7 
lib.de Venenis. 
y Lib. de Hy- 
drophobia, 
z Obfervat.lik 
10. 2s. 
head and eares in ufe charmes 5 every good wife can pre- 
feribe medicines. But the beft cure to be had in fuch cafes, is from the 
moft approved Phyficians,they that will read of them, may confult with 
Diofcorides lib .6 .c 
before all others Codronchus an Italian^who hath lately written 
two exquifite books of this fubjeft. 
Chorus fantti Viti^or S. Vitus dance&Taracelfus cals 
it, becaufe they that are taken from it,can do nothing but dance till they 
be dead,or cured.lt is fo called,for that the parties fo troubled were wont 
!fo go toS.Vztusfor help,Bc after they had danced there a while,they were 
Chorus fanßi 
Viti. 
a Lafcivam 
Choream. T0.4. 
de morbti amen- 
tium. TmfiP.i. 
but Eventuut 
plurimum rem 
ipfam compro- 
bante. 
freed.Tis ftrangeto hear how long they will dancc,& in what 
manner,over ftooles,formes, tables, even great bellied women (ometimes 
(*and yet never hurt their children) will dance fo long that they can ftir 
neither hand nor foot,but feem to be quite dead.One in red clothes they 
cannot abide. Mufickabove all things they love, 8c therefore Magistrates Part. i. Sect. i. 
Memb.i. Sub(-5» 
Difeafes of the Minch. 
in Germany will hire Muficians to play to them, and fome lufty fturdy 
companions to dance with them. This difeafe hath been very common- 
in Germany oas appears by thofe relations of c Par act If us in 
ids book ofMadnefs.whobrags how many feveral perfons he hath cured 
c Lib. i. cap.de 
Mania, 
nfit. F<elix platerus de mentis alienat, cap. 3. reports of a woman in Bafil 
whom he faw, that danced a whole month together.The Arabians cal) it 
a kinde of Paljle. Bo dine in his 5. Book derepnb, cap, 1. fpeaks ot this in- 
firmity Monayius in his laft Epiftle to Scoltizius, and in another to Du~ 
w here you may rcade more of it. 
The lafr kinde of madnefs or melancholy,is that demoniacal (if I may 
>0 call if)obfeilion or pofleflion of devils,which platerus & others would 
have to be preternatural; ftupend things are laid of them,their a&ioris, 
geftures2cp«torj/(?»jsfafting5 prophefying, fpeaking languages they were 
never taught,Bcc.many ftrange ftorics are related of them,which becaufe 
lome will not allow, (for Deacon and Darrel have written large volumes 
of this fubieft pro & con.') 1 voluntarily omit.' 
&FvfchiU'.s .1 .cap. 11 .Felix V later adde to 
thefe another Fury that proceeds from another from study? ano- 
ther divine or religious fury thefe more properly belong to Jldelancho- 
/7 sofall which I will fbeak*aoart, intending to write a whole book of 
them. 
d Cap. 3. de 
mentis alienat. 
e C ap. 4, de 
mel. 
*PAR.T3, 
S U B S E C. 5. 
Melancholy in difpofttion, improperly fo called, JEqnivocations 
Elanchely, the fubjeft of our prefent Difcourfe, is either in Dif- 
Ifkljll I or Habit. In Difpofition, is that tranfitory Melancholy 
vllpAaM goes and comes upon every fmall occafion of forrow, 
need, ficknefs,trouble,fear,grief,paflion,or perturbation of the 
f T)e quo homi- 
ne Jecuritas, da 
quo emu gau- 
diuml quocunq\ 
fs con-vert it, in 
terrenis rebus 
amaritudinem 
animi inveniet. 
Aug.in Pfal.S.f 
* Job i. i 4. 
g Omni tempore 
Socrate eodeni 
, vultu videri, 
Jive domu redi- 
Jive dome 
■ egrederetur; 
h Lib.y. cap. r: 
Natus in fiore- 
• tijjima totius 
, orbis civitatej 
’ nobiliJJiitiis pa- 
’ yentibus yc’ofbo- 
iris vires habuii 
. & rarijjimas 
' animi dotes, 
uxorem conjpi- 
, cuam,pudicami 
felices liberos i 
confulare decus q 
i fequsnte r tri- 
j imphos,<&c: 
i //an; 
mind,any manner of care,difcontent,or thought, which caufcth anguifh, 
du]nefs,heavmefs and vexation of fpirit,any wayes oppofite to pleafure, 
mirth, joy,delight,caufing frowardnefs in us, or a diflike. In which equi- 
vocal and improper fenfe,we call himme!ancholy,that isdul],(ad,fowre. 
lumpifh, HI folitary, any way moyed,or difpleafed. And from 
thefe Melancholy Difpofitions,f no man living is free, no Stoick, none fo 
ttdfc, none fo happy, none fo patient, fo generous, fo godly ,fo divine 
that can vindicate himfelf b fo well compofed, but more or lefs, fome- 
time or ether he feeles the fmart of it. Melancholy in this fenfe is the 
/1 r* » • 1» It. 1 . f r' * >« 
character of Mortality, * Man that is borne-of a woman, is offijort conti- 
nuance, and full of trouble. Zeno, Cato,Socrates himfelf, whom 8 Milan 
1° highly commends for a moderate temper, that nothing could difiurb 
iIm> but going out, and coming in,Jiili Socrates kept the fame ferenity of 
countenance, what mifery foever befell him, ( if wc may believe Plato his 
dciple f was much tortsented with it. 6). Metellus jin w’homh Valcri- 
uf SlVes inftance of all happinefs, the moji fortunate man then living. 
L Or,?c in that mofi flourijbitig Civic of Rome , of noble parentage, d pro- 
pe> man of perfon, well qualified, healthfully rich, honourable, a Senator, 
a Confuld happy in his wife, happy in his children, yet this mati was 
*l°* of Melancholy, he had his fiiare of forrow,»Polycrates Samius, 
1 -Wt filing his ring into the fe a,becaufe he would participate ofdifcontent Memb. i. Subf.s« 
part-i.Sed.i. 
Melancholy in Diffofition. 
with others, and had it miraculoufly reftored to him again iliortly after, 
-by afifh taken as he angled, was not free from Melancholy difpoiitions. 
No lutsn can cure himfelftthe very gods had bitter pangs,Bcfrequent paf- 
fions, as their own k Poets put upon them. In general, las the heavenffo is 
k Homer.lliad. 
1 Lipjius cent.3 
ep. 45. ift ca- 
hm ftc nos ho- 
mines fumus: 
illud esi inter- 
vallo nubibus 
our life Jo met ime sfair fiome times overcafc .temp efi nd fere ne’-, ds in a 
refe? flowers and prickjefin the year it felf a temperate fitmmerfometifkes, 
a hard winter, a drowth0 and then again pleafant Jhowers :Jo is our life in- 
termixt with f 'cares:>fqrrow£so calumnies : Invicem cedunt do- 
lor & voluptas, there is a fucccftion of pleafure and paine. 
obdveitur & 
obfiumtur. In 
rojario jlores 
Jpinis intermix- 1 
"ti. Vita Jimilis ( 
aeri, udum mo- 
do.fudvm, tern- * 
pejtas, fereni- - 
■ tds: ita vices ( 
rerun funt, ' 
premia gau- 
diis, fequa- ; 
res extra:. 
in Lucretius L 
4‘ 1124* 
n Prov. 14.3. 
Extremum 
gaudii hilus 
occupat. 
\j Kotai tia tn- 
quit celebran- 
tur, nupti £ hic 
fUnt‘, at ibi quid 
rn medio de fonte lepdrum, 
Surgit amari aliquid in ipps floribus angat. 
Even in the midji of laughing there isfiorrow,(as n Solomon holds: )even m 
the mid ft of all oiirfeafting and jollity,as o Auflin infers in his Com. on the 
41. rjal. there is grief and difeontent. Inter detit iasfemper aliquidf£vi 
nos firdngulat4 for a pinte of bony thou (halt here likely finde a gallon of 
gaui, for a dram of plea fare a pound of pain,for an inch of mirth an ell of 
moan;aS Ivie doth an Oke,thefe miferies encompafs our life. And’tis moft 
j j 
abfurd 8c ridiculous,for any mortal man to look for a perpetual tenor or 
happineis in this life.Nothing.fo profperous Sc pleafant,but it hathpfomc 
bitrernefs in it,tome complaining,(bme grudgingftis afl >A.xiPmp a mixjt 
paffori,and like a Chequer table black 8c white,raen,families,cities,have 
their'falls and wanes,now trines, Textiles, then quartiles and oppositions. 
We are not here as thofe Angels f> celeftial powers and Bodies, Sunnc and 
Moone, to fufiib our courfe without all offence, with fuch conftancy, to 
continue for Fo many ages: but fubjed to infirmities, mi Feries, interrupt, 
tolled Sc tumbled up and down,carried about with every fmall blaft,of- 
celebratur quod j 
non tranfit 'i 
p Apulei us 4. ' 
Jiwid. Kihil j 
quicquid komi- 
ni tarn profpe- 1 
rum divinitus . 
datum, qtdriM 
admixtum Jit 
aliquid difficul- 
tati* ut etiam 
ampljjima cpia- 
qua latitia, 
jubjit quapiam 
usi parra que- 
rimonia conju- 
gatione quadam 
mellis &fellv- 
q Caduca nimi- 
rum & 
lia, & puerili- 
bus confentanta 
crepundiis funt 
ijla qu<e vires 
opes hu- 
ten molefted & difquieted upon each (lender occafion,quncertam,brittle. 
Sc fo is all that we truft unto.* And he that knows not is not armed 
to endure it, is not fit to live in this world (as one condoles our time) he 
knows not the condition of it sphere with a &pain arc 
fiill united? and fucceedone another in a ring. Ext get Thee gone 
hence if thou canft not brook iuthere is no way to avoid it,but to arm thy 
. felf with patiencc,with magnanimity,to f oppofe thy felf unto it,to fufFer 
afHidion as a good fouldier of Chrifi $ astPaul advifeth conftantly to bear 
it. But fcrafmuch asfofew can embrace this good counfel of his, orufe it 
1 aright,but rather as fo many bruit beads, give a way to their paffion, vo- 
luntary fubjed 8c precipitate them (elves into a Labyrinth of cares,wocs, 
miferics,Bc fuller their fouls to be overcome by them,cannot arme them- 
r i i. . i . . , i i . „ . i !ii.i r. . ♦ i . 
lelvs with that patience as they ought to do,it raJleth out oftentimes that 
thefe Difpofltions become HahiJsgmAmany Ajfe&s contemnedfiksv Seneca 
notes } mage a dijeafe. Eve?;' as one Dift ill at ion not yet grown to cuftome. 
rnakj a cough-hut conii??ual <&inveterate caufeth a conjuption of the lungs: 
fo do thefe our melancholy provocations: and according as the humor it 
felf is intended,or remitted in men,as their temperature ofbody,or ratio- 
rt repente delabuntur, nullo in loco, nulla in perform, Jhbilibw nixa radicibus conjijhnt, fed incertijfmo fiant 
ionvn* 'quos in TublimS extulerunt improvifo recurfu 'dejiimos in profundo miferiarum voile mifsrabiliter irmergunt. Valerius 
Hb 6 cap ii tHuic feculo parum aptus es., aut potius omnium nofhorum conditionem ignoras, quibus reciproco quodam 
n*xu’&c LorchatmGahbelgktff annum i#8. f Horfum omnia Jkdia dirigi debent, ut humana fortiter feramus, 
12 Tim. 2.3. u Epift* 96. lib* 10. affefhis frequentes commptip imktmtadmt. THjMatw una nec adhuc, in morem adduBa, 
tvjjlm ficit, qffidua & violenta- pthtjim. Part. i.Sed, i. 
Digrejfion of Anatomy. 
Memb.a.Subf 
nai foul is better able to make refiftance}fo are they more or Ids affected. 
For that which is but a flea-biting to one, caufeth infufferable torment - 
to another}Sc which one by his Angular moderation,and well compolcd 
carriage can happily overcome,a lecond is no whit able tofuftaine} but 
npon every fmall occafion of mifconceived abttfe,injury,grief, difgracc, 
lofle,crofle, rumor,Bcc.(if folitary,oridle)yeeldsfo farto paffion,that his 
complexion is altered,his digeftion hindred,his fleep gone,his fpirits ob- 
feured, and his heart heavy, his Hypocondries mifaffeded} winde,crudi- 
ly,on a fudden overtake him,and he himfelf overcome with Melancho- 
ly* As it is with a man imprifoned for debt,if once in the goale, every 
Creditor will bring his adion again!!: him,and there likely hold him; If 
any difeontent feize upon a patient, in an inflant all other perturbations 
(for— •qua data porta ruunt') will fet upon 'him,and then like a lame dog 
or broken winged goofe he droops and pines away,and is brought at laft 
to that ill habit or malady of me lancholy it felf. So that as the Philofo- 
phers make x eight degrees of heat and cold: we may make 88.of Melan- 
choly ,as the parts affeded are diverfly feized with it, or have been plun- 
ged moreoa lefle into this infernal gulf,or waded deeper into it .But all 
thefe Melancholy fits, howfoever pleafing at firft,or difpleafing,violent 8c 
x Calidum ad 
0SI0: frigidum 
aAoBo. Vna 
hirundo non fa~ 
cit aftatem. 
tyrannizing over thofe whom they feize on for the time} yet thefe fits I 
fay,or men affeded, are but improperly fo called, becaufe they continue 
not,but come and go,as by fomc objeds they are movedfThis Melancho- 
ly of which we are to treat, is an habit, morbus fonticus, or Chronicus, a 
Chronick or continute difeafie,a fetled humor,as y Aureli anus oandzothers 
call it, not errant, but fixed} and as it was long increafing, fo now being 
Cpleafant or painful) grown to an habit, it will hardly be removed. 
y Lib. 1. c. 6. 
z Fufchius. 1.3. 
fee. cap. 7. 
Hildejheimfoh 
130. 
Sect, i * 
M E M B. Ii 
s u B s E e. 4. 
Digrejfion of Anatomy. 
Eforc I proceed to define the Difeafe of Melancholy jwhzt it 
to dflcourfe farther of it,l hold it not impertinent to make a 
brief Digreffion of the anatomy of the body and faculties of 
the foule, for the better underftanding of that which is to fol- 
many hard words will often occur,as 
Henirods^&c Animal? 
Nerves, Veines, Arteries, Chylus? Pituita} which of the vulgar will not lb 
cahly be perceived, what they are, howfited, and to what end they 
eive- Ahdbefides,it may peradvciiture give occafion to forne meti, 
o cxanvme more accurately, fearch farther into this mofl excellent 
ll ’ and thereupon with that Royal *lr Prophet to praife God, ( fir 
* manis fearfully and wonderfully made, and ckrioujly wrought) that 
Vet^rile andleUureen°ugh, and are fufficicntly informed in all other 
v°i dly bufine fifes, as to make a good bargaine, buy and fell? to 
ai ma^e cboice of a faire Hauke, Hound, Horfe, &c. But 
j .’j10 . matters as concerne the knowledge of themfelyes, they are 
v !gnorant and carelefife, they know not what this Body and 
* Pfal. 39. 13? Part.i.Sect. I. 
Anatomy of the Body. 
Memb.2.Subf.2. 
Soul are,how comLined,of what parts and faculties they confift, or how 
a man differs from aPog.And what can be more ignominious and filthy 
a De anima. 
Turpe enimejl 
hominiignmre 
ftci corporis ('ut 
"ita dicam) <edi~ 
Jtciu,prffertitn 
rum ad valetu- 
dinem et mores 
htec cognitio 
tlurimm con- 
(a$ a Melanffhon well inveighes) then for a man not to know the Jlru&ure 
and compaction of his own fince the knowledge of it tends fo 
much to the prefervation of his healthy and information of his manners $ 
To (Hr them up therefore to this ftudy,to perufe thofe elaborate works 
of b Galen fauhinus flater alius f alopius &c. 
which have written copioufly in which fome of our indu- 
ifrious Countrymen have done in our mother tongue, not long fince, as 
ducat. 
b De ufupart. 
cHiflory ok 
mats. 
d d. Crook. 
c Ifi Syntaxi. 
fDe Anima. 
p Injiit.Ub.i. 
hFhyJtol.il,2. 
that tranflationo£cColumhns> andd in 13. books, I 
have made this brief digreflion.Alfo becaufcc Wec\erf MelanSthon&Fer- 
Fujchins* and thofe tedious Trafts de Anima (whicii have 
more cornpendioufly handled and written of this matter) are not at all 
times ready to be had, to give them feme fmali taft,or notice of the reft, 
let this Epitome fufficc. 
Subs ec. 2. 
Division of the Body0 Humors0 Spirits. 
the parts divifions;Thc moft ap- 
proved is that of i Laurentius5 cut of Hippocrates: which is_, 
into parts or containing. Contained0 are either 
humors3 or Spirits. 
A humor is a liquid or fluent part of the body3comprehcn- 
i Ant. J.i.cftß. 
Humors. 
dedinit,for the prciervation ot it, and is either innate or born with us, 
or adventitious and acquifite. The radical or innate, is daily fupplied 
by nouriftiment, which forne call Cambium, and make thofe fecundary 
humors of Ros and Gluten to maintain it; or acquifite, to maintain thde 
four firfi primary Humors, coming and proceeding from the firfi: conce- 
ption in the Liver, bywhichmcans Chylus is excluded .Some dividethem 
kln Micto- 
fuccos,Jine qui- 
bpff animal fu- 
Jlentari non po- 
teji. 
1 Morbofos hu- 
mores. 
into and excrementitious. But k Crato out of Hippocrates 
will have all four to be iuyce and not excrements, without which no li- 
ving creature can be fnftained; which four, though they be comprehen- 
ded in the mafic of Bloody yet they have their feveral affections, by 
which they are diftinguifhed from one ancther,and from thofe adventi- 
tious opeccanto difeafed as MdanUhon calls them. 
Blondes a hot,fwcet,temperate,red humor,prepared in the MeferaicJ^ 
Bloud. 
veines,and made of the mofi temperate parts of the chylus in the Liver, 
whofe office is to nourifh the whole body,to give it ftrength and colour, 
being difperfedby the veins, through every part of it. And from it Spi~ 
rits are firft begotten in the heart,which afterwards by the Arteries are 
communicated tothe other parts. 
pituitapv Phlegm,is a cold and moift humor, begotten of the colder 
part of the Chylus\pt white jjuyce coming out of the meat digefted in the 
ifomack)in the office is to nourilh and mciften the members of 
the body, which as the tongue, arc moved, that they be not over dry. 
Chelerjs hot and dry,bitter, begotten of the hotter parts of the Chylus, 
and gathered tothe Gallrit helps the natural heat and fenfessand ferves 
to the expelling of excrements. ■Part.i.Seft.i. 
Anatomy of the Body 
Memb.a.Subf.g- 
Melancholy >co\d and dry,thick,black, and fowre,be gotten of themore 
, culent part of nourilhment,and purged from the fplecn, is a biidle to-. 
the other two hot humors. Blond and Choler, preferving them m the 
dloudsand nourlftiing the bones. Thefe four humors have fome analogy 
with the four Elements, and to the four ages in man. . ( 
fo thefe humors you may add Serum, which is the matter of Urine, 
and thofe excrementious humors of the -third Concoction, Sweat, and 
Tears. 
Soint is a molt fubtil vapor,which is exprelTed from the Blond, and the 
inftrument of the foul,to perform all his aft ions} a common tye or medi- 
nm betwixt the body and the foul, as fome will have it} or as * Paracel- 
fns, a fourth foul of it felf. Melantthon holds the fountain of thefe fpi- 
rits to be the Heart, begotten there } and afterward conveyed to the 
Brain, they take another nature to them. Of thefe fpirits there be three 
kinds,according to the three principal parts,Brain,Heart,LiverjNatnral, 
Vital,Animal.ThQ Natural are begotten in the Liver,and thence difper- 
fed through the Veins, to perform thofe natural actions. The Vital 
Spirits are made in the Heart of the Natural, which by the Arteries are 
tranfported to all the other partsiif thefe Spirits ceafe,then life ceafeth, 
as in a Syncope or Swoning. The Animal joints formed of the Vital, 
brought up to the Brain, and diffufed by the Nerves, to the fubordinate 
Members, give fenfe and motion to them all. 
Melancholy. 
Serum, Sweat, 
Teares. 
Spirits. 
_ a Spiritedb 
animal 
Subsec. 3. 
Similarp arts. 
Ontaining parts, by reafonof their more folid fubftance, are' 
either Homogeneal, or Ueterogejieal, Similar, or Dijfimilar } fo 
Ma Arijiotle divides them Jib, I. cap. I. de hift.Animal,Laurentins 
cap,7o:hb. 1. Similar, or Homogeneal, are fuch, as if they be 
Similar part*; 
divided, are ftill fevered into parts of the fame nature, as water into 
water. Of thefe fome be Spermatical, fome flefiie, or Carnal. m Sperma- 
tical are fuch as are immediately begotten of the Seed,which are Bones, 
C/ifiles^LigaMentsMembranes,Nerves, Arteries, Veins, skjns, Fibers or 
fir mas. Fat 
m Lawemiut 
cap,io.lib> 
Amt, 
The bones are dry and hard,begotten of the thickeft of the feed, to3 
lengthen and fuftain other parts:foine fay there be 304,. feme 307. or 
313. in Mans body. They have no Nerves in them, and are therefore 
Without fenfe. 
•1 A GrifiU>is afnbfbnce foftertlienbone3and harder then the reft,flex- 
-1 e, and ferves to maintain the pai ts of motion. 
th L^awents> are they that tye the bones together, and other parts to 
the r°h.eS:> theitftihferving tendons: Membranes office is to cover 
th^eS news5 are Membranes without, and full of marrow within, 
tiim p from the brain,Bc carry the Animal fpirits for fenfe and mo- 
ther I*1 le^e 132I32 home harder,fome fofter} the fofter ferve the fenfes,and 
tl f e *pair of them .The firft be the Optick Nerves, by which we fee} 
ie econd move the eyes} the third pair ferve for the tongue totafte} 
Bones. Part.i.Sed. I. 
Anatomy of the Soul 
Memb.2.Subf.4. 
the fourth pair for the tad in the Palat} the fift belong to the Ears, the 
fixt pair is mod ample,and runs almod over all the Bowels} the feventh 
pair moves the Tongue. The harder finews ferve for the motion of the 
inner parts, proceeding from the Marrow in the back,of whom there be 
thirty combinations} feven of the Neck,twelve of the Bread, Bcc. 
Arteries. 
Artertes are long and hollow,with a double fkinto convey the vital 
fpirirs} to difeern which the better, they fay that Vefalius the Anatomifi 
was wont to cut up men alive.11 They arife in the left fide of the heart,Sc 
: are principally two,from which the redare derived, and Venofa'-> 
Aorta is the root of all the other,which ferve the whole body}the other 
goes to the Lungs,to fetch air to refrigerate the Heart. 
Veins are hollow and round like pipes* arifing from the Liver,carrying 
nln thefe 
they ob ferve 
the beating of 
the pulfc. 
Veins. 
bloud and natural fpirits,they feed all the parts. Of thefc there be two 
chief,Venaporta,md Vena cava,from which the reft are corrivated.That 
Vena porta is a Vein coming from the concave of the Livcr,and receiving 
thofe mcfcraical Veins,by whom he takes thtChjlus from the ftomack 
and guts,and conveys it to the Liver, The other derives bloud from the 
Liver to nourifh all the other difperfed Members. The branches of that 
Vena portaatc the Meferaical and Haemorrhoides. The branches of the 
Cava are inward or outward. Inward,feminal or emulgent. Outward, in 
the head, arms, feet, &c. and have feveral names. 
pibr<e are firings,white and folid,difpcrfed through the whole mem- 
ber,and right,oblique,tranfvers,all which have their feveral ufes. Fat 
js a fimilar part, moift, without bloud, compofed of the moft thick and 
un<^ious matter of the bloud,The ° ikin covers the reft, and hath Cuti~ 
culam, or a little flan under it. Flefi is foft and ruddy, compofed of the 
congealing of bloud? &c. 
Fihrs, Fat, 
eQpars 
fmdZua-vi- 
mificautme- 
oxpivacAmt. 
pag. 252. 
Subsec. 4. 
Dijjimutar parts. 
parts0 arc thofe which we call Organical: or Infiru- 
II; and they be or Outward. The chiefeftout- 
W Parts are fituate forward or backward. Forward, the 
crown and forctop of the head,lkull,face, foreheadstcmples, 
ckin;> eyes, ears, nofe, See. neck, bread, cheft,uppcr and low- 
«r part of the belly, hypocondries, navel* groyn,flank,Bcc. Backwardjhc 
hinder part of the head,back,lhoulders,fides loyns,hipbones, os facrum, 
buttockssBcc.Gr joynts,arms,hands,feet,legs,thighs,knccs, Bcc. Or com- 
mon to both, which becaufe they are obvious and well known, I have 
carelefly repeated, eaque praecipua & grandiora tantum: quod 
ex libris de qui volet, accipiat. 
Inward Organical parts which cannot be feen, are divers in 
p Amt. lib.i.c. 
ip.Cehbr*) eji 
pervulgatu 
partium divijio 
in principes & 
ignobiles par- 
tes. 
number 5 and have feveral names, fundions, anddivifions} but that 
of p Laurentius is mod notable, into Noble, or Ignoble parts. Of 
the Noble there be three principal parts, to which all the reft 
belong, and whom they ferve , Brain, Heart, Liver , According 
to whofefitc, three Regions, or a threefold divifion is made of the 
whole body. As firft of the Head* in which the animal Organs are con- Part. I .Sect, i. 
An at emy oft hz Bo cly. 
Memb.2.Subf.4. 
tainedsand5and brain it fclf,which by his nerves give fenfe and motion to the 
felt,and is(as it were) a privy Counfellor, and Chancellor to the Heart. 
The fecond Region is the Chcft,or middle Belly, _ in which the Heart as 
King keeps his court,and by his Arteries communicates life to the whole 
body .The third Region is the lower Belly, in which the Liver refidcs as 
a Legat a latere, with the reft of thofe natural Organs, ferving for con- 
yoftion,nouri{hmcnt}expelling ofexcrements. This lower Region isdi- 
Itinguiftied from the upper by the Midriff7,or Diaphragma,and is fubdi- 
vided-again by q fome into three concavities, or Regions, upper, middle, 
•and-lower.The upper of the Hypocondries,io whofe right fide is the Li- 
‘t'er.the left the Spleen: From which is denominated Hypocondriacal Me- 
q D.Ciwfout 
of Golanand 
others. 
tancholy.ThQ fecond of the Navel and Flanks, divided from the firft by 
tne Rim. Thelaft of the water courfe, which is again fubdivided into 
three other parts.Thc Arabians make two parts ofthis Keglon,EpigaJiri- 
um, and Hypogajiriumj upper, or lower. Epigajlrium they call Mirach, 
from whence comes Mirachialis Melancholia, fometimes mentioned of 
them * Of thefc fevcral Regions I will treat in brief apart; and firft of the 
third Pvegion, in which the natural Organs are contained. 
But you that are Readers in the mean time,Suppofe you mere now brought 
into fomefacredTemple,or Majejiical Palace^as t Melanfthonfo\t\\)to be- ■ 
holdnot the matter only,but the fngularArt,lForl{manffip, and counfd of 
this our great Creator .And' tk a pleafant andprofitable ffeculation,if it be 
considered aright. The parts ofthis Region, which prefcntthemfelves to 
your confederation andview,are fuch as ferve to nutritioii, or generation 
f hofe of nutrition ferve to the firft or fecond concoftion : as the sefo- 
phagus or gullet,which brings meat and drink into the Stomachy The 
Ventricle or Stomack,which is feated in the midft of that part of the bel- 
ly beneath the Midriff,the kitchinfas it werc)ofthe firft concodion,and 
Be anime. 
•tVosvero ve~ 
hiti in templum 
acfacnirium. 
quoddam vos 
duciputetv, 
<&c. Suavis <tf 
utilis cognitio. 
The lower 
Kegion.Natu- 
ral Organs. 
winch turns our meat into Chylusdt hath two mouths, one above, ano- 
ther beneath* The upper is fometimes taken for the ftomack it fclf, the 
lower and nether doorfas Weckyr calls it) is named Pylorus.This ftbmack 
18 luftained by alarge Kellor Kaull, called Omentumy which fome will 
bave the lame with Peritoneum, or Rim of the belly.From the Stomachy td 
the very fundament, are produced the Guts*or Inteftina,which ferve a 
Tk t0 a^er diftribute the Chylus^and convey away the excrements, 
j are divided into finall and great, by teafon oftheit (ite and fub- 
Itancc, .(lender or thicker: the {lender is Duodenum,or whole gut,which 
,s next tot he ftomack,fome twelve inches longs(faith f Fufchius^lejunum 1 
or empty gut,continuate to the other3which hath many ‘ 
annexed to it,which take part of the chylus to the Liver from it. liion 
tne third,which confifts of many crinckles,which ferves with the reft to 
Recive, keep, and diftribute the Chylus from the JiomackfC he thick guts 
j',re threCjthe Blind gut. Colon*, and Right gut. The blind is a thick and 
1011 gut,having one mouth, in which the llion and Coloh meet: it re- 
ceives the excremcnts,and conveys them to the Colon, This Cohn hath 
many windings,that the excrements paffe not away too faft: the Right 
gu is itraight,and conveys the excrements to the fundament,w hofe low- 
irfaitls bound up with certain Mufdes^]led sphincteres,that the ex- 
e*ements may Lethe better contained,nndj fuch time a man;be willing to 
f Lib.i.cap. 12, 
Sdi. 5* Part. i.Sect. I. 
Anatomy of the Body. 
Mcmb.2.Subf.4. 
go to the ftool.ln themidft of thefeguts is fituated the Mefentarium oy 
Mi dr iff AO m pofe dof many veins, Arteries,Bc much fat, ferving chiefly t p 
fuftainthe guts.Allthefe parts ferve the firft concudion.To the fccond, 
which is bufied cither in refining the good nourifhment,or expelling t(ie 
bad,is chiefly belonging to the liver,like in colour to congealed bloud, 
the Ihop of bloud,fituate in the right Hypocondry,\ n figure like to an half 
Moon,Genero fum membrum,Melancf-hon ftiles it,a generous part} it ferves 
to turn thechylus to bloud,for the nourilhment of the body. The excre- 
ments of it are either Watery ,wch the other fubordinat parts 
convey .The Gall placed in the concave of the Li-yer,extrafts Choler to it: 
the Spleen,. is fituat on the left fidc,over againft the Li- 
ver yx fpungy imtter,that draws this black Choler to it by a fecret vertue, 
and feeds upon it,conveying the reft to the bottom of the ftomack,to ftir 
upappetite,or dfe to the guts as an excrement. That watery matter the 
two Kidnies expurgate,by thofe emulgent veins,and Vretcres.The emul- 
gent draw.this fuperfiuous moifture from the bloud } the two Vrcteres 
convey it to the Bhdder, which by reafon of his fite in the lower belly, is 
apt to receive it, having two parts, neck and bottom; the bottom holds 
the water,thencckisconftrmgcd with a mu foie,which as a Porter,keeps 
the water from running out againft our will. 
Members of generation are common to both Texes, or peculiar to one} 
which becaufe they are impertinent to my purpofe,ldo voluntarily omit, 
- Next in order is the middleßegion,or cheft,which comprehends the vital 
faculties&parts:which(asl havefaid)is feparated from the lower belly, 
by the Diaphragma or ili'/^r/j//rvwhich is a skin confiding of many nerves., 
ainongft other ufes it hath,is the inftrument of laughing. 
There is alfo a certain thin membrane,ful of finews,which covcreth the 
Middle Regi- 
on. 
whole cheft within3and is called?/e;/r4,thc feat of the difeafecalledp/e«- 
rife,when it is infiamcd}fome ad a third skin,which is termed Mediajli- 
»/*f,which divides the cheft into two parts, right and left .* of this re- 
gion the principal part is the Hearty which is the feat and fountaineof 
life, of heat, of fpirits, of pulfe and refpiration $ the Sun of our Body, 
the King and foie commander of it: the feat and Organ of all paftlons 
and affe&ions. Trimum vivens, ultimum moriens, it lives firft, and dyes 
laft in all creatures : Ofa pyramidical forme, and notmuch unlike to a 
a part worthy of* admiration, that can yeild fuch variety 
of affedions, by whofe motion it is dilated or contraded, to ftir 
and command the humors in the body .* As in forrow, melancholy} in 
anger, cholcrfm joy,to fend the bloud outwardly} in forrow, to call it 
; in} moving the humors, as Horfes do a Chariot.This heart, though it be 
. one foie member,yet it may be oivided into two creeks right and left. 
The right is like the Moon increafing,bigger then the other part,and re- 
’ ceives bloud from Vena Cava, diftributing fome of it to the Lungs to 
nourilh them,the reft to the leftfide,to left creei{ hath 
the form of a Cone,sc is the feat of life, which as a torch doth oyl, draws 
bloud unto it,begetting of it (pints and fire} and as fire in a torch,fo are 
fpirits in the bloiid,Bc by that great Artery called Aorta,it fends vital fpi- 
rits over the body, and takes air from the Lungs, by th.it Artery which 
is called So that both Creeks have their Vcftels} the flight two 
t'Uteres eft. 
prteipui digna 
admiratione, 
cjtod tanta aft 
ftcluumvorie- 
rate cietur cor, 
quod omnes res 
t iftss&lttt 
jiatim corda 
feriunt mo- 
vent. Part. i.Sed:, i * 
Anatomy of the Body. 
Mcmb.Q.Sabf.s. 
Veins} the left two Arteries,bdidcs thofe two common anfraduous cars. 
\vch fei*ye them both}thc one to hold bloud,the other air,for feveralufcs. 
fbe Lungs is a thin fpungy part,like an Oxe hoof,(faith 
Town-Clarksor Crycr(- one terms it) the infrrumentof voice, as anO- 
ratorto aKingyannexed to the heart,to exprefs their thoughts by voice, 
f hat it is the infrrument ofvoice,is manifefi:,in that no creature can fpeak 
or utter any voice,wch wanteth thefe lights.lt is befides the inftrumehtof 
refpiration,or its office is to cool the heart, by fending ayr 
unto it,by the Venofal Arter\.yj\-\ic\\ vein comes to the lungs by that djj>e~ 
uFhyJio.l.i. c,B 
x.Vt orator re- 
gi :Jtc pulmo 4 
vocis inflruf 
mentum ann&- 
. Situi' corii, 
&c.Mslannhi 
ra arteriayjc\i coufiftsof many griftles,mcmbranes>nervess takingiri ayre 
at thenofeand mouth,and by it Jikewife,exhalcs the fumes of the Heart. 
In the upper Regiotz fervingthe animal faculties,the chief Organ is the 
is a foft,tmrrowifh,Sc white fubftance,ingendred of the pu- 
re/]: part of feed and fpirits,included by many skins,and feated within the 
fkul or brain pan, and it is the mod noble Organ under heaven,the dwel- 
ling houfe and feat of the Soul,the habitation ofwifdom,meniory, judg- 
ment,reafon, and in which man is mo/f like unto God : and therefore 
nature hath covered it with a fkul of hard bone, and two /kins or mem- 
branes, whereof the one is called dura the other pi a 
mater. The dura mater is next to the fkul, above the other, which in- 
cludes and prote&s the brain. When this is taken away, the pia mater is 
to be feen,a thin membrane,the next and immediate cover of the brain, 
and not covering only,but entring into it.The Brain it felf is divided in- 
to two parts.the fore and hinder part} the fore part is much bigger then 
the otherswhich is called the little brain in refped of it. This fore pari 
hath many concavities diftinguifhed by certain ventrides,which arc the 
receptacles of the fpirits, brought hither by the arteries from the heart, 
and are there refined to a more heavenly nature, to perform the adions 
foul .Of thefe ventricles there be thxee,Kight, Left, Sc Middled The 
Right and le/f anfwcr to their fite, and beget animal fpirits} if they be 
any way hurt, fenfc and motion ceafeth. Thefe ventricles moreover,are 
held to be the feat of the common fenfe.Thc Middle a com- 
mon concourfc, and cavity of them bothy* and hath two paflagcs} the 
Pne to receive the other extends it felf to the fourth creek : 
in this they place Imagination and Cogitation^and fo the three ventricles 
ofthe fore part of the Brain are ufed. The fourth Greek behind the 
head, is common to the Cerebelox little brain, and marrow of the back- 
bone3the laft,and moft folidofall the reft, which receives the animal 
spirits from the other ventricles, and conveys them to the marrow in 
the back, and is the place where they fay the memory is feated. 
Subsec. 5, 
Of the foul and her f acuities. 
ERecording to V Arijlotle, the foul is defined to be h-nhlypei perfe- 
s| tiio & a&us privius corporis Organi am habentis in potenti a: 
the perfection or firft adt of an Organicalbody,having power of 
, iife,which mod z Philofophcrs approve. But many doubts arife 
the Efence, Subje&.Seat. DiftinUion. and fubordmatc faculties of 
y Dff 
Z Scalig.ex&r, 
307. Tolet in 
lib.is anima* 
, cap. l Part. i.ScCt. I. 
Anatomy of the Soul. 
Memb.2.Subf.s. 
\ 
it.For the Eflence and particular knowledg,of all other things it is inoft 
• hard The it of man or Beaft)to difcern.as *AriJiotle Tullyf Picuf 
a i.l)s anima, 
cap. 1. 
b ThfvJ.qusjh 
c lib, 6. Dq3. 
Vml.Gentil. c. 
il.pag. 12i6. 
cl Arijlot. 
■ c Anima 
imelligimus, et 
tamen qu<fjit 
ipjli intelligerS 
non ncalemus. 
fSpiritualem 
animam a reli- 
quis diftvrdclam 
tuetur, etiam in 
cadarvcreinh<e- 
r entem poji 
mortem per ali- 
quot menfes. 
*'Lib.i.cap.il. 
g Caelius lib.2. 
c. 3r. Plutarch. 
inGriUo LJpf. 
Can. i. ep. 50. 
Iqfjius do Rtfi 
&Fietu, A- 
verrossy Cam- 
otherNeoterick Philolophers confcls. We canun* 
dcrjland all things by what fie is we cannot apprehend. Some there- 
fore make one.9off/3dividcd into three principal faculties :othcrs3thrce di- 
(Finch Souls.Which queftion of late hath been much controverted by r/- 
and ZaharelSParacelfus will have four Sauls3 adding to the 
three granted faculties3a Spiritual So///: which opinion of his JCampanelU 
in his hook de * Sen fit rerun/ynuch labours to demon ft rate and provCjbc- 
caufe Carkaffcs bleed at the light of the murdererjwith many Inch argu- 
, n J • % Cj 
mentsrAnd 8 fomc again, one foul or all Creatures whatsoever, differing 
only in that beads have rcafon as well as men, though for 
feme deleft of ot in fuch meafure .Others make a doubt, .w he* 
ther it be all in alkand all in every is amply difeuded in Za~ 
Wc/amongd the red.The h common divifion of the Soul, is into three 
principal faculties. Vegetal, Senfitive, and Rational, which make three 
diftinct kind of living Creatures: Vegetal plants, Senjihle'Beads, Rational 
Men.How thefe three principal faculties arc diftinguifhed and 
Humano ingenio inaccejfum videtur^is beyond humane capacity, as i Tatt- 
rd/m^rhilip^Flavius and others fuppofe.Thc inferior may be alone, but 
the fuperior cannot fubdd without thcother^foSensible includes Vege~ 
are contained in it (faith Anjlotle) nt trigonus 
pandit, &C' j 
h Fhitip. ds A- 
nima.cad' Cec- 
hus 20. arm, \ 
s 
depladt.philoj. < 
i Lte xit. * 
tnort.part. 2. c. ( 
3.]» op.iM xit - 
« 133X1.2.3.22, 
Vegetal ibul, 1 
SubfeSl. 2. 
k Uutrkio ejl 
alimenti tranf- 
mutatio, viro 
naiuralu.Scal, 
exerc. roi, 
feS.ij. 
Attraction. 
/ See more of 
Attraction in 
Scahexer.Wl' 
Retention. 
Digellion. 
in as a Inangle m a Quadrangle. 
the firft of the three diftinft faculties,is definedto be a fuhfi an- 
ti d ad of an organi ed which it k nouriflje and be- 
gets another l/l{e unto it felf.ln which definition, three feveral operati- 
ons are is kNutritionswhofe 
objeft is nouriffimentsmeat,drink,andthc like, his Organ the Liver in 
fchiible in Plants, the root or Tap. His office is to turne the 
nutriment into the fubftance of the body nonrilhed, which he performes 
by natural heat. This nutritive operation hath four other fubordinatc 
J A 0 
functions.) or powers belonging to 
px/ponA Attraction is a miniffring faculty, which as a Loadftone doth 
Iroiijdraws meat into the ftomack,or as a lamp doth and this attra- 
frive power is very neccfiary in Plants-.w hich fuck up moifture by the 
another mouth,into the fap as alike ftomack. Retention keeps 
it,beingattrafrcdunto the ftomack, until! fuch time it be conco&ed) for 
if it (hould pallc away ftraight, the body could not be nourifhed* D/- 
geflion is performed by natural as the flame of a torch confumes 
oyljWaXjtallow:fo doth it alter and digeft the nutritive natter. Indige- 
ftion is oppofitc unto it, for want of natural heat. Cf this Digefiion 
there be three differences. Maturation, Eli xati on. A [fat ion. Maturation, 
Maturation. 
Elixation. 
is efpecially cbferved in the fruits of trees ; which are then laid to be 
ripe, when the feeds are fit to-belowne again. Cruditie is oppofed to 
it, which Gluttons, Epicures, and idle perfons are moft fubjefl: unto, 
that ufc no exercifc to ftir up natural heat, or clfc choke it, as too much 
Wood puts out zfac -El/xation is the teething of meat in the ffomack. 
Action. 
by the faki natural heatsas meat is boylcd in a potato which corruption 
or putrefaction is opposite. Ajfation is a cencodion of the inward mok Part.i.Sedt. i. 
Anatomy of the Soul, 
Mcmb.2.Subf.6, 
fture by oppofiteis Semiujiulation. Befidcs theie three ieveral 
operations of Digefiion,there is a fourfold order o£concodi\.on:M.iJlica- 
chewing in the mouthy hilific at ion of this fo chewed meat in the 
the third is in the Liver,to turn this Chylus into bloud, called 
?*nguification-,the laft is Ajfmulation,wh\chi» in every part. Expulfton 
is a power of Nutrition, by which it expels all fuperfluou: excrements. 
Orderof con- 
coftion four- 
fold. 
Expulflon. | 
and reliques of meat and drink,by the guts,bladder,pores,as by purging, 
vomiting, fpitting, fweating, urine, haires, nailes, &c. 
As this Nutritive facultie ferves to nourifti the body, fo doth the Aug-, 
muting the fecond operation or power of the Vegetal facultie ) 
totheincreafingof it in quantity, according to all Dimenfions, long, 
broad, thick, and to make it grow till it come to his due proportion and 
perfect fhape; which hath his period of augmentation, as of confiimpti- 
on: and that moft certain, as the Poet obferves : 
Augmentati- 
on. 
St at fu a cuique dies, breve & irreparabile tentpus 
Omnibus eji ——. . 
A term of life is fetto every man. 
Which is but fhort, and pafs it no one can. 
The laftofthefe Vegetal faculties is Generation, which begets another 1 
by means of feed, like unto it fclf, to the perpetual prelervation of the 
Species.To this faculty they aferibe three fubordinatc operations r The 
firft to turne nourifhment into feed, &c. 
Neccfiary concomitants or affections ofthis Vegetal facultie,are life,and 
his privation, death.To the prefervation of life the natural heat is moft 
requifite, though ficcity and humidity, and thofe firft qualities, be not 
Generation. 
Life & death 
concomitants 
of the Vegetal 
faculties. 
excluded. This heat is likcwifc inPlants,as appears by their incrcafing, 
fruftifying3 &c, though not fo eafily perceived; In all bodies it muft 
have radicallm moifturc to preferve it,that it be not confumedjto which. 
Preservation our clime,country, temperature, and the good or bad life 
of thofe fix nun-natural things avail much. For as this natural heat and 
m Vita con- 
JtJiitin calidd * 
, & humidor 
jnoilture decayes, fo doth our life it felfe: and if not prevented before 
by fome violent accidentur interrupted through our own default, is in 
tlic end dryed up by old age, and extinguilhed by death for want of 
matter, as a Lampfor defeft ofoyl to maintains t. 
SUBS EG. 6. 
Of the fmftble Soul. 
HExt in order is the Scnpble Facuity, which is as far beyond 
the other in dignity,as aßeaftis preferred to a Plant, ha- 
ving thofe Vegetal powers included in it. Tis defined 
an AU of an organical body by which it lives, hath' finfe, 
appetite,judgment threat h and motion. His object in general 
o is a fenfible or naffible equalitv, becaufe the fenfeisaffe- 
, The general Organ is the Brain, from which principally 
fcnfible operations ate derived.This Saenfble SouJ is divided into two 
Pa.rts3 apprehending or Moving. By the Apprehenftve power we per-* 
CCiVe *be Species of fcnfible things prcfcnt, or abfcnt, and retain them Part.i.Se&.i. 
Anatomy of the Soul. 
Memb.2.Subf.6. 
as wax doth the print of a fealc.By the Moving, the Body is outwardly 
carried from one placeto anothenor inwardly moved by fpirits & pulfe. 
The Apprehensive faculty is fubdivided into two parts. Inward, or Out- 
ward.Outward,as thefive fenfes, of Touching,HearzngoSeeing,Smelling,Ta~ 
Jiingj to which you may ad Scaligers fixt fenle of Titillati on, if you 
pleafe, or that of Speech, which is the fixt eternal fenfe3according to Lul- 
lius.lnward are three',Common fenfe,Phantajte,Memory. Thofe five out- 
ward fenfes have their object in outward things onely, and fuch as are 
prefent, as the eye fees no colour except it be at hand, the ear found. 
Three of thefe fenfes are of commodity, Hearing,sight, and Smell: two 
Senfitive power is ACtive or Pajjive. ACtive in fight, the eye fees the co- 
when it is hurt by his objeft,as the eye by the fun bcames.' 
According to that hyS\om,Vifibile forte defiruit fenfum. Or if the objeft 
be not pleafing, as a bad found to theear,a ftinking fmell to the nofe, 
Sec. Of thefe five fenfes,Sight is held to be moft precious,and the beft, 
and that by reafon of his objeft,it fees the whole body at once,by it wc 
learn, and difeern all things, a fenfe moft excellent for ufe, to the Sight 
Sight. 
three things are required} the object, the Organ,and the Medium . The 
Object in general is vifible, or that which is to be fcen,as colours, and all 
(hining bodies.The is the illumination of the ayr, which comes 
from n light, commonly called Diaphanunr, for in dark we cannot fee. 
The Organ is the eye, and chiefly the apple of it $ which by thofe Op- 
tick Nerves, concurring both in one,convcys the fight to the common 
fenfe. Betwixt the Organ and Object a true diftance is required, that it 
be not too near, or too farolf. Many excellent queftions appertain to 
n Lumen eft 
atluf perfricui. 
Lumen a luce 
provenit, lute 
ejl in corpore 
ludio. 
this fenfe, difeufled by Philofophers: as whether this fight be caufcd 
intra mittendo,vel extra mittendo,dt*chy receiving in the vifible fpecies, 
or fending of them omywhich 0 Plato,? Plutarchji Macrobius? La&antius 
and others difpute.And befides it is the fubjedt of the PerfjeUives, of 
which Albazen the Arabian,Vitellio,Roger Bacon,Baptifia Porta, Cnidus 
Vbaldus, Aquilonius, &c. have written whole volumes. 
Hearings moft excellent outward fen fe,by which we learn and get know- 
ledg.His objedt is found,or that which is heard} the Medium,a.yre. Organ 
the ear .To the found,whichisacollifion of the ayr, three things are re- 
quired, a body to ftrike,as the hand of a mufician 3 the body ftrucken, 
which muft be folid and able to a bell,lute-ftring} not wool!, or 
© Satur.^.c.l4,1 
p Inphxedon. 
q Lac.cap.S.de 
opif. Dei 1. 
t T>s pratt. 
Philos 4. 
Hearing. 
fpunge,the Medium,the ayrywhichis Inward, or Outward 5 the outward 
being ftruck or collided by a folid body,ftill ftrikes the next 
it to that iuward natural ayr,wch as an exquifite organ is eontain- 
ed ih iittle (kin formed like a drum head, and ftruck upon by certain 
final inftrumcnts like drum fticks,conveys the found by a pair of Nerves, 
appropriated to that ufe,to the common fenfe, as to a judge of a founds; 
There is great variety and much delight in the knowledge of 
which, confult with Boethius.,and other Muficians. 
Smelling,is an outward fenfe which apprehends hj/ the noftrils drawing m 
air'yhnA of all the reft kis the wcakeft fenfe in men. The Organ in the 
nofe, or two fmall hollow pieces offlefha little above it: The Medium 
the air to men as water to ftfe Ih e objefi, Smelly a riling from, a mi xt 
Smelling. Part.i.Scd.i. 
Anatomy of the Soul. 
Memb.2.Subf.7. 
body refoived, which whether it be a quality,fume,vapor, or exhalati- 
on,l will not now difputc,or of their diffcrencessand how they are cau- 
fed.This fenfe is an Organ ofhealth,as Sight and Hearing,faith f Agellii 
are of difcipline}and that by avoiding bad fmels, as by chooling good, 
do as much alter and affed the body many times,as Diet felf. 
(Lib.ip.cap.n 
1 afte& neceffary fenfe} which perceives all favours by the Tongue and 
and that by means of a thin watery juice.His Organ is the 
Tongue with his tailing nerves} the a watery juice} the Objeff 
favor,which is a quality in the juice, arifing from the mixture 
of things tailed. Some make eight fpeciesor kinds of favour, bitter, 
fweet, (harp, fait, <&c. all which lick men(as in an ague) cannot difeero, 
by reafon of their Organs mifaffeded. 
Tafte, 
Touch 0 the lad: of the fenfes,and mod ignoble,yct of as great neceility as 
tbe other, and of as much pleafure. This fenfe is exquifite in men,and by 
his Nerves difperfed all over the body, perceives any tadile quality. 
His Organ^the Nerves jhis Objeffthofe firfir qualities, hot, dry,moift,colds 
and thofe that follow them,hard,foft,thick,thin, 6ec. Many delightfome 
queftions are moved by Philofophcrs about thefe five fenfes, their Or- 
gans, Objeds, Mediums,which for brevity I omit. 
Touching, 
SIIBSEC. 7. 
Of the Inward Senfes 
Nner Senfes are three in number, fo called, becaufe they be 
thebrain-pan,as Common Senfe, Thant a fie. Memory. 
3iS Qtf Theirobjcds are not only things prefent,but they perceive 
the (bubble fpecies of things to Come, Paji, Abfent, fuch as 
M u were before in the fcnfe. This Common fenfe is the Judg or 
Common 
fenfee 
loaerator of the reft;, by whom we difccrn all differences of objects, 
or by mine eye I do not know that 1 fee, or by mine ear that I hear,but 
y my Common who judgeth of Sounds and Colours : they are but 
t Organs to bring the Species to be cenfured} fo that all their objects 
arc and all their offices are his: The fore-part of the Brain is his Or- 
gan or feat. 
C ntase*OT Imagination, which foine call JEflimative, or Cogitative, 
fcophrmed, faith* Fernelius, by frequent meditation J is an inner fenfe 
v morefully examine the Species perceived by Common fenfe, 
p things prefent or abfent, and keeps them longer, recalling them 
ommde again} or making new of his ownc. In time of deep this 
acuity is free, and many times conceives ftrange, ftupend, abfurd 
c fS;>kS *n mcn We commonly °bfervc. His Organ is the middle 
ce t‘lc his ohjelis all the Species communicated to him by the 
by comparifon of which he fains infinite other unto him- 
an ]' c mcn this faculty is moft powerful and firong, 
eft» i?n ur.ts? producing many monftrous and prodigious things, 
from11 be birred up by fome terrible objed, prefentedto it 
£ fenfe, or Memory. In Poets and Painters Imagination 
j C 1 y w°rkes, as appeares by their feveral Fidions, Anticks, 
aßes •as Ovids houfe of deep, Pfyches palace in Afnkius, 6cc. In 
Phantafie. , 
t Phif.l.s.c.Si Part. i. Sect. i. 
Anatomy of the Body. 
Memb.2.Subf.B* 
men.it is fubjed and governed by Reafon, or at leafl fhould be 5 but in 
brutes it hath no fuperior,and is ratio brutorum,dl\ the reafon they have. 
Memory layes up all the fpecies which the fenfes have brought in, and 
records them as a good Regijier, that they maybe forth-coming when 
they are called for by Thantafte and Reafon. Hisobjcdis the fame with 
Thantafte, his feat and Organ the back part of the brain. 
• The affedions of thefe fenfes, are sleep and Waging,common to all fen- 
fible creatu res. sleep is a ref or binding of the outward Senfes, and of the 
common fenfe, for the prefervation of Body and Soul, (’as u Sc aliger defines 
. it) For when the common fenfe redeth, the outward fenfes reft alfo. The 
Phantafie alone is free,and his commander,Reafon : as appears by thofe 
imaginary Dreames,which are of divers kinds. Natural, Divine, Deemeni- 
acall,&c.which vary according to humors, diet, adions, objeds, See. of 
which,Artemidorus,Cardanus,a d Sambucus, with their feveral Intcrpre- 
tators, have written great volumes. This ligation of fenfes, proceeds 
from an inhibition of fpirits, the way being flopped by which they 
fhould corner this flopping is caufed of vapours arifing out of the do- 
mack, filling the Nerves, by which the fpirits fhould be conveyed.When 
thefe vapours are fpent,the paflage is open,andthe fpirits perform their 
accuflomed duties, fo that Wakjngis the action and motion of the Sen* 
fes,which the Spirits dtjperfed over all parts, caufe. 
Memory. 
Afteclions of 
the fenfes, 
fleep,and 
Waking, 
u Mxeycit. 280. 
Subsec. 8. 
Of the Moving faculty 
Moving Faculty3 is the other power of the Sensitive 
EH ES Souly caufeth all thofe Inward and Outward ant- 
win! mot*ons m f^e body. It is divided into two faculties, 
miSm the Power -Appetite,and of moving from place to place. 
ISii This aWctitt‘ *s thrcefuldjfo fome will have it Natural, 
as itfignifies any luch inclination, as of a done to fall 
Appetite. 
downward, and Inch adionsas Retention, Expulfon, 
which depend not of fenfe, but are Vegetal, as the Appetite of of meat 
and and thir(t.Sensitive is common to men and brutes. Vo* 
hint ary ,the third,or intelledivc, which commands the other two in men, 
and is a curb unto them,or at lead Ihould for the mod part is cap- 
tivated and over-ruled by them.-andmen are led like beafts by fcnfe,gi- 
ving reins to their concupifence and fcveral lufts. For by this Appe- 
tite the foul 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 imbraceth,the other he rejedeth : according to that 
appetunt bonum,a\\ things leek their own good, or at 
lead Teeming good.This power is infeparable from where fenfe 
is, there is likewife plealure and pain. His Organ is the fame with the 
Common fenfe, and is divided into two powers, or inclinations, Concupi- 
fable or Irafdble: or(as x one translates it] Coveting, Jnger invading,oV 
Impunging. Concupifciblc covets alwayes pleafant and delightfome 
things3 and abhorrs that which is didadful, harfh and unpleafant. Ira]- 
cible,v quaf averfans per tram & odium,as avoiding it with anger and in- 
jeT.W.Je- 
fuitelnhis 
Pal Eons of 
the ivlinde. 
y Velcurio,  .Scd. i . 
Anatomy of the Soul. 
Memb.2.Subf.B 
dignation. All affedions and perturbations arife out oi thefe two foun- 
taincs, which although the Stoickj make light of, we hold natural, and 
not to be rdifted. The good affedions are caufed by fome objed bfthc 
if prefent, they procure joy,which dilates theheart,Bc 
Preferves the body if abfent,they caufe Hope, Love, Delire, and Concu- 
piscence. The Badaie Simple or mixt : Simple for fome bad objed pre- 
fent.as forrow3which contrads the Heart,macerates the Soul/übVertsth6 
good eftate of the Body,hindering ail the operations of it,caufmg Melan- 
choly, and many times death it felfor futurc,as Fear. Out of thefe two 
anfethofe mixt affedions and paffionsof Anger, which is a defire of re- 
which is inveterate anger * Zeal, which is offended with 
him who hurts that he loves,and a compound affedion of Joy 
and Hate, when we rejoyce at other mens mifehief, and arc grieved at 
their profperity^Pride,Self-love,Emulation, Envic,Shame, See. of which 
elfewhcre. 
Moving front place to place js a faculty neceflarily following the other, 
For in vain were it otherwife to. defire and to abhor,if we had not like- 
wife power to profccute or efehue, by moving the body from place to 
place: By this faculty therefore we locally move the body* or any part 
of it, and go from one place to another. To the better performance of 
which, three things are requifitc:That which what it moves* 
diat Which is moved .That which moves, is either the Efficient caufe, or 
cmd.The end is the objed, which is defiredor efehued 5 as in a dog to 
catch a hare. See, The efficient caufe in manis Reajfon, or his fubordinate 
Phantajiczwhich apprehends good or bad objeds: in brutes Imagination 
alone,which moves the the Appetite this faculty, which by an 
admirable league of Nature, and by meditation of the fpirit commands 
the Organ by which it movesrandthat confifts of Nerves,Mufcles3Cords, 
dilperfed through the whole body, contracted and relaxed as the fpirits 
wi)lswhich move the Mufdes,dr z Nerves in the midft of them, and 
draw the cord, and toper confequensthe joynt, to the place intended. 
That which is moved, is the body or fome member apt to move. The 
potion of the body is divers,as going,running,leaping,dancing,^itting58c• 
inch like,referrcd to the predicament of Situs- Worms creep, Birds fiie, 
z fietvid Jlfi- 
ritu moventur, 
Jpirituf ab ani- 
ma. Mslat&i 
lines iwim-and fo of parts, Hie chief of which is Reffifation or breath- 
1ng3and is thus performed. The oiitwarjdaire is drawn in by the voca.ll 
-drterj, and fent by mediation of the Midriff to the Lungs which dilat- 
lngthemfdves as a pair ofbellowes, reciprocally fetch it in, and fend it 
°U,t eart t0 co°J it: and from,thence now being hot, convey it a- 
|ain?ltill taking in frcfh.Such a like motion is that of the Tulfe9 of which, 
ecaufemany have written whole books, I will fay nothing. part. l.Sed. i. 
Anatomy of the Soul 
Memb.a.Subf.c?" 
Su B SEC. 9- 
Of the Rational Soul 
N the precedent Subfedions I have anatomized thofe inferi- 
»Sp or faculties of the Rational remaineth,* pleafant, 
but a doubtful fubjeff fas a one terms and with the like 
AHgj a£i| brevity to be difcu fled .Many erronious opinions are about 
the cffence Sc original of it be fire, as Zeno held5 
a Velmio. 7«- 
amdum&an- 
cepsj übjeftm. 
harmony,as Arijioxenw,number as Xenocrates', whether it be organical, 
or inorganical?feated in the brain, heart or bloud? mortal or immortal? 
how it comes into the body .Some hold that it is ex traducens Phil. 1 .de 
Animkfiurtullian,LaBantius,de opific.Dei cap. ly.Hngo lib.de Spiritu & 
Anima, Vincentius tellavicJj>ecinatural.lib.7%.cap. 7.& 11.Hippocrates, 
Avicenna,znd many Mate writersjthat one man begets another,body 8c 
foulror as a candle from a candle,to be produced from the feed : other- 
wife, fay they, a man begets but half a man, and is worfe then a bead 
that begets both matter and befidcs the three faculties of the 
( foul muft be together info fed, which is mod abfurd as they hold, 
caufe in beads they are begot, the two inferior I meane, and may not 
:be well feparated in men. c Galen fuppofeth the foul craftn ejje,to be the 
i Temperature it felf? Trifmgijius,Mufaus,Orpheus,.Homer,Pindarus,pha- 
recides Syrusfipi&etus, with the Chaldees and Egyptians, affirmed the 
foul to be immortal, as did thefe Britan * Druides of old. Thed Pytha- 
goriam, defend Metempfychofts, and Palingenefia, that fouls go from one 
body to prius Lethes undk, as men into Wolves, Beares? 
Dogs, Hogs, as they were inclined in their lives, in con- 
ditions. 
b Godeniw in 
oh- Pas- 
- Bright in 
Phyf.Scrib. 1.1. 
David Crujtus, 
Tttelantlon. 
Hippim Her- 
niufy Levinuf 
c Lib.an mores 
fefuantuyj&c. 
*C<efar. 6.com 
d Read /E- 
neas Gapeus 
dial.of the im- 
mortality of 
the Soul. 
* Ovid met, Is. 
tnqueferinas 
Voffumus ire domus, pecudumque in torpora condi. 
e In Gallo. 
Idem. 
c Lucians Cock was.lint Euphorbus a Captain ; 
ille ego (nam memini) Trojani tempore belli, 
Panthoides Euphorbus eram, 
a horfe,a man, alpungc. Julian the Apodatc thought Alexanders foul 
was defeended into his body: Plate in Tim&o, and in his Phaedon (for 
fNiuphorw 
hifl.lih. io. 
c* 
ought I can perceive)difters not much from this opinion, that it was 
from God at firft,and knew all,but being inclofed in the body, it for- 
gets,and learnes anew,which he calls reminifeentia,or recalling, and that 
it was put into the body for a punifhmcnt, and thence it goes into a 
beads,or mans,as appears by his plcafant fiftion de fortitione animarum, 
lib. 10.de rep. and after g 10000. years is to return into the former bo- 
again. 
g Thu: dr 0. 
* Cl'audian lib, 
1 .de rap. Pro- 
ferp. 
pojt varios annos, per mille figuras, 
Rurfus ad humana fertur primordia vita. 
Others deny the immortality of it,which Pompo natus of Padua decided 
out of Arifiotle not long fince, Plinius Avunculus cap. 7.lib. 7. & lib. 7* 
cap. 55. Seneca lib. J.epift.ad Lucilium in Tull.Tufc. 
Epicurus, Aratus,Hippocrates, Galen, Lucretius lib. 1. IVt.t.SeCt.i. 
Anatomy of the Soul. 
Memb.2.Subf.p# 
{f raster ea gigni pariter cum corpore, & una 
Crefere Cent imus\ par iterque fenefeere menteni) 
Sverroes,and I know not how many Neoteiicks.Th/s queflion of the im- 
Httcqueflio 
-Mortality of the Soufis dive rjly and wonderfully impugned and Gosper an- 
specially amongfi the Italians of late ,faith Jab.Colent* lih.de imMrt, ant- ZlabilitsrAm-- 
ma\cap 1 .The Popes themfelvcs have doubted of it3 Leo Decimus that pugnata, &c. 
Epicurean Pope.,asf* fome record of Idmxaitfed this queitiori fobedii-* colemihL 
en ded and con before him. and concluded at as a prophane and 
atheiicical Moderator, with that Verfe of Cornelius Gallus} 
Et redit in nihilum0 quodfuit ante nihil. 
It began of nothingsand in nothing it ends. Zeno and his Stoichy as *Au- 
fiin quotes himsfuppofed the Soul fo long to continue^ill the Body was 
tolly rcfolved into materia prima: but after that, infumos 
evanefeerejio be extinguifhed and vani(h}andin the mean time,whilft the 
body was confumingsit wandrtd all abroad, e longinquo multa annun- 
ciara, and(as that clazomenian Hermotimns averred) faw pretty vifions, 
and fuffered 1 know not what. 
*De ecclrfp 
dog.cap. i>s. 
Errant exangues Jine corpore & ojftbus umbra. 
Others grant the immortality thereof but they make many fabulotis 
fictions in the meantime ofk3aftcr the departure from the body dike pla~ 
to that turkje Paradife. The fouls of good men they 
Ovid. 4. Mat* 
h Bonorum la- 
res, malorum 
verb larvas & 
lemur ei i 
i Sonae fay at 
3,dayes, fomc 
6. weeks, ®u 
thers othct- 
wifc.' 
«v-uitujuie “Aujtinjbecame many 
“ich abfurd tcncnts5which he hath confuted. and other 
i athers of the church3hold that the Soul is immortalscrcated of nothing} 
and lamtufed into the childc or Emhrjo in his mothers wombe3 fix 
moneths after the» conception} not as thofc of brutes,, which arc ex 
tradu dying.with them vaniih into nothing.To whole divine trea- 
tiles,and to the Scriptures themfelves, I rejourn all fuch Athciftieal fpi- 
Fully c|i J 4tticusodoubt\ng of this point, to Plato’s Phtfdon. Or if 
they detire Philofophical proofs and demonftrations,! refer them to Ni- 
fhusjAic .F avent inns trafts of this fubjed.l'q Fran, and John Picks in di~ 
gnft.Jup. 3 .je jnima jholofunu/, Eug übimisfio Soto er eft- 
HsP^ to that elaborate tract in Z to Tdlets 60 
teutons,and Lejfius 2 2.arguments,to prove the immortality of the foul. 
Fampancllu lib.de fenfit rerumjs large in the fame difeourfe, Albertinas 
tae School man .Jacob.Ndftantns0Tom. 2. tfg.handJeth it in four queftions, 
Prunus Palearius many others. 
us[ Reafinable Soul, which Aujcin calls a (piritual fubftance moving it 
rs]sdefined by Philofophers to be the fir ft fnhftantial aft of a Natural, 
lt mane cal Body oby which a man lives* perceives^andunderftands, 
Ptely doing all things ,and with eleftion. Out of which definition we may 
S. ier,that Rational Soul includes the powers,and performs the du- 
Ics t^le two other, which are contained in it* and all three faculties 
make one Soul,which is inorganical of it felf, although it be in all parts, 
• n lncorporcal,ufing their Organs, and working by them. It is divided 
ntotwo chief parts, differing in office only,not in effence. The under- 
£IU is the Rational power apprehends ngfPiewiUjft hich is the’ 
ational power moving'Xo which two. all the other Rational powers are 
’abject and reduced* art. i.Sed. i. 
Anatomy of the Soul. 
Memb.a.Subf.io 
S u B S E C. 10. 
Of the Fnderfanding 
anding is a power of the Soulflhy which we perceive,hnow, 
Iffiw remember,andjudge as well fingulars,as univerfais,having cer~ 
innate notices or beginnings of arts, a refleft ing aft ion, by 
which it judgeth of his own doings, and examines them.Out of 
this clefinition(belides his chief office,which is to apprehend. 
& Mebnßhon, 
judge all that he perforins,without the help of any Inftruments or Or- 
gans) three differences appear betwixt a man and a beaft. As firft, the 
fenfe only comprehends Singulari ties,tht Underftanding Vniverfalities, 
Secondly,the fenfe hath no innate notions.Thirdly,brutes camtot refleft 
upon themfeives.Bees indeed make neat and curious workes, and many 
other creatures belides;but when they have done,they cannot judge of 
them.Hisobjcft is God, Ens, all nature, and whatfoever is to be undcr- 
lfood:which fuccefiively it apprehends. The objeft firft moving the 
Vndcrftanding,is fome fenfiblething;after by difcourfing,themind finds 
out the corporeal fubftance,and from thence the fpiritual. Hisaftions 
(fome fay)are Apprehenfion,Compofltion3Divifldn,Difcottrflng,ReafomnZ') 
Memory, which fome include in Invention, and Judgment. The common 
divifions are of the underftanding, Agent, and Patient', Speculative,* nd 
Fr aft ickjfln Habit,or in Aftm,Simple,ox Cornpound.The Agent is that which 
is called the Wit of man,acumen or fuhtiky,fiarpncftof invention, when 
he doth invent of himfelfe without a teacher,or learns anew, which ab- 
1 Kihil in intel- 
le£luy<juod non 
prius fuerat in 
fenfu. 
ft rafts thofe intelligible Species from the Phantafie, and transfers them 
to the pallive underftanding,1 becaufe there is nothing in the underftan- 
ding, which was not firft in the fenfe. That which the imagination hath 
taken from the fenfe, this Agent judgeth of,whether it be true or falfe 5 
and being fo judged he commits it to the Fallible to be kept. The 
Agent is a Doftor or Teacher, the PaJJive a fcholar; and his office is to 
keep and farther judge of fuch things as are committed to his charge ; 
as a bare and rafed table at firft,capable of all forms and notions. Now 
thefe Notions are two-fold., Athens or Habits : Actions, by which we 
take Notions of, and perceive things; Habits, which are durable 
lights and notions, which we may ufe when we will: Some reckon up 
eight kinds of them, Senfe, Experience, Intelligence, Faith, Sufyicien, 
Error, Opinion, Science, to which are added Art, Prudencj, Wifedom: 
asalfom Synterefls,Diftamen rationis^Confcience; fo that in all there be 
fourteen Ipecics of the underftanding, of which fome are innate, as 
the three laft mentioned 5 the other are gotten by doctrine, learning, 
and ufe. Flato will have all to be innate : Arijiotle reckons up but 
five intellectual habits: two as Frudency, whofe end is to 
praCHfeto fabricate; Wifedorne to comprehend the ufe and experiments 
of all notions and habits whatfoever. Which divihon of AriftotU 
("if it be considered aright,) is all one with the precedent for three be~ 
ing innate, and five acquifite , the reft are improper, imperfect, 
and in a more ftrict examination excluded. Of all thefe t 
Ihould more ainply dilate, but my fubjeft will not permit. Three of 
Velairio. 
m The pure 
patt of the 
confcicncc. Tart.i.Sed.i. 
Memb.a.Subf 114 
Anatomy of the Soul, 
them I will only point at,as more ncceflary to my following difeourfe. 
Synterefts,ovthe purer <art of the confidence is an innate habit, and, 
doth fignifie a convsrfation of the fnowledg of the law of Cod and Nature, 
to know good or evil: And (as our Divines hold)it is rather in the under- 
flandzng,then in the will. This makes the major propofition in a pradick 
SjHogifm.Thc Di&amen rationis is that which dorh admonitfi us to doe 
good or evil, and is the minor in the Syltogifme. The Confczence is that 
which approves good or evil,juftifying or condemning our adions, and 
is the conclufion of the Syllogifme: as in that familiar example of Regulus 
the Roman, taken prifoner by the Carthaginians, and fuffered to goe to 
Rome,on that condition he fliould returnc againe,or pay fo much for his 
tanfome.The Synterefs propofeth the jqueff word, oath, promife, 
is to bereligicufly kept,although to his enemy, and that by the law of 
nature. n Do not that to another,which thou wouldji not have dene to thy, 
fiff Di&amen applies it to him, and didates this or the like; Regulus, 
thou wouldft not another man (hould falfific his oath, or break promife 
with theeiConfcience conclude", therefore Regulus, thou doff well to 
perform thy promife,and oughteft to keep thine oath. More of this in 
Religious Melancholy. 
n Quod tibi 
Jieri non vtst 
alteri ne fe- 
cem. 
SUBSEC.II. 
Of the Will. 
is the ether power of the rational foul,0 which covets or 
avoidsjuch things as have been before judged,and apprehended 
by the underflanding. Ifgood,it appro vescit evil,it abhorrs it: 
lIIMMIIIj lb that his objed is either good or evil.Anjlotle cals this our 
rational Appetitej for as in the Senfttzve we are moved to 
good or bad by our Appetite, ruled and direded byScnfe; fo in this we 
o Res ah intel* 
, leßu monjhra- 
tas recipit, vet 
rejicit; appro- 
bat, vel imprv- 
bit, Philip* 
Ignoti null* 
. cupida. 
are carriedby Reafon. Belides, the Senfttzve Appetite hath a particular 
object, good or baci.this an univcrfal,immaterial 5 That refpeds onely 
things ddedable and pleafant,this honed. Again, they differ in liberty. 
The Senfuall appetite feeing an objed, if it be a convenient good, cannot 
but defire itf,if evil,avoid it: but this is free in hisefTence,Pmuch novo de~\ 
praved, obfeured, and fain from his firft perfettiontyet in fame of his oper-j 
ns jt ill free ,as to goe, walkc, move at his pleafurc, and to choole- 
whether it will do, or not do, ffeale,or not ftcale. Otherwife in vain: 
Laws, Deliberations, Exhortations, Couneels,Precepts, Rewards,* 
Promifes,Threats and Pumfhmcnts:andGodfhould be the author of fin. 
but mq fpiritual things we will no good, prone to evil ("except we be 
Regenerate, and led by the Spirit) we are egged on by our natural com 
cu pi fee nee, and there is«cid}*5 a confufion in our powers,r our whole will 
? fiom Cod and his law, not in natural things onely, as to eat and 
dirrt^ which wc are led headlong by our temperature and inor- 
p Melanßhom 
Operationes 
plerumqjera, 
etji libera Jit 
ilia in efferitii 
fua. 
1 q In civilibus 
, libera, fei non 
' in Jpiritualibui 
‘ Ojiandsr. 
- r Tota voluntai 
1 aver fa a Dea 
, Omm hom 
*• mendax. 
fNec nos obniti contra,nec tendere tantum 
Sufficimus* 
cannot refift,our concupifence is originaly bad,our heart evil,thefeat 
°A our affedions,captivates andenforceth our will.So.that in voluntary Part.i.Sed. i. 
Anatomy of the Soul. 
Memb.2.Subf.i i. 
things we arc averle from God and goodneffe,bad by nature, byt igno- 
ranee worfe,by Art,Difcipline,Cuftom,we get many bad habits: fuller- 
them to domineer and tyrannize over ns, and the devil is Grill ready 
at hand with his evil fuggeftions3totempt our depraved will to fome ill 
difpofed adion,to precipitate us to deftru£lion,except our Will be fway- 
ed andcounterpoised again with fome divine precepts,and good motions 
of the fpirit,which many times reftrain,hinder and check us, when we 
are in the full career of our diiioiufe courfes.So David corrected himfelf, 
when he had Saul at a. vantage. Revenge and Malice were as two vio- 
lent oppungers on the one lidc,but Honelfy,Religion,Fear ofGod,with- 
held him on theothcr. 
The actions of the Will are Velle and Nolle-, to will and nil!: which two 
t Vel propter 
ignorantiam, 
quod bonis flu- 
diis non fit in- 
fruch mens 
tit debuit, aut 
divinis praece- 
ptis exculta. 
words comprehend alftand they are good or badsaccordingly as they arc 
diredtedrand home of them freely performed by himfelfe, although the 
Stoickj abfolutely deny it, and will have all things inevitably done by 
Dejiinjjmpoting afatal necefiity upon us,which we may not reftfbyet we 
fay that our will is free in refped of us,and things contingentshowfoeyer 
in refped of Gods determinate counfell,they arc inevitable and necefla- 
ry.Some other adions of the ?a?///are performed by the inferiour powers, 
which obey him, as the Sensitive 8c Moving Appetit to open our eys, 
to go hither and thither, not to touch a book, to fpeak fair or foubbut 
this appetite is many times rebellious inns, and will not be contained 
within the lifts of fobriety and temperance. It was (as 1 faid) once well 
agreeing with reafon, and there was an excellent confent and harmony 
betwixt them, bat that is now diflblvcd,they often jar, Reafon is over- 
borne by VaJJion: 
Fertur equi* aurigagnec audit currus habenas, v 4 
as fo many wild horfes run away with a chariot-.and will not be curbed. 
We know many times what is goodsbut will not do faid, 
! u Trahit invitum nova vis, ahudque cupido, 
Medea Ovid 
Mens aliud fuadet. 
* Ovid. 
Luft counfelsonething,reafon another,there is a new reludancy in men. 
* Odi, nec pofeum, cupiens non ejje, quododi. 
We cannot refill,but as Phadra confefled to loqueris.jverA 
funt, fed furor fuggeritfequi• pejoraiihc faid well and true., (lie did ac- 
knowledge it, but headftrong pafiion and fury made her to do that 
which was oppohte.So David knew the filthinelle of his fad, what a 
loathfome, foul, crying fin adultery was, yet notwit hftanding he would 
eomnfit murther, and take away another mans wife, enforced again# 
Reafon, Religion, to follow his Appetite. 
Thofew**»r*/and vegetal powers are not commanded by Will at al h 
for who can adde one cubit to hk feature? Thefc other may,but are not: 
and thence come ail thofc headftrong palfions, violent perturbations of 
the many times vitious habits,cuftoms, feral difeafes} becaufe 
we give fo much way to our Appetite, and follow our inclination, like 
fo many beafts.The principal Habits arc two in number, Virtue and Vice, 
whofe peculiar definitions, deferiptions, differences, and kinds, are 
handled at large in the Etbic\so and are indeed the fubjed of Moral 
philosophy. 
% Seneca. Hip' Part, i.Seri. x. 
Definition of Melancholy, 
M. mb. 3. Subfir 
31 
Memb. 3, 
S U U 5 I c. 1 • 
Definition of c Mdine ho ly, Name, Difference. 
thus briefly anatomized the body and foul of manias a 
! awp I preparative to the reffi I may now freely proceed to treat of 
jj my intended obiecf,tomoft mens after many am- 
hages, perfpicuoufly define what this Mlancholy is, fhew his 
Narae and Differences. The Name is iin poled from tne matter, and 
Difeafe denominated from the material caufe : as Brud obferves, 
Ni\tyoU, qufi m*a*i from black Cholcr. And whether it be a 
oauie or an effect, a Difeafe, or fymptome, let Donatus Ahomirus', and 
Salvi anus decide, T will not contend about it. It hath lev.eral Defcripti- 
ons, Notations and Definitions. y Fracafrorius in his fecond book of 
intellect, cal is thofe Melancholy, whom abundance of that fame depraved< 
humor ef black Choler hath (0 mifaffeciedfihat they become mad 
dote in mojt things or in allfb e-longing to deHion.Wjl.fr other manifeji op- 
erations of the underjianding.7, Melanthus out of Galen^KuffuSjAEtius^dc- 
feribe it to be a had andpeevifo difeafes which makes men degenerate into 
heajisiGalcn, a privation or infection of the middle cel of the Head> &l\ 
defining it from the part affected, which a Hercules de Saxonii approves • 
Lb. i. cap. li .calling it a depravation of the principal funllton: Fufchius 
ho. £. cap. 2 3 Arnoldus Breviar.lib. 1 .cap. 18,Cuianerius, and others: By 
reafin of addes.Halyahbns limply calls it a commotion, 
of the m, nd.Aretddus.fi a perpetual anguifo-of the j sulfajincd on one things 
without an agucy which definition ot his 1# de affe&. cap. lib. 1. 
Cap. 10. taxet!'.;but JElianus Mont altus defends, lib. de morb. cap. I. de 
y Milancholi- 
cos vocamusi 
fios exuptran- 
tia velpravitos 
Melancholia 
iti male habetf 
m inds infani- 
(ttit vel inom-> 
nib us, vel in 
pluribus iifq% 
mini fifth five 
ad r/clam ra~ 
1 tionsm, volun- 
, tate pertinent, 
vel eleclimsm, 
vel intedeSuf 
operationes. 
z Pejjimum <& 
ponimctJjimvL 
morbum qai 
homines in bru- 
ta degener are 
cogit. 
Mel an. for fufficient and good. The common fort define it to be a kind 
°j dot age without a fever for his ordinary companions, feaana 
fednefa without any apparent occafonf>o doth Laurentius Lb 
* • Cap. 43. oomtus Altom v’HS, cap. 7. art. medic.lacchims in com ip 
fcb.y. R hafts ad oilman for cap. I 'y.Valefus exerc. f~J Huf chins injtitut .o.fec. 
Ic- n.Oc.which common definition, howfoever approved by moil, 
c Hcratles Saxoma will not allow of, nor David Theat. morh 
Her m,lib, 2 .cap.6.he holds it infufScient:as brotherJhemng what it isn */, 
thenvphat it is: as omitting the fpecifical difference, the Puaoniie..and 
Brain.* but Iddccnd to particulars. The jummmn gems is Dot age. ov Ah 
gnijhofthe 
mindef aith Aret£tus, of a prici pallparts: Her cules de Saxoni a' 
addssto5to diitinguiih it from Cramp and Paliie,aud fuch difeafes as belong 
to the outward fenfe and motions fdepravedf] * to diftinguilh it from 
: °l3y add -MadneileCwhich Montaltus makes -angor aw'mi, to fepara.te). 
111 which thofe functions are not rather abolifh 
ague ] is added by .all, to fever it from and that Melancholy 
tich is in a peifilent Fever. (Hear snd Sorrow) make it differ from 
[without a caufe~] is ladly, inferted, to fpecifie it from all 
ft ter ordinarypaffions of and Sorrow.~] We properly call that 
as t Laurentius interprets it, when Come one principal facultie oj 
Ihe minae, as or rcaj on is corrected, as all melancholy per - 
ztunth. Md. 
b A igar animi 
in una conten- 
tione defixus, 
«Vr» far* 
c Cap. A. I. r. 
<1 Eoru n defi- 
nitio morbis : 
quid non fit , 
potius quam 
quid fit, 
explicat. 
■ Animae fun- 
1-Stones im,m- 
niiutur in’f.ißi- 
itate, tolluntur 
in mania, de- 
pravantur fd- 
lum in msldn- 
cholia.l4erc.de 
S'ax. cat), i, 
tyaS.de/yJd- , 
lunch. 
e Cap. 4. d$ 
mel.  i.Sed. i. 
Of the parts ajfeiJed, t>c. 
Memb.^.Subf.s. 
fins have.lt is without afever,becaufe the humor is moft part cold and 
* dry,contrary to Bc Sorrow arc the true Charaders,and 
infcparable companions of moft Melancholy,not all, as Her.de Saxonia, 
fratf.poft humo de Melancholia, cap. 2. well to fome it is moft 
pleafant, as to fuch as laugh moft parts fome are bold again, and free 
from all manner of fear and grief,as hereafter (hall be declared. 
SUBSEC. 2. 
Of the part ajfcited. Ajfe&ion. Parties ajfcited. 
jg|||l||Ome difference Ifinde amongft Writers, about the principal 
part affected m this difeafe, whether it be the Brain, or Heart, 
liglyll or fomc other Member. Moft arc of opinion that it is the 
Brain : for being a kindc of Dotaee, it cannot otherwife be. 
but that the Brain muft be affefted, a ftmilar part, be it by * confint or 
ejfince, not in his ventricles, or any obftruftions in them, for then it 
would be an Epiiepfie,as f Laurentius well obferves, but in 
a cold dry diftemperature of it in* his fubftance, which is corrupt and be- 
come too cold,or too dry,or clfe too hot,as in mad-men,and fuch as are 
inclined to it,and this Hippocrates confirms. Galen, Arabians, and moft 
of our New Writeri.Marcus de Oddk(in a confutation of his, quoted by 
and five others there cited arc of the contrary part, becaufc 
fear and forrow,which are paffions, be i'eated in the Heart. But this ob- 
jection is fufficientiy anfwcred by* Mont altus, who doth not deny that 
'the heart is affeefedfas k out of Gaknfiy reafonofhis 
vicinity,andfo is the mi dr iff and many other parts.They do compati, and 
have a fellow-feeling by the Law of nature: but for as much as this 
malady is caufcd by precedent Imagination, with the Appetite,to whom 
*Per confin- \ 
Pum, five per 
ejfentiam. 
mel. ' 
fcSecc.de mor. 
•vulgar.lib. 6. 
hSpicel.de me- 
lancholia. 
i mel. 
pars affeßa\ ce- 
rebrumfive 
per confenfum, 
fveper cere- 
brum contingat, 
et proceram au- 
floritate & 
ratione Jiabili- 
tur. 
k Lib. de Mel. 
Coy vero vi- 
cinitati ratio- 
ne und affici- 
tur, acceptum 
tranfuerfu/n 
acjhmacbuf 
cum dorfali 
ffiina, <&c. 
■1 Lib'.x.cap. 10. 
Subjsclum ejl 
cerebrum inte- 
rius. 
mM quif- 
quam tumorem 
ijfigit lienify 
qui hoc morbo 
afficitur. Plfo• 
S(ui ajfefur. 
fpiritsobey, and are fubjeff to thole principal parts : the Brain muft 
needs primarily be mifafte(fted,as the leaf of Reafinband then the Heart, 
as the feat of Ajfeffion} Cappivaccms, and Mercuri alk have copioufly 
difeufted this quefticn, and both conclude the fubjedr is in the inner 
Brain, and’from thence it is communicated to the Heart, and other infe- 
rior parts, which fympathize and are much troubled, efpecially when it 
comes by confent,and is caufcd by reafonofthe Stomach ,or myrache,as 
the Arabians terme it,whole body, Liver,or mSpleen,which are feklome 
free, Vy lorus,Mefiraick^veins,&c.For our body is like a Clock, if one 
wheel be amiile, all the reft are difordered, the whole fabrick futfers: 
with fuch admirable art and harmony is a man compofed, fuch excellent 
proportion, asLodovicus Fives in his Fable of man hath elegantly decla- 
, red. 
. n See Donat, 
ab Altomar. 
o facultas 
imaginandi,. 
non cogitandi, 
nec memorandi 
la fa hic. 
As many doubts almoit arue about, the n Ajfeffioniwhether it be Intact* 
nation or Rea fin alone ,or both •Hercules de Saxonia proves it out ofGalen 
JE tilts, and Alt omarus,that the foie fault is in ° Imagination. Brad is of the 
fame mindc:Mont altus in his 2. cap, of Melancholy, confutes this teneot 
oftheirs, and illuftrates the contrary by many examples : as of him that 
thought himfelf a Incl-hfiijoFa Nun,Bc of a dcfpcrate Monk that would 
not be perfwaded bvit that he was damnc was in fault as well as 
Imaginati onfNhich. did notcorredt this errorsthey make away themfelves Part. i.Sed. i. 
Matter of Melancholy. 
Memb.g.Subf.g. 
oftentimes,and fuppofe many ablurd Sc ridiculous things. Why doth not 
Reafon detedfthe Fallacy, fettle and perfwadc,if (he be free?EAvicenna, 
therefore holds both corrupt, to whom moft Arabians fubferibe. The 
fame is maintained by 4 Areteus,Gorgonius,Guianerimy &c. To ena the 
man doubts of Imagination, but that it is hurt and mil * 
affefted the other Idetcrmin with f Albertmus Bottonus a Dr. \ 
of Paduaythtt it is firft in Imagination,and afterwards in reafon’faf the dif . 
eaje be inveteratior as it is more or lef of continuance: but by accident,, 
as7' Hcrc.de Saxoni a adds faith, opinion,difconrfe, ratiocination, are all 
Accidentally depraved by the default of imagination. 
T0 tfe part affefted,! may here add the parties,which (hal be more op- 
p Lib. fFen.i, 
Trail. 4.cup,%, 
q Uh.rq.cap. 
r Lib. Msd.ca. 
ip.part:.2.'lrac. 
15. cap. 2. 
iHeld&fhiirngji. 
cela.de Me I an. 
fa!.' 207. etfal. 
,127. guandoq^ 
etumrationalu 
ft ajjfihs in- 
veteratus ft. 
*L ib.pojthumo 
deMclanc.edit, 
1620. depuva- 
tur fides, dif- 
curfauf, opinio 
&c.per vitiuni 
Imaginationes, 
tx Accidenti, 
Parties affeft- 
cd. 
portunely fpoken of elfewhere, now only Signified. Such as have the 
Moon,Saturn,Mercury mi(affccted in their genitures,fuch as live in over- 
void,or over-hot as are born of melancholy parents:as offend 
in thofe fix ncn-natural things, are black, or of an high fanguinc com- 
plexion, c that have little heads, that have a hot heart,moift Brainy hot 
Liver and cold ftomack3havc been long lick: fuch as arc Solitary by na- 
ture,great Students,given to much contemplation,lead a life out of ad> 
ion,or moft fubiedto melancholy.Of fexes botLbut men more often yet 
t gui parvum 
caput habent, 
infenfutipleriqi 
font. Arift. in 
phyfiognomia 
u Arete us lib. 
3. cap. 5. 
K ktiipropejh- 
turn junt. Aret. 
Mediis conve- 
nit atanbus 
st y J J 
u women mifaffeded,arc far more violent,and grievoufly troubled. Of. 
fcafons of the year,the Autumne is moft melancholy .Of peculiar times y- 
°ld age,from which natural Melancholy is almoftan inseparable accident 
tmt this artificial Malady is more frequent in fuck as are of a x middle 
age,Someaffign 40 years,Gariopontus excepts neither young 
bor old from this adventitious. Daniel Sennertus involves all of all forts, 
qnt of common experience,/» omnibus omnino Corporibus enjufeunfeon- 
fittutionis domi natur.Mtius and Arctius, aferibe into number not only 
y difeontented, pajJionate,andmifer able perfons,fwar thy, hldck'dyut fuch as 
are mofj merry O* pleafant Jc offer s,& high coloured General,! Ich Rhafts, 
2 *hc fiAsJi wits, and moji generousfpints, are before other 0- noxiousto 
cannot except any complexion,any condition, fex3 or age, but b fools 
and according to c Syneftus, are never troubled with any 
fanner °f pailion,but as Anacreons cicada,fnef'anguine & dolore, if miles 
jere dik funt.Erafmus vindicates fools from this Melancholy Catalogue, 
becaufethey haVe mod: part moift brains,and light hearts, they are free 
from ambition, envy, fame and fear, they are neither troubled in con- 
jcience, nor macerated with cares, to which our whole life is ntofl fubjedt. 
Lif 
y Da quartanoi 
z trimui ad 
Mdmcholiarrt 
non tam moeftus 
fd ethilmjo 
cof,cachinnem- 
■ tes, h r:fares,et, 
qui ple'rumq; 
r prarubri Jimti 
* Lib.i.payt.2. 
cap* 11. 
zjuifunt fub- 
tilis ingenii, et 
mult it perjjnca- 
citaiis de facili 
turn Untf” lib. I. cont.Tra&.p.h Hunquam fanitate mentis excidit, aut dolore capitur. Erdfm.c.In laud, 
conjaenti* carnificina nec pudefiunt,nec verentur, nec dilacerant ur mitibus curarum,quibus tota vita abnoxia i 
, calvit. dVa- 
ejh 
Of the matter of Melancholy. 
Subsec 3. 
the Matter of Melancholy,t here is much queftion betwixt Avi-‘ 
cen &Galen,as you may read ardansCoutx&(\\di\onsp/*lefiu* { 
confroverlies,/bte» anus^rofyerCalenus^apiiJacciusSBrightfli':, 
• , . cimtsjihat have written either whole Trads,or copiouliy o- it. 
;tnc!r feveraiTrcatifes of this fubjeef. what this humoris.) or whence it 
f' °Jr<tC^S:>^07*>*tis ingendred in the body ,ne i f any eldwriterhath 
jild>ijently difcufed,as]acchinus thinfsetheNeotericks canotagree.Mon- 
e 
contradic. 18. 
£ Libii.cont.au 
•g Bright c. \6. 
h Lib.i. cdp.6i 
de fa ni t, tuenda 
i 'kuifveam 
) qualis ftnumoi 
_ aut qiiat ijlius 
di fierent ia, ei 
o gigantiiY in <corporgffcmtandum, hSc enim re milii veterum laboraverunt',nec facds accipere cx Galeno Sententiam ob 10~ 
1 ’Varietatem.heonrfacch.cmAn g.Rhqfts atp.ls.cap, 16. in g. Rhafis. Part.T.Sech 2. 
Matter of Melancholy. 
Mcmb. 2,Subf. % * 
farms in his Melancholy to be material or immaterial: 
fo doth ArculanusithQ material is one of the. four humors before meg- 
*TraB.pofium. 
de Melan.edit.1 
Venit i# 1620. ] 
cap.~j.& 8. Ah 
intempenecali- 
ia,hit)nida,&c 
tioncd,and natural .The immaterial or adventiiious,acquilite,redundant, 
unnatural,arti(icfal: which * Hercules de Saxoni a wil have relide in the fpi- 
rits alone,and to proceed from an hotfoldylryynoiji. dijiemperatureyvhich 
without nratter,alter the Brain & functions of it.P aracelfus wholly rejects 
rand .-derides1 this divifionof four humors and complexions,but ou r Gale- 
ni fis generally approve of it,fubfcribing to this opinion of Montanus, 
:T his materizWelancholy is eitherfimple,or in quantity or 
[ quality,varying according to his place,where it fetletb, as Brain, fpleen, 
- Meier iack veins,Heart,Womb,Bc Stomack:or differing according to the 
mixture of thofe natural humors amongft themfelves, or four unnatural 
aduff hurnors,as they are diverOy tempered & mingled.lf natural melan- 
f choly abound in the body,which is cold & dry,fo that it be more *than the 
h Bodykwd able to bear,it mufi needs he diJiempered,fa\th.Faventius,& dij- 
k SepmAHt ma- 
gis jut Minus ft 
in corpore fue- 
rit,ad intempe- 
rirplufquam - 
corpus falubri- 
ter ferre pote- 
rit: inde corpus 
morbofum ejf- 
tar. 
1 Lib. 1 . contra- e 
rerf. cap.n. 
inljb.r. feB.j\. ‘ 
cap. 4. 
n Condi, 26. ( 
o Lib.i.contra- 
d:c.cap. 11. 
p Tjefeh. irati. 1 
f'.-2 cap.i. non 
negandum 
cxlacJieri Me- 
lancholicos. 
q In Syntax, 
t Varie aduri- 
tur- & mifee- 
tur, unde varitt 
amentiumjpe- 1 
cies.MelanS. 
f Humor frigi- 
dusdeliru can- 
fa, f cor C ca- 
lidus, &c. 
t Üb.icap.ic. 
de ajjl'il. cap, 
u Higrefathic 
burner, aliqvd- 
eajedibf iotne other,if it be depraved,whether it ariie from that ether 
Melancholy of Choler aduft,or from Blood,produceth the like effeds,&c is, 
as Mont altus contends if it come by aduftion of--h.umors,moft part hot 6C 
dry.Sbihe diffe ren ccT find,whcther this melancholy matter may beingen- 
drcd-6f*all four humors,about the colour and temper of it.Galen holds it 
maybe ingendred of three alcnc,excluding Flegm,6r Pituita.whofetru'c 
nflertiolTf/ Pale Cuts and Menardtis ftlfly maintain,and io doth m Fucbiius, 
Mont alt us.fMont anus How (fay they can white become black? But Hercu- 
les ds S axoni a I.poji.de mela.c.S.&Cardan are of the oppoiite part)it may 
be ingendred of Flegm, etfiraro contingat, though it feldome co:i e to 
pafs)fo is P Guianmus ;rnd Laurentius c.i, with Aid anti.in his Bock do 
Anima jk. Ch.of humors:, he cals it A$ninam$\\\J\vm\[\i Melancholy, and 
faith that he was an eye wknes of it:fo is 1tVeckfr, From melancholy aduff, 
arifeth one kind,from CboUr another,whichis moff brutilh: another from 
'.y kgm,vj\ttc\\ is du];and the laft fromihW, which is be if. Of thefc feme 
; re cold and dry,others hot & dry/ varying according to their mixtures, 
'.s they are intended, & remitted. And indeed as Rodericks a Fonf.conj'• 
\ 12./.determins,ichorcs 5e thofe ferous matters being thickned become 
fiegrr.and flegm degenerates into choler,cho!er aduff becomes arugmofa, 
do fui ertitle fa- . 
Bus, aliquando 
fuperfngefd- ■ 
Bus, cap. 7. 
x humer hic 
niger aliquando 
prater modum 
calefacit#, & 
alien refrigera- 
ti# evadit :naxi 
recentibus car- 
boni! usaei quid 
fur ile accidit, 
qui durante 
flamma pellu- 
cidiJJtms can- 
dent, ea extir-. 
8a p'orfvs ni- 
grefeunt. Hip<* 
pocrates. 
y Gtiianeniis 
dijf. a,cap. 7. 
vinegar out of pureft wine putrified or byexhalation of pu- 
rer fpirits isfo madesand becomes fowr and from the ftiarpncs 
of this humor proceed much waking3troublefom thoughts 8c dreams3Scc. 
(fo that I conclud as before .If the humor be cold,it is faith f f avent inns 
. canfe of (lotifge,& produceth milder fymptoms: if hetjhey are 
mads or inclining to it.lf the brain be hot3the animal fpirits are hot3much 
, madnes follows with violent adionsrif cold3fatuity Sc fpttjjftinefs,* Caps* 
vaccins of this mixture varies I according to themixturc 
he it hot or csld3 dis Jometimes not^Altomarns.The fame 
proves out of Galen:tk Hippocrates in his book of Melancholy 
(if at lead it be his)giving inha nee in a burning coal jvhich when it is hat, 
jhinesi.trhen it is coldjook* doth the humor.This diverfity ofiVie- 
iancholy inatter3prodiiceth divcrlity of ctfcds. If it be within the Y body, 
6c not putrihedsit cauftth black Jaundifeyf putriFicd3aQnartan Ague}# 
it break out to the skin3Lcprofie}ifto parts3levcralMa!adies3as feurvie, 
Scc.lf it trouble the mind* as it is diverfly mixtsit produceth fevaral kinds 
of Madnes aud Dotnge:of which in their place. Part.i.Se&.i. 
Matter of Melancholy 
Memb.3.Subf.4* 
SUBSEC. 4. 
Of the fpecies or kj tides of Melancholy 
H Hen the matter is divers and cenfufed, howfhould it other- 
wife be, but that the fpecies (hould be divers and confufed > 
Many new and old writers have fpokenconfufedly of it,con- 
J founding Melancholy andMadneffias 2 HeurtiuSs GuianeriuSs 
z Hon efl 1V&~ 
nia,nifiextenfa 
melancholia. 
a C ap. 6. hb.t. 
b 2.Ser. 2.c.p. 
Morbu* hiceji 
omnifarius. 
t Species inde- 
finite funt. 
.d Si aduratur 
- natura In me- 
t lancholia, alia 
JitJt>ecies,fi 
fanguii alia, Jt 
> Jlava hi l>s alia, 
. diverfad pri- 
mis: maxima 
• eli inter has 
GordoniuSsSalujiiussSalvianuss Jafon Pratenjifo 
that will have MadneJlno other then Melancholy in extent, differing (as 1 
I have faid) in degrees. Some make twpdiftind fpecies,as Ruffins Ephe- 
yKs an old writer3ConJiantinus Africanus, Aurelianus, Paulus 
Aginet a: others acknowledge a multitude of kinds, and leave them in- 
Mtius in his Avicenna lib. 3. cap.- 
I%.Arculanns cap. 16. /»9. Rajis. Montanus med. part. I. &If natural 
Alelancholy be aduft, it tnaketh one kind? if bloody another* if c holer, a 
third, differing from the firji’s andfo many feveral opinions there area' 
bout the binds, as there be men themfelves, * Hercules de Saxonia fets', 
down two kinds and immaterialynefrom fpirits alonejke other 
from humors andfyirits.Savanarola Rub.ll. iraß.6. cap,l. ds £grhud. 
copit is will have the kinds to be infinite* one from the myracb, called 
wyrachialis of the Arabians? another jiomachalis fiom the jiomackh ano~ 
1 the liver, hearty womb, hemrods, tone beginnings another con>' 
Jummate. Mdantthon feconds him s* as the humor is diverjly adnfl and 
m*xfffio are the fpecies diver x:but what thefe men fpcak of fpecies,! think 
otlght tp be underftood of fymptomes, and fo doth S Arculanns inter- 
differentia, & 
tot DoßorvM 
fententice, quot 
ipjt numero 
tfunt. 
* Tra3.de.meh 
■ cap. 7. 
■ c MpuoeJam in- 
Prct himfelf: infinite fpecies, idefis fymptomes; and in that fenfe, as Jo. 
Gorrheus acknowledgeth in his medicinal definitions, the fpecies arc in- 
hmtc,but they may bc.reduced to three kinds, byreafonof their feat* 
v Head.Bodyytnd Hypocondries.This threefold divilion is approved by Hip- 
procratesin his book of Melancholy*(if it be his4 which fomefufpedjby 
cipiens quadam 
confummata, 
fcap.de hutitof. 
lib. de anima 
varii aduritur 
& mifeetur 
' ipfa metancho- 
(Rate/i libfi.fa loc.tffeOf* cap.6.hy Alexander lib. I.cap. l6.Ra.fis lib. I. 
Co’!tine«t-Tra3.9Mb.l .cap.l6.Avi cennaffx. ffioft of our new writers. Th. 
Erajins makes two k!nds*one perpetual,which is Head melancholyffioo o- 
her interrupt which comes and goes by fits,which he fubdivides into 
lia, unde varia 
amentium fye~ 
cies. 
■ g cap.A. in p. 
, Rafts. 
tnc other two kinds,fo that all comes to the fame pafs.Somc again make 
°u.r oi: five kinds with Rodericus a Cajiro de morbis mulier, lib. 2.tap,'ft 
£&d*MercatuS>who in his fecond book de mulier, affieft. cap. 4. will 
ave that melancholy of Nuns,Widowssand more ancient maids, to be a 
Peculiar fpecies of Melancholy differing from the rcfhfome will redpee 
nthuuafts, extatical and demoniacal perfons to this rank, adding 
.°Veffielunckoly to the firft,and Lycanthyopia. The mod: received di- 
3°n is into three kinds. The firft proceeds from the folc fault of the 
h Laurentius 
iap.^:de ml. 
3S called Heitd mdancholf.xht fecond fyinpatheGically proceeds 
thin • n^9le bodyjtihenthe whole temperature is Melancholy : The 
fe\r ari^ from the Bow.els,Liver3Spken,or Membrane, called Mefeh- 
diV« Hypocondri acalsOr windy Melancholy ywYnc&Laurentius lub- 
es Into three parts,fromthofe three Members, Hep atieffiSple?idti 
L melancholy yN\no\x Avicenna calls ll?fi:$c hycanthropid. 
i Cap. x5* Part.l.Sect. i. 
Species of Melancholy. 
Memb.^.Subf.^ 
Vhich hecahCucubuthe, are commonly included in head Melancholy: 
but of this laft,which Gerardus de Solo cals and moft Knight me- 
lancholypwith that of Religious melancholy Viduarumynzm- 
tained by Rod.a Cajiro and Mercatus^and the other kinds of Love ?nelan~ 
choly,l will fpeak apart by themfclves in my third Partition. The three 
precedent fpecies are the fubjed of my prefent difeourfe, which I will a* 
natomizc,Bc treat of,through all their caufes, fymptoms, cures, together, 
and every man that is any meafure affeded with this malady, 
may know how to examine it in himfclf, and apply remedies unto it. 
It is a hard matter,! confefs,to diftinguifti thefe three fpecies one from 
theother,to exprefs their feveral caufe3,fymptoms,cures,beingthat they 
are fo often confounded amongft themfclves, having fuch affinity, that 
they can fcarce be difeerned by the moft accurate Phyficians, 6c io often 
intermixt with other difeafes,that the beft experienced have been plung- 
1 480. & ii<s. ] 
conpult. confil. 
12. 1 
ed.Alontanus conftl -2 6. names a patient that had this difeafeof Melancho- 
ly Appetitus both togethcr;And confit.23. with Vertigo} Juli- 
us Cecfar Claudi nusw\th withanAguc, 
Jandice, Caninus Appetitus, &c.m Pauhlsße^olia great Dodor in his 
time,cotifulted in thiscafc,was fo confounded with a confufion of fymp- 
. tomes, that he knew not to what kindc of Melancholy to refer i t.nTrin- 
cavel/ius0 Francanzanns, famous Dodors in Italy, all three 
conferred with about one party,at the fame time, gave three different 
opinions. And in another place,Trmcaveilius being demanded what he 
in Hildijheim. 
Jpicel. 2. fol, 
166. 
nlrincareUius 
torn. 2. conjll. 
15. & 16. 
thought of a melancholy young man, to whom he was fent for, ingenu- 
cufly confcffedsthat he was indeed me!ancholy,but he knew net to what 
kind to reduceit.ln his i7.corifultation,there is the like difagreementa- 
bout a melancholy Monke.Thofe fymptomes, which others aferibe to 
miffiffedcd parts and humorsf Herc.de Saxonia attributes wholly to di- 
ftempered fpirits,Bc thefe imimtcriaJ,as I have faid.Sometimes they can- 
not well difeern this Difeafe from others. In Reinerus Solinanders 
* Cop. 13. traft. 
pojih. de melon 
counfcls, Se&. conftl. 5. he and Dr. Irande both agreed, that the pa- 
tients difeafe was hypocondriaca) melancholy. Dr. Matholdus laid it 
was Ajima0 and nothing elfe, 0 Soli nan der and lately fent 
for to the melancholy Duke of which others, could not defind 
what fpecies it was, or agree among ft thcmfelves. The fpecies are fo 
confounded, as in Cafar Claudmus his 44. confultation for a Volonian 
oGuarion.conf. 
med, 2. 
4ffentiaini& d 
toto corpore. 
* JVbchiavel, 
&c. Smithm 
de rep, Angl• 
cap. 8. lib. 1. 
EupcoUw dif- 
cw. polit, dif. 
cwf.s. cap.-]. 
Arifi.l. spolii, 
tap. ult, Kec- 
herm. aliiy fyc. 
*Ub.6. 
Count, in his judgement P he laboured of head that which 
proceeds from the whole temperautre hath at once, I could give inftance of 
lome that have had all three kmds jcmel CP* fimul, and lome fucceffivc1- 
ly.Sothat I conclude of our melancholy fpecies, as * many Politicians 
do of their pure formes ot Commonwealths, Monarchies, Ariftocracics* 
Democracies, are mod: famous in contemplation, but in pradice they 
are temperate and ufually mixt, (fo * Polybius enlcrmeth usj as the 
the Roman of old, German now, and many others* 
What Phyfitians fay of diftind fpecies in their books, it much matters 
not, fincethat in their patients bodies they are commonly mixt. In fuch 
obfeurity therefore 9 variety and confufcd mixture of fyraptomes? 
cau-fes, how difficult is it to treat of feveral kinds apart 5 to make 
any certainty-or diftindion among fo many cafualties, diftradb Part. i.Seri:. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb. i.Subf.i- 
ons,when feldormtwo men (hall be like affe&ed per omniaf * Tis hard,l 
confefs,yet neverthelefsl wil adventure through the midft of thefe per- 
plexities,Sc led by the clue or thread of the beft writers, extricate my 
lelf out of a labyrinth of doubts and errors,and fo proceed to the Caufes. 
SECT. IL 
MeMB. I. SuBSEC.Ia 
Caufes of Melancholy. God a caufe. 
ST is in vain to fpeak.of cures, or remedies. Until fuch time 
as we have conftdered of the caufes, fo Galen preferibes Glau- 
co: and the common experience of others confirms, that thofe 
q Primo artis 
curative. 
1 r Kofiri prirriU 
fitpropofiti af- 
feßionum can- 
Jae indagare; 
rss ipfa hortari 
'videtur, nam. 
dioqui earum 
curatio, manca 
et inutilis ejfet. 
cures muft be unperfeift, lame, and to nopurpofe wherein the 
caufes have not firft been fearched, as *Proffer Calenius well obferves 
in his tiaft de atra bile to Cardinal GtfJiw.Inlbniuch that tFernelius puts 
a kjndof necejjity in the knowledge ofthe caufes, and without which it is 
impojjibleto cure or prevent any manner of difeafe. Empericks may cafe, 
and fometimes help, but not throughly root out; fublatb caufa tollitur 
effetius, as the faying is, if the caufe be removed, the effeft islikewife 
vanquifhed.lt is a moft difficult thing f I confefs J to be able £0 difeerne 
hefe caufes whence they are,and in fuchc variety to fay what the begin-. 
njng was. uHe is happy that can perform it aright. I will adventure to 
guefs as neer as I can,and rip them all up,from the firft to the la It,general 
aud particular,to every fyecies,that fothey may the better be deiferied. 
, i Path. lib. 1. 
cap. 11. Rerum 
' cogmfcere cau- 
fie, medicis im- 
primis necejfa- 
rium,fine qua 
nec morbum cu* 
rare, meprx- 
cavere liret. 
general caufes,arc either fupernatural,or natural, Supernatural are from 
°d and his angels, or by Gods permijfion from the devil and his ininifteis, 
hat God himfelf is a caufe for the punilhment of fin,and fatisfaddon of 
;IS Juftice, many examples Scteftimonies of holy Scriptures make evi- i 
ter 1/trre licci» 
t Tanta enim 
morbi 'varietas 
■ ac differentia, 
ut non facile 
dignofeatur. 
cut unto us, pf. 107.17* Foolijf) men are plagued for their offznce, and 
) veafon of their wickgdnef. Gehaz,i was ftrucken with lcprofie,2 Reg. 
5* 27* Jehoram with dyfentery and flux, and great difeafes ofthe bow- 
B3 2 chren. 21. i<. David plagued fornumbting his people, 1 Par. 
j y 
unde initiurri 
morbus fumpfe- 
rit. Melanelius 
d Galeno. 
u Fidix pi po- 
tuit rerum cog- 
nofcere> caufds. 
x i Sam. i(5.i4. 
yDan.s. 2;. 
z Laßant. in- 
fiit.Ubii.capS. 
a /Mente captus, 
(&fummo ani-' 
mi marore con- 
fumptuf. 
, * ATmfieKcof- 
mog.lib. 4. ca/v 
43*<k co>Zo /a£- 
jiernebantur, 
tanpad infant 
de[axis praeci- 
pitati, . Zrc. 
b Liviuslib,^ 
pA * fifidom and Gomorrah fwallowed Up. And this difeafe is peculiarly 
pecMed, Pfal,i2y,i2. He brought down their heart through heavinefi. 
2°* 28. He ftroke them with madnef, blindnefi\ and ajionifiment of 
eart, xAn evil ffiritwds Cent by the Lord upon Saul, to vex him, y Ne- 
b c nac*nezzar' did eat grnfslike anoxe, and bis heart was made like the 
bm 6 field. Heathen ftories are full of fuch punifbments. Lycurgus 
caule he cut down the Vines in the country, was by Bacchus driven 
f °.I-nadnefle: fowas Pentheus find his mother Hgave for negle&ing their 
aj J ICe* ZCenJor Fulvius ran read for untiling Juno’s Temple, to cover 
confV °nc °wn, which he had dedicated to Fortune, 2 and was 
Wo to death, with grief and forrow of heart. When Xerxes 
it doß' !lavefoiled* Apollo’s Temple at Delphos,of thofc infinite riches 
di i e}* a terrible thunder came from Heaven and ftruck4QOO. men 
i* j 5.e left ran mad. b A little after, the like happened to Brennus, 
8 itningj thunder. Earthquakes, upon fuch a facrilegious occafion. ff Part.i.Sed. 2. 
Caujes ofMelancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf.i. 
38 
we may believe our Pontifical Writers, they will relate unto us many 
fhange and prodigious punifhments in this kind Jnflifted by their Saints. 
WowhClodovens foiretime King of F (on of Dogebert,loft his wits 
for uncovering the body ofS.Denk: and how a facrilegious Frenchman, 
that would have (loin away a fiver image ofS. John, at Birgburge, be- 
came frantick on a fuddain, raging,and tyrannifing over his own fte(h:Of 
ad Lord of Rhadner^that coming from hunting late at night,put his dogs 
into Avan they called it) and rifing betimes next 
. morning, as hunters ufe to do, found all his Dogs mad, himfelf being 
fuddcnly (hruckcn bi'md.Of Tyridates anc Armenian King, for violating 
feme holy Nuns,that was punifhed in like fort,with lofs of his wits. But 
Poets and Papifts may go together for fabulous them free their 
I own credits.-Howfoever they fain of their Nemefis, and of their Saint 
by the devils means may be deludedywe find it true.that ultor a tergoDe- 
b Gaguin. I. 3. 
c. 4. quod Bio- 
nyjikorpuf dif- 
cooperuemt, in 
infama incidit. 
c Idem lib. p.; 
fub.CaroL6.fa-; 
iVoru contemp-J 
tor, templi fori- 
bus effraßis, 
dum B.Johan- 
nis argenteum 
Jtmvlachrum 
rapere conten- 
dit, Jimulachru 
aver fa facie 
j j 
dorfum ei ver ■; 
fat, nec mem , 
facr Hegus men- 
tis inops,atq; 
in femet infa- 
tiiens in pro- 
prios amuide- 
favit. ’ 
d Giraldus 
Cambrevjts lib. 
1. c. i.ltmerar. 
Cambria. 
c Belriotom.3. 
lib. 6. jell. 3. 
quaji. 3‘ 
fPwl. 44- i- 
g Üb. S.cap.dj 
Hierar. 
h Claudian. 
i Be Babihi 
Fffartyre. 
usyHe is God the avenger,as David ftiJes him}and that it is our crying fins 
that pull this and many other maladies on our heads. That he can by his 
Angels, which are hisMinifters, ftrike and heal(faithB Diony fins') whom 
lie wiM}that he can plague us by his Creatures, Sun, Moone, and Stars, 
. which he uffdi as his instruments, as a Hufbandman ( faith Zanchius ) 
doth an Hatchet: Hail, Snow, Windes, &c. 
k Et conjurati veniunt in clajjica venti ; 
“as in JoJJjuahs time,as in Pharaohs reign in are but as fo many 
executioners of his juftice. He can make the proudeft fpirits ftoop,& cry 
’ out with Julian the Apofiate,Fid ft i OaliUe: or with Apollo's Prieft in 
1 Chryfoftome,o ccelum! 0 terra! unde hoftis hie? What an enemy is this ? 
And pray with DazW,acknowledging his power, I am weakned andfore 
f broken,l r oar for the grief of mine hearty mine heart panteth, &c. Pfal. 
38. 8. 0 Lord rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chajiife me in thy 
wrath, /7.38; I. Makg me to hear joy and gladneft, that the bones which 
thou hajtbroken ma) rcjoyce, Pfal. 51. 8. &verje 12. Reft ore tome the 
k Lib. cap. 5. 
P™S' 
joy of thy Jalvation, and Jlabhjh me with thy free fpirit* For thefe caufes 
belike k Hippocrates would have a Phyfitian take fpccial notice whether 
thedifeafe come not from a divine fupernatural caufe, or whether 
follow the courfe of Nature. But this is farther difeuffed by franiVaU" 
\ JJb. x. de Ab- 
ditis rerum 
cwjis. 
m KeJfjonf. 
med. n. reJJ). 
fins de facr. philof cap. B.* Fernelius, and mI. Ccefar Claudinus, to whom 
I refer you, how this place of Hippocratesh to be underftood. Paracel" 
Jus is of opinion, that fuch fpiritual difeafes (for fo he cals them j arc 
fpiritually to be cured, and not otherwife, Ordinary means * in fuch caffs 
will not avail: Non eft reluff andum cum Deo. When that monfter-taming 
Hercules overcame all in the olympicky, Jupiter at laft in an unknown 
fhape wreftled with him, the victory was uncertain till at length Jupiter 
deferyed himfelf, and Hercules yielded. No ftriving with 
powers. 
Nil juvat immenfos Cratero promittere montes. 
♦iPct. 5. 6. 
Phyficians anc Phylick can do no good, *rce muft fubmit our jelves tinuef 
the mighty hand of GW,acknowledg our offences, call to him for mercy» 
If he ftrike us,una eademque manus vulnus opewque feret fas it is with then5 
that are wounded with the fpear of Achilles, he alone muft other* 
wife our difeafes are incurable, and we not to be relieved* Tart.i.Sedt.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
• 
SUBSEG. 2. 
A DigreJJton of the nature of Spirits, bad 
or Devils, and hove they caufe 
iMelancholy. 
far the power of Spirits and Devils doth extend, 
SjJ and whether they can caufe this, or any other Dif- 
IB ® ca^C;> *s a eri°us queftion, and worthy to be confide- 
j-"“{ rn red: for the better understanding of which, I will 
m make a brief digreffion of the nature of Spirits. And 
fjj If although the queftion be very obfeure, according 
to npoftellus, full of controverse and ambiguity : be- 
yond the reach of humane capacity, fateor excedere vires intentionis 
faith * Aufiin ,1 confeftc lam not able to underftand it, finitum de 
infinito non potefi fiat u ere ,wq can fooner determine with Tully de nat.de- 
quid non fint, quam quid ftnt, our fubtle Schoolmen, Cardans,- 
Scaf*gers, profound Thomifis, Fracafloriana & Ferneliana acies, arc 
dry, obfeure, defective in thefe myfteries, and all our quickeft 
VVlts3 as an owles eyes at the Suns light, wax dull, and are not fuffident 
to apprehend them, yet as in the reft,l will adventure to fay 
this point. In former times, as we read Affs 23. the Sadduces denyed 
p. f there were any fuch Spirits, Devils, or Angels. So did Galen the 
hyfitian, the Peripatetick/, even Arifiotle himfelfi as Pomponatius 
maintains, and ScaUger in fome fort grants. Though Dandinrts 
. Jeiuit3 com. in lzb.2.de anima ft ifly denies it} fnbfianticefeparatae and 
intelligences, are the fame which Chriftians call Angels, and Platonifts 
vds, for they name all the Spirits, be they good or bad An- 
H^lus PolluxOnemafiiconylib.l. cap. I. obferves. Epicures and 
theijts are of the fame mind in general, becaufe they never faw them* 
in the fteps of Trip- 
and make no doubt of it.'Nor Stoickj, but 
at there arc fuchfpirits, though much erring from the truth. Concer- 
pg the hrft beginning of them, theo Thalmudifis fay that Adam had a 
r>l C*tCa^. £f/*rsbcforc he married Eve0 Sc of her he begat nothing but 
evils The Turks P -Alcoran is altogether as abfurd and ridiculous in this 
the Scripture informs us Ghrzfiians, how Lucifer the chief of 
lt^l il^ociates5q fell from heaven for his pride, and ambition} 
caft ] °f God,placedin heaven,and fometimes an Angel of lights now 
red ‘ O%Vn *nto t^e ower aerial fublunary part?,or into Hell, and delive 
is a f ofdarkjtcfi(2 Pet. be kept unto damnation. There 
Pa* °piuion which fome hold, that they are the fouls of men de- 
F r cu, good and more noble were deified, the bafer groveled on the’ 
n JLib. I. c.-i.Aa 
\ orbifconcordia. 
In nulla re ma- 
' jor putt alter- 
. catio,major ob- 
/curitas, minett 
> opinionum 
: concordia, 
- quam ded/tm* 
nibuf <& fub- 
fiantiit fepara- 
tis, 
* Tri- 
nit. cap. 1. 
o Per eri us in 
■ Gsnejtn. lib. 4. 
in cap.'s,. v.23. 
p See Strotfi* 
; yx Qkogna om* 
niforice. Mag. 
lib.'2. e. .15.70. 
Anbanus, Bre- 
denbachius, 
q Angelus per 
Jhperbiam fe- 
puratus a Leo, 
qui in veritate 
non lietis. Au~ 
fiin. 
: Nature or 
1 Devils. Part.l.Sect. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf.2. 
ground,or in the lower parts; and were devils,the which withTertuUian, 
Porphyrins the Philofopher,M. Tyrius fer .'i] .maintains .Thefs fpirits, he 
* Nihil aliud 
funt Daemones 
qua nud<£ ani- 
m<e quae corpo- 
re depojtto pri- 
orem miferati 
■vitam, cogna- 
ti/ Jitccurmm 
commoti mifer 
neor dia, &'c. 
*faith .which voe call Angels and Devils,are nought but fouls of men depar- 
ted, which either through love and pity of their friends yet livings help 
and affift them, or elje perfecute their enemies, whom they hated, as Did# 
’ threatned to perfecute Mm as : 
Omnibus umbra look adero:dabis improbe poenas. 
They are(as others fuppofc)appointcd by thofe higher Powers to keep 
men from their nativity,and to protector punifh them as they fee caufc: 
and are called boni and mail Genii by the Romans.Heroes, Lares figood, 
femur es or bad,by the S tO/V%,govcrnouf s of Countries, Men, 
C#ics,(Aith'*Apuleius,Deos appellant qui ex hominum numero jufle acpru~ 
denter vitas curriculogubernato,pro numine,pofiea ab hominibusproditi fa- 
nis & ceremoniis vubgo admittuntur, ut in JEgy-pto ofyrki&c. 
Capella calls thtvn,whi ch prote&cdparticular men aswellas Princes,So*ra~ 
ter had his Daemonium <& ignium, which of all fpirits is beft? 
ad jublimes cogitationes animum erigentem, as the Platonifts fuppofed} 
Plotinus we Ghnftians our afTiftihg Angelas Andreas Vißorellus, 
a copious writer of this fubjed, Ledovicus de La-Cerda the Jefuitin 
his Voluminous Trad de Angelo Cufodc,Zanchius,&nd fomeDivines think# 
But this abfurd Tenent of Tyreus,Proclus confutes at large in his book 
* De Deo So- 
crati/. 
rHe lived 500 
vears fmte. 
y ' 1 
iApuUimfi- ■, 
ritm animalia 
funt animo paf- i 
Jtbilia, mente < 
rationalia cot- 
pore aeria,tem- 
porefempiter- ■ 
na. 
t Nutriuntur, 
et excrementa 
habent quod 
pulfata doleant 
Jolido percujfa 
eorpore. 
de Anima & damone. 
* pf'ellus a Ghriftian,and fometimes Tutor (faith Cufyinian) to Michael 
Parapinatius, Emperor of Greece, a great oblcrver of the nature of De- 
holds they are f corporea], and have aerial bodies, that they are 
mortali, live and dye,(which Martianus Capella likewife maintains, but 
our Chriijian Philosophers explode)tthattt they are nourijhed and have 
excrements, that they feel paine if they be hurt (which Cardan confirmes? 
and Scaligcr juftly laughs him to fcorn for * Si pajeantur acre, cur non 
pugnant oh puriorem aer a I &c. ) or firokyn: 8c if their bodies be cut, 
with admirable celerity they come together again* Auflin in Gen• lib* 
3. lib. arbit. approves as much, mutata cafu corpora in deteriorem 
' qualitatem aerkfpiffiorkfo doth Hierome,■ Comment, in epjf. ad Ephef 
' cap. 3. Ongen. Tertullian, Laffantius, and many ancient Fathers of the 
Church: That in their fall their bodies were changed into a more aerial 
andgrofle {whence.'Bodine lib.Theatri Natur#, and David Cruftus 
Hermetica Philofophia lib.i. cap.4. by feveral arguments proves Angels 
and Spirits to be Corporeal: quicquid continetur in loco Corporeum ejtAt 
nat.foh 535. 
ffiritus continetur inloco.exgo. Sispiritus funt quanti, erunt Corporei: 
At funt quanti, ergo. Sunt ergo &c. Bodine goes farther 
yet, and will have thefcoAnim£ fep ar at £ genii Spirits,Angcls, Devils3and 
fo likewife foules of men departed ,if Corporeal! ( which he moft 
eagerly contends ) to be of fome fhape, and that abfolutely round? 
like Sunne and Moone, becaufe that is the moft perfed forint 
qua nihil hahet afjeritatis , nihil angulis incifum , nihil anfr 
Ilibus involutum) nihil eminens, Jed inter corpora perfeSfa eft ptf* i. Sect. 2. 
Nature of Deojls. 
Memh.i.Subf.: 
jedijfimumqiherfore al fpirits are corporeal he concludes,& in their pro- 
jft lhapes round.’That they can aflame other aerial bodies,all maner of 
yape* at their pleafures,appear in what likenes they wil themfelves?that 
taey are nioft fwift in motiomcan pafs many miles in an inflant,8c folike- 
Wjfe.u transform bodies of others into what Chape they plcafe, and with t 
mirable celerity remove them from place to piaces(asthe Angel didH^-j 
*>*CHck to Daniel,and as ‘Philip the Deacon was carried away by the Spi- * 
nt3when he had baptized theEUmcbfo did Pythagoras and Apolloniusj 
remove themfelves and others,with many fuch featsjthat they can repre* 
cjn.r in the ayr3pallaces;)armics3fpedi:ruinssprodigiessand fuchftrang 
objects to mortal mens eys,*caufe fmels/avorSjd^c.deceive all the fenfes^' 
molt Writers of this fubjedt credibly that they can foretel fu-; 
tUre events,and do many ftrang miracles. Junes image fpake to Camillus > \ 
Fortunes flatue to the Roman matrons,with many fuch ■ 
drne.Spondanus and others arc of opinion that they caufe a true Meta- J 
morphofissas Nebuchadnezzar was really tranChted into a beafl*L(?fr wife ! 
into a pillar of SaltbVlyJfes companions into Hogs and Dogs, by Circes < 
themfelves and othcrssas they do Witches into Cats, Dogs, ] 
Hares, Cvows^cpc.Stroz%ius Cicogna hath many examples lib. 3. omnif i 
mag. cap. j\..& 5. which he there confutes, as Auftin likewife doth de \ 
civ.Deilih.iß.That they can be feen when and in what ftiape> and to % 
Whom they will, faith nil tale viderim, nec optem vi der 1 
lough himfelf never faw them nor defired it, and ufe fometimes carnal \ 
copulation(as elfewhercl 1ha1125 prove more at large) with Women and 
?en* Many will not believe they can be feen, and if any man (hall fay,' 
wear, and ftifly maintain, though he be difereet and wdfe,judicious and • 
earned, that he hath feen them,they account him a timorous fool,a me- 
ancholy dizard,a weak fellow,a dreamer,a fck or a mad man,they con- 
him, laugh him to fcorn, and yet Marcus of his credit told Pfell us 
lat he had often feen them.And Leo Suavius,a Com- 
mentar. I, j>aracelfy de vita long*>out of PomzPlatonifis will have the 
prt° he as full of them as fnow falling in the Ikies, and that they may 
e leeigand withal fets down the means how men may fee irre- 
cr aratas oculkfole Jplendente verfus ccelunt continuaverint 
th at he tried it ypr<emijfbrurn feci experimentumit wastrue 
li - faid. confeflcth that he faw them divers 
uues,Bc conferred with them,Bc fo doth Alexander ah y Alexandro, that 
fhit^&UJtC ** txptriencefwhen as before he doubted deny it,' 
th de 1.C.2.&par,2.c.11* becaufe they never faro] 
j e;/*1 dvesjßut as he reports at larg all over his book, efpecially c.: 
LoTf- are °^ten een heard,& familiarly converfe with men,as; 
evi/ zfej aff^rethus,innumerable Records, Hiftories, and teflimonies 
UI a§eS3 thnes, places,and z all travellers beiides }in the Weft ; 
bus 2fS °^r orthern dime familiar ms quant in agris & ufhi 
Bafilr V^erey aHdirequi vetentJubeants&c.Hicronimus vitafPaulis 
J*n }fJ^r'^'^iceP^orHsyEufebiusJSocrates:)Sozomenus0k Jacobus Boijjardks 
I I j-, raCC defpintum apparationibus, Petrus Leyeruside fpeffrisJVierus 
him ln^n*ltc variety of fuch examples of apparitions of fpirits. For 
lO read that farther doubts, to his ample fat is fa (ft ion* One alone I 
u Cyprianus in 
Epifi.mohte£ e- 
tietier. anima* 
lia'tranferri pof- 
funt:as the'dc* 
, vil did Chrift 
to the top of 
, the l inaclc: 
, and Witches 
areoftentfau- 
flated. See 
i more in'Stro%~ 
, \im Cicogna. 
lib.'s.cap./St.om* 
nif.mag.Perae- 
ra. fubducere 
<& in fublime 
corpora ferre 
pojfunt, 
Biamafius. 
Fera<S do- 
lent et uruntur 
in confpicuos 
cinerey. Agrip- 
occul.Philof. 
* Agrippa, de 
occult. Philof 
1 lib. 3. cap. 18. 
■ xPan.^.feS.2. 
, Mem. 1. Sub.u 
Love Melan- 
' choly. i 
y Genial diem 
ItaJibi vifum 
et compsnum 
quum priPff an 
ejftnt ambi- 
gsm.Fidttnfu- 
am libsret. 
z Li.ude verity 
Fidei. 
See. 
* Lih.de T>ivi- 
natiens et 
gia. Part.i.Sect. 2. 
Mature of Devils. 
Mcmb.r.Subf.2. 
42 
will briefly infert. A noble man in Germany was feat Embatlador to the 
King of Snedcn(for his name, the time,8c fuch circumlfances, I refer you 
toBoijfarUm mincaAu thereafter he had done his bnfines,he failed to £/- 
vo»iayon fet purpofe to fee thofe familiar fpirits,which are there faidto 
be converfant with men,6c do their drudgery works.Amongft other mat- 
ters,one of them told him where his wife was, in what roomc, in what 
clouthsjwhat doing,Sc brought him a Ring from her,which at his return 
non fine omnium admiralionejae. found to be true} and fo believed that 
ever after,vvfh before he dou bted of. Cardan Lie) .de JnbtiL relates of his 
father Fan us that after the accuflomed folemnities,y4».i49i .13. 
a Cap.S.Tranf- 1 
portavit in Li- ■ 
roniam cupidi- 
tate videndij 
ike. 
b Sic Hefhdi# 
de Hymphb vi- 
rere dicit. 10 
atetes phoeni- 
cum vel 9.7.20 
* Cnfhdos ho- 
Auguffhe conjured up 7 Dcvilsin Greek apparel,about 40 years of age, 
feme ruddy of complexion,Sc fome pale,as he thought} he asked them 
many qucftionsSc they made ready anfwer,that they were aerial Devils, 
th; t they lived 8c died as men did,fave that they were far longer liv’d, 
Cy.crSoo.kyearsVhey did as much excel men in dignity,as we do foments 
j?iim:m & pro- 
vinciarum, Sue. 
tanto meliores 
kominibwy ( 
quanto hi bui- 
ld animantibus '■ 
* Trsfiies Pa- 
fores, Guber- 
natores homi- 
num, et illi ani- 
malium. 
and were ns far excelled again of thofe that were above 
nors Sc keepers they are moreover,which * Plato in Critias delivered of 
old,Sc fubordinatc to one enim homo homini$c daemon datmoni 
dominatur, they rule themfeivesas well as us,Sc the fpirits of the meaner 
fort had commonly fuch offices,as we make horfe-keepers, neat-hoards, 
8c the bafe ft of us,ovciTecrs of our cattle}Sc that we can no more appre- 
. liend their natures and funftions, then an horfe a mans. They knew all 
things,but might not reveal them to men} Sc ruled Sc domineered over 
a Hai or* finti- 
liar-sut canes 
hominibus,muF 
tarepanimZy 
abhorrent. 
b Ab homine 
p 'us dijhnt qua 
homo cb igno- 
bilijjbr.overne, 
<& tamen qi i- 
dam ex hu ab 
us,as we do over our horfes}thc beft Kings amongft us,Sc the moft gene- 
rous fpirits, were not comparable to thebafeft of them.Sometimes they 
did inftrudt men,6c communicate their skifreward Sc cherifti, and fome- 
times again terrific 8c punifti,to keep them in awe,as they thought fit,N/- 
Lilmagk cupientes(iaithLyfuffthif.Steicorum:quam adorationem homin* 
The fame Author Cardan in his Hyperchen,out of the doftrine of Stetckj* 
w ill have fome of thefe Genii( for fo he cals thein)tobe a ddirous of mens 
company, very afFable,Bc familiar with thermas Dogs a re} others again to 
hominibus 
jiipL rantur 
nt homines 
a ,%>■#,&c. 
c C iho ~ pom 
ut & renere 
cum hominibus 
ac tandemmori, 
Cioogra I •pan.- 
8.2.C. 3- 
cl 'Plutarch, us 
- £ Ja J J - u - 
abhor as ferpents,& care not for them.The fame belike Tritonius cals Ig* 
nios nunquam demergunt ad inferior vix ullum ha* 
bent itt t err is commercium ;bGenerally they far excel men in worthy a tnafl 
the meaneft »?om£}though fome of them are inferior to thofe of their own 
worthy the blackguard in a princes Courts and to men OS 
fjme bafe, rational creatures, are excelled of brute be aft s, 
Fhat they arc mortal, befides thefe teftimonies of Cardan, Martianus, 
' &c.many other Divines and Philofophers hold, pod prolixum tempus 
defiß: oracu- 
lorum. 
c t.ih.ds ZU- 
'trw&Figmeis 
iDU genii.m cl 
Conjhntio pro* 
Jhgtitifuntf&c, 
■ Oclnrian <U- 
al.lud<eorumdem 
umfiijje Ro- 
manonm nu- 
minibt<* una 
am genre cap- 
tivum. 
moriuntur omnesfliht c platonifts and lome Rabbmes, Porphyrins and 
Plutarch, as appears by that relation of rhamus: d The great God Pan if 
dead: Apollo Pythius cealed} and fo the reft. S.Hterome inthelife of Paul 
th,e Ermite tels a ftory how one of them appeared to S. Antony in the 
wilderne{lc,and told himas much. e Paraceljus of our late Writers ftifly 
, maintains that they arc mortal, live and die3 as other creatures do.Z<?£*' 
mus L 2 farther adds, that religion and policy dies and alters with 
them. The * Gentiles gods, he faith, were expelled by Cohftanting 
and together with them, Imperii Romani may eft as, & fortuna interiit*. 
& profligata eft h The Fortune and Majefty of the Roman Em- 
pire, decayed and vanned, as that Heathen in * Minutius former* frirt. i .Sect. 2. 
, Nature of Spirits. 
Memb. t. Sabi. 
bragged when the Jems were overcome by the Romans, the Jews god 
Was bkewife captivated by that of Rome,eind Rabfahyh to the ifraelites, 
no god fiiould deliver them out of the hands of the AjJyrians. But thefe 
Paradoxes of their of (haocs.tranfpo- 
j j— r—j r 
{mg bodies,and carnal copulations, are fufficiently confuted by Zanch.c. 
10-1* 4- Pererius in his comment,and Tofiatus queftions on the 6. of Gen. 
1f ‘ Hqum. S.Auflin,Wierusfth.Eraft{S,Delrioft<m.2.l. 2,qu£j}t 2y:Seha~ 
fianMichaedis,cap.2.defyiritibm,D.Reinolds Le&.47*They may deceive 
the eyes of men,yet nottaketrue bodies,or make a real metamorphofis: 
but as Cicogna proves at large, they are BlUufori# & preejiigiatriecs 
4. meer illufions and cozenings, 
bite that tale of Pafetis obulus inSuidas, or that of Auto'icus, Mercuries 
ion that dwelt in Per naff us, who got fo much treafure by cozenage and 
ftcalth.His father Mercury,becaufe he could leave him nowealth,taught 
o Omnia Jfnri- 
tihus plena y& 
esS eorum con- 
cordia ig dif- 
cordia omnes 
boni & mali, 
effetius pro- 
manant, omnia 
humana regun- 
. tur: paradoxa 
veterum de qiio 
Cicogna.omnif 
mag. I. 2. c. 3. 
him many fine tricks to get means, * for he could drive away mens car- 
tel,and if any purfued him,turn them into what fhapes he would,and fo 
did mightily inrich himfelffee aftu maximam prodam ejl adfeqnuntus. 
This no doubt is as true as the refiget thus much ingenera\,Thomas Du- 
rand,and others grant that they have underftanding far beyond men,can 
probably conjecfure,and h foretel many things they can caufe and cure 
moft difeafes, deceive our fenfes,they have excellent fkill in all Arts and 
Sciences: and that the moft illiterate Divel is Quovis homine feientior, 
as i Cicogna maintains out of others. They know the vertucs of Hearbs, 
Plants,ftones,Minerais,Bcc.of all Creatures. Birds, Beafts, the four Ele- 
ments, Stars, Planets, can aptly apply and make ufeof them as they fee 
good, perceiving the caufes of all Metors, and the like: Dant fe colori- 
*Ovesquas ab- 
atiurus erat in 
quafamq'y for- 
mas vertebat 
Paufaniasy 
Hyginus. 
h Aufiin in 1.2. 
de Gsn.adlite- 
ram. cap. 17. 
Partim quia 
fubtilioris fen- 
fus a cumrngy 
> partim feiemia 
■ calidiore vi- 
gent et expe- 
rientia propter 
magnam lon- 
*** (as* Aufi in hath it) accommodant fe figurk,adh£rent fonkfu hjiciunt. 
Je °doribus, jnfuitdunt fe faporibus,omnesfenfus etiam ipfam intelligenti- 
demoves fallunt,thcy deceive all out fenfeß, even our underftanding 
11 bdfatofcce. k They can produce miraculous alterations in the ayre, 
moft wonderful efferirs,conquer armies,give victories,help, further, 
Crofs and alter humane attempts and pfojc£b( Dei they 
le(: good themfelves.* When Charts the great intended to make a chan- - 
tf*.^ctwixt the Rhene and Danubius, look what his workmen did in 
'lc day. thefe fpirits flung down in the night, Vt conatu Rex deftjieret2 
te^eDSuch feats can they do.But that which Bodine /«4» Theat. nat. 
mks,( following Tyrius belike and the Platonifts) they can tell the fe- 
rets mans heart, aut cogitationes hominumys moft falfeyhis reafons 
“tevveak, and fufficiently confuted by Zanch.lih.^.cap^.Hierom.lib. 2. 
7}tMat.ad queef. 27. ad Antiochum Principem, 
and others. 
gitudinemvits r 
partim ab An- 
gela difeunty 
&c. 
i Libfy omnif \- 
mag. cap. 3. 
* f *lB. quejl. 
k Quum tanti 
Jit et tam pro- 
funda (jirimnt 
Jcientiay minim 
Hon ejl tot tan- 
toff, res vifu 
admirabiles atf 
■ ipjtspatrari,& 
; quidem rerum 
naturalium ope 
quas muho me- 
( lit#l rntelligunty. 
mho<f,pcritius 
fuk locis et 
temporibus ap- 
pheare norum* 
tfS or thofe orders of good Sc badDcvikjWhich thePlatonifts hold,is nl- 
erroneous,& thofe Ethnicks honi fk mdh Genii,are to be explo- 
*s befe heathen writers agree not in this point among themfelves, as 
ot\aH* noxtsydnJtnt*mali non conveniunt,fom wil have al fpirits good 
lav KtQ US a niiftake,as ifW Ox or Horfe could 4ifcouffe,-hc would 
k y tuc Butcher was hisenemy becaufe he kil’d him,the Grafier hisfilend 
t e^aule he fed Hunter preferves and yet kils his game,and is ha- 
e nevertheles of his gamev/er pifeatorem pifekamare pot ft,Sic.P>ut lam- 
7^nif>fdlus^?lutarch,Sc mold Platonifts acknowledg bad, ab eorum 
quam homo, 
i icogm. *',v" ‘ 
Orders. 
* Avshtintisf 
quicquid inter- 
diu&xhauneba- 
t ur,mih ■ sile- 
bitur. hide pa-- 
vefatii curator- 
' resy&c. Part.!.Sed, 2. 
Nature of Spirits. 
Memb. 1 .Subk2. 
maleficiis they arc enemies of man-kind, 8c this rUto lear- 
ned in iEgypt,that they quarrelled with Jupiter,and were driven by him 
down to bell. That whiclM Plato contend ofSocrates 
Ddmoniumfis moft abfurd:Thst;Wch Plotinus of his, that he hadlikewife 
Deum pro D#monio:and that which Porphiry concludes,of them all in gc- 
ncrafif they be neglc&ed in their facrifice they are angry 3 nay more, as 
Cardan in his Hipperchen wil,they feed on mens fouls,Elementa funi plan- 
tk elementum, animalibus plant#, hominibus animalia, erunt & homines 
*Inlib. 2. de 
Animi text.29. ' 
Homerus dij- 
criihinatim om- 
nesJpiritus de- 
moves vocat. 
h De Deo So- 
cratis adeji 
mihi divina 
forte D<emoni- 
um quoddam d 
prima pueritia 
me feqmtum, 
fape dijfuadet, 
impellit non- 
nunquam in- 
Jlar ovi>,Plato. 
* A Jove ad 
Inferos pul/r, 
ahis,non autemdns,nimk enimremota eft eorum natura a.noJira,qua prop- 
ter d£monibus:andioh£\\\&t\iat we have fo many battels fought in all 
ages, countries, is to make them a feaft, and their foie delightrbut tp 
return to that I faid before, if difpleafed they fret and chafe,( Ft they 
feed belike on the fouls of beafts, as we do on their bodies) Sc fend many 
pJaguesamongft if pleafed,theydo much good3is as vain as the reft 
6c confuted by Aufiin l.y.c.S.de Civ.Dei.Eufeb.l.^.prcepar.Evan.c.6.Bc o- 
thers. Yet thus much I find that our School-men Sc othePDivines make 9 
uvv* 
i Agrippa hb.3. 
Ie ocad.pl). c. 
18. Zanch. Pi- 
itorus, Pereri 
ut Cicogna.l.i. 
C&p* I* 
k Vafa ir<e. 
c. 13. 
kinds of bad Spirits,as Diohyftus hath done of Angels,ln the firft rank arc 
thofe falfe gods of the Gentiles,which were adored heretofore in feverai 
Idols,and gave Oracles at Delphos^and whofe Prince is Belze- 
hub.Thctecond rank it of Lyars,andyEquivocators,as Apollo fylhiuS)and 
the like.Thc third are thofe veftels of anger,invencers of all mifehief, as 
that iheutus in cals of Prince is Belial. 
The fourth are malicious revenging their Prince is Afmodecns. 
The fift kind are cozeners, fuch as belong to Magicians and Witches 3 
1 guibuf da- 
tum eji nocere 
teryi & mari, 
&c. 
their Prince is Satan.Tht fixt arc thofc aerial devils thatkorrupt the air 
8c caufe of in the Apocalyps,and Paul 
to the Ephejians names them the Princes of the ayre 5 Mere fin is their 
Prince. The feventh isa deftroyer,Captain of the Furies, cauling warrs, 
tumults, combuftions, uproars, mentioned in the Apocalyps, and called 
Abaddon, The eight is that accufing or calumniating Devil, whom the 
Greeks call that? drives men to defpairc. The ninth are thofe 
tempters in fcveral kinds, and their Prince is Mammon. Pfellus makes fi# 
kinds,yet none above the MooniWierus in his Pfeudomonarchib Damoni*? 
out of an old book,makes many more divifionsand fuberdinations, with 
m ?hyfol.Stoi~1 
corum 6 Sense, 
lib. 1. cap. 28. 
XiV/yue ttdlu~ 
nam animas 
ejjh whereas 
vocarique hew 
roasj lares, 8e ' 
nilos. 
o TKart.Capella 
their fcveral nam;es3numbcrs,offices,Scc.but Gazans citedhymLipfmswd 
have all places full of Angcls,Spirits,and Devils, above and beneath the 
Moon,JEtherial and aerial,which Aufiin cites out of Varro l.j.de Civ.D** 
c.6.The ca lejiial Devils above,(& aerial beneath, or as fome will, gods a- 
bo\e,Semidei or half gods beneath,£*rex,#m>e/,Ge»//,which clime high- 
er,if they lived well,as the stoichy held; but grovel on the ground as 
they were baferin their lives,neerer to the carth:Sc are Manes, Lemur eh 
1 Lamidfac.°T hey will have no place void but all ful ofSpirits,Levils,cr 
p Nihil vacu- 
um ab h» übi 
vel capillum in 1 
aere vel aqua 
jaceas. 
fome other inhabitantsfPlenumC(rlum,aer,aqua,ter omnia fub toff*') 
-dntho.Rufca in his book de Inferno, hh. 5. cap* 7' 
would confine them to the middle Region,yetthey will have them every 
wherc,Not fo much as an haire breadth empty tn heaven, earth, or wa- 
ters,abcve or under thecarth.The air is not fo full of flics in fummer,^ 
q Lib, ds Zilp. 
it is at all times of invifible ftiffely maintains, and 
that they have every one their fcverai Chavs, others will have infinite Part. i.Sqch2. 
Nature of Spirits. 
Membtl.Suhf.2. 
Worlds, and each world his peculiar Spirits-Gods,Ansels, and Devilsto 
govern and punifh it.'. 
Singula * nonnulli credunt quoque fydera pojje 
Dici orbes, terramque appellant jydus opacum, 
Chi minimtfs divum prs&th*gT-~ v 
* Paling emus. 
* Gregorius Tholofanus makes feven kinds of as them! Spirits or Angels, 
according to the number of the feyen Planets, Saturnine, Jovial, Martial, 
of which C ardan difeourfeth lib.2o.de fubtiL he cals them jubjcantiaspri- 
mas,Olympicos deemones Tritemius,quipr<efunt Zodiaco,&c.aridw\U. have 
r ■ 
et 5. Syntax, 
art, mirab. 
them to be good Angels above, Devils beneath the Moon, their feveral 
names and offices he there fets down,and which Dionyjmsof 
have feveral fpirits for feveral countries, men,offices, &c. which live a- 
hout them,Sc as fo many shifting powers caufe their operat have 
in a word, innumerable,as many of them as there be Stars in the Ikies. 
"Marcilius Ft emus feemsto fecond this opinion, out of Plato, or from 
himfelf, I know not, (ftill ruling their inferiors, as they do thofo under 
them a gain, all fubordinate,and the neareft to the earth pule us, whom we 
fubdividc into good and bad angels,call Gods or Devils,as they help or 
* Comment in 
dial. Plat de a-* 
morr. cap. 5. 
Ftipharraquae- 
libetfuper nos; 
hurt us,and fo adore,love or hate) but it is molt likely from Plato,for he 
relying wholly on Socrates,quem mori potius quam mentiriwoliiifj'efcribit, 
out of Socrates authority alone,madenine kinds ofthemrwiiich opinion;, 
belike Socrates took from Pythagoras, Sc he from Irifmegiftus, he from 
Zoroajies, firft God, fecondly 3. Intelligences, 4. Arch' Angels, 5« 
Angels, 6. Devils, 7. Heroes, 8. Principalities, 9. Princes ; of which 
ita pYccfantic- 
res habent ha- 
bitatores fuar 
on- 
fortes, ut ha- 
bet nofira. ~ 
lonic were abfolutely good, as Gods, fome bad, fome indifferent inter 
deos & homines, as heroes and dremo.net, which ruled men, and were 
called genii,ov as * Froclus and Jambhcus will, the middle betwixt God 
and men. Principalities and Princes,which commanded Sc fwayed Kings 
and had fcveral places in theSphcars perhaps, for as every 
fphear is higher, fo hath it more excellent inhabitants : which belike is 
fhat GahUus a Galileo and Kepler aimes at in his nuncio Syderio, when 
hi r 1 4 ■ / • I 1 C A II*! .—i 1 _ i 
*Lih.ie. Arnica 
et dnemonemed. 
inter deos Or 
homines,dica ad 
nos & rtofifa - 
aequaliter ad 
deos ferunt. 
t S aturninas& 
Joviales acco- 
las; 
*ln loca detrufi 
funtinfra cale- 
fias orbes in ae- 
remfdlicet fy 
infra tthi Judi- 
cio genSYafi re- 
fervantur. 
nL will have 1 Saturnine and Jovial inhabitants: And which Xycho Brahe 
doth hj fome fort touch or inlinuate in one of his Epiftbs: but thefe 
things * zan chi us juftiyexplodes, cap. 3. V.Martyr, in \.Sam. 28. 
that according to thefe men the number ofxtherialSpiritsmuft needs, 
be infiaitejFbr if that be true that fome of our Mathematicians fay: if a * 
hone could fall from the ftarry heaven,or eight :Sphear,and fhouid pa he 
every houre an hundred miles, it would be 65 years, or more, before it 
Wou Id come to ground,by rcafon of the great diftance of heaven from 
earch, which contains as fome fay 170 Millions 805 miles, bdidcs thofe 
ot,ier Heavens, whether they be Chryftalline or watery which Maginus 
addes,which peradventure holds as much more, how many fuch f. irits 
*Wit contained And yet for.all this11 Thomas, Albertus, and mod bold 
that the re be far more Angels then Devils. 
but be they more or lefsoJguod fupra nos nihil ad nos.Howfoever as Mar- 
tlanus fooliihly fuppofeth,JEtheni D<emoms non curant res humanas,they 
not for us, do not attend our ad ions, or look for us, thofe stherial 
spirits have other worlds to belike or buiinefte to•.follow. We are 
Oneiy to fpeak in brief of thefe fublunary Spirits or Devils: ibr the 
n 35. art. p. 
SuMunnrySe- 
v ils, and fheif 
kinds. " Part. 1. Sed. 2. 
Nature of Devils, 
Memb.i.Subf.2. 
red our Divines determine that the Devil had no power over dars, or 
heavens-* Carminbus ccdopojfunt deducere lunam,&c.Thofe arc poetical 
fief ions, and that they can V jiflere aquam fluviis, & vertere fydera retroy 
&c.as Canidia in Horace,’tis all falfe.* They are confined until the day 
of judgement, to this fublunary world,and can work no farther then the 
■ four Elements, and as God permits them. Wherefore of thefe fublunary 
Devils, though others divide them otherwife according to theirTeve- 
ral places and offices,Pfel/us makes fit kinds,fiery, aerial, tcrredial, Wa- 
xVirg. 8. Eg. 
y En. 4. 
z Aujiimhoc di- 
sri, ne anis ext - 
JHmet habitare 
ibi mala daemo- 
nia ubi Solem 
et Limam & 
Stellas Deusor- ■ 
dinuvit, et ali- ' 
hi nemo arbi- 
iraroturVamo- 
nsm edits habi- 
tare cum An- 
tery, and fubterrancan Devils,be(ides thofe Fairies, Satyrs,Nymphs,c^r. 
Fiery fpirits or devils arc fuch as commonly work by blazing Stars, 
Firedrakes,or Ignes faturywhich lead men often in flumina,ant praecipiti- 
a iaxth'Bodine. hb. 2. rJkeat. natura foL 221. Qnos inquit arcere 
geliii fw unde 
lapfum credi- , 
mus. Idem 
Zanch. Z.4.C.3. 
de Angel.malu 
Pererius in 
Gen. cap A.lib. 
8. in ver, 2. 
! fi volunt viatores, clara voce Deum appellare aut pronam faci e terram con- 
tingente adorare oportet, & hoc Amuletum majoribus noftris acceptum 
. jerre debemu. they counterfeit Suns and Muons,Stars often- 
times,and fit on ln navigiorum fummitatibus vifunturand 
. are called Diofcuri,as Eufebiusi.contra Philofophos c. 48. informethus, 
out of the authority of little Cloxnds,ad motum nefcio quern 
volantes’-^which never appear,faith Cardan,but they (ignihe fomemifchiet 
or other to come unto men, though fome again will have them to pre- 
tend good,and vi&ory tt> that fide they come towards in Sea-fights. St. 
* Terigrdit. 
J-Herojol. 
Elmes fixes they comrtioly call them,Bc they do likely appear after a Sea 
Radzivilius the Etonian Duke calls this apparition,Sandi Ger- 
mani fydus-yand faith moreover that he faw the fame after in a dorm, as 
he was fayiingisB2. from Alexandria to Rhodes. Our dories are full of 
fuch apparitions in all kinds. Some think they keep their rcfidence in 
that HecU,a mountain in IflandyMtna in Sicely Lypera, Vefuvius, &c. 
Thefe Devils were worshiped heretofore by that luperftitious nuwmrii*9 
and the like. 
Aerial Spirits or Devils, are fuch as keep quarter mod part in the a aire* 
caufe many tempeds, thunder,and lightnings, tear Oakes, fire Steeples, 
Houfes,drike men and beads,make it rain ftones,as in Livies time,wool, 
Frogs,Bcc.Counterfeit Armies in the air,ftrange nqyfes,fwords, Bcc. as at 
a Domus diru- 
unt., muros 
dejiciunt, im~ 
tnifcentfs tur- 
binibus & 
procelli*, & 
pulvereminjlar 
columnte eve- 
bunt. Cicogna 
l J* e. 6- 
\yduej}.in Uv. 
Vienna, before the coming of the Turks,& many times in Rome,asScheret~ 
zius l.de fled .c.i.part.l .Lavaterdefled.part.i.c.iy.Julius Obfequens,ati 
old Roman,in his book of prodigies,ah Machiavel hath il- 
luftratcd by many cxamples,and jfofephus in his book de hello Judaico joe- 
fore the dedruftion o£ Jerufalem. All which Cuil.Poflellus in his firft book 
c.y .de orbis concordia, ufethas an effectual indeed it 
fwade them that will not believe there be Spirits or Devils. They caufe 
whirlwinds on a fudden,Bctcmpeftuous (forms} which though our Mc- 
torologifts generally refer to natural caufes,yct I am of Bo dins mind jhe~ 
at.NatJ-i-they are more often caufcd by thofe aerial devils,in their fe- 
9 Da-pfdfligi* 
drfmomm.c. 16 
ConveUi culmi- 
na videmus, 
prqfterm fata, 
&c. 
vcral quarters^forHempejtatibusfe ingerunt faiths Ric.Argentine's when 
a defperate man makes away himfclt, which by hanging or drowning 
they frequently do,as Kornmannus obferves,de mira.mart.par.y,c.y6.tri~ 
pudium agentes*lancing 8c rejoycing at the death of a (inner. Thcfe can 
corrupt the Air, and caufe plagues,flckhefs,d:orms, (hipwracks, fires, in- 
undations. At Mons Draconis in If *//, there is a mod memorable exam- Part. i.Sed. 2. 
DigrejJion of Spirits, 
Memb.i;Subf.2* 
pie in c Jovianus Pontanus: And nothing fo familiar (if we may believe 
thofe relations GrammaticusyoUus Magnus, Damianus A Goes')*s - 
(or Witches and Sorcerers, in TapUnd^Lituania^and all over Seandia, to! 
fell winds to Marriners,and caufetcmpcfts,which Marcus Panins the Ve- 
netian relates likewife of the Tartars. Thc(e kind of Devils are much 
delighted in Sacrifices,(faith Porphiry)held all the world in awe, and < 
had fcvcral names, Idols, Sacrifices, in Rome, Greece, Mgypt, and at thisi 
day tyrannize over, and deceive thofe Ethnicks,and Indians, being ado- 
red and wprihiped for e gods.For the Gentile gods were Devils, (as 
'Pt'ifmegijins confedcth in his AfelepiuS) and he himfelfe could make 
them come to their Images by Magick fpelsrand are now as much refpe. 
&Ed by our Papifis( faith f Pi&orius) under the name of Saints. Thefe are 
they whieftthinks, defire fo much carnali copulation with Wit- 
ches, {incfihi and Succubi transform bodies, and are fo very cold, if they 
that ferve Magicians, His father had one of them ( as he 
is not aOnrncd to relates) an aerial dcviil bound to him for twen- 
ty and eight years.As Agrippa s dog had a devill tyedto his coller}fome 
think that Paracelfus (or die Erajiusbelies him ) had one confined to 
his fword pummell 5 others wear them in RtngSyScc.lannes and lamhres 
cDe bello Nce- 
politanoy lib. 
d Suffici bus 
, gaudent. Idem 
' JujJ.MxrtyA- 
- pel pro Chrifti~ 
; ants. 
a cln Dei imita- 
~ tionemt faith 
. Eufibim. , 
Ok 
DU genti- 
' um Da mania 
” &c.ego in eer. 
rum JiatuM pel" 
. lead. 
' f Et nunc fub 
• divorum nomi- 
1 na coluntur d 
Pontifici». 
1 g Ltb.n. dere* 
• rumver. 
did many things of old by their help, Simon Cin&ps, Apollonius 
Tianeusylamhlichs,Bc Tritemius of late,that (hewed Maximilian the Em- 
peror his wife,after (he was dead }Et verrucam in collo e/«/(faith h Godot- 
vtan) fo much as the Wart in her neck.Delno lib. 2. hat a dive s exam- 
ples of-their feats.Cicogna lib. 3. cap. 3. and Wicrus in his book dept£- 
Jtig- demonumßoiffardus de magis & veneficis. 
Water-devils are thofq Naiades or Water-Nymphs which have been 
h Lib. cap. 3. 
de magis&vt-- 
neficM&Q.Ue* 
reideSi 
heretofore converfant about waters and rivers. The water (* as Paracel fas 
tmnks)is their Chaos, wherein they live 5 feme call them Fairies and fay 
tnat Habundia is their Queen} thefe caufe Inundations,many times Ihip- 
wracks, and deceive men divers wayes,asjSticcuha^ox otherwife, appear* 
lng tnoft part,(faith Tritemius) in womens fhapes.»Paracelfus hathfeve- 
ral ftorics of them that have lived and been married to mortali men,& fo 
iLib.de Ziipht* 
continued for certain years with them,and after uponfomc diflikc, have 
otiaken them.Such a one as with whom Numa was fo familiar, 
an4>Ccrcs,&c, k olatis magnushuth a long narration of one Hot hems a ] 
mg of S»e«fe«jth'at having loft his company,as he was hunting one day, 
with thefe water Nymphs or Fairies, and was feaftcd by them 5 and 
letfor Mackfipeth^xidßancoy.wo Scottish Lords, that as they 
jferc Wandring in the Woods,had their fortunes told them by three 
trang women.To thefe heretofore they did ufe to Sacrifice, by that 
or divination by waters. 
* erreftial devils,arc thofe * LaresffiGeniiJS * Wood-nymphs 
goodfelloweS)TrulliJke. which as they are moft con-' 
Verfant with men,fo they do them moft harme. Some think it was they j 
a °ne that kept the heathen people in awe of old, and had fo many Tdolls 1 
ffV emP^es ereded to them.Ofthis range was Dagon amongft the Phi-! 
* llles5 Be#amongft the Babylonians, Ajiartes amongft the Sydonians, , 
the and ofyris amongft the Egyptians, See.1 
ome put ouf*Fairies into this have been in former times ado*, 
k Lib.3. 
I Pro faint e ho- 
minum excuba- 
refe Jimulant, 
fedinsarumper- 
nitiem omnia 
moleuntur.Auft 
* 
ades, Hama- 
dryades. 
* jEKvw 
vocat lib. 3. Part.i.Sed. 2. 
Digrejfion of Spirits, 
Memb.i.Subf.2. 
red with muchfupcrftition,with fwceping their houfes, and fetting of a 
pail of clean water,good vi&ualsjandthc like, and then they (houldnot 
m Part. 1. cap. c 
19. t 
n j 
Blvammchore- 
at Olaus lib. 3.' 
vocat faltum 
adeo profundi 
in terras impri- 
munt, ut locus 
injtgni deinceps 
virore orbicula 
ris fit, et gra- 
men nonpereat. 
o Üb.deZilph. 
et Pigmsis 
Olaus lib. 3. 
be pinchcd,but find money in their fhooes, and be fortunate in their cn- 
terprizes.Thefe are they that dance on Heaths and Greens, as ™ Lavater 
thinks with Tritemius,<k. as n olaus Magnus adds, leave that green circle, 
which we commonly find in plain fields, which others hold to proceed 
from a Meteor falling,or fome accidental ranknefs of the ground,fo Na- 
ture fports her felftthcy arc fometimes feen by old women and children. 
Hierom.Pauli.mhis deicnption to the Ol Bercino (in Spain, relates 
how they have bin familiary feen neer that town,about fountains & hils} 
Nonnunquam (faith Tritemiusfn fua latibula montium, flmpliciores horni* 
nes dncant,flupenda mirantibus oflentes miracula,nolarum fonitus,jpe£fa~ 
cula,&c.Giraldus Cambrenps gives inftance in a Monk of Wales that was 
fo deluded.0 Paracelfus reckons up many places in Germany,where they 
do ufually walk in little coats fome two foot long . A bigger kind there 
is of them,called with us Hobgoblinsßobin Goodfellows,thzt would in 
thofe fuperftitious times grind corn for a mefte of milk, cut wood,or do 
any mancr of drudgery work. They would mend old Irons in thofe 
olian Hies of Lypara, in former ages, and have been often feen and 
heard. P Tholofanus cals them Trulles and Getulos, and faith, that in his 
dayes they were common in many places of France.Dithmarus Bleskeni* 
«/ in his defeription of Iflandyeports for a certainty,that almoft in every 
• family they have yet fome fuch familiar fpirits,6c Foelix Malleolus in his 
quiet in famu- 
litiovirii etf<e* 
minisinfervi- 
unt, conclavia 
fcoprs purgant, 
patinas mun- 
dant, ligna 
portant, equos 
curaM, &c. 
q Ad minijleri- 
a utuntur. 
r Where trea- 
fure is hid (as 
fome think) 
or fome mur-; 
der, or fuch 
like villany 
committed. 
9 Üb.i6.de re- 
rum varietat. 
book de crudel. daemon, affirms as much,that thefe Trolli,or Telchines,ate 
; very common in Norvcey, andq feen to do drudgery work, to draw water, 
faith Wieruslib. 1. cap. 22. drefs meat, or any fuch thing. Another fort 
of thefe there are, which frequent forlorn r houfes, which the Italians 
call FolioU, moft part innoxious, * Cardan holds fFhey will make flrangc 
noyfes in the night, howl fometimes pittifully,and then laugh again,cauf 
great flame and fuddenjights, fling f ones, rattle chains, fljave men, ofett 
f Vel Jhiritus 
funt hujufmodi 
damnatorum, 
vel epvygato- 
rio,vel iff dae- 
mones, c. 4. 
t guidam le- 
mures domejli- 
doores,andJbut them, fling down platters, fools, chefs, fometime appear 
in the likenefl of Hares, Crows, &c, of which read *thjf 
r£us the Jefuitin his traCt,de locis infejtis,part. I. & cap. 4. who will 
have them to be Devils, or the fouls of damned men that feck revenge, 
or elfe fouls out of Purgatory thatfeek cafe, for fuch examples perufe 
■ t Sigifmundus Scheretzius lib.de fe&ris, fart. I. c. 1. which he faith he 
cti injtrumen- 
tU noflu lu- 
dunt : patinas, 
ollas, cantkar* 
as, et alia vafa 
dejiciunt, et 
quidam noces 
took out of Luther moft part, there be many inftanccs.u Plinius fecund# * 
remembers fuch ahoufeat Athens, which Athenodorus the Philofophct 
hired, which nomandurft inhabit for fear of Devil*. Auflin deCiv, Dei* 
of Hefleriusthe Tribunes houfe at Zubed* 
near their City of Hippos, vexed with evil fpirits,to his great hindrance? 
mittunt, «ju- 
lant, rifum 
mittunt, Sec. 
«t canes nigri, 
feles,variisfor- 
nif, &c. 
u Epift. Üb. 7. 
3C Meridiena- 
les J)*mncs 
Cicogna calls 
them or Ala- 
forest. 3-^*9 
Cum afiittume animalium & Jervorum fuorum.Many fuch inftanccs are to 
bcread in Niderius Formicar. lib.f. cap. 12. 3.&C. Whether I may call 
thefe Tint and Ophim, which if a, cap,13.21, fpeaksof, I make a/doubt' 
See more ofthefc in the-faid Scheretz. lib. 1. de fpetf. cap. 4. he ij 
. full of examples. Thefe kind of Devils many times appear to raen,and 
■ affright them out of their wits, fometimes walking at x noone day, 
fometimes at nights, counterfeiting dead mens Ghofts, as that 
of Caligula, which (faith Suetonius) was feen to walk in Lavinid* 
’’ garden, where his body was buried, fpirits haunted, and the houfe Pan.i.Setl.2. 
Higrejjion of Sprits. 
Memb.i. Subf.2. 
Where he dyed,7 Nulla nox fine terrore tranfacda,donec incendio confump- 
ta 5 every night this happened,there was no quietnefs,till the houfe was 
burned. About Heel a in IJJand G holts commonly walk,animas mortuorum 
fibulantes, faith Joh.Anan-lih.3 .de nat.dam.olaw l7b.2.cap.2.Natal.Tal~ 
tfipid.lib, de apparit. fpir. KornmannUf de mirac. mort. part. 
Inch fights 
arc frequently Teen circa Sepulchra & Monajhria, faith La- 
vat. ho.l, about Church-yards,paludino- 
Ja.jumpla <edificiafiohtar7a->& c£de hominum notata,&c.Lhyreus addsytbi 
gravius peccatum efi commjjjum, impii ,pauperum oppr effores & nequiter 
*fijignes habitant. Thefe fpirits often foretell mens deaths, by fevcral 
I]Bns,as knocking,groanings,Bcc.*t hough Rich.Argentine c.1% .de profit i~ 
giis damonum^ill aferibe thefe predictions to good Angels, out of the 
authority of Fieinus and others 5 prodigia in obitu principum fiapius con- 
tingunt5 &c. as in the Laterane Church in * Rome, the Popes deaths are 
foretold by Sylvefilers tomb. Near Rupes nova in Finland,in the Kingdom 
fG Sweden, there is a Lake, in which, before the Governor of the Caftle 
hies, a fipeUrunt, in the habit of Arion with his PUrp appears, and makes 
excellent mufick, like thofe blocks in Chefihire, which (they fay) prefage 
death to the Mafterof the family 5 or that z Oke in Lanthndran Park in 
fV#2W/,whichfore-ihewes asmuch.Many families in Europe arc fo put 
111 minde of their laft,by fuch predidions,and many men are forewarned 
(if we may believe Paracelfus) by familiar (pints, in divers (hapes, as 
Cocks,Crows,Owls,which often hover about fickmens chambers,velquia 
r'lorientiumf<editatemfentinnt) as aßaraceUns conjectures, & ideafiuper 
infirmorum crocit ant, becaufe they fmell aCoarfe 5 orforthat(as 
de Bufiiis thinketh) God permits the Devil to appear in the 
°rme of Crows, and fuch like creatures, to fcarc fuch as live wickedly 
lere on earth. A little before Lullies death ( faith Plutarch) the Crowes 
nq he a mighty noyfe about him,tumultuose perfiirepentes,thcy pulled the 
pulow from under his head. Rob.Gaguinus hifii.Franc.lib.S.tcllcth fuch 
pother Wonderful ftory at the death of Johannes de Monteforti a French 
ord5 Anno 1345. tanta Corvorum multstudo iedibus morientk infiedzt, 
efifik jn Gallia nemo judicafifet. Such prodigies are very frequent 
Ui Authors. Sec more of thefe in the faid Lavater, Thyreus de lock infe- 
J 3. cap. 9. Negromancers 
take upon them, toraifeand Jay them at their pleafures: And fo likewife 
nole which Mizaldus cals Ambulones, that walk about midnight on 
Heaths and defart places, which (faith c Lavater') draw men out of 
ewayi and lead them all night a by-way, or quite bar them of their way 5 
c kave fevcral names in feveral places 5 we commonly call them 
In the Defarts of Lop in Aft a, fuch MJufions of walking fpirits are 
j£tc-n perceived, as you may read in M. Paulus the Venetian his travels 
_ one lofc his company by chance, thefe devils will call him by his 
‘nies andcounterfeit voycesof his companions to feducehim. Hiero- 
)ni. Pauli in his book of the hils of Spaine, relates of a great d mount in 
where fuch fipeßrums arc to be feen } Levater and Cicogna 
g‘ e of examples of fpirits and walking devils in this kinds. 1 
they fit by the high way fide,to give men fals., and make their 1 
01 humble and dart as they ride, Gif you will believe the relation of 
y Suetona.6p. 
in Caligula. 
*Strofim Ci- 
cogna lib. 3. 
mag, cap. 5. 
* Idem. c. 18-. 
z M.Cari. Sur- 
vey of Corn- 
wall, 
140. 
a Hof to Geni- 
ali filio. 137. 
b Part.l. c.ip. 
■dbducunteos d 
rsSla via, <& 
viam 'iter faci- 
entibus inter- 
cludunt. 
c Lib. r. cap<4s,- 
Damomm cer- 
nuntur & au- 
diuntur ibi fre- 
quentes iUufio- 
nes,unde viato- 
ribus cavendum 
ne fe diffident, 
aut d tergo ma- 
neant, voces e- 
nim fingunt fo- 
etorum, ut are- 
&o itinere ab- 
ducant, Scc. 
d Mons fieri!/* 
& aivofus,ubi 
intsmpefia no- 
.Sie umbrae ap- 
parent. Nature of Devils. 
Me mb. i. Subf.2. 
Fait-1. Sect. 2. 
that holy man Ketellus in Nubngenjls*that had an efpeciall grace to fee 
-Devils}Gratiam divinitus collatum Sc talk with them,£* impavidus cuM 
fpiritihus fermonem mifeere, without offence,Bc if a man curfe or fpur his 
■ horfe for ftumbling,they do heartily rejoyce at itjwith many fuch pretty 
1 feats.Subterrancan Devils are as common as the red,Bc do as much harm. 
olaus Magnus, lib.6. cap. 19, makes fix kindesofthem,fome bigger,fome 
lefs. Thcfc ( faith 2 Munfier ) are commonly Teen about Mines of metals? 
and arc fome ofthem noxious, fome again do no harm. The mcttal-men 
in many places count it good luck,a ligne of treafurc, and rich ore when 
■ they fee them .Georgius Agricola jn his book deJubterraneisanimantibus, 
cap.37.reckons two more notable kindes ofthem, which he cals a GetuU 
* Üb.2.cap.2i. 
Offendicula fa- 
ciunt tranfeun- 
tibus in via & 
petulanter ri- 
det cum vel 
hominem vel 
jumentum ejtfs 
'pedes atterere 
faciant, & 
maxime ft ho- 
mo malediBn 
</r calcaribus 
faviat. 
z In Cofmogr. 
a Vefati more 
metallicorum, 
gfaus & opera 
/■:ord imitantur. 
b btmijjb in 
terra carceres 
venio horribi- 
les terry motus 
efficiunt, quibus 
fa], e nondomtss 
‘modog7 turns, 
fed civitatesin- 
ffgra & infu- 
la havjh funt. 
and Cobalt, both are do athed after the manner of Met all- will ma' 
ny times imitate their workylTheir office,as POdorius Sc Paracclfus think? 
is to kceptreafure in the earth,that it be not all at once be- 
fides> Cicogna averts,that they are the frequent caufes of thofe horrible 
Earth-quakes, which oftenfwallow up0 not onely houfes, but whole llandf 
and Cities sin his third book cap. 11. he gives many indanccs. 
The lad arc converfant about the center of the earth to torture the 
fouls of damned mento the day of Judgement, their egrefs and regrefs 
fome fuppofe to be about JEtna, Hecla in IJlaudfa'erfuvius, 
Terra delFuego^&c.becatifc many Ikreeks and fearfull cries are continu- 
ally heard thereabouts,and familiar apparitions of dead men,Ghods and 
Goblins. 
Their oiriecs, 
operations, 
fludy. 
•* )-• ierom.in 3. 
Iphef. Idem 
Michaelff c. 4. 
de (jdritibus. 
Idem Toyreus 
de locu infeffis. 
c Laftantius 2. 
de origine er- 
Thus the Devil raignes, and in a thou (and fevcral fhapes. As a roaring 
Lyon fbUfeekywhom he may devour,1 Pet.s. by Earth,Sea,Land,Ayre, as 
yet unconfined, will have his proper place the ayrc,allthat 
(pace betwixt us & the Moon,for them that tranfgrefled lead, Sc hell for 
the wickededof them, Hicvclut in car cere ad finem mundi June in locufft 
funejiiorum trudendi faSAujiin holds de Civ.Dei,c.22.lib.it\..cap.%,& 25* 
but be where0 he will,he rageth while he may to comfort himfelf, asCL*' 
& antius thinks,with other mens fals, he labours all he can to bring them 
rorn cap.\s. hi ; 
maligniffiritus ' 
per omnem ter- : 
ram vagantur, 
jf'n- folatium 
perditionis fua • 
'■perdedif homi- 
mb us operatur, 
d Mortalium 
calamitates 
epuU funt ma- 
lorum damonit, 
Sync fan. 
e Daminiss 
mendacii dfeip~ 
fo decepttu,ali- 
os decipere cu- 
pit, adverfarius 
intothe fame pit of perdition with h.\n\,FoY<dmens and 
mines the Devils banqueting difl)fa. By many temptations and fevered 
Engines,he feeks to captivate our fouls.TheLord of 
be was deceived himfelf.\ hefeekj to deceive others, the Ring-leader to all 
naughtinefs,as he did by Eve & and Comor ah* fo would he 
do by all the world.Somctimes he tempts by covetoufnefs, drunkennefc 
pleafurespride3&c.errcs;)deje6i’ssfaves3kils;)proteds5 and rides fome men? 
as they dotheir horfes. He (Indies our overthrow, and generally feeks 
our deftrudion and although he pretend many times humane good,and 
vindicate himfelf for a god,by curing of fevera] JanitateW? 
& creds luminis ufum Aujiin declares,//T. 10. de civ. Dei>c' 
. 6.as Apollo,A?fculapiusjfts0 of old have donesdiversplagucs,affift them in 
' wars, pretend their happinefs, yet nihil his impurius Jbelefi ins,nihil 
vis,lnvenror mortis,infamor, radix malitia’, fcderum caput, princeps omnium vitiorum, fuit indb in Dei 
hominum perniciem %de horum conatibus <& operationibus Isge Epiphaniam. i.Tom.lib.z.DionyJium.c.+Ambrof.lpiftol. lib.io- & 
& 84. Augujldeciv. Dei lib.5.c.pJibtS.cap.22.lib.p.i%.lib.io.2u Theophilin 12. Mat. Ssr,Theodor et.in JJ 
Csr.ep,Ti.Chryf.hom,ft.in l2.Qen.Grtg.in i.c,'Joh.BarthoI.de prop.l.2.0.20. Zanch. /.4.de malts angel u.Berer,in Gen.L S.in c£- 
2. Origen.ff pe praeliis interfum, itinera & negotia nofaa quacuwy dirigunt, clandefan* jUdiis optatos tepe pra&ns fuccdfa- 
Det. Mar. in Sam. &c. Rvfcam de Inferno. Sect. 2, 
DigrejfieH of Spirits* 
Memb.i. Subf.2. 
™ano generi infcji ins fo impure,nothing fo pernicious,as may wel 
appear by their tyranicalfand bloody facrifices of men to Saturne and 
* ioloch>5 which are ftill inufe amongft thofe Barbarous Indians, their fe- 
deceits and eozenings to keep men in obedience, their falfe Ora- 
fuperftitious impositions of fafts,penury,Bcc.Herefics, 
Jpperditions obfervations of meats,timcs,&c.by which they fcrucifie the 
j mortal mem as (hall be ihevved in our Treatife of Religious Me- 
pmcholy .Modico adhuc tempore finitur malignariyx% 8 Bernard expreffeth 
lt? |?y permifiion he rageth a while, hereafter to be confined to hell 
darkneis, Which is prepared for him and his Angels , Mat. 25. , 
How fax their power doth extend, it is hard to determine;, what the 
ncients field of their effeefs,force and operations I will briefly Ihew you: 
U.at 9. in critias,and after him his followers,gave out that thefe fpirits or 
oviJs, Were mens governors and kfepers,our Lords and Majlers,as we are 
ej °ur cattle. h.Theygovern Provinces and Kingdoms by Oracles, auguries, 
reains3 rewards and punifhments, prophefies,infpirations, facrifices,and 
Religions fuperftitions,varied in as many formes, as there be diverfity of 
Spirits, they fend wars, plagues, peace, ficknefs, health, dearth, plenty, 
Adjiantes hie yam nobis, Jpect antes & arbitr antes,d^c.as appears by thofe 
biffories of Thud dides, Livius, Dionyfius Halicarnajfeus, with manyo- 
fliers that arc full of their wonderfuil ftratagems, and were therefore' 
by thofe Roman and wealths adored and worihipped for 
Sods, with prayers, and facrificcs. See, fc In a word, Nihil magis queerunt* 
Vi am metum & admirationem hominum 5 and as another hath \t,Dici non ■ 
quam impotenti ardore in homines dominium, 0* Divinos cultus ; 
ffaligni fpiritus ajfe&ent. Trztemius in his book de feptem fecundis,a{Jdgns 
a°?es to fuch Angds,as are Governors of particular Provinces,by what 
I know not, and gives them feveral jurifdiftions. Afclepiades 
elAC* Achtha the Jew } Abraham Avenezra, and Rabbi Azari- 
e 5 ( as I find them cited by l Cicogna) fartheradde, that they : 
aic nutovpt Governors only. Sed ex eorum concordia & difcordia,boni & 1 
™£l -3us promamnt, tut as they agree, fo do we and our Princes, 
r cufagree . fj..,nc[ or fa.]p J„no was a bitter enemy to Troy , Apollo a 
/00(a friend, ‘jupiter different, JEqua Venus Teucris, Pallas iniqua fuit j 
olTle aic for us ftill, forne againft us, Premente Deo, fert Deus alter o~ 
|™‘, policy, publike and private quarrels, wars are procured 
w V r°5 tf,cV are ® delighted perhaps to fee men fight, as men are , 
oiu ) ar,d Dogs,Bears,&c. plagues,dearths depend on them, > 
, I,6}}t and male ejje, and almoft all our other peculiar aftions, (for as 
n ony Rufca contends lib. 5. cap. 18. every man hath, a good and a bad 
a'ttendingofhhn in particular, all his life which Jamblicus 
nifb“<S}noriem ) preferments, loffes, weddings, deaths, rewards and pu- 
l~.Jrnents, and as n Proetus will, all offices whatfqever,alii genetricem, a- t 
co potefiatem habent,&c.znd feveral names they give them ac-« 
des "lU^to t^:oir offices.,as Lares,lndegites,VT£[kites &c, Wfe.cn the Area- 
the at at Cheronaa,which was fought againft Ring Philip for 
tIKJ °f Greece, had deceitfully carried themfelvcs, long after.sio 
mife n^-e pfqccsjC>?/f Greed a ultoribus({aith mine Author)they were 
'ra yflainby Metellus the Romamfo likewifcsin fmnllermatters,they 
f Et velnt man- 
cipia circumfert 
tfeUuf. 
g Lib.de tranf- 
mut.Milac. ep* 
h Cuftodes funi 
hominm, 0 
• forum, ut nos 
animalium : 
1 tum Qfa'provin- 
ciis pv&pofiti 
regut auguriis, 
fomniis, oracu- 
lu,pr<emiis,tkc 
, i Lypjtw Fhy- 
Jiol. Stoic, lib. 
1. cap. ip. 
k Leo Suavis. 
Idem & Trite- 
miw. 
I Omnif. mag. 
lib. 2. cap, 23. 
m Ludm dea- 
rum fumus. 
h Lib.de anima 
fa damme* Memb. i. Subl.2- 
part.i.Scd.2. 
Digrejfion of Spirits. 
will have things fall out,as thefe boni 6c mail Genii favour or diflikeus .* 
Saturni non conveniunt that is Saturninus, (liaJl never 
o Quoties fit,ut 
Principes novi- 
tium aulicum 
divitiis et dig- ■ 
nitatihue pens 
obruant, & 
likely be preferred.0 That bafe fellowes are often advanccd,undeferving 
Gnat hoe* and vicious parafitcs,when as difcreet,wife,vertuous,and wor- 
thy men are ncgleded,and unrewarded,thcy refer to thole domineering 
fpirits, or fubordinatc Genii0 as they are inclined,or favour men, lb they 
multorum anno- 
ivm minijlrum, 
qui non femel 
pro heropericu- 
lum fuhiit, ne 
terutio don:cut, 
&c.ldem.kuod 
tjirivc,are ruled 8c overcome,for as P Lihanius fuppofeth,in ourordinarV 
conflicts and contentions, Genius Genio cedit (fi obtemperat, one Genius 
yields and is overcome by another. All particular events almoft they re- 
fer to thefe private fpiritS3&(;\s Paracelfus adds)they dires,teach,inipire 
I and inftruft men : Never was any man extraordinarily famous in any Art? 
Pbilofophi von 
remunerentur. 
cum feurra 
ineptus ob in- 
fulfum jocum 
JTape premium 
reportet, inde 
fitf&c. 
pLib.de cruet. 
Cadaver. 
cj BoiJJarduf c. 
6. magia, 
t Godehnanuf 
cap. 3. lib. 1. de 
Mag*. Idem 
Zanchiu* lib-4, 
cap. 10. & 11. 
de malis angelis 
{Nociva Me- 
lancholia furi- 
ofos efficit, -fy 
quandoque pe- 
nitus interficit. 
G-Picolomineus 
Idemq; Zanch. 
cap.io. lih.Sf.fi 
a£tion,or great Commander,that had not familiarem dtcmonen/yo inform 
, him,as Numa^Socratcs^and many fuch,as Cardan l2S.Arca* 
nis prudenti £ civilis fiSpeciali ftquidem gratia fie a Deo donari afferunt wa* 
gi0a Ceniiscaelejithus iis doceri. Butthefe are moft erroneous 
paradoxes, inept £ & fabulofe nug£, rejected by our Divines, & Chriftian 
Churchcs.Tis true,they have by Gods permiffion,power over us,and we 
■ finde by experience.that they can r hurt not our fields only,cattel,goods? 
but our bodies and minds. At Hammel in Saxony, An. 1484.20. Junii0the 
Devil in likenefs of a pied Piper, carried away 190 Children, that were 
never after fcen.Many times men are * affrighted out of their wits, carri- 
ed away quite,as sheretz>ius illuftrates,/i/>. 1 .c.4. and feverally molefted 
by his means. Vlotinus the vlatonift lib. 14. adverf. Gnoft. laughs them to 
fcorne, that hold the Devil or Spirits can caufe any fuch difeafes. Many 
think he can work upon the body,but not upon the mind.But experience 
pronounceth otherwife, that he can work both upon body and mindc. 
Tertullian is of this opinion, c. 22. 1 That he can caufe both ftckytefs and 
• healthfiiuA thatfecretiy.aT4«reZfor adds by clancular poyfons he can infed 
the b the operations of the bowelsffi hough we perceive it noh 
'do fly creeping into themfTixkPLipftusfSc fo crucifie our fouls: Et nocivt 
Deus permittat, 
corpora nofira 
movere pojjunt, 
alter are,quoxi is 
morborum <& 
malorum genere 
afficere, imo & 
in ipfa penetra- 
re & fvire. ‘ 
t Inducere po- 
tefl morbos 
> melancholia furiofos effle it. For being a fpirituall Body, he (buggies with 
our fpirits, faith Roger and fuggefls ( according to Y Cardan, verbafiftt 
voce5 (pedes fwe vifn, envie, luft, anger, &c.) as he fees men inclined. 
The manner how he performs h^Biarmannus in his Oration againff BO' 
1 Sufficiently declares, Hezbegins fir ft with the phantafie, efi moves that 
fo ftrongly, that no reafon is able to reftft. Now the Phantajie he moves by 
mediation of humors 5 although many Phyfitians are of opinioti, that the 
’ Devil can alter the mind,and produce this difeafe of himfelf.Quihufd^ 
fanitates. 
u /ifeerum a- 
Siones poteft 
inhibere laten- 
venenis 
nobis ignota 
corpus injicere. 
x Irrepentes 
corporibus oc:- 
cultd morbos 
fingunt, mentes 
J x J 
medicorumvifumfT\t\A Avi Melancholia contingat a damonio» 
Of the fame mind isFfellus Sc Rhafts the Arab. lib. i.Tr a ff.y.Cont. k Th*t 
this difeafe proceeds efpeci ally from the from him alone. ArcuUnUS 
cap.6.iny.Rhaft Montaltus in his 9 cap. Daniel Sennertus ItbA» 
part.2.c. 11 .confirm as much,that t^eDevilcan caufe this rca- 
fo many times that the parties affeded prophefie,fpeak ftrange language? 
but non fine interventu humoris,not without the humor, as he interpret? 
himfelf h no more doth ft contingat a nobis ut 
ierrent membra V > n . , /•*, 
dijlorquent. Lipf.Phil,Stoic.l.i.ca<?- y De term z kvum mens wmeduni decipi nequit, primum movit phantajtwh 
& ita ebfimat vanis'conceptibus aut ut ne quem facultati aflimativ* rationi locum reliquat. Spiritus malus invadit animam, 
turbat fenfus,in furorem conjicit. AufiiuM viu Best, a tifc.3. Pen.j. TmB.4. c. 18. bA L temone maxime projkifci, ffipefolo- Part-i.Seu.2. 
Nature of Spirits, 
Memb.i. Subf.2. 
iV2Z'cri ut complexionem ad choleram nigram, & jit caufa ejus propinqua 
tf eff nigra 5 the immediate caufe is choler adud,which 
1 vcvvile labors to make good: Galgerandys of Mantua a famous Phyfiti- 
?°3 Jo Cl;ted a demoniacal! woman in his time, that fpake all languages, 
y purging black choier,and thereupon belike this humor of Mclancho- 
>3is is called Balneum Diaboli yhe devils Bath jthe devil fpying his oppor- 
•lnty °f fuch humors drives them many times to defpair,fury,rage,Bcc. 
vJHgliHg himfelf amongft thefc humors. This is that which Tertullian a- 
-1 ies, Corporibus infligunt acerbos cafuso animo:q'-> repentinos ynembr a di~ 
Jot0 occulte and which Lemnius goes about to prove, 
miJcent fe mail Genii pravis humoribus atq} atrne bili, &c. And r Jafon 
a that the devil being a flender incomprehensible 
npnuatc andwinde himfelf into humane bo dies, and cunningly couched in 
°*r ovpels our healths, terrific our fouls with fearful and 
our minde with furies. And in another place, Thefe unclean fpirits 
Jtiled m our bodies,and now mixt with our melancholy humor triumph 
** andjport themfelves as in another Heaven, Thus he argues,and 
they goe in and out of our bodies, as Bees do in a Hive, and fo pro- 
voke and tempt us as they perceive our temperature inclined ofitfelf, 
and moll: apt to be deluded, i Agrippa andLavater are perfwaded, that 
1 ds humor invites the devil to it, wherefoever it is in extremity, and of 
a 1 other, melancholy perfons are mod fubjeci: to diabolical temptations, 
and illulions, and mod apt to entertain them, and the Devil bed able to 
orkupon them. But whether by obfeflion,or podefiion, or otherwife, 
not determine, ’tis a difficult quedion.Delrio the lib, - 
and his collcagu Pet, Thyreus the Jefuite, lib. de J 
contacts, delock infefik, de Terri ficati onibus Hieronimm ' 
k mgvs Flagel. dam. and others of that ranke of Pontificiall writers, it ‘ 
Cemf>by their exorcifmes and conjurations approve ofit, having forged 
Jaiiy dories to that purpofe. A Nun did eat a Letticc without Grace, or ‘ 
Tgning it without tj)e QjtfK crofs, and was indantly podeffed. Du- | 
7*»d.hb.6,Rationale.B6.num.B.relates that he law a wench pofleded in - 
°}f nia with two devils, by eating an unhallowed Pomegranate, as (he J 
id afterwards confefs,when (he was cured by exorcifmes. And 
d do hgne themfelvcs fo often with the ligne of the Crofs, Ne* 
ac '/o;yf?&redi unfits and exorcife all manner of meats,as being unclean or 
r otherwife, as Bellarmine defends. Many fuchStories I findc a- 
Cr I|?i * * °ntifical writers,to prove their afierti6s,let them free their own 
e lts 5 dome few I will recite in this kinde out of mod approved Phyfi- 
c j. ~' foYntlius Gemma lib, 2. de of a youilg maid, 
cd Katherine Gualter a Coopers daughter, An. 1571. that had fuch 
der-ffi6 da^ons and convul lions, three ffien could not fometimes hold 
Cl/1 J?PUr^ a^ve Eele, which he faw a foot and a half long,and tou- 
p himfelf but the Eele afterward vanidied, (he vomited fomc 24 
ter j sof fulfome dude of all colours, twice a day for 14 d ayes} and af- 
par ?at voided great bals of haire, pieces of wood. Pigeons dung, 
and dung,coals 5 and after them two pound of pure blood, 
than Cn a^a*n coaJs a°d dones, of which fomc had inferiptions bigger 
a alnut,fome of them pieces of glafs,brafs,Scc.befides paroxyfmes 
*Lib.de ineant* 
i r Cxp.de mania 
lib. de morbi* 
cerebri; D <cmo~ 
• nes, quum Jim 
I tenues & in- 
. comprehenfibi- 
les jpiritufy fe 
1 infimare corpo- 
ribus humanti 
Poffunt, <& oc- 
culte in vifeeri- 
bus operti, va- 
letudinem vi- 
. tiare, fomniis 
animas tenere 
(Jr mentes fu- 
roribus quate- 
re. Infimant fe 
melancholicori 
penetralibus, 
intus ibiq; con- 
fidunt fa deli- 
ciantur tanqud 
in regione cla- 
rifjimorum Jtde- 
rum, coguntq; 
animum furere. 
f Lib. i. cap. 6, 
occult. Philof 
Pan. 1. cap. 1. 
de JpeRris. 
t Sine cruce & 
finQipcatione 
ftc d d<emone 
ohfejfa. dial. 
Greg.pag.c.-gu Mcmb. r. Subf.3- 
Part. 1. Sed.2. 
Nature of Devils 
of laughing, weeping and extafies, See. Et hoc (inquit j cum horrore vi- 
di, this I faw with horror. They could do no good on her by Phyfick, 
but left her to the Clergy. Marcellus Donatus lib. 1. c.i. de med. mirab- 
hath fuch another Uory of a Countrcy fellow , that had four knives in 
Ids belly, Inftar ferra dentatos , indented like a Saw, every one a fpan 
long, with a wreath of hair like a globe, with much baggage of like fort, 
wonderful! to behold ; how it ihouldcome into his Guts, he concludes, 
Ccrle non alio qu am damonis aftntia & dolo. Langius Epiji. med. lib. I. 
Epift. fB. hath many relations to this effed, and fo hath Chriftopherus a 
Vega : Wierus, Skgnkius, Scribonius, all agree that they arc done by the 
fubtiltynnd illufion of the Devill. If you (hall ask a reafon of this, ’tis 
* Fenidt. ch o- 
pijic. Dei. 
to cxercifc our patience } for as * ‘tertulluin holds, Virtus non cji virtus, 
nifl comparem habet aliquem, in quo fuperando vim fuam oftendat, ’tisto 
try us and our faith, ’tis for our offences, and for the punifhment of out 
fins, by Gods permiffion they do it, Carnifices vinditf# juft# Dei, as nrto- 
lojanus ftiles them. Executioners of his will} or rather as David rj'.yB. 
ver. 49. He caft upon them the fiercenejj'e of his anger9 indignation,wraths 
and vexation, by Jending out of evil! Angels: So did he afflid Job, Saul, 
the Lunaticks and darnoniacall perfons whom Chrift cured} Mat. 4. S. 
Luke 4.11. Lithe 13. Mark- 9: Tobit. 8. 3. &c. This, T fay, happeneth 
fora puniihment of tin, for their want of faith, incredulity, weaknefs, 
difrrutf, tkc. 
u Lib. 28. cap. 
26.1 m. 2. 
S U B ,S E C. 5. 
Of Witches and Magicians, how they caufe Melancholy. 
SOu have heard what the Devill can do of himfclf, 
now. you fhall hear what he can perform by his in- 
ftruments, who are many times worfe (if it be polii" 
ble)then he himtelf,and to fatisfie their revenge and 
luft,caufe more imlehief Multa. cnim mala non egi/et 
daemon, nift provocatus a Sag#15 as x Eraftus thinks? 
much harme had never been done, had he not been 
provoked by Witches to it. He had not appeared in 
x De Lamiis. 
Samuel the Witch of Endor had let him alone 5 or reprefented 
thofe Serpents in Phare's prefcnce, had not the Magicians urged him urn 
to it: Nee merles vel hominibus, vel brutis infligeret (jLraftus maintains) 
fl Sag£ quiefcerent } Men and cattle might goe free} if the Witches would 
ict him alone. Many deny Witches at all, or if there be any,they can do 
no harme} of this opinion is Wierus, lib. 3. cap. pra>ftig.d#m. Aufii* 
Lerchemr a Dutch Writer, Biarmanus, our Couir 
trey-in an Scot} with him in Horace, 
Somnia, terrores Magicos, miracula, fagus, 
Noclurnos Lemures, portentaq-, TheJfaU rifu 
Excipiunt — 
They laugh at all fuch Stories} but on the contrary are raoft Lawyers 
Phy ht i a ns, Philofophers, Auftitt, Hemingius, Danaus, chytfa&i Pa«-i.Sect.2. 
Caujcs of Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Subi.3. 
iftolu r. c&nfil.6,tom.l .Bodine deemoni ant, lib. 2. cap. 8. Godelman0 
&c. par ace If us, Eraftus, Scribamus, &c. The 
HUj.cs oy whom the Devil deals, may be reduced to thefe two, fuch as - 
fk ?\ him in ftiew at leaft, as Conjurers, and Magicians, whofe dete- 
'f]fc and horrid myfteries are contained in their book called *Arhatells 
tnim advocati pr<ejh funtfeqh cxorcifmis & conjurationibus ‘ 
O o C 0 ut mi ferum magorum genus in impietate detineant. 
J *Ucl2 as are commanded, as Witches, that deale ex parte implicitor" 
_fpticitebas the y King hath well defined 5 many fubdivifions there arc, 
many ievcral fpecies of Sorcerers, Witches,lnchanters,Gharmcrs,&c. 
ne\ have been tolerated heretofore fome of them and Magick hath 
* Et quomodo 
venefici Jiant 
enarrat. 
* Re quo plura 
legas in Boijfar~ 
do lib.i.depr<e- 
_%• 
y Rex Jacobw 
l.l. 
3. 
e5n publikcly profeftcd in former times, in z Salamanca,* Craeovia jand 
ot *ci places, though after ccnfurcd by fevcral allniverfities,and now gc- 
contradided,thoughpra<ftifed by feme ftill, maintained and cx- 
lUc QfTanquam res fecreta qua: non nifi viris magnis & peculiari beneficio 
zCodo injirucfis communicatur (I ufe * Boefartus his words)and fo far ap- 
proved by forne nihil auft aggredi in politi eispn con- 
yliiSj fine eorum arbitrio^they confult ftill with them,and dare indeed do • 
toothing without their advife. Nero and Heliogab alus fsx\ d Jit- ‘ 
*anus Ap oft at a, were never fo much addi&ed to Magick of old, as fome : 
°ur modern Princes and Popes themfelves are now adayes. Err iens 
j Ing °f-Sweden, had an* inchantedCap, by vertue of which, and fome 
murmur or whifpering termes he could fpirits, trou- 
tiie ayre, and make the wind ftand which way he would, infomuch 
v*‘at when there was any great winde or ftorme,the common people were 
ont to fay} the King now had on his conjuring Cap. But fuch examples 
z An Univer- 
% in Spains 
in old Capile, 
* The chief 
Town in Po* 
land. 
a Oxford and 
Farit, fee fi. 
ncm P. Lum- 
bardi. 
* Prrfat. de 
magts <& ve- 
neficis. lib. 
* Rotatum Pte- 
leum habebat, 
quo ventos vio- 
lentos cieret, 
aerem turbaret* 
in quam 
panem, &e< 
r Il"-inite* That which they can do,is as much almoft as the devil him- 
is ftill ready to fatisfie their defires, to oblige them the more 
fa? They can caufe tempefts, ftonnes, which is familiarly pradi- 
jy , J Witches in Norway , Tjlmd> as I have proved. They can make 
lends enemies, and enemies friends by philters, b Turpes amores conci- 
love, teli any man where his friends are, about what em- 
in the mqft remote places 5 and if they will,* Bring their 
JfnunJ 3f\rts to them by nighty upon a Goats baefiflying in the ayre, Sigif- 
c c f caeref^ius:> part. 1, cap. 9. de fpeff. reports confidently, that he 
tfatC?11 1 funclfy fuclb that had been fo carried many miles, and 
'iilcp4? h^ard Witches themfelvcs confefs as much hurt,and infed men 
Come, Cattle, Plants, make Women abortive, not to 
n'1Vf3 arreny men and women unapt and and un- 
v^rilt c 3 hfty leveral wayes, faith Bodine lib.2.c M.flic in the ayre, meet' 
c ? where they will,asCic0gtfrfproves,and Lavat.defpe & .part. 2.: 
pkt^Jea07ivg children out of their cradles Om\m(ienodaemonum, 
ns c in their which we cull Changelings,faith*Scheretzd- t 
in ti r r* make men victorious, fortunate, therefore 1 
cthr •? -nc^cnt Monomachics and combats they were fearched of old, | 
tlial] n° a^ charmes ythey can make <1 hick frees, fuch as j 
Which'*' a aP*crs point. Musket thot, and never be wounded : of1 
1 L iKadc more in Boiffarditf cap.6. ds Magi a., the manner of tnc ad- 
b Erajtuf. 
- * Minijlerio 
hirci noßurni. 
* Steriles nup- 
tas & inhabi- 
les. vide Petra 
de Paludelib.^i 
1 diftinB, 34. 
Paulum Gui- 
cLandum. 
* Infantes ma- 
tribus fuffii- 
' rantur, aliis 
fuppo/kivti in 
locum verorum 
conjeB». 
e Mlies. 
d D.Luther, in 
pyimmpr#c&p- 
'tum, e> Leon. 
Varius Ub. 1, de 
Fafcim* Part. i. Sed.2. 
Nature of Devils. 
Me mb. i. Subf.g. 
iuration,and by whonrftis made,where and how to be ufed in expeditio- 
nibus bellicis., prceliis^duellis^c.with many peculiar inftancesand exam- 
pleswhey can walk in fiery furnaces,make men feel no pain on the wrack, 
aut alias torturas /entire 5 they can ftanch blood, e reprefent dead mens 
fhapes,alter and turn themfelvcs and others into feverall formes,at their 
ttLarat.Cicdg. 
111 Bolffardus de 
Magu. 
plcafures * Agaberta a famous Witch in Lapland^would do as much pub- 
lickly to all fpeftators, Mo do Pu/tlla, mo do anus, modo procera ut quercus, 
mode vai ca^avisytoluber^dnc.Now young3now old,high, low,like a Cow, 
like a Bird, a Snake, and what not > fhe could reprefent to others what 
formes they moft defired to lcc,flhew them friends abfent,reveal fecrets, 
maxima omnium admiratione, &c. And yet for all this fubtilty oft heirs, 
as Lyp/ius well obferves, Phyfiolog. Stoicor.lib. 1. cap. 17. neither thefe 
Magicians nor devils themfelves, can takeaway Gold or Letters out of 
mine or Cra/its Cheft, & Clientelis fuis largiri, for they are bafe, poorc, 
contemptible fellows moft part 5 as *Bodine notes, they can do nothing 
in 'judicum decreta aut in regum Concilia vel arcana:nihil in rent 
nummariam aut thefauros, they cannot give money to their Clients, al- 
ter Judges decrees, or Councds of Kings, thefc minuti Genii cannot do 
it, dtiores Genii hoc jibi the higher powers referve thefe 
things to themfelvcs. Now and then peradventure there maybe feme 
*T)(tmor..lih. 3. 
tap.'p 
* Vide Philo - ] 
jlratum rita 
pStif Boijftr- 
dvm de Magi). 
* Hutmgcnjh 
lege lib.i. c.ip. 
+ Vide Suidam 
de Fafet. 
* J)e Cnient, 
Cadaver.. 
f ErajJuu 
Adolphus 
Scnbanuc. 
more famous Magicians like Simon Magus, * Apolloni us Ty ancus,? a fet es, 
Jamblicus-, * Odo de/cellis, that for a time can build Caftles in the aire, 
reprefent armies, See. as they are ffaidto have done, command wealth 
and treafurc, feed thoufands with all variety of meats upon a fudden, 
proteft thcmfclves and their followers from all Princes perfccutions,by 
removing from place to place in an inftant, reveal fecrets,future events, 
tell what is done in far Countries, make them appear that dyed long 
jioce,&c.and do many fuch miracles.to the worlds terror,admiration ana 
opinion of Deity to thcmfelves, yet the Devil forfakes them at laft, they 
tome to wicked ends, and rar» aut nunquam fuch Impoftors are to be 
found. The vulgar fort of them can Work no fuch feats.Butto my pur- 
pofe,they can,laft of all,cure and caufe moft difeafcs to fuch as they love 
or hate, and this of g Melancholy amongft the reft. Paracelfus Tom. 4. ck 
morbis amentiumJlrad. i. in exprefs words fa/cinantur i# 
melancholiam, many are bewitched into melancholy, out of his expert 
cnee. The fame, faith Dan£us lih.%. de MeU#* 
cholicos morbosgravijjimos induxerunt;I have feenthofe that have cau- 
fed Melancholy in the moft grievous manner, h dryedup womens raps, cu~ 
red Gout, Paljie 5 this and Apoplexy , Falling-fcknefs, which no ?hy/ 
could helpi folo tatfu, by touch alone. Ruland in his 3. Cent. Cura Ql' 
gives an inftance of one David Helde a young man, who by eating Cake4 
, which a Witch gave him, mox delirare capita began to dote on a fuddefl; 
and was inftantly mad :F,M. D. \v\iHildeJhcim, confulted about a 
lancholy man, thought hisdifeafewqs partly JMagicall, and partly natu* 
rail, becaufc he vomited pieces of iron and lead, and fpake fuch La*1' 
guages, as he had never been taught5 but fuch examples are 
in Scrihaniuf'o Hercules de Saxoni a, and others. The means by which 
they work, are ufually Charmes, Images, as that in He&or Boethi/// 0 
' King Duffe $ chara&ers ftamped of fundry metals, and at fuch a»d Ihch 
g Virg.JEneid. { 
4. Incantatu- i 
cm deferibens: . 
Bl<fc fe carmi- ‘ 
nibuf promittit ' 
polrere mentes 
Mnas relit, aji 
alii) duras im- 
mittere curas. 
h Gode.lmannus 
cap.-jJiba. nu- 
tricum mam 
tnasprtcfic eant, 
filo ta8u poda- 
gram, Apoplex- 
iam, Varclyjtn 
& alios mor- 
bos, quos me- 
dievpa curare 
non poterat. 
i FaBus inde 
Maniacus-Jfnc. 
Z.fol 147. art*i. Sect. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Sub(*4.‘ 
Cunftellations,knots, amulets,words,Philters, See. which generally make 
the parties affected,melancholy 5 as k Monaviws difcourfeth at large in an 
Acolfiuso giving inftance in a Bohemian Baron that was lb 
troubled by a Philter taken. Not that there is any power at all in thole 
helbcharmesscharacters3and barbarous words 5 but that the Devil doth 
ule tuch meanes to delude them. Vt fideles inde magos (faith* Libani- 
‘n °jficio retineat, tum in con fortium malefactorum vocet. 
k Omnia Phil- 
tra etfl inter fs 
differant, hoc 
habent commu- 
ne, quod hoard 
nem efficiant 
melancholicum 
epiji. 231. 
Scholtfi. 
* Ds mien? 
Cadaveir, 
S U B S E C. 4. 
Stars a canfe. Signes from 'phyfiognomy, topofeopy, Chiromancy• 
»fftural caufes, are either Primary and Vniverfaf or Se~ 
and more Particular. Primary caufes are the 
Heavens, Planets, Stars, Bcc. by their influence ( as our 
i Alrrologers holdjproducing this and fuch like efFe&s. 
/ I will not here ftand to difcufle obiter, whether Stars 
cauPes3 pr Signes , or to apologize for judicial A- 
ftrolooy. If either Sextus Empcricut, Picus Mirandula.< 
m Ajtra regunt 
homines, Vy yd- 
git ajhra Dew. 
n Chirom. lib, 
gvtfvis a ma 
quantum ober- 
rantur ajhra ? 
dko, in nos 
, nihil a fir a ur • 
gere, fed ani- 
mos pnedives 
trahere : qui 
fle tamen liberi 
funt, ut ft du- 
cem fequantur 
rationem, nihil 
efficiant fin ve- 
ro naturam, id 
agere quod in 
brutis fere. 
oC<fIu vehicu- 
la divinae vir- 
tutis, cujus me- 
diante motu, 
lumine & in- 
fluentia, Deus 
elementaria 
corpora ordinat 
H dijfiomt Tb. 
de Vio. Caje- 
tanw in Pfd. 
m- , 
p Tlftmdvs ifls 
quqfi lyra ab 
ex.:ellent iffimo 
quodam artifice 
coc innata,quem 
qui no. it mira- 
biles eliciet 
harmonias J. 
h>ee. Apkorif- 
mo ii. 
9 Medicus flue 
Sextus ah fo far prevailed 
with any man, that he will attribute no vertuc at all to the Heavens, or 
toSun,orMoon, more then he doth to their fignes at an Inne-keepers 
pod, or tradefmans (hop, or generally condemne all fuch Aidrological 
dphorifmes approved by experience:! refer him to Bellantiusffiirovanus, 
urafcallerus^Goclenius^.Chrijiopher lfthouihaltaske me 
I thinks I muft anfwcr, nam & douk hifee erroribus ver fatus fum± 
hey do inclinc,but not ncceffity at all,m agunt non cogunt:and 
0 §entiy incline, that a wife man may relift them\fapuns dominabitur a* 
-J r*s: they rule us,but God rules them .All this(methinks)njfoh.de Indagine 
latb comprized in brief, ffifluaerk ame quantum in nobk operantur afira f 
~ff' thou know how far the Stars workjtpon us 11 fay they do but in- 
that fo gently.that if we will he ruled by reafonffihey have no power 
°fder urflnn jfivef0ll0w our own natur he led by fenfe0 they do as much 
ln Hs-> as ln yrjfte beafis, andwe are no better. So that, I hope, I may juftly 
conclude with °Cajetanffcdum k vehiculum divinae virtutk&c. that the 
icaven is Gods inftrument,by mediation of which he governs and difpo- 
et n thefe elementary a great book,whofe letters are the Stars, 
vas one cals it) wherein arc written many ftrange things for fuch as can 
a y P or an excellent by an eminent which fhe that 
Cau but play 3 will make moll admirable mujtck. But to the purpoid. 
araccljgfs is of opinio nyhat a Phyfitianwithout the knowledge of Star s0 
*n ”either underft and the caufe ot cure of any difeafe either ofthkffir Gout, 
of U ™ Tooth-ache f except hejee the peculiar geniture and Scheme 
he party affected. And for this proper malady, he will have the princi* 
St1 anCi prilTiary caupe of proceed from the Heaven, afcribing more to 
Mel8 t”cn humors,r and that the confiellati on alone many timesoproduceth 
6 ar7(-'holy^aHother caufesfet apart.He gives inftanceinlunatick perfons5 
call perii, , yi yMdicuS Jmd 
Morbum hv*H' Sfl* Beneflm forwent, ne tantillum poterit, lib depodag. r ConjhUatio in caufa eji; S?' influentia ctt.U 
v,-v movet, interdum omnibus aliis amotu* Et alibi* Origo sjns d Coelo petenda eji. Tr. de morbis amentium. part.i. Sect. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Me mb. i. Subf.4. 
thflt are deprived of their wits by the Moones motion , and in another 
placeyefcrres all to the will have the true and chief cauie 
of it to be fought from the Stars. Neither is it his opinion onIyDbut of ma- 
ny Gaknifisand Philofophcrs3thoughthey not foftiflyand peremptorily 
maintain as much SThk variety of Melancholy fywptomes.proceeds front the 
Starsfaith t Melanabon: The moft generous melancholy,as that of Augu~ 
flus0 comes from the conjunction of Saturne 8c Jupiter in Libra:the bad, 
as that of Cat times 0 from the meeting of Saturne and tho Moon In Scorpio. 
Jovianus Pentanus'm his 10.book, and 13. Chap, de rebus dil- 
courleth tothfsfpurpofe at Iarge5£x atra bile varii generantur morbi 5dhc. 
tmany dij cafes proceed from h lac holer 0 as it fall be hot or though 
it he cold in its oven it is apt to he water may be made 
, f 1 1 ! .11.. ... „ J / J 7-,, I J. t. _ I/' 
58 
f I ib, de anima 3 
cap de humorib. , 
Ea -varietas in 
Melancholia, - 
hah st calejtes 
canfas cl 1? et 
lb in □ 6 S 
et Q, in IU. 
t Etc am bile 
varii generan- 
tur morbi per- 
inde ut ipfe 
inultum calidi 
aut frigidi infe 
habuerit, quum 
utriqyfufcipidr- 
do quam aptijjl- 
tnafit, tametji 
fuapte natura 
frigida,fit. An- 
, non aqua fle 
afficitur a ca- 
lore ut afdeat; 
et afrigiore, ut 
in glaciem con- 
ey efcat ? et ha c 
varietas diflin- 
ttionum, cdii 
flent, rident, 
& c. 
u Hanc ad in- 
temperantiam 
gignendam plu- 
rimum confert 
to boyle, and burn as baa as jirefir made cold as Iceland thence proceed juch 
variety of fymptomesj'ome mad-fomejolitary, fome laugh, fome ragc,&c. 
The caule of all which intemperance,he will have chiefly and primarily 
proceed from the Heavens: ufrom thepofition of Mars,Saturne, and Mer- 
cury Mils Aphorifmes be thtfe,xA/ercury in any genitur e,ifhe pal be found 
in Virgo.fir Pipes his opfofite Jigne,& that in the Horofcope by 
■ thofe anartile afpe&s of Saturne or Mars, the childepall be mad or melan- 
choly. Again, y He that pall have Saturne or Marsfihe one culminatingfihe 
other in the he pall be borne-spall be melancholy, of which he 
pall be cured in time, if Mercury behold them. 2 if the Moon be in conjun- 
ction or opposition at the birth time with the Sun, Saturne or Mars,or in a 
quartile afpcUwith themfje malo cceli loco, Leovitius adds ) many difeafes 
are jignificd, efpecially the Head and Brain is lil{e to be mif-ajfeffed with 
pernicious humors, to be melancholy madfCardan adds, quarta 
lunXnatosEclipfes, Earth-quakes. Garc/eus and Leovitius will have the 
chief Judgement to be taken from the Lord of the geniture, or when 
there is an afpeCt betwixt the MoontswA Mercury^and neither behold the 
6 et}) pojitm, 
&c. 
Quoties 1 
alicui w genitu- i 
ra in m et x ■ 
adverfo ftgno 
pofltus,horofco-1 
pum partiliter 
temerit. atq\; 
etiam cf vel 
j. □ radio per- 
Horofcope, or Saturne and Mars fhall be Lord oftheprefent conjunction 
or oppohticn in Sagittary or Pifees,of the Sun ox Moon fuch perfons are 
commonly Epileptick,dote, Demoniacal, Melancholy: but lee more of 
thefe Aphorifmcs in the above-named Pontanus.Garc<cus cap.23. de jud- 
genitur. Schoner. lib. 1. cap.B. which he hath gathered out of a Ptolomjo 
Albubatur;5 and feme other Arabians, J - 
&c. but thefe men you will rejeCt peradventurc, as Aftrologers, 
and therefore partial Judges 5 then hear the teftimony of Phyfitians, 
cuffusfuerit,na- 
11# ab infanta 
nexabitur, 
y Qui }y & d> 
habet,- alterum 
in culmine,alte- 
rum imo celo, 
Galen/Jis themfclves, b Carlo confefleth the influence of Stars to have 
a great hand to this peculiar difeafe, fo doth jlafon Pratenfiso LonicerH 
m prsfnt.de Fernelius, &c. cP. Cnemander acknow- 
ledged! the Stars an univerfall caufe, the particular from parents, and 
vthe life of the fix non-nstural things. Baptifta PorVntag.l. 1. c. 10, i- 
cum in lucem 
venerit, melan- 
cholia# erit, a 
qea fanabitur, 
fl 5 flos ina- 
diar it. 
15. will have them caules to every particular indimdium. Inftance* 
and examples, to evince the truth of thofe Aphorirtnes, .are common a- 
mongft thofe AftrologianTreatifes. Cardanm his 37.geniture, gives in* 
fiance in Math.Bologni us .Canter ar, hor. natal/t. centur.y, genit.6, &7' 
Gallons natus, Aut Lunaticus, aut mente captus, a centiloquio, <& quadripertito tribuit omnium mhiicholicomn fi1*?' 
tnrza Merum 'influentii. b Arte Medica, accedunt ad has c.anfas affectiones fydenm. Plurimum incitant <&provocant 
adejhs. Velcunolib.A. cap.i> childejheim$c«lf 2. deme!. Part-i.Sea.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Meinb.i. Subf.4* 
n DanielGare^and lee Grcecaus cap.^.Luc.Gauricus.Tracl.6. 
_ 6 A^et'ienk.jOjc\ the time of this melancholy is, when the fignificators of" 
ny geniture are directed according to Art, as the Hor: Moon, Hylcch, 
„ c*to thc hoftile bcames or termes of T? and & efpecially, orany fixed 
bn oft heir naturc,or if T? by his revolution,or any 
°r thofe radical prorniflors in the geniture. 
Cither fignes there are taken from PhyfiognomyjMetopofcopy, Chiro- 
niancy, which bccauSe Job. de Indagine, and Rotman the Landgrave of 
• ajfiti his Mathematician, not long Since in his Chiromancy Por- 
bis celeffial Phyfiognomy, have proved to hold great affinity with 
to fiuisfic the curious, I am the more willing to infert. 
1 he general notions & Phyliognomers give,be 
nat ural melancholy bfo doth veinesynuch hair on 
J jtrowes,faitheGratanaroluscap,?. and a little Head, out of Ariftotleb 
Jlgh languinc.red colour Shews head melancholy 3 they that Stutter and 
ais bald,will be fooneft melancholy, (as Avicenna fuppofeth} by reaSon 
bt the dryneSs of their brains, but he that will know more of the fcveral 
fignes of humors and wits out of Phyfiognomy, let him confult with old 
Adamantm and Polemusfhu conament,or ratherparaphrafe upon Arifio- 
*’es Phyfiognomy, Baptijia Porta s fourpleafant books, Michael Scot de 
fieretis naturae, John de Montaltw0 Antony Zara.anat.ingenio-1 
r**n.feU. I. memb. 15. & lib. 4. 
1 djfoh.de Indagi 
cap.p.Montal- 
tUif cap. 22. 
eCaput parvum 
qui habet, cere- 
brum Zyjpiri- 
tus plerumqt 
angujhs, facile 
incident in Thie- 
lanchuliam ru- 
bicundi. sEtifts 
Idem Montal- 
tus. c.2i.i Ga- 
leno. 
(Saturnini d 
Chiromancy hath thefe Aphorifmcs to foretcl melancholy. Tafneir. 
1 T* f*P»2* who hath comprehended the Sum of John de Indagine: Tri- 
Ca Corvinus, and others in his book, thus hath it 5 The Saturnine line 
g°ingfroni the Rafcetta through the hand3 to Saturnes mounts and there 
certa*n tines, argues melancholy'-fo if the vital and na- 
a mafe an acute angle, Aphorijme 100. The Saturnine, 
1 **fal lines3 making a grofje triancle in the hand7 argue as much 3 which 
Kafcetta per 
mediam manum 
deewrens, ufq, 
adradicem mon- 
tis Saturni, d 
parvis line is 
interfella, argu- 
it meldcholicos. 
Aphorif,-) 8. 
£> Amtnvtuv 
q\‘a1U* cap*5»Chirof.repeats verbatim out of him. In general they con- 
that if Saturnes mount be full of many Small lines and interfe- 
-1^ris' §jitch men are moft part mclajtcholy, mijerable and full of difquiet- 
alyr/Ca}'r trouble-continually vexed with anxious and bitter thoughts, 
way Jorrovpfiarfitl,fufiitiou*h they delight in husbandry 
Jlfar^'cs)jpringsi woods., w allies , &c, Thaddceus Haggejim in his 
the f^0 coP*at> hath certain Aphorifms derived from Saturnes lines in 
ti]i 01 “beadj by which he collects a melancholy difpofition 3 and h Bap- 
\{^r^°rta rriakes obfervations from thofe other parts of the body, as 
Pot be over the Spleen sior in the nailcs, if it appear blacky ii {ivni- 
5 tiguamur 
• mifsriis, conti- 
, nuis inquietudi- 
nibus, neq] un- 
' quam dfolitu- 
, &ne Uberi flint, 
anxie offguntvS 
amayijjlmn in- 
tra cogitationi • 
bw, fempertri- 
flesyfifyitiof, 
meticuloft; co- 
gitationesfunty 
velle agrum 
colere,jiagna 
amant & palu- 
des, &o. Jo.dp 
Indagine lib.i. 
h 'alejlis Phy- 
Jiognom.lib.io, 
i Cap. 14. Ub.e. 
Idem maculair. 
ungulis nigrari 
[itesfix#, me- 
lancholicam 
Jjgnificznt, ab 
humore in cef* 
de ktlu 
to t) Cart-} contention, and Melancholy 3 The rcafon he refers 
he f mors2 gives inftance in himfelf, that for feven years fpace, 
Pa^3r Uch black fpots in his nailes, and all that while was in perpetual 
1 v lltcs3 controversies for his inheritance,fears, lofs of honour,banilh- 
grief, care, &c. and when his mi Scries ended, the black Spots 
ov/il"CC ’ Carc^an hi his book ds libris propriis , tels Such a Story of his j 
• PirSon5 that a little before his Sons death, he had a black Spot, , 
near-1' ah)Pc. *n onc of his nailcs 3 and dilated it Self as he came j 
foev.ei*> bis end. But lam over-tedious in thefe toyes, which how- 
ei5 in Some mens too Severe cenSures, thev may be held ablurd Part. i. Sed. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy 
Mcmb.i. Subf.s* 
60 
and ridiculous, I am the bolder to infert, as not borrowed from circum- 
- foranean Rogues and Gipfics, but out of the writings of worthy Philo- 
fophers,and Phyfitians,yct living fome of them, and religious profeflors 
in famous Univerfities, who are able to patronize that which they have 
faid, and vindicate themfelves from all cavillers and ignorant perfbns* 
S U B S E C. 5. 
Old age a caufe. 
Ecundary peculiar caufes efficient, fo called in refpeft 
of the other precedent, are either intern£? 
Sggjl innata as they terme them, inward, innate, inbred3 or 
elfe out\vard and adventitious, which happen to us* 
J|M a^ter we are orne : congenite or borne with us,are ci- 
ther natural, as old age, or pr<eter naturam (as b Feme- 
I jus cals it) that diftemperature, which we have from 
h lib. i. Path, 
cap. n. 
c Venit enim 
properata mali* 
inopina feneti- 
Jis ; & dolor 
aetatem jujht 
ir.ejfs mean 
■Boethius meta. 
de confol. Phi- 
H- , . 
tl Cap.de humo- 
ribus, hb• de 
Anima. 
c Kecejf trium 
accidens decre- 
pitis, & iitfi- 
parahile. 
* Pfal. po. 10. 
our Parents feed, it being an hereditary difeafe.The firft of thefe, which 
is natural to all, and which no man living can avoid, is c old age, which 
being cold anddric, and of the fame qualitic as Melancholy is, muft 
needs caufe it, by diminution of fpirits and fubftancc, and increafing of 
adufi: humorss Therefore d Melan&honaxots out of Arijiotle, as an\m~ 
doubted truth,Sr«t’j plerunque delirajjkinfenetfb.,that old men familiar- 
.ly dote, ob atramhilem, for black choler, which is then fuperabundant 
jnthem:and Rkajis that ArabianPhyfitian in his Cont.hh.i.cap.y. cals it 
e a neceffary and jnj sparable accident, to all old & decrepit perfons '.After* 
jo years ( as the Pfalmift faith) all is trouble andforrow? and common ex- 
perience confirmes the truth of it in weak and old perfons, efpecially m 
fuch as have lived in action all their lives, had great imployment, much 
bufinefs, much command, and many fervants to over-fee, and leave on 
ex abrupto? as f Charts the fift did to King Philip, refigne up all on a find' 
are overcome with melancholy in an inftantror if they do com 
tiriue in fuch courfes, they dote at laft, (finex bispuer ) and are not able 
IMetsran.Bdg. 
•kifi. lib. 1. 
g Sunt morojt, • 
anxii,et iracun- 
di & difficiles 
jsnesji quari- 
mts, etiam 
avari. 
■ltdl. els fens- • 
tints. 
h Uh.2.de Au- 
lico.Senes ava- 
ri,morq/i, jatia- 
kmdiyphilauti, 
deliri fuper/ii- 
uqfi, fnfpitiojty 
&c. 
Lit). 3. de La- 
misicap.i']. & 
18. 
to manage their eftates through common infirmities incident in their agei 
full of ache,forrow and grief. Children again,dizards, they Carle many 
times as they fit, and talk to themfelves,they are angry, wafpilh, difplea- 
fed with every thmgSufpitiousof aUyoayward^covetous^hardfiaithTullf) 
aggers & admirers ofthemfelveh 
as g BalthaJir Caji alio hath truly noted of thcm.This natural infirmity i 5 
moft eminent in old women, and fuch as arc poore, folitary, live in moft 
bale eftecm and beggery,or fuch as are Witches 5 Infomuch that IVierttfi 
Babtijia Vortaffi’lricus Molit or refer all that witches are 
to do3to Imagination alone, and this humor of melancholy. And where" 
as it is controverted, whether they can bewitch cattle to death, ride i*l 
the ayre upon a Coulftaffe out of a Chimney-top,transforme thcmfelve5 
into Cats3Dogs,&c. tranflate bodies from place to place, meet in cof1' Pa«.l.Sea.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy 
Memb.i.Subf.6. 
Ponies,and dance,as they do,or have carnali copulation with the Devil, 
a^cribeall to this redundant melancholy which domineers in them, 
? *°mniferous potions,and naturali caufes,the Devills policy.Non U- 
Hnt omnino(faith quid mirum faciunt (de Lamiis. lib.cap. 
j vHt putatur.folam vitiatam habent phantajiam-.they do no fuch won- 
ets at all, only their1 Brains are crazed. m They are Witches, 
V* Can do hurt. but do not. But this opinion Bodine. Erafius. Dan<etts. 
an Campanella de Senfu rerum lib. 4. cap. 9. 
j andinus the Jefuite, lib.2. de Anima explode 5 nCicogna confutes at 
1 hat Witches are melancholy, they deny not,but not; out of cor- 
rnpt phantafie alone, fo to delude themfelvcs and others, or to pro- 
«uce fuch effects. 
k Solarium, 0- 
pium lupi ad- 
eps, lacy afini, 
Sic.f'anguis 
infantum. Sec. 
1' orrupta eji 
iisab humors 
Melancholia) 
phantafia. Ny 
manus. 
in Putant fi 
Ledere quando 
non I* dunt, 
* £lui h*c in 
Imaginationis 
vim refine co- 
nati funt, aut 
atr* bilis, ina- 
nem prorfus 
SUBSECf 6, 
Parents a caufe by propagation. 
Hat other inward inbred caufe of Melancholy,is ourtem*i 
|SS IJSM perature, in whole or part, which we receive from our ] 
M Parents,which + Fernelius calls Prater natur unna- 
tura^^t being an hereditary difeafe , for as he juftifies, 
Quale parentum maxime patris femen obtigerit Jules tva~ 
* 1 dunt pmilaresfpermaticaq} etiam morbo 
Pater quum generat t femine transfert in Prolem j fuch as the 
temperature of the father is,fuch is the fons, and look what difeafe the 
Ather had when he begot him, his fon will have after him, P and is as 
inheritour of his infirmities, as of his where the complex- 
z°n and cenjiitution of the father is corrupt, there ( 4 faith Roger Bacon ) 
e complexion and confiitution of the Son muft needs he corrupt, and fo 
1' e corruptionis derived from the father to the fon. Now this doth not 
o much appeare in the eompofition of the body, according to that of 
HJPPocratesfi in habit fcarres, and other lineaments 5 but in 
“Manners and conditions of the minde. 
labaremjufce- 
perunt. 
4, 
omnif, mag. 
* Lib. i.cap.n, 
path. 
o Vt arthritici 
Epilsp.Scc. 
p Vtfilii non 
tanl pojfejjio- 
■ mm quart 
. morborum hae- 
redes tint. 
rt/uw jim • 
qEpifi.defecre- 
tu art is & na- 
tur* c. 7. nam 
in hoc quod'pa- 
tres corruptt 
■ fUnt generant 
filios corrupt* 
1 complexionis, 
et cmpofitionk 
etfilii eorum 
eademde caufa 
fe corrumpunt, 
Et patrum in natos abeunt cum femine mores. 
et*cw had an anchor on his thigh, fo had his pofterity, astrogusve- 
ords Ll5 .Lepjjus in Pliny l.y.c, i/.was purblinde/o was hisfon. That 
unions family of JEnoharbi, were known of old, and fo furnamcd from 
eir red beards,the Auflrian lip,andthofc Indians flat nofes are propa- 
?atec|3^eß4z;4rz^«chin3and goggle eyesamungft the Jews,as* Buxtor- 
° vfervcsstheir voyce,pace,gefture,looks,is likewife derived with all 
c rdt of their conditions Sc a mothcr,fuch a daughter, 
Jery u affeftions Lemnius contends to follow their feed,& the malice< 
I j c°nditions of children are many times to be imputed to their parent, 
red' not make any doubt of Melancholly,but that it is an he- 
ltary difeafe.x Paracelius in exnrcfs words affirms it lib.de merh.amen- 
etjic derivatu 
corruptio d pa- 
tribu* ad filios. 
f Non tam (in- 
quit Hippocra- 
tes ) gibbos & 
cicatrices orit 
et corporis ha- 
bitum agnofcit 
ex iffy fid ve- 
rum ince/fum 
gefiuf, moret, 
morbos, /« c. 
t Synagog. lui. 
n AJfiQut pa- 
rentum in 
' fetus tranliunt 
et puer on J r jams tranjeunt 
*oJis et JOi maJicia parentibus imputanda, lib. 4. cap. 3. ds occult, mt miracK £x Pituitofis pituitofi, ex biliqfis biiiqfi, ex lie- 
cholic» maUmcUlki. Part,i.Stcr.2. 
Caufis of Melancholy. 
Mcn.b.i .Subf.6. 
tium To. 4. Tr. 1. fo doth y Crato in an Epiftlc of his to Monavius. So 
doth Bruno Seidelius in his book de morbo incurab. Montaltus proves cap* 
Scolrydcfcitu? 
mbifeum ilia . 
aliwqyJy unh 
rum parentihds 
habemus malum 
hunc afjem. Jo. 
Pelejtus lib. 2. 
de curahutnano- 
rum affeßuum. 
z Lib to. 6b- 
fsrvat.iS. 
it. out of Hippocrates and Plutarch, that fuch hereditary difpofitions 
are frequent, & fieri rear oh participatam melancholicas# 
intemperantiam (fpeaking of a patient) I think he became fo by partici- 
pation of Melancholy.Dani el Sennertus lib, i.part 2. cap. have his 
melancholy conftitution derived not only from the father to the fon, 
but to the whole family fometimes 3 Quandoque totis familiis heredity 
tivam.z Fore ft us in his medicinali obfervationsjilluftrates this point, with 
• an example of a merchant his patient, that had this infirmity by inheri- 
tance^fodoth Rodericus a Fonfeca, Tom. i.conful. 69.by an inftanceofa 
young man that was fo affefted ex matre had amelancho- 
ly viUu melancholico,and bad 
catus,a Spanifti Phyfitian, in that excellent Trad, which he hath lately 
written of hereditary difeafes Tom.i.oper. 1.5. reckons up Leprolie, as 
thofe a Galhots in hereditary Lepers,Pox,Stone,Gout,Epilepfie, 
&c. Amorigft the reft,this and madndic after a fet time comes to many? 
a Maginus 
Gssg. 
b Sifpe ’non 
eundem,fed 
‘Jtmilempraducit 
ejfeßum, '& 
ill ajo parente ' 
travjit. in 
nepotem. 
c Dal. prajix. 
genituris Leo- 
ami. 
which he calls a miraculous thing in nature, and fticks for ever to them 
as an incurable habit,. And that which is more to be wondred at, it skips 
,in fome families the father, and goes to the fon,b or takes every other 
fometimes every third in a Uneall and doth not alto ayes product 
the fame.butfome afymboliKing difeafe,Thefe fecundary caufes 
hence derived,are commonly fo powerful!,that asc tTolphiw holds)fepe 
mutant decreta do often alter the primary caufes, and de- 
crees of the heavens.For thefe reafons belike the Church and common- 
wealth, humane and divine laws, have confpired to avoid hereditary 
difeafesforbidding fuchmarmges, as are any whit allyed,and as Mer* 
catus advifethajl fanfilics,to take fuch,jj fieri pojfit qu£ maxime diftant 
to make choice of thofe that are mold differing in complex- 
ion from themjif they love their own,and refpeft the common good.And 
fure,l think,it hath been ordered by Gods efpeciall providence, that in 
, all ages there fhould be(as ufually there is)oncein d 600. years, a tranf* 
1 migration of Nations,to amend and purifie their blood, as we alter feed 
upon our land,andthat there (hould be as it were an inundation of thofe 
d Bodin.de rep. 
cap, de periods* 
reip. 
eClaudius Aha. 
<ui7/eCapuchi 
oninhisvoy 
1 agetoMarag- 
caP‘ 
45. Uemo fere 
aegrotus, fano 
omnes &ro 
bujio corpore, . 
vivunt annos. 
northern Goths and Vandales^and many fuch like people which came out 
of that Continent of Scdndia3and Sarmatia (as fome fuppofe)and over- 
ran as a deluge,moft part of Europe and Afric4., to alter for our good? 
our complcxions,which were much defaced with hereditary infirmities? 
, which by oiir luft and intemperance we had contracted.A found genera- 
tion of ftrong and able men were fent amongft us,as thofe Northern men 
ufually are,innocuous,free fromriot,and free from difeafes } to qualify 
and make us as thofe poor naked Indians are generally at this day 5 and 
120,140. 
Jine Medicina. 
Idem Heßor 
Boethius ie in - 
fulis Orchad. 
fa Ddmianus d 
Goes de Scan 
dia. 
thofe about Bra file (as a late Writer oblervesj in the Ifle of Maragnd#' 
free from all hereditary difeafes,or other contagion, whereas without 
help of phyfick they live commonly 120 years or morels in the Orchade 
and many other places.Such arc the common effefts of temperance?anu 
intemperance,but I will defeend to particulars,and (hew by what means? 
and by whom efpecially this infirmity is derived unto us. Part. i.Sect. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Me'mb.i.Subf.6* 
Fi/ii ex Jenibus junt firmi temper am entioold mens diildren are 
,Idom of a good temperament,as Scoltzaus fuppoieth, confult.i/7,and - 
therefore moftaptto this difeafesand as f Levinus Lemnius farther adds, 
md men beget moft part wayward, pcevifh, fad, rnelancholly Tons, and 
leldom merry.He that begel s a child on a full ftomack, willeithet have 
a hek childe or a crazed Ton (as 8 Cardan thinks ) contradict, med.lib. I. 
f Lib.jJjC. 3. di 
occult, nat.ir.ir, 
Tetricosplerun- 
qus filiostfines 
progenerant &• 
trifles, rarius 
t&ntradili, i8.or if the parents be lick or have any great pain of the head, 
°t megrim, headach, (Hiefonimus IVolfius doth inftance in a childe of 
bebaflian Caflalio’sj or ifa drunken man get a childe,it will never likely 
uavea goodbrainc, as Gellius argues, lib. 12. cap. I. Ebrii gignunt 
one drunkard begets another, faith 1 Plutarch^jymp.lib.i.queji.5. whofe 
lenience ’£LemniUs approves, Li.c.4.Alfarius Crutius Gen.dequi jit med. 
182. Macrobius lib. 1. Avicenna lib.3.Fen.2l* Trail, 1. cap. 8. 
*nd Arifiotle him 2 ,prob.\. fooliili,drunken,or women 
part bring forth children like unto & languidos 
and fo likewife he that lies with a menftruous woman. Intemperantia 
Veneris, quam in nautis prefertim infe&aturd Lemnius, qui uxores ineunt- 
nuUa menjirui decurfns ratione habitaytec obfervato interlunio, pracipua 
caufa hunc exitialem ideo, &pefliferum 
vocat, Rodoricus a Caftro Lufitanus, detefiantur ad unum omnes me dici, 
tHm & quarta luna concepti plerumque & amentes0delififliolidi0 
vtorboI*, impuri dnv ali di) tetra luefordidi, minime vit desomnibus bonis 
corporis atque animi deflituti: ad laborem nati, jifenioretjnquit Eufta- 
thius, ut Hercules, alii. m Judxi maxime inferantur fedum hunc, & 
Jmmundum apud Chriftianos Concubitum,ut illic tum abhor rent & apud 
Juos prohibentquod Chriftiani toties leprofl, amentes, tot morbilifmpe- 
tlflines-) alphiipfor£'■> cutis <& faciei decolorationes, tam multi morbi Epi- 
acerbi, venenofl flnt, in hunc immundum concubitum rejiciunt, 
. crudeles in pignora vocant, qui quarta luna profluente hac menflum illu- 
Vle concubitum hunc non perhorrejeunt. Damnavit olim divina Lex, & 
Mortemulffiavjt hujufmodi homines, Lev.18.20. (jf* inde nati, flqui de- 
jormes aut mutili,/? at er dilapidatus, quod non contineret ab n immundi mu- 
iere. Gregorius Magnus Auguftino nunquid apud ° Britannos hu- 
fHjModi concubitum toleraret Severe prohibuit viris fuk tummifeeri fdmi- 
, exhileratos. 
g Coitus jupsir 
repletione pef- 
fi-ami er filii 
, qui turn gig- 
, mmtur,autmor- 
bojtfum, aut 
jlolidi. 
h Dial.prefix. 
Leovito. 
iL.de ed. libe- 
molt part bring forthchildren like unto & languidos 
and fo likewife he that lies with a menftruous woman. Intemperantia 
Veneris, quam in nautis prefertim infectatur} Lemnius, qui uxores ineunt- 
nuUa menjirui decurfns ratione habitaytec obfervato interlunio, praecipua 
caufa hunc exitialem ideo, &pefliferum 
vocat, Rodoricus a Caftro Luiitanus, det e flantur ad Unum omnes medici, 
rit. 
kDe occult.nat i 
mir, temulenta 
&fiolidf mu- 
lieres liberos 
plerunque pro- 
ducum fibi 
fimiles. 
. quarta luna concepti jnfelices plerumque & amentes^delirifliolidij 
Morbofl0 impuri flnv ali di tetra luefordidi, minime vitdesomnibus bonis 
corporis atque animi deflituti: ad laborem nati, flfenioresjnquit Eufta- 
thius, Hercules, <*///. m Judoft maximeinfe&anturfedum & 
*#?mundum apud Chriftianos illic tum abhorrent f & apud 
Juos prohibent'■>& quod Chriftiani toties leprofl, amentes, tot morbilifmpe- 
tlflineS) alphi, p forces cutis & faciei decolorationes, multi morbi Epi- 
1 Lib. 2.c. 8. de 
occult.nat. mirt 
Good Matter 
Schoolmafter 
do not Eng- 
litti this. 
* De nat muli 
lib. 3. cap. 4< 
m P. Eudorphi - 
Zt.fymg. 
yud. Ezek, 18. 
n D)v/iuf obf. 
lib. 3, cap, 20. 
o Beda. Eccl. 
hiji. lib. 1.0.27. 
refionf. 10. 
' p Nam fpirituf 
■ cerebri ft turn 
, male affician- 
tur, tales pro- 
' creant, <& - 
quales fuerint 
ajfeftu*, tales 
’ filiorum : ea? 
f triflibus trifles i 
_ ess jucundi) ju* 
eundi nafcun-' 
t tur, Scc. 
acerbi, venenoflflnt, in hunc immundum concubitum rejiciunt, 
. cr*tdele sin pignora vocant, quarta luna profluente hac menflum illu- 
Vle c°ncubitum hunc non perhorrejeunt. Damnavit olim divina Lex, 
*nortemulcavit hujufmodi homines, Lev.18.20. 
jormes aut mutili >p at er dilapidatus, contineret ab n immundi mu- 
iere. Gregorius Magnus,pete«ti Auguftino nunquid apud0 Britannos hu- 
JHJmodi concubitum toleraret Severe prohibuit viris fuk tummifeeri fami- 
fai<\n.fa™ &c. I fpare to Englilh this which I have 
_1 • Another caufe fome give, inordinate Diet, as ifa man eat Garlick, 
f] n.^^ns’ overmuch, ftudy too hard, be ovef-forrowful, dull, heavy, 
ejected in minde, perplexed in his thoughts, children 
I .a! 5 1P Cardan fabtil.lib. \Bf)willbe much fubjedl to madnefs & mdancho- 
fal*f?he Jpirits of the brain befujled, or mijajfecled by fuch meanesoat 
f °3 il t^medheir children will be fufled in the brain’fihey will be dull-heavy - 
x\^r°U*'* difeontented all their lives. Some are of opinion and maintain 
paradox, or problem;, that wife men beget commonly fools 5 sui- 
n' VeS *n^anc£ m Arijiarchus the Grammarian,*/»*; reliquit filios Ari- 
C • Hf? Jiultoss & which 9 Erafmus urgethinhis 
wife men. fard.fubt 1.12. gives this can fe^guoniamfpi- 
\^3Jt?ientum fiudium in cerebrum feruntur a corde : 
vv'<Ul c their naturali fpirits are refolved by,ftudy, and turned intoani- 
q Fc»/. rip.mav 
dren were 
fools. Sib, L Part.i.Sed.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Me mb. i .Subf.6* 
maljdrawnc from the heart3and thofe other parts to the brain.* Lemnim 
fiibfcribes to that of affigns thisrcafon3 Quod perfolvant dc* 
hitum languide0& obfeitanter, unde fictus a par entum gener oft ate defei- 
/cit;thcy pay their debt(asP^/cals it)to their wives remilfely3by which 
meanes their children are weaklings, and many times ideots and fools. 
Some other caufes are given, which properly pertain3 and do proceed 
from the mother.-If fhe be over-dul3heavy3angry,peevilh3 difeontented. 
f deoccul. nat. 
tnir. 
Pica morbus 
mulierum. 
t BaptijiaPom 
loco prad. 
Ex leporum in 
tuitu pleriq\in~ 
fantes edunt bi- 
fido fuper me 
labello. 
u Quafi mox in 
terrain collap. 
furus,per omne 
vitamincedebat 
cum mater gra. 
vida ebrium 
hominem Jtc in 
cedentem vide-. 
rat. , 
* Civem facie 
cadaverofa, qui 
dixit. Sec. 
x Optimum be- 
ne nafei, 
maxima pars • 
felicitatis no- 
fine bene nafei: 
quamobre prot- 
elare humano 
generi\conful- 
tum videretur, 
fifoli parentes 
bene habiti et 
fanijiberuope- 
ram darent, 
ylnfantes infir- 
mi praecipitio 
necati. B ohe- 
mus lib.3. c. 3. 
Apud Lacones 
olim.Lypfim 
epijl B*. cent. 
ad Belgas fito- 
nyfio VilleriOjfi 
quos aliqua 
membrorum 
pane inutiles 
notaverint, ne- 
carijubent. 
z Lib. 1. de ve- 
terum fcoto- 
and melancholly3 not only at the time of conception but even all the 
while (he carries thechilde inherwombe (faith Fernelius path. I. 
her fon will be fo likewife affefted3and worfe3asf Lemnius adds, 1.4.c.y. 
if (he grieve overmuch3bc difquieted3or by any cafualty be affrighted 8c 
terrified by fomefearfull obje6t3heard or feen,lhe endangers her childe, 
and fpoils the temperature of it,for the ftrange imagination ofa woman, 
workes effe&ually upon her infant3that as Baptijia porta proves Phyftog. 
azlejikl.s.c.i.ihe leaves a mark uponit3whichis moll: efpecially feen in 
fuch as prodigioufly long for fuch 8c fuch meats,the child will love thofe 
meatcs3faith Fernelius^and be addicted to like humors:1 If a great bellied 
woman fee a Harefier child will often have an harelips we call it .Garcceus 
de ludieik geniturarum .hath a memorable example of one Thomaf 
NickgH born in the City .u that went reeling andflag* 
gering all the dayes of his Ufias if he would fall to the ground fief aufe hk 
mother being great with child faw a drunken man reeling in the (ireet.S uch 
I another I finde in Martin tVenrichius comide ortu monftroPum c. 17.1 faW 
(faith he)at WitteHerge in Germany3a Citizen that looked like a carkafss 
I asked him the caufhe reply edfik mother when fie bore him in her womb, 
fawacarkaffe by was fo fore affrighted with itjhatex eo foe- 
■ tns ei imprejjzonthe child was lihg it. 
\ So many feveral wayes are we plagued and punilhed for our fathers de- 
faults:in fo much that as Fernelius truly it is the greateji part of 
our felicity to be it were happy for humane kjndfif only fuch pa~ 
rents as are found of body &mind>fiould be fujfered to marry.An husband- 
man will fow none but the bell: St choice!! feed upon his land3he wil not 
rear a Bull or an Horfe3cxcept he be right lhapen in all parts3 or permit 
. him to cover a Marc, except he be well allured of his Breed3 we make 
choice of the beft Rams for our lheep3rear the ncateft Rine,and keep the 
beft dogs3 Quanto id diligentius in procreandis liberk obfervandum? And 
how carefull then fhould we be in begetting of our children > In former 
times forne y countries have been fo chary in this behalf/o ftern,that if a 
child were deformed in body or mind3they made him away 5 fo did the 
Indians of old by the relation of Sc many other wel-governed 
commonwealths3according to the difeipline of thofe times.Heretofore in 
Scotland filth.2-He&. Boethius, if any were viftted with the fading fickle*-) 
any fuch dangerous difeafegwhich was likely to be 
propagatedfrom the father to the fon fie was injiantly gelded:a woman kfp* 
from all company if by chance having fome fuch were 
rum moribtts. _ 
Uforho comitiali,dementia,mania,lepra, autjmdi labe,qu<e facile in prolem tranfmittitur, laborantes inter eos, ingenti faff* 
indagine, inventos, ne gens feda contagione laederetur, ex iis nata,cajiraverunt, muceres hujufmodi procul a virorum confortio 
ablegarunt,quodfi harum aliqua concepijfe inveniebatur, ftmul cum fatu nondum edito,defodiebatur viva. Part.i.Seft.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.2.Subf.i 
jound to be with ivith her brood were buried alive : And this was 
one f°r the common good,left the whole Nation fhould be injured or 
corrupfed, A fevere doom you will fay, and not to be ufed amongft 
'-hriltians, yet more to be looked into then it is* For now by our too 
niUch facility in this kinde,in giving way for all to marry that will, too 
nurch liberty and indulgence in tollerating all forts, there is a vaft 
oonfufion of hereditary difeafes, no family fecure, nomanalmoft free 
irom foine grievous infirmity or other,when no choice is had,but ftil the 
cldeft muft marry, as fomany Rail ions of the race, or if rich, be they 
ools ordizzards, lame or maimed, unable, intemperate, diffolute, ex- 
hauft through riot,as hefaid&jure hereditariofapere jubenturfhey muft 
. e wife and able by inheritance : It comes to pafle that our generation 
J? corrupt, we have many weak perfons,both in body and minde, many 
feral difeafes raging amongft us,crafed families, parentes, peremptores , 
our fathers bad, and we are like to be worfc* 
a Euphormia 
Satyr* 
Memb. 2. 
Sub sec. 1* 
Bad Diet a caufe, Suhjlance* gMality of meats * 
SCcording to my propofed method, having opened hitherto 
thefe fecundary caufes, which are inbred with us : I muftl 
now proceed to the outward and adventitious,which hap-! 
en unto us after we are born. And thofe are either Evident 
Remote 5 or inward,Antecedent,and the neareft : Conti-; 
nentcauies fome call them. Thefe outward, remote, precedent caufesJ 
are fubdivided again, into neccffary and not neceffary, Neceffary fbecaufe 
cannot avoyd them,but they will alter us,as they are ufed,or abufcdj) 
arc thofe fix non-naturall things,fo much fpoken of amongft Phyfitians,* 
'yhich arc principal caufes of this difeafe. For almoft in every confulta- 
tJon, whereas they (hall come to fpeak of the caufes3 the fault is found3 \ 
ar*d this moft part objected to the patient, Peccavit circa res fex non na~ \ 
tnrales : He,hath ftill offended in one of thofe fix. Mont anus con fit.22.1 
c°nfulted about a melancholy Jew, gives that fentence, fo did Frifeme- 
fame place 5 and in his 244. counfcll, Cenfuringa melancholy 
0U c ler}3flignsthat rcafon of his malady, b He offended in all thofe ftx 
n°n'natu?all thingsyohich were the outward caufesofromwhich\camc thofe 
2award ol)Jiructions'fesn& fo in the reft. 
, . lcfe fix non-naturall things, are Dyet3 Retention, and Evacuation, 
■ 1(:J! arc more material then the other,becaufe they make new matter, 
f ai e converfant in keeping or expelling of it. The other four are 
Wh? ,Excr«fc, Sleeping, Waking, and perturbations of the minde, 
ich°nly alter the matter. The firft of thefe is Diet, which con- 
sHi meat and drink, and caufeth melancholy, as it offends in Sub- 
jt*nce3 or Accidents, that is, Quantity,quality, or tire like. And well 
he called a materiali caufe, fince that as c Fir melius- holds, Tt hath 
J a power in begetting of difeafeyields the matter andfufie nance of 
Cht:for 'neither diryior perturbations, nor any of thofe other evident cau- 
b Fecit omnia 
dehBa qu* Jie- 
ri pojjimt circd 
resfex non na- 
turales, & ea 
fuerunt caufet 
extrinfecce, ex 
quibus pojlea 
orta funtob- 
feruBionss. 
, c Path. I. i.c.2. 
/yfaximam ii< 
gignenda mor- 
bis vim obtinet* 
pabulum, ma- 
teriamque mor- 
bi fuggerens ; 
nam nec ab- 
dere, nec aper» 
turbationibus i 
vel aliu evi- 
' dentibus caufs 
morbi funt, nijt 
confentiat cor- 
i ports praepara- 
( tio, & hum- 
’ rum conjiitu- 
tio. 1-t femel 
dicam, una gu- 
la eji omnium 
morborum ma- 
ter, etiamji ah ■ 
us ej}genitor. 
Ab hac morbi 
rfponte fapd <t- 
manant, nuHa 
■ alia cogente 
caufi. Part.i.Sed.2. 
Canfes of Melancholy. 
Memb.c.Subf.i. 
Fes tal\e place, or work this effeß,except the conflitution of body prcpaa 
ration of humors do concur. That a man may fay this diet is the mother of 
d/fcafes,let the father be what he will, and from this alone,melancholy and 
frequent other maladies arife.Many phyfitians I coiifeffe have written co- 
pious volumes ofthis one fubjedyof the nature and qualities of all man- 
ner of ineatsyas name 1 y,Galen,ifaac the Jew, Halyabbas', Avicenna, Meftie 
alfo four Arabians : Gordon/ us, Vi llano v a nus, IVecfe r,lo h aim es Bruer Dms 
ftologia de Efr/dentis & p oculent/s,Mi chad S avanarola. Trad.2, cd .An- 
thony FUmandlusylib.de ngimine fcnum,Curio\n his Comment on Sc kola 
Salerna, Godefridus Stekjus arte med. Marjilius cognatus, Ficinns, Ran- 
zovius,Fonfeca, Lej/ius, Magninus,regim. fanitatis, Frietagius, Hugo 
FridevalTnis, &c. ’befides many other in d Englilh , and almbft every 
.peculiar phyfitian, difeourfeth atlaigeof all peculiar meats in his chapi- 
ter of Melancholy : Yet becaufe thefc books are not at hand to every 
man,l vvil briefly touch what kind of meats ingendcr this humor,through 
their feverall fpecies, and which are to be avoyded.How they alter and 
change the matter, fpirits firft, and after humors, by which we are pre- 
ferved, and the conflitution of our body, Fernelius and others will (hew 
you. 1 haften to the thing.it felf : And firft of fuch Diet as offends in 
fubftance. 
d Cogan. Elkt. 
Vauhan. Verier. 
Beef. 
Beefia ftrong & hearty meat(co!d in the firfi degree,dry i n the fecond 
faith Gal.l.s.c, I. de ahm.fac.')is condemned by him, and all 
Authors,to breed grofle melancholy blood; Good for fuch as are 
and of a ftrong conftitution,for laboring men,if ordered aright, corned- 
young, of an Ox (for ail gelded meats in every fpecies arc held beft)or if 
old, e fuch as have been tired out with labor, are preferred. Ah bonus Sc 
S a belli cus commend Portugal beef to be the moft favory,beft,and eafieft 
of digeftion we commend ours; but all is rejefted and unfit for fuch 
as lead a refty life,any wayes inclined to Melancholy,or dry of complex- 
ion j Tgles (Galen facile melancholicis aegritudinibus capiuntur. 
Pork, of all meats is molt nutritive in his own nature, but altogether 
unfit for fuch as live at eafe, are any wayes unfound of body or miiidc : 
e Fnetagius. 
Pork. 
Ifaac. 
Goat. j 
fHw laudatur 
quia melancho-{ 
UcvMprahet 
alimentum* 
Hart. 
g Male aht 
arvina (inquit 
Frig tag iUS } 
crajjijimurn -V 
cmribihamm 
flipped;tat ali- 
mentum. 
h Uh.de fubti- 
lijf.dieta. Equi- 
na caro & afi- 
nina equinis 
danda ejl homi- 
nibus & aftni- 
n it. 
Venifon, Fal- 
low Deer. 
Too moyft, full of humors,and therefore noxia delicatis, faith Savana* 
rola,eX'earum ufit Ht dubitetur an febris quartana generetur : Naught for 
queafie ftomacks, in fo much;, that frequent ufe of it may breed a quar- 
tan ague. 
Savanarola difeommendsGoats fledgand fodoth 
calling it a filthy beaft,and ramifh } and therefore fuppofeth it will breed 
rank and filthy fubftance : yet Kid, fuch as are young, and tender jfaao 
, acceptsfßruerinus and Galen,l» l.cw.de alimentorum facultatibus» 
Hart,and red Deer B hath an evil name,ityieldsgrojfe nutriment ja fttong 
■and great grained meat, next unto a horfe.Which although feme coun- 
tries cat, as Tartars and they of China b yet Galen condemns. Young 
-Foals are as commonly eai.cn in Spa/?tu a.> Red Deer, and tofumifh their 
• Navie^about Maiaga efpecialiy,oftcn ufed but fuch meats ask longba- 
. king, or feethingjto quali he them, and yet all will not ferve. 
- All Venifon is melancholy, and begets bad blood y a pleafant meat: 
_ in great c flee in with us, ( for we have more Parks in England, then there 
are in all Europe ) in our foleifinc feafts. 'i is fomewhat Part. i.Sect. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.a.Subf.i* 
fctter hunted then otherwife, and well prepared by gene- 
la rj f aei, and feldome to be ufed. 
Hare, a black meat, melancholy, and hard of digeftion, it breeds In- 
cubus, often eaten, and daufeth fearful I dreams,fo doth all Venifon,and 
c°ndemri(gd by a Jury of Phyhtians. Mizaldus and fome others, fay 
P .at Hare is a merry meat, and that it will make one fair, as Martials 
pjgram teftifies to Gellia, but this is per accidens, becaufe of the good 
Tort it makes, merry company, and good difeourfe that is commonly 
at the eating ofit.and not otherwife to be underftood. 
Hare. 
. . u,auu UUI UUJtI VV UV, y.yj uuuvuiwuu. 
~ Monies are of the nature of Hares. Magninus compares them to 
DCCf> Pig, and Goat, Rep. fanit.part. 2. c. 17. yet young Rabbets by all 
i;nena ate approved to be good. 
Generally, all fuch meats as are hard of digeftion,breed mclancholly, 
7. cap. 5. reckons up heads andfeet,k bowels, brains,cntrals, 
farrow, fat,blood,skins,and thofe inward parts, as heart, lungs, liver, 
Ipleen, &c. 'They are reje&ed by ifaacjib. 2.part. %.Magninus>part 3. 
cap. 17. Bruerinus Jib. 12* Savanarola. Rub. %2.Tra&. 2. 
Milk, and all that comes of Milk, as Butter and Cheefe, Curds, &c. 
tncreafe melancholy (Whey only excepted, which is moft wholfome) 
1 Conies, 
i Parum obfutit 
d natura Le- 
porum. 
, Bruerinus I. 
13. cap. 25. 
'pullorum tene- 
ra <& optimas 
. k lUaudabiltf 
fucci naufeam 
provocant. 
Milk 
1 fome except Affes Milk. The reft, to fuch as are found, is nutritive i 
and good,efpecially for young children, but becaufe foon turned to cor-1 
mnot good for thofe that have unclean ftomacks, are fubjed to1 
ijcadach,or have green wounds. Stone, &c. Of all Chcefes, I take that 
ind which we call Banbury cheefe to be the bcft,rx vetuflispejfimusjihc 
der,ftronger,and harder,the word as Langius difeourfeth in his Epiftle 
0 by AL/zaldusolfaac cibis boni (kccij&c. 
Amongft Fowl,n Peacocks and Pigeons,all fenny Fowl are forbidden, 
as Ducks, Geefc,Swans, Herns, Cranes, Coots, Didappers, Waterhens, 
jtthall thofe Teals, Curs, Sheldrakes, and fpecklcd .Fowls, that come 
1 ltlf k^n w^nter out °f Scandia, Mufcovy, Greenland, Freezland, which 
year are covered all over with fnow, and frozen up. Though 
ll e fair in feathers,pleafant in taft, and have a good out-fide, like 
JP^iteS3 jn plumes,and foft, their flefti is hard,black,unwhol- 
fa^|c^anger°us,melancholy meat} Gravant & putrefaciunt ftcntachum, 
p- I-i vol. their young ones are more tollerable,but young 
igeons he quite difproves. 
1 Pifo.Altomrr* 
m Curio Frie- 
tagiuf. Mag. 
ninus. part. 5. 
cap. 17. Mer- 
curial is, de af- 
fed. lib, I. c.io 
Excepts all 
milk meats ia 
Hypocondri- 
acall melan- 
choly. 
Fowl. 
nWecker Syn- 
tax. theor.p. 2, 
Ifaac, Enter, 
lib• Is. Cap.3o. 
&31. 
VjC bplS and 0 Magninus difcommend all Fifh, and (ay. They breed 
' /fs^UTiy nutriment,little and humorous nourilhment.Savanarola 
for Sj] and phlcgmatick, ifaac b and therefore unwbolfome 
: ry and inelancholly complexions : others make a difference,re- 
(wh-^ airiongft freffi water fiffi, Eel, Tench, Lamprey, Crawfifh 
ft I. bright approves, cap. 6.) and fuch as are bred in muddy and 
and have a taft of mud, as Franci feus Bonfuelus poetL 
al)y dehnes, Lib.de aquatilibus. J i F 
Fiflres. 
o Cap. iB.partf 
3* 
Nampifces 
Semper plus Jucci deterioris habent. 
All ftanding Pools, and Lakes frequent, 
Do ever yield bad joyce and nourifliment. Part.i.Sed.2. 
Cau fes of Melancholy. 
Mcinb.2 .Subf.i' 
Lampreycs, Faulus Jovius, c, 34. de pifeibusfluvial. highly magnifies5 
and faith,Nonefpeak againft them, but inepti and fome feru- 
-1 jl a / j 1 j j 
pulous perfons 5 but p 33. he abhorreth in all places, at all times, 
allphyfttians detefl them cfpecially about the Solfl ice.Corneous, lib. I. c. 22» 
de fate, doth immoderately extoll Sea-fifti, which viliric, 
.and above the reft, dryed, fowccd, indurate fifti, as Lingf Fumados, 
Red-herrings, Sprats, Stock-fifh, Haberdine, Poor- John, all Schelbfifti- 
p Omni loco& 
omni tempore 
meiidietsflan- 
tur anguillas , 
prarfmnim cir- 
ca foljlitium. 
Damnantur tun 
[mis tum agris. 
c] Cap.6an his 
TraA ofMc- 
lancholy. 
q Tim. Bright excepts Lobftar and Crab. MeJf’arius commends Salmon? 
which Brucrinus contradicts, Lib, 22. c. 17. Magninus rejeds Congre, 
Sturgeon, Turbet, Mackerel!, Skate. 
Carp is a fifti, of which, I know not what to determine. Franci feus 
Bonfuetus accounts it a muddy fiih. Hippolinus Salvi anus in his Book de 
Tifcium natura & praeparatione, which was Printed at Rome in Folio, 
iss4.with mod elegant Pidures,eftcems Carp no betterthen a (limy wa- 
tery meat. Faulus Jovius on the other fide,dilallowing Tench, approves 
of it }fo doth Du br avius in his Books of Fifli ponds. Freitagius r extols it 
for an excellent wholfome meat, and puts it amongft the Fifties of the 
beft rank j and fo do moft of our Country Gentlemen, that ftore their 
Ponds almoft with no other Fifti. But this controverfie is eafily decided? 
in my judgment,by c. 19. The difference rifeth froiU 
t Optime nutrit 
omnium judicio 
inter, 
t<e pifc.es gujlu 
prfhnti. 
the fite and nature of poolsjtfometimes muddy, fometimes theV 
are in taft as the place is,from whence they be takcn.ln like manner al- 
moft we may conclude of other frelh Fifh.But fee more in Rondoktiuh 
FeUonius^Orihafius^lib.f,c.22. I. efpecially Hippol/tus Sal- 
vianus, who is inftar omnium fains, &c. Howfoever they may be whob 
’ fome and approved, much ufe of them is nor good ; f. Ftreftus in his 
Medicinali obfervations, t relates. That Carthufian Fryers,whofe living 
is mod part fifh,are more fubjed to melancholy then any other order,& 
that he found by experience, being fometime their Phyfitian ordinary 
at Delpb in Holland.He exemplifies it with an inftanceof one Bnfcodnejt 
{Nonejl dubi- 
um, quin pro 
variorum Jitu, 
ac natura, 
magnas alimen- 
torum [artian- 
tur differentias 
alibi fuaviores, 
alibi lutulenti- 
ores. 
t Obfervat. i<5. 
lib. 10. 
a Carthufian of a ruddy colour, and well liking, that by folitary living? 
and fifti eating, became fo mifaffeded. 
Amongft Herbs to be eaten, I find Gourds, Cowcumbers, Coleworts? 
Mellons, difallowed, but cfpecially Cabbage. It caufeth troublcfome 
dreams, and fends up black vapors to the brain. Galen. loc. ajfeft.l, 3’ 
c.6. of all Herbs condemns Cabbage} and 2. c. 1. Ann 
gravitatem facite it brings heavinefle to the foul. Some are of opinion? 
That all raw Herbs andSallcts, breed melancholy blood, except Bug" 
lofs andLetticc. Crato, confll, 21. lib, 7, fpeaks againft all Herbs and 
Worts, except Borrage, Buglofs, Fennel, Parfly, Dill, Bawm, Succory* 
Magninusjregim. fanitatiS) 3. part.cap.3l.Omnes herbat [lmpliciter mate? 
via cibi. All Herbs are (imply evill to feed on (as he thinks.) So did that 
fcoffing Cook in Flatus hold. 
Herbs. 
U Pfeudal as, 
a3.'s.fcen, 2, 
■ Non ego coenam condio ut alii coqui foleni 
6}ui mi hi condita prata in patinis proferunt , 
Boves qui convivas faciunt, herbdfque aggerunt» 
Like other Cooks I doc not Supper drefs, 
That put whole Medows into a Platter,  .Sed.2. 
Caufies of Melancholy. 
Memb.2. Subf.i 
And make no better of their Guefts then Beeves, 
With Herbs and Grade to feed them fatter. 
Our Italians and Spaniards do make a whole dinner of Herbs and Sal- 
lets ( which our faid ‘plautus calls Caenos Terrejires, Horace, coenas [me 
Janguine ) by which means, as he follows it. 
v Hie homines tam brevem vitam colunt 
Qui herbas hujufmodi in alvum funm congerunt, 
For mi dolofum non efu mo do} 
Qum herbas pecudes non edunt, homines edunt. 
Their lives that eat fuch Herbs, muff needs be fhort. 
And dis a fearful! thing for to report. 
That men Ihould feed on fuch a kind of meat. 
Which very Juments would refufe to eat. 
x Plant, ibid*1 
V They are windy, and therefore not fit to be eaten of all men raw,-, 
though qualified with Oyfbut in Broths, or otherwife. See more of * 
thefe in every Husbandman and Herbalift.Roots, ezj* quorundam 
opes Jfaith Bruerinm, The wealth offome Countries, andfole food, / 
are windy and bad, or troublefome to the head y as Onyons, Garlick,'! 
Scallions, Turnups. Garrets, Radifiies, Parfnips r Crato0 lib.i. conftl.11. \ 
filial low sail Roots, though a fome approve of Parfnips and Potatoes, j 
LMagninus is of Crato s opinion,o They trouble the minde> fending gr ofe1 
fumes to the Brain, make men mad, efpecially Garlick, Onyons, if aurian ! 
feed on them ayear together, 
Plains of all manner of Roots,and fo doth Parfnips them- 
selves, which are the 9. cap. 14. Paftinacarum nfus fuccosgig- 
nn improbos. il.lib.'l. utterly forbids all manner of fruits, 
as Pears, Apples, Plums, Cherries, Strawberries, Nuts, Medlers, Serves, 
y Quare retft- 
w valetudini 
W quifqu# 
:onfu!et, qui 
iapjus priorum 
parentum me- 
mor, eas plane 
vel omiferitvel 
pares degvfta- 
rit. Kerfleius 
cap. 4. de vere 
ufu mei. 
z In Migalio 
de Horto P. 
Crefcent. Her- 
bajhin, t&c. 
Roots. 
a cap. ig. pan. „ 
3. Bright in 
his Tradi of 
Mel, 
b InteUsßum 
turbam, produ- 
cunt infaniamv 
c Audivi (in- 
quit. Magnin.) 
quod Jtquis ex 
ut per annum 
. continue come- 
dat, in infani- 
: am caderet. 
cap.13. 
’ Fruits. 
* Improbi fucet 
funt.cap. 12. 
■ d JDe rerum 
k' vans tat. 
1 In Pcjfa ph- 
rumque ruor-, 
bofi, quod fru~ 
Bus comedant 
3 ter in die. 
\ e Cap.de mei, 
i Lib. 11 cap.fy 
'5 Pulte. 
c' Sanguinem inficiunt, faith i hey infedf the blood and 1 
putnfte agninus holds,and muft not therefore be taken>Fia cibi, ant j 
quantitate magna, not; to make a meale of,or in any great quantity Afar-, 
that a caufe of their continuall licknelTe at Fejffa in Afric 
ecaufe they live fi9 much on fruits, eating them thrice a day. Laurentius \ 
approves of many fruits,in his TraCt ofMelancholy ,which others difallow,, 
p . amongft the reft Apples, which fome likewife commend. Sweetings, 
airmains3 Pippins, as good againft Melancholy i, but to him that is any 
ayjncl*ued to, or touched with this malady, e Nicholas Pifo'm his 
raciicfs•, forbids all fruits,as windy, or to be fparingly eaten at leaft, 
not raw. Amongft other fruits, f Bruerinus out of Galen, excepts 
tapes and Figgs,but"l fmdthcrn iikewife rejeded.Allpulfe are naught, 
Peafc, Fitches,&c, they fill the Brain ( faith ifaac ) with grofs 
times, Dreed black thick blood, and caufe troublefome dreams. And 
'‘erefore, that which Pythagoras (aid to his Schollars of old, may be for 
p^er to Melancholy men, A fabis ahftinete, Eat no Peafe, nor 
tofuch as will needs cat t hem, I would give this counfell, to 
t, ,Pare them according to thole rules that ArnoldusVillanovanus, and 
PuTa^2Us Prc^'ctibe, for eatings and dreffmg, Fruits, Herbs, Fvoots. 
Ue,  ■ 11 
Caufes ofMelancholy, 
Memb.2 .Subf. I • 
Spices caufe hot and head melancholy, and are for that caufe forbid' 
den by our phyfitians, to fuch men as are inclined to this malady, as 
Pepper, Ginger, Cinnamon,Cloves,Mace,Dates, &c. Honey and Sugar, 
Spices. 
g Bright, c. 6' 
excepts hony 
h Hoy. apud. 
con 
ftl. iBrf. 
8 Some except Hony, to' thofe that are cold, it may be tolerable, but 
h Dulcia fe ttt bilem vert tint are obdrudive. Crato therefore forbids 
all Spice ,in a confultation of his,for a Melancholly Schoolmader, Omnia 
aromatica, & qui cquidfangui nem adurit: So doth Fernelius, confil. 45* 
.l'y.c ,2.Merc. confi%9‘ To thofe I may adde ail (harp 
and fowrc things, hifcious, and overfwcet or fat, as Oyl, Vinegar, Ver- 
juice, Mudard, Salt as fweet things arc obdrudive, fo thefe are corre- 
live. Gomeftus in his Books,Dc /a/e, /. 1. c. 21. highly commends 
doth Codronchus in his tradc.Defale de occul. 
nat. mir.yet common experience finds Salt,Bc Salt-meats,to begreat pro- 
curers of this difeafe. And for that caufe thofe Egyptian Prieds, abdaind 
from falt,even fo much,as in their bread,ut fine perturbatione anima effet, 
faith mine Author,that their fouls might be free from perturbations. 
Bread that is made of bafer grain,as Peafe, Beans, Oats, Rye, or 
ioverhard baked, crudy, and black, is often fpoken againd, as caufing 
melancholy juyee and wind. Job. Mayor in the fird book of his Hidory 
of contends much for the wholfomneffc of Oaten Bread : It 
was objected to him then living at Bark in France^That his Countrymen 
fed on Oats,and bafegrain,as a difgrace, but he doth ingenuoufly con- 
fottef Gotland, Wales find a third part of England, did mod parr ufe that 
kind of Bread,that it was as wholfome as any grain, and yielded as good 
npurifhment.And yet wecker out of it horfemcat, and fitter 
for Juments then men to feed on. But read Galen himfelf Lib. 1 .de cibk 
bdni & mali /kc/,mcre largely difccurfing of Corn and Bread. 
All black Wines,overhot, compound, frrong thick drinks, as Mufca- 
Bread, 
i He comeihf 
&ujhm, chole- 
ram quia gig- 
nit adujhm, 
Schol. Sal. 
wines» 
dine,Malmfie,A)kgant,Rumny,Brownbadard,Metheglen, and the like, 
of which, they have thirty feverall kinds in Mufcovy, all fuch made 
drinks are hurtfull in this cafc,to fuch as are hot, or of a (anguine chole- 
rick complexion, young or inclined to head-melancholy. For many 
times the drinking ofwine alonecaufeth it. Arculanusj.l6. in 9. Rhaft* 
putsinkWine fora great caufe, efpecially if it be immoderately ufed. 
Guianerius,TraB. 15. c. 2. tells a dory of two Dutchmen, to whom he 
gave entertainment in his houfe, That in one months jpace were both nte* 
lancholly by drinking of fVi»e3one did naught but fing,the other figi\.G** 
lenj.de caufis,morb.c.%. Matthiolus on and above all other 
: Andreas 18,19,20. have reckoned uponthofc inconveni- 
encesthat come by Wine } Yet notwithftanding ail this, to fuch as ate 
cold, or duggilh melancholy, acup ofWine is good phyfick, and# 
doth Mercurialis grant,cfl«]*/.25.in that cafe, if the temperature be cold, 
as to mod melancholly men it is, Wine is much commended, if it be mO- 
- derately 11 fed.Cider and Perry are both cold and windy drinks, and for 
that caufe to be neglected, and fo are all thofe hot fpiccd ftrong drinks- 
Beer,if it be over new or over ftale,over ftrong, or not fod, 
cask,(harp,or fowre,is mod unvyholfom, frets, and gauls, &c. Henrict# 
' Ayr crus in a m confultation of his,for one that labored of Hypocondriac^ 
k Vimm Turbi- 
dum. 
I Ex vini pa- 
tent** bibitione, 
duo Alemani in 
un.j menfe me- 
lancholici 
flint. 
iCider. Ferry, 
Beer. 
m Hildijheim, 
Jpkel.fol. 273. Part. i .Sect. 2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.2.Subf.i. 
melancholy difeommends Beer. So doth nCrato in that excellent coun- 
fell of his, Lib. 2. con ft. 21. as too windy, becaufe of the Hop. But he 
raeans belike that thick, black Bohemian Beer ufed in fome other parts 
or 0 Germany. 
n Crajfum ge. 
neratfanguine, 
o About Dan- 
_—— nil fpijjiuif ilia 
Dum bibitur, ml clarius eji dum mingitur, unde 
Confiat, quod multas feces in corpore Iznq-uat. 
Nothing comes in fo thick, 
Nothing goes out fo thin, 
It mud needs follow then 
The dreggs are left within. 
?ic£jn Spruce, 
Hamburg,Lyp, 
As that old P Poet feeffed, calling it Stygi£ monfirum conforme paludi,a 
mendrous drink,like the River Styx. But let them fay as they lid, to 
(uch as are accuftomed unto it, Tzs a mofi wholfome (fo ‘I Poly dor Virgil 
calleth it) and a pleafant drin it is more fubtil and better for the Hop 
that ratifies it,hath an efpeciall vertue againd melancholy, as our Her- 
balids confeffe, Fuchftus approves. Lib. 2.feo. 2. infiit. cap. I i.and ma- 
ny others. 
: p Hernicus A- 
t brincenfts. 
f q lotus cum 
fdubris turn 
i jucundus, I, 1. 
Standing waters, thick and ill coloured, fuch as come forth of Pools, ] 
and Motes, where Hemp hath been deeped, or (limy filhes live,are moft J 
unwholfomc, putrified.and full of mites, creepers,(limy, muddy ,unclean,' 
corrupt, impure, by reafonof the Suns heat, and ftili (landing 5 they] 
caufe foul didemperaturcs in the body and minde of man, are unfit to 1 
ltlake drink oi,to drefife meat with,or to be r ufed about men inwardly, ■ 
or outwardly, They are good for many domeflicall ufes,to walh horfes, j 
cattle,&c. or in time ofneceUity, but not otherwife. Some are j 
of opinion, that fuchfat (landing waters make the bed Beer,, and that \ 
cething doth defecate it,as1 Cardan holds,Lz£. 13. fubtil. It mends the r 
Jvkftance and favor of zt, but it is a paradox. Such Beer may be dronger j 
ut not fo wholfome as the other,as1 lobertus truly judifieth out of Ca~ t 
dec. i. Paradox 5. that the Teething of fuch impure waters1 
uoth not purge or purifie them, Pliny Jib.%l- c. 3. is of the fame Tenent, j 
P.Crefcentzus agrjcultdib.ilib.4.^.11.dff.45. Pamphilius Heri- 5 
*cu*dib.±.de nat.aquarum fezhwMXS are naught, not to be ufed and 1 
ytlic tedimony of u Galen feced -Agues, Dropfies^vleuriftes, Splenetic 4, 
and Mdancholly Pajfionsfert the eyes fa.aufe a had temperature and ill dif 
P°fition of the whole body fcoith bad colour .This lobertus difly maintains, 
aradox:hb.i.part.’y. that it caufcth bleer eyes, bad colour, and many* 
difeafes to fuch as ufe it: This which they fay dands with good 
, as Geographers relate, the water of Afiracan breeds worms 
|n inch as drink it. x Axius, or as now called Verduri, the faired River” 
n makes all Cattle black that tad of it .Aleacman now Peleca, 
Uothcr dream in Thejfaly, turns Cattle mod part white, fi potui ducas- 
lthanus Bohemus refers that Struma-» or Poke of the Bavarians and 
yrz<tns to the nature of their waters,as z Munfler doth that of the Paler 
\a*s in the Alps, and a Bodine fupppfeth the fluttering of Tome families 
fi/ "ft ******* about Lahdenfeo proceed from the fame cau that the 
J2 th is derived from the water to their bodjes.So th it they that uic filthy 
Waters, 
r Galen, /.1. & 
/in. tuend. Ca- 
venda fum a- 
qu£ qu*e es3 
ftagnis hauri- 
untur, /5* 
turbiiie fa ma- 
id olentes, fac. 
f Innoxium 
reddit fa bene 
olentem. 
t Contsndithtec 
vitia co&ione 
non emendari, 
u Lib. de boni- 
tata aqua, hy- 
dropem auget, 
febres putridas, 
fplenem, tijfes, 
nocet oculis, 
malumhabitum 
corporis fa co~ 
> lorem. 
x Mag. Nigri- 
tatem inducti 
1 Ji pecora bibe- 
rint. 
y Aquee est ni~ 
vibus coa9ar 
' fhumofos fact- 
' mt. 
z Cofmog. I. 3. 
' cap. 36. 
a Method.hijh 
. cap.5. balbuti. 
i usr. Labdoni in 
Aquitania oh 
• aquas, afgue 
■ hinorbi ab <t- 
, quh £;j carport 
1 derivantur. Part.i.Seft.2. 
Can jus of Melancholy. 
Memb.2.Subf.2. 
(landing, ill coloured,thick,muddy water, muft needs have muddy, ill 
coloured,impurc, and infirm bodies. And becaufc the body works up- 
on theminde,they (hall have grofler underftandings, dull, foggy, me- 
lancholly fpirits,and be really fubjed to all manner of infirmities. 
To thefe noxious fimples, we may reduce an infinite number of com- 
pound,artificiall,made di(hes,of which our Cooks afford us a great va- 
nety,as Taylors dofafhionsin our apparrel.Sucharcapuddings duffed 
with blood, or otherwife competed, Baked meats, fowced, indurate 
mcats3 fryed, and broyled, buttered meats, condite, powdred, and 
over-dryed, all Cakes, Simncls, Buns, Cracknels made with Butter, 
Fritters, Pancakes, Pies, Salfages, and thofe feverall fawces, 
diarp or over fweet, of which Scientia poping, as Seneca calls it, hath 
ferved thofe c Apici an tricks,and perfumed difiics, which Adrian the fixt 
p0pCj fG much admired in the accounts of his predeceflor Leo decimus9 
which prodigious riot, and prodigallity, have invented in this age. 
Thefe do generally ingender groffe humors,fill the ftomack with crudi- 
t*cs? ar|d thofe inward parts with obftruftions. Montanus, conjtl. 22. 
gives inftance in a melancholy Jew,that by eating fuch tart fawces,made 
difhes, aud fait mcates,with which he was overmuch delighted, became 
melancholy,and was eviil affeded .Such examples are familiar and com- 
m on. 
a Edulia ex, ( 
fanguine 
fuffbcato parta. 
Hildejheim. 
b Cupedia ve- 
re, placent*, 
bellaria, com- 
mentaque alta 
curiofa pijlc- 
rum & coquo- 
rum,gulhifer- 
vientiutn con- 
ciliant morbos 
tum corpori 
tum animo in- 
fcmobiles. Phi- 
le 7udtew Ub. 
ieviPimn. P. 
7ov.vita ejus. 
c As Lctticc 
fleeped in 
Wine, Birds, 
fed with Fen- 
nel and Sugar 
as a Popes 
Concubine 
tifedin Avig- 
nion,5'tephan* 
d Animor nego- 
tium iUafacef- 
jit, & de tem- 
plo "Dei immun- 
dum Stabulum 
facit. Peletiuf, 
10. c. 
c Lib.n. c. $2. 
Homini cibu* 
ulilijjimuf Jtm- 
SuBSECT. 2. 
Quantity ofdyet a caufe. 
Here is not fo much harme proceeding from the fubftance it 
Ml |pi fdf of meat, and quality ot it,in ill dreffing and preparing, as 
flliilll there is from the quantity, diforder of time and place, unfea- 
'' fonable ufe of it, d intemperance, overmuch, or overlittle tak' 
plesc, acervatio 
eidorum pejli- 
fera <& condi- 
menta pemicio- 
fa, multos mor- 
bos multa fer- 
cula ferunt. 
f 91. Dec. 2. c. 
Hihil deterius 
quamJi tempus 
jujh longius co- 
medendo pro- 
trahatur, 
varia ciborum 
genera conjun- 
gantur : inde 
morborum fca- 
turigo, quaesi 
repugnantia 
humerum ori- 
tur. 
g Path.l.i.c.14. 
* *fuv. Sat. 5. 
h nimia reple- 
tio ciborum fa- 
cet melancholi- 
am* 
ing of it. A true faying it is, ‘Plures crapula quam gladius, This glutto- 
ny kills more then the fword.this omnivor anti a & homicida gulayhis ah 
devouring and murdering gut. And that ofePliny is truer. Simple Dyt* 
is the heft? heaping up of fever all meats, is and Jaxcces worfa 
many difhes bring many difeafes. f Avicen cryes out, That nothing *s 
\ rverfe then to feed on many to pretrall the time of meats longer 
• then ordinary 5 from thence proceed our infirmities, and'tis the fountain 
’of ad dife afes.jwhich anfe out of the repugnancy of groffe humors .Then# 
faith, 8 Fernelius,come cruelties, 
1 Cachexia, Bradiopepfta, * Hinc fubit<e mortes, atque int eft at a fcneHnh 
fudden death, cf c. and what not. 
As a Lamp is choaked with a multitude of Oyl, ora little fire with 
' overmuch wood quite cxtinguifhcd $ fo is the naturali heat with inl' 
moderate eating, ftrangled in the Body. Pernitiofa fintina eft Jr 
domen infaturabile ; One faith. An inlatiablc paunch is a perniciori 
fink, and the fountaine of all difeafes, both of Body and Minde* 
h will have it a peculiar caufe of this private difeaf^? 
Solenander, conftL 5» 3- iliuftratesthisof xMer with l>art.i.Secf.2. 
Dyet, a Caofe. 
Mcmb.2. Subf.2* 
ample of one fo melancholy, ah intempejhvh comm effationi bus, un- 
eaionabjg, feafting, x Crato confirmes as much, in that often cited Coun- 
fluperfluous eating for a mainc caufe. But what need 
eek farther for proofs ? Hear Hippocrates himfelf. Lib. 2. Aphorif. 10. 
mpttre bodies the more they are noun feed, the more they are hurt, for the 
*9 H.r {foment is putri fed with vicious humors. 
, iComejiio fu- 
‘ perjlua cibif/y 
potus quantitas 
nimia. 
k Impura cor- 
pora quanto 
l}d yet for all this harm, which apparently follows furfetting and 
rf *lnkenncfs, fee how we luxuriate and rage in this kinde, read what 
f>hannes Stuckjus hath written lately of this fubjcd,in his great Volutnn 
c Conviviis,etn6.oUowx flpuam \portentofai ccc- 
prodigious flappers, m Qui dum invitant ad cccnam,efferunt adfepul-' 
e what Fagos, Epicures, Apefios, Hehogables our times afford ? Lu- 
walks (fill, and every man defircs to flip in Apollo : uEfops 
coitly difh is ordinarily flerved up. 
magis nutris, 
tanto magis lar- 
dis ; putrefa- 
cit enim ali- 
mentum vitio- 
fus humor. 
' 1 Vid. Goden. 
de ponentoflf 
camis, &c. pu- 
teani Com. 
m Amb. lib, de 
Jeju. cap. 14. 
n Juvenal. 
Y, * n Magis illa, juvant, qud pluris emuntur. 
1he dearefl: Cates are beft, and ns an ordinary thing to beflowtWent} 
pound on a difh, fome thoufand Crowns upon a dinner ; Mul- 
b-Uamet, King of Fez and Morocco, fpent three pound on the fawce of a 
Capon: It is nothing in our times, wc fcorn all that is cheap. We loathe 
*he very light ( fome of us, as Seneca notes) becaufe it comes free, and we 
are °ffended with the Suns heat, andthofe cool blafls, bccaufe we buy them 
This air wc breathe is fo common, we care not for it , nothing plea-. 
jp but what is dear. And if we be q witty in any thing, it is adgulam: 
. VVc ftudy at all, it is erudito luxu, to pleafe the palat, and to fatisfic the 
llt* A Coo fofold was a bafe knave (as t Livy complains) but now a great 
t*n 1,1 requeji : Cookery is become an art, a noble fcience : Cooky are Gen- 
Cfnen ; Venter Deus : They wear their brains in their bellies, and their 
in * e/r htddwsrfgrippa taxed fome parafites of his time,rufhing on 
/!r°Wn deftrudion, as if a man fhould run upon the point of a fword, 
Wh * Hm rnmPantur comedunt: t All day, all night, let the Phyfitian fay 
he wilLjimminent danger,and feral difeafes are now ready to feize 
*P°n that will eat till they vomit. Edunt Nt vomant, vomunt ut 
atli *aith Seneca 5 which Dion relates of Vitellius, Solo tranjitu ciborum 
\^trdrrJudicatus : His meat did pafs through, and away 5 or till they 
v 1 * again. u strage animantium ventrem and rake over all the 
lJsas fo many x flaves, belly-gods, and land-ferpents, Et totus orbis 
VSciri angujius, the whole world cannot fatisfie their appetite. 
T0 *3 avd, Rivers, may not give content to their raging guts. 
Pm rna^e UP the mefs, what immoderate drinking in every place? Senem 
yr^;i Pota trahebat anus-,how they flock to the Tavern :as if they were( 
/e/r Co?Jfumere nati, born to no other end but to eat and drink,like Of-„ 
ntJ Itts_ Bihulus, that famous Roman parafite, jg*// dum vixit, aut bibit aut \ 
\as many Cafcks to hold wine, yea worfe then a Cask, that - 
7Jlts wines,and it felfis not marred by it, yet thefe arc brave men. Site- ' 
ftfh’ Was no braver. Et qu£ fuerunt vitia, moresfunt: tis now the j 
fcr/i°1] 0^.OUr tunes,an honour: Nunc vero res ijta eo rediit (as Chryfoft. * 
co 5* Ephef. Comments) Vt effeminate ri den dec que ignavi £ 10~1 
iloeatnr , nolle inebriari tis novr come to that pafs, that he is no * 
o Guiccardin. 
p Na.quafl. 4, 
ca. uh. fajhdio 
sfl lumen gra- 
tuitum, dolet 
quodfolem, quod 
Jf iri tum emere 
non pojjimus, 
qudd hic. adr 
non emptus eas 
jaalt&c.adeo 
nihil placet,ni ft 
quod Carum eil, 
q Ingeniofl ad 
Gulam, 
r Olim vile 
mancipium, 
nunc in omni 
nunc ars halter i 
. capta, fa c. 
tlpifl.rt.l. 7. 
quorum in ven- 
• Ue ingenium, 
in patinis, /<r(% 
t Jn lucem cx- 
nat, Sertorius. 
, u Seneca, 
x Mwcipia 
gulce,dapes non 
Japere fed 
fump tu <efii- 
mantes, Seneca 
fo«/o/. ad Hei- 
vidium, 
Y Saevientia 
guttura faiiare 
non pqjfunt 
fluvii fa m. 
riai ALtixm 
Sylvius de mi* 
fsr. curial. Part.i.Scft.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy, 
Memb.2. Subf.2* 
Gentleman, a very milk-fop, a clown, of no bringing up, that will not 
drink , fit for no company 5 he is your onely gallant that playes it off 
fincft,no difparagement now to ftagger in the fbccts, reel, rave, &c. but 
much to his fame and renown j as in like cafe Epidicus told Thefprio hh 
fellow-fervant, in the 2 Poet. Mdipolf acinus one urged, the 
z Plautus, 
other replied, At jam alii fecere i demerit illi illa res honori ,’tis now no 
fault, there be fo many brave examples to bear one out 5 ’tis a credit to 
have a ftrong brain, and carry his loquor well: The foie contention who 
can drink moft,and fox his fellow fooneft/Tis the fnmmttm bonum of out 
Tradefmenyh.cn felicity,life and ioufTanta dulcedine affeHant>faith flf 
Myjib.iy.cap.l2. Vt magna pars non aliud vit£ premiummtelltgatyhcT 
chief comfort, to be merry together in an Alehoufc or Tavern, as out 
modern Mnfcovites do in their Mede-Inns, and Turfs in their Coffin 
houfes, which much refemble our Taverns 5 they will labor hard all day 
long to be drunk at night, and fpend totius anni labores, as St Ambrof 
addes,in a tipling fcaft 5 convert day into night, as Seneca taxeth fomc 
in his times. Pervertunt officia noftk & luck 5 when we rife, they conO 
monly go to bed, like our Antipodes, 
Nof que ubi primus equk oriens afflavit anhelky 
jllk fera rubens accendit lumina vefper. 
So did Petronius in Tacitus, Heliogabalus in Lampridius, 
a Nolles vigilabat ad jpfum 
Mane, diem totum ftertebat, — 
a Etr. 
Snymdirk the Sy bar it eqncvcv law the Sun rife or fet, fo much as once in 
twenty yeers. Verres, againft whom Tully fo much enveighs, in Winter 
he never was extra vix extra leffum, never almoft out of be<b 
b Hill wenching, and drinking, fo did he fpend his time, and fo do Af* 
riads in our days.They ha\c gymnasia bibonum^fchools and rendezvous h 
thefe Cent aures and Lapitht, tofs pots, and bowls, as fo many balls, in* 
vent new tricks, as Saifages, Anchoves, Tobacco, Caveare, pickled 
b Diei brevitas 
conviviis, no 
Sis longitudo 
jhpris contere- 
bratur. 
cEt quo plus 1 
capiant, irrita- 
menta excogi- 
tantur. 
d Fores portan- 
tur ut ad con-' 
vivium repor- 
tentur, repleri 
ut exhauriant,, 
r/jy exhauriri 
ut bibant. 
j&mbrof. 
c Ingentia vafa 
velut ad ojien- 
tationem, &c. 
f flaunts. 
g Lib. 3. An- 
thol. c. 20. 
Oyfters, Herrings , Fumadoes, innumerable falt-meats to increaic 
their appetite, and fhidy how to hurt themfclves by taking 
cto carry their drinl\ the better,*d and when naught elfe fervesyhey willgo 
farther be conveyed out to empty their gorge J hat they may return to drift*» 
afrejh.They make laws jnfanas leges, centra bibendi fallacias, and e h&i 
of it when they have done, crowning that man that is fooneftgone, aS 
their drunken predcceflbrs have done, * f quid ego video £ Pf. C&* 
corona Vfeudolttm ebrium tuum . And when they are dead, will hat^ 
a Can of Wine with 8 Marons old woman to be engraven onthetf 
; tombs. So they triumph in villany, and juftifie their wickednefs 5 with 
Rablais that French Lucian, drunkennefs is better for the body the# 
Phyfick, becaufe there be more old drunkards, then old Phyfitiaf*' 
Many fuch frothy arguments they have, hinviting and cncouragW? 
■ others to do as they do, and love them dearly for it (no glew like 
■ that of good-fellowihip. ) So did Alcibiades in Greece, Bonoff* 
Heliogabalm in Rome-, or Alegabalus rather, as he was filled of 
■i Ignatius proves out of fomc old Coy ns.) So do many great men 5 
as obferves. When a Prince drinks till his eyes f7 
■ , ■ like 
h Gratiam con- 
ciliant potando. 
i Notu ad Ca- 
jares. 
k Lib. de edu- 
candif princi- 
pum liberis. ttw.r.Secf.a. 
Dyet, a Caiffe, 
Mcmb.2. Subf.2. 
h&e Bii/as in the Poet, —— ( l ille impiger haufit 
y Spumantem vino pateram ') and comes oft cleerly, found 
rumpctSjFife and Drums, the fpeftators will applaud him, the m Bijkop 
fotnfilf (if 
he belie them not ) with his Chaplin willflandby and do as 
rfHch , o dignum principe hauftum, ft was like a Prince. Our Dutchmen 
invite all comers with a pail and a difh, Vclut infundibula integras obbas 
xhauriunt, in monjirofis poculis, ipji monftroji monflrofius epotant, 
nfakfng barrels of their bellies. Incredibile drffu, as n one of their own 
ountry-men complains : 0 Quantum liquoris immodejlijjima gens capi- 
aty<&c. How they love a man that will be crown him and honor 
. 7m for it, hate him that will net pledg him* ftab him, kill him : A mod 
Htolerablc oftence, and not to be forgiven, p He is a mortal enemy that 
? , not drin f with him, as Munfter relates of the Saxony. So in Inland, 
le Isthc bed fervitor, and the honefteft fellow, faith Alexander Gagui- 
7tus, qihat drinketh moji healths to the honor of his Majier ,he fhall be, 
Rewarded as a good fervant, and held the braveft fellow that carries his 
ftquor bed, when as a Brewers horfe will bear much more then any dur- 
dy drinker, yet for his noble exploits, in this kinde, he fhall be accoun- 
ted a moft valiant man, for r Tam inter epulas fortis vir ejjh potefl ac in 
kilo, as much valor is to be found in heading, as in fighting, and fome 
<Jfour Citie Captains, and Carpet Knights will make this good , and 
Prove it. Thus they many times wilfully pervert the good tempera- ] 
ture of their bodies, ftifle their wits, ftrangle nature, and degenerate 
beads. . . ; - 
, 1%. 
in Idem (he,mi 
potatoes Epi. 
• fcopi Sacslla- 
nus, cum in- 
gentem pater am 
, exhaurit prin- 
t ceps. 
' 11 Cohemm in 
■ Saxoma- Adeo 
< immoderate & 
immodejh ab 
ipfis bibitur, ut 
in compotatio- 
nihm fuk non 
cyathu folum 
fa cantharis 
fat infundere 
pojfint, fed im- 
pletum mul- 
-Brale apponant, 
fafcutella in- 
jeBa hortantur 
quodlibet ad 
libitum potare. 
o Dictu incre- 
dibile, quantum 
hujufee liquoris 
immodejh gens 
Capiat,plus po- 
J] orne aga*n are in the other extream, and draw this mifehief on their 
cs by too ceremonious and drift diet. Being over-precife, Cockney- 
Q-? and curious in their obfervation of meats, times, as that Medicina 
J a*ica preferibes, juft fo many ounces at dinner,, which Lejfius enjoyns, 
much at flipper, not a little more, nor aiittlelefs, of fuch meat, and 
hours, a dyet-drink in the morning* Cock-broth, China-broth, 
w. Plumb-broth, a Chicken,a Rabbet, rib of a Rack of Mutton, 
. lng °f a Capon, the Merry-thought of a Hen, &c, to founder bodies 
p]Is. 18 too nice and moft abfurd. Others offend in over-much fading; 
ac^a^s? Guianerius , and waking anights, as many Moors 
r llirks in thefe our times do. Anchorites, Monks, and the refl of that 
rtcrJtit7°us as the fame Guianerius witnefleth ,That he hath often 
« to have happened in his time ) through immoderate fafilngfiave keen 
wad. Of fuch men belike Hippocrates fpeaks, I, Aphor. 5. 
-ieiJas he more offend in too Jpdrin§dietand art worfe dam- 
7fed, then they that feed liberally, and are ready to furfet* I, 
tan tern ainicif- 
'fimum habent, 
- & ferto cord- 
, nant,inimidf~ 
’ fimum d con• \ 
, tra qui non 
vult, fa c<£de 
& fujlibus ex- 
piant. 
P Mui totare 
I' ' tr 
recufat, hoft» 
habetur, <& ■ 
c.tfde nonmn- 
quam res 'ex- 
piatur. 
q Qui melius 
bibit pro falute 
domini, melior 
habetur mini- 
Jler. 
r Grate. Poetet 
\ apud StoUum, 
b jQui jj • Iyer. 38. 
Longa f 1S lejlmnti & noße vigilant, facile cadunt in melancholiam; fj qui naturx modiim excedunt, c. $. trati.ls. c. 2. 
Vidi dTlS t°lgrmia' ut iis accidit qui tanto cum fervore Deo fervire cupiunt per jejunium, quod maniaci efficiantur, ipfe 
’•:iQu ‘)e' . hmi vißu <tgri delinquunt, ex quo ft ut majori afficiantur detrimento, majorqueft error tenui quam pleniore Part, i. Sed, 2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.2. Subf.^* 
76 
§ U B S E C. 3. 
Cufiom of Dyet, Delight, Appetite, Necejjity, how they caufe or hinder. 
d Oxi# longo 
tempore con- 
fueta funt, eti- 
amfi deteriora, 
minus in ajjiie- 
tif molefiare 
folent. 
e Slut medice 
vivit, in if er i 
ru^e *s § which admits not fome exception? 
to this therefore which hath been hitherto faid, (fot 
S I (ball otherwife put moft men out of commons) and 
thofe inconveniences which proceed from the fub- 
ftance of meats, an intemperate or unfeafonable ufe of 
them, cuftom fomewhat detrafts , and qualifies, ac- 
cording to that of Hippocrates 2. Avhorif\ <O. A Such 
vivit. 
£ Confuetudo 
altera natura. 
g Hereford- 
shire, Gloce- 
fterOure,Wot 
cefterllure. 
h Led lifer. 1.1. 
folo camelorum 
laße contenti, 
nil ptfterea 
delitiorum 
ambiunt. 
* DeleSantur 
Gr<eci pifetbm 
magfs quam 
carnibu*, 
things as roe have been long cuftomed to, though they be evill in their overt 
nature syet they are lefs offensive. Otherwile it might well be objefted, 
that it were a meetc tyranny to live after thofe drift rules of Phyfick* 
for cuftom f doth alter nature it felf, and to fuch as are ufed to them it 
makes bad meats wholfome,and unfeafonable times to caufe no difordcr. 
Cider and Perry are windy drinks, fo are all fruits windy in themfelves, 
cold moft part, yet in fome (hires ofg England, Normandy in France, Gui' 
pufcoa in Spain, tis thear common drink, and they are no whit offended 
with it. Tn Spain, Italy, and Africk? they live moft on roots, raw hearbs, 
Camels h milk, and it agrees well with them 5 which to a ftranger will 
caufe much grievance. In Hiales,lacticiniis vefeuntur, as Humfrey Lluyd 
cOnfeffeth, a Cambro-Erittain himfelf, in his elegant Epiftle to Abrahartt 
i Fiandri vi- 
num butyro di- 
lutum bibunt 
(.mufeo refe- 
rens ) ubiq\ hu 
tyrum inter- y 
omnis fercuh 
& bellaria lo- 
cum obtinet. 
Stepb. pcdcfat. 
Herod. 
kLib.i. m, 
Ang. 
1 P. "Jovius de- 
Ort eh us,they live moft on white meats :in Holland on Fifh, Roots, i But* 
ter} and fo at this day in Greece, as * Eellonius obferves, they had much 
rather feed on fifh chan flcfh. With us Maxima pars viUns in carne confi' 
Jht, we feed-on flefh moft part, faith k Poly dor as all Northern 
countries demand it would bo very oltenlivc tons to live arter their dyet, 
or they to live after ours: Wb drink beer, they Wine f, they ufe Oyl, we 
Buttenwe in.the North are i great eaters,they moft fparing in thofe hot- 
ter Countries : and yet they and we following our own cuftoms, are weft 
pleafed. An of old feeing an European eat bread, wondred, 
mtomodo (iereoribus vejicentes viverimus,how we could eat fuch kinde of 
frrip.Bmonum, . 
they Jtt, eat 
and drink alt ' 
day at dinner 
in ljlond,Muf- 
covy, & thofe 
Northern 
meats : id much differed his Country-men from ours in dyet, that as 
mine * Author infers,J* quis illorum viffum apud nos <emulari vellet'jianJ 
manfhould fo feed with us, it would be all one to nouriih,as Cicuta,Ac#* 
mtum,ox Helkhor it felf. At this day in China the common people live in a 
maner altogether on roots and herbs, and to the wealthieft, Horfe, Aft? 
parts. 
*Suidiy> viß. 
Herod, nihilo 
cum eo melius 
quam quis 
C kutam, Aco- 
nitum, /*■ c. 
in Expedit, in 
Sin-u lib.l.c.'i. 
. honcrfhmher- 
Mule,Dogs,Cats-fleth is as delightfom as the the Je- 
fuit relates, who lived many years amongft them. The Tartars eat raW 
meat3and mod.commonly n horf-flefh, drink milk and blued, as the 
mades of old. Et lac concretum cum fanguine potat equino, c 
They feoff at our Europeans for eating bread, which they call tops ot 
weeds, and horfe-meat,not fit for men, and yet Scaliger accounts them? 
found and witty Nation, living an hundred yeers , even in the civile^ 
harum & ole- faquenotor ufm, complures quippe de vulgo reperis nulla alia re vel tenuitatis, vel rehgj0' 
1Tmfixefientl. E,um TMut, Afillm, {jc. feri vefcunmr ac pabulounia, Mat. Riccius, 0*1*0»” 
tari milk, equis vefamtur & cruda cmibuf, & fruges contemnunt, dicentes, hoc jumentorum pabulum O' boum, non nominum Pa«-i.Seft.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.2. Subf.3. 
Uuntrey oif them they do thus, as Benedict the Jefuite obferved in his 
travels, from the great Mogors Court by Land to Vaquin, which Riccius 
funtends to be the fame with Cambulu in Cataia. In Scandia their bread 
Is uLually dryed filh, and fo likcwife in the shetlandWes: and their other 
are3 as ifl IJland^faith oDithmarus Bleskenins^Bntter^Cheefe^andpjlffiheir 
lnßffi>aterpheir lodging on the ground. In America in many places their 
fead is roots,their meat Palmitos, Pinas, Potatos, &c, and fuch fruits, 
here be of them too that familiarly drink * fait Sca»water, all their 
IVes5 meat, grafs, and that with delight. With fome, Filh, Ser- 
pents, Spiders 3 and in divers places they p eat mans flefh raw, and rofted, 
eyon tbe Emperor q Metazuma himfelf. In fome coafts again, r one tree 
>ields them Coquernuts, meat and drink, fire, fuel, apparel 5 with his 
c5avp3uyl,vincgar,cover for yet thefe men going naked, 
1, bigcoUrfe,livecommonly a hundred years,are feldom or never fick $ 
au Which dyet our Phyfitians forbid. In tVefiphaline they feed moft part 
’ O IJlmdia is- 
' foriptions vi- 
Slus eorum bu- 
tyro, laße,cafec 
cenftjtit : pipes 
loco panis ha- 
bent, potus a- 
' qua, aut ferum, 
Jtc vivunt fine 
medicina multi 
'ad annos 200. 
* 1st et.occident. 
> Ind.defirip.lib, 
- TI. C<2/). 10. 
Aquam mavi- 
nam bibere fue- 
, li abfque noted. 
* Dayies 2. 
voyage, 
p Patagones. 
q et Per. 
(■ortefius lib. 
novus orbis in* 
/rip. 
r Linfcoften, c, 
. SS. palma- in- 
fiat- totius orbis 
011 fat meats and worts,knuck!e deep,and call it f cerebrum Jovif : in the 
Low Countries with roots,in Frogs and Snailcs are ufcd.The Turkic 
faith Busbequius, delight molt in fryed meats. In MufcOvy, Garlick and 
Onions are ordinary meat and fauce, which would be pernicious to fuch 
as are unaccuftomed unto them,delightfom to all is tbecaufe 
*hey have been brought up unto it. Husbandmen and fuch as labor, can 
eat fat Bacon, fait grofs meat, hard cheefc, &c, ( 0 dura mefjorum ilia ) 
courfe bread at all times,go to bed and labor upon a full ftomack, which 
*0 fume idle perfons would be prefent death, and is againft the rules of 
hyfick fo that cuftom is all in all. Our travellers finde this by com- 
, arboribus longe 
prarjhntior. 
tLypf epij}. 
t Teneris affix- 
, efcere multum. 
.. u Kfpsminec 
mutationes no- 
xam paviunt. 
t ippocrat. 4- 
phonfm. 21. 
x Brusnnus, 
Üb.i, cap. 23. 
111011 experience when they come in far Countries,and ufe their diet,they 
*refuddenly offended, as our Hollanders Sc Englijhmen when they touch 
P°n the coafts of thofe Indian Capes and I(lands, are commonly 
with Calentures, Fluxes, and much diftempered by rcafon ot 
lcir fruits vefeentibus perturbationes injlg- 
jf^^/erresrtrangemeats,though pleafant,caufe notable alterations and 
011teinpe.rs On the other fide, ufeor cuftom mitigats or makes all good 
Mithridates by often ufe, which I liny wonders at, was able to 
rink poyfou $ and a maid as Curtins records, fent to Alexander from K. 
Was brought up with poyfon from her infancy. The turkjy faith 
e iomusjih.3.cap,is. eat Opium familiarly, a dram at once, which we 
are not take in grains.y Garcins ab Horto writes of one whom he faw at 
v°a llUhe Eaji Indies, that took ten drams of Opium in three 
y fulto loquebatur, fpake underftandingly, fo much can cuftom do. 
\ *~°pbrajiw fpeaks of a Shepherd that could eat Hellebor in fubftance. 
11 therefore Cardan concludes out of Confuetudinem utcunque 
nifi valde malamy Cuftom is howfoeverto be kept, except it 
kve?trearn bad : he advifeth all men to keep their old cuftoms, and that 
Yt . authority oP"Hippocrates himfelf, Dandum aliquid tempori, £tati0 
bsf/l°ni'confHetudinis3in& therefore to a continue as they began,be it diet, 
lc5 exercife, &c. or whatfoever elfe. 
Tf Ilotbcr exception is delight, or appetite, to fuch and fuch meats 
ollgh they be hard of digeftion, melancholy 5 yet as Fuchfiw excepts 
y Simpl, rnedt 
c, 4. /. 1. 
2 Heurnius, 
l.l.c.ip'praa, 
med. 
* Aphorif i 7. 
a In dubiis c.onL 
fuetudinem fe~ 
quatur adole- 
fcons, et incept 
Of p&rfeiseret- Part.i.Se<tt.2. 
Caujcs of Melancholy 
Memb.2. Subf.4* 
cap,6.lib.2. Injht. feid.iJ0 The readily d/gefl, andwillingly 
entertain juch meats we are pleafing to us on the oibtf 
b .Uui cum vo 
luptate ajjii- . 
rmmiur cibi, 1 
ventriculus a- 
vidiuf comple- 
Situr, expedi- 
livfque conco- 
quit, & qu r 
difplicent a- 
verfatur. 
c Nothing a> 
gainft a good 
ftomack,asthe 
laying is. 
d Lib. 7. hip 
Scot, 
fidejuch as we dijiafl. Which Hippocrates confirms, Aphorif. 2.38. Some 
cannot endure Checfe,out of a lecret Antipathy,or to fee a rolled Duck, 
which to others is a c delightfom meat. 
Thelaft exception is neediity, poverty, want, hunger, which drives 
men many times to do that which otherwise they are loath, cannot eß- 
dnre, and thankfully to accept of it: As Beverage in (hips, and in fleges 
of great Cities, to feed on Dogs,Cats,Rats, and Men themfelves. Three 
outlaws \n&He£tor Boeth/usohc\ng driven to their (hifts,did cat raw flefhy 
and (left) of fuch fowl as they could catch, in one of the Hebrides fof 
fome few moneths. Thefe things do mitigate or difanul that which 
hath been fa id of melancholy meats, and make it more tolerable j but 
to fuch as are wealthy, live plenteoufly, at cafe, may take their choice* 
and refrain if they will, thefe viands arc to be forborn, if they be in* 
dined to, or fufpeft melancholy, as they tender their healths : Other* 
wife if they be intemperate, or disordered in their diet, at their peril be 
it. gnii monet d> cave. 
S u b s e c. 4. 
Retention and Evacuation a caufe, and how 
B7 Retention and Evacuation, there be divers kindes, which 
are eitherconcon itant, allifting, or foie caufes many thv& 
of melancholy. e Oden reduceth deleft and abundance t° 
this head 5 others, f All that isfeparated, or remains. In the 
firft rank ot thefe, I may well reckon up Goftivenefs, and 
keeping in of our ordinary excrements, which as it often 
c?o. ank. 
f excer- 
nuntur aut 
juhjrjhmt. 
Coftivenefit. 
g Ex ventre 
fupprefb, in- 
pmmationes, 
capit if dolores, 
caligines crefi- 
eunt. 
h Excrementa 
retenta mentis 
agitationem 
parere folent. 
i Cap.de Mel. 
JiTam delirus, 
titvix ft homi- 
nem agnofeeret. 
1 Alvus api- 
Bm caufa. 
caufeth other dileafes, fo this of Melancholy in particular .gCelfue, lib A* 
AVnhpf produceth /njiammatjonof the 
ach&c. Pro [her Calenus lib.de atra £//e,will have it diftempernot the®** 
gan onely ,E hut the mmde it (elf by troubling ofit : And fometimes it 
foie caufe of Madnefs, as you may read in the firft Book of * skenkjus h}* 
Medicinal Qbiervations. A young Merchant going to Nordeing Fair 
Germany, for ten days (pace never went to ftool } at his return he 
k grievouOy meh ncholy,thmking that he was robbed,and would not he 
perfwaded,but that all his money was gone : His friends thought he 
Tome Ph/ltrum given him, but Cnelinus 2 Phylitian being fent for, fotM*** 
his iColtivenefs alone to be the caui'c, and thereupon gave him a Clifts 
by which he was fpecdily recovered. Tnncavellius, confnlt. 35, lib* *' 
faith as much of a melancholy Lawyer, to whom he adminiftred P W 
* Ter otto dies 
alvum Jtccun 
habet, & nihil 
reddit. 
flck,and Roderick * Fonfeca confult of a Patient of his* that 
for eight clays was bound , and therefore melancholy aflefted, Otk& 
B etentions and Evacuations there are, not limply neceflary,bnt at 
times 0 <*s ?ernei/us accounts them. Path.l/b. 1. cap. 1 5. as luppreilion 
emrods, monthly iflues in women, bleeding at nofe, immoderate, of 
ufc at all of Venus, or any other ordinary iflues. 
mStveper na- 
yes, five ha 
tndrrhoides. 
m Detention of emrods, or monthly iflues , villanovanus 
lih.i.c. 18. ArcuUtm, cap.l 6, in 9. Rafts, Vittorius Faventinus?' ff*&' ParCi.Sea.2. 
Retention and Evacuation, Caujes. 
Memb.2. Subf.4. 
Vra&. 2.cap.vs. Bruel, for ordinary Cdu{ts>Fuchflus, l. 2. 
Jejf ]; 5* c. 3°* goes farther,and faith. That men unfcafonably cured 
°J emrods, have been corrupted with melancholy feekjng to aUOid Scyl- 
ffhey jall into Chary bdis.Galenfi.de hum. commen.ig.ad text. 26. illufbrates 
this by an example of Lucius Martius, whom he cured of madrtefs,con- 
tracted by this means ; And o Skpnkjus hath two other iriftances of two 
Melancholy and mad Womefa, fo caiifed from the fiippteffion of their 
Moneths. The fame 'may be faid of bleeding at the nofe, if it be fud- 
ocnly fiopt, and have been formerly ufed, as p viltdnovani# urgeth : 
And q Fuchfius,lib. 1 .feU.5. cap. 2,2,. ftifly maintains, "That without great 
danger, fuch an ijfue may not be flayed. 
n Multi interne 
pejiivd ab Ha: ~ 
monhoidibuf 
Cmti, melan- 
cholia corrupti 
•funt. Incidit in 
Syllam i 
O Lib. l. de 
Mania. 
p Breviar. 1.7. 
c. 18. 
*5 Nonftne mag- 
Venus omitted, produceth \ike'£ffe&s.Mathiotus,epifl:i). I penult. ra- 
Cficheth of his knowledge, that fome through bafljfulnefs abflained from 
fflverj/, and thereupon became very heavy and dull j and fome others that 
were very timorous, melancholy,and beyond allmeafure fad. Oribafius,mcd.' 
colkU. 1,64 c. 37. fpeaks of fome, f That if they do not ufe carnal copulati- 
_ 'no incommdo 
ejiu,cui fznguH 
' ct naribus pro • 
■ manat, noxii 
jinguini; va- 
cuatio impediri 
poteji. 
°*ty are continually troubledwzth heavinefs and headach j and forne in the 
fime cafe by intermijflon of it. Not ufe of it hurts many, Arculanus, c.6. 
In 9. Rafis, and Magnums, part. 3. c. 5. think, bccaufe it * fends up poyfo- 
bed vapors to the brain arid heart. And fo doth Gdlett himlelf hold. That 
tfthis natural feed he over-tong kept (?»feme parties') it turns to poyfon. 
Acronym us Mercurialk in his Chapter of Melancholy,cites it for an efpe- 
Cla* caufe of this malady, u Vriapifmus, Satyri afis,&c. 
c’%6. reckons up this and many other difeafes. Villanovanus Brevi ar.Li. 
c• *B* faith. He knew x many Monk/ and Widows, grievouflytroubled with 
tojtancholy, and that from this f de catife. Lodovicus Mercatus 1.2. de mi- 
ftrum a feel. cap. 4. and Kodericus a Cajiro de morbis mulier .1.2 ,C .5 .treat 
pfgely of this fubjeft, and will have it produce a peculiar kinde of me- 
■‘Mcholy, in ftale Maids, Nuns, and Widows, ob fupprejjionem rnenfinm 
& venerem oniijfam, timi dec, m<efl£, anxice, verecundas,fuf> itiofle, lan- 
Z*fentes, confilii inopes, cum fummavitic& rerum meliorum defer atibne, 
JSV- they arc melancholy ill the higheft degree, and ail for want ofhuf- 
®ai)ds. &li anus Mont alt us, cap, 37. de melanchol.confirmes as much out 
fo doth Wierus, Chrifioferus a Vega de art. med. lib. 3. c. 14. 
relntes many fuch examples of men, and women, that he had Teen lb 
Fcclix Vlater in the firft Book of his Obfervations,2 Tells a 
ffiwy of an ancient Gentleman in Alfatia, that married a young wife, and 
tt>as not able to pay his debts in that kjude for a long time together , by 
Ye*fon of his fever al infirmities : But Jhe bccaufe of this inhibition of Wee- 
-5 fe[[ jntQ a horrible jury, and defired every one that canle to fee her, 
y toords, looks, and geflures, to have to do with her, &c. 2 Bernards# ■ 
a Phyfitian , faith , He knew a good honefl godly Vriefl, that 
jcaufe he would neither vOillingly marry, nor make uje of the flews, fell • 
*nto grievous melancholy fits. Htldejheim, ficel. 2. hath fuch anotherJ 
Sample of an Italian melancholy Prieft, in a cOnfiiltation had Anno \ 
SCO, PyjtPMllt aivps inff.ince in a iriarficd man . that from his 5 
r Novi quof- 
dam pro:pudor e 
d coitu abjii- 
nentes, turpi- 
dos, pigrofque 
fctlps ; non- 
nullos etiam 
melancholicosj 
prarter modum 
m*j}os, timi- 
dojque. 
f Nonnulli riji 
coeant, affidui 
capitii gravi- 
tate mfejhntur. 
Dicit fe ntrvijjs 
quofdem trijhs 
& ita faihs ea 
mtermijjione 
VertUis. 
t Vapores xiene • 
natos mittit 
ffierna ad cor 
& cerebrum. 
Spema plus 
dm retentum, 
tranfit in vene- 
num. 
u Graves pro- 
ducit corportf 
& animi aegri- 
tudines. 
, xEx Jpemate 
. fupra modum 
retento mona- 
chos, et vidliAf 
' melancholicos 
ffipe jieri vidi, 
y Melancholia 
orta d vajis fe- 
minanti in u- 
7 U/y x f giv V,O AAA W. UiWIUVU M-X iMill 3 tuai. AAV*— 
jenex Alfatus juvenem uxorem duxit, at iUe colico dolore, & mult# morbis Correptus, «om potuit prafiare officium mariti, 
‘J inito matrimonio agrotus. lUa in horrendum furorum incidit, oh Venerem cohibitam ut omnium eam ininfentiurh congrejjum voce* 
tu> gcjh expeteret, & quummon confentirent, molojjbs Anglicanos magno expetiit clamore, a Vidifacsrdotem optimum VVpi- 
> ?»'«quod nollet uti Venere, in melancholica fymptomata incidit* Part.i.Seft.2. 
Can] es of Melancholy 
Mcmb.2. Subf.4- 
wives death abftalning3b after marriagesbecame exceeding melancholy ,Ro~ 
dericus a Fonfeca in a young man fo mifaffeded, Tern. 2. confult. 85. To 
thefe you may adde, if you pleafe, that conceited tale of a Jew, fo vifit- 
ed in like fort, and fo cured, out of Poggius Florentinus. 
b Ob abfinen- 
tiam d concubi- 
tu incidit in 
melancholiam. 
c jQga d coitu 
exacerbantur. 
d Superfluum 
coitum caufam 
ponunt. 
c Exflccdt cor- 
pus,flnritus 
confutuit, &c. 
caveant ab hoc 
flccfvelut ini- 
mico mortali. 
f Ita exflccatus 
ut d melancho- 
lico fatim fe- 
rit infanus, ab 
humeBantibus 
curatus. 
Intemperate Venus is all out as bad in the other extream. Galensl.6.de 
morbk popular, fe&. 5. text. 26. reckons up melancholy amongft thofe 
difeafes which are c exonerated by venery : fo doth Avicenna 2, 3. c.H* 
Ortbaflus9lec. citat. Ficinus,lib.'2.defamtate tuendh,MarfiliusCognatuh 
MontaltHSs cap. 2J. Cuianerius, Tratf»3. cap. 2, Maginus, cap.'y. part 3* 
d gives the reafon,bccaufe e it infrigi dates and dries up the body,confrmes 
. the would theref ore have allfuch as are cold & drysto take heed 
ofy and to avoyd it as a mortal enemy .Jacchinus in-9. Rafis cap.i s.afcribeS 
the fame caufe, and inftanceth in a Patient of his, that married a young 
wife in a hot fummer, f and jo dryed himfelf with chamber-worlds that he 
- became injhort fpace from melancholy, mad:hc cured him by moyftening 
remedies. The like example I finde in L<elius a Fonte Eugubinus,confult • 
129. of a Gentleman of Venice, that upon the fame occafion, was fir# 
melancholy, afterwards mad. Readein him the ftory at large* 
Any other evacuation flopped, will caufe it5 as well as thefe above 
named, be it bile, 8 ulcer, iflue, &c. Hercules de Saxoni afi b. I. c. 16. and 
GordoniuSsVeuhe this out oftheir experience .They faw one wounded in 
, the head, who as long as the (ore was open. Lucida habuit mentis inter- 
vallabas well 5 but when it was ftopp melancholias his melan- 
choly fit feized on him again. 
Artificial Evacuations are much like in effed, as hot houfes, baths, 
blood-letting, purging, unfeafunably and immoderately ufed. h Baths 
t dry too much, if ufed in excels, be they natural or artificial, and offend 
extream hot, or cold 5 one dries,the other refrigerates overmuch. Mon' 
gEx cauterio ] 
Zy ulcere ex- 
ficcato. 
h Gori. c. 10. ] 
lib. 1. Difcom- 
mends cold 
Baths as noxi- 
ous. 
i Siccum red- 
dunt corpus. 
k Si quit longi- 
us moretur in 
iis, aut nimis 
frequenter, aut 
importune uta- 
tur, humores 
putrefacit. 
1 Ego anno fu- 
periore, quart - 
damguttofum 
vidi aduftum, 
qui ut liberare- 
tur do gutta, 
ad balnea accef- 
flt,&deguita 
liberatus, mani- 
acus faftus ef. 
Phlebotomy. 
m On Schola 
tanus, confil. 137. faith. They over-heat the Liver. Joh, Struthius, Stig0 
mat, artk, /.4. c.y. contends, k That if one flay longer then ordinary at th* 
Bath, go in too oft,or at unfeafonable times, heputrifiesthe humors in h# 
body. To this purpofe writes Magninus, I, 3.c. 5. Cuianerius, Tratf. ls* 
c. 21. utterly difallowsall hot baths in melancholy aduft. 1 if aw ( faith 
he) a man that labored of the Gout, who to be freed of his malady, camel0 
the Baths and was injiantly cured of his difeafe , but got another worfti 
and that was Madnefs. But this judgement varies as the humor doth? 
in hot or cold : Baths may be good for one melancholy man, bad fhr 
another 5 that which will cure it in this party, may caufe it in a fecofld» 
Salernitana, 
nCdefaBio & 
ebullitio per 
ventt indflone, 
magi ft pe in- 
citatur & au- 
getur, majore 
impetu humo- 
res per corpus 
difcurrunt. 
oLib. de flatu- 
lent a TYfelan- 
cholia.Erequens 
fanguinu mif • 
flo corpus ex- 
tenuat. 
many tunes neglected., may do much harm to the body? 
when there is a manifeft redundance of bad humors., and melancholy 
blood 5 and when thefe humors heat and boyl3 if this be not ufed & 
times the parties affeftedj fo inflamed 3 are in great danger to be mad* 
but if it he unadvifedly j importunely 5 immoderately u fed 3 it doth 
as much harm by refrigerating the body, dulling the fpirits , and 
confunfing them : As Job.m Curio in his io. Chapter, well reprehends 
fuch kiride of letting blood doth more hurt then good ; n The hnrnof* 
rage much wove then they did and is fo far from avoyding mela# 
choh3 that it increafeth it, and weafenetb the fight. 0 Profper Calen& p;l«-i.Sect,2. 
Memb.2. Sub(.s. 
Bad Air, a Caufe 
oblerves as much of all Phlebotomy, except they keep a very good 
GICt after it: Yea, and as P Leonartm Jacchmus fpeaks out of his own 
q The blood is much blacker to many mm after their letting of 
00<j 5 then it vo as at firji. For this caufe belike Salufi. S alvini anus,/. 2. c. 
}- will admit or hear of no blood-letting at all in this Difeafe, except 
n *3e nianifeft, it proceed from blood :He was (it appears )by his own 
Jfrorcs in that place, Matter of an Hofpital of mad men, r and found by 
°fig experience .that this kjnde of ther in he a arm, or any o~ 
more harm then good. To this opinion of his* Felix plater is 
oppoflteyrkough fome difallow & quite contraditi all Fhle~ 
0 omy in Melancholy >yet by long experience 1 have found innumerable fo 
J a7fi drafter they had been twenty ynay >JI xty times let b'-ood, and to live hap- 
f‘iy after it.lt was an erdiizary thing of olefin Galens time Jo take at once 
Jfotnjuch men fix pound of bloody which now me dare fcarce take in ounces : 
Jedvindcrint medici, great Books are written of this fubjeef. 
' q In p Rhafs. 
atram bilem 
pant, fr vifum 
debilitat. 
q Mulco nigri- 
or [bedlam 
fanguispof dies 
, quojdam, qucirn 
fv.it ab initio. 
' r Non laudo 
eos qui in dsf- 
pisntia docent 
fecundam ejfe 
venam frontis, 
' quia fpintus 
debilitatur in- 
de, fr ego lon- 
ge experientia 
obfsrvavi in 
proprio Xenodo- 
chio, quid, def- 
pientes ex 
Phlebotomia 
magis leedun- 
tur, fy magis 
Aefphmt, frj‘ 
melancholici 
s longa.obferva- 
Purging upward and downward, in abundance of bad humors omit- 
ted,may be for the word $ fo likewife as in the precedent, if overmuch, 
*OO frequent or violent, it fweakneth their ftrength,faith Fuchfiusfi. 1. 
fcU. 2. c. 17. orifthey.bcftrongorable to endure Phyfick,yet it brings 
Jem to an ill habit, they make their bodies no better then Apothecaries 
this, and fuch like infirmities muft needs follow. 
tije^Unt ir^e-peiores- * mentis alienat, cap. 3. etjt multos hoc improbajjefeiam, innumeros hac ratione fanatos 
cognovi, qui xigefes, fexegies venas tundendo, frc. fVires debilitat. 
S U B S E C. 5. 
Bad Air a caufe-of Melancholy. 
Tr is a caufe of great moment, in producing this,or any other 
Difeafe, being that it is ftill taken into our bodies by refpi- 
our more nner parts. tlf it be> impure \ 
I dejects the fpirits, and caufeth Difeafes by infection of the 
hearty Paulus hath it. Lib.l. c. 49. Avicenna^lib.l.Gal.de 
th- nFernelius faith, A 
thiair thicknzth the blood and humors.x Lemnia reckons up two main 
a profitable, and mod: pemitious to our bodies y Air,and Diet, 
tb * Peculiar Difcafe, nothing fooncr caufeth (y Johertus holdsjt/jcvz 
herein we breathe and live*'. Such as is the air,fuch be our fpirits 5 
as our fpirits, fuch are our humors. It offends commonly if it be , 
ak z °ot ans dry,thick,fuliginous, cloudy, bluftering, or a temped:nousl 
pr ' fodtnc jn bk fifth BookyDc repub.cap. 1.5. of his Method of Hi (lory, 1 
hot Countries' arc moft troubled with melancholy, and . 
Of j tneie are therefore in and Ajta great numbersj 
tol men, infomuch, Thar Uv y are compelled in all Cities of note, [ 
Peci^lar Bofpkalsfor them. Leo a Fejjk urbe0 Orte-f 
t}le: f confirm as much ; They are ordinarily fo cholerick in c. 
col I (Peeches, tf‘at fcarce two words pais without railing or chiding in 
talk,and often quarrelling, in their ftre«,ts.b Cor don jus will have 1 
t Impurus aer 
(firitus dejicits 
Inferio corde 
gignit morbos. 
u Sanguinem 
denjat, rj hu • 
flwre*, P.i.c.13. 
x Lib.'jf cap,3. 
y L/Z>. giicr- 
fana. Ex adre 
ambiente con- 
trahitur humr 
melancholicus. 
*.Qjt<alisaJ,ta- 
lis jfiritus: & 
cujufm odijfiri- 
tus, humores, 
z ALlianw 
Mbntalm, c. ‘ 
ir. calidus q‘<y 
ft ecus, frigidus 
/r fccus ,palu. 
dinofus, cr a ffus- 
es. Multa hic iri 
Xenodochiis fa- 
naticorum mil-' 
tia qua JhiBif- 
fmd catenata 
Juvamur uTk i Jme catt 
* ° ~^w’ n$d,pm,2, c.-ip, InteHige, quod in calidis regionibus, frequenter accidit mama, injngidu autem tarde. Part.i.Sed.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy, 
Memb.2. SuM.s* 
ctery man take notice of it: Note thk (faith he) that in hot Countries it 
kfar more familiar then in cold. Although this we have now faid be not 
continually fo, for as c AcoJia truly faith, under the ./Equator it fclf, is a 
moff temperate habitation, wholfom air, a Paradifeof pleafure : The 
leaves ever green, cooling fhowres. But it holds in fuch as are intempe- 
c Lib. 2. 
d Hodopericsn, 
cap. 7. 
* Apulia dcftivo 
calore maxime 
pervert, ita ut 
ante fine /Veii 
pene exujlajftt. 
rately hot, as d Johannes a Meggenfound in Cyprus, others in Malta, 
lia,and the* Holy Land,where at fome feafons of the year is nothing but 
duff, their Rivers dried up, their Air fcorching hot,and Earth inflamed h 
infomuch, that many Pilgrims going barefoot for devotion fake, from 
Joppa to Jerufalem upon the hot fands,often run mad,or elfe quite over- 
whelmed with fand,profundk arenk, as in many parts of Africh, Arabia 
* /faginus 
Ferf. 
e Pantheo feu 
Frail, mod. I. 
\.cdp.\6.Vene- 
t# mulieres, 
qv<£ din. fub 
foie vivunt, a- 
liquando me- 
lancholic# e- 
xadunt. 
Deferta,Ea&riana, now Charaf an, when the Weft wind blows * Involuti 
arenk tranfeuntes necantur. e Hercules de Saxonia a Profeflor in Venice, 
gives this caufe,why fo many Venetian women arc melancholy,Qubd dut 
fub foie degant, they tarry too long in theS\mMontanus,conJtl,2 1 .among® 
other caufes alligns this 3 Why that Jew his Patient was mad, Quidtattt 
multum expo fuit je calori & frigori /He expofed himfelf fo much to heat 
and cold 3 And for that reafon in Venice, there is little ftirring in thofo 
brick paved ffreets in Summer about noon they are moff part then a- 
deep: As they are likewife in the great Mogors Countries, and all ovef 
the Baft Indies. At Aden in Arabia, asf Lodovicus Vertomannus relates in 
his travels, they keep their markets in the night, to avoid extremity of 
heat 5 and in Ormus,like cattle in a Paffure, people of all forts lie up to 
the chin in water all day long. At Braga in Portugal 3 Burgos in Caftile b 
MeJJina in Sicily, ail over Spain and Italy*their ftreets are moff part nar- 
row, to avoid the Sun beams. The Turly wear great Turbants ad fueatr 
VHavig. lib.2. i 
cap.4. commer- 
cia nolle, hora 
fecunda ob ni- 
mios,quifatvi- 
mt imerdiu 
#fius exercent. 
Dos folk radios, to refraft the Sun beams 3 and much inconvenience, that 
hot air of Bantamm Java, yields to our men, that fojourn there for traf" 
fick 5 where it is fo hot, 8 that they that are Pox, he commonly 
bleaching in the snn,to dry up their fores.Such a complaint I read of thoie 
lies of Cape Verdo, fourteen degrees from the JEquator, they do mJ( 
audire\: *One calls them the unhcalthieff clime of the World,for fluxed 
feavers, frenzies, calentures, which commonly feize on Sea«faring me** 
that touch at them, and all by reafon of a hot diftemperature of the ait* 
The hardieft men are offended with this heat, and ft iffeff clowns canD^ 
g JVorbo Galli- 
co liborantes, 
exponunt ad 
folem ut morbos 
exjtccent. 
£ Sir Richard 
Haukjns in his 
Obfctvations. 
fell. 13. 
refiif it,as Conftantine affirms, Agricult. 1.2. c.45. They that are 
born in fuch air, may not h endure it, as Niger records of forne part of 
Mesopotamia, now called Diarbecha : Quibnfdam in lock ftfvienti ffi** 
adeofubjeffaefi, ut pleraque animalia fervore J oik & coeli extinguant^i 
h Hippocrates, 
3. Aphorifmo- 
nan idem ait. 
* Idem /fagi- 
nus in Perfia. 
* Lefcrip. Ter. 
fqjjß#. 
iUum ad fo- 
lia radios in 
leone longam 
moram trahe- 
ret, nt capillos 
Jlarvos reddere t, 
in maniam in- 
cidit. 
tw lo hot there in tome places, that men of the Country and Cattle 
killed with it i And Adricomius of Arabia flatlix, by reafon of myrrhs 
frankincenfe, and hot Ipiccs there growing, the air is fo obnoxious 
their brains, that the very inhabitants at fone times cannot abide to 
much lefs weaklings and (hangers.*AmatusLufttanusjent.,\.curat 
reports ofa young maid, that was one Vincent a Curriers 
thirteen years of age, that would wafh her hair in the heat of the day 
Cto ) anc* let it: inthe SurV *0 make it yellow,but by that me*** 
tarrying too long in the heat3 Jhe inflamed her head•> and made her 
mad. Pa«.i.Sea.2. 
Bad Air a. Cauje. 
Memb.2. Subf.s. 
Cold air in the other extream, is aimed1 as bad as hot, and fo doth 
Mont alt us efteem of it, c. 11 .if it be dry withall.ln thofe Northern Coun- 
ties, the people are therefore generally dulfiheavy, and many witches, 
(as I have before quoted)£<*xo Grammaticus ftlaus, Baptifia Porta 
alcribe to melancholy. But thde cold climes are more fubjeu: to natural 
fticlancholy (not this artificial) which is cold and dry r For which caufe 
Mtr cur ins Britannicus belike, puts melancholy men to inhabit juft un- 
der the Pole, The word: of the three is a 1 thick, cloudy, mifty, foggy 
airs or fuch as come from Fens , Moorifh grounds. Lakes, Muekhils, 
Sinks, where any carkaffcs, or carrion lies, or from whence 
t(ny dinking fulfom fincll comes: Galeny Avicenna,Mercurialis, new and 
G’d Phyfitians, hold that fuch air is unholfom, and ingenders melan- 
y> plagues, and what not ? m Alexandria an haven town in the Me- 
diterranean Sea, Saint John de Vllua, an haven in arc 
ditich condemned for a bad air, fo as Durazzo in Albania, Lituania, Dit- 
pomptin<ef abides in Italy, the territories about Pifa,Ferrara,&c.' 
' kMundus alter 
' <& idem, feu 
Terra Aufraht 
> incognita. 
■ 1 C rajfm (& 
turbidi# aer, 
trijiem effeit 
animam. 
m Commonly 
called Scanda- 
rune in Afia 
miner.] 
Runny Marfh with us : the Hundreds in Ejjex, the Fens in Lincolnjijire. 
Cardan de rerum varietate f 17. c. 96. findes fault with the fight ofthofe 
rich, and mod: populous Cities in the Low-Countries, as Bruges, Gantb 
Leyden, &£• the air is bad 5 and fo at Stockholm in 
Sr*eden‘-, Regium in Italy, Salisbury with us, Hull and Lin : They may be 
commcdious for navigation, this new kinde of fortification, and many 
other good neceflary ufes h but are they fo wholfom ? Old Rome hath 
oefeended from the hills, to the valley, ’tis the fite of mofi: of our new 
and held bed: to build in Plains, to take the opportunity ofßi- 
vcrs* Leander Albert us pleads hard for the air, and fitc of Vejticefhough 
he black Moorifh Lands appear at every low water} the Sea, Fire, and 
Jtioke (as he thinks ) quaiifie the air: And n fome fuppofe, that a thick 
*°ggy air helps the memory,as in them of Pi fa in Italyb and our Camhdcn 
2Ut of Plato, comends the fitc of Cambridge, becaufe it is fo neer the Fens. 
?ut kt the fite of fuch places be as it may, how can they be excufed that 
have a delicious feat, a pleafant air, and all that nature can afford, and 
n Atlas Geo- 
f graphics# me- 
moria, valent 
’ Pif ani, quod 
: crajjiore fru- 
| antur adre. 
>et through their own naftinefs, and fluttifhncfs, immund, and fordid 
?f*ner oflife/ufFer their airto putrifie,and themfelves to be choked up? 
‘ ;a«y Cities in Turky do male audire in this kindc; Constantinople it felf, 
here commonly Carrion lies in the ftreet. Some finde the fame fault 
n even in Madrit, the Kings feat, a mod: excellent air, a pleafant 
lte5 but the inhabitants are (lovens, and the ftreets uncleanly kept, 
tempeftuous air, is as bad as impure, rough and foul 
father, impetuous winds, cloudy dark days,as it is commonly with us, 
j w vifu fee dump? olyder calls it a filthy in quo facile generantur 
y)esh as Tallies brother Quintus wrote to him in Rome, being then 
*<fejior in Britain. In a thicljand cloudy air ( faith Lemnius ) men are te- 
c lj^'fad^andpeevif): And if the Weftern winds blow, and that there be a 
ch afair funjhine day, there if a kjnde of alacrity in mens mindet b H 
th UrS mett eafis•’ rf Jt be a turbulent flormy wea- 
I er->f*en are fad 0 and much angry yvafpifiJdullo and me- 
12choly. This was Wirgils experiment of old. 
1 O Lib, I. hiji. 
k lib. 2. cap. 41. 
Aura denfa ac 
‘ caliginofa te- 
• trici homines 
exijhnt, & 
fubtrifles, & 
cap. 3. Jiants 
fubfolano & 
Zephyro, maxi- 
ma. in mentibus 
hominum ala- 
critas exiflit, 
mentifq\ ere ft io 
ubi telum JoU 
JfAendors nite- 
fdt. Maxima 
dejeftio micror- 
que Jiquando 
aura caliginofa 
eft* 
p Gsw, Part. 1. Sect. 2. 
Caujes of Melancholy 
Memb.2. Subi,6. 
Verum ubi tern pe flas, & cccli mobilis humor 
Mutavere vices, & Jupiter humidus /Htflro^ 
Vertuntur fpecies animorum, & peBore motus 
Concipiunt alios 
But when the face of Heaven changed is 
To tempefts, rain, from feafon fair : 
Our mindes are altered, and in our brefrs 
Forthwith fame new conccipts appear. 
And who is not weather-wife againft fuch and fuch conjunctions oi 
Planets, moved in foul weather,dull and heavy in fuch tempeiluous (ca- 
q Bor. 
t Mens quibus 
rtfojfwdun-6 
ftV, & multi 
.nfeini apudßel- 
%tesfJrhait, 
dita quieti, 
SP 
geniialiquande 
fetsmpejhti'bus 
Tlatenterin- 
'fihuant, ecmq\ 
fons ? q Gelidum contriftat Aquarius annum : T he time requires, and the 
Autum breeds it} Winter is like unto it, ugly, foul, fqualid, the Ait 
works on all mcn,more or lefs, but efpecially on fuch as are melancholy? 
or inclined to it,as Lemnius holds,r They are mo ft moved with it,and thoft 
are already rave downright, cither in,or againft a fempefi. Be* 
ftdes, the devil many times takes his opportunity on fuch ft arms, and when 
ihe humors by the air be ftirred* he goes-in with them, exagitates our jpl4" 
rits. and vexeth cur fouls} as the Sea waves,/0 are the jpints and humors 
in cur bodies, toftedwith tempeftuous winds and ftorms. To fuch as afC 
melancholy therefore, Montanus; will have tempeiluous and 
rough air to be avoided,and confd.27. all night air, and would not have 
them to walk abroad, but in a plea hint day. Lemnius, I. 3. c. 5. difeotn- 
mends the South and Eaftern wind?, commends the North. MontannG 
Tmu&utfu- 
& us* marini, 
humanum 
Pt7m.ent*°Sl' 
fAcr notiu 
m. 
conjil.3 I. {Will not any windows to be opened in the night. Conftl. 229. & 
confil.23o.he di (commends efpecially the South wind,and nocturnal ah; 
§Q plutarch, The night and darknefs makes them fad, the like do 
all fubterranean vaults, dark houfes in caves & rocks,defert places caufc 
melancholy in an inftant, efpecially fuch ns have not been uled to it, of 
other wife accuftcmed. Read more of air in Hippocrates, JEtiusftib.3- * 
c. 171. adiy*)' Oribaftus,a c.1.ad22, Avicen.Li.can.Fen.2.doc.2.Be#' 
1. e. 123. to the 12, &c. 
S ÜBSE C.f. 
Immoderate exercife a caufe9 and how. Solitarinefs, idlencfs. 
thing fo good , but it may be abufed : Nothing better 
r^en Exercife (if opportunely ufed^! for the prefervati' 
on t^ie 1 Nothing fo bad , it' it be unfeafonabfo 
iolcnt, or overmuch. Fernelius out of Path, lib- I# 
('■ 16. faith That much exercife and wearinefs confafc*u 
" the flpirits and fubflance , refrigerates the body* and 
humors which Nature would have otherwise concoßed and expelled, 
firs up 5 and makes them rage : which being fo inraged, diverjly #jf^9 
and trouble the body and minde. So doth it, if it be unfeafonably 11 
fed, upon a full ftomack, or when the body is full of crudities, vvh| 
Fuchfws fo much inveighs again&,Üb. 2. inflit. feß. 2. cap. 4. givfo* 
, that for a caufc, why fchool-boys in Germany are fo often fcabbe<b 
becaufe theyufc exercife prcfently after meats. * Bayerus puts & * 
n tfului defa- 
viriutnq, fitb- 
ihntiam ex- 
haurit, cor- 
pus refrigerat. • 
Humores cor- 
ruptos qui di- 
rer d natura 
concoqui <& 
domari poffint, 
& demum 
himde excludi, 1 . 
initat, <& quaji in furorem agit, quipojiestnota cajnerina, tetro vapore corpus varii lacejfunt, animumyne, x Vfen* 
cum» LibroJtc infcripto. I. Sect. 2. 
idlcnefi, a Caufe. 
Memb. c.Subf.6. 
‘ Cat againfi fuch exercife,becaufe it y corrupts the meat in the 
Carries the fv me Juice raw, and as yet undigefiedjnto the vc/ns(falth 
cmnius^which therepntrifies,and confounds the animalJpirits.Crato,con- 
* ft21 2,2 P -againft all fuch exerciie after meat,as being the grea- 
vd C/lemyto concoction that may bc,and caufe of corruption of humors, 
ch produce this, and many other difeafes. Not without good reafon 
* Salufi.Salvianus,1.2,c.l.and Leonartus Jacchinus in 9. Rhafts. 
cr many other,fct down a immoderate exercife, 
*S a moft forcible caufe of melancholy. > 
y Injht. ad vit. 
Chrijl, c. 44. 
dbos crudos in 
vtnr/s tapit,qui 
putref'entes il- 
licjpiniui ani- 
males injiciunt, 
z Crudi bar. 
humoris copia 
per venas ag- 
greditur, unde 
.morbi multi- 
plices. 
a Immodicum 
exercitium. 
b Hom. 31. in 
x Cor. 6, Jiam 
qua mens ho- 
minis qidsfcers 
non pqjjit, fed 
continuo circa 
°Ppofite to Lxercife,is Idlenefs (the baog ofgentry)orwantofExer- 
of body and mind, the nurfe ofnaughtinefs,ftepmothcr of 
ci chicfauthor ofallmifchief,one of thefeaven deadly fins, 
and a foie caufe of this and many other maladies, the devils cufiiion, as 
k Gualter calls it,his pillow and chief rcpofal.Ftfr the mind can never reji0 
f1* fiill meditates on one thing or other, except it be occupied about fame 
h@nefi bufinefi.yf his oven accord it rujheth into melancholy. cAs too mucb& 
violent exercife offends on the one fide, fo doth an idle life on the other. 
Cfaith Cratofit fils the body full offlegm,grofs humors,& all manner ofob- 
flru&ions,rheums,catars,&c.Khafs,centdib. I,tract. 9. accounts of it as 
the greateft caufe of melancholy Ai have often feen(iaith ho)that idlenes 
begets this humormore then any thine elfe. Mont alt us,c. i.feconds him out 
? 
. varios cogitati-' 
ones difeurrat, 
; nijihonejhali- 
■ quo negotio oc- 
, cupetur, ad me- 
lancholiam 
i Jjronte delabitur 
> c Crato. cotK.il, 
( 2i. Vt immodi- 
ca corporis ex- 
, erdtatio nocet 
°(- his experience,e They that are idle are far more fubjeffi to melancholy, 
then fuck as arc eonverfant or imployed about any office or bn fwefiSPint arch 
reckons up idlenefiTe fora foie caufe of the (icknefs of the fou l.Thcrc arc 
they (faith he) troubled in mind, that have no other caufe but this.Homer, 
*ad. i. brings in Achilles eating of his own heart in his Idlcnefs,becaufe 
c might not fight. Mercurialis confil.S6. fora melancholy young man 
*rgcthB it is a chief was he melancholy?becaufe idle.Nothing 
jfgcts it (boner, encreafeth and continucth it oftner then idleneffe. A 
. corporibus, ita 
' vita defes, & 
* otiofa: otium, 
■ animal pituito- 
' fum reddit,vif- 
emm objiru- 
Biones fa cre- 
bras Jiuxiones, 
& morbos con- 
citat. 
dEt vidi quod 
una de rebus 
quee magis 
generat melan- 
choliam, eji 
neafe familiar to all idle pcrfons,an infeparable companion to fuc.h as 
IVe at eafe, pingui otio defidiose agentes,alifebut of adion, and> have 
10 calling or ordinary imployment to bufie themfelves about, that have 
ttaall occafions, and though they have, fuchis their lazineffe, dulneffe, 
not compofe themfelves to do ought,they cannot abide work, 
th°Vt be neceffary, eafie,as to drelle themfelves, write a Letter, or 
5 5 yet 35 he that isbenummed with cold, (its (fill (baking, that 
h\ ®nt. leve himfelf with a little exercife or ftirring,do they complain, 
p Wl^.n°t ufc the facile and ready means to do themfelves good my and 
f0i3re ftilJ tormented with melancholy. Efpecially if they have been 
f brought up to bufineffe3or to keep much company, and upon a 
OtiojitiK. 
e Reponitur o- 
tiumab aliif 
caufa,<& hoc d 
nohis okferya- 
tnm eos huic. 
I nc'?me to lead a (edentary life, it crucifies their fouls, and fcazeth 
dif lern *n an *n^ants f°r whilfrtliey are any ways imploycd, in action, 
likCo^fe,about any bufinefs,fport or recreation, or in company to their, 
are very if alone or idle,tormented inftantly agaim < 
a J^}'8 folitarine(s,onc hours fometimes, doth them moi;eharm, then( 
ceks phyfick, labor and company can do good. Melancholy fcazeth; 
mm em nun. 
malo mag ii ob- 
noxios qui pla- 
ne otiojtfuhr, 
quam eos qut 
aliquo munere 
verfantur exe- 
queado. 
IDe IhnauH. 
jUa'itr - . anim.t, Sun. 
& 
.PJttn otiu in animi conjicit sgritniinem.g Hihil cji quod ttqne melancholiam alat ac. augeat/i' otium fa abfiinemia d corpora 
lm twtiMUonibia- hfiihil magi* etn:xcdt imelhQum, quam otium. Qardoniw de obfervau vit, hum, lib. i. Part. i.Sed. 2. 
Calif?s of Melancholy. 
Mcmb.2.Subf.6« 
on them forthwith being alone,and is fuch a torture,that as wife Seneca 
well fai th,Malo mi hi male qu am molliter ejje, I had rather be fick then idle. 
This idlencfs is cither of body or mind. That of body is nothing but a 
kind of benumminglazinefs, intermitting exercife, which if we may 
belecve 1 Fernelius, caufeth crudities, obfiru&ionf, excremental humors, 
quencheth the natural heat,dulls the jj>irits,and makgs them unapt to do 
anything whatfoever. k NegleUis urenda filix innafeitur agris. 
.As Fern grows in untild grounds, and all manner of weeds, fo do grod 
’ humors in an idle body, ignavum corrumpunt otia corpus. A hone in 
! a (table that never travels, a hawk in a Mew that feldom dies, are botn 
• fubjeft to difeafes-> which left unto themlclves, arc moft free from 
1 any fuch incumbrances. An idle dog will be mangy, and how lhall an 
.idle perfenthink to efcape? Idlenefsofthe mind, is much worfe then 
r this of the body, wit without employment, is a difeafe,1 JFrugo animi> 
{huh. lib. 1. 1 
cap. 17. exerci- c 
tatiorw inter- ‘t 
mjjio, inertem 
calorem,langui- ■ 
dos fyiritwf& 
ignavos, & ad , 
omnes aßiones " 
fegniores red- 
cht, cruditates, . 
ohjlrußiones, 
&excremento- 
rum proventus 
facit. 
k Hor. Ser. 1. 1 
Sat. 3. i 
1 Seneca. 
rn Marorem 
animi, ft ma- 
ciem, flutarch 
calls it. 
u Sicut in flag- 
no generantur 
vermes, 
otiofo mala co- 
gitationes.Sen. 
ruh igo ingenii: the ruff oft he foule, ma plague, a hell it feffi, Maxi- 
mum animi nocumentum, Galen calls it. nAs in afianding pool, wormc* 
and filthy creepers increafe,(& vitium capiunt ni moveantur aqu£, the 
water it felfputrifics,and air likewife, if it be not continually ftirred by 
the wind) jo do evil and corrupt thoughts in an idle p erf on, the foul 
is contaminated. In a Common-wealth, where is no publick enemy? 
there is likely civil wars, and they rage upon themfelves : this body of 
ours, when it is idle, ahd knows not how to beftow it felfe, macerates 
and vexeth it felfwith cares, griefs, falfe-fcars, difeontents, and fufpici- 
it tortures and preys upon his own bowels, and is never at reft* 
Thus much I dare boldly fay, He or (he that is idle, be they of what 
condition they will, never fo rich, fo well allied, fortunate, happy, let 
them have all things in abundance, and felicity, that heart can with and 
defire, all contentment, fo long as he or (he, or they arc idle, they (hall 
never be pleafed, never well in body and mind, but weary (fill, fickty 
dill, vexed dill, loathing (till, weeping, fighing, grieving, fufpe&ing? 
offended with the world*, with every objeft,wi(hing thcmfclves gone of 
dead, or elfe carried away with fpme foolifh phantafie or other.And this 
is the true caufc that fo many great men, Ladies, and Gentlewomen, la' 
borof this difeafe in Country and City, for idlenedeis an appendix to 
nobility, they count it a difgracc to work, and fpend all their dayes in 
fports, recreations, and padimes, and will therefore take no pains, be 
of no vocation: they feed liberally,fare well, want excrcife, aftion, eifl" 
o Now this 
leg, now that 
arm, now 
their head, 
heart, &c. 
* Exod. $. 
* (For ' hey 
cannot well 
tell what ail- 
cth them, or 
what they 1 
would have j 
thcmfclves) 
my heart, my 
head, my \ 
Tiufband, my i 
fon, &c. 1 
ployment, (for to work, I fay, they may not abide ) and company to 
their defires, 6c thence their bodies become full ofgrofs humors, wind? 
cruditics,their minds difquieted,dull,heavy,dv.care, jealoufie/fear of 
fomc difeafes, fallen fits, weeping firs feize too o familiarly on them.For 
what will not fear and phantafie work in an idle body > what diftempef* 
will they not caule, when the children of '' ifirael murmured again** 
?haroah in Egypt,he commanded his officers to double their talk, 6c l 
them get draw thcmfclves,and yet make their full number of Brick^fo1 
the foie caufc why they mutiny, and are evil at cafe, is, they are idle* 
When you lhall hear and lee (omany difeontented perfons, in all placed 
where you come, lo many fcvcral grievances, unneceliary complaint 
fear, fufpitions the bdf means to redrefs it, is. to fet them awork, lo to Pa« a.Sea. 2. 
I diene ft a caufe. 
Memb.^.Subf.^ 
lJ?.e tbeir minds} for the truth is, they are idle. Well they may build 
ca ties in the air for a time, andfooth up themfelves with phantafticall 
ft? P^eafant humorSjbut in the end they will prove as bitter as gall,they 
‘Ui be prill I fly difeontent, fufpicions, P fearful, jealous, fad, fretting 
and vexing of themfelves} fo long as they be idle, it is impoflible to 
P eale them. Otio qui nefeit uti,plus habet negotii quam qui negotium in 
negotio^as that <1 Agellius could obferverHe that knows not how to fpend 
• b time, hath more bufinefs, care,grief, anguhh of mind, then he, that 
s uioft bulie in the midft of all his bufineffe. Otiofus animus nefeit quid 
j e/;idle perfon (as he follows it) knows not when he is well, what 
,le.Wouid have, or whither he would go, Quum iUuc ventum eft,illinc 
nbetftiQ is tired out with every thing, difpleafed with all, weary of his 
e : Nec bene domi, nec militia,neither at home, nor abroad, errat, & 
Pf ter vitam vivitur,he wanders, and lives befidcs himfelf.ln a word, 
hat the mifehievous effeds of Uzincfsand idlenefs are, I do not find 
?uy where more accurately expreffed, then in thefe verfes of Philolaches 
In the * Comical Poet, which for their elegancy, I will in part infert. 
p Prov. i8. 
Pigrum dejiciet 
timor. 
Heauton timo- 
rumenon. 
qUbup.c. io 
*Plautus,ProU 
lYhflsh 
Novarum adium ejfe arbitror jlmilem ego hominem, 
Quando hic natus eji: Ei rei argumenta dicam. 
JEdes quando funt ad amujftm expolita, 
Quifque laudat fabrum, atque exemplum expetit, &c. 
At nbt illo migrat nequam homo indiligenfque, 
Tempeftas venit,confringit tegulas, imbricefque. 
Putri facit aer operam fabri, <&c. 
Dicam ut homines ftmiles efe adium arbitremini. 
Fabri parentes fundamentum fubftruunt liberorum, 
Expoliunt, docent Uteros3 nec parcunt fumptui. 
Ego autem fub fabrorum potejiate frugi fui, 
Poftquam autem migravi in ingenium meum, 
Perdidi operam fabrorum illico, oppido, 
Fenit ignavia, ea mihi tempeftas fuit. 
Adventuquefuograndinem & imbrem attulit. 
ilia mi hi virtutem deturbavit, &c. 
jn^°Ungman is like a fair new houfe,the Carpenter leaves it well built, 
good repair, of folid fluff} but a bad tenant lets it rain in, and for 
nQnt preparation fall Our Parents,Tutors,Friends, fpare 
CK to^r'lnß us up in our youth, in all manner of vertuous educati- 
Ve5 but when we are left to our Pelves, Idlenefs as a tempefl drives all 
l|°Us motions out of our nflnds, & nihili fumus, on a fudden, by 
f 1 and fuch bad ways, wc come to naught, 
ba j°-Zen German to idlenefle, and a concomitant caufc, which goes 
tea- 111 band with it, is* nimia folitudo, too much folitarineffe, by the 
put °f all Phyfitians, Caufe 8c Symptom both} but as it is here i 
lit •°r a is either coad,enforced,or elfe voluntary .Enforced fo- 
thej !ne^c ls commonly feen in Students,Monks,Friers,Ancorites,that by 
men orc^erand courfe oflife,muft abandon all company,fociety of other 
as j. \ and betake themfelves to a private cell; Otio fuperftitiofo feeing 
7 6 Hofyinian well term it, fuch as are the Cart hu [vans of our 
e5 that cat no fleih (by their order ) keep perpetual fijence, never 
t Pifo, Mon- 
tciltufy Mercs- 
rial&c. Part.i.Sed.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.2.Subf.d' 
go abroad. Such as live in prifon, or fome defert place, and cannot have 
company, as many of our Country Gentlemen doe in foiitary houfes? 
they muft either be alone without companions,, or live beyond their 
means, and entertain all comers as fo(many hoftes, or elfe converte 
with their fervantsand hindcs, fuch as are unequal, inferior to them, 
and of a contrary difpofition} or elfe as fome do to avoid folitarinefle, 
fpend their time with lend fellows in Taverns, and in Ale-houfes, and 
thence adid themfelves to fome unlawful difports, or diflolute courfe?, 
Divers again are caft upon this rock of folitarinefle for want of means,or 
out of a ftrong apprehenfion of fome infirmity,difgrace,.or through bafh- 
fulnefs, rudenefs,fimplicity,they cannot apply themfelves to others com- 
pany. Nullum folum infelici gratius folitudine, ubi nullus fit qui mi feriant 
exprobret} this enforced folitarinefle takes place,and produceth his ef- 
fedfooneft in fuch as have fpent their time jovially, peradventure in 
all honeft recreations, in good company, in fome great family or popu- 
lous City, and arc upon a fudden confined to a defert Country Cottage 
far off, reftrained of their liberty, and barred from their ordinary aflb- 
ciates: Solitarinefle is very irkfom to fuch, moft tedious, and a fudden 
caufe of great inconvenience. 
Voluntary folitarinefs is that which is familiar with Melancholy, and 
gently brings on like a Siren,a fliooing-horn,or fome Sphinx to this irre- 
vocable gulf,f a primary caufe Pifo calls moft pleafant it is at firft, to 
fuch as are melancholy given, to lie in bed whole days, and keep their 
chambers, to walk alone in fome foiitary Grove, betwixt Wood and 
Water,by a Brook lide,to meditate upon fome delightfom and pleafant 
Subjed,which (hall afled them moft:, amabilis infania, and mentis era* 
I A quibm ma- 
lum y velut a 
primaria caufi, 
occajionem na- 
Bum ejh, 
tijjimus error : Amoft incomparable delight it is foto melancholizc, & 
build caftles in the air,to go fipiling to themfelves,ading an infinite vari- 
ety of parts,which they fuppofe,and ftrongly imagine they represent, of 
that they fee aded or done: Bland#quidem ab initio, faith Lemnius, to 
conceive and meditate of fuch plcafant things, fometimes,1 Prefent,paft 
or to come, as Rhafts fpeaks.So delightfom thefe toyes areat firft, they 
could fpend whole days and nights without fleep,cven whole yeers alone 
in fuch contemplations,and phantaftical mcditations,which are like unto 
dreams, and they will hardly be drawn from them,or willinglyinterrupr, 
fo pleafant their vain conceits arc, that they hinder their ordinary talks 
and neceflary bufinefle, they cannot addrels themlelves to them, or al- 
t Jucunda re- 
rum pya^fenti- 
um y praeterita- 
rum. & futu- 
rarum medita- 
tio. 
moft to any ftudy or iinployment, thefe phantaftical and bewitching 
thoughts fo covertly, fo feelingly, fo urgently, fo continually fet upon? 
creep in,infinuate,pofle£,overcome,diftrad,&: detain them, they cannot 
I fay go about their more neceflary bufinefle, ftave off or extricate 
themfelves3but aie ever muling,melancholizing, and carried along,as he 
(they fay)that is led round about an Heath with a the night,they 
run earneftly on in this labarinth of anxious and folicitous melancholy 
meditations,and cannot wel or willingly refrain,or ealily leave off,wind- 
ing and unwinding theihfelves,as fo many clocks, and dill pleafing their 
humors, until at laft the Scene is turned upon a fuddcn,by fome bad ob- 
ject, and they being now habituated to fuch vaine meditations and 
foiitary places, can endure no company, can ruminate of nothing but Part-i.Sea.2. 
idlenefi, a Cauje* 
Memb. 2.Subf.6* 
,?!; 1 and diftaftfill fubjedts. Fear, borrow, fufpition, fubrufticus pudor. 
wearinclleof life lurprize them in a moment, and 
Mean think ofnothing eircscontmu ally fufpecriDg,oo fooner are their 
opergbut this infernal plague of Melancholy feizeth on them, and 
their fouls,reprefenting fome difmal objedt to theirminds,which 
ow by no means,no labour,no perfwafions they can avoid, hecret lateri 
_f )a'™ arundo ,they may not be rid of it, u they cannot refill. I may not 
pay but that there is fome profitable Meditation, Contemplation, and 
ind of folitarines to be embraced,which the Fathers fo highly commai- 
whole tra£ts,wiiich Petrarch, 
xSaJ and others,lo much magnifiein their bookssaParadife,an 
eaven on earth,if it be u fed aright, good for the body, and better for 
ie foul: As many of thole old Monks ufed it, to divine contemplations, 
Simulus a-Courtier in Adrians time. Dioclefian the Emperour retired 
hemfelvcs,Btcdn that fenfe, Vatia folusfeit vivere, Vatia lives alone. 
Which the Romans were wont to fay, when they commended a Country 
life.Or to the bettering of their 
thofe excellent Philofophers have ever done, to fequeller themfelves: 
fromthe tumultuous world,or as in VUnies viUaLaHrentanaftuUiesfTuj-j 
culando vim ftudy,that they might better vacare fiudik et Deo, ferve 
God,Sc follow their ftudics. Me thinks therefore our too zealous inno- 
Witors were not fo*well advifed in that general fubverfion of Abbies and 
rehgious houfesypromifeuoufly to fling down all, they might have taken1 
aWay thofe grofs abufes crept in amongll them, rectified fuch inconveni* 
enccs,and not fo far to have raved and raged againft thofe fair buildings, 
‘Ha everlafting monuments of our forefathers devotion, confecrated to 
PKms ufess fome Monafleries and Collegiate Cels might have been well 
Pared, and their revenues otherwife imployed, here and there one, in 
good Towns or Cities at leaft,for men and women of all forts & conditi- 
°ns to live in, to fequeller themfelves from the cares and tumults orthc 
t 0 j not deliroos,or fit to marry jor otherwife willing to be 
PUblcd with common affairs, and know not well where to bellow 
ernfelves, to live apart in, for more conveniency, good cducation,bet- 
s[nqC?I-riPany fake,to follow their Undies (I fay) to the perfedlion of arts 
do ic*ences, common good,& as fome truly devoted Monks of old bad 
n nvS,tredy arjd truly to ferve God. For thefe men are neither folitary, 
IV. , asthe Poet madeanfwer to the hulbandman in JEfop,that obje- 
Te lcMenefs to him, he was never fo idle as in his company,or that Sci~ 
r*c*nus inYVully.fdunquam minus quam cum folus nunquam j 
}^nus otlo quum ejfet otiofm , never lelfc folitary, then when 
|t • as alone, never more bulie, then when he feemed to be moll idle. 
Is reported by Plato in his dialogue de Amore, in that prodigious com- 
C atlon of Secratesjaow a deep meditation coming into Socrates mind 
jjj (^anccshe5he flood ftill mufing, eodem vefligig cogitabundm, from mor- 
PcrP t0 noorb and when as then he had not yet tiniihed his meditation, 
tj at cogitanfjhe fo continued till the evening, the fouldiers (for he 
the CampJ obferved him with admiration, and on fet 
/ V/atcbed all night,but he ipcYfeveredinimoveahlc ad exortum fo* 
Sun rofe in the morning, and then fainting the Sun, went his 
n Facilis deg* 
cenfm Avernit 
Sed revocare 
gradum, flips- 
rof que evaders 
ad auras, HiC 
labor/, hoc opus 
eji'- Virg. 
X Hieronimm 
ep. 72. dixit 
oppida fa ur- 
bes videri fibi 
tetros. carceres, 
folitudinem 
ParadifutTK 
folum fcorpio- 
nibuf infetlum, 
facco amitlus, 
huni cabans, 
aqua & herbis 
viti itans, Ho* 
manis pratulis 
deliciis. 
y ojjic. p •Part.i.Sed.2. 
Cau jes of Melancholy. 
Mcmb.2 .Subf./ 
ways.In what humor conftant Socrates did thus, I know not, or how he 
might be affesed,butthis would be pernicious to another man; what in- 
tricate bufinefs might fo really poffefs him,l cannot eafdy guefs; But this 
is etiofum otiumyt is far otherwife with thefe men, according to *Seneca? 
Omnia nobis mala folitudo perfuadetb this folitude undoeth us, pugnat 
cum vna foci ah j tis a dcftruCtive folitarinefs.Thefe men are Devils alone 
as the faying is. Homo joins aut Deus, aut Dcemoniz man alone, is either a 
Saint ora Devil, mens ejus aut langvefcit, aut and * Vec foli 
in this fenfe,woe be to him teat is 10 alone.Thefe wretches do frequent- 
ly degenerate from men, and or fodable creatures become beafts, mon- 
* Eccl. 4- 1 
z Natura de te 
videtur conque- 
vipojf y quod 
dm ab ea tem* 
pr.ififfimvm 
corpus adeptus 
fsytampr acia- 
rum d heo ac 
utile don; m, 
non contempt 
ftfri modo. ve- 
rum corv-pifti, 
fed;Hi i'lOili- 
d’fti optimam 
temperaturam 
otio, crapula, 
(& aliis vitif 
moribus, &c. 
fters,khumane,ugly to behold, Mijanthropi, they do even loath them- 
felvts,and hate the company or men, as fo many Timons, Nehuchadne- 
%>dfs\ by too much indulging to thefe plea ling humors, and through 
.theirown default. So that which Mercurialis confl. 11. fometimes e%- 
populated with His melancholy patient, may be juftly applycd to every 
fblitary and idle perfon in particular.zNatura de te videtur conqueri'pojfh 
<dfic. Nature may iujily complain of thee, that whereas fie gave thee a good 
wholefont tem eraiure,a Jound body,and Cod.hath given thee jo divine and 
excellent a Soul.Jo many good parts,andpro fitable gifts,thou haji not only 
, contemned and rejected tut hajt corrupted them,,polluted them, overthrow# 
their temper a: urtyand perverted thefe gifts with riot,idknejf,felttarinefi 
and many other ways,ihou art a traitor to God and Najure,an enemy to thy 
felf and to the world.Ler ditto tua ex tefh< u haft loft thy 
’ away thy fei i,thou thy felfart the efficient caufe of thine own m.jery by 
'not rejijhng Juch vain cogitations, out giving way unto them, 
S U B S E c. 7 • 
Sleeping and wakings caufes* 
I have formerly faid of Exercife, I may now repeat of 
Sleep. Nothing better than moderate deep, nothing wotie 
than it, if it be inextreames, or unfcafonably ufed. It is * 
received opinicn:that a melancholy man cannot deep over- 
much, comnus (upra modum prode/r, as an only Antidote, and 
nothing offends them irv are,or caufeth this malady focner, then waking? 
yet in dome cafes Deep rr ay do more harm then good in that flegmatick? 
fvvinifh, cold, and fluggifh melancholy, which Mdantton fpeaks of, 
thinks of waters,%hing moft part,6<c a?t duls the Spirits, if overmuch? 
and fenfes, fills the head full of grofle humors, caufeth diftiilationS? 
■ rheums,great ftore of excrements in the brain,and all the other parts? 
\Uuch[ius fpeaks of them,that deep like fo max y Dormice.Or if it beufc^ 
in the day time,upon a ful ftomack,the body ill compofedto reft,or af- 
. ter hard meats,it increalcth fearful dreams, 
| out,St much unquietnes:fuch deep prepares the body,as e one obferves? 
■to many perilous dijeajes.But as I nave (aid, waking overmuch, is both & 
fymtoir, St an ordinary cau fo .it caufeth dr hies of the brainfireny . .dot #O/9 
■ & mahys the body dry Jean, har d,and ugly to behold,tts d Lem css hath h* 
a Path lib. 
cap.i'l.Fernel 
corpu* in frigi r 
det, omnes frn- 
fufy mentijque 
a? ires covpo‘(& 
debilitat 
b Lib. 2 fdl.2. 
cap. 
excrementorum 
■vim cerebro ’& 
alitf partibus 
confervet, 
c fo. Ratpiuf 
lib, de rebus <5. 
non n nuYdlibu*. Pr <fp Mat corpus taUfjhuitius ad w psv culoj.# <fgYitudineu dJnj}it,ad vitam optimam cah/i59 
rem adfeyt, phrenejtn et delirium, corpus a-rdum fac.it,fqualidum,JtrigoJurn, humores adurit, temperamentum csrein i cohU%'lh 
dem inducit:exficcat carpust bilem accendit, projundos reddit oculos, can>rem augit, Part.i.SecJ:.2> 
Perturbations of the Mind. 
Memb.3,Subf.i* 
eJemperature of the Brain k corrupted by it, the humors aduft, the eyes 
3S 6 *°yf'n^lnt° the heady holer increafed,&. the whole body 
thr a(ided out of Galen 3 .de jamt ate tuenda, Avicenna 3.1 ffit over- 
natural heat fft caufeth crudities,hurts concoUionfa. what not? 
2 dTTh°Ut §°°^cau^e therefore Crato conftl.2l .lib.2.HildeJheimfpic. 
* e aelir.cfr Mania,lacchinus,Arculanus on Rhafis,Guianerms & Mercu- 
tain,reckon up this over-much waking,asa principal caufe. 
c TSaturalemca- 
lorsfn dijjtpat, 
lajaconcoilione 
cruditatesfacit, 
■ Attenuant ju- 
venum vigilai- 
ta corpora 
noSes, 
Memb. 3 . 
Sub sec. 1. 
fjions and perturbations of the mind, boro they caufe Melancholy, 
that Gymnofophiji in£Plutarch,made anfwer to Alexander, (ele- 
gidii! mand ing which Ipake beft)Every one of his fellows did fpeak 
SBrcjqoi|| better then theotherrfomay I fayofthefe caufes, to him'that 
fliall require which is the greatefr, every one is more grievous 
then other, and this of Paffion the greateft of all. A moft frequent and 
Ordinary caufe of Melancholy, 8 fulmen perturbationum (Piccolo mineus 
calls it) this thunder and lightning of perturbation, which cauffthfuch 
Jholent andfpeedy alterations in this our Microcofme, and many times 
fubverts the good eftate and temperature of it. For as the Bodyworks 
J*ponthe mind, by his bad humora,troubling the Spirits, fending groffe 
ttfces into the Brain, and Coper confequens difturbing the Soul, and all 
le faculties of it, * Corpus onufltum, 
f Vita Alesoan. 
8 Grad. x. 
¥ Hor. 
h Perturbatio- 
nes aavi fnti 
quibus corpori 
animus fu pa- 
tib,:ib affgitur. 
Heflernk vitik animum quoq} praegravat una, 
fear3forrow3Scc.which are ordinary fymptoms of this Difeafe : fo 
11 the other fide, the mind moft effectually works upon the Body, pro- 
la Cl ls Pa^lons perturbations;, miraculous Me- 
ncV°ly3 defpair? cruel difeafes,and fometimcs death it felf. Infomuch, 
lt: *s tuoft true w* Plato faith in his Charmidest omnia corpork mala 
?%*^re^ of the body, proceed from the foul; 
1 ye njplutarch urgeth,Damnatam iri animam a corpore, if the 
lliould in this behalf,bring an affion againft the foul,furely the foul 
fu°h ‘ kecaft & convicted, that by her fupine negligence, had caufed 
iml lnc°nveniences,having authority over the Body, and ufing it for an 
v- u?lellt,as a Smith doth his imputing all thofe 
t ITsa^atiies to the Mind.Even fo doth\philoftratns,non coinquina- 
tod°r^HS'n,s Body is not corrupted,but by the Soul. 
no • °VJCHs Pives will have fuch turbulent commotions proceed from Ig~ 
dv tnce Indifcretion.Ail Philofophers,impute the miferies of theßo- 
rnn ° t]QC foould have governed it better,by command ofrea- 
n°tdune it.The Stoickjare altogether of 
a]/5 0 record) that a wife man thould be ymshu, without 
Qf fanner of paffions and perturbations whatfoever, asp Seneca reports 
fr Creeks of Socratesynd* Jo.Aubanus of a nation in Africk-fo 
fWo, Jorn paflion, or rather fo ftupid, that if they be wounded with a 
they will only look back/ LaU antius 2. inflit. will exclude fear 
* wife maniotbersexcept all,fome the greateft paffions.But let them 
they willjfet down in Thejl,give precepts to the contrary;, 
*nde that of Lemnius true by common experience} No mortal 
Jamb, de-ini]}. 
tLb.deJdmtau 
tuend, 
hProrog.dsvir- 
tute Chrijh-, 
■Qua? utitnreor- 
pore, ut faber 
malleo. 
Waa Apollonif 
lib. i. 
in Lib de anim. 
ab inconfidsr- 
antia, etigno■» 
rantia omnes 
animi motus. 
n De Phyjiol. 
Stoic. 
0 Gradii.c. 32. 
P-Spij}. 104. 
cj AKUanus. 
x Lb. x.cap. 6. 
Jt qmi enfe per- 
differ it eos, 
tantum refpici- 
unt. 
{Terror in fa- 
piente effe non 
debet. ■ 
i-De occult nau 
I-1. c, x 5. 
Demo mortali- 
’!m ?t(z affeili- 
b'ss non dm a- 
tur: qui non 
movetur, aut 
foxum, aut 
• Deusejh Part i.Sedt. 2. 
Caufe.s of Melancholy, 
Memb.^.Subf.i* 
manis free from thefe perturbations if he be fo,fure he is either a god 
or a block. They are born and bred with us, we have them from our 
u Injlit. 1.2.de 
humanorum 
affdl. morbo- 
rumque curat. 
* Epijl. 105. 
x Granatenffs. 
yVirg. 
zDe civit.Dei. 
/.14.C.P. qualis 
in oculis homi- 
num qui inver- 
ffs pedibus am- 
bulat, talis in 
oculis fapien- 
tum, cuipajji- 
onesdominan- 
tur. 
a Lib.deBecal, 
parents by inheritance, A parentibus habemus malum hunc ajfem, faith 
u PeleziusJNafcituruna nobifrumyliturque,’tis propagated from dam, 
Cain was melancholy, *zsAuftin hath it, and who is not ? Good difei- 
pline,Education, Philofophy, Divinity (I cannot deny ) may mitigate 
and reftrain thefe paffions in fome few men at fome times, but mol} part 
they domineer,andarc fo violent,xthat as a torrent,{torrens velut aggere 
rupte)bears down all before, and overflows his banks, fternit agrosfier* 
nit fatayhey overwhelm ReafonJudgment, & pervert the temperature 
of the Body; FerturYequis aurigajnec audit currus habenas. Now fuch 2 
man (faith z Aufiin) that is fo led, in a vpifemans eye, is no better then he 
thatJiands upon his head,lt is doubted by fomeoGravzorefne morbi a pef* 
turbationibus, an ab humori bus,whether humors or perturbations caufc 
the more grievous maladies.But we find that of our Saviour,yl/<*f.26.41' 
pffjiones maxi- 
me corpus offen- 
dunt & ani- 
mam, &fre- 
quentifftmue 
cauff melan- 
cholia’, dimo- 
ventes ab inge- 
nio fa fanitate 
prijlina3. de 
anima. 
mofttrue, The Jpirit is mllmgffhe flejh is cannot rciifhAnd this 
ofaPhilo Judceusferturbations oftenojfendthe bodyare mofl frequent 
caffes of Melancholyturning it out of the hinges of his health.Vives com* 
pares them to b Winds upon the Sea0 fome onely move as thofe great gale*, 
but others turbulent quite overturn the flip. Thofe which are light, ealic? 
and more feidom, to our thinking, do us little harm, and are therefore 
contemned of us : Yet if they be reiterated,c as the rain (faith Aufiin) 
doth do thefe perturbations penetrate theminde * And(as one 
bFmcnafaJti- 
muli animi,ve- 
lut in mari 
qu<edam auv<g 
leves, quadam 
placida', qua- 
dam turbulen- 
ta. Jtc in cor- 
pore quadam 
etjfeBioms ex- 
citanttantum, 
quidam ita 
movent, ut de 
(latu judicii 
obfervesj) produce an habit of Melancholy at the /4/?, which having gotten 
the maftery incur fouls, may well be called difeafes. 
How thefe paffions produce this effedf, Q Agrippa hath handled at 
large.fftccult. i\.fuhtil. l. c, 12» 
deobcult. nat.mir.& Ith.l.cap,l6. .id .Jcbd, 1 ,art.7s* 
T. Bright yap.l2.Of his Melancholy Treatife. Wright the Jefuite, in hi* 
Book of the Paffions of the Thus in brief. To our imagina* 
tion cometh by the outward fenfe or memory, fome objefttobe known 
(refidingin theforemoft part of the brain} which he mifconceiving ot 
amplifying, prefently communicates to the heart, the feat of all affedH* 
depellant, 
c Vt gutta la- 
pidem, Jtc pan- 
latim pene- 
trant animum. 
d Vfu valentes 
reSe morbi a- 
:iimi vocantur. 
e Imaginatio 
movet corpus, 
ad cujus mo- 
tum excitantur 
humores, fa 
ffiritusvita'es, 
quibus altera- 
tur. 
f Ecclef.vj. 26. 
The heart al- 
ters the coun- 
ons. The pure fpirits forthwith flock from the Brain to the Heart, by 
certain fecret channels, and fignifie what good or bad objedf wasprC" 
Tented^f which immediately bends it felf to profecute, or avoid it} and 
withal, draweth with it other humors to help it: So in pieafure, concut 
great (tore of purer fpirits} in fadnefs, much melancholy blood; in ire? 
choler. It the imagination be very apprehenlive, intent, and violent, & 
fends great (tore of fpirits to, or from the heart, and makes a deepef 
impreffion, and greater tumult, as the humors in the body be 
prepared,and the temperature it felf ill or well difpofed,the paffions 
longer ahd llrongcr: So that the firft ftepand fountain of all our 
grie- 
vances in this kind-,nS Ufa Imaginatio, which inif-informins the Heart* 
caufeth all thefe difiemperatureSjalterationand confufion offpirits afld 
humors.By means of which, fo difturbcd, concodfion is hindred, and 
the principal parts are much debilitated,as h Dr Navarra well declared? 
tenancc to , - 
good or evil, and diftraflion of the mind caufeth Mcrnperature of the body, g Spiritus fa fangvi* a Ufa 
contaminantur, humores enim mutati aBiones animi immutant, Pifo. h Montani,condi.22,Ha vero quomodo caufeiit melancholia* 
clarum’, & quod concoBione impediant, fa me mbra principalia debilitent. .Sed. 2. 
Of the force of Imagination 
Memb.^.Subf.s 
'-lug confulted by AAont anus about a melancholy Jew. The fpirits fo 
contoundcdjthe nourifhment mud needs be abated,bad humors increa- 
and thick fpirits ingendred with melancholy blood. The 
*Taer Parts cannot perform their funffionSjhaving the fpirits drawn from 
- by vehement paffion, but fail in fenfe and motion, fo we look up- 
0n a thing, and fee it not}hear,and obferve notywhich otherwife would 
UC l affect us,had we been freed may therefore conclude withlArnol- 
UsAiaxima vis eji & huic uni fere, non autem corporis in- 
mdancholz£ caufa eft aferibenda : Great is the force of 
aiagination,and much more ought the caufe of melancholy to be aferi- 
ea f0 this alone, then to thedidemperature of the body. Of which 
n agination,bccaufe it hath fo great a droke in producing this malady, 
auCi is(o powerful of it fe If, it will not be improper to my difeourfe, to 
a brief Digrcffion,and fpeak of the force of it, and how it caufeth 
Us alteration. Which manner of Digreffion, howfoever fome diflike, as 
divolous and impertinent, yeti am of * Zero nidus his opinion. Such Di~ 
gpejfions do mightily delight and refrefi a weary Reader, they are like 
Uwce to a badJiomack0 and Ido therefore moji willingly ufe them. 
i Breviar. /. 1, 
cap. 18. 
■ * Solent hujuf • 
modiegrejTiones 
favorabhter 
obleßaVe, & 
lecloYsm lajfura 
jucunde refo ■ 
( vere, jtoma- 
t chumquenau- 
fsantsm, quo- 
: dam quqft con- 
. dimento rejics- 
. nSifyego Üben- 
’ ter excurro. 
Of the forqe of Imagination 
SUBS EC. 2. 
BHat Imagination is, I have fufficiently declared in my Digrej- 
ft on of the Anatomy of the foul. I will onely now point at the 
wonderful effeffs and power of it 5 which , as it is eminent 
in all, fo mod: efpccially it rageth in melancholy perfons, in 
keeping the fpccies of objects fo long,miftaking, amplifying 
p( ern hy continual & k drong meditation, until at length it produceth in 
?rne parties real effe£fs,caufeth this, and many other maladies. And al- 
this Phantafie of ours, be a fubordinate faculty to reafuu, aid 
be ruled by it,yct in many men, through inward or outward di- 
ernperatures,defc(d of Organs,wch are unapt or hindered, or otherwife 
contandnatedjit is likewife unapt hindred,and hurt.This we fee verified 
i-K rfPers3which by reafon of humors, & concourfe of vapors troubling 
k Ab imagina- 
tione oriuntur 
affectiones, 
quibu* anima 
x componhur,aut 
turbata detur- 
batur, Jo. Sa- 
ris bur, Mato- 
; log.lib.jj.c. 10. 
hantafie3imagin many times abfurd& prodigious things, Scin fuch 
ti afe}tr°ubled callit)ifthey lie on 
tpe?r l>acks,they fuppofe an old woman rides, & (its fo hard upon them, 
u y are a^I1)0^: hihed for want of there is nothing of- 
hri 5 a concourfe of bad humors,which trouble the Phantafie. This 
Ke\vi{e evident in fuchaswalkin the night in their deep, and doe 
ls which moving the animal fpirits,caufeththe body to walk tip and 
to .u^aS!f they were awake.Fraca(i.L 5. de intellect. refers all Extafies 
1 Scalig. tltet- 
cit. 
in Qyi quoties 
•volebat,mortuo 
fitnilii jacebat 
ys .il5 wee of Imagination,fuch as lie whole days together in a trance; 
his f** Prieft whom ™Celfus fpeaks of,that could feparate himfelf from 
ddh fn^es when he lid,&lie like a dead man,voidof life and fenfe. Car- 
hv la£s °£ himfelfthat he could do as muclnand that when helid.Ma- 
auferens fe a 
fenjibw, Qfy 
quum-pungere* 
twr dolorem 
non fenjtt* 
*UICs dich men when they come to them(elvesstdl drange things of 
p ;en Sc. Hell,what yifions they have fecn,as that Sr .Owen in Matt hew 
' that went into St. Patricks Purgatory, and the Monk of Evefoam Memb.^.Subf.s. 
Part.i.Scd.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
in the fame Author. Thofe common apparitions in Bede and Gregory, St. 
Brigets revelations, JVier.l.q.delamiis c.ii.Ctefar Vanninus in his Dia- 
logues, Sic. reduceth, (as I have formerly faid,) with all thofe tales of 
Witches progrcfles,dancing,riding,transforrnations, operations, See. to 
the force of n Imagination,and the 0 Devils illufions.The like effefts ai- 
med are to be feen in fuch as arc awake.-How many Chimeras, Anticks? 
Golden Mountains and Cadies in the Air do they build unto themfelves? 
■ I appeal to Painters,Mechanicians,MathematiciansfSomeafcribeall vices 
nldemKyman- 
nus orat. de 
Imaginat. 
oVerbis & un- 
Qionibus fe 
confecrant tLe- 
monipeJJlmte 
mulieres qui 
iis ad opus fu- 
um utitur, & 
earum phanta- 
ftam regit, du- 
to a falfe and corrupt Imagination, Anger, Revenge, Lud, Ambition? 
Covetoufnefle, which prefers falfhood, before that which is right and 
good, deluding *thc Soul with falfe (hews and fuppofitions. P Bernardus 
.Fenottus will have herelie and fuperdition to proceed from this foun- 
r tain} as he falfcly imagineth,fo he believeth, and as he conceiveth of it? 
‘fo it mud be, and it (hall be, contra gentes, he will have it fo. But moft 
. efpcciahy in pafiions and affeftions, it (hews drange and evident effefts : 
what will not a fearful man conceive in the dark > what drange formes 
of Bugbears, Devils, Witches, Goblins? Lavater imputes the greateft 
caufeof fpe&rums, and the like apparitions, to fear, which above all 0- 
J -—■ -Q - • 7 
citqtie ad loca 
ah ip fit defide- 
rata, coy] ora 
vs 0 earum five 
fenfu perma- - 
nent, qua um- 
bra cooperit 
diabolus, ut 
nulli fint con- 
Jpicua,& pofi, 
umbra fubhta, 
propriis corpo- 
ribus eas refii- 
tuit. I. 3. c. 11. 
VJier. 
p Denario me- 
dico. 
c Solet timor, 
ther paflions, begets the drongeft Imagination, (faiths IVierui) and fo 
likewife love, forrow,joy,&c.Some dye fuddenly,as (he that faw her fon 
come from the battel at Cannoe^&c.Jacob the Patriark, by force of Ima- 
gination, made pcckled Lambs, laying peckled rods before his (heep* 
Ter find that Qticcn in Heliodorus, by feeing the pift ureof Per- 
feus and Andromeda, in dead of a Blackmoor,was brought to bed of a fair 
white childe. In imitation of whom belike, * an hard favored fellow ifl 
Greece, becaufe he and his wife were both deformed, to get a good 
brood of children, EleganUfJimus imagines in thalamo collocavit, 
hung the faired pidures he could buy fbrmony in his chamber, That 
wife by frequent fight of them,might conceive and bear fuch children. And 
if we may beleeve Bale, one of Pope Nicholas the thirds Concubines, by 
feeing of r a Bear, was brought to bed of a monfter. If a woman ( faith 
{ Lemnius') at the time of her conception, thinks of another man prejentfif 
abfent, the childe will belike him. Great bellied women, when they 
long, yeeld us prodigious examples in this kind, as Moles, Warts, Scars? 
, Harelips, Monders cfpecially caufed in their children, by force of a dt* 
praved phantafie in them: Ipfam fpeciem quam animo effigiat, fictui 
1 ducit: She imprints that damp upon her childe,which (he t conceives uO- 
.to herfclf.And thereforeLodovicus Vivet,lib.2.de Chriji.fem. gives a 
: fpecial caution togreat bellied women.u That they do not admit fuch d* 
furd conceits and cogitations,but by all means avoid thofe horrible objedh 
heard orfeen, or filthy fallacies. Some will laugh,weep,figh,groan5 
tremble, fweat, at fuch things as are fuggefted unto them by their Im^- 
gination. Avicenna fpeaks of one that could cad himfelfinto a Palfc 
when he lift} and fume can imitate the tunes of Birds and Beads, thaj 
they can hardly bedifeerned : Dagebertus and Saint Francis Scars and 
Woundsplike to thofe of Chrids fit at the lead any fuch were)55 Agrippa 
pro; omnibus 
qffeftibus, for- 
tes imaginati- 
ones gignere, 
pojiamor, &c. 
I. 3. c. 8. 
r Exrifo urfo, 
talem peperit. 
f Lib. 1. cap. 4. 
de occult, nat, 
mir.fi inter 
amplexus 
jmvia cogitei 
de uno, aut die 
abfente, ejus' 
effigies folet ii 
fatu elucere. 
t Quid non fa- 
tui adhuc matri 
unito, fubita 
JJjirituii vibra- 
tione, per tier 
vos, quibus 
matrix cerebro 
conjunBa efi, 
imprimit im- 
pregnate ima- 
ginatio ? utfi 
imaginetur 
malum grana- 
tum, illius notat fecum proferet fatus: Si leporem, infans editur fupremo labello bifido, & diffeBoJ/ehsmens cogitatio movet te 
rumjfecies. Wier.lib. i.cap.8. uNe dum uterumgeflent, admittant abfurdas cogitationes,fed jj vifi, auditurus forda & horrid 
devitent, x Occult. Philof. lib. i. cap. 6A. Pa«.i.Sca.2. 
Of the force of Imaginatio??, 
Memb. 3. Subf.3* 
to have hupned by force of Imaginatiomthat fome are turned 
to Wolves,from Men to Women,and Women again to Men ( which is 
£onlrar*tly believed) to the fame Imagination } or from Men to Afies, 
'°gs,or any other ihapes. V Wierus aferibes all thofe famous transforma- 
-!nS;>to rnag^nat^oni)that in Hydrophobia they feem to fee thepidurc of 
hill in their water,z that melancholy men,and fick men,conceive 
phantaflical vifions, apparitions otthemfelves, and have fuch 
*l lurd apparitions,as that they are K.ings,Lords,Cocks,Bears,Apes, Owlss 
are heavy,light,tranfparent,grcat and little,fenfclefs and dead 
>as mall be fhevved more at large,in our of Symptomes). can be 
rmputed to naught elfe,but to a corrupt,falfe,and violent Imagination.lt 
y La- 
- miis, cap. 10* 
z Agrfppa, Hb* 
I. cap. <54. 
* 
i.fubfeß. 3. 
works not in fick and melancholy men only,but even mod forcibly fome- 
jniesin fuch as are found; it makes them fuddenly fick, and a alters 
heir temperature in an inflant. And fometimes a flrong conceit or appre- 
■henfion,as Valefias provcs,will take away Difeafes;in both kinds it will 
Produce real effecls.Men if they fee but another man tremblc,giddy or 
hek of fome fearful difeafe, their apprehenfion and fear is fo ftrong in 
*his kinde, that they will have the fame Difeafe. Or if by fome South- 
fayer,Wileman,Fortune-teller,or Phyfitian,they be told they ftiall have 
a Malleus ma- 
lefic fol.qq.cor- 
pus mutari po~ 
tejlin diverfis 
aegritudines, 
ex font appre- 
hensions, 
b Pr. Vahf I, $. 
cont.6.nonmn- 
quam etiam 
morbi diuturni 
confequuntur, 
quandoque 
curamur. 
c Expedit dnSi- 
nas,l.i.c.p.tan- 
tum porro mul' 
, hifce tribuunt 
, ut ipfe metus 
' fidem faciat 
• nam/i pr.tdi- 
. ilum. iis fuerit 
tali die eos 
1 morbo corripi- 
1 endos, ii ubi 
dies advenerit, 
in mqrbum in- 
' eidum, favi 
r metus ajjliUi, 
T cum aegritudi- 
ne, aliquando 
) etiam cum mor- 
j- te colluBantur* 
d Subtil. 18. 
- e Lib.%. de ani- 
ma, cap.de mei, 
f Lib. dePeJls. 
1 g Ub.i.capAi, 
- Ex alto defyi- 
Uch a Difcafe,they will fo ferioufly apprehend it that they will indant- \ 
iy lallor of it. A thing familiar in China (faith Riccius the Jefuitc)0 
c If it be told them they jba.il he (telyon fuch a dayyohen that day comes jhey I 
**illfnrely be will be fo terribly affliffed, that fometimes they die c 
?t.Dr. Cotta in his Difcovery ofignorant Praditioners oFPhyfick, J 
two drange dories to this purpofe,what phanfie is able to do. \ 
aPK°nC* °^a ar^ons w*fe *n 1607. that coming to} 
i . an3andtQid hy him that (be was troubled with the Sciatica, asj 
c°bjefturedsfa difeafe Ihc was free from)the fame night after her re- > 
nb upon his words,fell into a grievous fit of a Sciatica. And fuch ano- j 
lcr example he hath of another good wife, that was fo troubled with \ 
framp5‘after thc ftmer manner (he came by it. becaufe her Phyfitian < 
Ih j name it.Sometimes death it felf iscaufcd by force of Phantafie. ‘ 
avc heard of one that coming by chance in company of him that was \ 
dcad-A tQ dekof t^ie Piague (which was not fo)feil down fuddenly ; 
let hi ot^cr was fick of the Plague with conceit .One feeing his fellow 
fej 1 °0(a> falls down in a fown. Another (faith Cardan out of ArijiotU) 
u ovyn dead(which is familiar to women at any gaftly (ight)fecing but 
OVe^n langed.A Jew in France (faith e Lodovicus Fives') came by chance 
With 3 an§erous padage, or plank, that lay over a Brook in the dark, 
arobthe next day perceiving what danger he was in,fell down 
]y ‘jiany will not belceve fuch flories to be true, but laugh curaraon- 
*hVr , when they hear of them, but let thefe menconfider with 
a p|1 j Ves3 asf Peter Byarus illuftrates it. If they were fet to walk upon 
Wad nv 0R high, they would be giddy, upon which they dare fecurely 
°thel^rn th£ ground. Many (faith Agrippa) 8 ftroxg hearted men 
Ifr0<. tremble at fuch and are if they look hut down 
wi*# li ace, and what moves them hut conceit? As fome are 
*owrcdby Phantafit Sf° fome againe by Fancy alone, and a good 
arc as eafily recovered. We fee commonly the Tooth-ache, 
cientes aliqui 
pr<e timorecon- 
tremifcunt, ca* 
ligant, infir- 
mantur, Jtc 
fmgultus, /e- 
morbi c&' 
mitkles quan- 
doq; fequun- 
tur, quandoque 
i receduntr Part i.SedL 2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memo. . iA 
Gout,Falling-hcknefs,biting of a mad Dog,and many fuch maladies- cu- 
red by Spels,Words,Characters,and Charms,and many green wounds by 
that now fo muchufed Pnguentum cured,which 
Crollius and Gochnius in a book of late hath defen in a julb 
Tract as flifly contra d ids,and in oft men controvert. All the world 
there is no vertue in Inch Charms, or Cures, but a Prong conceit and 
KLib.de Incan- ( 
tat tone. Imagi- 
natio fulntum 
humorum, <& 
fur ituum mo 
tum infert, un- 
ce vano ajfe-* 
tin rapitur 
favguu, ac imd 
morbific* cun- 
fit partibus 
affefhs eripit. 
■*iib. 3. c. id. 
deprajiig, Vt 
impia creduli- 
tate quit lefdi- 
tUYffic & le- 
ntari eundem 
credibile eft, 
ufuque obferva- 
tum. 
i Jpgrl perfm- 
Jw& jidveia, 
omni arti & 
confilio & me- 
diana- p-afe- 
renda.Aviccn. 
}c P luresfanat 
in quern plures 
confidunt. Üb. 
de fjpientia. 
1 Marcilhts Fi- 
cinus /.13.C. 18. 
de theolog.P'a- 
tonica. Imagi- 
natio eft tan- 
quam Proteus 
vd Chamodon, 
corpus propri- 
um R alie- 
num nonnun- 
quam ajfdens. 
in Cur ofeitan- 
tes of itent, 
Wierus, 
opinion alone, as h Tompenatins holds, which forceth a motion of the bar 
bloody which takes away the caufe of the malady from he 
farts affcffed.Thc like we may fay of our Magical effects, fupcrfiitious 
cures,and fuch as are done by Mountebanks and Wizards. As by nvckfd 
incredulity many men are hurt (fo faith 'Wierus ofCharms,Speis,&rc.) res 
finde in our experience, hy the fame means many are relieved. An Ein pi rick 
oftentimes, and a Idly Chyrurgian, doth more ft range cures, then a rati' 
on a! Phyfiti an. Ny mannus gives a rcafon, becaufe the Patient puts hi* 
confidence in him,! which Avicenna prefers before Art, Precepts, and 
Remedies whatfo.cvcr.’T\s opinion a loneffaith k Cardan) that makes, cf. 
marrs Phyfitiansyandjic doth the beff cures,according to Hippocrates, k1 
whoir? rndff tru ft.Sotli verily doth this phantafie of ours affeft, turn and 
windCjfo imperioufiy command our bodies,which as another i Proteus A? 
AC am clean .e an take all fjapes, and is of fuch force (as Ficinus adds) th-d 
it can workupon well as our felves. How can otherwife bleat' 
eyes in one man,caufe the like affection in anothcr?Why doth one mai# 
yawning m, make another yawn? One mans pifling provoke a fecond m 3' 
ny times to do the like? Why doth feraping oftrenchcrs offend a third, 
hacking of files ? Why doth a Carkafs bleed, when the inurtherer k 
' brought before it, feme weeks after the inurthcr hath been done? Whj 
do Witches and old women,fafeinate and bewitch children : but as tfv 
Vanni mis*, Campanc/Ui 
.and many Philofophers think, the forcible imagination of the one parpV 
moves and alters the fpints of the other. Nay more, they can caufc 
cure not only difeafes, maladies, and feveral infirmities,by this 
Avicenna de anim.l.dp.fetf.4.. in parties remote, but movebo 
dies from their places, caufe thunder,lightning, tempefts, which 
Alkfndus, Varacelfus, and fome others approve of. So that I may certat' 
ly conclude, this ftrong conceit or imagination,!? aflrum hominis,and tbc 
rudder of this our (hip, which reafon fhould fteer,but overborn Ly phafl' 
tafic cannot manage, and fo fuflersit felf, and this whole veffel of on** 
to be over-ruled, and often overturned. Read more of this in IVierus /* 
%.deLamiiS)C.P>)Q)\o.,Francifcus Valcfuismed.controv.lA. cont. 6. M&r* 
cellus Donatus 1.2.c* i .de hifi.med.mirahil.Levinus Lemnius dc occult.nat* 
mir.l. I. c. 12. Cardanl.lS.de rerum var.Corn. Jgripra dc occult. fhrUj' 
cap.6^6'}.Camerarius I,Ccnl.cap»s4*horarum JuhcijNymannus morat• 
Imag.Laurentius^nci him 111 nt is injiar omnium^F 0 famous P 
tian of Antwerp;that wrote three books de viribus imaginationis. I 
thus far digrefled3bec?.ufc this imagination is the medium defe; 'ens of 
lions, by whole means they work and produce many times prodigious £y 
feds 5 and as the pliant ah e is more or lefs intended or remitted, and 
humors difpofcd;fo do perturbations move, more or lelimand, take deef" 
cr kopreffion. >art.i. Sect. 3. 
Divifon of Perturbations. 
Memb.3. Subf.3. 
S U B St C T* S' 
97 
Divifion of Perturbations 
and paffions, which trouble the phantafie, 
though they dwell between the confines of Senfe and Rca- 
fon, yet they rather follow Senfe than Reafon, becaufe 
they are drowned in corporeal organs of Senfe. They are 
r commonly nreduced into two inclinations, IrajcibleT and 
071G1*pifc7hle. The fhomijis fubdivide them into eleven, fix in thcO- 
and five in the Invading, Arijiotle rcduccth allito Pleafure and 
*s‘lin 5 Plato to Love and Hatred, 0 Vives to Good and Bad. IF good, it 
I Pfefcut, and then we abfolutely joy and love : or tocome,and then we 
Hire and hope for it: If evil, we abfolutely hate it: ifprefcnrjt is Sor- 
-sif to come Fear: Thefe foure paffions p Bernard compares to the 
lJedesofa Chariot, by which we are carried in this world. All other pafii- 1 
pns are fiibordinatc unto thefe four, or fix, as fome will: Love, Joy, De~' 
Jre3 Hatred, Sorrow, Fear: The reft, as Anger, Envy, Emulation, Pride, 
JfHoiifie, Anxiety,Mercy,Shame, Difcontent, Defpair,Ambition,Ava- 
riCe3 See. are reducible unto the firft: and if they be immoderate, they 
j fpirits,and melancholy is efpecially caufed by them.Some 
t{?V^Creet 11160 t^ere are5 that can govern themfelves, and curb in 
pc e inordinate Affections, by Religion, Philofophy, and fuch divine 
ofeccPts3 of mceknefs, patience, and the like 5 but moft part for want 
crnnicnt, out of indiferetion, ignorance, they fuffer themfelves 
Jiat* f° cn^eVand are fo far from reprefiing rebellious incli- 
.f ilQnS;,t^at they give all incouragement unto them, leaving the raynes, 
A{- l'^.nF ah provocations to further them: bad by Nature, worfe by 
ti! A helpline,r Cuftome, Education, and a perverfe will of their own, i 
ow on, wherefoever their unbridled Affedions will tranfport' 
do more out of cuftome, felf-will, than out of Reafon. Con- \ 
Vo^Unta*o as MelanUhon cals it, malum facit: this ftubborn will of 
to b \JrVerts judgement, which fees and knows what Ihould and ought1 
lufrse and yet will not do it. Mancipia guide > (laves to their feveral , 
bvj-'3 aPpetite, they percipitate and plunge fthemfelves into a La- 
°fcares, blinded with Juft, blinded with ambition 5t They feek} 
refr dt Gods hands they may give unto themfelves, if they could but , 
rja aifljr°w thofe cares, and perturbations, wherewith they continually ‘ 
f6 l^eir windes, But giving way to thefe violent paffions of fear, 
'4Q Hnainc, revenge, hatred, malice, Sac. they are torn in pieces, as < 
f0/* with his dogs, and u crucifie their own fouls. | 
nT. W .Jefuih 
o 3. de Anima. 
pSV. 35, Ha 
quatuor pajji- 
ones funt tan- 
quam rot<e in 
curru, quibuf 
vehimur hoc 
mundo« 
q Harum quip- 
pe immoderati- 
one , Jfiritus 
marce fount, 
Femel, 1.1. 
Path. c. 18. 
t TVLila confue- 
tudine depra- 
vatur' ingeni- 
um ns bene fa- 
cial. Proffer 
Calenus, I. ds 
atra bile, 
Plura faciunt 
homines icon- 
fuetudine, 
quam e ratione 
A teneris ajfu- 
efcere multum 
efi. ’Video meli* 
ora probop„de- 
Uriora fequor, 
Ovid. 
f Ketno hedhur 
rift d feipfo. 
'"Weittdip 1 l^tl fi in 
posfmgra’ciPham ambitione fa cupiditatibus esecacati, non intelligunt fe 0ud d diis petere, quodfibi ipf'f veUni pr<r* 
mem* dolor,, 'mi &Perm'bationibw, quibw qjfdue fen macerant, imperare vellent,n Tantojludio miferia-fam caufts, fa aU* 
1 ton qu<erimu*, vitamcp, fecus felicijfmam, trijhm fa mifer abler. efficimuf. Petrarch, pro;fat. ds Remediis, fao. Part i.Sed.2. 
Caujcs of Melancholy. 
Memb.g. Subi.4* 
S U B S E c T. 4. 
Sorrow a caufc of Melancholy. 
Sorrow. 
In farm dolor. 
x Timor et mce- 
jiitiajtdiu per- 
feverent,caufi 
(fyfoboles am 
humori funt, 
this Catalogue of Paffions., which (o much torment the 
Soul of man,and caufe this malady ( for I will briefly (peak 
of them alfandin their order)the firff place in this 
appetite, may juftly be challenged by Sorrow. An 
bie mother and daughter of melancholy, he* 
Vy in circulum 
p procreant. 
Hip. Aphorif. 
I. 6. Idem 
fihntalm cap. 
tp. Vi cl or iu* 
Favent in us 
praß. imag. 
y Multi ex 
mayors ft me- 
tu huc delapji 
funt. Lemn. 
"lib. i. cap. \6. 
z Multa cura 
e> trijiitie. fa- 
ciunt accedere 
melancholiam 
(cap.3. de men- 
. ti alien.) fi al- 
tas radices a- 
gat, in veram 
fixamq", degene- 
fat melancholia 
ft* in defferati- 
onent definit. 
a Ills Mins, 
ejus vero foror 
defperatio fi- 
niti ponitur. 
b Animarum 
crudele tormen- 
tum, dolor inex- 
plicabili, tinea 
non fulum offa, 
fed corda per- 
X j — ' o J — y / 
Epitome chief cau/eras Hippocrates hath it; They beget one 
another, and tread in a ring, for Sorrow is both Caufe and Symptoms of 
this difeafe. How it is a Symptome (hall be (hewed in his place. That it 
is a caufc all the world nonnullis in fani a can fa fa 
ityt aliorum morborum infan abi hum faith. Plutarch to Apollonius a caul- 
ofmadnefs, a caufe of manyother difeafes, a foie caule of this mifehieb 
yLcmnius cals it.Sodoth Rafts cont.l.l.traff.y. Guianeriut Traci. 15. c• 5' 
And if it take root once,itpnds in defpair,as z Fehx plater obferves, and 
as in a Ccbcs tablet-may well be coupled with it .b chryfoftome in his fevefl' 
tee’nth Epiflle to Olympia faienhesit tob a a cruel torture of theJouLa n*°fi 
inexplicable grief poyfone d worm 0 con fuming body and fad, and gnawfa 
the very heart perpetual executioner night darknejh 
a whirlwindc>a tempofi, an ague not appearingdeati ng ivorje then any ftG 
and a battel that hath no end .* It crucifies worfe then any Tyrant 3 no tot' 
tttre5 noJirappado, no bodily punifiment is like unto it. ’Tis the Eag^ 
. without queftion which the Poetsfained to gnaw c Prometheus hearting 
no heavinefs is like unto the beavinefs of the heart , Ecclus 2s. 15, 
d Every perturbation is a mif try, but grief a cruel torment, a domineering 
paffion: as in old when the Dittaior was created, ail inferior ti]r 
gifrracics grief appears, all other paffions vaniih. It dries#? 
the hones. faith Solomon, c. 17. Pro. makes them hollow-eysd,pale,and 
lcan,furrow-faced,to have dead iooks,wrinklcd browB,riveled check5? 
dry bodies, and quite perverts their temperature that are 
1 with it. As Elenora that exil’d mournful Dutches (in our e Englifh ovw 
’ laments to her noble husband Humphrey Duke of Clocejier9 
tingens, petpe- 
tuiv carnifex, 
•vires anima 
confumens, ju- 
ri nox,et tene- 
%<e profunfa, 
tempef* & 
mbe &fehn>J 
wn apparens, 
omni igne vali-" 
dim incendens", 
longior,i* pi’g- 
\\(C finem non 
habens 
Crucem circum- 
Sarreji thou thofe eyes in whofe facet cheerful 
Duke Humphry joy and plcafure took, 
Sorrow hath Jo deficitd me of all grace0 
Thou couldft not Jay this was my Elenors face. 
Liky a feme Gorgon, tftc. 
tit hinders concoEtionyefr i gerat es the heart Jakes away 
fkep’dhickyns the bloody (g fernelius 1.1 .c.i2.de morb.cau[t secant ami 
the fiirits (hpifo) Overthrows the natural heat,perverts the good e&te< 
of body and mind,St makes them weary of their livesscry out5 howls fa 
roar for very anguilh of their foules. David con faded as much >3^* 
I have reared for i he very dijquictnes of my heart. And Pf.i \y.i\.pavt.fa‘ 
eniqueomni tyranno crudeliorem \X£ fc fert, c Nat. Comes Myihol d TuVy 3. Tufc. omvperturbatio miferia & 
dna efi dolor. tM. Drayton inlus Her. epa Crino cvnjtl. 21. hb. 2. moefiitia miverjim infrigidat corpw, calorem iw#®9 
tiv.guiii, appetitum dejhidt. g Cor refrigerat trijutia,J[nritif* exjiccat, imatumqve ca lorem obruit,vigilias induat, 
befaclat, Cinguinem incrajfot, exaggeratote melmkol iatmf\tc:v.vt, h Spiritu* i* [angui* hoc contaminat ur, filo. kw-i.Seft.a.' 
Fear-, a Caufe 
Mcinb.3. Subf.s. 
fo foul mdt eth away for very heavinefspvcrt.fo. lam hkg a bottle in the 
€?***, Ant*ochus.complained that he could not deep, and that his heart 
bor grief,f Chrift himfelf, Vir dolorum, out of an apprehenfion of 
glc*3uid fweat blood,^/rfr4l4* His foul was heavy to the death, and no 
_ irow was likeunto his.Crato coniil.i 1 ./.a.gives inftance in one that was 
£ Mac. 6. 16 ■ 
xx. 
tnelancholy byreafon of S grief ; and Montanus confit. 30. in a noble 
|_ had no other canfe ofthis mifehief.IS .D.m Hildejheim fill- 
fo- , a Pat*ent °f bis, that was much troubled with melancholy, and 
many y ears,lbutafterwards by a little occafton offorrow,he fell info his 
Qi^pSrand was tormented as before. Examples are common, how it 
; et“ melancholy,Mefperation,and fometimesdeath it fel ffor (Ecchss. 
j.fj -jOf heavines comes death. IVor Idly forrow caufeth death,2Cor.7.lo. 
'3 * *lO. My Ufc is wafedwith heavinefs,and my years with mourning. 
fo ’ VaS He cub a fold to be turned to adp glNiobe into a ftone ? but that. 
\ was fcnfelefs and ftupid. Severus the Emperor * dyed for 
® S and how m many meriads befides , 
« Tanta illi eft feritas, tanta eft infant a luffus. 
gives a reafon of it gathering of much melancholy blood a- 
fot the hearty which colletfion extinguiftjeth the goodJJirits, or at leaf 
H et h jirihys the heart ynakes it tremble and pine awpiyywith 
t£**.Pa*n: dnd the blac\ blood drawn from the diffufed under 
tth ’’'p Sj °n mahys thofe perilous hypocondriacaU convulsions, 
uh happen to them that are tronbled.with Sorrow, 
gMerore ma- 
ceror, marcefce 
<flj confenefeo 
mfer, qjfa atq\ 
pedit fum mi- 
fera macritu- 
dine. Plant. 
h /kfalu incep- 
tum & aBum 
d trifilia Jbla. 
i Hildejheim. 
fpiceL 2. de me-, 
lancholia, mae- 
rore animi po- 
fiea accedente, 
in priora fym- 
ptomata inci- 
dit. 
k Vives 3. de a. 
nima, c.,de mar- 
rore, Sabin, in 
Ovid. 
I Hsrodian. t. 3. 
maerore mag» 
quam morbo 
»t\- , eenfumptuf efl. 
Fit Cllfn Utm ftnbilarius obiit Gemenfts hif. &c. n Mejtitia cot quajt percuflum confringitur, tremit & langue- 
/®iJholatCrif[enfu^or**' tr cor fugiens attrahit ex Splene lentum humorem melancholicum, qui effufus fub cefx in 
hpocondriacosfatusfacit, quodflepe accidit iis qui diuterm cura <& mcefitiasonfliBantur. MelanBjym. 
S U B S E C. 5. 
Fear, a Caufe. 
KgS» Ofen gennan to Sorrow3 is Fear, or rather a lifter, fidus Acha~ 
I SfKpft tes> continual companion, an afliftant and aprincipal 
agent in ptocruting of this mifehief 5 acaufe and fymptorne 
EMfcSSSsW as the other. In a word, as o Virgil of the Harpies, I may 
jufj-]y fay of them both, , 
0L1J.3. An. 4 
p Lt metum i- 
aeo dtam Carva* 
Tr ift ius haud illis monfrum, nec fovi or ulla 
PejUs & ira Deum flygiis fefe extulit undis. 
A bidder monfter, or more cruel plague fo fell. 
uco aeam jacra- 
runt ut bomm 
mentem conce- 
deret.Varro,L<t- 
Bantius, Aug. 
q Lilt us Gi- y 
raid, Syntag.i, 
de diis mifcsl- 
laniis. 
r (alendujan, 
feriafur.t div<€ 
Angerona, cut 
pontifices inja- 
cello Volupiae 
facra facium, 
quod angeres et 
animi follici- 
tudines propi- 
tiata propellat. 
r Or vengance of the Gods, ner came from Styx or Hell. 
la IS/ol3^e bend of feare was worfhipped heretofore as a God by the 
fri °rroW amongft the reft, under the name of Angerona Dea , they 
tetj^c 111 Luch awe of them ,as Auftin de Civitat. Dei lib. 4. cap. 8. no- 
"p Varr° •> Fear was commonly <i adored and painted in their 
vm-x Lyons head , and as Macrobius records 1. id. Saturnali- 
lenit It^>e Ca^tncls of January Angerona had her holy day, to whom in the 
year! C l/°^H ft or Goddefs of pie afore, their Augures and Bifiops did 
J JacriJjce j that beine propitious to them, (he mizht expel/ all cares, Part, i. Seft.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy, 
Memb.3. Subf.s* 
anguifi,and vexation of the minde for that year following. Many lame*1' 
table ededts this Fear caufcth in men, as to be red, pale, tremble, fweat, 
f Timor inducit 
f gw, cor da 
p pitationem, 
rocps defeßum 
atq’ pallorem» 
Agrippa lih. I. 
cap. dj. Umi- 
di femperJlnri- 
tw habent pi 
gidos. Mont. 
JA- a * 0 
fit makes fudden cold and heat to come over all the body, palpitation 
of the heart. Syncope, Sec. It amazeth many men that arc to fpeak, Of 
(hew thcmfelves in publike alfemblies, or before fome great 
as Tuliy confeded of himfelf, that he trembled (fill at the beginning 
his fpeech, and Demojihenes that great Orator of Greece before Philip* 
push It confounds voice and memory, as Lucian wittily brings in Juft* 
ter Tragoedus, fo much afraid of his auditory , when he was to make 3 
(peech to the reft of the Gods, that he could not utter a ready wor^j 
but was compelled to ufe Mercuries help in prompting. Many men a*c 
fo amazed and adonifhed with fear, they know not where they Mc* 
tEjfitfacemerts ' 
fugientes agmi ■ . 
nd turmas; quis 
mea nunc inf it ■ 
cornua Faumw 
aitlAlciat. ■ 
u Metus non 
folum memori- - 
am conjhrnat, . 
fed et iv.ftitu 
turn aniirn om- 
ne et laudabi- . 
lem conatum 
impedit. Thu- 
Cidides. 
xLib.de forti- 
tudine <& vir- 
tute Alexandri, 
ubi prope res 
adfuit tear itnlis. 
a SeB.a. Mem, 
3. Suhf.2, 
hSeB. i.Mem. 
4. Subf. 3. 
c Subtil.i2.lib. 
timor amabit 
adfe Daemon- 
as, timor et er- 
ror multum in 
hominibus 
pojpmt. 
Alib.z.SpeBru 
fort es rans 
JfeBra rident, 
quia minus ti- 
ment. 
e Vita eius. 
£Se&2 Mem. 
4- Sulf.J. 
g De veru & 
vitiis. 
h Com.in Arijh 
de Anima. 
what they fay,t what they do, and that which is word,it tortures the# 
many da yes before with continuall affrights and fufpition. It hinder5 
mpft honourable attempts, and makes their hearts ake, fad and heavy* 
They that live in fear are never free, u refolute,fccure, never merry*!#* 
in continual! pain : that,as Vives trueiy faid. Nulla eji miferia major 
metus, no greater mifery,no rack,no torture like unto it,ever fufpicioUS? 
anxious, follicitous, they are childifhly drooping without reafoa, with' 
out judgement, x ejjecia/Jy iffeme terrible object be offered, as Plut^cK 
hath it*. It caufcth oftentimes fudden madnefs, and almo(f all maner 0* 
difeales, as I have diffidently illuftrated in my aDigre(lion of the for# 
of Imagination, and (hall do more at large in my fedion of h Terror*» 
Fear makes our Imagination conceive what it invites the devil to 
come to us, as c Agrippa and Cardan avouch, and tyrannizeth over OU* 
Phantafie more than all other attentions, efpecialiy in the dark. We f# 
this verified in mod men, as faith, gtu# metuunt, 
they fear they conceive, ana faign unto thcmfelves * they think they 
Goblins, Hagges, Devils, and many times become melancholy thereby' 
Cardan fuhiil. lib, 18. bath an example of fuch an one, fo caufed to I# 
melancholy ( by fight of a bugbear ) all his life after. Augnftus 
dnrft not fit in the dark, nift aliquo ajjzdente, faith e Suetonius 
tenehrk evigilavit. And ’tis (frange what women and children will coP 
ceivc unto thcmfelves, it they go over a Church-yard in the night, 
or be alone in a dark room, how they fweat and tremble on a fadde# 
Many men are troubled with future events , fore-knowledge of the# 
fortunes, dedinics, as Severus the Emperor, Adrian and Domitian^Q* 
ferret ultimum vita diem> faith Suetonius, valdefoil citus,much 
in mindc becaufe he foreknew his end * with many fuch, of wbkh * 
(hall fpeak more opportunely in another place. Anxiety, mercy, 
indignation, &c. and fuch fearful branches derived from* thefe 
(femmes of fear and forrow, I voluntarily omit 5 read more of the# & 
g Carolus Pafc alius, h Dandmus, &c. art-i.Se&.2. 
Shame and Dijgrace, Caufes. 
Mcmb.g. Subf.6, 
S U B S E c. 6. 
99 
shame and Difgrace Caufes. 
Ha me and Difgrace caufe moft violent paftions, and bittet 
paqgz.ob pudorem & dedecus publicum,ob errorem cqmmifjum 
fkpe moventur genero ft animi ( Felix Plater lib. 3. etc alienat. 
Blrlill/Sl| mentis) Generous minds are often moved with fhame,to dc- 
(hair for fome publike difgrace. And he, faith Philo lab. i.dc 
provicl. h That fubje&s himfelf to fear, grief* ambiti on, flame, is not 
.fiPpyfut altogether m/ferable,torturedwith continual labor,care,and mi- 
Jcrj. lr is forcible a batterer as any of the reft: i Many men negleU the 
mults ofthe world,and care not for glory,and yet they are afraid of inf a- 
e,di)grace,(fTui.ofjl.Ll.) they can feverely contemnpleafure, bear 
indifferently, but they are quite k battered and broken with reproach 
afdobloqui : (pqurdem vita &famaparipajfu ambulantflnd are fo deje- 
many times for fome publique injury,difgrace, as a box on the eare, 
their-inferior,to be overcome oftheir advcrfary,foiled in the field, to 
,e out in a fpecch, fome foul faft committed or difclofed, Bcc. that they 
Ul'e not come abroad all their lives after, but melancholize 
keep in holcs.The moft generous fpirits are moft fubjed to it: Spin ■ 
fhos frangit <&• generojbsiHieronymus.Arijiotle bccaufe he could notv 
c derftand the motion of Euripus for grief and (hame drowned himfelf: 
um Rodiginus antiquar.lec.lib.29.cap.B. Homerus pudore confumptus, \ 
tJfs wallowed up with this paffion of fhame 1 becaufe he could not unfold • 
fijhermans riddle- Sophocles killed himfel fm for that a Tragoedi cof his ‘ 
fJJed off the ftage:Valer .max .lib. 9 .cap. 12. Lucreti a ftabbed her felf, ! 
fo d*° did n Cleopatra, when fle fiw, that fle was referved for a triumph,J 
Vi a7i°*d the infamy .Antonius the Romania ft er he was overcome of his ene- \ 
three dayes /pace fat folitary in the fore-part of the ship,abjlaining t 
c'omp any,even of Cleopatra her felf,and afterwards for very flame, j 
ii.C,r€d himfelf,Plutarch vita ejus, Apollonius Rodius banifled t 
re^j^-forfakJng his Country,<& all his dear friends,becaufe he war out iti \ 
' \n& lJis Poems, Plinius lib.y. cap. 23. Ajax ran mad,becaufe his armes j 
CXI judged to Ttlyfjes. In China his an ordinary thing for fuch as are \ 
ftair thofc famous tryals of theirs, orfhould take degrees, forJ 
fPOn‘Q and grief to lofc their wits,q Mat.Riccius expedited Sinas 9. 
*****1 Ftyer took that book whicli Reuclin had writ againft him, < 
and CT ILlrne o*’ Fpiji.obfeurorum virorum fo to heart, that for fhame 3 
Min’fJ*C^^e made away himfelf/Jovius in elogiis. A grave and learned [ 
jan ordinary Preacher at Alomar in Holland, was(one day as he - 
t]Qfs Q'i!n t^le felds for hi* recreati6)fuddenly taken with a Jask cr loof-j 
thereupon compelled to retire to the next ditclubut belngffur- n 
h fui mentem 
fubjecit timoris 
dominationi, 
Cupiditate, do- 
loris, ambitio- 
Bis, pudore, fe- 
lix non eji, fed 
omnind mifer, 
ajjiduu labori- 
™ torquem 
mifer id, 
i /Rui^'con- 
temnunt <nun-' 
di jhepitvm..re- 
putant pro ni- 
hilo gloriam, 
fsd timent infa- 
miam, ojfenjto- 
nem, repidfam. 
• Voluptatem fe- 
r verijjimi con- 
temnunt, in de- 
lore funt molli- 
ores, gloriam 
negligunt, fran- 
guntur infamia, 
k Gravius Con- 
tumeliam feri- 
mus quam de ■ 
- tr i mentum, ni 
abjeBo nimis 
animo fimns. 
Pint, in Timoh 
1 ifuod pifca• 
tor P (fmgwa 
folvere non 
pojjet, 
vnOb Trage- 
dian eaplofitTti 
morte Jtbi gla- 
dio confcivit. 
n Cum vidit 
in triumphum 
fe fervar i, can- 
fa em ignomi- 
ri<£ vitanda 
fc;vit, P/ 1 V vionemJibimt 
PC urum?*' 0 viftw, per tres dies pdit in prora mvi),a[i(linsns ab omni confo/tio, etim Chopatfd, pojhafe inmfecit, 
9«od a A'gonautica, obpudorem esntlaxit. q kuiaam pvte verecundia Jtml & dolore in injaniim incidunt, ed 
fiol<r obffato¥um £radu in examine excluduntur, v Hojhaxw cucuUatis adeo graviter ob Reuclini librum, qvt infcribitur, Epi~ 
yirorum> MoreJmul & pudore faudat u*t utfeipfum interfecerit* fPropter ruborem conjufu*, jhtim cepit dslir** 
PJpicionem, quod vili illum crimine uenifarenh • " Part. 1. Sed. 2. 
Cauftcs of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. Subf.7- 
prized at unawares,by fome Gentlewomen of his Parifh, wandering that 
wayswas fo abafhcd,that he did never after (hew his head in publikeh of 
come into fhe Pu^P^r: hut pined away with Melancholy : ( Pet. Foreftus 
med. obfervat.lib. 10. obfervat* 12,) So ihame amongft other paflions can 
p]ay his prize» 
1 know there be many bafe, impudent, brazen-faced rogues, that wjjj 
t Nulla pallefcere culpf be moved with nothing, take no infamy or dib 
Brace t0 heartjaugh at aiglet them be proved perjured,ftigmatized,con' 
vict rogucs,theeves,traitors,lofe their ears,be whipped,branded,cartccl, 
pointed at,hided, reviled, and derided with u Ballio the Baud in plauttth 
they rejoyce at it. Can teres probos^, babe and Bombax, what care they 
We have too many fuch in our times, 
t Horat. 
u Pf. Impudice. 
B Ita efl. Pf, 
fcehjle. B dic if 
vera.Pf. Verbe- 
ro. B. quippeni 
Pf. furcifer. B. 
ffhtm optime. 
Pf.focijraude. 
B. funt mea 
i ihe.Pfparrici- 
da B. perge tu 
Pf.facYilege. H, 
fateor.Pf.per ju- 
re B.vera dicit. 
Pf. pernities a- 
dokfcentum. B. 
acerrime. Pf. 
fir. B. babe.Pf 
fugitive. B. ' 
homhatt. Pf. 
fraus populi. R. 
PlaniJme.Pf 
impure lenogtf- 
numiB.cantcres 
probos Pfeudo- 
lut aci. i. 
Seen. 3. 
yt' em. jJ Pli- 
nia. 
Excldm at Melicerta ferijje 
- Frontem de rebus. 
Yet a modeft mandone that hath grace,a generous fpirit, tender of his re- 
putation,will be deeply woundeefand fo grievoufly aifeded with it,that 
he had rather give myriads of crowns,loofe his life, then fuffer the lea# 
defamation of honor, or blot in his good name. And if fo be that he can' 
not avoid it, as a Nightingale, gnie cantando vitta moritur, ( faith 
caldus.) dies for fhame, if another bird fing better, he languiftieth and 
pincth away in the anguifh of his fpirit. 
S U B s E c. 7. 
Envy, Malice, Hatred, Caufes. 
mmsmi vy an<* Malice, are two links of this chain, and both, 
iPi as Cui aneri us Traß. 15. cap. 2. proves out of Galen 3' 
® VWMIIW •dpborijmt} com. 22. y caufe this malady by themfelvch 
specially rf their bodies be otherveije difvofed to MeUfH 
Hi! c ’Tis Falefcus deTaranta, and Fodix platerufob' 
ply fervat ion, z Envy fo gnavees many mens hearts, that thtf 
become altogether melancholy. And therefore belike#*- 
y Muhos vide- 
mus propter in- 
vidiam & odi- 
um in melan- 
choliam inci- 
diffe: & illos 
potifimum quo- 
rum corpora ad 
hanc aptafunt, 
z Invidia qffli- 
lomon, Prov. 14. 13. cals it, the rotting of the bones, Cyprian, 
occultum j 
* a Siculi non invenere tyranni 
git homines a- 
deo et corrodit, 
tit hi melancho- 
lici penitus 
funt. 
a ftor. 
5 His vultus 
minatu, town* 
ajpeftte, pallor 
in facie, in la- 
biis tremor, 
Jlridor in denti- 
bu<, &c. 
Majus tormentum 
The Sicilian tyrants never invented the like torment. It crucifies the1* 
fouls, withers their bodies, makes them hollow-ey’d. b pale, lean, 
gaftly to behold, Cyprian fer. 2. de zelo & Uvore. cAs a Moth gna&cf a 
garment ,fo, faith Chryfojiome, doth envy confum* a man: to be alfrhj 
Anatomy;a skeleton, to be a lean and dpale carcajs,quickened with a efic**9 
Hall in Charaß. for fo often as an envious wretch fees another man pj0' 
fper,to be enriched, to thrive, and be fortunate in the world, to get h0 
' nors, offices, or the like, he repines and grieves. 
Jft vetttmcntmjk. too» «* ?“■ #»“>'emfimt. d Palor mfOa,matt in corf ore to». Mn t «<». 
Ak dentes, rlJiaMi at# **«». »»«f ««""J non eff eo nmJirojM ’MS*"' 
A^in- f!cmn- **”*■ Part.i.Sect.2. 
Envy, Malice, Hatred, Caufes. 
Mcmb.3. S'ubf./. 
f intabcfcitquc videndo 
SkcccJJus hominum fuppliciumquc fuum ejl. 
c tortures himfelf if his equal, friend, neighbor be preferred, commeri- 
ed,do well, if heunderftand of it, it gaules him afrelh, and no greater 
pain can come to him,then to hear of another mans wel-doing, ’tis a dag- 
£jcr at his heart every fuch objeft. He looks at him, as they that fell 
I *ov^n ln Lucians rock of honor, with an envious eye, and will damage 
niicjfsto do another a mifehief: Atque cadet fubito, dum fuper hojie ca~ 
1 ** * As he did in Atfop, lofe one eye willingly, that his fellow might lofe 
or that rich man in that poyfoned the flowers in his 
garden,becaufe his neighbors Bees fhould get no more honey from them. 
Is whole life is forrow, and every word he fpeaks a £tf/yre,nothing fats 
1 lrn but other mens mines. For to fpeak in a word. Envy is nought elfe 
nyFriflitia de bonk alienis, forrow for other mens good, be it prefent, 
Pait,or to come: & gaudium de adverfisfend 8 joy at their harms, oppofitc 
o mercy, which grieves at other mens mifchances, and mif-affe(fts the 
b°dy in another defines it, lib.2.de orthod.fid.Thomas 
Arifiotle 1.2. Rket.c.\.& 10. Flato philebo. Tully%. 
fc.Gr eg.Hic.l. dtvirt.anim&x.\2.Bafil.de Invidia. Pindarus Od.ifcr. 
s*and we finde it true.Tis a common difeafe,and almoft natural to us, as 
• ac*tm holds,to envy another mans profperity. And ’tis in moft men an 
difeafe. Is I have read, faith Marcus Aurelius, Creel Hebrew, 
could finde none,hut to renounce all happinefs, and to be a wretch fend 
ever!Tis the beginning ot hell in this life, and a paflion not 
c cxcufed.liSx’rrj/ other fin hath fomepleafure annexed to it,or will ad- 
J°f excufefenvy alone wants both. Other fins lafi but for a while, the 
q fifty he fatkjiedfenger remits, hatred hath an, end, envy never ceafeth. \ 
n*r<*an l*h.2.de fap.Divine and humane examples are very familiar, you 1 
lUn 
ityfi* non proprium peccatum fedfratrk profferitasfaithTheodoret, - 
jn ?s his brothers good fortune gauled him .Rachel envied her lifter,be-; 
thf *trQl],Gen.3o.Jofephs brethren him, Gen, 37. David had a touch of j 
otl^VlCesas he conkileth,mPf.%7,nJeremy repined at1 
felf r?B°od,but in the end they corredcd themklves.Pfyyfret not thy 
b€ !'^C' L>°mi tian fpited Agricola for his worth,p that a private man Jhould' 
glorified.sfecinna was envied of his fellow-citizens,becaufe he 
shroff tichly adorned.But of all others, twomen arc moft weak ,obpuU 
tjH*fiC IVe?u invidaifunt faminx^Mufausffut amat,aut odit,nihil eft ter-1 
iilQfj love,or hate,no medium amongft them .Implaca- 
bor P c)Urnlfi la;fa mulieres, Agrippina like, f A woman iffie fee hex neigh- 
a or degant,richer in tires, Jewels,.or apparelys enraged,& like 
her *eJfiJets upon her hurbandyailes a, her feoffs at her,and cannot abide \ 
) 0 lbe Roman Ladies inTacitus did at Solonina Cecinnas \\7\ic.fbecavfe 1 
f Ovid. 
* Hedam. 13» 
linivit floras 
maleficis fuccif 
in venenum 
mella conver- 
tens. 
g Statuis cerei* 
Bqftlius eos 
comparat, qui 
liquefiunt ad 
prafentiam fo- 
ils, qua alii 
gaudent <f< or- 
nantur. Mufcii 
alii,qu.# ulceri- 
bus gaudentf 
anuena pr^te.- 
/ n ... v. 
reunt,Jijhntia 
fetida. 
h IWferico' eia 
1 etidqu<f tvijii- 
tia quadam ejl, 
fepe mfer antis 
corpus malo af- 
ficit Agrippa. I, 
i. cap. <53. 
i In/iium mor- 
talibus a mtur-ii 
recentem alio- 
rtim felicita- 
tem <fgru oculis 
intueri, hi]}. I, 
. 2. Tacit, 
khegi Chaldae- 
os, Gr a cos. He- 
br<eos,confului 
, fapisntes pro 
remedio invi- 
dia, hoc enim 
inveni, renuti- 
dare felicitati, 
& perpetud 
mifer ejjfe. 
1 Omne pecca- 
tum aut excufa- 
twnsm fecum 
habet, aut vo- 
luptatem, fola 
invidia utraq-, 
XitiaJinen 1 k . miqua 
JhiltoS' wbeitt, ira defervefit, gulafatiatur, odium fine m habet, invidia mnquam quiefcit. m ‘Vreb.it me atnulaiio propter 
invidia r'*t2’l* • ° 1‘ P Invidit privati nomenfupra principi/attolli, q Tacit. Hiji. lib. 2. part. 6. t Peritur* dolor# 
ffZ- %uem x'*derint ornatiorem fe in publicum prodiijfe. P latina dial, amorum. {Ant. QuianerJus lib. 2. (jap. 8. X'iri. M. 
«3 ’vLc}nam vsjhtam videns, lean* injhr invirum infurgit, Sec. t i(ucd irjigniequo kST ojir» vehers- 
” - nuldui cum injuria, orrtanm illum tamquam la fee gr arabantur. Parta. Sed. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.j/Subf.S' 
fie had a better betterfurn iture, as if fie bad hurt them roil hit S 
they rvere much of ended: In like fort our Gentlewomen do at their ufual 
meetings,one repines or fcofics at anothers bravery anci happinefs, 
fine an Atticf{e wench, was murthered of her fellows,11 becaufejhe did ex- 
cel the reft in Coujiantine Agricult, /. 11, cj- every Village will 
yeeld fuch examples. 
u JQuod pul- 
chritudine om- 
nes excelleret, 
puel!if indig- 
netas occide- 
runt. 
S U B S E C T. 8. 
JEmulation, Hatred, Faff ion, Defire of revenge, Caufes. 
xl ate patet in- 
niditf ftrcmds 
pernitieSjCy /f. 
vor radix omni- 
um malorum, 
fons cladium, 
;;idif odium fur- 
git emuhtio 
Cyprian fer. 2. 
de Livore. ' 
* Valerius I. 3. 
c*p. 
y £fiialu ejl 
animi tinea, 
puA tabes pe- 
Beru gelare in 
altero vel alio ■ 
rum felicitatem 
fuam facere mi- 
fsriam, et vehit 
quofdavt peßori 
fuo admovere 
carntfices,cogi- 
®lit of this root of Envy , x fpring thofe. feral branches of 
faction., hatred.,. liver, emulation, which caufe the* like 
grievances, and are jnrr£ anint£, the fawes of the foul) 
[ * conftcrnat ienk flevi ajfectufy affections full of defperat^ 
! as Cyprian deferibes emulation, it is y a mth 
of ihe confumption,to make another mans happines his miferyjo tor" 
lure cruci fie and execute hi mfelf to eate his oven heart .Aieat and 
do fuvh men no good J hey do ahrayes grieve, figh and groan5 day and night 
without intermijjiony heir brejt is torn a funder .-and a little after 5 
foever he‘is whom thoudofi emulate and envy fit may avoidthee, but tbo* 
canft neither avoid him,nor thy felf 5 where foever thou art,he is with thee 9 
thine enemy is ever in thy brejf thy defrucinm is within thee, thou art * 
captive found hand andfoot..as long as thou art malicious,and cnvio us.ard 
: canft not be comforted. It was the devils overt hrowymd whcufocvcr rho^ 
’ art throughly affected with this paffioryt will be thine.Yet no perturbs 
tion fo frequent, no pafiion fo common. 
tatiortibw & 
fenjibus fuis ad- 
hibere tortores, 
qui feintcjtiim 
cruciatibus Ja- 
cerent. Non ci- 
bus talibus ite- 
a Kce,J uteptov* YApj-ut tccr'in xj 7inTup, 
Ecu rf} yfs 7ijas doiS'k *01$?, 
A Potter emulates a Potter, 
One Smith envies another : 
A begger emulates a begger, 
A lingiog man his brother. 
vat? Miivw - 
tUS, non Jmus , 
poteft eJTe ju- 
cundus lfuj[n- 
ratur femper et 
genitur,& do- ■ 
lettf dies <& ■ 
noßes, pethu 
fine intemijjio 
ne laceratur. 
z.Sluifqu» eft 
tile quern ccmu- 
hris, mi invi- 
des if tefußter- 
fugerepoteji, nt 
hi non te ubi- 
cunque fugeris, 
adverfarius tu- 
us tecum ejl,ho- 
Jiis tuusfemper 
in peßore tuo 
tlfpernities in- 
Every (ocicty 5 corporation and private family is full of it, it tak^5 
hold almoft of all forts of men , from the Prince to the Ploughman 
even amongft Gofiips it is to be feen,fearce three in a company but 
is Tiding, fadion, emulation betweentwo of them, fome fimultas, 
private grudge, heart-burning in the midil of them. Scarce twoGentk' 
men dwell together in the Country, (if they be not near kin or linked 
in marriage ) but there is emulation betwixt them and th?sr fcrvnnij 
fome quarrel or fome grudge, betwixt their wives or children, friend 
and followers, lome contention about wealth, gentry, precedents 
ckc. by meanes of which, like the Frog in b JEfop, that would 
tillJbewas as big as an Oxe , bu'rji her felf at lafi 5 they will 
beyoiid their fortunes, callings, and ftrive fo long that they 
their fubftance in Law-fuits, or otherwife in hofpitality, fcaftinfe ? 
J '1 
tus inclufa, /i*]„ , 
rius es, dominante captivus: nsc folatia tihi uHaJubveniunt thinc diabolus inter initia fatim munii, & periit p* 
& perdidit,Cyprian fer. 2. de $elo&livore. 2. He/iod, op.disu hKamcupiU scandi'bovem, fe dijkndebat, &v. art*i.Se£l:.2. 
Emulation, Hatred, (>c. 
Mcinb.3. Subf.B 
me clothes, to get a few bumbafi: titles, for ambitiofa paupertate labora- 
mu*omneS) to out-brave one another, they will tire their bodies, mace- 
le^r oulcsi through contentions or mutual invitations begger 
tenfelves. Scarce two great Scholars in an age, but with bitter in- 
ectivcs they fall fouleone on another, and their adherents «, Scotijis 
owifissßealsflflominalS) Plato and Arijiolle, Galenijis and Paracslftans, 
11 holds in all profefllons. 
Honeft c emulation in ftudies,in all callings is not to be diflikcd,’tis in- 
geniorum cos, as one cals it,the whetftone of wit,the nurle of wit and va- 
and thofe noble Romans out of this fpirit did brave exploits. There 
amodeft ambition, as Themijiocles was roufed up with the glory of 
Htiades 5 Achilles trophies moved Alexander, 
• c A mulatto & 
. lit ingenia: 
Paten ulm. po- 
Jkr. Vol. 
* Ambire femper jiulta confidentia. ejl7 
*j«. Ambire nunquam dejes arrogantia ejty 
is a fluggifh humor not to emulate or to fue at all,to withdraw himfelf, 
”cplc&,tefrain from fuch places,honors,oftices, through doth, niggardli- 
-sbafhfulnefs,or otherwife,to which by his birth, place, fortunes* 
Education he is Called, apt, fit, and well able to undergo $ but when it is 
Immoderate, it is a plague and a mifcrable pain. What a deale of money 
.1(* Henry the 8.& Francef the firft King of fpend at thatd famous 
terview } and how many vain Courtiers, feeking each to out-brave o- 
e ®*/pent themlelves,their livcly-hood and fortuncs,and dyed beggars > 
fo Bpa*9* t^3e EiTiperorswas fo galled with k,that he killed all his equals, 
j Nero. This paffion made f Dionyftus the Tyrant banifh Plato and 1 
tj^1 °xenuf thePoet,becaufe they did excel!, and eclips his glory, as he i 
T»The Remans exile Coriolanus, confine Camillus, murder Scipio ,1 
7r^recks by Ofiracifme to expel Ariftidesflflicias, Alcibiades, imprifon \ 
pr J6***) make away Phocion, &c. When Richard the firllr, and Philip of 
foiuT**3 were fellow-fouldiers together, at the fiege of Aeon in the Holy J 
muK Kich*rd had approved himfelfto be the more valiant margin fo ' 
Heo' f^at ah mens eys were upon him,it fo gallcdFhilip^Francum urebat ‘ 
cajr* aith mine 6 Author, tam <cgr'e ferebat Richard? ut ‘ 
eliaH afl fa&a'fl hat he cavilled at all his proceedings, and \ 
home to open defiance 5 he could contain no longer, but halting ' 
tentj his territories,and profeffed open war. Flatredfiirs up con-j 
virile*5 r°,Io‘i2.and they brake out at laft into immortal enmity,into 1 
ther more than Vatini an hate and rage 5 they perfecute each o ■ 
ItiJe v IC]l fr iends,followers?ancf all their poiferity with bitter taunts,ho- \ 
tyjn arf^curril the like, and c 
that reconciled .Witnefs that Cuelf and Gibelline faction in Italy 5 
If# p and Fregofi in Genoa‘s that ofCneius Papirius,8c ghiin-1 
Tor Iln Rome j C<efar and leans and Burgundy in France 5 J 
aHcafier in England : Yea,this pallion fo rageth i many times, r 
*Carpfj u 3Vcrtsn°t menonely, and families, but even populous Cities, * 
ate hr Cor*nth can witnefs as much, nay fkmrifning 
hi'e Qf into a wildernefs by it. This hatred,malice,fadion,and de- « 
*nvcnted htk of all thole racks, and wheels, ftrapadocs, « 
'u"sj feral engines, prifons, inquilitions, fevere lawes to mace- 
* Grotius, E ■ 
pig. lib. u 
' d Anno ijrp. 
, betwixt Ardes 
) and guine. 
e Spanian. 
f Plutarch. 
g Johannes He- 
ralduf, l. 2. c. 
12. de bello fac. 
h Nulla dies 
tantum poterit 
lenire furorem. 
Alterna bella 
pace fublata 
gerunt. 
Jurat odiu, nec' 
ante invifum 
flfl definit, 
quam efflo defl- 
it. Paterculus, 
vol. I. 
i Ita favit heec 
Jlygia minijha 
ut urbes Jub- 
vertat aliquan- 
do, deleat pa- 
pulas, provin- 
cias alioquiflo- 
rentes redigat 
in folitudines, 
mortales vero 
miferos in pro- 
funda mi feria- 
rum valle mtfs* 
rabi liter immsr* 
gdt. 
* Carthago a- 
mda Romani 
imperii fmdx- 
tuf interiit. 
Saluj}. C attU part.i.Scd.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy 
Memb.3. Subf#9* 
rate and torment one another.How happy might wc bc,and end our dine 
with blefled days,and fweet contcnt,if we could contain our felves, and 
as we ought to do,put up injuries,learn humility,rreeknefs,patience,fof' 
get and forgive, as in Gods word we are injoyned, compofe fuch final 
controverfies amongft our felves, mod crate our paffions in this kindc? 
and think, better of others, as 1 Paul would have us, then of our felves * 
Be of like affdhon one towards another,and not avenge our felves,hut haV* 
peace with all men. But being that we are fo pecvifh and perverfc. Info* 
k raul.3. Col. 
1R.0m.i2. 
lent and proud, fofadious and (editions, fo malicious and envious } wc 
do invicem angariare, maul and vex one another, torture, difquiet, ssod 
precipitate our felves into that gull of woes and cares,aggravate our ml" 
fefy, and melancholy, heap upon us hell and eternal damnation. 
SUBSEC. 9. 
tn Grad.i.c.s4, 
n fra <gr in 
mayor & in- 
gens animi con- 
jlematio me- 
lancholicos fa 
at. Areteus. 
Ira immodica 
gignitinfaniam- 
o Reg. pnit, 
parte 2. c- 8. in 
apertd infaniam 
Anger a Caufe. 
iNger, a perturbation,which carries the foirits 
|j paring the body to melancholy,and madnefs it fclf: Irafr' 
Ij ror brevk efi j and as mPicco!orn/neus accounts it,onc of 
I three weft violent pafiiqns fc greteus fets it down for an 
Ij f pedal caufe (fo doth Seneca, ep, 18. /. 1.) of this malady' 
J 0 Magninus gives the rea 1 frequenti ira fupra mod#* 
mox duciturira- 
tus. 
pGilbeno Cog- 
nato interprete. 
Multis, et pre- 
fer tim fenibio 
ira impotens 
injaniam fecit, 
tpr importuna 
calumnia, hax 
initio pertur- 
cakfiunt bit ovcr-hcats t heir bodies, and it it be too frequent, it break* 
out into manifcft madnefs, faith S. Ambrofe. *Tis a known faying, Furt>r 
fit Ufa j£pius patienti*,the a oft patient fpirit that is jf he be often ftO0 
• voked, will be incenfed to madnefs 5 it will make a devil of a Sautf; 
And therefore Bafd ( belike) in his Homily de cals it tenebras rati#' 
tus, morbum & damonem pejfmum 5 the darkning of our und#' 
ftanoing, and a bad Angel. P Lucian in Abdicato, Tom. 1. will have tl# 
paflion to work this e£fed:,efpecialiy in old men and women. Anger and 
but animum, 
paulatim ver- 
git ad injaniam. 
Forro mulie- 
rum corpora 
multa infeflant, 
et in hunc mor- 
bum adducunt, 
praecipue f que 
oderint nut in- 
videant, &c. 
hcfcpaulatim in 
infaniam tan- 
calumny (faith he ) trouble them at firfi, and after a while breakout fa* 
open madnefs: many things canje fury in women, effect ally if they bvc 
hate overmuch, or envy, grieved or angry $ thefe things by till» 
and little lead them on to this malady. From a difpolition they pfoC 
to ait habit, for there is no difference betwixt a mad man, and an stiff J 
man, in the time of bis fit: Angelas Labi antius defcribes fra t>etl 
ad Donatum c. 5. is <lfeva animi tern ejias, &c. a cruel ten pc ft of 
mindc, making his eyes Jpar/fe fire> andjiare0 teeth gn*fi in hk head', 
tongue Jiutter, hk face red, «r<?re filthy imitation can *>c 
of a mad man d 
dem evadunt, 
q Steva animi 
tempefUs tan- 
tos excitans 
Jhiftus ut Jh- 
tim ardefcant 
oculi, os tre- 
mat, lingua ti- 
tubet, dentes 
concrepant,&c. 
t Ovid. 
(Terence. 
Cra tument fervefcuvt fanguinc ven£y 
, Lumina Gorgomo faviut angue micant. , 
They are void of rcafon,inexorable,blinde,like beads & menders for *** 
time, fay and do they know not what, cur(e?fwear, rail, fight, ard . 
noB Bow can a mad man do more ? as he faid in the ComedyJ 
nonfum avud mej am not mine own man.Tfthefcfits be immoderate 
tinue long,or be frequent,without doubt they provoke madned.^^ Part.i.Seft.2. 
Difrontents. Cares, &c. 
Memb.3. Subf.io. 
mtf co»fil.2i. had a melancholy Jew to his patient, he aferibes this for a 
principal caufe : Irafcebatur levibus de caujis, He was eafily moved to 
Ifi gep AJax had no other beginning of his madnefs 5 and Charts the 
Lunatick French Kang,fcli into this mifery,out of the extremity 
c 18 paffion, defire of revenge and malice, t inccnfed againft the Duke 
ritain, he could neither eat, drink,nor deep for fome days together, 
1 • jln tbe end, about the Calends of July, 1392. he became mad upon 
? a°rfe-back, drawing his fword, ftriking fuch as came neer him pro- 
cuoudy, and fo continued all the dayes of his life, Jimil. lib. 10. Gal. 
{J • de excid. urbis Hierof. l.i. cap. 37.' hath fuch a ftory of 
heTn pat OUt oP an allgryfit» became mad, u leaping out of his bed, 
c /| Jo fippus,and played many fuch Bedlam pranks,the whole Court 
°uld not rule him for a long time after; Sometimes he was furry and 
epented3 much grieved for that he had dono,?ofiquam deferbuit ira, by 
by outragious again. In hot cholerick bodies, nothing fo foon caufcth 
adnels, as this paffion of Anger, bccaufe many other difeafes, as Felef- 
?/J /. 1. de hum, Sanguinem imminuit, fel 
*!* Set: And as x Valef us controverts, Med. contrev .lib. 5. centre.B.many 
kills them quite out. If this were the wot ft of this paffion, it were 
tolerable,yßut it mines and fubverts whole Towns,7- Cities,Famities, 
kingdoms 5 Nulla, pefik humano generi pluris fietitfidth Seneca,de Ira, 
*? -No plague hath done mankinde fo much harm. Look into our Hi* 
p^riessand you (hall almoft meet with no other fubjeft, but what a com- 
tony aof hare-brains have done in their rage.We may do well therefore, 
this in our proceffion amongft the reft: From all blindnefs of heart, ■ 
g^*Pride, vain-glory, and hypocrijie, from envie, hatred and malice, an- 
-5 all f Mchpejiiferous perturbations, Good Lord deliver us. 
1 thfenfm Bri- 
tannia Dud, 
& in ultionem 
‘ verflm, need- 
• bum cepit, nec 
quietem,ad Ca- 
llendas Julias 
• 13p2. comites 
occidit. 
u Indignatione 
nimia furem, 
animique impo- 
tens, exiliit de 
lefto, furentem 
non capiebat 
aula, Scc. 
x An ira pojjtt 
hominem inter- 
imere. 
Y Abernethy. 
va memorem 
Junonis ob 
iram. 
a Stultorum re- 
gum & popu- 
lorum continet 
afltff. 
S U B s E C 10. 
Difcontents, Cares, Miferies, &c* caufes, 
h Lib. 2. 
Invidia efl do* 
lor h ambitio 
efl dolor, &c. 
c Infomnes, 
Claudianus. 
Trifles, Virg. 
Mordaces, 
Imc. Edaces, 
Hor. mcefltf, 
amara, Ovid. 
damno fle, in- 
quietas, Mart. 
Vrentes, Ro- 
dentes. Mint. 
cares,erodes,miferies, orwhatfoever it is, that 
& flwd caufe any molcftation of fpirits, grief, anguifli, anci 
w I* PcrPlexity5 may rec^ t0 this head, ( prepofter- 
jH. m&r/i oully placed here in forne mens judgements they may 
feem) yet in that Ariflotle in his Rhet crick defines thefe 
3 \lie doth Envy, Emulation, &c. ftill by grief, I think I may 
hotpranb them in this Irafcible row $ being that they are as the reft, 
cotlv ca«fe and Symptomes of thisdifeafc, producing the like in- 
°niences5 and are moft part accompanied with anguilh and pain. 
cjtfg Etymology will evince it, Cura quaft cor uro, Dementes 
eatjn “ 'mnes cur<e,damnofe cur£, trifles,mordaces,carnipces,&c. biting, 
ble gnawing, cruel, bitter, fick, fad, unquiet, pale, tetrick, mifera- 
as Ult cares, as the Poets c call them, worldly cares, and are 
ny in numbcr as the Sea fands. d Galen, Ferncliuf, Felix plater,. 
«PmT‘d”ta’ &c. reckon afflidions 5 miferies, even all thefe 1 
tjw. nr/ons3 and vexations of the minde ,as principal caufcs, in that j 
' a*c away deep, hinder concoftion. dry up the body* and confume j 
' &C. I 
d Galen.l.'S.c.'j, 
de locis aJfeßMj 
homines funt 
maxime melan- 
cholici, quando 
vigiliis multis, 
& follieitudi. 
nibus,<& laba* 
ribus, & curis 
fuerint circum- 
venti. Fart. i. Sect. 2. 
Caujcs of Melancholy. 
M e mb. 3. Sub i -1°• 
the fubfrance of it. They are not fo many in number, but their caufe5 
be as divers, and not one of a thoufand free from them, or that can vin- 
dicate hi mi elf, whom that Ate dea, , 
'* Lucian. Fo~ 
dag. 
* Per hominum capita molliter ambulans. 
Plantas pedum teneras habens : 
Over mens heads walking aloft. 
With tender feet treading fo foft. 
e Omnia trhpd- 1 
fetta, confufa, ■ 
& perturbati- 
one plena, Car- 
dan. 
Homers Goddefs Ate, hath not involved into this difcontelited rank, or 
plagued with feme mifery or other. Hyginus, fab. 220. to this purpofe 
hath a plcafant tale. Dame Cura by chance went over a brook, and tak- 
ing up feme of the durty fiime, made an Image of it 5 Jupiter eftfooflS 
coming by,put life to it,but Cura and Jupiter could not agree what natne 
to give him, or who fhould own him 5 the matter was referred to Saturn 
as Judg, he gave this arbitrament, His name fhall be Homo ah humo, Cut* 
cum pojfideat quamdiu vivat, Care fhall have him w hilft he lives, Jupiter 
his foul,andTeZfof his body when he dies. But to leave tales. A general 
caufc, a continuate caufe, an infeparable accident to all men, isdifcom 
tent, care, mifery 5 were there no other particular afßidion (which 
is free from ?) to moleft a man in this life, the very Cogitation of that 
iLib. 7. nat. C 
hijl. ccipX ho- 1 
minem nudum, 
fa ad vagitum { 
edit natura. < 
Flens ah initio, , 
devin&us jacet, 
eye. t • 
g A rpvy&V ( 
yiVr![*lv ( 
v- 
-5' I 
tQ- ardpeioraP ' 
•roA 
,\« » j 
ct 
Lachrymans i 
natus fum, & 3 
lachrymans 
morior, fac. 
* Ad Mari-] 
num. 
* Boethius. ‘ 
h Initium exei- ■ 
fflj, progrejjim . 
labor, exitum 
dolor, error om- 
nia : 
common mifery, were enough to macerate, and make him weary of his 
life to think that he can never be fecure, but dill in danger, forroVh 
grief, and pcrfccution. For to begin at the hour of his birth, as iVliiPj 
doth elegantly defer ibe it, He is horn naked, and falls g a whining at th* 
very fir ft, he is fwadled and bound up like a prifoner, cannot help himjelf 
and Jo he continues to his lives end. Cujufque fer<e pabulum, faith * Sent' 
ca, impatient of heat and cold, impatient of labor, impatient of idleocfe 
expofcd to Fortunes contumelies. To a naked Marriner.Ltimcom' 
pares him, calf on fhore by fhipwrack, cold and comfortlefs iri an tin- 
known Land ; No eftatc, age, fex, can fecurehimfelf from this comtiio13. 
rnifery. A man i hat is born of a woman, is of floort continuance, and full 
trouble,]oh\\.l,22\anAwhile his fleflo is upon him Joe fiall be 
while his foul is in him, it Jloall mourn. All his days are forrow,and his trf 
vcls griefs, his heart alfo tafeth not reft in the night, Eccluf. 2. 23. 
2. 11. that is in it , is forrow and vexation of ffirit. h Ingrefs, pro' 
grejs, regrefs, egrefs, much dlige : Blindnefs feiz,eth on us in the bspjK 
ning.labor in the midde, grief in the end j error in all. If hat day ariftj’* 
to us, without fame grief care, or anguifh P Or what fo fecure and 
a morning have we feen, that hath not been over-cad before the event 
One is miferable , another ridiculous, a third odious. One comvl^s 
I 
tranquillum 
quJfo, q.uem 
non labonofutn 
aut anxium 
o ' 
diem egimus i 
jfetrarch. 
i Ubique peri- 
culum, ubique 
dolor, ubique 
naufragium, in 
hoc ambttu 
quocunq; me 
-vertam. Lypfi 
us. 
of this grievance , another of that. liquando nervi, aliquando fi&s 
vexant, (Seneca) mine dift illatio, nunc epatis morbusnunc deeft 
fuperefl janguk: Now the Head akes, then the Feete, now the Luflgf’ 
then the Liver, dw. Huicfenfus exuberat, fed eft pudori degener fang***’ 
&c. He is rich, but bale born j he is noble, but poor $ a third 
means, but be wants heaitn peradventure, or wit to manage his 
Children vex one. Wife a leconcl, Nemo facile cum conditiotte 
concordat, no man is pleafed with his fortune, a pound of forroW is*a 
miliarly mixt with a dram of content, little or no joy, little 
buti everv where danger, contention, anxiety in all places; Go whef l'a«.i.Sea,2. 
Difcontents, Chc. 
Membi^.Subf.io* 
f-7 # ' 1 11 ' 1 1 ■’ - 
,;Hju ;vdt3and thou (halt find difcontents3cares3Woes3compiaints3lickners, 
rr. -^e*dncumhrances,cxclamation£:i/ thou lockjnto the there . 
\ chryfoflom) is brawling and contention, if to the Courts there t 
navery and flattery o&c.if to a private mans honjeflheres care,l 
L, &C' As he laid of old. j 
k Nil homine in terra fpirat miferum magk alma ? < 
ocreature fo miferablc as man, lo generally molefted, 1 in mi feries of1 
w C['jln m*fcries ofmin dyniferies of heart yn mi feriesafleepflnmijeries a- j 
‘ \?yn miferi es rvherefoever be turns.zs Bernard form tent at 20 3 
humana fuper terram.-A meer temptation is our lifefAnfiin.con-1 
J ’‘■ff'*'*)l 0 perpetuorum qnk potejl moleftias & -t 
.jfj;Ujtaiss pat if Who can endure the miferies of it}* In projperity we are 1 
KjO ent anfl intolerable.jdcje&ed in adverfltyyn all fortunes foolifi & mi-\ 
" C*]‘llJle-m tn adverjlty I wifi for proflerityin projperity lam afraid of f 
aaverji tyftvhat mediocrity may be found? where kno temptation?what con-J 
Ulil°n of life k frees nlVi fdom hath labor annexed to tnvy’-y'iches& \ 
c <& & difeafesgrefi & heggery go to- 
her: As if a man were therefore bornj (as the Platonifts hold) to bepu-\ 
n*Jhed inthk feme precedent jt«j-.Orthat,as°P//«^complains3»i«t«re 
pi he rather accounted a jiepmotherflhen a mother unto things con- 
*fl*ered.No creatures life fo brittle Jo fnl of fear Jo madJofurious\only man 
.Jtagnedwith 
P l]_r life is an Irifh Sea, wherein there is naught to be expeded, 
Llt tempeftuous (forms, and troublefomc waves, and thofe infinite, 
* Horn. 10. S* 
inforum iveris, 
ibi rixet, & 
pugnyffiin 
curia, ibi flaus, 
adulatio; Ji 
'in domum pyf 
vat am, &c. 
k Homer. 
i Multps reple- > 
turhomo mife- 
riis, corporis 
miferits, animi 
miferiisydum 
demit, dim 
vigilat,quocutr- 
qfle venit. 
Lufufq, rerum, 
temporumq; 
nafeimur, 
* In blandieme 
fortuna intole- 
randi, in cala- 
' mitatib us lugu- 
bres, femper 
Jhdti& miferi, 
' cardan, 
m; Proflem in 
adverfls dejide- 
' ro, <& adverfa 
) profleris timeo. 
P Tantum malorum pelagus ajpicio, 
Vt non ftt inde enatandi copia. 
quis inter hcez 
medius locus, 
übi non fit hu- 
man# vitce 
tenta 1/0 ? 
n C.trdan con- 
' fol. Sapientia, 
Loboramexus, 
gloria invidia, 
divitiy curst, 
foboli folicitu- 
p- times,wherein a mancan hold himfelf fecure,or agree with 
J Palent eftatcrbut as Boethius infers, fthere k fomething in every one 
J iisf&hjch before tryal wefeek_,& having tryed abhor:*We earnejily wiflj, 
eagarlycovet> and are eftfoons weary of it. Thus betwixt hope and 
k *X'J fufpitions,angers, flnter fpemque metumqueflimores inter & hits, 
*** fallingin/alling bangle away ourbeft dayes,befool 
m. lead a contentious,difcontent,tumultuous,melancholy, 
jj.1 iife*infbmuch,that if we could foretel what was to come* and 
lifeYtQ OUr ch°icc,we Should rather refufe, then accept of this gainful 
a a vvord3the World it felf is a maze, a labyrinth of errors,a defert, 
rid Il(pne^s:>a den of theeves, cheaters, &c. full of filthy puddles, hor- 
an ocean of adverfity, an heavy yoke, wherein 
\v ITlltlef nnd calamities overtake, and follow one another, as the Sea 
Pet CSf i1 nd if we fcape Scylia, we fall foul on Charybdk3 and fo in per- 
WcT tears anguilb, we run from one plague, one mifehief, one 
Parateat° .an°thcrs duram fervi entes fervi tut you may as foonfe- 
ne(J Weight from lead, heat from firc3 moiffnefs from watcr3 bright- 
i'roiTl t^e Sun, as mifery, difeontent, care3 calamity, danger from a 
mipf ur Towns and Cities are but ibmany dwellings of humane 
vyin which grief and forrew(}A she right wel obferves out of Solon) 
do, voluptati 
morbi, quieti 
paupertirt, ut 
quaff fluendo- 
rum feeler um 
caufla nafei ho- 
minem pojfls 
cum Platonijhf 
agnflcere. 
’ o Lib. 7. cap.i. 
’ Konfutis ecfli- 
■ mare, an melior 
parens natura 
’ homini, an tri- 
■ flior noverca 
fuerit: KuUi 
fragilior vita, 
pavor, cor.fifh. 
rabies maps. 
ambitio fa, uni ani™antm 
Suits (jnoA a’ . avaritia, uni fuperjiitio. p Euripides, qDs confol. I.1. Hemo faci!d cum conditionefua concordat, ineftfin- 
nhil etant* tsp&ii horream, r JLffs in honore juvat, mox dijflkeu i' t. br. t 'Borrhew in 6. "Job.Urbes <& oppida 
• ? ?uam humanarum aerumnarum domicilia. quibw lutlxs & moror y <hr mortalium varii injmitiqus libares, fa on:-' 
quajifeptii includuntur. Fart. i.Seft. 2.- 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.^.Subf.ic* 
innumerahle troubles, labors of mortal men,and all manner of vices,are ift' 
eluded as info many pens. Our villages are like mole-hills,and men as fo 
many Emots,bufie,bufie ftill,going to and fro, in and out, and crofTmg 
one anothersproj efts, as the lines of feveral Sea-cards cut each other in 
a Globe orMap.lSto light and merry, but (fl as one follows it) by-and-by 
forrowful and hoping,then porient, to morroro 
u Nat Chytreus 
de Iit. Europa-, 
Latus nunc, 
max trill if; 
nunc Jferans, t 
paulo pffldif- . 
Jidens; patiens ! 
hodie, cras eju- 
lans; nunc pal- 
lens, rubens, 
currens, fedens, 
ckudicans, 
tremens,&c. 
x Suacuiq;ca- 
lamitas praci- 
crying onV-ytow pale, then redj running, fitting, Jweat i ng,trembling’, halt' 
mg,&c. Some few amongft the reft, or perhaps one of a thoufand, may 
be Pullus Jo vis,in the Worlds efteem. Gallina filius albce, an happy and 
fortunate man, ad invidiam felix, becaufe rich,fair,well allied,in honor 
and office} yet peradventure alk himfelf, and he will fay, That of all 
othersxhe is moft miferable and unhappy .A fair fhooe. Hie foccus novus, 
elegans, as he y laid, Jed nefeisubi urat, but thou knoweftnot where it 
pinchcth Jt is not another mans opinion can make me aszSenr 
pua. 
yCn.Gracims. 
Z Epijl.p.l.'J. 
Mifer efl qui fe 
heatiJTimumnon 
judicat, licet 
imperet munda 
none]} beatas, 
quiJs non pu- 
tat : quid enim 
refert qualis 
flatus tuus ft, 
ft tibi videtur 
malus, 
a Hor.ep.l. 1.4, 
b H&r. Ser. 1. 
ca wel hath it,H<? is ami fer able wretch,that doth not account himfelf hap* 
pyj hough he be Sever aign Lord of a is not happy ,if he 
felf not to he fo:for what availeth it what thine eji ate is, orfeem to othersf 
if thou thy felfdifiike it? A common humor it is of all men to think well 
of other mens fortunes3and diflike their own:Cui placet alterius, fua ni* 
mirum eji odioforsihwxhqui fit Meccenas,<&c.how comes it to pafs, what’s 
the caule of it? Many men are of fuch a pervcrle nature, they arc well 
pleafed with nothing (faith *Theodoret) neither with riches, nor poverty? 
they complain when they are wetland when they are Jtck->grumble at all for' 
tunes,proJperity and adverfityj they are troubled in a cheap yeer, in a bar' 
ren, plenty or not plenty, nothing pleafeth them,war nor peace, with chil* 
dren, nor without. This for the moft part is the humor of us all, to be di£ 
Sat. u 
c Lib.de curat, 
grac.ajfefl. ca. 
6. de provi- 
dent. 
Mult if nihil 
placet atque 
adeo fa divi- 
tias damnant, 
fa pauperta- 
tem, de morbi» 
expoflulantjx- 
ne valentes 
graviter ferunt, 
atque ut femel 
dicam,nihil eos 
deleUat, &c. 
d Vix ullius 
content, iniferablc, and moft unhappy,as we think at leaft} and (hew me 
him that is not fo, or thar ever was otherwife? guintus Metellus his felF 
city is infinitely admired amongft the Romans, infomuch, that as d pater* 
cuius mentioneth of him, you can fear ce findc of any Nation, order, age? 
fcx,one for happineffe to be compared unto him:he had in a wordfßonr 
animi ,corporis & for tun <e,goods of mindc,body,and fortune, fo had f* 
MutianuseCrafius.Lampfaca that Lacedemonian Lady, was fuch another 
mutinies conceit, «X Kings wife, a Kings mother,a Kings daughterihw 
all the world efteemed as much of Polycrates of Samos. The Greekjh raj? 
of their Socrates,Phocyon,Arijlidest>the pfophidians in particular of their 
Aglaus,Omni vita felix, ab omni periculo immunis ( which by the W 
Paufanias held impoflible) the Romans oftheir g Cato, Curius, 
for their compofed fortunes,and retired eftates,govcrnment ofpafiions? 
gentif, a tat», 
ordinif homi- 
nem invenies 
cujus felicita- 
tem fortune 
Metelli empi- 
res, VoL i. 
c E.CraJJuf 
Mutianus, 
quinque ha- 
bMjJh dicitur 
and contempt of the none of all thefe was happy, or free 
from difeontent, neither Metellus, Crafius, nor I oly crates, for he died 
a violent death, and fo did Cato : And how much evil doth La&anti** 
and Theodora fpeak of Socrates,a weak man, and fo of the reft. There 
is no content in this life, but as h he laid, All is vanity and 
of 'Jpiritj lame and impcrfcft.Hadft thou Sampfons hair, Milo's ftrengtlh 
Scanderhsgs arme, Solomons wifdoine, Abfolons beauty, Crtffo* 
rerum bonarum maxima, quod ejjhi ditiJJitnWyquodeJfkt nobilWimuf,*loqumiJJmus,Ttirifconfuhiffimut,PonUfex maximus. 
7. Reg»JUid,Regif uxor,matsr. ft&uinihiL unquam moHautdixit,aiafecit,autferiat, qui benefemper fecit, quod aw 
facere nonpotuit. h Solomon Ecdef. 1.M* Part-i.Sed.27 
Difc(intents. Fears, &c. 
Memb.^.Subf.'io* 
m3afetis obulum, Ccefars valor, Alexanders fpirit, Tullics or De- 
°J beneS eloquence, Gyges ring,Ferfius q’efagns, and Corgons head, Ne- 
J or* }’ears'to come,all this would not make thee thee con- 
tine happinef§ in this life, or fo continue it.Even in the midd of 
I OUr mirth, jollity and laughter,is forrow and griefror if there be true 
‘appmyfie amongft us, ’tjs but for a time. 
r . 1 Defuit in pifeem mulier formOja fnperne: 5 
n au m°rniug turns to a lowring afternoon. Brutu£ and Cajjzus, once re-J 
t wh^d,both eminently happy,yet you (hall fcarce find two (faith Fa- 
cui*SjqHos fortuna maturius de fi it urit,whom fortune fooner forfook. 
atTf conclucrorah his life, met with his match, and wasfubdued 
Q'■ h Occurrit forti,qui mage fortis1 erit. 
r ne Isbrought in into Rome,Alcibiades into 
aureis donatu*.crowned, honored, admired} by.and-by hisftatutes 
errtoli(bed,heliifi led out, maflacred,&c.k Magnus Confaiva that famous ] 
P.a*2*atd, was of the Prince and people at firft honore d,approved, forth*1 
confined fkhaniihed.Admirandas plerunque jequun- 
jnvidice,& acres calumniae: dis Folybius his obfervation,gricvous en- 
jhlties, and bitter calumnies,commonly follow renowned aftions. One is 
o**n rieh?dies a begganfound to day,fick to morrow: now in moft flou- 
fort unate and happy,by-and-by deprived of his goods by 
as tT enem^cs3r°bbed by tbecves,fpoiled, captivated, impoverifhed, 
ft Rrdbbah put under ironfawes, and under iron harrowes, and 
n axes of iron, and cajl into the tile kiln, 
i Hor. An, 
Part. 
k fovius, vita 
ejus. 
12 Sam.vi. 31. 
m Quid me felicem totiesja&kjlis amici, 1 
j|e , £)ui cecidit, flabili non erat ille gradu. 1 
hat erii marched like Xerxes with innumerable armies,as rich asCra- 
vv ftifts for himfelfin a poor cock-bo’at, is bound in iron chains, 
q the Turk,& a foot-ftool with Aurelia», for a tyrannizing 
ofn9Uer°r to trample on.So many cafualties there arc,that as Seneca faid 
confumcd with dies inter ejl inter maximam civitatem 
day betwixt a great city,andnone : fo many grievances 
outward accidents, and from our felves,our own indiferetion, in- 
Wor?ate aPPet^c3 olie <say betwixt a man and no man. And which is 
c’as ifdifcontents and miferies would not come faft enough upon 
ahdr Domini d#monsv?e maul,perfecute,and ftudy howto ding, gaul 
aiid A* or?e anot^er mutual hatred,abufeSjinjuriesj preying upon, 
coufee-°Uringas Po venous as juglersspandcrs,bawds, 
a Ci-Dl,nB °ne ranging aso wolves, tigers, and devils,we take 
eber 11 to tonent one are evil, wicked, malicious, trea- 
-1]ofphUnandP nau§bt,pot^ovwgone another, or loving themfelves,not 
cliQ-. fociable as they ought to be, but counterfeit, 
*•'\S* air,b°dexters, all for their own -ends, hard-hearted, merci- 
thev3 ?)Itl e^c5 benefit themfelves, they care not what mifehief 
got tPr?CUrC tootbei:s-q Traxinoe and Gorgo in the Poet,when they had 
lee thole codly fights, they then cryed bene ejl , and would 
fu]] ai e reA;when they are rich themfelves,in hortor preferred, 
5 have even that thev would, they debar others ofthofe plca- 
nBoethius litu 
1. Met. 1. 
n Omnes hie 
aut captantur, 
autcaptanf. 
aut cadavera 
quatlacerontur, 
aut corvi qui 
lacerant. Pe- 
iron. 
o homo omne 
monjirum ejl, 
ille nam fuffe- 
1 rat feras,lupof- 
, que& urfos 
, peQore obfcurd 
tegit. Henf. 
■ p Quod Pater- 
culus de populo 
Romm,duran-. 
tsbcllo Punico 
pet-annos us.' 
au* bellum inter 
e°t, aut belli 
Pr<£paratio, aut 
lVfida pax,idem 
ego ds mundi 
. accolis. 
qlheocritut 
’ EdjrU.l4. Part. i.Seft. 2, 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.^.Subf. 
fures which youth rcquires,and they formerly have enjoyed. He fits at 
table in a foft chair at eafe,but he doth not remember in the mean time, 
that a tired waiter dands behind him, an hungry fellow minijiers to hi#* 
full,he is a thirjl that gives him drinhfh*\thx is filcnt whiles he 
fyeak* his he laughs .Pleno fe proluit auro \ He 
feads, revels,and prolufely fpends,hath variety of robes, fweet mufick, 
eale, and all the pleafure the world can afford, whild many an hunger- 
darved poor creature pines in the dreet, wants deaths to cover him, la- 
' hours hard all day Jong,run,rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from 
r Qui fidet in 
menfa, non me 
minit fibiotiofi 
miniflrare ne- 
gotiofos, edenti 
efur lentes, bi- 
benti fitientes, 
Sun to Sun,dck and ill,weary, full of pain and grief, is in great didreffe 
and forrow of heart .He loaths and fcorns his inferior, hates or emulates 
his equal,envies his fuperiordnfults over all fuch as are under him, as if 
he were of another Species,* demi-god,not fubjeft to any fal,cr humane 
infirmities.Generally they love not,are not beloved againe:they tire out 
others bodies with continual labor,they themfelves living at cafc,caring 
for none elfe, ftbi nati 3 and are fo far many times from putting to the# 
helping hand,rhat they feck all means to deprefs,even mod worthy and 
well deferving,better than themfelvcs,thofe whom they are by the JaWs 
ofnature,bound to relieve and help,as much as in themlics,they willct 
them cater-waul,darve,beg,and hang,before they will any ways(thougb 
{Quando ina- 
dolefcentia fua 
ipft vixerint, 
lautit#& hbs- 
vius voluptates 
fuas expleve- 
rint, illi gnatis 
imponunt du- 
it be in their power)affid,or eafe: ffo unnatural are they for the mo# 
partjfo unregardful: fo hard-hearted,fochurliih,proud,infolent, fo dog' 
. gedjoffo bad a difpofition.And being fo brutiffi, fo deviliffily bent one 
• towards another,how is itpoflible, but that we diould be difeontent of 
( all lides, full of cares,woes, and mifcrics > 
If this be not a diffident proof of their difeontent and mifery examine 
rlores conti- , 
nenti £ leget. , 
t Lugubrtf Ate- '■ 
luQuqfero Ke- \ 
gum tumidas 
obfidet arces. • 
Res eft inpuie- 
ta felicitas. 
ii Plus does 
quam meii/f 
habet. 
Non humi ja- 
centem tolleres. 
Valer.l. 7. c.3* 
5C Non diadma 
afiicia*, fid 
vitam 
one refertam, 
non catervas 
fatelliturn, fif 
curarum multi- 
tudinem. 
As Plutarch 
relateth. 
every condition and calling apart. Kings, Princes, Monarchs, and Magi' 
drates feem to be mod happy,but look into their edate,you (hall t finde 
them to be moftencumbred with cares,in perpetual fear,agony,fufpidon> 
jealoufierthat asuhe faid of a Crown., if they knew but the difeontent 
that accompany itsthey would not (loop to take it up. §>uem mi hi regtfl 
da Chryfojiome)non curis plenum? What King cand thou 
me, not full of cares? * Looknot on his crown,but conftder his afjii&joiJS' 
attend not his number of‘fervant s, but mult itudeof crojfes. Nihil aliud f 
teflas culminis,quam tempefias mentis,as Gregory feconds him^Sovcraign' 
’ ty is a temped of the Soul.- Sylla like they have brave titles, but terrible 
c fits:fflendorem titule, cruciatum animo iwhichmade* Demojibenes voW? 
ft vel ad tribunafvd ad interitum duceretur:i£ to be aJudge,or to be cofl' 
dcmnedjWere put to his choice, he would be condemned. Rich menafe 
m the fame predicament: what their pains arc,ftulti nefciunt,ipft fenttf 
unt:they feel,foolcs perceive not,as I (hall prove elfewhere, and thffc 
wealth is brittle, like childrens rattles: they come and go,there is no cer- 
tainty in themtfhofe whom they elevate, they do as fuddenlydeprefe 
and leave in a vale of mifery. The middle fort of men are as fo man? 
afies to bear burdens , or if they be free, and live at cafe, they fp 
themfclveSjand con fume their bodies and fortunes with luxury and rioU 
,cuntention?eiTiulations Bcc, The poor Irefcrvcfor another y place, zv® 
their difcontents. 
For particular profeflions,,! hold as of the refhthers no content or fecvV' 
y Seßa.memb. 
4.fubfeß,6. Part-1. Sect. 2. 
Dijcontents, Fe tires, &c. 
Memb. g.Subf.io. 
y courfe will you pitch., how refolve?TobeaDivine’tis 
nj't-*iHptible in the worlds eftecm:To be a Lawyer tis to be a wrangler: 
a.Phy lotijjtis loathed:A PhiJofopher,a mad man: an 
beggena Poet,<?y/*r/f,an hungry Jack:A Mufitian,a player:A 
c °oi-mafl:cr,a drudge:AnHufband-man? an Emmet: A Merchant;, his 
pinsare unccrtain:A Mechanitian,bafe:AChyrurgian,fulforasATradef- 
bu°5iaa Jyar;A Taylors’Thief: A Serving-man,a (lave: A Souldier, a 
a Cler**ASmith,or a Metalman,the pots never froins nofe:A Courtier, 
parafite:as he could find no tree in the wood to hang himfelfe, I can 
child n° %te to give content. The like you may fay of all ages ; 
of Mo*1 Ve *n a PerP flavery,ftil under that tyrannical government 
c a*ters:young men,and of riper years9fubje£t to laborsand athoufand 
res of the world, to treachery.fafhood, andcofcnage. 
zStercm rfj u- 
rina, medicam 
fercula prima. 
a Kihil lu- 
crantur, niji 
admodum 
mentiendo. 
Tui!. Ojfic. 
j - j -j 
- b Incedit per ignes. 
Suppo Citos cineri dolo Co, 
b }10Y.1.2.0d. i. 
*r j are ful of aches in their bones,cramps and convul(lons,J*//Ver»irf, dui 
weak fighted,hoary, wrinkled, harlh, fo much altered as that 
cannot know their own face in a glade,a burden to themfelves and 
jo.yearsyi# is forrow(as David hath it)they do not live but 
they be found,they fear lick,weary of their lives :Non 
ef vivere fed valere vita0 One complains of want,a fecondoffervitude, 
pother of a feCretor incureable difeafe:of fome deformity of body,of 
lofs3dangersdeath5death of friends,fnipwrack,perfecution,imprifonment, 
tll Prace3 rcpulfen e contumely, calumny, abufe,injury,contemptsingrati> 
ch:jVln^^ndnefs3fcofFs,flouts,unfortunate marriage,tingle life,too many 
dren>”0 childrcn,falfe fervants,unhappy children, barrennefs,banilh- 
ntD °ppreffion, fruftrate hopes and ill fuccefs. See. 
f Tali a de genere hoc adeo loquacem ut 
Tall* Delajfare valent Fabium. 
fuh *8 Fabius will be tyred before he can tel half of are the 
dil whole Volums,and fhall(fome of them Jbe more opportunely 
&e ated dfewhere. In the mean time thus much I may fay of them, that 
they crucifie the foul of man;g attenuate our bodies,dry them, 
miescrr them up like old apples,make them as fomany Anato- 
Jtyf* atque pellk eft totus jta curis macet') they caufe tempus fadum 
Vv x dayes, ingrataqne hea~ 
InieS’ ma^e us howl,roar,and tear our haires,as Sorrow did in xCebes 
£)? §roan for the very anguifli of our fouls. Our hearts fail us, as 
*** d*d,py^/t 4°. j 2.for innumerable troubles that compajjed him, and 
feadyto confefs with Hezekjah0lja.58.17. behold, for felicity I 
with 2*ier grief to weep with to curfe the day of our birth 
*Hski 14. andourftars with Job: to hold that axioiiiCof£7/e~ 
/ ’ better never to have been the heft next of allfo dye quick.: ; 
eav,'Ve rnu^: live to abandon the world, as Timon did, creep into' 
ftJ>es and holes,as our all into the Sea, as Crates Theba- 
t0 k as Theomhrotns Ambrociato's 400 auditors, precipitate our felves 
f- tid ofthefc mi feries. 
c ttaruf fe!ix 
idemqus fenex. 
Seneca in Her. 
<eteo. 
' d Omitto 
eegros, exules, 
mendicos, 
quos hemo au- 
det fulices 
dicere. Card, 
lib. 8. c. 46.de 
ver. var. 
eSpretaquein~ 
iuria forma 
£Hor. 
g Attenuant 
vigiles corpus 
ndferabile 
curet. 
h Plautus. 
i Hacque cri- 
«e; 
sermna. 
k Optimum non 
nafci, am dto 
mori. Parta.Seft.2. 
Cau fes of Melancholy 
Memb.a.Subf.i1* 
s u BSE C. 11. 
Concupifcible Appetite, as Defires, Ambition, Caufes. 
HefeConcupifcible and Irafcible Appetites are as the two 
ISS twifts of a rope, mutually mixt one with the other, and 
both twining about the Heart .-both good,as Auftin holds I 
|pS| 14. c. 9. de civ. Dei: 1 if they be moderate:both pernitioi 
ex or bit ant.This Concupifcibie appetite, howfoever 
J it may feem to carry with it a fhew of pleafurc and delight? 
I Bona fi reftd 
ratione fequun- 
tur, rnahefi ex- 
orbitant. 
ir.Tho Puovie. • 
Prob. xB. 
II Molamajina-1 
nam. 1 
o Traß. de. In- 
ter. c. p2. 
yCirca qualibet 
vem mundi hac 
pajjio fieri po- 
tsji, qua fuper- 
fme diligatur. « 
Traft.is.c.ip 
q Ferventinus 
defideriiim. 
t Imprimis asero 
Appetit us,&c. 
■j.dealien.ment. 
{Confix, ap. 
tP erdiverfa 
loca vagor,nul- 
lo temporis 
momento qui- 
efco,talis & ta- 
lis ejfe cupio, 
illud atque il- 
lud habere ds~ 
fidere. 
andourconcupifcenccs moft part affc&us with content and a pleafing 
objeff, yet if they be in extreames, they rack and wring us on the 
other fide. A true faying it isrj Deftre hath no reftps infinite in it felf,end' 
lefle: and asm one cals it, a perpetual rack, n or horfe-mill, according to 
. Auftinfiill going round as in a ring.They arc not fo continual,as divers? 
feci It us atomos denumerare poffemfaith 0 Bernard, quam motus cordkh 
nunc htec. nunc illa you may as well reckon up the motes in the 
Sim, as them, -pit extends it felf to every things as Guianerius will have 
it, that k fuperfuoujly foughtafter :or to any rfervent as FerneW 
interprets it, be it in what kind foever, it tortures if immoderate, and is 
(according to » Flater and others) an efpecial caufc of 
tuofis concupifcentik dilaniantur cogitationes me<e0 * Aujhn confefted? 
that he was torne a pieces with his manifold delires; and fodoth t Ber 
nard complain, that he could not refi for them a minute of an houre : th# 
' Jmuld have-and that0 andthen I deftre to befuch and fitch. Tis a hard 
matter therefore to confine them,being they are fo various and many,oll" 
poflible to apprehend allJ will only infift upon fomefew of the chie£> 
and moft noxious in their kind, as that exorbitant Appetite and Defire 
of Honor ,which we commonly call of money,which js 
Covet onfneff and that greedy defire of gain: felflove^ndcJ and inorclb 
nate defire of Vain-glory or applaufe,. Love of ft udy inexcefs:Love of wf 
(which will requirea juft volume of it felfe) of the other I 
briefly fpeak, and in their order. 
Ambition^a proud eovetoufnefs, or a dry thirft of Honour, a great tot' 
u Ambrof.l. 3. 
fuper Lucam, 
aerugo anima;, 
x H'hil ammu 
cruciat, nihil 
molejiiusinqui- 
etatjecretum. 
vinuipefi*l °f 
cuha,tkc.epift 
12 6. 
y Ep. 88. 
z T'lihll infeli- 
cius his, quan“ 
tus Us timor, 
quanta dubita- 
tio, quan- 
tus conatus, 
(juantafdlicitu- 
do,nu]laiUis d 
ture of the mind,compofed of envy, pride, and eovetoufnefs, a gallant 
madnefs,one «defines it,a pleafant canker of the 
hidden plague:* Bernard^fecretpoyfonfhe father of arid mother ft 
hypocriftefhe moth of holme cauf? of and dify**1' 
eting all that it takes hold of .VSeneca calsit,m# joheit -m, 
nam, ventofam3a windy thing, a vain, felicitous, and fearful thing. F0* 
commonly they that like Syftphus, role this reftlefte ftonc of Ambiti01)? 
are in a perpetual agony, (till z perplexed, femper taciti , trip]' 
que recedunt? (Lucretius) doubtful, timorous, fufpitious, loath to °*' 
tend in word or deed, ftill cogging and collogueing, embracing, caP" 
ping, cringing, applauding, flattering, fleering, vifiting, waiting 
mens doors, with all affability, counterfeit honefty and humility. * 
that will not ferve, if once this humor (as3 Cyprian deferibes 
his thirfty fonl, ambitionk falfugo ubi bibulam animam poJfidet> byho°K 
hora!?. ’Semper attonitus Semper pavidus quid dicat, jadatveme difclicsat humilitamjtmulat, honejhtem mentitur. I^art. i .Seed .2. 
■Ambition a Caufe. 
Mcmb.s.Subf.n 
b7 crook he will obtain from his hole he veil clime to all honors & 
fjptesflf jf be pojjible for him to get up0 flattering oney bribing anothery he 
flu leave no means unaf'ay d to win all.lt is a wonder to fee how flavilhly 
.e hind of men fubjed themfelvcs,when they are about a futesto eve- 
ry inferior perfonyw hat pains they will take,run,ride,cafl,plot, counter- 
?lncsproteh and fwear,vow, promife, what labors undergo, early up, 
own late} how obfequious and affable they are,how popular and cour- 
they grin and flier upon every man they mectjwith whatfea- 
. Ingand invifing,how they fpendthcmfelvcsand their fortunes,in feek- 
at times,which they had much better be withoutja%\>Cyneas 
e Crator told Pyrrhus:with what waking nights,painful hours,anxious 
metumquey diftraded and 
led3 they of their time. There can be no greater 
plaguy for the prefent.lf they do obtain their futc, which with fuch cofl 
ail(f folicitude they have fbught.they are not fo freed,their anxiety is a. 
Hew to begin,for they are never fatisfiedjwZ/j/Y aliudhifiimperinmfyirdnt 
their thoughts,adions,endeavors are all for Soveraignty & Honor, like c 
Lvessforfta that huffing Duke of Milanya man ofjingular wifdomflut pro- 
f6*nd ambiti onyborn'to his owny<& to the dejiruff ion of Italy* though it be 
t0 their own ruin,& friends undoing, they will contend, they may not 
b Cjpr. prologi 
adfer. To 2. 
cunßos honor-. 
at,univerjrs in- 
clinatfubfequi- 
tur, obfequitur, 
frequent'd t curi- 
as vifitat, opti- 
matesamplexa- 
tur, applahiit, 
adulatur: per 
fas et nefas d 
latebris, in om- 
nem gradu ubi 
aditus patet fa 
ingerit, difeur- 
rit. 
ceafe5but. as a dog in a whcel3a bird in a cage,or a fquirrel in a chain, fo 
lld<£m compares climb and climb flifwith much labor3 but 
n, make an end, never at the top. A Knight would be a Baronet, and 
len a Lord;, and then a Vicount, and then an Earl, &c.a Do&or,a Dean, 
h . then a Bilhop: from Tribune to Pratorrfrum Bailiffe3to Maior: firfl 
, lsoffice,and then Pyrrhus wil ftrft have Greece, 
*Cn Afric^and then fwel with AZfops frog fo long, till in [the 
.I . they burffor come down With Sejanusyad Oem&niits fc aI as .and break 
p own necks;or as Evangetm the piper in Lmiany that blew his pipe 
till he fell down dead. If he chance to mifs, and have a canvas, 
lh na ’ 011 the other ficleTo dejeded.-that Jhe is ready to hang him- 
ymlelfe3turh Heretick, Turk.or Traitor in an inflant. Enraged againft 
for pleniies,he f railsdwears3fights,ljariders,detmcts3envics,rniirders.-and 
c , lls own part,/* appetitum explere nonpotefiy furore corripitur } if he 
hit lCt %*she his runs mad.So that both ways, 
no °i ni^6hhe is diflracted fo long as his Ambition lafts, he can look for 
hiw "r^ut anxiety and care, difeontent and grief in the mean time, 
to b:(f fhl f,or violent death in the cnd.The event of this is common 
*Cenin populous Cities, or in Princes Courts, fora Courtiers life 
ditp defer ibes it)A a Gallimaufri of ambifiohflufl^fraudflmpofiure^ 
flat r'lUidt*en'>detrasien^envy^pridc’-) the Court* a common conventicle of 
} erflSrs'time'fcrvers bc 
lik ** ** JeV* ff' you will lee fuch di (contented perfons, there you (hail 
eh had them. 1 And which he-obferved of the markets of old Rome'.: 
c Turba cogit 
ambitio regent 
intervire, ut 
Homerus Aga- 
nemnonemque- 
rentem inducit. 
d Plutarchut. 
Quin convive- 
mur, & in oii? 
nos obleBemur, 
quoniam in 
promptu id no- 
b»Jtt, &c. 
e Jovius hijl.n 
l. vir Jingalari 
prudentia, fed 
profunda am- 
bitione, ad ess- 
itium Italia 
natus. ■ '■ 
1 £Vt hedera ar- 
' horiadhaereufic 
ambit o, &c. 
1 g Xpk3.de con- 
temptu rerum 
•fortuitarum. 
Magno conatu 
Jc/ impetu mo- 
ventur, fuper 
eodem centro 
romipncn pros 
■Jiciunt, nec ad"- 
'finem perveni- 
, : .rmt. . * 
prints rf\' oz'* Ambitio in infantum facile:delabimr,Jt excedat. Patritius I. 4. tit. iQ.deregis in-lit. g Lib» >de rep, cap.*., k fe- 
Wi, ifQ* typttitwjeu concupifcentid nimia rei alkujus, honefia vel inhonejfatphnntajtcim 'ltdmn unde multi ambitioff, phi- * 
flwte.iy.-, \avafh infani, &c. fe/ios Plater I. g.&einentis alien, i -du/ica anta colluvies ambition#, 
tjjfc.lib ?’™idi<e,fuperbU Timnic* diverfonm ciulay& commune emrventieulm uffentanii artificum, Sqc» dtf 
•> Kin hii Aphor. 1 Plants Curcuh AB.+Sce. 1, Pari, i.Scft. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy 
Memb.2.Subf.i2. 
Qui perjurum convenire vult hominem, mitto in Cemitium\ 
(gui mendacem & gloriofum, apud Cluaftna facrum? 
jjites,damnofos maritosfnb bafilica qutsrito^&c. 
Perjur’d knaves, Knights of the Port, liers,crackers, bad hufbands, 6cc. 
keep their feveralftations,they do ftill, and always did in every com- 
mon-wealth. 
Sub sec. 12. 
zTom.i.Siexa- 
mines, omnes 
miferi<£ caufas 
uel a furiofo 
contendendi 
jludio, vel ah 
injujh cupidi- 
tate, origine 
Caufe. 
ELut arch,in his zbook whether the difeafes of the body be more 
grievous then thofe of the foul, is of opinion, if you will exa- 
mine all the caufes of our mi feries in this life,youJhall find thef# 
moji part, to have had their beginning from Jiubborn aneer, 
traxijfe feiesd- 
demfere Chry- 
foflomuscomdn 
cA.ad Roman, 
fer. ii, 
* Cap,4.l. 
a Vtft iniquus 
in deum,inpro- 
tsimm, in faip- 
fum. 
h Si vero, Cra- 
that furious deftre ofcontention, or feme injuji or immoderate ajfe&ion, 
as Covet oujnejje, &c. From whence are warres and contentions amongfi 
you t * S. James afkes: I will adde ufury/raud, rapine, Simony, op- 
preflion, lying, fwearing, bearing falfe witnefie, 6cc, are they not 
from this fountaine of rovetoufnefie, that greedinefle in getting, te- 
nacity in keeping,fordidity in that they are fo wicked, a /V*- 
juft againfi Godyheir neighbour,lhemfelves, all comes hence. The dt' 
■fire ofmoney is the root of all evill, and they that luft after it oiercC 
tsva, inter c<t-' 
teras herbarum 
radices, avari- 
tia radice fec- 
arepojfes ama- 
ra,ut mllareli- 
qui a qjftnt,pro- 
be Jcito, &c. 
e Cap.6.l)ieta 
f alutis uivaritia 
ell amor immo- 
deratuspecunia 
velacqmreoda, 
vel retinenda 
* Feru profeSlo 
\ them]elves through with many forrows, i Tim. 6. io. Hippocrates there- 
' fore in his Epiftlc to Crateva an Herbal iff, gives him this good counted 
■ that if it were polhblcfamongfl other hearbs, he jhould cut up that Weed 
‘ of Covet oujnefi by the rootsyhat there be no remainder left,and then kn#* 
■ this for a certaintyy hat together with their bodiesyhou maifi quickjy cuft 
all the difeafes.of their minds.For it is indeed the pattern,lmage,Epitome 
, of all Melancholy,the fountain of many mifcries,much difeontented ctfc 
and 
’ asCjßonaventure defines it:or,as Aujiin delcribes it,a madnefsof the foul? 
Gregory a torture;C/;r^/i^^e5aninfatiabic 
1 ntfie, (beciofum (upoliciumyt plaguefubverting Kingdoms,famili as.an^iu- 
diruq',uicus a- 
nimi, remediis ' 
non cedens me-, 
dendo exonera- 
tur. 
d/yfalusejlmor- 
bw maleq', affi- 
cit avaritia Jt- 
quidem cenfeo, 
fac* avaritia - 
difficilius 
curatur quam _. 
inQinia: quonid 
hac omves fere 
• JJ j j £ • s x O O cj 3—' 
cura le difeafc, Budceus, an ill habit, yeelding to no remedies: neith# 
Mfculapius nor Plutus can cure them:a continual plague, faith Solontortt 
and vexation of fpirit, another Hell. I know there be feme of opinion? 
that covetous men are happy, and worldly, wife, that there is more pie*l' 
fure in getting of wealth then in fpending, and no delight in the world 
like unto it. Twas * Bias problem of oldyritb what art ihou not weary • 
with getting mony.ivhat is moji dele&ablef- to gam. What is it, trow yoU? 
that makes a poor man labour all his life time,carry fuch great burdens 
fare fo hardly, macerate himfelf, and endure fo much mifery, undergo 
fuch bafe offices with fogreat patience,to rife up early, 8c lie downfall 
msdicilahomnt. 
Hip.ep.Ahderit 
■* Extremos cur- • 
rit mercator ad j 
indos Hor. 
■ \ 
Tuuare non es 
laffust liicrufa- 
ciendo'.quidma- 
Vtime deleßabi- 
h ? lucrari, . 
if there were not an extraordinary delight in getting 8c keeping of JBO- 
ny?Wliat makes a Merchant that hath no need, fatis fuperque. dmh f0 
range all ever the world,through all thofe intemperate f Zones of heat & 
to venture his life, and be content with fuch miferablc 
famine^ally ufagesin a (linking there were not a pleafure Sc h°?c 
to get inony, which doth feafon the reft, and mitigate his indefatigah*e 
paijij> > What makes them goe into the bowels of the earth, an Parf. i.sc-a. 2. 
Covetoufnefij a Caufe. 
Memb. 3. Subf.i2k 
atb°ITie deep,endangGring their deareft lives,enduringdampsand 
thy hnds, when they have enough already, if they could be content, 
a. j n°fuch caufe to labour, but an extraordinary delight they take in 
]chcs>This may feem plaufible at firft fhew, a popular and firong argu- 
let him that fo thinks, confider better of it, and lie (hall fuon 
PcAceive,that it is far otherwife then he luppofcthyt may be haply plea- 
at the firft,as moft part all melancholy is. For fuch men likely have 
?U1C lucida. 7»tmW/rf,pleafant fymptoms intermixt, but you muft note 
- ft om->‘dis one thing to be richjnother to be coveto its’jfjrtzt- 
£ ) they are all fooJs,dizards,mad-mcn,e milerable wretches,living be- 
fs tfiemfdves,]f«e arte fruendiyn perpetual flavery,fear,fufpition,for 
0 _ j3nd aloes quam mellis habentb and are indeed. rather 
rfjjeJjtd by their hath it, mancipati pacum- 
bound prentife to their as Chryfojiom, fervi divitia- 
drudges to their we may conclude of them 
ah,asgValerius doth 11 Ptolomeeus K.ing of Cyprus, He was in title a King 
°f that Ijlandfijut in his miferable drudge of money: 
* potz&re metallis 
libertate carens~— 
Ranting his liberty,which is better then gold. Dantafippus the Stoic ft inJ 
all mortali men dote bv fits,fome one wav, fome an-1 
' * Hom.i. aliud 
- avarus, aliud 
m dives. 
c Diviti et iit 
fpina- animuho- 
- minis timori- 
bus,fotlicitu- 
dinibus, ango- 
ribus mirijice 
pungunt, vex- 
ant, cruciant. 
Oreg.in hom. 
tEpiJi.ad J)o. 
nat. cap. 2. 
*Lib.p.ep. 30* 
8 
infuU rextitu- 
lo,fed animope- 
cunietmifenbir- 
that covetous men b are madder then the reftjand he that (hall 
ruly look into their cft<itcs,& examine their fymptomes, Hiall finde no 
£ tter of them,but that they are allifools,as Nabal was. Re & nomine (i. 
r 50F°r what greater folly can there be, or *madnefs, then to mace- 
himfclf when he need not?and when, as Cyprian notes, fc he may be 
t?*from his eafedofhk painsjoillgo on fill, his wealth in- 
Ijj ingjphm he hath enough Jo get more Jo live be fides himfdf to ftarve 
n back from hiswifemand children, neither letting them, 
t^r other friends life or enjoy that which is theirs by right, and which 
ke I?Uch need perhapsjlikc a dog in the manger, he doth only- 
an it (hail do no body elfe good,hurting himfdf and others; 
pUcj 0r a little momentary pelf,damn his own foul? They are commonly 
tetr*ck by nature,as Achabs fpirit was becaufe he could not get1 
0i y^cyard/1 Reg.72.) andifhe lay out his money at any time,j 
fc 1 it be to nccdlary ufes,to his own Childrens good, he brawls and/ 
it.’A/ r eart is heavy, much difquieted he is, and loath to part from' 
**a a^fi*net & ttmet uti, Hor:He is of a wearifh.dry, pale conftituti-1 
Wj-,cannot fleep for cares and worldly bufinefs,his riches,faith Solo-: 
Ifimf ir not iet hi m deep,and unnccefifary bufinefs which he hcapeth on 
h' °r cePJ r*s a very unquiet,interrupt9unpleafing fleep;1 
ls bags in his armes, —congeftis undique faccis \ 
Is mancipium. 
* Hor.ia.Ub.u 
h Danda efl 
hellebori multo 
pars maxima 
, avaris. 
i Luke i 2. 20. 
Stulte, hac. 
noSe eripiam 
animam tuam. 
* Opes quidem 
mortalibus’ 
funt dementia 
Ihsog. 
k Ed. 2. lib. 2. 
Exonerare 
cumfe pqjjit 
ify relevare 
ponderibus per- 
git magis for- 
tunis augenti- 
bus pertinaci- 
ter incubare. 
m Kon amicis, 
non Uber is, non 
ipfiftbi quid- 
quam impertitt 
pojfidet ad hoc 
tantum, ne 
l i Indormit pdMereahe- 
ie at' a banquet,or at foinc mery feaft,/je fighs forgrief of 
arjn^CyPrian hath cannot Jleep though it be upon a down bed-his Paulina# 
J J 09dy tables no r eft f troubled in his abundance^dpforrowfulinplenty, dsejiquoi 
fv°d jij f 5 habttfuam 
Ir»*rf* n «/>!/*• 2. /it. 2, Sufpirat in convivio, bibit licet gmmh'<& toro molliore marcidum Corpus condiderit, vigilat 
v jin£uJ*Jtur ex abundantia, contrijiatur eX opulentia, inf a lix pr<tfentibus bonis i info Ht*or in fatur u.-  
Can f is of Melancholy. 
Memb-3.Subi.i2. 
unhappy for the prefent,and more unhappy in the life to come. Bafil. He is a 
perpetual drudge, P redlels in his thoughts, 8c never fatisfied, a Have, 11 
wretch,a su(l~warm, temper quod idolo fuo immolet,fedulus obfervat,Cypr* 
prolog.adjermon.dil feeking what facrifice he may offer tohis golden god> 
Per fts &nefas,he cares not how,his trouble is cndlefs,qcrefcunt diviti#0 
tamen curtas nefeio quod femper abeft re/rhis wealth increafeth,8cthe more 
he hath,the more*he lean kine, which devoured th£ 
fat,Bc were not faushedTAujtin therefore defines 
bet rerum inhonejiam & injatiabilem cupiditatem, an unhoned 8c unfatb 
.able defire of one of his Epililes compares it to WoWfwhich 
\ voures all,andyet never hath enough,a bottomlejs pit, an cndlefs miferyi 
in quern fcopulum avari tire cadavere ft fenes ut plurimum impingunt, and 
that which is their greateft corrofive,they are in continual fufpition,fear, 
and diftrud. He thinks his own wife and children are fo many theeves? 
■ and go about to cozen him,his fervants are all falfe 
Y> Illorum cogi- 
tatio nunquam 
cejjat qui pecu- ‘ 
ni as fuppkrsdi- 
ligunt. Guiansr 
traft.\$.c.\*j. 
24. 
Jguoplusfunt 
pota, plus Jit i- 
untur aqua. 
tHar.l.2.Sat.6 
Oji angulus ille 
proximus acce- 
dat, qui nunc 
feformat agel- 
lum. 
Lljh.%. delib. 
arbit. Immori* 
tiir jhidib, <ty 
fimore fenefeit 
habendi, 
t Avarus vir 
inferno ejl 
JJmilis, Sec. 
Rem juam periifi‘e,feque eradicarier, 
Et divum atque hominum clamat continuo fidem, 
De fuo tigillo fi qua exit foras. 
If his doors creck,then out he cryes anon. 
His goods are gone,and he is quite undone. 
modum non ha- 
bety hoc egenti- 
or quopluta 
habet. 
u Erafm. A 
dag. chit. 3. 
cent, j.pro. 72. 
KtiUifidentes 
omnium formi- 
dant opesyideo 
pavidum ma- 
lum vocat 
Euripides; me- 
tuunt tempejh- 
tes ob frumen- 
tum, amicos 
ne rogent, ini- 
znicosneladant, 
Timidas Plutus.an old proverb,As fearful as Plutusifo doth Arifiophanth 
& Luci an bring him in fearful dil,pale,anxious,fufpitious,andtrudingnO 
man faLhey arc afraid of tempefts for their corne they are afraid of the'1* 
friends left theyjhould askfomthing of them feg or hey are afraid 
of their enemies lefi thy hurt themfa beeves left they rob them', they are ** 
Jr aid of war & afraid of peace,afraid of rich & afraid of poor, afraid rf 
all.Lzlt ofall,tbey are afraid of want, that they fhail die beggers, which 
makes they lay up dil,and dare not ufethat they have : what if a de& 
year dearth,or fome lofs?and were it not that they are loth 
x layout money on a rope,they would be hanged forthwith, and 
times die to favc charges,Bc make away themfelves,iftheir corn & cattle 
they have abundance left,asy Agellius notes. z Valerius 
> makes mention of one that in a famine,fold a Moufe for 200 pence, 
fures ne rapi- 
ant, bellum ti- 
ment, pacem 
timent, 
fummos,medi- 
os, infimos. 
x Hall Char, 
y AgiUias 
lib. 3. cap. I. 
interdum eo 
faleris perve- 
niunt ob lu- 
crum, ut •vitant 
propriam com- 
mutent. 
2 Lib. -j.cap.6. 
a Omnes perpe- 
tuo morbo 
famifhed himfelfiSuch are their cares,3 griefs and perpetual fears. Them 
fymptomes are elegantly expreffed by Tbeophraftus in his Character ot 
a covetous inan 5 b lying in bed, he asked his wife whether Jhe Jhnt t'}C 
trunkes, and chefis faft,the capcafe he fealed, and whether the Hall d°°r 
he bolted, and though Jhe fay all is well,he rifeth out of his bed inhiffitfU 
barefoot and barelegged,to fee whether it be fo,with a dark Lanthorn f^r 
thing every corner fcaxcc fleeping a wink all night. Lucian in that 
fant and witty dialogue called Gallus, brings in Mycillus the Cobh* 
disputing with his Cock, fometimes Pythagoras-, where after an*c*} 
fpeech Fro and Con', to prove the happinelle of a mean eftatc, 
difeontents of a rich man, Pythagoras his Cocke in the end, to illudi 
by examples that which he had faid, brings him to Gnyphon 
aeitamr/ufpi'Mtrj omnes timiis# Jtbiquet ob avrm injidtan putat,nunquam quiefcens, Flin.PromMb. 14-b Cap.iB.in 
interrogat uxorem an arcam probe daujlt, an capjida£x.Z:& kaoJurgensnuiuf & abfque calceis, accenfa lucerna omnia 
hfirans, & visfotnm indulgens. Part- I. Seft. 2. 
Love of Gaming, &c. 
Memb, 3. Subf.is, 
botl^18 ou^e af ®id-night9and affer that to Eu erat e they found 
dry up their accounts,and telling of their money, «lean 
thm Uk anxi° fufpeding leaft fome body Ihould make a hole 
npo Wa^sand fo get in 3orif a Rat or Moufe did but ftir,ftarting 
a.Uclden,and running to the door to fee whether al werefaft.p/*»- 
ffiutrl 1S }^u^^arlaoimikcs old commanding staphyla his wife to 
16 oors fa^3an(f the fife to be put out,leaft any body ftiould make 
?n^.rrant to come to his houfe, when he wafhed his hands, ehe was 
caufe t^ie water? complaining that he was undone, be- 
a Crovv fm° OUt ro°fe*^nci as went from home, feeing 
°n*en . ■ ratuPontke muck-hill,returned in all haft,taking it form alum 
bur %nc,his money was digged many fuch. He that will 
fled f fVC f^e^r a^011^3!! findthefe and many fuch paffages nof&f 
and or/P°rt5but really performed, verified indeed by fuch covetous. 
u wretches, and that it is. 
a c Curis extent-* 
- atus, vigilans 
X & ficxijuppur 
' tans. 
d taveque- 
) qua alienum in 
7, <edes intromi- 
feris.lgnem ex- 
> tingui volo, ne 
- caufe quidqui 
rft quod te 
’ quifquam 
1 quintet.Si bo~ 
{ ria fortuna ve- 
niat ne intro- 
miferis",Occlude 
' fs fores arnbo' 
buspeJpilM. 
—-—* manifejia phr e nefis 
a locuples moriaris egenti vivere fato, 
A nicer madnefs,to live like a wretch, and die rich* 
Difacutiar ani- 
mi quia donio 
abeundum ejl 
m&i: Nimd 
herduls invitus 
<*beo, nec quid 
agam Jcio. 
e Ploret aqua 
profundere, 
Bcc.periit du 
fumus de tigillo 
exit foras, 
* Juv. Sat.ij, 
Sub sec. 15« 
Love of Gaming, &c, and pUafures immoderate',Caufes. 
T is a wonder to fee , how many poor , diftrefled, miferabk 
wretches, one fhall meet almoft in every path 8c ftreefbeg- 
ing for an almes,that have been well defcended,and fome- 
Wm times in flourifhing eftate,now ragged,tattered,Bc ready to 
be ftarved,lingring out a painful life, in difeontent 8c grief 
riot°dy and mind, and all through immoderate luft,gaming,pleafure 8c 
t]lat* the common end of all fcnfual Epicures and brutilh prodigals, 
and l3re upified & carried away headlong with their feveral pleasures 
and in his tablets. Ambrofe in his fecond book of Abel 8c Cain, 
]Cjlt arn°ngft the reft X net an in his trad de Mercede conducts,hath excel- 
who deciphered fuch mens proceedings in his pidute of Opulentia, 
by fains to dwel on the top of a high mount, much fought after 
PI*1? liters, at their firft coming they ate generally entertained by 
QVen *r Dalliance, and have all the content that poftlbly may be 
cont 3 *ol°ng as their money lafts, but when their means fail, they are 
thruft out a backdoor,headlong,and there left to shame, 
f n ■ he at firft that hadfo many attendants, parafites, 
OWers,young and lufty,richly arrayd,and all the dainty fare that 
a fudd e °fWelcome and good refped, is now upon | 
hb fu en ftript ofall, f old, difeafedand forlaken, curling ■ 
HepeJfS* and ready to ftranglehimfelfs having no other company butJ 
are SorrovP, Grief, Derifton, Beggery, and Contempt, which' 
exqu:p attendunts to his lives end. As the g prodigal fon had; 
lecknn*te merry company, dainty fire at firft 5 but a forrowfulJ 
lng in the end; fo have all fuch vaine delights and their fob , 
> (Ventricdftis, ! 
; nudus, palli- 
dus, Uve. pudo* 
' rem occultans, 
; dextra feipfun 
■ firangulam,oc- 
currit autem 
exeunti peer,:-? 
tsntta his rai- ' 
fetam conjici< * 
ew,&c. 
g if. Memb.g.Subl.l?. 
Fart. i.Sett. 2. 
Cauj es of Melancholy, 
lowers.k Trifles voluptatum exitusy& quifquis voluptatum /'narum rem1' 
nifei vohtbintelligetfds bitter as gall Sc wormwood is their Jatt} grief of 
minckmadnefs it felf.Thc ordinary rocks upon wck fuch men do impinge 
h Boethius. 
Sc precipitate themfeives,are Cards,Dice,Hawks,Sc Houndsjnfanum ve* 
nandi fiudiumyone cals it yinfan<efuhflrnUiones: their mad fttuttures,dif* 
ports,plays,Scc.when they are unfeafonably ufed, imprudently handled? 
and beyond their fortuoes.Some me pa re confumed by mad phantattical 
buildings,by making Gallencs,Cloitters,Tarraces,Walks,Orchards,Gar- 
densfPoolSjßillcts,Bowers,& fuch like places of pleafurcjlnutzles domoh 
i Xenophon cals them, which howfoever they be delightfome things in 
themielves,and acceptable to all beholders, an ornament, and befitting 
feme great unprofitable to others,& the foie overthrow of then' 
ctidtzs.Foreflus in his obfervations hath an example of fuch a one that 
became melancholyupon the like occaiion,having Confumed hisfubftanee 
i In Osconm. 
Uuid ft nunc 
ofendam sos 
qui mqgm 
xi argenti do- 
mus inutiles 
a'difeartt, in 
quit Socrates. 
k Sarisburie-n- 
-fs Polycrat.l.i, 
c. 4. venatores 
omnes adhuc 
infinitionem 
redolent cen- 
hmrorum.RaYo 
invenitur qiaf 
qu im eorum 
modejhs fr 
gravis, raro 
ontinsns, fr 
ut credo fobri- 
its unquam. 
1 Pancirol. Fit. 
23. avolant 
opes cm acci- 
in an unprofitable building,which would afterward yield him no advan* 
tage.Others,! fay,arckoverthrownby thofe mad fports of Hawking and 
huntmg^honettrecreations,and fit for lome great men,but not forever? 
bafe inferior perfonywhiltt they will maintain their Faulkoners,dogs,and 
hunting Nags,their wealth, faith y runs away with houndsyanfl 
their fortunes flie away with Hawkj : They perfccute beafts fo long, till 
in the end they themfeives degenerate into beatts, as ra Agrippa taxetb 
them, nAtfa;on like, for as he was eaten to death by his own dogs? 
pine. 
m Inf gnu ve- 
natorum jlulti- 
Hh, & fuper- 
vacania cura 
eorum, qui dum 
nimium vena- 
tioni inf- 
Jhnt, ipf abje- 
Ba omni hu- 
manitate in 
feras degene- 
fo do they devoure themlemes and their patrimonies, in fuch idle and 
unneceflary difports, neglecting in the mean time their more herettary 
’ bufineffe, and to follow their vocations. Over-mad too fometimes a# 
our great men in delighting, and doting too much on it. o When thtjf 
1 drive poor husbandmen from their tillagcy as P Sarkhurienfts objects? 
poly erat» L I. c. 4. fling down conntrey F armes , and whole Townch 
to make Turks, and men to. feed beaftso and q punifbingin 
the mean time fuch a man that fhall molefl their game, more feverely tbW 
him that is otherwife a common hackery or a notorious thief. But great 
rantjiit Action, 
& c. 
HiSabin, inO- 
vid Metamor. 
o Agrippa de 
vanit fa ent.ln- 
fanum. venan- 
di Jhtdium, tlu 
d noxalibus 
arcentur dgri- 
coU fubtra- 
kuntpradia 
rufticts, agrico- 
lon if pr.rclu- • 
duvturjylxt 
& fyjta pafo- 
fibus ut auge- 
antur pafcua 
ferts. 
—-Maiejhiis 
reus agricola f 
gujhriu 
men are feme wayes to be cxcufed,the meaner fort have no evafion wh; 
thcyftiould not be counted mad, Toggius the Florentnze, tcls a metrf 
ftory to this purpofeacondemning the folly and impertinent bufinette °\ 
fuch kind ofperfons.A phyfitian of Millanfaith he,that cured mad me*1'1 
had a pit of water in his houfe,in which he kept his patients,fome upto 
the knees, forne to the girdle,fome to the chin,jpn7 modo it?fani£y astbef 
were more or lefs affetted.One of them by chance that was wel recover- 
ed,ftood in the door,and feeing a gallant ride by with a hawk on his fid> 
wel mountcd,wirh his Spaniels after him,would needs know to what wf 
all this preparation made anfwer,to kill certain fowl} the pat*' 
ent demanded again,what his fowl mightbe worth which he killed in* 
replycd,s or 10 crowns}6C when he urged him farther what 
Dogs,Horie, and Hawks ftood him in, he told him 400 Crowns, w'itb 
that the patient bad be gone, as he loved his life and welfare, for if 
matter come and iinde thee here,hc will put thee in the pitamongtt 117:1 
men up to the chin: T axing the madnett and folly of fuch vain men tfo* 
}) /i navalibus r Fi' 
futi urcantur fert hzhsant xygandi Ubermem\iU>f,ut pajcm augeantur,pradiafubtrahurjur, Scc.SartfburisnfoQ c* 
xU yud hmimbus aquiorestCmbdM Gufl.Gonq.quiyS.JicchJifiS mnnc&s dspopulatus ejjtaiforejim mvam.Mit,Far*» !j'trt-I.ScCt.2. 
Love of Gaming, &c. 
Memb.3. Subi. 13. 
pend themfelves in thofe idle fports, negleding their bufinefs and ne- 
eeuary affaires. Leo decimus,that hunting Pope, is much difeommended 
.} r Jovius in his life,for his immoderate defire of hawking and hunting, 
1 i° ITlUch that (as he faith) he would fometimes live about Ojha weeks 
Jj months together, leave fu iters funrefpedted, Buis and pardons un- 
/> !//10 OWl]| Pr^ftidice, and many private mens loffe, t And if he 
a by chance crofjedin his Jport, or his game not fo goo d, he was Jo 
that he would revile and mifcall many times men ofgyeat worth 
bitter taunts, fo fowre, be jo angry and wafpijbj fo grieved 
bii ™°^efl€ddhat it is incredible to relate it. But if he had good fport,and 
on the other iidefncredibihmunificenti a ,with unfpea- 
j bounty and munificence he would reward all his fellow-hunters, 
V ? ei3Y nothing to any fuiter when he was in that mood.To fay truth, 
s the common humor of all gamefters,as Galat£us obferves,if they win, 
a ?fan living are fo Jovial and meiTy,butuifthey lofe,though it be but 
rifle,two or three games at Tables,or a dealing at Cards for two pence 
a game,they are fo cholerick 8c tetty that no man may fpeak with them, 
and break many times into violent paffions, oaths, imprecations, and un J 
. deeming fpeeches,little differing from mad men for the time.General- ] 
y><of all Gameftcrs and gaming,if it be excefiive,thus much we may con- a 
that whether they win or lofe for the prefent, their winnings are J 
tMunera fed inftdise, as that wife Seneca determines, not for - 
t Cs gifts, but baits, the common Catajlrophe is x beggery,y Vt peftis vi~ ] 
adimit alea pecuniam,as the plague takes away lifesdoth gaming \ 
Cs3 for z omnes nudi, inopes & egeni , a 
r Tom. 2.. de vi- 
us iilujlrium,!. 
, 4- de vit. Leon. 
10. 
{Venationibus 
, adeo perdue 
fhidebat & au- 
cupiis. 
11 Aut infeliciter 
venatu* tam 
impatiens inde, 
vtfummos fit pe 
, viros acerbijjl- 
mis contumeliis 
oneraret,& in- 
credibile eji 
quali vultus a- 
nimique habitu 
dolorem iracun- 
diamque pro- 
ferret, &c. 
u Vnicniqne 
autem hoc a na- 
tura inftu efl, 
ut d&lsatfcubi 
erraverit a::t 
deceptus ft:, 
x Invert. Sat.S. 
Hec enim locu- 
lis comitantibus 
itur. Ad ca<um 
a Ale a Scylla vorax, fpecies certijjima furti, 
Non contenta bonis animum quoque perfida mergit, 
jr . Fceda^furax, infamis, ruina. 
llittJe plcafure they take, and forne finali gaines and gettings now 
t^CIktheir wives and children are wringed in the mean time, 8c they 
°fth^Ves w*rb body and foul,rue it in the end.l will fay nothing 
*h °^C Pr°digious pecuniae genit os,as hebtaxed An- 
«ruP5 patrimonium fine ullafori calumnia amittunt ,faith5c Cypri anx 
fpendthrift una comedunt patrimonia 
p]avCat UP all at a brcakfaft,at a fupper, or amongft Bauds,Parafites,and 
bur C^Confumie rhcmfelves in an inftant,as if they had flung it into e Ty~ 
&reat wagers,vain and idle expcnces, See. not themfelves only, 
thateVen aN their friends, as a man defperately fwimming drowns him 
llnd C°?es to help him, by furetifhip and borrowing they will willingly 
tlle*r a * aflociates and allies.^lrati pecuniis, as he faith,angry with 
with a wAnton hquonfi tongue, and agamefome 
th • C - ave uhdifcrectly impoverilhed themfelves, inorga- 
faire iCIJ wits together with their lands, and entombed their anceftors 
prif0 P°ueffions in their bowels, they may lead the reft of their days in 
n3 as many times they do, they repent at leafure, and when all is \ 
tabui*, pqftta 
Jed lauditur ar- 
ca Lc-mnim in- 
Jht .«.44. men- 
daciorum qui- 
dem & perju- 
pau- 
pertatis mater 
cfialea, nullam 
habens patrimo- 
nii reverentia, 
quum illud effu- 
derit, fenfm in 
furta delabitur 
& rapirm.Sa- 
rif. polycrat. 
1.1. c. 5. 
y Damhoderf**, 
z Dan. Souter. 
a Petrar. dial. 
27. 
b Salujl. 
c Tom/jStr. de 
Alea. 
d Flutus in A- 
rifiop. cals ali 
fuch gamefiers 
mad men. Si 
Co , ' _ ininfanum ho- 
'*• Spontaneum ad fs trahunt furor m, os, & nares & oculos rivos facium furoris & divafom, Chtyf, 
VWmJufimkttbdUt, isenera. gHall. Part, i. Sccr.2. 
C auj cs of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. SubLi 4* 
gone begin to be thrifty : but Sera eft in fundo parfimonia, ’tis then too 
late to look about s their h end is mifery, forrow, lhaine,and difeontent* 
It In Sat. 11. 
Sed deficiente 
crumena; 
crefcente gvla, ■ 
qvl) te manst 
exitus—yehu* 
in xentrem 
merjts. 
i S partiatu A- 
Anc.no. 
kAjese.ab.Alex. 
lib. 6. c. 10. 
Idem Gerbelivs, 
lib.s.Gr*e.dijc. 
1 Fines Morif. 
jj j J 
And well they delerve to be infamous and difeontent, \C atamidiari in 
Amphitheatro ,as by Adrian the Emperors edift they were of old fteco&O' 
res bonorum fuornmfo he cals them, prodigal fools, to be pub! idled ftiain- 
cd,and biffed out of all focicties3 rather then to be pirtied or relieved* 
kThe Tufcanes and Boitians brought their bankrupts into the market 
place in a bear with an empty purfe carryed before them, ail the boyeS 
1 ollowing, where they fat all day circumflante plebejo be infamous and 
ridiculous. Atl Padua in Italy they have a ftone called the ft one of Turpi' 
t /We,near the Senate houfe,where fpendthrifts,and fuch as difclaim non- 
■ payment of debts,do ft with their hinder parts bare,that by that note of 
difgrace others may be terrified from all luch vain expcncc, or borrow- 
m Infiiauan. 
in Vig fjlh, 
ing more then they can tell how to pay. The mCivilians of old fet guar- 
dians overfuch brain-lick prodigals, as they did over madmen, to mo- 
derate their expences,that they mould not lb loofely confume their far- 
tunes, to the utter undoing of their families. 
I may not here omit thofe two main p!agues,and common dotages & 
Immane kindc. Wine and Women, which have infatuated and bclottcd 
Myriades of people : They go commonly together. 
n Ptvjivf) Sat. 
5» 
n Vino indulges, quemque alea decoquit, ille 
In venerem putris 
To whom is foiTOW,faith 5010m0n^Pr0.23.39,t0 whom is wo but to fuck 
a one as loves drink? it caufeth torture, ( Vino tortus & it'a ) and bitter- 
nefs of mindCjS/nm.31.21. Vinum furoris, Jeremy cals it 15 .cap. wine 0* 
madnefs,as well he may,for infanire facitfanosjt makes found men lick 
and fad, and wife men 0 mad. To fay and do they know not what. Acd' 
dit hodie terribilis cafus ( faith p S. Aufiin ) hear a miferable accident h 
Cyril!ffs fon this day in his drink. Matrem prregnantem nequiter opprejfb 
fororem violare voluitopatrem occidit fere duos alias forores ad morte$ 
have violated his lifter, killed his father, &c. A tr^e 
o foculum qua- 
JiJtnuf in quo 
fape naufragi- 
um faciunt, Ja- 
Bura turn p 
tii<t tum menti) 
Erafm. in Vrov. 
calicum remi- 
ges.chiL4.Cent. 
7. Pro. 41. 
p Ser. 33. ad • 
f at. in Eremo. 
' faying it was of him. Vino dari Uti tiam & dolorem ftrink caufeth mirth? 
. and drink caufethforrow,dnnk caufeth poverty and want, (Prov. 2w 
fiame and difgrace. Multi ignobiles evafere ob vini potump (Aujli#)K 
mijjis honoribus profuft aberrarunt : Many men have made ftlipwrack ® 
their fortunes, and go like rogues and beggars, having turned all the1!: 
fubftance into aurum that otherwife might have lived in goC^ 
worftip and happy eftate, and for a few hours pleafure,for their 
term’s but (hort5 or qfreemadnefs, as Seneca cals it, purchafe unto the®*' 
felves eternal tedioufnefs and trouble. 
T hat other madnefs is on women, Apoft at arefacit cor : faith the w#6 
man, * Atque homint cerebrum minuit. Pleafant at firft fhe isslike Diofto’'*'0’'*' 
des Rhododaphne^that fair plant to the cyc,but poyfon tothetaft,the . 
as bitter as wormwood in the end (Fr0v.5.4.) andfharp as a two-e<fee f 
iwerd 0 Her noufteis the voay to hefandgoes down to the Chawh^r{p 
death. What more (orrowful can be fnid?they are miferable in this h 
inad.beafrsjcd like 'fOxen to theJl aughter:tk that which is worfe, whofC 
q UhtfS unit# 
for* itfinim 
stem tempori) 
tadwpenfant. 
t Menander. 
f ?YO. 5. Part-i.Se«a.2. 
pbilautia, or folf-love, &c 
Memb.3. Silbl.l4. 
drunkards fball be judged,amittunt gratiam,i?i\t\\ Aujiin,per~ 
Uni glori am,incurrunt damnationem <eternam. They lofc grace glory, 
t brevis ilia voluptas 
t MrUn.Coca 
*p. # Abrogat <eternum caeli decus—~— 
ey §ain Hell and cternall damnation. 
SUBSEC. X 4. 
or Self-love, Fain-glory,Praifo, Honor, Immoderate 
appiaufo, Pride, over-much Joy, &c, caufes. 
Elf-Iove,Pride,and V ain-glory, u c£cus amor fui, which Chry- 
fojiome cals one of the devils three great nets 3 * Bernard, an 
arrow which pierceth the foul through, & flays it->a jlie infen- 
ftble enemy, not perceived, are mainc eaufes. Where neither 
anger, luft, covetoufnefs, fear, forrow, See. nor any other 
FertUrbation can lay hold 5 this will {lily and infenfibly pervert Us, £Juem 
°ng*la vicit,Vhilautia fuperavitffaith Cyprian'fwhorn furfetting could 
£°t overtake , Self-love hath overcome. y He hath feorned all money, 
j^es->giftSyUpright otherwife and jincere,hath inferted himfelfto no fond 
l**agination,andfuflained all thofe tyrannical concupifcences of the body, 
ath loji a.ll hk honor, captivated by vain glory, Chryfoflom fup.Jqftu fola 
*ffntnrn mentemque peruris, gloria. A great aftault and caufe of our pre- 
malady, although we do moft partnegled, take no notice of it, yet 
ls a violent batterer of our fouls, caufeth melancholy and dotage. 
fanj ea^ng humor 5 this foft and whifpering popular aire, Amabilis in- 
*his dele&able Frenlie, moft irrefragable paflion, Mentisgratijjl- 
°tir r 8 acceptable difeafe,which fo fwectly fets upon us,ravi(heth 
lulls our fouls afleep, puffesnp our hearts as fomanyblad-; 
t lat without all feeftng,zin fo much as thofe that are mifajfetfed i 
rno J never fo much as once perceive it, or thinks of any cure. We com- i 
Ver Y lOVe him heft in this a malady, that doth us moft harm, and are ‘ 
billing to be hurts adulationibus noftris libenter favemus (faith j 
ate Y°r'f) We ove him, we love him for it: c 0 Bonciari fuave,fuave fuit ' 
* V tribui s Twas fweet to hear it. And as d Pliny doth ingenu-' 
tabh /COrihefs to his dear friend Augurinus ,allthy writings are moft accep- • 
t y Kt thofe effeci ally that fpeak of us. Again,a little after to Maximus.; 
exprefs how pleaflng it is to me to hear my felf commended, \ 
Us we fmile to our felvcs,at leaft Ironically,whenParafitcs bedawb ! 
quid ]/a^e Encomions,as many Princes cannot chufe but do, Jgmm tale j 
foouf! /limra fe reperer int,when they know they come as far lnort,as a j 
\ve f eto an Elephant,of any fuch Vertucs $ yet it doth us good .Though j 
f°uls times to be angry, f and hlufi at our ownpraifes, yet our 1 
s^ rej°yceo Plff€S mUP h tis fallax fu avitas,blandui daemon, ‘ 
are beyond our hounds,and forget our felves. Her two daughters ‘ 
thcr utrjefs of minde,immoderate joy and pride,not excluding thofe o- < 
ant vices,which g Jodocus Lorichius reckons up j Bragging, J 
M Pccvifhntfs, and curiohty. 1 e 
thers kf le Cornmon cauhs of this mifehief, arifeth from our felves or of 
: Ve arc active and paflive. It proceeds inwardly from our felves,^ 
u Hoy, 
u Sagitta quS 
animam pene- 
trat, leviter pe- 
netrat, fed non 
leve infligit, 
vulnus, fu p. 
eant. 
y Qui omnem 
pecuniarum 
contemptum 
habent,<& nul- 
li imaginationi 
totius mundife 
immifcuerint,et 
tyrannicas cor- 
poris concupif 
centias fuftinu- 
erint, hi multe- 
ties capti d va- 
na gloria omnia 
perdiderunt. 
z hac correpti 
non cogitant de 
vtedela. 
, a Dii talem d 
terris avertite 
tefl em. 
' Bp. ad Euflo- 
chium, de cu 
flod. Virgin. 
c Lypfl. Ep. ad 
Bonciartum. 
d BpJib.p.Om- 
via tua flriptd 
pulcherrima 
exiflimo, maxi- 
me tamen illa 
qu<e de nobis, 
e Exprimere noti 
pojfhm quamJtt 
jucundum, & c. 
f hieroin. & li- 
cet nos indig- 
nos dicimur (& 
calidus rubor 
ora perfundat, 
attamen ad lau- 
dem fluam in- 
trinfecus ani- 
ttitt Icetamm-i 
hNec enim mi- 
hi cornea Jibrd 
efi. Part.i.Sed.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. Subf.l4* 
aswc are aftive caufes, from an over-weening conceit we have of out 
good parts, own worth, (which indeed is no worth) our bounty, favor? 
grace, valor, ftrength, wealth, patience, meeknefs, hofpitality, beauty? 
* E manibus 
*1lis, Kafcentur 
violae. Ferf.i, 
Sat. 
i Omnia enim 
nofiva, fupra 
modum pkcent. 
k Fab-l 10.0.3. 
Ridentur mala 
qui componunt 
carmina,verum 
gaudent feribe- 
tes,& fe vene- 
rantur, /<r ul- 
tra, Si taceas 
laudant, quic- 
temperance,gentry, knowledge, wit,lcience,art,learning,our * excellent 
gifts and fortunes,for which Narciffut like,we admire,flatter, <x applaud 
our felves,and think all the world efteems fo of as deformed wo- 
men, eafily beleeve thofe that tell them they be fair, we are too credu- 
lous of our own good parts and praifes,too well perfwaded of our felves* 
We brag and venditate our i own works, and fcorn all others in re 
fpc-a 
of us fcientia( faith pW)our wWdom.kour learning,all our geefc 
are fwans. and we as bafely efteem and vilifie other mens, as we do over- 
highly prize & value our own. We will not fuffer them to be in fecundfa 
no not in tertiis 5 confertur Vliffer?they -axc MufcAi 
culices pr£ fe,nitts and flies compared to his inexorable and fupercilious? 
eminent and arrogant worfhip: Though indeed they be far before him* 
quid feripfere 
beati. Hor. ep. 
2.1.2. 
1 L«£giB.lo. 
in Aufon.fap. 
■\De melior elu- 
to finxit pro- 
cardia Titan. 
* Chii. 3. cent. 
10. pro. P7- 
glut fe crede- 
ret neminem 
ulla in re prse- 
fiantiorsm. 
n Tanto fafiu 
fcripfit, utA- 
lexandri gefia 
Onely wifc,oncly rich,onely fortunate, valorous,and fair,pufied up with 
this Timpany offelf-conceit 5 as that proud 1 pharifee, they are not (a$ 
they fu ppofe)//4e other mengdf a purer and more precious mettahSoli ft* 
gerendi fiunt efficace s0 which that wife Periander held offuch :mmeditant#r 
omne qui prius Novi quendam (faith* Erafmusfi knew 
Id arrogant that he thought himfelf inferiour to no man living,like n 
’ lifikenes the Philofopher, that neither held Alexanders acfs,or any othet 
fubjeft worthy of his Pen, fuch was his or King 
Syria, who thought none fit to contend with him but the Remans, o B°s 
jolos dignos ratus quibufeum de imperio certaret.That which Tully writ 10 
. Atticus long fince, is (fill in force, P There was never yet true Poet nor Off 
toryhat thought any other better then himfelf.And fuch for the moft pa** 
infedora ferip- 
its fuis eXifti- 
maret, Vof- 
fius lib.ucapi p 
He hiji, 
o Flutarch.vit. 
Catonis. 
p Nemo un 
quam PoPta 
aut Orator, mi 
quenquam fe 
meliorem arbi- 
traretur. 
. q Confot. ad 
fimmachium 
are your Princes, Potentates, great PhiJolophcrs, Hilforiographers, 
thers ofSefts or Herefies, and all our great Scholars,as q Hierom 
A natural Philofophcr is glories very fiave of rumor ante fa 
popular opinion^and though they write We contemptu as he oh' 
ferves,they will put their names to their books. Vobk & fam<e me fe&¥cf. 
dedi,faith Trebellius Pollio, I have wholly confecrated my felfto you and 
fame. 'Tk all my night and day, *tk all my ftudy to raife my na#*s‘ 
Proud t Pliny feconds him 5 guanquam 01 &c. and that vain-gloriouS 
{Orator, is not alhamed to confefs in an Epiftle of his to Marcus Leccei& 
t Ardeo incredibili hurnwith an incredible defremo 
my xx name regifired in thy book. Out of this fountain proceed all tfiow 
mundi Fhilofo- 
phufjgloriif a- 
nimal, & po- 
pular# aura et 
rumorum ve- 
nale mancipi- 
um. 
t Epijl.S.Capi- 
roni fuo Die- 
bus ac neßi- 
• cracks and brags, xfperamus carmina fingi Pojfe Unenda cedre^& 
ni Jervanda cuprejj'o y Non ujitata nec teituiferar penna.——-ncc 
: terra morabor longius. Nil parvum ant humili modoyiil mortale loquor. 
car qua violens obfirepit Aufidus. Exegi monumentum tere peren#^' 
jamque opus necfovk trainee ignk^&c.cum venit ille dies 
parte tamen meliore mei fuper alta perennis afiraferargnomenque erit 
lebile nojirum ( i his of Ovid I have paraphrafsd in Englifh.) 
hw, hoc folum . _ - 
cogitojt qua mepojfum levare humo. Id voto meojupidt, &c. ITutius, tVt nomen meumfalpt» tua illuflrem• InquW 
Jludio ■sternitatif, noftss & dies angebatur, Henfii# forat. tmei, & 5Va/, x Ho»*, art. fo#, y o<i. Pfa. /. 3, Jamque opt# e* 
gi. Vade liber falis Palingen. lib. 18. h«-irsea.2. 
Vain-glory, Pride, Joy, Fratfe, 
Memb.3. Subf.l4. 
And when { am dead and gone. 
My corps laid under a ftone. 
My fame (hall yet furvive. 
And I (hall be alive, 
In thefc my works for ever. 
My glory fhall perfever, 8cci 
123 
And that of Enniuf> 
Nmo me lachrymk decoret, neque funera fletu 
Faxit, cur .<? volito doffa per ora virum. 
tth rnany {'ucj1 prouc[ ftrains,and foolifh flaftics too common with Wri- 
ers.Not fo much as Demochark on the * Topicks, but he will be immor- 
. Typotius defam(hall be famous, and well he deferves, becaufe he 
VVrit of Fame, and every trivial Poet muft be renowned, 
Yl- Tlaufuque petit clarefcefe vulgi. 
i puffing humor it is, that hath produced fo many great tomes, builf 
ch famous monuments, ftrong Caftles, and Maufolean Tombs, to have 
ttleir afts eternized, 
——_ Digits monfirari, dicier hie ejl 5 
0 their names inferibed, as Phryne on the walls of!Thebes, Phryne fe~ 
°n caufeth fo many bloody battles* 
Et noUes cogit vigilare ferenas , 
* In lib. a 
f°ng journies. 
g- . Magnum iter intendoofed dat mihi gloria vires, 
honor, a little applaufe, Pride, felf-love, Vain-glory. This is it 
(^r !?” flakes them take fuch pains, and break out into thofe ridiculous 
a!ns,this high conceit ofthcmfelves,to z fcorn all others,ridiculo faftu 
Yo contemptu, as a PaUmon the Grammarian contemned Far- 
katas & moritur as liter as jaUanS) and brings them to that 
eyr- of infolency, that they cannot indure to be contradicted, hor hear1 
but their own commendation, which Hierem notes of fuch ' 
e°hmen. And ase Anflin well feconds him, 'tis their foie ftiidy day 
commended and applauded. When as indeed, in all wife 
befidS quibus cor fapit, they are d mad,empty veftels,funges, ■ 
e^^etheiufelves, derided, &ut Camelus in proverbio qu£rens cornuayd 
habebat aures ami ft) their works, are toyes, as an Almanack ! 
afe5 e aut horis pereunt garrulitate fui, they feck fame and immor- i 
reaP difhonor and infamy, they are a common obloquie, | 
ut Jn come far fhort of that which they fuppofe or f 0 puer ] 
metHo‘ Offo many myriades of Poets, Rhetoricians, Phi-J 
fori^elerss fophifters, as 4 Eufcbius well obferves, which have written in \ 
.fifsiul r agcs3 fcarce one of a thoufands works remaines, nomina & libri i 
gethe°**? c°rporibjfs interierunt, their books and bodies are perilhed to- * 
i *S not vainly think, they lhall furcly be admired and < 
(hado^,2 338 °ne Philip of Maredon intuiting after a his < 
Was t>o longer than before, we may fay to them, 
z Be fonts de- 
jicere. ■ y 
a Sueton. lib. 
degrant. 
b Nib# IWehier 
audiunt, ttj/T 
laudes fuar. . 
C EpiJi.s6.Ni- 
hil aliud dies 
no&efque cogi- 
tant nifi ut in 
findi» fuu lau- 
dentur ab ho- 
minibus. 
d Qu<f EWje»' 
dementia aut . 
dici,aut excogi- 
tari poteji, qua, 
ftc ob gloriam 
cruciari ? Infa- 
niam ijiam do- 
mine longe facd 
me. Aujtin. 
conf.lib.io.c&p. 
V‘ 
t Mart. I. 
iHor.Sat.i.l.2 
* Lib. cont. 
Philef, cap. a Parta. Sect. 2. 
Canj es of Melancholy. 
Memb.s. Sabi. 14- 
124 
Nes demiramur, fed non cum defide vulgo. 
Sed velut Marpyas Gorgonas3 & Furias, 
We mar vail too., not as the vulgar we 
But as we Gorgons, Harpy, or Furies fee. 
Or >t wedo apptaud, honor and admire how final! a part ft» 
rcfpca of the whole world never fo nmj, as hears om-lmes howft* 
rake notice of us, how (lender a Trad, as fcant as his land in 
a Map . And yet every man muft and will be immortal, as he hopes and 
ownProhvinrme rv r P(>jdes,when as half, no not a quartet of his 
s9rC^yw,^<^nQriKaM<rfhi»,but%thcydid, 
What s a City-to■ a Kingdom,a Kingdom to Europe, Europe to the world, 
the World ipfelf that nnift have an end, if compared to the lead vifible 
Star in the f irmament, eighteen times bigger then it ? and then if thofe 
Stars beinfinite,and every Star there be a Sun, as Ante will, & as this Sun 
of ours hath his Planets about him,all inhabited j what piamortion bear 
weto them,and wher s out glory ? Orbem terrarum viUor Romanus ha~ 
bebatis he cracHt in Pelronittf^Uthe world was under and (o 
mConjiantinenme, Bufib’* brags he governed all the world, univef 
Jum mundumpradar', admodum adminiftravit, & omnes orbis gdtV 
ImperatoriJubjeSt :fo of Alexander a is given out. the 4. Monarchies» 
fee. when as neither Greeksnor Romans, ever had the fifteenth mrt of 
the now known world, nor half of that which was then deferibed What 
Braggadocians are they and we then Aspuam brevis hie denohnCeZo a* 
g he faid,hpudebit anti, nominis,how inert a timejhow little a while doth 
this fame of ours continue? Every private Province, every fma I errito- 
ry and C,ty,whcn we have aiWone,willyeeld as generous fpirits,as brave 
examples in all refpefts, as famous as our felve?, Cadwalder in Valet, 
R0U0 in hormandy,Rohbin-hoodmALittkJohn,zxe as much renowned in 
Sherwood, asCsfar in Rome, Alexander in Greece, or his Hephefiion, i 0»>' 
nts at as emmjque populus in exemplum & admirationem veniet. Ever)' 
town, city, book, is fub of brave Souldiers. Senators, Scholars, and 
though piracy das was a worthy Captain, a good man, and as the)' 
nought;, not to be matched in Lacedamon, yet as his mother truly laid» 
p nr es habet SpartaBracy da meliores5 Sparta had many better men thart 
menhfe,WaSf’und ,.low/oeverItJbou admireft thy felf, thy friend, man) 
an oblcure fellow in the world never took notice of had he been io 
Ihy felf attl0Ilj WOuld haVe done much bettcr thai> he or he, or thou 
cflul.fom.Scip 
K Boethio*. 
iPutean.Cifalp. 
htjl. US. i. 
k Plutarch. 
Lycurgo. 
.i :°fmad ?Cn ?he,re 15 oppofite to thefe>that •'>ie infenf',' 
tl Lfclve ,rrft f ?fir’ fu?h.M Sontemn al) praife and glory, think 
aliofafiu -aW^’ywhen as indeed they are moft 
alto fajtu . a «.omppny of Cyntcks, fuch as are Monkes Hermites Anach' 
Sv t *'"COmemn ‘•«‘«Selves, contemnall titled 
honors, omces. and yet in that contempt, are more proud than any 0 
hvwg whatfocver. They are proud in TplxKn thaTthcy 
TT\d‘ van*gloria con,as 
hath n confcf iL 10. cap 3,8. like they brag 
inwardly, and feed themfelves fat with a fcdf-conccir of fanftity, which 
is no better than hypocrite. They go in lheeps ruffet, many great men Sect. 2. 
lAin-glory. Pride, Joy, Praife, &c. 
Mcmb.g. Subf.l4* 
edh'mflt?,ainta.inthe,ll^ives in doth of gold, and feemtobe dejeft- 
fujj „r1 ;.*j oy theiroutward carriage, when as inwardly they arefwoln 
his frjJ^j1 arr°gailc fclf-conccit. And therefore Seneck advifeth 
a**id nri!™'* Wjjk attrnx 9 efpeciaUyic 
hirftit ** are more notab 'e in themfidves :as a rugged attire t 
Ver hi /6a fiorri dbcard,contempt of money, courfi lodging,and whatfoe- 
All ]■ t0 °PP°flte rray. < 
batters n! afncfs from our felves, the main engin which 
cc>mp:inv? cn10!1r ot^'ClSii ai e paffive in this bufinefs : from a 
baft arailtcs flatterers, that with immoderate praife, & bum- 
over n titles3falfe elogiumsfro bedawbe & applaud,guild 
Wits an7iililly &iftideferving man,that they clap him quite out ofhis 
3 ItflPrtr'fif violenta eft,as Hier ome notes, this common applaufc is 
ammn?10 i f f^Ing\t**dumplacentdpa drum, fife, and trumpet cannot fo 
,ate 5 that fattens men, erefrs and dejefrs them in an inftant. 
It n, f 1 ralmA ne£atu macrum, donata reducit opimum. 
them/at 3nd lean^asffroft doth Conies. m And who is that mortal 
apti j cmtainh7mfelfthat if he be immoderatly commended, and 
ff^ded,mil not be moved?hat him be what he wiil,thofe Parafttes will ■ ■ 
a man rnAb!/^:it !le Kingjhe isone oFthe nine Worthies, more than 
Win Oltnwith, t cdi&um Domini Deique noftri : and they . 
1 ihce unto him, * divinos Ct tu patiaris honores 1 
k Epifi.l3.jVyd 
te admoneo, re 
eorum more fa- 
cte, qui non 
proficere, fed 
conjpici cupi- 
: unt,qua inha- 
, blru tuo, am 
‘ genere vita 1:0- 
‘ talnlia funt, 
Ajjienm cultum 
t& vitiofum 
caput, negli- 
gentiorem bar- 
bam, indicium 
argemo odium 
A? l<# /..i- e 
1 none humi po- 
fitum, <& quic. 
quid ad lauderri 
psrverfa -via 
fiquitur, evita. 
1 Per. 
hi Muii vero 
turn bene modu- 
hfiio metiri j's 
novit, ut eum 
If he he r dabimus merit afque facrabimus aras. 
f*h*iVa A ;?U dler= then themiftocles, Epaminondas5 Hefror, 
t0° HttW terrarum> and the valour of both is 
**hst,nat °j IDl^e !S 7nvi^iffimus,fircniflfimus,multis trophy ornatijfi- 
-3111 rir<e^om7?mst>a hou ghhe be lepus galeatus, indeed avery coward 
> and as he faid of Xerxes,pojlremus in pugnk, primus infugk, 
then is f* °neas never durff look his enemy in the face.lf he be a big man, 
oj<le a Samp fin,another Hereules:vfhe pronounce a fpeech, another 
|f j Cmfihenes :as of Herod in the Aids, the voice of God and not of 
lJentdak Can make a v^Q^Homerd/jrgil9&c. And then my (illy weak Pa- 
r°r his % 111 theFe el°giums to hiimfelfjif he be a Scholar fo commended 
kJf like a fcV fading,excellent ftyl€,method3&c, he will evifeerate him- 
r . to death, Laudatas oflendit avis Junonia pennas, 
0 applaud i hLe. wdl difplay all his Feathers. If he be a fouldier , and : 
C ?his valour extoll d, though itbe impar congre Jusas that I 
J rft Up0n 3 Acfolles, Infelix puer, he will combat with a Giant, run < 
lls Cs r^ach3As another n? hi lippus,he will ride into the thickeft of! 
hi ornmend his houfe-keeping, and he will beggar himfelf:* 
his temperance, he will ftarve himfelf. I 
4sdu<e <& im- 
modica lauda- 
tiones non md- 
veant ? Hew. 
Step. 
f Mart. 
* Stropa. 
n Livius. Glo- 
ria tantum eU- 
tm, nbnirapiti 
medios hojhs 
irruere, quod 
completis muris 
conjfnci fe pug- 
nantem, a murd 
(fellantibus, e- 
qregium duce- 
bau 
o I demens, <fiy 
laudataque virths 
I triad Cre{£7t> & iMmenfumgloria calcar habet, 
iC Vviil 31Tla(^J no vvd]oe him 5 impatiefts confortis erit, 
Clid an ?c.°4w to be talked of, or to maintain his credit. Com- 
fikdctkr P ft. JtloUs man, forne proud Prince or Potentate, si plus requo 
Jrrafmuft criftas erigit, exuit hominem, Deum fi putat, 
cre h» and will be no longer a man but a God. 
fdrvat curre per 
Alpes. Aude il- 
liquid, (A?c. ut 
pueris placeas,1 
A declamatio' 
fias. yuv. S'ati 
IOo 
ph moria En- 
em,- Part. i. Sedt.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. Subi.i4* 
• f nihil eft quod credere de fe 
Non audet quum laudatur diis aequa pote fias. 
How did this work with Alexander, that would needs be Jupiters fbni 
and go like Hercules in a Lions skin > Domitian a God, ( * Dominus Dens 
nofter fic fieri jubet') like the ( P erftan Kings, who fe Image was adored by 
all that came into the City of Bahylon.Commodusthe Emperor was 
led by his flattering parafites, tltot hcmiift be called Hercules.. Antonin* 
the Roman would be crowned with Ivy,carried in a Chariot, and adored 
i 7 uvenaLSat. 
A- 
* Sueton. c. 12-. 
in Domitiano. 
* Erifoniu*. 
q Antonitu ab 
qffentatdribus 
tvdlu< Librum 
fc patri’ appel- 
lari jvjjh, & 
pro deofe ven- 
ditavit redimi- 
tui hedera, & 
corona velatus 
aurea, tfg thyr- 
fum tenens, co- 
rhvrnifque Juc- 
cmBuf curru 
velut Liber pa- 
ter vethff ejl 
Alexandria, 
for Bacchus. Cotys King of Thrace, was married totMnerva,znd fent three 
feveral meflengers one after another, to fee if fhewere corneto his bed' 
chamber,S.uch a one was (Jupiter Menecrates,Maximus Jovianus, Diode~ 
ftanus, Herculeus, Sapor the Per fan King, brother of the Sun and Moon? 
and our modern Turks,that will be Gods on earth, Kings of Kings, Go& 
fliadow, Commanders of all that may be commanded, our Kings of Ckr 
na and Tart aria in this prefent age. Such a one was Xerxes, that would 
whip the fea,fetter Neptune,ft ult aj aft anti fend a challenge to Mount 
Athos; and fuch are many fottifh Princes, brought into a fools ParadU^ 
XX GwA/UZ/U/ /«• 
rater.vol.pojh 
r Minervamp- 
ticts ambit,tamo 
furors percitus, 
tit fate!lites mi- 
teret ad viden- 
dum mm dea in 
thalamis venif- 
jet, fat. 
(JElian. U. 12. 
* Pe menti.< a- 
by their parantes, ’tis a'common humor, incident to all men, when they 
are in great places,or come to the folftice of honor,have don,or deferv i 
well, to applaud and flatter themfelves. Stultitiam fnam produnt, &c‘ 
(faith * V Uterus) your very tradefmen if they be excellent, will crak and 
brag,and (hew their folly in excefs.They have good parts,and they kno# 
you need not tell them of it 5 out of a conceit of their worth they Oft 
finding to themfelves, a perpetual meditation of their plaU* 
dites, they run at the laft quite mad, and lofe their wits. Petrarch, lib> 
de contemptu mundi,Qoukmd as much of bimfelf,&: Cardan in his 5 book 
of wifdom , gives an infrance in a Smith of Milan, a fellow Citizen 
his,u one Galem de Rubeis 5 that being commended for refinding of an iO- 
- of Arc hi ms des, for joy ran mad. Plutarch in the life of Art**' 
eres, hath fuch a like frory of one Chamvs a fouldier,that wounded 
Cyrus in battle, and grew thereupon fo * arrogant,that in a jlwrt /pace *flcr 
he loft his wits. So many men,if any new honor,office, preferment, boot)? 
treafurc,pof effion, or patrimony, ex infperato fall unto them, for hum0' 
lienat.cap.3. 
t Sequet urque 
juperbia for- 
mam.Livituli- 
-11. Oraculam 
eft,vividafepe 
ingenia, IvsAl 
riare hac & e- 
vanefeere mul- 
tofque fenfum 
penitut amijtf- 
fsi Homines in- 
tuentur,acf ip* 
ft tm ejjent 
homines*, 
nGaleus Ae.ru* 
heisfivi* nofter 
fder ferrarii#) 
'oh inventionem, 
inijrumenti Co- 
olim Ar- 
chimedu difti, 
pv<e I<ftitia in- 
fihivit. 
x Infanta pofl- 
’mdum correp- 
iuf, oh nimiam 
rods arroganti- 
derate joy, and continual meditation of it, cannot deep yor tell wh9 
they fay or do, they are fo ravifhed on a fuddeny and with vain cotied19 
tranfportedjthere is no rule with them. Epaminondas therefore, the ne*j 
day after his Leuctrian viftory?z came abroad allfqualid and 
£!ve n°other reafon to his friends'of fo doing, than that he 
hiiniclr the day before,by rcafon of his good fortune,to be too infold 
overmuch ioycd.That wife and vertuous Lady,z&ueen Katherin Vo*ry 
gcr ot England,in private talk,upon like occafion,(aid,that bfie would 
willingly endure the extremity of either fortune * but if it were fo, th*t % 
necejfityjhe mu ft undergo the onefije would be m adveriity, hceaufe co*f*r* 
was never w Anting in it Jrut fti II counfel And government were defebl^1' 
the other : They could not moderatethemfelves. 
m. yßene fmelnagnain difcefffltunam. Bor. Fortunam reverenter habe, quicunque repenti Ttiv'S ah exili 
Au hniuf, 2 hoctffitfyualiduf &ffibmiffUfi utheJfemXHei gaudium intemperans hodie cafiharet a Vxor Hen. 8- 
t.'f fe fortune extremum libenter experturam dixit; fedji neceffitas alterius fubinde imponeretur 'optare Ce difficilem &*' 
vtrfam i quod m hae nulli unquam defv.il folatium, in ah ira tnultii coffilium, &c. IM. Vives. ’ Part-i.Seft.2. 
Study, a Caufe 
Memb.3. Subf.ls. 
S U B S E c. 15. 
Love of Learnings or overmuch fludy. IVith a Digrejjion of the iht* 
fery of Scholars 0 and why the Mufes are Melancholy, 
Fuchfus Inflitdib. 5.feet.I.cap.I.Feelix Plater.lib.% 
\ rde mentk alienat.Herc.de Saxonia Tra&.poji.de melanch. cap 
r&| SjS® 3 .fpcak ofaepeculiar F»rj/,which comes by overmuch ftudy 
Ferneliuslib. 1 .cap. 18. d puts con- 
tinual meditation,as an efpecial caufe ofmadnefs : and in his 
for?°n Ul‘cites the fame words. Jo.Arculanus in lib 9. Rhafts ad Alnan 
e&cap, r6.amongft other caufes reckons up Jludium vehement:fo doth 
c Vt?2Hs Lemniusylib.deoccul.nat.mirac.l.l.cap. 16. e Many he} 
this malady by continual * Study of all other 
are moji JnbjeCt to it: and fuch Rhajis adds,l that have com- 
]°,nh the finejl wits.Cont.lib.l.trati.y.Marflius Ficinus deJanit.tuenda. 
nf‘CaP'7’ Pllts Melancholy amongft one of thofe five principal plagues 
f Students, ’tis a common Maul unto them all, and almoft in fome mea- 
-3n *n^cparat>le companion. Varro belike for that Caufe calls Trifles 
& feverosy fevere, fad, dry, tetrick are common Epithets to 
h*8: g Prtritiw therefore in the inftitution of Princes, would 
We rVethem t0 Breat Students. For (as Machiavel holds) S,tudy 
eiiS t^le^r bodies,dulls the fpirits,abates their ftrength and courage. 
Per Scholars are never good Souldiers, which a certain Goth well 
fu for when his Country-men came into GreecCyand would have 
do their books, he cried out againft it, by all means they Ihould 
h leave them that plague, which in time will conjume all their vigor, 
th fyirits. The i Turky abdicated Cornutus the next heir, from 
tUe Ulph'e, becaufe he was fo much given to his book: and stis the com- 
*Mte’2€Ht thc worlc^that Lcarning dulsand diminiftieth the fpirits, 
produceth melancholy. 
main reafons may be given of it, why Students (hould be more 
lita^, -to t^IIS malady than others. The one is, they live a fedentary, fo- 
djr y hfe, ffi & mnfsy free from bodily exercifc, and thofe ordinary 
colfc°rts which other men uferand many times ifdifeontent and idlcnefs 
gulp111 vVhh it, which is too frequent, they are precipitated into this 
]Ca Vn a hidden : but the common caufe is overmuch ftudy 5 too much 
b'err^ as Fefit*s tQld Paul f hath made thee mad 5 ’tis that other ex- 
his e‘e aI.H efteds it.So did Trinvaveliusfib. 1, confil 12. & 13. finde by 
conrAP^rience, in two of his Patiens, a young Baron, and another that 
t<Ct Cd this malady by too vehementftudy.So Forejius obfervat.l.lo. 
a young Divine in Lovain0 that was mad, and faidl he had a 
tar, V> . Marfliut Ficinus de fanit. tuend.lib .l.cap .1.3.4.0“ /.2.1 
' • gives many reafons, m why Students dote more eft en then others : ’ 
c Feculiayif 
furor, qvi esS 
liter*• lit. 
1 a Nihil magi* 
auget, acqjji- 
duajhdi*, & 
profund* cogi- 
tationes. 
e Non defuntt 
t[Ui on jugi 
Jtiidto, fa in- 
tempejiiva ls- 
; cubratione, hue 
devtnerunt, hi 
PXd Cittern g- 
nitii plexunqUe 
, xnehncholis 
follent infejls* 
ri. 
* St dy is a 
continual and 
camcfl medi- 
tation, appli- 
ed to feme 
thing with 
great delire,- 
, Tufy- 
f Et illi gut 
funtfubtil* in. 
genii, &mut- 
tj frameiita- 
tionify de facili 
incidunt in me- 
• lanchoiiam. 
, g Ob fiudiorum 
folichudinem 
lib. 5. lit. 5. 
h Gajfar ins 
. Thefau. tolit, 
Apotetef. 31. 
Gyuccm hanc. 
■pejhm relin- 
quite, qu* du- 
bium non ej}y 
quin brevi om- 
nem iis vigo- 
rem ereptura 
Mirtiofquejhi- 
ritus exhauliu~ 
ra Jit; Vt ai 
arma trananda 
fUturi fint \ plane ir.kabiles 
01 Cur »fW kAfts Jrf. 24. 1 Himiif jJudiis melancholia# evtfit, dicens fi Bibliwn in capite haberet 
-Scholia njjiiua, crebrij’aue ib’irdmentit vexentur eorum animi Ut de/ipere cogantur. Part. i. Sed. 2. 
Cquj cs of Melancholy * 
Memb.3. Subf.is* 
The firft is their negligence: n other men look to their Painter mill 
trajh his Venjtls, a Smith mill look, to his Hammer, Anvil, Forge .* an Huf' 
; bandman mill mend his Plough-Irons, andgrindi his Hatchet if it be dull-A 
Faulkner or Huntjmanvpill have an efpecialcare of his Hawks founds 
A Muptian willftringoand unflring his Lutef&c.onely ScU- 
Lars neglea that Inflrument Jheir brain &j]nrits(lmean)which they dar 
ly ufe, and by which they range over all the world, which by much fludy * 
i con]umed. Vide ( faith Lucian )ne funiculum nimis intendendo, aliquando 
abrumpas .« See thou twift not the rope fo hard, till at length it 0 break- 
icims m his fourth Chap, gives fome other reafons 5 Saturn and Mercn* 
ry, the! atrons of Learning, are both dry Planets : and p Origanus afSgn* 
the lame caufc, why Mercurialifts are fo poor, and moft part beggers* 
for that their Prefident Mercury had no better fortune himfelf. The De* 
liinies of old,put poverty upon him as a punifhment 5 fince when, Poctrf 
and Beggery, are Gemelli, twin-born Brats, infcparable companions: 
* Solers quili- 
bet artifex in- 
Jlrumenta fua 
diligentijjime 
curat, penicel- 
lofpißor; mal- 
leos incudefq; 
faber ferrarit# *, 
miles equos, ar- 
ma venator,au- 
ceps aves, & 
canes, Cytha- 
ram Cytharr- 
duf, &c. foli 
mufarum my- 
flee tam negli- 
gentesfunt, ut 
injlvumentum 
iHud quo mun- 
dum univer- 
fum metiri fo- 
lent, /[minim 
* And to this day is every Scholar poor, 
Grofsgold flom them runs headlong to the Boor 
Jctlicet fpenitus 
negligere vide- 
antur. 
o A reus tpf ar- 
ma tibi nsn 
funt imitanda 
THante.Si nun- 
qviamcejfes ten- 
ders mollif eirit, 
Ovid, 
p iphemer. 
q Contemplatio 
cerebrum ex/tc- 
cat extin- 
guit calorem 
naturalem, un- 
de cerebrum 
frigidum & 
Jtccum evadit 
quod efl melan- ' 
cholicum. Ac- 
cedit ad hoc, 
quod natura 
Mercury, can help them to knowledge, but not to money. The fecond i* 
contemplation, qwhich dries the brain andextinguijheth natural heaf,ftr 
tvhilfi the fpints are intent to meditation above in the head, the Ilot» 
andliver are left dejhtute, and thence 
defeS ofconcoSion-andfor want of exercifeyhe fuperfuous vapours cat»»* 
exhale,Sic.The fame rcafons are repeated by i 
le tNymannus orat.de Imag.Jo.Vofchius defelie : and foil*' 
tlimg more they add, that hard Students are commonly troubled with 
Eyes,Stone,and Col' 
hek/Crudities, OppilationS all 6& 
dileafes as come by overmuch fitting ; they arc moftpart lean, dry, 
coloured,ipend their fortunes,lofe their many times their 
and all thiough immoderate painssand5and extraordinary ftudies.lf you . 
n0t\xr ICiVe t^e thisj look upon great To flatus and Thorny 
nas Works, and tell me whether thofe men tpok pains > perufc 
Hterome, See. and many thoufands befides. 
incontemplati- 
one, cerebro 
prorfm cordiq; 
intenta, ftoma- 
chnm heparqi 
deflituit, unde 
ex aliment# 
male coß#, 
fingu# crajfuf 
<& niger effici- 
tur, dum nimio 
otio membro- 
rum fuperflui 
vapores non 
exhalant, 
r Cerebrum ex- 
Qui cupit optatam curfu contingere metam 
Multa tulit, fecitque fuer,fndavit 
He that defires this wilhed goal to gain 
Mufl: fweat and freeze before he can attain 
tlttlBendidiil :Sf 1d Se” hls OWn confeffion Not a M 
that IJpend idle fan of the night I keep eyes 
andmwfumhnng to their continual task. Hear ZufZ Zhia ?^' 
fo£ *tthaftint Setf teas continually at hit 
1 il7 fi? . , - bsScholars, and that to the hazards fay) of th<f, 
healtns,fortunes,wits,& lives, How much did Arijlotle & Ttolom fpe°^' 
deiic0,r,onrmfiJJJdomhs vigili*fatigmscedsmsfyus,7„ art-i.Seft.2. 
Study 9 a Cauje. 
Memb.3,Subf.is. 
Unuis regni precium they fay , more than a Kings ranfom, how many 
c‘rowns per annum,to perfeft arts,the one about his Hiftory of Creatures, 
t Je other on his Almagefl ? How much time did Thebet Bencherat em- 
f°y> fo finde out the motion of the eight fphear } forty years and more, 
ome write: how many poor Scholars have loft their wits, or become 
hoards, negleding all worldly affairs and their own health* wealth, 
€tie bene to gain knowledge?for which,after all their pains, in the 
2pldsefteem they are accounted ridiculous and filly Fools, Idiots, 
h-s, and (as oft they are ) rejected, contemned, derided, doting, and 
«Ja< * Cook for examples in Hildejheim jpiceL2.de mania O* delirio : read 
J'tvcavellijff c. 17. Montanm conjiL 233. uCareens de 
f!d*c'genit.cap. 33. Mercurialis conjH.S6. cap. 2'>.Vrofyer*Calenius in 
«\sßook de atnbile : Go to Bedlam and ask. Or if they keep their 
.ltsj yet they are efteemed fi:rubs and fools by reafon of their carriage: 
aJterfcvenyearsJiudy Jiatua taciturnius exit> 
k plerumque & rifum popuh quatit,——* 
they cannot ride an horfe, which every Clown can do 5 falute 
aiH court a Gentlewoman, carve at Table, chringe, and make congics, 
Jvmch every common Swafhcr can do, y hos populus rideti&c. they are 
ail§bed to fcorn, and accompted filly fools by our Gallants. Yea 
anY times, fuch is their mifery, they deferve it: a a mcer Scholar, a 
u7ohamtsHi- 
nujlhiuf Bohe- 
mus. nat. 1516. 
eruditu* vir, 
nimiisJhdiis in 
Phrensftn inci- 
dit. /yibntanuf 
inftances in a 
Frenchman of 
Tolofa. 
x Cardinalis 
Ctcius; ob la- 
borem, vigili- 
am, fa diutur- 
na Jiudia faßus 
melancholicus. 
Perf. Sat. 3. 
They cannot 
fiddle? but as 
hObfiiipo capite, & figentes lumine terram, 
Murmur a cum fecumy & rabiofa fidentia rodunt% 
Atque experreUo trutinantur verba labello, 
AF.groti veteris meditantes [omnia, gigni 
De nihilo nihilum 3in nihilum nilpofie reverti. 
who do lean awry 
c Their heads piercing the earth with a fixt eye : 
When by themfclves they gnaw their murmuring. 
And furious filence, as ’twere ballancing 
Each word upon their out-ftretcht lip3 and when 
They meditate the dreams of old lick men. 
Ihmiftocles , 
faid, he could 
make a fmall 
town become 
a great City, 
a terf. Sat. 
b Ingenium/ibi 
quod nanas de- 
fumpjit Athe- 
nas <&feptem 
Jhdiis anms 
dedit, infenu- 
itque. 
Libris curi) 
Jhtm tacitur' 
As, Out of nothings nothing can be brought, 
t jjU , -*»d that which k 5 can Here be turn dto nought. 
is ti .Lhcygo commonly meditating unto themfelves,thus they nt, fuch 
eirr and gefture. Fulgofusl.B. c.j. makes mention how Th. A- 
with Kinglet of France,upona fudden knocked his fill 
a ] talale3and cryed, Conclufum eft contra &tanich<eos,h\s wits were 
Mie°JPtllCr*n&> as they fay, and his head buficd about other matters, 
is o^n “e perceived his error,he was much d abalhed. Such a ftory there 
\^Archif*edcs in Vitruvius, that having found out the means to know 
eT was mingled with the lilver in King Hieroms crown, ran 
r,lQni forth of the bath and cryed lif m*» I have found : e and was com- 
hinJft? 2ntent to hisftudies,that he never perceived what was done about 
he tooLCn t^>e city was tahen.and the fouldiers now ready to rifle hk houfes 
and notice °f it- S. Bernard rode all day Jong by the Lcmnian lake, 
tf^at laft where he was, Marullus Irb.2. cap.4. It was Democritus 
alone that made the Abderites fuppofe him to have been mad. 
niuf exit. Pie- 
runpe farifu 
populum qua- 
tit, Hor. ep, I, 
lib. 2. 
c Tranflated 
by M.B. Holi- 
day» 
d Thort'a* rule- 
rs confafi# di- 
xit fide argu- 
mento cogitajft. 
ePlutarch.vita 
Mat cell i, Nsc 
fenfit urbem 
captam, nec mi- 
lites in domum 
irruentes,,ades 
intentus Jtu- 
diis, &c. 
fUb.2. cap:\9,- Part-1. Sed. 2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. Subf.ls* 
and lend for Hippocrates to cure him ; if he had been in any folem# 
company, he would upon all occafions fall a laughing. Theophrtfi* 
faitii as much of Heraclitus, for that he continually wcpt,and / sci’! 
g Sub Furiar 
latvd circumi- 
vit urbem, di- 
P: itansJe explo- 
ratorem ab in- 
feris veniffe, 
delaturum d<e- 
nonibus mor- 
talium peccata. 
* Petronius. 
Fgoarbhrer in 
fchol/s Jhhjji- 
mos Jieri, quia 
nihil eorum , 
ot Menedemus Lampfacus, bccaufe he ran like a mad man, g faying, he 
came from hcl as a Spie, to tell the devils what mortal men did. Touf 
greateft Studentsare commonly no better, filly, foft fellows in their out- 
waid behaviour, abfurd,ridiculous to others, and no whit 
m worldly bufinefc 5 they can mcafurc the heavens, range over the 
world,teacn others wildom, and yet in bargains and contrads, they 
circumvented by every bale Tradefnan. Arc not thefe men fools > and 
1 how mould they be otherwi fc,but as fo many Sots in Schools,when'''at he 
; wellobfirvedflhey neither hear norfeefuch things as are commonly prati*' 
Jed abroad 4 how Ihould they get experience, by what means ? h ik?*9 
qv<t in vfu ha- 
bemus aut au- 
diunt am vi- ■ 
dent. 
h Novi mess 
diebu*, plerof- 
que jlrdiis li- 
terarum dedi- 
tos, qui difei- 
plin* admodum 
abundabant, fed 
Jinihil civilita- 
tii habent, nec 
rem pubi. nec. 
domejiicam rc- 
in my time many Scholars, laith Mneas Sylvius (in an Epiftle of his to Ov 
fper sci tick,; Chnncclor to the welllearnedfutfo rufa 
i6filly 5 thrt they had no common civility, nor knew how to manage theif 
dome flick, or publick affairs. Paglarenlis was amazed,andfaid hk Far#* 
had jurdy cofenedhim, when he heard him tell that his Sow had ehro* 
Pigs, and his sljs hud but one Foal. 1 o fay the belt of this Profeflion*» 
can give no other tefimony of them in general, than that of Pliny 
l Iff us * i He is yet a Sc holler, than which iflind? of men there is nothin*.fi 
■ [imple, fonneere, none better, they are mod part harmlefs, honed,V 
right, innocent, plain dealing men. 
Now bccaufe they are commonly fubjeft to fuch hazards, and incofl* 
gere norant. 
Stvpuit fagla- 
renfo iff furti 
vilicum aceufa- 
•vit, qui fu an 
fatam undecim 
porcellos, afma ■ 
unum duntaxat 
pullum enixam 
retulerat. 
i l ib. i. Epijh 
•5. Adhuc fcho- 
hjh'cus tantum 
ejtt quo genere 
hominum, nihil 
aut ejlJtmplici- 
us, autfmceri- 
u* aut melius. 
]i Jure privi le- 
ntandi, qui ob 
commune bomi 
abbreviant/ibi 
vitam. 
* Virg. 6. -AEn. 
vemenccs as dotage,madncfs, fimphcity, &c. Jo. Fojchius would ha* 
goodSchollcrs to be highly rewarded, and had in foinc extraordinary 
rcipccr above otner men, to have greater wpriviledges than the reft tb** 
adventure ihemfclves and abbreviate their lives for the publffe good. But 
our Patrons of Learning are fo far now adays/rom refpeding the 
and giving that honor to Scholars, or reward which they deferve, 
are avowed by thofe indulgent priviledges of many noble 
after all their pains taken in the Vniverffies, coft and charge, expend; 
irkfom hours, laborious tasks, wearifome days,dangers, 
interim from all plcafures which other men have, mewed up like 
all their lives)ifthey chance to wade through them,they (hall in the 
be rejeded, contemned, and which is their greateft mifery driven t0 
their (hifts, expofed to want, poverty, and beggery. Their familiar 
tendants are. 
Pallentes morbi, luttus, cuneque lahorque 
Et rictus, &makf«ada fames, & turpi, e<,e{iM, 
Terribiles vifu fern?#. r & J 5 
Grief labor, care, pale ficknefs, tniferies, 
Fear filchy poverty, hunger that cryes. 
Terrible Mongers to be feen with eves 
If there were nothing elfe to trouble them, the conceit of this 
were enough to make them all melancholy.Moft other Trades and Pr»' 
felhons after fome feven years Prcntilhip, are enabled by their Craft ' 
live of thcinlelves.A Merchant adventures his goods at fra and thou. 
his hazard be great, yet if one Ship return of four, he likely mak? ' art-1. Sed. 2. 
Study a Caufe. 
Meinb. 3. Subf.i^ 
r . 1 - . . _____— 
ving Voyage. An Hnlbandmans gains are almoft certain , quibus ipfe 
Jupiter nocere non poteftQtis*Cato s Hyperbole,a great hufband himfelf}) 
5v Sc hollers methinks arc mod: uncertaine, unrefpes:ed,fubjeft to all 
Ua’ticssand hazard.For one of a many proves to be a Schollcr, 
. ?re not capable and docile,l ex omni ligno non fit Mercurius: we can 
g* . Majors and Officers every year, but not Scholars; Kings can inveft 
nights and Barons,asSigefmondthe Emperor can 
b degrees, and Tu quedesPe populo quilibet ejje poteft'^but he nor they, 
pr a“ the world can give Learning,make Philofophers^Artifts,Orators, 
foon fay,asSeneca well notes, 0 virum bonum, S divitem, 
*Flutarchvi~ 
ta eju*. Csrtum 
agricolationis 
luctum, See. 
I Quotannis 
' Jiunt confules. 
H proconfJes* 
' Re» & Foeta 
• quotannis non 
j nafatur* 
* ' nt at a rich man,a good,an happy man,a proper man, fumptUos} vejii- 
alamifiratumfiene olentenr3 magno temporis impendio confiat h<ec lau- 
at*°i * virum literarumfiiut tis not fo cafily performed to find out a lear- 
JCd man.Learning is not fo quickly got, though they may be willing to 
lke pains?to that end fufficiently informed, and liberally maintained by 
heir Patrons and Parents, yet few can compaffe it. Or if they be do- 
£ke, yet all mens wills are not anfwerable to their wits, they can appre- 
end,but will not take pains} they are either feduced by bad compani- 
vel in puellam impingunt, vel fo fpend their time to 
. friends grief and their own undoings. Or put cafe they be ftudious, 
nduftrious5 ofripcwits,and perhaps good capacities, then how many 
of body and mind muft they encounter? No labor in the world 
v e uoto ftudy. It may be,their temperature will not endure it,but ftri- 
alfftQ cxce^ent to know all, they lofe health, wealth, wit, life and 
p *^et kirn yet happily cfcnpe all theie hazards, <erek intefiinis, with a 
fh lie,and is now confummate and ripe, he hath profited in his 
Psand procecd with all applaufe after many expenccs, he is lit for 
j eteriPent,where lhall he have it? he is as far to feek it as he was (after 
p enty years ftanding)at thefirft day of his coming to the Univerfity. 
Pa* k at courfc (hall he take, being now capable and ready? The moft 
and eafic, and about which many are imployed, is to teach a 
fy l 0 tUrn Ledurer or Curat, and for that he (hall have Faulkners wa- 
rCn P°und per annum, and his diet, or fmall ftipend,fo long as he can 
do k C atron or the Pari(h}ifthey approve him not (for ufually they 
dav a ear °t two) as inconftant, as * they that crycd Hofannaom 
tyaAanc\ Orucifie him the like, he muft go look a new 
er: do, what is his reward ? 
Hoc quoque te manet ut pueros elementa docentem 
Wear 0ccupet extremis in vicis alba fenetfus, Like an Afs,he 
j8 out kis rime for provender,and can (hew a ftum rod,togam tritam 
hat^foth*H£d#ir>an old torn gown, an enfign of his infelicity, he 
that' 118 kborfor his modi cum to keep him till he be decrepit, and 
a qJS a * Grammaticus non e\c he be a trencher Chaplain in 
Vice { eiTlens asitbefcl m Euphormio, after fomefeven years fer- 
'vith Perckanee have a living to the halves, or fome fmall Redory 
Charnp e motker of the maids at length, a poor kinfwoman, or a crackt 
he ojp to have and to hold during the time of his life. But if 
dine enc* kis good Patron, or difpleafe his Lady Miftres in the mean 
* Mat. 2i. 1 
1 Hor. ep. 26t 
t.u 
, * Lib. i. de 
content, amor» 
m Satyr icon* Part. 1. Sed. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Mem b. 3. SubP 2 5 • 
* Ducetur Planta velut i&us ab Hercule Cacus, 
*Juv.Sat.S. 
Poneturque foras, f quidtentaverit unquam 
Hifcere - as Hercules did by Cacus, he fhall be 
dragged forth of doors by the heels, away with him. If he bend his 
forces to feme other ftudies,with an intent to be afecretis to fome Noble 
manner in fucli a place with an Embaflador,he fhall find that thefe per- 
Tons rife like Prentifcs one under another, and in fo many Tradefmens 
fhops,when the mafteris dead,the Foreman of the fhop commonly fteps 
in his place. Now for Poets, Rhetoritians, Hiftorians, Philofophers? 
OMa thema titians, Sophifters, &c. they are like Grafhoppers, fing the)r 
muftinSummer,andpine in the Winter, for there is no preferment for 
them.Evenfo they were at firft,ifyou will beleeve that pleafant Tale of 
Socrates,which he told fair ?h<edrus under a Plane-tree, at the banks of 
the river ifeus?about noon when it was hot, and the Gralhoppers 
a noife,he took that fweet occafion to tell him a Tale, how 
were once Scholars, Mufitians, the iMufes were born? 
and lived without meat and drink,and for that caufe were turned by 
fiter into Gralhoppers. And may be turned again,/» Tythoni -Cicadas,*** 
Lyciorum ranas, for any reward I fee they are like to have; or elfe in the 
mean time, I would they could live as they did, without any viaticum 
r like fo many P Manucodiata: thofe Indian Birds of Paradife as we cofi^- 
monly call them, thofe I mean that Jive with the Air, and' dew of 
yen, and need other food.- for,being as they are, their * Rhetorici o»ti 
ferves them to curfe their bad many of them for want of 
are driven to hard fhifts, from Grafhoppers they turn Humble-Bees 
Wafps, plain Parafites,and make the Mufes,Mules, to fatisfie their hurt' 
ger-lbrved get a meals meat. To fay truth, stis the coW 
mon fortune of moft Scholars,to be fervile and poor, to complain prtti- 
fully, and lay open their wants to their refpedlefs Patrons, as f Card** 
doth,as * Xilander, and many others: And which is too common in 
Dedicatory Epiftles, for hope of gain, to lye, flatter, and with hyffV 
bolical elogiums and commendations, to magnific and extol an 
terate unworthy Idiot, for his excellent vertues, whom they fhould 
ther,as 9 Machiavel obferves, vilifie,and rail at down right for his 
notorious villanies and vices.So they proftitute themfelves as Fidlers?0* 
mercenary Tradefmen,to ferve great mens turns for a final 
are like * Indians,* hey have ftore of gold,but know not the worth of : 
tor lam of Synejius opinion, r King Hteron got more by Simonides 
quaintance,then Simonides dtdhy his: they have their beft 
good mftitution, foie qualification from us, and when they have do* 
wdl,their honor and immortality from us5 we are the living tombs.*#' 
ftcrs,and as fo many trumpeters of their fames: what was Achilles wit* 
out Homer i Alexander without Arian and Curtius .<? who had koo*° 
the C£jars, but tor Suetonius and Dien <? 
9 Ars colitaflra. 
p Aldrovandus 
de Avibut I. 
12. Gefner, 
&c. 
* Liters ha- 
bent queuftbi ' 
& fortunet 
fust maledi • 
cant. Sat. 
Menip. 
+ Lib. de libri* 
Proprii* fol. 24. 
* Proefat.tranf- 
lat.Plutarch. 
q Polit, dijftut. 
laudibus extol- 
lunt eos ac Ji 
virtutibus pol- 
lerent, qvosob 
infinita Jcelera 
potius vitupe- 
rare oporteret. 
* Or as horfes 
know not 
their ftrength 
they confidet ■ 
nottheir own 
worth. i 
x Plura etc Si- 
monidis famili- \ 
aritate h ieron ( 
confequutus 
sjl, quam ex 1 
Hieroni* Simo- 
nides. 
* Hoy, lib. 4, 
cd. p. 
* Vixerunt fortes ante Agamemnon* 
Multi: fed omnes illachrymabiles 
Vrgentur, gnotique longa 
Noffe, carent quia vate facro. Part-1. Sedt. 2. 
Why the Mujes are Melancholy. 
Memb. 3. Subl.ls 
£ 1 "" r~" ' ■ 11 u n—■ ■ - ■ a ■ 
16 "J1016 beholden to Scholars, then Scholars to them 5 but they 
lheni iVa ueyiern*^ves3and lo by thofe great men are kept down. Let 
keen iffVt.t - EncycpP*dianf\ the learning in the world; they mnft 
mit,as r„ , leinlc,vcs, 'liveinhafe efieem,and fiarvc,except they will he!, , 
tuts be th*t.f/We t hath it,fo many good parts fo many of Am, 
'nfolenlwn! obnoxius to fame illiterate Potentate, and live under hit 
fmem camille Hm°r’l‘ke Patafttet, gui tanquam mures alienum 
Ponat thir d,t’!t truth, arter h<e nonfunt Lucrative, as Guido 
‘kefe.Tcj great Aftrologcr could fore-fee, they be not gainful Arts 
J aejunentes & famdic#., but poor and hungry. 
1 * t 
Inter inertes 
I) Plebeios ft* 
* re jacet, uhi- 
mum locum, 
habens, nifi tot 
l artis virtv.tif- 
■) que injrgria, 
, turpiter, ob- 
' noxidyfuppa* 
riftande fafei* 
bus fubjecerit 
proterv*e info* 
lentij'fue po- 
tentate, Lib, l. 
de contempt, 
rerumfonut* 
tarum. 
* Buchanan, 
eleg. lib. 
<J^ 
£>at Galenus opes,dat Jufiinianus honores, 
Sed genus Jpecies cogitur ire pedes: 
The rich Phyfitiana honor’d Lawyers ride, 
Whil’ft the poor Scholar foots it by their fide. 
ove,ty is tSic Mitfis Patrimony, and as that Poetical divinity teacheth 
Jupitert daughters were each of them married to the Gods the 
ji /tr done were left folitary, Helicon forfaken ofallSuters, and Ue- 
■'e it was, becaufe they had no portion. 
Calliope longum Calebs cur vixit in cevum s? 
Nempe nihil dotis, quod numeraret, erat. 
Why did Calliope live folonga i?naid ? 
Becaufe (lie had no dowry to be paid. 
tin Satyricoru 
intrat fenex, 
fed cultu non 
itajpeciofw, ut 
• facile appare* 
; ret eum hac / 
nota literature 
eJf , quotdi- 
t vitex odijfe fa- 
- lent.£go inquit 
, Boetafum: 
I Square ergo 
tammale ve- 
Jiitmes'l Prop* 
ter hoc ipfunr, 
amor ingenii 
neminem un- 
quam divitem 
fecit* 
t Petroni w 
Arbiter. 
aOppreJfus 
paupertate ani* 
mux nihil exi- 
mium, aut fub* 
lime cogitare 
potefi* imani- 
fest ss litera- 
rum, aut ele- 
gantiam, qUO. 
niatnnihil prat- 
fdii in hn ad 
“vitee Commo- 
dum ridet, 
pri -d neglige* 
re, max odijjfh 
incipit. Henf 
In f0 *\ e. allIthc[r followers are poor/orfaken and left unto themfclves. 
their el k ,a$ {Petrof!iS argQes> jou (hall likely know them by 
i,Pr amhcs- Tfdere came Faith he, by chance into my company,* fellow not 
ScholJHCet° I could perceive by that note alone he was a 
red\ apJ W^om commonh rich hate: T ashed him what he was, he anfeve- 
°fllar °et:>1 landed again why he was fo ragged, he told me this \ind 
niftg never made any man rich* 
* Qui Vela go credit,magno fefeenore tollit , 
fSdfii pugnas & rojirapetit.procingitur auro: 
adulator piUo jacet ebrius ofiro, 
Sola prmnefts horretfacundiapannis. 
A Marchanrs gain is great that goes to Sea, 
A Sou Idler embeffed all in gold : 
A Flatterer lyes fox’d in brave array, 
A Scholar onely ragged to behold.3 
Which j. 
fiti^lK™0"rordJna.7 StU,drs’ rig!ltweil perceiving in the Univer- 
PLical Stud^Pr.°fitare lvfe, po“ Mathematical, and Philofo- 
jhemfe]Ves • '5 , h°w lltt!e, refpefted, how few Patrons ; apply 
‘-aw, pu " al! haftc to thofc three commodious Profefficns of 
1* rcje£tinu Jt } 3,1R Divinity, (haring themfeJves between them • 
*°logy , t-R. e,' !ls in t,!e meane time, Hiftory, Philofophy, Phi- 
’v3 3 orkghtly palhng them over, as pleafanttoyes fitting oncly • Part.i.Sed.2. 
C anjes of Melancholy. 
Memb.^.Subl.iS* 
table talk,and to furnifh them with difeourfe. They are not fo behove- 
fuhhe that can tell his money hath Arithmetick enough: He is a true 
Geometritian, can meafurc out a good fortune to himfelfc, A 
Aftrologer, that can caft the rife and fall of others, and marke their Er' 
rapt motions to his own ufe. The beft Opticks are, to refled the beams 
of fome great mens favor and grace to fhine upon him. He is a good 
ginger that alone can make an inftrument to get preferment. This was 
the common Tenent and pradice of Poland, as Cromerius obferved vot 
long fince,in the firft Book of his Univerfities were gener- 
ally bafe, not a Philofophcr, a Mathematician, an Antiquary, to 
found of any note amongft them, becaufe they had no fet reward or ftl- 
- every man betook himfelf to Divinity, hoc folum tn votis 
bens .optimum facer dotium,a good Perfonage was their aim.This was thc 
*Epijhl.qmj 
N>'4.Ep.n. 
f.pradicc of fome of our ncer neighbors,as *Lipfius inveighs, they thnfi 
their children to theftudy of Law and Divinity, before they be informed 
or capable of fuch jiudies. Scilicet omnibus artibus antifid 
jpes lucri) & formojior eji cumulus auri, quam quicqnid Greed Latiniq** 
delirantes feripferunt. Ex hoc numero deinde veniunt ad guhernacd* 
rei pub. interfiunt & priejhnt conJthis regum, o paterno patria.<? fo he co&' 
plained, and fo may others. For even fo we finde, to ferve a great 
to get an Office in fome Bittiops Court(to pradifein fome good Town) 
or compdfle a Bcncfice,is the mark wc (hoot at,as being fo advantagio115» 
the high way to preferment. 
Although many times,for ought I can fee, thefe men fail as often & 
the reft in their projeds,and are as ufually fruftrate of their hopes. F°f 
let him beaDcdor of the Law, an excellent Civilian ofgoodwcrth? 
where (hall he pradife and expatiate? Their fields are fo fcant, 
Civil Law with us fo contracted with Prohibitions, fo few Caufes, W 
reafonof thofeall-dcvouring municipal Laws, quibus nihil illiterate*’ 
faith * Erafmus, an illiterate and a barbarous ftudy, ( for though thef 
be never fo well learned in it, I can hardly vouchfafe them the name 
Scholers,except they be otherwife qualified) and fo few Courts are Je* 
x Ciceron. 
dial. 
to that profeffion, fuch flender offices, and thofe commonly to be coifj 
paffed at fuch dear rates, that I know not how an ingenious man ffionjr 
thrive amongft them. Now for Phyfitians, there are in every Village ?i 
many Mountebanks,Empericks?Quackfalvers, Paracelfians, as they 
& * Clenardterms them, Wifards, 
cu mitts, poor Vicars, caft Apothecaries, Phyfitians men. 
Good wives,profeffing great skil, that I make great doubt how thy 
(hall he maintained, or who fhall be their Patients. Befides,there are f 
many oi both forts, and fome of them fuch Harpyes, fo covetous 
clarnorous,fo he faid,litigious Idiots, 
* Epiji.lib. 2. 
y Ja. Doitfa 
Epoion.hb. 2. 
far, 2. 
Ruidus Loquacis ajfafim arrogantia e(i , 
Peritia parum aut nihil, 
Nec ulla mica Ut er ari i falis, 
Crutnenimulga natio : 
Loquuteleia turba0litium flropha, 
Ad align a litigantium togati 
Lavern£ alumni, Agyrt£, £kc.  
Why the Mhfes are Melancholy, 
Memb. 3* Subf.i5» 
Which have no Ikill but prating arrogance* 
No learning, fuch a purfe-milking nation : 
Gown’d vultures,thceves.and a litigious rout 
Ofcolencrs, that haunt this occupation* 
t they cannot well tell how to live one by another,but as he jcftcdin 
ie Comedy of docks,they were fo many, zmajor pars populi arid* rep- 
*nt famS)they are almofi: ftarved a great part of them,and ready to de- 
QQUre their fellows, *Et noxia calliditate fe corripere, fuch a multitude 
P?tt:,foggers and impofters,that an honelt man knows 
I JP rbat fort to compofc and behave himfelf in their fociety, to carry 
* flueit with credit in fo vile a rout ,fcient/£ nomen Jot fumptibus partum 
f f7£*JiiSi profiteri difiudeat, pofiqnam &c. 
? c of all to come to our Divines,the mod noble profcflion and worthy 
trouble honor, but of all others the mod diftrefled and miferable.lfyou 
hi not believe me,hcar a brief of it,as it was not many years fince pub- 
hkcly preached at Pauls crofs,aby agraveMiniftcrthen,and now a reve- 
tend Bifhop of this land. We that are bred up in dejiinated by 
°ur Parents to this endjoe fuffer our childhood in the Grammer w<b 
uhin calls magnam tyrannidem, & grave malum, & compares it to the \ 
laments of martyr domjohen we come to theVnrverfttyJfwe live oftheCol- 
J & allowancePhalaris obje&ed to the rhUu \ipi t£<poe*, 
on? °fthings but hunger & fearer if We be maintained but partly by 
bJf^arents cofi->do expendinunnecefiary books & degrees9 
jfV'e We come to any perfections five hundred pounds, or a thoufiand marks, 
3 this price of the expence of our bodies and our fubfiance 
I a pAtrimoniesyve cannot purchafe thofe fmal rewards, which are ours by 
>and the right of inheritances* poor a Vicarig ofsol. per 
WR nmft PaJ to the Patron for the leafe of a fient & &ut~ 
xp-Tf in annual penfionjr above the rate of a that 
tur hazard & lofiof our fouls oby Simony and perjury the forfei- 
co C our Spiritual preferments in effe and pofle, both prefent and to 
t0 father after a while will be fo improvident Jo bring up his Jon 
ha ** &reat charge Jo this neceffary beggery?What Chrifiian will befo irre- 
bTlng up his Jon in that courfe oflifejvhich by all probability & 
w ad turpia to finjoill entangle him in fimony and 
as the Poet faith> Invitatus ad aliquis de ponte 
coJj£rs rat taken from the bridge where he fits a begging Jf he kjew the in- 
nl] xfifi7cncfhad caufe to refufe /t.This being thus,have not we fifhed fait 
that are initiate Divines, to find no Letter fruits of our 
fi-dv lSpocfft c*r pallesjur quit non prandeat hoc eft?do we macerate our 
1 e jy J°r it for this we rife fo early all the year I 
thu?lj °Ht °foHr bedss when we hear the bell rings Mlf we had heard a 
a* this be all the refpeft, reward and honor wefball have, 
ar)d k^e i 'es calam°s->dp fcindeThalia libellos:\ct us give over our books, | 
We ,CfaKe our fdvesto foine other courfe of life >to what end fiiould \ 
i^ea £)uid me litterulas finiti docuere parentes jwhat did our parents J 
ty ytorrake^ake us fchollers,to be as fafto feek of preferment after twen-' 
turner ftud^as we were at fir ft; why do we take fuch pains tan- 
lnJa»is juvat impallefcere chartis? Iftherebeno more hope of re- 
z Plautuf. 
*Biarc. Argenti 
lib.3. 
jo.Howfon 
4 Novembris 
15P7- the Ser- 
monwaspnn- 
ted by Arnold 
Hartficld* 
i ’ 
b ?syf. Sat. 3. 
* E JeSloexJt- ] 
lientes,ctdfu- f 
bitum tintin- 
nabuh plaufum 
quafi fulmine 
territi, i. 
c Mart. 
d Mjtu Part. 1. Scft. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy, 
Memb.^.Subf.i 5 • 
ward,no better encouragment.lfay range leves caUmos%& jemde 
" Thalia libellos^lets turn fouldiers, fell our books,and buy Swords, Guns, 
andPikes,orftopbottles with them, tumourPhilofophcrs gownes, as 
Cleanthes once did, unto millers coats, leave all and rather betake our 
felves to any other courfe ofjife, than to continue longer in this mifery* 
*.Pr*eJlat dentifealpia radcrejjUam literarik monumentk magnatumfwv0A 
* Sat. Iffenip. 
rem emendicare. 
Teaobut me thinks I hear fome man except at thefe words, that though 
this be true which I have faid of the eftate of Schollers, and efpecially (rf 
Divines,that it is mifcrablc and diftrefled at this time, that the Church 
fuffers fhipwrack of her goods,and that they have juft caufe to complain? 
there is a fault,but whence proceeds it>lf the caufe were juftly examined? 
it would be retorted upon our fclvcs, if we were cited at that Tribunal 
of truth, we (hould be found guilty,and not able to cxcufe it.That there 
is a fault among us,TconfeTs,and were there not a buyer, there would 
not be a feller :but to him that willconftder better of it,it will more than 
manifeftly appear,that the fountain of thefe miferics proceeds from thefe 
griping Patrons.lnacciifmg themj donot altogether excufc arc 
faulty, they and we:yet in my judgment,theirs is the greater fault,more 
apparent caufes Sc much to be condemned.For my part,ft it be not with 
ctib&de conf, 
*1 had no mo- 
ney, I wanted 
impudence, 1 
could not 
fcamMe, tem- 
porize,differa- 
ole: non pren- 
deret olus, &c. 
vu dicam, ad 
palpandum <& 
adulandum pe- 
nitus infulfus, : 
vecudi non pof- 
fdm, lamfenior 
ut Jitn talis, & 
nolo, ut- 
cunque male 
cedat in rem 
msam & oh- 
Jcurm inde de- 
litefcam. 
* Vit. Crm-j 
nec facile j 
carepoteji «" 
trum pauperior 
cum primo ad 
CraJJum, fa c. 
me as I as it, Ihould,! do afcribc the caufe, as e Cardan did i# 
the infortunio illorumf celeri, to* mine oWO 
infelicity.rathcr than their naughtinefs.-Although I have been baffled in 
my time by feme of them, Sc have as juft caufe to complain as another' 
or rather indeed to mine own I was ever like that Alexan* 
der in*Pintarchfiraj]us his tutor in Philofophyswho though he lived cna- 
ny years familiarly with rich was even as poor when from,(which 
many wondred at)as when he came firft to himjhc never afked,the other 
never gave him any he travelled with CrajJ'us he borrowed 
an hat of him, at his return reftored it again.l have had fome fuch noble 
friends acquaintance andSchollers,but moft part, ( common courted 
and ordinary refpeds excepted,) they and I parted as wc met;, they 
me as much I requefted, and that was—And as Alexander 41? Alex 
dro Ceniafdier.l.6: c. 16. made anfwer to Hieronimus Mafiainuso 
W’ondred yquum plure s ignavos & ignobiles ad dignitates & facer dot** 
promotes quotidie videret, when other men rofe, ftillhe was in the far*1* 
ftate, eodem tenore & fortuna cui mercedem laborum Jiudiorumque dcbcrt 
’ putaret^whom bethought to deferve as well as the reft.He made anfwer? 
that he was content with his prefent eftatc, was not ambitious., and aP 
though ohjurgahundus fuam fegnitiem ac.cnfaret.cum bhjcur<e fortis 
nes ad faeerdotia & pontificatus he chid him for bis back* 
wardnefs?yet he was ftill the famcrand for my part (though Ibe p°(, 
worthy perhaps tocaVry Alexanders books)yct by fome overweening &l\ 
wclwifhing friends, the like fpeeches have been ufed to me, but I reph" 
cd ftill with Alexander^that I had enough,and more peradventure tha# 
I deferved-, and with Lihanius SopfAJia that rather choofe(when hone* 
and offices by the Emperor were offered unto him) to be talk Sopff‘!‘ 
quam talk Magifiratus. I had as live be ftill Democritus junior, a 
vui privatnsSimibi jam daretur eptio, quam talnfortajje De3or,talk l>a«. I. Sea. 2. 
Study a Caufe. 
Memb. 3* Subr.ls. 
•-—SedqHorfum £<ec/Forthereft’tison both fides facinus detejian- 
a*?9 to buy and fell livings,to detain from the Church,that which Gods ’ 
nu mens Laws have beftowed in them moft,and that from the 
°vetoufnefs and ignorance offuch as are interefted in this bufineffe,! 
ame covetoufnes in the firft place,as the root of allthefe mifchiefs,which 
6 Jan Uke,compels them to commit facriledge, and to make Simoniacal 
J- °pipa6fs, (and what not) to their own ends, f that kindles Gods wrath, 
i)ri,n§Sa plague,vengeance,and an heavy vilitation upon themfelves and ! 
ers-Sonie out of that infatiable defire of filthy lucre, to be enriched, < 
arenot how they come by it per fas & crook, fo they ! 
aye it.And others when they have with riot and prodigality,imbezcllcd , 
j Clr eftates, to recover themfelvcs,make a prey of the Church, robbing ' 
the Apeftatedid, fpoil Parfons of their revenews(in peeping j 
y/e back fas a great man amongft us obferves;)rfW that maintenance on \ 
they ffould liveihy means whereof,Barbarifm is increafed, and a * 
§reat decay of ChriftianProfeflbrsrfor who will apply himfelfe to thefe j 
?lvineftudies,his fon,or friend,when after great pains taken, they (hall 
nothing whereupon to live? But with what event do they thefe 
lngs ? * Opefque totis viribus vehamini, \ 
£J)eum habent 
iratum, Jibique 
mortem dterm 
alii* 
fnijerabilem 
ruinam. Sena- 
rius injofuam, 
7. Euripides, 
g Kicephorus 
iib.io.cap.s. 
6 Lord Cook 
in his Reports 
fccond part, 
fol. 44, 
* Euripides,■ 
'■p 1 At inde mejjis accidit miferrima. 
toyle and moyle,but what reap they?They are commonly unfortu- 
c e that ufe it,aceurfed in their progenie,&: as common experi- 
face ev^ncetb5accurred themfelves in all their proceedings. With what 
fa ?S 1 cluotes out °f Aufi.)can they expeft a blejjing or inheritance 
ta”*Shrijt jn Heaven, that defraud Chrifi of his inheritance here on 
Would all our Symoniacal Patrons, and fuchas detain Tithes, 
Se 11\d readthofe judicious Trafts of S* Henry Spelman, and Sr Janies 
u%hts ,thofe late elaborate and learned Treatifcs of D« Vfiye> 
lhe T Montague, which they have written of that fubjeft. But though 
c read, it would be to fmall purpofe,dames licet & mare cceto 
the lighten,preach hell and damnation,tell them ftis a fin, 
jli y not beleeve it,denounce and terrifie,they havewauterizedcon- 
(\Jthey do not attend,as the inchanted Adder,they hop their ears, 
(as f m kafe,irreligious,prophane,barbarous,Pagans, Atheifts,Epicures, 
t^ev°llle °fthem furely are} with the Bawd in Plautus, Euge, optime, 
*e#//Cly and applaud themfelves with thatMifer,! jimulac nummos con■ 
ln ar°*: fay what you will ,quocunque ntodorem; as a dog barks at 
00lhto no purpofe are your fayings:Take your Heaven, let them 
let th?° kafe Prophane Epicurean, Hypocritical my part, 
Wor|,UTI Pretend what zeal they will, counterfeit Religion, blcare the 
Chl bumbaft themfelves, and ftuffe out their greatneffe with 
defC(a-a P.°*'esp Ihine like fo many Peacocks} focold is my charity, fo 
that t?Ve ln this behalfe, that I (hall never think better of them, then 
and rotten at core,thcir bones are full of Epicurean hypocrifie, 
bio# marrow, they are worfe then Heathens* For as 
cun} Halicarnajfeus obferves antiq. Rom. lib. /• & Primum 
>lQt hr* I°* GreelV Barbarians oh ferve all religious rites, and dare 
of offending their Gods 3 but our Sioroniacal con- 
is>°ur fenfelefs Achans, our ftupified Patrons,fear neither God nor 
i Sir Henry 
Spelman, de 
non temeranda 
Ecclejtu. 
k i Tim. 42. 
l Hou 
ni Primum locu 
dpud omnes 
gentes habet 
patritius deoru 
cultus geni-, 
orum, nam 
kwc diutiJJIms' 
cujhdimt tam 
Graeci quam 
Barbari, €» Part. i.Se&. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.3 *Subf. 15.* 
devil, they have evafions for it, it is no fin,or not due jure divino,or if a 
fin,tto great fin,&c. And though they be daily punifhed for it,and they do 
manifeftly pcrccive,that as he laid,Froft and Fraud come to foul ends^yet 
nJom.ideJie- 
ril. triu annorii 
fiib Elia femo- 
ne. 
asnChryfoflom follows it,Nulla ex plena fit correßio,& quaji adverfis mail* 
tia hominum provocetur, crefcit quotidie quodpumatur: they are rather 
worie than better,— iram atque animos a crimine {umunt, and the more 
O Ovid.PaJi. 1 
yDe male qu<€~ 
jit* vix gaudet 
tertias h<eres. 
q Strabo lib. 4. 
Geog. 
r Hihil facilius 
opes evertet, 
quam avaritia 
fa fraudeparta. 
Lift enim ferd 
addas tali arc* 
&exteriore ja- 
nua fa veils 
earn communi- 
they ate corrc&ed,the more they offend; but let them take their courfo 
oßode caper vites,go on ftil as they begin,’tis no fin, let them rejoyce fe* 
curc,Gods vengance will overtake them in the end, and thefeill gotten 
goods as an Eagles feathers,Pwill confume the reft of their fubftancc.lt is 
q aurum Tholo fanum,and will produce no better effefts.r Let them lay # 
up fafe,and make their conveyances never fo dofe Jock andflmt door, faith 
Chryjojiome, yet fraud and Covetoufnef,tVPo moji violent theeves, are fill? 
\ included, and a little gain evill gotten jviUfubvert the reft of their goods* 
' The Eagle in Mfop, feeing a piece of flefti, now ready to be facri(iced? 
fweptit away with herclawes, and carried it to her neft, but there vva* 
a burning coal ftuck to it by chance, which unawares confumed hch 
as, intus tamen 
faudemfaa- 
varitiam, & c. 
In 5. Corinth. 
f Acad.cap. 7. 
tArs neminem 
habet inimku 
prattrignovan- 
tsm. 
yc ung ones, neft and altogether. Let our Symoniacal Church-chopping 
Patrons.and facrilegious Bar pyes, look for no better fuccefs. 
A fecond carufe is Ignorance, and from thence contempt, fuceejjit odiu# 
yn lit eras ab ignorantia well perceived; this hatred 
and contempt of learning,proceeds out of ignorance, asthey are them* 
felves barbarous,idiots,duil,illitcrate, fk proud,fo they efteein of others 
Sint Mecdnates, non deerunt Fiacre Marones : 
Let there be bountiful Patrons,and there will be painful Schollers 
Sciences. But when they contemn Learning, and think themfelves fry 
ficiently qualified, if they can write and read, fcamblcat a piece of 
dence,or have fo much Latine as that Emperor nefeit dijjimd*' 
reytefeit vivere fhty are unfit to do their country fcrvice, to perform d 
undertake any a&ion or imployment,which may tend to the good pi 
G)mmon-wealth3exceptitbc to fight, or to do country Juftice, 
common fenfe, which every Yeoman canlikewifedo. Andfo they ht\so 
up their children,rudeas they are themfelves.unqualifiedjuntaught,!!11' 
(civil mod part.*j»)«*f e noflra juventute legitime infiituitur Uteris? 
oratores autFhiloJophos tangitlquis hijioriam legit,til am rerum 
quafi animam}pra;cipitant parentes vota fua, &c, ftwas Lipftus compl 
to his illiterate country*men, it may beours.Now (hallthefe men jud£e 
of a Schollers worth, that have no worth, that know not what 
longs to a Undents Jabors,that cannot diflinguilh between a true fchofief 
\ and a drone?or him that by rcafonofa voluble tongue.a ftrong 
p!eafingtone,and feme trivantly Folyanthean helps, ftcales and gleaned3 
few notes from others mens Harvefts,and fo makes a fairer (hew, than £ 
,that is truly learned indeed:that thinks itnomorcto preach,thantofpc3 f 
*or to run array with an empty Cartes a grave man thereupon vl 
lifieus, and our us,and ail learning, y Becaufethey are 
and have other means to live, they think it concerns them not 
■know, or to trouble themfelves with it} a fitter talk for younger < 
a He that can- 
not diffemblc 
cannot live. 
* Epifi. queji. 
lib. A.epiji. 21. 
lipjiw. 
jel)r. King in 
his laftkfturc 
on "Jonah 
fometimcs 
right reve- 
rendi.Bifliop 
©f London, 
y Quibus opes 
& otium, hi 
barharofajlu 
liters contem- 
nunt. Part.i ,Se&,2. 
Study, a Caufe. 
Meixib.3.Subf.i 
th^a°r poor mens lons,to be Pen and Inkhorne men, pcdantical flaves, 
anc* no whit belceming the calling of a Gentleman,as Frenchwenmd Qer~ 
Wans commonly doe, neglect therefore all humane learning, what have 
*hc7 to do with it ? Let Martinets learn Aftronomy> Merchants Factors 
tudy Surveiers get them Geometry 5 Spedacle-makers 
do with a fpade, that hath no ground to dig, or they with Learning, 
that have no ufe of it?thusthey reafon, and are not afhamed to let Mar* 
Prentifes, and the bafeft fervants be better qualified than them* 
,eves. Informer times, Kings, Princes,and Emperors were the only Schol- 
eiJ> excellent in all faculties. 
Julius mended the year and writ his own Commentaries, 
media inter pr<elia femper, 
* Lucan.lib. 8. 
Stellarum codique vacavit. I 
* Antonius:>Adrian:fNeirojSeve- JHI-dPc'ZMicbad the Emperor,and lfaciuso 
fo much given to their ftudies,that no bafe fellow would takefo 
yuefa Aftronomers.* Sa- 
admired x kings ail: Evax 
Arabian Prince,a moft expert: Jueller,and an exquifite Philofopher; 
Kings of JEzypt were Priefts ofold,chofcn and from thence,-~~luem 
zSpaniav.SoU 
liciti dercbrfi 
nimis. 
a Micet, i. 
An il. 
Fumis lucu- 
brationum for- 
debant. 
b Grammatici* 
olim & diale- 
Bid* yunique 
Profejforibu*, 
qui fpecimen 
eruditionis de- 
diffknt eadem 
dignitatfsinfig- 
nia decreverut 
Imperatores, 
quibw ornabat 
heroas. Erafa. 
Op- Jo. Fabio 
i epif. Vien. 
* Probpfs -air 
1 ig Philojophut 
- magis pvtfjht 
i inter alios he• 
’ mines, quam 
rex inclitus in- 
i terplebeios. 
C Heinjius pra- 
-1 fat. Poematum. 
' d Servile nomi 
[ Scholaris jam, 
e Seneca, 
f ■ and facile 
L emergunt, <f*c, 
. g Media quod 
noßis ab hora 
fedijli qua ns- 
mo faber, qua 
, nemofedebat, 
qui docm obli- 
quo lanam de- 
ducere jerrot 
. rara tamen 
1 merces, 
- J uv. Sat, j. 
hominum Vhccbique facerdor.hut thofe heroical times are paft} the ( 
Hfes are now bsnilhed in thisbaftard age>adfordida tugurt la0 to mea-1 
jje.r P^rtoi)s3and confined alone ahnoftto Vmverpies, In thofe daies,l 
Rollers were highly beloved,fchonoured,eftcemedj as old Ennius by 
zPj° Africanus, Virgil by Auguflush Horace by Meccenas: Princes com- J 
g to them,as Anacreon to P olycratcshP hiloxenus to Dionyflus,! 
highly rewarded. Alexander fent Xenocrates the Philofopher 50. i 
etlts5 becaufe he was poor,vifu rerumyaut eruditione pr£flantes viri,; 
olim regum adhihiti&s Philoflratus relates of Adrian and Lampri- , 
jy Alexander Severus: famous Clarks came to thefe Princes Courts.1 
<77/ to an Univerfity,and were admitted to their tables, 
divhm epulis accumhenteshArchilans that Macedonian King would 
at fup without Euripides^amongft the reft he drank to him 
upper one night and gave him a cup of gold for his pains) dele&atus 
pre fermemh and it was fit itfhould be fo.-Becaufe zs* Plato in his 
la it h,a good Philofopher as much excels other men, as a 
nif) doth the Commons of his again, c quoniam illis 
c 0 eeJh dp minime egere difciplinas quas profitentur, foli a 
q0i. vindicarepoffunt, they needed not to beg fo bafely, as they 
ftch 1 dSchoilei's in our times to complain of poverty, or crouch to a 
.€ f°r ame ales meat, but could vindicate themfelves,and thofe 
foi^eH!p t^eY ptoftded.Now they would & cannot: for it is held by. 
rtudv°Vhem=as an axiome, that to keep them poor, will make them' 
volhfn 1 ' be dieted,as horfes to a race, not pampered, e Alendos' 
bird J-",0n Ppnandos. ne melioris mentis flammula extinguatur\ a fat 
the*lr J,not fing, a fat dog cannot hunt, and fo by this depreffion of 
furfak' A)me want meanSjOthcrs will, all want g incouragement,as being 
oenai Cn aA[T,ofts & generally contemned. ’Tisan old faying: Sint Mg- 
es non deerunt Flacce Marones,and ’tis a true faying ftilh Yet often- Part. i.Soft. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.9 .Subf.l • 
times I may not deny it the main fault is in our (elves. Our Academicks 
to° frequently offend in neglefting patrons, as *Erafmus well taxeth, or 
making il ciioice of them t,negligimus oblatos aut amplectimur parum aptos, 
or if we get a good one,nonjludemus mutuis officiis favorem ejus alere,we 
do not plye and follow him as we Should.idem mi hi accidit Adolefcenti 
his fau\t,&gravijjime peccavi,and fo may 
y I fay my felt, I have offended in this, and fo peradventure have many 
ethers. We did not Jpondere magnatumfavoribus,qui cceperunt nos ample- 
ttiyX pply our felves with that readinefs we (hould;idlenefs,love of liberty 
immodicus amor libertatis ejfecit nt diu cum perfidis amicis, as he confcf 
(cfh, & pertinaci pauperate eolluCtarerfiafhfulncs, melancholy, timour* 
oufnefs caufe many of us to be too backward and remifs. So fome offend 
in one extream, but too many on the other, we are mo(l jWt too fot' 
ward, too (blicitous,too ambitious,too impudent 5 We commonly com' 
plain deejje M^cenates,want of encouragement, want of means, when aS 
the true defect is in our own want of worth,our 
nos take notice of Horace or Virgz/till they had (hewed tHemfelves firft • 
or had Savins and Mevius any patrons ? Egregium jpecimen dent, faith 
Erafmus, let them approve theiiifelves worthy firft, fufficiently qualified 
for learning and manners, before they prefume or impudently intrude 
and put thcmfelves on great men as too many do,with fuch bafe flattery? 
parafitical colloging,fuch hyperbolical elogies they do ufually insinuate? 
that it is a (hame to hear and fee. Immodic£ laudes conciliant invidi^h 
* Chil.4t.Cent. 
h^dag.i. 
•V Had I done 
es others did, 
put my fclf 
forward, I 
might have 
happily been 
as great anran 
as many of 
my equals. 
potius quam laudem,and vain commendations derogate from truth, 
wethinkinconclufionsfffl« melius de laudato, pejus de laudante, ill0* 
both, the commender and commended .So we offend, but the main fauk 
is in their harfhnefs,defeft ofpatrons.How beloved of old,and how much 
refpe&cd was Plato to Dionysus? How dear to Alexander was Arijlotlb 
Demeratns to Philip, Solon to Cr#fus,Anexarcus and Trebatius to Au%f* 
Vejpati an, Pint arch to Trajan, Seneca to Nero, Simonides t0 
Hieroni how honored } 
h Ciiuha, 
luven. 
I 1 Sedhrec prins fuereymne recondita 
Senent quiete, thofe daies are gone: 
Et fpes, & ratiofiudiorum in C<efare tantum: 
i Hmo eft sue 
nonPhAuf hie 
tiqfter, fob in- 
tuitu lubentio-. 
rm reddat. 
As he faid of old,wc may truly fay now, he is our Amulet5 our i Sun, °llf 
foie comfort and rcfuge,our Ptolomy,owvcommouM£cenas "jacobus &***' 
ficus jacobus pacificusjnyfia Mufarum, Rex Platonicus: Grande dccVSy 
columenq^noftrum:A famous Scholler the fole Patron,!^31* 
and fuftainer of learning.-but his worth in this kind is fo well known^b^ 
* Penegyr. 
as Fat er cuius of Cato 5 Jam ipfum laudare nefas fit: and which * Flin) 
'jrajan.Seriate carmina Jionorqne <eternus non h<ec brevis v 
pudenda praedicatio colet» But he is now gone3the Sun of ours fetsand}e 
no night followes, 
* Sol nulla fequuta eji. We have fuchanothe 
in his room—* aureus alter j 
Avulfusfunilifrondefcit virga metallo3 and long may he raign andfl°u 
riihamongftus. , t 
Let me not be malitioussand lie againfi: my Genius31 may not denic? yu* 
* Virgil. Part'i.Seft.2. 
Study a Caufe. 
Memb. 3. Subf.is. 
that we have a fprinkling of our Gentry, here and there one,excellently 
learned,like thole Fuggeri in Germany, Dub artus,Du plejfis.s#dael in 
r*nce\) Picus Mirandula, Schotpus, Barotius in Italy 5 
*, Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vajio. 
tit they are but few inrefpedi of the multitude,! he major part(& fome 
a£am excepted, that are indifferent) are wholly bent for Hawkes and 
°unds,and carried away many times with intemperate luk.gaming and 
rinking.lf they read a book at any time(yf qnodeji interim etit a venatu, 
PjCJitis,alea,fcortis)kis anEnglifh of Bordeaux, Amadk 
c a play-book,or fome pamphlet of Newes, and that at fuch 
ppiis only,when they cannot kir abroad, to drive away time, k their 
e difeourfe is dogs, hawks, horfes,and what Newes? If fome one have 
ecn a traveller in Italy,or as far as the Emperors Court, wintered in Or- 
e*vce,and can court his Mikris in broken French,wear his cioathes neat- 
f lr*the newck fafhion, fing fome choice Out-landifh tunes, difeourfe 
k Rarus gnm 
femefenfus 
communu in il- 
ia Fortnna.luv. 
Sat. 8. 
°\Eords, Ladies,Towns,Palaces,andCitics, he is compleat and to be ad- 
he and they are much at one $ no difference betwixt 
Maker and the Man,but worihipful titlcs:wink and choofe betwixt 
, fits down (clothes excepted) and him that holds the Trencher 
him:yet thefe men muk be our Patrons,our governors too fome- 
wife by inheritance. 
£ 1 fake me not(I fay againj Vos b Patritius fangnis,you that are worthy 
ftators. Gentlemen, I honor your names and perfons, and with all fub- 
-1 leneffe, prokrate my felfe to yourcenfureandfervice. There area* 
you, I do ingcnioully confeffejinany well deferving Patrons,and 
1 Qub enim 
generofum di- 
xerit hunc qui 
Indignus gene- 
re, i&prada- 
ro nomine tan* 
tum Infignk. 
luve.Sat. 8. 
patriots>ofmy Knowledge, befides many hundreds which I never 
bn 3ll° doubt,or heard of,pillars of our common-weak h,m whoie worth., 
zeal in Religion, and good ekeem of 
tp ought to be confecrated to all pokerity, but of your rank, 
area deboflied, corrupt, covetous, illiterate crew again, no better 
hQTi-^c^siffteruwPecuf (tckorDeum, non mihi videri dignos ingenui 
get? Iri*s appellatione) barbarous Thracians,& quis iEe thrax qui hoc ne- 
ftun'd ordid, prophane,pernicious company,irreligious, impudent and 
foupi know not what Epithites to give them,enemies to learning,con- 
are k er? optbe Church,and the ruin of a common-wealth: Patrons they 
ving ri of inheritance, and put in truk freely to difpofe of fuch Li- 
t^C Churches hard talk-makers they prove)they take 
co ziir kraw,and compel them to make their number of. brick: they 
akio^ rePPe& their own ends, commodity is the keer of all their' 
tfat ar[d him they prefent in concluOon, as a man of greatek gifts, 
cej give mok, no penny, o no Pater Nojier, as the faying is.N/fi pre- 
facias, amplius irritasiut Ceberus ojfa, their attendants and of- 
thatbribed, made, as Cerberus is with a fop by him 
PopCj°cs bell. It was an old fay ing. Omnia Roma a rag of 
done vh will never be rooted out, there is no hope,no good to be ( 
karrij lLbout mony.A Clark may offer himfelfe, approve his p worth,. 
laudatur <&> alget. If he be a man of extraordinary parts, 
pzlkive often 
' met with my 
fdf, and con- 
ferred withdi- 
vers worthy 
Gentlemen in 
the Country, 
no whit infe- 
rior, if not to 
be preferred 
for divers 
kind of lear- 
ning to many 
of our Acad- 
micks'. 
olpfe licet /yHi~ 
fa venias comi-* 
tatuf Homere, 
Nil tamen attu* 
leris,ibii Home* 
reform. 
dEt legat hijh- 
ricos, authores, 
■ noverit omnes 
Tanquamun- 
gues digitofquS 
fuos. 
luv. Sat. 7. 
* Juvsna, Part. i.Scd. 2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.3.Subf.is. 
they will tlock afar off to hear him,as they did Apukiusy to fee Pjyche : 
multi mortales conjheb ant ad videndum feculi decusoJpeculumgloriofuut, 
laudatur ah omnibusy fleffatur ob quifquam non rexyton regi“ 
usyupidus ejus nuptiarum petitor accedit j mirantur quidem divinam for* 
mam omnes 0 fed ut flmuUcrum fabr} politum mirantur5 many mortal men 
came to fee fair Pjyche the glory of her age, they did admire her, com- 
mendjdcfire her for her divine beauty, and gaze upon her 5 but as on a 
piclureqione would marry her. quod indotata fait Pjyche had no money* 
q So they do by learnings , 
q Tuvero licet 
O phsu*fts,ft- <j 
$a fono tejht- 
dinn emolliens, 
niji plumbea 
eoru corda, air 
tivel argenti 
malleo emollias 
fpc. Satkhuri- 
enjls Folicrat. 
lib. 5. c. 10. 
t Evge bene no 
needCoifp \ 
epod. lib. 2. 
-das ifija fri- 
ent in ftbiqv.e 
congiarium eft* 
portas Ecchft' 
as itus ad cm- 
ms *, ftrguir.v 
aut Simonis, 
preffulif atque 
£>ei. Holcot. 
1 didiat jam di ves avarus 
Tantum admirari5 tantum laudare difertos5 
*Vt pueri Junonis avem 
Your rich men have now Icarn’d of latter daies 
T’admire, commend, and come together 
To hear and fee a worthy Scholler fpeak. 
As children do a Peacocks feather. 
He fhall have all the good words that maybe given, fa proper man,am* 
3tis pitty he hath no preferment, all good withes,but 
as he is,he \v ill not prefer him, though it be in his power, becaufe he *s 
indotdtus'y he hath no money. Orifhedogive him entertainment, 
him be never fo well qualified, plead affinity, confanguinity, fufficiency? 
he (hall ferve fevtn years,as Jacob did for Rachel^before he (hall have 
• t If he will enter at firft,he muft get in at that Simeniacal gate, come 
foundly, and put in good Security to perform all covenants, elfe hc 
will not deale with, or admit him. But if fomc poor fcholler, fome 
fon chaff, will offer himfclfe j fome Trencher Chaplain, that will take 
it to the halfes, thirds, or accept of what he will give, he is welcome 
be conformable, preach as he will have him, he likes him before a mil!1' 
on of others 5 for the beft is alwayes beff cheaprand then as Hierom 
to Cromatiusy patella dignum operculum, fuch a Patron,fuch a 
cure is well fupplied, and all parties pleafed.So that is ftill verified 
age, which nChryfoftome complained of in his time ygni opulentiores fudi 
in ordinem par a flit orum cogunt ipfos tanquam canes ad menfas frf 
impudentes Venires iniquarum cocnarum relij 
dijjertiunty iifdem pro arbitro abntentes: Rich men keep thefe 
rers,and fawning Parafites, like fo many dogs at their tables, and fillip 
their hungry guts with the offals of their meat,they abufe them at thelf 
pleafurc, and make them fay what they propofe. *js children do h) * 
• bird or a butter fly ein a flringypnll in and let him out as they li ff do M 
by their trencher ChapUinsyprefcribeyCommandtheir }ep jn and^ 
las to them itfeems bejh If the Patron be precife, fo muft his Chaplain bft 
tifhe be papiftical,his Clark muft be fo too, or elfe be turned out. 
• are thofe Clarks which ferve the turoawhoaithcy commonly 
I and prefent to Church livings, whilft in the mean time we that are 
verfity men, like fo many hide-bound Calves in a Pafture, tarry out 0$ 
time,wither away as a flower ungathered in a garden & are never ufed' 
or as to many candles,illuminate our (elves alone,obfcui ing one anotne 
light,& are not difeemed here at all,the leaf): of wch,tranOated to ad? 
room,or to fomeCouotry benefice,whcre it might thine apart.wTouldglVf 
it Lib. contra 
Gentiles deßa- 
bila martyre. 
x Fuf rlbunt, 
imperantpn «)• 
dinem cogunt, 
ingcniv. noftru 
prout ipfts vide- 
bitur, ajhir.gut 
& relaxant ut 
papilione pueri 
aut bruchu Jib 
demittut, aut 
attrahunt., nes 
d libidinefua. 
pendere <equu 1 
cenfentes. j 
Hanjruf. Sed.2. 
Study, a Caufe. 
Memo.3 01101,15. 
p^r and be fecn over all. Whilft we lye waiting here as thofe 
a- at t^le P00‘e Bethefda, till the Angel ftirred the water, 
fc Pe^lng a good houre, they ftep between, and beguile us of our pre- 
lr r,iricnC have not yetfaid, if after long expedation,much expence, tra- 
* John 5* 
yn| J J O X J l a 
J a earne“ huit of our helves and friends, we obtain a final Benefice at 
0 rfi OUr milery begins afrefti, we are fuddenly encountred with the 
ti. World, and Devil, with a newonfet, we change a quiet life for 
1 9cean of troubles, we come to a ruinous houfe, which before it be 
‘u ltahle, muft be neceflarily to our great damage repaired} we arc 
mpclled to fue for dilapidations, or elfe fued our felves, and, fcarce 
te k * ec^We are called upon for our Predccefiors arreragcs 5 firft fruits, 
a 5 fuhfidies, are inftantly to be paid, benevolence, procurations,&c. 
which is moft to be feared ,we light upon a crackt title, as it befei 
enard of Brabant, for his redory and charge of his Begin# 5 he was no 
r or?er induded, but inftantly filed, cepimufq(Taith he ) firenue htiga- 
eD(> implacabili bello confligere :at length after ten years fuit,as long as 
. r°)es fiege,when he had tired himfelf,and fpcnt his money,he was fain 
0 leave all for quietnefs give it up to his adverfary.Or elfe we 
a,fe infulted over, and trampled on by domineering officers, fleeced by 
greedy Harpy es to get more ftand in fear of fome precedent 
apfe, we fall amongft refradory, feditious fedaries, peeviffi Puritans, 
mverfe Papifts,a lafcivious rout of Atheiftical Epicures,that will not be 
* Epiji. lib.% 
Jam fuffeßui 
in locum de 
monui, proti- 
nus exortus eft 
adverfarius, 
<&c. pojimul- 
tts labores, 
fumpm, 
f0 01 or foirie litigious people, (thofe wild beajis ofEpbefus,muft be 
pe?,^twith)that will not pay their dues without much repining,or com- 
dii t long Laid clericis opptdo infcjii,an old axiome,all they 
de p gotten that is had from the Church,and by fuch uncivil,harffi 
3nd mgS’they ma^e their poor Minifcer weary of his place,if not his life ; 
otit fUt Ca^e theY ftu*et honeft men,make the beft of it,as often it fals 
ja 3‘ro® a polite and terfe Academick,he muft turneruftick,rude, me- 
QrCi'°hfe alone,learne to forget, or elfe, as many do, become Maulfters, 
Jr.er CrSi Chapmen, &c. ( now banifhed from the Academy, all com- 
the Mufes,and confined to a country village, as Ovid was from 
CIo,V° Pontus, ) and daily converfe with a company of Idiots and 
tusfflnterim lu°d attinet(nec enim immunesah hac noxk fumus fidem rea- 
a}?.etddem nohk,et fit non multo gravi us,crimen objicit poteji.-noftra e- 
fianth'tl^t'nofir*i *ncurrk,nojirk avaritia, quod tam jrequentes,fa;d#que 
invefj?n Ecc^efl* nundinationes,(templum eft vamale, deufque) tot fordes 
ark graffetur impietas, tanta nequitia, tam inf anus mi feri- 
C°rumZlpU*'& turbarum #Jiuarium, noflro inquam, omnium (.Academi- 
9tar‘*k/n,tpr) vßio fit. Quod tot Refp, malis afficiatur\ a nobis femi~ 
l^ir° walum hocaccerfimus, & quivis contumelia,quavis interim 
r,iHs qui pro virili non occurrimus .Quid enim fieri pojfe Jpera- 
cit>2a qunm tot indies fine deleßu pauperes alumni, terra; fillip & cujuf- 
homunciones ad gradus certatim admittantur ? qui fide- 
&prQ *e%s dijim&ioncmque unam ant alteram memoriter edidicerint, 
HaUs nfor& tQt annos in dialogic a pofuerint, non refert quo profeßu, 
digfJ l iwt-> idiotic, nugatores, otia tores, aleatores, compotores3 in- 
-5 ijidinis veluptatumaue adminijiri. Part.i .Sect.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy, 
Me mb. 3. Subf.i 5' 
Sponfi Penelopes, neoulones, Alcinoiquc, 
modo tot annos inAcademia i nfumpfer intret fe pro togatis vendit 
caufjiamicorum intercejju prajentantur:Addo eftmn et magnificis nof 
nunquam elogiis morum et J cienti £jet jam valedi&uri teflimomalibus hijcS 
literis, amplijjime confcriptis in eorum gratiam honor antur yah iisy qui 
fu aet exijiimationisj acturamproculdubie faciunt .Docf ores enim et Pf°' 
unumcurant,ut ex profeffionibus frequentibus? 
et tumultuariis potiusquam legitimis,comoda fua promoveant,Sc ex dip 
pendio publico fuum faciant incrementum.idfolum in votis habent antf*f 
plerumqb magif ratus, ut ab incipientium numero z pecunias emungant, uj 
multum i ntereji qui fint jit er at or es an liter add' 
pectum quod verbo fint.zrhilojophajiri licenti df 
. Utrin non habent f Eofq-, lapientes efle 
praditifunt lapientia. Et nihil ad gradum praterquam velle adfernuf' 
Theologajiri(folvant modo") fatis fuperqb omnes honorem gradu*c' 
vehuntur et afeendunt. Atq? hinc fit quod tam viles fcurreejot pajjim ldi°' 
lit er arum crepufculo pofitiy larv£ pofiortim, circumforanei, 
fungi 3cra]J} :afini jnerum pecus in J acrofanffos theologi £ aditus j Ilotis ped1' 
bus 1 rrnm pant ter inverecundamfi’ontem ad fer entes ni hi Igvulgares qUv 
y “futi. Acad. ■ 
cap. 6, 
2 Accipiamu* 
pecuniam, de- 
mittamus aftnv. 
ut apud Pata- 
vinos, Italos. 
a Hos non ita 
pridempeyflrin- 
xi, in Philofo- 
phaflro Comoe- 
dia latina, in 
Pide ChrijH 
Oxon. publice 
habita. Anno 
lAij. Feh. 16. 
* Sat. IMemp. . 
dam quij quili as yet fcholarium qu<edam nugamenta, indigna qu£ vel redff 
antur in triviis. Hoc illud indignum genus hominum et famelicum, indff 
numgvagum^ventrismancipium^adftivampotius relegandam0ad haras aptr 
us quam ad divinas hafce liter asturpiter projiituit 3 hi funt fi1 
pulpita complent, in ades nobilium irrepunt, et quum reliquis vitat defid*' 
antur fubftdiis, ob corporis et animi egejiatem, aliarum in Repub. partii 
minim t capapes finfyidjaeram hanc ancoram confugiunt 0jacer dotium qu<J' 
bzC or. 7.17. 
vifmode captant ex finceritateyquodhPmlusait:fcd cauponantes 
bum Dei.lVe quis interim viris bonis detratfum quid hahet Ben 
jia Anglican' 4 qnamplurimos xgregie dos 0 s jlluftres gntali £ fam £ homiuf 
et plure s for fin quam qud'vis Europe provinciate quis a jiorentijjimis AC* 
demHsoqu£ viirosundiqu'hq5 dcUijjimos.omni virtutumgencrefujpiciendC * 
abunde producunt.EA multo plures utraqj habitura, multo f plendi dior 
raft non h£ fordes fplendidum lumen ejus ohfufc arentpohjiaret corruptio 
cauponantes qusdam Harpy£oprolitariiq\ bonum hoc nobis non invideft# ' 
Nemo enim tarn c£ca non hoc ipfum videat:nemo tamJiolido 
non intelligatgtampertinaci judicio, qui non agnofeat, ah h* 
diotis circumforaneis facram cdlefes Mufas quafp*f 
phanum quiddamprojhini.\7iles aninise 6c effrontes |ie enim Luthcrus c* 
lieu hi vocat') lucelli caufa, ut mufese ad mulftra, ad nobilium & 
menfas advolant,in fpem facerdotii, cujufiibet honoris, officii, in quatU^ 
c Comments in 
Gd. ' 
aulamjirbemjc ingerunt, ad quodvis j e minifierium componunt. 
' lit nervis alienis mobile lignum Ducitur—- , 
d offarn fcquerrtcs, pfittacorum more, in pneda? fpem quidvis 
oh fecundant es Far <*/7)quidvis docent,dicunt,fcribunf^113 
dent,Bc contra confcientiam probant, non ut falutarem reddant 
fed ut magnificam fibi parent fortunam, f Opiniones quafvis 6c dec1 
ta contra vcrbum Dei alt ruunt, ne non offendant patronum, fed . 
tineant favorem procerum,6c populi p]aufum,fibique ipfis opesaccu**3 
lent. Eo etenim plerum animo ad Theologiam accedunt., non ut rent CitV 
d Heinjttff, 
e Ecclefiaji. 
SLmh.inGaL Part-i-Seft.2. 
Why the Mujes are Melancholy. 
Memb.3. Subf.15. 
la'»d/e<^Ut !iiam faciant 5 non ad Ecciefi£ bonum promovendum) fed expi- 
non U^n 5 qucQrenteS) quod Paulum ait) Non quse Jefu Chrifti, fed qua? fua, 
qH 07)717271hcf aurum0 fed ut fibi) fuifique thefaurizent. Nec tantum iis, 
& abjcct£ fortis (unt)hoc in ufu eft : fed & medio/, 
/l-‘i0S) elatos, ne dicam EpiJcopoS) hoc malum invaft. 
sDifcite pontifices, in facris quid facit aurum ? 
g Perf. Sat.2 
hfu . ! ' ' ; ' . 
fepe viros tranfverfos agit avaritia, & qui reliquis morum pro- 
feop / Pr<e^Hceren \)hi facem fr<cferunt ad it? corruptionis hunc 
co#f, lim 7mPingenteS) non tondent pecus 0 fed deglubunt) <& quocunque fe 
**auf Unh cxpilant) exhauriunt) abradunt agnumfam £ fu£.f non anim£. 
mLliH a&7llm fac entes :ut non ab infimis ad fummosfed a fummis ad infimo s 
ille tfZ- r°manfje videatur) & illud verum ft quod ille ohm lu ft) Emerat 
gr i?1,UsDvendere jurepotdt. Simoniacus cninfquod cum Leone dicam) 
por !arn n°n accepit, Ii non accipit, non habet, &Ii non habet, nec gratus 
pr0 e e^e 5 tantum enim abfunt ifiornm nonnulli, qui ad clavum fedent a 
reliquos) ut pentius impediant) probe fbi conjeii, quibus arti- 
. pervenerint. * Nam qui ob literas emerlilie illos credat, deiipit: 
id lnCr() ingenii, eruditonis, experientia,probitatis,pietatis,Mufarum 
inp . pretium pntat(quodolimreverafuit)hodiepromittituAphniKime 
h Saluji. 
* Sat. Menip. 
nit* Vtcunque vel undecunque malum hoc originem ducat) non ultra 
6X Primor^77s occptt vitiorum colluvies) omnis 
9rt<r: larum agmcn m Eecleftam invehitur. Hinc tam frequens fmonia)hinc 
ti# re'L£) fraudes, ab hoc fonte Je derivarunt omnes nequi- 
fii jL cilt7d obiter dicam de ambiti one., Adulatione plujquam aulicayie tri~ 
l7c^n7o laborent) deluxii)de foedo nonnunquamvit£ exemplo) quo 
deny, U°S °ffendunt)de compotatione Sybantica &c. Hinc ille fqualor Aca- 
triftes hac teirpeftatc Camense, quum quivis homunculus artium 
h** artibus ajjurgat) hunc in modum promoveatur & ditefcat)am- 
l°s pfsflPpe/lat2onihusinjign/S)& multis dignitatibus augujius vulgi ocu~ 
*c«rg[)2ft£at> bericjc habeat) & grandia grandiens majejlatem quandam 
prd'fe ferensyniramque fo Ilici tudinemfiarba reverendus) 
r° khpurpura corrufch •, ftpelidhlis jpendorC) & famulorum nume- 
COnfpicuus. Quales iratua (quod ait i ille) quae facris in sedibus 
irnPonuriturD vclut oneri cedentes videntur, ac fi infudarent, 
ts eVera fenfu imtcarentes,<k nihil faxeam adjuvent firmitatem:^- 
i Budam de 
Ajjh lib. 5. 
c*(-nCs f cr7 quum [int jiat u£ lapide£, umbratiles revera homun- 
O bardij mbit a faxo differentes. fi)uum interim do&i 
7qits f i anchoris ornamentis <ejlum diei fuflinent his in- 
CkPat7 pe'ervi#nt 5 minimo forjan J alario contentr. puris nominibus nun- 
yriVa^Uf'r^es’> objcuri) muit&qb digniores licet agentes, inhonorati vitam 
*tertJiid'riVatam <*g#nt) tenuique Jepulti facerdotioguel in colligiis fuis in 
2tlnam fCarcirati) inglorie delitej eant. Sed nolo diutius hanc movere 
&° ( qiilft**0 7^£ tachrym£) lugubnis mufarum habitus , * hinc iff a reti- ■ 
ahzUinact*m CecoJiio dicam) in ludibrium & contemptum adducitur, < 
* l ib. de rspt 
Gallorum, 
tjdi clici', accrdotium ( atque h<£c ubi fiunt , aujim dicere, pu~ 
'Um cleroiifnrpare,) Putidum vuigus, inops9 rude, fordidum, 
miferuni) dcfpicahile) contemnendum. 
k Campian. Part. i. Sed. 2. 
Caujcs of Melancholy. 
Memb.4. Sub!*1' 
142 
M F M B. 4. 
■\ Proem lib. 2. 
Nulla ars con - 
fiitui pntefi. 
m Lib. t. c. ip. 
de morborum 
caufis guas 
declinare licet 
aut nulla ne- 
cdJhate uti- 
mur. 
n Quo fiemel efi 
irdnita recens 
fiervabit odo- 
rem Tefia diu. 
Hoy. 
o Sicut xalet 
ad fingendas 
S u b s e c. t. 
Non-necefiary, remote, outward, adventitious, or accidental 
caufes : as firfi front the Nurfe. 
ppiii5gI|Fthofe remote,outward,ambient,Nec^/r4rj caules,I hayfe 
ficiently difeourfed in the precedent member, the 
&«paS» JSI CQSary which,faith 1 Euchfim, no art can be inzfd 
by reafon of their uncertainty, cafualty, and multitude-» *() 
ca]leJ „et neceffary becaufe according tomFcrnehus they ftfi) 
be avoided, and ufedwithout necejfitie. Many of thefe accidental cauw5’ 
which I ilia 11 entreat of here, might have well been reduced to the fat' 
mcr, becaufe they cannot be avoided, but fatally happen to us, thougn 
accidentally,and unawares,at forne time or othenthe reft are conting 
and inevitable,and more properly inferred in this rank ofcaufes.To r 
konup a.ll is a thing unpoHible 5 of fome therefore moft remarkable0 
thefe contingent caufcs which produce Melancholy, I will briefly fpe3 
and in their order. From a childs Nativity, the firft ill accident that cj*1 
likely befall him, in this kindc, is a bad Nurfe, by whofe means alone 
corpori* atque ; 
animi fimilitu- , 
dines t# et na- ‘ 
tura feminis, fic j 
quoq‘, laclu | 
proprietas. Ne- 
que id in horni-. ‘ 
itibus folumfed 
in pecudibus 
animadxerfum. 
Nam fi ovium 
lacie hotdi, aut 
caprarum agni 
alerentur, con- 
fiat fieri in hu 
lana duriorem, 
in iU capillum 
gignifiexeriore.. 
p Adulta infe- 
rantmperfeqm- 
tinne ad mira- 
culum ufiqus 
fiagaz. 
may be tainted with this«malady from his cradle. Attius Gelliusl.l2.c,h 
brings in phavorinus that eloquent Philofopher, proving this 
o that there is the fame vertue and propertie in the milk as in the feed, 
not in men alone,but in all other creatures :he gives infiance in a Kid 
Lambjfeither of them fuck of the others milk,t he Lamb ofthet Goats,or 
Kid of the Ever, the moll of the one will be hard, and the hair of the oWl 
[oft, GiraldusCambrenfts Itinerar, Cambria l.i, c.i. confirmes this by3 
notable example which happened in his time. A fow-pig by chance fac f 
' ed a Brach,and when fhe was grownup would miraculoufly hunt 
of Dear,and that as well,or rather better than any ordinary houndddds c°. 
clufion is.q that men andbeafis participate of her nature and conditionE } 
t whofe mi Ik they are fed.Phavorinus urgeth it farther,and demonftrates 
more evidently, that ifaNurfebe r miffijapen, unchafi, nnhonefi, 
‘ dent,drunk,f cruel or the like, the child that fucks upon her breft wm . 
fo too,all other affeffioips of the minde and difcafes,are almo If in gran 
as it were,<k imprinted into the temperature of the Infant, by the N°r. 
milksasPoxsLeprofie,Mclancholy,scc. Cato for forne fuch reafon 
make his fervants children fuck upon his wives breft, becaufe by 
■ means they would love him and his the better, & in all likelihood 
’ with them. A more evident example that the minds are altered bylT)l p 
- cannot be given, than that oft Dion, which he relates of Caligulas c^ 
• ty 5 it could neither be imputed to father nor mother, but to his*^. 
nurfe alone,that anointed herpaps with blood ft il when he fucked,'^ 
■ made him fuch a murtherer,& to exprefs her cruelty to an hairrand 
of Tiberius, who was a common drunkard, becaufe his nurfe was ftlo p 
one.Et fi delira fucr it,qone ohfervesfinfantulum delirum faciet f 
fool or dolt,the child fne nurfeth wil take after her,or otherwifebe11 
*, affc&edywhich Erancijcus Barbarus I.7s.ult.de re uxoria proves at & ’ 
q Tam anirr.al 
quodlibet qmm 
homo, ab ijla 
cu]w lath nu- 
tritur, naturam 
contrahit, 
t Improba, in- 
form# , impudi- 
ca, temulenta 
nutrix fiS. 
quoniam in mo- 
ribus forman- 
dis magnam 
fipe partem in- 
genium altri'eu 
ct natura laBu 
tenet. 
{hircathfqy ad- 
norunt ubera 
Tigres,Virg. 
t Lib. 'j. de 
Ccrfaribuf. 
u Beda c.oi-1, 
l.Ecclef. hiji. Part-i-SeCt 2. 
Nurfe, a Caufe. 
Mcmb.4. Subf.l; 
GKivarra lib. 2. de Marco Aurelio : the childe will furely partici- 
fotC* r bo(% ficknefs there is no doubt to be made. 
n V/as therefore lickly, bccanfe the Nurfe was fo, Lampridius. And if 
b bc%ye Phyficians , many times children catch the pox from a 
j- Botaldus cap. 61. de lue vener. Belides evil attendance, neg- 
n°eriCe3 and many grofs inconveniences, which are incident to Nurfes, 
Poi anBer8er may fo cotne to the childe. x For thefe caufes Arifiotle 
ch'M* c• I 7* Vhavorinus and Marcus Aurelius would not have a 
yj] e Put to nurfe at all5 but every mother to bring up her oWn of 
jleut) (;'ondition foever (he be 5 for a found and able mother to put out 
£• f to nurfe, is nature intemperies, fo * Gnatfo cals it, ’tis fit there- 
vjle le ftould be nurfe her felf 5 the mother will be more careful, lo- 
ti and attendant, then any fervile woman,or fuch hired creatures 5 
q!s ah the world acknowledgcth, comvementijfimum eji (as Rod. aCa- 
rr° de nat. muherum lib.4. c.12. in many words confefleth ) matrem ip- 
hcl are infantem, who denies that it (hould be fo? and which forme 
ornen molt curioufly the reft,y that Queen of France, 
t?Pa***ard by birth, that wasfo precife and zealous in this behalf, that 
v in her abfence a drangc nurfe had fuckled her childe, (he wasne- 
; till (he had made the infant vomit it up again. But Ihe was too 
if jt be fo, as many times it is, they muft be put forth,the mo- 
tfCr be not fit or Well able to be a nurfe, I would then advife fuch mo- 
ljiC^rs3 as 2 Plutarch doth in his book de liberis and tS. Hierome 
aiid * 27*,L£t£ de injiitut. fil. ' Magninu s part .1* Reg. fanit.cap.y, 
o0 jke Paid Rodericus that they make choice of a found woman, of a 
c°mplexiun3 honed, free from bocptly difeafes, if it be poffible, all 
ltle,lolls and perturbations of the minde, as forrow, fear, grief, b folly, 
tuv anclloIy* Fot fuch paffions corrupt the milk, and alter the tempera-' 
(^c the childe, which now being c Vdnm & fnoUe lutum, is easily fea- 
be perverted. And if fuch a nurfe may be found out, that will 
thev nt ant* careful withal,let rhavorinus and M.Aurelius plead how 
rher )Can lto * had rather accept of her in fome cafes then the mo- 
eiafj ;e/ and which Bonacialus the Phyfitian, Nic.Biefits th£ politi- 
red i de repub. cap. 8. approves,f&dfae nurfes are much to be prefir- 
drunt. mothers. For why may hot the mother be naught, a peevilh 
. ef* flurt, a wafpilh cholerick flut, a crazed peece, a fool, (as ma- 
of <fers are ) unfound as foon as the nurfe ? There is more choice 
tuuijs a tben Mothers $ and therefore except the mother be mod ver- 
xj0n 2 a woman of excellent good parts, and of a found comple- 
-2 * Would have all children in fuch cafes committed to difcteet 
to ***s the bnely way }as by marriage they are engrafted 
tper Cr Emilies to alter the breed, or if any thing be amide in the mo- 
?s Mercatus contendsfTom.2. lib.de morb. heered. to pre- 
and future maladies, to correct and qualifie the childes ill- 
terriPeratllre3 which he had from his parents. This is an ex* 
*emedy, if good choice be made of fuch a Nurfe. 
xNs injltixo 
laftu alimento 
. degeneret cor- 
pus, fa animus 
corrumpatur. 
* Lib.%. deciv: 
converf. 
y Stephans# 
’ z To. 2. NuM* 
ces non quaf- 
vh, fed msci- 
tne probas deli- 
gemus. 
a Nutrix non 
Jit lafeiva auß 
temulenta, 
Hwr. 
b Prohibendum 
ns Jiolida la- 
Set, 
cFetf. 
f Nutrices in- 
terdum matri- 
buf Junt melio~ 
res. Part. i. Seft.2. 
Caujes of Melancholy, 
Memb.4. Subf»3* 
144 
S U B s E C. 2. 
Education a caufe of Melancholy. 
Ducation, of thefe accidental caufes of Melancholy, may jnttty 
R challenge the next place, for if a man efcapc a bad nurfe hf 
fl may be undone by evil bringing up. d Jafion Pratenfis3 puts thtf 
of Education for a principal caufe} bad parents, ttep-mothePj 
Tutors, Matters, Teachers,too rigorous,too fcverc, too remifle or indy 
gent on the other fide, are often fountains and furtherers of this difeatt' 
Parents and fuch as have the tuition and overfight of children, offell ■ 
many times in that they are too ttern, alway threatning, chiding, bra^" 
’ ling,whipping or ftriking, by means of which, their poor children arc* 
dimeartned and cowed, that they never after have any courage, a merry 
hour in their lives, or take plcafure in any thing. There is a great mode' 
ration to be had in fuch things, as matters of To great moment, to thc 
making or marring of a childepSome fright their children with beggarS’ 
bugbears, and hqbgqblins, if they cry,or be otherwife unruly: but the) 
are tpUgb too blame in it, many timcs,faith Lavater de 
s.cx metu in morbos graves incidunt & no&u dormientes clamant fox 
they fall into many difeafes, and cry out in their llecp, and are much thc 
woife for it all their lives.-thefe things ought not at all, or to be fparing'' 
ly done,Bc upon juft occafion. TyrannicaLimpatient,haire-brain School" 
dLibJe morbi 
capitis, cap, de 
mania; Hand 
pofirema caufa 
fapputatur e- 
iucatio •, inter 
has mentis aba*' 
Venation» cau- 
fas. Injufla no- 
ierca. 
*UM' 
matters;, aridi magi fin? vo * Fabius termes them , Ajaces fiagelliferi, aJj 
in this kinde as bad as hangmen and exccutioners,they make many chi*" 
dren endure a martyrdom all the while they are atfchqole, 
diet, if they boord in their houfes,too much fevcrity and iifufage, thrf 
quite pervert their temperature of body and minde; ftill chiding, 
ling, frowning, lathing, tasking, keeping, that they zxcfra&i animisJP® 
ped many times, weary of their lives, * nimiafever it ate deficiunt & 
fierant, and think noflavcryin the world (as once I did my felf) like \ 
that of a Grammar fcholar. Praeceptorum ineptiis difcruciantur ing 
puerorum, faith Erafmus, they tremble at his voice , looks, coming 
S. Aufiin in the firft book of his confej}', & 4. ca. cals this fchooling ftti£ 
liculofam necejjitatem, and elfewhcre a martyrdomc, and confettcth 0 
himfelf, how cruelly he was tortured in minde for learning Greek, 
verba noveram, ficevk terroribus & p£nk, ut ntjfem, inflabatur 
vehementer,1 know nothing,and with cruel terrors and punilhment 1 
daily compel’d. e Beza complains in like cafe of a rigorous Schooling 
made him by his continual thunder and threats, once hj; 
minde to drown himfelf, had he not met by the way with an uncle of jT 
that vindicated him from that mifery for the time, by taking ‘him to h* 
houfe. Trine avelli ms lib.i.confil,i6. had a Patient nineteen years of 
extremely melancholy, oh nimium fiudium, TarvitH 6' praceptoris & 
nas, by reafon of overmuch ttudy, and his* Tutors threats.Many 
’ are hard-hearted, and bitter to their fervants, and by that means do f 
dejeft, with terrible fpeeches and hard ufage fo cruciSe them, that tw 
become defperate, and can never be recalled, . r,O 
Others again in that oppofite extreme, do as great harm by their 
* Idem, 'Et quad 
maxima nocet, 
alum in tenet» . 
ita tknent ni- 
hil conantur. 
c ?r defat, ad 
Tejiam, 
* Plus mentu 
pedagogics fu- 
fercilio abjlu 
lit, quam un- 
quam praeceptis 
fu» faptentix 
injMwit, Pa«-i.Sea.2. 
a Cattje, 
Mcmb.4- Subf.2. 
rcrnifnefsjthey give them no bringing up,no calling to bufie them* 
c Ve* about;, or to live in, teach them no trade, or fet them in any good 
courfe sby means of which their fervants, children, Scholars,arc carried 
Way with that dream of drunkennefs, idlcnefs, gaming, and many fuch 
Regular courfes,that in the end they rue it, curfe their parents,and mif- 
icrthemfelves. Too much indulgence caufeth the like,* ineptapatris 
as & facilitas when as Af/t/<?.like,with too much liberty and 
v° ?reat allowance, they feed their childrens humors, let them revel, 
.en c ot/wag g e r, and do what they will themfelves, and then punidi 
with a noife of Mufitians , 
* Tev.AdeU 
3.4. 
Obfonet3 potet, oleat unguenta de meo $ 
Amat £ dabitur a me argentum ubi erit commodum. 
Fores effregit £ rejiituentur : defeidit 
Efflem £ rejarcietur. faciat quod lubet. 
Sumat3 cenfumat, perdat, decretum eji pati. 
* Idem, Ac. 1. 
fc. 2. 
tit as Demeo told him,tu illum cerrumpi ftnis.your lenity wil be his undo- 
si providere videor jam diem illum3 quum hic egens profugiet aliquo mU 
ftffumji forefee his ruine.So parents often errc3 many fond mothers ef- 
Jl Clylly3dote fo much upon their chiidren3 Ape3till in the end 
* iey cruftithem to death3C<?r/x?r««/ nutrices animarum 
h tip their bodies to the undoing of their fouls; they will not let them 
or controled3 but ftill Toothed up in every thing they do, 
cj In bring to their 
t3 C*P 3°*Bbecome wantonffubbornyvilful, and 
&itl t^lead-{Wcng3incorrigible3and love themfofoolifhly3 
Z, %Cardan,that they rather feem to hate them3 bringing them not up to 
*io *n]ury->n°t to learning but to riot,not tofober life andconverfa- 
but to all plea jure and licentious behaviour. Who is he of fo little ex-. 
fhat knows not this of Fabius to be true ?h Education is another 
clj Tq tiering the mind and vpiU,&lwouldto GW(faith h ejweour fdves 
cat^t'otir childrens maners joy our overmuch cockering & nice edu~ 
fton?**I****1**** weaken the ftrength of their bodies and minds 3 that caufeth cu- 
andtr'^°W natHre thefe caufes Tint arch in his book de lib.educ. 
efiji.i?. to L<eta de injiit.fili£,gives a moft efpe- 
chilci ?r^C to parents, and many good cautions about bringing up of 
TUtoreih that they be not committed to undifcreet3 pafiionate3 bedlam 
giddy-headed, or covetous perfons3& fpare for no coft,that 
* Camerarius 
f«77- cent. 2* 
hath elegantly 
expreffed it in 
> an Emblemc 
perdit amando, 
<&c. 
f Prov. 13.24. 
, He that f a- 
reth the rod 
hates his fon. 
g Lib,2.de con- 
fol. Tam Stulte 
pueros diligi, 
mus ut odijje 
potius videa- 
mur, Ulos non 
ad virtutm 
fed ad injuri- 
ton, non ad 
eruditionem 
fed ad luxum, 
non ad virtu- 
tem fed volup- 
tatem educati-J 
tes. 
h Lib.uc.%. E- 
ducatio altera 
natura, alterat 
animes & vo- 
-1 luntatem, atque 
utinam ( in- 
quit ) libero- 
rum nojimum 
mores non ipjf 
cjnej n‘ay he well nurtured 6c taught3it being a matter of fo great confc- 
a*e Cc °r fuch parents as do otherw ife.rlutarch cfteems of them.,! that 
*:arefif( °f thejr fi°oes then °f their feet,ths\t rate their wealth a- 
Schoolr he/aith leaves hisfon to a covetous 
geth to be informed,or to a clofe Abhy to faji and Uarnvpifdome to- 
-5 dota no other3 then that he be a learned fool, or a jickjy wife man. 
feremus 
JentJi q. yuum infantiam jhtim delkijs folvimus t motiior ifla educatio, qum indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnss, <&* 
'ff*- ’htveor^T.^ranSit ? Jit cx hif confuetndo, inde natura, i Perinde agit ac Jiqun de calceo fi fillicituf, pedem nihil 
■p in .it P<uri niinuf ejl quam filium, k Lib. 3. ds fapient: qui avaru paedagogi* pueros alendos dant, vel dano* 
-3pi*r.tet, Jinul fcfapere, nihil aliud agunt, nifi ut Jtnt vel non fine Jhbitia eruditi, vel non integra vita Part. i. Sed. 2. 
Caul es of Melancholy. 
Memb.4. Subf.?* 
146 
S U B S E G T. 3* 
Terrors and Ajfrights, Caufes of Melancholy. 
n VUyin the culans,di&mgmfaeih thefeterrors which 
rile from the apprehenlion of fome terrible objed heard or feeih 
from other fcars,and fo doth Patritius regis iffif 
iut.O£all fears they are moft pernitious and violent, and fo fW* 
1 1 err or <& me- c 
tus maxime eX . 
improvifo ac- * 
redentes ita { 
tnitnum corft- 
novent,utJl>i- c\ 
ritus nunquam 7 
recuperentgra- c 
viovemque me- 
lancholiam ter- I 
ror facit, quam t 
qudt ah interna 
caufa jh.hnpre- J 
JJio torn fort is in ) 
fir itibus hu- j 
moribufque ce- 
rebri, ut extra- \ 
8a tota pm- 
guinea mqjfa, 
tore exprima- 
tur, & hoc 
horrenda Jpe 
ties melancho- 
lia frequenter 
oblata mihi, 
omnes exercens, 
vtros,juvenes, 
penes. 
* TraB. de me- 
lan.cap.’].<(e) 8. 
non ab intern- 
perie fed agita- 
tione, dilatati- 
one, contreBi- 
one,motu fpi- 
r ituum. 
m Ii b. de fort. 
& virtut. 
Alex, pr refer- 
dainly alter the whole temperature of the bodymnove the foul,Bc fph'itSs 
ftrik fuch a deep impreflion,that the parties can never be recovered,*#11' 
fing more grievous and fiercer Melancholy,as Felix Plater, men 
alienat, ifpcaks of his cxperience,thenany inward caufc 
imprints it [elffo forcibly in the ffirits, brain,humors, that if all the titff* 
ofbloodxocre let out of the body,it could hardly be ex traced. This horrid 
[ kynde of Melancholy (fox fo he terms \t)had been often brought before 
and troubles and. affrights commonly men andwomen, young and old of *7 
! forts* Her cuits de Saxoni a, calls this kinde of Melancholy (ah agitatio$ 
1 fpintuum) by a peculiar name, it conies from the agitation, motion, cof 
traCtion,dilatation of fpiritsjabt from any diftemperature of humors,a 11? 
produceth ftrong effects. This terror is moft ufually caufed,as mPlutarf 
will have, from fome imminent danger, when a terrible object is at harth 
heard,feen,or conceived,ntruly appearing,or in a o dream:ana many tin*5 
the more fudden the accident, it is the more violent. 
* St at terror animis, & cor attonitum falit, 
TavidUmque trepidis palpitat venis jecUr. 
Their foufs affright, their heart amazed quakes. 
The trembling Liver pants ith’ veines, and akes. 
Arthemedorus the Grammarian loft his wits by the unexpected light of * 
Crocodile, Laurentius 7. de mclan. p The Maifacre at Lions 1572. in 
reign of charts the 9.was fo terriole and fearful,that many ran mad/onf 
died,great bellied women were broughrto bed before their time, gen*y 
rally all affrighted and agaft. Many lofe their wits q by the fuddenfigh* °> 
fameffetfrum or devil,a thing very common in allagesfaith Lavater part»1' 
c 9.0s Orejles did at the fight of the Furies, wch appeared to him in 
(as*PauJanias records) The Greeks call them which fo tetri*! 
their fouls, or if they be but affrighted by fome counterfeit divcls in jc^J 
tint ineunte 
periculo, ubi 
res prope ad- 
funt terribiles. 
n fit a vijtone 
horrendo, re- 
vera apparen- 
le, xel per in- 
fomhia, Flate- 
rus. 
o A painters 
wife in Baft I, 
fut pueri trepidant, atque omnia cnccis 
In tenebris metuunt as children in the dark con£elV • 
Hobgoblins, and arc fore afraid, they arc the worfe for it all their Ii 
Some by any fuch difmal ob 
jhemifon the Phylician fell into an Hydrophobia,by feeing one tick of 
di(caic:(Oiofcor;des or by the light ofa monfter,a carcafe,^16; 
are difquietcd many months following,& cannot endure the room 
a ccarfe hath bin,for a world would not be alone with a dead markon) 
in that bed many years after in which a man hath died. At r Faftl a n#n) 
vit filium heUn mortuum, inde Melancholia confobri ■noluit. * Senec. Here. Oet. p Quarta pars comment, de Jjp, 
gionu in Gallia jub Carolo. p.- i$/2* *3 , WcurJu damomm alifui furore corripiuntur, fi experientia notum ejt, 
8. in Arcad. t Lucret, r Puella extra urbem in prato concurrentes. 0*c. vuejh fi melancholica domum rediit per oi& 
quot vexata,, dm mortua efi. Flater. . Sect,2. 
Terrors and Affrights, Caufes. 
Mcmb.4. Subr.3, 
]f\° c in the fpringthne, went to gather flowers' in a ineddow at 
p toWrts end,where a malefactor hung in gibbets jail gazing at it,one by 
iV* rKCe a ftcncsand made it ftir, by which accident, the children af- 
flir’] lan away ione flower then the reft,looking backhand feeing the 
an r.e7catcafc wag towards her,cried out it came aftcr,& was fo terribly 
n for many dayes (he could not reft,eat or fleep, (he could 
h■» ,e P but melancholy, died.f In the fame town another childe 
fot n k^e a grave opened. Sc upon the light of a carca(e,was 
p r°ubled in mind,that(he could not be comforted,but a little after de- 
fa* C •an^ 
was buried by it .Plater/tr ab/ervat .1.1 .A Gentlewoman of the 
ib iC faw a fit hog cut up, when the intrals were opcned,and a noy- 
abvf av°ur offended her nofe, fhe much miflikcd,and would not longer 
e 1 C;A Phyfician in prefence,told her,as that hog,fo was lhe,ful of filthy 
ces -errsentS3 and aggravated the matter by fome other loathfome inftan- 
fjt1? much,this nice Gentlewoman apprehended it fo deeply,that fhe 
j forthwith a vomiting, was fo mightily diftempered in minde and bo- 
ys that with all his art and perfwafions, for fome months after, he could 
* reflore her to her (elf again,fhe could not forget it,or remove the ob- 
of her fight, idem. Many cannot endure to fee a wound opened, 
u*thcy are offended j a man executed,or labor of any fearful difeafe,as 
t bewitched;t or if they read by chance of fome 
thing, the fymptomes alone of fiich a difeafe, or that which they 
th 1 r r^ey are inAantly troubled in minde, agaft, ready to apply it to 
aff 2 e*Ves> they are as much difquieted,as if they had feehit;or were fo 
Up eA themfclvcs.Hccatas jibi videnturfomniare, they dream Sc conti- 
k A* As lamentable effeds are caufed by fuch terrible ob- 
ho], heard,or feen, auditus maximos motus in corpore facit, asu Tint arch 
f0 s5.n° fenfe makes greater alteration of body Sc minde;hidden (peech 
XviUetlmc, unexpected news, be they good or bad, pravi fa minus orati 0, 
fhe lTl°Ve as much, animum obrUcre,& de fedefua dejicere, as a*PhiJofo-; 
ov r°bfervcs. wdll take away our deep, and appetite, difturb and quite 1 
ru rtUrn us. Let them bear witnefs that have heard thofe Tragical ala- 1 
the ut'cryes,hideous noifes, which are many times fuddenly heard in i 
xpa .eacl of the night by irruption of enemies Sc accidental fires,&c.thofe ; 
feiife1C v cars3 which often drive men out of their wits, bereave them of! 
thev 3 Ur*derftanding,and all,fome fora time, fome for their whole lives,: 
f°UldLVer rccover 4t* y Midi amt es were fo affrighted by Gideons 
ers’they breaking but every one a pitcher jand zHannihals army by 
hcarjn Plin,lcb tear was difeomfited at the walls of Rome. Augufla Livia 
fell d rag*lcal vei'fes recited out of Virgil ftu Marcellus erk,&c. 
'fn in a fowne. Edinus King of Denmark, by a hidden found 
hiji heard,» was turned into fury with all his • 
lhark cxandcr ah Alexandro Amatus Lujltanus had a patient, j 
fulfil1 g3^oll b ddings became cuta 90. Cardan. 
alone* 'l°,^Wone that loft his wits by miftaking of an Eccho.l f onefenfe 
Whetl cau^c fuch violent comotions of the minde,what may wc think 
(bine p eadng,fight,Bc thole other fenfes are all troubled at once ? as by 
jAlt4l'cli;»akcs,thunder, lightning, tempefts,'See. At Bologne in Italy 
was fuch a fearful earthquake about eleven a clock in 
'I £ Altera tranf- 
r Rhenana in- 
-11 grejfa fipul- 
’ chrura recens 
* apertum, r/c/it 
cadaver, 
‘ domum fubito 
r rever fa pma- 
T vit eam voca- 
re, poji paucos 
' dm obijr, 
‘ proximo fepal- 
cbro collocata, 
Altera patibu- 
lumfero praete- 
riens, metuebat 
ne urbe exdufa 
illic pernoBaret, 
unde melancho- 
lica jafta, per 
multos annos 
laboravit. 
Flater us. 
t Subitus oc- 
curfuf, inopi- 
nataleBio. 
. u Ub. de audi- 
tione. 
* Theod. Pro- 
dromus lib. 7. 
Amorum. 
x Effiifo cer- 
nens fugientes 
agmine tur- 
mas, mta 
nunc inflat cor- 
nua Faunus ait. 
Alciat. embl. 
122. 
y Judg. 5.19. 
z Flut-archus 
vita e]Wi 
a In furorem 
cum fociis vet* 
fuS. Part-1. Seff.2. 
Cauj.es of Melancholy. 
Membi.4. Subf.4* 
the night ( as * Beroaldusin his book de terree motu, hath commended to 
pofterity)that all the city tremßled,the people thought the world was at 
znend.aElum de mortali bus fuch a fearful noife,it made fuch a dcteftabie 
find 3 the inhabitants were infinitely affrighted,a'nd fomc ran 
rem atrocem,& annalibus memorandarn(mmc author adds) hear a ftrangjj 
ftory,6c worthy to be chronicled,! had a fervant at the fame time called 
Fulco Argelanus,a bold Sc proper man,fo gricvoufly terrified with it,that 
he t was firft melancholy,aftcr doted,at laftmad, Sc made away himfeh* 
At bFufcinum in Japona there was fuch an earth-quafe, and on * 
fudden,that many men were offended with headach,many overwhelmed wfi" 
J arrow and melancholy. At Meacum whole Jireets & goodly palaces were 0' 
verUtrncd at the fame timethere was fuch an hideous noyfe wit hall Jiw 
\ thunder .and filthyfmelL that their hair fared for feare, and their he<*rts 
quakyd) men and beafs were incredibly terrified.ln Sacai another city, Wf 
fame earih-quahf. was fo terrible unto them, that many were bereft of tbctr 
others by that horrible fe&acle fo much amazed,that they 
- not what they did. Blafiusa. Chrifhan,the reporter of the ncws,was foaP 
- frighted for his part,that though it were two months after,he was fcarc(c 
, his own man , neither could he drive the remembrance ct it out of lS 
' minde. Many times,fome years following they will tremble afrelh at thc 
c remembrance, or conceipt of fuch a terrible objeft, even all their HveS 
long,if mention be made of it .Cornelius Agrippa relates out of Culiel#*. 
Parifienfis, a ftory of one, that after a diftaftful purge which a Phyfic*all 
. had prescribed unto him, was fo much moved, d that at the very fight fj 
phyfick he would be diftemperedfthough he never fo much as fmelled to & 
1 the box of Phyfick long after would give him a purge 5 nay the very 
I membranee of it did effeft it^e like travellers and Sea-men,faith Plutarch 
«that when they have beenfanded, or dajhedon a rock, for ever after 
s not that mifchance only, hut all fuch dangers whatfoever. 
* Subitarius 
terra motus. 
dCapitindede . 
fipere cum. dif- 1 
pendio fanita- J 
tis, inde adeo j 
demetatis, utff 1 
hi ipfi mortem j. 
inferret. j 
h Hiflorica re- J 
latio de reha J 
JaponicdTratl. • 
2. de legat, re- 
gu Chinenfis, a ‘ 
tjodoviro Frtu ( 
Jefuita A. 
isp<s. Fufcini J 
derepente tanta- 
acrit caligo & 
tente matw, vt 
multi capite do 
lerent, plurimu 
cor nutrore & 
melancholia 
obrueretur. 
Tantum fremi- 
tum edebat, ut 
tonitru frago- 
rem imitari vi- 
deretur, tan- 
tdmque f' c. In 
urbe Sacai tam 
horrifica fuit, 
ut homines viX 
fui compotes 
effent d fenjibus 
abalienati,mae- 
rore opprfffi tam 
ad purgandum, e 
horrent perpetud 
horrendoffeßaculo. /<? c. c Qinm fuhit illius triJHJJima noßif Imago, d 3kn fob affeFlu medicine movef 
Sicut viatoresJiadfaxum impegerint, aut nauta, memores fui cafus, non ifiamodo qua offendunt, fed & 
<fa tremunt. , ' , 
S U B S E C T. 4. 
Scoffs, Calumnies, bitter jlefts, how they caufe melancholy. 
{Leviter vo- 
lant graviter 
vulnerant. Ber- 
nards. 
* Enfts Jauciat 
corpus, mentem 
fermo. 
•\ Sciatis cum 
ejfe qui d nemi- 
ne fere avi fut 
magnate ,nonil-. 
Ivffre Jiipendi- 
um habuit, ns 
mores ipforum 
Satyrii fun no- 
taret. 
Gajf). Barthius 
profit, parm- 
did. 
T is an old faying,F A blow with a wordfrizes deeper then <t hl° f 
|§s3 wS a-faord:&many men are as much gauled with acalumn)r? 
i*S)J WSS a & bitter jeft,a libel,a pafquil,Satyre^ApologesEpig^ 
Stage-playes,or the likc,as with any miffortune,whatfoevej' 
Princes 6c Potentates,that are otherwife happy, 8c have all at coming 
fecure & free, quibus potentia fceleris impunitatem fecit, are grievoim; 
vexed with thefc pafquclling libels,6c Satyrs:they fear a rayling* Af&fy*9 
more then an enemy in the held,which made moil: Princes of his til^eVL 
foine xchtt)aUow him a liberal penfion, that hefiouldnot tax them 
Satyres. The Gods had their Adorn us, Homer his Zoilus, Achilles his 
fites,philip his Demades:The Csfars thcmfelves in Rome were coiTiin°n 1 
taunted. There was never wanting a Tetronius, a Lucian in thofe 
nor will be a Rablak,an Eupormioyx Boccalinus in ours. Adrian the h*1 ai't.i.Seft.2. 
Scoffs, calumnies, bitter jefts, &c. 
Mcmb.4. Subi.4. 
c:gwas fo highly offended,and grievoufly vexed with Pafquillers at 
gave command that flatae ftiould be demolifhed and burned, 
0 alhCSilung into the river Tiber, and had done it forthwith, had not 
Sueffanusya. facete companion,diflwaded him to the contrary,. 
y telling him,that Pafquils afhes would turn to frogs in the bottome of 
re 11Ver5 and croak worfc and lowder then before.- genus irritabile 
f^r/^L therefore * Socrates in Plato advifeth all his friends, that rc- 
. credits, to fiand in awe of Poets,for they are terrible fc Hows, can 
t difpraife as they fee caufe.H/nc quam jit calamus fevior enj'e pa- 
**jf he Prophet David comph\ns,Pfal, 123.4 .that hk foul was full of the 
*ocklng of the wealthy,and of the defpitefulnefs of the proud‘,and Pf 5 5.4. 
J°r the voice of the wicked, &c. and their hate shk heart trembled within 
JJfAndthe terrors of death came upon him: Fear and horriblefear,&c. and 
Rebuke hath broken my heartland I am full of heavinefs. Who 
3*h not like caufe to complain,and is not fo troubled, that fhall fall into 
,e Souths of fuch men?for many are of fo h petulant a fpleen 5 and have, 
33t %ure Sarcafmus fo often in their mouths,fo bitter,fo foolith,as iBal- 1 
Cajiilio notes of them,that they cannot fpeak,but they mufi bite'-, they 
. rather lofe a friend then a what company foever they come . 
wil be fcoffing, infulting over their inferiors,cfpecially,over fuch 1 
0 ariy Way depend upon them, humoring, mifufing, or putting galleries ■ 
flul 01 otherDthl they have made by their humoring or gulling kex 
to infanum : a mope or a noddy,and all to make theinfelves merry; 1 
gjovius in vi- 
ta ejufjgravtf- 
flme tulit fu- 
' mofls libellis 
nomen futim ad 
Pafquilli fla. 
tuam fu iff la- 
ceratum, decra- 
vitque ideofla- 
tuum demolivi. 
isc, 
* Flato lib. 13. 
de legibus. §>uj 
exiflimationem' 
curant, poetas 
vereantur, quia 
magnam vim 
habent ad lau- 
dandum et vi-, 
tuberandum. 
lujjofunaum. 
h Petulanti 
jfllene cachimoi 
i Curial. lib.su 
Ea qmrundam 
ejl infeitia, ut 
quoties loqui, 
toties mordere 
licere flbi pu- 
tent. 
k Ter. Eunuch. 
• j dummodo rijum 
Excutiat ftbi 5 non hic cuiquam parcit amico, 
fp0 n^s5neu ters ,cu emits, all arc asone,to make a fool a mad-i»an,is their 
have no greater felicity then to feoff 8c deride others^hey 
e|fe *acrifice to the god of laughter,with them in lApuleus,oncc a day,or 
gj *cy fhall be melancholy themfclves. 5 they care not how they grinde 
dee !f e ot^ers/° they may exhilarate their own perfons.Their wits in* 
left f! Ve them to that foie purpofc, to make fport, to break a feurrile 
forth’ 'ls levijfimu* ingenii fruttus^the froth of wit3 holds3 8c 
they are oftc applauded3in all other 
foemf t heavy,herc lies their Genius,in this they alone excel!,pleafe 
ftred • es & others. Leo Decimus, that fcoffing Pope,as Jovius hath regi* 
offiiivV!I>I,!.4boo^ofh is life3took an extraordinary delight in humoring 
ftn follows,and to put gulleries upon them,mby commending fome,per- 
r*dicj*L 0t^crs to this or made ex fiolidkjiultijjimos, <& maxime 
Ijfb q °fiexftultk inf,'anos foft fellows,flark fuch as were foo- ‘ 
foere ftC heh°re he left them. One memorable example he recites - 
cir,tufi T*rafiomus of Parma a Mulician that was fo humored by Leo De-, 
3 rrtun his fecond in this bufinefs,that he thought himfclf to be 1 
fet excellent skill3(who was indeed a ninnie) they n made him \ 
c°I}nulOngsoand invent new ridiculous precepts, which they did highly « 
3 hveet 3aSt 0 t^e h*s arme t^at played on the Lute, to make him ftrike < 
*oHidbQl Jtroke5 o and to. pull down the Arras hangings, hecaufe the voice , 
tier the C c eareri by re-aftrm of the reverberation of the wall. In the like mail- < 
Pfr^Wac^ed one Barballius of Caieta, that he was as good a Poet1 
(l} have him to be made a Laurcat Poet3and invite all his 
fHor.fer.lib.2. 
Sat. 4. 
I Lib. 2i 
*JDe or ah 
. m Laudando, 
et mira iisper- 
fuadendo. 
n Et vana in- 
flatus opinione, 
incredibilia ac. 
ridenda qua- 
dam Mflces 
praecepta com- 
mentaretur, 
&c. 
o Vt voces nu- 
dis parietibus 
iUifce, fuaviu* 
acacutiwrefl* 
lirent. Part.i.Sed.2. 
Cauj'es of Melancholy. 
Me mb. 4. Subf*4* 
friends to his inftalment 5 and had fo pofleflcd the poor man with a con' 
ceipt of his excellent Poetry,that when fome of his more difereet friend* 
told him of his folly,hc was very angry with them,and faid, p they enviw 
his honor andprosperity.*lt was ftrange(faith Jovius')to fee an old man 0 
60 years,a venerable and grave old man,fo gulled.But what cannot fa 
fcoffers do, cfpecially if they finde a Toft creature, on whom they 
work? nay to fay truth,who is fo wife,or fo difcreet,that may not be hn' 
mored in this kinde, efpecially if fome excellent wits (hall fet upon hitll 5 
he that mads ethers,if he were fo humored, would be as mad hiinfelf?aS 
much grieved and tormented i he might cry with him in the Comedy? 
Vroh Jupiter,tu homo me adigas ad infaniam. For all is in thefe things 
they he be a filly foul,and do not perceive itftis well,he 
happily make others fport,and be no whit troubled himfelf, but if he bf 
apprehenfive of his fol!y,andtake it to hcart,then it torments him Wode 
then any la(h:a bitter jeft, a (lander,a calumny,pierceth deeper then afl) 
l6(le,danger,bodily pain,or injury enim volatas 
nardof an zxiqw ,fted graviter vulnerat,<tfyzQi2\\y if it (hall proceed ft0*** 
a virulent tongue,it cuts ( faith David) like a two edged /word.They ft00 
hitter words as arrows, And they fmote with their tonguesJcr.fa* 
18.& that fohard,that they leave an incurable wound behind them. 
Ny men are undone by this means,moped,Bc fo dejefted,that they arc ve' 
ver to be of all other men living,thofe which are a ftudu 
melancholy,or inclined to it, are mod fenfible (as being fufpitious,chok' 
rick,apt to miftake)Bc impatient of any injury in that kinde: they aggrr 
yate, and fo meditate continually of it,that it is a perpetual corrofive,* 
to be removed,till time wear it out.Although they peradventure that & 
fcoffe,doit alone in mirth 8c merriment, and hold it optimum aliena 
infan/a,an excellent thing to enjoy another mans they mul. 
know,that it is a mortal fin(as q Thomas holds)and as the Prophet t 
denounceth, they that ufe it,jhall never dwell in Gods tabernacle. 
Such feurrile jefts,flouts,Bc farcafmes therefore,ought not at all to b 
fed 5 efpecially to our betters, to thofe that are in mifery, or any way d* 
ftre(Ted:for to fuch ,<erumnarum increment a funt, they multiply 
fhe perceived,/» multis pudor ,in multis iracundia,&c. many are a(hamc ’ 
many vexcd,angred, and there is no greater caufe or furtherer of mdall 
choly.Martin Cromerus in the 6 book of his hiftory,hath a pretty doryto 
this purpofe,of Vladiftaus the fccond King of Poland, and Peter Dnnn*fu 
Earl of shrine^they had been hunting late,Bc were enforced to lodge*n 
poor cottage.When they went to bed,Vladifta»s told the Earl in 
his wife lay fofter with the Abbot of shrine'-, he not able to contain,rep11" 
ed,Et tua cum Dabejje& yours with Dabeffus',a gallant young Gentle^1, 
in the Court,whom Chriftina the Queen loved.Tetigit id 
pis animum,thefe words of his fo galled the Prince,that he was long 
trifiis et cogit abundus,very fad 8c melancholy for many monthsrbut thw 
were the Earls utter undoing:for when Chriftina heard of it,(he 
ted him to dzath.Sophia the Emprc(le,jf«y?/»;<*».f wifc,broke a bitter )c 
upon Narfetes the Eunuch,a famous Captain then difquieted for an 
throw which he lately hadithat he Was fitter for a diftaffe,Sc to keep -c 
men company, then to wield a fword,or to be General of an army .* kut /> 
p Immortalita- 
ti gloria 
futprorfm in- 
yvidentes. 
q 2.2 da qusjl. 
7s. Irrijto mor- 
tale peccatum. 
rPfal. 15. 3. 
(Balthafay Ca- 
flilio lib, 2. de 
aulico. 1. Sea.'a. 
Scoffs, bitter Jeffs, 
Memb.4. SuDi.4 
Vcrf^ei earff°r he ff> far diftafted it, that he went forthwith to the ad- 
and r]^ai t^niuch troubled in his thoughts,caufed the Lumbards to rebel, 
Han ICnce procured many miferies to the Common-wealth.Tiberius the 
Ccn; "r°r with-held a Legacy from the people of Rome0 which his Prede- 
CQr,?r. *sf“gujius had lately given, and perceiving a fellow round a dead 
pjj VnNecare, would needs know wherefore he did fo,thc fellow re- 
he widled the departcd'Soul to lignifie to Juguffus,thecom- 
}jj iLiome were yet unpaid , for this bitter jell the Emperor caufcd 
thOV olthwith to be flain,and carry the news himfelf. For this reafon,all 
o*e0*e tllat otherwife approve of jefts in forne cafcs,and facete Compani- 
on^2? Vyk°d°th not?)let them laugh and be metric, rumpantur & ilia 
the^3 l*s audable and.lit, thofe yet will by no means admit them in 
cHm .CornPan^essthat are any way inclined to this malady, non jocandum 
lls V** mifizri funt^&£rurnmffno jelling with a difeontented perfon, 
8 Cajiilio s caveat,c io.Fontanus, zndPGalateus, and every good mans. 
Play with me: but hurt me not: 
C me-i hutffame me not, V 
J&*tas 13 a vertue betwixt Rujiicity and Scurrility, two cxtreams as 1 
is betwixt Flattery and Contention jt muft not excecd,but be 
j : accompanied with*«/fo*C«* or innocency, quatiemini nocet, omnem - 
oblationem hurts no man, abhors all offer of injury.! 
0r °u§h a man be liable to fuch a jcft,orobloquie,have been overfeen, 
[)ra-0,ITlrnhted a foul facl,yet it is no good manners or humanity, to up- 
tisk 3to *n *■^ie with his offence,or to Icoffe at fuch a ones 
3s &11 °ldaxiome, turpis inreum omnis exprobratio. I fpeak not of fuch 
thc?eral]y taxe vlce)Barctay gentilis, 
ans ar7oHifis Lucians of our time,Satyrifts,Epigrammatifts,Comce- 
ftrj 83 Apologifts,&c.but fuch as perfonate,rayle,icoffe,calumniate,per- 
§e hy name,or in prefence offend s 
* L udit qui ffolid* procacitate, 
’Tis} „ Non eff Seffius iHe Jed caballus j 1 
hitiniC’Ue'Pky thiSjand thofe jefts(as hexfaith)tff*e no better then injuries: 
hi dentes & aculeati ffaty are poyfoned jefts,leave a fting be-5 
tilGrn,and ought not to be ufed. j 
y Set not thy foot to make the blind to fall, j 
Nor wilfully offend thy weaker brother : • 
Nor wound the dead with thy tongues bitter gall\ 
t Befemorie] 
lib.4. cap. go 
UFO/.55. Ga~ 
lateuf. 
* Fully Tufc. 
tuaji. 
* Man, lib. i. 
eM' 3S- 
x Tales joci ab 
injuriiij non 
pojjint difcerni. 
Galateu* fo.tf; 
y Pybracin 
his Qua- 
draint37. 
If th r Neither rejoyce thou in the fall of other, 
tjeps .e rufcs could be kept, we ftiould have much more cafe and quiet- 
We have,lcfs melancholyrwhereas on the contrary, weftudy to 
other,how to fting and gaul, like two fighting bores, bend- 
fom,, otlr force and wit, friends, fortunes, to cmcifie * one anothers 
lency l lrseans °f whieh^there is little content and charity, much viru- 
natred, malice, and difquietnefl’e among us, 
* Ego hujm 
mifera fatuita- 
te & dementia 
confliQor. TuU, 
ad Atticdi.n. Memb.4.Subl*s‘ 
Part. i.Se&. 2. 
Caujcs oj Melancholy. 
Sub sec. 5. 
Lof of U hefty *fervi tude, irnpnfonment, how they caufe Mdaitchol')• 
♦ ♦ $0 this catalogue of caufes,! may well annex lofs of liberty 
J T * tude,or imprifonment, which to fome perfons is as great a toi- 
J ♦ turc asanyofthe reft. Though they have all things convenient? 
& fumptuous houfes to their ufc/air walks and gardens,delicinu' 
bowers,galeries,good fare &diet,6c all things correfponclcnt.-yet they arC 
not content,becaufe they are confined3may not come & go at their ple:l' 
fure;have,<k do what they will,but \i\tYalien* quadrant anotherWaP* 
table and command.As it is2in meats fo is it in all other things, 
them be never fo pleafant,commodious, whoiefbmCj 
omnium rerum eji fatietosfGexe is a lothingfatiety of all things. 
The children of jfrael were tired with Manna jx is irkfomc to them foto 
livc,as to a bird in a cage, or a dog in his kennel, they arc weary of Jf‘ 
They are happy,it is true,and have all things,to another mans judgmellt 
that heart can wilh,or that they themfelvcs can dcGrcfonaji fua nbeitiU 
yet they loath it,and arc tired with the prcfent: Eji natura hominumn°\ 
vitatk avidaymns nature is ftill delirous of news, variety, 
our wandring affections arc fo irregular in this kind, that they 111 . 
change,though it be to the worft.Batchelors muft be married, and 
ed men would be do not love their own wives, though 
otherwife fair,wife,vcrtuous,and well qualified,becaufe they arc 
ourprefent eftate is ftill the worft, we cannot endure onecourfc of 
quod modo v over at.o ditione calling Jong,e/e inhonore juvatfl9* 
dijjh cetane place long,a Rom<e Tjbur amovent of'usTy hurts Romam, 
which we earneftly fought we now contemn. Hoc quofdam agit adn**r 
' tem(fn\t\&Senecd)quodpropoftta fepemntanda in eadem revolantur 
relinquunt novitati locum:Fajiidio c£pit ipjus mundus0&r 
bit illud rapidijfimarum delici eademlthh alone kils 
a man, that they are tied to the fame ftill, as a horfe in a mil),a dogiflil 
wheel,they run round,without alteration or news, their life groweth 00 
dious,the world loathfomc,& that which croffeth their furious deligi 
Whatf ftill the fame* Marcus Aurelius and that had 
of all wordly delights and pleafure, confeifed as much of themfel^5 ’ 
what they moft defired,was tedious at laft,and that their luft could ne'!** 
be fatisfied, all was vanity and afciftion of minde. , 
Now if it be death it felf, another hel, to be glutted with one 
fpoit, die ted with one dilh,tied to one they have all thfaff 
ctberwife as they can defire, & are in heaven to another mans 
what mifery&difcontent fhal they have,that live in flavery,or in pri&^£ 
felf?Quod triflius morte jn fervitute vivcnd^Hermolausto\dAlexauff 
then death is bondage; *boc animofeito cmnesfortes,** 
mortem fervituti anteponant,M\ brave men at arms(T«//)holds)are fo 
• fc&edMquidem ago is/urn qui fervitutem extremum omnium malofu, 
arhitrvv'X am hc(faith Eoterus}that accompt fervitude, the extremity*' 
mifery. And what calamity do they endure thatlive with thofe hardtaft^ 
>• maftcrSjin gold-mines,(like thofe gccco * Indian flaves at Pot of a in 
tin mines,lead-mines,ftone quarries,cole-pits,!ike fomany mould vvarf^ 
y Mi,ferum eft 1 
aliena vivere 
quadra. Juv. 
z Crambo bit 
rothe. 
Vtt£ me redde 
priori. 
a Hor. 
hJ)e tranquil. 
anitnre. 
c Lib. 8. 
*TuHm Lepido 
Fsm. io. 27. 
d Botev# I, 1. 
polit.cap. 4. 
* Laet.de/crip. 
America. Paft. i.Seft.2. 
Lofiof liberty, ferviiude, &c 
Memb.4. Subr.s. 
Juider ground,condemned to the gallies,to perpetual drudgery, hunger’ 
llrftsand ftripes without all hope of delivery ? How are thofe women irj 
kr^le affeded that moft part of the year come not abroad, thofe Italian 
nc: spanifi Dames,that arc mewed up like Hawks,and loekt up by their 
jealous hufbands?how tedious is it to them that live in Stoves and Caves 
a year together?as in lfland,Mufcovy,or under thecPole it felf,where 
have fix monet hs perpetual night, Nay,what mifery and difeontent 
o they endure,that are in prifon ? They want all thofe fix non-natural 
imgs at once,good air,good diet,exercile,company,{lccp,reft,eafe, Bcc. 
p} bound in chains all day long,fuffer hunger, and (as fLucian de- 
abide that filthy ratling of chains ,howlings,piti~ 
P cry s,that prifoners ufually makg: thefe things are not only trouble- 
■f%e, hut intolerable. They lie naftily amongft toads and frogs in a dark 
Ungeon,in their own dung,in pain of body,in pain offoul,as Jofieph did, 
J *IOS »l 8 .They hurt bis feet in the flocks,the iron entred his foul. Theylive 
°htary;>alone,fequeftrea from allcompany but heart-eating 
?nd for Want of meat,muft cat that bread of afflidion, prey upon them- 
ejves.Well put long imprifonment for a caufc,efpeci- 
-9%t0 fuch as have lived jovially,in all fenfuality and luft,upon a hidden 
9feeftranged and debarred from all manner of pleafuresras were Hunia- 
Cjs Edward^and Richard the Emperor, Bajazei the 
it be irkfome to mifs our ordinary companions & repaft for once 
‘ uay3or an hour,what ihal it be to lofe them for cverHf it be fo great a 
to live at libcrty,and to enjoy that variety of objeds the world 
°tdss what mifery and difeontent muft it needs bring to him,thatlhal 
bccaft headlong into that Spanijh Inquifition, to fall from Heaven 
n yel,tobe cubbed up upon a fuddcn,how ftiall he be perplexed, what 
aH become of him Duke of Normandy, being imprifoned by his 
“°Ungcft brother Henry the firft, ab illo die inconfolabili dolore in car cere 
c**tabuitf\aith Matthew Parisifrom that day forward, pined away with 
Jngurth that generous Captain, brought to Rome in triumph, and 
jt tmprifoned,through anguifij of his foulmelancholy,dyed}Rogerfii~ 
£°Pof Salisbury,the fecond man from King Stephen,(hethat built that 
Caftle ofkDevices in Wiltfinre) was fo tortured in prifon with 
eUnger,and all thofe calamities accompanying fuch men,W vivere nolu- 
l*&tori nefcierit,he would could not die, betwixt fear of. 
c^ath,and torments of life, Francis King of France was taken prifoner by 
t^e mortem feri melancholicus, faith Guicciardine, melan- 
o °Jyalrnoft to death,and that in an inftant. But this is as clear & the 
and needs no further illuftration. 
e Ifthere be 
any inhabi- 
tants. 
. i In Toxari. 
Interdiu qui- 
' demcollum 
. vinßumejiyfy 
. manuf conjiri- 
’ Ba,noßuverd 
i totum corpus 
« vincitur, ad 
hat miferi/u 
' accidit corpo- 
• ru fator,flre- 
pituf ejulanti- 
um,fomni bre 
vitat, hac om- 
nia plani m- 
lejia & intole- 
rabilia, 
g In p Rhajts. 
h William the 
Conquerors 
eldeft ion. 
t Salujh Ro- 
mam triumpho 
dußur tan- 
derny, in car- 
cerm conje- 
But j animi do- 
lore periit. 
i Camden in 
Wiltjh. mife- 
rum fensm itd 
'fame <& cala- 
mitatibus in 
car cere fregits 
inter mortu 
i metum, & vi- 
ta- tormenta, 
&c. . 
k Vies hodie: 
1 Seneca'i 
S u B S E C. 6, 
Poverty and want, caufes of Melancholy. 
and want, are fo violent oppugners, fo Unwelcome 
ii& guefts5fo much abhorred of all men, that I may not omit to 
{peak of them apart.Poverty, although (if conlidcred aright, 
a wife,underftanding,tfuly regenerate, & contented manJ 
flon . T be bleffed eftate,the Way to Heaven,asmChryfo* 
1 cals it, Gods gift,the mother of modefty, 6c much to be preferred 
hi Cnzi.ad Ke- 
brads. Part, i.SeCt. 2. 
C a ujes of Melancholy, 
Memb.4.SubP°* 
before richcs(as (hall be (hewed inhisnplace) yet as it is dteemed in the 
worlds cenfure,it is a mod odious calling,vile and bafe,a levere torture? 
fnmmum Jcelusyx mod: intolerable burthen;,we 0 ihun it all, cane pejus & 
atigmyNC abhor the name of it, fugitur arcejfitur orbph 
as being the fountain of all other iui(eries,caresJwoes, labours, and gde- 
vances whatfoever.To avoid which,we will take any pains, —extre- 
currit mercator ad In'dos,we will leave no haven,no coa(l,no creek of the 
world unfearchedjthough it be to the hazard of our lives, we will dive 
to the bottom of the fea,tothe bovvels of the earth3*flve,fix,feven,eighr> 
nine hundred fa the me deep,through all live Zones, and both extreau-' 
of heat and coldiwe will turn paralites and Oaves,proftituteour fdyeS? 
fwear and lye,damn our bodies and fouls,forfake God,abjure Relight 
(lcaJ,rob,murder,rather then endure this unfutfcrable yoke of Poverty? 
which doth fo tyrannize,crucifieaand generally deprefs us. 
For look into the world,and you Stall fee men moft part eftcemed accoE 
ding to their means,6c happy as they are rich:* Fbiqyanti 
habuit fuit.lt he be likely tothrivc,andinthe way of preferment, wh° 
but hc?lj i the vulgar opii iicn,if a man be wealthy,no matter how he gets 
it,of what parentage,how cjual hied, how vertuouily cndowed,or villa11' 
oiilly inclinedylet him be a bawd,a gripe, an tifurer,a villain, a Pagan,;l 
Barbarian,a w retch, 1: Lucians tyrant .on whom you may lookjvitb 
rityyhen on the Sun.So that he be rich(and liberal withal)hc lhall beh°' 
nGured,admired,adored,reverenced,& is 
. in reputation hecaufe of hisgoods>Eccl.io.%i.Hedial be befriended: ft*'7 
■ riches gather many friends.,^.l9.4.—multos numerabit iPhap' 
pinefle ebbs and flows with his mony. He (hall be accounted a graciolls 
Lord,a Mecsenasyx benefa(flor3a wife, difcreet,a proper,a valiant, a fort11' 
nate man3ofa generous fp mt/ullus Jo vh\ & gallinae fi hits a lb<e: a hoped1 h 
a good myn,a.vertuous,honeft man,guando ego tejunomum 
iris partum vere anrevyvJluUy fa id ot while he was adopfeC 
C atfar 0 and an 1 heir apparent of fo great a Monarchy, he was a goHcll 
c 1) ild, A ]lthenor,c (Sees, a pplau fe,grand titles,and turgentEpithets are ply 
1 upon hi omnia bona menseys are upon him, God bk1 
' his good woribip,bis honour, “every man fpeaks well ofhinj,every n>lll 
prefents him,feeks and fucs to him for his love, favour 8c protedion, t0 
ferve him,belong unto him,evcry manrifeth to him,as to‘Themij}ocles]]\ 
[ the Olympicksjdc he fpeak,as of ?0* 
t God,not of man. All t(ie graces, Veneres,plea fures, elegances attend 
I x golden Fortune accompanies and ludgeth with him 5 and as to tho*c 
! Roman Emperors, is placedin his chamber. 
n Part.2. Sscl. 
3. Memb. 3. 
o Quem ut 
difficilem mor- 
bum pueri) 
tradere forni- 
damus.Plut, 
* Lucan.1,1. 
*As in the fil- 
ver mines at 
Friburgh in 
Germany.Fines 
Morifon. 
* Euripides. 
f Tom. 4. Dial, 
minore periculo 
Solem quam 
hunc defixi) 
oculi) licet in- 
tueri. 
p Omtw enim 
res,virtuf, fa- 
ma,decu*,divi- 
na, humanaq; 
■pulchri) Divi- 
ti» parent. 
hor.Ser.1.2, 
Sat. 3. Clarus 
erit, forti) ju- 
Jim, fapiens, 
etiam rex. 
Et quicquid 
Solet. Hor, 
qEt genus, & 
formam, regina 
petunia donat. 
Tvlorty adds 
fpirits, cou- 
rage, &c. 
tEpijl uk. ad 
Atticum* 
( Our young 
Mailer, ufine 
cowardly gtn 
tleman, God 
bid's him, and 
hopefall; 
why ! he is 
heir apparent 
to the* right 
worlhipful, 
to the right 
honourable, 
&c. 
——Y Secura naviget aura, 
Fortunamqt.fuo temperet arbitrio: 
he may fliyd as he wii hinilelf,and.temper his eflateathis plcafure^Jo^13, 
dayes, fpkndor and n agnihcence, (wect Mufick, dainty fare, the 
thingssand fat of the landmine clothes,rich attires, foft beds, dovviiPy 
lows areat his command3ali the world labours for 
tificers are his (laves todiudgetor him,run, ride, and poft for him: ™ 
10 nummi, nummi: vobis huncprrfjl.it honorem,u Exinde fapet e sum omnes dicimus, ac yuify,fortimam habet. Plant.Pjeud, < 
rea fortuna, principwn cubiculis reponi felite Julius Capitolinus vita Antonini, y Petronius, * Theologi opulentis adherent, 
periti picuniofts, literati nummojis, liberalibus artifices. Part- I. Sett. 2. 
Poverty and IVant, Caujes, 
Memb.4. Subi.6 
ajnefCh°r Pythia PhilippifatjLawyers,Phyfitians, Philosophers, Scholars 
I.e wholly devote to his fervice.Every man foeks hiszacquaint mce, 
IIS *indred,to match with him,thoughhe be an aufe,aninny,amonfter, 
&°oi-cap,uxorem ducat Danaen,when,aod whom he wi\,hunc optant ge- 
*ftHm cx & Regina~—~he is an excellentamatch for my Ton, my daugh- 
rguicquid calcaverit hic,Rofa fief, let him go whither 
is*1 ]ll^^rumPets found,Bels ring,Bcc.ali hapinefs attends him,every man 
WiJlmg to entertain him,he fups vc^Apollo 
rjeParati°n is made for hiscentertainment?fifti 8c fowl,fpices 8c perfumes, 
that fea and land affords. What cookery,mafking, mirth to exhilarate 
s perfon> dDa Trebio, pone ad Trebium, vis frater ab illis 
z Multi ilium 
juvenes,multor 
peiiers puelLe. 
a Dummodo Jit 
dives barba- 
rus, ills placett 
b flut.in Lu- 
cullo, a rich 
Chamber fo | 
called, 
c Panis pane 
melior. 
d JuvSat.s* 1 
t Uor.Sat. 1 
lib. 2. 
-jL- ~ j j # 
ihbus .<? What diih will your good wormip cat of > 
t dulcia poma. 
Et quofeunqt, feret cultus tibi fundus honores, 
Ante Larem,gujiet venerabilior Lare dives. 
Sweet apples, and what e're thy fields afford. 
vy. Before thy Gods be ferv’d, let ferve thy Lord, 
k hat fport will your honour have ? hawking, hunting, filhing, fowling, 
;)bears,cards,dice,cocks,playersstumblers,fidlers,jefters,Bcc. they are 
U°Ur good worlhips command, Fair houfes,gardens,orchards,tarraffes, 
*eries, cabinets,pleafant walks, delightfom places, they arc at hand 5 
ftft1 aureis lac, vinnm in argenteis, adolefcentftl<e ad nutum Jpeciof£, wine, - 
a {]ij es3^c*a Turkic Paradife, an heaven upon earth. Though he be 
f0 ■y haft follow, and fcarce have common fonfe, yet if he be born to' 
ll!aes (as I have faidy jure hereditario fapere jubetur, he muft have j 
°fl' °r °®ce his courfe: SNemo ni ft dives honor e dignus fAmbrof, | 
sftft'^10 fo worthy as himfelf; He flialj, have it, atqb efto quicquidj 
aut Labeo. Get mony enough,and commandtßingdoms,Provin- 
j-Q rOl iessHeai* ts, Hands, a n d (halt have Popes,Patriarks, 
to a Chaplains and Parafites, thou (halt have(Th«#£er//«-like)Ringsl 
Ho j thy Coach, Queens to be thy Landreffes, Emperors thy foot-; 
p 0 Ssbuild more Towns and Cities then great Alexander*, Babel Towers, 
t i\\fV^Qs Maufolern Tombs, See. command heaven and earth, and j 
tHrh World it is thy vaffal, auro emitur diadtma, argento coelum pandi- \ 
dft enarius Philofophum conducit,nummus jus cogit, ohulus liter atum paf~ 
\Y^eta^Umfanilatent conciliates amicos conglutinattherefore not 
0n ,\°utgood caufc,John Medices that rich Florentine, when he lay up* 
actlo1S jj_eath-bed, calling his Tons, Cofmus and Laurence before him, 
vos ther fober fayings, repeated this. Animo quieto digredi or,quod 
tfiftftftft* & divites poji me relinquam. It doth me good to think yet, 
ror “] he dying,that I (hall leave you my children, Sound and Rich : 
Stnat e<lith Sway's all. It is not with us, as amongft thofe Lacedemonian 
*n0a Lycurgus in Plutarch, He preferred that deferved beji,was\ 
oftpftftftrtHows a**d worthy of the place, knot fwiftneft,or ftrength,or Wealth, 
rarjift72^5 Carr)edit in thofe inter optimos optimus, inter tempo- j 
d€s tc*np*rantijjimusy. he moft temperate 8c heft.We have noArifiocra- \ 
lleer a* 10 conternpJati°n5 aB oligarchies, wherein a few rich men domi- > 
*Dayf\° 'vhat they lift and are priviledged by their greatnefte. * They-/ 
icely trefpaile,and do as they pleafe, no man dare accufe them, no 
•X T 
® BohsmSU is 
Tunis & Ere* 
ienbach. 
£ Euphomio. 
g i(ui pecuni- 
, am habent, ela- 
ti funt animis, 
lofty fpints, 
brave men at 
arms, all rich 
men aregene- 
, rous,couragi~ 
ous,&c. 
f Hummus ait 
pro ms nubat 
Cormbiaßo* 
mac. 
h don fuit a- \ 
pttd mortales 
ullum excel- 
lentius certa- 
in, non inter 
celeres celerri- 
tne, non inter 
robulhs Yobu- 
flijjvnoj&c* 
1 UbsC 
licet. Part. i.Seft. 2. 
Cuujes oj Melancholy. 
Mcmb.^Subl-d* 
not fo much as mutter againff them, there is no notice taken of it, they 
may fccurely do it,live after their own laws, and for their mony get pat" 
redeem their foules from Purgatory and Hell it 
—claufum pojfidet arca Jovem. Let them be Epicures, or Athei 
tines, Machiavilians, (as often they are) 
*Et quamvis perjuris er it,fine gent e,cruentus, they may 
(),to heaven through the eye of a necd}e,if they will themfelvcs,they 
be canonized for Saints,they fhall be k honorably interred in Maufob’dn 
- by Poets,regiftredin hiftories, have temples and ftll' 
tues ereded to their names, —— e manibus illis~~~nafcentur viohc* ■— 
* he be bountiful in hislife,Bcliberal at his dcath,hefhalhaveoneto fvvcatj 
as he did by Claudius the Emperor in Tacitus,he Law his foul go to 
ven,and be mifcrably lamented at his funeral. Ambubaiurum collegia,&c’ 
TrimalcionisTopanta in Petronius reUa in coelum abiit,went right to HC‘r 
* Hor. Sou 5. 
lib. 2. 
k Cum moritur 
dives concur- 
runt undiq’ ci- 
res: Pauperi'f 
ad funus vix 
eji ex millibus 
unui. 
I Et modo quid 
juit igtwfcat 
n.ihigenius tu- 
us, noluijfss de 
mam ejw 
nummos oed- 
yen/a bafe queanjthou ivculdfi have fcorned once in thy mifcry to bav* ‘l 
penny from her-,and why}modio nummos metiitflhe. meafured her mony 
the buthel.Thefe prerogatives do not ufually belong to rich men,butt0 
fuch as are moft part Teeming richjet him have but a good montfidc, Pe 
carries it,and (hall be adored for a God,as f Cyrus was amongft the 
ans,ob fplendidum apparatum for his gay in off men are effeeU 
according to their cloaths.ln our gullifhtimes,whom you 
in modefty would give place to,as being deceived by his habitrand ptC' 
fuming him fome great worfhipful man,beleeve it, if you fhall 
hiseftatc,he will likely be proved a fervingman of no great note, UIT 
Ladies Taylor,his Lordfbips Barber,or fome fuch gull,a FajcidiusfirJth 
Sir Petronel Flap,a meer out-flde. Onely this refped is given him, tb& 
wherefoever he comes, he may call for what he will, and take place W 
reafon of his outward habit. 
But on the contrary,if he be poor,Prov. 15.15. all his days are ntiftrf 
ble,he is under hatches, dejeefed, rejected andforfaken, poor in 
poor infpirit flprout res nobis fluit,ita & animus fe hahet',\ Money glVf 
life and foul. Though he be honed,wife,learned, well deferving, n°bk 
by birth, and of excellent good parts: yet in that he is poor, unlikely 
rife, come to honour office or good means, he is contemned, , 
Frujlra fapit,inter liters efurit,amicus molejius. nif he fj>eahf, what bd7 « 
ler is thtslEcclus.Xm nobility without wealtfgis oprojeffa viltor alg<h 
he not effeemed.* Nos viles pulli nati infelicibus ovis, if once poor, 
are metamorphofed in an infrant, bafe Haves, villains and vile 
t for to be poor, is to be a knave, a fool, a wretch, a wicked, an odiul!^ 
' fellow, a common eye-fore, Gy poor and fay all; they are born to labuf '• 
'tomifery, to carry burdens like juments, ptftum flercus comedere 
Vlyjjes companies,and as Cremilus objected in Arifiophanesjfalem 
re,lick fait,to empty jakes,fay channels, p carry out' dirt and dunghj 
fwcep chimnies, rub horfc heels, &c. I fay nothing of Turk/ Gm 
flaves, which arc bought * and fold like juments, or thofe 
Negroes, or poor f Indian drudges,Qui indies hinc inde deferendis on*' 
-Ibus occumbunt, nam quod apud nos boves & a fini vehunt, trahunt, h 
id omne mi fell is Indis, &c. they are ugly to behold, anci though 
fpruce, now ruffy and fqualid,becaufepoor,* immundas fortunes $ 
pere. 
m He that 
wears filk, 
fattin, velvet, 
and gold lace, 
muft needs be 
a gentleman. 
4 Eji fangut* 
pecunia mono-' 
I ibm. 
* Euripides. 
4 Xenophon 
Cyropid. 1.8. 
n In tev.ui vara 
eji facundia 
panno. Juv. 
o For, 
4 Egere eji of- 
fendere, &zn" 
digerefceleftum 
eflefatMnf. 
ffhut.aß- 4* 
p Nullum tom 
barbarum, tam 
■vile mmtu eji, 
quod non hi- 
bentrjjime obire 
velit gens vi- 
'lijjima. 
* I.aujiu* or at. 
in Hijjxmiam. 
4 Luet. defer ip. 
America. art* I. Sect. 2. 
Poverty and IVant, Caujes. 
Memb.4. Suhf-d 
JValorem fequi, it is ordinarily fo.S Others eat to live, but they live to 
ffervilis & miferagens nihilrecufare audet,ta fervile generati- 
*bat dare refute no talk. 
“77" Hem tn Dromo,cape hoc flabellum,ventulum hi tie facito dum lava- 
blow wind upon us while we walk, and bid your fellow get ] 
mup betimes in the morning, be it fair or foul, he (hall run 50 miles a ' 
.Uu^t() borrow,to carry me a Letter to my miftres, Soda ad piftrinam 
octa (ball tarry at borne grind mault all day long, Triflan threlh.' 
Us are they commanded,being indeed fqme of them as fo many foot- 
as°° S r r^Cti men t0 onb blocks for them to get on horfe back, or 
aJsJ°Pthem to p/fl on.They are commonly fuch peoplc,rude,Tiljy, fu- 
unclean,lowfy,poor dejected, flaviffily1 humble : 
Q dfjfeo Afer obferves of the commonalty of Africfl, natura viliores 
nec apud fuos duces majore in precio quamft canes ejfent:tbafe byna- 
re5and no more elfcemed then dogs,miferam,laboriofam, calamitofam 
£tatn agunt, & i nop em, in feli c em, r fidi or es aftnisgut e brutis plane natos 
LCas: Uo learning,no knowledg,no civility,fcarcc common fenfe,nought1 
them joelluino more vivuntjieqyalceosgefiant,neq',\ 
fo 1 5^kc rogues & vagabonds $they go bare-footed 8c bare-legged, the < 
Is oftheir feet being as hard as horfe hoofs,as*Radzivilus obferved at' 
\i<Zp'fZ4ta in Egypt jeadmg a laborious,miferable,wretched,unhappy life, 
thr 6 eafis andjumentsff not voorfe: (for a f Spaniard in Inc at an, fold 
Ho ? *ndian boyes for a Cheefe, and an hundred Negro (laves (bran 
j) their difeourfe is fcurrility, their fummum bonum, a pot of Ale. 
pleri^18 not anyflaVery wHk‘h thefe villains wil not undergo,/«/er illos 
Kato^X*rini1* evacHarlhahi culinariam cur ant,aliiJiabularios agunt,uri- 
Ihtx ******* Id genus jimilia exercent, <&c. like thofe people that dwell in 
th Pschimney'/weepers, Jaimes-fermers,Dirt-daubers, Vagrant rogues,J 
hard fome, and yet cannot get clothes to put on,or bread to 
fqn* ]°r wbat can filthy poverty give elfe,but*beggcry,falfom naftinelTe, 
y^^kcontempt^rudgery,labour,uglinefs,hunger and third; pediculo - 
and f PH^lcur/t numerum?as yhe well followed it in Arijiophams, (leas 
ScTc'Pro P*Vi° vejlem lacer am, & pro pulvinari lapidem bene magnum 
t<s ,/?srags for his rayment,and a done for his pillow, pro cathedrkyup-' 
lk(e a^ut urn#,he fits in a broken pitcher,or on a block for a ma- 
MfQa,l*ls Pro panibus comedit,he drinks water,and lives on wort leaves, 
non yll ,e a bog, or feraps like a dog, utnunc nobis vita afficitur, quis 
infant am ejfefnfelicitatemqh ? as chrem/lus concludes his 
He z; pwS P°or men live now adayes, who will not take our life to 
ebcity3mifery and madnefs ? 
ftarvecfk e better condition then thofe bafe villains, hunger- 
irig c|ri beggars,wandring rogueSjthofe ordinary flaves,and day-labour- 
er bre pS’ et t^ are commonly fo preyed upon by a poling officers 
by pereaenglaws,by their tyrannizing Land-lords, fo (lead and fleeced 
ftarve b exadions,that though they do drudge, fare hard, and 
Haveis Gen*uLthey cannot live in fomec countries, but what they 
Jndantly taken from them, the very care they take to Jive, to be 
* Plautus. 
qLeo Afer ca. 
tilt. 1.1, edunt 
non ut bem vi- 
vant, fed ut 
fortiter labo- 
rent. He infuu. 
t Muvfier de 
. rufios Germa- 
_ ni<e, XPofmog. 
Cflp. 27. lib. ‘3. 
■ * Ter. Eunuch. 
r Pauper pari- 
es faßus, quern 
caniculae coni' 
mingant. 
, f Lib.i.cap.ulta 
t DcViix omnes 
' His infenfbs 
diceres: tam 
panmffame- 
ftaßi, tot qjf . 
due malis affi- 
ciuntur, tan, 
quam pecora 
) quibusJjolendor 
rationis emor- 
tuus. 
1 * Peregrin. 
, Hierof, 
. u Nihil omnino 
meliorem vi- 
' tam degunt, 
[ quam fer re in 
ftlv ii,jumenta 
1 in terris. Leo 
> Afer. 
t Bartholo- 
-1 me us a Cafa. 
' x Ortehus in 
; Helvetia. §hti 
, habitant in Ca- 
fa vails ut 
• plurimum lato- 
■ mi,in Ofcella 
vails cultroru 
' fabri fumarii,in 
' Vigstia fordi- 
dim genus 
hominum, quod 
repurgandi) 
camini) vißuiri 
parat. 
*1 vvrite not 
■ this any ways 
, to upbraid, or 
' fcoffe at, or 
mifule poor 
men, butra- 
• ther to con- 
dole and pity 
them, by cx-< 
prdfing, &c«- 
ipojfunty&jtx- 
i--breniIutA ej 
sphere \ ■ 'aut. 2 Paupertas durum onus mi fins mortalibus, a Vexat cenfura columbas. 
0 nnt:Omnibus ef notum quater tre folvere tdtw?u c Scandia, Africa, Lituaniat 
b Deux ace non Part. 1. Sect:. 2. 
Caujes oj Melancholy. 
Memb.4.Subr.6. 
drudges, to maintain their poor families,their trouble and anxiety tak.es 
away their Jlecp,Sirac.% i.i.it makes them weary of their lives: when 
they have taken all pains,done their utmoft and honeft endeavors,if they 
be calf behind by ficknefs,or over-taken with years,no man pities them? 
hard-hearted and mercilefs,uncharitable as they are,they leave them 
d Montaign in, 
his ElTayes, 
fpeaks of cer- 
tain Indians 
in France, that 
being asked 
how they 
liked the 
country,won 
tired how a 
(ew rich men 
could keep fo 
many v oor 
men In fub- 
jecHon, that 
they did not 
cut their 
throats, 
c Avgujhs 
animat animo- 
fain peftore 
xerfans. 
diftrefled,to beg,fteal,murmur anddrebe!l,or elfe llarve. The feeling and 
fear of this mifery compelled thofe old Romans, whom Menenius JgHp' 
.pa pacified,to refift their governours: outlaws, and rebels in moft placed 
to take up feditious arms,and inall ages hath caufed uproars, mu mint' 
ings, feditions, rebellions,thefts,murders,mutiniesi jarrs and contention5 
in every common-wealth:grudging,repining,complaining, difeontent Vf 
lcach private family, becaufe they want means to live according to their 
i ca]lings,bring up their children, it breaks their hearts, they cannot do 
they would.No greater mifery then fora Lord to have a Knights living? 
a Gentleman a Yeomans,not to be able to live as his birth and place re- 
quirqs.Poverty and want are generally corrolivcs to all kind of men, f 
Tpccially to fuch as have been in good and flourifhing eftatc,are fuddenlf 
diftrefled,6 nobly born, liberally brought up, and by fome 
cafualty,miferably dejecfcd.For the refigas they have bafe fortunes, 
have they bafe minds correfpondent,like Beetles ejiercore orti, e fief 
cereviUusjn fercore delicium,as they were obfeurely born and bred, 
they delight and live in obfeenity 3 thc*y arc not fo throughly 
with it. 
Anguft as animas angufto in pedtoreverfani. 
Yea,that which is no final caufe of their torments, if once they come iO. 
be in diftrefssthey arc forfakenof their fellows,moft part negleded, a*l j 
left unto as poor in Rome was by Scipio3 
Furius, his great and noble friends. 
* Bonatm tit. 
ejuf. 
Nil puhliusScipio profuit, nil ei Lalius,nilFurius, 
Tres per idem tempus qui agitabant nobiles facillime. 
Horum ille opera ne domum quidem habuit conduffitiam. , 
5Tis generally fo,Tempora ft fuerint nubila, felus eris, he is left coldana 
comfortlefs,»»//»/ ad amijjas ibit amicus opes, all flee from him as from ‘ 
rotten wall,now ready to fall on their heads.Frov. fepar*tcf 
them from t heir f neighbours- 
f Prov. 19.7. . 
though he be 
inftant yet 
they will not. 
* Petronius. 
* Dum fortuna favet, vultum fervatis amici , 
Cum cecidit, turpi vertitis ora fuga, 
WhilTt fortune favour'd, friends,you imifd on me: 
But when (be fled, a friend I could not fee. 
Which is worfc yet, if he be poor 8 every man contemns him, infults ov<?! 
him,opprefleth him, feoffs at, aggravates hismifery. 
bguum c£pit quafata domus fubftdere, partes 
In proclinatas omne recumbit onus. 
When once the totterine houfe begins to (brink. 
gNoneJlfi 
Meat vicem, 
ut Fetrw 
Chrijhm, ]U- 
rantfe homi ■ 
nem non no- 
vijffe. 
h Ovid, in 
Trijl 
• Toy at. 
k Ter. Eum- 
chuf aft. 2. 
Thither comes all the weight by an inftincf. 
Nay they are odious totheir own brethren,& deareft friends. Pro- *9/ ft 
His brethren hate him if he be poorjomne* vicini oderunt 3his neighboTsh* 
me noti ac ignoti deferunt, as he complained inr 
Comedysfricnds ftrangers, all forfake me. Which is moft grievous? Part- I. ScCt. 2. 
Other accidents and grievances. 
Memb.u. Subf.6« 
tnakes men ridiculous,N// habet infelix paupertas duriusin 
J**c*r homines facit sthey muft endurdjefts, taunts, flouts, blows 
neir betters,and take all in good part to get a meals meat .* m magnum 
\^er\Q* opprobrium jubet quidvis& facere & pati.He muft turn Parafite 
to Qr^oo^ci{w dejipientibus 
c^et a P°or living,apply himfelf to each mans humors,to win and pleafe, 
nin' hen he hath all donees Vlyffes was by Melanthius 
tevilcd,bafled,infulted over, £ovypotent iorum Jiuhitia per- 
and *i ITiay not f° much as mutter againft it.He muft turn rogue, 
,lv I vdlain,for as the laying is, Necejjitas cogit ad turpia, poverty alone 
t of paver- 
femK]Ve fawdjEccL 27.1 .fwear and forfwear,bear falfe witnes,lye,dif- 
jj b,pany thing,as I fay, to advantage themfelves, and to relieve their 
Ihifeelerijque magijiraeji, when a man is driven to his 
rts3what will he not do? —ft mi ferum fortuna Sionem 
1. Finxitovanum etiam mendacemq improba finget, he will betray 
ls ather,Prince,and country,turn Turk,forfake Religion,abjure God 6c 
&ttlla tam horrenda illi lucri caufa (faithp£e<? Aferfl per- \ 
j*. rfre nolint *Plato therefore cals poverty flheevijhyfacrilegious, filthy,1 
mifchievourjznd well he might. For it makes many an 
don otherwife,had he not been in want,totake bribes,to be corrupt, to \ 
Jlaf j§ainft his confcience,to fell his tongue,hcart,hand,Bcc.tobe churliftu 
It ufe indireft: means to help his prefent eftate. | 
lorcl es Princes to exaft: upon their fubjeft’s,Great men tyrannize,Land-' 
frje s,°PPreftJufticc mercenary, Lawyers vultures, Phyficians Harpyes, 
Ilates S 11TlPortunateD lyars,honeft men theeves, devout aliaci- 
d{e f JBreat men to proftitute their wives,daughters and themfelves,mid- 
plai rt t0 repint‘?comm°ns to mntiny,all to grudge, murmur and com- 
\Vr11* A great temptation to all mifehief, it compels fome miferable 
klindi CS t0 counter^tat luveral difeafes,to difmember,make themfelves 
• >to ave a IT)ote jplaufible caufe to beg, and lofe their limbs to 
prefent wants, Jodocns Damhoderius a Lawyer Bruges 
12.hathdome notable examples of fuch counterfeit 
WeSfd every village almoft will yecld abundant teftimonies amongft 
lave Abraham that which is the extent 
liVes it enforceth them through anguifh and wearifomnefs of their 
s<c. 'tu themfelves:They had rather be hanged, drowned, 
lCn to live without means. 
11Quid quod 
materiam pr<t* 
bet caufamque 
jocandr. Si to* 
gafordida 
Juv.Sat. 2.' 
m Hor. 
* In phtfnif. 
n Odyfll 17. 
* Idem. 
o Mantuan, 
p T)e Africa 
lib.l. cap.ult. 
* 4 .de legibus, 
fwacijjima 
paupertas, fa* ! 
crilega, turpis, 
\fiagitiofa, om- 
nium malorum 
opifex. 
** In mare te premat afyera egejias, 
a celjir corrue Cerne jugis. 
Much better his to break thy neck. 
Or drown thy felf i’tlfSea, 
i hen fufter irkfome poverty. 
q Theognis. 
* Dipnofophijl 
lib. 12- Milies 
potius rmritu, 
rum(fi quxflbi 
mente confla- 
ret) quam tam 
■vili) & Mum- 
nofl viSlus 
communionem 
habere. 
r GaJJperVileh 
Jefuita epifl 
Japan, lib. J 
A Syl Goe make thy felf away, 
it regiftred irr^then£usfwpping in Phiditiis in 
uians their hard fare,faid it was no marvel ifth 
(Ca* f0 re meuybr his part he would ratherrun upon a fword point 
df man *n his wits') then live with fuch bafe lead Jo 
e a hfe.1 In Japonia 't\s a common thing to ftifle their children if Part. 1. SeCt. 2. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.4.Subf'£* 
they be poor,or to make anabort,which Arijiotle commends. In that ci- 
vil common-wealth of China,khe mother ffrangles her child, iffhe be not 
able to bring it up,and had rather lofe,then fel it,or have it endure fuch 
mifery as poor men do .Arnobius lib, j .adverfus LaCf antius t. 5; 
<r.9.objefrs as much tothofe ancient Greeks and Romansjhey did exp*]6 
their children to wild angle 3er knock out their brains againfi f 
jionejn fuch cafes.lf we may give credit to f Munjler, amongff us Chrf' 
ffians in Lituaniayhey voluntarily mancipate, and fell themfelves, theft 
wives and children to rich men,to avoid hunger & beggery,1 many make 
f Mat.Ricci us 
expedit, in Si- $ 
nus lib. 1.0. 3» I 
* Vos Romani 
procreatos jili- 
os fern fa _ 1 
canibus exponi- 
tii*, nunc fir an- . 
gulatu vel in 
uxum elidit#, 
<&c. 
■\Cofmog.4Mb.' 
cap. 22. ven- 
duvt liberos ■ 
villa carentes 
tanqw pecora 1 
interdum fa ( 
fetpfos, uta- j 
pud divites Ja- 
turentur cib#. 
tVel bonorum ■ 
dejeratione 
vel malorum 
perpdJione 
fkaSiZrfirt- 
gatijplures vi- 
olenta* mansu 
Jibi inferunt. J 
u Hor. 
y. Ingenio pote- 
ram fuperas 
vdlitareper ar- 
ees:Vt me plu- 
ma levat,Jic 
grave mergit 
onte. 
y Terent, 
z For. Sat. 3. 
lib. I. 
* Pafchalius. : 
a Petronius. 
b Herodotus 
vita ejus. Sca- 
liger in poet. 
Potentiarum 
,-edes ojlatim a- 
di ens, aliquid 
accipicbat,can- 
' ens carmina 
fua, concomi- 
‘tante eum pu- 
erarum choro. 
* Plautus. 
away themfelves in this extremity. Apicius the Roman3 when he caff UP 
his accounts,and found but iocooo Crowns left, murdered himfclf 
fear he Ihould be famifhed to death. P.ForeJlusin his medicinal 
tions,hath a memorable example,of two brothers of that 
deffituteof mcans,became both melancholy, and in a difeontented hu" 
mor mafifacred themfelves. Another of a merchant, learned, wife othet' 
wife and difcreet,but out of a deep apprehenfion he had of a lofs at Sefls> 
would not be perfwaded but asWentidius in the Poet, hefhould die * 
begger.Tn a word thus much I may conclude of poor men, thatthou£, 
they have goodxparts,they cannot fhew or make ufe of them.-Y ab inof * 
ad virtutem obfepta efi via,*tis hard for a poor man to z rife, hand 
emergunt ,quorum virtutibus objiat res angujia domi: the voifdom of 
poor is dejpifed.and his words are not heard.Ecc\e£,6, ip. his works 
rejeded, contemned, for the bafenefs and obfeurity of the authob 
though laudable and good in themfelves, they will not likely take; 
Nulla placere dtu, neque vivere carmina poJJunt3 
<gu<e feribuntur aqu<epotoribus. Poor men cannot 
pleafe,tbeir adiuns,counfels, confutations, projeds, are vilified in 
worlds concilium in which Gnatho long fince obfet' 
vcd.* Sapiens crepidas ftbi nunquam nec f oleas fecit 3cx wife man never 
led fboes;as he faid of o!d,but how doth he prove it? I am fure we ftpr 
it otherwife in our horret facjtndia pannis.Homer hiwc 
muff beg if he want means,and as by report fometimes he did, fr°{ 
door to door and ftng a company of boyes about him. * 
common mifery of theirs muff needs diftrad, make them difeontent 
• melancholy,as ordinarily they are,wayward, peevifh,like a weary trave 
ler,for * Fames & mora bilem in nares conciunt , 
ffill murmuring and repining;0/> inopiam morofifunt3 quibus efi malh a 
Plutarch quotes out of and that comical Poet wel feconds? 
c Omnes quibus res funt minus fecund<e3 nefcio quomodo 
SuJpitioftj ad contumeliam omni a accipiunt m a eis3 
Ampl• 
t Ter.AH. 4- 
Seen. 3- A- 
delph. Regio. 
Propter Juam impotentiam Je credunt negligi. 
If they be in adverfity?they are inore fufpicious and apt to miftakc jthtf 
think themfelvcs fcorned by reafon of their therefore 
generous fpirits in fuch cafes, withdraw themfelves from all ct>mpalll 
that Comedian*Tere»ce is faidto have perceived hi 
to be for fa ken and poorshe voluntarily banilhed himfdfsto StytrtpW 
a bafe town in 4rcadia>and there mifcrably died. 
ad fummam inopiam reda&us^ 
Itaque e conjpetfu omnium abiit Cr*ci<£ in terram ultima#* 
* Donat, vita 
ejus. h,rt- I. Sea. 2. 
Other accidents and grievances. 
Memb.4. bubi./* 
djGl^r ls without caufe, for wc fee men commonly refpefted accor* 
if tkeir weans(*an dives jit omnes qu£runtytemo an bonus) 5c vilified 
be 1C^e *n bad cloathes.dPhilophamen the Orator was fent to cut wood 
Ce°7llie le was bo ho,riely attit was placed at lower end of 
Per ta^^3^ecaufe °f fils homely outfide.f that famous Italian 
CbY tcafon his clothes were but mean, bould not be admitted to fit 
a /n at a feaft. Gnatho fcorned his old familiar friend becaufe of his 
pr<e 3 om7nem video annifque obfttum, hie ege ilium contemrji 
*%e.K.ing Perjius overcome fent a letter to*Paulus jEmelius the Roman 
nera P.Conful.S.hwt he fcorned him any anfwer, tacite expro- 
i^s fortHvam fuam faith mine author) upbraiding him with a prefent 
lat U^c* Carolus Pugnax>that great Duke of Burgundy,made 
taj of £jce/cr,exird,run after his horfe like a lackey, and would 
Diee ri° notice of him.-Ltis the common fafhion of the world.So that fuch i 
the* 38 3re Poor may j be difcoiitent, melancholy, and complain of \ 
ttgl] Prefent mifery, and all may pray with J Solomon, Give me O Lord1 
Her riches nor povertyofted me with food convenient for me. 
* Euripides. 
d Plutarchi 
• vita 
, e Vita ley. 
(Gome/iw hfa 
3.f.2i. de fa[gi 
81'er. Eunuch. 
• -43.2. Seen. 2. 
*LivAec.p.l,2 
■ * Cominem. 
h He that hath 
slper annum 
coining in 
, more then ci- 
thers, fcomes 
him that hath 
leis, and is a 
better man. 
1 Prov. 30* 8i 
Sub sec. 7, 
An heap of other Accidents canftng Melancholy, 
Death of Friends, lofjes, &c* 
N this Labyrinth of accidental caufes, the farther I wander, 
the more intricate I find the paflage, mnlt£ ambages,6c new 
rvli caufes as fo many by-paths offer themfelves to be difcufled.* 
9 to fearcb out all, where an Herculean work,Bc fitter for The- 
fius'J will follow mine intended thred j and point onely at 
of the chiefeft.Amongft which, lofs and death of friends may 
c*as CnBea firfi: y>hce.multi triflanturyxs* Vives well obferVcs, pofi deli-, 
<:°nviviasdics ftfios,many are melancholy after a feaft, holy-day, 
al Meeting,or fomcpleafing fport, if they be folitaryby chance, left 
com tothemfdves5 without employment,fport, or want their ordinary 
ly fe^ani°nssfome at the departure of friends only whom they (halllhort- 
her ca)f^u^n:>vveeP and howl, and look after them as a Cow lowes after 
**rat t s°r a °kild takes on that goes to fchool after holi-days. Vt me le~ 
Cott>iiicy/ft/ “dventusfte difcejjks afflixitfwh\ch*Tul/y writ to Atticus)thy 
j Was n°t fo welcome to me3as thy departure was harfh.Montanus 
frienJs 2*makes mention of a country woman that parting with her 
«nd Yy. aIJ. native placc,bccame grievoufly melancholy for many years , 
Which ***** of an°ther, focaufedfor the abfence of her hufband.’ 
tarry 0u*all ordinary paflion amongft our good wives, if their hufband 
on *' r onger then his appointed time, or break his houre, they 
w*tb fighsand tears, he is either robed or dead, Jfome 
°r .ot^er’s Purely befain him,they cannot eat, drink, fleepsor 
•done ca ln till they fee him again. If parting of friends, abfence 
eterna||^.w°tkfuch violent effeds,what (hall death do,when they muft 
vOus a j-q e feParated,never in this world to meet again? This is fo grie- 
Jrment for the time,that ittakesaway their appetite, defire of 
Death of 
friends 
* De anima 
cap, de metmei 
* Lib. 12. 
epijl Part. i.;Se£i:. 2. 
Caujes oj Melancholy. 
Memb.4.Subf-7* 
K 
life, extinguiiheth ail delights,it caufeth deep fighs and groans, tears 
'exclamations. 
(O dulce germ en matrisy 6 /anguis meus, 
Eheu tepentes.fi&c, S jiostener') 
howling roaring,many bitter pangs, {Umentisgemiiuque & f«emineo nltr 
latu Teffa fremunt) and by frequent meditation extends fo far fome' 
, times, k they thinkjthey fee theiryieadfriends continually in their eyes7oh“ 
■fervantes imagines, as Conciliator confedeth he law his mothersghol 
• prefenting her felfftill before him. Quod nimis miferi volunt, hoefaede 
creduntfiill,dill,dill,that good father,that good fon,that good wiie,th<]£ 
dear friend runs in their minds:Totus animus hac unk cogitatione defixfr* 
• eji 2 all the year long,as y pliny complains to R&manus, met hi nksd Jee 
Vir- 
ginius, I hear Virginius, / talk with Virginius, &c. 
■*. Te v£ mifero mihijilia nigra videntur, 
Pallentefqfr rofe, nec dulce rubens hyacinth#** 
Nullos nec aftyrtusynec laurus (hir at odores. 
* Virg. 4 
k Latres mor- 
tms coram 
altantes i*r fi- 
lios, y c. jyiar- 
cellu* Donatu*. 
* Epifl. Üb. 2. 
Virginity 'vi- 
deo audio, di' 
funßum cogi- 
to, alloquor, 
* Calphurnifd 
Grscus. 
They that are mod fiaid and patient, are fo furioufly carried 
by the paflion of forrow in this cafe,that brave difcreet men otherwnc’ 
oftentimes forget then-lelves,and weep like children many months toge' 
ther,as * t&at tfjcgtofcmm-U'ouia, and will not be comforted.They are goffi 
they are gone. 
* Chaucer, 
AbjmlH atra dies & funere merftt acerbo, What diali I do • 
Quis dabit in lachrymas fontem mihi? quis fatis altos 
Accendet gemitus, & acerbo verba dolori fi 
Exhaurit pi et-as oculo sy & hiantia frangit 
Pe&ora, nec plenos avido jinit edere quejiusy 
Magna adeo ja&urapremity&c. ' 
Fountains of tears who gives, who lends me groans. 
Deep fighs fufficient to exprels my moans ? 
Mine eyes are dry, my bread in pieces torn 3 
My lofs fo great, I cannot enough mourn. , 
So Stroza Filius that elegant Italian Poet in his Epicediumybewailes 
fathers death, he could moderate his pailions in other matters (as 
confeileth) but not in this,he yeelds wholly to forrow. 
Nunc fateor do tergd malisy mens ilia fatifcit, 
11'Ytffat.Ub. 6. 
Indomitus quondam vigor & conflantia mentis. r 
How doth1 Quintilian complain for the iofs of his fom, to defpair 
Cardan lament his only child in his book de libris pr opr iis,fkelfewhefe ,rl 
many other of his tractsf S .Ambrofe his brothers death?**# ego 
cogitare de tenant fine lachrymk cogit are? 0 amavi dies>6febzlcs node s fid [ 
Gregory Nazianzen that noble Tulcheria?0 decorem,&c.flos recens 
lans,&c. man of ampft invincible Epheft 
dcathsas Curtius rel.\t£Sotr iduum jacuit ad moriendum ohfiinatus? ■ 
daies together upon the ground 3obftinate3to dye with him3& would *e\ 
thcr eatjdrinkpUor beep, i lie woman that communed with Efdras C^2' 
io.)when her ion fell down defied into the field,, & would not ret** f 
into the city fiat there refolved to remain5 neither to eat nor drinks 
mourn & faji untilfite died.Rachdwept for her children,and would 
comforted becaufe they were not.Mat.2.lB.So did Adrian the£mpero.ri> 
* Lib. de obitu 
Satyri fratri*. Sect.2, 
Other accidents and grievances, 
Mcmb^.Subf./* 
W • j t , 1V 11 - • - - 1 ■ " " 1 J 
u f IS n**n0/*f:>Hercutes,Hylias$Orpheuf,Euridice,‘)David,Abfol0nb (O* 
iiiu }Ca f on his mother MonicafNiobe her children, info- 
pi hthat them Poets faigned her to be turned into a ftone, as being ftu’ 
Us* C 1 trough the extremity of grief.n /Egeus,fgno lugubri filii confierna- 
drn lnntarefet>r£cipiten* dedit, impatient of borrow for his fonnes death, 
himfelf.Our late Phylicians are ful offuch examples.Montana* 
Wh * 2iP‘0 bada Patient troubled with this infirmitiesby reafon of her 
oth aiIQS eatb many years together.Trincaveliw 1.1 ,c. 14.hath fuch an- 
*n e^Patr3after his p mothers departure,utfeferme prscipi- 
x„^aret'rfnd ready through diftraftiontomake away himfelf:and in his 
C°Un^elD tels a (lory of one fifty years of age, that grew defier ate upon 
]^Jr6!^ers death-find cured by rhalopius, fell many years after into a re- 
ter h t^le 4eath of a daughter which he had,Bc could never af- 
dau e recovered. The fury of this pallion is fo violent fometimes, that it 
ted n[jS kingdoms Sc cities. Fejpatians death was pittifully Jamen- 
h a ' °Ver the Roman orbi.f lugebat,faith Aurelius ViUor.A- 
comanded the battlements of houfes to be pulled down. Mules 
to orfes to have their manes (home off, and many common fouldiers 
fC(j e flain3to accompany his dear Epheftions death.Which is now prafti- 
the Tartars, when 3 a great Chamdieth, 10 or 12 thoufand 
di °e ain,men and horfes,all they meet 5 and among thofe rPagan In- 
Was J? lbeir wives and fervants voluntarily dye with them. Leo decimus 
°Ut ° bewailed in Rome after his departure, that as Jovius gives 
Hip5 CQn*munisfialus,publica hilaritasjhe common fafety,all good fellow- 
plenty died with him Janquam eodemfepulchro cum 
ter h\CV2^ta lugebantur-fiov it was a golden age whilft he lived,*but af- 
Is beccafe an iron fcafon fucceeded, barbara vis &feda vafiitas,& 
Riorum omnium 
qftaH *** Grtfar died,hit\\Paterculus,or bis ruinam timberamusfNt were all 
at as if heaven had fallen upon our heads .tßudsus records,how that 
t ino^Cs 12th his death Jam fubita mutatio,ut quipriits digito codumat- 
-6 viclehantur,nunc humi derepente fer per ediderat os effe diceres, they 
lay Q. Vere erft in hcaven,upon a hidden,as if they had bin planct-ftruckc, 
s oveiing on the CecuJJis cecidere animis,feu frondibus ingens 
*At Sylva delet laffts— they look’t like cropt trees. 
ln Lorain,when ClaudiaValefa, Henry the fecond French kings 
Hutu t^leDukes wife deceafed,the temples for fourty dayes were all 
rs^sn° rayers nor Malles, but in that room where (he was. The Sc- 
ecn black, and for a twelve months (pace throughout the city,1 
forbid to fng or dance. * Non ulli pajios iUis egere diebus 
Frigida ( Daphne ) boves ad fiumina,nuUa nec amnem 
- Libavtt quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam. 
heris peJe Vc affed:ed here in England for our Titus, delicis humani ge- 
bad ey'^1^] Henries immature death, as if all our deareft friends lives 
rhs t ' his} t Scanderbegs death was not fo much lamented in ' 
Ofc,/; n a vyord, as uhe faith of Edward the firft at tfie news of Edward . 
&lad3 x**ervan his lonnes birth, immortaliter gavifus, he was immortally , 
ay fay on the contrary of friends deaths, immortaliter gemen- 
aic divers of us as fo niany turtles,eternally dejefted with it. 
mOvid. Meu 
n Plut. vita e- 
' jus. 
o Nobil* ma- 
) trona melan- 
cholica ob mor- 
- tem mariti. 
p Ex matris 
" obitu in defye- 
• rationem inci- 
, dit, 
q Mathias d 
' Michou. Eo ter, 
■ Amphuheat. 
tLo. Vsrto- 
man. M. Peius 
’■ Venetus, lib. 1. 
• caP' 54* per- 
imunt eos quos 
in via obvios 
habent, dicen- 
tes, Ite, fa do- 
mino nojhro re- 
gi fervite in 
alia vita. Nec 
tam in homines 
infaniunt fed 
p in equos, fac. 
j i Vita ejus. 
* Lib. 4. vita 
' auream 
t atatem conii- 
. derat ad huma- 
ni generis fa- 
lutem quum nos 
\Jiatitnob opti- 
mi principis 
excejfu, verd 
ferream patere- 
mur, famem, 
pefiem, <&c. 
t Lib.f.de ajfti 
t Maph. 
* Onelim Iti- 
nerario : ok an• 
mm integrum 
d cantu, tripu- 
diis, & falta- 
tio nib us tota 
civitas abjli- 
nere jubetur. 
* Vtrg. 
f See Barletm 
de vita <& ob. 
Scanderbeg, 
lib. 13, hijl. 
u Mat. Parts, Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb.4. Subf'7* 
Part.i.Sed.2. 
_—-—— ■— 1 . 
There is another borrow,which arifeth from the lofs of temporal g 
and fortunes,which equally alßi(fteth,and may go hand in hand with the 
precedent 5 lofs of time, lofs of honor, office, of good name,of labor, fru 
ftrate hopes,will much in my judgement,there is no tortui 
like unto it, or that fooner procureth this malady and mifehief : 
x Ploratur lachrymis amijj'a pecunia veris : 
it wrings true teares from our eyes, many 6ghes, much borrow from °ur 
hearts,and often caufeth habitual melancholy it fe\f,Guianerius tralf- 
-s.repeats this for an efpeciall caufe : y Lofs offriends, and lofs of good5' 
make many men melancholy, as I have often feen by continual meditatioif°J 
’ fuch things. The fame caufes Arnoldus Villanovanus j 
/.l-c.lS.ex rerum amijfione,damno,amicorummorte,&e. Want alone 
' make a man mad,to be Sans argent,will caufe a deep and grievous mel**1 
choly .Many perfons are affe&ed likezlrifhmen in this behalf,who if 
■ have a good feimiter, had rather have a blow on their arme, then 
weapon hurt:they will focner lofe their life, then their goods: and th 
grief that cometh hence, continueth long (faith f Plater) and out off 
difp oft ions,p rocureth an habit and Frifemeliea cured ay o^v 
' man of 22 years of fo became melancholy, ah amijjam pectin* 
fora fummeof money which he had unhappily lo\\..Sckenkjw hath 
another ftcry of one melancholy, becaufe he overlhot himfelf, and fpell 
'e his ftock in unneceiiary building.bKflger that rich Bilhop of Salisbury^*' 
■ ulus opibus & cajiris a Rege Stephana, fpoiled of his goods by King W 
phan, vi doloris ahforptus , atque in amentiam verfus, indecentia 
through grief ran mad. fpake and did he knew not what. Nothing (o&' 
miliar,as for men in fuch cafes, through anguifh of minde to make 
themfeives.A poor fellow went to hang himfelf,(which Aufenius 
Jcgantly exprefted in a neat f Epigram ) but finding by chance a pot0 
’ money,flung away the rope,and went merrily home, but he that hid t 
Sfolckwhen he milled it.hangcd himfelf with that rope which the ot'1 
X “Juvenalis. 
yMulti qui Yes 
amatas perdi- 
derant,ut filios, 
opes, non fie- . 
rentes recupe- 
rare, propter af 
Jtiuam talium 
conjideratione 
melancholicifi- 
unt, ut ipfe 
vidi. 
z Stanihurjim 
mb. Hifi. 
-V Cap. 3. Me- 
lancholia fen- 
per venit ab 
jcßuram pecu- 
nia, arißoritf, 
repulfatn, movie 
liberorum, qui- 
bus longo pofi 
tempore ani- 
mus torque- 
tur, &adi- 
fiofitione jit 
habitue. 
a Confil. 26. 
E Kubrigenfis. 
*1 Epig. 22. 
man had left, in a difeontented humor. 
At qui condiderat, pofiquam non reperit aurum, 
Aptavit cello, r eper it laqueum. 
«fi jy r i- «/ v r r*-v »r..» • _ 
Such feral accidents can want and penury produce. Be it furetiCbipj 
wrack,fire,fpoile and pillage of fouldiers,orwhat lofs foever3it boots t&J 
it will work the like effeft, the fame de'folation in Provinces and 
as well as private perfons.The Rowans were miferably dejected aftc**" 
battle of Cannas3 the men amazed for fear, the ftupid women tore yc 
hair Stcryed .The Hungarians when their King Ladijlaus,Sc bra.vcft folJ 
diers were Bain by the Lutfus publicus, &c. The Venetians 
their forces were overcome by the French King Lewis fhe French Sc SPA 
nidi Kings, Pope, Emperor, alltonfpired againft them, at 
French Herald denounced open war in the Senate: Laure da ne 
dux,&c.and they had loft Padua,Brixi a,Verona, Forum Julij3 their tf1 
tones in the continent,and had now nothing left but the City of e^c/0( 
urbi quoq\ ip ft (fnth* Bembus) timendum putarent* and the 1° i 
that was likewiie to be feared, tantus repente dolor omnes tenuity ttt ff 
quam alias,&c.they were pittifully plunged,never before in fuch 
table ts 27. when Rome was backed by the co&*P i 
*Ub. 8. Ve- 
lvet. hiji. Hart-i-Sect2. 
Other accidents and grievances, 
Me mb, 4. Subf.y 
diers made fuch fpoiIe,that fair*Chufchcs were turned to dab!es,oId 
cofHUrn*entS bo°ks3made horfe-Iitter,cr burned like draw 5 reliques, 
v>\ P^urcs defacedjaltars demolifned,rich 
ve Jiit^c dirt.*The ir wives and Jo veiled daughters conftu prated by e- 
f y . culion,as Sejanus daughter was by the hangman in publike,be- 
W m r atbers a°d husbands feces. Noblemens children, and of the 
thief} citizens, referved for Princes beds, were proditote to every 
fej 'HlO® fouldier,and kept for tors and Cardinals them- 
viVes orag’d along the ftrects, and put to exquifite torments, to confefs 
t|leeie tbeir money was hid 5 the relf murdered on heaps, lay (linking in 
taLi^r?:etsoTnfants brains daftied out before their mothers eyes. A Jamen- 
* e%ft it was to fee fo goodly a City fo fuddenly defaced, rich citi- 
jjj S *ent a begging to Venice, Naples, Ancona, &c. that erd lived in all 
ki) *ler °f delights. *Thofe preudpalaces that even noiv vaunted their tops 
hiif0 eave*?>were dejeffiedas low as hell in an inflant AN \\ovc\ will not fuch 
fo ? llla^e difeontent ? Terence the Poet drowned himfelf (fome fay ) 
the lofs of his Comedies, which differed fhipwrack. When a poor 
hea? batb made mapy hungry meales,got together a fmall fummcj which 
in an indant 5 a Scholar fpent many an houres dudy to no pur- 
-3 his labors lod, &c. how diould it otherwife be ? I may conclude 
tH **regory 21 emu or alium amor, quantum ajrjicit, cbm hceret pojjejjiojan- 
‘l*lll#* fubtrahiter, urit dolor 3 riches do not fo much exhilarate us 
Nevtheif poflefdon, as they torment us with their lofs. 
to Sorrow dill I may annex fuch accidents as procure be- 
fhofe Terrors which I have c before touched,and many other fears 
cai)fKh are infinite) there is a fuperditious fear, one of the three great 
deut€s °hfear in Ariflotle^commonly caufcd by prodigies & difmal acci- 
much trouble many of us .(Nej'eio quid animus mfhi pr<efagit 
GlOtV^s if a Hare crofs the way at our going forth,of a moufe gnaw our 
hi bleed three drops at nofe , the fait fels towards them, a 
(.3 rA01 appear in their nails,Bcc.with many fuch, which DchioTom. 2. 
diJj' '4• uflin Niphus in his book de Augur ijs.Polydore Pro- 
PolycratJ. i.c. ig.difcufs at large.They are fo much 
ctaFt Ccbtbat with the very drength of Imagination,Fear,and the Devils 
rot t^€y pull thofe misfortunes they jufptcfupon their own heads, and 
a4*ar'd H - fear flailcome upon themes Salomon fovctAlcthArovAO. J{ 
kld cnouncetb:) 66. 4. which if e they could negledl and contemn^' 
as hot COt7*e to pafs, Eorum vires nojtra ref dent opinione, ut morbi gra~ 
pin\,^?rj}«ntium cogitatione, they are intended and remitted,as our o- 
na.n iaxeciDmore or poenas^faith f Crato offuch a one, uti- j 
f rs°fz attr aheret: he is pu milled, and is the caufe of it g himfelf: } 
Job fugimus:fata flulti incurrimus%the thing that I feared,faith J 
As a‘n Hpon me. 
rVe niay fay of them th at are troubled with their fort unescor ill 
°f w h orf~ fee n 'anu It os angit prdij cientia maior#: The fore-knowledg 
°r H'jp , fl\ cone to pafsf crucifies many men 3 fore-told by Adrologers, 
fa I oh catum, be it ill accident,or death it lelf : which of- 
hJeifj. 7-bY Cods dccmonem timent(faith chryjojiome j 
* co Pcrmittit accidere. Severus, Adrian, Domitian, can tedifie as 
* Templa orna- 
ments nudati?} 
JJioliata, in jh- 
huh 'eyuorum 
<&’ q/monim 
verfa, ft c. 
Infula? humi 
conculcat 
fedittf, <&c, 
* In oculii ma- 
ri torn dileSif 
Jim# conjuges 
ab HrffanQYum 
lixis confiupra- 
ta funt. Fil(# 
magnatum 
tborif dejlin..i' 
t#, <fyc. 
* Ita fajiu ante 
unum 'inenfem 
turgida civitas* 
& cacuminibus 
Ccdum pulfare 
vifa, ad inferos 
ufque pauci* 
diebus dejslla, 
cSeB.2 .Memk 
4. Subf. 3. 
fear from o 
minous acci- 
dets, dcftinief 
fore-toldf ’ 
' dAccerJtmt 
Jtbi malum. 
e!SV non obfgr* 
vemm, nihil 
valent.Polidor* 
tC0rJ11.26.L2, 
g Harm watch 
harm catch, 
-j- Gsov. Uucha? Memb.4. Subf.7- 
Part.i. Seft.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
much, of whofe fear and iu{fi\c\Qn,Sueton,Herodian,an& the reft of the 
writers, tell ftrangc ftories in this behalf, h Montanus confil, 31. hath 
example of a young man,exceeding melancholy upon this occafion.Sn0 
fears have ftill tormented mortal men in all ages, by reafon of thofe Jy 
oracles, and juglingPriefts *There was a fountain in Greece.neer C&eS 
Temple in Achaia,where the event of fuch difeafes was to be known h 
glafs let down by a thred,&c.Amongft thofe Cyanean rocks at the fpri 
of Lycia,was the Oracle of Thrixeus Apollo, where all fortunes were f°r6 
told,fickgiefs,health,or what they would beftdes : fo common people ha 
been alwayes deluded with future events. At this day. Metus futuro?* t 
maximi torquet Sinas, this fooiilh fear,mightily crucifies them in Chi** V 
as i Matthew Riccius the Jefuite informeth us, in his Commentaries 
thofe countricsjof all Nations they are moft fuperftitious, and much t 
mented in this kinde,attributing fo much to their Divinators, ut IpfeK* 
tns fidemfaci at, that fear it felf andconceipt, caufeitto k fall out: li*V 
foretell ficknefs fuch a day, that very time they will be fick, vi metfa *1 
flitfi in cegritudinem cadunt 5 and many times die as it is fore-told.A & 
faying, Timor mortis, morte pejor, the fear of death, is worfe then dea 
it felt,andthe memory of that fad hour,to fome fortunate and richme 9 
is as bitter as gaule ,Ec cl. 41.1 .Inquietam nobis vitam facit mortis metfid, 
worfe plague cannot happen to a man,then to be fo troubled in his mh1?’ 
’tis trifle divortium, an heavy reparation, to leave their goods, 
much labor got, pleafures of the world, which they have fo 
enjoyed,friends and companions whom they fo dearly loved, all at oncC' 
Axioehus the Philofopher was bold and couragious all his life, and 
good precepts de contemnenda morte, and againft the vanity of the W^r ? 
to being now ready to die himfelf,he was mightily deje# 
hac luce privabor? his arbabor bonis ? he lamented like a childe, 6cc. 
though Socrates hlmfelf was there to comfort him,ubi prifli'na 
j ablatio 0 Axiochebyet he was very timorous & impatient of death3nllJt’ 
troubled in his minde,lmbellis pavor & impatientia,&c. 0 Clotho fly 
petus the tyrant in Lucian exclaimes, now ready to depart, let me W* 
l> while longer. * I will give thee a thoufand talents of gold, and two bols{ >s 
n ftdes,which 1 tookfromCleocritus, worth an hundred talents j 
e mefiikith another, what goodly manners Jhall I leave ! what fertile 
what a fine houfe! what pretty Children! how many fervants! Who 
* ther my grapes,my corne ? Mufl I now die fo wellfetled? Leave allflo r*cl, 
■ and well provided ? Woes me, what full Ido ? * Animula vagula, blfl 
'' la, qu£ nunc abibis in loca ? . 
X. To thefe tortures of Fear & Sorrow,m*y well be annexed Curio{dfix:\ 
irkfom,that tyrannizing care, nimia folicitudo fuperfluous induftry 
' unprofitable things,and their qualities,as Thomas defines it:an itching 0 $ 
. mot or a kind of ibging to fee that which is not to be Teen,to do that . 
e' ought not to be done:to know that which fhould not be kn° 
I to eat of the forbidden fruit. We commonly moleft and tire our fcWc® 
,2. bout things unfit & unneceffary,as Martha troubled her felf to little 
pofe.Be it in fveligionJHumanity,Mag}ck,Philofophy,policie,any jj- 
or ftudy,’tis a needlefs^rouble,a mear torment .For what elfc is fchopl. 
vinityJiow many doth it pufle?what fmitles queftions about the! rin* 
h Juvenis foli- 
cituf de futura 
fruflra, faßut 
melancholicus. 
* Paufaniu* in 
Achaicis lib.q. 
*Vbi omnium e- 
ventus dignof- 
cuntur. Specu- 
lum tenui fuf- < 
penfum funicu- 
lo demittunt; 
prf ad Cyneas 
tetras, ad Ly- 
ciiefontesf&c. 
i Expedit, in 
Sinas,lib.l.c.%, 
kTimendopy#- 
occupat, quod 
vitat, ultro 
provocatque 
quod fugit, 
gaudetque mae- 
rens afr lubens 
mi fer fuit, 
heirflm Au- 
flriac. 
* Tom. 4. dial. 
S.Cataplo.Auri 
puri mille ta- 
lento1, me hodie 
tibi daturum 
promitto, &c. 
* Ibidem. Hei 
mihi qu* re- 
linquenda prae- 
dia? quam fer- 
tiles agri'. &c- 
* Adrian. 
* Indujhiafu- 
perflua circa 
res in utiles. 
* Flavae fecre- 
ta Minervn ut 
viderat Aglau- 
yos.Ov. Met.2. art*i. Seek 2. 
Other accidents and grievances. 
Mcmb.4. Subi./, 
nv^;’eftion5Electi°n3Prcdcftination5Rcprobation5b€lifire3&c.how ma- 
f(.T /a* ave elfe is all fuperftition,but an endlefs ob- 
pi 7 loh of Idle Ceremonies, Traditions ? What is moft of our Philofo- 
cgjj3 Ut d Labyrinth of opinions,idle queftions, proportions, Metaphyli- 
cir t:Qlrir]S^‘Socrates therefore held all Philofophers,cavillers 8c mad men. 
fe'bjaJ “"tit*# Cavillatores pro injank habuit ypalameos arguens ftaith -f Eu- 
n0 they commonly fought after fuch things qu£ nec percipi a 
comprehendipojjet, or put cafe they did underftand, yet they 
jjj ,e r^togethcr unprofitable. For what matter is it for us to know how 
di1, rteiades arc, how far diftant Perjius and Cajfiopea from us, how 
bct?>t ie ea3^c*wc are neither wifer,as he follows it, nor modeifer, nor 
fj-p er3nor richer,nor ftronger for the knowledg of it .guodfupra nos ni~ 
10 may fay the fame of thofe Genethliacal ftudics,what is Aftro- 
ai• f Va*n ciedions,predidions >all Magick,but a troublefome error, 
Jp foppery ? Phylick,but intricate rules and preferiptions ? Phi- 
tf but va*n Criticifmes? Logick,ncedlefs Sophifmes ? Metaphylicks 
a r Selves,but intricate fubtilties, 8c fruitlefs abftraftions > Alcumy,but 
f0 Undle of crrors?to what end arc fuch great Tomes ? why do we fpend 
*linf years in their ftudies ? Much better to know nothing at all, as 
foree barbarous Indians are wholly ignorant, then as fome of us, to be fo 
an about unprofitable toies : ftultus labor eft inepti arumyo build 
dies0ll*e without pins,make a rope of fand,to what end }cui bonofUc ftu- 
lfaIt0113 but as the boy told S when I have laved the Tea dry,thou 
the myftery oftheTrinity.He makes obfervations, keeps 
ea as*Conradus the Emperor would not touch his new 
ce^f11 an Aftologer had told him a mafeuline hour,but with what fuc- 
kj()p e Ravels into Africh0Aj/a,{e3Lrchcth every creek. Sea, City, 
one ntain3Gulf,to what end > See one promontory (faid Socrates of old) 
tun^0ut‘tain,onc Sea, one Pviver,Bc fee all. An Alchimift fpends his for- 
*to fied out t:^ie Lhilofophers Honeforfooth, cure all difeafes, make 
by vidorious,fortunate,invifible, 8c beggars himfelf,mi(led 
an °!e impoftors (which he (hall never attain) to make gold 5 
old cntl^ary confumes his treafure and time to ferape up a company of 
dQne°^nes3ftatues,roles,edidsjmanufcriptSjScc. he muft know what was 
all the *n At^ensoRomeywhat lodging,diet,houfes they had, 8c have 
'vhat prsfent news at firft, though never fo remote, before all others, 
7°vi Bce. quid Juno in aurem infufurret 
c 0l> s now decreed in Franceywhat'mitaly : who was he,whence 
whither goes he, &c. Ariftotle muft find out the 
0ne]op*' 5 Pliny muft needs fee Vefuviusy but how fped they > 
<4/* B°ods,another his life 5 Pyrrhus will conquer 
lollrt{ •* He will be a foie Monarch, a fecond immortal;, a third rich, a 
3 icie tlf°l?lnian^s*t Turbine magno fees folicit£ in urbibus errantqwc run, 
'Vll>chw!:ndffati«ab,e pains,all up early,down late, ftriving to get that, 
Vvote Ir v 1 better be without, ( Ardelion s bufie-bodies as we are )it 
litter for us to be quiet, lit ftill, and take our eafe. His foie 
that they be 
*k>t afvJoTT ]~epict£ lexeis compoft£ nt tejjerul£ omnes, 
j * ‘ible mifplaced,to fet out a ftramineous fubjeftras thine is about 
. \ Contra Phi- 
lof. cap. 61. 
* Mat. Park* 
f Seneza* Memb.4. Subf»7‘ 
Part*i.Seft.2~ 
appard,to follow the fafhion,to be terfc and politc,’tis thy foie bufineft* 
both with like profit.His only delight is building,he fpends himfelf to ge 
curious pictures,intricate models & p!ots,another is wholly ceremoniouS 
about titles,degrees,infcriptions;A third is over-folicitous about his dieb 
hemuft have fuch and fuch exquifite fauces,meat fo dreffed,fo far fetG? 
Ed, peregrini aeris volucres fo cooked, See. fomething to provoke tbip ’ 
fomething anon to quench his third:. Thus he redeems his appetite WiJ 
extraordinary charge to his purfe, is feldome pleafed with any meal ’ 
whilefi: a trivial fiomack ufeth all with delight,and is never 
nothcr mud: have rofes in wintcr,<«/ze«z temporis floresf now water in 
er,fruits before they can be or are ufually ripe,artificial gardens and 
ponds on the tops of houfes, all things oppofite to the vulgar fort, tiff* 
cate and rarc,or elfe they are nothing worth. So bufie,nicc, curious WltS’ 
make that upfupportable in all vocations, trades, adions, imployrrien15’ 
which to duller apprehensions is not offenfive, earneftly decking 
which others as fcornfully negleft.Thus through our foolifti curiofity ® J 
we macerate our felves, tire our fou!s,and run headlong,throughoutJll 
difcretion,perverfe will,& want of government,into many needles c&c * 
and troubles, vain expences, tedious journies, painful houres, and 
all is done, quorfum hac? cui bono ? to what cud ? 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
4 7qfScaliger 
in Gnonit. 
i f Nefcire velle qua IMagijier maximus 
Docere non vult, erudita infeitia efi. 
Amongft thefepafiions andirkfome accidents,unfortunate marriage 
be ranked: a condition of life appointed by God himfelf in Pa radite? a.° 
honourable and happy efhte,and as great a felicity as can befall a ntfn 
this world,1 if the parties can agree as they ought, and live as m sehtf*K 
1 ved with his Vaulina : but if they be unequally matched, or at 
greater mifery cannot be expefted,to have a fco!d,a flut,an harlot,a fo°'l 
a fury or a fiend,there can be no fuch plague. Ecclef. 26. 14. He that h# 
her is as if he held a Scorpion, & 26.25. a wicked wife makes a forry * 
tenance, and heavy hearty and he had rather dwell with a Lyon0 then MJi 
houjfe with fuch a jr//e.Hernproperties Jovianus Vontanus hath 
at large. Ant. dial .Tom. 2. under the name of Euphorbia. Or if they be*1 
equal inyears,the likemifehief happens.Cecilius 'mAgellius lib,2.cap‘y 
complains much of an old ejus morti inhio jgomet mortuu! ,c 
inter vivosjjvhileft I gape after her death, 1 live a dead man amongft 
living, or if they diOike upon any occafion. 
llnrort unate 
marriage. 
J Avertuous 
woman is the 
crown other 
husband. 
Prov. 17. 4. 
but fbe. fkc. 
sn lib. 17. 
gpijl. IC$. 
n Ti.tiomtu.Yy 
candelabratur, 
Of. 
4 Daniel in 
Rofavmd. 
t Judge who that are unfortunately wed 
What *tk to come into a loathed bed. 
The fame inconvenience befals women. 
■\ ChalinnYtu 
lib.p.derepub. 
Angi. 
At vos b duri miferam lugete parentes, 
Si jerro aut laqueo l<£va hac me exfolvere ferte 
Sujiinto : 
Hard-hearted parents both lament my fate. 
If felf I kill or hang, to eafe my ftate. 7 . 
°A young Gentlewoman inSrfj?/,wasmarried,faithjF<?//x Tlateroohftri>-s 
i i .to an ancient man againft her will, whom (he could not affc6dhc* p 
continually melancholy, and pined away for grief and though her h 
hand did all he could pollibly to give her content, in a difconted hu,rl 
oElegans-virgo 
invita cuidam 
i nojtratibuf 
nupjtt, Part-i-Sechb 
Other accidents and grievances. 
Meinb.4. Subf.7. 
ThCn^ banfe<i her lelf* Many other flories he relates in this kinde. 
of jU*Snien are with again with men,when they are 
ilv^rs humors and conditions^he a fpendthrift,fhe honeft, 
th« ot[le}^'difhoneft, &c. Parents many times difquiet their childrcn,and 
7 their parents. 9 AfoolzJI) fon is an heavznefs to his mother .Injujia no- 
ca : A flop-mother often vexeth a whole family, is matter of repen- 
p .Ccj cxercife of patience, fuel of diffention, which made Cato s fon ex- 
mate with his father, why he Ihould offer to marry his client Salini* 
.ailghter,a young can fa novercam offence 
that he fhould marry again ? 
nhinde,unnatural friends,evii neighbors,bad fervants, debts and de- 
fer CS2^c*tWas Chitons fentencGnomes ceris alieni & Iztis eji mi- 
ftiir u^ury go commonly is the bane of many fa- 
~ ejhhe fial be fore vexed that is furetyfor a Jlran- 
I 5 „r°, 11.15 .and he that hatcth furetzfiip is fure.Contention,brawling, 
~iutes,falling out of neighbors & friends difcordia demens(Firg. 
equal to the fitff,grieve many a man and vex his fou[.Nzhil/a- 
/ **l*firabiUns eorum mentibus (as * Boter holds) nothing fo miferable as 
J Wenrfnll ofcares , anxieties, as if they were Jiabbed with a fjarp 
hnir ordinary companions. 
an F/^eJchtnen are noted by fome of their fown writers,to confumc one 
coir>hCr *n t^l^s kiudc j but whofoevcr they are that ufe it,thefe are their 
fujt‘lTlon fyrnptomes, efpecially if they be convift or overcome,t caff in a 
ved5 put out of a Bifhoprick by turned Heretick, and li- 
qha a*ter difcontented all his life. u Every repulfe is of like nature , heu 
O* Jj>e decidz / Difgracc, infamy, detraction, will almolf effect as 
]aq, f>ar,d that along time after .Hipponax a Satyr ical Poct,fo vilified and 
fan, «two painters in his Jambicks,«t ambo laqueo fefujfocarent, y Pliny 
dic/3 °oth hanged theinfelyes. All oppositions, dangers, perplexities, 
/r°^tents, yto live in any fufpenfe, are of the fame rank ; potes hoc fib 
fits -Cere fomnos f Who can be fecure in fuch cafes. 11l beftowed bene- 
kfn3!ngratitude,unthankful friends much difquiet and moleft fomc.Un- 
Weake speeches trouble as many : uncivil carriage or dogged anfwers, 
ateas k-orrien above the reft, if they proceed from their furly husbands, 
catyje blttcr as gaul,and not to be digefted.A Glafs-mans wife in Bajil be- j 
dicd Ibe^anch°ly,becaufe her husband faid he would marry again if (he \ 
tefpe*/i 0 t0 unkjndnefs, as the faying is, a frown and hard fpeccb, ill. 
a brow-beating, efpecially to Courtiers, or fuch as. 
Upon great perfons is prefent death; 
l^eVcbK I?2S>enium vultu ftatqb caditque fno, 
Mts Cnie a ft°w with their mafters favors. Some perfons are at their ] 
fpeech / 3 cbance they overfhoot themfelvcs, in their ordinary < 
difgra(Nes s°r actions, which may after turn to their di fad vantage or J 
ofaQ have any fecrct difclofed. Ronfeus ep/Ji. mifcel.3. reports j 
lips 3 lit lew oman 25 years old 5 that falling foule with one of her Got- \ 
fike pbraided with a fecret infirmity ( no matter what) in pub- ] 
yucererc °iriUcb grieved with it, that Ihee did thereupon Jolitudines I 
cfhln.es fe obleg areoac tandem in graviJfimam incidens melancho - 1 
j c^tabefcere: for fake all company, quite moped, and in a melan- ‘ 
qProv. 
' *De increm. 
S urb lib. 3. c. 3. 
tanquaifi diro 
mucrone confof- 
• A hu nulla re* 
I quies, nulla de- 
leElatio ,fo!ici- 
tudine,gemitu, 
a furore, deffera- 
_ Hone, timore, 
tanquam ad 
* perpetuam <e- 
S rumnam in felt- 
i citer rapti. 
f Humfredu* 
V Lluyd epij}. ad 
3 Abrahamum 
' Ortelium. M. * 
Vaughan in his 
' gokle Fleece, 
. Litibus et con- 
troverfiis ufq; 
5 ad omnium bo- 
, riorum con- 
. fumptionem 
contendunt. 
■ t Spretieqt, in- 
l juriaforms. 
, u Igptq’ repul- 
* fa gravis-. 
x Lib. 36. c.sr 
y Nihil dgae 
amarum,quam 
' diu pendere : 
• quidam <f qui- 
ere animo fe- 
ram proscidi 
Jjoem fuam 
quam trahi. 
Seneca cap, 3. 
hb.2. de Den. 
Virg. flater 
- obfervat. liba, 
z Turpe relin- 
’ qui eji, Hor. Part,i.Se£f.2. 
Caujcs of Melancholy. 
Memb.4. Subf/' 
choly humor pine aw^y.Others are as much tortured to fee themfelw-? 
reiededxontcmnedjfcorncdjdifabled.diffamed.detraded,undervalued» 
z Turpe relin- 
qui eft. Hot. 
or zleft behind their fellow s. Lucian brings iri MtamacXes a Philofopher 
his Lapith.convivio,much difeontented that he was not invited among. 
the rcft,expoftulating the matter,in a long Epiftle with Arijienetus thell 
Hoft- Praetextatus a robed Gentleman in not fit down 
a Feaft,becaufe he might not fit highe(f,but went his wayes all in a chaw* 
We fee the common quarrel lings that are ordinary with us, for taking 
of the wall,precedency,and the like, which though toyes in themfelves> 
and things of no moment, yet they caufe many diftempers, much heart' 
burning amongft us. Nothing picrceth deeper then a contempt or u1 
grace,befpecially if they be generous fpirits,fcarce any thing affe&s 
more,thento be defpifed or vilified.Crato confll.i6.1.2.exemplifies it,an 
common experience confirmes it.Of the fame nature is oppreflion,#^^' 
77 .fur ely opprejjion makes a man mad, lofs of liberty, which made BrnViS 
venture his lifefato kill himfelf,BctTK#7 complainfdmnem hilaritate01 
perpetuum amiflomine heart’s broken,! (hall never look up,or be merry 
gain, *h<ec jaßura intolerabilis Jo fome parties stis a mod intolerable ' 
Baniftiment is a great mifery,as Tyrteus deferibes it in an Epigram of hIS? 
Nam mi ferum eji patria amijj'a, laribufque vagari 
Mendicum, & timida voce rogare cibos : 
Omnibus invifns, quocunque accejjerit exul 
Semper Jpretus egenjque jacet, 
A miferable thing ’tis fo to wander. 
And like a beggar for to whine at door. 
Contemn’d of all the world, an exile is. 
Hated, rejc&ed, needy (fill and poor. 
Polynices in his conference with JocaJia incEuripidesjeckons up five 
feries of abanifhed man,the lead of which alone,were enough to dejcC 
fome pusillanimous creatures .Oftentimes a too great feeling of our 
infirmities or imperfections of body or minde,will rivel us ifwe h 
long.fick: O beata fanitas, te frafentey amanum 
Ver florit gratiis, abfque te nemo beatus : . 
O bleffed health ! thou art above all gold and treafure, Ecclus. 90. 15* 
poor mans riches,the rich mans blifs,without thee there can be no hapF 
nefs:Or vifited with fome loathfome difeafc,offenfive to others,or troj* 
blefome to our a (finking breath,deformity of our limbs ,cro<p' 
ednefs,lofs of an eye,lcg,hand,palenerssleannefs,redncfs,baldnefs,or 
of hair,Bcc. hic ubi fluere c<epitodiros iBus cordi infert, faith d Synefl#s? 
himfelf troubled not a little ob comas defeßum,the lofs of hair alone,ftr& 
a cruel (froke to the heart. Acco an old woman,feeing by chance her 
in a true glafs(for (he ufed falfe flattering glaffes belike at other 
mofWBentlcwom cn do )ammi dolore in infaniam delapfa 'efifCdli* Wo' 
diginWi 1,17.0.2.") ran mad. e Brotheus the fon of Vulcan, bccaufe he , 
ridiculous for his imperfedios, flung himfelf into the fir e.Lais of 
now grown old, gave up her glaflfe to Venus, for (he could not abide 
look upon it. t Qualis fum qualiseram nequeo. Generally toffair) 1 r 
pieces, old age and foul linen are two mod odious things, a torment 
torments, they may not abide the thought of it. * 
b Scimus enim 
generofa na- 
turas, nulla re' 
citiuf moveri, 
aut gravius 
affciquam con- 
temptu ac de- 
ficientia. 
•f An Atticum 
epiji. kb. 12. 
* Epiji. ad 
Brutum. 
t In fhanijf, 
d In laudem 
calvit. 
e Ovid. 
, f £. Cm, Part-i.Seft.2. 
Other accidents and grievances. 
Memb.4. Subf.ya 
—*—* * d deorum 
&)uifqms h<ec audis, utinam inter errem 
Nuda leones, 
Antequam turpis macies decentes 
Occupet malas, teneraque fuccus 
Defluat pr<ed£, fpecioja quxro 
* Hoy. 3. Car- 
Ode. 3. 
tr , , pajcere tygres, 
p. roul, ugly,-and deformed, much better be buried alive. Some are 
barren,and that gaules them. Hannah wept fore,did not eat, and 
rfs tlr°ubled infpirit, and aUfor her barrennefs, x Sam. 1. and Gen. 30. 
\ *n °fherfoul) give me a child, or Ifoall dye : ano- 
is ? to° niany: otie was never married, and that's his hell, another 
bv ? t^at s bh§ plague.Some are troubled in that they are obfcure 5 others 
ferl n? traduced,{landered,abufed,dirgraced,vilified3or any way inju- 
• miniiMt miror eosQas he infanire occipiunt ex injuria,I mar- 
C 1 not at all if offences make men mad. Seventeen particular caufes of 
nger Sc offence Arifiotle reckons them up,which for brevity fake I mull 
No tydings troubles one 5 ill reports, rumors, bad tydings or news, 
hap,iJl fuccefs,caft in a fute, vain hopes,or hope deferred,another : 
omnibus in rebus molejia fempereji 
lori erVes^one *s to° to° em^ncnt? another too bafe borne, and*that a- 
plo-tortllres as ir>uch as the reft: one is out of adtion, company, irri- 
overcome 8c tormented with worldly cares, and one- 
sbuhnefs. But whatf tongue can fuffice to (peak of all? i 
aVv,‘lny men catch this malady by eating certain meats,hearbs,roots,at un-j 
henbane, night(hade,cicuta,mandrakes, Bcc. * A company ofl 
bad'? nien at Agrigentum in Sicily,came into afrerthcy ( 
tbi .y taken their liquor, whether it were the wine it felf, or fome j 
bc p tnixt with it ’tis not yet known, upon a fudden they began to 1 
0 troubled in their brains, that their phantahe fo crafed, that they $ 
f«i]U r'!t theY were m a fo-'P at fea,and now ready to be cad away by rea- 6 
the °n teiripeft. Wherefore to,avoid fhipwrack and prefent drowning, ? 
Or \Jn liUn8 all the good? in the houfc out at the windowes into the ftreet, J 
3l]d [?• they they continued madapretty fcafon, a 
ficq ,eing brought before the Magiftrate to give an account of this their * 
d(jlK: aJ y told him ( not yet recovered of their madnefs ) that what Was \ 
tors" for frar °f deatb,and to avoid eminent danger:thefpe&a- r 
°^ofeiheall amazed at t^ie^r dnpidity,and gazed on them fHl,whild J 
the JV|, .^ancienteft of the company, in a grave tone excufed himfelf top 
yOUr .gyrate upon his knees, 0 viri Tritones, ego in imo jacui ,T be feed]f 
hefGuW<c. for I was in the bottom of the fhip all the while .‘another | 
be ■) 1} f as fo many fea-Gods, to be good unto them, and if ever 4 
fervid TSj e^OWs came to land agaim, fhe would build an Altar to their fi 
bid le^agidrate could not fufficiently laugh at this their madnefs, * 
Sl|ent]eR] ieeP*t out, and fo went his wayes. Many fuch accidents fre- 
f biltei-l ‘uPPen? uP°n thcTc unknown occafions. Some are fo caufed by 
andr^ng m tbc fun, biting of a mad dog, a blow on the head, 
that kind of Spider called Tarantula, an ordinary thing ifwe 
*e^e 1.6.de PTenenk, in Calabria Sc Apulia in Italy, Cardan 
• -9'Scahgcr exercitat. 185 .Their Symptomes are merrily deferibed 
*Hifi. 1.6, 
£Kon mihi ft 
centum Unguar 
.Jint,oraque cen- 
tum, Omnia 
caufarum per- 
currere nomina 
pojjhm. 
* Celiuf I, i~, 
cap. 2. 
* Ita mente ett- 
agitati funt, ut 
in triremi fs 
c of} it ut os pu- 
tarent, mar ip as 
vadabundo 
tempejhte ja- 
-Batos, proinde 
naufragium.ve- 
viti, egeflis un- 
dique rebus va- 
fj omnia in vi- 
am dfenejxrU, 
feu in mare 
praecipitarunt f 
poflridie <&c. 
\ Aram vobis 
favitoribus dp* 
is erigemus. part.i.Sed.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Mefnb.s* Subi*1 
hyjovianus Fontanus Ant.dial.how they dance altogether,and are cured 
by M\xhck.%Cardan fpeaks,of certain ftoncs,if they be carried about one* 
which will caufe melancholy and madnefs, he cals them unhappy, as an 
fl Adamant, Selenites, &c. which dry up the body, increafe cares, diMfntR 
JleepiCteftas in Perficis,makes mention of aWell in thofe parts,of which1 
any man drink, i he is mad for 24 houres. Some lofe their wits by terrible 
objeds(as elfewhcre I have more f copioufly dilated) and life it felfrfZ* 
ny times,as Uippolitus affrighted by Neptunes fea-hoiTes,^hamus by ju* 
r no’s Furies : but thefe relations are common in all Writers. 
g Lib. degem’ 
mis. 
hHufgejiata ‘ 
infelicem & y 
trijlem reddiit,J 
curas augent, ‘ 
corpts* jtc- < 
cant, fomnunt ■ 
minuunt. 
i Ad mum die : 
mente aliena- 
tu*. 
Jf Parta.Seß.2. 
Svbfeß. 3. 
\ipuven.Sat.3. 
1 into* beftia 
minuta mv.lta 
necant. Hum- 
quid rr.invtijji- 
tnafvntgrar.J 
arena ? fed ft 
avena ampli os'* 
in mvera mit- 
tatur, mergit 
illanr.quam mi- 
nuta gutta, 
pluvia 1 i*j 
tamen implent 
[mina, domus 
ejiciunt, timen- 
da ergo 
ruina multitu- 
dinis, fi non 
magnitudinis. 
k Etc alias poteram, <&> plures fubneffere caufas. 
Sed jumenta vocant, & Sol inclinat. Eundum eji. 
Many fuch caufes, much more could I fay, 
But that for provender my cattle (lay : 
The fun declines.and I muft needs away. 
——-j—■»— —~ ■ • j 
Thefe caufes if they be confideredsand come alone, Ido eafily yield, erf 
do little of t hemfelves, feldome, or apart ( an old oake is not felled at * 
blow ) though manytimes they are all fufficient every one : yet if thw 
concurre,asoften they do, vis unita fortior 3 Et qu<e non obfunt 
multa nocent, they may batter a flrong conlfitution3 aslAujiin faid, turf) 
grains and [mallfan ds fink a f)tp,m any [mall drops make a floud,&c.ofa 
reiterated 3 many difpofitions produce an habit. 
M E M B. 5. 
SUBSEc. I. 
Continent, inward, antecedent, next caufes, and how 
the body works on the Minde. 
pMS a Purly hunter, I have hitherto beaten about the circuit of 
Forrefl of this Microcofme, and followed only thofe out war 
adventious caufes.l wil now break into the inner rooms,and 
up the antecedent immediate caufes w are there to be 
For as the diffraction of the minde, amongft other outward caufes 6c pey 
turbations,alters the temperature of the body, fo the diffradion and d* 
ftemper of the body will caufe a diffemperature of the foul,Bc’tis 
decide which of thefe two do more harmeto the other.Via to, 
feme ethers, as I have formerly faid, lay the greateft fault upon the f°l) ’ 
excuftng the body 3 others again accufing the body, excufe the foul, 
principal agent oTheir reafons are,becamemt&e manners do follow the j 
■ peraiure of the body, as Galen proves in his book of that fubjed, Vrofri 
Cahnius de Atrabile, Jafon Pratenjls c.de Mania,Lemnius L 4. c.16• 
many others. And that which Cualter hath lO. in cpyU 
Johannk,is original fin,inclinations,and b*? 
■ humors,arenradicy] in every one of us,caufing thefe perturbationssaffe 
' mis,and fevera » diftempers, offering many times violence unto the fdu 
Every man is tempted by his own' concnpifcence [fames 1.14.) the fprl\u 
willing,hut the jiefh is weak,and rebelleth againjt the jptrit,as our 
teachethus.'that methinks tnc foul hatnthe better plea ogainff thebe 0) j 
which fo forcibly inclines us,that we cannot refill, Nec nos obniti 
nec tendere tantum Sufficimus.Wow the body being material,werketn v? 
on the immaterial foul,by mediation of humors 6c fpirits 3 fvhieh partlC- 
m Mores fo- 
qymtvr tempt' 
ratuYdm corpo- 
ra. 
n Scintilla la- 
tent in corpori- 
■ bn#. 
©Gal. 3- Part-I.s eft.2. 
Other accidents and grievances. 
Mcmb.y. Subf.i 
pwteof both, and ill difpofed organs, Cornelius Agrippa hath difeourfed 
m~- l'C^e°CCHti:-f>h?lofcap.6%farfe).Levin//f Lcmnucs, lib.l.de occult.nat. 
c tr''CaP'l2.cffi 16. & 21. injiitut. ad opt.vit. Verkjns lib.l. Cafes ofConf. 
fe cap. 10,113 i 2. in hk Treatife of melancholy .Vox as Panger, 
intimos recejfus occupa- 
12 d uithq Lemni us quoq'-, infejia illi teterrimos morbos in- 
ffHff Caufe grievous difeafes in the body, fo bodily difeafes affect the 
j V fonfent. Now the.chiefeftcaufes proceed from therHeart, hu- 
£e°rs^P'Irits: as they are pureraor impurcr,fo is the Miude,& equally fuf- 
t}^3 as a *Cute out tune3 ifone ffting or one organ be diftcmpered, all 
Hna.The Body is domicilium anim<r,f\cx houle,abode,and as 
j Mch,gives a better light,a Tweeter fmell, according to the matter it is 
or °r: doth our foul performe all her aefions,better or worfe,as her 
fo 105 are difpofed sor as wine favours ofthe cask wherein it is | 
tT. ,receivcs a tindure from the body, through which it works. We fee j 
18 mold men,children, Europeans^Aftans, hot and cold Climes, Sanguin ] 
fad,Phlcgmatick dull, by reafon of abundance of 1 
humors, and they cannot relift fuch paffions which are inflided by 1 
For in this infirmity of humane nature,as Adelanflhon declares,the ] 
ol^ is fo tied to,& captivated by his inferior fenfcs,that with-» 
neit help he cannot exercife his fundions,and the Will being weak-j 
he yatb but a fmall power to reftrain thofe outward parts, but Aiders \ 
nijt _to be overruled by them 5 that I muff needs conclude with Lem-1 
& humores maximum nocumentum obtinent, fpirits and hu- J 
he ?<ao moft harm in * troubling the foul. Flow fhould a man choofe but t 
grof andangry,that hath his body fo clogged with abundance of J 
c’ iS humors >or melancholy, that is fo inwardly difpofed > Thatthence 
Uot-fSt^!en this malady, Madnefs, Apoplexies, Lethargies, See. it may 9 
tlbe denied. J‘ 
V Sicut ex. ani- 
cai ajfiSioni- 
bus corpus lan~ 
guefeit :Jic ex 
corporis vitiis, 
Ah' morborum 
plerifq; cruci- 
atibus animum 
videmus bebs- 
tari, Galenm. 
q Lib.i. c. i 6. 
, r Corporis hide 
’ morbi animam 
’ per confsnfum, 
• d lege confinii, 
afficiunt, Ay 
ynanquam ob- 
je8a multos 
motus turbu- 
lentos in homi- 
ne concitet, 
ptrtcipua ta- 
men califa in 
'■ corde Ay hu- 
• moribus fpiri- 
, tibufque confit, 
fiit, <&c. 
: dHor. 
* Humores, 
pravi mentem 
obnubilam. 
t Hic humor 
' vel d partis in- 
temperie gene- 
ratur vel relin- 
quitur pofi in- 
flammationes, 
rv 
IS] A * vU • 
eaj- y this body of ours is moft part diftempered by fome precedent dif- 
*3*hich ii! Ole if bis inward organs & inftrurnents, & fo per confeqnens 
cja^e Melancholy, according to tliercmcnt of the moft approved Phyii- 
l% j s%tfhk humor(zs Avicenna 
c'de coment.in c.lO.Nicholas Pifo 
Part . tl%*C^£.fuppo begotten by the dijiemperature of fome inward 
qfj i?Wat left after fom elfe included in the blood after 
\ViffU^fiorfome other malignant difeafesThis opinion of theirs concurres 
otief at Ga^ c- 6-de lockaffefl. Gui aneri us gives an inftancein 
v °Caufedbya of 
5 ye/ls °t age3fo diftcmpered after a quartan, which had moleftcd him 
rievrStn^et^er3 Hildifieim jpicel.2,de Mania, relates of a Dutch Baron, 
iilc-c 11 W tormented with melancholy after a longxague:G<*/e«./.de atra 
Ften the plague a caufc.Botaldus in his book de lue vener.c.2. the 
tfofe j.P°x for a caufe,others, Phreniie, Epileptic, Apoplexie, becaufe 
ueafes do often degenerate into this.Of fuppreiiion of 
defer^r°S’a3 or bleeding at nofe, menftruous retentions, ( although they j 
a! a |ar§er explication, as being the foie caufe of a proper kinde of 
c )Vn more ancient Maids,Nunaes and Widdows,handled apart 
vel crcjjior in 
venis conclufm 
vel torpidus 
malignam qua- 
litatem contra- 
hit. 
u Sape confiat 
in febre homi- 
nem Melancho- 
liam vel poll 
febrem reddi, 
aut alium 
morbum. 
' Calida intem- 
peries innata, 
vela febre con- 
traria. 
xRaro quu 
diuturno mor- 
bo laborat, qui 
non Jit melon 
cholicus, Mer- 
curi alii de af- 
feci. capita 
lib. i. cap. jo* 
de Mdanc, ■ Canjcs of Melancholy. 
Mcinb.s. Subf.2' 
Part.i.Seft.2. 
by Rodericus a Caftro,and Mercatus,as I have elfewhere lignified,)or a°) 
other evacutionftopped,! have already fpoken.Only this I will add,tb‘l 
this melancholy which fhall be caufed by fiich infirmities,deferves to 
pitied of all men, and to be refpeded with a more tender compafllons ac 
cording to jLaurentius, as coming from amore inevitable caufe. 
SUBSEC. 2. 
■ Here is almbft.no part of the Body, which being 
doth not caufc this malady, as the Brain and his parts, Heart, 
ver,Spleen,Stomack,Matrix or Woinbe, Pylorus, Mirache,Me. 
fcntery, Hypocondries, Meferaick vcines } and in a word, 
y Arculanus,there is no fart which caufe th not melancholy,either becaujc* 
is adufi,or doth not expel the fuperfluity ofthenutrimct.Savanarola 
major, rubric. 11. Tratf.6. cap. I. is of the fame opinion, that melancholy 
is ingcndred in each particular part,and z Crato in conflAf Mb.2.Gotd° 
nius, who is inflar omnium, lib. med. partic.2,cap.i<j. confirmes as mUc ’ 
putting thcamatter of'Melancholy,fometimcs in the ] 
Brain, Spleen,Mirach, Hipocondries,ivhen as the melancholy humor rty* 
there, or the Liver is not well cleanfed from Melancholy blood. t 
The Brain is a familiar and frequent caufe,too hot,or too cold 
aduft blood fo caufed, as Mercurialis will have it, within or without 
head, the brain it fclf being diftempered. Thofe are moft apt to this 
cale.cthat haveahot heart andmoiji Brain, which Montaltns cap.U'f 
’ Melaneh, approves out of Halyabbas, Rhafts, and Avicenna. Mercuri 
confli. 11. affignes the coldnefs of the brain a caufe, and Salufiius 
nus med, leUd.2. c. I. d will have it arife from a cold and dry difletnfcr\ 
lure of the brain. Tifo, Benedi&tis Vi&orius Favent inus, will have it pr° 
ceed from a e hot difern per ature of the Brainy and {Montaltns cap> 1 « 
from the Brains heat, fcorching the blood. The brain is ftill diftempcrC, 
by himfelf, or by confent: by himfelf or his proper as Favem 
nus cals it, g or by vapors which arife from the other part s,andfume upltl 
the head, altering the animal faculties. 
Hildejheimfpicel.2. de Mania,thinks it maybe caufed from a 
' ture of the heartfometimes hotifometimes cold. A hot Livcr,& a cold sto 
. mack,are put for ufual caufesof cofl.u.&cf 
K fl-6.conftl.S6.zQigus a hot Liver, and cold Stomack for ordinary camf ' 
iMonavms in an Epiftle of his to Crato in Scoltzius ,5s of opinion,that By 
, pocondriacal Melancholy may proceed from a cold Liver the quefti°J? 
there difcuffed.Moft agree that a hot Li ver is in fault Liver is thefif 
eof humors,& efpecially caufethmelacholy by his hot & dry 
lThe Stomach,and Meferaicfveines do often concurre,by reafon oftheM 0 . 
JlruEliqsthence their heat be avoided,(ft* many times the j 
fo aduf,& infamedin thofe parts,that it degenerates into Hypocond' 
mellicholy .Gui anerius c .2.. 7 r aci. 15. holds the Meferaick’veins to be ah1 
" cient m caufe alone. Ihe fplecn concurres to this malady,by all their c^ 
Dijiemperature of particular Parts, canfes. 
y A! nonum 
lib. Rhafts ad 
Almanforx.id. 
Dniverfaliter 
n quacunque 
parte potefferi 
melancholicuf. ; 
Vel quia aduri 
tur, vel quia 
non expellit fu- • 
perfuitatem 
excrementi, 
z A Liene, jeci- 
nore,utero, & 
aliis partibus 
oritur. 
a Materia Me- 
lancholiae ali- 
quando in cor- 
de,in fomacho, 
hepate, ab hy- 
pocondriis, 
tnyrachefplene, 
cum ibi rema- 
net humor me- 
lancholicus. 
b Ex fanguine 
adufio, intra 
vel extra ca- 
put. 
c Qui cali- 
dum cor ha- 
bent. cerebrum 
humidum, fa- 
cile melancho- 
lid. 
<i Sequitur me- 
lancholia ma- 
lam intemperi- 
em frigidam^ 
Jtccam ipjtus 
cerebri. 
e S<cps ft ex 
calidiore cere- 
bro, aut corpore 
colligente me- 
lancholiam, 
Fife. 
{Vel per pro- 
priam ajfcSlw- 
nem, vel per 
confenfum, cum 
vapores exha- 
lant in cere- , 
brum. Montalt. cap. 14. g Aut ibi gignitur melancholicus fumus, aut aliunde vehitur, alterando animales facultates, hAb jf 
perie cordis, modo calidiore, modo frigidiore, i Epijh 209. k Officina humorum hepar concurrit. &C. ! Ventricula & 
Ktf mejtraic* concurrunt, quod ha partes objhuSa funt, &c. m Per fe fanguir.em adurentes. t'art- I. Sett. 2. 
Caufes of Head-Melancholy. 
Mcmb.s. Syjpi. 3* 
Y ot Hximods3dum non expurgat altera caufa lien faith 
o:r**s# it htntoo cold and dryland de not purge the other parts as it 
fto 1 'Montanus puts thc°J}lccnJloppedfor a great caufe.PC^r/- 
] V 6rirts aYe&a reports of his kn owledg,that he hath known Mclancho- 
ni/Cj.u put rifled blond in thofe Seed-veins and womb^eX^cula- 
that menflruous bloud turned into melancholy, and feed too long 
I have already declared J) by putrefatlion or adujiion. 
Gall \^efinteriHm*ol[ acaufe which the* Greeks 
\v* j hecaufe by his inflammation, the mind is much troubled 
c-lt: 1 copvuHions and dotage, All by inflammation, 
humors and this non-natural melancholy; for from, 
tJIfC art inBeudred fuliginous & black fpirits.And for that rea.fon{Mon- 
tQ fs cup.ic.de cauflsmelan. will have the efficient caufe of melancholy] 
P} e ®ot a**d dryytot a cold and dry di fome hold3 from the 1 
Jl** °f the hrainffiojiing the bloudymmo derate heat of the liver andbow~\ 
3s ivflammation of the Pylorus. And fo much the rather, becaufe 3 thatJ 
Qalen holds3^//Jpecies inflame the bloudfolit ,fludy, j 
tec* which heat:and therefore he concludes that this dijiempera-' < 
& re c*HPng adventitious Melancholy ys not eold and dry , but hot and dry.1 
hoM°* * iave fufficiently in tiie matter of Melancholy, and ‘ 
t^lat mdy truc *n non"natufai Melancholy, which j 
but not in that natural, which is more cold,and being immo- ‘ 
j^a-ate5 produceth a gentle dotage. c Which opinion Geraldus de Solo \ 
ntains in his comment upon Rhafts. c 
- nUsn frigidus 
& facet» c. 13. 
o Splen objhu- 
■ fh», 
T p De arte med. 
' lib. cap.24. 
q 4jmgmw 
f putredine in 
j vafts feminari- 
1 utero, fa 
5 quandoq;d 
iJfjermatediu 
retanto, vel 
~'/anguine men- 
v Jiruo in melan- 
. choliamverfo 
per putrefaftio- 
’ nem, vel adu- 
Jlionem. 
t Mjgiruf . 
1 tErgo efficiens 
' cauft melan- 
cholia- efl cali- 
da fa facca in- 
temperies, non 
frigida fa Jic- 
, Cdf quod multi 
opinati funt, 
1 oritur enim a 
cahre cerebri 
&c ti ♦ n . ajiante fangui- 
rflf,' U? ? aromatafanguinem incendunt,folitudo, vigili#,febris precedent,meditatio, Jiudium, Z? h#c omnia calefaciunt, 
lUmJtt,&cM. i.cap.l 3. da Mehnch. - ' 
C au fes of Head-Melancholy. 
SUBSEC. 3. 
tedious difcourfe of the generali caufes of Melancholy, I 
11/IbJaiS atn now returned at laid to treat in briefofthc three particular 
fpecies3and fuch caufes as properly appertain unto them. Al- 
pa . though thefecaufes promifcuoufly concur to each and every i 
kind, and commonly produce their effeds in that part which 
ci€so t tsand fo caufe all three fpe- 
the lxiany of them are proper to fome one kind3& feldome found in 
or e for examplCjHead-Melancholy is commonly caufed by a cold 
t>ut imperature of the Brain?according to Laurentius melan. 
Uire Sfe?c*(es de Saxoni k contends,froin that agitation or diftempcra- 
cap animal fpirits alone.SaluJi.Salvianus before mentioned 1ib.2.1 
I* ,e re wed. will have it proceed from cold:but that I take of natural1 
8.an^c as are fools and as Galen writes lih.\, de pulf.\ 
Ccrt?!aVa cold and moiji Brain is an infeparable companion offol- < 
hotan 1 \ls advcntitions melancholy which is here meantsis caufeclof an 
and £ry diftemperaturcsasxDtf*«rf/fe» the Arabian 1ib.d.22, thinks, 
perate ° Writers, Altomarus and Pifo call it yan innate burning untem• 
Uiay pK turning blond and choler into melancholy .Both thefe opinions 
and goodj as Bruel maintains, and Capivaccius, fi cerebrum fit 
t Lib. 3.Tm3. 
pojihum.de me- 
lan. 
v A fatuitate 
• infepgrabilff 
I cereM' frigidi- 
tas, 
x Ab interno) 
, cd/ore ajjatur. 
y Intemperies 
innata exu- 
rens, fiavam 
bilem ac fan- 
guinem in me- 
lancholiam 
convertens, Part. 1. Sett. 2. 
Caujes of Aid a tic holy. 
Memb.s.Subl»4* 
calidiue.z/f the brain be hot ,the animalJpirits will be thence contes 
ntadnefiiif coldfolly. David Cru [iusTheat .morb.Hermet Mb. 2 .cap .6 .de atra 
b/leogrants melancholy to be a difeafe of an inflamed brainsbut cold not- 
withflandingof it felt:calida per aecidensofrigida per fe, hot by accident 
only,! am of Capivaccius mind for my part .Now this humor,according to 
Salvi anus ,is fometime in the fubfhmce of the Brainsfometimes contained 
in the Membranes, and Tunicles that cover the Brain, fornetimes in the 
pa flages of the Ventricles of the brain, or veins of thofe ventricles. 
follows many times*rhrenjieJong di/eafe^agues, long abode in hot pUceh 
or under the Sun0a blow on the head, as Rha/is informeth us: Pifo adds fm 
litarinefs, waking,inflammations of the head,proceeding moft part^rolll 
.much ufe of fpices,hct wines,hot n which Montanus reckons tip 
22.f0r a Melancholy Heurniusrepeats cap. 12.deMani*: 
Hct bathes,Garlick,Onions:faith Guianerins, bad air,corrupt, much*#*' 
king,&c. retention of feed or abundance, flopping of 
Midriffe according to Tr alii anus I. 1. 16. immoderate 
cares,troubles,griefs,difcontent,fiudy,meditation, and in a word, the f j 
’ bufe of all thofe 6 non-natural things .Hercules de S axoni a^c,l6. L.i, wn 
hate it caufed from or boyl dried up,or any iflfue Amatus tu/ 
jit anus cent* 2. cur a. 67. gives inftance in a fellow that had a hole in 
arm Rafter that was healed fan when the wound was open, he. 
cured again. Trincavelius conjil. 13 Jib. I .hath an example of a 
,ly man fo caufed by overmuch continuance in the Sun, frequent ufe °* 
Vcnery,and immoderate exerciferAnd in his con/'. 49. lib. 3. frolli 
f headpiece ovcr-hcatcd,which caufed head-melancholy; Pro/per Cale#Hi 
brings in Cardinal Ctf/ms - fora pattern offuch as arc fo melancholy W 
long fludy; but examples are infinite. 
zSi cerebrum 
ft caliiiufyfet 
Jfrirituf anima- 
lis calidior, O' 
'dilirium mani* 
acumf frigidi- 
or Jiet fatuitas. 
a Melancholia j 
capita accedit 
prl phrsnejtm \ 
aut longam 
moram fubfile, 
am percujjio- • 
nem in capite, 
b hi bunt 
vim potentia, 
Cunt 
ftb file. 
c Cu if. V'Mddy 
largior is vini 
fa aromatum 
ufti*. 
d d cauterio 
fa ulcere ex 
jtccato. 
e Ab ulcere cu- 
rato incidit in 
infamam,aper- 
to vulnere cu-: 
ratur. 
fAgalea. vi- 
sit* calefaßa. 
Subsect. 4. 
Cah Css ofHypocondriaca/ or windie Melancholy, 
gsregjN repeating of thcfecaufes,! muff crambe bis coftam apponerefi] 
that again which I have formerly faid,in applying them to 
K9ISS proper Species, Hypocondriacal or flatuous Melancholy,is 
which the Arabians call Myrachial, and is in my judgement the h10* 
grievous and frequeiit,though Lruel and Laurentius make it leafl dan|e' 
rous,and not fo hard to be known or cured. His caufes are inward °* 
outward.lnward from divers parts or organs, as Midriff,Spleen,Stomal 
LivcTsPylorus,Wcnib,Diaphragma,Meferaickvcines, flopping of 
tkc.Montaltus cap. 15. out of Galen recites B heat and obftruttion of th*Je 
an immediate caitfi, hj which means the faff age eftb‘ 
chilus to the liver is detained flopped or corrupted, and turned into 
bling and wind, Montanus confli. 233. hath an evident demonfr^atior,, 
Wncaticlim another,W.1.c0f.1.3.and Hater a third, obfervat, lib. I• ,f°‘ 
a Doctor or the Law viuted with this infirniity,from the Laid obftrut1 
an<j heat of thefe Meferaick veins, and bowels : quoniam inter tie»' 
triCHfum & jecur venae efervefeunt, the veines arc inflamed ab 
the Liver and Stomack. Sometimes thofe other parts altogether 
g lSU*itW 
fanguts & vc- 
n*obfnmtur, 
quibue objiru- 
Hu prohibetur 
tranftw Chili 
ad jecur cor- 
rumpitur & 
in rugitus O' 
fat its vertitur.  art- 1. Sect. 2. 
Other accidents and grievances. 
Memb.$. Subf.4 
ectedsand concurre to the produ&ioil of this malady: A hot liver and 
Womack or cold bellydook for inftances in Trinca- 
co*?f'3 5 •** 3 •Hildejheim Spied.2 .fol. 132.Solenander conf.9 .pro cive 
.Montanus c0n.229.f0r the Earl of Monfort inGermany,ls49. 
tbe confultation of the fai <1 Montanub.l.Cdfar Clan* 
c gives inftance ofa cold ftomack Sc over hot liver, almoft in every 
n a certain Count;Bc £0». io6.for a Polonian Baron, 
of heat the blood is inflamed,, and grofs vapors fent to the 
eatt and brain. Mercurialis fubfcribes to them conf. 89. h the 
which he cals the king of the belly, becaufe if he be, 
uj the reft fuffer with him9as being deprived of their nutri- 
-0? °t fed v/ithbad nourifhment, by means of which, come crudities, 
w^ftions,wind,rumbling, cle Saxonia befides heat 
t 1 “ave the weakneife of the liver and his obftrudion a canfe, facu It a~ 
t, dehilern jecinorist which, he calls the mineral of melancholy* Lauren- 
aftigns this rcafon, becaufe the liver over-hot draws the meat undi- 
-Bchedched out 0f the ftomack,and burneth the humors.Montanus conf 
Pr°Ves that fometimes a cold liver may be a caufe. Laurentius Ci 12. 
l*cavehns Lib, 12. confil. and Gualter Brueliccms to laythegreateft 
too great,or too little, in drawing too much blood fome- 
higles to it,and not expelling it, as p. Cnemiandrns in a 1 consultation of 
n^tcd jum&remlienk, he names it, and the fountain of melancholy, 
the ‘ foppofed the ground of this kind of Melancholy,to proceed from 
tri of the Pylorus^which is the neather mouth of the Ven~ 
c e‘Others aliign thcMefenteriura or Midriff diftempered by heat,the 
ftopping of Hcmrods, with many fuch. All which 
C.12. reduceth tothrec,Mefcntery, Liver, and Spleen, from 
q eilCe he denominates Hepatick,Splenitick,andMeferaick Melancholy* 
thof^ battles, are bad diet,care,griefs, difeontents, and in a word all 
2 C non-natural things,as Montanus found by his experience, conf. 
tin 1 °^n*nder conf 9 .for a Citizen ofLyons in France^gives his reader to 
tha .^ he knew this mifehief procured by a medicin of Can- 
Qoi)vem^citan moft commonly fear, grief, and fome fudden 
aUy 3 otlorh°r perturbation of the mind begin it, in fuch bodies efpeci- 
?scnSare Melancthon. trafif.i^.cap.2.de have it 
djQa irjorl to men,as the mother to women,upon fome grievous 
01- difcontent.For as Camerarius records in his 
ofexni?felfwa s much troubled with it, and therefore could fpeakout 
vOUs faience. Montanus confit.22. pro delirante Juda;ooconhims it,k grie- 
of the minde brought him to it. Randolotius relates of 
3 at keing one day very intent to write out a Phyfitians notes,, 
he <3r cf; oy an occafion,he fell into an hypocondriacalfit,to avoid which j 
the decoftion of wormwood,and was freed,* Mclanßhdn(being [ 
fitaiij CMe *S tro,lblefome andfreqnenfh 0 Ids it a moji necefjary and pro-j 
thif,„ j Hdyfor every man to know the accidents of it, and a dangerous; 
Undern0 and would therefore have all men,in fome fort to | 
and the Gaufes,fymptomes,and cures of it. 
h Stomacho U~ 
fo robur em- 
porii imminui- 
tur, <& reliquet 
membra ali- 
mento orbata, 
<&c. 
' i Hildejhm. 1 
. k Habuit fcvd 
. animifytnpto- , 
' mata qua im- 
• pediunt conco- 
£ Bionem, &c. 
1 Vjitatijjimm 
i morbuf cum 
utile ejl 
. hujt# vifcerif 
accidentia cm- 
Jtderare,nec le~ 
• ve periculum 
, hujm caujas 
morbi ignoran- 
tibus t Part. i.Sed. 3. 
Caujes of Melancholy. 
Memb. i.Subf *• 
178 
Subsect. 5. 
Caufisof Melancholy from the whole Body 
before, the caufeofthis kind of Melancholy is inward or ertrt' 
ward. Inward, nwhen the liveris apt to mgender fuch an h** 
mour, or the Jj>lcen wealthy and not able to dij,charge 
office. A melancholy temperature, retention of 
monthly iilues,bleeding at nofe, long difeafes, agues, and all thofe & 
non-naturall things increafe it. But cfpecially0 bad dyet,as pifo tfrink5? 
pulfe, fait meat,(hell-fiih,cheefe,black wine,&c.Mercurialis out of Jvef' 
roes and Avicenna condemns ail herbs: Galen, lib, q.deloc affieß. cap-7' 
cfpecially Cabbage.So likewife fear/orrow difcontents,6cc.but ofthefc 
before. And thus in brief you have had the generali and particular 
fes of Melancholy. 
Now go and brag of thy prefent happineife, whofoever thou art, bra£ 
of thy temperatu rc,of thy good parts,infult,triumph,6kboafts thou 
in what a brittle ftate thou art, how foon thou maift be dejefted, hovV 
many feveralwayes,by bad diet,bad ayrc,a fmall lofle,a littleforroW ol 
difcontent,ap ague. See.how many fudden accidents may procure 
mine, what a fmall tenure of happineile thou haft in this life, how 
and filly a creature thou art. Humble thy felfe therefore under the mi 
hand of God. I Pet. 5.6.kn0w thy felf, acknowledge thy prefent miietf* 
and make right ufe of it. Gui fiat videat ne cadat. Thou doft now 
ri(b,and haft bona animi, corporisfortuna*, goods of body, 
fortune,tfe/ctf quid ferus fecum vejper ferat, thou knoweft not wb# 
ftorms and tempefts the late evening may bring with it. Be not 
thenfe fiber and watchpfortnnam reverenter habe, if fick and poor 
derate thy felf. I have faid. 
n Jecur aptum 
ad generandum 
talemhumorem, 
Jhlen natura im- 
becillior- Pifit 
Ahomaru*, 
Guianeriuv. 
o Melancholi- 
am, qu<fjit d 
redundantia 
humor» in toto 
corpora, vittut 
imprimi» gene- 
rat qui eum hu- 
morem parit. 
p Aufoniuf. 
SECT. 3. 
Memb. i. Subsect. i. 
er ftgns of Melancholy in the Body. 
Arrhapus a painter of Athens, amongft thofe Olynthian c3P 
® tives Philip of Maced&n brought home to fell, * bought o,IC 
vefy old when he had him at Athens, put him t0 
cxtrGarn torture and torment, the better by his example 5° 
exprefs the pains and paflions of his whom 1 
was then about to paint.l need not bcfobarbarous,inhumanescurioU;> 0^ 
cruel for this purpofe to torture any poor melancholy man, their 01? 
ptotnes are p]ain,obviuusand familiar,there needs no fuch accurate0 
fervation or far fetcht objecf, they delineate themfelves} they voluflO' 
ly bewray themfelves, they are too frequent in all places, I meet the‘' 
{fill as I go,they cannot conceal it, their grievances are too well kno^1 
I need not feck far to delcribethem. 
♦ Seneca com. 
libAQ»conf*$, art* i. Sett. 3. 
Symptohes of Melancholy 
Memb. i. Subf, 
us /•*'‘Pt0mes therefore are eitherqaniverfal or particular, faith Gordoni- 
'J 1b'med.c.ic).part.2X0 pcrlons to fpecies} forne Jlgncs are Jccrct, fime ' 
t in the Body,fime in the mind,and diverjly vary According to q 
vf lf21*>ard or outward caufes,Cappiv aedus:or from ftars according to Jo- ” 
th 0ntanus,de reb.codeji.l. 10.c. 13.and cceleftial influences, or from j 
ca t mors diverfly \\\uX,F icinus l.i.c.rp.definit tuenda:as they are hot, <! 
unnaturaLintended or remitted, fowill JEtius have mclanfi 
c.°'Ca deliria multiformia,diverfity of melancholy figns. Laurentius i[~ < 
( ss them to their feverai temperatures,delights, natures, inclinations, < 
■ *ntmuance 0f time,as they are fimple or mixt with other difeafes,as the : 
fjffi are divers,fo muft the figns be,almoft infinitc,Altomarus c.y. art. \ 
r£ il* And as wine producet.h divers effeds, or that herb Tortocolla in j 
Urfntiusyr>hich rnak.es fome laugh,fome weepfime Jleepfiome dance,fome \ 
howlfome drznke,&c.(o doth this our melancholy humor,work 
(/eral figncs jn feverai parties. 
rto confine them,thefe general Symptomes may be reduced to thofe" 
P Body or the Mind. Thofe ufual figns appearing in the Bodies of 
,chasare melancholy be thefe, cold and ary,or they are hot and dry, as • 
buITior js more or lefs adufi:Tromfthefe firft qualitiesarife many other 
that ofccolour,black fwarty,pale,ruddy, Bcc. fome are impense 
ar>rfk-aS Montaltus c.i6.obferves out of Galen, l.q.de locis ajfe&is,very red’ 
|1!gh coloured.Hippocrates in his booknde infanta & melan.reckons 
q fignes,that they arG*lean,withered,hollow wrincky 
ai ’, arJhynuch troubled with wind,anda griping in their bellies, or belly- 
the*' °ften'Ary bellies and hard,dejeUed looks,flaggy beards, jlnging of 
fia?S^Vtr^ig°•’lightheaded,little or no Jleep,& thM interrupt,terrible & 
SgrJ11 dreams ,* Anna firor,qn<e me fuff en fa inf omnia terrent i The fame 
sijptornes are repeated by Melanelius in his book of Melancholy colle- 
a «Ut of Galen, Ruffu s,Aßtiiis, by Rhafts, Gordonius, 6c all the Juniors, 
q Qjuedam u~ j 
mverplia,par- 
ticularia, qua- 
dam manifejla, 
qurfdam in cor- 
pore, quecddnj 
w cogitatione $ 
<& animo,qua- 
dam djhliis, 
quadam ab hu- 
moribus, qu*e -\ 
ut vinum cor-% 
pus varid dij- 
ponit, <&c. „( 
Diver ft phan- 
tofmatapro 
varietate cali- 
fs’ externae, 
interne. 
r Lib. i. de ri• 
fu.fol. 17. 
Ad e]us efum j 
alii fudant, 
alii vomunt, 
Jient, bibunt, 
fallant, alii ri- 
dent, tremunt, 
dimiunt, 
(T. Bright, 
cap. 20. 
-1 Nigrefcit hie 
humor aliquan- 
do fupercaleft- 
-1 Bus, aliquando 
. fuperfrigefsß'is. 
/island, i Gal 
> u Interprets F. 
if their meat in their Jiomascft 
.or that they had eatcnfiJJ3,dry bellies, abfurd & 
fr many phantajtical vijons about their eys, vertiginous, apt to , 
Hf! i *prone to Lenery tSome add palpitation of the heart ,coldfwet,as 
tc-r ? ITlptoms,and a leaping in many parts of the body filtumin multis 
P*nibus, a kind of itching. Faith Laurentius on the fuperficies oF: 
a flea-bitingfomtimes.a Montaltus c, 2i. puts fixed eyes and 
Pal» 1 tWlnkling of their eys for a fign,& fo doth Avicenna,o culos habentes 
Kx^^rauU,vehement er rubicundi'98cc./.3.F en.i*Tra£t .rp.c ,iB .They 
Parts hc took out of Hippocrates Aphorifms. fißhafls makes 
*°*ndl 1 Ending hcavinef for a principal token, much leaping of 
gr0r a °Ht t^3Q well us flutting,or tripping in fpeech,<&c.hollow eys, 
broad lips.To feme too, if they be far gone mimical ge- 
t{)ei V5l e tQo familiar,laughing,grinning,fieering,murmuring,’talking to 
Otis r,e ves3with ftrange*mouths and f.^ces,inarticulate voices,exclamati- 
te *Andalth ° u g h they becommonly lean. hirfutesunchea rfu lin conn* 
t> *VCe> withered, and not fo pleafant to behold, by reafonof t hofe 
Calvo, 
x Oculi hii ex- 
cavamur, ven- 
ti gignuntur 
circum pracor- 
dia & addi 
_ ru3us,Jtcei 
. ferd vsntres. 
Vertigo, tinni- 
tui aurium, 
' fmni puJJlli, 
r fmnia terribi- 
, li$ fy interrupt 
’ ta. 
f * /irg. Mn. 
y AjJldxuf e<tqi 
5 acida mftati- 
~ ones qua; cibum 
l) virulentum cu- 
lentumq*, nido- 
rem/tfinil tu 
' ~ leingejhm fit, 
e referant oh 
. cruditatem. 
telhir ' ■ r 5 J - cruditatem, 
cwca mf a 'I/ * 'fomtnv pier urn q sparer# & interrupts, fomnia ahjurdijjima, turbulenta corporis tremor, capitis gravedo, Jhepi- 
kites Y% ■ vifi°nes ante oculoSyid vsnsrsm prodigi, z saw, Bme/. Pifo, Montaltu.*. a-Frequentes habent oculorum 
(misvyrTl!am™f*».ocul* plemmq\ funt. b Cmt.lib.i. TraU. $, Signa hujs morhifunt plurims fans, fonitvs aurium» 
6 Ved0> hnSu* Mat, oculi excavantur, &c. Part. 1. Sect. 3. 
Caujes ofMelancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf*2' 
continual fears,griefs,and vexations,dull,he£tvie,lazie,reftleilc, unapt £(> 
go about any their memories are moft part good}they 
happy wits,and excellent apprehenfions. Their hot and dry brains 
them they cannot habent & crebras vigilias^Areteus^Mty 
tv and often watchings,fometimes waking for a moneth,a year together* 
cln Pantheon 
cap.de Melan- 
cholia. 
c Hercules de Saxoni a faithfully averreth,that he hath heard bis mot be* 
iwear,(he flept not forfeven moneths together:Trincavelius Torn.2 .co#j* 
ofone that waked 50.dayssand skfnkjus hath examples oft'*'0 
ycars,andall without offence .In natural aftions their appetite is greats 
then their concoCtion.multa 
d Alva* arida 
nihil dejiciens 
cibi capaces, 
nihil omina* 
tamen extern-' 
atifunt. 
e Hic Pifo In- 
flatio caroti- 
dum, &c. 
£Andr<ea* Du- 
dith Rahamo. 
ep.Iih. 3. Crat. 
Epifl. multa in 
pdjtba* fuper- 
Jhtio,auJm eti- 
am dicere, tot 
differ enti es 
qiu deferibun- 
tur d Galeno, 
neq\ intelligi d 
quoquam nec 
eb fervar i pflfe. 
gT. Bright, 
cap.2o. 
hFofl.ap.attdt. 
annum, faith 
jfaechinut in 
15. p. Ehafs. 
Idem Mercu- 
rialis confl. 
85. Trincaveli-. 
a<,Tom.2.ronf. 
17. 
; covet to eat5but cannot digeft. And although they<W eat much;yet thtf 
are leanf lllining, faith & hardynuch troubled with 
ftivenefsfzmdities,oppilationsjpitting,belching, &c. Their pulfc is ta/e 
8c flgw,except it be ofthtcCarotides which is very ffrong}hut that 
according to their intended paffions or perturbations, as Struthius h*I**1** 
proved at large,Spigmatic# artis /.4.C.13.T0 fay truth,in fuch 
. ciifeafts the pulfc is not much to be refpefted,there being fo much 
. ftition in it,aAcrato notes,and fo many differences in Galenfhax. he 
• fay they may not be obferved,or underfrood of any man. 
! Their urine is moff part pale,Sc low colored,/*?1/»** 
mcwftNot much in this in my iudgment-is all out as ****' 
certain as the other,varying fo often according to feveral perfons, 
8c other occafions not to be refpefted in Chronick difeafes. 
lancholy excrements in fo me very mnchfln others little, as the Jpleen 
his part>and thence proceeds wind,palpitation of the heart,lhort breach 
plenty of humidity in the ftomack.heavinefs of heart 8c heartake, & 
tolerable ftupidity and dulnefs offpirits.Their excrements or ftcol h^9 
black to feme 8c little. Ifthe heart,brain,liver,fpleen, be mifaflefte4>*5 
ufuaily they are,many inconveniences proceed fromthcm,many 
accompany,as Incubus, h Apoplexy, Epilepfie, Vertigo, thofe 
wakings and terrible dreams, » intempeftive laughing, weeping, 
fobbing,balbfulnellesbluftfing,trembling,fweating, fwouning, 6cc, k * 
their fenfes are troubled,they think they fee,hear, fmell, and touch 
which they do not, as fhallbe proved in the following difeourfe. 
i Gnrdoniu*. 
msdd rident, rnodoflent, flem,fc<. k Ferneliu* conftL 45. & 45. Montana* confllrryo. Galen.de lona affeSitfib,3. £<*?' *" 
Sub sect. 2; 
Symptomes or Signes in the Minde. 
in 9. Rhafts ad Almanfor. 16. will have th^c 
ifmvi Symptomes to be infinite, as indeed they are, varying 
ding tGthe P zniesjorfcarce is there one of a thoufand that W? 
alike*1 Laurentius c.16. Some few of greater note I will 
at} and atnongft the reft. Fear and Sorrow, which as they are freql 
caiifes,fo if they perfevere long, according to Hippocrates « and 
Aphorifines,they are mod allured figns,infeparable companion 
rafters of inelancholy}Of prelent meiancholy,aud habituated,faith 
tail us c, 11 .and toinmon to them all, as the faid Hippocrates, GaUn, A* 
Fear. 
lApharifm. A 
lib.ds Melon. 
m Likd.c. 6. 
de loctf qffed. 
timor <& rne- 
jlitia, ft dim i- 
uc per fever cm, 
&c. Part. i. Sc-ch 3, 
Symptomes of the Mind. 
Mernb. i. Subf. 2. 
eetina and all Neotericks hold.But as hounds many times run away with 
;Ufc cry.never perceiving themfelves to be at a fault, fo do they. For 
I loy-s ot old,(whom Galen confutes)and amongfi: the Juniorx,n Hercu- 
es "f Saxoni a, with Lod.Mer catus c. 1y.1.i-de melan.tzke juft exceptions 
at this Aphorifme o£ not alwayes true, or fo generally to 
c lltlderftood. Fear and Sorrow are no common Symptomes to all me- 
aOcholy} upon more ferio us conjlderati&nffl finde fome(fffiit\\ hej that are 
Jo at alt.Some indeed are fad,and not fearfufifome fearjnl and not fad'-, 
J°mc neitherfearful^norfad fome both. Four kinds he excepts,fanaticalper- 
9hs,fuch as 
Jpihf liriftotle confedeth to have been deeply melancholy..g*p*/yrLf/W- 
a econds hhnffihyfiog.lib,l,c.B.they were atra bile perciti;* dsmoniacal 
ptlonSjSc fuch as ipeak ftrange languages,are of this rank} fome Poets, 
.ck as laugh always, and think themfelves Kings,Cardinals,&c.fmguincl 
n Traß. pofi- 
humo de Me 
lan. edit.Yens* 
tin 1620. per 
Bo Jett am 
Bibliop. 
Mhi diligsn• 
, tius hancrem 
confidsranti, 
patet quofdam 
ejjh, qui non 
. laborant nue- 
rore fa timore* 
f Frob. lib. 3. 
*FhyJiog,lib,l. 
c. 8. Quibus 
ney are,pleafantly difpofed mod: part,'and fo continue.*Baptijia Porta 
Fear and forrow to them that are cold} but Lovers, Sybills, En- 
lllfiafts3 he wholly excludes. So that I think I may truly conclude, they 
*rehot always fad and fearful,but ufually To: and that o without a caufe, 
non timendis, (Gordonius:.) qu<eq } momenti non funt, although 
7j°t all (faith Altomarusf'F yet all likjly fear, q fome with an extra* 
t binary and a mighty fear, firetens. * Many fear death,andyet in a con- 
K^*ry humor, themfelves, Galen, lib. 3. Jt? loc. ajfeSt. cap. 7.* 
are afraid that heaven will fall on their heads:Tomethey are dam- 
q c s°r ftall be. *They are iroubledwith fcruples of Confidence, dijirujiing 
th CiS merc*cso Jhall goe certainly to Hell, the Devil will have 
mabegreat lament ationfijafon Pratenfis. Fear of Devils, death,* 
at fhey fhalbe fo fick,of fome Inch or fuch difeafe, ready to tremble at 
ei7 objed, they (hall die themfelves forthwith, or that fome of their! 
J>ar friends or near allies are certainly dcad}imminent danger,lode, dif- < 
ftill torment others, &c. that they are all glaffe,and therefore will ■ 
ti:^er no man to come near them} that they are all cork, as light as fea ’ 
as heavy as lead,fome are afraidrtheir heads wil fal off their 
a °ulders, that they have frogs in their bellies, Bcc. f Montanus confil. : 
fpeaks of one that durji not from home, for fear he Jhould i 
bim**'0* Second fears every man he meets will rob him, quarrel with 1 
'Vj* kjl him.k third dares not venture to walk alone,for fear he ihould ' 
bet the.Devii3a thief,be fick,fears all old women as witches,and every . 
HeaC\. Bor cat he fees he fufpedeth to be a Devil,every perfon comes1 
riii r lm *s roalificiated, every creature, all intend to hurt him, feek his! 
kjll par)other dares not go over a bridge, come near a pool, rock, deep 
hat/ ln a chamber where erode beams are, for fear he be tempted to J 
h Wn orPr^cff^tate himfelf.Tf he be in a filent auditory,as at afer-1 
e*S a^ra*d he wall fpeak aloud at unawares, feme thing undecent, J 
fto Taid.lfhe be locked in a clofe room, he is afraid of being fti- i 
Wat orwar,tofair5 and (till carries Bilket, Aquavits, or fome ftrong 
thfjrs about him, for Tear of Deliquiums,ot being fick} or if he be in a 
of a Church, multitude, where he may not well get out, 
ta!^e kle at cafe,he is fo mifaffeded. He will freely promife, under- 
aiAr bufinede hand, but when it comes to be performed, he 
multajngida 
’ bilif atraffloli- 
- di & timidi, at 
. qui calidi, in- 
genioji', amqfii, 
divinojtffiiritu 
, injugati,&c. 
o Omnes ex* 
ercent metus 
& trijlitia,fa 
Jtnecaufa, 
p Omnes ti- 
ment licet non 
omnibus idem 
timendi modut 
YEtius Tetrab. 
'Ub.a.fefi.C. 9. 
■ <J Ingenti pa- 
, vore trepidant* 
r Multi mor- 
■ tem timent, & 
i tamen fibi ipfa 
mortem con. 
■ fcifcunt, alii 
' cceli ruinam ti- 
mem. 
* Affligit eos 
plena fcrupulif 
confcientia, di- 
vina miferi- 
cordia diffi- 
dentes, Orco fi 
. dejiinant fida 
lamentations 
’ deplorantes* 
, j Hon aufus, 
egredi domo n& 
1 dejiceret. 
i Muhidamo- 
nes timent, la- 
trones,infidior, 
Avicenna, Part. I.Sect. 3. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Memb.i.Subi.i* 
dare not adventure,but fears an infinite number of dangers,difafters. Sec. 
Some arel afraid to be that wil fmk under them3 or 
*fwallow them quicker that the King wil cal them in queflionfor feme fa& 
they never 
of fuch a death troubles them,and they fear asmuch,Bc are equally tor- 
tured in mind, y as they that have committed a murder 3 and are penfive 
.without a caufe, as if they were now prefently to be put to death. Flater. c.%>. 
• de mentis alienat.They are afraid of fome lofs,danger, that they (hall fu- 
rely lofe their lives,goods,andall they have, but why they know not. 
Trincavelius confil. I 3 .lib. I .had a patient that would needs make away 
himfelf,for fear of being hanged,and could not be perfwaded for three 
. years together-,but that he killed a man. Plater, obfervat. lib. I. hath 
* two other examples of fuch as feared to be executed without a caufe. if 
they come in a place where a robbery,theft,or any fuch offence hath bin 
done,they prefently fear they are fufpe<fted,Bc many times betray them- 
felves without a caufe.leww the i ith the French King, fufpeded every 
man a traitor that came about him,durft truft no officer. Aliiformidolo.fi 
t Alii comburi, 
alii de liege, 
Rhafts. 
uKe terra cb- 
forbean ur. 
Fore/iht. 
xHeTrra 
kifcJtl Govdon. 
y Alii timore 
morti* timen- 
tur & mala 
gratia princi- 
pal pctsntfe 
aliquid commi- 
jiffs, fa ad/up* 
plicium re- 
quiri. 
Z Alias dome- < 
Jlicos timet, 
alius omnes, “ 
VEtius. 
a Alii timent 
infidum. Aurei, 
lib. i.demorb. 
(hr on. cap.6. 
b IV charjjt- 
mns, hic omnes 
homines citra 
dijenmen ti 
met. 
quorundam(Fracafloriusl.l.de Intellect fz-fome fear all alikeo 
feme certain cannot endure their ccmpanies,are (ickin them, or 
if they be from home.Some fu(pedatreafon ftil],others are afraid of their 
bdeareft and nearefi friends.(Melanelms e JEtiof)& dare not 
be alone inthe darkjfor fear of hobgoblins and devils; he fufpe&s every 
thing he hears or fees to be a Devil,or enchanted} and imagineth a thou- 
fand Chimera’s and vifions,which to his thinking he certainly fees, bug- 
' bears, talks with black men,ghofts,goblins, Bcc. 
. . * Cnenesfe terrent fonus excitat omnis. 
Another through balhfulnefs,fufpicion 8c timeroufnefie will not befeen 
abroad f loves darkpefi as lifecannot endure the lighter to (it in light- 
feme places,his hat ftill in his eys,he will neither fee, nor be feen by his 
got d lib.de Infania & Melancholia.He dare not come in 
company tor fear he (hould be mifufed, difgraced, overftioct him felf in 
gefturc or fpeeches,cr be fick}he thinks every man obferves him, aims at 
* Virgil, 
c Vic in lucent 
prodire timet, 
tenebrafq’, quae- 
rit, contra, ille 
cahginoja 
fvpit, 
tl Qi.idam hr- 
xus, V) malos 
Jfjiritu* ah ini- 
mico xmejidis 
inccntatio- 
nibfofhi pu- 
tant ohja&ari, 
i ippocraxes, 
potionem Je xe- 
tieficmfum- 
pf/k putat, fa 
dehac rvßare 
ftbi crehvd xi- 
detuy. Idem 
Mont ditto 
cap.ai. 
VS tim lib. 2. 
O’ alii. 
Trailianm I, i. 
ptp.i6. 
V a x -/. J J J 
him;deridts him,owes him malice. Moft panfthey arc af raid they are be' 
witched:poJJefjcd-.or by their enemies,and foiretimes they 
their neereft friends:/>e thipihjfomthingfpeaks or talks within him3or to 
kimy& he belcheth of the peyfon, Chrijiopherus a Vega lib.2. cap. I. had & 
patient fo troubled,that by noperfwafion or phy(ick’,he could -be reclai- 
n;ed. Some arc afraid that they (hall have every fearful difeale they 
fee others have, hear of, or read, and dare not therefore hear orread 
of any fuch fubjeft, nonet of melancholy it felf, left by applying 
thcirfeiyes that which they hear or read;, they (hould aggravate and 
increafeit. If they fee one poftefled, bewitched, an Fpileptick Pa- 
roxyfme, a man (baking with the palfie, or giddy headed reeling or 
ftanding in a dangerous place,&c, for many dayes after it runs in thcif 
minds, they areafraid they (hal be fo too, they are in like danger, aS 
obferves in his Cafes efConfc. and many times by 
violence of imagination they produce it. They cannot endure to fee any 
terrible object, as a Monfter, a man executed, acarcafe, hear thedevi 
named, or any tragical! relation feen, but they qu&ke for fear, Hec*~ part. i. Sed. 3. 
Sympt omes of the Mind. 
Memb.i. Subf, 
t(K fomniare jibi videntur(Lucian)they dream ofHobgoblins,and may not 
§ct u out °f their minds a long time after.-they apply (as I have faid) all 
Pey hear,fec?rcad3tothemfeivesi,as e Felix Plater notes of fome young 
Any ficians,that ftudy to cure diieafes.catch them themfelves,will be fick, 
and appropriate all fymptomes they find related of others, to their own 
perfons. And thereforc(tf/W iterum moneo,licet naufeam paret leftoriyna- 
e Obfervat.l.i. 
Quando iit nil 
nocet, nifi quod 
mulier ih at me- 
. 
0 decem pottus verba,decies repetita licet,abundare ,qu am unum defy der ari') 
1 Would advife him,that is aftually melancholy, not to read this trad: of 
he difquiet or make himfelf for a time worfe, and more 
pelancholy then he was before.Generally of them all take inani- 
femper conqueruntur,& timenfaith Aretiur-,they complain of toys.Sc 
tearhvithout acaufc,and ftil think their melancholy to be moft grievous, 
«one fo bad as they are, though it be nothing in refped:, yet never any 
ir*an lure was fo troubled,or in this fort. As really tormented and per- 
plexed in as great an agony for toys Sc triflcs(fuch things as they wil af- 
per laugh at theinfelves}as ifthey were moft material 8c eflential matters' 
f-timeo tamen 
} metufque caitfr 
" nefeiuf, caufa 
, ejtmetuf. \ 
Heinjiui Au~ 
Jiriaco. 
*ndeed,worthy to be fearcd,Bc wil not be fatisfied.Pacific them for one, 
*hey are inftantly troubled with fomeother afraid of fome- 
thing,which they foolifhly imagin or conceive to themfelves, which ne- 
ver peradventure was,never can be,never likely will in mind 
upon every fmall occafion,unquict,ftil complaining,grieving,vexing,fus- 
pcfting,grudging,dircontentsand cannot be freed folong as melancholy 
continues.Or if their minds be more quiet for the prefent, and they free 
*fom forrain fears,outward accidents,yettheir bodies are outof tune,they 
hifped fomc part or otherto be amifs,now their head akes,hcart,ftomack 
lpleen,Scc. is mifaffedcdjthcy (hall furely have this or that difeafe,ftill 
doubled in body,mind.,or both,Sc through wind,corrupt phantafie,lome 
3ccidental diftcmper,continually moleftcd.Yet for all this as sjacchinus 
all other things they are voi f,jiaid,dtfcreet da nothingunbefee- 
-1711 ftg their dignity,pcrfon,or place, this fo&lijh,ridiculous,and childijh fear . 
e*ceptedswhiQh fo much/o continually tortures and crucifies their fouls, 1 
a barking dog that alwayes bawls,but feldome bites, this fear ever i 
lsoleffeth,and fo long as melancholy lafteth,cannot be avoided. ; 
that other Chara&er,Bc infcparable companion,as individual as 
pint Cof/rius and Damian,fidus Achat ex,as all writers witnefs, a common 
yttiptorn3a continual,Sc ftil without any evident cau fefm£rent omnes,& 
\trogCs eos reddere caufam.non pojjnnf.grieving ftil,but why they cannot 
look as ifthey had newly come forth 
p Trophonius den.And though they laugh many times,& feem to be ex- 
inerry(as they wilby fits)yet extream lumpifh again in an in- 
ant,dull,Sc heavy Jewel & ftmul,merry & fad,but moft part fad:’l*?/ qua 
Icent,abeunt minimi c a tenacius hecrcnt: forrow flicks, by them ftillcon- 
as the vulture ch&Titins bowels. Sc they cannot avoid 
pNo loonerarc their eyes open,but after terrible Sc troublefom dreams 
pr heavy hearts began to figh: they are ftill fretting, chafing, fighing, 
Y l(Y ing,complaining,{mdingfaults,repining,grudging,weeping, Heauton- 
**/ew*avex ing themfelves,ldifquieted in mind,with reftlefssunqui- 
„ ' tn°ughts,difcontent,either for their own,other mens, or publickaf- 
fuchas concern them not, things. paft, prefent or to come, the 
[ g Cap. 15.1V, p. 
, Hhqftsy in 
' multif vidi, 
‘ praeter ratio ■ 
. nem femper 
liquid timent, 
w cetera ta- 
men optimi fe 
gnmtneq\dU 
quid prater 
dignitatem 
committunt. 
H Altomarut 
up.q. Arete tiff 
trijhffunt. 
i Tyhnt.Bs1-1» 
k Ovid.TV&t. 4. 
1 Inquies ani- 
mat. Tart. i.Seft. 5. 
Symptomes oj Melam-holy. 
Memb.i.Subl. ** 
remembrance of forne difgrace,lofs,injury,abufe,Scc.troubles them now 
idle afre(h,as if it were new done 5 they are affiicfed otherwiie for 
fome danger, lols, want,fhame, mifery, that will certainly come, as they 
fufpedf Ate frowns upon them,infomuch that Are - 
tens well calls it, angorem animi, a vexation of the mindc, a perpetual 
agony .They can hardly be pleafcd,or eafed,though in other mens opini- 
on mod happy,go,tarry,run, ride, 
rn foji equitem fedet atra curaithey cannot avoid this feral 
plaguc,lct them come in what company they lateri Uthalfc 
arundo,as to a Deecrrhat isdruck,whether he run,go,red,with the herd, 
or alone, this grief remains:irrefolutior;,incondancy,vanity of mind,their 
fear,torture,care,jea!oulie,fufpition,&c.continues,and they cannot be re- 
re- lieved. So°he complained in the Poet, 
m Hor. 1.3. 
Oi. r. 
nVng. 
© Menei, He- 
avrtmt. AU. 1. 
/r.l. 
Domum revortor mceflus ,atque animo fer* 
Perturbato, atq5 incerto pr£ agritudine, 
Ajjido, accurrunt fervi: foccos detrahunt, 
Video alios fejiinare,leftosJiernere, 
Cernam apparare, pro fe quifq5 fedulo 
Faciebant.qna illam mihi lenirent mi fer i am. 
He came home furrowfull,and troubled in his mind, his fervants did all 
they pofitbiy could to pi cafe himjone pulled off his locks, another made 
ready his bed, a third his dipper,all did their utmoft endeavors to eafe 
his grief,and exhileratc his perfon, he was profoundly melancholy, he 
had lod his fon,illud ange.bat,that Was his Cordolium,his pain, his agony 
which could not be removed.Hence it proceeds many times, that they 
are weary of their lives,and feral thoughts to offer violence to their own 
• perfons,corne into their minds Radium vita is a common fymptom, tarda 
fluunt jngr at aq^tempora,they are foon tired with all things , they will 
now tarrie,nuw be gonqnctw in bed they wil rife,now up,then go to bed, 
Taiim vtie. 
now pleafed,then again they like,by and by diflike all, 
weary of all,yequitur nunc vwcndi.nunc moriendi cupido,faith Aureliani 
lib.\ m.6.but mod partPvitam 
p Ahomaruf. 
q Sctiita, 
upon every lighter no occafion, objed: often tempted, I fay, to make a- 
way 
not live.-they complain,weep,lament, and think they lead a mod mife* 
rabk lifc,never was any man fo bad,or fo before, every poor man they 
fee is mod fortunate in refpeft of them, every begger that comes to the 
door is happier then they are, they could be contented to change lives 
with them,efp£cially if they be alone,idle,&: parted from their ordinary 
company,moldled,dilpleafed,or provoked:grief,fear,agony, difcontent? 
wearifomneft?laziuersjiuspitionsorfoir.e fitch pallion forcibly feizeth on 
them .Yet by and by when they come in company again,which they like, 
or be pleafed, fuamfententiam rurfus damn ant,& vit£ folatio deleftiifr 
iurjss OClavias Horatianus obferves, lib. 2. cap. 5. they condemn thtj1 
former miflike, and are well pleafed to live. And fo they continue, th' 
! with fotnefrefh dilcontent they be molefted again, and then they ary 
weary of their lives,wcary ofaifthey will die,and ihevv rather a nccelf' 
.tytolivesther.a defire.Claudius the Emperor as *~Sueton deferibes him, 
• had a fpice of this difeafe, for when he was tormented with the pain ot 
* Cap. 31. Quo 
jiomachi dolore 
correptum fs, 
etiJm dd con- 
fnfcemla mono 
cogiujf» dixit.'  i. Seft. 3. 
Symptomes of Melancholy. 
iVieiiib. i. ouli. 2. 
'As ftomack,he had a conceit to make away himfelfe. 
wnfil,B4. had a Polomian to his Patient, fo affected, that through * fear 
which he wasfHJl difquieted,hated his own Jife,wifh- 
e<a tor death*every moment, and to be freed of his mifery. Mercurials 
another, and another that was often minded to difpatch himfeife,and lb 
continued for many years* 
t Luget fr 
femper triJJa- 
tur,folitudi- 
nem amat, 
mortem fibi 
trecatuy « rvi- 
and are general Symptomes; they are commonly 
aiUruflful,timorous,apr to miftake,and amplifie, facile irafcibiles, frefty, 
Psttifh,peevirh,and ready to fnarl upon occafioiy;»/*/ amicij■- 
J*%»,and without a vel non datum, it will be Jcundalum ac- 
c*ptum. If they fpeak in jeft, he takes it in good earndf. If they be not 
abated,invited,conlulted with,called tocounfel,&c.or that any rdpeft. 
tam propriam 
odio habet. 
Suf ition. 
Jealoufie. 
, (Facilein iram 
incidunt. Aret. 
■ t irafine cau- 
) fa, velocitas 
mall complement,or ceremonie be omitted, they think themfelves neg- 
octed,and contemned, for a time that tortures them. If two talk toge- 
ther, difeourfe, whifper,jeft, or tell a tale in generali, he thinks pre- 
Jontly they mean him,applies all to himfelf, defe putat omnia diet. Or* 
u they talk with him, he is ready to mifeonftrue every word they (peak, 
*nd interpret it to the word, he cannot endure any man to look fteadily 
°h him, fpeak to him almoft,laugh,jeft,or be familiar, or hem, or point, 
Cai ■. 1 r •. 1 • r C _ __ e ti TT* -__ I „i_ i « 
_ ir<e. 
Savanarohf 
’ praft. major. 
. velocitas ir<e 
Jigmm. 
Avicenna. 1.3, 
Fgn.i. TraQ. 4, 
r cap. 18. . 
Anger fine 
) cauja. 
nSvJpido, dif. 
fidentia, jym- 
. ptomm, Crato 
Ep. Julio A- 
lexandrino 
conf.ify. 
Scotia. 
v°ngh,or lpit,or make a none lometimes,&c. uHe thinks they laugh or 
Point at him,or do it in difgraceofhim, circumvent him, contemn him,, 
overy man looks at him,he is pale,red,fweats for fear and anger,leftffoeme 
D°dy Ihould obferve him.He works upon it,and long after,this falfe con. 
cOitofan abufc,troub!es him.Mont anus conf. 2 2.gives inftance in a mclan 
choly Jew,that was Iracundior Adriano wafpifh and fufpitious Jam facile 
7rftus> that no man could tell how to carry himfelfe in his company. 
nconfiant they are in all their aftions,vertiginous,reftlefTe, unapt tore- 
°H'c of any bufincfs,they will and will not, perfwaded to and fro upon 
or word fpokemand yet if once they berefolved, 
phinatc, hard to be reconciled.lf they abhorre, diflike, ordiftaft, once 
etfed3 though to the better by odds, by no counfel or perfwafion to be 
in mod: things wavering, irrefolutc, unable to deliberate, 
fear mox fa&i peenitent {Areteui) avari, et paulopoji 
Now prodigal,and then covetous,they do, and by-and-by repent 
Wh mt^iat they have dpne,fo that both waies they are troubled, 
1 ejher they doe or doe not,want or have,hit or miffc,difquieted of all 
ands.foon weary,and (till Peeking change3reftlefle,l fay,fickle, fugitive, 
cy may not abide to tarrie in one place long. 
Inconftancy, 
* Rom£ rus optans, abjentem rujlicus urbem 
Tollit afi ajira 
coinpanle long,or to perfever in any aftion or bufincfie. 
*Hor. 
Et fimi lis rcpum p u eris 0p appare minutum 
eftf Pofcl*i & iratus mamm<e lallare recufat, 
that°°nS anon d iff leafed,as a man thats bitten with fleas, or 
fed annot AeeP>turns to and fro in his bed, their reftlefs minds are tof- 
or tw Varysthey ave no Patience t0 rcad out a book, to play out a game 
nvir a milc,fit an hour,&c.erefted and deiefted in an inftantjani- 
*Perf. Sat. 3. 
Ext tQ Unc^erI:ake}and upon a word fpoken again difcouraged. 
A Pajjionatei guicqtiid volunt valde volunt? and whatthey de- 
PaffiQnate, Part. i.Seft. 3. 
Symptomes oj Melancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf.2. 
fire,they do moft furioufly feek:anxious ever Sc very fol icitous,diftruft- 
ful,and timorous,envious,malicious,profufe one while, fparing another, 
but moft part covetous,muttering,repining,difcontent,and‘(till complai- 
ning,grudgmg?PeevifiMy///r^ tenaces^prone to revenge,foon troub- 
led,and moft violent in all their imaginations,not affable in fpeech,or apt 
to vulgar cogitabundi hill, very 
* In his dutch 
workpiftutc. 
intent,Scas* Albert us Durer paints melancholy, like a fad woman leaning 
on her arm with fixed looks,negled habit, See. held therefore byfoine 
proud,foft,fottifh,or halfmad,as the Abderites efteemed of Democritus: 
and yet of a deep rcach,excellent apprchenfion,judicious,wife Sc witty: 
for 1 am of that*Noblemans mind. Melancholy advanceth mens conceits, 
more then any humor whatfoever, improves their meditations more then 
any ftrong drink or (ack.They are of profound judgment in forne things, 
* Howard 
cap."], differ. 
although in others non retie judicant inquieti.isdth Fracaftoriusfib.jJe 
Jntell.And as Arculanus c.\6.in (j.Rhafts^terms itfjudicium plerumqt) per- 
judicant honejia mhonejia, amicitiam habent prt 
inimici count honefiy dilhonefty,friends as enemies, they wifi 
abiffe their beft friends,and dare not offend their enemies.Cowards moft 
ad inferendam injuriam fimidijjimi,faith Cardan,/.B.cap.\ide re* 
rum varietate: Loth to offend, and if they chance to overlhoot them- 
lelves in word,or any fmali bufines or circumftance be omitted, 
forgotten,they are miferably tormented, and frame a thoufand danger* 
& inconveniences to thcmfelves,cx mufea elephantemyf once they conceit 
it:overjoyed wifh every good rumor,tale,or profperous event, tranfpor- 
ted beyond themfelvesiwith every fmall crofs again,bad news,mifconcei- 
ved injury,lofs,danger,afiiid:ed beyondmeafure,in great agony,perplex- 
ed,dejeded, aftoniihed, impatient, utterly undone: fearful, fufpicious of 
all.Yetagaimmany of them defperate hairbrains, ra(h,carelefs, fit to be 
* Traß-de mel. 
cap. 2. Ncßu 
ambulant per 
JylvM, (jloca 
■periculofa, ne- 
minem timent. 
5i facile amant 
A Item. 
Amorous. 
AfTafinates,as being void of all fear and forrow,according to* Hercules d* 
Saxoni a.Moji fuch as dare tvall{ alone in the nightyhrough 
defert s and dangerous places fearing none.They are prone to /0z>e,andxeali£ 
to be t a ken. Prop enji ad amorem & excandejcentiam(Mont altus cap, 21 •) 
. quickly inamored,and dote upon allslove one dearly,til they fee another, 
and then dote on her,Et hanc, & hanc, & illam, & the 
moves moft,and the laft commonly they love beft.Yet lome again Ante* 
4 
y Fodine. 
z Jo. Major vi- 
ta pJtrum fol. 
202. Paulus 
Abbas Eremita 
tanta folitudi- 
r.e perfeverat, 
ut nec vefiem, 
necvultwn 
mulieris ferre 
poflit, fee. 
Humorous. 
* Conjult.lib.l. 
17. Conf. 
endure the fight of a woman,abhor the fex,as that fame me- 
lancholyVDukeof Mufcovy yhat was inftaitfly fick, if became but infigi 
of thcin.-and thatzAnchorite.that fell into acoldpalfie, when a worn#1 
was brought before him* 
Humorous they are beyond all meafure, fometimes profufely laughing? 
extraordinary merry,and then again weeping without a canfes(which is 
familiar with many Gentle wotnan)groaning,fighing, penfive, fad, almcft 
diftra alfnrda a ratione aliena (faith* Frambefari* 
many abfi.rditics,vainsvoid reafon; one fuppofeth hitll' 
felfeto be a Dog, Cock, Bear, Horfe, Glaffc, Butter, See. He is a Giant, 
’a Dwarf, as ftrong as an hundred men, a Lord, Duke, Prince, 
And if he be told he hath a ftinking breath,a great nofe, that he is fickf. 
or inclined to fuch or fuch a difeale, lie beleeves it eftfoons,and p.erad* 
venture by force of imagination, will work it out.. Many of them are  
Symptomes of the Minde< 
Membii . Subl.2. 
ttninoveabfe,and fixed, in their conceipts, others vary upon every objedh 
heard or iecn. If they fee a ftage-play, they run upon that a week after 5 
.ey hearMufick, or fee dancing, They have naught but bag-pipes in 
iftheyfee a combat, they are all for annes, a Ifabufed, an 
abufe troubles them long after, if eroded, that crofs, Bcc. Reftlefle in 
ueir thoughts and actions, continually meditating, Velut <egri fomnia. 
finguntur [pedes ,More like dreames, then men awake, they fain a 
company of Antick, phantafticall conceipts, they have moft frivolous 
taoughtsdmpoiTible to be fometimes think verily they hear 
prefent before their eyes fuch phantafmes or goblins, they fear3 
uFpecr, or conceive, they (fill talk with, and follow them. In 
J°ft6s fowniantibus idvigilant, quod alii foniniant cogitabundi ■ 
113 ahh Avicenna, they wake, as others dreame, and fuch for the mod 
P/*it are their imaginations and conceipts, b abfurd,vain,foolifh toies, yet 
hQy arc c moft curious and follicitous, continual, Jupra 
c°nt, hb.l. cap.9.praemeditantur de aliqua re. As ferious in a toy, as if it 
Jj'ytea moft necefiary bufineffe, of great moment, importance, and ftiJJ, 
*ull, ftill thinking of it :fteviunt in /e, macerating thcmfelves. Though 
tjlpy do talk with you, and feem to be otherwife employed, and to your 
jinking very intent and bufie,ftill that toy runs in their minde,that fear, 
that abufe,that jealoufic, that agony, that vexation, that 
crofte, that caftle in the ayr, that crochet, that whknfie, that fidfion, that 
P*eafant waking dream whatfoever it is. Nec interrogant ( faith d Fraca- 
*; GrmsJ nec interrogatis reU\ refpondent, They do not much heed what 
j 1 Fay, their minde is on another matter 5 ask what you will, they do 
attend, or much intend that bufines they are about,but forget them- 
.flves what they are faying, doing, or fhould otherwife fay or do, whi- 
QCr they arc going, diftradfed with their own melancholy thoughts. 
faughb upon a fudden, another fmilcs to himfelf, a third frownes, 
Caus,his lips go ftill,hc adfs with his hand,as he walks,Bcc. ’Tis proper to 
Melancholy men,faith e Mercuri alis 11 .What cZceit they have once 
€?ltertained, to be moft intent, violent, and continually about it. Invitis 
dq what they may, they cannot be rid of it, againft their wills 
ft)} Mu ft think of it a thoufand times over. Perpetuo moleftantur, nec 
Q/Vifci poftunt, they are continually troubled with it, in company, out 
ea CQrnPany sat meat, at excrcife, at all times and places, f non deftnunt 
minime volunt, cogi tar e, if it be offenfive especially, they cannot 
S TrQj may not reft or fleep for it,but ftill tormenting themfelves, 
ftrphi faxum volvunt (ihi ip(is0 as * Brunner obferves. Perpetua calami- 
miferabile flagellum. J 
ft>i ra*r*8 Laurentius> 8c Fcrnelins^put baftifulnefs for an ordinary Symp- 
X^nhrKfticus pudor vttiofus pudor jsa thing which much haunts 8c 
them; If they have been mifufed, derided, difgraced, chidden, 
Perturbation of minde mifaffedfed, it fo far troubles them, 
the • become quite moped many times,and fo difheartned, dejedfed, 
tlicf Qar<tllot COIIie abroad,into.ftrange companies efpecially, or manage 
Mar r-°rdinary a^airs,fo childifh,timorous and baftifull,they can look no 
f0 Iln r^e are more difquieted in this kinde,fome lefsdonger 
others fhortcr,by fits. See, though fome on the other fide ( accord- 
a Generally 
as they are 
pleafed ordif- 
plea fed, fo arc 
their cohtmu- 
all cogitations 
pleafing or 
difpleafmg. 
b Omnes exer- 
cent van* tn- 
tenfeqi animi 
cogitationes, 
(N.Pifo. Bru- 
d.) ia ajjidutdi 
c Curioji de re- 
but minimis. 
Areteuf, 
d Üb. 2. id 
Intell. 
e Hoc metart* 
cholicu omni- 
bus proprium, 
itt qunt feviel 
imaginationes 
valdd recepe- 
rint, non facile 
rejiciant, fed 
hit etiam vet 
inviti) femperi 
occurrant, 
•flulliuf de 
fen. 
* Cpnjtl. md. 
pro 
driaco. 
f Corftl. 43. 
e Cop. 5* 
ija/hfUnelSj Part.i.Seft.^. 
Symptomes of Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Subf.2* 
ing to^Frarajiorius)he inverecundi &pertinacesjmpudcnt and pecvifh* 
But m off part they are very (hame%:’d, and that makes them with fet- 
Blefenjisfhrijlopher Vrfwickjk. many fiichjto refufe honours,offices ano 
preferments, which fometimes fall into their mouths, they cannot fpeak, 
or put forth themfelves as others can, timor hos,pudor impedit illos,timo- 
roufnefs 8c balnfulnefs hinder their proceedings,thcy are contented with 
their prefent effate,unwilling to undertake any officc,& therefore never 
likely to rife. For that caufe they feldom vifit their friends, except forre 
words,and oftentimes wholly filent .*Fram~ 
hefarius a Frenchman had two fuch patients, omnino taciturnos, their 
friends could not get them to fpeak: Rodericus « Fonfeca confult .Tom.2» 
Bs.conpl. gives inltance in a young man,of 27 years of age, that was fre- 
quently filent, baflifull, moped,folitary, that would not eat his meat, or 
Beep, and yet again by fits, apt to be angry, &c. Moff part they are, & 
Vlaternotzs^defides,taciturni,xgre impulji, nec mft coach procedunt, 
they will fcarce be compelled to do that which concerns them,though it 
be for their good,fo diifidentjfo dull,of final or no complement,unfocia- 
ble,hard to be acquainted with, efpecially offfrangers y they had rather 
write their minds,then fpeak, & above all things love folitarinefs, oh vO' 
luptatem, an timorem foti funt f Are they fo folitary for pleafure ( one 
asks) or pain ( for both: yet I rather think for fear and Borrow, Bcc. 
1 Hinc metuunt, cupiuntque, dolent, fugmntquc, nec auras 
Refpicinnt clauji tenebris, & careers c<£cs. 
h Lib. 2. ds 
Intel}. 
* Confult. Is. 
¥y 16. lib. i. 
Solitafmefs. 
Wirg.&n.6. 
Hence ’tis they grieve and fear, avoiding light, 
And flint themfelves in prifon dark from fight. 
As Bellerophon in k Homer, 
spui mifer in fylvis maerens errabat opaefc, 
ipfe fnttm cor edens, hominum vefiigia vitans. 
That wandred in the wroods fad all alone. 
For faking mens fociety, making great moan. 
k Iliad, 3, 
I Si malum ex- 
afperantur, ho- 
nines odio ha- 
bent <t* Jblita- 
na psttmt. 
in Democritus 
filet noßes fa 
dies apudfi 
debere, plerum- 
que autem in 
fishiness, fub 
anuen» am- 
ywn umbrh 
vet in tenebris, 
fa mdllihu/ 
herbis, vel ad 
aquarum cre- 
bra & quie- 
ta finentafac, 
n Gaudet te- 
nebris, aliturfi 
dolor. 
PJI62. Vigila- 
vi fa faShst 
fim velut ny- 
Bicorax in do- 
micilio, pqjjhr 
folitariw in 
templo» 
They delight in floods & waters,defert places,to walk alone in orchards 
gardens, private walks, back-lanes, averfe from company, as Diogenes ill 
his tub,or Timon Mifanthropus, I they abhor all companions at laft, even 
their nsereft acquaintance, Bcmoft familiar friends, for they have a cop' 
ceit(l fay)every man obrervesthcm,will deride,laugh to fcorn,or mifme 
them, confining themfelves tkereforc wholly to their private houfes ol 
c umbersfugiunt hominesfne caufa(fd\t\\ Rhafs'fet odio 
diet themfelves,feed and live alone.lt was one of the chid' 
c trealons, why tne Citizens of Abdera ftufpefted Democritus to be 
Line io y and mad} becaufe that as Hippocrates related in his Epifflc t0 
he forfuok the City, lived in groves & hollow trecs,upoftil 
green *>rookftde,or confluence of waters all day,& all night. SSs 
cjttidem Zjplurhnu atra bile vexatis & melancholicis eveniunt, 
fcrui frequent ant, congreJJ* averfanturp Which is an ordinal 
thing with melancholy mcn.Thc Mgypti »x t her cfore in their Hieroglyph’ 
exprefled a melancholy man by an Hare fitting in herform,as being a mo*. 
timorous and folitary creature,rieriw Hieroglyph. /.12. But this, and an 
precedent fymptomes,are more or le(s apparentias the humour is intend 
ed or remitted,hardly perceived in fpme.or not at alLmoft manifeft in pMt.i.Secl.3. 
Symptomes of the Minde 
Meinb.i. Subi.^. 
thers. Childifh in fome,terrible in others 5 to be derided in one. pitied or 
admired in anot hereto him by fits, tg a fecond continuate: and howfoc- - 
vcr thefe fymptomes be common and incident to all perfons,yet they are 
£he more remarkable, frequent, furious and violent in melancholy men. 
1 o fpeak in a word,there is nothing fo vain, abfurd,ridiculous, extrava- 
gant,}mpofljble,inCredible, fomonfirous aChimsera, fo prodigious and 
strange,o fuch as Painters and Poets durff not attempt, which they will 
«ot really fear,fain, fufpeef 8c imagine untothemfelves : And that which ! 
. L°d.Viv.i.aid in jeft of a filly country fellow, that kild his Afs for drink- 
lr>g up the Moon,ut lunam mundo redderet, you may truly fay of them in 1 
will extreams, contrarieties, and contradi-; 
tions,sc that in infinite varieties.Melancholici plane incredibilia flbi per- 
Juadent,ut vix omnibus feculis duo reperti flnt,qni ide imaginati a-* 
Jflts de L ami i /)fcarce two of 2000 that concur in the fame fymptoms. The 
1 ower of Babel never yielded fuch confufion of tongues, as this Chaos of 
Melancholy doth variety of fymptomes. There is in ail melancholy fimi- 
htudo dijji mi Its, like mens faces,a difagreeing likenefs ftill} And as in a ri- 
ver we fwim in the fame place,though not in the fame numerical water 5 
the fame inftrument affords feveral leffons, fo the fame difeafe yields 
diverfity of fymptomes. Which howfoever they be diverfe,iptricate, and 
to be confined, I will adventure yet in fuch a vaft confufion and ge- 
nerality,to bring them into fome fo defeend to particulars. 
6 Et qu<t viz 
audet fabula, 
monfira park. 
* In cap. 18. 
l.io.de civ.deij 
Lunam ab Afi- 
na epotam vi- 
dens. 
Particular Symptomesfrom the influence of Stars, parts of the hodys 
S U B s E c. -5 
and humors. 
men have peculiar Symptomes,according to their tempera- 
ment and Cri(is, which they had from the Starres and thofe ce- 
Icftiall influences, variety of wits and di (portions, as Anthony 
Zara contends, Anat.ingenfetfj.memb. 11,12,13,14. plurimum 
irritant if?fluenti £ ccelcjies,unde cientur animi aegritudines & morbi cor- 
foith,diverfe difeafes of the body and minde proceed from 
tileir influences,ras I have already proved out of Ptolomy,Fontanus,Lem- 
*7*i*>Cardan, and others, as they as principali fignificators of manners, dif- 
ales, mutually irradiated,or Lords of the Ptolomeus in his 
aflnt'^0CIU Hermes,or whofoever elfe the author of that trad,attributes 
‘thefe fymptomes,which are in melancholy men,toeeleftial influences; 
°pinion Mercurialis de affetf.lib. 1 .cap. 10. as I fay,f jfo- 
Pototanusjfk. others ftifly defcnd*That feme are folitary, dul, hea- 1 
111 rlifh,fomc again blkh,buxome,light,and merry,they aferibe whol- 
tarM ?tars*As if Saturn be predominant in his nativity,and caufe me- 
cfoly in his temperatu re,t hen1 hefhaFbe very auftere,fullenschurlilh, | 
Cc^Ck °f colour,profound in his cogitations,ful of cares,miferics,and dif- 
t.ents 8c fearful,alwayes filent, folitary, ftill delighting in hufban- 
clof1U Gardens,Rivers,Ponds,Pooles,dark Walks and 
Co%itationes funt velle <edificare, velle arbores plantare, agros cole- 
cf To catch Birds, Fillies, Bcc. Bill contriving and mufing of fuch 
}£,' e,I S* 3uP*ter domineers, they are more ambitious,fHll meditating of 
fedonies, Magiftracies. Offices, Honours, or that they are Princes, Po~ 
pVete,l,4.c. j* 
tSeft.-z.Memb. 
i.Subf. 4. 
(Be reb.c<zlejh 
lib. io. c. rj. 
t J.de Indagine 
GocleniKfs, Part.i.S eft.g. 
Caufes of Melancholy, 
Memb.i. Subf.3' 
tentates, and how they would carry themfelves,&c. If Marsfbty are aU 
for wars, brave combats, Monomadiies,tefty, cholerick, ha rebrain, rain, 
furious,and violent in their a&ions. They will fain themfelves Viters? 
Commanders, are paftionate and fatyrical in their fpceches, great brag' 
gcrs, ruddy of colour. And though they be poor in (hew, vile and bate? 
* Hot. Ie artv 
poet. 
yet like 'Telephus and Feleus in the * Poet, 
Ampullas ja&ant & fefquipedalia verba, ~ 
their mouthes are full of Myriades, and tetrarchs at their tongues end. ft 
the Sun,they will be Lords, Emperors,in conceipt at leaft3and Monarchs? 
give Offices.Honors,Bcc.lf Venus they are ft il courting of their miftreffes, 
and moft apt to love, amoroufly given, they feem to hear mufick, plaics? 
fee fine pictures, dancers,merriments,and the like.Ever in love, and dote 
on all they fee.Mercurialifis are folitary,much in contemplation,fubtile? 
Pocts,Philofophers,and mufing moft part about fuch matters .If the Moon 
have a hand, they are all for peregrinations, fea-voyages, much affeted 
with travels, to difcourfe, reade, meditate of fuch things 5 wandring to 
their thoughts, divers, much delighting inwaters, to fifh, fowl, fkc. 
Rut the moft immediate fymptomes proceed from the Temperature it 
felf, and the Organical parts, as Head, Liver, Spleen,Meferaick 
Heart, Womb,Stomack, Btc. and moft efpecially from diftemperature ot 
tTratl.y.de < 
Melon. j 
si Hvmidum, 
caldum, frigi- 
dum,Jiccum. 
%Cem. in 1. 0. 
Jihannis de 
Sacrobofco. 
y Si refdet me- 
lancholia natu- 
ralif, tales 
plumbei coloris 
aut nigri, Jiu- 
pidi,folitanj. 
2 Non una me- 
lancholia caufa 
eji, nec unus 
humer vitii pa- 
j - j X. J JL 
Spirits(which as tHer cules de Saxoni a contends,are wholy immaterial)*}? 
from the four humors in thofe feats,whether they be hot or cold,natural? 
unnatural, innate or adventitious,intended or remitted, fimple or mixt? 
their divers mixtures,and feveral aduftions,combinations,which may be 
as diverfly varied,as thofe afour firft qualities in produce & 
many feveral Symptomes and monftrous fictions as wine doth effete 
• which as Andreas Bachius obferves, vino,cap.2o. are infinite. 
greater note be thefe. 
If it be natural Melancholy, as Lod. Mercatus lib, 1. cap. ij.de metati' 
Bright c,i6o hath largely described, either of the Spleen, or of the vein# 
faulty by excefs of quantity,or thicknefs of fubftance, it is a cold and dry 
1 humores Montanus affirms conf 1.26.the parties are fad,timorous 
ful.Profper Calenus in his book de atra bile^will have them to be more ft#* 
tens,fed plures, 
fa din* alter 
mutatus, unde 
non omnes ea- 
dem fentiunt 
pid then ordinary,cold,heavy,dull,folitary,fluggi(h,Si multam atram»* 
Um & frigidam habent. Her cules de Saxenia c. 19./. J.yholds thefe that a* 
natur ally melancholy }to be of a leaden colour or blacky and fo doth Guian° 
rius c. 3.*»•<*#. 15.and fuch as think themfelves dead many times, ortha 
jympwmta. 
a Hmorfrigl' 
duf dehrii cau- 
fa, humor cali- 
dus furor if. 
b Mdtum re- 
fmqmquif- 
fue melancho- 
lia teneatur, 
hunc fervens 
accenft agi- 
tat , dium trjjlii 
& frigens oc- 
cupathi timi- 
di, iUi invere- 
cundi, intrepi- 
di, &e. 
they fee3talk3with black mcn,dead men,fpirits and goblins frequently? f 
it be in excefs. Thefe according to the mixture of 
four humors aduft, which is natural melancholy. For as Trallianus hat 
written cap.i6J.y 7-There is not one canfeofthis melancholy ytor one 
which begets it,but clivers diverjly intermixt from whence proceeds this 
riety of Symptomes:Andthofe varying again as they are hot or cold,»CoW 
melacfoly(fz\t\\ Benedic.Vittorius Faventinuspra&.mag.yis a caufe off0' 
tage,& more mild Symptomes,if hot or more more violent pajjtc*/9 
and furies,Fracafiorius 1.2.de intelleU.will have us toconfidcr well ofl 9 
,kwith what kjnde of Melancholy every one is trouhledfor it much availcy., 
know it o one is inragqd by fervent her is pojjejjed by fad and cow? 
one is fearfufjhamefafathe other impudent and holds. As .Ajax, Arm a rap Pan:, i. Sect.3. 
Symptomes of the fiarsy humors, &c. 
jvlcuid. i. Subi«3* 
faperojque furens in pr&ha pofcit/quite mad or tending to iTjadnefs:N//ȣ 
nos,nunc impetit illos. Bellerophon on the other tide, foils errat male!anus 
in agrfs,wanders alone in the defpaires,weeps and is weary of 
laughs,fkc. All which variety is produced from the feve- 
rai degrees of heat and cold,which f Hercules de Saxoni a will have who- 
ly proceed from the diftemperatureoffpirits alone,animal efpecially,and 
thofe imrnatenall,the next and immediate caufes of Melancholy,as they 
arc hot,cold,dry,moiff, and from their agitation proceeds that diverfiry 
cn Symptomes, which he reckons up, inthe*i3. chap, of his Trad of 
Melancholy, and that largely through every part. Others will have 
trjern come from the divers aduftionof the four humours, which in this 
unnatural melancholy, by corruption of blood, aduft choler, or melan- 
choly natural,c by excejjzve diji emper of heat turned, in comparifon of the 
n*tnrall,into a fiarp lye by force of adujiion,caufe according to the diverji- 
ty oft heir matter, diverfe andJirange SymptomesfwhichT.Bright reckons 
hp in his following chapter. So doth d Arculanusy according to the four 
Principal! humours aduft, and many others. 
+ Cap.j. & g.. 
Trait At Mel 
: * Sigmmelan- 
. cholia ex in- 
temperie [ a- 
gitat tone Jfiri- 
/iuumjtne ma- 
teria. 
c T.Bright.cap. 
A. treat. Me I. 
d Cap,\6,in 0, 
Hhajts, 
For example, if it proceed from fleagme, ( which is feldome and not fc 
frequent as the reft)c it ftirres up dull Symptomes,and a kinde of ftupi di- 
tie, or impaffionate hurt: they aae fleepy, faith f Savanarola, dull, flow. 
cold, blockifb, afs-like, Aftmnam melancholiam, g MeUnffhon calls it: 
they are much given to weeping, and delight in waters, ponds,pooles,rivers, 
fifding,fowling,&c. (Arneldus hreviar. 1. cap. 18.) They arc b pale of co- 
lc»ur,l]othfull,apt to deep, heavie 'fmnch troubled with head-ach, conti- 
• e Bright, c. 16. 
f Brail, major. 
> Somnians, pi- 
-1 frigidus. 
g D? anima 
cap. de humor, 
'Ji d Phlegmate 
■ femper in aqutt 
fere fum, 
1 circa Jluvios, 
phrant mul- 
• turn, fgc. 
h Pigra nafci • 
tur ex colore 
pallido alba. 
Her. ds Saxon. 
i Savartarpla. 
k Muros Mds- 
rs in fr, aut 
fubmergi ti- 
raenty cum tor- 
pore fy fegni- 
tie, [j Jluvios 
amant tales, 
Alexand. c. 16. 
lib. 7. 
meditation, and muttering to themfelves 5 they dream of waters, 
that they are in danger of drowning, and fear fuch things,Rhajis. They 
are fatter then others that are mclancholy.of a muddy complexion,apter 
to fpit31 fieep, more troubled with rheuine then the reft, and have their 
eyps fti|] fixed on the ground. Such a patient had Hercules de Saxoni a, a 
vidoW in Venice, that was fat and very fleepy ftill 3 Chriftophorus a Vega 
Mother affeded in the fame fort .If it be inveterate or violent,the Symp- 
?°iTies arc more evident, they plainly dote and are ridiculous to others, 
In aH their geftures, actions, fpeeches: imagining impollibilities, as he in ■ 
c hr*Jiophorus a thought he was a tunof Wine,mand that Sien~ 
that refolvcd with himfelf not to pilie, for fear he fliould drown all 
tlle town. 1 
. it proceed from blond aduft, or that there be a mixture of bloud in 
nJ*ch are commonly ruddy of complexion, & high-coloured- according to 
zlnjl Salvianus, and Hercules de Saxoni a. And as Savanarola, Fit tori us 
Emper. farther addc,0 the veins of their eyes be red, as well as 
! faces.They arc much inclined to laughter,wittie and merry,concei-! 
_j in difcourfe, pleafant, if they be not far gone, much given to mulick, 
t}^ncing>and to be in womens company. They meditate wholly on fuch 
£ lllgssand think ?they fee or hear p’ayes,dancing,and fuch life fports(fvec 
uU fear and forrow, as Here ides de Saxoni a fuppofeth.) If they be 
ore ftrongly poflefled with this kindeof melancholy, Arnolds addes, 
rev?ar.lil).i,cap. 18. Like him of Argos in the Poet, that fate laughing 
1 Semper fere 
dormit fornno- 
' lenta. c.i 6.1.7. 
m Laurenti us. 
n Ca. 6Je met. 
Si d [anguine, 
venit rubedo 0- 
culorum & fa- 
ciei,plurimus 
riff- 
oVerue oculo- 
rum fimt ru- 
br<t, "vide an 
py^cejfentvim 
'aromatum 
mna yeTu~™ bdneum,TraUian. 1ib.1.16, anprasce/farit mori fub foie. p RidetpattensJt dfil^uiner. ppwfe videredmeaSf 
audire, ludos, &c. * Cap. a. Trail, do Mtkn. Part.i.Seff.^ 
Can fies of Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Subfo* 
q all day long, as if he had been at a Theatre. Such another is mentioned 
by r Arifiotte,living at Ahydos a town of Aft a minor, that would fit aftet 
the fame fafhion, as if he had been upon a llagc, and fometimes act him- 
, felf ? now clap his hands, and laugh, as if he had been well pica fed with 
the fight .Wolfius relates of a country.fellow called Brunfdliusfübjecf to 
this humour hat being by chance at afrmon,Jaw a woman fall off from f 
- form half afieep, at which übjeCf moji of the company laughed, but he for hh 
’ part,was Jo much hat for three whole dayes after he did nothing but 
. long h,by which means ht was much weakened,& worfe a long 11 me following • 
Such a one was old Sophocles,and Democritus himfelf had hilare delirium? 
, much in this vain .Laurentius melan. thinks this kinde of melam 
(I choly, which is a little aduff with fome mixture of blond , to be that 
which Ariftotlc meant, when he faid Melancholy men of all others are 
'I Uor.ep.libA. . 
quidam haud 
ilnobiln Argii, 
fare. 
r Lib. de reb. 
mir. 
t( um inter con- 
donandum mu- 
lier dormiens d 
fvhfctHo cade- 
Y ;t, fa omnes 
r aliqui qui id 
viderent, ride 
rent,tribu* pcfl 
diebu*, fa c. 
rnoft witty,which caufeth many times divine ravilliment, and a kinde of 
Enthujiajmus,which fiirreth them up to be excellent Philofophers,Poets? 
ProphetSj&c. Mercurialis, conftl. 110. gives inffancein ayoungmanhis 
patient, fanguine melancholy, uof a great wit, and excellently learned, 
If it arife from choler aduff,they are bold and impudent,and of a more 
hair-brain difpolition, apt to quarrcll and think of fuch things, battles? 
u Juvenis far 
non vulgaris 
eruditionn. 
XSi d cl cl era, i 
furibundi, in- 
terjiciunt fe far 
alios, put ant fe1 
combats,and their manhood-,furiousympatier.t in difcourfe,ffi£f>irrefra- 
gable and prodigious in their if they be moved,moft violent? 
cutragious,xready to difgrace,provoke any,to kill themfelves & others 
iiiere pugnas.- y 
y Tvinafubti , 
Ih fa ignea,pa- J 
rum dormiunt. ( 
z7ufl.\s.C.4. i 
a Ad hcfc per- J 
petranda furore 
rapti ducuntur, J 
cruciatu* qwf- j 
xii tolerant, fa 
mortem,fafuro- - 
re exacerbato t 
auctem fa ad 
fupplicia phtf * 
irritantur, mi- J 
rum eft quart- 
tarn habeant in 
torment 11 pati- 
entiam. 
Arnoldus adds, (fark mad by fits,y they fieep little,their urine is fib tile and 
fiery fGui aneri us) In their fits you fall hear them fipeak ad manner of la#' 
guages,Hebrew, and Latine, that never were taught or knew them be* 
fore.Apponenfts in com,in Pro. fee. 30. fpeaksof a mad woman that fpake 
excellent good R hafts knew another, that could prophetic ifl 
her fit,and foretell things truly to come.z Guiancrius had a patient could 
make Latine verfes when the Moon was combuff, otherwife illiterate. 
Avicenna and fomc of his adherents will have thefe fymptomes, when 
they happen,to proceed from the devil],and that they are rather d£ntO' 
«Mcv,pofie(led,then mad or melancholy,or both together, as Jafon VfM 
tenfisthmks,lmmifcentfemaligenii,Scc.but moft aferibe it tothe hiunos 
which opinion Mont altus cap. ai. ftifly maintaines, confuting Avi cento1 
and the refr,referring it wholly to the quality and difpofition of the hrm 
b Tales plus 
cater# ument, 
fa/ continui 
tr finitur, vap 
de jlffiifi, _ 
folitudir.em di- 
ligunt, cerrup- 
tifimas Latent 
imaginationes, 
fare. 
mour Sc fubj Cardan de rerum vardib.S .cap.lo.holds thefe men of an 
others fit to be aflafinateSjbold, hardy,fierce,and adventu rous,to undem 
take any thing by reafion of their choler a duff. a This humor ,faith he; prr 
pares them to endure death it felf,and all manner of torments with inviißf 
hie-courage, and tis a wonder to fee with what alacrity they will under 
fuch tortures,utjupra natura res videatur:he aferibesthis 
rysor rather ff upidity, to this aduffion of choler and melancholy : btrt 
takefhefe rather to oe mad or delperate.thcn properly melancholy * 
commonly this humour fo aduff and hot, degenerates into madnefle* 
If it come from melancholy it (elf aduff, thofe men, faith Avicenna b aJc 
ufually jadandjolitary,and 1 hat continually,and in excefs.more then ordi- 
nary fuff ic i ous/nore jearfulfand have long,fore, an dmcft corrupt imagiff 
, tipnfocq\d and blackjbaihfulfand fo folitary,that writes,.' h‘o 
will endure no company,they dream of graves fill and dead men, and i hjK* 
c Si a melan- 
cholia advjla, 
lrijies,de fepul- 
chrii fomniant, 
timent nefafei- 
nentur, putant 
fe mortuosyaJ[n- 
nohint, art-1. Sect.3. 
Sympi omes of the Min de» 
Mcmb.i. Siibl.3 
tucnij elves bewitched or dead: if it be extteam,they think they hear hide- 
ous Hoyles,fee and talk d with blackjnen.and converte familiarly with de- 
VJ spandfnch firangeChimera s andviftons, (Gordohius) or that they are 
polled td by them,that feme body talks to them,or within them.Tales me- 
ancholici pUrumqj altus confil 26. ex Avicenna. Vale feus 
d Videmur fibi 
videre mona- 
chos nigros (y 
detmones, fy 
fujpenfos fy 
mortuos. 
e Quavis no • 
tie fe cum d.r - 
mone coire pu- 
tavit. 
f Semper fere 
vidijjb militem 
nigrum pr.e- 
fentem. 
g Anthony de 
Verdeur. 
, Taranta, had fuch a woman in curzyhat thought Jfse had to do with the 
' ffyil: and Gentilis Fulgofusqu£ft. 55. writes that he had a melancholy 
il lei a blackjnan in the likgnes of a SouldierfL ill following him 
whercioever he was.Laurenti us cap,yd lath many dories of fuch as have 
thought themfelves bewitched by their enemies 5 and fome that would 
eat 110 meat as being dead.g An. 15 50.an Advocate of Varis fell into fuch 
a melancholy fit, that lie believed verily he was dead, he could not be 
Pp waded otherwife, or to eat or drink, till a kinfman of his, a Scholar 
°r Bourges did eate before hiimdreffed like a corfe. The dory faith Ser* 
resy\vas atfed in a Commdy before Charts the ninth. Some think the 
are beads, wolves, hogs, and. cry like dogs, foxes, bray like ades, am 
low like kine, as King Pr<etus daughters, h Hilde/heimjpicel. 2.de mania 
dath an example of a Dutch Baron fo affetfed, and TrincaveUw lib. 1 
c°uftl. 11. another of a noble man in his country, j that thought he wa. 
cfirtainly a beafit andwould imitate moji of their voices, with many fuel 
vmptomes, which may properly be reduced to this kinde. 
J* it proceed from the feverall combinations of thefe four humours, o] 
P^rits'filerc. de Saxon, adds hot, cold,dry, moiff, dark,confufed, fettled, 
as it participates of matter, or is without matter, the fymp 
°mes are likewife inixt. One thinks himfelf a giant, another a dwarfe: 
heavie as lead,another is as light as a feather. Marcellus Donatus I 
:Cap*q.iimakes mention out a rich man,k thai 
3°ught himfelf and every thing elfe he had^great: great Wife eat horfes. 
not abide little things, but would have great pots to great 
> h idarrt miis 
, gitus 'boum <e- 
mulantur, fa 
pecora fe pu- 
1 tam, ut Proeti 
filice. 
> i Puro quidam 
mugitus boum, 
& rugitus afi- 
norum, & alio- 
rum animali- 
1 um voces ef- 
fingit. 
k Omnia mag- 
, na putabatfux- 
. orem magnam, 
grandes equos, 
abhorruit om- 
nia parva, 
magna pocula, 
O' calceamenta 
pedibus majo- 
ra. 
and great /hoes bigger then hisfeete. Like her in * Tr alii anus y hat fup- 
£°Jecljtje could /hake all the worldwith her finger ,and was afraid to clench 
hand together, led file fliould cruft the world like an apple in pieces; 
1F Goleni, that thought he was tn fuftained heaven with 
18 ir‘°ulders. Another thinks himfelf fo little, that he can creep into a 
iu ) eh°le;one fears heaven will fall on his head : a fecond is a cocb,and 
toC 1 a °rie n- Guianerius faith he faw at Padua0 that would clap his hands 
'rjind crow* 0 Another thinks he is aNightingal, and therefore 
fgs a|ltte night longjanother he is allglafs, a pitcher, and will there- 
u e r.no body come near him, and fuch a one * Laurentius gives out 
£4°/11S credit3that he knew in France.Chrifiophorus it Vega cap.3 .lib.14. 
One'n HS Marcellus Donatus L 2 .cap. 1 .have many fuch examples,and 
0p aillon§ft the reft of a Baker in that thought he was compofed 
c^ not in t^e Sun,or come neer the fire for fear of inking 
Win1’ : another that thought he was a cafe of leather, duffed with 
3r>oQe‘Somelaugh,weepffomc are mad,fome dejefted, moped,in much 
thinr T°me tSyOthers continuate,&c. Some have a corrupt ear, they 
cor 1 lGar fome hideous noife as their phantadeconceivs, 
*ltv e^es 3 f°me duelling : fome one fenfe, fome another. Lewis the 
vc,lt 1 dad a conceit every thing did dink abouyhim* all the odorife-. 
1 Ltb.i. cap. i<s. 
- putavit fe mo' 
' tyito pojfe to- 
, tum mundum 
conterere. 
’ m Suflinet hu- 
nter» ccelum 
cum Atlanta. 
Alii aeli rui- 
nam timent. 
n Cap.i. TraSl. 
ij. alius fe 
gallum putatp 
alias lufciniam} 
o Trallianus. 
* Cap. -j. fa 
met. 
Anthony ds 
Verdsufs Part.i.Seft.3. 
Symptoms i of Mi 'dane holy. 
Memb.i. Subf.4* 
roiis perfumes they could get, would not cafe him* but bill he fmelled 
a filthy bink. A melancholy French Poet in q Laurentius,being lick ofa 
fever*and troubled with waking* by his Phyficians was appointed to ufe 
unguentum populeum to anoint his temples*but he fo dibafted the fmell of 
it*that for many years after* all that came near him he imagined to fent 
of it* and would let no man talk with him but aloof off* or wear any 
new clcathes* becaufe he thought bill they fmelled of it* in all other 
things wife and difereet* he would talk fenlibly* fave only in this. A 
Gentleman in Ly m oft n,faith Anthony Verde nr,'ty‘as perfwaded he had but 
one legge* affrighted by a wilde bear* that by chance broke him on the 
legge: he could not be fatished his legge was found (in all other things 
well ) untill two Franciftans by chance coming that way*fully removed 
him from the conceipt. Sed abunde fabularum audivimus, , 
q (tip, 7. d& 
mel. 
S U B S E C T. 4. 
Sympiomes front Education, cufiome, continuance of time0 our conditions 
wixt with other d/Jeafes, by fits, inclination, &c. 
great cccafion of the varietie of thefe fymptomes, pro' 
ctcdsircm cuflcm, difeipline, education,and fcverall inclina' 
tiens, t ‘Ihis humour will imprint in melancholy men the object* 
'WzZkjz&u mQji anjirerahle to their condition of life, and ordinary atiisnh 
t Ldurentius 
cap. 6. 
and difpoje nnen according to their JeverallJtudies and callings. It an am' 
bitious man become melancholy, he forthwith thinks he is a King, an 
Emperour,aMonarch,and walks alone,pleating himfelf with a vain hope 
of feme future preferment,or prefent as he fuppofeth, and withall ads a 
Lords part, takes upon him to be fome ftatefman or magnifico, makes 
congies,gives entertainment, looks big,&c. Francifco Sanfovino record5 
of a melancholy man in Cremona, that would not be induced to belecve. 
i Lib.-$. a?p.l4. \ 
qui ft regem , 
yidwvit regno ‘ 
tXpulyum. J 
t Diptwfophijl, 
hi). Threjilaus 
putuxit omnes 
riuxes i7i e im- 
um portum ap- 
pellantes funs 
XiJie hiJlAm. 
mrub.lh). 2. 
dp. I. 
X Genibus fie- 
jivj loqui cum 
filio xoluity 41/ 
adfiarm yam 
n/7« putavit, 
y Gonhniuty 
qvod Jit pro-' 
phetii, ix 
riffpiritu 
Jahtlo. 
J id 
that he was Pope,gave pardons,made Cardinals,Bcc.(Chnfiophorus a Veg* 
makes mention of another of his acquaintance, that thought he was a 
King, driven from his Kingdomc, and was very anxious to recover his tr 
hate. A covetous perfonis ftill convcrfant about purchasing of lands and 
tenements, plotting in his minde how to compaffe fuch and fuch Man' 
nors, as if he were already Lord of, and able to go through with it 5 
’he fees is his, re or fpe, he hath devoured it in hope, or elfe in conceit 
eftcems it his own j like him int that thought all the (hips i° 
■ the haven to be his own. A lafeivious inamorato plots all the day long 
topieafe his miftrefle, ads and ftruts, and carries himfelf, as if ihe werr 
in prefence.) ftill dreaming of hei;, as Pamphilus of his Clycerium, or as 
lonic do in their morning deep. u Marc din* Donatus knew fuch a Gem 
in Mantua?called Ehonora AJelior/nafhat conftantly beleevcd 
ihe w#s married to a King, and x would hyieel down and with him? 
if he had been there prejent with his afjo.cia.tcs $ and ifJhe had found h 
chance apeece of glafs in a muck: hi If or in theJircetoJhe aouldfay that & 
was a jewel font from her Lord and husband. It devout and religious,hc l* 
all for faftings v raycr, ceremonies, ajmes, interpretations, vifions, ft0' 
pheciessrcvcUtions3y be is infpired by the holy Qhpft/ullof thcfpi^1 art*i. Sect.3. 
Symptomes of the Minde. 
Memb.i. Sabf.4. 
one while he is faved, another while damned, or ftill troubled in minde 
ror his finnes, the devill will furclyhave him, &c. moreoftbefe in the 
turd Partition of love-Mclancholy. 2 A Scholars minde is bufied about 
IIS Judies, he applaudes himfejf for that he hath done, or hopes to do, 
c?e while fearing to be out in his next exercife, another while contem- 
nmS one,emulates with indefatigable 
panics and meditation, confumes himfelf. So of the reft, all which vary 
Recording to the more remifs, and violent impreffion of the objeft, or as 
,e humor it felf is intended or remitted. For fome are fo gently melan- 
z Qui forenjt- 
bus caujis inju- 
dat, nil nift ar- 
rejh cogitat,** 
fupplices libel- 
los, alius non 
nift v erf us 
facit. 
P. For eft usi 
ch°ly3 that in all their carriage, and to the outward apprehenfion of 
otners, it can hardly be difcerned, yet to them an intolerable burden, 
aDci not to be endured. a gfuanam occulta,quadam manifejiafome fignes 
are Jnanifeft and obvious to all at all times, fome to few, or feldome, or 
]ardly perceived 5 let them keep their own counfell, none will take 
a Gordoniusi 
Notice or do not exprefs in outwardfiew their depraved 
de Saxonia objerves, but conceal them wholly to 
themfelves, and age very wife men, as I have often feen.fomc fear, fome do 
n°t fear at aU,as fuch as thinkjhefelves kings or he ad,fome have more Jtgns, 
f°me fewer, fome great, fome lefs, fome vex,fret,ftill fear, grieve, lament, 
nifped, laugh, ling, weep, chafe, by fits (as I have faid) or more 
firing or permanent* Some dote in one thing, are moft childifb, and 
ridiculous, and to be wondred at in that,and yet for all other matters, 
difereet and wife .To fome it is in difpofition, to another in habit; • 
* Verbo non 
1 exprimunt, nec 
i opere, fed aka 
mente recon- 
-1 font, e> funt 
viri pruden- 
tijjlmi, quos ego 
f*pe novi, cum 
multi Jtnt Jins 
timore, ut qui 
fe reges & 
as they write of heat and cold, we may fay of this humour, one is 
ade&o, a fecond two degrees lefs, a third half way. Tis 
alter a,fefquitettia,&fuperbipartiens terti as yqnin~ 
as Melancholi£,&c. all thofe Geometricali proportions are too little to 
exprefle it bjt comes to many by fits, & goes’,to others it is continuate:ma- 
Spring & fall only are molejiedfbme once a year, 
3s that Roman&Galen fpeaks of:cone,at the cojundion of the Moon alone, 
force unfortunate afpeds, at fuch and fuch fet hours & times, like the 
Otides, to fome women when they be with child, as * Hater notes,, 
mortuos putant, 
plura Jigm 
quidam habent, 
paucioray majo- 
ra, minora, 
b Trallianus, 
Ub. 1.16. alii 
intervalla qua- 
dam habent, ut 
etiam confuets 
adminiflrent, 
alii in continuo 
delirio funt, 
&c. 
c Frac. mag. 
Vere tantum 
(h autumno. 
u Lib.de humo- 
ribus. 
e Guianerius. 
* De mentis a- 
lesnut. cap. & 
otherwiferto others ’tis fettled and fixed:to one led about and va- 
riable ftijj by that ignis fatuus of phantafie, like an arthritis or running 
§out5 "tis here and there, and in every joynt, alwayes molefting force 
Patt or otjier, or if the body be free, in a myriad of forms exercifing 
gle A fecond once peradventure in his life, hath a moft grievous 
5 9nce in feven years,once in five years, even to the extremitie of mad- 
e> fieath, or dotage, and that upon forne ferall accident or perturba-' 
on, terrible objeft, andthat for a time, never perhaps fo before, never 
ei* A third is moved upon ;all fuch troublefome objeds, croffe for- 
violent paflions,otherwife free, once troubled 
p[ Ur,y.ears‘ A fourth, if things be to his minde, or he in adiodfjpeli 
ji:-in good company, is mofrjocund, and of a good compleiihn : 
an 1 C? °r a^one3a niott, or carried away wholly with pleafant dreams 
01 . phantafies, but if once eroded and difpleafed, 
[* Tettore concipiet nil nift trifle fuo. , 
Qn tlanGe is altered on a fudden,his heart heavy,irkfome thoughts 
u^e his foul,and in an inftaqt he is moped,or weary of his life, he will part.i.Seft.g. 
Symptomes of Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Subf-4* 
kill himfelf. A fifth complains in his youth, a fixth in his middle age, 
the laft in his old age. . . 
Generally thus much We may conclude of melancholy: That it is 
fmoft pleafant at firft, I [my gratijfimus error, a moft delightfome 
' humor, to be alone, dwel alone, walk alone, meditate, lye in bed whole 
dayes, dreaming awake as it were, and frame a thoufand phantaftical 
in aginations untothemfelves.They are never better pleafed then when 
they are fo doing,they are in Paradife for the time, and cannot well en- 
dure to be interrupt, with him in the Poet, 
■ Bpol me occidijiis amici, Non fervajiis ait ! 
you have undone him,he complains, if you trouble him : tell him what 
inconvenience will follow, what will be the evcnt,all is one, canis ad vo* 
mitum, f ’tis fo pleafant, he cannot refrain. He may thus continue perad- 
venture many years by reafon of a ftrong temperature, or fome mixture 
of bufinefs,which may divert his cogitationsrbut at the lafkUfa Imagi~ 
is crated,& now habituated to fuch toyes,cannot but 
work ftill like a fate, the Scene alters upon a fudden, Fear and Sorrow 
f Levintff 
Lemnim ,Jafon 
Vratsnjts, 
blanda ab 
initio. 
g llor. 
-V Facile def- 
cenfus axerni. 
h Plrg. 
i Corpus cada- 
vsrofum. 
Pfa. <s*7- cariofi 
efl fades mea 
prre tegritudine 
animet. 
kLib.p.ad Al- 
manforem. 
I Praßica met- 
fupplant thofe pleafing thoughts, fufpition, difeontent, and perpetuali 
anxiety fucceed in their places, fo by little and little, by that (hoeing 
horn of idlcnefs,and voluntary folitarincfs. Melancholy this feral fiend 
!is drawn on,h & quaniu vertice ad auras Mthereasyantum radice in Tar- 
, tar a tendit, it was not fo delicious at firft, as now it is bitter and harfh: & 
cankered foul macerated with cares and difeontents, tccdium impa- 
■ tience,agony,inconftancy, irrefolution, precipitate them unto unspeaka- 
ble mi feries. They cannot endure company, light,or life it felf,fome,un- 
pre. 
rn Quum ore 
loquitur qua 
corde concepit, 
quum fubito de 
una re ad aliud 
tran(it,neq\; ra- 
tionem de ali- 
quo reddit, 
tunc eft in me- 
dio, at quum 
incipit operari 
quce loquitur, 
in fummogra- 
fit for adion, and the like. » Their bodies are lean and dryed up,wither- 
ed, ugly, their looks har(h,very dull, and their fouls tormented, as they 
are more or lefs intangled, as the humor hath been intended, or accord- 
ing to the continuance of time they have been troubled. 
To difeern all which fymptomes the the Arabian makes 
three degrees of them. The firfi: isjalfa conceits and idle 
thoughts:to mifeonftrue and amplifie,aggravating every thing they con- 
ceive or fcardhe fecond isjalso cogitata loqui yo talk to themfelves,or to 
ufe inarticulate, incondite voices, fpeeches,obfolete geftures,and plainly 
to utter their minds and conceits of their hearts by their words and afti- 
du efl. 
n Cap.ip. Par- 
tic. CL. 
Loquitur fe- 
cum (g Jd oli- 
os, ac /i vere 
pro'fentes. 
Aug.cop.il. H’ 
de cura pro 
mortuv geren- 
da. Rhajts, 
o Quum res 
ons, as to laugh, weep, to be filent, not to deep, eat their meat. See. the 
third is to put in pradice that which they think or fpeak.Savanorola Rub* 
11 .tratf.S .cap.i.de as much m when he begins to exr 
prefs that inwordsychich he conceivs in his heart yr talks idly Oor goesfro#* 
one thing to cals nec caput habentiaytec 
he is in the middle way:°&«t when he begins to a& it likewife, a?td to 
his jjjiiE cries in is t ken in the extent of melancholy or madnejs 
it jo v This progrefs of melancholy you (hall eafily obferve in them that 
iiavebeen fo affeded, they go finding to theinfelves at firft, at length 
ad hoc devenit, 
ut ea qu*e cogi- 
tare ceperit, 
orepromat, atq\ 
a3a pemifee 
at turn per- 
fefta melan- 
cholia eji. 
they laugh out :> at firft at laft they can endure no company : °[ 
if they do,they are now dizards, paft fenfe and fhamc,quite moped3the> 
care not what they /ay or do, all their adiens, words, geftures, arc fqrl' 
ous or ridiculous. At firft his ininde is troubled,he doth not attend wha‘ 
is faid, if you tell him a tale, he cries at la ft, what faid you? but in the Part-i.Sect.3. 
Sympt omes from Cuflome. 
Memb.i. Subi.4 
end he mutters to himfelf, as 'old women do many times, or old men 
when they lit alone, upon a hidden they laugh, whoop, hollow, or run 
:^Way, and (wear they fee or hear players, PDevils, Hobgoblins, Ghofts, 
Itnkc, or fm.it, &c. grow humorous in the end : Like him in the Poet, 
J<epe jape decem fervo j, he will drefs himfelf, and undrefs, care- 
ts at I a ft. grovves infenftble, ftupid or mad. s He howles like a woolf, 
wks like a dog, and raves like Ajax and Orefies, hears Mufickand out- 
no man elfc hears. Asr he did whom Amatus Lufit anus mcn- 
fioneth cent. 3. cura. 55. or that woman in Springer, that fpake many 
and Paid (lie was poflefled: That Farmer inl Projjer Calenins, 
1 hat disputed and difeourfed learnedly in Philofophy and Aftronomy, 
With Alexander Achilles his mafter, at Boloigne in Italy. But of thefe I 
have already fpoken. 
1 p Melanchali- 
, cut fe videro 
<& audire pu- 
tat daemones. 
Lwater de 
part. 
3.cap. 2. 
q VJisrm 
cap. 31. 
t Michael i 
mufian. 
f Malleo malef. 
t Lib. de ttra 
bile. 
Who can fulficientiy fpeak of thefe fymptomes, or preferibe rules to 
comprehend thetrftas Eccho to the painter in Aufenius, vane quid ajfettas 
fellow, what wilt > if you muft needs paint me, paint a voice, 
& fmilem ji vis pingereopingefonunej if you will deferioe melancholy,dc- 
mribe a phantafticall conceipt,a corrupt imagination, vain thoughts and 
different, which who can do ? The four and twenty letters make no 
more variety of words in divers languages, then melancholy conceipts 
Produce diversity of fymptomes in feveral perfons. They are irregular, 
obfeure, various, fo infinite, Proteus himfelf is not fo divers, you may 
alwell make the Moon a new coat, as a true chara&er of a melancholy 
man 5 as foon finde the motion of a bird in the aire, as the heart of man. 
4 melancholy man. They are fo confufed, I fay, divers, intermixt with 
()ther difeafes. As the fpecies be confounded(which u I have (hewed) fo 
the fymptomes Sometimes with headache, Cacexia, dropfie, ftone , 
you may perceive by thofe feverall examples and illuftrations, colic- 
cmd by Mlildejheim • fpeciel.it .Mercurialis cofil.ilB-cap.6.et 11 .with head- 
ach,Epilcpfie5 Priapifmus.Trincavelius conjtl.il. lib. I. conjtl, 49. with 
aopetitus.Montanus confil.26.249. with falling 
u Part. 1. Subf, 
2. Memb, 2. 
x De delirio 
melancholia & 
mania. 
»cknefle3 headachy Vertigo^L]canthropiao&c. I.Cdfar Clmdinus confult. 
%n?nfuK 89. & 116. with gout, agues, Hcmrods, ftode, &c. who can 
dlhingui(h thefe melancholy fymptomes fo intermixt With others, or 
?PPty them to their feveral kinds, confine them into method > Tis hard 
confe(]^yet I have difpofed of them as I could,and will defeend to par- 
.tcnlarize them according to their fpecies.For hitherto I have expatiated 
j? m°re generali lifts or termes,fpeaking promifcuoufly of fuch ordinary 
which occur amongft writers. Not that they are all to be found in 
fleiuan, for that were to paint a monfter or Chimera, not a man , but 
°\l one> fome in another, and that fucceflively or at feverall times, 
I have been the more curious to exprefife and report, not to 
maid any miferable man, or by way of derifion (I rather pitty them ) 
th f u etter to difeerm or to apply remedies unto them j and to few 
e anc* founded of us afo 'ls in great danger, how much we 
txs* .to fear our own fickle eftates,retnember our miferies and vanities, 
lr)e and humiliate our felves, feek to God, and call to him for 
t^lat nee<^s not l°°k for any rods to feourge our felves, fince we 
G them in our bowels.and that our fouls are in a miferable captivity. part.iiSeft.g. 
Symptomes of Melancholy. 
Memb.2. Subf.i* 
if the light of grace and heavenly truth, doth not ff ine continually upon 
us :and by our diferetion to moderate our fe!ves,to be more 
and wary in the midft of thefe dangers. 
MEMB. 2. SUBSEC. I. 
Symptomes of Head-Melancholy. 
y Nicholas Pi- 
Jo. Sifigna cir- 
ca ventriculum 
non apparent, 
nee fanguu ma- 
le affeßuf, & 
adjmt timar <& 
ljjg«&?rgßiF yno Symptoms appear about the ftomack, nor the blood be mi ft 
jSSglvVj affe&ed, and fear and forrow\ continue, it is to be thought the 
luSl Brain it felf is troubled, by reafon of a melancholy juyee bred in 
|K®s§2&»j otherway s conveyed into that eviljuyee is from the 
diftemperature of the part, or left after fome Thus far Tift* 
mxjlitia, cere 
brum ipfum ex- 
ilhmandum eft, 
&c. 
* Trafl.de mel. 
Ex 
intemperie Jfi 
rituum, & ce- 
rebri mottt, te- 
nehrofitate. 
But this is not always true,for blood and hypocondries both are often af- 
fected even in head-melancholy. * Hercules deS axoni a differs here from 
the comon current of Writers, putting peculiar (igns of head-melancho- 
ly,i rom the foie difteperature of fpirits in the Brain, as they arc hot,cold, 
dry without matter from the motio alone tenebroftty of fpiritss 
ofmelancholy which proceeds from humors by aduftion, he treats apart, 
with their fcverall fymptoms and cures.The common figns,if it be by cf0 
7 Facie funt ru- ■ 
bente fa livef- 
cente,quibui e- 
tiam aliquando 
ad funt pujhl<c. 
a J o.Fanthebn. 
cap.de Mel, Si 
cerebrum pri- 
mario afficiatur 
adfunt capitit 
vravitcn, fixi 
oculiy&c. 
b Laurent, cap. 
5. fi d cerebro 
e$Jiccitate,tum 
capit» erit le- 
vit ac. Jit ii, vi- 
gilia, paucitaf 
fence in the hen officefigh fanguine part 
rubore fatur one cals it a blewifh, 8c fometimes full of pumples, with 
red eyes.Avicenna /.3.Fen.2. 18.Duretus and others out of Ga* 
len.de affect./. 3.C. 6.a Hercules de Saxoni ato this of rednefs efface, adds 
heaviness of the head,fixed and hollow eyes, b If it proceed from drynefs of 
the brain, then their heads will be lights vertiginous, and they moji apt to 
to continue whole moneths together without ftcep. Few excrements 
in their eyes and often bald by reafon ofexcefs of drynefs^Mon* 
taltJft adds c.17. If it proceed from moifture sdulnefs,drowzinefs, head- 
ache follows 5 and as saluft.Salvianus, c.i./. 2. out of his own experience 
fbund, Epileptical,with a multitude of humors in the hcad.They are ve- 
ry balhfull, if ruddy, apt to bluff, and to be red upon all occafions, prS' 
fertimfi metus accej/erit. But the chiefeft fymptomes to difeern this fpe- 
fuperfluitatutn 
in oculi* 
naribuf. 
cSi nulla dig- 
nals/iOy'ventri- 
culo, quoniam 
in htc melan- 
cholia capita, 
cies, as I have laid, is this, that there be no notable figns in the ftomack? 
Hypocondries, or elfwhere, as c Mont altus terms them, or of grfa' 
ter note, becaufe oftentimes the pafiions of the ftomack concur with 
tbem.Wind is common to all three fpecics,and is not excluded,only that 
of the Hypocondries is more then the reft, faith Hollerius. JEtiM* 
tetrab.l.'ife.i.c.o. 8c lo.maintains the fame,e if there be more figns,and 
exigua wnmm- 
qurnn ventricu- 
li pathemata 
coeunt* duo e- 
nim htfc mem- 
bra Jibi invi- 
cem ijfeßio- 
more evident in the head then elfwhcrc, the Brain is primarily affeftejT 
and preferibes head-melancholy to be cured by meats amongft the ten? 
void of wind, and good juyee, not excluding wind, or corrupt blood, c- 
ven in head-melancholy it felf: but thefe fpecies are often confounded? 
and fo are their fymptoms, as I have already proved. The fymptoms of 
nem trtnfmit- 
turn. 
d Pqflrena m- '< 
gi* flatuofa, ; 
c Si minui rno- 
circa re- 
triculu ant ven- 
the minde arc fupcrfluous and continnall cogitations: tfor when the he**■ 
is h%ted)it fcorcheth the from thence proceed melancholy 
which trouble the Avicenna. They arc very cholerick, and fo°u 
hot, folitary, fad, often blent, vyatchfull, difeontent, Montaltus ca?‘ 
24. If any thing trouble them, they cannot deep, but fret tbemfclv^ 
trem, in iis & 
eerebnimprimario afficitur, & curare'oportet hunc ajjeHum,per cibosflatus exortes, fa bonae concoSionit, &c. raro cerebrum fye 
dturjtm remrictsh. £ Sanguinem adurit caput calidius, <7 inde fumi melancholici adnfli, animum exagitant. Part. i. Seft. 3. 
Symptomes of windy Melancholy 
Mernb.2.Subf.2« 
another object mitigate,or time wear it out.They have grievous 
pallions, and immoderate perturbations of the mind, fear, for row, See. 
yet not fo continuate, but that they are fometimes merry,apt to profufe 
lighter, which is more to be wondred at, and that by the authority of 
8 Galen himfe]f,by a reafon of mixture of blood, pr£rubri jocofts deleban- 
tur & irrijores plerumque funt, if they be ruddy, they are d -lighted in 
oftentimes fcoffers theinfe]vessconceited 5 and as Rhodericus a 
g Lib. i* lorn 
aJfcß. cap. 6. 
Kga comments on that place of Galen, merry,witty, of a pleafant difpofi- 
tion,and yet grievoufly melancholly anon after :omnia difcunt fine decto- 
faith AretcusfhGf learn without a teacher: and as h Laurents its fuppo- 
leth,thofe ferall paflions and fymptomes of fuch as think themfelves 
gla{le,pitchers,feathers,Bcc.fpeakftrange languagcs,procced a calore ce~ 
rebrfif it be in excelle)from the brains diftemperd®heat. 
hCap. 6* 
Symptomes of windy Hypocondri acatl Melancholy. 
Subsect. 2. 
nSI N this hypocondriacatl or fatuous nietancholyjhe fyn/ptomes - 
SfB are Jo ambiguous faith iCrato in acotinfel of his for a Noble-j 
womanflhdt the moji exquisite physicians cannot determine of 
J|jB the part ajfebed.Mat.Flacaus confulted about a noble ma- 
ron.confefled as much,that in this malady lie with tiollerius 
alopius^and others,being to give their fentence of a party 
abouring of hypocondriacalmelancliolyjcouldiiot find out by the fym-. 
Ptornes,which part was moft efpecially affeded 5 foine faid the womb, 
orne heart, fome ftomack,Bcc.and therefore Qrato confil.2\.lih.\.boldly 
avers, that in this diveifity of fymptomes, which commonly accompa- 
ny this no phyjitian can truly fay what part is ajfdled. Galen.l.3 
af l°c.affe&.reckons up thefe ordinary lymptomes, which all the Ncote- 
-1 lehs repeat of Diodes b only this fault he finds with him, that he puts 
IK)t Fear and Sorrow amonglf the Other figns. trincavdius excufcthD/tf- 
c^s% becaufethat oftentimes in a ftrong head and confti- 
ttltion, a, generous fpirit, and a valiant,thefe fymptomes appeare not, by 
of his valour and Courage. * Hercules de Saxonia (to whom ( 
) is of the fame ali.ua (which I have before touched) that 
T Cdr and Sorrow are not generali Svmptomes j, fome feare and are 
fome be fad and fear not 5 fome neither feare nor grieve, 
he reft are thefe, belide Fear and Sorrow, 1 fiarp belch)ngs, ftllfom t 
iYuditiesb heat in the hoivdlsyvind and rumbling in the guts, vehement 
pain in the belly and Jiom.icl^fomtimes, after meat that is hard of 
6 n,much Watering of thejiomacf, and moiji fpHtlefl&ld Jwcatfhn- 
ti/lUnns iudor, unjeafonable fweat all Over the body, as Octavius Hora- 
llus hb. 2.cap. s.calls it. coldjoykts, indigeflion, m they cannot endure 
flr own fulfom belching f continual wind abo&t their hypocondri es, heat 
h oxo*l 1U their bawds, praecordia furfuni donvclluntu r, midnjfe and 
safesafe pulled upfthe veins about their eyes looby cd,and jwe I from vapors 
lVlnde.f heir ears ling now Sc then .Vertigo Sc giddinelie come by fits. 
{ Hildefhelrti 
Jficefi.d'e met, 
’ln Hypocondri- 
era melancho' 
liaaieo amhi- 
■ funt fymp- 
tornata, ut eti- 
am exerci tatif- 
Jimi medici de 
loco aJfcßoJh- 
tusre non pof- 
flat. 
• k Medici de 
loco ajfdft!) ne- 
queunt Jlatue- 
■ re. 
*Tras. pofl- 
hum de mel. 
Patavii edit, 
1(52.0. per Bo- 
getium hibliop, 
cap. 2. 
1 Acidi rutius, 
cruditates, 
he ft us in pr,e~ 
cordiis, .flatus, 
interdum veil- 
, triculi dohns 
vehementes, 
JnptW f* 
conCocht dtjfi- 
_ ah, fputum 
' humid'.an idjt, 
medium flqus- 
, t r, d'ye. Hip, 
lib. de mel.Ga - 
lenus, Melon- 
coli US <f iiufFo 
&MtioAk'o- 
inirut, pifC) 
Montahus.Bru 
mrlV . , . el,Weeper &c. 
Wijgel}’*i°rLia a^Ma *nSfiicltifi queruntur, cum fudore totius corporis importuno, frigidos articulos f cpe patiuntur, 
. ■ ■ nißusjuos infuavesperhorrsf cunt,vifisrum dolores habent. part.i.Seft.3. 
Sy nipt ernes of Melancholy. 
Memb.2.Subf-2 
turbulent dreams,drinefs*leannefs*apt they are to fweat upon all occafi- 
ons* of all colours and complexions. Many of them are high-coloured 
efpecially after meales* which fymptome Cardinali Cacius was much 
troubled with*& of which he complained to Profper Calenus his phy fttian. 
h TVhntdtus c. 
13. I 
Fufrhiu* c. 13. 
Ahomarw c. 7. 
Laurentiu* 
c. 73. Bruelf 
Gordon. 
he could not eat,or drink a cup of wine*but he was as red in the face* as if 
he had been at Maiors feaft.That Symptom alone vexeth many. n Some 
again are black*pale*ruddy*fometime their (houlders*and (boulder bjadcs 
akc,there is a leaping all over their bodies,fudden trembling*a palpitation 
of the heart* and that cardiaca pajjzo.grief in the mouth of the ftomack* 
which maketh the patient think his heart it felf aketh* and fometimes 
fuffocation* difficultas anhelitus* (hort breath* hard wind* ftrong pulfe, 
fwooning.Montanus l.q.confiL 36.37* Ferneltus 
.l rambefariuffconfvlt.l. I.conf 17.HildeJlmm^Clandinus^c. give 
ini lance of every particular. The peculiarfymptomes, which properly 
belong to each part*be thefe. If it proceed from the ftomack* faith oSa~ 
vanarola* ’tis full of pain* wind. Guianerins adds* vertigo* naufea* much 
fpitting*&c. If from the myrache* a fwelling and wind in the hypocon- 
r> fratl. major: 
dolor in eo et 
’ventoftas mu- 
fea. 
dries* a lotlfing,and appetite to vomit* pulling upward.lf from the heart, 
aking and trembling of it*much heavinefs. If from the liver* there is ufu- 
ally a pain in the right bypocondry. If from the fpleen, hardnefs and 
grief in the left hypocondry* a rumbling, much appetite and fmall dige- 
ftion* Avicenna. If from the miferaick veines and liver on the other ftde* 
little or no appetite. Here. de Saxenia. If from the Bypocondries* a 
jumbling inflation* concocfion is hindred* often belching,Bcc. And from 
thefe crudities* windy vapours afeend up to the brain*which trouble the 
imagination*and cauiefear*forrow* dullnefsjheavinefsjinany terrible con- 
ceipts and Chimera’s, as Lemnius wel obferves* Li,c. 16. a*Va black 
thieve loud covers the Sun* and intercepts his beams light* fo doth this 
melancholy vapour obnubilate the mindjnforce it to many abfurd thoughts 
and imaginations*and compel! good*wi(e*honeft*difcreet men ( anting to 
the Eraiu from the Slower parts**# of a chimney)to dote*fpeak* 
and do that which becomsthem not*their perfons*cailings,wifdoms. One 
by resfotiof thofe afeending vapours and gripings* rumbling beneath* 
will net be perfwaded but that he hath a ferpent in his guts* a viper* an- 
pVtatra den- 
Jay; mbes fo- 
li ejfufiy radi- 
os et lumen e- 
jut intercipit 
efoffufcat: fic 
<&c. 
q T> fmut i 
cammo. 
other frogs. Trallianus relates a (lory of a woman* that imagined (he had 
fvv allowed an Eele*oi a Serpent 5 zvAf<elix I. I. hath 
a n oft memorable example of a countreyman of his* that by chance fal- 
ling into a pit where frogs and frogs fpawn was* and a little of that water 
fvvallowed* began to fu(pe(ft that he had likewife fwallowed frogs- 
fpawne, and with that conceit and fear* his phamafic wrought fo far* 
that lie verily thought he had young live frogs in his belly* qui vivebant 
ex alimento fuoyhzt lived by his nourifliment* and was fo certainly per- 
fwaded of it* that for many could not be rectified in 
his conceipt: He ftudied Phyfick feven yeares together to cure himfclf> 
travelled into Italy and Germany to confer with the beft phyficianS 
about it* and A 0 1609. asked his counfell amongftthe reft he told him 
it was wind* his Conceipt*&c.but mordicus contradicere* & orefo feriptti 
probare nitebatur : no faying would ferve*it w;<s nowind* but reall frogs: 
anddoeyuunot hear them platerus would have deceived him*by Parr.T.Seft.^. 
Sym tomes of windy Melancholy 
Memb. 2 Subf.3 
putting live frogs into his excrements : but he being a phyfician ainTelf, 
Would not be deceived, vir prudens ahar, doUus, a wife and learned 
man otherwife, a Doctor of phyfick, and after feven years dotage in this 
kind, a phantasia liberatus ejf he was cured .Laurentius and Coulart have 
many inch examples,if you be defirous to read the n. One commodity 
above the reft which are melancholy, thefe windy flatuous have, lucida 
interva/layhfrn fymptomes and pains are not ufually fo continuate as the 
teftjbut come by fits,fear and forr6w,and the relbyet in another they ex- 
ceed all others, and that is,f they are luxurious, incontinent, and prone 
to Venerie, by reafon of wind, & facile amant0 & quamlibet fer} amant. 
C Jafon FratenfiS) )t Rhafts is of opinion, that Venus doth many of them 
much other fymptomes of the minde be common with the reft. 
(Hypocondriaci 
max me yfe- 
ftant corse, ijr 
mult ip 'icatur 
coitu* in ijfri 
edqmd venta- 
Jhaics multi- 
plicantur in hy * 
pocondriis, fr 
coitui frpe 
• allevat has 
r v nrofiates. 
t ont. lib, I. 
traU. p. 
Subsect. 3. 
Symptomss of melancholly abounding in the whole body. 
OHeir bodies that are affefted with this univerfall melancholy, 
are mo ft part black,u the melancholy juice is redundant all over , 
hirfutethey are, and lean, they have broad veins, their blond 
is grofte and thick. x iheir fpleen is and a Liver apt to in- 
gender the humour} they have kept bad diet, or have had feme eva- 
cuation flopped, as haemrods, or moneths in women, which V Trallianus 
u Weeper, Me- 
lancholic uf 
fuccw toto cor- 
. pore redundans, 
x Splen natura 
’ imhecilior. 
p Mont alt m 
in the cure, would have carefully to be inquired, and withall to obferve 
of what complexion the party is of, black or red. For as ForrefluJ and 
Holler ius contend,ifz they be black, it proceeds from abundance of na- 
turali melancholly } if it proceed from cares,agony, difeontents, diet, ex- 
ercife, Sec. they may be as well of any other colour: red, yellow, pale, 
as black,2kyet their whole body corrupt :pr<erubri colore fope font tales> 
fopeflavi)(faith * Montaltus cap.22.) The beft way todifeern this fpecies 
is to let them bleed, ifthe blood be corrupt, thick and black, and they 
withall free from thofe hypocondriacall fymptomes,& not fo grievoufly 
, cap. 22. 
yLtbA.cap.i6. 
Interrogare 
. convenit, an a- 
liqua evacua- 
' tiontf retentio 
, obvenerit, viri 
in hiemor raid. 
1 mulierum men- 
: fruit, A vtdg 
■ faciemfmilitet 
anjh rubicun- 
da. 
troubled with them or thofe of the head, it argues they are melancholly 
a toto corpore. The fumes which arife from this corrupt blood, difturb 
the mind;, and make them fearful! and forrowfull, heavy hearted, as the 
reft, dejefted, difeontented, folitary, filent, weary of their lives,dull and' 
heavy, or merry, Bcc. and if far gone, that which to his 
enemy,by way of imprecation, is true in them} b Dead mens 
hns.ghoji s are ever in their mindsfrnd meet them Jiill in every turniall the 
bugbears of the night terrors f'airy babes of tombs graves are before 
their eyes, and in their thought/, as to women and children, if they be in 
z Naturales 
nigri acfuijtti 
a to to corpore, 
frpe rubicundi 
a Montaltus 
, cap. 22. Pifo. 
ix colore fan- 
guinv Jt minu- 
-6/s venam, Jt 
Jluat niger, fee 
■ b Apud lib. i. 
• femper obvi<c 
the darl^alone.lf they hear, or read, or fee any tragicall objed,it fticks by 
then],they are afraid of death3and yet weary of their lives?in their difcon- 
tented humours they quarrell with all the world,bitterly inveighstax fa- 
becaufe they cannot otherwife vent their pailions,or redrefs 
at is amifs, as they meansthey will by violent death at laft be reveng- 
ed on themieives/ 
fpedes mortuo - 
rum quicquid 
■ umbrarum eft 
afpiam, quiC' 
quid lemurum 
et larvarum 
OCUltf fllH 
aggerunt, fat 
fagum omnia 
J O *" Wiimn* 
noclium occurfacula, omnia biftorum formidantim, ommafepulchrorum terriculamentaP' Part.i.Seft.3. 
Symptomes of Melancholy. 
Memb. s.Subf^. 
202 
SUBSEGT. 4. 
Symptomes, of Maids , Nunnes, Widdows Melancholy. 
Lodovicus Mercatus in his feconcl book de mulier. af~ 
IS and Rodericus a Caftro de morh, mulier.cap. 3./.2. 
Hi 1 two famous Phyficians in Spam, Daniel Sennertus of tVitten~ 
df IfepJi 'DerS>' hb. I .part. 2.cap.i%, with others, have vouchfafed in 
their works not only lince publilhed,to write two juft Trea- 
dies deMelancholia Monialinm & ViduarumfZS‘& peculiar fpe- 
cies of Melancholy (which I have already fpecified from the reft. 
( a for it much differs from that which commonly befalls men and other 
women, as having one only caufe proper to women alone ) I may not 
omit in this generali Survey of Mclancholly Symptomes,to let down the 
particular fignes of fuch parties fo mifaffe&ed. 
rr . 1 
a Difjcrt mm 
abeaqu<evirif 
Zy reliqut* fe- 
mini* commu- 
niter contingit, 
propriam ha- 
bens caufam. 
Ex menfirui, 
Jarguinu tetra ] 
ad cor & cere-. 
brum exhalati- 
one, vitiatum 
femen mentem 
perturbat,&c, 
non per ejfenti- 
am, fed per 
confenfum. 
Animus mce- 
The Caufes are affigned out of Cleopatra,Mofchion, and 
thofeold Gynaeciorum Scriptores,of this ferali malady, in more ancient 
Maids,Widows,and barren Women,»/? feptum tranjverjum violatum faith 
Mercatus, by reafon of the midriffe or Diaphragma, heart and brain of- 
fended with thofc vicious vapours which come from menftmous bloud, 
inflammationem arteria circa dorfum, Rodericus adds,an inflammation of 
‘ the back, which with the reft is offended by b chat fuliginous exhalation 
of corrupt feed,troubling the brain,heart and mind 5 the brain I fay,not 
in effence, but by confent .Vniverfa enim huius affe&us can fa ah utero pen- 
rens Zy anmus 
inde malum 1 
trahit,&fpiri- i 
tus cerebrum . 
obfufeantur, 
qu<e cunela au- 
gentur, &c. 
c Cum tacito 
delirio ac dolo- 
re alicujus par- 
tiit intern*, dor- 
fl, hypocondrii, 
J J ' J J JJ J / 
det, & a I anguinis menftrui malitia fox in a word ,t he whole malady pro- 
ceeds from that inflammation, putredity,black fmoky vapours,&c. from 
thence comes carc,forrow, and anxiety, obfufeation offpirits,agony,def- 
peration, and the like, which are intended or remitted 5 ft amatorius ac- 
cejjerit ardor, or any other violent objeci: or perturbation of mind. This 
melancholy may happen to Widdows,with much care and forrow, as fre- 
quently it doth, by reafon of a fudden alteration of their accuftomed 
courfe of life, Sec. To fuch as lyein child-bed oh fupprejJ'am purgationemj 
cord* regionem 1 
& univerfam , 
mtnmam in- 
terdum occu- 
pants*, fcc. 
Cut» aliquan- 
do pudidity 
afiera,lvgofa, 
pwipud cubi- 
ti* £enibu*,&‘ 
digitorum arti- 
culi, pracor- 
dia ingenii,ft- 
pdtsrroresjlti- 
ant <& pulfant, 
(.unique, vapor 
excitatus fur- 
fum evolat, cor 
palpitat aut 
premitur,ani- 
mus,deficit, fr. 
but to Nunnes and more ancient Maids, and fomc barren women tor the 
caufes abovefaid, *tis more familiar, crebrius his quant reliquis acciditflu* 
quit Rodericus, the reft are not altogether excluded. 
Out of thefe caufes Rodericus defines it with Areteus, to be angorem a~ 
nimi,p. vexation of the mind, a fudden borrow from a fmall,light, or no 
occalion,0 with a kind of ftil dotage and grief of fome part or other, head, 
• heart,breafts, fides, back, belly, Ike. with much folitarineffe,weeping,di- 
' ftra&ion,See .from which they arefometimes fuddenly delivered,becau fe 
- it comes and gees by fits, and is not fo permanent as other mclancholly. 
But to leave this brief defcription, the moft ordinary fymptomes be 
thtk,pulfatio juxfa dorfum,a beating about theback,which‘is almpft per- 
petuali, the skin is many times rough, fqualid, efpecially as Areteus oh* 
fervcs,about the arms, knees, and knuckles. fhemidriffe and heartftrings 
do burn and beat fearfully, and when this vapour or fume is ftirred, 
fiyeth upward, the heart it felf beats,is fore grieved,& faints, fauces ftc~ 
c citate pr e eluduntur-put difficulter pojfit ah uteri ftr angulatione decenti, like Part, i .Sect. 3. 
. Symptomes&f Womens Melancholy. 
Memb. a.Subf.q,, 
fit s of the mother, Alvus pleri fa nil reddit, aliis exig u u m 
lotium flavttm.T hey complain many tiines,faith Mercatus of a great pain 
in their heads, about their hearts, and hypocondries, and fb likewise in 
their breads which are often fore, fometimes ready to fwoon, their faces 
are inflamed, and red, they are dry,thirdy/uddenly hot, much troubled 
with wind,cannot bleep,&c. And from hence proceed ferina deliramenta, 
a brutifii kinde of dotage, troublefome deep, terrible dreames in the 
night, fubruflicus pudor 0"verecundia ignava, z foolifh kind of bafhful- 
ncls to fome,perverfe eonceipts and opinions, f dejection of mind, much 
difcontent, prepoderous judgement. They are apt to loath,diflike, dif- 
dain, to be weary of every objeft,&c, each thing almod is tedious to 
them, they pine away, void ofcounfell, apt to weep, and tremble,tirno- 
sous, tearfull, fad, and out of all hope of better fortunes. They take de- 
light in nothing for the time, but love to be alone and folitary, though 
that do them more harm ■> And thus they are affefted fo long as this 
vapour ladeth j but by and by as pleafant and merry as ever they were 
in their lives, they fing, difeourfe and laugh in any good company, upon 
all occafions,and foby fits it takes them now and then, except the mala- 
dy be inveterate, and then ’tis more frequent, vehement and continuate. 
Many of them cannot tell how tq exprefs themfelves in words,or how it 
holds them, what ailes them, yqu cannot underdand them, or well tell 
+ Animi deJsC" 
tio, perverja 
. rerum exifli- 
matio, prd'pa* 
' flerum judici- 
um. FajJidiojtfy 
languentes, tef- 
diofet, conjilii 
inopes, Uchry-> 
mofee,ti mentes, 
mcejh/’, cum 
fumma rerum 
meliorum de- 
fperatione, nul-> 
lare delettan- 
tur,foliiudi- 
nem amant,<&c 
what to make of their fayings sfo far gone fomtimes, fo ftupified and di- 
drafted, they think thcmfelves bewitched, they are in difpair, apt£ ad 
fletum, defperationem, dolores mammk & hypocondrik. Mercatus there- 
fore adds* now their breads, now their hypocondries, belly and fides, 
then their heart and head akes, now heat, then wind, now this,now that 
offends,they are weary of all 5 * and yet will not, cannot again tell how, 
Where or what though they be in great pain, agony and 
frequently complain, grieving, fighing, weeping and difeontented dill, 
flne cau'fa manifefta, mod part, yet I fay they will complain, grudge, la- 
ment, and not beperfwaded, but that they are troubled with anevill 
fpirit,which is frequent in Germany>faith Rodericus, amongdthe common 
fort: and to fuch as are mod grievoufly affefted,(for he makes three de - 
grees of this difeafe in women)they are in difpair, furely forefpokenor 
bewitched and in extremity of their dotage, ( weary of their lives)fomc 
of them will attempt to make away themfelves. Some think they fee vi-' 
lions, confer with fpirits and devils, they (hall furely be damned, arc 
afraid of fome treachery,imminent dangcr,Bc the like,they will not {peak 
make anfwer to any quedion,but are almod diftraftedsmad,or dupid for 
the time, and by fits : and thus it holds them, as they are more or leffe 
affefted, and as the inner humour is intended or remitted,or by outward 
objects and perturbations aggravated, folitarinefs, idlcnefs, &c> 
* Nolunt ape- 
rire -raolejliam 
yuam p.uinn- 
tur,fed co,nquet~ 
runtur tamen 
do capite,corde? 
mammis, (<?c. 
In puteos fere 
maniaci projT- 
lire, a.c Jkan~ 
gulari cupiunt, 
nulla oration» 
fuavitate ad 
fpem jaluturfr 
cuperandajn e- 
rigi, <&c. 
Familiares non 
curant, non lo■* 
quuntur, non 
refpondenU c> 
& here gravid 
orajy&c- 
Many other maladies there aye incident to young women.* out of that 
one and only caufeabove fpecified,inany feral difeafes.l will not fo much 
mention their names, melancholly alone is the fubjeef ofiny prefent 
difcourfe,froin which I will not fwerve. The feverall cures of this infix-» 
concerning diet, which rnuft be very (paring, Phlebotomy, Phy- 
nck, internal, external remedics,are at large in great variety in*Rodericus 
4c3 Sem?eriusomd Mercatur, which who fo will? as oecafion ferves. 
* Clijhres & 
HeUeborijJimn; 
Mathioh Jim * 
mi laudat.. Part.t.Sed.2. 
Symptomes of Melancholy. 
Memb.CLSubf.4* 
may make ufe of.But the beft and fureft remedy of all,is to fee them well 
- placed,Bc married to good husbands induetimejinc ill# lachrymajh&f 
the primary caufe, and this the ready cure,to give them content to their 
defires.l write not this to patronize any wanton, idle flurt, lafeivious or 
light hufwives,which are too forward many times,unruly,and apt to calf 
away themfelves on him that comes next,without all care, counfeil, cir- 
cumfpeclion and judgment.lf religion,good difciplihe,honef education, 
wholfome exhortation, fair promifes, fame and loffe of good name can- 
not inhibit and deterre fuch, ( which to chaft and fober maids cannot 
chufe but availe much) labour and exercife,f rict diet, rigor and threats 
may more opportunely be ufed,and are able of themfelves to qualifie 8c 
divert an ill difpofed temperament.For feldomfhall you fee an hired fer- 
vant, a poor handmaid,!hough ancient,that is kept hard to her worlf, 
and bodily labour, a courfe country wench troubled in this kinde, but 
noble virgins, nice gentlewomen, fuch as are folitary and idle, live at 
cafe, lead a life out of ad ion and imployment, that fare well, in great 
houfesand joviali companies, ill difpofed peradventure of themfelves, 
and not willing to make any re lift ance, difeontented otherwife, of week 
judgment,able bodies,and fubjed* to paffions (grandiores virgines, faith 
Mercatu* Jieriles & viduae plerumq} melancholica:') fuch for the molf part 
are mif -ffefted,Bc prone to this difeafe. 1 do not fo much pity them that 
may otherwife be eafed, but thofe alone that out of a f rong tempera- 
ment, innate conf itution,are violently carried away with this torrent of 
inward humours,and though very modef of themfelves, fober,religious, 
vertuous and well given ( s many fo difreffed maids are) yet cannot 
make rcliltance,thefe grievances will appear,this malady will take place 
and now rmnifeftly (hews it felf,andmay nototherwife be helped. But 
where an» I ? Into what fubjefr have I rufhed? What have! to do with 
Nui .ncs. Maids, Virgins, Widows? lam aßatchelermy felf, and lead a 
Monafick lire in a Colledg, na ego fane ineptus qui hac dixerim J confefs 
’tis an as Pallas a Virgin blufhed, when Jupiter by chance 
fpake of Love matters in her prefence,and turn’d away her face,«*e repri- 
wa/**,though my fubjed neccffarily require it,l will fay no more. 
And yet I mu ft and will fay fomething more, add a word or twoi« 
gratiam Virgin am & Viduarum Js\ favour of all fuch diftreffed parties, in 
comrniferation of their prefent eftate.And as I cannot choofe bat condole 
their mithape that labour of this infirmitie, and arc definite of help in 
this cafe,fo muft I needs inveigh againf them that are in fault,more then 
maniFeft caufes, and as bitterly tax thofe tyrannizing Pfeudopolititians, 
fuperditions orders,rath vows, hard-hearted parents,guardians, unnatu- 
ral friends,alliesQcall them how you will) thofe carelefle andf lipid over- 
feerSjthat out ot worldly refpeds,covetoufnefs,fupine negligence, their 
own private ends (cum jtbi jit interim bene j) can fo feverely rejecf,f üb- 
bornly negled, and impioufly contemn,without all remorfe and pitie,the 
tears,fighs, groans, and grievous miferies of fuch poor fouls committed 
to their charge. How odious and abominable are thofe fuperlVitiouS 
and rafh vows of Popiih Monaftcries,fo to bind and inforce men and wo- 
men to vow virginity,to lead a fingle life againft the laws of nature, op- 
IpoEfce to religion, policie, and humanity, fotofarve, to offer violence. Part, i .Sed.3. 
Symptomes of Womens Melancholy. 
Memb. 
to fupprefs the vigour of youth,by rigorous ftatutes, feverelaws, vainc 
perfwafions, to debar them of that, to which by their innate tempera- 
ture they arefo furiouOy inclined, urgently carried,and fometimespre- 
cipitated,even irrefutably led, to the prejudice of their fouls health,and 
good efta te of body andminde:And all for bafe and private refpe&s, to 
maintain their grofle fuperftition, to enrich themfelves and their territo- 
ries asthcyfalfly fuppofe, by hindring fome marriages, that the world 
be not full of beggers,and their parifties peftered with Orphanes, ftupid 
politicians haeccine fieri flagitia ? ought thefe things fo to be carried ? 
better marry then burn, faith the Apoftle, but they are otherwife per- 
f waded .They will by all means quench their neighbours houfe if it be on 
fire, but that fire of luft which breaks out into fuch lamentable flames, 
they will not take notice of, their own bowells oftentimes, flefli and 
bloud (hall fo rage and burn, and they will not fee it: mi ferum eji, faith 
Aujiinfeipfum non miferefeere, and they arc miferable in the mean time, 
that cannot pity themfelves, the common good of all, and per confequens 
their owneftatcs.For let them butconfider what fearfull maladies, fer- 
ali difeafes, grofle inconveniences come to both fexes by his inforced 
temperance, it troubles me to think of, much more to relate thofe fre- 
quent aborts & murdering of infants in their Nunneries(Tcadf Kemnitius 
andothersj their notorious fornications,thofe Spintria*, Tribadas, Am- 
hubtiaS) See. thofe rapes,incefts, adulteries, maftuprations. Sodomies, 
buggeries of Monks and Friers. See Bales vifitation of Abbies, * Merck- 
rialis, Rodericus a Teter Foreftus, and divers phyficians, I know 
their ordinary Apologies and excufes for thefe things, fed viderint poli- 
tici , Medici I (hall more opportunely meet with them*elfe- 
here. illius vidu<e0 aut patronum Vir gink hujus^ 
Ne me forte putes non amplius addam. 
f Examen 
cono. Trident« 
de calibatu fa- 
cerd. 
*Cap. de Sat. 
et Priapif. 
* Part. 3. feß° 
2 Memb. 
Sub. 5. 
Memb. 3. 
Immediate faufe of thefe precedent Symptoms. 
Sfplr O give feme fatbfadionto melancholly men, that are troubled 
MlOl withthefe fymptomes, a better, means in my judgement can- 
not be taken,then to (hew them the caufes whence they pro- 
' from divills as they fuppofe, or that they are bewitch- 
ed or forfaken of God,hear or fee. See. as many of them think, but from < 
natural} and inward cau fes,t ha t fo knowing them, they may better avoid \ 
the effeds or at left endure them with more patience. The nioft griev-! 
ous and common fymptomes are Fear and Sorrow, and that without a 
caufe, to the wifeft and difereeteft men, in this malady not to be avoid- \ 
ed.The reafon why they are fo JEtius difeufleth at large,Tetrabib.2.2.in 1 
his firft problemeout of Galenjib.2.de caufisfympt.l.For Galen imputeth 
ah to the cold that is black, and thinks that the fpirits being darkned," 
and the fubftance oftlic brain cloudy and dark, all the objefts thereof1 
appear terrible, and the G mind it felfe, by thofedarke, obfcure,grofle! 
from black .humours,is in continualldarkneile/ear and. 
terrible monftrous fidions in a tlioufandfhapes & appariti- 
ons occurre,withr violent paffions, by which the brain and phantafie are 
tioubled and cclipfed. d Fracajlorius lib.2.de intellect, voillhave coldto be 
ihc cahfe :f Fear fucb as are coldere indifpofed to mirth full 
c Vapores cn\U> 
et nigri, a ven- 
triculo in cere- 
brum exhalant, 
Fel. Platerus. 
d Calidi hila- 
res, frigit in- 
difpojiti ad lae- 
titiam, et idea 
folitarii, taci- 
turni, non ob~ 
’ tenebras inter- 
nes, ut medici 
volunt,fed ob 
jriguf : multi 
, melancholici 
noils ambulant 
■ intrepidi. farM.Sed.g. 
Symptoms s of Melancholy. 
Me mb. g. 
and heavy jby nature folitaryftlent'-i& not for any inward darknefsfas Thy' 
Ctcians many melancholly men dare boldly walkjn 
the and delight in itifolnm frigidi timidi: if they be hot, they are 
merry , and the more hot, the more furious,and void of fear,as we fee in 
madmen: but thisreafon holds not,for then no melancholly, proceed- 
ing from choller aduft,fhould fear. Averroes feoffs at Galen for his rea- 
fons, and brings five arguments to rcfell them : fo doth Here, de Saxoni a 
Traß. de melanch. cap. 9 .affigning other caufes, which are copiouiiy ccn- 
fured and.confuted by jElianus Montaltns, cap. 5. & 6.Loci.Mercatus de 
Inter.morh.cnr 1.1.c.iy. Altomarus cap. 7. demel. Guianerius traB.lS-c* 
1. Bright c. 17. Laurentius cap.5. Valeriusmed. c Dificm- 
perature they conclude, makes black juice, blackysefs obfeures the fpirits. 
Vapores me- 
lancholici, fpi- 
ritibus mijli, 
tenebrarum 
caufac funt, 
cap. 1. 
e Intemperies 
f acit fuccum 
nigrum,mgr itir 
e,s obfcumtfpi- 
ritum, oh Jura- 
tio fpiritus fa- 
cit metum rVy 
the fpirits obfcur fear and forrow.Laurentius cap. 13 . fuppofeth 
thefc black fumes offend efpecially the D iaphragma or Midriffe, and 10 
per confequens the mind, which is obfeured as f the Sun by a cloud. To 
this opinion of Gd/ew,aknoft allthe Greeks and Arabians fubferibe, the 
Latines new and old, interna tenebra offnfeant animumjut extern£ nocent 
trijiitiam, 
t'Vt nubecula 
Soiem effufeat, 
Conjiantinus 
pueri as children are affrighted in the dark, fo are melancholly men at 
all times, 8 as having the inward caufe with them,& (fill carrying it about. 
Which black vapours whether they proceed from the black bloud about 
lib.de melanch. , 
g Altomarus 
c.q.Caufim ti- 
moris circum- 
fert ater humor 
pffjionn mate- 
ria, &atri 
the heart, as T. W.lef. thinks in his Treatife of the paffions of the mind,or 
ftomaek, fplcen, midriffe, or all the.mifaffefted parts together, it boots 
not,they keep the mind in a perpetuali dungeon,and opprefs it with con- 
’ tinuall fears, anxieties,forrows,fkc. It is an ordinary thing for fuch as are 
found,to laugh at this dejeded pufillanimity, and thofe other fymptoms 
fpirituspsrpe- { 
tuamanimado- 
micilio offun- 
dunt noßem. 
h Pone exem- 
plum,quod quis 
pole]} anthula- 
refuper trabem 
qua eft in via; 
fed (tjttfuper 
of melancholy, to make thcmfelves merry with them, and to wonder at 
fuch, as toys and trifles, which maybe refifted and withftood, if they 
will themfelves;but let him that fo wonders,confider,with himfelf, that 
if a man fhould tell him on a hidden, fome of his cfpeciall friends were 
dead, could he choofe but grieve ? or fet him upon a fteeprock,where he 
| fhould be in danger to be precipitated, could he be fecure } his Heart 
' would tremble for fear, and his head be giddy. P. By ants Lraß. de pefi• 
aquam pro fun- 1 
dm, locopon- 
-1 if,non ambula- 
bit fitper earn, 
eoquod imagi- 
netur in animo 
& timet ve- 
hementer,jor- 
giv£sinftance(asl have faid Jb and put cafe (TaithheJ/* on e that walks 
upon a plank, jf it lye on the ground \he canfafely do itibnt ifthefamepUnk. 
be laid overfome deep water fn fieadof a bridg.he is vehemently moved*®* 
\ noihing but his imagination, forma cadendi imprella, to which his o~ 
ther members and faculties obey .Yea, but you infer,that fuch men have a 
juh caufeto fear, a true obie<ft of fear fo have melancholly men an in* 
m 2 cadendi im- 
pyfffa, cui obe- 
Hunt membra 
omnia, & fa- 
cultates reli- 
qua’. 
ward caufe,a perpetuali fume and darkneffe,caufingfear,gnef,fufpicion, 
which they carry with them,an objcft which cannot be removed but 
(licks as clofe, arid is as infeparable asafhadow to a body, and who can 
expell,or over-run his fhadow?r emove heat of the liver,acold ftomaek, 
weak fplccn.-iemovc thofe aduft humors and vapours arifing from them. 
black blond fiom the aeart, all outward perturbations., take away the 
caule,and then bid them not grieve nor fear, or be heavy,dull, lumpiln, 
otherwife counfell can do little good you may as well bid him that is 
lick of an ague, not to be him that is wounded not to feel pain. 
Sufpicion follows Fear and Sorrow at heels, arilingout of the fame 
fountain,fo thinksi FracaJloriusjhat fear is the caufe of Sufpicion^andhl'- 
i Lib, 2.dein- 
tdlsiUone.uiif- , 
picioji ob timo- 
rem i£*• obli- 
quum difcur- 
fam, i? femper 
mlc putantJibi 
Jieri injidias, 
Lauren, 5. Parr. i.Sed.3. 
Caufes of thefe Sym -'tomes. 
Me mb. 
they fuj peCfjome treachery yot j ante Jecrst machination to be framed againft 
them.fi\\ they diftruft.iLeftlefnefs proceeds from the fame fpring, variety 
of fumes makes them like and diflike.Solitarincfle avoiding of light,that 
they are weary oftheir lives,hate the world, a rife from the fame caufes, 
for their fpirits and humors are oppolite to light,fear makes them avoid 
company and abfent themfelves, leaft they fhould be mifufed, hilled at, 
OT overlhoot themfelves, whicii ftill they fufpeef. They are prone to ve~ 
nery by reafon of wind. Angry, wafpifli, and fretting ftill, out or abun- 
dance ofcholer, which caufethfearfull dreames, and violent perturbati- 
ons to them, both deeping and wakingrThat they fuppofe they have no 
heads, fly, fink, they are pots, glaffes, See. is wind in their heads Merc.de 
Saxonia doth aferibethis to thefeveral motions in the-anirnal fpirits,their 
tenebro or cold difiempe- 
ratnre, excluding all materiali humors, k FracafioPius accounts it a thing 
Worthy qfinquifitionwhythey ffiould entertain fitch falfe conceitsy as that' 
they have horns0 great nofes, that they are birds, bedjis, <&c. why they 
fllould think themfelves kings, lords,cardinals. For the fir ft f Fraca florius 
gives two reafons; One is the difpofttion of the body :the other, the occa- 
sion of the phantajie, as if their eyes be purblind, their eares fing,by rea- 
fon offomc cold and rheumc,&c. To the fecond anfwers,the 
imagination inwardly or outwardly moved,reprefentsto the underftan- 
ding, not inticemcnts only sto favour the pafiion,or diflike, but a very 
intendve pleafurc followes the paffion, or difpleafure, and the will and 
reafon are captivated by delighting in it. 
* Trad, de met. 
cap.y Ex dila- 
tione, contra- 
dione,confuffo- 
ns, tenebrojha- 
• tefpir ituum, 
, calidi, frigid* 
intemperie, 
<&c. 
k lllui inpii- 
Jitione dignum, 
cur tarn fulfa 
recipiant, ha- 
bere fs cornua, 
ejfs mortuos, 
nafutos, bjfh 
iveSf&c. 
1 1. T)ifpofhts 
corporis, 2 oc* 
cajfo imagina- 
tions. 
m In pro li. de 
cmla. Vehement 
<& ajjiiua CO- 
Why ftudents and lovers are fo often melancholy & mad,thePhilofo- 
pber oi m Conimbra affigns this reafon, becaufe by a vehement & continual 
meditation of that gwherewith they are affe&edyhey fetch up the fpirits into 
the hrainynd with the heat brought with themyhey incepdit beyond mca~ 
Jure : and the cells-of the inwardjences diffolvc their temperature, which 
being dijfolved, they cannot performs their offices as they ought. 
Why mebncholly men are witty, which Arijiotle hath long fince main- 
gitatio teiergi 
. quam afficitur, 
Jpiritus in cere- 
brum evocat. 
n Mdaacholi. 
ciivgenio/i,om■> 
net, fummi vi- 
zi in anihusQpX 
difciplinb,fi- 
ve circum im-- 
tained in his problemsrand that n ail learned men, famous Philofophers, 
and Law-givers, ad u/mm fire omnes melancholic i, have ftill been melan- 
choly is a probleme much controverted.jf ajon Pratenftr will have it un- 
derftood of natural melanch^llyswhich W inclines to,in 
his book de Anima^ndMarcilins Ficinus but not 
fimplcTor that makes men ftupid,heavy, dull,being cold and dry. Fear- 
full, fools, and folitary, but mixt with the other humors, flegme only 
excepted $ and they not aduft,obut fo mixt, as that blood be halfe,with 
little or no aduftion,that they be neither too hot nor too co \d.Aponenfts 
cited by Melandthpn^thinks it proceeds from Melancholy aduft,excluding 
all naturali melancholy as too cold.Laurentius condemns his Tenent Jbee- 
peYatoriam 
am reip. difd- 
plinam omnes 
feri melancho- 
lici, Arijhteles 
o Adeo mifeen- 
tur, ut fit dii' 
plum fangui- 
m ad reliqua 
duo. 
p Uh. i.ds in- 
■ teiiSionc. 
Pinguifunt 
Minerva 
phlegmatici't 
caufc-aduftion of humours makes men mad,as lime burns when water is 
caft on it.lt mu ft be mixt with blood,&, fomewhat aduft, and fo that old 
Aphorilme of Arijiotle may be verified magnum ingenium fine 
pnxtura dement iceyio excellent wit without a mixture of madnes.Fracafi 
onus (hall decide the controveriie, P rhlegmafickarc dull.S angui nc lively, 
pit'it able ffmerry fbut not wi tty:C holer i clears too fwift in motion 
&f/triou r .impatient of contemplati on wits:Mela nc holy men have 
woji excellent wits-fiit not ally his humour may he hot or cohfthu yor thin 5 
, fanguinei ama-* 
biles, gr Mi,hi- 
lares, at non 
' ingsnioft \ cho- 
Isrid celeres 
notu, & eh id 
contemplatio ■ 
nit itnpatie.i- 
, tes: Mslancbo- 
Hcifolum ex- 
i cdbutes, part.i .Secf.3. 
Symptomes of Melancholy, 
Meirb.3 
if too hot, they are furious and mad:if too cold, timorous and 
fad : if temper ate, excellent inclining to that extream of heat, then 
cold. This fentence of his will agree with that of Heraclitus, a dry light 
makes a wife mind, temperate heat Sc drynefs, are the chief caufesofa 
good wit •-> therefore faith an Elephant is the wifeft of all bruit 
beafts,becaufe his brain is ob atr<e bilis copiam : this reafon Car- 
dan approvesfubtil, I. 12.7». Baptijia Sylvatiens^a phyfitian of MtUan, 
in his firft controverfic, hath copioufly handled thisqueftion : Kulandus 
in his problemeSjfe/zwj Rhodiginus /.17. Valleriola 6to narrat .med.Herc.de 
Saxonia.Tradl.pojih.de mel.cap.2. Lodovicns mercatus de inter, morb. cur. 
qTrepidanti- i 
um vox tremu- \ 
la, quia cor 
quatitur. 
t Ob aridita- 
tem glue reddit 
nsrvos lingua 
torpido s. 
f Incontinentia i 
lingua ex co- 
pia fatuum,& 
velocitate ima- 
ginationis. 
t Calvities ob 
fixit at is excef- 
fum. 
lib. cap. 17. Baptijia Porta Phyfog.lib.i. c. 13. and many others. 
Weeping, fighing, laughing, itching, trembling, fweating, blufhing, 
hearing and feeing ftrange noyfes,vifions,wind,crudity ,are motions of the 
body, depending upon the.fe precedent motions ofthemind;Neither are 
tears, aftefrions,but actions (as Scaliger holds) <1 the v&yce of fuch as are 
afraidfiremhlesfecaufe the heart is foaken (Conimb.prob.6.fec.%.de fom.) 
u /Ltius. 
x Lauren, c. 13. 
y Tetrab.2. Jer. 
a- cap. 10. 
z Ant. Lodovi- 
cusprob.lib. 1. 
feSl. s.de atra- 
bilariis. 
a Submjlicus 
pudor vitiefus 
pudor. 
why they ft ut or fauiter in their curialis and Mont altus cap. 17 
give like reafons out of Hippocratesydrimfsfwhich makes the nerves of the 
tongue (peaking,("which is a fymptom of fome few jJFtius will 
have caufed f frommkundance of jwiftnef of imagination.t bald- 
nejfe come from exctjje »/dri«e/j ,hirfutenefs from a dry temperature.The 
caufe of much waking is a dry brain, continuall meditation, difeontent, 
fears 8c cares, that fuffer not the mind to be at reft, incontinency is from 
wind,and an hot Xivcx^Mont.conf.26.Ruobling in the guts,is caufed from 
b Ob ignomini- 
am aut turpe- 
iinsm fa3i, 
i*C' . 
c Uefymp.<& 
Antip. cap. n. 
hboratjacies 
ob prjefentiam 
ejus qui defe- 
flum nojhum 
videt,& natu- 
ra quafi opem 
latura calorem 
illuc mittit,ca- 
lor f.mguinem 
wind,and wind from ill conco<ftion,weakuefs of natural heat,or a diftem- 
pered heat and cold^u Palpitation of the heart from vapours, heavinefs 8c 
asking from the fame caufe.That the belly is hard,wind is a caufe,and of 
that leaping in many parts.Rednefs oftheface,6c itching, as ifthey were 
flea-bitten, or (lung with pif-mires, from a (harp fubtile wind. xCold 
fweat from vapours ariiing from the hypocondries, which pitch upon 
the skin } leannefle for want of good nouriftiment. Why their appetite is 
fo great,V JEtius anfwers : Os ventris in thofe inward parts, 
coldbelly,6c hot liver,caufeth crudity, and intention proceeds from per- 
turbations, 2 our foul for want of fpirits cannot attend exadly to fq ma- 
ny intentive operations being; exhauft.Sc overfwayed by pafiion, fhe can- 
trahit, unde ru- 
bor, audaces 
non rubent,(yc* 
d Ob gaudium 
d’-y voluptatem 
foras exitfan- 
guifjiut ob me- 
lior if reveren- 
tiam, autobfu- 
bitum occurfum 
aut Ji quid 
incautius exci- 
derit, 
i"Com.in Arift. 
de anima. Cad 
ut plurir.um 
impudentes, 
mx facit 
impudentes. 
not eonfider the reafons which may dillwade her from fuch affedfions. 
a BalhfulnclTe and blufhing, is a pallion proper to men alone, and is not 
only caufed for b forne (hame and ignominy, or that they are guilty unto 
themfelves of Tome foul faft committed,but asc Fracafiorius well deter- 
defedtum timorem fromfear, and a conceit ofourde- 
feffs’yChe face labors and is troubled at his prefence that fees our 
nature willing to help fends thither heat feat draws the fuhtileji hlood,& 
fo weblujh.They that are bold^arrogant:and carelefsfeldome or never blnjlj, 
but fuch as are fearfull.Anthon: Lodovicusyn his bookie pudorzfiN ill hare 
this fubtilbloud to arife in the face, not fo much for the reverence of 
our betters in but for joy andpleafnre, or if any thing at una~ 
waresjhall pafs from 
farius in \Macrobius confiims)any object heard or feen,for blind men ne- 
ver obfervs,the night 8c darknefs make men impudent.  i.Sed.3. 
Caufesof thefe Symptomes, 
Memb.3. 
Or by being {laid before our betters3or in company we like not,or if any 
thing moled: and offend us,eruhefcentia turns to to a con- 
tinuatc rednels.c Somtimes the extremity of the ears tingle,and arc red. 
fom times the whole nihil vitio fum commiferis, as Lp do vie us 
holdsrthough Ariflotle is of pudor ex vitio commiffo, All 
Ihame for feme offence. But wc find otherwife, it may as well proceed f 
from fear,from force and inexperience, (fo * Dandinus holds) as vice 5 
a hot liver,faith Duretusfotk in Ho lleri umf)From a hot brain from wind, 
the lungs after dnnfyng ofvpin firong 
Laughter what it is,faith g Tally fow fo fuddenly breaks 
outythat defirousto (lay it geo e cannot fut how comet it to poffefs & fir our 
faccyveinesy countenancejnouthyfidesylet Democritus determine:T\\Q 
caufe that it often aif efts melancboliy men fo mach,is given by Gome (jus 
e Alexander 
Aphrodifenjis$ 
makes all 
bafhfulncCTe a 
vertite, eamf; 
fe refen in 
feipfo experiri 
folitum, etjt 
ejfst admodwri 
fenix, 
f S*cpspoil ci- 
bum aptfad 
ruborem,ex po- 
’ tu vini.eati- 
f ale geniaLcap.iS.abundance of pleafant vapours,-which in fan- 
guine melancholy efpecially, break from the heart,*6 and tickle the mid- 
rifefecaufe it is tranfverfe and full of nerves : by which titillationthe 
fenfe being arteries difended.pr pulledy he fpirits from thence 
more fape fa 
ab hepate cali- 
do, cerebro ca- 
lido, (fac. 
*c omdn Arijj. 
de aninr, tani 
d vi fa inex- 
perisntia quam 
d vitio. 
B2.De orat ere. 
move andpojfefsthefidesfueinSyCOuntenanceyCyes.See more in Jojfitfs de n. 
fu & fictUyVives 3. de Animh. Tears, as Scaliger defines,proceed from, 
grief & pity, 'or from the heating of a moiji brain for a dry cannnot weep. 
x nat ttiey lee and hear 10 many phantai(iies,chirneraessnoy(es,vi!ions,; 
SiCyZsFienus hath difeourfed at large in his book of imagination,Sch La~ 
vater de fpstfrk parl.l.cap.corrupt phantsfie makes them fee 
Schear that which indeed is neither heard nor multum jejunant 
*ut nochs ducunt inJomneSyXhey that much fa(V,or wantileep3as melan- 
choly or lick men commonly do.,fee vilions3or fucb as arc weak-fighted, 
quid ipfe 
quopaSo con- 
citatur, ubi Jit, 
fac. 
h Diaphragma 
, titillant, quit 
tranfverfum 
1 fa nsrvrCurrt. 
j j j o .J 
Very timorous by nature,mad, didraffed3ur eameftly feek. Sabini quod 
volunt fomniantyZS the faying is3they dream ot that they defire.Like Sar- 
mienio the Spaniard,who when he was fent to diicover the ftreightsof 
MagellangivA Coniine placessby the Prorex of Per«,ffanding on the 
, o no, vujiwf, 
quia titillatio- 
ne motofenfit 
at'i', arteriis 
dijhntii, fyiri- 
tpss inde lateral 
top of 3ri Hill, AmdCmjjimam planitiem dejpicere ftbi vijusfuit, cedi fid a 
quam plurimos Turresy fp lendi da Templa0 and brave 
Ckies,built like ours mEuropgynot faith mine f Author, that there was 
any fuch thing,but that he was vanijjimus & nimis credulus,and would 
venas, Os, ocu- 
los occupant. 
iExcalefaSio- 
nehumidi ce- 
rebri : nam ex 
Juco lachrym£ 
nonfhiunt. 
k Res miran- 
dat imaginan- 
tur :fa putant 
[ fe videre tpue 
nec vident, nec 
■ audiunt. 
tain have had it fo. Or as * Lod.Mercattts proves, by realon of inward 
vapours,and humors fromb!oud,choler,See. diverOy rnixt, they appre- 
hend and fee outwardly,as they fuppofc,divers iiruges,whica indeed are 
not.As they that drink wine think all runs round,when it is in their own 
brain 5 to is it with thefc men, the fault andcaufc is inward, as Galen 
bifarius,1 mad men and fuchas are near death,quas extra fe videre putant • 
Imagine oculos habentjt is in their brain,which Teems to be before ' 
rhem>the brain as a concave glafs refle&s foiid bodies .Senes etiam decree , 
cerebrum habent concavum fa aridumynt imaginentur J'c videre(fa ith 
..^°*lf'ardiisjqu£ non funtyTld men are too frequently miftaken & dote in 
like cafe; or as he that looketh through a piece of red glafsjudgeth eve-; 
tv cuing, he fees to be vapors mounting from the body to the j 
headland diddling again from thence to the eyes,when they have ming- 
led themfelves with the watery chriftal which receiveth thefhadows of 
things to be feen3make all things appear of the fame colour, which re- 
f Last. lib. 13« 
cap. 2.defeript. 
Indit Occi- 
dant. 
* Lib.l. ca. 17. 
atp, de mel. 
1 Infard,fa\ui 
mini vicini 
Junt, res quit 
extra fe videre 
~putant, intra 
oculos habent, 
. * Cap. so. de 
Spirit: appari- 
“ tione,- Part. i. Seft. 3. 
Sympt ernes ef Melancholy. 
Me mb'. 3- 
mains in the humor that overfpreds our fight,as to melancholiy men all 
is black, to phlegmatick all elfc as before the Organs cor- 
rupt by a corrupt phantafie, as Lemnius 1.i.c.16. well quotes, m caufe 
a great agitation offpirits,and humors,which rounder to and fro in all the 
creeks oft he brain.and caufe fuch apparitions before their eyes.thinks 
he reads fomthing written in the moon,asPythagoras is faid to have done 
of olcfanotherfmelsbrimftone, hears Cerberus bark: Orefies now mad 
fuppofed he faw the furies tormenting him,and his mother (till ready to 
m De occult, 
Nu. Mirac, 
run upon him. 0 mater obfccron&li meperfequi 
His furiis,afpeUu anguineis, horribilibus, 
Ecce ecceme invadunt,in me jam ruunt» 
but EleUra told him thus raving in his mad fit, he faw no fuch fights at 
all, it was but his crafed imagination. 
Quiefee, quiefee mifer in linteis tuis, 
Hen cernis etenim qu<e videre te putas. 
So Pentheus ( in Bacchis Euripidisj faw two funs,two Thebes, his brain 
alone wastroubled.Sicknede is an ordinary caufe of fuch fronts.Cardan 
fub&.Menseegra laboribus jejuniis fra&a,facit eos videre,audire,dpc. 
And. Ofiander beheld ft range vi (ions, an dAlexander ab Alcxajtdro both, 
in their ficknefle which he relates ,de rerum variet at .lib. 
nius that noble Arabian on his death bed,faw a (hip afeending and det- 
cending,which Fracaft. records of his friend Baptijia Tirrianus. Weake 
fight and a vain perl wafion withall, may effect as much, and fecond 
caufes concurring, as an oare in water makes a refraction, and feems 
bigger,bendcd double, thickneffe of the aire may caufe fuch ef- 
fefts.or any obleft not well difeerned in the darLfear and phantafic will 
n Semes. 
Quod mstuunt 
nimvymnquam 
amo veri pqffe, 
vec. tolli putant. 
j j j j - £ 
fufpect to be a Ghoft,a devill,(2'c. n Quod nimis mij'eri timent Jsoc facile 
credunt, we are apt to bcleeve, and miftake in fuch cafes. Marcellus 
Donatus lib» 2. brings in a (lory out of Arifiotle of one Antephcron 
which likely faw whercfoever he was, his own image in the aire, as 
in a glade. Vitellio lib» 10. perfpeff. hath fuch another inftanceofa 
familiar acquaintance of his,that after the want of three or four nights 
deepsas he was riding by a river fide,faw another riding with him, and 
ufmg all Inch gcftures as he did,but when more light appeared,it vanilh* 
cd.Eremites and Anackorites have frequently fuchablurd vifions, reve- 
lations by reafon of much fading.and bad dict,many are deceived by le- 
gerdemain, as Orwell (hewed in his book of the difeovery of witch- 
craft,and Cardanfuhtil.iS.fuffites, perfumes,fiiffumigations,mixt cand- 
lcs,perfpcftive glades,and fuch naturali caufes,make men look as if they 
were dead, or with horfe-heads, buls-horns, and fuch like brutidi (hapes 
the room full of fnakts,adders,dark,light,green, allcolours,as you 
may perceive in Baptijia p and others, Glow-worms, 
Firedrakes,Meteors, Ignis fatuus, which Plinius . cals Cafior 
and P alluxi with many (uch that appear inrnoorifti grounds,about church 
yards,moift valleys, or where battels have been fought, the caufes of 
which read in Goclenius jAeUuriu s inhjus c.fuch feats are often done 
to frighten children with fwibs, rotten wood, &c. to make folks look as 
if they were dead,\folito majores,bigger,lefler,fairer,fowler,«t aftantes 
fine capitibus toti ignoti»aut forma dxmonum.acipe pilosca* 
SangutiufK- 
pit cum tnete 
compoJiiM <(y 
centaweaj&c. 
Albmus, Part. i. Sed. 5. 
Caufes of thefe symptomes. 
Memb. 3- 
nigri^&c.faith Albertus^And fo’tis ordinary to fee ftrange uncouth fights 
by Catopticks , who knows not that if in a dark roome,the light be ad- 
mitted at one only little hole, and a paper or glafs put upon it, the Sun 
filming,wil reprefent on theoppoiite wal,all fuch objeds as are illumina- 
ted by his rayes > with Concave' and Cylinder glaiies, we may refled 
any fhape of men,devils,anticks,(as Magicians moil: part do,co gull a filly 
fpedator in a dark room)we will our felves,and that hanging in the aire. 
when’tis nothing but fuch an horrible image as f Agrippa demonftrates, 
placed in another roome. Roger Bacon of old is faid to have reprefented 
his own image walking in the aire by this art, though no fuch thing ap- 
pear in his perfpeffives. But mod part it is in the .brain that deceives 
them, although I may not deny, but that oftentimes the devil deludes 
them, takes his opportunity to fuggeft, and reprefent vain objeds to me- 
lancholy men, and fuch as are ill affeded. To thefe you may adde the 
knavilh Impolfures of Jug}ers,Exorcifts,Mafs~Priefts,and Mountebanks, 
T Lib.U occult. 
philof. Imperiti 
homines daemo- 
num fa umbra- 
rum imagines 
videre fa pu- 
tant, quum ni- 
hil fint aliud, 
quam fimula- 
chra animae 
, expertia. 
* Pythonijfie 
vocum varie- 
tatem ventre 
fa gutters fin- 
, gemes, formant 
voces humanas 
> cilongS vel pro- 
I pd, prout vo- 
lunt, ac fi fin- 
” ritus cm ho- 
• mine loquere- 
tur, & fonos 
brutorum fin- 
- gum, &C. 
of whom Roger Bacon miraculis natur £ et artis cap. 1 A'they 
can counterfeit the voices of all birds and bruit beafts almoft, all tones 
and tunes of men, and fpeak within their throats,as if they fpokc afar off, 
that tncy make their auditors beleeve they hear fpirits, and are thence 
much aftoniibed and affrighted withit.Befides,thofe artificial devices to 
over-hear their confeflions, like that whifpering place of Glocefter with 
us* or like the Dukes place at Mantua in Italy] where the found is rever- 
berated by a concave wall 5 a rcafon of which Blanc amts in his Ecchome* 
fria gives, and mathematically demonftrates. 
So that the hearing is as frequently deluded as the fight, from the fame 
caufes almoft,as he that hears bels,will make them found what he lift. As 
the fool the hcl clinkfith.Theophilus in thought he heal'd 
mufickjfrom vapours which made his ears found,Bcc. Some are deceived 
by Eccho'sSome by roaring of waters,or concaves Sc reverberation of aire 
in the ground, hollow places and wa!s.,*At Cadurcum mAquitanyfwords 
Sc fentencesare repeated byaftrangc Eccho to theful,or whatfbever you 
(hall phy upon a mufical inftrument,more diftindly Sc louder, then they 
are fpoken at lirft.Some Eccho's repeat a thing fpoken feven times,as at o- 
lympns in Macedonia, as Pliny relates,//£.36.5 .Some twelve times,as 
* Tam clard fa 
articulate au- 
dies repetitum, 
ut perfeßiorfit 
Eccho quam 
ipfe dixeras. 
at Charent on a village necr Paris in France.AtDelphosin Greece heretofore 
Was a miraculous Reckonnd fo in many other places. Cardan fuhtil. I. 18. 
hath wonderfull ftories of fuch as have been deluded by thefeEccho's. 
in his Ecc hnmetria hath variety of gives 
his reader ful fatisfadion of all fuch founds by way of demonftration.pAt 
'Carrey an Iflc in the Severn mouth they feem to hear a fmiths forge.-fo at 
fulphurious I(les,& many fuch like which Olans fpeaksof 
ln the continent of Scandi a,Sc thofe Northern countries .Gar dan de rerum 
var.l, £ s.c.Sq.mentioneth awomansthat (lil fuppofed (lie heard die devil 
her. Sc fpeaking to her,flie was a painters wife in M/Ilan:Sc many fuch 
ihufions voices which proceed mo ft part from a corrupt imagination. 
W hence it comes to pafs,that they propliefle,fpcak fevcral languages, 
talke of Aft'ronomy,Sc other unknown fciences to them ; (of which they 
have been ever ignorant,) q I have in brief touched, only this I will here 
adde,that Sc fpmc othcis,r hold as a 
p Blowing of 
bellows, and 
knocking of 
hammers, if 
they apply 
their car to 
the cliffe* 
. q Mcmb. I. 
Sub. 3. of this 
partition, cap. 
\6.in p.RhaJis. 
t Signa deemo' 
nif nulla funt 
nifi quod lo- 
quantur ea 
1 ante nefei- 
ehant, utTeu- 
. tonicurn aut 
aliud Idioms, Part. i.Seft. 4. 
Prognofiickj of Melancholy. 
Memb.i. 
manifeft token that fuch perfons are pofielfed with the devil : fo doth 
* Hercules de and Apponenjis, and fit only to be cured by a Prieft. 
* Cap. 12. 
tra£l. de mel. 
f TraSl. 15. f.4. 
t Cap. p, 
u Mira vis 
concitat humo- 
res, ardorq'. 
But iQuianeriusyMontaltusj*omponafius ofPadua0 8c Lemnius lib.2. cap. 
2 .refer it wholly to the ill difpolition of the u humour. Sc that out of the 
authority of Arifiotle. prob. 30. I. becaufe fuch fymptomes are cured by 
purging as by the ftriking of a flint fire is inforced, fo by the vehement 
motions of fpirits,they do elicere voces inauditas, compel ftrange fpeeches 
vehemens men- 
tem exagitat, 
quum, He. 
* Pr<€fat.~fam- 
blici myfieriis. 
to be fpokenranother argument he hath from Plato's reminifeentia^which 
all out as likely as that which * Mar filius Ftcinus fpeaks of his friend V ier~ 
Uonns'-j by a divine kind of infulion he underftood the fecrets of nature 8c 
tenents of Grecian and Philosophers, before ever he heard of. 
faw,or read their works: but in this I (hould rather hold with Avicenna 
and his aflbciats3 that fuch fymptomes proceed from evill fpirits, which 
take all opportunities of humors decayed, or otherwife to pervert the 
foul of belides, the humor it felf is Balneum Diaboli, the devils 
bath ‘0 and as Agrippa proves, doth intice him to feize upon them. 
Sect. 4. 
M E M B. 1. 
rprognojiickj of Melancholy. 
■Lognofticks,or figns of things to come,are either good or bad. 
If this malady be not hereditary, and taken at the beginning, 
there is good hope of cureyrecens curationem non habet dijjici- 
lem faith en.i 8 .That which is with 
laughter,of all others is moft fccure,gcntle,and remifsMercu- 
x Si melancho- 
lic*l hrfmorroi- 
des fuper vene- 
rint varices, 
vel ut quibuf- 
dam placet, 
aqua inter cu- 
tem, folvitur 
malum. 
J * J 
les'de S axoni a. x If that evacuation of hcemrods, or vances which they call 
the water between the skin, fhall happen to a melancholy man, his mifery is 
o crates Aphor.6.li.Galen.L6,de morbis vulgar .com.B .confirms 
the lame to this Aphorifme of Hippocrates all the Arabians, new and 
old Latines fubfcribe } Mont alt us. c, 25. Hercules de curialis, 
Vitterius F skenkiusl. 1 .obfervat. med. c. de Mania, illu- 
ftrates this Aphorifme,with an example of one Daniel Federer a Copper- 
Smith that was long melancholy,and in the end mad about the 27 year of 
his age, thefe varices or water began to arife in his thighes, and he was 
freed from his the Roman was fo cured,fome fay,though 
with great pain. Skenhym hath fome other iilftances of women that have 
y Cap. 10. de 
quartana. 
been helped by flowing of their moneths, which before were flopped. 
That the opening of the haemrods will do as much for men, all phyficians 
joyntly fighifie,fothey be voluntary, fome fay, and not by compulsion. 
All melancholy are better after a quartane'->y Jobertus faith, fcarce any 
man hath that ague twice: But whether it free him from this malady,’tis 
a queftion foi many phyficians afcribe all along agues for efpeciallcau- 
fes.and a quartane ague amongft the reft. *Rha[is cent .lib.i. trail.9 .When 
i Cm fanguis 
exit perfuper- 
ficiem & rtfi- 
det melancholia 
per fcabiem, 
morpheam ni- 
gram, vel ex- 
purgatur per 
inferiores par- 
tes , vel uri- 
nam, i* c. non . 
erit, &c.Jphn 
magnificatur 
H varices ap- 
parent. 
melancholy gets out at tbejuperficies fettles breaking out in 
fcabs, leprojie, morphew, or is purged by ftooles, or or that the 
fyleen is andthofe varices the difeafe is difjolved. Guia~ 
neriusj cap.$• traffi.is.addes dropne., jandife? dyfenteryjeprolie, as gooo 
fignes, to thefe fcabs, morphewes, and breaking ont>and proves it,out of 
the 6. of Hippocrates Aphori fines. art-1 - Seed.4. 
Prognofiicks of Melancholy, 
Metnb. 1 • 
Evil prognofticks on the other part. Inveterat a melancholia incurability 
ft it be inveterate,itisaincurable,a common axiom e.aut difficult er curaii - 
tis US they fay that make the beft,hardiy cured.This Galen 
deloc.ajfe&.cap.6Jsbe it invohom itwilder fromwhat caufefoeveryt is ever 
hard to be curedyfonce it be habituated.-As Ln • 
dan laid ofthe gout,lhe was cthe queen of difeafes^ndinexorable,may we' 
Fvy of melancholy .Yet Paracelfus will have all difeafes whatsoever cura- 
ble, & laughs at them which think other wife,,as T.Frafius part 3. obje&s 
to himsalthough in another place,hereditary difeafes he accounts incura- 
ble,Bc by no art to be removed, d Hildejheim fiicel. 2. dc md. holds it left 
dangerous \foxf\ydmagination be hurt reafon.i the gentlefi is from 
bloud.Worfe from choler adufifiut the voorfi of all from melacholy putrefied. 
sßruelefteems hypocondriacal Jeaft dangerous,and the other two fpecics 
(oppohte to Galen ) hardeft to be cured. h The cure is hard in man, but 
a Quia jam 
‘ conveifa inna- 
turam. 
b In quocunqs 
fit d quacunqi 
Caufa Hypocon. 
. pr<efertim, 
femper eji lon- 
ga, morofa, nec 
■facile curari 
potefi. 
c Regina mor- 
borum li<y in- 
exorabilis. 
d G one deliri- 
um quod oritur 
d paucitate ce- 
tnuch more difficult in women. And both men and women mu ft take no- 
tice of that faying of Montanus conftl.23o.pro Abbate Italo0 * This malady 
doth commonly accompany them to the grave jP hyfci ans may eaftydn it may 
lye hidfofatimefint they cannot quite cure it Jut it will return again more 
violent & Jharp then atfirfi0 and that upon every fmall occaftonor errour : 
as in Mercuries weather-beaten ftatue,that was once all over-gilt, the o- 
pen parts were clean,yet there was in fimbriis aurumyn the chinks a rem-1 
nant of gokbthere will be forne reliques of melancholy left in the pureft 
bodies(if once tainted)not fo eafily to be rooted out. k Oftentimes it de- 
. vebri incurabi- 
le, Hildejheim, 
' Jpicel. 2,dsma- 
' nia. 
, cSi fola imagi* 
natio la*datur, 
cH non ratio. 
iMala d fan- 
guine fervente, 
deterior dbile 
affata, peffinA 
ah atra bile pu- 
generates into Epilepfy,Apoplexy,Convulfions,and blindneft:by theau 
thority of Hippocrates and Galen} all Averre, if once it poftefte the ventri- 
cles of the brain, Frambefarius, £k Salufi.Salvi an us adds, if it get into the 
womanto his patient, 
that from melancholy became Epileptick and blinde. mlf it come from a 
cold caufc,or fo continue cold,or follow, 
and blindnefs, or elfe in the end they are moped, fottilh, and in all their 
aftions, fpeechcS, geftures, ridiculous. nlf it come from an hot caufe,they 
are more furious,& boifteruus,and in conclulion maA.Calefcentemmelan- 
trefjila. 
g Difficilior cu- 
■ ra e]w qua fit 
, Vitio carper» 
totim et cerebri 
1 h Difficilis cu- 
ratu in viris, 
multo difficilior 
in feminx. 
i Ad interitum 
. plerumq; hom* 
nes comitatur, 
licet medici le- 
oho ii am f^epiusfequitur mania.°\i it heat and increale,thatis the common 
event, pper dreuitus^autfemper infanit, he is mad by fits,or altogether. 
For as * Sennertus contends out of Crato, there is feminarius ignis in this 
Fumour3thc very feeds of fire.lf it come from melancholy naturali aduft, 
and in exceft, they are often demoniacal!, Montanus. 
this malady procures death, except (which is the greateft, 
I vent plerumq 
tamen non tol- 
lunt mquam, 
' fed reddet acer- 
bior quam an- 
tea minima oc- 
cafone, aut er- 
, rore. 
grievous calamity,and the mifery of all miferies) they make away 
tuemfelvs,which is afrequent thing,& fan iliar amongft them.’Tis* H/p~ 
P°crates obfcrvation3*G!d/e«>f fentence^Etft mortem timent, tamen plerumq$ 
fbi zpjis mortem confcifount f.3 -de locis affect.cap.7 .The doom of all Phy- 
heians. Tisf Rabbi Mofes Aphorifme,the prognofticon of 
Altomarus0 Salufi. Salvianus, Capivacciuss 
Aier catus.Hercules dc Saxonia, Pifo, BrucL FuchCtus. aIL &c. 
k Periculum 
eji ns degen ers- 
ret inEpilejJi- 
am. Apoplexi- 
am, convuljlo- 
ngms<fdmem. 
1 MontaL c.2j* 
Ltarentius. 
Hie. Fiji. 
m Hsr.de Sax- 
1 Et fcpe ufqi add mortis formidine vita 
Percepit infelix odium lucifq5 vidsndtfy 
(ibi confcifeat m£nn.ti Vellore lethum. . 
onia, Arijfotie,. 
Cjpivacciw, 
% favent. Hu- 
mor frigidu* fi- 
* . delirii cju- 
Jai furor if vero humor caluluf. o Heurniw cals madnefs fobolem melancholia. p Alexander l.i.c.tij. * Lib. i. parU2.c.u. q Man- 
a Rare mors aut nunquam, nififtbi ipjfts inferant. r Lib. de Infan. Labia Calico Interprets. NonnuLi violentas manwjtbi ia- 
Jerm. t Lucret. 1,3. Part.'i.Sed. 4. 
Prognofttckj of Melancholy. 
Memb.i. 
And fo far forth deaths terror doth affright. 
He makes away himfelf, and hates the light; 
To make an end of fear and grief of heart. 
He voluntary dies to eafe his fmart. 
u Lib.i. de Iti- 
tell, foepe mor- \ 
temjibi can- 
fdfeunt ob ti- 
morem <6 wi~ 
flitiam, t*edio 
vit/e affeSi ob 
furorem is ie- 
Jperationem. 
Ijl enim infera' 
&c. Igo Jic 
perpetuo ajjli- 
In fuch fort doth the torture and extremity of his mifery torment 
that he can take no plcafure in his life,but is in a manner inforced to offer 
violence unto himfelf, to be freed from his prefent infufferabie pains. So 
fome(faith “ Fracajloriusfanfury, but mofi in out 
of the anguifi and vexation of their fouls,offer violence to themfelves : for 
their life is unhappy andmiferable. They can take no refi in the night,nor 
fleep, or if they do fumber, fearful dreams aftqnijh them. In the day time 
‘ they arc affrighted ftill by fome terrible objed,andtornin pieces with 
fufpition, fear, forrow, difeontents, cares, fhamc, anguifh, &c. as fo 
Qjti vitan ode- 
rent,fepy*cipi- 
tant, hit nuli* 
carimi aut in- < 
ter fidunt fe, out | 
tale quid cm- 
mittunt. 
V Pfal. 107.10., 
y 7 «b 33* 
z Job 6.8. 
*Vbi dolor U et 
trijiiti£ ad in- 
fanism peni 
redattu*. 
a Seneca. 
bln falutit fa* 
dejperatione 
propomnt fibi 
marti* defideri- 
am,o3. Herat, 
1.2, C.s. 
c Lib. de infa 
via. Sic Jic ju- 
vat ire per 
umbras. 
dCap.^Jemen- 
many wild hones, that they cannot be quiet an hour, a minute of time, 
but even againft their wils they are intent, and ftill thinking of it, they 
cannot forget it,it grindes their fouls day and night,they are perpetually 
tormented, a burden to themfelves, as Job was, they can neither eat, 
drink or deep. Pfal. 107. 18. Their foul abhorret h all meat, and they are 
brought to deaths door* being bound in mifery and iron : theyycurfe their 
ftarswith job,z and day of their birth, and wifi for death : for as Pineda 
and moft interpreters hold, Job was even melancholy to defpair, and 
almoft * madneffe it felf 5 they murmur many times againft the world, 
friends, allies, all mankindc, even againft God himfelfin the bitternefle 
of their pafiion, a vivere nolunt, mori nefeiunt, live they will not, die 
they cannot. And in the midft of thefe fqualid, ugly, and fuchirkefome 
dayes, they feek at laft, finding no comfort. l>no remedy in this wretch- 
ed life, to be cafed of all by death* Omnia appetunt bonum, All creatures 
feek the beft, and for their good as they hoptjnb Jpecie in (hew at lead:, 
vel quia mori pulchrum putant ( faith 6 Hippocrates') vel quia putant indi 
fe majoribus malis liberari^to be freed as they wiih.Though many times as 
JEfops fifhes, they leap from the frying-pan into the fire it felf, yet they 
hope to be eafed by his meanes and therefore ( faith Felix & plater us ) 
t* alienat ma- 
fii digunt, dum 
tandem mortem j 
quem timent, , 
jifiendio aut 
JubmerJione,cmt 
ahqua alia vi, 
ut multa trifiia 
exemph vidi- 
mus. 
after many tedious dayes at lajioeither by drowning, hanging, or forne fuch 
fearfulend0they precipitate,or make away themfelves: many lamentable 
examples are daily feen among ff us : alius ante fores fe laqueo fufpenditfas 
Seneca notes)alius fe prfeipitavit a le&o,ne dominumftomachantem audi~ 
ret, alius ne reduceretur a fugaferrum redegit in vifeerajo many caufes 
there are His amor exitio efi Juror hts love,grief,anger,madnefs 5 
and lhame. See. Tis a common calamity,6 a fatal end to this difeafe. 
-c An'uhnw in 
p.Rha/Fsc.l6. 
tavendum ne 
ex altofe pr*~ 
cipitent aut a- 
they arc condemned to a violentcdeath,by a Jury of Phyficiansjfurioufiy 
difpofed, carried head-long by their tyrannizing wils, inforced by mile- 
ries, and there remains no more to fuch perfons, if that heavenly Phyfici- 
an, by his affifting grace and mercy alone do not prevent,(for no humane 
lias hiant. 
f Omnium opi- 
wonihf** inco- 
gitabile tnalu. 
Lucian, 
jyimefq", miUe% 
tnille dum vi- 
vit neces gerit, 
peritq; Heinfi- 
#* Aujktaco. 
perfwafion, or art can help ) but to be their own butchers , and exe- 
cute themfelves. Socrates his Lucretia’s dagger, Timons halter 
are yet to be had } Cato s knife, and Nero’s fword are left behinde them. 
fomany fatali engines, bequeathed to pofterity, and will be ufed, 
to the worlds end, by fuch diftreffed fouls : fo intolerable , unfuf- 
’ferable , grievous and violent is their pain,f fo unfpeakable, and con- 
tinuate. One day ofgriefis an hundred years, as Cardan obfcrves: Tis Part. i. Seft.4. 
Prognofticks of Melancholy. 
Mcmb.i 
darnificina hominum, angor animi, as well faith Are feus, a plague of the 
foul,the cramp and convUlfion of the foul,an Epitome of helUarid ifthere 
be an hell upon earth, it is to be found in a melancholy mans heart. 
For that deep torture may be calf d an hell, 
Whenvnore is felt, then one hath power to tell. ‘ 
Yea, that which .fcoffing Lucian faid oftheGoutin jeft? I may truly af- 
firm 0/ melancholy in e time ft. 
* tiegim mor- 
borum cui fa- 
, mulantur om- 
nes Cy obedi* 
mt. Cardan, 
O triple nomen ! 0 diis odibile 
Melancholia lacrympfa, (Joeyti filia, 
Tu Tartan fpecubus, opacts edita 
Ennnys, utero quam Magera fuo tulit, 
Et ab uberibus aluit, cuique parvula 
Amarulentum in os lac Aletto dedit, 
Omnes abominabilem te da mones 
Produxere in lucem, exitio mortalium. 
Non Jupiter ferit tale telum fulminis, 
O fad and odious name! a name fo fell, 
Is this of melancholy, brat of hell. 
There born in hellifh darknefs doth it dwel, 
The Furies brought it up, Megerds tear, 
Ahtto gave it bitter milk to ear. 
And all confpir’d a bane to mortali men, 
To bring this devil oiic of that black den. 
Jupiters thunderbolt, not (form at fea, 
Nor whirl-winde doth our hearts fo much 
difmay. 
What ? am I bit by that fierce Cerberus ? 
Or flung by f ferpent fo peftiferous ? 
Or put on Ihirt that’s dipt m Neff us blood ? 
My painVpaft cure ; Phyfick can do no 
good. 
E* paulo 
P° * 
7fpn ulla ftc procella favit aquor is, 
Non impetuofi tanta vis efi turbinis. 
afieros Juftineo morfus Cerberi ? 
JSfurn virus Echidna membra mea depafiitur ? 
Aut tunica f ante tinUa Tfefilfangumis ? 
Idetcrymabile & immedicabile malum hoc. 
No torture of body like unto it, Siculi non invenere tyranni Majus tor- 
mentum, no ftrappado’s, hot irons, Phalaris bulls. 
t Eheu qub in- 
tus Scorpio, 
<&c. 
Seneca Aft. 4. 
Here. 0 Et. 
* SiUius Itali- 
cm. 
* Nec ira de&m tantum, nec tela, nec hoflis3 
Quantum fola noces animis illapfa, 
Joves wrath, nor devils can. 
Do fo much harm to th’ Soul of man. 
AH fears, griefs, fufpicions, difeontents, imbonities, infuavities are fwal- 
lowed up,Bc drowned in this Euripus, this Irifh Tea, this Ocean of mifery, 
as fo many fmal brooks3’tis coagulum omnium ecrumnarum.-which"I"Ammia- 
nus applied to his diftrefted Palladius, I fay of our Melancholy man, he is 
* Lib. 2p. 
the cream of humane adverfity,the i quinteffence,Bc upfhot3all other dif- 
eafes whatfoever, are but flea-bitings to melancholy in extent: Tis the 
pith of them all, f tlofpitiui% efi calamitatis, quid verbis opus efi, 
■ i Hie ornnii in- 
bonitas Cy in- 
fuavitas conji- 
Jiit, ut Tertul- 
liani verbi) 
utar, orat, ad 
martyr. 
f Plant m. 
ffLuamcunq’, malum rem quarts, jUic repenes : 
What need more words, ’tis calamities Inn, 
Where feek for any mifchief, "tis within 3 
and a melancholy man is that true Prometheus, which is bound to Cauca-. 
for-, the are hill by a vulture devoured(as Poets 
fain)for fo dothkLilius Geraldus interpret it,of anxieties,and thofe grip- 
ing cares,and fo ought it to be underftood. In all other maladies,we feek 
for help,if a leg or an arm ake, through any diftemperature or wound,or 
that we have an ordinary difeaie,above all things whatfoever, we dehre 
help 5c Health,a prefent recovery,if by any means pofftble it may be pro- 
cured : we will Freely part with all our other fortunes,fubftance, endure 
any mifery, drink bitter potions, fwaliow thofe diflaffful pils, fuffcr our 
joynts to be feared,to be cut ofLany thing for future health 3fo fweet,io 
k Vit.Ferculis. 
dear, fo precious above all other things in this world is life: ’t*s vv e 
chiefly defire, long and happy days, * multos da Jupiter annos,increa e or 
years all men wifh 5 but to a melancholy man,nothing fo tedious, not ung 
fo odious 3 that which they fo carefully feek to prcferve \ he abhors, he 
3 lo intolerable are his pains,fbn-ie make a queCuou.graviores morbi 
* Perjtfff* 
1 Quid eft mife•» 
rim in vita, 
quam velle mo- 
ri ? Seneca* Part.i.Seft.4. 
Prognojiickj of Melancholy. 
Memb.j. 
corporis an animi, whether the difeafes of the body or mind be more grie- 
vous,but there is no comparifbn,no doubt to be made of \t,multo enimfe~ 
vior longeqh eft atrocior animi,qukm corporiscruciatus(jLem.l. i.c.12.) the 
difeafes of the mind are far more grievous.—-Totum hic pro vulnere cor- % 
m Tom. 2. 
ÜbeVoyMgra. 
viores pajjio- 
w, &c, 
nTer. 
pus, body and foul is mifaffefted here,but the foul efpecially. So Cardan 
.teftifies de rerufnvar.lib,Maximus Vyriusa Platontft,and Plutarch 
have made juft volumes to prove it,nDies admit aegritudinem homijiibus, 
in other difeafes there is fome hope likely, but thefe unhappy men are 
born to mifery,paft all hope of recovery, incurably fick, the longer they 
live the worfe they are, and death alone muft eafe them. 
Another doubt is made by fome Philofophers,whether it be lawful for 
a man in fuch extremity of pain & grief,to make away himfelf: and how 
thefe men that fo do,are to be cenfured.The Platonifts approve of it,that 
it is lawful in fuch cafes,& upon a ncceffitjiPlotinus l.de beatitud.c. 7.and 
Socrates himfelf defends it,in Plato3 s Phsedon, if any man labor ofan incu- 
rable dtfeafe, he may diftatch himfelf if it be to his good, Epicurus and his 
o Patet esrituf;: 
ft pugnare twn 
tulttf, licet fu- 
gere ; quu vos 
tenet invitos ? 
J)e provid. 
cap. 8. 
* Agamw Deo 
gratias, quod 
nemo invitus 
in vita teneri 
potefl. 
4 Epif. 2s, 
Seneca <pr de 
facra.2. cap. 15» 
frfyifi'lo,& 
12 
*Lih.2.cap.%s, 
Terra mater 
nrfri miferta. 
followers,!'he Cynicks & Stoichy in general affirm it,Epi&etus an d°Seneca. 
among the xett,quamcunqh veram efieviam ad libertate,nny way is aliowa- 
able,that leads to liberty flet us give God thanks,that no manis compelled 
to live againji his ivillf quid ad hominem claujira, career fufiodial liberum 
ojiium habet,<death is always ready and at hand• Vides ilium prdcipitemlo- 
cum, illud thou fee that fteep place, that river, that pit, that 
tree,there’s liberty at hand,ejfugia fervitutk & doloris funt,ns that Laco- 
nian lad caft himfelf headlong(#<9» ferviam aiebat puer)to be freed of his 
mifery :Every vein in thy body,if thefe be nimis operoji exitus,ml fet thee 
free,quid iua refert finem facias an accipiasnhexGs no neceility for a man 
to live in mifery .Main eft necejjitativiverefed in necejjitate vivere,necef 
' fit as nulla eft,Ignavus qui ftnecaufa moritur, & ftultus qui cum dolore vi- 
vit.lu* epi.sS.Wherefore hath our Mother the earth brought forth poy- 
ft ns, faith* Pliny, in fo great a quantity, but that men in diftrefs might 
make away themfelves?which Kings of old had ever in a in- 
cert a fortuna venerum fnh cufiodeprompt n,Livy writes,and Executioners 
always at band.Speujippus being fick was met by Diogenes,and carried on 
bis Caves fhoulders,he made bis moan to the lpitty thee 
nct,quothDiogenes,qui cumtalisvtverey»j2/'»ex,thoumaift be freed when 
thou wilt,meaning by deatbf Seneca therefore commends Cato,Dido,and 
Lucretia fox their generous courage in fo doing,Bc others that volutarily 
die, to avoid a greater mifchief, to free themfelves from mifery, to fave 
their honor,or vindicate their good name,as Cleopatra did,as Sophonisba, 
Syphax wife d\d,Hannibal did, asjunius Brutus,ns Vibius Virius, & thofe 
Campanian Senators in Livy(j)ec.3 Mb.6.) to efcape the Roman tyranny, 
that poyfoned themfelves. 1 hemifiocles drank Bulls blood,rather then he 
would fight againft his Countrey, and Demofihenes chofe rather to drink 
tpoyionfubhus Crajfi filius ,C enfor ins and Blancus, thofe heroical Romans 
to make away themfelves, then to fall into their enemies hands. How 
many" myriads befiaes in ail ages might I remember, qui fibi lethum In- 
. fontes peperere manu, &.c. P Rhafts in the Maccabees is magnified for it, 
Sarapfons death approved. So did Saul and Jonas fin, and many worthy 
men and women ,quorum memoria celebratur in Ecclefiafnith* Leminchus, 
fox kill.’; g themfelves to fave their Chaftity and honor, when Rome was 
taker ,as Juftin iflftances3/. I ,de Civit .Dei, cap,l6. jf erom vindicateth the 
* Epijl. 24.71. 
82. 
p Mac. 14.42. 
* Vindicatio 
AjjOC. hb. Part1, i. Sect.4. 
Trognoftichy of Melancholy. 
Membii* 
fame in jonam & Amhroje virginitatecommendeth Pelagia for fo 
doing. Eufebius lzb.B. cap. Is. admires a Roman Matron for the fame 
fa<ft to five her felf from the luft of Maxentius the Tyrant. Adulhelmus, 
Abbot of Malmesbury cals them Beatas virgines quee, jic,Scc.Titos Pomponi- 
us Atticus,that wife,difcreet,renowned Roma Senator,?#//// dear friend 
when he had been long lick, as he fuppofed of an incurable difeafe, vz~ 
tamque produceret ad augendos dolores, fine fpe falutis,was refolved volun- 
tarily by famine, to difpatch himfelf to be rid of his pain 3 and when as 
Agrippapxnd the reft uf his weeping friends carneftly befought him, ofeu- 
lates objccrar ei ne id quodnatura cogeret, ipfe acceleraret,not to offer vio- 
lence to himfeif,2r>ir/) a fetlcd refolutzo he deftred again they would approve 
of his goo d intent,&not dehort him from ?£.-And fo coftantly died, 
precejq3 eorfi taciturna fua ohjiinatione depnjfzt.Kvcn fo did Cerellius Flu- ; 
- * As ariiongli 
Turks and o- 
b thers. 
• q Boheijius de 
. moribus gerit. 
f /Elian. lib./\. 
’ cap.i.omnes 70. 
5 annum egrejfos 
. interficiunt. 
r Db. 2. Fra- 
firtim quum 
• tormentum ei 
fit a fit, bom 
Jpe fretus, acer- 
, 'ba vita vehn d 
. careers fe exi- 
mat, vel ab a- 
-1 liis eximi fua 
( voluntate pa- 
tiatur. 
( Nam quis 
amphoram ex- 
Jiccans facem 
exorberet ( Se- 
1 neca epifi.58.) 
quis in pcenas et 
rifum viveret ? 
fiulti efi mane- 
re in vita cum 
fit mifer. 
t Expedit, ad 
Sinas 1.1. c.p. 
Vel bonorum 
dsjperations, 
vel malorum 
psrpejjione fra- 
Si ijfagitati- 
jfo/aiiGther grave Senator,by the relation of Plinius Secundus,epiJLlib. 1, 
epift. 12 .famifti himfelf to death ‘,pedibus correptus cum incredibzles crucia- 
tus et indignijjzma torznenta pateretur,a cibis omnino a bft i nuit he 
nor Hifpida his wife could divert him,but defiinatus mori objiinath magis, 
&c.die he would,anddie he did.So did Lycurgus, Arijiotle,ZenotChryjip~ 
pus, Empedocles, with myriads,^c.ln warrs for a man to run rafhlyupon 
imminent danger,and prefent death,is accounted valor 8c magnanimity, 
*to be the caufe of his own, 8c many a thoufands ruin belides, to commit 
wilful rrmrther in a manner,of himfelf 8c a glorious thing,and he 
(hall be crowned forit former times,f Barbiccians, and. 
I know not what nations belides,did ftifle their old men,after 70 years,to 
free them from thofe grievances incident to that age. So did the inhabi- 
tants of the ifland of choa, bccaufe their air was pure and good, and the 
people generally long lived, antevertebant fatum fuum,priufquam manefi 
forent,aut zznbeczllztas accederet,papavere vel cicuta, with Poppy or Hem-, 
lock they prevented dczth.S.Thomas Moore in his Vtopia commends vo- 
luntary death,if he be pbi aut alzis molejius.yrouhlcfome to himfelf or o-1 
thcrsffiefpeci ally zf to Izve be a torment to himfiet him free himfelfwith his 1 
own hands from this tedzous life,as from a prifo,or frjfer himfelf to befreed 
by others.(And ’tis the lame tenent which LaertzUs relates ot Zeno,oi old, 
Jujie fapiensjlbz mortsm confdfcitfi in acerbis doloribus 
rum mutilat zone aut morbis <egre curandis, 8c whch Plato 9. de legibus ap- 
p**oves,if old age,poverty, ignominy, &c. opprefs, and which Fabius ex- 
vel manus vio- 
lentas ftbi infe- 
runt vel ut i- 
nimicis fuis <c- 
prefieth in effe£t(Prefat.7 .Injiitut.)Nemo nipJua culpa dzu dolet. It is an 
ordinary thingin Ch/nafffilth Mat .Ricciusthejeiuitfzf t hey be in defpair 
of better fortune s,or tyred & torturedwith mijeryfio bereave themfelves of 
life,& many times to fpite their enemies the morefio hang at their door. Ta- 
grsfaciant,(<rc. 
u So did An- 
thony, Galba, 
'Vitellius, Otho, 
Arijhtle hiin- 
felf, He. Ajax 
citus the Hiftorian, Plutarch the Philofopher, much approve a voluntary 
departure,and Auji.deciv.Dei.l.i.c.29.defends a violent death,fo that it 
beundertaken in a good caufc ,nemo ftc mortuus, qui non fuerat aliquando 
mori turn autem intere ff quo mortis venere vita i(ia finiatur, quancCo 
j in defpair; 
h Cleopatra to 
1 lave her ho- 
-1 nor. 
, x Inertiw deli- 
. gitur diu vive- 
re quam in ti- 
more tot mor- 
. bormnfemd 
. noriemh, nut- 
tu n deinceps 
, formidare* 
ille cui fini turfiteI'u mori non cogitur?fkc.no man fo voluntarily dies, but 
v°lcnsstolensfxc mud die at laft,Bc our life is fubjecf to innumerable cafu- 
alties,w ho knows when they may happen, utrum Cattus e(i una perpeti mo- 
rien do,an omnes timere vivendo, u rather fuffer one,thanfear all- Death is 
better than a bitter life, Eccl. 0,0. 17.x And a harder choife to live mrear, 
tlianby once dying.to be freed from aW.Theombrotus Ambraciotes perfwa- Part.i.Seff.4. 
Prognoftickj of Melancholy. 
Me mb. i. 
dedlknow not how many hundreds of his auditors,by alucuient oration 
he made of the miferies of this,Bc happinefs of that other life, to precipi- 
tate themfelves.And having read Plato's divine trad: de animator exam- 
ples fake kd the way firft. That neat Epigram of Calimachus will tell you 
’as much, Jamque vale Soli cum diceret Ambraciotes, 
y Curtius I.16. 
zhaqueui pr<e . 
cifui, com. i. 
/.5 quidam 
naufragio fa- 
So, av.ijfstri- 
In Stygios fertur defiluijfe lacus. 
Morte nihil dignum ffajjus : fed forte Platonis 
Divini eximium de nece legit opus. 
bus liberis, & 
uxore, jufpen- 
dit feypreecidit 
illi'quidam ea 
pnttereuntibt# 
laqueum; A li- 
berato rew ft 
tnalefdi. Sene- 
y Calenus and his Indians, hated of old to die a natural death: the Cir~ 
cumceUians and Donati ft s,loathing life, compelled others to make them 
away, with many fuch: zbutthefe are falfe and Pagan pofitions, pro- 
phane Stoical Paradoxes., wicked examples, it boots not what Heathen 
Philofophers determine in this are impious, abominable, and 
upon a wrong ground. No evil is to be done that good may come of it re- 
ca. 
* See Lypfm 
Mamdtic. ad 
Stoicam philo- 
fophiam lib,3. 
differt, 22. 
1). Kings 14. 
D. Abbott 6. 
Left, on the 
clamat chriftus, reclamat Scriptura, God, and all good men are * againft 
it: He that ftabs another can kill his body 5 but he that ftabs himfelf, 
kils his own Soul. a Male meretur, qnidat mendico, quodedat? nam & 
illud quod dat, perit 5 & illi produci t vitam admiferiam : he that gives a 
beggar an almes (as that Comical Poet faid ) doth ill, becaufe he doth 
but prolong his miferies. But Laß antius /, 6. c. 7. de vero cultu, cals it a 
deteftable opinion, and fully confutes it, 1.2, . deflap, cap. 18. and S. Au- 
fame Prophet, 
a f lautu*. 
* Martial 
b As to be bu 
tied out of 
Ch-riftiafl. bu- 
rial with a 
Hake. Idem. 
ftin.ep.52. ad Jllacedonium,cap .61 .adDulcitiumFribunum : fodothHic- 
romto Marcella death. Non recipio tales animas &c. he cals 
fuch men martyres fluita philofophiie : fo doth Cyprian de duplici marty- 
rio'-Si quiftc moriantur ,aut infirmitas.aut ambitio,aut dementia cogit eos: 
Tis meer madnefs fo to. do fur or eft ne moriar emori. To this effed writes 
Arid.2.Ethic. L iffius Mam duc. ad Stoicam Philofophiam Üb.2. difjertat. 
flam 9- ds 
legibm,v'ultfe- 
paratim fepeli- 
rt, quifibi ipfo 
mortem cen- 
feifeunt, (fee. 
lofc their 
goods, &c. 
c Har ii iefii- 
iuta nauclero. 
23 .but it needs no confutation. This only let me add, that in fome cafes, 
thole b hard ccnfures of fuch as offer violence to their own perfons,or in 
fome defperate fit to others, which fometimes they do, by dabbing, 
flafhing, &c. arc to be mitigated, as in fuch as are mad, befide them- 
felvesforthetimejorfoundtohave been long melancholy, and that in 
extremity,thcy know not what they do, deprived of reafon, judgement, 
all, cas a Sfhip that is void of a Pilot, muff needs impinge upon the next 
in terribilem a- ] 
liquem fcopu- , 
Ium impingit. ' 
d Obfervat. 
r Seneca traB. 
i./.S.M* 
Homicida inff 
infepultuf abji- 
ciatur, contra- 
dicitur *, 
quod afferre ft bi 
manu* coalit# 
fiajjldw ma- 
lim, fummam 
infelicitatem 
fuam in hoc re- 
movit, quod 
exijlimabat li- 
cere tnifero 
mori. 
t uUchanan.E- 
eg. lib\ 
rock or fands, and fuffer fhipwrack. d P. Foreftus hath a ffory of two 
melancholy brethren that made away themfelves, and for fo foul a fad, 
were accordingly cenfured,to beinfamoufly buricd,as in fuch cafes they 
life: to terrific others,as it did the Mile flan Virgins of old } but upon far- 
ther examination of their mifery and madnefs, the confute was e revo- 
ked, and they were folemnly interred,as Saul was by Davids 2 C im.2.4. 
and Seneca well advifeth, Irajcere interfeßori, Jed miferere interfcßfebe 
iufdy offended with him as he was a murderer, but pity him now as a 
dead man.Thus of their goods and bodies,we can what (hall 
become of their Souls, God alone can tell 5 his mercy, may come inter fon- 
tem & fontem, inter gladium & jugulum betwixt the bridge and the 
brook, the knite and the throat. Quod cuiquam contigit? cuivis pot eji : 
Who knows how he may be tempted?lt is his cafe,it may be thine.’f Qu<e 
fuafors hodie efty eras fore vejira poteji. We ought not to be fb rafh and 
rigorous in our cenfures,as iome arescharity will judge & hope the beft 5 
God be mercifull unto us all* THE SYNOPSIS OF 
THE SECOND PARTITION* 
f c Mem, 
I 1. From the charmes, 
1 fpels, incantations, Images, &c. 
Unlawful < 1 • Whether they can cure this,or other fuch 
means for- hke difeafes ? 
bidden 2. Whether if they can fo cUre, it be lawful! 
j to feek to them for help ? 
f 2 .Immediately from God,4 Jove principi* fry prayer, See, 
Ac'1 * 3. Queft.l • Whether Saints and their Reliques can help 
Cure of ~ene‘< this infirmity ? 
melan- all Qwft. 2. Whether it be lawfull in this cafe to fuc 
choly is co a » to them for aide ? 
whkh 
co.n* . or 1. ‘Thyficlanjn whom is required fciencc, 
tams confidence, honefty, &c. 
<< Lawfull Mediat- 2./W/W, in whom is required obedience, 
means, iy by Na- coftancy,willingnes,patience,confidence, 
or (which arc cure, which s bounty, &c. not to pradife onhimlelfi 
concerns fDiacteticall y* 
and works 3. Phjfckt, 
by which con- < Pharmaceutical! 
I lifts of 
j v. I 2 
to the three diftinft fpccies $ SI W 
Such meats as are eafie of digeftion, well drelfcd,hoc, 
fod, cire. young, moift, of good nourishment, &c. 
Bread of pure wheat, well baked. 
Water cleer from the fountain. 
f Matter Wine and drink not too ftrong, &c. 
1 and qua* Rdh 5 Mountain 
lity c Hen, Capon,muccon, veale, kid, rabbit, &c. 
fDJet re- ' i Saif. * Fill, 3Thac live in §ravel|y wat,ers>as piko.pearch, 
,-j- j I " ■* crowtjSea-hfh,folid,white, ' 
'Lm <or Hearbs$BoraSe’ bu?loLffe’ bwm> fucco7> endive. 
I,M ‘ He I violets, in broth, not raw, &c. 
p - SRayfins of the Sun , apples corrected for 
ru I wind,oranges,(^r.parlnips,potatoes, &c. 
2 Quan- ea^ona^'e u^ times °f repaft» m good or- 
der, not before the firft be concocted, fparing,noc 
I. overmuch of one difli. 
T Sett, 2. !i. Rectification of Retendon, and Evacuation, as coftivenefs, Venery, 
Dmetical, I bleeding at nofe, mouths flopped, bath", &c, 
which con- 3. Aire recli- TNaturally in the choice, and flte of our countrey ,dwetling- 
bfls in re- j bed , with a J place, to be hot and moifl, light,wholfome, 
forming i Digretlion of j Artificially, by often change of aire, avoiding winds, fogs, 
thofe fix the Aire. I tempefls, opening windows, perfumes, &c. 
non natural | fOf body and mmde, but moderate, as hawking, hunting, riding, 
things, as m’ 4. Exer- | (hooting,bowling,fifhing, fowling, walking in fair fields,galle- 
icifs. << ries, tennis, bar. 
J Of minde, as Chefs,cards,tables,&e. to fee playss, masks, ctc< 
ferious ftudies, buflnefs, all honeft recreations. 
5. Rectification of waking and terrible dreams, &c. 
5.6. Rectifications of pafiion and perturbations of the mind". SjnopJts of the fecond Partition. 
From 31 •By u^ng good means of help, confelfing to a friend, &c. 
himfelf all occafions of his infirmity. 
£Not giving way to paflions,but refilling to his utmott. 
f 2. By fair and foul means, counfell, comfort,good perfwafion, witty 
devices, fi&ions, and if it be polfible to fatisfie his minde, - 
3. Mufick of all forts aptly applyed. 
; 4. Mirth, and merry company. 
Mmb.6. 
Pafiions 
and per- 
turbati- 
ons of the 
minde 
re&ified. 
f cJHemb. 
' Sett. 3. 1. Generali difcontents and grievances fatisfied. 
A confola- 2. Particular difcontents, as deformity of body, lick- 
tory digref- ncfs, bafenefs of birth, &c. 
fion, contai- 3. Poverty and want, fuch calamities and adverflties. 
ning reme- 4. Againft fervitude, lofs of liberty, imprifonment, 
from his dies to all banilbment, &c. 
.friends difcontents $. Agaiaft vain fears, forrows for death of friends, or 
and palfi- otherwife. 
ons of the 6. Againft envy, livor, hatred,malice, emulation,am- 
iminde. bition, and felf-love, &c.: 
7. Againft repulfes, abufes, injuries, contempts, dif- 
graces, contumelies, flanders, and fcoifes, &c. 
%. Againft all other grievous and ordinary fymptoms 
l of this difeafe of melancholy. 
[To the heart;borage,bugloflre^Scor2onera5dT. 
» To the head 5 balm, hops, nenuphar, c'7cl 
I Liver; Eupatory, 
fSimples [Hearbs. < Stomack *, wormwood, ceatory, peni-royall, 
' altering 3. Snhf, Spleen; Ceterache, afhe, Tamerisk. 
> melancho- To purifie the blood ; endive, fuccory, &c. 
% a> ly, with a < wind• origan, fennel, anifeed, &c. 
»L St digreffion 4. Precious Hones; as fmaragdes, chelidonies, &c. Mi- 
% of Exotick ( nerals, as gold, &c, 
S, Simples. r Wines;as ofHellebor,Buglone,Tame- 
-2. Suhf. rr.rfluide) riske, &c. 
jSyrupes of borage, buglofl'e, hops, E- 
fs? SI I £ pithyme, endive, fuccory, &c. 
j or % or rConferves of violets, maidenhair,bo- 
or or & 1 J rage, buglolfe, rofes, ere. 
£ confi-jConfedHons; Treacle, Mithridate,E- 
Com- ?T lifting L clegmes or Lin&ures. 
s pounds al- 3 C fDiambra, dianthos. 
tering me- Diamargaritum calidum, 
lancholy, or S < Diamofcum dulce, 
with a di- I Ele&uarium de gemmis, 
gretfion of or folid, as <; S (Laetificans Galeni & Rhafts. * 
Com- aro- i CDiamargaritum frigidum, 
ppounds matical ! Abbatis, (tables. 
1. Sub]. confe&i- | K.f Diacorolli,diacodium,with their 
. tons. fCondires of all forts, &c. 
fOyls of Camomile, Violets, Rofes, &c. 
Out- I Oyntments, alablaftricum, populeum, &c. 
wardly << Liniaments ; plaifters, cerotes, cataplafms, 
(ufed, as J frontals, fomentations, Epithymes, facks, 
(Purging d ( bags, odoraments, pofies, &c. 
Particular to the three diftinft Species, s ft he. 
' 
Sett. 4. 
Pharma- 
ceutice, 
or Phy- 
fick wch 
cureth 
with me- 
dicines, 
withadi- 
greflion 
of this 
kinde of. 
Phyfick, 
is either 
Mem. 1. 
Stibf. 1. Syttopfts of the fecond Partition* 
Ci.Subf. CAfrabecca, Lawrell, white HeUebor, Scylla, or Sea* 
j Upward, £oayon, Antimony, Tobacco. 
I as vomits 
Simples 
purging 
meloa- 
choly. 
or 
. 
< or rMare gentle ; As S«aa, Epichime, Polipody, Miroba- 
Down- J lanes, Fumitory, &c. 
ward. ; Aloes, lapis Armenus, lapis lazuli, black 
t,2. Subf, £ heUebor. 
f fLiquid, as Potions, Julips, Syrups, 
'Mouth | wine of HeUebor, bugloffe, &*. 
i © Solid, as lapis Armenus, & lazuli, pils 
Jo-1 Indy> P^s &f Fumitory, &c. 
fSuperi- j Ele&uaries, Diafena, confection of 
or parts. <J ’"I t Hamech, Hierologladium, &t. 
j or Not fwallowed, as gargarifms, mattica- 
J [ tories, drc. 
\ 
Medi- 
cines 
purging 
melan- 
choly, 
are ei- 
ther 
Aiem. 2, 
3. Subf, | j 
Com-- or [.Noftrils; fneezing powders, odoraments, perfumes, &c. 
pounds Inferior parts, as Clytters ftrong and weak, and fup'jboikories of 
purging t. Caftiiian fope, hony boiled, &c. 
melon- 
choly. fPhleboromy, to all parts almoft, and all tha diftind Species, 
j With knife, horfleeches. 
Cupping-glaftes. * 
Chyrurgical phy-1 Cauteries, and fearing with hot Irons, boaring. 
Tick, which con- j Dropax and Synapifmus. 
lifts of CMemb. 3. pllfues to feverall parts, and uponfeverall occafions 
I. Subfed. 
Moderate diet, meat of good juyce, moiftning, eafie of digeftion. 
Good Ayr. 
Sleep more then ordinary. 
Excrements daily to be avoyded by Arc or Nature. 
Exercife of body and minde not too violent, or too remifs, paffions of the 
minde, and perturbations to be avoided. 
2. Blood-letting if there be need, or that the blood be corrupt, in the arm, 
fore-head, &c. or with Cupping-glalfes. 
('Preparatives; as Syrup of borage* buglofs, Epithitne, hops, with 
their diftilled waters, &c. 
3 .Prepa- Purgersjas Montanus, and Macthiolus Helleboftfmus, Quercetanus, 
ratives Syrup of Hellebor, Extract of Hellebor, Pulvis Hali, Antimo- 
and pur-< ny prepared, Balandi aqua mirabilis: which are ufed, if gent- 
gers. 1 ler medicines will not take place, with Amoldus, vinum bug- 
-1 lojfattm, Sena, caifia, mirobalanes, auram pot abite >or before 
ft I Hamech, Pii. Indae, Hiera, de lap. Arrneno, lazuli, 
f Cardans nettles, fridions, clyfters, fuppoftcories, freezings, mafti- 
-1 1 cacories, nafals, cupping-glafles. 
'SSect. Aver-<To open the with Horfleeches, to apply horfleeches to 
Cure of j rers. j the forehead without fearriheation, to the fhoulders, thighs, 
head- [ flftues, boaring, cauteries, hot irons in the luture of the crown, 
melan- CA cup of wine or ftrong drink, 
choly. ( Bezars ftoney amber, fpice, 
Mem, 1. J s.Cordi- Conferves of Borage* Bugloffe, Rofes, Fumitory, 
j als,re!ol- r Confedion of Alchermes. 
j vers, hin- Eleßuanum Lztijlcans Galem & Rhajts, grc. 
tderers, {Diamargarltutn frig. Dlaboraglnathm, &c. 'Odoraments of Rofes, Violets. 
Irrigations of the head, with the decoctions of nymphea, lettice, mal- 
lows, drc, 
Epithemes, oyntments, bags to the heart. 
Fomentations of oyl for the Belly. 
Baths of fweet water, in which were fod mallows, violets, rofes, Wa- 
ter-lillies, Borage flowers, rams heads, 
f Simples, FPoppy, Nymphea, lettice, rofes, purflane, hen- 
\ bane, mandrake, night-fhace, opium, &c. 
H Inward- . or TLiquid, as Syrups of Poppy, Verbalco, Vio- 
r ly taken, T J lets, R©fes% 
o.Corre- 3 Com- polid, as requies Nicholai, Ph'Uomum Romanumy 
etors of c [pounds. £ Laudanum, Paracflfi. 
accidents,< or fOyls of Nymphea, Poppy, Violets, Rofes, Mandrake. 
.as> I $ I Nutmegs. 
SjvffpJis of the fecond Partition. 
S Nutmegs. 
Odoraments of Vinegar, rofe-water, opium. 
. 1. 
3 Frontals of rofe-cake, rofe-vinegar, nutmeg. 
• w Oyntments, alablaftricum, unguentum populeum, Ample 
n < or m*xt whh °pium- 
-0 r d- I Irri&ati°ns t^e head, feet, fpunges, Mufick, murmure 
lUrrf "c n°ife of waters. 
kvue , a , j prpc^ons 0f heacl, and outward parts, facculi of Hen- 
bane, wormwood at his pillow, &c. 
Againft terrible dreams; not to fup late, or eate peafe, cabbage, venifon, 
meats heavy of digeftion, ufe balm, harts-tongue, cire. 
tAgaintt ruddinefs and blulhmg, inward and outward remedies. 
>5l preparatives, purges, averters,cordials, correctors, as before, 
a. in this kindemore neceflary, and more frequent. 
Cure of To correct and cleanfe the blood with Fumitory, Sene, Succory, Dandelion, 
melan- £ Endive, drc. 
cboly o- (Suhfett. i. 
ver the Phlebotomy if need require. 
body. Diet, preparatives, averters,cordials, purgers, as before, faving that they muft 
not oe fo vehement. 
Ufe of peny-royalj wormwood, centaury fod, which alone hath cured many. 
To provoke urine with anifeed, daucus, afarum, &c. and ftools if need be by 
clyfters and fuppofitories. • 
To refpeCf the fpleen, ftomack, liver, hypocondries. 
it? Cure To ufe Treacle now and then in winter, 
of Hypo* To vomite after meals fometimes, if it be inveterare, 
condria- f SGalanga, gentian, Enula, Angelica, calamus Aro- 
call, or § C macicus, zedoary, china> condite ginger, &c, 
windy < Peni-royal,rue,calamine,bav-leaves, and beries, 
melan- g J Scordium, Betrany, Leander , camomile, 
choly. flnward- F) cencauri, wormwood, cumin, broom, orange 
5 ,A4cm, j taken piis. 
* * 3 3 S Saffron, cynamone, mace, nutmeg, pepper, 
or ijpc musk, zedoary with wine, &c. 
O §sAnifeed,fennelfeed,ammi, cary,cumin, nettle, 
| l.w C _ bayes,parfly,granaparadifi. 
< "o fDunifum, Diagalanga, Diacimium, diacalaminthes, 
r or de baccis Lauri, BenediCb laxativa, &c. 
2* i °.7 & JPU*V*S Carminativus, Sc pulvis deferip. Antidotario 
pel Wind. 18 C Florentino, aromaticum, rofatum, Mithridat. 
Outwardly uled, as Cupping glaffes to the Hypocondries without 
X > icarrlncacion, oyl 0f camomile, rue, anifeed, their decoCfion,(£r. 
a THE THE 
SECOND PARTITION 
THE CURE OF 
MELANCHOLY. 
rSEGT 1 O N. 
The First) Member( 
[Subsection. 
Unlawful Cures rejeUed. 
Melancholy, howfoever it may feem 
, o to be a continuate, inexorable dileafe, hard to 
* V3pl?SOr o to cured,accompanying them to their graves 
« m'WM' o mod observes,yet many times 
c ° it may be helped,, even that which is mold vio- 
«S• lent,or at leaft,according to the fameb Author, it 
c o may be mitigated and much eafed.Nil dejper audit. 
* It may be hard to cure, but not impollible for 
»‘«TVira him that is moft grievoufly affefted,if he be but 
"BSBSS willing to be helped. 
a Confil. 
pro Abbate 
Italo. 
b Conjftl. 23.' 
nut curahitv.fi 
nutcerti mint# 
afficietur, Jf 
volet. 
Upon this good hope! will proceed, ufing the fame method in the 
Cure jwhich 1 formerly ufed in the Ge- 
3then according to their feveral fpecies. Of 
thefe cures fome be Lawful, fome again Vnlawfull, which though fre- 
quent,familiar, and often ufed, yet juftly cenfured,and to be controver- 
ted. As hrfr, whether by thefe diabolical means, which are commonly 
practiced by the devil and his Minifters, Sorcerers, Witches, Magicians, 
Sec. by Spells, Cabalidical words. Charms, Characters, Images-, Amu- 
lets, Ligatures, Philters, Incantations, See. this difeafe Sc the like may he 
cured.dmd if they may,whether it be lawful to make ufe of them, thole 
magnetical cures, or for our good to feek after fuch means in any cafe •" 
The hrft,whether they can do any fuch cures.js queftioned among u: ma- 
ny writers,fome affirming,fome denying .Valefiuscont.med- lib* 5* cap.6, 
Malleus MaleficorjicurnimJA*pra&.mecUc.2#.Calr#s lib.i6ffi*lb* Ddris Part. 7. Sed. I. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf. i• 
——■——— \ ■— 
Tom. 5. IVierusl. 2. de Lavater de fpecfpart .2.c.j. 
Holbnnntr the Lutheran in Virg.l.i.deprodig.Tandle- 
rus^LemniusfHippocrates2and Avicenna amongd the rcd)deny that fpirits 
or devils have any power over us, and refer all with Pomponatius of Pa~ 
dua to natural caufes and humors. Of the other opinion are Bodinus Dee- 
mon am ant /<c, l.Tf.c.l.Arnoldns us Empyricus, 
Apodix. Magic. Agrippa lib. 7. de occult. Philof. £.36.69.7 1,72. & 1.7,.c, 
23.& lO.Marcilius Ficinusde vit cceht.compar.c.1%,1 $.18.71.&c< Gale- 
ottns de promi feu a dotLc.7\.Jovianus Pontanus Tom. 7.?lind. 28 .c.l.Stra- 
boJ.ls.Geog,Lco Suavius:Goclenins de ung.armar.ofwoldus Er- 
nejius Burgr avius.MDv.Flud^&c.Cardan de fnbt.brings many proofs out of 
Ars Notoria0 and Solomons decayed works, old Herme s :Arteflu s, Cojtaben 
Luca, cPicairiXj&c.that fuch cures may be done. They can make fire it 
diali not burn,fetch back theevesor dolen goods, fhew their abfent faces 
in a glade,make ferpents lye diil,danch bloud, halve gouts.epilcpfies,li- 
ting of mad omnia mundi mala^make men 
immortal,young again as the*Spanifh Marques is faid to have done by 
one of liis ilaves,and iumc which juglers in * China maintain dill (as Tra~ 
* Vide Rena- 
tu a Triorey A- 
nimad. in fcho- 
lam. Salernit. 
c.gH.Jiad 40. 
annos pojfent 
producere vi- 
tam, cur non 
ad centum‘if 
qd centum cur 
non ad miße 9 
*Hijl chi- , 
nsnfum. 
c Alii dubi- 
tant an detmon 
poj/it morbes 
curare qvos 
non fecit, alii 
negant, fed 
quotidiana ex- 
perientia con- 
firmat, magos 
magno multo- 
rum fhtpore 
morbos curare, 
Jtvpuhvt corto- 
galtius writesjtiiut they can do by their extraordinary Ikil in phylick. Sc 
lome of our modern Chymids by their drange limbecks, by their fpels, 
Philofophers hones and charms. c Many doubt, faith Nicholas Taurellus, 
whether the devil can cure fuch difeafes he hath not made, a?:d feme'flatly 
deny if howfoever common experience confirmes to our aftonifiement, that 
Magicians can rvorffuch feats, and that the devil without impediment can 
penetrate through all the parts ofour and cure fuch maladies by 
means to us unknown.Daneus in his trad de Sorti arm fubferibes to this of 
Jan veil as $ Eruji us de I ami as much,and fo do mod divines, 
that out of their excellent knowledg and long experience they can com- 
\rl\f agentes cum patientihus^colligerefemina cri <c applicare, 
vis partes citra < 
impedimentum 
permeare, 
media nska 
ignotis curare. \ 
d Agentia cum 
patientibus 
conjugunt. 
* Cap. ii. de 
Serrat. 
e H<fc. alii ri- 
ds.t, fedreie- 
cr ne dura no -"* 
hnmcjft cre- 
duli, vitium 
von effugiamus 
incredulitati’ 
fßefert Salo- 
monem menti* 
morbos ewajpt 
A/dtt mones 
abegiffe ipfis 
carminibus, 
quod /«r curam 
VeJ[jafano fecit • 
Elea^ar, 
as Aujiw infers de Civ.Dei & deTrinit.l.%.c.7 .& 8. they can workdu- 
pcnci and admirable conclufionsjwc fee the effeds only, but not the cau- 
les of them.Nothing fo familiar as to hear of fuch cures. Sorcerers are 
too men,wizards,and white-witches,asthey call them, 
in every yillage,which if they be fought unto, will help afmod all infir- 
mities of body and in latine,&; they have commonly St, 
Catherines wheel printed in tfie roof of their mouth, or in fume other 
part about themyeftfiunt incantatura prccfligii^ff'Bo ij] ardus writes) mor- 
bos a fagis motos prupulfant^&c.that to doubt of it any longer,® or not to 
beleivc, ivere to run into that other Sceptical extreme of incredulity faith 
Taure/lhs.Leo Suavius in his Comment upon SParacelfus feemsto make it 
an ought to be approved.* Pifiorius and others ftifly maintain 
the ufe of vera ejf fed pauci artifices 
reperiunturfTht art is true, but there be but a few that have (kill in it. 
i Marcellus Donatus 1.2, de hiji.mir.c. I.proves out of Jofephus eight books 
of anriquitieSjthat Solomon jo cured all the difeafes of the mind by 
charms, and drove away devilsland that Elcazar did as much before Vefia~ 
ftan,Langius\x\ his mcd.epiji.holds Jupiter Menecrates, that did lb many 
ftupend cures in his time,to have uied this art,and that he was no other 
then a Magician. Many famous cures are daily done in thiskinde, Part. 2 Sefh 1. 
Patient. 
Memb. i.Subf.i 
the devil is an expert Phy(itian,as Goddman calls him, lib. i.c. 18. and 
God permits oftentimes thefe Witches and Magicians to produce fuch 
cffefrl,as Lavater cap,%.lib.S.part.3.cap,l.Polid.Virg Jib. I. de prodigiis, 
Delrio and others admit.Such cures may be done,and as Paracelj,Tom.\. 
de morb.ament.(tidy maintains,%they cannot otherwife be cured but by els0 
fealsyind (firitualphyfckf1 Arnolds lib.de ftgiHis, fets down the making 
oft hem, fo doth Rnlandu# and many others. 
Ho: pofitoyhey can effefi: fuch cures,the maine queftion is whether it 
be lawful in a elefperate cafe,to crave their help,to ask a Wifards advice. 
’Tis a common praflice of forne mento go (irftto a Witch,and then to a 
g Spiritualof 
morbi Jpiritua- 
liter curari de- 
bent, 
h Sigillum ex 
auro peculiari 
ad Melancholi- 
am, <&c. 
Phy(itian,if one cannot the other (hall, Eleßere ji nequeant fuperos Ache- 
ronta movebunt Jit matters faith Paracelfus, whether it be Coder the 
unclean fpirits cure himf'o that he be eafed. It a man fall 
into a ditch,as he profecutes it,what matter is it whether a friend or an 
enemy help him out? and if Ibe troubled with fuch a malady,what care 
I whether the devil himfelf, or any of his minifters by Gods permiffion 
redeem me?He calls a Gods Minilfer and his Vicar, applying 
that of ves ejik dii prophanely to them,for which he is laflied by!T. Erajius 
part, 1 ./<?/.4$ .And elfewhere he encourageth his patients to have a good 
i Lib. 1. deoc- 
, cult.Philof. ni- 
hil refert an 
Deus an diabo- 
lus, angeli an 
immundi Jpiri- 
tuf cfgro open 
feram, modo 
morbus curetur. 
k Magus mini- 
jhr <pj Ficarius 
Dei, 
faith,1.4 Jirong they fall find the ejfe&sjet Divines fay to 
the contrary what they wiHMe proves and contends that many difeafes 
cannot otherwife be cured orti incantatione curari debent} 
if they be caufed by incantation,mthey muftbe cured by incantatiomCVm- 
fiantinus /.4.approves of fuch remedies:Bartolus the 
dius rerum ludtc.l.^.tit.y .Salicetus Godefridusjwitb others ofthat fe£fal- 
low otthem-jnodo jlnt ad fanitatem.jqu£ a magis Jiunts fedis non, fo they 
be for the parties good,or not at all.But thefe men are confuted by Re- 
1 'Utere forti 
imaginatione 
<& experieris 
sffeßum, dicant 
madverfum 
quicquid vo- 
lunt Theologi. 
m Idem Plini- 
us contendit 
quofdam ejfd 
morbos qui in- 
Delrio 1. 6. 
.m ig.inquij.Erajius de ournDivines,SchooImen, 
and fuch as write cafes of confcience are againft it, the Scripture it felf 
abfdlutely forbids it as a mortal (in, Levit.cap.iS, 19, 20. Dent. 18. &c. 
Rom&.\j.Evill knot to be done that good may come of it. Much better it 
were for fuch patients that are fo troubled, to endure a little mifery in 
this life, then to hazard their fouls health for ever, and as Delrio coun- 
felleth,0 much better dye.then be fo oured.Somc take upon them to expel 
cantationibus 
Jolum curentur. 
n Sfui talibus 
• credunt, aut ad 
eorum domos 
euntes, aut fui 
domibus intro- 
ducunt, aut in- 
terrogant,jci- 
ant jh Jidem 
Chnjiianam&t 
Devils by natural remedies, and magical exorcifmes, which they feemto 
approve out of the pra&ice of the primitive Church, as that abovecited 
Q^Jofephus^Elea&ar^lrcensus i Ter tu lit Aujiin. Eufebius makes mention 
of fuch, and Magickit felf hath been publickly profeiled in fome Uni- 
verfities3as of old in Salamanca in Cracovia in Poland:butcon- 
demned Anno 13 iS.by the Chancellor and Univerfity of? Park. Our 
PontiiiciaS writers retain many of thefe adjurations, and forms of exor- 
baptifmum 
pr^varicajp, 
&-Apojhtaf 
ejfe. Aujiin. ds 
juperji. obfcpv. 
hoc paßo cl 
Deo dejicitur 
ad diabolum,?. 
Mart. 
o Moripraftat 
cifmes (till thole iaßaptifme iifed, they exorcife 
ineats,and fach as are thcyJiold*m Chrifts nameXead Hier- 
Gn.Mevgus e,s.Vet.Tyreus^vart.3.C.B.what exorcifmes they prefcribc, Be- 
lides thofe ordinary means ofafir e Juffumigat iens flights cutting the aire 
with fwordSjC.s7. hearbs9Odours:Of which Tofiatus0treats93*'^S,f,l°* 
qngjl 4,3.y0u (hall find many yain and frivolous fuperftitious forms or 
exorcilmes among thcnrunot to be toleratedsor endured. 
quam Ju$erj}i~ 
tiosSJaiiari, 
Difqm. mag, 
l.2.i\ i, 
(ptrfJhuTom.^,- 
Lumbard. 
dionirn iBuff 
& c. Part. 2.Se&. I. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb. 2. 
222 
M E M B. 2. 
Lawful Cures2 firft from God. 
SEing fo clearly evinced,as it is,all unlawful cures are to be refu- 
ted, it remains to treat of fuch as are to be admitted,and thofc 
are commonly fuch which God hath appointed, rby vertue of 
ftones,hearbs,plants,mcats,6cc.and the like,which are prepared 
r The lord 
hath created 
medicines of 
the earth.and 
hethatiswife ; 
will not ab- 
hor them, Ec- 
rluf. 38. 4. 
JMy fon, fall 
not in thy 
fickhefs, but 
pray unto the 
Lord, and he 
will make 
thee whole, 
£cduf. 38. 9. 
Huc omne prin- 
cipium, huc re- 
fer exitum. 
Hor.’i.carm. 
0d.6. 
and applied to our ufe, by art and induftry of Phyficians, who are the 
difpenfers of fuch treafures for our good,and to be { honoured for neceffi- 
ties fake, Gods intermediate minifters, to whom in our infirmities we 
are to feek for help. Yet not fo that we rely too much, or wholly upon 
them.* A Joveprincipiumfwt muft firft begin with prayer, and then ufe 
phyfick} not one without the other, but both together. To pray alone, 
and rejeft ordinary means, is to do like him in when his cart 
was ftalled, lay flat on his back, and cryed aloud. Help Hem//e/,but that 
was to little purpofe, except as his friend advifed him, rotis tute ipfe 
annitarisjie whipt his horfes withall,and put his fhoulderto the wheel. 
God works by means, as Chrift cured the blinde man with clay and 
fpittle.* 
Orandum eft nt fit mens fand in corpore fano. 
As we muft pray for health of body and mind,fo we muft ufe our utmoft 
endeavors to preferve 6c continue it.Somc kind of devils are not caft out 
but by faffing 6c prayer,6c both nccefl'arily required,not one without the 
other.For all the phyfick we can ufe, art,excellent induftry,is to no pur- 
pofe without calling upon immenfos Cratero promitt are 
montes:\t is in vain to feck for hclp,run,ride,except God bleffe us. 
u Mufick and 
£ne fare can 
do no good. 
xMoa.I. i.ep.2. 
ySintCr*fi& 
CraJJl licet, non 
hos Pjßqlus 
avreas undos 
egens eripiet 
unquam d mi- 
fen if. 
Z St ientiade 
-non Siculi dapes 
u Dulcem elaborabunt faporem0 
Non animum cyther£ve cantus. 
x Non domus & fundus, non aris acervus & auri 
JEgroto pojfunt domino deducere febres. 
y With houfe,with land, with money, and with gold, 
The mafters fcaver will not be control’d. 
Deo debet in 
medico infect 
efe, Mefue A- 
yabs.Sanot om- 
nes languores 
Dem. 
For youlhall 
pray to your 
Lord,that he 
would pro- 
mpt r that 
which. i gl- 
We muft ufe prayer and Phyfick both together ; and fo no doubt but 
our prayers will be available, and our Phyfick take etfeChTis that Heze- 
kjah pradifed,2 King.2o.Lnks the Evangelift} and which wc are enjoy- 
patient only,but the Phyfician himfelf. Hippocrates 
heathen, required this in a good praftitioncr,andfo did Galen.lib.de 
: Plat.dP Hipp.dog.l.9.cap. 15. and in that trad: of his, an mores fequantur 
: temp> or.c. 11. tis a thing he doth inculcate, z and many others.Hyperius 
in his firft book defacr.fcript.le&.{peaking of that happinefs and good 
fuccefs,which all Phyficians defire and hope for in their cures,a tels them 
ven for cafe, 
and then ufe 
Phyfick for. 
the prolong- 
ing of life. 
that it is not to be expe&edoexcept0except with a true faith they call upon 
teach their patients to do thelikg.The councel of Lateran^Canone 22.de- 
creed they fhould Fathers of the Church have (fill advifed as 
Ecduf. 38.4. a Omnes optant quondam in medicina felicitatem, fed hanc non efi qudd expedient, nifi down vera fide invscent, atq% 
stgrosfimtlim ad ardentem vocationem excitent* Part. 2 Sed. 1. 
Patient, 
M mb. 2" 
much: Whatsoever thou takeft in hand(laithb God be of ihy 
eounjcfconfult with him’-fthat healeth thoje that arc broken in heart, PJal. 
jand bindeth tip their as the Prophet Jeremy cap. 
46a I.denounced to ln vain (halt thou ufe many medicines, tor 
thou (halt have no heaith.lt is the fame counfcl which c Comimus that 
politick hiftoriographer gives to all Chriftian Princes, upon occafion of 
that unhappy overthrow of Charles Duke of Burgundy, by mcanes of 
which he was extreamly melanchoiy,and lick to death: in fo much that 
neither Phylick,nor perfwalion could do him any good, perceiving his 
prepofterous error bclike,advifeth all great men in fuch cafes, d to pray 
firft to God with allfubmijfion andpenitency,to confefi their Jins,&then to 
ufe very fame fault it was,which the Prophet reprehends in 
Afa King of Juda,that he relyed more on Phyfickthen on fGod, and by 
all means would have him to amend it. And ’tis a fit caution to be obfer- 
Vedofall other forts of men.The Prophet David was fo obfervant of this 
preccpt,that in his greateft mifery and vexation ofmind,hc put this rule 
firft in pradi cetPf,jy.% .When I am in heavinefi,! will God*Pf.S6, 
4.Comfort the foul of thy fervant,for unto thee I lift up my fouliznd ver.j. 
In the day of troMe will I call upon thee,for thou heareji me.Pfls4. i.Save 
me 0 God,by thy nam e,&c.pf&2,Pf. 20. And’tis the common pradice of 
h Lemni u) i 
Gregor exhor. 
ad vuam opt. 
injht.cap. 48. 
. Quu'quid me- 
ditarh aggredi 
aut ptrjicere, 
Deum in conci- 
lium adhibeto, 
c Commentar, 
lib.q. Ob infeli- 
cem pugnam 
contrijhtuf, iti 
<egritudinem 
incidit, itu ut a 
medici) curari 
non pojfet 
dIn ha onimt 
mali) priiyeps 
imprimo ad 
Denm precetur, 
& pecma ve- 
niam exoret, 
inde ad medici- 
nmf&c. 
all good men, Pf. 107.13.when their heart was humbled with heavinef,they 
cryed to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their di~ 
Jirefs.And they have found good fuccefs in fo doing, as David conFef- 
fet h^P 12.1 ho h haft turned my mourning into joy,thou haft ho fed my 
facecloth, and girded me with gladnes. Therefore he advifeth all others to 
dothclike3 that trufi in the t>ord,be firone-dp he f/jallefta- 
•» j j i y J J— J —J J 
hljjbyear heart,lt is reported hycSniHe&ekjah, that there 
Was a great book of King Solomon* writing,which contained 
cines for all manner of difeafes, and Jay open dill as they came into the , 
TempJe;but King o£Jerufalem,caufcd it to be taken away, be- 
en ufc it made the people*fecure. to neglcd their duty in calling and re- 
lying upon God, out ot a confidence on thofe remedies. £Minutius that 
Worthy Conful of Rome in an oration he made to his fouldiers,was much 
offended with them? and taxed their ignorance, that in their mifery 
called more on him theu upon God. A general fault it is all over the 
World,and Minutius hisfpeech concerns us all, we rely more on phyfick, 
e GregXholef. 
To. 2.1.28. e. 7. 
Syntax. In ve- 
fiibulo templi 
Solomon, liber 
remediorum 
cujufqt morbi 
fuit, quemre- 
xulftt E$echi~ 
1 at, quod popu- 
' ImnegleBoDet 
, nec invocato, 
' /unitatem inde 
> peteret. 
and feek oftner to Phyficianssthcn to God himfelf. As much faulty are 
they that prefcribey as they that alk, refpefting wholy their gain, and 
Vending more to their ordinary receipts and medicines many times, then 
to him that made them.l would wilh all patients in this behalfe, in the 
itddft oft heir melancholysto remember that of A.12.& *2- 
The fear of the Lord is glory and gladnefiand rejoycing, The fear of the 
herd walfeth a merry hearty andgiveth life:And 
all fuch as preferibe Phyfick,to begin in nomine did,to imi- 
tate Latins aFonteEngtihinns,that in all his confutations, frill concludes 
with a prayer for the good fucceffe of his bufineile} and to remember 
that of Crato one of their predecefifors avaritiam ■>& fine or tut one <cj* 
invocatione Dei nihil covetoufnefs,and do nothing without 
invocation upon God, 
. f Livius A 2?. 
. Strepunt aures 
Clamoribus p[°‘ 
[ rantium foci»- 
, yum, fspix* 
nos quam deo- 
rum invocanti•> 
< wn open, 
gßuhndta ad- 
jungit optimam 
orationem ad 
fitem Enpyri- 
corum. Mercu- 
rialis confil. 
25,ita conclu- 
■ dit. Montanus 
’ pajjim, &c. & 
plures alii&a- Part. 2.Sett. i. 
Cure of Aleluncholy . 
Memb.3* 
224 
MEMB. 5. 
Whether it be lawfulito to Saints for aid in thk difeaje. 
|^|fpp(Hat wemuftpray to God mo man doubts; but whether wc (hould 
ijpl pray to Saints in fitch cafes,or whether they can do us any good, 
igll it may be lawfully controverted .Whether their images, flirines, 
“ Reliques, confecrated tilings,holy water, medals, benedictions, 
thofe divine amulets,hoJy cxorcifmes, and the fign of the erode be avail- 
able in this difeafe. The Papifts on the one fide ftifly maintaine, how 
many melancholy,mad,da;moniacal perlons are daily cured at St. Antho- 
nies Church in Padua,at St Vitus in Germany,by onr Lady of Lauretta in 
Italy, our Lady of Sic hem in the Low Countries: h gtua & crock lumen, 
agris fa Ia t em,m or Ink vitam,claudk grof'um reddit,omnes morbos cor pork, 
animi,cur at,& in ipfos dremones imperium exercetgfbc cures halt, lame. 
h Lipjito. 
i Cap. 26. 
blind, all difeafes of body and mind, and commands the Devil hhnfelf, 
a day come thither, xquk nif numen in ilium locum 
ftc induxi tlwho brought them?in anrihusyn oculis omnium gefia, nova 
novitiat> New news lately done, our eyes and ears are full of her cures, 
and who can relate them all?! hey have a proper Saint aim oft for every 
peculiar mfirmity;for poifon,gouts,txgwesyPetroneHaiSt.Romanus for fuc.li 
as are voQetted-.Valentine for the falling ficknei;St.Vitusiov mad metn&c. 
And as of o\BWiny reckons up gods for all difeafes, (Febri fanum diras» 
effLilius Giraldus repeats many of her ceremonies: all affections of the 
mind wcveheretoforeaccOuntedgods,LoveJkSorroiv-Virtue,Honor,Libcr~ 
ty,Contumelyjmpudency,had their 1 emples, Tcmpefts, Seafons, Crepitus 
Ventrkxdea Vucmta^deaCIpadnajhzxe was a god clefs of idlenefsya goddefs 
of the draught,or y<\kes,P rema,Premunda,Pri apus, bawdy gods, and gods 
for ahm reckons up 30000 gods, Lucian makes Podagra the 
gout a gocdcfs,and aftigns her priefts Sc miniftersrand melancholy comes 
not behind;for as Aujiin mentioneth /.4 de Civi t .Dei,cap .tq .there was of 
k Uh.'i. cap.-j. 
de Deo PM- ( 
U\([\ ingenera 
dejeriptff decs 
veperimw. 
1 Selden prolog. 
cap. 3. do diii 
Syris.RoJhuu 
Hi See Lilii 
GirMiftag- 
ma dt? di'uj&c. 
m 2. Cal, 
nuarii feriar 
celebrant, ut 
angons (/</ ani- 
mi foliciiudi- 
nes propitiata 
depellat, 
o Hsncdivy 
pennam esnfe- 
crari, Lipjiuu 
eld Anger on a dea, and (be had her Chappel and Feafts,to whom(fiiifhuJ£*- 
crobius')they did offer facrifice yearly.,that (he might be pacified as well as 
the x\ft. Tis no new thing,you fee this of Papifts; and in my judgement;, 
that old doting Li rfinsyMvpVx have fitter dedicated hi‘s°pen after all his 
this our goddelle of Melancholy, then to his Virgo Halcnps, 
and been her Chaplain, it would have becomed him bettenßut he, poor 
man, thought no harm in that which he did, and will not beperfwaded 
out that he doth well, he hath fo many patrons, and honourable prece- 
dents in the like ki; ice, that juftifie as much, aseargerly, and more then 
he there faith of his Lady and Miftrcfs/rcad but fuperftitious Coficr mA 
G r'e tfers Tiact dc Cruce .Laur .ArCluru s Fanteus de Invoc. Sand. Be [ld mine. 
Delno dif mag. Tom.%. I. 6,qu<eji.2.Jetf.s.Greg.Tolofanus Tom. 2. lib. 8, 
cap.2*\..Syntax.St) OZ.IUS Cicogna lib.y. reus, Hieronymus Mcngus, 
and youihall find infinite examples of cures done in this kind, by holy 
waters, reliques, crollb,exorcifrncs,amu lets, images, confecrated beads, 
&c. Barr a dais the Jcfuitc, boldly gives it out, that Chrifs countenance, 
and the virgin Manes, would cure melancholy, if- one had looked 
ftedfafrly 011 them, P. Morales the Spaniard in his'book de pMch. Me.nib, 3. 
Part,2 Sed. i. 
Saint r Cure rejected. 
Jcf. & Mar. confirms the fame out ot Ganbn ft anus, and I know not 
whom, that it was a common proverb in thofe days, for fuch as were 
troubled in mind to fay. Eamus ad videndum filium Martsy let tis fee the 
ion of Mary, as they do now poft to St . Anthonies *in'Padua, or to St. 
Hillaries at Pointers in France.Vln a clofet of that Chirfch,there is at this 
day Sr.Hihfaries bed to be feen,t<? which they bring all the madmen in the 
country And after fame prayers and other ceremonies, they lay them down 
there to jleepAndf° they recover. It is an ordinary thing in thofe parts,to 
p Jidocus Sin- 
car us itin. Gal- 
lic 1-5x7- Hue 
mente captos 
Jiatis orationi- 
buSyficxifqi, 
peraSis, in il- 
lum hilum 
dormitumpo.-. 
nuntfkc. 
q in Gallia 
fhrbonenjt. 
* Lib. deorigi 
Fejhrum. (lolio 
Jujfenfify 
' pergamena in- 
' f cripta, cum 
JTgno ruciSyjkc» 
r Em. Acofta 
com. rerum qi 
Oriente gefi. d 
focietat. jefvt, 
lend all their mad men to S.Hillaries cradle,! hey fay the like oiS.fiubc- 
ry in 4 mother place.Giraldus Cambrenfts liin.Camb.c. 1 .tels ftrange ftories 
of S .Ciricius ifafie,that would cure this,nnd all other difcafes.Others fay 
as umdfzs*Hofpinian obfervesjofthe three Rings of &blcn\ their names 
Written in parchment,and hung about a patients neck,with the ffgh or the 
crofsywili produce like eff efts, Read Li pom annus year that golden legend of 
Jacobus de Voragine,you fhall have infinite ftories,or thofe new relations 
of our yjefuits lujapona and China,o£ Mat .RicciusyAcojht,Loiola, Xaveri- 
us lifej&c•JaJper Belga a Jefuit,cured a mad woman by hanging S. Johns 
Gofpel about her neck, and many fuch. Holy-water didas much in Ja- 
pona, &c. Nothing fo familiar in their works, as fuch examples. 
Anno i,53. 
Bpifi. Graf al- 
iti Fernandas, 
Anno is<so. 
c Japonia. 1 
Vpicel.demor- 
ba d monia- 
ciiffic d fieri- 
ficulis parati 
unguentis Ma- 
gicis corpori il- 
litis, titjhiha 
'plebecui<c psr- 
fuadeant tales 
curari cTSan- 
' ito Antonio. 
■ * Printed at 
London 4 j by 
I. Roberts. 
■ i5o$. 
t Greg. lib. 8. 
, Cujusfanum 
- agrotantiwn 
But we on the other fide, feek to Godalone.We fay with David ffal. 
46. 1 .Cod is our hope and help in troubleyeady to bef ound.For 
their catologue of examples,we make no other anfwer;but that they are 
falfc fictions,or diabolical illufions,counterfeit miracles.We cannot deny 
but that it is an ordinary thing on S. Anthonies day in Paduato bring 
divers mad men and demoniacal perfons to be cured .* yet we make a 
doubt whether fuch parties be fo aftefted indeed,but prepared by then* 
Prieirs, by certain ointments and drams, to eolen the commonalty, as 
f Heldcjbeim well faithjthe like is commonly praftifed in Bohemia as Ma- 
ths cuts gives us to underfhmd in his preface to bis comment upon Diefco- 
rides .But we need not run fo far for examples in this kind,we have a juft 
volume pubiilhed at home to this purpose. *A declaration of Egregious 
■popijh impofiurcsjo with-draw the hearts of religious men under pretence 
of rafting snt ofdev i Is, pra&ijed by Eat her Weft on a Jcfu- 
it c* and divers Romif Priejis his wickedaffoc.rates,‘with.’the feveral par- 
ties names, confeffions, examinations, &c. which were pretended to be 
polleiled.Blit thefe are ordinary tricks only to get opinion and money, 
meet impoftures.y£/i7/L/p/7//of old-hat counterfeit god .did as many Ru 
mous temple (a relates jwa's daily full of patients, and 
as many fcveral tab3es,infcriprions,pendants,donaries, &tc. to be keen in 
his Church,as at this day at our Lady of Lauretta sin Ttalj, ft was a cu-‘ 
ftonve long fincc. 
multitudine re- 
fertum, undi- 
quaq, '& ta- 
bellis pendent i- 
btff, m quibus 
finali languo- 
res cram in- 
fer ipA- 
u Mali angeli 
j 
-JufiendijJe potenti 
Vejiimenta mark dco. (Hor. Od. I. lib. $• Od.) 
fumpferunto- 
limrhmen Jo- 
vk, Junonis, 
Apollinis, &'c. 
quos Gentiles 
dioscredebpit, 
nirncM, Sebd- 
fiiani, BMj* 
ZyC.nOKISH 
I habent, J alio* 
van. 
To.do the like, in former times they werefeduced and deluded,as they 
are now.Tis the fame devil ftill,called heretoforeUpolloyMars: 
y enus,A£jadapius^Sac.eoA-Laci antius 1.2 ,dc orig.errork^c.i/.obiei ves., he 
fame Jupiter yud thofe bad Angels are now worfhipped, and adored by 
the name of S.Sebafiian,Barbaraf6Cc.chriJl-opher and George are come in 
their places.Ouf Lady fncceeds Vtnusf ?is 'they ufe hcrinnj.uiv culces) 
f J v -.R Part. 2.Se&. I. 
Cure of Melancholy, 
Memb.4.Subi. i. 
226 
the reft are otherwife fupplied, as x Lavater writcs,and fo they are delu- 
ded. yAnd Godoften winks at thefe impof ures, becahfe they for fake his 
x Pm. 2.0, <?. 
defyett. Veneri 
fiibjhtuunt 
Virginem Ma- 
rum. 
y Ai h*c ludi- 
hria Dew con- 
betak? themfelvesto the they do that fee Rafter Holy water 
I. 4. c. 3. What can thefe men plead for themfeives 
more then thofe heathen gods,the fame cures done b.y both, the fame 
fpirit that feducethrbut read more of the Pagan gods efFefts in Auftin de 
Civitate Dei /.io.c.6.andof jEfcuUpius efpecially in Cicogna 1.2.c. 8. or 
nivfit frsqvJ-n- 
-td, übi reliclo 
xerho Idei, od 
Satanom cur- 
ritur, qiulit hi ■ 
funt. qui aqum 
lujlrelem, cru- 
cerriy ScC.hibri- 
c* Jidei homi- 
nlbuf ojfcrunt, 
z charior *Ji 
tyfts homoqusm 
ftbi, Paul, 
a Bernard. 
b Aitplin. 
put cafe they could help, why Ihould we rather feck to them then to 
Chrift himfelf,fince that he fo kindly invites us unto himfomeunto me all 
ye that are heavy laden IwiU eafe ll .and we know that there 
is one Mediator betwixt God and man Jefus Chrift, (1 Tim A. 5.) 
who gavehim [elf a ranfomfor all men We know that we have an z Advocate 
with the Fatherfjefns Chrifi( 1 J0h.2.1 .)that there is no other name under 
heavenly which we can he favedfut by fe, who is alwaies ready to hear 
us,and fits at the right hand of God, and from a whom we can have no 
repul ft,/0//// vult 0 Joins potefl jurat nniverfos tanquam ftngn & htnum- 
quemq-mojirum utfalum.wg are all as one to him,he cares for us all as one, 
and why Ihould wy rhen feek to any other but to him? 
Phyftiatti 
Mes*ib.4- Subsect. 1. 
thofe diverfe gifts which our ApoftleP*»/ faith, God hath 
bellowed on man, thisofPhyfick is not the leaft, but moft 
S J «ct'cfiarysaHd efpccially conducing to the good of mankind. 
Next therefore toGod in all our extremities(ft?r of the moft 
cometh healinp.Ecclus 28.2. We muff feek to. andrelv 
# j J' J 
upon the Phyfician, cwho is Manus Dei, faith Hierophilus, and to whom 
“he hath given knowledge, that he might be glorified in his wondrous 
works .With fuch doth he taketh away their painsoEcclus 3s. 
6,7 .when thou hajl need ofhimjlet him not go from thee.The hour may come 
c£:ch« 38. 1 
In the fight of 
areat men he, 
lua.ll be in ad- 
miration. 
that their enterprijes may have good fuccefever. 15. It is not therefore to 
be doubted,that if we feek a Phyfitian as vve ought, we may be eafed of 
our infirmities,fuch a one I mean as is fufficient, and worthily focallcd, 
for there be many Mountebanks,Quackfalvers,Eu}pericks,in everyftrcct 
ahnofftand in every village, that take upon them this name, make this 
noble and profitable Art to be evil fpokcnof,and contemned, by reafon 
of thefe bafe and illiterate Artificers .* but fuch a Phyfician I fpeak oft 
as is approved,learned,ikilful?honeft,&c.of whofe duty Antid* 
c.2 & Syntax .mcd.Cr at o lultut Alenandrinus medic.Heurniw prax. wed* 
lib.2,-cap,i ;es>c.treat at large. For this particular difeafe, him that fhall 
take upon him to cure it, Paracelfus will have to be a Magician,a Chi« 
miffta Philofbpher,an kfoologzrvrhnrneferus, Severinus the Dane} and 
lome other of his fol’owei as muchimanyofthem cannot be cured 
hut by MagickfParacelfnsis ioitifl for thofeChimical medicines, that in 
his cures he wih admit alinoft of no other Phyfick,deridingin the mean 
time Hippocrates.fi ale all their followers.-but Magick,and all fuch 
remedies I have already ceulured,Bc fhall elfwhere. 
Aftrology is required by many famous Phyiidans;by Far* 
d 'Tofi-4* 
JyJL 3- & 
t,mb* genti- 
um, horum 
multi non nijl 
a iVagu cu- 
randi A~ 
jholog*t,queni- 
am origo ejt# d 
csla petenda 
til. 
c Lib Jc Veda- 
gva 
t SdhS. Part. 2 Sed. i. 
Patient. 
Memb. 4-Subf. I, 
nelius.fadoubted of,and exploded by others: I will not take upon me to 
decide the controvcrfie my felf, Johannes Boderius^and 
g Langius. 
I. Cafar 1. lau~ 
dinus conjult. 
J J J JJ J m J 
Maginm in the preface to his Mathematical phyfick, fhall determine for 
me.Many Phyficians explode Aftrology in phyfick (faith he) there is no 
ufe of it, unam artem ac qUaft temerariam infeci antur.ac Horiam ftbi ab ejus 
d ; j j j j 
imperitia aucuparijmt I will reprovePhyficians by Phyficians,that defend 
and profefs \t?Hippocrates? Galen, Aviren, &c. that count them butchers 
without it medicos Ajtrologis ignaros?&c.Paracelfus goes far- 
ther, andwili have his Phyfician h predeftinated to this mans cure, this 
and time of cure, the fcheme of each geniture infpeded, gathe- 
ring of hearbs,of adminiftring,Aftrolbgically obierved}in which Lhttrnef- 
ferus? and fome latromathematical profeffors,are too fuperftitious in my 
h Pr<f define- 
tum. ad hunc 
curandum. 
i Hellebor m 
curat, fad quod 
ah omni datus 
medico vamm 
e(i. 
judgement, i Hellebor will help, but not alwayjnot given by every Phyjici- 
men are too peremptory and felf-conceitcd as I think. 
But what do I do,interpofing in that which is beyond my reach?A blind 
man cannot judge of colours,nor I peradventure of thefe things. Only 
thus much I would require, Honefty in every Phyfician, that he be not, 
over-carelcfs or covetous5 to make a prey of his patient, 
nificis namq‘-)ejl(zs*WeckernoUts)inter ipfos cruciatus ingens precium ex- 
po feer e0 as an hungry Chyrurgion often produce and wier-draw his cure, 
fo long as there is any hope of pay, 
JSIon mijfura cutem, nift plena cruork hirudo. 
* Antid. gen. 
lib. 3. cap. 2. I 
k Quodfaepe * 
evenit, lib. 3. 
cap. i. cum non 
Jit necegjiuv. 
Frujirafati- 
gant remedii» 
agros, qui vf- 
8m ratione 
curari pojfmt, 
Heurnius. 
\Modefim 
fapiens medi- 
*- cm, nunquam 
' properabit ad 
pharmacum, 
, nifacogente ne- 
cejjitate 41 A- 
> phor. prudens 
& pim medim 
Many of them to get a fee, will give Phyfick to every one that comes, 
when there is no t hey do fo irritare flentem 
nius complains, fHr up a filent difeafe, as it often falleth out, which by 
good counfekgood advice alone,might have been happily compofed, or 
by rectification of thofe fix non-natural things otherwife cured. This is 
Natur £ bellum inferre, to oppugn nature.ck to make a ftrong body weak. 
Arnoldus'mhis 8& n Aphorifms gives cautions againft, and expreflely 
forbiddeth itdf wife Phyjician will not give phyftcf?but upon mcejjity?dp 
firft try medicinal diet?before he proceed to medicinali cure. mln another 
place he laughs thofe men to fcongthat think longk fyrupk expugnare dae- 
mones & animi phantafmata?they can purge phantaltical imaginations^ 
cm cibif prim 
medicinal, qua 
median# puri» 
morbum expel- 
lere fat agat. 
m brev. l.c.iS, 
the devil by phyfick. Another caution is, that they proceed upon good 
grounds,if fo be there be need ofphyfick,& not miftake thedifeafe} they 
are often deceivedby the Similitude of Symptomes,faith Heurnius^and 
I could give inftance in many confultations, wherein they have preferi- 
bed oppofite Pbyfick.Sornetimes they goe too perfunctorily to work, in 
not preferibinga jufl°courfe of phyfickrTo ftirup the humor,and not to 
purge itsdoth often more harm then good Mont amis eonfl.% o. inveighs 
againft fuch perturbations,to the halfesjire nature? andmolefi 
the body to nopurpofe. ’ T is a crabbed humor to purge, and as Laurenti- 
us calls this difeafe,the reproach of Ph}ficianst>BejJardus flagellum tnedico- 
rum^their for thatcaufe,more carefully to be refpected.Though 
n Similitudo 
fepe bow me-' 
dicii imponit. 
o % melan- 
cholia* pr<e- 
bent remedia ' 
non vali- 
da Longiores 
morbi impri- 
mi* falerham 
medici pojlu- 
lant& fideli. 
tatm, qui e- 
the patient be averfe,faith Laurentius, desire help, and refufe it again, 
though he neglcft his own health, it behoves a good Phyhtian, not to 
leave him helplefs.But moll part they offend in that other extreame, 
they prefcribe, too much phyfick, and tire out their bodies with continu- 
al potions,to no purpofe<Jitius fetrabib,2.2./cr.cap, 90. will have them 
nim tumultua- 
rid hos tra-r 
Slant y vires 
ahfq-, n]lo com~ 
modo lotdunty 
& frangunt f Part. 2.Seft. 1. 
Cure of Melancholy 
Memb.4.Subf. 2. 
by all means therefor ePto give fome reffite to natureyo leave off now and 
' aFonte Eugubinus in his confultations,found it(as he there 
witncffeth)often verified by after a deal ofPhyJtcf to no 
purpofejeft to themfelvesjhey have recovered,’Tisthat whichN/c.P//O,D<?- 
natus Altomarus.HxW requiem Nature to give nature reft. 
p Nature ve- 
mijjlonem dare 
oportet. 
q ?leriq\hoc 
morbo medicina 
nihil profedjjb 
vijtpint, & 
JibidemijJi in- 
valuerunt. 
SuBSEGT. 2. 
Concerning the Patient, 
a Hen thefe precedent cautions are accurately kept, and that 
we have now got a skilful, an honeft Phyfician to our mind, 
if his patient will not be conformable, and content to be ru- 
led by him, all his endeavours will come to no good end.Ma- 
ny things are neceftarily to be obferved and continued on the 
patients behalf;Firft that he be not too niggardly mifcrable ofhispurfe, 
or think it too much he beftowes upon himfelf, and to fave charges en- 
danger his health.The Abderites, when they fent for Hippocrates, pro- 
mifed him what reward he would « all the gold they had, if all the City 
, were gold he fiould have it- Naaman the Syrian^when he went into Ijra- 
el to EliJloa to be cured of his leprofie,took with him ten talents of (liver, 
fix thoufand peeces of gold, and ten change of rayments, (2 Kings 5.5. 
Another thing is, that out of bafhfulneffe he do not conceal his grief if 
ought trouble his mind,let him freely difclofe it, ♦ 
Abderitani ep. 
Hippoc. 
r Quicquid 
auri dpui nos 
eji libenter per* 
filvemus, eti- 
amjitota urbs 
noflra aurum 
ejfet. 
Stultorum incurata pudor malus ulcera celat, 
by that means he procures to himfelf much mifehief, and runs into a 
greater inconvenience:He muft be willing to be cured, and earneftly de- 
fire it .Pars fanitatis vellefanari fuit, (Seneca) ’Tis a part of his cure to 
wilh his own health; and not to defer it too long. 
{Seneca. 
f Gjui blandiendo dulce nutrivit malum0 
Sero r ecu fat ferre quod fubiit jugum, Et 
t Helleborum frufracum jam cutk negra tumebit, 
Pofcentes videas; venienti occurrite morbo. 
He that by cherilhing a mifehief doth provoke. 
Too late atlaft refufeth to call: of his yoke. 
When the fkin fwels, to feek it to appeafe 
With Hellebor. is vain; meet your difeafe. 
t ?er. 3. Sat. 
-J - s J ' 
by this means many times, or through their ignorance in not taking no- 
tice of their grievance and danger of it,contempt,fu pine negligence,exte- 
nuation,wretchednefs and peevifhnefs;they undo themfelves. The Citi- 
zens, I know not of what City now,when rumor was brought their ene- 
mies were coming,could not abide to hear it;and when the plague begins 
in many places and they certainly know it, they command filence and 
hu(h it up;but after they fee their foes now narching to their gates, and 
! ready to furprifethepi,they begin to fortilie and reiift when ’tis too late; 
’ when the ficknefs breaks out and can be no longer concealed,t hen they 
lament their fupincnegligenceVtis no otherwife with thefe men.And of- 
ten out of prejudice, a loathing, and diftaftc of Phyfick, they had ra- 
| ther dye,or do wotfe,then take any of it .Barbarous immanity(y.Melanff~ 
hon terms itj&folly to be to contemn the precepts of healthy 
good wlff&ftwfjl to pul death malty maladies upon their own 
u T)e anima. 
Barbara lamen 
i manitate, fa 
deploranda in- 
fcilia contem- 
nunt precepta 
finitath mor- 
tem (fa morbos 
ultra accer- 
im* Part. 2 Seel:, i. 
Patient, 
Memb./pSubf. 2* 
heads .Though many again arc in that other extream too profufe,fufpici- 
ous, and jealous of their health, too apt to take phyfick on every final! 
/ y p X. J •* 
occafion, to aggravate every (lender paffion, imperfedion,in«pediment:if 
their finger do but ake,run,ride,fend for a phyfician, as many Gentlewo- 
men do,that arefick, without a caufe, even when they will thernfelves,. 
upon every toy or fmall difeontent, and when becomes, they make it 
worfe then it is,by amplifying that which is not. zHier. Cappivaccius fets 
xConftil. 173 
o Me- 
lanch. Algra- 
. rum hot fere 
proprium efi, 
ut graviora di- 
cant Aft lycin- 
it down as a common fault of all melancholy perfons,to fay their fyntp- 
tomes are greater then they are,to help themfdves. Aid wlfichy Mercuri alls 
notes,co»ji/.53. i 0 be morcHrouhlefome to their PhyCtcians,then other ordi- 
nary patients, that they may have change of phy ftcl{. 
tomata, quam 
revera funt. 
y Melancholici 
plerumq', medi- 
cis fum molejiif 
SI J - - y Jf -- -- O J l y J 
A third thing to be required in a Patient,is confidence.* to be of good 
chear,and have Pure hope that his Phyfician can help him.2 Damafcen the 
Arabi an,requires likewife in the Phyfitian himfelf, that he be confident 
he can cure him;, otherwife his phyfick will not be effedual,and promife 
witha 11 that he will certainly help him, make him beleevc fo at leaft. 
aGaleottus gives this reafon,becaufethe form of health is contained in the 
Phyfitians mind,and as Galen holds, k confidence and hope do more good 
then phyftcfohe cures moflin whom moft are confident. Axioeus lick al- 
moft to death, at the very fight of Socrates recovered his former health. 
Paracelfus affignes it for an only caufe,why Hippocrates was fo fortunate 
utalia aliti ad- 
jungant, 
z Oportet in- 
firmo imprime- 
re falutem, ut- 
cunq; promit- 
tere, etft ipfe 
defferet. Nut- 
I m medica. 
mentum effi- 
cax, nifi me- 
dicus etiam fu- 
erit forte ima- 
■ ginationis. 
in his cures,not for any extraordinary (kill he hadi>c but hecaufe the com- 
mon people bad a mofi Jirong conceit of his worth.To this of confidence we 
may add perfevcrance,obedience and conftancy, not to change his Phy- 
fician, or diflike him upon every toy,for he that fo doth(faithcjjfz//».r Da- 
mafeen) or confults with many,falls into many errors’, or that ufeth many 
a J)t promife. 
doB. cap. x 5. 
Qmniam fani- 
talts formant 
animi medici 
continent. 
hSpesfy con- 
fidentia, plus 
valent quam 
medicina, 
c in 
?medicina ob fi- 
dem Ethnico- 
rum. 
medicines. It was a chief caveat of e Seneca to his friend Lucilius, that he, 
fhould not alter his Phyfician, or preferibed phyfick: Nothing hinders 
health more’,awound can never he cured tbathath fever al plafters Cr ato con- 
ftl, 186.taxeth all melancholy perfons of this fault:*!»- proper to them, if 
things fall not cut to their mind, and that they have not prefint eafe, to 
feelf another and another,(as they do commonly that have fore eys)*wen- 
ty one after another,and they fill promife all to cure themftry a thou fund 
remedies',and by this means they increafe their malady,make it moji dange- 
rous and diffidito he cured.They try many (faith BMont anus) and profit by 
noneitk for this catlfe confi.24.he injoyns his patient before he take him 
in hmdifiperfever ance jufferancef'or in finch a fmall time no great mat- 
ter can he effected, & upon that condition he will adminifier phy fie brother - 
wife all his endeavour & counfel would he to fmall purpofe. And in his 51. 
d Aphorif. Bp. 
Alger qui plu- 
rimos csnfuHc 
medicos, ple- 
' rumqi in err - 
rem fingulorum 
1 cadit, 
- c Nihil itafa- 
niiatem impe- 
dit,sc raned 10- 
■ rum crebrs 
connjel for a notable Matron,he tels hei‘lifjhe will he cured* fie mttjl he of 
a mofi abiding paticncefaithfnl ohedience,and fingular 
remit,or dcfpair,fie can expert or hope for no good juccefi. C0nf.230. for an 
Italian Abbot*,he makes it one of the great,eft r.eafon'Sjwhy this difeale is 
fo incurcable,k hecau/e the parties are jo reftlef and impatient, and will 
therefore have him that intends to be eajedjte take phy\ick,not for a month, 
a year fiut to apply himfclfto their prejeriptions all the days of bis life. Lair 
1 mat At io, nec 
venit vidniS 
ad cicatricem 
in quo diverfl 
medicamenta 
tentatur. 
f Melacholko- 
ru;n propriumy 
quum ex eo u 
arbitrio non jit 
fiibit.i mutatio in melius,alter are medicos qui quidvis, rjc. g Conftl.2i.Dum ad varia fe conferunt,nu!h Profo*' ffn lffp* ocjctuere 
oportet,requiri perfevgrantiam,■h tolerantiam.Exiguo enim tempore nihil eXy&c-i Si curari yut,opt# e* peranau perjavet antia, 
Jllsli obedientiary patientia fingulari, (t teedst aut deflaeret, nullum habebit ejfe£him.k JZgritut t.y a>,ut unt pandatum, y (n..* 
tttprkt incuriabiUslKar, ad menfem jut annum, fed oportet toto v\tx curriculo curationi operam i- v. Tart. 2.ScCt. 1. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Menib.4.'Subf. s* 
of all,it is required that the patient be not too bold to practife upon him- 
fdf, without an approved phyfitians confent,or to try conclufions, if he 
* Camerarius 
gmh.tf.cent. 2. 
m Pro-fat. de 
nar. mod. In li- 
hdlff quo vu1- 
go verfantur 
a pud l iteratos, 
incautiores 
multa legunt, d 
quibus decipi- 
untur, eximia 
il 1/st. fed por- 
tento/:,m hau- 
riunt venenum. 
read a receipt in a book} for fo,many grofly miftake, and do tbemfclves 
more harm then good. That which is conducing to one man, in one 
cafe, the fame time is oppofite to another. *An Affe and a Mule went 
laden over a brook, the one with fait, the other with wool: the Mules 
pack was wet by chancc,the fait mdted,his burden the lighter, and he 
thereby much eafed: He told the Afs,who thinking to (peed as well, wet 
his pack like wife at the next water but it was much the heavier,he quite 
tired.So one thing may be good and bad to feveral parties, upon divers 
occalions.Many things written in our books feem 
to the Reader to be excellent remedies fnt they that make nje of are 
often deceived, and take for Fhyjicfpoyfon. I remember in VallerieUs 
n Operari fx" ( 
Uhrn,abfp,cog- 
m'ione&fe- 1 
leni mgenio, 
periculofum . 
cdl. Zhide mo- 
nemur quam 
inf [udum feri- 
observations, a frory of one John Baptift a that finding by 
chance a pamphlet in Italian^written in praife of Hdlebor, would needs 
adventure on himfdfe,and took one dram for one Temple, and had not 
he been Tent for,the poor fellow had poyfoned himfelf.From whence he 
conch dcs out of Damafcenus 2 .Aphor}xlhat without exquifttc know- 
ledge fo aork out of books is mofl dangerous show unfavory a thing it isto 
pin authonbui 
credere, quod 
hic fv.o didicit 
periculo. 
o Cpiiftl. 23. 
ha'C omnia fi 
quo ordine de- 
cet egerit, vel 
curabitur, vel 
cene minus af- 
ficietur. 
beleive writers-and take upon this patient perceived by his ownper- 
ill.l could recite Inch another example of mine own knowledge, of a 
friend of mine9that finding a receipt in BraJJivola.would needs take Hel- 
lebor in fubftancc,and try it on his own pcrfon}but had not fome of his 
familiars come to vifit him by chance.he had by his indiferetion hazarded 
himfelf.-many fuch I have obferved. Thefe-ate thofe ordinary cautions, 
which 1 (hould think fit to be noted,and he that (hall keep 
tanm fairhdhall furdy be much eafed,if not throughly cured. 
Subsect. 3. 
Concerning phyfck^ 
it felf mtbe laftplaceis to be confide red}the Lord 
hath created medicines of the cart he that is wife will not 
MmgSt abhorre them^Ecclus 38.4. vei:.B .offnch doth the Apothecary 
make a confcftion^&c.Ofthefe medicines there be divers and 
***_ ■ ■ ■ v infinite kinds,Plants,Metals. Animals,dv.and thofe offcveral 
natures, fome good for one,hurtful to another: fome noxious in them- 
felvcs, corrected by art, very wholfcme and good,fimplcs,mixt,c^c.and 
therefore left to be mannaged by difereet and Ik il full PI ly licia ns. and 
thence applied to mans ufe.To this purpofe they have invented method, 
and Icvcral rules of art,to put thefe remedies in order, for their parti- 
cular ends. Pin fickfas Hippocrates defines it> naught clfe butPaddition 
andJuhfraUionyaud as it is required in all other difeafes, io in this of me- 
]anCho]y it ought to be moft accurate,it being(asq Mercurialis acknow- 
)cdgeth)fo common an affection in thele our times, and therefore fit to 
fe undcrfrcod'.Scvcral prolcrjprs and methods I find in feveral men fame 
take upon them to cure all maladies with one Medicine,feverally applv- 
cd, as that Pan acc a: Aut urn'potabile ,fo much controverted in thefe da vs. 
Herba foliso €Ac\ Faraceljus reduceth all diiealcs to fouie principali 
heads, to whom Severinus-, Kavelafcus, Leo Suavius, and others adhere 
p Fu.'hfas cap. 
2. lib. V 
q Iu prati. wee* 
hjrcjjfcßio.t- 
-jlrtf tempori- 
bus frcquenlif- 
Jima, ergo ma- 
xime pertinet 
ad nos hujus 
cura[mem 
intclligerc. Part. 2. Sett. 2. 
Diet rectified. 
Memb.i.Subf.i 
and imitate : thofe are Leprofy, Gout,Dropfie, Falling-jiclynefs. 1 o which 
they reduce the reft;, as to Leprofte, Ulcers,ltches, Furfures, Scabs, See. 
1 o Gout, Stone, Cholick, Tooth-ach, Head-ach, Ac. To Dropjie, Agues, 
Jaunaies, Cacexia, Ac. To the Falling-ftcknefje, belong Palfy, Vertigo, 
Cramps, Convuifions, Incubus, Apoplexie, Ac. tIf any of thefe fonr 
principali be cured ( faith Ruodajcus ) all the inferior are cured, and the 
fame remedies commonly krve : but this is too generali, and by fome' 
contradidfed:for this peculiar difeafe of Melancholy,of which I am now 
to fpeak, I finde feverall cures, feverall Methods and preferipts. They 
' t Si aliquis ho- 
rum morborum 
furamus fuma- 
tur, fanantur 
omnes injerio- 
. res. 
that intend the pradHck cure of Melancholy,faith Duretus in his notes to 
Hollerius.fet down nine peculiar fcopes or ends 5 Savanaroha preferibes 
feven efpeciall Canons. AFlianus Mont altus cap.26.Faventinus in his Em- 
pericks, Hercules de Saxoni a,&c. have their feverall injunctions & rules, 
ah tending to one end. The ordinary is threefold, winch I meane to 
follow. Liawtun, Pharmaceutica, and Chirurgica, Diet or Living,Apothc- 
Cary, Chirurgery, which Wecker, Crato, Gui aneri us, &c. and moll pre- 
feribe 5 of which I will infill:, and fpeak in their order. 
S E C T. 2. 
M E MB. I. SUBSEG. 1. 
Dyet rectified in fuhfiance 
ESlet LumvKn, Vibius or Living, according to f Fuchftus and others, 
1 comprehend thofe fix non-naturall things,which I have before, 
J fpecified, are efpeciall caufes, and being rectified, a foie or 
chief part of the cure, t Johannes Arculanus cap. 16. in 9. Rha- 
> flnflit. cap. 8d 
' fe&. 1. Vihw 
■ nomine non tarn 
cibus <& potus, 
fedaVr, exerci- 
fs,accounts the rectifying of thefe fix, a fufficient curz.Guianerius Tra&. 
15. cap. 9. calls them, propriam&pnmam curam, the principal! cure: fo 
doth Montanus, Crato, Mercurialis, Alt omarus,&c. firft to be tried, Lem- 
nius injiit.cap.22. names them the hinges of our health, u no hope of re- 
covery without them. Reinerus solcnander in his feventh confultation 
for a Spanifti young Gentlewoman, that was fo melancholy fne abhorred 
all company, and would not fit at tabic with her familiar friends, pre- 
. tatio, jbmnuf, 
vigilia, & re- 
liquae res fex 
■ non naturales 
, continentur. 
t Sufficit ple. 
rumq', regimen 
rerum fex non- 
naturalium. 
u Et in his po- 
tiffima fanitas 
' conftjlit. 
X Nihil hic a- 
gendum Jine 
exquifna vi- 
feribes this phyfick above the reft,K no good to be done without it. y a 
reteus. lib. 1. cap.7. an old Phyfician, is of opinion, that this is enough of 
it feif, if the party be not do far gone in ficknefic. z Crato in a confuita- 
tion of his for a noble patient, telis him plainly, that if his Highnefs will 
keep but a good diet, he will warrant him his former health 
Conjil. 27. for a Noble-man of France, admonifheth his Lordfhip to be 
Wtali: circumfped in his diet, or elfe all his other Phyfick will h be to 
. vendi rations, 
&c. 
y Si recens ma- 
lum Jit ad pri • 
Attali purpofe. The fame injundion f finde verbatim in J. C<efar Clau- 
diusy Refpon. 54. Scoltzii conftl. 185, Trallianus cap, 16. hb, I. Latins a 
f°nte JEuguhinus often brags , that he hath done more cures in this 
finde by redifidation of Diet, then all other phyfick be (ides. So that 
jn a word t may fay to moft melancholy men 5 as the Fox faid to the 
We fell 5 that could not get out of the garner, Macra cavum 
quem macra jubijii5 the fix non-naturall things caufed it, and the)7 mint 
cure it. Which howfoever I treat of. as proper to the Meridian of Me- 
fine quo cetera remedia frujlra adhibentur. b Omnia remedia irrita & vana fm hi*. Kovijii* tpplerofa 
r!dtt potto* quam medicamenti* curajpe. 
Jlinum habitum 
' recuperandum, 
i alia medela non 
ejlopuf. 
z ConfiL pp. 
lib.2. Jt celcitu- 
do tua, reBam 
vilius ratio- 
nem, {p c. 
a 'Do- 
mine , ut Jis 
prudens ad vi- 
; ita laborantes? part. 2. Seri. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Mcmb. i.Subfii* 
lancholy, yet neverthclcfs, that which is here faid with him in * Tully0 
though writ efpecially for the good of his friends at Tarentum 8c Sicily, 
* 1. de fnibus 
Tarentinis is 
Siculi*, 
c Modo non 
multum elon- 
gentur. 
cl Lib.l. de me- 
lon. cap. 7. 
Calidus H hu- 
midus cibus 
concoßu fact- 
yet it will generally ferve c moil other difeafes, and help them likewile, 
if it be obferved. 
Of thefe fix non-naturall things, the firft is Diet, properly fo called, 
which confifts in meat and drink, in which we muft confider Subftance, 
Quantity,Quality,and that oppufite to the precedent. In Subftance,fuch 
meats are generally commended, which are d moifi, eape of 
’ not apt to engender 
lisjlatusesor- 2,admits rojfl: meat,6 if the burned and fcorched fuperficiesf 
'aijt, tlql Tibi cailit,be pared off.2.cries out on cold ar 
frixi fnt. f young flefh and tender is approved,as of Kid, Rabbets, Chii 
eSi interna button, Capons, Hens, Partridge, Phefant, Quailes, and 
Tvomur/non birds, which are fo familiar in fome parts of Africa, and in 
fuperficies tor- * Dublinius reports,the common food of Boores and Clowr 
2.admits rqft meat,6 if the burned and fcorched fuperficie f,the brown we 
call i t,be pared oft. Salvi anus lib. 2.cap. 1 .cries out on cold and dry meats} 
f young fiedi and tender is approved,as of Kid, Rabbets, Chickens,V eale. 
Mutton, Capons, Hens, Partridge, Phefant, Quailes, and all mountain 
birds, which are fo familiar in fome parts of Africa, and in Italy, and as 
* Dublinius reports,the common food of Boores and Clownes in Falejii- 
nda ab igne. 
f Bene nutri- 
entes cibi, te- - 
nelh <ftas mul- 
tum valet, car-' 
nes mn virofe,1 
nec pingues. 
* Hadoper. pe- 
vegr. Hierofol. 
g Inimica fo- 
macho. 
h Net fryed 
or buttered, 
but pot died. 
* Corf I- i<s. 
Non improba- 
tur butyrum & 
na.Galen takes exception at Mutton,but without queftion he means that 
rammy mutton, which is in andjfa minor, which have thofe 
great flefhy tailes,of 48.pound weight,as Vertomannus 
hb. 2. cap. 5. The lean of fat meat is beft, and all manner of brothes, and 
pottage, with borage, lettuce, and fuch wholfome hearbs are excellent 
' good, fpecially of a Cock boyled 3 all fpoon meat. Arabians commend 
brains,but 8 Laurentius c.B. excepts againft them,and fo do many others 3 
hEgges are juftified as a nutritive wholfome meat. Butter and Oyle may 
pade,but with fome limitation 3 iofCrato confines it,and to fome men fp£~ 
ringly at fet timesoor in fauce ,& fo fugar 8c hony are approved.! All ftiarp 
and fowre fauces muft be avoided,and fpices,or at Icaft feldome ufed;and 
, fo faffron fometimes in broth may be tolerated 3 but thefe things may be 
olem, ft tamen; 
plus quarti par-. 
ft, non pro- 
fundatur \fac- 
chari & tnellu 
ufus, utiliter ad 
ciborum condi 
menta compro- 
batur, 
i Mercurialis 
confli 88. acer- 
ba omnia evi- 
tentur. 
Water. 
more freely ufed,as the temperature of the party is hot or cold, or as he 
ihall finde inconvenience by them.The thinneft,whiteft, fmalleft wine is 
befl, not thick, not ftrong 5 and fo of bear, the midling is fitted:. Bread 
of good wheat,pure,well purged from the bran is preferred15 Laurentius 
cap.B. would have it kneaded with rain water, ifit may be gotten. 
Pure, thin, light water by all means ufe, of good fmell and tafte, like 
to the ayr in fight, fuch as is foon hot, foon cold, and which Hippocrates 
fo much approves, if at lead: it may be had. Rain water is pureft, fo that 
it fall not down in great drops, and be ufed forthwith, for it quickly pu- 
trefies. Next to it fountain water that rifeth hr the Eaft, and runneth 
Eaftward, from a quick running fpring, from flinty, chalky, gravelly 
grounds:8c the longer a river runneth,it is commonly the pureft, though 
many fprings doyeeld the beft water at their fountains. The waters in 
hotter Countries, as in Turkic, Terjta, India, within the Tropicus0 are fre- 
quently purer then ours in the North, more fubtile, thin, and lighter, as 
our Merchants obfcrve by four ounces in a pound, pleafanter to drink, 
as good as our Bear, and fome of them as choafyk in Perfta, preferred by 
the Per ft an kings, before wine it felf. 
* Ovid, flfot. 
lib. 15. 
* Clitorio cfuicunq3 fitim de fonte leverit 
l 1 ina fugit gaude tq5 merk abfiemius undis. 
Many rivers I deny not are muddy fti.ll, white, thick, like thofe in 
in Mgyfh tihrk at Romey but after they be fetled two or Part.2. Sett.2. 
Dyet re&ified. 
Memb.i .Subf.i 
three dayes, defecate and clear, very commodious, ufefull and good. 
Many make ufe of deep wels, as of old in the holy Land, lakes, cifterns, 
when they cannot be better provided 3 To fetch it in Carts or Gundilo s. 
as in or Camels backs, as at Cairo in Egypt, * Radzivilius obfer- 
ved 8000. Camels daily there, employed about that bufinefs 3 Some 
* Peregr. Hien 
keep it inTrunks, as in the Eaft Indiesi made four-fquare with defeen- 
ding fteps, and tis not amifs : For I would not have any one fo nice as 
that Grecian Calis, fifter to Nicephorus Einperour of Confiantinople.and 
t married to Dominitus Silvius Duke of Venice, that out of incredible 
Wantonnefs./Zmuni aquk uti nolebat, would ufe no Vulgar waterf,but (lie 
died tanta (J/aith mine authour) f£tidijjimi puris copik-> of fo fulfomc a 
difeafe, that no water could wafh her clean. * Plato would not have a 
traveller lodge in a city,that is not governed by laws, or hath not a quick. 
ftream running by it 3illud enim ammumfloc corrumpit valetudinem, onel 
* f The Dukes 
’ ofVenice were 
‘ then permit- 
ted to marry; 
* De Legibus. 
* Li14. ca.ioi 
Magna urbi) 
utilitas cum 
q j ✓ j j, j 
corrupts the body, the other the minde. But this is more then needs, too 
much curiofity is naught,in time of neceflity any water is allowed.How- 
fbever pure water is beft, and which (as Pindarus holds) is better then 
gold,an efpecial ornament it is,and very commodious to a disaccording 
to*Vegetius)rt>henfrejh fprings are included within the walsyas at Corinth, 
in the midft of the town almoft,there was arx altijfima fcatensfontibuso ( 
, Perennes fontes 
muri) inclu- 
■ duntur, quodJi 
, natura non 
proflat, effodi- 
endi, <&c. 
I Opera gigan- 
tum dicit ali- 
quis. 
a goodly Mount full or rrelh-water Ipnngsuf nature afford them not hey 
mufi be had by art. It is a wonder to read or thofe 1 ftupend Aqucdufts, 
and infinite coft hath been beftowed in Aome of old, Confl ant inogle >Car- 
thage, Alexandria^and fuch populous Cities,to conveigh good and whol- 
fome waters : read mFrontinus,Lipffusde admir. n fUnius lib. 3. cap. 11. 
Strabo in his Geogr.That Aqueduft of Claudius was mod cminent,fetch- 
cd upon arches 15. miles , every arch 109 foot high : they had 14. fuch 
1 m T>e aqu£- 
duß. 
n C unius. Fons 
d\ quadrageff- 
tno lapide in 
urbem opere 
arcuato per- 
dußus, Plin. 
Lb. 36.15, 
X/JJ/ U J I 
other Aquedufts, befides lakes and cifterns, 700. as I take it 5 o every 
houfe had private pipes 8c chanels to fervc them for their ufe. Peter Cil- 
litis in his accurate defcription of Confiantinople, (peaks of an old ciftern 
which he went down to fee, 336. foot long, 180. foot broad, built of 
marble, covered over with Arch-work, and fuftained by 336. pillars. 
r o .Qufq; do- 
tnui R.om<r ft- 
jluUs habebat 
& canales, fac. 
' P Lib.2. 07.20. 
Jed. a Meggen, 
caP> if!, per eg. 
twelve foot afunder, and in 11. rowes, to contain fweet water. Infinite 
coft in chanels and cifterns,from Nilus to Alexandria, hath been former- 
ly beftowed, to the admiration of thefe times 5 p their cifterns fo curiouf- 
ly cemented and compofed, that a beholder would take them to be all 
- Hier.Bejloniwt 
Echo- 
' vius delit, 
• Hifp. Aqua 
ptofluens mde 
in omnes feri 
of one ftone: when the foundation is laid, and ciftern made, their houfe 
is half built. That Segonian Aquedud: in Spain, is much wondred at in 
thefe dayes, q upon three rows ofpillars, one above another, conveying 
fweet water to every houfe : but each City almoft is full of fuch Aque- 
1 domos 'ducitur, 
in pute If quoqf 
aflivo temposd 
jrigidiffma 
confervam. 
ftufts. Amongft the reftr be is eternally to be commended;, that brought 
fbat new ftream to the North fide of London at his own charge : and 
h\totho Nicholfon, founder of our water-works and Elegant Conduit in] 
t Sir Hugh 
Middleton 
Baronet. 
Oxford. So much have all times attributed to this Efementsto be conve- 
niently provided of it: Although Galat hath taken exceptions at fach wa- 
ters, which run through leaden pipes., ob cernjfam qu<e in iis generatur3 foi 
thatun&uous eerufe3which caufethdyfenteriesand fluxes,’"yet as a~ 
rms Crudus of Genua well is oppofite to comon experience. lr 
that were true,, moft of our Italian citiesoMontpelier in Frances wit mh- 
nke otherSjWould finde this inconvenience;, but there is no inch matter. 
* Be 
■ med. cent, fob 
354* Memb.i. Subf.2* 
Part. 2. Sect. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy* 
For private families,in what fort they fhould furniih them (elves let them 
confult with P.Crefcentius de Agric.l. 1 .c.4.Pamphilus Hirelacns, and the 
reft. 
Amongft fifhes,thofe are moft allowed of,that live in gravelly or fandy 
waters, Pikes,Pearch, Trout, Gudgeon, Smelts, Flounders, &c. Hyp poh- 
tus Salvi anus takes exception at Carp‘5 but I dare boldly fay with f Du- 
hr avius, it is an excellent meat,if it come not fromt muddy poolcs,that it 
, retain not an unfavory taff. Erinacius Marinus is much commended by 
• Orihatius, JEtius, and raoft of our late writers. 
u Crate conjil. 21 .lib.'2. cenfures all manner of fruits,as fubject to putre- 
f 1)3 pifihw 
lib. habent om- 
nes in lautitiis, 
modo non far, t e 
C(Cn*fo loco. 
t De tiife. c. 2. 
}, n. Plurimum ; 
praflat ad uti- 
litatem fa ju- ■ 
cunditatsm. ] 
Idem Trallia- 
nus lib.\.c.\6. 
pifees petrojt, 
fa moUes 
faction, yet tolerable at fometimes, after meales, at fecond they 
keep clown vapors,Bc have their ufe. Sweet fruits are beft,as iweet Cher- 
ries,Piums,fwcet Applcs,Peare-maines;and Pippins,which Laurentius ex- 
tols, as having a peculiar property againft this difeafe, and Plater magni- 
fies ‘omnibus modrs appro friat a conveniunt ,but they muff be corrected for 
their Grapes are good, and Ray fins of the fun, M*isk-mil- 
carve. 
u Etft ormss 
putredini funt 
ebnoxh, übi fe- 
cund/) nenfls, 
incepto pm 
lions well corrected, and fparingly ufed. Figs are allowed, and Almonds 
blanched. Trallianus difcow.mcnds Figs,x Satvianus Olives and Capers, 
which/ ethers efpccLiiiy .like of, and fo of piftick nuts. Montanus and 
Mercurialis out of Peaches, z Peares, and Apples baked 
t ' 1— —1 ;l n j A • r j _ r' i r I .1 
pnore,devoren- ; 
tur y commodi 
fucci proftim, 
qui dulcedine 
funt proditi. 
'Vt dulda ccra- 
fty pana, &c. 
% Lib,2. cap. 1. 
.ait er incaics,only corrected with (ugar,and Am-(eed,or r ennel leed,and 
fo they may be profitably taken, hecaufe they ftrengdien the ftomack, 
and keep down vapors. The like may be faid of preferred Cherries, 
Plums, marmalit of plums, quinces, &c. but not to drink after them, 
a Pomegranates,Lemons,Oranges are tolerated,if they be not too (harp. 
k Crato will admit of no herbs, but Borage, Buglofs, Endive, Fennell, 
y Montanus 
corftl. 24. 
zPyat <{u>r gra- 
to funt fapore,' 
cotta mala, po- 
ma tc fla, fa' 
faccharo, vel 
anift femine 
COAjfrfi, uti- 
liter ftatim ci 
prandio -vel d 
cana fumi pofo 
pant, eo quod 
Ventriculum 
roborent fa va- 
alienius and Arnolds tolerate Lettuce, Spintiagc,Beets, 
&c. The fame C rato will allow no roots at all to be eaten. Some approve 
ofPetatoeSjPaiTnipSj butallcorreded for winde. No raw Ballets but 
as Laurentius preferibes, in broths 5 and fo Crato commends many of 
tGem : or toufe Borage, Hops, Bawmc, fteeped in their ordinary drink. 
c Avenzoar magnifies the juyee of a Pomegranate,if it be fwcet,and efpe- 
daily Rofe-water, which he would have to be ufed in every difh, which 
they put in prafhee in thofe hot Countries,about Damafc we 
may believe the relations of Vertamannus ) many hoglheads of Rofc*wa- 
ter are to be fold in the market at once,it is info great requeft with them. 
pores caput petentes reprimant. Mont, a Punica mala aumntia commodi pemhtunm modd nonijint auflera fa acidi, b Qlers 
mda Tester hordsinem, bmlqffm, intybum, feniculum, anifum, m£l/Tum vitari debent, c Mercurial# bratt. Med. 
S U B S E C T. 2. 
Dyet rectified in quantity 
c Li. 2. de com. 
Solus homo e- 
dit bihitq'y&C, 
i'ConJU. 2i. 18, 
fi plus ingera- 
tur quam par 
ejl, ffa ventri- 
culus tolerare 
crudelitates ge- 
nerat, ifac. 
An alone , huth c cates and drinks without appetite, 
I and ufeth all his pleafure without necellity, anima vitio, and 
frV&Sl thence come many inconveniences unto him. For there is 
no meat whatfoever , thoush otherwife wholfome and 
good 3 but if unfcafombly taken , or immoderately ufed, more then 
the ftomack can well, beare, it will ingender cruditie, and do much 
harme. Therefore f Crate advifeth his patient to eat but twice a 
day, and that at his fet meales, by no meanes to eat without an 
appetite, or upon a full (k>mack , and to put feven houres dit- Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Diet rectified. 
Memb.2 
ference betwixt dinner and flipper. Which rule if we did obferve in our 
Colledges,it would be much better for our healthsrßut cuftome that ty- 
rant fo prevailes, that contrary to all good order and rules of Phyfick, we 
fcarce admit of live. If after feven houres tarrying he (hall have no fto- 
mack, let him defer his meal, or eat very little at his ordinary time of re- 
paid. This very counfell was given by Profher Calenus to GardinalCsfuSj 
labouringofthis g platerus preferibes it to a patient of his,to 
be moll: feverely kept. Guianerius admits of three meals a day, but Mon- 
tanus Ab. Italo fits him precifely to two. And as he muft not 
eat overmuch,!© he may not abfolutely fall 5 for zs C elf us contends lib. r* 
Jacchius 15 any. Rhafts, h repletion and inanition may both do harm in 
, 8 Qbferim.lib, 
l. Ajfuefcat bis 
' in die cibos fa- 
mere, certa fem- 
per hard. 
n Ke plus inge- 
rat cavendum 
two contrary extreams. Moreover, that which he doth eat, muft be well 
1 chewed, and not haftily gobled, for that caufeth crudity and winde,and 
by all means to eat no more than he can well digeft. Some thinly (faith 
arincavelius lib. 11. cap.2Q.de curad.part .hum.fhe morethey eat themore 
J qudm ventricu- 
j If# fens potefl. 
1 fcmperqjfurgat- 
I d rnenju non 
fatur, 
jSiquidem qui 
jemimanfum 
i velociter inge- 
runt cibu, ven- 
triculo laborem 
‘ inferum, <& 
fictus maximos 
promovent, 
Grato. 
■ * Quidam ma- 
1 Kimd comedere 
nituntur,putan- 
tes ea ratione 
fe vires refe - 
Buros', ignoran- 
tes, non ea quot 
ingerunt pojje 
vires reficere, 
fed qua probd 
concoquunt, 
k Multa appe- 
tunt, pauca di- 
gerunt. 
they nourijh themfelves .* eat and live, as the proverb is, not knowing that 
only repairs man which is well that which is devoured.Melan- 
choly men moft part have goodl6 appetites, but ill digcftion,and for that 
caufe they muft be fure to rife with an appetite.-and that which Socrates 
and Dif triusthe Phyficians inl Macrobius fo much require,S. Hierom in- 
joines Ruficus, to eat and drink no more than willmfatisfie hunger and 
thirtt. nLeJptts thejefuite holds ia. 13. or 14. ounces, or inourNor- 
tern countries \6.atmoflffox all ftudents,weaklings, and fuch as lead an 
idle fedentarylift^ofmeatfread^&c.a fit proportion for a whole day, and 
as much or little more pefters the body and mind fooner 
than to beftill fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all meafure, as many 
do. °By overmuch eating and continual!feafs theyfife natur choke 
up them] elves j which, had they lived courfly, or like galley-faves been tyed 
to an oare, might have happily prolonged many fair years. \ 
A great inconvenience comes by variety of difhes, which caufeth the) 
precedent whi ch(fedth Avicena)nothing is 1 
feed on diverfity of meats.or in lucem cocnare, and 
as commonly they do in Mufcovie and Iflando to prolong their meals all 
day long, or all night. Our Northern countries offend efpccially in this, 
and we in this lOand C ampliter viventes in prandiis & asq Polydore 
notes) are moft liberali feeders, but to our own hurt. \ Perfcos odt puer 
apparatus : Excefsofmeatbreedeth ftcknefso&gluttony caufeth choleric 4 
difeafes:bj fur feting many perijhfut he that dieteth himfelfprolonget h his 
lifeJEcclus.% 7.29,90. We account it a great glory for a man to have his ta- 
ble daily furniflied with variety of meats: but hear the Phylician,he puls 
thee by the ear as thou fitteft,& telleth th nothing can be more no- 
xious to thy healthjhanfuch variety & plenty.Temperance is a bridle of 
§old,Bc he that canufe it aright f ego nonfummis viris coparofed (imiUzm# 
®so judico, is liker a God than a man.-For as it will transform a bead: to a 
man againffo it will make a man a God.To preferve thine honour,health, 
and to avoid therefore all thofe inflations,torments, obftruftions,crudl- | 
T Satwnal. lib. 
7- cap. 4. 
m Modicus & 
temperatus ci- 
bus fa carni 
& anima utilis 
eji. 
, n Hygiaflicon 
reg.l4.l6.un- 
c.itt per diem 
fufficiant, com- 
putato pane, 
carne ovis, vel 
.aliis objbniis, • 
totidem vel 
pauld pium 
unciee potus. 
o Idem reg. 27* 
fluxes in domi- 
bus fuis brevi 
tempore hafcen-* 
?-°xax!wgi:umi:y, qui fi triremibus vincli juiffent, aut gregario panepajli, fani fa incolumes in longam 
'pKikd detenu* qudm dixsrfa nutrientia Jimul adjungere, & comedendi tempus prorogare, qFt sir'll \ 0 , *1?',°^ 
ult• r iwfcftw & ft, <4*i menfa nihil wcemius homini Jfilutem, Fr. VaUnola, obferv. 1.2. cap. 6. * Tuh 
*at. pro M. Marcel, Part. 7. Scft. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb. i. 
ties,and difeafes that come by a full diet, the beft way is to f feed fparing- 
ly of one or two difhes at moft, to have ventrem bene moratum,as Seneca 
cals it fto choofeone of to feed on that Crato advifeth his 
t Patient.The fame counfell,u Projper Calenus gives to Cardinali C£jius0 to 
• ufe a moderate & fimple diet; and though his table be jovially furnilhed 
* by reafon of his ftate 8c guefts .yet for his own part to finglc out fome one 
{Nullus dbum { 
fumere debet, . 
ifi jiomachus Jit ■ 
vacuus. Gordo. ■ 
lib.med.huc.n. 
ic E multis edu- 
liis unum elige, 
reliBifq* exte- 
rn, ex eo come- 
de. 
uL. de atra hi- 
le. Simplex fit 
cibus, (fa non 
varius : qued 
licet dignitati 
tuae ob convi- 
vas difficile vi- 
deatur, &c. 
favoury difh and feed on it.The fame is inculcated byxCrato 
to a noble perfonage affefted with this grievance,hc would have his high- 
nefs to dine or fup alone,without all his honorable attendance & courtly 
company, with a private friend or fo, 7 a difh or two, a cup of Rhenilli 
wine^c.Montanus a noble Matron in joyns her one difh,and 
by no means to drink betwixt mcals.The like con ft 12 29.0r not to eat till 
he be an hungry,whicb rule Berengarius did moft ftridly obferve,as Hil- 
bertus Cenomecenfis Epife, writes in his life. cui non fuit unquam 
Ante fitim potus 0 nec cibus ante famem5 
x Celjhudo tua 
prandeat fola, 
abfyt, apparatu 
aulico, conten- 
tvsJit illujlrif- 
Jtiiius princeps 
duobus tantum 
ferculis, vinoq', 
Rhenano folum 
in menfa uta- 
tur. 
and which all temperate men do confbtatly keep. It is a frequent folcm- 
nity ftill ufed with us, when friends meet to go to the ale-houfe or ta- 
vern,they are not fociablc otherwife : and if they vifit one anothers hou- 
fes,they muft both eat and drink.l reprehend it not moderately ufed,but 
to fome men nothing can be more offenfivc } they had better, I fpeak it 
with Saint f Amhrof e0 pour fo much water in their (hooes. 
‘ It much availcs like wife to keep good order in our diet, zto eat liquid 
things firft, broaths0 fifi), and fuch meats as are fiooner corrupted in the fio- 
y Semper intra t 
fadetatem d 
menfa recedat, 
uno ferculo,con- 
tentus. 
■\ Lib. de Hei. 
& Jejunio. 
JYfuhd melius 
in terram vina 
fudijfes. 
zCrato. Mul- 
tum refert non 
ignorare qui 
dbiprior es,fac, 
liquida pr<tce- 
mackjfharder meats of digefl ion muft come laft.Crato would have the [upper 
lefs than dinner which Cardan contraditi Jib. I.Trati. 5 .contraditi. 18 .dif- 
allows,and that by the authority of Galenj. art .curat .cap ,6. and for four 
reafons he will have the fupper biggeft: I have read many Treatifes to 
this purpofe, I know not how it may concern fome few fick men, but for 
my part generally for all, I fhould fubferibe to that cuftome of the Ro- 
mans ,to make a fparing dinner,and a liberali their preparation 
and invitation was ftill at fupper, no mention of dinner. Many reafons I 
could give,but when all is faid pro and con,a Cardans rule is beft,to keep 
, that we a're accuftomed unto,though it be naught,and to follow our dif- 
pofition and appetite in fome things is not amifs 3 to eat fometimes of a 
dant carnium ( 
fiira, pijees, 
frußus, fa c. < 
brevior 
ft prandio. ( 
a Trail. 6. con- ' 
tradiß. i. Üb.i. 
b Super omnia 
quotidianum 
leporem habuit, 
far pomis in- 
dulft. 
) * Annsl.6. Ri- 
dere folebat 
eos, qui poj} 
30. atatif an- 
num 1 ad cog- 
mfeenda corpo- 
ri fw noxia 
vd v.tilia, ali- 
t.'h'i corflii 
inherent. 
difh which is hurtfull, if we have an extraordinary liking to it. Alexan- 
der Severus loved Hares and Apples above all other meats,as b Lampridus 
relates in his life : one Pope Pork, another Peacock, Bcc. what harm 
came of it} I conclude, our own experience is the beft Phyfitian 5 that 
diet which is moft propitious to onc,is often pernicious to another, fuch 
is the variety of palats, humours, and temperatures, let every man ob- 
ferve, and be a law unto himlelf, Tiberius in * Tacitus did laugh at all 
’ fuch, that after 30. years of age would ask counfell of others concern- 
ins: matters of diet, I fay the fame. 
Thefe few rules of diet he that keeps, (hall furely finde great cafe and 
fpeedy remedy by it. It is a wonder to relate that prodigious temperance 
of forne Hermites, Anachorites, and fathers of the Church} he that (hall 
but read their lives, written by Hierom, Athanasius, abftcmious 
Heathens have bin in this kind,thpfe Curii and Fahritii, thofe oldPhilo- 
fopherssas Vlin) records hb.li. Xenophon lib. I ,de vit.Socrat. Emperours Part.a_ Sed.2. 
Retention and Evacuation rectified. 
Memb.2 
and Kings,as Nicephorus relates, Ecclef. hifi. lib. jB. cap, 8. of Mauritius, 
Lodovzcus Pius, &c. and that admirable f example of Lodovicus Corna- 
rttsfx Patritian of Venice, cannot but admire them. This have they done 
voluntarily,and in health 5 what fhall thefe private mendo that are vifi- 
ted with ficknefs, and necellarily * injoyned to recover, and continue ( 
their health >lt is a hard thing to obferve a ffrief diet, <& qui medice vi-, 
t A LeJJlo edit. 
■ c Aigyptii ohm 
, omnes morbos 
curabant vo- 
' ™itu & im- 
, nio. Bohsmus 
lib.l. cap.5. 
’ j-Cat. Msjor t 
, MAm condi- 
r tio fenis viven- 
tis ex pro’f crip' 
) to artss medicos, 
• quam adole- 
feentis InXuri- 
qf. 
vit, mi ftire vivit, as the faying is, cjuale hoc ipfum erit vivere Jbis ft priva-: 
tus fueris las good be buried, as fo much debarred of his appetite 5 ex- 
cejfit medicina malum, the phyfick is more troubiefome then the difeafe, 
lo he complained in the Poet, fo thou thinkeff .** yet he that loves him- 
felf,wili cafily endure this little mifery,to avoid a greater \ 
e malis minimum, better do this then do worfe. And as f Lully holds,bet- 
ter be a temperate old man, then a laficivious youth. 3Tis the only fweet 
thing, ( which he advifeth) fo to moderate our felves,that we may have 
fene&utem in juventute, & in juventutefene$utem,EQ youthfull in our 
old age, ffaid in our youth, difereet and temperate in both. 
M E M B. 2. 
Retention and Evacuation re&ified 
Sjgj Have declared in the caufes, what harm coffivenefs hath 
feg done in procuring this difeafe jifitbe fo noxious, theoppo- 
ggl Ssji hte muff needs be good, or mean at leaff, as indeed it is,and to 
this cure necellarily conducit, faith Montal- 
tus cap.27. it very muchavailes. d Altomarus cap.y .commends walking in 
a morning, into forne fair green ple a f ant fields, but by all means firjirby art 
or nature he will have thefe ordinary excrements evacuated.Pifo calsit Be- 
neficiis ventris, the benefit,help or pleafure of the belly,for it doth much 
eafe it. Laurentius cap. 8. confil.21. 1.2. preferibes it once a day at leaft ; 
where nature is defective, art muff fupply, by thofe lenitive electuaries. 
t d Debet per a. 
mam exerderi, 
et loca viridia, 
excretu prius 
arte vel narum 
alvi excremen- 
tis. 
fuppofitories, condite prunes, turpentine, differs, as fhall be (hewed. 
Proffer Calenus lib. de atra bile, commends differs, in Hypocondriacall 
melancholy, (fill to be ufed as occation ferves,e peter Cnemander in a con- 
fultation of his pro hypocondriaco.wiW have his patient continually loofc, 
and to that end fets down there many forms of Pofitions and Clifters* 
Mercurialis, conftl. 88. If this benefit come not of its own accord, pre- 
fer ibes f Clifters in the firff place: fo doth Montanus conftl. 24. confli. 21, 
e Hildejheim 
Jpicel.2.darnel. 
Primum omni- 
um operam da- 
bis ut ftnguUs 
diebus habeas 
bsnejiciu ven- 
tris, femper ca- 
vendo ne alvus 
fit diutius a- 
firißa. 
& 229. he comends turpentine to thatpurpofe.-the fame he ingeminates. 
conftl. 230.f0r an Italian Abbot. »Tis very good to wafh his hands & face 
°ften, to fhift his clothes, to have fair linnen about him, to be decently 
and comely attired, for forties vitiant, naffinefs defiles, and dejects any 
iTian that is fo voluntarily, or compelled by want, it dulleth the (pirits. 
Bathes are either artificiali or naturali, both have their fpecial ufes in 
this malady,and as g Alexander fuppofeth lib. 1 .cap. 16. yecld as fpeedy a 
remedy, as any other Phyfick whatsoever. JEtius would have them daily 
balnea, ‘Tctra.2.fclt. 2. c.9. Galen crakes how many feverail 
cures he hath performed inthiskindeby ufe of bathes alone,and Rufus 
pills, moiffning them which are otherwife dry . Rhafts makes it a prmci- 
cur a (it in humeUandoxo bathe and afterwards anoint with 
f Si nonffonte, 
clijhribus pur- 
get nr. 
i g Balneorum, 
r ufus dulcium, 
Jiquid aliud, ip. 
Jis opitulatur. 
Credi h.tc dici 
cum aliqua ja- 
Bantia, inquit 
Montanus com Part. 2. Sect. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb. 2. 
oyle.Jafon Pratenfls, Laurentius cap.S. and Montanus fet down their pe- 
culiar Formes of artificiali bathes. Crato conftl,ij Jib. 2. commends Mal- 
loweSjCamomile, Violets, Borage to be boyled in it, and fometimes faire 
water alone,Bc in his following counfel, Balneum aqua dulcis folumfepif- 
ftme profuifle compertum habemus.So doth Fuchfius lib.i.cap. 33. F rift me- 
lica 2.eonfil \2.in Trincavelius, Some befide hearbs, preferibe a rammes 
i In quibuf je- 
junuf diu fede- 
at eo tempore, 
ne fuiorem ex- 
citent aut met- 
nifefium tempo- 
vein, fed qua- 
dam refrigera- 
tione hume- 
Srent. 
head and other things to be boyled. iFerneliu? confil. 44. will have them 
uf id lo.or 12 .dayes which he muft enter falling,and fo con- 
tinue in a temperate heat,Sc after that friftions all over the body. Lelius 
Aigubinus conftl. 142.and Chriftoph.JErerusin a confultationof his, hold 
once or twice a week fufficient to bathe, k the water to be warme, not hot, 
for fear of fweat clix Vlaterybferv Jtb. 1. for a Melancholy Lawyer, 
1 will have lotions of the headftilljoyned to thefe bathes, with a lee wherein 
ViGlM* 
k Aqua non ft 
calidafei tepi- 
da, ne fudor fe- 
quatuu. 
1 Lotiones capi- 
tis ex lixivio, 
in quo hsrbas 
capitales coxe- 
rint. 
m Cep. 8. de 
tnel. 
n Aut exungia 
pulli, fife. 
capital hearbs have been hoy led. 111 Laurentius fpeaks of bathes of milk, 
which I finde approved by many others. And ftill after bath, the body to 
be anointed with oyl of bitter Almonds, of violets, new or frelh butter, 
n Capons greafe, efpecially the back bone, and then lotions of the head, 
embrocations, Bcc, Thefe kiude of bathes have been in former times 
much frequented, and diverOy varied,Bc arc ftill in general! ufe in thofe 
Eaftern countries. The Romans had their publick baths very fumptuous 
andftupend, as thofe of Antoninus and Bioclcftan. Vlin. 36. faith there 
were an infinite number of them in Rome and mightily 
bathedrfeven times a fayys Commodus the Emperouris reported to have 
donerufually twice a day,and they were after anointed with moft coftly 
oyntments: rich women bathed themfelves in milke, fome in the milke 
of 500. fhe ailcs at once : we have many mines of fuch bathes found in 
this Hand, amongft thofe parietincs and rubbifti of old Romane townes. 
Lipftus de m ag.U rh.Rom. ,c.S Antwerpynd other Anti- 
quaries,tcll ftrange ftories of their Baths. Gellins Topogr.Coflant. 
o Thema. 
Nymphea., 
p Sanies lib.i. 
faith,that wo- 
men go twice 
a week to the 
baths at lead, 
q Epill 3. 
reckons up 155.publickoBaths in Conftantinople, of faire, building, they 
are ftill p frequented in that Citic by the Turkes of all forts, men and wo- 
. men, and all over Greece and thofe hot abfterge belike that 
j fulfomenefs of fweat, to which they arc there fubjcft.*! -JBusbequius in his 
: Epiftles,is very copious in defcribing the manner of them, how their wo- 
men go covered, a maid following with a box of oyntment to rub them. 
t Uec alvum ' 
excernunt, quin 
aquam fecum 
portent quSpar- 
tes obfctnaf 
laxent. 
Bfffbequiut ep. 
3. lag.Tarda. 
f Hiliejheim 
ffieciel. 2. de 
tnel. Hypocon. 
The richer fort have private baths in their houfcs the poorer go to the 
common, and arc generally fo curious in this behalf, that they will not 
eate nor drink untill they have bathed,before and after meals 
will not makf water(Jbut they, willwajh their hands}or go to ftool. Leo Afer. 
/.3 .makes mention of ico.feverall baths at Fez in Africkeynoft fumptu- 
ous,and fuch as have great revenues belonging to them.Buxtorf.cap. 14. 
Synagog.Jud. fpeaks of many ceremonies amongft the Jews in this kinder 
they are very fupcrftitious in their bathes, efpecially women. 
Naturali bathes are praifed by fome, difcommended by others 5 but it 
is in a divers refped.f Marcus de Oddis in Hipp. ajfe&. confulted about 
“ Baths,condemns them for the heat of the liver,becaufe they dry too faft 3 
and yet by and by1 in another eounfell for the fame difeafe, he approves 
thcycleanfeby reafon of the and would have their 
water to be fa\xtfo>Aretcusy.7 .commends Allome Baths above the reft 3 
ft non adejfet 
]ecorii calidi- 
m, Thernat 
laudarem, iff 
non nimia hu- 
mor« exfccatio 
ejfet metuenda. 
t Fol, 141. Bart.2. Seer. 2. 
Retention and Evacuation rectified. 
Memb.2* 
anduMercurialis confil26 . t hole of Luca in that Hypocondriacall paffion. 
He would have his patient tarry there 15. dayes together,and drinlgthe wa- 
ter of them, and to.be bucketed, or have the water powred on his head. John 
Bapt/Jla Silvaticus cant.64.commends all the Baths in Italy, and drink- 
ing of their water,whether they be IromAllomeiSulphurdo dothx Her- 
cules de Saxoni a. But in that they caufe fweat, and dry fo much,he con- 
fines himfelf to Hy pocondricall melancholy alone, excepting that of the 
head, and the other. Frincavelius confil. 14 .lib. 1. prefers thofe V For- 
, u Thermos Lu- 
eenfes adeat, i- 
' biq; aqiwejus 
■ per 15. dies po- 
, tet, & calida- 
’ rum aquarum 
■fiillicidit* turn 
re&atrbeihs-before the reft,becaufe of the mixture of braffe,iron,allome, 
and confil. 35. /.3. for a melancholy Lawyer, and confil. 36. in that hypo- 
condricall pafiion, the z Bachs of Aquaria, and 36. confil. the drinking of: 
them. Frifimelicaconfulted among the reft in Frincavelius. confil. 42,- 
lib. 2. preferres the waters ofa Apona before all artificiali baths what- ; 
foever in this difeafe, and would have one nine years affeded with Hy-1 
caput tum ven- 
triculum do 
more fubjiciati 
x In panth. 
■y Aquse For- 
reSanar. * 
Z Aqu# Aqud- 
ritf. 
j ~ J J 
pocondricall palfions, fiie to them, as to an b holy anchor. Of the fame 
mindc is Frincaveliut hilnfelf there, and yet both put a hot liver in the 
fame party for a caufe, and fend him to the water of S. Helen, which are 
much hotter. Montanus confil. 230. magnifies the cchalderinian Baths, 
and c0nfi1.2%7. & 239. he exhorteth to the fame, but with this caution, 
d that the liver be outwardly anointedwith fome coolers that it be not over- 
, a Ad aquas A- 
ponenfes velut 
1 ad facram an- 
, choram confu- 
giat. 
bjoh. Baubi- 
nru 1i.%. ca.\s,i 
hiji. admir. 
Font is Bollen- 
fis in ducat. 
Wittemberg 
, laudat aquae 
Bollenfes ad 
melancholicos 
beated.butthele baths mult be warily frequented by melancholy perlos,. 
or if ufed,to fuch as are very cold of themielves,for as Cabelius concludes 
of all Dutch Baths, and efpecially of thofe of Baden, they are good for all 
colddjjeafes.fi naught for choleriek.hot & dryland all infirmities proceed- 
. j j *D> J a y j 1 
sng of choler of the (pleen and liver, Our Englilh Baths as 
they arc hot muff needs incur the .famecenfurcrßut Y).Turner o£old,and 
Dfjohes have written at large of them. Of cold Baths I finde little or no 
mention in any Phyfician, fome fpeak againff them ; * Cardan alone out 
of Agathim&s commends bathing in frejh rivers, & cold waters, and advi- 
feth allfuch as mean to live long to ufc it for it agrees with all ages & com- 
plexions,and ismofi profitable for hot temperatures. As for fweating,urine, 
blond-letting by hsemrods, or otherwife, I fhall elfewhere more oppor- 
tunely fpeak of them. 
, morbos, m<ero* 
\ rem,fafcimti- 
■ onem, aliaqy 
animi paths' 
tmta. 
c Balnea Chal~ 
derina. 
d Hepar exter- 
nd ungatur ns 
calefiat. 
e Nocent edi- 
d» fa fleets, 
cholericis, <& 
Immoderate in excefs3as it is acaufe,or in defeift }fo moderately 
ufed to Tome pities,an only help, a prefent remedy. Peter Forefius calls 
it, aptiffimum remedium, a moft appofite remedy remitting anger, 
reafon,that was otherwife bound. Avicenna F en.%.20.Or ib a fins me d.collcdt, 
bb\ 6,cap. 37, contend out of Rufus' and others, 8 mad-men, mt- 
ancholy,andlahouring ofthefallingficknefs,have been cured by this alone. 
omnibus morbis 
ex cholera, he- 
ajjemonwus. 
* Lib. ds 
% breve hoc 
vitas cunicu- 
lum cupiunt 
Mont alius cap.27. de melan. will have it drive away for row, and all 
hons of thebrainsto purge the heart and brain from illfmoakes andva 
pours that offend if'it he omitted,as Valefcus fuppofethfit makes debent, min 
the r,i hide fad. the body dull and heavy. Many other inconveniences are fm* cumflt 
rJ { . . tncongrm, ca- 
JccKoneci up by Mercatnsfind by Rodencus d Cafiro.m then* tracts deme- mu imprimis 
lane hoi ik virgin net ?noniahnm'fih feminis retentionem fieviunt fiepemoni- min. 
ae* €tm virgines ,but as rlat&hs addes,ft nubantfanantur ,they rave hngle, rajff fjf 
pine away much difeontent, but marriage mends all. Marcellus Do- 
impeditant, in- 
i/ . , ' f ’ ’ ‘ gemesirasre- 
i,, g /Jfu/n comitiales, melancholici, infant, hujus ufu folo fanat i. h Si omittatur coittu, contrijtat & phtrimumgrjL 
6t corpus & animum. ' ' Part. 2. Se£f. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy, 
Me mb. r 
natns Lib* 2. med. hifi. cap. 1. tells a ftory to confirm this out of Alexan- 
der Benedictusoofa maid that was mad, ob menfes inhibitos. cum in offici- 
nam meritoriam incidi Jet .a quin decem viris eadem notie men fu- 
larga proftuviovjuod pluribus annis ante conftiteraty non fine magno pudore 
\Nift certo con- 
jiet nimium fe- 
men aut Jangui- 
ntn caufd ejfs, 
nut amor pr*~ 
ccjfcrit, a at, 
mane menti reftituta dijcejjit. But this muft be warily underftood,for as 
Arnoldus ohjcdts.Jib.l.br &v iar .lS .cap. GTuid coitus ad melancholicum fue~ 
■ cum? What affinity have thefe two?iexcept it be manifeft thatfuper-abun- 
dance of feeder fulncfs of blood be a c auferor that loveyor an extraordinary 
defire of Venus have gone before,or that as Lod. Mercatus excepts, they be 
k Athlet», 
Arthriticis, 
podagricis no- 
cet,fiec oppor- 
tuna prodej}, 
nift fortibut & 
qui multo fan • 
guine abun- 
very flatuous,& have otherwife accuftomed unto iuMont altus cap. 
27. will not allow of moderate Venus to fuch as have the Gout, Pal fie* 
Epilepfie, Melancholy, except they be very lufty, and full of blood, 
k Lodovicus Antonins lib. med. mi feel, in his chapter of Venus, forbids it 
utterly to all Wreftlers,Ditchers,labouriiig men,6cc.IPicinus and™Mar~ 
filius Cognatus put Venus one oft he five mortell enemies of a ftudent; it 
dam. Idem 
Sealiger exerc. 
269. Turcit 
idea luShtori- 
but prohibi- 
tum. 
1 Be fanit. tu- 
end. lib. 1. 
m Lib. 1. C*l. 7» 
conjumss the and weakyietbthe brain. Halyabbas the Arabian. 5. 
Thcor. cap. 36. and Jafon Pratenfis make it the fountain of moft difeafes, 
n but moft pernicious to them who are cold and melancholy man muft 
not meddle with it, but in fomc cafes. Plutarch in his book de fan.tuend. 
accounts of it as one of the three principali figns and prefervers of 
health, temperance in this kinde $ © To rife with an appetiteyto be ready to 
. workvo and ab(lain three moft hcalthfull 
txhaurit enim 
Jinn tut ani- 
irtumq’, debili- 
tat. 
n Frigidis & 
feen corpori- 
bus inimicijjl- 
n:a. 
oVep intra 
fatieiatem, im- 
pigrum ejfe ad 
labor em, -vitale 
femen confer- 
vare. 
p Nequitia efl 
qu<e te non fi- 
nit dft fs'-itm. 
* Vide Monta- 
num, Pet. 
Godejridum, 
Amorum lib. 2. 
rap A. curiofum 
tilings. We fee their oppofites how pernicious they are to mankinde, as 
to all other creatures they bring death,and many ferall 
cis brevis eft <etas & rara feneclus. Ariftotle gives inftance in Sparrows, 
which are parhm vivaces obfalacitatem, p ftiort lived becaufe of their fa- 
lacity, which is very frequent,as in Priapiis will better inform 
you. The extremes being both bad, * the medium is to be kept, which 
cannot eafily be determined. Some are better able to fuftain, fuch as are 
hot and moift, phlegmatick, as Hippocrates infinuateth, fome ftrong and 
luftic, well fed like <i Hercules, t Proculus the Emperour, lufty Laurencey 
fpro(iihulumf<cmin£Mefahna the Emprefs, that by Philters, and fuch 
kiride of Jafdvious meats,ufe all means to t inablc themfelves : and brag 
of it in the end, confodi multas vero paucas per ventrem vidi~ 
ftiyas that Spanilh * Celeftina merrily laid : others impotent,of a cold and 
dryconftitution cannot fuftain thofe gymnicks without great hurt done 
to their own bodies, of which number (though they be very prone to 
it) are melancholy men for the moft part. 
deh*t,nam 6* 1 
r.vmerum definite Talmudijiis, unkuiq-,fciatu ajjigmri fuum tempw, <&c. q Thefjpiadas genuit. t Vide Lampridium vit. e- 
-4. flt lajfata virst, &c, t Vid. Mipald. cent. 8. u. Lemnium lib. 2. cap. 16. Catullum ad Ip/tphilam, &c. Ovid. lleg. 
lib. 2. & <5. &c- 9uot i:inerdym no3e confecij/entytot coronas ludicro deo puta Triphallo, Marf*, Hem*. Priapo donarent,Cin- 
jgmii tibi mentulam corom/, &c. Fernobofcodid. Gajf. Bartbii. 
Ayr re&ifed. With a digrejfion of the Ayr, 
M E M B. 2. 
a long-wfnged Hawk when he is««firft whiffled off the fi% 
mounts aloft, and for his plcafure fetchcth many a circuit 
SmM in r^e foaring higher and higher, till he be come 
t0 Pis foil pitch , and in the end when the game is fprung, 
comes down amains and ftoopes upon a fuddain : fo will 1, having Part.2. Sed.2. 
Digrejjion of Ayr e. 
Mcinb.3 
now come at laft into thefe ample fields of Ayre , wherein I may freely 
expatiate and exercife my feif for my recreation, a while rove, wander 
round about the world, mount aloft to thofe arthereall orbs and celefti- 
all Ipheres, and fo defeend to my former elements again. In which pro- 
grefs, I will tirft fee whether that relation of the Frier ofoOxford be true, 
concerning thofe Northern parts under the Pole (ifl meet obiter with 
the wandring Jew, Elias Artifex, or Lucians Icaromenippm, they (hall be 
my guides ) whether there be fuch 4. F.unpes, and a great rock of Load- 
j n Blch.de Lyn- 
, na, cited by 
Mercator in 
' his Map. 
ftones, which may caufe the needle in the Compafs frill to bend that 
way, and what fliould be the true caufe of the variation p jt.he Compafs, 
x is it a raagneticall rock, or the Pole-ftar, as Cardan will 5 or fume other 
fhir in the Marfdius F'icinussox a magneticall meridian,as Mauro- 
he us'Mel fit us in vena as Agricola sor the nearnefs of the next Con- 
tinent, as Cabeus wilftor fome other caufe, as Sc aliger, Cortcjius, Conim- 
hricenfes,Peregrinus,contendbwhy at the Azores it looks directly North, 
other wife not?ln the Mediterranean orLevant(as fome obfervc)it varies 
X mans Slow. 
Some call it 
the highedhill 
in the world, 
next TeneriJJh 
in the Canaries 
Lat. 81. 
7. grad, by andby 12. and then 22. In the Baltickjlczs, near Rafceburg 
in Finland, the needle runs round, if any (hips come that way, though 
aMartin Ridley write otherwife,that the needle near the Pole will hard- 
ly be forced from his dire&ion. Tis fit to be enquired whether certain 
rules may be made of it, as 11. grad. Bond.variat, alibi 36.& c. and that 
which is more prodigious,the variation varies in the fame place,now ta- 
a Cap. 26. in 
his Treatife 
of magneti eke 
bodies. 
ken accurately, *tis fo much after a few years quite altered from that it 
was:till\ve have better intelligence,let our D.Gilbert, and Nicholas^Ca~ 
heus the Jefuite, that have both written great volumes of this fubjed, 
fatisfie thefelnquifitors. Whether the fea be open and navigable by the 
Pole artick,and which is the likelieft way,that of Bartifon the Hollander, 
under the Pole it felfe, which for foine reafons I hold beft ; or by fretum 
. h Lege lib. I. 
rap.23. (C 24. 
de magnetics 
philofophia, <& 
lib. 3. cap. 4- 
J J JJ 
Davis, or Nona Zemhla. Plndfons difeovery be true of a new 
found Ocean,any likelihood of Buttons bay in 50.degrees, Hubberds hope 
c 1612. 
in 60. that of ut ultra near Sir Thomas Roes welcome in North-weft Fox, 
being that the fea ebbs and flows conftantly there Is. foot in 12. hours, 
as our <1 new Cards inform us that California is not a Cape, but an Hand, 
and the Weft-windes make the Nepe tides equajl to the Spring, or that 
there be any probability to pals by the ftraights of Anian to China, by 
cl M. Brigs,his 
Map, and 
North wed ' 
Fox. 
thePrornontor^of Tdtnn. If there be, I fnall foon perceive whether 
e Marcus Telus tpe Venetians narration be true or falfe, of that great 
City of Quin fay and Cambaluj whether there be any fuch places, or that as 
1 Mat th. Ricci us the Jefuite hath written, China and Cataia be all one,the 
great ChamofTart ary and the King of China be the fame : Xuntain and 
Quinjay, and the City ofCambalu be that new Taquin, or fuch a wall 
e Lib.2. ca.64. 
de nob .c inn tat. 
Quinfiy, & 
cap. 10. ds 
Camhalu. 
(Lib:4. exped. 
ad Sirms,ca.ot. 
40O.lcagues long to part China from Tart ary: whet he r8 Presbyter John be 
In Ajta or AfrickyfU. Telus Venetus puts him in A fa, h the moft received 
opinion is, that he is Empcrour of the Abijjines, which of old was JEthi- 
cP2ao now Nubia, under the Mquator in Af rick. Whetheri Guinea be an 
fland or part of the Continent, or that hungry k Spaniards difeovery of, 
. Ay lib. > c. 18. 
g M Polus in 
AjraPresb. 
fob. meminit 
lib. i. cap. 30. 
• h Alhiare/ius 
& alii. 
i Let. 10. Gjv 
Auji. 
k Ferdinand 
do Iguir, (in no 
1612. 
l erra 4hJiratk Incognita, or Magellanic a., be as t rue as that of Mercurius : 
Lritannius,oY his of Vt optabor his of Lucinia.h.nd yet in likelihood it may : 
be to., for without all queftion it being extended from the Tropick of, 
Capricorn to the circle Ant article and lying as it doth in the temperate Cure of Melancholy. 
Mcrnb. g. 
part. 2. Sebt. 2. 
Zone9 cannot chufe but yeeld in time fome flourifhing kingdomes to fuc- 
ceeding ages, as America did unto the Spaniards, sheuten and Le Meir 
have done well in the difeovery of the Streights of Magellany n finding a 
more convenient paflage to Mare pacificum : methinks fome of our mo- 
1 Alarum pen- 
n<f continent in 
longitudine 12. 
paffnf,elephan- 
tem in Jublime 
tollen poteji. 
Pelt# 40. 
jyi Lib, 2. JOc- 
fait.it. tena 
o PLtvr qv./efi. 
lih.4. cap. 2. 
p tjb. de reg. 
Congo. 
9 hxercit. 47. 
dern Argonautes fhould profecute the reft. As I go by Madagafcar, I 
would fee that great Birdl Ruckle, that can carry a man and horfe, or an 
Elephant, with that Arabian pheenix deftribed by m Adricomius 5 fee the 
pellicanes of AEgypt9 thofe Scythian Gryphes in Afta : And afterwards in 
Africk examine the fountains of N/7«x,whether Herodotus,0 Seneca.Plin. 
lib. 5. give a true caufe of his naturali flowing, p Pa- 
gap hetta difeourfe rightly of it, or of Niger and Senega 5 examine Cardan, 
<3 Sc aliger s rcafons, and the reft. Is it from thofe Etefian winds,or melting 
■of Know inthe Mountains under the AEquator^for jurata» yearly over- 
flows when the fnow melts in Mount Libanus) or from thofe great drop- 
ping perpetual! fhowres, which are fo frequent to the inhabitants within 
the Tropicks, when the Sun is verticali, and caufe fuch vaft inundations 
in Senega, Maragnan, Orenoque, and the reft of thofe great rivers in Zeno. 
7 orrida, which have all commonly the fame paffions at fet times: and by 
good husbandry and policy, hereafter no doubt may come to be as po- 
pulous,as well tilled,as fruitful! as JEgypt it would 
obferve all thofe motions of the fea,and from what caufe they proceed, 
from the Moon (as the Vulgar hold) or earth motion, which Galileus in 
t See M- Car-' 
penters Geo- 
graphy , 1T.2. 
capA/& Bern, 
Telejius lib. de 
mari. 
{hxerdt.s2. de 
marc motu can- 
fa invejligan- 
dr: prima re- 
ciprocations, 
fecunda varie- 
the fourth dialogue of his Syfteme of the world, fo eagerly proves,and 
firmly demonftrates, or winds, as * feme will. Why in that quiet Ocean 
of Zuryn mart pactficoyt is fcarce perceived,in our Britifi) Seas moft vio- 
lent,in the Mediterraneamnd Red Sea fo vehement,irregular,Bc diverfe? 
. Why the current in that Ocean fhould ftill be in feme places 
from, in fome again towards the North, and why they come fooner 
than go ? and fo from Moabar to Madagascar in that Indian Ocean, the 
Merchants come in three difculleth,they return fcarce 
in three moneths, with the fame or like windes : The continuall current 
tatis, tenia ce-' 
hritatt* quar- 
ta cejjitionif, 1 
quinta priva- , 
tionv, pacta 
enn’rarietatu. 
Pairitiw faith 
52 miles in 
heighth. 
t Lib. de expli- 
catione locorum 
j’Uhejn. Arir, 
is from Kafr to Weft. Whether Mount Athos, Pelion, Olympus, ojfa, Cd«- 
C4/W, Atlas5 be fo high as Pliny, Solinus, Mela relate, above Clouds, 
Meteors, a«r<e «ec ventzJpir that they that afeend 
dy fuddenly very often, the aire is fofubtile) 1250. paces high, accord- 
ingto that meafure of Dicearchus9 or 78. miles perpendicularly high, as 
jacobus & 4. expounding that place of Arijlotle about 
Mount Caucajus9 and as* Blanc anus the Jefuite contends out ohclavius 
1 & Nonius demonftrations de Crepuf:ulis:ov rather 3 2 ftadiums,as the moft 
received opinionis sor 4.miles, which the height of'no mountain doth 
Jiot. 
”u lib. 17. 
capjt deferip. 
occid. IrJ. , 
Yl' * 1 
x U’gd aln 
roc :r.t. 
* Geo.'. VTrne- 
rn*,A$vjf tan- 
ta edentate 
erv.mt v.vt qy 
abfmf- entUYy lit 
expedite equiti 
sdittim inter 
eludant. 
perpendicularly exceed, &. is equal to the greateft depths of the Sea,wch 
is, as Scaliger holds 158o.paces fixer. 38. others ico. paces. I would fee 
thofe inner parts there be any fuch great City of Ma- 
no a 9 or Eldorado in that golden Empire,wherethe high ways are as much 
beatcn(cne repcrts)as between Madril 6c Valedolit in Spain or any fuch 
Amazones as herelates,or gigantlcal Patagones in Chica 5 with that mira- 
culous jugufierniter in 
; amcenijpmaplanitiem &c.or that of Pariacacca fo high elevated in Peru. 
Ijc The pike cv Tenerif how high itis>7o.miles,oc 50.3* Patricius holds,or 
his Erotojihenesikethat ftrang*o>^/V4z><?^- kart. 2. Sed. 2. 
Digrejfion of Ay re. 
Memb.3. 
Jake in Carniola, whofc waters gulh fo fall: out of the ground, that they 
will overtake a fwift horfman, and by and by with as incredible celerity 
are flipped up: which Lazius &: Warnerus make an argument of the Argo- 
nautes fayling under ground. And that vaft den or hole called y Efmelien 
in Muf: ovia, cju<e vifitur horrendo hiatu, &c. which if any thing cafually 
fall immakes fuch a roaring noife,that no thunder,orordnancc,or warlike 
y Boiffrrdw ie 
Mag# cap. de 
PHapiis. 
a-j j j 
engin can make the like 5 fuch another is Gilhers Cave in Lapland, with 
many the like.l would examine the Cajpian Sea, Se fee where and how it 
exonerates it felf,after it hath taken in Volgti, Jaxares, Oxus, and thofe 
great the mouth of Oby,or where ?What vent the Mexican lake 
hath,the Titicacan in Perugov that circular pool in the vale of Terapeia.of 
which A cofi a 1.%.c.16.h0t in a cold country, the fpring of which boils up 
in the middle twenty foot fquare,and hath no vent but exhalation ; and 
that of Mare Mortuum in Falejiina, of Thrafumene, at Feruzium in Italy : 
the Mediterranean it felf .For from the Ocean, at the Straights of Gibral- 
there is a perpetuali current into the Levant, and fo likewife by the 
Thracian Bofphorus out of the black Sea,befides all thofe great 
rivers of Nilus,Padus, Rhodanus, See. how is this water confumed, by the 
Sun,qr otherwife? I would find out with Tra]ant\\o fountains of Danubi- 
us, of Ganges ,0 xus ,fee thofe EgyptianTyramidsfTrajansbndgc,Grotta de. 
Sybilla, Lucullus Fifh-ponds, the Temple of Nidrofe3 &c. And,if I could,! 
obferve what becomes of Swallowes,Storkes,Cranes,Cuckowes,Nightin- 
t z In camp# Ho- 
vicen.filum vi* 
funtvr in nivg, 
& vbimm ve- 
re, *jhte, au- 
tumno fe occul- 
-1 tant. Hermes 
Polit. U. juim 
Belliu<. 
p Statim ine- 
unte vere fyl- 
vaJhspunt eo- 
rum cantilem.i, 
Mnfcovit. 
comment. 
* J j J Jo 
gales,Pvedftarts,Bc many other kind of finging birds,water-fowls,Hawks, 
Stc.fome of them are onely Teen in fummer, fome in ob- 
ferved in thez fnow, and at no other times, each have their feafons. In 
winter not a bird is in Mufcovie to be fdund,but at the fpring in an inftant 
the woods and hedges are full of them, faith p Herbajiein : how comes it 
topafs } Do they deep in winter, like Gefncrs Alpine mice 5 or do they 
lie hid (asq Olaus affirmes)//? the bottome offtakes and rivers fpiritum con- 
tinentes }often fo found by Fijhermen in Poland and Scandia, two together, 
mouth to month, wing to wing--,& when the fpring comes they revive again, ■ 
or if they be brought into a Jiove, or to the fire fide. Or do they follow the < 
9 Immergunt fe 
> fluminibus, la- 
■ cubufq* per hy- 
e*em mam. 
<&c. 
t Carter afq% vo- 
lucres Fontum 
hyeme adveni- 
ente d nofhrk 
regiombut Eu- 
rope# trenfvo- 
lantes. 
* Survay of 
Cornwall. 
Sun,as Peter Martyr legat. Babylonica L2. manifeftly convids, out of his 
own knowledge : for when he Was Embaffadour in Egypt, he faw Swab 
lowes,Spanilh Rites,t and many fuch other European birds, in December 
and January very familiarly in great abundance, about Alex- 
andriagybi florid£ tunc arbores ac viridari a.Or lie hid in the caves,rocks, 
St hollow trees.as inofi: think, in deep Tin-mines or Sea-cliffes,zs *MtCa- 
r ?orro ciconia' 
quonam d loco 
veniant, qudfe 
1 conferant, in- 
compertum ad- 
huc, agmen ve- 
nientium, de* 
fcendemium. 
j—j i ' 
rew gives out } I conclude of them all, for my part, as * Munfler doth of 
Cranes and Storks: whence they come, whither they goe, incompertum 
adhuc, as yet we know not. We fee them here, fome. in fummer, fome 
winter : T heir coming and going is fure in the night : in the plaines of 
■dfiaff:aith he') the Storkes meet on fuch a fet day, he that comes laft is torn 
' ut gfmm ve- 
niffb cernimus 
t noUumis opi- 
, nor temporibus.' 
, In patentibus t 
4/far campis 
certo die con- 
gregant fe, eam1 
qu<f noviffime 
advenit lace- 
rant, inde av0« 
lant.Cofmog. 
1‘ 4-c’ 125. 
W' ommem. 
Mifcov. 
nHifiScotli* 
. j \ y — v J J —v j — — 7 
peeces, andfo they get them gon. Manyftrange places, iflhmi,Euripi, 
crcekcs, havens, promontories, ftraights, lakes, bathes, 
rocks, rnountaincs,places, and fields, where Cities have been ruined or 
lwallo\ved,battelsfought,creatures,Sea-monfters, Remorare..minerals, 
Vegetals,Zoophites w'ere fit to be conlidercd in fuch an cxpedition,and a- 
mongil the reft, that of m Harbaflein his Tartar lambe, n Heffor Boethius Parr. 2. Sed. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.g*. 
goof-bearing tree in the Orchades,to which Cardan lih.y .cap.36.de rerum 
varietat. fubferibes : o Vertomannus wonderfull pakne,that*fty in Hifpa- 
niola,that fhines like a torch in the night,that one may well fee to write; 
thofe fphericall ftones in Cuba which nature hath fo made,and thole like 
Birds, Beafts, Fifties, Crowns, Swords, Sawes, Pots, Bcc. u(ually#found 
in the metall-mincs in Saxony about Mans field f\n(k in Poland neer Nohow 
and Paluhieyis f Munficr and others relate. Many rare creatures and no- 
velties each part of the world affords: amongft the reft, I would know 
t for a certain whether there be any fuch men, as Leo Suavius in his com- 
ment on Paracelfusde fanit.tucnd. and * Gaguinns records in his deferip- 
oVertomaitnuf. , 
mcn- 
tioneth a tree t 
that bears ] 
fruits to cat, • 
woodtoburn,J 
bark to make; 
ropes, wine i 
and water to , 
drink,oyl and ' 
fugar, and ] 
leaves astiks 
to cover hou- 
fes, flowers , 
for clothes, 
&c. 
* Animal infe- 
Bum f.ujko, ut 
quis legere vel 
fen here pojjh 
fine alterius ope 
luminis. 
4 Cofmog.lihx. 
cap. 435.& lib, 
3. cap. 1. habent 
all.if d natura 
formatas d ter- 
ra extrcBas, 
fmilas illis d 
figula faBis, 
coronas,pifers, 
aves, & omnes 
animantium 
Jfjedes. 
* Vtfolent hi- 
rundines tpr 
vanec pra fri- 
goris magnitu- 
dine mori, & 
pejiea redemte 
vere 24. Apri- 
lis revivifeere. 
t Vid. Vereri- 
um in Geu. 
Cor. d Lapide, 
alifis. 
tion of Mufcovie, that in Lucomoria, a Province in Rujjiafiie fafi ajleep as 
dead all winter, from the 27. of November, Ukf frogges andfwal/owes, be~ 
nfimcd with cold,but about the T/\..of April in the Spring they revive again, 
and go about their hujtnefs, 1 wouldexamine that demonftration of Alex- 
ander Picolomineus, whether the earths fuperficies be bigger than the 
Teass or that of Archimedes be true, the fuperficies of all water is even > 
■ Search, the depth, and fee that variety of Sea-monfters and fifties. Mare- 
maids, Sea-men, Horfes, Bcc. which it affords. Or whether that be true 
.which Jar darius Brums fcoffes at, that if God did not detain it, thp Sea 
would over-flow the earth by reafon of his higher fite, and which Jofe~ 
phus Blanc amts the Jefuite in his interpretation on thofe mathematical! 
places of Arijiot/f,fooliflily fearessand in a juft trad proves by many cir- 
cumftances, that in time the Sea will wafte away the land, and all the 
globe of the earth (hall be covered with Rifum teneatis amici? 
what the fea takes away in one place it addes in another. Me thinkes he 
might rather fufped the Sea fhould in time be filled by land, trees grow 
, up, carcaffes, Bcc. that all-devouring fire, omnia'devorans & confumens, 
will fooner cover and dry up the vaft Ocean with fand and allies.! would 
examine the true feat of that terreftriall t Paradife,and where Ophir was 
whence Solomon did fetch his gold $ from Peruana, which fome fuppofe, 
or that Attria Cherfonefus,as Dominicus Niger, Arias Montana*,Goropius, 
and others will. 1 would cenfure all Vlinies, Selinus, Strabos, St John 
Mandevils, Olaus Magnus, Marcus Polufi lyes, corred thofe errors in na- 
vigation, reforme Cofmographicall Charter, and redifie longitudes, if 
it were poffible 5 not by the Compafs, as fome dream, with 
in his-treatife of magneticall bodies, cap.43. for as Cabeus magnet.philof.> 
lib.%. cap.4.fuHy refolves, there is no hope thence, yet I would pblerve 
fome better meanest© find them out. 
I would have a convenient place to goc down with Orpheus, Vlyffes, 
Hercules Menippus ,at St .Patricks Purgatory,at Trophonius den, 
Hecla in Jjlandr&tna in Sicily, to defeend 8c fee what is done in the bow- 
pjf’ Necyo- 
mantia Tom. 2, 
els of the earth, do ftones and inetalls grow there ftill ? howr come firre 
trees to be t digged out from tops of hills,as in our moffes,Bc marifties all 
over Europe ? How come they to dig up fifli bones, fhcUs, beams, iron- 
works, many fa themes under ground,Bc anchors in mountains far remote 
from all Teas. * Anno 1460, at Berna in Suitzerland 50. fathom deep a 
Imp was dig’d out of a mountain, where they got metall ore, in which 
1 
+ Bracaflorius ( 
lib. defimp. 
Georgius Me- 
rula lib. de 
mm. 
Julius Billius. 
* slmlem, Ortelius, Brachiis centmfvh terra repma efi, in qua qmdraginta So cadavera ititrm. Anchor*, ftc. Part.2. Sed.2. 
Digrejjion of Ay re. 
Memo.3 
were 48. care all cs of men,w it bother merchandife. That fuch things are 
ordinarily found in tops of hils, Arifflotle infinuates in his meteors,f PFm~ 
ponius Mela in his firff book,c.de Numidia,& familiarly in the Alpes, faith 
'kßlancdnus thejefuite,thelike is to be feen.-Came this from earth quakes, 
or from Noahs floud,as Chriftians fuppofe, or is there a vicillitude of Sea 
Sc land,asAnaximenes held of old, the mountaines of Thejfaly would be- 
come Seas, and Seas again Mountaines? The whole world belike fhould 
i' Pipes fa con- 
chas in monti- 
bus ssperiun- 
tur. 
* Üb. ds loch 
Mithemati 
Arijlot. 
be new moulded, when it Teemed good to thole ail-commanding Pow- 
ers,% turned infide out,as we do hay-cocks in Harveft, top to bottom, or 
bottom to top:or as we turnupples to the fire, move the world upon his 
which is under the Voles now3fhould be tranflated to the M* 
quinoUial/,and that which is under the torrid Zond to the Circle Artique 
and Ant artique another while. Sc fo be reciprocally warmed by the Sun : 
or if the worlds be infinite, & every fixed ffar a Sun, with his compelling 
PJanets(as Brunus and Campanella conclude)caft three or four worlds in- 
to one .5 or elfe of one old world make three or four new, as it (hall feem 
to them bcft.To proceed-if the earth be 21500.miles in fCompals,its Dia 
meter is 7000.from us to our Antipodes,and what lhall be comprehended 
in all that fpace ? W hat is the Center of the'earth > is it pure element on- 
ly, as Artflotle decrees., inhabited (as1 Paracelfus thinks) with creatures, 
whofe Chaos is the earth :or with Fairiex,as the woods and waters ( ac- 
cording to him)arc with Nymphes,or as the Aire with Spirits} Dionifio do- 
rus, a Mathematician in u Pliny, that fent a letter ad fuperos after he was' 
deadjfrom the Center of the earth,to fignifie what diftance the fame cen-1 
ter was from the (uperficiesob the Came,viz.42ooo. ftadiumsymeht have; 
1/Orplain, as 
Patricius 
holds, which 
Aujlin, L.uBan~ 
tins, and fortg 
others, held of/ 
old as round 
as a trencher, 
t Li.de Zilphia 
& figmsi*, 
they pene- 
trate the earth 
as we do the 
-w - —a j j j 1 . .a ■ jo 
done well to have latisfied all thefe doubts. Or is it the place of hell, as 
VirgiTm his Mneides,Plato,Lucian,Dantes,OiV\d.oxhcrs poetically deferibe 
jt,and as many ofourDivincsthink?lngood earneft, Anthony Rufca, one 
of the focicty of that Ambrofian Colledge in Millan9 in his great volume 
cle Inferno lib. I. cap. 47. is ftiffe in this tenent, *tis a corporeall fire tow3 
he there difputes.Whatfoever Philofophers *Suri- 
vfjthere he certain monthes of hdl,and places appointed for the punifbment 
of mens fouls,as at Hecla in Ifla nd,where the ghojis of dead men are famili- 
s aire‘ 
nLib.2. C.112- 
- x Commentar, 
ad annum 
[ 1537- siac- 
' quid dicunt 
> Philofophi, 
. qnadam funt 
Tartari ojiia, 
et loca punien- 
■ d# anima de. 
f wta, ut Ms-, 
da mom, (&c. 
’ übi mortvorum 
Jfintus vifun- 
tnr,&s„ voluit 
Feus extars 
“ talia loca, ut 
digant mart a ■ 
les. 
y 'Coi mifera- 
bilss ejulanti- 
um voces audi- 
untur, gtif au- 
ditoribm Lor- 
roremincutimt 
baud viilfi- 
rem, <&c. 
hi cenj <£> fometimes talhjvith the living:Godwould have fuch vijible pla- 
ces,! hat mortal men might be certainly informed! hat there be fuch punifig- 
ments after death,& learn hence to fear God.Kranzim daii.hiji.hb.'Z.cap. 
24.(ublcribes to this opinion of Surius, fo doth Colerus cap. 12.lib.de im~ 
Mortal.animeefovx of the authority belike of St.Gregory,Durand, and the 
teftof the Schoolmen, who derive as much from Mina in Sicily, Lypara, 
JyJ y £ J 
Hyera, and thole fulpbureous Vulcanian Hands) making Terra del Fuego, 
and thdfe frequent Vul canes in America* of which Acofia 24. that 
Fearful! mount Heckjchirg in Norway, an efpcciall argument to prove it, 
J where lament ablefcvreeches & bowlings are continually heard,which Jtrikg 
at err our to the Auditors j fiery chariots are commonly f*en to bring in the 
fouls of men in the lihgnejs of crows, and devils ordinarily goc in and out. 
Such another proofe is that place necr the Pyramides in Egypt0 by Cairo, 
as well to confirme this as thcrcTurredion, mentioned by » Kornmanmiy 
mirac. wort. lib. i. cap. 38. Camerarius oper.fuc. cap. 37. Bredenhachins 
premier, fanU. and foine others, where once ayecre dead bodies arije about 
Z Escfepulf 
chvx apparent 
Ttisrfs Mm{oy 
' <& nirfafcub 
tsrramje ab- 
Jcondum, &£<- Part. 2. Seel. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Me mb. 3. 
March,an drcalk,& after a while hide themfelves again: thou finds of people 
come yearly to fee them. But thefe and fuchlike teffimonies others reje£t,as 
faSlcs, illufions offpirits, and they will have no fuch locall known place, 
more than Styx or Phlegeton, <;flute's Court, orthatppeticall Infernus, 
where Homers foul was keen hanging on a tree,Bcc. to which they ferried 
over in Charonshont,ox went down at Hermi one in Greece,com pendi aria ad 
inferos via,which is the fhorteft cut,quia nullu a mortuis naulum eo loci ex- 
pofcunt,(f‘A\th*Gerbelius'j and befides there were no fees to be paid. Well 
then,is it Hell,or Purgatory,as Bellar mi newest Limbus patrum, as Galiucius 
will,& as Rufca will(for they have made maps of it) *> or Ignatius parler ? 
Virgil, fometimes Bifhop of Salt burg fas Aventinus Anno 745. relates) by 
Eonifacius Bifhop of'Mentz, was therefore called in queftion, becaufc he 
a Defcript. j 
Gr<ee. lib.6. de 
P elop. 
b Conclave Jg- 
natii. 
J £ X a 
held which they made a doubt whether Chrift died for) and 
fo by that means took away the feat of Hell, or fo contrafted it, that it 
could bear no proportion to Heaven,ckcontradi&ed that opinion of Au~ 
ftin,Bajil,Laffantius,that held the earth round as a trencher(whom Aco* 
fta and common experience more largely confutp) but not as a ball 5 and 
Jcrufalem where Chrift died the middle of it 5 or Delos, as the fabulous 
€ recks fained,bccaufe when Jupiter let two Eagles loofe,to fly from the 
worlds ends Eaft & Weft,they met at Delos .But that fcruple of Bp ui fa cuts 
is now quite taken away by our latter Ribera incap.\\. 
Ap oca lypf wi I have Hcl a material 8c locall fire in the center of the earth, 
200. Itali an miles in diameter,as he defines it out of thofe words. Exivit 
fanguk de terra —per ft adi amide fex cent a,&c.But Lejjitts lib. 13 .de mori- 
bus divinis cap. 24.wi1l have this local hell far lefs,one Dutch mije in Dia- 
meter,all filled with fire and brimffone;becaufe,as he there demonff rates, 
that fpace Cubically multiplyed, will make a Sphere able to hold eight 
hundred thoufand millions of damned bodies (allowing each body fix 
foot fquare ) which will abundantly fuiticc} Cum certum ft,inquit, fa&a 
c 3Jeliu* dubi~ j 
tare dr occul- J 
tit, quam liti- ; 
gare ds in:ev- . 
tii, übi flam 
na inferni, & C. 
d See Dr .Ray- 
noUs pra ldl. 
55, in Apoc. 
e As they 
come from 
fubduffione,non futuros centies mille milii ones damnandorn.Bfl\t if it be no 
materiali fire ( as Sio-Thomas, Bonayenture, Soncinas,Vofeitts, and others 
argue)it may be there or elfewherc,as Keckflrman disputes SyJiem.TheoL 
for fure fomewhere it i s,certum eft alicubi,etf definitus circulus non ajjig- 
nctur.l will end the controverfie in cAuftins wor ds:Eettcr doubt of things 
concealed,! han to contend about uncertainties,where Abrahams bofome is, 
and hellfire : d Vix a manjuetis, a contentiofis nunquam invenitur fcarce 
the meek, the contentious fhall never finde. If it be folid earth, ’tis the 
the bei* io 
they return to 
the Sea again 
by fccret_ paf- 
Ugcs, as in all 
likelihood 
the Cajfian 
6ca vents it 
fclf into the 
Euxina or 0- 
cean. 
( Seneca qu <JI. 
lib.cap. 3,4, 5j 
6,7,8,p,t0, 
U, i 2 decau- 
Jts aquarum 
perpetui/. 
fountain of metals, waters, which by his innate temper turns Aire into 
water, which fprings up in feverall chinks, to moiften the earths fuperfi- 
cics.Sc that in a tenfold proportion(as Ariftotlc holds)or elfe thefe foun- 
tains come dircdtly from the fca, byefecret paflages, and fo made frelli 
- gain, by running through the bowels of the earth * and are either thick, 
thin, hot, cold, as the matter or minerals arc by which they pafs; or as 
Peter .Martyr Ocean. Decad.lib.y.and Tome others hold,from f abundance 
of rain that fals, or from that ambient heat and cold, which alters 
;• that inward heat, and fo per confe quests the generation of waters. Or 
” clfeit may DC full ofwindc, or afulphureous innate fire, as our Meteo- 
rologies enform us, which fometimes breaking out, cauferh thofe hor- 
rible Earth -quakes,whieh arc fo frequent in thefe dayes in Japan, china.  2. Seel. 2. 
Digrejjion of Ayr e. 
Memb.3. 
and oftentimes fwallow up whole Cities. Let Lucians Menippus confult 
with or aske of Tirefias, if you will not beleeve Philofophers, he fhall 
deare all your doubts when he makes afecond voyage. 
In the mean time let us conflder of that which is fub dio, and finde out 
* Ini* nec pul- 
los hirundines 
excludunt, neqi 
a true caufe,ifit be poflible,of fuch accidents,Meteors,alterations,as hap- 
pen above ground. Whence proceed that variety of manners, and a di- 
iiind ebarafterfas it were)to feveral nations? Some are wife,fubtii,witty 5 
others duli,fad and heavysfome big, forne little,as Tully de Fato, Plato in 
TiniseOyVegetiusand Bodine proves at cap4s. fome foft, and 
lome hardy, barbarous, civill, black, dun,'white, is it from the aire,from 
the foyle,influence of ftars,or fome other fecret caufe ? Why doth Africa 
fac. 
FTh.Ravennae 
lib.de vit.hom. 
pYrtrog.ca.uk. 
x At Quito in 
Peru. Plus auri 
quam tsrr* fo. 
ditur in aurifo- 
dina. 
y Ad Caput bo- 
breed fo many venemous beams non & Athens Owles,Ovet none ? 
A Why hath Daulk and Thebes no Swallowes(fo Paufanias informeth us) 
as wel as the reft of lthaca no Hares, Pontus Afles9&yf£i4:Swine? 
whence come this variety of complexions, colours, plants, birds, beafts, 
x metals,pecnliar almoft to every place > Why fo many thoufand ftrange 
birds and beafts proper to America alone,as Acofia demands Üb.cp.cap.7j6. 
Were they created in the fix dayes, or ever in Noahs Arke ? if there, why 
' n* fiei incol* 
I fimt nigerrimi: 
t Si fo I caufa,cur 
non Hifjoani fa 
Hali *q% nigri, 
in eade latitudi- 
ne,aqi diftantes 
ab 
hi ad Auflrum, 
Illi ad Boream * 
qui fub Presby- 
tero Johan, ha- 
bitant fubfufei 
funt,in Zeilan 
fat Malabar ni- 
are they not difperfed & found in other countriesHt is a thing(fakh he)! 
bath long held me in fufpcncc 5 no Greeks) Latine, Hebrew ever heard of i 
them before, and yet as differing from our European animals, as an egge1 
and a chcfnut* and which is more, kine,horfes,(heep,&c. till the spani~\ 
*rds brought them were never heard of in thofe parts } How comes it to 
pafs, that in the fame fite, in one Latitude, to fuch as are Peri oeci, there 
Ibould be fuch difference of foyle, complexion, colour, metall, airc, &c. 
1 diflan- 
„tes <tb ZEquato- 
’ re,eddemq; catli 
paralleloxfeih.ee 
1 he Spaniards are white, and fo are Italians, when as the Inhabitants a- 
bout y Caput bonce arc Blackmores, and yet both alike diftant from 
the Equator: nay, they that dwell in the fame parallel line with thefe 
as about the Straights osMagellan-, are white coloured, and yet 
fome in Presbyter Johns country in JEthiopia arc dun j they in Zeilan and 
Malabar parallel with them again black : Manamotapa in Africk, and St. 
Thomas- Jfle are extreme hut, both under the line, cole black their Inha- 
bitants,whereas in Tern they arc quite oppolite in co!or,very temperate, 
. tnagii mirari 
quit pojjityin to- 
-1 ta America nuf« 
qua nigros infe- 
. niri,pr ter pau- 
COS in loco Qua- 
renoiU» dihbt 
qu* huju.< colo- 
r* caufa effei- 
ens, cali ve an 
ten* qualitas. 
or rather yet both alike elevated.in 53 degrees of latitude 
extreme cold, as thofe Northern countries ufually are, having one per- 
petual] hard froft all winter long:and in 52.degdat.fometimcs hard froft 
and fnow all fammer,as in Buttons Bay, <kc. or by fits5 and yet2 England 
neer the fame Latitude, and ireUndjrery moift,warmc,and more tempe- 
rate in Winter than Spain, or France. Is it the fea that caufeth this 
difference, and the Aire that comes from it: Why then is * ifier fo cold 
an foil proprie- 
taf, aut ipferunt 
homini innate 
ratio,automnia> 
Orteliu* in A• 
pica Theat, 
2 Regio quoci- 
yue anni tempo- 
re temperatljjt- 
ma.Ortel. Mul- 
ttecr the & all Thrace frigidas regiones Maginus 
calls them, and yet their latitude is but 42. which fhould be hot;h ££uc- 
viragoi Nova Albion in America^bordering on the fea,was fo cold in July, 
that our ? Englishmen could hardly endure it. At Noremberga in 45. iat. 
all the Tea is frozen Ice, and yet in a more Southern latitude than ours. 
■ tas Gait* & 
Itali* Regio- 
nes, molli lepo- 
re, & benigna 
quadi temperii 
profs* antecel- 
lit, Jovi. 
and thclfland of CamhriallColchoS) which that noble Gen- 
t.e,l^an Mr Vaughan^or Orpheu* jf#»/<?r,defcriDes in his Golden Fleece,is in 
the fame latitude with little Britaine in France, and yet their winter be- 
gins not till January, their fpring till May } which fenrch he accounts 
a j)s, 
mbii. 
b Qitrvira 
lat. 40. 
c ln Sir Fra. 
Dradgsv oiagcv Parr. 2. Sell. 2. 
Cure of'Melancholy. 
Me mb. 5. 
worthy of an Allrologer; is this from the Eafterly winds, or melting of 
ice and fnow difiolved within the circle Artick 5 or that the aire being 
thick, is longer before it be warm by the Sun beams, and once heated 
* Lanjtut orat. 
emtra Huvga- 
ros. 
like an oven will keep it felf from cold ? Our Climes breed lice,* Hunga- 
ry and Ireland male audiunt in this kinde, come to the Azores, by a Secret 
vertue of that aire they are inllantly confumed,6c all our European ver- 
mine almofl, faith Ortelius, Egypt is watted with Nilus not far from the 
fea, and yet there it feldome or never rains: Rhodes Hand of the fame 
nature,yeelds not a cloud,and yet our Hands ever dropping and inclining 
to rain. The Atlantic!^.Ocean is dill fubjecl to dorms, but in Del Zur, or 
Mari pacifico, feldome or never any. Is it from Topick (tars,apertio por- 
tarum, in the Dodecotemories or conftcllations, the Moons manfions, 
fuch afpeefs of Planets , fuch winds, or dillblving ayre, or thick ayre, 
which caufeth this and the like differences of heat and cold? Bo din re- 
d Lifbon. lat. 
38. 
e J)ant%ickjat' 
lates of a Portugal Embaffadour, that coming from d Lisbon to e Dant- 
zickjn Spruce, found greater heat there than at any time at home. Don 
Caret a de Sylva,Legat to Philip at Spahan in Per- 
ft a 1619. in his letter to the Marauds of mention of grea- 
J A i J 
ter cold in Spahan, whole lat. is 31. gr. than ever he felt in Spain, or any 
part of Europe.The torrid Zone was by our predeceilors held to be inha- 
bitable,but by our modern travelers found to be moll temperate,bedew- 
ed-with frequent rains, and moiftning Showers, the Brijpt and cooling 
* J)e nat. novi 
orb# liba. cap. 
p. SuaviJJmUf 
omnium locus, 
&c. 
blafts in fome parts, dcfcribes,moft pleafant and fertile. Arica 
in Chili is by report one of the fweetcfl places that ever the Sun fumed 
on, Olympus terree, an heaven on earth;how incomparably do fome extoll 
Mexico in Nova HiJj>ania,Peru,Braftle?&c.m(ome again hard.dry, Tandy, 
barren,a very Defert, and Hill in the fame latitude. Many times we finde 
great diverfity of airc in the fame f country, by reafon of the fite to leas, 
hills, or dales, want of water,nature of foil, and the like : as in Spain Ar- 
rago»is afiera e&Jtcca,harfii and evill is dry, Tan- 
dy, barren moll part, extreme hot by reafon of his plains, Andaluzia 
another Paradife, Valence ex moll plcafant airc, and continually green 3 
fo is it about SGranado, on the one fide fertile plains,on the other, conti- 
nual! fnow to be fecn all Summer long on the hill tops.That their houfes 
in the Alpes are three quarters of the year covered with fnow, who 
knows not ? That Tener iff a is fo cold at the top, extreme hot at the bot- 
/Thc fame va- 
riety of wea- 
ther Lod.Gutc- 
ciaydine ob- 
ferves be- 
twixt Liege 
and Ajaee not 
far diflant, de- 
feript. Belg. 
g Mctgin. 
duf. 
tome 5 Mons Atlas in Afric4, Libanus in Palejlina,w\th many inch J ant os 
inter ardores fidos nivibus,* Tacitus calls them, and Radzivilus epifi. 2. 
fol.27.yeelds it to be far hotter there than in any part of Italy : ’tis true 5 
but they are highly elevated,near the middle Region, fk therefore cold, 
ob paucamfiolarium radiorum refraffienemyxi Serrarius anfwers,com.in 3. 
cap.yfua quaft.37. In the heat of fuminer,in the Kings 
Palace in Efcuria/l the aireismoft temperate, by reafon of acoldblaft- 
which comes from the fnowie mountains of Sierra de Cadar ama hard by, 
when as in Toledo it is very hot : fo in all other countries. The caufes of 
thefe alterations are commonly by reafon of their nearnefs (I fay) to the 
middle Region : but this diverfity of airc, in places equally fte,eievatcd 
and diftant from the Pole, can hardly be fimsfied with that diverfity of 
Plants, Birds, Bealls, which is fo familiar with us : with Indians, every 
* rail, lih. 5.  Sed. 2. 
Digrejfion of Ayre. 
Memb.3 * 
where, the Sun is equally diftant,the fame vertical! ftars,the fame irradi- 
ation,; ui Planets, Afpedfs alike, the fame nearnefs of Teas, the fame fu- 
.perficics,the fame foyl,or not much different. Under the Equator it felf, 
amongft the Sierra' as Acofta contend, 
there is tam mirahdis & inopinata varietas, fuch Variety of weather, ut 
men to exerceat ingenia, that no Philofophy can yet finde out the true 
cauie of it. When I confider how temperate it is in one place,faith f Aco- 
fla^within the Tropick of Capricornus about La-plate:‘dnd yet hard by at 
Fotofa, in that fame altitude,mountaincus alike, extreme cold 5 extreme; 
hot in BraJdeySic. Wc e£fl,faith Acoflarfhilofophiam Ariftotelk metereolo- 
■gicam vehementer irriji, &c. when the Sun comes neereft to them, 
* Lib.n.cap.j, 
t Lib-2. cap.p. 
Cur Fotofa 
Plata, urks in 
tam temi in- 
tervallo, utraq°, 
niontopaj&c. 
they have great tempefts, ftorms, thunder and lightning, great ftore of 
rain, (how : and the fouleft weather when the Sun is verticali, their ri- 
vers over-flow, the morning fair and hot, noon-day cold and moift; all 
which is oppofite to us.How comes it to pafs ? Scaliger poetices /.3. c.16. 
difeourfeth thus of this fubjedt. How comes, or wherefore is this temera- 
ria fy derum difpofitioyhisxdfti placing of Stars,or as Epicurus wiW^fortui- 
ta, or accidentali ? Why are fome big,fpme little, why are they fo confu- 
fedly, unequally fite in the heavens, and fet fo much out of order } In all 
other things Nature is equal J,proportionable,and conftamythere be jufie 
dimen partium difpopioyxs in the fabrick of man,his eys, 
ears, nofe, fajMfembers are correfpondent, cur non idem ccdo opere om- 
nium pulcherrimi Why are the heavens fo irregular,neque paribus molt- 
paribus intcrvaUtsywhcncG. is this difference ? Diverfos (he con- 
locorn Genios ,to make diverfity of countries, foils,maners, 
cuftoms,charadfers & conftitutions among us,«£ quantum vicinia adcha- 
ritatem dijirabant ad pcrnictemysxxd fo by this means fluvio 
vel monte diftintti flunt dijjimiles, the fame places almoftfhall bediftin- 
guifhed in maners. But this reafon is weak & moft unfufficient.The fixed 
ftars are removed fince Ptolomies time 26. gr. from the firft of Aries, and 
if the earth be immoveable, as their fite varies, fo fhould countries vary, 
and divers alterations would follow.Butthis we perceive notjas in Tullies 
time with us in vifu fcedu.et in quo facile gener antur nubes, 
t&c.Yis idftill.Wherefore Bodine Theat.nat, lib,2, and fome others, will 
have al l thefe alterations and effedfs immediately to proceed from thofe 
Genii2 Spirits, Angels, which rule and domineer in feverall places 5 they 
caufeftorms,thunder,lightning,earthquakes,ruins,tcmpefts,greatwinds, 
floods, Bcc. the Philofophers of Conimbra, will refer this diverfity to the 
influence of that Empirean Heaven : for fome fay the Exentricity of the 
Sun is come neerer to the earth than in Ptolomies time, the vertue there- 
tore of all the vegetals is decayed, h men grow lefs, See. There are that 
obferve new motions of the Heavens,new ftars, palantia fydera, Comets, 
Clouds,call them what you will,likethofe Medecean, Burhonian, Auftri 
: H Terra mbs 
homines ntmc 
educat itq% pu* 
Jfllos. . 
planets lately detected, which do not decay, but come and go, rife 
higher and lower, hide and (hew themfelves amongft the fixed ftars, a- 
mongft the Planets, above 8c beneath the Moon,at fet times, now neerer, 
now farther ofF,together,afunderjas he that plaies upon a Sagbut by pul- 
ling it up and down alters his tones and tunes, do they their Rations and 
piaces, though,to us and from thole motions proceed (as 
they conceivehdivers alterations.Clavius conjectures otherwife,but they Cure of Melancholy 
Mcmb.3. 
Part. 2. Se£t. 2. 
be but con jectures. About Ddmafcus in Cceli-Syria is a 1 Paradifc,by rea- 
fon of the plenty of waters, in promptu caufa ejijk the Defarts of Arabia 
1 S.av-1.1. c.5. 
barrcn,becaufe of rockes,rolling feas of fands, and dry mountaines, quod 
inaquofa({d\x.h. habens afpcros,faxofos,pr red piles, hor- 
roris & mortis fpeciem pr<e fe ferentes, uninhabitable therefore of men, 
birds, beafts,voidof all greeli trees,plants and fruits, a vaft rocky horrid 
wildernefs,which by no art can be manured,’tis evident. Bohemia is cold, 
for that it lies all along to the North.Butwhy {hould it be (o hot in Egypt, 
or there never rain ? Why (hould thofc k Eteftan 6c North-Eaftcm winds 
blow continually and conftantly folong together, in fome places, at fet 
timcs,oneway ftilLinthe dog-dayesonly : here perpetual drought,there 
k Strabo. 
I As under the 
/Equator in 
many parts, 
fliowrcs here 
at fuch a time, 
winds at fuch 
a time, 
the. 'Arife they 
call it. 
mFord. Corte- 
fiu< lib. >hvm 
aJ0o,# j XX o J 
droppir g fhowres,hcrc foggy mifts, there a pleafant Aire here 1 terrible 
thunder and lightning, at fuch let feafons, here frozen Teas all the year, 
there open in the fame latitude,to the reft no fuch thing,nay quite oppo- 
litc is to be found? Sometimes, (as in on the one lide of the moun- 
taines it is hot, on the other cold, here (now, there winde, with infinite 
inch. Fromundus in his Meteors will cxcufe or falve all this by the Suns 
motion,but when there is fuch diyerfity to fuch as Period,or very neare 
fite, how can that pofindn hold ? 
orbi'i infoipt. 
n iMpidalum 
eji. Livic. 
* Cofmog. U. 4* 
ca.22.Fit tem- 
psfiatibfff deci- 
dunt e nubibui 
feculent#, de- 
pajcunturf, 
more 
rum omnia vi- 
Who can give a reafon of this diver fit y of Meteors, that k (hould rain 
n Stones, Frogs, Mice, See. Rats, which they-call Lemmefp|n Norway, and 
are manifeftly obferved ( as kMunfier writes ) by the «Bfetants, to de- 
feend and fall with fome feculent fhqwres,and like fo Locufts,con- 
fume all that is green. Leo Afer fpeaksas much of Locuft£, about Fez in 
Barbary there be infinite fwarmes in their fields upon a fudden.-fo at Arles 
in France 1555. the like happened by the fame mifchief,all their grafs 6c 
fruits were devoured,magna incolarum admiratione & con(lernatione(yxs 
YS'M U7. 
f fiorf.Gemal. 
An a terra fur- ‘ 
fum rapiuntur ' 
d folo itevumg', 
cum pluvi# 
7 
fac. 
* Tam omiv.o- 
pw pro ventw 
in naturales 
caufts refeni 
■vis potefh 
* Cofmeg. c.6. 
Valleriola ohfer.med.lib. I.obfer. 1 .relates)^/*fubita obumbrabant,&c.he 
concludes, fit could not be from naturali caufes, they cannot imagine 
whence they come,but from heaven.Are thefe and fuch creatures, corn, 
wood,ftones, worms, wooll, blood,&c. lifted up into the middle Region 
by the Sun beams,as *Baracellus the Phyfitian difputes,and thence let fall 
with fhowres, or there ingehdred } * Cornelius Gemma is of that opinion, 
they are there conceived by celeftiall influencesrothers fuppofe they arc 
immediately from God,or prodigies railed by art and illuftons of fpirits, 
which arc Princes of the ayre f to whom Bodin lib. 2. Theat. Nat. fub- 
fcribcs.ln finc,of Meteors in gcncrall, Ariftotles reafons are exploded by 
Ber nardinus Tele [tun, by Taracelfus his Principles confuted, 6c other cau- 
Fes affigned, Sal, Sulphur, Mercury, in which his DifcipJes are fo expert, 
that they can alter Elements, and feparate at their pleafure,make perpe- 
tuali motions,not as Cardan,TaJneir,Peregrinus,hy fome magnetical ver- 
tuesbut by mixture of elements j imitate thunder, like fnow* 
hail,the feas ebbing Sc flowing,give life to creatures(as they fay)without 
generatioajand what not}P.Nonius Salucienftsjk. Kepler take upon them 
to demonftrate,that no Meteors, Clouds, Foggcs, ° Vapors, arife higher 
than 5° or all the reft to be purer aire or Element of fire: 
■ which PCardanfe Tycho, ana *John vena manifeftly confute by refractions, 
and many other arguments,there is no fuch element of fire at all.lf as Ty- 
cho proves,the Moon be diftant from us 50.and 60. Semidiameters of the 
earth : and as Peter Nonius will have it, the aire be fo anguft, what pro- 
o Cardan faith 
vapours rife 
288. miles 
from the 
earth, Lrjtofi- 
henes 48mlles. 
p J)efubtiU.2. 
qln progym. 
turf. 
t Pr<tfat. ad 
Buclid. Catop. Fait. 2. Sect. 2. 
D igrejjion of Ay re * 
Memb.3 
portion is there betwixt the other three Elements and it? to what ufe 
ferves it ? is it full of fpirits which inhabit it, as the Paracel fans and Pla- 
tonijis hold,the higher the more noble,f full of birds, or a meet vacuum 
to no purpofe?Tt is much controverted betwixt Tycho Brahe and Chrijio- 
pher Rotman the Lantfgrave of Hajfia s Mathematician, in their Aftrono- 
micall Epiftles, whether it be the fame Diaphanum, clcernefs, matter of 
aire and heavens,or two diftinft Ettenc.es} Chr iji op her Rotman,John Pena, 
Jordanus Brunits, with many other late Matheinaticians,contend it is the 
fame, and one'matter throughout, having that the higher the purer it 
is,and morcfubtile*,as they finde by experience in the topoffome hills in 
* America'-, if a man afeend, he faints infbntly for want of thicker ayre to! 
refrigerate the heart. Aeofia l.^.cf.calls this mountain Per/acaca in Peru, 
it makes men caft and vomit, he faith, that climb it, as fome other of 
! f lVfanucodia- 
• (Birds that 
live continu- 
. ally in the 
Ayre, and arc 
never feen on 
ground but 
dead : See 
Vlyjfet Alderd- 
vand.OrnithoL 
Seal, exerc. 
cap. 229. 
* Laet.defcripi 
■ Amer, 
thofe Andes do in the defarts of cbila for 50oduiles together,and for ex- 
tremity of cold to lofe their fingers and toes.Tycho will have two diftincf 
matters of Heaven and Ayre, but to fay truth,with forne finall qualiflca- 
tion,thcy have one 6c the felf fame opinion about the Eflence and matter 
ofHeavens 5 that it is not hard and impenetrable, as Peripateticas hold, 
tran(parent,of a quinta ejj'entia f but that it is penetrable & foft as theayre 
it felf is,& that the Planets move in it,as Birds in the aire,Fifies inthefea. 
This they prove by motion ofComets,and otherwife (though Claremen- ■ 
tins in his Anfitycho ftiffiy oppofe) which are not generated, as Ariftotle 
teacherh,in the aeriall Region,of a hot and dry exhalation,and fo confu-i 
medibut as Anaxagoras and Democritus held of old,of a celeftiall matter:1 
and as*Fycho,*EliJeus,RceJhn,Thaddeus,lHaggcfus, Pena,Rotman, Fracaf 
fionns, demonftratc by their progrefs, parallaxesjcefradions, motions of 
,t BpijiM.i.pi 
, 83. Ex quibus 
’ inflat needi- 
vet-fa afrit <& 
atheru diapha- 
, naCfe, nsc re- 
' fraßionss ali- 
• unde qwkm d 
craffo afre cau- 
fari- -Non du- 
'ya am impel-1 
- via, fed liqui- 
[ da, fubtiUt,mo- 
tuiq\ Planeta- 
■ rum facili ce- 
dens. 
u In Progymu. 
lib.2. exemptu 
quinq;, 
x Jn Theoria 
nova Met. ox* 
leftium 1578. 
* Epit. Aflron. 
lib. 4. 
V Multa fani 
Fine, confequun- 
the PJanetSjWhich enterfeire and cut one anothers orbs, now higher,and 
then lower, as cT amongft the reft, which fbmetimes, as * Kepler con- 
firms by his own, and Tycho’s-accurate obfervations, comes nearer the 
earth than the ®, and is again eftfoons aloft in Jupiters y other 
fufikient reafons, far above the Moon; exploding in the mean time that < 
element of fire, thofe fictitious fir ft watry movers, thofe Heavens I mean : 
above the Firmament,which lmola,Patricius, Sc many 
of the Fathers affirm, thofe inonftrous Orbcs of Ecccntricks, and Ecccn- 
tre Epicycles deferentes.Which howfoever VtQlomy,Alhafen,Vitellio,Vur-. 
bachius,Maginus.jClavius.Sc many of their aftbeiates ftilily maintain to be I 
reallorbcs,cxcei#rick,concentrick,circlesa;quant,6cc. are abfurdand ri- 
diculous.For who is fomadtothink,thar there (houldbe fo many circles, 
like ftibordinate wheels in a clock, all impenetrable and hard, as they 
fain ,«dde Sc fubftrad at their plea fur eAMaginm makes eleven Heavens, 
Subdivided into their orbes Sc circles,and all too little to ferve thofe par- 
ticular appearances : Fracafiorius 72..Homocentricks5 Tycho Brahe, Ni- 
cholas Ramcrus, Hehjcus, Kofi inf have peculiar hypothefes of their own ■ 
invent they be but inventions, as moft of them acknowledge, as 
. tier abfurda, <& 
ft nihil aliud, 
> tot Comet£ in 
’ athereaninuid. 
verfi,qutt miHi- 
vu OYOPt du- 
■ Bum comitan- 
tur, id ipfunt 
fuffdsntsr re- 
fellunt. Tycho 
ap. epijh pag. 
Ve admit of JEqua tors,Tropicks,Colours, Circles, Artique and Ant artique, 
ror doctrines fake (though Ramus think them all unneceftary) they will 
|*avc them fuppoled oncly for method and order. Tycho hath fained I 
know not how many fubdivifions of Epicycles in Epicycles,Scc. to calcu- 
late and exprefs the Moons inbtion : But when all is done, as a fuppofiti- 
on3and no otherwifei,not(as he holds)hard, impenetrable, fubtile, tranf- 
ioq. 
z In Thsoricu 
planetarum, 
three above 
the Firma- 
ment, which 
’ all wife mem 
■ reject. Parr. 2. Sech 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. 
parent. See. or making muiick, as Pythagoras maintained of old, and Ro- 
bert Conjiantine of late, but (fill quiet, liquid, open, Scc. 
lfthe Heavens then be penetrable, as thefe men deliver, and no lets,it 
were not amifs in this acreaii progrefs, to make wings, and fly up, which 
that Turk in Busbequiusynade his fellow-citizens in Cpjiantinople believe 
be would perform:&: fome new-fangled wits,me thinks,ihould fome time 
or other finde out: or if that may not be,yet with a Galilies glafs,or Ica- 
romcnippus wings in Lucian, command the Spheres and Heavens, and fee 
what is done amongft them. Whether there be generation and corrupti- 
pn,as fome think, by reafonof sethcrcali Comets, .that in Cajjiopea 1572. 
that in Cygno i6oo.that in Sagittarius 1604.and many like, which by no 
means JttLCafor la Galla, that Italian philofophcr, in his phylicali difpu- 
tation with Galileus de phaenomenis in or be Lunatic 4/7,9.wi1l admitror that 
a Theft. nova 
(deft. Meteor. 
b L’h. defabri- 
ci mundi. 
thev were created ah initiVpmd fhew themfelves at fet times:and as » He- 
lifecus Rcjlin contends, have Poles, Axcltrees,Circles of their own,and re- 
gular motions. For non pereunt, /:d minuuntur & difharent,b Blancanus 
holds.they come Si go by fits,cafting their tailcs ftill from the Sun : fome 
of them, as a burning glafs projeds the Sun beams from it $ though not 
alwayes neithenfor fometimes a Comet cafts his taile from Venus, as Ty- 
cho obferves, And as c Hchfecus fioejUn of fome others, from the Moon, 
with little Stars about them, adftuporem Ajironomor focum multis aliis in 
ccelo which argue,with thofe Medicean,AufirH§,st Burbonian 
c Lih& dome- 
tt*. 
Stars3that the Heaven of the Planets is indiftinft,purc,and open,in which 
the Planets move certis legibus ac metis. Examine Ilk caelu fltco~ 
loratum ? Whether the Stars boK)f that bignefs, diftance, as Aftronomcrs 
rclatc/omany indnunj3erJT026.0r 1725.3sLBayerHs^ovas fome Rabbins 
; 29000..Myriadespot as Galilie difeovers by his giaffes,infinitc, Si that via 
laffca, a confufed light of final] Stars,! ike fo many nailes in a door : or all 
in a row. like thofe r2ooD.lfles of the Maldives the iW/eOcean?whc- 
ther the lead: vihblc Star in the eighth Sphere be 18. times bigger than 
the earth 5 and zs Tycho calcukatcs,l4ooo.femidiameters diftant from it ? 
d An ft dux 
Cy nubecula in 
cdA ad Polum 
Antanicum, 
creod ex Corfi- 
'lio refert Ya- 
Xtitiw. 
Whether they be thicker parts of the Orbcs, as Arifietle delivers : orfo 
many habitable Worlds,as Democritus;whether they have light of their 
owiijor from the Sun,or givelight round,as Patritius aequi 
diftent a i etro mundisWhether light be of their that light be a 
fubftance or an accident? whether they be hot by them (elves, or by ac- 
cident caufe heat?wJicther there befuch a preccflion oftthe 
as Copernicus holds,or that the eighth Sphere bene phihfophen- 
tur fl.Baconyt I.Dgc, Aphorijw.de multiplicatione JJccierfoW bather there 
be any fuch Images afeending with each degree of thcZodiack in the 
Eaft,as Ali acatis aqua fu per cedum?e{sPatritiusSit\\t School - 
men w i 11D a CrylhiUintVWatry heaven,which incerta inly to be Tihderftood 
ofthat inthe middle Region? for other wife, if at.Noahs floud the water 
came from tlienccdt be above an hundred years falling down tonny 
a* glome cslculate.Be(ides,^n terra (it animatas which fome fo conlident- 
']y belicvCjWith Orpheus. Hermes, Averroes, from which all other fouls of 
ineiijbea'liajdcvilSjplantSjfdhcSi&c. arc derived,and into which again,af-* 
ter feme revolutions,as pla tom Ids Timms.Hot wus in his Enneades more 
. largely difcu(le,t hey return.(See Chain dun 5c Bennius flato's Con.man- 
ta tors) as all philofopliicaii matter in materi5primam. Kcpferu r:P afrit ius. 
e Gillrt 10 0' 
rigmw. _ 
f See t\us eui- 
cuficd'm sit 
Walter Ra- 
leighs h'.ftorys 
in Zanch. ad 
Cafouin. 
g Vid. Tro- 
mmdum de 
Meteor i* Jib. 
a■■tic. 5. & 
Liwkvgium* Part. 2. Sect. 2, 
Dzgrejjion of Ayre. 
JVlemb.^, 
and fome oilier Neorericks have in part revived this opinion. And that e- 
Very Star in heaven hath a foul,angcl,or intelligence to animate or move 
it,6ec.Oi to omit ail fmaller controVerfiessas matters of Ids moment, and 
examine that main paradox,oft he Earths motion,now fo much io queUi- 
on : Arifiarchns maintained it of ol 
many of their Ajiunica, Anthony Fafeartnusya Carme- 
lite,**: fome other Commentators will have Job to infinuate as much 
9. ver.4. <gni commovet terram de loco and that this one place of 
Scripture makes more for the Earths motion, than all the other prove a- 
gainft Pineda confutes,moft contradift.Howfoever,it is revived 
iince by Copernicnsyiot as a truth,but a fuppofition,as he confelleth him- 
felf in the Preface to Pope Nicholas, but now maintained in good earned: 
by*Calcagninus^Teleftns^Kepler^Rotman^Gdbert, Diggesfialilens, Campa- 
neUafiC efpecially byicLansbergius^natur£:> veritati confentane 
nmjyy Origanus, and fome f others of his followers* For if the Earth be 
the Center of the World, ftand ftiJl, ancUthe Heavens move, as the mold 
received opinion is,which they call inordinati coeli dijpojitionemyhough 
ftifly maintained by Tycho their tile furor f , 
■ * Peculiari //- 
kilo. 
* comment, id 
Motum terrae 
MddleberPi 
K%O 4. 
f Peculiari li- 
bello. 
&c.what fury is that, faith hDr Gilbert animose,as Cabeus notcs,that 
fhall drive the Heavens,about with fuch incompreheniiblc celerity in 24. 
houres,when as every point of the Firmament, and in the ASquator, mult 
needs move (foi Clavius calculates) 176660.10 one 246th part of an houre: 
and an arrow out of a bow muft goe feven times about the earth, whileft 
a man can fay an Ave if it keep the fame fpace,or compafs the earth 
iBB4.timcs in an houre,which is fupra humanam cogitatione3 beyond hu- 
man cbceitiOcyor et j acuio vent os antefagitta.A man could not ride 
ib much going 4o.miles a day, in 2904. yeers, as the Firmament 
goes in 24.houres 5 or fo much in 203.yeers,as the find Firmament in one 
minute^quodineredible videtur: And thekPole ftar,which to our thinking 
fcarce moveth out of his place,goeth a bigger circuit than the Sun,whofe 
* See M. Car- 
penters Gsogr. 
&Ip, 4. lib i. 
CampaneUa '& 
Origmm praf. 
Ephemsr. 
where Scrip- 
ture places 
are anfwerc«L 
h De Magnete. 
\< ommsnt. in 
Yfjhtr. 
Jo. de Sacr, 
Bofc. 
k hffi. •%.£?. i* 
d Polo. 
Diameter is much larger than the Diameter of the Heaven of the Sun* 
and 20000. Semidiamiters of the earth from us,with the reft of the fixed 
ftars, as Tycho proves., To avoid therefore thefe impoffibilities, they 
aferibe a triple motion of the earth, the Sun immoveable in the Center 
of the whole world,the Earth Center of the Moon, alone, above 5 and 
as* Origanus and others will, one fingle motion to the 
earth, ftill placed in the Center of the world, which is more probable ) a 
fingle motion to the Firmament, which moves in 30. or 20. thoufand 
* Praf.Ephenii 
>7ecrs 5 and fo the in 30.ycCrs abfolves his foie and pro- 
per motion, in 12. Mars in 3.See.and fofolve all apparances better 
lhan any way whatfoever:Calculate all motions, be they in longum or /4- 
**w,dirc6t,ftationarysrctrograde,afccntor defeent,without Epicycles,in- 
tticate Eccenticks,Bcc.refjf ins commadiufque per unicum motum terree faith 
Lanshcrgiusb much more certain than by thofe siphon fine, or any fuch 
tables, which are grounded from thofe other fuppofitions. And *tis true 
they faysaccording to optick principles,the vifible apparances of the Pla- 
nets do fo indeed anfwer to their magnitudes & orbes,St come necreft to 
Mathematical! obfervations,Bc precedent calculations,there is no repug- 
nancy tophyficall axiomes, becaufe no penetration of orbes : but then 
between the fphere *zr»e and the Firmament there is fuch an mere* Cure of Melancholy. 
Me mb. 3. 
Parr. 2. Sedt. 2. 
dible and vaftl fpace or diftance(7oooooo.femidiameters of the earth,as 
Tycho calculates)void of ftars: And befides,they do fo inhance the bignefs 
l Which «ay 
be full of Pla- 
nets, perhaps, • 
to us unfeen, 1 
as thofe about ] 
Jupiter, &c. 
kj Luna circum 
terrejlrh Plane- 
ta quumfit,con- 
fentaneu eji ejfe 
in Luna isivsri- 
tes creatur 
fmgulis Plane- 
tarii globis fui 
Jerviunt circu- 
ofthe ftars,enlarge their circuit,to falve thofe ordinary obje&ions of Pa- 
(rallaxes Sc Retrogradations ofthe fixed ftars,that alteration of the Poles, 
elevation in feverall places or latitude of Cities here on earth ( for, fay 
they, if a mans eye were in the Firmament, he ftiould not at all difeern 
that great annuali motion ofthe earth, but it would ftill appear pun&um 
indtvi[ibilejk; feem to be fixed in one p!ace,of the fame bignefs)that it is 
quite oppofite to reafon, to naturali philofophy, and all our as abfurd as 
difproportial](fo fome will) as prodigious,as that of the Suns fwift moti- 
on of Heavens. But hoc po [it 0,to grant this their tenent of the earths moti- 
on.* If the earth move,it ib a Planet,Bc (hincs to them in the Moon,Bc to the 
other Planetary inhabitants, as the Moon and they to us upon the earth : 
latores, ex qua 1 
confideratione, 
de eoru incolis J 
fummli proh- , 
biliiate ccnclu- ' 
dim*#, quod & 
Tythorn Era- 
heo,d fola confi- 
thratiomvafii- 
tatis eorum v;i- 
fumfiiit. Kepi, 
diffrt. cum 
nun. fid. f. 2p. 
n Temperare 
non pofsu quin 
tx invetis tuis 
hoc moned, vsri 
non abfimile. 
but (bine the doth,as Galilie,m Kepler,and others prove, and then per con- 
fequensjhe reft ofthe Planets are inhabited,as well as the Mooir,which he 
grants in his differtation with Galilies Nuncius Sidcreus,r\that there bejo- 
viall & Saturn Inhabit anisic. 8c thofe fcveral Planets have their feve- 
tal Moons about them, as the earth hath hers, as Galileus hath already c- 
vinced by his glaftesCfour about Jupiter,two about SaturnCt hough Siti- 
us the Florentznc,FortuniusLicetus,and jul.C<efiar le Galla cavill at it)yet 
Kepler, the Emperours Mathematician, confirmes out of his experience, 
that he faw as much by the fame help, 8c more about Mars, Venus', and the 
reft they hope to finde out, peradventure even amongft the fixed ftars, 
which Brunus <k Brutius have already averrcd.Then(l fay)the earth and 
\ they be Planets alike,inhabited alike,inoved about the Sun, the common 
Center oftheWorld alike,and it may be thofe two green children which 
non tarn in Lu- 
ruyfed etiam in 
Jove, & reli- 
quis Planetis 
incolas ejfe. 
Kep1.f0.26. Si 
non fint accol* 
in Jovis globo, 
qtd notant ad- 
miranda hanc 
f Nuhrigenfis fpeaks ofinhis time,that fell from Heave,came fromthences 
and that famous ftone that fell from heaven in Arifiotles time,olymp.B4. 
anno tertio, ad Capu£ Fluenta, recorded by Laertius and others, or An- 
cile or buckler in Numds time, recorded by Feflus. We may likewife in- 
fert with Campanel/a and Erunus, that which Pythagoras, Arijiarchus Sa~ 
mius,Heraclitus,Epicurus, Melifius, Democritus, Leucippus maintained in 
their ages, there be o infinite Worlds, and infinite earths or fyftemes, in 
varietatem ocu- 
lis, cui bono 
quatuor ilU 
Planet* Jo- 
vem oircum- 
curfitant. 
*Some of 
thofe above 
infinite athere, which *Eufcbius colleds out of their tenents, becaufe in- 
finite ftars and planets like unto this of ours, which fome ftick not ftill 
to maintain and publikely defend, fierabundus expeffo innumerabilium 
mundorum in aternitate perambulationem, &c, ( Nic, Hill. Londtnenps 
philes. Epicur. ) For if the Firmament be of fuch an incomparable big- 
neft , as thefc Copcrnicall Giants will have it, aut infinito 
Jupiter I have 
fecniny felf - 
by the help of 
a glafs 8 loot 
_ JL J J J J 
proximum, fovaft and full of innumerable ftars, as being infinite in ex- 
tent, one above another, fome higher, fome lower, fome neerer, 
fome farther off, and fo far afunder, and thofe fo heme and great : info- 
i L *f 1 1 1 i-, t f r O i? ii» 
iong. 
f Rerum Angh 
1.1. c.27. de vi- 
ridibus pueris. 
O Infiniti alii 
mundfvel ut 
Brum#, terree 
huic nofir* fi- 
miles. 
* Übro Cent. 
philof,cap.2p. 
much, that it the whole Ipherc of Saturn, and all that is included in it, 
totum aggregatum ( as Fremundus of LovainAn his tra<ft de immobilitate 
terra argues ) evehatur inter flellas, videri a nobis non poterat, tam im- 
manis eji dijtant ia inter tellurem & fixas, fed injiar punQi, &c. If our 
world be fmall in refpeft, why may we not fuppofe a plurality of 
worlds, thofe infinite ftars vifible in the Firmament to be fo many Suns, 
with particular fixt Centers , to have likewife their fubordinate planets, 
as the Sun hath his dancing Hill round him } which .Cardinali Cufa- Digrejjion of Aire. 
Memb. 3* 
Part. 2 Sed.2. 
nusyKalharinuSißrunuSyand fome others have held0 and feme ftill main- 
Arijiotehjmo innutrit& minutisjpeculationibns ajjuet£,fe- 
cus forfan^&c.Though they feem clofe to us, they are infinitely diftant, 
and fo per ronfequensy here are infinite habitable worlds: what hinders? 
p Kephrfol. 2, 
dijfart. <Huid 
impedit qtun 
credamus ex his 
initiis,plurss a- 
hos mundos de- 
tegendos, vel 
(w Democrito 
Why fnould notan infinite caufe (asGod is) produce infinite effeds? as 
Nic. Hill Dewocrit. yhilof. dilputes. Kepler ("I confefte ) will by no 
means admit of Brunus infinite worlds, or that the fixed ftars (hould be 
fo many Suns, with their compaffing planets,yet the faidVKepler betwixt 
jeft and earned in his perfpedives. Lunar Geography, * & fomniojuo, 
dijjertat cum nunc.fyder.feemsin partto agree with this, and partly to 
contradid, For the Planets, he yeelds them to be inhabited,he doubts of 
the Stars:and fo doth Tycho in his Aftronomical Epiftles,out of a confide- 
ration of their vaftity and greatncfs,break out into fomc fuch Jikefpee- 
puc Hit) infini- 
tos ? 
* L ege /omni- 
um Kepleri 
edit. i,*#. 
P Quul igitur 
chcs,that he will never beleeve thole great and huge bodies were made 
to no other ufe than this that weperceive,to illuminate the ea/th,a point 
infenfible, in refped of the whole. But who (hall dwell in thefe vaft bo- 
dieSyEurtbs,Worlds,qi/they be inhabited?rationall creatures ? as Kepler 
inquits, JtJint 
in cceloplurss 
Sfbiytmilesnc- 
Jtr* telluris, un 
cum iUis certa- 
demands, or have they fouls to be faved? or do they inhabit a better part 
of the world than we do? Are we or they Lords of the world? And how are 
all things made for wan? Dijjicile eji nodum hunc expedire, eo quod non- 
dum omnia qn£ huc pertinent explorata habemus:’tis hard to determines 
this only he proves,that we are in praecipuo mundiJinn, in the beft place, 
beft world,neereft the heart of the Sun. * Thomas Campanula, a Calabrian 
bimus, qUa 
Horem mundi 
ptogam unsat * 
Si nobiliores 
Olorum globi, 
ws non fumta 
creaturarum 
rationalium 
Monk,1 in his fecond book de fenfu rerum, cap. 4. fubferibes to this of 
Keplerus 5 that they are inhabited he certainly fuppofeth, but with 
what kind of creatures he cannot fay, he labours to prove it by all 
means : and that there are infinite worlds, haying made Apologie for 
Gatileus, and dedicates this tenet of his to Cardinal Cajet anus. Others 
n°OiuJ/imi:quo~ 
modo igitur 
omnia proper 
hominemlquo- 
modo nos domi- 
ni operum Dei? 
Kepler fat. 29. 
freely fpeak, .mutter, and would perfwade the \vorld(as* Marinus Mar- 
cenus complaincs) that our modern Divines are too fevere and rigid 
againft ignorant and peevifh, in not admitting their 
true demonftrationsand certain obfervations, that they tyrannize over 
art, fcience,and all philofophy,in fupprefling their laboufs(faith Pompofa 
them to write, to fpeak a truth, all to maintain their 
fuperftition, and for their profits fake. As for thofe places of Scripture 
Vl 7i"V 4 A rv, * j . Y . .. 1. * f I 1 - .A. f 1 *G* * 1 . 1 
r Fran cofort, 
quarto 1620. 
ibid. 40.1(522, 
* Prdfat. in 
Comment, in 
. Csnefin. Modo 
fuadent. Theo- 
logos, fma ig- - 
noratione ver- 
fari, w» fd- 
winch oppugne it, they will have Ipoken adoaptnm and if rightly 
Under.ft.dod, and favorably interpreted, not at nil againft it: and as Otho 
Cafmun Ajjrol. rap. 1. part. i. notes, many great Divines, 
Yl Procius, and thofe Heathen Philofophers, dodtrina & 
xtate venerandi,Mo jis Gene jin mundanam popularis neft io cujus ruditatis, 
fu# longa ab(it a vera Bhilo tophorum eruditione, infimulant. For Mofes 
entiat admitte- 
re nolle, gi ty- 
rannidem occer- 
cere, ut eosfal- 
fis 
fuperjlitisni- 
bm,tr religio- 
' ne Catholica 
makes mention but of Planets, 0 and C. no 4. elements, &c. 
more in him, ini Grojfus and ‘junius. But to proceed, thefe and 
fuch like infolent and bold attempts, prodigious Paradoxes, inferences 
imilf needs follow, if it once be granted, which Rotwan, Kepler, Gilbert, ■ 
®*&geJ/->OrigamsoGalileus, and others maintain of the earths motion, 
that tis a Planet, and Chines as the Moon doth, which containers in it 
tboth land and fea as the Moon doth: for fo they find by their glaiics that 
detineant.• 
Cl beat, Biblical 
f /i* argumen- 
tis plane fatis- 
fecijii,domain- 
las ft* Jjtna fjjg. 
Maria, do lud- 
Am parts; ejfa 
terram. Kepler* 
Jo!. 16, Part. 2.Seft. 2. 
Cure &f Melancholy. 
Meoib.^* 
Macul£ in facie Lun<e,the brighter parts are Earth,the duskje Sea, which 
Thales,Pin tarch, and Pythagoras formerly taught: and manifeftly difeern 
Hills and Dales, andfuch like concavities, if we may fubferibeto and ' 
bcleeve Galilies obfervations.But to avoid thefe Paradoxes of the earths 
t Amo 1616. 
motion (which the Church of Rome hath lately t condemned as hereti- 
call,as appears by Blancanus and Fromundus writingsjour latter Mathe- 
maticians have rolled all the ftones that may beftirred; and to folve all 
appearances and objeftions, have invented new hypothefes, and fabrica- 
ted new fyftems of the World,out of their own DedaUan heads .Fracajio- 
rius will have the earth ftand ftill,as beforehand to avoid that fuppoliti- 
onof Eccentricky 8c Epicycles,he hath coined 72.Homocentricks,to folve 
all appearances. Nicholas Ramerus will have the earth the Center of the 
World, but moveable, and the eighth fphear immoveable, the five up- 
per Planets to move above the Sun, the Sun and Moon about the earth. 
Of which Orbes, Tycho Brahe puts the earth the Center immoveable, the 
ftars immoveable, the reft with Ramerus, the Planets without Orbes to 
wander in the Aire, keep time and diftance, true motion, according to 
that vertue which God hath given them . n He life us Reef in cenfureth 
both,with Copernicus (whofe Hypothecs de terr<e motu, Philippus Fans- 
bergius hath lately vindicated, and demonftrated withfolid arguments 
1 in a juft volumefjanfonius hath illuftrated in a fphere.) The faid 
Johannes Lansbergius, 163 3.hath fince defended his after tion againft all 
the cavills and calumnies of Fromundus his Anti-Art Bar chus, Baptifta 
Petrus Bartholinus: Fromundus,l634. hath written againft 
him again, J.RojJeus ofAberdine, &c. ("found Drums and Trumpets,) 
whileft Rozflin (I fay) cenfures all, and Ptolomeus himfelfe as unfuffi- 
dent: one offends againft natural Philofophy, another againft Optick 
principles, a third againft Mathematical, as not anfwering to Agronomi- 
cal cbfervations: one puts a great fpace betwixt Saturnus Orbe and the 
eighth fphere,another too narrow. In his own hypothecs he makes the 
earth as before, the uniyerfal Center, the Sun to the five upper Planets, 
to the eighth fphere he aferibes diurnal motion, Eccentricks,and Epicy- 
cles to the feven Planets, which had been formerly exploded} and to 
si In Hypothef. 
Ie munio, 
Edit. XSP7- 
Lugduni 1633. 
Bum vitant ftulti vitia in contraria currunt, 
as a Tinker ftops one hole and makes two, he correfts them, and doth 
worfe himfelftreformes fome, andmarres all. In the mean time, the 
World is toffed in a blanket amongft them,they hoyfe the earth up and 
down like a bail, make it ftand and go at their pleafures : One faith the 
(jSunftands, another he moves} a third comes in, taking them all at re- 
bound, and left there ftiould any paradox be wanting, he x finds certain 
(pots and clouds in the Sun,by the help of glades, which multiply (faith 
Keplerus)a thing feen a thoufand times bigger in piano, and makes it 
come 52. times neerer to the eye of the beholder.-but fee thedemonftra- 
tion of this glafs inf Tarde,hy means of which,the Sun mufc turne round 
upon his Center, or they about the Sun. Fabritius puts only three. 
x Jo. Fdritiiu 
de macula in 
(ole Witeb. 
i6iu 
* In Burboniu 
jyderibus. Part. 2 Seff. 2. 
Digrejjion of Aire. 
Memb. 5 
and thofe in the Sun:Apel/es 15. and thofe without the Sun, floating 
like the Cyanean Ifles in the Euxine Sea.YTarde the Frenchman hath oh- 
fervcd 53. and thofe neither fpots norclouds, as Galileus Epiji, ad Vel~ 
ferum fuppofeth,but Planets Concentrick with the Sun, and not far from 
him with regular motions. *Chrifiopher shemer a German Sniffer Jefuit, 
ErfuSßoJa divides them in macula* & faculas, and will have them to be 
fixed in Solis fuperfide: and to abfolve their periodical! and regular 
motion in 27.0r 28.dayes,holding withall the rotation of the Sun upon 
his Center 3 and are all fo confident, that they have macfelkcmes and 
tables oftheir motions. Thcz Ho Hander in his differtatiuncutt cum Apelle 
cenfures all, and thus they difagree amongft thcmfeives, old and new, 
irreconcileable in their opinions, thus Arijiarchusj thus Hipparchus,thus 
yLib. deß urba- 
ni» fyd. Steli# 
funt erratic#, 
qn# propriii 
orbibu* ferun- 
tur,non longi a 
Sole dijjhufied 
fusts Salem. 
* Braccini fol. 
Ub. 4. 
cap. 52.5j.5p. 
&C, 
z Lugdim. Bat, 
Anno 1612. 
Violemus, thus Albateginus, thus Alfraganus, thus Ticho, thus Ramerus, 
thus Rceflinus, thus FracaJiorius,thusCopernicus and his adherents, thus 
Ciavius and Maginus, See. with their followers, vary and determine of 
thefeceleftial orbs and andfo whiled thefe men contend abont 
the Sun and Moon, like the Philofophers in Lucian, it is to be feared, 
the Sun and Moon will .hide themfelves,and be as much offended as *(he 
was with thofe, and fend another meflage to Jupiter,by fome newfang- 
led Icaromenippus, to make an end of all thofe curious Controrerfies,' 
and fcatter them abroad. 
But why fhould the Sun and Moon be angry, or take exceptions at 
* Hefe fubdu- 
cant fa rsliSct 
Jhtione decef- 
fum parent, ut 
asriofitatii fi- 
nem faciant. 
—j - - - Gj J J jp ~ 
Mathematicians and Philofophers ? when as the like meafurc is offered 
unto God himfelf, by a company ofTheologafters.- they are not conten- 
ted to fee the Sun and Moon, meafure their dteand biggeft diflance in 
a glad, calculate their motions,or vilit the Moon in a Poeticall fidion,or 
a dream,as he faith £ Atfdax facinus & mtmorabile nunc incipiam, neque 
hacferulo ufurpatum prius,quid in Lun<e regno h&c no3e geftum fit expo- 
namfa quo nemo unquam niji fomniandopervenit,but he and Menippus:or 
asfPeter Cuneus, BonCi fide agam, nihil eorum qua feripturus fum, verum 
cfiifcitotcfac.qu# nec fa&a,nec futura funtfdicamffiili tan'nm & inge 
nu jed, but in good earned thefe gygantical Cyclopes will 
tranfeend fphcrcs, heaven, frars, into that Empyrean heaven 5 foare 
higher yet, and fee what God himfelf doth. The Jewifh Thalmudids 
take upon them to determm howGodfpends his whole time, fometimes 
playing wdth Levjathan,fometirre over feeing the world, &c. like £«- 
r Hercules 
warnfidem Sa- 
tyra Menip. 
edit. isoB. 
f Sardi venales 
Satyr. Menip, 
An. 1612. 
t Puteani Co, 
mt# fie incipity 
oras iJpjmi' 
Satyre in a 
dream* 
ei*tos Jupiter, that fpent much of the year in painting butter-flies wings, 
and feeing who offered facrifke; telling the houres when it fhould rain, 
how much fnow fhould fall infuch a place, which way the wind fhould 
ftand in Greece* which way in Africfi. In the Turkj Alcoran, Mahomet is 
up to heaven, upon a Pegafus fenta purpofefrom him,as he lay in 
bed with his wife, and after feme conference with God isfet on ground 
«'gain. The Pagans paint him and mangle him after a thoufand fafbions 5 
uur Hereticks, Schifmaticks,and fomeSchoolmen,come not far behind: 
forne paint him in the habit of an old man, and make Maps of heaven, 
number the Angels, tell their fcverull« uames, offices ; fome deny 
God and his providence3 fome take his office out of his hand3 will 
* bind and loofc in heaven, reieafe, pardon., forgive, and be quarter- 
u 1 Hiemiw L 
dei fecund#. 
xThey have 
fetched Tra- 
janus foul out 
of hell, and 
canonize for 
Saints who® 
they !&,. Fart. 2.Seft. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Merab. 5. 
matter with him} forne call his Godhead in queltion, his power, and 
attributesjhis mercy,jufrice,providence}they will know with f Cecilius, 
•flnMinutius, , 
fine delethi 
tempejhtes 
tangunt loca 
flora & profa- 
na, binorum & 
malorum fata 
juxta, nullo or- 
dine res fiunt, 
foluta legibus 
fortuni domi- 
natur. 
*Vel malui vel 
impotens, qui 
peccatum per- 
mittit, &c. 
unieharc fuper- 
fiitio 7 
why good and bad are punilhed together, war, fires, plagues infeft all 
alike, why wicked men flourifh,good are poor, in prifon, fick,and ill at 
eafc.Why doth he fufiter fo much mifeheif and evil to be done, if he 
be*abie to help?why doth he not affift good, or refill: bad, reform our 
wills, if he be not the author of fin, and let fuch enormities be commit- 
ted,unworthy of his knowledge, wifdome, government, mercy, and 
providenccywhy lets he all things be done by fortune and chance? O- 
thers as prodigioufly enquire after his pojjitplures jtmi- 
-1 les creare deost an ex fcarab£o deum?&c.& quo demum ruetis facrificuli? 
Some, by vifions and revelations, take upon them to be familiar with 
God, and to be of privie counfell with him} they will tell how many, 
and who (hall be faved,when the world (hall come to an cnd,what year, 
what moneth, and whatfoever elfe God hath referved unto himfelf. 
and to his Angels. Some again curious phantafticks, will-know more 
than this, and enquire with f EficuruSyWhat God did before the World 
was made ? was he idle ? Where did he bide ? What did he make the 
world of? why did he then make it, and not before? If he made it new, 
or to have an end, how is he unchangeable, infinite?&c,Some will dis- 
pute, cavil, and object, as Julian did of old, whom Cyrill confutes, as 
Simon <JMagus is fained to do,in that* dialogue betwixt him and Peter: 
and Ammonius the in that dialogical difputation with za- 
chariits theChriftian.lf God be infinitely and only good,why fhould he 
alter or deftroy the wor!d?if he confound that which is good,how (hall 
himfclf continue good? If he pull it downbecaufe evil, how (hall he be 
free from the evil] that made it evil? &c, withmany fuch abfurd and 
brainfick queftions, intricacies, froth of humane wit, and excrements of 
curiofity,&c.which as our Saviour told his inquifitive Difciples,are not 
•fit for them to know.But hoo?I am now gone quite out of fight, I am 
almoft giddy with roving aboutrl could have range'd farther yet} but 
lam an infant,and not Yablc to dive into thefe profundities, or found 
i thefe depths} not able to underftand, much lefs to difcufs.l leave the 
: contemplation of thefe things toftrenger wits,that have better ability, 
and happier leafure to wade into Inch Philofophical myfieries: for put 
f Quid fecit 
Deus ante mun- 
dum creatum1 
ubi vixit otio- 
fur d fuo fub- 
i;Uo, &c. 
* Üb.3. re cog. 
Pet. cap. 3-Pe- 
ter anfwcrs 
by the fimile 
ofan cg-flicll, 
which is cun- 
ningly made, 
yctofneccf- 
fity to be bro- 
ken*, To is the 
world, &c. 
that the ex- 
cellent ftate of 
heaven mighc 
be made ma- 
nifeft. 
y Vt me pluma 
levat fie grave 
mergit ontv. 
cafe I were as able as willing, yet what can one man do? I will con- 
clude with 2 Scaligcr, Nequaquam nos homines partes ho- 
minis jex omnibus aliquid fieri idtfue non magnum} exjingulif 
fere nihil. Befides fas Nazianzeu hath it) Deus latere nos multa voluit: 
z Exerciu 184. 
and With Seneca, cap. 55. de Cometis, &)uid miramur tam rara mundi 
fyeti acula non teneri certis legibus, nondum intelligi ? mult£ funt gen- 
tes qu£ tantum de facie fciunt 'veniet tempus fortajje, quo ijia 
qu£ nunc latent in lucem dies extrahat longioris £vi diligentia, una 
£tas non fufficit, pofieri, &c. when God fees his time, he will 
reveale thefe myfteries to mortali men, and fhew that to feme few 
at Jaft, which he hath concealed fo long. For lam of * his mind, that 
Columbus did not find out America by chance, but God directed him at 
* Laet.dejl’rip. 
occid. Inditc. 
Daniel prin- 
cipio hilhriif. 
that time to difcover it:it was contingent to him, but ncccffary to God} 
he reveals and conceals to whom, and when he will. And which t one Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Digrejjion of Aire. 
Memb.3. 
1 aid of Hiftories and Records of former times, God in hk providence to 
cheeky our prefumptuous inquiftion, wraps up all things in uncertainty," 
bars us from long antiquity, and bounds our fearch within the compafl of 
Jomefew agesiMAny good things are loff, which our predeceffors made 
ufe of, as pancirolu will better inform you, many new things are daily 
invented, to the publick good;Ib kingdoms, men, and knowledge ebb 
and flow, are hid and revealed, and when you have all done, as the 
Preacher concluded,Nihil eji fnb jole novum, But my melancholy Spani- 
els queff,mygame is fprang,and I muff fuddenly come down Sc follow. 
Ja/on Pratenfiun his bookie morbk capitis, and chapter ofMelancho- 
j.j —j j— I J J. 
ly,hath thefe words out of Caleny-Let them come to me to know what meat 
and drinkjhey fl all ufe,and be fides that,l will teach themwhat temper of 
ambient aire they (Isall make choice of;what wind,what countries they flail 
chufe,andwhat avoid. Out of which lines of his, thus much we may ga- 
ther, that to this cure of melancholy, amongft other things, the redift- 
a Veniam ad 
• me auditari 
quo efculentof 
quo item pocu- 
lento uti debe- 
ant, & prater 
alimentum ip- 
cation or Aire is neccilanly required. I Ins is performed, either in re- 
forming Natural or Artificial Aire. Natural, is that which is in our ele- 
dionto chufe or avoid: and tis cither general,to CountrieSjProvinces, 
particular, to Cities, Towns, Villages, or private houfes. What harm 
fum,potumq% 
ventos ipfos 
docebo,item 
1 rtf ambientis 
, temperiem, in- 
thofe extremities of beator cold do in this malady, I have formerly 
thewedithe medium muft needs be good, where the Aire is temperate, 
ferene,quiet,freefrom bogs, fcns,mifts, all manner of putrefadion, con- 
tagious and filthy noifom fmels. by all Geographers arc 
commended to be hilares, a conceited and merry Nation: which I can 
aferibe to no other caufc than the ferenity of their Aire. They that live 
in the Orchades are regiftredbyQ Heft or Boethius and dCardan, to be fair 
of complcxion,long-Jived, mod healthful, free from all manner of in- 
fuper regiones 
quas eligere, 
quas vitare ex 
. ufiijit. 
b Lee Afer, 
lyhginus, 
1 c Ub. \. Scot. 
: hiji. 
. d Lib. i.de rer* 
var. 
firmities of body and mind,by reafon ofafharp purifying Aire, which 
comes from the Sca.The Boeotians in Greece were dull and heavy, crajji 
Boeoti, by reafon of a foggy Aire in which they lived, 
(f Boeotum in crajfo jurares aere natum j 
* Horati 
Attica moft acute, pleafant, and refined. The Clime changeth not fo 
much cuftomcs, manners, wits (as ArifiotlePolitdib.6. cap.4. Vegetius, 
Plato3 Bodine met hod. hiji. cap. 5. hath proved at large } as conftitutions 
of their bodies, temperature it felf. In all particular Provinces we 
fee it confirmed by experience,as the Aire is,fo are the inhabitants,dull, 
heavy, witty,fubtle,neat,cleanly,clowni(h, fick,and found. In ] Perigort' 
in France the Aire is fubtle, healthful, feldom any plague, or conta- 
gious difeafe, but hilly and barren: the men found, nimble, and lufty } 
but in feme parts of guienne full of moors and mari(hes,the people dull, 
heavysand fubjed to many infirmities. Who fees not a great difference 
betwixt Surry, Sujfex,and Rumny Marfh,the Wolds in Lincolnshire, and 
the Fens. He therefore that loves his health, if his ability will give 
him leave,muft often fhift places,and make choiceof fuch as are whol- 
fomc, pleafant,and convenient; there is nothing better than change or 
Aire in this Malady, and generally for health, to wander up and downy 
f flUginusi Part. 2. Sect. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Mertib. 5 
as thofe e Tartan Zamolhenjes, that live in herds, and take opportunity 
of times, places, feafons.'The Kings of Per ft a had their Summer and Win- 
c Haitonw de 
Tartarif. 
* Cyropitd.l.B. 
perpetuum 
inde ver 
f The Alve fo 
clear, it never 
breeds the 
ter houfesqn Winter at Sardis ftn Summer at Sufd^now at Perjepolis.then 
at Pafargada.Cyrus lived feven cold months at Babylon, three at Sufa, 
two at Ecbatana,faitlVXenophon, and had by that means a perpetual 
, Spring. The great Turk, fojourns fometitnes at Constantinople £ometimes 
■ at The Kings of Spain have their Efcuriali in heat of 
Summer/Maidritte for an wholefome feat, Villadolite a pleafant (ite. 
plague, 
g Leander Al- 
bertw in Cam- 
psnia,d Plutar- 
cho vitii Lucul- 
li. Cum Cn. 
~ j A j 
Sic. variety of fecejjusyxs all Princes and great men have,and their feve- 
ral progreflesto this pur pote.Lucu Hus the Roman had his houfeat Rome, 
at Bales, See.1q When Cn. Pompeius^MarcusC/rm?(faith Plutarch)*nd ma- 
ny Noble men in the Summer came to fee him,at fupper Pompeius jefted 
Fompeiw, 
2YTarcusdcero, 
rnultique nobi- 
les rivi. L.Lu- 
cullum sftivo 
tempore convc- 
niJfentfFempef- 
tn inter cccnam 
with him, that itwas an elegant and pleafant village, full of windows, 
galleries, and all offices fit for a Summer-houfes but in his judgement 
very unfit for winter: Lucullus made anfwerthat the Lord of the houfe 
had wit like a Crane, that changeth her country with the had 
other houfes furnifhed, and built for that purpofe, all out as commodi- 
ous as this.So Lully had his his Lauretan Village, and 
dum familiari- 
ter jocat t# ef:, 
eam -villam im- 
primi' ji bi 
flmptwfim, 
& elegantem 
rideri, fenea 
{ivit,porticibus r 
&c. u- 
h Godwin r ita 
every Gentleman of any fafhion incur times hath the like. Thehßiftiop 
of Exeter bad 14. feveral houfes all furpilhed, in times paft. In Italy. 
though they bide in Cities in Winter, which is more Gentle-man-like, 
all the Summer they come abroad to thbir country-houfes, to recreate 
themfelvcs.Our Gentry in England live fnoft part in the country(except 
it be fome few Caftlcs) building ftill in bottoms (‘faithijfw«J) or necr 
woods, corona arborum virentium? you fball know a village by a tuft of^ 
In Voyjyeal. . 
Harman. 
iDefcript.Brit. 
kin Oxford- 
flute. 
TLwinder Al- 
bert uf. 
in Cap. 21. de 
trees at or about it,to avoid thofe frrong winds wherewith the Ifland is 
infefted, and cold Winter blafis. Some difeommend moted houfes, as 
Camden faith of that it was therefore unfre- 
quented vicini halitus, and all fuch places asbeneer lakes or 
rivers.But lam of opinion, that thefc inconveniences will be mitigated? 
cr eafily corrected by good fires, reports of Venice jhatgraveolat- 
xut. bom. iro- 
l 
yog, 
nThe poflef- j 
fion of Robert , 
B radjham, 
Efqs 
o O fGeorge 
Lure fey, Eiq. 
p The poffcf- 
iion of William 
Furefey Efq. 
q The feat of 
Sir 7ohn Rep- 
pington, Kt. 
r Sir Henry 
Goodieres late- 
ly deceafed. 
1 The dwel* 
tia and fog of the moors, is iuthciently qualified by thofe innumerable 
fmoaks.Nay mor Philol. Ravennas a great Phylitian contends, 
that the Venetians are generally longer lived than any City in Europe, Sc 
live many of them 120. yeers. But it is not water limply that fo much 
ofiends,as the (lime and noifooie fmels that accompany fuch overflow- 
ed plaeeSjWhich is but at feme few feafons after a floud, and is fuffici- 
ently recompenccd with fvvect fmels and afpeefs in pinget 
. vario gemmantia irata colore, and many other commodities of plea fure 
and profiteor die may be corrected by the lite,if it be fomewhat remote 
from the water,as LindlypOrton fuper montanfDraytongox a little more 
elevated, though neercr3asP £,as q 1‘ Polcfworth, f IVcd- 
dington (to infill: in inch places befh to me known,upon the river of An* 
ker\n Warmckjhire/ Swarfionysxx&Drakefiy uponTrent.'Ox howfoever 
ling houi'e of 
Hum, Adder ly, 
Eiq. 
t Sir John 
Har pars lately 
deccafed. 
uSir George 
Grejelies Kt. 
they be imfeafonable in Winter, or at foire times, they have their good 
ufe in Summer.lf fo be that their means be fo (lender, as they may not 
admit of any fu.ch variety,but mu ft determine once for alfand make one 
houfeferve each fcafon, I know no men that have given better rules in Part. 2. Seff. 2. 
Digrejfion of Aire, 
Me mb. 3 = 
this behalfe,than our husbandry writers.*Cato and Columella preferibe a 
good houfe to dand by a navigable river, good high-wayes, neer fome 
City and in a good fuile,but that is more for commodity than health. 
The bedfoile commonly yeelds the word airc/a dry Tandy plat is fit- 
ted to build upon,and fuch as is rather hilly than plain, full of Downs, 
a Cotfieoid country, as being mod commodious for hawking, hunting, 
wood, waters, and all manner of pleafures. Pengort in France is barren, 
yet by reafonof the excellency of the aire,and fuch pleafures that it af- 
fords,much inhabited by the Noremberg in Germany, Toledo 
in spain.Our country-man Tujfer will tell us fo much, that the fieldome 
is for profit,the woodland for pleafure and health, the one commonly 
K Lib. 1. cap. 2v, 
y The feat of 
G. PurefeyJLf; 
*For lam 
now Incum- 
bent of that 
Redlory,pre- 
fentedthercto’ 
’ by my right 
1 honourable 
. Patron the 
Lord BerkJji• 
z Sir Brand* 
a deep clay,thereforc noifome in Winter,and fubjedto bad high-ways: 
the other adry fand.Provifion may be had elfewhere, and our Towns 
are generally bigger in the woodland than the fieJdomc, more frequent 
and popu!ous,and Gentlemen more delight to dwell in fuch peaces.Sut- 
ton Coldfield in Warwick fin ire ("where I was once a Crammer Schollar) 
may be a diffident witncfs,which dands,as Camden notes,/o*7o ingrato & 
jicr ili ,but in an excellent aire,and full of all manner of 
Izy in Barkfhire is fituate in a vale,though not fo fertil a foil as Come vales 
afiford,yet a mod commodious fite,whoifomc, in a delicious air, a rich 
Willqughby. 
a Montani O' 
maritimi falu- 
briores,accli- 
ves, ad Boa 
red vergetnes, 
b The dwel- 
ling of Sir To, 
Burdet Knight 
Boronet. 
c In his Sur- 
vay of Corn- 
and pleafant feat.So Segrave mLeicdierfhire ( which Town * I am now 
bound to remember) is fited in a Ghampian, at the edge of the Wolds, 
and more barren than the villages about it, yet no place likely ycelds a 
better aire. And he that built that fair houfe z Weller ton in Nottingham- 
Jl}ire>is much to be commended,(though the trad be Tandy and barren 
about it )for making choice of fuch a place. Conftantine lib. 2 . cap. de 
agricult, praifeth mountaines, hilly, deep places above the red by the 
Sea fide, and fuch as look toward the a North upon Tome great river, as 
b Farmackjn Darhifhire on the Trent^mironed with hils, open onely to 
theNorth,like Mount Edgemond'm Cornwallwhich Mr. c Carew fo much 
admires for an excellent feat: Such as is the general fite of Bohemaifere- 
wal, book 2. 
d Prope palu- 
des Jiagna, & 
loca concava, 
vel ad Aujlru, 
vel ad Occi- 
dentem inclina- 
ta, domus funi 
morbofr. 
e Oportet igi- 
tur ad femita- 
temdommin 
altioYihw a:dP 
Jicare, feed 
ffiadatisnem, 
* By John 
Bancroft. Dr. 
of Divinity 
. my quondam 
tutor in C.hrijl- 
chuteh Oxon,~ 
■ now the Right 
Reverend 
) Lord Bhhop 
Nat Boreas^the North wind clarifies fihut neer lakes or mafifhes, in holes, 
obfeure places-,or to the South and Wefi he utterly difproves, thofe winds 
are unwholfome,putrifying,and make menfubject to difeafes.Thc bed 
building for health,according to him,is inehigh placesoand in an excellent 
Profptsilike that of Cuddejion in OxfordJhire(yvhich.tphce I mud honoris 
ergo mention) is lately and fairly*built in a good airc, good profped. 
* good foile,both for profit and plcaiure, not lo ealily to be matched. P, 
Cref his lib.i.de Jgric.cap.s. is very copious in this fubjed, 
bow a houfe (hould be vvholefomely ii ted, in a good coad, good airc, 
wind, See. Varro de re rufi. lib.i.cap.ia.f forbids lakes and rivers,marifh 
and manured grounds,they caufe a badaire, grofsdifeafes, hard to be 
Own, who 
built this 
houfefor bin#* 
felf and his 
fucceffors. 
f Hyeme erit 
■vehementer fir 
cured.*8 if it be fio that ks cannot htlp it, better, as he advifeth, feli thy 
houfe and Undyhan lofe thine health.Ue that refpeds not this inchufing 
of his feat9or building bis houfe, is mente mad, h Cato faith? and 
, his dwelling next to hell it felf9 according to Columella: he commends in 
gida,fa (tjiats 
nnifahibrui 
paludes eram 
facium crajfum 
aerem, <& offi- 
cii es morbos. 
) g Vendas qv.ot 
5 ojjlbusprffisiffi 
coiicluiion5the middle ofan hilhupon a defeent. Baptifia Ferta 
t’i'Cap.22,QQi\turQS Varro^CatpXclKWel/a, and thole ancient Rudicks, 
ne fi queo*, relinquas, h.Ub.1, cap. %iitOrco habitas Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. 
approving many things, difallowing feme, and will by ail means have 
the front of an houfe ftandto the South, which how it maybe good in 
Italy and hotter dimes,! know not,inour Northern countries I am fure 
it is hei\:Stephanus a Frenchman,preedio ruftic.lib. 1. cap. 4. fubferibes 
to this,approving efpecially the defeent of an hill South orSouth-Eaft* 
with trees to the North, fothat it be well watered a condition in all 
fites which muft not be omitted, as Herbajiein inculcates,/;/». 1. Julius 
CccfarClaudinus a Phyfician, confult. 24, for a Nobleman in Poland, 
melancholy given, advifeth him to dwell in a houle inclining to the 
i Eaft, and kby all means to provide the aire be deer and fweet} which 
the Earle of Monfort his patient, to in- 
habit a pleafant houfe, and in a good aire. If it be fo the natural fite 
may not be altered of our City, Town, Village,yet by artificial means it 
may be helped.lnhot countries therefore they make the ftreets of their 
Cities very narrow, all over ltaly,Greece find many Cities 
of Francejn LanguedocFrfl7;ewcc,thofeSouthern parts .• 
Monpelier^the habitation and Univcrfity of Phyficians, is fo built, with 
high houfes, narrow ftreets, to divert the Suns fealding rayes, which 
i Aurora mvjts 
amicayitruv. 
k Ades Orien- 
temJJe'J antes 
vir nobihjjtmu* 
inhabitet, & 
curet ut Jit aer 
claru*,lucidw, 
odorifera* E- 
ligat habitatio- 
nem optimo 
aere jucundam. 
‘Tacitus commends, /. 15.Annales moft agreeingto their health,1becaufe 
the heigh tof buildings,and narrownej? away the Sun beams. 
Some Cities ufe Galleries, or arched Cloyfters towards the ftreet,as Da~ 
mafcusd&ologna-fPaduaJZerna, in Switz,erland,lVeJicheJier with us, as well 
toavoid teinpefts,as the Suns fchorching heat.They build on high hills 
in hot countries for more to the fea fide,as &c. In 
ourNotherncoafts we are oppofite,we commend ftraight, broad, open 
1 Quonia m an- 
guflitt itine- 
rum & altitu- 
do teftorun, 
non perinde 
Soli) calorm 
admittit. 
foir ftreets,as moft befitting and agreeing to our clime. We build in bot- 
tomes for warmth/ and that fite of Mitylene in the Hland of Lesbos, in 
the JEgtan Sea, which Vitruvius fo much difeommends, magnificently 
built with fair imprudenter fited,becaufe 
it lay along to the South, and when the South wind blew, the people 
were all fick,wouJd make an excellent fite in our Northern climes. 
Of that artificial fite of houfes I have fufficiently difeourfed; if the air 
of the dwelling may not be altered,yet there is much in choice of fuch 
a chamber or room, in opportune opening and fhuttingof windows,ex- 
cluding forrain air and winds,and walking abroad at convenient times. 
In Crato a German commends Eaft and South fite ( difallowing cold aire 
and Northern winds in this cafe, rainy weather and mifty dayes) 
free from putrefaction, fens, bogs, and muck-hills. If the aire be fuch, 
, open no windows, come not abroad.Montanus will have his patient not 
to ftir at all, if the wind be big or tempeftuous, as moft part in March it 
is with us3or in cloudy,louring, dark dayes, as in November, which we 
in Conjil. 21.1. 
2, Frigi&ts aer, 
nubilofus, den- 
fus, vitandus, 
aqud ac venti 
feptentrionales, 
&c. 
n Conjtl.24. 
commonly call the black mouthy or ftonny, let the wind ftand how it 
willifonjtl» 27. and 30.be muft not°opena cafement in badweatheroov in 
a boifterous feafoniconfd.299. he efpecially forbids ns to open windows 
to a South wind. The befit (ite for chamber windows in my judge* 
memtareNorth, Eaft, South, and which is the word, Weft. Levinuf 
Lemnius lib. ap,de occult. nat. mir. attributes ifo much to a ire, 
and rectifying of wind and windows, that he holds it alone fufheient to 
o Fenejlrom 
non aperiat. Part. 2. Sȣt. 2. 
Aire re&ified. 
Memb.3’ 
make a man (ick or wellyto alter body and mind. * A deer aire chears up 
the fpirits,exhilerates the tkick,black)Mifiy,tempefiuous,contratfs,' 
overthrows. Great heed is therefore to be taken at what times we walk, 
how we place our windows,lights,and houfes,how we let in or exclude 
this ambient aire.The Egyptians,to avoid immoderate heat, make thhir 
windows on the top of the houie like chimnies, with two tunnels to 
draw a through aire.ln Spain they commonly make great oppofite win- 
* Difcutit, Sot 
honorem crajfi 
fiiritw, men- 
tem exhilarat, 
non enim tam 
1 corpora, quart} 
fry animi mu- 
dows without glafs,dil (hutting thofe which are next to the Sun:So like- 
wife in Turkey and e*cepted,which brags of her dtitely gla- 
fed Palaces)they ufe paper windows to like lye fuh dio, in 
the top of their flat-roofed houfes,fo deeping under the canopy of hea- 
ven. In fome parts off Italy they have Windmills,to draw a cooling air 
out of hollow caves.and difpcrfe the fame, through all the chambers of 
tationem inde 
fubeunt, pro 
■ c#li fry venta- 
rum ratione, 
fini aliter af- 
'' feBiJmt cado 
nubilo, aliter 
‘firena. 
De natura ven- 
torum, {ce Pii- 
! ny /.3.f. 35,27, 
. 28. Strabo l. 7, 
■ &c. 
> t Pines Mori- 
fon pare i.c. 4, 
_ p Altomaruf 
■ car. 7, Bruel. 
' Adr Jit lucidus, 
* bend olens, hu- 
j midw.Montal- 
‘ tus idem c. z6, 
, OlfaBui rerum 
fuavium, Lau- 
1 rent ita c. 8. 
their Palaccs,to refrefn thensas at Coflo%a the houfeof Trento, 
a Gentleman of Vicenza, and elfewhere, Many excellent means are 
invented to correct nature by art .If none of thefe courfes help, the bed 
way is to make artificial aire, which howfoever is profitable and good, 
dill to be made hot and moid,and to be fcafoned with fweetperfumes, 
ppleafant and lightfomeas may be} to haveßofes, Violets, and fweet 
f L (J / jj 
fmelling dowers ever in their windows,Podes in their hand.Laurentius 
commends water Lillies, a veflelofwarm water to evaporate in the 
rooijjj which will make a more delightfome perfume, if there be added 
Orange dowers,pils of Citrons, Rofemary, Cloves, Bayes, Rofe-water, 
Peofe-vineger,Belzoin, Ladanum,Styrax, and fuch like Gums, which 
1 .1 r. . ft . 1 1 r -k tj rr* r _• r . ~ • ' r 
make a plealant & acceptable perrume. BeJJardus Bijantims preters the 
Imoak of Juniper to melancholy perfons, which is in great requeft with 
us at Oxford, to fweeten our chambers.e Guianerius preferibes the aire 
to be moiftned with water,and fweet herbs boiled in it, vine and fallow 
* Ant, Philof 
cap. de melanc, 
e Iraß.if.c.p, 
ex redolentibus 
herb if <& foliis 
——- j j " 
leaves^&c.to befprinkle the ground and pods with Ro(e-water, Rofe- 
vineger,which Avicenna much approves.Of colours it is good to behold 
gredn, red, yellow and white, and by all means to have light enough, 
with windows in the day,wax candles in the night,neat chambcrs,good 
fires in winter, merry though melancholy perfonsN love 
vitis vinifer#, 
filled, &c, 
f Pavimentum 
aceto fry aqua 
roficea irrora-, 
y J JL CJ J X 
to be dark and alone, yetdarknefs is a great encreafer of the humor. 
Although our ordinary aire be good by nature or art, yet it is not 
amide, as I have faid, dill to alter it 5 no better Phyfick for a melan* 
choly man then change of aire and variety of places, to travel abroad 
and Iceraihions. gLeo Afer Ipeaks or'many or his country-men lo 
cured, without all other Phyfick: amongdthe Negroes, there is fnch an 
Excellent aire, that if any of them he and brought thi- 
ther he is injiantly recovered, of which he was often an eye witnejfe. 
h Lipfits, Zuinger, and fome other, adde as much of ordinary tra- 
vel!. No man, faith Lippus in an Epidleto Philip Lanoius, a noble 
friend of his, now ready to make a voyage, » can he ftteh a flock. or 
fi°ne,whom thatpleafantpeculation of countries,cities,towns,rivers, will, 
not affect f Seneca the Philofopher was infinitely taken with the fight of 
Scipio Africanus houfe,near Linternumyo view thofe old buildings, Cl- 
g Üb.ucap, de 
morb. Afrorum 
In Nigratarum 
regions tanta 
and temperies, 
ut fquii alibi 
morbo fused 
advehatur, 
optima-fratim 
’ JanitatireJji- 
tuatur, quad 
multis aecidif- 
fcy ipfemeu 
oculis vidi. 
K Lih.dsperegYinat. i Epijh i.ccn. i. Nec quifqusm tm lapi* aut frutex, yuem non titiU.it irwru ilfoyW locorum,u'dium, 
&ntiuvtf&c. Epijl Stf. part. 2.Sect. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
*Memb.g. 
fierns, Bathes, Tombes^Scc.And how was *TuUy pleafed with the fight 
* 2 lib. de le- 
gibu’. 
oi-Athens yo behold thole ancient and rair buildings, with a remem- 
brance of their worthy inhabitants. Paulus JEmili us that renowned Roman 
Captain, after he had conquered Perfeus the lafr king of Macedonia.and 
now made an end of his tedious wars, though he had been long abfent 
from Rome3 and much there defired, about the beginning of Autumne 
fas*Livy deferibes it)madea pleafant peregrination all over Greece, 
compnnied with his fon Scipioymd Atheneus the brother of king Eumenes 
* Lib. 45- 
leaving the charge of his Army with Sulpitius Callus. By jhejffaly he 
went to Delphosi, thence to Megaris, Antis, Athens, Argos, Laca’demon, 
Megalopolis, &c. He took great content, exceeding delight in that his 
voyage, as who doth not that (hall attempt the like,though his travel be 
ad jabationem magis quam ad ufum reipnh. (as f one well obferves) to 
crack, gaze, fee fine fights and fafhions, fpend time, rather then for his 
f Keckeman 
pr cffat.polit. 
own or pubiick good(as it is to many gallants that travelout their bed: 
daysytogetherwith their means, manners, honefty, religion) yet it avai- 
leth howloever.For peregrination charms our fenfes with fuch unfpeak- 
able and fweet fome count him unhappy that never tra- 
kind of prifoner,and pity his cafe that from his cradle to his old 
age beholds the fame ■ftjlljftiJjaftill the fame,the fame. Infomuch that 
tont.lib.s .Traci.2. doth not only commend but enjoyn travel, 
and fuch variety of objects to a melancholy man, and to lye in difarfe 
Inns, to be drawn into fever al companies: Mont altus cap. 36. and many 
Neot£ricks arc of the fame mind.C elf us advifeth him therefore that will 
continue his health, to have varium vita genus, diverfity of callings, oc- 
cupations to be bulled about Jfometimes to live in the in 
the country*,?:ore to fludy or worJ\Jtb be intent Jhen again to hawk or hunt, 
jwimyrunyrideyr exerafe hi mfelf. A good profpeft alone will eafe melan- 
choly, as Comejius contends, l.'i.cy.de Sale. The citizens of mßarcino, 
faith hCjOtherwife penned in, Melancholy and (birring little abroad, are 
* Fives Mori- 
Jon. c.^.part. 
j. 
k Mutatio dtf 
loco in locum, 
Itinera et voi- 
egia longa & 
indetermina- 
ta, <& hf itare 
in diverts di- 
rer fori». 
1 Modo ruri 
ejjc, modd in 
urle,jtfpiw in 
agro venari, 
& <'• 
in In Catalo- 
nia ill Speine. 
much delighted with that pleafant profpeft their city hath into the fea, 
which like that of old Athens befides JEgina Salamina, and many plea- 
fant Ifknds,had all the variety of delicious objefts.-fo are thofe Neopoli- 
inhabitants of Genua, to fee the (hips,boats,and pafl'engers go 
by, out of tfieir windows:, their whole cities being fited on the fide of 
an hill,like Perahy Conftantinoplejfo tfiat each houfc almoh,hath a free 
profpedf to the fea,as lome part of London to the Thames', or to have a 
free profpeft all over the city at once,as at Granada in Spain, and Fez in 
Africk,the river running betwixt two declining hils,thc fteepnes caufcth 
each houfe ahnoff,as well to overfeeds to be overfeen of the reft.Every 
n Laudaturq' 
dotnw Invges 
qutf profyicit 
«Sros- 
*Many towns 
there are of • 
that name, 
faith Adrica- 
mu# all high- 
fited. 
country is -fullof fuchndelightfome profpeds, as well within land as by 
fea,as Herman and* Rama in Palejiina.Colalto in Italy f\\L top of Tagctus 
or Acrochorinthus^that old decayed caftle w^-Pclop one-' 
fus^Greece^the Jonian and Mgean feas were femel &fvnttl ax on*z view to 
be taken.fri JSgypt the fqnare top-'of the great Pyramis 300. yards in 
height,and io the Sultans Palace in Grand Cairo^the country being plain, 
hath a marvellous fair profpect as well oyer Nihstas that great city Jive 
Italian miles long and two broad, by the river fide .-from mount Sion in 
‘jerufalem the holy land is of all fides to be Teen ; fuch high places Part, 2 Seft, 2. 
Exercife verified. 
Memb. 4.* 
are infinite: with us thofe of the beft note are Glafienbury lower, Sever 
caftle, Rod-way Grangef[Walsby in Lincolnshire,where I lately received a 
real kitidndsfby the munificence of the right honourable my noble La- 
dy and patronefs,the Lady Frances Countefs Dowager of Exeter: And 
two amongfi the reft, which linay not omit for vicinities fake, dldhury 
in the confines of Warwickshire^where I have often looked about me with 
t Lately re- 
signed for 
fome fpeciall 
reafons. 
great delight,at the foot of which hill°l was born: And Hanhury irt Stafi 
fordjbire,contigious to which is Faide a pleafant Village, and an ancient 
patrimony belonging to our family, now in the poffeflion of mine elder 
brother William s«r/o»Efquir€. p Barclay the Scot commends that of 
Greenwich tower for one of the belt profpe&s in Europe^to fee London on 
the one fide,the pleafant meadows on the othcr.There 
be thofe that fay as much and more oi S. Markj fteeple in Venice. Yet 
thefe areat too great diftanccjfome are efpeciallyaffeefed with fuchob- 
jeCfs as be near, to fee paflengers go by in fome great Rode way, or 
o At Li mi Icy 
in Lecefter- 
f!ure,the pof- 
felfion and 
dweiing place 
of Ralph Bur- 
ton Efquire, 
my late de- 
ceafed father, 
p In Icon am- 
norm» 
boats in a river,*» Jubjecdum forum dejp/cere, to overfee a Fair, a Market 
place,or out of a pleafant window into Some thorough-fare ftreef to be- 
hold a continual concourfe, a promifeuous rout, coming and going, or a 
multitude of fpe&ators at a Theater, a Maik or fome fach like (hew .But 
I roverthefumis this,that variety of actions,objeds, air, places, are ex- 
cellent good in this infirmity and all others, good for man, good for 
beaft. *1 Confiantine the Emperor 1ib,18.0. T3.ex LeontiOj holds it an only 
cure for rotten fijsep, and any manner of a fonte JEgn bi- 
nus that great Dodor, at the latter end of many of his con fultat ions fas 
commonly he doth fet down what fucceis his Phyfick hid) in melancho 
ly moft efpecially approves of this above all other remedies whatfoever. 
as appears &c. r cJMany other things holt cdy but 
change of aire was that which wrought the cure, and did mofi good. 
q /Egrotantes 
oves in alium 
locum tranf 
portanda font, 
ut ahum aerem 
(£t- aquam par- 
ticipantes , co~ 
a!ejcanted' 
corroborentur, 
x Alia utilia, 
fed ex mutatio- 
ns aeris potijji- 
mum curam. 
Memb. 4- 
Exercife rectified of Body andminde. 
TOthat great inconvenience, which comes on the one fide by 
immoderate and unfeafonable exercife, too much' foiitarinefle 
and idleneflfe on the other, mu ft be oppofed as an Antidote, a 
moderate and fcafonable ufe of it, and that both of body 
and mind, as a moft material circumftance, much conducing to this 
cure, and to the general prefervation of our health. The heavens them- 
selves run continually round, the Sun rifeth and Sets, the Moon ihcrca- 
Seth and decreafeth. Stars and Planets keep their conftant motions, the 
is ftill tofifed by the winds,the waters ebb and flow to their conferva- 
tion no doubt, to teach us that we fhould ever be in action. For which 
caufe Hierom preferibes Rujiicusthe Mpnk,that he be alwayes occupied 
about fome bufines or the Devil do not find him idle. t Seneca 
would have a man do fomething,though it be to no purpofe.* Xenophon 
wiftieth one rather to play at tables, dice, or make a jefter of hi in fell 
though he might be far better imployed) then do nothing- d he 
fNetc daemon 
otiojiim inve- 
niat t 
aliud 
agere quam ni- 
hil. 
* Lib.de di- 
ll is Socratis, 
Qni tejftrif 
<R, rijiii exci- 
tando vacant, 
aliquid faciunt, 
etji lic/3Yet hit 
meliora agere. 
t Avnifis com' 
polled every 
man once a 
year to tell 
how he lived. Part 2.Seft. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb-4» 
gyptians of old, and many flourifhing Commonwealths (ince, have en- 
joyned labour and exercife to all forts of men, to be of fome vocation 
and calling, and to give an account of their time, to prevent thofe grie- 
vous mifehiefs that come by idlenefs,/tfr as fodder, whip and burthen be- 
long to the afjeifo meatffiorreßion the 33*23. 
u Nojire me- 
moria IYfaho- 
metes o>ho- 
mamu* qui 
Grifd 
um juhvenit, 
cum oraiorum 
pofiulata audi- 
ret externarum 
gentium, a- 
ihhavia hgnea 
tsjjtdueciflubat, 
aut aliquid in 
tabula, affinge- 
bat. 
x Sands fol. 
37.0f his voy- 
age to Jeru- 
falein. 
•\ Perkins ca- 
fes ofcor.fdence 
l.fc. 4. ?. 3- 
Th e Turks injoyn all men whatfoever, of what degree, to be of fome 
trade or other, the grand Signior himfelf is not excufed. nln our memory 
(faith Sabellicus) Mahomet the he that conquered Greece, at that 
very time when ht heard Embajjadors cf other Princes, did either carve 
or cut woodenfioons^orframe fomething upon a table xThis prefent Sultan 
makes notches for bows. The Jews are moft fevere in this examination 
of time. All wel-governed Places, Towns, Families, and every difereet 
perfon will be a law unto himfelf. But amongft us the badge of gentry 
is idlenefsvto be of no calling,not to labor,for that's derogatory to their 
birth, to be a meer fpedfator, a dron e fruges eonfumere have no 
neceffary employment to bufie himfelf about in Church and common- 
wcalth(fome few governers to rife to eat, fpend his 
dayes in hawking, hunting, Bee. and fuch-likc difports and recreations 
(fwliichour Cafuifts tax)are the foie exercife almoft Sc ordinary aftions 
,of our Nobility , and in which they are too immoderate. And thence it 
’ comes to pafie that in City and Country fo many grievances of body and 
mind,and this feral difeafe of melancholy fo frequently rageth,and npw 
domineers almoft ail over Europe amongft our great ones. They know 
not how to fpend their times (ciifports excepted,which are all their bu- 
ftnefs) what to do, or otherwife how to beftow themfelvcs ; like our 
modern Frenchmen that had rather lofe a pound of blood in a (ingle 
combaiesthen a drop of fweat in any honeft labour. Every man almoft 
liatli fometliiiig or other to employ himfelf about, fome vocation, fome 
trade, but they do all by minifters and ftrvants,adotia duntaxatfe natos 
exifiimant, imo ad jui ipfius plerumqb & aliorumperniciemf as one freely 
taxeth fuch kind ofmen,they are all for paftimes, 'tis all their ftudy, all 
their invention tends to this alone to drive away time, as if they were 
. born (on eof them to no other ends. Therefore to correft and avoid 
* Lufriniuf 
Grumio. 
y Non eji cvra 
wehor yuan 
inpngcre ii) 
necrjf iria & 
tqportma; 
opt rum ndnii- 
mjitaiiOihts 
magnum fani- 
tuih m remen- 
tum, O qua: 
yapfeJnt animos 
eorum, ct inci- 
tis: ; iv liver- 
Jos cogitatio , 
nes. 
ConmJraß^. 
zAnte extra*' 
tium,lexes toto 
corpprfrica- 
tiones conveni- 
unt. Aabmc 
morbum exerci- 
tationes, quum 
relic &fu 0 1 
temporeJi nt, 
mirijkd cchuu- _ 
amt, & [avita** 
uf tuentur, <uc ' 
a Lib. i.ds 
Sun. tuend. 
theft errors andinconveniences,our Divines,Phy(icians, and 
io much labor,and fo ferioufly for this difeafe in particular, 
y here can he no better cure then continual buftnef, as Rhafis holds, have 
fvme.employment or other yvhih may fet their mind difir all their 
cogitations. Riches may not eafilybe had without labour and induftry, 
nor learning without ftudy,neither can our health be preferved without 
bcdilycxercife.lfit be of the body anerius allows that exercife which 
, is gehfie zandjhll after thofe ordinaryfricat ions ,which muft be ufed eve- 
try morning. Mont alt us cap .26 .and Jajon Fratenfis life almoft the fame 
words, highly coinmending exercife if it be moderate? a wonderful help 
p ufeUfratocalls it, and a great means to preferve our healthy as adding 
*firength to the whole body, increafwg natural means of which, the 
mar . nent is well concocted in the fiomack, liver and or no cru~ 
d'tics left oishapi ly difir ibuied over all the body. Eefides, it expeilsex- 
Ci. cuts by fweat,and other iuftnfible vapours* in fo much, that a Ga- Pan. 2. Sed. 2. 
Exercifc rectified* 
Memo.4 
len prefers Exercife before ail Phyfick, Rectification of diet, or any regi- 
ment in what kinde foever 5 "tis Natures Phyfichn. b Fulgentius out of 
Gordonius de conjcrv.vit .horn Jib.l. cap./. tearms J pur of a dull■ 
Jleepy nature-the comforter of the members,cure of infirmity,death of difea- ‘ 
fes, deftruction of all mifehiefes and vice/. The fitted time for exercife, is \ 
‘ b Exercitium 
nature dormi- 
emu fiimulatio, 
membrorum fo- 
letium, morbo- 
rum medela, fa- 
gi imorum, 
medicina lan- 
guorum, defirU- 
Bio omnium 
maIoru,Crato. 
c Alimentis in 
ventriculo pro- 
bd concoctu. 
a little before dinner, a little before lupper,cor at anytime when the bo- 
dy is empty . Montanus confil. 31. prefer!besit every morning to his pati- 
ent, and that as d Calenus addes,after he hath done hk ordinary needs,rub- 
bed his body, wajhed hk hands and face, combed hk head, and gargdrized. 
Whatkinde ofexercife he fhould ufe, tells us, lib. 3 .de fan it. 
tuend. and in what mcafure,6 till the body be ready to Jive at.fin roufed up 5 
ad ruberem, fome fay, non adfudorum, left it thou Id dry the body too 
JJa•J •* J J 
much 5 others injoyn thofe wholefome bufinelles, as to dig fo long in his 
garden, to hold the plough, and the like : Some preferibe frequent and 
violent labour and exercites,as fawing every day,fo long 
6. Hippocrates confounds them) but that is in fome cafes, to fome pecu- 
liar men f the moll forbid, and by no means will have it go farther then a 
. dJejuno venire 
' vefca <&alvo 
ah excrementif 
purgato, frica- 
tu membris, la- 
tu manibus (fy 
oCulu,<&c. lib. 
beginning fweat, as being 8 perilous if it exceed. 
Of thefe labours,exercifes and recreations,whichare likewife included. 
Topic properly belong to the body, fome to the miiide, fome more eafie, 
lomehard, fome with delight, fome without, fome within doors, fome' 
natural], fome are artificial]. Amongft bodily exercifes, Galen commends 
ludumparvcepiU, to play at ball, be it with the hand or racket, in Ten- 
nif-courts, orothervvife, it exercifeth each part of the body, and doth 
de atra bile. 
e Qualify-, cor- 
i pw univerfun 
(intumefcat, f? 
fioridum appa- 
reat, fudorec[', 
' fc. 
POmnino fudo- 
rem vitent, 
cap.6, lib. 1 Va- 
much good, fo that they fweat not too much. It was in great requeft of 
old amongft the Grechy-Romanes^arbarians,mentioned by Homer, Hero- 
dotus, and Plinius. Some write, that Aganella a fair rnaide of Cvrcyrafwees' 
the inventer of it, for (lie prefented the firft ball that ever was made, to 
Nau [tea the daughter of king Alcinous, and taught her how to ufe it* 
The ordinary fpoitS which are ufed abroad, are Hawking, Hunting, hi-, 
lefeu* de Tan . 
g Exercitium 
ft excedat, xai- 
de periculofum. 
S' alujl.Salvia- 
nus dsremsd, 
lib.2. cap. 1, 
h. Camden in 
Stafford» 
dure. 
i Friievalliut 
If i. cap. 2. op- 
tima omnium 
exercitationum 
multi ab hac 
filuamodo mar- 
hu liberati. 
k Jofephus 
Qufircetauuf 
dialeß. polit. 
— , £ * * O 
lares venandi labores, h one calls them, became they recreate body and 
minde5i beji cxcrcife that is, by which alone many have been 
ifreedfrom allferallchfcafes. Hegcjtppus lib: l. cap. 37. relates of Herod, 
that he was eafed of a grievous melancholy by that means. Plato./.de leg. 
highly magnifies it, dividing it into three parts, * by Lund, IVater, Ay re. 
Xenophon in Cyroped. graces it with a great narr\e,Deorum mums,the gift 
°f the Gods, a Princely fport. which they have ever ufed, faith Langins 
e as well for health as pleafurc, and do at this day, it being 
tl* foie ahnoft and ordinary fport of our Noblemen in Europe, and elfe- 
where all over the WorJd. Bohemiis dc mor.gent. lib.2,. cap. 12. (Hies it 
eerefore find*» ftobi li um,communitcr vcnantm,quod {Ihi folk licerecon- 
te»duf:tf ris all their ftudy,their exercife,ordinary bufinefs,alJ their talk: 
aijd indeed feme dote too much after it, they can do nothing elfc, dif 
courfeot naught elfe. Paulus Jovius defer. Brit. doth in tome fort tax 
®ur m F»gl/fi Noh/lity for it, for living in the country fo much, and too 
pequent ufc of it. as if they had no other means hut Hawking and Hunting 
0 approve themfelves Gentlemen with. 
; feSI. 2. cap. ii. 
Interamnia ex* 
' ereitia pr‘<r- 
“ laudem 
'meretur. 
1 Ghyron in 
monte Pelio, 
praeceptor he- 
roum e-os a 
morbis animi 
venationibus et 
* \ , puris ciba tits- 
tiorif m "Mobilitas nthnu fere urfas fafiiditt caJkUif & liheriove cxlogaudet, gatterify dignitatem Una nwsfae •usas* 
‘ei falconum aucupiis tuetur< Part. 2.Sect. 2. 
Cure &f Melancholy. 
Memb.q, 
Hawking comes neer to Hunting, the one in the aire,as the other on the 
Earth, a fport as much affeded as the other, by fome preferred, n It was 
njof. Scaliger 
commen.itiCir. 
infol 344. 
Salmuth 23. ds 
flow report. 
(ofn.in Pancir. 
•f Demetrius 
Conflant inop. 
de re accipitra• 
rut, liber dP. 
Gillir latind 
reddhto. AJ.U- 
its. Epijl.Aqui- 
]<f Symacbi & 
Thsodotionu 
ad Ptolomsum, 
fjc. 
o Lonicetw, 
Geffreurjo- 
vius. 
ps. Anthony 
■‘■'herlics rela- 
tions. 
4 Hatluit. 
never heard of among!! the Romans, invented fomc 1200 years fince,aad 
firft mentioned by Firmicus lib. 5. cap.S. The Grecke Emperours began 
it, and now nothing fo frequent; he is no body, that in the feafon hath 
not a Hawke on his fifl.' A great Art, and many f books written of it* 
It is a wonder to hear 0 what is related of the Turves Officers in this be- 
half, how many thoufand men are imployed about it, how many Hawks 
of all forts, how much revenewes confumed on that only difport, how 
much time is (pent at Adriano pic alone every year to that purpofe.The 
. p Pcrfian Kings hawk after Butterflies with fparrows, made to that life, 
’and flares * letter Hawks for lefler games they have, and bigger for the 
reft, that they may produce their fport to all feafons. The Mufiovian 
Emperdurs reclaimc Eagles to fly at Hindes, Foxes, Bcc. and fuch a one 
was font for a prefent to q Queen Elizabeth: fomc reclaime Ravens, Ca- 
flrils, Pies, Gcc. and man them for their pleafures. 
Fowling is more trouble fome, but all out as deiightfome to fome fdrts 
of men, heir, with guns, lime, nets, glades, ginnes, firings, baits, pitfalls, 
pipes, calls, llavvkipg-horfcs, fetting-doggs, coy-ducks, 6cc* or other- 
wife- Some much delight to take Larks with day-nets, fmall birds witli 
chaffe-nets,plovers, partridge,herons, fnite,See. Henry the third, king of 
Cajiihf as Mari aha t he Jefuite reports of him, 7.) was inuchaf- 
fected1 with catching of Jffntai Its and many Gentlemen take a lingular 
pleafure at morning ahd evening to go abroad with their Qiiaile-pipes 
r Coturnicum 
aucupio. 
f F/Jtb Mori- 
fon, pan.i.c.S* 
and will take any paines to fatisfte their delight in thap kinde. The {lta- 
lians have gardens fitted to Inch ufe, with nets, bullies,glades,fparing no 
coft or indufiry, and very much affected with the fport. Tycho Zrahe 
that great Aflronomer, in the Chorography of his Ule of Buena, Sc cable 
of Vraniburgc, puts down his nets, and manner of catching final! birds 
as an ornament, and a recreation, wherein he himfelf was fometimes im- 
ploycd. 
t Kan majorem 
voluptatem a- 
nimo capiunt, 
qudmopuijeras 
infectantur, aut 
canibuf 
cimprahendunif 
quum retia tra- 
hentes,fjuamo- 
fai pecudes in 
ripas adducunt. 
u More pif ca- 
lorum cruribus 
ocreatus. 
X Si principi- 
bus venatio le- 
ports notip fi 
Piping is a k’uide of hunting by water,be it with ncts,wcelcs,baits,an- 
gling or otherwife, and yeelds all out as much pleafure to fomc men, as 
dogs, or hawks 51 IVhcn they draw theirfijh upon the hanky faith Nic.Hen- 
Jehus silejiographitfy cap. 5, fpeaking of that extraordinary delight his 
Countrymen took in hiking, and in making of pooles. James Lubravius 
that Moravianfia his book depife. tellcth, how travelling by the high- 
way fide in Silejiapc found a to the groines^wading 
himfelf,pulling the netssand labouring as much as any filherman of them 
imejh, ficto 
tjuowodo pif 
idtio cyprino- 
rum videri di- 
ktat pudendd. 
y Omnino tur- 
j m j ijeatio,nul- 
lo fhuiio digna f 
t'dibertt» credi- 
ta ejlfluoi 1 nul- 
lum habit in- 
genium, nullum' 
ygrfiicaciam. 
all: and when fome belike objected to him the bafchcfs of his office, he 
excufed himfelf, x that ifother men might hunt Hares. why jhould not he 
hunt Car pest’Many Gentlemen in like fort with us, will wade up to the 
Arm-holes,upon Inchoccasions,and voluntarily undertake that, to fatisfre 
.their pleafure, which a poor man for a good ftipend would fcarce be hi- 
, red to undergo, Plutarch hi his book da filer, anrm.il. fpcaks .’gainffaii 
hiking, V & a fib hyfiajeylj3hL rail imploymcnt,having neither wit nor per- 
Jpicacity in it.nor worih the labour. But he that fhall coniider the variety 
of Baits,for all feafons, 6c pretty devices which our Anglers have inven- 
ted, peculiar lines, falfe flics, kvcrall Heights, &c. will fay B that it de- Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Exercife reUified. 
Memb.4* 
ferves like commendation, requires as much lludy, and perfpicacity as 
the reft, and is to be preferred before many of them. Becaufe hawking 
and hunting are very laborious, much riding, and many dangers accom- 
pany them 5 but this is dill and quiet: and if fo be the angler catch no 
Fifn, yet he hath a wholfome walk to the Brook dde, pleafant (hade, 
by thefweet diver dreams 5 he hath good airc, and fweet fmels of dne 
frefn meadow flowers, he hears'the melodious harmony of Birds,he fees 
the Swans, herns, ducks, water-horns, cootes. Sic. and many other 
fowle, with their brood, which he thinketh better then the noife of 
hounds, or blad of homes, and all the fport that they can make. 
Many other fports and recreations there be, much in ufe, as Ringing, 
bowling, fhooting, which Jskam commends in a juft volume, and hath 
in former times been injoyned by ftatute, as a defendve exercife,and an 
z honour to our Land, as well may witnefs our vi&ories in France. Keel- 
pings, tronks, coits, pitching bars, hurling, wreftling, leaping, running, 
fencing, muftring, fwimming, wallers, foils, foot-bals, balown, quintan. 
Sic, and many fuch, which are the common recreations of the country 
folks .Riding of great horfes,running at rings,tilts and turnaments,horfe- 
races, wilde-goofe chafes, which are the difports of greater men, and 
good in themfelves, though many Gentlemen by that means, gallop 
quite out of their fortunes. 
■ z PrtfcipM 
hinc Anglic 
gloria, crebri 
'villaria part 
Jovtix. 
But the mofi: pleafant of all outward that of a Areteus./leam- 
hnlatioper to make a petty progrefs, a merry journey now 
and then with fome good companions3 to vifit friend3 fee Cities., CafHes5 
T owns. 
a Cap. 7. 
b Fracajlorius. 
c Ambulationes 
fubdiales, quae 
hortenfes aura’ 
minifirant,fub 
fornice viridi, 
pampin» vi- 
rentibus con- 
camerat.te. 
* Theophylatt. 
f Itinerat. ItaU 
d Sedet cfgro- 
tuscejpi te viri- 
b VtjercJ dtp e amnes nitido sy per amanaqi, Tempey 
Et placidas fummis fetari in montibus auras. 
1 o fee the pleafant fields, theCryftall fountains. 
And take the gentle aire amongft the mountains. 
c To walk amongft Orchards, Gardens, Bowers, Mounts and Arbours, 
artificiali wiidernefies, green thickets, Arches, Groves, Lawns, Rivulets, 
Fountains, and fuch like pleafant places, like that Antiochian Daphney 
Brooks, Pooles, Fifhponds, betwixt wood and water, in a fair meadow, • 
by a river fidefiuhivar'uz avium cantati onesfiorum coloresypratorumfru- 
ticesce. to difport in fome pleafant plain,park, run up a fteep hill fome- 
, dif is cm in~ 
dementia Ca- 
) nicular» terras 
) excoquit, & 
Jiccat Jiumim, 
ipfe fecurus fe- 
dst fub arborei 
■ fronde, & ad 
times.,or fit in a fbady feat, muff needs be a deledable recreation. Hortus 
principis & domus ad deleft at i one fact a ycumfylvk/nonte & pifcinay vulgb 
La montag?:a: The Princes garden at Ferrara fSchottus highly magnifies, 
the groves,nx)untainssponds,for a delegable profpe&jhe was much 
with it 5 A Per fan Paradife,or pleafant park, could not be more 
, dolorii fuifold- 
tium, naribus 
fu» gramineas 
redoletJfecies, 
pafc.it oculos 
herbarum amet- 
na viriditas, 
deledable in his fight. S. Bernardm the defcription of his Monaftery, is 
ravifhed with the pleafures of it. A ftck d man (faith he)j/f s upon a 
green ban{^y and when the dog-fi nr parcheth the Plaines , and dries ftp ri~ 
!Jerj3 he lies in a jld tdie howre , Fronde fub arborea ferventia temperat a- 
ra5 &nd feeds his eyes with variety of ohje&sy hearhsy treesy to comfort his 
m fiery he receives ma?iy delightfome fmelsya?td fils his cars with thatjweet 
auresfuavi mo- 
dulamine de- 
mulcet pitta- 
rum concentus 
avium, &c. 
Deus bone, 
quanta paupe- 
ribus procuras 
' folatia! Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Mcmb,4« 
and various harmony of Birds : Good God ( faith he ) what a company of 
pleafures haft thou made for that ftiould be admitted on a fudden 
to the fight of fuch a Palace as that of EfcuriaU in Spain,ox to that which 
the Moores built at €ranado,F ountenhle we\n France, the Turks gardens in 
his Seraglio,wherein all manner of Birds and beafts are kept for plcafurev 
Wolves, Bears, Lynces, Tygers, Lyons, Elephants,Bcc. or upon the banks 
Died. Sicil- ( 
jus, lib. 2. 
* Lib. 13. dea- 
nimal. cap. 13. 
c Pet. GiUiuf. 
Paul.Hentseus 
Itenerar.ltalia. 
1617. Joi. 
Sincere Itene- 
var, Gallia 
i<sl7. Simp. lib. 
I. quefl. 4. 
f JucundijJtma 
deambulatio 
jusota mare, 
navigatio pro- 
pe terram. 
In utraq\fiur 
minh ripa. 
■f Aurei panes, 
aurea obfenia, 
vii Margarita- 
yum aceto fu- 
t>a8a,&c. . 
* Lucan. 
of that Thracian Bojphorus: the Popes Belvedere in Rome tas pleahng as 
thofe Horti pen files in Babylon, or that Indian Kings delightfome garden 
\vT JElian',oxH\\ofe famous gardens of the Lord Cantelow in France,c ould 
not choofe, though he were never fo ill apaid, but be much recreated 
for the time $ or many of our Noblemens gardens at home. To take a 
bftat in a pleafant evening, and with mufick fto row upon the waters, 
which Plutarch fo much applauds, Elian admires upon the river Pineus : 
in thofe Thefialianbelds, befet with green Bayes, where Birds fo fweetly 
’ fing that pallengers enchanted as it were with their heavenly mufick, 
omnium laborum & curarum oblivi flantur, forget forthwith all labours. 
care and grief; or in a Gundilo through the grand Canale in Venice, to 
fee thofe goodly Palaces, muft needs refrefh and give content to a me- 
lancholy dull fpirit. Or to fee the inner roomes of a fair-built and fump- 
tuous sedifice, as that of the Persian Kings fo much renowned by Dio- 
dorus and Curtius, in which all was almoft beaten go!d,f chaires, ftooles, 
thrones, tabernacles, and pillars of gold, plane trees, and vines of gold, 
grapes of precious ftones, all the other ornaments of pure gold. 
* Fulget gemma floris, & jafiide fulva fupellex. 
Strata mieant Tyrio 
300 pelltces, 
pocillatores & 
pincerna innu- 
meri, pueri loci 
purpura induti 
<&c. esc omni- 
um pulchritu- 
dine delefti. 
* Vbi omnia 
eamu flrepunt. 
With fweet odours and perfumes, generous vines, opiparous fare,&c. 
befides the gallanted: young men, the faireft Virgins, puell# fcituU mi- 
' nifir antes, the rareft beauties the world could afford, and thofe fet out 
with coftly and curious attires, adfiuporem ufqj fieft antium, with exqui- 
fite mufick, as in * Trimaltions noufe, in every chamber, fweet voices 
ever founding day and night,incomparabilis luxu*,all delights and plea- 
fures in each kindc which to pleafe the fenfes could poflibly be devifed 
or had ,conviv£ coronati,deliti is ebrii,<&c.Telemachus in Homer is brought 
in as one ravilhed almoft, at the fight of that magnificent Palace,and rich 
furniture of Menelaus, when he beheld 
*OdyJf.F. 
* JEris fulgorem & refonantia te&a corufco 
Auro, atque ele&o nitido, fe&oque elephanto, 
Argentoquefimul. Talk Jo vis ardua fedes, 
Aulaque c cch col Urn fiellans fplendefcit Olympo. 
Such glittering of gold and brighteft brafs to (bine, 
Clecr amber, filver pure, and Ivory fo fine : 
Jupiters lofty palace where the Gods do dwell. 
Was even fuch a one, and did it not excell. 
It will laxare animos, rcfrelh the foul of man to fee fair-built Cities, 
ilreets. Theaters, Temples, Obelisks, Sac. The Temple ofjferufalem 
was fo fairly built of white marble,with fo many pyramids covered with 
golditetfftMQb tty* fulvo corufcans aur o,nimio fuofulgore obc£cabat ocn- Part.o..Se<f .2. 
Exercife reft?fie d. 
Memb.4. 
Los itiner antium, was fo glorious, and fo glittered afar off, that the 
fpeftatofs might not well abide the fight of it. But the inner parts were- 
all fociiriuufly fet out with Cedar, Gold, Jewels, Sec. as he faid of Cleo- 
palace in Egypt, 
* f Craffumq, trahes abfeonderat aurum. 
That the beholders were amazed. What fo pleafant as to fee fo me 
Pageant or fight go by, as at Coronations, Weddings, and fuch like 
folemnities, to fee an Embafladour or a Prince met, received, entertai- 
ned with Masks,Shewes, Fireworks, See. To fee two Kings fight in (ingle 
combat, ns Porus and Alexander h Canutus and Edmond Ironftde , Scan- 
derbeg and Ferat Bajja the Turkc j when not honour alone butdife it felf 
is at if a ke, as the f Poet of He&or, 
f Lucan. I, & 
nec enim pro tergore Tauri, 
Pro bove nec Certamen erat, qu£ premia Curfuf 
Ejfe folent, fed pro magni vitkq'r, animaqj He&oris* 
t Iliad, tCi 
To behold a battle fought, like that of Crefcy, or Agenconrt, or Poifters, 
qu} nefcio (faith Frojfard) an vetnfiasuUamproferre pojfit clariorem. To 
old Rome revived, or the like. To be pre- 
fent at an Interview, gas that famous of Henry the Bth, and Francis the - 
firft/o much renowned all over tanto app aratu(fakh Huberts# \ 
Velli us) t amque triumphali pompb ambo reges cum eorum conjugibus coiere, 
ut nulla unquH ft as tam celebria fefia viderit aut audi erit,no age ever (aw 
the like.So infinitely pleafant are fuch (hews, to the fight of which often 
times they will come hundreths of miles, give any money for a place,and 
reir cber many years after with lingular delight. Bodine,when he was Em- 
baflador in England, faid he faw the Noblemen go in their Robes to the 
Parliament-houfe,y»;//a?i cumjucunditate vidimus,he was much affe&ed 
with the fight of it. Pomponius Columna, faith Jovius in his life, faw 13. 
Frenchmen, and fo many Italians,once fight for a whole Army ju~ 
cundijfimumJpetfaculuminvita dicit fua, the pleafanteft fight that ever 
he faw in his life. Who would not have been affeded with fuch a fpe- 
g Betwixt 
Ardes and 
Guinea, 151# 
ftacle? Or that ling)e combat of t Brcaute the Frenchman, and Anthony 
Schets a Dutchman before the walls of Sylvaduck in Brabant, Anno 1600. 
They were 22. Horfc on the one fide, as many on the other, which like 
Livies Horatii, Terquati and Corvini fought for their own glory and ' 
> t Swmiut in 
delitis, 
vsteri Horatio- 
-1 rum exemplo, 
'virtute &fuc- 
ce/fu admirabi- 
li, Ceejis hojii- 
bus 17. in con- 
Jbe&u patriot 
,<&c. 
h Paterculus 
vel pofl. 
iHuos anted 
audivi, inquiti 
hodie vidi 
deos. 
countries honour, in the fight and view of their whole City and Army. ‘ 
hWhen Julius Cefar warred about thebarfkesof Rhene, there came a < 
Barbarian Prince to fee him, and the Roman Armc, and when he had*] 
kehcld Cefar a good while, i 1 fee the Gods now (faith he) which before T] 
heard of, me feliciorem ullam vite mee aut optavi, aut ferr ft diem : It was 
thchappieft day that ever he had ia his life. Such a fight alone were 
able of it felf to drive away not for ever, yet it muft needs 
5xpel] it for a time. Rxdzivilus was much taken with th eßajf'as palace 
m Cairo, and amongft many other objects which that place afforded. 
Wltb that folemnity of cutting the bankcsof Nilus,by Imbram Bafj* 
it overflowed, befides two or three hundred guildcd Gallic on 
fie watershe faw two millios of men gathered together on the land with 
Tur bants as white as faow 5 And twas a goodly fight. The very reading Part. 2. Seft. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.4. 
of feafts, triumphs, interviews, nuptialis, tilts,turnaments, combats, and 
monomachies,is moft acceptable and pleafant. f Franajcus Modius hath 
made a large colleftion of fuch folemnitics in two great Tombes, which 
who fo will may perufe. The infpedion alone of thofe 
graphics of Temples and Palaces,as that of the Later an Church in Alher- 
\ VaudeB<e 
Irimph fol. 
* Uh.6.cap.U> 
de brilo 7* A 
tus Durer, that of the Temple of JeruJalcm in * 
Filial pandus: thatofthe Fjcuriall in Gu a das, oil Diana at Ephefus in Pli- 
ny,Kero's golden palace in Rome,fJuJiinians in Constantinople,that Peru- 
nianjugos in * Cufco, utnon ab hominibus, fed hdremoniis conflrulJum 
videaturS. Marks in Venice by Ignatius, with many fuch: prifeornm 
artificum opera (faith that f interpreter of Paufanias') the rare workman- 
Chip of thofe ancient Greeks, in Theaters, Obelisks, Temples, Statues, 
\ Procopiut. 
* hut. lib, 10. 
Amer, defenpt. 
*jr Romultti A* 
nafew prafat, 
Vuufan. 
gold, lilver, ivory, marble images, non minore ferme quum leguntur, quam 
quum cernuntur, animum delegatione complent, aftedt one as much by 
reading alinoft, as by fight. 
Hie Country hath his recreations, the City bis feverall Gymnicks and 
exereifes,May-games, feafts, wakes, and merry meetings to folace them- 
felvcs ythe very being in the country , that life it felf is afufficient re- 
creation tofbme men, to injoy. uchpicafures,as thofe old Patriarks did. 
Diode fan the Emperour was fo nuch afteefed with it,that he gave over 
his fee ptcr, and turned gardner. mjiantine wrote 20. books of husban- 
dry. when Ambaflac irs came to fee him, bragged of no- 
thing more, than of his Orchard, ; funt ordines mei . What (hall I fay of 
Cincinnatus,Cato,Tully, and man fuch? how have they been pleafed 
with it3 to prune, plant, inoculate and graft, to fhew fo many feverall 
kindes of Pears, Apples, Plums, Peaches, See. 
k Virg 1. Geer. 
k&nnc captare feras laqueo, nunc fallere vifee, 
Atque etiam magnos canibus circundare faltus. 
Injfdias avibus moliri, incendere vepres. 
Sometimes with traps deceive, with line and firing 
To catch wild Birds and beafls, encompnfling 
The grove with dogs, and out of bufhes firing. 
-—nidos avium ferutari, &c. 
jucundus in his preface to Cato,Varro,Columella,&c, put out by him,eon- 
fefl’eth of himfelf, that he was mightily delighted with thefe husbandry 
ftudies, and took extraordinary pleasure in them ;if the Theorick or fpc- 
culation can fo much aflefr, what fhall the place and exercife it fclf3the 
practick part do > The fame confeffion I finde in Herb aft ein, Tort a, Came- 
ran us* and many others, which have written of that fubjedh If my tefti- 
mony were ought worth, I could fay as much of my felft, I am ver"e Satur- 
nus 5 No man ever took more delight in Springs, Woods, Groves 3 
Uardens, Walks,Filhponds, Rivers, <kc. £ut 
Tantalus a labris fit iens fugientia captat 
TlUmina 5 And 10 do I, Velle licet, potiri non licet. 
Every Palace, every City alinoft hath his peculiar Walkes, CloyftcrS, 
l'urraces? Groves,l hcatej s,Pagcams, Games, and feverall recreations h 
every profcflcdGymnicks,to exhilarate their minds,Se ex- 
i- ercife their bodies. had their Olympian, Pythian, jfimanfle- 
I Boterw lib. 3. 
jpolit, cap. 1. Part. 2 Seed. 2. 
Exerc/fe reified. 
Meinb. 4 
mean games.sin hoaour of Neptune, Jupi ter,Apol/o 3 Athens hers ; Some for 
Honour,Garjands, Crowns 5 for m beauty,dancing, running, leaping, like 
our diver games. The n Romanes had their feads, as the Athenians, and 
Laccdemonians held their public]ae banquets, in Pritanio, Panathen£k, 
Thefycnis,Phiditiis,Playes,Naumachies, places for Sea-fights, o Theaters, 
Amphitheaters able to contain 70000.men,wherein they had feveral de- 
lightfomc fhews to exhilarate the people 5 p Gladiators, combats of men 
with themfelves, with wild beads,and wild beafts one with ancther,like 
our bull-baitings,or bear-baitings (in which many countrymen and Citi- 
•zens amongd us fo much delight and fo frequently ufe)dancers on ropes. 
}uglcrs,Wredlcrs,Comcdies,Tragedies, publikely exhibited at the Em- 
perours and Cities charge,and that with incredible cod 8c magnificence, 
In the Low-countries (as q Meter an relates ) before thefe wars, they had 
many folemn feafrs, Playes, Challenges, Artillery Gardens, Colledgcs of 
Rimers, Rhetoricians, Poets : and to this day, fuch places are curioufly 
maintained in Amjierdam, as appears by that defeription of ifaacus Pon- 
tanus rerum Amjieiroddib.2. cap. 25. So likewife not long fince at Fri- 
burg in Germany, as is evident by that relation of r Neander, they had Lu- 
dosJeptennales, folemn Playes every feven years, which Bocerus one of 
their own Poets hath elegantly described : 
273 
7 
nLudivetivi, 
kn Martiales, 
o’se*e upjtut 
Amphitheatre 
hidu Gr*co- 
Yuirt' 
Lions, file- 
Beares,&o 
qLib.uhetl u 
minus lawhbi- 
At nunc magnifico fjtcff acula Jiru&a paratu 
Quid memorem, vitcri non concejjura Quirino, 
Ludorum pompa, &c. 
li, quam veteri 
contubernia 
Rhet&ru Ryth* 
In Italy they have folemn Declamations of certain feleft young Gentle- 
men in Florence^like thofe Reciters in old Rome)and publike Theaters in 
mod of their Cities,for Stage-players and others, toexerci'fe and recre- 
ate themfcives.All feafons almod,all places have their feverall padimes} 
tome in Sommer, feme in Winter $ fome abroad, fome within } fome of 
morum in urbi- 
bus & munici- 
piis , certify; 
diebu< exerce- 
bantfe fagina- 
riijgladutoreSi 
_ fee. Alia in- 
genii, anirniy; 
the body, fome of the minder and divers men have divers recreations, 
and excrafes.Domitian the Emperour was much delighted with catch- 
ingdics; Auguftus to play with nuts amongd children} f Alexander Se- 
verus was often pica fed to play with whelps and young Pigs, t Adrian 
was d> wholy enamoured with dogs and horfes, that he bedowed monu- 
ments and toinbes of thcmsand buried them in graves. In fowle weather. 
exercitia, yuo- 
rii praecipuum 
jludium, prin- 
cipem populum 
, tragoediis, co- 
mxdiis, fabuli» 
‘ fcsnicti, aliifyi 
} id genus ludtt 
or when they can ufe no other convenient fports, by reafon of the time, 
as we do Cock-fighting to avoid idlenefs I think, (though fome be 
more ferioufiy taken with it, fpend much nine* cod and charges, and are 
too felicitous about it) u Severus ufed Patridges and Quailes, as many 
Frenchmen do dill/ and to keep Birds in cages, with which he was much 
pleafed, when at any time he had leafure from publike cares and bufi- 
He had(faithLampridius') tame Pbeafants,Ducks,Patridges, Pca- 
cocks,and fome aoopo.Ringdbvcs and VigGons.Busbcquius the Emperors 
Oratorswhen he lay in GonjiantinopU,Sc could not dir much abroad,kept 
for liis recreation, bufying himfelfto fee them fed, aimed all manner of, 
ftrangc birds and beads 5 this was fomething, though not to exercifc his 
to refredi his miude.Conradus Gejner,at Zurich in Switzerland, 
kept (o likcwife for his pleafuie,a great company of wildebeads, 
be faith) took great delight to fee them eat their meat. Turkic Gentle- 
recreare. 
r Orb» terror 
defcript. pari. 
3* 
i' Lampridius. 
t Spartian. 
u DslSatuf 
lufis catulorum t 
porcellorum,ut 
perdkes inter 
fe pugnarent, 
aut ut aves 
parvula fur. 
' fum & deorfu 
volitarent hu 
maxims de- 
leBatus, utf}- 
litudines pnbli- 
eat fMevaret» part. 2, Soft. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy, 
Memb,4* 
women, that are perpetuali pnfoners. Trill mewed up according to the 
cuftomeof the place, have little elfc befides their houlhold bulinefs, or 
to play with their children to drive away time, bat to dally with their 
cats, which they have m dclitiis, as many of our Ladies and Gentlewo- 
men ufe Monkies and little Doggs.Thc ordinary recreations which we 
have in Winter, and in moft lolkary times bufie our minds with , arc 
Gardes, Tables and Dice,shovelboard, Chifie-play3t\\c Philolqphers game, 
fifialltrunks, ihutdc-cock, halliards, mufick, masks, finging, dancing, 
ulegames,frolicks, iefts, riddles, catches, purpofes, queftions and com- 
x Brumales Id- 
le ut pojjtnt 
producers 
■colics. 
f Mlef.4. 
mands,x merry tales of errant Knights, Queens, Lovers, Lords, Ladies, 
Giants, Dwarfes, Thccvcs, Cheaters, Witches, Fayries, Goblins, Friers, 
See. luch as the old woman told Pjyche inf Apuleius, Bocacc Novels, 
and the re£t,quarum auditione pueri deleti anturffenes narratione, which 
fome delight to hear, fome to tell 9 all are well pleafed with. Amur an- 
thus the Philofopher, met Hermocles, Diophantus and Philolaus his com- 
panions, one day bufily difeourfing about Epicurus and Democritus Tc- 
rients , very felicitous which was moft probable and came neareft to 
trutluTo put them out of that furly controverfie,and to refrelh their fpi- 
rks, he told them a plcafant tale of Stratocles the Phyfitians wedding, 
and of all the particulars, the company, the cheat, the mufick, See. for 
he was new come from it} with which relation they were fo much de- 
lighted, that Philolaus wilhed a blelfing to his heart, and many a good 
+ O dit JimiJi- 
bwfspe convi- 
viis date ut ip- 
fa videndo de- 
ieihtur, & 
pojhnodum 
narrando dels- 
Qet.TUod, 
prodrosuU 
Amorum dial, 
interpret.IGil- 
bert!) OauUnio, 
* lib. 8. 
Rvjfino. \ 
4 hf)t, ' 
* Lib 4. Galli- 
tie confuetudi- 
nn eft «t viii- 
tores etiam in- 
vitos corjijleve 
cogant, Vy quid 
quiff, eon;»» 
audierit aut 
of ton t de qua- 
requierunt. 
* Vits e\t# 
lib.ult. 
Wedding, T many Inch merry meetings might he be at, to pleafe himfilf 
with thefight,& others with the narration of it. Newes are generally wel- 
come to all our ears, uvidi audimus, aures enim hominum novitate Ititan- 
tur (fi as pliny obferves ) we long after rumour to hear and liften to it, 
f denfium humeris bihit aure vulgus. Wc arc moft part too inquifitive ana 
apt to hearken after ncwes,which Co;far in his * Commentaries obferves 
of the old Caules, they would be enquiring of every Carrier and paiicn- 
gcr what they had heard or Teen, what newes abroad ? 
• quid toto fiat in orhe, 
guidSeres, quid 'Ihruccs agant,fccrcta nover e£, 
Et pucri, quis amet, &c. 
as at an ordinary with us, bakchoufe or barbers (hop. When that great 
Gonfalva was upon fome difpleafure confined by king Ferdinand, to the 
city of Loxa in Andulufta, the onely comfort ( faith * Jovius )he had to 
cafe_ his melancholy thoughts, was to hear nevves , and to iiften after 
thole ordinary occurrcnts, which were brought him cum primis, by let- 
ters or otherwife out of the remoteft parts of Europe. Some mens whole 
delight issto take Fobacco, and drink all day long in a Tavern or Ale- 
ii oufe, to difeourfe, fing, jeft, roare, talk of a Cock and Bull over a pot, 
&c. Or when three or four good companions meet, tell old ftories by 
the fire fide, or in the Sun,as old folkes ufually do, t qu£ aprici meminere 
fencs, remembring afrefh and with pleafure ancient matters, and fuch 
like accidents, which happened in their younger yeares: Others beft 
pafiime is to game, nothing to them fo plcafant. 
f Wc Veneri indui get, hunc decoquit alea- 
Many too nicely take exceptions at Gardes, y 1 ables.and Dice,and fyCh 
+ 'Juren, 
y They ac- 
count than 
unlawf’ull be- 
caufe fertile- 
gions. '  Seff.2. 
Exercije verified. 
Memb.4. 
ir.ixt laborious lots, whom Gatafer well confutes. Which though they 
be honeft recreations in themfelves, yet may juftly be of her wife excep- 
ted atnas thevare often forbidden as thimrs inoft pernicious ; 
~ I.J.J V, J ui v Vi- CVii UUU J.V.VI J. vj A. Io/J V* M MU Lli 1 J / » i V» w -J 
infanam rem & damnofamzLemmus calls it.For mofl part in thefe kjndof 
difport sjtis not artor sky ll,butfubtilty,cnrmy catching,knavery,chance andl 
fortune carries all away : ftis ambulatoria pecunia, 
,z Infldt. c. 44, 
In hn lud# pie- 
rumqm, non ars 
aut peritia vi* 
~ j 
piinfpo mobilis hor£ 
Permutat dominos, & cedit in altera jura. 
get, jed Jraus, 
fallacia, dolm 
qjiutia, cafw. 
They labour inoft part not to pafs their time in honeft difport,but for fil- 
thy lucrc,and covetoufnefsof money .In J&dijfl mum lucrum &> avaritiam 
hominum convertitur,as Daneus obferves. Fons fraudum & maleficiorum, 
ftis the fountain of cofenage and villany.a A thing fo common all over Eu- 
rope at this day,& fo generally abufedfhat many men are utterly undone by 
it, their means fpent, patrimonies con named, they and their pofterity beg- 
jortuna, teme- 
' ritas locum ha~ 
! bent, non ratio, 
conjilium,fapi- 
-1 entia, of c. 
a Abufm tarn 
frequens hodie 
in Europa ut 
phriqi crebro 
gered 3 belides 1 wearing, wrangling, drinking, lots or time, and luch in- 
conveniences, which are ordinary concomitants: b For when once they 
have got a haunt of fuch companies,and habit of garni ng,t hey can hardly be 
drawn from it,but as an itch it will tickle them, and as it is with whorema- 
fiers.once entered,they cannot eaftly leave it mentes inf ana cupi- 
harum ufupa- 
-1 trimonium pro- 
fundant. ex- 
haujiifq' facul_ 
tutibur , ad ino- 
piam redigan- 
j j j y j ✓ jj ' j f' 
doyhty are mad upon their fport.And in conclufion(which Churls the fe- 
venth that good french King publifhed in anedift againft 
fi£ & hilaris vit£fujfuginmflbifltifqh liberis, totiqj familial, &c. That 
which was once their livelihood,(hould have maintained wife3Children, 
family, is now fpent and gon & egeftasfk.c, forrow and beggery 
fucceeds. So good things may be abufed,and that which was firft inven- 
ted to c refrefh mens weary fpirits, when they come from other labours 
andftudiesto exhilarate the minde,to entertain time and company,tedi- 
ous otherwife in thofe long folitary winter nights, and keep them from 
worfe matters, an honeft exercife is contrarily perverted. 
Chef e-play,is a good and witty exercife of the minde, for fome kinde of. 
men, and fit for fuch melancholy, Rhajts holds, as are idle, and have ex- i 
tur. 
' b Vbi femel 
I pmrigo ifla a- 
mmum occupat 
’ rtgra difeuti 
> Potefl, folici- 
r tantibus undiqt, 
ejufdm faring 
' hominibus, 
; damnofas illas 
voluptates re- 
petunt, quod 
i*f fc on atori- 
bus injitu, -fee c, 
■ c Injiituitur 
ijh exercitatio 
non lucri, fed 
travagant impertinent thoughts, or troubled with cares f, nothing better 
to diftraft their minde,and after their meditations 5 invented (fpmc fay ) 
by the f generali of an army in a famine, to keep fouldiers from mutiny: 
but if it proceed from over-much ftudy, in fuch a cafe it may do more 
harm then good 5 it is a game too troublefbme for fome mens braines, 
too full of anxiety, all out as bad as ftudy 5 befides, it is a tefty cholerick 
game, and very oftenfive to him that Jofeth the Matc.d IV.i Hi am the Con- 
valetudini* & 
Meftamenti 
ratione, <& quo 
animus defati- 
gatus rejfiret, 
mvafj; vires 
ad fubeundos 
labores demo 
concipiat. 
t Latrunculo- 
queror in his younger yeares, playing at cheiie with the prince ot France 
(Daulphine was not annexed to that crown in thofe dayes) lofing a Mate, 
knocked the ChefTe-board about his pate, which was a caufe afterward 
of much enmity betwixt them. For fornc fuch reafonit is belike, that 
?“tritius in his 3.800k Tit. 12.de reg. inflit, forbids his prince to play at 
cheffe hawking and hunting, riding, See. he will allow 3 and this to 
other men, but by no means to him. In Mufcovy, where they live in 
Stoves and hot houfes all winter long, comefeldome or little abroad, 
it is again very nccefifary,and therefore in thofe parts (faith e Herbaftein) 
’ rwn lucius in- 
vitus ejladu• 
* ce, ut cum mi- 
les intolerabili 
■ fame laboraret, 
altero die edens 
altero ludens, 
fami* ob livi[ce- 
retur. 
Bellonius. See 
more of this 
game in Dani* 
el Souters Pa» 
tamedes, vel ds vari» ludit. I. 3, dD. Hayward in vita ejus, e Tffufcoyit, commentarium• Part. 2. Scft. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Mcmb.4. 
much ufed. At Fejja in Africky where the like inconvenience of keeping 
within doors is through heat, it is very laudable 5 and (as ? Leo Afer re- 
kites) as much frequented. A fport fit for idle Gentlewomen, Souldicrs 
in Garrifon, and Courtiers that have nought but love matters to bufie 
themfclves about, but not altogether fo convenient for fuch as are Stu- 
dents. The like I may fay of Cl.Bruxers Philofophy game, D. Fulkes Me- 
tromachia and his Ouronomachia, with the reft of thofe intricate Aftrolo- 
gicall and Geometricali fidi ions, for fuch efpecially as are mathemati- 
cally given 5 and the red of thofe curious games. 
i Inter cives 
Pejfmos la- 
trunculorum 
ludrr eji uji 
tatijjm v, lib. 
3. de Africa. 
Dancing,Singing,Masking,Miimming, they be 
heavily confuted by fome fevere Catoes, yet if opportunely and foberly 
ufed,may mffly be approved,Melius ft fodere,quam faltare faith. Auflin: 
but what is that if they delight in it ? 8 Nemo fait at ftbr/us. But in what 
kinde of dance ? I know thefe fports have many oppugners, whole vo- 
lumes writ againft them5 when as all they fay (if duly considered) is but 
ignoratio Elenchi 5 and fome again, becaufe they are now cold and way- 
ward, pad themfelves, cavil at all fuch youthful 1 fports mothers, as he 
did in the comedy 5 they think them, illico nafei fenes, &c, Some out of 
praepollereris zeal object many times triviali arguments, and becaufe of 
g Tulliuf, 
fome abufe, will quite take away the good ufe, as if they ftiould forbid 
wine, becaufe it makes men drunk j but in my judgement they are too 
ftern '.there is a time for allthings,a time to mourne,a time to dance, Ecd.3. 
4. a time to embrace,a time not to embracefverf.^.) and nothing better then 
that a manfhouldrejoyce in his own works, verf.2 2.for my part,! will fub- 
feribe to the kings declaration, and was ever of that minde, thofe May- 
games, Wakes, and Whitlon-ales, &c. if they be not at unfeafonablc 
hours, may juftly be permitted. Let them freely feaft, ling and dance, 
have their poppet-playes, hobby-horfes, tabers, crouds, bag-pipes, &c. 
play at ball,and barley-breaks, and what fports and recreations they like 
hDemorgent. 
i Palycrat. 1.1. 
cap. 8. 
k Idem Sarif- 
buristifts. 
t Hiji. lib. I. 
INemo defidet 
otwfw, ita ne- 
mo afinino mo- 
re ad feram no- 
flem laborat; 
nam ea pluf- 
qtmfervil» 
drumna, qua 
opijicuin vita 
bed. In Franconia a province of Germany ( faith ** Aubanus Bohemus) the 
old folks alter evening prayer, went to the Ale-houfe, the younger fort 
to dance:and to fay ti uth withlS alishurienft sftatius fuerat ftc otiari,quam 
turpius occupariyheittr do fo then worfe, as without queltion otherwife 
( fuch is the corruption of mans nature) many of them will do. For that 
caufe, Playes, Masks, Jeflers, Gladiators, Tumblers, Juglers, &g, and 
all that crew is admitted & winked jocularium feena procedit 
ideo fteffiacula. admijj'a funt,& infinita tyrociniavanitatu,ut his occupen~ 
tur, qui pernicioftus otian folent : that they might be bufied about fuch 
to yes,that would otherwife more pernicioufly be idle.So that asf Tacitus 
faid of the Aftrologers in Rome, we may fay of them .genus homing eft quod 
eft, except» 
Vtopienfibus, 
qui diem in 24. 
hms dividunt, 
fex duntaxat 0- 
peri deputant, 
reliquum a 
fomno y<r cibo 
cujufqi arbitrio 
permittitur. 
in civitate nojira & vitabiturjemper & retinebitur,they are a debofhed 
company moll part , ft ill fpoken againft, as well they deferve fome of 
them(for I fo relifti and difiinguifh them as fidlers,and muficians)and yet 
ever retained .Evilk nol to be done(l confcfs)that good may come ofitdo\Xt 
this is evil per accidens,md in a qualified fenfe,to avoidc a greater incon* 
veoiencc, may jnftly be tolerated, S. Thomas Moore in his Vtopan C.onr 
mon-wealth} as he will have none idlcfifo will he have no man labour pver~ 
bar dyto be toikdrOUt like an horfe’tis more then ftavijb infelicity .the life of Part. 2 Sed.2. 
Exercife rectified. 
Memb. 4* 
mofi of our hired fervantsyand tradefmen elfewhere ( excepting his ZJtopi- 
ans'fhut half the day allottedforworky& half for honeft recreationyorvphat~ ~ 
foever imployment they pall think fit themfelves.lt one halTday ina week 
were allowed to our houlhoid fervants for theitmerry meetings,by their 
hard mafters,or in a year fome feafts, like thofe Roman Saturnali, I think 
they would labour harder all the reft of their time, and both parties be 
better pleafed: but this needs not ( you will fay5) for fome of them do 
nought butloyter all the week long. 
This which I aim at, is for fuch as arc frafti animkytroubled in minde, 
to eafe t hem,over-toiled on the one part,to refrefh:over idle on the other, 
to keep themfelves bulled. And to this purpofe,as any labour or imploy- 
ment will ferve to the one, any honeft recreation will conduce to the o- • 
ther, fo that it be moderate and fparing,as the ufe of meat and 
to fpend all their life in gaming, playing, and paftimes, as too many Gen- 
tlemen do j but to revive our bodies and recreate our fouls with honeft 
fports : of which as there be divers forts, and peculiar to fevcral callings, 
ages, fexes, conditions, fo there be proper for feveral feafons, and thofe 
of diftin<ft natures, to fit that variety of humors which is amongft them, 
that if one will not,another may;fome in Summer,fomein Winter, fome 
gentle, fome more violent, fome for the mind alone* fome for the body 
and mind: (as to fome it is both bufinefs,Sc a pleafant recreation to over- 
fee workmen of all forts, Husbancjry, Cattle, Horfe, &c.To build, plot, 
projeft, to make models, caft up. accompts, &c. ) fome without, fome 
Within doors; new, old. See. as the feafon ferveth, and as men are incli- 
ned. It is reported o tphilippus Bonus, that good Duke of Burgundy ( by 
— L I i J O O ✓ V —J 
Lodovicus Vives, in Epiji. and Font.f Fleutet in his hiftoty ) that the find 
Duke, at the marriage of Elionar a fitter to the king of Portugal at Burges 
in Flanders, which was folemnized in the deep of winter, when as by 
reafon of unfeafonable weather he could neither hawk nor hunt,and was 
now tired with cards, dice. See. and fuch other domeftical fports, or to 
■\ Return But? 
gund. lib. 4.' 
fee Ladies dance, with feme of his Courtiers, he would in the evening 
walk dilguifed all about the Town. It fo fortuned, as he was walking 
late one night, he found a country-fellow dead drunk, fnorting on a 
Bulkvf he caufed his followers to bring him to his Palace,and there Grip- 
ped him of his old cJoaths,and attiring him after the Court fa(hion,when 
he waked, he and they were ready to attend upon his Excellency, per- 
fwading him he was fome great Duke.The poorfcllowadmiring how he 
came there,was ferved in ftate all the day fupper he faw them 
dancc,heard mufick, and the reft of thofe Court-like pleafures: but Lite 
t inUtt homi- 
nem deferri ad 
palatium if 
Icllo ducali col- 
locari, fac. mi- 
rari homo ubi 
fe eoi loci videt* 
—— ~ j 
at night,when he was well tipled, Sc again faft afleep, they put on his old 
robes, and fo conveighcd him to the place where they firft found him. 
Now the fellow had not made them fo good fport the day before, as he 
did when he returned to the jeft was, to fee how he m looked 
upon it. In conclufion,after fome little admiration, the poor man told his 
friends he hadfeen a vilion, conflantly believed it, would not otherwise 
be perfwaded, and fo the jefl ended.ll Antiochus Epiphanes would often 
difguilc himfelf, fteal from his Court, and go into Merchants, Gold- 
imiths, and other tradefmens (hops, lit and talk with therm and lome- 
m guid inter- 
efl, inquit Lo~ 
iovicuf Vives, 
(epiji. ad Frar»' 
cifc.Barducem') 
inter diem fli- 
nt Vy najlrds 
aliquot annos ? 
nihil penitus, 
nijt quod fW. 
n Hen.Stsphan* 
pro-fat. /, era- 
dm* Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.4. 
Part. 2. Seft. 2. 
times ride, or walk alone, and fall aboord with any Tinker, Clowne, 
Serving-man, Carrier, or whomsoever he met fird. Sometimes he did 
ex infperato give a poor fellow money, to fee how he would look, or on 
fet purpofe,lofehispurfeas he went, to watch who found it, and with- 
all how he would be adeffed, and with fuch objects he was much de- 
lighted. Many fuch tricks are ordinarily put in praftice by great men,to 
exhilarate thcmfelves and others,all which are harmlefs jeds, and have 
their good iifes. 
But amongd thofe cxercifes, or recreations of the minde within doors, 
there is none fo generali, fo aptly to be applyed to all forts of men, fo fit 
and proper to expell Idlenefs and Melancholy, as that of study: studio* 
feneftutem ohleft ant cents am alunt fiecundas res ornant per- 
fugium & folati um pr£hent,domi deleft ant linde the red in Tully pro 
Archia Poeta. What fo full of content,as to read, walke, and fee Mappes, 
Pictures, Statues, Jewels, Marbles, which fome fo much magnifie, as 
thofe that Phidias made of old foexquifite and pleafing to De beheld. 
\ Orat. 12. /-1 
quis animo fue- 
rit ojJl'But aut L 
ager, nec fm■ / 
mm admittens,' 
i) mihi videtur 
i regione flans 
talis imagini*, 
eblivifei omni-; 
um poffe, qui 
human* vi!^ 
atrocis ig- dif- 
ficilia accidere 
■ f olent, 
o 3. De mm. 
that asf Chryfofiomc thinketh yf any man be ftckjyyronhled in minder that 
cannot fieep for grief &/hall hntfiand over againfi one of Phidias Images, 
he will forget all rare or whatfoever die may mole [i him in an in jiant o’ 
There be thofe as much taken with Michael Angelo' ad de Vrbino'sy 
Franc efco Franc? a's pretesymd many of thofe Italian and Dutch painters. 
which were excellent in their ages j, and eltecm of it as a moftpleafing 
fight, to view thofe neat Archite&ures, Devices, Scutchions, coats of 
armes, read fuch books, to pern fe old Coynes'of feverall forts in a fair 
Gallerypartificial works’ perfpe&ive-glades,old reliques, Roman Antiqui- 
ties,variety of colours. A good picture is fa If a veritasmuta po efts :and 
though (as ogives {-mb') artifici alia deleft unified moxfaftidimwgd it i ficial 
toycsplualc butfcratimey yet who is he that will not be moved with 
them for the prefent? When Achilles was tormented and fad for the lofe 
of liis dear friend Patroclusfiis mother Thetk brought him a mod 
rate and curious Buckler made by Vulcan, in which were engraven Sum, 
Moon, Stars, Planets, Sea, Land, men fighting, running, riding, women 
fcolding, hils, dales, towns, cadles, brooks, rivers,trecs, &c. with many 
pretty landskips, and perfpective pecces: with light of which hewas in- 
finitely delighted, and much eafed of his grief. 
* Iliad. Ip. 
* Continuo eo fipeftaculo captus delenito meer ore 
Ohleftahatnr, in manibus tenens dei fplcndida dona. 
Who will not be affected fo in like cafe, or to fee thofe wel furni (lied 
Cloifters and Galleries of the Roman Cardinals, fo richly ftored with all 
modern Pidhirf s, old Statues and Antiquities > Cumfe fpcftando re- 
erect ftmul & tegendo,to fee their pictures alone and read the defeription, 
as f Boifardus W’ell addes, whom will it not affeid } which BoziusoPompo* 
nius L&t us, Marti amts) Schott us, Cavelerh/s, Ligorius, Bcc. and he him- 
felfhath well performed of late. Or in feme Princes Cabinets, like that 
of the great Dukes in F lorencc, of Fccbx Platerus in Baftf or Noblemens 
houfes to fee fuch variety of attires, faces, fo many, fov rare, and finch ex- 
quifite peeces,of men, birds, beads, &c. to fee thofe excellent landskips. 
and curious cuts of Sadler of Prage, Alhertus Dnrcr, Ooh- 
YTopdgov. 
Rom. pan.i. Part. 2. Sedi. 2. ' 
Exercije rectified. 
Memb.4. 
zius,Vrintes, &c. fuch pleafant peeccs of perfpedive, Indian Pictures 
made of feathers,Ctez* works, frames ,phaumatitrgical motions, exotick " 
is he that is now wholly overcome with idlenefs,or other- 
wife involved in a Labyrinth of worldly cares,troubles,and difeontents, 
that will not be much lightned in.his mind by reading of fome inticing 
ftory,true or fained,whereas in a glafs he ftiall obferve what our fore fa- 
thers have done,the beginnings3ruins,fals}periods of Common-wealths, 
private mens adions difplayed to the life,6cc? f Plutarch therefore cals 
them,fecundas menfas & bellariafhe. fecondcourfeand junkets,becaufe 
they were ufually read at Noblemens feaffs.Who is not earneftiy affe- 
• f Quod heoYufri 
; convivi if legi 
folitee. 
ded with a paffionate fpeech, well penned, an elegant Poem, or fome 
pleafant bewitching difeourfe,like that oPHeliodorus,ubi obletfatioqtm- 
da placide fluit, cum hilaritate conjunct a? Julian the Apoftate was fo ta- 
ken with an Libanius the Sophitter,that as he confeffeth, he 
* MdanQhon 
de Heliodoro* 
could not be quiet tin he had read it all ont.Legi oratione tua magna ex- 
parte.hefiema die ante prandii*,pranfus vero fine ulla intermijfione t&ta ab- 
folvi.O argumenta ! 0 annpefttioneml I may faythefameof this or that 
pleafiog Trad,which will draw his attention along with it.To moft kind 
of men it is an extraordinary delight to ttudy. For what a world of 
books offers it fell, in all fubjeds,arts,and fcicnccs, to the fweet content 
and capacity of theßeaderhln Arithmaticl{,Geometry, 
Aftronomy,Archite&ure,Sculpturaa,Pi&ura, of which fo many and fuch 
elaborate Treatifes are of late writtenrln Mechanic kj 6c their myfteries. 
Military ol gar- 
dening,planting,great tomes of husbandry,Cookery,Faulconry,Kunting, 
FittiingJFowling,Sa:.with exquifite piduresofall fports,gamcs, 8c what 
+ Pluvines.- 
* Thibault. 
nothin 6c Moral Phi lofophy,l hilologie,in Po~ 
li cy,Heraldry,Genealogy,Chronoloey.Scc.lhey afford great Tomes.or thofe 
J J ' y J O/ J OvC J mCJ a 
ftudies off Anti quitj^bcc.g^*quidfubti lins Arithmeticis inventionibus, 
quid jucundius Mu ficis rationibus,quid divinius Ajir&nomicis,quidrecti~ 
us Geometricis demonftrationibuscWhat fo fure,what fo pleafant?Hethat 
ihall but fee that Geometrical tower of Garezenda at Bolegne in Italy,the 
tteeple and clock at strashorough, will admire the effeds of art, or that 
fAs in tra- 
velling the 
reft go for- 
ward and 
look before 
them anAnti- 
quary alone 
looks round 
about him, 
' feeing things 
- paft, &c. hath 
; a compleat 
? ms Bifrons, 
c * Cardan. 
Engine of Archimedes to remove the earth it felf if he had but a place to ] 
fatten his inftrument: Archimedes Coclea, 8c rare devifes to corrivate wa- ] 
ters,mufick inftruments,Bc trifyllable Ecchoes again,again,6c again repea-: 
ted, with miriades of fuch. What vaft Tomes are extant in Law,PhyJiclf 
for profit,pleafure,pradice,fpeculation,in verfe or profe,Bcc? 
their names alone are the fubjedof whole volumes,we have thousands 
of Authors of all forts,many great Libraries full well furnilhed, like fo 
many ditties of meat,ferved out for feveral palates} 8c he is a very block 
that is affeded with none of them.Somc take an infinite delight to ftu- 
dy the very languages wherein thefe books are writtenjHebrevtfjGreek 
Synack,Chalde3Arabicks&c.Me thinks it would well pleafe any man to 
look upon a Geographical MapJuavi animu deleUatione alii cere,ob in- *■ 
credibilem reru varietatem & jucundi tate,<& ad pleniorem fui cognitio- j 
nem delineations, to behold as 
it were,all the remote Provinces, T owns, Cities of the world, and never 
to go Forth of the limits of his Itudy, to mcafure by the Scale and com- 
* Hondius pro- 
fit Mercator»* Part. 2.Sect. 2. 
Cirre of Melancholy. 
Memb.4* 
pallc their extent, difrance,cxaminc theiriite.Charles the great as Plati- 
«4 w7ritcs,had three fair fiiver tables, in one of which fuperhcics was a 
large map of Confiantinopie,in thefecond Rome neatly engraved, in the 
third an exquiiire defcription of the whole world, and much delight he 
took in them. What greater pleafure can there now be. then to view 
p Adas Geog. 
thofe elaborate Maps oi Ortelius,vMercator,Hondius,£xc.’To perufe thofe 
books of Cities, put out by Braunus 8c Hovenbereius}To read thole ex- 
* X- J * j t j 
quifitedeferiptions of Maginus,Munfier,Herrera,'Laet, Merula, Boterus, 
Leander,Albertus,Camden,Lco,Afer, Adricomius,Nic.Gerbelius,dAc}Tho{e 
famous expeditions of Chriflo. Columbus,Americas Vefputius,Marcus Po- 
lus the Veneti an,Lod.Vertomannns,Aloyftus Cadamufius,&c}Thofe accu- 
rate diaries of Portugals,Hollanders^Bartifon,Oliver a Nort,dvc.Haclu- 
its voyages,?et-Martyrs, Decades, Benzo, Lerius, Linfchotens relations, 
thofe Hocfieporicens of j\od a Meggen,Brocardthe Monk,Bredenbachiur,Jo. 
Dubhnius,Sands,dpc Xo Jerufalem, Egypt,and other remote places of the 
world?thofe pleafant Itineraries of Paulus Hentzerus, lodocus Sincerus, 
Dux rolonus,&c.to read Bellonius obfervations, P.Gtliius his furvayes, 
thofe parts of America, fet out,andcuriouily cut in pidures,by Fratres 
a Bry.To fee a well cut Herbal, Hcarbs,Trees, Flowers, Plants all vege- 
tals expreiledin their proper colours to the life,as that of cJMatthiolus 
Upon Diofcorides,Delacampius,Lobel,BauhinHs,and thatlaft voluminous 
and mighty Herbal of Befiar of Noremberge, wherein ahnoft every Plant 
is to Ids ownbignels.Tofee Birds,Beafts,and Fifties of the Sea, Spiders, 
Gnats,Serpents,Flies,c^c.all Creatures fet out by the fame Art,Bc truly 
expreiledin lively colours, with an exaft defcription of their natures, 
vertues,qualities58cc.as hath beeuaccurately performed by jElian, Gef~ 
ner,V.lyffes, Hippolytus Salv i anus, &c . 
* Arcana c<eli,naiur£ Jecreta,ordinem umverfi feire majork felicitatis dA 
* Cardan. 
dulcedinis efi,,quam cogitatione qnk affequi pojfit, ant mortalk fperare. 
What more plealmg (Indies can there be then the Mathematicks,Theo- 
rick,or Patrick parts?As tofurvay land,makemaps,models,dia!s,Bcc.with 
q Lib.de cupii, 
divitiarum. 
whicli I was ever much delighted my felf.Talk eji Mathematumpulchri* 
indo (fditl.m’lutarchyut hk indignum jit divitiarum phaleras /fias dv 
bullas,dA puellaria fpehtacula comparari fiuch is the excellency of thclc 
j I jj. x j 
(fudies,that all thole ornaments and childilhbubblesof wealth, are not 
worthy to be compared to them: crede mi hi (rlaith one) extingui dulce 
erit Mathematicarum artium Jiudio, I could even live and die with 
Inch meditations/and take more delight,true content of mind in them, 
then thou haft in all thy wealth and fport, how rich foever thou art. 
And as Cardan well fcconds me, Honor ificum magis eji glori oj u m hcco 
intellegere, quam provinciis praejje. formojum aut ditem juvenem ef(c. 
X Leon Diggs 
prafat. ad per- 
pet. prognoj}. 
{Plus capio ve- 
luptatfi, <&c. 
t In Hipper- 
chen.dnif. 3» 
The like pleafure there is in all other ftudies, to fuch as are truly addi- 
cted to them, i cafuavitasCone Dolds'jUt cum qnk ea degufiaverit, qua ft 
poculk Circek capius,nonpojjii unquam ah illis divellithe like 1 wee 1- 
T Cjydan.pra'- 
fat rerum vari- 
et, 
neffe, which as Circes cup bewitcheth a ftudent,he cannot leave off, as 
well may witnefle thole many laborious hours,dayes and nights (pent m 
the voluminous Treadles written by them} the fame content, t ~-hiius 
Scaliger was fo much aflcclcd with Poetry,that he brake out into apa 
thetica] protection,he had rather be the Author of 12 vedes in Luca??, 
or fuch an ode inf Horace, then Empcrour of Germany, f Nicholas Gcr~ 
t Poetices lib. 
t L,ib.%.Odepf 
Donee grcitm 
eram tibi, &c. 
T De Pehpo- 
nrf. lib. 6. de 
pip. Gy etc. Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Exercife rectified. 
Me mb. 4- 
behus that good old man, was fo much ravidled with a few Greek Au- 
thors reftored to light,with hope and defire of enjoying the reft,that he 
exclaims forthwith, Arabibus atqb Indis omnibus erimus difioresjwe (hall 
be richer then allthc Arabi Indian Princes, of fuch *cfteemthey j 
were with him,incomparable worth and value.Seneca prefers Zeno and ; 
doting Stoicas (he was fo much enamoured on their1 
Works)before any Prince or General of an Army} and Oronti us the Ma- 
thematician fo far admires Archimedes,that he calls him,Divinum & ho~ 
* Ji in- 
tegros habere- 
mus, Dii boni, 
quas opes, quoi 
thefaum tene* 
remust 
mine majorem, a petty God, more then a man, and well he might, for 
ought I fee,if you refpeff fame or worth.Findarus of Thebes is as much 
fenowned for his Poems,as Epaminondas,Felopidas,Hercules or Bacchus, 
his fellow citizens for their warlike actions} &ft famamrefpicias, non 
pauciores Arifiotelis quam Alexandri meminerunt (as Car dan notes) Ari~ 
ftoile is more known then Alexanders for we have a bare relation of 
Alexanders deeds,but Ariftotle,totus vivit in monumentis,\s ‘whole in his 
Works.-yet I ftand not upon delight is it,which I aim at,fo great 
pleafure,fuch fweet content there is in ftudy,nKing Janies 1605, when 
he came to our Univerfity of Oxford,and amongft other now 
u IfiackftVakf 
muferegnantes 
went to view that famous Library,renewed by S.Thomas Bodley, in imi- 
tation of Alexander ,at his departure breake out into that noble fpeech, 
If I were not a King,! would be an Univerfity man if it were fo that 
Imuft be aprifonerffl might havsynywifi, I would defire to have no 
other pr/Jon then that Library,and to he chained together with fo many 
good Authors,et mortuis magiftris.So fweet is the delight of #liudy, the 
more learning they havefas he that hath a Dropfie,the more he drinks 
the thirftier he is) the more they covet to learn,and the laft day 
ris difcipulusbhavih. at firft learning i spadices amaras, but fruUus dulces, 
according to that of Ijocrates,pleafant atlaffjthe longer they live, the 
more they are enamoured with the Mufes. Hein fins the keeper of the 
Library at Leiden in Holland, was mewed up in it all the year longhand 
x Si unqum 
mihi inf at it 
Jit, ut captivus 
ducar, ft mihi 
daretur optio, 
hoc cuperem 
careers cdncla- 
di, hit catena 
illigari, cam 
hifce captivis 
concatenatis £- 
tatem agere. 
that which to thy thinking fhould have bred a loathing, caufed in him 
a greater liking.y Jno fooncr (faith hof) come into the Library, but I holt 
the doorTo me excluding luft.ambition.avarice, and all fuch vices, whofe 
nurfc is idlencft the mother of ignorance, and Melancholy her felf and in 
the very lap of eternity,amone(l fomany divinefouls,! tahf my feat, with 
y Epift.Primte- 
ro.Plerunq; in 
qua Jimulac pe- 
dem pofui,fori- 
bus pejfulum 
ah do, anbitio- 
/ / J y a Oj y y J * yt J J 
fo lofty a ftirit and Jweet content jhat I pity all-our great ones, and rich 
man that know not this happmeft,Um not ignorant in the mean time(not- 
Withftanding this which I have faid)how*barbarou(ly and bafely for the 
rnofr part our ruder gentry efteem of Libraries 8c books,how they neg- 
icft 8c contemn fo great a treafure/o ineftimable a benefits JEfops Cock 
did the Jewel he found in the all through error,ignorance 
and want of education.And his a wonder withal to obferve how much 
nsm autem, a- 
morem, libidi- 
nem,etc. exclu- 
do, quorum pa- 
rens eft igna- 
via, imperitia 
nutrix, & in 
' ipfo <eternitat*f 
gremio, inter 
tot illujlres a > 
they will vainly caft away in unnecefifary expences, quot modis pereant 
(faith* Eraf'mus)m agnati bus pecunias ahfumant aleaftcortayom- 
potationes^profc&iones non neceffari colax, 
Ptoriodu'dio^&c.what in hawks3hounds3iaw-fuits,vainbuilding,gu^rriun 
clizing. drinking,rports,p]ayes,padiiKcs, &c. if a well minded man to 
the Mufes would fue tofome of them for an exhibition, to the farther 
Maintenance or inlargement of fuch a work,be it Colledge,Lefture,Li- 
nitncKjedsm 
mihi fumo,cum 
ingenti quidem 
animo, utjub- 
wde magnatum 
me mi fer eat, 
yui felicitatem 
■ hanc ignorant: 
. * Chil.z.Cent* 
*• adag. i3 Part. 2. Sebr. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.4. 
brarV,or w hatioevef elfe may tend to the advancement of ieciraing,they 
are fo unwilling,fo avcrfe,they had rather fee thefe which are already, 
with fuch coif and care erecfed,utterly ruined,demolifhed or otherwife 
they repine many and grudge at fuch gifts and revenews 
fo belfowed.-andtherefbreit were in vain,as Erafmus well notes, vel ab 
his,velanegotiatoribusqui fe Mammona: dedi deruntjm probum fort afje ta- 
le offd lum exigere,to folicite or ask any thing of fuch men that are like- 
ly damn’d this purpole.For my part I pity thefe men,Jiultos 
jubeo ejje libenter,\ct them go asthey are,in the catalogue of Ignoramus. 
How much on the other fide,are all we bound that are fchollers,to thofe 
Munificent P tolomies,bowtix\i\x\ Mcccenates,heroical Patrons, divine fpi- 
rits,—*qni nobis h<ec otiafee erunt,namqt, erit iUe mihi femper Deus —that 
have provided for us fo many well furnifned Libraries as well in our 
publick Academies in moft Cities,as in our private Colledgcs?How (hall 
I the reft, *Otho Ni coif on, and the 
right reverend John Williams Lordßilhop of Lincoln(viith many other 
* Virg edog.i, 
t Founder of 
our publikeli- 
brary in Oxon. 
*Ours in 
Chrift Church 
Oxon. 
pious adhs)who Belides that at S.Johns Collcdge in Cambridge, that in 
Wejiminfier,is now likdwife in fieri with a library at Lincolne ( a noble 
prefident for all corporate towns and cities to quam te memo- 
rem (vir illujirijjzme') quibus elogiis? But to my talk again. 
Whofoever he is therefore that is overrun with lblitarincfs,or carried 
away with pleating melancholy and conceits, and for want of im- 
ployment knows not how to fpend his time, or crucified with wordly 
care, I can preferibe him no better remedy then this of ftudy, to com- 
pofe himfelf to the learning of fome art or fcience.Provided always that 
his malady proceed not from overmuch in fuch cafes he adds 
fuel to the fire,and nothing can be more pernicious 5 let him take heed 
he do not overffretch his wits, and make Skeleton orfuch 
inamuratocs as read nothing but play-booksjcile Poems, Jells, Jmadis 
de Gaujthe Knight of the Sun,the feven Champions. Palmerin de diva. 
z Animus le- 
vatur inde d 
curis multa 
quiete & tran- 
quillitate fvu- 
ens. 
* Ser. 38. ad 
Prates Erem. 
-j- Plant. 4* de 
pcenitentia. 
Jiam nef, ar- 
borum coma 
pro pecorum 
tugurii* 
meridie psv 
a’JlatemyOfia- 
bilenuexhi- 
bentes umbram 
oves ita refici- 
unt , ac feriptu- 
rarutn leftio 
qffliBas angore 
animas folatnr 
gjp recreat. 
Huon of Bur deaux,&c.huch many times prove in the end as mad as Don 
guixot.Study is Only prefcribcd to thofe that are otherwife idle, troub- 
led in mind,or carried headlong with vain thoughts and imaginations,to 
dilfraft their cogitations(although variety of ftudy,or forne ferious Tub- 
jedf would do the former no harm)and divert their continual meditati- 
ons another way.Nothing in this cafe better then fiudyifemper aliquid 
memoriter edifcant,faith Pifo, Ipt them learn fomething without book, 
tranfcril e3trnnllatesScc.Read theScripturcs,whkhHyperiusl. I.de quotid. 
fcript.lccfol.7y. holds available of it felfythe mi nd if ereUed therebyfrom 
all worldly cares,and hath much quiet & tranquillity .For as* Jufiin. well 
hath it, tis fcientia fcientiarum, omni meile dulceor, omni pane fuavior, 
omni vino hilarior: Tis the belt Nephenthefmeft cordial,fweetelf altera- 
, diverter:For neither asjchryfojiom well adds,thofe loughs 
■ and leaves of trees which are plajhedfor cattle toJiand under, in the heat 
of the day,in fummer,fo much refrefi them with their acceptable fjade, as 
, the reading of the Scripture doth recreate, & comfort a diftrefjed’.'foul,in 
farrow and afjiiffion. Paul bids pray c 0 nt inn ally\quod cibus corpori, U&ip 
anim£ facitfzitb Seneca, as meat is to the body, fuch is reading to Fan.2, Sed.2. 
Exercif? reft i fed. 
Memb./f). 
foul.ira To be at leaf ure without books is another kef &to be buried alive, 
h Cardan calls a library the phyhek of the foul 5 c Divine authors fortific 
the mind,m axemen bold & conjianty&(fAs Hyperius addsjgodly conference 
will not permit the mind to he tortured wi tb abfurd cogitations .Rhaftsin- 
joynscontinual conference to fuch melancholy men,perpetual difeourfe 
of fomc hiftory, tale, poem, news,Scc. alternos fermoncs edere ac bibere, 
seque jucundum quam cibus,five pot#f,which feeds the mind as meat and 
drink doth the body,and pleafeth as mnch:And therefore the Said Rhafis 
not without good caufe would have feme body Skill talk ferioufiy, or 
difpute with them,and fomtimes dto cavil and wrangle (fo that it break 
not out to a violent fuch alteration is life flirring of a 
dead fire to make it burn afrejhjt whets a dul fpirit,<*W will not fuffer the 
wind to be drowned in thofe profound cogitations which melancholy men 
are commonly troubledwnh. G Ferdinand and Alphonfus kings of Arragou 
and Sicily,were both cured by reading the hiftory,one of Curti us ,x\\o. o- 
thcr of Livy, when no preferibed phylick would take place/ famerarius 
relates as much of Laurence Medtces. Heathen Philofophers are fo full of 
divine precepts in this kind,that as feme think they alone are able to fet- 
tle a diftrefted mind. B Sunt verba & voces,quibus hunc lenire dolorem, 
&c.Epiftetus,Plutarchitk ille,qu£ tela ftdx\\Lip 
omnes animi cafus adminijirat,& ipfam mor t cm,qu omo do vitia eri pit 
fer t virtutesf when I read Seneca, hme thinks lam beyond all humane for- 
tunes'-yon the top of an hil above mortality .Plutarch faith as much of Homer, 
for which caufe belike Ni ceratus in Zenophonjwzs made by his parents to 
con Homers Iliads andOdyjj es without book,#* in vinum bonum evaderet, 
as well to make him a good and honeft man,as to avoid idleoefle.Tf this 
comfort may be got by Philofophy, what (hall be had from Divinity ? 
What ihalAu ftinfypri divine meditations afford us? 
Gjiji quid ft pulchrum quid turpe,quid utile,quid non, 
Vlenius & melius Chryftppo & Crantore dicunt. 
uOtium fine li- 
ter» mors a ft, 
& vivi homi- 
nis ft pul tura, 
Seneca. 
b Cap.pp.l.gq, 
derer. var. 
cFortem red- 
dunt animum 
&conjhntem*, 
, pium collo- 
quium non per- 
mittit animum 
ahfurda cogita- 
tione torqueri, 
d Altercationi* 
bus utantur, 
qua non per- 
mittunt ani- 
- mum fub mergi, 
profundis cogi- 
talionibus, de 
quibus otiofe 
cogitat (fytrift- 
' atur in iis, 
e Bodin.prefn, 
ad meth. hijh 
fOperum fub- 
, cif. cap. 15. 
) g Hor. 
n Fatendum 
1 ejl cacumine 
Olympi confli- 
, tutusfupra 
ventos /t pro- 
' cellas, <& om- 
nes res huma- 
nas. 
Nay what (hall the Scripture it felt ? Which is like an Apothecaries 
Shop, wherein are all remedies for all infirmities of minde, purgatives, 
cordialk, alteratives, corroboratives, lenitives, &c. Every difeafe of the 
foulfaitli1 Aufiin,hath a peculiar medicine in the Scripture^his only is re- 
quired that the ftek man take the potionwhich God hath already tempered. 
k Gregory cals it a glafs wherein we may fee all our infirmities ignitum col- 
5 In P/9 5. om- 
n# morbus ani~ 
mi in faipturU 
habet medici- 
nam\ tantum 0' 
pus eft ut qui 
Jit <cgsr,nonre- 
cajet potionem 
quam Deus 
temperavit. 
k In moral Jps- 
culum quo nos 
intueripoU~ 
mus. 
i Horn. 28. Vt 
incantatione 
virus fugatur, 
ita leftioae 
malum. 
m herum atque 
iterum moneo, 
ut animam fu* 
loquium,Pfal. 119.140. Vorigen a Charmc, And therefore Fherome pre- 
scribes Rufii cus the Monke, m continually to read the fcripturc,& to me 
ditate on that which he hath read]for as majiication is to meat,fo is medi- 
tation on that which we readd would for thele caufes wiflj him that is me- 
lancholy,to ufe both liumaneand divine authors,voluntarily to impofe 
Some taskupon himfelfe,to divert bis melancholy thoughts; To ftudy 
the art of me mory,C ofmus Roffelius FPet. Ravennas, Scenfclius detenus, 
or praUice Brachygraphy,&c.xhat will ask a great deale of attention; or 
let him demonftrate a proportion in Euclide in his live laft books:,ex 
a fquare root» or ftudy Algebra : Then which as * Clavius holds 3 in all 
cY<f j'cnpVdY.t 
leSioneocaipes. Mtliicatdivinumpabulum meditatio. * Adz.dejinit.i. clem. Indfdplimshumanis nihilprajhmiusrepemur 
quippe miracula quadam numerorum eruit tam abjirnfa & recondita, tanta nihil ominus facilitate k7 vo uptate, ut &c, art.2.Sed.2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Me mb. 4 
\ ■« 
humane can be more excellent & plefantjo ahjirufe & 
recondite Jo bewitchingfo miraculous ,fo eafie withall d* full 
ofdehght->omnem humanum captum fupera re videiur. By his means you 
may define ex ungue the diverb is,by this thumb alone the big- 
nefs °f Hercules,ox the true dimenfibns of the great f Colojjkr, Solomons 
tcmple,and Domitians Amphitheater out of a little part. By this art you 
may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters,whichmay be fo inhnitc- 
ly varied, that the words complicated and deduced thence will not be 
contained within the the words may be varied 
40520 feverall wayesrfry this art you may examine how many men may 
ftand one by another in the whole fuperficies of the earth., feme fay 
i whichcon- 
tained 
walJt° of 
braffc. 
*VidS' Clavi- 
s^civhfio.6 
14845 6800000000 ajfignando fitngulkpaffum quadratumjiow many men, 
fuppofing all the worldus habitable as France,as fruitfull and folongli- 
ved?may be born in 60000 years,and fo may you demonftrate with * Ar- 
chimedes how many fands the mafs of the whole world might contain if 
all fandy, if you did but firft know how much a fmall cube as big as a 
Muftard feed might hold,with infinite fuch. But in all nature what is 
there fo ftupend as to examine and calculate the motion of the planets, 
their magnitudes, apogcums, perigeums, excentricities, how far difiant 
from the earth, the compais of the Firmament, each 
ftar,withtheir diameters and circumfcrence,apparcnt area,fuperficies,by 
thofe curious helps of glafies, aftrolabes, fextants, quadrants, of which 
Brahe in his mechaniks,opticks(fdivine opticks)Arithmetick,Geo- 
metrysand fuch like arts and inftruments>What fo intricate and pleafing, 
withail as to perufe Sc pradife Heron Alexandrinus works,*/*?/piritalibus, 
de m a chink bellick,dc machina fe movente,!or dam Honorarii de ponder i~ 
•j- DiJianttM 
cslovum foLt 
Optica dijudi- 
cat. 
bus prop of 13 .t at plcafant trad of Machometes Bragdedinus de fuperfi'ci~ 
entmdivifiicnihus^Apodenius Conicksoor Commanding labors in that kind, 
de centro gravitatis^with many fuch Geometricali Theorems* and Pro- 
blcms?Thofe rare irtftruments and mechanical inventions of lac.Bejfonus, 
and Cardan to this many fuch experiments intimated long 
fince by Roger Bacon in his Trad: dc\ Secretis artis to make a 
chariot to move fine animali, diving boats3to walk on the water by art 6c 
to fly in the air3to make feverall cranes and homo trahat ad 
je millMjominesfi&t up 6c remove great weightssMils to move themfelvs, 
Architds Do brafen head3and fuch Thaumaturgical works. 
But efpeeially to do ftrange miracles by glaffes3of which Proclus and Ba- 
con writ of glaffes3multi plying unus 
homo appareat exercitnsj.o fee afar off3to reprefent folid bodies3byCy lin- 
dersand Concaves3ro walkc in the airout veraciter videant (faith Bacon) 
aurum & argentum & qnicquidahud volunt, & quum veniant ad locum 
vifi&nis inveni ant3 w b ieh glafles arc much perfeded of late by Bap- 
tijta Porta 6c Guldens*,6c much more is promifed by Maginus 6c Midorgi- 
be performed in this kind. Otoceufticons fome fpeak of to intend 
hearings the other do fopht'-Marcelius Vrencken an Hollcndar in hisepi- 
ftlctr jSurgratrius,makes mention of a friend of his that is about anin- 
(lrum videbit qu£ in altero Horizontefint,But our Alchimifts me- 
thinkssand flofie-Crofs men afford mod ranties?aud are fuller of expeti- 
5, Parr.i. Sed.2. 
E xerci f > recti fted. 
Memb.4«- 
ments:they can make gold,feparate and alter metals, extra# oyls, fairs, 
lees,and do more (frange works then Geber,Lullms ,Bacon,ov any of thofe - 
Ancients. Cr ollius hath made after his mafter Par acel/us,aurum julminanr, 
or aurum volatile,which (hall imitate thunder and lightning, and crack 
lowder then any Drtble a perpetuali motion,inex- 
tinguihle lights, linum non ardens,with many fuch his bookde 
natura hail,wind,fnow,thunder,lightning,8cc.thofe 
ftrange dre-works,devilifh pettards and fuch like warlike machinations 
derived hence,of which read Tartalea and others. Erneftus Burgravins a 
difciple of ParaOelfus hath pubiifhed adifeoarfe, in which he fpecifics a 
lamp to be made of mans blood ,Lucerna vitee &mortk index, fo he terms 
it, which Chymically prepared 40 dayes and afterward kept in a gla lie j 
ihall liiew all the accidents of this life;J* lampas hic clarus June homo hila- 
rk fanus corpore & nebulo jus & deprejjus,male ajficitur,&jic 
proJlatu homink variatur,unde fumptus fangukt, and which is molt Won- 
derfull,it dies with the party, cum homme perityt evanefeityhe lamp and 
the man whence the blood was taken,are extinguished together. The 
fame Author hath another Trad of MumiaiyWowx. as vain and prodigi- 
ous as thefird) by which he will cure mod difeafes, and transfer them 
from a manto a bead,by drawing bloud from one,and applying it to the 
other,vel in pUntam derivarefa an Alexipharmacum,of which Roger Ba- 
con of old in his Trabd.de retardanda fcneUute, to make a man young a- 
gain,live 3 or 4 hundred years.Befides Panaceas, Martial Amu lets, 
tum armanum,h%lfoms,drang extracts,elixars,and fuch like magiconuag- 
neticaii cures. Now what fo pleadng can there be as the fpeculation of 
thefe things, to read and examine fuch experiments,or if a man be more 
mathematicaly given,to ca!culate,or penile Napiers Locarithmsytr thofe 
•f KJ / * J I i O J 
tables of artificial f Sines and Tangent syxot long dnee fet out by mine old . 
Collegiate,good friend, and late fdlow-StudentofchriJi-Church in Ox- j 
ford, * M. Edmund Gunter,which will perform that by addition and fab*; 
trad-ion only, which heretofore KegiomontanusXables did by multiplica- 
tion and dividon,or thofe elaborate conclusions of his f Sect or. Quadrant 
and (jrojjejiajfe.Or let him that is melancholly calculate Spherical Tri- 
angles, fquare a circle,caft a Nativity,which howfoever Ibmetaxc, I fay 
with * Garc£ksedabimus hoc petulantibus ingenik,we wil in fome cafes al- 
low : oriel him make an Ephemeridesycad Snifiet the Calculators works, 
Scaliger de emendatione temporumynd Petamus hts We un- 
f Printed at 
London, Anno 
1620. 
* Late Agro- 
nomy- reader 
at Grejham 
Collcdgc. 
+ Printed at 
London by 
William “Jones 
1623. 
* Profit. 
Math. Alhol- 
derftand them,perufe fubtile Scotus and Suarez Metaphylicks.or fchool 
thofe other do not af- 
fed him, and his means be great,to imploy his purleand fill his he ad, he 
may go tindtHe Philofcphcrs doney he may apply his mind I fay to He- 
raldry, Antiquity,invent Impreiles, Emblems } make Epithalamiumf,Epi~ 
top hs , Epigrams,PalindromaEpjgrammata,Anagrams,Chronagrams 
•AeroJiickjj upon his friends write a Comment on Martianus 
de pallio, the Nubian Geography'-, or upon JFdia Ltfha 
ri Tot tihi fait 
dotes virgo, 
qm fydevu ex-, 
lo> 
* Dv? pie Chri- 
jhwbi bonajft 
pax tempor# 
noj]ro\ 
rij ph, ns many idle fello wes have rather then do nothing. 
Vary a n verfea thoufand wayes with Putean, fo torturing his wits3oi as-j 
Runner us Of Lunehnrge* 2150 tunes in his Pro teas Voxtkus&X ''caliger. Part,2.Seft.2. 
Cure ef Melancholy. 
Memb.4, 
Chryfolnhus,Cleppipuso2.nd others have in like fort done. If fuch volun- 
tary tasks,pica lure and delight,or crabbednefle of thefe ftudics,will not 
yet divert their idle thoughts,and alienate their imaginations,they muft 
be compelled, faithChrijiophorus a Vega,cogi l4.upon fome 
muldf, if they performe it not ,quod ex off do incumbat, lols of credit or 
di lgracc,fuch as arc our publick Univerfity exercifes. For, as he that 
playes for nothing,will net heed his game sno more will voluntary im- 
ployment fo freely affeft a Student,except he be very intent of himfelf, 
and take an extraordinary delight in the ftudy,aboutwhich he is conver- 
fant.lt fhould be of that nature his bufinefs,wihich volens nolens he muff 
neceflarily undergoe , and without great loffe, mulft, fhame or hindcr- 
ance he may not omit. 
Now for women,inftead of laborious ftudies.thcy have curious needle- 
works, Cut-works,fpinning, bone-lace,and many pretty devices of their 
own making,toadorne their houfes, Cufhions, Carpets, Chaircs,Stools, 
(for fie eats not the bread ofi dienefs yPro .31.27 .queeftvit lanam & linum j 
cpnteCfions,conferves,diftillations,Bcc.which they hiew to ftrangers. 
+ Chalcnerm 
Lib.p.de Rep. 
Angel. 
f Ipfa cernes venientibus ultro 
Hojpitibns monjirare folet,non jegniter horas 
Contejiata fuus, fed nec jibi depcriijfe. 
Which to hergueffs (he lnews,with all her pelfc. 
Thus far my maids,but this 1 did my felfe. 
* Horte*? Coro- 
narius,medicus 
& culinarius, 
&c. 
This they have to bufie themfelves about,houlhould offices,Bcc. *neat 
gardens, full of exotiGk,verbcolour,diverfly varicd,fwcet fwelling flow- 
ers, and plants in all kinds, which they are inoft ambitious toget,curi- 
ous to preferve and keep, proud to poflefs,and much many times brae 
of. Their merry meetings and frequent vibrations, mutual! invitations 
in good Towns, I voluntarily omit, which are fo much in ufc, goflip- 
ing among the meaner fort,6cc, old folks have their beads 5 an excellent 
invention to keep them from idlcnefle, that are by nature melancholly, 
and paftall affairs, to fay fo many Paternoftersy Avimarics, Creeds, if it 
were not prophane and fuperftitious.ln a word,body and mind muff be 
exercifed,nct one, but bothsand that in a mediocrity: ctherwife it will 
; caufe a great inconvenience Jf the body be overtired, it tires the mind. 
: The mind oppreflcth the body, as with ftudentsit oftentimes falls our, 
■ who (as ° Plutarch obferves) have no care of the body, but compel that 
which is mortali, to do as much as that which is immortali; that which is 
earthly, as that which is etheriall. But as the Oxe tyred,told the Gamely 
( both ferving one mafterj that refufed to carry fame part of his burdetty 
before it were long, hejbould be compelled to carry all his and skin to 
boot,(which by and by,the Oxe being dead fell out ) the body may fay to the 
foul, that will give him no refpite, or remijfionia little after an AgHe,Verti~ 
go, Confumption, feijeth on them both , all his fiudy is omitted, and they 
muji be compelled to be jicf together:He that tenders his own good effate, 
and health, mull let them draw with cquall yoak, both alike, pthat fo 
they may happily enjoy their wified health. 
o Tom.i. de fa* 
nit tuend. Qni 
rationem corpo- 
-9» non habent, 
fed cogunt mor- 
talem immor- 
tali, terrejirem 
rtthsretf a 
qualem pre(fJm 
re indujhiam, 
ut. 
Camelo uju va- 
ult, quod ei has ' 
prodixerat, 
cm e idem fir- 
virent domino 
& parte oner* 
hvara ilium 
Camel Ut reed- , 
fajjk.paula poji, & ipjiu* cutem, (<r totum onus■ cogreter gejtare ( quod mortuo bove impletum) Ua anlrto quoque contingit, 
'flmn d’fatig ita corpori, c, pUt pulchtatn illum & usiaoileiTijJanitaiempr^Jitmus, Part. 2. Se£h 2T 
IVakjng attcl dreams reffifivdr 
MEMB. 5, 
Waking, and terrible dreames re&ificd. 
waking that hurts3 by all means muft be avoided, fo fleepe 
wgkroj which fo much helps3 by like wayesy <1 muji be procured3 by na- 
ture er artynward or outward medicines, and be protracted lon- 
jM&ggKjll ger then ordinaryoif it may being an efpcciall help. It moy- 
ftens and fattens the body,conco(fts, and helps digeftion (as we fee in 
Dormice., and thofe Alpine Mice that fleep all Winter) which Gefner 
fpeakes of3when they are fo found fieeping under the fnow in the dead 
of Winter, as fat as butter.lt expels cares, pacifies the minde, refrefheth 
the weary limbs after long work 5 , 
q Interdicenda 
Vigilia, fomni 
paulo longiores 
conciliandi; AI- 
tamaru* c. 7. 
Somnus fupra 
modum prodef, 
quovifmodo 
conciliandus, 
Fifo. 
t Somne quies rerum- placidijjime Jomne deorum3 
Tax animi3 quem cura fugit-, qui corpora duris 
Fejfa minifteriis mulces reparafq? labori. 
Sleep reft of things., O pleafing Deity, 
Peace of the Soul3 which cares doft crucifie. 
Weary bodies refrefti and mollifie. 
r Ovid, 
The chiefcft thing in all calls i arcana gem- 
marum fuper ans & wet aliorum,The fitted: time \shwo er three hours after 
fupper ?when as the meat if novo fettled at the bottome of the 
good to lie on the right fide firft fecaufe at that ftte the liver doth reft un- 
der the molefting any hoofing him as a fire doth a ket- 
tlejhat is put to the firft fleep’tif not amifs to lie on the left fideo 
that the meat may the better defeend: and fometimes again on the belly3 
but never on the back. Seven or eight hours is a competent time for a 
melancholy manto reft3as Crato as fome do3to lie in bed and 
not fleep3a day,or half a day together3to give aflent to plcafing conceits 
*1» Hippoc. 
' Aphorif. 
' ( Cmo confli, 
lib. l.duabus 
aut tribtu horis 
peji canam,, 
quum jam cibus 
adfimdum ven- 
tnculirfederit, 
primumfuper 
Utere dextro 
quiefeendum, 
qurd in tali de- 
cubitujecur fub 
and vam imaginations,is many wayes pernicious. Io procure this Iweet • 
moiftning fleep3its beftt» take away the occafions (if it be poffiblejthat1 
hinder it,and then to ufefuch inward or outward remedies3which may 
caufe it .Conflat hodie(f~aith BoijJardus in his Trad de magia c. 4..J multos 
itafdfcinan ut nodtes integra exigant infomnes, fumma inquietudine 
animorum & corporum?many cannot fleep for witches and faicinations, 
which are too familiar in fome call it>dare alicui malam no- 
3em.But the ordinary caufes are heat and drinefs3which muft firft be re- 
hot and dry brain never fleeps well:griefsfears,cares, expefta- 
ventriculo qui- 
efcat,non gra- 
vans fed cibum 
cal fac iens, pe- 
rinde sc ignu 
lebetem quiiUi 
admovetur, pojf 
primum fom,- 
num quiefeen- 
dum Utere fini- 
Jlra,&c. 
t Stpiuf acejr 
tions3anxieties3great bufinc.iTes.fi» aurem utramq?otiefe ut dormias, and 
all violent perturbations of the mind mu ft in fome fort be qualified, 
before we can hope for any good repofe. He that fleeps in the day 
time3or is in way troubled in mipd3or goes to bed up- 
on afulKftomack,may never hope for quiet reft in the night 5 necenim 
meritoria fomnos admittunt, as the xPoct faith t, Innes and fnch like 
tl'oublefomc places arc not for fleeps one calls Oftler, another Tapfter, 
one cryes and fhouts3another fings3whoupes,hollows, 
dit melancho- 
lic if, ut nimium 
exficcsto cere- 
bro vigilii* at- 
tenuentur.Fici- 
nuf.l.i.c.20. 
•jr Ter. 
u Vtjts ncBe 
levii,Jit tibi 
ctm brevpf. 
x luven.Sat 
f ahfentem cantat amicam3 
Multa prolutus vappa muta atq? viator. 
Hor.Ser.Li- 
Sat. $. Part. 2.Sect. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
* Memb.s. 
Who not accuftomed to fuch noyfes can deep amongft them ? He that 
will intend to take his reft muft goto bed animo & libero, 
with a y fecure and compofed mind, in a quiet place: omnia noUk erunt 
placida eompojia quiete:fk ifthat will not ferve or may not be obtained, 
to feek then fuch means as are requifitc.To lye in clean linnen & fweet, 
before he goes to bed,orjn bed to heaiz/n?eet Mujicfy, which Ficimts 
commends lib.l.cap. as Jobertus med.pratf.l.%.c.10. a to readJome 
phafant Author till he be ajleepjo have a bafon efjvater fttll dropping by 
his bed to lie near that pleafant murmur,/<?«e fonantk aqu£0 Some 
floud-gates,arches,falls of water,like London Bridge,or forne continuate 
noife which may benum the fenfes Jenk motus flentium & tenebr£0 turn 
& ipfa voluntas fumnos faciunt}as a gentle noile to fome procures fleep, 
fo, which Bern ardims ‘Tilejtuslib.de fomno well obferves, filencc, in a 
dark room, and the will it felft is muft available to others- Fifo com- 
E mends frications, Andrew Borde a good draught offtrong drink before 
’ one goes to bed;,! fay,a nutmeg & ale, ora good draught of mufeadine, 
with a toft and nutmeg,or a polTet of the fame,which many ufe in a mor- 
y Sepofit» cu- 
ri» omnibus, 
quantum fieri 
potefi, macum . 
vsfhbus, &c. 
Kirtf. 
z Ad horam 
fmni auresfua- 
vibus canti- 
bus de* 
linire. 
zLeßio jucun- 
da, aut fermo, 
ad quem atten- 
tior animus 
convertitur, 
aut aqua ab 
alto in fubjeftd 
pelvim delaba- 
tur, See. Ovid. 
b Aceti forbitio 
c Attenuat me- 
lancholiam, & 
ad concilian- 
dum fommm 
juvat. 
d Quod Ueni a- 
cetum conveni- 
at. 
ning,but me thinks for fuch as have dry brains,arernuch more proper at 
prcfcribe abfup of vinegar as they go to bed,a fpoonful faith 
JEtius Tetrabib.lib.2.fer.2.cap.lod.6.cap.lO.JEgineta 
a little after it rarifies melancholy , and procures an appetite 
to Jleep. Donat.ab Alt 7 .and Mercurialis approve of it,ifthe mala- 
dy proceed from thecSp\een,Salufi .Salvian.lib,2.cap.i.de rented. Hercu- 
les de Saxoni* in Mont altus de ntorb. capitis, c. 28. de Me- 
lan. are altogether againft it. Lod.Mercatus de inter Morb.conJ.i.c.i7, 
in fome cafes doth allow itAnhafts feems to deliberate of it,though Si- 
meon commend it fin fawce peradventure)he makes a queftion of it:as 
for baths,fomcntations,oy3s, potions, fimplcs or compounds,inwardly ta- 
ken to this purpofe,* I lhall fpeak of them elfewhere. If in the midft of 
the night when they lie awake, which is ufual to tofs and tumble, and 
not would have them,if it be«irf warm weather,to rife 
and walk three or four turns("till they be cold)about the chamber, and 
then go to bed again. 
e Coiit. !• trail. 
p. meditandum 
de aceto. 
f SettJ.mem.i. 
SubfS. 6. 
g Lib.de fanit. 
tuenda. 
Againft fearful and troublefome and fuch inconveni- 
ences3wherewith melancholy men aremoiefted, the beft remedy is to 
eat a light fuppcr3and of fuch meats asareeafie of digeftion, no Hare, 
to lye on his backsnot to meditate or think in the 
day time of any terrible efpecially talk of them before be 
goes to bed.For as he faidin Lucian after fuch conference Hecates fow~ 
niare mihi videor,1 can think of nothing but Hobgoblins .• and as Tully 
not es}for the mofi part ourjpeeches in the day time jaufe our phantafr te 
work. uPon hk? in ourjleep^which Ennius writes of Homer: 
Et canis in fomnis leporis vtjhgia latrat: 
As a dog dreams of anHare3(odo men, on fuch fubjecfsthey thought 
on laff. 
In In Som, Scip* 
fit enimfere ut 
cogitationes 
nojiu&fer' 
mones pariam 
aliquid inf°m" 
no, quale de 
Homero Jcribit 
Ennius, de quo 
videlicet fepif' 
fim e vigihns 
folebat cogitare 
& loqui. 
i Arifta hiji. 
i Somnia quae mentes Indunt volitantibus umbris0 
JSfec delubra deum3 nec ab aethere numina mittunt? 
Sedffbiquifqulfacit, &c. Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Vajjions reUifted, 
Memb.6.Subf.i. 
For that caufe when Vtolomy King of Mgypt had pofed the 70 interpre- 
ters in order, and alked the nineteenth man, what would make one 
lleep quietly in the night,hetold himfthe bejiway was to have divine 
'and cede dial meditations,and to ufe honefi affions tn the day time. 
Vives wonders how Schoolmen couldfleep quietly, and were not terrified tn 
the nicht ,or walk in the dark, they had fuch monfirous quejlions, and 
k Optimum de 
ccdeflibus (fly 
honeflit medi- 
, tarij<& eafa- 
. cere. 
-1 Lib.2- He caii• 
1 fts cor. art.lant 
, mira morflra 
' quaflionumfie- 
■ pe mfimtur 
t intercos, ut 
r mirer eos in- 
-1 terdum in 
fomniis non 
thought of fuch terrible matters all day longJThtyhzA need amongftthe. 
rdf to (aerifice to God Morpheus,whom m philojiratus paints in 3 white 
arid black coat, with a horn and Ivory box full of dreams, of the fume 
colours, to fignifie good and bad. If you will know howto interpret 
ihem,read Artemidorus,Sambucus and Cardan-jb ut howto help them,nI 
muft refer you to a more convenient place. 
terreri, aut de 
memki.fubf, 6. 
iliis in tenebris audere verba facere, adeo res Jutu monflrofle. m Icon. lib. 1. n SeB. 5. 
Memb. 6. Subsect. t. 
perturbations of the mind rectified. From himfelf by 
re lifting to the utmoft, confejjing his grief 
to a &c. 
iHofoever he is that (hall hope to cure this malady in himfelf 
or any other inuft lirft reftifie thefe paflions and perturbati- 
ons of the mindfjthe chiefeft cure confifts in them. A quiet 
I mind is that voluptas, or Summum bonum of Epicurus,non dole- 
re,curis vacare, animo tranquillo ejfe, not to grieve, but to 
o Animi per- 
turbationes 
furmi fugieri- 
da, metus po- 
tijjimum gr 
triflitia; eorum- 
que loco ani- 
mus demulcen- 
dus hilaritate, 
animi conflan- 
tia, bona jpg', 
removendi ter- 
rores,& eorum 
confinium 
quos ndn pro- 
bant. 
want cares, and have a quiet foul, is the only pleafure of the World, as 
Seneca truly recites his opinion, not that of eating and drinking, which 
injurious Ariftotle malicioufly puts upon him, and for which he is (fill 
miftaken, male audit <& vapulat,ilandred without a caufe,and lafhed by 
all pofterity.o Fear and Sorrow therefore are efiecially to be avoided, and 
the mind to be mitigated with mirth,conftancy, good hopes vain terror, 
bad objects are to be removed, and all fuch perjons in whofe companies\ 
they be netwell pleafed.Gualter Bruel,F erneltus conftl. 43. <jMsrcurialis\ 
confil.6,Pifo,Jacchinus cap.ls.in y.Rhafts,Capivaccius, Hildefifim, &c.1 
all inculcate this as anefpecial means of their cure, that their $ minds be- 
quietly pacified, vain conceits diverted, if it be pojfible, with terrors. 
) ?hantaft£ es- 
- placidd 
fnbvsr tendet, 
terrores ah ani- 
mo removendi. 
4 Ab omni flxa 
cogitatione 
quovifmodo 
avertantur. 
t cunSfa.tnald 
corpori ab ani- 
mo procedunt, 
qua niji curen- 
tur, corpus cu- 
rari minimo 
potefl, Charw 
mid. 
* Difiutat, 
An morbi gra- 
viores- corpora 
an animi. Bj- 
i Siciliam, 
cares, %fixedjiudies,cogitations $ andwhatfoever it is that fiall Any way' 
molejlor trouble the Soul, becaufethat otherwife there is no good to be 
done.r The bodies mifehiefes, as Plato proves, proceed from the foul: and 
7f the mind be not firji fitisfied, the body can never be cured. Alcibiades 
taves ( faith * cMaximus Tyrius ) and is lick, his furious defires carry 
him from Lyceus to the pleading place,thence tcf the Sea,fo into Sicily, ■ 
thence to Lacedccmon, thence to Ferfia, thence to Samos, then again to , 
Critias tyrannizeth over all the city, Sardanapalus is love-l 
hckj thefe.men are ill-affected all, andean never be cured, till then 
stiinds be otherwife qualified. Crato therefore in that often cited 
Counfclof his for a Noble man his Patient, when he h.ad fufhciently 
noldo interpret. tit parum abflt d furore, rapitur a Lyceo in concionem, d concione ad mare a man in Part. 2. ScCi. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
MemtufoSubf. i. 
informed him in diet, air,exercife,Venuss{lecp,concludes withthele as 
matters of greateft moment,gtuod reliquum eft, animat accidentia corri- 
gantur from which alone proceeds Melancholyy they are the fountain, 
the fubjedjthe hinges whereon k turns,and mudncceftarily be reformed. 
1 Ira bilem mo- 
vet,fanguinem 
adurit, vitales _ 
fpirittss acren- 
dit,m<£jiitia u- 
niverfum cor- 
pus infrigidat, 
calorum innatu 
1 For anger jiits choler,heats the blood and vital oh the other 
fide refrigerates the body,& extingnijheth natural heat, overthrows appe- 
tite, hinders concoliidn,drie»np thetemperature, and perverts tbt under- 
liandiyg:Fear diflolves the the fpirits,infeds the heart, attenuates the 
foul;and forthefe caufes all pailions and perturbations mud to the ut- 
‘ termoft of our power.and mod ferioufly be removed. JEltanus Mental- 
extirgu it,appe- 
titum dejiruit, 
concoßionem 
impedit, corpus 
ex /treat,intel- 
leßum perver • 
I * J J y " jA 
tus attributes fo much to them, that he holds the rectification of them 
alone to be fujftcient to the cure of Melancholy in mofi patients. Many are 
fully cured when they have feen or heard,&c.enjoy their defires, or be 
fecured andfatisfied in their common mader of them 
tit. Quart obre 
h<ec omnia 
prorfusvitanda 
funt,& pro vi- 
rili fugienda, 
t T)e riel. c.26. 
ex iliis folum 
remedium*, mul- 
ti ex nips, au- 
dit v t&c.fana- 
ti flint. 
: all,from whofe fountain they fetch water,brags Li.defan.tnend.that he 
; for his part hath cured divers of this infirmity, folnm animis ad reUuin- 
ftitutis, by right fetling alone of their minds. 
Yea but you will here infer, that this is excellent good indeed if it 
‘ could be done5 but how dial] it be effeded, by whom, what art,whac 
- means Chic labor,hoc opus e/r .Tis a natural infirmity,a mod powerful ad- 
■ vcrfary,all men arc fubjedtq paffions,and Melancholy above all others, 
as being didempered by their innate humors,abundanceofcholeradud, 
weaknefs of parts,outward how (hall they be avoided? 
the wifed men,greated Philofophers of mod excellent wit,reafon,judg- 
ment, divine fpirits,cannot moderate themfelves in this as 
are found in body and mind, Stoicf, Heroes, Homers Gods, all are paid- 
onate,andfurioi!ily carryed fometimes 5 and how (hall we that are al- 
ready era fed fraai animis, fick in body, fick in mind, refid > we cannot 
perform ir.You may advifeand give good precepts,as who cannot? But, 
how {hall they be put in pradice?! may not deny but our pailions arc 
violent,and tyrannize of us,yet there be means to curb them 5 though 
they be hcad-drong, they may be tamed, they may be qualified, if he 
himfelf or his friends,wili but ufe their honed endcavors,or make ufe of 
fuch ordinary helps as are commonly preferibed. 
u Pro vinbus 
annitendum in 
pratdißti, turn 
in aliis, a qui- 
bus malum -ye- 
lut a pnmril 
caufa occapo• 
nem naflum 
eji, imaginati- 
ones abjurdtf 
falfsq', et ince- 
jlitia quscwvf, 
fubierit propul- 
fetur, aut aliud 
agendo, aut ra- 
tione perfua- 
dendo eantm 
imitationem fu- 
Mtd facere. 
He himfelf (I fay);fromthe Patient himfelf the fird and chiefeft remedy 
mufr be ifhebeaverfe,peevifh,waspifti,giYe way wholly to his 
paffionSjWill not feektubc helped, or be ruled by his friends,how is it 
pollible he fhould be cured?But'if he be willing at Jead,gent}e,tradable, 
& defire his owngood,no doubt but he may magna morbi deponere farte, 
be eafed at lead,if not cured.He himfelf mud do his utinoft indeavor to 
refid Sc withftaod the beginnings .Principiis ob(ia,Cive not water pajfage, 
no not a little,Eccl.2s•V'/.Af they^opema little, they will make a greater 
breach at length. VVhatfoever it is that runneth in his mind,yain conceit, 
be it pleafing or difpleafing,which id much adeds or troubleth him?hy 
all pojfthlc means he muft withftand it, expel thofe vain, falfe, frivolous 
imaginations,a If urd conceits, ja ined fears and from which, faith 
P ifo,this difeafe primarily proceeds,and takes his firji occafton or begin- 
ning,by doing fomthing or ot her that fall he oppofte unto tkem,thinkjng of Part. 2 Seft.2. 
Pajfions verified. 
Memb.d.Subf. i 
fomething by hovofeever to make*Judden altera- 
tion of them.Though he have hitherto run in a full career,and precipita- 
ted himfeif3followinghis paffions,given reins to his appetite,let him now 
itop upon a fudden3 curb himleli in 5 and asx Lemnius advifeth3 a- 
gainjivcith all his power 3 to the utmoji of his endeavour 0 and not cherijld 
tkojefond imaginations focovertly creep into his mind3 mojiplea- 
Jmg and. amiable at firji3 but bitter as gall at laji3 and fo head-Jirong0 that 
by no reafono art3 counje/3 or perftvapon they may beJha-ken he 
bcfargone3 and habituated unto fuch phantahicall imaginations, yet as 
y Tally 1 and Plutarch ad vife, let him oppofe3 fortifie, or prepare himfelf 
againft them3 by premeditation, rcafon3 or as we do by a crooked ftaffe, 
bend himfelf another way. 
xLib.2.cap.ts. 
de occult, naii 
Huifquu huic 
maio obnoxius 
efi, acriter obfi- 
jht, <& fummd. 
curd oblude- 
tur, nec ullo 
modo foveat i- 
maginationes 
tacite obrepen- 
tes animo,blan- 
das ab initio (<f 
amabiles, fed 
<jUec adeo con- 
valefcunt, ut 
nulla ratione 
excuti queant, 
y 3- Tufi. ad 
Apollonium. 
z Fracajhriufi 
2 Tu tamen interea effugito qu<e trifiia mentem 
Solicitant, procul ejje jube cur afq',,metumque 
Vallent em, ultrices iras, jint omnia lecta. 
In the mean time expel them from thy mind. 
Pale fears, fad cares, and griefs which do it grind 
Revengeful! anger, pain and difeontent. 
Let all thy foul be fet on merriment. 
Curas tolle graves, irafei crede profanum. 
If it be idlenefs hath caufed this infirmity,or that he perceive himfelf gi- 
ven to folitarinefs,to walk alone,and pleafe his mind with fond imagina- 
him by all means avoid it, Jtis a bofome enemy, ’tis delightfome 
melancholy, a friend in (hew,but a fecret devil, a Tweet poyfon,it will in 
the end be his undoings let him go prefently, task or fet himfelf a work, 
get fome good company. If he proceed, as a Gnat flies about a candle, 
fo long till at length he burn his body, fo in the end he will undo him- 
felf: if it be any harlh objeft, ill company, let him prefently go from it. 
If by his own default through ill diet, bad aire, want of cxercife. See. let 
him novy begin to reform himfelf. Ityveuld be a perfetf remedy againft 
all corruption, if ns a Roger Bacon hath it, we could but moderate our 
feives in thofe fix non~naturall things. If it beany difgrace, abufejem- 
porallofs , calumny, death of friends, imprifonment, banifiment, be not 
troubled with it, do not fear, be not angry , grieve not at it, but with all 
courage fufiain it. {Gordoniuslib. confer.vitl)Tu contra auden- 
tior ito. c If it be ficknefs, ill fuccefs,or any adverfity that hath caufed it, 
oppofe an invincible courage, fortifie thy felf by Gods word, or otherwife, 
mala bonis perfuadenda, fet profperity againft adverfity, as we refrefh our 
eyes by feeing fome pleafant meadow,fountain, pidurc, or the like } re- 
create thy mind by fome contrary objeft,with fome more pleafing medi- 
tation divert thy thoughts. 
a Epijl ds fe- 
cretts art is' & 
nature cap. '7. 
de retard, fen. 
Remedium ef- 
fet contra cor- 
ruptionem pro- 
priam, fi quili- 
bet exerceret 
regimen fani ta- 
tis, quod confi- 
Jiit in rebus fex 
non naturali- 
bus. 
bPro aliquo vi- 
tuperio non in' 
digneris, nec 
pro amijjione a- 
licujus rei, pro 
morte alieujw, 
nec pro careers, 
nec pro ovnlio, 
nec pro alia re, 
nec irafearis, 
nec time«■, nec 
doleas, fed cunt 
fummd prsfert- 
tia kre fiifi ine- 
as. 
C Quidfi in- 
. commodi ad- 
verfitatis in- 
fortunia hoc 
malum invexe* 
vint his infra - 
Sum animum 
opponas, Lei 
verbo ejufa fi- 
ducia te JuJful- 
das, <&c. Lem- 
nim lib.i 
Yea,but you infer again, facile confilium damus aim, we can eafily give 
counfel to others 5 every man, as the faying is, can tame a threw but he 
that hath her sft hie effes, aliter /entires if you were in our mifery, you 
Would findit notfoealily performed. We knovvthisto be 
true, we (hould moderate our feives, but we are furioufly carryed, we 
cannot make ufe of fuch precepts, wc are overcome, tick, male fani, di- 
ftempered and habituated in thefe courfes, we can make no refinance } 
)7ou mav as well bid him that is difeafed,not to feel pain,as a melancholy Part. 2. Sc.Ct. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.6. Subf.i. 
man not to fear,not to be fad : kis within his blood, his brains, his whole 
temperature, it cannot be removed. But he may chufe whether he will 
give way too far unto it, he may in feme fort corred himfelf. A Philofo- 
pher was bitten with a mad dog,and as the nature of that difeafe is to ab- 
hor all waters, and liquid things, and to think flill they fee the pidure 
df a dog before them: He went for all this, re lull ante fc, to the Bath, 
and feeing there ( as he thought ) in the water the pidure of a dog, with 
reafon overcome this conceit, quid cani cum balneo .<? what fhould a dog 
do in a Bath? a meer conceit. Thouthinkeft thou beared and feed de- 
vils, black men, &c. kis not fo, kis thy corrupt phantafie, fettle thine 
imagination, thou art well. Thou thinkeft thou had a great nofe, thou 
art lick, every man obferves thee, laughs thee to fcorn , perfwadc thy 
felf kis no fuch matter : this is fear only, and vain fufpicion. Thou art 
difeontent, thou art fad and heavy but why ? upon what ground ? con- 
fidet of it: thou art jealous, timorous, fufpicious 5 for what caufe? ex- 
amine it throughly, thou (halt finde none at all, or (uch as is to be con- 
temned, fuch as thou wilt fbrely deride,and contemn in thy felf,when it 
is pad. Rule thy felf then with reafon,fatisfte thy felf, accuftom thy felf, 
wean thy felf from fuch fond conceits, vain fears, drong imaginations, 
redkTs thoughts. Thou mayed do it 5 Eji in nobis ajjuefcere (as Plutarch 
faith ) we may frame our felves as we will. As he that ufeth an upright 
Ihooe, may corred the obliquity, or crookednefs by wearing it on the 
other fide 5 we may overcome paffions if we will, guicquid ftbi impera- 
d ira. 
vit animus obtinuit (as d Seneca faith ) nulli tam fer 1 ajfe&us, nt non dif- 
ciplinaperdomentur, whatfoever the Will defires,(he may command: no 
f 
feti arum. * 
Vt in civitati• 1 
baf contumaces i 
qui non cedant 
politico imperio 
vi coercendi *' 
funt; it a l)euf i 
nobn indidit . 
alteram imps a 
rii formam \fi j 
cor non deponit ; 
vitiofum ajfe- 
f}um, membra ‘ 
foras coercenda * 
flint,ne mam in ■ 
quod ajfeßu* 
impellat; et lo- 
comotive , qut£ 
herili imperio 
obtemperat, al- 
teri refijht. 
fImaginatio 
impellit Jfnri- 
tw,et inde ner- 
vi moventur, 
obtem- 
perant imagi- 
nationi (f/ ap- 
petitui mirabi- 
li feeder e■ ad ex 
equendum quod 
ubent, 
i 
fiich cruel affections, but by difcipline they may be tamed * voluntarily 
thou wilt not do this dr that, which thou oughteft to do, or refrain, Bcc. 
but when thou art ladled like a dull Jade, thou wilt reform it,, fear of a 
whip will make thee do, or not do.Do that voluntarily then which thou 
canftdo, and mud do by cornel](ion: thou maid refrain if thou wilt, 
and mailer thine affections, e As in a City, (faith Melantthen ) they do by 
jiubborn rebellious rogues, that will not fubmit themfclves to political 
judgement, compel them by force fo muji foe do by our ajfe&ions. if the 
heart ivill not lay aftde thoje vicious motions, and the phantafie thofe fond 
imaginations, we have another form of government to enforce and refrain 
our outward members, that they be not led by our pajjions. If appetite will 
not obey, let the moving faculty over-rule her, let her refill and compel 
her to do otherwife. In an ague the appetite would drink $ fore eyes that 
itch, would be rubbed }but reafon faith no, and therefore the moving 
faculty will not do it.Our phantafie would intrude a thou fan d tears,fuf* 
picions, Chimera s upon us, but we have reafon to refill, yet we let it be 
overborn by our appetite 5 f Imagination enforceth fyirits which by an ad* 
ptirable league of nature compel the nerves to obey, and they our feveral 
limbs: we give too much way to our paliions. And as to him that is lick 
of an ague, all things are didadful and 'unplea font ,nonex cibi vitio forth- 
. Plutarch, not in the meat, but in our tafle : fo many things are offenfive 
. to us, not of themfelves, but out of our corrupt judgement, jealoulie, 
f fufpicion, and the like, we pull thefe mifehiefs upon our own heads. 
If then our judgement be fo depraved,our reafon over-ruled, Will pre- Part.2. Seft.2. 
Pajftons rdfified. 
Memb.6,Subf.io. 
cipitated, that we cannot feck our own good,or moderate our felves, as 
in this difeafe commonly it is,the heft way for cafe is to impart our mife- 
ry to fome friend, not to fmother it up in our own breaft 5 alitur vitium 
crefeitq$ tegendo0&c, and that which was moft offenfive to us, a caufe of 
fear and grief, quod nunc te another hell $ for g ftrangulat inclu- 
fus dolor atqb exseftuat intus, grief concealed ftrangles the fouftbut when 
as we (hall but impart it to fome difereet, trufty, loving friend, it ish in- 
ftantly removed, by his counfel happily, wifdome,perfwafion,advice,his 
good means, which we could not otherwife apply unto ourfelvcs. A 
friends counfel is a charm, like mandrake wine, curas fopitband as afßull 
that is tyed to afigtree, becomes gentle on a Ridden ( which fome, faith 
* Plutarch, interpret of good words )fois a favage obdurate heart mol- 
lified by faire fpecches. All adverjity finds cafe in complaining (as f Ip- 
dore holds ) and ’tis a folace to relate it, 
• g Ovid Trig, 
Jib,* 
h Participes 
■ inde eslarnm- 
; tu nofir* funt, 
%y velut exo- 
nerata in eos 
farcind onero 
Hvamur. 
Aciji, Eth. lib, 
9- 
”t Conerarim 
Embl. 26. Ces„ 
2. 
* 'AyzSn o in*/p#. 
Friends confabulations are comfortable at all times,as fire in winter,(hade 
in fu miner, quale foporfejfts in gramine 3 meat and drinly:o him that is 
hungry or at bird: 5 Democritus Collyrium is not fo foveralgn to the eyes as 
this is to the heart 5 good words are chcarful 8c powerful of thcmfelves3 
but much more from friends, as fo many props3mutually fuftaining each 
other like Ivie and a wal3 which f Camerarius hath well illuftrated in an 
Embleme, Lenit animumftmplex vel fepe narratio3 the fimple narration 
many times eafeth our diftrefifed mind3 8c in the mtdft of greateft extre- 
mities, fo divers have been relieved, by iexonerating themfelves to a 
faithful friend: he fees that which we cannot fee for paffion and difeon- 
tent,he pacifies our minds,he will cafe our pain,afifwage our angers quan- 
ta inde voluptas0 quanta fecuritasgChryfaftome adds, what pleafure, what 
fccurity by that means! f Not hi ngfo available, or.that fo much refrejheth 
the foul of man, Tullyoas I remember,in an Epiftle to his dear friend Atti- 
cttsy much condoles the defeft of Rich a friend. * 1 live herewith. he)/« a 
great citiey where I have a multitude of acquaintance, but not a man of all 
that comp any gwith whom I dare familiarly breathy or freely jeft, Wherefore 
lex pelf thee, idejire thee, Ifend for thee ifor there be many things which 
trouble andmolejt me> which had I but thee in prefencej could quickfy dif 
hurdenmy felfof in a walking difeourfe. The like peradventure may he 
and he fay with that old man in the Comedy, 
*sympofdib.6, 
cap. io. 
; t Epiji. 8. lib, 
3* Adverfa 
fortum habet 
in querelts le- 
vamentum ; fa 
1 malorum rela- 
tio, &c. 
* AUoquiunt 
chart juvat, 
fafolamena- 
mici. 
Emblem. <a. 
cent. i. 
i As David • 
did to "Jona- 
than, i Sam. 
20. 
t Seneca Epijl, 
61- 
* Hie in clvi- 
, tAte magna fa 
turhd magna 
neminem repe- 
re pojfimus 
quocum fuf ira- 
to familiariter 
aut jocari libe- 
pojjimu*. 
Qfuye te eti- 
peQamus, te 
dejtderamus, 
te arcefji- 
mus. 
}ytulta funt e- 
Nemo eft meorum amicorum hodie, 
Apud quem expromere occulta mea audeant. 
?nd much inconvenience may both he and he fuffer in the mean time by 
lf; He or he,or whofoever th£n labours of this malady, by all means let 
him get fome trufty friend,*1 Semper habens Pylademq, aliquem qui curet 
9feftcmy a rjlades, to whom freely and fecurely he may open himfelf. 
ot as in all other occurrences,fo it is in this, Si quis in ccclum afcendijfet, 
&c. as he faid in f 7»#j/,lfa man had gone to heaven}feen the beauty of 
*he skies fizxs errant,fixe d,&C.inf navis erit admiratio> it will do him no 
pieafure3except he have fome body to impart what he hath feGn.lt is the 
nim qu£ me 
'foliatam fa 
anguntqux 
mihi videor 
aures tuas tfa- 
fluSf unius am* 
bulationU fer- 
'™one exhau- 
rire pojfe. 
k Ovid. 
t £><? *miciti& Part. 2, StCt. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Me mb. 6. Subf.2. 
beft thing in the world, as Seneca therefore advifeth in fuch a cafe, to 
get a trufty friend, to whom we may freely and (imerely pour out our fe- 
I T)e tranquil. 
c. 7. Optimum 
eji amicum fi- 
delem nantifei 
in quern fecreta 
no fir a infunda- 
mus *, nihil <e- 
cretsnothing fo dclighteth'and cafeth the minde, as when we have a pre~ 
pared bofemc, to which our fecrets may defcend,ofwhofe confciencewe are 
affured as our own,whofe fpeech tnay eafe our fuccourlefs eftate, counfeli 
relieve, mirth expell our mourning, and whofe very fight may be accepta~ 
ble unto us. It was the counfeli which that politick m Commineus gave to 
quS oblsclat a- 
nimum,quam ü- 
bi tint praepa- 
rata peBora,in 
qu<r tutd fecre- 
ja defCendant, 
quorum confci- 
all Princes, and others diftrefled in mind, by occafion of Charles Duke of 
Burgundy, that was much perplexed,/Vy? to pray to God, and lay himfelf 
open to him, and then to fome fpeciall friend, whom we hold moft dear, 
to tell all our grievances to him', nothing fo forcible to ftrengthen, re- 
create and heal the wounded foul of a miferdble man. 
entia reque ac 
xua: quorum jhmofolitudinem leniat, fentsntia corjtlium expediat, Maritas trifiitiatn dijjipet, conjpeftufq; ipfe deleftet. m Com- 
ment. I. 7. Ad Deumconfvgiamt*, <£> peccat* veniam precemur, indead amicos, & cui plurimum tribuimus, nos patefacimus 
totos,&animi vulnus quo affligimur: nihil ad rejiciendum animum efficacius. 
S U 6 S E C. 2. 
Help from friends by counfeli, comfort, fair and foul means, witty 
devices, fatisfachon, alteration of his courfe of life, 
removing obje&s, &c. 
|p|jHen the Patient of himfelf is not able torefift, or overcome 
M thefc heartreating paftiohs, his friends or phyfician muft be 
|| ready to fupply that which is wanting. Su<e erit humanitatis 
& japienti<e ( which * fully injoyneth in like cafe) fiquid er~ 
Epijl.Qjrdt. 
*Aphor,prim. 
ratum, cur arebant improvijumfufi diligentia corrigere. They 
muft all joyn',necfatis medico,faith*Hippocrates,fuumfeciffe officium, nift 
Juum quoq', <egrotus,fuum aft antes they muft efpecially beware, 
a‘melancholy difeontented perfon(be it in what kindc of melancholy fo- 
ever)never be left alone or idle:but as Phyficians preferibe phyfick, cum 
cuftodid \ct them not be left unto themfelves,but with fome company or 
other, left by that means they aggravate and increafe their difeafe $ non 
oportet £gros hujufmedi effefolos vel inter ignotos,vel inter eos quos non a~ 
mant aut negliguntyss Rod.a fonfeca Tom,l .conful.^^.-pre^CYlbcs.Lugentes 
10. 
cuftedire J blemus (faith* Senecaffiefolitu dine male ut for- 
rowtul perfon,led he abufe his foiitarinefs,and fo fhould we do a melan- 
choly him about fomebufinefs,exercifeorrecreation,whichmay 
divert his thoughts,and dill kep him otherwife intent 5 for his phantafie 
is fo redlefSjOperative and quick,that if it be not in perpetual adion,evcr 
employed, it will work upon it*felf, melancholizc, and be carried away 
indantly, with fome fear,jealoufie, difeontent, fufpicion, fome vain con- 
ceit or other .If his weaknefsb'e fuch,that he cannot difeern what is air.ifs, 
correct or fatisfie,it behoves them by counfel,comfort, or pcrfwafion, by 
fair or foul means, to alienate his mind, by foine artificial invention, or 
fome contrary perfwafion, to remove all objeds, caufes, companies, Oc- 
casions,as may any wayes moleft him, to humour him, pleafe him; divert 
him,and if it be poffible,by altering his courfe of life, to give him fecuri- 
ty and fatisfa&ion.lf he conceal his grievances,and will not be known of Part. 2. Sed.2. 
Mind rectified. 
Memb.6 Subf.2. 
t hem, n They muf obferve by his loohy? gef ures, motions, phantafteyvhat it 
is that and then to apply remedies unto him : many are inflantly 
n Obfervande 
r*otw,gefiuf, 
mams, pedes, 
oculos, phanta- 
fiam. Fifo. 
, o Mulier ms- 
> hnchdia cor. 
I repta ex longa 
1 viri peregrina* 
■ Hone, et iracun- 
di omnibus re- 
Jpondens, quum 
1 maritus domU 
roverfm, pr<€- 
JJ J I A J J # J 
cured, when their minds are fatisned. 0 Alexander makes mention of a 
by reafoof her husbands long ab fence in travel,was exceeding 
peevjfi) and melancholy, but when fije heard her husband was returned, be- 
yond all expectation, at the firft fight of him, fije was freed from all fear 9 
without help of any other phyftfrejiored to her former health.Trincavelius 
con fit. 12.1ib. 1 «hath fuch a {lory of a Veneti an,that being much troubled 
With melancholy, p and ready to dye for grief when he heard his wife was 
brought to bed ofafon, infant ly recovered. As Alexander concludes, qif 
our imaginations be not invet&rate,by this art they may be cured,efec?ally, 
if they proceed from fuch a caufe. No better way to fatisfic,then to remove 
the objed, caufe, occafion,if by any art or means poflible we may finde it 
out. If he grievc,fi:and in fear, be in fufpition, fufpence,or anyway mole- 
fted,fecure him. Solvitur malum,give himfatisfadion,the cure is ended 5 
alter his courfe of life, there needs no other Phyfick. If the party be fad, 
or otherwife affeded ,confitder (faith tTr alii amt sfhe manner of it,all dr-, 
cum fiances, and forthwith make a fudden alter ati on, by removing the oc-' 
cafions, avoid all terrible objeds, heard or feen, imonfrous and prodigi- \ 
ous ajpe&s, talcs of devils, fpirits, ghofls, tragicail flories 5 to fuch as are 1 
in fear they flrike a great imprefiion, renew many times, and recall fuch1 
Chimera’s and terrible fidions into their not fo much as men- \ 
- terjpem, &c. 
P Eras dolore 
' moriturus, qtiu 
, nunciatum ejfet 
uxorem pepg. 
riff* fiUum fu- 
bitd recupera- 
vit. 
q Kifi ajfsflui 
longo tempore 
infejhverit, 
tali artificio i- 
tnagimtiones 
curare oportet. 
tionofthem in private talki, or a dumb few tending to that purpofe; fuch 
things (faith Cal.liens') are ojfenjive to their imaginations. And to thofe 
that are mow in forrow, u Seneca forbids allfad companions,andfuch as la- 
ment 5 a groaning companion is an enemy to quietnefs. * Or if there be any< 
fuch party,at whofe prefence the Patient is not well he muf be re- 
movedigentle fetches,and fair means muji fir ft be harfij Language 
ufed,or uncomfortable words and not expel, as forne do one madnefs with 
i prafertim übi 
, malum ab his 
' vslut d prima- 
■ ria caufa occa- 
,Jtonem habue- 
rit. 
' t Lib.i. cap.xtfi 
Si ex triflitia 
aut alio ajfeflu 
c<eperit,(pedeni 
confident, aut 
aliud quid eo- 
rum, quafubi- 
tam alteratio- 
nem facere pof- 
funt. 
f Evitandi mon- 
flrijici ajfsclus, 
<&c. 
J J J - ✓ y J ' 
that fo doth, is madder then the Patient him/elf: all things muft 
he quietly compofed 5 everfa non evertenda, fed erigenda, things down 
muff not be dejected,but reared,as Cra,to counfelleth 5y he muf be quiet- 
ly and gently ufed, and wc fliould not do any thing againfl his mind,but by 
httle and little effed it. As an horfe that flarts at a drum or trumpet, 
rand will not endure the Ihooting of a peece, may be fo manned by art, 
and animated, that he cannot only endure, but is much nfore generous 
at the hearing of fuch things, much more couragious then before, and 
much delighteth in it : they inuft not be reformed ex abrupto, but by all 
art and infinuation, made to fuch companies, afpeds, objects they could 
not formerly away with.Many at firft cannot endure the fight of a green 
v a fick man, which afterward become good Chyrurgiahs. bold 
tKeq‘, enim tart 
aclio, aut recor- 
datio rentm hi- 
[jufmodi difpli- 
cet,fed its vel 
1 geflus alterius 
Imaginationi 
} - — J £> J 
Cmpericks; A horfe darts at a rotten poll afar off, which coming neer, 
he quietly paffeth. Tis much in the manner of making fuchkinde of 
Perfons, be they never fo averfe from company, bafhful, folitary, timo- 
ioll?j they may be made at laft with thofe Roman Matrons , to defire 
adumbrare, vt~ 
.hementer rnole- 
ftum.Qdat. de 
mor. cap. 7, 
u Tranquil, 
tracipue vi- 
tentur trifas. 
omina deplorantes; tranquillitati inimicus ejl ccmes perturbatus, omnia gemens, xIllorum quoque oornimm, a quorums 
oonfortio abhorrent, prsfentia amovenda, nec fermonibus ingrat» abludendi ', /<q infamam a tnjiniajic curari 
.protervi utitur, magis quam arger rnfanit, Crat9 confil.1%4. Scqltfii. y /mliter acjwviter <eger traaetur, nec ad ea adi- 
gatur qua non curat, 
rr t t *- Part. 2. S'cft: 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb,6. Subf.2. 
296 
nothing more then in a publike fhew, to fee a full company of gladiators 
breath out their lad. 
If they may not otherwife be accuftomed to brook fuch diftaftful and 
difpleabng ob)ects,the bed way then is generally to avoid them. Mont a- 
nus confiL 229.10 the Earl of Mont fort aCourtier,and his Melancholy Pa- 
tient, advifeth him to leave the Court,by reafon of chofe cotinual discon- 
tents, a: 
■ which that place affordedwhich furely caufed him to be Jo mcla?tcholy at 
’ the firj} : Maxima qu£q‘-) domus fervis eft plena fuperbis } A company of 
fcoffers and proud Jacks,are commonly converfant and attendant in fuch 
places,Bc able to make any man that is of a Toft quiet difpofition(as many 
times they doVx flulto in fanum, if once they humor him,a very Idiot.or 
z Ob fufpicioner 
curas, <cmula- 
tionem,ambitio- 
nem, irasj 
quas locus tile 
miniflrat, & 
qtu fedjjent 
vneknchdicu. 
j j j j j j J j J 
ftarkc mad. A thingtoo much pradifed in all common focieties,and they 
have no better fport then to make themfelves merry by abufing tome filly 
fellow,or to take advantage of another mans wcaknes.ln fuch cafes as in 
a plague,the bed remedy is citofongejardeiffox to fuch a party,efpecial- 
ly it he be apprehenfive,there can be no greater inifcry)tc get him quick- 
ly gone far enough off, and not to' be over-hady in his return. If he be fo 
fiupidpthat he do not apprehend it,his friends fhould take fome order, 6c 
by their diferetion fupply that which is wanting in him,as in all other ca- 
fes they ought to do. If they fee a man Melancholy given,folitary, averfc 
from company, pleafe himfelfwith fuch private and vain meditations, 
though he delight in it, they ought by all means to feek to divert him,to 
dehort him, to tell him of the event and danger that may come of it. If 
they fee a man idle, that by reafon of his means otherwife, will betake 
himfelf to no courfe of hfc, they ought ferioufly to admonith him, he 
makes a noofe to intangle himfelf, his want of imployment will be his 
undoing.lf he have fudained any great lolic,fufFered a repulfejdifgrace. 
See. if it be pofiible, relieve him. If he defire ought, let him be fatisfied} 
If in fufpencejfearjfufpicion, let him be fecurcd ; and if it may conveni- 
f Niji prit# a- 
nimum turha- \ 
tijjimum curaf- ( 
Jet *, oadi fine 
‘'capite, nec cor- J 
pus fine anima 
curari poteji. 
E gy<fco. 
a Et nos non 
paucos fanavi- 
mus, animi mo 
tibw ad debi- 
tum revocat#, 
liba, de fanit. 
tuend. 
b Confil. ad A- 
pollonium. Si 
qmfapienter et 
fuo tempore ad- 
hibeat, Reme- 
dia morbff di- 
verfis diverfa 
funt dolentem 
fermo benignus 
fublevat. 
cntly be, give him his hearts content } for the body Cannot be cured till 
the mind be fatisfied. f Socrates in Plato would preferibe no Phyfick for 
Charmides head-ach Jillfirft he bad eafed his troublcfome mind } body and 
foul mu ft be cured together, as head and eyes. * 
y % culum non curabis fine toto capite, 
Nec caput fine toto corpore, 
Nec totum corpus fine anima. 
If that may not be hoped or expeded,yct cafe him with comfort,ch carful 
fpeecheSjfair promifes, & good words, perfwade him,advife him. Many, 
been cured by good connfel & perfwajion alone. Heaviness 
of the heart of man doth bring it dovonfbut a goodword rcjoyceth it, Pro. 12. 
25 .and there is he that fpeafeth words life the pricking of a fwordfut the 
tongue of a wife man is health,Ver.lB animi eft reme- 
dium.,a gentle fpeech is thetrue cure of a wounded fouler lut arch 
tends out of Jtfchylus and Euripides : if it be wifely admin?ftredjt eafeth 
grief & divers remedies do many other difeafes/Tis incantationis 
' indar .a charm, *£7hf antis animi refrigerium, that true Nepenthe of Homer, Part.2. Seft.2. 
Mind verified. 
Memb.6 Subf.2, 
which was no Indian plantor fained medicine, which Epidamna Thonis 
wife fent Helena for a token,as Macrobrius 7.Saturnal.Goropius Hermat. 
— ~ ; J i £ 
lib.q. Greg. Nazianzen and others fuppofe, but opportunity of (peech : 
for Helenas houl^Medca’s und Venus Gird lefiirces Cup,cannot fo in- 
chant, fo forcibly move or alter as it doth. A letter fent or read will do as 
much, multum allevor quum tuas liter as legod am much eafed, as f Tully 
Writ to Pomponius when! read thy letters, and as Julianus the 
Apofiateoncetignifted to Maximus the Philofopher $ as Alexander flept 
with Homers works, fo do I with thine Patoniis medica- 
f Lib.iu.Epifl. 
c De nat. deorU 
confolatur ajpi- 
Bos, deducit 
perterritos a ti- 
more, cupidita- 
tes inprimu, 
; & iracundias 
comprimit. 
d Heauton.ABi 
1. Seen. 1. Ke 
metue, ns vere- 
re, crede inquam 
mihi,aut confo- 
lando, aut cou- 
Jilio, aut re 
juvero. 
c Kovi fenera- 
torem avarum 
j L J J 
mentis, eajque afijidtte tanquam recentes & novas iteramus fieri be 
ajfidue ficribco or elfe come thy felf amicus ad amicum venies. Alluredly 
a wife and well fpoken man may do what he will in fuch a cafe 5 a good 
Orator alone, as c ‘Lully holds, can alter affedions by power of his elo- 
quence, comfort fuch as are afflillcdo erect fuch as are deprejJ'ed, expel and* 
mitigate fear, lufio anger, &c. And how powerfull is the charm of a dif-: 
erect and dear friend ? ille regit dialis animos dv temperat iras. What; 
may not he effed ? Asd Chremes to\d Menedemus, fear not, conceal it not 
O tell me what it .is that troubles I final!Jurely help thee 
by comfort, count eh or in the matter it felf. e Arnoldus lib. I. breviar.cap. 
18. (peaks of an Ufurer in his time,that upon'a lofs much melancholy and 
dife ontent wasfo cured. As imagination, fear, grief,caufe fuchpaffions, 
fo conceipts alone, redified by good hope, coun(el,Bcc.are able again to 
apud tneos Jtc 
curatum, qui 
multam pecu- 
niam amiferat, 
[Lib. i. conjili 
12. Incredibile 
dißu quantum 
juvent. 
g Nemo ijliuf' 
modi conditio- 
ni/ hemlnibuf 
infuit et, aut in 
illos Jit feveri- 
or, verum mife- 
ria potius in- 
dolefcat,vicem- 
que deploret. 
lib.1. cap..l 6. 
b Cap. 7. Urn 
Pifo Lauremi . 
us cap. 8. 
help : and ’tis incredible how much they can do in Inch a cafe, as £Trin~ ■, 
oavehus illuftrates by an example of a Patient of his f, Porphyrins the Phi- 
lo fopher (in Plotinus life, written by him) relates, that being in a difeon- \ 
tented humor through unfufferable anguifti ofminde, he was going to < 
make away himfelfrhut meeting by chance his Matter Plotinus^who per- J 
ceiving by his dittraded looks all was not wcl, urged him to confefs his < 
grief: which when he had heard, he ufed fuch comfortable fpeeches, j 
that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi, pacified his unquiet mind, info- j 
much that he was eafily reconciled to hirnfelf, and much abalhed toi 
think afterwards, that he fnould ever entertain lo vile a motion. By all 
means therefore, fair promifes, good words, gentle perf\yafions are to 
be ufed, not to be too rigorous at firft, gor to infult over them, not to de~ 
negleß or contemn, but rather, as Lemnius exhorteth, and 
hy allplauCtble means to feek to reduce them : but if fatisfadion may not 
i Quod timet 
nihil ejl, ubi co- 
gitur & videt, 
k Una vice 
' blandiantur, 11- 
na vice iifdm 
terrorem incu- 
be had, mild courfes, promifes, comfortable fpecches, and good coun- 
sel will not take place} then as Chrifiopheru? a Vega detefn 
Melxo handle them more rouglffy,to threaten ck chide, faith h Al- 
tiant. 
I Si vero fuerit 
ex novo malo 
audito, vel ex 
0 J ** J 
terrifie lometimcs, or as Salvianus will have them, to be lafhed 
and whipped, as we do by a darting horfe, i that is affrighted without 
** caufe, or as k one ivhile to and ano- 
ther %chile to terrific and chide, as they (hall feecaufe. 
1 animi acciden- 
te, autdeamif- 
'.Jtone mercium, 
. aut morte ami- 
ci, introducan- 
tur nova con- 
When none ofthcfe precedent remedies will avail,it will not be amifs, 
Which Savanarola and JElian Mont altus fo much comm tnAsclavum_clavo 
to drive out onepajfion with another by fiome contrary 
they do bleeding at nofe by letting blood in the arm, to expel one fear 
Vrlth another, one grief with another,mChri(fopherus * Vega accounts it 
traria hi* quae 
ipjun ad gau- 
dia vjoveant; 
ds hoc fempa 
niti debemus, 
&c. 
m Lih, 3, cap* 
14. Part. 7. Sect. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.6. Subf.g. 
rational Phyfick, non alienum a ratione: and Lemnius much approves it, 
to ufe an hardwedge to an hard knot, to drive out one difeafe with ano- 
4 Cap. 3. Ca- ] 
jlratio olim d , 
vsterioja ufa 
in morb* de- 
Jl)erat»,&c. 
n Lib.i. cap fa. 
Jtc morbum 
morbo, «f cla- 
vum clavo, re- 
tundunt*, (jrj 
melo nodo ma- 
lum cuneum ad 
hibemui. Novi 
ego qui ex Juhi- 
t her, to pull out a tooth, or wound him, to geld him faith f Vlaterus, as 
they did Epileptica! Patients of old, bccaufe it quite alters the tempera- 
ture,that the pain of the one may mitigate the grief of the other} n and I 
knew one that wasfo cured of a quartan ague, by the fudden coming of his 
enemies upon him. If we may believe o Pliny, whom S caliger cals menda- 
ciorum patremyhe father of lies, gfaf abins Maximus that renowned Con- 
-lul of Rome, in a battle fought with the King of the Allobroges, at 
ver ifaurus was To rid of a quartan ague. Valefius in his controverfies, 
holds this an excellent remedy, and if it be difcreetly ufed in this mala- 
dy, better then any Phyfick. 
to hojlium in- 
curfu, & inopi ■ 
nato timore 
quartanam de- 
pulerat. 
o Lib~.cap.ep, 
In ac ie pugnans 
febre quartana 
Uberati* ejl. 
p7acchintff e. 
15.in p. Khajts 
Mora, cap. 26. 
q Lib.l-cap.i6. 
arer fantur eos 
emi eorum qffe 
Sometimes again by fome p fained lye, ffrange newes, witty device, ar- 
tificial invention, it is not amifs to deceive them, qAs they hate thofefaith 
Alexander, that neglefi or fo they will give ear to fuch as willjooth 
them up.if they fay they have fw allowed Frogsy or a all means grant 
ityind tell them you can eafily cure it ftis an ordinary thing, rhilodotus the 
Phyfician cured a melancholy King, that thought his head was off, by 
putting a leaden cap thereon}the waight made him perceive it,and freed 
. him of his fond imagination. A woman in the faid Alexander^(wallowed 
, a Serpent as (lie thought} he gave her a vomit, and conveyed a Serpent, 
- fuch as file conceived,into the bafon}upon the fight of it fhe was amend- 
ed. The pleafanteft dotage that ever I read, faith * was of a 
IJUI l/WMi.r -JJ - 
ilm rident con- 
temnunt. Si ra- 
nas fa viperas 
comedijfe fa pu- 
tant, concedere 
Gentleman at Senes in Italy, who was afraid to pifs, leaft all the Town 
lliould be drowned} the Phyficians caufed the bels to be rung backward, 
and told him the towne was on fire, whereupon he made watcr,and was 
immediately cured. Another fuppofed his nofe fo big that he fhould dafh 
dsbemut, fa 
(pern do curd 
facere. 
xCap.S.de met 
f Ciflam pofuit 
ex Medicorum 
conjtlio prope e- 
it againft the wall ifheftirred} his Phyfician took a great piece of flefh, 
and holding it in his hand, pinched him by the no fe, making him believe 
that flefh was cut from it. Forefiut ohf lib. 1. had a melancholy Patient, 
who thought he was dead/ he put a fellow in a chejidife a dead man by his 
beds fide made him reare himfelf a little, and cat • the melancholy man 
um, in quem ci- 
lium fe mortu- 
um jhgnnem 
pojv.it*, hie in 
cfjia jacens■ 
&c. 
t Serres lyp. 
as fed the counterfeit dead men ufe to eate meat f he told him yea } 
whereupon he did eat likewife was cured. Lemnitius lib. 2. cap,6. de 4. 
complex, hath many fuch inftances, and Jovianu? Pont amts lib.\. cap.7.of 
Wifd.oi the like ; but amongft the reft I finde one moft memorable,regi- 
ftred in the t French Chronicles, of an Advocate of Varis before mentio- 
ned, who beleeved verily he was dead, &c. I read a multitude of exam- 
ples, of melancholy men cured by fuch artificial inventions. 
Sub s e c. , 
Mu fief a remedy. 
HAny and fnndry are the means, which Philofophers and Phy- 
ficians have prefer]bed to exhilarate a forrowfnll heart, to di- 
vert thofe fixed and intent cares and meditations , which in 
this malady fo much offend *, but in my judgement none fo 
prefent, none fo powerful!, none fo appofite as a cup of ftrong drink, 
mirth mufick, and merry company. Ecclus 40. 20. Wine and mufick fart.2.Se<ft.2. 
Perturbations rectified. 
Memb.d.Subf.^. 
rejoyce the heart.'* Rhafes contif}.Trail cap.'].Aliianus Mon- 
t altus c.26. Ficinus. Bened. Fiffor. F avent inns are almoft immoderate in 
the commendation of it} a moft forcible medicine *Jacchinus calls it : 
Jafen Fratenfis, a moft admirable thing, andworthy of that 
canfo mollifie the minde, andflay thofe tempejiuous ajfe&tons of it. Mu ft- 
ca efi mentis medicina mcejidt, a roaring meg againft Melancholy, to rear 
and re\dve the languittiing foul, y ajfe&ing not only the ears, but the very 
arteries, the vital and animalJpirits,it ere&s the minde,and makes it nim- 
ble. Lemnius inftit. cap.44. This it will effeff in the moft dull, feVere and 
1 
Ufin p. RhaJtSi 
Magnam vini 
habet mufica. 
x Cap. de Ma- 
nia. Admiran- 
da profeSd res 
ejl, i<r digna 
expenfione, 
quod fbnorum 
concinnitas 
mentem emollia 
forrowfull fouls,z exped grief with mirth, and if there be any clouds, duji 
or dregs of cares yet lurking in our thoughts, moji powerfully it wipes them 
all away, Salisbur.polit, lib. I .cap.6.and that which is more, it will per- 
form all this in an inttant:a Chear up the countenance,expell aujierity,bring 
in hilarity ( Girald.Camb.capii'i.Tepog.Hiher.') informe our manners, mi- 
tigate anger} Athen<eus ( Dipnofophift. lib.\\.cap.lo.') calleth it an infi- 
nite treafure to fuch as are endowed with it: Dulcifonum reficit tri'jlia 
corda melos, Eobanus Heffus. Many other properties b Cajjiodorus epijh 4: 
reckons up of this our divine Mufick , not only toexpell the greateft 
griefs, but it doth extenuate fears and furies, appeafeth cruelty, abateth 
as,fijhtq‘,pro- 
cellojas ipfitus 
afifeiliones. 
y Languens a- 
nimus inde eri- 
gitu <& rsvi- 
vifeit. nsc tam 
aures afficit, Jed 
(fir fionitu per 
arterias undiq; 
dfifufio, Jfiritus 
tum vitales 
tum animales 
heavinefs, and to fuch as are watchfnll it cymfeth quiet fefib it takes away 
jpleen and hatred, be it inftrumentail, vocall, with ftrings,winde.c §>u<e % 
firitujt ne manuum dexteritate gubernetur,&c .it cures all irkfomties and 
eavinefs of the f0u1.4 Labouring men that ling to their work, can tell as 
much, and fo can fouldiers when they go to fight, whom terror of death 
cannot fo much affright, as the found of trumpet,drum,fife,and fuch like 
mufick animates 5 metus enim mortis, as f Cenforiuus enformeth us,mujfca 
depellitur. It makes a childe quiet, the nurfes fong, and many times the 
found of a trumpet on a hidden, bells ringing, a carremans whittle,a boy 
finging fome ballad tune early in the ftreet, alters, revives, recreates a 
reftlefs patient that Cannot deep in the night. See. In a word, it is fo 
excitat, men- 
tem reddens 
' agilem, &c. 
z Mufica ve- 
; nujhte fuel 
mentes fieve- 
-1 riores capit, 
' fije. 
. a Animos tri- 
files fiubitd ex- 
' hilarat, nubi- 
los vultus fg. 
renat, aufieri- 
tatem reponit, 
jucunditatem 
powerfull a thing, that it ravilheth the foul, regina fenfuum, the Queen 
of the fenfes, by Tweet pleafure ( which is an happy cure ) and corporali 
tunes pacific our incorporeal foul, fine ore loquens, dominatum in animam 
exercet, and carries it beyond it felf, helps, elevates, extends it. Sc aliger 
exercit.%o2.gives a reafon of thefc effefts,c becaufe the fpirits about the 
heart take in that trembling and dancing air into the body, are moved to- 
gether, andftirred up with it, or elfe the minde as fome fuppofe, harmo- 
nically compofed?is roufed up at the tunes of mufick. And ’tis not onely 
that are fo affected, but almoft all other creatures. You know the 
mic of Hercules Gallus, Orpheus, and Amphion fslices animas Ovid cals 
exponit, barba, 
riemq-, fodt de- 
ponere gentes, 
mores infliuUt* 
. iracundiam 
mitigat. 
b Cythara tri- 
fiiitiam jucun- 
dat, timidos 
furores attenu- 
' at, crucientam 
, fievitiam blan- 
dd reficit, lan- 
: guorem, <&c. 
them3 that could faxa movereJono teftudinisjkc.rnzke. flocks and ftones, 
3s well as beafts, and other animals dance after their pipes ; the dog and 
bare;, wolf and lamb svicinumque lupo preebuxt agna latus ■> clamo fus gra- 
c.HlUsiftridula cornix,dfi'jovis aquila, as Philoftratus defcribes it in his 
all gaping upon f trees pulled up by the roots., 
came to hear him. Et comitem quercum pinus amica trahit. 
Arion made fifties follow him, which, as common experience evinccth, 
c Pet. Amine. 
i d Cajlilio de 
aulic. lib, i. 
■ fol. 27. 
; t Lib.de Nata- 
li cap. 12. 
’ e Quod JJnri- 
tuf qui in cor- 
) ds agitant tre- 
mulem fub- 
mmem vjr Jub- 
Wantem recipiunt aerem in peßut, fit info «Otitantur, i Jpiritu mufcili moventur, fife, , Arbores radicibus avulfidc Memb.6. Subf.3. 
Part. 2. Sett. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
f are much afreded with mufick.All finging birds are much pleated with 
it, especially Nightingales, if we may believe Calcagninus\ and Bees a- 
(]A .Carero of 
Anthony in de- 
feript. Corn- 
real, faith of 
Whales that 
they wil come 
■& (hew them' 
fdves danc- 
mongft the reft,though they be dying away, when they hear any tingling 
found3will tarry bchinde.g Hcarts,Hindes, Horjes, Dogs, Bears, are excee- 
dingly delighted with it.Scal.exerc.3o2. Elephants Agrippa addes, lib.2. 
cap. 24. & in Lydia in the midft of a lake there be certain floating Hands, 
(if ye will bcleeve it ) that after mufick will dance. 
But to leave all declamatory fpeeches in praifeh of divine Mufick, I 
ing at the 
found of a 
trumpet, (of. 
3s.i. <&fol. 
2. 
g De cervo j e- 
quoycane, urfo 
idem camper 
turn ; nwJicH 
afficiuntur. 
h Numen inejl 
numeris. 
\ Steps graves 
morbos modu- 
will confine my felf to my proper fubjefhbefides that excellent power it 
hath to expell many other difeafes, it is a foveraigne remedy againft 
i Deipair and Melancholy, and will drive away the devil himfelf. Canus 
a Rhodian Fidler ink Philojiratus, when Apollonius was inquifitiveto 
knov/ what he could do with his pipe,told hirn,Tto he would make a me- 
lancholy man merry, and him that was merry much merrier then before, a 
lover more inamoured, a religious man more devout. ifmenias the Theban, 
1 Chiron the Centaure is (aid to have cured this and many other difeafes 
by mufick alone : as now they do thofe, faith m Bodine, that are troubled 
Vf'ithS. Vitus Bedlam dance,n Timotheus the Mufician compelled Alex an- 
latum carmen , 
abegit, Et de- 
ffjerati* concili- 
avit opem. 
k Lb. 5. cap.']. 
/Vhtrentibw 
mirror cm adi- 
mam. Letantem 
verofeipfo red- 
damhilarioremy 
amantem cali- 
jliorem, religio- 
fum divino nu- 
mine correp- 
tum, <fy ad De- 
oa colendos pa- 
der to skip up and down, and leave his dinner (like the tale of the Frier 
and the Boy} whom Anjtin de civ.Dei lib. ij.cap. 14. fo much commends 
for it. Who hath not heard how Davids harmony drove away the evil! 
(pints from king Saul, 1 Sam.l6.and Elijlaa when he was much troubled 
by importunate kings, called for a Minftrel, and when he played, the hand 
of the Lord came upon him, 2 King.3. Cenforinus de natali cap. 12. reports 
how Afclepiades the Phyfitian helped many frantike perfons by this 
' means, phreneticorum mentes morbo turbatas Jafen Mratenps eap.de 
■ Alania hath many examples,how Clinias and Empedocles cured forne de- 
fperatcly melancholy, and forne mad by this our Mufick. Which becaufe 
it hath fuch excellent vertucs, belike 0 Homer brings in Phemius $ laying, 
and the Alufes finging at the banquet of the gods. Arifiotle Polit. /. 8. 
ratiorem. 
XHatal* <0- 1 
mss Myth. lib. ( 
4. cap. 12.. j 
m Lib. 5- de 
rep.Cvrat.Mu- < 
fica furorem \ 
Ssn&i Viti. 
n Expire e con-' 
vivio. Car dani 
fiibtiUib.l3• 
O Iliad. 1. 
* Libro 9. 
cap.u Pfiltri- 
M, Sambuci- 
jhafa, & con- 
vivalia ludo- 
*/ W V..’ J. u J 
c. 5. Plato 2. de highly approve it, and fo do all Politicians. The 
Greches, have graced Mufick, and made it one of the liberal! 
fcienceSjthough it be now become mercenary.All civil Common-wealths 
allow it: Cneius Manliusjffis*Livius relates) A 0 ah urb.cond.s67.brought 
hr ft out of Apa to Rome finging wenches, players, jefters, and all kinde 
of mufick to their feafts. Your Princes, Emperours, and 'perfons of any 
quality, maintain it in their Courts} No mirth without mufick. St Tho~ 
mas Moore in his abfolute Vtopian Common-Wealth, allowes mufick as 
an appendix to every meal, and that throughout, to all forts. Epi&etus 
cals menfam mutam a table without mufick a manger } for the 
concent of Musicians at a banquet, is a carbuncle Jet in gold } and as the 
pgnet of an Emerald well trimmed with void* fo is the melody of Mufick, 
rum oble’Cin 
menta addita 
epulu ex Ajia 
invexit in ay- 
in apleajant banquet. Ecclus 32. v. 5,6. p Lewes the eleventh when he 
invited Edward the fourth to come to Paris, told him that as a prin- 
cipali part of his entertainment, he fhould hear fvveet voices of chil- 
hem. 
p Cominsu*. 
+ IJh libenter 
magna cum 
•voluptate (be- 
dren, Jonickc and Lydian tunes, exquifite Mufick, he fhould have a— 
and the Cardinal of Burhon to be his confeflbr, which he ufed as a moft 
1 plauliblc argument : as to a fenfuall man indeed it is. f Lucian in his 
fare folco. It (do te illecebrif hifee captim iri & irfuper tripudifitunm, baud debit demukeberc. Part. 2. Sed. 2. 
Perturbations rectified. 
Membd6.Subf.4w 
book de faltatione is not alhamed to confefs that he took infinite delight 
in finging,dancing,mufick, womens company, and fuch like pleafures} 
and if thou (faith he ) didji but hear them play and dance, I know then 
wohldft he fo wellplea/edwith the objeEf that thou wouldfl dance for com- 
J •/ 1 J J J J J 
pany thy felf without doubt thou wilt be taken with it.So Scaliger ingenu- 
oully confelleth, exercit.2j/\. <±lam beyond all meafure ajfe&edwith mu- 
fiefiy Ido mofl willingly beholdthem mightily detained and al-, 
luredwith that grace and comelinefs affair women, lam well pleafed to be 
idle amongfi them. And what young man is not ? As it is acceptable and 
conducing to moft,fo efpecially to a melancholy man. Provided alwaies, 
his difeafe proceed not originally from it, that he be not foine light ina- 
morato, fome idle phantaftick, who capers in conceit all the day long, 
and thinks of nothing elfc, but how to make Jigs, Sonnets, Madrigals,in 
q \n tnuflcU 
fupra omnem 
fldm capior fy 
ebleftor, choreas 
ÜbsntiJfimJ a- 
Jpicio, pulchra- 
t rum feminarum' 
venuflate deti - 
neor, otiari in- 
ter has folutuf 
curis pojfuft. 
commendation of his Miftrefs. In fuch cafes Mufick is moft pernicious, 
as a fpur to a free horfe will make him run himfelf blinde, or break his 
wind 5 Incitamentum enim amoris mufica, for mufick enchants, as Menan- 
der holds, it will make fuch melancholy perfons mad, and the found of 
thofe Jigs, and Horn-pipes will not be removed out of the ears a week 
after. * Plata for this realon forbids Mufick and wine to all young men, 
becaufe they are moft part amorous,ne ignis addatur igni^left one fire in- 
* d‘T>e legibus t 
creafe another. Many men are melancholy by hearing Mu lick, but it is 
a plcafing melancholy that it caufeth 5 and therefore to fuch as are dif- 
pontent, in wo, fear, forrow, or dejeded 5 it is a moft pjrefent remedy , 
*t expels cares, alters their grieved minds,and eafeth in an inftant. Other- 
Wife, faith r Plutarch, Mufica magis dementat quam vinum*,Mufick makes 
fbme men mad as a tygre 5 like Afiolphos horn in Ariofio : or Mercuries 
golden wand in Homer^that made fomc wake, others fleep,it hath divers 
effefts: and {Theophrafius right well prophefied, that difeafes were ei- 
ther procured by Mufick, or mitigated. 
t Sympof.qucfl. 
$. Mufica muU 
tos magis de- 
mentat quart 
vinum. 
f Animi morbi 
ve a mufica cu- 
S U B S E c T. 4. 
rantur vel infe- 
r. 
Mirth and merry company, fair objects, remedies 
CHnirth and merry company may not be feparated fromMufick* 
ImMI Concerntng anc* nece&rily required in this bufinefs. 
i Mirth (faith t vives*) purgeth the blood, confirmes healthycanfeth 
afrefij, pleafmg, and fine colour, prorogues life, whets the wit. 
t Lib.%. de ani- 
ma Latitia 
purgat fangui- 
flakes the body yong, lively and fit for any manner of imployment. The 
merrier heart, the longer life} A merry heart is the life of the flefi, Prov. 
H- 30. Gladnefs prolongs his dayer. Ecclus 30. 22. and this is one of the. 
three Salernitan Doctors, D. Merryman, D.D/ct,D. which cures 
aN difcafcs Mens hilaris, requies, moderata dicta, * Gomsfiusprsfat. 
3. de fal. gen. is a great magnifyer of honeft mirth* by which (faith 
he) a»e cure many pajfions of the minde, in our felves, and in our friends .* 
Which yGalateus aflignes for a caufe why we love merry coinpanionsrand 
» nem, valetudi- 
nem confervat, 
■ colorem inducit 
■ florentem, niti- 
, vum, gratum, 
' u Spiritu tem- 
perat, calorem 
excitat, natura- 
Um virtutem 
corroborat, j!(, 
uenile corpus ■ 
diu fervat, vi- 
•J V*- 
ingenium acuit, & hominem negotiis quibufl'bet aptiorem reddit. Schola Salem. xT)eum contumelia racam & 
Jytnu lenitate mordent, mediocres animi trgruudines fanari flent, tt c. yVe mor. fi>l. 51- Amamus ideo eos qui funt faceti 
& jucundi. Cure of Melancholy. 
Part. 2.Sedt. 2. 
Mewb.6. Subr.4. 
well they deferve it, being that asz Magninus holds, a merry companion 
is better then any mufick, and as the faying is, comes jucundum invia pro 
z Regi. funit. 
part. 2. Nota, 
quod amicus 
bonus, igdiUtl- 
us Joci tu, nar- 
rationibus fuss 
jucimdu fupo- 
reit omnem me • 
lodiam. 
a Lib. 21. cap. 
vehiculo, as a wagon to him that is wearied on the way. fucunda confa~ 
bulatioifalesjoci, pleafant difeourfe, jefts, conceits, merry tales, melliti 
verborum globuli, as Petronimt, a pliny,b Spondanus, c Catliw, and many 
good Authors plead, are that foie Nepenthes of Homer, Helenas 
nns girdle, fo renowned of old fto expell grief and care, to caufe mirth 
and gladneft of heart, if they be rightly underftood, or feafonably ap- 
plyed. In a word, 
* 1.. XT 
V' 
b Comment, in 
4- Odyjf. 
chib.26. f.15. 
4 Vomcrtcum 
i Hud Nepen- 
Amor, Venus, gaudium, 
1 Juaviso fuaviatio, 
, are the true Nepenthes.Vov thefe caufesour phyficians generally preferibe 
this as a principal engine, to batter the walls of melancholy, a chief anti- 
dote, and a diffident cure of it felf. By all means ( faith d Mefue) procure 
this quod ma- 
rorem tollit, & 
an hi miam, & 
hilaritatem pa 
rit. 
* Flaut.Succh. 
d De agritud. 
■ mirth to thefe men in fuch things as are fmeUed, or a~ 
ny way perceived, and let them have all enticement/, and fair promifes, the 
fight of excellent beauties, attires delightfome paffkges, to di- 
jtracl their minds from fear and fuch things on which they are 
fo fixed and intent. e Let them ufe huntings lefts, merry com- 
capiti). Omni 
nodo generet 
Letitiam in Us, 
de Us qua au- 
diuntur invi- 
dentur, aut 0- 
dorantur, aut 
gujhntur, aut 
quocunq" modo 
Jentiri pqffunt, 
& qfloeclu for- 
marum multi 
decern & or- 
nutu',y<r nego- 
tiations jucun- 
da, & blandi 
entibus lud», 
j j * jjl s { j J J J -J y 
pany, as Rhajis prescribes, which will not let the minde he molefted, a cup 
,of good drinke now and tben0 hear and have fuch companions with 
’ whom they are effect ally delighted 5 f merry tales or 
' dancing, and whatfeever dfe may procure mirth : and by no means, faith 
Cuianerius, buffer them to be alone. Benediftus ViUorius Faventinus, in 
his Empericks, accompts it an efpecial remedy againft melancholy,B to 
, ht d 'and fee dancings maskers, mummers , to converfe with fuch 
merry fellows, and fair maids. For the beauty of a woman chearetb the 
countenance, Ecclus 36.22. f Beauty alone is a foveraign remedy againft 
fear,grief, and all melancholy fits 5 a charm,as Peter dela Seine and many 
other writers affirme, a banquet it felf 5 he gives inftance in difeontented 
Menelaus that was fo often freed by Helena*s fair facerand Fully .Fufc. 
<c7 promijjis di- 
jlrahantur co- 
rum animi, de 
re aliqua quam 
timent ip do- 
lent. 
cVtaniur ve- 
cites Epicurus as a chief patron of this Tenent. To expell grief, and pro- 
. cure pleafance, fweet fme!ls,good diet, touch, tafte, embracing, finging, 
dancing,/ports, playes, and above the reft,exquifite beauties,quibus ocu- 
li jucunde moventur & animi, are moft powerfull means, obvia to 
. meet, or fee a fair maid pals by, or to be in company with her. He found 
nationibus lv- 
dh,jccu, ami- 
corum confcrti- 
**, qit<£ non fi- 
nunt animum 
turbari, vino 
<& cantu & fo- 
ci mutatontspiy 
bibend.gfrgau- 
dio, ex quibus 
pracipue dele 
fiantur. 
f Fife ex fabu-' 
it by experie; ce,and made good ufe of it in his own perfon, if Plutarch 
bely him not 5 for lie reckons up the names of fomc more elegant pieces, 
1 Leonti were frequently been in Epicurus 
garden, and very familiar in his houfe. Neither did he try it himfelf a- 
Jone,but if wc may give credi tto f Atheneus^he pracHfed it upon others. 
For when a fad and ncit Patient was brought unto him to be cured, he 
laid him on a down- hecfcrowned him with a garland offrve e t-fmelli ng fpw- 
ersjn a fair perfumed clofct delicately Jet after a porri on or two of 
cooddr Ink fwhich he adminiflred.be brought in a hcautifulyong weuch that 
_ lu & hid» querenda deleßatio. Eh verfeturqui maximfgrati,fum, cantus & chorea adUtiticm prefunt. g ?r<ecipue valet 
ad expellendam melancholiamjh'fe in cantibus ludis, habitare cum familiaribus, (j pracipue cum pueli* jucunda. 
4 Par. 5. do avocamentu lib.de abfolvendo luflu. h Corporum complexus, cantus, ludi, format, fac. i Circa hortos Epicuri 
frequentes, 4 Dynofoph. hb.io. Coronavit florido feno incendeps odores, in culcitra plumea collocavit dulciculam potionem 
propinans pfiltriam adduxit, &c. *Vt redinatd fuwiter in ledumpuella &■;. Part’.2.Seft.2. 
Mind verified by mirth. 
Memb.2.Subf.4 
could play upon a Listening and dance,&c.Lully %.TufcScoffes At. Epicurus 
for this his prophane phyfick(as well he defervedj) and yet Phavorinus 
and Stobem highly approve of it 5 mofl of our ioofer Phyficians in fome 
cafes, to fuch parties efpecially, allow of this 5 and ail of them will have 
a melanchoiy,fad,and difcontented perfon, make frequent ufe of honed 
fports, companies, and recreations, & incitandos ad Venerem,as*Roderi- 
ck a Fonfeca, will,ajj)e£lu & contaUu pulcherrimarum' feeminarutn, to be 
drawn to fuch conforts, whether they will or no. Not to be an auditor 
only, orafpedator, but fometimes an ador himfeif. Dulce eft indiftpere 
in loco, to play the fool now and then, is not amifs, there is a time for all 
things. Grave Socrates would be merry by fits, fing, dance, and take his 
liquor too, or elfe Theodoret belies him sfo would old Cato,f Lully by his 
own confeflion, and the reft .Xenophon in his Sympof. brings in Socrates as 
a principal Ador, no man merrier then himfeif, and fometimes he would 
c ride a cockghorfe with his Children, 
equitare in arundine longa, ( Though Alcibiates IcofFed at him 
for it) and well he might 5 for now and then ( faith Plutarch ) the moft i 
vertuous, honeft and graveft men will ufe feafts, jefts, and toys, as we do 
fauce to our meats. So did Scipio and Lcelius, J 
* Torna,'can* 
fuit. 85. 
> f Epifi.fam.lib, 
I 7;22. epiji. He- 
Yi demum bene 
■ potus.feroq; re- 
cieram. 
e Valer. Mass, 
cap.B Hb.B. In- 
terpofitd arun- 
dine cruribus 
fu», cum filiis 
ludens,ab Alci- 
biade rifus eji, 
* tior, 
* <£ui ubi a vulgo & fee na in fecreta remerant, 
Virtus Scipiadd & mitis Japientia L&li, 
Nugari cum illo , & difctn&i ludere, donec 
Decoqueretur olus, foliti — 
Valorous Scipio and gentle Lcdim, 
Removed from the feene and rout fo clamorous, 
Were wont to recreate themfelves their robes laid by, 
Whilfl fupper by the 900k was making ready. 
i Hominibus fa- 
cetis, fV ludis 
puerilibus ultra 
modum fieditus 
adeo ut ficui in 
eo tam gravi- 
Adachiavel in the 8 book of his Florentine hiftory, gives this note of Cof 
mus wifcft & graveft man of his time in Italy, that he woulc 
inow andthenplay themoft egregious fool in his carriage, andwas Jo mud 
given toj eft ers flayers,and childifl Jports, to make him/,elf merry, that he 
that Jljould hut conflder his gravity on the one part, Bis folly & lightnefs on 
the other,wouldfurely fay,there were two dijiinff perfons in him. Now me- 
thinks he did well in it, though be of opinion, that Magi- 
strates,Scnators,Sc grave men,fnould not ddeend to lighter fports, ne re- 
fpub. ludere videatur .-But as Themijioclesfi ill keep a ftern 6c conflant car- 
nage.! commend Cofmus Medicesfz. CaJirucciusCaJirucanus,then whom 
Ifaly never knew a worthier Gaptain,anothcr Alexander,i&Macbtavel do 
deceive us in his Wftiwhen a friend of his reprehended him for dancing 
efde his dignity^belike at fome cufhen dance)he told him again,qui fa~ 
P*t interdiu,vix unquam no&u dejipit, he that is wife in the day,inay do a 
tttleinthe mght.Paulus Jovius relates as much ofPope Leo Decimus,that 
.le Was a grave difereet ftay’d rnan,yet fometimes mofl free,and too open 
Ju his fports. And’tis not altogether f unlit or mif-befeeining the gravi- 
°f inch a inan,ifthat Decorum of time, place, and fuch circumstances 
eobferved.jMifcejiultitiam conJUns brevem'-,and as khe faid in an Epi- 
Eramto his wife, I w'ould have every man fay to himfeif, or to his friend. 
tatem, quam 
levitatem con- 
fiierare liberet, 
duas perfims 
dijlinSas in eo 
e]fe diceret* 
gDs nugis cu • 
rial.lib.i.cap.4 
Migiflmns & 
viri graves, d 
ludis levieribw 
arcendi. 
h Machiavel 
vita ejus. Ab a- 
micd rsprehen- 
fus, quod pros- 
ter dignitatem 
tripudiis ope- 
ram daret, re- 
fiondet, &c.. 
f There is a 
time for all 
things, to 
weep, 
mourn,dance», 
Ecclef. 3. 4. 
i Hoy. 
kSirT°hn Har- 
rington, 
Epigr. 50*. , Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.6. Subf.4. 
Part. 2. Seft. 2. 
Moll, once in pieafant company by chance, 
Iwifit that yen for company would dance : 
Which you refus'd, and J aid, your years require. 
Now, Matron-like, both manners and attire. 
Well Moll, if needs you will be matron-likgy 
‘then trufl to thk, I will thee matron like : 
Tet Jo to you my love may never lejfon, 
Asyou for Church, houfe, bed, objerve this lejfon : 
Sit in the Church as folemn as a Saint, 
No deed, word,thought,your due devotion taint : 
Vaile if you will your head, your foul reveal 
Ho him that only wounded foules can heal : 
Be in my houfe as bufte as a Bee, 
Having a fling for every one but me y 
Buzzing in every corner, gathering hony : 
Let nothing wafle, that cofls or yieldeth mony. 
f And when thou feefi my heart to mirth incline. 
Thy tongue,wit, blood, warm with good cheer e and wine : 
Then of fweet JJorts let no occafion fcape. 
But be as wanton, toyinv as an Ape. 
t Lucretia toto 
Jis licet ufqj 
die, Thaida no- 
de volo. 
1 Lil. Giraldm 
hifl. dear. Syn- 
tag. 1. 
m Lib. 2. de 
dur. af. 
ti Eo quod ri- 
Jla ejfet labor# 
fiy modejli vi- 
Sus condimen- 
Thofe old 1 Greeks had their Lnbentiam Deam,goddefs of Vltafance, and 
the Lacedemonians mftxw&eid. from Lycurgus , did Deo Rifui jacrificare, 
after theif wars efpecially,and in times of peace,which was ufed in Thef- 
faly, as it appears by that of mApuleius, who was made an inftrument of 
their laughter himfelf: n Becauje laughter and merriment was to feafon 
their labours and modefler life. 0 Rijus enim divum atqj hominum eft <z- 
terna voluptas. Princes ufejefters, players, and have thofe mafters of 
revels in their Courts, The Romans at every fupper ( for they had no 
folemn dinner) ufed Mufick,Gladiators, Jeffers, See. as* Suetonius re- 
lates o’tTiberius, Dion of Commodus, and fo did the Greek*. ‘Belides Mu- 
iick, in Xenophons Sympof. Philippus ridendi artifex, Philip, a Jeff er,was 
brought to make (port.Paulus Jovius in the eleventh book of his hiftory, 
hat ft a pretty digrefliolriof our Englifh cuftomes, which howfoever fome 
may mifeonfter, I for my part, will interpret tothebeif, * he whole na- 
tion beyond all other mortal men,is mojt given to banquetting andfeafts , 
for they prolong them many houres together, with dainty cheere, exquiflte 
muficki and Jacete jeflers,and afterwards they fall a dancing and courting 
their mijirejjesyill jt be late in the night. Volateran gives the fame tefti- 
mony of this Illand, commending our jovial manner of entertainment, 
and good mirth, and me thinks he faith well, thereJsmo harm in it, long 
may they ufe it, and all fuch modeft fports. Ctefas reports of a Per fan 
king, that had 150 maids attending at his table, to play, hog and dance 
'* by P Lil.Geraldus of an AEgyptian prince,that kept nine Virgins 
ffill to wait upon him,and thofe of the moft excellent feature, and fweet 
- voices, which afterward gave occafion to the Crcekj of that fitftion of the 
€ nine Mufes. The King of /Ethiopia in Africk, moft of our AfatickJ* rin- 
- ces have done fo and do thole Sophies, Mogors,Turke/,&c.iolace them- 
felvcs after fupper amongff their Queens and Concubines , _qu£ jucun- 
dioris.oblectamenti,caufa (ffaith mine author •) coram rege pfallere & faI" 
turn. 
o Calcag. spig. 
* Cap. 61. In 
deliciis habuit 
Jcums & adu- 
latores. 
* Univerfii 
gens fupra mor- 
tales cateros 
conviviorum 
(iudiofpfma. 
Ea enm per 
varias & eX- 
quiftas dapes, 
tnterpofhu ma- 
fic# fir jocula- 
teribto, in mid 
ns fiepiuf ho 
ras extrahunt, 
ac fubinde 'pro 
duSh* choreis 
fir amoribw 
{minarum in- 
dulgent, &c. 
p Syntag. de 
Mvfis. 
f Atheneus lib. 
12, 14. ajji- 
dutf mulierum 
vocibw,cantu- 
que fymphonia 
Palatium Per- 
farum reg# to- 
tum per Combat 
Jovius hiji.lib. 
18. Part.2. Sect,2. 
Memb.6.Subf.4 
Mind reUified. 
tare confueverant, taking great pleaiure to fee and hear them flag and 
dance. This and many fuch means, to exhilarate the heart of men, have 
been (Fill practifed in all ages, as knowing there is no better thing to the 
prefervation of mans life. What (ball I fay then, but to every melancho- 
ly man. 
<1 Vtere convivis, non triffibus utere amicis, 
Quos nugse (ft rifus, (ft joca falfa juvant. 
Feaft often, and ufe-friends not ftill fo fad. 
Whole jefts and merriments may make thee glad. 
Ufehoneft and ebaft fports, fcenical (hews,playes,games, 
r Accedant Chori, miftyeqspuella. 
qEobanus Hef- 
fus. 
t Pracajhrius. 
f Vivite ergo 
Uti, 0 amici, 
procul ab angu- 
jila, vivite 
lati. 
And as Marfilius Fiemus concludes an Epiftie to Bernard Canifianus, and 
fome other of his friends,will I this Tradi: to all good Students,fL mer- 
rily 0 my friends, free from cares, perplexity, angui ft, grief of mind, livt. 
merrily, coelum vos creavit:1 Again and again 1 requeftyou to be 
merry, if any thing trouble your hearts, or vex your fouls, negleCt and con- 
temn it, u let itpajfc.x And this I enjoy n yon, not as a Divine alone,but as a 
Phyftcianfor without this mirth.which is the life and quinteffence of Phy- 
ft ckymedicines,(ft whatfoeverisnfed and apply ed to prolong the life of man, 
is dull, dead, and of no force. Dum fata ftnunt, vivite Leti (Seneeajl fay be 
merry. * Nec Inf bus virentem 
\ Viduemus hanc juventam. It was Tirefias 
the Prophets councel to y Menippus, that travelled all the world over, e- 
ven down to hell it felfto feekcontent,and his laft farewell to Menippus, 
to be merry z Contemn the werld ( faith he) and count that is in it vanity 
and toyes, this only covet all thy life long sbe not curious,or over-folicitous 
in any thzng,but with a well compofed (ft contented effate to enjoy thy felf, 
and above all things to be merry. 
I r Iterum precor 
_ <& obtejlor,vi- 
' vits Uti: illud 
? quod cor urit, 
> neghgite. 
u L<etus in pre.- 
fens animus 
quod ultra ode- 
rit curare.Hor. 
He was both 
Sacerdos fa 
Medicus. 
xHdrc autem 
non tam utSa- 
cerdos, amici, 
mando vobt*y 
quam ut medi- 
cus ; nam abfq; 
hac una tan- 
quam medici- 
narum vita, 
medicina om- 
nes ad vitam 
producendam 
adhibita mori- 
untur: vivite 
Si Numerus uti cenfet fine amore jocifque, 
Nil eft jucundum, vivas in amore jocifque. 
Nothing better, (to conclude with Solomon,Ecc\<d.^.22l)then that a man 
ffiould rejoy ce in his affairs. Tisthe fame advice which every Phyfician 
hi this cafe rings to his Patient, as Capivaccius to his. a avoid over-much 
ftudy and perturbations of the minde, and as much as in thee lies, live at 
hearts eafe : Prof per Calenus to that melancholy Cardinal C<efus,h amidft 
thy ferious Jiudzes and buftnefs, ufe jeffs and conceits,playes and toyes, and 
lvhatfoever elfe may recreate thy mznde. Nothing better then math and 
company in this malady. c It begins with J arrow (faith Montanus j 
7t muff be expelled with hilarity, , 
But fee the mifehiefynany men knowing that merry company is the on- 
ly medicine againft Melancholy,will therefore neglcft their buftnefs, and 
311 another extreme, fpend all their dayes among good fcllowes in a Ta- 
vern or an Ale-houfc,and know not otherwife howtobeftow their time 
but in drinking } Malt-worms, men-filhes, or water fnakes, *Qui bibunt 
JoLum ranarum more,nihil comedentes,Xiko. fo many frogs in a puddle* Tis 
Uti. 
* Locheus A- 
1 aacreon. ' 
y y Lucid.Kecjo- 
y nantia. Tom.2. 
; z Omnia mun- 
- dana nugas <e- 
l Jiima. Hoc folu 
■ tota vita perfe- 
L quere, ut prat- 
) fentibus bene 
compojttff, mi- 
nime curiofus, 
' aut nulla in re 
[foliatus, quam 
plurimum potes 
’ vitam hilarem 
I traducar. 
, aftildejheim 
Jjficeh2.de Ma- 
~ «. Hterarum 
mimi perturbationes fugiat, <& quantum potejl jucundd vivat, hLib. da atra bile. Gravioribus curis ludos <& facetias ali- 
*nterPoney jocos, J<j qu<€ folent animum relaxare, b. ConJiL 30. mala valetudo aucia & contraila sjt trijiitia, ac prowlers 
J‘ arati°se wimi removenda. * Athen. dypnofoph. lib. %» Memb.6. Subf.4. 
Part. 2. Sect. 2. 
Cure of Melancholy'. 
306 
their foie exercife to eat,and drink sto facrilice to Volupia,Rumina,Edu~ 
lie a, Votin'a, Mellona, is all their religion. They wifb for Philoxenus neck, 
jupiters trino&ium,and that the Sun would ftand ftill as in JoJhua’s time, 
to fatisfie their luft, that they might dies no&efqb pergraecari & bibere. 
Flourishing wits,and men of good parts, good fafliion, and good worth, 
bafely proftitutc themfclves to every rogues company, to take Tobacco 
and drink, to roare and fing feurrile fongs in bafe places. 
<1 Invenies aliquem cum percujfore ]acentem, 
Pcrmiftum nautis, aut furibus, aut fugitivis. 
Which Thomas Eraftus objects to Paraceljus,t\\2X. he would lie drinking 
all day long with Car-men and Tapfters in aßrothel-houfe, is too fre- 
quent amongft us, with men of better rote : like Timocreon of Rhodes, 
multa bibens, & multa vorans, &c. They drown their wits, feeth their 
brains in Ale,confume their fommes,lofe their time, weaken their tem- 
peratures,contradi: filthy difeafes, rheumes, dropfies, calentures, tremor, 
get fwoln juglars, pimpled red faces, fore eyes, &c. heat their livers, 
alter their complexions, fpoil their ftomacks, overthrow their bodies 5 
for drink drowns more then the Sea and all the rivers that fall into it. 
d Juven.fat.B. 
( meer Funges and Casks) confound their fouls,fupprefs reafon, go from 
Scyliato Charybdis, and ufe that which is an help, to their undoing. 
c refert morbo an ferro pereamve mink P 
f When the black Prince went to fet the exil’d king of Caftle into his 
kingdome,there was a terrible battel fought betwixt the Englifj and the 
> spanifi : at laft the Spanijh fled, the Engliftj followed them to the river 
fide, where fame drowned themfelves to avoid their enemies, the reft were 
hilled. Now tell me what difference is between drowning and killing > 
As good be melancholy ftill, as drunken beafts and beggars. Company 
a foie comfort, and an only remedy to all kind of difcontent,is their foie 
mifery and caufe of perdition. As Hermione lamented in Euripides 3 mate 
mulieres me fecerunt malim, Evil company marr’d her, may they juftly 
complain, bad companions have been their bane. For,f malus malum vult 
ut jitJui ftmilk , one drunkard in a company,one thief,one whoremafter, 
will by his good will, make all the reft as bad as himfelf, 
B Et ft 
No&urnos jures te formidare vapores, 
be of what complexion you will, inclination, love or hate, be it good or 
bad, if you come amongft them, youmuft do as they do , yea,h though 
it be to the prejudice of your health, you muft drink venenum pro vino. 
And folike Grafs-hoppers, whilft they fing over their cups all Summer, 
they ftarve in Winter 5 and for a little vain merriment,lhall find a forrow- 
ful reckoning in the end. 
e P'oy. 
t Frqffhrd. hi ft. 
lib. 1. Hifani 
cum Anglonwi 
vires fewe non 
pojfent, infu- 
pam fe dede- 
runt,&c. 
frtcipites in 
fiuvium fe de- 
derunt , ne in 
hofiium tnanfff 
venirent. 
ner. 
6 Cor- 
h ’H mSI « 
a 91^1» »'« ■. < v;v," ■ 
Rem edies to difeontents. 
Memb.i.Subf.i 
S E C T. 5* 
M EM B. I. SUBSEC. I. 
A Confolatory Digrejjion containing the Remedies of all 
manner of difcontents. 
■Ecaufe in the precedent Sedion , I have made mention of 
good counfel, comfortable fpeeches, perfwafion, how ne- 
ceffarily they are required to the cure of a difeontented or 
troubled mind, how prefent a remedy they yield,and many 
times a foie fufficient cure ofthemfelves 3 I have thought fit 
in this following Sedion, a little to digrefs, (if at leaft it be to digrefs in 
this fubjed) to colled and glean a few remedies, and comfortable fpee- 
ches out of our bell: Orators, Philofophers, Divines, and fathers of the 
Church, tending to this purpofe. I confefs, many have copioufly writ- 
ten of this fubjed, 
fius, Xenocrates, Crantor, Lucian, Boethius : and fome of late, Sadoletus, 
Cardan, Stella, Petrarch, Efafmus, befides Aujiin0 Cyprian, Ber~ 
&c. And they fo well, that as Hierome in like cafe faid, |/ noftrum 
areret ingeniu, de illorum pojjetfont thus irrigari,If our barren wits were 
dryed up, they might be copioufly irrigated from thofe well-fprings ; 
And I thall but 3 yet becaufe thefe trads are not fo obvious 
«and common, I will Epitomize,and briefly infert fome*of their divine pre- 
cepts, reducing their voluminous and vaft Treatifes to myfmall fcale 3 
for it were otherwife impoffible to bring fo great veflels into fo little a 
creek. And although ( as Cardan faid of his book de conjoldf know before 
hand, this tra& of mine many will contemn andrejedl’-, they that are fortu- 
and in flourifiing ejiate, have no need of fuch confolatory fpee- 
ches 3 they that arc miferable and unhappy, unfujficient to eafe 
their grieved minds, and comfort their mifery : Yet I will go on 3 for this 
muft needs do feme good to fuch as are happy,to bring them to a mode- 
ration, and make them refled And know themfelves, by feeing the un- 
conftancy of humane felicity,others mifery: and to fuch as are diftreffed, 
*f they will but attend & confider of this, it cannot chOofe but give fome 
content and comfort. k’Tis no medicine can cure all fome 
aff?&ions of the mind are altogether incurable 3 yet thefe helps of Art, rhy- 
ilck & Philofophy mufi not be contemned. Arrianus and Plotinus are fiifFe 
in the contrary opinion, that fuch precepts can do little good. Boethius 
himfelf cannot comfort in fome cafes, they will rejed fuch fpeeches like 
bread of flones, Infana ftulta mentis hdc folatia. 
&ords adde no courage, (which * Catiline once faid to his Cap- 
tains Oration doth not make a coward a valiant man:knd as 
laid to his frien*ds, you are but miferable comforters all.’ Tis to no pur pole 
m that vulgar phrafe to ufe a company of obfolete fentences,and familiar 
layuigs; Asf Pliniis Secundus being now forrowful and heavy for the de- 
parture ©f his dear tnendfornelius Rufus a Roman Senator,wrote to his 
aulow 1 iro in like ca fe^adhibefolatiafednova fortiaequat audi- ■ 
e? im nunquam pegerim nunquam: nam qu£ audivi legi omni altanto do- 
2 iLib.de Übfro- 
a priis. Nos libros 
~ fcio multos 
• Jfernere, nan 
S felices hit fs 
_ «o« indigere 
putant, in/tf//- 
3 f£f fld 
I wen miferite 
, nonfufpcere.Et 
tamen felicibus 
* moderationem, 
. dun? inconjhn- 
tiam human<c 
’ felicitati) do ■ 
: cent, proflant * 
. infelices ft om- 
nia recld afii- 
’ mare velint, fe- 
, lices reddere 
. poffunt. 
' k Nullum, me- 
■ dicamentum 
. omnes fanare 
> potefl; funt af- 
■ an/n* 
1 ffu* prorfus 
, funt infimbi- 
' /et; non tanen 
art;* opu)Jj)er- 
. nr rtefet > out 
medicine, aut 
philofophi<e. 
* Saluft. Verba 
virtutem non 
addunt, nec im- 
peratorii oratio 
facitS timido 
fortem. 
\ Job cap. 16. 
fEpijlviM.U 
i Part. 2.Seft. 3. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf. 1. 
lore funerantur , either lay fomething that I never read nor heard of be- 
fore, or elfe hold thy peace. Mod men will here except, trivial confuta- 
tions, ordinary fpeechcs, and known perfwafions in this behalf will be of 
(mail force 5 what can any man fay that hath not been (aid }To what end 
are fuch paranetical difcourfes ? you may as foon remove mount Cauca- 
fus, as alter fome mens affections. Yet fure I think they cannot choofe 
but do fome good,comfort andeafe a little, though it be the fame again, 
I will fay it, and upon that hope I will adventure. 1 Non meus hic fermo, 
tis not my fpeech this, but of Seneca, Plutarch,Epiffetuf,Auflin,Bernard, 
Chriji and his Apofiles. If I make nothing, as m Mountaigne faidin like 
cafe,! will marr nothing 5 ’tis not my do&rine but by ftudy, I hope I (hall 
do nobody wrong to fpeak what I think, and deferve not blame in im- 
parting my mind. If it be not for thy eafe, it may for mine own 5 fo TuU 
ly, Cardan, and Boethius wrote de confol. as well to help themfelves, as 
others 5 be it as it may, I will effay. 
Difcontents and grievances are either generali or particular j generali 
are wars, plagues, dearths, famine, fires, inundations, unfcafonable 
thcr. Epidemical difeafes which afflid whole Kingdoms, Territories, 
Cities: or peculiar to private men, nas cares, erodes, loffes, death of 
friends, poverty, want, ficknefs, orbities, injuries, abufes, Bcc„ Generally 
all difeontent, 0 homines quatimur fortune falo. No condition free, quif- 
qne fuospatimur manes. Even in the mid’ft of our mirth and jollity,there 
is fome grudging, fome complaint 5 as p he faith, our whole life is a Glu- 
cupicron, a bitter fweet paffion, hony and gall mixt together, we are all 
miferable and difeontent, who can deny it > If all, and that it be a com- 
\ mon calamity, an inevitable neceffity, all diftreffed, then as Cardan in- 
? fers, q who art thou that hopefi to go free? W'hy doji thou not grieve, than 
- art a mortali man, and not governor of the world? Ferre quam fortem pa- 
tiuntur omnes. Nemo recufet} rlfit be common to all,why ft outdone man 
he more difquieted then another? If thou alone wert diftreffed, it were 
indeed more irkfome,and lefs to be indured 5 but when the calamity is 
common, comfort thy felfwith this,thou haft more fellows. Solamen mi- 
* ferk foci os habui fife doloris1, ’tis not thy foie cafe, 8c why Ihouldft thou be 
fo impatient }f /, but alas we are more miferable then others, what Jhall 
we do? Be fides private mifcries, we live in perpetuali fear, and danger of 
common enemies swe have Bellona s whips, andpittifull out-cry es, for E~ 
f pithalamiums ‘1 for pie afant fearful noife of Ordnance, Drums, 
v and warlike Trumpets fill founding in our cares 5 inflead of nuptiali Tor~ 
f ches, we have firing of Townes, and Cities 5 for triumphs, lamentations } 
- for joy Scares, tS0 it is, and fo it was, and ever will be. He that refufeth 
to fee and hear,lo fufier this,is not fit to live in this world, and knows not 
the common condition of all men, to whom fo long as they live, with a reci~ 
m procall andforrows are annexed,andfucceedoqe another. It is 
inevitable,it may not be avoided, 8c why then (houldft thou be fo much 
troubled? Grave nihil efi homini quod fert neccjjhas, asv Tally deems 
out of an old Poet, that which is neceffary, cannot be grievous. If it be 
1 for. 
m Lib. 2. Ef- 
fays cap. 6. 
n Alium pau- 
pertas, alium 
orbitas, hunc 
morbi, itum ti- 
n.or, alium in- 
juriae, hunc in - 
{tdidtjUum ux- 
or, filii difira- 
hunt. Cardan. 
o Boethius, 1.1. 
met. 
pApuIeius 4. 
fiorid.Hihil ho- 
mini tam pro- 
fiteri datum di- 
vinitus, quin ei 
admixtum fit 
aliquid difficul- 
tatis,in amplif- 
fivnd queiq*, lae- 
titia fubejl 
quadam queri 
mnma,conjuga- 
tions quadam 
mellis fetis. 
q Si omnes pre- 
mantur, quu tu 
es qui f olus e- 
vadere cupis ab 
ea lege qu<e ne- 
mine proterit 1 
curte non mor- 
talem ftilum 
</<r univerfi or- 
bis regem fieri 
non doles, ? 
t Puteanus ep. 
75. Keq',cui- 
quam praecipue 
dolendum eo 
quod accidit u- 
niverfis. 
f Lorchan.Gd 
lobelgicus lib.3 
Anno 1598. de 
Belgb.Sd ehei 
inquis euge 
quid agemus ? 
ubi pw Epitha- 
lamio Bellona 
flagellum, pro 
eitfitd harmo- 
nici terribilium 
lituorum & 
tubarum audi- 
fis clangorem, 
pro tdtdis nup- 
tUdibu*, vita- ' . * , 
non', p gorum, urbium videas incenata; ubi pro jubilo Imenta, pro rlfu fern ahem complent, tlta eft ptafeQo, & quifqufshsee 
vid&eahtuu, hikfeculi parum aptuf es, out potiuf mfirorum omnium conditionem ignoras, quibus reciproco quodam nesuU- 
to irifiibus, triftia latis invicem fuccedunt. u In Tufc. e vetare poeta. Part. 2* Sed.3. 
Remedies to difcontenls. 
Memb.i.Subf. 1. 
10, then comfort thy felf in this, x That whether thou wilt or no-, it muft be 
indured .-make a vertue of neceflity,and conform thy felf to undergo it. 
ySi longa efi, levis eft sft gravis eft, brevis eft. If it be long, Tis light 5 if 
grievous, it cannot laff. It will away, dies dolorem minuit, and if nought 
elfe, yet time will wear it out, cuffome will eale it, 2 oblivion is a com-« 
mon medicine for all loifes,in juries, griefes, and detriments whatfoever, 
a and when they are oncepaft, this commodity comes of infelicity, it makes. 
the reft of our life fweeter unto us :b Atque ha?c olim memihifle juvabit, 
the privation and want of a thing many times makgs it more pleajant and 
delight fome then before it was. We muft not think the happieff of us ail 
to efcape here without fome misfortunes. 
■ x Cardan lib.u 
de confol, Eji 
confolatiaiw 
genus non levei 
quod d necejji- 
tate Jit ; five 
for its, Jive non 
feras, ferendum, 
, eji tamen. 
■ y Seneca. 
z Omni dolori 
tempus eji'me- 
dicina *, ipfum 
lußum extin- 
gqit, injurias 
delet, omnis 
mah oblivio- 
nem adfen. 
'd Habet hoc 
quoq\ comma > 
dii mnis infe- 
licitas, fuavio- 
( vsm vitam cum 
n abierit relin- 
t quit. 
; b Virg. 
. c Ovid. 
* d Lorchan.Sunt 
5 namq\ infera 
.fuperis, huma- 
na terrenis lon- 
’ gs dtfjoaria. 
[ Etenim beat# 
mentes ferun- 
tur liberd, 
- fine uHo impe- 
[ dimento, fidit, 
<ethereiq-, orbes 
" cur fias {y con- 
i verfiones funs 
j jam ftcah iti• 
numerabilibus 
conflantijjlme 
conjiciunt: ve- 
rum homines 
° Vfqb a<deo nulla eftfincera voluptas, 
Solicitumqb aliquid Letis intervenit.—— 
Heaven and earth arc much unlike b d Thofie heavenly bodies indeed are 
freely carried in their orbes without any impediment or interrupt ion, to 
continue their courfie for innumerable ages, and make their conversions : 
hut men are urged with many difficulties,and have divers hindrances,oppo- 
fitions,ftill croffing,interrupting their endeavours and defires,and no mor- 
tali man is free from this law of nature. We muff not therefore hope to 
have all things anfwerour own expectation, to have a continuance of 
good fuccefs and fortunes, Fortuna nunquam perpetuo eft bona. And as 
Minutius Fcelix the Roman Conful told that infulting Coriolanus,drunk 
with his good fortuncs,look not for that fuccefs thou half hitherto had \ 
clt never yet happened to any man ft nee the beginning ofthe' Worlds nor e- 
ver will, to have all things according to his defire, or to whom fortune was 
never oppofite and adverfe. Even fo it fell out to him as he foretold.And 
foto others, even to that happinefs of Auguftus 5 Though he were Jupi- 
ters Almoner, P/«tab Treasurer, Neptunes Admiral, it could not fecure 
him. Such was Alcibiades fortune, Narjetes, that great Gonfalvaus, and 
molt famous mens, that as * Jovius concludes, it is almoft fatall to great 
Princes, through their own default or otherwife circumvented with envy 
and malice, to loje their honours, and die contumdioujly. Tis fo, ffill hath 
been, and ever will be, Nihil eji ab omni parte beatam, 
There’s no perfection is fo abfolute. 
That fome impurity doth not ppllute. 
Whatfoever is under the Moon is fubjeft to corrupt i on, all eratio n 5 a n d fcg 
Jong as thou lived: upon the earth look not for other, f ThouJhalt not here 
finde peaceable and chearefull dayes,quiet times,but rather cloudtffiormes, 
calumnies, fuchis our fate. And as thole errant planets in their diffindt 
°tbes, have their feveralh motions, fometimes direct, ftationary, Retro- 
grade, in Apogee, Verigco, oriental), occidentali, combuft, ferall,free,and 
as our Aftrologers will, have their fortitudes and debilities,by reafon of 
thofe good and bad irradiations,conferred to each others fite in the hea- 
vens, in their terms, houfes, cafe, detriments, &c. So we rife and fall in 
this world,ebbe and flow, in and out, reared and dejected, lead a trou- 
ble fome life, fubject to many accidents and cafualtics of fortunes, varie- 
ty of pafTions, infirmities as well from our felvcs as others. 
rnagnuf argu- 
-1 flii.s, Neq; hue 
> natur* lege eji 
quifquam mor- 
> tahumfolutu*. 
!' eDioryfiuf Ha- 
Ucar. likB. non 
* enm unquam 
1 contigityceepoft 
f homines natos 
invenies quen- 
quam, cui om- 
1 nia ex animi 
. fentemia fuc- 
_ C£jferint, ita ut 
nulla in re for- 
tuna JJt ei ad- 
, verfmt. * Vit. 
ronfalvi hb. ult. ut ducibus fatale Jit clariffimis cl culpa fua, fee us circumveniri cum mahtta Jy tfindtafirr.minutaquedig-> 
tiitate per contumeliam moti, f In teYYu tutum ilium dstheyem non invenies5 &1 ventos Jevenos 5 nimbos proceUasy 
telumnias. Upf. cent. mife. ep. 8. Part. 2. Sefr. 3. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Mcmb. i. Subf.i* 
Yea,but thou thinkeft thou art more miferable then the reft,other men 
are happy in refped of thee, their miferies are but flea-bitings to thine, 
thou alone art unhappy, none fobad as thy felf. Yet if as Socrates faid, 
& All the men in the worldfiouldcome and bring their grievances toget hereof 
body, minde,fortune, fores, ulcers, madnefs,epilepftes, agues, and all thoje 
common calamities of beggery ,want,fervitude, imprifonment, and lay them 
•on a heap to he equally divided, wouldji thou fiare alike, and take thy por~ 
tion, or be as thou art f Without quejiion thou wouldji be as thou art. If 
feme Jupiter fhould fay, to give us all content. 
g Si omnes ho- 
mines fua ma- 
la fuafq; cum 
in unum cumu-r 
lum conferrent, 
aquu divifuri 
portionibus, 
&c. 
h Jam faciam quod vultis } eris tu qui modo miles, 
Mercator jtu confultus medo rufiicus => hinc vos, 
Vos hinc mutatis di fee dite partibus 5 eia 
g>uid jiatis ? nolunt, 
Well be’t fo then: you mafter fouldier 
Shall be a merchant} your fir Lawyer 
A country Gentleman 5 go you to this. 
That fide you s why ftand ye > It’s well as ’tis. 
h Eor.fer.lib.u 
i Quod unuf- 
qiujq’, propria 
mala novit, 
aliorum nefei- 
at,in caufa eft, 
utfe inter alios 
mi forum putet. 
Cardan, lib. 3. 
decsnfol. Plu- 
tarch de confol. 
ad Apolloni- 
um. 
1 Every manknowes his own,but not others defeffs and tis the 
nature of all men Jhll to refleff upon themfelves,their own misfor tune x,not 
to examine or confider other mens,not to confer themfelves with others: 
, To recount their miferies, but not their good gifts, fortunes, benefits, 
which they have, to ruminate on their adverfity, but not once to think 
on their profperity, not what they have, but what they want : to look 
■ (fill on them that go before, but not on thofe infinite numbers that come 
* after.k Whereas many a man would in heaven,a petty Prince, 
if he had but the leji part of that fortune which thou fo much repineji at, 
mul- 
tos putas qui 
fe calo proxi- 
mos putarent, 
totidem regu- 
los, fi de fortu- 
na’ tuar reliqui- 
is pars iis mini- 
ma contingat. 
Bveth, de cm- 
fol. lib.7,. 
prof. 4 
ahhorreji and ac count eft a mojtvile andwretehedejiate. How many thou- 
fands want that which thou haft ? how many myriades of poor {lave?, 
captives., of fuch as work day and night incolcqftts,tin-mines,with fore 
toil to maintain a poor living, of fuch as labour in body and minde, live 
' in extreme anguifti, and pain, all which thou art free from > 0 fortunatos 
nimium bona p fua norint} Thou art moft happy if thou couldft be con- 
tent, and acknowledge thy happinefs } Rem carendo > nonfruendo cognof-, 
when thou (halt hereafter come to want, that which thou now 
loatheft, abhorreft, and art weary of, and tired with, when »tis paft thou 
wilt fay thou werft moft happy: and after a little mifiTe, wifh with all 
thine heart, thou hadft the fame content again, might’ft lead but fuch a 
life, a world for fuch a life ; the remembrance of it is pleafant. Be filent 
then, * reft fatisfied, intuenfq, in aliorum infortunia folarc men- 
tem, comfort thy fclf with other mens misfortunes, and as the moldi- 
warpe mMfope told the fox, complaining for want of a tail, and the reft 
of his companions, tacete, quando me oculis captum videtis5, you complain 
’ oftoyes, butlamblindc,bequiet. I fay to thee be thou fatisfied. It is 
of the hares,that with a generali confent they went to drown 
themfelves, out of a feeling of their mifery j but when they faw a com- 
pany of frogs more fearful! then they were, they began to take courage, 
& comfort again. Confer thine eftate with others .Similes aliorum reffice 
cafus, mitius ijia feres. Be content and reft fatisfied, for thou art well in 
refped of others $ be thankful! for that thou haft, that God hath done 
1 h'efiod. Efio 
quod es\ quod 
font alii, fine 
quemlibet ejfe • 
uodnon as, 
note quod po- 
tes effe, velis. 
mMfopijab. Part.2. Sed.3. 
Remedies againft difcentents. 
Memb.i Subf.i 
for thcc, he hath not made thee a monder, a bead, a bafe creature, as he 
might, but a man, a Chridian, fuch a man; confider aright of it, thou art 
sj— j * 
full well as thou art.n guicquidvult habere nemo pot efi, no man can have 
what he will, lllnd poteji nolle quod non habet, he may chufe whether he 
will defirc that which he hath not; Thy lot is falne,make the bed of it.o If 
wefioould allfieep at all timeses Endymion is faid to have done) who then 
were happier then his fellow? Our life is but diort,a very dream, and while 
n Seneca, 
0 Si dormirent 
femper omnes, 
■nullus alio f di- 
dor effet.Cardi 
pSeneca de ira. 
q Plato, Axio- 
cho. An ignoras 
vitam hanc pe- 
regrinationem, 
fac.quam fapi- 
1 entes ctlmgau' 
dio percurrunt. 
r Sic expedit ? 
medicus non dat 
quod patiens 
vult, fed quod 
ipfe bonum fcit. 
* Frumentu non 
egreditur nifl 
We look about p Immortalitas adeft, eternity is at hand : Our life is a pil- 
grimage on carthfwhich wife men pafs with great alacrity .If thou be in wo, 
forrow, want, didreUe, inpain,or ficknelie, think of that of our Apodle, 
God chajiifeth them whom he loveth : They that fow in reap in 
j°J'0 PfaJ.l26. 6. As the fornace proveth the potters vefiell, fo doth tempta- 
tion try mens thoughts,Eccl. 25.-5. disfor rthy nifil periif- 
jes : Hadd thou not been fo vifited, thou hadd been utterly undone j as 
goldin the firefo men are tried in adverfity. Tribulatio ditat:And which 
Camerarius hath well lhadowed in an Emblenie of a threflier and corn, , 
Si tritura abjit paleis funt abdita grana, 
Nos crux mundanis fefarat a paleis : 
As threfliing fepatates from draw the corn. 
By erodes from the worlds chaffe are we born. 
trimatum,fare. 
fNan eft pcena 
damnantis fed 
flagellum cor- 
rigentis. 
Tisthe very fame which* Chryfojiome comments,hom.2.in 3.Mat.Corn is 
not feparatedbut by threfbingyior men from worldly impediments but by tri- 
bula tion.’Tis that whichfCyprian immortlTis that 
which'*'Hieromyfrhich all the Fathers inculcate, fo we are catechifedfor e- 
ternityl Tis that which the proverb insinuates documentum3 
Tis that which all the world rings into our c2.xs.Deus unicum habet filium 
fine pec cato fine flagello : God,faith f.Aufiin, hath one Ton without 
fin,none without corredionfAn expert, fea-man is tried in a run- 
ner in a Captain in a valiant man in adverfity Chriflian in 
tentatio & mifery .BaftI.hom.8. We are fent as fo many fouldiers into this 
world,to drive with it,the fle(h,the devil} our life is a warfare,and who 
knows it not?f Non efi adaflra mollis e terris via: wand therefore per adven- 
ture this world here is made troublefome unto as Gregory notes, we 
Jhould not be delighted by the w ay, andforget whit her we are going. 
( * Ad hstredita-1 
tern sternam 
Jtc erudimur. 
. f Confejf. 6. 
t Kmderu tem- 
’ pejlat,athletam 
, jtadium, ducem 
, pugna, magna- 
' nimum calami- 
tas, (hi'ijiianu 
vero tematio 
probat fa exa- 
minat. 
fSen.Herc.fur. 
u Ideo Beusaf. 
perii fecit iter, 
nedum dele da- 
tur in via, obii« 
vifcantur eorum 
qu<rfuntinpa- 
x Ite nunc fortes , übt ceLja magnt 
Ducit exempli via, cur inertes 
Terga nudatis ? fuperata tellus 
Sydera donat. 
tria, 
U Boethius I. 5. 
met. ult. 
yBoeth.pro.uh. 
MknetJfeSator 
cun&orudefuper 
pr&fcius deus, 
; bonis praemia, 
malis fupplicia 
’ difpenfans. 
I *Lib,deprovid. 
1 voluntate capi, 
unt diiJiqmndo 
magnos viros 
colIuSlamgs cum 
'calamitate vi* 
dent. 
\Fcce fpedac.u- 
lum Beo dignu 
Vir fortis mali 
fortuna cnmpo- 
fttus* 
Go on then merrily to heaven. If the way be troublefomc, and you in 
Jfufery, in many grievances: on the other fide you have many pleafant 
*Ports, objeds, fvveet duels, delightfome tades, mufick, meats, herbs, 
lowers, &c. to recreate your fenfes. Or put cafe thou art now forfaken 
°f the world, dejeded, contemned, yet comfort thy felf, as it was (aid to 
in the wildernefTe,yGW fees thee.he takes notice of thee: There is a 
Ood above that can vindicate thy caufe,that can relieve thee. And fure- < 
y, Sen*ca thinks he takes delight in feeing thee.Thegods are well f 
*fhen they fee great men contending with adverfity, as we are to fee men. 
ghtjOr a man with abeaft.But thefeare toyes inrefped,tßeholdjfiuth he, i 
ajfcttacle worthy of God: A good man contented with bis cji ate.A tyrant is 
*-he bed facrifice the ancients held,& his bedobjed a conten- Cure of Melancholy. 
Me mb. 2. 
Part. 2. Sect. 3. 
ted mind.F or thy part then reft all thy care on him,thy burden 
on him,rely on him.fi truji on him,<& he fall nounJh thee,care for thee,give 
thee thine hearts def re?lay with David, God is our hope &Jircngth,m trou- 
bles ready tobe found ,Pfal. 46.1. For they that truji in the Lord fall be as 
mount Sion, which cannot be removed, Ffal. 124.1,2. As the mountains are 
about JeruJalcm,J0 is the Lord about his people, from henceforth O'* for ever. 
z i Pet. S- 7. 
Pfil. 55. 22. 
M E M B. 2. 
Deformity of body, ftcknejje, bafenejfe of birth, peculiar difeontents. 
Articular difeontents and grievances,arc either of body, mindc, 
I or fortune, which as they wound the foul of man, produce this 
I melancholy,and many great inconveniences, by that antidote 
0f good counfell and perfwafion may be eafed or expelled. 
Deformities and imperfeftioris of our bodies,as lameneffe,crookedneffe, 
deafncfre,bl}ndnefle,bethey innate or accidentall,tortu re many men:yet 
this may comfort them, that thofe imperfections of the body do not a 
whit bkmifh the foul, or hinder the operation of it, but rather help and 
much increale it. Thou art lame of body, deformed to the eye, yet this_ 
hinders not but.that thou maid: be a good,«a wife, upright honed: man. 
a Seldomefoith Plutarch,honejiy and beauty dwell together, and oftentimes 
under a thread-bare coat lies an excellent under dandi n&fope fob at tr it A 
latitat fopientia vejie. * Cornelius Muff us that famous preacher in Italy, 
when became hr ft into the pulpit in Venice, was fo much contemned by 
reafonof his outdde,alittlc,lean, poore, dejeded perfon, f they were all 
ready to leave when they heard his voice they did admire 
’ him,& happy was that Senator could injoy his copany, or invite him firft 
to Ids houfe.A dlly fellow to look to,may have more wit,learning,hone- 
dy,thcn he that ftruts it out Ampullis j aft ans,&c.grandi agr adi entysXid is 
admired in the worlds opinion : Vilis fope cadus nobile nectar habet, The 
befit wine comes our of an old veflell. How many deformed princes, 
kings, emperours could 1 reckon up, philofophers, orators ? Hannibal 
a Raro fib eo- 
dem lare hone- 
fias & firma 
habitant. 
* Jofephu* 
fflvjfw vita 
e'juf. 
4- romuncio 
brevr,macilen- 
tus, umbra ho- 
mini*, &c. 
Ad Jhporem 
c\w eruditio- 
nem <& eh- 
quentim ad- 
miratifint. 
b: d une eye, Appius Claudus, Timoleon, blinde, Mule aff es king of Tunis, 
John king of Bohemia., and Tire ft as the prophet, b The night hath his plea- 
Juref) and for the loflc of that one fenfe fuch men are commonly recom- 
penfed in therefor hey have excellent memories,othCrgood parts,mu hck, 
and many recreations much happines, great wifdome,as Tally well dif- 
conrfcth in hisfTufculan qucftions : Homer was blmde,yct who(faith he) 
made mure accurate, lively, or better delcriptions, with both his eyes? 
Democritus was blindc, yet as Laertius writes of him, he faw more then 
, all Greece beudes,ast concludesftuni {an} mentis oculus acute incipit 
cernere,quumprimum corports oculus deflorefeit.when our bodily eyes are 
at worftjgeherally the eyes of our foul fee heft. Some Philufophcrs and 
Divines have evirated themfelves,and put out their eyes voluntarily the 
better to cotemplate.Angelus Volitianus had a tetter in his nofe continu- 
ally running,fuhomc in company,yet no man fo eloquent and pleading in 
his works. JEj*o pe was crooked,crates purblinde, long-legged, hairy 
mocritus withered, Seneca lean and hadh, ugly to behold, yet fhew me fo 
many flour idling wits, fuch divine fpirits: Horace a little blear-eyed con- 
temptible fellow,yet who lo renditions & wiic'd Mara hus Vicinusfaher 
Stapulenfsfii couple of dwiuksfMelantfhcn aihort hard favoured man. 
h Kox habet 
fias -volupta- 
tes. 
t Lib. f. at fi- 
nem, C/fCU* pO~ 
tefl ejfi fipi- 
cns fg bsatw, 
&c. 
c In Convivii 
Mb. 25. 
* 7 oachimus 
Camerarius 
%it. ejuf.  Sect.3. 
Remedies againfi difcontents. 
Memo.2. 
parvus eratfiedmagnus yet of incoparable parts all three.f Igna- 
tms Loiola the founder of thejefuits,by reafon of an hurt he received in 
his leg, at the fiege of Pampclona the chief town of Navarre in Spaine, un- 
fit for wars and lelle ferviceable at court,upon that accident betook him- 
felfto his beads3Sc by thofe means got more honour then ever he (hould 
have done with the ufc of hislimbs3and propernes of tperfowfiVulms non 
penetrat animum3 a wound hurts not the foul. Galba the Emperour was 
crook backed,Epi£tetus great Alexander a little man of ftaturc, 
' Augufins C afar of the fame pitch ; Ageftlaus dejpicabiliform faßocc haris 
a mod deformed Prince as ever Egypt had, yet as f Diodorus Siculus re- 
cords of him, in wifdome and knowledge far beyond his predeceflours. 
Cubitalis that pigmy king of P0/W reigned and 
fought more victorious battels, then any of his long-fhanked predecef- 
lours.Nullam virtus refpuitfiaturam^Vertuerefufeth no com- 
monly your great vad bodies,& fine features,are fottidi,dull, and leaden 
fpir its .What’s in them ? * fipuid nifi pondus inersfi oli dseqbferocia mentis, 
What in Ofus and EphiallesfNeptuncs fons in Homer) nine akers long ? 
t Kiber. vit. 
eius. 
d Macrobius. 
* Sueton,c.-j.g)& 
f Lib. 1. Cor pore 
exili fy defipe- 
Qo, fed ingenio 
fy prudentia 
longe ante fe 
reges cateros 
prsevemens. 
c Alexander 
Gaguinus hifi. 
Polandicf. Cor- 
pore parvus 
eram, cubito 
vix altior mo. 
Sed tamen in 
parvo corpore 
magnus eram. 
* Ovid. 
*TS:.. 7r.. ■ 
* gfii magnus Orion, 
Cum pedes incedi/, med/i per maxima Nerei 
Stagnant am findens humero fupereminet undas 9 
What in Maximinus, Ajax, Caligula^and the reft of thofe great Zanzum- 
mins, or giganticall heavie, vaft, barbarous lubbers ? 
ll membra tibi dant prandia Pares, 
v tr.AEnei.io. 
i Lib.2,cap.2o, 
oneri efi iUt* 
corpora moles, 
grfijiritw mi- 
nus vividi. 
f Corpore bre- 
ves prudenfio- 
J~ — J 
■Mentis eges .<? Their body, faith f is a burden to them, and 
their fpirit s not fo lively they fo ere& and merry :Non efi in magno cor- 
pore mica falis: a little diamond is more worth then a rocky mountain : 
Which made Alexader Aphrodifeus pofitively conclude,lefferfihe fwi~ 
the foul was more Cotr aided in fuch'a body.hat Bo dine in his 5 .c. 
method.hifi«plead the refbthe lefler they are,as in Afia,Greece>they have 
generally the fined: wits. And for bodily dature which fome (b much ad- 
mire,and goodly prefenceftis truc,toTay the bed of thcm,great men are 
proper,and ta Wfi grants— caput i fit er nubila but belli pufillip lit- 
tle men are pretty 3 Sic fi bellus homo efi Cotta pufillut homo efi. 
f res qmim coar- 
Slatafit anima. 
■ Ingenio pollet 
cui vim natura 
negavit, 
g Multis ad 
falutem animae 
profuit corpori* 
<rgritudo, Pe- 
trarch. 
hLib. j. Sum- 
ma efi totius 
Philofophi<e,fi 
tales, (firc. 
many,but without a lt may be tis for the 
good of their fouls : Pars fati fuit 0 the flefii rebels againft the fpirit 5 that 
Which hurts the one, muff needs help the other. Sicknefle is the mother 
of modefty,putteth us in minde of our when we are in the 
full career of worldly pomp and jollityo(he pulleth us by the ear,and ma- 
keth us know our calls it,the fern of could 
but performthat in our healthfwhichwe promtfe in ourfickyiefs ufffiuum infir- 
fumus for what (ick-mznCasiSecundus expoftulatcs with 
t tlinius epifi, 
7» lib. Quern 
infirmum libi- 
do fo lid tat, 
aut avaritia, 
aut honores ? 
nemini invidet, 
neminem mira- 
tur, neminem 
defined 'fer-, 
mone maligno 
Uf was ever lafcivious-fiovetousArambitious'lhe envies no 
n° m<zn:flatters no manfiefpifcth no manfiifiens Jiot after lyes & 
And were it not for fuch gentle rernembrancesym en would have no mo 
Ration of themfelves,they would be worfe then tigers,wTolvcs,& lions: 
vV ao diould keep them in a w&princes, m parents , magi fir at 
ges friends^enemies^fair or foulmeanes cannot contain usfiut a little fit k~ 
nes (as t Chryfojlome obferves ) will correct and amendus. And thereto! e 
Withgoud diferetion,*dovianus Pontanuscaufed this fhort fenteme to De 
non antur. 
s f Kon terret 
. princeps, magi- 
fier, parens, Ju- 
dex ", at ■fgritu* 
* do faperveni- 
- ens, omnia 
_ correxit, 
a * Nn, Chytre- 
' «f iurop. deli. 
I cns. Labor, do» 
hr, cfgritudoj 
VJ— - . 
h£hff, fervire fuperbis domini, jugumferrefuperfiitianis, quos habet charos fepelire, & c. condimeAta vitee funt. Part. 2 , ScCi. 3. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Mcmb.2. 
engraven on histombe in Naples : Labour,forrew, grief ficknefs,want and 
woe,to ferve proud mafiers,bear that fuperflitious yokfi, and bury your dea- 
reji friends,&c.are the fawces of our lifeAi thy difeafe be continuate and 
painfull to it will not furely laft : and a light affiiffion, which is hut 
for a moment, caufeth unto us afar more excellent and et email weight of 
glory, 2 C0r.4.17. bear it with patience; women endure much forrow in 
child-bed, and yet they will not contain, and thofe that are barren, wilh 
\ Non tam mart \ 
qudm pradio 
virtu*, etiam 1 
lefto exhibetur: 
vincetur aut 
vincet; aut tu 
febrem relin- 
ques, aut ipfs 
te. Seneca. 
f Tullia* lib."]. 
fam. ep.Vefica 
morholaborans, 
(fa urin*e mit- 
tenda difficul- 
tate tanta, ut 
for this pain:be couragiotft,1 there is as much valour to beJhewed in thy bed, 
as in an army, or at a fea-fight: aut vincetur, aut vincet, thou (halt be rid 
at laft.Tn the mean t’me, let it take his courfe, thy minde is not any way 
&\ia.h\ed,Bilibaldus Pirkjmerus,Senator to Charles the fifth,rulcd all Ger- 
many,lying moft part of his days lick of the gout upon his bed.The more 
violent thy torture is, the leffe it will continue; and though it be fevere 
and hideous for the time,comfort thy felf as martyrs do,with honour and 
immortality.f That famous philofopher Epicurus, being in as miferable 
paine of ftone and collick, as a man might endure, folaced himfelf with a 
conceit of immortality} the ]oy of his foul for his rare inventions, repelled 
the pain of his bodily torments. 
•vix incremen- 
tum caperet-, , 
repellebat hac 
omnia animi 
gaudium ob 
memoriam in- 
ventorum. 
kBoeth. lib.2. 
pr.j\. Huic fen- 
put exuperat, 
fed eji puderi 
degener fan- 
guif. 
Bafencfs of birth is a great difparagement to fome men,efpecially if they 
be wealthy,bear office, & come to promotion in a 
(as k he obferves) if their birth be not anfwerable to their calling, and to 
their fellowes, they are much abaftied and afhamed of themfelves. Some 
fcorn their own father and mother,deny brothers and fifters,with the reft 
of their kindred and fricnds,and will not fuffer them to come near them, 
when they are in their pomp,accounting it afcandalto their greatnefs,to 
have fuch beggarly beginnings.Simon in Lucian, having now got a little 
wealthjChanged his name from Simon to Simonides fox that there were fo 
many beggars of his kin,and fet the houfe on lire where he was born, be- 
caufe no body Ihould point at it.Others buy titles,coats of armes, and by 
all means ffrew themfelves into ancient families, falfifying pedegrees, 
ufurping fcutchions,and all becaufe they would not feem to be bafe.The 
reafon is,for that this gentility is fo much admired by a company of out- 
lides,& inch honour attributed unto it,as amongft 1 Germans , 
and Venetians,the gentry fcorn thecommonaJty,and will not fuffer them 
to match with depreffe,&: make them as fo many affes,to car- 
ry burdens. In our ordinary talk and fallings out,the moll opprobrious 
- and feurrile name we can fallen upon a man, or firft give, is to call him 
bafe rogue, beggarly rafcall,and the like: Whereas in my judgement,this 
ought of all other grievances to trouble men leafl. Of allvanities & fop- 
brag of gentility is thegreateftffor what is it they crack fo much 
’ ofsand challenge fuch fuperiority,as if they were demi-gods > Birth ? 
! Tantane vos generis tenuit fiducia vefir i ,<? 
\ Gajpar Ens 
polit, thef. 
in Alii pro pe- 
cunia emunt 
nobilitatem dii 
illam lenocinio, 
alii veneficiis 
dii parricidiis 
multa perditio 
nobilitate con- 
ciltatjpleriqw- 
dulatione, de- 
tractione, cslu- 
nii, etc. Agrip. 
deva ni t. fcien. 
n Ex homicidio 
fape orta nobi- 
litas etfirema 
carnificina. 
of lures cbpro- 
jlitutas filias, 
uxores, whiles 
fafti *, muhos 
venationes, ra- 
pine , Csfdes, 
prsfiigiaj&c. 
It is non ens., a meat fiafh, a ceremony, a toy,a thing of nought. Conlider 
the beginning,prefcnt efrate,progrefle,ending of gentry,and then tell me 
what it is ,m Opprejfion,fraud,cofening,ufury,knavery,baudery,murt her and 
' tyranny,are the beginning of many ancient families‘,nOne hath been a bloud- 
fucker,a parricide,the death of many a fitly foulin fome unjufi quarrels,fe- 
dit tons .made many an orphan and for that he is made a Lord 
' or an Earl, and hkpofierity gentlemen for ever after. Another hath been 
. a bawd, a pander to fome great man,a paraftte,afiavefi projiituted himfelf Fart. 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies againfi difcontents. 
Memb.2. 
hkwifslaughter,to forne lafcmons prince,and for that he is exalted. 77- 
berius preferred many to honours in his time,becaufe they were famous 
whore* matters and fturdy drinkers 5 many come into this parchment row 
(fofone cals it)by flattery or coffining a feafeh your old families,and you 
fhaii fcarce find of a multitude(as yEneas Sylvius j'celeratum 
non habent ortum,that have not a wicked qui vi & dolo eo 
fajiigii non afeendunt, as that plcbian in p Machiaveim a fet oration pro- 
ved to his fellows,that do not rife by knavery, force, foolery, viilany,or 
fuch indirect means*. They are commonly able that are wealthy a vertue and • 
riches feldome fettle on one man : who then fees not tne hafe beginning of 
nobility? fpbiles enrich one,ufury another, treajon a thirds witchcraft a 
fourth,flattery aflft, lying jieahng,bearing falfewitnefs afixth, adultery 
the feventh, &c. One makes a fool of himfelf to make his Lord merry, 
another dandles my yong mafter, beftowes a little nag on him, a third j 
marries acrackt piece, 6cc. Now may it pleafeyour good worfhip, youri 
lordlhip, who was the firft founder of your family ? The Poet anfwers, 1 
q Jut Vaftor fuit, aut iUud quod dicere nolo. j 
Are he or you the better gentleman?lfhe,then we have traced him to his 1 
form.lf you,what is it of which thou boafteft fo much? That thou art his \ 
fon.lt may be his heir,his reputed fon,arid yet indeed a prieft or a ferving j 
man may be the true father of him Abut we will not controvert that now; < 
married woman are all honefffithou art his fons Tons fon,begotten Sc born j 
Infra quatuor maria,&c.Thy great great great grandfather was a rich ci- ( 
t Sat. Menip. 
p Cum enim hoS 
’ dici nobiles vi- 
demus, qui di- 
vitiis abudant, 
■ divitia vero 
■ raro virtutis 
1 funt comites, 
quis non videt 
ortum nobilita- 
tis degenerem ? 
hunc ufur* di- 
tarunt, illum 
Jpolia,proditio- 
nes; hic vene- 
ficiis ditatus, 
ille adulationi- 
bus, huic adul- 
teria lucrum 
pr*bent, non- 
nullis mendacia, 
quidam ex con- 
fige qutffium 
faciunt, plcriq; 
ex natis, &c. 
Florem, hili, 
iib. 3. 
q Juven. 
tizen,Bc then in all likelihood a ufurer,a lawyer,&: then a—a courtier,sc 
then a—-a country gentleman, and then he feraped it out of fheep. See. 
And you are the heir of all his verities,fortunes,titlcs}fothen,what is your 
g.ctry,tut as Hierom faithjOpc/ ant i quay nveter at £ diviti <e,anciet wealth? 
that is the definition of gentility. The father goes often to the devil, to 
make his fon a gentleman. For the prefent, what is it ? it began (faith *A~ 
grippajwith jirong impiety fwith tyranny,oppreJj2ono&c.S<. fo it is maintai- 
ned .-wealth began it (no matter how got)wealth continuet h and increa- 
feth it.Thofe Roman knights were fo called,if they could difpend per an- 
num hb much, fin the kingdome of Naples and France,he thatbuyes fuch 
lands,buyesthe honour,title, barony together with ita and they that can 
difpend fo much amongft us, muff be called to bear office, to be knights. 
rßjobujla im- 
probitas d ty- 
rannide incep- 
ta, &c. 
f Gaffer Em 
thefuuro polit. 
* Gr efferus Iti- 
nerar. fol. 266. 
t Hor. 
1 —o J sji j 
or fine forit,as ex ccnfu judicant,our Nobles are 
uieafurcd by their means. And. what now is the objedof honour? What 
ins our gentry but wealth? tNobilitas fine re projeUa vilior alg%> 
means gentry is naught worth, nothing fo contemptible and 
ozfe.uDiJJ)utare de nobilitate generis fne difput are de nobilitate 
u dyi. mp. lib. 
a. num. nr. 
f Exod. 32. 
x Omnium no- 
bilium fuffid- 
entin in eo pro- 
batur,fivsna 
tica noverint,Jt 
aleam,fi corpo- 
ra vires ingsn- 
tibia poculis 
commonjlrem, 
/t natur* robur 
mmerofa ve- 
nere probem, 
&c. 
Nevifanus the Jawycr,to difpute of gentry without wealth. 
Keying your reverence) todifcufle the original! of a inard. So that it is 
Wcalth alone that denominates,money which maintains it,gives ejjc to'it, 
lor which every man may have it. And what is their ordinary exercife ?; 
tr( down to fleep-jnd rife to play:wherein lies their worth 
?‘iia Efficiency ?in a few coats of armes, eagles, lions, ferpents,bears, ty- 
gCTs,dogs,crofies,bends,feffes,&c. and ffinffii like bablcs,wbich they com- 
",on].y er up in their galleries, porches, windowcs, on boles, platters, cu- 
chcs,in tombs,churchcs,mens fleeves, tcc.x If he can hawk, anci hunter id e 
a?z at cards and dice fiv agger..drinks fvear: take tobacco with a Citre of Melancholy. 
Memb.2. 
Fart. 2. Sect. 2. 
grace, lmce,dance,wear his clothes in fa(hion,court,and pi cafe his miftris, 
talk big fuftian3y infuit,fcorn,ftrut,contemn others,and ufe a little mimi- 
cal and api ill complement above the reft,he is a compleat f Egregiam verb 
laudem)x well qualified gentleman uffiefe arc moft of their impioyments, 
this their greateft commendation.What is gentry,this parchment nobili- 
ty then,but as 2 Agrippa defines it ,a fanffiuary of knavery and naughtines,a 
do he forwichednefs & execrable vices, ofpndefiraud, cotempt, boajiingoop~ 
pr cjji on,djjimulati on jiijUglut tony,malice,form cation,adultery,ignorance, 
imt ietyt- A nobleman therefore in fome likelihood,as He concludes,is an a- 
theiji,an opprejjor,an Epicure,a\gull,a difard,an illiterate idiot,an outjide 
a glo-worm,a proud pool,an arrant afje,Ventris & inguinis mancipin,a Have 
j to his luft 6c belly ffilaqb libidine fortis. And as Salvianus obferved of his 
countrymen the Aquitan.es in France,ficut titulis primi fuere,ftc & vitiisj 
6c Cabinet du Roy, their own writer diftiudly of the refidfThe Nobles ofßer~ 
y Difficile eg, 
ut nan Jh 
perbu* dives, 
Aiijlin.fey.yy 
z Sbbiliths ni- 
hil aliud nijt 
improbitas, fu 
ror, rapina, la- 
trocinium, ho- 
micidium, lu- 
xus, venatio, 
violent ia, '4 c. 
y The fool 
took a way my 
lord 5n the 
mask, ’twas 
appofitc.' 
ry are mo ft part teacher s,they 0]Tourraine t beeves,they oj Narbone covetous, 
they of Gnyenne coynersjhey of Province Atheijis,they of Rhemes fuperjii- 
ti out,they of Lions treacherous,ofNormandy proud,of Picardy infoUnt,&c, 
we may generally conclude, The greater mcn,thc more vicious.ln fine,as 
4 Ds trifir. at- 
rial. Miferi 
pint, inepti, 
funt, turpeS 
Jim, multi ut 
parietes aedi- 
um puerum 
Jpscioft. 
t Mneas Sylvius adds J hey are mofi part mi fer able,fit t Ifh & filthy'fellow s, 
hpc the walls oft bar hoajes,fair without, foul within, Whatdoft thou 
vaunt of now tNVhat doji thou gape & wonder atF admire hint for his brave 
a p pare 11, h 0 rfe s., dog s Jin e houfis,manors, orchards, walks F Why Fa 
fool may be pojjejf'or of this as well as-he, and he that accounts him a better 
'man,a Nobleman for having of it,he is a fool himfelf. Now go 6c brag of thy 
a Miravit au- 
reas vejles, e- 
quos, canes, or- 
dinem famule- 
rum, lautas 
menf/n, if des, ■ 
villas, predict, 
pifeims, fyl- 
vas, (pc. hire 
omniaflulttis 
affkqui potejL 
Pandalus no- 
tier lenocinio 
"nobilitatus eg, 
JEneas Syl- 
gentility. This is it belike,which makes the b Turkes at this day fcorn no- 
bility, and all thofe huffing bumbaft titles, which fo much elevate their 
poles: except it be fuch as have got it at firft,maintain it by fome fupere- 
minent quality, or excellent worth. And for this caufe,the Ragufian Com- 
mon - wx* al th, .Vtv/tzers,and the united Provinces,in all their Ariftocrafies, 
or Dcmocratical Monarchies,(if I may fo call thcm)exclude all thefe De- 
grees of hereditary honours,& will admit of none to bear office,but fuch 
as are learned, like thole Athenian Areopagitcs, wife, difereet, and weft, 
brought up.The c Chincnfes obferve the fame cuftomes, no man amongft 
them noble by birtfoout of their Philoiophers and Docfors theychoofe 
Magiftratcsuhcir politick Nobles are taken from fuch as be morditer no- 
vjus. 
b Beilonius ob- 
jrfr-u lib. 2, 
c Mat. Riccius 
Jib. i. cap. 3. 
M regendam 
rsmp. foli do- 
floras, out U- 
cetniati adfdf- 
cuntuf, (<rc. 
biles,we. rtuous nobl ab ojpcio,non anaturayxs in Israel of 
old, and their office was to defend and govern their Country in war and 
peace,not to hawk,hunt,eat,drink?gamealone,as too many do.Theiri>y- 
ji,Manderini jitcrati jicentiati,6c fuch as have raifedthemfelves by their 
worth3arc their noblemen only,thought fit to govern a ftate}6c why then 
fhould any that is otherwife of worth,beafhamed of his birthftwhy fhould 
not he be as much reflected that leaves a noble pofterity,as he that hath 
T Lib. I hijt. 
conditione fer- 
•vits, cancrum 
acer bello, & 
animi magni- 
tudine maxi- 
novum regum 
nemini fecun- 
dus : ob hsc d 
Mameluchis in 
regem elettus. 
had noble ancefters?nay why not more?for plnres folcm orient we adore 
the fun rihng molt part;,and how much better is it to fay,Egomeis majori- 
bus virtute praluxi,to boaft himfelf of his vertues, then of his birth ? Ca~ 
thesbeius Sultan oi /Egypt andtyr/<iswasby Ids condition a Have, but for 
worth,valour6c manhood fecond to no King,and for that caufe(asfjffl«fo 
w writes)ele&cd Empcrourof the Jldameluches.H hat poor Spanuli rizaf- 
ro for his valour made by Charts the fifth Marquds of Anati So? TheTur- 
kkßaJjds are all fuch. Ferti mix, PhiUp pm Arab s Sr obus,Anre- ban. 2- Sett,3. 
Remedies ugainft difcontents. 
Memb.2. 
lius,&c. from common iaiiidiers,became Emperours. Cato, Cincinnatus, 
Chc.Confuls.?///j- jecimdjs,Sixtus quintus ffohan fecundus,Nicholas quin- 
tus, Popes. So era tes, Virg iI, Her ace,libertino parte natus .dfhe Kings of 
Benmar'kjtxffx rheir pedegree,as feme fay,from .one Vlfo,that was 
of a bear, f E tenui cafa fepe vir magnus exit, many a worthy» man comes 
out of a poor eottage.^Hercules,Romulus,Alex under ,fby Olympiad confefli- 
. d Olavs Mag- 
nus lib. iSj. 
Saxo Gram- 
maticugd qua 
rex Sueno fa 
cetera Danp- 
I f O # a -» J v J ’ s l 
on) 2 hcmijtocles,Jugurtha, king Art bur,Willi am the Conqueror,Homer,De- 
mojihencs ,l\ Lumbar d,V .Comejior,Bart bolus, Adrian the fourth Pope,&c. 
almoft in every kingdom,the moft ancient families have bin 
at hrfl Princfsbaftards 5 their worthieft captains,beft wits, greateft icho- 
lam, bra veil fpirits in ail our Annals,have been bale, f Cardan in his fubti- 
lities,gives a reafon why they are moft part better able then othcrs,in bo - 
dy and mind, and fo per confequensynoiQ fortunate. Caftruccius Caftruca- 
nus a poor chiJdc,found in the field, expofed to mifery,became prince of 
rum regum 
jvemmata. . 
f Seneca de 
Contro. Philqfi 
epiji, 
t Corpora funt 
& animo forti- 
oresfpurii, ple- 
Tiimq; ob amori) 
_ vehementiam, 
femina cra/f. 
Luff Sc Senes in Italy, a moil compleat fouldier,and worthy 
chiavel compares him to Scipio or Alexander. And dis a wonder full thing 
(efaith hffjto him that fall confler of it,that adthofe, or the greateji part 
of theifi,that have done the bravejtexploits hereuponearth,andexcelledthc 
reft of the nobles of their time, have beenjiill horn in fomenhffU, obfeure 
place,or ofbafe andobfeure abjecl parents.A inoft memorable abler vat ion, 
*Sf aliger accompts non praetereundum,maximorum virorum pierojoff 
patres ignoratos,matres impudicas fuiffc. I could recite a great catalogue of 
them,tVQry kingdome,every province will yeeid innumerable examples : 
and why then fhould bafenes of birth be objected to any man? who thinks 
Woife of Fully for being Arpinas, an upftart ? Or Agathocles that Sicilian 
king for being a potters fon >' Iphicrates and Manus were meanly born. 
fac, 
cVi la Cajlnic- 
cii. hlec prater 
rationem mirum 
videri debet, ft 
qui) vera conft- 
derars velit, 
omnes eos vel 
faltsm maxi- 
mam panem, 
qui in koc ter- 
rarum orbe res 
prajhntiom 
aggcejjl funt, 
atque inter ex- 
teres avi fui 
heroas excellit- 
What wife man thinks better of any perfon for his nobility ? as he fa.jd in 
* Machiavel,omnes eodem patre nati,Adams Tons, conceived ail and born in 
fin,&C. We are by nature all as one,all alike, if you fee us naked b let us wear 
theirs & they our clothes,& what s the difference? Vo fpcak truth as* Bale. 
did ofP.Sehalichius,! more ejieem thy Worth,learning,honefty,then thy no- 
bility y honour thee more that thou art a writer, a Dottor of divinity, then 
Earl of the Hunnes,Baron ofskfadine,or haft title to fuch & fucb provin- 
ces, &c:Thou art more fortunate andgreaff lb Jovius writes to Cojmus Me- 
dices then Duke of Florence') for thy verities,then for thy lovely wife, and 
happy children, friends fortunes,or great dutchy ofTufcany. So I accompt 
i mint, aut ob- 
fcitro, aut abjs- 
Ho loco editos, 
& prognatos 
fuijjh object# 
parentibus. Eo- 
rum ego Cata- 
logum infini- 
tum recenfere 
pqjfem. 
* Exercit.ztfgj 
' t .Flor. hijl. /.3. 
. Quod Ji nudos 
nos conjhici 
who doth not fo indeed >fAbdolomtnus was a gardner,and yet by 
Alexander for his vertues,made king of Syr/.* .How much better is it to be 
horn of mean parentage,& to excel! in worth,to be morally noble, which 
K preferred beforethat natural! nobility,by divines,philorophers,&tpo- 
hticians,to be learned,hone(f,difcrcet,well qualified,to befit for any man-' 
contingit, om- 
nium uno ea- 
demqus erit fa- 
cies ; namft ipft 
nofli'M, nos ea- 
rum vejhs in- 
dii(ims,nos,h(\ 
* Vt rnsvito di- 
cem, quod Jim- 
pliciter fmti„ 
am, Paulum 
S chalkhiun 
feriptorem, fa 
dothirem, phi- 
fterof imployment, in country and common-wealth,war and peace,then 
to be Degeneres Neoptolemi, as many brave nobles arc, only wife becaule < 
nch,ot herwilc idiots,illitcrate,unfit for any manner of lervice?f vdalricus \ 
Eail ofCilia upbraided John Buniades with the ba fends of his birth, but. 
he replied,//? tc alien (is Comitatus turpiter extinguiturjn me glori off Bi- .■ 
y» facio quam comitem Humorum, far Baronem Sirtiinum % Bntychp<fdim tuam, faf orbem a.d". 
l*usepiji, nuncupat, e£$, cent, ultimamfcript. Brit. f Pr<efat. hijt.lib.t. virtute tu. >> q .temfiim- 
pern fortuna, aut numsrofo & decora prolis falicita/e fastior evadis. £ Curtius. \Bdtne-dsJ*p- •, /Zneas Sjht* 
•«. ab. 2 cap. 29. Part. 2. StCx. 3. 
Cure of Aiclancholy. 
Mcmb.a. 
318 
flricenfts exoritur, thine Earldome is confumed with riot , mine begins 
with honour and renown. Thou haft had fo many noble 
what is that to thee? Vix ea nofir a vocoy e when thdii art a dilard thy 
fef : quodprodeji Pontice longo Jiem mat e cenferi f &c, I conclude, haft 
thou a found body, and a good foul, good bringing up ? art thou vertu 
ous, honeft, Jearned,weII qualified, religious, arc thy conditions good?, 
thou art a true nobleman, perfe&ly noble, although born of Thsr fires,— 
dummodo tufts—JEacid#fmilnjtonmtmfedfa&uS)noble ibym'Jfor 
neither /word, nor fire> nor water, »01* nor outward violence, war 
himfelfe can take thy good parts from thee. Be not afhamed of thy 
g If children ■ 
be proud, 
haughty, foo- 
lifli, they de- 
file the nobili- 
ty of their 
kindred, Bed. 
22.8. 
i Cujuspqfef- 
jto nec furto 
eripi,nec. incen- 
Aio abjumi, nec ' 
. aquarum ve- , 
raging abforbe- 
ri,vel vi morbi < 
Aeflruipotejl. \ 
y Send them 
both to fome 
Grange place , 
naked ad ig- ] 
notos, as Ari- 
Jhppus feid, 
you dial! fee 
the difference. 
Bacons BJfiyes. 
* Familia 
ffjlendor nihil 
opis attulit. 
birth then,thou art a gentleman all the world over, 8c fbalt be honoured, 
when as he, ftrip him of his fine clothes, h difpoftefs him of his wealth, is 
a funge (which * Polynices in his banifhment found true by experience 
Gentry was not efteemed) like a piece of coin in another countrey, that 
no man will take, and (hall be contemned. Once more, though thou be a 
Barbarian,born atTontonteac, a villain, a flave, &S aidant anNzgxo, ox a 
rude Virginian in Dafamonquepeuc, he a French monfienr, a Spanilh dony 
a fenior of Italy,l care not how defcended,of what family,of what order 
baron, count, prince, if thou be well qualified, and he not, but a degene- 
rate Neoptolemus,I tell thee in a word, thou art a man, and he is a bcaif 
Let no terr<eAV/*y,orupftart,infult at this which I have faid,no worthy 
Gentleman take offence. I fpeak it not to detract from fuch as are well 
deferring, truely vertuous and noble :I do much refpeft and honour 
true Gentry and Nobility } I was born of worihipful parents my fclf,in an 
ancient family, but lam a younger brother, it concernes me not: jor had 
I been fome great heir,richly endowed, fo minded as I am, I (hould not 
have been elevated at all, but fo efteemed of it, as of all other humane 
happinefs, honours. See. they have their period, are brittle and uncon- 
l Fluvius hic 
tlluftris, huma- 
narum rerum 
imago qurfpar ■ 
vis duUa fub 
initiis, inim- 
rtenfum ere- 
feunt, fafubito 
avanefeunt. 
Exilis hic pri- 
mo jftuvius, in 
admirandam 
ftant. As jhe faid of that great river Danubius, it rifeth from a fmall 
fountain,a little brook at firft, fometimes broad, fometimes narrow, now 
flow, then fwift,increafed at laft to an incredible greatnefs, by the con- 
fluence of 60 navigable rivers, it vanitheth in conclufion,lofeth his name, 
and is fuddenly fwallowed up of the Euxine fea : 1 may fay ofour grea- 
teft families, they were mean at firft, augmented by rich marriages, pur- 
chafes, offices, they continue for fome ages, with fome little alteration 
of circumftances, fortunes, places, Bcc. by fome prodigal fon, for fome 
default, or for want of ifliie, they are defaced in an inftant,and their me- 
magnitudinem 
§xmfcit,tan- 
Aemq; in mart 
Euxino eva- 
nefcit. I Stuc- 
kitxspereg.mar. 
fuxinio 
mory blotted out. 
So much in the mean time I do attribute to Gentility, chat if he be 
well descended of worlhipful or noble parentage,he will exprefs it iji his 
conditions. enim feroces 
Progenerant aquiU columbas.. 
And although the nobility of our times be much like our coins, more in 
number and value,but lefs in waight and goodnes,with finer ftamps3cuts, 
or oUtfides,then of old ; yet if he retain thofe ancient characters of true 
Gentry,he will be more affable,courteous, gently difpofed, of fairer car- 
riage,better temper,or a more magnanimous,heroicall Sc generous fpirit, 
then that vulgus homingthofe ordinary boores 8c pefants,qui adeo impro- 
bi oagre ft esM inculti plerumq? fiunt ,ne dica malitioft.ut neminiullum huma- fart.2. Seft.3. 
Remedies agamjt. dijcontents. 
Menib.3 
mtatis officium pr eefient yie ip ft Deo fi advenelrit ,as kone obferves of them, 
a rudebrutifti,undvi],wilde,a currilia generation,cruel and malicjous,un- 
capable of difdplinc, and fuch as have fcarce common fenle. And it may 
be generally fpoken ofa]lAwhich ILemnius the Phyfician faid of his travel 
into Englandyhc cbmon people were filly,fullen,dogged clowns,mi- 
tior nobilitas humanitatis offici ft par at /J/z«*£,the gentlemen were 
k Sabims in 6. 
Ovid. Met ifabi 
4* 
1 Lib. i. de 4. 
Complexioni- 
bus. 
courteous and civil.if it fo tall out(as often it doth) that fuch pefants are 
preferred by reafon of their wealth, chance,errour,Bcc. or otherwife,yet 
as the cat in the fable,whenftie was turned to a fair maid, would play with 
mice 3 a cur will be a cur, a clpwn will be a clown, he will likely favor of 
the (lock whence he came, and that innate rufticity can hardly be (baken 
off. * Licet fuperbus ambulet pecunia^ 
fortuna non mutat genus. And though 
* Hor.ep.Od.2* 
by their educatxon,fuch men may be better qualified,and more refined 3 
yet there be many fymptomes} by which they may likely be deferyed, an 
affefted phantaftical carriage, a tailordike fprucenefs, a peculiar garb in 
all their proceedings 3 choicer then ordinary in his diet, and as * Hierome 
well deferibes fuch a one to his Nepoti An upfiart born in a bafe cottage 
that fcarce at firfi had courfie bread to fill his hungry gutsymijinow feed on J 
kjckfihoes andmadc difies, will have all variety offlefi andfijh, the befi oy { 
fiers, &c-. A beggers brat will be commonly more lco,rnful,imperious,in- ■ 
fulting, infolent, then another man of his rank: Nothing fo intolerable as 
a fortunate fool, as f Fully found long fince out of his experience 3 
Ajperius nihil eji humili cum furgit in altum, 
fet a beggar on horfeback, and he will ride a gallop a gallop, &C. 
* Lib. 2. ep.tjC 
Natus fordido 
tuguriolo ,/jr 
paupere domo, 
qui vix milio 
rugientem ven- 
trem, M. 
+ Nihil fortu- 
nato injtpime 
intolerabilius. 
m defievit in omnes 
Dum fc pojje putat, nec bellua feevior ulla ejli 
£puam fervi rabies in libera coil a furentis 3 
m Cliui.l.p.iri 
Eutrop. 
he Forgets what he was,domineers,8cc-( and many fuch other fymptomes. 
he hath,by which you may know him from a true Gentleman. Many er- 
rours & obliquities are on both fides, ftill in 
ail callings, as fome degenerate,fome are well deferving, 8c molt worthy 
of their honours. And as Busbequius (aid of Solyman the magnificent, he 
was tanto dignus imperio^worthy of that great Empire: Many meanly de- 
scended,are moft worthy ottheir nobiles,Bc well deferve 
it.Many of our Nobility fo born(which one faid of 
S Antigonusfac.smd the reft of Alexanders followers,they were all 
Worthy to be Monarchs and Generals of Annies ) deferve to be Princes. 
And i am fo far forth of *Sefellius his mind, that they ought to be prefer- 
fed(if capable) before others, As being nobly bornjngenioufiy brought up, 
& from their infancy trained to all manner of civility .Vox learning Sc ver- 
tuein a Noble-man is more eminent, and as a Jewel fet in gold, is more ' 
precious, and much to be refpefted, fuch a man deferves better then o- j 
is as great an honour to his family as his Noble family to him. ( 
In a Word, many Noblemen are an ornament to their order : many pO°r < 
mens fons are (insularly well endowed,moft eminent,and well deferring < 
*Lib.iJe Aep. 
Gal. Quoniam 
& commodiore 
utuntur condi- 
tiont,Ay hone- 
fiiors loco nati, 
jam inde d par- 
vulis ad vidnm 
civilitatem' e, 
ducatifmt, ff 
vJpdefiUi. 
lor their Worth, \yiidome, learning, wrtue, valour, integrity 3 excellent 
members and pillers of a Common-wealth. And therefore to conclude 
that which firft I intended,to be bale by birth, meanly born,is no luch dif- 
Paragement. Et {lc defftonflratur, quod crap def^onjirandum» Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb.3. 
Part. 2. Sefh. 3. 
M E M B. 3. 
Againft poverty and want, with fuch other adverftties 
BBgSffilNc ofthegreatefl miferiesthatcanbefal aman,in the worlds 
e*leenb *s ppverty or want,which makes men (leal, bear falfc 
I witnefs,fwear, forfwear, contend, murder and rebel, which 
breaketh deep, and caufcth death itfelf. Ui* ? faptfreph is/ 
vopnlv,no burden(faith n Menanderjio intolerable as poverty; 
it mak.es men defperate, it ereds and deje&s,cenfus honores,cenfus amici- 
makes,but poverty mars,&c.and all this in the worlds effeem: 
yet if confidered aright,it is a great bleffing in it felf,an happy effate, and 
yields no fuch caufe of difeontent, or that men fhould therefore account 
themfelves vile, hated of God, forfaken, miferable, unfortunate. Ghriffc 
himfelf was poor,bornin a manger,and had not a houfe to hide his head 
n Nullum pau- 
pertate gravi- 
ng onus. 
oKe quit tit ' 
diving judici- 
um putaret, aut 
paupertas exo- 
fa foret, Gualt, 
in 6ap. a. ver. 
18. Tiica, 
p Irates' proceres 
Thebanos raw- 
-7 .-.CI, 1 w* 
in all his life,°left any man fhould make poverty ajudgemenfof God,or an 0- 
diouseftatc.And as he was himfelf,fo he informed his Apoffles and Difci- 
ples,they were allpoor.Prophets poor,Apoffles poor Silver &gold 
have Inone') Asfarrowing^faith Paul')dh>yet alway rejoy cing’,as having no- 
thing.yetpoffejjing all things,iCor.6.l o.Your great Philofophers have 
r been voluntarily poor,not only Chriffians,but many others.Crates Tfhehx- 
nus was adored for a god in Athens, p a nobleman by birthf many fervants 
necatus, ledum 
habuit genus, 
frequens famu- 
litium, domus 
amplas, &£• 
Apuleius Flo- 
rid. I. 4- 
q P. Blefinfis 
ep. 72. & 232. 
oblatos rejfjui 
he had,an honorable attendance,muchwealth,many Manor s^fine 
when he jam this,that all the wealth of the world was but brittle, uncertain 
and no whit availing to live weU,he flung his burden into the fea,& renoun- 
cedbfseftate.ThoteCurii&Fabritij will be ever renowned for contempt 
of thefe fopperies, wherewith the world is fo much affected. Amongff 
Chriffians I could reckon up many Kings and Queens,that have foffaken 
their crowns and fortunes,and wilfully abdicated themfelves from thefe 
honoves ex 0- ■ 
tiers metie'ns ; 
motus ambit 0 
fos rogatus non 
ivi, &C. ■ 
X Sudat pauper 
foras in opere, 
dives in cogita- 
tione ; hic os a- 
perit ofdtatio- 
ne, ilk ntdati- 
oneigravius His 
fafiidio, quam 
hic inedia cru- 
ciatur. Ber.for. 
y fln Idyferche. 
Natura qua 
eft,puevoJq‘, vi- 
demus mendico- 
rum nulla ex 
parte regum Ji 
His dijjimiles, 
pievumqi Ju- 
nior gs. 
{Gallo Tom. 1. 
tEtd contuber- 
nio fadi atque 
olidi ventris 
mors tandem 
edu/it. Seneca 
ep. 103, 
fo muchefteemed toyes many that have refufed honours,titles,and all 
this vain pomp and happinefs,which others fo ambitioufly feek.and care- 
fully ffudy to compafs and attain.Riches T deny not are Gods good gifts, 
and bleilings} and honor eft in honor ante, honours are from God 3 both 
rewards of vertue, and fit to be fought after, fued for, and may well be 
poffeffed:yet no fuch great happinefs in having, or mifery in wanting of 
them, ixanturquidem bonis,{o\xX\ Auftin,ne qnis mala ccftimetcmalis autem 
ne quis nimts bona,good men have wealth that we fhould not think it evil} 
arid bad men that they fhould not rely on or hold it fo good 3 as the rain 
falsoo both forts,fo are riches given to good and bad,fed bonis in bonum, 
but they are good only to the godly.But r conferre both effates,for natu- 
■ ral parts they are not unlike 3 and a beggars child, as f Cardan well ob- 
(cives, is no whit inferior_ to a Princes, mo ft purt better3 and for thofe 
accidents of fortune, it will eafily appear there isnofuch odds, no fuch 
extraordinary happinefs in the one, or inifery in the other. He is rich, 
wealthy, fat-3 what gets he by it} pride, infolency, luff, ambition, cares, 
feares,fufpicion,trouble,anger,emulatioD,and many filthy difeafes of bo- 
dy and mlnde. He hath indeed variety of diflies, better fare,fweet wine, 
pleafant fawce, dainty mu lick,gay clothes. Lords it bravely ont,Bcc- and 
all that which Mi f Hus admired in f Lucian,hwt with them he hath the 
gout, dropfies, apoplexies, palfies, ffone, pox, rhumcs,chatarrcs, crudi- 
ties, oppilations, Melancholy, See. luff enters in, anger, ambition, ac- Part. 2. Sed.3. 
Remedies againft difcontents. 
Memb.3 
'cording!to Chryjoftome, thefequel of riches is pride, riot, intemperance3 
arrogancy,fury, and all irrational courfes. 
I turpi fregerunt fcecula luxn 
Divitiae molles ' with their variety 
* Divitiarum 
fequela, luxus, 
intemperies, 
of di(hes3many fuch maladies of body and mind get in 3 which the poor 
man knows not of.As Saturn in vLu dan,answered the difeontented com- 
monalty,(which becaufe of their negleded Saturnat feafts in Rome, made 
a grievous complaint and exclamation agauift rich men) that they were 
much miftaken in fuppolmg fuch happinefs in riches 3 *you fee the be ft 
(laid he) but you know not their fever al gri pings and difconterit s:\X\ey are 
like painted wals3 fair without3 rotten within:djfeafed3filthy3 crafie, full 
of intemperate effeds 3 y And who can reckon half? ifyou but knew their . 
fears, cares, anguiftj of mind and vexation, to which they are fubjed, you 
"Would hereafter renounce all riches. 
, arrogant a, fa 
perbia,furor in- 
jujhs,omnifque 
i irrationabile 
moms. 
t lnven.Sat.6i 
uSaturn.Epifr. 
x Vos quidem 
divites putatis 
felices, frdne- 
frit* eorum 
mi feriat, 
y Et quota pars 
hac eorum ciuc 
t O ft pateant peffora divitum3 
fpuantos intus fublimis agit 
Fortuna metus ? Bruti a Coro 
Pulfante fretum mitior unda eft. 
O that their breafts were but confpicuous,. 
How full of fear within, how furious ? 
The narrow Seas are not fo boifterous. 
ijios difrrud- 
ant 2Jt noffetis 
metus & curds, 
quibus obnoxii 
funt, pland fa 
giendas vobis 
divitias exifri- 
viaretis. 
t Seneca in 
here. Oeteo, 
Y ea3but he hath the world at wil that is good things of the earth; 
fuave eji de magno tollere acervo,he is a happy man, z adored like a God,a 
Prince3every man leeks to himsapplauds3honourssadmires him. He hath 
honours indeed3abundance of all things;but(as I laid}withal a pride,luft, 
'fnger,fa3ion,emulation,fears,cares,fujpicibh enter with his wealthy for his 
intemperance he hath aches3crudities3gowts3and as fruits of his idlenefs3 
and fuJnefs3luft3furfeiting and rnanerof difeafes: pecuniis 
augetur improbitas,the wealthier3the more difhoneft.bHe is expofed to ha- 
tred,envy,peril & treafbn,fear of deaf h3of degradation,&ccl tis lubricafta- 
tio &proxmapr£cipitio,and the higher he climbssthc greater is his fall., 
z Et diis find- 
les fulta cogi- 
tatio facit. 
a Flamma frnul 
libidinis ingre- 
ditur ; ira, furor 
& fuperbia, 
divitiarum fr- 
qnela. Chryf. 
b Omnium ocu- 
lis,odio, infidiis 
expoftus, fem- 
c relfe graviora cajH 
Decidunt turres, feriunt que fummos fulgura montes, 
the lightning commonly fets on fire the higheft the more emi- 
nent place he is3 the more fubjed to fall. 
Rumpitur innumeris arhos überrima pomis, • 
Et fubiibjtimice praecipitantur opes. 
As a tree that is heavy laden with fruit3breaks her own boughs3with their 
own greatnefs they ruine themfelves : which jfoachimus Camerarius hath 
olegantly exprefled in his i%.Emhlcmc,cent .1 .Inopem fe copia fecit. Their 
oaeans is their mifery 5 though they do apply themfelves to the times3 to 
tyesdiflemble3 collogue and flatter their leiges, obey, fecond his will and 
perjolidm, 
fortune ludi- 
brium. 
c iy'0r.2.1.0d.ro 
me fe- 
licem toties ja- 
tlsjlis amici 2 
Qui cecidit, 
, /labili non fuit 
ills loco. Booth. 
commands, ns much ns may bc3 yet too frequently they mifcarry3they fat 
thcmfelYes like fo many hogs3 as * JZneas Sylvius obferves, that when 
tney are full fed3they may be devoured by their Princcs3as Seneca by Ne~ 
r° was ferved,Sejanus by fiberius, 8c Human by Ahafuerus:l refolve with 
&reg°ry.$0tcjias culminis, eji tempeftas mentis5 &quO dignitas 'altior3 
fusgravt&r, honour is a tempeft3 the higher they,are elevated, th em ore 
gricyouily dep relied.For the reft of his prerogatives wch v/ealt i a ioros. 
* Vt pojhpuattf 
impinguati fu- 
erit. it, devoran- 
tur. Part. 2. Sect. 9. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Mcmb.g. 
as he hath more, his expences are the greater. IVhm goods mcreafe, they 
arc increafed that eat them •, and what good cometh to the owners, but the 
beholding thereof with the eyes I Ecclef. 4. 10. 
* Millia frumenti tua triverit arca centum, 
Non tuus hinc capiet venter plus quhm meus 
an evil ft ckncfs Solomon cals it, andreferved to them for an evil, 12. verfe. 
Har. 
They that will be rich fall into many fears & temptationsyinto many fooliff 
and noifome lujlsgwhich drown men in perdition. 1 Tim.S.y.gold andfifver 
hath defrayed many.EccluES,2.diviti £feculi funt laquei diaboli ;fo writes 
Bernard'fN oM\y wealth is the devils bait, and as the Moon when (he is 
fu Her oflight is frill fartheft from the Sun,the more wealth they have,the 
farther they are commonly from God. (If I had faid this of my felf, rich 
men would have pulled me a pieces,but hear who faith,Sc who feconds it, 
an Apoftle)therefore Sffames bids them gweep & howl for the miferies that 
ffall come upon themgt heir gold Jhall rufl & canker eat their fiejh as fircy 
c rap.6 decu- ] 
Ut.gr sc. a feel. ' 
cap. de provi- 
dentia-, quoting- ‘ 
Cunq", divitiis 1 
affluentem ho- ( 
minem vide- 
mw,eufnq-, peg- 1 
Jtinum ne qusgd 
hunc beaujgi- 
rrmm putemur, 
fsd infelicem 
cenfeamus,fac. 
f Hor .1.2. od.</. 
Jam. 5. 1,2,3.! may then boldly conclude with eTheodoret>quotiefcunqj di- 
vitiis afluentem &c. As often as youJhall fee a man abounding tn wealthy 
qui gemmis bibit & Serrano dormit in ojironaught with alyl befecchyou 
call him not happy fut ejieem he hath many occasi- 
ons offered to live unjufilyeon the other not miferabkyif he 
be goody but therefore happy > that thofe evil occasions are fallen from him. 
Non p&Jjidentcm multa vocaveris 
Reel e beatum , re&ius occupat 
Nomen beati, qui deorum 
Muneribus faptent er uti, 
Duramq, callet pauperiem pati, 
Tejujq\ l<ptho flagJtium timet. 
He is not happy that is rich. 
And hath the world at will. 
But lie that wifely can Gods gifts 
Pofiefs and ufe them ftiil : 
That fuffers and with patience 
Abides hard poverty. 
And chufeth rather for to dye 5 
Then do fuch villany. 
Wherein now ccinfifts his happinefs? what privilcdges hath he more 
then other men ? Or rather what miferies, what'eares and di(contents 
hath he not more then other men } 
g Hoy. lib. 2. 
8 Non enim gaz£0 neque confutaris 
Summovet lift or mi fer os tumultus 
Aientis, & curas laqueata circum 
Te&a volantes. 
Nor treafures,nor majors officers remove 
The miferable tumults of the mind ; 
Or cares that lie shout, or flye above 
.Their high-roofed houfes, with huge beams combind. 
’Tisnothis wealth cart vindicate him, let him have Jobs inventory,/#* 
Crcefi et Crajfi licet gnon hos Facf olus aureas undas agens^eripat unquae mife- 
riisffr£fus or rich Crafts cannot now command health, or get himfelf a Parts.Sedi. 3. 
Remedies againfi Di [contents. 
Memb, 3. 
(lomach.h His Hpuleius defcribes him, in ad his plenty and great 
provifion, is forbidden to eat,or eIf e hath no appetite (fick in bed, can take no 
reft, fore grieved with fome chronick difeafe, contracted with full diet 
and cafe, or troubled in mind) when as inthemean time, all his houfholdare 
merry, and the poorefi fervant that he keeps, doth continually feafi. ’Tis Bra- 
ft eat a{elicit as, as' Seneca terms it, tin-foil’d happinefs, infelix felicitas, 
an unhappy kind of happinefs,if it be happinefs at all. His gold, guard, 
clattering of harnefs, and fortifications againft outward enemies, cannot 
free him from in ward fears and cares. * 
11 Florid, lib, 4. 
Dives illc eib» 
inter dicitur,& 
in omni copia 
fun cibum non 
accipit, cum in 
terea totum e- 
jus fervitium 
hilare fa, atqui 
epuletur. 
Reveraque metus hominum, curaque fequaces 
Nec metuunt fremitus armorum, aut ferrea tela? 
Audafferq-j inter reges, regumq-, potentes 
Verfantur, neque fulgorem reverentur ab auro. 
Indeed men fiill attending fears and cares, 
Nor armours clafiiing, nor fierce weapons fears: 
With Kings converfechey and Kings Peers, 
Fearing no fla/hing that from gold appears. 
Look how many fervants he hath,and fo many enemies he fufpe&Sjfor li- 
entertains ambition-,his pleafures are no pleafures-, & that which 
is worft, heannotbe private or injoy himfelfas other mendo, hisftate 
is a fervitude.kACountry man may travel from kingdome to kingdome, 
province to province, city to citys and glut his eyes with delightful pb- 
jeds, hawk, hunt,and ufe thofe ordinary difports,without any notice ta- 
ken,all which a Prince or a great man cannot do.He keeps in for ftate, ne 
majeflatis dignitas evilefcat ,as our China k\ngsyoißornaj3&TartarianChamf} 
thofe aurea mancipia, are faid to do, feldome or never feen abroad, ut ma~ 
-. P. i r ir ♦. t • i . i /i tr • r t i 
k Her. £t mihi 
curto Ire licet 
mulo, vel fi li- 
bet ufque Ta«> 
ventum. 
jor fit hominum erga fe ohfervantia , which the * Ferfian Kings fo precifely 
obferved of old. A poor man takes more delight in an ordinary meals 
meatjwhich he hath but feldom,than they do with all their exotick dain- 
iies,and continual Viands- voluptatem commendat rarior ufus ,11s the 
rarity and neceflity that makes a thing acceptable and pleafant. ‘Darius 
put to flight by Alexander, drank paddle water to quench his thirft, and 
it was pleafanter.he fwore,than any wine or Mede. Ail excels as * Epifte- 
tm argues,will caufe a diflike-,Sweet will be four, which made that tem- 
pera it Epicurus lome times voluntarily fall. But they being alwaies acculto- 
med to the fame \ dilhes(which are naftily drefled by flovenly cooks,that 
after their obfcenities, never wafti their bawdy handsj be they fifh, flefh, 
compounded,made dilhes,or whatfoever elfe, are therefore cloyed* Ts{e~ 
ttars (elf grows loathfome to the,they are weary of all their fine palaces, 
they are to them but as fo many prifons. A poor man drinks in a wooden 
dilh, and'eats his meat in wooden fpoons, wooden platters, earthen vef- 
Jels, and fuch homely fluff* the other in gold,filver, and precious ftones* 
but with what fuccefs < in auro bibitur 'venenum, fear of poifon in the one, 
fecurity in the other. A poor man is able to write, to fpeak his mind, to 
. bis ownbufinefs himfelffiocuples mittit faith * vhilofirat»s9a 
man imploies a parafite, and as the Mayor of a City, fpeaks by the 
Town-clerk,or by W.Recorder,when he cannot.exprefs himfelf. t 
the Senator had a purple coat as ftiffwith Jewels, his mind is u o 
vices3rings on his fingers worth 20000 fefterdes,and as * Ferox ch ePerfia» 
* Br i fortius. 
* Si modm ex- 
ceferis, fuavif- 
fma fmt mo- 
lefia. 
lEt in cupedi is 
gula, coquus &“ 
pueri illotis 
manibus ab ex- 
oneratione ven- 
tris omnia tra~ 
tlanti&t' Ear- 
dan.l 
de'rerum vari- 
etate. 
* Epifl. 
t nil. lib. 
cap. 6. 
* Zonaras j. 
am at. Parts.Seft. 3. 
Cure of cMelancholy. 
Memb. 3. 
King,, an union in his ear worth too pound weight of gold: f Cleopatra 
hath whole boars and Iheep ferved up to her table at once, drinks Jewels 
Chived 40000 feftercies iri but to what end ? 
* tibi cum fauces urit fit is, aurea quarts Pocula ? 
Doth a man that is a dry, defire to drink in gold < Doth not a cloth fuit 
I pint arch;vi t, 
efus, 
*Hor.Ser,lib.j, 
Sat. x- 
become him as well, and keep him as warm, as all their filks, fat tins, da- 
masks, taffaties and tiffues?ls not home-fpun cloth as great a prefervative 
againft cold, as a coat of Tartar Lambs wool!, died in grain, or a gown of 
Giants beards ? Nero, faith f Sutton., never put on one garment t\yice,and 
thou baft fcarce one to put the difference? one’s fick,tne other 
found; fuch is the whole tenor of their lives, and that which is the con- 
t CaP- 3°* 
lam vafiem bis 
induit., 
furamation and upfhot of all,death it felf makes the greateft difference* 
One like an hen feeds on the dunghil all his daies,but is ferved up at lafl: to 
his Lords other as a Falcon is fed with Partridge and Pigeons,& 
carried on his matters lift, but when he dies, is flung to the miickhil, and 
there lies .The rich man lives like Dives jovially here on earth,temulentus 
divitiis, make the befl: of it-,and boafls htmflftn the multitude of his riches, 
Pfa.49.(5,x I.he thinks his houfe called after his own name, (hall continue for 
ever 5 but he pertfheth like abe aft, v, 12. his way utters his folly, v. 13. male 
dtlahunturftke fheep they lye in the grave 14. Puntto defendunt ad 
infernum, They fpend their dates in wealthy and go fuddenly down to llelf Job 
21.13.F0r all Phyficians and medicines inforcing nature,® fowning wife, 
families complaints, friends tears. Dirges, funerals, for all 
m Ad generum 
Cereris fine ca- 
de & fangu'me 
panel DefCen- 
dant reges, & 
ficca morte ty- _ 
rami. 
« God (hall de- 
liver his foul 
from the power 
of the grave, 
P/4/. 49. if. 
* Contempt. I- 
diot. Cap, 37.' 
Divitiarum ac- 
quifitio magni 
laboris, pejfefiio 
magni timoris, 
amijfio magni 
doloris. 
f Boethius de 
confol. phjl-1-1' 
o Aufiirt in tPf 
-j6. Omnis Phi- 
lofophia mugi- 
fira, ad cxlum 
via, 
p Bona mentis 
feror paupertas. 
iPadagoga pie- 
tatis,fobri a, pia 
mater, cultu 
fimplex, habitu 
fecura, confilio 
tenefuada. A- 
pul. 
Orations,counterfeit hired acclamations, Elogiums,Epitaphs, herfes, he- 
ralds, black mourners, folemnities, obelisks, and Maufolean tombs, if hee 
have them at leaft, ra he like a hog, goes to hell with a guilty confidence 
(propter hos dilatavit infernus os fuumjznd a poor mans curfe: his memory 
ftinks like the Chuff of a candle when it is put out-, fcurril libels, and infa- 
mous obloquies accompany him. When as poor Lazarus is Dei f aerarium, 
the Temple of God, lives and dies in true devotiomhath no more atten- 
dants, but his own innocency, the heaven a tomb, defires to be diflblved, 
buried in his Mothers lap, and hath a companyoonfn Angels ready to con- 
vey his foul into Abrahams bofome, he leaves an cVerlafting and a Tweet 
memory behinde him. Craflus and Sylla are indeed ftill recorded, but not 
To much for their wealth, as for their victories: Crafus for his end, Solo- 
mon for his wifdopcie.ln a word,* to get wealth is a great trouble, anxiety to 
keep grief to lofe it, t Sjfd dignum flelidis mentibus imprecer * 
* Opes, honores ambiant: 
Et cum fal[a gravi mole paraverint, 
Tum vtra cornofeant bona. 
But confider all thofe other unknown, concealed happineffes, which a 
poor naan hath (I call them unknown,becaufe they be not acknowledged - 
in the worlds efteem, or fo taken) 0 fortunatas nimium hona fifua norm: 
happy they are in the mean time,if they would take notice of it,make ufe 
or apply it to themfelves.^pcoy man wife,is better than a foolijh 
2.13,° Poverty ts the way to heaven, p the miflrejf of philofophy, * the mother 
of religion5virtue,fobriety,fifter of innocency,and an upright mind. How 
many fuch encomiums might I add out of the Fathers, Philofophers, O- 
rators'lt troubles many thatare poor,they account of it as a great plague. Parts.Sedt. 3. 
Remedies againft Difcontents, 
Memb. 3, 
curfe,a fignof Gods hatred,ipfum fcelus,damn’d villany it felf, a difgrace, 
fliamc and reproach-, but to whom, or why ? f If fortune hath envied mee 
wealth, the eves have robbed mee, my Father have not left, mee fuch revenues 
t Cardan. Op-** 
probrium non 
efi paupertas : 
quod latro eri- 
pit, aut pater 
non reliquit, cur 
mihi vitio da- 
retur, (t fortu- 
na divitias in- 
vidit inon aqui- 
las, non, &c. 
* Tully. r 
t Epift.qq.Ser-. 
vnsfumme ho- 
mo fer vus fum, 
immo contuber- 
nalis • fervas 
fum, at humilis 
amicus, immo 
confer vus fi 
cogitaveris. 
at others have, that I am a younger brother, bafely born, 
'Cui fine luce genus, furdumqt, parentum nomen, 
of mean parent age, a dirt-daubers fon, am I therefore to be blamed? an ‘ 
Eagle,a Bull, a Lion,is not rejetted for his poverty, and why fiould a man<7 Tis 
* fortuna telnm,non culp4,iow tunes fault,not mine .Good Sir, lam a fervant 
(to ufe f Seneca’s words) howfoever your poor friend-, a fervant, and yet your 
chamber-fellow, and if you confide r better of it, your fellow-fervam. I am thy 
drudge in the worlds eyes,yet in Gods fight peradventure thy betcer,my 
foul is more precious, and I dearer unto him. Etiam fervi diis curat funt, 
as Evangelus at large proves in Macrobius, the meaneft fervant is moft 
precious in his fight.Thou art an Epicure,lam a goodChriftian:Thou art 
many parafanges before mee in means,favour,wealth,honour,c/4«<sfo# his 
Narcifjus•' Nero's Maffa,Domitians Parthenius, a favourite, a golden 
thou covereft thy floors with marble,thy roofs with gold, thy walls with 
ftatues, fine pictures, curious hangings,&c. what of all this ? calcas opes, 
&c. what’s all this to true Ifappinefs? I live and breathe under that 
glorious Heaven?that Auguft Capitol of nature, enjoy the brightnefs of 
ftars9 that clear light of Sun and Moon, thofe infinite creatures, plants, 
birds, beafts, fifhes, herbs, all that fea and land affords, far furpaffing all 
that art and opulentia can give. I am frce,and which t Seneca faid of Rome, 
culmen liberos texit, fed marmore & auropoftea fervitus habitavit, thou haft 
Amalthest cornu, plenty, pleafure, the world at will, I am defpicable and 
t Sfif, 06. & 
90. 
3 X J ■> X 3 J 1 
poor5 but a word over-fliot, a blow in choler, a game at tables, a lofs at 
Sea,a hidden fire,the Princes diflike,a little ficknefs,&c. may make us e- 
qual in an inftantj howfoever take thy time, triumph and infuit a while , 
cinis aquat, as * vilphenfus faid, death will equalize us all at laft. I live fpa- 
ringly, in the mean time, am dad homely, fare hardly* is this a reproach? 
am I the worfe for it? am I contemptible for it.? am I to be reprehended? 
A learned man inf Nevifanus was taken down for fitting amongft Gentle- 
men, but he replied, my nobility is about the head, yours declines to the tail, 
and they were filent. Let them mock, feoff and revile, stis not thy fcorn, 
but his that made thee fo*. Hee that mocketh the poor,reproacheth him that 
* Fanor mi tan. 
rebus geftls 
filph. 
f Lib. 4. Nim. 
uB, Quidam 
reprehenfus 
quod federet lo- 
co nobilium, 
mea nobilitas, 
ait, eft circa 
caput, veflra. 
decimal ad. 
caudam. 
made him, Prov. 11. 5, and hee that rejoyceth at affliction, piali not he un~ 
puniJbed.'Vorihe reft, the poorer thou art, the happier thou anjitior eft, 
at non melior, faithc Epiftetus, hee is richer, not better than thou art, not 
fo free from luft, envy, hatred, ambition, 
Beatm Hie qui procul negotiis 
Paterna rura bobus exercet fuis. 
Happy he, in that he is11 freedfrom the tumults of the world,he feeks no 
honours, gapes after no preferment, flatters not,envies not,temporizeth 
hot, but lives privately,and well contented with his eftate* 
Nec fpes corde avidas 9 nec curam p aft it inanem, 
__ , Securus quo fata cadant. _ 
Hee is not troubled with ftate mattersswhether Kingdomes thrive better 
Dy ceffion,or Monarchies flioold be raixc,temperate, 
or abioiute3 the houfe of Ottomans and Juftria is all one to him-, hee en- 
1 Tanto beatior 
es, quanto coL- 
icfiior. 
u Non amori- 
bus ia fervit, 
non appetit ho- 
nores, & qud- 
Utercunque re- 
littus fatis ha- 
bet, hominem fe 
cjfe meminit, 
invidet nemini, 
neminem defpi- 
eit, neminem 
miratur, fermo- 
n-ihus malignis 
tim attendit 
*ut alitur. . 
T limus. Part 2. Sed. 3. 
Cure of . 
Memb. 3. 
quires not after Colonies or new difcoveries* whether Peter were aißome, 
or Conjhntines donation be of force* what comets or new ftars fignifie > 
whether the earth ftand or move, there be a new world in the Moon, or 
infinite worlds, &c. Hee is not touched with fear of invafions? factions or 
1 • 
emulations. 
* Volitianus in 
Rttflico. 
* Felix iUe animi, divifque fimi liimus ipfis, 
§uem non mordaci refplendens gloria fuco 
Solicit at, non fajtofi mala gaudia luxus, 
Sed tacitos finit ire dies, & paupere cultu 
y Exigit innocua tranquilla filentia vita. 
An happy Soul, and like to God himfelf. 
Whom not vain glory macerates or ftrife, 
Or wicked joyes of that proud fwelling pdf, 
But leads a ftill, poor and contented life. 
y Gyges regno 
Lydia inflatu? 
feifeitatum mi- 
fit Apollinem an. 
quis mortalium 
fe felicior efflet. 
Aglaium Area- 
dim pauperri- 
mum Apollo 
puetidit, qui 
terminos agri 
flui nunquam 
excejflerat, rure 
fluo contentus. 
Val. lib. 1. c- 7- 
X Hot. eft 
Vita flolutomm 
m/era ambitio- 
ne, gr avique. 
-j- Amos 6' 
* Proflat. lib.7. 
Cdit naturam 
quod infra deos 
flit y irajcitwr 
diis quod quis 
ilii antecedat, 
fDe ira cap. 
31. lib. 3. Etfl 
multum acce- 
perit, injuriam 
putat plura no» 
aceepijfe-, non. 
agit pro tribu- 
natu grhias, 
fed queritur 
'quod non Jit ad 
premam per- 
’ductus, neque 
hac grata, fl de- 
fit infulatus. 
J X. 
A fecuresquiet,b]irsful fhte he hath,if he could acknowledge it.But here 
is the mifery, that hee will not cake notice of it-, hee repines at rich mens 
wealth, brave hangings,dainty fare,as z Simonides objc&cth to Hteren,he 
hath ail the pleafures of the world, fin left is eburneis dormtt, vinum phi- 
alis bikit, optimis unguentis delibuitur, hee knows not the afftßion offfofeph, 
Ur etching himfelf on Ivory beds, andfmgmg to the found of the Vicf And it 
troubles him chat he hath not the is a diffcrence(he grumbles) 
between Laplolly and Phefants, to tumble i’th’ftraw, and lyc in a down- 
bed wine and water, a cottage and a palace. He hates nature (as 
* Pliny charadferizeth him) that [he hath made him lower than a God, and is 
angry with the gods that any mangoes before hmand although he hath re- 
ceived much>yetfas f Seneca follows it) he thinks it an injury that he hath 
m more,and is fe far from giving thanks for his Tribune [hip,that he complains 
he ismt Fretoryneither doth that pleafe him, except he may be'ConfuldWhy is 
he not a Prince,why not a Monarch,why not an Emperour? Why Ihould 
one man have fo much more than his fellows, one have all, another no- 
thing ? Why fhould one man be a drudge or Have to another ? One for- 
feit, another ftarve, one live at cafe, another labour, without any hope of 
better fortune? Thus they grumble, mutter, and repine: Not consider- 
ing that inconftancy of humane affairs, judicially conferring one conditi- 
on with another, or well weighing their own prefent eftate. What they 
are now, thou mayeft ihortly be5 and what thou art, they (hall likely be. 
Expe«a a little, confer future and times paft with the prefenr,fce the e- 
vent,& comfort thy felf with it.lt is as well to be difeerned in Common- 
wealths,Cities,Families, as in private mens eftates. Italy was once Lord 
of the world, Rome, the Queen of Cities, vaunted her felf of two t myri- 
ads of Inhabitants 5 now that all-commanding Country is polMed by 
petty Princes/ Rome,a fmall Village in refpedt G>w*,of old the feat of 
civility, mother of fciences and humanity; now forlorn, the nurfc of bar- 
barifm, a den of theeyes. Germany then, faith Tacitus, was incult and hor- 
rid; now full of magnificent Cities; Athens, Corinth, Carthage,how flou- 
rifhing Cities? now buried in their own ruincs : Corvorum, ferarum, apro- 
rum & befiUrum luftra, likefo many wilderndles, a receptacle of wilde 
beafts. poor Par is, London, fmall Cottages in Cafars 
time: now moft noble Emporiums, Valois, Plantagenet, and Scalier, how 
'-J- tiff, admit' 
* Ot foaie 
90000 inha- 
bitants now. Part. 2. Se&. 3. 
Remedies again ft Diftontents. 
Memb. 3. 
fortunate families, how likely to continue < now quite extinguiflied and 
rooted out.He (lands aloft to day,full of favour,wealth,honour, and pro- 
fperity, in the top of fortunes wheel; to morrow in prifon,worfe than no- 
thing,his Ton's a begger.Thou art a poor fervile dnzdgCtFdx fof ul/fi very 
fiave,thy fon may come to be a Prince,with Maximinus, Agathocles,&c. a 
Senator, a General of an Army-, Thou (landed bare to him now,workeft 
for him, drudged for him and his, takeft an alms of him: day but a little, 
and his next heir perad venture (hall confumc all with riot, be degraded, 
thou exalted,and hee {hall beg of thee.Thou (halt be his mod honorable 
Patron, hee thy devout fervant, his pofterity (hall run, ride, and do as 
much for thine,as it was witha Frifgobald and Cromwel, it may be for thee. 
Citizens devour country Gentlemen, and fettle in their feats 5 after two 
or three defeents, they confume all in riot, it returns to the City again. 
f Novus incola venit, Nam f ref rid telluris herum natura neq*, illum, 
a Read the (lo- 
ry at large in 
John Fox hi» 
Ads and Mo* 
numsnts. 
t Mor. Sat. z. 
fer, lib. x. 
Nee me, nec quenqua/n fatuity nos expulit/lie, 
illum aut nequities ,aut vafri infettia juris. 
A Lawyer buyes out his poor Client, alter a while his Clients pofterity 
buy out him and fo things go round, ebb and flow. 
Nunc ager Umhreni,[ub nomine nufer Ofelli 
Did us erat, nulli frofrius, fed fedtt in ufum 
Nunc mihi, nunc aliis • as hee Laid then, ager cuj us,quot 
* f F’orcnt.h'if. 
Virtus quietem 
parati quies o~ 
por- 
ro luxum gene- 
rati luxus inte- 
ritum, a que i- 
terum ad falu- 
bermasi &e. \ 
Guicciard, in. 
Hyponeft. Nul- 
la infelicitas 
fkbjeltum ejfe 
legi natur a,& i 
* Perfius, 
habes VominestSo fay I of land,houfes,moveables and mony,mine to day, 
his anon,whole tomorrow? In finelfis * Machiavel obferves and fro- 
[ferity beget refiyeft i dienef-jdlenefi riot-jiot definition:}'rom which we come 
again to good Laws5 good Laws engender virtuous actions', virtueglory, and 
fro [ferity, and it ts no dijhonottr then{g.% Guicciardine adds)for a flouring man, 
City, or State, to come to infelicity to beJubjetf to the Law of nature. 
Urge terrena calcanda,fttienda,cadefiia,therefore(I lay)(corn this tranfitory 
flate, look op to Heaven, think not what others are, but what thou art: 
* guf farte locatus es in ret and what thou (halt be, what thou mayeft be. 
£>o(I fay)as Chrift himfelf did,when he lived here on earth,imitate him 
as much as in thee lies. How many great Cafars, mighty Monarchs, Tc- 
trarchs, Dynafts, Princes lived in his daies, in what plenty, what deli- 
cacy, how bravely attended,what a deal of gold and filvcr,what treafure, 
how many fumptuous palaces had they,what Provinces & Cities, ample 
territories, fields, rivers,fountains, parks, forefts, lawnes, woods, cells, 
&c'Yet Chrift had none of all this,he would have none of this,he volun- 
tarily reje&ed all this, bee could not be ignorant,he could not erre in his 
choice, he contemned all this, he chofe that which was fafer, better and 
more certain, and lefs to be repented, a mean eftate, even poverty it felf; 
2nd why doft thou then doubt to follow him, to imitate him, and his 
Apoftles, to imitate all good men i So do thou tread in his divine 
fteps 3 and thou lhalt not erre eternally, as too many worldlings do 9 
that run on in their ovyn ditfblute courfes, to their confufion and 
mine, thou (halt not doamifs. Whatfoever thy fortune is, bee con- 
tented with it, truft in him, relye on him, refer thy felf wholly to him. 
For know this, in conclusion, Non eft 'volentis nec currentis, ft® rnije- 
rent is Dei, it is not as men, but as God will ,The Lord mnketh poor, and ma- 
low, i Sam. 2. v. 7 ) -jee l*fte*b the foot Part 2. Sed. 3, 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb. 3. 
from the daft, and raifcth the beggerfrem the dunghill, tofet them amongft 
Princes , 4*wi r/7<r Jktf of glory*, ’tis all as hee pleafeth,how, 
and when, and whom*, hee that appoints the end (though to us unknown) 
appoints the means likewife fubordinate to the end. 
Yea, but their prefent eftate crucifies and torments moft mortal men, 
they have no fuch forecaft, to fee what may be, what (hall likely be, but 
what is, though not wherefore, or from whom, hoc anget, their prefent 
misfortunes grinde their fouls, and an envious eye which they caft upon 
other mens pecus grandius uber habet,how rich,how 
fortunate, how happy is heef But in the mean time hee doth not confider 
the othersmiferies, his infirmities of body and mind, that accompany 
his eftate, but ftill reflects upon his own falie conceived woes and wants, 
whereas, if the matter were duly examined, * hee is in no diftrefs at all, 
hee hath no caufe to complain. 
b OmXLZS divites 
qui cxlo & ter- 
ra frut pofiunt. 
C Hsr. iib. I. E- 
fW. I*- 
d Seneca Epijl. 
Fanem & 
aquam natura, 
dejiderat, & 
hac qui habet, 
ipficum fove 
de felicitate 
contendat. 
bus fmplex fa- 
mem fidat, ve- 
Jlis tenuis fri- 
gus arcet. Se- 
nte. Epiji. 8. 
t Boethius. 
* Mufaus & 
alii. 
f Brijfinius. 
84- 
iSi reffeFhilo- 
fbphemini, quie- 
quid aptam mo- 
derationem fu- 
pergreditur, o- 
neri potius 
quam afui efl. 
% Lib. 7. 16. 
Cereris manus 
& aqua pocu- 
lum mortales 
querunt habere, 
c>“ quorum fa- 
ties nunquam 
e(l-} luxus autem 
pint catera,rum 
epula, 
b Satis cjl di- 
ves qui pant 
non indiget-, ni- 
mium potens qui 
fer vir e non co- 
gitur. Ambi- 
tiofit non efl fa- 
mes, <&c. 
f Euripides 
Menalip. O fili, 
mediocres divi- 
tia hominibus 
conveniunt, ni- 
mia vero, moles 
perniciora. 
' Uor. 
ctede querelas, 
P aufer enim non efi cui rerum fuppetit ufm, 
hee is not poor, hee is not in need. d Nature is content with bread andwa* 
ter3 and hee that can refi fatisfied with that, may contend with Jupiter himfelf 
for happinefs, In that golden age, t fomnos dedit umbra falubres, potum quoqe} 
lubricus amnis, the trees gave wholefome fhadetofleep under, and the 
clear Rivers drink. The ifraelites drank water in the wildernefs*, Samp [on, 
aul, Abrahams fervant when he went for Ifaacswife,the Samaritan 
woman, and how many befides might I reckon up, *AEgypty Paleft/na, 
whole countries in the * Indies, that drink pure water all their livesc'fThe 
Perfian Kings themfelves drank no other drink than the water of Chaefpis9 
that runs by Sufis which was carried in bottles after them, whitherfoever 
they went, [f acob defired no more of God, but bread to eat, and clothes 
to put on in his 28.20. Bene eft cui deus obtulit Parca quodfa* 
tis e(l manus bread is enough c to ftrengthen the heart. And if you ftudy Phi- 
lofophy ai ight, faith{Maudarenfts, whatfoever is beyond this is 
not ufefuly bat troublefome.g Age lit us out of Euripides, accounts bread and 
water enough to fatisfie nature, of which there is no forfeit, the reft is not at 
featf, but not.11S. Hierome efteems him rich, that hath bread to eat, and 
a potent man, that is not compelled to bee a flave : hunger ts not ambitious, [0 
that it have to cat., and thirft doth not prefer a cup of gold. It was no Epi- 
curean fpeech of an Epicure, Hee that is not fatisfied with a little, will 
never have enough: And very good counfel of him in the f Poet, o nay 
feny cMediocrity of means agrees be ft with mens too much is pernicious. 
‘Divitia grandes hemtni [unf vtvere parce3 
*y£quo animo, And if thou canft be content, thou haft 
abundance , nihil eft, nihil deeft, thou haft little, thou wanteft nothing. 
’Tis all one to bee hanged in a chain of gold, or in a rope; to be filled with 
dainties, oi courier meat. *Si ventri bene, ft lateri,pedibufq-, tuts, nil 
P>ivitt£ poterunt regales addere majus. 
If belly fides and feet, bee well at eafe, 
A Princes treafure can thee no more pi eafe, 
Socrates in a Fair, feeing fo many things bought and fold, fuch a multi- 
tude of people convened to that purpofe, exdamed forthwith, c *eegods? 
what a fight of things do not 1 want ? It is thy want alone that keeps thee Parc. 2. Scft. 3. 
Remedies again fi Difcontent, 
Memb. 2, 
in health of body and mind, and that which thou periecuteft and ab- 
horreft as a feral plague, is thy Phyfician and k chiefeft friend, which 
makes thee a good man, an healthful, a found, a virtuous, an honeft and 
happy man. For when Virtue came from Heaven ( as the Poet feigns) 
rich men kicked her up, wicked men abhorred her. Courtiers feoffed ac 
her. Citizens hated her, * and that ftiee was thruft out of doors in every 
place, ftee came at laft to her fifter Poverty, where ftiee had found good 
entertainment: Poverty and Virtue dwell together. 
3 29 
k 0 nodes cce - 
ft-ttque drum, 
* 'Per mille 
fraud.es dodof- 
que dolos ejici- 
tur, apud fo- 
dans Pauperi e- 
tem cjuff cul- 
tores divertens 
in eorum finn 
& tutela deli- 
1 o vita tut a facultas 
Pauperis, anguftique lares, b munera nondum 
Intellecta deum. 
how happy art thou it thon couldeft be content * Godhnefs is great gain ff 
a man can be content with that which hee hath, i Tim.6.6. And all true hap- 
pinefs is in a mean eftacc. I have a little wealth, as hee faid, m fedquas a- 
nimus magnas facit, a Kingdome in conceit: 11 nil amplius opto 
iJMaia nate, niji ut propria hac mihi munera fax is •, 
I have enough, and defire no more. 
t Dii benefecerunt inopis me quodq, pufilli 
lecerunt animi-— it is very well, and to my 
content. * Veftem & fortunam concinnam potius quam laxam proho, let my 
fortune and my garments be both alike, fit for mee. And which t Seba~ 
ftian Fojcarinus fometime Duke of Venice, caufed to be engraven on his 
Tomb in Saint Marks Church, Hear, o yee Venetians, and 1 will tell you 
which is the heft thing in the world: To contemn it, I will engrave it in my 
heart, it ftallbcc my whole ftudy to contemn it. Let them take wealth, 
Stercora ftercus amet, fo that I may have fecunty- bene qui latuit, bene 
vixit* though I live obfeure, ° yet I live clean and honeft 5 and when as 
the lofty Oak is blown down, the filly Reed may ftand. Let them take 
glory, for that’s their raifery-, let them take honour, fo that I may have 
hcartseafe. Due me o fupiter& tu fatum, * &c. Lead mee, O Godywhi- 
thcr thou wilt, I am ready to follow* command,! will obey, I do not envy 
at their wealth, titles, offices * 
Stet quicunq-, volet petens 
t/iuU culmine lubnco. 
datur. 
1 Lucan. 
' m 'Lip. Mifcell, 
EP- 40. 
nSat. 6. lib. 2.. 
t Hor. Sat. 4, 
* Apulei us. 
t Chytre us in 
I’.'crop.? delici- 
is. Accipite ci- 
ves Vmeti 
quod eft opti- 
mum in rebus 
humank, res 
humanas con~ 
temnere. 
nPrah, vivere 
etiam nmc la- 
bet, as Demea. 
,laid, Adelph. 
A 51. 4. jguam 
multis mu egeo, 
quam multa, 
non dejldero * 
ut Socrates in * 
pompd, iUe in 
nundinis. 
* £pisietur 77, 
cap. Quo Jum 
defiinatus, & 
ftquar alacri- 
ter. 
p Put earns Ep. 
Me duUk faturet quies, let mee live quiet and at cafe. 
rmusforta/Je(a% he comforted himfclhquando iSi non erunt,when they are 
dead and gone, and all their pomp vanifted, our memory may flourift: 
1 dm perennes 
Stemmata non peritura Mufa, 
Let him be my Lord, Patron, Baron, Earl, and poftefs lb many goodly 
Caftles,itis well for mec * that I have a poor houfe, and a little wood, 
and a Well by it, &c. 
JJis me confolor viHmum fuavius, ac fi 
Softer avus pater atq-} meusy patruufa fuifjent. 
1 bve,l thank God,as merrily as he 4 and triumph as much in this my mean 
eftate, as if my Father and Unde had been Lord Treafurer, or my 01 
Mayor.He feeds of many diftes,! of one* r qui chnftum curat,non mu um 
curat quam de precio fis cibis flercus confictat, what care Io v Ljl lrv 
excrements be mate 'Hoe that lives according to nature, cannot be poor,and 
t Mar ullus. 
q Hoc erit in 
votis, modus a- 
gri non it a par- 
vies, Hortus ubi 
Cjn tctto vici- 
nus fgU aqu« 
ft ns, & paulum 
fylvre, <&c. Hor. 
Sat. 6. lib. z. 
Ser. 
r Hieronym. 
f Seneca confl, 
ad Albhim c. 
11 • Qui conti- 
netfe intra na- 
tur a limites, 
paupertatem 
nonfentity qui 
excedit, cum iri 
op-bus pauper- 
tas fequitur. Part. 2. Se<sh 3. 
Cure of 
Mtmb. 3. 
330 
hee that exceeds can never have enough, totus non fuff at crbts, the w hole 
world cannot give him content. A [wad thing that the rtghteeuo hath 3 is 
better than the rtches of the ungodly, pfal. 37. And better is a foor wor~ 
fel with quiet nefs, than abundance with firUe, Prov, 17.7. 
Be content then3injoy thy fell,and as * Chryjoftcme not angry 
for what thou hafi not, but give God he arty thanks for what thou hafi received. 
* Horn ii. Pro 
hit qu<fi ac cepi- 
p gratias age, 
noli indignare 
pro his qnx non 
acccpi[H' 
t 
deliciis Europ. 
Caprili in (fi- 
dibus Hub i anis 
jn cccnaculo e 
}• egi one menfa. 
* 6)uid non ha- 
let melius pau- 
per quam dives} 
vitam, valetu- 
dinem, cibum, 
fomnum, liber- 
tatcm,&c,Card. 
t Martial.l. ia 
tpig.47. read it 
out thy felf in 
the author. 
k Confejf. lib 6. 
Xranftens per 
vicum quon- 
dam Mediola- 
mnf m, ani- 
madverti pau- 
perem quendam 
mendicum, jam 
credo faturum, 
jocant m atq 
ridentem,& in- 
gemui & locu- 
tus fum cum a- 
rmcis qui me- 
cum erant, &e, 
x Et certe ille 
fatabatur, ego 
anxius-, fecwrus 
ille, ego trepi. 
dus. Et p per- 
contaretur me 
qui f piam an ex- 
altare mallem, 
aut metuere, re- 
fponderem, ex- 
ultare : &fi 
yurfus interro- 
garet an ego 
talis e(fem, an 
qualis nuns 
fum, me ipfs 
curis confeffium 
eligerem; fed 
perverfitate, 
non veritate, 
y Bor. 
f Hor% EpMb.i' 
t St dat olufcula 
Menfa minufcula 
face referta, 
Ne fete 
Lautaque frandia 
Ute repleta, 
But what wanted thou,to expoftulate the matter? or what haft thou not 
better than a rich man f 1 Health, competent wealthy children, feeu/tty,fteep, 
friends,ltberty,diet, apparel, and what not,or at lead: maied have(the means 
being fo obvious, eafie, and well known) for as he inculcated to himfelf, 
f Vitam qua. faciunt beatiorem, 
Pfucundifrrme Martialis, hac [unit, 
Res non parta labore, fed relifta, 
Lis nunquam, Cffc. I fay again thou haft , or at lead 
mayeft have It,iF thou wilt thy felf, and that which I am lure he wants, a 
merry heart. Pafring by a village in the territory o/Millan, faith “ S, Auftin, 
I faw a poor begger that had got,belike, his beHyjull ofmeat,jefiwg and merry; 
1 ftghed,and [aid to feme of my friends that were then with mee, what a deal of 
trouble, madnefr, pain and grief do we fuftam and exaggerate unto our felves, 
to get that fecure happinefr, which this poor begger hath prevented us of, and 
which wc per adventure (hall never have 1 For that which he hath now attained 
with the begging of feme Jmatl peeces offilver, a temporal happinefr, and pre- 
fent hearts eafe, 1 cannot compafr with all my careful windings, and running 
tn and out. x Andfurely the begger was very merry, hut 1 was heavy : hee 
was fecure, but I timorous. And if any man jhould ask mee new. Whether 1 had 
rather be merry, or frill fo felicitous and fad, 1 jhould [ay. Merry, if hee jhould 
ask mee again, Whether 1 had rather be as 1 am, or as this begger was,l Jhould 
fure chufe to bee as 1 am, torturedfrill with cares and fears-, hut out of peeviffr 
nefr, and not out of truth. That which S, Aufiin faid of himfelf here in this 
place,l may truly fay to thee* thou dilcontented wretch, thou covetous 
niggard, thou churl, thou ambitious and fwelling toad, *tis not want, but 
peevilhnefs which is the caufe of thy woes-, fettle thine afFedtion, thou 
haft enough. 
y Deniq* fit finis quarendi, queq; habeas plus. 
Pauperiem metuas minus, & finire laborem 
Incipiasparto, quod avebas, utere, 
Make ah end of draping, purchafing this Manor, this field, that 
for this and that childe; thou haft enough for thy felfand them; 
' ' f £>uodpetis hie eft, 
Ffr Ulubris, animus ft te non deficit aquus, 
'Tis at hand, at home already, which thou fo earncftly feekeft. But 
O ft angulus ille 
Proximus accedat, qui nunc denormat agellum, Parc 2. Sed. 3, 
Remedies again ft Difcontents, 
Memb. 3* 
O that I had but that one nook of ground, that field there, that pafture, 
Oft venam argenti fors quis mihi monftret * O that I could 
but finde a pot of mony now,to purchafe,&c. to build me a new houfe,to 
marry my daughrer,place my fon,&c» z o if 1 might hut live a while longer 
to fee all things fetled, feme two or three year, / wouldpaj my debts, make all 
my reckonings even * but they are come and paft, and thou hall more 
bufinefs than before. 0 madnefi to think to fettle that in thine old age when 
thou haft more,which in thy youth thou canfi net new compofe,havingbuta little. 
t Pyrrhus would firft conquer Africa,and then Afia, & tum fuavitur agere, 
and then live merrily, and take his eafe: but when Cyneas the Orator 
told him he might do that already, id jam fiofje fieri, relied fatisfied, con- 
demning his own folly. Si parva licet componere magnis,maift do the 
like, and therefore be corapofed in thy fortune. Thou haft enough*, hee 
that is wet in a bath, can be no more wet if he be flung into Tiber, or into 
the Ocean it fell * and if thou hadft all the world, or a folid mafle of 
gold, as big as the world, thou canftnot have more than enough*, enjoy 
thy felf at length, and that which thou haft*, the mind is all* be con- 
tent, thou art not poor, but rich, and fo much the richer, as * Cenforinus 
well writ to CereUius, quant»pauciora optas, non quo plurapofjides, in wifh- 
ing!efs,not having more. I fay then, 'tipn adjice opes, fed mime cupidi- 
tates ("tis f Epicures advice j add no more wealth, but diminilh thy de- 
fires 5 and, as * Chryfoftome well feconds him. Si vis ditari, contemne 
divitias * that’s true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches, 
non habere, fed non indigere,ver a ’tis more glory to contemn, 
than to poffefs* & nihil egere, eft deorum. How many deaf, d umb, halt, 
lame, blinde, miferable perfons, could I reckon up that, are poor, and 
withall diftrefled, in imprifonment, banifhment, gally-flaves, condemned 
to the mines, quarries, to gives, in dungeons, perpetual thraldome, than 
all which thou art richer, thou art more happy, to whom thou art able to 
give an alms, a Lord, inrefpeft, a petty Prince? a be contented then I 
fay5 repine and mutter no morQ,for thou art not poor indeed, but in opinion. 
Yea, but this is very good counfel,and rightly applied to fuch as have 
it,and will not ufe it, that have a competency, that are able to work and 
get their living by the fweat of their brows, by their trade, that have 
ibmething yet* he that hath birds,may catch birds* hut what (hail we do 
that arc flaves by nature, impotent, and unable to help our felves, raeer 
beggers, that languid and pine away, that have no means at all, no hope 
of means, no truft of delivery, or of better fucccfs < as thofe old Britans 
complained to their Lords & Matters the Romans,oyyvzffed by the Pitts, 
mare adßarbaros,Barbari ad mare,the Barbarians drove them to the Tea,the 
lea drove them back to the Barbarians* our prefent mifery compels us to 
cry out and howl, to make our moan tQ rich men* they turn us back with 
a fcornful anfwer to ouc misfortune again, and will take no pity of us * 
lhey commonly overlook their poof friends in adverfity *if fhey 
chance to meet them, they voluntarily forget, and will take no notice ot 
them* they will not, they cannot help us. Inftead of comfort, they rnrea- 
ten us, mif-eaii feoff at us,to aggravate oor mifery,give »s lanPabe»; 
or if they do give good words, what’s that to relieve us ? ccor ing to 
that of Thales, FaeiU e(I alios moneref who cannot give good counfel A 
T0 fi nunc mo- 
rerer, inquit, 
CjlUlfttCL 
lia mihi imper- 
fetta mane- 
rent : fed (i 
m.enfibus decern 
i>el otto fuper- 
v'txero, omnia. ■ 
redigam ad li- 
bellam, ab omni 
debito 
me explicabo • 
pratereunt in- 
terim menfes 
decem, & otto, 
dr- cum illis an- 
ni, dr* adhus re* 
flant plura 
quam prius, 
quid igitur Jpe- 
ras, 0 infane, 
finem quem 
rebus tuis non. 
inveneras in 
juventa, in fie- 
netta impofi- 
turum ? 0 de- 
mentiam, quum 
ob curas & ne- 
gotia tuo judi- 
cio fis infelix, 
qui d putas fu- 
turum quum 
plura fupere- ' 
rint ? Cardan^ 
lib. 8. cap.Ao. 
de rtr. var. 
t Plutarch. 
* Lib. de nata, 
li, cap. x. 
t Apud Stobe- 
um fer. xj. 
* Horn.H. in 
z Cor. 6. 
a Non in pau- 
pertate, fed i» . 
paupere (Senec.) 
non re fed opi- 
nione labores. Cure of {^Melancholy, 
Memb, 3. 
Part 2. Se£h 3. 
532 cheap, it cofts them nothing. It is an eafie matter when ones belly is full 
to declame againft falling, Qui fatur eft plenolaudat jejunia ventre 3 Both 
the wilde Afs bray when he hath leweth the Oxe when he hath fodder*. 
Job 6.5. * Neqi enim populo Romano quidquampoteji effe No man li- 
popuim fameii- ving fo jocond, fo merry as the people of Rome when they hacfplentyj 
cm inedia ido- but when they came to want, to be hunger-ftarved3 neither jhame, nor 
‘leges, pudor lawspnor armsynor Magiflrates could keep them in obedience. Seneca plcadeth 
mgiftmusyco- hard for poverty, and fo did thofe lazy Philofophers: but in the mean 
b one of the * tlme b vvas rich* they had wherewithal! to maintain themfelves 5 but 
riche ft men in doth any poor man extol it * There are thofe (faith t Bernard) that ap~ 
mi- prove of a mean eft ate, but on that condition they never want themfelvess and 
dam fmt qui fome again are meek, jo long as they may fay or do what they lifiy but if occafton 
pauperes ejfe ye ojfercd, how far are they from all patience K I would to God (as he faid) 
nihil 111 is deft, *No man \hould commendpoverty, but he that is or he that fo much 
fic commendant admires it, would relieve, help, or eafe others. 
UJimlrminopi- t Nunc fi noses audis> atquees dtvinus Apollo, 
am; fmt & a- Dic mihi, qui nummos non habet, unde petat : 
in mhes?quam- Now if thou hear’ll us, and art a good man, 
agitJadeq- Tell him that wants, to get means, if you can. 
rum arbitrium, But no man hears Us, wee are moft miferably dejedled, the skum of the 
ops* c - world 
* Nemo pauper- VVUi 5 , , 
totem common- Fix habet m nobts jam novaplaga locum y 
daret nifi pau- can get no relief, no comfort, no fuccour, 
?petm'm t Etnihil inveni quod mihiferret opem, " 
cJaiec. ' We have tried ail means,yec findano remedy; No man living can exprefs 
* Ovid. 
* the anguifli and bitternefs of ouf fads, but we that endure it5 we are did 
* Plutarch, vit, ftrefted,forfaken,in torture ohbody and mind, in another hell.* and what 
craft. fholl we doc1 When *Craftu*'thQ Mwnan Conful warred againft the Pan 
thians., after ah unlucky battel fought, he fled away in the night,and left 
, . four thoufand men fore fick and wounded in his tents, to the fury of the 
• enemy, which when the poor men perceived , clamoribus & ululatibus 
omnta complerunt, they made lamentable moan,and roared down-right,as 
loud as Homers Mars when he was hurt, which thenoife of jopoo men 
could not drown, and all for fear, of prefent death. But our eftate is far 
more tragical &nd miferable, much more to be deplored, and far greater 
caufe have we to the devil and the world perfecute us, all good 
fortune hath forfaken us,we are left to the rage of beggery,cold,hunger, 
thirft, naftinefs, ficknefs, irkfomenefs, to continue all torment, labour 
and pain, to derifion and contempt, bitter enemies all, and far worfe 
than any death*, Death alone we defire, death we feekj yet cannot have 
it, and what (hall we do? 
<pmd male fers\ aftuefceyferes bene accuftome thy 
feif to it, and it will be tolerable at laft. Yea, but I may not, 1 cannot, 
in meconfurnpfit vires fortuna nocendo, lam in the extremity 
of humane adverfity5 and as a Ihadow leaves the body when the Sun is 
gone, lam now left and loft, and quite forfaken of the world, §ut facet 
tn terra, non habet unde cadat*, Comfort thy felf with this yet, thou art at 
the worft, and before it be long, it will either overcome thee, or thou it. 
If it bee violent, it cannot endure, aut fohetur., autfolvet: Let the devil 
- himfelf Parc 2. Seft. 3, 
Remedies again ft Dijcontents. 
Memb. 3. 
himfelf and all the plagues of Egypt come upon thee at once. 
Netu cede malts, fed contra audenti or ito, 
bee of good courage*, Mifeiy is virtues^vhetftone. 
———-* Serpens, fit is, ardor * , 
Dukiavirtuti , as Cato told his fouldiers marching in the de- 
farts of Lybia, thirft, heat, funds, ferpents,were pleafant to a valiant man* 
honourable enterprises are accompanied with dangers and dammages, as 
experience will make the reft of thy life rcllifh the better. 
But put cafe they continue* thou art not fo poor as thou waft born,and as 
* tucan. lib. 
forne hold, much better to be pictied, than envied. But be it fo thou haft 
ioft all, poor thou art, deje&ed, in pain of body, grief of mind, thine ene- 
mies infult over thee,thou art as bad as tfohfytt tell me(faith Chryfoftome) 
was Job or the devil the greater conquer our ? furely Job} The f devil had his 
goods Joe fate on the muck-hiU,& kept his good name [he loft his children,health, 
friends,but he kept his innocency; he loft his monyfbut he kept hts confidence in 
Cod,which was better than any treafure. Do thou then as Job did, triumph as 
Job did * and be not molefted as every fool is, Sed qua ratione potero'How 
ftiall this be done ' Chryfoftome anft^ers,facile,ft coelumcogitaveris, with 
great facility,if thou (halt but meditate onHeaven.*/to#<& wept fore,and 
troubled in mind, could not eat 5 but, why weepeft thou fa id Elkanah her 
why eateft thou not'why is thine heart troubled? am not I better 
to thee than ten [onstand fhe was quiet.Thou art here Cvcxed in this world* 
but fay to thy left. Why art thou troubled, omy foul'. Is not God better to 
thee than all temporalities, and momentary pleafures of the world ' be 
then pacified. And though thou beeft now peradventure in extreme want, 
S it may be ’tis for thy further good,to try thy patience,as it did fob’ s,and 
cxerdfe thee in this lifertruft in God,and rely upon him,and thou fhalt be 
* crOwned in the end. What’s this life to eternity*? The world hath for- 
faken thee, thy friends and fortunes all are gone; yet know this, that the 
very hairs of thine head are numbred, that God is a fpe&ator of all thy 
miferies, he fees thy wrongs, woes and wants, * ’Tis hid good will and plea- 
Jure it jhould be fo, and he knows better what is for thy good, thaH thou thy [elf 
His providence is over all,at all times-, he hath feta guard of Angels over us, 
and keeps us as the apple of his eye,VL ly.S.Some he doth exalt,prefer,blefs 
with worldly riches, honours, offices and preferments, as fo many glifter- 
mg’ftars hee makes to ffiine above the reft: fome hee doth miraculou/ly 
protect from theeves, incurfions, fword, fire, and all violent mifchances, 
and as the t Poet feignspf that Lyctan Pandarus,Lycaons fon,when he fhot 
at Menelaus the Gradan with a ftrong arm, and deadly arrow, Pallas, as a 
good mother,keeps flics from her childes face afleep, turned by the ffiaft, 
and made it hit on the buckle of his girdle 5 lb fome hee folidtoufly de- 
fends, others hee expofeth to danger,poverty,. ficknefs, want, mifery,he 
and corrects, as to him feems beft,jn his deep,unfearchable and 
feeret judgement, and all for our good. The Tyrant took the City (faith 
t C^ryf°fiome)Cod did not hinder it-Jed them away captives fo (fiod would have 
if he bound them, God yeelded to it\flung them into the furnace, God permitte 
st-, heat the Ouen hotter, it was granted: and when the Tyrant ha one ns 
worft, God [hewed his power ,and the childrens patience, he treed, t em o can 
t An fymtfi fii- 
pcrfimQ f edit 
fob, an am 
omnia abfiulit 
diabolus, &c. 
pecuniis priva- 
tus fiduciam 
deo habuit om- 
ni tbefauro 
preciofercm. 
* Hac videntes 
(pome philefo- 
phcmm'hnec in- 
fpientm nfc- 
ilibus agite- 
mur. 
* i Sam. j. 8. 
c fames 1.1. 
My brethren > 
fount it an ex- 
ceeding joy, 
when you fall 
into divers 
temptation#, 
d Afflittio dat 
intelleSium • 
qm Veus dili- 
git caftigat. 
Heus optimum 
quemque aut 
mala valetudl- 
nem1 luftu of- 
ficit. Seneca 
e Jguam fordet 
mihi terra 
quum coelum in- 
tueor ! 
* Senec. de pro- 
videntia cap.%. 
Diis ita vifum-y 
dii moliar no- 
rnnt quid fit in 
commodum me- 
um. 
f Bom.Uiad.4, 
f Hom.yVolidt 
urbem tyrannus 
evertere, & 
t>cus non pro- 
hibuit j volnit 
captivos duce- 
rey non impedi- 
vit •, voluit li- 
gare, concepit, 
&c. Part 2. Se<5h 5. 
Cure of {Jtfehncholj. 
Memb. 3, 
he thee, and canf help in an inftant, when it feems to him good.Zßejoyce 
nQt drainfi mee,o my enemyfor though I fall,l jhall rife:' when I fit in dark- 
neffihe Lordjhall lighten mee, Remember all thofe Martyrs what they 
have endured, the utmoft that humane rage and fury could invent, with 
whathpatience they have born, with what willingnefs imbraced it. 
Though he kill mee filth 1 will trufl in him, full us 1 inexpugnabilis, as 
Chryfoflome holds , a juft man is impregnable, and not to oe overcome. 
The gout may hurt his hands.lamenefs hisfeeu convulfions may torture 
..«.J3 r 1 • r J 
his joynts, but not reßam mentem, his ioul is tree. 
(Pfial, X13. Ve 
terra inopem, 
de fler cor e eri- 
git pauperem. 
zMicab' 8. 7. 
h Preme, preme, 
ego cum Pinda- 
ro, 
i[/,l af tpiV^oS 
* merfibilis fium 
ficut fiuber fiu- 
per mam fiep- 
turn. Lip fins. 
1 Hie ure, hie 
fiecUytit in aeter- 
num parcas, 
Auftin.. 
Viis fruitur 
iratis, fiuperat 
& creficit ma- 
lis, s Muti m 
ignis3 Fabrici- 
um paupertas, 
Regulum ter- 
menta, Socra- 
tem venenum 
fiuperat e non po- 
tuit. 
t Bor. Lpift. 
iZ.lib. x. 
f Hom.f- Au- 
feret pecunias? 
at habet in coe- 
lis: patria deji- 
ciet ? at in C(s- 
1 nempepecus, rem, 
. ' Lecios, argent ffa tollas lieett, in manicis & 
Compedibus favo teneas cuftode ■ —— 
t Take away his mony,his treafure is in Heaven*, banijh him his Country, hee U 
an Inhabitant of that heavenly ferufalems caft him into bonds, his confidence 
is free-, kill his. body, it [hall rife again- he fights with a fhadow that contends 
with an upright man: Wee will not be moved. 
Impavidum ferient ruina, Though Heaven 
it felffhould fall on his head,he will not be offended.He is impenetrate, 
as an Anvile hard, as conftandas sob. 
' t Ipfe dem pmulatq5 volet me folvet opinor. 
Be thou fuch a one*, let thy mifery be what it will, what it can, with pa- 
tience endure it, thou mayeft be reftored as he was. Terris preferiptus, ad 
c&lum pr op erae, Jtb hominibus ad deum fuge. The poor jhall not aU 
waies be forgotten, the patient abiding of the meek jhall not perijhfor ever , 
?kl,io,iS,vex[.9.TheLordmllbearefugeoftheopprelJedy and a defend 
in the time of trouble. 
Sijraffus iUahatur orbis, 
leftem civita- 
tem mittes 
vincula injici- 
et ? at habet fio- 
luthm confid- 
entiam : corpus 
interficiet, at 
Servus Epi&etus multilati corporis, Irus 
Pauper: at hac int er charus erat fuperis, 
Lame was Epitfetus, and poor Irus , 
Yet to them both God was propitious. 
iterum refiur- 
getcum umbra 
pugnat qui cum 
juflo pugnat, 
f Leonides. 
* Modo in prefi- 
fura, in tenta- 
tionibus, erit 
poflea bonum 
tum requies, 
aeternitas, im - 
mortalitas. 
k Dabit Deus 
bis quoque fi- 
nem. 
1 Seneca. 
defpe- 
vet meliora lap- 
fus. , 
t Theocritus, 
Lodovicus Vertomannus, that famous traveller, indured much mifery, yet 
furely, faith Sc aliger, he was vir dec char us, in that he did efeape fo many 
dangers, God efpecially prote&ed him, he was dear unto him; Modo in e- 
geflatey tribulatione, convalle deplorationis, &c. Thou art now in the vale of 
mifery, in poverty, in agonyy *in temptation, reft, eternity,happineft, immor~ 
talityfhall be thy reward, as Chryfoftome pleads , vifthou truft in Cod, and 
keep thine innocency, Nonp male nunc, (if olimpc erit femper , a good hour 
may come upon a fudden* k exped a little. 
Yea, but this expedition is it which tortures me in the mean time 5 
} futura expellam prafentihds angor, whilft thegrafsgrows, thchorfe 
flarves*m Defpairnot, but hope well, 
t Spere 3attey tibi melius lux craftina ducet; 
Vum firsts fetor chear up, I fay, be not difmaidj 
Spes alif agricola, he thatfows in tears, (hall reap in joy, pfa], j 2s, 7, 
Si fortune me tormemey 
Ef trance me contente, Part i. Sed. 3. 
Remedies again fi Di[contents. 
Memb. 2. 
hope refreiheth, as much as mifery deprefteth*, hard beginnings have ma- 
ny times profperous events, and that may happen at laft,which never was 
yet, A deftre accamplified delights the foul, Prov. 13.19. 
* Grata [aperveniet qua non ft e rabitur hora. 
* Ovid. 
Which makes m’enjoy my joyes long wiftfd at laftj 
Welcome that hour fhall come when hope is paft: 
a louring morning may turn to a fair afternoon , 
f Nuhe foletpuifd candidus ire dies. 
the hope that is defer/d, is the fainting of the hearty but when the defire com- 
eth, it is a tree of life , Prov. 13. 12. n fuavifiimum efi voti compos fieri, 
Many men are both wretched and miferableatfirft, but afterwards moft 
happy* and oftentimes it fofalls out, as0 Machiavelrelates of Cofmos Me- 
dices, that fortunate and renowned. Citizen of Europe, that all his youth was 
* QV\d, 
n Thales. 
° Lib. 7. Flor, 
hi(i. Omnium 
feliciffimus 5 & 
IdCHpletiffimuSy 
&c. incarcera- 
tus/ape ado- 
lefcemiamperi- 
culo mortis ha~ 
bait, [olicitu- 
Ainis & diferi* 
minis plenum, 
&c. 
* . • i ) j 
full of perplexity, danger and mifery, till forty years were pa ft, and then upon a 
fudden, the Sun of his honour brake out as thorow a cloud. Hunmades was 
ietched out of prifon,and Henry the thi|d of Portugal out of a poor Mona- 
ftcry, to be crowned Kings, 
Multa cadunt inter calicem fupremaque labra, 
beyond all hope and expedition many things fall out, and who knows 
what may happen i Nondum omnium dierum Soles occiderunt, as Philippus 
faid. All the Suns are not yet fet, a day may come to make amends for 
all. though my Father and Mother for fake mee,yet the Lord will gather met up, 
Pfal.ay. io. Wait patiently on the Lord, and hope in him, Pfal. 37, 7. Bee 
frong, hope and truft in the Lordyand hee will comfort thee, and give thee thine 
hearts deftre, Pfal. 27.14. 
Sperate & vofmet rebus fervat e fecundis. 
Fret not thy felf becaufe thou act poor, contemned,or not fo well for the 
Erelent, as thou wouldeft be, not refpeded as thou oughteft to be ,by 
irth,place, worth*, or that which is a double corrofive, thou haft been 
happy, honourable and rich, art now diftrefled and poor, a fcoxn of men * 
a burden to the world, irkfome to thy felf and others, thou haft loft all; 
Mtferum eft fuiffe felicem ,and as Boethius calls it. Infelici fimum genus infer* 
turnip this made Timon half mad with melancholy, to think of his for* 
mer fortunes, and prefent misfortunes; this alone makes many miferable 
wretches difcontent. I confefsit is a great mifery to have been happy, 
the quinteffence of infelicity, to have been honourable and rich, but yet 
eafily to be endured, p Security fucceeds, and to a judicious man a far 
better eftate. The lofs of thy goods and mony is no lofs*, q thou haft left 
them, they would otherwife have loft thee. If thy mony be gone,r thou art fo 
much the lightery and as Saint Htereme perfwades %jifticus the Monk, to 
for fake all, and follow thrift: Cold andftlver are too heavy metals for him 
to carry, that leeks Heaven. 
P Latior fuc- 
cejjit fe curitas 
qua fmul cum 
divitiis cohabi- 
tare n°fcit. 
Qamden. 
sPecuniam pa 
didisi'hfrrtaffts 
ilia te perderet 
manens. Seneca. 
res Expeditiores 
6h pecuniarum 
jailuram. For* 
tuna opes au- 
ferre., non ani- 
mum pgtefl. ‘ 
Seneca, 
t Flor. 
1 7ubet me pop* 
hac fortuna ex- 
peditius Philsw 
fophari* i 
t Vel nos in ware proximum , 
Gemmas & lap ides, aurum & inutile 3 
Summi materium mali . 
eMittamus-, fcelerum Ci bene pcenitet. 
mummy i/icwf», r, 
Zeno the Philofopher lofl all his goods by fhipwrack, fhe might I«e ot 
1C,/7 ' done him a good turn, Opes a me, animum auferre non po- 
tefi: She can take away my means, but not my mind. Hee Tet her a e~ Part 2. Sed. 3. 
Cure of cJVtelamhely. 
Memb. 3. 
fiance ever after, for fhe could not rob him that had nought to lofc : for 
he was able to contemn more than they could poflefs or defire. Alexander 
fent an hundred talents of gold to Phocionoi Athens for a prefent, becaufe 
he heard he was a good man; but Phocion returned his talents back again 
with a permitte me in pofierum virum bonum efte, to bee a good man ftill; 
letmee be as I am. 
Non mi aurum pefco, nec mi precium 
That Theban Crates flung of his own accord his mony into the Sea* alite 
nummi, ego vos mergam, ne mergar a vobis, I had rather drown you, than 
you fhouid drown mee. Can Stoicks and Epicures thus contemn wealth y 
and {hall not wee that are Chriftians f It was mafcula vox &prddara, a 
generous fpeech of Cotta in f Saluft, Many mi feries have happened unto met 
at home, and in the wars abroad, ofwhich Joy the help of Cod, feme 1 have endu- 
red* forne 1 have repelled, and by mine own valour overcome: courage was ne- 
ver wanting to my defigns, nor induftry to my intents: prefperity or adverftty 
could never alter my dt(j>option, A mans mind* as Seneca holds, *is like 
the Hate of the world above the Moon, ever ferene. Come then what can 
come, befall what may befall, infradlum inviciumq;t animum opponas: Re- 
bus anguft is animojus atque fortis appare-, (Hor. od. 11. lib, 2.) Hope and 
Patience arc two foveraign remedies for all, thefureft repofals, the 
! fofteft cufhions to lean on in adverfity • 
" Durum, fed leviua fit patientia 
Quicquid cor riger c eft nefas. 
If it cannot be helped, or amended,x make the beft of it; f necefitati qui 
fe accommodat, fapit, he is wife that fuits himfelf to the time. As at a game 
at tables, fo do by all fuch inevitable accidents. 
t In frag. Qui- 
rites y mult a. mi- 
hi pericula, ■ do- 
mi pni Liti a mul- 
ta adverfa fue- 
re, quorum aha 
toleraviy alia 
deorum auxilio 
rcpuliy& virtu- 
te mea : nun- 
quam animus 
vegotio defu’ty 
nec deer et is la- 
bor-y nultte res 
nec profpera nec 
adverfa: in- 
genium muta- 
bant. 
* Qualis mun- 
di flatus fupr a 
lunam, femper 
ferenus. 
* Bona mens 
nullum triflie- 
\ ris fortuna re- 
cipit incurfum, 
Val. lib. 4. c. 1. 
<S)ui nil poteft 
fpefare, defpc- 
ret nihil. 
“ Hor. 
* eXRquam me- 
mento rebus in 
arduis fervar e 
mutem, 
lib. %. Od, 3. 
t Epici. c. 18, 
y Ter. Adel.aff, 
4Sc 7. 
* Unaquaque 
res duas habet 
anfasy alteram 
qua teneri, al- 
teram qua non 
potcU-3 i/i maun 
noftra quam vo- 
lumus accipere. 
* Ter. JLud. 
A If. 4 • Jc. 0. 
* Epiiletus. In- 
vitatus ad con- 
vivium . qux 
apponuntur co- 
med is yitoti qua- 
rts ultra:, h 
mundo multa 
rogitas qua dii 
negant. 
a Cap,6. de pro- 
videntia. Mor- 
tales cum fmt 
renm omnium 
indigi, ideo de- 
us aliis diviti- 
as,aliis pauper- 
tatem difiribuit, i 
y [ta vita eft hominum quafi cum ludas tefterk * 
Si illud quod eft maxime opm jatfu non cadit, 
illud quod cecidit forte, id arte ut corrigas ; 
If thou canft not fling what thou wouldeft, play thy caft as well as thou 
canft. Every thing, faith * Epiffetus, hath two handles, the one to be held 
by, the other not; *tis in our choice to take and leave whether wc will (all 
which Simplicius his Commentator, hath illaftrated by many examples) 
and 7tis in our own power* as they fay, to make or mar our fclves. Con- 
form thy felf then to thy prefent fortune* and cut thy coat according to 
thy cloth, zUt quimus (quod aiunt) quando quod volumus non licet, Be con- 
tented with thy lofi, ftate and calling whatfoever it is, and reft as well fa- 
tisfied with thy prefent condition in this life: 
Eft e quod es-, quod funt alti, fine quemlibet efte-, 
<fiuod non es, quod potes efje, velis. 
Bee as thou art; and as they are* folet 
Others bee ftil; what is and may be, covet. 
And as he that is invited * to a feaft,eats what is fet before him,and looks 
for no other3 enjoy that thou haft, and ask no more of God, than what, he 
thinks fit to beftow upon thee. Non cuivis contingit adire Cerinthum, wee 
may not be all Gentlemen* all dr Edit, as Tully telleth us, all ho- 
nourable, ilhiftriousand ferene, all rich; but becaufe mortal men wan£ 
many things, *'Thereforeyfa\t\\Thcodoret, hathCed diver fly dtftrtbuted hk 
tit qm oPibaspeHtnti miittrimfubmimfirm,qui veto hopes, exercitatas artibus manus admoveant’ Part 3. Sedi. 5. 
Remedies againjl Difcontents. 
Me mb, 3. 
Sifts 3 wealth to one, skill to another , that rich men might incoufage and fet poor 
men a work, poor men might learn federal trades to the common good. Asa 
peece of Arras is compolcd of feverai parcels, fome wrought of filk, 
forae of gold, film*, crewel of divers colours, all to ferve for the exor- 
nation of the whole Mufick is made of divers dikords and keyes; a total 
futnm of many fmall numbers: lo is a Common-wealth of feverai inequal 
trades and callings. blf all fliould be Craft and Darii, all idle,' all in for- 
tunes equal, who fliould till the land:’As c Menenius Agrippa well fatisfied 
the tumultuous rout otßomejxi his elegant Apologue of the the 
reft of the members: Who fhould build houfes,make our feverai fluffs for 
raiments i Wee fliould all be ftarvcd for company, as Poverty declared at 
large in Ariflophanes Plutus, and fue at laft to be as we were at firft. And 
therefore God hath appointed this inequality of States, orders and de- 
grees,a fubordination,as in all other things. The earth yeelds nourishment 
to vegetals,fenfible creatures feed on vegetals, both are fubftitutes torea- 
fonable fouls, and men are fubjedl amongft themfelves, and ail to higher 
powers :fo God would have it. All things then being rightly examined, 
and duly confidered as they ought, there is no fuch caufe of fo general 
difcontentjkis not in the matter it felf, but in our mind, as wee moderate 
our paflions, and efteem of things. Nihil aliud neceffarium ut fis miferifaith 
* Cardanjquam ut te miferum credos, Let thy fortune be what it will,’tis thy 
mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miferable or happy, vidi ego 
(faith divine *Seneca)in villa hilari &am and mafiosmedia [olitudine oc- 
cupatos*, non locus fed animus facit ad tranquillitatem. I have feen men mife- 
rabiy dejedled in a pleafant Village, and fome again, well occupied,and at 
good cafe in a folitary defarr5 "Tis the mind, not the place, caufeth tran- 
quillity, and that gives true content. I will yet add a word or two for a 
Corollary. Many rich men, I dare boldly fay it, that lye on down-^beds, 
with dei’ acies pampered every day, in their well furniflied houfes, live at 
lefs hearts eafe,with more anguifh. more bodily pain, and through their 
intemperance more bitter hours, than many a prifoner or gally-flave-, Mst~ 
cenas tnpluma,aque vigilat ac Regulus in dclto: or thofe poor ftdxved Hollan- 
ders whom t Bartifon their Cap* left in Nova Zembla, An» 1596» or thofe 
* eight miferable Englifhmen that were lately left bchmde, to winter in a 
ftovein Creenland'vsa’jy. dcg.oflat. 1630. fo pitifully forfaken and for- 
ced to fhift for themfelves in a vaft dark and defart place, to drive and 
ftruggle with hunger, cold, defperation, and death it felf. ’Tis a patient 
and quiet mind (I fay it again and again) gives true peace and concent. So 
for all other things, they are, asoolede Chremes told us, as we ufe them. 
Parentes, patriam, amicos,genus, cognatos, divitias, 
Nae perinde font ac tUius animus qui ea pop det • 
SMf.utt{c*h ** honay qui utitur non repte, mala* 
Parents, friends, fortunes, country, birth, alliance,&c. ebb and flow with 
°ur conceit; pleafe or difpleafe, as we accept and conftrue them, or apply 
them to our (elves. Faber quifqyfortuna ju*, and in fome fort I may tfaly 
yY* Profperity andadverfity are in our own hands. Nemo I adit nr mji it 
jppJO) and which Seneca confirms out of his judgement and expe™ence 5 
I” Every mans mind is fironger than fortune, and leads him to what fide emit-, 
a caufe to himfdf each one is, of his good or bad life. But will we, or mil we. 
b Si fint omnes 
aquales, neccjfe 
eji ut omnes fa- 
me pereant j 
quis aratro ter- 
ram fulcaret 
quis f ementem 
faceret, quis 
plantas fercret, 
quis vinum ex- 
primeret ? 
cLiv, Ub% r. 
d Lib. 3. ds 
conf. 
* Seneca, 
fFlde Ifaacum 
Pontamm de- 
fcript. Ampler- 
dam.lib.i.c. zv 
* Fide Ed. Pei* 
hams hook edit, 
163°. 
e Hcautoni im. 
1. SC. a. 
f ipifi.9%' Om- 
ni fortune 
lentior ipfe a- 
nimus, in u- 
trunique 
Um res fuas da~ 
dt j beataque uc 
mifera vita f- 
bi caufa (ji. Part 2. Sed. 3. 
Cure of (-Melancholy, 
Memb. 4. 
make the worft of it, and fuppofe a man in the greateft extremity, 'ris a 
fortune which Tome indefinitely prefer before profperity 5 of two ex- 
tremes, itisthebeft. Luxuriant animi rebus plerumque fecundis, men in 
f profperity forget God .and themfelves, they are befotted with their 
wealth, as birds with henbane: * miferable, if fortune forfake them, but 
more miferable if foe tarry and overwhelm them : for when they come 
to be in great place, rich, they that were moft temperate, fober and dif- 
f Fortuna quem 
nimium fovet 
finit im facit. 
Tub. Mimus. 
* Seneca de be- 
at, vit. cap. 14. 
Mi feri fi defe- 
rantur ab ea, 
mifericres-fi ob- 
ruantur. 
f Plutarch, 
vit. ejus. 
creet mtheir private fortunes, as Nero, Otho, Vitellius, Heliogabalus ( opimi 
imperatores nifi imperafient) degenerate on a fudden into brute beafts, fo 
prodigious in luft, fuch tyrannical oppreflbrs, &c. they cannot moderate 
themfelves, they become monfters, odious, harpies, what not i cum tri- 
umphos, opes, honores adepti funt, ad voluptatem & otium deinceps fe conver- 
tunt :/twas \Cato's note, they cannot contain. For that caufe belike, 
* Eutrapilus nocere volebat, 
Ve fitment a dabat pretiofa : beatus enim jam, 
Cum pulchris tumcis fumet nova confilia & fpes , 
Dormiet in lucem feorto, poflponit hone ft um 
Off dam 
Eutrapilus when bee would hurt a knave, 
Gave him gay clothes and wealth to make him brave ; 
Becaufe now rich, hee would quite change his minde. 
Keep w'hores, fly out, fet honefty behinde. 
On the other fide, in adverfity many mutter and repine, defpair,&c. both 
bad I confefs, 
• § ut calceus olim 
*Hor. epifi.l.i. 
€p. IS. 
s Ror. 
Si pede major eritj fubvertet: fi minor, uret. 
As a fhoo too big, or too little, one pincheth,the other fets the foot awry, 
fed e mulis minimumfii Adverfity hath killed his thoufand,profperity hath 
killed his ten thoufand: therefore Adverfity is to be preferred-,h hac freeno 
indiget illa folatio: illa fallit, hac inftruit: The one deceives, the other in- 
ftru&s: the one miferably happy, the other happily miferable: and there- 
fore many Philofophers have voluntarily fought adverfity, and fo much 
commend it in their precepts. Demetrius in Seneca efteemed it a great infe- 
k Botth. %. 
licity, that in his life time he had no misfortune, mi ferum cui nihil unquam 
accidiffet adverfi. Adverfity then is notfo heavily to be taken, & we ought 
not in fuch cafes fo much to macerate our felves: there is no fuch odds in 
poverty and riches. To conclude in1 Hieroms words, / will ask our magni- 
that build with and befiow a whole Manor on a thred, what diffe- 
rence betwixt them and Paul the Ermite, that bare old man: they drink in jew- 
els, he in his hand: he is poor, and goes to Heaven, they are rich, and go to hell» 
5 EpiH. lib. 5. 
vit. Paul* 
emit. Libet Eos 
nunc interroga- 
re qui domus 
marmoribus ve- 
fiimtj qua uno 
filo villarum 
ponunt precia, 
huic feni modo 
quid unquam 
Memb. 4. 
Againfi fervitude, lofis 6f liberty, imfrifonment, bamjhment* 
SErvitude, lofs of liberty jimprifonmentjarc no fuch miferics as 
they are held to be: we are flaves and fervants the beft of us 
all: as we do reverence our matters, fo do our mafters their 
fuperiours:Gentlemen fervcNoblessand Nobles lubordinate 
to Kings ,Omne fib regno graviore regnum finwcts themfelves 
are Gods fervants? Reges in if [os imperium efi Jovis, They are fubjetfto 
defuit ? vos 
gemma bibitis, 
ille concavis 
manibus natu- 
ra fatis fecit j 
ille pauper pa- 
radifum capit. 
nos avaros ge- 
tiemifofcifiet. Part 3. Se<sl. 3. 
Remedies againfi Di [contents. 
Memb. 4. 
their own Laws, and as the Kings of chinai indure mere than (lavifh im- 
maintain their (late and greatnefs>they never come abroad. 
Alexander was a Have to fear, Cafar of pride , Vefpafian to his mony, (nihil 
enim refert, rerum fis fervus an hominum.) Heliogabalus to his gut; and fo of 
the reft. Lovers are. (laves to their Miftrefles, rich then to their gold, 
Courtiers generally to luft and ambition, and all (laves to our affections, 
as Evangelus well difeourfeth in f Macrobius, and * Seneca, the Phifopher, 
of 'iduam [ervitutem extremam & inelutfabilem, hee calls it, a continual 
flavery, to bee fo captivated by vices; and who is free < Why then doft 
thou repine? Satis efi potens, Hierom fervire non cogitur.Thou car- 
rieft no burdenssthou ait no prifoner,no drudge, and thoufands want that 
liberty, thofe pleafures which thou haft* Thou art not fick, and what 
wouldeft thou have? But nitimur in vetitum,we muft all cat of the forbid- 
den fruit. Were we injoyned to go to fuch and fuch places,we would not 
willingly go •• but being barred of our liberty, this alone torments our 
Wandring foul, that we may not go. A Citizen of k Cardan, was 
t Sam. i. ito 
Alins libidini 
fervit; alius 
ambitioni, om- 
nes fpei, omnes 
Umori. 
* Nat. Hb. 'i. 
k Coiifol. I. <1 
fixty years of age,and had never been forth of the walls of the City Mil- 
Unr, the Prince hearing of it, commanded him not to ftir out: being now 
forbidden that which all his life he had neglected, hec earneftly defired , 
and being denied, dolore conjeßus mortem obiit, he died for grief. 
What I have faid of fervitudej fay again ofimprifonment. We are all 
prifoners.1 What’s our life but a prifon? We are all imprifoned in an Kland, 
The world it felf ,to fome men is a prifon, our narrow feas as fo many 
ditches, and when they have compared the Globe of the earth, they 
would fain go fee what is done in the Moon. In m Mufcovy,and many other 
northern parts, all over Scandia, they are imprifoned half the year in 
ftoves,they dare not peep out for cold. Atn Aden in Arabia they are 
ned in all day long with that other extreme of heat, and keep their mar- 
kets in the night. What is a (hip but a prifon? And fo many Cities are but 
as fo many hives of Bees, but that which thou abhorred, many 
leek : Women keep in all winter , and moft part of dimmer, to preferve 
their beauties* fome for love of ftudy: Demofthenes (haved his beard, be- 
caufe he would cut off all occafion from going abroad: how many Monks 
and Friers, Anchorites, abandon the world ? Monachus in fife is in 
arido. Art it prifon? Make right ufe of it,and mortifie thy felff Where may 
a man contemplate better than in folitarinefs,ot ftudy more than inquietnefs? 
Many worthy men have been imprifoned all their lives, and it hath been 
occafion of great honour and glory to them, much publick good by their 
excellent meditation. * Ptolomeus King of Egypt, cum viribus attenuatis in- 
firma valetudine laboraret, miro dtfcendifiudio affeftusfoe.Now being taken 
with a grievous infirmity of body, that he could not ftir abroad, became 
Strato* s fcholar, fell hard to his hook,-and gave himfelf wholly to con- 
templation, and upon that occafion, (as mine Author adds) pulcherimm 
opulentia monumentum,&c. to his great honour built that renowned 
library at Alexandria, wherein were 40000 volumes. Severinus Boethus 
Wt fo elegantly, as in prifon, Paul fo devoutly, for moft of ms 
bpi tles were dilated in his bonds: fojeph, faith p Auflin, got more credit in 
priJoH, than when hee distributed corn r and was Lord of Pharaoh s houje. It 
brings many a lewd riotous, fellow home,. many wandring logues it tet- 
10 geamfe, 
quid eft vita 
tuft career a- , 
nimi ? 
m Herbafiein. 
n Vertomonnu-s 
navig. It.. c. 4. 
Commercia in 
mndink nolilu 
hora fecunda, 
ob nimias qui 
feeviunt inter- 
diu afius3 exer- 
ceat. 
°ubi verior, 
contemplatio 
quam in folitu- 
dine? nbi (indi- 
um j'olidiits 
quam in qniete? 
* Alex. abAlex. 
gen, dier.lib, i, 
cap. »• 
P I* Vfa, 76' 
Non. iu lauda, 
tnr Jefeph cm 
frumenta diftri-, 
bueret, ac quum 
career cm habi- 
tam. Part 2. SeCl. 3. 
Cure of CMdancholy, 
Memb.ji 
ties, that would otherwife have been like raving Tygers, ruined them- 
felvcs and others. 
Baniihment is no grievance at all. Omne folum forti p atria, &c. & patri a 
efi ubicunque bene efty That’s a marts Country where he is well at cafc.Ma- 
ny travel for pleafure to that City, faith Seneca,to which thou art baniih- 
Ed, and what a part of the Citizens are Grangers born in other places ? 
* incolentibus patria, ’tis their Country that are born in it, and they would 
think themfeivesbaniibed to go to the place, which thou leaveft, and 
from which thou art fo loath to depart. 'Tis no difparagemcnt to be a 
Granger, or io irkfome to be an exile, f The rain is a fir anger to the earth, ri- 
vers to the Sea, Jupiter in Egypt, the Sun to us all. The Soul is an alien to the 
Body, a Nightingale to the air,a Swallow tn an hsufe,and Ganymede in Heaven, 
an Elephant at Rome, a Phantix in India5 and fuch things commonly pleafe 
us bcft, which arc moft ftrange, and come fartheft off. Thofc old Hebrews 
efteemed the whole world Gentiles * the Greeks held all Barbarians but 
thcmfelvesjour modern Italians account of us as dull Tranfalpines by way 
of reproach, they icora thee and thy Country,which thou fo much admi- 
reft« *Tis a childifti humour to hone after home, to be difcontent at that 
which others feeksto prefer,as bale Jjlanders and Norvegians do,their own 
ragged Ifland before Italy or Greece, the Gardens of the world. There is a 
ka**e Nation in the North, faith * Pliny, called Chauci, that live amongft 
rocks and fands by the Tea fide,feed on fifli,drink water: and yet thefe bafe 
people account themfelves flaves in refpeCt,when they come to Rome, it a 
eft frofeßo (as he concludes) multis fortuna parch in poenam5 So it is, For- 
tune favours fome to live at homcsto their further puniftiments’tis want of 
judgement. All places are diftant from Heaven alike, the Sun fliines hap- 
pily as warm in one City,as in another,and to a wife man there is no diffe- 
rence of climes: friends arc every where to him that behaves himfelf well, 
and a Prophet is not efteemed in his own Country. Alexander, CafarjTra- 
jan, Adrian, were as fo many land-leapers, now in the Eaft, now in the 
Weft, little at home,and Paulus Venetus,Lod.Vertomannus,Pinz,onus,Cada- 
muftus,Coltmbus,Americus Ve[putius,Va[cus Gama,Drake, Cand/JhfiltverA- 
north schoutien, got all their honour by voluntary expeditions. But you 
fay fuch mens travel is voluntary*' we arc compelled, and as malefactors 
muft depart :yct know this of* Plato to be true, ultori Beo fumma cura pe~ 
regrinus eft, God hath an cfpecial care of ftrangers, and when hee wants 
fronds and allies, hee ft all deferve better, and finde more favour with God and 
men. Bcfides the pleafure of peregrination, variety of objects will make 
amends* and fo many Nobles,r*tfy, Ariftides, ThemftoclesjTheftus, Codrus, 
have been banifhed, will give fufficient credit unto it. Read Peter 
Aldonins his two books of this fubjcdl. 
si Boethius. 
f Pblleflratus 
in deliciis. Pe- 
regrini funt 
imbres in terra. 
& fluvii in 
mari, Jupiter 
apud Mgyptos, 
foiapud omnesj 
hofpes anima 
in corpore i luf- 
cinia in acre, 
hirundo in do- 
mos Ganymedes 
cedei &c. 
* Lib.lC. Cup.l, 
jjullam fru- 
gem habenti pO~ 
tusex infbre : 
St b* gentes ft 
vincantur, &c. 
* Lib.s.dele- 
gibus, cumque 
C§H 
jorm spud de- 
« & Td h9~ 
*TLm mrl 
m. 
Mbmb. t. 
Agaiftfi far wfa death of friends ■, or otbemifa win fur, &c. 
Hath and departure of friends are things generally grievous? 
SEgB l Omnium qua in humana vita contingunt,ludus atque mors funt 
acerhi/ima, the moft auftere and bitter accidents that can 
happen to a man in this life, in aternum valedicere5 to part fbc 
cver,to forfakc the world and all our friends/tis ultimum ter- 
rihilium, the laft and the greateft terrour, moft irkfomc and troublefome 
r Cardan, de 
Confd. lib.x. Pan 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies again ft Hifcontents, 
Memb. 5. 
unto us. t Homo toties moritur, quoties amittit fuos. And though we hope 
for a better life , eternal happinefs, after rhefe painful and miferable 
dales, yet we cannot compofe our felves willingly to dyej the remem- 
brance of it is mod: grievous Unto us,efpedally to fuch who are fortunate 
and rich; they dart at the name of death, as an horfe at a rottch pod. Say 
what you can of that other world, with{Metezuma that Indian Prince, 
Bonum eft effe hie,they had rather be here. Nay, many generous fpirits, and 
grave daid men otherwise, are fo tender in this, that at the lofs of a dear 
friend, they will cry out, roar, and tear their hair, lamenting fome months 
after, houtng, 0 Hone-, as thofc Jrijh women, and5 Greeks at their graves, 
commit many undecent adlions, and almod go befidcs themfelvcs. My 
dear father, my fweet husband, mine onely brother’s dead, to whom diall 
I make my moan < O me mi ferum I 
t sema. 
t Benxp. 
*Summmm 
uiulatm ori- 
untur, peQor a 
pereutietues , 
&c, miferabi- 
I* fpeftaeulum 
exhibentes. Or- 
teliits in Qnt~ 
da. 
“ Catullus. 
guts dabit in laebrymas fontem, &c. 
What fhall I do ? 
" Sed totum hoc Jludium lu&u fraterna mihi mors 
Abfiulit, hei mifero frater adempte mihi I 
My brother's death my ftudy hath undone. 
Woe's mee, alas my brother he is gone ! 
iJMezentius would not live after his fon: 
* Nunc vivo, nec adhuc homines lucemque relinquo, 
Sed linquam 
*ytrgiU 
And Pompefs wife cried out at the news of her husbands death * 
y turpe moripofi te folo non poffe dolor e. 
Violenta lu&u & nefeia tolerandi, 
7 Lucan, 
as f Tacitus r Agrippina, not able to moderate her paliions. So when (he 
heard her L was /lain, flie abruptly broke off her work, changed coun- 
tenance 3 ... colour, tore her hair, and fella roaring down right. 
13 Annat, 
fubifus mifera color off a reliquit, 
Excufii manibus radii, revolutaque jpenfa : 
Evolat infelix (fffoemineo ululatu 
Scifla comam • 
Another would needs run upon the fwords point after EuryaUs departure, 
* Finite me* ft qua efi pietm, in me omnia tela 
Conjicite » Rutili 5 - 
O let me dye/ome good man or other make an end of me. How did A* 
chilLes take on for Patroclus departure? A black cloud of forrows overfha- 
dowed him, faith Homer. tfacob rent his clothes, put fack-cloth about his 
loins, forrowed for his fon a long feafon, and could not be comforted, 
but would needs go down into the grave unto his fon, Gen. 37.37.Many 
years after, the remembrance of fuchfriends> of fuch accidents, is molt 
grievous unto us,to fee or hear of it, though it concern not our felves,but 
others,Scaliger faith of himfelf,that he never read Socrates death, in Plato $ 
but he wept: * Aufiin (bed tears when he read the deftru&ion of 
TrV: But howfoever this palfion of forrow be violent, bitter, and fc»6* 
familiarly on wife, valiant, difereet men, yet it may furely be 
it may be diverted. Fot what is there in this life, that it (bould c o 
ear unto us ? or that wee ftould fo much deplore the a 
nend < The greateft pleafures arc common fodety, to 0 s 
*yirg,v4t. io. 
aft»/#, lib A; Part 2. Sedh 5. 
Cure of CMeiancholy. 
Memb. 5,.* 
prefence/eaflmgjhawkmg, hunting, brooks, woods,hills;;miificksdancing, 
Sec* all this is but vanity and lofs of time, as I have fufficiently declared. 
t fuvmta, 
Bum bibimus $ dum ferta*, unguenta puellas 
FofcimuS) obrepit nminteUeßa feneftus. 
Whim we drink, prank our felves, with Wenches dally* 
Old age upon’s at unawares doth (ally. 
As Alchymißs fpend that fmall modicum they have to get gold, and ne- 
ver findc it, we lofe and negledt eternity, for a little momentany pleafure, 
which we cannot enjoys nor (hall ever attain to in this life. Wee abhor 
death,pain and grief,all,and yet we will do nothing of that which ihould 
vindicate us from, but rather voluntarily thruft our felves upon it. bThe 
tdfc*v*ouS prefers his whore before hts life, or good e/late-, an Angry man, his re~ 
vengeya para fit e, his gut’, ambitious, honours’, covetous, wealth’, atheef, his 
booty-, a fouldier, his Jpoilwee. abhor difeafes, and yet we pull them upon us* We 
are never better or freer from cares, chan when we lleep, and yet, which 
we fo much avoid and lament, death is but a perpetual fleep, and why 
as * Epicurus argues, fo much affright us < when wee are, death is 
not: but when death is, then wee are not: our life is tedious and troublefome 
unto him that lives beft*, t 3tis. ami fay to be born, a pain to live, a trouble to 
death makes an end °* our miferles:> and yet we cannot confidcr of it; 
a little before * Socrates drank his potion of Cicuta, he bid the Citizens of 
Athens chearfully farcwel, and concluded bis fpeech with this fhort fen- 
tence 5My time is now come to begone, Ito my death, you to live on ; but which 
0f thcfe is beft, God alone knows* For there is no pleafure here, but forrow 
annexed to it, repentance follows it. fif 1 feed liberally, lam likely ftcky 
or forfeit yjf 1 live fparingly, my hunger and thirfi is not allayed•, lam 
neltherfull nor fdfting-, if 1 live homfiKl burn in lufii If I take my plca- 
fure, I tire and ftarve my felf, and do injury to my body and foul, f Of fo 
fmall a quantity of mirth, how much forrow i after Jo little pleafure, how great 
miferj ? ’Tis both waies troublefome to mee, to rife, and go to bed,to eat 
and provide my. meat; cares and contentions attend mee all day long,fears 
and fufpicions all iny life. lam difeontented, and why foould I defire fo 
much to live i But an happy death will make an end of all our woes and 
hmi ; 
b .Arnam fm- 
pdhhlcuZ 
ditsvindiam 
hurts, avaJul 
opes, mUesra- 
dimes &M- 
* feneca mfm 
non ad eft 5 cum 
Veft*tmSnof 
ioi fumus. 
■\ Bernard.e.5 . 
fvumvheri 
pceaa, anguftia 
™piatoApoL 
Socmis. Sed 
the atm 6&c 
c 'toniefoad ' 
fatiemm, 
e di, non eft ex~ 
delicias few™, 
fßern/c. 3.’ 
med. Pc tantii- 
tamam volup- 
taiem quam 
Tuetmmrs 
piorum felix 
tr an ftp us dt fa- 
tmmtdftxpl 
elatione ad 
preemhm, de a- 
gone a ravi- 
t Vaticanus 
vita ejus. 
Omnibus una meis certa medela malis • 
Whyfhouldeft not thou then fay with old Simeon , fince thou art fo well 
a/Fe&ed, Lord, now let thy fervant depart in peace: or with Paul, I deire to be 
difolved, and to be with chrifl < Beata mors qua ad beatam vitam aditum ape~ 
riu 'cis a blefled hour that leads us to a d bleffed life*, and bldTed are they 
that,dye.in the Lord, But life is fweet,and death is not fo terrible in it felf 
as the concomitants of it, a Joathfome difeafespain, horrour,&c. arid many 
times the manner of it, to be hanged, to be broken on the wheel, to be 
bwned alive, t Servet us the heretick,that fuffered in Geneva, when he was 
brought to the flake, and faw the executioner come with fire in his handy 
homovijoigne tam horrendum exclamavit, ut nniverfumpopulumperterrefe- 
cerit y roared fo loud, that hee terrified the people. An old Stoick would 
have; (corned this. It troubles fome to be unburied, or fo: Parc 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies againfl Vifcontents. 
Memb. 5. 
non te optima mater 
Condet humi, patriove onerabit membra fepnlchro 5 
tAlitibus Unguere feris, & gurgite merfum 
Unda feret, piftefq*, impafli vulnera lambent: 
Thy gentle Parents fhall not bury thee, 
Amongft thine Anceftors entomb’d to be, 
But feral fowl thy carcafs fhall devour, 
Or drowntd corps hungry fifli maws fhall fcour. . 
As Socrates told Crito, it concerns mee not what is done with race when I 
am deadiFacilts jatfura fepulchrul care not fo long as I feel it not-,let them 
fet mine head on the pike ot Teneriffa, and my quarters in the four parts 
of the world, Fafcam Ucet in cruce corvos, * 
let Wolves or Bears devour mee 5 
c Carlo tegitur qui non habet urnam , 
6 Lue. 
The Canopy of heaven covers iiim that hath no tomb.So likewife for our 
friends,why fhould their departure fo much trouble us? They are better as 
we hope, and for what then doft thou lament, as thofe do whom Paul tax- 
ed in his time,l that have no hope< Tis fit there fhould be fome 
folemnity.* f Sed Jepelire decet defunffum, f eft ore forti, 
Conflantes, unumq-, diem fletui indulgentes, 
ffobs friends faid not a word to him the firft feven dales, but let forrow 
and difcontent take their courfe, themfelves fitting fad and filent by him. 
When ffupiter himfelf wept for Sarpedon, what eife did the Poet infinit- 
ate, but that fome forrow is good? 
* £uis matrem nifl mentis inops in funere nati 
Flere vetat < who can blame a tender mother, if (he 
weep for her childrenfßefide,as f Plutarch holds,’tis not in our power not 
to lament. Indolentia non cuivis contingit, it takes away mercy and pitty, 
not to be fad5 'cis a natural pafiion to weep for our friends, an irrefiftible 
paffion to lament and grieve./ know not how(faith Sensed) hut fometimes *tis 
good to he miferahle in mifery: and for the moft part all grief evacuates it felf 
hy tears, f efl quadam flere voluptas. 
Expletur lachrymis egeritur q-, dolor: 
yet after a dates mourning or two, comfort thy felf for thy heavinefs, Ecclef.3B. 
x 7. f Non decet defunflum ignavo quajiuprofequiftms Germamcus’s advice 
of old, that we fhould not dwell too long upon our paffions, to be defpe* 
rately fad, immoderate grievers, to let them tyrannize, there’s Molenti* 
*rs, a medium to be kept: we do not (faith * Anfliri\forbid men to grieve, 
but to grieve overmuch, iforhtdnot a man to he angry ,but I ask for what caufe 
he is fo? Not to be fad,hut why is hefad,>. Not to fear,hut wherefore is he afraid? 
I require a moderation, as well as a juft reafon. t The Romans and molt cr- 
vil Commonwealths have fet a time to fuch folemnitieS, they rauft not 
*hourn after a fet day,or if in a family a childe be horn,adaughter or [on mar- 
rled, fome flate or honour he conferred, a brother be redeemed from his bands, a 
jrtendfrom his enemies, or the like, they muft lament no more. And ’tis nt 
n; ihouid be fO. to what end is all their funeral pomp , complaints ana 
tears. When Socrates was dying, his friends Apollodorus and Crito vvifh ome 
others, were weeping by him, which hee perceiving, asked them w lat 
ey meant: % for that very caufe hee put all the women out of the room, upon 
fII,?. Hmtr. 
* Ovid. 
t £onfol. ad A- 
pdon. Non eft . 
Ubertate noftra 
pefitum non do - 
lere m’fericor- 
di am abolet y 
&c. 
tOvid. q.Trifi, 
t Tacitus hb. 4. 
* Lib.9. cap. 9. 
de chit ate Dei, 
2'(on quaro cum 
irafcatur fed 
cm non utnm 
jit triflis fed 
unde,non utnm 
time at, fed quid 
timeat. ' ; 
t F eft us verba 
minuitur. Lu~ 
ftui dies indi- 
cebatur cum 
liberi rt 'fcitn- 
tur, cm fra- , 
ter abit, amicus 
abbofpite cap- 
tivus domum 
redeat, pueUa 
dejponfetur. 
% Ob hanc cau- 
fam mulieres 
ablegaram ne j 
talia facerent ■ 
ttos hac audien- 
tes erubuimus ; 
& deftitimus a 
lachrymis. Part 2,-SeCb 3, 
Cure of cJMelancholy. 
Memb. 5. 
which words of his they were abaft)ed, and ceafcd fnm their tears, Lcdcvicus 
Corteftus, a rich Lawyer of Padua (as t Bern ardinus Scar decnius relates) 
commanded by his laft will, and a great mulCt if otherwife,to his heir,that 
no funeral Ihould be kept for him, no man Ihould lamentr But as at a wed- 
ing, mulick and minftrels to be and inftead of black 
he took order, * that twelve Virgins clad in green fhculd carry him to the 
ChurchMxs will and teftament was accordingly performed, and he buried 
in S. Sophies Church. h Tully was much grieved for his daughter Tulliola s 
death at firft, until fuch time that he had confirmed his mind with fome 
Philofophical precepts, 1 then het began to triumph over fortune and grief, 
and for her reception into Heaven, to bee much more joyed than before hee was 
troubled for her lofs. If an Heathen man could fo fortifie himfelf from 
Philofophy, what (hall a Chriftian from Divinity? Why doft thou fa 
macerate thy felf ? Tis an inevitable chance, the firft ftatute in OHagna 
Charta, an everlafting ACt of Parliament, all muft f die. 
t Lib.i. claff.Z% 
dc clarif. Jurif- 1 
confultis Fata- ■ 
vinis. 
* i a.Innupta 
paella ami eta 
viridibus pan- 
nis, &e. 
h Lib. de tonfol. 
iPraceptis phi- 
lofophia confir- 
matas adverfus 
omnem fortuna 
vim, & te con- 
fleor at a in cee- 
lumque recepta,, 
tanta affefius 
latitia fum ac 
voluptate,quan- 
tam animo ca- 
pere pojflum, ac 
exult are plane 
mihi videor,vi- 
Borq\ de omni 
dolore & fortu- 
na triumphare. 
t Ut lignum u- 
vi natum, arifia 
fecari,fic homi- 
nes mori. 
k Boetb.iib. %. 
met. 3. 
■f Booth, 
i Nic. Henflel. 
Breflagr.fol.47. 
w Twenty then 
prefcnc. 
n To Magda- 
len the daugh- 
ter of Charles 
the feventhof 
France. 
Obeunt nociefl- 
qne dicfque}&c 
* 'Affixiorum 
vegio funditus 
deleta. 
t Omnium quas 
unquam Sol af. 
pexit urbium 
maxima. 
* Ovid. 
f Arcad.lib. 8. 
k Conpat aterna poptumq3 lege eft. 
Ut conflet genitum mini, 
It cannot be revoked, we are all mortal, and thefe all-commanding gods 
and Princes die like men: t involvit humile pariter & celfum caput, *~ 
quatque fummis infima. 0 weak condition of humane eft ate, Sylvius exclaims t 
' Ladiflaus King of Bohemia,lB. years of age* in the flower of his youth,!© 
potent, rich,fortunate and happy,in the midft of all his friends,amongft ft> 
many m Phyficians, now ready to be" married , in 36 hours fickned and 
died. We muft fo be gone fooner or later all, and as Calliopem in the Co- 
medy took his leave of his Spectators and Auditors, 
Vos valete & plaudite, Calliopetus recenfui, 
muft we bid the world farewel, (Exit Calliopeius) and having now plaid 
our parts, for ever be gone. Tombs and monuments have the like fatey 
data funt ipfis quoque fata fepalchris, Kingdomes, Provinces, Towns and Ci- 
ties have their periods, and are confumcd. In thole flourilhing times of 
Troy, Mycen* was the faireft City in Greece, Gracia cunft* imperitabat, bus 
it alas, and that * Affyrian Ninive are quite overthrown: The like fate hath 
that Egyptian and Pwotian Thebes3 Delos, commune Gracia conciliabulum,i\\Q 
common council-houfe of Greece, t and Babylon the greateft City that e- 
ver the Sun lhoneort3 hath now nothing but walls, and rubbilh left* 
* ffluid Pandioni*, repat nip nomen Athena ? 
Thus t Paufanias complained in his times. And where is Troy it felf now, 
Perfepolis, Carthage, Cilicum, Sparta, and all thofe Grecian Cities C 
Syracufe and Agrigentum,the faireft Towns in J/V/7y3 which had fometimes 
700000 inhabitants, are now decayed: the names of Bier on, Empedocles y 
&c, of thole mighty numbers of people, onely left. One Anacharps is re- 
membred amongft the Scythians5 the world it felf limit have an end* And 
every part of it, C*ter* igitur urbes fant mortales ,as Peter t Gilliuscon- 
eludes of Constantinople, h*c fane quamdiu erunt homines, futura mihi vide- 
tur immortalisy but 'tis notfo: nor lite, nor ftrength, nor Sea, nor land, can 
vindicate a City, but it and all muft vanilh at laft. And as to a traveller, 
great mountains feem plains afar ofF,at laft are not difeerned at ali3 Cities» 
men, monuments, decay. 
I Vrxfat. To- 
pogr. Confianti~ 
nop. Parc 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies againfl Difcontents, 
Me mb. 5, 
Nec folidis prodeft fua machina terris, the names are 
onely left, thofe at length forgotten, and arc involved in perpetual night. 
° Returning cut of Afia, when 1 fled from </Bgina toward Megara,! began 
f faith Servius Sulpitinsym a confolatory Epiftle of his to Tully) to view the 
Country round about. was behinde mee, Megara before, Pyraeus on the 
right hand, Corinth on the left, what fleurifhing Towns heretofore, new pro- 
ftrate and overwhelmed before mine eyes < 1 began to think with my fetf Al&'y 
why are wee men fo much difquieted with the departure of a whofe life is 
much fhorter < p When fo many goodly Cities lye buried before us. Remember 0 
Servius, thou art a man$ and with that 1 was much confirmed, and cone Bed 
myfelf Corrcd then likewife, and comfort thy felf in this, that wc mutt 
neceflarily dye, and all dye, that we fhall rife again: as Tully held: fucun- 
diorq\ multo congrejjus nofter futurus, quam infuavis dr acerbus digrejjus, 
Our fccond meeting fhall bee much more pleafant, than our departure 
was grievous. 
0 Epifi. Tull. 
hb. 3. 
p Quum tot ep- 
piderim cada- 
vera ante ocu- 
los projefta ja- 
cent. 
I but hee was my moft dear and loving friend, ray foie friend, 
t £uis deftderio fit pudor ant modus 
Tam chart capitis 1 And who can blame my me i 
Thou mayeft be afhamed, I fay with * Senecafto confefs it\in fuch 'axtem~ 
pefi as this to have bat one anchor, go feek another *, and for his part thou 
doft him great injury to defire his longer life. {Wilt thou have him crazed 
andftckly ttiU> like a tired traveller, that comes weary to his Inn, begin 
his journey afrefh, or to bee freed from his mifenes ? thou hafl more need re- 
joyce that hee is gone m Another complains of a moft fwfct wife, a young 
wife. Nondum fufiller at flavum Proferpna ennem, fuch a wife as no mor- 
tal man ever had, fo good a wife, but fhee is now dead and gone, lethao- 
que jacet conditafarcophago, I reply to him in Seneca*S words, if fuch a 
woman at leaft ever was to be had, * Bee did either fo finde, or make her* if 
he found her, he may as happily finde another 5 if he made her, as Critobulus in 
Xenophon did by his, hee may as good cheap inform another, & bona 
tam fequitur, quam bona prima fuit $ hee need not defpair , fo long as 
the fame Matter is to bee had. But was fliee good < Had dice been fo 
tried peradventure as that Bphefian widow in Petronius, by fome fwagger- 
ing fouidier, fhee might not have held out. Many a man would have been 
willingly rid of his: before thdb waft bound, now thou art free 5 u and 
*tis but a folly to love thy fetters y though they bee of gold. Come into a third 
place , you fhall have an aged Father fighing for a Son, a pretty 
Childe 5 
t Bor Jib. 1. 
24, 
1 Dc remed. 
fort mt, 
r Erubefce tan- 
ta tempefiate 
quod ad umm 
anchor am (ta- 
las. 
f V~ts agru:n)&3 
morbidum, fi- 
tibundum—— 
ffl/sak potius 
quod his malts 
liberatus jit, 
1 Uxorem bo- 
mm aut tnve- 
wfi'h autficfe- 
cifli, fi invent- 
rkjdiam babe- 
retepojfe ex 
hoc intelliga- 
mus: fi feceris \ 
bene fieres, fal- 
vus efl artifex. 
H Stulti eft com- 
pedei licet au- 
reas amarc. 
t Hor. 
t Impube petitis-quale vcl impia 
Thracum fetiora» 
Hee now lyes afleep, 
Would make an impious Thracian weep. 
Or fome fine daughter that died young, ‘Hendum experta nevi gaudia pri- 
foa teri, Or a forlorn fon Fot his decealed Father. But why i Prior exiit, 
frior intravit, hee came firft, and hee muft go firft. *Tu fruftra pfus, hen 
&c. What, wouldcft thou have the Laws of nature altered, and him to 
live alwaies f pfulius Cafar, Augufius, Alcibiades, Galen, o 
their Fathers young. And why on the other fide fhouldeft thou 
vily take the death of thy little fon £ 
* Her. lib. i: 
Od. 14. Pare 2. Se£h 3. 
Cure of cjMelanchoiy. 
Memb. 5. 
* Num quia nee fato, merit a nec merte peribat , 
Sed mtfer ante diem thee died before his time per- 
haps, not yet come to the folfticeof hi^age, yet, was hee not mortal .? 
Hear that divine * Epißetus, If thou covet thy wife, friends, children, jhould 
live alwaies, thou art a fool, Hee was a fine childe indeed, Dignus Apollineis 
lachrymis, a Tweet, a loving, a fair, a witty childe., of great hope, another 
Eteoneus, whom Pindarus the Poet, and Ariftides the Rhetorician fo much 
lament 5 but who can tell whether hee would have been an honeft man ? 
Hee might have proved a theef, a rogue, a fpendthrift, a difobedient Ton, 
vexed and galled thee more than all the world befide, hee might have 
wrangled with thee and difagreed, or with his brothers, as Eteocles and 
Polynices, and broke thy heart; hee is now gone to eternity as another Cla- 
nymede, in the x flower of his youth, as if he had rife»y faith * Plutarch, from 
the midtt of a feaft, before he was drunk, the longer he had lived, the mrfe 
he would have been, & quo vita longior (Jmbrofe thinks) culpa numerofm, 
more finful, more to anfwer he would have had. If he was nought, thou 
may eft be glad he is gone; if good, bee glad thou hadft fuch a lon. Or3 
art thou fare he was good ? It may be he was an hypocrite as many are, 
and howfoever hee fpakc tfiee fair, peradventure hee prayed amongft the 
reft that Icaro-Menippus heard at efupiters whifpering place in Lucian , for 
his Fathers death,becaufc he now kept him {bore, he was to inherit much 
goods, and many fair Manors after his deceafe. Or put cafe he was very 
good, fuppofe the heft-, may not thy dead Ton expottulate with thee , as 
he did in the fame * Lucian, Why doji thou lament my death, or callmee wife- 
rable that am much more happy than thy felfi what misfortune is befallen me * 
Js it becaufc lam not baßd,crooked)old,rotten, as thou art ? What have 1 loft* 
forne of your good shear, gay cloths, mufick, finging, dancing, kiftng, merry 
meetings, thalami lubentias, &c., is that it ? Is it net much better not to hun- 
ger at all than to eat'l not to thirft than to drink to fat is fie thirfi ? not to be cold 
than to put on clothes to drive away cold f Tou had more need rejoyce that 1 am 
freed from difeafes,agues, cares, anxieties,livor, love, covetoufnef, hatred, en- 
vy, malice, that 1 fear no more theeves, tyrants,, enemies, as you do, 
f id cinerem & manes credis curare fepultos f 
Do they concern us at all, think you, when we are once dead.? Condok 
not others then overmuch, wifti not or their death. 
* Vir. 4, ri. 
* Cap. xy. Si id 
pedes ut uxor, ' 
amici 9 libcri 
perpetua vi- 
vam, (tuitas es, 
* Deus quos 
diligit juvem* 
ripit. 'Menan. 
yConfel. adA- 
pol Apollonius 
filus mas in 
fo re, decepit, 
ante ms ad <e- 
mnitatem di- 
greffas, Un- 
quam e convi- 
vi s abiens, pri- 
ufqitam in er- 
rorem aliqunm 
e temulentia, 
incideret,qua- 
les in longa fc- 
meoid accidere 
f olent. 
2 Tmn. z. TraSt. 
deluCl». £)uid 
me mortuum 
mi ferum vocas, 
qui te fum 
multo felicior ? 
aut quii acerbi 
ffjih'. putas con- 
tigijfe? an quia 
non. fum malas 
fcuex, ut tu fa- 
cit rugpfus, in- 
curvus, &c. 
O demeat, quid 
tibi*videtur in 
vita boni ? ni- 
mirum amici- 
tias, ccenas, 
&c. 
Longe melius 
mn e furire 
quam edere; 
non fitire,&c. 
Gaude potius 
quod morbos 
& febres effu- 
gerim, ango- 
rem animi, 
* Summum nec optes diem nec metum ; ’cis to no purpofe* 
Excefti e vita arumnis facility', luhentyue^ 
Ne pejora ipfd morte dehinc videam, 
I left this irkfome life with all mine heart. 
Left worfe than death ftiould happen to my part. 
&c. 
Ejulatus quw 
prodefl, quid 
iachrymte, &C. 
t Virgil. 
* Bor. 
t Chytreus de- 
liciis Emf*. 
t Cardinal Brundupms caufed this Epitaph in Rome to bee infcribed on 
his tomb, to {hew his willingnefs to dye, and tax thofe that were fo 
loath to depart. Weep and howl no more then, ’tis to fmall purpofej 
and asTully adviieth us in the like coSe,Non qnos amifimfts,fid quantum luge- 
re far fit cogitemus .• Think what we do,not whom we have loft. So ‘David 
did) 2 Sdm »22 *While the child? was yet alive, I fafted and wept, hut being now 
dead,why jhonld if aft f Can 1 bring him again f 1 jhallgo to himJuf he cannot Part 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies againfl Difcontents, 
Memb. 
return to mee.He that doth otherwile is an intemperate, a weak, a idly,and 
undifcrcet man. Though' Ariftotle deny any part of intemperance to bee 
converfant about forrowj am ot*S enecas that is wife,is temperate, 
and he that is temperate,is cenftant,free from paftion,and he that is fuch a one,is 
without forrow: as all wife men fhoiild be. The a Thracians wept ffill when a 
childe was born, feafted and made mirth when any man was buried: and 
fo fliould we, rather be glad for fuch as dye well, that they are fo happily 
freed from the miferies of this life., When Eteoneus that noble young 
Greek was fo generally lamented by his friends, Pindarw the Poet feigns 
iome god faying, Silete homines, non enimtnifer eft, &c. bee quiet good 
folks, this young man is not fo miferable as you thinks hec is neither gone 
to Styx nor Acheron, fedgloriofus & fenii expers heros, hee lives for ever in 
the Elifian fields. Hee now injoyes that happinefs, which your great 
Kings fo earneftly feek, and wears that garland for which ye contend. If 
our prefent weaknefs is fuch, we cannot moderate our paflions in this be- 
half, wee muft divert them by all means,by doing fomething elfe, think- 
ing of another fubje<sl. The Italians moft part deep away care and grief, 
if it unfeafonably feize upon them, Danes, Dutchmen, Polanders, and Bohe- 
mi this drink it down, our Country-men go to playes: do fomething or 
it not tranfpofe thee,orby b premeditation make fuch accidents fa- 
miliar, asUlyftes, that wept for his dog, but not for his wife, quod paratus 
tffet ammo ohprmato, (Plut, de amm. tranq.)accuftome thy felf, and harden 
before-hand by feeing other mens calamities, and applying them to, thy 
prefent eftate; . ■ 
* Epi(t. Bj, 
a Sardus ds 
mor. Gen, 
b Vrmcdiu- 
tione facilem 
■reddere 
cafm.Vlu.tar~ 
thus confolatio' 
ne ad Apolloni- 
um. Afmface- 
re not cafibus 
debemus. Tul. 
lib.s. Tufculan. 
quxft. 
1 Cap. 8. Si ol- 
lam diligas, 
memento te ol- 
lam diligere, 
non perturba- 
beris ed con- 
futing fifili- 
um aut uxor cmy 
memento homi- 
nem d te di/igi, 
&c, 
* Seneca. 
«Boeth. lib, I, 
prof. 4. 
Pr£vifumefl levius quod fuit ante malum. 
I will conclude with f Epteietus, J/ thouloveft a pot, remember fis hut a pot 
then love ft, and thou rvilt not be troubled when ’tis broken: if thou loveji a fon 
fir wife, remember they were mortal, and thou wtlt not be fo impatient, And for 
falfe fears, and all other fortuite inconveniences, mifchances, calamities, to 
refift and prepare our felves, not to faint is beft 5 * Stultum eft timere quod 
vitari non poteft, 'tis a folly to fear that which cannot be avoided, or to be 
difeouraged at all. 
‘ Islam quifquis trefidus pavet vel optat. 
Abjecit clypeum, locoq5 motus 
He Hit qua valeat trahi catenam. 
Tor hec that fo faints or fears, and yeelds to his paflion, flings away his 
own weapons, makes a cord to binde himfelf, and pulls a beam upon his 
own head. 
xAgainft Envy, Livor, Emulation, Hatred, Ambition , 
Self-love, and all other affeflions* 
Mb mb. 6, 
thofe other apaffions and afFe&ions, there is no better 
remedy , than as Mariners when they go to Sea, provide all 
things neceftary to refill a tempeft • to furqtfh our felves with 
and Divine Precepts, other mens examples, t Pericu- 
um ex aliis facere, fibi quod ex ufu fiet: To ballance our hearts with love, 
chanty, meeknefs, patience, and counterpoife thofe irregular motions 
or envy, livor, fpleen, hatred, with their oppofite virtues, as wee en 
a CiOOtted ftaiT another way, to oppofc fufferanee to labour, patience jo 
d G)ul lavidi • 
am ferre non 
psteft , fare 
contemptum co- 
gitur. 
t Ter. Hem; 
font. Parc 2. Sed. 3. 
Cure of CMelancholy, 
Memb. 6. 
reproach t> bounty to covetoufnefs,fortitude to pufillanimity,meeknefs to 
anger, humility to pride, to examine our felves for what caufe we are fo 
much difquieted,on what ground,what occafion3is it juft or feigned? And 
£hen either to pacific our felves by reafon, to divert by feme other object, 
contrary paffion or premeditation, t Meditari fecum oportet quo p aft oadv er- 
&rumnam ferat, ferula, damn a,e x ilia ,p er etgr e rediens femper cogitet. Aut 
filii pecca*um. aut uxoris mortem, aut morbum p liat} communia cffe hac : fieri 
poffe, ut ne quid animo fit novum. To make them familiar, even all kinde of 
calamities, that when they happen, they may be lefs troublefome unto 
us, In fecundis meditare,quo paftoferas adverfat, or out of mature judge- 
ment to avoid the effed, or difannul the caufe, as they do that are trou- 
bled with toothach, pull them quite out, 
I Ipi fictus c. 
14 Si labor ob- 
jefins fuerit to- 
lev antici convi- 
cium patientia, 
&c. ft ita con- 
fueveris, vitiis 
non. obtempera- 
bis. 
f Ter. Thor. 
t Alciat, Embl. 
-j- Ut vivat caftor, phi tefles amputat ipfe 5 
Tu quoque fiqua nocent} abjice, tutus eris, 
The Beaver bites ofFs (tones to fave the reft .* 
Do thou the like with that thou art oppreft. 
Or as they that play at wafters,exercife themfelves by a few cudgels, how 
to avoid an enemies blows: let us arm our felves againft all fuch violent 
incurfions, which may invade our minds. A little experience and pradice 
will inure us to it-, vetula vulpes, as the Proverb faith, laqueo haud capitur : 
an old Fox is not foeafily taken in a fnare: an old fouldier in the world 
me thinks fhould not be but ready to receive all fortunes, en- 
counters, and with that rcfolute Captain, come what may come, to make 
anfwer ——— * non ulla laborum 
* Vtrs. otu. 
0 virgo nova mi facies mopinaque fur git t 
Omnia percepi animo meemi ante peregi* 
Ko labour comes at unawares to mee, 
For I have long before call what may bee, 
-—non hoc primum mea pectora vulnus 
Sen ferunt, praviora tuli 
It.chytreus 
deliciis Euro- 
fa. Felix civi- 
tas qua tempo- 
re pacis de bel- 
le cogitat. 
The Common-wealth of f in their Armory have this infcription 
Happy is that Cityywhich in time of peace thinks a fit Motto for every 
mans private houfe, happy is the man that provides for a future afTault. 
But many times we complain, repine and mutter without a.caufe, we give 
way to paffions, we may refift, and will not. Socrates was bad by nature, 
envious, as he confefled to Zopirus the Phyfiognomer, accufibg him of it, 
froward and lafcivious: but as he was Socrates, hee did corred and amend 
himfelt.Thou art malicious,enviousscovetons,impatientsno doubt, and la- 
fcivious,yct as thou art aChriftian,corred & moderate thy felfdTis fome- 
thing, 1 confefs, and able to move any man, to fee himfelf contemned,ob- 
undervalued,dleft behinde^fome cannot endure 
it, no not conftant a man difcreet otherwife,yet too weak and paf. 
fionate in this, as his words exprefs,c collegas oltmy quos ego fine fremitu nop 
intueor, nuper terreo flios, nunc Macenates & Agrippas habeo, fummo jam 
monte pomes. But he was much to blame for it-, to a wife ftaid man this is 
nothing, wee cannot all be honoured and rich, all cafarss if wee will bee 
content, our prefent ftate is goody and in fome mens opinion to be prefer- 
red. Let them go on, get wealth, offices, titles, preferments, 
and what they will therafelves, by chance, fraud, impofture, £mony,and 
4 Occupet ex- 
tremum fcabi- 
mihi turpe 
relinqui eft. 
Bor. 
c Lipfius epiH. 
quafi. 1.1. ep. 7. Part 2. Sedi. 5» 
Remedies againfl Dijcontents, 
Mcmb. 6. 
indirect means, as too many do, by bribery, flattery, and parafitical ia- 
finuation, by impudence, and time-ferving , let them climb up to 
vancement,in defpite of virtue, let before, crofmee on every fide, 
fme non offendunt modo non in oculos incurrant, as hee laid, correcting h;s 
former errour, they do not offend mee, fo long as they run not into mine 
eyes. I am inglorious and poor, compofita paupertate, but I live fecureand 
quiet: they are dignified, have great means, pomp and ftate, they ar* 
glorious; but what have they with it i s Envy,trouble, anxiety, as much 
labour to maintain their place with credit, as to get it at firfl. lam contented 
with my fortunes, fp eclat or e longinquo, and love Neptunum procul a terra 
fi>e flarefurentem: hee is ambitious , and not fatisfied with his: but what 
gets hee by it f to have all his life laid open, his reproachesffen ; not one of a 
thoufand, but he hath done more worthy of difpratfe and animadverfion, than 
commendation*, no better means to help this, than to be private. Let them run, 
ride, ftrive as fo many fiflies for a crutn, {crape, clirab,catch, fnatch,cozen, 
collogue, temporize and flcer,take allamongft them,wealthshonour, ’ and 
get what they can, it offends mee not: k me mea tellm 
Larefecreto tutoq; tegat, I am well pleafed with my fortunes, 
\ Vivo & regno fimul ifta relinquens• 1 have learned in 
* Lip fins epifi. 
lib. i. epifi. 7. 
S Gloria comi- 
tem habet invi- 
diam.p rri onere 
picmtur reti- 
nendo ac acqui- 
rendo. 
h fintid aliud t 
ambitiofiis (ibi 
parat quam ut : 
probra ejus pa- 
teant? nemo vi- 
vens qui non 
habet in vita, 
plura vitupe- 
ratione quam 
laude digna-fiis 
malk non meli- 
us occurritur , 
-quam fi bene 
latueris. 
1 Et omnes fa- 
ma per urbes 
garrula laudet, 
k Sen. Her. fur.. 
1 Hor, 
whatfate foever I am, therewith to be contented, Phil. i. 11. Come what can 
come, I am prepared, Nave ferar magna an parva, ferar unus & idem, I am 
the fame. I was once fo mad to busfle abroad, and feek about for prefer- 
ment, tire my felf, and trouble all my friends, Jed nihil labor tantus pro- 
fee it $ nam dum alios amicorum mors avocat, aliis ignotus fum, his invifus, alii 
Urge promittunt.winter cedunt iUimecum [oliciti, hi vana fpe la flant• dum alios 
ambio, hos capto, illis innotefcof at as perit, anni defluunt, amicifatigantur ,ego 
def °,rer. &jam, mundi tnfus, human&q*, fatur infidelitatis acquiefeo. And fo I 
fay ftiiJ. although I may not deny, but that I have had fome f bountiful 
patrons, and noble benefactors, nefim interim ingratus , and I do thank- 
fully acknowledge it, I have received forae kindnefs, quod idem illis bene 
fictum rependat yft non pro votis, fortaffe pro mentis, more per adventure than 
I deferve, though not to my defire, more of them than I did expert, yet 
not of others to ray defert; neither am I ambitious or covetous, all this 
while, or a Suffenus to my felf; what I have faid , without prejudice or 
alteration fiiali ftand. And now as a mired horfe that toggles atfirft 
with all his might and main to get out, but when hee fees no remedy, that 
his beating will not ferve, lies ftiil, I have laboured in vain, reft fatisfied, 
and if I n*ay ufurp that of t Frudentius, 
f The right ho- 
nourable Lady 
Franck Coun- 
tcfs Dowagec 
of Exeter. 
The Lord 
Berkley, 
t Vrfichon <■- 
jus in militent 
Christianum & 
Greeco. 
Engraven nn 
the tomb of 
Fr. Paeci/ts the 
Florentine in 
Form, chytreHi 
\n deliffk. 
inveniportum-, /pes & fort hm valete 9 
Nil mihi vobifeum, ludite nunc altos. 
Mine Haven’s founds fortune and hope adieu, 
Mock others now, for I have done with you. Part 2. Sedt. 3. 
Cure of CMelancholy, 
Memb. 7. 
Mb mb, 7, 
v4gdnfl %epulfe, Injuries, Contempts, Di[graces, 
Contumelies, Slanders, Scoffs, &c. 
Repulfe. 
m fiaderatus in 
500 Lacedamo- 
niorum nume- 
rum non elefit us 
rifit, gratulari 
fe dicens civi- 
tatem habere 
300 cives fe 
meliores. 
"Kilting goes 
by favour, 
* sAneas Syl. 
de mfer.cmal. 
Dantur honores 
in curiis non 
fecundum hono- 
res & virtutes, 
fed ut quifque 
ditior eft atque 
potemor,eo ma- 
gis honoratur. 
-f- sefellius lib. 
2,. de repub. 
Callorum. Fa- 
vore apud nos 
& gratia ple- 
rumque res agi- 
tur,& quicom ~ 
modum aliquem 
nafti funt in- 
terce ff orem, a- 
not yet think to appeafe paffions, or quiet the 
mind, till fuch time as I have likewife removed fome other 
°^t^ie,r mole eminent and ordinary caufes , which produce 
fo grievous tortures and difeontents .* to divert all I can- 
not hope $ to point alone at Tome few of the chicfeft, is 
that which I aim at. 
Mepulfe and dtfgrace are two main caufes of difeontent, but to an under-* 
Handing man not fo hardly to be taken. Cafar himfelf hath been denied, 
nl and when two Hand equal in fortune,birth, and all other qualities alike, 
one of neceffity muft lofe. Why Ihouldeft thou take it fo grievoufly f It 
hath been a familiar thing for thee thy felf to deny others. If every man 
might have what he would, we Ihould all be deified, Emperours, Kings, 
Princes*, if whatfoever vain hope fuggefts, unfatiable appetite afFe&s, our 
prepollerous judgement thinks fit, were granted, we Ihould have another 
Chaos in an inflant, a mecr confufion* It is lome fatisfadlion to him that 
is repelled,that dignities, honours, offices, are not alwaies given by defert 
or worth, but for love, affinity, friendlliip, afledlion, n great mens letters > 
or as commonly they are bought and fold. * Honours m Court are bedew- 
ed, not according to mens virtues and good conditions fas an old Courtier ob- 
ferves) but as every man hath means, or more potent friends fo he is preferred* 
With us in France (t for fo their own Country-men relates) moftpart the 
matter is carried by a favour and grace-, hee that can get a great man to be his 
mediat our, runs away with ad the preferment. Indgmftmus plerumque pro- 
fertur, Vatinius C atom,illaudatus Uitd'akfimo; ■> * 
ditum fere ha- • 
bent ad omnes 
prafelturas. 
* Imperitus pe- 
riti munus oc- 
cupat, &fca~ 
fud vulgus ha- 
betur. lUe profi- 
tetur mille co- 
ronatis, cum 
nec decem me- 
reatur; alius e 
diver fo mille 
dignus, vix de- 
cem csnfequi 
ptefl. 
f Epifi, dedte. 
difjmt, Zeubko 
:Bondemntio, 
& Cofmo 
cclaio. 
f JQuum Is qui 
regnat, & reg- 
nandi fit impe- 
ritus. 
* lab. zi. hi fi, 
t Miniflri lo- 
cupletiores funt 
iis quibus mk 
w(iratnr% 
—dominantur- a folii -/ 
Ornantur phaleris, dephderantur equi. 
An illiterate fool {its ia amans feat, and the common people hold him 
learned, grave and wife : Oneprof effeth{*Cardan well notes)for a theufand 
Crowns, but hee deferves not ten, when as hee that deferves a thou fond can- 
not get ten. Solarium non dat rmdtis falem. As good horfes draw in Carts, 
as Coaches. And oftentimes, which Machiavel feconds, f Principes non 
font qui ob infignem virtutemprincipatu digni ftmfi, hee that israoft worthy, 
wants imployment* hee that hath skill to bee a Pilot, wants a Ship* and 
hee that could govern a Commonwealth > -i world it fePf > a King in 
conceit, wants means to exercife his worth , hath not a poor office to 
manage. And yet all this while hee is a better man that is fit to reign, et- 
fi ca/eat regno, though hee want a Kingdome, f than hee that hath one , and 
knows not how to rule h $ A Lion lerves not alwaies his Keeper, but of- 
tentimes the Keeper the Lion, and as * Polydore Vtrgil\\ath it, multi reges 
ut pupilli ob infatiam non regunt,fed reguntur.Bier on of Syracufe was a brave 
Kings hut wanted a of Mucedon had nothing of a King? 
but the bare name and title, for hee could not govern it: fo great places 
arc often ill bellowed, worthy peefons unrefpe&ed. Many times too the 
fervants have more means, than the Mailer# whom they ferve, which 
t Epifletus counts an eye:fore;and inconvenieijt.But who can help it? It is  2. Sedi. 3. 
Remedies again fi Di[corn e ms. 
Mcmb. 7. 
an ordinary thing in thefe daies to fee a bafe impudent afle, illiterate, nn- 
worthy, infufficient, to be preferred before his betters,becaufe he can put 
himfelf forward, bccaufe hee looks big, can busfle in the world, hath a 
fairoutfide, can temporize, collogue, infinuate, or hath good ftor£ of 
friends and mony, whereas a more difcreec, modeft, and better deferving 
manfhall lye hid, or have a repulle. ’Twtas Co of old, and ever will be,and 
which Ttrefias advifed Ulyjfes in the f Poet, 
Acapt qua ratione queas di teJeer e, &c, 
is (till in lye, flatter and diffemble: If not, as hee concludes, 
f Hor. lib. 2,, 
Sat. 5. 
Ergo pauper eris, then go like a begger as thou art. Erafmus, Me- 
Ltpfus, Budaus, Cardan, liv’d and died poor. Cefrier was a filly 
old man, baculo innixus, amongft all thofe huffing Cardinals, fwelling Bi- 
ihops, that flourished in his time , and rode on foot-clothes. It is not 
honefty, learning, worth, wiidome, that prefers men. The race is not to the 
the battel to the flrong, but as the wife man faid, 0 Chance, and 
fometimes a ridiculous chance. * ridiculus multos elevavit» 
’Tis fortunes doings, as they fay, which made Brutus now dying exclaim, 
O mifera virtus, ergo nihil quam verba eras, atqut ego te tanquam rem exerce- 
bam, fed tu ferviebas fortuna. Beleevcit hereafter, O my friends 1 Virtue 
ferves fortune. Yet be not difeouraged (O my well-deferving fpirits)with 
this which I have faid, it may be otherwife,though feldome I confefs, yet 
fometimes it is.But to your further content,He tell you af tale.ln Moronia 
fia,or Moronia falix, I know not whether, nor how long fince.nor in what 
Cathedral Church, a fat Prebend fell void: The carcafs fcaree cold j 
many fuitors were up in an inflant. The firfl had rich friends,a good purfe, 
and he was refolved to out-bid any man before he would lofe it, every 
manfuppofed hee fliould carry it. Thefccond was ray Lord Biihops 
Chaplain (in whofe gift it was) and he thought it his due to have it. The 
third was nobly born, and he meant to get it by his great parents,patrons, 
and allies, The fourth flood Upon his worth, hee had newly found out 
0 Solemn Ec- 
clef 9. ii . 
* Sat. Menip, 
t Tale quid c[t 
apud Valent: 
/Indvam Apo- 
log. mamp. f. 
apol: 3 9. 
» X * , ~ ✓ 
tenge myfteries in Ghymiflry,and other rare inventions which he would 
detect to the publiek good. The fifth was a painful Preacher* and he was 
commended by the whole Parifh where he dwelt, he had all their hands 
to his Certificate. The fixth was the-Prebendarks fon lately deceafed d 
his Father died in deb£(for %as they fay) left a wife and many poor chil- 
dren. The feventh flood upon fair promifes, which to him and his noble 
friends had been formerly made for the next place in his Lordfhips gift. 
The eighth pretended great lofles, and what hee had fuffered for the 
Churchy what pains hee had taken at home and abroad, and befides,' hee 
brought Noble mens letters. The ninth had married a kinfwoman,- and; 
he fcnt his wife to fue for him» The tenth was a forein Dodor, a late con- 
vert, aqd waited means.. The eleventh would exchange for another, Hfce 
did not like the formers flter could not agree with his neighbours and fel- 
upQp any terms,..b.ee would be gone. The.twelfth and laft' was ( a 
luitor in ; honed;, civil, fober man* an excellentfcholar| 
d in the |lMverfity, but hee 
not ipeak for himlelf, neither had .he any fiends to folicite bis _caulei and 
therefore made no could notiQipeft, neither did he te»pph^3or O0i> Part 2. Sed. 3* 
Cure of 
Memb. y. 
after it. The good Biffiop amongft a jury of competitors thus perplexed, 
and not yet relblved what to do, or on whom to beftow it, at the laft, of 
his own accord, meer motion, and bountiful nature, gave it freely to the 
Univcrfity ft udent, altogether unknown to him but by fame», and to bee 
brief, the Academical Scholar had the Prebend fent him for a prefcnc. 
The news wasnofooner publiffied abroad, but all good ftudents rejoy- 
ced, and were much chearcd up with it, though fome would not beleever 
its others as men amazed, faid it was a miracle* but one amongft the reft* 
thanked God for it3and faid, Kune juvat tandem (indiejum efje, & Deo inte- 
gro corde fervire, You have heard my tale* but alas it is but a tale, a mcer 
ffiftion, ’twas never fo, never like to be, and fo Jet it reft. Well, be it fo 
then* they have wealth and honour, fortune and preferment, every man 
(there’s no remedy) muft fcramble as he may,and ffiift as he can* yet Car~ 
dan comforted himfelf with this, ° The Star Fomahant would make him im- 
mortal, and that t after his deceafe his Books ffiould be found in Ladies 
ftudies. * Dignum laude virum Mu fa vetat mori. 
» Stella Torna- 
bant immortali- 
tatem dabit. 
f Lib. de lib. 
propriis.] 
* Ho r. 
f G)ui induit 
thoracem aut 
galeam, &c. 
But why Ihouldeft thou take thy negledt, thy Canvas fo to heart' It 
may be thou art not fit*but as a t childe that puts on his fathers lhoes,har, 
headpeece,brcaftplate,breeches, or holds his (pear, but is neither able to 
wield the one, or wear the other* fo wouldeft thou do by fuch an office, 
place, or Magiftracy; Thou art unfits And what is dignity to an unworthy 
man, but fas * Salvi anus holds) a gold ring in a fwines fnowt c Thou art a 
brute. Like a bad ador (fo f Plutarch compares fuch mcn)in a Tragcedy , 
diadema fert, at vox non auditur i Thou wouldeft play a Kings part, but 
a&eft a Clown, fpeakcft like an Afs. ** Magna petis & qua non 
virihus ijitsy&c. as fames and fohn the Tons of Zekdy did ask they knew 
not what} nejets temerarie nejcis- thou doft,as another Suffenus, overween 
thy felt* thou art wife in thine own conceit, but in other more mature 
judgements altogether unfit to manage fuch a bufinefs. Or be it thou art 
more defer ving than any of thy rank, God in his providence hath referved 
thee for Come other fortunes, fe fuperis vifum, Thou art humble as thou 
art, it may be», hodft thou been preferred, thou wouldeft have forgotten 
God andthy felf,Malted over others, contemned thy friends, r been a 
block,a tyraot, or adcmi-godfequitarq, fupertia formam : therefore, faith 
Chryfo/lomej good men do net alwaiesfnde grace and faWur'y left they jhould he 
puffed up with turgem titles, grow infolent and proud. 
.3 injuriesyahufes, arc very offenfive, and fo much the more in that they 
* lib. 4. dtgu,- 
her, Dei. (Shad 
eft dignitas in- 
digno nsft cir- 
culus aureus i» 
naribus fuis? 
p in Lyfandro. 
*iOv!tL tMet. 
* Magi liratus 
•virum indicat. 
f Ideo boni viri 
aliquando pa- 
tiam non acci- 
piunt, neinfu- 
ptrbiam eleven- 
tur ventofttate 
jattautite, ne 
altitudo mune- 
ris negligentig- 
res efficiat. 
think, peterem ferendo invitant novam-, by taking one, they provoke ano- 
ther.* but it is an erronious opinion - for ir that were true, there would be 
no end of abufing each others Us litem Jtis much better with pati- 
ence to bear, or quietly to put it up. If an Afs kick me, faith Socrates, (halt 
I ftrike him again •* and when u his wife Xanuppe ftruck and mifufed him, 
to fome friends that would have had him ftrike her again, he replied, that 
be would not make them fport, or that they (hould ftand by and fay, Eia 
SocrAteSy eta Xantippe, as we do when dogs fight, animate them the more 
by clapping of bands. Many men fpend them lei ves, their goods* friends, 
fortunes, iip°n fmall quarrels , and fometimeSut other mens procure- 
ments, with much vexation of fpirit, and anguiffi of mind, all which with 
good advWjfOT mediation of friends might have been happily compo- 
«tMan* Parc 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies againft Difcontents. 
Memb. 7. 
fed, or if patience had taken place. Patience in fuch cafes is a raoft fove- 
raign remedy, to put up, conceal, or diftemble it, tox forget and forgive, 
y not feven but feventy times ,as often as he repents, forgive him, Luk. 17. 3. 
asKmr Saviour enjoyns us ftrucken, to turn the other ftde: as ourz Apoftie 
perfwades us, to recompenfeno man evilfur evil, bat as much as is poftible to 
have peace with all men : not to avenge our felves, and we ft all heap burning 
coals upon our adver [aries head, For if you put up wrong (as Chryfoftome com- 
ments,) you get the viflory-, he that lofeth hismony, lofeth not the conqueft in 
this our Philofophy. If he contend with thce> fubmk thy felf unto him firft, 
yceld to him. Durum & durum non faciunt murum, as the diverb is, two re- 
fra&ory fpirits will never agree, the only means to to relent, 
ebfeqmo vinces, Euclide in Plutarch, when his brother had angred him, 
fwore he would be revenged; but he gently replied ,t Let me not live if I do 
not make thee to love mee again, upon which meek anfwer he was pacified. 
x Injuriarum 
remedium e(i 
oblivio, 
y Mat. iS.xx. 
Mat. 5.39. 
1 Kom. iz. 17, 
t Si tolera* in- 
juriam, vi do r 
evadis-, qui e- 
am pe amis 
privatus eSt, 
non efi priva- 
tus vi Si ori a in. 
hac 
t Difpeream ni-' 
fi te ultus foe- 
to . dijpeream 
ni fi ut me dein- 
ceps ames effe- 
cero, 
* Joach. Came- 
rarius Emb(y 
si .cent, 1. 
* Fle Slit ur obfequio curvatus ab ari oh ramus, 
• Frangis fi 'vires expert are tuas. 
A branch if eafily bended yeelds to thee, 
Pull hard it breaks: the difference you fee. 
The noble family of the Columns in Pome, when they were expelled the 
City by that furious Alexander the fixth, gave the bending branch there- 
fore as an Emprefs with this motto, Fleftt pete ft, frangi non poteft, to figni- 
fic that he might break them by force, but fo never make them (loop, for 
they fled in the midft of their hard ufage, to the Kingdomc of Naples, and 
were honourably entertained by Frederick the King, according to their 
callings. Gentlenefs in this cafe might have done much more, and let 
thine adverfary be never (b perverfe, it may be by that means thou may ft 
win hiraj * favore & benevolentid etiam immanis animus manfuefeit, foft 
words pacific wrath, and the fieTceft fpirits arc fa fooneft overcome 5 f A 
generous Lion will not hurt a beaft that lies proftrate, nor art Elephant an 
innocuous creature, but is infeftusinfeftis, a terrour and fcourge alone to 
fuch as are ftubborn, and makri rcfiftance. It was the fymbole of Emanuel 
Philibert Duke of Savoy, and he washot miftakeri in it, for 
a Heliodorus: 
t ’tfSipfd reperi 
nihil ejfe homi- 
ni melius faci- 
litate & de- 
mentia. Ter, 
Adolph, j 
* Ovid. 
i> Camden in 
Glouc. 
c Ufpie ad pec-1 
tus ingrejfus 
eft aquam, <&c± 
cymbam ample- 
tlenst fapien-4 
* quiff, eft majOft magis eft placabilis ira, 
Ei faciles motus mens generofactyit, 
A greater man is fooneft pacified, 
A noble ft vrit nnirklv fnricfied. 
tiflime rex air, 
tua humilitas 
neam vicit ft- 
f erbium, & ft- 
fietuia trium- 
phavit inepti- 
am j ceUum aft 
ctn.de quod con- 
tra te fatuus ■ r- 
rexi, intrabis 
' terram quam 
- hodie fecit tu- 
am benignitas , 
&c. 
f ChrjlftJiome ? 
Contumeliis aft 
ftftus efi, & 
It is reported by » Cualter Mapes, an bid Hiftoriographer of ours ( who li- 
ved 400 years fince) that King JEdmrd Senio ft arid Leolin Prince of Wales, 
beingatari interview neer Auft upon: Severn in Glocefterftire, & the Prince 
feat for, refufed tocome to the King, hec would needs go over to him .0 
Which Leolin perceiving, e went up to fpe arms in Water, and embracingbis 
hat, would have carried hirn put nto/t his ftouldtrs , adding that his humility 
and wifdome had triumphed ever his pride And hereupon was re- 
adied unto him, and did his homage; If thou canft not fo win him,pJJc } 
UP*, if thou beeftatrue Chriftian* 4 good Divine, an Imitator of > 
(tFor he p# Put it HP, Mihed and (oughtnorwtwf) t^oU 
pray for thine enefife, Knd UcftkmthM pjfutt' the#* 
humbles&c. An honeft man wifl not offer thee injury, proh*** W*., 5 . 
newerea brangling knave,'tis hJs faihion To to doj where is a j 
eas pertulit; op, 
probri Is, nec 
ultus eJi-} ver- 
beribus cxfus, 
nec vicem red- 
didit. 
dRom. ix. Part 2. Sedi. 3. 
Cure of Melancholy. 
Memb. 7. 
moft tongue-, quo quifa finitior, eo magis in foie fat, the more fettifh he is, 
ftill the more infolcnt: cDo not anfwer a fool according to his felly. If hee 
be thy fuperiour , f bear it by all means, grieve not at it, let him take his 
and Melitus * may kill weejhey cannot hurt mee\ as that gene- 
rous Socrates made anfwer in like cafe. Miens immota manet, though the 
body be torn inpeeces with wildc h’orfes, broken on the wheel, pinched 
with fiery tongs, the Soul cannot be diftra&ed. Tis an ordinary thing 
for great men to vilifie and infult, opprefs, injure, tyrannize, to take what 
liberty they lift, and who dare fpeak againft < Mt ferum efi ah eoladi, k quo 
non fofis quen, a miferable thing 'tis to be injured of him, from whom is 
no appeal; t and not fafe to write againft him that can proferibe and punifh 
a man at his*pleafure, which Afinius Petti 0 was ware of, when od avian us 
provoked him. 'Tis hard, I confefs, to be fo injur'd; One of chtlo\ three 
difficult things :iTo keep connfel, ffend his time wed, put up injuries* but be 
thou patient, and leave revenge unto the Lord, s Vengeance is mine, and 1 
wid refay, faith the Lord. I know the Lord, faith * David, wid avenge the of - 
flitted, and judge the poor. No man (as \ Plato further adds,) can Jojeverely 
punifh his adverfary, as Cod wtd fuch as opprefs miferable men. 
e Pro. 
not 
with a greater 
man, , 
Fro. 
* Occidere pof- 
funt. 
t Non facile 
aut tutum in- e- 
um feribere qui 
pot eft proferi- 
here. 
f Arcana tace- 
re, otium recte 
collocare, inju- 
riam poffe fer- 
re, difficilli- 
mum, 
gpfal. 4j. 
Rom. xi, 
* Pfal. 13. iz. 
t pullus tam 
fever e ini mi - 
cum [mm ul- 
eifei potefr, 
quamdeus fo- 
ld miferorum 
oppreffores, 
t Ai Uum i a 
flakif. 
t Uerum tde rim judicatam judicat, 
Majoreqs multta multtat. 
If there be any Religion, any God, and that God be juft, it fhall be fo*, if 
thou beleeveft the one,beleeve the other; £m, erit. it fhall be fo. Nemefts. 
comes after, fere fed fern, ftay but a little and thou fhak fee Gods juft 
judgement overtake him. > ' - ; ; • 
* Rare antecedent cm fceleffum * ■ > t,{! , } 
Deferuitfedef&na claudo. 
* HorOd.2. 
Thou Mt perceive that verified of Samuelto Sam. 15. 
fimrd hath made many worsen Mother he childl'efiampngfi; 
other women. It Mi be done to them, as they have dpne to others. Con- 
radinus that brave Prince, came with a well prepared into 
the Kingdorac of Naples, was taken prifoper by King Charhy and put to 
death in the flower of his youth-, a little «vfter {Ultimejw Cenradwinfortis, 
Pandulfhus Codimtius tfiftv Neaf.lih. 5 • calls it) King. Charls his own fon, 
with 200 Nobles was fo taken prifoner, and beheaded in like fort. Notin 
this only, but in all other offences , quo qutfq-,feccat ineofumetur, f they 
fhall be puniffied in the fame kinde, in the fame parr, like nature, eye with 
or in the eye* head with or in the head, perfecution with perfecutiofl, Juft? 
with cffe&s of luftj let them march on with enfigns difplayed, let drums 
beat on, trumpets found Taratantarra, let them lack Cities, take the fpoil 
of Countries, murder infants, dcflour Virgins, dcftroy, burn, persecute, 
and tyrannize, they fhall be fully rewarded at laft in the fame meafure ? 
they and theirs, and that to their defert. 
t Wifd. xi. e. 
*Jnvtnai, 
esf d generum Cereris fine cade & [anguine fauci 
Defcendunt reges & ficcd morte tyranni, ; . 
Few Tyrants in their beds do die, , > 
But ftab’d or maim’d to Hell they hic. ' f 
Oftentimes too a bafe contemptible fellow is the inftrumcnt of Gods ju- 
(lice to puniftb to torture and vex them, as an ichmtmn doth a Crocodile- 
They Ml be recompensed according to the works of their hands, as Parc 2. Se<ft. 3. 
Remedies againft Difcontents. 
Memb. 7, 
tun was hanged on the gallows hee provided tor cMordechy *, They full 
have for row of heart, and be destroyed from under the Heaven, Thre.s. 64, 65, 
66, Only be thou patient*,1 vincit qui patitur: and in the end thou fhalc be 
crowned. Yea, but ’ns a hard matter to do this, flefh and blood may not 
abide it; ’Tis grave,graved no (Chryfoftome replies) non eft grave b homo, 
Yis not fo grievous;! neither had God commanded it, ifit hadbeenfo difficult. 
But how (hall it bee done ? Eafily, as hee follows it, if thou jhalt look to 
Heaven, behold the beauty of it, and what God hath promijed to fuch as put up 
injuries. But if thou refill and go about vim vi repellere, as the cu- 
ftomeof the world is, to right thy felf, or haft given juft eaufc of of- 
fence, 'tis no injury then, but a condign punifbment; thou haft deferved as 
much: Ate principium, in te reetdet crimen quod a tefuit*, peccaft/,quiefce,as 
Ambrofe expoftulates with Cain, Abel & Cain, k Dionyftus of Syra- 
ettfe, in his exile, was made ftand without door, patienter ferendum, fortaffe 
nos tale quid fecimus, quum in honore efjemus, he wifely put it up, and laid 
the fault where it was, on his own pride and fcorn, which in his profperity 
hee had formerly fhewed others. sTis t Tallies axiome, ferre ea molefitfi- 
me homines non debent, qua ip forum culpa contraCia funt, I'eifdo, felf have, 
as the faying is,they may thank themfelves.For he that doth wrong,m,uft 
look to be wronged again; habet & mufea [f lenem,& formica fua bilis ineft, 
The leaft fly hath a fpleen, and a little Bee a fting. t An Afs overwhel- 
med aThiflelwarps neft,the little bird pecked his gaulfd back in revenge*, 
and the Humble-bee in the fable flung down the Eagles eggs out of fu- 
phers hy.Bracidas in Plutarch,put his hand into a Moufe-neft,and hurt her 
young ones, fhe bit him by the finger; * J fee mv(faith he) there is no crea- 
ture fo contemptible, that wilt not be revenged, 'Tis lex Talionis, and the na- 
ture of all things fo to do; If thou wilt live quietly thy felf,f do no wrong 
to others*, if any be done thee, put it up, with patience endure it. For lthu> 
is thank-worthy ,faith our Apoftle, if a man for conference towards God endure 
grief, and fujfer wrong undeferved; for what praife is it, if when ye be buffeted 
for your faults, ye take it patiently * but if when you do well, ye fuffer wrong,and 
take it patiently,there is thanks with Ged-ffor hereunto verily we are called, 
mala non fen, ipfe fibi ieftts eft per impatientiam quod bonus non eft, Hee that 
cannot bear injuries witnefteth againft himfelf that hee is no good man, as 
Gregory holds. ’Tis the nature of wicked mento do injuries, as it is the proper- 
ty of all honeft men patiently to hear them, Improbitas mllo fletfttur obfeqmo. 
The Wolf in the f Emblem fucked the Goat, (fo the shepheard would 
have it)but he kept neverthelefs a wolfs nature*,* a knave will be a knave. 
t Injury is on the other fide a good mans foot-boy, his fidus Achates, and as 
a lackey follows him wherefoever he goes, Befides, mtftra eft fortuna qua 
caret inimico, he is in a miferable eftate that wants enemies: it is a thing 
Rot to be avoided, and therefore with more patience to be endured, Cato 
Genforius ,That upright Cato of whom Paterculus gives that honourable 
bene fecit quod aliter facere non potuit, was fs° times indited and 
secufed by his fdlow-ekizens, and as * Ammianus well hath it, jQgfferit 
innocens fi dam palam accuffje fuffdattif it be fufficient to accufVamsn 
openly or in private>who (hall be free? If there were no other refpe& c _an 
tnat ofChriftianity Religion and the like, to induce mento be ue- 
nngand patient, yet me thinks the nature of injuryfelf li u cient to 
: '‘Apud Chrifii- 
: unos non qui 
patitur, fed qui 
' facit injuriam 
- mi fer ei. u0 
» I*- 
t Neque prtece- 
pifjct deus f 
grave fui[fet : . 
fed qua ratione 
potero ? facile 
fi ccehm fu- ' 
/pexeris; & 
ejus pulchritu- ; 
dinem, & quod 
pollicetur De• 
usy &c, 
k Vtier. Ub. 4. 
cap. i. 
t Ep. frat„ 
t Camerarius 
emb.y^.cen.i^ 
* Pupe, inquit- 
nullum animal 
tam pufillum 
quod non cupi- 
at ulcifci. 
t fpuod tibi fi- 
eri non vis i al- 
teri ne feceris* 
1 J L‘ct, i. 
k Siquidem ma- 
lorum proprium 
efi inferre dam- 
<&■ bonorum 
pedi f equa eft 
injuria. 
t Alciat. emh. 
* Naturam ex- 
pellas furca-li- 
cet ufque recur- 
ret. 
1 By many in- 
dignities wee 
corne to digni- 
ties. 
Tibi fubjicito 
qua fiunt aliis, 
furtum-, cenvi- 
tin, &c. 
Etin iis in te 
admijfis non 
ex cande fees. 
Epi&etus. 
f Plutarch 
quinquagies 
Catoni dies 
ditto. ab irfiftfir 
cis. 
* L&. ir. Part 2. Sedh 3. 
Cure of cmelancholy. 
Mcmb. 7. 
keep them quiet, the tumults, uproars,miferies,difcontenrs, anguifh, lofs5 
dangers that attend upon it might reftrain the calamities of contention * 
for as it is with ordinary gamefterssthe gains go to the box; bo falls it out 
to fuch as contend, the Lawyers get and therefore if they would con- 
fider obit, aliena pericula cautos, other mens misfortunes in this kinde, and 
common experience might detain them. m The more they contend , the 
more they are involved in a Labyrinth of woes, and the Catafirophe is to 
confume one another, like the Elephant and Dragons conflict in t Pliny 5 
the Dragon got under the Elephants belly, and fucked his blood fo long, 
till hee fell down dead upon the Dragon, and killed him with the fall, fo 
both were rain’d. ’Tis an Hydra’s head, contention the more they ftrive, 
the more they may : and as Praxitiles did by his glafs , when hee faw a 
feurvy face in it, brake it in peeces: but for that cne,he f»w many more as 
bad in a moment: for one injury done, they provoke another cum feenore, 
and twenty enemies for one. Noli irritare crabrones, oppofe not thy felf to 
a multitude.* but if thou haft received a wrong, wifely confider of it, and 
if thou canft poftibly, compofe thy felf with patience to bear it. This is 
the fafeft courfe, and thou fhalt finde greateft eafe to be quiet. 
n I fay the fame of feoffs, flanders, contumelies,obloquies,defamations, 
detra<sfions,pafquilling libels,and the like, which may tend any way to our 
difgrace: ’tis but opinion : if we could negledf, contemn,or with patience 
digeft them, they would reflect on them that offered them at firft. A wife 
Citizen I know not whence, had a fcold to his wife .* when fhe brawled, 
he plaid on his drum, and by that means madded her more, becaufe fhee 
faw that he would not be moved. Diogenes in a crowd, when one called 
him back, and told him how the boyes laughed him to (corn, Bgo> inquit 
nonrideer, took no notice of it, Socrates was brought upon the ftage by A~ 
nftophanesy and mifufed to his face, but he laughed, as if it concerned him 
not: and as fshan relates of him, whatfoever good or bad accident or for-; 
tune befel him,going in,or coming outderates ftill kept the fame counte- 
nance : Even foibould a Chriftian fouldicr do, as Htcrom deferibes him , 
per tnfamiam & bonam famamgrafjari ad on through 
good and bad reports to immortality,0 not be moved: for honefty is a fuf- 
ficienc reward, probitas ftbi premium, and in our times the foie 
pence to do well, is, to do well: but naughtinefs will punifh it felf at Jaft» 
«1 Hocfcio pro 
certo quod Ji 
cam per core 
certo, Vinco 
feu vincor, 
femper ego ma- 
culor. 
t Lip.cap. z. 
n Obloqums 
tflt pYobrumq-, 
tibi intulit 
quifpiam, fve 
11 ecu is dixerit, 
jive f#lfa* max- 
imam tibi coro- 
nam texueris f 
ntanfwte con- 
'vitium ttilerU. 
Chryf. m 6. cap. 
adkm.fer. 10. 
0 rullw cp}. 
*DolabelLa3 tu 
mdera 
tio, 
eorum mfamet 
Beet him con- 
foi. 
[ Improbis ipfa nequitia /upplicium, As the diverb is, 
J%ui bene fecerunt fua faff a fequenturs 
£lui male fa fla [equentur cos: 
They that do well, fhall have reward at laft. 
But they that ill, fhall buffer for that’s paft. 
i €a.5 but I am aihamedjdifgracedjdifhonoured,degraded,exploded.* my 
notorious crimes and villanies are conre to light (deprendi mi ferum efi) my 
filthy luft, abominable oppreffion and avarice lies open, my good name’s 
loft, my fortune’s gone, I have been ftigmatized, whipt at poft,arraigncd, 
and condemned, lam a common obloquy, I have loft my ears, odious» 
execrable, abhorred of God and men. Bee content, ’tis but a nine dales 
wonder, and as one borrow drives out another, one paflion another, one 
cloud another, one rumor is expelled by another-, every day almoft, come 
new news unto our ears, as how the Sun was edipfed, meteors been iW Parc 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies againfi JDifcontents. 
' Me mb. 7. 
air, monfters born, prodigies, how the Turks were in Perfta, 
an Earth-quake in Helvetia, Calabri*) sf apart or China, an inundation in 
a great plague in ConfianmepU) a fire at Prage, a dearth in Ger- 
many fucha man is made a Lord, a feiihop,another hanged,depofed, preft 
to death, for fome murder, treafon, rape, theft,oppreffion,all which we do 
hear at firft with a kind of admiration, deteftation, confternation, but by 
and by they are buried in filcnce: thy father’s dead, thy brother rob'd, 
wife runs mad, neighbour hath kill’d himfclf* 'tis heavy, gaftly, fear- 
full news at firft, in every mans mouth, table talk 5 but after a while 
who fpeaks or thinks of it ? It will bee fo with thee and thine offence, it 
will be forgotten in an inftant, be it theft, rape, fodomy, murder, inceft, 
treafon, &c. Thou art not the firft offender, nor fhalt not be the laft/tis no 
wonder, every hour fuch malefadors are called in queftion, nothing fo 
common, - • 
in populo, quocunque fub axe. 
Comfort thy ielf,thou art not the foie man.lf he that were guildefs him- 
felf, fhould fling the firft ftone at thee, and hee alone fhould accufe thee 
that were fauidefs, how many executioners, how many accufers wouldft 
thou have'' If every mans fins were written in his fore-head, and fe- 
crct faults known, how many thoufands would parallel, if not exceed 
thine offence t It may bee the Judge that gave fentence, the Jury that 
condemned thee, the fpe&ators that gazed on thee, deferved much 
more, and were far Inore guilty than thou thy felf. But it is thine infe- 
licity to bee taken, to bee made a publick example ofjuftice, to bee 
a terrour to the reft* yet fhould every man have his defert, thou wouldeft 
peradventure be a Saint in comparifon* vexat cenfura columbas, poor fouls 
are punifhed* the great ones do twenty thoufand times worfc, and are 
notfo much as fpokenof. 
Ter, Her, 
Non rete accipitri tenditur neq-, milvo , 
<jjhd male faciunt nobis 5 illis qui nil faciunt tenditur. 
The net's riot laid for Kites, or birds of prey, 
But for the harmlefs ftill our gins wee lay. 
Bee not difmaid then, humanum efl errare, wee are all finners, daily and 
hourly fubjea: to temptations, the beft of us is an hypocrite, a grievous 
offender in Gods fight, Noah, lot, Vavid, Peter, &c< how many mortal 
fiqs do wee commit ? Shall I fay, bee penitent, ask forgivenefs, and 
make amends by the fequel of thy life, for that foul offence thou haft 
committed i recover thy credit by Home noble exploit, as Themiftoeles 
«fid, for hee was a moft debofhed and vitious youth, fed juventa maculas 
fraclaris faff is delevit, but made the World amends by brave exploits * 
?t laft become a new man, and feek to be reformed. Hee that runs away 
Jn a battel, as Dcmofihenes faid, may fight again* and hee that hatha fall, 
may ftand as upright as ever hee did before. Nemo defperet meliora lapfus, 
? kicked liver may be reclaimed, and prove an honeft man * hee that 
in prefent, biffed out, an exile, may bee received again 
ail mens favours, and fingular applaufe* fo TuEy was in Rome, Afct*ta es 
Let thy difgracc then bee what it will, quod fit, $ 
pole ft efje, that which is paft cannot bee recalled* trouble not y » Part 2. Sedt. 3. 
Cure of {Melancholy, 
Memb. 7, 
vex and grieve thffelf no more, be it obloquy, difgrace, &c. No better 
way , than to neglcdb, orfeem not to regard it, to make no 
reckoning of it, beefe robur arguit dicacitas; If thou be guiltlefs, it con- 
cerns thee not: 
t Camerar. 
emb.6i. cent.3. 
p Lippus debt. 
i Irrita vaniloqua quid e uras (picula lingua. 
Latrantem curatne alta Diana canem < 
lib. 3. ult. La- 
trant me jaceo 
ac taceo, &c. 
* Catullus. 
«1 Tullius epifi. 
Volahellte 3 tu 
forti fis animo, 
dr tua modera- 
tio, conflantia 
eorum infamet 
injuriam. 
t The fymboie 
of I. Kevenhe- 
der aCarimhi- 
tn Baton, faith 
Sambucus, 
j)oth the Moon care for the barking of a dog ? They detradf, feoff and 
rail, faith one , p and bark at mee on every fide, but I, like that Albanian 
dog* fometimes given to Alexander for a prefent, vindico me ah iUisfolo 
eontemftu , I lye foil and deep, vindicate my felf by contempt alone. 
* Expers terrorisAchiles armatus; As a Tortoife in his fliell,q vir- 
tute mea me involvo, t or an Urchin round , nil motor itfus, * a Lizard in 
Camomile, I decline their fury, and am fafe. 
Integritas virtufq-, fuo munimine tutay 
rHonpatet adverfa morfibus invidia: 
Virtue and integrity are their own fence. 
Care not for envy, or what comes from thence. 
Let them rail then, feoff, and Hander , fapiens contumelia non afficitur , a 
wife man, Seneca thinks, is not moved, becaufc he knows jmtra Sycophan- 
ta morf urn non eft remedium, there is no remedy for it; Kings and Princes* 
wife,grave,prudent,holy,good men, divinesall are fo fervcd alike, \otfant 
h tergo quem nulla ciconia pm fit, Anteverta and Fofivcrta fupiters gardians 
may not help in this cafe, they cannot protedf; Mofes had a Dathan, a Co~ 
rath, David fa ShimcifG odhijnfelfis blafpheraed : nondum felix es file non- 
dum turba deridet,It is an ordinary thing lo to be * Regium eft cum 
bene f acens male audire, the chiefeft men, and meft under Handing, arc fo 
vilified5 let him take his t courfe. And as that lufty courfer in t/£fop, that 
contemned the poor Afs, came by and by after with his bowels burft, a 
pack on his back, and* was derided of the fame Afs: contemnentur abi is quos 
ip ft prius contempfere, & irridebuntur ah iis quos ip f prius ini fere, they thall 
be contemned and laughed to fcorn of thofe wh<jm tJhey have formerly 
derided. Let them contemn, defame or undervalue, iniult, opprefs, feoff, 
wrong,curfe and fwear, feign and lye, do thou comfort thy 
felf with ar good confcience, in fmu gaudeas, when they have all done, a 
goodconfcience is a continual feaft, innocency will vindicate it felf: And 
which the Poet gave out of Hercules, diis f ruitur iratis, in joy thy felf, 
though all the world be fet againft thee,contemn and fay with hira, Elo- 
gium mihipra foribus,my pofie is, not to be moved, thatfmy Palladium, my 
breafl-plate, my buckler,with which 1 ward all injuries, offences, 
lean upon that Hake cfmodefiyfo receive and break a funder all that fooltfh force 
of Livor and fpleen. And whofoever he is that Ml obferve thefe flrort in- 
ftrudtions,.without all queflion he fliall much eafe and benefit himfelf. 
In fine,if Princes would do juftice,Judges be upright, (Clergy-men tru- 
ly devout, and folive as they teach, if great men would not be fo info- 
lent, it fouldiers would quietly defend us, the poor would be patient, rich 
men would be liberal and humble, Citizens honeft, Magiftrates meek, S- 
uperiors would give good example, fubjefts peaceable, young men would 
Hand in awe: if Parents would be kinde to their children, and they again 
obedient to their Parents, brethren agree amongft themfelves, enemies 
* The fymboie 
of 
Duke 0 l Man- 
tua. 
t Verf. fat. 1. 
* Magni animi 
ef. injurias de- 
fpicere. Seneca 
deira, cap. 31. 
Jfuid turpius 
quam fapientis 
vitam ex infi- 
pientis fermone 
pendere ? Tulli- 
us i.de finibus. 
t Tua te con- 
fcienda falva- 
re, in cubicu- 
luwringredcrc, 
V-bi feenre re- 
qiiiefcas. Mi- 
nuit fe quo- 
dammodo pro- 
ba bonitas con- 
ficientia fecre- 
tutn. Boethius 
l. 1. prof 4. _ 
f Tangantur li- 
get & maledi- 
cant-, ValLadi- 
ttm illud pedo- 
ri oppono, Hon 
Moveri: con- 
figo modeftia 
veluti fudi 
nitens, excipio 
& frange (tui- 
ti fimum impe- 
tum livoris. 
Vutcan. lib. %.■ Part 2. Sed. 3. 
Remedies again ft Vi [contents. 
M.emb. 7. 
be reconciled3 fervants trufty to their Mailers, Virgins chafle. Wives mo- 
deft, Husbands would be loving, and Ids jealous; If we could imitate 
Chnfi and his Apoftles,lwe after Gods laws, thefe mifehiets would not fo 
frequently happen amongft us*,but being moft part fo irreconcilable as we 
are,perverfe, proud, infoient, fadious and malicious, prone to contention, 
anger and revenge, of fuch fiery (pints,fo captious, impious, irreligious, fo 
oppofite to virtue,void of grace, how ihould it otherwife be < Many men 
are very teafty by nature, apt to miftake,apt to quarrel,apt to provoke,and 
misinterpret to the word, every thing that is laid or done, and thereupon 
heap unto their (elves a great deal of trouble and difquietnefs to others, 
fmatterers in other mens matters, tale-bearers,whilperers,lyers,they can- 
not (peak in feafon, or hold their tongues when they fhould,*£j Juampar- 
tem'itidem tacere, cum aliena eft oratio: they will (peak more than comes to 
their (hares,in all companies, and by thole bad courfes accumulate much 
evil to their own fouls {qui contendit fibi convictum facit) their life is a per, 
petual braul, they fnarl like fo many dogs,with their wives, children, fer- 
vants,neighbours, and all the reft of their friends, they can agree with no 
body.But to fuch as are judicious,meek,fubmifs, and quiet, thefe matters 
are eafily remedied; they will forbear upon all fuch occafions, 
contemn,or take no notice of them,diffemble, or wifely turn it off. If it be 
a natural a red nofe, fquint eyes, crooked legs, or any fuch 
imperfection, infirmity, difgrace, reproach, the bed way is tofpeakof it 
firft thy* felf, and fo thou (halt furely take away all occafions from others 
to jeft at, or contemn, that they may perceive thee to be carelefs of it. 
Vatinius was wont to fcoffat his own deformed feet, to prevent his ene- 
mies obloquies and farcafms in that kinder or elfe by prevention, as Cotys 
King of Thrace, that brake a company of fine glaffes prefented to him, 
with his own hands,left he (hould be overmuch moved when they were 
broken by chance. And fometimes again, fo that it be difcreetly and mo- ■ 
derately done, it fflall not be amifs to make refiftance, to take down fuch , 
a faucy companion-, no better means to vindicate himfelf tq purchafe final 
peace: for he that fuffershimfelfto be ridden, or through pufillanimity 
or fottiflmefs, will let every man baffle him, (hall be a common laughing 
dock for all to flout at. As a cur that goes through a Village, if he clap his 
tail between his legs, and run aways every cur will infuk over him: but if 
he brisfle up himfelf, and (land to it, give but acounter-fnaii, there's not 
a dog dares meddle with him. Much is in a mans courage and difereet car- 
riage of himfelf. 
Many other grievances there are, which happen to mortals in this life, 
from friends, wives, children, fervants, matters, companions, neighbours, 
pur own defaults, ignorance, indiferetion, infirmP 
ries, &c. and many good remedies to mitigate and oppofe them, many 
divine precepts to countcrpoife our hearts,(pecial antidotes both in Scrip- 
lures & humane Authors,which who fo will obferve,(hall purchafe much 
and quietnefs unto himfelf; I will point at a few* Thofe Prophetical, 
poftoljcal admonitions, are well known to alfi what Salomon> siraci esy 
om SavioUr chrift himfelf hath faid tending to this pur pole, as. Fear e 
c. ey [ e rince\be fober and watchipray continually the angry ,butjinnot- remem 
Cr tafl; fajhion not your felves to this world 3 &c* apply your fives f *36 
* MiUglor.Aff i 
3, V lautus. 
*ltlon<faid, his 
Father was a 
rcgu«,his Mo- 
ther a whores 
to prevent 
obloquy? and 
to fhew thac 
nought be- 
longed to him 
but goods of 
the mind, Part 2. Sed. 3. 
Cure of 
Memb.y. 
times: fi rive not with a mighty man: recompense good for evil: let nothing be 
done through contention or v atn-glory 9 but with meeknejs of mind, every man e- 
fieeming of others better than himfelf: Love one another$ Or that Epitome of 
the Law and the Prophets,which our Saviour inculcates, love God above all, 
thy neighbour as thy felf: And whatfoever you would that men fhould do unto 
you,[o do unto them,which Alexander Severus writ in letters of gold3& ufed 
as a motto-, u Hicrom commends to Celantia as an excellent way, amongft 
fo many inticements and worldly provocations to redific her life. Out of 
humane Authors take thefe few cautions/if/ww thy [elfJ Be contented with 
thy lot,TTrufi not wealth,beauty,nor parafites,they will bring thee to defirußion. 
*Have peace with all men,war with vice.bße not idle,0 Look before you leap* Be- 
ware of Had 1 wifi.cHonour thy parents,[peak well of friends. Be temperate in 
four things, lingua/oculis, oculis & poculis .Watch thine eye* Moderate thine 
expenses. Hear muchfpeak Little, fSuftine & abftine. jfthoufeefi ought awifi 
in another, mend it in thy felf. Keep thine own counfel, reveal not thy jecrets, be 
filent in thine intentionsyGive not ear to tale-tellers,bablers,be not fcurrilous in 
converfation: * fefl without bitternefs: give no man caufe of offence: fet thine 
houfe in order:h take heed of furetifhip.f Fide & diffide, as a fox on the icefiake 
heed whom you trufilLive not beyond thy means Give chearfudy• Bay thy dues 
willingly.Be not a Jlave to thy mony,]Omit not occafion,embrace opportunity Jofe 
no time. Be humble to thy fuperiors,refi>eßive to thine equals, affable to all, mbut 
, not familiar:flatter no man,* Lie not,dtffemble not. Keep thy word and promtfe,be 
■ confiant in a good rejolution.Speak truth. Be not opinionatuve no fdßi - 
. ons.Lay no wagers,make no compari fons?Finde no faults,meddle not with other 
■ mens matters. Admire not thy felf. pße not proud or popular. Jnfult netk Fortu- 
« Lib. x. Ep.% 
x teip- 
fum. 
y Contentus ubi. 
t Ne fi das op i- 
biis,nej?p(irafi- 
tis, trahunt in 
pracipitium. 
a Facem cum 
hominibus hubc, 
bellum cum vi- 
tiis.Otho.z. im- 
perat. fymi. 
b Damon te 
nunquam otio- 
fum inveniat. 
Hi er on. 
cDiu delibe- 
randum quod 
fiatuendum e(l 
feme I. 
d Infipiemis eft 
dicere non pu- 
taram. 
e Ames paren- 
tem, fi tequum, 
aliter feras ; 
praftes paren- 
tibus pietatem, 
amicis dileCiio- 
■nem\ 
i comprime lin- 
guam. Spuid de 
atioit viro & 
nam reverenter habe. ? Fear not that which cannot be avoided,f Grieve not for 
that which cannot be recalled. * Undervalue not thy jelf. Accufe no wan, com- 
mend no man rafhly.Gonot to Law without great caufe. Strive not with a greater 
man.Cafi not off an old friend, Take heed of a reconciled enemy Jlf thou come as a 
guefifiay not too long.Benot unthankful.Be me earnerciful and patient. Do good 
to all. Be not fond of fair words, *Be not anewter in a factions moderate thy paf 
fionsf Think no place without a thy friend in fecret,commend 
him in publick.Keep good company, x Love others to be beloved thy felf Ama 
tanquam ofurus. Amicus tardo fias. Provide for a tempeft• Noli irritare cra- 
brones.Da not proßitute thy foul for gain. Make not a fool of thy felf to make o- 
thers merry. Marry net an old Crony or a fool for mony• Be not over felicitous or 
curious. Seek that which way be found. Seem net greater than thou art. Take 
thypleafure foherly.Ocymum ne teritofiLive merrily at thou canft* Take heed 
by ether mens examples, Co as thou wouldfi he met, ft as thou wouldfi he found, 
*yeeld to the time, follow the fir eam, wilt thou live free from fears and cares f 
b Live innocently,keep thy jelf upright,thou needeft no other keeper, &c. Look 
for more in ifocrates, Seneca,?lutarch,Epißetm,^c. and for defed, confult 
with cheefe-trenchers and painted clothes 
cui dicas fape 
caveto. Liben- 
tias audios 
quam loquaris; 
•vive ut vivas. 
f EpCtetus up- 
time feceris ji 
ea fugeris quo 
in. alio repre- 
hendis. Nemini 
dixeris quo no- 
lis efferri, 
% Fuge fufurro- 
nes. Percontato- 
rem fugito, &c. 
* Sint falcs fine 
.vilitate. Sen. 
h Sponde, preflo 
noxa. 
} camerar.emo, 
cave 
cui Credas, vel 
nemini fidas• 
Epie armus, 
iTe cum habita. 
k Bis dat qui cito dat. * Tofi eH octafio calvam Nimia familiaritas park contemptum.0 Mendatium fervile vitium. ° Arca- 
num ne <f.infcrut aberis ullius unquam, cmmijfumq. teges, Hor.lib.i. ep. ip. Nec tua laudabis fiudia, aut aliena reprendes. 
Ber.ep.tib.ii.9 Nete quateris efl timere, quod vitari non potett. t De re irreparabili ne deleas- 
* Tanti eris ali is quanti tibi fueris. Neminem cito laudes vel accufes, f Nullius hofpitis grata efi mora longa. * Solonis lex 
apud Ariftotelem. Gellius lib. z- cap. i %.1 Nullum locum putes fine te ft e, femper adeffefDeum cogita. « Secreto amicos ad- 
mone, lauda palam. *ut ameris amabilis efio. Eros & Anteros gemelli Veneris, amatio & redamatio. Viat. 1 Dum fata 
finmt vivite Uti, Seneca. *id apprime in vita utile, ex aliis obfervar e fibi quod ex uf* fiet. Ter. a Dum furor in cur fu cur- 
renti cede furori. Creti\andum cum Crete. Temporibus fervi\ mc contra flaminafiato. b Nulla certior innocentid »■ 
inexpugnabile munimentum munimento non egere. Part 2. Sed:. 3. 
Remedies again fi Difcontents, 
Mcmb, 8., 
MembJ 8. 
361 
gain ft CMelancholy it ft if. 
SFery man, faithc Seneca, thinks his own burthen the heaviejlfaid & 
melancholy man above all others complains moft ; wearinefs 
of life,abhorring all company and light,fear, forrow, fulpici- 
on,anguiih of mind,bafhiulnefs, and thofe other dread fymp- 
. tomes of body and mind, muft needs aggravate this, mifery > 
c Unicoi % fa 
tern onus mtole- 
rkblle videtur* 
yet conferred to other maladies, they are not fo hainous as they be taken. 
For firft, this difeafe is either in habit, or difpofition, curable,or incurable. 
If new and in difpofition,’tis commonly pleafant, and it may be helped. If 
inverate, or an habit, yet they have lucida intervalla, fometimes well, and 
fometimes ill; or if more continuate, as the t Veientes were to the Romans, 
’tis hoftis magis aftidms quamgravts, a more durable enemy than dange- 
rous: and amongft many inconveniences, fome comforts are annexed to it. 
Firft, it is not catching, and as Erafmus comforted himfelf, when hce was 
grievoufly fick of the ftone, though it was moft rroublefome,and an into- 
lerable pain to him,yet it was no whit offenfive to others3 not Ibthfomc to 
thefpe(ftators,gaftly,fuirom, terrible, as plagues, apoplexies, leprofies, 
wounds, fores, tetters,pox,peftilent agues are, which either admit of ,no 
company, terrific or offend thofe that are prefenc. In this malady that 
which is, is wholly to themfelves: and thofe fymptomes not fo dreadful,if 
they be compared to the oppofite extreams. They are moft part bafhful, 
lufpicious,folitary,&c. therefore no fuch ambitious,impudent intruders,as 
Ibme are,nofharkers,no cunny-catchers,no prolers,no fraell-feafts,praters, 
panders, parafites, bawds, drunkards, whoreraafters; neccffity and defed 
compels them to be honeft; as Mitio told Demea in the comedy, 
tiac ji neej'j ego nefa tu fecimus, 
'Hfin finit egeft as facere ms. 
If we be honeft,’twas poverty made us fo: if we melancholy men be not 
as bad as he chat is worft, 'tis our dame melancholy kept us fo : 
Non deerat voluntas 3 fed facultas, 
Befides, they are freed in this from many other infirmities, folitarinefs 
makes them more apt to contemplate, fufpicion wary, which is a necefiary 
humour in thefe times/ Nampolqtti maxime cavet 3is [ape cantor c apt me ft, 
he that takes moft heed,is often circumvented and overtaken.Fear & for. 
row keep them temperate and fober, and free them from many diflblutc 
a&s, which jollity and boldnefs thruft men upon: They are therefore no 
Jicarii, roaring boyes,theevcs, or aftaffinates. As they are foon deje&ed/o 
they are as foon, by foft words, and good perfwafions reared, Wcarifom- 
nefs of life makes them they are not fo befotced on the tranfitory vain 
pleafures of the world. If they dote in one thing, they are wife and weft 
underftanding in moft other. If it be inveterate, they are infenfati, moft 
Part doting, or quite mad, infenfible of any wrongs, ridiculous to others/ 
but moft happy and fecure to themfelves. Dotage is a ftate which many 
ch magnifie and commend.*fo is fimplicicy & folly, as he faid, * biffin 
ojupen, perpetuus. Some think fools and difards live themernelt 
lives, as Ajax in Sophocles, Nihil feire vitajucundiftzma, ’«sthe Plea antett 
ae to know nothing ; iners malorum remedium ignorantia, ignorance is a 
t Liv'mk 
Ter. Seen. £ 
Adelphus. 
* VUuttii, 
c Tetroms Cv: 
t»i. Part 2. Sed. 4. 
Cure of . 
Memb. 1. Subf. 1 
down-right remedy of evils. Thele curious Arts, and laborious Sciences, 
Galens, Tallies, Ariftotles,JuJlinians,doh\xitrouble the world,tome think* 
we might live better with that illiterate Virginian fimplicity,and grofs ig- 
norancej entire Ideots do beft, they are not macerated with cares, tor- 
menrec* e?rssanc* anxiety, as other wife men arc: for as f he faid, If 
folly were a pain, you Ihould hear them houl, roar, and cry out in every 
oa^c3as y°u 8° by in the ftrect,but they are moft frcejocund and merry, 
an£*m f°mcf Countries, as among# the 7jw&f,honoured for Saints, and a- 
bundantly maintained out of the common ftock. They are no diflemblcrs, 
lyers, hypocritcs,for fools and mad men tell commonly truth. In a word, 
as they are diftrefted, fo arc they pittied, which feme hold better than to 
envied>better to be fad,than merry,better to be foolilh and quiet, quhn 
fapere & rtngi, to be wife,and ftill vexeds better to be miferable, than hap- 
py. 0f two extremes, it is the beft. 
t Varmem Ca- 
Icftliite, A$. 8. 
Si fiultitia do- 
lon ejjet■> in nul- 
la non domo e- 
julatus audires. 
* Busbequius. 
■Sands lib. i. 
fol. 89. 
Jguis hodie 
beatior, quam 
cui licet fiul- 
tumejfe,& eo- 
rundum immu- 
nitatibus frui ? 
Sat. Mcnip. 
SECT. 4* 
Memb. I. Subsbc. 
Of which cureth with OHedteines. 
a long and tedious difcourfe of thefc fix non-natural 
things, and their feveral rectifications, all which arc com- 
prehended in Diet, lam come now at laft to Pharmace»- 
SSipjjS tic e , or that kinde of Phyfick which cureth by Medicines, 
which Apothecaries moft part make, mingle, or fell in 
their (hops. Many cavil at this kind of Phyfick, and hold it unneceffary , 
unprofitable to this or any other difcafe, becaufethofe Countries which 
ufe itleaft,live longeft, and are beft in health, as * Better Boethius relates 
of the Ifies of Orcades, the people are ftill found of body and mind, with- 
out any ufe of Phyfick, they live commonly 120 years, and Ortelius in 
his Itinerary of the Inhabitants of the Forreft of Arden, \they are very 
long-lived, feund,&c» * Martianus Capella, fpeaking of the Indians 
of his time, faith, they were (much like our weftern Indians now) bigger 
than ordinary wen, bred ceurfy, very long’lived, in fo much, that he that died 
at an hundred years of age, went before his tlmefff c, Damianks A-Coes, Saxo 
Grammaticus, Auhanus Bohemus, fay the like of them that live in Norway, 
Lapland, F inmark, Biarmia, C ordia, all over Scandia, and thofe Northern 
Countries, they are moft healthful, and very long-lived, in which places 
there is no ufe at all of Phyfick, the name of it is not once heard, *Z)ith- 
marus Bleskenius in his accurate defcription of Ift and 1607. makes mention 
amongft other matters, of the Inhabitants, and their manner of living , 
! h which is dried fijhin/lead of bread, butter, cheefc, and fait-meats, moft part 
they drink water and whey, and yet without Phyjick or Phyfcian, they live ma- 
ny of them 250 years. I finde the fame relation by Lerius, and feme other 
Writers of Indians in America. Paulus ffovius in his defcription of Britain , 
and Levinus Lemnius, obferve as much of this our Ifland,that there was ot 
old no ufe of Phyfick amongft Us3 and but little at this day, except it be 
for a few nice idle Citizens, lurferting Courtries,and ftall-fed Gentlemen 
lubbers .The country people ufe kitchin Phyfick, and common experience 
tells us,*that they live freeft from all manner of infirmities, that make leaft 
5 Lib, Hi(i- 
-f Tarvo viven- 
tes laboriof, 
lengtevi, [no 
contenti, ad 
centum annas 
vivunt. 
* Lib 6. de 
Nup. Vhiltl. 
Ultra huma- 
nam fragilita- 
tem prolixi, ut 
immature pe- 
reat qui Cente- 
narius moria- 
tur} &c‘ 
eor“* 
aqua& femm-, 
hfbmZPZi 
tos annos 
abf'u me- 
nTvivZ. lCl~ 
Lib. de 4. 
complex. Part 2. Sedf.4. 
CMedicmal Phjftck, 
Memb..l, Subf. 1, 
life of Apothecaries Phyfick. Many are overthrown by prepofterous ufe 
of it, and thereby get their bane, that might otherwife, have efcapcd; 
* fome think Phyficians kill as many as they fave, and who can tell 
* Per mortes a- 
gunt experi- 
menta cp- anl- 
mas Kojiras ne- 
& 
quod aliis ex- 
itiale hominem 
occidere, iis . 
impunitas fum- 
ma. Plinius. 
k fuven. 
1 Omnis mor- 
bus Uthalis aut 
curabilis,in vi- 
tam definit aut 
in mortem. U- 
trnf igitur mo- 
do medicina 
inutilis let ha- 
lis, curari non 
potefc (i cura- 
bilis, non re- 
quirit mtdi- 
cum-} Hama 
expellet. 
t In interpre- 
tationes politico 
morales in y.A- 
porifm. Hip- 
poc. libror, 
k ftpuot Themifon agros autumno occiderit uno ? 
How many murders they make in a year, quibus impune licet hominem oc- 
cidere, that may freely kill folks, and have a reward for it? and according 
to the Dutch proverb, anewPhyfician muft have a new Church-yard; 
and who daily obferves knot.? Many that did ill under Phyficians hands, 
have happily efcaped, when they have been given over by them, left to 
God and Nature, and themfelves; Twas P linies dilemma of old, [Every 
dtfeafe is either curable, or incurable, a man recovers of it, or is killed by if, both 
waits Phyftck is to be reje fled, if it be deadly, it cannot be cured; if it may be 
helped, it requires.no Pkyfician, Nature will expel itofitfclf. Plato made it 
a great fign of an intemperate and corrupt Common-wealth, where law- 
yers and Phyficians did and the %omans diftafted them fo much, 
that they were often banifhed out of their City, as Pliny and Celfus relate, 
for 600 years not admitted. It is no Arc at all, fome hold, no not wor- J 
thy the name of a liberal fcience (nor Law neither) as t Pet. And, Canon- 
herius a Patrician of Rome, and a great Dodor himfelf,one of their own tnbey 
proves by 16 Arguments, becaufe it is mercenary as now ured,bafc3and as 
Fidlers play for a reward, f uridic is,medicis,fifeo,fas vivere rapto; 'cis a cor- 
rupt Trade, no Science, Art, no Profeffion-, the beginning, pradice and 
progrefs of it, all is naught, full of impofture, incertainty3 and doth 
generally more harm than good. The Devil himfelf was the firft inven, 
ter of it; Inventum eft medicina meum, faid Apollo, and what was Apollo, bat 
the Devil < The Greeks firft made an Art of it, and they were all deluded 
by Apollo’s Sons, Priefts, Oracles. Ifwe may beleeve Varro, Pliny, Colu- 
mella, moft of their beft medicines were derived from his Oracles. *sEfca- 
lapius his fon had his temples eredted to his Deity, and did many famous 
cures, but as Laftantiusholds,hee was a Magician, ameer Impoftor, and 
as his fucceftbrs, Phaon, Podalirius, Melmpius, Menecrates ( another God) 
by charms, Ipells, and Miniftery of bad fpirits, performed moil of their 
cures. The firft that ever wrote in Phyfick to any purpofe,was Hippocrates, 
and his Difciple and Commentator Galen, whom Sc aliger calls Fimbriam 
Hippocrates, but as m Cardan cenfuresthem, both unmethodical and ob- 
feure, as all thofc old ones are, their precepts confufed, their medicines 
obfolete, and now moft part rejeded. Thofe cures which they did, Para- 
teljusholds, were rather done out of their Patients confidence, n and 
good opinion they had of them, than out of any skill of f heirs, which 
was very .fmall, hee faith, they themfelves Idiots, and Infants, as are all 
Academical followers. The Arabians received it from the Greeks, 
fo the[Latines, adding newprecepts and medicines of their own, but 
JQ itnpcrfed ftill, that through ignorance of Profeflbrs, Impoftors, 
Mountebanks, Empericks, difagfecing of Sedarles, ( which are as many 
2 m°u\as there bee difeafes) envy, covetouCnefs, and the like, they do 
much harmamongft us. They are fo'different in their confutations, pie* 
cnptions, miftaking many times the parties cohftitucion, duea e, and 
caules of it, they give quite contrary Phyficks ° one faith this, another that, 
tr> Trafat. de 
centrad. mtd. 
n Opinio facit 
medico!: a fair 
crown j a velver 
cap, the name 
of a Do&or is 
all in all. 
*'\Morbus ali* 
us pro alio cu~ 
rotor-,' aliud 
nmdium pro 
alio. 
° Contrarias 
proferunt fern-. 
Unuas. Card, Pare 2.Se&. 4* 
Cure of CM e lane holy. 
Memb. i. Subf. i. 
out of Angularity or oppofition, as he faid Adrian, multitudo mdicoruni 
principem interfecit, a multitude of Phyficians hath killed the Emperour 5 
Plus a medico quam a morbo fericuli, more danger there is from the Phyfi- 
cian, than from the difeafe. Befides, there is much impofture and malice 
3. defap. 
frZ’dm admit- 
tnnufou medi- 
cinafmte eam 
amongft them. All Arts (faith p Cardan) admit of couzemng,Vhyftck amongft 
thc reh doth aPProFr*ate nto her felfi and tells a ftory of one Curtius a Phy- 
fician in Ventce, becaufe hee was a ftranger, and praCfifed among them, 
the reft of the Phyficians did ftill crofs him in all his precepts. If hee pre- 
ferred hot medicines, they would preferibe cold, mifeentes fro calidis 
frigida, fro frigidis humida, fro purgantibus aflringentia , binders for pur- 
gatives, If the party mifearned, Curtium damnabant , 
Curtius killed him,that difagreed from them : If he recovered, then * they 
curcc* kim themfelves. Much emulation, impofture, malice, there is a- 
mongft them i if they bee honeft, and mean well, yet a knave Apothe- 
Cary that adminifters the Phyfick, and makes the medicine, may do in- 
gn-te barm, by bis old obfolete dofes, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, 
quid fro quo, &c. See Fuchfius lib. 1 ,feff, I. cap, 8. Cordus Difpenfatory, and 
Brafivolas Examen fimfl. &c. But it is their ignorance-that doth more 
harm than raftmefs, their Art is wholly conjectural, if it be an Art, un- 
certain, imperfeCt, and got by killing of men, they are a kind of butchers,, 
leeches, Chirurgeons, and Apothecaries efpecially, that arc 
indeed the Phyficians hang-men, carnifices, and common executioners; 
though to fay truth, Phyficians themfelves come not far behinde-, for ac- 
cording to that facete Epigram of {Maximilianus Urentius, what’s the dif- 
ference tr 
q Omnis agro- 
tus propria cul- 
pa perit, fed ne- 
mo ni fi medici 
beneficio refiitu- 
iiur. Agrippa. 
t tib. 5. fiat, 
ep. Winceflao 
Raphano. Au- 
fm dicere, tot 
pulfmm diffe- 
rentias , qua 
defcrib utitur a 
Caleno, nec a 
quoquam in• 
tclligiy nec ob- 
fervari poffe. 
(tib. z8 cap,7. 
Syntax, art. 
mirab. Mallem 
ego expertis 
credere folum, 
quam mere ra- 
tio ditantibus : 
ne % fatis lau- 
dare pojfum 
hftimum Ba- 
bylonicum, &c- 
t Herod. Eu- 
terpe de *A- 
Zyptiis. Apud 
eos (jugulorum 
morborum funt 
pnguli medicij 
alius curat ocu- 
los, ali us den- 
tes, alius caput, 
partes occultas 
alius. 
Chirurgus medico quo differt i fcilicet ifio, 
, Enecat hic fuccis, ennecat ille manu • 
Carnifice hoc ambo tantum differre videntur, 
Tardius hi faciant, quod facit ille cito, 
But I return to their skill; many difeafes they cannot cure at all, as Apo- 
plexie, Epilepfic, Stone, Strangury, Gout, 
Tederenodofam nejcit medicina. Podagram; 
Quartan Agues, a common Ague fometirne ftumbles them all) they can- 
not fo much as cafe, they know not how to judge of it. If by Pulfes, that 
dodtrine Tome hold, is wholly fuperftitious, and I. dare boldly fay with 
r Andrew Dudeth, that variety of pulfes deferibed by Galen,/* neither obferved, 
nor under food of any. And for urine, that is meretrix medicorum the moft 
deceitful thing of all, as Foreftm & feme other Phyficians have proved at 
large: I fay nothing of Critick dales, errours in Indications, &c. The moft 
rational of them, and skilful, arc fo often deceived, that as fTholofanus 
infers, i had rather beleevc and commit my fdf to a mter Emperick.than to * 
meer 1 cannot fuffic'tently commend that cufiome of the Babylonians; 
that have no frefefjed but bring all their patients to the market to be 
cured • which Herodotus relates of the Egyptians ; Strabo, Sardus, and Au~ 
hantts Boh emus of many other Nations. And thofe that preferibed Phylick 
amongft them, did not fo arrogantly take upon them to cure all difeafes, 
as our profeflbrs do, but fomeone, fome another, as their skill and ex- 
perience did ferve», t One cured the eyes, a Jecend the teeth, a third the head, 
another the lower parts, &c, not for gain, but in charity, to do good, they 
made Parc 2. Sed. 4. Ii 
phyfick» 
Memb. u Subf. 1. 
made neither art, profdfion, nor trade of it, which in other places was ac- 
cuftomed: and therefore Cambifes in f Xenophon9 told Cyrus 5 that to his 
thinking, Phyficians were like Taylers and Coblers , the one mended our fick 
bodies, os the ether did our clothes. But I will urge thefe ravelling and con- 
tumelious arguments no further, left fome Fhyfician ftiouid iiiiftake mee, 
and deny mee Phyfick when lam fick: for my part, lam well perfwaded 
of Phyfick: I can diftinguifh the abufe from the ufe, in this and many 
t Cyrop. hb. i, 
VHut veptium 
[radaram rc- 
Jprcinatores, 
&c. 
other Arts and Sciences-, f Aliud aliud ebriet as wine and drunken- 
nefs are two diftind: things. 1 acknowledge it a moft noble and divine 
fcience, in fo much that Apollo, and the firft founders of it, 
merito pro diis habiti, were worthily counted Gods by fuccecding ages, for 
the excellency of their invention. And whereas Apollo at Delos, Venus 
t Chryf. hm\ 
at Cyprus, Btana at Ephefus , and thole other Gods were confined and 
adored alone in fome peculiar places .* *A-fcnlapius had his 1 emple, and 
Altars everywhere,in Corinth, Lacedaemon, Athens, Thebesy Epidaure, (fie. 
Faufaniasxtcoxds, for the latitude ot i.is art, deity, worth and necessity. 
With all virtuous and wife men therefore I honour the name, and cal- 
ling, as I am enjoyned to honour the Fhyfician fornecefimes Jake, The know- 
ledge of the Fhyfician lifteth up his heady and i» the fight of great men heefhaH 
be admired. The Lord hath created medicines of the earthy and hee that is wijty 
will net abhor them, Ecclcf. 58. i. But of this noble fubjed , how many 
panegyrieks arc worthily written? For my part, as Saluft faid of Carthage, 
fr aftat filer e,quam pauca dicere I have faid, yet One thing I will add , 
that this kinde of Phyfick is very moderately and advifedly to bee ufed, 
tipon good occafion, when the former of diet will not take place. And 
'tis no other which I fay, than that which Arnold us prdcnbes.in his S A- 
phorif.1A dtfereet and godly Fhyfician doth fir ft indeaveur to expel a dtfeafe 
by medicinal diet, then by pure medicine: and in his ninth, 1‘ hee that may hie 
cured by diet, muft not meddle with Phyfick. So in H Aphorif. *A modeft 
and wife Fhyfician, will never haften to uje medicines but upon urgent 
and that fparingly too: becaufe (as hec adds in his 13 Aphorif.) y Whofo- 
'Prudens & 
pius medicus, 
morbum ante 
expellere Jat a- 
git, cibis medi- 
qualibus, quam 
puris medicina. 
* 
teji per alimenta 
reftiiui fanhns» 
fugiendus eft 
penitus ufus 
medicamento- 
rum. 
*Medeftus&» 
fapiens medi- 
cas, nunquam 
properabit ad 
Pharmaciam, 
niJi cogente nC* 
ccfiitate. 
pharmacatL fa 
juventute, de~ 
flebtt in fitted 
Bute. 
1 Rildifh. Bife i 
ever takes much phyfick in his youth, jhallfiom bewail it in his old age: Pur- 
gative Phyfick efpecially, which doth much debilitate natur?. For which 
caufes fome Phyficians refrain from the ufe of Purgatives,»!? elfe fparing- 
ly ufe them. 2 Henricus Ayrerus in a confutation for a melancholy perfon, 
would have him take as few purges as hec cautdy becaufe there he no fuch 
medicines, which do not Heal away feme of our jirehgth y and rob the parts of 
r: de mei. 0* 
mm 
firme medicina 
purgant, qua 
ffoa aliquam fa 
Utribus &pat' 
tihus corporis; 
depradatur,. 
vur body , weaken Nature, and canfe that CacochymU, which a Cdjm anti 
others obferve, or ill digeftion, and bad juice through all the parts of if . 
Galen himfelf confedeth, b that purgative J? byfick is contrary to natur evokes 
cway fome of our heft fpiritsy and con fumes the ‘Veryfuhfianceofour bodies: But 
this without queftion3 is to be underftood of 'fucfopurges as are unfeafon- 
ably5 0J> immoderately taken*, they have their excelledt ufe in this,as wed 
as moft other infirmities. OF Alteratives and Cordials no ban 
CV hmples or compounds. I will amongft that infinite variety 
nes5 which i finde in every Pharmcofoea, 
nS e out fomc of the chiefcft. 
a tib. I 
Bart, lib. ‘ 
cap. J*. £ 1 
b 3 De vtft. 
eat- Omrupur, 
ratts medico- 
merit m, capo* 
ri fnrgato cofi~: 
trariuniy &c. 
fucces & Mfj, 
tus abduci f " 
fybjlantiati 
Corp9Yis au[tt% Part 2. Sed. 4, 
Cure of eJMelancholy. 
Memb. i. Subf. 2. 4 
fl] Simphs proper to Melancholy, Againfl Exotick Simples. 
Edicines properly applied to Melancholy, are either Simple, 
or Compound* Simples are Alterative or Purgative. Alteratives 
B fuch as corred, ftrengthen nature, alter, any way hinder 
or refill the difeafe*, and they be herbs ,ftones, minerals, 
all proper to this humour. For as there be divers diftind in- 
firmities, continually vexing us, 
SIIBSEC. 2. 
e Hcfad. op. 
d Hurnius puef. 
pm. mcd. Quot 
morborum funt 
ide*, tot renter 
diorum genera 
•varris potentiis 
a w / 
cnS<TOI cA.’ av3gdTTOiTI i(p H/A££fc HoV £7Tt VUJiTI 
AVTo'ua-TOl CpolT6j<n KOtVtpt 3vMTO?!TJ Cpi%XGoa. 
T-tyvi, £7r£< epcovw if&ihito pwjkToc zivs. 
Difeafes fteal both day and night on men, 
For Jupiter hath taken voice from them : 
decorata. 
e Venottus de 
nar. mcd. 
GMtecunlfc re- 
gio producit 
£mpHcia,pro _ 
jnorbis regmiis', 
Crefcit raw ab- 
fyathium in 1- 
tM'ia, quod ibi 
plerum% morbi 
calidiy fed ci- 
cuta, papaver, 
dr herbat fri- 
gtd*', apud nos 
Germanos & 
Joionos übif* 
provenit ahfyn* 
thrum.* ■ ■ \ 
£ Qurm in vil- 
(M venity con- 
So there be feveral remedies, as d he faith, eachdifeafe a medicine, for every 
hu7nor-oznd as fome hold, every clime,every Country,and more than that, 
every private place hath his proper remedies growing in it , peculiar al- 
moft to the domineering, and moft frequent maladies of it. Asconedif- 
courfeth, Wormwood grows fparingly in Italy, becaufe moftpart there they be 
mtfaffetted with hot dif cafes $ but henbane, poppy, and fuch cold herbs: With m 
inGermany and folandgr eat fiore of it in every wafie.Bar ocellus Horto Geniali, 
andßaptifta Porta Phyfeognomic*, 1ib.6.0,23. gave many inftancesand ex- 
amples of k, and bring many other proofs. For that caufe belike that 
Jfcafned Enchfius of Noremberge,£when became into a village, confideredal~ 
wades what herbs did grew moftfrequently about it ,and thofe he difilled in a fi- 
ver limbeck, making ufe of others amongft them as occafion ferved. I 
tnow that many are of opinion, our Northern (imples are weak, unper- 
fed, not fo well conceded, of fuch force, as thofe m the Southern parts, 
not fo fit to be ufed in Phyfick, and will therefore fetch their drugs afar 
gfiravit qufl 
ibi crefcehanf ■ 
medicament# x ■ 
impiitiafre- 
. qmmiora <& 
* i&ji.krun.fyHr 
fis dipUatisy 
"a~l 
lirpbacim tdc% 
argepieum sfa 
rumfrons. 
iJ&famdh. 
ctsutw* omnir 
um in Apdi.a 
b frior am namt~ 
yI(S undiefc 
cnjipiit. “ 
jsUcemlti- 
-7teri\ Gallia. 
t Baldus mens 
pope'tena- 
eitrri herbilegis 
waxime notus 
ofF.\ Sena, C afiia oat oit o£gyft, Rubarh from Bar bary, Aloes from 
-1-urbith, Agafick, Mirabolanes, Hermodadils from the Eaft Indies, To- 
hacA from the weft> and fomeas far as China, Hellebor from the Anticyra, 
or i\mto£ Auftria, which bears the purple, flower 5 which CHathtolus fo 
-much approves, and fo of the reft. In the Kingdome of Valence in Spain, 
S.Maginus commends two mountains, Mar tola and Renagdefa, famous for 
ftmples Albert us y f Baidas a mountain near the lake Benacus in the 
ferritory of Verona, to which all the herbalifts in the Country continually 
iflock XOrtelim one in Apuliay Munjler Mons major in Hi final- others Mont- 
; pelier in FrofperAltinus prefers Egyptian (imples, Garcias ah Hot- 
itolnditn before the reft, another thofe ofltaly £ ret ey&c-Many times they 
m‘e overcurious in this kind, whom Fuchfms taxeth, 2nftitA.ufec.ucap.tl 
* that think they do nothing, except the) rake all over India, Arabia, Ethio- 
pia, for remedies, arid fetch their Phyfick from the three quarters of the World, 
and from beyond the Garamantes. cMany an old wife or country-woman doth 
often more good with a few known and common garden herbs, than our bumbafi 
BhyfuianSy with aU their prodigious, fumptuous, far-fetched, rare, con] eHural 
medicines: without all queftion,if we have not thefe rate Exotlck fimples. 
k 6)u'< fe nihil ejfeciffe arbitrantur, nip Indiam, oMhiopram, Arabiam, & ultra Gar amant as a tribus mundi partibus 
auiGta remedia corradunt. Tutius fape medstnr rufiica anus wta, &c. Parc 2. Sed:. 4, 
CWedi final fhyfick• 
Memb. i, Subf. 3. 
we hold that at home, which is in virtue equivalent unto, them, ours will 
ferve as well as theirs, if they be taken in proportionable quantity, fitted 
and qualified aright,if not much better, and more proper to our conftituti- 
ons. But fo *tis for the moft part, as Pliny writes to Galius, * We are care- 
lef of that which is nee'r and follow that which is afar cffy to knew which 
we will travel and fail beyond the Seas, wholly negle&ing that which is under 
cur eyes. opium in Turky doth fcarce offend, with us in a fmall quantity it 
ftupifies : Cicuta or hemlock is a ftrong poifon in Greece, but with us It 
hath no fuch violent effedls, I conclude with /. Vofchiusy who as hce much 
inveighs againft thofe exotick medicines,fo he promifeth by our European, 
a full cure, and abfolute of all difeafeSj a capite ad calcem , He (Ira regionis 
* % lib, 8. 
Proximorum in- 
curioji longin- 
qua [efflamur, 
& ad ea cog - 
nofeenda iter 
inirtdi '&-met- 
re tranjmttcre 
folemus; at qnee 
fnb ocnlis pefta 
ncgligimus. 
herba ncjtrts corf emus magis conducunt, our own limples agree belt with ase 
It was a thing that Fernelius much laboured in his french practice, to re- 
duce all his cure to our proper and domeftick Phyfick: So did f Jams 
Cor narius y and Martin Rulandus in Germany, 7V B. with us, as appeareth by 
a treatife of his divulged in our tongue 1615, to prove the fufficiency of 
Engltft medicines, to the cure ofall manner of difeafes. If our limples be 
not altogether of fuch force,or fo appofite,it may be, if like induftry were 
t Exotica re-, 
jecit, domjikis 
[ohm nos con. 
rent os effe vo- 
luit. Melch. A- 
damns vit.cjus,. 
ufed, thofe far fetched drugs would profper as well with us, as in thofe 
Countries, whence now we have them, as well as Cherries, Artichokes, 
Tobacco, and many fuch. There have been divers worthy Phyficians, 
which have tried excellent conclufiOns in this kinde, and mariy diligent, 
painful Apothecaries, as Gefnery Be(lery Gerard, &c. but amongft the reft, 
thofe famous publick Gardens of Padua in Italy, Horemherre in Germany* 
Leiden in Holland) Montpelier in France (and ours in Oxford now in Jieri9 at 
*he coft and charges of the right Honourable the Lord Danvers Earl of 
Danb)i)are much to be commended, wherein all exotick plants almoft are 
to be Teen, and liberal allowance yearly made for their better mainte- 
nance ,that young (Indents may be the fooner informed in the knowledge 
of them : which as m Fuchftus holds, is mofi deceffarj for that exquiftte man- 
ner of curing, and as great a fhame for a Phyfician not to obferve them, as 
for a workman not to know his axe, faw, fquare, or any other tool which 
hee muft of neccflity ufe. 
Jnflh. lib. i„ 
cap. 8. fee. t. 
Ad exqmfit am 
curandi ratio- 
nenti quorum 
cognitio impri- 
tnis necejfaria 
efl. 
Sub sec, S* 
Alteratives, Herbs, ether vegetals^&c. 
atMongft thofe 800 firaples, which (Jaleottus reckons up, Uh. 3. de 
Ipromijc. doctor. cap, 3. and many exquifite Herbalifts have writ- 
ten of, thefe few following alone, I finde appropriated to 
this humour; Of which Tome be Alteratives*, n which hy a fecret force, 
Renodans y and ffccial quality, expel future difeafes, perfectly cure thefe 
*>htch arey and many fuch incurable effects. This is as well obferved in other 
Plants, ftones, minerals, and creatures, as in herbs*, in other maladies, as in 
lhis. How many things are related of a mans skull/* What feveral virtues 
°cKornsin a horfeleg, oof a Wolves livor, &c. Of divers p excrements 
0 all good againft feveral difeafes? What extraordinary virtues 
arc aicribed unto plants?*l Sat yturn & eruca penem & ea 
{fm*vuf**£***t’r fome herbs provoke luft*, fome again, as AgW* rtUs\ 
Watcrliily, qu|tG excinguilh feed 5 poppy caufeth fleep> eabbigc ic 1 eth 
n Qtia eased vi 
acjpecifed 
qualitate tnsr- 
tos famres ar~ 
cent, lib- 
jnjUt. Vhar. . 
o oden. lib. E~ 
par lupi epati- 
cos curat. 
p Stercus pees- 
ris ad Epilep- 
flam, &c. 
Pricilpintk j 
rocket. 
r Sabina if(ttutn 
educit. Part 2. Sc ft. 4, 
Cure of xJHe lane holy. 
Memb. i.Subf. 3. 
368 
drunkennefs,&c. and that which is more to be admired,that fiich and Rich 
plants fhould have a peculiar virtue to fuch particular parts, fas to the 
head, Annifeeds, Foalfoot, Betony, Calamint, Eye-bright, Lavender, 
Bayes,Rofes,Rue,Sage, Marjorum, Piony, &c. For the lungs, Calamine, 
Liquorice,Ennula campana, Hyfop, Germander, &c. 
For the heart, Borrage, Buglois, Saffron,Bawm,Bafih Rofemary* Violet, 
Roles,&c, For the ftomack, Wormwood, Mints,Betony,Bawm, Centau- 
ry, Sorel, Purflain. For the liver, Darthfpine or Cam*fitisy Germander, 
Agrimony FenneLEndive.Succory,Liverwort, Barbaries, For the fpleen. 
f wec\er. Vide 
OfwalAum 
Crollium lib. 
de Internis re- 
rum fignaturis, 
de herbis parti- 
cularibus parti 
cm que conveni- 
entibus. 
Maidenhair, Finger-fern, Dodder of Thyme, Hop,the rinde of Afb, Be- 
tony. For the Kidnies,Grumel,Parfly, Saxifrage, Plantane, Mallow. For 
the womb, Mugwort,Pennyroyal,Fetherfew, Savine,&c. For the joynts. 
Camomile, S. Johnfwort,Organ, Rue, Cowflips, Centaury thelefs,&c. 
And fo to peculiar difeafes. To this of Melancholy, you (hall finde a Ca- 
talogue of herbs proper, and that in every part, Sec more in Wecker, Re~ 
nodeus, Hcurnius, Üb.2,capA9,&c, I will briefly fpeak of them, as firft of 
Alteratives, which Galen in his third book of difeafed parts, prefers before 
diminutives, and Trallianas braggs, that he hath done more cures on Me- 
lancholy menby moiftning.than by purging of them. 
t Idem Lau- 
rentius. c. 5. 
B<?rage. 
j # * y o j J i cj & . 
In this Catalogue, Borage and Buglofs may challenge the chicfeft 
placeswhether in fubftance, juice,roots,feeds, flowers, leaves, deco&ions , 
diftilled waters, extra&Sjoilsj&c.for fuch kind of herbs be diverfly varied. 
Buglofs is hot and moift , and therefore worthily reckoned up amoogft 
thofeherbs which expel melancholy, andu exhilarate the heart, cale» 
lib 6.capso. defimpL mtd, Diofcorides ltb^,cap,123.Pliny much magnifies 
this plant. It may be diverfly ufed sas in Broth, inx Wine, in Conferves, 
Syrops,&c. It is an excellent cordial, and againft this malady moft fre- 
quently preferibed; an herb indeed of fuch Soveraignty, that as Diodorus 
lih^Mbl.Plinius 1ih,25,cap,2,&1ib,21,cap.22. Plutarchfywpcf.lib.i.cap, t, 
Diofcorides lib, s,cap,/[o,Calius lib* 19*0,3, fuppofe, it was that famous Ne- 
penthes of -j- Homer, which Polydamna Thonis wife (then King of Thebes in 
&£gypt) fent Helena for a token, of fuch rare virtue, that if taken fteept in 
wine, if wife and children, father and mother, brother and lifter, and all 
thy deareft friends fhould dye before thy face, thou couldft not grieve or 
filed a tear for them. Sui femel id patera miflum Nepenthes Jaccho 
v-picor Borago 
gaudia femper 
ago. 
*Vino infufum 
hilaritatem fa- 
cit. t 
t Odyjf. A. 
Bawra. 
y Lib. x. cap, j. 
prax.med. Mi- 
ri vi lathi am 
pr abet & cor 
confirmati va- 
pores melan- 
cholicos purgat 
apritibus. 
z Proprium efi 
ejus animum 
hilarem redde- 
re, coreco Itio- 
nem juvare, ce- 
rebri obflru Bio- 
ne s refecare,fol- 
licivldines fu- 
gare, follicitas 
imaginationes 
tollere. Scor- 
xonera. 
Hauferit, hie lachrymam, non Jifuavifima proles. 
Si germanus ei char us, mater q* paterqs 
Oppetat, ante oculos ferro confcfjus atroci, 
Helenas commended Boul, to exhilarate the hearty had no other ingredi- 
ent, as moft of our Criticks conjecture, than this of Borage. 
Melifld,Bawm,hath an admirable virtue to alter Melancholy be it ftee- 
ped in our ordinary drink, extracted, orotherwife taken. Cardan lih. 8. 
much admires this herb. It heats and dries, faith i Heurnins, in the fe- 
cond degfee, with a wonderful virtue cornforts the heart , andpurgetb 
all melancholy vapors from the fpirits, Matthiol, in lih.s>c.io, inTiojcori- 
dtm* Befides, they aferibe other virtues to it, *as to help to 
cleanfe the hr Ain , expel all careful thoughts,, and anxious imaginations: 
The fame words in effect are in Avicenna, Pliny, Simon Sethi, JFuchftus, 
Leobel, Delacampius, and every Herbafift, Nothing better for him that is Parc 2. Sed. 4, 
CMedieinal phyfick. 
Memb. u Subf. 4, 
melancholy, than tafleep this and Borage in his ordinary dank. 
Matthiolus in his fifth book of Medicinal Epiftles, reckons up Scorzone- 
ra% a not again ft poifon only, falling ficknefs3 andfuch as arc vertiginous, but to 
this malady the root of it taken by it felft expels for row, cauieth mirth and 
lightnefs of heart, 
Antonius Mufa, that renowned Phyficianto Cdfar Auguftus3 in his book 
which hee writ of the virtues of Bctony, cap, 6. wonderfully commends 
that herb, animas hominum dp corpora cuftodtt, fecuras de metu reddit, it 
preferves both body and mind, from fears, cares, griefs cures falling- 
ficknefs, this and many other difeafes, to whom Galen fubferibes, lib. 7. 
ftmpl, med. Diofcorides lib. 4, cap. 1. &c. 
Marigold is much approved againlt Melancholy, and often ufed there- 
fore in our ordinary broth, as good againft this and many other difeafes. 
LupultiSyhop, is a foveraign remedy 5 Fuchpus cap. 58. Plant, hi ft. much 
extolls it-,b it purgetball choler, and purifies the blood. Matthiol, cap. 140. in 
4» Diofcor. wonders the Phyficians of his time made no more ufe of ir, be- 
caufe it ratifies and cleanfeth: wee ufe it to this purpofe in our ordinary 
Beer, which before was thick and fulfome. 
a Non folum ad 
viperarum mor- 
fusi comitiales•, 
vertiginous j, 
fed per fe ac- 
commodata ra- 
dix triflitiam 
difeutit, hilari- 
tatem f conci- 
liat, 
Hop, 
b Bilem utramcf 
detrahit, fan- 
gninem purgat, 
Wormwood, Centaury, Pcnniroyal, are likewife magnified and much 
preferibed (as I (hall after (hew) efpecially in Hypocondnake melancholy, 
daily to be ufed, fod in whey: and as %uffus Efhefius3c Areteus, relate,by 
breaking wind, helping conco&ion, many melancholy men have been ca- 
red with the frequent ufe of them alone; 
And becaufc the fpleen and blood are often mifaffe&ed in melancholy , 
I may not omit Endive,Succory,Dandelyon,Fumetory3&c. which cleanfe 
the blood. Scolopendria, Cufcuta, Ceterache,Mugwort, Liverwort, Afh3 
Tamerisk, Genift,Maidenhair, &c. which much help and eafe the fpleen. 
To thele I may add, Scordium,Sta?- 
chas, Rofemary,Ros Solis,Saffron,Ocyme,fweet Apples, Wine,Tobacco3 
Sanderss&c. that Peruvian Chamico, men fir efd facultatey& c. Linjhcofteus 
c Lib. 7. caps <, 
India defer 
lib. 10. cap, 2. 
d Heuruius I. »„ 
confil. 185-. 
Scoltfti cm- 
fil. 77. 
e *V/- dflwr. 
Omnes 
capitis dolores 
& phantafma• 
/* tollit-. Jet as J 
mllam herbant 
in ten is huic 
cdfyp arandam 
viribus & to* 
I>*tura-? And to filch as arc cold,thed decodtion of GuaicumsChina, Salfa- 
perilla,Saflafras3the flowers of Carduus Bexeditfus,which I find much ufed 
oy Montanus in his 
others.6 Bernardus Penottus prefers his Herba folis9ox Dutch-Sindaw,before 
all the reft in this difcafe, and will admit of no herb upon the earth to he com- 
parable to it. It excells Homers Moly,cures 
all other infirmities. The fame Penottus fpeaks of an excellent balm out 
of Aponenfisy which taken to the quantity of three drops in a cup of wine, 
i will caufe a fudden drive awaj dumps, and chear up the heart• Ant. 
Gttianerius in his Antidotary hath many fac\\sfacobus de Dondis the Aggre- 
repeats ambergreefcinutmegs,& allfpice amongft the reft.Buc chat 
cannot be general, Amber and Spice will make a hot brain mad, good for 
fold and moift. Garcias ab Horte, hath many Indian Plants, whofe virtues 
c much magnifies in this difeafe. Lemnius inflit, cap. 5%. admires Rue,and 
c°u\mends it to have excellent virtue, to h expel 'vain imaginations, Devils* 
TJtt0 \*Ie “flittedfouls. Other things are much magnified by1 writers, 
•• ,? ° Cock, a Rams head, a Wolfs heart born or eaten, which Mercu- 
tats approves. Profper Altinus, the water of all Sea water- 
nd at leafonable times to be Sea-fick: Goats-milk, Whey, 
- - va- 
nitate nafci. 
{ Optimam me- 
dicamentum j& 
celeri cordis 
: confortatione> 
& ad omnes 
qui inflantur» 
: &c. 
zKondoletius. 
Zlenum quod 
'vim habet mi- 
'tam ad hilari- _ 
tat em & multi 
pro fecreto ha- 
bear. Sc{enft- 
us obferv. med. 
cen. 5. obferv. ■ 
26. 
h Jjpiifas men- 
tesrelevat 
mi Imaginati?, 
nes & T>temo- 
nes expellit. , 
Matildas* 
Kbafls Part 2, Se<sh 4. 
Cure of eJMelancholy. 
Me mb, i.Sibf, 4, 
Subsec, 4# 
Precious Stones, (jMetals, xJMinewlsy Alteratives, 
Mk Recious Stones are diverfly ccnfurcd; many explode 
the ufe of them, or any Minerals in Phyfick, of whom 
Thomas Erafi us is the chief, in his Trad: againft Far a- 
Hl?' celfus, and in an Epiftle of his to Feter Honavm,k That 
Sr fiones can anJ wonders, let them heleeve that lip: 3no 
jjjp W4» /Im# perfwade mee,for my part l have found by expe- 
rience, #no virtue m them. But Matthiolius in his 
Comment upon J Diofcondes, is as profufe on the other fide in their com- 
mendation*, lo is Cardan, Renodeus, Alardus, Rueus, jEncelius, Marbodcus, 
m Matthiolus fpecifies in Coral: and ofwaldus Crollm Rafil, chym.fve- 
fers the fait of Coral,n Chriftcpk Encelius lib, 3. 131. will have them 
to be as fo many feveral medicines againft melancholy, forrcw, fear, dul- 
neis, and the 0 Renodeus admires them, bofides, they adorn Kings 
Crowns,grace the fingers , enrich our ho up old-fluff, defend usfrom enchant- 
ments,pre/erve health,cure difeafes, they drive away grief, cares, and exhila- 
rate the mind. The particulars be thefe. 
Granatus a precious ftone fo called, becaufe it is like the kernels of a 
Pomegranate, an unpcrfedkindeof Ruby,it comes from Calecut% *if hung 
about the neck, or taken in drink,it much refifteth forrcw,and recreates the heart, 
The fame properties! finde afcribed to the 'Jacinth and Topaze,q They al- 
lay anger, grief, diminifh madnefs, mudnlelight and exhilarate the mind. 
r if it be either carried about, or taken in a potion, it will increafe wtfdcmeMih 
Cardan, expel fears, he brags that he hath cured many mad men with it, which 
when they laid by the flone, were as mad again as ever they were at fir ft, Fetrus 
Rayerus lib. 2. cap. 13. vent mecum, Fran, Rttcus, cap, 19, de gemmis, fay as 
much of the Chryjolite, fa friend of wifdome,an enemy to folly. Fliny lib, 
37« Solinus cap,52. Albertusdelapid,Cardan. Encelius lib,3. cap, 66, highly 
magnifies the virtue of the Beryl, c it much avails to a good underfunding , 
reprefjeth vain conceits, evil thoughts, caufeth mirth,&c. In the belly of a 
fwallow there is a ftone found called Chelidonius, u which if it be lapped in 
a fair cloath, and tied to the right arm, will cure lunaticks, mad men, make 
them amiable and merry. 
There is a kinde of Onyx called a Chalcedony, which hath the fame qua- 
lities, x avails much againft phantafiick illufions, which proceed from melan* 
choly, preferves the vigour and good eftate of the whole body. 
The Ehan ftone which Goldfmiths ufe to fleeken their gold with, born 
about, or given to drink,y hath the fame properties, or not much unlike, 
Levinus Lemnius Infiitut. ad vit. cap, 58. amongft other Jewels makes 
, mention of two more notable: Carbuncle and CoraL * which drive away 
k Cratonif ep. 
vol, i. Credat 
qui vult gem- 
mas mirabilia 
efficere-, mihi' 
qui & ratione 
& experientia , 
didici a lit ex ( 
rem habere,nul- 
Ihs facile per- i 
fuadebit falfum 
effie verum. 
1 L, de gemlmis, 
tn Margarita 
& coralium ad 
melancholiam 
pracipue va- 
lent., 
u Margarita 
& gemma fpl- 
ritus confortant 
efy cor, melan- 
choliam fugant, 
o ‘prafat. ad 
lap. pres. lib. z. 
fetf.il demat. 
med.fiRegm 
coronas ornant, 
digitos iUu- 
tfrant, fupelle- 
tfilem ditant, e 
fafeino tuen- 
tur, morbis me- 
dentur, f unita- 
tem confervant, 
mentem exhila- 
rant, trifinium 
pellunt. 
p Encelius l, 3. 
C. 4. Sufpenfus 
vel ebibitus 
trlttitia mul- 
tum reft siit, 
& cor recreat. 
<1 idem cap. 
& cap. 6- de 
Hyacintho & 
Top axio, iram 
f 'edat & am~ 
mi trifilium 
pellit. 
* Lapis hic ge- 
flatus aut ebibi- 
tHspnuknt'uim auget) nocturno* umores pellit-, mfanos hac fanavi, & quum lapidem abjecerint, erupit itcrumfultitia. 
f Inducit fapientiam, fugat flultitiam. Idem Cardams, lunaticos juvat. 1 Confert ad bonum intelleilum, comprimit ma- 
las cogitationes, &c. AUmts reddit. nMertus, Sncelius cap. 44. Hb. 3. Vlin. Hb. 37. cap.io. Jacobus de Ven- 
dis' Dextro brachio alligatus fanat -lunatic os, infartos, facit amabiles, jucundos. * Valet contra phantafticas illufones 
ex melancholia, y Amentes fanat, triftitiam pellit, iram, &c. 7 Valet ad fnngandos timores & damenes, turbulenta fom- 
ni a abigit, & nocturnos puerorum timores compcfcit. Part 2. Sedi, 4. 
CUe edie trial phyfick* 
Memb, 1. Subf,^.. 
childifhpears, Devils, overcome farrow, and hung about the neck , reprejje 
troublejome dreams , which properties almoft Cardan gives to that green 
coloureda Emmetris, if it be carried about, or worn in a Ring-, Rueus to the 
Diamond, 
a Somnia lata 
facit argenteo. 
annulo geflatus. 
Nicholas a Jefuit of Ferrara* in the firft book of his magnetical 
Philofophy, cap. 3, fpeaking of the virtues of a load ftone, recites many fe- 
veral opinions-, lome fay, that if it be taken in parcels inward, ft quisptr 
frupa voret, juventutem reftituet, it will,like vipers wine, reftorc one to his 
youth, and yet if carried about them, others will have it to caufe melan- 
choly-, let experience determine. 
Mercurialis admires the Emerald for his virtues in pacifying all affe&i- 
ons of the mind; others the Safhyre, which is the hfairefi of all precious 
fiones, of sky-colour, and a great enemy to black choler, frees the mind, mends 
manners3drc, jacobus de Dondis in his Catalogue of Simples, hath Am- 
her-Greeceyos in corde cervi,c the bone in a Stags heart,a Monocerots horn, 
Bezoars ftone d (of which elfewherejit is found in the belly of a little beaft 
in the Baft Indies, brought into Europe by Hollanders, and our Country- 
men Merchants. Renodeus cap.%2dib,\, de ment,med. faith, hee faw two of 
thefc beafts alive, in the Caftle of the Lord of Vitry at Coubert, 
Lapis Lazuli and Armenus, becaufe they purge, fhall be mentioned in 
their place. . v 
Of the reft in brief,thus much I will add out of Cardan Jtnodem cap.23. 
Hb,y, Rondoletim ltb.i,de Teftat.c, hat almoft all fcwels and preci- 
ous Bones have excellent virtues to pacific the affe&ions of the mind, for 
which caufe rich men fo much covet to have them.- {and thofe fmaller Uni- 
ons which are found in Jhells amngft the Ferfians and Indians, by the content 
of all writers, are very cordial, and moft part avail to the exhilaration of 
the heart. 
Moft men fay as much of Gold, and fome other Minerals,as thefe have 
done of precious ftones. Erattus ftill maintains the oppofite part. Diput, 
hAtra bill ad- 
verfatur, omni- 
um gemmarum, 
pulcherrima, 
call dolor cm re-, 
fert,animum ab 
errore liber at, 
mores in melius 
mutat. 
■ c Longis moero- 
ribus feliciter 
medetur 9 deli- 
quiis, <&c. 
dS e Et. Me mb. 
x. Subf j, 
c Gcjiam en 
pidum& gem- 
marum maxi- 
mum fert aux- 
ilium & juva- 
men-, unde qui 
dites funt gem- 
mas fecum fer- 
re findent. 
t Margarita &> 
Uniones qua a 
conchis & pif- 
eibusapud Fer- 
fas & Indos, 
valde cardiales 
funt, &-c. 
Minerals, 
in Paracelfum c. 4./<?/.ips.he confefieth of gold, s that it makes the heart 
merryJbut in no other fenfe but as it is in a miners cheji: at mihi plaudo fimuUc 
nummos contemplor in arc A, as he faid in the Poet, it fo revives the fpirits, 
and is an excellent receit againft Melancholy. 
% Aurum Uti- 
tiam generat, 
non in corde,fed 
in axed viro- 
rm. 
t Chaucer. 
h Aurum non 
aurum. Noxi- 
um ob aquas 
i ®oID tit i&tipficfc t# s 
ifatttlm W loheh ®olfc tn fpeciau 
Aurum potabile h, he difcomraendsand inveighs againft it, by reafon of the 
corrofive waters which are ufed in it * Which argument our Dr, Guin ur- 
geth againft T)* Antonius,'Er aft us concludes their Philofophicafftones and 
potable gold?&c. to be no better thanpoifon,< a raeer impofture, a non 
dig’d out of that broody hill belike this goodly golden ftone is* uhi nafce- 
ittr ridiculus mus. Faracelfrs and his Chymiftical followers, as fomany 
*rometheicwill fetch fire from Heaven.will cure all manner of difcafes with 
rodentes. f 
*Ep. ad MoM- 
'ilium. Metalli- 
ca omnia in u- 
jjiverfnm quo- 
Tjifmddo para- 
ta, nec mb 
ffec commode 
in-tra corpus fu- 
mi. 
Minerals, accounting them the only Phyfick-, on the other fide f Paracel' 
f“5 CaUs Galen, Hipocrates, and all their adherents, infants, ideots, Sophl' 
ers,&c • Apage ps iftos qui Vulcanias ifasMetamorphofes fugHlaniyinfrit** J0~ 
fin parag. . 
Stultijjimus 
pilus occipitis 
mei plus fdt, 
qwm omn.es 
tdmrm meorum annuli doffiionsfunt cjum vtflcr Galena & Jviee**1» am a plus expert a eft 
vew* omnes Aeademi*. Part 2. Sed:. 4. 
Cure of CMelancholy, 
Memb. i.Subf.j, 
boles, [upina pertinacia alumnos, &c. not worthy the name of Phyficians, 
for want of thefe remedies*, and brags, that by them he can make a man 
live 160 years, or to the worlds end5 with their * Alexipharmacums, Pa- 
Mumrmaes, unguentum Armarium, and fuch Magnetical cures,Xd?»- 
pas vita. & mortisalneum Diana, Balfamum, Fit St rum Magico-phyficum , 
Amuleta Martialia, &c. What will not hce and his followers effect i Hee 
brags moreover, that hee was primus medicorum, and did more famous 
cures, than all the Phyficians in Europe befides, * a drop of his preparations 
fhould go further than a dram, or ounce of theirs , thofe loathfome and ful- 
fome filthy potions, Heteroclitical pills (To he calls them)horfe medicines. 
* Vide Erne- 
fiim Buy grati - 
urn edit. Fra- 
nafar. B°. 
1611. Crollius 
and others. 
* Vius proficiet 
gutta mea, 
quam tot eorum 
drachm# & 
uncice. 
'«■nonnulli huic 
fupra modum 
indulgent, u- 
fum etfi non ti- 
de 0 magnum, 
non tamen ah- 
ii ciendum ccn- 
fco. 
1 Aufim dicere 
neminem medi- 
cum excellen- 
tem qui non in 
hac difiillatie- 
ne chymica fit 
ver fatus. Mor- 
bi Chronici de- 
vinci citra me- 
tallica vix pop 
fint, aut ubi 
fanguis cor~ 
rumpitur. 
ad quorum afyettum Cylops Polyphemus exhorrefeeret, And. though fome 
condemn their skill, and Magnetical cures, as tending to Magical fuper- 
ftition, witchery, charms, &c. yet they admire, ftifly vindicate ne- 
verthelefs, and infinitely prefer them* But thefe are both inextreams, 
the middle fort approve of Minerals , though not in fo high a degree. 
Lemnius lib, 3. cap, 6, de occult nat, mir. commends Gold inwardly, and 
outwardly ufed, as in Rings , excellent good in medicines $ and fuch 
mixtures as are made for melancholy men, faith Wecker. amid, (pec. lib. 1. 
to whom Renodcus fubferibes, lib, 2. cap. 2. Picinus lib, 2. cap, ip. f er- 
nei. meth. med. lib. 5. c, 21, de Cardiacis, Daniel Semertus lib. i.part. 2. 
cap. 9. Ltbavius, Gpuercetanus, Cfrvaldus Crollius, tuvony- 
muSj Rubens, and Matthiulus, in the fourth book of his Epiftles, Andreas a 
Rla wen epift, ad Matthtolum, as commended and formerly ufed by Avi- 
cenna, nArnoldus, and many others : k Matthiolus in the fame place ap- 
proves of potable gold. Mercury, with many fuch Chymical confections, 
and goes fo far in approbation of them, thaf hee holds, fno man can be an 
excellent Phyfician, that hath not fome skill in Chymiftical difti flattens, and 
that Chronick difeafes can hardly be cured without mineral medicines: Look 
for lAntimony among purgers. 
SUBSEC, $, 
Compound Alteratives 5 cenfure of Compounds, and mlxt Phyfch, 
Br - Liny lib. 24, c, 1. bitterly caxeth all compound medicines. 
m Aliens knavery, impofture, and captious wits have invent- 
ed thefe (hops , in which every mans life is fet to fale: and 
by and by came in thofe compofitions and inexplicable mix- 
tures, farfetcht out of India and Arabia5 a medicine for a 
botch muft bee had as far as the red Sea, &c, And ’tis not 
without caufe which hee faith, for out of queftion they are much to 
n blame in their competitions, whilft they make infinite variety of mix* 
tures,as 0 Fuchftus notes. They think they get themfelves great credit,excel 0-. 
thers,& to be more learned than the reft fee aufe they make many variations fut 
he accounts them fools,and whilft they brag of their skilly and think to get them- 
felves a name become ridiculous, bewray their ignorance and err our» A few 
m fraudes ho- 
minum & in- 
geniorum cap- 
tura, officinas 
invenere i flas, 
in qulbns fm 
citify venalis 
promittitur vi- 
ta-, (iatim com- 
pofitiones & 
mixtura inex- 
plicabiles ex A- 
rabia& India, 
ulceri parvo 
medicina a. ru- 
bro mari impor- 
tatur. n Arnoldus Aphor. 15- Fallax medicus quipote»s mederi fimpti cibus, compofta dolofe autfmUra quark. 0 Lib. t- 
Scffi. x. cap. 8. Dum infinita medicamenta inifcem, laudem flbi comparare fiudent, & in hoc fi udi 0 alter alterum fupcrare 
conatur, dum quifque quo plura mifcuem, eo [e doctiorem putet, inde fit ut fu am prodant i nfchi am, dm offcntant Pcn' 
tiam,& fe ridiculos exhibeant, &c> Part 2. Sed. 4. 
Compound Alteratives• 
Memb/i, Subf.j. 
fimples well prepared and underftood 5 are better than fuch an heap of 
nonlenfe contufed compounds, which are in Apothecaries fliops ordi- 
narily foldj Intvhich many vain, fuperfluous9 corrupt} exolete things out of 
date are to be had ('faith Cor nan us ) a company of barbarous names given to 
an unnecefjary company of mixt medicines5 rudis indgejiaque 
373 
9 Mult o plus pe- 
riculi a medica- 
mento quam a 
morbo, &c. 
r Sxpcdit.in Si- 
nas lib.\.cap ft 
Prxcepta medi- 
ci dam no fir is 
diver fay in me- 
dendo non infe- 
lices,pharmacis 
utuntur fimpli- 
cibusy Herbis, 
radicibus, &C. 
tota eorum me- 
dicina riofira. 
herbaria pr<e- 
ceptis conti ne- 
tur, nullus lu- 
dus hujus ar- 
tis, qwffi pri- 
vatus a quoli- 
bet magifiro e- 
ruditur. 
t Lib. de Aqua. 
f Opufc, de Dof 
moles. Many times (as Agrippa taxeth) there is by this means11 more dan- 
der from the medicine, than from thedifeafe, when they put together they 
know not what, orleave it to an illiterate Apothecary to be made, they 
caute death and horror for health. Thote old Phyficians had no fuch mix- 
tures * a Ample potion of He dehor in Hippocrates time, was the ordinary 
purge5 and at this day* faithr Mat. Ricctus, in that flourifliing Common- 
wealth of China, Their Phyficians give precepts quite oppofite to ours, not un- 
happy in their Phyftck : they ufe altogether roots, herbs, and fmples in their 
medicines, and ad their Phyfick in a manner is comprehended in an herbal: no 
feignee, no fchool, no art, no degree,but like a trade, every man in private is 
in fir tiffed of his Mafter. f Cardan craks that hee can cure all diteates with 
water alone, as Hippocrates of old did moft infirmities with one medicine. 
Let the heft of our rational Phyficians demonftrate and give a fuffident 
reafon for thote intricate mixtures, why juft fo many firaples in Mithridate 
or Treacle, why fuch and fuch quantity* may they not f e reduced to half, 
or a quarter ? Fruftra fit per plura (as the faying is) quod fieri pot eft per 
pauciora* 3oofimples in a Julip,potion, or a little pill, to what end or pur- 
pote ? I know not what f ALkindus, Capivaccius, Montagna, and Simon Fi- 
tover, the beft of them all and moft rational have faid in this kind* but 
other he, they,nor any one of them, gives his reader, to ray judgement, 
that fatisfadion which he ought* why fuch, fo many limples < Fog, Ba- 
con hath taxed many errors in his trad de graduatiomhus, explained fome 
things, but not cleared. Mercurialis in his book de compoftt. medicin• gives 
inftancc in Hamech, and Philonium Romanum, which Hamech an , 
and Philonius a Reman long fince competed, but crafp as the reft. If they 
be fo exadj as by him it teems they were, and thote mixtures fo perfed. 
why doth Fernelius alter the one, and why is the other obfolete ? c Cardan 
taxeth Galen for prefuming out of his ambition to corred Theriachum An- 
dromachi, and we as juftly may carp at all the reft, calens medicines are 
now exploded and rejeded* what Nicholas Meripfa, Mefue, Cd[us% scri- 
banius, *Affuarius, &c. writ of old, are moft part contemned. 
Cordus, Wecker, £>uercetan, Rhenodeusfthe Venetian, Florentine ftates have 
their feveral receipts, and Magiftrals: They of Fforemherge have theirs,knd 
Auguftana pharmacopeia, peculiar medicines to the meridian of the City • 
London hers, every city. Town, almoft every private man hath his own 
fixtures, eompofitions, receipts, magiftrals, if he fcorned an- 
f Subtil, cap. 
de fci emits. 
tiquity, and all others, in refped: of himfelf, But each man muft corred 
3nd alter, to (hew his skill, every opinionative fellow muft maintain his 
own paradox, be it what it wills Belt ram reges, pleßuntur Achivi: they 
”otea and in the mean time the poor patients pay for their new experi- 
the Commonalty rue it. 
Thus others obied,thus I may conceive out of the weaknefs of my ap- 
prehenfion* but to fay truth, there is no fuch fault, no fuch ambition, no 
oftentation,as fbme fuppofe.but asu one ns o com- 
u' emercetan. 
phamacop, re- 
ft tut. cap. lh 
‘HpbiliJJimum 
& vtibftmurfi 
inventum ftm. 
cum neccf. 
fit Ate adinvea- 
tum <& intro- 
dkptum. Part 2. Sedt. 4. 
Cure of (JKe lane holy. 
Metnb. i.Subr.s. 
374 
pound medicines is a mofi noble and profitable invention found out, and 
brought into Phjfick with great judgement, mfdome, counfel and diferetion, 
Mixt difeafes muft have mixt remedies, and fuch fimples arc commonly 
mixt, as have reference to the part alleged, fome to qualifie, the reft to 
comfort, fome one part, fome another. Cardan and JSraJJavola both hold, 
that Nullum fimplex medicamentum fine noxd, no fimple medicine is with- 
out hurt or offence* and although Hippocrates, Erafifiratus, Diodes of old, 
in the infancy of this Art, were content with ordinary fimples: yet now. 
*c<Lv.z<,.Tetra- 
bib• 4- 
cogit aliquando 
noxia quarm 
compofitas fa- 
cerc, urn ad 
nm!paiatigra- 
tiam, ad cor- 
pfdTJhtiimTd 
futUTOS ttfllS , 
confervatio- 
nem, &c. 
y cm fimpu- 
da mnpojfunt 
ITcmZfia? 
lLip/,Epift.\ 
faith *’*s£tius, necefity compelleth tofeek for new remedies, and to make com- 
pounds of fmples, 04 well to correß their harms if cold,dry,hotythick, thin, infi~ 
pid, noifome tofmell, to make them favoury to the palat, pie afant to tafie and 
take, and to preferve them for continuance, by admixtion of fugar, bony, to 
make them laft months and years, for feveral ujes. In fuch cafes, compound 
medicines may be approved, and Arnoldus in his iSAphorifm, doth al- 
low of it.y Iffmples cannot, necefity compels us to ufe compounds5 fo for re- 
ceits and magiftrals, dies diem docet, one day teacheth another, and they 
are as fo many words or phrafes, £uo nunc funt in honore vocabula fi volet 
ufus, Ebb and flow with the feafon, and as wits vary, fo they may be infi- 
nitely varied. 
fSfjq-, fuum facit um quo capiatur habet, 
Every man as he likes, fo many men, lo many minds*, and yet all tending 
to good purpofe, though not the fame way * As arts and fciences, fo Phy- 
fick is ftill perfected amongft the reft5 Bora mufarum nutrices, and experi- 
ence teacheth us every day z many things which our prcdeceftbrs knew 
not ofv Nature is not eftoete, ashee faithsor fo lavifh, to beftow all her 
gifts upon an age, but hath referred fome for pofterity,to fhew her power, 
that fhe is ftill the fame, and not old or confirmed, Birds and beafts can 
cure themfelves by nature, | natura u[u eapkrumq-,cegnofcunt,qua homines 
vix longo labore &do Brink afjequuntur, but men muft ufe much labour and 
induftry to finde it out; But I digrefs. 
Compound medicines, are inwardly taken, or outwardly applied. Inwardly 
taken,be either liquid or folid: liquid,are fimd or con ftfi mg. Fluid,asWines 
and Syrups. The wines ordinarily ufed to this difeafe, are Wormwood- 
wine, Tamarisk, and Bugkffatum, wine made of Borage and Buglofs. The 
compofition of which, is fpecified in Arnoldus viUanovanus, lib. de vinu,ot 
Borage,Bawm, Buglofs> Cinamon, &c. and highly commended for its 
virtues, ait drives away Leprofie, Scabs, clears the bloody recreates the ffirits, 
exhilarates the mind, purgetb the brain of thofe anxious black melancholy 
fumes, and cleanfeth the whole body of that black humour by urine• To which I 
add, faith Villanovanns, that it will bring mad men, andfuch raging Bed- 
lams as are tied in chains, to the ufe of their reafon again. My confcience bears 
mee wit nefs, thatl do not lye ,1 faw a grave matron helped by this means-, [he was 
fo cholerick, and fo furious fometimes, that fhee wasalmofl mad, and beftde her 
ft If-, fhee [aid and did fhe knew not what ,fielded, beat her maids, and was now 
ready to be beundyill fhe drank of this Borage wine, and by this excellent remedy, 
was cured y which a poor foreiner ,a ft fly begger taught her by chance, that 
f Theod, Vodro- 
mus Amor. I. <?• 
» Sanguinem 
corruptum e- 
maculat, fcabi- 
m abolet, le- 
pram curat,fpU 
ritus recreat, 
& animum ex- 
hilarat. 
Melancholicos 
humores per _ 
urinam educit, 
& cerebrum a 
crajjis, arum- 
nofts melancho- 
lia: fumis Pir' 
gat, quibus ad- 
do dementes & 
furi of os vincu 
lis retinendos 
plurimum ju- 
vat,& ad rati- 
onis ufum ducit. 
V’rSO nrfftviwvyL . 
T eft is esi mihi confclentia, quod ‘VtdtYiw wdtYOTUtm quaitdam hinc Uberatam, qua frequentius ex iracundia, demens, <Sr 
impos animi dicenda tacenda loquebatur) adeo fur efts ut ligari cogeretur. luit ei pr teftantijfimo remedio, vini illius ufusi 
indicam dperegrino homine mendico, deemfynm pra foribus dicta matron» implorante. Part 3. Sed. 4. 
Compound Medicines* 
Memb.j. Subf.3, 
came to crave an aims from door to door„ The juice of Borage, if it be clari- 
fied, and drunk in wine,will do as much, the roots fliced and ftceped, See. 
faith Ant,Mizaldus art.med.who cites this ftory verbatim out of Vilianova- 
msy and fo doth Magninus, a Phyfician of Mi Han, in his regiment of health. 
Such another excellent compound water I finde in Rubeus de diftil. feci. 5. 
which he highly magnifies out of SavanaroU, b for fuch as are foiitary, duUy 
heavy or fad without a caufe, cr be troubled with trembling of heart. Other ex- 
cellent compound waters for melancholy ,he cites in the fame place. c if 
their melancholy be not inflamed, or their temperature over hot, Evonimus hath 
a precious Aquavit* to-this pufpofe,for fuch as are cold. But he and mod 
commend Aurum potabile, and every writer preferibes clarified whey,with 
Borage,Buglofs,Endive,Succory, &c. of Goats milk efpecially, fome in- 
definitely at all times,fome thirty daies together in the fpring,every mor- 
ning faffing,a good draught. Syrupes are very goodj and often ufed to di- 
geft this humor in the heart,fpleen,liver, See, As Syrup of Borage (there 
is a famous Syrup of Borage highly commended by Laurentius to this pur- 
pofe, in his TraPt of Melancholy) de pomis of King Saber now obfolece, 
of Thyme and Epitbyme,Hops,Scolopendria,Furaitory, Maidenhair, Bi- 
zantine,&c. Thefe are moft ufed for preparatives to other Phyfick, mixe 
with diftilled waters of like nature, or in Julips otherwife, 
Confifting, are conferves or confePtions* conferves of Borage, Buglofs, 
Bawm, Fumitory,Succory,Maidenhair, Violets, Rofes, Wormwood ,&c. 
ConfePlions,Treacle,Mithridate,Eclegms,or Lindures,&c. Solid, as A-■ 
romatical Diamargaritum calidum, Dianthus, Di- 
amofeum dulce,Eletfuarium degemmis, Utificans Galeni & Rhafts, Diagalin- 
piperion}Diazinz,iber,Diacapers,Diacin- 
namonum .*, Cold, as Diamargaritum Diacoralli, Diarrhoden Abba- 
tis, as every Pharmacopoeia will fhew you, with their tablets 
or lofinges that are made out of them5writh Condites and the like. 
Outwardly ufed as occafion ferves,as Amulets,Oyls hot and cold, as of 
Camomile, Sta?chadoes, Violets, Rofes, Almonds, Poppy, Nymphea, 
Mandrake, &c. to be ufed after bathing, or to procure fleep. 
Ointments compofed of the faid fpccies,Oyls and Wax,&c. as Alabla- 
Hritum Populeum, fome hot, fome cold, to moiften, procure flcep,and cor- 
rect other accidents. 
Liniments are made of the fame matter to the like purpofe ; Emplafters 
of herbs, flowers, roots,&c. with oyls and other liquors mixt and boiled 
together. 
Cataplafms, falves,or pultifes made of green herbs, pounded, orfod 
in water till they be foft, which are applied to the Hypocondries, and o- 
thcr parts when the body is empty. 
Ccrotes, are applied to feveral parts, and Frontals, to take away pain, 
§rief,heat..procure fleep. Fomentations or fpunges, wet in fome decepti- 
ons,&c. Epithemata,or thofe moift medicines, laid on linnen, to bath and 
c°ol feveral parts mifaffePted. . 
sacculi, or little bags of herbs,flowers/eeds, roots,and the like appliec* 
to the head,hearc,ftomach,&c.odoraments,balls,perfumes,pofies to 
to, all which have their feveral ufes in melancholy, as /hall be we , 
when I treat of the cure of the diftinpfc Species by tbemfelves. 
i b lis qui tri- 
flanturflne caii~ 
■> fa, & vitant a~ 
micomm fbcie- 
tatem & tre- 
. «te»* cor^c. 
1 c .Moafo xrt' 
■ flammetur me- 
. lanchoha, ant 
calidiore tem- 
peramento flati Parc 2. Sed. 4. 
Cure of CMelancholy, 
Memb. 2, Subf.j* 
376 
Memb, 2. Subsec, r. 
Purging Simples upward. 
Eldnagoga, or melancholy purging medicines,arc either 
w/a simple op Compound,urn that gently,or violently ,pur- 
|| ging upwards or downward, Thefe following purge up- 
-8 \VMd.dAfarum,orAfrabecca,which as Mefue faith, is hoc 
vS' S*n t^le degree,and dry in the third,// is common* 
ly taken in wine, whey,or as with us, the juice of two or 
three leaves, or more fometimes, pounded in poftet- 
drink, qualified with a little Liquorice,or Annifccds,to avoid the fnlfom- 
i Heumus.Da- 
rn in fero la- 
tfis, aut vino. 
«Veratri modo 
expurgat cere- 
brumj roborat 
memoriam, 
rachfus. 
f Craffos & bi- 
liofos humores 
per vomitum e- 
ducit. 
s Vomitum & 
menfescit. va- 
let ad By dr op. 
&c. 
& Materias a- 
tras educit. 
lAb arte idea 
rejiciendum, ob 
periculum fuffo- 
cationic. 
* Cap.l 6. Mag- 
na vi educit, 
& mole ft a 
cunt fumma. 
1 Quondam ter- 
ribile. 
tnjMulti ft udi- 
orum gratia ad 
providenda a- 
crius quae com- 
mentabantur. 
n Medetur co- 
mitialibus, me- 
lancholicis, po- 
dagricis•, veta, 
tur feni bus, />«- 
eris,mollibus & 
examinatis, 
o coded, lib. 8. 
cap. 3* Inaffe~ 
fiionibus iis 
qua difficulter 
curantur, Bel- 
leborum damus, 
p 7(on fue 
fumma cautio - 
ne hoc remedio 
utemur, efi e- 
nim validi fi- 
mum, & quum 
vires Antimo- 
nii contemnit 
morbus, in. aux- 
ilium evocatur. 
nefs of the tafte, or as Biafcrum Fernelit. BrafivoU in Catart, reckons it op 
amongft thofe fimples that only purge melancholy, and Buellius confirms 
as much out of his experience, that it purgethe black cholcr, like Belle- 
hor it felf. Galen lib. 6. fmplic, and IMatthiolus afcribe other virtues to it, 
and will have it purge other humors as well as this. 
*■ Laurel, by Beurnius Method, ad p rax. lib, 2, cap• 24, is put amongft the 
ftrong purgcrs of melancholy; it is hot and dry in the fourth degree. Bio* 
fcorides lib. 11 .cap. 114. adds other effe&s to it. Flirty fets down I 5 berries 
in drink for a iufncicnt potion : it is comrnonly ccrredled with his OppO- 
fites, cold and moift, as juice of Endive, Purflane, and is taken in a potion 
to feven grains and a half. But this and Afrabecca, every Gentlewoman in 
the Country knows how to give, they are two common vomits. 
Scida,or Sea-Onion,is hot and dry in the third degree. Brapvola in Ca~ 
tart, out of Mefie, others,and his own experience, will have this fimple to 
purge h melancholy alone. It is an ordinary vomit, vimm S cilliticum,mixt 
with Rubel in a little white wine. 
White Bellebor, which fome call fneezing-powder, a ftrong purger up- 
war d,which many rejeft, as being too violent: CMefuc and Averrees will 
not admit of it, Ihy reafon of danger offuffocation, k great pain and trouble it 
puts the poor patient to> faith Dodonam, Yet Galen Üb.6,fimpl, med.md Bio- 
fcorides cap. 145. allow of it. It Was indeed J terrible in former times, as Pliny 
notes, but now familiar, infomuch that many took it in thofe dales,m that 
were (Indents, to quicken their wits, which Perftus Sat. 1. objedts to pectus 
the Poet, Bias Acci ebria veratro, nlt helps melancholy, the falling- fvknefs% 
madnefs,gout,eft c. but not to be taken of old fuch as are weaklings, 
nice or effeminate,troubled with headach,high-coloured, or fear ftrangling, faith 
Biofcortdes, 0 orihafius an old Phyfician, hath written very copioully, and 
approves of it, in (uch affections, which can otherwife hardly bee cured, Beur- 
nius Iw, 2 ,prax ,med,de vomitoriis, will not have it ufed,P but with great Cau- 
tion, by reafon of its (Irength, and then when Antimony will do no good, which 
caufed Hermophilm to compare it to a ftout captain (as Codroncm observes 
cap* 7• comment, de Bellehf) that will fee all his fooldiers go before him, 
and come pofl principia, like the bragging fouldier, laft himfelf: 3 when 6- 
ther helps fail in inveterate melancholy, in a defperate cafe, this vomit • is 
modo valide vires effimfcm. <3 tM'ius tetrab, cap, i.fer. a. lis folum dari vult Belleborum album, aid focus (pern w* 
habent, non Us qui Syncopen, timenti &c- Parc 2. Sedi. 4. 
Furging Simples, 
Memb. 2, Subf*. 1, 
to.be taken. And yet for all this, if it be well prepared, it may be1 lecure- 
ly given at firft.1 Matt hi dm brags, that he hath often, to the good of ma- 
ny, made ufe of it, and Heurnittsy c that he bath happily ufed it, prepared af- 
ter his own prefer/pt, and with good f uccefs. Chriflophorus d Vega lib. 3,0.41. 
is of the fame opinion, that it may be lawfully given $ and our Country 
Gentlewomen finde it by their common pradice, that there is no luch 
great danger in ir. D. Turner, fpeaking of this plant, in his Herbal, telleth 
us, that in his time it was an ordinary receipt among good wives, to give 
r Cum falute 
multorum. 
r Cap. ia. de 
morbis cap. 
1 Nos facillime 
utimur nofi'ito 
preeparato Hel- 
lebore alho. 
• 1 
Hellebor in powder to iia. weight,and he is not much againft it. Bur they 
do commonly exceed, for who fo bold as blind Bayard, and prefcribeit 
by pennyworths, and fuch irrational waies, as 1 have heard my fclf mar- 
ket folks ask for it in an Apothecaries Ihop: but with what fuccefs God 
kno\vs5 they (mart often for their rafh boldnefs and tolly, break a vein, 
make their eyes ready to ffart out of their heads, or kill themfelves. So 
that the fault is not in the Phyfick, but in the rude and undifcreet hand- 
ling of it. Hee that will know therefore, when to ufc, how to prepare 
itaright,and in what dofey lethim read Heurmuf Itb.2. prax.msd.Brafivola 
de Catari, Godefridus Stegius the Hmperour Rodolphus Phyfician, cap. 16, 
Matthiolus in Diofcor. and that excellent Commentary of Baptifta Codren- 
which is infiar omnium de Helled alb. where hee (hall finde great di- 
verfity of examples and Receipts, 
“ h lib. f, Di~ 
afcor. sap. 3. 
Omnibus opitu- 
latur morbis, 
quos atra bilis 
€X Clt dUlty CQ7711-* 
tialibus Vxfy, 
prafertim qui 
Bypocondri&cas 
obtinent paffio- 
nes. 
x Andreas Ga[- 
Antimony or Stibium, which our Chymifts fo much magnifie, is either 
taken in fnbftancesor infufiovScc.and frequently preferibed in this difeafe. 
It hdps all infirmities, faitfk Matthiolus, which proceed from black cheler, 
falling-ficknefs, and HypocenLriacal pafions*, and for further proof of his af- 
fcrtion, he gives feveral inftances of fuch as have been freed with it.-x One 
of AndrewC alius jx. Phyfician of Trent, that after many other effayes, im- 
putes the recovery of his healthy next after God\ to this remedy alone. Another 
of George Handjhiust that in like fort, when other medicines failed, r was by 
this refiored to his former healthy and which of his knowledge, ethers have like- 
wife tried, and by the help of thts admirable medicine, been recovered, A third 
of a Parilh Prieft at Prage in Bohemia,z that m*fo far gone with melancholy, 
that he doted, and (fake he knew not what, hut after he had taken 12 grains of 
Stibium, {as Imy (elf faw, and cm witnefs, for I was called to fee this miracu- 
lous accident)he was purged of a deal of black c holer, like little gobbets offlefh, 
and all his excrements were as black blood (a medicine fitter for a Horfe,than 
a Man) it did him fo much good, that the next day hee was perfectly cured. 
This very ftory of the BohemianVnt%Sckenkius relates verbatim,Exoter. 
experiment. ad Far. morb.cent, 6. ohferv, 6. with great approbation of it. 
Hercules de Saxonia,calls it a profitable medicine,if it be taken after meat 
*9 6or 8 grains, of fuch as are apt to vomit. Rodericus a Fonfeca, the Spa- 
fiiard, and late profeffor of Padua in Italy, extols it to this difeafe, Tom. 2* 
*°nfnl%Bs, fodoth Lod, Mercatus de inter* merhaur Jib.l. cap, 17. with ma- 
nY others, ffacobus Cjervinus, a French Phyfician on the other fidejtb.2»de 
confut, explodes all this, and faith, he took three grains only upon 
M*tthieius and fome others commendation, but it ahxiofl killed tom > 
w eJ*eilponhee concludes f Antimony is rather Voifon than a medicine* 
rajiusconc^-gvvith him in his opinion, and fMontatus 
CaP*3°* de meUn% But what do I talk < 'tis the fubjeft of who eOO s, 
. Ins,Tn deminus 
medicus, fain. 
i tern huic medi, 
emento pef 
Dcum debet. 
y Integra fani- 
-1 tati, brevi refti- 
tktus. Id quod, 
aliis accidijfe 
feie, qui hoc mi» 
rabili medica- 
mento ufi fu'it 
* 3fi melon- ‘ 
cholicus fa6l us 
plane defyiebat, 
' mult ay, fulte* 
loquebatur,huic 
exhibitum 
gr. (libium, 
quod paulopof 
atram lilem-ex 
alvo eduxit (ut 
ego vidi, qui 
vocatus tan~ 
quam ad mira-, 
culum adfui 
teftaripoffum) 
ramenta 
tanquam car- 
nis diffefta in 
partes, totum 
excrementum 
tanquam fan-, 
gumem niger- 
rimum repra- 
fentabat. 
a Antimonium 
"venenum, non 
medicamentum* Part 2. Sedh 4. 
Cure cf Melancholy. 
Mtmb. 2,Subf. 2. 
might cite a century of Authors pro and con. I will conclude with b Zuin- 
&er-> Antimony is like Scanderbegs fword, which is either good or badjftrong 
or weak, as the party is that preferibes or ufeth it; a worthy medicine if it be 
rightiy applied to a firong man, otherwife poifm• For the preparing of it,look 
*n Zvonirni thefaurus , §uercetan, ofwaldus Crollius, BafiL Chim. Bafil. Va~ 
lenti US, & C, 
‘Tobacco, divine, rare, fuperexcelJent Tobacco, which goes far beyond all 
their Panaceas,potable gold,and Philofophers ftones, a foveraign remedy 
to all difeafes. A good vomit, I contefs, a virtuous herb, if it be well qua- 
iified,opportunely taken,and medicinally uled, but as it is commonly abu- 
fed by moft men, which take it as Tinkers do Ale/tis a plague,a mifehief, 
a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellifli, devilifh and damned 
Tobacco, the mine and overthrow of body and foul. 
t> Cr at on is ep. . 
feft. vel ad 
Monavium ep. 
In utramf. 
partem digni f- 
firnum medica- 
mentum, fi re- 
ft e utetur, fe- 
tus venenum. 
Sub sec. 2« 
Simples purging (Melancholy downward, 
olypodie and jEpithyme, are without all exceptions, gentle pur- 
SenlS; gers of melancholy. DiofceridesmW have them voidflegrn5 
35» but BrafvvoU out of his experience averreth,that they purge 
this humor; they are ufed in leco&ion* infufion, &C. Ample* 
c Mxrores fu- 
gant-, utilijjimi 
dant nr melan- 
cholicis & qua- 
ternariis, 
a Millies horum 
vires expertus 
fum. 
e Sal nitrum, 
fal ammonia- 
cumj Dracon- 
tii radix, di- 
ftamnum. 
f Calet ordine 
fecunda, Jiccat 
primo, adver- 
fus omnia vitia 
atree hilis va- 
let, fanguinem 
fundat, fpi ri- 
tus illuftrat, 
tnarorem difcu- 
tit herba miri- 
fca. 
z Cap, 4' 
Mirabolanes, ail five kinds, arec happily pn bribed againft melancholy, 
and quartan agues, BrafhoU fpeaks outd vf \, hcufand experiences, hee 
gave them in pills, decodion,&c. look for peculiar Receipts in him, 
Stoechas,Fumitory, Dodder, herb Mercury, roots of Capers, Genifta, 
or broom, Pcnniroyal? and half boiled Cabbige, I finde in this Catalogue 
of purgers of black choler,Origan,Fetherfew, AmmoniackcSalt, Salt-pe- 
ter. But thefe are very gentle, Alyppus, Dragon root, Centaury, Ditany, 
Colutea,which Fuchftuscap. 168, and others take for Sene, but moft di- 
ftinguifh. Sene is in the middle of violent and gentle purgers downward , 
hot in the fecond degree, dry in the firft. Brafttvola calls itf a wonderful 
herb againft melancholy, it fcomesthe bleodftllightens the /pints, Jhakes off for- 
row,a moft profitable medicine,as terms it, invented by the Arabi- 
and not heard of before. It is taken divers waies, in powder, infufion, 
but moft commonly in the infufion5 with Ginger, or fome cordial flowers 
added to correft it. Aftuarius commends it fod in broth, with an old 
Cock, or in whey, which is the common conveyer of all fuch things as 
purge black choler* or fteeped in wine, which Heurnius accounts fuffident, 
without any further corre&ion. 
Aloes by moft is faid to purge choler, but Aurelianus lib.2, c. 6.de merb. 
chron.Arculanus cap.6.in 9* Jlhafts, Julius Alexandrinus, Scoltz, 
Crato conftL 189. Scoltz, preferibe it to this difeafe,as good for the fto- 
mach, and to open the Hcemrods, out of MeftiCjßhafts, Serapio, Avicenna5 
Men ardus ep, lib. 1. epift, 1, oppofeth it, Aloes h doth not open the veins, or 
move the Hamarods, which Leonhartus Fuch fins paradox• lib, i.likewife af- 
but Braftivda and Dodonaeus defend cJMefue out of their experience* 
let1 rale fins end the controverfie. 
i> Recemiores 
negant ora ve- 
narum refecare. 
* An alee aperi- 
at ora vena- 
rum. lib. cf. 
com. 3. Parr 2. Sedit. 4. 
Compound Pur gets. 
Memfr. 2, Subf. 2. 
Lapis Armenus and Lazuli are much magnified by k Alexander Uh. 1. 
cap.16, Avicenna, and ABuarius, if they be well waftied, that the 
water be no more coloured , fifty times fome fay. 1 That good Alexander 
( faith Gutanerus) puts fuch confidence in this one medicine, that he thought all 
melancholy paftons might he cured by it $ and I j ormy part, have oftentimes 
happily ufed it, and was never deceived in the operation of it. The like may 
be faid of Lapis Lazuli, though it be fomewhat weaker than the other. 
Cartiasab Bortehiji. lib. I. cap, 65 . relates, that the m Phyficians of the 
Moores, familiarly preferibe it to all melancholy paflions, and Matthiolus 
ep. lib. 3. " brags of that happy fuccefs which he ftill had in the ad mink 
ffration of it. Nicholas Menf [a puts it amongft the bell remedies, feß. 1. 
cap. 12 .In Antidotis-,0 and if this will not ferve (faith %hafts) then there re- 
mains nothing hut Lapis Ar menus , and He deb or it fdf, Valejcm and fa fan 
Pratenfis, much commend Pul vis Halt, which is made of it. fames Da- 
mafeen. 2. cap.jz, Hercules de Saxenia, See, fpeaks well of it. Crato will 
not approve this5 it, and both Hettehors, hee faith, are no better than 
poifon. Vißor Trineavdius, lib, 2. cap. 14. found it in his experience, pto 
te very noifome, to trouble the flomach, and hurt their bodies that take it over- 
much. 
K Vapores ab- 
ftf'gH avita- 
lilms partibus, 
1 Trail.c.e,. 
Bonus Alexan- 
der, tantam la- 
pide Armem 
confidentiam 
habuit3 ow- 
m melancho- 
licas pajfionn 
ab eo curari 
poffe crederet, 
& egg inde fa- 
pifiime ufks 
fumi & m ejus 
exhibitione 
nmquam frau- 
datus fui. 
m Maurorum 
medici hoc la- 
pida plerum 
purgant melan- 
choliam,i &e. 
Black HeBebor, that moft renowned plant, and famous purger of melan- 
choly, which all antiquity fo much ufcd and admired, wasfhft found out 
by Mdanf odius a Shepherd, as Pliny records, lib.2 s.cap*s. * Who feeing it 
to purge his Goats when they raved, pradifed it upon Elige and Calene, 
King Eratus daughters, that ruled in Arcadia, near the fountain Clitorius, 
and reftored them to their former health,ln Hippocrates time it was in only 
*equeft, infomuch that he writ a book of it, a fragment of which remains 
yet. Theophraflm,1' Galen,? liny, Callus Aurelianus, as ancient as Galen Jib, 1. 
cap, 6. Areteus lib, I, cap, 5. Oribaftus lib.7. colled, a famous Greeks *y£tius 
fer. 3 <cap, 112,dr 113./». Aginet a, Galens Ape, //£. J.c. 4. Atfuarius, Tral- 
lianus lib.y.cap'i s.Cornelius Celfus only remaining of the old Latines, lib. 3. 
cap„ 23. extol and admire this excellent plant, and it was generally fo 
much efteemed of the ancients for this difeafe amongft the reft, that they 
fent all fuch as were crafed, or that doted, to the Anticyra, or to Phocis in 
-Achaia to be purgcd,where this plant was in abundance to be had .In Stra- 
bo’s time it was an ordinary voyage, Naviget Anticjr as, a common pro- 
verb among the Greeks and Latines, to bid a difard or a mad man go take 
Hellebor* as in Lucian, Menippus to Tantalus, Tantale defipis, hellebore epoto 
tibi opus eft, eoqi fane meraco, Thou art out of thy little wit O Tantalus, and 
needs drink tie Uebor,zwd that without mixture.Anftophanes in vefpis, 
drink Hedehorjac, and Harpax in thef Comoedian* told Simo and Ballio 5 
two doting fellows,that they had need to be purged with this plant-When 
that proud Menecrates 0 writ an arrogant letter to Phi.oiMacedon, 
fent back no other anfwer but this, confnlo tibi ut ad Anticyram te con- 
fer**3 noting thereby that he was crafed, atqh elleboro indigere, had much 
need °fag°od purge. Lilius Geraldus faith, that Hercules after all his 
f,anks tupon his wife and children, was perfectly cured by a purge °^He' 
€ or, waich an Anticyrian adminiftred unto him. They that were oun * 
commonly took it to quicken their wits (as Ennius of old, t *** mfi 
P°tus ad arma—preftlHit dicenda, and as our Poets drink Sack to 1 p ■ve 
"Off wf*p* 
ImT&wno 
cum auxilio. 
Hellcborus, & 
lRdAr*TH' 
sStiii 4‘ 
corP~ 
fjf 
tata, & fiom* 
cfffeHltam ob~ 
{cm vidiftt 
ab eo curari ca* 
* Lib. s.fmpt. 
md- 
i Vfeudo’o 
4. fceth ult. 
hellebore bif- 
ee hminibus 
oftis eft. 
t mr. Part 2 . Sede. 4, 
Cure of sJMelar.choly, 
Memb. 2, Subf. 2. 
their inventionsfl finde it fo regiftred by Agellins lib, 17 .cap. 15 .)Carneades 
the AcademickyW hen he was to write again Pi Zeno the Stoick,purged him- 
felf with Hellebor firft, which 11 Petronius puts upon chryfippm. In fuch 
efteem it continued for many ages, till at length cJMefue and fome other 
Arabians began to reject and reprehend it, upon whofe authority for ma. 
Ny following lufters, it was much debafed, and quite out of requeft, held 
to be poifon, and no medicine; and is ftill oppugned to this day by x Crate, 
and fome junior Phyficians. Their reafons are, becaufe Ariftotle Li.de 
p I ant. c. 3. faid, Henbane and Hellebor were poifon*, and Alexander A- 
phrodtfeus in the preface of his Problems, gave out,that (fpeaking of Hel- 
lebore Quails fed on that which was poifon to men. Cj ale nil. 6. Epld. com, yj 
Text,3 s.confirms as much :1 Confiantine the Emperour, in his Geeponickj, 
attributes no other virtue to it,than to kill mice and rats,flies and mould- 
's In Satyr. 
*Crato confil. 
16. l. r.Ztpt 
multi magni 
viri probint, in 
bonam partem 
accipiant medi- 
ci, non probem. 
7 yefcuntur ve- 
ratro coturnices 
quod hominibus 
toxicum cfl. 
1 Lib. 23. C. 7. 
12. 14. I 
warps, and fo Mizaldus. Nicander of old, Gervinus, Skenkius, and forne o- 
ther Neotericks that have written of poifonssfpeak of Hellebor in a chief 
place,a Nicholas Leontem hath a ftory of Solon, that befieging I know not 
what City, fteeped Hellebor in a fpring of water, which by pipes was 
conveyed into the middle of the Town, and fo cither poifoned, or elfe 
made them fo feeble and weak by purging, that they were notable to 
bear arms. Notwithftanding all thefe cavils and objections, moft of our 
aDe var. hip. 
b Corpus Inco- 
lume reddit, & 
juvenile efficit. 
c yeteres non pi- 
ne caufa uji 
funt; Difficilis 
ex Hellebors 
purgatio, & 
terroris plena, 
fed robust is 
datur tamen, 
&c. 
late writers do much approve of it. b Gariopontus lib, I. cap. 13. (fedronchus 
com.de hcllcb.Falopius lib.de med,purg.Jlmpl.cap.6p.& eonfil.ls.*Tvincavelii, 
Montams 239, Frifcmelica confil.iq, Hercules de Saxenia, fo that it be op- 
portunely given, tfacohus de Fiondis, Agg. Amatus, Lufit. cent. 66. Codef, 
Stegius cap. x 3. Hoiler im, and all our Herbalifts fubferibe. Fernelius meth, 
med.Uh^.cap,l6, confeffeth it to be ac terrible purge, and hard to take, yet mil 
given to firong men, and fuch as have able bodies. P. Forefim and Capivac- 
dm forbid it to be taken in fubftance,but allow it in decodtion or infufion, 
both which waies P.Menavim approves above all others, Epift. 231. 
Scotzit, lacchinm in g Rhafis, commends a receipt of his own preparing; 
Tenottm another of his Chymically prepared, Evonimus another. Hilde- 
jheim /picei. 2. de mel. hath many examples how it fhould be iifed, with di~ 
verfity of receipts. Heurmus lib. 7. prax, med. cap, 14. calls it an d innocent 
medicine horvfoever-, if it he well prepared, The root of it is onely in ufe , 
which may be kept many years, and by fome given in fubftance, as by 
Falopius and Brafivola amongft the reft, whoc brags that he was the firft 
that reftored it again to Ids ufe, and tells a ftory how he cured one Mela- 
tafia a mad man, that was thought to be pofTefTed, in the Duke of Fer- 
A innocens me- 
dicamentum, 
modo rite pare- 
tur. 
c Abfit ja£tan- ■ 
tia, egeprimus 
prabere capi, 
&C. 
flu Catari. , 
£x wia fold- e~ 
vacuatioM fih 
ror ceffavit & 
quietus fode 
vixit. Tale ex- 
emplum apud 
Skcnhium & 
apud Sep. colefi- 
um,ep. 231. 
P. SMonavius 
fe §lolidum cu- 
rajfe jaciat hoc. 
tpoto tribus aut 
quatnor vici- ’ 
bus. 
rara s Court with one purge of black Hellebor in (übftance : the receipt 
is there to be Teen*, his excrements were like Ink, fhe perfe#ly healed at 
Vidus Vidiusa Dutch Phyfician, will not admit of it in fubftance, 
to whom molt fublcribe , but as before in the deco#ion, infufion, or 
which is all in all, in the Extra#, which hee prefers before the reft, and 
calls fuave medicamentum, afweet medicine, an eafie,that may be fecurely 
given to women, children, and weaklings. BaraceUus horto genial'p3 terms 
it, pr<eftantia medic ament um-y a medicine of great worth and note* 
(guercetan in his Spagir. Thar, and many other, tell wonders of the Ex- 
tra#, Faucelfus above all the reft is thegreateft admirer of this plant 5 
and efpecially the extra#, he calls it, Themcnmy urnfin Balfamum, ano- Part 2. Sed.4, 
Compound Burgers, 
Memb. 2• Subf. 2, 
ther Treacle, a terreftnal Bawm, inflar omnium( all in all, the s Uft 
refuge to cure this malady, the Gout, Epilepfie, Leprofie, &c. If this will not 
help, no Phyfick in the world can but mineral, it is the upfhot of all. Mat- 
thiolus laughs at thofe that except againft it, and though fome abhor it 
out of the authority of Mefue, and dare not adventure to preferibe it, h jet 
I (faith he) have happily ufed it fix hundred times without offence, and com- 
municated it to divers worthy Phyficians, who have given mee great thanks {or 
it. Look for receipts, dofe, preparation, and other cautions concerning 
this fimple in him, Brafivola} Bar ace lias, Codronchus, and the reft. 
vent ■, finonhuic, mUi cedunt. hTeftari p off am me fcxccntis hominibus HeUebomn) nigrum exhibuiffe, ; 
commodo, &e. 
’ % Ultimum ye- 
■ fugium, extre- 
h mum medica- 
■ mentum, qUod 
. e*/era oi»#/# 
claudit , qu<e~ 
cunep. cater is 
; laxativis pel- 
li non. pojfunt 
ad hunc perti- 
mllo prorfus in- 
Sub sec, 3, 
Compound Burgers, 
Ompeundmedicines which purge melancholy, are either 
taken in the fuperior or inferior parts: fuperior at mouth 
M or noftrtls, At the mouth [wallowed or not jwallowed: If 
W fwallowed or /<?//<?/: liquid, as compound wine of 
Hellebor,Scillas or Sea-Onion,Sena fimm Scilliticum, 
which1 Quercetan fo much applauds for 
melancholy and madnef, either inwardly taken.or outward- 
1 Phamaeop. 
Optimum efi act 
maniam & om- 
ly applied to the head, with littlepeeces of linnen dipped warm in it, Oxymel 
Scilliticum, Syrupus Helleboratus major and minor in guercetan, and Syrupus 
Genifi* for Hypocondriacal melancholy in the fame Author, compound 
Syrup of Succory, of Fumitory, Poiypodie, &c. Heurnius his purging 
Cock-broth. Some except againft thefe Syrups, as appears by Udalrinus 
Leomrus his Epiftle to Matthiolus, as moft pernicious, and that out of Hip' 
pocrates, coela movere, & medicari, non cruda, no raw things to be ufed in 
Phyftckj but this in the following Epiftle is exploded, and foundly con- 
futed by Matthidus-,many Julips,potions,receipts, are compofed of thefe, 
as you fhall finde in liildefheim fpicel, 2, Heurnius lib, 2. cap, 14» George 
Skenkius Hal, med, prax. dre, 
Solid purgers are confe&ions, eledluaries, pills by themfelves, or com- 
pound with others, as de lapide Lazulo, Armeno,Bii Inda, of Fumitory >&c. 
Confetfion ofHamech, which though moft approve, Solenander fee, y. con- 
fil, 22, bitterly inveighs againft, fo doth Randoletius Bharmacop, officina, 
Fernelius and others* *Z'Hafena, Viapolypodium, Diacafia, Diacatholiconj 
fleckers Eletiuarie de Epithyme, Btolomycs Hierologadtum, of which divers 
receipts are daily made. 
' nes melancholi- 
cos affeffius s 
tum intra af~ , 
fumptum, tum 
extra, [ecus ca- 
piti cum linteo- 
lis in eo made- 
faffis tepidi 
admotum. 
k Epifi. Math, 
lib, 3, Tales 
Syrupi nocen- 
tijjimi & omni 
btf* wzod# e#- 
tirpandi. 
*y£tius 22. 33. commends tiieram Ruff, Trine avelius conjil, 12. hb.l* 
approves of Hiera5 melius medic amentum Jl finde no bec- 
tet medicine, he faith, Heurnius adds pit. -Aggregat, pills de Epithynw-> pH° 
Ind. Mefue deferibes in the Florentine Antidotary, PilluU fine quibus effc \n*~. 
°\ PiMul# Cochin cum Arabics % Fcetida, dequinqt, generi td 
m.lr^olan proper to melancholy,not excluding in the me 
timesTurbith3MannasRubarb,Agarick, Elefcophe3&c. which n 
proper to this humour. For 2& Mont altus holds cap. 3°: a 0 ' 0 Part 2, Se<5h 4. 
Cure of melancholy. 
Memb. 3, 
cholera etiam purganda,quod atr£ fit pabulum,chohr is to be purged,bccaufe 
it feeds the other; and fome are of an opinion, as Erafifiratus and Ajclepi- 
ades maintained of oldj againd whom Galen difputes, j that no Fhyfick 
doth purge one humour alone, hut all alike, or what is next. Mod therefore in 
their receipts and magidrals which are coined here > make a mixture 
of fevcral fimples and compounds to purge all humours in gene- 
ral, as well as this. Some rather ufe potions than pills to purge this 
humour, becaufe that asand htcfaccusa ficco re- 
medio &gre trahitur, this juice is not fo eafily drawn by dry remedies , 
and as Montanus advifeth 25. confi, AUm drying medicines are to bee repel- 
led, as Aloe, Hiera, and all pills whatsoever, becaufe the difeafe is dry of 
it felf. 
I might here infert many receits of preferibed potions, boles, &c. The 
dofes oF thefe, but that they are common in every good Phyfician, and 
that I am loth to incur the fenfure of Forefius lib 3, cap, 6, de urinis, na~ 
gainfl thofe that divulge and puhlijh medicines in their mother tongue, and 
- led I fhould give occafion thereby to fome ignorant Reader to pra&ife 
on himfelf, without theconfcnt of a good Phyfician, 
Such as are not fwallowed, but only kept in the mouth,are Gargarifms 
. ufed commonly after a purge, when the body is foluble and loofe. Or 
Apophlegmatifms, Mafticatories, to bee held and chewed in the mouth, 
which are gentle, as Hyfop, Origan, Penniroyal, Thyme, Mudard-, drong, 
as Pellitory, Pepper, Ginger,&c. 
Such as are taken into the nodrils, Errhina are liquid, or dry, juice of 
pimpernel. Onions,&c. Cador, Pepper, white Hellebor, &c. To thefe 
you may add odoraments, perfumes, and fuffumigations, &c. 
Taken into the inferiour parts are Clyders drong or weak, Suppofito- 
ries of Cadilian fope, hony boiled to a confidence 5 or dronger of Sca- 
mony, Hellebor, &c, 
Thefe are all ufed, and preferibed to this malady upon feveral occafi- 
ons, as dial! bee fhewed in his place. 
1'purgantia 
cenfcbant me- 
dicamenta, 
non unum hu- 
morem attra- 
here, fed quem- 
cuntfc attigerint 
infuam natu- 
ram convertere. 
m Religantur 
omnes exfic- 
e antes medici- 
na, ut Aloe, 
Hiera, Vilulte 
qucecuncfc. 
" Centra eos 
qui lingua vul- 
gari & verna- 
cula remedia 
medicamenta, 
pr ce feri bunt, & 
quibufvis com- 
munia faciunt. 
Memb. 3, 
Chirnrgical Remedies. 
N letting of blood, three main drcumdances are to be confi- 
BapK der t&>°Who,y how much, when. That is, that it bee done to 
fuch a one as may endure it, or to whom it may belong, that 
hee be of a competent age 3 not too young, nor 100 old, ovcr- 
weak, fat, or lean, fore laboured, but to fuch as have need, 
and are full of bad blood, noxious humours, and may bee eafed by it. 
The quantity depends upon the parties habit of body, as he is drong or 
weak, full or empty, may fpare more or lefs. 
In the morning is the fitted time: fome doubt whether it be bed fad" 
jog, or full, whether the Moons motion or afpc<d of Planets be to bee ob' 
ferved,fomc affirm, fome deny,fome grant in acute, but not in Chronick 
difeafes, whether before or after Phyfick. ’Tis Heurnius Aphorifrn, 
fhlebotomia au fricandum ejfe curationem, non h phamac'ta, you mud begin 
o Quis, qumi 
ttm^undo.J tare 2. Sed. 5. 
Blood-letting. 
Merab, 1. Subf.i. 
with blood-letting and not Phylick; fome except.this peculiar malady. 
But what do I ? Horatius .a Phy fician oi Padua* hath lately writ 
17. books of this &c. - 
Particular kindes of blood-letting in ufc q are three, firft is that opening 
a Vein in the arm with a fharp knife, or in the heajd, knees, or any other 
part, as (hall be thought fit. ; 
Cuffing'glafjes with or without fcarification, ecjfiime compe fount, faith 
Fernelius, they work prefently, and are applyed to fcveral parts, to divert 
humours, aches, winde, &c. ... 
Horfe-leeches i are much ufed in melancholy, applied cfpecially to the 
Haemrods. Horatius Augemus lth.io*cap, ic, Flateras dementis alienat, cap* 
3. Altomarus, Fife, and many others, prefer them before any evacuations 
inthiskinde. 
q Fernelius. 
lib. 4. cap, i£. 
I Cauteries or fearing withhot irons, combuftions, boatings, launcings* 
Which becaufe they are terrible. Dropax and Simpifmus are invented, by 
plaifters to raife blifters, and eating medicines of pitch, muftard-feed and 
the like. —. , , . _ 
Jffues ftill to be kept open, made as the former applyedinand to 
fcveral parts, have their ufe here on diveefe occafions,as fhall bee 
(hewed. 
r Renodent 0» 
5. cap. ii. de 
his jMercma- 
lislib 3. de 
eompejit. med, 
cap. 14. 
Ueurmus lib, 
1. prax. med, 
Weeper 3 
SECT. j. 
Memb. I. Subs eg. X. 
Particular Cure of the three feveral kindes 5 
of Head- CM. el an c holy. 
B' jHe general cures thus briefly examined and difciifled, it: 
remains now, to apply thefe medicines to the three parti- 
cular fpecies or kinds, that according to the fevcral parts 
affeded, each man may tell in fome fort how to help or 
cafe himfclf. I will treat of head-melancholy firft, in 
which,as in all other good cures we rauft begin with Diet, 
as a matter of moft moment, able oftentimes of it fell to work this 
efted.l have read* faith Laurentias cap 9 8, dc Melanch. that in old difeafes 
which have gotten the upper hand or an habit, the manner of living is to 
more purpofe, than whatsoever can be drawn out of the moft precious 
boxes of the Apothecaries. This diet, as I have faid, is not only in choice 
of meat and drink, but of all thofe other non- natural things. Let air bee 
clear and moift moft part .• dietmoiftning, of good juyee, eafie of di- 
geftion, and not windy: drink clear* and well brewed, not too Throng 
«or toofmall. Make a melancholy man fat, as {R hafts faith5 and thou haft 
f*mfhed the cure• Excrcife nottooremiffe, nor too violent. Sleep a Ikl c 
more than ordinary, c Excrements daily to be avoided by art or 
and which Fernelius enjoyns his Patient conftl, 44. above the reft, toayoia 
\ ? Paftlons and perturbations of the mind. Let him not be alone or le, 
fin any kind of melancholy Jbut ftill accompanied with fuc nen san 
familiars he moft afteds, neatly drefted, waihed and combed, according 
i toni lib. i, c, 
9. feUines ad 
mpinguatio- 
nem, & cum 
impingumur, 
removetur 
(im. 
t Benefit**, 
ventris* Part 2.Sedt, 5. 
Cure of . 
Memb. 1. Subr.2; 
to his ability at leaft, in clean fweet linen, fproce, handfome, decent, and 
good apparel-, for nothing fooner dejedts a man than want, fqualor and 
naftinefs, foul, or old cloaths out of fafhion. Concerning the medicinal 
part, he that will fatisfic himfelf at large (in this precedent of diet) and 
fee all at once, the whole cure and manner of it in every diftindt fpecies, 
let him confuk with Gordomus, Valefcus, with Frofper Calemus lib, dc atra 
bile ad Card. Caftum, Laurentius cap- S. & 9,de mela. \Ailian Montaltusde 
met, cap. 26,27,28,29,30.D0nat, ah Altomari cap, 7. artis med. Herculesde 
Saxonta in Fantb. cap,rj.& Traft, e]us peculiar, de melan, per Solzetam edit, 
Venetiis 1620, SavanaroUßub.Zi.Tratt.Z.caf. 1, Sckenkius 
inprax, curat. Hal, mod, Heurnius tap*i 2. de merb, ViUerius Faventtnus 
fratt. Magn, & Fmpir, Hildejhctm Spied. 2. de man. & mel. Fel, flatter , 
Storkerus, Bruef P. Bayerus? Foreftus> Fuchfius, Capivaccius, Rende terns*, 
lajon Pratenfis,salajl. Salvian.de re med,lib,i,cap, 1. lacchinus, in s.Rhafis, 
Led, Mercatus cur, lib, 1 .cap. 17. Alexan.Mefiaria pracl.med. 
hh. j . cap, 21. de mcL that have culled out ot thofe old 
greeks, Arabians, and Latines, whatfoever isoblcrveable or fit to bee 
ufed. Or let him read ;hofe counfels-and conful rations of Hugo Senenfis 
confil.l3, & 14. Rener usSelirtandercmj:6.feci\.& cenfil.if, fe,f, Grata een- 
ftl.l6, lib. 1. Montanus 20,72,22 9, and his following counfels-, Latins d Fonte> 
Fguhinus confult. 44,69,77,125, Up, 142 .Fernelius confi 1,44,45,46. ful, 
Cafar Clattdinus, Mercurialis, Frambeffirids s S ennertus, crc. Wherein hee 
fliall finde particular receipts, the whole method, preparatives, pur- 
gers, corredlors, averters, cordials in -great variety and abundance: 
Out of which, becaute every man cannot attend to read or perufe 
them, I will colledt for the benefit of the Reader, fome few more notable 
medicines. » . V- -A\ - 
Sub sec. 2. 
Blood-letting' 
ispromifcuoufly ufed before and after Phyfick, com- 
@j|® monly before, and upon occafion is often reiterated, if there be 
IPij any need at leaft of it. For Galen , and many others make a 
doubt of bleeding at all in thiskinde of head-melancholy. I f the • mala-» 
dy, faith Fife cap, 2?. & Altomarus cap,7. Fuchfius cap, 33. nJhaliproceed 
primarily from the mi faffeffect brainftheFaticnt in fuch caje fall not need at all 
to hleed,except the blood othemife abound, the veins he fullyinfamed 
the party ready to run mad. In immaterial melancholy , which especially 
comes from a cold diftemperature of fpirits, Hercules de Saxonia cap, 17. 
will not admit of Phlebotomy 5 Laurentius cap, 9. approves it out of the 
authority of the Arabians* but as Mefue, shafts, Alexander appoint/ effea- 
ally in the head, to open the veins of the fore-head, nofe and ears is good. 
They commonly fee cupping-glaftes on the parties Shoulders, having firft 
fearified the place, they apply horfe-leeches on the head, 2nd in all me- 
lancholy difeafes,whether dfentialor accidencal;theycaufe the H«mrods 
to be opened,having the eleventh Aphorifm of the 6. book of Hippocrates 
for their ground and warranty which p that in melancholy and mad men. 
a si ex prima- 
rio cerebri af- 
feslu melancho- 
lici ev a fer inti 
[anguinis de- 
tractione non 
indigent, nip 
ob alias caufas 
fanguis mitta- 
tur, fl mult us 
in vafis, &c. 
fruftra enim 
fatigatur cor- 
pus, &c. 
x Competit Us 
phlebotomia 
fontis. Parc 2. Se<st. 5. 
Preparatives and Pursers» 
Memb.a. StftT.3. 
the varicous tumour or hemorroides appearing doth heal the fame, Pale feus 
prefcribes blood-letting in all three kindes, whom Salujt, Salvian fol- 
lows, yif the blood abound, which is dtjcerned by the fttlnejs of the veins 9 
hisprecedent diet, the parties laughter, age, &c. begin with the Median or 
middle vein of the arm: if the blood bee ruddy and clear, flop at but if black 
in the fpring time, or a good feafon 5 or thick 3 let it run, according to the 
parties firength: and fome eight or twelve dates after, open the Head vein , 
and the veins in the forehead, or provoke it out of the nojlnls, or cupping- 
glaJfeS) &c, Tradianus allows of this , z // there have been any [upprefton 
or flopping of blood at nofe, or he mrods > or womens months, then to open a 
vein in the head or about the ankles. Yet hee doth hardly approve of this 
courfe, if melancholy be fited in the head alone, or in any ocher dotage, 
f except it primarily proceed from blood, or that the malady be increafed Lyif, 
for blood-letting refrigerates and dries up, except the body be very fuH of blood, 
and a kinde of ruddinefs in the face. Therefore I conclude with Areteusy 
b before you let blood, deliberate of it , and well confidcr all circumffances 
belonging to it. 
y St fanguis 
abundet, quod 
feltur ex ■oe- 
narum reple- 
none, viQus ' 
ratione prau- 
dente, riju a- 
gri, at ate & 
all is, Tunda- 
tur me diana-,, 
&fi fanguls 
ppparet clams 
& ruber, fup- 
prim at ur■, aut’ 
fivere,fl m- ■ 
ger ant crajflus 
permittatur 
fluere pro vi- 
ribus agri, de~ 
rnpoft.*. vel 
12. diem ape- 
riatur cepha- - 
litu punis magis affetfte, & vena fremis, aut [anguis provocetur fetis per nares-, &c. 1Si quibus confuttx [ux [upprrffa 
fum menfes3&C. talo fecare opertet, aut vena frontis [[anguis peccet cerebro. » Ni[ ortum ducat d [anguine, ne morbus in- 
de augeatur: phlebotomia refrigerat & exiecat, nifi corpus[t valde [anguineum, rubicundum. b Cum fanguinem detrahere 
oportet, deliberatione indiget. Areteus lib, 7. c. 5; ’ 1** 
Sub s ec. 3. 
Freparatives and Furgers, 
blood-letting we muft proceed.to other medicines* firft 
prepare,and then ftabulum purgare tmake the bo- 
dy clean,before we hope to do any good.Gualter Bruel would 
have a pradfitioner begin firft with a Clifter of his, which he 
prefcribes before blood-letting: the common fort,asMercuri- 
*fo,Monialtus cap, go>&c, proceed from lenitives to preparatives,and fo to 
purgcrs. Lenitives are well known, Bletf narium lemtivum> Vtaphenicum, 
4&iacatholicon)&c, Preparatives arcufually Syrups of Borrage, Buglofs, 
Apples, Fumitory, Thyme and Epithymc, with double as much of the 
fame decodlion or diftilled water, or of the waters of Buglofs, Bawm, 
Hops, Endive, Scolopendry, Fumitory, &c. or thefe fod in whey, which 
muft be reiterated and ufed for many daies together. Purges come laft, 
which muft not be ufed at all, if the malady way bee othermfe helped, becaufe 
they weaken nature, and dry fo much-,and in giving of them,cH?e mufi begin 
with thegentleft firft .Some forbid all hot medicines, as Alexander, and Sd- 
vianus, (jpe, Ne infamiores inde fiant, Hot medicines increafe the difeafe 
by drying too much» Purge downward rather than upward, ufe potions 
rather than pills, and when you begin Phyfick, perfevere and continue hi 
for as onee obfervesj movere & non educere in omnibus malum £ft-> 
i° ftir up the humour (as one purge commonly doth ) and not to P£>le“ 
cute, doth more harm than good. They muft continue in a courfe or ry- 
lck,yet not fo that they tire and opprefs nature, danda quies natur , t iey 
muft now and then remit, and let nature have feme reft. The moil gentle 
c j leni eribus 
auSpicaadum. 
(iSnlefcus, “Pi- 
fo, Bruel) ra- 
yiuffy; medlCrL- 
mentis purgan- 
tibus utendum 
ni ft opus. 
d Jguia corpus 
exiccants mor- 
bum augent. 
c Gkianerius 
Tit ft. 15, c. 6, Part 2. Sed. 5. 
Cure of 
Memb. s.Subf.g* 
purges to begin with,aref Sena, Cafoa, Fpithyme, MyraboUnes, Catholicon i 
If thefe prevail not, wee may proceed to ftronger, as the confection of 
Hamech, PiL Inda, Fumitoria, de Afjaieret, of Lapis Armenus and .Lazuli, 
Hiajena, Or if pills be too dry* s fome preferibe both HeHeborsin thclaft 
£ VifoV 
Z.'phrfs, Sape i 
valent ex Hcl- ‘ 
Ichors. 1 
h Lib. 7. C.XI- \ 
gtiis medica- 
mentis morbus 
non obfeqmtur. 
* Modo caute 
detur & rebu- 
ffs. 
iCpnfil. 10.1. i. 
t Tlin. I. 3 i.c, 
0. Navigatio- 
nes Ob vomiti- 
onem profunt 
plurimis mor- 
bis capitis, & 
omnibus ob qu* 
Helleborum 
bibitur. Idem 
Di of corides, 
lib. 5,1 cap. 13. 
Avicenna ter- 
tia imprimis. 
if Xunquam 
dedimus, quin 
ex una aut al- 
tera affumptio- 
fie, Deo juvan- 
te, fuerint ad 
falutem resti- 
tuti. 
m Lib. 1. Inter 
compofita pur- 
gantia. melan- 
choliam. 
» Longo expe- 
rimento a fe 
ebfervatum ef- 
place, amongft the reft Areteus,h becaufe this dtfeafe will re ft fi a gentle medi- 
cine, Laurentius and Hercules de Saxoma would have Antimony tried laft, 
if the * party be firong, and it warily given} Trine avelius prefers Hierolegodi- 
um, to whom Francis Alexander in his Apohrad, 5. fubferibes, a very good 
medidnethey account it. But Crato in a counfel of his, for the Duke of 
Bavarian Chancellour,wholly rejedsit. 
I finde a yaft Chaos of medicines, a confufion of receipts and magiftrals, 
amongft writers, appropriated to this of the chiefeft I will 
rehearfe. tTo be Sea-fick firft is very good at feafqnable times.Helleborif* 
mus Matthioli, with which hee vaunts and boafts hee did fo many feveral 
cures,k 1 never gave it (faith he) but after once or twice, by the help of God, 
they were happily cured. The manner of making it hee fets down at large in 
his third book of Epift. to George Hankfbius a Phyfician. Gualter Bruel and 
Heurnius, make mention of it with great approbation, fo doth Sckenkius in 
his memorable cures, and experimental medicines, cen,6. obferv.yj. That 
famous Helleborifm of Monttmus, which he fo often repeats in his conful- 
tations and counfels,as 28. pro melan. facerdote,& confd, 148.pr0 Hjpocon- 
drtaco, and cracks, to be a m mofi [overatgn remedy Ur all melancholy perfons , 
which he hath often given without offence,and found by long experience and ob- 
fervation to be fuch. ' . 
guereetan prefers a Syrup ofHellebor in his Spagirica Pharmac• and 
Hdlebors 5. of his invention like wife ( a mofi fafe medicine, 
rt and not unfit to be given children) before all remedies whatfoever. 
Paraceljus in his book of black HeUcbor, admits this medicine, but as it 
is prepared by him. oit is mofi certain (faith hee) that the virtue of this herb 
is great, and admirare in effe id, and little differing from Balm if fclf > and 
hee that knows wed ,ow to make ufeof it, hath more art than all their books 
Contain. or all the Dotfors in Germany can [hew. 
fe, melancho- 
licos fine off n- 
fa egregie cu- 
bandos valere. 
Jdem refpon- 
Jtone ad An- 
bertum, Vera- 
trum nigrum, 
alias timidum 
& peri culofum 
vm jpirku 
etiam & oleo 
xommodum fa 
ufui redditur, 
'Ut etiam pu- 
eris tuto ad- 
mmfirari pof- 
fi- 
ve er tum e[i 
intjus hcrb<e 
virtutem maxi- 
"vElranns CMontaltus in his exquifire Work de merh, capitis, cap. si. de 
met, fees a fpecial receipt of HelJebor of his own, which in his pradice 
p hee fortunately ufed3 becaufe it is hut fhort, I will fet h down, 
R Syrufe de pomis § ij, aqua borag, 5 hij, 
EHebori nigri pernottem infufiin ligatura 
6. vel gr, mane faff aeo liatur a exhibe. 
Other receipts of the fame to this purpofe you fhall iinde in him. Vale feus 
admires pulvis Hali, and lafon Tratenfis after him : the confedion of which 
our new London Pharmacopoeia hath lately revived. *?ut cafe (faith he) aU 
other medicines fail, by the help of Cod this alone (hall doit, and ’tts a crowned 
medicine which mufi be kept in fecret, 
Rt Efilhjmifamine. hpiislazuli, agarici | ij. 
Scammonii, j, CariophiHorum numero 20, pulverlfentur 
Ommia, & ip fins pulveris fcrup.ti. Cingulis feptimanis affumat. 
mm & mirabilem effe, parum f diflare a half mo. Et qui norh eo retie uti, pltts Met artis quam tota feribentium cohors, 
vutomnes rDoffores in Germania, p feliciter nfusfum.giHoc fofito quod alt* medicin* non valeant, ifta tunc £>ei 
mi feri sordid valebit-. & eft medicina coronata, qu* feerwfimi teneatur. £art 2. Se&. $. 
Preparatives and Purgers. 
Memb, 2, Subf.3. 
To thefe I may add Arnolds vinum Eugloftatum, or Borage wine before 
mentioned, which c Mizaldus calls vinum mtrabtlc, a wonderful wine, and 
Stockerus vouchfafes to repeat verbatim among# ocher receipts. Rubeus 
his c compound water out oiSavanarola: Einetus his balm *, Cardans Eul- 
vis Hyacinthi, with which in his book de curis admirandis, he boafts that he 
had cured many melancholy perfons in eight daies, which u Sckenkius 
puts amongft his obfervable medicines: Altomarus his Syrup with 
which x hee calls God fo folemnly to witnefs, hee hath in his kinde done 
many excellent cures 5 and which Sckenkius cent. 7. objerv, 80, mention- 
eth, Daniel, Sennertus lib. 1. part, 2. cap. Iz. fo much commends; Rulan- 
water for melancholy, which cent,2. cap. 96. hee names spi- 
ritum vita aureum * Panaceam, what not, and his abfolute medicine 
of 5 ° Eggs, curat, Empir, cen. i.eur. 5, to be taken three in a morning, 
with a powder of his. ? Eaventinus prac. Emper. doubles this number of 
Eggs, and will have a hundred and one to be taken by three and three 
in like fort, which Salufi Salvian approves dere med. lib.z. c. 1. with forne 
of the fame powder, till all be fpenc, a moft excellent remedy for all me- 
:Ub. de artif. 
med. 
1 Sed. 3. Opti- 
mum i eme dium 
aqua empofi- 
ta Savamro- 
la. 
u Scfcnf/us 
obferv. 31. 
* Donatus ab. 
Aitomari.cap.j, 
Tefior Deum, 
me multos me- 
lancholicos hu- 
jus folius fym- 
pi ufu cura ffe , 
fafid prjus 
purgatione. 
T Centum ova 
& unum, Quo- 
libet mane [u- ' 
lancholy and tnad-men. 
R Epithymi, thymi, an a drachmis duus, jacchari albi unciam 
unam, croci grana tria, Cinamomi drachmam unam, mifee jfi at 
fulvis. 
mant ova [or- 
bilia , cum fe- 
qumti pulve- 
re fupra ovum 
ajptrfa, & con- 
tineant quo- 
AH thefe yet are nothing to thofe zGhymicai preparatives of Aqua Chali- 
doniay quinteffence of Hellebor>falts,extradSjdiftillations5 oyls, Aurum po- 
tabile, &c, Dr. Anthony in his book dc auro pot ah. edit, 1600. is all mail for 
* And though all the School of Galenijls, with a wicked and unthankful 
frtde andfcorn, detefl it in their pr attice, yet in more grievous difeafes, when 
their vegetals wIU do no good, they are compelled to feekthe help of mi- 
nerals* though they nje them rajhly, unprof tally, flackly, and to »0 purpefe. 
Rhenanus,a Dutch Chymift in his book de Sale e puteo etnergente, takes up- 
on him to Apologize for Anthony, and fets light by all that (peak againft 
him. But what do I meddle with this great Controverfie, which is the 
fobjeft of many volumes < Let Paracel jus Quercetan, Crollius, and the bre- 
thren of the Rojy croft defend themfelves as they may. Crato, Erajlus, and 
the Galenijls oppugn.P4/^//^she brags on the other fide,he did more fa- 
mous cures by this means, than all the Galeni(Is in Europe, and calls him. 
Ufa ajfumpfe- 
rint centum <&. 
mmj mania- 
cis & melan- 
cholicis Htilifii- 
mum remedi- 
um. 
x Quercetan 
cap. 4. Pbar. 
Ofvpadus Crgi- 
lius. _ 
a Cap. x. Licet 
teta Galeni- 
Harum fchoU / 
mineralia non- 
fine impio & 
ingrato fafiu 5 
fun praClicx 
deteftentur, ta~ 
fclf a Monarch* Galen, Hippocrates, infants, illiterate, &c. As Theftdins of 
old railed again# thofeantient Ajclepiadean writers, hee condemns others , 
infults, triumphs 6 overcame all antiquity ( faith Galen, as if hee ftake to him) 
declares himfelf a conquer our, and crowns his own doings. b One drop of their' 
Ghymical preparatives/hall do more good than all their fulfome potions, Era- 
fius, and the reft of the Galenijls vilifie them on the other fide, as Here- 
|icks in Phyfick;c Paracel jus did that in Phyfick, which Luther in Divinity, 
A drunken rogue he was,a bajefellow,a Magitian,he had the devil for his ma~ 
fijr, devils his familiar companions, and what hee did, was done by the help of - 
t”e Devil, Thus they contend and rail, and every Mart write books\ pro \ 
and con, fa adhuc fuh judice lis t them agree as they will,'l proceed. , 
men in gravio- 
ribus morbis 
omni vegetabi- 
lium der eliSi» 
fubfidlo, ad m i- 
neralia confu- 
giunt, l{eet c[ 
temere, ignavi- 
ter/ & inuti- 
liter nfurpem. 
Ad finem li- 
bri. 
Veteres male, 
dici is mcejjit [ 
vincity & Cm. 
tra omnem an- 
tiquitatem cd- 
medicini *fe Vl^0r declaratur. Cul.bb. 1. meth. c.i. '■* .Codronchu* de fde 
TJrl \ L*berus Meolom. * Diftut, in eundem, farte, i. W' ebrlHS> 'Uttemuh f^cepterm 
"tbutty d^mmesfamiliares, &c. Part 2. Seft, 5. 
Cure of CWelancholy, 
Memb. i.Subf.4, 
388 
Sub sec, 4, 
kA veriers. 
SVerters and Purgers muft go together, as tending ail 
to the fame purpofe, to divert this rebellions humor, 
and turn it another way. In this range, Clyfters and 
Suppofitories challenge a chief place, to draw this 
humor from the brain and heart, to the more ignoble 
parts. Some would have them Hill ufed a few daies 
between, and thofe to be made with the boiled feeds 
of Anire,Fennel,and baftard SafFron,Hops,Thyme,E- 
pithyme, Mallows,Fumitory,Buglofs,Polypody, Sene,Diafene,Hamech, 
Caflia, Diacathohcon, Hierologodium, Oyl of Violets, fweet Almonds, 
&c* For without queftion, a Clyfter opportunely ufed, cannot chufe in 
this, as moft other maladies, but to do very much good; Clyjieres nutriunt, 
fometimes Clyfters nouriih, as they may be prepared, as I was informed 
long fince by a learned Ledure of our natural Philolophy t Reader, 
which he handled by way of difcourfe, out of fome other noted Phyfici- 
ans Such as provoke urine moft commend, but not fweat. Trin- 
cavehus confil.\6.cap. 1. in head melancholy forbids it. P. Byarus and o- 
thers approve fridions of the outward parts,and to bathe them with warm 
water. Inftead of ordinary fridions, Cardan prefcribes rubbing with 
Nettles till they blifter the skin, which likewife f Bafardus Vijonttnus fo 
much magnifies. 
Sneczing,mafticatories,and nafalsare generally received. Montaltus c, 
,piildefheim fjtceL 2,foLis6. and 138. give feveral receipts of all three# 
Hercules de Sax onto, relates of an Emperick in Venice, %that had a firong 
water to purge by the mouth and noflrils, which he Hill ufed in head-melancho- 
hi would fell for no gold. 
To open months and Hemroids is very good Phyfick 3 h If they have 
em formerh Ppptd' Faventi ms would have them opened with horfe- 
leeches, fo would Hercul, de Sax Julius Alexandrinus confil .185. Scoltzii 
thinks Aloes fitter:1 moft approve horfe- leeches in this cafe, to be appli- 
ed to the fore-head,k noftrils, and other places, 
Montaltus cap, 29. out of Alexander and others, prefcribes J cupping- 
Jffms in fht left thigh. Areteus lib.7. cap. 5, m Paul us Regelinus, 
Sylvius will have them without Testification, applied to the jhenlders and 
hack, thighs and feet: n Montaltus cap. 34. bids open an Jffue in the arm, CY 
hinder fart of the head.« Fife injoynes ligatures, fndtions, tuppoli tones, 
and cupping-glades, M without fcarification, and the reft, 
Cauteries and hot Ironsare to be ufed vin the future of the Croton, and 
the feared or ulceratedf lace fuffered to run a good while.‘TU net 
the skull with an in frumenty to let out the fuliginous vapours. Salujl, Salvia* 
nuf de re medic. lib,7. cap, i, % Becaufe this homour hardly yeelds to other 
t Mil fler 75. 
Lapworch. 
f Ant. Philo/, 
eip. dc mclan. 
frictio vertice, 
&c. 
5 Aqua forti f■ 
fima purgans 
os, nares, quam 
non. vult auro 
vendere. 
ft Mercurialis 
confit. 6. & 30. 
flemorroidum 
6 menfium pro- 
vocatio juvat, 
modo ex eorum 
fupprcfiione or- 
tum habuerit. 
1 Laurentius, 
Bruel, <&c> 
k P, Bayer us l. 
%, cap. 13.'' na- 
vibus, <&. 
1 Cucurbitula: 
pcc<e, & f on- 
tanellx crurefi- 
nipo. 
m Hildifhcim 
(picei.*- Vapo- 
res a cerebro 
trahendi funt 
frictionibus u- 
niverfh cucur- 
bitulis pccis, 
humeris ac dor- 
fo affixis, cir- 
ca pedes & cru- 
ra. 
n Vontanellafn 
aperi juxta oc- 
cipitium , aut 
brachium. 
° Balem, ftga- 
turx, friffihn.es> &c. p Cautcriutn fiat futura coronali, diu fluere permittantur loco, ulcer oft. Trepano etiam cranii denfitdis 
issiw! poterit) ut vaporibus fuliginojit exitus pateat,Quoniam difficulter cedit aliis medicamentis, ideo jiat inverttet 
cauterium, aut crure fmiUro infra genu. Parc 2. Scdt. 5 . 
alteratives» 
. Memb. 1, Subf. 5. 
Phyftck, would have the leg cauterized, or the left Leg below the knee,r and the 
head beared tn two or three places, for that ic much avails to the exhalati- 
on of the vapours : f 1 faw{ faith he) a melancholy man at that by no 
remedies could be healed, but when by chance hee was wounded in the head, 
the skull broken, hee was excellently cured. Another to the admiration 
of the beholders, 1 breaking bis head with a faU ft cm on high, was iniiantlj 
recovered of his dotage- Gordomus cap.i3.fart, 2, would have thefe caute- 
ries tried laft, when no other Phyfiek will ferve. u The head to bejhaved 
and bored to let out fumes, which Without doubt will do much good, I faw a 
melancholy man wounded in the head with afmrd, his brain-pan broken; fo 
long as the wound was open, hee was wed, hut when his wound was healed, his 
dotage returned again. But Alexander cMefjaria a profeflor in Padua , 
lib, I. praff, tned, cap. 21, de CMelanchol, will allow no cauteries at all, 
Stis tooftiff an humour, and too thick, as hee holds, to bee fo evapo- 
rated. 
1 
r Flant duo 
a“t tria tatt. 
ter i a'cur» of- 
fis perforatio- 
ne. 
Vidi Rcrnie 
melancholi- 
cum qui ad- 
hibitis multis 
remediis, fa- 
nari non pote- 
ratfed cum 
cranium gla- 
dio f ratium 
fifet, optime 
fanat us e fi. 
1 Et alterum 
Cmanerius c, 8. Trabi. 15. cured a Noble man in Savoy > by boaring a- 
lone, * leaving the hole open a month together, by means of which, after 
two years melancholy andmadnefs, hee was delivered. All approve of 
this remedy in the future of the Crown 5 bat Annianus would have 
the cautery to bee made with gold. In many other parts, thefe caute- 
vies are preferibed for melancholy men, as in the thighs (cMercurialis 
cwfil. 86.) arms, legs, idem conftl. 6. & ip. & 25. Montanus 86. Rode- 
rkus 4 Fonfeca Tom. 2, con fulti 84. pro hypocond. doxa dextrd, &c, but 
raoftin the head, if other 
. J 
eJ litTeaieL 
n(fo P™ ujian- 
tus eft. 
Imthmin 
cafote> Pr°cul~ 
tmlfL- 
rum exhala- 
twum ; vidi melancholicum d fortuna, gladio vulneratum, & cranium frattum , quam diu vulnus apertum cu- 
ratus optimi y at cum vulnus f anatum, nverfa eft mania. * ufquc ad duram matrem trepanari feci, & per md- 
fim aperte ftetit. “ ■ 
Subsec. 5* 
and Cordials, corroborating, refolding the rcliques, 
and mending the Temperament. 
BEcaufe this Humour is To malign of it felf, and fo hard 
to be removed, the reliques are to bee cleanfed ,by 
Alteratives, Cordials, and fuch means 5 the temper is 
to'be altered and amended, with fuch things as forti- 
fie and ftrengthen the heart and brain $ a which are 
commonly both offered in this malady , and do mutually 
mtfdjfeft one another: which are ft ill to be given every 
other day, or fome few dales inferred after a purge, or like Phyfiek, as oc- 
cafion ferves, and are of fuch force, that many times they help alone, and 
b Arnoldus holds in his Aphorifms, are to be preferred before all other 
Medicines, in what kind foever, 
this number of Cordials and Alteratives, I donor fiude a 
more prefent remedy, than a cup of wine or ftrong drink, if it be Cover y 
and opportunely ufed. It makes a man bold, hardy, courageous, f* * 
the wit, if moderately taken, (and as Plutarch faith, Symp- v' * 
Makes thofe which an otherwife dulifid exhale dr evaporate Ukefranii J nce^o 
a Cordis rath 
femper habenda, 
quod cerebro 
compatitur, & 
fcfe invicem of- 
fidunt. 
b Jphor. 38. 
Medicina. The- 
yiacalispra de- 
teris eligenda, 
c Galen, de 
temp.lib. 3. c.3. 
Moderate vi- 
num fumptum, 
acuit ingenium, 
d Tardos aliter 
& triples thuris 
in modum ex- 
halare facit, Parc 2. Se&. 5. 
Cure of CMeUncholj, 
Memb.i. Subf. y. 
390 
quicken (Xenophon adds) t as oyl doth fire.c A famous Cordial Matthlolus 
in Diofcoridem calls it an excellent nutriment to refrefh the body, it makes 
a good colour, a flounfhwg age, help concoftion, fortifies the fiomach, takes a~ 
way oh fir unions urine, drives out excrements, procures fieep, clears 
the blood, expels wind and cold poifons, attenuates , cone ofts, difiipates all thick 
vapours, and fuliginous humours. And that which is all in all to my pur, 
pofe, it takes away fear and forrow* 
t Curas edaces difipat Evius, 
It glads the heart of man,Pfa, 104.15. hilaritatis dulce feminarium» Helenas 
boul 5 the foJe ne&ar of the Gods, or that true Nepenthes in * Homer, 
which puts away care and grief, as Orebafius 5. Colled. cap.7. and fane o- 
thers will, was naught elfe but a cup of good wine. It makes the mind of 
the King and of the fatherlefs both oneyofthe bond and free-man, poor and rich5 
it turneth aR his thoughts to joy and mirth, makes him remember no forrow or 
debt, but enricheth his heart, and makes him fpeak by talents, Efdras 19, 
20,21. It gives life it felf, fpirits, wit, &c. For which caufe the Antients 
called Bacchus, Liber pater d Uberando, andf facrificed to Bacchus and Pal* 
las ftill upon an Altar. 2 Wine meafurably drunk, and in time, brings glad- 
nefs and c hear}nine fs of mind, it cheareth (jod and men, fudges 9.12. Utitin 
’ Bacchus dator, it makes an old wife dance, and fuch as arc in mifery,to for- 
get evil, and be h merry* 
■\ Hilaritatem 
ut oleum flam- 
mam excient. 
c Viribus reti- 
nendis cardia- 
cum eximiam, 
nutriendo cor- 
pori alimen- 
tum optimum, 
aetatem flori- 
dam f scit, ca- 
lorem innatum 
fovet, concoffi- 
onem juvat, 
flomachum ro- 
borat , excre- 
mentis viam 
parat, urinam 
movet, fomnum 
conciliat, vene- 
na, frigidos fla- 
tus di flip at, 
craffos humo- 
res attenuat, 
coquit, difmit, 
c}rc. 
t Hor.lib.x.Od. 
11. 
* Odyff. A. 
fPaufanias. 
tSarycides st. 
»8. . 
h Legitur & 
Bacchus afflictis requiem mortalibus affert, 
Crura licet duro compede vintta forent, 
Wine makes a troubled foul to reft 
Though feet with fetters bee oppreft. 
prifei Catonis 
Sape mero cs- 
lnijrfe virtus. 
t in pocula & 
aleam fe praei- 
pitavit, & Us 
fere tempus tra- 
drtxityUt agram 
crapula mentem 
levaret,& con~ 
ditionis pr*~' 
pent is cogitatio- 
nes quibus agi- 
tabatur febrias 
•vitaret. 
-j- So did the 
Athenians of 
old, as Suidas 
relates, and fo 
do the Ger- 
mans at this 
day. 
\Ub. 6. c-*S- 
& 14.de rerum 
propriet at. 
t He[ier.i.%* 
Demetrius in Plutarch, when hee fell into Seleucus hands, and was prifofler 
in Syria, f fpsnt his time with dice, and drink that hee might fo eafe his di[con- 
tented mind, and avoid thofe continual cogitations of his prefent condition 
wherewith hee was tormented. Therefore Solomon, Prov. 31.6. bids wine be 
given to him that is ready to fperijb,and to him that hath grief of heart, let him 
drink that hee forget his poverty, and remember his wifery no more. Sollicitis 
animis onus eximit, k eafeth a burdened foul, nothing fpeedicr, nothing 
better: which the Prophet Zachary perceived, when hee faid, that in 
the time of rJHeft as, they of Ephraim Jhould bee glad, and their heart jhould 
rejoyce as through wine. All which makes mcc very well approve of that 
pretty defcription of a feaft in f Bartholomew lAnglkus, when grace 
was faid, their hands wafhed, and the Guefts fufficiently exhilarated, 
with good difeourfe, fweet raufick , dainty fare, exhilarationis gratia, 
' pocula iterum atque iterum offeruntur, As a Corollary to conclude the 
feaft, and continue their mirth, a grace cup came in to cheer their 
hearts, and they drank healths to one another again and again. Which 
las I, Predericus Matenefius Crit, Chrif, lib, 2, cap, 5, 6, &7. was an old 
cuftome in all ages in every common-wealth, fo as they be not enforced, 
bibere per violentiam, but as in that royal feaft of f Afjuerus which lafted 
180. dales, without cempulfton they drank by order in golden vefjels, when 
and what they would themfelvcs. This of drink is a moft eafie and 
parable rederay, a common, a cheap, ftill ready againft fear, forrow, 
and fuch troublefome thoughts, that moleft the mind- as brimftone 
with fire, the fpirits on a fudden arc enlightened by ir, No better Phyfick Parc 2. Sed:. 5. 
Cure ofHead-tjie lane holy. 
Memb. i. Subf. 5. 
(faith kßhafts) for a melancholy man:and he that can keep company,andcaroufe, 
needs no other medicines Ids enough*HisCountry-man 31 ,Doci,2, 
c• 8. proceeds further yet, and will have him that is troubled in mind, or 
k Trad. 1, cm. 
t 1. Non eft res 
laudabilior eo, 
vel cura 
([ni melancholia 
Wj utatur ft- 
cietate homi- 
num & bibe- 
via-, & qui po- 
tefi fuftnere , 
ufum vini, non 
indiget alia 
medicina, quod 
melancholy, not to drink only, but now and then to be drunk ; excellent 
good Phyfickic is for this and many other difeafes. Magninm Reg, fan. 
c.,31. will have them to be fo once a month at lead, and gives his rea- 
fonsfor it, \becaufeitfcoars the body by vomit, urinejfweat, of all manner of 
frperfuities, and keeps it clean. Of the fame mind is Seneca the Philofopher 
in his book de tranquil, lib,i,c, 15, nonnunqaam at in aliis morbis ad ebrieta- 
tem ufq- veniendum.\ Curas deprimit, militia medetur, It is good fometimes 
to be drunk, it helps forroWjdepreffeth cares, and fo concludes his Tra& 
with a cup of wine :Habes % Serene chan(lime, qua ad tranquillitatem anima 
pertinent. But thefe are Epicureal tenents, tending to loofenefs of life. 
Luxury and Atheifm, maintained alone by fome Heathens, diflbJute A- 
tabians, prophane Chriftians, and are exploded by Rabbi Mofes Trail. 4. 
Guild, Placent ius Itb.i.cap. 8. Vale feus de moft accurately ven- 
tilated by Jo, Salvati cue, a late writer and Phyfician oi Mi Han, med, com, 
cap. 14. where you (hall finde this tenent copioufly confuted. 
Howfoever you fay, if this be true, that wine and ftrong drink have 
fuch virtue to expel fear andforrow, and to exhilarate the mind, €ver 
hereafter let’s drink and be mefry. 
eofunt omnia, 
ad ufum neeef- 
faria hujuspaf- 
Jienis 
1 Tam quod fe- 
qnatur inde fu- 
dor3 vomitio> u- 
rina, i) quibus 
faperfluitatos i 
co'pore remo- 
ventur & re- 
manet corpus 
mundum. 
m Hor, 
m Prome reconditum Lyde ftrenua cacttbum, 
Capaciores puer huc affer Scyphos, 
Et Chia vina authesbia. 
Come lufty Lyda, fill’s a cup of Saek> 
And firrah Drawer, bigger pots wee lackf * 
And Sdo wines that have fo good a fmack. 
I fay with him in nA» Gellius, let us maintain the vigour of our fouls with a 
Moderate cup of wine, f Natis in ufum toitiae fcyphis, and drink to refiejh 
cur mindy if there he any cold for row in it, or torpid bafhfulnef, let's wajb it 
uU away. Nunc vino pellite curas: fo faith t Horacei fo faith Anacreon , 
P Lih. if. 2.’ 
no ft. Att. Vi~ 
gorem animi 
moderato vini 
ufn tueamur 
cale fa fio 
refotocf animo, 
f quid in eo vel 
frigida trifti~ 
tia, vel torpen- 
tis veneundi» 
fuerit, dilua- 
mus. 
t Hor. I. x, Od. 
»7*. , 
t Od. 7. lib. X* 
7{am pm* 
fiat ebrium 
me quam mor- 
tuum jacere. 
f Spfcf-5- 18, 
fer.\9-incap.q, 
opb. 14. 5. 
jfibll pernitio- 
Jitts viribus fl 
modus ab ft, 
venenum. 
p Theocritus 
edyl. \\.V\no 
dari UtiiiaM 
& dolerm. 
KWc&al 
HoK\J Kgetfl’S'OV H 3ocvovt«. 
Let’s drive down care with a cup of wine: and fo fay I too, 
C though I drink none my {elf) for all this may bee done, fo .that it bee 
modeftly, foberly, opportunely ufed: So that, they bee net drunk with 
*>toey wherein is excefs,which our t Apoftle forewarns-, for as Chryfeftome 
Well comments on that place, adUtrtiam datum eft vinum, non ad chmta- 
’cis for mirth wine, but not for madnefs: And will you know where, 
When, and how that is to be underftood i Vis dtfcere ubi bonum fit vinumi 
-Audi quid dicat Scriptura, hear the Scriptures, Give Wine to them that are 
fonew, or as Paulo id Timothy drink wine for his ftpraachs fake, for con- 
health, or fome fuch honeft occafion. Otherwife as0 Pliny tel- 
ieth us: If fingulat moderation be not had, p nothing fo per nit ms, 
™eer vine?ar. blandus dmdn, Poifon it (elf. But hear a more 
doom, Habac, 2, 15. & \6. Wot bee to him that makes his neisjr!*x 
1 rmk >. Shameful (bewing fhall bee upon his glory. Let not goo 
ows triumph therefore ( faith UUatthiolus) that I have fo . 
mended wine; if it be immoderately taken, infiead of making g > Part 2. Sed. 5. 
Cure of cJMelancholy. 
Memb.i. Subf, s*. 
founds both body and foul, it makes a giddy head, a forrewful heart. And ’twas 
well laid of the Poet of old, Wine cauftth mirth and grief, 4 nothing fo 
good for fome, fo bad for others, efpecialiy asr one obferves, qui a caufa 
calida male habent, that are hot or inflamed. And fo of (pices,they alone, 
as I have fhewcd,caufe head-melancholy themfelves, they rauft not ufe 
wine as anf ordinary drink, or in their diet. But to determine with Lau- 
rentius c, 8. de melan. wine is bad for mad men, and fuch as are troubled 
with heat in their inner parts or brains*, but to melancholy, which is cold 
(as moft is) Wine foberly ufed, may be very good. 
I may fay the fame of the decoCfion of China roots, S aft aft as eril- 
s Renodetis. 
r Mercurialis 
(onfii. 25. Vi- 
num f rip dis 
* optimum, & 
peffimum ferind 
melancholia. 
(■ Ferncl'ms 
conftl. 44. & 
Vuum pro- 
hibit affiduunt, 
& aromata. 
U) Gaaiacum : china, faith Man*rdusy makes a good colour in the face , 
takes away melancholy, and all infirmities proceeding from cold, even fo 
Sarfap erilia provokes fw'eat mightily, Gmtacum dries, Claudinus con frit, 
8?,&46, Montanus, Cappivaccius confrlt. 188. Seoltzii. make frequent 
and good ufe of China, ■fo that the liver be not incenfed,good 
for fuch as are cold, as moft melancholy men are, but by no means to bee 
t Modo jecur 
non incendatur. 
« Per 24. Ho- 
ras fenfum do- 
loris omnem 
tollit, & ride- 
re facit. 
y Uildcfoeim 
tyicel. 1. 
z Alternes,om- 
nia vitalia vif~ 
tera nitre con- 
ftyrtat. 
a Contra omnes 
melancholicos 
affeBus can' 
fert, ac certum 
efi ippus uft _ 
omnes cordis &4 
corporis vires 
mirum in mo- 
dum refici. 
b Succinum ve- 
ro albiftmim 
confortat ven- 
triculum, fla- 
tum difcutit, 
Urinam movet, 
&c. 
c Qardas ab 
Horto aroma- 
tum Ub-1- caP- 
1* Jdverfus 
emnes morbos 
melancholicos 
conducit, & 
venenum. 
(inquit) utor 
in morbis me- 
lancbolids,&c. 
& deploratos 
hujus ufu ad 
priffinam fani- 
tatem refiitui. 
See more in 
iauhinus book 
de lap. Be\oar 
Mf- 
mentioned in hot. 
The Turks have a drink called Coffa (for they ufe no wine) fo named, 
of a berry as black as foot, and as bitter (like that black drink which 
was in ufe amongft thd Lacedaemonians, and perhaps the fame) which they 
fip ftill off, and fup as warm as they can fuffer5 they fpend much time in 
thofe Coffa-hou&s, which are fomewhat like our A]e-houfes or Taverns 
and there they fit chatting and drinking to drive away the time, and to 
be merry together, becaufe they finde by experience that kinde* of drink 
fo ufed helpeth digeftion, and procureth alacrity. Some of them take 
Opium to this purpofe. 
Borage, Bawm, Saffron, Gold, I have fpokenofv tMont altus c. 
commends Scorzonera roots condite. Cardus ab Horto plant, hi ft, lib. 2. 
cap• 25, makes mention of an herb called Datura, w which tftt be eaten, 
for 24. hours following5 takes away all ft nfe of grief, makes them incline to 
laughter and mirth; and another called Bauge, like in effedb to Opium, 
Which puts them for a time into a kfnde of Extaps , and makes them gent- 
ly to laugh. One of the Roman Emperours had a feed, which he did ordi- 
narily eat to exhilarate himfelf. y Cbriftophorus Ayrerus prefers Bezoars 
Bone, and the confection of Alkemes, before other cordials, and tim- 
ber in fome cafes. * Alkermes comforts the inner parts • and Sezoar Bone 
hath an efpecial virtue againft all melancholy affections, a it refrelheth the 
hearty and corroborates the whole body. b Amber provokes urine, helps the 
body,breaks wind,&c. After a purge, three or tour grains of Bezoar ftone, 
and three grains of Amber-Greece drunk, or taken in Borage, of Buglofs 
water, in which gold hot hath been quenched, will do much good,and the 
purge fhall diminifh lefs (the heart fo of the ftrcngch and fub- 
ftance of the body. 
Ifc Confetti yd Ikermes |jf, lap, Bezor 9 j. 
Succini albifrbtiliff, pulverifat. 3 ij. cum 
Syrup, de con, citric fat eleßuarium* 
To Be&oars ftone moft fubfcribe, Manardus, andc many others, it takes 
away fadnefs, and makes him merry that uftth it 5 1 have fee n fome that have 
been much difeafed with faintneft, /wearing, and melancholy5 that taking Parc 2 . Sed» 5. 
C ure of Head- CMelancholy. 
Memb. 1, Subf. 5, 
the weight of three grams of this jioneyin the water of Oxtongue, have been 
eared. Garcias ah Horto brags how many defperate cures he hath done up- 
on melancholy men by this alone, when all Phyficians had forfiiken 
them. But Alchermes many except again!! -• in feme cafes it may help, if it 
be good and of the beft, fuch as that of Monffelior in France, whichd lo- 
docus Sincerus Itinerario fo much magnifies, and would have no 
traveller omit to lee it made. But it is not fo general a medicine as the 
other. Fernelius confiL 49, fufpedfs Alchermes, by reafon of its heat,c no- 
thing (faith he) fooner exafperates this dtfeafe, than the ufe of hot working 
meats and medicines, and would have them for that caufe warily taken, I con- 
clude therefore of this and all other medicines , as Thucydides of the 
plague at No remedy could be pref übed for it, Nam quod uni 
frefuif hoc aliis erat exitio: There is no Cacholike medicine to be had .* 
that which helps one, is pernitious to another. 
) Monffielii ele- 
ttimium fit 
■ preciodfmum 
- .Alchcrm. &c. 
r c Nihil morbum 
• hunc <sque ex- 
■ ajperat, ac a- 
. Umentorum vd 
: calidiorum tu- 
fas. Alchermes 
idee fujpeftp sy 
& quad femel 
moneamx 'caule 
adhibenda ca- 
lida medica- 
menta. 
f is, 
obfervat.de 
Mani a pad men- 
tis alienatio- 
Hem, & defpi- 
ent iam vitio ce- 
rebri obortam, 
in manuferiptis 
codice tjerma- 
nlco, tale me- 
dicamentum re* 
peri. 
z Caput arietis 
nondum experti 
venerem.uno 
iffiu amputa- 
tum, cornibus 
tantum demptisl 
integrum ckm 
lana & pelle 
bene clinabis, 
tum affirto ce- 
rebrufkfexi- 
mes , & ad- , 
dens armata, 
&c. 
Diamargaritum frigidum, Diambra, Di ab or aginat El e H narium lati fi- 
catis Galeni & Rhafis9 de Gemmis, Dianthos, Dtamofcmn dulce & 
Ele&uarium Conciliatoris, fyruf, Cydoniorum de pomis conferves of Rofes, 
Violets, Fumitory, Enula campana, Satyrion, Liramons, Orange- pills 
condite, &c. have their good ufe. 
& Dtamofcbi dulcis & amari ana % ij. 
Diahuglefjati, Diaboraginati, faccbari violacei 
ana | j ,mtfce cum fjrupo de pomis. 
Every Phyfician is full of fuch receipts, one only I will add for the rare- 
**cfs of it?which I finde recorded by many learned Authors, as an appro- 
ved medicine again# dotage, head-melancholy, and fuch difeafes of the 
brain. Take as Rams head that never medled with an Ewe, cut off at a 
blow, and the horns onely taken away, boil it well skin and wooll toge- 
ther , after it is well fod , take out the brains, and pur thefe fpices to it, 
Cinamome, Ginger, Nutmeg, Mace, Cloves, ar»a%fi, mingle the pow- 
der of thefe fpices with it, and heat them in a platter upon a chafing-diflr 
pf coals together, (Erring them well, that they do not burn; take heed 
u be not overmuch dried, or dryer than a Calves brains ready to be eaten. 
Keep it fo prepared, and for three daies give it the patient faffing yfo 
that he faff two hours after it. It may be eaten with bread in an egg, or 
broth, or any way, fo it be taken. For fourteen dales let him ufe this diet, 
drink no wine, &c! Gefner. hi ft animal. Uh. I. fag* 917. Cart Bert ns praH. 
taP* I}, in Nich, de metri />.129. latro: Wittenberg, edit. Tubing. pag, 62. 
niention this medicine, thohgh with fome variation; hee that lift may 
try it, § and many fuch. 
Odoraments to fmell to, of Rofe-water, Violet flowers, Bawm, Rofe- 
Cakes, Vmeger,&c.do much recreate the brains and fpirits, according to 
Solomon, Prev. ay. 9. T'hey rejoyce the heart, and as fome fay, nourifh: tis a 
commonly controverted in our fchools, an odores nutriant; le£ 
*‘ci»us hb. 2. caf. 18. decide it,h many arguments he brings to prove 
S efnocritusj that lived by the fmell of bread alone, applied to his no- 
nß, foj- fome few dales,when for old age he could eat no meat. arC/[ 
_ • 2'fn*th. fpeaks of an excellent conte&ion of his making, of win<7! ' » 
ron,&c, which he preferibed to dull, weak,feeble,and dying tO, 
o,and by it to have done very much goo prefuifje ofa u & po- 
g Cms ten- 
dinis uitus, 
vino pot ns me 
lancholiam ca- 
rat & ™fu™ 
cornu 'fihinoce- 
rotis, &c. 
Sckevfius, 
h Inflat in me- 
tric e quod fuf~ 
fum& dear- 
fum odoris fer*-_ 
fam jjrxcipta- 
tw Part 2. Sedh 5. 
Cure of {Jtfdanchoiy. 
Memb.i. Subf. 5» 
394 
UhZ% if he had given them drink. Our noble and learned Lord f Verulami 
in his book de vita. & morte, commends therefore all fuch cold fmells as 
any way fervc to refrigerate the fpirits, cMontanus confiL 31* prefcribes a 
form which hee would have his melancholy Patient never to have out 
of his hands. If you will have them fpagirically prepared, look in ofwal- 
dm Croilius bafil, Chymica, 
Irrigations of the head fhaven,1 of the flowers ofwater- hdiesLettucefFio* 
letSy Camomile, 1 vtlde Mallows, wethers head3 &c, muft be ufed many mor- 
nings together, Montan. confll, 31. would have the head fo walhcd once a 
week. Ldins k fonte Euguhinus confult.44. from an Italian Count3troubled 
with head-melancholy, repeats many medicines which hee tried,k hut two 
alone which did the cureufe of whey made of Goats milky with the extract of 
Hellebor, and irrigations of the head with lettuce3 violets, camo- 
c. upon the future of the Crown,Ptfo commends a Rams lungs applied 
hot to the fore part of the head, or a young Lamb divided in the back, 
exenterated, &c, all acknowledge the chief cure to confiftin moiftcning 
throughout. Some, faith Laurentius, ufe powders, and caps to the brain: 
but forafmuch as fuch aromatical things are hot and dry, they muft bee 
fparingly adminiftred. 
Unto the heart we may do well to apply baggs,Epith ernes,Ointments, 
of which Laurentius c, 9, de Melan. gives examples. Bruel prefcribes an 
Epithemcfor the heart, of Buglofs, Borage, water-lilly, Violet waters, 
fweet wine, Bawm leaves. Nutmegs, Cloves, &c. 
For the Belly, make a Fomentation of oyl, “ in which the feeds of Cu- 
min, Rue, Carrets, Dill, have been boyled, 
Baths are of wonderful great force in this malady, much admired by 
t Vicoum S. 
Albans. 
» Ex decollo 
florum nym- 
phea, laftuca, - 
violarunt) eba- 
momila, alibea, 
capitis verve- 
cum3 &c. 
fc inter auxilia 
multa adbibita, 
duo vifa funt 
remedium ad- 
ferre, ufus feri 
tapriniy cum 
ex trado tiellc- 
bori) & irri- 
gatio ex lade 
Nymphe*) vio- 
larim, &c. 
futicra corona- 
li adhtbitaj his 
remediis fani- 
tatem prifti- 
nam adeptus 
eft. 
1 Confert & 
pulmo arietis, 
calidus agnus 
fer dorfum di- 
vifus, exente- 
ratus, admotus 
ftneipiti. 
«■n Semina CU- 
mini, rut*, 
dilicijMSlhi 
coSia. 
oLib. 3. delo- 
eis ajf.tt. 
0 Tetrab. t. 
fir. 1. cap. 10. 
t Cap. de md. 
colled uni die 
Vener. bora lo- 
vis cum ad £- 
Tt:rglam veritt. 
c. 1. ad plenilu- 
nium Julii ftnde 
gefia <& collo 
appeafa hunc 
affectam appri- 
me juvat & 
fanaticos fo- 
rnus expehip 
* L. de propri- 
et at. animal, 0- 
vis a lupo cor- 
repta pellem 
non effe pro ia» 
dumenta corpo- 
ris ufurpandam, 
cordis eiiim 
palpitationem 
excit at,&c. 
+ Mart. 
* Galen, 0 Maps, &c. of Tweet water, in which is boyled the 
leaves of Mallows, Rofo, Violets, Water-lillies, Wethers head , flow- 
ers of Buglofs, Camomile, Melilot, See. Guianer. cap. 8. Trait. 15, would 
have them ufed twice a day, and when they come forth of the Baths , 
their back bones to be anointed with oyl of Almonds, Violets, Nymj 
phea, frefli Capon-greafe, Sec. 
Amulets and things to be born about,l finde preferibed,taxed by Tome, 
approved by Renode us,PlaterHSy {amuleta inquit non negligenda) and others* 
look for them in Mizaldus, Porta, Albertus, &e. Bafardus Vifontinus ant. 
phdof. commends Hypericorty or S. fohns wort gathered on a f friday in the 
hour of fupitery when it comes to his effectual operation (that is about the full 
Moon in ffuly) fo gathered and born, or hung about the neck, it mightily helps 
this ajfe&ion, and drives away allphantaliical /pints. * Pbiles 2. Greek Au- 
thor, that flouriflied in the time of Michael Paleolovus, writes, that a Sheep 
or Kids skin, whom a Wolf worried, 
t Hoedus inhumani raptus ab ore Lupi, ought not at all to bee worn about 
a man, becaufe it caufeth palpitation of the heart, not for any fear, but a fe- 
cret virtue which Amulets have. A ring made of the hoof of an Affes 
right fore*foot carried about,&c,l fay with p Renodeus,they are not altogc 
ther to be reje&ed.* Piony doth cure Epilepfie* precious ftones moft dif* 
cafes* ** a Wolfs dung born with one helps the Cholick, a‘ Spider an 
Ague, &c* Being ih the Country in the vacation time not many years 
p Thar, lib. t. cap- u. q >Etins cap, 3h Tff. 3. /fr* 4. ipitfcbridgs, ulyjfes Alderovandus de aranti. Parc 2. Se&.j. 
Cure ef Bead Melancholy* 
MciUb. i. ShbCi. 
fince, at Lindlj in Lecefterfhire my fathers houfe, I iirft obferved this A* 
mulet of a Spider in a nuc-fhell lapped in filk,&c, fo applied for an Ague 
by* my Mother. Whom although I knew to have excellent Skill in 
Chirurgery, fore eyes, aches, &c. and filch experimental medicines, as all 
the country where fiie dwelt can witnefs, to have done many famous and 
good cures upon divers poor folks, that were otherwife deftitute of help: 
Yet among all other experiments, this me thought was moft abfurd and 
ridiculous,l could fee no warrant for it.guidmranea cumfchrei For whac 
Antipathy/till at length rambling amongft authors/as often I doji found 
this very medicine in Viofcorides, approved by Uatthtclus, repeated by 
wilder ovandus cap.de Aranea LihJeinjcttts, I began to have a better opini- 
on of it, and to give more credit to Amulets, when I faw it in fome parties 
anfwer to experience. Such medicines are to be cxploded3 that confift of 
words, characters, fpells, and charms, which can do no good at all, 
but our. of a ftrong conceipt, as Pompomtius proves* or the Devils poli- 
cy, who is the firft founder and teacher of them. 1 
I * Mifire/s Do-» 
rothy Burton> 
fbe died, 
Ccrrcolors of Accidents to procure Sleep. Agatnft fearful 
dreams, rednefs9 &c. 
Sufi sec. 6* 
■Hen you have ufed all good means and helps of alteratives ] 
averters, diminutives, yet there will bee ftili certain accidents 
to bee correded and amended, as waking; fearful dreams, 
flufhing in the face to fome ruddinefs, &c. 
Waking, by reafon of their continual cares, fears, borrows, dry brains. 
Is a fymptome that much crucifies melancholy men, and muft therefore 
bee fpeedily helped , and deep by all means procured, which fometimes 
is a fufficient fremedy ofitfelf, without any other Phyfick* Sckenkius 
in his obfervations, hath an example of a woman that was fo cured. The 
means to procure it, are inward, or outward. Inwardly taken,are fimples, 
or compounds; fimples, as Poppy, Nympha?a, Violets, Rofes, Lettuce, 
Mandrake, Henbane, Nightfhade or Solanum, Saffron, Hemp-feed , 
Nutmegs, Willows with their juice, dccodions, diftilled waters. 
Compounds are fyrops, or Opiats, fyrup of Poppy, Violets, Vcr- 
{Soio femm ' 
cum a efi ci- 
tra medici auX* 
Him, fol, is.£ 
bafco, which are commonly taken with diftilled waters. 
R. diacodii | j. discordii 3 ft aqtue la fine a |iij ft 
mi ft A fat potio ad horam [omni jumenda. 
Requies Nicholas, PhiUnium Romanuwy Tripherd piluU de Cymglop 
fa» Diofcordium, Laudanum Par ace I ft. Opium, are in ufc, &c. Country folks 
commonly make a poflet of hemp-feed, which Fuchftus in his herbal 
*0 much difeommends, yet I have feen the good effeft, 2nd it may be 
Ufed'where better medicines are not to be had. 
t iellonhts gfj* 
fervat. I. s.e. 
15. taffkudU« 
nem <&• labored 
animi tollunt-, 
inde Garcias 
ab herto, lib. 1* 
meda 
Laudanum Paracelfi is prefcribcd in two or three grains, with a draAior 
L)t°fcordiumj which ojwald, Ctollitu commends, opium it felf i sinoftp^c 
JL , ontwardly5 to fmell to in a ball,; though commonly fo taken by * c 
Tarks to the fame quantity ‘for a cordial, and at Goa in the Indtes 3 
4® or 5o grains. c u r 
Halandus calls Requiem Parc 2. Sc&* 5. 
C#re 0/ Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Subf. $• 
this and the reft look for peculiar receipts in victorius Faventinus, cap. de 
phreneft, Heurmus cap.de Mania, Btldefhem fpicel. 4. defemno & vigil. &c* 
Outwardly ufed, as oyl of Nutmegs by extraction, or expreftion with 
Rofe* water to anoim; the temples, oyls of Poppy, Nenuphar, Mandrake, 
Purflan, Violets, all to the fame purpofe. 
Montan. conftL 24. & 25. much commends odoraments of Opium, Vi- 
neger, and Rofe*water. Laurentius cap, $. preferibes Pomanders andno- 
Ahfynthium 
famnos dll'.cit 
elfatfu. 
doles 5 fee the receipts in hip 5 Codronchusa wormwood to fmell to. 
Unguentum Mahlafritum, populeum, are ufed to anoint the temples, 
noftrilsjorif they be too weak, they mix Saffron and Opium. Take a 
grain or two of Opium, and diftolve it with three or four drops of Rofe- 
water in a fpoon, and after mingle with it as much Unguentum populeum 
as a nut, ufe it as before :or elfe take half a dram of Opium, Unguentum 
populeum, oyl of Nenuphar, Rofe-water, Rofe-vineger, of each half an 
ounce, with as much virgin wax as a nut*, anoint your temples with fome 
of it, ad horam fmni. 
*Read Lemni- 
us lib. her. bib. , 
cap. x. of Man- 
drake. 
y Myofcyamus 
pub fervicali 
rjixidis, 
x Tlantutn pe- 
dis inungere _ 
pinguedine gli- 
yjs dicunt effi- 
caci jf mum. & 
quod vix credi 
potefh dentes 
irwnftos ex for- 
ditie aurium 
cam fommm 
profundum con- 
ciliare3&e. 
Cardan, dere- 
Yum\> arietat. 
Sacks of wormwood, * Mandrake, * Henbane, Rofes made like pil- 
lows, and laid under the Patients head, are mentioned by21 Cardan and 
to anoint the foies of the feet with the fat ofa dormoufe, the teeth 
with ear-wax of a dog* [wines galf hares ears : chamnes,&c. 
Frontlets are well known to every good wife, Rofe-water and Vine- 
ger, with a little womans milk, and Nutmegs grated upon a Rofc-cake 
applied to both temples. 
For an Emplaifter, take of Caftorium a dram and half, of Opium half a 
fcruple3 mixt both together with a little water of life, make two final! 
plaifters thereof, and apply them to the temples, 
RuUnduscent, I. Cur. 17. cent, 3, cur.g4, preferibes Epithemes and lo« 
tionsof the head, with the deception of flowers of Nymphtea, Violet- 
leaves, Mandrake roots, Poppy. Here. de saxonia,ftillici~ 
dia, or droppings, &c. Lotions of the feet do much-avail of the faid herbs.* 
by thefe means, faith Laurentius, I think you may procure fleep to the 
moft melancholy men in the world; Some ufe horfe-leeches behind the 
ears, and apply Opium to the place. 
i Bayern lih, 13. fets down fome remedies againft fearful dreams, 
and fuch as walk and talk in their fleep. Rapti (la Pert a Mag. Nat% /• a. c, 6. 
to procure pleafant dreams and quiet reft, would have you take Hippo- 
gloffa, or the herb Horfc-tonguc, Bawm, to ufe them or their diftilled 
waters after fupper, &c. Such men muft not eat Beans, Peafe, Garlick, 
Onions, Cabbidge, Venifon, Hare, ule black wines, or any meat hard of 
digeftion at Tapper, or lye on their backs, &c, 
RuUicus pudor, bafhfulnefs,flufhing in the face,high colour, ruddinefs are 
common grievances, which much torture many melancholy men, when 
t Veni mem 
lib, 
a Aut ft quid 
Incautius exci- 
derit aut, &c. 
b Nam qua par- 
te pavor fimul 
eftpudgr addt- 
milli. Statius, 
they meet a man, or come ina company of their betters, ftningers, after a 
meal, or if they drink a cup of wine or ftrong drink, they are as red and 
ftedt, and fweat, as if they had been at a Maiors feaft, prafertim ft metns ac- 
cefferit, it exceeds,b they think every man obferves, takes notice of it; and 
fear alone will effed it, fufpicion without any other caufe. Skenkius ohferv* 
med. lib. i. fpeaksofa waiting Gentlewoman in the Duke ofSavyt* 
Court, that was fo much offended with it, that (he kneeled down to him. P&rt 2» ScCt, 5. 
Cure of Head CMtlaneholj, 
Memb. i.Subf. 6. 
and offered Biarus a Phyfician* all that fhe had to be cured of it. • And 'tis 
moil true, thatc Antony Ledovtcus faith in his book de Pudore, Bajhfnlnefs 
either hurts or helps; fuch men lam fure it hurts. If it proceed from fufpi- 
cion or fear* d Felix. Plater preferibes no other remedy but to reje& and 
contemn it : Id populus curat fcilicet, as a t worthy Phyfician incur town 
faid to a friend ot mine in like cafe, complaining without a caufe, fuppofe 
ohe look red, what matter is it, make light of it, who qbferves it < 
It it trouble at, or after meals, (ase lobertus ob ferves med.fraffi,L i.c. 
7. ) after a little exercife or ftirring, for many are then hot and red in the 
face, or if they do nothing at all, cfpecially women 5 he would have them 
let blood in both arms, firlt one, then another, two or three dales be- 
tween, if blood abound, to ufe friftions of the other parts, feet efpecially, 
and wafhing of them, becaufe of thacconfcnt which is betwixt the head 
and the feet.f And withallto refrigerate the face, by wafhing it often 
With Rofe, Violet, Nenuphar, Lettuce, Lovage waters, and the like: but 
the befl: of all is that lac virginale, or flrained liquor of Litargy : It is di- 
Verfly prepared $ by lobertus thus 5 R Inhar, argent, unc :j. cerufja candi- 
difima * j j j. caphura 3 j j. difjolvantur aquarum folamdaßuca, dr nenupha- 
197 
c Olyfpponcn- 
fs medicus j 
pudor5 aut ju- 
vat5 aut laedit. 
d De mentis a- 
-I'ienat. . 
f Mr. Doctor 
Alhwotth. 
* Facies tten- 
nuUk maxime 
calet rubet j* ■ 
f fe paululum 
exercuerint 3 
nonnullis qui- 
efeentibus i- 
dem accidit,fa*. 
minis pra:fer- 
tim-yCaufa qu:C- 
quid fervidum 
aut hahtueUtm 
fanguinem fa- 
cit. 
f Interim fa- 
ris ana. me.) j j .aceti vini albi.unc, jj. aliquot horas refideat, deinde tranjmit- 
taturper philt, aquafervetur in vafe vitrco% ac ea bis fervefacies quotidie ir- 
roretur, s JUfercetan fpagir, fhar, cap, 6. commends the water of frogs 
jfpawn for ruddinefs in the face.h CratoConfil, 283 zcolt&ii would fain 
have them life all fummer, the condite flowers of Succory, Strawbury- 
Water* Rofes (cupping-glafles are good for the time) confil, 185. & 286. 
and to defecate impure blood with the infufion of Sene, Savory, Bawm- 
water. IHoller ius knew one cured alone with the ufe of Succory boyled, 
and drunk for five months* every morning in the fummer. 
Slt is good over night to anoint the face wirh Hares blood, and in the 
morning to wafli it with ftrawbury and cowflip-water,the juyee of diflill’d 
Lemmons, juyee of cowcumbers, or to*ule the feeds of Melons, or ker- 
nels of Peaches beaten final!, or the roots of Aron, and mixt with wheat - 
bran to bake it in an oven, and to crumble it in ftrawbury-water,1 or to 
put frefh cheefe curds to a red face. ■ - . 
If it trouble them at meal times that flufhing, as oft it doth* with fwea- 
ting or the like, they muft avoid all violent paflions and a&ions, as laugh - 
ing, &c. ftrong drink, and drink very little,ra one draught faith Crate, and 
that about the midft of their meal 5 avoid at all times indurate, fait, and 
efpedally fpice and windy meat. 
n Owprefcribes the condite fruit of wild rofe, to a nobleman his Patient 
t0 be taken before dinner or flipper, to the quantity ofacheftmit, It is 
tttede of fugar, as that of Quinces, The deco&ion of the roots of fovv- 
Jhiftle before m£at by the fame author is much approved. To eat of a ba- 
«ed Apple fome advife, or of apreferved Quince* Comminfeed prepared 
meat inftead of fait,to keep down fumesmot to flody, or to be iriten- 
£lVe after meals. R Nucleorum perfic. feminis melonum ana me. d / 
aqua fr agrorum li, ij. mi[ce, utatur mane. u , 
w, *0 apply cupping-glafles to the flioulders is very good. For the ot er 
ciei profpia- 
cndum m ipfa 
refrigeretur-, ü- 
blt- frequent 
potio ex aqua, 
roforum, vio- 
larum, nenu- 
phar iss &c. 
iAd. faciei 
t ruborem -aqua 
jperinatis ra- 
narum. 
t 7{c£le utan- 
tur in reflate 
foribus Ci- . 
chorii facsho- 
ro conditis vel - 
faccharo tofa- 
ceo, &c. 
1 Solo u(u de- 
arth Cichorii. 
k Utile imp'd-- 
mis noftu fn~ 
cicm illinire 
fanguine lepo- 
rino, & mane 
aqua fragro- 
rttffh vcl aqua 
foribus ver- 
bafd bum fuc- 
co I'imomm 
difiUatd ablueJ- 
re . ' 
J Utile rulenti 
facin cafe urn 
recentem im- 
ponere. 
m Confli. M < 
lib. Urnco vini 
haufu ft con- 
S' nIAZConPL »«3- Scoltvi Imtetur conditus rofk eanin* fruttus ante, icL~' 
?ans*' sm£fi me cibmfmmr, valetplmmm. 2 cumht. 4*£fe Part 2. Sed. 5. 
Cure of CMelanchoij, 
Memb, 2*; 
kinde of ruddinefs which is fetled in thd face with pimples, &c. becaufe it 
pertains not to my fubjed, I will not meddle with it. I refer you to Cra~ 
tds Compels, Arnoldus lib, i. breviar, cap. 39. 1, Rulande, Peter Forejlusdc 
Fucdj lib. 31. objer, 2, To Plater us, Mercurialis, Ulmus 3 Randoletim, Bear- 
mm7 Menadom, and others that have written largely of it. 
Thole other grievances and fymptomes of hcad-ach, palpitation of 
heart, Vertigo, deltquiumy &c, which trouble many melancholy men, be- 
came they are copioufly handled apart in every Phyfician, I do voluntari- 
ly omit. 
Memb, 
Cure of CMelancholy over all the Body. 
KHere the mclancholy-blood pofleifeth the whole body with 
the Brain, ? it is beft to begin with blood-letting. * The 
Greeks preferibe the Median, or middle vein to be opened,and 
fo jnuch blood to bee taken away, as the Patient may well 
P Tlfo. 
<1 Mediam pr<e 
Cauri*, 
fpare, and the cut that is made muft bee wide enough. The Arabians 
hold it fitted; to bee taken from that arm, on which fide there is more 
pain and heavinefs in the head ; if black blood iftue forth, bleed if 
it bee clear and good, let it bee inftancly fuppreffed, 1 becauje the malice 
of melancholy is much corrected by the goodnefs cf the blood. It the parties 
ftrength will not admit much evacuation in this kmde at once, it muft bee 
affayed again and again : if it may not bee conveniently taken from the 
arm, it muft be taken from the knees and ancles,dpecially to fuch men or 
women, whofe hemrods or months have been flopped* {lf the malady 
continue, it is not amifs to evacuate in a part in the fore-head, and to vir- 
gins in the ancles, which are melancholy for love-matters 5 fo to wid- 
dows that are much grieved and troubled with forrow and cares; for 
bad blood flows in the heart, and fo crucifies the mind. The hemrods 
are to bee opened with aninftmment, or horfe-leeches, &c. See more in 
Montaltus cap. 29. Sckenktm hath an example of one that wasc cured by 
an accidental wound in his much bleeding freed him from melan- 
choly. Diet, Diminutives, Alteratives, Cordials, Cor re dors, as before, 
intermixt as occafion ferves, u all their fludy mnfi bee to makf a melancholy 
man fat,and then the cure is ended, or medicines to procure u- 
rine, are preferibed by fome in this kinde hot and cold; hot where the 
heat of the liver doth not cold where the heat of the liver is ve- 
ry great: x amongfthot are Parfly roots, Lovage, Fennel, &c. cold. Me- 
lon-feeds, &c. with whey of Goats milk, which is the common conveyer. 
To purge and z punfie the blood, ufe Sowthiftle, Succory, Sena, 
Endive, Carduus Benedidus, Dandelion, Hop, Maidenhair, Fumito- 
ry? Buglofs,Borage,&c. with their juice, decodions, diftilled waters, 
Syrups? &c. 
ofvaldus Cr ollius Bafil. Chym. much admires fait of Corals in this 
cafe, and tetrabtb.fer. 2. c. 114. Hieram Archigenis, which is an 
excellent medicine to purifie the blood, for all melancholy affethons,fal' 
ling~ficknejsy none to be compared to it. 
* Succi the’an- 
cholici malitia, 
a [anguinis bo- 
nitate corrigi- 
tur. 
[ fer fever ante 
malo ex qua- 
cun% pane fan- 
guis detrahij 
debst. 
* Obfervat. fol. 
/[.Curatus ex 
vulnere in cru- 
re ob cruorem 
amiffum. 
u Studium ft 
omne ut melan- 
cholicus impin- 
guetur : ex quo 
enmpingues 
& carnqfi, illi- 
to fani funt. 
x Eildcjheim 
tyicel. a. Inter 
calida radix 
petrofelifhapiij 
feniculii luter 
frigida emulfo 
feminis melo- 
num cum fero 
caprino quod eji 
commune vehi- 
culum. 
1 Hoc unum 
frxmont) domi- 
ne ut fs dili- 
gens ch ea vi- 
ti ne quo 
extera remedia 
frufra adhiben- 
tur. Part 2. Sed. 5. 
efHypocondriacU Melancholy. 
Memb.3. Subf.i. 
Mhmb. 3. Subsect? I, 
Cure of Hypocondriacai cMelancholy, 
ttBHBHftN this cure,as in the reft,is efpecially required the redifica- 
audm ||||p tionof thofe fix non-natural things above all, as good diet, 
jgiSi| WMui w^cb Montanus confil. 27. enjoyns a French Nobleman, 
WmafrTo have an cfpecial care of it * without which all other reme- 
liS? dies are in vain. Blood-letting is not to be ufed,exceprthe 
Patients body be very fall of blood, and that it be derived from the li- 
ver and fpleen to the ftomach and his veffels, then bto draw it back, to 
cut the inner vein of either arm, fome fay the falvatella, and if the.malady 
be continuate,c to open a vein in the forehead. 
Preparatives and Alteratives may be ufed as before, faving that there 
muft be refped had as well to the Liver,Spleen,ftomach, hypocondries.as 
to the heart and brain. To comfort the f ftomach and inner parts againft 
wind and obftrudions, by Areteus, fy Aurelianus, &c, and 
many latter writers, are ftill preferibed the decodions of wormwood, 
Centaury, Penniroyal, Betony fodin whey, and daily drunk: many have 
been cured by this medicine alone. 
b Laurentius 
cap. 15. Svulfi- 
enis gratia ve- 
nam internam 
alterius brachii 
[e Camus. 
c Si psninat 
mbirbas, venam 
fronte fecabis. 
Bruell. 
t Ego maxi- 
mam curam fie- 
maebo delegabo, 
OQa. Horatia- 
nus lib. z.c.j. 
Frofper Altinus and fome others , as much magnifie the water of Nilus 
againft this malady, an cfpecial good remedy for windie melancholy. 
Tor which reafon belikq Ptolomeus Philadelphus, when hee married his 
«daughter Berenice to the King of Affyria (as Celfus lib. 2. records) magnu 
impenfis Nili aquam afferri jufit, to his great charge caufed the water of 
Fiilus to be carried with her, and gave command, that during her life fhe 
Ihould ufe no other drink. I finde thofe that commend ufe of Apples, in 
Splenatick, and this kinde of melancholy (Lambfwooll fome call it ) 
which howfoever approved, muft certainly bee correded of Cold rawnefs 
'd Citius & ef- 
ficacius fuas 
, vires exercet 
quam folent de- 
coda, ac dilu- 
ta in quantita- 
te multa, & 
magna cumaf- 
furflentium mo- 
lestia defumpta. 
Flatus hit fat 
efficaciter dijfi 
pat,urinam mo- 
vet, humores 
crajfes abfter- 
gih poma chum 
egregie confor- 
tat, crudita- 
tem, naufeam, 
appetentiam mi- 
rum in modum 
renovat, &c. 
c Pifo, Alterna- 
rus, Laurentius 
2nd wind. 
Codronchus in his book de fale ahfyn,magnifies theOyl and Salt of Worm- 
wood above all Other remedies, d which works better and fpeedier than 
any fimple whatsoever, and much to hce preferred before aH thofe fulfome de- 
coitions, and infufions, which muft offend by redfon of their quantity y this alone 
in afmdH measure taken, expels wind, and that moft forcibly, moves urine, 
cleanfeth the ftomach of allgrofs humours, crudities, helps appetite, (fc. 
noldus hath a wormwood wine which hec would have ufed which every 
Fharmacopoca fpeaks of. . 
Diminutives and purgers maye be taken as before,of 
which Montanus confil. 2 30. for an Italian Abbot, in this kind prefers be- 
fore all other fimples, \Ani thefe muft he often ufedfttll abfiainingfrovh thofe 
which are more violent fl eft they do exafperate the the mfchief 
*y *hat meant bee increafed. Though in fome Phyficians I findc very ftrong 
PQrgers, Hellebor it felf preferibed in this affedion. If it long continue, 
vomits inay taken after meat, or otherwife gently procured with warm 
water, oxymel,&c. now and then. Fuchfiuscap, 33. preferihes He le. or • 
but {till take heed in this malady, which I have often warned, o ot me- 
dicines, s hecaufe (as Salvianus adds) drought follows wic tncreafeth 
f His utendum 
raptus iteratist 
j vehementi art- 
bus femper ab- 
fiinendum ns 
ventrem ex- 
afperent. 
S Lib. z. cap. j.. 
Quoniam tali- 
dhate conjun- 
%aeP ficcitas 
qua malum au- 
get. Part 2. Sed. 5, 
Cure of 
Memb. 3, Subf.i. 
the dfeafe: and yet Baptifla Sylvaticus controv, 32, forbids cold medicines,, 
h bccaufe they increafcobfiraßtom, avd other bad fymptomes. But this varies 
as the parties do,and ’tis not eafic to determine which to ufe,j The ftomach 
mofi part in this infirmity is cold, the Iwer hot5 fcarce therefore (which Mon- 
tanus infinuates c 0^1,229* for the Earl of Man fort) can you help the one , 
and not hurt the ether: much difcretion muft bee ufcd * take no Phyfick 
at all hee concludes, without great need. L*Um. vEgubimts Confli 77. 
for an Hypocondriacal German Prince, ufcd many medicines* but it was af- 
ter fignified to him in k letters, that the decoftton of china and Saffafras7 and 
fait of Safjafr as, wrought him an incredible good. In his ioB. eonjuL hee &fed 
as happily the fame remedies * this to a third might have been poifon by 
overheating his liver and blood. 5 
For the other parts look for remedies in S ayanarolayGor denius, cMafjst- 
ria, Mercatus5 fehnfon,&c.One for the fpleen, amongft many other,! will 
not omit, cited by Hildejhem [j>icel. 2. preferred by Mat. Flaccus,and out 
of the authority of Bencvenius. Antony Bentvmtts in an hypocondriacal 
paftlon, \ cured an exceeding great fmlling of the fpleen with Capers alone, 4 
meat befitting that infirmity, and frequent ufe of the water of a Smiths 
by this Phyfick hee helped a fick man> whom all other Phyficians had for fake#* 
that for/even years had been Splenatick* And of fuch force is this water * 
m that thofe creatures that drink of it, have commonly little OT #0 fpleen, See 
more excellent medicines for the Spleen in hknsand f Lad. Mercata whr> 
is a great magnifier of this medicine. This chalybs praparams, eel- 
drink is much likewife commended to this difeafe by Daniel Stmeftns'l.i, 
fart.2. cap. 12. and admired by I.Cafar Claudmsße[penflip. he calls fteel 
the proper * Akxifhamdcum of this malady and much magnifies it- look 
for receipts in them. Aver ter s rnnft be ufed to the liver anuipleen, and to 
fcour the Meferaick veins* and they are either to open, or provoke urine. 
You can open no place better than the Hcmrods, which if by horfe-leeches 
they be made to flow,rt there may hee again fuch an excellent remedy, as Plater 
holds. Salufi. Salvian will admit no other phlebotomy but this j and by 
his experience in an hofpital which hee kept, hee found all mad and me- 
lancholy men worfe for other blood-letting. Laurentius cap. 15. calls this 
of horfe-leeches, a fure remedy to empty the fpleen and Mefera ick mem- 
brane. Only Montanus confli. 241. is againft it* oto other men (faith hee ) 
this opening of the hemrodsfeems to be a profit able remedy-, for my part Ido not 
approve of it, becaufe it draws away the thinnefl blood, and leaves the thicked 
behtnde, 1 
vtdns Vidius, Mercurialis, Fuchftus, recommend Diureticks, of 
fuch things as provoke urine, 
Pine, fod in water, drunk m powder, and yet pP. Baycm is againft them. 
And fo is HMertus ■ All melancholy men (faith he) muft avoid fuchthinp as 
provoke urme, iecanfe by them the faitile m,Unnet is evacuated, the thicker 
matter remains, J x 
Clyftersare in good requeft, Trine av elms a young N- 
obleman, efteems or them in the firft place, and Hercules de Saxonia Vanth, 
lib. I* cap, 16* is a great approver of them. 1 / have found (faith he) by ex~ 
h Qffylll* 
frigidis auxi- 
His bo c morbo 
ufns fuerit, is 
obfintclionm 
aliaque fympto- 
mata augebit. 
1 Vwin cal us 
plerumque f'l~ 
gidus, epar ca- 
lidum", quomo- 
do ergo ventri- 
culum calefa- 
ciet, vel refri- 
gerabit hepar, 
fine alterius 
maximo detri- 
mento ? 
* Significatum 
per Ineras, in- 
credibilem uti- 
litatem ex dc- 
cofto Chime, 
& Sajfafras 
pcrcepijje. 
1 Tumorem (ple- 
nis incurabilem 
fola cappari 
curavit, cibo 
tali aegritudi- 
ne aptijfimo: 
Salo/fr ufu. a— 
qua, in qua fa- 
ber ferrarias 
f/ps candens 
ferrumex tinxe- 
rat, &c. 
m Animalia 
quee apud hos 
fabros educan- 
tur, exiguos 
habent lienes. 
t Lib.i.cap.ij. 
* Continuus 
ejus ufus fem- 
per filicem in 
jegris finem efi 
ajjequutus. 
i< si Hemorrai- 
des finxerint, / 
nullum pr<e(t an- 
tius effet re- 
medium, 
fangui fugis 
admotis pro- 
vocari pote- 
runt. obfervat, 
lib. i.prohy- 
poc.Leguleio. 
0 Aliis apertio 
heee in hoc 
morbo videtur 
utiUJfima-y mihi t 
non admodum 
probatur, quit fanguinem tenuem attrahit,& craffum relinquit, p Lib.%.cap> x3.Omnes melancholici debent omittere urinat* 
provocantia, quoniam per ea educitur fiMle, & remanet crajfum. 1 Ego exprimi a probavi, multos Uwocondriaco* Wo *f* 
Clyjterumfuijje fanator. Parc 2* S eft. 5. 
Cure of'Hypocondriaca(cMeUncholy* 
Memb. 3»Subf. 2, 
ferience, that many hypcondriacal melancholy men have been cured by the foie 
ufe of clyfters) receipts are to be had in him. 
Befides thofe fomentations, irngarions,inunclions,odoraments, prefer!, 
bed for the head, there rtiuft be the like ufed for the Liver, Spleen, Sto- 
thack, Hypocondries, &c.1 In crudity(faih Fifefiis goedtobtnde the ftmach 
hard to hinder wind, and to help conco&ion. 
Of inward medicines I need not fpeaks ufc the fame Cordials as before. 
Irt this kind of melancholy, fome preferibe Treacle in winter, efpecially 
before or after purges,or in the Springes{Avicenna f Trineavellins Mithri- 
date," Mont altus Piony feeds. Unicorns de corde cervice» 
Amongft Topicks or outward medicines, none are more precious than 
rI» cruditate 
optimum, ven- 
triculum ar- 
dius alligari. 
f sj,Theria- 
CX) Vote pre- 
fer tim &xjla~ 
te.t r .r . 
1 Cenf. ii. I. s-. 
Baths, but of them I have fpoken. Fomentations to the Hypocondnes are 
very good, of wine and water, in which are fod Southernwood, Melilot, 
Epithyme, Mugwort, Sena, Polypody, asalfox£Vm/, y Plaifters, Lini- 
ments, Oyntments tor the Spleen,Liver,and Hypocondries,of which look 
for examples in Laurentius, lobertusdtb. 3 .*r, 1 .fra.med.Montanus confit, 231. 
ijtfontaltus cap, 33, Hercules de Sax onid> Faventims, And fo ofEpi themes, 
digeftive powders, bags, oils, Oft avius Horatianus Üb. 2,c, 5, preferibes 
calaftick Cataplafms, or dry purging medicines.- Pifo z Dropaces of pitch, 
and oil ot Rue, applied at certain times to the ftomach, to the meta- 
phrene, or part of the back which is over againft the heart, v£tius fyna- 
11 Cap. 5 3. 
x Tfincavelllus 
confil. i 
tum /«f 
melancholico ad 
jccnr optimum, 
y Emplajira pro 
tylene. Fernel. 
cmfij, 45. 
x Dropax H pice 
& ole 9 
rataceo affiga- 
tur ventriculo, 
& toti nteta^ 
pifms; MontaltuS) cap, 35* would have the thighs to be * Mer- 
curialis prefcribes beneath the knees 5 Ldius conf, 77. for an 
Hypocondriacal Dutch-man, will have the cautery made in the right 
thigh, and fo Montanus cenftl, 5 5 «The %ue Montanus conftL 34, approves 
of iflues in the arras or hinder part of the head. pernardus Paternus in 
Hildejheim fried. 2. would have h ilTues made in both the thighs: c Led. 
Mercatus prefcribes them neer the Spleen, aut prope ventriculi regimen, or 
in either of the thighs. Ligatures, Fri&ions, and C upping-glafles above 
or about the belly, without Scarification, which f Felix PUterus fo touch 
approves, may be ufed as before. 
pbreni. 
a Cauteria cru- 
ribus inufta, 
b FontanelUe 
ftntia utro£ 
crure„ 
e Lib. t.c. if. 
t De tueatis a» 
Henat. c.s . Fla- 
tus egregie dip. 
catiunt matt- 
riamft evocant 
Subset# 2• 
Cone Hors to expel wind. Againft Coftivenefs, 
■ ' . 1 ’ . . ..i.""-* . .. C ... * 
this kinde of of the moft offenfivc fymptom£ 
1« is wind, which as in the other fpecies, fo in this, hath great need 
to be corrected and expelled. 
The medicines to expel it, are either inwardly taken, or out- 
wardly. Inwardly to expel wind, are fimples or compounds; Simples are 
herbs, roots. See, as Galanga,Gentian, Angelica, Enula, Calamus Aroma- 
Valerian, Zeodoti, Iris, condite Ginger, Ariffolochy, Gidiminus* 
sCalamiat,Bay-berries,and Bay-leaves? 
"eto^yißofertiary,Hylope,Sabine,Centaury, Mint, Camomile, Starts, 
c*ttas, Broom-flowres, Origan, Orange-pills,&c.Spices, as Sam 
Bezoar ffofte, Myrrhe,Mace,Nutmegs,Pepper,* Cl°ves,um- 
Ser3 feeds of Annis, Fennel, Amni,Cary,Nettle, Rues&c- Juniper s 
Brana Paradifi; Compounds, Dianifumt DiagaUvg*, Di*cmlnnm* 4 4 Pare Sed. 5, 
Cure of cjMeUnchoiy. 
Memb.3. Subf. 2« 
mint 6, BleUuanum de baccts lauri, Ben edi fi a laxativa3 Pulvis ad fatus, An- 
tid. Florent, pulvis Carminatives, Aromaticum Rofatum, Treach, cMhhn~ 
date, fac. This one caution ofc Quaker Bruel is to be obfei ved in the admi- 
niftring of thefe hot medicines and dry, that whilfi they covet to expel wind, 
they do not inflame the blood, and increafe the difeajc, fometimes (as hee faith) 
medicines muft more decline to heat, fometimes more to cold,as the circum ft an* 
ces require, and as the parties are inclined to heat or cold• 
Outwardly taken to expel winds,are oyls, as of Camomile, Rue,Baiesj 
&c. Fomentations of the Hypocondries,with the deceptions of DilhPcn- 
niroyal,Rue,Bay-leaves,Cumin,&c.bags of Camcmilc-flowres,Anifeed, 
Cumin, Bayes, Rue,Wormwoord, Ointments of the Oil of Spikenard, 
Wormwood , Rue,&c. d Areteus prescribes Cataplafms, ot Camomile- 
BowreSjFcnnel, Annifeeds,Cumin, Rofemary, Wormwood-leaves, &c. 
c Cupping-glaffes applied to the Hypocondries, without fcarification, 
do wonderfully refolve wind, -Fernelius confil, 43. much approves of them 
at the lower end of the belly-, f Lod, Mercatus calls them a powerful re- 
medy, and teftifies moreover out of his own knowledge, how many hee 
hath feen fuddenly eafed by them, ftultus Cajar Claudinus refponf. mtd. 
refp. 33. admires thefe Cupping-glaffes, which hee calls out of Galen, {a 
kinds of enchantment, they caufefuch prefent help, 
« cavendum hic 
diligentur a * 
multum cale fu- ; 
cientibus» atfi. 
exficcantibusyji- 
ve alimenta fu- , 
erint hac»five 
medicamenta:' 
nonnulli enim 
ut vcnfofitates 
& rugitus con- 
pefeant» hujuf- 
modi utentes 
medicamentis, 
plurimum pec- 
cant, morbum 
fic augentes: 
debent enim 
medicamenta 
declinare ad ca- 
lidum vel fri- 
gidum fecun- 
dum exigenti- 
am circmltan- 
tiarum, vel ut 
patiens inclinat 
ad cal. & fri- 
gid. 
* Cap. Üb. 7. ' 
• Pifo, Uruel. 
Mire flatus re- 
foivit. 
•| Lib.ixap.ij. 
konnulios pra- 
tenfone ventris 
deploratos illico 
nftitutos his 
■videmus. 
iVelut ineanta- 
mtnmm quod- 
dam ex flatuo- 
fa fpiritu do- 
lorem ortum le- 
vant. , 
%, Terebinthi- 
nam Cypriam 
habeant famili- 
arem, ad quan- 
titatem deglu- 
tiant nucis par- 
va» tribus horis 
ante prandium 
velcxnamj ter 
fmgulisfW1' 
manis ptout ex- 
pedire 'videbi- 
tur-, nam p?a~ 
terquam quod 
ulvam mollem 
tjflcit, ebfiru- 
aion.es aperit 3 
ventriculum 
Pmgat,winam 
prwocatjhepar 
mundficat. 
Empyricks have a ipyriade of medicines, as to fwallow a bullet of lead, 
&c, which I voluntarily omit. Amatus Lufittanus cent, 4. curat* 54, for an 
Hypocondriacal perfon, that was extreamly tormented with wind, pre- 
fcribes a ftrange remedy*. Put a pair of bellows end into a Clyfter pjpf‘, 
and applying it into the fundament) open the bowels, fo draw forth the 
wind, Nam a non admin it'vacuum, Hee vaunts hee was the fir# invented 
this remedy, and by means of it, fpeedily eafed a melancholy map. Of the 
cure of thitflatuous melancholy, read more in Fienus de flatibus cap, 26* 
fa paftim alias, 
Againft Head-ach3Vertigo, Vapours which afcend forth of the ftomach 
to moleft the head, read Hercules de Saxcnia, and others. 
If Coftivenefs offend in this, or any other of the three fpecies, it is to 
be corrected with fuppofitorics, clyfters, or lenitives,powder of Sene,con- 
dite Prunes,&c, R:. Ek&, lenit } fuccorofar, ana | j. miftce. 
Take as much as a Nutmeg at a time, half an hour before dinner or {up- 
per, or pH. mafiichin. 3j. in fix pills, a pill or two at a time. See more in 
Montan. conpl.229, HildejheimJpiceLz* F.Cnewander, and Montanus com- 
mends cypri an Turpentine, which they would have familiarly taken, to the 
quantity of a fmaß Nut, two or three hours before dinner and J upper , twice or 
thrice a week, if need he-, for be fides, that it keeps the belly foluble, it dears the 
fiomach, opens oh fir uttiom, cleanfeth the liver, prevefa *r*ne. j 
Thefe in brief arc the ordinary medicines which belong to the cure of 
melancholy, which if they be ufed aright, no doubt may do much good j 
Si non levando, faltem leniendo valent, peculiaria bene Jeleßa, faith Befjardus. 
a good choice of particular receipts, rauft needs eafe, if not quite cure, not 
one, but all, or moft, as occafion ferves. v * 
E t qua non profmt fingula, multa juvant, 
FINIS. ANALYSIS 
OF THE 
THIRD PARTITION- 
f** Preface or Introduction. Suhfett, I. 4 
' Loves definition, Pcdegree, ObjeCt, Fair, Amiable, Gracious and pleafant,from which comes 
m Beauty, Grace, which all defire and love, parts affected. 
r Natural,in things without life,as love and hatred of elements ;and with fife,as ve« 
getal, vine and elm, fymp athy, antipathy, &c. 
Senfible, asofßeafts, for pleafure, prefervation of kind, mutual agreement, cu- 
ftome, bringing up together, &c. 
r Profitable wealth, honour, vve love our benefactors: no- 
Subf, i. aching fo amiable as profit, or that which hath a fhew of 
Divifion Simple 
or or which !f Things without life, made by art, pictures, fports, games,1 
i Sttbf, 2, hath 3p«,- . I fenfible objects, as hauks, hounds, horfes,-Or men them- 
-2lj objects nte I felves for fimilitude of manners, natural affections, as to 
. asyhf. i d 3*d friends, children, kinfmen, &c. for glory, fuch as com- 
i U _ I mend us; % 
S s I Of wo-VBefore marriage,as Y, 
H •§<* or Hone(i 1 men,as £Or after marriage,as Jealeufie, SeU.i,. vide *5 
r’JJf j (2 . CFucate in fhew, by fome errouror hypocrifieyfomeieem 
it. 1L **< and are not; or truly for virtue, hondty,goodpares,learn- 
ting, eloquence, &G. \ 
Mixt of Common good, our neighbour, country, friendsfwhich 
« all three Os charity; the defeCt of which is caufe of much difeon- 
-1 which < tent and Melancholy* *- 
I extend / or Cln excefs, vide n ; : C. -v 
!to M.i% ''God, Sett,4»lln defect, vide So i -. * 
li.. ' . y r,■ "<-• • .-.I 1 An at j fis of the third Partition* 
f' Memh. t. 
I Bs pedegree, power, extent to vegetals, and fenfible creatures ,as well as men, to 
I fpirits devils, &c. 
His name, definition, object, part affefted, tyranny. 
I r Stars,temperature, full dyer, place, country,clime,condition,idlenefs. Suh.i. 
Natural allurements,and caufes of love,as beauty, its praife, bow it alluretb. 
• Comelinefs,grace, refulting from the whole, or fome parts,as face,eyes, hair. 
hands, dec, Suhf 2, ' + 
Caufes <* Artificial allurements, and provocations of luft and love, gsftures, dppa- 
Mem, a. rel, dowry, mony,&c. 
Heroical Qmfi, Whether beauty owe more to Art, or Nature ? Suhf 5, 
Opportunity of time and place,conference,difcourfe,mufick, finging, dan- 
u ianr. cing, amorous tales, lafcivious obje&s, familiarity,gifts,promifes,See, Suhf. 4,. 
chc.ty,m l Bawds and Philters. Suhf.s. 
JDrinefs, palenefs, leannefs, waking, fighing, &c. 
coauaer, _of Body £ Qujtft. An detur fulfus amatorius ? 
Symp- k gad as c Fear, forrow, fufpition, anxiety, &c, 
comes i )An hell, torment, fire, blindnefs, die, 
hzJ ) or Dotage, flavery, negleft ofbufinefs. 
! Mem **-£OfMind ( C Sprucenefs,neatnefs,courage,aptnefs to teathmufick, 
j dancing, poetry, dec, 
Prognofticks; Defpair, Madnefs, Phrenfie, Death. Memh. 4. 
f By labour, diet, Phyfick, abftinence, Suhf. 1. 
I I To withftand the beginnings, avoid occafions, fair and foul means, change 
! Cures ! Place> contrary paifion, witty inventions, difcom mend the former, bring 
A/ - ■ - d ln another, Suhf,2, 
il A cm, 5. By good counfel,perfwafion, from future miferics, inconveniences dec J?. 3. 
- • ByPh ikers, magical, and poetical cures, S. 4. to let them have their defbe 
;' L difputed pro and con. Impediments removed,reafons for it. Suhf 5. 
rr His name» definition, extent, power, tyranny, 1. ' 
j pivikon,plmproperCto many beafts; as Swans, Cocks, Bulls. 
i jrquivo-k, <To Kings and Princes, of their fubjefts, fucceffors. _ f 
1 j cations, ) or CTo friends, parents, tutors over their children, or otherwife. 
1 kinds J J Before marriage, corrivals, &c. 
- 1 Suhf I.f Proper *■ After, as in this place our prefent fubjed. 
In the par-Cldlenefs, impotency in one party, melancholy, long abfence. 
!? Caufes Vies them-V hey have been naught themfelves. Hard ufage, unkindnefs, wan-. 
Set\ 2! Cfelves, c tonnefs, Inequality of years,perfons, fortunes, &c. 
) or < Outward intkements and pro- 
-41 J vFrom others I vocations of others. 
J I Symptomes, r Fear, forrow, fufpicion, angufth of mind , ftrange anions, geftures, 
fj' Memh, 2* Tfpeeches, locking up, outrages, fevere laws, prodigious trials, dec. 
JO Prognofticks j Defpair, madnefs, to make away themfelves, 
Memh* 3. _ and others. ' 
f*By avoiding occafions, alwaies bufie, never to bee idle. 
IBy good counfcl, advice of friends, to contemn or diffemble it, Suhf, 1. 
1 Cures vßy prevention before marriage. VUto\ communion. 
marry fuch as are equal in years, birth, fortunes, beauty, of like conditions-See, 
• ; i *of a good family, good education. To ufe them well. Analjfis of the third Partition, 
f A proof chat there is fiich a fpecies of Melancholy, Name, Object, God, what Ms 
beauty is,how it allureth, Parc and parties affe&ed, luperftitious, Idolaters, Prophets 
Hcreticks, &c. Sub. i. 
' cThe Devils allurements, falfc miracles, Priefts for their gain; 
/From Others,< Politicians to keep men in obedience, bad inftructors, blind 
Caufes) Or i Guides. 
Sub* 2,Sfr6m chem-J Simplicity, fear, ignorance, folicarinefs, Melancholy, curiofi- 
' Cfelvcs. * cy, pride, vain-glory, decayed Image of God. 
Gene- £.Z.eai without knowledge, obftinacy, fuperftidon, ftrangc deVo- 
rln ex- rat, 3don,ftupidicy,confidence,ftiff defence of their tenents, mutual 
f , cefs Symptomes & hate of other fe&s, belief of incredibilities, impalfibilides 
T fuchas ShH' g Or c. Of Heredcks, pride, contumacy, contempt of others,wilful- 
§ dothac nefs> vain-glory, Angularity* prodigious paradoxes. 
which Parti- ? In fuperttitious blind zeal, obedience, ft range works, fa» 
*o is noz l cular. d fting, facrifices, oblations, pcayers,vows, pfeudo-martyrdome', 
*§ requi- j mad and ridiculous cuftomes, ceremonies, Obfervations. 
j j In PfeudQ-prophets,vifions> re veladonsy dreams,prophecies; 
4* L nevv do£frines, dec. of Jews, Gentiles, Mahometans,&c. 
v> , * w f-ir f New doadnes, paradoxes, hiafphemies,madnefs, ftupidirv 
| Pr°gn6fticks.^/.4{derpair? damnation. ’ F 
IbM ByPhyfick if need bee, conference, good counfel, perfwa» 
Cures Subf $. )fion, companion, correction, punifhmeiic. Qmrltnr an cogi de~ 
H cheat } Ajfr. 
. Secure, Epicures, Atheifts, Magicians, Hypocrites, fuch as have cauterifed 
jln de- of grace andJconfeiences, or elfe are in a reprobate fenfe, worldly-fecure,fome Phi» 
I fears. impenitent finners. Subf. 1« 
li Meda Or r* The Devil and his allurementSjrigld Preachers, that wound 
11 Diftruftful, consciences, Melancholy, contemplation, folicarinefs. 
or too ti- Subf.2,^How melanchbly and defpair differ. Diftruft weaknefs of faith. 
morous, as iGuiky confciencc for offence committed, mifunderftanding* 
defperac. CScr. 
Xnv dcfpair j Symptomes r Fear, forrow, anguifliof mind, extream tortures and hor- 
confider, Subf, 3. Irour of corifcicnce, fearful dreams, conceits, vifions, &c, 
Prognoftieks; Blafphemy, violent death. Subf 4. 
1 . Cures j Phyftck as occafion ferves, conference, nor to be idle or alone, 
aS, j.VGood counfel, good company, all comforts and contents, Sec. THE 
THIRD PARTITION. 
LO V E-MELA N CHOLY* 
/SecTion. 
The First< M ember, 
(SUB SECTION. 
The PREFACE. 
B“—HERE will not be wanting, I prefume, one or other 
that frill much difcommend fome part of this Trea- 
tifeof Love-Melancholy, andobjedt (which * Era ft 
mus in his Preface to SirThemas Moore fufpedts of his) 
that it is too light for a Divine, too Comical a fubjeff to 
fpeak of Love-Symptomes, too phantaftical, and fit 
alone for a wanton Poet, a feeling young love-fick 
gallant,an effeminate Couniersor fome fuch idle per- 
a Erttom. Mo- 
riA leviores ef- 
fe nugas quam 
ut Theologum 
decem. 
t Lib. 8. Elo- 
quent. cap. 14. 
de affeftibus 
mortalium vi- 
tio fit qui pra- 
elata quay, in 
pravos ufus 
vertunt. 
b (Quoties de 
amatoriis men- 
tio fa£i a Cjty 
tam vehemen- 
tur excandui; _ 
tam fevera tri- 
ftitia violari 
aures meas ob~ 
[ceno [emone 
nolui y ut me 
tanquam unam 
ex Vhitofophis 
. intuerentur. , 
t Martial. 
* Lib. 4. of ci- 
vil converfa- 
tion. 
fon. And 'tis true, they fay: for by the naughdnefs of men it is fo come 
to pafs, as t Caufinus obferves,«r caftis auribus vox amoris fufpetfafit,&in- 
*vifa, the very name of love is odious to c haft ere And therefore forne 
again out of anaffe&ed gravity, will diflike all for the names fake before 
they read a word-diffembling with him in b Petronius, and feem to be angry 
that their ears are violated with fuch obfcene fpeeches , that fo they may 
be admired for grave Philofophers, and ffaid carriage. They cannot abide 
to hear talk o Love-toies,or amorous difcourfes ‘vulture in their 
outward actions yet in their cogitations they are all out as bad, 
if not worfe than others. D 
f Mrnhitj pofmq\ meum Lucretia librum. 
Sed coram Bruto, Brute recede, legit* But let thefc 
cavillers,and counterfeit Catoes know,that as the Lord ffohn anfwered the 
Queen in that Italian * Guazzo, An old, a grave difereet man is fitteft to 
difeourfe of love matters, becaufehee hath likely more experience, ob- Parc 5. Sed. 1. 
Preface, 
Memb. (• Subf, 1, 
ferved more, hath a more ftaid judgement, can better diteernjrefolvCjdite 
cufte, advife, give better cautions, and more folid precepts* better inform 
bis auditors in fuch a fubjed, and by realon of his riper years fooner di- 
vert, Befides, nihil in hac ameris voce there is nothing here 
to be excepted at Love is 1 fpecies of melancholy, and a neceflary part 
of this my Treatite, which I may not omit-, operi fufcefto inferviendumfuit 5 
fo facobus eJMyfiUm pleadeth for himfelf in his tranflation of Lucians Dia- 
logues, and fo do 15 I muff and will perform my task. And that ihort 
Excute of Merc crus, for his edition of Cydriftanetus fliall be mine, * if I 
have(pent my time ill to write, let not them be jo idle as to read. But I am per- 
fwaded it is not fo ill fpenc, I ought not to excute or repent my telf of 
this fubjed, on which many grave and worthy men have written 
whole volumes, Plato, Plutarch, P loti ms, Maximus Tyrius, plancus, 
**dlvicenna, Leon Hebreus in three large Dialogues, Xenophon fympof, 
Theophrajlus, if we may believe lib, 15. cap 9, Picus Mirandula, 
Marius t/Equicola, both in Italian, Kernmannus de linea Amons, lib. 5, Pe- 
trus Godejrtdus hath handled in three books, P, Hadus, and which almoft 
every Phyfician, as Vidanovanus, Valleriola olfervat,med. lib, 2. 
ebferv, 7. Montaltus, and Laurentius in their Treatites of Melan- 
choly, jfafon Pratenfts demorb, cap* Vale feus de Taranta, Gerdonius, Her- 
cules de Saxoni a, Savanarola, Langius, &c, have treated of apart, and in 
their works. I excute my telf therefore with Peter Godejrtdus, Vallerio- 
Ficims, and inc Langius words. Cadmus Milefius writ fourteen books 
of Love, and why Jhould 1 be afJumed to write an Epijlle in favour of young 
**en,ofthis[ubjetf?A company of ftern Readers diflike the fecondof 
the .y£neads,md Vtrgils gravity, for interring fuch amorous paflions in 
an heroical lubjed5 But f Servius his Commentator juftly vindicates 
the Poets worth, wifdome, and diferetion in doing as he did. Caflalio 
would not have young men read the * Canticles, becaute to his thinking 
it was too light and amorous a trad, a Ballade of Ballades, as our old En- 
glifh tranflation hath it. He might as well forbid the reading of Genefts, 
hccaute of the loves of ffacob and Rachel, the ftories of Sichem and Dinah, 
ludah and Thamar • rejed the book of Numbers, for the fornications of 
the people of/frad with the Moabitess that of Judges, for Sampfon and 
Daltlahs embracings 5 that of the Kings, for David and Berjhebd sadul- 
leries, the inceft of lAmmon and Thamar, Solomons Concubines, &c. The 
ftories of Either, ludith> Sufanna, and many fuch, Dicearchus, and fome 
other carp at Plato*s majefty, that he would vouchfafe to indite fuch 
We toyes* amongft the reft, for that dalliance with Agatho, 
fcribendo, ne 
cen:i» 
legend°' 
£ JHcd. epifi. L 
i. ep. 14. Cad- 
mus Milefms 
tefie Saida, dt 
hoc Erotico A- 
more. 14. libros 
fcripfitytiec me 
pigebit in graJ 
tiam adelefsen- 
tum banc fcri- 
bereepiflolam. 
t Comment, in. 
%. t/Eaad. n 
* Meros amo- 
res meram im- 
pudicitiam fo~ 
nare videtur 
wfh &c. 
Suavia dans Agathoni, animam iffe in labra tenebam * 
tAc.gr a etenim properans tanquam abitura fuit. 
For my part, faith f Maximus Tyrius, a great Platonift himfelf, me non 
ta*tum admiratio habet, fed etiam Ifupor, Ido not only admire, but ftand i- 
to read that Plato and Socrates both fhould expel Homer from their 
becaufe hewritoffuch light and wanton fubjefts, 
cum fove in Ida concumbentes inducit, ab immortali nube *'fa*!* 
net,3/4rj and Venus fopperies before all the Gods, becauCeApo o <. 5 
When he was perfected by Achilles, the t Gods were wounded and ran 
f Sir. t. 
t 6)uod rifuvi 
& eorum amo~ 
re* cmmemi- 
ret. Parc 3. Sedb i. 
Love- Cfri elamhely. 
Memb.s. Subf. i. 
whining away, as Mars that roared lowder than Stentor, and covered nine 
akers of ground wTith his fall *, Vulcan was a fummers day falling down 
from Heaven, and in Lemnos lie brake his leg, &c. with fuch ridiculous 
paffages •, when as both Socrates and Plato, by his teftimony writ lighter 
themfelves: quid enim tarn diHat ( as he follows it) quam amans d tem- 
perante, formarum admirator d demente, what can be more abfurd than 
for grave Philofophers to treate of fuch fooleries, to admire Autiicquw * 
Alcibiades, for their beauties as they did, to run after, to gaze, to dote 
on fair Phddrus, delicate Agatho, young Lyfis, fine charmtdes, haccme 
Philofophum decent < Doth'this become grave Philofophers £ Thus 
* gruum mul- 
ta ei objccif 
fent quod Cri- 
tiam tyranni- 
dem docuiffet, 
quod. Platonem 
juraret loqua- 
cem fophipam, 
&e. accufatio- 
»em amoris nul- 
lam fecerunt. 
Idcof, honcfiiis 
amor, &c. 
4 Carpunt alii 
Platonicam ma- 
jefatem quod 
'amori nimium 
indui ferit. Vi- 
cearchus & 
peradventurc CalhaSy Thrafimachusy Polus, Jrtftophanes, or feme of his ad- 
verfaries and emulators might objedt* but neither they nor * Anytus and 
■jM el it us his bitter enemies, that condemned him for teaching Critias to 
tyrannize, his impiety for Iwearing by dogs and plain trees, for his jug- 
ling fophiftry, See. never fo much as upbraided him with impure love, 
writing or (peaking of that fubjed-, and therefore without quefiion,. as he 
concludes, both Socrates and Plato in this are juftly tobeexcufed. But 
fuppofe they had been a little overfeen, (houid divine Plato be defamed £ 
no, rather as he laid of Catos, drunkennefs, if Cato were drunk, it ihouid be 
no vice at all to be drunk. They reprove Plato then, hut without caufe (as 
d Eicthus pleads } for all love is honefi andgood, and they are worthy to be 
loved that Jfeak weh of love. Being to fpeak ot this admirable afiedtion of 
love (faith e VaUenola ) there lyes open a vaft andphilojcphtcal field to my dif 
courfe, by which many lovers become mad :• let me leave my more feriens medi» 
alii j fed male. 
Omnis amor ho- 
ruftus & bonus, 
& amore digni 
qui bene di- 
cunt de Amore. 
e JAed.obfer.Ub. ; 
z.cap.y. de ad- 
mirando amo- 
ris affectu di- 
£iurm; ingens 
patet campus 
& philofophi- 
CHS, quo [ape 
homines du- 
cuntur ad infa- 
nt am,li he at mo- 
do vagari, &c. 
jguee non or- 
nent modo, fed. 
fragrantia & 
faeculentia < ju- 
cunda plenius 
alant, &c> 
f Lib.i pr*fai- 
de amoribus a- 
gens relaxandi 
animi caufa [a- 
borinpjjlmis 
ftudiis fatiga- 
ti\ quando & 
Theologi febis 
tat ions, wander mthefe Phlofophwai pHds, and look info thofe f leaf ant Groves 
of the MuftSy where with mffeakable'variety d flowers, we may make Garlands 
to our fives, not to adorn us only* but with their fie a jam (me U andjuyceu 
nourifl) our joulsy and fill our minds dcfircus of knowledge, &c. After an harfli 
and unpleafing difcourfe Of Melancholy, which hath hitherto molefted 
your patience, and tired the author, give him leave mihi Godtfridus the 
Lawyer, and Laurentias ( cap, 5 , ) to recreate himfelfin this kind after 
his laborious ftudies, fmcejo many grave Divines and worthy men have 
without ojjence to manners, to help themfclves and others, voluntarily writ- 
ten of it. Heliodorus a £i(hop, penned a love ftory of Theagines and 
chanclea, and when Tome Cato's of his time reprehended him fork, 
chofe rather, faith s Nicephorus, to leave his Bifhoprick than his book. 
IHEneas Sylvius an antient Divine and pad 40 years of age, ( as1 he con- 
fefieth himfelf, ( after Pope Pius Secundus ) endited that wanton hiftory 
of Euryalus and Lucretia. And how many Superintendents of learning 
could I reckon up that have written of light phantaftical fubjeds? Bercd- 
dus, Erafmusy Alpheratius 3 twenty four times printed in Spanifh, 
Give me leave then to refrefh my mufe a little, and my weary Readers, 
to expatiate in this delightfome field, hoc deliciarum camfo, as Ponfeca 
terms it, tok feafona furly difcourfe, with a more pleafing afperfion of 
love matters r Edulcare vitam convenit, as the Poet invites us, curas nugis? 
&c. ’tis good to fweeten our life with fome pleafing toyes to rellifh 
jttvarZ& juvare iUafts moribus volmt? zHtft. fib. iz. cap. 34. i Pr*fat. Quid qaerdragenario convenit cm amove? £*? 
vero ngnofco amatorium fcriptam mihi non convenire : qui jam meridiem pranergreffus hi vcfpmm feror. oUeas Sylvius 
ptcefat. feverioraftudta iis amtMtutibHS leffior condire fojjit. vdccius. Parc 3. Sed. f. 
'Preface* 
Memb. i.Subf. 1. 
to relhfh it, and as Pltny teli us, magnapars fudtoferum ammitates qu&i- 
»wi,moft of our Undents love fuch pleafant f fubjeds. Though Macrobius 
teach os otherwife, 1 that thofe old Sages banijhed all fuch light Trails fiom 
their ftudies, to Nurfes cradles, to pleaje only the yet out of A pul ct us I 
will oppofe as honourable Patrons, Solon, Plato ™ Xenophon, Admn, C'7c, 
that as highly approve ofthefe T readies. On the other fide me thinks 
they are not to be difliked,they are not fo unfit.l will not peremptorily fay 
«JS one did,t tam fuavia die am facinora jit male fit et qut talibus non deleft etur, 
I will tell you fuch pretty flories, that foul befall him that is not pleafed 
With them 5 Meq-, dicam ea qu*e vobis ufui fit attdivifje, & voluptati memi- 
ni ffe, with that confidence, as Beroaldus doth his enarrations on Propertius, 
I will not expedor hope for that approbation, which Lipfius gives to his 
Epi fletus,pluris facio quum relego : femper ut novum, & quum repetivi, re- 
petendum\ the more I read* the more fhall I covet to read. I will not preffe 
you with my Pamphlets, or beg but if you like them you may. 
Pliny holds it expedient, and mo ft fi z,feveritatem jucunditate etiam in (crip- 
tis condire-, to feafon our works with forne pleafaric difeourfe; Sinefiusaip- 
proves it, licit in ludicris ludere, the * Poet admires ic> ' 
Omne tulit pun fium qui mifeuit nttle dulci 5 And there be 
thofe, without queftiom that are more willing to read fuch toyes, than 
flam to write: Let me not faith Amines Antonia, Ifl had not rather 
hear thy difeeurfe, * than fee a play / Ho doubt but there be more of her 
mind, ever have been5 ever will be, as6 Hierome bears me witneffe, A far 
greater part had rather read Apuleius than Plato :Tully himfelf confefTeth 
he could not underftand Plato’s Timms, and therefore cared Idle for it; 
but every fchool-boy hath that famous teftament of Crunmus Corocottd 
Porcellus at his finuers ends. The Conairal Pnpf . 
1 Difcum quam 
philofophunt 
audire wiatunt 
1 In Sent, sdp* 
E /aerarie fug 
turn ad tunas, 
nutri cam fapi~ 
entes elimina- 
runt, [olas au- 
rium delitius 
profit entes;.. 
n' Babylonius 
& Ephefius 3 
qut de timore 
Jcripfcrunt, «- 
torque amores 
Myrrhat Cy- 
renes, & Ado- 
nidis. Sui das. 
t Pct. Aretine 
dial. Itat, 
* lior. 
] Legendi cu- 
pidiores, quam 
ego feribendiy 
faith Lucian. 
* Pias capit, 
voluntatis in- 
de, qiiamfpt- 
Cl and» in the- 
atre ludis. 
° Prooemio iit 
Ifaiam. Multa 
fibi negott credidit [olam dari. 
Populo ut placerent, quas feci(Jet fabulas, 
Made this his onely Care and foie ftudy to pleafe the people, tickle the 
ear, and to delight *, but mine earned intent is as much to profit as to 
pleafe*, non. tam ut populo placerem, qum iit populumjuvarem*, and thcfe my 
Writings I hope, mall take like guilded pills, which are fo compofed, as 
well to tempt the appetite, and deceive the palat, as to help, and medi- 
cinally work upon the whole body*, my lines fhall not Onely recreate, but 
reside the mind. I think I have faid enough*, If not, let him that is o- 
therwife minded, remember that of + cJWadarenfis, he was in his life a 
Philofopher (as Aufonins apologized! for him*, ) in his Epigrams a Lover, in 
his precepts mofl fevere-, in his Eptfilc to Ckellia, d wanton, Annianus, Sulpi- 
Hue, Evemus y Menander many old Poets befides, did in fcriptis prurire, 
Fefcennincs, Attellanes, and lafcivious fongss Utam materians ; yet 
*hcy had in moribus cenfuram, & feveritatem, they were chafte,fevcre, and 
hpright livers. 
Caft urn ejfe decet pium poetam 
Ipfum, verftculos nihil neceffe eft, * , ■ 
t// A** turn demq- habent falem & leporem, , lam or Ca- 
H Opinion, and make the fame Apologie in mine own behalf; ffocet - 
am quod fcribo5 pendet plerumq; exaltorum fententia & auforitatt-y fee 
zpfcforfan fed infanientes fcqu&r, Atqui detur hoc infamre me; fe~ 
major pars Mi - 
lepas fabulas 
revolventium 
quam Plat oils 
libros. 
f U vita phi* 
lofophus, in E- 
pigrant, ama- 
tor., i* Epifio- 
lis petulans-) in. 
prxceptis feve- 
rus. Part 3. Sedh i . 
Love- tJi/Lelancholy, 
Memb.i. Subf. 1. 
mei infanivimus omnes, & tute tpje cpnor tnfanis aliquando, & is, ille, & 
ego fctlicet Bomo fum, humani a me nihil alienum puto: 
And which he urgeth for himfclf,accufed of the like tault3I as juftly plead, 
n Lafciva eft nobis pagina, vita proba eft, 
Howfoever my lines erre, my life is honeft, 
t rtta verecunda eft,mufajocofa mihi. 
But I Prefume Ineednofuch Apologies, I need not as Socrates In Flato* 
cover his face when he fpake of love, or blufli and hide mine eyes, as 
Fallas did in her hood, when flie was confulted by fupitcr about Mercuries 
marriage,quod fuper nuptiis virgo con[uhtur, it is no fuch lafcivious, ob- 
feene or wanton difeourfe 5 1 have not offended your chafter ears with 
any thing that is here written, as many French and Italian Authors in their 
modern language of late have done, nay fome of our Latine Pontifici- 
al writers , Zanches, Aforius, Abnlenfis, Burchardus, CTc, whom * Rivet 
accufeth to be more lafcivious than Virgil in Friapeiis, Petronius 'm Cata- 
lectis, Ariflophanes in Lyciprata, Martialis, or any other Pagan prophane 
writer, qui tam atrociter (f one notes,) hoc genere peccarunt, ut multa inge- 
niofiftime [cripta ebfcanitatum gratia cajla mentes abhorreant, 'Tis not fcur- 
rile this, but chafte, honeft, moft part ferious, and even of religion it felf. 
® Incenfed (as he faid ) with the love of finding love, roe have fought it, and 
found it. More yet, I have augmented and added fomethimr to this liuht 
' Treatife ( if light ) which was not in the former Editions, lam not 
aftiamed to confote it, with a good f Author, quod extendi & locupletari 
hocfubjeffum pleriq5 psfiulahant, & eorum importunitate vißus,- animum 
r enitent em ei adegi, ut jam fex t a vice calamum in manum fumer em, 
feriptioniq-, longe & a ftudiis & profeftione mea aliena me accingerem, herds 
aliquas a [eriis meis occupationibus interim fuffuratns, eafq-7 velutt kdo cuidam 
ac recreationi de fi in an s 5 
n Mart. 
t 'Ovid. 
* fage- ad fac. 
ferip. cap. 13. 
t bar thins no* 
tis in Ccelefi- 
nam, ludum 
Hifp. 
° Ficims Com- 
ment. cap. 17, 
Amare inceafi 
inveniendi a- 
moris, amorem 
quxfvimus 
& invenimus. 
-j- Author Cee- 
lepnte Barth, - 
interprete. 
t Bor. lib. x. 
Ode 34. 
p Htsc pradixi, 
se qim temcre 
kps putaret 
feripffe de a- 
morum lenoci- 
rthsy de praxiy 
fornicationi- 
bus > adulteriis, 
&c. 
q taxando & 
#b his deter- 
rendo humanam 
. Ufciviam & 
infamam, fed 
(Hr remed’a do~ 
ccndo: non igi- 
tur candidus 
lettor nobis 
fuceenfeat, 
&c. Cmmord- 
io erit juve- 
nibus hac* hif- 
ce ut abfline- 
ant magis, & 
f Cog or ’retrorfum 
Veh dare, atq*} iterare curfus 
olim relives ——- 
Ftp non ignorarem novos fort aj]e detr aft ores novis hi fee interpolationibus me is 
minime defutures, 
And thus much I have thought good to fay by way of preface, left any 
man ( which p Godfiidus feared in his book) fhould blame in me lightnefs, 
wantonnefs, ra(hnefs,infpeaking of loves caures,entifernents,fymptomes5 
remedies, lawful and unlawful loves, and luft it felfs ? j /peak it only to tax 
and deter ethers jr omit, net to teach, but to fhcw the vanities and fopperies 
of this heroical or Herculean love, and to apply remedies unto it• I will 
treat of this with like liberty as of the reft. 
t Sed dicam vobis, vos peno dicite multis 
Millibus, & facite hac charta loquatur anus. 
Condemn me not good Reader then,or cenfure me hardly, if fome part of 
. this Treatife to thy thinking as yet be too light, but confider better of it. 
Omnia munda mundis, ° a naked man to a modeft w7oman is no otherwife 
than a pi<sture>as Angufta Livia truly faid,and* mala mens,malus animus,’tis 
owff% lafchia qu& homines reddit infinos, •virtutis incumbant findi is (tAMas Sylv.) & curam amoris f quis ncfcit hint 
poterit fcirc. Marti anus Capelin lib, i, denupt, phi lot. Virginali fuffufa rubore* oculos peple obnubens*&c. t CatuUus. 
o viros nudos cafia fmina nihil a fatuis difare, * Honyfoit qui ml y psnfe. Parc 5. Sedf. 1. 
objeffs of Love, 
Memb. i.Subf. z. 
as ’tis taken. If in thy cenfure it be too light, I advife thee as tiff™ did his 
reader for fome places of Plautus,lflos quafi Syrenum [copnlos fraterVihare, ■ 
if they like thee not, let them pads 5 or dppofe that which is good to that 
which is bad, and rejed not therefore all. For to invert that verfe of Mar- 
tuf and with Hterom Wolfiiss to apply it to my prefent p;urpofe, 
Sunt mala, funt quadam mediocria,funt bona, plura-, Some is 
good, fome bad, fome is indifferent. I day farther with him yet, I have in- 
ferred {f Levicula quadam & ridicula ajeribere non fumgravatus, circumfora~ 
nea quadam e theatris ,eplate is, etiam ep op inis ) dome things more homely, 
light, or comical, litans Grattis, &c. which I would requeft every man to 
interpret to the beft,and as Julius Cafar Scaliger befougnt Cardan{St quid 
ttrbaniufcule lufum a nobis,per dees immortales te oro Hieronyme Car dane ne me 
male capias,)l bedeech thee good reader, not to miftake me,of mifeonftrue 
what is here Per Mufas & Charites, & omnia Poetarum numina, be- 
nigne leci or, oro te ne me male capias, ’Tis a Comical dubjed ; in fober dad- 
neds I crave pardon of what is amids, and defire thee to fudpend thy judge- 
ment, wink at dmall faults, or to be filent at leaft 5 but if thou likeft, fpeak 
well of it, and wifh mee good duccefs. 
' Extremum hunc drethufa mihi concede laborem. 
lam refolved howdoever, velis, nolis, audafferftadium intrare, in the 0~ 
lympicks, with thode i/Elienfian wreftlers In Phil oft rat us, boldly to ihew 
my ieif in this common Stage, and in this Trage-comedy of Love, to Adf 
deveral parts, dome Satyricaliy, dome Comically, dome in a mixt Tone, as 
the fubjedt I have in hand gives occafion, and prefent Scene fhall require, 
or offer it delf. ' r 
* Vrnef. Suld. 
SUBSEC. 2. 
Loves Beginning, objetf, Definition, ‘Bivifioni 
Oves limits are ample and great^anda ftacious walk it hath, 
hefet with thorns, and for that caufe,whichr Scaltger re- 
prebends in Cardan, not hghtlj to be paffed over. Left 
Hf I incur the fame cenfure, I will examine all the kinds 
of love, his nature, beginning,difference, 
it is honeft or difhoneft, a virtue or vice,a natural paf- 
fion or a difeafe, his power and effects, how far it ex- 
tends: of which, although fomething hath been faid in the firft Partition , 
in thofe Setftions of Perturbations ({for love and hatred arc the firjl and mofl 
common paflionssom which all the reft are attendant,as Picolominew 
holdsjor as Nich. CaujTinus the primum mobile of all other affections, which 
carry them all about them) I will now more copioufly dilate, through all 
his parts and feveral branches, that foit may better appear what Love 
is, and how it varies with the obje&s, how in defect, or ( which is 
?oftordinary and common,) immoderate, and in excefs, caufeth me- 
r Sxerc. joL 
Campus amoris 
maximus <& 
(pin is ebfitHSy 
nec leviffimo 
pede hanfva- 
l and us. 
f Grad, it cap. 
xy. Ex Plato- 
ne, prima & 
CommuniJftma 
perturbationes 
ex quibus ca~> 
tera oriuntur 
& earum pint 
pedijf'i**. 
ItUlcHoly, 
, Love univerfally taken, is defined to be a Deftre\ as a word ofinore am- 
ple fignification: and though Leon Hehreus the moft copious wncer o 1S 
fab)eft, in his third Dialogue make no djJFerence,yet in his ru * 
guiiheth theni again, and defines love by de/ire. ' Lovs is 4 vo nn ary aft.- 
’* Amor eft ve- 
tuwarius af'e- 
fibs, & defi~ 
dcrium re bsi~ 
na frwgdl. Parc 5. Sedt 1. 
Love {.Melancholy, 
Memb.i. Subf. 2, 
if ton, and deftre to en]oy that which ts good. u Defire wtfhcth, Love enjoy es * the 
end of the one is the beginning of the other : that which we love isftrejent 5 
that which we deftre is abftent. x It is worth the labour, faith Plotinm, to 
confider well of Love, whether it be a God, or a Devil, orpaftioneft the 
minde, or partly God, partly Devil, partly paftion. He concludes Love 
to participate of all three, to arife from defire of that which is beauti- 
ful and fair, and defines it to be an action of the mind de firing that which 
is good, >r Plato calls it the great Devil, for its vehemency, and fove- 
* raignty over all other palfions, and defines it an appetite,z by which we 
deftre ftome good to be ftrefent, Picinus in his comment adds the word Fair 
* to this definition. Love is a defire of enjoying that which is good and 
* Defiderium 
optantis, amor 
eorum qui- 
bus fru'mur ; 
amoris princi- 
pium, defiderii 
finis, amatum 
adept. 
* principio I■ 
de amore. Ope- 
ra pretium efi 
de amore con- 
fiderare, utrum 
Deus, an Da - 
man, aut pafil0 
qua dam ani- 
ma, an partim 
Veus, panim 
T)amen, paffio 
partim, &c. 
Amor eft a- 
fitus animi bo- 
num iefiderans. 
y Magnus Da- 
fair. Auftin dilates this common definition, and will have love to be a 
delegation o£ the heart, Afor fomething which we to win, or joy to 
have, coveting by deftre, refting in joy, b Scaliger Exerc. 301. taxeth thefe 
former definitions, and will not have love to be defined by Defire or 
Appetite * for when we enjoy the things we deftre, then remains no more aft- 
petite : as he defines it. Love is an affeflion by which we are either united 
to the thing we love, or perfetuate our union * which agrees in part with Leon 
Hebrews, 
moa.convivio. 
1 Bond pulchri - 
que f ruendi de- 
fiderium. 
a Godefridus, 
I. 1. c. z. A- 
ffior efi dele- 
fiatio cordis, 
alien jus ad a- 
liquid, propter 
aliquod deftde- 
rium in appe- 
tendo, & gau- 
dium perfru- 
ende,per defide~ 
rium currens, 
requlefcens per 
gaudium. 
b .Non eft a- 
inor defiderium 
aut appetitus 
ut ab omnibus 
hafityiHS tra- 
ditum ; nam 
cum potimur 
amata re, non 
manet appeti- 
tus-, ejl igitur 
affectas quo 
cum re amata 
aut unimur, 
aut unionem 
perpetuamus. 
c Omnia appe- 
tunt bonum. 
t Terram non 
Now this love varies as its objeft varies, which is alwaies Good, Amiable, 
Fair, Gracious, and pleafam. c All things deftre that which is good, as weare 
taught the Ethicks, oratleaft that which to them Teems to be good* 
quidenim vis malt (as Auftin well inferrs ) die nnhi < puto nihil in omnibus 
acHcnibus •, thou wilt wifh no harm I fuppofe, no ill in all thine a&ions, 
thoughts or defires, nihil malt vis* f thou wilt not have bad corn,bad foil' 
a naughty tree, but all good * a good fervant, a good horfe, a good Ton, a 
good friend,-a good neighbour, a good wife. From this goodnefs comes 
Beauty* from Beauty,Grace,and comelinefs,which refult as fomany rayes 
from their good parts, make us to love, and To to covet it: for were it not 
pleafing and gracious in our eyes, we fhould not feek.a No man loves, faith 
Art ft otic s,mor cap, 3', but he that was fir ft delighted with comlinefts and beauty• 
As this fair objedt varies, fo doth our love 5 tor as Proclus holds. Omne pul- 
chrum amabile, every fair thing is amiable, and what we love is fair and 
gracious in our eyes, or at left we do fo apprehend and ftill efteem of it. 
c dmiablenefs is the objefi of love, the fcope and end is to obtain it, for whofte 
fake we love, and which our minde covets to enjoy, And it Teems to us efpeci- 
ally fair and good * for good, fair, and unity, cannot be feparated. Beauty 
fhines, Plato faith, and by reafonof its fplendor and fhining caufeth admi- 
ration* and the fairer the objedf is, the more eagerly it is fought, For as the 
fame Plato defines it ft Beauty is a lively (fining or glittering brightnefs, re- 
ft tilting from eftfaftedgood, by Ideas, feeds, reajons, (l)adowes, fining up our 
minds, that by this good they may be united and-made one. Others will have 
beauty to be the perfedliortof the whole compofition fcauftedout of the con- 
gruous fymmetry, meafture, order and manner of parts, and that comdtnefs 
•vis malam, malanifegetetth bonam arborem, equum hemm, &e. d jjCf}7o amore capitur nip qui fuerit ante fovwn 
fpedecp deleffatus. eAmubtle objeffum amorU , fcopus ejus adeptio & finis, cujus gratia amamus. Animus enim 
eijpiratut e» f ruatur, & formam bom habet, &pracipue videtur & placet. Ticolmineus, grad. 7. cap. z. & grad. 8. cap. 
f Forma, eft vitalis fulgor ex tpfo bono manans per 1 eas,femina, rationes, umbras cffufus, animos excitans ut per bo- 
mm in mum redigantur, s Tulcbritudi e(l perfetUo compofiti\xcongruente ordine, mei fur a & ratione partium con fur- 
gens & vemftas inde prodiens gratia dicit nr, & xes omnes pulchra grati ofe. pare 5, Sed, 1, 
objeds of Love, 
Memb, i. Subf.s. 
whicb proceeds from this beauty is called grace, and from thence all fair things 
are gracious. For grace and beauty are io wonderfully -annexed, hfofweet/y 
and gently win our fouls, and ftronglj allure, that they confound our judge- 
h Gratia <&• 
pulchritudo ita 
fuaviter ani- 
mos demulcens, 
ita vehementer 
alliciunt, & a- 
deo mirabiliter 
connepluntur 
ut in unum con- 
fundunt & di - 
pingui nonpof- 
funt, & funt 
tan quam radii 
& fplendores 
divini folk in 
rebus variis 
vario modo fui* 
anent and cannot be diftmguijhed. Beauty and Grace are like thofe beams and 
(hinings that come from the glorious and divine Sim, which are divers, as 
they proceed from the divers objeds, to pleafc and afted our feveral 
fenfes31 .As the fpecies of beauty are taken at our eyes, ears, or conceived in our 
inner foul, as Plato disputes at large in his Dialogue de pulchre, Phadro, Hyp' 
pas, and after many fophiftical errours confuted, concludes, that beau- 
ty is a grace in all things, delighting the eyes, ears, and foul it felf 5 fo 
that as Valefm infers hence, whatioever pieafeth our ears, eyes, and 
foul, muft needs be beautiful, fair, and delightfome to us. k And nothing 
can more pleafe our ears than mufick, or pacific our minds. Fair houfes* pi- 
ctures, orchards, gardens, fields, a fair Hawk, a fair horfe is moft ac- 
ceptable unto pleafeth our eyes and ears, we call beautiful 
and fair 5 * Pleafura belongcth to the refi eft he fenfes, but grace and beauty to 
thefe two alone. As the objeds vary and are divers, fo they diverfly ailed 
our eyes, ears* and foul it felf. Which gives occafionto ibme, to makf 
fo many feveral kindes of love as there be objeds: One beauty arifeth 
from God, of which and divine love S. Dionyfms with many Fathers and 
Neotericks, have written juft volumes, De amore Dei, as they term it, 
many parametical another from his there is a beauty 
of the body, a beauty of the foul, a beauty from virtue, formam martyrum 
Aufiin calls it, quam videmus oculis animi, which we fee with the eyes of 
our minde, which beauty, as Tully faith, if we could difeern wdth thefe 
corporeal eyes, admirabiles fui amores excitaret, would caufe admirable af- 
fedions, and ravifll our fouls. This other beauty which arifeth from thofc 
extreme parts, and graces which proceed from geftures, fpecches, feveral 
motions, and proportions of creatures, men and women (Specially from 
women, which made thofe old Poets put the three Graces ftijl iri Venus 
company, as attending on her, and holding up her train) are infinite al- 
1 gentes. 
i Species pici- 
-1 chritndinis 
■ hauriuntur o- 
culis, auribus £ 
1 Oftt Concipiun- 
tur mern a 
mente. 
t Nihil hinc 
, tnagis animos 
conciliat quam 
mufea, pul- 
• ebr# piftura, 
■ redesy &.c. 
*ln reliquis 
fenfbus volup- 
tas, in his pul- 
chritudo cJ*, 
gratia. 
Lib. 4. de di- 
vinis. 
Convivio fix* 
tonis. 
moftj and vary their names with their objeds, as love of mony, covetoaf- 
nefs/love of beauty, Luft, immoderate defire of any plcafure, concupi- 
fccnce, friend(hip,love, good will, &c« and is either virtue or vice, honeft, 
diflioneft, in excefte, defied, as fhall be ftlewed in his place: Heroical love, 
Religious love, dec! which may be reduced to a twofold divifion, accord- 
ing to the principal parts which are afFeded, the brain and Liver: Amor 
& amicitia, which S caliger exercitat. 301. Valefms and MeUnCthon warrant 
out of Flato & ksv from tfiat fpeech of Paufanias belike, that makes 
two Veneres and two loves.ra one Venrss is aniient without a mother, and de- 
fended front heaven, whom we call ccelejlial 3 The younger Joegotten of Jupiter 
4nd Itione, whom commonly we call Venus. Ficinus in his comment upon this 
place cap, 8. following Plato, calls thefe two loves, two Devils, 0 or good 
and bad Angels according to us, which are ftill hovering about our fouls. 
The one rears to heaven, the other deprejjcth us to hell $ the one good, rvhicn 
fitrs us up to the contemplation of that divine beauty, for whofe jake &ePer 
' th£>ua 
rcs, duo am- 
. yesi gmm 
iiu amqmr 
'< & fine matre, 
cale ruxtx > 
quam ccdcsleqi. 
Venerem nun- 
cupamus-, cite- 
rci ycro Junior 
a Jove & pf 
° Alter excitat 
vulgarem Venerem vocamus* n Alter ad fuperna crlgit,ultcr T *' 
hominem ad divinam puithritudinerH luftrandam, cujmcaufa pfcltf&U'P*** Parc 3, Safi. 1. 
Love eJMelancholy ', 
Memb. 1, Subl.3, 
form and all godly officesy fiudy Fhil(fofhjy &c. the ether bafe, and 
though bady yet to be reffeLled 5 for indeed both are good in their twn natures * 
procreation of children is as necefarf as that finding out cf truths lut therefore 
called bad9 hecaufie it is abufed, and with dr awes eurjoul from the[peculation 
of that other , to viler objects *, So far Ficinus. S. Aujltn lib. 15, de civ, Dei. 
cf fup• Pfaf 64. hath delivered as much in effedh p Every creature is geed 3 
and may he loved well or ill: And q Two Cities make tree loves, ferufalc m and 
Babylon, the love of God the one, the love of the world the others of thefe two 
cities we allareCitizens, as by examination of cur felves we may feinfnd'e, and 
of which : The one love is the root of all mifehieffthe other of all good. 
So in his 15. cap. lib. de amor. Ecclefa, he will have thofefeur cardinal 
virtues to be nought die but love rightly compofed • in his 15. Book de 
civ, Dei cap. 22. heecalls virtue the order of Love, whom Thimas fol- 
lowing i,part,2,quafl. S'}.art.and qttafl.$6, 3. quaf.62.art. 2, confirms 
as much, and amplifies in many words.1 Lucian to the fame purpofe bath 
a divifion of his own. One love was born in the which is as variius and 
raging in young mens hreafis as the Jea itfelf, and caujtth burning U. ft: the c~ 
ther is that golden chain which was let sown fem and with a divine 
Fury ravifbeth our fouls 7 made to the image of Ccd, and firs us up to cimpre~ 
hend the innate and incorruptible beauty to which we were cnee created. Bcr cal- 
dus hath expreffed all this in an Epigram of his: 
414 
t> Omnis ma- 
tum aim bona 
ft, & bene 
amari pjtejt & 
male. 
*1 Duas civita- 
tes dab faciunt 
amores-, femft- 
lemfacit amor 
Dei, Babylonem 
amor facula, u- 
mfquifque fe 
quid amet in- 
terroget, & in- 
veniet unde ft 
civis. 
r Alter mari or- 
tus,ferox, va- 
rius, fluff uans, 
inanis, juve- 
num, mare re- 
ferens, &0. Al- 
ter aurea can- ' 
tena ccelo de- 
miff a bonum fu- 
vgrem mentibus 
mittens, &c. 
Dogmata divini memorant fi vera Flat on is. 
Sunt gemina Veneres, & geminatus Amor, 
CxleJUs Venus eft nullo generataparente, 
Qua cajlo fandos nedit amore viros. 
Altera jed Venus efi totum vulgat aper, crhem, 
Qua divum mentes alligat, atq\ hominum 5 
Improba, fedudrix, petulans , &c. 
If divine Flatos Tenen ts they be true, 
Two Veneres, mo Loves there be * 
The one from heaven, unbegotten ftill. 
Which knits our fouls in unitie. 
The other famous over all the world, 
Binding the hearts of Gods and men; 
Diihoneft, wanton, and reducing (bee, 
Rules whom fhee will, both where, and when. 
This twofold divifion of Love, Origen likewife followes in his Com- 
ment on the Canticles, one from God, the other from the Devil, as he 
holds, (underftanding it in the worfer fenfe ) which many others repeat 
and imitate. Both which (toomit all fubdivifions) in exceffe or defeat, as 
they are abufed, or degenerate, caufe melancholy in a particulear kind, as 
(hall be fhewed in his place. Auflipi in another Tradf, makes a threefold di- 
vifion of this love,which we may ufe well or illd God,eur neighbour,and the 
world 1 God above us, ear neighbour next us, the world beneath us. In the ccttrfi 
of our defires. Cod hath three things, the world one, cur neighbour two. Cur 
d(fire to God, is either fiom God, with God,, ortoGcd, and ordinarily forunsm 
From God, when it receives from him, whence, and fir which it/huddlev* 
him : with God\ when it contradicis his will in nothing: to Ccd, when it fi(*s 
f Tit a funt\ 
qua amari a 
nobis bene vet 
male pofunt; 
Deus 5 proxi- 
mus, mundusj 
Deus Cupra- 
nos-, juxta nos 
proximus-, in- 
fra nos mun- 
dus Tria De- 
us, duo proxi- 
mus umm 
mundus habet, 
&c. Part 3. Sed. 1. 
Objects of Love. 
Memb, 1. Subf.s, 
to htmf md refis it feif in him, onr Love to our neighbour may proceed 
from him, and run with him, not to him: From him? ds when we rejoy ce of 
his good fafety, and welldoings with him, when we defire to have him a fel- 
low and companion of our journey in the way of the Lord$ not in himy becaufe 
there is no aid, hope, or confidence in man* From the world our love comes, 
when we begtn to admire the Creator in his works3 and glorify God in his 
Creaturesy With the world it fhould run, if according to the mutabili' 
ty of all temporal-ties, it fhould be dejcited in adverfitj, or over elevated in 
J>rojj> erity STo the world, if it would fettle it felf in its vain delights and 
fiudies, Many fuch partitions of Love I could repeat, and Subdivifions, 
but left ( which S caliger objeds to Cardan-, Fxenitat, jo 1,) ' l cm- 
found filthy burning luff with pure and divine Love, I will follow 
that accurate Divifion of Leon Hehreus dial. 2. betwixt Sophia and 
Thilo, where he fpeaks of Natural, Senfible, and Rational Love, 
and handleth each apart. Natural love or hatred, is that Sympathy 1 
or Antipathy, which is to be feen in animate and inanimate creatures. 
t jje confundant 
vefaaos & fo- 
dos amores bear 
thy [celeratum 
cum puro divi- 
no & verOs&C. 
in the four Elements,, Metals, Stones, gravia tendunt deorfum, as a 
Stone to his Center, Fire upward, and Rivers to the Sea* The Sun, 
Moon, and Stars go ft ill round, f Amcmtes nature debita exercere, for 
love of pcrfedion. This love is manifeft, I fay, in inanimate creatures. 
How comes a load-ftone to draw iron to it i jet chaff K the ground to 
covet fhowers, but for love < No creature, S. Hierom concludes, is to 
be found, quod non aliquid amat, no ftock, no ftone, that hath not fome 
feeling of love. 'Tis more eminent in Plants, Herbs, and is efpecially 
obferved in vegetals ; as betwixt the Vine and Elm a great Sympathy, 
betwixt the Vine and the Cabbage, betwixt the Vine and Olive, n Virgo 
fngit Bromium, betwiKt the Vine and Bates, a great antipathy, the Vine 
loves not the Bay,* nor his fwell, andrviU kill him> if he grow 
the Bur and the Lintle cannot endure one another, the Olive rand the 
Mirtle embrace each other, in roots and branches if they grow neer. 
Read more of this in Pic oiomineus grad. 7,cap, 1. Crefcentius lib.5. de agric, 
Eaftffia Porta de mag, lib, 1. cap. de flant,odio & Element, fym, Fracafiorius 
defym. & antip, of the love and hatred of Planets, confult with every 
Aftrologer .* Leon Hebreusgives many fabulous rcafons, and'moralizcth 
them withall. 
Scnfible love, is that of brute beads, of which, the fame Leon Hebreus 
dial. 2. afligns thefe caufes, Firft, for the pleafure they take in the Ad 
of Generation, male and female love one another. Secondly, for the 
prefervation of the fpecies, and defire of young brood. Thirdly, for the 
Mutual agreement, as being oFthc famekiride iSus Sui, Canis Cani, Bos 
Eovi, & Afmus Aftno pulcherrimus videtur) as Epicharmus held, and ac- 
c°rding to that Adagy of DiogenUnus^ 
fidet ufqs graculm a pudgraculum, 
much delight in ©ne another's company, 
~ 0 Formic it grata eft Cicada Cicada, f 
snd birds of a feather will gather together. Fourthly, for cuff otve, uie, 
2nd familiarity, asifadogbe trained up with a Lion and a Bear, con- 
trary to their natures, they will love each other. Hawks, °.r 
ove their mafters and keepers ; many flories I could relate in t is ktnde^ 
f Fon fee a cap, 
I .Amor ex Au- 
gupni for fan 
kb. ii. de Ci- 
vit. Dei. Amo- 
ve in-cmcuffns 
fat mundusi 
&c. 
« AUlat. 
x Porta. Vitis 
lAurum non 
*»4A, wee ejtts 
odorem, Ji fro* 
pe crefcati ene* 
cat, tappus 
lem adverfa- 
tur. 
7 Sympathici 
olei & myrti 
rmorum &> 
radicum fe\ 
comple ft enti- 
um. Mi?aldus 
fecret. cent, jV 
47* 
°yheocrltv,f% 
eidjll. c. Part 5. Sedf. 1. 
Love lane holy. 
Memb. 1 Subf.2# 
but fee Ci lit us de hi ft, anim, lib, 3, cap, j4. thofe two Epifiles of Lifftus> 
ofdoggsand horfes, Agellis, See, Fifthly, for bringing up, as if a Bitch 
bring up a Kid, a hen ducklings, an hedge-fparrowa C uckow, Sec, 
The third kind is Amor cognitionis ,as Leon calls it, Rational Love, 
Inteliefiivtts amor, and is proper tomen, on which Imuft infift. This 
appears in God, Men. God is love it felf, the fountain of Love, 
the Difciple of love, as Plato flileshim; the fervant of peace, the God of 
love and peace; have peace with all men, and God is with you. 
% Sntfquis veneratur Olympum, 
If ft fibi mundum fubjicit atq5 Deum: 
aßy this Love (faith Gerfon) we purchafe Heaven,and buy the Kingdome 
of God. This b Love is either in the Trinity it felf, for the Holy Ghoft 
is the Love of the Father and the Son, &c. soh, 55. and 5.20. and 
14. 31. or towards us his creatures, as in making the world. Amor 
mundum fecit) Love built Cities, mundi invented Arts, Sciences, 
and all * good things, incites us to vertue and humanity, combines 
and quickens; keeps peace on earth, quietnefs by Tea, mirth in the 
windes and elements, expells all fear, anger, and rufticity: circulw a 
hono in honum, a round circle ffcill from good to good ; for love is the be- 
ginner and end of all our addons, the efficient and inftrumental caufe, 
as our Poets in their Symbols, ImprefTes, f Emblems of rings, fquarcs, 
&c. fhadow unto us, * 
7- Mantuan. 
a charitas mu- 
nifea, qua 
mrcamur de 
'Dea regnum 
Del. 
yPelams par- 
tit, ianebius 
de natura Dei, 
C, 3. copipfc de 
hoc amore Dei 
agit. 
* Nich. Bella* 
difeurf. 18. de 
amatoribus, 
virtutem pro- 
vocat , confer- 
Vat pacem in 
terra, tranquil- 
litatem in acre> 
ventis l*titi- 
&c. 
f Camerarius 
kmb. ioo-CS*i. 
Si rerum quarts fuerit quis finis dr ortmb 
Define ; nam caufa ell unica fclus amor. 
If firft and laft of any thing you wit, 
Ceafe; love’s the foie and onely caufe of it. 
iviaj, 5. 
Love, faith cLeo, made the world, and afterwards in redeeming of it, 
Cod fo loved the world, that he gave his only begotten fen for it, John 3. 
16, Behold what love the Father hath (hewed on that we [hculd be cal~ 
led the fonsof God\ 1 John 3. 1. Or by his Tweet providence, in protect- 
ing of it; either all in general, or his Saints eledt and Church in particu- 
lar, whomhee keeps as the apple of his eye, whom bee loves freely, as 
Hofta 14. j.fpeaks, and dearly refpedts, A charter eft ip(is homo quam 
fibi, Not that we are fair, nor for any merit or grace of ours, for wcarc 
moft vife and bate; but out of his incomparable love and goodnefs, out 
of his divine Nature. And this is that Homers golden chain, which reach- 
eth down from Heaven to Earth, by which every creature is annexed, 
and depends on his Creator. Hee made all, faith c Mofes3 and it was good% 
and he loves it as good, * 
The love of Angels and living fouls, is mutual amongft themfelves, 
towards us militant in the Church, and all fuch as love God • as the Sun 
beams irradiate the Earth from thofe celeftial Thrones, they by their 
well-wifhes reflect on us, fin jalute homtnnm promovenda alacres, 0 coii' 
ft antes admmfiri, there is joy in Heaven for every Cnnerthatrepemeth* 
they pray for us, arc felicitous for our good,£ Caftigenii, 
'll hi regnat charitas, fuave deftderium, 
L&tttiaq-, & amor Deo cenjunfiw. 
* Juven. 
sGat. 1. 
t [Caufflms. 
*Theodoret <i 
Tlotino. 
Love proper to mortal men, is the third Member of this 
the fubjedt of my following difcourfe. Part 3. Sed. i. 
objebls of Love, 
Mcmb, 2. Subf.i, 
Me mb, 2. Sub sbc. I. 
Love ofUMen, which varies as his objects, profitable * 
pleafant, honefl 
Jlefius Itb. 3. contr. 13, defines this love which is in men, to he 
san afjeftion of both powers, Appetite, and Reafon, The rational 
ScMfS refides in the Brain, the other in the Liver ( as before hath 
been faid out of Plato and others,) the heart is diverfly affe&ed 
of both, and carried a thoufaiid waies by confent. ihe fenfi- 
s AfefixS' 
nunc appetiti- 
va potentia, 
! nunc rationa- 
lis, alter cere- 
bro refidit,alter 
, hepate, corde, 
&c. 
r h Cor varie in- 
clinatur, nunc 
gaudens, nunc 
meerens-j (tatim 
ex timere naf- 
cltur Xei»typia3 
fmr,fpes, de. 
fperatit, 
tive faculty moft part over-rules reafon, the Soul is carried hood-winkt, 
and the underftanding captive like a beaft. h The heart is varionfij incli- 
ned, fometimes they are merry, fometimes fad, and from love arife Hope and 
fear, lealoufie, Fury, Desperation, Now this love of men is diver fe, and 
Varies, astheobjeCl varies, by which they areentifed, as vertue, wif- 
dome, eloquence, profit, wealth, mony, fame, honour, or comcli- 
nefs ofperfon, &c. Leon Hebrew in hisfirft Dialogue, reduceth them 
all to thefe three, Uules fucundum, Honejlum, Profitable, Pleafant3 
Honeft5 ( out of Anfiotle belike 8. moral. )of which he difcourfe that 
large, and whatfoever is beautiful and fair, is reared to them, or any 
way to be defired. 1 is afcribed healthy wealth, honour, &c, 
which is rather Defire, Covetoufnefs, than Love, Friends, Chil- 
dren, love of women, kall delightful andpleafant objeCls, are refer- 
red to the fecond* The love of honeft things, confifts in vertue and 
Wildome, and is preferred before that which is profitable andpleafant: 
Intellectual, about that which is honeft. rSt* Aufiin calls profitable, 
worldly* pleajant, carnal5 honeft, (piritual. mof and from all three, refult 
Chanty, Friendfhip, and true love, which reJp efts Cod and our neighbour. 
Of each ofthefelwi.ll briefly dilate, andfhew irt what fort they caufe 
melancholy. 
Amongft all thefe fair entifing obje£hv which procure Love, and be- 
witch the Soul of man, there is none fo moving, fo forcible, as profit - 
and that which carrieth with it a (hew of commodity. Health indeed is 
a precious thing, to recover and preferve which, we will undergo any 
mifery, drink bitter potions, freely give our goods: reftorc a man to his 
health, his purfe lies open to thee, bountiful he is, thankful and behold- 
I Ad utile fimu« 
tas referturj «• 
tilim,eß ambi- 
tio, cupido, de- 
fiderium potius 
quam awur ex- 
cejfas avaritia, - 
II Pico lorn, 
grad. 7. Cap. x. 
1 Lib. de ami» 
cit, utile mun- 
danum, carna- 
le jucundum, 
spirituale bone- 
jtum. 
mi E* fmgulis 
tribus fit chari- 
tas cf amici- 
tia, qua reffi- 
cit deum &• 
proximum. 
lng to thee 5 but give him wealth and honour, give him gold, or what 
ftiall be for his advantage and preferment, and thou ihalt command his 
oblige him eternally to thee, heart, hand, life and all is at thy 
%vice, thou art his dear and loving friend, good and gracious Lord and 
3 his Mecanas $ he is thy flave, thy vaflal, moft devote, affediioned, 
aud bound in all duty: tell him good tidings in thiskinde, there fpoke 
Angel, a blelfed hour that brings in gain, he is thy creaturc? and 
Jhou his creator, hee huggs and admires thee ■ he is thine for ever, No 
°M^°ne attra<^ye as that of profit, none fo fair an objeCf as this ° 
gold:n nothing wins a man fooner than a good turn 5 bountyand 1 
4lty command body and foul: 
n 
fracipue ama- 
mus. Vives j. 
de anima. Parcs.SedL 1. 
Love- %Mdmchdy% 
Memb. 5. Subb*. 
sjMunera ( cred{ mi hi ) placant h ominedeofque * 
Placatur donis fupner iff dam. 
Good turns do pacific both God and men. 
And fupuer himfelfis won by them. 
Gold of all other is a mofl delicious objedi, a fweet light, a goodly la- 
fire it hath * gractus aurum quam jolem intuemur, faith and we had 
rather fee it than the Sun. Sweet and pleafant in getting,in keeping» it fea* 
Tons ail our labours, intolerable pains we take for it, bale imployments* 
endure bitter flouts and taunts, long journeys, heavy burdens, all are 
made light and eafie by this hope of gain* dl mihi plaudo ipfe 
mui&c nummos contemplor in area. The fight of gold refrefheth cur fpk 
rks, and ravifheth our hearts, as that Babylonian garment, and 0 golden 
wedge did Achan in the camp, the very fight and hearing, fees on fire his 
foul with defire of it. It will make a man run to the Antipodes, or tarry 
acliome and tarn parafite, lye, flatter, proftitute himfelf, fwear and 
bear falfe witnefs * he will venture his body, kill a King, murther his 
father, and damn his foul to come at it. Formofior ami as*he 
wellobfcrvcd, the mafs of gold is fairer than all your Grecian pidlures, 
that Apelles, Phydros, or any doting painter could ever make .• we arc 
enamoured with it. 
"/*/• 7- 
rFsmmmAy- 
Mur, 
*1 Javfasik. 
’ Prima fere vota, dr cundis notiftima templis, 
Vf'vtttaut crejcant,— —. 1 
AUour labours, ftudies, endeavours, vows, prayers and wtfhcs3aret® 
get, how to compafs it. 
t Hoc eft ilia cui famulatur maximus orbis, 
Diva potens rerum, domitrix fati* 
This is the great Goddefs we adore and worfhip, this is the foie ob]e& 
of our defire. If we have it, as we think, we are made for ever, thrice hap- 
py* Princes, Lords, &c. If welofek, we are dull, heavy, deje<fled,dif- 
content, miferable, defperate and mad. Our efface and bene e(Je ebbs 
and flows with our commodity * and as we are endowed or enriched, fb 
arc we beloved andefteemed: it lafls no longer than our wealth* when 
that is gone, and the objedl removed, farewd friendfhip: as long as 
bounty, good cheer, and rewards were to be hoped, friends enough* they 
were tied to thee by the teeth,and would follow thee as Crows do a Car- 
oafs: but when thy goods are gone and fpent, the lamp of their love is 
out, and thou fhalt be contemned, fcorned, hated, injured.1 Lucians Ti~ 
when he lived in profperity, was the foie fpedacle of Greece, onely 
admired* who but Timoni Every body loved, honored, applauded him, 
each man offered him his fervice, and fought to be kin to him * but when 
ffok Semi. 
0, fylvamm. 
e Ladanus Ti~ 
men. 
his gold was fpent, his fair poffcflions gone, farewel Timon: nonefoug- 
3y, none fo deformed, fo odious an abjedl as Timon, no man foridiculous 
on a fudden, they gave him a penny to buy a rope, no man would know 
him. 
"Tis the general humor of the world? commodity fleers our affc' 
&ions throughout, we love thofe that are fortunate and rich,that thrive? 
or by whom we may receive mutual kindnefs, hope for like curtefies? 
get any good, gain, or profit $ hate thofe, and abhor on the other fide, 
which are poor and raiferable, or by whom we may fuflain lofs or incon- Part 3. Sc&. i. 
F leaf ant objetfs of LOve. 
Memb. 2. Subf. 3. 
convenience. And even thofe that were now familiar and dear unto us, 
our loving and long friends, neighbours, kinfmert, allies, with whom wc 
have converfed and lived as fo mahy G/ryons for fomc years paft, dri- 
ving (till to give one another all good content and entertainment, with 
mutual invitations, feaftings, difports, offices, for whom we would ride, 
tun, (pend our felves, and of whom wc have fo freely and honourably 
fpoken, to whom we have given all thofe turgent titles, and magnificent 
dogiums, moft excellent and moft noble, worthy, wife, grave, learned 5 
valiant, &c. and magnified beyond mealure: If any controverfie arife be- 
twixt us, fome trefpafs, injury, abufc, fome part of our goods be detain* 
ed, apeeceofLand come to be litigious, if they crofs us in our fine, or 
touch the firing of our commodity, wc deteftanddeprefs them upon a 
fudden: neither affinity, confanguinity, or old acquaintance can contain 
OS, but f rupto jecore exierit Caprificus, A golden apple fets all together by 
f Perf 
the ears, as if a marrow-bone, or hony-comb Were flung amongft Bears .• 
Father and Son, Brother and Sifter, kinfmen are at odds: and look 
what malice, deadly hatred can invent, that (hall be done, Terribile, di- 
rum, pefiilens, atrox, ferum, mutual injuries, deft re of revenge, and how to 
hurt them, him and his, are all our ftudies. If our pleafures be interrupt, 
we can tolerate it: our bodies hurt, we can put it up and be reconciled .* 
but touch our commodities, we are moft impatient: fair becomes foul, 
the Graces are turned to Harpycs, friendly falutations to bitter impreca- 
tions, mutual feaftings to plotting villanies, minings and counterminings 5 
good words to Satyres and inve&ives, we revile e contra, nought but his 
imperfections are in our eyes, he is a bafe knave, a Devil, a Monfter, a 
Caterpiller, a Viper, an Hog-rubber, &c. 
Definit in pifeem mulier formofa fuperne; 
The Scene is altered on a hidden, love is turned to hate, mirth to melan- 
choly : Co furioufly are we moft part bent, our afFe<stions fixed upon this 
objeft of commodity, and upon money, the defire of which in excels 
is covetoufncfs: Ambition tyrannizeih over our fouls, as11 have (hewed, 
and in dcfc& crucifies as much, as if a man by negligence, ill husbandry, 
improvidence,prodigality, wafteand confumehis goods and fortunes, 
beggery follows, and melancholy, he becomes an abjcd,u odious and 
worfc than an infidel, in not providing for his family. 
1 Part. i. fee. %: 
memb. fob. n. 
s»sTf«.{, I, 
Sussec* a* 
Pie of ant objetfs ef Love» 
«Leafant Obje&s are infinite, whether they be fuch as hatte 
life, or be without life; Inanimate are Countries, Provinces, 
Towns, Cities, as he faid,x Pulcherrimam infulam 
videmus, etiam eum non videmus, we fee a fair Ifland by de- 
fcription, when wee fee it not. The f Sun never faw a fairer 
Oty,Th€g4laTempe. Orchards, Gardens, pleafant walks, Groves, Fouo- 
ains, &c. xhe heaven it felf is faid to be z fair or foul: fair buildings» ai 
Pictures, all artificial, elaborate and curious works, clothes, give an adrai 
*blc luftrc: we admire, and gaze upon them, ut peri sments awm, as 
Xtipf yip, 
Catndefto. 
i Ltlandsf 
Edmottsbury. 
1 Cesium fere* 
ap, coelum 
vifif f*dnm. 
Valid, fib. Ic if 
wdnglia* Part 3. Sc&. i. 
'Lovc-sJWelanchoiy, 
Memb.2. Subf. 2. 
children do on a Peacock: A fair Dog, a fair Horfe and Hawk, &c. 
a t Theft al us amat equum puliwumy buculum tAZgyptius, Lacedamemus Ca- 
tulum, &c. fuch things we love, are moft gracious in our fight, acceptable 
unto us, and whatsoever elfe may caufe this palfion, if it be fuperfluous 
or immoderately loved, as Gutanerius oh ferves, Thefe things in them- 
felves are pleafing and good, Angular ornaments, neceftary, comely, aqd 
fit to be had 3 but when we fix an immoderate eye, and dote on them o- 
* Credo equi- 
dem vivos du- 
cente marmore 
vultus 
t Max. Tyrius 
fer. 9. 
ver much, this pleafuremay turn to pain, bring much forrow, and 
content unto us, work our final overthrow, and caufe melancholy in the 
end. Many are carried away with thofe bewitching fports of gaming, 
hawking, hunting, and fuch vain pleafures, as b I have faid; fome with im- 
moderate defire of fame, to be crowned in the olympicks, knighted in the 
b Part. i. Se. 2. 
mmb, 3, 
d Mart. 
t Omnif. mag, 
lib, ii. cap. 3. ] 
eDe[ale genia- 
li I. 5. c. 15. 
t Thcod: Pro- 
dromus amor 
lib. 3. 
f Similitudo 
morum parit 
amicitiam. 
g Vives 3 ,de 
Anima. 
b jQui [mul fe- 
cere naufragi- 
um, aut una 
pertulere vincu- 
la vel confli i 
conjurationifvt 
fecietate jun- 
guntur,invicem 
emant: Brutum 
dr Caffmm in- 
vicem ' infenfos 
Cafarianus do- 
minatus conci- 
liavit. 
Lepidus & Ju- 
lius Flaccus, 
quum (pent ini- 
miciffimiyceafg- 
res renunciati 
fimultates illico 
depofuere. Scul- 
tet. cap, 4. de 
caufa Amor. 
-j- Papinius. 
field, &c. and by thefe means ruinate themfelves. Thclafcivious dote? 
on his fair miftrefs, the Glutton on his diffles, which are infinitely va- 
ried to pi cafe the palate, the Epicure on his feveral pleafures, tfic fuper- 
ftitious on his Idol, and fats himfelf with future joys, as Turks feed 
themfelves with an imaginary perfwafion of a fcnfual Paradife fo f.eve- 
ral pleafant objeds, diverfly affedt divers men. But the faireft objects 
and entifings proceed from men themfelves, which moft frequently 
captivate, allure, and make them dote beyond all meafure upon one ano- 
ther, and that for many refpe&s: Firft', as fome fuppofe, by that fecrct 
force of ftars, C quod me tibt temperat ajlrum ? ) They do Angularly dote 
qnfuch a man, hate fuch again, and can give noreafon for it. non 
amote Sabtdi, &c. Alexander admiredEphefian, Adrian Antinens, Nero 
Sporus, &c, The phyficians refer this to their temperament, Aftrolo- 
gers to trine and fextile Afpefts,or oppofice of their feveral Afcendcnts, 
Lords of their genitures, love and hatred of Planets 5 \Cicognayto con- 
cord and difeord of but moft to outward Graces. A merry com- 
panion is welcome and acceptable to all men, and therefore faith c Go- 
mejius. Princes and great men entertain Jefters, and Players commonly 
in their Courts. But t Pares cum paribus facillime congregantur, 'lis that 
f firailitude of manners, which ties moft men in an infeparable link, as if 
they be addicted to the fame ftudies or difports, they delight in one ano- 
ther companies, birds of a feather mil gather together: if they be of 
divers inclinations, or oppofite in manners, they can feldome agree. Se- 
condly, g affability, cuftome and familiarity, may convert nature many 
times, though they be different in manners, as if they be Country-men, 
fellow-ftudents, colleagues, or have been fellow-fouldiers, h brethren in 
affliction, ( -f acerba calamitatum fociet as, diver ft etiam ingenii homines 
conjungit ) affinity, or fomc fuch accidental occafion, though they can- 
not agree araongft thcmfelves, they will flick together like-burrs, and 
hold again ft a third: fo after fome difcontinuance, or death, enmity 
ceafeth * or in a forein place. 
liberates De- 
mnico pracipk 
ui qwm alien- 
jus amicitiam 
vellet, ilium 
laudet, quod 
laus initium a- 
moris (it, vitu- 
peratio [multa- 
tum. 
Pafcitur in vivis livor, p oft fata qmefcit: 
Et cecidere odia, & trifles mors obruit iras• 
A third caufe of love and hate, may be mutual offices, acceptum befit* 
fichm, 1 commend him, ufe him kindly, take his part in a quarrel, relieve 
him in his mifery, thouwinneft him for ever 5 do the oppofue* and be Part 3. SedP «„ 
Bone ft objelfs of Love 
Memb. 2. Subf. 3. 
fore of a perpetual enemy, Piaife and difpraife of each other, do as 
much, though unknown, as * Schoppim by S caliger and Cafauhonm 
mulus mulumfcab/t 5 who but Sc aliger with, him i what Encomens, Es- 
thetes, Elogiums ? Antifies fapi entia, perpetuus Dili at or > lit erarum orna- 
mentum, huropa miraculum, noble Sc aliger, incredibilis ingenti pr reflan- 
tia, &c, diis potius quam hominibus per omnia comparandus, jcrtpta ejus 
aurea ancjlia de carie delapsa poplitibus veneramur flexis, fac* but when 
they began to vary, none fo ablurd as Scaliger, iovile and bafe, as his 
books de Burdonum familia and other Satyrical invedtives may witnefs. 
Ovid. in ibin, Archilocm himfelf was not fo bitter. Another great 
tye or caufe of love, is confanguinity* Parents are dear to their children, 
children to their parents, brothers and lifters, couzens of all forts, as an 
hen and chickens, all of a knot: every Crow thinks her own bird fai- 
reft. Many memorable examples are in this kinde, and ’tis portenti 
flmile, if they do not: f a mother cannot forget her childe; S alimonio 
found out the true owner .* love of parents may not be conceiled, kis 
natural, defeends, and they that are inhumane in this kinde, are un- 
worthy of that air they breath, and of the four elements 5 yet many un- 
natural examples we have in this rank, of hard-hearted parents, difo- 
bedient children, of* difagreeing brothers, nothing fo common. The 
love of kinfmen is grown cold, many kin[men, ( as the faying is- ) few 
fi tends j if thine eftate be good, and thou able, par pari referre, to requite 
their kindnefs, there will be mutual correfpondence, otherwife thou 
art a burdcn> moft odious to them above all others. The laft object that 
tyes man and man, is comelinefs of perfon, and beauty alone, as men 
love women with a wanton eye : which naT efoxw is termed Heroisal, or 
Love- melancholy. Other loves ( faith m Picelomineus) arc fo called with 
fome contra&ion, as the love of wine, gold, &c. but this of women is 
predominant in an higher ftrain, whofe part affe&ed is the liver, and this 
love deferves a longer explication, and (hall be dilated apart in the next 
kSnfpe&, m 
Hh, i.cap.%. 
' t7A 4*. 
ll{araeH co*~ 
egrdia fratrum» 
* Grad, x, cap, 
22. 
Sedlion. 
Sub sect. 34 
Bmflobjcffs of Love, 
Eauty is the common object of all love, n as jet dr awes 4 
wl &raw, f$ doth beauty love: vertue and honefty are great mo- 
tives* an<i give as fair a luftre as the reft, efpecially if they 
be fincere and right, not fucate, but proceeding from true 
form, and an incorrupt judgement 5 Thofe two Venus 
n Vives 5. de 
Anima, ut pa- 
leam foccinm 
fc formam ambit 
trahit. 
ljyins, Eros and Anteros, are then moft firm and faft. For many times o- 
-1 her wife men are deceived by their flattering Gnathoes, diflembling Ca- 
tions, out-fides, hypocrites that make a (hew of great love, learning» 
Pretcnd honefty, vertuc, zeal, modefty, with affedled looks and coun- 
terteit gefturcs: feigned proreftations often fteal away the hearts and «- 
vours of ancj deceive them, ftecie virtutis & umbra> when as reve- 
r* a°d indeed, there is no worth or honefty at all in them, no truth, ut 
Wecr hypocrifie, fubtilty, knavery, and the like. As true fnen s they Part 3. Se&. i. 
Lcve~ ctielanchoiy. 
Memb.2. Siibf. 3. 
are, as he that Calius Secundus met by the high way fide •, and hard it is 
in this temporifing age to diftinguifli fuch companions, or to finde them 
out. Such Gnathoes as thefe for the moft part belong to great men, and 
by this glozing flattery, affability, and fuch like philters, fo dive and in- 
finuate into their favours, that they are taken for men of excellent worth, 
wifdome, learning, demi-Gods, and fo ferew themfelves into dignities , 
honours, offices : but thefe men caufe harfli confufion often, and as ma- 
ny ftirs as Rehohoams Counfellors in a common-wealth, overthrow 
themfelves and others. and fome authors make a doubt, whe- 
ther Love and Hatred may be compelled by philters or chara&ers 3 Car~ 
and Marbodius by pretious ftones and amuletsAftrologers by elc- 
« SeCt. feq. 
p Nihil divi- 
nius homine 
probo. 
ftion of times, &c. as ° I fhall elfewhcre difeufs. The true objed of this 
honeft love is ve’rtue, wifdome, honefty, p real worth. Interna forma, 
and this love cannot deceive or be compelled, ut ameris amabilis ejie, 
love it felf is the moft potent philtrum, vertue and wifdom, gratia gra- 
tum faciens, the foie and only grace, not counterfeit, but open, honeft. 
q James 3. 10. 
iimple, naked, * defending from as our Apoftle hath it, an infil- 
led habit from God, which hath given feveral gifts, as wit, learning, 
tongues, for which they fhall be amiable and gratious, Eph. 4. 11. as 
to Saul ftatureand a goodly prefence, 1 Sam. 9. i.tfofeph foundfa* 
vour in Fharao’s court, Gen, 39.fforrr his perfon 3 And Daniel with the 
Princes of the Eunuchs, Dan. 6, 19, chrifi was gratious with God 
and men, Luk* 2, sa. There is ftill fome peculiar grace, as of good 
difcourfe, eloquence, wit, honefty, which is the primum mobile^firft 
mover and a moft forcible loadftone to draw the favours and good 
wills of mens eyes, ears, and affedions unto them. When fafusfpake 
thej were all aftomed at his anfwers, (Luk. 2.47,) and wondred at his gracious 
words which proceeded from his mouth. An Orator fteals away the hearts of 
men, and as another Orpheus, quo vult, unde mlt, he puls them to 
him by fpeech alone: a fweet voice caufeth admiration 5 and he that 
can utter himfelf in good words, in our ordinary phrafe is called a pro- 
per man, a divine fpirit. For which caule belike, our old Poets, Sena- 
tus populufq*, poetarum, made cMercury the Gentleman-uflier to the 
Graces, Captain of eloquence, and thofe charites to be fathers and 
Eurymones daughters, defeended from above. Though they be other- 
wife deformed, crooked, ugly to behold, thofe good parts of the 
minde denominate them fair. Flato commends the beauty of Socrates 5 
yet who was more grim of countenance, fternandgaftly to look upon** 
So are and have been many great Philofophers, as{Gregory Naz.ianz.en 
obferves, deformed moft part in that which is to he [een with the eyes, hut 
moft elegant in that which is not to he feen. S*pe (uh atrita latitat fapientia 
vesie. *£.frp, Democritus , Ariflotle, Folitianus, CMelantfhon, Gefnery 
&6* withered old men, Silene Alcibiadis, very harfli and impolite 
to the eye 5 but who were fo terfe, polite, eloquent, generally lear- 
ned, temperate and modeft f No man then living was fo fair as Alch 
hiadcs, fo lovely quoadjuperficiem, to the eye, as t Boethius obferves, 
but he had Corpus tarpiftimum interne, a moil deformed foul Honefty, 
vertue, fair conditions, are great entifers to fuch as are weft given, and 
much avail to get the favour and good will of men. in Cur> 
r Gratior efl 
pulchro veni- 
ens e corpore 
virtus. 
(Oral. 18. 'De- 
formes ple- 
phi ad id 
in atyettum 
cadit, ea parte 
elegantes qua 
oculos fugit. 
+ 43 .de unfit. Parjft 3. Sed:. 1. 
Hone [I obje&s of Love, 
Memb. 2. Subf. 
tittts a poor man ( but which mine Author notes,c the caufe of this poverty 
was his honefty ) for his mod eft y and continency from a private perfon 
( for they found him digging In his garden ) was diluted King, and pre- 
ferred before all the Magnilicoes of his tim tjnjeßaet vefiis furfur a auroq-, 
difiinßa, a purple embroidered garment rods put upon him, u and they bade him 
wafo himfelf, and as he was worthy, take upon him the file and fpintof a 
King) continue his continency and the reft of his good parts. Titus Pom- 
fontus that noble Citizen of Rome, was fo fair conditioned, 
of fo fweet a carriage, that he was generally beloved of all good men, 
of Cafar, Pompey, Anthony, Tuby, of divers fedfs, (fire, multas hare dilates 
( * Cornelius Mepos writes ) fold bonitate confequulus. Opera pretium audire, 
&c. Itis worthy of your attention, Livy cries, x you that feorn all hut 
riches, and give no ejleem to vertue, except they he wealthy wit half Cin- 
cinnatus had but four acres, and by the confent of the Senate was chofen Di- 
Bator of Rome. Of fuch account were Cato, Fabrilius, Ariftides, An- 
tonins Probus, for their eminent worth: fo Cafar, Trajan, Alexander, 
admired for valour, f Lphefiton loved Alexander, but Parmemo the 
King: Titus dclitia humani generis, and which Aurelius ViHor hath of 
Veffatian the dilling of his time, as y Edgar Ethcling was in England, 
for his z excellent vertues: their memory is yet frefh, fweet, and we love 
them many ages after, though they be dead: Suavem memoriam [ut reli- 
qutf faith Lipfus of his friend, living and dead they are all one. a I have 
€ver loved as thou hnowejl ( fo fully wrote to Dolabella ) cMarcus Brutus 
for his great wit, fingular honejly, con fancy, fweet conditions*, and believe it 
t there is nothing fo amiable and fair as vertue, 1* do mightily love Calvi- 
finus, (fo Pliny writs to Sefius ) a mofi induftrious, eloquent-, upright man , 
which is all in all with me: The afFedfion came from his good parts. 
And as S. Auflin comments on the 84. Pfalm, c There is a peculiar beauty 
of juflice, and inward beauty, which we fee with the eyes of our hearts, 
love, and are enamored with, as in Martyrs, though their bodies be torn in 
pieces with wild heafis, yet this beauty fomes, and we love their virtues* The 
* Stoicks are of opinion that a wife man is onely fair 5 and Cato mTully ' 
■3. de Fintbus contends the fame, that the lineaments of the minde are 
far fairer then thofe of the body, incomparably beyond them: wifdom 
and valour according to t Xenophon, efpedally deferve the name of beau- 
ty, and denominate one fair, & incomparabiliter pulchrior efi (as Auftm 
holds ) veritas chrifiianorutn quam Helena Gr acorum. Wine is fir ong, 
the King is flrong, women are but truth evercometh all things, Lfd. 
*• 3> I°> ITS I Blcffedis the man that findeth wfdom, andgetteth under-- 
Standings for the merchandife thereof is letter than fiver, and, the gain 
thereof better than geld*, it is more pretious than pearls, and all the things 
thou canfl defire are not to be compared to her, Prov. i. 13, 14. I*s. a wile, 
true, juft, upright, and good man, I fay’it again, is onely to: CL*S 
reP°rted of Magdalen Queen of France, and wife to Lewes i xtb. a. Scottiih 
Woman by birth, that walking forth in an evening with her Ladies, /he - 
* c Caufa ei pau- 
■ per tat is} philo- 
/ophia, pent 
plnifSp. probi- 
tas fuit. 
11A blue cor- 
pus & caps 
regis animum, 
& in tam for- 
tunam qua 
dignus es con- _ 
tinentiam i fani 
profer. 
* Vita ejus. 
x Jifui pra di- 
vitiis humanti 
fperaant, nec 
virtuti locum 
putant nif Q- 
pes affluant. 
Q Cincinna- 
tus confen'u pa- 
trum in dicta- 
torem Tfoma- 
num eleffus. 
t Curtius. 
y Edgar Etke- 
fmg, England* 
darling. 
2 Morum fuci- 
vitas , obvia, 
comit as3promp- 
ta officica mor- 
talium ani- 
mos demeren- 
tur. 
a Epift. lib. S. 
Semper ama- 
vi ut tu. fcis i 
M. Erutum 
propter ejus 
fmmum in- 
genium3 fua- 
viflimos mo- 
res i jinguta- 
rem probita- 
tem & con- 
fiantlam j ni- 
hil e ft, mihi 
crede, virtuti 
fomofius, ni- 
hil amabilius. 
b Ardentes a- 
motes excita- 
ret , fi fimula- 
chrurn ejus ad 
ocules pene: ra- 
rer, Plato fha- 
deuci 
* Zpifi lib. 4l 
Vrlidijjime 
diligo vinm 
reSum, difer- 
WpamiflimumiH. c t fttfidam pulchritudo jtifliH* qnnm vide mis cad# ertfaj ctmamm,& c 
femur, ut m martyribus, mm membra befit* Ucerarcht d/ 
£?•*•> *7' fotosfapienspulcher, f fortitudo & m laudm **a/* mrmur. • frast< 
Wfmft. m hiji. ' —~ Part 3, Sed. 1. 
L ove- CM elanchoiy* 
Me mb. ?, Subf.3. 
Ipied M. A-Umts one of the Kings Chaplains, a filly, old,f hard-favoured 
5 Erat autem 
fade deformis, 
6 ed forma, 
qua citius pue- 
ri terreri pof- 
fent, quam in- 
vitari ad of cu- 
lum puellx. 
S Deformis ifa 
etff videatur fe- 
next divinum 
animum habet, 
i Fulgebat vul- 
tu fuo: fulgor 
e*r divina ma- 
j e fias homines 
ad fe trahetis. 
man fall afleep in a bower,and killed him fwcetlyj when the young Ladies 
laughed at her for it, Ihc replied, that it was not his perfon that fhe did 
embrace and reverence, but with a Plato nick love, the divine beauty of 
s his foul. Thus in all ages vertue hath been adored, admired, a lingular 
luftre hath proceeded from it.* and the more vertuous he is, the more 
gracious, the more admired. No man fo much followed upon earth, as 
Chrift himfelf 5 and as the Pfalmijl faith 45. 2, He was fairer than the fens 
ofmen. Chryfofiome Horn, 8. in CM at. Bernard Ser. 1. de omnilus fanclis, 
Capodore, tiier, in g. Mat. interpretit of the 1 beauty of his 
perfon 5 there was a divine Majeftie in his looks, it Ihined like Light- 
ning, and drew all men to it: but Bafil, Cyril, lib. 6. fuper. 55. Efay. Theo~ 
doret, Arnobius, &c. of the beauty of his divinity, juftice, .grace* elo- 
quence, &c. Thomas in Pfal, 44. of both -} and fo doth Baradius, and jß<r- 
ter Morales. lib. dcpulchritud. pfu dr Man*, adding as much of fofeph and 
the Virgin Mary, 
——~h<ec alios forma pracefferit omnes. 
according to that predi&ion of SybilU Citmea, Be they prefent or abfent, 
near us, or a far off, this beauty fhines, and will attract men many miles 
to come and vilit it. Plato and Pythagoras left their Country, to fee 
thofe wife Egyptian Priefts.* Apollonius travelled into Ethiopia, Perfia, 
to confult with the Magi, brachmanni, Gymnofophifis. The Qjjeen of 
Sheba came to vilit Solomon *, and many, faith k Hierom, went out of Spain 
and remote places a thousand miles, to behold that eloquent Livy * 
I Multi %omam non ut urbem pulcherrimam, aut urbis & orbis dominum 
Oti avi anum, fed ut hunc unum inviferent audirent que > a Gadibus profecti 
funt. No beauty leaves fuch an impreffion, ftrikes fo deep, i or links the 
fouls of men clofer than vertue. 
k Vrxfat. bth 
vulgar. . 
f Tars infcnp. 
Tit. Livii fa- 
tua Patavii, 
i A true loves 
knot. 
*Stob<eics i 
griteo. 
* Non per deos aut pitforpoffet, 
Aut ftatuarius ullus fingere 
Talem pulchritudinem qualem virtus habet j 
no Painter, no Graver, no Carver can exprcfs vertues luftre, or thofe ad- 
mirable rayes that come from it, thofe enchanting raycs that enamour 
poftcrity, thofe evcrlafting rayes that continue to the worlds end. Many, 
faith Phavorinus, that loved and admired Alcibiades, in his youth, knew 
not, cared not for Alcibiades a man, nunc intuentes qnarebant Alcibiadem; 
but the beauty of Socrates is ftill the fame 5 t vertues luftre never fades, is 
ever frefli and green, [emper viva to all fuccecding ages, and a moft at- 
tractive loadftone, to draw and combine fuch as are prefent. For that rea ~ 
fon belike, tiomerfdgns the three Graces to be linked and tied hand in 
hand, becaufe the hearts of men are fo firmly united with fuch graces. 
m Ofoeet bands ( Seneca exclaims ) which fo happily combine, that thofe 
whtch are bound by them love their binders, defiring mthall, much mere bar- 
der to be bound, and as fo many Geryons to be united into one. For the na* 
turc of true friendlhip is to combine, to be like affe&ed, of one minde, 
n Velle & nolle ambobus toto 
Mens avo _ jtt: 
f Solinasy pul- 
chri nulla ell 
facies. 
w 0 dtdcijpini 
laquei, qui 
tam feliciter 
devinciunt, ut 
ttiam i 
diligantur! qui 
aGratiis vinfti 
funty cupiunt 
ardius deliga- 
ri & in unum 
redigi 
» Statius* Parc 3: Sed. i. 
Hone ft objects of Love, 
Memb. 2* Subf. 3. 
as the Poet faith, fiillto continue one and the fame. And where this 
love takes place, there is peace and quictnefs, a true correfpondence, 
perfed amity, a Diapafon of vowes and willies, the fame opinions, as 
betwixt0 ‘Bavid and Jonathan, Damon and Pythias, Pylades and Oreftes, 
f Nyfus and Euryalus, The feus arid Perithous, q they will live and die toge- 
ther, and profecute one another with good turns, f Nam vinci in amore 
turpi fimum putant, not onely living, but when their friends are dead, 
with Tombs and monuments, Nania’s, Epitaphs, Elegies, Infcriptions* 
Pyramides, Obelisks, Statues, Images, Pidures, Hiftories, Poems, Am 
nais, Feafts, Anniversaries, many ages after ( as Plato's Scholars did ) 
they will parentare fill, omit no good office that may tend to the prefer- 
vation of their names, hononrs, and eternal memory. * iHum colori- 
bus, ilium cerdy ilium Are, &c. Be did exprefs his friends in colours, in 
wax, in brafs, in ivory, in marble, gold and fiver, (as * Pliny reports of a 
Citizen in Rome ) and in a great Auditory net long finee, recited a jufr vo- 
lume of his life. In another pkee, * fpeaking or an Epigram vrhich 
Martial had compofed jn praife of him, f He gave me as much as hee 
might, and would have done more if he could: though what can a man give 
Hee Jovcd 
him as hec10.I0. 
ved his Own 
ioul , i Sant, 
X?. I. Beyond 
the lore of 
women. 
Pftrg.9. JEn. 
fi)ui fuper ex- 
animem fefe 
conjecit ami- 
cum Confcffiut 
q Amicus ani- 
ma dimidium, 
Aufiin. canftf. 
4' cap. 6. 
Quod de Vir- 
gido Horatius, 
& ferves ani- 
mx dimidium 
mea. 
more than honoury glory, and eternity? But that which he wrote per adven- 
ture , will not continue-, jet he wrote it to continue. Tis all the recompence 
a poor fcholar can naake his well defending Patron, Mecanas, friend, 
to mention him in his works, to dedicate a book to his name, to write 
his life, &c* as all ©ur Poets, Orators, Hiftoriographers have ever 
doncs and the greateft revenge fuch men take of their adverfaries, to 
perfccute them with Satyrs, Invedivcs, &c. * and *tis both wayes of 
great moment, as f Plato gives us to underftand. Paulus fifovius in the 
fourth book of the life and deeds of Pope Leo Decimus, his noble Pa- 
tron, concludes in thefe words 5 1 Becaufe I cannot honour him as other 
rich men do, with like endeavour, affection, and piety, I have undertaken to 
write his lifer, fnce my fortunes will not give me leave to make a more fump tu- 
fas monument y I will perform thofe rites to his [acred afhes, which a [mail 
perhaps, but a liberal wit can afford. But I rove, where this true love is 
wanting, there can be no firm peace, friendfhip from teeth outward , 
counterfeit, or from fome by.rcfpeds* fo long diflembled, till they 
have fatisfied their own ends, which upon every fmail occafion breaks 
out into enmity, open war, defiance, heart burnings, whifpering. 
t Plinius. 
* Illum argenti 
& auro, ilium 
chore, marmo- 
re effingit, & 
nuper ingenti 
adhibito audi- 
torio ingentem 
■ de vita ejus 
librum recita- 
vit. epifi. Ub.4, 
fpifi.6*. 
* Lib.A. ep.6f% 
'Prifco fug*, De- 
dit mihi quart* 
tum potuit 
maximum, da- 
turus ampliat 
fi potuifet. > 
Tame [fi offid 
homini dari 
potefl majus 
qpuim gloria 
laus & (sterni- 
tas ? 
calumnies, contentions, and all manner of bitter melancholy difcon- 
tents. And thofe men which have no other objedof their love, than 
greatnefs, wealth, authority, &c. are rather feared than beloved •, nee 
*m*nt qttemquamy nee amantur ab ullo: and howfoever born with for 
a time, yet for their tyranny arid oppreffion, griping, covetoufnefs, 
CQrrifh hardnefs, folly, intemperance, imprudence, and fiich like vices. 
At non erunt 
fortnffe 
fcrip fir. ifie 
tmen firipfit 
tanquam 
fuma. 
* For genu: 
irritabile va- 
turn. 
they are generally odious, abhorred of all, both God and men. 
Non uxor [ahum te *vult, non filius, omnes 
r. Vicini wife and children, 
mends, neighbours, all the world forfakes them, would fain be rmot 
tncm> and are compelled many times to lay violent hands on cnem* or 
et“s*UnusMc¥> fmfmfa contort pro forni* fed cd fort 
t Lib. 13. de 
Lp&bus. Mac- 
turn enim vita 
habent, &c 
1 Pwi tamen 
JllldlO (rfr, pig^, 
tate confcri- 
M lUeralfs Part 3. Se&. 1, 
Love- OH elanchoiy. 
Memb. 3, Subf. 3. 
elfe Gods judgements overtake them: inftead of graces, come Furies. 
• So when fairf Abigail, a woman of fingular wildome, was acceptable to 
’ David, Nabal was churlifli and evil-conditioned; and therefore c Mardochy 
was received, when Haman was executed, Haman the favorite, had 
his feat above the other Princes, to whom all the Kings fervants that flood in 
the gates, bowed their knees and reverenced. Though they flourifh many 
times, fuch Hypocrites, fuch temporizing Foxesr and blear the worlds 
eics by flattery, bribery, diflembling their natures, or other mens weak- 
nefs,that cannot fo foon apprehend their tricks, yet in the end they will 
be difcerned,and precipitated in a moment; furely, faith David, thou haft fet 
them in(lippery placess Pfa. 37.5. as fo many Sejani,they will come down to 
f i Sam, 3. 
f EJiher 3.1. 
• the Gemonian jeales; and as Eufebius in u Ammianus, that was in fuch 
authority, ad jubendum Imperatorum, be caft down headlong on a fudden. 
Or put cafe theyefcape, and reft unmasked to their lives end, yet after 
their death, their memory ftinks as a fnuff of a candle put out, and thofe 
that durft not fo much as mutter againft them in their lives, willprofe- 
cute their name with Satyrs, Libels, and bitter imprecations, they ihali 
male audire in all fuccecding ages and be odious to the worlds end. 
u A mm. Mar- 
eellinits I, 14, 
Memb. 3. 
Charity cempofed of all three kinds, Pleafant, 
Hone ft. 
f EEfides this love that comes from Profit, pleafant, Flo- 
L® ne^:> or one §oo<^turn as^s ailot^ei: equity ) that 
which proceeds from the law of nature, or from 
difeipline and Philofophy, there is yet another love 
Iw7 jzk compounded of all thefe three, which is charity, and 
includes piety, diledhon, benevolence, friendfhip, 
even all thofc vertuous habits-, for love is the citde 
equant of all other affe&ions, of which Ariftotle dilates at large in his B- 
thicks , and is commanded by God, which no man can well perform, 
but he that is a Chriftian, and a true regenerate man •, This isx To love 
God above all, and our neighbour as our felf ; for this love is lychnus accendens 
& accenfus, a Communicating light, apt to illuminate it felf as well as o- 
thers. All other objects are fair, and very beautiful, X confefs *, kindred , 
alliance, friendfhip, the love that we owe to our country, nature, wealth, 
pleafure, honour, and fuch moral refpedfs, &c. of which 
ftotle in his Morals; A man is beloved of a man, in that he is a man; but all 
thefe are far more eminent and great, when they (hall proceed from a 
fandHfied fpirit, that hath a true touch of Religion, and a reference to 
• God. Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to 
preferve her brood will run upon a Lion, an Hinde will fight with a 
Bull, a Sow with a Bear , a filly Sheep with a Fox. So the fame nature 
urgeth a man to love his Parents, ( * dii me fat er omnes oderint, mte magis 
quam oculos amem meos!) and this love cannot be diftblved, as Tnllj holds, 
y without deteftablc offence .’ but much more Gods commandement > 
* m mundm 
duobus polk 
fuflentatur: 
it a lex Dei, 
amore Dei & 
preximh m~ 
bus his funda- 
mentis vinci- 
tur, machina 
mundi corruit, 
puna depilis 
turbatur, lex 
perit divina p 
una ex his. 
9. libro. 
* Ter. Adelph. 
4* 
f De amicit. Part 3. Sedh r. 
Divifion of Love» 
Memb.g. Subf^. 
which injoyns a filial love, and an obedience in this kind. The love of 
brethren isgreat, and like an arch offiones, where if one be all comes 
down, no love fo forcible and ftrong, honeft, to the combination of 
which, nature, fortune, vertue, happily concur5 yet this love comes fhort 
of it, Dulce & decorum pro patria mori, a it cannot 
be exprefjed3 what a deal of Charity that one name of Country contains» 
esfmor laudis & patria pro ftipendio eft 5 The Decii 
did fe devovere, Horatii, Cum7 Scavola, Regul''m3 facrifice them- 
felves for their Countries peace and goodi 
427 
• 1 Char it as pi~ 
rentam dilui 
nijl detepabili 
f celere non 
left y lapidum 
fornicibus jl- 
milTinsa, ca «_ 
ray nifi fe 'in- 
viem (tt (len- 
taret. Seneca. 
a tiii 'minorta- 
les, did non pa- 
left Quantum 
charitatis no- 
men illttd ha- 
bet. 
b Una dies F abies ad helium miferat omnes 
Ksid he Bum miff os perdidit una dies% 
One day the Fabii ftoutly warred. 
One day the Fabii were deftroyed. 
Fifty thoufand Englifhmen loft their lives willingly heer Battle Csfbljf, in 
defence of their Country*c P. *✓£miliusl. 6. fpeaks of lix Senators of Ca- 
Hcey that came with halters in their hands to the King of England j to die 
for the reft. This love makes fo many writers take fuch paines, fo many 
Hiftoriographers, Phyficians,&c* oratleaft as they pretend, for common 
fafety, and their Countries benefit.d Sanffum nomen foe mum 
communio fact a j Friendlhip is an holy name, and a facred communion 
of friends. eAs the Sun is in the Firmament, fo is friendfJnp in the mrldy a 
moft divine and heavenly band. As nuptial love makes, this perfedfs 
mankind, and is to be preferred ( if you will ftand to the judgement of 
Cornelius f Neposf) before affinity or confanguinity 3 plus in amicitia valet 
flmihtudo morum , quam affinitas, &c, the cords of love binde fafter than 
any other wreath whatfoever. Take this away, and take all pleafure, 
joy, comfort, happinefs, and true content out of the world 5 'tisthe 
greateft tye, the fureft Indenture, ftrongeft band, and as our modern 
UHaro decides it, is much to be preferred before the reft. 
b Ovid. Fuji. 
1347. 
Jacob Mayer. 
Anna I. Flaud. 
hb. ii. 
* Tally. 
c Luciaaus 
s'oxaYi. Amici* 
lix ntfoi in. 
mundo, &c. 
t Fit. romp on* 
iittici. 
f Hard is the doubt, and difficult to deem5 
When all three kinds of love together meet 5 
And do diffiart the heart with power extream, 
sspencer _ Fairy 
S™. 
i,u 
Whether Jball weigh the haliance down5 to wit. 
The dear affeftion unto kindred fweet. 
Or raging fire of love to women kind 9 
Or zeal of fiends, combin’d by vertucs meet: 
But of them ad, the band ef vert no us mind. 
Me think the gentle heart jhould moft affmed bindi 
For natural affeSHen foon doth ceafe. 
And quenched is with Cupids greater flame*, 
But faithful fliendjhip doth them both Juppref\ 
And them with m a feting dijeiplint doth tamet 
Though thoughts afliringto eternal fame. 
For as the foul doth rale the earthly mafl, 
all the fervice of the body frame, 
So love of Soul doth love of body pafl} 
Ho lefl tbanferfeff gold fur mounts the meaneftbrafi Part 3. Seft. 1. 
Love- CMe lane holy. 
Memb. 3, Sub(.3, 
s A faithful friend is better than h gold, a medicine of milery, 1 an on- 
ty pofTeffton*, yet this love of friends, nuptial, heroical, profitable, plea- 
(ant, honeft, all three loves put together, are little worth, if they pro- 
cecc| not from a true chriflian illuminated foul, if it be not done in ordine 
ad Vcum, for Gods fake. Though 1 had the gift of P ref hefie, (fake with 
ongues ef men and %Angels, though I feed the peer with all mygoods ,give my 
body to he burned, and have not this love, it profteth me nothings 1 Cor, 13.1,3. 
’tis fplendidum peccatum, without charity 5 This is an all-apprehen- 
ding love, a deifying love, a refined, pure, divine love, the quinteflence 
of ail love, the true Philofophcrs Bone, Non potett enim, asf Auftin 'm- 
fers, veraciter amicus effe hominis, nift fuerit ipftus primitus veritatis, He is no 
true friend that loves not Gods truth. And therefore this is true love in- 
S Syr aci lies. 
Plutarch, pre- 
ciefum numif- 
ma, 
i Xenophon, Ve- 
rus amicus pr<t- 
dantijjlma pof- 
fcjjio. 
t Epifi- 51' 
deed, theamfe of all good to mortal men, that reconciles all creatures , 
and glews them together in perpetual amity, and firm league, and can 
no more abide bitternefs, hate, malice, than fair and foul weather, light 
anddarknefs, fterility and plenty may be together * as the Sun in the 
Firmament, (I fay ) fo is love in the world 5 and for this caufe ’tis love 
without an addition, love k<xT Jove of God, and love of idem 
* Greg. Per a- 
rnorem Dei, 
proximi gig- 
nitur.; & per 
amorem 
proximi, t>ei 
n»mtnr. _ 
ificolamme- 
u$ grad. 7. cap. 
%7_ Hoc fell Cl 
amo i* n'}do li- 
gantur familia, 
civitates, &c. 
m Veras abfotu- 
tas h#c park _ 
<;virtutes, radix 
kThe love of God begets the love of man •, and by this love of our neighbour, 
the love of God is nourijhed and increafed. By this happy union of love, 
[all well governed families and Cities are combined, the heavens annexed, and 
divine fouls complicated, the world it felf comp ofed, and aU that is in it con- 
joyned in God, and reduced to one. m This love caufeth true and abfolute vir- 
tues, the life, ffiritaad root of every vertuous attion, itfini\heth prefferity, 
eafeth adverfity, correct all natural incumbrances, inconveniences, fuftained 
by Faith and Hope, which with this our love, make an indiffoluble 
twift, a Gordian knot, an Triangle, and yet the greatefi of them 
is love3 i Cor. 15» 13 •n which inflames our fouls with a divine heat, and being 
fo inflamed, purgeth, and fo purged, elevates to God, makes an attornment, 
and reconciles us unto him. 0 That other love inf efts the foul of man, this 
omnium virtu- 
tum, mens & 
Spiritus. 
« Divino calo- 
re animos in- 
cendit, incenfos 
furgcitypttrgatos 
elevat ad De- 
um, Deum pU- 
eat, hominem 
Deo conciliat, 
Bernard. 
o Ille inficit, hic 
pcrfisity ille de- 
primit, hic ele- 
vat', hic tran- 
quillitatem, ille 
curas park', hit 
vitam re fie in' 
format, ille de- 
format, &£. 
cleanfeth 5 that depreffes, this erears 5, that caufeth cares and troubles, this 
quietnefs of mind •, this informs, that deforms oar life-, that leads to repen- 
tance, this to heaven. For if once we be truly link a and totfchcd with this 
charity, we (hall love God above all, our neighbour as our felf, as wee 
areenjoyned, Mark, 12. 31. Mat, 19, 19. perform thole duties and ex- 
ercifes, even all the operations of a good Chriftian. 
This love fuffereth long, it is bountiful, envieth not, boafteth not it felf, 
is not puffed up, it deceiveth not, it feeketh not his own things, is not provo- 
ked to anger, itthinketh not evil, it rejoyceth not in iniquity, but in truth• 
It fuffereth aU things, believeth all things, hofeth all things, 1 Cor, 13/ 
4> i* ceveret h aUtreffaffes, Prov, 10, 12. a multitude of fins, iPet.4# 
as our Saviour told the woman in the Cofpd, that wafhed his feet, ma- 
ny fins were forgiven her, for jhe loved much, Luke 7. 47. it will defend 
the fathcrlcfs and the widdow, ilk. 1. 17, ysm feek no revenge, or be mind' 
ful of wrong, Lcvit. Ip. Is. will bring home his brothers cxeif he go affray ? 
ns tis commanded. Dent, 22, j, winrefiff evil, give to him that 
not turn from him that horreweth, blefi them that curfe him, love his ere- 
mie, Matthew 5» bear his brothers burthen, Galathians p, 7, He PartjVSea.i. 
'chanty. 
Merab, 5. Subr.3. 
He that fo loves, will be hofpitable, and diftribuce to the necetfides of 
the Saints he will, if it be polfibie, have peace with all men, feedhise- 
nemy if he he hungry, if he be athtrflx gfW him drink, he will perform thole 
fey en works of mercy, he will make himjelf equal to themof the lower fort, 
rejeyce with them that rejoycc, weep with tbe#n that.weep, Rom» 12. he will 
fpeak truth to his neighbour v be pourteous and tender-hearted, 
ving others for Chrijtsfake, as God forgave. hmy Eph. 4. 32. he will be like 
minded, Phil. 2. 2. of one judgement $ be humble, meek* long-fuffering, 
Colof. 3, Forbear, forget and 12.13. 23. and what he doth, Ihall 
be heartily done to God, and AQt - to-; md»>' pttifuUnd. eourUemiy 
1 Pet. 3, Seek peace andfollow it* .He will love his brother* not in word 
and tongue, but in deed and truths Joh. 3, ijB. and he .that loves Cod, 
Chrtfl will love him that is begotten of him. Job. 5. 1. &e. Thus fbould 
we willingly do, if we had a true tpnehof this charity,, of this divine 
love, if we would perform this which we are enjoy ned, forget and fot— 
give, and compofe our felves to thpfe ChriftianXaws of Love. 
*0 felix hominumgenus, 
Si ‘veftros animos amor 
Quo c(elttm regitur regat! 
p BdetVtm 
lib. z. met. 
Angelical fouls, howbleffed, how happy ihould we be, fo loving, bow 
might we triumph over the devil, and have .another heaven upon 
earth / 
But this we cannot do 5 and which is the caufe of all our woes, nufe- 
ties, difeontent, melancholy, 41 want of this charity. We doinvieem 
angariare contemn, confult, vex, torture, moleft and hold ano- 
thers notes to the grind-ftonc hard, provoke, rail, feoff, calumniate , 
challenge, hate, abufe ( hard-hearted, implacable, malicious, pecviih, 
inexorable as we are ) to fatisfie our luft or private fpleen, for1 toyes, 
trifles, and impertinent occafions, fpend our felves, goods, friends, 
fortunes, to be revenged on our adverfary, to mine him and his. 
Tis all our ftudy, praftice and bufinefs, hpw to plot mitehief, mine, 
countermine, defend and offend, ward our felves, injure others,, hurt 
all. as if we were born to do mitehief* and that with fuch eager- 
nefs and bitternefs, with fuch rancor, malice, rage and fury, we pro- 
fccute our intended defigns, that neither affinity or confanguinity, 
love or fear of God or men can contain uss* i>o fatisfa&ion, nocora- 
pofition will be accepted, no offices will ferve, no fubmiffion 5 though 
he (hall upon his knees, as Sarpedon did to Gluteus in Homer, acknow- 
ledging his error, yeeld himfelf with tears in his eyes, b£g his pardon , 
We will not relent, forgive, or forget, till, we have confounded him 
aud his, made dice of his bones, as they fay, fee him rot in prifon, 
haniffi his friends, followers, & omne invifum genus, rooted him out 
and allhis pofterity, Monfters of men as we arc. Dogs, W°l * 
iTygers, Fiends, incarnate Devils, we do not only contend, oppreis, 
and tyrannize our felves, but as Co many fire-brands, we tet on, and 
animate others; our whole life is a perpetuaUombate, a conflit a«c 
)a^5ch a fnarling fit .* By is dea is fetled in our tents, 1 Omnia de lite9 op 
P°hng wit to wit, wealth to wealth, ftrength to ftrengcfo -fortun 
fortunes, friends to friends, as at a tea-fight, vfo turn our broa 1 > 
i <! Deliquium pa- 
titur char it as, 
odium ejus loca 
, fuccedit. M[tl. 
i.fer. de inf it% 
* men. 
' r Tgodum in. 
| feirpe qutren* 
tes. 
C nirCMXfy 
admorunt übem 
tygres. 
4 Heraclitus^ Part 3. Sed. 1. 
L o*vt- CM danchcij 
Memo. a. bUDi.a. 
two miiltones with continual attrition,we fire our ldves,or break one ar.o- 
thers backs, and both are ruined and confumcd in the end. Miferable 
wretches, to fat and inrich our fclves, we care not how we get it, Jfc.'B- 
cunque medo rem, how many thoufands we undo, whom we opprefs, by 
whole ruine and downfall we arife, whom we injure, fathcrlefs chil- 
dren, widdows, common (odetics, to fatisfie our own private luft* 
Though we have myriads, abundance of wealth and treafure, ( pittilds, 
mercilcfs, reroorfelcfs, and uncharitable in the higheft degree ) and our 
poor brother in need, ficknefs, in great extremity, and now ready to 
beftarved for want of food, we had rather, as the Fox told the Ape, 
his tail (hould (weep the ground dill, than cover his buttocks 5 rather 
fpenditidly, confurae it with dogs, hawks, hounds, unneedfary build- 
ings, in riotous apparel, ingurgitate, or let it be loft, than he (hould have 
part of it •, u rather take from him that little which he hath, than relieve 
•• him. 
*» Si in gehen- 
nam abit, pau- 
perem qui nan 
alat : quid de 
eo qui pau- 
perem denudat ? 
Like the dog in the manger* we neither ufe it our fclves, let others 
makeufeof, or enjoy it 5 part with nothing while we live .* for want of 
' difpofing our houlhold, and fetting things in order, fet all the world 
together by the ears after our death. Poor Lazarus lies howling at 
his gates for a few crums, he only feeks chippings, offals 5 let hi# 
roar and howl, famifh, and cat his own fldh, he refpeds him not. A 
poor decayed kinfman of his fetsupon him by the way in alibis jolli- 
ty, and runs begging bareheaded by hiro, conjuring by thofe former 
bonds of friendfhip, alliance, confanguinity, &c. uncle, ccmfen, brother, 
father. 
~—~Per egehts lachrymose dextramque tumte. 
Si qutdquam de ie mernt,fuit aut tibi qutdquam 
'bnlct me um, mi ferire mei. 
Shew fome pitty for Chrifts fake, pirty a fick man, an old man, &c. he 
cares not, ride on .* pretend ficknefs, inevitable lofs of limbs, goods, plead 
furctilhip, orlhipwrack, fires, common calamities, (hew thy wants and 
imperfedhons, Et Jl per fa» ft urn juratus dicat ofyrimy 
Credite, non ludo, crudeles teUite claudunt. 
Swear, proteft, take God and all his Angels to witnefs, qutreperegrk 
mm, thou art a counterfeit crank, a cheater, he is not {ouched with it, 
pauper übtque jacet, ride on, he takes no notice of it. Put up a fupplication 
to him in the name of a thoufand Orphans, an Hofpital, a Spittle, a Pri- 
fonas he goes by, they cry out to him for ayd, ride on, fur do narras, 
he cares not, let them cat ftones, devour themfelves with vermine, rot in 
their own dung, he cares not; Shew him a decayed haven, a bridge, a 
fchool, a fortification, &c. or fome publick work, ride on $ good your 
worfinp, your honour, for Gods fake, your Countries fake, ride on. But 
(hew him a wherein his name (hall be regiftred in golden letters, and 
commended to all pofterity, his arms fet up, with his devifes to be feen , 
then peradventure he will (lay and contribute 5 or if thou canft thunder 
upon him, as Papius do, with fatisfadory and meritorious works, or 
perlwade him by this means he (hall favc his foul out of hell, and free 
it from Purgatory (if he be of any religion) then in all likelyhood he will 
Men and day > or that he have no children, no ncer kinfman, heir, he Parc 3, Sed» i. 
Charity, 
Mcmb. 3, Subf.3. 
cares for at leaft, or cannot well tell otherwife how or where to beftow 
his poll effions( for carry them with him he cannot ) it may be then hd 
will build fome School orHofpitall in bis life, or be induced to give li- 
berally to pious ufes. after his death. For I dare boldly fay, vain glory $ 
that opinion of merit, and this enforced neceffity, when they know not 
otherwife how to leave, or what, better to do with them, is the main 
caufe of moft of our good works. I will not urge this to derogate frorti 
any mans charitable devotion 7 or bounty in this kinde, toceufurfe any 
good work* no doubt there be many fanCfified, heroical, and worthy- 
minded men* that in true zeal, and for vertues fake ( divine Ipirirs ) that 
put of commiferation and piety , ex tend their liberality, and as much as 
in them lies ,do good to all men ,• cloath the naked, feed the hungry, 
comfort the flek and needy, relieve all, forget and forgive injuries, as 
true charity requires* yet moft part there is fimulatnm quid, a deal of 
hypocrifie in this kinde, much default and defect. x Cofmus CM edicts that 
rich citizen ot Florence ingenuoufly confefled to a neer friend of his, that 
Would know of him why he built fo many publike and magnificent pa- 
laces, and bellowed fo liberally on Scholars, not that he loved learning 
x Jovius , vita 
ejut. 
more than others, hut to t eternize his own name, to be immortal by the be- 
nefit of Scholars * for when his friends were dead, walls decayed} and ad In- 
scriptions gone, books would remain to the worlds end. The lanthorn m 
t Athens was built by Xenocles, the Theater by Pericles, the famous port 
Fyraum by OHuficles , Pallets Palladium by Phidias, the Pantheon by Cal- 
licratidas 5 but thefe brave monuments are decayed all, and ruined long 
fince, their builders names alone flourilh by mediation of writers. And 
as *be faid of that Marian Oke, now cut down and dead, nullius %*gri~ 
tol&manu culta fiirfs tam diuturna , quam qua poeta ver fufeminari peteft ,• 
too plant can grow fo long as that which is ingenio fata, let and manured 
by thofe ever-living wits, f Adon Backnth that weeping Oke under 
Which Debora, Rebecchaes nurfe died, and was buried, may not furvive 
the memory offucheverlafting monuments. Vain-glory and emulation 
( as to moft men ) wasthecaufc efficient, and to be a trumpeter of his 
* Immortalita- 
tem beneficio lu 
terarum im- 
mortali gloriofct 
quadam cupidi- 
tate concupivit. 
Gyuod cives 
qui but henefe- 
cijfet perituri, 
mania ruitura? 
et fi regio fump- 
tu adificata, 
non libri 
f ‘Plutarcb. 
Pericle. 
* Tullius lib. 
x. de legibus. 
t Gcb, 35. 
own fame, Cofmus foie intent fo to do good, that all the world might 
take notice of it. Such for the moft part is the charity of our times > fuch 
our Benefactors, CHec anates and Patrons. Shew me amongft lo many 
myriads, a truly devoute, aright, honeft, upright, meek, humble, a 
patient, innocuous, innocent, araerdfull, a loving, a charitable man I 
S Prebus quit nobifium vivit < Shew me a Caleb or a fofhua I 
Die mi hi Mufa virum 
mow a vertuous woman , a conftant wife, a good neighbour, a trufty 
fervant, an obedient child, atruefreind, &c. Crows in 
* R6r‘ 
fo fcant. He that {hall examine this a iron age wherein we live, where 
love is cold , &jam terras Afire a reliquit, Juftice fled with her afflantis > 
v«rtue expelled, 
a Durum genut 
fame. 
gtuftitia forer, 
. Incorrupta fides, nudafawmtds ,* — , 
aJj g°°dncfs gone, where vice abounds, the Devil is loofe, 8c fee one man 
VJhiy and infult over his brother, as if he were an innocent, or a block ■ 
Gpprefs 3 tyrannize > prey upon, torture him* vex> gaule, torment ana Part 3. Se&. r. 
Love- sjMelan^holy. 
Memb.3. Subf, 3. 
crucify him, ftarve him, where is charity ? He that (hall fee men b (wear 
and forfwear, lye and bear falfe witnefs , to advantage themfel ves, pre- 
judice others, hazard goods, lives, fortunes, credit, all, to be revenged 
pa their enemies, men fo unfpeakable in their lufts, unnatural in malice , 
b TuU. pro Kofc. * 
Mentiri vis ] 
caufa mea? ego j 
ver e cupide & 
libenter mentiar ' 
tua caufa-, & f * 
quando me vis ■ 
pejurare, ut 
paululum tu 
compendii faci- 
as, paratum fo- 
rs feito- 
c Gallienus ia 
treb. Velho la- 
cer a, occide, 
mea mente iraf- 
cere. Rabie je- 
cur incendente 
feruntur Pr.aciy 
pites. Vbptftus 
of Aurelian. 
tantum fudit 
fanguinis 
quantum quh ; 
1tiiii potavit. 
d Evangel* tu- 
bam beUi tubam 
faciunt, 'input- 
pH is paceptj i/i 
CQUoquiisbil* 
lum fuadm. y 
fuch bloody defignemenes, Italian blafpheraing , Sfanijh renouncing # 
:&c. may well ask where is charity ? Hee that ihall obferve fomany 
law-futes, fuchendlefs contentions, fuch plotting, undermining, fo 
much mony Tpent with fuch eagernefs and fury, every man for himfclf, 
his own ends, the Devil for all: fo many diftrefled fouls, fuch lamen- 
table complaints, fo many fa&ions, confpiracies, feditions, opprefli- 
; ons, abufes, injuries, fuch grudging, repining, difeonteat, fo much emu- 
lation, envy , fo many brawles, quarrels, monoraachics, &c. may well 
inquire what is become of charity ? when we fee and read of fuch cniell 
wars , tumults, uproares , bloudy battles, fo manyc men (lain, fo many 
cities ruinated, &c, ( for what elfc is the fubjed of all our ftories almoft * 
but Bilk, Bowes, and Gunns/ )fo many murders and maffacres, &c. 
where is Charity ? Or fee men wholly devote to God, Churchmen, pro- 
feffed Divines , holy men, d temake the trumpet efthe gofpdthe trumpet 
0/W,a company of Hell-born Jefuits,and fiery-fpirited WmSifmmpr*~ 
fern to all fcditions ;v\ as fo many firebrands fet all the world by the ears 
( I fay nothing of their contentious and rayling books , whole ages 
(pent in writing one againft another» and that with fuch viralency and 
bitternefs , Bt&nais fermomhus & jale nigre ) and by their bloody inquir 
fitions that in thirty years, Bale faith, confirmed 39 Princes, 14S 
Earls, 235 Barons, 14755 Commons 5 worfethan thofb tenperfecu- 
tions 5 may juftly doubt where is Charity ? obfecro vos quales hi demum 
ChriJiumi Are thefe Chriftians t I bdeech you tell me; He that (hall 
obferveand fee thefe things, may fay to them as Cato to C*ftry credo qu* 
de inferis dicuntur falfa exijiimas , -fure I think thou art of opinion there is 
neither Heaven , nor Hell. Let them pretend religion, zeal, make what 
fhewes they will, give almes, peace-makers , frequent fermoos, if we 
may guefs at the tree by the fruit, they are no better than Hypocrites, 
Epicures, Atbeifts , with thec fool, i» their heart s they fay there is no Cod* 
'Tis no marvel then if being fo uncharitable, hard-hearted as we arc, 
we have fo frequent and fo many difeontents, fuch melancholy fits, 
fo many bitter pangs , mutuall difeords, all in a combuftion, often 
complaints, fo common grievances, general mifehiefes, punt* in ter- 
ris tragoedia, quibus labefactatur & mifere laceratur humanum genus , 
fomanypeftilences, wars, uproares, loffes, deluges, fires, inunda- 
tions, Gods vengeance, and all the plagues of Egypt , come not upon 
as, fihec we are fo turriih one towards another, fo refpc&lefs of God , 
and our neighbours, and by our crying finnes pull thefe miferics upon 
our own heads. Nay more, tis juftly to be feared, which t fofephus 
once faid of his Countrymen Zeroes, Jf the Remans had not come when 
they did to fack their City 5 furely it had been fwaUowed up with fome 
earthquake, deluge, or fired from Heaven as Sodome and Gomorrah: their 
de(berate malice, mckednefs and peeviftnefs was fuch, 'Tis to be fuf' 
’ pe&ed, if WC continue thefe wretched waics, we may look for the like 
heavy vifitations to come upon us. If we had any fenfe or feeling of 
0 pfal. 13.1. 
f T)e bello Ju- 
daico fib- 6. c. 
it.Paio fi Ro~ 
rna.ru contra, nos 
verne tardaf- 
fent, aut Matu 
terra devotan- 
dam fuijfe cl- 
-Sttatem,aut di- 
luvio perituram 
aut fulmina ac 
Sodoma cm in- 
cendi» paffuram, 
eb desperatum 
populi» &e. Parc 3. Sed. 2. 
Leves Power and Extent, 
Memb, 1. Subf. 17 
thele things , finely we fhouid not goon as we do , in fuch irregular 
courfes, pra&ife all manner of impieties 5 our whole carriage would 
notbefo averfe from God. If a man would butconfider, when he is 
inthemidftand full career of fuch prodigious and uncharitable anions , 
how difpleafing they are in Gods fight, how noxious to himfelf, as 
Salomon told foah , 1 King, 2. The Lord (had bring this blood up on their 
heads, Prov. 1. 27. fudden deflation and definition (hall come like a 
whirlwinds upon them: affliction an£ui[h > the reward of his hand full 
be given him , if a, 3, 11, fac, they (hadfall into the pit they have digged 
for others , and when they are feraping, tyrannizing, getting, wallow- 
ing in their wealth. This night, 0 fool, I wtd take away thy foul, 
what a fevere account they muft make and how f gracious on the 
other fide a charitable manis in Gods eyes, haurit fibi gratiam* Matth, 
5* 7* Blejjed are the merciful, for they Jhall obtain mercy: Hethatlen- 
deth to the pwr , gives to God 5 and how it fhall be reftored to them 
again, how by their patience and long fuffering they (hall heap coals on 
their enemies heads, Pom* 13. and he that followeth after righteoufnefs 
and mercy , jhall fnde righteoufnefs and glory 5 furely they would check 
their defires 3 curb in their unnatural, inordinate affections, agree a- 
mongft themfelves, abftain from doing evil, amend their lives, and learn 
to do well. Behold how comely and good a thing it is for brethren to live 
together ins union: it is like the prttiom ointment, &c. How odious 
to contend one with the other! h Miferi quid luciatiunculis hijee volu- 
mus? ecce mors fupr a caput tfi, fupremum illud tribunal, nhi & dipt a 
& faff a mfira examinanda junt: Sapiamm, Why do we contend and 
Vex one another e behold death is over our heads, and we muft fhortly 
give an account of all our uncharitable words and adlions; think upon it 
and be wife. 
433 
f Benefacit, a- 
aiw* wr 
mi fori car's. 
g Concordia, 
magna res eref~ 
cunt, difeordia. 
maxima dita- 
buntur. 
£ Lipjius4 
SECT. 2* 
Mi-tos. I. Sub SEC. I. 
Heroical love caufing Melancholy• Bis Pede- 
, gree. Power, and Extent. 
N the precedent Section mention was made amongft 
other pleafant obje&s, of the comlinefs and beauty 
||kl| which proceeds from women , that caufeth Uerekal, 
or We-melancholy, is more eminent above the reft, 
?nc* P.r<?P«4y called Leve. The part affc&cdin men 
g*j|L is V€r > and therefore called Hcreical, becaufe 
commonly Gallants Noblemen, and the moft 
ptveroHs fpirks are p©flTeffed with it» His power and extent is very 
lar§e5 1 and in that twofold divifion of Love* cpi\£v and le&v k thofe two 
VeutrUs which Plato and fome other make mention of, k ISJPP, 
cement* and jmcT fcfoXHv called Venus, zs I have faid, or Love it yV 
,tho«eh it be denominated from men, .and moft evident m tnem, 
yet it extends and (hews it felfin vegetal and fenfible crea , 
t 'Mentb. x. 
Subf. z, 
k Amor & ami- 
dun. Pare 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- 
Memb.i, Subf. t. 
incorporeal fubftances ( as fhall be fpecified ) and hath a large domi- 
nion offoveraignty over them. His pedegree is very annent, derived 
from the beginning of the world, as 1 P hoe dr us contends, and his 
m parentage of fuch antiquity, that no Poet could ever findc it out. He- 
fiod make* n Terra and chaos to be Loves parents, before the Gods were 
born: 
nte deos omnes primum generavit Amorem, 
Some think it is the felffame fire Prometheus fetched from heaven. 
Plutarch mater, will have Love to be the fon of Iris and Favoni- 
us but Socrates in that pleafant Dialogue of Plato, when it came to his 
turn to fpeakof Love, ( of which fubjedt Agatho, the Rhetorician, mag- 
niloquus Agatho, that Chanter Agatho, had newly given occafion )in a 
poetical ftrain, telleth this tale: When Fenus was born, all the 
Gods were invited to a banquet, and amongft the reft, ° Porus the God 
of bounty and wealthy Penia or poverty came a begging to the door 5 
Porus well w hided with Ncftar ( tor there was no wine in thofe daies) 
walking in fupiters garden, in a Bowre met with Penia, and in his drink 
got her with childe, of whom was born Love 5 and becaufe he was be- 
gotten on Venus birthday, Venus ft. ill attends upon him. The moral 
of this is in p Ftc nus. Another tale is there borrowed out of Arislophanes: 
ql° lhe beginning of the world, men had four armes, and four (eet, but 
for their pride, becaufe they compared thcmtclves with thfc Gods were 
parted into halfcs, and now peradventure by love they hope to be uni- 
ted again and made one Otherwife thus, r Vulcan met two lovers, and 
bid them ask what they would, and they fliould have it 3 but they made 
anfwer, 0 Vulcanefaber Deorum, &c, o Vulcan the Gods great Smith, we 
be [tech thee to work us anew in thy fornace, and of two make us one •, which he 
prefently did, and ever fince true lovers are either all one, or elf defire to be 
united. Many fuch tales you fhall finde in Leon Habreus, dial, 3. and 
their moral to them. Xhe reafon why Love was ftill painted young, ( as 
Phornutus {and others will )1 is becaufe young men are moft apt to love$ fioft, 
fair, and fat, becaufe fuch folks are fooneft taken: naked, becaufe at true 
affettion is fimple and open : he fimiles, becaufe merry and given to delights : 
hath a quiver, to (hew, his power none can efcape: is blinde, becaufe he fees 
not where he ftrikes, whom be hits, &c. His power and (overaignty is ex- 
preffed by the u poets, in that he is held to be a God, and a great com- 
manding God, above fupiter Magnus Damon, as Plato calls him, 
the ftrongeft and merrieft of all the Gods, according to Alcinous and 
X Athenaus. Amor virorum rex.amer rex & deum, as the God of 
Gods and governor of men 5 for we muft all do homage to him, keep 
an holy day for his Deity, adore in his Temples, worfhip his image , 
( numen enim hoc non ejl nudum nomen ) and ficrifice to his altar, that con- 
quers all, and rules all .• 
tpbtedrus or at. 
in Laudem a- 
moris,Platonis 
convivia. 
tn ]fide Botcaf, 
de Genial, de- 
orum. 
n See the mo- 
ral in Plut. of 
thatfi&ion. 
0 Affluenti* 
Deus. 
p Cap. 7 Com- 
ment in Plat. 
convivium. 
q Sec more in 
Valefus lib. 3. 
Cont. med. & 
cont. 13. 
r fives 3. de 
anima. Oramus 
te ut tuis arti- 
bus & cam>nis 
nos refingas, & 
ex duobui unum 
facias■, quod & 
fecit, &■ e* n~ 
de ama'ores u- 
mm fust, & li- 
num # petunt, 
f See more in 
jfatalis Comes 
Imagin. Veo- 
rum. Philojra- 
tus de Imagini- 
bus. Lilius Gi- 
ro Idus 5>» ag. 
de diis. Phor- 
nutus, &c. 
* Juvenis pin- 
gitur quod a- 
more plerum 
juvenes capiun- 
tur, (ic & mol- 
lis, for mofus, 
nudus, quod 
fmp’ex <& aper- 
tus hic afflClus-, 
ridet quod ob- 
levamentum 
prte fe ferat; 
cum pharetra, 
&c. 
« A petty Pope, 
claves habet fu- 
p erorum &m- 
fero'um, a» Or- 
pheus, &c. 
*Lib. 13 cap, 
5. Vyphnofo. 
* Plautus. 
1 Regnat &in 
fuperos jus ha- 
bet ille deos. 0- 
vid. 
* Aiallem Cttm h cervo,& apro Colico, 
Cum Anteo & Stymphalicis avibus luti ari, 
fguam cum amore, — 
I had rather contend with Bulls, Lions, Bears, and Giants, than with 
Love • he is fo powerful, enforceth r all to pay tribute to him, domineers 
overall, and can make mad and fober whom he lift s infomuch that €**• Parc 3. Sed. 2, 
Leves Power and Extent. 
Memb. 1. Subf, 1. 
Itus in T'ullies TufcuUnes, holds him to be no better than a fool, or an idi- 
or, that doth not acknowledge Love to be a great God, 
Cui in manu fit quem e]je dementem velit, 
fifuew fapere, quern in morbum injici, &c. 
That can make fick and cure whom be lift. Homer and Stefuhorus were 
both made blind, if you will believe a Leon Hehreus for fpeaking a- 
gainft his god-head .* And though Arifiophanes degrade him, and fay that 
he was f fcornfully rejected from the counfel of the Gods, had his 
wings clipped befides, that he might come no more aroongft them, and 
t© his farther difgrace banilhed heaven for ever, and confined to dwell 
on earth, yet he is. of thatb power, majefty, omnipotency, and domini- 
on, that no creature can withftand him. 
1 Se Iden pre 
ieS: 3. cap. de 
diis Syris, 
*■ Dial. 3, 
f A C0il[Ulo 
Veorum reje- 
itus & ad ma- 
jorem ejus ig- 
nominiam, &c. 
b Fulmine con- 
citatior. 
* Sophoclei. 
* Imperat C upido etiam diis pro arbitrio, 
Et ipfum arcere ne armipotens poteß Jupiter, 
He is more than quarter Matter with the Gods, Tenet 
Thetide aquor, umbras caelum fove : 
and hath not fo much pottefiion, as dominion, fupiter himfelf was tur- 
ned into a Satyre, Shepheard, a Bull, a Swan, a golden fhowrc, and 
what not, for love *, that as * Lucians funo right well objefted to him, 
ludus amoris tu es, thou are Cupids wherlegigg: how did he infult over 
all the other Gods, Mars, Neptune, Pan, Mercury, Bacchus, and the reft < 
* Tom. 4. 
f Lucian brings in Jupiter complaining of Cupid that he could not be qui- 
et for him 3 and the cMoon lamenting that (he was fo imporendy befot- 
tedon Endymion, herfelf confdling as much, how rudely 
and in what fort her own Ton Cupid had ufed her, being his* mother. 
Now drawing her to mount Ida, for the love of that Trojan Anchifesy now 
to Libanus for that %A(Jfrian youths fake, although jhe threatned 
to break his bow and arrows, to clip his wings, f and whipped him beftdes 
on the bare buttocks with her pant op hie, yet all would not ferve, he was 
too bead- ftrong and unruly. That monfter conquering Herculus was tamed 
by him: guem non mille fev<e> quern non Sthenelejm hefts, 
Nec potuit suno vincere, vicit amor. 
Whom neither beaft nor enemies could tame. 
Nor tfuno’s might fubdue. Love quell’d the fame. 
c Dial deorum 
Tom. 3. 
* Jguippe m~ 
' tvem ipfms qua- 
’ bus modis me 
' afficit, nunc in 
Idam adigens 
Anchifx caufa, 
&C. 
t fmpridem 
& plagas ip ft 
in nates intuffi 
fifandalio, 
Your braveft fouldiers and moft generous fpirits are enervated with it, 
t ubi mulieribus blanditiis permittunt fe, & inquinantur amplexibus, a- 
peUo that took upon him to cure alldifeafes, * could not help himfelf of 
this 5 and therefore« Socrates calls Love a tyrant, and brings him trium- 
phing in a Chariot, whom Petr ache imitates in his triumph of Love, and 
Fracafterius in an elegant Poem exprefieth at large, Cupid riding, CMars 
ai*d Apollo following his Chariot, Ffyche weeping, &c. 
In vegetal creatures what foveraignty Love hath, by many pregnant 
P*oofs and familiar examples may be proved, efpeciaily of palm trees, 
are both he and (lie, and exprefs not a fympathy but a lovc-paffi' j 
and by many obfervations have been confirmed. 
f Altoplui fbl, 
7 9- 
d Trullis amor 
eji medicabilis 
herbis. 
e piatarcb. in 
Amatorio. 
Dictator quo 
creato ceffiaat 
reliqui magi- 
ffiatus. 
t Vivunt in venerem frondes, omnifq- vicifim 
Felix arbor amat, nutant & mutua palma 
Fader a, populeo fufirat populus Uiu, 
Ft Flat ano Platanus* alne aue afibilat alnus. 
t e laudi an, 
defeript, vm, 
auUf. Pat 3. Se&. 2. 
Love- CMdancheLy. 
Memb.i, Subf. x. 
Conflarim ede Agrie. Uh. 10, cap, 4. gives an inftance out of Florentius 
his Gcorgicks, of a Palm-tree that loved raoft fervently, {and would 
not be comforted until fuch time her Love applied htmfelf unto her 5 you might 
fee the two trees bend, and of their own accords ftretch out their boughs to 
embrace and kifs each ether: They will give mamfeji figns of mutual love, 
Ammianus CMarcelltms lib. 24. reports, that they marry one another, and 
fall in love if they grow in fight 3 and when the wind brings the fmell 
to them, they are raarveloufly affeded. Fhtloftratus in imaginibus y 
obfci ves as much, and Galen lib, 6m de locis affetfts cap, *. they will be fick 
for love, ready to dye and pine away, which the husbandmen percei- 
ving, faith s Con ft amine, ftroke many Palms that grow together, and fo ftro- 
king again the Palm that is enamoured, they carry ktfes from the one to the 
9 Neque prius 
iniis dtftderi- 
um ccjjat dim 
dejecius eonfo- 
letur, videre c- 
nim eft ipfam 
arborem incur- 
vatim3 ultra 
ramis ab utrif- 
y, vlciffim ad. 
ofculum expor- 
reftis. 
Manifefla dant 
mutui deft aerii 
figna. 
s Multas pal- 
mas ..contingens 
qua fimul cref- 
emt, rurfuffy 
ad amantem re- 
gredieris, eam%, 
muau attin- 
gens, quaft tf- 
culum mutuo 
tninifirare vi* 
detur, & ex- 
pediti concubi- 
tus gratiam 
facit. 
h mam vero 
ipfa deflderet 
ajfe&u ramo- 
rum (igni fiat, 
</ illam 
ytfpict’, aman- 
tur, &c. 
other: or tying the leaves and branches of the one to the ttem of the 
other, will make them both flourifti and profper a great deal better: 
h which are enamoured, they can perceive by the bending of houghs, and incli- 
nation of thetr bodies. If any man think this which I fay to be a tale, 
let him read that ftory of two palm trees in Italy* the male growing at 
Brundufium, the female at Otranto ( related by fovianus Fontanus mm 
excellent Poem, fometimes Tutor to Alph onfus Junior King of Naples 
his Secretary of State, and a great Philolopher ) 1 which were barren, and 
fo continued a long time, till they came to fee one another growing up 
higher, though many Stadiums afundcr. Pierius in his Hieroglypicks,znd 
cMelchior Guilandinus Memb, s,tr aft, de papyro, cites this ftory of Fonta- 
nus for a truth. See more in Salmuth Comment, in Pancirol, de Novare» 
pert. Tit. 1. denovoorbe, UHi&aldus Arcanorum lib, 2. Sands voyages 
lib, 2, fol* 103. &c. 
It fuch fury be in vegetals, whatftiall we think of fenfible creatures? 
how much more violent and apparent (hall it be in them? 
kPtrg. 3. Ge- 
org. 
k omne adeo genus in terris hominumq.j ferarum, 
Mt gems aquoreum, pecudes, volucres 
In furias ignemq\ ruunt 5 amor omnibus idem. 
All kinde of creatures in the earth. 
And fifties of the Sea, 
And painted birdsdoragealikej 
This love bears equal fway. 
J Hic Deus & terras & maria alt a domat. 
1 'Propertius. 
tn Dial, deorum. 
rur>im& 
fapt cenfeendi 
bos-, equorum 
more infidens 
TmihlSaudis 
adblandimtur. 
* Leows pra a- 
win. L™™i6. 
Anf. 1.6. hift. 
**cap!x7. of 
his bpok o£ 
burning, 
Common experience and our fenfe will inform us5 how violently brute 
beads are carried away with this paffion, horfes above the rett, 
furor eft infignis equarum, 
m Cupid in Lucian bids Venns his mother be ofgood cheer, for he was new fa* 
miliar with Lions3 and oftentimes did get on their backs hold them by the 
mane, and ride them about like horfes, and they would fawn upon him with 
thetr tails. Bulls, Bears and Boars are fo furious in this kinde, they kill 
one another: but efpeciaJJy Cocks,n Lions, and Harts, which are fo 
fierce that you may hear them fight half a mile off, faith * Turbervile, 
and many times kill each other, or compel them to abandon the rut, 
that they may remain matters in their places 3 and when one hath driven 
his corrival away, he raifetb his nofe up into the ayr, and looks aloft, ** Part 3. Sect.2. 
Loves Porter and Extent. 
Memb.i. Subjf.i. 
though he gave thanks te nature5 which affords him fuch great delight. 
How Birds are affedted in this kind, appears out of he will 
have them to fing oh futuram venerem? for joy or in hope of their venery 
which is to come. 
f tsEeria primum volucres te Diva, tuumq-. 
f Lucretius, 
Significant initum, per cui fa corda tua vi. 
Pifhes pine away for love and wax lean, if ° Comeftms authority may be 
taken, and are rampant too, ibrae of them : Peter Cilltus lib. io, de htfi. a~ 
tiimal. tells wonders of a Triton in Epirus: There was a well not far 
from the fhorc, where the country wenches fetched water, they, f Tri~ 
Jons, ftupri caufa would fet upon them and carry them to the Sea, and 
there drown them, if they would not yeeld-, fo love tyrannizeth in dumb 
creatures. Yet this is natural for one bead to dote upon another of the 
fame kindej but what drange fury is that, when a Bead fhall dote upon a 
man i Saxo Grammaticus lib. io, Dav. hi ft. hath a dory of a Bear that lo- 
ved a woa&n, kept her in his den a long time, and begot a Ton of her, 
out of whofe loynes proceeded many Northern Kings: this is the ori- 
ginal belike of that common tale of Valentine and Or [on: i/Elian, Pliny, 
Peter Gillius are full of fuch relations. A Peacock in Lttcadia loved a 
maid, and when fhedied, the Peacock pined, p A Dolphin loved ahoy 
eailed Hernias, and when he died, the fijl) came on land, and fo ptrijbed. The 
like adds Gillius lib. 10. cap. 22.0ut of Appion, i/Egypt. lib, 15. a Dol- 
phin at Puteoli loved achilde, would come often to him, let him get on 
his back, and carry him about, * and when by ficknefs the childe was taken 
*way, the Dolphin died. [ Every book is full ( faith Busbequius, the Em- 
perors Orator with the grand Senior, not 3. legat, tun, ) 
and ye elds juch infiances, to believe which I was alwaies afraid, lefr 1 fireuld 
be thought to give credit to fables, until 1 faw a Lynx which 1 had from 
Afiyrta, fo off e£led towards one of my men, that it cannot be denied hut that 
be was in love with him. When my man was prefent, the he aft would nfe 
many notable entifements, and pleafant motions, and when he was going , 
bold him back, and look after him when he was gone, very fad in his ab fence , 
butmefi jecond when be returned: and when my man went from me, the 
beafi exprefjed his love with continual ficknefs, and after he hac pined away 
fame few dates * died. Such another dory he hath of a Granc of Majorca , 
that loved a Spaniard, that would walk any way with him, and in his 
abfence fee k about for him, ma ke a noife that he might hear her, and 
knock at his dore, f and when he took his lafi farewef famijbedher felf. 
Such pretty pranks can love play with Birds, Filhes, Beads ; 
( f Ccclefiis heris, ponti, tense claves habet Venus, 
Solaq*, i$ orum omnium imperium obtinet.) 
ai*difallhe certain that is credibly reported, with the fpirits of the air, 
3nd devils of hell thcmfelvcs* who are as much inamored and dote (if 
* may ufe that word )as any other creatures whatfoever. For if thofe do- 
ries be true that are written of Incuhm and S»ceubus,o( Nymphs, lafcwi- 
ous Satyrs, and thofe Heathen gods which were devils, tho e 
alciyious xelc bines, of whom the P latent fis tell fo many fables 5 or * 
amiliar mec tings in our daies, and company of witches and devl s, 
* tome probability for it. I know that Biermannus, lt * P* 9» 
Defalelib, x, 
c. ii. Vi fees oh 
amorem mar- 
ce fount -y palle - 
fount, &c. 
-f Haurienda a- 
qua caufa veni- 
entes ex in fdi is. 
a Tritone com- 
prehcnfe, &c. 
p Vlin. l.io.c.f, 
Quumcf abor- 
ta tempefate 
perii[fet Herm- 
as in foco piji 
cis expiravit. 
rj Voflquampuer 
morbo abiit, & 
ipfe delphinus 
periit. 
r Tleni fmt li- 
bri quibus forst 
in homines in- 
flammata fue- 
runt, in quibus 
ego quidem fem- 
peraffenfum fu- 
iiinui, veritus 
ne fabulofa ore« 
dereth-y Donec ' 
vidi lyncem 
quem habui ab 
JJfyria, fle af- 
ftttum erga «• 
mtm dt meis ho- 
minibus, &c. 
i jjefldcr'dmfu- 
utn teflatus pofl 
ludiam aliqu0t 
dierum internt. 
f Orphe** tyfH* 
m ven- Part 3. Sed. 9. 
Love- CM el/me holy» 
Memb. i# Subf.i, 
438 
24* and fome others lloutly deny it, that the devil hath any carnal 
copulation with women, that the Devil rakes no pleafure in fuch fadls, 
they be meer phantafies, all fuch relations of Incuht, Succubi, lyes and 
tales; But *Au3in, lib, chit, Dei doth acknowledge itj Eraftus de 
Lamiis, ffacobus Sprenger and his colleagues &c. c Zanchms cap, 16, lib. 
4. deeper. Dei, Dandinusin Arif. de Anima lib, 2. Text. 29. com* 3©, 
Bodtn Ub, 2. cap.7. and Faracelfus, a great champion of this Tenenc 
amongft the reft, which give fundry peculiar inftances, by many 
teftimonies, proofs and confeffions evince it. Hefior Boethius in his 
Scottiih hiffory, hath three or four fuch examples, which Cardan con- 
firmes out of him, lib, 16. cap, 43. of fuch as have had familiar 
company many years with them, and that in the habit of men and wo- 
men. philof ratus in his fourth book de vita Apollonii, hatha memo- 
rable inftance in this kinde, which I may not omit, of one Memppus Ly- 
cius a young man 25 years of age, that going betwixt Cenchreas and 
Corinth, met fuch a phantafm in the habit of a fair gentlewoman, which 
taking him by the hand, carried him home to her houfe, in the fuburbs 
of Corinth, and told him (he was a Phoenician by birth, and if he would 
tarry with her, u he fhould hear her fing and play, and drink fuch wine as 
never any drank, and no man fhould molefl him j but jhe being fair and lovely 
would live and die with him, that was fair and lovely to behold. The young 
man a Philofopher, otherwife ftaid and difereer, able to moderate his 
paffions, though not this of love, tarried with her awhile to his great 
content, and at laft married her, to whofe wedding, among other 
gnefts, came Apollonius, who by tome probable conje&ures, found her 
out to be a Serpent, a Lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus 
gold deferibed by Homer no fubfhnce, but meer illufions. When fire 
law her felf deferied, file wept, and defired Apollonius to be filent, but 
he would not be moved, and thereupon She, Plate, Houfe, and all 
that was in it, vanifhed in aninftanc: x many thoufands took notice of this 
faff, for it was done in the mid/l of Greece, Sabine in his Comment on the 
10th. of Ovids Metamorphofis, at the talc of Orpheus, tellethusofa 
Gentleman of Bavaria., that for many months together bewailed the 
lofs of his dear wife 5 at length the Devil in her habit came and com- 
forted him, and told him, becaufc he was fo importunate for her, 
that flie would come and live with him again, on that condition he 
would be new married, never fwear and blafphcme as he ufed for- 
merly to do* for if he did, fhe fhouldbe gone: i He vowed it, mar~ 
riedy and lived with her, jhe brought him children, and governed his houfe , 
but was fill pale and fad, and fo till one day falling out with him , 
he fell a [wearingy [he vanifhed thereupon, and was never after feen, %ThtS 
1 have heard, faith from perfons of good credit, which told me that 
the Duke of Bavaria did tell it for a certainty to the Duke of Saxony. One 
more I will relate out of Florilegus, ad annum 105 8. an honeft Hiftorian of 
our nation, became he telleth it fo confidently, as a thing in thofe daie5 
talked of all over Europe: A young Gentleman of Kerne, the fame day that 
? he was married, after dinner with the Bride and his friends went a walk' 
ing into the fields, and towards evening to the Tennis-Court to recreate 
himfclf 5 whilft he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus fa- 
t esui hac 'n a- 
trabilis aut I- 
maginationis 
vim referre co- 
nati funt, nihil 
faciunt. 
“ Cantantem 
audes & vinum 
bibes3 quale an- 
tea nunquam 
bibifth te riva- 
lis turbabit nul- 
lus, pulchra au- 
tem pulchro con- 
tente vivam,& 
moriar,, 
* Multi falium 
hoc cognovere, 
quod in media 
Gracia geflum 
fr- 
curans 
domeficm, u 
antefcpctit ali- 
quot libcw , 
femper tamen _ 
triplis & palli- 
da. 
* Hac audivi 
d tnultis fide 
dignis quiajfe- 
verabant du- 
cem Bavaria 
eadem retuliffe 
Puci Saxoni a 
pro veris. Part 3. Sed.2. 
Leves Power and Extent. 
Menib.i. Subf.i. 
tu*> which was thereby made in brafs , alter he had fuffidenrly played, 
and now made an end ofhisfport, he came to fetch his ring, but Venus 
had bowed her finger in, and he Could not get it off. Whereupon 
loath to make his company tarry at prefent, there left it, intending to 
fetch it the next day, or at fome more convenient time, went thence 
t0 fupper, and fo to bed. In the night when he fhould come to per- 
form thofe nuptial rites, Venus fteps between him and his wife, ( unfeeri 
or felt of her) and told him that fhe was his wife, that he had betrothed 
himfelf unto her by that ring , which he put upon her finger .* fhe trou- 
bled hi m for fome following nights. He not knowing how to help 
himfelf, made his moan to one Palumbus, a learned Magician in thole 
dales, who gave him a letter , and bid him at fudi a time of the night , 
m fiich acrofs way, at the Townsend, where old Saturn would pafs 
by with his aflbeiates in procefliona as commonly he did, deliver that 
feript with his own hands to Saturn himfelf 5 the young man of a bold 
fpirit, accordingly did it 5 and when the old fiend had read it, he cal- 
led Venus to him, who rode before him, and commanded her to deliver 
his ring, which forthwith fhe did, and fo the gentleman was freed. 
Many fuch ftories I finde ih fevcral * Authors to confirm this which I 
have faid j as that more notable amongft the reft , of Philinium and 
%Machates in t Phlegons Trad de rebus mirabilibus, and though many be 
againft it , yet I for my part will fubferibe to Laßantius Irb. 14. cap. 15. 
Angels to the tuition of men $ but whilefi they livid amongft us, 
that mifchievottS ad'commander of the Earth, and hot in I aft, enticed 
them by little and little to this vice, and defiled them with the company of 
Women .• And Anaxagoras de refurretl, c cMany of thofe fiintual bo• 
dies overcome by the love of Maids, andluft, failed, of whom thofe were born 
We cad Gy ants, ffuliin Martyr , Clemens Sulpitius Seve- 
a Fabula Da- 
marati & A~ 
riftom in He- 
rodotg lib. 6, £- 
rato. 
t Interpret. 
'ZMerfm. 
b Dem .Ange- 
los mifit ad tu- 
telam cultumf, 
generis humani 
fed illos cum * 
hominibus com- 
morantes, do- 
minator ille ter- 
ra falacijfmui 
paulatim ad 
vitia pellexit, 
& mulierum 
congrefibut in* 
quinavit, 
tfmidam exil- 
iis capti funt a- 
Mere virgmumi 
cJr* libidine vU 
Gti defecerunt» 
rus, Mufebms , to this fenfe make a twofold fall of Angels , one 
from the beginning of the world, another a little before the deluge 
as Mofes teachechois, dopenly profefling that thefe Genii can beget, 
and have carnal copulation with women. At fapan in the Eafi indies, 
at this prefent ( if we may believe the relation ore travellers ) there is 
an Idol called Teuchedy, to whom one of the faireft virgins in the 
country is monthly brought, and left in a private room * in tine Fotequi 6 
or Church, \yherelhefitsalonetobedefloured. At certain times the 
Teuchedy ( which is thought to be the devil ) appears to her, and 
knoweth her carnally. Every month a fair Virgin is taken in $ but what 
becomes of the old, no man can tell. In that goodly temple of Jupiter Be- 
in Babylon, there was a fair Chapel 5 g faith Herodotus 3 an eye-wit- 
nefsofit, in which was (plendide firat us UUus & appoftta menfa aurea, a 
brave bed, a table of gold, &c, into which no creature came but one only 
which their God made choice of, as the Chaldean priefts told 
btm, and that their God lay with her himfelf, as at Thebes in * 
'vas the like done of old. So that you fee this is no news, the t>evi 5 
Jhemfelves, or their jugling Priefts have plaid fach pranks in all ages. 
Many Divines ftifty contradidi this $ but I will conclude with h T*pltus, 
fince examples, tepi monies ana confefitons oft hop unhappy women are 
m*nifeft on the other fide > and many, even in this our Town of ovan, 
ex quibus gi~ 
games qui vi- 
tantur nati 
fant. 
d Vernius 'ut. 
Gen.lib. 8. c.C. 
ver. i. Zanc. 
&c. 
cPurchat3Macfc 
pofih.par. i. lih 
4-tap i.S. f. 
s In dia. 
'Deus ipfe hic 
cubili requief- 
cens. 
bphyfoUgi'* 
Stoicarum l. r,. 
cap- i®- $i Spi- 
ritus unde fe- 
rnn iis, &c. ai 
exempla tur- 
bant nos, mu- 
lierum quotidi- 
ana canfefEones 
demiponem- 
nes afferunt, &' 
funt in hac urbi 
Lovania sxef/t* 
pia. Part 3, Sed:. 2. 
Love- (JMelancholy, 
Memb, i. Subf.2. 
that it is likelj to he Jo, 1 One thing 1 mil add3 that 1 Jufpcje that in no age 
pajt, / know not by what deflmy of this unhappy time, there have never ap* 
feared or /hewed thentfelves [o many lecherous devils y Satyrs, and Cemi 3 
as in this of ours s as appears by the daily narrations > and judicial jenten- 
ces upon record. Read more of this queftoin in Tlutarch vit. Him at, jtu~ 
fin de Civ. Vet, lib ij. Wierus lib. depiafiig, Dam. Ciraldus Can.lrcn- 
fis itinerar.Camh.lib.i,,Malleus malefic.qusf, s.part.l.tfacclus Meujjuslib.y 
cap. 6,{oU 54*Godelman. lib.2. Valefius de jacraphile.cap./\o, 
yfehn Wider Fornicar, lib. S.cap.p, Stroz. Ciccgna. lib. 3. cap. 3. Delric3 Up- 
lifts, Be dine damoml. lib. 2. cap, 7. Fererius in Gen. lib, 8, in 6, cap. ver, 2, 
King James, &c. 
' unum dixero’ 
non opinari me 
ullo retro avo 
tamam copiam 
Satyrorum, & 
falacium i [io- 
rum ’Geniorum 
fc oflendiffe, 
quantum nunc 
quotidiana nar* 
rationes, ju- 
diciales fenten- 
tia proferunt. 
Sub s e ct. 2. 
How Xwc tyrannizeth ever men. Love, or Herolcal melancholy 
his definition, affefted. 
JgPPI Ou have heard how this tyrant Love rageth with brute 
ea^s fpudts* now let us confider what paflions it 
caufeth amongft men. 
pifljr k lmPrio^e Amor 4u*d non mortalia pe tier a cogis ? How 
i£ tickles the hearts of mortal men, 
I am almofl: afraid to relate, amazed, Jandafha- 
’*ylrg. 
i For It I* a 
(hame to fpeak 
of thofe thing* 
which are done 
of them ia fe- 
cret. 
Uph. $, ii. 
Plutarch. a- 
mam. lib. 
med , it hath wrought fuch ftupend and prodigious efFeds, Fuch foul 
offences. Love indeed (I may not deny ) firft united provinces, built 
Cities, and by a perpetual generation makes and preferves mankind, 
propagates the Church 5 but if it rage, it is no more Love, but burning 
Luft, a Drfcafe, Phrenfie, Madnefs, Hell. m Sfi orcus Hie, vis eft im- 
medicabilis, eft rabies injana5 ’tis no vertuous habit this, but a vehe- 
ment perturbation of the mind, amonfter of nature, wit, and art, as 
lexis in " fets it out, viriliter audax, muliebriter timtdum , 
furore pr^ceps, labore infrattum, mei felleum, blanda fcrcnflio, sc, It 
fubverts kingdoms, overthrows cities, towns, families 5 mars, cor- 
rupts , and makes a maffacre of men 5 thunder and lightning, wars, 
fires, plagues, havener done that mifehief to mankind, as this burn- 
ing luft9\ thisbrutifb paffion. Let Sodome and Gomorrah, Troy, ( which 
*l>ares Phrygius, and I)iEHs Cretenfis will make good ) and i know 
not how many cities bear record, "■ ——&fuit ante Helenam , &c. 
all fucceeding ages will fubferibe: fone of Naples in Italy, Fredcgundc 
and Brunhalt in France, all hiftories are full of thefe Bafilisks. Befides 
thofe daily raonomachies, murders, effufion of blood, rapes, riot, 
and immoderate expence, to fatisfie their luft, beggery, fhame, lofs, 
torture, punishment, difgracc, loathfome difeafes that proceed from 
thence, worfc than Calentures and peftilent leavers, thofe often Gouts, 
Pox, Arthritis, palfics, cramps , Sciatica, convulfions, aches, com- 
bullions, See, which torment the body , that feral melancholy which 
crucifies the Soul ill this life, and everlaftingly torments in the world 
to come. 
“ lib, 13. Parcs.-Se<a.2. 
Leves Power and Extent. 
Merab, i. Subf.2. 
Notwithfianding they know thefe and many iuch miferies, threats, 
tortures will furely come upon them, rewards , exhortations, e contra 5 
yet either out of their own wcaknefs, a depraved nature, or loves tyran- 
ny, which fo furioufly ragetb, they fuffer themfclves to be led like ah oxe 
to the {laughter * ( Facilis defeenfus, Averni ) they go down headlong to 
their own perdition, they will commit folly with beafts, men leavingthe 
natural ufe of women, as f Paul faith, burned in luft one towards another, and 
man with man wrought filthintfs, '\ . v 7 
Semiramis equo, Pafiphae tauro 5 Arifto Ephefius aftnafe commifcuit, 
Fulvius equdy alii canibus , capris, &c, unde monflra nafeuntur aliquan- 
do 1 Centauri, Sjlvani, &ad terrorem hominum prodigiofa fpetfra: Nec 
cum brutis, fed ipfis hominibus rem habent, quod peccatum Sodomia? 
t I. tf. 
vulgo dicitur $ & frequens olit» vitium apud Orientales idos fuit, Graecos 
ximirum, Italos, Afros, Afianos;k Hercules Hylam habuit, P61yclet£im, 
Dionem, Perithoonta, Abderam & Phryge 5 alii & Euriftium ab Her- 
cule amatum tradunt, Socrates1 pulchrorum Adolefcentum caufa frequens 
Gymnajtum adibat,flagitiofoque Jpeffaculo pafcebat oculosy quod cr Philebus 
& Phsedon Rivales , Charmidcs & reliqui Platonis Dialogi, fatis fu- 
p erque te flatum faciunte quod vero Alcibiades de eodem Socrate loquatur, 
lubens conticebo, fed & abhorreo 1 tantum incitamentum prabet libidini, 
k Lilius Giral- 
dttSfWta ejus, 
1 Pzeres amare 
folk Vhiitfofhie 
relinquendum 
vult Lucutnus 
dial. Asnoruin 
huncperftrinxit Thcodoretus Ub, de curat,grsec, afftft, cap, ultimo, Jgui* 
& ipje Plato [uum demiratur Agathoncm , Xenophon Cliniam, Yirgilius 
Alexin, Anacreon Bathyllum 5 £uod autem de Nerone, Claudio, extero- 
rumque portent of i libidine memoria proditum, mallem a Petronio, Suetonio, 
c*terifque petatis, quando omnem fidem excedat, quam ame expe&etis t, fed 
vetera querimur, n Apud Afianos, T urcas, Italos, nunquam frequentius hoc 
quam hodierno die vitium 5 Diana Romanorum Sodomia: officina h$rmna~ 
» jtitsitpbtf* 
licubi apudlmczSy 
-qui faxiS femina mandant -—arenas anates 5 
& frequentes quereU, etiam inter ipfos eon juges hac de re9 quar virorum con- 
cubitum illicitum calceo in oppontam partem verfo magi&ratui indicant 5 
nullum apud Italos familiare magis qui (jr pofl a Lucianum 0 Ta- 
lium, [criptis voluminibus defendunt, Johannes de laCafa, Beventmus 
Epifcopus > divinum opus vocat, fuave fcelus , adeoque jatfatfemn altk ufum 
Venere* Nihil ufitatius apud monachos, Cardinales, facn fi culos, etiam 
* furor hic ad mortem 5ad infamam. * Angelus Politianus, oh pueri amo- 
rem y violentas (ibi manus injecit. Et horrendum fane ditfu , quantum apud 
n dchiUetfai*' 
tts lib. %. 
° Lutiawt < 
Char idem. 
? No* eft hat 
mmU demens 
Mart. 
\Jovm M»fe. 
nos f atrum memorifcelus det e flandum hoc favierit! £uum enim Anno 
*s3s. pmdcntiflßmus Rex Hcnricus O&avus cucullatorum coenobia, 
& facrificorum collegia , votariorum, per venerabiles legum Dolores 
Tbomam Leum, Richardum Lay tonum vifitari fecerat 5 &c. tanto nu- 
reperti font apud eos fcortatores, cinaedi, garteones, psedieoncs, 
PUcrarii, pa?derafta% Sodomite, (x galei verbis utor) Ganimedes? 6cc. ut 
m Unoquoque corum novam credideris Gomorrham, Sed vide fi Met 
eor»*dem C&tdegum afudeundem Baleum * Puellse ( inquit )in ledis dor* 
mirc non poterant ob fratres necromanticos. Hac ft apud votaries, 
n*. os> fancies fcilicet quid infor o, quid in dnl&fafi*** f*fttce' 
If' ywdapud whiles, quid inter fornices 3 qnam non fetditatem, q*flm ***** 
{pmttiefc ? S(i€o jmcrim turpes illas, &no nornMndas qut cm mo- 
rilpb.tkvms 
Ttitrrf Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- CM eI am holy. 
Memb. i, Subf.a, 
nachorum i mafirupattenes, maflurbatores, t Rodericus a Caflro vccal, 
tum & eos qut [e invicem ad Fenerem excitandam flagris credunt, Spintria 
as . Succubas , Ambuheias , & lafciviente lumbo Tribades illas muliercu- 
las , qua Je invicem fricant, & prater Eunuchos etiam ad Venerem ex- 
plendam , artificiofa ida veretra habent, Iwmo quod magis mirere, fami- 
na foeminam Conftantinopoli non ita pridem deperiit, aufa rtm plane in- 
credibilem, mutato cultu mentita virum de nuptiis firm one m init, dr bre- 
vi nupta e jl: fidauthorem ipfimconfute3 Busbequium. Omitto' Salinari- 
C Mercurialis 
tap. de Fria- 
pifmo. Ceehus 
l. n.antiq. 
cap. 14- Gale- 
nus 6. de locis 
“f- , 
f De mor». 
mulier, lib. t. 
c. Ij. 
t Herodotus 
EuterP* • Uxo - 
res in-ftgniim 
virorum non 
Ratim vita 
finitas tradunt 
condendas, ac 
ne eai quidem 
freminas qua 
ptrmefe funt, 
fed quatriduo 
ante definfiasi 
ntC cum iis: fa- 
linarii Concum- 
bant, &c. 
u Metam. 13. 
* Seneca de 
ira, l. ii.c.ii. 
yjqullus efl 
matus ad quem 
non pateat adi• 
tus impudicitia 
te.Clem. Ale$ 
padag.Ub.i. 
c. 3. 
-f seneca i.nat. 
quajf. 
i row. V. Gryl- 
lo. 
Os tuos iT/gyptiacos , qm cum formojarum cadaveribus concumbunt • & 
eorum vefanam libidinem, qui et tam idola & imagines depereunt, Neta efi 
fabula Pigraalionis apud u Ovidium 5 Mundi dr Paulini apud ./Egefip- 
pum belli Jud. lib. a, cap 4. Pontius C. Ctefaris legatus, referente Pli- 
nio , lib. 35. cap. 3. quem fufpicor eum efje qui chrifium crucifixit, piBuris 
Atalanta.4 & Helena? adeo libidine imenfus , ut tollere eas vellet fi natura 
teUorii per mi/fiet, alius fiatuambona Fortuna? deperiit, ( i£lianus lib. 9, 
cap. 37. ) altus Bona dea, (f ne qua pars probo vacet, * R aptus ad ftupra 
(quod ait iHe )&ne * os quidem a libidincexceptum* Heliogabalus, per 
omnia cava corporis libidinem recepit, Lamprid. vita ejus, f Hoftius qui- 
dam fpecula fecit, (f ita difiofuit, ut quum virum ipfe pateretur, averfuS 
omnes admi/arii motus in fpe culo videret, ac deinde falfa magnitudine ipfius 
membri tanquam vera gauderet, fimul virum (/'f ’«minam paffus, quod dttfit 
fecdum & dominandum. Ut verum plane fit, quod apud 
Gryllus ULlyfli objecit. Ad hunc ufque diem apud nos neque mas marem, 
neque foemina foeminam amavit, qualia multa apud vos memorabiles & 
viri fecerunt.* ut viles miffos faciam, Hercules imberbefri fedans 
Iodum, amicos deferuit, &c. Veftra? libidines intra 'Ilios natura?' fines co- 
erceri non quin inftar fluvii exundantis atrocem foeditatem, tu- 
multum j confufioneraque nature gignant in re Venerea; nam & capras, 
porcos, equos inierunt viri & foemina?, infono beftiai um amore exarfe- 
runt, unde Minotauri, Centauri, Sylvani, Sphinges, &c. SedneconftV 
tando deceam, aut ea feras efferam, qua non omnes f cire convenit {hac enim 
de Bis filummodo, quod caufa non ab fimili f Rodericus , /cripta velim )ne 
Uvifimis ingemis cr depravatis mentibus f cedi fimi /celeris notitiam, &c, no- 
lo quem diutius hlfce (ordibus inquinare, 
I come at laft to that Heroical Leve , which is proper to men and wo- 
men ,is a frequent caufe of melancholy, ami deferves much rather to be 
called burning luft, than by fuch an honorable title. There is an ho- 
neft love I confefs, which is natural, laqueus occultus captivans corda horni* 
nnm, ut a mulieribus nonpofint feparari, a fecret fnare to captivate the 
hearts of men, Chrtfiopher Fonfeca proves, a ftrong allurement, of 2 
moft atradive, occult 5 adamantine property, and powerfull vcrtue, and 
no man living can avoid it, *Ft qui vim non (enfiit amoris, ant lapis efi, aut 
bellua, He is not a man, but a block, a very ftone, aut t Numen, aut Nebu' 
; (hadne&zar, he hath a gourd for his head, a pepon for his heart, that hath 
not felt the power of it, and a rare creature to be found, one in an age, 
£k.il nunquam vi/t flagravit amore puella: 
forfetuel tnjanivimus omnes, dote we either young or old, asb he (aid, and 
none are excepted but Minerva and the Mufes: fo Cupid in c Lucian core- 
plains to hiS Mother Venus, that amongft all the reft, his arrows could 
t Ve morbis 
mulierum I. x. 
f* if. 
* jlwphltbeat. 
amor, cap- 4- . 
Juvenal. 
fremi, pw6*' 
*uJnc.up%. 
b chancer. 
* rom. 
non ardent Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Leves Pe degree. 
Mcmb. i. Subf.i. 
not pierce them. But this nuptial love, is a common pafiion, and honeft, 
for men to love in the way of marriage* ut materia- appettt formcm, pc mu- 
Her'virum. You know marriage is honourable, a bleficd calling, appoint- 
ed by God himfelf inParadife, it breeds true peace, tranquillity, content 
and happinefs, qua null a eft autfuit unquamfanBior conjunctio» as Vaphnaus 
in * Plutarch could well pfove, & qua generi humano immortalitatem 
parat, when they lite without jarring, fcoiding, lovingly as they 
ffiould do. 
* In amator. 
dialogs 
5 Felices ter & amplius 
£lgos irrupta tenet copula, nec ullis 
Cdtviilfius querimoniis 
Suprema citius folvit amor die. 
Thrice happy they, and more than that. 
Whom bonds of love fo firmly ties. 
That without brawls till death them part; 
'Tis undiflfolv'd and never dies. 
aeot* 
As Seneca Jived with hh Paulina, Abraham and Sara, Orpheus and Eu~ 
rt dice9 Arria and Fatus* Art emifia and Maufiolus, Eubentus Celer,thzi would 
needs have it ingraven on his tomb, he had led his life with Bnnea his deair 
wife forty three years eight months, and never fell out. There is no 
pleafure in this world comparable to it, Tis fummum mortalitatis bonum 
“7 * hominum divum f, voluptds, Alma Venus latet enim in mu- 
liere aliquid majus patenting omnibus aliis humanis voluptatibus, as t one 
holds j there's fomething in a woman beyond all humane delight j a 
JJjagnetique vertue, a charming quality, an occult and powerful motive. 
The husband rules her as head, but (hee again commands his heart, hee is 
her fervaht, (hee his only joy and content i ho happinefs is like unto it, no 
love fo great as this of man and wife, no fuch comfort, as t placens uxor, 
a fwcct wife .• e Omnis amor magnus, fed aperto in confuge major; 
* luerttm. 
t Unfit*, 
f Bm-: 
'Property 
when they loveatlaftas frefli as they did at firft, , 
f charaq, charo confenefcit conjugh. as Homer brings Park 
Wing Helena,after they had been married ten years, preceding withall, 
that hee loved her as dear as hee did the firft hour that he was betrothed; 
And in their qld age when they make much of bine another, faying 
as hee did to his wife in the Poet, 
r * f 5 V' N 
t SmtiOer. 
gr*t<i 
[Uxor vivamus quod vix intus, & moriamur , 
Servantem nomen famp fimus in thalamo 5 
Nec ferat ulla dies, ut commutemur in ayo$ 
$j*in tibi fm iuvenis, tutti puella mihi. 
? AufWWa 
Dear wife, let’s live in love, and dye together^ 
As hitherto wee have in all good will: 
Let no day change or alter our affections, 
w But let’s bee young to one another ftilL 
Uch fhould conjugal love bee, ftill the fame, and as they are one flefh, & 
noulti they be of one mind, as in an Ariftocratical government, one coo- 
ent> t Gerym-like, coalefcere in have one heart in two bodies> wm 
j the fame. A good wife,according to Plutarch, fliould bcas aloo - 
ng-glafs, to reprefent her husbands face and paflion: It bee bee pca , 
lhee be merry, if hee laugh. fheeihouldfmiles if hee look fad, thee 
t Geryti 
citid fymboim Part 3. Sc&. 2. 
Love- Melancholy, 
Memb.i. Subf. 2 
fliould participate of his forrow, and bear a part with him, and fo they 
fhould continue in mutual love one towards another. 
* Vreptrt. L a. 
* Ft me ah amore tuo deducet nuUa femUus, 
Sive ego Tyt bonus, five ego Ne Bor ero. 
Ho age fhall part my love from thee fweet wife, 
Though I live Nejtor or tpbonus life. 
And fhec again 
to as the * Bride faluted the Bridegroom of old in JRome, Uhi tu Cai- 
us, ego femper Caia, bee thou fiill Caius, He bee Cat a, 
’Tis an happy ftate this indeed, when the fountain is blefied (faith 
Solomon, Frov,s. 17.; and hee rejoyceth with the wife of his youth, and jhee is 
to him as the loving Binds , and p leaf ant Roe, and hee delights in her continu- 
ally. But this love of ours is immoderate, inordinate, and not to be com- 
prehended in any bounds. It will not contain itfelf within the union of 
marriage, or apply to one objetft, but is a wandring, extravagant, a domi- 
neering, a boundlefs, an irrefragable, adeftrudive paflion: fometimes 
this burning luft rageth after marriage, and then it is properly called fea~ 
loupe$ fometimes before, and then it is called Heroical Melancholy*, it ex- 
tends fometimes to corrivals, &c. begets rapes, incefts, murders: CM ar- 
ens %Antonius comprejsit Fauftinam fororem, Caracaßa fultam Novercam, 
Nero. LMatrem, Caligula [or ores, Cyneras Mmham fit am, &c. But it is 
confined within no terms of blood, years, fex, or whatsoever elfe. Some 
* Plutarch. e. 
30. Rom. htji. 
furioufly rage before they come to diferetion or age. t SUfarttli* in Pe- 
tronius , never remembred fhec was a maid: and the wife of Bath \w Chau- 
cer* craks, ~ 
f Jmontm ha- 
beam iratam, 
funquam me- 
mnerim me 
virginem fuijfe. 
Infans en'm , 
paribus inq(d- 
natafum, & 
fubinde majo- 
ribus me appli- 
cui, donee ad d. 
tatem perveni-, 
ut Milo vitu- 
lum, &c. 
t. rnodidafe. 
dial. lot. 
terp.Cafp. Bar- 
thio ex ltd. ' 
* Angelico 
feriptur. con- 
centu. 
g Efiffietus c. 
4it JMulieres 
ftatim ah anno 
14. movere in- 
cipiuntj &c. 
attretiari fe 
fmimt & expo- 
nunt. Levinus 
Lemnius. 
f L. 3. f01.\%6. 
t Catullus. 
mm stm olh, hefeebe, 
at Mil boo? fym 31 fibe. 
t Aretines Lucretia fold her Maidcn-hcad a thoufand times before (hee 
was twenty four years old, plus millies vendideram virginitatem, &c. neq*, 
te celabo, non deeram qui ut integram ambirent, Rjthah that harlot began to 
‘ be a profeffed quean at ten years of age, and was but fifteen when {he hid 
thefpies* as* Hugh Broughton proves, to whom Serrarius the tfefuite , 
quafi.6, in cap, 2. fofue, fubferibes. Generally women begin pubefeere as 
’ they call it, or catußire, as Julius Foßux cites, lib. 2. cap, 3. onoma ft.out of 
* Arifiophanes,s at fourteen years old, then they do offer themfelves, and 
fome plainly rage, t Leo Afer faith, that in Afrtek a man {hall fcarcc 
finde a Maid at fourteen years of age, they arc fo forward, and many a- 
mongft us after they come into the teens, do not live without husbands, 
but linger. What pranks in this kinde the middle age have played, is 
not to bee recorded. 
Si mihifint centum lingua, fint eraq. centum, no tongue 
can fumciently declare, every fiery is full of men and womens unfatia- 
ble luft, NeroeSi Ueltogabili, Benofi, &c. f Calius wphilenum, fed guir 
tins Amphilenam depereuM &cm They neigh after other mens wives (as 
' caP*’>* 8. like fed horfcs,or range like Town Bulls? 
raptores virginum & viduarum 9 as many of our great ones do4 Solo" 
mens wifdome was extinguilhed in this fire of luft, Sampfens ftrength c* 
nervated, piety in Lots daughters quite forgot, gravity of Priefthood in Parc 3. Scd. 2. 
Leves Lower and Extent, 
Memb. i. Subii2. 
He lies Tons, reverend old age in the Eiders that would violate Sufanna, 
filiali duty in to his ftepmocher, brotherly love in ls?mmon to- 
wards his fifter, Humane, divine laws, exhortations, fear of 
God and men, fair, foul means, fame, fortunes, (hame, difgrace, honor, 
cannot oppofe, ftave off, or withftand the fury of it, omnia vincit amor, 
No cord , nor cable can fo forcibly draw, or hold fo fad, as love 
can do with a twin’d thready The fcorching beams under the qninottial, 
or extremity of cold within the circle Arttque, where the very Seas are 
frozen, cold or torrid zone cannot avoid, or expel this hear, fury and rage 
of mortal men. 
t £*? fugis ah demens, tu licet 
t Empties. 
Ad Tanaim fugias, ufifa fequetur amor 
Of womens unnatural, h unfatiablc luft, what Country, what Village 
doth nor complain ? Mother and daughter fometimes dote on the fame 
roan, father and Ton , maker and fervant on one woman. 
* 'Sed amor, fed ineffranata libido , 
Quid cafium in i err is intentaturnq*, reliquit ? 
h be mulierum 
inexhaujia libi- 
dine lttxuq-y in- 
fat iabili omnes 
xqne reg ones 
canqueri pojfe 
exijiimo. Stepk 
What breach of vows and oaths* fury, dotage, madnels, might I reckon 
up ? Yet this is more tolerable in youth, and (uch as are (fill in their lion 
bloody but for an old fool to dote 5 to fee an old leachcr , what more o- 
dious , what can be more abfurd ? and yet what fo common < Who fo 
furious ? Amare ea Mate ft occifertnt , multo hfamunt acrius, 
Some dote then more than ever they did in their youth. How many de- 
crepit hoary, harih, writhen, buiften-bcilied, crooked, toothlefs, bald, 
blear-eyed, impotent, rotten, old men (hall you fee flickering {fill in e- 
Very place? One gets him a young wife, another at urtifan, and when he 
canfcarcc lift his leg over a fill, and hath one foot already in Charons 
boat, when he hath the trembling in his joynts, the gout in his feet, a 
perpetual rhumc in his head, a continuate coughs f his fight fails htm3 thick 
of hearings his breath {links, all his moifture is dried up and gone, may 
not fpit from him , a very childe again, that cannot drefs himfelf, or cut 
bis own meat, yet he will be dreamingof, and honing after wenches, 
what can be more unfeemlyWorfe it is in women than in men ? when ' 
(he is t Mate declivis, diu vidua, mater olm, far urn deem matrimonium 
(equi ‘videtur, anoldwiddow, a mother fo long fince ( in Times opini- 
on) ftie doth very unfeemly feek to marry, yet whilft (he. is1 fo old a 
t Plautus. 
* Oculi sail- 
, gant, aures 
graviter audi- 
mt, capilli flu. 
Mty cutis aref~ 
city flatus olety 
tujjiti &e. Cy- 
prian. 
t Lib. g. Epijl. 
Ruffians. 
IBi atq-, turpis. 
inter aridas na- 
tes podex. 
k Cadaueropt 
adeo mah inf e» 
ris reverfa vj„ 
denpoffity -mlt 
adhuc catuUire. 
1 Nam & ma- 
in moniis eft 
defptftum fem- 
am. tineas Sil- 
vius, 
m Quid toto 
ten arum erbe 
communius ? 
qua civitas, 
crone, a beldam, ihe can neither fee, nor hear, go nor ftand, a meer 
k karcafs y a witch, and fcarce feel * file catterwauls , and rauft have a 
ftallion, a Champion, {he muft and will marry again 5 and betroth her 
Jelf to fomc young man , 1 that hates to look on, but for her goods; ab 
Jjors the fight of her, to the prejudice of her good name, her own un- 
ng> grief ot friends, and ruin of her children. 
But to enlarge or illuftrate this power and effects of love, is to fet a 
fondle in the Sun. mlt rageth with all forts and conditions of men, yet 
s evident among fuch as are young and lufty, in the flowre of their 
ars > nobly defcended,high fed, fuch as live idly, and at cafe*, and for 
( which our Divines call burning luft )tthinsn ferinas info»»* *’ 
this mad and beaftly pafiion, as I have faid, is named by onr Pyl , 
Clansj Heroical love, and a more honorable title put upon it, Amor not 
quod oppidum, 
qua familia 
Cat 'amatorum 
exempti*? v&ic- 
as Silvius. G>uis 
trigefimum an- . 
mm status nul- 
lum amoris can- 
fa peregit inflg- 
ne facinus? c?b 
de me facie con- 
j eft uram, quem 
amor in miUe. 
pericula m,cL 
"ForeftnsMan- Parc 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- 
Memb.i. Subf. u 
Us, as ° SavanarcU ftiles it, bccaufe noblemen and women make a com- 
mon pradife of it, and are fo ordinarily affeded with it. Avicenna lib. 3. 
Fen. 1. traCt. 4. cap.23. calleth this pallion llijhiy and defines it *to abe di- 
feafe or melancholy vexation, or anguijh of minde, in which a man continu- 
ally meditates of the beauty, gefture, manners of his c,Miftris , and troubles 
himfelf about it: defiring ( as Savanarola adds ) with all intentions and ea- 
gerneis of minde tocompafi or enjoy herfi as commonly Hunters trouble them- 
] elves about their Jforts, the covetous , about their gold & goods 9fo is he tor men- 
ed fill about his Mi fir is. drnoldus yidanovanus in his book of Hcroical love 
defines it, r a continual cogitation of that which he defires, with a confidence 
or hope ofcompafiwg it: which definition his Commentator cavils at. For 
continual cogitation is not the genus, but afy mptome of love 5 we con- 
tinually think of that which we hate and abhor , as well as that which we 
love5 and many things we covet and defire, without all hope of attaining. 
Carolus a Lorme in his Queftions makes a doubt. An amor fit morbus, whe- 
ther this heroical love be a difeafe: Julius Pollux Onemafi. lib. 6. cap. 44. 
determines itThey that arc in love are likewife ffick; lafcivus, fa~ 
" lax , lafeiviens, & qui in venerem furit, vere eft agrotus. Arnoldns will 
have ic improperly fo called y and a malady rather of the body, than 
minde. Tully in his Tufculanes defines it a furious difeafe of the minde, 
Plato madnefs it felf , Ticinus his Commentator y cap. 12. a fpecies of 
madnefs ,for many have run mad for women, Efdr.4, 76. but1 Rhafes a me- 
lancholy pafi\ion , and moft Phyficians make it a fpecies , or kinde of me- 
lancholy (as will appear by the Symptomes; and treat of it apart .* whom 
I mean to imitate, and to difeufs it in all his kinds, to examine his feve- 
ral caufes, to Ihew his fymptomes, indications, prognoftiGks,effcds, that 
fo it may be with more facility cured. 
The part affeded in the mean time, asu Armldus fuppofeth, is the for- 
mer part of the head for want ofmoifiure, which his Commentator r ejeds. 
Langius med: epift. lib. 1. cap. 24. will have this pa&on fited in the liver , 
and to keep rcudencein the heart, * to proceed firft from the eyes fo carri'- 
edh-f eur (pirits, and kindled with imagination in the liver and hearty cogit 
amare jecur, as the faying is. Medium ferit per epar, as Cupid in 
creon, For feme fuehcaufe belike 1 Homer feigns Titius liver (who was 
enamored on Latona ) to be ft ill gnawed by two V ultures day and night 
.in hell, zfor that young mens bowels thus enamoured, art fo continually tor- 
mented by love. Gordonius cap» « part, %.a will have the tefiides an imme- 
diate [uhjett orcaufe, the liver an Antecedent. Fracafiorius agrees in this 
with Gordonius, inde primitus imaginatio venerea, erettio , &c. titiUatif- 
fimam partem voeat y it ant nip extrufo femine geft iens voluptas non ceffat, 
nec afsidua veneris recordatio , addit Gnaftivinius Comment. 4. Sett. proh. 
27. Art ft.BBubtb properly it is a pallion of the brain, as all other in dam 
choly, by rcafon of corrupt imagination, and fo doth fafon Pratenfis c. 
19, de morb:cerebri, (who wrkes copioufly of this Erotical love ) place 
and reckon it amorigft the affedions of the brain. * Melantton de an*- 
fftd confutes thofethac make the liver a part affeded, and Cuianerio* 
0 Vraft. major. 
TraCt. 6. cap. 
1 .Rub.ll. 
de tegrit. 
cap. qieodhis 
mu'tam contin- 
gat- 
p Hac <egn~ 
tudo eji ft li- 
ci tudo melan- 
cholieajn q>i(6 
homo applicat 
ftbi continuam 
cogitationem 
fnper pulchri- 
tudine ipjius 
quam mat, 
gesliim, mo- 
rum 
1 Animi forte 
accident quo 
quia nm habe- 
re nimia avi- 
ditate cencu- 
pifeit, ut lu- 
dos venatores, 
aurum &_ 
opes avari. 
* Affidua 
cogitatio fuper 
rem de(t Ae- 
ratam, cum 
mf dentia 
obtinendi, aut 
$pe apprehen- 
sum deleffa- 
bile, &c. 
f Morbus cor* 
fork potius 
quam animi. 
* vdmr eft 
pappo melan- 
cholica. 
® Ob calefa- 
ctionem (piri- 
tmm pars an- 
terior capitit 
laborat obeon- 
fumptientm 
h/miditatis. 
* AffcBws a- 
nimi concupif- 
cibilis e deft- 
derio rei ama- 
ta fer oculet 
itt mente con* 
eefOi fpiritus 
in corde & 
jecore incen- 
dens. 
y Ody ff. & 
Metamer. 4. 
Gvid. 
X gttod talem carnificinam vt *** faciat mxPkhiUs. * TejlicuH quoad caufm cc*j**' 
amoudmttti) fcf*# tjjejklfjtftm. Proprii pafa eertbri *Jt ok corruptam imaginationem, « Cap. 
affeftitoiT. Parc 3. Sed. 2. 
Caufes of Love- CMelancholy, 
Mcmb. 2, Subf.i. 
Trail,is . cap. i$.(V 27. though many put all the affe&ions in the heart , 
refers it co the brain. Ficinus cap. 7; m Convivium Platoniswill have the 
blood to bee the part afjettedjo. Friet agios cap, 14. noti, med. iuppofeth all 
four affected, heart, liver, brain, blood* but the major part concur upon 
the brain, e 3tis imaginatio Ufa-7 and both imagination and reafon 
are mifaffe&edj becaufe of his corrupt judgement, and continualmedi- 
tation of that which hee defires, he may truly bee faid to bee melancholy. 
If if bee violent, or his difeafe inveterate,as I have determined in the pre- 
cedent partitions, both imagination and reafon arc mif-affeCfeda firff one, 
then the other. 
e •£/? CWYHp- 
tio imaginati- 
ve & estima- 
tive faculta- 
tis, ob formam 
fortiter affix- 
am, corrup- 
judici- 
um, ut femper 
de co eegiteh ideof* refte meimhoLicus appellatur. Concupifcentia vehemens ex corrupto judieh efimafive virtutis. 
Ml MB. 2. SUBSICT. I. 
Caufes of Heroical Love, Temperature, fuU Bitty 
idlemfsy Flace, Climate, 
all caafes the remoteft arc flats. i Ficinui cap, 19. faith 
they are moft prone to this burning luff 3 that have Venus 
in Leo in their when the Moon and Fenus bee mu- 
tuallyafpeded,or fuchasbeeof Venus complexion. * Plu- 
tarch interprets Aftrologically that tale of Mars and Ve- 
nus, in whofe genitures cf and $ are in conjunßion, they are commonly 
lafcivious, and if women, queans* as the good wife of Bath confefled in 
Chaucer 5 
j r Comment, in 
convivium 
* Platonis. Irre- 
. timtur cits 
quibus nafeen- 
tibus Venus 
- fuerit in Leone, 
j vel Luna vene- 
rem vehememet 
1 afpexerity & 
qui eadem com- 
plexione funt 
praditi. 
8 'Plerum f. a- 
matoresjmty 
meretrices, /. da 
audienti. 
t Comment, in 
Genef. cap. j, 
i * Etfi in hoc 
parum a pret- 
clara infamia 
flultitiaf. abe~ 
ro, vincit ta- 
men amor ve- 
ritatis. 
f Edit. Baft. 
r Cum 
commentar, in 
Ptolomxf qua- 
dripartitum. 
hFol. 445* S4r 
fil. Edit, 
n fellotneh ape mine inclination* 
05p trictueof mi eondeWatiom 
But of all thofe Aftrological Aphorifms which I have ever read, that 
of Cardan is moft memorable, for which, howfoever hce bee bitterly cen- 
fured by f Hamm Marcemus, a malapert Frier, and fome others 
(which *he himfclf fufpe&edJyet mee thinks it is free, down right, plain 
and ingenuous. In his f eighth Geniture, or example, hee hath thefe words 
of himfclf. cf 8 & 9 in S dignitatibus afsiduam mihi Vtnereorum cogi- 
tationem frafiabunt, ita ut nunquam quiefcam. Et paulo poft. Cogitatio Ve- 
nereorum me torqaet perpetuo, & quam faft & implere non licuit, autfeciffe 
potentem cogitatione afsidud mentitus fum voluptatem. Et alibi, ob 
dominium & radiorum mixtionem, profundum fuit ingenium, fed 
Ufcivum, egeq-, turpi libidini deditus & obfcanus. So far Cardan of hiirifelf, 
*}*od de fe fatetur ideo h ut utilitatem adferat fludiofis bujufce difcipliha, 
and for this hee is traduced by when as in effeft hee faith no 
than what Gregory Nazianzen of old, to chila .his fcholar, effere- 
fe mihi vifenda mulieres, quarum pracollenti elegantia & decore 
jyftabiU tentahatur men tntegritas pudicitia, £t quidem flagitium vitav* 
at munditia virginalis florem arcana cord ts cogitatione fgdavL 
Seff ad rem. Aptiores ad mafculinam venerem funt, quorum geoefi Venu 
c ln figno mafculino, &in Saturni finibus aut opppfiti i 
quadripart. plura de his & fpccialia habet. Aphorrfma , g Part 3. Sc&. 2. 
Love- tjMeUncholy, 
Memb.i. Subf. I. 
proculdubio ufu confirmata, &ab experientia multa perfcdla, inquit 
commentator ejus Aflrologia Ith.q.cap, %.articu~ 
lis 4' &5. infaniam amatoriam remonftrantia, multa pra? certeris ac- 
cumulat aphorifmata, quae qui volet, confidat. Chiromantici ex cingulo 
Veneris pierumq*, conjedluram faciant, & monte Veneris, de quorum 
decretis, Taifnerum, Johan, de Indagine, Goclenium, ceeterofq., fi 
lubet, infpicias. Phyiicians divine wholly from the temperature and 
complexion; Phlcgmatick perfons are feldome taken according to ftci- 
nus Comment, cap, f, naturally melancholy lefs than they, but once ta- 
ken they arc never freed; though many are of opinion flatuous or hypo- 
condriacal melancholy are moll fubjedl of all. others to this infirmity. 
Vale fats afiigns their ftrong imagination for a caufc, Bodine abundance 
of wind, Gordonitts of feed, and fpirits, or atomi in the feed, which caufe 
their violent and furious pafilons. Sanguine thence are foon caught. 
h Dial, amo- 
rm. 
t Citius maris 
finitus & ni- 
ves culo de ta- 
bentes numera- 
ris) qadfn afno- 
restotoS’, Atii 
'amores dliis 
piecedunt, ac 
priufquatn de* 
finavi priores, 
incipi tint fe- 
quentes. Ad‘e$ 
vumidit oculis 
nens inhabitat 
/tffusomem 
f9mm ad f e 
rapiensy ut nul- 
lafatietate ex- 
fleam, 
urm hac ira 
Venerit, ‘&c. 
young folks mod apt to love, and by their good wills, faith h Lucian, 
would have a bout with every one they fee: the colts evil is com mon to all 
complexions. Theomefius a young and iufty gallant acknowledged! (in 
the raid Author ) all this to bee verified in him, lamfo amoroujly given, 
t you may fooner number the Sea fands, and Snow fading from the skies,than my 
feveral loves. Cupid hath fhot all his arrows at mee, lam deluded with various 
defires, one love fucceeds another, and that fo foon, that before one is ended> 
I begin with * fee and * (bee that is Uft is fhU fair eft, and thee that is prefent 
pleafeth mee moft : as an Hydra’s head my loves increaft, no Iolaus can help 
mee, Mine eyes arefo moifi a refuge and fanttuary of love, that they draw 
ati beauties to them, and are never fat is fed, lamin a doubt what fury of 
Venus this fbould bee: Kailas, how have I offended her fo to vex mee what 
Hippolitus am 1! What Ttlchin is my Genius? oris it a natural imperfe- 
dhon, an hereditary paffion? Another in * Jfidcrifo confetteth that hec 
had twenty once, fifteen at Corinth, as many at 
Lesbos, and at Rhodes, twice as many in lonia, thrice in Caria, 
twenty thou&nd in all •• or in a word, «cpvKKoc ww, &c. 
Folia arborum omnium ft 
2V opi referre eundi a , 
\jdtft computare arenas 
In tquore miverjas, 
Solum meorum amorum 
Te fecero logi flam i 
Canft count the leaves in May, 
Or lands ith* Ocean Sea, 
Then count my loves I pray. 
His eyes arc like a ballance,apt to propend each way,and to he weighed 
down with every wenches looks ; his heart a weathercock, bis affedion 
tinder, or Napthe it (elf, which every fair objcd , fweet finile, or Mi- 
ftrefs favour lets on fire. Guianeriustraft, 17. cap, 14. refers all this1 to 
the hot temperature of thetefticles ,Ferandusz Frenchman in his Erotiquc 
Mel. (which if book came firft to my hands after the third Edition )to 
certain atomi in the feed, fuch as are very ffermatick andfull of feed, I finde 
the fame in Arifiotfett.4. prob, 17. ft non fecernatnr femen, ceffare tentigi' 
nes non pojjunt, as Cduftdvtnitos his Commentator tranflates it, for which 
* Qtti ealidum 
tefoculorum 
criSn habenti 
&c. 
f printed at 
faris \6%4. 
{even years af- 
ter my firft E- 
dition. Part 3. Sed.2. 
Caufes of Melancholy. 
Mcrab.z.Subf.i, 
caufe thefe young men, that be ftrong fee, of able bodies, are fo fubjed to 
it. Hercules de Saxonia, hath the fame words in effed, But moft part I fay5 
fuch are apteft to love, that are young and lufty 5 Jive at cafe , itaukfed, 
free from cares , like catcelin a rank pafture, idle and folitary perfons, 
they muft needs hirquitallire, as Guaftavtn/fu recites out of Cenforinus. 
k Mens erit apt a capi tum quum Utiftma rerum, 
Ut feges in pingui luxuriabit humo. 
The minde is apt to luft, and hot or cold. 
As corn luxuriates in a better mold. 
k Ovid de art. 
4 Gerhelius. de- 
fcript.Grxci*. 
Rerum omnium 
affluentia & lo- 
ci mira opportu- 
The place it felf makes much wherein we live, the clime, air, and difei- 
plins if they concur. In our Mifn'ta, faith Galen, necr to Pergamus, thou 
fhalt fcarce finde an adulterer, but many at Rome, by rcalbn of the de- 
lights of the feat. It was that plenty of all things, which made t Corinth 
fo infamous of old > and the opportunity of the place to entertain thofe 
forein comraers $ every day Grangers came in, at each gate, from all 
quarters. In that one Temple of Venus a thoufand whores did proftituce 
thenafelves, as Straho writes, betides Lais and the reft of better note ; All 
nations referred thither, as to a fchool of Venus, Your hot and Southern 
countries are prone to luft, and far more incontinent, than thofe that live 
in the North, as Bodine difeourfeth at large, Met hod. hi ft .cap. s.Mohs Aft- 
atiei, fo are Turks, Greeks, Spaniards, Italians, even all that latitude : 
and in thofe Tracts, fuch as are more fruitful, plentiful, and delicious, as 
VHence in Sfain,Gapua in Italy,domicilium luxus Tully termes it, and ( which 
nitaSi nulla non 
die hojpites in 
portas adverte- 
bant. Templo 
Vmerit miHe 
meretrices fa 
profit tuebant, 
J Tota Cypri in- 
fula delitiis in- 
cumbit, &• 01, i# 
tantum luxuria 
dedita ut ft o- 
lim Veneri fa- 
crata, Ortelius. 
Lampfacus olim 
'Priapo facer ob 
viam genere- 
fum, & loci de- 
liti as. Idem. 
Hannibals fouldiers can witnefs ) Canopus in <i/Egypt,Sybaris, Phaeacia, Bata, 
"Cyprus, Campfacus. Inm Naples the fruits of the foyl and pleafanc air 
enervate their bodies , and alter conftitutions: infomuch, that Florus 
Calls it Certamen Bacchi dr Veneris , but * Foliot admires it. In Italy and 
Spain, they have their (lews in every great Gity, as in Rome, Venice, Flo- 
rence; whereas fome fay, dwell ninety thoufand Inhabitants, of which 
ten thoufand are Curtizans; and yet for all this, every Gentleman aimoft 
hatha peculiar Miftris *, fornications, adulteries are no where fo com- 
nion.- urbs eft jam tota lufanarhow fliould a man live hone ft among fo ma- 
«y provocations < now if vigor of youth, greatnefs , liberty I mean j 
and that impunity of fin which Grandies take urito themfelves in this 
kinde fhall meet, what a gap muft it needs open to all manner of vice, 
With what fury will it rage f For, as (Maximus Tyrius the Platoni ft ob- 
Neapo- 
litani deleft:a. - 
tio y elegmia, 
amcenitds, vix 
intra modim 
humanum conf- 
rere videtur j 
mde&cXeand. 
Alber.in.Cm~ 
pania. 
* Lib de lent, 
urby JSTeap. Dip. 
putat.de morbk 
animifRemldi 
Interpret. ' 
ferves, libido confequuta qmm fuerit materiam tmprobam, & prarupt am li- 
centiam, ip ejfra natam audaciam, &c, what will not jUift efied in fuch pers- 
ons r For commonly princes and great men make no fcruple at all of 
matters, but with that whore in Sparttan, guicquid libel Ucet, they 
they may do what they lift profefs it publrkely , and rather brag 
ltk Proculus(that writ to a friend of his in Rome, n what famous exploits 
e had done in that kind ) than any way be abaihed at it. ° Nicholas San- 
trs relates of Henry the$th. (I know not how truly ) 
fwchriergs q»as non COM after it, & pauciftimas non eoncumrit quas non 
5 He faw very few maids that he did not defire, and defired 
Whom he did not enjoy .* nothing fo familiar amongft them, 'cis moft o 
r 5!r °ufinefs: Meffalina, and fane of Naples* are n°c 
le to p meaner men and women v Solomon of old had a thou an _ 
n LitmfridiuT, 
6)nod decern 
noß'ibus ce*tm 
vvfgtnesfecijfn 
nuiUeres. 
o Vita ejus. 
p If they con- 
tain chcmfelrcs 
many rimes it 
is not virtutis 
amre•, non. dee ft 
volunt as Jed 
fACUitAS. Part 3* Sc<ft. 2. 
Love- CMelancheiy, 
Memb. ?, Subf.i, 
cubmes, A(Juerus his Eunuches, and keepers, Hero his TigiRinus, Panders 
and Bawds, the Turks,* Mufcovites, Megors, Xenjfs of Barbary, and Ter fan 
Sophies, are no whit inferior to them in out times. Deleft us ft omnium pu- 
ellarum toto regno forma prafant iorum ( fait h Jovius) pro imperatore& quas 
ille linquit, nobiles habent t, They prefs and mufter up wenches as we do 
fouldiers, and have their choice ©f the rare ft beauties their countries can 
■a ltl MufioV. 
afford, and yet all this cannot keep them from adultery , inceft, fodomy, 
buggery, and fuch prodigious lufts. We may conclude, that if they be 
young, fortunate, rich, high-fed, and idle withall, it is almoft impofliblc 
they fhould live honeft, not rage , and precipitate themfelves into thofe 
inconvenicncies of burning luff. 
vcatuUm ad 
Lesblm. 
* Otium & reges prius & beatas 
Perdidit urbes. 
Idlenefs overthrows all, Vacue p eftm regnat amr, love tyrannizeth in 
an idle perfon. Amere abundas Anti p ho. If thou haft nothing to do 
f Invidik vel amore mi fer torquebere— Thou (halt be 
haled in pieces with envy, luft, fome paffion or ocher. Homines nihil a- 
gendo mall agere difcunts *Tis Arif otic s Simile, cas match or touchwood 
takes fire,fo doth an idle per fen love, 
Sluaritur tAagifiws quare fit fattus adulter, &C, why W2S t/E?*' 
f You need not ask a reafonofit. ifimenedera ftole 
Bacche, a woman forced a man, as f Aurora did Cephalus : No marvel, 
faith u Plutarch, Luxurians opibus mere heminum multer agit: She was 
rich, fortunate and jolly, and doth but as men do in that cafe, as Jupiter 
did by Europe Hepmeby Amymone, The Poets therefore did well to 
feign all Shcpheards Lovers, to give themfelves to forigs and dalli- 
ances, becaufe they lived fuch idle lives.* For loVe as f Theophrattus de- 
fines it, is otiofi animi affeftus, an affedtion of an idle mindc, or as t Seneca 
defcribes it, Juventa gignitur, luxu nutritur, feriis alitur, otioq-, inter Uta 
fortuna bona, YoathBegets it, riot maintains it, idlenefs nourifheth it, 
See, which makes x Gordonius the Phyfician cap,2o.part, 2, call this difeafe 
the proper paffion of Nobility, Now if a weak judgement and a ftrong 
apprehenfion do concur, how , faith Her cuius de Saxonid , (hall they re- 
■ (ift I Savanarola appropriates it almoft to s tjttonks, friers, and religious 
perfpns, becaufe they live folitarp fair daintily, and do nothing: and well he 
may, for how (hould they otherwife chooie < 
t Diet alone is able to caufe it .• A rare thing to fee a young man or i 
r woman that lives idly, and fares well, of what condition foever, not to be 
. *n love: * Alcibiades was ftill dallying with wanton young women, immo* 
, derate in ms expcnccs, effeminate in his apparel, ever in love, but why ? 
- he was ovcr-delicateinhisdict, too frequent arid excefiive in banquet?' 
Übicunqi fecuritas, ibi libido dominatur e, luft and fecurity domineer to# 
gether ,as SMerome averreth. All which the wife of Bath in Chattel 
freely juftifics. 
f Iter. 
* Polit. 8. am, 
iZ,Ut naptha 
ad. ignem, Pc 
amor ad illos 
qui tor pefcunt 
odo. 
t Vaufanias 
Attic, lib. x. 
Cephalus egre- 
gia forma ju- 
venis ab aurora 
raptus quod ejus 
amore capta ef- 
fit- . 
u In amatorio. 
f £ Stobao fer. 
6z. • 
■f Amor otiofa 
Curaefi follici- 
tudinis, 
* Principes ple- 
rum<fo oblicen- 
tiam& adfiu- 
entiam diviti- 
arum iftampaf- 
penem folent 
incurrere. 
y Ardenter ap- 
petit qui oth-' 
fw vitam agit 
V communite? 
incurrit hac _ 
palfio f olit artos 
delitiefivlvcn' 
tes, incontinen- 
tes, religio fit > 
&C’ 
* Plutarch, 
vit, ejus. 
|Fo> all to tfcker, as colo engcwnetl) Ijail, 
& Uquejffl) tongue mull fcate a Ifqaotffl) tall. 
Efpecially if they fhall further it by choyce Diet, as many times tbof* Parc 5.5e&.2. 
Caufes of Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.2.Subf.i, 
Sybarites and Phaaces do, feed liberally, and by their good will, eat no- 
thing elfe but lafcivious meats, f Vinum imprimisgenerofum, legumen, 
fabas, radices omnium generum bene conditas, & largo pipere afperfas 9 
carduos hortulanos, lactucas, x erucas , rapas,porros, capos, nucem pice- 
am , amygdalas dulces, ele fluar ia tfy rupes, fuccos, cochleas, conchas, pif- 
ces optime praparatos, aviculas, tefliculos animalium, ova , condimenta 
diver[orum generum, molles left os, pulvinaria, &c. Et quicquid fere me- 
dici impotentia rei venerea laboranti praferibunt, hoc quafi diafatyrien 
habent in delitiis, & his dapes multo delicatiores 5 mulfum, exquifitas & 
exoticas fruges*y aromata, placentas, exprejfos fuccos multis ferculis vari- 
atos, ipjumque vinum fuavitatt vincentes, & quicquid culina, pharmaco- 
peia, aut quaque fere officina fubminifirare pofit. Et hoc plerumque viUu 
t Vina parant 
animes veneri. 
% Sed nihil eru* 
cf faciunt but- 
biipjala.ces-jm- 
proba nec profit 
jam faturein 
tibi. Ovid, 
quum fe ganeones infarciant, aut ille eb Cnrefeidafuam, fe bulbis & co- 
chleis curavit 5 etiam ad Ve nerem fe parent, (jr ad hanc paleflram fe exerce- 
at, qui fieri poflit, ut non mifere depereant , but non penitus infantant < 
venter cito defpuit in libidinem, Hieronymus ait, c Poft pran- 
dia, Callyroenda. guis enim continere fe pote fi t 4 Luxuriofa res vinum, 
fomentum libidinis vocat Auguftinus* blandum damonem, Bernardus- lac 
veneris, Ariftophanes. Non aEtna, non Vefuvius tantis ardoribus ceftu- 
ant, ac juveniles medullas vino plenas, additc Hieronymus .* unde ob opti- 
mum vinum Lamfacus olim Priapo [acer; & venerandi Bacchi foda, apud 
t Orpheum Venus audit. Haec fi vinum fimplex, & per fe fumptum prafiare 
p6fit, nam f e[uo rae Bacche rapis tui plenum i quam non infaniam, 
quem non furorem a cat er is ex pe ciemus c* * Gome fi us falem enumerat inter 
e* qua intempeftivam libidinem provocare f olent, Et lalaciores fieri foemi- 
nas ob efum falis contendit: Venerem ideo dicunt ab Occano ortam. 
* Temnius cu* 
ravi me max cl- 
bis validiori•* 
bus, &c. 
hUti ille apud 
Sumptam, qui 
pofi potionem, 
uxorem &- 
quatuor ancil- 
las proximo cu- 
biculo cuban- 
• tes, comprtfft, 
« ferf. Sat. 3, 
d Siracides. 
Nox, & amor 
viktivoj* nihil 
moderabile [na* 
dent. 
* Lap. ad Olym- 
piam. 
t Hymno, 
t Her. l.$. Od. 
f ve fde lib. 
cap. si 
* Unde tot in Veneta fcortornm millia curfunt ? 
In promptu caufa eft, eft Venus orta mari. 
* Knwuants 
lib. 4e virgini- 
tate. 
S Garcia* ab 
horto arma- 
w»'» /tf. x, 
cap. iB. 
b S«r<ur r«&V 
ad coitum fum- 
ne facit fiqaiS 
cemedat, out 
infufionm hi* 
bat, membrum 
fubito erigitur. 
Et hinc foeta mater Salacea Oceani conjux, verbumque fort ajje falax a [ale 
efflux it, IMaU Bacchica tantum olim in amoribus pravaluernnt, ut corona 
ex iUis flatua Bacchi ponerentur, g Cubehis in vino maceratis utuntur Indi 
orientales ad Venerem excitandum, & h Surax radice Africani. C bin ce 
radix eofdem effetius habet,1alifque herba meminit Mag. nat. lib. a. cap. 16, 
t Baptifta Porta ex IndiaaUaU, cujus mentionem facit & Theophraftus. 
Sed infinita his fmilia apud Rhafin, Matthiolum, Mizaldum, caterofque 
medicos occurrunt, quorum ideo mentionem feci, nequts imperitior in hos [co- 
pules impingat3 fed pro virili tanquam fyrtes & cautes confulto effugiat. 
j*9 Afer, lib. 9. cap. nit. t £>p«ntnfoltm edentibus fed & genitale tangentibus tantum valet, ut (sire fumm 
re**> quoties free velint,ppest',snt', alios duodecies profeciffe, alios ad 6a vices perveniffe refert. Part 5» Sed. 2. 
Love- c_Melancholy. 
Memb. ?. Subf.3, 
Memb. 2. Subsec. 2, 
Caufes of Love- Melancholy , Beautyfrom the Face * 
, ether farts, and hero it fierce th. 
Ny cau^*es maY be reckoned up, but they cannot 
avail, except opportunity bee offered of time, place, 
M m t^lo^e otber beautiful objedfs, or artificial entice- 
IS H ments, as killing, conference, difeourfe, geftures con- 
M cur, withfuch like lafeivious provocations, Korn- 
mannus in his book de linea amoris makes five degrees 
of luft, out of1 Lucian belike, which hee handles in 
i Lucian. Tom. 
4.Dial, amo- 
rumi 
five Chapters, Vtfus, Colloquium, Convitius, ojcula, Tatius. 
Sight jof all other, is the firft ftep of this unruly love , though fometime 
it be prevented by relation or hearing, or rather incenfed. For there bee 
thofe fo apt, credulous and facile to love, that if they hear of a proper 
man, or woman, they are in love before they fee them, and that meerly 
fc Ex enim ho- 
minum intem- 
perantium li- 
bido e(l ut eti- 
am fxma ad x- 
mandtim im- 
pellanturj & x 
audientes aqui 
afficiuntur ac 
videntes. 
1 Vormefam 
Sojlrato filiam 
audiens, uxo- 
rem cupit, & 
folx illius au- 
ditione ardet. 
m S)uotiei de 
Tambea Xe- 
nophontis lo- 
tum perlego, i- 
ta animo ajfe- 
ac fi co- 
ram intuerer. 
* Pulchritudi- 
nem fibi ipfis 
confingunt 3 1- 
inagines. 
«‘De aulico lib, 
i.fol. 116. 
•’Tisa pleafanc 
ftory, and re- 
lated at Urge 
by him» 
f Grati a venit 
ab auditu 
que ac vi fu, & 
fpuies amoris 
in pbantafiam 
recipiunt folx 
by relation, ns chtlles Tatius obferves. k Such is their intemperance and 
luflj that they are M much maimed by report, as if they faw them. Califthc- 
nes a rich young Gentleman of Byzance in Thrace, hearing of1 Leucippe 
Softratus fair daughter 2 was far in love with her, and out of fame and 
common rumour, jo much wcenfed, that hee would needs have her to he his wife. 
And fomedmes by reading they are fo afteaed, as hee m « Lucian con- 
f elfeth of himfelf, I never read that place of Panthea in Xenophon, but 
/am as much affected, as if I were prefent with her, Such perions com- 
monly feign a kind of beauty to themfelves-and fo did thole three Gen- 
tlewomen in ° Balt ha far Caftilio? fall in love with a young man , whom 
they never kneWj but onely heard him commended: or by readingofa 
letter 5 for there is a grace cometh from hearing, pas a moral Philofo- 
pher infer meth us, as well as from fight $ and the fpedes of love are received 
into the phantafte by relation alone$ | Ut cupere ah afpetiu, fic velle ah auditu7 
both fenfes aife<&. Interdum dr abfentes amamus, fometimes wee love 
thofe that are abfent, faith PhtUJlratus, and gives inftaiicc in his friend 
that loved a Maid at Corinth whom hee never faw5 non oculi, 
fed mens videt5 Wee fee with the eyes of our underftanding. 
But the moft familiar and ufaal caufe of Love, is that which comes 
,by fight, which conveyes thofe admirable rayes of beauty and pleafing 
graces to the heart. Plotinus dtrives love from light, fyess quafi c&tsts* 
T oculi funt in amore duces, the eyes are 
. the harbingers of love, and the firft ftep of love is light, as f Lilius Giral- 
dus proves at large, hist. deort fyntag* 13. they as two lluces let in the in- 
fluences or that divine, powerful, foul-ravilhing, and captivating beau- 
ty, which, as one faith, is fkarper than any dart or needle, wounds deepti 
into the heart, and opens a gap thorow our eyes to that lovely wound, which 
pierceth the foul hfelf (Ecclcf. 18.) Through it love is kindled like a 
co! omine us grad BC. 38. t LlPf- e'n*’*‘ *?*(' 12 ‘ Beauties Encomions. rPropert. [ Amoris primum gradum vif** 
habet, ut amiciat rem amatam. Amites Tatius hb. 1. Forma telo quovis acutior ad inferendum vulnus, per&oeulo* 
amatorio vulneri aditum patefacies m animum penetrat* Parc 5«5e<51.2. 
Caufes of Love-Melancholy. 
Mcmb.2.Subr.2. 
This amazing, confounding, admirable, amiable Beauty, “ than which in 
dli Natures treafure ( faith ijocrates ) there is nothing fo ma] eft teal and fa- 
ct ed, nothing fo dtvtne, lovely, fretious, "tis natures Crown, gold and 
glory* bonum fi non fummum, de jummis tamen non infrequent er 
whole power hence may bedifcerned5 we contemn and abhor gene- 
rally fuch things as are foul and ugly to behold, accompt them filthy, 
out love and covet that which is fair. ’iis t beauty in all things, which 
pleafeth and allureth us, a fair hawk, a fine garment, a goodly buil- 
7ng > afairhoufe, &c, ThatPerfian Xerxes when he dtftroyed all 
* In. told mum 
natura nihil 
forma divinius 
nihil auguftiusp 
nihil pretio fins. 
Cujus vires hinc 
facile inteUi- 
guntur, &c. 
f Chnfi. Vonfei. 
on. 
thofe Temples of the Gods in Greece, caufed that of Diana, in integrum 
Jcrvari, to be fpared alone for that excellent beauty and magnificence 
of it. Inanimate beauty can To command. Tis that which Painters, 
Artificers, Orators, all ay mat, zsErtximachtts the Phyfician in Pl#~ 
t° contends, xlt was beauty firfi that mtmflred occafion to art, to find out 
the knowledge of carvings f aiming, buildings to find out models, ferfretf'rves , 
r*ch furnitures, and fo many rare inventions. Whitenefs in the Lilly, red 
* s. L„ 
purple in the Violet, aluftre mall things without life, 
the deer light of the Moon , the bright beams of the Sun, fplendor of 
Gold , purple, fparkling Diamond, the excellent feature of the 
Horfe , the Majcfty of the Lion , the colour of Birds, Peacocks tails, 
thefilver fcalesof Fifh, we behold with Angular delight and admirati- 
on. y And which is rich in flants , delightful in flowers, wonderful in 
hafts, hut woft glorious in men, doth make us affect and earncftly defire 
ll> as when we hear any fweet harmony, an eloquent tongue , Tee any 
excellent quality, curious work of man, elaborate art, or ought that 
Jscxquifite, there arifeth inftantly inusalongmg for the fame. We 
love fuch men, bur moft part for comelinefs of pci fon *, we call them 
wdsand Goddefles, divine, ferene, happy, &c. And ot all mortal 
hlen they alone ( * Calc agninus holds ) are free from calumny $ qut di- 
vitiis , magi fir at a & gloria flerent, injuria lac ej.simus , wee back-bite , 
Wrong, hate, renowned, rich and happy men, wee repine atfheir fe-, 
1 Bruys Proh, 
li. de forma i 
Luciano, 
* Lib.de colum- 
nia.Formofi Ca* 
lumia vacant* 
dolemus alios 
meliore locopo- 
fortunam 
nobis novercam 
illiS}&C. 
z Invidemus fa** 
piemibusfiuftisl 
nip beneficus 
affidue amorem 
extorquent-, fi- 
los formofos a- 
marnus &■ pri- 
mo velut ajfiekn 
licity, they arc undeferving wee think, fortune is a ftep-mother to us, a 
parent to them. Wee envy (faith * Jfocrates) wfe, honeH men, except 
Kith mutual offices and kwdnejjes, feme good turn or other, they extort 
this love from as -7 only fair ferfons wee love at fir ft fight, defire then ac- 
quaintance y and adore them as fo many Cods: wee had rather ferve 
them than command others, and account our felves the more beholding to 
them y the more fervice they enjoyn us: though they bee othervrife viti- 
as, unhoneft, wee love them, favour them, and arc ready to do them 
aUy good office for their * beauties fake, though they have no other 
quality befide. Dic igitur b formefe adolefcens (as that eloquent 
havorinus breaks out in f Stobeus ) die Antiloque, juavius nett are toque* 
***''> dic b Telemache, vehementius Ulyffe dicis* dic Alcibiades utcunqt *bri» 
?s* libentius tibi licet ebrio aufcultabimus. Speak fair youth, fpeak Anti- 
thy words are fweetcr than Nett at5 fpeak O Telemachus, thou art 
powerful than Ulyffes5 fpeak Alcibiades though drunk3 wee will 
willingly hear thee as thou art. Faults in fuch are no faults.- For when 
Alcibiades had ifoln Anytus his gold and filver plate, bee was 10 
r trom profccuting fo foul a fa&.( though every man elfe co * 
benevolentia 
conjungimur, 
<& eos tanqmm 
Ve§s coimusy 
libentius iis 
fervimus (inani 
aliis impera 
mus, majorem- 
que,&c. 
a form* na- 
jeflattm Math- 
ri verentur, uei 
alii majores _ 
qnamA*05 e*l~ 
jfij.fi foYiTML 
tura donat a e(i j 
Berod. Hb. 5. 
Curtius i.Arifl, 
folit- t. 
■\ Sem.6iPlu~ 
tareh. vit. ejus, 
BrifoniuSi Stra- 
bo. Part 3, Sed. 2. 
Love- (JMeUncholy. 
Memb. 7, SubLz. 
454 
nedhis impudence, and' infolency ) that he wifhedithad been more, 
and much better ( he loved him dearly ) lor his fvvcet fake. No worth 
is eminent in fuch lovely pcrfons, all imperfe&ions hid 5 non enim facile 
de his quos plurmum dihgimtts, turpitudinem fujpicamur, lor hearing, 
fight, touch, &c. our mind and all our fenfcs are captivated , omnes jen- 
fa forme fa dele0at. Many men have been preferred for their perfoa 
alone, chofcn Kings 5 asamongft the Indians, Ferfians, Ethiopians 
of old 5 the propereft man of perfon the country could afford , was e- 
kdted their Soveraign Lord5 Gratior eft pulchro veniens e corpore virtus, 
and fo have many other nations thought and done, as t Curtius obfcrves * 
Ingens entm in corporis majeftate veneratio eft, for there is a majeffical pre- 
fence in fuch men3 and fo far was beauty adored amongft them, that 
no man was thought fit to reign, that was not in all parts compleat 
and fupereminent. Agis King of Laced&mon had like to have been depo- 
fed, bccaufe he maried a little wife 5 they would not have their royal 
iffue degenerate. Who would ever have thought that Adrian the 
t Lib. f. Mag- 
itorttmfy operum 
non alios capa- 
ces putant quam 
quos exitnid 
jpecie natura 
donavit. 
* Lib. de vita 
Tontificum 
Horn, 
fourth , an Englifh Monk’s baftard ( as * Papirias CMaftovius writes in 
his life ) inops a fats relictus , fqualidus & mi/er, a poor forfaken childe 
fhould ever come to be Pope of Rome? But why was it f Erat acri in- 
genio , facundia expedita , eleganti corpore, facieque Ut Aac hilari, (as he 
follows it out of * Halrigenfis, for he plows with his heifer, )he was 
* Lib. a. cap. 6. 
wife., learned, eloquent, of a pleafant, a proniifing countenance, a good- 
ly proper manj he had, in a word, a winning look of his own and 
that carryed it, for that he was efpecially advanced. So SAul\aa a. 
goodly perfon and afair. CMaxtmmus ele&ed Emperour, &c. Branchus 
the fon of Apollo, whom hee begot of fame , Sneerons daughter ( faith 
Lactantius) when he kept King Admetus Herds in Thejfalyfnow grown 
a man, was an carneft futer to his mother to know his father- the* 
Nymph denyed him , becaafe Apollo had conjured her to the contrary 5 
5» Did. morum • 
e. i .de magia 
tib. x.connub, 
eap. >7. Virgo 
formofa ttfi op- 
pidi pauper, a- 
bnnde efi dota- 
ta. 
< Ifocrates flu- 
tes eb formam 
immortalitatem 
adepti furit 
ait** ob reli- 
quas opuses 
virtute?* 
i Luet a» 
Charidarnori. 
merito 
ts & apud no- 
mines honore 
affefti- 
Muta commea- 
talio* quavis 
tpiftold ad Com- 
mendandum 
tjptacivr. 
yet overcome by his importunity at lalt Ihec lent him to his father 5 
when be came into Apodds prefence, malas Dei reverenter ofculatus , he 
carried himfelf fo well, and was fo fair a young man, that *4folio was 
infinitely taken with the beauty of his perfon, he could fcarce look off 
him, and faid, he was worthy of fuch parents, gave him a crown of 
gold, the fpirit of Divination, and in concluiion, made him a Demi-god. 
0 vis fuperba forma, a Goddefs beauty is, whom the very Gods a- 
dore, nam pulchros dii amant 5 fhe is Amoris domina , loves harbinger, 
loves loadftones a witch, a charm 3 &c. Beauty is a dowre of it felf, 
a fuffident patrimony, an ample commendation, an accurate epiftle, as 
h Lustany c *Afuleius, and Tome others conclude. Imperio dig” 
naformay Beauty deferves a Kingdome, faith faradox. 1. cap* 
1 10. immortality , and d more have got this honour and eternity for their 
heatitj, than for all ether vertues bepdes: and fuch as are fair , are mrthj to 
be honoured of God and men. That idalian Ganymedes was therefore 
fetched by Jupiter into Heaven, Hepheftion dear to Alexander, Antinoi 
to Adrian* Plato calls beauty3for that caufe, a priviledge of Nature, jaa* 
tura gaudentis opus, natures mafter-piece, a dumb comment; Theophra** 
flus 7 a filent fraud • Bill rhetorick, Carneades, that perfwades without 
fpecch, a kingdome without a guard, becaufe beautiful perfons com- Parc 3. Sea. 2. 
Beauty a Caufe. 
Memb. 2. Subi.2. 
mand as fo many Captains ; Socrates, a tyranny, which tyrahmzeth over 
tyrants themfelves ; which made Diogenes belike call proper women 
Queens, quod facerent homines qu<e praaperent, becaufe men were fo o- 
bedient to their commands* They will adore , cringe , complement 
and bow to a common wench ( iflhee bee fair) as if fheewere a Noble 
woman, a Countefs, a,Queen, or a Goddefs. Thofe intemperate young 
men of Greece , eredied ac Delphos, a golden Image, with infinite coft, 
to the eternal memory of Phryne the Curtizan, as relates,for fhee 
1 j j . —7 
was a moft beautiful woman, in fo much, faith f that Apelles 
and Fraxitilesdrew Venus pidture from her. Thus young men will a- 
dore and honour beauty*, Nay Kings themfelves 1 lay will do it , and 
voluntarily fubmit their foveraignty to a lovely, woman, wine.is firong, 
Kings are ftrong, but a woman firongeft, 1 Efd, 4. 10. as Zerohahel proved 
at large to King Darius, his Princes and Noble men. Kings fit ft id and 
command Sea and Land, &c, all pay tribute to the King; but women make 
pay tribute , and have dominion over them* When they have get gold 
andfilver, they fubmit all to a beautiful woman , give themfelves wholly to 
her, gape and gaze on her, and ad men defire her more than gold or filver, 
or any pretious thing: they will leave Father and lM other, and. venture their 
livesfor her , labour and travel to get, and bring ad their gains to women , 
fieal, fight and ft oil for their Mi ft refs fakes, Cd nd no King fo ftrong, hut a 
fair woman is ftrenger Phan hee is. All things (as thee proccedsj fear to 
touch the King', yet If aw him9 and Apame his Concubine, the Daughter of 
*he famous Bartacus, fitting on the right hand of the King, and jhee took the 
Crown off his head, and put it on her own, and flroke him with her left hand y 
yet the King gaped and gazed on her, and when [hee laughed, hee laughed, and 
when Jhee was angry, hee flattered to bee reconciled to her. So beauty com- 
mands even Kings themfelves; nay whole Armies and Kirigdomes are 
captivated together with their Kings X f Forma vincit armatos , ferrum 
pulchritudo captivat-, vincentur fpecie, qui non vincentur pralio. And Tis 
a great matter, faith k Xenophon, and of which all fair per fons may worthily 
brag 5 that a ftrong man mu ft labour for his living, if hee will have ought, a 
’•valiant man mufl fight and endanger himjelf forit, a wife; man ffeak, {hew 
himfelfand toil; but a ]air and beautifulperfon doth all with eafe, hee com' 
pafjeth his defire without any pains taking: God and men, Heaven and 
Barth confpire to honour him; every one pities him above other, if hee 
bee in need, land all the world is willing to do him good. M Chamlea 
fell into the hands of Pyrates, but when all the reft were put to the edge 
°f the (word., fliee . alone was preferred for her perjToq. ’ “ When Con* 
fiminople was facked by the Turk, Irene efcaped, and was fo far from 
keiug made a captive, rhatJhee captivated the grand Senior hfinfM* 
So did Rofamond infuit over King Henry the fecond. 
j t t-T 9. 
hi(i. t ant a for- 
" nut elegantia ut 
i ab ea ».nda,&c 
f 
ft Bfdrat 4. if 
J' Ori gen. how. 
a?. hNurnb. 
In ipfos tyran~ 
m tyrarutidcm 
exercet. 
* lUud certe 
magmm. Ob 
quod glmflfi 
poffi/nt JSrmf, 
quod rsbuftis 
neceffarium fie 
laborare, fer- 
tem periculis ft 
objicere japien~ 
tern, &c. 
J JMajbrent vh» 
habet ad con- 
taeaJiddum 
forma, quapt 
accurate fcripta 
epiftela- Arif. 
m Helio dor. /, 
n Kjtotvlet. 
flip Turcica. 
t Daniel in 
complaint 
Ref mend. 
* s'*o\a film 
£n. 
: , ——j 1 was jojatr anobjcUy 
Whom fortune made my King, my love made fubje tty 
Hee found by proof the privi I edge‘-of beauty, ; 
y That it had power to ceuntermyrid allduty, 
t captivates-the very ,jCfpds .themfelves, Moreflora numina i 
""Deus ipfe deorum, ' 
Fafius cb hanc formam bos, equus, imber, olor» Part 3. Se&. 2. 
Love-sjMelancholy, 
Memb.2, Subf. a. 
And thofe mali genii are taken with it, as t I have already proved. For- 
mofam Barbari verentur, &ad afpeßum pulchrum mmanis animus manju- 
efdt ( Belt odor, Itb, 5.) The Barbarians /land in awe of a fair woman, 
and at a beautiful afpedt a fierce fpirit is pacified. For when as Troy 
f Sect.2.. Mem, 
s, Sub. 1, 
o stromatum I. 
?«J! capum 
Trojum cum 
impetu ferretur» 
ad occidendam 
MUen*m>ftupo- 
# 'adeo pulchri- 
tudinis correp- 
tus ut feram 
tmeterety &e. 
was taken, and the wars ended (as elements ° lAkx&ndrinus quotes out 
of Euripides) angry Menelaus with rage and fury armed, came with his 
fword drawn to have killed Helena with his own hands, as being the 
foie caufe of all thofe wars and miferies: but wherrhee few her fair face, 
as one amazed at her divine beauty, hee let his weapon fall, and embra- 
ccdhcr,bc/ides, hee had no power to ffrike fo Tweet a creature. Srgs 
hebetantur enfes fulchtitudtne , the edge of a /harp fword ( as the faying 
is) is dulled with a beautiful alpect, and feverity it felf is overcome. 
jiiperides the Orator, when Phrjne his Client was accufed at Athens for 
her lewdnefs, ufed no other defence in her caufe, but tearing her upper 
garment, difclofed her naked breaft to the Judges, with which come- 
linefs of her body, and amiable geffure, they were fo moved and afto- 
ni/hed, that they did acquit her forthwith, and let her go, O noble 
peece of Juftlce, mine Author exclaims, and who is hee that would not 
rather lofe his feat and robes, forfeit his office, than give fentencc a- 
gainft the majefty of beauty c Such prerogatives have fair per/ons, and 
they alone are free from danger . Tarthenstaus was fo lovely and fair, 
that When hee fought in the Theban wars, if his face had been by chance 
bare, no enemy would offer to ftrike at, or hurt him, fuch immunities 
hath beauty. Beads them/elves are moved with it, sinatda was a wo- 
man of fuch excellent feature, a Queen, that when /hee was to bee 
v Tanta forma 
fuityUt cum 
vwß(f leriSife“ 
ris expopta ft j 
ret» eqtwrum 
t£l\Wustite- ‘ 
ftnda» itfuju- 
jnentis fimira- 
tionifuiiy la- 
dm notuerunt. 
trodden on by wilde horfes for a pUUlfhment, the rvilde beaftsfloodin admi- 
ration of her petfm(Saxe Gtmmmim iih.%. Van. Hill.) and would not hurt 
for. Wherefore did chat royal Virgin inf Aftdeius when /hee fled from 
the theeves den, in a defer t, make fuch an Apoftrophe to her Afs on 
whom fliee rode; (for What knew (hee to the contrary, but that hee was an 
Afs?) Si me farentibus & proco forfiioft reddideris, quas tibi gratias , quos 
honores habebo, quos cibos exhibebo ? Shee would comb him, drefs him,, 
feed him , and trick him every day her felf, and hee ihould work no 
more, toil no more, Hbtic reft and play, &c. And /hee would 
have a dainty pi&ure drawn, in perpetual remembrance, a Virgin rb 
ding upon an Affesback with this motto, veffwe regia virgo fn* 
giens captivitatenti, why faid/het all this i why did Ihee make fuch pro- 
mifds to a dumb beaft ? But thitlhee perceived the poor Afs to be ta- 
ken With her beauty 5 for hee did often obliquo collo fedesfuetla decoros hd' 
finrc kifs her feet as fhee rfd, kd deliiatulas vocatas tent db at adhinnire, 
offer to give content as nmchas Him was to her delicati 
and befidcs, hec had fotne feeling as &e cbticeiyecf bf her mifery. And 
why did Theogineshqrfein Heliodtfds*eui'veat,prancesand go k),proudly, 
e saltans alacriter & fuperbiens0 tffc, but that fure as mine Author fuppo- 
'pvtithkjf, I. 3* 
feth, hec was in love with his Mailer * dixps ipfum equum pulchrum inr 
teUtgere pulchram domini fcrmm r A fly lighted on t Maljhiusshcek & 
hcelay afleepj bntwhyr NottofifUrc him, asapSrafice of by 
well perceived, non ut fed ut ofcularetnr, but to tils 
him, as tavi/hed with his divint looks.' Inanimate Matures, t lupp°^e > 
t AthtntM, 
lifr.lv - Parc 3. Sed:. 2; 
IBeauty a Caufe. 
Mcmb, 2. Subf.i. 
have a touch of this, when a drop of? Pfyches Candle fell on Cupid's 
Ihoulder, I think hire it was to kifs it. When fenus ran to meet her rofe- 
checkcd Adonis 3 as an elegant f Poet of ours fets her out* 
the btijhes in the way 
Some catch her neck, feme kifs her face. 
Some twine about her legs to moke her flay- 
And aU did covet her for to emir ace, y 
Aer ipfe amore inficitur , as Heliodorus holds , the air it fclfis in love * 
For when Hero plaid upon her Lute, 
t The wanton Air in twenty facet forms danc’t 
After her fingers 1 and thofe lafcivious winds 
(laid Daphne When (he fled from Apollo 5, 
———r— * nudabant corpora venti, 
Obviaque adverfas vibrabant flamina veftes, 
Boreas ventus loved Hyacinthus, and On thy a Bri&hohs daughter of A~ 
thens: vi rapuit, &c, he took her away by force , as (he was playing 
with other wenches ztlliffus, and begat Zetes and Calais his two Tons 
of her. That Teas and waters are enamoured with this our beauty, is 
all out as likely as that of the air and winds 5 for when Leander fwim- 
medin the HetUfpont, Neptune with his Trident did beat down the 
waves, but 
p ‘dpulcnu 
Anr. aft no, 
t Shafcefieare, 
t Merino, 
! hv, Ibt, i: 
They fit U mounted uf mending to have kifd him. 
And fed in drips like tears becaufe they mifi him. 
The f Hiver Alpheus was in love with Arethufa, as (he tels the tale hcrfelf, 
*“—" viridefque manuftccatacafiUos» 
Eluminis Alphei veteres recitavit amores^ 
Pars ego Nytnpharum, &c.— When our Tome and 
Ifis meet * ofeula mille f enant, connexu brachia pallent. 
t Ovid. Met» 
lib. j. 
f t-dsaO. 
UWutuaque explicit is conne&unt eolla lacertis• 
Inachus and Pineus, and how many loving rivers can I reckon up, whom 
beauty hath enthrall'd I I fay nothing all this while of Idols themfelves 
that have committed Idolatry in this kind, of looking glafles, that have 
been rapt in love (if you will believe t PoetsJ when their Ladies and mi- 
ftrefles looked on to drefs them. 
t AnittUtHs^ 
£tfi non habeo fenfttm, tua gratiafenfum 
Exhibet> & calidi (entio amoris onus. 
Dirigis huc quoties fie flantia lumina, flamma 
Succendunt inopi fauci a membra mihi, 
Though I no fenfe at all of feeling have. 
Yet your fwcet looks do animate and favej 
And whenyoiir fpeakirig eyes do this way turn' 
I Me thinks my wounded members live and hum! 
tell y°ufach another ftory of a fpihdle that was fired by a fair 
it ioo^s>or nßers> fome * know not well whether, but fired 
rv hby rcPort 5 and a coW butb that fudcJenly finoakcd, and was v - 
/ not when naked C<r//> came into it,. . ■ 
. Miramur quis fit tantus & unde vapor, ire, •• -u 
k }ln this kind , that is the moft memorable of f Death himielr, when 
should have (broken a fwcet voiinc Virgin with his dart , he fel in love 
* silouge apu 
e/ens hacitrig 
turning divog 
hawingg 
W" nr*rm 
Una ntquiif 
Angtyianus. 
t idem 4nger% Part 3. Se&. i. 
Love- melancholy. 
Memb.a. Subf. 3. 
W.tti the objedf. Many more luch could I relate, which are to bee be- 
lieved with a poetical faith. So dumb and dead creatures dote , but 
men are mad, ftupified many times at the firft fight of beauty, amazed, 
-j- as that fifherman in oAriftanetus, that fpied a Maid bathing her felf by 
the Sea iiae, 1 ’ 
t Soluta mihi fant omnia membra 
capite ad calcem, fenf *fque omnis periit 
Tie pettore, tarn immenfus (iupor animum invafit mihi. 
And asx Lucian in his images, confefleth of himfelf, that hee was at his 
Miftrefs prefence void of all fefcfe, immoveable, as if hee had Teen a Gor- 
gon's Head: which was no fuch cruel monftcr (as1 Codins interprets it, lib»3* 
cap. 9.) but the very quinte fence of beauty, fome fair -creature, as without 
doubt the Poet underftood in the firft fidion of it, at which the fpedh- 
tors were amazed, f Mtftriqmbus inttntdu nites, poor wretches are 
compelled at the very fight of her ravifliing looks to run mad, or make 
away themfelVes. 
f Ohfnpuit mi- 
rabundus mem- 
brorum elegan- 
tiami&c. ep. 7* 
-f- Stobxus t 
graco. 
y p.irttm abfutt 
quo minus fax- 
um ex homine 
fattusfim, ip- 
fis fatuis ini- 
mbiliorcm me 
fecit. 
1 Veteres Gor- 
gonis fabulam 
confinxerunt. 
eximium forma 
decus jiufidos 
reddens, 
t Hoy. Ode. 5. 
* Murids Hero. 
u vlr~ 
gmis fponte fu- 
git infemus fe- 
re, & impoffibi- 
le ezjftimatim 
fmmtmdmp 
cere 
& intra tempe- 
rantia metas fe 
emittere. 
x Mpultiuil. - 
Multi mortales 
longis itineri- 
bus,&e. 
* They wait the fentence of her fcornful eyes 5 
And whom pee favours, lives, the other dyes, 
uHeliodorus lib. i. brings in Thy amis altnoft befides niitifelf, when hee 
faw chari clia. fir ft, and not daring to look upon her a fccoiid time, for hee 
thought it unpopble for any man living u fee her, and contain him felfThe 
very fame of beatify Will fetch them to it"many miles off (fuch an attra- 
<|iye ppwer thfsfoadftone hath,) and they will feem bat fhort, they will 
under rate any toil or tremble, * long journies. Peniadt Atalanta fhall not 
overgo them, through DefartS, Mountains, and dangerous pla- 
as .they did tp gaze Ofl Pfycbe: Many mortal men came far and near to 
tee that pioriodi ob\e£t of her age* as Paris for Helena. Corebus to Troja* 
■ i Iff# Trojam qui forte dieb us 
Ventral in fan o Caflandr* incenfus amore. King fehn 
difranceonCe prifonet in England, came to vifit his old friends again, 
eroding the Seas* but the truth is, his coming was to fee the Coimtefs 
ot Salisbury,tht Nm-pereil of thofe times, and his dear Miftrefs. That 
infernal God flatus came from Hell it felf, to fteal Proferpina 5 Achilles 
t Nic. Gerbeli, 
t, y. Achaia. 
left all his friends for Prolix ends fake, his enemies daughter; and all the 
t Grecian Gods forfook their heavenly manfions for that fair Lady, Phi- 
lo Bioneus daughters fake, the Paragon of Greece in thole daics; ea enim 
*venuflatefuit, ut earn certat ini omnes dii conjugem expeterent. 
* 10. Secundus 
bafiorum l'W> 
* For me fa, divis imperat puella. They will 
not only come to fee, but as a ipaulkoner makes an hungry Hawk, hover 
about, follow, give attendance and fervice, fpend goods, lives, and all 
their fortunes to attain- 
Were beauty under twenty locks kept faft, 
Tet love breaks through, and picks them all at lafi• 
When fairy Hero came abroad, the eyes, hearts, and affedions of her Tpe* 
ftators were ftill attendant on her. 
t & medios inter vultus [upereminet omnes, 
Perqi urbem amiciunt vementem numinis in far. 
* So fat above the reft fair Hero fhin’d, 
And ftole away th’inchamed gazers mind. 
y Mufaus. lUa 
autem benemv- 
rata, fer adem 
quocmj* vaga- 
batur, fequen- 
tem mat m ha- 
bebat, & ocn- 
lo*, & cordx 
virorum. 
f Homer. 
* Mario. Fare 5* Sect. 2. 
jScanty a Caufe 
Memb. 2* Subl,2. 
t When Peter Amine %Lucretta came firftto Rome, and that the fame Of 
her beauty, ad urban arum debitiarum fe Hat ores venerat, nemo non ad vi- 
dendam eam, &c. was fpread abroad , they came in (as they fay) thick and 
threefold to fee her, and hovered about her gates, as they did of old to 
Lais of Corinth > and fhryne of Thehes% 
* *Ad cuj us j acuit Griecia tot a fores, 
t t Ter no didaf- 
calo dia/, iiai, 
* Latin donat, H 
Gajp. Bart hi a 
Germano. 
* Propertius. 
f Vcflrum fp'len- 
ders & tls- 
-1 gantia, ambiti- 
one incefuSy do- 
, nisy cantilc- 
nis} &c.grati- 
am adipi/ci. 
. * Tree cater is 
eorporis proce- 
ritate dr egre- 
gia indole mi- 
randus appare- 
bat, Cteteri au- 
tem capti Cj tip 
amore videban- 
tur, 
* Jrifonutus! 
T Every man fought to get her love, fome with gallant and fo ft ly apparel ± 
fome with an affeffed pace, feme with mkfique , others with rich gifts , plea- 
fant difeourfe, multitude of followers 5 others with letters, vows, and promifes 
to commend themfelves , and to he gratious in her eyes. Happy was he that 
could fee her, thrice happy that enjoy her company., tharmidesfyss, 
flato was a proper young man, in comlinefs of perfon, and ad good quali- 
ties far exceeding others 5 whsnfeever fair Gharmid.es came abroad, they 
feemdalito he in love with him ( as Critias deferibes their carriage ) and 
were troubled at the very fight of him y many came neer him, many followed 
him where foe ver he went, As thofe * formarum Jpeoator.es did Acontius, 
if at any time he walked abroad; The Athenian Lafles flared on Alcihi- ■ 
*des- Sap bo and theeMwtUn women on fhaoh the fair. Such lovely 
fightsdo not onely plcafe3entife, but ravifh and amaze, Ckenmm a deli- 
cate and tender youth, prefent at a ieaft which Andmles his unde mads 
in fir AO at Athens, when he facrificed to fo ftupified the gueft, 
Dineas, .Arifiippvs > Agefihenes, and the reft, ( as Charidemus in t Lucian 
relates it ) that they could not eat their meat 3 they fate all Tapper time 
gazing, glancing at him, ftealing looks, and admiring of his beauty. Many 
Will condemn thefe men that are fo enamoured, for fools 5 but fome a- 
gain commend them for it5 many rcje&iW judgement, and yet Lucian 
approves of it 5 admiring faris for his choice 5 he would have done as 
much himfelf, and by good defert in his minde 5 Beauty is to be prefer- 
red abefore wealth orwifdom. £ Athenaus Veipnofophifi, lib, 13. cap, j, 
holds it not fuch indignity for the Trojans and Greeks to contend ten 
years, tofpend fo much labour, loofe fo raany mens lives for Helens ■ 
fake, * for fo fair a Ladies fake* 
tp. 10. ' 
t Tom. 4, dial, 
meretr. respi- 
cientes & ad 
formam ejus eb- 
Jlupe/centes. 
,1 In. Charidemo 
fapientia meri- 
to pulchritudo 
praferror & opi- 
- bus. ~ 
* Indignum ni- 
hil efi Troas for- 
tes & Achivos 
tempore tam 
tingo perpejfos 
t(fe labore. 
c Digna quidem 
facies pro qua. 
vel obiret A- 
chidesy vel 
Ob talem uxorem cut frtfianufiim forma, 
'Hjl mortale re fert. 
Trimus ybeUi 
caujfa probando 
ftvt. Proper, 
lib. 1. . : 
f Cqecus qui He- 
leiMfornum 
; carp fer ut. 
d Thofe muci- 
jjrjus Tu*k* that 
murmured ac 
jdahametiVihcn 
they faw/r«V‘ 
e.<cufcd his ab- 
lencc. Knorvh, 
f i«laudem 
Helens orat. 
* Apul miHL 
lib. 4. 
That onje womaii was worth a kingdom, a hundred thoufaiid other wo- 
jl'en, a world it felf. Well might f S terpfie fares be blind for carping at fo 
3*r a creature, and a juft punifhtnent it was. The lame teftimony gives 
1 °mer of the bid men of Troy, that were fpe&ators of that Angle com- 
natc betwixt Paris and Menelaus at the Seja» gate 5 when Helena flood in 
Prefence, they faidall, the war was worthily prolonged and undertaken 
tor her fake.The very gods themfelves (as Homer and f I [cerates record) 
ought more for Helen 4, then they did againft the Gyants, When * fff- 
“ her fori Cupid, ihe made proclamation by Mercury, that he that 
tidings of him fhoUid have feven kifles i a noble reward 
Cay . and much better than fb many golden talents 5 f&^cn uch 
Wes to many men, Were more pretious than feven Cities, 01 o many Part 3. Sedh 2. 
Love- 
Memb.2. Subf. 2. 
Provinces. One inch a kifs alone, would recover a man if he were ady - 
ing, * Suaviolum Stygia fic Ude valle reducet, &c. 
Great Alexander married Roxane, a poor mans childe, only fet her p.er- 
baf. 13. 
fon. c’l'was well done of Alexander, and heroically done, I admire him 
for it. orlando was mad for Angelica, and who doth not condole hjs/mi£* 
hap ? Thisbe died for Piramus, who doth not weep , as 
( before his convcrfion) f Auftin did in commiferation of her eftate 1 fiice 
died for him, met thinks (as hec faid) I could dye for her f* - . 
But this is not the matter in hand, what prerogative this Beauty hath, 
of what power and foveraignty it is, and how far fudi perfons that fo 
* Curtius 1.1, 
[Confep. 
Uiueh admire and dote upotrk, areto bejuftified; no man doubts of thefe 
matters; the queftion is how and by what means Beauty produce th this 
etfea.rßy fight: the Eye betrayes the is both Adive and Paifive 
in this bufinefS; it wounds arid is wounded, is an efpedal caufe and in- 
ftrument, both in the fubjed, and in the objed. f As tears, it begins i»the 
eyes, defeends to the breafi, it cOnvcyes thefe beautbus rayes, as I havelaid* 
uUtothc heart, tit vidiut ferii. * Mars videt hancy •vifamqt, cupit, Shu hem 
faw Dinah the daughter and defiled her, Genpj4. 3. Sfacoh \ Rachel, 
2$ it*/,for jke was beautiful arid fair: David If kd Berjhabadizt off, 2 Mega i« 
m the EldersSufama,fas that Qrthemnian Strato faw fair Arifloclea the 
daughter of Theophane southing her felf atthat Hercyne well in Lebadea 5 
and Were captivated in Viderunt oculi, rapuerunt fetiora flam- 
Ammon fell fick lex Thamars fake, 2 sane. 13.2 - The beautyofMfthtr 
t Senetp.Amor- 
faveulis oriturr 
C Ovid.FdS, s“x'* 
f Plutarch, 
. 
WfiSfufeh, thi fhie found favour, not only in the fight or but of 
dffthofe that looked ufon her, c erf ok, ongen, and forne others contended 
thatch himfelf was the faireft of the fons of men, and Xofeph next un- 
m'\My ■ wttl have it literally taken; 
his Very perfbn Was (uchs that he found grac6and favour of all thofe that 
looked upon-'hitft fofefbms & fair, that as the ordinary Glofs hath it * 
filiae decurrerent fer murum, adfenefiras , they ran to the top of the 
walls , and to the windows to gaze on him, as wee do commonly ro fee 
foriie great perfonage go by; and fo Matthew Paris deferibes Matilda the 
Emprefs going through Cullen. hP. Morales the Jefok faith as much of 
the Virgin Mary, Antony no fooner faw Qleofatra, but, faith Affiant, lib. 
i. hec was enamored on her, *Thefeus at the firft fight of Helen was fo 
befotted, that hee efteemed himfelf the happieft man in the world if hee 
might injoy herx and to that purpofe kneeled down, and made his pa- 
thedcal prayers unto the gods, f charities by chance efpying that curious 
picture of finding Venus naked in her Teraple, flood a great while gazing, 
as one amazed, at length hee brake into that mad paflionate fpeech , 
fortunate Cod Mars, that waft bound in chains, and made ridiculous for her 
fake I Hee could not contain himfelf, but killed her pidlure, I know not 
how oft, heartily defired to bee fo difgraced as Mars was. And 
what did hee that his Betters had not done before him / 
-i r-‘.« ■ * 
trtfh.depul* * 
dnit.ftfu*& 
Maria. 
* Lucian. Chari - 
demon, fupra 
dimes mender 
felictjfimum f 
bacr frtd pojjit. 
t Lucian amor, 
Infanum quid- 
dam as furi- ' 
lundhtn excla- 
mans. 0 fortu- 
natiffime deo- 
rum Mars qui 
fropter bane 
vinftus pip. 
*Ov. Met.ls. 
10macs dii 
Complex’l ftnti 
& in uxorem 
fbl petierunt. 
Venire. 
« Vt cum lux 
noSlis (iffiHgeti 
omnium oculos 
incurrit: pc 
yAntlloquus> 
" “* At% diquis de diis non triftibus of tat 
Sic fieri turf is— When Venus came 
yen, hercomelinefs wasfuch, that (as mine Author faith ) lad the gods 
comer flecking about, andfainted her, each of them went to fufiter, and Ml~ 
7{dhu might have her to bee his wife. When fairm Antilochus came in p*‘e~ V-tnj.Se&.i, 
Beauty a Caufe, 
Memb.2.Subf.2. 
cnee, as a candle in the dark his beauty ibined, all mens eyes fas Xeno~ 
shon deferibes the manner of: it) were inftantlyfixed on him, and moved at 
ytkht>h[omuch that they could not conceal themjelW, but in gefture or 
.s it was dfeernedand exfref]id, Thofe othei- fenfes, hearing/- touche 
ing much penetrate and affedi, but none fo much, none fo .forcible. 
as Forma Brifeis mediis in armU tnovit AchtUfi Ms thor 
Ved in the midft of a battel by fair Brifeis, Ajax fayT-ecmej]a $ Tfadith cap- 
tivated that great Captain H D-altUh, SampJofts Rofimundj *Hen a 
r) the fecond; Rcxolam> Solyman the Magnificent, &c. 
n Delevit om- 
nis cx animo 
mulieres. 
■ 
jNi m JVe tyedfityitf 
Koct 7rue KOdAw Tis 
t ri 
& wljgnepij i 
fermnfa fiqua 
Pulchra eft. 
-dpfls 
I spmer inhii 
h*fQi?«. i 
A fair woman overcomes fire and (word. 
° Naught under Heaven fofirongly doth allure 
Tlje fen ft? of man, and all his mindpoffcft. 
As beauties Uveliefi baity that doth procure 
Great carriers erft their riger to [uppre/s, 
And mighty hands forget their manline fs 3 
“Driven with the power of an heart-burning t)t 
And lapt in flowers of a golden trefs, 
That can with melting pleafure mo Hi fie ; 
Their hardened hearts impd to cruelty* ;; 
JQ.; v b *0 Wp- V* ("• 
p Clitiph-on ingenuoufly cdnfeffeth, that hee ho fooner came in Leucippes 
prefence, but that he did corde tremere,& oculis lafciviiis intuefa * hee was 
Wounded at the firft fight» his heart panted, and hee could not polfibly 
turn his eyes from her. So doth Catyfirts in Heliodormlih. a. jfis Pried, 
3 reverend old man complain, who by chance at Memphis feeing that 
Rodophe, might not hold hiseyes off her * f 1 will not conceal it, 
(hee oven me mee withher prefence, and quite ajfauhed my cmtinemy which 
1 had kept unto mine old age $ I refined a long time my bodily eyes with the 
fyes of my underfunding $ At lafi I was conquer tdy and as in a tempeft carried 
Endlong, Xenophiles a philofopher railed at worsen .down-right for ma- 
Uy years together, fcorned* hated, fcolfed at them*. coming at laft into 
baphntS) a fair maids company (as hee condoles his. mif-hap ,to his friend 
Semantic) though free before * ; Ay-> Cw iu;r 
Imaftm null is ante cupidinibus, was far in love, and quite over- 
ture upon a hidden, 
Vittus fnm fateor I Daphnide, sc. • I confefsI am taken i 
* Sola hac inflexit hbentem 
l Impulit I could hold out no longer. Such another rim- 
iaP/ but worfe, had Stratocles the Phyfician, that Blear-eyed old man 
(To f Prodromus deferibes him) hee was a fevere woman-hater 
- s lifQjfceda & centumeliofa femper in fa minas profatus a bitter per- 
_eciuor of the whole fex, humanas afl ides & viperas appellabat, hee for- 
wore them all ftill, and mocked them wherefoever hee came, in 
w ut matrem dr forores odijjes y that if fhou hadft heard him ? 
uldeft have loathed thine own Mother and Sifters for his wor 
es this old doting fool was taken at laft: with that celeftial wine 
p JtchHles Ta- 
tius lib. x. 
<3 Statim ac cam 
contemplatus 
fum, occidi-, g* 
culos 2 virgine 
avertere cona* 
tHS fum, fed i 
li repugnabant» 
'Vadet dicere, 
non celabo td- 
mea. Memptiim 
veniens fie vi* 
citi tSr emi* 
nvttim expitfy. 
navit, quam ad 
fene£lutem ufa 
fervor am, o-tu* 
las edrpor/s, 
&e. 
Nunc primum 
circa banc anx- 
ius animi ha- 
feo, Ariflant- 
tus, ep. 17. 
* Virg. -An. 
t Amur antH 
dial Part 3, Scdt. 2. 
Love- CM elancholy. 
Memb. ?<. Subf,*. 
hokok Myri8a the'daughter of the Gardner,I’that1’that fmirkmg 
• wench; that hee fhaved off bis bufhie beard, painted his face, | curl’d his 
hair, wore a Lawrel-Crown to cover his bald pate, and for her love be- 
fides was ready to run mad, For the very day that hee married, he was fo 
t Comafjj ad 
tpeeulum dijpo- 
fuit. 
furious yutfolis occafum minus expetlareptfjet ( a terrible, a monffrous Jong 
day ) bee could not ftay till it was night, fed omnibus in faint at is in thala~ 
mum fefiinus irrupit, the meat fcarce out of bis mouth, without any leave 
taking, bee would needs go prcfently to bed* What young man there- 
fore, if old men bee fo intemperate* can fecure himfelf ? Who can fay, 
I will not bee taken with a beautiful objed ? I can, I will contain , No, 
faithf Lucian of his Miftrefs, (bee is fo fair, that if thou doft but fee her, 
Jhee willfiupifie thee, kid thee flraight, and Medufa-hke, turn thee to a flone7 
thou can ft not pull thine eyes from her, but as an Adamant doth Iren , fhee 
will carry thee bound headlong whither Ihce will her fclf, ihfea thee 
like a Bafilisk. It holds both in men and women. Dido Was amazed at 
ntas prefence •, obfiupuit primo affettu Sidonia Dido * 
and as hce feelingly verified out of his experience j 
c Imag. Toti- 
flrat», Si illam 
faltem intuea- 
ris, Uaturis im• . 
mobiliorem te 
faciet: (icon- 
fpexeris earn, 
non. relinquetur 
facultas oculos 
ab ea amovendi; 
abducet te alli- 
gatum quocunff 
voluerit, ut fer- 
rum ad fe tra- 
here ferunt ada- 
mantem. 
• Plant. Mere. 
»In thcKnight» 
tale. 
• Slaam ego pofiqwm vidiy non ita amavi ut fani foknt 
Homines, fed eodem patio Ut infant foUnt, 
I lov’d her not as others,foberly , 
But as a mad man rageth, fo did i. 
SoMufeuf of Lauder, nu[qnm Ime» detorquet ni is*} snd ° ctmucer ©I 
P alamort. 
©tetaQljtg tpc uj)8tt 
Irtubmwttt»beeblent ani» m'eD f»a ba, 
30 tyoupcfj peebai» been Qtobe unto tbetjeatts. 
If you defire to know more par ticularly what this Beauty is, how'tt 
doth Influere, how it doth fafeinate (for as all hold love is a fafeination) 
thus in brief, x This comelinefs or beAuty arifeth from the due fro forties 
of the whole, or from each fevera! part. For an exaeft delineation of which* 
I refer you to Poets, Hiftoriographcrs, and thofe amorous Writers, to 
Lucians Images, and Charidcmus, Xenophons defeription of Purn he a , 
Petronius Cataletfes, Heliodorus Chariciia , Taeius Leucippe, Longus So~ 
phi fas Daphnis and else , Theodorus Prodromus his Khodanthes , drift a* 
netus and Philoflratus EpiftlcS, Balt ha jar Caftilio, lib, 4. de aulico, LaU' 
ternius cap\ 10.de melan. u£neas Sylvius his Lucretia, and every Poet ah 
moft, which have moft accurately deferibed a perfect beauty, an abfer 
lute feature, and that through every member, both in men and womefl' 
Each part rouft concur to the perfection of it; for as Seneca faith, Ep. 33* 
Itb. 4* Hon eft fermofa mulier cujus crus laudatur (if brachium, fed ilia cujrf 
fimul univerja facies admirationem ftngulis partibus dedit ; fhee is no 
woman, whofe arm, thigh, &c. are commended, except the face 
all the other parts bee corrcfpondent. And the face especially gives 
luftre to the reft: The Face is it that commonly denominates fair or fold* 
arx forma facies, The Face is Beauties Tower; and though the other 
parts bee deformed, yet a good face carries it (facies non uxor amator) tb*1 
alone is moft part refpcwled, principally valued, deliti is fuis ferox, and ot 
it felf able to captivate* 
» Ex debita to- 
tius proportione 
aptaefc partium 
empofitione. 
Pieeolomineus* Part 3«5e&.2. 
Caufes of Love-Melancholy. 
Mcmb.a.Subf.z, 
y Urit te Glycera niter, 
Urtt grata protervitas , 
Ft vultus nimium lubricus afbici; 
Gljcera’s too fair a face was it that fet him on fire, too fine to be beheld. 
When f ebarea faw the finging wenches fweet looks, hee was To taken, 
that hec cried out, O factem fulchr am, deleo omnes dehinc ex animo muliem 
res, tadet quotidianarum harum formarum I O fair face, Ile never love any 
but Her, look on any other hereafter but heir, lam weary of thefe or- 
dinary beauties, away with them. The more hec fees her, the worfe hee 
IS3 “ *’itritq\ videndo* as in a burning-glafs, the Sun beams are recolle- 
died to a center, the rayes of love are pfoje&cd from her eyes. It was 
•y£neas countenance ravifhed Jheen Dido, Os humcrofq*, 2)eo fimilis; hee 
had an Angelical face. ) 
* Her. Od. ja, 
Hb. x. 
t Ter. Etmach, 
Aft. 
*0 facros vultus Baccho vel AfoUine dignos9 
gups vir± quos tutoformina nulla vtdtt ! 
—■—O facred lodks befitting Majcfty, 
Which never mortal wight could fafely fee! 
Cata, 
Although for the greater part this beauty be moft eminent in the fate,yet 
itiany times thofc other members yceld a moft pleafing grace, arid arc a- 
lone fufficiertt to eriamour. An high brow like unto the bright Heavens, 
coeli pulcherrima plaga, Frons ubi vivit honor, frons ubi ludit amor, white 
2nd fmooth like the poliihed Alabafter, a pair of checks of Vcrmiliian co- 
lodr, in which love lodgethj * Amor qui moUtbusgenis pueUa frcrmßm; A 
lip, [naviorum delubrum, in which 
\ , rr- 
• SafhclH 
Aitig&g, 
Pafta mille patent, haft a miUe latent , 
gratiarum [edesgratifiima-, a fweet-fmelling flowre, from which Bees way 
gather hony, t Metlilega volucres quid adhuc cava thyma, rsfafque,&e, 
Omnes ad domina labra venite mea, 
ito. setmdm 
baA is. 
HU rofas (fir At% &c. A white and round neck, that via to- 
ft ea, dimple in the chin, black eye-brows, Cupidinis arcus, Tweet breath, 
white and even teeth, which Tome call the Tale-pecce, a fine Toft round 
Pap, gives an excellent grace, 
t £*ale decus tumidis Farit de marmore mammis! * and make a 
pleafarit valley, Ucieum ftnm> between two chaulkie hills. Sororiantes 
Papillulas, & ad pruritum frigidos amatores folo afpcCtu excitantesi Un- 
is, f Forma papillarum quam fuit aft a fremi! 
Urebant oculos dnr& ftantefy mamilla, 
A fiexen hair* golden hair was even in great account, for which Vir- 
? commends *Dido, Nondum fufiulerat flavum Proferfina crinem, 
1 c*ines nodantur in aurum. Apo&onius (Argonaut, lib. flava ct- 
incendit cor Medea) will have tfafons golden hair td bee the main 
s,°f Medea s dotage on him. Caft or and Pollux were both yellow- 
in ii Paris’ Menelaus, and moft amorous young men have been Tuch 
Iv r ?ges> modes adfuaves, as fiaftifta Porta infers t Pbyfieg- 2* ovT 
behold. Homer To commends Helena, makes Patroclus a"cLotf" 
vn CS both yellow-hair’d; Pulchricoma Venus, and Cupid him e was 
/e low-hair’d, in aurum corufcante & erifpante cafifto ? hkc that neat 
f Unha*s. 
* Arandas 
vallis ameentl* 
fimi Man 
mentibus torfc 
*ovfd. 
t TfoL 7j. 
'Dapples Vila:* 
res amaftres» 
&e. Part j.Scd. a. 
L ove- CM e lane holy* 
Memb. ?# Subf.*, 
picture of Narcifjus in CaUtftratuss for fob Pfyche fpied him aflcep, 
Wb.cn Cupid 
flip i.Cafarj- 
m aureaM 
habentem, ubi 
Tfy chi vidit , 
molLcmj* ex 
vdmbrefa cer- 
vicem infpex- 
it, crines crif - 
pes, purpure- 
as genas caadi~ 
daf<f, &c, 
Apuleius. 
« In laudem 
calvi * fplendi- 
da coma quifcp* 
adulter efiy 
allicit auria 
coma. •''■■■ 
* Venus ip fa 
non placeret 
comis nudata, 
capite fpolia- 
ta, fi qualis 
ipfa Venus 
eum fuit virgo 
omni Gratia- 
Bryfeis, Pelix ena, &c. flavicoma omnes, 
~~and Hero the fair, 
Whom y dung Apollo courted for her hair % 
teland commends Guithera King Arthurs wife for a fair flaxen hair.* fo 
Paulus fets out Clodeveus that lovely King of Trance, c Synefias 
holds every effeminate fellow or adulterer is fair hair'd; and 
adds, that Vetius her felf, Goddefs of Love, cannot delight, * Though jhee 
come accompanied with the Graces, and all Cupids train to attend upon her, 
girt with her own girdle, and JmellofCl namon and if jhe be balder 
bad hand, jhee cannot pleafe her Vulcan. Which belike makes out Venetian 
Ladies at this day, to counterfeit yellow hair fo much, great women to 
calamiftrate and curl it up, vibrantes ad gratiam crines,&'toi orbibus in 
captivitatem flex OS) to adorn their head with fpangles, pearls $ and made 
flowers* and all Courtiers to affe& a pleafing grace in this kinde. In a 
word, t The hairs are Cupids nets, to catch ad comers, a brujhie mod, in 
which Cupid builds his neft,and under whofe [badow ad Loves a thoufand fit* 
veral waies fport themfelves* 
A little foft hand, pretty little mouth, fmall, fine, long fingers, 
gratia qua digjtis- ’tis that yvhich podo did Sldmirc in Daphne 2 
yum chor» 
Stipata, & 
toto Cupidi- 
num, fopuh, ; 
concinnata, 
baltheo fuo 
tiufta, cinna- 
mei fragrant, 
& balfama, 
ji calva pro- 
cedent, place- 
re non potef 
Vulcano fko. 
t Arandus. Ca. 
fiUi retia Cu- 
pidinis, fylva 
end/ta, in qua 
ndifieaf c«- 
pido, fub cujus 
umbra amores 
mitte modis jre 
exercent, 
fi Theod. Pro- 
Atomus Amor, 
lit. i. 
t 
uhi pulchram 
tibiam, bene 
compactum 
tenuemqae pe- 
dem vidi. 
* Plant Caf. 
* Claudus opti- 
me rem agit, 
•Pol y fiijer- 
vum viderint, 
dut flatorem 
“ M*4** T&t'm \ r ,: a flraight and {lender body , 
a fimU|foqt, and well proportioned kg, hath an excellent luftre, * cut 
totum incumbit corpus uti fundamento sides, Clearcbus vowed to his friend 
Amyander in t Ariftinatus, that the moft attra<ftive part in his Miftrefs, to 
make him love and like her firft,was her pretty leg and foot: a foft andl 
white skin, &c. have their peculiar graces, * Nebula baud eft mollior ac 
bujus cutis eft) adipel fafidam bedulam. Though in men thefe parts are no? 
fo touch gf&n S aroze n fomctitocs, 
nudus membra Pyracmon , a Martial hirfute face pleafeth 
beftjablack man is a pearl in a fair womans eye, and is as acceptable 
as * lame Vulcan was to Venus*, for bee being af fweaty fuliginous black- 
ftoith, was dearly beloved of her, when fair JpOllo, nimble unercurj 
were reje&ed, and the reft of the fweet-fac'd gods forfaken. Many wo- 
men (as Petronius* obfervcs)/W/bus calent (as many men are more mo- 
ved with kitchin-wenches, and a poor market-maid, than all thefe illu* 
ftrious Coart and City Dames) will fooner dote upon a flave, a fervant, 
a Dirt-dawber, a Brontes, a Cook, a Player, if they fee his naked legs 
or arms, thorofaque brachia, t &c. like that Hunts man Meleager in Philo- 
, *!}'* t^lou nee bee all in raggs, obfeeneand dirty, befmeared like a 
rU idle-man, a gypfic, or a chimny-fweeper, than upon a Noble Gallant, 
Nireus, Ephettiori) Alcibiades, or thofe embroidered Courtiers full of 
filk and gold. , fu(iines wife, a Citizen of Rome, fell in love with 
Pfades aP layer, and was ready to run mad for him, had not Galen 
• himfelf helped her by chance. Faultina the Emprefs doted on 3 
.Fencer. 
Not one of athoufand falls in love, but there is fome peculiar part*# 
‘ifi&fim, m where ptrfujiim, nut biftrionemin fcenamtrad(tfimy&c, f Me pulchra fateor came fom*> 
Um luculenta nafiut ejt. Petronius Catal, de Priapo, f Gale a.  3.5e&.2. 
Beauty a Caufe. 
Mcmb.2.Subf,2. 
other which pteafech moft, and inflames him above the reft. t A com- 
pany of voune Philofoohers on a time, fellat variance. Which part of a 
“ t Calcdgniuus 
Apologis, jQh* 
pars maxi me 
defider abilis? ,t- 
-lias f ontem, a - 
tins gen as, &c, 
* laurfami- 
ne um. 
i Hsnfius. 
cram o- 
cuU, pradpne 
fidckfnwtmk 
fedes. lib. 6. 
t Amoiis ha* 
mi, duces, justi- 
ces & indites 
fui memeuta 
infants fanant, 
-Jams mfmirt 
cegmt,ocwladp. 
fimi corporis ex, 
cubitores, quid 
nan. agunt? quid 
non cogum } 
1 Ocelli earm. 
ij. Cujus & 
Lipfms epifL 
qtmft. lib. $. 
cap. til vwdi* 
nit ob t&gM* 
tiam, '"'i- 
woman was moft defirablc, and pleafed bell 1 fome laid the forehead , 
fame the teeth, fome the eyes,cheeks, lip, neck, chin, &c. the contro- 
verfic was referred to Ldk of Corinth to imiiing, laid, they 
Were a company of fools 5 for fuppofe they had her where they wilhed , 
What would they * firft feek * Yet this notwichftanding,! do eafily grant, 
neque quis v eft rum negaverit opinor, All parts are attractive, but ei'pedally 
?thc eyes, t 
h “( videt igne micantes. 
Sideribus ftmtles oculos ) '— 
which are Loves Fowlers $ t aucupium amoris, thefhooing-horns, the 
hooks of Love (as Arandus will) the guides, toucbftone, fudges , that in a 
moment cure madmen, and make found folks mad, the Watchmen of the body, 
what do they net < How vex they not* All this is true9 and (which A~ 
thfiaeus lib, 13.dip,cap. 5 .and Tatius hold) they are the chief feats of Love, 
and as fames Lcrnntm \ hath facctely exprefled in an elegant Ode of his, ■ 
Amorem octHis flammeolis her* 
Vtdi in fidentem, credite pofieri > 
Fratre[quecircsim ludibundos 
Cum fharetra volitare & arcu, 
1 faw Love fitting in my Miftrefs eyes 
Sparkling, belecve it all poftericy. 
And his attendants playing round about 
With bow and arrows ready for to fly# 
ScMfger calls the eyes, * Cupids arrows5 the tongue, the tightening of Love 5 
the paps, the tents: Balt ha far Caflilio, the caufcs, the chariots, the lamps 
Of LOVe* ~—*mula lumina ft ell is, 
L umina qua piffehtfoUidtWe Pee si 
Eyes emulating liars in light,; 
Enticing gods at ihe firft fight* 
Eaves Orators, " Pttmhs. 
* Cynthia prim 
fists 
me cepit oceUh, 
Canuftm nat», 
lis ante cupidi- 
nibus. Trepert, 
Ub. i. 
p In cdtaleft. 
o hiandos oculos> & & facetos i 
Ft quadam propria nota loquaces > 
Illic eft Venus, & leves amores j . a , • 
-dtq*, ipfa in medio fedet voluptas» .• 
O fweet and pretty fpeaking eyes, 
Where Venus love and pleafure lies) 
**°vcs Torches, Touch- box, Napche atid Matches, * TibuSas* 
illius cie oculis quum vult exurere divos, , - < 
Accendit geminas lampades acer jdmor. 
Tart Love when hee willfet th;e„gods on fire* ■,V 
V», * Lightens the eyes, as Torches xo defire.. . : 
wmeir at the firfe fight of jferos was ihcehfcd, faith 'sJHuf***?i 
Simul in * oculorum radiis ere [celatfa* ayrnfutth 
£t cor fervebat invent ignis impetus, ./( 
‘Pulchritudo enim celebris immaculate if demands 
- . Acutior hominibus M veloci Jagittlt. 
vVeSuftii* ‘ 
lib. 4* 
iWUhritudo 
ip fa per 6'cctil* 
tos radio sin. 
pectus amantis 
dimanans amg- 
ta rei ferinam 
infculpft. Ta- 
tius lib.i. Part 3. Seft. a. 
L ove- CM elancholy. 
Memb, Subfia, 
Oculus vero via eft, ah ocult iHihus 
Vulnus dilabituTi & in praccrdia viri manat. 
Loves Torches gan to burn firft in her eyes. 
And let his heart on fire, which never dies: 
Tor the lair beauty of a Virgin pure, 
Is Sharper than a dart, and doth mure 
A deeper wound, which pierceth to the heart 
By the eyes, and caufeth fuch a cruel fmart* 
* Jacob corne- 
lius Amnon 
Tragad. Aft. x. 
fc 1. 
f Rofafomofa- 
rum ocmisnaf- 
cuntur, & hila- 
ritas vultus ele- 
gantia corona. 
Vhilojtratus de- 
litiif. 
* A modern Poet brings in Amnon complaining of 7hamar, 
• &me fafeino 
Occidit iUe rtjus & forma lepos, , 
Ide nitor, tdagratia, & verus decor. 
Id a amulantes pur fur am, & ho fas genss, 
Ocultijt, vinßdfa aureo nodo coma, 
It was thy beauty, ’twas thy pleafing fmile, 
Thy grace and comelinefs did mee beguile. 
Thy rofe-like cheeks, and unto purple fair. 
Thy lovely eyes, and golden knotted hair* 
* Eplsi. <& irt 
deliti is, Abi dr 
oppngttitieuem 
relinque, quam 
fiamrpa non ex- 
tinguit', nam ab 
amore io fa flit»- 
pin /emit itt- 
cendmm: qua 
catpoum t>mem 
tranat qua ty- 
ram s hac}&C, 
t LecbeusPafc 
t philejlratHS Lemnius cries out on his Miftrefs Bafilisk eyes. Ardentes fa- 
ces, thofe two burning-glafles, they had fo inflamed his foul, that no 
water could quench it. what a tyranny ( faith hee ) what a penetration of 
bodies is this I thou dramfi with violence, andfwadowejt mee up, as Charyb- 
dis doth Sailers, with thy rockieeyesy hee that falls into this gulf of Love, can 
never get out. Let this bee the Corollary then, The flrongeft beams of 
beauty, are Bill darted from the eyes. /: nhr/J- 
f Nam quis lumina tanta, tanta, 
PoflfalumMUifnkjaeri.*. . 
Ilori Siatim (refaainfqi palphanffa 
Prd defderii dftuantis aura < &c. 
For who fuch eyes with his can fee 
And not forthwith enamour'd bee I 
And as men catch dotrcls, by putting out a leg or an arm ‘ with tho£ 
mutual glances of the eyes they firft inveagle one another. 
t Cynthia prima fuis wife rum me cepit ocellis. 
Of all eyes (by the way) black arc mod amiable, entiling, and fairer; 
which the Poet obferves in comfnending of his Miftrcfs, 
* Spe flandum nigris nigre fa (.apillo, v'; 
which HejW admires in his Alcmena y \t , V . 
f Cujus a 'vertice ac nigricantibus ytoir 
* Tale quiddain fpirat ac ah aurea Venere, 
From her black eyes, and from her golden face, ic " 
As if from Venus came' a lovely grace, 
and * ‘Triten in his tMiUne • * nigra oculos forme fa mih.u 
* Homer ufeth that Epithite of Oxe-eycd, deferibing tfuno, becauft 
round black eye is thebeft , the Son bfb^dhtyy and farthed from viffi 
the worfe : W hichy FclydmVirgil taxeth in our Nation s Angli ut ftlfV 
mum ceeftis oculisy wee have g&y eyes for 'lnfe ffiqft pari. Bapttfta 
rhyftognom. lit. 3, puts gray dolour upohcMdieh; childifb 
t Propertius. 
« Ovid, mo- 
yum, lib. i. ** 
ftg 4. 
f sa*. 
*Ca[cagam»s 
'dial, 
HU Ad I. 
rnifjib. i. * Pan 3- Sed. 2. 
Beauty a ciaufe. 
Memb.a. Subf.a. 
dull and heavy. Many commend on the other fide Spanijh Ladies, and 
thole z Greek Dames at this day, for the blacknefs of their eyes, as Porta 
doth his Neopolitan young wives. Suet on deferibes Julius Cafar to have 
been nigris vegetij.'que oculis micantibus, of a black quick fparkling eye: an 4 
although Aver roe sin his Colliget will have fuch persons timerous, yet 
without queftion they are moft amorous. 
Now lalft of all, I willihew you by what means beauty doth fafeinate, 
bewitch , as fome hold, and work Upon the foul of a man by the eye, 
For certainly lam of the Poets mind, Love doth bewitch, and 
change us, * 
1 Sands relati 
onfol. 6j. 
* Ludit amorfenfuSy oculos perfringit, & aufert 
Libertatem animiy mira nos fafeinat arte. 
Credo aliquis damon fubiens prae or dia flammam 
Concitat, & raptam tollit de cardine mentem. 
Love mocks our fenfes, curbs our liberties. 
And doth bewitch us with his Art and Rings» 
I think fome Devil gets into our entrJls, 
And kindles coals, and heaves our fouls from th'hinges. 
* Mmum. 
b Ami per p~ 
culos, nares3poj. 
ros iufiuensy 
<&C. Mortales 
tum fummopcre 
fafcincintur 
quando fre~ 
quentijfmo in. 
Heliodorus lib, 3. proves at large, fathat love is Witch-craft, it gets in at 
§ur eyes, pores, noftrils, ingenders the fame qualities, and affections in us, as 
were in the party whence it came. The manner of the fafeination, as Ficinus 
10, cap, com, in Plat, declares it, is thus .* Mortal men are then efpeci- 
bewitched, when as by often gating one on the other, they dirett fight to 
tuitu aciem 
dirigentes, &cn 
Ideof quis ni- 
tore polleat ec- 
culorum, &c. 
c Spiritus pu~ 
riores.fafcin.an:- 
tur, pculus a ft 
Pghty joyn eye to eye, and fo drink andfuck tn Love between theme, for the 
beginning of this difeafe is the Eye, And therefore hee that hath a clear Eye, 
though hee be otherwise deformed, by often looking upon him y will make one 
mad, and tye him fafi to him by the eye, Leonard, Fartus lib. i. cap, 2 de fa- 
fcinat, telleth us, that by this interview, c the purer (pints are infe£iedy the 
one Eye pierceth thorow the other with his rayes, which hee lends forth, 
and many men have thofe excellent piercing eyes, that which Suetonius 
relates of Augufus, their brightnefs is fuch5 they compel their fpc&ators 
to look off, and can no more endure them than the Sun beams. 
5 Bar radius lib, 6. cap. JO. de Harmonia Evangel. reports as much of our 
Saviour Chrift, and c Peter Morales of the Virgin Mary, whom Nkepho- 
*us deferibes likewife to have been yellow-hair’d, of a wheat colour , 
but of a moft amiable and piercing eye. The rayes, as fome think, fent 
- radies mitie i 
&c. 
i d Lib. dc pulcbi 
Jef. & Mar, 
c tib. % f. 
Colore triticum 
referente , 
ney fluvay acri- 
bus oculis, 
f Lippi fele 
tuitu aligs lip~ 
posfaciunt, & 
patet una eum 
radio vaporem 
corrupti fangui- 
ni* emanere», 
cujus contagio- 
ne oculus Jpe- 
from the eyes, carry certain fpiritual vapours with them , and fo infe# 
the other party, and that in a moment, I know , they that hold vtfio 
f* intra, mittendo, will make a doubt of this •, but Ficinus proves it from 
blear-eyes, (That by fight alone , make others blear-eyed : and it is more 
than that the vapour of the corrupt blood doth get in together with 
*berayes, and fo by the contagion, the fpeffators eyes areinfecied, Other ar- 
SUtnents there are of a Bafilisk, that kills afar off by fight, as that Ephefi' 
anM of whom s Philoftratus fpeaks, of fo penurious an eye, hee poy% 
ned all hee looked fteddily on; and that other argument, monftrua fwmr 
out of Art footles Problems y morbo foe Capivaccius ad ds, and t Vs 
Commentator, that contaminate a looking-glafs with beho mg • 
the beonts that come from the Agents heart, by the eyes inf IP s 
Slantis infici~ 
tw. 
1 zV,ita Apollon» 
f Comment- iff 
AriftOt Probl. 
h sic radios £ 
corde percuti- 
ent d mijfu!,re* 
gimcnpronriu&t 
corvui* 
tierftty per ocu- 
let <&■ fmgiei- 
nm inficit &■ 
fttbti- 
U quadam vi.. 
Caftil. lib. 9 de 
anli co. Part 3. Sedh 2. 
Love- {JHelancholj. 
Memb.r Subf. 2. 
About the patients, inwardly wound, and thence the fprrits inft# the 
blood. To this etttdl (he complained in * J pula us 5 Thou art the cats ft 
of my ?rief, thy eyes peirctng through mine eyes to mine inner parts , have Jet 
my buWtls on fire, and there/ere pitty me that am now ready to dye for thy fake, 
ftetnus ill nitrates this with a familiar example of that OHarrbufian 
Phddrus and Theban Lycias, k Lycias he (tares on Vhxfom face and 
Phasdrus fafiens the tails of his eyes upon Lycias, and with tnoje ffiarkling 
rayes [snd out his Jpints. The beams of Phgedtus eyes are eafily mingled 
with the beams of Ly cists, and fpir*ts are joyned to jpints. This vaponr be- 
get in Pi.ccdrus heart, enters into Lycias bowels: and that which ts agrea- 
ter wonder, Phsedrus blood is in Lycias heart, and thence comet ho ft ordinary 
love fpeeches , myjweet heartPhaedrus, and mine own (elf j mq dear bowels. 
And Phaedrus again to Lycias, Omy light* my joy, my foul, my life* 
Phtedrus follows Lycias, becuufehps heart would have his fpints; and hy- 
02s follows Phaedrus , becauft he loves the feat of his jpints, both follow $ 
but Lycias the larmfler of the two: The river hath mere need of the foun- 
tain , than the fountain of the river 5 as iron is drawn to that which is touched 
' with a loadjione, but draws not it again: ft Lycias draws Phaidrus* But 
how comes it to pa/s then , that the blind man lovs, that never [aw if 
read in the Lives i f the Fathers, a-ftofy of a childe that was brought up 
in the wild erne fs hom bis infancy \ by an old Hermite : HOW come to 
mans eltate, hee faw by chance* two comely women in the 
J woods: bee asked the old mart What creatures they were, hee told him, 
fayries•, After Awhile raking ebith, the Her mile demanded of himi 
Which \W.s the pleafahttft fight that ever hee few in his Jifi f hee readily 
replied, the ftvO f Ftyhes hee fpied in the wlldernefs, So that with* 
* out doubt) there is tome lecret loadflone in a beaut iful woman, a mag- 
netlque power, 2 Tiaiural inbred affc&ion, Which moves our concur 
piicence, as hee lings, 
1 Lib. id Can fa. 
omnis & origo ' 
omnis p ajentis 
do’ors tute es-, 
jfii trim tui a~ 
cfiU,per mros 
oculos ad inti- 
ma delapfi pra- 
cordi a, iueiri- 
mwm meis me- 
dullis commo- 
nent incendi* 
urn-, ergo mi fe- 
lt ere tut can fa, 
pereuntis. 
* Lycias iit 
Thadri vultrum 
Pha- 
dr is in oculor 
Lycia Jcint iliac 
fuorum d. figit 
oculofum-yCumj* 
feinttllis, &c. 
Sequitur Plhee- 
dius Lyciam, 
quia cor f um 
fet’t (phi urn-, 
pha drum Lyci- 
as, qui a finitus 
propr am fedem 
fofiulat Perum 
Lycioii &e. ' 
f pieAdnia in 
quit'qua in hoe 
Rnmmptr 
Occurrebant, 
UH te thinks J have a Mifirefs yet to come, 
And Bill 1 ftek, I love, 1 know not whom. 
'Tis tfue indeed of natural and chafte love, but not of this Heroical paf- 
(ion, or rather brutifh burning luft of which wee treat* wee (peak of wait- 
dring, wanton, adulterous eyes, which, as *hee faith, lye Hill in wait as ft 
many pnldterS) and when they ft y an innocent ft eft at or fixed on them, fhoot 
h m thoroWy andprejently bewitch him: efteciady when they /had gaze and 
glou y as wanton lovers do one upon another, and wit ha pi enfant eye-con fit ft 
participate each others fouls. Hence you may perceive how eafily, and how 
quickly wee may bee taken in love* finceat the twinkling of an eye, thd* 
dr us fpirits may fo perniticufly infeft Lycias blood. m Neither is it ani 
wonder, if wee but consider how many other drafts clofely, and as fuddenl? 
are caught by Plague, Itch, Scabs, Flux, &c. The fpirits taken 
in, will not let him reft that hath received them, but eg him on. 
0 idtfM petit corpus mens unde eft fancta amore $ 
and wee may manireftly perceive a ftrange eduction of fpirits, by fuch os 
bleed at nofe after they bee dead, at the prefence of their murderer * bnl 
read more of this in Lemnius Üb. 2. de occult. nai. mir, cap. 7. Vallerida 
lib. 2. obfervi cap 7. Valefins controv. Ficinus, Cardan, Lihanitts de ernentd 
cadaveribus, &c* 
ttafHlro de em- 
it t 
Ocitli ut m ines 
in infill** f nt- 
ferectt^n.-.& 
fukho ad vifum 
pi ttas emic- 
}li*t &C- 
-PNC wrumfi 
tr'iq ios wo ho* 
qui e'r rontagt* 
on?a femur 
Cnn.fifcmiy 
ftfrmipwtzM» 
Jeabiem,&c. 
r> Lucretius. Parc 3. Seft.2. 
Caufes of Love Melancholy, 
Memb.3. Subf.3. 
Me mb, 3. Sub sec, 3, 
Allurements of Love , Caufes and Provocations to 
Luft, Geftures, *Down, &c. 
SAttiral Beauty is a ftrong loadftooe of it felf, as you 
have heard, a great temptation, and peirceth to the ve- 
ry heart* ° forma verecunda nocuit mihi vifa puella * but 
much more when thofe artificial inciccments and provo- 
cations of Gefturcs, Cloaths, Jewels, Pigments, Ex- 
0 In beauty", 
that of favour 
is preferred be- 
fore that of co- 
lours, and de- 
cent motion is 
ra°rc than that 
°f favour. 
Bacm Efaiesl 
ornations, fliall bee annexed unto it * thofe other circumftances, op- 
portunity of time and place flball concur, which of themfelyes alone 
Were all fufficienti each one in particular, to produce this effed. It is a 
<pJeftion much controverted by fome wife men, forma debeat plus arti an 
datura f Whether natural or artificial objeds bee*more powerful f buc 
Hot decided : for my part lam of opinion, that though Beauty it felf bee 
a great motive, and give an excellent luftre in fordibus, in beggery, as a 
Jewel on a dunghil will fhine, and call: his rayes, it cannot bee fuppreffed, 
which Heliodorus feigns of charidia% though fhee were in beggers weeds: 
yet as it is ufed, artificial is of more force, and much to be preferred; 
15ie dentata phi videtur h/Egle, 
Mmptis of thus- Jndicoque cornu j 
Sic qua nigrior eft cadente moro, 
CeruJJata fibi placet Lychoris. 
So toothlefs tx£gle teems a pretty one 
Sec out with new bought teeth of indy-hone: 
So foul Lychoris blacker than berry, 
Her felf admires, now finer than cherryi 
t Martialis. 
*fohn terms the Burgundian cap. 8. hip. navigat, in Brafii is altogether ©n 
*nyfide. For whereas faith hee at our coming to Brafif wee found 
both men and women naked as they were born, without any covering, 
fo much as of their privities, and could not bee perfwaded,by our French- 
men that lived a year with them, to wear any, p Many mil think that 
jo hng commeret with naked women, muft needs hee a great provocation 
but hce concludes otherwife* that their nakednefs did much Icfs 
them to lafdvioufnefs, than our wonfens cloaths. Mdldare boldly 
affirm {fahhhetyhatthofe glittering attires, counterfeit colours, headgears, 
led hairs, plaited coats, cloaks, gowns i coSily jlomachers, guarded and 
c garments, and all thofe other coutrcments, wherewith our country-women 
a beauty', and Jo cur ioufly ft out themjelves, caufe more in con- 
nnnct in this kind, than that Barbarian bomelinefs, although they bee 
£^jit inferiour unto them in beauty, I could evince the truth of this by 
rfny oth*r arguments, hut 1 appeal ( faith hee) to my companions at thatpre- . 
hikiir*^ch wers fmit hhs country-man Montagne in \ 
»ayes sis of the fame opinion, and are fo, many others; opt of whole j 
thus much in brief we may conclude: That Beauty is more e~ 
than Nature, and ftrongcr provocations proceed horn 
P Multi taciti 
opinantur com- 
mercium find 
adeo ffrequent 
cum Barbaria 
midis, ac pre- 
fer tim cmfsS'- 
mmisjad libidi- 
nem provocare, 
at minus multi 
noxia illorum 
nuditas quam 
noerarum f$r 
minarum cultus, 
Aufim ajfe ver ti- 
re Splendidum ' 
cultum: 
fuces, Part 3. Se&. 2. 
Love-tJH dancholj. 
Membi 3, Subf. 3. 
outward ornaments, than fuch as nature hath provided. It is true, that 
thofe fair fparkling eyes, white neck, coral lips, turgent Paps, Rofe- 
colomred checks, &c. of themfelves arc potent inticers-, but when a come- 
ly , artificial, well-compoled look, pleafing gefture, an affeded car- 
riage diall bee added, it muft needs bee far more forcible than it was, 
when thofe curious needle-works, variety of colours , pureft dyes . 
Jewels, fpangles, pendents, lawn, lace, tiffanies, fair and fine linncn, 
embroideries, calamiftrations, ointments, &c. (hall bee added, they 
will make the verieft dowdy other wife, a Gbddefs, when nature diall 
bee farthered by Art. Fo/it is not the eye of it felf that intifeth to luft, 
but an adulterous eye, as Peter terms it, a. a. 14« a wanton , a rolling, laf- 
dviouscye: A wandring eye, which ifaiah taxeth, 3. 16. chrift him- 
felf, and the Virgin Mary had mod: beautiful eyes, as amiable eyes as any 
i Harm, evan- 
gel Jib c.cap.6. 
r Sem. de con- 
ecp. virg. Vhy- 
fiognomia virgi- 
nis omnes movet 
ad cajiitatem. 
r 3. q. 
3. Miram,virgo 
fdmojijjtmety 
fed a nemine 
concupita. 
tMet, 10. 
perfons, faith * paradius, that ever lived * bar withall fo mode#, fo 
chafte, that whofoever looked on them, was freed from that paffion 
of burning luff, if wee may bcleever Gerfon andf Bonaventure: there was 
no fuch Antidote aguinft it, as the Virgin Maries face. * i*is not the eye 
but carriage of it, as they ufe it, that caufeth fuch effedls. When 
Pallas Fenus, were to win Paris favour for the golden Apple, as 
it is elegantly described in that pleafant enterludeof f Apuleius, tfunb 
came with majefty upon the ftage, Minerva gravity, but Venus duke fuh- 
ridens, confit it amane, & gratijsim* Crati* deam propitiantes (fct came 
in fmiling with her gracious graces* and exquifue mufick, as if dice had 
danced, & nonnunqmm fait arc f&lis oculis, and which was the main mat- 
ter of all, (bee danced with her rolling eyes .• they were the Brokers and 
Harbingers of her fute. So dice makes her brags in a modern Poet 
f Rofamonds 
complaint, by 
Sam. Daniel. 
f Soon could 1 make my brow to tyrannize , 
And force the world do homage to mine eyes, 
The eye is a fecrct Orator, the firft bawd, Amorisport a, and with pri- 
yatelooks, winking, glances and fmiles, as fo many dialogues they 
make up the match many times, and under (land one anothers meanings * 
before they come to fpeak a word, * Eurialm and Lucretia were fo mu- 
tually enamored by the eye, and prepared to give each other entertain- 
ment, before ever they had conference: hee asked her good will with 
his eye ♦, (hee did fnffragari, and gave confent with a plcafant look. 
That * Thracian Rodophe was fo excellent at this dumb Rhetorick, that 
if fliee had but looked upon any one almoft ( faith Califris) flee would have 
bewitched Jbm, and hee could not pofihly efcape it, For as K Salvi anus ob- 
ferves, the eyes are the windows of our fouls, hy which as fo many cha- 
nels, all dijhonefi concupifcence gets into our hearts• They reveal out 
and as they fay, frons animi index* but the eye of the counte- 
nance , 
t tAnreu S'tlv. 
u Hefiodnr.l. z. . 
Thra- 
cia tam inevi- 1 
tabih fafeino 1 
tarn , 
txafte oculis 
intuens attrax- 
it, utpiniUm 
quis incidiffet, 
fyri non pejfec 
qm caperem. 
*Lib l 
providentia * 
jn'mi feneflea 
ecaTh & omh 
improba cupidi- 
tas pet ocellos 
tanquam cana- 
les introit. 
t Buchanan. 
t £«Jd procacibus intuere ocellis ? &c. 
I may fay the fame of foiling, gate, nakednefs of parts, plaufblegC' 
ftures, &c. To laugh is the proper paflion of a man, an ordinary thing 
to fmile; but thole counterfeit, compofed, affedled, -artificial and recipto' 
cal, thole counter-fmiles are the dumb fhews and prognofticks of gr&~ 
ter matters, which they moft part ufe, to inveagle and deceive* though 
many fond lovers again are fo frequently miftaken, and led into a fools Parc J. Sc&.a. 
Artificial Allurements. 
Memb.3, Subf.3. 
paradife. Fer if they fee but a fair Maid laugh, or Ihew apleafanc 
countenance, ufe Tome gracious words orgeftures, they apply it alJr 
to themfelves, as done in their favour, fure Ihce loves them, ihec is wilf 
ling, coming, &c. . . . 
471 
Stultus quando videt quod pulchra puellula ridet, 
, Tum fatuus Credit [e quod amare velit: 
When a fool fees a fair Maid for to fmile, 
Hee thinks (hee loves him, ’tis buc to beguile. 
They make an Art of it, as the Poet telleth ns, 
y Jj>uis credat i difeunt etiam ridere pueßa, 
guaritur atque illis hac quoque parte decor .: 
Who cah beleeve < to laugh Maids make an Artj 
And feck a pleafant grace to that fame part. 
And 'tis as great an enticement as any of the reft* 
—-—*—* fibri fit molle puella , 
Car tibi rite falit. ■ - — 
Shec makes thine heart leap with * a plcafing gentle fmile of hers. 
f Ovid, deartt 
mandi. 
%Perf.z.Sat. 
5 Dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo . 
Dulce Uquentem, I love Lalage 
as much for fmiling, as for difeourfing, dele flata tBa rifit tam blandum, 
a* hcefaidin Petroniueofhis Miftrcfs, being well pleafed, ihec gave fo 
fwcet a fmile. It won ifaenius, as heec confcffeth, jfaene fibri fit ama- 
tortum, ifmene fmiled lo lovingly the fccond time I faw her, that I 
c°uld hot chafe but admire her And G a lids fwcet fmilc quite over- 
f Faufius the Shepherdj r'- 
All other gefturcs of the body will enforce as much. Daphnis in f Lu- 
cian was a poor tattered wench, when I knew her firft* faid Corbtlc , 
panno [a & lacera, but now (hee is a (lately pecce indeed • hath her Maids 
attend her, brave attires, mony in her purlc. See, and will you know 
how this came to pafs i by fating out her [elf after the hefi fafhion, by: her 
* Vd centum 
Cbarhes ridere 
putaret, Maji- 
us ot Here. 
*Hor. 0d.%%* 
lib. i. 
'SunathiuM - 
t Mantua*. 
t Tom. merit: 
dial. Exefrian- 
d* fetpfam ele» 
gaater, faeilefU 
dr hilarem /• 
gerendo, ergo. _ 
Cutt&os, riden- 
do Judvt ac 
blandum ftU, 
&e% 
fb*fm carriage, affability y facet failing upon all, &c, Many women 
dote upon a man for his complement onely, and good behaviour, they 
arc won inaninftant; too credulous to beleeve that every light , wan- 
ton futer, who fees or makes love ro them, is inftantly/inamburcd, heccr-. 
tainly dotes on, admires them, will furely marry , when as hee means 
Nothing left, *tis his ordinary carriage in all fuch companies. So both 
delude each other, by fuch outward ftiews, and amongft the reft ,an 
upright* a comely grace, curtefies., gentle falutafcions, cringes, a min- 
ClQg gate, a decent and an affeflcd pace* are moft powerful enticers, 
and which the Prophet Efiy, a Courtier hirofeU, and a great obferver* 
v jedfed to the daughters of Sion, 3. 15, they minced as they went* and 
a tinkling with their feet. To fay the truth, what can they not 
efFcabyfuchmearis? , , ' 
Whilji nature decks them in their befi Attires 
Of youth and beauty which the world -f . 
\xrt . hi Urit voce, mm,gre§*', pectore, fronte, octets* . __ 
c Art (hall be annexed to Beauty> when wiles and gades *■ 
r! for to fpeak as it is * Love is a kinde of legerdemain * J«g* 
t Jegenmi Part 3. SecL 2. 
Love-CMelanchoiy, 
Memb.3. Subf. 3. 
ling y a fafeination ) .When they fticw their fair hand, fine foot and leg 
withili, magnum (ui defidemm nobis rehnqutmt, faith d Balthazar Caftt- 
lio lib* I. they fet us a longing , and fo when they pud up their fetty-coats, 
and outward garments 5 asufually they do to ttiew their fine ftockingSj 
and thofe of pufeft filfeen dye, gold fringes, laces* embroyderings, (it 
foall go hard but when they go to Ghurch , or to any other place 5 all 
fhall be feen ) ’tis but a fpnnge to catch woodcocks j and asc chryfofiome 
telleth them downright * though they fay nothing with their mouths y 
they Ipeak in their gate, they fpeak with their eyes, they the carriage 
of their bodies. And what ihail we fay otherwife of that baring of their 
necks, fhouiders, naked breatts, arms and wrifts > to what end are they 
but only to tempt men to luft ! 
d Vd ft. Forte 
vijti mentum ds 
itdufriu eleve- 
tur, ut pedum 
ac tibiarum 
pars aliqua 
co ajpiciatur, 
dum templum 
aut locum ali- 
quem adierit. 
* Sermone, quod 
rtoAftefoiflA vi- 
ris cohabitent. 
Non loquuta es 
lingua, fed lo- 
quuta es greffuj 
nonloquuta.es 
f Nam quid latfeolus fmus, & if fas 
fra tefers fine linteo papillas < 
Hoc tit dicere, fofce3 pofee, trado 5 
Hoc efi ad Fenerem vocare amantes. 
voce,, fed ocuiis 
loquuta es cla- 
rius quam voce, 
t Jovianus 
Fontanus Baiar, 
lib.i.adHemi- 
cnem. 
* Fie liixuyefl- 
umdififf. 6. 
Nihil ahud de- 
ep '^Pytjraco, 
vos piieceddt, 
v v.x , 
’items3* v, 
m Uyvuj.yoi ~ 
tOty. uog.tms in. 
blows. 
There needs no inof eas * Fredericas CMAUntfiius well observes , but a 
Cryer to go before them fo dretted, to bidhs look out * a trumpet to 
found, or for defeat, a Sowgelder to blow. 
y Look out, look out and fee • 1 ; 
"What objedt this may- be 1;■ i 
Thatdoth eye.* 
A gallant "Lady goes,!; 
IntichaddgaiidyMhlbes, ; 
But whither away God knows , 
-look out* &c. & quit fequuntur 
or la what end and purpofe ? But to leave all thefe pMfitattical fap- 
mfes *life profecuie mineintendedThearm NakedneE, as I have 
faSd / f-, is ah odious thing of it feli * remedium amoris *■ yet it may be fo 
ufed , in part * and arfet times 3 that there tan be no fuch enticement a 5 
it is j. . .‘A vA - ■ Vv .»>3 -,f- - ■ 
.. t * Net mihi cinfta Diana placet, nec nuda Cythere > • 
fFlin. lib. 53. 
cap, 10. Cam» 
paSpen Nudari 
potura* Apelles. 
amore ejus 
queatus e[t,. 
l.■ - - . j j 
V’;,... • 'Jikwoluptdtisnil habet y hacnimium. 
David To fcfpied Btrjheba 5 the Eiders Sufanm tif Ap dies W&s mamoured 
with idahtpa/fty ■ when he Was to ‘ paint her -naked. tibems in Suit, 
cap. 43. luppcd with SefiiusC alius an old leather 3 hbidin of0 fene sci 
nudapudlH adminiftrarem $ lome -fay as much of Nero y and 
JPflrcO*!. Huter of CHrolus fugftttXv Amongll the Babylonians, it was 
ttecuftome of Tome iafcivious queans to dance friskin iri that fafhioti, 
u CJirHUS s*and Aduste mor.g€m Hb. x. writes of others to 
that effeft. The * Tufcausptfeme ftAjn^ets, had nAfcd woman 
to att«nd upon them, which Lmicus &rma hill. 96- 
confiinM or luch other bawdy nations, av/u would have filthy pi' 
dtures hill hanging in his chamber, which is too commonly nfcd $ 
our times 3 and coram agentes , ut ad Fenerem ind' 
t arent: So things may be abufed. A fetvant maid in rift anew5 
fpyed her Matter and Miftrefs through the key*hole * merrily difpQ" 
fed - upon the fight fhe fell in love with her Matter. -\4MmonmuS 
calla obferved his mother in law with her breatts amoroufly laid o 
I m Tyrrhenis 
conviviis nuda 
mulieres mini- 
pah ant. 
* Amatoria 
mi [cent es vidit, 
& in ipfs com- 
plexibus audit 3 
&c, 
de cupido in pe- 
tilus Virgmis. 
t tyfi' l-lib.z. Part 3.Sed.2, 
Artificial Allurements, 
JMcmb.^.Subfj. 
pen, hee was fo much moved,that hee laid, Ah fi liceret, Oh that I might* 
which Ihee by chance over- hearing , replied as impudently/ Snicquid 
Übet licet, thou mayeft do what thou wilt: And upon that temptation he 
married her: this object was not in caufc, not the thing it felf, but that 
unfeemly, undecent carriage of it. 
When you have all done, veniunt a vefle fagitta, the greateft provo- 
cations of luft are from our apparclj God makes, they fay, manfhapes, 
and there is no motive like unto it * 
* Which doth even Beauty beautifie, 
And mofi bewitch a wretched eye* 
h Sparti an. 
* Sidneys Ar- 
cadia. 
a filthy knave, a deformed quean, a crooked carkafs, a maukin, a witch, 
a rotten poft, an hedge-flake may be fo fee out, and tricked up, that it 
fhall make as fair a ftiew, as much enamour as the reft: many a filly fel- 
low is fp taken. Trimum luxuria one calls it the firft fnarc of 
luftj 1 BofluSj aucupium animarum, Ut halem arundinem a fatal reed , the 
greateft bawd, forte lenocinium, (anguineis lachrymis deplorandum, faith 
t MatenefiaS) and with tears of blood to bee deplored. Not that comcli- 
nefs of clothes is therefore to be condemned, and thofe ufual ornaments: 
' De imtuod. 
mulier, cultui 
t Dijcurf. f. 
de IhXh 
there is a decency and decorum in this, as well as in other things, fit to bee 
fifed, becoming fcvcral perfons, and befitting their eftates* hec is onely 
phantaftical, that is not infafhion, and like an old Image in Arras hang- 
ings, when a manner of Attire is generally received: but when they arc 
fo new-fangled, fo unftaid, fo prodigious in their Attires, beyond their 
and fortunes, unbefitting their age, place, quality, condition*, 
fhould wee otherwife think of them Why do they adorn them- 
felves with fo many colours of herbs, fictitious flowers, curious needle- 
works, quaint devices, Tweec-fmelling odours, with thofc ineft’imable 
riches of precious flones , pearls,, rubies, diamonds, emeralds, 
Why do they crown themfelvcs with gold and filver, fife coronets, and 
tires 6f feveral falhi&is, deck themfelves ivith pendents, bracelets, 
ear-rings, chains, girlies, rings, pins, fpangles, embroideries, fha- 
dows, rebatoes, verficolpr ribbands f why do they make fuch glo- 
rious fhews with their fcarfs, feathers, fans, masks, furs, laces, tiffa- 
nies, ruffs, falls, calls, cuffs, damasks, velvets, tinfcls* cloth of 
gold, filver, tiffuer with colours of heavens, ftars, planets < the ftrength 
of metals, ftones, odours, flowers, birds, beafts, fi&es, and whatfo- 
ever Jfrichy Afia, America Tea, land, art,; and induftry of man can af- 
fords why do they ufe arid covet fuch novelty of inventions, fuch 
hew-fangied tires, and fpend fuch ineftimable mriims on them ? To 
end are theft crifted ? fa(ft hairs, painted faces, as * the Satyrijl 
°bfcrves, fuch a cmfoftd gate, net a ftep amy i Why are they, like fo tak~ 
Sybarites, or Heroes Pejfaa, Afjuerus Concubines, fo coftly* f° jon§ 
j dreffing as Cafar was marlhalling his army, or an hawk in pruriing' 
moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus eft : a * Gardiner takes not fo much 
Ctght and paws inhis garden, an horft-man to dr eft his her ft , four his 
a Mariner about His (hip, a Merchant his ibop arid fliop- hodk ? 
do about their faces f and ail thole ocher parts: fuch - fen up 
fth corks, ftreightning with whale-bones, why is it but as J , Y 
a£cheth Larks, to make young men (loop unco them c Thr 0 arm a 
. fc Petronius fel. 
91- gwfpc- 
ft ant flex* to- 
me ? q’<o fa~. 
cics medicami- 
ne attrita &e- 
-cidorum indies, 
petid anti a} quo 
imxfus im 
compoftHSi &c. 
I Ter. 
* P. minting. . 
Hortulanus non 
ita exercetur 
vifendis hortis> 
eques equis, ar~. 
tnis, muta n&- 
vibust Part 3, Se<ft. 2. 
Love- CM t lane holy. 
Memb. 3. Subf.g. 
gallant in Ariftanetus , adviled his friend Pohanus, to take heed of fuc h 
entifements , t for it was the fweet found and motion of his Miftris fpangles 
and bracelets , the fmell of her oyntments, that captivate a htm fifty 
ilia fait mentis prima ruina mea. 
Quid ftbi vult pixidum turba , faith m Lucian, 7o what ufe are fins, pots , 
glaffes, ointments, irons, combes, bodkins, fetting-flicks' why bellow they ak 
ihetr patrimonies and husbands yearly revenues on fuch fooleries ? t bina 
patrimonia lingulis auribus *, why ufe they dragons, waftes, fnajees , for 
» chains , inamelled jewels on their necks , ears ? dignam potius foret ferro 
manus ift as religari, atque utinam monilia vere dracones efjcnt • they had 
more need forne of them be tied in Bedlam with iron chains j have a 
whip for a fan, and hair-cloaths next to their skins, and inftead of 
. wrought fmocks, have their cheeks ftigmatifed with a hot iron j I fay, 
• fomcofour fefahels, inftead of painting, if they were well ferved. But 
why is all this labour, all this coft, preparation, riding, running, far. 
-fetched, and dear bought fluff? " Beeaufe for foot h they would he fair and 
t Epift. 4. So- 
nus armillarum 
hene fonantium, 
odor unguento- 
rum, &c. 
r* Tom. 4. dial. 
Amor. Vaftula 
plena mult* in- 
felicitatisom- 
nem maritorum 
opulentiam in 
hue inpendunty 
dr acmes pro 
monilibus ha- 
benty qui uti- 
nam vere draco- 
nes ejfcnt. Luci- 
an. 
t Stn.ec a. 
« CaftiLio de ag 
lictib. i. Muli- 
eribus omnibus 
hoc imprimis in 
xoti i e(i, ut for- 
mo fa pnt, autp 
reipfa non pat, 
•videantur ta- 
me* #> 
qua. parte aatu- 
ro-defuiti artis 
(appeti as ad- 
jungunt mde il- 
ia faciei unfti- 
ones, dolor & 
cruciatus in ar- 
(tandis corpori- 
husy&e. 
t Ovid. epip. 
2ded. Jafoni. 
o jdodo cauda- 
tas micas, 
d?C. Bojfus. 
t Seribanins 
philof. Chrifi. 
cap. 6. 
fine j and where nature is defe&ive , fupply tt by art. 
t Sanguine qua vero non rubet , arte rubet, ( Ovid.) 
and to that purpole they annoint and paint their fates, to make Helen of 
Hecubai parvamqup exortamque pnelUm—~— Eurepen. To this 
intent they cruft in their feet and bodies, htltt ahd Cfudfic thcitlfelveS , 
lometimes in laxc clothes» an hundred yards I think in a gown , a flcevc $ 
’ and fometimes again fo clofc, ut nudes exprimam artus. ° Now long 
tails and trains, and thendhort, up, down, high, low, thick, thin, &c, 
* now little or no hands, then as big as cart wheels* now loofc bodies, then 
’ great fardingals and clofegirt, &c. Why is all this > but with the whore 
• in the Proverbs, to intoxicate Tome or other ? oculorum decipulam, f one 
’ therefore calls it, & Indicem libidinis, the trap of lull, and fare token, as 
an Ivy-bulh is to a Tavern. 
Quod pulchros Clycere fumas de pixide vultus, 
Qhfod tibi compoftt/e nec fine lege com At 
Quod niteat digitis Adamas, Beryllus in aure, 
Jlon jum divinus: fed fcio quid cupias, ‘ 
O Glycere in that you paint lb much, * 
Your hair is fo bedeck’d in order filch. 
With rings on fingers, bracelets in your ear 
Although no Prophet, tell 1 can, I fear. 
To be admired, to b£ gazed on, to circumvent forhe novice sas many 
times they do, that inftead of a Lady he loves a cap and a feather, inftead 
of a maid that Ihould have verum colorem corpus (olidum & fucci plenum 
(as chare a describes his miftrifs in the f Poet) a painted face, a ruff-band 
fair and fine linnen, a coronet, a flower 
* ( NaturAque putat quod fuit artificis, ) a wrought waftcoatc 
he dotes on, or a pied pctticote, a pure die inftead of a proper woman* 
for generally, as with rich furred Conies, their cafes are far better than 
their bodies, and like the bark of a Cinnamon tree which is dearer than 
the whole bulk, theiroutward accoutrements arc far more precious than 
their inward indowments, Tis too commonly fo., 
I Ttr. Eunuc. 
Aft. i.Sc- 3* 
* Strtwfil' PJrt^.Sea.a. 
Artificial Allurements, 
Mcm&s.Subf.?. 
FwAuferimur cultu, & gemmis, auroque teguntur 
Omnia fpars minima efi ip fa puella fui. 1 
With gold and Jewels all is covered. 
And with a firange tire wee are won, 
(While fhee’s the leaft part of her felf) 
P Ovid. 
And with fuch baubles quite undone. 
Why do they keep info long together, a whole winter fometimes, 
and will not be ieen but by torch or candle-light, and come abroad with 
all the preparation may beCj when they have no bufinefs, but only to 
*bew themfelves ? 1 
S f effatum veniunt, veniunt fkeff entur ut ipfa, 
f Fsr what is Beauty if it bee not f e en. 
Or what iit to bee feen, if not admir'd, 
And though admit d, unlefs in love defir'd ? 
Why do they go with fuch counterfeit gate, which q Philo ff udam, re- 
prehends them for, and ufe (I fay it again ) fuchgeftures, apifh, ridicu- 
lous, undecent Attires, Sybarittcal tricks, fucosgenis, purpuriJJam vents, ce. 
tuff am fronti,leges oculis,&c. ufe thofe fweet perfumes, powders and oint- 
ments in to hear fermons fo frequent, is it for devotion? or 
rather asr Baft I tells them, to meet their five et-hearts, and fee fafhionsjfor 
as hee faith, commonly they come fo provided to that place, with fuch 
curious complements, with firch geftures and tires, as if they fhould go 
to a dancing-fchool, aft age-play, or bawdy-houfe, fitter than a Church, 
When fuch a jhee- Prieft comes her Mafs to fay i 
Twenty to one they all forget to pray. 
f S. Daniel, 
s Lib. de pifii- 
mis. Tracto in- 
dtuitu 
1 fetvo, calami- 
firata} cincin- 
• n*ta, fucata, 
recens lota,pnrm 
‘ J»riffata, pre~ 
tiofoque amiftA _ 
palliolo, Spirans 
unguenta,ut ju~ 
venum animos 
( circumveniat, 
1 0 atjn ebrior, 
Impudenter fe 
maf culorum a - 
SpeCtibus expo- 
nuru, infolentct 
comas jactan- 
tes, trabum tu- 
’The) make thofe holy Temples confecrated to godly Martyrs* and religious 
nfes , the/hops of impudence** dens of whores and the eves , and little better 
than brothel-houfes, When wee fliall fee thefe things daily done, their huf- 
b<lnds bankrupts, if not cotnutoes, their wives light hufwives, daughters 
difhoneft* and hear of foch diffolute a&s, as daily wee do, how fhould 
Vvee think otherwite? what is their end, but to deceive and inveagle young 
men? As tow takes fire, fuch inticing objects produce their cfFedi, how 
can it bee altered ? When Venus flood before Anchifes (asf Homer feigns 
in one of his Hymns) in her coftly robes, hce was infhntly taken. 
Cbm ante ipfum ftaret fov-is filia, videns eam 
Anchifes* admirabatur formam * & ftupendas vefies- 
Erat enim induta peplo, igneis radiis fplendtdiorey 
Habebat quoque torques fulgidos, flexiles h alie es 
Tenerum collum ambiebant monilia pulchra* 
ni cas pe di has 
' collidentes, ecu- 
■ ie petulanti* 
riJ*efufo3 ad 
tripudium infa, 
ni entes, omnem 
“dolefcentum 
if temperantiam 
infe provocatio 
tes, idque ia 
templis meme~ 
rite mmyrum 
confecratis - 
pomoerium civi? 
tatis officinam 
fecerant impu- 
dent iit. 
{Hymno Fckri 
dicat». 
j4uuay 'variegata, 
When Venus flood before Anchifts firft3 
tJee was amaz’d to fee her in her tires s 
For fhee had on a hood as red as fire, * 
And glittering chains, and Ivy twifted fpires 5 
About her tender neck were coflly bruches 5 
c And neck-laces of gold-inamell’d ouches. j k 
?_0 Medea came in pretence of sa[on firfi, attended by tier 
Nymphs and Ladies* as fhee is described byc Jpoßw**** 
1 Argonaut. I.*. Part 3. Sect. 2. 
L ove- lM t lane holy. 
Memb, 3, Sub!.^. 
476 
Cunelas vero ignis infiar fcquebatur $ lender *> 
\Tantum ab aureis fimbriis reffilcndebat jubar, 
in oculis dulce defidertum, 
Aluftre followed them like flaming fire, 
And from their golden borders came fuch beams 3 
Which in his eyes provokM a fweet defire. 
* Vit. Anton. ; 
u Regia domo 
ernatuq ue cer- 1 
tames, ftp ac 
fgrmam Juam 
Antonio offe- 
rentes, &c. 
Cum ornatu & 
incred bili pom- 
pa. per Cydnum 
fluvium navi- 
garent aurata 
puppi, ipfaad 
pmilitudinem 
Veneris ornata, 
puella Gratiis 
f miles,pueri Cu- 
pidinibus, An- 
tentus ad vifum 
ftupefaftus. 
* Amiftum 
Chlamyde & 
Coronis, quum 
primum afftxit 
Cenmonem, ex 
poteftate mentis 
excidit, 
y Lib de lib. 
Such a relation wee have in * Plutarch, when the Queens came and offer- 
ed therafclves to Anthony, u with divers and cntifwg 
Afiatick Allurements, with fuch wonderful joy and fefiivhy, they did fo in- 
veagle the Romans , that no man could contain himfelf, ati was turned to 
delight and pleafare, *lhe women transformed them fives to Bacchus 
the men- children to Satyrs and Pans 3 but Anthony himfelf wot quite 
befetted with Cleopatra’s fweet fpeecies, philters, beauty, f leafing tires : 
for when fhte failed along the River Cyanus, with fuch incrediblepomfr 
in a gilded fhip, her fdfdrefjed like Venus, her CMaids like the Graces, 
her Pages like fo many Cupids, Anthony was amazed, and raft beyond 
himfelf, Heliodorus lib. 1. brings in Dameneta Step- mother to Cnemon , 
whom jhee* faw in her fcarfs, rings 7 robes and coronet, quite mad for the love 
of him. It was Judiths Pant opes that ravifhed the eyes of olofernes. And 
s Cardan is not afhamed to confefs, that feeing his wife the firft time all 
in white, hce did admire, and inftantly love her. If thefc outward orna- 
ments were not of fuch force, why doth * jstaomi give Ruth counfel how 
to pleafe Jtcaz t and * Judith fccking to captivate olof ernes, wafhed and 
annointed her felf with fweet ointments, dreffed her hair, and put on 
coftly attires. The riot in this kind hath been exccffive in times paft 3 no 
man almoft came abroad, but curled and annointed. 
* Ruth. 3 3. 
a Cap. 9 f. 
hJuv.Sat.6, ; 
* Hor. lib. %. 
Od. ii. 
2 Cap. 17. 
* Epift. 90. 
* Quicquid eft 
Idm moris levi- 
tate extingui- 
tur, & politura 
Corpori* mulie- 
bres munditias 
antecejftmus j ca- 
lores meretri- 
cios viri fumi- 
must tenero & 
molli gradu fu- 
fp ndimus gra• 
dum, non am- 
bulamus, Nat. 
quaft. lib7. 
CaP - 31. 
Et matutino judans i rifjinus amomo, 
Quantum vix redolent duo funera, one fpent 
as much as two funerals at once * and with perfumed hairs, c & rofa tarns 
odorati capillos Afjyriaque nardo, What ftrange things doth d Sutton re- 
late in this matter of Caligulas riot ? And Pliny lib, 2. & 1.3. Read more 
in Diofcorides , Ulmusy Arnoldusy Randoletius de fuce Gf dec or at tone • for 
it is now an art, as k was of old ( foe Seneca records) officina funt odores 
coquentium Women are bad, and men worfe, no difference at all betwixt 
their and our times 3 {Good manners (as Seneca complains) are extin ft 
with wantonnefstin tricking up themjelves men go beyond women, they wear 
harlots colours y and do not mlky but jet and dance, hic mulier, haec vir* 
more like Flayers, Butterflies, Baboons, Apes, Anticks, than men. 
So ridiculous moreover wee are in our attires, and for coft fo exceffive, 
that ZSHierem faid of old. Uno filovidarum infunt pretia, uno lino decies 
' feftertinm in feritur h ’tis an ordinary thing to put a thoufand Okes, and an 
hundred Oxen into a ftiic of apparel, to wear a whole Manner on his 
back. What wuh fhooe-ties, hangers, points, caps and feathers, fcarfs 7 
bands, cuffs,&c. m a fhort fpace their whole patrimonies are confumed* 
Heliogabalus is taxed by Lampridius, and admired in his age for wearing 
Jewels in his fhooes, a common thing in our times, not for Emperours 
and Princes, but almoft for ferving-men and taylors .* all the flowers? 
ftars, conftelianons, gold and pretious ftones do condefcend to fet out Parc 3,Se£L2. 
Artificial Atiunments, 
Memb.j.Subf.j. 
their ihooes. Toreprefs the luxury of thole Roman Matrons, there was 
s Lex Valeria,and Oppia, and a Cato to contradidi-, but no Laws will ferve 
to reprefs the pride and infolency of our daies, the prodigious riot in this 
kinde, Lucullus wardrobe is put down by our ordinary Citizens 5 and a 
Coblers wife m Venus, a Courtefan in Florence, is no whit inferiour to a 
Queen, if our Geographers fay true.* and why is all this < Why do they 
glory in their Jewels (as h hee faith) or exult and triumph in thebeauty of 
clothes * why is all this coft ?to incite men the fooner to burning luft. They 
pretend decency and ornament; but let them cake heed, left while they 
fet out their bodies, they do not damn their fouls; cis - Bernards 
counfel * jhhi in Jewels , ftink in conditions -, have purple Robes , and a 
torn confidence. Let them Uke heed of Efayes Prophccie, that their flip- 
pers and tires bee not taken from them, fweet balls, bracelets, ear-rings, 
Vails, wimples, crlfping-pins, glaffes, fine linnen, hoods., lawns, and 
fweet favours, they become not bald, burnt, and ftink upon a fudden. 
And let Maids beware, as k Cyprian adviCeth, left while they wander too 
loofely abroad, they lofe not their virginities 1 and like Temples, 
feem fair without, but prove rotten carkafles within. How much bet- 
ter were it for them to follow that good counfel of Ttrtullian f , To have 
thetr eyes painted with chaftity, the fVord of God info ted into their ears, 
% Liv, lib. 4. 
dec. 4. 
h Quid exul-. 
tas in pulctori- 
tud'ms panni ? 
quid glmark 
'in gemmis ut ■ 
facilius invi- . 
tes ad libidi- 
nofm hcert- 
dium ? Mat. 
Bljffus dc im- 
moder. tnulie. 
cultu. . , 
J EPrft-113. 
Fulgent monk; 
tibus , moribus 
for dent, pur- 
purat*. vestis, . 
confeientia. 
pannofa, cap, 
3- 17- 
k De virgin*-. 
U habitu : dim. 
orum cultius \ 
. dim evagari 
ChriJFs yeakjied to the hair 5 tofubjetf themfelves to their husbands. if 
they would do fo» they jhould bee comely enough, eloathe themfelves with the 
filk of fanftity, damask of devotion, purple of piety and chaftity, and fo 
Tinted, they fhall have Cod himjelfto bee a fuiter: Let whores and queans 
frank up themfelves, m let them paint their faces with mnien and ceruffe, 
they are hut fuels eflufi, and ftgns of a corrupt foul i if yet. bee good) hone ft, 
virtuous , and religious Matrons , let fohriety, mode fty and chaftity bee your 
honour» and God himfelf your love and defire. Mulier retfe elet0 übi mhtl 
olet, then a woman fmells beft, when fhee hath no perfume at all 5 no 
Crown Chain, or Jewel {Cuivarra adds) is fuch an ornament to a 
Virgin ’or virtuous woman, quam virgini pudor, as chaftity is; morje 
credit in a wife mans eye and judgement they: get by their plainnefs, -.and 
feem fairer than they that are fet out with babies, as a Butchers meat is 
virgines vo- 
lunt, defimnt 
ejfe virgines, 
Clemens A- 
Uxandrinus 
lib. de pulchr. 
anima» ibid. 
i Lib. %. de cul- 
tu mulierum, 
oculos depi- 
ttos verecun- 
dia y inferen- 
tes in aures 
femonm dei, \ 
ameClentes 
crinibus ju-. 
gum Chrifi, 
caput maritis 
With pricks, puffed up and adorned like To many Jayes, with variety xat 
colours.> It is reported of Cornelia that virtuous Aoman Lady , gre*t 
Scipio's daughter, Titus Sempronius wife, and the Mother of the Gracchi, 
that being by chance in company with a Compammy a ftrarige gentlewo- 
man (Tome light hufwife bdike, that wasdrefled like a May-Lady* and 
asmoft of our gentlewomen are, was n more follidms ofher head-tire , 
t**m of her health, that farther time betwixt a comb and agUfs> and Mr*' 
*hr bee fair than hone ft (as Cato (aid) and have the Common-wealth mM 
type turvie, than her tins marred) and fhee did naught but brag of her 
Robes and Jewels, and provoked the Raman Matron ito drew hers. 
c*n<>iU isCpt her in talk till her children came from fchool, and ztneie, 
laidjhee arc jewels, and fo deluded and put off a proud, vain, phan- 
taftical hufwife. How much better were it for our Matrons to oo 
fubfci entes, 
fic facile & 
fatis eritis or- 
nata : ve f ite, 
vos ferko pro- 
bitatis» byjjim 
funditatis» 
purpura padi' 
' chia; talitet 
pigmentata 
! deam habebi- 
tis 
mSuds habt~ 
aut ‘Ramanx 
lafciviaSy pur- 
puri If a, ac ce- , 
rap ora perw\- 
'gant, fomenta 
libidinum 
£ _ /fas plautas• * Solli citiores de capt^ 
tU n/H mnk indicia, vtUnm ornamentum deus ft, pudicitia, virtutis % m knefmm, & rm- 
y' fecore quam dcfalute, merpeSlinm & !}ecuM diem perdmt, ****** T5^ 
'tn.nus turbari curant quam ornam, Seiiha. Part 5. Seft. 2. 
Love- CMelancholy, 
Memb. 3, Subf.3# 
file did, to go civilly and decently, 0 Hone fa mulieris inftarqtu utitur au- 
ro pro eo quod eft, ad ea tantum quibus opus eft, to ufe gold as it is gold, and 
for that ufe it ferves, and when they need it, then to confume it in riot, 
begger their husbands, proftitute themfelves, inveagle others, and per- 
adventure damn their own fouls < How much more would it bee for 
their honour and credit f Thus doing, as Hierom faid of ilefillti, ? Furius 
did net fo triumph over the Caules, Papyrius of the Samnites, Scipio of Nu- 
mantia,, as fhee did by her temperance •, pnlla jemper They {hould 
infult and domineer over luff, folly, vain-glory, all fsch inordinate, furi- 
ous and unruly paflions. 
But lam over tedious, I confefs, and whilft I ftand gaping after fine 
clothes, there is another great allurement (in the worlds eye at leaft ) 
which had like to have ftoln out of fight, and that is mony, veniunt i 
dote fagitu,mony makes the match; t Moyov fiMmsoiv Tis like fauce 
to their meat, cum carde condimentum, a good dowry with a wife. Many 
men, if they do hear but of a * great portion, a rich heir, are more mad, 
than if they had all the beautious ornaments, and thofe good parts Art 
and Nature can afford, they! care not for honefty, bringing up, birth, 
beauty, perfon, but for mony. 
0 Lucian. 
p iPfi- 
rms de Gadis» 
non Papyrius 
de Samnitibus, 
Seipio de Nu- 
mantia trium- 
phavity ac ilia 
fe vineendo in 
hac parte. 
t Anacreon. 4, 
film intue- 
mur aurum. 
t Affer tecum 
fi vis vivere 
snecum. 
♦ fheogms. 
* Canes & eques ( b Cyrne) quart mus 
isichilesj a, bona, progenie 
Malam vero uxorem, malique patris filiam 
Ducere non curat vir bonus, 
1Modo ei magnam dotem afferat. 
Our dogs and horfes ftill from the bed breed 
Wee carefully feck, and well may they fpeed; 
But for our wives, fo they prove wealthy, 
Bair or foul, wee care not what they bee. 
If {he be rich, then fhe is fair, fine, abfolate and perfect, then they burfl 
like fire, they love her dearly, like pig and pye, and are ready to hang 
themfelvcs if they may not have her. Nothing To familiar in thele daies, 
as for a young man to marry an old wife, as they fay, for a peece of good* 
aftnum auro onuftum-. and though fbee bee an old crone, and have never a 
tooth in her head, neither good conditions, nor good face, a natural 
fool, but only rich, fhee fhall have twenty young Gallants to bee fuiters 
in an inftant. As ihec faid in Suetonius, non mey fed me a mbiunt, ’tis not fof 
her fake,bnt for her lands or mony* and an excellent match it were (a$ 
hee added) if {hee were away. So on the other fide, many a young lovely 
Maid will caft away her felf upon an old, doting, decrepit dizard, 
t Bis fuer effate quamvis balbutiat ore , 
Trima legit rara tam culta rof et afudi a, 
that is rhumatick and gouty , hath fome twenty difeafes, perhaps buc 
one eye, one leg, never a nofe, no hair on his head, wit in his brains, no* 
honefty, if hcc have landoorrr mony, fhee will have him before all 
fuiters. fDummodo ft dives barbarus ille placet. 
If hee bee rich, hec is the man, a fine man, and a proper man, {heel %° zf° 
imktres or Tiden with him ; edafimus dc monte aureo. Sir dies 
t Chtimer, t.s. 
de repub. Ang. 
* Uxorem datat 
tSanatti&c, 
f Ovid, Part 3#Se&.2, 
Artificial Allurements, 
Memb,3.Subf.3. 
caP> br. Amorohs La, Fool-, fiiall have her. And as Philema[turn in f *An- 
ftxnetus told abfiq-, argento omnia vana, hang him that hath no 
mony V/> to no purpofe to talk of marriage without means, * trouble mee 
t £pifi. 14.For- 
mam fpeffiant 
alii per gratias, 
ego pecuniam, 
&C. ne mi hi ne- 
gotium facejfe. 
* Qui caret at- 
gento, frufira 
utitur argu- 
mento. 
1 Juvenalis. 
t Fom. 4, Me- 
rit. dial. Mul- 
tos amatores re- 
jecit , quia pa- 
ter ejus nuper 
j j [fj v j c> —" * j 
not with fuch motions-, let others do as they will, Ik bee fare to have one 
Jhall maintain met fine and brave, Moft are of her mind, * Ds moribus 
ultima fiei for his conditions, ftiee fhall enquire after them ano- 
ther time, or when all is done, the match made, and every body gone 
home, f Lucians Lycia was a proper young Maid, and many fine 
Gentlemen to her filters 5 Ethecles a Senators fon, a Mer- 
chant, &c. but fhee forfook them all for one Pafsius, a bale, hirfute, bald- 
pated knave; but why was it ? His Father lately died, and left him Jole heir 
rf bis goods and lands, This is not amongft your duft-worms alone, 
poorfnakes that will profti tote their fouls for mony* but with this bait 
you may catch our moft potent, puiftlmt, and illuftrious Princes. That 
proud upjjart domineering Biihop of Ely, in the time of Richard the firft. 
Viceroy in his abfencc, as f Muburgenps relates it, to fortific himfelf, and 
maintain his greatnefs , propinquarum fuarum connubiis, plurimos fibi po- 
'unus & nobiles devincire curavit > married his poor kinfwomen (which 
came forth of Nomandj by droves ) to the chief eft Nobles of the land, 
and they were glad to accept of fuch matches, fair or foul, for 
themfclves, their Sons, Nephews, &c. Et quis turn puclaram affinita- 
tem Juh /pe magna promotionis non optaret •*, Who would not have done as 
much for mony and preferment f as mine authoru adds. Vortiger King 
of Britain, marrieditom* the daughter of Hengifi the Saxon Prince, 
bis mortal enemy; but wherefore? fhee had Kent for her dowry, tfagello 
Mortuus, Ac ds~ 
minus ipfe fa~ 
1 this bofiormn 
■ omnhm. 
t Lib,3.cap, 
nobilium 
(*tempore, fibi 
wtfilio aut ne- 
poti uxorem ac- 
cipere cupiens, 
oblatam fib i ti- 
ll quam propin- 
quarum ejus 
non acciperet ob* 
viis manibus ? 
quarum turbam 
acciverat e 
Nor manni a. tn 
Angliam ejus 
rei gratia. 
u Alexander 
' Gaguinus Sar- 
mat, Europ. de- 
fcript. 
x Tom. 3. au- 
nat. 
the great Duke of Lituania, 13 86. was mightily enamored on Hedenga, 
infomuch that hee turned Chriftian from a Pagan, and was baptized him- 
felf by the name of Uladifiaus3 and all his fubjc&s for her fake .* but why 
was it ? fliee was daughter and heir of Poland, and his defire was to have 
both Kingdomes incorporated into one. charts the Great was an earncft 
futer to Irene \he Emprefs, but, faith * Zomrus, oh regnum, to annex 
the Empire of the Eaft to that of the Weft, Yet what is the event of all 
fuch matches, that are fo made for mony, goods, by deceit,ror for burn- 
ing luft, quos feda libido confanx it, what follows ? they are almolf mad 
at firft, but us a nicer flafti; as chaff and ftraw foon fired, burn vehe- 
mently fora while, yet out in a moment; fo arc all fuch matches made 
by thofe allurements of burning luft ; where there is no refpeft of hone- 
fty, parentage, virtue, religion, education, and the like, they are extin- 
Euiffed in an inftant, and inftead of love, comes hate; for joy, repentance 
and defperation it felf. Franci feus Barbaruslw his firft book de re uxoria, 
5. hath a ftory of one Philip Gf Padua, that fell in love with a common 
Vvhore, and was now ready to run mad for her 5 his Father having no 
e fonSj ]et him injoy her5 ? but after a few dates, the young man began to 
hatbe, could not fo much as endure the fight of her, and from one madmfs fell 
m° pother. Such event commonly have all thefe lovers*, and hce that io 
arnes3 orfor fiich refpefts, let them look for no better fuccefs, than 
Mendatts had with Helen. Vulcan with Fenus, The feus with Phadra, t 
Melancholy, difeontent. 
y Libido fatim 
deferbuit, faft:~ 
dium c cepit, & 
quod in ea tan.- N 
topers adama- 
v't afpermtur> 
«i agritk- 
d'ne liberatus 
ta angorem in- 
(idit., Love- cJMe lane holy, 
Memb. 3# Subr.4, 
Part 3. Sc&. 2. 
480 
Sub sect. 4. 
Importunity and opportunity of timey place, difeottrfe , finging, 
dancing 7 mufick, amorous tales, objetfs, kifiing, familiarity > 
fents, protections, tears, (pc% 
LL thefe allurements hitherto are afar off, and at a 
diftance 5 I will come nearer to thofe other degrees of 
\ibyi k°ve 5 which are conference, killing, dalliance, dif- 
courfe, finging, dancing, amorous talcs, objeds, pre- 
entSj c* as many sJrens tteal away the 
hearts of men and women. For as Tatius obferves, /.a. 
* It is nofufficient trial of a Maids affietHon by her eyes a- 
lone, but you mufifay fometbing that JhaS bee more available, and ufe finch o~ 
* Ds puctu VO- ■ 
luntate pericu- 
lum facere felis * 
oculis non eft ( 
fatis, fed effica- 
cius aliquid a- - 
gere eportety i- 
bifa etiam ma- 
chinam alteram 
adhibere: itatf. 
manus tange , 
digitos confirm* 
gey atef inter 
flringendim fu- 
fphh-y Ji hxca- 
gentem aque fe 
animo ferety ne~ 
fyja&a hujuf- 
modi asperna- 
bitur, turn ve- 
to dominam ap- 
pella, ejuf cf col- 
lum fuaviare, 
t Hungry dogs 
will eat dirty 
puddings. 
ther forcible therefore take her by the hand, wring her fingers hardi and 
ftgh mthall $ if [bee accept this in good part, and feem not to be much averfie, 
then call her Mifirefis, take her about the neck and kif her, &c. But this can- 
not be done except they firft get opportunity of living, or coming toge- 
ther, ingrefs, egrefs, and regrefs5 letters and commendations may do 
much, outward geftures and adions: but when they come to live near 
one another, in the fame ftreet, village, or together In an houfe, love is 
kindled on a fudden. Many a Serving-man by reafon of this opportunity 
and importunity, inveagles his Matters daughter, many a Gallant loves a 
Dowdy, many a Gentleman runs upon his Wives Maids, many Ladies 
dote upon their men, as the Queen in Ariefio did upon the Dwarf, ma-* 
ny matches arc fo made in hatte, and they compelled as it were by f ne- 
ceffity fo to love, which had they been free, come in company of 
others, feen that variety which many places afford, or compared 
, them to a third, would never have looked one upon another. Or had 
not that opportunity of difeourfe and familiarity been offered, they 
would have loathed and contemned thofe, whom for want of better 
choice, and other objeds, they are fatally driven on, and by reafon of 
their hot blood, idle life, full diet, &c. are forced to dote upon them 
that come next. And many times thofe which ac thefirft fight cannot 
fancy or affed each other, but are harfh and ready to difagrce, offended 
with each others carriage, like Btnediß andßetter is in the * Comedy, 
and in whom they finde many faults, by this living together in a houfe, 
conference, killing, colling, andfuch like allurements, begin at laft to 
dote infenfibly one upon another. 
It was the greateft motive that Potiphars wife had to dote upon tfofiephi 
anda clitophon upon Leucippe his Uncles Daughter, becaufe the plague 
being at Bizancey it was his fortune for a time to fojourn with her, to fie 
next her at the Table, as hee telleth the tale himfelf in Tatius hi?,2,(which 
though it bee but a fi&ion, is grounded upon good obfcrvation, and doth 
i well exprefs the paffions ofloversl hee had opportunity to take her by 
the hand, and after a while to kifs and handle her paps , &c. b which 
made him almott mad, jfimtnius the Orator makes the like confeflion in 
* Shafcfpsar. 
» Tatius Ifo x. 
b In mamma- 
rum attraSu, 
non aspernanda 
inefl 
tas, & attre- 
ft at us, &c, Part 3. Seft. 2, 
rt i ficui A llurcments. 
Memb. 3. Subf. 4. 
E uft at him lib. 1. when hee came firft to Sefihenes houfe, and fate at table 
with Gratifies his friend, ijmene Sofihenes daughter, waiting on them with 
her breafis arms half bare, 
* Nttda pedem, difctncla finnm, [poll at a lacertos, after the Greek 
fafhion in thofe times, 7* nudos media plus parte lacertos, as Daphne 
Was when fliee fled from Th&hus ( which moved him much ,) was ever 
ready to give attendance ori him,to fill him drink, her eyes were never off 
him, rogabundt oculi, thofe fpeaking eyes, courting eyes, enchanting eyes* 
hut fhee was fiill fmiling on him, and when they were rifen, that fhee had 
gotten a little opportunity, c Jhee came and drank to him, and wit hall trod 
up&n his toes, and would come and go, and when jhee could not {peak for the 
company, jhee would wring his hand, and blufh when fhee met him: and by 
this means firfi fhee overcame him {bibensamorem hauriebam fimul) fhee 
Would kifs the cup and drink to him, and fraile, and drink where hee drank 
on that fide of the cup , by which mutual comprcflions, killings, wringing 
of hands, treading of feet, See, Jpfam mihi videbar for bid are virginem I 
Ept and fipt, and fipc fo long, till at length I was drunk in love upon a 
fudden. Phtlecharinm in t Arittanetm, met a fair maid by chance, ameer 
Granger to him, hee looked back at her, fhee looked back at him again > 
and fmiled withall. 
* Mantuan. 
* Ovid. i. Met, 
c Mams adaf* 
hit Km mda, co- 
ram aftans,for~ 
tins intuita, te- 
nuem de pe 
Spiritum du- 
cens, digitum 
meum preffit, 
& bibens pedem 
f rejjit; mutuae 
compreffiones 
corporum, labia- 
rum commix- 
tiones, pedum 
connexiones, 
<&c. Mt bibit 
eodem leco,&c. 
f Epifi. 4. Re- 
Spexi, refpexit 
& illa fubri- 
dens, &c. 
* Vir. ey£n. 4. 
* Propertius. 
* llle dies lethi primus, primufqt, malorum 
Can fa fait 
It was the foie caufe of his farther acquaintance and love, that undid him. 
* o nullis tutum credere blanditiis, 
This opportunity of time and place, with their circumstances are fb 
forcible motives, that it is uhpoflible almoft for two young folks equal 
iri years, to live together, arid not bee in love, efpecially in great hoofes. 
Princes Corirts, where they are idle in fummogradu> fare well, live at 
fcafe, and cannot tell otherwife how to fpend their time. 
fI Me Hippolitumfone, Priapus erit, 
I Ovid. am:C 
lib, i. cleg, i, 
\ 
Achilles was fein by his Mother Thetis, to the Ifland of Seym in the 
%y£gean Sea f where Lycomedes then reigned) in his nonage to bee brought 
tip*, to avoid that hard deftiny of the Oracle (hee fliould bee (lain at the 
fiege of Troy: ) and for that caufe was nurtured in Gcnefeo, amongft the 
children in a womans habit*, but fee the event 5 Hee compreft Dei- 
dtmia the Kings fair daughter, and had a fine fon, called Pyrrhus, by 
Peter Albelhardus the Philofopher, as hee tells the tale himfelf, being 
et by Full(rtys her Unde,to teachHelonifa his lovely Neece,and to that 
prPofe fojourned in his hoiife, and had committed agnam tenellam fame- 
lc° hpoy I ufe his own words, hee foon got her good will, plura erant of- 
fententia, and hee read more of Love than any other Ledure* 
Uch piety feats can opportunity plea yprimkm domo conjunßi, tnde am- 
&c, gut wben as I fay, noxyvinumy & adelefcentia, youth, wine, an 
§ *•> fliall concur,' nex amor is quietis eonfeia, *tis a wonder they e 
ot 2U plunged over head and ears in love5 for youth is benigna sn 
€m> & prona materies\ a very combuftible matter, PJapthe it leir, eru Part 3. SeCt. 2. 
Love- yjMelancholj, 
Memb.3, Subf. 4. 
of loves fire, and moft apt to kindle it. If there bee feven fervants in an 
ordinary houfe, you (hall have three couple in fome good liking at leaft, 
f Roma vivens 
tiore fortuna > 
& opulentia 
met, cetas-ifar- 
ma, gratia con- 
verfationls, 
maxime me fe- 
cerunt expetibi- 
lemj &c. 
c De Aulie. U i. 
f°L *S‘ 
and araongit idle perlons how ihouid it be otherwife ? Living at f Home, 
faith Are tints Lucretia, in the flower of my fortunes, rich, fair, young, and fo 
well brought up,my converfatten,age, beauty fortune,made all the world admire 
and love mu. Night alone, that one occafion is enough to let all on fire , 
and they are fo cunning in great houfes, that they make their beft advan- 
tage of it; Many a Gentlewoman, that is guilty to her fclf of her imperfe- 
ctions, paintings, impoftures, will not willingly bee Teen by day, but as 
Caftilio noteth, in the night. Diem utgits odit-y tadarum lucem fufer omnia 
mavult, Shee hates the day like a dor-moufe, and above all things loves 
t ut adulterini 
mercatorum 
pmfd. 
torches and candle-light, and if {he muft come abroad in the day (bee co- 
vets, as f in a Mercers fliop,a very obfufeate and obfenre light. And good 
reafon {hee hath for it .* Neele latent mendae, and many an amorous gull is 
fetched over by that vnezns,G0mefius Itb.3, de fale gen, c.zi. gives inftancc 
in a Florentine Gentleman, that was fo deceived with a wife fliee was fo 
radiently fet out with rings and jewels, lawns, fcarfs, laces,gold, fpangles, 
and gaudy devices, that the young man took her to be a goddefs (for hee 
never faw her but by torch-light)but after the wedding folemnities.when 
as he viewed her the next morning without her tires, and in a clear day, 
in'hisTyes” th« h“ecouldi^mtyyeeenIcfme,t 
frequently made in July, where they have no *ro 
wooe, but when they go to Church, or, asfin r#rfy, fee them at a di- 
ftance.they muft interchange fewer no words, till fuch time they come 
to bee married, and then as Sardus I. b. 
mm relate of thofe old Lacedemonians f the Bride is trough into the cham- 
ber , with her hair girt about her, the Bridegroom comes in, and unties the 
knot, and muft not foe her at all by day-light,tillftucb time as hee is made a 
Father by her. In thofe hotter Countries thefe are ordinary predicts at 
this day ; but in our Northern parts, amongft Germans, Danes, French , 
and Britains, the continent of Scandia and the reft, wee afl’ume more li- 
berty iofuchcaufesj wee allow them, as faith, to kifs cornin'' 
and gping, &modoabfit lafeivia, in cauponam ducere, to talk merrily , 
fport,pky,fmg,and dance, fo that it bee modeftly done, go to the Ale- 
houfe and Tavern together. And’tis not amifs, though h chryfofiome, 
nprian, Htenmefitsd feme other of the Fathers (peak bitterly againft it: 
hut that is the abufe which is commonly feen at fome drunken matches, 
/ ‘ .Ujl“eet‘n?ss or grea,: unruly feafts. ‘ A JMn„ 
' ’ mill come mth a company of complements, and 
hold you up by the arm as you go, andmrinoino sour filers mill fo hee emi- 
fed, efffr °Zfn>,ks uV>fts another im and aS 
thes while the 4 lafthfong a fourth ftngles yeK m,t 
,0 dance one freaks by becks and figis, and 'that which hee dates not [ay. 
ftgntfits by paf 10ns, amo»gfff„m Wfo great provocations of plea fire > 
luß conquers the mofl hard and crabbed and fearce can Ima JV 
homfl amongjl feafmgsy and [ports, or at fuch great-meetings, Foras bee 
* BHsbeq. epifl. 
s Varanympha 
in cubiculum 
add u fla capil- 
lo ad cutim re- 
ferebat; tyon- 
fus inde ad eam 
iug< effit s cin- 
gulum [nive- 
bat , nec prius 
fponfam afpexit 
inter diu quam 
ex illa faflus 
efi pater. 
h Sem-. com. 
concub. 
* Lib- i. epijl. 
ad filiam & 
•virginem & 
matrem viduam 
epifl. lo.Dabit 
tibi barbatu- 
lus quifpiam 
manum, fuflen- 
tabit la [am, 
& prejfts di- 
gitis aut feri- 
tabitur , aut 
tentah’t, <&-e. 
k Loquetur ali- 
us nutibus, & 
qmcquid mmit dicere, fgnifidbk afeflibus. Uter has tantas voluptatum illecebrasetiam fe rtas mentes lib-do dontit. 
Pijficile inter epula* fervatur pudicitia. 1 w 119 Parc j. Seft. 2. 
Artificial Allurements, 
lVfemb.3, sebf,4. 
goes on , J fhe walks along, and with the ruffling of her clothes makes men 
00k at her, herfhoos creek % her paps tied up, her wafle pulled in to make 
'jer look fmall, [he is firdight girded y her hairs hmg: foofe/ibouhkW: Mrs, 
her upper garment fometmes falls, and fometim.es tarries to jhsp her naked 
jh Didders, and as ifjhe would not be fcenffoe covers'that mall h/fle, which vo- 
luntarily jhe [hewed. And not at Feafts, PJayesy pageants, and fuch af 
emblies , ™ but as (jhryfcfome ohj^s, thefe-tricks are put in pi a dice 
Service- time in Churches , and at the (ommnnientt felf,, If fuch dumb 
1 lews > ftgns, and more obfeare lignifications., of Love can fo move , 
Wnat fhall they do that hav'e full liberty to fing, dance, kifs, coll, to ufe 
all manner of difeourfe and dalliance 1 What flbail he do that is beJea- 
gured on all fides ? ' ■ ‘ - 
1 Clamore ve- 
ftiim ad fc ju- 
venes vocat; ea- 
fid) fafdolis 
comprimuntur 
mjpatii cinguh 
pc SI us ar fiat nr, 
capilli ve[ in 
frontem, velh 
mes defluunt:' 
paUi Slum inter- 
dum cadit,ut 
nudet humeros, 
& quafi videri 
t JUuem tot, tam rof e sefelanf.puelU, 
Quem culta cupiunt jftfruy, amorque 
Omnis undique & undecunque & ufqae, 
Omnis ambit Amor, F’enufque Hymenque: 
After whom fo many Rofie maids enquire, , j 
Whom dainty Dames and loving wights defire. 
In every place, ftill,and at all times fue, >v / 
Whom Gods and gentle Gbddeffes do woe a 
noluerit, fefti- 
nans 
volens detexe- 
rit. 
m Serm. cent, 
concub. In fan- 
Olo reveren- 
do f aeramento- 
rum tu. pore 
multas occajj- 
ones, ut illis 
placeant qui eas 
vickntiprabent, 
t Pm.Saia.t. j. 
How fhall he contain * The very tone of fome of ? voices, a pretty 
pleafing fpeech, an affected tone thy ufc 9 is able ofit felf to captivate a 
man 5 but when a good wit fhall cpncur3 Art and eloquence, faf- 
cihating fpecchv pleaftnt difeourfc, fweet geftiires> thctnfelves 
cannot fo inchant. np; foym commends his ltdiap tQ 
have ah excellent faculty in this kind u above ail,Pthff.nadojßis., aud£- 
inohgft them the Florentine Ladies'.-* fome prefer ‘Zjmmmd remit ah 
Curtefans, they have fuch pleafing,tongues, and of fpeech, 
that they are able to overcome a Saint*,. ;.v -• 
sr.p fate, mutth vox jdihnffmu.. :.;r>v f 1 
mam comitabat, faith Petronius tin his fragmentpfThre impurities,l ! 
mean his Satiric on, um dulcis fonus f emulcebat 
ras cantare Syrenmn concordiam y ] 
the Ayr, and thou wouldft have 
n 'Defer. Brit* 
° nes eft blanda 
canoripjsUnf 
■ 
pro facie &c. 
Ovid. 3. de art, 
amandi. 
t Epift.l.i. cum 
loquitur Lais , 
quanta/) dii 
boni, votis ejus 
dulcedo! 
Syrens. QkfMGsy MnLzis 
claims in drift enatus. To hear a fair young Gentlewoman tjje 
Virginals, Lute, Viol,, ta $ lib, i. 
**t> M* arc Ufeiviemium delttUy thechelfdelight of^verss 
be a great enticement. ' hnhem ms fb taken. ,r ;v 
CMi vox ilia, avida, haurit db dkre animu 
Q lifter tiarpedona ((He laments J| I undone, t hcppjrveetly he flngs, Ik 
fhak a hold word, he iptbs£roperefl[ wapj fat ever. i mjUfc; 0 hew 
aAhl hit frigs y 1 dye for (h is fake , o that foe would love .jne agpn. 
lM but hear her fing, faith I Lucian ~ thou wouldflforget 
t Cr j forfaffaE thy friends , and follow her, Helena k highly cowiwnde4 
*J Theocritus the Poet for her fweet voice and,' mufick 5 a#\* uld 
Wy k mil as fhe , and ‘Daphnis in the fame EdiSjofaicvM ■; ‘" 
t Arisen atut 
lib. z cpift.f. 
Jguawpuav# ; 
canit ! 'verbum 
audax dixi,om~ 
niurn quos vidi 
fomofftmus, 
Htinam aware 
‘ me dignetur! 
fMWi 
caTftdkiPkad- 
dierk itd ctf 
miemrkak 
■ parentm 
fttrix }atfk'^ 
ffltmfticrhx 
q fftyl- tyyie- 
<l& ftrie ulli'' 
fic Cyrtkram'. '' 
Peremti 
. .;• »w 
.Quam tibi Os dulce,efl, .&-vox 4mahiliss. - 
Jucundius eft audire te c anentem y qulm md lingeie • Part 3. Se&. 2. 
Love• CMeUnchoty, 
Merab.3. Subf.4. 
How fweet a face hath Daphne, how lovely a voice < 
Hony it felf is not fo plealant in my choice. 
A fweet voice and faufick arc powerful cncicers. Thofe Sarnia# (raging 
wenches. An (tonics Onaniht and Agathocleta, regiis diadematibus infulta- 
runt, infulted over Kings themfelvcs, as f Plutarch contends, 
Centum luminibus cinHum caput habebat, 
Argus had an hundred eyes, all fo charmed by one-filly pipe, that hfe£loft 
mm, * _ * • ft * • f - ? r • r- _ . /ii 
t JLtnktorio 
Wialogo. 
his head. Chtiphon complains inr Tatius of Lucippes fweet tunes, het 
heard her play by chance upon the Lute, and fing a pretty fong to it, in com- 
mendations of a Rofe, out of old Anacreon belike* 
sptteUam Cy~ 
ihara canen- 
tem vidimus. 
Be {a honor decufqueflorum, 
Rofa flos odorque divum , 
Hominum ref a eft voluptas , 
Decus ille Gratiarum i 
Florente amoris herds 
Rofa fuavium *2) tones, &c, 
Rofe the faireft of all dowers, 
Rofe delight of higher powers, 
Rofe the joy of mortal men, 
Kofe the pleafure of fine Women , 
Rofe the Graces Ornament, 
Rofe ‘Diodes fWeet content. 
'to this cffc& the lovely Virgin with a melodious Air upon her golden 
wired Harp or Lute, I know not well whether, plaid and fang, and that 
ttartfported him beyond himfelf, and that ravifhed his heart. 11 was if a- 
fins difeourfe as much as his beauty, or any other of his good parts, 
which delighted Medea fo much, 
, ~ —{ Deleftahatttr ebitit 
*^Animus flmul forma dulcihnfqut verbis. 
It was Cletyatrds fweet voice, and plealant fpeech which inveagled An* 
tbonjy above the reft of her enticements. 
v Verba ligant ut ‘taurorum cornua funes, 
as Bulls horns ate bound With ropes , fo are mens hearts with pleafanc 
words. Her words burn as fire, Ecclef.g. io. Roxolana bewitched Soly- 
ma# the magnificent j and Shores wife by this engine overcame Fdmrd 
the Fourth, 
/ omnibus una omnes {arripuit Veneres, 
The wife of Bath in Chaucer confcfTerh all this out of her experience. 
* Apdtotita. 
4ffanout. I $• 
l cmUat, 
gome folk hetfte u#fO£ Etcf)es 
@omefo?genrtenefe, oHo?6alttanc«. 
■\ tarnodidaf- \ 
calo dial. Ital. 
hat. interp. Ja~ 
fper. Barthh. • 
Germ, tlnge- 
Pam honestatem 
plufqum w*Sh 
nis Kcfialis,in- 
tuebar oculis 
uxoris, adde- 
Wgefiuh&c» 
t feter^jdretines Lucretia telleth as much and more of her felf, i counter>' 
fcited honefty, as if 1 had been virgo virginifiima, inore than a Veftal vir 
gin 5 / hiked like d wife, 1 was fo demure and chafe, I did add fuchgefurcs, 
tabes 5 {fetches, dnd motions upon all decaf ons, that my fpetfators ani 
auditors were fluffed, faflened alt to their places, like [o man) 
flecks and ft ones, Many filly Gentlewomen arc fetched over in like f°rts 
by a company of gall* and daggering companions, that frequently Part 3.5ed:.2. 
Artificial Allurements» 
Mcmb.3.Subf.4. 
ly Noble mens favours, riming Conbantidfmi, Thrafonean Rhadomanfes 
or Bombomachides, that have nothing in them but a few players ends and 
complements, vain braggadocians, impudent intruders, that can dif- 
courfe at table of Knights and Lords combats, like f Luctans Leontif- 
cm, of other mens travels, brave adventures, and fuch common tri- 
t Tern. 4. dial, 
merit. 
vial news, ride, dance, fing old ballet tunes , and wear their cloaths in 
taihion, with a good grace* a fine fweet gentleman, a proper man,' 
who could nor love him i Shec will have him, though all her friends fay 
UO, chough fiiee beg with him. Some again are incenfed by reading a- 
Jnorous toyes, madis de CuaL Paimerin de Oliva, the Knight of the 
Sun, &c, or hearing fuch tales Of “lovers, deferiptions of their perfons, 
lafcivious difeourfes, fuch as Afyanaffa, Helenas waiting-woman, by 
the report of Suidas , writ of old , de •variis concubitus modis , and after 
her Philenis and Elephantine 4 Or thofe light tracts of f Arif ides Utlefus 
( mentioned by Plutarch )and found bythe Per fans, in Craffus Army a- 
moogft thefpoils5 Aretines Dialogues , with ditties. Love- 
tnuft needs fet them on fire, with fuch like pictures as thofe of Aretine, 
U Amatorius 
ftrmo vehemen- 
tis cupiditatis 
incitatio t/?, 
Tatius L 1. 
1 De luxuria. 
& delitiis com- 
fepti. 
or wanton objeftsin what kindc foevet; no ftronger engine than to hear 
orread of Love-toyes, fables and difeourfes ( x one faith ) and many by this 
means are quite mad. At Abdera in Thrace '{ Andromeda one of Euripides 
Tragedies being played) the fpedators were fo much moved with the 
objedtj and thofe pathetica! Jove-lpeeches of Perfeus , amongft the 
teft , 0 Cupid, Prince of Gods and Men,&c. that every man almoft a 
good while after fpake pure Jambicks, and raved ftill on Per feus fpeech, 
o Cupid, Prince of Gods and Men, As Car-men, Boyes, and Prencifes, 
When a new fong is publifhed with us , go tinging that new tune iliJI 
intheftreets* they continually that Tragical part of Per feus, and 
in every mans mouth was, O CUpid, in every ftreet, o Cupid, in every 
houfe almoft, O Cupid, Prince of Gods and Men , pronouncing Bill like 
ftage-players, o Cupid* tjiey were fo pofTeficd all with that rapture, 
and thought of that pathetieal love- fpeech, they could not a lohg time 
after forget, or drive it out of their mindsybut, 0 Cupid, Prince of Gods 
x vineas Sylvi- 
us. Nfilia ma- 
china validior 
quam leftio laf - 
civ* hijtor 
ftepeettam hu~.. 
jufmodi fabulis 
ad fur ownin* 
andtwtmy, 
*hd Men, was ever in their mouths. This belike made Art/lot, ?dit. 
lib. 7. cap, is. forbid ypurtg men to fee Gomoedies, or to hear amorous 
tales. 
Hdc igitur Juvenes netfunttn fdCtlefque fuea A 
JAfficiam—— leti not young folks 
Meddle at all with fuch matters! And this made the Romam as t Vim 
tjuvitts relates, put Venus Temple in the Suburbs, extra murum, ne ado- 
lef?'entes venereis i»Juefcanty to avoid all occafions and obje&s. For what 
j not fuch an objedf do < ifnknius as bee walked in Softhenes garden , 
eillg now in love, when hee faw fo many T lafcivious pi&ures r Thetis 
**rri*iey and I know not what, was almoft be fide himfelL. And to fay 
with a lafcivious objedf who is not moved , to fee others dally, 
fe\f ancc - And much more when hee fhall come to bee an Aftor him- 
* Martiat, I. * 
f Lib. i. c. 7. 
r y Euflatbrus /. 
• rant animum 
ad 
ye%ersm-> &e- 
Horatius ad res 
nent'eas intern— 
Qcrmtior tradi* 
tur, nam subi- _ 
culo fuofc jpe- 
cula dicitur ha- 
bui Jf* diSpejitay 
ut quotunqut 
refjxxifet mar- 
ginem coitus re- 
ferrent. Sueto- 
nius vit, ej-us. 
t Ofculum uf 
fhyUnmm i»• 
fcit. 
Tokifs and to bee kiffed, which atnongft other lafcivious Prf %***!' 
. 5315S315 as a burden in a Tong» and a moft forcible battery 3asin e , 
T Xtnefhon thinks, as the poifon of a fpider * a great allurement, a nreit Part 3. Seft. 7. 
Love- 
Memb. 3. Subr.4. 
iclf, prcamtum am antic the prologue of burning luft (as Apuleius 
adds ) lull it felf, 
z Penus quinta, forte fid ne ft ar is imhuit• . 
Aftrongaflault, that conquers Captains, and thofe allccmitanding 
r ° (a _ r j. rj ,r .5 ft \ ® 
forces > ( Domajque f cno Jed demarts ejculo, ) 
f Aretines Lucretia, when fhee would in kindnefs overcome a futer 
°* hers> %vc ier defire °f him, took him about the neck, and kt(Jed him 
again and againy and to that, which fhee could not otherwife effedt, fhee 
made him fo fpeedily and willingly condefccnd, And'tis a continual 
aflault, ——h Hoc non deficit incipitque fewper, 
alwaies frefb, and read y toc begin as at fii ft5 hafium nullo fine terminatur £ 
fed ftmdtr recens eft*, and hath a fiery touch with it. 
J J jT ? i . a • 
"v J d Tenta medo tangere corpus, t. > . 
*Nor. 
* Heinfius. 
f Applico me 
illi proximius 
& fpi[fe deof- 
culatafagum 
peto. 
h Petronius 
ca.ta.left. 
e Catullus ad 
Lesbiam: T>a 
mihi bafta mil-, 
le, deinde ceu- 
tum, &c. 
* Petronius, 
ejpuleius l. ia 
& Cataleft. 
t Petronius. " 
* Apuleius. 
ff am tua mellifluo membra calore fluent, ; 
Efpccially when they fliall be lafeivioufly given, as hee feelingly faid, 
mePrcfjulum deofculata Fotis, Catenatis lacertis* t Obtorto valgiter labello, . 
* Valgi is fuaviis, 
J>um [emiulco fuavio 
Meam puellam fuavior , 
Anima tunc agra & fauci a 
Concurrit ad labia, m.hi. 
The foul and:all is moved $ ffapa fturibus ofeulis labra crepitabant, ani* 
marum quoquo mixturam facientes $ inter mutuos complexus animas anhe- 
lantes: . ■ •' 
f Petronius Pro- 
felias ad Cir- '• 
cea. 
speire?iitis. >'* ‘ 
k Jnimus cat'" ‘ 
jung'tur, & 
fbiritus otium 
nojler for of cu- 
lum effluitj al~ 
ternatim fe iri 
utriufque cor- 
pus infundentes 
eommifeenti A- 
nima potius 
quam corporis 
eonneftio. 
t Catullus, 
i Ludan.Tom.^, 
* tfon dat ba- 
(ta, dat Ner« . 
res amma fua- 
ye olent es»dat 
natdum Thy- 
mMfj 
mumfy & , 
&e. Secundus 
6af. 4. 
fc EuflathiM 
4 
| Catullus. 
* Buchanan, 
s Hafmus calentes, 
Et transfudimus hinc & hinc labetis 
Errantes animas, valete curse,. 
They breathe out their fouls and fpirits together with their kiffes, faith 
h I tdthafarCalHUo,change hearts and and mingle affetfiens as they 
do. kiffes, and tt is rather a connexion of the mind than of the body. And 
although thefe kifles bee delightfome and f>\eahnttHmbrofian kiffes* 
> t Suaviolum dales dulcius Ambrofia, fuch as 1 Cany* 
medes gwe fa filer, Neßare.juavm, fweeter than * Medlar, Balfome, bo- 
ny 3 * ofcula merumamor tin ft Love-droping for 
The Gilliflower, the Rofe is not fo fweet, 
As fugred kiffes bee Lovers meet: 
Yet they leave an irkfome impreflion, like that of Aloes or Gaul, 
t Ut mi ex dmhropa mutatum jam foret illud 
S ttaviolum, trifia tripius Hellebore. 
i ;' . At firft Atnbrofe it fclf was not fweeter, 
At laft black Hellebor was not fo bitter. 
They are deccittul-kiflcs, j 
* Quid me mollthjts implicas lacertis ? 
Quid fallacibus ofcul is ine fcas ,< &c. 
Why doft within thine arms mce lap, , 
And with falfe kiffes mec intrap ? 
l Ovid, arti 
am. £lcg. i«. 
They are deftruflive, and the more the worfe • ■ 01 - jr v 
. J St qua me perdunt,, ofcula mille dabat, ■ r; - ~ <■ ! 
They are the bane of thefe miforablc Lovers. There bee honeft ki/Tes, I Pure 3.Sedi.2, 
Artificial Allurements, 
Memb.j.Subr^.. 
deny not, ofcalum eh.mtatis, friendly kiflcs, modeft kiffes, refill- Virgin 
kifieSj officious and ceremonial kiffes, &c, ofculifinfus 5 brachiorum am» 
flexus5 luffing and imbracing are proper gilts of nature to a man: but 
thele are too lafcivious kffies, 
“ ImpUcaitque fuos circum mea cella lacertosae, too continu- 
ate, and too violent 3 n Brachia non non vincunt cfcuU conchy 
They cling like Ivy, dole as an Oyfter, bill as Doves, meretricious kif- 
fes3 biting of lips, cum additamento: Tammpreflo ore ( faith f Lucian) 
ut vix labea detrahant, inter deoflulandum mordicantes, tum & os aperi- 
entes quoque d* mammas &c. fuch kiffes as fhec gave to Gy- 
Jon, innumera ofcula dedit non repugnanti fuero, cervicem innu- 
merable kiffes, &c. More than kiffes* or too homely kiffes: as thofe that 
487 
m Ovid. 
« Cm capita 
liment /olitis 
morfmneulis, 
& eum mam- 
millarum pref- 
fimculis. Lip. 
od. ant. lec. 1.3 * 
t Tom. 4. dial, 
meretr. 
* hee fpake of, ab ipfa Venere 7. Suavia, &c» with fuch other 
obfeenities that vain Lovers ufe , which are abominable and pernitioiis. 
If as Peter de Ledefmo caf. conf, holds, every kifs a man gives his wife af- 
ter marriage, bee mortale peccatum, a mortal fin, or that of * Hierome , 
Adulter eft qmfquis in uxorem fuam ardent tor eft amator, or that of Tho- 
mas Secund. Secund, qua ft. 154. artic. 4. contains & ofculum fit mortale 
peccatum, or that of Durand. Rational, lib, I, cap, iO, abjUnere debent Con- 
juges d complexu, tote.tempore quo foie unit as nuptiarum interdicitur, what 
lhall become of all fuch * immodeft kiffes, and obfeene anions , the fore- 
runners of brutiih lull, if not luft itfelf/ What fhall become of them, 
that of ten abufe their own wives f But what have I to do with this i 
That which I aim at, is to (hew you the progrefs of this burning 
luft: to epitomize therefore all this which I have hitherto (aid, with a fa- 
miliar example out of that elegant Uufatts 3 obferve but with mee thofe 
amorous proceedings of Leander and Hero: They began firft to look one 
on the other with a lafeivious look, 
° Apulei us Mi- 
tef. 6. Et unum 
blaadientis Un- 
gue admnlfum 
longi mellitum £ 
& poft. lib. u. 
Ardius cam 
complexus capi 
fuaviari jam- 
que pariter pa- 
ternis oris in- 
halitu cinnameo 
& occurfantis 
lingua illifu 
ne d areo, &c, 
* Lib. i. ad- 
verf. Jovin, 
cap. 30. 
*i Of cula qui 
fumpft, fi noti 
&• cater a 
fumpfip, &t. 
oblique i&tuens Me nutibus , 
fiuttbus mutuis inducens in errorem mentem pucH*, 
St i!U e contra nutibus mutuis juvenis 
L eandri quod amorem non renuit, &c. Inde 
Adibat in tenebris tacite quidem ftringens 
Rofeos pueli* digitos, ex imo fufttrahat 
Vehementer Inde 
Aginis autem ben* olens coEum ofculatus. 
Tale verbum ait, mores iftus ftimulo. 
Preces Audi & amor Is miferere met, &c. 
Sic fatus recufantk perfuafit mentem puellet* 
With becks and nods hee firft began* 
To try the wenches mind , 
With becks and nods, and fmiies again 
An anfwer hee did finde? 
And in the dark hee took her by the hand J 
And wrung it hard, and fighed grievoufly, 
And kiffd her too, and woo’d her as hee might * 
With Pity mee or cite I dye. Pait 3. Sect. 2. 
Love- UHelanchbly. 
Memo. Sub!, 4. 
And with fuch words and geflures as there paft, 
He won his Milfrefs favour at the laft. 
The fame proceedings is elegantly deferibed by -ApoUonitts in his Argo- 
nauticks, betwixt fafon and Medea, by Bufiathius in the ten books of the 
loves of ifmenius and ifmene , Achties Tatius betwixt his Glitophon and 
Leucippe, Chaucers neat poeme, of Troilus and CreJJeide - and in that no- 
table tale in Petronius of a Souldier and a Gentlewoman of Ephefus, that 
waslo famous all over Afiafat herchaftity , and that mourned for her 
husband.» the Souldier wooed her withfuch Rhetorickas Loversuf« 
to do , placitone etiam pugnabis amori < &c, at laft, frangi pertina- 
ciam paj]a eft,, he got her good will, not only to fatisfie his luft, r but 
to hang her dead husbands body on the crofs ( which he watched 
in Read of the theeves ) that was newly ftolnaway, whileft he woo’d 
her in her Cabin. Thcfc are tales you will fay, but they havemoft 
fignificant Morals, and do well exprefs thofe ordinary proceedings of 
doting Lovers. 
Many fuch allurements there are, Nods, Jeffs, Winks y Smiles , 
Wraftlings, Tokens, Favours, Symbols, Letters, Valentines, &c. For 
which caufe belike , Godfrtdus lib, 2, deamor, would not have women 
learn to write. Many luch provocations arcufed when they come in 
prefence , t they will and will not. 
»Corpus placuit 
mariti fui tolli 
ex arca, attf, 
ilii qua vacabat 
cruci adfigi. 
17{ovi ingeni- 
um mulierum, 
no'unt ubi velis, 
ubi nolis cupi- 
unt ultro. Tir» 
Eumc.aft, 
4*/& 7* 
CMalo me Galatea petit lafeiva puella* 
Bt fugit ad falices, &fe cupit ante videri, 
My Miflrefs with an apple wooes me* 
And haftily to covert goes 
To hide her felf, but would be feen 
With all her heart before God knows. 
Hero fo tripped away from Leander as one difpleafcd, 
J TetMs Jhe went full often lookt behind, 
And many poor excufes did jhe find 
To linger hi the wav, 
• Claris, 
b 'Pornodidaf- 
culo dial. Jtal. 
Latin, donat. 2 
Cafp. Barthio 
Cermang, 
GOuartquam na- 
tura, & arte e- 
rm formojrjji- 
ma, ifto tame*' 
aftiitantd fpeci- 
ofm videbar. , 
quod etvm oeu- 
Us cupitum a- 
gr'e prabetur, 
multo magis af- 
fectus humanos 
incendit. 
c jQpo majori- 
bus me. donis 
pnp’tiabnt, eo 
pejovbus ilium 
modis traffia- 
bam, ne baptm 
impetravit i&e. 
but if he chance to overtake bef, flic is moft averfe, nice and coy, 
Denegat & pugnat, fed vult juper omnta •vinci. 
She Teems not won, but won (he is at length, 
In fuch wars women uTe but half their ftrength. 
Sometimes they lye open and are moft tradable and coming, 
yielding and willing to embrace, to take a green gown, with that She' 
pardefs in Theocritus, Edyl. 27* to let their Coats, &c. to play and dally, 
at fuch feafons, and to Tome, as they Tpy their advantage-,' and then coy, 
dole again, fo nice, fo fnrly ,To demure, you had much better tame a 
colt, catch or ride a wild horfe, than get her favour, or win her love, 
not a look, not a fmile, not a kifs for a kingdome. b Aretines Lucretia 
was an excellent Artifan in this kind, as {he tels her own talc, Though ( 
washy nature and art mefl beautiful and fair, yet by the[e tricks ifsm’dte 
he far mere amiable than 1 was f that which men earnefily feek and 
cannot attain , draws on their affection with a moft furious define, I had 
a Tuter lov’d me dearly ( faith (he ) and the c more he gave me, the 
more eagerly he wooed t,me > the more I Teem’d to negled, to {corn him* 
and which I commonly gave others, I would not let him Teenace,  Sedi.2. 
Artificial Allurements, 
Memb.3, Subf.4. 
cqnverfe with me, no not have a kifs. To gull him the more, and fetch 
him over ( for himonely r aimed at) I perfonated mine owne fervant to 
bring in a prefent from a Spanidi Count, whilft he was in my company, 
as if he had been the Counts fervanc, which he did excellently well per- 
form * d Comes de monte Tureo, my Lord and CM after, hath fent your Ladi- 
flip a fmallprefent, and part of his hunting , a piece of Ventfon, a Phejant, a 
few Partridges, &c, ( all which fle bought with her own mony ) commends his 
love and fervice to you, de firing yok to accept of it in good part, and he means 
verfflortly to come and fee you, , Withall (lie (hewed him rings , gloves, 
fcarfs, coronets which others had fent her, when there was no fech 
matter, butonely to circumvent him. *Bythefe means (as die con- 
cludes ) I made the poor (fentleman fo mad * that he was ready to [pend him- 
fllf, and venture his dear eft hloudfor my fake, Philinna in* Lucian pra- 
cticed all this long before, as it {hall appear urito you by her difeourfe * 
for when Diphilus her Tweet- heart came to fee her (as his daylyc 11ftome 
Was ) Ihe frowned upon him, would not vouchfafe him her company, but 
kifled Lamprias his corrival, at the fame time s before his face .• but why 
d Comes de 
monte Turco 
Hi panus has 
de Cenatione 
fud partes mifit, 
juffitj* pera- 
manter orare, 
ut hoc qualecun- 
donum fuo 
nomine accipias. 
e His artibus 
hominem ita 
excantabam,ut 
pro me ille ad 
emnia paratus, 
&c. 
f Tom. 4,dial. 
meret. 
was it' To make him ( asflie telleth her mother that chid her for it ; 
more jealous* to whecten his love, to come with a greater appetite* and 
to know that her favour was not fo eafie tp be had. Many other tricks 
fhe ufed befides this (as (he there confeffeth) for fhe would fall out with , 
and anger him of fet purpofe, pick quarrels upon no occafion* becaufe die 
Would be reconciled to him again. Amantium if* amoris redintegratio eft, 
3s the old faying is , the falling out of lovers is the renewing of love* and 
according to that of AriHe»*tus 5 jucundioffs amorum poft injurias deliti*, 
love is increafcd by injuries, as the Sun beams are more gracious after a 
cloud. And furely this Aphorifm is raoft true * for as Ampdis informs 
Crips in the faid Lucian, hif a lover he not jealous, angry, wafttjh, aft to fall 
cut , ftgb and /wear, he is no true lover, To kifs and coll, hang about her 
neck, proteft fwear and wi(h, are but ordinary fymptomes, incipientis 
adhuc dr crefeentis amoris figna * but if he be jealous, angry, apt to miftake, 
&c. bene fleres licet,(weet lifter he is thine own7* yet if you let him alone, 
humour him, pleafe him, &c. and that he perceive once he hath you fure. 
5 Reliefs \Uo,a- 
gre ipfi interim 
faciens, & om- 
nino difficilis. 
h Si qtas enim 
nec Zelotypus 
trafeitur, nee 
pugnat aliquan- 
-1 do }amtor, nee 
. per jurat,non c$ 
habendus ama- 
tor, &c. Totus 
hie ignis Zelo- 
typia conftat, 
&c. maximi a- 
moresinde naf- 
cunmr,£edfi 
perfuafum ilii 
fuerit te folum 
habere, c I angue- 
fcitillico amor 
funs. 
without any corrival, his love will langaifh, and he will not care fo much 
for you. Hitherto ( faith he ) canl fpeak out of experience; Demephantus 
Ha rich fellow was a futer of mine, I feem’d to negleft him, and gave bet- 
ter entertainment to calludes the Painter before his face, principio abut, 
verbis me injeftatus % at firft he went his way all in a chafe, curling and 
bearing, but at laft he came fubmitting himfclf 5 vowing and protefting 
he loved me moft dearly 5 I fhould have all he had , and that he 
would kill hitnfelf for my fake. Therefore ladvifethee ( dear lifter 
) and all maids* not to ufe your futers over kindly; infolentes enim 
hoc cum fentiunt, ’twill make them proud and infolent; but now and 
* t^iem 5 eftrange thy felf, &fi me audies feme I atq-, Herum ex- 
fhut him out of doors once or twice, let him dance attendance; to - 
counfel, and by this means1 you (hall make him mad come 
. toundly, ftand to any conditions, and do whatsoever you _ _ 
Thefe are the ordinary pra&ices* yet in the faid Lucianiff 
lhmks,h5d a trick beyond all this 5 for when her futer came coldly on, to 
Wentmm vi- 
debis ip ftm dc * 
nuo in flamma- 
tum &■ prqrfitt 
wfanient c ms .Parc 3. Sed, 2. 
Love- {jMelanchelj, 
Memb.j. Subf. 4. 
Ttir him up, (hee writ one of his corrivals names [and her own in a paper, 
ijMeljf\aamat Mehfjarn, caufing it to be ftuck 
uponapoft, for all gazers to behold, and loft it in the way where hee 
ufed to walk 5 which when the .-filly novice perceived , jfatim ut legit 
k K} fe cum fere 
dc- tllo dcfprraf- 
fem, pofmen- 
fos quatuor ad 
ms rediit. 
credidit, inftantly apprehended it was fo, came raving to mee, &c. k and 
fo when 1 tvos in dejpair of his love, four months after 1 recovered him again* 
MugenUfirevy Timocles for her Valentine , and wore his name a long 
time after in her befome 5 Camnna finglcd out Pamphilus to dance, at 
Mjfens wedding (Tome fay) for there fhee Taw him firft- pdicianus over- 
took Cdlia by the high-way fide , offered his fervice, thence came fur- 
ther acquaintance * and thence came Jove. But who can repeat half their 
devices < What Aretine experienced, what cctoccited Lucian, or wanton 
jdriftemetus t They will deny and take, ftiffly refufe, and yet carncftly 
feek the fame, repel to make them come with more eagernefs, fly from 
if you follow , but if aver fe, as a fhadow they will follow you again, fu- 
gientem [equitur, fequentem fugit-, with a regaining retraic, a gentle re- 
ludancy, a fmiiing threat, a pretty pleafant peeviihnefs", they will put 
you off, and have a thoufand fuch feveral enticements. F«r as hee faith, 
t Petronius Ca- 
tal. 
u imagines deo- 
rum, fol. 32.7. 
•varios amores 
facit aliqui 
interpretantur 
multiplicet' af- 
feftus & ille- 
cebras 1 alios pu- 
ellos, puellas, a- 
latos, alios po- 
ma aurea, alios 
I Non eft forma fatis, nec (pta vult hell 4 videri y 
*D e bet. 'vulgari mere placere fats , 
Ditfa, fal.es, gratify rifm 
Vincunt mtnr# candidioris opus* 
*Tis not enough though (bee be fair of hew, 
For her to ufe this vulgar complement .* 
But pretty toyes and jefts, and faws, and Tmiles* 
As far beyond what beauty can attempt. 
fagittas, alios 
’ tb * 
yJaPauiiE- 
remit*. 
(ams ftringeye 
Hu&mcorforc 
in 'ubidincm ■ 
™camden 
Gilufvftlrey 
huic prafdt *o~ 
bilk f hfff 
gJwXV- 
mes indole fub- 
td}TcaJuns, 
rdiquit nepotm 
firm forma e- 
mum denes re- 
'SS& i 7i~ 
( ‘ 
* For d**s caufe belike Philoftfatus in his Images, makes divers Loves, 
fome young, feme of one age, feme of another, fome winged, (owe of one fex , 
fome of another,feme with torches, feme with golden apples, fome with darts , 
ginsyfnares, and other engines in their hands, as Propertius hath prettily 
painted them outylih.2, dr 29, and which fome interpret, divers entice- 
ments, or divers affedions of Lovers, which if not alone, yet joyntly 
may batter and overcome the ftrongeft confutations. 
ic reported of Decius and Valerianus, thofe two notorious perfecu- 
tors of the Church, that when they could enforce a young Chriftian by 
no means ( asx Hierem records} to facrifize to their Idols, by no tor* 
ments or promifes, they took another courfe to tempt him: they put him 
into a fair Garden, and fet a young Curtelan to dally with him, yjhee 
took him about the neck andki/Jed him, and that which is not to bee namedy 
mantbufque attrettare, 6V. and all thofe intifements which might be ufed, 
that whom Torments could not. Love might batter and bcleagure. But 
{\jcli was his conftancy, fliee could not overcome, and when this laft en* 
gine would take no place, they left him co-bisownwaies. At* Barclye 
Glocejler-jhire, there was in times paft a Nunnery (faith Gualtcru& 
CMafes-> an old Hiftoriographer, that lived 400 years fince) of which 
there was a noble and a fair Lady chief's: Godwin, that fubtil P^rl 
- 5 J Part 3,Sedi.2. 
Artificial Allurements, 
Memb.3,Subf.4. 
■K ent travelling that way, ( f'teking not her but hers ) leaves a Ntpherv of. his.5 
aproper young Gallant {as if he had ken fick ) with her, till he came, back 
again , and gives the young man charge fo long to counterfeit, till he had de- 
flowred the Ahbefs , and res many beftdes of the Nuns as he could, and leaves 
hm wit hall rings, jewels , girdles , andfuch toyes to give them fiill, when 
they came to vifit him. The young man willing to undergo fuch a bupnef, 
plaid his part fo well, that in port fpace he got up mo ft of their bellies, and 
when he dad done , told his Lord how he had fted 3 a His Lord makes initant- 
iy to the Court, teds the King how fuch a Nunnery was become a bawdy 
houfe, procures a vifitation, gets them to be turned out, and begs the lands to 
his own ufe. This ftory Ido therefore repeat, that you may fee of what 
* llie impiger 
regem adit,Ab- 
bat iff'am & [te- 
as pr agnam es 
cdo ret, explo->• 
rot eribus mi [ls 
probat, & iis. 
ejeciis, a domi- 
no [0 mantn- 
um accspit. 
b Poft form ones 
de ceifu fto [na- 
vitate fermonis 
conciliat ani- 
mum hominis, 
manumqne inter 
Cello quin yi— 
[us ad bay bam 
protendit, dr- 
palp are cospit 
cervicem [uam 
& o[culari-,quid 
multa? capti- 
vum ducit mili- 
tem Chrifii, 
Complexura e- 
vane[cit,damo* 
nes in aere mo- 
nachum ri[e- 
unt 
force thefe enticements are, if they be opportunely uied, and how hard 
it is even for themoft averfe and fan£tified fouls to refill fuch allure- 
ments. fohn Major in the life of fohn the Monk, that lived in the dayes of 
Theodofius, commends the Hermite to have been a man of fingular conti- 
hency, and of a mpft aufterc life*, but one night by chance the Devil came 
to his Cell in the habit of a young market wench that had loft her way , 
and defired for Gods fake fome lodging with him, b The old man let her 
in, and after fome common conference of her mijhap, jhe began to inv eagle him 
with lafeivious talk and j efts, to play with his beard, to lift him, and do worfe, 
till at laft jbee overcame him. Ashee went toaddrefs himfelf to that bufinefs,fhe 
vanijhed on a fudden,andthe Devils in the air laughed him to jcorn• Whether 
this bee a true ftory, or a tale , I will not much contend, it ferves to il- 
t&ftrate this which I have faid. r 
. Yet were it fo, that thefeof which I have hitherto fpoken, and fuch 
hke inticing baits bee not fufficient, there bee many others, which will of 
thetnfelves intend this paflion of ,burning Inft, amortgft which, Dancing 
is none of the leaft*, and it is an engine of fuch force, I may not omit it. 
incitamentum libidinis, Petrarch calls it, the fpur of luff, A fcircle of which 
the 'Devil himfelfis the Center, c cMany women that ufe it, have come 
dijbonefi home \ mo ft indifferent, none better, d Another terms it, the compa- 
nion of all filthy delights and enticements, and 'tis not eafily told what incon- 
veniences come by it,what [currile talk, obfeene actions, and many times fuch 
monftrous geftures, fuch lafcmouS motions, fuch wanton tunes, mere- 
tricious kifles, homely embracings^ 
t choraa cir- 
culus,cujus cen- 
trum diab. 
c Multa i»dc 
impudica dp- 
murfi rediere, 
plures ambi- 
grta, meliet 
nulla. 
djTurpium deli- 
ti arum comes efi 
merm /alta- 
fio-, neque ccr- 
c( ut Gaditana canoro 
Incipiat prurire choro, plaufuq5 probat £ 
terram tremula descendant clune puella , 
Irritamentum Veneris languentis ) 
U facile di fiu 
qua mala hirte 
•vifus hauriat* 
& qua pariat 
colloquia, mtrt- 
flrefos, incon- 
ditos gcflus , 
it will make the fpe&ators mad. When that Epitomizer of t r^"c 
had to the full defctibed, and fet out King Ptolomies riot, as a chief 
and inftrament of his overthrow, hee adds tympanum & tripudi- 
idling and dancing- the King was not a ft eft at or oneljy hut a principe 
Wq °r him{elf-A thing neverthelefs frequently ufed,and part of a Gentle" 
inO-mans Ringing up, to fing, dance, and play on the Lute, or fome 
aLie before ihecan fay her Pater or ten Commandemen . 
j e next way their Parents think,to get them husbands,they are c 
to learn, and by that mearis, f Imcedes dmdres de tenero me i an- 
■ &c. 
■ e, JUV. Sat- 11, 
f Jufm- I-to. 
Adduntur in- 
dumenta. lux- 
uria-, tympana 
& tripudia, nee 
tarn fpeffatpr 
rex-, fed nequi- 
tia magifl'er, 
c're. 
{Hor, Ly od. 6-. Fai c 3. scC£. 3. 
Love- OH eUnchely, 
Memb. 3. Subf. 4» 
tur unge •, ’Tis a great allurement as it is often ufed , and many are un- 
done by it, Thais in Lucian, inveagled Lamprias in a dance. Heredias 
fo far pleafed Herod 3 that fhe made him fwear to give her what (he 
B Havardc vi- 
ta ejus. 
h Of whom 
he begat tvil- 
Uam the Con- 
quer our, by 
the fame to- 
ken {he tore 
her fmeck 
down, faying, 
&c. 
f Spjfi. i 6. 
6)uk non mi- 
ratus e(l f'al- 
tantem? G)uis 
non vidct& 
amavit} vete- 
rem & novam 
vidi Romam, 
fed tibi fimilem 
non vidi Paaa- 
reta-3felix qui 
Panareta frui- 
tur, &C. 
would ask , John Baptifts head in a platter. 8 %obett Duke of Normandy, 
riding by Falais 3 fpied Arietta a fair maid , as (bee danced on a green, 
and was io much enamoured with the objedt, that hhe muff needs lye 
with her that night. Owen Tudor won Queen Katharines affedfion in a 
dance, falling by chance with his head in her lap. Who cannot pa- 
rallel thefe ftories out of his experience ? Speuflppas a ncble gallant in 
tthatgreek lAriflenatus , feeing Tanareta a fair young Gentlewoman 
dancing by accident, was fo far in love with her, that for a long time af- 
ter he could think of nothing but Fanareta: he came raving home full 
of Fanareta: Who would not admire her 5 who would not love her5 that jhould 
but fee her dance as I dtdo admirable 3 0 divine Fanareta / 1 have feen 
eld and new Rome, many fair Cities, many proper women 3 hut never any 
like to Fanareta 3 they are drofs 3 dowdies all to Fanareta 0 how (he danced, 
how fhe tript, how jhe turn d , with what a grace I happy is that man that 
jhadenjoy her, O mefl incomparable, only , Fanareta I When Xenophon 
in Sympofto or Banquet, had difeourfed of love, and ufed all the engines 
that might be deviled, to move Socrates arnongft the reft , to ftir him 
the more, he (huts up all with a pleafant Enterlude or dance of Dionyfius 
and tAriadne. Firfl Ariadne dreffed like ahnde came in And took her 
place sby and by Dionyfius tntred > dancing to the Muftck. rhe§e Hat or a 
did all admire the young mans carriage 5 and Ariadne her felf was fe much 
affetfed with the fight, that jhee could fcarce Jit, *After a while Dionyfius 
beholding Ariadne , and incenjed with love , hewing to her knees 3 embraced 
her firfl, and kiffed her with a grace $ jhe embraced him again , andktfjed 
him with like affeffion , (Jc, as the dance required: but they that feed by and 
flaw this, did much applaud and commend them bethfer it• And when Dio- 
nyfius rofe up jhe raffed her up with him, and many pretty gefures , emhra* 
ces j kiffes, and love complements pa fed between them 5 which when they fa# 
fair Bacchus and beautiful Ariadne (0 fweetly and fe unfeignedly kifling each 
other , fo really embracing 3 they fwore they loved indeed , and were fe en* 
flamed with the objeff y that they began to roafeup themfelves, as if they 
would have flown, laji when they [aw them fill 9 fo willingly em* 
bracings and new ready to go to the Bride-chamber, they were Jo ravijhed with 
it 5 that they that were unmarried , fwore they would forthwith marry , and 
thofe that were married, called inflantly for thetr horfes, and galloped 
heme to their wives. What greater motive can there be than this 
burning luft ? what fo violent an oppugner * Not without good 
therefore fo many general Couhdlls condemn it, fo many Bathers 
abhor it 3fo many grave menfpeak againft it; life not the company of * 
woman 3 faith Syracides , 8, 4* that is a finger or a dancer j neither heat* 
left you he taken inher craftinefs • In circo non tam cernitur quam difeittf 
libido, t Hadus holds 5 in luft Theaters is not feen 5 but learned» 
Gregory Nazianzen that eloquent Divine ( * as he relates the 
* Principi0 
riadne velut 
fponfa proditi 
ac fold reccditj 
prodiens iUico 
Dionyfius ad 
umeros can- 
tante tibia 
faltabat-, ad- 
mirati funt 
mnes faltan- 
tm juvenem, . 
ipfdft Ariadne, 
ut vix potuerit 
conqttiefcere, 
poftea vers 
cum Dionyfius 
earn at}exit, 
cire. 
Z>t autem fur- 
rexit Dionyfius, 
erexit fimul 
jriadnem, lice- 
batfii (fiettare 
gefius of culan- 
tium, & inter 
fe complecten- 
tium; qui au- 
tem fpedabant, 
&c.Ad extre- 
mum videntes 
eos mutuis 
amplexibus 
implicatos & jamjam ad thalamum ituros; tfw non duxerant uxores jurabant uxores fe duUuros •, qui autem , 
cgnfcenfis equis & incitatis} ut iifdem (ruerentur} domum feflinarunt, f Ltb, 4, de commntnd, amoribus. * 
jnyfiumeprft. 57. Pure 3.Sedi.2. 
Artificial Allurements, 
Memb^.Subf^. 
himfclf) when a noble friend of his folemnly invited him with other 
Biihops, to his daughter Olympias wedding, refufed to come * t Ferit is 
abfurd to fee an old goaty Bifhop ft amongf dancers , hee held it unfit to bee 
a Ipe&ator, much lefs an adtor. Nemo fait at fobrias, Tally writes, hee is 
not a fober man that danceth; for fome fuch reafqn (belike) Domimn for- 
bade the Roman Senators to dance, and for that fad removed many of 
them from the Senate. But thefe, you will fay, are lafcivious and Pagan 
dances, 'cis the abufe that caufech fuch inconvenience, and I do not well 
therefore to condemn, fpcakagainft, or innocently to aceufe the beft and 
pleafanteft thing (fo * Lucian calls it) that belongs to mortal men. You 
mif-interpret, I condemn it hot I hold it notwithftanding an honeft dif- 
porr, a lawful recreation, if it bee opportune, moderately and foberly 
«fed.* lam of Plutarchs mnd, k that which refieffs pleafure alone, honeU 
recreation, or bodily exercife, ought not to bee rejeffed and contemned: I fub- 
feribe to * Lucian, ’tis an elegant thing , which cheareth up the mind, ex- 
ercifeth the body , delights the fpeffators, which teacheth many comely ge~ ■ 
flares, equally affeffing the ears, eyes*, and foal it [elf, Saloft difeommends 1 
finging and dancing in not that Ihec did ling or dance, but that ' 
Ihee did it in exeefs, 'tis the abufe of it: and Gregories refufal doth not . 
limply condemn it, but in fome folks. Many will not allow men and ' 
women to dance together, becaufc it is a provocation to lull •* they may i 
as well with Lycurgus and CMahomety cut down all Vines, forbid the 1 
drinking of wine, tor that it makes fome men drunk, ' 
t Nihil prode ft quod non Udere pojfet idem; 
► —ll 1 
, t Imempe(li- 
vum emm eftfr 
A nuptiis abhor— 
rats, inter fal- 
. tantes podagri- 
cum videre fe-. 
»etn, & Epifco„ 
pm. 
* Rem omnium 
in mart alum 
vita, optimam 
innocenter ae- 
cufare. 
k £hue honejinm 
voluptatem re- 
tyicit, aut Cor- 
poris exerc'ui- 
Hmx contemni 
non debet. 
* Zlegamtjjlmg. 
res eji, qu& 
mentem acuit, 
corpus exerce- 
at, & tyeftan- 
tes obleffiet 
multes geflus 
decoros docens, 
oculos, awes, 
animum ex x-i 
quo demulcens, 
Ignc quid utilius ? ~ 
t Ovid, 
f fay of this, as of all other honeft recreations, they are like fire, good and 
bad, and I fee no fuch inconvenience, but that they may fo dance, if it be 
done at due times, and by fit perfons .* and conclude with Wolfongus f Hi- 
der, and mod of our modern divines: Si decora, graves, verecunda, pie- 
t Syftcm.mora- 
te Philofophi*, 
na luce bonorum virorum & matronarum hone fi arum , tempefiive fiant, 
probari pojjunt, & debent. There is a time to mourn, A time to dance, Bcclefi 
3.4. Let them take their pleafurcs then, and as1 hee Laid of old, young 
men and maids fiourijhing in their age, fair and lovely to beheld, well atti- 
red, and ef comely carriage, dancing a Greek Galtard, and as their dance 
required, kept their time, now turning, now tracing, now apart, now alto- 
gether, now acourtefie, then a caper, &c, and it was a pleafant fight, to fee 
Jhofe pretty knots, and fwimming figures, The Sun and Moon ( fome 
dance about the earth, the three tipper Planets about the Sun as 
center, now ftationary, now direct, now retrograde, now in 
then in perigao, nowfwift, then flow, occidental, oriental, they 
round, jump and trace, 2 5 about the Sun with thofe thirty 
ree Macul# or Burbonian planets,c/>c4 Solem [altantes Cytharedum, faith 
fornundu4, pour Medicean ftars dance about Jupiter, two Aufirtan 
ut Saturn, &c. and all (belike) to the mufick of the Sphears, Our 
s eateft Councilors, and (laid Senators, atfometimes dance, as Vavt 
the Ark, 2 Sqm. 6. 14- Miriam JExod. 15. ao, Judtth ;3* 
Lho*gh the Devil hence perhaps hath brought in thofe y_ 
3s) and well may they do it. The greateft Souldiers 5 as £l* 
rt I Apnleius.jo. 
. Tuelli, piiclla- 
que virenti fio- 
* rentes atatula, 
- for mu confrient 
a vefte nitidh in- 
' eeffu gratiefl , 
; Gracamcam 
. faltanus Pjr-r 
, rhi carni difpo/l- 
-• tis ordinationi- 
r busy, decoros 
ambitus insr-.. 
r rabant) nunc in 
l orbem flexi 3 
, nunc in vbli~ 
quam flriem 
conmxi, 
r i» quadrum 
emeati) nunc 
inde fef arati» 
&e. 
* lib, i. cafl*: 
XI. Parc 3. SeCt. $. 
Love- cMelancholy, 
Memb. 3. Subf.4# 
ms, f vSmilius Probus, * Cxltus Rhodtginus have proved at large, ftiil 
ufe it in Greece, Rome, and the moft worthy Senators, cantare, [altare. 
Lucian y Macrobius, Ltbanus3 Plutarch-, fuhns3 Pollux , Athenaus, have 
written juft rraCts in commendation of it. In this our age it is in much re- 
queft in thofe Countries as in all civil Common-wealths, as Alexander 
ab Alexandro , lib. 4. cap, To. (V Lb,2. cap, 25. hath proved at large, fa- 
mongft the Barbarians themfelves nothing fo precious5 all the World al- 
lows it. 
t Vit. Epami- 1 
Koadii. j 
* Lib. . 
•j' Read P. 
Martyr Ocean < 
Dccad. Bentp , t 
Emus, Haelu- 
Ity &c. 
t anus ] 
Erotopadium. 
Leg. TM> 
yoc.% roiocv- 
THS' <T7r>SdViis 
iveKoc, &c. ' 
hujus can fa o- 
f ortui t difeipli- 
mm conftitui, j 
ut tam pueri 
quam puella 
choreas cele- 
brent, tyeften- 
turque ae fpe- 
•ffienty &c. 
n ASpeClus e- 
nim nudarim 
corporum tam 
mares quam fe- 
minas irritare 
folet ad enormes 
lafcivia appeti- 
tus. s 
* Camden Amni. 
Amo T578./0/. 
a7c. Amato- 
ri it facetiis & 
lUecebris exqui- 
ftifmus. 
t Met. 1. Ovid. 
f Divitias contemno tudsy rex crjtfe,1 namque 
Vendo A fiam, unguentis, flore, mero, choreis. 
m Plato'in his Common-wealth, will have dancing-fchools to be main- 
tained that young folks might meety bee fee one another, and bee 
fee#5 nay more, hee would have them dance naked, and feoffs at them 
that laugh at it. But Eufebiusprapar* Evangel. lib, i. caf» 11. and Theodo- 
ret lib. 9. curat.gr<ec, affetf, worthily lafh him for it, and well they might: 
for as one faith, " The very fight of naked parts caufeth enormous, exceeding 
concupifences, and firs up both men and women to burning luft, There is 3 
mean in all things; this is my cenfure in brief; Dancing is a pleafant re- 
creation of body and mind, if fober and modeft ( fuch as our Chriftian. 
. dances are,) it tempeftively utedj a furious motive to burning luft, if as by 
Pagans heretofore, unchaftely abufed. But 1 proceed. 
r If the fe allurements do not take place, for * simierns, that great ma- 
* fter of dalliance (hall not behave himfelf better, the more effectually to 
• move others, andfatisfie their luft, they will fwear and lye , promife, 
* proteft, forge, counterfeit, brag, bribe, flatter and diffemble of all fides. 
• ’Twas Lucrectas counfel in Aretinty Si vis amicbfrui,promitte, finge, jura, 
~ perjuray jafta3fitmulay mentire, and they put it well in practice, as Apollo 
.to Daphne, -—'t wihi Delphica tehs 
* Er a f mus egi. 
mille mei Sicu- 
lis enant i« 
montibus agni. 
Et Claros & Tenedos, Pater eaq*3 regia fervit , 
Ruptor tfi genitor- 
T>elphosy Claros and Te ne dos ferve mee J 
And fupiter is known by Sire to bee* 
The pooreftfwaines will do as much, 
* Mi de pecus nivei font & mihi vadibus agni. I have a thou- 
fand flicep, good ftore of cattcl, and they are all at her command. 
* yi 
1 Tibinnet tihi noftra fupellex* 
fervierint—— houfe, land, goods, 
are atherfervice, as hee is himfelf. jyinoifuchtts, a Senators Son ina Lh~ 
sian, in love with a wench, inferiour to him in birth and fortunes, the foo" 
ner to accomplifb his defire, wept unto her, and fwore hee loved her with 
all his heart, and her alone, and that as foon as ever his Father died (a ve' 
ry rich man, and almoft decrepit) hee would make her his wife. The Maid 
by chance made her Mother acquainted with the bufincfs, who being 
an old Fox, well experienced in fuch matters, told her daughter, noW 
ready to yeeld to his delire, that hee meant nothing lefs, for doft thou 
think hee will ever care for thee, being a poor wench, b that may 
his choice of all the beauties in the City, one Noble by birth, with £° 
many talents, as young* better qualified, and fairer than thv * 
t Lecheus. 
*Tem. 4-mcrit• 
dial. Amare fe 
jurat & lachn- 
matur dicit % 
uxorem m? du- 
cere velle, quum 
pater oculos 
claufffet. 
* JQum dotem 
alibi multa ma- 
jorem atyicier, 
&c. Part 3* Se<ft. 2. 
y~A rtipcial Allurements^ 
Memb. 3. Subf. 4. 
Daughter beleevc him not: the Maid was abaihe , and To the macrer 
broke off* When Jupiter wooed Juno firft ( Lthns Gtraldus relates it out 
of an old Comment on Theocritus) the better to effed his fute, hee turn- 
ed himfelf into a Cuckow, and fpying her one day walking alone, lepara- 
ted from the other Goddefles, caufed a tempeft fuddenly to arife, for 
fear of which fliee fled to flicker.- Jupiter to avoid the ftorm likewife 
flew into her lap, in virginis Junonis gremium devolavit) whom funo for 
pity covered in her \ Apron. But hee turned himfelf forthwith into his 
own fhape, began to imbrace and offer violence unto her, fed tlU matris 
metu but fliee by no means would yeeld, donec polii citus Con nubi- 
um obtinuit) till hee vowed and fwore to marry her, and then fliee gave 
confent. This was done at Thornax hill, which ever after was called 
Cuckow-hil), and in perpetual remembrance, there was a Temple ereded 
to Telia funoin the fame place. So powerful are fair promifes, vows. 
Oaths and proteftations. It is an ordinary thing too in this cafe to belie 
their age, which widdows ufually do, that mean to marry again, and 
batchclours too fometimcSi, 
fiOr upper 
garment. 
Qum Juno, 
mif«rate ve(le 
contexit. 
* Cujus oli avurn trepidavit at as , 
cernere luftrnm\\ 
¥Eor, 
to fay they are younger thah they are. Camides in the faid Lucian loved 
Philtmatium, an Old Maid of five and forty years,c fhee fwore to him fhee 
was but two and thirty next December. But to diffemblc in this kind, is fa- 
miliar of ill fides, and often it takes. 
t Padere credentem res eft operofa puellam, ' ’tis fobn done, 
no fuch great mattery, 
e Dejeravit ilia 
fecundum fupra 
trigefimm ad 
proximum De- 
cembrem com- 
pleturam fe ejfe 
t Ovid, 
Bgregiam vero laudem, ampla —- 
And nothing fo frequent as to bely their eftates, to prefer their fates, 
and to advance themfelvcs. Marty men to fetch over a young woman, 
widdowSj or whom they love, will hot ftick to crack, forge and feign 
any thing comes next, bid his boy fetch his cloak, rapier, gloves, jewels, 
&c. in ftich a cheft,fcarlcc-golden-tifliiebreeches, &c. when there is no 
fuch matter; or make any Temple to give out, as hee did in Petronias, that 
Lee was Matter of a Ship, keptfo many fervants, and to perfonate their 
part the better, take upon them to bee gentlcmeri of good houfes, well de- 
feended and allied, hire apparel at brokers, fome Scavirtger or prick- 
loufe Tailors to attend upon them for the time, fwcar they have great 
t>o(Teffions,d bribe, Iye, cog, and foift how dearly they love, how bravely 
they will maintain her, like any Lady, Countefs, Dutchefi, or Queen; 
fhall have gowns, tires, jewels, coaches, and caroches, choice diet. 
d Um donk 
vincitur o*»nk 
amor. Caiudut 
I. tl. f. 
The heads of Parrats, tongues of Ntghtingals^ 
The brains of Peacockss and of £ U riches, 
Their bath flati bee the juyee of Gilliflomrsi 
Spirit efßefeS) and of Violets , 
. The milk of Unicorns, &c, * as old Eulpene courted 
Co£'ia in thec Comoedy, when as they are ho fach men, not worth a < 
£rcOt, but nicer (barkers, to make a fortune, to get their dehre, 01■ ®e J 
f retend love to fpend their idle hours, to bee more welcome, an or 
entertainment. The conclufion is, they mean nothing lets, 
c Pox. aft, >; 
A 3- Parc 3. Seft, 2. 
Love- CM e lane holy. 
Subf.4, 
p Nil metuum mhtl promittere curant ; 
Sed ftmul ac cupidae mentis patrata libido 
Victa nihil metuere, nihil perju>ta curant„ 
Oaths, vows, promifes, are much protehed 
But when their mind and luff is finished, 
p Catullus. 
ridet 
amantum fupl- 
ter, & ventes 
irrita ferre ju- 
bet, ‘Tibul.Ub.5. 
& 6. 
e m. philcbo.Pe- 
jerantibus his 
diifoLi ignof- 
cunt- 
r Catul. 
f Lib.i.de con- 
temnendis amo- 
fibus. 
g Vial.Ital. Ar- 
gentum ut gale- 
as projiciebat, _ 
Biliorum habui 
amatorem qui 
ptpplex flexis 
genibus, &c. 
Nullus recens 
allatus terra 
fruttus, nullum 
cup diarum ge- 
nas tum carum 
exit, nullum 
•vinum Criticum 
pntififum,quin 
atm foret H 
ileo., cr fdo alte- 
yutn oen um 
fignon datu- 
rus, &c. 
|pifl muflem 
opiperas epulas, 
& tantis jura- 
mentis,donis, 
i&‘C. 
h Nunquam ali- 
quis umbrarum 
conjurator tan- 
ta attentione, 
tarnefl potentibu\ 
*verbis ufus efl, 
quam ille ex- 
qui litis mihi 
diCiiSy &C, 
Oaths, vows, promifes, arc quite neglected. 
though hee folemnly fwear by the cemus of ( afar, >y Venus (brine > 
Hjwens tieity, by Jupitery and all the other gods, give no credit to his 
words. For when Lovers fwear , Fenus laughs, Venus hac perjuria rtdei, 
$ Jupiter himfelf fmilcs, and pardons it withall*, as gravec Flato gives out. 
J 'Wl u* v .* wwv £}*v “5 
of all perjury, that alone for love-matters is forgiven by the gods. If pro- 
mifes, lyes, oaths, and profeftations will not avail, they fall to bribes, 
tokens, gifts, and fuch like feats. r Plurimus auro conciliatur amor: as 
. Jupiter corrupted Dame with a golden fhower, and Liber Ariadne With a 
lovdy Crown (which was afterwards, tranflatcd into the Heavensand 
there for ever lliiness) they will rain Chicheens, Florens, Crowns, Angels, 
all manner of coins and ftamps in her lap And fo muft hee certainly do 
that will fpeed, make many feafts, banquets, invitations, fend her feme 
prefent or other every foot. Summo ftudio parentur epuUifaith - Haedus) & 
crebra fiant largitiones, hee muft bee very bountiful and liberal, leek and 
! fue> not to her only, but to all her followers, friends, familiars, fidlers, 
panders, parafitcs,and houOiold-fervants-, hee muft infmuate WmjfellF' and 
1 lurely will, to all, of all forts, meffengers, porters, carriers* no man m,uft 
bee unrewarded, pr unrefpedled. I had a fucer (faith 5 Aretines Lucretia') 
; that when hee came to my houfe, flung gold and filver about, as if it had 
been chaff. Another futer I had was a very choler!ckfellowsbut I fo band- 
it d him, that for all his fuming, I brought him upon his knees: If there 
1 fa J been an excellent bit in the marker, any novelty? h£h, fruit, or fowl, 
- muskadel, or malmefey, or a cup of neat wine in ail the was pie- 
fented prefently to me, though never to dear, hard to coite by, yet I 
. had it;.* the poor fellow fo fond atlaft , that I think ir I would I 
»(tjaighthaye had one of his eyes out of hishvad. A third futer was a 
‘ Merchant of Rome, and his manner of wooing was with + exqufice mu- 
fick, coftiy banquets, poems, &c. I held him off till at length U prote- 
fted y promifed, and.fworepro virginitate regno me donaturum, I fiiould 
have all he had, houfe, goods and lands,' pro concubitu folos h Neither, was 
there ever any Conjurer I think , to charm his fpirits, that ufed.fuch at- 
tention, or mighty words, as he did exquihte phrafes 5 or General: of any 
army, fo many ftratagems to win a city, as he did tricks and devices to 
get the love of me. Thus men are a®ive and pafhve , and women not 
far behind them in this kinde: Audax ad omnia 'femina, qua vdamat> 
vel odit• 
bait fo bolMp tbeice can non, 
©tocar art) Ipe as inotmn can. 
* Chaucer. 
f Ah crudele 
gems nec tutum 
fumina nomen. 
'Cibuix. 3 deg.Of. 
e Jovianus Von, 
1 They, will crack,counterfeit and collogue as well as the beft, with hand- 
kerchief, and wrought nightcaps, purfes, pofes, and fuch toyes : as he 
juftiy complained, 
ICur mittis violas? nempe ut violentius urer 5 
Stad violas violis me violenta tuts ? &c.  Sed.2. 
Artificial Allurements, 
.Memb. 3« Subf.4, 
Why doft thou fend mee Violets my Dear ? 
make mee burn more violent I fear5 
With Violets, too violent thou art . 
To violate and wound my gentle heart. 
When nothing elfe will ferve, the laft refuge is their tears. fcripfi 
( tejior amorem ) mixta lachrymis & fufpinis , twixt tears and fighs , I 
write this (1 take love to witnefs) faith * Chelidonia to Fhilonius, LumL 
na qua modo fulmina, jam flumina lachrymarum, thofe burning torches 
are now turned to floods ot tears. AreiinesLucretia, when her fweet- 
heart came to Town, f wept in his bofome, that hce might bee perjwaded 
thofe tears were fijed for joy of his return, JfuartiHa in fetronius, when 
nought would move , fell a weeping , andas Balthazar Cafilio paints 
them out, “ Tothefe Crocodiles tears, they wall add fobs*, fiery fighs, and 
forrowful countenance, pale colour, leannefs, and if you do but ftir abroad, 
thefe fends are ready to meet you at every turn , with fuch a fluttijh , neg- 
letted habit, dejetted look, as if they were now ready to dye for your fake h 
and how faith hee, [haH a young novice thus be fit, efcape? Bdt belecve them 
■mU J fJ ■ ;• 
* Ariflaxhur 
bmX%rjaZ 
fHm habeat u- 
ijSTiiSx 
reditus mihi e- 
, 
Ceduiu\ 
fakrifUs, color 
niu mmjf 
Uchrym* prepe 
* 'animam ne crede puellis, 
Namque ettfeminea tutior unda fide* V Thouthinkeft 
peradventure becaufe of her vows, tears, fmiles, and proteftations, Ihee 
is folely thine, thou haft her heart, hand, and aife&ion, when as indeed 
there is no fuch matter, as the f Spanijh Bawd faid, gaudet tUa habere nnum 
in lefto , alterum in porta, tertium qut domi fufpiret, fhee will have one 
fweet-heart in bed, another in the gate, a third fighing at home, a fourth, 
&c. Every young man fhee fees and likes1, hath as much intercft, and fliall 
as foon injoy her as thy felf. On the other fide, which I have faid, men 
are as falfe, let them fwear, proteft, and lye 3 
x IMtf°d vobis dicunt, dixerunt mtlie puellps. They love fame 
of them thole eleven thoufand Virgins at and make them believe 
innumerabiles. 
ip te fe fatim 
umbra oferunt 
tanto fqualere 
& i A omnifera 
diverticulo tan- 
ta macie, titil- 
las jam jam mo- 
ribundas putes. 
* Petronius. 
t Cceleflina *6t, 
7. Barthio in- 
terpret. omni- 
bus atridet, &> 
ifitigulis amari 
ft folam dicit. 
* Ovid, 
each particular, heels belotteq on her, or fove one till they lee another , 
and then her alone •• like Mik\ wife in Jfnlems, Uh. 2. Si quern contexe- 
rit Ipeciofa forma juvemm, venufiate eyus fumitur, & in eum animum in- 
torquet. Tis their common complement in that cate, they care nor what 
they (wear, fay, or do. One.while they ileight them, care not for them > 
rail down right and feoff at them, and them again they will run mad, 
hang themfelvcs , ftab and kill , if they may not them. . Hence» 
forth therefore, • r;. , r •, [ /, 
k ~*-—~nulla viro j uranti ftemi nA/redty, ; > let not Maiss 
hejeeve them. Thefe tricks and counterfeit paffions are more familiar 
women, * finem hic dolon faciet aut vjt£ dm., quoth 
to Hiffolitus. in* Lucian, toldj fythias ajoung man, to move 
him the more, that if hee would not have her, fliee was refolved Co make 
aw*y her felf5 There is a Ne?nefisr and it cannot chaje hut grieve an 
trouble thee, to hear that I have either fir angled or drowned my Jf ft®* 
fake, fo common to this fex, as oaths, vows,, and proce» 
ations, and as I have already faid, tears, which they have at comi 5 
for they can fo weep, that one wTOuld think their very hearts 
Solved within them, and would eonae out in tears j then eyes aie i<e 
* Seneca Hip* 
pol. 
y Tom. 4. dial, 
perit. Th •aero 
aliquando 
rore afficieris u. 
bi audieris me 
a meipfa laqueo 
tui caufa fuffo- 
c tit am ant in 
puteum prreci- 
pitatam, Pait 3. Sedt. 2. 
«JW elancbely. 
Memb. 3. Subf. 5. 
rocks, which ftill drop water, diaria lachrjmacr fudons in modum turge- 
ri prompta, faith c they wipe away their tears like (w7eat, 
weep with one eye, laugh with the other; or as childrend weep and cry, 
they can both together ,v 
y, 'H.eve puellarum laehrymis moveare memento, 
tit fierent oculos erudiere [ms, 
t Care not for womens tears , I counfel thee, 
They teach their eyes as much to weep as fee. 
• And as much pity is to bcc taken of a woman weeping, as of aGoofe 
. going barefoot, ' When Venus loft her fon Cupid> (hee feat a Oyer a- 
-1 bout to bid every one that met him take heed. 
cEpift. zoii.%. 
d Matron# fient 
duobus oculis, 
moniahs qaa- 
tuor, 'virgines 
uno, meretrices 
nullo. '■ 
y Ovid. 1 
* Imagines deo- 
rum [ol. 331. 
eMofchi more 
fugitivoi quern 
Politianus La- 
tinumfacit. 
* Lib. 3. Mills 
vix amifujjt- 
cersnt ad om- 
nes illas ma- 
chinationes, do- 
hfsf commemo- 
randos, quos 
viri & mulie- 
res ut fe invi- 
cem circumve- 
niant, excogi- 
tarefelertt. 
•Si fient e» afficiat} ne mox fall are, caveto 5 
Sin magis & eficula fi fers 
Ferre volet) junt efcula noxia, in if fis 
Sunt que venena labris, &c. 
Take heed of Cupids tea:s, if cautelous. 
And of his fmiles and kiflfes, I thee tell. 
If that hceoffcr't, for they bee noxious. 
And very poifon in his lips doth dwell. 
* A thoufand years3 as €afiilio conceives, will ficarce ferve to reckon up 
thoje allurements and guiles, that men and women ufe to deceive one another 
with. 
Sub shg. y. 
iiwdsy Philters, Caufes. 
Hen all other Engines fail, that they can proceed no 
further of themfelves, their laft refugi is to fly e 10 
Bawds, Panders, Magical Philters, and Receits, ra- 
ther than fail, to the Devil himfelf* 
SSaVFie 61 ere fi nequeunt fuperosj cheronta movebunt• 
And by thofc indired means many a man is overcome, 
Kmpancj prcdpitated into this malady, if hee take not good 
heed,' For thefe Bawds firft, they are every where fo common, and fo 
many, that as hce faid of old Croton, b emnes hic aut captantur, aut captant , 
either inveagle, or bee invcagled, wee may fay of moft of our Cities, there 
bee fo many profefled, canning bawds in them. Be fides, bawdry is be' 
come an art, or a liberal fcience, as Lucian calls it 5 and there bee fuch 
tricks and fubtiltics, fo many nurfes, old women. Panders, letter-carriers, 
beggers, Phyficians, Friers, Confeffors, employed about it, that milt# 
tradere plus juffieiaty one faith, 
*7 “t trecentis verpus 
Suas impuritias traloqui nemopoteft. Such occulj 
notes, Stenography, Polygraphy , Nunttm animatus, or 
telling of their minds, which f Cabeus the Jefuit, by the way, counts iur 
bulous and falfe 5 cunning conveyances in this kind, that neither sfuno's 
jealoufie, nor Danaes cufiody, nor rgos vigilancy can keep them fate* 
’Tis the laft and common refuge to ufe an affiftanr, fuch as that catanean, 
•* Pttmm, 
f Plautus. Tri- 
temius. 
■ \ 
t De Magnet. 
Philof lib, 
cap. 10. Part 3. Sed.3. 
Artificial Allurements, 
Memb.3, Subf,y 
Philippa was to font Queen of Naples, a d Bawds help, an old woman 
in the feufinefs, ase cMyrrha did when (lie doted on Cyntras, and could 
notcompafs her defire, the old Jade her Nurfe was ready at a pinch, 
dtc inquit, opemqae 'me fine ferre tibi &in hac mea ( pone timorem) Se- 
dulitas erit apta ubi, fear it not, if it be poflible to be done, I will effedf 
*t ; non efi mulieri mulier in fuperabilis, as t Caleflina faid, let him or her 
be never fohoneft, watched, and referred, tishard but oneoFtgpe 
°ld women will getaccefs: andfearfe ihallyou find, asf 
ferves, in a Nunnery a maid alone, if jhe cannot have egrefs, before her 
window you full have an old woman, or’fonte prating Cof ip tell her 
forne tales of this Clerk, and that Monk, • deferibing or commending 
feme young Gentleman or other unto her. As I was walking in the ftreec 
( faith a good fellow in Petronius ) to fee the town ferved one evening, 
s 1 [piedan old woman in a corner feUing of Cabbages and Roots, (as our 
Huckfters do Plums, Apples , and fuch like fruits 5 ) mother < quoth he ) 
can you tell where I dwell < fhc being well pleafed with my foohfh urbanity, 
replied, and why fir (bould Inot tell ? with that Jhe rofe up and went before 
met, 1 took her for a wife woman, and by and by jhe led me into aby lane, 
and told me there I jheuld dwell * 1 replyed again 1 knew not the heufe 5 but 
J perceiv-ed on a fudden by the naked queans, that 1 was now come into a 
Rawdy hottfe, and then too late I began to curfe the treachery of this old Jade, 
Such tricks you fliall have in many places, and among the refi it is 
ordinary in Venice, and in thelfland of Zante, fora manto be Bawd 
to his own wife. No fooncr fhall you land or come on ftaore, but as the 
Comical Poet hath it, 
A Caiul. eleg. j. 
lib. i.Venit in . 
exithm caUidx 
: Ima meum. 
e Ovid. i®. 
' mp. 
1 f Paretofc. 
Barthii.\ 
f Devit. Erem» 
'e. 3. ad for orem 
• vix aliquam 
, veclufarum hu- 
jus temporis 
felam 'mve- 
nies,aate cti* 
jus fencftram 
nen anus gar~ 
rula3 vel uugim 
, gerula mulier 
fedet3qu* eant 
fabulis occupet, 
rumoribus pa- 
fcat, hujus vel. _ 
illius monachi, 
&e. 
zAgrefle olus 
anus vendebat, 
& rogo ia- 
quarn, mater, 
nunquid fcis ubi 
ego habitem ? 
dele fi at a illa . 
urbanitate tans 
Pulta, dt quii 
ne fciam in- 
quit? cenfur- 
rexittjp, & cepit 
mepraccdere-, 
divinam ego 
J CM orem hunc meretrices habent, 
Ad portum mittunt fervulos, anciUulas, 
Si qua peregrina navis in portum aherlt. 
Rogant cujatis fit, quod ei nomen fiet. 
Raft HU extemplo jefe adplicem. 
Thefe white Devils have their Panders’, Bawds and Pa&ors in every 
place tofeek about 5 and bring in cuftomers , to tempt and way-lay no- 
vices 5 and filly travellers. And when they have them once within their 
clutches/ as fidius Uberius in his comment upon Valerius Flaccus 
1 with promifes and pleafant dtfcourfe , with gifts , tokens, 
find taking their opportunities, they lay nets which Lucretia 
and baits that Hippolitus himfelf would {wallow 5 they make fuch firong 
faults and batteries, that the Goddefs of Virginity cannot wnhfiand them? 
Slrve gifts , and bribes to move Penelope , and with threats able to terrific 
Sufanna. How many Proferpina’s withthofe catch foies doth Pluto take ? 
hefe are the fleepy rods with which their fouls touched defend to hellj, 
tbis the glew or lime with which the wings of the mind once taken cannot fly ■ 
ar*>ay.y the‘Devils m'miflers to allure, entice, &c. Many young men an t 
maids without allqueftionare inveaglcd by thefe Fumenides and their < 
afibciats. But thefe are trivial and well known. Themoft ’ . ?? i 
§er°us, and cunning bawds ? are your knavilh Phyfitians> Empyr s,^ 
putabam* &em 
nudas videe 
meretrices &• 
in lupanar me , 
addufium, fere 
exccram ani- 
, cuU infidi at. 
h fimus 
Menecb. 
'*Fromijfis€~ 
verberant, 
moHiunt dulci* 
loqutis* & op- 
portunum 
tempus aucu- 
pantes laque- 
os ingerunt 
quos vix Lu- 
cretia 
efcam parant 
quam vel fa- 
tur Hipponis 
fument* &c. 
Ha fani ruat 
'ft* fopmfemqui imcmuS* am** ai Ore* d'ficvLmf,tw ** * *""* al< 
emmis ancilla, qua [illicitant, &e. Part 3. Sc<st. 2, 
Love- ijMeUncholj, 
Memb.3, Subf. y 
Mafs-Priefts, Monks, * Jefuits and Friers. Though it bee againft Hip- 
pocrates oath, fome of them will give a dram, a promife to reftorc mai- 
denheads, and do it without danger, make an abort if need be, keep 
down their paps, hinder conception, procure luft, make them able with 
Satyr ions, and now and then ftep in therofelves. No Monaftery fo clofe, 
bouie fo private, or prifon fo well kept, but thefe honeft men are admic- 
cenfure and ask queftions,to feel their pulfe, beat at their bed fide, 
and all under pretence of giving Phyfick. Now as for Monks, Confef- 
fors,and Friers, asheefaid. 
* See the Pra" 
■ftices of the . 
Jefuits Angll~ 
ceedit. 1630* 
StA&. Sylv. 
£ Non audet Styglus Pluto tent are quod audet 
JEjfrenis Monachus, p lenaque fraudis anus* 
That Stygian Pluto dares not tempt or do. 
What an old hag or Monk will undergo .* 
Either for himfelf, tofatisfie hisownluft, for another, if hee be hireef 
thereto, or both at once, having fuch excellent means. For under co- 
lour of vibration, auricular confelfion, comfort and penance, they have 
free egrefs and regrefs, and corrupt God knows how many. They can 
ufe trades fome of them, pra&ife Phyfick, ufe exorcifms, &c. 
1 chanter in the 
wife Baihk 
tale. 
1 Chat tufma# front to fralfcandf* 
Chtre nom imaikjs the utmtter himfelf* 
3lnet>etphuo;, ahD urOjcr cberp tree 
C&ere m other incuhu* hut he*. 
gi Stephanas 
Apd, Herod, 
lib. cap. xx. 
n Bale. TueUct 
in leStis dormi- 
re non fot erant. 
111 In the Mountains betwixt Daufhine ahd Savoy , the Friers perfwadefl 
the good wives to counterfeit themfclves pofTefTed, that their bias bands 
might give them frceaccefs, and were fo familiar in thofe dales, with 
fomc of them, that, as one “ obferves, wenches could not Jleep in their 
beds for Necromantick Friers: and the good Abbefs in Bocace may in 
fome fort witnefs, that rifing betimes, miftook and put on the Friers 
breeches inftead of her vail or hat. You have heard the ftory, I pre- 
fume of t Paulina, a chafte matron in vSgefippus, whom one of Ifis 
Priefts did proftitute to Mundus a young Knight, and made heir be- 
leeve it was their God Anubis, Many fuch pranks are played by 
our se(uitsy fometimes in their own habits, fometimes in others, like 
fouldiers, courtiers, citizens, fcholiars, gallants , and women them- 
felves. Porteus-like in all forms, and difguifes, that go abroad in 
the night, toinefcate and beguile young women, or to have their 
pleafure of other mens wives: And if wee may beleeve ° fome relati- 
ons, they have wardrobs of feveral fuits in their Golledges for that 
purpofe. Howfocver in publick they pretend much zeal, feem to bee 
very holy men, and bitterly preach againft adultery, fornication, there 
are no verier Bawds or whoremafters in a Country . p Whofe foul they 
jhouldgain to God, they facrifice to Devil, But I fpare thtfe men for 
theprefent. 
The laft battering engins, are Philters, Amulets, Spells, Charms, I' 
mages, and fuch unlawful means 5 if they cannot prevail of themfeives 
by the help of Bawds, Panders, and their adherents, they will flye for 
fuccour to the Devil himfelf. I know there bee thofe that deny the De- 
vil can do any fuch thing, ( Crato, ep/Jl. 2, Itb, med, and many Divines) 
there is no other fafdnation than that which comes by the eyes, of 
t Idem Jofe- 
phuslib. it. 
cap. 4. 
«Liber edit. 
jLngutla tff*- 
delicorum An. 
1608. 
r Quorum ani- 
vm lucrari de- 
bent dec, facri- 
ficant diabole Parc 3. Sed:, 2. 
Artificial Allurements, 
Memb. 3. Subf. 5. 
which 1 have formerly fpokenj and if you defire to be better informed, 
read Camerarius oper, fubcif. cent, 7. e, 5. It was given out of old, that a 
Theffalian wench had bewitched King Philip to dote upon her , and by 
Philters enforced his loves but when Olympia the Queen Taw the Maid of 
an excellent beauty, well brought up, and qualified: thefe, quoth ffiee, 
were the Philters which inveagled King Philip $ thote the true charms, 
as Henry to Rofawnnd, 
f One accent f rom thy lips the blood more warms, $ 
Than all their philters, exorcifms and charms. 
With this alone Lucretia brags inf Aretine, ffice could do more than all 
Philofophers, Aftrologers, Alchymifts, Necromancers, Witches, and 
the reft of the crew. As for herbs and Philters, I could never skill of 
them, The [ole Philter that ever I ufed, was hfing and tmhracing, by which 
alone 1 made men rave like beajls jtupifed, and compelled them to worfhip 
mee like an Idol, In our time ’tis a common thing, Faith Eraftus in his 
book de Lamiis, for witches to take upon them the making of thefe Phil- 
ters, to fence men and women to love and hate whom they will, to caufe tern- 
pep,difeafes, &c, by Charms, Spells, Chara&ers, Knots, 
hieThe(jala vendit Philtra. S\ Hier eme 
proves that they can do it, fasin Hilarius life, epift, lib, 3. ) hee hath a 
ttory of a young man, that with a Philter made a Maid mad for the love 
of him, which Maid was afterward cured by Hilarian, Such inftances I 
finde in fehn Nider, Fermi car, lib, y. cap, 5. Plutarch records of Lucullus, 
tliat hee died of a Philter 5 and thatdeopatra ufed Philters toinveagle 
Anthony, amongft other allurements. Eujebius reports as much of 
Lucretius the Poet. Panormi tan, lib, 4 i degeH, Alphonfi, hath a ttory of 
one Stephan a Neapolitan Knight, that by a Philter was forced to run 
mad for love. But of all others, that which f Petrarch, epift, famil, lib. t, 
ep, 5. relates of Charls the Great, is moft memorable: Hee fooliflaly do- 
ted upon a woman of mean favour and condition, many years together, , 
wholly delighting in her company, to the great grief and indignation 
131. Tray ton 
Her. cpiji. 
t Barnodidaf- 
calo dial. Ital, 
latin.fatt. £ 
• G.ijp, . Barthib, 
Bites pofum 
quam omnes 
pbilofophi, A~ 
ftrelogi) 
mantici, <&c. 
fold faliva in- 
ungens. x, am- 
plexu & bafiis 
tamfunofe fu_ 
rere,tam beftia- 
liter obftupefi- 
m coegi, ut ins. 
ftar Idoli me a- 
dor a im. 
i Sag* omnes 
fibi arrogant 
mitiam,& fa- 
cultatem ina- 
morem adieien- 
di qiios velinti 
edia inter con- 
juges ferendi, 
tempejiatts ex- 
citandi, mor- 
bos infligendij, 
&C. 
t fuvenalk\ 
of his friends and followers. When ffiee ms dead, hee did imbrace 
her corps, as Apollo did the hay-tree, for his Daphne, and caafed her 
Coffin (richly embalmed and decked with Jewels ) to be carried about 
with him, over which hee ftill lamented. At latt a venerable Biihop 
*hat followed his Court, prayed earneftly to God (commiferating 
his Lord and Matters cafe ) to know the true caufe of this mad pafli- 
°n, and whence it proceeded sit was revealed to him in fine, that the 
c*ufe of the Zmperours mad love Uj under the dead womans tongue, The 
■hifiiop went haftily to the carkafs, and took a fmall ring thence 5 upon 
die removal, the Emperour abhorred the Coarfe , and inftead *of it, 
as furidutty in love with the Biffiop, hee would riot fuffer him to 
b^eout of his pretence: which when the Biffiop perceived , hee flung, 
u dng into the midft of a great Lake, where the King then was. From 
Sat. 
t Idem refert 
Hen, %pr man- 
nus de mir. 
lib. i. cap, 
* 14. Perditea- 
f mavit mulier- 
1 culw, qnan- 
dm, Whs m- 
plexibus acqxi- 
efcens, [ammo, 
cum indignatio- 
ne fuorm & 
dolore. 
¥ Et indc tetus 
ia Epifcopum 
furere, iUum 
colert. 
Nat hour the Emperour negle&ing all his other houfes, dwelt at 
I Ache, 4*riit a fair houfe in the midft of the Mar/h, to his mnite ex- 
pf.nce 5 and a * Temple by it, where after hee was buried, and in w_i 
all his poftcrity ever fince ufe to bee crowned. / if" 
ret*k is accufed by iremtts to have inveagled a young Maia yt is 
~\ 
vulgo Aixe% 
* Immenfo 
fumptu tem- 
plum & ddesi Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- 
Merely, Subf. 5. 
means, and fome writers fpeak hardly of the Lady Katherine Cohham ? 
that by the fame Arc fiiee circumvented Humphrey Duke of Gloce filer to be 
her husband. Sycinius fummoned r Jpuleius to come before 
Cnetus Maximus, Proconful of Africk, that hee being a poor fellow , 
had bewitched by an ancient rich Matron, to love him , 
and being worth fo many tboufand fefterces, to bee his wife. Agrippa 
lib. 1. cap. 48. occult, philof. attributes muchin this kinde to Philters, A- 
ifcukts, Images; and Salmutz.com, in Pancirol.Tit. io# de Horol, Leo 
Aferfiib, 3, faith, * tis an ordinary pradice at Fez in jfiiik, Prafiigia- 
i Apolog. quad 
;ptidcntillum 
viduam ditem 
& proveßioris 
atatis fxminam 
cantaminibus 
in amorem fui 
pellexijfet. 
fVhilopfeude-, 
Tom. 5. 
tores ibi plures, qui cogunt amores (f concubitus: as skilful all out as 
that Hyperborean Magician of whom cleedemus in f Lucian, tells fo 
many fine feats, perform'd in this kind. But Erdfim Wicvus, ando-' 
thers are againft it •, they grant indeed fuch things may bee done , but 
(as Wterm difeourfetb, lib, 3. de Lamiis cap. 37. ) not by Charms, In- 
cantations, PHlters, but the Devil himfclf 5 hb. 5. cap, 2. bee contends 
as much 5 So doth Freit agios me, med. cap. 74, Andreas C ifalpinus cap.q. 
and fo much Si gif mundus Schereczius cap, de hirco noUurm, proves at 
i Impudica mu- 1 
litres opera ve- 
neficanm, dia- 
boli coquarum, \ 
amatores fuos 
ad fe no du du- 
cunt & redu- 
cunt mmfierio 
hirci in aere 
volantis : mul- 
tos novi qui 
hoc f ajp [unt, 
&c. 
f Mandrake ap- 
ples, Lemnius 
Ub.herb.bib.c.%. 
* Of which 
read Plin.lib. 
8. cap. ii. & 
lib. ij.c.if. & 
Quintilianum 
lib, 7, 
1 Lib. 11. f. 8. 
Ventre impli- 
cat cos, qui ex 
eo bibunt. Idem 
Ov. Met. 4. 
Strabo. Geog. 
I. 14- „ . . 
t Lod. Gmeti- 
ar Lines de- 
fer ipt. Ger. ia 
Aqui fgrano. 
« Bait heus Ve- 
neris, in quo 
('navitas, & 
dulcia collo- 
quia, benevo- 
lentia, & blan- 
ditia, fuafio- 
nes, fraudes & 
veneficia inclu- 
debantur. 
large, t Unchafie women by the help of thefe witches, the Devils kit chin-maids, 
have their Loves brought to them in the night, and carried back again by a 
phantafm flying in the Air in the likenefs of a Coat. 1 have heard (faith 
hec ) divers that they have been Jo carried on a Goats back to their 
(met-hearts , mam miles in a night.-Others are of opinion, that thefe 
feats, which molt luppole to bee done by charms and Philters, are 
meerly effected by natural caufes, as by mans blood Cliimically’pre- 
pared , which much avails, faith Ernefius in Lucerna vita 
& mortis Indice, ad amorem conciliandum & 'odium, (fo hunts-men 
make their dogs love them, and farmers their pullen j ’tis an excellent 
Philter, as bee holds, fed vulgo prodere grande nefas, but not fit to bee 
made common: and fo bee Mala infan a > Mandrake roots, Mahdrake 
f apples, precious Hones j dead mens cloaths, candles, mala Bacchica, 
panis porcinus, Hippomanes, a certain hair in a * Wolfs tail, &c. of 
which %hafis, Diofcorides, Porta, Wecker, Rubeus, Mi caldus, Alhertus treat-* 
a fwallows heart, dull of a Doves heart, multum valent lingua viper - 
rum, cerebella afinorum, tela equina, palliola quibus infantes obvoluti na~ 
fcuntur, funis firangulati hominis, lapis de nido AqutU, &c, See more in 
Skenkius obfervat, medicinal, lib, 4. &c. which are as forcible , and of asr 
much virtue , as that fountain Salmacis in x Vitruvius, Ovid\ Strabo, that 
made all fuch mad for love that drank of it, or that hot Bath at*f jix 
in Germany, wherein Cupid once dipt his arrows , which ever fince hath 
a peculiar virtue to make them lovers all that waih in it. But hear the 
Poets own defeription of it, 
Unde hic fervor aquk terra uda 
Tela oltmhtc ludens ignea, tinxit Amor $ 
Et gaudens firidor c novo, Ferv et e perennes 
Inquit, & hac -pharetra fint monumenta me4, 
Ex iliO' fervet, rarufque hic mergitur hofpes, 
Cui non titillet peHora hiandus amor. 
Thefe above-named remedies have happily as much power as tbat bath 
oiAix, or “ ferns inchanted girdle, in which faith , lcvc- Part, 3. Sed. a. 
Symptomes of Love, 
Memb.^Subf.i 
toys and dalliance-, fleafantmfs, fmetnefs, ferfwaftons, fubtilties, gentle, 
[fetches, and all witchcraft to enforce love, nwf contained. Read more of thefe 
in Agriffa de occult, Philof, lib. 1. caf . 50, & 45. Malleus malefic, fart. i. 
tfuafLj, Heir to tom.3. lib. 3, Wierusy Pomponatiuh caf,%, de mean» 
tat, picinus lib, 13, Theol, Plat, &c. 
cl I -1 f/U'U v' K; iC{3/D ' ■_ 
M E M B , 4. ' Silk 5E C , 3t# 
Vi , '■*? i~jf. .*' ff £ t >?' ' ’*{ * 
Symptoms of figm of in Body, 
CMinde, good, bad, 
«HfiOiti i-'w -:' v ■ ■■■ i/;- ■■■ ■■ 4- 
Ymptomfcs are cither of Body or Minde 5 of body, 
Sill Palencfs, Leannefs, Drinefs, &c. x PaUidus omnis 
amam* color hie eft aft us amanth as the Poet deferibes 
lovers: fecit amor maciem, love caufeth leannefs. 
jSb 7 Avicenna dellijhit C. 33. makes hollow eyes, drinef 
Sjmftomes °f tb** difeafey to go [wiling to themfdveSy or 
'Wtm aCHng as if they [aw or heard feme deled able objed. Hal- 
r * Ovid Path: 
. hunc amor ipfe 
' colorem. 
Met. ij., 
1 S'gnaejus 
profunditas 
culorum, p,i~ 
vatio lachri- 
leriola, lib. 3 ,obfervat. cap.y, Laurentius scap. 1 o,t/£lianus Mont alt us de Her, 
amore, LangtuSy cpift, 24.11b. 1. epift.med, deliver as much, corf us exangue 
marum, futyi- 
fape rident 
[tbit aefi quod, 
fallet y csrp/ts gracile, ocult, caviy lean? pale, 
ut nudisqui f ref it calcibus angue wy 
hollow-ey’d, their cycs are hidden in their beads, 
t ‘Tener que nitidi corf oris cecidit decor, 
They pine away, and look ill with waking, cares, fighs, 
JBt qui tenebant Jigna Phoebeafacis 
-: oculi, nihil gentile nec f atrium micant. 
With groans, griefs, fadnefs, duinefs, 
• * Nulla jam Cereris Cubit 
deleft abile vi- 
derent, aut au- 
dirent. 
f Seneca Hip. 
* Seneca Hip. 
1 De morbis ce- 
rebri deer at. 
amore, Ob Spi- 
rituum difira- 
ftienem hepar 
effici ofuo non, 
fungitur, ties 
Cura autfalutis— want of appetite. See, 
A reafonof all this, %ffafon Pratenfis gives* becaufe of the diffraction of 
the fpirits the Liver doth not perform his part, nor turns the aliment in- 
to blood ad it ought5 and for that caufe the members are weak for want of 
fufienanee, they are lean and pine, as the herbs of my garden do this monet h 
of May, for want of rain. The Green-ficknefs therefore often hap- 
neth to young women, a, Cacexia, or an evil habit to men, befides 
their ordinary fighs, complaints and lamentations, which are too fre- 
vertit ah meg.- 
turn in. 
ut debeat. 
Ergo membra 
, debilia, & pe- 
nuria alibilis' 
facci marcef- 
emty fqtialetii- 
<jue Kt herb-* in 
norto me a hoc 
menje M is Ze- 
rife*, ob imbri- 
queat, As drops from a Still, 
_ ~ut occlufo fit Hat ah igne liquor, 
doth Gupids fire provoke tears from a true Lovers eyes, 
* Wghty Mars did oftforVzms fhreek, 
Privily moiftning his horrid check 
With womantjh tears—■— 
1 ignis dipmM in undas 
Tell is erit larrus m rigat ora liquor, 
J 
um deft dim. 
* Fairy €)ueeit 
/.3. cant.ll. 
f Amator em- 
blem.■$, 
*Lib. 4 Ani- 
mo, errata & 
quidvis obviw 
um loquitur, 
vigilias abfqu 
caufa fuflinety 
& fucctm co-fy 
ports fubito . 
mi fit. 
many fnch like paffions. When Charielia was enamored on Thea- 
gtnts, as f Heliodorus fets her out, [he ms half distraHed, and fpake /he 
ne*> net what, Med to her [elf, Uy much awake ms lean upon*]* - 
. ■* 2nd when (ke, was befocted on her fon-inlaw3 pallor eformis3 
t Apnims, Part 3, Se<ft. 2. 
Love- lMelancholy• 
Memb.4, Sobf.i. 
marcentes oculi, &c, fhe had ugly palenefs, hollow eyes,redlefs thoughts, 
fhort wind, &c. Zur'udus in an Epidle fent to Lucretia his Midrefs, 
complains among d other grievances, tn mibi & [mni, & cibi u[um ab» 
ftulijti, thou had taken my domackandmy deep from me. Sohc dc- 
feribes it aright 5 
Chaucer in the 
Knights calc. 
deep, ht# meat, pi» hjink, tehim bereft, 
Chatleanheioweth* ahDtyp ass admit, 
Eepes holloa anhgmlp to heholh, 
hetnpaleanh aftentounlolh, 
folitatp pe toa# ehet alone, t 
gnhtoafeing all the night making moan* 
Theocritus Edyl.z. makes a fair maid of Delphos in love with a’young man 
of uW/*<k,confefs as much. 
lit vidiy ut irfaniiy at animus mihi male affeftus eft, 
Mi[era mihi forma tabefeebat, neque amplius poippam 
Ullam curabam, aut quando domum redieram > 
Novi, fed me ardens quidam morbus confumtbaty 
Decubui in leBo dies decem, & noffes decem, 
Defluebant capite capilli, ipfaquefola reliqua 
O(Ja & cutis. 
No fooner feen I had, but mad I was, 
My beauty fail’d, and 1 no more did care 
For any pomp, I knew not where I was. 
But fick I was, and evil I did fare 5 
I lay upon my bed ten days and nights, 
A Scelcton I was in all mens fights. 
<ViYg.\.tdn, 
All thefe paflions are well expreffed by ‘that HcroicalPoct in the per- 
fon of j)tdo 5 
1 non infalix animi Phaniffa, nec unquam 
Solvitur in oculijqae ac peBore amores 
Jccipit $ ingeminant cura, rnrfufque re [urgens 
Savit amor, &c 
Unhappy Dido could not deep at all. 
But lies awake, and takes no reft: 
And up (he gets again, whil’d care and grief. 
And raging love torments her bred. 
a i)um tmgu 
p.tfsim fydera 
fulgent, nume- 
rat longas te- 
tricus horas, & 
foUicit» nixus 
cubito fufpiran- 
do vifcera. 
rumpit. 
e Saliebat cre- 
bro tepidum 
cor ad afpeflum 
{fineries. 
fGordonius e. 
fxpe cibum- 
jotum, & ma- 
ceratur inde 
totum corpus, 
iter.Eunuch. 
Dii boni, quid 
hoc eft, adeone 
homines muta- 
ri cx amore, ut 
non cognofcas 
tundem ejfe! 
Accius SaHazarius Egloga a. de Galatea, in the fame manner feigns his 
Lychoris d tormenting her felf for want of deep, %hing5 fobbing, and la- 
menting- and Eußathius his I[memos much troubled, and 6panting at 
heArt) at the fight of his miftrefss he could not flecp3 his bed was thorns* 
AH make leannefs, want of appetite,want of deep ordinary Symptomcs, 
and by that means they are brought often fo low, fo mucbaltercd and 
changed, that as s hejededinthe Comoedy, one can[cane knew them ft 
he the fame men. 
Attenuant juvenum vigilat £ corf era nofileSy 
Curaque & immenjo qui fit amore dolor• 
Many fiich Symptomes there are of the body to difccrn lovers by 
t q*i*enim celet amorem < Can a man, (kith 
Solomon, Prov.tf.27. carry fire in his bofome> and not burn f it will hardly Part.3.Ses.2. 
Symptomes of Love. 
Memb.4-.Subi. i. 
be hid,- though they do all they can to hide it> it muft out, 
plus;quam mille mtis-—-it may be defcribed, 
505. 
* Quoque magis tegitur, teffus magis eefiyat ignis, .: - ; :i , : 
Twas Autiphanes the Comoediam obfervation of old, Love and Drun- 
kennefs cannot be concealed, Celare alia pofis, hac prater, duo, vini potum, 
&c, words, looks,geftures, all will betray them .• but two of the moft no- 
table figns are observed by the Pulfe and Countenance. When Anti- 
vehus the fon of Seleucus was fick for fyfatonice his Mother-in-law,' and 
Would not confefs his grief, or the caufe of his difeafe Erafifiratas the 
Idem.Met, 4. 
Phyfician found him by his Pulfe and Countenance, to be in love with 
her, h hecanfe that when fle came in prefende, or was named, his pulfe -Varied, 
*nd he blufhed he fides, ■ In this very fort was the love of Calltdes, thefon 
of Polycles, difeovered by Panacaus the Phy fician, as. you may read the 
toy at large in t Arijlenatus, By the fkmc figns that he 
found GUI sufia Boethius the, Gonfuls wife,, to dote on Pylades the Play- 
er, becaufe athis name ftill tec both altered Pulfe and Countenance, as 1 
t Pelyarchus did at the name of Argents'. Frandfcus Valefms, \ 
\S. med.contr, denies there any (ach pulfus amatorius, or that love may J 
befodifeerned* but Avicenna confirms this :oi Galen out of his experi- ' 
ence, lib.s, Fen.i. and Gordmus, cap.% o, 'Their pulfe he faith is inordinate \ 
and fwift, if flee go by whom hee loves, Langius mcd.Epift, 
Plevifanus lib ,4. numer. 66,fy1, nuptialis, Valefcus de Tar ant a, Guianenus, 1 
Trad. Ij. Valencia fets down this for a Symptome, -f Difference ef Pulfe, 
h Ad ejus no 
men rubebat * 
'&• ad afpeftum 
fulfus vere- 
batur., Pint a*. ■■ 
f Spiff. i3. 
t Barcflib, r< 
Oculi medico 
tremore erra- 
bant. 
‘ Pulfus eorum 
velox & inor- 
dinatus, f 
mulier quam 
aptat forte 
tranfeat. 
k Signa funi 
ceffatio ab 
negleß of bu/inefs, want of fleep, often fighs, hlufhings, when there is any 
fpeech of their Mijlrefs, are manifeft figns,. But amongft the reft, fefephus 
Struthius that Polonian, in the fift Book, cap.i 7. of his Doftrine of Pulfes, 
holds, that this and all other paflions of the minde, may be difeoveredby 
the Pulfe, 1 And if you will knew, faith he, whether the men fufpetied bee 
fuck or fuch, touch their arteries, &c. And in his fourth Book, Chap. 14. 
he {peaks of this particular Pulfe, m L<n>e makes an unequalpulfe, &c, he 
gives ftiftance of a Gentlewoman, n a Patient of his, whom by this 
means he found 10 be much enamoured, and with whom: He named • 
many perfons but at the laft when his name came whom he fufpeded, 
0 her pulfe began to vary* and to heat fwifter, and Jo hy often feeling her 
Mfe, he perceived what the matter was. Apollonius Argonaut, Itb.4. Poe- 
tically fetting down the meeting of fafon and Medaa, makes them 
both to bluihat oneanothers fight, and at the firft they were notable 
lo fpeak. .v’ / j ? 
t —f totus Parmeno 
, omm opere ta- 
f.'netoj privatio 
’ fomni, fufphU 
crebra, 
I cum fit fer mb 
de re amata, 
& commotio 
pulfus. 
1 Si nofcere vis 
an homines fu- 
fpeSti tales 
fmiy tangito eo- 
rum arterias. 
m Amor facit 
in.ee quales i in- 
ordinatos. 
n In nobilis 
ciijufdam ux- 
ore quum fub- 
olf acerem a-/ 
dulteri amore 
fuijfe correptam 
& quam mari- 
fytmo, horreeqHt foftqum afpexi hanc^ 
***iru trembled at the fight o£Toothers fweat, blow ihorr, . 
Crura tremmt ac poplites} ——— are troubled with 
of heart upon the like occafion, cor proximum ori> faith * 
j their heart is at their mouth, leaps, thefe burn and freeze, (ior 
is fire,ice,hot,cold, itch, leaver, frenzy, plurifie, what not') they look 
ted, and commonly blulh at their firft congrcfs; and fometimes 
rJrougb violent agitation of fpirits, bleed at nofc, or when feeistalkoi 
\v which vcry (ign p Buttathm makes an argument of Jhe^esA\pr 
that when leemet her Sweec-heart by chance, flic changed her 
tus3&c. ' 
° Cepit illico 
' pulfus variari' 
‘ & ferri celeri- 
uc&fic in-vetu. 
f Bmuch. all, 
i. fcent. 
* Epif-7- Hb.z. 
Teaer fudot & 
creber. anheli~ 
tus palpitatio 
p Lib,i. Part 3. Se&. a. 
L ove- lMc lane holy. 
Memb.4. Subf.i. 
countenance, to a Maiden-bluih, Tis a common thing amongft tovers, 
as q jrnulphus that merry-conceited Bifliop, hath well exprefted iWTiy; 
cete Epigram of his* 
<3 Lexovirnfie 
Bpifcopus. 
Alterno facies fibidat refponfaruhore* 
St tener afettum prodit utrique pudor, &c. 
Their faces anfwcr, and by bluihing fay* 
How both affe&cd are, they do bewray. 
But thebeft conje&ures are taken from fuch fymptomes as appear 
when they are both prefent * all their fpceches, amorous 
lafeivious geftures will bewray them, they cannot contain them- 
felvcs* but that they will be ftill kiffmg. t Stratocles the Phyiician up* 
on his Wedding day , when he was at dinner * Nihil prius fsrbiUavit, 
quamtria bafia puella pangeret, could not eat his meat for kifiing the 
Bride, &c. Pirft a word, and then a kifs* then fomc other Comple- 
ment* and then a kifs* then an idle queftion, then a kifs* and when he 
hath pumped his wits dry* can fay no more* kiffing and colling arc never 
out of fcafon. 
\ Theodorus 
prodromus A- 
maranto' dial. 
Gaulimo in- 
terpret. 
* pLtron.C*- 
tal. 
t Sed unum t~ 
ge ufq-, &• ti- 
num Petam d 
tuis UbeUiSy 
anum & 
unum& unum, 
dari rogabo. 
Lxch'sus Ana- 
creon. 
r io. secundus 
bafj. 
* Hoc non defeit incipitque femper, 'tis never at an end* 
t another kifs, and then another, another*and another* &c. 
——— huc ades O Thelaya Come kif me Corinna i 
I Centum bafia centtesi 
Cent mot bafia ml 
Hide bafia miUies, 
Et tot millia milites, 
Quo t gutta Sicule mari, 
Jfcuot funt fydera coelo, 
jfits purpureis genis, 
/fits turgidulis labris, 
Ocedtfque loquaculis, 
Figam continuo impetu 5 
Ofcrmofa Near a. As Catullus to Lesbia. 
Vamihi bafia mille/ deinde centum, 
Vein mille altera* da fecunda centum* 
Dein ujcjs altera midia, deinde centum, 
_—* firft give an hundred, 
Then a thoufand* then another 
Hundred* then unto the other 
Adde a thoufand* and fo more* &c. 
* Ttanflwcd 
ot imitated by 
%i. B. Jobnfo* 
<jdr arch Poet 
j* hi»,UJ£P-^ 
Till you equal with the ftore*all thcgrafs,&c.So Venus did by her Adonis, 
the Moon with Endymion* they are ftill dallying and culling* as fo many 
Doves Columbatimque labra conferentes labiis, 
and that with alacrity and courage* 
t Lucret. t-4* 
* avide corpus, jungunt que [olivat 
Oris5 & injpirant prenfantes dentibus ora. 
b Torni ore ut vix inde lalra detrahant9 cervice reclinata5 as 
prias in Lucian ktfjed Thais, Philippus her *in amore lp**[ 
phate tam furiose adhafit3ut vix labra fdvere ejjet, totumq; os mihi contrivit i 
d Aretines Lucretia, by a futer of hers was fo fainted, and 'cis their otffc 
nary fafhion. dentes illudunt [ape labe Hit) 
v Lucian. dial. 
Tom *- 
fed & aperir 
entes, &c. 
tEpi(l.i6. 
d d edufto ore 
longo me bap» 
/fvnayleft, Parc.^.Sed.z. 
Symp tomes of Love, 
Memb.4.Subf.i. 
■ - -—- ——— 11 -—— “~~ 
Atque premunt arbte adfgentes ojcula * They cannot 
I fay, contain themfelves, they will be flill not bnely joining hands, kif- 
nbs.buc embracing, treading on their toes, &c. diving into their bo- 
ioiHes, and chat libenter, & cum delectations, as c Philo [hat us confeffech 
to his Midrefs; and Lampriasin Lucian, Mammillas premensyptr ftnum clam 
dextraffic, feeling their paps,and that fcarce honedly fomecimes: as the 
old roan in the f Comedy well obferved of his fon . Non ego te vide- 
bam mamm huk puella in [mum inferere < Did not I fee thee put thy hand 
into her boforae < Go to, with many fuch love tricks, e Juno in Lucian 
deorum, TVw.s.^/4/.9. complains to Jupiter ot lxiony hhe looked Jo atten- 
tively on her, and Jometimes would figh and weep in her company, and when 
1 drank by chance, and gave Ganymede the cup, he would de fire to drink jHU 
in the very tup that I drank of, and in the fame pUce.where I drank,and would 
kijs the cup, and then look fteddily on me, and Jometimes Jigh, and then again 
Jmile% If it be fo they cannot come neer to dally,have not that opportu- 
nity, familiarity, or acquaintance to confer and talk together; yet if they 
be in prefence, their eye will bewray them : Ubi' amor tbi oculus, as the 
common faying is. Where I look, I like j and where I love 5 but 
they will lofe themfeives in her looks. 
e In deliriis 
mammas tut} 
tangoy &c. 
f Terent. 
zTom, 4. merit, 
dial. 
ij Attente ad'ea 
in me atyexit, 
& inter dum in- 
gemfeebat, & 
lachrymabatur. 
Lt fi quando 
blbeasy&c. 
Alter in alterius j altantes lumina vultus, 
Qua? eb ant taciti nojler übieffet amoro 
They cannot look off whom fchfcy love, they will impyegnare earn ipjts 
ecultSy dedourher with their eyes, be ftill gazing, flaring, dealing faces, 
fmiling,glancing at her, as'dpoMom Leucothoe, the Moon on her f En- 
dymion> when fhe flood dill in Caria, and at Latmoscaufed her Chariot 
to be flayed. They mud all dand and admire, or if die go by, look after 
her as long as they can fee her $ die is anima auriga, as Anacreon calls her, 
they cannot go by her door or window, but as an Adamant, die draws 
their eyes to it, though die be not there prefent, they mud: needs glance 
that way, and look back to it. Ari/lenatm of * Exit hem us, Lucian in his 
Imann. of himfelf, and Tatius of CUtophon fay as much, Ille oculos de 
Leucippe t nunquam dejiciebatmany Lovers confed, when they came 
in their Midrefs prefence, they could not hold off their eyes, but looked 
Wiftly an(j ftedfadly on her, inconnivo ajpeftu, with much eagernefs and 
greedinefs, as if they would look thorow, or diould never have enough , 
fight of her. 
‘~~-mE'ixis arhens obtutibus haret *,# 1 So die will do by 
}*«n, drink to him with her eyes, nay drink him up, devour hinj, fwal- 
*°w him, as Martials tMamuna is remerabred to have done: 
t Jtyuiq’, om- 
nia. cernere de* 
bes Leucothoen 
SpeSias, & vir- 
gine figis in 
una JQuos mua~ 
do debes oat- , 
losy Ovid. 
Met. 4. 
t Lucian Ton. 
3 • quoties ad 
'Cariam vatis 
currum fifiis, 
& de ftiper 
atyetias. 
* Lx quo te 
primum vidi 
.Tyihia alio 0- 
culos venere 
non fuit. 
\Lib. 4. 
/ nfpexit mo Nes pueros, octtlifane corned/t, &c. 
here is a pleafant ftory to this purpofe m Navigat. Fer tom. s* 
Sultan of Sanaa wife in Arabia, becaufe Fertomannus was fair and 
white} could not look oft him, from Sun-rifing, toSun -fetting, fliecopla 
(he made him one day come into her chamber, gemina ho 
r* IPatio intuebatur, non ame unquam aciem oculer um avertebat, me °Jer 
?fnsvd*u clinem mendam, tor two hours fpace ihecftill gaze 
e IXI * A young man in f Lucian fell in love with Venus pi&ure, he c 
Ve7 Biornina to her Temple, and there continued all day long 
mm recne,lSy 
fedens refto-, in 
ipfimperpem 
ate Fart 3.Se£t.2. 
Sun-riling co Sun-fet, unwilling to go home at night, fitting over againft 
the Goddefs Figure, he did continually look upon her, and mutter to 
himfelf I know not what. If fo be they cannot fee them whom they 
love, they will ftill be walking and waiting about their Miftrefs doors, ta- 
Love Melancholy* 
Memb.4.Subi.i. 
* Lib. 3. 
king all opportunity to fee them*, as in Sofhißa, Daphnis, and Ctos 
two Lovers, were ftill hovering at one anothers gates,he fought all occa- 
lions to be in her company, to hunt in Summer, andf catch Birds in the 
Froft about her Fathers houfe in the Winter, that ftiee might fee him, and 
t Kcgam'pala- 
tium non tam 
diligenti cu- 
ji odi a ftp turn 
fuiti as aclcs 
meas ftipabant, 
&e. 
hee her, f A Kings. Palace was not fo diligently attendedi faith Aretine* Lu- 
as mj houfe was when ! lap in Rome, the porch and ftreet was ever 
full of fome, walking or riding, on fet purpofe to fee me, their eye was 
Ml upon my window,as they paft’ed by, they could not choofc but look 
back to my houfe when they were paft, arid fometimes hem, of cough, or 
take fome impertinent occafion to {peak aloud,that I might look out and 
obferve them. *ris fo in other places, kis common to every Lover, kis all 
his felicity to be with hereto talk with her,hc is never well but in her com- 
pany,and will wait7 [even or eight times in a dap through the ftreet where fhe 
dweds,and make fleevelefs errands to fee her, plotting ftill where, when* and 
how to vifit her. 
y Vna, & eo- 
dem di e fexties 
vel fifties Am- 
bulant per e- 
«udern plateam 
ut veiuni co 
amhcefiue 
f ruantur afpe- 
flu, 
mundi. 
t Hor. 
j Ovid. 
f Leve [que fui?- noffc fa furr i, 
Compofita repetuntur hera, • 
' w^cn *s S jpumte an hour, every hour as long 
as a day, ten days a whole year, till he lee her again, 
-\Tempora fi numeres, hene qua numeramus amantes. 
And if thou be in love, thou wilt fay fo too* Et longum femofa vale, bare- 
wel Sweet-heart* vale charifsima Argents, Farewel my dew Argents, 
once more farewel, farewel. And though he is to meet her by compad, 
and that very fhortly, perchance to morrow, yet loath to depart, hell 
take his leave again, and again, and then come back again, look after, and 
(hake his hand, wave his hat afar off. Now gone, he thinks it long till hec 
fee her again, and ihe him,the clocks are furely fet back, the hour’s paft, 
I tfcffita Demophoon tua te Eodepheia Phi dis. 
Ultra promiftum tempus ahejje queror. ftiee looks out 
at window ftill tofe£ whether he come, * and by report Phidis went nine 
times to the Sea fide that day, to fee if her Demophoon were approaching, 
anc* * Troilm to the City gates, to look for his Creifeid. Shee is ill at eafe* 
and fick till fhee fee him again, peevifti in the mean timcjdifcontent, hea- 
vy, and why comes hee not < where is hee? why breaks hee promife i 
why tarries hee fo longffure hee is not wellffurc hee hath fome mifchance* 
fare hee forgets himfelf and mee, with infinite fuch. And then confident 
again, up fhee gets, out fii.ee looks, liftens and enquires, hearkens, kens, 
every man afar off is fare hee, every ftirring in the ftreet, now he is there, 
that’s he, male aurora, maUfoli dicit, deieratq; &c, the longeft day that 
ever folhe raves, reftlefs and impatient 5 for xjimor non politur me* 
ras. Love brooks no delays: The time’s quickly gone that’s fpent in her 
company, the miles fhort,the way pleafant, all weather is good whilft hee 
goes to her houfe* heat or cold, though his teeth chatter in his head, hee 
moves nor, wet or dry* \is all one 5 wet to the skin, he feels it nor* cares 
t Ovid. 
* Hyginus, fab. 
f £j. Eo die dici- 
tur nonies ad 
liti us cur rife, 
* Chaucer. Part. 3. Sed:, a. 
Symptomes of Love, 
MeaJb.4 Subl.i. 
not at lead; for it, but will eafily endure it, and much more, becaufe it is 
done with alacrity, and for his Miftrefs Tweet fake 3 let the burthen be ne- 
ver To heavy. Love makes it light. * Jacob ferved feven years for Rachel, 
snd it was quickly gone, becaufe he loved*her. None fo merry, if hee 
may happily enjoy her company, hee is in heaven for a time; and if hee 
naaynor, dejebled.inan inflant* folitary, filent, he departs weeping, la- 
menting, fighing, complaining. 
But the Symptomes of the minde in Lovers, are almoft infinite, and fo 
diverfe,that no Art can comprehend them: though they be merry fome- 
*601.29.20. 
times, and rapt beyond themfelves for joy, yet moft part. Love is a 
plague, a torture, an hell, a bitter Tweet paffion at laft 5 * 4mor mJU& 
felle efi facundifsimus, gujlum dat dukem & amtftfm, ’JisfuavL amarictes 
docenti a deltEiahilis, hilar e tormentum? 
* Et me meile beant fuaviora,, 
\vuum cipy 
JSt me fe lie necant amariora j 4 
Like a Summer Flie, or Sfhineswings, or a Rainbow of all colon; s> 
Since ad foils radios cornier fa aurea erant, 
Adverfns nubes carule4, quale jubar Iridis, 
* Stcbeus S 
grace. 
fair, fowl, and full of variation, though moft part irkforoe and bad. For 
in a word, the Spanifh Inquificion is not comparable to it 5 a torment and 
,* execution it is, as hee calls it in the Poet, an unquenchable fire, and what 
not ? a From it, faith Auflin, arife bit mg cares, ftrturbations, fusions, 
forrows, fears , juffitions, difcontents, contentions, dtfcords , wars, trea- 
cheries, enmities, flattery, cozening, riot, lufl‘ imfudence, cruelty, knave- 
ry> OV. 
* f dolor, querela^ 
Lamentatio, lac hrym a ferennes, ~ 
Languor, anxietas,amaritud» 5 
Autfi trifle magis foteji quidejfe, 
Hos tudas £omites Near a vita. 
2 Timas-, Cre- 
do ego ad homi- 
nis carnifici- 
nam amorem 
inventum cjfe,- 
■ *De civit at. 
lib.%%. cap io. 
Ex eo oriuntur 
mordaces cura, 
perturbationes, ' 
Wic. ores, formi- 
dines, in fan a. 
gaudia, di/cor- 
di#,lites, bel- 
Thefebe the companions of lovers, and the ordinary xymptomes, as .the 
Poet repeats them. b7# to infunt vitiat 
Suffitiones, inimicitia, audacia. 
Bellum, fax rurfum, &c. % 
c Infomni a, arumna, error, terror, &fuga, 
Excogitantia, excors immedeft ia. 
Petulantia, cuf iditas, & malevolentia 5 
fa, inf di a, tya- 
cundiec, inimi- 
citia, fallacies^ 
adulatio,fraus, ■ 
furum, nequi- 
tia impudentia. 
t Manilius Ai. 
b Ter.Eumcb. 
c Plautus Mer- 
eat. 
" V - j ... 
Inharet etiam uviditas? defidia, -injuria, 
Inepia, contumelia & difpendtum, &c. 
In love thefe vices are/ufpitions, • i 
Peace, war, and impudence, detra&ions. 
Dreams, cares, and errors, terrors and affrights, 
' Immodeft pranks, devices, Heights and flights, 
> Heart-burnings, wants, negledts, defire of wrong? 
Lofs continual, expence and hurt among. r 
Hvery Poet is full of fuch Catalogues of Love Symptomes 5 but fear 
®nd fortow may iuftly challenge the chief place. Though Bercff‘, 
s“Xonift cap.-a. Tract. dc melanch. will exclude fear from Love M 
ch°ly> yet lam otherwife perfwaded. J Res eft folliciti plena umens amor. 
d Ovid. Parc 3.beer.2. 
Love Melancholy. 
Memb.4.Subi.i# 
Tisfullof anxiety, doubt, care, peeviihnefs, fufpicion, it turns a 
man into a woman, which made Hefiod belike, put fear and palenefs 
Venus daughters, 
Marti clypeos* atque armafecanu 
Alma V*nus peperit Pallorem, una que T1 morem: 
becaufe fear and love are ftill linked together. Moreover,they arc apt to 
miftake, ampiifie, too credulous fometimes, too full of hope and confi- 
dence, and then again very jealous, unapt to believe pr entertain any 
good news. The Comical Poet hath prettily painted out this paffage a- 
mongft the reft, in a f Dialogue betwixt Mitio and [chines, a gentle fa- 
ther, and a love- lick fon. M. Be of good cheat mj fen, thou fhaft have her 
to wife, JE, Jhfather, do you mock me now f M. 1 mack thee, why ? 
JE, That which Ifo earnefily defire, I morrfufpeH and fear, M. Get you 
home, and fend for her to be your wife, JE. What now, a wife, now father* 
&c, Thefe doubts, arikietics, fufpitions, are the leaft part of their tor- 
ments * they break many times from paftions toadions, fpeak fair, and 
♦flatter, now raoft obfequious and willing, by and by they are averfe, 
wrangle, fight, fwear, quarrel, laugh, weep: and 'he that doth not 
fo by fits, * Lucian'holds, is not throughly touched with this Load- 
ftone of Love. So their adions and paflions are intermixt; but of all 
other paffions. Sorrow hath the greateft fhare 5 c Love to many is bit- 
ternefs it felf 5 rem amaram, plate calls it, a bitter potion, an agony, a 
plague, . * 
t Advph. am. 
A.jccny m. 
duee*»nrem’ 
hone vtfehim. 
tJlTiZ*' 
me mne ? 
m. Egonete, 
mifere 'c*pio, 
dUI 
er*»*4' ’ 
U»2 
love therefore 
in the irafei- 
bl« 
Eripite hancpefiem perniciemque mihi; 
(gut mihi f übrepens imos ut torpor in artus, 
Expulit ex omtiipetfore Utitias. 
O take away this plague, this mifchicf froifl me. 
Which as a numnefs over all my body, : ■ / 
Expels my joys, and makes my foul fo heavy. 
Ph&dria had a true touch of this, when he Cfyed out, 
f 0 Thais, Utinam (ffet wiki 
Ears aqua amoris tecum, ac pariter feret ut 
■ Jut hoc tibi dolent itidem, ut mihi dolet, 
.O Thais, would jthpu hadft of thefe my pains a part, 
Or as it doth me now, fo it would make thee fmart. 
So had that young man, when he roared again for difcoment, 
* faßor', crucior, agitor, flimulor* 
f Ter. Eunuch, 
x. 
* VUutm. 
Verfer in Amoris rota mifer, 
Exanimor* for or, diflrahor, deripior, 
- ibi non fum 5 uhi non fum, ibi eli animus, 
lam vcxt and tofs’d, and wrack’t on Loves wheel 5 
Where not, I am«, but where am do not feel. 
* Tom. 3, 
P Scis quod 
poflhas At Cl a- 
r usfuerim 
'c Tom 4. dial, 
‘merit. Tryphe- 
na> Armr me 
perdit, ncjc 
mulum hoc am- 
pins fail'mey! 
The CM cert in a Lucian, made her mone to Venus , that (he was almoft 
dead for love, pereo equidem amore, and after a long talc, fhe broke off 
abruptly and wept, O Venus, thou knewefi my 'poor heart, charmides in 
Lucian0 was fo impatient, that he fob’d and fighed, and tore his hair, 
and faid he would hang himfelf, /am undone5 O fitter Trjphena, i 
not endure thefe love pangs, what /hall /do f* O Averrunci, folvite 
me his curis. O ye Gods, free me from thefe cares andmiferies, out of Parc 5. Sedf.2. 
Sympt ernes of Love. 
• 1 "" 1 
Memb.4, Subf.i. 
theanguifti of his Soul, * Theories prays. Shall I fay, molt part of a 
lovers life is full of agony, anxiety, fear, and grief, complaints, fighs, 
fufpitions, and cares (high ho, my heart is woj full of iifence and irkfome 
folitarincfs c 
d Arijlanetus, 
hb.i.epift.%. 
Frequentifig fhady bowers in difcontent, 
'' To the ayr his fruit left clamors he void vent» 
except at fuch times that hee hath lucida intervalla, pleafanc gales, or fud- 
den alterations •, as, if his Miftrefs fmile upon him, give him a good look, 
akifs5 or that fome comfortable meftage be brought hUp, hisfervice is 
accepted. See. 
Hee is then too confident, and rapt beyond himfelf, as if hee had heard 
the Nightingale in the Spring before the Cuckow, or as f edifto was at 
Melehaas unquam hac mortali vita tam gloriofum corpus vidit? 
humanitatem tranjeendere videor, &c. who ever faw fo glorious a fight, 
what man ever enjoyed fuch delight ? More content cannot be given ot 
the Gods, wiflied, had or hoped of any mortal man. There is no hap- 
pinel's in the world comparable to his; no content, no joy to this, no life 
to Love, he iS m Paradifc. 
f Sip}s rue uno vivit fceliciory. ant magis hUc eft 
Optandum vita dicere quis poterit ? 
Who lives fo happy as my felf ? what blifs 
In this Our life may be compar'd to this? 
\Cxlefltmetaft. 
- 1, Sandi ma- 
* jonlatitU non 
frumtuv. Si 
m}bi Dew om - 
nium votorum 
mortalium 
fimmam con- 
cedat, non ma- 
gis, &c. 
f Catullus de 
Lesbia, 
He will not change fortune in that cafewith a Prince, 
s Donee grains eram tibi, 
*■ Per{arum vigui rege beatior. 
The Per pan Kings are not fo jovial as he is, O cfeftus dies hominis, O 
happy day y fo chare* exclaims when hee came from PamphiU his Sweet- 
heart, well pleafed, 1 
i Her.ode 
116. s. 
c Aft.^.fcen. 
£u*ucb. 
Ter. 1 
Nunc eft prefefil 0 interfici cum perpeti me pofjem, 
ij Ne hoc gaudium contaminet vita aliqua agrttttdine. 
He could finde in his heart to be killed inftandy, left if he live longer, 
forne Corrow or ficknefs ihould contaminate his joys. A little after, he 
was fo merrily fet upon the fame occafion, that he could not contain 
himfelf. *0 populares, ecquis me vivit hodte fortunatior ? 
Nemo Here file quifquam 5 nam in me dii piano pot eft atem 
Suam omnetn ls’t pofiible 
(O my Countrymen) for any living to be fo happy as my felf i No fare, 
it cannot be, for the Gods have fticwed all their power, all their good- 
nefsinme. Yet by and by, when this young Gallant was crofted in his 
Wench, he laments, and cries, and roars down-right. 
Occidi ij. lam undone. 
f Aft. fccn.9 
Neque virgo eft ufqmm, neque ego, qui e confteflu illam amift meo. 
libi quorum, ubi inveftigemyquem percunHer, quam infiftam viam ? 
*The Virgins gone, and I atn gone * (hee’s gotiCjihee’s gone, and what (hali 
1 do < where (hall I feek her, where (hall I finde her, whom tell I ask ( 
what way, what courfe fhall I take ' what will become of me ' 
1 vitales auras invitus Agebat, he was weary or his 
life, fickj mad and defperate, * minam mihieftet ahquidhic, quo nunc me 
{rtciptem darem, ’ Tis not chmas cafe this alone, but his, and his, ana 
\ 
f Mantum. 
* Ter. Adelph. 
3*4. Part.3.Se&.2. 
Love Melancholy, 
Ml 
Memb.4.fSubi'.i, 
every Lover’s in the like ftate* If he hear ill news, have bad fuccefs in his 
fute, flie frown upon him, or that his Miftrcfs in hisprefencercfped: ano-; 
ther more (ass Hedus obfervcsj Prefer another fupery [peak more familiarly to 
uf more kindely than himfelfjf by nodyfmile, mefage, jhe difclofeth her 
5 Lib. f. de con- 
temn. amoribus. 
Si quem alium 
refpexerit a- 
miea fuavius, 
6 familiari-' 
VJS, jff 
alloquuta fu- 
erit , £ »«f«, 
nuncio, &c.. 
Ilatim crucia- 
tur. 
f /J» 
Celeftina. 
h Pornodidafc. 
dial. It at. Pa- 
tre & matre 
fe fin.gultu or- 
bos cenfebant, 
quod meo con- 
tubernio caren- 
dum effet. 
t Ter.tui ca- 
rendum quod 
erat. 
iSi retyonfum 
effet dominam 
occupatam ef- 
fe aliiffy vaca- 
ret, ike Uatim 
vix hoc audito 
•velut mar- 1 
mor obriguit, 
aliife damna- 
re, &c. 
at cui fave- 
bam, in cam- 
pis Elyf is ejfe 
videbatur, &c. 
t Mantuan. 
* Lichens. 
fctf to anothery he is injiantly none[o dejelled at he is0 utterly un- 
done, a caft-away, f In quem fortuna omniaodmumfuerum cruddifima tela 
exonerat, a dead man, thefcornof fortune, amonfter of fortune, worfc 
than naught, the lofs of a Kingdom had been kfs. h Amine % Lucretia 
made very good proof of this, as flic relates it her felf. For when l made 
fome °f faers believe 1 would betake my felf to a Nunnery, they as 
if they had lofi Father, and Mother, hecaufe theyr were for ever after to want 
my cmPany> Omnes labores leves f»erey all other labour was light 5 t but 
this might hot be endured, 
Tui carendum quod erat~~—— . for 1 cannot be without thy 
empaiij, mournful Amyntas, painful Amyntas, careful AmyntM h better 
a Metropolitan City were fackt, a Royal Army , overcome, an invinci- 
ble Armado funk, and twenty thoufand Kings ? fhould perilh, than her 
little finger ake, fo zealous are they vand fo tender of her good. They' 
Would all turn Frier’s for my fake, as ftice follows it,in hope by that means 
t0 meet, or fee me again, as my Confeffors, at ftool-ball, or at barly- 
break: And fo afterwards when an importunate futer came, lif 1 had bid 
my fatfjat * was not at within,bufejould not fpeak with him, 
he WAS injiantly ajlomfhedy and flood Lika a pillar of marble*? another Went fwCO- 
ringy chafing, curfing, foaming. , , V ' . ; J 
j Ida fibi vox tpja fovis 'Violentior ird, cum tonat, &c. 
the voyce of a Mandrake had been; f wceter mufick 5 but he. to whom Igave 
was in the Ely fan fields, ravijhedfpr joyy quite beyond him- 
(elf. Tis the general humor of all Lovers,' fhee is their ftern, Pole-ftar, 
and guide. , , 
k Deliciumque animiy deliquiumque fui. As a T ulipant to 
the Sun (which our Herbalifts call Narciffus) when it fhines, is Admi- 
randusfios ad radios foils fey pandensy a glorious Flower expofing it felf 5 
I but when the Sun fets, or a tempeft comes, it hides it felf, pines away, 
arKj bath no plcafurcleft (which Carolus Conzaga, Duke of Mantuay in 
a caufc not unlike, foraetimes ufed for an Imprefs) do all inamorates to 
their Miftrefs, flie is their Sun, their Primum mobile, or anima informans$ 
this mone hath elegantly exprdfed by a windmil, ftill moved by the 
wind, which otherwife hath no motion of it felf. 
1 soiefe eccHi- 
tante, aut 
nhnf,%dm 
ciauditufac 
Timbimat. 
i 3. 
He is wholly animated from her breathy his foul lives in her body? 
claves habit interitus dr falutis, fliee keeps the keys of his life $ his fortune 
ebbs and flows with her a gracious or bad afpcdl turns hit*l up or 
down, 
Mens me a luce fat Lucia luce tua. 
Howfoevcr his prefent ftate be pleafing or difpleafing, 'tis continuate 
fo long as he loves, he can do nothing, think of nothing but her 5 dc- 
fire bach no reft, ihee is his Cynofure, Hefpems & Vhis morning 
and evening Star, his Goddefs, his Miftrefs, his life, his foul, his eve- 
Sic tua ni fpiretgratia, truncus ero. 
* c in i 
Meicblu C 
Anima mm 
es übi animat, 
fed uti am at. Parc 3. Sed.a. 
Symptoms s 0} Love, 
Mcmb.4. Subf.i. 
ry thing, dreaming* waking, fhee is always in his mouth f his heart, eyes, 
cars, and ail his thoughts are full of her. His Laura, his Fifforina, his 
will,) fhe is the foie objed of his fenfes, the fubftance of his foul* nidulus 
anima fua> he magnifies her above meafure, totus in ilia, full of her, can 
breathe nothing but her. / adore Melebaa, faith Lovc-fick f Cali ft I be- 
lie've in Melebsea, 1 admire and love my Melcbxa: His foul was 
fowced, imparadifed, imprifoned in his Lady. Whea a Thais took her 
leave of pWm, ' ' ' ;•/, 
-mi Phasdria, & nunquid aliud vis ? 
Sweet-heart (fhee faid) willyou command me any further fervice < he 
readily replied, and gave this in charge. 
t Celeftine a St. 
I, Credo id Ms- 
lebceam, &c. 
a Ter.Eumcb. 
Aft.i.fc. i» 
—egone quid velim ? 
Dies mffejque awes me, me de fideres, 
Mefomnies, me oxpeffes, me cogites, 
Me fperes, me te obleffes, mecum tota fit, 
Mens fac poftremh animus, quando ego fum tuns, 
Doft ask(my dear) what fcrvicc I will have < 
To love me day and night is all I crave, 
To dream on me, to exped, to think on me. 
Depend an&hope, ftill covet me to fee. 
Delight thy fell in mee, be wholly mine. 
For know? my love, that I am wholly thine. 
But all this needed not, you will fay, iffhee affe&once, (he will be his, 
fettle her love on him, on him alone, i I 
~ i ■-1 ititem ah fens ahfentem v, 
Auditque videt que fj- fhcc can, flic mull 
think and dream of nought clfc but him,, continually of him, as did Or- 
fhtm on his Enridice* • 
Te dulcis conjux, te fold in Itttoremectim, 
Te veniente tedifeedente canebam. 
On thee fweet wife was all my fong, 
Morn, Evening, and all along. 
And Bide upon her i/EnW*, 
■— & qua me informia terrent, 
Multa viri & plurima currit Imago* 
And ever and anoft fhec thinks upon the man 
That wasfo fine, fo fair, fo blith,fo debonair. 
Stephen in the firft book of chiS.cs complaineth how that his 
Leucippe tormented him much more in the night, than in the day. 
c Eor all day long hi had fomsobjeft or other todiftraff his fenfes, bat in the 
n*£ht aH ran upon her: All night long he lay\ and could think of nothing 
y/e but herjhe could not get her out of his minde $ towards mornings fleep took a 
Wle pity Qft hirriy he fiumbred a while but all his dreams were of her. \ 
- , !—— fte no&efuh atrd 
Alloquor, awfletfor>fdlfaque in imaginefomnh 
Gaudia folicitam palpant evanida mentem. 
t Kir£4v*tt. 
k laterdiu §- 
culi, & any eg 
occupata di- 
fir ahunt ant- 
mm, at noftu 
fetus jafior, ad 
duror am fem- 
mes paulum 
tntfertus, ncc 
tamen ex eni- 
mo pucUa abiitt 
Jed omnia mi hi 
de Leucippe 
femnia erant. 
f Teta has no- 
£tc fo'nnum 
hifee oculis non 
v'di. Ter. 
t Buchanan, 
sylv. Part.3.Se&.2, 
Love Melancholy. 
Memb.4.Subi.i. 
In the dark night I fpeak, embrace,and finde, 
That fading joys deceive my careful minde. 
Sylv. Te 
dies, nociefy 
amo, te cogito, 
defdero, te 
voco, te expe- 
eio, te fpero, te~ 
cum obleffo mc, 
totus m te fum’ 
m Hor.lib. i.-* 
ode 9, 
n Tetro&us. 
The fame complaint Eurialus makes to his Lucretiaft Day and night 1 think 
of thee, / tvifh for thee, 1 talk of thee, call on thee, look for theey hope for thee, 
delight my felf tn theey day and night I love thee, 
- \ m Nec mihi vejpere I 
Surgente decedunt amares. 
Nec rapidum fugiente folem 5 ' j . . 
looming, Evening, all is alike with me, I have reftlefs thoughts, 
nte vigilans oculis, animate no fit require. 
Still I think on thee. Anima non eft übi animat, fed übi am at, I live and 
breathe in thee, I wiih for thee.. 1, 
* O niveam qua te poterit mihi reddere lucemy 
O mihi felicem terquequaterque diem» 
* Tibullus /.2. 
O happy day that fhall reftore thee to my fight. In the mean time he 
raves on her 5 her fwcet face, eyes, adions,-.geftar.es> hands, feet, fpecch, 
length, bredth, height, depth, and the reft of her dimenfions, are fo fijr- 
veyed, mcafiircd, and taken, by that Aftrolabe of Phantafie, and that fo 
violently fometiraes, with fuch earneftnefs and eagernefs, fuch conti- 
nuance, fo ftrong an imagination, that at length he thinks he fees her in- 
deed s hec talks with her, hee imbraceth her, i*xion~l\ktpro Junone nubem 
a cloud toxjuno, as he raid, Nihil prater leuappen cerno, Leucippe mi- 
In perpetuo tn oculis, & ammo verfatur, I fee and meditate of nought but 
Leuctppe. Be fhee prefent or abfent, all is one -y ° 
fEt quamvis aberat placida prafentia forma, 
Sjiemdederatprafemfoma, manebat ainou j rtJ.- I 
That impreffion of her beauty is ftill fixed in his minde, 
—Obarent infixrpt&ore vultus. \ As he that is bitten 
with a mad dog, thinks all he fees dogs, dogs in his meat, dogs in his diili, 
dogs in his drink : his Miftrefs isin his eyes, cars, heart, in all his fenfes. 
ValUMa had a Merchant his Patient in the fame predicament: and 
rlcus olitor out of Auftin, hath a ftory of one, that through vehement 
cy of his love paflion, ftill thought he law his Miftrcfs prefent with him, 
fhee talked with him, Et commifcere enmea vigilans videbatur, ftill em- 
bracing him. 1 
Now if this paflion of Love can produce fuch effeds, if it beple*- 
fancly intended, what bitter torments fhall it breed, when it is with 
fear and continual forrow, fufpidon, care, agony, as commonly it is, 
ftill accompanied, what an intolerable * pain muft it be i 
Non tam grandes 
Gargara culmos, quot demerfo 
Fetfort curas longa nexas 
llfque catena, vel qua penitus '* 
Crudelis amor vulnera mifcet. H 
t Ovid, Taft. z. 
ver. 775. 
* Virgstdn, 4, 
o De fythonijja. 
v jum nec ira 
deum tantum, 
nec tela, nec 
hojlis,£)u(tn- * 
tum tute potis 
animis illapfus. 
Silius ltal.\%. 
hei Tunic, de 
more. 
Mount Cargarus hath not fo many ftems, t 
As Lovers breaft hath grievous wounds. 
And linked cares, which love compounds. 
When the King of Babylon would have punched a Courtier of bis, Part3.Ses.2. , 
Symptoms of Love. 
Memb 4/Subf.i. 
iOving of a young Lady of the Royal blood., and far above hiS fortunes. 
1 Apollonius in prefence, by ail means perfwaded to let him alone*, For to 
love, and not enjoy, was a inofi unfpeakable torment, no tyrant could invent 
the like punilhment* as a gnat at a candle, in a fhort fpace hec would con 
fume himfelf. For Love.is a perpetual ftFlux, angor mmi, a ’warfare, 
militat omnt amans, u grievous wound isdove ftiU, and a Lovers heart is 
Cupids quiver, a confuming f fire, i accede aa hanc ah inextim 
guiblc fire, -——c alitur & ere fat malum. 
Et atdet intus, qualis t/£tn<eo suapbr 
4 IJn>-top lat as 
■ vita (jus. Ma- 
ximum tormen- 
tum quod excp- 
giture, vcl do- 
cere te poffuniy ’ 
efi tpfe amor. 
r Mujonius c. 
* Et CreCo carpi- 
Fxundat antro t■" ~ 
4s tASt-ria rageth, fo doth Lore, and more than ostna, or any material 
hre. u Nam amor Jape Lyparco 
Fulcano ardmtiorem flammam incendere filet, .'<■ 
yulcans flames are but fmo k to this 5 Fo* fire, faith f Xenophon > burns 
them alone that ftand neer it, or couch itp but this fire of Love burneth 
and fcorcheth afar off , and is more hot a-nd vehement than my mute ml 
fire 5 t Ignis tn igne furit, ’fisa fire in a fire, the quirueffenceoi fire. For 
When Nero burnt Rome, as Cahjio urgeth, bee firea hou es,confumea mens 
bodies and goods; but this fire devours the foul it felt, and * one foul is 
north focooo bodies. No water can quench this wilde fire. 
x In peßus caecos ahforfait ignes, 
Jgnes quinec aqua perimi potuere, nec tmhre 
, neque graminibus, magtctfqus fufurrisj 
A fire hec 100k imo his breaft, - 
m igae-y & 
mih; fefe offert 
* ultra mi ui ig- 
nu Amyntas. 
t Ter.Emue. 
1 Sea. Hippol, . 
u Theocritus 
£dyl. z. Levibus 
Cer efi violabile 
Mis. . • 
t Ignk tangert-* 
tep j slum witg 
at forma procul 
alt ames iufutn-, 
mat. 
t Nonius. 
* Major ilia 
flamma qua 
(on um. t waits 
ammam, quart 
(pire (i mum . 
Which water, c aid not quench, , 
Nor Herb, nor A«t, nor Magick fpells 
Could quell, nor any drench. . ' ; : 
Except it bee tears and fighs, for fo they may chance finde a little eafe. 
Sic candentia colla, fic patens frons 
Sic me hianda ttii Nt ara oceMi, 
Sic pars minio gena perurunt, 
Ut ni melachryma rigent perennes, 
Totus in tenues eam f avidas. 
So thy white neck Ne ara mee poor foul 
Doth fcorch, thy cheeks, thy wanton eyes that roul i 
miUmiotpa- 
raw. 
* Mans. fgl. »; 
* MarjtUm 
fig, lib, x. 
Were it not for my dropping tears that hinder 
I fliould bee quite burnt up forthwith to cinder. 
This fire ftrikes like lightening,which made thofe old T Grmafc paint C#- 
Win many of their Temples with tfupiters thunder-bolts in his hands 5 
°r it wounds 3 and cannot bee perceived hovtr whence it came, where 
11 pierced , . r 
.• * peFfora vur„us habent , 
can hardljfcfcee ditccrned at fir ft,„—a moths 
Et taciturn injano 'vivit fuh fetiore vulnus. 
A gentle wound, an ea fie fire it was 
Butb And flie at firft3 and fecretly did pafs. 
y and by it began to rage and burn amain 5 * 
Peßus in[anum vapor, 
torque torret, intus [avus vorat; 
y imagines dec* 
rnm. 
tQyid. 
* Jsneid, 4* 
h Seneca* Part 3. Se£t. 3. 
Love-CM elanc holy. 
Memb. 4. Subf. 1» 
516 
penttus medullas, atque per venas meat 
yffeeribis ignis maf tss9 & venis latens, 
Ut agilis altas flamma percurrit, trabes. 
This fiery vapour rageth in the veins. 
And fcorcheth cntrals, as when fire burns 
An houfe, it nimbly rum along the beams, 
And at the laft the whole it overturns. 
Abraham Hoff emamur lib, I. amor conjugal, cap, 7, fag, 27, relates out oC 
Plato, how that Empedocles the Phdolopher was prefent at the cutting 
up oF one that died for love, t hi* heart teas combuff his liver his 
lungs dried up, in fomuch that hee verily btleeved his foul was either fed or 
rofled, th ough the vehemency of loves fire. Which belike made a modern 
writer of amorous Emblems, expref» Loves fury by a pot hanging over 
the fire, and Cupid blowing the coals. As the heat confumes the water, 
* Stc fua confumit vifeera c oecus amor, 
. «• i i* i * • /% jk i «■» 
f Cert tottttn 
eombuflttm, je- 
cur fufumiga- 
tum, pulmo a- 
refaftus-, ut 
credam mift- 
ram iUam uni- 
mam hu tlix- 
am autembn- 
ftam, oh maxi- 
mum ardoiem 
quem patiuntur 
6b ignem amo- 
rus. 
♦ Embl. mat. 
So doth Love dry up his radical moiftare. Another compares Love to 
a melting torch, which flood too near the fire. 
j-Sic quo quis proprior fa*fuel}* efti 
Hoc ftult h s propriorfad mind eft* 
The neercr hee unco his Mittrefs is, 
The neercr hee unto his ruine is. 
So that to fay truth, asc C'aflilio defcribes it. The beginning middle, end 
,f Love is- ought W hm , lllrmm> i,kfomen-flc, 
martfomemjje, (o that to bee (qualtd, ugly, mferabie, Ji[content ;de~ 
jetted, to mjh for death, to complain, rave,and to bee peevtjh, are the certain 
ftgns , and ordinary atliens of a per/on. This continual pain 
and torture makes them forget tbemfelves, if they bee far gone with it, 
in doubt, dcfpair of obtaining, or eagerly bent, t©negle£all ordinary 
bufinefs, 
■ * pendent opera interrupta, minaque 
Murorum ingentes, aquataque machina coelo, 
Love-fick Didohh her works undone, fo did f Fhadra, 
Palladis tela vacant, 
Bt inter ipfas penfa labuntur manus. 
Faufius in * Mantuan took no plcafurc in any thing hee did , 
Mulla quies mtbi dulcis erat, nuMus labor agro 
Pectore, fenfus iners, & mens torpore fepulta, 
Carminis occiderat fiudium. —- — 
And *tis the humour of them all, to be carclefs of their periods, and theft 
eftates, as the fhepherd in Et hac barba inculta eft, f qualidi- 
que capilli, their beards flag, and they have no more care of Pra> kid£, 
themfelves, or of any bufinefs, they care not, as they fay, which end goes 
forward. c Oblitnjque greges, & rura dome Use a totus 
{Uritur, & noctes in lutium expendit amaras» 
Forgetting flocks of flieep, and Country farms. 
The filly Shepherd alwaies mourns and burns. 
Love-fick f Chare a when hee came from Pampbtla’s houfe, and had not 
good welcome as hee did expe&, was all amort, Parmeno meets him, q*** 
trtfiis efii Why art thou fo fad man ? unde n ? whence com’ft, how doft'• 
4»<- . 
t GrttiHv. 
c Lib. 4- 
iftius mom 
nej* pim'fi*, ' 
ueq* media ali- 
ud habent quid, 
qmm molefiiat, 
do ores, eructa- 
tus, defatigati- 
enes,adeo ut mi- 
femmejfe maro- 
re, gemitu, fo- 
Ittudute torque- 
ri, mortem op- 
tare , femperfy 
debacchari, 
fiat certa aman- 
tium figna & 
cera a Cii ones. 
* rtrg 4. 
t Seneca Hip. 
a5t. r 
* Eclog. i. 
fEdyl, 14* 
mant. Eclog.i. 
*Ov.&iet 13. 
de Polyphemo : 
U itur oblitus 
pecottm, antro- 
rumlunrum-y 
jamf* tibi far- 
met, &e. 
■[Ter. Eunuch, 
S>ui qneefo 
am. Part 3.5e&.2, 
hut hee fadly replies, Ego hercle nefcio neque unde eam, neque quorfam earn, 
Symptcmcs of Love. 
Merab 4.Subf.i. 
Uaprorfus oblitus fum mei, I have fo forgotten my felf, i neither know 
where lam nor whence I come nor whither I will, what I do. P. * Bow 
foi Ch. lam in love. Prudens/ciens, 
f vivusvidenfque pereo, nec quid agamfdo. 
% Bee that erfi had his thoughts free {as Philoftratus Lemmm in an Epiftle of 
his, defenbes this fiery patfion) and Jem his time like an hard ft udent, in 
thofe delight feme phiUJphical precepts, hee that with the Sim and Moon wan- 
dred all over the world, with Stars themfd-ves ranged about, and left no Jeer ct 
orfmall my fiery in Nature anfearched, face hee was inamoured, can do nothing 
* now but think and meditate of Love-matters, day and night cempejth himfeif 
horvtopleafe his MtftreJ’, all his Judy, indeavour, is to approve hijnjlf to 
his Miftrefs, to win -his Miftref favour, to compaf his defire, to bee counted her 
fervant. When Peter Ahelhardus that great Icholar of his age, 
* C»i foli patuit feibile quicquid erat, 
Was now in love with Helonifja, hee had noraindeto vilfit or frcqhcnt 
Schools and Scholars any more. Tadiofum mihi valdefuit (as * hee 1 
confcftcth) ad fcholas procedere, vel iniis morari, alibis mind was on his \ 
new Miftrefs, ■ , ; / 
* Qui qi/afo ? 
Amo. 
t Ter. tiinu,r.b, 
5 Qui ohm co- 
p gitaviit, qu<tL 
\ vehet, & "pul- 
j clmyitne.r F.hi- 
bfophix prae- 
ceptis operam 
f infumpfit, qui 
miverp circuit 
r tinnes cali-fy 
’ naturam, &c. 
, Hancunam in- 
tendit operam, 
de foia cogitat, 
nodes &■ dies 
fc componit ad 
hancy & ad a- 
cerbam fervi tu- 
tem redaCius a~ 
V-itnuSy &c. 
* Pars epita- 
phii ejus. 
Now to this end and purpbfe, if there bee any hope of obtaining his 
fute, to profecutehis caufe, hee will fpend himfclf, goods, fortunes for 
and though hee lofe and alienate all his friends, be threatned, be caft 
oft, and for as the Poet faith, f Amori quis legem deti though 
hee be utterly undone by it, difgraced, go a begging, yet for her fweet 
fake, to injoy hee will willingly beg, hazzard all hee hath, goods, 
lands, fhame, fcandal, fame, and life it felf. 
* Eprft.pr met. 
f Boethius I. 3. 
Met. ult. 
Non recedam neque quiefcam, noßu & interdiu. 
Prius prefcßo qaam ut ipfam, aut mortem invefiigavero, 
lie never reft or ceafc my fate. 
Till fhee or death do make race mute. , 
t Epljl. lib. C. 
Valeat pudor 3 
valeat horjflas^ 
Parthenis in \ Arifi<enetus was fully refolved to do as much, 1 may have 
better matches, 1 confeffe, but jarewel jhame, fareml honouY', faretvel hone- 
fly, fare we I friends and fortunes, 0 Harpcdona keep my counfel, 1 will 
leave aU for his fweet fake, 1 will have him. Jay no more, contra gentes, lam 
refolved, 1 will have him» * Gohrias the Captain, when hee had efpied 
Rhedanthe, the fair daptive Maid, fell upon his knees before Me falas the 
General, with tears, vows, and all the Khetoriek hee could, by the 
fears hee had formerly received, the good fervite hee had done, or what 
foever elfe wa§ dear unto him, befoughthis Governourhee might have 
valeat hgner, 
* Thteder. pro- 
dromus, lib. 5, 
•Amor Mcftyii 
genibus obvo- 
tmsy ubertimefc 
lachrymans, 
&e. Nihilcx 
tota prada 
prater Rhoda"* 
then virginem 
accipiant. 
f» Lib. a. Certe 
*he captive Virgin to be his wifQyvirtutisfiua fteltntn, as a reward of his 
'vorth and fervicc 5 and moreover, hee would forgive him the ivony 
which was owing, and all reckonings bcfides due unto him, task no mor3,> 
*0 part of booty,ne portion, but Xhodamhe to hee my wife. And when as hee 
c?uld not compafs her by fair means, bee fell to treachery,, and 
viHanyj and fet his life at flake at laft, to accomplilh his defne. ’Tis a 
common humour this, a general paffion of all Lovers to bee fo attested, 
told tA ratine a Courtier in Cafttlio’s difcouric, [UJ£J 
r ratme> if thou werft net to indeed, thou did (I net love % ingemtoufiy conjcjje, 
for tf the» hadfl been thorowly enamoured, then wonldcfi avc acfire 
. vix credam* & 
* bona fide fatea- 
rre Arati*e* te 
non amaffe adeo 
1 fi 
' en’t» vere a- 
maffejy nrhil 
prius aut potius 
°l,taffe.soTisVt 
amotk mulieri 
pUctrc.Ea cttitn 
amoris lex cfi 
‘ idem velle'& 
■ noFit. Pair 3, bebt. q. 
Love- UH done holy. 
Mcmb. 4. Subl. 1. 
518 
nothing more than to pleafe thy Mtffrefs, For that ts the law of Jove, to will 
and mil the fame , 
* Tantum velle & mile, velit nolit quod amica, 
Undoubtedly this may bee pronounced of them all , they are very 
flaves, drudges tor the time* mad-men, f oob, dizards, f atrahiiaJi, be- 
tide themfelves, and as blinde as Beetles. Their1 dotage is moil eminent, 
Amar-efimul (f fape re ipfi fovi non datur , as Seneca holds, Jupiter himfclf 
cannot love and bee wife both together5 the very befl of them, if once 
they bee overtaken with this moil ftaid, difcreet, grave, gene- 
rous and wife, otherwife able to govern thcmfdves, in this commit ma- 
ny abfurdities, many indecorums 3 unbefitting their gravity and p€r- * 
foils, 
* fluifquis amat fervit, [equitur captivus amantem. 
Fert domita cervice jugum - 
Samffon, David9 Solomon, Hercules, Socrates, &c. arcjuftly taxed of in- 
diferetionin this point- the middle fort are betwixt hawk and buzzard ~ 
and although they do perceive and acknowledge their own dotage * 
wcaknefs, fury, yet they cannot Withftand it: as well may witnefs thdfe 
expoftulations, and confeflions of Vide in Virgil* 
* Stroma pi. £• 
F& 
f Quippe hac 
mm a ex atra 
bile& more 
proveniunt. Ja~ 
fen Pratenfs. 
Hmmenfus ri- 
mor ipfe fiulti- 
jia eft. Cordon, 
lib. 1. defapi- 
entia. 
* Mantuan, 
%,Virg. 4. 
b Semca Hip- 
pi. 
* Met. 10, 
* incipit effari, mediaque in voce refijlit, Phfdra ip Seneca* 
Jfyuod ratfa pofeity •vincit ac -regnat fur OT, 
Potenfpe tota mente dominatur deus. Myrrh fin * Ovid* 
lUa quidem [entity fee deque repugnat amori, '~ 
Ft [ecum, que mente ferory quid molior, 
Dii precor, dr pietaa , &c 4 
Shee fees and knows her fault, and dolt refill, 
Againft her filthy luft fhee doth contend. 
And whither go I, what am I about ? 
And God forbid, yet doth it in the end. Again;, 
Pervigil igne 
Carpitur indomito, /uriofaque vota retretfat. 
Et mode differ at, modo vult tentare, pudet qui 
Et cupit,& quid agat, non invenit, &c. 
With raging luft ihee burns, and now recalls 
Her vow, and then defpairs, and when 'tis paft. 
Her former thoughts ihee’l profecute in hafle, 
And what to do ihec knows not at the laft. 
Sh€e will and will not, abhors, and yet as Medan did, doth % 
-—-Trahit invitam nova vis, aliudque Cupido, 
Mens altudfuadeth video meliora, prebecfue 
Deteriora [equor, * 1 1 * 
Realon pulls one way, burning luft another, 
Shee fees and knows what's good, but fhee doth neither, 
t0 fraus, amor que, et mentis emota furor, 
Quo me abftultjlis ? 
The major part of Lovers are carried headlong like fo many brute 
beafts, reafbn counfels one way, thy friends, fortunes, fhame, difgrace* 
danger, and an ocean of cares that will certainly yet this furious 
4 Kuchmn, 3.5ed:.2. 
Sjmptemes of Love, 
Memb 4 Subf.r. 
counterpofech, weighs down on the other; though it 
bee their utter undoing, perpetual infamy, lofs, yet they will do ir,and 
become at laft infenfatt, void of degenerate into dogs, hogs, alles 
brutes* as Jupiter into a Bulb Jptileius an-Aft, Lycaon a Wolf, Tereus a 
Lap-wing,k Califto a Bear, Elpenor and (jrillus into S wine by Circe. For 
what elfe may wee think rhofe ingenious Poets to have fhadowed in their 
witty fidions and poems, but that a man once given over tohisluft fas 
» Fulgentius interprets that of %/ipttleius, Alciat of Tereus ) is no better than 
dbeajj, 
™ Rex fueram, fie crifta docet> fed fordida vita 
Immundam e tanto culmine fecit avem, 
I was a King, my Crown a wicnefs is, 
But by my filthinefs am come to this. 
Their blindnefs is all out as great, asmaniteftas their weaknefs and do- 
tage, or rather an inteparable companion, an ordinary flgn of it, " Love 
is blind, as the faying is, Cupid’s blind, and fo are all his followers. 
k An inimodeft 
woman is Lke 
a Bear. 
1 Feram induit 
dum re fas eg-, 
medat, idem ad 
fe redeat. 
m Alciatns de 
upupa Embl. A- 
nimal immun- 
dum upupa fer~ 
cora amans a- 
ve hat nihil/>- 
iUs-> nihil libi- 
damp us. sa- 
hiff. in Ovid, 
fpaijquis amat ranam, ranam putat efte Dianam, 
Every Lover admires his Miftrefs, though fhee bee very deformed ofher 
fdf, ill-favoured, wrinkled, pimpled,pale,red,yellow, tand, tallow-faced, 
have a fwoln Juglers platter-face, or a thin,lean,chitty-facc,have clouds in 
her face, be crooked,dry,bald,goggle-ey’d,blear' cy*d,or with flaring eies, 
fhe looks like a fqnis’d cat, hold her head ftill awry, heavy, dull, hollow- 
eyed, black or yellow about the eyes, or fquint-eyed, fparrow-mouthed, 
2 erf can hook-noted, have a fharp Fox note, a red nofe, China flat, great 
note, nare ftmopatnloque, a nofe like a promontory, gabber-tuflied,rotten 
teeth, black, uneven, brown teeth, beetle-browed, a Witches beard, her 
breath ftink all over the room, her note drop winter and fiimmen with a 
bavarian poke under her with a long cranes 
neck, which ftands awry too, pendulis mammis, her dugs likg 'two double 
jUgSn> or elfe no dugs, in tharother extreara, bloody fain-fingers, fhe have 
filthy long unpaired nails, fcabbed hands or wrifts, a tand skin, a rotten 
karkafs, crooked back, fhee ftoops, is lame, fplea-fodted, as fender in the 
middle as a Cowinthewafte, gowty-legs, her ankles hang over her fhooes, 
her feet ftink, fhee breed lice, a meer changeling, a very monfter, an aufe 
imperfeft, her whole complexion favours, an harfh voice, incondite ge- 
Met. 
"Love is like a 
. fills glafs > 
which reprc- 
t feats [every 
i thing fairer 
thaiutis. 
fture, vile gate, a vaft virago, or an ugly Tit, a flug,a fat fuftilugs, a trufs, 
a long lean raw-bone, a skeleton, a fneaker (ft qua latent mtliora puta) and 
to thy judgement looks like a merd in a lanthorn, whom‘thou couldeft 
fancy for a world, but hateft5 loatbeft3 and wouldefthavefpit in her 
*aceaor blow thy nofe in her bofome, remedium amoris to another man> 
? dowdy, a flut, a fcoldj a nafty5 rank, rammy, filthy, beaftly queans dlf-" 
boneft peradventure, Obfccrie, bafe, beggerly, rude, foolilb, untaught 
daughter Ihirfites filler, Crohiam fchokr, if hee love her 
0m:e> hee admires her for all this, hee takes no notice of any inch erroars* 
or imperfea;ions of body or mind. ' ... ■ . , 
, Iff*[h4c ——deletfant, velati BMinum folyf** > 'A 
rather hare her than any woman iri the world. If hee were a King, 
one fhould be his Queen, his Etnprefs. 'O that hee had but t QVf 
* Bor. fer. lit. 
I. fat. 3. Part 3. bedt. 2. 
Love-UHeUncboly, 
Memb. 4. Subi. 1* 
and treafure of both the Indies to endow her with, a carrack of Dia- 
"monds, a chain of Pearl, a cafcanet of Jewels fa pair of calf-skin gloves 
of four pence a pair were fitter) or fome fuch toy, to fend her for a token, 
fhee fhould have it with all his heart* hee would fpend myriads of crowns 
for her fake. Venus her felf, Pantheay Cleopatra, Tar quins Tanaquil , Herods 
Uariamne, or * Mary of Burgundy iffhec were alive, would not match 
her, 
( f Vincet vultus hac Tyndarios , 
moverunt horrida beUay Let Taris himfelf bc 
Judge) renowned Helena comes fhort, that Redopheian Phillis, Larijfean 
Coronis, Babylonian Thysbey[Tolixeng, Lauray Lesbiay r. your counterfeit 
Ladies were never fo fair as fhee is. 
t JUniequid erit placidi, lepidi, grati y atque faceti. 
Vivida cnnclorum retines Pandora deorumy 
What ere is pretty, pleafant,. facete, well, 
What ere Pandora had, fhee doth excel. 
* The daughter 
and heir of Ca- 
rotin Pugnax. 
f Seneca in 
Offavia, 
t Lftcbm. 
* Mantim, 
Bgl. I. . 
* Dicebam Triviaformam nihil efje Diana, 
Diana was not to bee compared to her, nor su»oy nor Minerva, nor any 
Goddefs. Thetis feet were as bright as filver, the ancles of Hebe clearer 
than Chryftal, the arms of Aurora as ruddy as the Rofe, suno*s breafts as 
white as Snow, Minerva wife, Venus fair* but what of this i dainty come 
thou to mee. Shcc is all in all, 
—\ Calia ridens 
Eft Venusy incedens tfuno, Minerva toquens, 
: i/airelt off dr, that fdimefs doth excel. 
Ephemeras in Ariflanetus, fo far admireth his Miftrefs good parts, that hee 
makes proclamation of them, and challengeth all comers in her Behalf. 
* tk*. beauties of the E a ft, or of the Wefty let them come from ati 
quarters, ali, and tell truth, if ever they faw fuch an excellent feature y as this 
A good fello win Petronius cries out, no tongue canf tell his Ladies 
c c ° r • A . ,G< . V 
hne feature, or exprels it. Jgutcqmd dtxerts minus ent, &c. 
No tongue can her perfections tell, 
In whofe each part all tongues may dwell. Moft of your 
Lovers are of his humour and opinion. Shee is nudi fecunda, a rare crea- 
W& a Phoenix, the foie commandrefs of his thoughts. Queen of his dc- 
fires, his onely delight; as * Triton now feelingly fings, that Lovc-fick 
Sea-God, 
Candida Leucothoe placet, & placet atra MeUne, 
f Angerhms. 
<V * 
t fayry Jjgueen 
Cant. lib. 4. 
firmas vidito~ 
nentis, quis »c~ 
cident/s, vem~ 
ant undtf. m~ 
nes, & dicant 
hfignmZde” 
rim fomam? 
jomam T*s 
fopt compt. 
hendcre. 
tiaTed**- 
SedcdateapUcet longe magisomnibus um. 
Fair Leucothoe^black MeUne pleafe mce well? 
But Galbea, doth by odds the reft excel. 
All the gracious Elogies, Metaphors, Hyperbolical comparisons of the 
heft things in the world, the moft glorious names, j whatsoever, I fay, is 
amiable, tweet, grateful,and delicious, are too little Sor bet, 
pikhrior 
His Phoebe is So fair, fliee is So bright, 
Shee dims the Suns luftre, and the Moons light. 
Stars, Suns, Moons, Metals , Sweet-Smelling Flowers, Odours, Per- 
fumes,Colours,Gold^Silver,lvory, Pearls, Pretions Stones, Snow*  2. 
Symptomes of Love, 
Memb. 4. Subf. 1. 
painted Birds, Doves, Bony, Soger, Spice, cannotexprefs her, °fo fofc, 
lo tender, fo radiant, fwcet, fo fair is Ihee. 
——Mollior cuniculi capillo, &c. 
° Catullus. 
* Lydia bclla7 pueHa candida, 
Qua bene f (peras laCj & lilium y 
Jlbamque fmul rofam & 
Et expolitum ehur Indie 
p Petronii. Ca~ 
taiett. 
Fine Lydia my Miftrefs white and fair, 
The milk, the Lilly do not thee come near; 
The Rofefo white, the Role lb red to fee > # 
And Indian Ivgry comes Ihort of thee: 
Such a defeription our Englilh Homer makes of a fair Lady; 
t Wm €miha thattM£ fatret to teen, 
Chent# Hillpupon the dalfe green: 
£nhfrelherthan#ap UuthBotecsnetn, 
fo* xmtb the EoCecolour firohe her t)m, 
3 not tmw twa# the fatret of the ttoa 
In this very phrafe q Polyphemus courts Galatea. 
Candidior folio nivei Galatea liguftri, 
floridior longd procerior, dno , 
Splendidior vitro , tenero lafcivior hxdo9&ft 
Mollior fyeygni plumis^’la&ecoatto. 
Whiter Galat than the white withie-wind , 
Frelher than a field, higher than a tree. 
Brighter than GlaJs, more wanton than a Kid 9 
Softer than Swans down, or ought that may bee. 
t Chaucer ia 
the Knjghti 
tale. 
*ov. Met. ij. 
So Ihee admires him again in that conceited Dialogue of Lucian, which 
•fohn Secundus, an Elegant Dutch modern Poet hath traaflated into verfe. 
When Doris, and thofe other Sea-Nymphs upbraided Her with her ugly 
miflhapen Lover Polyphemus*, Ihee replies, they fpeak but of envy and 
malice, 
Pt plane invidia huc mtra vos jlimulare videtur, 
Jguod non vos itidem ut me Polyphemus amet % 
Say what they could, hee was a proper man. And as ffoUip, writ to her 
Sweet-heart Peter Abdhardus, Sim Augususorbis imperat dr uxorem expe- 
teret, mallem tua ejje meretrix quam orbis imperatrix5 (hee had rather be his 
vafTal, his Quean, than the worlds Emprefe or<3ueen; ■' . . 
' nonfi me tfupiter ipfe forte velit (hce would 
not change her love for JufiterhirofeU, ;, v ■ 
To thy thinking ftiecis a moil k)athfoflteckeatee, and as when a conn- 
j-ry-fellow difcommcnded once that exquifite picture* df Helena* made 
p Zeuxis, * for hee&w«o fuch beautyia it 5 qkhm&kns a love-tick 
replied. Sum tihi ti deam eniHmahis, take mine 
cyes, and thou wilt thinklteis a Goddefs- dote onherforthwkb* count 
trn!er virtues-, heriiflperfeftions, kdtrmities, sbfoiaie and perfects 
be is lovely, if hookTnofed, 
e, pretty. i£ prpper and out brave Briccjfh ' - 
crooked, wife, if naGnftrous3ccwelyj tedefc&s arc no defe&s at a , ec 
* Plutarch. Sibt 
dixit tam pul- 
chram noil vy* 
dai, &c. Part 3. Seft. 2. 
Love- ijMdancholj, 
Memb.4. Subf. 1. 
hath no deformities. Immo nec ipfum amica ferctis fetet, Though flicc be 
nafty fuilbme, as Sofiratus’s bitch, or P emends Tow; thou had It as lieve 
have a fnake in thy bofome, a toad in thy difh, and calleft her witch, de- 
vil, hag, with all the filthy names thou canlt hee admires her on 
the other fide, fhee is his Idol,Lady,Miftrefs/ Venerilla, quin- 
teflcnce of beauty, an Angel, a Star, aGoddefs. 
17hou art my Vefia, then my Coddefs art , 
hallowed Temple onely is my heart. 
The fragrancy of a thoufand Curtefans is in her face: Nec pulchra effigi- 
es hac Cypridis aut Stratonices , "Tis not Venus picture that, nor the Spa- 
nifh Infantas, as youfuppofe ( good Sir) noPrincefs, or Kings daugh- 
ter*, no, no, but his divine Miftrejfs forfooth, his dainty Dulcinia, his dear 
Antiphila, to whofe fervice hee is wholly confecrate, whom hec alone 
adores. * ; 
sananto quam 
Luciftr, aurea 
Vhesbe, tanto 
•virginibus con- 
§peffior omni- 
busHerce.Ovid. 
f M.D. SW.30. 
* Martial. 15. 
%. 3 8^ 
* Cui comparatus indecens erit pave, 
Inamabilis frequens Phoenix, 
To whom conferr’d a Peacocks undecent, 
A Squirrils harfb, a Phoenix too frequent. 
All the Graces,veneries, elegances, pleafurcs, attend her. Hee prefers her 
before a Myriade of Court-Ladies. 
that commends Phillisy or Ner&a , 
Or AmariUis, or Galatea, 
t Amfk. 
# J * 
Tityrus or elebea, by your leave> 
Let him bee mate, his Love the praifes have, 
Nay before all the Gods and GoddcfTes thcmfelves. So * Quintus €ax 
talas admired his fquint-eyed friend %e[cius. 
Face mihi liceat {Calefies) dicere vejlra. 
Mortalis vifds pulchrior efje Deo, 
By your leave gentle Gods, this lie fay true y 
There’s none of you that have To fair an hue. 
AH the bumbaft Epithetes, pathetical adjuft&s, incomparably fair, cur£ 
oufly neat,divine,Tweet, dainty,delicious,&c.pretty 
[aaviolantj &£• pleafant names may be invented, bird, moufe, lamb, puis, 
pigeon, pigfncy, kid,hony, love, dove, chicken, &c. hcc puts on her. 
t Meammel, meafuavitas} meumcor, 
sJMeum fuaviolumy mei lepores, nay life, my light, my 
* Tally lib, x. 
denat. dear. 
Pulchrior deo, 
& tamen erat 
oculis pemrpf- 
fmis. 
f JAxfnUus ad 
tfearamepig.i. 
lib. 
* Bar thins. 
* Ariofai lift. 
jewel, my glory, * Margareta fyeciofa, cujus reft e flu omnia mundi pretio]* 
for dent ymy Tweet OMargarePyt&y folc delight and darling. And as yph* 
domant courted 1 fabella 5 
By all kind words, andgefiures that hee might > 
Bee cads her his dear heart% his [ole beloved, 
Wf*1 comfort, and his [weet delight , 
Bis rJMijlrefS) and his and [uch names ? 
loving Knights apply to lovely Dames, 
Every death wears, every fafhion plcafcth him above meafure 5 her 
hand, O quales digitos, quds habet iHa manus ! pretty foot , 
pretty coronets?her Tweet carriage, Tweet voice, tone, O that pretty tone, 
her divine and lovely looks, her every thing, lovely. Tweet, amiable and 
pretty ,pretty,pretty.Her very name (let it be what it will) is a moil pret- Part 2. Sect. 2. 
Sympternes of hove. 
Memb. 4. Subf, 1, 
ty pleafms narae*, 1 bcleevc now there is fome fecrex power andvirtue ir 
names, every action,light, habit, geflurc-, hee admires, whether fee piay, 
ling, or dance, in what tires foever fee goeth, how excellent it was, how 
well it became her, never the like feen or ... ; ; 
u TibuUtiS, 
u Mills habet ernatuSy milk dtctvter habet, . 
Let her wear what ihce will, do what ftiee will, fay what &ce will > 
t4gxjcqtiid enim dicit, fete faci t3 omne dent, 
Hee applauds and admires every thing flssd wears/aith,or doth, 
* 111 am quicqnid agit» qnoqicoucfligta vertih, 
Seufolvit ertnesy fufis decet ejjt capilltx. 
Sett comp ft, emptis efi uverendatmts. 
What ere free doth, or whither er« (bee go, 
A fwcet and pleaiing grace attends forlootb > 
Or loofe, or binde her hair, or comb it up* 
Shee's to bee honoured in whae fhee doth. 
j- MarnUlib. i. 
» Tibullus I. 4,- 
deSulfnia, 
a reflem induitur, fomofa eftb exuitur, tet* forma e ft, let im be dreliea or 
imdreued all is one, fhee is excellent (till, beautiful, fain and lovely to be- 
hold. Women do as much by mco5 nay more, far fonder, weaker, and 
that by many parafanges. Come to mte my dear Lycias ( faith Mufariut.ft in 
*> An ft en At us) come quickly Sweet-heart, all other men are Satyrs? meer clowns, 
block-heads to thee, no body to thee: Thy looks, words, gestures, aChons*> 
See. are incomparably beyond all others. Venus was never fo much btfotted 
on her Adonis,? hndrafo delighted in Hippolytus, Ariadne in The feus, Thysk 
kkhex Fyramus,,as fhee is humoured on her Mopfus. 
Bee thou the eMarigold, and I will bee the Sun, 
Bee thou the Frier, and I will bee the Nun. 
I could repeat centuries oF fuch. Now tell mec what greater dbtage 3 of 
blindnefscan there bee than this in both Texes' and yet their ftdvery is 
more eminent, a greater %n of theiv folly than the reft. 
They are commonly flaves, captives, voluntary fervants, Amator um- 
et mancipium. ast Culhho terms him, his Miftrefs-feivane , her mege, 
prifoner; bond-man, whatnot? Hee cempofeth himfelf: tvhoiyU her af- 
fetHens, to pie aje her, and as jEmilia fold, makes himfelf her lackey. AUlm 
cares, aliens, all his thoughts, are ftibordinate to her will and cemmandement $ 
her moft devote, obfequious, affectionate fervant and vaffal. For lovd 
fas z Cyrus in Xenophon well obferved) is d meet tyranny, mrfe tban any dtf- 
cafe, and they that are troubled with it, defire to bee free, and cannot, but are 
harder bound than if they were in Iron chains. What greater captivity 01 
flavery can there bee C asc Tuliy expoftulates) than to bee in \bvtfls 
hee a free man over whom a woman domineers , to whom fhee prefers es 
Zaws, commands, forbids what fhee will her Jelf ' That dares deny no 
*hing [bee demands5 fhee ask s3 hee givest, flee calls, hee comes-, flfte *jrcatcnS> 
hee fears- Nequiffimum hunc fervum puto, / account this man avy 
drudge. And as hee follows it, Als this no fmallfervitudeflr an eriaWffr. 
to bee every hour combing his head, ftifning his beard, perfuming J , 
jet,&c: pegit? dandum- vpcat ? veniendum-, minatur ? 
f(n tonp'tom upiUmf UuMfim* bwtbim empmre, faehm at*a tiM** 
a Anfletmuix 
Evlji. I. - 
b Epifi. i 4, Ve- 
ni cito chartf- 
fme Lycia, cito 
venii pra te Sa- 
tyri omnes vi- 
dentur, non ho- 
mines, nullo lo- 
co folus es, &c, 
y Llb 3.de auli- 
co. Alterius af- 
fefiuife tot ut» 
componit, totus 
placere (ludet, 
& ipjius ani- 
mam amata pe- 
di (f equam fa- 
cit. 
1 Cyropad, /. . 
Amor fervitur 
& qui amant 
optant eo libe- 
rari non fecus 
ac alio quovis 
morbo, neque li- 
berari tamen 
•poffunt j fed 
validiori ne- 
' tejfitatc ligati 
funt quam ft 
inferred vin- 
' cula conjefti fo- 
■ rent. 
c in. paradoxis, 
' jin ille mihi 
- [Iter videtur 
cui mulier im- 
' ferat ? cui le- 
ges imponit, 
praferibit, ju- 
bet, vetat qu0d 
videtur. 6yti 
nihil imperanti 
negat, nihil au- 
unat erum fingit ii: Part 3. Scdt 2. 
Love- ijMelanchoLj. 
Me mb* 4. Subf. n 
wajhmg his face with five et waters, paintings curling, and net to come abroad 
hutfprucely crcrvned, decked and apparelled ? Yet thete are but toyes in re- 
fpedt to go to the Bather, Baths, Theatres, &c. hce muff attend upon her 
where ever fliee goes, run along the ftreets by her doors and windows 
to fee her, take all opportunities, fkevelefs errands, difguife, counterfeit 
fhapes, and as many forms as Jupiter himfelf ever rook j and come every 
day to her houfc (as hee will furely do it hee be truly enamoured ) and 
offer her fervice, and follow her up and down from room to room , as 
Lucretids futers did, hee cannot contain himfelf, but hee will do it, hee 
t Si quando in 
pavimentum 
incautius quid 
mihi excidif- 
fet, elevare i~ 
dem quam 
fromptifflme, 
necniji of cub 
«ompafio mihi 
&e. 
will where fhee is, fit next her, (till talking with her,0 if 1 did 
hut let my glove fall by chance (asihefaid 44 retines Lucretia brags ) 1 had 
0# eof Wy Juters, nay two or thrte at once ready to poop and take it up , and 
hi fit, and with a low congy deliver it unto mee: If I would walk* another 
was ready to fuftain mee by the am, 0/ third to provide fruits, Pears, Plums, 
Cherries, or whatfoever I would eat or drink. All this and much’ more hee 
doth in her prefence, and when hee comes home, as Troilus bn his Crtfeid, 
saq his meditation to recount with himfelf his adlions, words, ge- 
fluresj what entertainment hce had* how kindly fliee ufed him in fuch a 
places how fhee fmiled, how fhee graced him, and that infinitely pleafed 
him* then hee breaks out, O fweet Jreufafi my dearefl Antiphila, O moft 
divine looks, O lovely graces, and thereupon inftantly hee makes an Epi- 
gram, or a Sonet to five or feyen tunes, in her commendation, or elfe hec 
ruminates how fhee reje&cd his fervice, denied him a kifs, difgraced him, 
&c. and that as effe&ually torments him. And thefe are his exercifes be- 
twixt comb and glafs, Madrigals, Elegies, See, thefe his .cogitations till 
hee fee her again. But all this is cafie and gentle, and the leaft part of his 
labour and bondage, no hunter will take fuch pains for his Game, Fow- 
ler for his fport, or Souldier to Tack a City, as hee will for his Miftrefs 
favour. 
Ip fa comes veniam, neque me falebrefa movebunt 
Saxa, nec obliquo dente timendus aper, 
As Phadra to Hippolitus, No danger fhall affright- for if that bee true the 
Poets feign, Love is the fon of Mars and Ferns* as bee hath delights, plca- 
fures, elegancies from his Mother, fo hath hec hardnefs, valour and bold- 
nefs from his Father. And ’cis true that Bernard hath* dmore nihil mei- 
lius, nihil violentius, nothing fo boifterous, nothing fo tender as love. If 
once therefore enamoured, hee will go, run, ride many a mile to meet her, 
day and night, in a very dark night, endure fcorching heat, cold, wait in 
froft and fnow, rain, tempefts, till his teeth chatter in his head, thofe 
Northern winds and fhowers cannot cool or quench his flames of love. 
Jntempejia nefte non deterretur, hee will, take my word, hee will fuftain 
hunger, thirft, Penetrabit omnia, perrumpet omnia, love will finde out away * 
thorow thick and thin hee will go £q her* Expediti fimi montes videntur 
amnes tranabiles,uee will fwim thorow an Ocean, ride poft over the Alpes, 
Ksdpenine, or Pirenean hills, 
t !SKera mrifq»e fluftus, atque turbines 
Ventt paratus eft tranftre, 
though it rain daggers with their points downwards, light or dark, all is 
one .* ( Rofcidaper tenebras faunm ad antra venit) 
t Tlutarehus 
Amat, dial. Parc 3. Sett. »• 
Symptemes of Love, 
Mcmb. 4. Subf, i. 
for her Tweet fake he will undertake Hercules twelve labours , endure ha- 
Zard, &c. he feels it not. * What jhaU 1 fay ( faith tfadus ) of their great 
dangers they undergo , [ingle combats they undertake, how they will venture 
their lives , creep in at windows, gutters, climb over watts to come to their 
fweet-hearts „ ( anointing the doors and hinges withoyl, becaufethey 
mould not creak, tread fofr, fwim, wade, watch, &c. ) and if they be 
furpnf id, leap out at windows, cafi them/elves headlong down, br»fing or 
breaking their legs or arms-, and fometimts loafing life itfelfy as Cahflo 
did for his lovely Melibaa? Hear fome of their own confeilions , prote- 
Rations, complaints, proffers, expoftulations, wifhes, brurifh attempts, 
labours in this kind, Hercules ferved Omphale, put on an aprone, rook a 
diftafle and fpun • Thrafo the fouldier was fo (bbmifle to Thais, that he 
was refolved to do whatfoever (he enjoyned. f Ego me Thaidi dedam, 
& faciam quod jubet, lam at her fervice, philoftratus in an Hpiftle to his 
Miftrefs, *I am ready to dye sweet-heart if it he thy will$ allay his thirji whom 
thy flar hath fcorched and undone 5 the fountains and rivers deny no man 
* Lib. 1. de 
cosum. amor. . 
Jguid nferam 
mum pericu- 
la & clades, 
qni in- am ca- 
rum tides per 
fine(ir as m- 
grejji UtUici- 
duitf cgrejfi - 
indeq, deturba- 
ti, fed aHtpne- 
eipites membra 
f. anguru, colli- 
duni,uat ani- 
'mam amittunt, 
t Ter. Eunuch. 
d£t. j, seen. 8. 
* Paratus fim 
drink that comes 5 the fountain doth not fay thou /halt not drink,, nor the 
apple thou (halt not eat, nor the fair meadow walk not in me , but thou alone 
wilt not let me come near thee9 or fee thee, contemned and defpifed 1 dye for 
grief, PoUenus when his Miftrefs Circe did but frown upon him in Pe- 
tronius y drew his fword, and bade herb kill, flab, or whip him to death, 
he would ftrip himfelf naked, and not refift. Another will take a journey 
to japan, Longa navigationis mole fit as non curans • A third (if flic fay it) 
will not fpeak a word for a twelvemonths fpace, her command lhall be 
moft inviolably kept • A fourth, will take Hercules club from him, and 
with that Centurion in the Spanilb f Calefiina. will kill ten men for his 
ad obeundum 
monem.fi tu jn„ 
bcas> b“ncfitim 
aftuantis feda9 
quum tum fi- 
dus perdiditj a* 
qu* & femes 
son negant3&c, 
b Si occicure 
placet ± ferrum 
meum vides, fi 
'verberibus eni- 
teat a es,currh 
nudus ad ftt- 
Miftrefs Areufay for a word of her mouth, he will cut bucklers in two like 
pippins , and flap down men like flies , jElige quo snort if genere tttum occidi 
cupis ? * Galeatus of Mantua did a little more, for when he was almoft 
mad for love of a fair Maid in the City, flieto try him bcJikc what he 
would do for her fake, bad him, in jeft, leap into the River to if he loved 
her *, he forthwith did leap headlong off the bridge , and was drowned. 
Another at Ffdmmin like paffionj when his Miftrefs by chance ( think- 
ing no harm I dare fwear) bad him go hang, the next night at her doors 
hanged himfelf, c Money ( faith Xenophon )is a very acceptable and wd- 
nm. . i 
t A£t. 1 f. Is. 
Impera mhiy 
occidam deem 
viros, &cj 
* G after Ens. 
pucllm mifert 
deferm,fj per 
jocum ah taik 
Pactum deft fin 
jnjfm fiatimi 
poste fe praeci- 
pitavit, Alius - 
come gueft , yet l had rather give it my dear C linia, than take it of others , 
J had rat her ferve him y than command others , 1 had rather be his drudge, 
than take my eafey undergo any danger for his fake 9 than live in fecum. 
For 1 had rather fee Clinia than all the world hefidesy and had rather want 
the fight of all other things , than him alone 5 lam angry with the night and 
■Picina inf ano a~ 
more ardens ab 
arnica juffus Je 
fujpenaere, illi- 
co fecit. 
,«imUigo pe- 
cuniam rem cjfe 
fieef that Imy not fee him, and thank the light and Snn hecaufe they 
pew me my Clinia, I wifi run into the fire for his fake , and if you did hut, 
I know that you Itkewife would run with me. So PhiUfiratus to 
«is Miftrefs, Command me what you witty i will do tty bid me goto Sea,/am 
gone in an infiant-, take fo many ftnpesy lam ready-, rim through the fire. 
f iucmd-llji- ’■ •; 
mam, meam9 
\ tamen.libemini 
darem Clinii 
quamab al’ts 
acciperem -3 li- 
bem ius hutc .■, 
fervirem-qUafa 
&c- Mem & fomnum accufo, quod illum non videam, luci autem & fij* fretis 
lubens facio S 6]libe) navm Confcend$» &*&** *CC{Ptre> fattor ■, mmm profundere, i. j % Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- tjMdanchoiy, 
Memb.4, Subf. 1. 
and lay down my life and foul at thy feet, ’tis done. So did iZEchs to ftuno, 
■ Tuus o regina quod optas 
Explorare laborymiht juffa capefcerefas eft, 
O Queen it is thy pains to enjoyn me ftrlla 
And lam bound to execute thy will* - 
And Phtdra to Hippohtus., 
Me vet ferorem Hippoliteaut famulam vcca7 
FamuUmque potius, omne fervitium feram, 
O call me lifter, call me fervant, chufc. 
Or rather fervant, I am thine to ufe. 
f Non me per altas ire fi jubeas nivesy 
Pigeat gelatis ingredi Pindi jugis, 
Non fi per ignes ire aut infefta agmina 
CunBery paratuss enfibus pettus darey 
Te tunc jubere0me decet jujja ex equi. 
It lhali not grieve me, to the fnowy hills, 
Or frozen Pindus tops forthwith to clime. 
Or run through fire, or through an Army , 
f Seueca ia 
Hipp. aft. 2. 
zmjus ero'vi- 
vus,mortUHshu- 
jus era Propert. 
lib. t.vivam fi 
•vivat; fi cadat 
illa, cadam, id. 
Say but the word, for l am alwaies thine. 
Calli entitles in 1 Lucian breaks oat in this paffionate fpcech , t> God of 
heaven, grant me this life for ever to ft. over again ft my Miftris, and to 
hear her {meet voyce, to go in and. out with her, to have every Other bufineft 
common with her*, 1 would labour when [he labourSy fade when /h fadeshe that 
hates her (hould hate mch and if a tyrant kill her, he {hould kill meviffhe [hould 
dye , 1 would not live ,■ and one grave fimld hold tis both, 
t Finiet ida meos morions motientis amores, 
i Ahmomns in ° Arid enatas make? the like petition for his Delphia, 
—Tecum vivere me tccum obeamlubens. Tis the 
fame ftrain which theagines ufed to his Clariclea, fa that l may hut enjoy thy 
love, let me dye prefemly : Leander to his Heroy when he befought the Sea 
. waves to let him go quietly to his Love, and kill him coming back. 
* Parcite dam propero $ mergite dum redeo. 
’ ’ Iis the common humour of them all, to contemn death, to wifti for 
’ death, to confront death in this cafe, gjftppe quels neefera, nec ignis-, neque 
pracipitium, nec fretumy nec enftis-, neque laqueus gravia videntur $ ’Tis their 
de fir e ( faith Tyrius ) to dye. 
Baud timet mortem, cupid ire in ipfos 
~~~~~ ebvtus enjes. Though a thoufmd 
dragons or devils kept the gates* Cerberus himfelf, Seyran and Procraftes 
lay in wait, and the way as dangerous, as inacceflible as hell, through fiery 
flames and over burning coulters ? he will adventure for all this. And as 
- f Peter Ahdhardus loft his teftides for his Heloniffa, be will 1 fay not ven- 
ture an incifion, but life it felf, Tor how many gallants offered to lofe 
their lives for a nights lodging with Cleopatra in thofe daics •' Andii the 
hour and moment of death, Tis their foie comfort to remember their 
dear Mifttefs, as * Zerbino (lain in France, and Brandimart iq Barbary $ as 
Anite did his Bmely, 
* Diql. Amorum. 
Mihi 6 dii ccc- 
leftds ultra, fit 
-vithhae perpe- 
tua. exadverfo 
amica [edere, 
&fuave loquen- 
tm audire,&c. 
fi moriatur, yi- 
nere nottf 
nebo, & idem 
erit fepulchrum 
umffy. 
f Buchanan. 
o Epifi. 21. Sit 
hec votum a di- 
is amare Del- 
phidem,ab ea a- 
mari,adloqui 
pulchram & lo- 
quentem audire. 
p Hor. 
n Mart. 
t Lege Calami- 
tates Pet.Abe- 
(h'ardi Epifi. 
prim. 
*.ytrio!io. Part,3.Se&.2. 
SymptOmes of Love. 
Merab.^Subfi. 
*i)sen!je feltbeatb, 
Du£fccb been tag epeg, art) faDeß ts bio bjeatl). 
■But on f)to JLaßp pet caOeri). be bt£ epe, 
s>to laQtoo?Bt»a0, mercpCmelp, 
jpisCpmttpang’B, anß out toent there, 
«abttbeel cannot tell, ne Mere. 
* Chaucer In 
the Knights 
tale. 
f Theodorus 
• prodromus, A• 
morum, lib. 6, 
Interpret. 
Qaalmno. 
t When Captain Cobriua by an unlucky accident had received his deaths 
Wound,heu wemiferum exclamat, miierablc man that lam (inftead of 
other devotions)hc cries out,Shall I dye before I fee Rodanthe my Sweet- 
heart. Sic amor mortem (faith mine Author) aut quicquid humanitm acci- 
dit, affer natur, fo Love triumphs, contemns, infults over death it fe If. 
Thirteen proper young men loft their lives for that fair Hippodami as 
fake, the daughter of onomaus King of Elis: when that hard condition 
was propofed of death or vi&ory, they made no account of it, but cou- 
ragioufly for love dyed, till Pelops at laft won her by a (light. rAs ma- 
ny gallants defperateiy adventured their deareft bicod for kAtalant a the 
daughter of Schemas, in hope of marriage, all vanquished and over- 
come, till Hippomenes by a few golden apple, happily obtained his fuit. 
Perfeus of old, fought with a Sea-monfter for Andromeda’s fake; and our 
S. George freed the Kings daughter of Sabea (the Golden Legend is mine 
Author) that was expofed to a Dragon, by a terrible Combate. Our 
Knights errant, and the Sir Lancelots of thefe days, I hope will adventure 
as much for Ladies favours, as the Squire of Dames, Knight of the Sun. 
'Ovid. 10 met. 
H'giniHSi t. 
iBy. 
Sir Bevis of Southampton, or that renowned Peer 
* Orlando, who long time had loved dear 
Angelica the fair, and for her fake 
About the world in Nations far and near, 
Did high attempts perform and undertake $ 
k Ariofi. lib i, 
cam. ihfitff.f. 
he is a very daftard, a coward, a block and a beaft, that will not do as 
much, but they will lure, they will; for 'tis an ordinary thing for thefe 
Enamorato’s of our times, to lay and do more, to ftab their arms, caroufe 
in blood, tor as that Theffalian There, that bit off his own thumb, provo- 
cans rivalem ad hoc amulandum, to make his Corrival do as much, Tis 
frequent with them to challenge the field for their Lady and Miftrefs 
fake, to run a tilt, 
t Tint. dial:#, 
mar. 
t That either hem (fo furmfly they meet) 
'The other down under the hordes feet 5 
and then up and to it again. 
And with their axes hothf9 f orely pour, 
That neither plate nor mailfafiain'd the flour, 
But riveld wreak like rotten wood afunder, 
And fire did fiafh likedwhtninf after thunder 1 
t Fairy jQueen 
cant. r. lib. 4. & 
cant.lib. 4. 
t T>um cafsls 
per tufa, enfts 
in flat Serue 
excijus,fcutm, 
&c. Barthius 
CtelePtiaa. 
f Lestia fex 
Cyathis, fptm 
futiina bibx~ 
tut. 
J As Xanthus 
for the love of 
Euripp") 
Omnem Euro- - 
pam peragra- 
vit.Tartheni- 
us3Erot.cap.s, 
in her quarrel, to fight fo long, t till their head-put) bucklers y be all 
broke#) And [words hickt like fomany faws • for they mu ft not fee her a- 
hufed in any fort, ’tis biafphemy tofpeakagainft her, a ciifoonour with- 
°ut aU good refpeft to name her. 'Tis common with tbefe creatures, to 
dunk t'healchs upon their bare knees, though it were a mile to the bor- 
bottom (no matter of what raixture)offit comes.lf ihee bidxhem,mey wi 
go barefoot to Jemfrlem, to the greatC W Court, to the Baft indies. Leve- 
Mcmb. 4# Subf.i. 
Part 3, Sc&. 2. 
to fetch her a bird to wear in her hat: and with Drake and Candijh fail 
round about the world for her fweet fake, adverfis ventk, ferve twice 
* Bcr9.ild.us e 
Sosatie. 
feven years, as fac oh did for Rachel * do as much as {Gefmunda the daugh- 
ter of 7anendus. Prince of Salerna, did for Cuifardus her true love, cat his 
heart when he dyed 5 or as Kjinemefta drank her husbands bones beaten 
to powder, and fobury him in her felf, and endure more torments than 
The feus or Park• Ethk colitur Venus magk qaarn thure, & vitfimk, with 
fuch facrifices as thefe (as * Ariflenetus holds) Venus is well pleafed, Gene- 
rally they undertake any pain, any labour,any toil, for their Miftrefs fake* 
love and admire a fervant, not to her alone, but to all her friends and 
followers,they hug and embrace them for her fake 5 her dog, pi&ure, and 
every thing {he wears, they adore it as a relique. If any man come from 
her, they fcaft him, reward him, will not be out of his company, do bkn 
all offices, ftill remembring, ftill talking of her • 
* Epijl.l7.Li. 
| Lucretius. 
| jSiam fi ah eft quod ames, prajtoJimulachra tamen funt 
1 Ilius, & nomen dulce obverfatur ad aures. 
The very Carrier that comes from him to her,is a moft welcome gueft, 
and if he bring a letter, ihee will read it twenty times over $ and as mX*> 
cretia did by Eurialus, kifs the letter a thou fund times together, and then read 
, it: Andn chelidonia by PMoniws, after many fweet kiffes, put the letter 
in her bofome, 
And k*fs again, and often look thereon. 
And Jlay the Meffenger that would ht gone : 
And ask many pretty queftions, over and over agafc, as how he looked, 
what he did, and what he laid -r In a word, 
° Vult placere fefe, vult mihi, vult pedrjjeqs 
Vult famulis, vult etiam amciUk, & catulo mtO» 
u He ftrives to pleafe his Miftrefs, and her maid, * 
Her fervants, and her dog, and’s well apaid. 
m t/Rneas Syl- 
vius, Lucretia, 
quum accepit 
Small Uteros 
hilaris Uatim 
rui Ili ef %. papi~ 
ium bajiavit. 
n Mediis infe~ 
ruit papillis 
litteram ejus, 
mille prius 
pangens fua~ 
via. Arip-i- 
epW- x3* 
• Tlmm 
nar. 
If he get any remnant of hers, a busk-point, a feather of her fan, a fhoo-* 
tie, a lace, a ring, a bracelet of hair, 
f Fignufq$direptum lacertis 5 f . „ 
Aut digito male pertinact, he wears it for a favour 00 
pKcr. 
his arm, in his hat, finger, or next his heart. Her pi&urc he adores twice 
a day, and for two hours together, will not look off it j as LaodemU 
did by Protijelaus, when he went to war, * Sit at home with hi* picture he* 
fore her : A garter or a bracelet of hers is more precious than any Saints 
Relique, he lays it up in his casket (Oblefled Relique) and,every day 
will kifsit: if in her prefenceyhis eye is never off her, and drink he will 
where (hee drank, if it be poffible, in that very place, &c. Ifabfcnt, he 
will walk in the walk, fit under that tree where fhcc did ufe to fit, in that 
bower, in that very feat, &ferihus mifer ofcula 9 
many years after fometimes, though Ihebe far diffant, and-dwell many 
miles off, he loves yet to walk that way ftill, to have his chamber win* 
dow look that way .* To walk by that Rivers fide (which though far 
way) runs by thehoufe where ihee dwells, he loves the wind to 
tbaicoaft. 
91 lla dam Jt- 
dim imagimm 
t\m fxls 0C! ~ 
Us afsidue con.- 
tyieata. 
* Uuchmm, 
Syiva. 
f 0 quotes dixi Zephyrk properantibus illucy 
E elines pulchram vifuri Amaryllida venti„ Part. 3. Sed. *. 
Symp tomes of Love. 
Memb.4.Subl. 
O happy Weftern winds that blow that way, 
For you Hull fee my loves fair face to day* 
he will fend a mefiage to her by the wind. 
t Vos aura Alpina, placidis de montibus aure. 
Hac illi portate. Hee defires to confer with forne of 
her acquaintance-, for his heart is (till with her, p to talk ot her, admi- 
ring and commending her, lamenting, moaning, wifliing himfelf any 
think for herfake, to have opportunity to fee her, O that hec might but 
enjoy her prefence I So did Philo fir at us to his Miftrefs, r o happy ground 
on which fhee treads, and happy were lif fhee would tread upon me, 1 think her 
countenance would make the Rivers fland, and when flm comet abroad, birds 
wid fingand come about her. 
f Tracaflorins 
Naugnio. 
° Happy Ser- 
vants that 
ferve hcrs hap- 
py men that 
arc in hec 
company. 
P Non ipfos fls- 
lum fled ip fo- 
rum memoriam 
%fdebunt valles, ridebunt obvia Tempe* 
In florem viridis protinus ibn humus. 
The fields will laugh, the pleafant vallies burn, 
•: u Ancfhll the graft will into flowers turn. 
Omnis Ambrofiam (firabh aura. ■ * when fliee is in the 
meadow, fhee is fairer than any flower, for that lafis but for a day 5 the river is 
pleafing, but it vanijheth on a [udden* but thy flower doth not fade, thy 
ftream is greater thanthe SU. If 1 look upon the Heaven, methinks I fee 
the Sun fain down to (bine below, and thee to /line in his place, whom I de- 
fire. if I look upon the night* methinks 1 fee two more glorious Stars, Hefpe- 
rus and thy felf. A little after he thus courts his Miftrefs, If thou goefi 
forth cf the City, the protecting Gods that keep the town, wid run after to 
gaze upon thee: if thou fail upon the Seas, as fo many [mall beats, they wid 
foflowthee: What River would not run into the Sea * Another, he fighs 
and fobs, fwears he hath Corfcijjnm, an heart bruifed to powder, diflbl- 
ved and melted within him, or quite gone from him, to his Miftrefs bo- 
fomc belike 5 hcc is an Oven, a Salamander in the fire, (b (torched with 
loves heat * hee wiftieth himfelf a (addle for her to fit on, a pofie for 
her to fracll to, and it would not grieve him to be hanged, if he might 
he ftranglcd in her garters 5 hee would willingly dye to morrow, fo that 
(hec might kill him with her own hands. J Ovid would be a Flea, a Gnat, 
a Ring/ctf »Jftw a Sparrow, 
amam. Ladan, 
1 Epift. 0 ter 
felix falam Ibi' 
atiucgo, fme 
calcaveris■, vul- 
t minus amaes 
fi fer e poteffy 
&c. 
*■ Idem epifi, /* 
Prato Cam ft 
flores fluperat- 
tlli pulchri feel 
unius tantam 
diei j fluvius 
gratus fed eva- 
nefcit -3 at tum 
flavius mari 
major, si eoe* 
lum atykie, flo- 
lem exif imo 
cecedijfe, &in 
terra ambulare, 
&-e. 
t Si civitate 
egrederis, fe- 
quentnr te dii 
cuftodesjjpe- 
ftaeulo com- 
noti-, fi naviges 
flequmur, quis 
fluvius flalum 
tuum non rign* 
ret} 
‘ «.!{■». 
f Carm.ja, 
o fi tecum Mere fient ipfa pofjem. 
Et trifles animi levare curas, 
Anacreon, a glafs, a gown5achain5any thing.' 
Sed fpeculum ego if [e fiam, 
Ut me tuum afque cernas* 
Et ve fi is ipfe 
Ut me tuum **[qne geflles, 
CM ut ari & opto in undam. 
Lavem tuos ut artus, 
Nardus pue Ua fiam, 
Ut ego teipfum inungamj 
Simfafcia in papillis, 
luo monile collo. 
Eiamque calceus, me Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- lMelancholy. 
Memb. 4, Subf.i» 
Saltem ut pedc ufque calces. 
But 1 a looking glafs would bee. 
Still to be lookt upon 6y thee. 
Or, I my Love, would be thy gown. 
By thee robe worn up and down 5 
Or a pure Well full to the brims. 
That I might wa(h thy purer limbs; 
Or Tde be precious balm to noint, 
With choiceft care each choicest joynt § 
Or, It I might, I would be fain. 
About thy neck thy happy chain. 
Or would it were my bkfled hap 
To be the Lawn o’rc thy fair pap. 
Or would I were thy (hooe, to bee 
Daily trod upon by thee. 
Enall&ctJ by 
>vi, E, HoUidayt 
in his-Tec^og. 
*4 ft. 1 fan. 7. 
O thrice happy man that (hail enjoy her: as they that fiw Hen in £*• 
ferny and * Salmacis to Hermaphrodttm * 
*Ovid> Met, 
t Xenophon 
Cyropad.lib. 5. 
- 1 Felices mater, &c, felix nutrix — 
Sed longe cun&io, longeque beatior ille, 
Qyemfruftu fponfi cr Jecit dignahere ItHi, 
The fame paflion made her break out in the Coraoedy, 
t Na illa fortunata funt qua cum iUo cubant, 
happy are his bed-fellows 5 and as Ihee faid of Cyrm, t Be At A qttg ili MXtf 
lutura effety blcffed is that woman that (hall be his wife, nay thrice nappy 
(hee that (hall enjoy him but a night, 
t Una nox fevts feeptro aquif aranda* 
Such a nights lodging is worth Jupiters Scepter. 
* Qualisnoxerttilla^diiydeaqHe, 
Quam mollis therm } 
O what a blifsful night would it be, how foft, how fwcet a bed * Shed 
will adventure ail her eftatc for fuch a night, for a Ne&ircan, a baijfome 
kiCs alone* 
•f TUum a* 
milite. 
t Lucian. 
| t.Graco Zrf• 
* Petronius, 
Qui te videt he atm eft, 
Beatior qui te audiet, 
gut te fotitur eft Dem, 
*L$d. Vefta* 
mannus navig. 
libz.' S <> 
Deus* hunc ere- 
afofole candi- 
diorem, i di* 
usrfo me & 
conjuga me- 
um & nates ' 
meos omnes ni- 
gricantes.' 
unam hic, 
c're. 
Ibit QAreUd» 
Tege id, Gal%e~ 
tam, & pro- 
mi(Jis «mvdvit, 
& dmfc,&c. 
The Sultan of Sana's wife in Arabia, when flicc had lecn Vett mannus that 
comely Traveller, lamented to her felfin this manner, *ocod, thou haft 
made this man whiter than the Sun \ but mejnine and ad my children 
black i would to God he were my husband\ or that I had fuch a font, Ihec fell 
a weeping, and fo impatient for love at laft, that (at Potipbars wife did by 
Jofcph) flee would have had him gone in with her, flee fent away G*z clla, 
Tegcia, Galzcrana, her waiting maids, haded him with fair trot&fa and 
gifts, and wooed him with all the Rhetorick Ihee could, 
extremum hoc mijera da munus amanti, 
But when bee gave not content, Ihee would have gone with him, and left 
all, to be his page, his fervant, or his Lackey , Certa fequi charm corpus at 
umbra folet, fo that Ihee might enjoy him 5 threatning moreover, to kill hef 
telf, &c. Men will do as much and more for women, fpend goods, 
lands, lives, fortunes 5 Kings will leave their Crownsj a$ King sohn fot Part. 3.Sed. j; 
Symptoms* of Love, 
Memb.4.Subl.i. 
Maltilda the Nun at Dunmew, 
* But Kings in this jet privileg'd maj bee, 
, tllhe a Mo nk fo I may live with thee, 
ine very Gods will endure any fhame (atque aliquis de diis non triftibus 
inquit, be a fpcdfacle as Mars and Venus were to ill the reft *, fodid 
Lucians Mercury wi(h, and peradventure fo doft thou. They will adven- 
tQre lives with alacrity. 
■* “ pro qua non metuam fnori -———• 
«ay more, pro qua non metuam bis mori, I will dye twice $ nay twenty 
unes for her. If fliec dye, there’s no remedy, they muft dye with her, 
ey cannot help it, A Lover in calcagnlms, wrote this or his darlings 
* 1 omb, Quincia obiit, fed non Quincia fola obiit, 
* M.D, 
f Uor- Ode 9, 
M-W 
Quincia ebitt, fed cum Quincia ipfe obit 5 
Bifus obit) obit gratia, Inf us obit, 
Hec mea nunc anima inpeHereyat in tumiilo eft, 
' Quincia my dear is dead, but not alone, 
“ ‘Tor I am dead, and with her I am gone : 
Sweet fmiles,mirth,graces, all with her do reft, 
. And mV foul tod, for ’tis not in my breft. 
How many doting Lovers upon the like occafion might fay the fame ? 
But thefc are toys inrefpe#, they will hazard their very fouls for their 
Miftrefs fake. Atque aliquis inter juvenes miratus eft, verbum dixit, 
Non ego in Mo cuperem Deus efje, 
Ho from uxorem habens domi Hero» 
One faid, to Heaven would I not 
defire at all to go. 
If that at mine own houfe I had 
fuch a fine wife as Hero, 
Venus forfook Heaven for Adonis fake f Mo prafertur Adonis, 
Old cfamuere in Chaucer, thought when he had his fair May, he Ihould 
never go to heaven, he fhould live fo merrily here on earth 5 had I fuch 
a Miftrefs, he protefts. 
f Ov.Mct. io. 
t Coelum diis ego non fuum inviderem, 
Sed fortem mihi dii mem inviderent. 
I would not envy their profperity. 
The Gods fliould envy my felicity. 
t Bitch mt an, 
Hendecafjl, 
Another as carneftly delires to behold his Sweet-heart, he will adventure 
and leave all this, and more than this, to fee her alone. 
* Vctnrch, 
* Omnia qua patior mala fi penfare velit fors, 
Una, aliqua nobis prof perit ate, dil. 
Hoc precory ut fact ant, faciant me cernere ceram, 
Cor mihi captivum qua tenet hocce, deam. 
If all my mifchiefs were recotnpenced» 
And God would give me what I requefted, 
I would my Miftrefs prefence onely feek. 
Which doth mine heart in prifon captive keep» 
who Can reckon up the dotage, njadnefs, fervitade and blmdeneis, 
the loolilh phantafois and vanities of Lovers, their torments, wdhes, 
idle attempts*. Love- uMelancholy, 
Mcmb.4. Subf.i* 
Part 3. SeCt. 2. 
Yetforall this, amongft fo many irkforae, abfurd, troublefome 
fymptomes, inconveniences, phantaftical fits and paflions which arc ufu- 
ally incident to fuch perfons, there be fome good and graceful qualities 
ia Lovers, which this affection caufeth* As it makes wrfe men fools, fp 
many times it makes fools become wife 5 iit makes bafe fellows become gene* 
rous,cowards couragieus, as Cardan notesouc of Plutarch 5 covetous, like- 
ral and magnificent j downs, civil 5 cruel, gentle 5 wicked prophane perfons, 
to become religious $ jlovens, neat 5 churls, merciful * and dumb dogs, elo- 
quent *, your lazy drones, quick and nimble h Teras mentes domat i uptdo» 
that fierce, cruel and rude Cyclops Polyphemus figfied, and feed many a 
fait tear for Galatea’s fake, No pafiion caufeth greater alterations, at 
more vehement of joy or difeontent, Plutarch, Sympof. Üb. 5 . quafi, t. 
1 filth, that the foul of a man in love is full of perfumes andfwect odours, and 
all manner of pleafing tones and tunes, infemuch that it is hard to fay fas he 
addes) whether love do mortal men more harm than good. If addes fpirits, 
and makes them otherwife fofc and filly, generous and couragious 9 
*xA»dacem faciebat amor, Ariadne’s love made The feus fo adventrous? 
and Medea's beauty tfafon fo victorious 5 ex pedor at amor timorem, b Pla- 
to is of opinion, that the love of Venus made Mars fo valorous. A young, 
'• man will be much abajhed to commit any foul of met that ftiaU come to the 
hearing or fight of his Mijirefs, As *he that defired of his enemy COW 
dying, to lay him with his face upward, ne amafius videret cum a HrgO 
vulneratum, left his Sweet heart fliould fay he was a Coward, And if 
it were cpofime to have an Army confiji »f L9x/<rs> 4$ iQve or 4rc fa 
loved, they would be extraordinary valiant and w*fe i» their Government, 
modefty would detain them from doing amifs, emulation incite them to do 
- that which is good and honefi, and a few of them would overcome a great 
company of others. There is no man fo pufillanimpus, fo very a daflard, 
whom love would not incenfe, make of a divine temper, asd an heroicaj 
fpirit. As he faid in like cafe, t Tot a ruat coeli moles, non terreor» Np' 
u thing can terrifie, nothing can difmay them 5 but as Sir Mandimor and Par 
ridel, thofe two brave Fairy Knights, fought for fee Jpve of fair Florimel 
in prefence— 
y cardan, lib. z. j 
dc pip. Sx vili- 
bus generofos ' 
ejf.ccre foist, ex ; 
timidis auda- 
ces, ex avaris 
pplend i dos, ex 
agrestibus civi- 
les, ex crudeli- 
bus manfuctos, 
ex impiis reli- 
pofos, ex for- 
didis nitidos 
atfj cult os, ex 
duris miferi- 
cordes,ex mutis 
eloquentes. 
*■ anima homl- _ 
nis amore capti 
tota referta fuf- 
fitibus & odo- 
ribus: Taanes 
refonat, &c; 
* Ovid. 
b In convivio, 
Amor Veneris 
Martem deti- 
net, & fortem 
fa:it-yadulsfcen- 
tem maxime 
erubefeere cer- 
ni mu* qum a’ 
, matrix eum 
turpe quid 
committentem 
offendit. 
* Plutarch. A 
mator. dial, 
esi quopatfa 
fieri civitas 
aut exercitus 
pojfet partim 
ex his qui a- 
mant, fartim 
ex his, &c. 
■[ Angerianus. * 
* Fairy Queen, 
lib. 4. cm.x. 
* And drawing both their fivords with rage anew, 
like two mad Maftives each other flew, 
And jhields did /hare 9 and males did ra(hp and helms did hew: 
Sofurioufiy each other did afait. 
As if their fouls at once they would have rent, 
Out of their breafis, that fir earns of blood did trail 
kA down5 as if i/heirfprings of Ufa were fient. 
That all the ground with purple blood was fprent, 
And all thetr armour fiain’d with bloody f ore - 
Tet fiercely cnee to hrmhe mddthey relent ’ 
So mrtd wos thtirmalke, and fo fire, 
ThM both refoheJ (than yield) to dye before. 
Every bafc Swain in love, will dare tp do as much foe* his dear Miflreft 
fake. He will right and fetch t Argivum Clypeum, that famous buckler of 
Argos, to do her lemce, adventure at all, undertake any cntcrprizc. And 
I Zened.pra- 
verb.Ccnt-6. Pan: 3. Seft.a. 
Sympt ernes of Love, 
Memb.4, Subl.i. 
as Serranus the Spaniard, then Governor of Since, made anfwcr to Mar- 
quels SpinoU, if the enemy brought joqgo Devils aga.nft him, he would 
keep it. The nine Worthies, qliverznd Rowland, and forty dozen of 
Peers are all in him, hee is all metal, armour of proof, more than a man, 
, , T’ . ' - . • f ■ r ** ~ i * 
and thisCdfe improved beyond himfclf. For as * Agat ho contends: 
a true Lover is wife, juft, temperate and valiant, d I doubt not therefore. 
but if a man had fuch an Army of Lovers (as Caft'sUo fa he mighi 
feon conquer aU the worlds except by chance he met with jnch another Amy 
*f Inamoratoes to oppofe if. ‘ For fo perhaps they might fight as that fa- 
tai Dog, and fatal Harem the Heavens, courfe one another round, and 
never make an end. Caplio thinks Ferdinand King of Spain wopldne- 
<ver have cpnqucrcd Granada, had not Queen ifabel and her Ladies been 
■prefent at the liege 5 f It cannot he exprefjed what courage the Spanif}) Knights 
fooky when the Ladies were prefent, a few Spaniards overcame a multitude of 
Moors, Ificy will undogo any danger whatsoever, as Sir Walter Man- 
ni in Edward the thirds time, ftuck lull of Ladles favours, fought like a 
Dragon, For fol/ amantes, ast Plato hplds, prp amicis mori appetunt, oncly 
Lovers will dye for their friends, and in their Miftrefs quarrel. And 
fpr thatcaufe hee would have women follow the Ca.mp> tobefpeda 
tors and encouragers of noble a&ions: upon fuch an occafion, the 
*Squit* of Dames h mfclL Sir Lancelot or Sir Triftram, Cafar, or Alexan- 
der, lhall not be more rcfolute, or go beyond them. 
Hot courage ondy doth Love adde, but, as I foid, fubtilty, wit, and 
many pretty devifes, 
5 * Plat. Convlv, 
I d Lib. 3. de Ah- 
t lice. Sy\m dubi- 
to quin is qui 
1 taiem exerci- 
tum haberet, 
1 tetius orbis fla- 
lim vi flor cf- 
• fiet., ni fi forte 
cum aliqua ex- 
ercitu confli- 
gendum efi'et in 
r quo omnes a- 
nateres ejficnt. 
e Higiniis de 
Can- & Lepore 
C*le[li, cfr* De. 
cima* or. 
f Vix dici p0, 
te fi quantam 
inde audaciam 
efiumerent Hi- 
fpam, inde 
pauci infinitas 
Maurorum Co- 
ptasfupera- 
‘runt. 
* Namque dobs in fair at amor fraudefque minifirat, 
* Jupiter in love with Led*, and npt knowing how to compafs his defire, 
turn'd h mfdf; into a Swan, and got renuf to purjfue him in the lijcenefs 
of an Eagle 5 which fhe doing, fpr fhelter he fled to Ledds Jap, frintm 
gremio fs collocavit, Led* embraced him, and fo fell faff afleep, fed dormi- 
ent er» fupiter comprefit, by means fupiter had his will. Infinite 
fuch tricks ran love devife, fuch fine feats in abundance, with wifdom 
and warinefc, * quid fader epo/it amantem. 
All manner of civility, decency, complement ,and good behaviour, plus 
fMu & Uporis, polite graces, and merry conceits. Boa ace hath apleafaut 
tale to this purpofe, which he borrowed fom the Greeks, and which 
Beroaldus hath turned into Latine, Be bell us in verfe, of Cymon and Iphi- 
genia, This Cymon was a fool, a proper man of perfon, and the Gover- 
nor of Cyprus Ton, but a very Afs 5 inforauch, that his father being a- 
fhamed of him, feat him to a Farra-houfe he had in the Countrey to be 
brought up 5 Where by chance, as his manner was, walking alone, hce 
efpied a gallant young Gentlewoman named Iphigenia, a Burgomafters 
daughter of Cyprus, withlu* maid, by a brook fide in a little thicket, faft 
t Lib.t.de leei. 
tv. 
* Spencers 
Fairy Qucco 
l>ook s.cant. 8, 
* Hygin.Ht.Lz, 
* Ax cum iv 
vhanom. 
* Vtrg. 
afleep in her fmpck, where ihee had newly bathed her felf; 
toon farther, hee jl&ofl leaning en his ftaif, eavin? on her immoveable 9 
j* a maze: At laft he fell fp far in love with the glorious obje&> that he 
to rouze him fell up, to bethink what he was, would needs fo - 
low her to the City, and for her fake began to be civil, to learn to nog 
and dance, to play on got all thofe Genflemcn-likc qua- 
lities and complements iiu (hprt fpacc, which his fends were mo g 
, g mnc ubi co*. 
f jpicatys eft CyT 
mit) baculo' 
imixwS) imrHo- 
bilis ftetity <s• 
mhzbunUus, 
&C. Part 
L eve- Melancholy» 
Memb.4.Subi.i, 
of. In brief, he became from an Idiot and’ a Glovvn, to be one of the 
moll compleat Gentlemen in Cyprus, did many valorous exploits, and ail 
for the love of Miftrcfs Iphigenia. In a word, f may fay thus much of 
them all, let them be never fo clownifti, rude and horrid, Grohians and 
flues, if once they be in love, they will be mod neat and fprucc* for, 
.*K . , 
•f I* Jutm Czfi- 
na aCl.i.fc,^. 
J// m * W 
t Omnibus rebus, & nitidis nitoribus antevenit amor, they will follow the 
faihion, begin to trick up, and to have a good opinion of themfelves, 
'venu ftatum enim mater Venus\ a (hip is not fo long a rigging, as a young 
Gentlewoman a trimming up her felf, againft her Swect-heart comes. 
A Painters (hop, a flowery Meadow > no fogratious afped in Natures 
ftore-houfc as a young txwA,nuhdis puella,a Novitfa or Venetian Bride,that 
lodes for an husband, or a young man that is her Cuter* compofed looks, 
compofed gate, deaths, geftures, adions, all compofed 5 all the graces 
elegancies in the world arc in her face. Their beft robes, ribbins, chains, 
Jewels, Lawns, Linncns, Laces, Spangles, muft come on, h prater quam 
res patitur jludent eleganti*, they are beyond all meafure coy, nice, and 
too curious on a fudden: Tis all their ftudy, all their bufinef , how to 
wear their deaths near, to be polite and terfe, and to fet out themfelves. 
No fooner doth a young man fee his Sweet-heart coming, but he fmugs 
up himfelf, pulls up his cloak now fain about his (boulders, ties his gar- 
ters, points, fetshis band, cuffs, (licks his hair, twires his beard, 
When Mercury was to come before his Miftrcfs, 
h?lxutus. 
t Ovid. Met %\ 
* . , —" : j 
-j- I hlamy detnqne ut pendCAt Aptt 
CouOCAt, Ut Itmbus totumquc appareat aurum. 
He puts his cloak in order, that the lace. 
And hem, and gold-work, all might have his grace. 
Salmacis would not be feen of Hermaphrodite till (hec ha J (prliced up 
her fdf firft.f Nec tamen ante adiit, etfi properabat adire, 
£uam ft compofuit, quam circumfpexit ami ft us. 
Et fnxit vultum,&[merttit fornwfa videri. 
Nor did (hee come, although ’twas her defirc, 
Till (hee compos’d her fell, and trim’d her tire, 
And fet her looks to make him to admire. 
Venus had fo ordered the matter, that when her fon * was to 
appear before Queen Dido, he was 
Os humer ofque Deo fmilis (namque ip fa dec or am 
Ctftriem nato genetrix, lumenque juvent* ; 
Purpureum & latos oculis afflor at honores.) 
Like a God, for (he was the tire-woman her fell, to fet him out with all 
natural and artificial impoftures. As Mother Mammea did her fon Helioga- 
balus new chofen Emperor, when hee was to bee feen of the people firft. 
When the hirfute Cvclopical Polyphemus courted Galatea 5 
t Ovid. Met 4. 
*rtrli.JEn. 
f tibi form* 9jamque eft ttbi cttraplacent/, 
Zfam rigidos pe ft is raftris Polypheme capi Hos, 
tfaw libet hirftttam tibi falce recidere barbam» 
Et fpeftare feros in aqua & componere vultps j 
And then he did begin to prank himfclf. 
To pleat and comb his hcad> and beard to (have, 
And look his face ith* water as a glafs, 
• Ovid. Met. Parc 3, Se&.a. 
Symptemes of Love, 
Memb.4, Subf.i. 
And to compofe himfelf lor to be brave. 
He was upon a fuddcn now fpruce and keen, as a new ground hatchet. 
He now began to have a good opinion of his own feature, and gcod 
parts, now to be a gallant* 
Zfam Galatea veniy nec munera defftce nojlra. 
Certe ego me novi, liquidaque in imagine vidi 
Nuperaqux, placuttq•, mihi mea forma videnti•' 
Corae now my Galatea, fcorirme not. 
Nor my poor prefents * for bupyefterday 
I faw my felf ith’ water, and m,e thought 
Full fair I was, then fcorn me not I fay.; 
t Non fum adeo informis, nuper me in litters vidf3 
Cumplacidum ventis fi aret mare —-— 
'fif:rg.Egu. 1 
Epitt. An 
Uxor liter at 9 
fit ducenda. 
Nodes mfom- 
nes traducend* 
htcris renuntii 
andum, fepe 
gemendum, 
nonnunquam 
& ill aery mun- 
dum forti & 
*Tis the common humor of all Sutors to trick up tbemfclves, to be pro- 
digal in apparel, purh lotus, neat, comb’d and curl’d, with powdered 
hairs, c emptus & calimifiratus, with a long Love-lock, a flower in his; 
ear, perfumed gloves, rings, fcarfs, feathers, points, Sic* as if he were a 
Princes Ganymede, with every day new fuits, as the fafliion varies 5 go- 
ingas if he trod upon eggs, and as Heinfius writ to PrimieruSi k if once he 
be befotted on a Wench, he muft He awake a nights, renounce his hook, fifty 
and now and then wee f for his hard bap, and mark above all things 
tfhat Hats, Bands, Doublets, Breeches, are in fajhi on, how to cut his beard, 
4nd wear his leek, to turn up his Mufhatos, and curl his head, prune his 
pick it iv ant, or if he wear it abroad, that the Eafi fide be correfpondent to the 
tVeft ■: he may be fcoffed at otherwife, as Julian that Apoftace Emperour 
was for wearing a long hirfuce goatifh beard, fit to make ropes with, as in 
his ndyfopogone,or that Apologetical Oration he made at Antioch to excufe 
himfelf, he doth Ironically confefs, it hindred his kifling, nam non li- 
cuit inde pura puris, eoque fuavioribus labra labris adjungere, but he did not 
much efteem it, as it Teems by thefequel, de accipiendis dandtfve of culis, 
non laboro, yet (to follow mine Author; it may much concern a young 
lover, lie muft be more refpedful in this behalf, he muft be in league with 
conditioni tue. 
Videndum qua 
vejles, quis 
cuti ns te deceat3 
qifisirtufupi, 
utrum latus 
Ctm 
cura loquen- 
dump inceden- 
dum, bibendum 
& cum curet 
infaniendum. 
an excellent Tafter, Barber, 
t Tonforem puerum fed arte talem, 
; Qualis nee Thalamic frit Neronie• ,4; 
have neat fhoe-ties, feints, garters, (peak in Print, walk in Print, eat and 
drink in Print, and that which is all tn all, he mufi be mad in Print, 
Amongft other good qualities an amorous fellow is endowed with. 
t Mm.Efig.il 
he muft learn to fing and dance, play upon Come inftramentor.other, as 
Jithoutall doubt he will - if he be truly touched with this Loadftone of 
Love. For as * Erafmus hath it, Muficam docet amor & Foefin, Love 
Jill make them Muficiatis, and tacompofe Ditties, Madrigals, Erlegies, 
I Chi I*.cental 
pro. 16. 
f cWant anus. 
Capella Lib i. 
de mpt. phi[il4 
J?ove Sonnets, and ling them to feveral pretty tunes, to get all good quar 
f*** may be had. t fufiter perceived Mercury to be in Jove with Vnllo~ 
bgcaufe he learned languages, polite fpeecb, (for SuaMU herie 
Was vdaughter, as feme write) Arts and Sciences, quo virgin* 
€'rel' all to ingratiate himfelf, andpleafehis Miftrcfi. 
itudy to fing, dance 5 and without queftion, fo many Gent e 
jam. Ilium 
fmvo amore 
tmn, e jnfjg 
{ludio plurcs 
habere compa- 
rat as 'm fam~ 
lit o dif cipimas, 
&c% Part j.Se&.z. 
Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.4.Subi'.i, 
Gentlewomen would not bee fo well qualified in this kinde, if love did 
not indte them. m who* faith Ca (I Hie, would learn to or give his 
minde to CMufick, learn to dance, or make fo many rhimes, Love-fong, as most 
dh hut for womens fake, hecaufe they hope by that means to purebafe their 
good wills, and win their favour < We fee this daily verified in our young 
women and wives, they that being maids, took fo much pains to fing, 
play, and dance, with fuel! coft and charge to their Parens, to get 
thofc graceful qualities, nowieing married, will fcarce touch an inftru- 
mei?cJ they care not for it, .Con famine agricult, lib, lucap, 18. makes 
Cupid himlelf to be a great dancer, by the fame token as he was caper- 
jng amongft the Gods. nhe flun? down a bowl of Nettar, which difilling 
° , « 9 J A . a »•/» , ,J 
upon the white Rofe, ever ftnee madett red: And Cahjtratus by the help 
0f Dadalus about Cupids Statue, ° made a many of young Wenches 
Ml* dancing, to fignifie belike, that Cupid was much affe&ed with 
it, as without all doubt he was* For at his and Pfjches wedding, the 
Cods being prefent to grace the Feaft, Ganymede fill’d Nectar in a- 
bundance (as f Apukius deferibes itj Vulcan wasjche Cook, the Howres- 
made all fine with Rofes and Flower%, Apollo plaid on the harp , the 
tdMufa fang to it, fed fuavi Mu fun fupermgreffa Venus [altavit, but his 
Mother Venus danced to his and their Tweet content. Witty f Lucian 
in tlm Pathetical Love paffage, or pleafant defeription of fapiters ftea- 
Jing of Europa, and (Wimming from Phanicia to Crete, makes the Sea 
calm, tllC Winds hufh, Xieptunc and jt,fttvhityite ndincr in fVipi r f'liflrinc 
tobreak waves before them, theivLw dancSLd atom, whh 
every one a Torch, the Sea-Nymphs half naked, keeping time on 
Dolphins backs, and Cnging Bymeneus, Cupid nimbly tripping on the 
toPot the waters> and Venus her felf coming after in a (hell, ftrewing 
Roles and Flowers on their heads. Praxitiles in all his pidures of 
Love, feigns Cupid ever failing, and looking upon dancers 5 and in Saint 
Marks Garden in Pome (whofe work I know not) one of the moll 
delicious pieces, is a many of t Satyrs dancing about a wench afleep. 
So that dancing ftill is, as it were, a necclTary appendix to love matters. 
Young Laffes are never better pleafed, than when as upon an Holiday 
after Evening-fong, they may meet their Sweet-hearts, and dance about a 
pole, or in a Town* Green under a foady Elm. Nothing fo fami- 
liar in f France, as for Citizens wives and maids to dance around in 
the ftreets, and often too, for want of better inftruments, to make good 
Mufickof their ownvoyces, and dance after it. Yea, many times this 
love will make old men and women, that have more toes than teeth. 
dance, -—— tfohn come kifs me new 3 mask and mum 5 for Comas and 
tymtn *ovc masks, and all fuch merriments above meafure, will al- 
low men to put on womens apparel fn fome cafes and promifcuoufly 
t0 dancc> young and old, rich and poor, generous and bafe, of all forts. 
paulus fovius taxeth vyfugultine Niphtts the Philofopher, p For that being 
an old man, and a publike Prefeffor, a - father of many children, he was f* 
macjjor tfa jove 0f a young maid (that which many of his friends were ajhamed 
to fee) an oldgowty fellow, yet would dance after Fidhrs, Many laughed 
him to fcorn for it, but this omnipotent love would have it fo. 
«jrijfc.j. de au- 
lico. Qui* Cho- 
reis infudaret, 
wfi fceminarum 
caufa equis ma- 
fic* taat am 
navaret ope- 
ram nifi quod, 
illius dulcedine 
f emulcere Jpe- 
ret ? quk tot 
carmina com- 
n 'rfi ut 
indeajfcftus 
fnos in mulie- 
res explicaret? 
« Craterem ne- 
ctaris evertit 
fuit an. s apud 
7)cos, qui in 
terram cadens♦ 
rofam prius al- 
bam rubore in- 
fecit. 
o Tnellas cho~ 
nantes circa 
juvenilem Cu- 
pidinis fiatu- 
amfecit. Vhi- 
iojirat. Imag. 
lib.y dejiatuit. 
Exercitium 
timori aptifsi- 
rnum. 
f Lib.6. Met, 
t Torn. 4, 
t Kjrnman. 
de cur. mart. 
Sat. pueU* 
dormienti in- 
fultantium,&C. 
t View of Fr. 
fVita tjusPu- 
tllx, amore 
feptuagenaruu 
fenex uf<f ad 
infaniam cor- 
reptus, multis 
liberis fufcep- • 
tis: multi nan 
fine pudore ceu- 
fpexeruntfe- 
nem & Philo f1- 
phum podagri- 
cum, non fine 
rifu [altantem 
adtibi (tmodos. Parc 3. Sed.2. 
Symptomcs of Love, 
Memb.4, Subfif. 
t Hyacinthino bacillo 
Properans amor, me adegit 
Violenter ad fequendum. 
Love hafty with his purple ftaff did make 
Me follow, and the dance to undertake. 
t Aazcreoa 
Carrn.-j. 
And ’ti* no news this, no indecorum 5 for why, a good reafort may bee 
pven of it, Cupid and Death met both in an Inn, and being merrily di- 
fpofed, they did exchange fome arrows from either quiver 3 ever fince 
young men dye, and oftentimes old men dote. 
f Sic moritur file moribundus amat. 
And who can then withftand it i If once wee bee in love? young or old, 
though our teeth (hake in our heads, like Virginal Jacks, or ftand parallel 
afandcr like the arches of a bridge, there’s no remedy, we muft dance 
Trenchmore for a need, over tables, chairs, andftools, &C. And prin- 
cum pranemn is a fine dance. Plutarch, Sympofi 1. quafi, 5. doth in Ibmc 
fortexcufc it, and tclleth ns moreover in what fenfe, Muficam docet a~ 
mor, licet prius fuerit rudis, how love makes them that had no skill be- 
fore, learn to fing and dance 5 he concludes, ’tis onely that power and 
t Jotuh.Btliim 
kpig. 
prerogative love hath over us. q Love (as he holds) will make a filent man 
freak, a mode fit mm mo ft officious 5 dull, quicks, flow, nimble 5 and that which 
is mojl to be admired, an hard, bafie, untraftable churl, as fire dtth iron 
in a Smiths forge, free,facile, gentle, and eafie to be entreated. N ay, ’twill 
make him prodigal in the other extream, and give an t hundred fefter. 
ces for a nights lodging, as they did of old to Lais of Corinth, or t ducenta 
drachmarum millia fro unica nolle, as Mundus 10 Paulina, fpend all his 
fortunes (as too many do in like cafe) to obtain his fuit. For which caufe 
many compare Love to wine, which makes men jovial and merry, fro- 
tick and fad, whine, fing, dance, and what not. 
But above all the other Symptomcs of Lovers, this is not lightly to be 
that likely of what condition foever, if’ once they be in love, 
they turn to their ability, Rhimers, Ballet-makers, and Poets. For as 
Plutarch faith, r They will be Wit nefies and Trumpeters of their Paramours 
good parts, bedecking them with verfes and commendatory fongs, as wee do ft a- 
tues withgold, that they may he remembred and admired of ad. Ancient 
men will dote in this kinde lometimes as well as the reft 5 the heat of love 
will thaw their frozen affections, diflblve the ice of age, and fo far en- 
able them, though they befixty years of age above the girdle, to be 
fcarce thirty beneath, fovianus Pont anus makes an old fool rhime,and turn 
Poctaftcr to pleafe his Miftrefs, 
t qDe taciturn# 
r loquacem 
& dc verecun- 
! do offici of urn 
redditide itegH- 
' gente wdufiri- 
■ urn, de fo cards 
\ impigrum. 
t jfofephus ttn~ 
' tiq. Jud.Xih. iB. 
Cap. 4. 
t Gellius 1.1. 
eap.s. 
Pretium no ftps 
centum f*sier- 
tiq. 
c Ipf exii» V 9, 
lunt fnarum a- 
magarum pul- 
chritudinis 
ptxcooes etc 
topics cjfc) eas 
laudibus, & 
cantilenis 
verfibus exor~ 
nare, ut aw» 
futuas, ut me- 
morentur, & 
ah omnibus ad- 
tnirentur. 
* Tom.i. Ant. 
Vi alogo. 
[ Xie ringas Mariam, meos ne defies canos, 
De fient nam juvenem Dia referve &c, « 
Sweet Marian do not mine age difdain* 
For thou canft make an old man young again* 
They be ftill Tinging amorous fongs and ditties fif young efpeaal- 
v) and cannot abftain* though it be when they go to, orfhould be at 
Churdi,yye have a pretty ftory to this purpofe in t mjlmonajtcnenfisy 
an Writer of ours) (if you will believe it) An, V0m.1012. at C * 
** *a*onj9 on Chrifimtf Eve3a company of young men and maid?? w • 
t floret hip, 
/«/.»*$. Part3,Sedt,2. 
Leve-Melancholy, 
MemD.4.5ubi.i 
the pried was at Mafs in the Church, were finging catches and love- 
foncrs in the Church-yard 5 he fent to them to make lefs noife, but they 
lung on dill 5 and if you will, you (hall have the very fong it felf, 
Equitabat homo perfjlvam fr ondofam, 
jPucebatqey fecum Mtfwmden formofam, 
Quid flamusy cur non tmus f 
A fellow rid by the green wood fide. 
And fair Mef mnde was his bride, 
Why ftand we fo, and do not go C 
This they fung, he chaft, till at length impatient as he was* he prayed to 
S. Magnus-, Patron of the Church* they might all three fing and dance 
till that time twelve moneth, and fo* they did, without meat and drink, 
wearifomenefs or giving over, till at years end they ccafed finging, and 
were abfolvedrby Herebertus Archbifhop of Coleft, They will in all 
places be doing thus, young folks efpecially, reading love dories, talking 
of this or that young man, fuchafair maid , finging, telling or hearing 
lafeivious tales, fcurril tunes, fuch objedts are their foie delight, their 
continual meditation; and as Guaftivinius addes, Com, in 4, Seif, 27, 
Proh, Ari si, Ob feminis abundantiam crebra cogitationes, veneris frequens 
recordatio & putiens voluptas, dre, an earned longing comes hence, pru~ 
riens pruriens anima, amorous Conceits, tickling thoughts, fwCCt 
and pleafant hopes: Hence it is, they can think, difeourfe willingly, or 
(peak almoft of no other fubjedt. Tis their ondy defire, if it may be done 
by Art, to fee their husbands picture in a glafs, they’ll give any thing to 
know when they (hall be married, how many husbands they (hall have, 
by Cromnymantid', akinde of Divination with f Onions laid on the Al- 
tar on Chri Ft mafs Eve, or by fading oft S. Agnes Eve, or night, to know 
who (hall be their fird husband 5 or by Amphitomantia, by beans in a 
Cake, &c. to burn the fame» This love is tbecaufe of all-good con- 
ceits ,c neatnefs, exornations, plays, elegancies, delights, pleafant ex- 
preflions, fweet motions, and gedures, joys, comforts, exultancies, and 
all the fweetnefs of our life, t qualis jam vita foret, ant quid jucundi fine 
aurea Venerei \ Emoriar cum ijid non amplius mihi curafutrit>\et me live no 
longer than 1 may Jove, faith a mad merry fellow in Mimnermus, This 
love is that fait that feafoneth our barih and dull labours, and gives a 
pleafant rellifh to our other unfavory proceedings, * Abfit furgunt 
torpedo, veternum, petfis, &c. All our leads almod, mafqucs, 
mummings, banquets, merry meetings, weddings, plcafing fongs, fine 
tunes, Poems, Love-dories. Plays, Comoedies, Artelans, Jigs, Fefce- 
nines. Elegies, Odes,&c. proceed hence, t Danaus the fon of Belus, at his 
daughters wedding at Argos, inftituted the fird plays ffomefay) thate- 
ver were heard of. Symbols, Emblems, Imprefes, devifes, if we (hall be- 
lieve fovius, Contiles, Paradine, Camillus de Camillis, may beaferibed to it* 
Mod of our Arts and amongd the red,was fird inveut- 
* Per totum 
annum canta- 
runt, pluvia 
f aper illos non 
cecidit j non 
frigus, non ca- 
lor, non fitis, 
illos.affecit,&c 
f His eorum 
nomina inferi- 
bum nr de qui- 
bus quxrunt. 
tH/iic mundi- 
tias, ornatum, 
leporem, delici- 
as, ludos, ele- 
gantiam, om- 
nem denif vi- 
ta fuavhatem 
debemus. 
t Hyginus, Cap. 
172,. 
i- Grxco. 
* Anger i anus. 
f Ubif tit.it 
deprirhinpt. 
*?UnJib. 35* 
cap. 11. 
* GerbeliusJ.f. 
'ekfcript.Gr, 
ed3 faith * Patritius 9cx amoris tor lovesfake.For whcnthe daogh' 
ter of * Dehuriades the as to take leave of her Sweet-heart 
going to wars, ut defiderio ejus minus tabefceret, to comfort her fdf in bis 
abfence, fbcc tO9& bis picture with cole upon a wall; as the candle gave the Part3.Sed.2. 
Sympjt ornes of Love, 
Memb^.Subf.l. 
fhadow, which her Father admiring perfected afterwards, and it was the 
firft pi&urc by report that ever was made. And long after, u Sycion for 
painting, carving, ftatuary, mufick, and Philofophy, was preferred be- 
fore all the Cities in Greece, Apollo was the firft inventer of Phyfick, Di- 
vinaton. Oracles; <jMtnerva found out weaving , Vulcan curious Iron- 
work, Mercury letters, but who prompted all this into their heads< Love, 
Nunquam talia inveni fient, ni fi talia adamafient 5 they loved fuch things, 
or feme party, for whofe fake they were undertaken at firft. ’Tis true, 
P'*kan made a moft admirable Bruch or neck-lace, which long after 
Axion and Temenus , Pheg'm Tons, for the Angular worth ofit, confecra- 
ted to Apollo at Delphos, but Pharydus the Tyrant ftole it away, and pre- 
fented it to Ariftons wife* on whom hee miferably doted (Parthenius tells 
the ftory out of Phylarchus) but why did Vulcan make this excellent 
Ouche ? to give Hermione Cadmus wife, whom hee dearly loved. All our 
Tilts and Turnaraents, Orders of the Carter> Golden Fleece, &c. 
u Fran fa si. 3. 
de Symbolis-,qui 
frimiis jymbo- 
lum excogitavit 
voluit nimirum 
hac ratione im- 
plicatum ani- 
mum evolvere, 
ennify vel domi- 
na\d aliis in- 
tuentibus 
der e. 
Nobilitas fub amore jacet 
owe their beginnings to love, and many of our hiftories. By this means j 
faith Jovius, they would exprefs their loving minds to their Miftrejfs; and 
to the beholders. 'Tis the foie objedt almoft of Poetry, all our inven- 
tion tends to it, all our fongs, whatever thofe old Anacreons, (And there- 
fore Hefiod makes the Mufes and Graces ftill follow Cupid, and as Plutarch 
holds, Menander, and the reft of the Poets were Loves Pnefts,) all our 
Creek and Lathe Bpigrammdtifts, Love-writers, Antony Diogenes the 
*noft antient, whofe Epitome wee finde in Ph actus Bibliotheca, Longus So* 
phi ft a, E aft at him, Achilles-, Tatius, thrift anctus, Heliodorus, Plato, Plutarch, 
Lucian, Parthenius , Theodorus, Prodromus, Ovid, Catullus, Tibullus, &c. 
Our new Arioftoesy Boyards, Authors of Arcadia, Urania, Fairy Queen, &c, 
Manillas, Leotichius, Angerianus, Stroza, SFcundus, Cafe Hams, CTc. with the 
reft of thofe facete modern Poets, have written in this kind, are but as 
fo many Symptomes of Love. Their whole books area Synopfts, or 
breviary of Love, the portuous of Love * Legends 6f Lovers lives and 
deaths, and of their memorable adventures. Nay more, quod leguntur, 
quod laudantur amori debent, as * Nevifanus the Lawyer holds, there ne- 
ver was any excedent Poet, that invented good fables, or made laudable ver- 
ges , which was not in love himfelf• had hee not taken a quill from Cupids 
wings, hee could never have written fo amoroufly as hee did. 
* lib. 4. 
io i.Sylv* aup- 
tialispeet* non 
inveniunt fabu- 
las, aut verfut 
laudatos faci- 
uat, ni ft qd ab 
amore fuerint 
enatati. 
J Martial. 
7 
l Cynthia te vatem fecit Ujctve Properti, 
ingenium Cadi pulchra Lycoris habet, 
P ama eft arguti Nemefis fomofi Tibulli , 
Lesbia dictavit do ii e Catulle tibi. 
Non me P dignus, nec fpernet Mantua vatem. 
Si qua Corinna mihi, fi quis erit. 
Wanton Propertius, and witty CaUms, 
Subtil Tibullus, and learned Catullus, 
1t was Cynthia, Lesbia, Lycoris, 
That made you Poets all* and if Alexis, 
Or Corinna chance my Paramour to bee * 
Tirgilmd Ovid fliali not defpife mee. Pan 3. Se6f. 2. 
Love- lM e lane holy. 
Memb. 4. Subf. i« 
* Non me carminibus vincet nec Thrace us Orpheus , 
Nec Linus, 
*Firg. -Eg/», 4. 
petrarcfjS laura made him To famous, Aftrophels Stella , and tfovianus 
Fontanus Miftrefs was the caufe of Vus Ro[es, Violets, Lillies , Nequitia, 
blanditia, joci, decor, Nardus, Ver, Coroll\,Thus, Mars, Pallas, Venus, Cha- 
ris, Crocum, Laurus, Unguentem, Cofittm, Lachrymae, Myrrha, Muja, &c, and 
the reft of his Poems 5 why are Italians at this day generally fo good Po- 
ets and Painters ? becaufe every man of any faftuon amongft them hath 
his Miftrefs, The very rufticks and hog-rubbers, Menalcas and Coridon, 
qui foot ant de fierc ore equino, thofe fulfome knaves, if once they tafteof 
this Love-liquor, are iufpired in an inftant. Inftead of thofe accurate 
Emblems, curious Imprefes, gaudy Mafques, Tilts, Turnaments, &c. 
They have their Wakes, Whicfon-ales, Shepherds-feafts, meetings on 
holy-daies, country-dances, roundelaycs, writing their names on t 
True-lovers-knots, pretty gifts. 
f Teneris arbo- 
ribus amicarum 
nomina inferi- 
bent es ut fmul 
crefcant. Hied. 
With tokens, hearts divided, and half rings, 
Shepherds in their Loves are as coy as Kings. 
Chafing Lords, Ladies, Kings, Queens, and Valentines, &c. they go 
by couples, 
Condom Nyfd and Mopfus , 
With dainty Boufihel and Sir Tofhus. 
Inflead of Odes, Epigrams, and Elegies, &c. they have their Ballads, 
Country.tnaes , o the Broom , the bonny bonny Broom, Dities and Songs* 
Lef &Mdjhee doth excel, they muft write likcwife and indite all in 
rime. Thou Hony-fockle of the Hathorn hedge. 
Vouchfate in Cupids cup my heart to pledge; 
My hearts dear blood, Tweet C# is thy Caroufe* 
Worth all the Ale in Gammer Cnhhms houfe. 
I fay no more, affairs calf mee away, 
My Fathers horfe for provender doth flay. 
Bee thou the Lady Crejfetllght to mee. 
Sir Troliy Lolly will I prove to thee* 
Written in hafte, farewel my Cowflip fweet. 
Pray let’s a Sunday at the Ale-houfe meet. 
S.K. i6oo> 
iVb. 15* cap, 
Dipnofophifi. 
» See Vutomi 
de fun 
Margaret a Be- 
YBdldus, &C. 
hHen. Steph. a- 
fel. pro Herod, 
f Tally out.-5,» 
Ver. 
c.Sfth. 7. ' ■ 
d Mat. 1.47. 
* Graviffimis 
regni negotiis 
ni hil fine ama- 
pee fit a con fen- 
fit fecit. 
Omncff. a£Ho- 
nes /itas fcor- 
tillo communi~ 
cavity <&c. 
JJich. Bellus 
difeourf z6. de 
mat. 
Your moft grim St oiks, and fever e Fhilofophers will melt away with this 
paffion 3 and if * Atheneus bely them not, Arifiifpusy ApoUidorus , \Anti' 
phanesi (jrc, have made love-fongs and Commentaries of their Miftrcfs 
praifes, a Orators write Epiftles, Princes give Titles, Honours,what notf 
b Xerxes gave to Themifiocles Lampfacus to finde him wine. Magne ft for 
bread, andMyunte for the reft of his diet. The f Per ft an Kings allotted 
whole Cities to like nfe, hxc civitas mulieri redimiculum prabeat, hac in 
collum, hac in crines, one whole City feiyed to drefs her hair, another 
her neck, a third her hood, would have6 given CEfier half his 
Empire , and d Herod bid Heredias ask what jhee would fhould have it. 
Caligula gave an looocofefterces to his Curtifan at firft word to buy 
her pins, and yet when bee was follicited by the Senate, to beftow Tome" 
thing to repair the decayed walls of Acme for the Common-wealths 
good, hee would give but tfcoofefiercesat moft. * Dionyfm that Sialic 
tyrant rejected all his privy Councillors, and was fo befotted on Mtr~ Part 3.5ed.2, 
Memb.j.Subfi. 
P regno(licks of Love-Melancholy, 
rha his favourite and Miftrcfs, that hee would bellow no office , or 
in the mod weightieftbufintfs of the Kingdome do ought without her 
efpecal advice, prefer, depofe, fend, entertain no man, though worthy 
and well-dcfcrving , but by her confenc 5 and hee again whom fhee com- 
mended, howfoever unfit, unworthy,, was as highly approved. Kings and 
Emperours inftead of Poems, build Cities-, Adrian built Antinoa in 
SIP*, befides Confteliadons, Temples, Altars, Statues, Images, &c. in 
the honour of his Antinous, Alexander bellowed infinite fums, tofet out 
his Hephsfiion to all eternity. e Socrates profelleth himlelf loves fervant, 
ignorant in all arcs and feiences, a Dodor alone in love-matters, & quum 
alienarum rerum omnium .{dentiam diffiteretur -> faith \ Maximus Tynus his 
fedator, hujus negotii.profeJJor,&t. and this hee fpake openly, at home 
and abroad, at publick fealts, in the Academy, inPyrao, Lycao, fob PU- 
tano, the very bloodrhound of beauty, as hee is lliled by others. But 
I conclude there is no end of Loves Symptomes, ’tis a boctomkfs pit* 
Love,is fubjed to no dimenfionsj not to bee furveyed by any ar c or en- 
gine ;c and befides, lamof x Hred us mind, no man can difeourfe of love-mat- 
tors, or judge of them aright, that hath not made trial in his own perfon, 
or as fj£neas Sylviuss adds, hath not a little doted, been mad or love-fie k 
himfeif, I confcfs lam but a novice, a Contemplator only, 
Nefcio quid fit amor nee amo —f 
I have a tiadure-, for why Ihould l lye, diffemblc or excufe it, yet homo 
fumy &c, not altogether inexpert in this fubjed, non fum preceptor aman- 
diy and what I fay, is raeerly reading, ex aliorum ferf an ineptiis, by mine 
own obfervationund others relation. j ( j t * j ■ ■ p 
■ 6 Amoris fmu* 
) lus ommmjci- 
, entiam dijfjce- 
tur, amandi ta- 
i men fe 'frientf~ 
[mum doEl»- 
rem aguefed, 
t Serm. S 
1 JQuis korupi 
fcribcr.ir maleftif 
os poteftasy nifl 
q ii &• is ali- 
quantum infir 
rthe ' ‘ 
{Lib. i. de non 
temnendis'amo- 
ribus y ofmor 
haede re nemi- 
nem aut defeep- 
tare re£le pojfe 
aut judicare 
qui non in ea 
verfatury aut. 
magnum fecerit 
periculum* 
Me Mb. j. SUb sbcx. Z» 
frognoHicks of Love- MelancholyK 
Hat Fires, Torments, Cares, Jealoufics, Sufpiciohs, 
Fears, Griefs, Anxieties, accompany inch as arc 
*n ove’ * have Efficiently faid .* the next queflion is, 
what will bee the event pf fuch miferies, what they 
fore-teil. Some are of opinion that this love cannot 
bee cured, 2pullis amor eft medicabilis herbis, it accom- 
panjes them t0 the* laft, v A 
4 Semper mori- 
tur, nunquam 
mgrtuks eft qui 
amat. Mb- 
Sylv. 
b Enrhl. ep. tfd 
, Lucretium, a- 
pud tAxczun 
Rogas 
up amare defi^ 
cim<roga mon- 
tes at in pla- 
nam deveni- 
am at fontes • 
flamina repe- 
tant-y tam pof- 
fumte non a- 
mare ac fuum 
Vhcebus retittr 
quere cuvfum- 
t £uchanm, 
Syl. 
idem amor e#itjb eft frecori peeorifqi f and is fo con- 
rinaatc, that by no perfwafipn almpft it may bee relieved,b Bid mee not 
leve, faid Eurialut, bid the Mount Aim com down into the plains, hid the Mix 
\ers run back to their fountains j I can as (oon leave to love ,as the Sun leave 
hu courfe 5 
t Et prtfis dquoribus fifes , et montibus umbra, 
El volucres deerunt fylvis, et murmura ventis, 
i, \ SjUm mihi di foedent formofo AmaryUidis ign{s. ; 
Firft Seas (hall wanttheir Fi(h, the mountains ihasG 
Woods iineing birds, the winds murmure (hall fade. 
■n-1 Then my fair Amaryllis love allaid. .: ;s - . , fftfl . 
not love, bid a deaf man hear, ablindeman fee, adum P Parc 3. Sedf. 2. 
Love- lM eUncbely, 
Mcmb. 5. Subf. 1. 
lame run, counfel can do no good, a fick man cannot relifh > No Phy- 
fick can cafe me. 
'H.onproftmt domino qua profunt omnibus artes. 
As c/fpolio confcfled, and fiupiter himfelf could not be cured. 
* omnes humanos curat medicina dolores^ 
Solus amor merbi non habet artificem. 
Phyfick can foo ncure every difeafe, 
c Vropert. lib. 
z.Eleg. i. 
d Eft ore us id a 
vis3 eft immedi- 
eatilis, eprabir 
Cs infatia. 
c Lib. z. 
t Firg. Egl. 3. 
fR. T. _ 
S (pai quidem 
amor Utfifh & 
totM ckgyptim 
extremis cala- 
mitatibus 
inyolvit. 
bflduttiS." . 
iUt corpus pbn- 
ctereffic ■dnimtts 
ahiorep-rutipe- 
tattdr. 
I. z. d'e civ. 
dei ,C. i'S . T 
d Excepting love, that can it not appeafe. 
But whether love may be cured or no * and by what means , (ballbe ex- 
plained in his place 5 in the mean time* if it take his courfe , and be not 
ocherwife eafed or amended it breaks oat often into outragious and pro- 
digious events; Amor & Liber violenti ditfunt, as t Tatius obferves ,6* 
eoufque animum incendunt, ut pudoris ohhvtfci cogant, Leve and Bacchas 
are lo violent Gods, fo f urioufly rage in our minds* that they make us 
forget all honefly , ilia me and common civility. For fuch men ordina* 
rily as are throughly poffeffed with this humor 3 become infenfati & in- 
fant y for it is f amor inf anus , as the Poet calls it, befide themfelves, and 
as I have proved, no better than beads* irrational , ftupid h6ad-ftrong, 
void of fear of God or men* they frequently forfwear fpend, 
fteal, commit incefts, rapes, adulteries murders, depopulate Towns ? 
Cities, Countries, to fatisfie their luff. 
fc i>lai. bUc (rri- 
tur ptimentia, 
noA k/ididt in- 
f A Devil ’as, and mifehief fuch doth work* 
As never yet did Pagan* Jew, or Turk. * 
gcfdutfi ft turn 
reptnu'tamiffffe. 
1 idem Savana- 
rola, & flureS' 
alii, &c. Kabi- 
damfaftum 
Orexin, Juvtn. 
m cap. de Hero- 
ico Amore.Hac 
pcifio durans 
fanguinem tor- 
ridum & atra- 
hilarium red- 
du-Joie vero. ad. 
cerCbrum dela- 
tus, ihfanjam 
far at 1 vigilia 
&• ciebo defide- 
rio exiccan's. 
The wars of Troy may be a fufficient VdtUefs 5 and as Appiah tib. y, hifa 
faith of vAnthony and Cleopatra, s Then Love brought them [elves , and all 
Egypt into extream and mi fir able calamities , the end ot her is as bitter as 
worm-wood 3 andasfharp as a fwo-edged fword. Frov. 5. 4, 5. Her 
feet go down to death , her fieps lead on to heU, She is more bitter than death 
( Ecclef. 7,2 8, ) and the ftnner jhall be taken by her± 
s h [Hui in amore pvacipitavit, pejus perit , quamquifaxo falit. 'He that 
runs bead-long from the top of a rock, is not in fo bad a cafe , as he 
that falls into the gulf of love. For hence , faith k Flatina , comes Re* 
pentanee , Dotage , they loofe themfelvii , their toils ? and make fbipwrack of 
their fortunes altogether i Madnefs, to make away themfelves, and others, 
violent death. Frdgmfticatio efi talis , faith Qor dorkm , Jfi non fucc unator 
Us, ant in maniam cadunt ? aut moriuntur , the prognofticatiorris* they 
will either run mad, of dye. For if this paiftch continue $ faith m tAZha# 
Mtintaltus ,it makes the blood hot * thick, black % -and if the 
on get into the brain , with continual meditation and wakings it fe dries it ftp, 
that tnadnefs or elfi they make away themfelviSy 
t 0 Coridan , Condon 3 qua te dementia cepit ? 
Now as i*yi rmldm adds * it Will speedily work thefe -effe&s , if it be not 
prefendy helped They will pine amy, ran mad, anddyeupon a [addent 
Facile incidant i» maniam , faith Valefcus quickly mad 5 #ifi fnc curratur ? 
if good order be not taken, 
t Ehcn trifle jugum qtdfquis dhtoris habet ? 
Jsprius ac noritfc pin ife pork J 
t Vlrg.'Egl.zl 
n Infant pint, 
ant fb'up(is de- 
jerantes mor- 
tern afferunt. _ 
Languentes cito 
mortem aut mi- 
niam patiuntur. 
t 'Cac agninus. Part 3.5e&.2, 
Cure of Love-Melancholy, 
Merab.j.Subf.t; 
O heavy yoke of love, which who fo bears. 
Is quite undone, and that at unawares. 
Solhec confeffed of her fclf in the Poet. 
"——p Infaniampriufquam quis fentiat* 
Fix pili intervalio a furore abfum. 
I Hull bee mad before it bee perceived, V 
An hair-breadth offfcarcc am I, now diftradted. 
p Lucian Jmag, 
So for Lucians 
Miftrefs, all 
that faw her, 
and could not 
tt ran. 
As mad as Or Undo for his Angelica, or Hercules for his Hylas, 
ra&tf quo pedes ducebant, furibundus, 
iffi ftv us CD tus intus jecur laniabat, 
oTha'ng- 
cd thcmfelvc*. 
Hce went hee car'd not whither, mad hee was* 
, The cruel God fo tortur'd him, alas, 
Ac “the fight of I cannot tell how many ran mad, 
? Alius vulnus celans infanti pulchritudine puella* 
And whilft hce doth conceal his grief, 
Madnefs comes, on him like a theef. 
Goto Bedlam for examples. Itisfo well known in every village, how 
many have either died for love, of voluntarily made away themfelves, 
that I need not much labour to prove it 5 { Nec medus aut requies nifi mors 
referitur amoris: Death is the common Cat a[tr of he to fuch per lons. 
f Ueri mihi contingat<, non enim alia 
Liberatio ab arumn is fuerit ullo pafto if is. 
Would I were dead, for nought God knows. 
Bli t death can rid mce of there woes. ; 
As Toon as BurUtus departed from Senes, Lucretia his Paramour never 
looked up9 no j efts could exhilerate her fad mind, nojqyes comfort her wounded 
and diftrefjed foul, but a little after jhee fell fick and died. But this is a gentle 
end, a natural death, fuch perfons commonly make away themfelves, 
* proprioque infanguine latus £ 
Indignantem animam vacuas effudit in auras 5 
fo did Lidot, Sed moriamur ait, pc pc juvat ire fer umbras $ 
Piramus and Thysk, Medea, f Corefus and Calljrhoe, * Theagines the 
Philofophcr, and many Mynadcs befides, and fd will ever do, 
, f & mihi fertis ■ ■ • - . ! 
Bli manusy eft &. amor, dahit hie in vulnera vires 
Who ever heard a ftory of more woe, \ .. ■ •!, >(;■ . 
■' 
S Ovid Met. 10. 
JSLneas Sylvius4 
ejus deeeft, 
fitm nunquam, 
vifa. Lucretia, 
ridete , uuUis 
facetiis, petty 
nullo gaudio pt- 
tuit ad Utnim 
renovari, mox 
in altitudinem 
incedit, & pc 
brevi contabuit. 
t Anacreon, 
t Paufanias 
Achaicis l.ql 
, t Megannfis 
, flagrant 
Lucum. Tom. 4, 
f 3. Afcf, 
* Furibundus 
putavit f e vide- 
re Imaginem 
pueli a y & co~ 
ram loqui him.- 
«fcm illh&c» 
» Juvet. Hes 
fcr<ew. 
s Juvenis Me- 
dicina operam 
dans Doff oris 
filiam deperi- 
bat, &e. 
Than that of -fuliet arid her Romeo i Read Varthenhni in 
Erotic is I and Plutdrchs am Aten as narrationes, or Loves-ftories, allt ending 
to this purpofe. VaUerihla lib.i, obferv, 7. hath a lamentable nat- 
ation of a Merchant his patient, * that raving thorow impatience of. love * 
*d hee net been watched> would every while have offered violence to himjdf 
flatus Inch anus cent, 3* car, 56, hath fuch “another ftory, and Fa- 
Plater, Med. obfer• lib. 1. a third of a young x (Gentleman that 
«ndied Phyfickj and for the love of a Dodors daughter , having no 
“°Pe to compafshis defire, poifoned himfelfj 1615. A Barber m 
Franc fort y becaufe his wench was betrothed to another, cut n»s own 
throat. *At Neokurge the fame year a young man, becaufe hee cou 0 
let her Parents content, killed his fweet*heart, and afterward - , 
y Getardus Ar- 
thus G allot el- 
gicus, nund. 
vernal. -fi 
«»*«*»- 
/rf aperuit: &■ 
inde expiravit. 
i Cum renuente 
parente utroSfc 
&ipfa virgins, 
frui non pojjetz 
ipfum& ipfam 
interfecit, hot 
amagijlratu pe- 
tens, ut in eo- 
dem fepulchm 
fepeliri pejfent. Love- UHcUncholy. 
Mcmb. 6. Subf. i* 
Pan 3. Sect. a. 
defmng this of the Magiftrate, as hee gave up the Ghoft, they might 
bee buried in one grave, 
Quodque rogis fup erefi una requlefcat in »rna , 
f loccetce. 
which i Gtfa»*dahe[ought of Tancredus her Father, that fhee might be in 
like fort buried with Guifcardus her Lover, that fo their bodies might lye 
together in the grave, as their fouls wander about * Campos lugentes in 
the Elyfian fields, ' - ■■qms durus amor crudeli tabe peredit, 
in a mirtle grove • -r & myrtea circum 
Sylva tegit: cura non ipfa in morte relinquunt. 
You have not yet heard the worft, they do not offer violence to them- 
felves in this rage o£luft,but unto others,their neareft and dear eft friends, 
f Cataline killed his onely Son, tnifttque ad orci pallida, let hi obnubila, eh ft- 
ta tenebris loca, for the love of Aurelia Orefiilla, quod ejus nuptias vivo filio 
recufaret. * Laodice the lifter of Mithridates, poifoned her husband ,to 
give content to a bafe fellow whom (hee loved, f Alexander 
Thais a Concubine of his, fet Ferfipolis on fire, * Nereus wife, a widow 
and Lady ot Athens} tot 101 z. Venetian Gentleman, betrayed the 
City* and hee for her fake murthered his wife, the daughter of a Noble 
man in Venice• d Confiantine Be feta, made away Catharine his wife, turn- 
ed his fon Michael and his other children out of doors, for the love of i 
bafe Scriveners daughter in Thejjalonica, with whofe beauty hee was ena- 
mored. c, Leuccphria betrayed the City where dice dwelt, fof her fweet- 
hearts fake, that was in the enemies Camp, a Tithidice the 
daughter of Methinia for the love of kAchiiles, betrayed the whole Ifland 
to him, her Fathers enemy.e Diognetus did as much in the City where he 
‘ dwelt, for the love of Pelicrita, Medea for the love of fajony fhee taught 
him howto tame the fire-breathing,brafs-feeted Bulls, and kill the migh- 
-1 ty Dragon that kept the golden fleece, and tore her little brother Abfjr- 
tus in pceccs, that her Father Athes might have fomething to detain him, 
while fhee ran away with her beloved fafon, &c. Such A&s and Scenes 
hath this Tragccoraoedy of love. 
* Stdes eorum 
qui pro amaris 
impatientia pe- 
reunt, Vtrg, 6. 
otneid. 
t Sal. Val. 
* Sabel. lib. 3. 
En. 6. 
f Junius ttb.j. 
x chalcocondi- 
las de reb. Tur- 
cicis Ubi 9. Ne- 
rei uxor Athe- 
narum domina, 
&c. . 
h Nicephoros 
Greg-hifl.lib. 8. 
Uxorem occi- 
dit Ukfros & 
Miehaelem fili- 
um videre ab- 
Thejfia- 
louica amore 
captus pronata- 
rii filia, &c- 
« Parthenius 
Erot.Ub.eap.f. 
i Idem cap. ai. 
Gubernatoris 
alia Achillis■ 
amore capta ci- 
vitatem prodi- 
dit. 
* Idem, cap. f. 
Mb ms. 6i Sub SECT* i. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy , by Labour >fDytt, Lhyjtcb, Fafiwg,&cl 
Lthough it be controverted by fome, whether Love- 
Melancholy may bee cured, becaufe it i$ fo irrefiftible 
and violent a paflion* for as you know, 
~~ * facilis defcenfus Avf&*t 
revocare gradum, [up er afa evadere ad auras 5 
It is an eaiie paftagc doWn to hell> 
■:: But to come back, once there, you cannot well* 
*rtYgiJ&i' I* 
Yet without queltion, if it be taken in time, it may bee helped3and by 
ny good remedies amended. Avicenna lib. 3. Ten.cap. *3» & 24. fets down 
fevcn compendious waies how this malady may bee eafcd, altered 
and expelled. SavamoU 9. principal obfcrvations, fafon PfatenfoJ 
prefcribcs eight rules befidcs Phyfick, how this baffion may bee tamed. Parc 3. sed. 2. 
Memb. 6, Subf, i. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy* 
Laurentias 2, main precepts, Arnoldus* VaUeriola, Montaltus, Bildefieim, 
Langius * and others inform us otherwife* and yet all tending to the 
fame purpofe. The fum of which I will briefly Epitomize (tor I light, 
my Candle from their Torches) and inlarge again upon occafion* as 
(hall feem beft to mee* and that after mine own method. The firft rule 
to bee obferved in this ftubborn and unbridled paflion * is exercifc and 
diet. It is an old and well known fentcnce * Sine Cerere dr Baccho friget 
Venus-, As anf idle fedentary life* liberal feeding, are great caufes of it, 
fo the oppofite* labour* (lender and fparing diet* with continual bufinefs, 
arc the befl: and moft ordinary means to prevent it. 
Otia fi Cupidinis artes , 
Contemftaque & fine luce faces* 
Take idlencfs away* and put to flight 
Arc Cupids Arts, his Torches give no light, 
Minerva* Diana, reft a, and the nine Mufes were not enamoured at all, be*. 
Caufc they never were idle. 
f Otium nau- 
fragium cajli- 
fatis, Aufin, 
ney never wexc *uie. 
* JFrufira blanditia apulift is ad has£ 
JFrufira nequitia vent fits ad has, 
JFruflra deliti a obfidebitis has, 
JFrufira has tllecebrs, & procacitate 
JEtfufpiria, dr bfcula, & fufurriy 
tt quifquis mala fana corda mantum 
Blandis ebria fafeinat venenis• 
Jn vain are all your flatteries. 
In vain are all your knaveries. 
Delights, deceipts? procacities* 
Sighs, kifles, arid confpiracies. 
And what ere is done by Arc, 
To bewitch a Lovers heart* 
P Buchanan. 
BsHdtca.fyt. 
?Tis in vain tofet upon thofe that are buiie. 'Tis Savonarola's third rule* 
Occupari i* rmdtts & magnis negotiis, and Avicennas precept, rap. 24. 
i Ceditamor res, age tutus eris* 
To bee bufie ftill, andas h Guianerius injoyns, about matters of great mo- 
ment* if it may bee. I Uagninus adds* never to bee idle,* but at the hours of 
fieef. , -k&»r 
To[eas ante diem librum eum lumine *fi non 
Intendas animum fiudiis, & rebus hone f isy , 
, , Invidia vd amore mifer torquebere*~~ ■■■ -rr 
For if thou doft not ply thy book. 
By candle-light to ftudybent* i . .;/> : 
Imploy’d about fomc honeft thing, 
s/ „ Envy or Love (hall thee torment* .Vjf •**' : 
'f 'i _• 
tOvid.iib.xj 
remed. . > 
* Ctff.lt. cfa 
cares arduas 
exerceri. ; . ... 
Teg. San, Bit. 
gutter baram 
fomni, nn(U j. 
perotim trwt~ 
feat. ■ 
» Bor..fib. 1. 
rp/jf. a. 
sHo better Phyfick than to bee alwaies occupied, ferioufly intent* 
I Cur in penates rarius tenues fubit, 
Bac delicatas eligens pefiis downs, 
<, Medinmtinc Canos vulru* affe&us tenet i &(* 
'Vv; • -r 
meet,. 
Why doft thou askj poor are often fr*c, 
.And dainty places ftill moleftcd bee ? i 4 A 
ecaufc poof people fare courfly, work haf4 S° wofl-v/ard w* *wre\ Leve- sjMelancholy, 
Parc 3. Se<st. 2. 
Memb.6. Subf. 1. 
Non habet unde faum paupertas pafcat amorem, ™ Guianerius there- 
fore prefcribes his patient to go with hair-cloth next his skin, to go 
hare-footed, and bare-legged in cold weather > to whip himfelfncw and then, 
** L^lon^s hut above ally to faft, Not withfweet wine, mutton and pot- 
tage , as many of chofc Tenterbellies do, howfbever they pat On Lenten 
faces, and whatfoever they pretend, but from all manner of meat. Faffing 
ls an all; Efficient remedy of it fclf * for as faftn Fratenfis holds , the bb- 
dies of fuch perfons that feed liberally, and live at cafe , n are full of bad 
at}d Devils, devilijh thoughts 5 no better Thypck for fuch parties, than 
to faft, Htldejheim fpicel, 2; to this of hunger, adds 0 often baths, much tic- 
ercife ahdfweaty but hunger arid faffing he preferibes before the reft. And 
'ds indeed pur Saviours Oracle, This kind of devil is not c aft out but by 
fafting and prayer , which makes the Fathers fo immoderate in commen- 
at^on °f fafting. As Hunger, faith P Ambrofe, is a friend of Virginity, fo is 
** an enemy to lafcivmfnef, hut fulnef overt hr owes chaftity, and fojlereth 
aU manner of provocationh If tnine horfe be too lufty , Hierome adyi- 
t^iee to ta^e away fome of his provender 5 by this means thofc 
Pauls, Hillaries, Antonies, and famous Anchorites fubdued the luff of 
the flefh • by this means Hillarion made his Afte , 'as he called his own body, 
leave kicking, (fo * Hierome relates of him in his life ) when the Devil 
tempted him to any fuch foule offence. By this means thole 1 India# 
Brachmannt kept themfelvcs Continent , they lay upon the ground cove- 
red with skins, as the Redfhanks do on Hadder , and dieted themfclves 
fparingly on one difh , which Gniantnus would have all young men put 
in practice; and if that will not ferve, f G ordonius would have them fmndly 
whipped, or to cool their courage, kept in prifon, and there be fed With bread 
ancj watCr , till they acknowledge their erfour; and become of another 
mind. If imprifonmerit and hunger will not take them dowri, according 
to the direction of that c Theban Crates, time muft wear it out sif time will 
hdft refuge is an halter. But this you will fay, is Comically fpokeri, 
Howfoever Falling by all means muft be ftillufed- arid as they muft re- 
fr°m Wch meats formerly mentioned , which caufe venery, or pro- 
voke luft, fo they muft ufe an oppofitc diet. a Wine muft be altogether 
abided of the younger fort, So * Plato preferibes, and would have the 
Magiftrates themfelvcs abftain from it, for examples fake, highly com- 
mending the Carthaginians for their temperance in this kinde. And 
"twas a g°°d edi&, a commendable thing, fo that it were not done for 
fome finifter refpeft, as thofeold Egyptians abftaincd from Wine, be- 
caufe fome fabulous Poets had given out, Winefprang fir ft from the 
Wood of the Gyants, or out of furperftition as Our modern Turks, but 
for temperance, it being anima virus & vitiorum fomes, a plague itfelf 
jp immoderately taken* Women of old for that caufe, t in hot Countries 
forbid the ufe of it 5 and as fevCrely punifhed for drinking of wine, as 
for adultery* 2nd young folks, as Letnicns hath recorded, Var-hft.l.i.caf- 
«7?8 8- out of Athsnms and others; and is ftillpraaifed in Italy and Cotae 
™ Trait. 16'. 
cap. i B.ftps 
nuda carne ci- 
licium p artent 
tempore frigido 
fine caligis, & 
nudis pedibus 
incedam, in pa- 
ne & aqua je- 
junent, fepi us ' 
ft verberi- 
bus credant 
&c. 
n T> temonibus 
referta funt 
corpora no fra, 
illorum praci- 
pue qui deli ea- 
tis vefcuntur 
eduliis, advo- 
litant,& cerr- 
poribus inhce- 
rem; hanc eh 
rem jejunium 
impendio pro- 
batur ad pudi- 
citiam. 
® jTiftus ft «-t- 
tenuatus ,bal- 
nei frequens 
ufus & fudi- 
tiottes, cold 
bath, not hot, 
faith Magni- 
nus part. 3. 
ea.% 3. to dive 
over head and 
cars in a cold 
river, &c. 
p Ser. de gulaj 
fames arnica 
virginitati eft, 
inimica jafci- 
vi a: faturitas 
vere caftitatem 
perdit, & nu- 
trit illecebras. 
iVmHilari- 
onis iib.s- epift* 
cumtentafet 
cum damon ti- 
tillatione in- 
ter cater a, E- 
go infuit, afel- 
le, ad corpus 
fount,'faciam, 
&c. 
1 Strabo I. if. 
Ceeg.fub pel- 
libus cubant, 
&e. 
i cap. z. part. a. Si ft juvenis, & non vult ebedire, flageUtturfrequenter & fortiter, dm insipiat fatere. * Laertius Jib. 6- 
eap. $. amori medetur fames-, fa aliter, tempus, finnonhoco laqutus. 11 Vina parant mimos Vtueri, <&q. * 3 .de Legibus- 
t tion minus fi vinum bibiffeat ae fi adulterium pdmifjfent, GelHw9 lib, xo. c. *3. Pan: 3. Sed. 3. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy. 
Memb. 6. Subf. i. 
other Countries of and t/lfia, as Claudius CMinoes hath well iflu- 
ftrated in his Comment on the 23, Embleme of jkhiat. So choice is to 
bee made of other diet. 
Nec minus true as aptum eft vitare falaces , 
£t quicquid Veneri corpora noftra parat• 
Eringo’s arc not good for to bee taken, 
And all lafeivious meats nmft bee forfaken. 
Thofe oppofite meats which ought to bee ufed, are, Cowcumbers, Mel- 
lons, Purfelan, Water-Lillies, Rue, Woodbine, Animi, Lattice, which 
Lemnius fo much commends, and Uitddm hort. med, to this 
purpofe- vitex,or Agnus caftus before the reft, which faith * Magninus, 
hath a wonderful virtue in it. Thofe Athenian women, in their folemn 
feafts called Thefmopheries, were to abftain nine daies from the compa- 
ny of men, during which time,, faith tAZlian* they laid a certain herb na- 
med Uanea,in their beds, which aflwaged thofe ardent flames of love, and 
freed them from the torments of that violent paflion. See more in Porta, 
xjliatthiolus, Crefcentms lib. ?, &c. and what every Herbalift almoft and 
Phyfician hath written, cap. He Satjriap & Priapt[met, Rhafis amongft the 
reft. In fome difes again, if they bee much deje&ed and brought low in 
body, and now ready to defpair through anguifh, grief, and too fenfible 
a feeling of their mifery, a cup of wine and full diet is not amifs, and as 
Vale feus advifeth, cum alia hone fa venerim fape exercendo, which Langius 
Lfif med, lib, i, epifi, 24. approves out of %hofis ( adaftduationem coitus 
invitat ) and Guianems feconds it, cap, 16. trait, 16, as at very profitable 
remedy, . ’’ \ 
* Sam. 1 
part.s.cap.%-3,, 
Mirabilem vim 
habet. 
• tQm mliere > 
, tlifM gmifffil 
/*** Coire erit 
ut liffcnm. 7* 
Laurmti- 
us. cap, jt. 
*«*r. 
t Cap. j 
mark* ccreh. 
* Rerealdus 
rat de amare, 
* dmatori, cy, 
jus eft pr0 inu 
potentia, mens 
amota, opus oft 
tit paulatim a- 
nirnus velut H 
Peregrinatione., 
domum revoce- 
tur per mufi- 
cam, 
&c. 
Per aucupium, 
fabulasi& fe~ 
(iivas narra- 
tionesy laborem 
uff ad fado- 
rem, &c. 
| Cxlcflitia 
Aft- i..Barthi# 
interpret. 
~ * * ******* tibi quum inguina, cum fi 
\yLncida, ut verna prafts eji, tentigine rumpi 
CM alis i non ego namque, &c, f rfafon Pratenfu 
fubferibes to this coiinfel of the Poet, Excretis enim aut tollit prorfus aut 
lenit Agritudinem. As it did the raging luft of jijjuerus, * qut ad impatien- 
tiam amoris leniendam, per fingulas fere nefies novas puellas devirginavit. 
And to bee drunk too by fits-, but this is mad Phyfick, if it bee at all to bee 
permitted. If not, yet fome pleafure is to bee allowed, as that which Vi- 
ves {peaks of, lib, 3, de anima. 1A Lover that hath as it were lofi htmfelf 
through impotencyy impatience, mufi bse called home as a traveller by mufick, 
feafling, good wine, if need bee, to drunkenne fs it (elf, which many jo much 
commend for the eaftng of the mind, ad kinds of [ports and merriments, u 
fee fair pifinres, hangings, buildings, pie of ant fields, Orchardsv Gardens, 
Groves, Ponds, Bos, Rivers, fijhing, fowling* hawking* hunting, to hear 
**erry tales, andpleafam difeourfe, reading, to ufe ex ereije tillhee fweat- that 
new fpirits may fucceed* or by fame vehement affefiion or contrary pafion, 
to f diverted till hee be fully waived from anger* fufpition, cares, fears, dfc. 
And habituated into another courfe. Semper teewm fit, fast Sempronius ad- 
Vlleth Galijlo his love-fick Matter ) quifermoms joculares moveant, concio- 
ms rificulas, dtfieria falfa, fuaves hifiorias, fabulas venufias recenfeat, co~ 
ra™ ludat, &c% ftiH have a pleafant companion to fiog and tell merry 
es, fongSj anj £acete fweet difeourfe, &c. And as the me o y 
merriment, finging3 dancing, doth augment the pa Part 3. Seft. 2» 
Love- Mltlancholj. 
Memb.6. Subf. i. 
fome Lovers , as a Avicenna notes, fo it expcllech it in others, and 
doth very much good. Thcfc things mult bee warily applied , as 
the parties Symptomes vary, and they fhall Hand variously af- 
fedled. . . , , 
If there beany need of Phy fick, that the humours be altered, or any 
new matter aggregated 3 they muft be cured as melancholy men. Carolus 
d Lor me amongft other queftions, difeufied for his degree at Montpe- 
lier in France, hath this, An amantes & umentes ii fdcm remediis curentur ? 
a Cap. de Hifhi. 
Multas hoc af. 
feftu fanat can- 
tilena, lathi a, 
mupca-y & qai" 
dam funt quos 
hac angent. 
Whether Lovers and mad men be cured by the fame remedies? he affirms 
it; for love extended is meer madnefs. Such Phy fick then as is preferi- 
bed, is either inward or outward 5 as hath been formerly handled in the 
precedent partition in the cure of Melancholy. Gonfult with VaderioU 
obfervat. lib, i. obfervat. 7. Led. Mere atm lib, 2. cap. de mulier.affect, Da- 
niel Sennertus lib. 1. part, 2, cap, 10. * Jacobus Ferrandus the Frenchman 
inhisTradt de amore Eroti que, Fere Jim lib, 10. obferv, 29,.& 30. Jafofi 
Pratenfls and others for peculiar receipts. b Amatus Lucitanus cured a 
young Jew that was almoftmad for love, with the fyrrup of Heliebor,and 
fuch other evacuations and purges, which are ufually preferibed to black 
choler: c Avicenna confirms as much if need require , andd blood-lei- 
ting above the reft, which makes amantes ne ftnt amentes, Lovers to come 
to themfelves* and keep in their right mind. Tis the fame which Scho' 
la Salernitana, Jafon Fratenjis, Hildefhiem, (fyc. prcfcribe blood-letting tb 
be ufed as a principal remedy. Thofe old Scythians had a trick to cure 
all appetite of burning luff, byc letting themfelves blood under the ears, 
and to make both men and women barren, as Sabellicus in his 
relates of them. Which Salmuth. Tit. 10, de Herol, comment, in Fancml, 
• de nov, report. Mercurialis var. lee, lib, 3. cap, 7. out of Hippocrates and Ben- 
zo, fay ftill is in ufe amongft the Indians, a reafon of which Langias gives, 
UK 14 (pift. 16. 
Huc faciunt medicamenta Venerem fapientia, ut Cdmphord pudendis 
, adigat a , &in brachd gejlata (quidam ait) membrum flaccidum reddit• 
Laboravit hoc morbo virgo nobilis, cui inter cater a prafcripfit Medicus , 
ut lamniam plumbeam multis foraminibus per tufam ad dies virginti por> 
This Author 
came to my 
hands fiacetne 
third Edition of 
this Book, 
b cent. 3. curat. 
56. Syrupo 
Hefteborato & 
aliis qute ad. a- 
tram hilem per- 
tinent. 
c pagetur ft e- 
jUS difpoftie 
venerit ad ad- 
uf. humoris, & 
phlebotomi-ze- 
tur. 
a Amantium 
morbus ut pru- 
ritus folvitur, 
vente feftiom 
& cucurbitulis. 
tCura a Vena 
ftftioneperau- 
res,unde femper 
feriles. 
taret tn dor jo, ad txucanaum vero jpemajupt eamquam fare ip me cwa~ 
ri, & manducare frequenter coriandrum f rtf aratum 5 & femen lactuca &a* 
cetofa &pc eam a morbo Uberavit, Porro impediunt & remittunt coi' 
tum folia (alicis trita & epota, &fi frequentius ufurpentur ipfa in totum 
auferunt. Idem prodat Topatius annulo geftacus3 dexterum lupi tefticu- 
lum attritum 3 & oleo vel aqua rofala exhibitum Veneris taedium indu- 
cere fer ibit Alexander Bene diffusi lac butyri commeftfefiii & femen Ca- 
nabis, &Camphoraexhibita idem praedant. Verbenanerbageftatalibi' 
dinemextinguit, pulvifque rana» decollat* & exiccata*. Ad extinguem 
dum coitum, ungantur membra & renes & pedlen aqua in qua 
opium Thebaicura fit didblutum5 libidine maxime contraria Camphora 
eft, & coriandrum ficcum frangit coitum, & eredtionem virgse impedit $ 
idem efficit fynapium ebibitum. Da verhenam in potu & non erigetur > 
virga fex diebus $ utere mentha peca cum aceto, genitalia idimt a fucco 
ofcyami autcicutt, coitus appetitam fedant, &c, R. feminis laBuc. portulae, 
coriandri an, 3/. mentha peca facchari albijf, §////. fulvenfcentnr or*' part 3. Seft.a. 
Cure of Love- Melancholy. 
MemU 6. Sahf. 2, 
mc f I tl^ter y eafimulmifce aqua Neunpharis, f. confeci, j'olida, in 
morju is. Ex his jumat mam unum qmmforgat. Innumera fere his fimilia 
pecas ab Hildtflemo loco prsedido., Hiz>aldo9 Porta, c^terifque. 
Sub sect. 2. 
*t fland the beginnings, avoid eccafions, change his pace : fair and foul 
means , contrary pafsions, with witty inventions : to bring in 
another, and dijcommend the former. 
Ther good rules a‘nd precepts are enjoyned by om* Phy- 
ficians 5 which if not alone, yet certainly cohjoyned 
mf may do much 5 The firft of which is oh flare principiis 5 
M WwS&w jm. to withftand the beginning, § Jfoifquis in prtmo oblli- 
Pepulit que amorem tutus ac vilior futt, hec that 
will but refill at firft 3 may eafily bee a. conquerer at 
the laft. paltazar Cafiiliol.4. urgeth this preferipra- 
s Seneca. 
t Gum in muli- 
erem incideret' 
cjux cum forma 
morum ftmpt- 
bove the reft, f when hee jhall chance ( faith hee ) to light upon a woman that 
hath good behaviour joyned with her excellent perfon , and Jhall perceive his 
(yes with a kjnde of greediness to pull unto them this Image of beauty, and car- 
ry it to the heart i jhall obferve hmfelfto beefomewhat incenfod with this in- 
fluence, which moveth within : when hee Jhall difeern thofefobtil [pints[park- 
ling in hereyes sto adminifier wore fuel to the fire, hee mufl wifely with (land 
the beginnings5 rowze up reafon fiupifted forti fie his heart by till means , 
*nd (hut up dll thofepajfages, by which it may have entrance, /Tis a precept 
>Vhich all concur upon, J Opprime dum nova font fubiti mala [emina morbi. 
Dum licet, in primo limine fifle pedem. 
Thy quick difeafe whileft it h frefh to day 
By all means crufh, thy feet at firffc ftep ftay. 
tatem con\un- 
6lam habet, e> 
jam oculos per- 
fenferit formre 
ad ft imagincpi 
cum aviditate 
quadam rape?» 
f cum eadem, 
&c. ■ 
,V> v' , *.■- ■’ 
Ovid, de rtw. 
m>. i . 
, -Dum licet, in primo limine [ifle pedem. 
Thy quick difeafe whileft it h freftj to day 
By all means crufh, thy feet at firffc ftep flay. 
Which cannot fpeedier bee done, than if hec confefs his grief and pafilon 
to forne judicious friend* ( qui tacitus ardet magis uritur, the moiehce 
conceals, the greater is’ his pain) that by his good advice may happily eafe 
'tMeas Silvi- 
us. v 
him on a fudden*, and withall to avoid occasions, or any circum fiance 
that may aggravate his difeafe, to remove the cbjedl by all means -3 for 
Who can ftand by a fire and not burn,? 
* Sufsilite chfecro & mittite ipanc forks, 
> . mifero mihi amantiebihit fangmnem. 
Tis good therefore to keep quite oiit of her company 5 which Hiet me 
o much labours to Paula, to Nepotian, Chryfoft. lo much . inculcates in 
tn cMtobtr*' Cyprian, and many Other Fathers of the Church tSiW*r 
J* m his ninth pfafg#y S Arnoldus, VaHerwUj 
aA*anc* very Phyficiaii that treats of this fubjedt. ISIov only to avibicb 
Gregory Thdl&fmtts exhortsfkifsing, dadiancey 
fpet* or as Cajhliobb. 4. to converte with them, t ear them 
terh .?r^n’g (tollcrabilms efi mdire bafilifcum flhtlantem,, thou had#:ket- 
r^aith * Cyprus aferpen.t hifs) 1 thofe amiable fmiles> admirable 
£s * Andfreet which their prefence affords, 
tNeu capita liment folitis morfiunmlis. 
Et his papillarum opprefdunculis 
Abfiineant 1'— 
* Platans gttr. 
cu. _ ■ 
Üb.\. 
cap 16. Sjnftg* 
Med. arc.S',Hr a. 
vimtur vm 
•fa, 
mo,&P% 
■ fmpndtca. l*te~ 
ra\ &c- 
-» /.#, defngy/ 
Clef. 
i Tati ddMrd- 
vum 
yem electin't3 
gratiam, fern- 
tiltdi, amah/lcs 
rf/itr, geffui) 
fuciv.jfimoc, 
&C. 
1 tipjlus lo :. 
'ist.llh. 3. ,«T- 
-tiq.lcc. Parc 3. Safi:. 2. 
Love- iJMdancholy. 
Memb.6. Subf. i* 
but all talk, name, mention, or cogitation of them, and of any other wo- 
men, perfons, circumftance, amorous book or tale that may adminiftcr a- 
ny occafion of remembrance, f Proper advifeth young men not to read 
the Canticles, and fomc parts of Cenefiszt other but for fuch as are 
enamoured ,they forbid, as before, the name mentioned, &c. cfpecially all 
fighr, they muft not fo much as come near, or look upon them. 
* Ft fugitare decet fimulachra & fabula amoris, 
Abfiinere fihi atque alio convertere mentem, Gaze not on a Maid, 
faith Syr acides, turn away thine eyes from a beautiful womans c.9. v. 5,7, 
averte ocules, faith David, or if thou doft fee them, as Ficinus advifeth , 
let not thine eye bee intentus ad libidinem, do not intend her more than 
the reft .* for as * Propertius holds, /ffe alimenta fihi maxima p abet amor > 
Love as a fnoW'ball inlargeth it felf by fight: but as Hiereme to Nefotian, 
aut aqualiter ama? aut aqualiter ignora, either fee all alike, or let all alone* 
make a league with thine eyes, aiKfthat is the fafeft courfc, 
let all alone, fee none of them. Nothing fooner revives, ra or waxethforc 
again, as Petrarch holds, than Love doth by fight. As Pomf renews am- 
bition * the fight of geld, covetoufnefst, abeautious obj ectJets on fire this bur* 
ning lujl, Ft multum faltens incitat unda fitim. 
The fight of drink makes one dry, and the fight of meat incrcafeth appe* 
tite. ’Tis dangerous therefore to fee. A * young Gentleman in merri' 
r ment, would needs put on his Miftrefs doaths, and walk abroad alone, 
which fomc of her futeisefpying, ftole him away for her that hee reprC" 
r fented. So much can light inforce. Efpecially if hee have been formerly 
enamoured, the fight of his Miftrefs ftnkcs him into a new fit, and makes 
him rave many dales after. 
550 
f Lib.s.de vit. 
Cfditus compar. 
Cap, S. 
* Lucretius. 
* Lib. 3. Eleg, 
10. 
t fob 31. Pepi- 
gi fadus cum o- 
eulis meis ne co- 
gitarem de vir- 
gins. 
m Dial. 3. de 
contemptu mun- 
di-}7{ihi l facili- 
us recrudefcit 
quam amor-y ut 
pomp a vift re- 
novat ambitio- 
nem,mi fPec'j*s 
avaritiam» fpe~ 
ftsta corporis 
forma incendit 
luxuriam. 
♦ Seneca cont. 
lib, %, cont, 9. 
n ovid. 
“ '*■' 11 Infimis caufa pufilla meet, 
tlt pene extinliim cinerem fi fulphure tAngas , 
Vivet, & ex minimo maximus ignis erit; 
Sic nifi vitabis quicquid renovabit amorem, 
Flamma reerudefeet, qua modo nulla fuit. 
A fickly man a little thing offends , 
As Brimftone doth a fire decay’d renew, 
And make it burn afrcfli, doth Loves dead flames* 
It that the former object it review. 
» Met.-j. Ut fil- 
let aventis ali- 
menta. refume- 
re, quafa Var- 
va fab induSla 
latuit feintitta 
favilla Crefcere 
& in veteres 
agitata refur- 
gere flammas. 
pEuflathii /. 3. ' 
afpetfus ame- * 
rem intendit, 
ut tnarcefcen- 
tem in palea ig~ 
item ventui\ar- ■ 
deb am interea 
majore concepto 
incendio. 
% Heliodorus l. 
4. Inflammat 
mentem novus 
afpefius, perin- 
de ac ignis ma- 
teria admotus, 
Charidia, &c. 
f Epifi.if. /.i. 
Or as the Poet compares it to embers in albes, which the wind blows * 
°ut folet k vent is, &e, A fcalld head (as the faying is) is foon broken? 
dry wood quickly kindles, and when they have been formerly woum 
ded with fight, how can they by feeing but bee inflamed? ifnrenias 3.C' 
knowledgeth as much of himfelf, when hee had been longabfent, an<* 
almoft forgotten his Miftrefs 3 r # the firH fight of her, as firin' in afire,* 
burned afrefi) ■> and more than ever I did before% * ChariclU was as mu<# 
moved at the fight of her dear after hee had been a great ftrafl' 
ger. t Mertila in thrift enatus fwore (bee would never love Pamphilus * 
gain, and did moderate her palfion, lo long as hee was abfentj but tb* 
next time hee came in prefence, Ihee could not contain, ejfufe 
treßarife finit, &c* fhec broke her vow, and did profufely imbracc hi**1, 
Hemettnus a young man (in the faid * Author) is all out as unlaid? Memb.6. Subl. 2. 
Parr^.Sed.a. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy. 
he had forgot his Miftrefs quite, and by his friends was well weaned 
from her love 5 but feeing her by chance, agnovit veteris veftigia flam* 
WA, hee raved amain, ill At amen emergens veluti lucida file da cepit elucere, 
&c. fhee did appear as a blazing-ftar, or an Angel to his light. And it 
is the common paflion of all lovers to bee overcome in this fort. For tirat 
caufebelike, ijilexander difeerning this inconvenience and danger that 
comes by feeing, r when hee heard Darius wife fo much commended for her 
beaut j, would fcarce admit her to come in his fight, foreknowing belike that 
of Plutarch, fiormofiam videre periculoftfsimum, how full of danger it is to 
fee a proper woman 5 and though hee was intemperate in other things, 
yet in this fuperbe fegefit, hee carried himfelf bravely. And fo when as 
Arajfus in Xenophon, had fo much magnified that Divine face of Pamhea 
to Cyrus, fby how much free was fairer than ordinary, bj fo much hee was the 
more unwilling to fee her. Scipio, a young man of 23 years of age,and the moft 
beautiful of the Romans,eq ual in perfon to that Grecian charinus,ox Homers 
Nireus, at the fiegeof a City in when as a noble and a moft fair 
young Gentlewoman was brought unto him, 'and hee had heardfijec was be- 
trot bed to a Lord, rewarded her, and fient her back to her fweet-heart. S. Au- 
fitin, as t Gregory reports of him, ne cum jorore quidemfiuaputavit halitan- 
dum would not live in the houfe with his own filler. Xenocrates lay 
with Lais of Corinth all night, and would not touch her, 
all the City of Athens fuppofed him to dote upon fair Alcibiades, yet 
when hee had an opportunity f [olus cum f'olo, to lie in the chamber with, 
and was wooed by him belides, as the laid Alcibiades publiquely t con- 
feffed, formam fiprevit & fuperbe contempfit, hee fcorntully rejeded him. 
Petrarch, that had fo magnified his Laura in feveral Poems, when by the 
Popes means (hee was offered unto him, would not accept of her. ult is 
a good happinefs to be free from this pafiion of Love, and great dificretion it ar- 
gues in finch a man that can fio contain himfielf * but when thou art once in love, 
U moderate thy (elf (as he faith) is a fwgular point of wifidom. 
r Curtins, lib,s. 
Cum uxerem 
Darii laudatam 
atidiv/ffet, tan- 
tum cupiditati 
fax [rienum in- 
jecit i ut illam 
vix vellet intu- 
ere. 
{ Cyropxdia, 
Cum Panthete 
formam evex- 
ifet 
tanto magis in- 
quit Cyrus, ab. 
/linere oportet, 
quanto pulchri- 
or e fi, 
1 Li vites, Cm 
eam regulo tui- 
■ dam defpmftt- 
tam audivifiet 
muneribus cu- 
mulatam remi~ 
fit. 
t Ep.39Mb.-f. 
f Et ea loqui 
poffet qux [oli 
amatores loqui 
foleiLt. 
t Platonis Con- 
vivio. 
u Heliodorus, 
lib- 4. Expertem 
* flaw vitare plagas in amoris ne jaciamur 
Non it a difficile eft, quam captum retibus ip fis 
jExire, & validos faneris perrumpere nodos, 
To avoid fuch nets is no fuch maftery. 
But tane toefcapeisall the vi&ory. 
efie amoris bti- 
titudo cji y at 
qmm captus 
[is ,ad mode ra- 
ti sncm revoca-,, 
rc animum prur 
dentia [lagu’.a- 
ris. 
* Lucretius>l.4. 
But for as much as few men are free, fodifcreet Lovers, or that can 
contain themfelves, and moderate their paflions, to curb their fcnfes, as 
Rot to fee them, not to look lafdvioufly, not to confer with them, fuch is 
the fury of this head-ftrong paffion of raging lull, and their weaknef ,A' 
f®* i&z ardor a natura in fit us, tas he terms it, fuch a furious defire natuie 
hath inferibed; fach unfpeakable delight. 
f Htcd-uh lib. i, 
de ciwof 
tern. 
Sic Diva Veneris furor , 
Infants adeo mentibus incubat, which neither rea on, 
««fro** wee muft ufe fome fpeedy means to correi and Pr^ 
ljiat> and all other inconveniences, which come by, conference, 
e* The beft, read feft, fur eft way, and which approve is ocr Part 3. Se£t. 2. 
Leve- tjMelancholp, 
Memb.6. Subf. 
tie, to fend them fevcral ways, that they may neither hear of, fee, nor 
' have opportunity to fend to one another again, or live together foli cum 
fola, as fo many Gilbertines. Elongatio a patria, ’tis Savanarolas fourth 
rule, and Gordonins precept, d/Jlrahatur ad longinquas regiones, fend him 
to travel. *Tis that which moft run upon, as fo many hounds, with full 
cry, Poets, Divines, Philofophers, Phyficians, all, mutetpatriam: Fate' 
* Lqu mutatio- 
ne tanquam non 
cenvdeficens cu- 
randus e(t,c.n. 
y Amorum l.i. 
jsHiifquis amat, 
loca nata nocent, 
dies aegritudi- 
nem adimit, ap- 
fientia delet. Ire 
licet procul hinc 
fm: xas a fick man, hee muft be cured with change ofayre, TuSy q.Tuf- 
cuU The beft remedy is to get thee gone, zfafm Pratenfis .• change ay re 
and foil, Laurentius. 
Virg, Fuge littus amatum. 
Utile finitimis abfiimifc locis, 
yQvid. 1 procul, & longas carpereperge vias, 
————fed fuge i tutus eris. 
Travelling is an Antidote of Love, 
relin- 
quere fines.Ovi. 
tLib. s.eleg. 10 
t Lib.i. Socrat. 
memor. Tibi O 
Critobule confin- 
io ut integrum 
annum abfis,1 
&c. 
* Vroximim esi 
ut efiitrins.% .ut 
moram temp ms 
QppoMs.s.& lo- 
cum mutes.a,', ut 
de laqueo cogi- 
tes. 
t Magnum iter ad doff as proficif:i cogor then as\ 
Ut me longa gravi folvat amore via. 
For this purpofe faith Propertius, my parents me to time and 
abfcnce wear away pain and grief, as fire goes out for want of fuel* 
Quantum oculis, ammo tam procul ibit ftmor* 
Bat foas they tarry out long enough: a t Xenophon preferibes 
Critobulus , *vix enim intro, hoc tempus ah amort fanari pOt€tis ' fome will 
hardly be weaned under. All this Hcinjiuo nterrily inculcates in an 
Epiftle to his friend Primterm: Fir ft faft, then tarry, thirdly change thy 
place, fourthly think of an halter. If change of place, continuance of 
time, abfence, will not wear it out, with thofe precedent remedies, it will 
hardly be removed: but thefe commonly are of force, Felix Plater ob* 
ferv, lib, i, had a baker to his patient, almoft mad for the love of his maid, 
and defperate $ by removing her from him, hee was in a ihort fpace cared. 
If ms a Philofopher of Affyria, was a moft difFolute liver in his youth, 
palam lafciviens, in love with all hee met •, but after hec betook himfelf by 
his friends advice to his ftudy, and left womens company, hee was f<3 
changed, that hee cared no more for Plays, nor Feafts, nor Masks, not 
Songs, nor Verfes.fine cloathes,nor no fuch love-toys: he became a new 
1 1 V » . /1/f . • • , I Vi a 
man upon a fudden, tanquam fi fieres oculos amifjjet (faith mine * Au- 
thor)as if hee had loft his former eyes. Feter Godefridusjin the laft Chap- 
ter of his third Book, hath a ftory out of S, Amhrofe , of a young man* 
that meeting his old love, after long abfence, on whom he had extreamly 
doted, would fcarce take notice of her sflieewondred at it,that hee fliould 
fo lightly efteem her, called him again, leni I?at diEHs animum, and told 
him who (hee was, Bgofum in quit: At ego non ftm ego: But hee replied,hes 
was not the fame man ; proripuit fefc tandem, as Dido fled from * o&nerf* 
not vouchfafing her any farther parley, loathing his folly, and alhamed 
of that which formerly he had done; ; : 
t Non fumftultus ut ante jam Neural 0 Netr** 
put your tricks, and pra&ife hereafter upon fortie body clfe, you 
befool me no longer. Fetrarch hath fuch another tale of a young Gal' 
lant, that loved a wench with one eye, and for that caufe by his parent* 
was Tent to travel into far Countreys 5 after feme years,hee returned, *** 
meeting the maid for whofe fake hee farts (ent asked her how, *** 
> 'PhiloUrattts 
de vitis Sophi- 
fiamtn. 
* Vli'g.i 
t Buchanan. Part. 3. Sed. 2. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy. 
Memb.6. Subl.2 
hy what chance [bee lofi her eye ? No [aid free, 1 have lofi none, but you have 
found yours: Signifying thereby, that all Lovers were blindc, zsFahius 
laith, de forma judicare non poffant, Lovers cannot judge of 
beauty, nor fcarce of any thing elfe, as diey will eafily confefs* after they 
return unto themfelves, by fome difcontinuance or better advice, win- 
der at their own folly, madnefs, ftupidity, blindeneL, be much abalhed, 
and laugh at Love, andcafft an idle thing, condemn themfelves that ever 
they fhould bee fo befotted or milled 5 and be heartily glad they have fo 
happily efcaped. 
• If fo bee (which is feldome) that change of place will not efFe& this al- 
teration, then other remedies are to be annexed, fair and foul means, 
as toperfwade, promife, threaten, terrifie, or to divert by fome contrary 
paflion, rumour, tales, news, or fome witty invention, to alter bis affecti- 
on, by feme greater forrew, to drive out the lefs, faith Gordonius, as that 
his houfe is on fire, his beft friends dead, his money ftoln, c That hee is 
made fome great Covernour, or hath fome honour, office, fome inheritance is 
befaln him, Hee fhall bee a Knight, a Baron .* or by fome falfe accufation, 
as they dotofuchas have the hickhop, to make them forger it. Saint 
Hiereme, lib,2, epift.i6. to Rufiicas the Monk,hath an infiaace of a dyoung 
man of Greece, that lived in a Monaftery in Egypt, that hy ne labour, m 
continence, noperfwafion, could be diverted, but at laft by this trick hee was de- 
livered. The Cdlbotfets one of his Covent to quarrel with him, and with [me 
fcandalous reproach or other to defame him before company, and then to come 
and complain fir ft, the witneffes were like wife fubornedfor the Plaintiff. The 
young man wept, and when all were again ft him, the ijdbbot cunningly took his 
part, left hee ftould bee overcome with immoderate grief: but what need ma- 
ny words f By this invention he was cured, and alienated from his pristine 
love-thoughts Injuries, Handers, contemps, difgraces. 
dnnuncicntuf 
valde tft ft). a, uf 
malar tr'ftitia 
poftit minorem 
obfnfczre. 
c quadft 
fa PI us fcncjcal- 
Ids, nut habeat 
honorem mag- 
rum. 
d A dole feme 
Gracus erat in. 
vtgypti canobio 
qui nulla, operis 
magnitudine, 
nulla perfuaflons 
flammam pote- 
rat fedare : mo* 
nafterii pater 
hue arte ferva•» 
v it. Imp erat cui- 
dam e fociis, 
&C. Flebat illc, 
omnes adverfa- 
bantur-, folus 
puter callide op- 
ponere, ne abun- 
dantia trinities 
ab for beret ur, 
quid multa? b$c 
invento curatus 
e ft, & a cogita- 
tionibus prifli- 
nis avocatus. 
e Torn.%, 
i Ter. 
—■ injuria fornta-y Nt 
are very forcible means to withdraw mens affedions, contumelia affect 
amatores amare dtfmunty as c Lucian faith, Lovers reviled or negleded, 
contemned or mifufed, turn love to hate; * redeam ? Non fimeobfecret, 
I'U never love thee more, Bgone illam, qua ilium, qua me, qua non? So 
Zephyrus hated Hyacinthus, bccaufe hee fcorned him, and preferred his 
Corrival Apollo (Palephatus>fah, Nar.) hee will not come again though 
hee bee invited. Tell him but how hee was feoffed at behinde his back, 
('tis the counfel of Avicenna ) that his Love is falfe, and entertains 
another, rejeds him, cares not for him, or thaefbeeis a fool, a natty 
a fiut, a fixen, a fcold, a Devil, or which Italians commonly 
that hee or ihee hath fome loathfome filthy difcafe,gout, ftone, ttran- 
SUrys falling-ficknefs, and they are hereditary, not to be avoided, he is 
ltlbjed toa Confumption, hath the Pox, that hee hath three or four incu- 
rablc tetters, ittues : that (hee is bald,hcr breach (links,(hee is mad by mhc- 
e,and foare all the kinred, an hair-brain, with many other fecret m- 
“rimueS:> which I will not fo much as name, belonging to women. 
el 5 an Hermaphrodite, an Eunuch ,imperfed, impocenc,afpen ? 
a fool,a gull,a beggar,a whoremafter, far in debt,an - 
0 Maintain her, a coraiiion drunkard, his mother was a witc o Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- Melancholy. 
Memb.6. Subf, 2, 
554 
bang’d,that he hath a Wolf in his bofome, a fore leg,hee is a Leper, hath 
fome incurable difeafe, thathee will finely heather, hee cannot hold his 
water, that hee cries out, or walks in the night, will ftab his bed-fellow, 
tell all hisfecrets in his deep, and that no body dare lie with him, bis 
houfe is haunted with fpirits* with fuch fearful and tragical things, able 
to avert and terrific any manor woman living. Gordonius, cap, 20. part,2, 
hmc in m&du,m confrlit; Paretur alt qua vetula turpijsima ajpeUu, 
cum turpi fa vili habitu: Et portet fubtm gremium pannum menftruakm> fa 
dic at quod arnica fua fit fa quod mingat in lettoy fa efi ej>Hef~ 
tica fa impudica5 fa quod tn corpore fro funt excrefc entia enormes, cum 
foetore anhelttusy & alia enormitates , quibus vetula frnt edocta: ft nolit 
s Hypatia AUx- 
H’ldrina quon- 
dam je adaman- ' 
torn prolatis j 
muliebribus 
pannk, & in 
eum cskfoftis 
ab amoris infa- 
nta Uberavit. 
Studas &■ Eu- 
napius. 
b SavanaroU 
his perfuaderi, fabit o extrahat s pannum menfirualem, coram facie portari* 
do, exclamando, talis efi amica tua 5 &fi ex his non demi ferity non efi homo, 
fed diabolus incarnatas. Idem fere Kjivicenna£2.y,i\At cura Elifhi,Ub.3. 
Fen.i. Tradi.4. Narrent res immundas vetula, ex quibus abominationem 
incurrat, & res h fordidas, & hoc afsiduent• idem Areulanus, cap,l6» in $9 
Rhafis, &C. 
Withall, as they do difcommend the bid, for the better affeding a 
more fpeedy alteration, they muft commend another Paramour, alteram 
inducere, fet him or her to be wooed, or wooe fome other that (hall bee 
fairer, of better note, better fortune, birth, parentage, much tobepre- 
-5 t Invenies alium ft te hie fafiidit Alexis, by this means, whid) 
tfafon Pratenfts wifheth, to turn the ftream of affedion another way, 
Snccejjore novo truditur omnis amor 5 or as Valefius advifeth, 
by Subdividing to diminifhit, as a great River cut into many chanels, 
runs low at laft. 
k Hortor &ut pariter binas habeatis amicas, (fre. 
If you fufped to be taken, be fure,faith the Poet, to have two Miftrcffes 
at onte, or go from one to another: As hee that goes from a good fire in 
cold weather, is loath to depart from it, though in the next room there 
be a better, which will refreih him as much • there’s as much difference 
of hate, as hie ignis 5 or bring him to fomepublique fbews, plays, meet- 
ings, where hee may fee variety,and hee fhall likely loathe his fir ft choice; 
carry him but to the next Town, yea, peradventure to the next houfe,and 
as Faris loft Oenones love by feeing Helena, and Crejjeida iovfookTreiluS 
by converfing with Diomede, he will diflike his former Miftrefe, and leave 
her quite behinde him, as f The feus left Ariadne faft afleep in the I (land of 
Via, to feek her fortune, that was er’ft his loving Miftrefs. * Nunc primum 
Dorida vetus amator contempfi, as he faid5 Doris is but a doudy to this* A$ 
hee that looks himfelf in a glafs, forgets his Phyftognomie forthwith, 
this flattering glafs of love will be diminifhed by after a little ab" 
fjsnce it will be remitted, the next fair objed will likely alter it. A youn£ 
man ina Lucian was pitifully in love, hee came to the Theater by chance, 
and by feeing other fair objeds there, mentis fanitatem recepit, was fifty 
ly recovered, b and went merrily home, as if he had taken a dram ofcbHvi* 
on, e A Moufe (faith an Apologer j was brought up in a cheft, there fed 
with fragments of bread and chcefc, thought there could be no better 
meat* till coming forth at Jaft, and feeding liberally of other variety 
t Virg.Egl.j-. 
1 Vi [tributio ti- 
moris fiat in 
piares, ad flu- 
res arnicas ani- 
mum applicet. 
Ovid, 
j-Bighm fabi 
43' 
* pctrenius. 
«tib.de fait. 
b S theatro e- 
grcffiu hilar is, 
ac(t pharmacum 
oblivionis bibif- 
fet 
c Mas in cl fa 
natus, &e. Parc. 3. Sed.». 
Cure of Love-Melancholy. 
Memb.6.Sabi.2* 
viands, loathed his former life: moralize this fable by thy fclf. Plata in 
his feventh book Dc Legibus-, hath a pretty fiction of a City under ground, 
to which by little holes, fomefmall fiore of light came *, the inhabitants 
thought there could not be a better place, and at their firft coming a- 
broad they might not endure the light, aegerrime [okm intueri * but after 
they were accuftomed a little to it, 'they deplored their fellows mifery that 
lived under ground. A filly Lover is in like ftate, none to fair as his Mi- 
ftrefs at firff, he cares for none but heir 5 yet after a while, when he hath 
compered her with others, hee abhors her hartley fight and memory. Tis 
generally true , for as he obferves, 1 Priorem flammam nevus ignis extrw 
dit SCT ea mult drum nature*, tit prafentes maxime ament, one fire drives out 
another 5 and fuch is womens weaknefs, that they love commonly him 
that is prefent. And fo do many men (as hee confefied) hee loved Amye, 
till he faw Floriat, and when he faw Cynthia, forgate them both: but fair 
Phillis was incomparably beyond them alf, Cions furpaffed her, and yet - 
when hee efpied Amari It is, fhee was his foie Miftrefsj O divine Amari Uis! 
fiu am pros era-, cuprefsi ad inflari quam elegans, quam decens f &c. how love- 
ly, how tall, how comely fhec was (faith Polemius) till hee faw another, 
and then fhee was the foie fubje& of his thoughts. In conhlufion, her j 
hee loves heft hee faw laft. t Triton the Sea-God firfl loved Leucothoe, till 
he came in prefence of cMiUney fhee was the Commandrefs of his 
heart, till hee faw Galatea*, but (as*fhee complains) hee loved another eft- 
foons, another, and another. *Fis a thing which by Hierems report, hath ■ 
been ufually pradlifed. f Heathen Philofophers drive out one love with am- i 
ther, as they do a peg, or pin with a pin. Which thofe feven Perfian Princes 1 
did to AfTuerus, that they might requite the defire of Queen Vafhti tilth the \ 
love of ethers, Paufanias in Eliacis, faith, that therefore one Cupid was 1 
painted to contend with another, and to take the Garland from him,j be- 
caufe one love drives out another. 
d In qum e f>c* 
cu fnhterram» 
medicum lucis 
Hiabitur. 
e Deplorabant 
mum mi feriant 
qui fubierraneis 
illis lods vitam 
degunt- 
1 Tatius, lib.6. 
f Jr if <e netus, 
epifi- 4- 
* Calcagnin. 
Dial. Galat. 
Mox aliam 
pratulit, aiiah 
prxlaturm 
quam primum 
occafo arrife* 
'fit. 
m Epi'f. Hb.iJ 
"16. Dhilofophi 
foculi veterem 
amorem novo, 
quafi clavum 
clavo rep tiler e± 
quod & Jjfuero 
Regi feptem 
Principes Per fa- 
rum fecere, ut 
Vafa: Regime, 
defiderium a- 
more compenfaf 
rent. 
2 Alterius vires fubtrahit alter amor, 
and Tally 3. nat. deor, difputing with C. Cotta, makes mention of three fe- 
veral Cupids, i\\ differing in office. Felix Flater in the fir ft book of his 
observations, boafts hoW he cured a widower in Bafil, a Patient of his, by 
this ftratagem alone, that doted upon a poor fervant his maid, when 
friends, children, no perfwafion could ferve to alienate his minde; They 
motioned him to another honeft mans daughter in the Town, whom bee 
loved, and lived with, long after, abhorring the very name and fight of 
the firft. After the death of Lucretia, 0 Earialus would admit of no com' 
fort, till the Empercur Sigifmond married him to a noble Lady of his Court, 
And fo in jbort{pace he was freed. 
n Ovid. 
0 Lugubri veftt 
indutui, confo- 
htion.es non ad- 
mi fit, donee Cat- 
far ex duedi 
[anguine formo- 
fani virginem 
matrimonio con- 
junxit. 
vineas Sylvifd 
hifi.de £ Uriah 
& Lucretia* Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Leve- (JWelancholy. 
Memb. 6, Subf.g. 
Sub s eg. 
By counfel andferfmfen, feulnefs ef mens, womens 
faults ytniferies ef marriage , events ef &c. 
there be divers caufes of this burning luft, or heroical 
love, fo there be many good remedies to cafe and 
\ftyi he*P5 amon which, good counfel and perfwafion, 
which 1 fhould have handled in the firft place, are of 
great moment, and not to be omitted. Many are of 
opinion,that in this blinde head-ftrong paflion,coun- 
(el can do no good. 
;p Ter, 
vjgji* enim res in fe neq 5 con filium neq* modum 
Habet, ullo eam con filio regere nm potes» 
Which thing hath neither judgement,or an end. 
How (hould advice or couniel it amend i 
• ‘f £uts enim modus adfit amort f 
But without queftion, good counfeland advice muft needs be of great 
force, efpecialiy, if it mall proceed from a wife, fatherly, reverend, dif- 
creet perfon, a man of authority, whom the parties do refpe&, ft and in 
aw of, or from a judicious friend, of it felf alone, it is able to divert and 
fufiice. Cor denius the Phyfidan attributes fo much to it that hec would 
have it by all means ufed in the firft place* Amove&tur ah cowjilio vi* 
r't quern timet, ojiendendo fericula [acuity judicium gaudia Farads ft, 
Hee would have fomc difcreet men to diflfwade them, after the fury of 
paflion is a little fperit, or by abfence allayed5 for it is as intempeftive at 
firft, to give couniel, as to comfort parents when their children are in 
that inftant departed 5 to no purpofe to preferibe Narcoticks3 Cordials? 
Nedarines, Potions, Homers Nepenthes, or Helenus Bowl, &c. 
ceffabit pettm tundere, fhee will lament and bowl for a feafon .* Let pafli- 
on have his courfe a. while, and then hee may proceed, by fore-fhewing 
the miferable events and dangers which will furely happen , the pain* 
of Hell, joys of Paradife, and the like, which by their prepofterous 
courfes they (hall forfeit or incur* and ’tis a fit method, a very good 
means: For what t Seneca faid of Vice, I fay of Love9Sine magifiro difei- 
t»Ky vix fine magifiro de feritur, ’tis learned of it felf, but * hardly left 
without a Tutor. *Tis not amifs therefore to have fome fuch overfeer? 
to expoftulate and fhew them fuch abfurdities, inconveniences, imper* 
fedions, difeontents, as ufually follow 5 which their blindeneis, fury, 
madnefs, cannot apply unto themfelves, or will not apprehend through 
vveaknefs: and good for them to difdofe themfelves, to give ear to 
friendly admonitions. Tell me Sweet-heart (faith Tryphena to a love" 
fick Chamides in t Lucian) what it is that troubles thee 5 peradventure I 
can eafethy miflde, and further thee in thy fuit* and fo without queftion 
might, and fo mayeft thou, if the Patient be capable of good counfel,and 
will hear at leaft what may be faid. 
If hee love at all, fhee is cither an honeft woman or a whore. If di/hom 
neft,lec him read or inculcate to him that fifth of Solomons Proverbs,EccUfi 
* LuHoufu 
Meimis, io*z* 
dfaTfcendm 
efrpetrmh. 
yijUtb-5.8- 
dial 
lilm. 
««m iffi ai 
amn-mfr 
TZ Parc $, Sedl.2. 
Cure of Love- CM el awe holy. 
Memb.s, Subi.j. 
26. i.cap.q, in his book of and Cam, Philo fudaus de 
mercedemer. Pi at in as dial, in Amores, Ffpencam, and thole three books 
of Pet. Haedus de contem. amoribus, *y£neas Sylvius tart Fpiftlei which he 
Wrote to his friend Nicholas of Warthurre, which he calls me del am illici- 
ii amoris, &c. r For whafs an whore, as he faith, but apoler of youth, * mine 
of men, a dcftrutlion, a dev our er of patrimonies, a dow&fal of honour, fodder 
for the Devil, the gate of deaths and fupplement of bell ? a Talis amor eft la- 
queus anima, (if c, a bitter honey, fweec poyfon, delicate deftruCtion,a vo- 
luntary mifehief, commixtum ccenum, fterquilinium, And as b Pet, Ara- 
tines Lucretia, a notable quean, confefieth 5 Gluttony , anger, envy, pride, 
facriledge, theft, jlaughter, were all horn that day that a whore began her pro- 
fefiion: for as fhee follows it, her pride is greater than a rich churls, fhee is 
r enim 
meretrix nf 
juventutiis ix- 
pilairix, vi- 
rorum rapina 
fu mors-, pa- 
trimony devo- 
ratrix, hono- 
ris pernhies, 
pabulum dia- 
boli, janua 
were envious than the fox, as malicious as melancholy, as covetous as Hell, 
If from the beginning of the world any were mala, pejor, pelfima, bad ih the 
fuperlative degree, ’tis a where 3 how many have 1 undone, caufed to be woun- 
ded Ilain ! O Antonia, thou fee ft cwhat lam without,, hut within Cod knows, 
a puddle of iniquity, a fink of fin, a pocky quean. Let him now that fo doces, 
meditate on this 5 Let him fee the event and fuccefs of others, Sampfon, 
Hercules, Holofernes, &c. thofe infinite mifehiefs attend it: If fhee be 
another mans wife hee loves, ’tis abominable in the fight of God and 
men: Adultery is exprefly forbidden in Gods Commandment, a mortal 
fin, able to endanger his foul: If he be fuch a one that fears God, or have 
any Religion, he will efehew it, and abhor the loathfbmnefs of his own 
fad. It he love an honeft maid, ’tis to abufe, or marry her: if to abufc, 
'tis fornication, a foul faCb (though fome make light of it) and al- 
'.J 9 
( merits, infer- 
, ni fuppkmen- 
tum .? 
* Sanguinem 
hominum for~ 
1 bent. 
a Contemplati- 
one Idiota, c, 
34- difcrime» 
vita, mors 
blanda, mei fel- 
icum, dulce 
venenum, per~ 
nities delicata, 
malum fponta- 
neum,&c. 
b Pomodidafc. 
dial. Ital. gula. 
inoft equal to adultery it felf. It to marry, let him fefioufly confider 
What he takes in hand, look before he leap, as the proverb is, or fettle 
his affections, and examine firfl: the party, and condition of bis eftate and 
hers, whether it be a fit match, for fortunes, years, parentage, aad fueh 
other circumftances, an fit fua Veneris. Whether it be likely to pro- 
ceed- if not, let him wifely ftave himfelf off at the firft, curb in his in- 
ordinate paffion, and moderate his defire, by thinking of forne other fub- ‘ 
jeit divert his cogitations, Or if it be not for his good, as v&mas fore- 
warned by CMercur) in a dream, left Dido’s love, and in all hafie got him 
to Sea, 
. ira, invidia, 
faper bid,Jw- 
crilegfa, latro- 
cm: a, cades, 
Co die tut a. 
pint, quo pri- 
mum meretrix 
Pltfefiioifm 
fecit. SupjyJtix 
major quain 
opulenti rupei, 
invidia quam 
tuis venerea, 
hi mi chia no- 
t Afneftea, Surgefiumq-, vocatfertewfa Cloanthem, 
Clajjem aptent jubet and although fhee 
did oppofe with vows, tears, prayers, and imprecation, 
null ms ille movetur * 
Fletibus, aut iUas voces tra flabilis audits 
carter melan- 
cholia-, avafitis. 
t in jmmenfhm 
• frefund** 
c QUalis extra: 
fitffivitfosyq»?~ 
lisi/urativv.-'t 
Veuf. 
t Virg, 
t Ki'%* 
Letthy rule thee againft all allurements, Teeming de- 
j'ghts, pleafing inward or outward provocations. Thou roayeft dp this 
if thou wilt, paler mn deperit filiam, nec frater fereram, a father dotes not 
°n his oWn daughter, a brother on a fitter, and why, becaufc itos un- 
unlawful, unfit. If hee be fickly, foft, deformed,let himthink o 
h|s deformities, vices, infirmities, if in debt, let him ruminate how t p y 
his debts; ifhee bee in any danger,let him feek to avoid it, if!iee 7 
, law-fuit, or other bufinefs, hee may do well to let his love * 5 
and Part,3.Se&.2. 
Lpve-Melancholy. 
Memo 
and follow it, labour in his vocation,whatever it is. But if he cannot To 
cafe himfelf, yet let him wifely premeditate of both their if they 
be unequal in years,fhee young and he old, what an unfit match muff it 
needs be, an uneven yoke, how abfurd and undecent a thing is it 1 as Ly 
. cinmin{Lucian told TimoUm, for an old bald crook-noled knave, to 
marry a young wench j How odious a thing it is to fee an old Leacher I 
what fliould a bald fellow do with a comb, a dumb doter with a pipe, 
ablinde man With a looking-glafs, and thou with fuch a wife * How ab- 
furd is it for a young man to marry an old wife for a piece of good i But 
put cafe fhee be equal in years, birth, fortunes, and other qualities cor- 
refpondent, hee doth defire to be coupled in marriage, which is an honou- 
rable eftate, but for what refpeds i Her beauty belike, and comelinefs 
of pcrfon, that is commonly the main objeft, fhee Is a raoft abfolute form 
in his eye at leaft, Cm formam Paphia, & C harites tribuere decorem, but do 
other men affirm as much i or is it an crrour in his j udgeraent i 
f Tofn,z. I* vo- 
tis, Calvus cum 
fis, nafum habe• 
as fimum, &c. 
t Temnius, 
t FaUtmt nos ocule vagifenfus, 
Opprejfa ratione mentiuntur, our eyes and other fenfes 
will commonly deceive us * it may bee, to thee thy felf upon a more fe- 
rious examination, or after a little abfence, fhee is not fo fair as fhee feems. 
guadam videntur & non funt 5 Compare her to another Sanding by, ’tis 
a touchftone to try, confer hand to hand, body to body, face ro face, 
eye to eye, tiofe to noie, neCi£ to neck, &c. examine every part by it felf, 
then all together, in all poftures, feyeral lites, and tell me how thoulikeft 
her.lt may bee not fhee, that is fo fair, but her coats, or put another in her 
deaths, and fhee will feem all out asfair* as ther Poet then preferibes, 
feparatc her from her cloathes; fuppofe thou fawher in abafe beggers 
'0vid. 
weed, or elfe dreffed in fome old hirfute attires out of fafhion, foullih- 
nen, courfe raiment, befmeared with foot, colly, perfumed with Opo- 
ponax, Sagapenum, Affa foetida, orfome fuch filthy gums, dirty, 
bout fome undecent action or other 5 or in fuch a cafe as t BrafstveU the 
Phyfidan found Malatafia his patient, after a potion of Hellebor, which 
hee had prefcribed: Munibus in terram depofitts, & ano verfus ceelum eh' 
vato {ac videretur Socraticus iRe Arift op banes, qui Geometricas figure 
in terram fcribens, tubera colligere videbatur) atram bilem in album pari' 
et em injiciebat, adeo que totam earneram, &fe deturpabat, ut, &c, all to he' 
rayed, or worfe jif thou faw’ft her (I fky) wouldft thou affeft her as thou 
doft ? Suppofe thou beheldeft her in a * frofty morning, in cold weather? 
in fome pafiion or perturbation of minde, weeping, chafing, See. rivel’d 
: and ill-favoured to behold. Shee many times that in acompofcd look 
feemsfo amiable and delirious, tarn fcituld forma, if fliee do bur laugh 
or fmile, makes an ugly fparrow-mouthed face, and fhews a pair oi 
uneaven, loathfome, rotten, foul teeth: Shee hath a black skin, gouty 
legs, a deformed crooked carkafs under a fine coat. It may be for all 
hercoftlytires (he is bald, and though fheefeem fo fair by dark, by 
candle-light, or afar off at fuch a diftance, as Callicratides obferved in 
f Lucian, If thou jhouldß fee her neer, or in a morning, jhee maid apf 
wore uglj than a beafi 5 *fi diligenter confideres, quid per os & nares 
ter os corporis • meatus egreditur, vilius ficrqmllninm nunquam vidip’ 
t /a catartieis, 
lib.%. 
*Siftrveat 
deformis,'ecee 
formfaefl-y fi 
frigeatformo/.a, 
jam fis infor- 
mis. Th. CMortts 
Epigram. 
* Amorum 
dial. Tom,4. fi 
quis ad auro- 
ram contemple- 
tur multas mu- 
lieres i nofte 
lecto [urgentes, 
turpiores pu- 
tabit ejfe befiiis. 
* Rugo de 
elaufiro Anima, 
lib.i.e.u part 3.5ed.2. 
Gure of Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.6. Sabf.3. 
attires, furtivis nudatam coloribus 3 it may bee (bee is like *y£fops Jay, or 
* Plintes Cantharides, (hcc will be loathfome,ridiculous, thou wilt not en- 
dure her fight: or fuppofe thou faw’ft her fick, pale, in a Confuraption, 
on her death-bed, skin and bones, or now dead. Cujus erat graft]simus 
amplexus, as Bernard faith, erit horribilis afpeolus 5 
Non redolet, /edolet, qua redolere jolet* Asa pofie, fhee 
fmels fweet, is moft frefhand fair one day, but dried up, withered, and 
ftinks another. Beautiful Ntreus, by that Homer fo much admired, once 
dead, is more deformed then Therfetes, and Solomon deceafed, as ugly as 
UMarcolphus: Thy lovely Miftrefs,that was erft f Charis charier ecellis, 
deafer to thee than thine eyes, once fick or departed, is 
ViU vilior afiimata caeno, worfe than..any dirt or dunghill. 
Her embraces were not fo acceptable, as now her looks be terrible : Thou 
hadft better behold a Corgans head, than Helenas caikafs. 
v Some are of opinon, that to fee a woman naked, is able of itfelf to 
alter his affedion -, and it is worthy of confidcration, faith r Montaigne 
the Frenchman in his Eftays, that the skilfulleft matters of amorous dal- 
liance, appoint for a remedy of vencrcous paifions, a full fumy of the 
body j which the Poet infinuates. 
Follow ray course!, fee her undreft, fee her, if it be pollible, out of her 
* Hiff.aat.u, 
cap 3j. A Hie 
that hath gol- 
den wingSj hut 
apovloned to- 
dy. 
f Buch.lsUfi, 
Headecufyl. 
y ApoKproeßctn 
S*b. ' 
* lilt quod obft&n as in a ferto cor fore f artes 
Videratt in curfu quifuit3 hafit amor. 
The love ftoodftiil, that ran in full career. 
When once ft faw thofc parts fliould not appear. 
* Ovid.%. re*. 
It is reported of sdeuem King of Syria, that feeing his wife Stratonicei 
bald pate,asfhec was undrefling her by chance, hee could never afFedi her 
after. RemundmLulliusthe Phyfician, fpying an ulceror canker in his 
Miftrefs breaft, whom hee fo dearly loved, from that day following ab- 
borr’d the looks of her. Philip the French King, as 
relates it, married the King of Denmarks daughter, a and after he had 
ujedher as a wife one night, hecaufe her breath flunks they fay, or for fame 
other [ecret fault, fent her hack, again to her father, Peter Matt he us in the 
life of Xoi4the eleventh, findes fault with our English t Chronicles, 
for writing how Margaret the King of Scots daughter, and wife to Lewis 
the if. French King, was oh graveolentiam oris, rejeded by her husband. 
Many fuch matches arc made for by-refpe&s, or fome feemly comeli- 
hefs, which after honey-moons paft , turn to bitternefs .* For burning 
luff is but a flafh, a Gunpowder paffion 5 and hatred oft follows in the 
higheft degree, diflike and contempt. 
*■ -* Cum fe cutis arida lax at y *' 
Fiunt ohfeuri dentes— . . when they wax 
and ilb favoured, they may commonly no longer abide them. 
_ gravis es nobis, be gone, they grow ftale,fulfomc, 
louthfoixie, odious, thou art abeaftly,filthy quean, 
f faciem thabe cacantis habes> 
Thou *rt Saturni podex, withered and dry, infpida & metula, 
* <Xe quia ruga turpant, 6* capitis nives, 
'' mhegone, * porta patent,profeife ere. 
a ToU mm 
noftem inter- 
tur* wdeofCa, 
fam cepit} prsp~ 
ter foetentem' c- 
jf Spirit m Alii 
dicmt, Vel la- 
tentem foedita- 
tem repudiavit» 
rem faciens pla- 
ne illicitam» &" 
regia pirjona 
mulum inde- 
coram. 
f Hali and 
Grafton bj;kc. 
* JuvcmI. 
f Mart. 
* Tally in Cat. 
* Hot. ode 13. 
lib. 4. Part 5,5ed.2. 
Love-Melancholy» 
Memb.6.Subf#5 
Yea, but you will infer, your Miftrefsis complear, of a moft abfolute 
form in all mens opinions, no exceptions can be taken at her, nothing 
may be added to her perfon, nothing detraded, ftiee is the mirror of wo- 
men for her beauty, comelincfs, and pleafanc grace, unimitable, mer* 
dchtia, meri lepores, ftiee is Myrothetium Veneris, Gratiarum pixis, a meet 
magazine of natural perfedions, ftiee hath all the Veneres and Cracesy 
t Lochmi. 
f syc.xlh fait 
Venus cam fait 
virgin balf-i- 
-mujn fpirans, 
&c. 
mi lie faces, & mide f guras, 
* Seneca, 
•Sm:ca 
embTs. cent. 1. 
flu omnium put- 
rna typus. 
I£**e fm" 
ipTufanL'* 
Laeosjib.j. 
rum omnium pofi 
Hetenam fat-mo- 
ses, non cui de- 
amatus eft bid- 
them, me cui 
vagina gemm’s 
(hfUnguitm, fed 
51 adfecandim 
in each part abfolute and compleat, 
t Lata genas, Ufa os rofeum, vaga lumina Uta: to be admired 
for her perfon, a moft incomparable, unmatchable piece, aurea f roles, ad 
pmulacbrum alien] us numinis cempofita, a Phoenix, vernantis at at ula Ve~ 
nerilla, a Nymph, a Fairy, t like Venus her felf when foee was a maid, 
nudi fecunda, a mecr quinteflence, flores fpirans & amaracum, fee min a pro- 
digium : Put cafe ftiee bee, how long will ftiee continue 1 
* Florem decoris finguli carpunt dies: Every day 
detrads from her perfon, and this beauty is bonum fragile, a mecr flalh, 
a Venice glafs, quickly broken, * Anceps forma bonum mortalibus, 
• exigui donum breve temporis, it will not 
lad. As that fair flower b Adonis, which wee callan Anemeny, flouriftieth 
but one moneth, this gracious, all-commanding beauty fades in an inftant. 
It is a jewel foon loft, the Painters Goddefs, falfa veritas, a mccr pidure. 
F' aVOUY is deceitful, and beauty is “Vantty t"]pxOV*^l*^o* 
f Vitrea gemmula, fluxaq-, budula, candida forma efi9 
Vjx, Vjfa, ros, \urnas, •ventus & aura, mhtl, 
A brittle Jem, bubble, is Beauty pale, 
A Role, dew, fnow,fmoak, wind3air,nought at all. 
fibtiiis ades 
& mucro mu- 
n'mcniavi omne 
rupturus. 
If (tee bee fair, as the faying is, fhee is commonly a fool * if proud, fcorn- 
fu 1, fequiturqr, fuperbi a formam yov difhoneft, rara eH concordiaforma 
pudicitu9 can fhee be fair and bone ft too f aAn Bo the fon of Agaflcles, 
married a Spartan Lafs, the faircft Lady in all Greece next to BeUn, but 
for her conditions,the moft abominable and beaftly creature of the world# 
So that I would wifh thee to refpeft, with * Seneca, not her perfon, but 
qualities. Will you fay that*s a good blade-, which hath a guildedfeabbard, im~ 
brotdered whh gold and jewels I Ne> but that which hath a good edge and 
point, well tempered metal, able to rep ft. This beauty is of the body alone, 
and what is that,jbut as * Gregory Nazianzen telleth us, a mock of time and 
ftekeefs ?or as Boethius, cas mutable as a not nature Co makes us 9 
but moft part the infirmity of the beholder. For ask anotber,hee lees no fnch 
matter: Die miht per gratias qualis tibi videtur, I pray thee tell mee how 
thou likeft my Sweet-heart, as Ihee asked her filler in Ariftenatus, t who# 
Ifo much admire, methinks hee is thefweeteft Gentleman, the propere ft man that 
ever 1 fawi But lam in love, I confefs ( nec pudet fateri) and cannot 
therefore well judge. But bee fiice fair indeed, golden-haired, as 
his Bathillus (to examine particulars) fhee have 
+ Flammeolos oculos, coUaqs latfeela, 
a pure fanguine complexion, little mouth, coral lips, white teeth, foft 
and plump neck, body, hands, feet, all fair and lovely to behold, com' 
pofed of all graces, elegances, an alfolutc piece, 
* Pulchritudo 
d'sP&mrbiPi7 
dibrium. orat.$. 
\uitate fuglci 
or, ttcc fua na- 
tura for mofas 
tfwimmmfir- 
mss. 
t Ep:ft.it. 
§p17jhvJ~s 
wihi puleheni- 
wore percita, de 
aware non retie 
/f. Part 3,5ed.2. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.d. Subr.s. 
t Lumina ftnt Melita Junonia, dextra Minerva, 
cMamida Veneris, fur a maris domina &C, 
Letc her head bee Irom Prage, paps out of Auftria, belly from 
back from Brabant hands out of England, feet from Rhine, buttocks from 
Switzer [andfits, her have the Spamlj) gate, the Venetian tire, Italian com- 
plement and endowments 5 
t Idem, 
d Bebchus ada* 
gih Ger. 
t Candida fyderiis ardefcant lumina flammis, 
Sudent coda ref as, & cedat crinibus aurum, 
gM e lie apurpureum depromant ora ruborem 5 
Fulgeat-, ac Venerem ceelefti corpore vincat, 
Forma dearum omnis, (Vc. 
t Vetm. cu. 
Let her bee fuch a!one throughout, as Lucian deciphers in his Imagines $ 
as Enphanor of old painted Venus, Ariftanetus describes Lais, another 
Helena, Chariclia, Leucippe, Lucretia, Tandora 5 let her have a box of beau- 
ty to repair her felf Hill, fuch a one as Venus gave fhaen, when he carried 
her over the Ford 5 let her ufe all helps Art and Nature can yield * be like 
her, and her, aad whom thou wilt, or all thefe in one 5 a little ficknefs, a 
f caver, fmall pox, wound, fear, lofs of an eye, or limb, a violent paflion* 
a diftemperature of hcator-cold, mars all in an inftant, disfigures all j 
child e-bearing, old age, that Tyrant Time will turn Venus tp Erynnis, ra- 
ging Time, care, rivels her upon a fudden 5 after fhee hath been married a 
finall while, and the black Ox hath trodden on her toe, fhee will be fo 
much altered, and wax out of favour, thou wilt not know her. One 
grows too fat, another too lean, &c. mod eft Matilda, pretty pleafing 
JPeg, fweet tinging Sufan, mincing merry Moll, dainty dancing Do#, neat 
Nancj, jolly font, nimble Ned, killing Kate, bouncing Befs with black eyes, 
fair Phillis with fine white hands, fidling Franck-> tall Tib-, {lender Sib, 
See. will quickly lofe their grace, grow fulfome, ftale, lad, heavy, dull, 
four, and all at laft out of falhiPn. Übi jam vultus argutiay fuavis faavi- 
fatle, blandus rifus) &c. Tbofe fair fparkling eyes will look dull, herfoft 
Coral lips will be pale, dry, cold, rough, and blew, her skin rugged, that 
foft and tender fuferftcies will be hard attd harfti, her whole complexion 
change in a moment, and as * Matilda writ to King John, ’ 
Dmm] 
I am not now as when the# jaw ft me lqft% 
That favour foon is vamjhed and pafts 
That Rofie blujb laptina Lillie vale. 
Now is with imorphew overgrown and palel 
JTisfo in the reft, their beauty fades as a tree in winter, which "Deianira 
«ath elegantly expreffed in the Poeta 
f Deforme jolts Afpicis truncis nemus t 
Sic no fra longum forma percurrens iter-, 
Veferdit Miquidfemper, & fulget minus> 
UMalifqt, minus eft quicquid in nebis fuit, 
olim petitum cecidit & partu labaty 
Materq*, multum rapuit ex ida mihi, 
citato [eni or eripuit gradu. 
c Sense.'aß.il 
Here. Octeus.' 
And as a tree that in the green wood grows. 
With fruiund leaves, and in the Summer blows. Part^.Seft.i. 
Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.6.Subf.s 
In Winter like a ftock deformed ihowes .* 
Oar beauty takes his race, and journey goes, 
And doth decrcafc, and lofc, and come to nought. 
Admir’d of old, to this by childe-birth brought .* 
And Mother hath bereft mee of my grace. 
And crooked old age coming on a pace. 
1 Vides vtn'i- 
Ham mulierem, 
fulgidum ha- 
bentem oculum, 
vultu hilari fo- 
rufcantem, exi- 
mium q nendam 
afpcblum & de- 
corem pra fefe- 
r entem, urentem 
mentem tuam 
& concupifcen- 
tiam agentem j 
cogita terram 
ejj'e id quod 
amnss,& quod 
admiraris fter- 
eus, quod te 
cogita 
illam jam fe- 
nefeere, jam ru- 
gofam cavis ge- 
nis, agrgtam s 
tantis for di bus 
tutus plena ef, 
pituita, fler core: 
reputa quid in- 
tra nares, ocu- 
les, cerebrum 
geftat, quas for- 
des,&c, 
% Subtil, 13, 
- W X 
To conclude with chryfoftome, iWhen thou fee ft a fair and beautiful pet' 
fon, a brave Bonaroba, h leHa Donna, qua? falivam moveat, lepidam pud* 
lam & quam tu facile antes, a comdy woman, having bright eyes, a merry 
countenance, a jhining I after in her look, a pleafant grace, wringing thy foul, 
and encreafing thy eoncupifcence 5 bethink with thy felf that it is but earth 
thou loveft, a mcer excrement, which fo vexeth thee, which thou fo admi* 
reft, and thy raging foul wiU be at reft. Take her skin from her face, and 
thou (halt fee all loath fomeneft under it, that beauty is a fuperftcid skin and 
bones, nerves, ft news: Sttppofe her fie k, now rivd’d, hoary- hollow 
cheeked, old5 withinJhee is full of filthy fie am sft inking, putrid, ex creme n- 
tal fluff: [not and fnevil in her noftnls, fpittle in her mouth, water in 
her eyes, what filth in her brains, &c, Or take her at beft, and look nar- 
rowly upon her in the light3 ftand nearer her, nearer yet, thou fhalt per- 
ceive almoft as much, and love lefs, ass Cardan well writes, minus amant 
qut acute s caliger deride him for it: If hee fee her near, or 
look exactly at fuch a pofture* whofoever hee is, according to the true 
rules of fymmetry and proportion, thofclmeanof Albert™ Durer, U* 
matius and Tafnier, examine him of her. If hee bee deg *ansformarum fpe• 
dator, hee fhall finde many faults in Phyfiognomie,and ill colour $ if form, 
one fide of the face likely bigger than the other ,or crooked nofe,bad eyes, 
prominent veins, concavities about the eyes, wrinkles, pimples, red 
ftreeks, frechons, hairs, warts, neves, inequalities, roughnefs, fcabredity, 
palcnefs, yellownefs, and as many colours as are in a Turkicocts neck, 
many indecorums in their other parts 5 eft quod defideres, eft quod amputes, 
one leers, another frowns, a third gapes, fquints, &c. And 'tis true that 
he faith, h Diligenter confideranti raro facies abfoluta, & qu* vitio caret, 
feldom fhall you finde an abfoluteface without fault, as I have often 
obferved 5 not in the face alone is this deleft or difproportion to be found, 
but in all the other parts,of body and miride 5 fhee is fair indeed,but fool' 
ifh 5 pretty, comely, and decent, of a majeftical prefence, but peradvefl- 
ture imperious, unhonefi, acerbayiniqua,{d£-will’d- fhee is rich, but defer' 
mcd; hath a fweet face,but bad carriage* no bringing up, a rude and wan- 
ton flurt 5 a deat body fhee hath, but it is a nafty quean otherwife, a ve- 
ry llur, of a bad kinde. As flowers in a garden have colour fomc, but no 
fmell, others have a fragrant ftnell, but are unfeemly to the eye* one is un- 
favory to the tafte as rue, as bitter as wormwood, and yet a uioft medici- 
nal cordial flower, moft acceptable to the ftomackj fo are men and wo- 
men, one is well qualified, but of ill proportion, poor and bafe: a good 
eye fhee hath, bat a bad hand and foot, fadapedes & fvda manus, a Bne 
leg, bad teeth, a vaft Examine all parts of body and minde> I 
adyife thee to enquire of all. See her angry, merry, laugh, weep, hot,cold> 
fick,fullen, dreffed, undrcfFed,in all attires,fites,geftures, paflions,eat hef 
meals, &c. and in fomc of thefe you will finely diflike. Yea, not her 
h Cardan fubtil. 
ltb.li;* - Part, 3. Sed. *. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.6. Sub!'.3« 
onely let them obferve, but her partncSjhow they carry themfelves: for 
what deformities, defeats, incumbrances of body or minde be in them, at 
fuch an age, they will likely bee fubjed to, bee molefted in like manner, 
they will patrizare or matrizare. And with all let him take notice ol her 
companions, inconvUln, (as (guiverra preferibes) dr qutbufeum cenver- 
fotur, whom (hee converfeth with. 
Nofcitur ex Comite, qui non cognofcitur ex fe. 
According to Thucidides, dree is commonly the beft, deque minimus foras 
habetur feme, that is leaft talked of abroad. For if fhee be a noted revel- 
ler, a gadder, a finger, apranker or dancer, then take heed of her. For 
What faith Theocritus < 
At vos fefiiva ne ne fait ate pneßs., 
En malus hircus adefl in vos fait are paratus, 
Jouna men will do it when they come to it, 
Pawnes and Sacyres will certainly play wrecks, when they come in fuch 
Wanton Baccho’s, Elenords. prcfence. Now when they Ihall perceive 
any fuch obliquity, indecency, difproportion, deformity, bad conditions, 
&c. let them ftill ruminate on that, and as t Haedus advifeth out of Ovid, 
earum mendas notent, note their faults, vices, errours, and think of their 
imperledions *tis the next way to divert and mitigate Loves furious 
hcad-ftrong paflions5 as a Peacocks feet, and filthy comb, they fay, make 
him forget his fine feathers, and pride of his tail-, ftiee is lovely, fair, well- 
favoured, well qualified, courteous and kinde, Butifjhee bee net fo to met, 
what care 1 how kinde fhee bee. I fay with f Philofiratus, formo fa aliis, mihi 
f Lib. de cox- 
tem. amoribus. 
Earum mendas 
volvant animo, 
fape ante ocu- 
los cenftituant, 
fape damnent. 
fuperba , ftiee is a tyrant to mee, and fo let her go. Bcfides thefe outward 
najves, or open faults, errours, there bee many inward fecrer* 
fome private (which I will omit) and fome more common to the fex, 
fallen fits, evil qualities, filthy difeafes, in this cafe fit to bee considered 5 
Confideratioheditatis mulierum, menftrua? imprimis, quam immunda 
fnnt, quam SavanareU proponit regula feptima penitus obfervandum*, & 
TldUna dial, amoris fup perfringit. Ledovicns Bonacfialus mulieb.Uh. 2, 
cap, 2, Pet. Heedus, Albert ns, dr infiniti fere medici. * A Lover in Calc ag- 
ninus Apologies 3 wilhed with all his heart bee were his Miftrefs Ring, to 
hear, imbracc, Tee, and do I know not what; O thou fool, quoth the 
Ring* if thou wer’ft in my room, thou fliouldft hear, obferve and fee 
pudenda dr pdnitendd3 that which would make thee loathe and hate her, 
yea peradventure all women for her fake. 
I will fay nothing of the vices of their minds, their pride, envy, incon- 
stancy, weaknefs, rpalice, fclf-will3 lightnefs, infatiable luft, jealoufie-, Ec~ 
cl»f 5* 14. Nomalice to a womans, no bin ernefs like to hers, Ecclef. 7. 21. 
and as the fame Author urgeth, Prov. 31. 10. Who [hall finde a virtuous wo- 
Hee makesa queftionof it. Neqs jus,neq’y bonum, neqt, aquum fci~ 
melius pejus, profit, obfit, nihil vident, mfi quod libido fulgent, They 
,n°n> neither good nor had, bee it better or worfe (as the Comical Poet hath 
u beneficial or bhrtful, they will do what they lift. 
t In dilittik, 
* gym mu- 
tor annutum fe 
arnica oppareti 
ut ejus amplexu 
fruipoJfet3&c. 
0 te mi ferum 
ait annulus, ft 
meas vices obt- 
yes-, videres, au- 
dires,&c. nihil 
non odio dg- 
mm obfervar es* 
*ln ftdi£ humani generis, querimonia vita, 
Exuvia no cl is, duri fima cur a diet, 
Pcena virum, nex dr juvenum, &c, 
* Lathetis, Parc 3. Sc<st. 2. 
Love- sjtielancholj. 
Memb,6. Subf. 3. 
564 
And to that purpofe were they firft made, as Jupiter infinuates in the 
* See our Eng- 
HJh Tatius L 1. 
* Poet 5 
The fire that held Prometheus fide from mee fit 
With plagues caH’d Women [bad revenged he, 
On whofe alluring and cntifingface, 
Poor mortals doting fiiall their death imhrace. 
In fine, as Diogenes concludes in Nevtfanus, Nulla efi foemina qua non ha> 
heat guid: they have all their faults. 
* Chaucer in 
Roman: of the 
Role. 
* €herp each of them hath fome Wee, 
3f one hee full of Wllanp, 
Another hath a Itpon® epe* 
3lf one hee full of taantonnete, 
Another i$ a Chiherete, 
When Leander was drowned, the inhabitants of Sefios confecrated Hero's 
Lantern to Anteros, Anterotifaerum,] andhee that had good fuccefsin 
fa love, fhould light the candle: but never any man was found to light 
it5 which I can refer to nought, but the inconftancy and lightnefs of wo- 
men. 
t fe faci- 
lem in amore 
prebarit, banc 
fuccendito. Ac 
qui fnccendat, 
ad h:mc dim 
repertus nemo. 
Calcagninus. 
J cAridfto. 
J For in a thonfand, good there is not one 
All hee f? proud, unthankful, and unhjnde, 
With flinty hearts, carelefs of others moan3 
in their own l«fis carried m,fl blind: 
But more herein to fpeak / amforbidden, 
Sometime for ffeaktng truth,one may hee chidden. 
lam not willing,you fee, to profecute the caufe againft them, and there- 
fore take heed you miftake mee not, t matronam mil am ego tango, I honour 
the (ex, with all good men, as I ought to do, rather than difpleafc 
them, I will voluntarily take the oath which Mercurius Britannicus took, 
Viragin.defcript. lib, 2./0/.95. Me nihil unquam mali nobilifimo 
verbo, velfaBo machinaturum, &c. Let Simonides, Mantuan, Platina, Peti 
Aretine, and fuch woraen-haters bear the blame, if ought bee laid amifs 5 
I have not writ a tenth of that which might bee urged out of them 
and others * t non poffunt invectiva omnes, & fatyr a in faminos fcripta, nnO 
volumine comprehendi. And that which I have faid (to fpeak truth)no more 
concerns them than men, though women bee more frequently named 
in this Tradi*, (to Apologize once for allj lam neither partial againft 
them, or therefore bitter: what is faid of the one, mutato nomine , may 
moft part bee underftood of the other. My words are like Paffus pidiurc 
in t Lucian, of whom, when a good fellow had befpoke an horfe to bee 
painted with his heels upward, tumbling on his back, hee made him 
paffant: now when the fellow came for his peece , hee was very angry , 
and faid, it was quite oppofite tohisminde5 but Pajjus inftantly turned 
the Figure upfide down, fliewed him the horfe at that lire which hee re- 
t Her. 
f Chriftopb. 
Fonfeca, 
t jEttcom. De~ 
moftbsn. 
quelled, and fo gave him fatisfa<sHon. If any man take exception at my 
words, let him alter the name, read him for her, and 'tis all one in 
But to my purpofe: If women in general bee fo bad (and men worfc 
than they) what a hazard is it to marry i where fhall a man finde a good 
wife, or a woman a good husband t A woman a man may efchew, but 
not a wife; wedding is undoing (as Tome fay) marrying marring? wooing Pa» g. Sed. j. 
Cure of Love- Melancholy. 
Memb. 6, Subf.? 
woing ; m a wife is a fever heftick , as Sc aliger calls her, and not to bee cured 
Ht h death, as out of Menander, aAtheneus adds, 
In pelagus te jacis negotiorum, ■ —■ 
Non Libyum, non •ALgeum, ubi ex triginta non pereunt 
Tria navigia : ducem uxorem fervatur prorfus nemo: 
Thou wadcft into a Sea it felf of woes 5 
In Libyck and each man knows 
Of thirty, not three fhips are call away. 
But on this rock not one cfcapes, I fay. 
mtebru hem~ 
eauxor, & rm 
nip morte avel- 
lenda. 
The worldly cares, miferies, difeontents, that accompany marriage, I 
pray you learn of them that have exlperience,for I have none* * kyd> 
\oyxsiytmo\um, Uhn mentis liberi. For ray part He not diflemblc with him, 
Eftc procul nymph*, fallax genus efte puella. 
Vita jugata meo non facit ingenio: Me juvat, &c. 
1 * Settepus, It* 
, bros ego Uberas 
genui. Lippus 
anri%. Leti. lib. 
many married men exclaim at the miferies of it, and rail at wives down 
right 5 I never tried, but as I hear fome of them fay, 
0 cMare haud mare, vos mare acerrimum, 
An Irifh Sc a is not fo turbulent and raging as a litigious wife. 
•Plautus Aft*. 
*cl.x. 
* C? Charybdis Sicula contorquens freta, 
Minus eft timenda, nulla non melior ferae ft* 
Scylla and Charybdis are lefs dangerous , 
There is no beaft chat is fo noxious. 
* SenttJnHer. 
cui. 
Which made the Devil, as moft interpreters hold, when hee bad 
taken away fob's goods, corporis & fortuna bona, health, children, friends, 
to perfecute him the more, leave his wicked wife, as Pineda proves oiit 
of rertuUian, Cyprian, Auflin, Chryfoftome, Profper , Gaudentius, &c, ut 
mvum calamitatis inde genus vin extfteret, to vex and gaul him worfe 
quam tot us infernus, than all the fiends in hell, as knowing the conditions 
of a bad woman, fup iter non tribuit homini pc fill enti us malum, faith 
Simonides', better dwell with a Dragon or a Lion, than keep houfe with a 
wicked wife, Ecclnf. a 5.18. Better dwell in a wildernefs, Prov. 21, ip, J\la 
wickednefs like to her, Eccluf 25.2 2. Shee makes a forry heart, an heavy 
countenance, 4 wounded mind, hands, and feeble knees, wr/. 25. 
*»4» and death are two the bit ter eft things in the world: uxor mihi ducenda 
eft hodie, /W vi fa eft dic ere, 4&i domum & [ufpeade te. Ter. i# j. 
And yet for all this wee Batchelors defirc to bee married , with that Ke~ 
/?4/Virgin, wee W for it. 
I w. / ' ’ • •/% 1 * f at < • « /• 
t Felices nupta ! moriar, nift nubere dulce eft, 'Tis the fweeteft 
thing in the world, j would I had a wife, faith hee, 
For fain would I leave a Angle life, ’ 
K j • Bec me a good wife, Hai-ho for an huf- 
and cries (he, a bad husband, nay the worft that cvet was is better than 
ne: Oblifsfulmarriage, O moft welcome marriage, and happy are 
that arefo coupled: wee do earneftly feek it, and are never well 
,I\l wee have effected it. But with what fate < like thofe birds in the f Em- 
_ eme> that fed about a cage, fo long as they could fly away at their plea- 
threj well of it; but when they were taken, and might not get look, 
not had the fame meat, pined away for fullennefs, and would 
' eat: So wee commend marriage, v 
f Seneca,. 
t Amator. Em- 
blem, lJarc 3. Sedt. 2. 
Love- (JMelmcholy. 
Mcmb. 6. Sub(.3 
donee mife/li It her i 
Hfpicimtts dominam •, fedpefquam heu janua claufa eft, 
Fel intus eft quodmelfuit: So long as we are wcoers, may 
kifs and koll at our plcafure , nothing is fo fweet, we are in heaven as we 
think * but when we are once tied, and have loft our liberty, marriage is 
an hell, give me my yellow hoje again: a moufe in a trap lives as merrily , 
we are ,in a purgatory feme of us, if not hell it felf. Duke helium inex- 
pertis , as the proverb is, 'tis fine talking of war, and marriage fweet in 
contemplation , till it be tried: and then as wars are moft dangerous , 
irkfome, every minute at deaths door, fois, &c. When thofe wild irijh 
Peers, faith ° Stanihurft , were feafted by King Henry the fecond (at 
what time he kept his Chriftmas at Dublin ) and had tafted of his Prince- 
like cheer, generous wines, dainty fare, had feen his * maftle plate of fil- 
ver, goldj inamel'd, teferwith jewels, golden candle-flicks, goodlyrich 
hangings, brave furniture, heard his trumpets found. Fifes, Drums, and 
his exquifite mufick in all kindes: when they had obferved his majefti- 
cal prefence as he fate in purple robes, crowned, with his feepter, &c. in 
his royal feat, the poor men were fo amazed, inamored, and taken with 
the objed, that they were pert aft domeflici & priftini tyrotarchi, as wea- 
ry and aflaamed of their own fordidityand manner of life. They would 
all be EngUjh forthwith • who but EngUjh ! but when they had now fub- 
mitted themfelves , and loft their former liberty, they began torcbell 
fonae of them* others repent of what they had done,when it was tod late. 
’Tis fo with us Batchelors, when wc lec and behold thofe fweet faces ? 
thofe gaudy fhewesthat women make, obferve their pleafantgeftures 
and graces , give ear to their Siren tunes, fee them dance, &c. we think 
their conditions are as fine as their faces, we arc taken with dumb fignes, 
in amplexum rpmus, we rave, we burn, and would fain be married: 
But when we feel the miferies, cares, woes, that accompany it, we make 
our moan many of us, cry out at length and cannot be releafed. If this be 
true now, as forae out of experience will enform us, farcwel wiving for 
my piartj and as the Comical Poet merrily faith. 
«Ve rtbut Hi- 
bgrn-cis» I. 3 • 
p G ernmea pm- 
la,argertfea va- 
fa,calata can- 
delabra,aurea, 
&C. Conchilea- 
ta aul*a, bacci- 
narum clango- ’ 
rem, tibiarum 
cantum,& fytn- 
phanite fuavita- 
tem<j. principis 
coronati cum 
vidijfent feUa 
deaurata, &c. 
1 Eubulus in 
Crijil. Atheitaus 
dypaofophiß. 
t Tranflated 
by my brother 
Ktlf Burton. 
* Juvenal 
tHtecinfpeei- 
ttn diEta cave 
ut credas, 
i Batchelors al- 
wayes are the 
braveft men. 
tacon. Seek c- 
ternlty in me- 
fnory3not in 
poftcritvjlikc 
Upamnondas, 
that inftead of 
children, left 
two great vi- 
ctories behind 
him,which he 
called his two 
daughters. 
* Perdatur ille pe fime qui feminam 
Duxit fecundus * nam nihil primo imprecor l 
Ignarus ut Puto mali primus fuit, 
t Foul fall him that brought the fecond match to paftc, 
The fir ft I wifh no harm, poor man alas. 
He knew not what he did, nor what it was. 
' What (ball I fay to him that marries again and again, 
* S tuita maritali qui porrigit ora capijire? 
I pitty him not, for the firft time he muft do as he may , bear it out 
fometimes by the head and (boulders, and let his next neighbour ride, or 
elfe run away, Pr as that Sjracuftan inatempeft, when all ponderous 
. things were to be exonerated out of the (hip, quia maximum pondtts eraf> 
fling his wife in the Sea. But this Iconfefleis Comically fpoken 3 r3n 
fo I pray yoti t£ke it. In fober fadnefc 5 f marriage is a bondage, a tbrah 
dom, a yoke, an hinderancc to all good enterprifes, (he hath married* 
wife'and cannot come ) a Hop to all preferments, a rock on which mauy Part.s.Se&T. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy. 
Memb.6.Subf.3* 
are faved, many inpinge and are eaft away: not that the thing is evil in it 
felf, or troublefome, but full of all contentment and happinefs, one of the 
three things which pleafe God, * whena man and his wife agree together, 
an honourable and happy eftatc, who knows it not t If they bee lober, 
wifc, honeft ,as the Poet'infers, ;., 
* Ecclmi zS. i. 
tSi commodos nancifc ant nr amores. 
Nullum iis abeft voluptatisgenus. 
If fitly matcht bee man arid wife. 
No pleafure's wanting to their, life. 
f Euripides 
dndrmaeh. 
But to undifcrecc fenfual perfons, that as brutes are wholly led by fenTe, 
it is a fearful plague* many times an Hell it felf, and can give little or no 
content, being that they are often fo irregular aad prodigious in their 
lufts, fo diverfc in their aftedlions. Uxor nomen dignitatis , non voluptatfs, 
as f hee faid, a wife is a name of honour, not of pleafure:' fhee is fit to bear 
the office, govern a family, to bring Up children, fit at bords end and 
carve, as Tome carnal men think and fay -7 they had rather go to the 
ftews, or have now and then a fnatch as they can come by it, borrow of 
their neighbours, than have wives of their own 5 except they may, as 
fome Princes and great men do, keep as many Gurtifans as they will 
themfelves, fly out impu#},: 
Permolere uxores alienas, that polygamy of Turks, 
Lex J-ulta , which C&far once inforced in Rome (though Levinus Torrent 
tins * and others fufpedt k ) uti ax ores quot & quas vellent liceret, that e- 
very great man might marry, and keep as/nany wives as hee would, or 1~ 
rifh divorcement were in ufe .• but as it is, ’tis hard, and gives not that fa- 
tisfa&ion to thefe carnal men, beaftly men as too many are .* f What ftill 
the fame, to b& tied cto one, be fhee never fofair, neverTo virtuous, is a 
thing they may not indure, to love one long. Say thy pleafure, and coun- 
terfeit as thou wilt, as p Parmeno told Thais, Neq-j tnuno eris contenta, one 
man will never pleafe thee* nor one woman many men r But as** Pan re- 
plied to his Father Mercury , when hee asked whether hee was married, 
Nequaquam pater, amator enim fum, &c. No Father, mr, lam a Lover ftill, 
and cannot bee contented with one woman. Pythias, 6echo, iJMenades, and I 
know not how many befides were his Miftrelfes, he might not abide mar* 
riage. Varietas deleft at-, ’tis loathfome and tedious, what one ftill I which 
the Satyri ft faid of iberina, is verified in raoft, 
[ MJ.ins Verus 
imperater.Spar, 
vit. ejus. 
t &or. 
t Jgntd licet 
ingratum eft. 
f For better Foe 
worfe, for rich- 
er for poorer, 
in ficknefs and 
in health» &c. 
Visdarns fermif 
to a fcnlual 
man. 
?Ter. aft. x. 
Sc i. Eunuch. 
SLucian. Tom. 
4. Ne% cum u- 
na ali quirem 
habere tontett- 
ms for cm. 
f JnvcnaL 
\UntM I her in a vir jufficit 1 ocyus iHud 
Extorquebis ut hac oculo contenta fit uno i 
Tis not one man will ferve her by her will, 
As foon ihee 1 have one eye as one man ftill: 
As capable of any imprellion as materia prima it felf, that ftill dc fires 
«ew forms 3 like the Sea, their affeftions ebb and flow. Husband is a 
fioakforfome to hide their villany 5 once married fhee may flyout at 
hetpleafare3 the name of Husband is a fan&uary to make all good. Eq 
wntuin (faith Seneca )ut nulla virum habeat nifi irritet adulterum. 
« -y are right and (height, as true Trojansas minehofles daughter, that 
ptM/h wench inu Amflo, as good wives as cHefjalma, Many men are as 
°nftant in their choice, and as good husbands as Here himlci, t ey 
"Lib. itt- Love- (JH eUncholy. 
Mcmb. 6, Subf. $• 
Part 3* Sed. a. 
mod have their, pltafure of all tbey fee, and ate in a word far more fickle 
than any woman, ' ; 
Ifoi titlm tpsp fof full of iealouCe, 
ae? masterful, njloben nafieltp, jfe,. 
Good men have often ill as bad as Xantipve,was 19 Ele~ 
nor ato S*. Lues, Isabella to our Edward the fecond .* and good wives are 
as often matched to ill husbands, as Manamne to fferod, Stftnt to Dio- 
cleftan9 Theodora to The op hilus, and Thyra to Gynnunde, But! will fay 
nothing of diffolute and bad husbands , of Batchelours and their vices; 
theirvgppd qualities jxc a iittcv ftjbjecl: for 3: juft volume ,. coq well 
in $ycry village, town and city, they need no blazon; 
gnd Jeft I fhpuld marr any matches, or dif-hearten loving Maids, for this 
present I pafs, ~ ~ - 
geipg that men and women are fo irreligious, depraved by nature, fa 
wapdring.in their afkdions, To brutiih, fofubjed todifagreemept, fo un- 
obfervant oi marriage rites, what /ball J fay C If thou bceftfucha one , 
or thou light on fnch a wife, what concord can there bee, what hope of 
agreement / 'tisiipt bat fonjnrgitijn y as the Reed and Fern in 
tCmerar. 8i. < 
t*nt' l\ 
t Simonides. 
* Children < 
make misfor- 
tunes more bit- 
ter. Bacon, 
y Heinjtus E- 
plft. Vrimicro, 
Hihll mi ferius 
quam procrpare 
liberos ad quos 
mhH sic hare di- 
tate tua perve- 
nire videas 
frater famem 
&fttim. 
t Chryf. Eonfe- 
ca. 
eyerie and oppolite in nature; stis twenty to one thou wilt 
not marry to thy contentment: but as in a lottery forty blanks were 
drawn cpmmoqly for one prize . out of a multitude you (hall hardly 
chufc a good one : almali eafe hence then, little comfort. • 
If hee or lliec bee fuck £ one, 
- Thou hadft much better bee. alone. 
If fliee be barren, (bee is not—fe. If Ike ha ve and thy ftate 
be not good, though thou be wary and ciraimfpe&,thy charge will undo 
not be able to bring them up, J And what greater mfery can there bee, than 
U beget children, to tphm thou canfi leave no other inheritance but hunger and 
thirfii t fit idem vocesrpgamium fanem» penetrante? 
patris cor: yvhat fo grievous as to turn them up to the wide world , to 
Ihift for themfelyes / No plague like to want: and when thou haft good 
means, and art very careful of their education■ they will not be ruled. 
Think but of that old proverb, it^vrwHeroum filii noxa9 
great mens Tons fcldome do well o utinam autceelebs manfifiem, aut prole 
carerem! x Auguftusexclaims in Suetonius. sacob had his Reben, Simeon 
and Levi: David an K*Amnony an Abfolon, wife mens ft>ns 
are commonly fools, infomnch that Spartian concludes. Neminem prope 
magnorum virorum optimum & utilem reliquiae filium 5 *'■ They bad 
been much better to have been childlefs. Tis too common in the 
middle Tort s Tny ion’s a drunkard , a gamefter, a fpendthrift5 thy 
daughter a fool, a whore* thy fervants lazie drones and thceves, thy 
neighbours devils, they will make thee weary of thy life. %if thy wife bo 
freward, when (hee may not have her will, thou hadft better bee buried alive-, (hee 
will bee [0 impatientraving fiiUy and roaring like Juno in the Tragedy, there’s 
nothing but tempefls, aU is in an uproar. If dice bee foft and foolilh, thou 
' werft better have a block, (hee will lhamc thec3 and reveal thy fecrets* 
* liberi fibi car 
chomata. 
V Melhs fuerat 
eos fm lieris 
difccjpffe. 
tLcmniits cap* 
6. lib.r. Si mo- 
ro fa, fi non. h 
omnibus obft- 
quaris, omnia 
impacata tn a- 
dibits, omnia 
fitrfm mifccri 
videas , multa. 
tempejiatssj 
&c. 
L’b. *.'numtr. 
loi.flL n»p. 2art 5. Sea. 2, 
Cure of Love-Melancholy. 
Memb. 6. Subf. 
if wife and learned, well qualified, there is as much danger on the other 
fide, mulierem doti am ducere p eric uiofif[imum, faith JSlevifenus, (he will bp 
too infolenc and peeviflv 
- - r -.Mdo Kcmtfimmqulm te (Jcrnelia mater, 
Take heed v .if (he be afl,ut, thpu wile loath her 5 if proud, (heel beggar 
thee, * jhee'l [pend thy patrimony in bahks, 5 all Arabia will not ferve to per- 
fume her hair, faith Lucian: it fair and,waptgn, (liee’l rmke thee a Cor- 
ftuto if deformed , (lie will paint, tlf her face be filthy by nature, fee will 
mend u hywt v alienis & adfeititiis impofenris, which who can induce f If 
fhe do no; paint, (he will look fo filthy* thou canft not Jove her 5 and that 
perad venture will m;:ke thee uphoneft. Cromer us Üb, I%•hi A, relates of 
Cafimlrus, c that he was unchaft, becauft his wife kida the daughter 
df Henry Lanfgmve of Heflia, was lo deformed. If Die be poor, Die brings 
beggery with her ( faith Nevfanus) mifery and difeontent. If you mar- 
ry a maid , it is uncertain how Die proves , 
Hac for fan veniet non [at is apt a tibi: 
b Juvenal. 
* Tom. 4. Amo- 
res. Omnem ma- 
riti opulentiam 
profundent et am 
Arabiam capil- 
lis redolens. 
t Idem. St quis 
fan* mentis fu-. 
(linere queat 
&c. 
c Subegit aneil- 
I44 quod uxor f- 
jus deformor 
efet. 
If young, flie is likely wanton and untaught* iflufty, too lafdviousj and if 
fhe be not'futisfied, you know where and when, nil mfi jurgia, all is in an 
uprorc, and there is little qQletnefs to be bad .* if an old maid, 'tis an ha- 
zard (be dies in child-bed: if a richl 1 widdow, induces if inUqueum, thou 
cbft halter thy felf , Die will make allaway before hand 3 to her other 
children, - scc,- ** t dominam quis ppfit ferre tonantem ? 
fhe will hit theeftill in the leeth with her firft husband: if a young wid- 
dow, fbe is often unfaciable and immodeft. If Die be rich, well defeended, 
bring a great, dowry, or be nobly allied, thy wives friends will eat thee 
©uc of houfe and home, dives ruinam adtbus inducit 5 (he will be fo proud , 
fo high-minded, fo imperious, For 
[ *sUjmp.t.%. 
, nm 15.2)/wr 
indued tetnpcft-, 
atem,pauper cut* 
rm: Ducens 
viductmfein- 
ducit in laque- 
um. 
t Sic quiff. di- 
cit3 alteram du- 
cit tamen. 
-1 —r■-> nihil eft magis intolerabile dite, there’s nothing 
fo intolerable, thou flialt be as theTaflell of a Gotfe-haqke, c fbe mH ride 
upon thee, domineer as jht lift, wear the breeches in her oligarchical go- 
vernment, and beggar theebefidcs. Uxores divites fervitutem exigunt, (as 
Seneca hits them declam, lib, a. declam, 6, ) Dotem accepi, imperium perdi- 
di They will have fpveraignty, pro conjuge dominam arceftis , they will 
have attendance, they Will do what they lift, fln taking a dowry thou 
Jofeft thy liberty, dos intrat , likrtas exit, hazardeft thine cftate. 
H*fm atq-j film mlt* i» magnis dotibus 
Incommoditates, fmptufq, intolerabiles, &c, 
with many fuch inconveniences: fay the beft, fhe is a commanding fer* 
varit •> thou hadft better have taken a good hufwife maid in her fmock. 
®ince then there is fuch hazard if thou be wife, keep thy felf as thou art, 
tis good to match, much better to be free. 
n■■ ■k A procreare $ faros lepidifimum, 
* HcrcU vero liberum ejje, id multo eft lepidius. 
L *rt theupungl then match not yet *, if old, match not at all. 
Vis juvenis nubere ? nondum vexit tempus, 
a j Invravefcenle a tat e jam tempus prateriit, , r* a* 
,n therefore with that Philofopher, ftill make anfwer to thy 
at importunc thee to marry, adhuc intempeftivuW). '(# y<*twn ca 0 
snd ever wdl be. 
e Si dotata crit, 
nuofy, viro ine- 
quitare conabi- 
tur. Petrarch. 
* If a woman 
nourifh her 
husband, (he 
is angry and 
impudent» and 
fui of reproach 
Ecclus 14« 
Sciicet uxon 
nubere nolo 
mere. 
f Plautus mil, 
glor.aft-3.fc. i 
* Stokens fer. . 
6 6. A lex. ab 4, 
Itxand. lib 4, 
cap. 8, P:Kt,3.Se&.2. 
Love-Melancholy. 
Memb.tf.Subf.^ 
Confider withall how free, how happy, how fecure, how heavenly, in 
refpeft, a lingle man is, t as he laid in the Comoedie, Et tfii quod fortuna- 
tum efje autumant, uxorem nunquam habui > and that which all my neigh- 
bours admire and applaud me for, account fo great an happinefs, I never 
had a wife* confider how contentedly, quietly, neatly, plentifully, fweet- 
lyand how merrily he lives/ be hath no manto care for but bimldf, 
none to pleafe, no charge, none to controle him, is tied to no refidence, no 
cure to ferve, may go and come, when, whither, live where he will, his 
own mafter, and do what he lift himfelf. Confider the excellency of 
Virgins, * Virgo ceelum meruit, marriage replenifticth earth, but vir- 
ginity Paradile* Elias, Eli feus, ffohn Bapufi were Batchelors: Virginity is 
a pretious Jewell, a fair garland, a never-fading flower * h for why was 
Daphne turned to agreen bay-trec,but to fliew that virginity is immortal 
f They ihall at- 
tend the lamb 
in heaven bc- 
caufc they were 
n c defiled with 
'womzfrjApoc. 
{4- ■ 
* Nupti a replent 
terram,virgini- 
tas Paradifum. 
Hier. 
h Daphne in lau- 
rnmfemper vi- 
rentem 
talem docet glo- 
ri am par at am 
virginibus pu- 
dicitiam fer- 
vantibus. 
f Catul. car. 
nuptiali. 
> Diet, faint.c. 
*z.Pulcherri- 
mum fertumjn- 
finiti precii 
gmma 
rajpcciofa. 
tUt fios tnfeptis ferret us rafeitur hortis , 
Jgnetus peceri, nullo contufw aratro , , • 
gum mulcent aura, firmat Sol, educat imber, &c. 
Stc virgo dum intafta manet, dum chara fuis, fed 
Cum Caflum amifit, &c, Virginity is 
afine pi&ure, as *B on avent ure calls it, a blefled thing in it fell, and if you 
will believe a Papift, meritorious. And although there be fome inconve- 
niences, irkiomcncfsv folitarinefs, &c. incident to fiich perlons, want of 
thole comforts, qua agro & curet *gvotum, {ementam paret, roget 
medicum, &c. embracing, dalliance, killing, colling, &c. thole furious mo- 
tives and wanton plcafurcs a new married wifemoft pattenjoyes * yet 
they are but toyes in refped, eafily to be endured, if conferred to thole 
frequent incumbrances of marriage * Solitarincls may be othervvife a- 
voided with mirth, mufick, good company, bufinefs, iraployment * in a 
word, * Gaudebit minus, & minus delebit * for their good nights, he fliall 
* Mart, 
have good dales. And me thinks fomctime or other among# fomany 
rich Batchelors, a benefa&or ftiould be found to build a monaftical 
College for old, decayed, deformed, or difcontented maids to live to- 
gether in, that have loft their Ar ft loves, or othcrwife mifcarried, or elfe 
are willing howfoever to lead a Angle life . The reft I fay are toyesin 
refycd:, and fiifficicncly recompenced by thofe innumerable contents 
and incomparable priviledges of Virginity. Think of thefc things, 
confer both lives, andconfider laftof allthefe commodious preroga- 
tives a Batchelor hath, how well he is efteemed, how heartily welcome 
to all his friends, quam mentitis obfequiis, as Tertullian obferves, with 
what counterfeit curteAes they will adore him, follow him, prefent him 
with gifts, hamatis denisi it cannot be believed\ ( faith ° mrmanus ) with 
what bumble Service he jhall be worftnppedy how loved and rcfpe&ed; If he 
want child?eft ( and have means )he fj)all he often invited, attended on hf 
Princes, and have advocates to plead hiscauje for nothing, as p Plutarch 
adds. Wilt thou then be reverenced, and had in eftimation ? 
• * dominus tamen & domini rex 
St tu vis fieri, nullus tibi parvulus aula 
Luf rrit neas, nee filia dulcior illa ? 
jucundum & c harum ft erilis facit uxor amicnml 
Live a Angle man, marry not, and thou fhalt foon perceive how thoft 
8 
ebfequiorum di- 
verfitate colan- 
tur homines fine 
liberis. 
p Mune dii ad 
cten m invitant, 
princeps huic 
famul at ttr, ora- 
to es gratis pa- 
trocinantur. lih. 
de amove Frolis. 
* AnnaLn, Part 3. Se&.a, 
Memb.6, Subf.3. 
Cure of Love-CM elanc holy. 
H&redipeta (for fo they were called of old) will fcck after thee, bribe and 
flatter thee for thy favour, to bee thine heir or executor: Arunti us and 
Aterius, thofe famous parafites in thiskinde, as Tacitus and q Seneca have 
recorded, (hall not/go beyond them. Periple Homines, that good perfonate 
old man, delitium fenis, well understood this in Plautus; for when PUn~ 
fides exhor ted him to marry, that hee might have children of his own, hee 
readily replied in this fort. 
i6o. de bm- 
£h*ando habeo multas cognatos, quid opus mihi fit Uberis f 
Nunc ben e vivo & fortunat}, atq-7 ammo ut lubet. 
Me a bona me a morte cognatis dream inter parti ant. 
Illi apud me edunt,me curant, vifunt quid agam, ecquid velim, 
*?» i mihi mittunt munera, ad prandium, ad c oenam vocant. 
Whilft I have kin, what need I brats to have ? 
Now I live well, and as I will, mod brave. 
And when I dye, my goods He give away. 
To them that do invite mee every day, 
That vifu mcc, and fend mec pretty toyes, 
And drive who (hall do mee mod cartcfics. , 
This refped thou (halt have in like manner,living as hee did, a (ingle man. 
But if thou marry once, f cogitato in omni vtta (e Jervum fore, becrunk 
thy felf what a flavery it is, what an heavy hurt’ en thou (halt undertake, 
how hard a task thou art tied to (for as Uierome hath it, qm uxorem habet, 
debitor eft, & uxoris fervus aUtgatus) and how continuate, what fqualor 
attends it* what irkfomcnefs, what charges ; for wife and children arc a 
perpetual bill of charges; befides a Myriade of cares, mifcries, and 
troubles; for as that Comical Plautus merrily and truly (aid, Hee that 
wants trouble* mud get to bee Madcr of a Ship, or marry a Wife* and as 
another fcconds him, Wife and children have undone raec5 fo many* and 
fuch infinite incumbrances accompany this, kinde of life. Furthermore, 
nxor htumuit, See. or as hee faid in the Comcedy, 
f I Grace. 
\ v . v v- s . V> i ' j 
t buxittXonW) quamibi mi feriam vidi? natiflii, alia cur a. 
All gifts and invitations ccafc, no friend will efteem thcesand thou {halt 
bee compelled to lament thy raifery, and make thy moan with f Bmholo- 
mans ShertttSi that famous Poet Laureat, and profcflbr of Hebrew in 
*Vitenberge: I had finifhed this work long fince,but that inter alia, dura & 
trip a qua mifero mthi pene tergum fregerunt (I afe his pwn words) a- 
many miferies which almoft broke my back, ffv£uy/i ob Xantipif 
***>*, a flirew to my wife; tormented my raihde above meafare, and be- 
Vond the reft. So ftialt thou bee compelled to complain, and to cry out at 
iaft> with **fh(>roneus the Lawyer, Hew happy had I been, if I bad wanted a 
m'€ 1 If this which I have faid will not fuffice, fee more in Lemnius. Lib. 4* * 
caP* 15. de occult. nat. mir. Efyenfaus de continentia lib.6. cap.B. Kornman e 
*tr&nitdt€y pUtina in Amor, dial,, Eraftica artis amandi, Barbarus de re t 
u*Qrt*> Arnifausin polit, cap9 ?. and him that is in far omnium, Hevtjams 
,le Lawyer, syha nuptial, almoft in every page. 
t2V. Jdefyh. 
f Itineraria in 
pfalmos inftrk* 
adleftt* 
rem• 
* Brnfon lib. 7; 
ax. cap. SiHxer 
deefet, nihil 
mihi ad fum* * 
mm felidu- 
tem defuijfit' 'Part 3. Scdt* 2. 
Love- 
Mcmb. 6. Subf. 4. 
572 
Sub sect. 4* 
philters, Magical , and Poetical cures. 
Here perfwafions and other remedies will not take place, 
many fly to unlawful means. Philters, Amulets, Magick 
Charaders, Charmes, which as a wound 
with the (pear of Achilles ,if fo made and caufed, mud fo 
he cured. If forced by Spels and Philters, faith Faracelfus. 
* Extlnguitur 
virilitas ex i fl- 
eant amen! or m 
maleficiis; nsfi, 
enim fabula csf, 
nonnulli reperti 
fiunt,qui ex ve- 
neficiis amore 
pri vati fiunt,ut 
ex multis hifig- 
ri is patet. 
it mud be eafed by Charaders, Mag, lib, 2. cap, 28. and by Incantations. 
Feme Hus Path; lib, 6, cap, 13. k Skenkius lib. 4 ,obferv, Med, hath fomc ex- 
amples of fuch as have been fo magically caufcd , and magically cured , 
and by witch-craft; fo faith Baptifta Codronchus, lib. 3, cap,9. de mor.ven, 
CMalleas malef. cap, 6, ’Tis not permitted to be done, I confefs 5 yet 
often attempted: fee more in Wierus lib, 3,cap, 18, depraftig, de remediis 
per Philtra, Delrio Tom, 2, lib,2.quaft, s,feo,3, difquifet, magic. Cardan lib, 
16, cap, 90. reckons up many magnetical medicines, as to pifs through a 
ring, &c. Mizaldus cent ,3, 30. Baptifta Porta? fafon Pratenps, Lobe Hus pag, 
87. Matthiolus, dre, preferibe many abfurd remedies. Radix mandragorae 
ebibit* 5 Annuli ex ungulis Afeni, Stercus amat £ fub cervical pofetum, iUA 
nefeiente , ore, quum odor cm feedttatis fentit 5 amor felvitur* Noffua ovum 
aSfimitifiteit come ft um, ex cmfilio Jarth*-indornm gymmfovhtft* aPud 
Philodratum lib. 3, S anguis.am fu ebibitus omnem ameris fenfim toUh : 
Fauftinam Marci Aurelii uxorem gladiatorie amore captam, na penitus con- 
film Chaldaeorum libemam> refert Julius Capitolinus. Some of our Adro- 
logers will effed branch by Cbaraderiftical Images, ex Sigillis Her* 
m6tis t S demon is , Chaelis 5 sv. multeris imago habentis crines Jfarfos, &c. 
Our old Poets and Phantaftieal writers have many fabulous remedies 
fofc fuch as are love-lick ,as that of Proteftlaus tombe in Fhiloftratus, in 
his dialogue betwixt Fhanix and Vinitor: Finitor upon occasion dif- 
cottrfing of the rare vertues of that (brine, tellcth him, that Frotefilaus Ah 
tar and Tombe 1 cures almofl all manner ofdifeafes, consumptions-, dropfies, 
. quartan agues , fore eyes 5 and amongfi the reft, fuch as are love-feck, Jhall 
there be helped. But the mod famous is ra Leucata Fetra, that renowned 
. Rock in Greece sof which Strabo writes, Geog, lib. 10. not far from Saint 
c Mantes, faith Sands, lib, i. From which rock if any Lover flung himfclf 
’ down head- long, he was indantly cured. Fenus after the death of Adonis> 
when (he could take no red fbr love. 
1 Curat omnes 
morbos,Vhthi- 
fier* hydropes & 
oadOr nmmor- 
bos,& flbre 
quartana lahq- 
rdrttef & drnoH 
capm,mrris ar- 
t lifts hs de- 
mulcet. 
m The moral is, 
vehement Teat 
«pells Love, 
t Catullus. ( 
n Quum funo- 
nnm deperiret 
fuller impoten- 
ter, m fiolhna 
UvJxCy &C. 
/ 9 
i Cum 'vefafidfftds torreret flmma meetullas, 
cattfctd the tempi* of Apolh roknowwhat fhefhoulddo to bee cafed 
of her p<im * Apollo lent her to Leucata Petra > where fhe precipitated her 
felt) and was forthwith freed > and when Ihe would needs knew of him a 
reafon of it, he told her again,, that he had often obfervedn ffnjpfatr, when 
he was enamoured on funo , thither go to cafe and wafh himfelf, and 
after him diverfe Others. Cephalus for the love of Protela , j>egonetu* 
daughter, leapt down here, that Lesbian Sappho for Phaon, on whom 
flie miferably doted. Part 3.5ed.2. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy, 
Merab. 6. Subf.j. 
_ t Cupidinis at fir 0 percita e fummopr deeps ruit, 
hoping thus to esfc her felf, and to bee freed of her love pangs, 
r Hie je Deucalion Pyrrhdfuccenfus amore 1 
Met [it* & illdfo corpore p refit aquas: 
Nec mora,fugit amor, &c, 
Hither Deucalion came, when Pyrrhds love 
Tormented hira3 and leapt down to the Sea5 
And had no harm at all, but by and by 
His Love was gone, and chafed quite away. 
f 31 mander. 
0 Q sul. ep. z 1. 
p pud anti- 
quos amor Le- 
This medicine Scaliger fpeaks of, Aufoniamm leBionum Uh. 18. Sal' 
mutz in Fancirol. do i .mundi mirae, and other writers. P//>y reports* 
that amongft the Cyzeni, there is a Well confecrated to Cupid, of which, 
if any Lover taftc, his paffion is mitigated : And Anthony Verdurius imag. 
de Cupid, faith, that among the Antients there was p Amor Le- 
thes, hee took burning torches , and extinguifhed them in the river5 his fla- 
tuajvas to beefeen in the Temple of Venus Elufina, of#which Ovid makes 
mention, and faith, that all Lovers of old went thither on pilgrimage, that 
would hee rid of their love-pangs. Paufanias in f Phocicis, writes of a Temple 
dedicated Veneri inf^eluncay to Venus in the vault, at Naupaßus in lA- 
chain (now Nepanto )in which your widows that would have fecond huf- 
bands* made their Applications to the Goddefs: all manner of fates \ 
concerning Lovers were commenced, and their grievances helped. The 
fame Author in Achaicis, tells as much of the river f Scnclus in Greece 5 if . 
any Lovcrwaihedhimfelfinit, by afccrct virtue of that water (byreafon - 
of the extreme coldnels belike) hee was healed of Loves torments* 
t 
, thes elimfuit, 
m ardentes fi- 
> ees in profluen■> 
tern inclinabat-., 
hujus flatu.i 
V'.neris Elufina 
templo vifieba- 
turs quo aman- 
tes 
qui amica, me- 
moriam depone- 
rs volebant. 
tL‘b. io. V„tA 
ct nuncupant a- 
tnatores, inultis 
decaufis, fed 
imprimis vidua 
mulieres, ut (J- 
hi alteras a dea 
nuptias expof- 
cant. 
t 7\pdiginus 
ant. Ictt.hb. \ 6. 
t vulnus idem qui fanat facit, 
cup. calls ic 
Sclcnus. Omni 
amore liberat, 
f Seneca. 
qCupido cruci- 
fixus ; Lepi- 
dam poema. 
which if it befo* that water, as hee holds, is omni auro pretiof or,better thm 
any gold. Where none of all theie remedies will take place, I know no 
other, but that all Lovers rauft make an head, and rebel, as they did in 
* Aafonius, and cf ucifie Cupid\ till hee grant their requeft, or fatisfie their 
defires. 
Sub sect. 5. 
The laf and beft Cure of Love-Melancholy, is, to let 
them have their dejire• 
He laft refuge and fiireft remedy, to bee put in pradice in the 
KA utmoft place, when no other means will take efted, is, to let 
them go together, and enjoy one another 5 potifimacura 
jMßjgaSp eft ttt heros amafia fuk potiatur, faith Guianerius, cap. IJ , traH, 
15, lASfcuUpius himfelf,to this malady, cannot invent a bet- 
ter remedy, quam at amanti cedat t (fafon Pratenfts) than that a 
have his defire. 
i 9 
mrb] 
Et pariter torulo hint jungantur in uno ,* 
Et pulchro detur Jinea? Lavinia conjux. 
And let them both be joyned in a bed , 
And let tAEneas fair Lavinia wed. l^-rt.j.Sedt.a, 
L ove-Melancholy. 
Mcmb.o.Subby 
Tis the fpecial cure, to let them bleed in vena Hymenxa, for love is a pin- 
riiie, and if it be pofiible ,fo Jet it be, 
—*—— gaudia carpant, 
1 Arcttlanus holds it the fpeedieft and the heft cure , 'cis Savanarolas1 lad 
precept, a principal infallible remedy, the laft, foie, and faieft refuge, 
t ffdiafola potes mftras extinguere flammas, 
Non nive, non glacie, fed potes igne pari, 
Julian alone can quench my defire. 
With neither ice nor fnow, but with like fire. 
*Taliens potia- 
tur re amatd, fi 
fieri poft>opti- 
ma cur a,cap 
in J’fihafis. 
f Si nihil aliud, 
fiupiiis & copu- 
latio eum ea. 
t Petronius Ca- 
tal. 
* Cap.de Iftjhi. 
Non invenitur 
cuya,mfi regimen 
connexionis in- 
ter eoi,fecun- 
dum modum pro- 
mifonts, & le- ‘ 
gis) & fic vidi- 
mus ad carnem 
refiitutum,qui 
jam venerat ad 
ayefapiionem 3 ' 
evanuit cura l 
When you have all done, faith' dvicenna, there is no fpeedier or fafer 
1 courfe , than to joyn the parties together according to their defires and wiflies , 
the cufiome and form of law ; and fio we have [een him quickly reftored to his 
former health , that was languijhed away to skin and bones 3 after his defire 
was fatis fed, his difeontent ceafed, and we thought it flrangeh our opinion is 
therefore, that in finch cafes Nature is to be obeyed. Areteus an old Author 
lib, cap, 3, hath an mftance of a young man, Q when no other means 
could prevail, was fo fpeedily relieved. What remains then bur to joyn 
them in marriaee ? 
poliquam fenfit, 
c'tc. 
'u ram a efi me- 
lancholicam 
quendam ex a- 
more infambi- 
liter fe haben- 
tem-jibi pueUcs - 
fe conjmxijfet, 
refiitutumo &c. 
t Jovian.Von- 
tannsJßafi. 
lib,i, 
f Tunc & Baft a morfiuncnlafq-, 
Surrepttm dare,mutuos fovere 
Amplexm licet, & licet j ccari, 
ihey may t jen ifs and coll lye and look babies in one anothers eyes as 
their Syres before them did, they may then fatiate themfelves with loves 
pleafures , which they have To long wdhed and expend. 
Atqt, tmo fmul in tore quiefcant, 
Conjunct o fimul ore faavientur, 
Et fmmos agitem quiete in una. 
\ea but hie labor, hoc of us, this cannot conveniently be done, by rca- 
ion of many and feveral impediments. Sometimes both parties them- 
felves are not agreed; Items, Tutors, Mailers, Guardians, will not give 
confent •, Laws, Cuftomes, Statutes hinder 5 poverty, fuperflition, fear 
and fupition : many men dote on one woman, femeI & fimtth foe dotes 
as much on him, or them, and in modefty mull not, cannot woo, as un- 
willing toconfefs, as willing to love: foe dares not make it known, foew 
her affedlion, or fpeak her minde. And hard is the choice (asitis in Bn* 
fhues ) when one is compelled either by ftlence to dye withgrief, or by jpeak- 
ing to live with fhame, In this cafe almoft was the fair Lady Elizabeth 
Edward the fourth his daughter, when foe wasenamourd on Henry the 
leventh, that noble young Prince, and new fainted King, when foe brake 
1 *orth I!lt®that paffionate fpeech, to that 1 were worth of that comely. 
fmee . but my father being dead., 1 want friends to motion fuch a matter ! 
What (ball 1 jay i lam all alone, and dare not open my mind to any What if I 
acquaint my mother with tt f bafhfulnefsforbids. What if feme of the Lords f 
audacity wants, 0 that 1 might but confer with him 5 perhaps in difecurft 
1 might let fip fuch a word that might dtfcover mine intention • How ma** 
ny modeft maidcs may this concern, lam a poor fervant, what foall f 
do? lam a fatherlefs childe , and want means, lam blith and buxome, 
young and Jufty , but I have never a fucer, Expertant fiolidi nt ego illos ro- 
gatum veniam, ast a company of filly fellows, look belike 
t Speeds hifl. e 
M.s.Ber.Jn- 
drea. 
t Lucretia in 
Coehjlha act. 
19. Bart hi o 
interpret. Part.j.Se&.i, 
Care of Love-Melancholy. 
Memb.6 Sabi. 5. 
that I fhould woo them and fpeak firfl: fain they would and cannot woo, 
t qua primum exordia famam ? being meetly paffive they may 
not make fute, with many fuch lets and inconvemencies , which 1 know 
not; what fhall wee do in fuch a cafe t ling Fortune myFoef~~m 
Some are lb curious in this behalf, as thbfe old Romans, our modern 
Vtnetians, Dutch and French , that if two partied dearly love, the one no- 
ble, the other ignoble , they may not by their Laws match, though e- 
quai otherwife in years, fortunes, education, and all good affection. In 
Germany, except they can prove their gentility by three defeents , they 
fcorn to match with them. A noble man muff: marry a noble womani 
a Baron, a Barons daughter; a Knight, a Knights 5 a Gentleman, a Gen- 
tlemans; as flatters fort their llatts, do they degrees and families, if 
fhee bee never fo rich, fair, well-qualified other wife, they will make him 
forfake her. The Spaniards abhor all widows 5 the Turks repute them 
old women, if paft five and twenty. But thefe are too fevere Laws, and 
ftridl Cuftomes, dandum aliquid amori, wee are all the fons of Adam, ’tis 
•ppofite to Nature, it ought not to beefo. Again, hee loves her moft 
impotently, fhee loves not him, and foe contra. * Fan loved Echo, Echo 
Satyrus, Satyrus Lyda. 
t Virg.Sf. exfl*. 
* E Gr*c* 
JUofcbl, -o 
Quantum ip forum aliquis amantem 
Tantum ipftus amans edtofus erat• 
They love and loath of all forts, hee loves her, fliee hates him* and is 
loathed of him, on whom {hee dotes. Cupid hath two darts, one to force 
love, all ot Gold, and that fliarp, 
* £uodfacit auratum eft * another blunt, 
of Lead, and that to hinder• —fugat hoc, facit iUud amorem. 
This wee fee too often verified in our common experience. fa Chore[us 
dearly loved that Virgin CaUyrrhoe, but the more hee ioved her, the more 
{hee hated him. Oenone loved Paris, but hecreje&edherstheyareftiffof 
all fides, as if beauty were therefore created to undo, or bee undone, I 
give her all attendance, all obfervance, 1 pray and intreat, Alma precor 
mi fer tre met, fair Miftrefs pity mee, 1 fpend my felf, my time, friends and 
fortunes to win her favour fas hee complains in thec Eglogue) I lament, 
figh, weep,and make my moan to her, but fliee is hard as Sint, 
limariis immotior 
as fair and hard as a Diamond, {hee will not refpeeb, Defpetfus tihifumyOt 
hear mee 5 ——furtt illa vocantem 
* Ovid. Met,i. 
b Pau fani as A- 
chaicis lib.y. 
Perdite amx- 
bat Callyr- 
rhoen virginem, 
& quanto erat 
Chorefiamor 
vehementiory 
tanto eratpu- 
elite animus ab 
e jus amore ali- 
enior. 
t Wrgi 6. &*■< 
c Erafmus 
Galatea, 
Nil Uchrymas miferata nil flexa querelis. 
What (hall Ido f j wooed her as a young man jhould do , 
But sir, fhee /aid, I love not you. 
Durior Ac fcopul is me a Caelia, marmore-) ferro, 
%jobere, rupe-) antro j cornu, adamante, gelu. 
Rock, Marble, heart of Oak, with Iron barr’d, 
j . Froft, Flint or Adamants are not fo hard. 
£lv*, I bribe, I fend prefents, but they are refilled. 
» w4ngtria*ua 
i Vvfg. 
• Ltcheus. 
r d Rjtfticus eft Coridon, nec munera curat Alexis, 
P Oteft i fwear i weep -—lodioq*, rependit amores, 
Veeneglefemee for all this, lJarc 3. Se£t. 2 
Love-cMelanchely. 
Memb. 6. Subf. 5« 
flies derides mee, contemns mee, fhee hates mee; Fhtlhda flouts mee; 
Caute, feris,quercu durior Buri dice, ftift churlifh, rocky ftilJ. 
And’fismoft true, many Gentlewomen are fo nice, they {corn all fil- 
ters, crucie their poor Paramours, and think no body good enough for 
them, as dainty to pleafe as Daphne her felf, 
i* Multi idam petiere, illa afpernata petentes, 
Nec quid Hymen, quid amor, quid fint con nubia curat• 
Many did wooe her, but fhee fcorn’d them flill. 
And faid fhee would not marry by her will. 
One while they will not marry , as they fay at leaft ( when as they.in- 
tend nothing left\) another while not yet, when ’tis their onely defirc, 
they rave upon it. Shec will marry at laft, but not him: hee is a proper 
man indeed> and well qualified,but hee wants means: another of her fil- 
ters hath good means, but hee wants wit; one is too old, another too 
young, too deformed, fhee likes not his carriage: a third too loofely gi- 
ven, hee is rich, but bafe born: fhee will bee a Gentlewoman, a Lady, as 
her Sifter is, as her Mother is: fhee is all out as fair, as well brought up, 
hath as good a portion, and fhee looks for as good a match , as Matilda 
or Derinda : ifnot, fhee is refolved as yet to tarry 5 fo apt are young maids 
to boggle at every objc&, fo foon woon or loft with every toy* fo quick- 
« Tone lutear pines ftS* * 
1 another fighs and grieves, fhee cares not .• 
jededto Ariadne, 
Nec magis Euriali gemitu, lachrymifque moveris^ 
£uam prece turbati fietfitur ora fall. 
Tu juvenem, quo nonformofm alter in urhe, 
Spernis, sin fano cogis amore meri♦ f) 
Is no more mov'd with thefefad fighs and tears, 
Of her Tweet-heart, than raging Sea with prayers; 
Thou fcorn’ft the faireft youth in all our City, 
And mak’ft him almoft mad for love to dye : 
They take a pride to prank up themfelves,to make young men enamored,1 
+ captare vim & fpernere captos , 
to dote on them, and to run mad for their fakes. 
- —ffednuUisilia movetur 
- fletibus, aut voces uBas tr ai} abilis audit, 
t Ovld Met, x. 
* £w. llb. i. 
tr. h. 
t Vicg. 4. vSft, 
Whilefl niggardly their favors they difcover, 
They love to be belovd, yet [corn the Lover. 
All fute and fervice is too little for them, prefents too bafe: 
Tormentis gaudet amantis-—* Et [poliis 
As Atalanta, they muft bee over-run, or not wonn. Many young men are 
as obftinate, and as in their choice, as tyrannically proud, inful- 
ting, deceitful, falle-heartcd, as irrefragable and peevifh on the other 
fide, Nardjjus'hke, 
* Ummr, i. 
* Multi illum Juvenes, mult a petiere 
iSed fuit in tenera, tam dira fuperbiaforma * 
JduUi ihm mlU fetter e fuclU, Partj. Sedt.2. 
Cure of L ove- CMe lane holy. 
Memb.tf. Subi.; 
* oung men and maids did to him fue, 
But in his youth fo proud, focoy was he> 
, ■ Young men and maids bad him adiew. 
jC 0 wePx ancl wooed him by all means above the reft, love me for pltty, 
oi pitty me for love, but he was obftinate. 
Ante ait emoriar quam ft tibi copia ntifiri, 
e vV0U|y rather dye than give zonknx ,Pfyehe ran whimngaftcr Cupid, 
T Formefum tua te Pfyche formoja requirit , 
ht pojcit te dia deum, puerumqz, puella. 
Fair Cupid, thy fair Pfyche to thee fues , 
, A lovely lafs a fine young gallant wooes; 
but he rejected her neverfhelefs, Thus many Lovers do hold out fo long, 
noting on themfelves, ftand in their own light, till in the end they come 
to be icorned and rejected P as Stromas Garglliana was. 
f Fracaslerim 
Vial de amm. 
Tt juvenes, te odere penes, defert aque langues, 
fueras procerum public a cur acrius. 
Both young and old do hate thee fcorned now., 
That once was all their joy and comfort coo. 
as Harciffm was himfelf > mam 
Died ere he couldenjej the love they begin to be 
contemned themfelves of others , as he was of his fliadow / and take ud 
s*asTSi.“***&>». k*a 
Maret+wi 1h batches in then: youth, Jifce that generous 
mare nt nut arch , which would admit of none but great Hortes W 
When her tail was cut off, and mane (horn dofe , and flie now fa w her felf 
fo deformed in the water , when ibe came to drint lrl3 w “er fel/ 
M* > (he was contented at laft to be covered by on AG 
common humor, will not be left, and cannot be helped. # Cth $ * 
t vial, m. 
t Banc volo qua non vult, illam qua vult ego nolo i 
Vincere vult animos, non fatiare Venus, 
I love a maid, tee loves me not; full fain 
She would have me, bur. I not her again5 
So Love to crucifie mens fouls is bent> 
Bucfeldom doth it pleafe or give content» 
t Aufotiktf 
?doted onlgai? * *,ing’and C"^haats thera round *b°«> he dotes, 
*, . feUt petitur, f afteraccedit & ardct^ 
'lis [heir own foolifo procwdn^s^haco^"^" 'my and wdl Zf i 
£“*£ Is™r ss 
fhe noblp5 than bate (lip fnr* ’ 1 mdft ill-favoured and deformed * 
•bai *-" «* c,r * f 
/ 5 rnerc s nope enough yet; Ult 0p f0 Nifa datur, quid non fpe~ 
have be **tes ' Put l'hy feif forward once more as unlikely matches 
rofesand d™Y made5 fee what wiil he the event. Many leave 
various.gather thlftles’ loath hony and love verjuice: our likings areas 
rlour Palates* But commonly they omit opportunities, ofcttla qui 
rJ 3 <sfc, they ncgled the ufual means and times. Part 3* Scd. 2. 
Love- 
Memb.d Subf. y* 
Bee that will not when hee may. 
When hee will hee /hall have nay. 
They look to bee wooed fought at ter, and fued to. Moft part they will 
and cannot, either tor the above-named rcalons,or for that there is a mub 
titude officers equally enamoured, doting all and where one alone 
mulb fpced, what (hall become of the reft f Beret was beloved of many? 
but one did injoy her* PemUft had a company of filters, yet ail miffed 
of their aim. In fuch cafes hee or they muft wifely and warily unviadc 
themfelves, uiifcttle his affedions by thc G rules above prefenhed, 
t —7 quin fluit os excutit ignes, d i ver t his cog i tations , 
orelfe bravely bear it out, as Turnus did, Tua fit Lavinia conjux, when 
hee could not get her, with a kinde of heroical fcora hee bid take 
her, qr with a milder farewel, let her go, 
Et Philiida [plus habeto, take her to you, God give you jay 
Sir. The Fox n the Emblem would eat no grapes, but why i becaufe 
hee could not get them* care not thou for that which may not be had. 
Many fuch inconveniences, lets and hinderances there are, which 
crofs their projects, and crucifie ppor Lovers, which fometimes may, 
f metimes again cannot fo eafily removed. But put cafe they bee re* 
conciled all, agreed hitherto, fuppofe this love or good liking bee betwixt 
and gren affection r yet T”’ ioV# 
thence all » dallied. the match is 
rus pater, an hard-hearted, unnatural, a covetous Father will not marry 
hs ton, except hee have f j much mony, ita In aurum mm infamat, as 
t Chnfojtome notes, npr joyn his daughter'in marriage, to lave her dow* 
iy,or toi that hee cannot fpace her for the fervice fhee doth him,and is re* 
lolved to part with nothing whileft hee live1, ioc a penny,though bee may 
peradventure well give it, hee will not till hte dies, and then as a pot of 
mony broke, it is divided amongft them that gaped after it fo earneftly. 
Or el(e hee wants means to fet her out, hee hath no mony, snd though it 
bee to the manifeft prejudice of her body and fouls health, hee cares nor-» 
hee will take no notice of it, Ihee muft and lhall tarry. Many flack and 
carelefs Parents, iniqui patres, meafure theit childrens affe.dions by their 
[own, they are now cold and decrepit rhemfelves, paft all fuch youthful 
conceits* and they will therefore ftarve theirchildrens Genius, have it eifl 
a pueris 'f illico nafeifenes, they muft not marry , nec earum affines effere* 
rum quas fecum fert adolefcentia : ex fga hbidtne moderatur qua efi nunc, 
non qua ohmfuit: as hee faid in the Comoedy : they will ftifte nature , 
their young bloods muft not participate of youthful pleafures, but bee as 
they are themfelves, old on a ludden. And ’tis a general fault amongft 
moft Parents m bellowing of their children, the Father wholly rcfpc# 
wealth, when thiough his own riot ? indiferetion, hee hath em- 
beazled his eltare, to recover himfelf, bee coniines and proftitutes his eb 
deft Tons love and a edion to fonie fool, or ancient, or deformed peecc 
for mony, 
t P ban are* a ducet /Ilian?, rufam illam •virginem, 
C a fiam, f arfo ore, adunco nafo 
and though his fon utterly diflike, with Cliiipho in the Comoedy , 
f tfvld'iMct.} 
f Pom. i mi. 
tp'fi Th”f cap, 
4. verf. 1. 
Ter, 
t tn. mm. 
Seen, nit. Part 3.Sedi.2. 
Cure of Love* Melancholy, 
Merab.6. Subr.s. 
Nmpcffvm pater: If fl,ec be rich, Pi a (hee replies) ut elegans eft < credos a- 
nrTot! •r" f ’ bee and Ibali ave her, (hee is fair enough, young e- 
, ** he l°ok or hope to inherit his lands,'he (hall marry., not when or 
0m bc,e Arcomdis hujus filiam, but whom his Father commands, 
en and where hee likes, his affedion muft dance attendance upon him, 
is daughter is in the fame predicament forfooth, as an empty boat (hee 
ut carry what, where, when, and whom her Father wii/. So that in 
, e e bufineftes, the Father is (till for the beft advantage} Now the mo- 
ther reipeds good kinred,moft part the fon a proper woman. Ail which 
L Lwy exemplifies, dec, 1.//£. 4. A Gentleman and a Yeoman woo’d a 
wench in Rome (contrary to that ftatute That the gentry and commonalty 
muft not match together) the matter was controverted: The Gentleman 
was preferred by the Mothers voice, qua quam fplendidipmts nuptiis 
jungi puellam volebat: the overfeers flood for him that was moft worth , 
&c. But parents ought not to bee fo ftridl in this behalf. Beauty is a dow- 
* Vhbeius & 
nobilis ambie- 
bant puellam, 
puella certamen 
ln partes venit, 
&c. 
Vy of it felf ali-fufficienr, * Virgo form of a, etjioppidb abunde dotata 
efi, a %achel was fo married by Jfiacob, and Bonaventure b />/4. fent. denies 
that hee fomuch as ventally fins, that marries a maid for comelinefs of perfon. 
2l. 11. if they faw araongft the captives a beautiful* 
woman, forae fmallcircumftances obferved, might take her to wife. 
They Ihould not bee toofeverein thatkinde, elpecially if there bee no 
luch urgent occafion, or grievous impediment. Tis good for a common- 
'Apulei us 
Apal. 
* Gen. zg. 
b Non peccat 
venialhir qui 
mulierem ducit 
ib pulchritudi- 
nem. 
wealth, j Plato holds, that in their contradis young men fhould never 
civ old the affinity of poor folks, or feek after rich. Poverty and bafe paren- 
tage may bee fuffidently recompenced by many other good qualities 
modefty, virtue, religion, and choice bringing up, */ 1 ■ 
but ami therefore cmumfttbU, and an abjeU ? Love it Mf is naked, the 
Graces, the Stais, and Hercules clad in a Lions skint Give Tome thing to j 
virtue, love, wifdomc, favour, beauty, perfon. bee not all for mony. Be- 
' t Lib.6. de leg; 
Ex ufu reipub. 
eft ut in nuptiis 
' juvenes nej, 
pauper am affi- 
nitatem fugi- 
ant, nsjdivi- 
tum fc Cientur. 
* Phi loft. ep. 
fides, you muft confider, that Amor cogi nonpotefi, Love cannot bee com- 
pelled, they muft affedt as they may ; c Fatum eft in partibus illis quos fi- 
wus abfcondit, as the faying is, marriage and hanging goes by deftiny, 
hiatches arc made in Heaven. 
Sjhmtam pau- 
per fm, idcirco 
contemptior <& 
abjeti} or tibi 
videar.? Amor 
ipfe nudus eftt 
It lies not in ompower to love or hate, 
For wifi in Wover- rul'd by fate. 
Gratia & a- 
ftra; Hercules 
pelle leonina iit* 
A fervant maid in + Arifi&netus loved her Miftrefs Mbion > which when 
her Dame perceived, furtofa aemulatione, in a jealous humour (hee draga'd 
er about the houfe by the hair of the head3 and vexed her fore. The 
ench cned out, o Miftrefs, fortune hath made my body jour fervant > hut 
°t my foul * Affeaions are free, no* to bee commanded. Moreover it may 
her m rc^raintb*:lr ambition, pride, and covetoufnefs, to corre# thofe 
«creditary difeafes of a family, God in his juft judgement aftigns and 
tharfc8 fuch matches t0 bee made* For lam of Plato and d Bodines mind, 
Vo ,baJ!bes have their bounds and periods as well as Kingdpmes, be- 
W?ch for extent or continuance they fhail not exceed, fix or feven 
whi ,red years>asthey there illuftrate by a multitude of examples, and 
Wepf Pfucer and f CMeUnfthonapprove, but in a perpetual tenor (as 
lee by many pedegrecs of Knights, Gentlemen, Yeomen) continue 
dutus. 
*■ Juvenal, 
f Lib. a. ep. f. 
* Sjllians in- 
quit3 non men- 
tem.ma addix- 
it mihi feri una 
femme. 
<i De repub. c.di 
period, rerum 
pub. 
t Com. h Car. 
Chron. Part 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- 
Memb. 6. Subf. 5, 
as they began , tor many defcents with little alteration. Howfoever, let 
them I fay, give fomething to youth, to love 5 they rauft not think they 
can fancy whom they appoint e Amor emm non imperatur, affe&us liber fi 
quis alius & vices exigens, this is a free paftlon, as Pliny faid in a Panegy- 
rick of his , and may not bee forced; Love craves liking, as the faying is, 
it requires mutual affedions, acorrefpondency: invito non datur nec au- 
fertur, it may not bee learned, Ovtd himfelf cannot teach us how to 
Jove, Solomon deferibe, paint, or Wexprefs it. They muft: 
not therefore compel or intrude 5 f quis enim (as Fahtus urgeth) amare 
alieno ammo pot eft ? but confider withall the miferies of in forced mar- 
riages-, take pity upon youth: and fuch above the reft as have daughters 
to beftow, fhould bee very careful and provident to marry them in due 
time. Syracides cap. 7. verf 25. calls it a mighty matter to perform, fo to 
marry a daughter to a man of undemanding in due time; Virgines enim 
te?npeftive locand*, as [Lemnius admonifheth, lib, i.eap, 6. Virgins muft 
bee provided for in feafon, to prevent many difeafes, of which 
ricas a Caftro de morbis mulierum Itb, 3. cap, 3. and Led. Mercatus lib. 2. dtr 
mulier, ajfeß.cap.q, de melanch. virginum & viduarum, have both largely 
difeourfed, And therefore as well to avoid thefe feral maladies, ’tisgood 
to get them husbands betimes, as to prevent fome other grofs incon- 
veniences, and fora thine that I know i: , jL 
Ato6advenerit, as Chryfeftomeadvifeth, lettheL^no/XferthivvS 
chance will marry themfelves elfe, or do wot ft. If the law- 
yer do not impofe, they may do it by right: for as hee proves out of 
Curtius, and fome other Civilians, Sylvo, nupflih, 5. numtr 20. s A Maid 
pa/t 2, years of are againft her pareits confent, may marry flha fneTis 
unworthy of, and tnferiour to her, and her Father by law muft bee compelled to 
give her a competent dowry, Miftakemee not in the mean time, or think 
that Ido Apologize here for any headftrong unruly wanton fturts. Ido 
approve that of S, %/fmbrofe {comment in Genefis 24. 51,) which hee hath 
written touching %eheccas fpoufals, A woman fhould give unto her parents 
the ehoice of her husbandy f left Jhee bee reputed to hee malapert and wanton, if 
fhee take upon her to make her own choice3 * for jhee fhould rather feem to bee de> 
fired by a man, than to defire a man her [elf To hard parents alone I 
retort that of Curtius (in the behalf of modest Maids) that arc too 
remifs and carelefs of their due time and riper years. For if they tarry 
: longer, to fay truth, they are paft date, and no body will refped them. 
A woman with us in Italy ffaith f Aretims Lucretia) 24 years of age >iS 
old already, paft the hefi, of no account. An old fellow, as Lyciftrata COIT 
reflet in Ariflpphanes,etfifit canus, cito puellam virrinem ducat uxor an 9 
■ tls no ne™s *olJanold fellow to marry a young wench .* but as he? 
follows it, mu tens rev is occafio eft 3 et ft hoc non apprehenderit , nemo vufi 
ducere uxorem, exputans-vero fedet*, who cares for an old Maid ' fhee may 
fit, &c. A virgin, as the Poet holds, lafctva dr petulans puella virvo is like 
a flower, a Rofe withered on a hidden. 
e Piitt. in pan. 
f Deciam. 306, 
f Tuellis impri- 
mis nulla dan- 
da occapolap- 
fHS.Lemn.lib.x, 
y4.de vit.infiit. 
f Sec more 
part, i, f. mem. 
a. Juif.4. 
S Villa excedens 
annum ty. po- 
tefi ‘fif'do patre 
nubere, licet in- 
dignus fit mari- 
tus, & eum co- 
get? ad congrue 
dotandum. 
t Nt appeten- 
ti* procacioris 
reputetur au- 
thor. 
* Expetita enim 
magis debet vi- 
deri a viro 
quam ipf a Vi- 
rum expetiffe. 
!f Mulier apud 
nes 14 annorum 
vetula efl & 
projetfitia. 
* Comted. Lyd- 
firat. And, Di- 
volaterpr. 
fa Aufoni/is 
edy. 14* 
h modo nafeentem rutilus con [pexit Eous, 
Hanc rediens fero vefpere vidit anum. Part?. Seft.i. 
Cure of Love-CMelancholy. 
Mcmb.6# Subl.s. 
Shee that was erft a Maid as freih as May, 
Is now an old Crone, timefo fleals away, 
et them take time then while they may, make advantage of youth, and 
as lee Prefcribes, Collige virgo rofas dum flos novus & nova pubes , 
Et memor e flo avum fic properare tuum 5 
Fair Maids go gather Rofes in the prime, 
I , And think that as a flower fo goes on time. 
ets all love, dum vires anmcp finunt, whiles wee are in the flower of 
years, fit for Love-matters, and while time ferves ; for 
idem. 
f Soles Occidere & redire pofiunt, 
Nobis cum femel occidit brevis lux > 
Nox efi perpetuo una dormienda. 
q Suns that fee may rife again, 
But if once wee lofe this light, 
’Tis with us perpetual night. 
p Catuhi. 
sTranflated 
hy 
f»rt. 
Volat irrevocabile tempus, time paft cannot bee recall’d. But wee need no 
fuch exhortation, wee are all commonly too forward .* yet if there bee any 
cfcape, and all bee not as it fhould, as Diogenes ftruck the Father when the 
fon fwore, becaufe hee taught him no better-, if a maid or young man raif- 
carry5 I think their Parents oftentimes, Guardians, Overfecrs, Gover- 
nors, neefa vos ( faith * Chryfofiome ) ajupplicio immanes evadetis, fi non 
flatimad nuptias }&c, are in as much fault, and as feverely to be punifhed, 
as their children, in providing for them no fooner. 
Now for fuch as have free liberty to beftow themfclves 5 I could wifb 
that good counfcl of the Comical old man were put in prafticc, 
■ * Opulentiores pauperiorum ut filias 
Indotatas ducant uxores domum: 
* Horn. 5. m j 
The/. 4. j. 
* Flams. 
Et multo fiet civitas concordior, 
; . r£t invidia nos minore utemur, quam utimur. 
That rich men would marry poor maidens fome, 
And that without dowry, and fo bring them home . 
So would much concord bee in oar City , 
Lefs envy (hould wee have, much more pity. 
If they would care lefsTor wealth, wee fhould have much more content 
andquietnefs in a Common-wealth. Beauty, good bringing up, mee 
thinks,is a fufficient portion of it felf, —f Dos eft fua forma puellis, 
and hee doth well that will accept of fuch a wife. EduUdes in p Ariflane- 
tus married a poor mans childe, facie non thetdili, of a merry counte- 
nance, and heavenly vifage, in pity of her eftate, and that quickly Aeon- 
coming to Delos, to facrifoe to Diana, fell indove with Cf&tf' 2 
fj°blelafs, and wanting means to get her love, filing a golden apple into 
er lap, with this inferiptibn upon it, . . 
suro tibifane per mjfticafacra Diana, 
Me tibi venturum comitem, futurum» 
1 fwear by all the Rites of Diana, 
He come and bee thy husband, if | may. . f .... 
ee confideredofic, and upon fome fmall inquiry of his perfon and c- 
atc vvas married unto him. 
f Ovid. 
p Epist. iid*. 
Eligit cenjugem 
pauperetn, indo* 
tatam,&[ubito 
deamavit, ex 
commifcraiiwis 
ejus inopine. Parc 3. Sc«sl. 2. 
Love-IMelancholy, 
Memb.£, Subf. 5, 
578 
Bleffed is the wooing, 
That is not long a doing, 
As the faying is* when the parties are fufficiently known to each other, 
what needs fuchfcrupulofity , fo many circdmfbnccs f doff thou know 
her conditions, her bringing up, like her perfon < let her means bee whac 
they will, take her without any more ado. * Dido and -oEneas were ac- 
cidentally driven by a ftorm both into one cave, they made a match up- 
on it; Mafimffa was married to that fair captive Sophonisba King Scy~ 
fhax wife, the fame day that hee faw her firfr, to prevent Sapio and L*li~ 
left they ihould determine other wife of her. If thou loveft the party , 
do as much . good education and beauty is a competent dowry fland 
not upon mony. Erant ohm aurei homines ( faith Theocritus) & adaman- 
tes redamabant, in the golden world men did fb ( in the reign of fogy- 
ges behke, before daggering Ninus began to domineer) if all bee true that 
is reported. and fome few now adaies will do as much, here and there 
one* 'cis well done mec thinks, and all happinefs befall them for fo do- 
ing, * Leonuui a Philosopher of had a fair daughter called Athe- 
nais y multo corporis lepore ac Venere ( faith mine author) of a comely car- 
oage her nQpGrtiQn but her bringing up, occulto forma prafa<* 
gw, out of fome fecr&t fore-knowledge of hlr fortune, beftowing that lit- 
tie winch hee had, amongft to other children.- But fc’e thus qJEedJs 
preferred by fome friends to Confiantwople to ferve Fukhcria the km- 
s Virg,'Mr*. 
t Fabius plCtor. 
■Amor ipfe 
conjunxit popu- 
los, &c. 
r Lip fins polit. 
Sebaft. Mayer, 
Select, fed.l, c, 
*?• 
pciours» uner, OI wnom mee was oaptized ana called Eudocia, Theodofm 
the Emperour m ftiort fpace took notice of her excellent beauty and 
good parts, and a little after, upon his fillers foie commendation made 
tj • r6/. WaS nob]y done of Theodojius, f RodophPwte the faireft 
in her daics in all fhee went to wafh her, and by chance (her 
maids mean while looking but carelefly to her cloathes) an Eagle 
flole away one of her fhooes, and laid it in Pfammeticus the King of 
gypts lap at Memphis: hec wondered at the excellency of the fhooe, and 
pretty foot, but more' AquiU faUttm, at the manner of the bringing of 
it. and caufed forthwith pi ociamation to bee made, that fhee that owned 
that fhooe, fhould come prefently to his Court*, the Virgin came and was 
forthwith married to the King, I fay this was herdically done, and like 
a Prince; I commend him for.it/and all fuch as have means, that will 
either do (as hee did) themfelves , or fo for love, &c. marry their chib 
ren, ec be rich5 let him take fuch a one as wants, if fhee be virtuously 
given;, tor teSyracides eap.y, ver. 19. advifeth\Forero net a wife and eood 
mman*, for hn grace ts above geld. If fhee have fortunes of her own, kt 
her make a man. Dammo i Lacedamon had a many daughters to be- 
ftowj anc fl6 n cnoughfor them all thee never flood enquiring after 
great marches, as ot ersufetodo, but * fent for a company of brave 
young gallants home to his houfe, and bid his daughters chufe every 
one one, whom fhee liked beft5 and take him for her husband , without 
any more ado. This act of his was much approved in thole times I but 
in this Iron age of ours wee refpea riches alone (for a maid mull buy 
her husband now, with a great dowry, if fhee will haye him) cGvetGufnefs 
and filthy lucre marrs all good matches, or Tome fuch by-refpedls* 
tdMayemfe- 
ted. Self, i, e, 
14. & MHah. 
1.13. c. 33 . Cum 
famufee lavan- 
tis iiefies ineu- 
riofius cuftodi-' 
renti&c. man- 
davitper uni- 
verfam tAgyp- 
turn Mfxmina. 
quaeretur, cu- 
jus is calceus 
ejfet• eam% fie 
inventam in 
matrimonium 
accepit. 
* PaUfamas 
lib. 3. de Laco- 
nicis. Dim'fit 
qui nunc arent3 
<&c. optionem 
puellis dedit, ut 
earum q./* libet < 
eum fibi virum 
deligeret, cujus * 
maxime ejfet ; 
forma compla- ; 
cita. Part $.S$&.2. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy. 
MemM. SubGj* 
Crate's a Servian Prince (as Nicephortts GregorM Rom, htiji. Ith. 6. relates 
lt) was an earnefl fucier to Eudecia the Emperours fitter, though her bro- 
ther much defired ir,yet ttiee could not i abide him,for bee bad thiee for- 
mer wives, all bafely abufed *, but the Emperour ftillj Crdis amicitiam 
magni faciens} becaufe hee was a great Prince, and a troublelorae neigh- 
bour, much defired his affinity, and to that end betrothed his own 
daughter Stmomda to him, a little girle five years of age (hee being forty 
t Illitu conju- 
gium dilamina- 
bitur. 
five) and ive * years elder than the Emperour himfelf: Such difpropor- 
tionable and unlikely matches can wealth and a fair fortune make. And 
yet not that alone, it is not only mony, but fomecime vain-glory, pride, 
ambition, do as much harm as wretched eovetoufnels it (elf in another 
extream. If a Yeoman have one foie daughter, hee rnuft over-match her, 
above her birth and calling, to a Gentleman forfooth, becaufe of her 
great portion, too good for one of her own rank, as hee fuppofeth : A 
Gentlemans daughter and heir rnuft bee married to a Knight Barronets 
cldeft Ton at leatt •, and a Knights only daughter to a Baron himfelf, or 
an Earl, and fo upwards, her great dowry deferves it. And thus driving 
for mofe honour to their wealth, they undo their children, many dif- 
contcnts follow, and oftentimes they ruinate their Eamilies. Paulus 
'vtm gives inftance in Gale at ins the fecond, that Heroical Duke of MilLmy 
externas affinitates, decoras quidem regio fasht, fed fihi it pfier is damn of as 
& fere exitiales hee married his eldeft fon ffohn Galeatius to 
jfabell<{ the King of France his fifter, but (bee was focero tam gravescat du- 
centis millibus aureeram confiiterit, her entertainment at Millan was fo 
coftly, that it almoft undid him. His daughter Violanta was married to 
Lionel Duke of cLrence the youngeft Ton to Edward the third King of 
England-) but, ad ejus adventum tant<e §pes tam admirabili liber alitate profit- 
»t opulent fimorum regum ff lender em ftperaffe hee was 
welcomed with luch incredible magnificence, that a Kings purfe was 
fcarce able to bear itfor befides many rich prefencs of horfes, arms , 
plate mony,jcwels, See, hee made one dinner for him and his company, 
in wiiich were thirty two mdfes, and as much provifion left, at relata I 
men [a dapes decem midibus hominum f as would ferve tenthou- 
fand men; But a little after Lionel died, nova nupta it intempefiivis Ctm~ 
viviis operam dansj ire. and to the Dukes great lofs, the foiemnity was 
en Jed. So can titles, honours, ambition, make many brave, but infor- 
tunate matches, of all fides for by-refpe&s, though both crafed in body 
and mind, moft unwilling, averfe, and often unfit* fo love is banifhed , 
and wee feel the fmart of it in the end. But lam too lavifli peradvemure 
! • * i* i » /> * 
* Scccroqulfij* 
circiter armos 
natu minor. 
\ 
* Vit. Gale 
fecundi. 
huhis fnbjed. - • >.'r 
Another let or hinderance is ftrid and fevere Difcipline, Laws and ri- 
otous cuftomes that forbid men to marry atLt times, and in Tome pla- 
ces: asPrentifes, Servants. Collegia ts, States of lives in Copy-holds, 
°r bafe inferiour Offices,» retie I cet in fuch cafes, pctiri non Ucet,as 
bee Paid. They fee but as pnfoners thorow a grate, they covet and catch 
hot Tanulm luiris, &c. Their love is loftf and vJ it * in fuch an 
c ate to attempt, f Cravif'mum adamare nec tis agnevous 
thlnS *0 love and not injoy. They may indeed, I deny not, marry it they 
i ufpuleiUs iri 
Catcl nobis in- 
fido velle dat, 
fojfj abnegat. 
-j- Jnacrea/i r Fart 3, SeCt. 2. 
Love- CMcUncholy. 
Me mb ,/6r.' Subs. 5. 
will, and have, free. choice iome of them; but in the mean time their ere e 
is defperatc, lupum aunhus tenmt, they fold a Wolf by the ears , they 
muft either burn or ftarve. ’Tis Cornutum fopJdfma , hard to r'tfoive, 11 
they marry they forfeit their eftates, they are undone and ftaive them-* 
felves through beggery and want: if they do not marry, in this heroical 
paiTion they furioufly rage, are tormented, and torn in peeces by their 
predominate affcChons. Everyman hath not the gilt ot continence, let 
conmtm'uc 
donm cx fide 
wWeuqn* 
certum It* cam 
vocari hd call- 
bmm cui dc- 
7, 
t Rom, i’ 13. 
him t pray for it then, as Bcza advifethirt his Trad ‘de VivortiV, becaufe 
God hath fo called him to a fingle life, in taking away the means of mar- 
nage. * 2ml would have gone from Myfia to Bythima,but. the Spirit fuffe- 
o & dj f j . * «< 
red him not,and thou wouldeft peradventure bee a married man with all 
wdl, but that proteding Angel holds it not fir. The devil too feme- 
times may divert byhis ill fuggeftions* and man* many good matches, 
as the fame i; PM was willing to fee the Remans, but hindered ot Satan, 
hee could not. There be thofe that think they are neceflitaced by Fate, 
their Stars have fo decreed, and therefore they grumble at their hard 
fortune, they are well inclined to marry, but one rub or other is ever in 
the way .* I know what Aftrologers fay in this behalf, what Ptolomy qua' 
drip arm. Tract* 4, cap. 4. Skmerlth, 1, cap, 12. what Leoviiius gemtur. 
exempt, 1. which Sextus ahHeminga takes to be the Horofcope ot Hiero- 
nymus wolfius,w\\*.z Pezdius, onganaus and Leevitius his illuftrator, Gar* 
ecus cap, 12. what Trotanus, the reft (to omit 
thofe Arabian conjectures a parte Conjugii, h parte triplidta- 
tes Veneris, <&c, and thofe refolucions upon a queftion, an amica potiatur > 
(frc.) determine in this behalf, viz. an fit natus conjugem habiturus, 
facile an difficulter fit fponfam impetraturus , quot conjuges, quo tempore, 
quales decernantur nato de mutuo amore con jugum both in mens and 
womens genitures, by the examination of the feventh houfe, the«/ 4/- 
mutens, Lords and Planets there, acd dr ®a ire. by particular Apho- 
rifms, Si dominus ymx inym* vel fecunda nobilem decernit uxorem , fervam 
aut ignobilem fi duodecima. Si Venus in 11 ™ &c. with many fuch, too 
tedious to relate. Yet let no man bee troubled, or finde himfelf grieved 
with fuch Predictions, as Bier, Wclfius well faith in his Aftrological 
t Dialogue, nonfuntputemna decreta, they bee bat conjectures, the Stars 
incline, but not enforce, . 
* Vrafix. gefi, 
Leovitik 
Sydera corporibus pr&Junt calefit a nojtris , 
Sunt ea de vili Condita namq-7 luto ’ 
Cogere fed nequeunt animum ratione f 
Jguippe iuh imperiofolium ipfe dei eft. 
wifdome, diligence, difcretion, may mitigate, if not quite alter fuch dey 
crces ? Fortuna fua a cujufque fingitur moribus , * <sui cauti, f. voti 
compotes,&c. Let no man then bee terrified or molefted with fuch Aftrrr 
logical Aphorifms, or bee much moved, either to vain hope, or fear > 
from fuch predictions, but let every man follow his own free will in th* 
cafe, and do as hee feescaufe. Better it is indeed to marry than burn * 
for their fouls health, but for their prefent fortunes, by feme otbef 
means to paclfie themfelves, and divert the dream of this fiery torrent ? 
:to continue as they are, * reft fatisfied, lugentes virginitatis florem ftc K 
* Idem WolfitH 
dial. 
That is, make 
the heft of it, 
and take his lot 
as it falls. jPart 3. Sed, *. 
Cure of Love- Melancholy* 
Memb. C. Subf. 5,- 
ruiffc deploring their mifery with that Eunuch in tibariius ? foce r^eie 
is no help or remedy, and with If ef fa he’s daughter to bewail their virgi- 
Of like nature is fuperftition,thofe rath vowes of Monks and Triers, ana 
ucn as live in religious Orders, but far more tyrannical and much wo\U* 
Nature, youth , and his furious pafflon forcibly inclines, and rageth on 
neone fide .* but their Order and Vow checks them on the other. 
* Fotoq 5 fro fra forma reponat. What Merits and Indul- 
gences they heap unto themfelvesby it, what commodities, I know not, 
but lam fare , from fuch rafh vowes, and inhumane manner of life pro- 
ceed many f inconveniences, many difeafes, many vices, maftupration, fa- 
tywfis, priapifmus, melancholy, mad nefs, fornication, adultery, bugge- 
ry>iodomy, theft, mucther, and all manner of mifehiefs: read but Bales 
Catalogue of at the valuation of, Abbies here in England, 
He ary Stephan his Apol. for Herodotus, that which P'lricm writes in one 
of his Epifiles, m that Pop Gregory when he faw 6000. shuts and hones of 
infants taken but of a fijh-pond near a Nunnery , thereupon retracted that de- 
cree of Priefis marriages, which was the caufe of frch a /laughter, was much 
grieved at it, and purged himfelf by repentance. Read many fuch, and 
thenaskwhatistobedone, is this vow to be broke or not fNo faith 
BeUarmne, cap. 38. ltb.de Monach. melius eft fcortari & uri quam de vo- 
to caelibatus ad nupuas tranfire, better burn or fly out, than to break thy 
vow. And Cojter in hisFnchiri. de caelibat, facerdotum, faith it is abfo- 
*Utel ygfqvias peccatum, a greater fin for a Prieft to marry, than to keep a 
concubine at heme. Gregory de Faience t cap.Bje catlibat. maintains the 
fame, as thole Ejfet and Momanifts of old. Infomuch that many Votaries, 
outofafalfe pcifwafionof merit and holinefsin thiskinde, will fooncr 
dye than marry, though it be to the faving of their Jives. 0 Anno i^i9, 
Pius 2. Pope, -fames Roffa Nephew to the King of Portugal, and then deft 
Archbifhop of Lisbone, being very Tick at Florence, p when his Phyficians 
told him, that his difeafe was fuch, he muft either lye with a wench, marry or 
, cheerefully chofe to dye 5 Now they commended him for it: But S. 
f teacheth otherwife/Wttr marry than burne, and as iS.Hierome brave- 
ly delivers it, Alia frnt leges Cafarum, alUchrtfli, aliud aliud 
Paulus no fi er pr acipit, there’s a difference betwixt Gods ordinances and 
mens lawes .• and therefore Cyprian Epift. 8. boldly denounceth \mi>i~ 
er* f duller um eft 3 frcrilegum eft, quodcunque humane furore /latuit ur ut 
it ,s abominable, impious, adul and h- 
ilegious, what men make and ordain after their own furies5 wevefs 
Cods kwes t Georgs***** one 0f their own arch Divines? 
and JB' /-eXh alnfS a 8 and all fuch rafh monaftical vowes, 
tWW°uld have fachperfons ferioofly to confider what they do, whom 
at lafV-dmit ’ nefrMfimr frerantur de inanibus ftupris, left they repent it 
or fuk For either as he follows ic= 5 you muft allow them Concubines, 
thoufo ibem t0 raaiTy 5 for rcarce all you finde three Priefts of three 
luft > quiper dtatem non ament, that are not troubled with burning 
menofl €refore 1 conc*U(*e > ,s an unnatural and impious thing to bar 
tius Chriftian liberty, too fevere and inhumane an edidi. 
* Ovid, i vet, 
t Mercurialis 
de Vriafifmn. 
m Memorabile 
quod Vlricus e* 
pi fala refert 
Gregarium 
quum expifehn 
quadam allata 
plus quam fex 
miPls infantum 
capita vidiffet, 
ingemui [fe fn, 
decretum de cce* 
libatu tantam 
ceedls caufam 
cmftffus con- 
digno illud pa- 
ni tenti* fructu 
purgajfe.Kj.mni. 
fius ex. cencil. 
Undent, part.3. 
de ccdibatu fa~ 
cerdotnm. 
n Si nubat, 
quam (i domi 
concubinam a- 
lat. 
0 Alphonfus ei* 
caeniuslib, de 
gefi. pontificum, 
p Cum medici 
funderent ut aut 
nuberet aut coi* 
tu uteretur, fio ' 
mortem vitari 
pojfe,mortem po~ 
tius intrepidus 
expoliavit &c, 
t epiji. 30. 
f Vide vitam 
ejus edit.\6is, 
by.D.f. James. Part.j.Se&.i. 
Love-Melancholy* 
Memb.tf.Subhj 
® Lldgate in 
Chaucers flower 
ot curcific. . 
° ®be slip wtcii, tbe Cittnoufe alto, 
®ne linleEebb?eQ bat» tb«r election, 
Cbep ap3J fab) anb together gone, 
ttrabtreagbemliQ, aboatenbtron, 
510 tbep of (untie babe inclination, 
Snb as nature 3mp?tts anb guibe, 
©f cberptbinglitttop?obtbe. 
■But man alone, alas tbefiatbflonb. 
fulltmellplipWnbsD?binante 
CtonQraineo is. anb bp Oatutes bounb, 
strib bebarreb from all futb pleafante; 
tsiljat meanetb tbts,tobatus tbioP|etence 
©flatos, 3 tots, againQatt right oHunbe 
without a taufe, f 0 nartoto men tobtnbe. 
Many Lay-men repine ftillatPriefts marriages above the reft, and not 
at Clergy men only, but all of the meanei fort and condition, they 
would bwenone marry butfuch as are -hand able to ma.ntamwive., 
becaufe their parilh belike lhall be pcftered with Orp an > . 
full ct beggers.* but? thefe are hard-hearted, unnatural, momters Or ll> • 
(hallow politicians5 they do not ** coufidertbat a great part of the worn* 
is not vet inhabited as it ought, how many Colonies into Ameria* 
TenaZyiuftralis incognita, JjHu, maybe feme Let them confalt with 
S' jipißiam Alexanders book of Colonics, Orpheus JunmsG<Mtn fleece. 
Captain Whitburns, M'Hagthorp, (J-r. and they lhall lately be other- 
wile enformed. Thole politique Romans were ot another mmde, they 
thought their City and Country could never be too populous. VAdru* 
theEmperour Laid, He had rather have men thanmony W 
mm JpeOme ampliare imperium, quampecuma-, Augufas 
an oration in Remeadcaliks, to perfwade them chM 
tries compelled them to marry of old, as 
amonsft the reft in thefe dales, who much wonder at our dilciplme to 
fuffer fo many idle perfons to live in Monaftenes, and often marvel hoW 
they can live honeft” 'ln the Hie of Uaragnan, the Governour and petty 
King there did wonder at the Frenchmen, and admire how fo many 
evs, and the reft of their company could live without wives, they tlloa§ 
it a thing nnpoffible, and would not believe it. If thefe men Ihould li 
furvey our multitudes of religious houfes, obferye our numbeisof 
naileries all over Europe, 18. Nunneries in Padua> in Venice 31, C 
of Monks, 38. of Nunnes, &c. ex ungue leonem, *tis to this proportion, 
all other Provinces and Cities, what would they think >do they live no- 
nett' Let them diflemble as they will, lam of TertuHians mmde, tn 
few can continue but by compulfion. * O chaftity ( faith he a 
rare Goddefs in the world, not fo eafily got, feldome conmuate : / hou ml 
* and then he empdd eitherfor deffa of nature, or tfd,(upline M*> 
Aasrees enforce: or L feme fi/ch b/refpias 
have loft their firft loves, may not have whom they wi 1 then 
want of meaues, ralh vows, &c. But can he willingly contain ? I thm 
p Tis not mul- 
titude but idle- 
nefle which 
caufeth bcgge- 
ry. 
to fee them 
a work, and 
bring them up 
in fome hone ft 
trades. 
r D’on CaJJlus 
t‘b. f6. 
c SardmMx- 
t orphi us. 
v,ik io hishift. 
ef M.rc.ignav, 
An i - 
chaftll in his 
tenure facile 
%f:!XcT Part 3. Se&.2. 
Cun of Love- lM elanc holy» 
Mertib.6, Subi.5. 
riot. Therefore cither out of commiferation of humane imbecillity 9 in 
policy, or to prevent a far worfe inconvenience, for they hold it ot 
them as neceflary as meat and drink, and becaufe vigour of youth, the 
ftate and temper of moft mens bodies do fo furioufly defire it, they have 
heretofore in fome Nations liberally admitted polygamy andftewes, an 
hundred thoufand Curtifans in grand Cairo in Egypt> as * Radzivtlus od- 
ferves, are tollerated,befidesboyes :how many at 
Venice, fret and ftill in many other Provinces and Cities oi Europe 
* Peregrin, 
Hicrofol. 
they do as much, becaufe they think young men,Church-men,& fervants 
amongft the reft, can hardly live honeft. The confederation of this belike 
made Vibius the when his friend f Cra(jus that rich Roman gal- 
lant lay hid in the Gave, nt voluptatis quam at as ilia defiderat copiam face- 
ret, to gratifie him the more,find two * lufty lafles to accompany him all 
that while hee was there imprifoned. And Surenus the Parthian Genei al, 
When hee warred againft the Romans to carry about with him 200 Concu- 
bines as the Sm(fe Souidiers do now commonly their wives. But becaufe 
this courfe is not generally approved, but rather contradided as unlaw- 
ful, and abhorred,u in raoft Countries they do much mcourage them to 
marriage, give great rewards to fuch as have many children, and mulct 
thole that will not marry, trium libero' /sfw,and in jige litus Lb*n»cap. is. 
pit an.hb.6.cap. 5 .Valerius lib, i ,caf.9>% Wee read that tnrec children treed 
the Father from painful offices 5 and five from all contribution. wo- 
man /had bee faved by hearing children. Epi Betas would have all marry, and 
as y Plato will 6. de legibus, he that marneth not before 3 * years of his age, 
muft be compelled and punifhed* and the mony confecrated to f JWs 
Temple, or applied to publick ufes. They account him infome Countries 
unfortunate, that dies without a wife, a moft unhappy man, as * Boetius 
infers and if at all happy, yet infortunio fdtx, unhappy in his fuppofed 
bappinefs. They commonly deplore his eftate, and much lament himfpr 
it •O my fweet fon, &c. See Lucian de Sands foil. 83, 
Vet notwithftanding many with us are of the oppofice part, they are 
married themfelves, and tpr others let them burn, fire and flame, they 
care not, fo they bee not troubled with them. Some are too curious, and 
Tome too covetous they may marry when they wil',both foi ability and 
means, but fo nice5 that except, as Theophilus the Emperour was prefen- 
ted by his Mother Emofune.mthAl the rareft beauties of the Empire in 
V ** S f 1 • , <r*x 1 . . a /1 lx */1 ♦/\ rr t vtA A /"V /\ I•i SiM <9 *s •> \l% 
f Plutarch.. 
ta ejus, adolef- 
ccntiee medio 
conftitutusi 
* Ancillas du- 
m egregia for- 
ma <&■ at at is 
fore. 
aAt lex ab At» 
lex.l. Of c 8. 
*Tres filh pa- 
trem ab excu- 
biis , qutftr *b 
omnibus ojjicm 
liberabant. 
J Pr recepto pn- 
moj cogatur nu- 
bere aut mul- 
cetur &■ pecu- 
nia Templo Ju- 
nonia demeetur 
& publica -fiat. 
t Nit- BiU. M. 
pie. philef. 
* Confol. 3, 
Pro/. 7. 
the great Chamber of his Palace at once, and bid to give a golden apple 
to her hee liked beft. If they might fa take and chufe whom they lift out 
of all the fair Maids their Nation affords, they could happily condescend 
to marry: otherwife &c. why ftiould a man marry * faith another Epicure- 
an rout, what’s matrimony but a matter of monyf why ftiould free nature 
nee entrenched on, confined or obliged, to this or that man or woman, 
yith thefc manicles of body and goads < &c. There are thofe too, mat 
dearly iOVe, admire & follow women, all their lives long? sonA$onA ?eiael°Pes’ 
never well but in their companies, wiftlygazing on their beauties, ob er- 
vmg clofeshanging5hanging after ftill with them,& yet dare’ jj Gf 
not marry..Many poor people,& of the meaner fort, are too i 
Gods mil not Mr e not for [uch mrldly reftett*-* ‘ 
'woes, miferies, or thaetbey (hall light as - urn** *■ 
x Qui fe capi- 
tfro matrimo- 
nii alliger von 
pat’untur.Lemnl 
06 4 13. de 
occult, nat. Ab- 
horreat multi i 
matri mm#, ne 
mo of am, que» 
rtUam,.uerb mt 
amaram, uxe~ 
rem perferru 
cogantur. Fart 5. bett, 2. 
Love-tMdanchely, 
Mcmb. 6. Subf. 5« 
er a bad wife. And therefore f Trtjtem fuventam Venere deferta cobmtsthty 
are refolved to live fingle, as t Epaminondds did, 
* Nil ait efie prius, melius nil cmltbe h)it 
and ready with Bippolitus to abjure all women, * ‘Detefier omnes± herreo, 
fugio, cxecror, &c, But BtppoUtcnefcis quod fugis vita bomm, 
Bippelite nef is alas poor Bippolitus, thou khoweft 
not what thoufayeft, 'tis otherwife Bippolitus. f Some make a doubt, an 
uxor literato fit ducenda, whether a Scholar fhould marry,if fhec be fair, fhcc 
will bring him back from his grammar to his horn-book, or clfe with 
killing and dalliance fhee will hinder his ftudy •, if foul, with fcolding, hec 
cannot well intend to both, as Philippus Beroaldus that great Bononian 
Do&or once writ, impediri enim fiudta lit erarum, &c. but nee recanted at 
laft and in a folemn lortwith true conceived words hee did ask the world 
and*all women forgivenefs. But you lhall have the ftory as hee relates 
himfelf, in his Commentaries on the fixe of Apuleitts: For a long time I 
lived a Angle life, & ah uxore ducenda femper abhorrui* nec quicquam liber» 
left* cmfut jucundius, I could not abide marriage, but as a rambler, err a* 
ticus ac volaticus amator (to ufe his own words) per multiplices amores diff 
«fwfow,Ixookafnatch where I could get it, nay more, I railed at mar- 
riage down right, and in a publick auditory when I did interpret that fixf 
Satyre of Juvenal, oat of Plutarch and Seneca, I did heap Up all the di- 
dferies I could againft women now recant with Stefiehorus, Palinodiam 
cano, nec pat nit et cen feri in ordine maritorum, I approve of marriage, lam 
glad I am a t married man, I am heartily glad I have a wife, fo Tweet a 
wife, fo noble a wife, fo young,fo chaftc a wife, fo loving a wife, and Ido 
wilh and defire all other men to marry, and cfpecially Scholars 5 that as 
of old Martia did by Bortenfius, Terentia by Tudius, Calphurnia to Pliniuh 
Pudentilla to %Apulem> * hold the candle whilft their husbands did medi- 
tate and write, fo theirs may do to them, and as my dear Camilla doth to 
mee. Let other men bee averfe5 rail then and feoff at women, and fay 
what they can to the contrary, w fine uxore malorum expers e fi, &c, a fin- 
’ gle man is an happy man, dec, but this is a toy , 
* Nee dulces amores fperne puer, neqt, tu choreas 5 
thefe men are too diftruftful and much to blame, to ufe fuch fpceches, 
* Parcite paucorum diffundere crimen in omnes, 
They muft not condemn all forfomc. As there bee many bad, there bcC 
j- Senec.Hippol. 
Calebs enim 
vixerat nec ad 
uxorem ducen- 
dam unquam 
induci potuit. 
* Sense. Hip. 
*Hor. 
t tAlaeas Syl- 
vius de dikis 
Sgifmundi. 
Menjius, P ri~ 
micro. 
f Habeo uxorem 
tx animi fen- 
tmia Camil- 
lam Valeotti 
furifconfulti 
filiam. 
* Legendbur 
& meditanti- 
bus Candelas 
<& Candela- 
brum tenuerunt. 
*Htr, 
» Ovid, 
fome good wives*, as forae be vitious, fomc be virtuous: read what Sale* 
won hath faid in their praifes, Prov.s i. and Syr acide s, cap.l 6. & 30, Blejjf* 
is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his dates jhall bet 
double, A virtuous woman rejoyceth her and jhee jhall fulfil tht 
years of his life in peace. A good wife is a good portion (& 36. 24.) help, * 
pillar of ref, columna quietis, 
* S»i capit uxorem, fratrem capit atq-, fotorem. 
hee that hath no wife, wander eth to and fro mourning. Minuuntur atraconju£* 
cur a, women are the foie, only joy, and comfort of a mans life, born & 
ufum & lufum hominum, f Firmamenta familia, 
p Delitia humani gener is y folatia vita. 
Blanditia noil is, placidtfima cur a diet» 
yota virum, juvenum Jpes, &c. 
* Afhrmus. 
t Lechaug, 
T Bacons £f- 
fayes. ',art-3-Sed.», 
Cure of Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.tf. Subfc* 
wife is a young mans Mill refs, a middle ages companion, an old mans 
Murfe: Particeps Utorum & tnfii um, A prop, an help, &c* 
f Optima viripoffefiio eft uxor benevola, 
Mitigans iram & avertens animam ejus k triflitia. 
Mans belt polfcllion is a loving wife, 
She tempers anger, and diverts all ftrife. 
t Euripides 
There is no joy, no comfort, no fweetnefs> no pleafure in the world like 
that of a good wife, 
Quam cum chara domi conjux, fidufq5 maritus \ 
' Unanimes degunt—— faith our Latin Homer, 
fliee is ftill the fame in ficknefs and in health, his eye, his hand, his bo- 
fome-friend, his partner at all times, his other fell, not to bee feparated. 
oy any calamity, but ready to lhare allforrow, difeontent, and as the 
Endian women do, live and dye with him, nay more, to dye prefently for 
him. Admetus King of Thefjaly, when hee lay upon his death-bed,was told 
by Apo/los Oracle,that if hee could get any body to die for him, hee fliould 
live longer yet, but when all refilled, his parents, etfi decrepiti, friends 
and followers for look him, Alcefius hiswife, though young, moft wil- 
lingly undertook it, what more can bee defired or expeded ' And al* 
though on the other fide there bee an infinite number of bad husbands (I 
fliould rail downright againft fome of them) able to difeourage any 
women 5 yet there bee fome good ones again, and thofe moft obfervant 
Marriage-Rites. An honeft Country-fellow (as Fulgofus relates it) in 
*he Kingdome of Naples, * at plough by the Sea fide, faw his wife carried 
away by Mauritanian Pirats, hee ran after in all hafte, up to the chin firft, 
and when bee could wade no longer, Cwam, calling to the Governour 
of the fhip to deliver his wife, or if hce muft not have her reftored, to let 
him follow as a prifoner , for hce was refolved to bee a Gaily-flave, his 
drudge, willingtoendureany mifery, fo that hee might but enjoy his 
dear wife. The Moores feeing the mans conftancy, and relating the 
Whole matter to their Governour at Tunis, fet them both free, and gave 
them an honeft penfion to maintain themfelves during their lives. I 
could tell many ftories to this effedt-, but put cafe it often prove other- 
wife, becaufe marriage is troublefome, wholly therefore to avoid it, is no 
argument 5c Hee that will avoid trouble, muft avoid the world {Eufebius pr&- 
p<tr. Evangel. 5. cap, 50.) Some trouble there is in marriage, I deny not, 
fttfi grave fit matrimonium, faith Erafmus, edulcatur tamen multis,&c, yet 
lhere be many things tod fweetenit, a pleafant wife, placens uxor, pretty 
JJhildren, dulces nati, delicia filiorum hominum, the chief delight of the 
c°ns of men, Ecclef a.B, &c. And howfoever, though it were all troubles, ( 
fififlitat%puhlic& can fa devorandum, grave quid libenter [uheundum,ft muft - 
willingly bee undergone for publick goods fake, J 
1 * Cm juxta 
, mare agrum eo- 
leret: Omnk c- 
nim miferia 
' immctnorem , 
I con jugal k a- 
mere sum fees- 
* fat. Ken fine 
ingenti admi~ 
„ ratione y taut a 
' hominis chart ~ 
tate mo:us rex 
libins effejuf. 
fit, €^C. 
1 c vult Vl- 
■ tare mole fit as 
vim mundum. 
> d r/cAe/S’/of 
: T&t TtgTTVOf 
■ ,ccTt% 
Quid vita efi 
qtintfo q.ddve 
eft fine Cypride 
dulce? Mimacr. 
* Erafmus. 
* £ Steheo. 
* udite {populas) hac, inquit Sufarion, 
MaUfunt mulieres, verant am en 0 populares i 
_ Hoc fine malo domum inhabitare non licet. 
tt!ar mee, Omy Country-men, faith Sufarion, 
• omen are naught, yet no life without one. 
I cMalum eft mulier, fednecefiarium malum. 
t Menander Parc 3. Sed. 2. 
Love- lMelancholy, 
Memb. 6, Subf.?. 
they arc neceflary evils, and for our own ends wee muft make ufe of 
them to have ifiue, ■* Supplet Vends ae reftituh humanum genus \ and to 
propagate the Church. Lor to what end is a man born ? why lives hee, 
bat to increafe the world ? and how fhall hee do that well, if hee do not 
marry Matrimonium humanegeneri immortalitatem faith Nevtr 
fan us. Matrimony makes us immortal, and according to \Tacitm-> ’tis fir~ 
mi fimum imperii munimentum, the foie and chief ptop of an Empire. 
% Indigne vivit per quern non vhtt & alter, t which 
Pelopidas objeded to Epamtnondas, bcc was an unworthy member of a 
Common-wealth, that left notacbilde after him to defend it, and as 
h Trifmegiftus to his fon Tatius, have no commerce with a fingle man: Hold- 
ing belike that a Batchelor could not live honcftly as hee fhould, and with 
Georgius Wicdins y a great Divine and holy man, who of late by twenty 
fix arguments commends marriage as a thing moft nccefiary for all kind* 
of perfons, moft laudable and fit to bee embraced mand is perfwaded with- 
all, that no man can live and dye religionfly, and as bee ought, withouti 
wife, perfuafus neminem poffe pie neqt, bene mori citra 
hee is falfe,an enemy to the Common-wealth, injurious to himfclf, dcr 
ftru&ive to the world, an apoftate to nature, a rebel againft Heaven and 
Earth. Let our wilful, obftinate, and ftale Batchelors ruminate of this? 
* Seneca Hyp, 
Lib. 3. mm. 1. 
I lift. lib. 4. . 
% Palingenlus. 
f Bmfoa lib. 7. 
cap. 13. 
h Noll fodeta- 
tem habere,&e. 
5 Lib. i. tap. 6. 
Si, inquit, 
rltes, fine uxore 
efe pofemus, 
entries carere- 
mus-, Sed quo- 
niam fio effu- 
tuti potius pub- 
lic* quam vo- 
luptati conf- 
lendum. 
f Beatum foret 
fi liberos auro 
& aigento 
mercari, &o. 
* Seneca. Hyp, 
If wee could live without wives, as Marce Hus Numidicas faid in 1 Jgellius, wd 
would all want them , but becaufe wee cannot, let aU marry, andcon fait ret 
ther to the publick good, than their own private pleafure or ejlate. It were 
an happy thing, as wife f Euripides hath it, if wee could buy children witli 
gold and filver, and bee fo provided, fine mulierum congrejju, without 
womens company, but that may not bee, 
* Orb is jacebit [qua dido turpis fttuy 
Vanum fine ullis clafsibus ft obit 
coelo deerit &fy his fera. 
Earth, Air, Sea, Land, eftfoon would come to nought, 
The world it felf (hould bee to mine brought. 
Neceflity therefore compels us to marry* 
But what do I trouble my fell, to finde arguments to perfwade to, f 
commend marriage'' behold a brief abftraft of all that which I have 
and much more, fuccin&ly, pitthily, pathetically, perfpkuoufly, a*** 
elegantly delivered in twelve motions to mitigate the miferies of 
riagc, by * jacobus de Voragine, 
1 Res eft ? habes qua tueatur & augeat. 
2 Non elf f hahes qua queer at, 
% Secunda res funtt felicitas duplicatur» 
4 jdverfafunt ? Conflatur, adjidet, onus participat fit tderabilif at, 
5 Domi cs t (olitudinis tadium pellit, 
6 Foras i Vijfcedentem vifuprofequitur-, abfentem deftderat , redeuntem 
* Gen. »• dft- 
jutwium fimiU, 
&c. 
ta excipit. 
7 Nihil jucundam ahfqyfocietate i Nulla [oeietas matrimmio [uavior. 
8 Vinculum Conjugalis charitatis adamantinum, 
9 dulcis affinium turba, duplicatur numms parontum7 1 
nepotum* Merab,6. Subf.j. 
Part 3.Se&.2. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy, 
*o Fttlc hr a fis prole parens. 
11 Lex Mo fis ftenlttatcm matrimonii exuratur , quanto amflius Cali* 
hattyn ? 
12 Si natura far mm non effugit', ne ‘voluntas quidem effugietc 
1 Haft thou means ? thou haft one to keep and increafe it, 
2 Haft none ? thou haft one to help to get it. 
3 Art in profperity ? thine happinefs is doubled. 
4 Artinadvcrfity ? (heel Comfort, aflfi ft, bears part of thy burthen to 
make it more tolerable. 
5 Art at home ? (heel drive away melancholy. 
6 Art abroad ? fliee looks after thee going from home, willies for thee 
in thine and joyfully welcomes thy return. 
7 There’s nothing’delightfome without fociety, no fociety fo fweetas 
Matrimony. 
8 The band of Conjugal Love is adamantine* 
9 The fwcct company of kinfmea increafeth, the number of parents 
is doubled, of brothers, fitters, nephews. 
I o Thou art made U Father by a fair and happy iftue. 
II Mofes curfeth the barrennefs of Matrimony * how much more a 
Angle life ? 
12 If Nature cfcape not puntfhment, furely thy Will (hall not avoid it. 
All this is true, fay you, and who knows it not ? but how eafte a matter 
is it to anfwer thefe motives, and to make an Anti-faredia quite oppofite 
Unto it ? To exercife my felf I will Eftay. 
1 Haft thou means * thou haft one to (pend it. 
a Haft none ? thy beggery is increased. 
3 Art in profperity ? thy happinefs is ended; 
4 Art in adverfity ? like J-ohs wife, (heel aggravate thy mifery, vex 
thy foul 5 make thy burden intolerable. 
5 Art at home? (heel fcold thee out of doors. 
6 Art abroad? If thou bee wife, keep thee fo, (heel perhaps graft horns 
in thine abfence* fcowl on thee coming home. 
7 Nothing gives more content than folitarinefs, no folitarinefs like this 
of a fihglc life. 
8 The band of Marriage is adamantine , no hope of loofing it, thou arc 
undone. 
9 Thy number increafeth, thou (halt bee devoured by thy Wives 
friends* 
*o Thou art made a Cornuto by an unchaft wife, and (halt bring up o- 
ther folks children inftead of thine own * 
* * Paul commends Marriage* yet hee prefers a (ingle life. 
1 a Is Marriage honourable? What an immortal crown belongs to Vir» 
ginity f - . 
So Sir acides himfclf, fpeaks as much as may bee for and againft wo- 
en3 fo doth alraoft every Philofopher pleads and con, every Poet 
thus argucs the cafe (though what cares vukus hominum what they 
lay *' fo can I conceive peradventure, and fo canft thou; when all is laid. 
587 Fart 3. Se&. 3. 
Love-UMelancboly, 
Mcmb. 5. Subf. 6. 
yet linee forne bee good, fomc bad, let’s put it to the venture. I conclude 
- therefore with Seneca, , / ' 
*—cur Toro viduo jaces < 
Triftem juventam folve : nunc luxus rape3 
Effunde habenas9 optimos vita dies 
Effluere prohibe. 
Why doft thou lye alone , let thy youth and bcft daies to pafe away i 
Marry whilft thou mayeft, donec viventi canities abetf morofa, whilft thou 
f Gw^. 
art yet able, yetlufty, 
I Elige cui die as, tu mihi fola places, 
make thy choice, and that freely, forthwith, make no delay, but takefhy 
fortune as it falls. ’Tfc true, 
——f calamitofus efl qui inciderit 
In malam uxorem, felix qui in bonam• 
’Tis an hazard both waies I confers, to Jive Angle, or to marry, 
t Id am & uxorem ducere, & non ducere malum eft, 
it may bee bad, it may bee good; as it is a crofs and calamity on the one 
fide, fo ’tis a Tweet delight, an incomparable happinefs, a bleffed eftate, 
amoftunfpeakable benefit, a foie content on the other 5 *tis all in the 
proof. Bee not then fo wayward, fo covetous, fo diftruftful, fo curious 
and nice, but let’s all marry, mutues faventes amplexus; Take mee to thee, 
and thee to mee-j to morrow is S-, Valentines day, let’s keep it Holiday for 
Cupids fake, for that great God Loves fakes, for Hymens fake, and cele- 
bratc * Fenus Vigil with our Anceftors for company together, finging 
as they did, 
t Euripides, 
t E graco Va- 
lerius lib, 7. 
• 7. 
* Pervigilium 
yen-erke vete- 
ri potta. 
Cras amet qui nunquam amavit5 quique amavit3 cras arnetm 
Ver novum3 ver jam camum, ver natus orbis e ft 3 
Vere concordant amores5 vere nubunt alites, 
Et nemus coma refolvit3 &c,mm 
Cras amet, &c. 
Let hira that is averfe from marriage read more in Barbarus de re uxor, 
hb. i. cap. i. Lemnius de infiitut. cap.4, P.Codefridusde Amor. lib.3, cap. 1. 
k Nevtfams lib, 3. Alex, Alexandro, lib% 8. Tunftalf Erafmus 
trades laudem matrimonii, &c, and I doubt nor but in the end hec w ill 
reft fatisfied, recant with Beroaldus, do penance for his former folly, 
finginq fome penitential ditties, defire to bee reconciled to the Deity of 
this great God Love, go a pilgrimage to his Shrine, offer to his Image? 
facrifize upon his altar 5 and bee as willing at laft to imbrace marriage as 
the reft: There will not bee found, I hope, *No not in that fevere family 
of Stoic ks, who [ball refufe to fubmit his grave beard, and fupercilieus lookup 
to the clipping of a wife, or difagree from his fellows in this point. For 
what more wtlhngl] ( as t Varro holds) can a proper man fee than afair wife? 
a fweet wife? a loving wife' can the world afford a better fight ? fweeter 
content,a fairer objed3a more gracious afpe&f 
Since then this of marriage, is the laft and beft refuge, and cure of He' 
roical love, all doubts are cleared, and impediments removed 5 I fay 2" 
gain, what remains, but that according to both their defires, they be 
happily joyned, fince it cannot otherwife bee helped. God fend us all 
k Boms non 
fm?ux°rl’m- 
vifangs nb. z. 
Tmmo'fnfeve- 
rifftma stoico- _ 
rumfamiia qui 
&Jfufer~ 
chium amplex- 
ibm uxoris fub- 
7fla plrnt nil- 
quis dijfenfent. 
Hcn-fm Vnmi- 
t gtiid Hbea- 
l™usv7dewde 
betqfamTei- 
lam uxown ? Part 3. Sed, a. 
Cure of Love-Melancholy* 
Memb. 6. Subf. 5; 
good wives, every man his with in this kinde? and me mine. 
t gnu ©oh that all tm pt^ought? 
him !;t0 Lobe that hath it Co beet bought* 
If all parties be pleated? aske their Banes, ’tis a match. * Fruitnr Rhodan- 
the fponfa,fpon[o Bo fide, Rhodanthe and T>eftclesiball go together? Chttphon 
2nd Leucippe, The agines and Cbaftclia, Poliarchus hath his Argents, Ljfan- 
der Caltfta, (to make up the mask )ro Potiturque faa puer Ip his lanthi• 
* Croitu# in luQ anh in quiet, 
31* tttty creteih, W otnne heart imtu 
And although they have hardly paft the pikes, through many difficulties 
and delayes brought the match about? ye Vicc them take this of * Arifte- 
netas ( that fo marry ) for their comfort: f many troubles and cares, 
the marriages of Lovers are morefiveet and pleafant, As we commonly con- 
clude a Coraoedy with a 0 wedding, and ffiaking of hapds, lets [hut Up 
our difeourte, and end ail with an f Epithalamium, 
Feliciter nuptis, God give them joy together* e Hymn OHymenae, Hy- 
men ades O Hymenae I Bonum faff urn’Tis well done ? Baud equidem fine 
mente reor, fine numine Divum, ’tisan happy conjunction? a fortunate 
match, an even couple, 
11 Chaucer. 
* Con.elu.po The- 
Od.rrodrom.y.tn 
Amr. 
m Ovid. 
* Ihe conclu- 
fton of ChaucerS 
Poem oiTroilui 
and C'refeid. 
* Epift. 4-/.Z, 
Jucundiores 
multo & fuavi- 
• ores longe poji 
molejlas turbos 
amantium mp- 
tier. 
to Urn memi- 
nijfe juvabit, 
° Jguid expect- 
atis, intus fim!: 
nupti#.The mu-*' 
fiek,guefts, and 
all the good 
cheer is with' 
in. 
+ 7 CprunAit* 
—? - 
animis, ambo pr aft ant es viribus, ambo 
Florentes annis> — 
they both excel in gifts of body and mind, are both equal in years? youth? 
vigor, alacrity, die is fair and lovely as Lais ox Helena? he as another 
Char in as or Alcibiades, 
• * ludite ut lubet & brevi 
Liberos date. 
Then mode fly go fport and play. 
And let’s have every year a boy, 
* Gee give a [met fmell as Incenfe, and bring forth flowers as the Lilly: that1 
we may % hereafter? 
Scitus Mecafter natus eft Pamphilo per. 
In the mean time I fay ? 
c ite, agite o\uvenes, * non murmura veftra columba. 
Brachia non hedera, nttfa vincant ofcula concha. 
Gentle youths go fport your fclvcs betimes, 
let not the Doves outpafs your raurmurings/ 
Or Ivy dafping armes? or oyfter kiffings. 
And in the morn betimes as thofc u Lacedamoniam Lattes fa) u ted Helena 
and Menelaus ? ringing at their windowes, and wifliing good fuecettcy do 
at yours: * & 
}yivari^m 
virgo thalamum 
marite am* 
p CatuUtu, 
HCatuUus, 
f Ecelus,^' 
c Galeni Mpi* 
thal. 
* 0 no Stem 
quafer& cpuL 
ter beitam, 
° Theocritus eU 
dyl i?. 
Salve Ofponfa,fahe felix, det vobis Latona 
Felicem Sobolem, Venus dea det aqualem amovent 
Inter vos mutuo5 Saturms durabiles divitias, 
Dormite in peffora mutuo amorem in (mantes, 
Et defiderium i~~ , 
Good morrow Matter Bridegroom, and Mittris Bridey 
Y*any fair lovely Bernes to you betide! 
Let vems to you mutual love procure ? Part 3. Se&. 2. 
Love* 
Memb.6. Subf. 
Let Saturn give you riches to endure. 
Long may you fleep in one anothers arms, 
Infpiring fweet defire, and free from harms. 
Even all your lives long, 
s Contingat vobts turturum concordia , 
CernicuU vivacitas —— 
The love of Turtles hap to you, 
And Ravens years ftill to renew. 
5 9® 
%Erapn. Epi- 
that, P. casp- 
dii. Nec [altent 
modo fed duo 
charijjlma fe- 
tiora indijfolu- 
hili mutua bc- 
V-cvoleati at nodo 
copulent* ut ni- 
hil unquam e- 
os incedere pof- 
ptir* velta- 
dii. Illa perpe- 
tuo nihil audiat 
nip mea Ittx-Jl- 
le viciffim nihil 
nip anime mi: 
Aeque huic ju- 
cunditati ne fe- 
nedus detra- 
hat> imo potius 
aliquid adau- 
geat. 
Let the Mufes fing5 (as hee kid) the Graces dance, not at their weddings 
only, but all their daies long fo couple their heart st that no irkfomenefs or 
anger ever befall them : Let him never call her other name than my joy, my 
lights or jhee call him otherrvife than facet-heart. To this happinefs of theirs, 
let not eld age any whit detrail5 hut as their years, fo let their mutual love 
and comfort increafes And when they depart this life. 
Concordes quoniam vixere tot annos, 
Juferat hora duos eadem, nec conjugis ufquam 
Bufia fuse videat, nec fit tumulandus abika. 
Becaufe they have fo fwectly liv’d together 
Let not one dye a day before the Other , 
Hee bury her,(hce him, with even fate , 
One hour their fouls let joyntly feparate. 
fortunati ambo ft quid mea caminapoffunt > 
dies unquam memori vos eximet oevo. 
i Kmmnm 
de ima amoru. 
Atq*ha?C dc amore dixifle lufficiat, fub correBione, h quod ait ille, cu~ 
m\'m fentientis: Plura qui volet de remediis amoris, legat fafonem 
Fratenfem> Arneldum, Uontaltamy Savanarolum, Langium, Valefcumy Cri~ 
mifonumy Alexandrum5 BenediBum, Laurentium, Valleriolam, e Poetis JV4- 
fonem, c noftratibus Chaucerum, &c. with whom I conclude, 
t Vinis 3 book 
of Troilus and 
Crefeid, 
t fo? mp bete anb ebcrppact, 
jcpeafe rtjem all nnSec correction, 
ffitpoutbat feeling babe in Lobes art, 
gift put it all in pour biftretton, 
Co intteato? matte bimtnution 
fflf mp language, that 3 pou beCeetb * 
"Butnoto to purpoft of ropratber fpeety. part3.Sed.3. 
fealetifte. 
Memb.i. Subf.i. 
SECT. 3* 
Me mb. i. Sub sect. i. 
J BAL pus I E. 
-peahufie, its Flame, Definition, Extent, feveral kindest of 
Princes, Parents, Friends, Jn Eeajts, Men: before marriage, as 
Corrivah j or after, as in ibis place* 
■Alcaeus del"arant a cap. de Melanchol, 9/£lian Mont alt us y Fe- 
lix P Uterus, Guianerius, put feal&ufie for a caufe of Melan- 
choly ? others for a Symptome 5 becaufe melancholy per- 
fons, amongft thefe paffions and perturbations of the mind, 
are moft obnoxious to it. But mce thinks for the latitude 
it hath, and that prerogative above other ordinary Symptomes, it 
ought to bee treated of as a Species apam being of fo great and emi- 
nent note, fo furious apaflion, and almoft of as great extent as Love it 
felf, as1 Benedetto Varchi holds, No Love without a mixture oftfedoafie, 
qui nenzeUt) non amat. For thefe caufes I will dilate, and treat of it by 
it felf, as a baftard-branch, or kinde of Love-Melancholy, which, as He~ 
rotcal Love goeth commonly before marriage, doth ufually follow, 
torture, artdcrucifie in like fort, deferves therefore to bee rectified alike, 
requires as much care and in fetting out the fevcral caufes of 
it, prognofticks and cures. Which I have more willingly done, that hee 
that is or hath been jealous, may fee-his errour as ina glafsj hee that is 
not, may learn to deteft, avoid it himfelf, and difpoffefs others that 
4lb his ©ra- 
tion of-Jealou- 
fie, put out by 
Fr, Satifavin. 
are any wife affected with ic. 
fealoufte is defcribed and defined to be k a certain fuffitien which the 
Lever hath of the f arty hee chiefly loveth, left hee or jheejbould be enamoured of 
another: or any eager defire to enjoy Tome beauty alone, to have ic pro- 
per to himfelf onely: a fear or doubt, left any foreiner fhould par- 
ticipate or (hare with him in his love. Or (as J Scaliger adds) a fear of 
loftng her whom hee foearneftly ajfetfs, Cardan calls it, a m zeal for 
love, and a kinde of envy •> left any man Should beguile us, n Ludovicus Fives de- 
fines it in the very fame words, or little differing in fenfe. 
There bee many other fealouftes, but improperly fo called allj as that 
of Parents, Tutors, Guardians, over their children, friends whom they 
We, or fuch as are left to their wardfhip or protection. 
Storax non rediit hae m3e a ctena t/Efchims, 
fe Benedetto 
Varchi. 
- 1 Sxcrckat. 
317. Cum me- 
tuimus ne ama- 
t<e rei exturbe- 
r why fojfeflienr. 
' «»Zelus de for~ 
ma eft inviden- 
ti <e fyecies ne 
quits forma 
qum ammus 
fruatur. 
n 3 7)e Anima. 
o R. de An- 'ma. 
Tangimur zelo- 
typia de pupil- 
lUi Uberis cha.« 
nfq\ carte no- 
Nff7 jcrvulorum quietam qui adverfnm ierunt ? 
.5 the old man in the Comoedy cried out in paffion, and from a 10l i- 
citous fear and care hee had of his adopted Ton ; ° not of beauty, but 
'fi they fhovtid mifcarri. do ami fa or an) way diferedit, dJfgrace (a$ Iq/f 
?otes ) orendanL tbemfehesandus. Co folhcitous for h s 
fon Thefeus, fwhen hee went to fight with the Mmuurc) of his 
Hr a concredi* 
tis, non de for- 
ma, fed ne male 
fit iis, aut ne 
nobis fbif pa- 
rent ignomini- 
am. 
p Plutarch, Part.^.Sedt.^. 
Love-Melancholy, 
Memb.i.Subi.i 
fuccefs , left he Ihould be foiled, Prona eft timori femper in pejus fides. 
We are ftill apt to fufpcd the worft infuch doubtful cafes, as many 
wives in their husbands abfence 3 fond mothers in their childrens, 
left if abfcnt they Ihould be milled or lick, and are continually ex- 
pecting news from them , how they do fare, and what is become of 
them, they cannot endure to have them long out of their light; Oh 
my fwcec ion, O my dear childe, &c. Paul was jealous over the 
Church of Corinth, as he confelfeth, 2 Cor, 11,12. With a godly jealou- 
fie, toprefem them a pure Virgin to Chrift5 and he was afFraidftili s left as 
the Serpent beguiled Eva through his lubtilty. To their mindes Ihould be 
s Senec.ia Here, 
fur. 
r Exf)d.io. 
t Lucan. 
t Vanxus Aphg- 
rifpdit .Semper 
metuunt ne eo- 
rum auth oritas 
minuatur. 
11 Edit 7{eapol. 
hb. f. 
Diet nonpo- 
tc(t quam tenues 
& infirmas cau- 
fas habent moe- 
roris &■ fufpiii- 
cnls>& hie eft 
morbus occultus 
qtii in familiis 
prhicifwm reg- 
nat. 
x O mates amn- 
ios interfecit. 
Lamprid. 
y Confiant>agri- 
cult.lib i o.c.f. 
Cyparifa Eno- 
chs fili a, f al- 
tantes ad term- 
Lationem dearum 
in pvt e uni demo- 
lit* funtj fed 
terra miferata, 
cuprejjos inde 
p oduxit. 
1 0 vid. Met. 
a Seneca. 
b jfuit autem 
■carnifex addi- 
flum jnpplicio 
crudelius affici- 
atj quam me- 
tus? Metus in- 
quam mortis* 
infami ee^crucia- 
tusfimr ill* ul- 
trices furi* qux 
tyrannos exagi- 
tant, &c.Mulio 
acerbius fancl- 
ant & pungunt, 
quam crudeles 
domini fervos 
vlntlos fuflibus 
ac tormentis 
exulcerare pcf- 
fuv-t. ‘ 
corrupt from the fimplicity that is in ffhrif, God himfelf in feme 
. fenfe is faid to be jealous , *lam a jealous God , and wiU viflt: fo PfaL 79, 
5. Shall thy jealeufie hum like fire for ever1: But thefe are improperly 
called Jealoufies , and by a Metaphor, to fhew the care and folidtude 
they have of them. Although fome Jealoufies exprefs all the Symp- 
tomes of this which we treat of, fear, forrow, anguifh, anxiety, fufpiti- 
on, hatred, &c. the objed only varied. That of fome fathers is very emi- 
nent v to their fonsand heirs*, for though they love them dearly be- 
! ing children, yet now comming towards mans eftate they may not well 
abide them, the fon and heir Is commonly fick of the father, and 
the father again may not well brook his eldeft fon, inde fmuitates , 
plerumque contentiones dr inimicitia But that of Princes is in oft noto*’ 
ripus, as when they fear corrivals (if I may fo call them ; fucceflbrs, c- 
mulators, fubjeds, or fuch as they have offended. f Omnifq- poteftas im- 
patiens corfortis erit: They are fill fufptious, left their authority jhould he di~ 
minified,c as one obferves *, and as comineus hath it, ult cannot he expref- 
fed what fender caufes they have of their grief and fufyition, a Jecret di~ 
feafe, that commonly lurks and breeds in Princes families• Sometimes it 
is for their honour onely, as that of Adrian the Emperor, * that killed aH 
his emulators, Saul envied David $ JD omit tan Agricola, becaufehedid 
excel him, obfeure his honour as he thought, eclipfe his fame, ffum tur- 
ned Pratus daughters into Kine , for that they contended with her for 
beauty • Cyparifjd King Steecles children, were envied of the Goddeffes 
for their excellent good parts, and dancing amopgft the reft, faith y Con- 
famine, and for that caufe flung down head-long font heaven, and buried 
in a pit, hut the earth took pitty of them, and brought out Cyprejs trees to 
pre ferve their Memories, z Niobe, Arachne , and UMarflas can teftifie as 
much. But it is moft grievous when it is for a kingdome it felf ,or mat- 
ters of commodity , it produceth lamentable efteds, efpecially among# 
Tyrants ,in defy otico imperio, and fuch as are more feared than beloved 
of their fubjeds, that get and keep their foveraignty by force , and 
fear. a Sued civibus tenere te invitis fetas, &c. as Phalaris, Bionyfius, Pe- 
riander held theirs. For though fear, cowardife and jealoufie, in Plu- 
tarchs opinion, be the common caufes of tyranny ,as in Nero, Caligula, 
Tiberius, yet moft take them to be fymptomes. For b what jlave, what 
hangman (as Bodine well expreffeth this paffion, I. 2.C.5. de rep,) can fo cru- 
elly torture a condemned perfon, as this fear and fufpition ? Fear of death, 
infamy , torments, are thofe furies and vultures that vex and difquiet 
tyrants, and torture them day and night, with perpetual terrors and affrights 9 Part 3. Sed.3. 
of Love-Melancholy. 
Memb. 1. Subf. 1: 
tnvh fHfpitiony fear, defire of revenge, and a thoufand fuch difagreeing per- 
turbations , turn and affright the foul out of the hihges of health, and mere 
grtevoufly wound and pierce, than tbofe cruel mafiers can exafperate and vex 
their Prenttfe or fervants 5 withclubbs, whipps , ebaines and tortures, Ma- 
ny terrible examples we have inthiskinde , amonaft the Turks cfpe- 
Clally , many jealous outrages 5 * Sdimus killed Cornutus his youngeft 
brother, five of his Nephews, Muftapha Bafja ? and divers others. d B*~ 
]azet the fecond Turk, jealous of the valour and greatnefs of Acrnet 
faff*, caufed him to be flain. *Solyman the Magnificent, murdered 
his own Son {JUuftapha $ and 'tis an ordinary thing amongft them to 
make away their brothers 3 or any competitors , at the firft comming to 
the Crown : ’cis all the foiemnky they ufe at their fathers funerals. 
What mad pranks in his jealous fury did Herod of old commit iii fury , 
c LomcerusTo, 
i.Turc. hiji.e. 
M- 
i Jovius vita 
ejus. 
e XruwlesMs* 
htquius. Sand, 
fol.ti. 
when he maflacred all the children of a year old t 1; Valens the Empe- 
four in Confiantinople 5 when as he left no man alive of quality in his 
kingdotne that had his name begun with Theo? Theodoti, Theogmh, 
Theodofti, Theoduli, &c, they went all to their long home, bccaufe a 
wizard told him that name fliould fucceed in his Empire. And what 
furious defigns hath [l&. Bafilifu , that Mufcevian tyrant, pradifed of 
late f It is a wonder to read that Grange fufpition , which Suetonius re- 
ports of Claudius Cafe, and of Domitia», they were afraid of every man 
they Taw; And which Heredia* of Antoninus and Get a, thole two jea- 
lous brothers , the one could not endure fo much as the others fervants , 
but made away him , his chiefeft followers, and all that belonged to 
him, or were his well-wifhers. s Maximinus pi caving hmjdf to he 
tdious to moft men, beeauft? he was come to that height of honour out of hffc 
beginnings , and fufpe filing his mean parentage would be ohje fifed to btm , esu- 
fed ad the Senators that were nobly defended, to he (lain, in a jealous hemour, 
turned all the fervants of Alexander his predeceffor out of doores 5 and fitw 
many of them 5 becauje they lamented their mafiers death 5 fufpe filing them to 
be traitors, for the love they hare to him. When Alexander in his fury had 
made Clitus his dear friend to be put to death 5 and faw now ( faith 
.h Curtius) an alienation in his fubje&s hearts, none durft talk with him , 
he began to be Jealous of himfelf, left they fhould attempt as much on 
him, and faid, they lived like fo many wild leafs in a wildernefs, one afraid 
of another, Our modern ftories afford us many notable examples. 
* Henry the third of France , jealous of Henry of Lorain Duke of Guife, 
t Nicephoros 
lib.si. c. 4j. 
Socrates lib.j, 
cf SS Neque 
Nale-u :L’cui 
pip c\ q/ii. 
Theo cognmi- 
uc vocamw, 
f Alex and. qx- 
gum M/fcov. 
hiji defer ip. c, e, 
S D.Vletch'rfTu 
met omiesne in- 
fidi a ejfflnt, He - 
radstj.j. Maxi- 
minus mvtfuM 
fe flattens > 
qttod cx tnfimo 
loco in tint am 
fthtiam vemf- 
flt moribus ac 
genere barba- 
rus. metuent ng 
natalium obfcu- 
nt as objicere- 
tur omnes Alex- 
and'fiprtedecef- 
fork minifiros 
ex auU e jecit, 
f pluribus inter-: 
fe ilis quod mce- 
’ fii effent ad 
■ mortem *A lex- 
Anno 1588. caufcd him to be murdered, in his own chamber. k Lems 
the eleventh wasfo fufpitious, hedurft nottruft his children, every 
*nan about him he fufpe&ed for a traitor; Many ftrange tricks Comt- 
Whs tclieth or him. How jealous was pur Henry the J fourth of King Ri- 
c wdthe fecond, fo long as he lived, after he was depofed ? and 
°wn fon Henry , in his lacer daies? which the Prince well pcrcei- 
Vlng > came to vifit his father in his ficknefs in a wacchet velvet 
gown, full 0f oilet holes 6 and with needles flicking in them, ( as an 
emblem of Jealollfie ) andfo pacified his fufpitious father, after Tome 
peeches aad proteftations 5 which he had ufed to that purpofe. Per- 
petual imprifonment 3 as that of Robertm Duke of theses 
wry the forbidding of marriage to feme perfons, with lac 1 
. andrh infidus 
1 jnde metuens» 
' h Lib.Z.Tati- 
quam fierce foli- 
tudine vive- 
bant, terrentes 
alioijimentes, 
i Serresfiu/ fi, 
*Neaf>. hell, lib, 
<, - Null' pro fas 
homini fidebafd 
omnes hfidhri 
fibi putabat. 
1 C.nrdens Re- 
maims. 
m Mat. Tarif/ ‘ Part 3. Sed. 3. 
L ove- e lane holy. 
Metnb. i-, Subf.i, 
like edids and prohibitions, are ordinary in all (fates. If a word Kn as 
he faid ) three things caule Jealoufie, a mighty (fate, a rich treafure * a 
fair wife 5 or where there'is a crackt title, much tyranny, and many 
exadions. In our (fate 5 as being freed from all thefe fears and mife- 
ries ? we may be moft fecure and happy under the reign of our fortunate 
Prince. 
» notis in 
blafon Jcalofifie, 
• ’» his 
thcKfng.Ck W 
° Bis fortune hath indebted him to none, 
But to all his people univerfally 5 
And not to them hut 'or their love alone5 
Which they account as placed worthily • 
Be is fo fet, he hath no canfeto be 
fealous, or dreadful of dt(loyalty 5 
*jhe pedcftal whereon his greatnefs jlands? 
Is held of all our our hands• 
But I rove ? I confcfs. Thcfe equivocations* Jealoufies, and many fuch* 
which crucifve the Corns of men* are not here properly meant, or in this 
diftmdion of ours included 3 but that alone which is for beauty 5 tending 
to love 5 and wherein they can brook no eorrival, or endure any parti* 
cipation; and this Jealo jfie belongs as well to brute beads ,as men. 
Some creatures, tauh * Swans, Doves, Cocks, Bulls, &c. are 
lous as well as men , and as much moved, for feat of communion. 
P3 .deanimx 
exp. de %el.Ani~ 
mxhx quadam 
fftlotypixtart' 
olo- 
res, columba > 
£xllijmri>&c. 
eb metum com* 
rnu.mon.it. 
*iSeaccx. 
* Grege pro to*o h Ha juvenci9 
St conjugio timuerefuoy 
Eof cunt umidi pt aka cervi. 
Ei mugitus dam concepitfigna fureris^ 
In Venus caufe what mighty battels make 
Your raving Bulis3and (firs for their herds fake? 
And Harts and Bucks that are fo timorous , 
Will fight and roarsif once they be but jealous. 
In Horfes, this is moft apparently difeerned? Bulls cCpcd' 
ally , ahum in pafeuis non admittit 5 he wi!l not admit ano.her Bull to feed 
in the fame pafturc, faith t Oppian: which Stephanus Bathori»sy late king 
of Poland ufed as an Imprefs , with that Motto, Regnum non capit duos* 
t Lib. 11 Cyne~ 
R. T. in his blafon of Jealoufie , tellcth a dory of a Swan about windfort, 
that finding a drange Cock with his mate, did fwim I know not hoW 
many miles after to kill him, and when he had fo done , came back and 
killed his hen 5 a certain truth, he faith , done upon Thames, as many 
Water-men, and neighbour Gentlemen can tell. Ft dan fttdW Überet'i 
for my part, Ido bclecve it may be true 5 for Swans have ever bee# 
branded with that Hpirhite of jealoufie. 
agamabtebeatb tbatfingttk 
gjiSebettie!3Du>let6atofiieatt)boCeb?uigett>. . , 
f Some fay as much or H!ephants, that they are more jealous than afl/ 
other creatures whatfoever • andthofeold *y£gyfttms, as1 Pierius 
' formethus, exprefTe in their Hieroglyphicks , the paffion of 
by a Camel • w becaufe that fearing the word dill about matters of 
nery, he loves folitudes, that he may enjoy his pleafureaione, & 
* Chaucer in his 
aifembly ot 
fowls. 
f Alderovand. 
» Lib. is. 
"Sibi timens 
circa res vene~ 
Veastfolitudmes 
atnat-,quo /'olus 
fola focminx 
friatur* Parc 5. Sed:.3. 
jealoufie of Beajts. 
Mcmb.i.Subl.i.- 
quojeunque obvius mjurgtt, zel&typia fiimulis agitatus, iiee will quail el and 
fight with whofoever come next, man or beaft, in his jealous fits. 1 have 
read as much of t Crocodiles* and if Peter cMartyrs authority bee, au- 
thentique, legat. Babylonica lib. 3. you (hall haVe a ftrange tale to that 
purpofs confidently related. Another ftory of the j&dqiifie of dogs, fee 
in Hieron. Fabricius Traci, a. cap. 5. de loquela animalium. 
t Crocodili ze- 
lotypi & uxo- 
rum amaniijfl- 
m, &c. 
But this furious paffion is moft eminent in men , and is as well a- 
mongft Batchelors, as married men. If it appear among ft Batchelors, 
Wee commonly call them rivals or corrivals, a metaphor derived jfrom 
4 River, rivales a t rivo\ for as a River, faith Acron in Hor. art. Poet, .and 
P> on at. in Tert Eunucht divides a common ground betwixt two men, and 
both participate of it* fo is a woman indifferent betwixt two inters , 
both likely to injoy her; and thence comes this emulation, which- breaks 
f Qui dividit 
agrum commu- 
nem-,inde dedu- 
citur ad aman- 
tes. 
out many times into tempeftuous ftdrms, and producech lamentable 
cffc&s, murder itfelf. With much cruelty, many (ingle combates. They 
cannot indure the lea ft injury done unto them before their Miftrefs, 
and in her defence, will bite off one anochers nofes * they are moft im- 
patient of any flout, difgrace , Icaft emulation or participation in that 
kind, f Lacerat lacertum Largi mordax Memnius the Romane (as 
Tully tells the ftory de oratore lib. 2.) being corrival with Largus at Terra- i 
dnay bit him by the arm, which fadf of his was fo famous, that it after- 
t Erafmus chil, 
i. Cent.y.addg, ‘ 
99• 
wards grew to a proverb in thofe parts, f Phaedra could not abide his 
corrivial Thrafos for when Varmem demanded, numqmd aljudmpem f 
whether hee would command him any more fervice .* No more (faith hec) 
but to[peak in his behalf , and to drive may his cor rival if hee could, Con- 
ftantine in the eleventh book of his husbandry, cap. 11. hath a pleafant 
tale of the Pine-tree* ■ (hee was once a fair Maid> whom Pineus and Bo- 
reas two corrivals, dearly fought* but jealous Boreas broke her neck, 
&c. And in his 18. chapter hee tellcth another tale of T Wars, that in his 
jealoufic (lew Adonis, Petronius calleth this paflion amantium furiofam 
arnuUtmem, a furious emulation* and their fymptomes are fyell expref- 
fed by Sir Jeffery Chaucer in his firft Canterbury tale. It will, make the near- 
eft and deareft friends fall out* they will indure all other things to bee 
common, goods, lands, monies, participate of each pleafures, and take 
in good part any difgraces, injuries in another kinde* but as Propertius 
well deferibes it in an Elegy of his, in this they will fgffer nothing, have 
no corrlvals. '■ .. r ■ 
; t Ter. Sun. act,, 
, i.fc. x. Munm 
nofirm ornato 
| verbis, dtf iflam 
_ temulum, quoad, 
poteris, ab ea. 
’ pellito. 
x Pinus paella, 
quondam fait , 
&c. 
y Mars ‘zeloty- 
pus Mdomde.n 
interfecit. 
Tu mihi velferro peltus, vel perde veneno 
A domina tantitm te medo tolle mea: 
Te fociumvit*, te corpori* ejfe licebit, 
Te dominum admitto rebus amice meis* 
Teli ete folum» leffio te deprecor uno 
Rivalem poffum non ego ferre Jovem 
Stab mee with fword, or poifon ftrong 
Give mee to work my bane * 
So thou couft not my lafs, fo thou 
From Miftrefs mine refrain. 
Command my felf, my body, purfe 
2C- T- Part 3. Sed. 3. 
Lwz- UWcUncboly, 
Mcmb, i, Subf. 3. 
As thine own goods take alb 
And as my ever deareft friend 3 
I ever ufe thee (hall. 
O fpare my Love, to have alone 
Her to my fell I crave* 
Nay, sovc himfclf lie notindure 
My Rival for to have. 
This Jealoufie which I am to treat of, is that which belongs to married 
men, in refped of their own wives 5 to whofe efface, as no fweetnefs ± 
pleafure, happinefs, can bee compared in the world, if they live quietly 
and lovingly together* fo if they difagree or bee jealous, thofe bitter pills 
offorrow and grief, difafterous mifehieves, mifehances, tortures, gri- 
pings, difeontents, are not to bee feparated from them* A mod violent 
paflion it is where it taketh place t an unfpeakable torment, a hellifh 
torture, an infernal plague, as Ariofio calls it, A fury , a continual fever 9 
full of ~ien, fear and for row, a martyrdom, a mirth-marring monfler. 
The forrow and grief of heart of one woman jealous of another, is heavier 
*han deaths Ecclus.2%,6'&sz Penmnah did Hannah, vex her and upbraid 
her fore, 'fisa main vexation, a moft intolerable burden, a corrofive to 
all content, a frenzy, a madnefsit felt, as a Bene ditto Varchi proves 
out of that felcdt Sonnet of Giovanni de la cafa, that reverend Lord, as 
hee ftdes him. 
i t Sam, 1.6. 
a Via fon of 
jcaloufic. 
Subses. 2. 
Caufes of ffealoufie, Who are mo flap, idlenefs, Melancholy, Impotency Jong 
Beauty, Want onnefsy naught themfelves. Allurements from 
time, place, perfons, hadufdge, Caufes. 
Strologers make the ftars a caufc or lign of this bitter paflion* 
and out of every mans Horofcope will give a probable 
eonjedure whether hee will bee jealous or no5 and at what 
time, by diredion of the fignificators to their feveral pro- 
miffors .* their Aphorifms arc to bee read in c,Albttbtior 9 
Pont anus, Schoner, &c, Bodine cap, 5. meth. hifi, afcribes a great 
caufe to the country or clime, and difeourfeth largely there of this fub' 
je& 3 faying, that fouthern men are more hot, lafdvioos, and jealous, 
than fuch as live in the North; they can hardly contain thcmfelves in 
thofe hotter climes, butare moft fubjedfc to prodigious lufts. Leo A.fer 
telleth incredible things almoft, of the luft and jealouhe of his Country- 
men of Afrtcky and cfpecially fuch as live about Carthage, and fo doth e~ 
very Geographer of them in b Turkey Spaniards, Italians* German*}-) 
hath not fo many drunkards, England Tobacconiiis, France Dancers, tid' 
land Mariners, as ltd} alone hath jealous husbands. And in t Italy fonae 
account them of Piacenza more jealous than the reft* In c Germany > 
France, Brittain, Scandia, Poland\ Mufcovy, they are#ot fo troubled with 
this feral malady, although Vamianus k Coes, which Ido much won' 
derat, in his Topography of and Herbaftein of Eufita, again# 
«» Mulierum 
conditio mife- 
ra-} nullum ho~ 
nefiam credunt 
nifi domo con- 
clufa vivat. 
t Fines Mori- 
fon, 
c Nomen zelo- 
typi* apud i flos 
locum non ha-* 
bet. Ub. 3. c. 8. art 3» Sed.j. 
Caufes of f ealoufie. 
Mcmb.i,Subl,2. 
. . —— 
lhc ftream of ail other Geographers, would fatten it upon rhole Nor- 
thern inhabitants, Altomarius Poggius3 and his defeription of 
Baden reports that men and women of all forts go commonly into the 
Bathes together, without all (ulpition, the name of ealoufie (faith Mun~ 
Pff) is not fo much as once heard of amongthem. In Frifiand the women kifs 
him they drink to, and are kiffed again of thofe they pledge. The vir- 
-B’ns in Holland go hand in hand with young men from home, glide on 
the Ice- fuch is their harmlcfs liberty, and lodge together abroad with- 
°nt fufpition, which raih Sanfovinus an Italian makes, a great fign ol 
nnchaftity. In France, upon fmall acquaintance it is iifual to court o- 
ther mens wives, to come to their houfes, and accompany them arm ir 
arm in the ftreets, without imputation. In the moft Northern Coun- 
tries young men and maids familiarly dance together, men and their 
wives, f which Siena only excepted, Italians may not abide. The d Greeks 
On the other fide have their private bathes for men and women, where 
they muft not come neer, not fo much as fee one another : and asc 80~ 
dine obferves the Italians could never endure this > or a Spa- 
niard y the very conceit of it would make him mad: and for that caufe 
they lock up their women, and will hot fufferthemto bee neer men, 
fo much as in the [Church, but with a partition between. Hee telleth 
moreover, how that when hee was Emhafiadour in heard Men- 
doza as a filthj cufhme for men and 
women to fit promifeuoufty in Churches together .* hut Dr, Dale the Uafier of 
the requefis told him again, that it was indeed a filthy cuftomein Spain, 
where they could not contain them/'elves from lafeivious thoughts, in their 
holy places, but not with us. Baronius in his nnals out of Eufebim tax- 
cth Licinius the Erhperour for a decree of his made to this efteift, fuhens 
ne viri fmul cum mulieribus in Ecclefid intereffent: for being prodigioaf- 
ly naught himfelf , aliorum naturam exfud vitiofd mtnte fpecsavit3 hee fo 
efteemed others* But wee are far from any fuch ftrange conceits, and 
Will permit our wives and daughters to go to the Tavern with a friend , 
as Aubanus faith, modo ah fit lafctvia9 and fufped nothing, to kifs coming 
• f Fines CMor 'if. 
. Pa;t- 3• cap. i, 
d Kushequius. 
Sands. 
amgre & 
tf orypia 
ns irtfaniunt. 
f Auftrales ae 
fa era qnidem 
pubiica pen pa- 
tiuntur, nlji li- 
ter que fexns 
paxine medio 
div! datur: &> 
quum in. AagU- 
am inquit, /e- 
gat outs caufa 
profeffus effort* 
audti. i JM nda- 
xam legatum 
Hitpaniarum 
dicentem turpe 
effe vir at 
fcmmas i»3 ‘ 
&e% 
and going j which as Erafmus writes in one of his EpiUles, they cannot 
endure. England is a paradife for women., and hell for horfes: July a para- 
dife of boirfes, hell for women, as the diverb goes. Some make a que- 
llion whether this head-ftrong paffion rage more in women than men, 
as Montague 1.3, But Cure it is more outragious in women, as all other 
melancholy is, by redbn of the weaknefs of their lex. Scaliger Poet, 
Üb, cap, 13. concludes againft women.s Befides their inconfiancy3 treache- 
rh f ffyition, difimulatldn, /Hperfiition, pride (for all women are by nat are 
defire offoveraignty3 if they bee great women ( hee gives inftance in 
Two ) bitternefs and] ealoufie are the moft remarkable affections. 
g idea: Malted 
res praterquam 
quod funt infi~ 
da, fufpicaces, 
iaconfiantcsjn-' 
jldio fmulct- 
tncesy j/tpeyfii- 
■ihfe? & fi'po- 
tentes, intole- 
rabiles,, amort 
?e btyp# fnpra. 
modum, 
Ovid, i.deart, 
h Bartello% 
&3T. 
Scd ne fulvus aper inedia ia?h fulvus in ira efi 
Fulminee rapidos dum rotat ore canes. 
NecLeO) fic,— ;."r 
][yger, Bore, Bear, Viper, Lionefs ; 
& womans Fury cannot exprefs. 
w ome % red-headed women, pale-coloured, black-eyed, and of a ftirill lJaic 5. Sddt, 3. 
Love-UWeUncholy* 
Memb. 1. Subf, a* 
598 
voice, arc moft fubjed to jealoufie. 
High colour in a woman choler ffeews. 
Naught are they, pcevifh, proud, malicious* 
But worft of all red, ihrill j and jealous. 
Comparifoiis are odious, I neither parallel them with others, nor dc- 
bafe them any more: men and women arc both bad, and too fubjed to 
this pernicious infirmity. It is moft part a fymptome and caufe of Me- 
lancholy, as PUter and Falefcus teach us; melancholy men arc apt to 
bse jealous, and jealous apt to bee melancholy. 
Fale jealoufie, childe of initiate love, 
of heart- fick thoughts which melancholy bred * 
A HeU-tormenting fear, no faith can move, 
J}y difeontent with deadly poifon fed * 
With headlefs youth and enour vainly led. 
A mortal plague, a virtue-drowning foody 
A hellijhfire not quenched but with blood. 
r. r. 
If idlcnefs concur with melancholy, fuch petfons are moft apt to bee 
jealous*, ’tis * Nevifanus note. An idle woman is prefumed to he Ufcivious, and 
often jealous. Mulier cum fola cogitat, male cogttat: And ’tis not unlikely* 
*or they have other bufinefs to trouble their heads with. 
More particular caufes bee thefe which follow. ImpOteflCy firft * 
when a man is not able of himfclf to perform thofe dues which hec 
ought unto his wife: for though hee bee an honeft liver, hurt no man, 
yet'irehius the Lawyer may make a queftion, anfuum cuiqs trihuaty whe* 
ther hee give every one their own* and therefore when hce takes notice 
of his wants, and perceives her to bee more craving, clamorous, un&ti- 
ablc and prone to luff, than is fit * hee begins prefently to fufped, that 
wherein hec is defedivc, (hee will fatisfie her felf, fhee will bee pleafed 
by fome other means. Cornelius GaUus hath elegantly exprefted this fur 
mor in an Epigram to his Lychoris. 
famqs alt ds juvenes alio fa requirit amores, 
Me vocat imbellem decrepitnmq*, fenem,&c. 
For this caufe is moft evident in old men, that are cold and dry by nature, 
and married facet plenis7 to young wanton wives, with old doting fani' 
vere in Chaucer, they begin to miftrnft all is not well, 
—tyeetoagpoung, ana fccetmjsolk T 
tfymlnit fiee teareh to bee a cuckold 
Andhowfhould it otherwife bee ? Old age is a difeafe of it felf, loath" 
fome, full of fufpition and fear5 when it is at heft, unable, unfit for hjch 
matters. k Tam apta nuptiis quam bruma mefibus, as welcome to 2 
young woman as fnow in harveft, faith Nevifanus: Et fi capis juvene* 
lam? faciet tibi cornua : Marry a lofty Maid, and fhee will furely graft 
horns on thy head. laH women are flippery, often unfaithful to the*? 
husbands (as neas Sjlvtus epif% 38. feconds himj butte eld men nfofi 
treacherous i they had rather mortem ample sorter , lye with a coarfe, th3® 
fuch a one: t Oderunt iUum pueri, contemnunt mulieres. On theothet 
fide,many men, faith Hieronymus, are fufpitious of their wives, “if 
£ given, but old folks above the reft. In fo much that fhee d 1 
&J n * 
1 Life. a. »«w. 8. ] 
Mulier eti of a ( 
facile pr<efmi- 
tur luxurio ft, 
& %eloty 
f*- 
* Lib.i, num.4. 
bus infidelis 
fjemiitm , [em- 
bus in fidelif- 
fima. 
f Mimncrnus. 
m Vix aliqua 
son impid'CA, 
quam non. 
fnfprft m me- 
rite quis habeat. Part3. Se<ft.j. 
Caufes of fiealoufic. 
Memb.i*Subf.2, 
flot complain without acaufein " of an old bald, bedridded 
knave ffie had to her good man. Poor woman as I am, what full 1 de? 1 have 
an old grim fire to my husband, as bald as a cout, as little and as unable as a 
childe, a bedfull of bones? he keeps ad the doors barred and locks upon me, 
wo is we, what (hail 1 do< He was jealous, and fhe made him a cuckold for 
• keeping her up: Su(pition without acaufe, hard ufage is able of if felf to 
a woman die out, that was otherwife honed. 
—■ ■ t plerafque bonas traffaUepravas 
pfefacit, bad ufage aggravates the mat- 
ter, Ham quando mulieres eognofeunt maritam hoc advertere , licentius pec- ! 
cant, as ONe vifanus holds, "when a woman thinks her husband watch- 
eth her, fhe will fooner offend 5 p Liberius peccant, & pudor omnis abefi, 
rought handling makes them worfe; as the good wife of Bathe in Chaucer 
brags, ... ; ■■■'. 
3fn bis otxm gmfe 3f mahe hfm hit ? 
fog anger anh fog herp lealouOe. 
n aur. 
'■ nfeao.At ego mi- 
f era, patre me» 
fertiorem mari- 
tum natta (km, 
dein cucurbita 
calviorem <& 
quovis pucio 
pumihorcm,cm- 
6iam domum fe- 
ris & catcnic. 
obditum cuji odi- 
ent em. 
j C halo ner, 
° So. 
rOvid.i.de art- 
amandi. 
Of two extreames, this of hard uiage is the word. ’Tis a great fault ( foi 
fome men are uxorii ) to be too fond of their wives, to dote on them as 
£ Senior Deliro on his FaUace, t6 be too or as fome do, to be 
lick for their wives 5 breed children for them > and like the Tiberini lie 
in for them, as fome birds hatch egges by turns, they do all womens 
offices; Calm Rhodiginus ant. letf.lih, 6, cap. 24. makes mention of a fel- 
low out of Seneca, r that was fo befotted on his wife, he could not en- 
dure a moment out of her company , he wore her fcarfe when he went 
abroad next his heart, and would never drink but in that cup the began 
firft* We have many fiich fondlings that are their wives pack-horfes and 
flaves, ( nam grave malum uxor fuperans virum fuum, as the Comical Poet 
hath it, there s no greater mifery to a man than to let his wife domineer ) 
to carry her muff, dog. and fan, let her wear the breeches, lay our, fpend 
and do what fhe will, go and come, whither, when fhe will, they give 
confent. 
> 
P Every man 
one of his hu- 
mour. 
5 q Calcagnlms 
Apol.Tiberini 
ab uxorum par'' 
• tu earum vices 
, fubeunt3Kt aves 
’ per vices hcu~ 
I banti&c. 
ft Exiturus M- 
ciauxortspe- 
■ it us alii gabaTy 
nec momento 
prafentia ejus 
carere pot-crapy 
potumque non. 
hauriebat nifi 
piegUftatum la* 
bus ejus. 
‘\Chaloaer. 
Here take my muff, and do you hear good man \ 
How give me Pearl, and can) yeti my fan, &c 0 
- t fefed f aliam, redimicula, inaures 5 
Curre, quid hic cellas? vulgo Vult ida videri5 
fete k fricas r— many brave and worthy meh 
have trefpaflTed in this kinde, multos feras claros , domeflica hac dejlruxit 
? anc* many no^e Senators and fouldiers ( as * Pliny notes) have 
loft their honour ,in being uxorii3 fo fottiihly over-ruled by their wives* 
and therefore Catoin Plutarch made a bitter jeftonhis fellow Citizens, 
$5 mafesJ.we goverK all the world abroad ? and our wives at heme rule us. 
hefeoftendm one extreme * But too hard and too fevere, are far more 
enfiveon the other. As juft acaofe may belong abfence of either 
arty 5 when they muft of neceftity be much from home , as Lawyers, 
snyhcians, Manners, by their profeffions* or otherwife make frivolous, 
in entjourheys,tarry long abroad tonopurpofe, lico ut* and are. 
ading ftift 5 Upon fmall occafions, it muft needs yeeld matter of fulpi- 
ta ?a when they ufe their wives unkindly in the mean time, and never 
rry a thome, it cannot chufe but fome fiich conceit. 
¥ fane iff* Tra* 
jaw. lJarc 3. Seft. 3. 
Love-CM dune holy. 
Memb. i. Subu 3, 
* Uxor fit cejjas awareje cogitat 
Aut tete amari?aut potare ,aut animo obfequi, 
£t tibi bent qmmfibi fit male. 
If thou be abfent long, thy wife then thinks, 
Th’art drunk* at eafe, or wichfome pretty mirks * 
’Tis well with thee, or elle belov’d of feme, 
Whil’d (he poor foul doth fare full ill at home^ 
<3 Ter. Adefpb* 
Ait.i, [ss, 1, 
Hippocrates the Phyfician had a fmack of this difeafe * for when he was 
to go from home as far as Abdera, and forae other remote cities of 
Greece 3 he writ to his friend J>tonypus{ if at leaft thofe * Epiftles be his ) 
fto ever fee his wife in his abfence , ( as Apollo fee a Raven to watch his Co- 
ronis ) althoughjbe lived in hts hoafe with her father and mother , whom he 
knew would have acareofhers jet that would m fat isfie hisjealoufte, he 
would have his fpedal friend Dionyfius to dwell in hts houfe with her all 
the time of his peregrination, and to obferve her behaviour, how Jbe carried 
her [elf in her husbands absence, and that [be did net tuft after other men; 
t For a woman had need to have an overfeer to keep her hone ft 5 thej are bad by 
nature, and lightly given ad, and if they be not curbed in time, as an unproy* 
ned tree, they will be full of wild branches, and degenerate of a fudden• E- 
fpeciaily in. their husbands abfence. Though one Lucretia where trufty, 
and on? Penelope yet clytemneftra made Agamemnon cuckold * and no 
queftion there be too many of her conditions,. If their husbands tarry 
too long abroad upon unneceflary bufintfs * well they may fufpe# .• oc 
if they run o*e way , their wives at home will flie out another, $Ad pro 
q»o. Or if prefentj and give them not that content which they ought, 
u Primum ingrata, moxinvtfa noti es qua per fomnum tr an figuntur 3 they 
cannot endure to lie alone 9 or to fall: long, * Feter Codcfridys in his fe- 
coiid book of love, and fixe chapter, hathaftory out of S. Anthonies 
life, of a Gentleman, who by that good mans advife 3 would not meddle 
with his wife in the paffion week, but for his pains (he fet a pair of 
ho; ns on his head. Such another he hath out of Ah ft emus, one perfwa- 
ded a new married man ,* to forbear the three frft nightsy and he jhonld ad 
his life time after be fortunate in cattel, but his impatient wife would not 
tarry fo long: well he might fpeed in cattel3 but not in children. Such 
a tale hath Heinftus of an impotent and flack fcholar, a meet fludenf 9 
and a friend of his 3 that feeing by chance a fine damfel fing and dance, 
would needs marry her, the match was foon made 3 for he was young 
and rich, genis gratus y corpore gUbedus, arte mult fetus, & fortuna opule n* 
tus 3 like that Apodoin * eApuleius. The firfl; night, having liberally ta- 
ken his liquor { as in that country they do ) my fine fcholar wasfofu- 
fled that he no fooner was laid in bed, but he fell faft afleep, never wa- 
ked till morning 3 and tl enmuch abafhed, purpureis fo/mofa rofts cur& 
Aurora ruberet 3 when the fair morn with purple hue ’gan ihine} he 
made an excufe, I know not what, out of Hippocrates Cous, cre. and for 
that time it went current* but when as afterward he did not play the man 
as he fbould do, &e fcM in league with a good fellow, and whiffl he 
“ Pab.Calvo, 
Rave mote in.- 
tap,-etc 
f Dim rediero 1 
domum meam 
hub’tabis dr- li- 
cet cam paren- 
ft but hahitet 
has me a pere- 
gr natione; earn 
t men &em \ 
no es obferva- 
b.s ati abfemi'i 
vhifui probe 
degat, nec al os ' 
viros Cogitet 
aut queer At. 
t Fxm'fta fern-' 
f.r cuflode eget 
fn /e p1: dicam 
Contineat-, Jaap- 
teenim natura 
nequitias infi- 
t/*s 'tabet,a as 
»iji indies com- 
prim tr,at arbo- 
res ftotones e~ 
mittant, 
u Heinftus. 
* Uxor CHpif- 
d m nobilis 
quam d bitam 
mar t i'e Facto 
p'ffto'tis h:bdo~ 
mada. non obti- 
neret, alterum 
adiit. 
y Ne tribus pri- 
oribus no cl'bus 
yem "haberet cum 
€A,ut effet in pe- 
coribus fortuna- 
tm,ab uxore 
mo <e impat i en- 
te, &c. 
*To>am noHem 
bene pudice 
nemini mdeftus 
dvmien U tranf- 
eg t-,mane au. 
t-mq-umnuUi- 
Hs confotisf <_ 
anorisfib ef- 
fet, & inerf* 
fu 
teret, audiffe fe dicebat cu*h dolor t C&lc&i fol&t p&m confli Pari. Diwpy#cept& juris Hni noffe txprefjjt > 
taferat & honepe vixerat, fed m fmm ctdque reddidijfet» gnari poterat. Mutus opinor & Trebatius hoewgajfwt.W u Memb. 1. Subf. 7, 
i->ar£ 3. Sed. 3. 
Caufes offealoufie. 
*ate up late at his ftudy about thofe Cmicifms , mending fome hard 
Prices in Fefttts or Pollux, came cold to bed, and would cell her ftili whac 
bee had done, fhee did not much regard whac hee faid, &c. a Sbee mould 
have another matter mended much rather) which hee did not perceive was cor - 
ruP •* chus hee continued at his ftudy luce, fiiee ac her fporc, alibi entm fe~ 
ftivas noftes agitalat, hating all fcholars for his fake, till at length hee 
began to and turned a little yellow, as well hee might*, for it 
was his own fault; and if men bee jealous in fuch cafes (b as oft it falls 
out) the mends is in their own hands, they matt thank themfelves. 
Who will pity them, faith Neunder, or bee much offended with fuch 
Wives,)/ deceptapius viros decipiant, & cornutos reddant, if they deceive 
thofe that couzened them firftc' A Lawyers wife in * Arifteenetm, becaufe 
her husband was negligent in his bufinefs , quando lefto danda opera, 
threatned to cernate him • and did not flick to tell Philima, one of her 
goifips as much, and chat aloud for him to hear: if hee follow other mens 
matter Si and leave his own, He have an Orator [hall plead my caufe, I care not 
if hee know it. 1 . 
A fourth eminent caufe of jealoufie, may bee this, when hee that is de- 
formed, and as Pindarus of Vale an, [me gratiis natus, hirfute , ragged, > 
yet vertuoufly given, will marry fome fair nice or light hufwife., 
begins to mifdoubc (as well hee may) fhee doth not affect him. [Lis eft 
cum forma magna pudicitia. Beauty and hoaefty have ever been at odds. 
Abraham was jealous of his wife? becaiife fhee was fair: fo was Vulcan of 
his Venm, when hee made her creeking fhooes, faith t Philof ratus, ne 
m tech aretur, fandaliefalicet deferente, That hee might hear by them when 
fhee ftirred, which Mars indigneftrre, * was not well pleafed with. Good 
ciule had Vulcan to do as bee did, for fhee was no honefler than fliee fhould 
bee. Your fine faces have commonly this fault, and it is hard to finde, 
faith Francis Philelphus in an Epiftlc to Saxola his friend, a rich man honefl, 
a proper woman not proud or unchafle. Can flee bee fair and honefl too t 
* Alterius tod 
emendationem 
ferio optabat, 
quem corrup- 
tum cjfe ille 
no» invenit. 
b Such another 
tale is in Neaa- 
der de Jocofe- 
■fiis his fidi 
tale. 
* Lib. i. Ep. 3. 
Si permit alie- 
nis negotiis 0- 
peram dare [til 
negligent, erit 
alius mi hi ora- 
tor qui rem me- 
am agat. 
c Ovid. Kara eft 
concordia for- 
ma atfue pudi- 
citia. 
t £pifi> 
* Quod ftr'ide- 
ret e/us calcea* 
meatam. 
f Stye etenim occuluit fifth fife By dr a fab herba. 
Sub fpecte forma, ifrcautofefty'e marito 
Nequam animus vendit, 
Hee that marrlts a wife chat is fnowt fair letliim look, faith d Bar- 
Larus, for no better fucccfs than Vulcan had Venus sor Claudius with 
Meflalina, And ’tis impofftble alcnoft in fuch cafes the wife Ihould con- 
tain, or the good man not bee jealous: for when hee is fo defe&t ve, weak, 
ni proportioned, unpleafing in thofc parts which women moft affeef, and 
Ihee moft absolutely fair and able on the other fide, it fhee bee not very 
*<uoully how can fhee love him 1 and although fliee bee not fair, 
hlf a<^r^l»ei and thiQk her fo, in his conceit lliee is abfolute, hee 
?olds 1C impoffible for any man living not to dote as hee doth, to look on 
zfT» andnotluft, not to covet, and if hee bee in company with her, not 
iay Ceigc t0 her honefty: or elfc out of a deep apprehenfioh of his in- 
,rr deformities, and other mens good oarts out of his own little 
he°p fn ?nd defert,hec diftrufts himfelf (for what is jealoufie but diftruft f j 
llionlP ee cannot hint, or bee not fo kinde and loving as ee 
3 hee certainly loves fomc other man better than himfelr. 
d 'De re uxori a 
lib, i. cap. 5. Part 3. Sed. 3. 
Love-CM elanc holy. 
Memb. 1. Subf.?* 
s Nevifanus hb.4. mm. 72. Will have barrennefs to bee a main caufe 
of Jealoufie. If her husband cannot play the man , feme other (hall, they 
will leave no remedies unaflayed , and thereupon the good man grows 
jealous* I could give an inftance, but bee it as it is. 
I finde this reafon given by fomc men, becaufe they have been for- 
merly naught themfelvcs, they think they may bee fo ferved by others, 
they turned up trump before the Cards were fbuffled, they (hall have 
therefore legem talionis, like for like;, 
fCum jteriles 
■unt, ex muta- 
' ione viri fe pH- 
(ant compete. 
l Ipfe mifer docui, quo poffet ludere pallo 
Cuftodes, eheu nunc premor arte mea ! 
Wretch as I was, I taught her bad to bee. 
And now mine own fly tricks are put upon mee. 
* Tibullus cleg. 
6. 
Mala mens, malus animus, as the faying is, ill difpofitions caufe ill fuf- 
pit ions# 
s There is none jealous, 1 durfi pawn my life. 
But hee that hath defil’d anothers wife, 
%4Mf6r that bee himfetf hath gone afirdy, 
Hee firaightway thinks his wife will tread that way. 
sat 
To thefe two above named caufes, or incendiaries of this rage, I may 
very well annex thofc circumftanccs of time, place, peifons, by which 
it ebbs and flows, the fewel of this fury, as k vives truly obferves 5 
and fuch like accidents or oceafions, proceeding from the parties 
themfelvcs, or others, which much aggravate and intend this fufpinous 
humour. For many men are fo lafeivioufly given, either ouLof a de* 
praved nature, or too much liberty, which they do afliime unto them- 
felves, byreafon of their greatnefs, in that they are Noble men (for 
licentia peecandiy & multitudo peccantium are great motives) though their 
own wives bee never fo fair, noble, virtuous, honeft, wife, able and well 
given, they mufl: have change. 
fc j de Anima. 
Crefcit ae de- 
crefcit “stflotypia 
cum perfouis, 
lociSi tempori- 
bus, negotiis, 
i Slut cum legitimi junguntur feeder e ledi , 
Virtute egregiis, faciefc domeq5 puellis, 
Scorta Infos in fornice quarmtf 
Et per adulterium nova carpere gaudia tentant, 
Who being match’d to wives moft virtuous, 
Noble and fair, fly out lafeivious. 
£*od licet ingratum eft, that which is ordinary, is unpleafant, Nero ( faith 
Tacitus) abhorred otfavia his own wife, a noble virtuous Lady, and 
loved Atte a bafe quean in refpedh t Cerinthus rejected Sulpitia, a noble 
mans daughter, and courted a poor fervant maid* 
| Tibullus Epig- 
tanta eft aliena in me fife voluptm , 
forthatk ftolen waters bee more pleafant: oras Vitellius the Empcrour W*$ 
wont to fay, jucundiores amores, qui cum periculo habentur, like ftoln 
nifon, ftill the fwccteft is that love, which is moft difficultly attained • 
they like better to hunt by ftealth in another mans walk, than to 
the faireft courfe that may bee at game of their own. 
*?rov.?, 17. 
J Afpice nt in cedo medofol, modo Inna miniftret, 
Sic etiam nobis um puella par ume ft. 
1 Vropert. 
Eleg. z.  Seft. 3. 
Memb. 1. Subf. 2; 
Caufes offealoufic. 
As Sun and Moon in Heaven change their courfe; 
So they change loves, though often to the worle. ...... 
Or that fome fair objedt io forcibly moves them, they cannot contain 
therafelves, be it heard or Teen, they will bee at it. * Nejjus the Centaure, 
was by agreement to carry Hercules and his wife over the River Evenus 5 
nofooner had hee fet ‘Dianeira on the other fide, but hee would have Offer- 
ed violence unto her, leaving Hercules to fwim over as hee could: and 
though her husband was a fpedbtor , yet would hee not dcfill till Her- 
cules with a poifonedarrow (hot him to death, f Neptune faw by chance 
that Tbejfalian Euntpptm wife, hee forthwith in the fury of his luft, 
counterfeited her husbarids habit, arid made him cuckold, Tarqutn heard 
Collatine commend his wife* and was fo far imaged, that in midft of the 
night to her hee went, f Thefeus ftole ,vi rapuit, that Jrazenian 
Anaxay and now being old, Helena a girl not yet ready for an 
husband. Great men are moft part thus affe&ed all, as an horfe they 
neigh, faith mferemiab, after their neighbours wives, 
ut vifa pullus adhinnit equa: And if they bee in company 
with other women, though in their own wives prefence , they muft bee 
courtinganddallyingwith them. suno in Lucian complains of ftfpitery 
that hee was dill killing Ganymede before her face, which did not a little 
offend her: And befides, hee was a counterfeit Amphttrjo, a bull, a fwan, 
a golden fliower, and plaid many fuch bad pranks, too long, too ihame- 
ful to relate.; 
* Ovid lib. (}. 
Met. Paufamae 
Straba, Jguum 
erevit itnbubm 
hyemalibus 
Dianeiram fuf- 
cipit, kercule» 
nan-do pqd ju- 
bet 
f Lucian tom. 4 
f Plttterck 
*0 tap. ti 
Or that they care little for their own Ladies, and fear no Laws, they 
dare freely keep whores ac their wives nofcs, * Tis too frequent with no- 
ble men to bee dilhoneft; E ietas probit as fide privata bom Jmt, asn hee 
faid long fince, piety, chaftity5 and fuch like virtues are for private men 5 
not to bee much looked after in great Courts: And which Suetonius of 
the good Princes of his time, they might bee all mgraven in one Ring, 
wee may truly hold of chaftc potentates of pur age. For great pcrfon- 
ages will familiarly run out in this kind, andyedd occafionof offence. 
J Montaigne in his effayes, gives infhnce in Cafar, Mahomet the Turk, 
that facked Confiantineple, and Ladijlaus King of Naples * that befieged 
Florence; great men, and great fouldiers, are commonly greats &c, pro- 
hatum efi, they are good doers. Mars and Venus are equally ballanced in 
their actions, 
n Senecti 
d Llb.i.etfaf» 
t Militis in galea nidum fecere columbi, 
apparet Marti quam fit arnica Venus. 
A Dove within a hcad-peece made her neft, 
i wixt Mars and Venus fee an inter eft. 
f Vetronuii 
Catal. 
specially if they bee bald, for bald men have ever been fufpitibus (read 
ore in Ariftotle Sett, 4. preh, 19. ) as Galba. Otho, IDomitian, and re- 
amongft the reft. * Urbani fervat e uxores, **d*m cal- 
Vumadducimus*, befides * this bald C<efar, faith Curio in Suetoni was om- 
urn n»Hiierum vir. fjCe made love to Etmoe Queen of Mauritania, to 
nil?*?*’ to Pcftbumia wife to St. Ms Sulpiths, to Lollia wife to GabT 
hoJ rv° Te!tH** ofCraftus, and to Matia Pompeys wile, and I know not 
DOW befides: And welihee might, for if all bee true that I have 
* Sueti%, Part 3. Sed. 3. 
Love- lMelancholy. 
Memb. i, Subf.s'. 
read , he had a licence to lye with whom he lift. Inter dies honores Cre- 
feri decretos (as Sueton. cap. 52. de fdie, ?nd Dion Uh. 44. relate ) jus idi 
datum, cum qutbufeunque foe mints je jungendi. Evei y private Hiftory will 
yeeld inch variety of mftances: Otherwife good 0 wife , difereet men , 
vertuous and valiant, but too faulty in this. Friamus had fifty fons ? 
but feventeen alone lawfully begotten, f fhilippus bonus left fourteen 
baftardfv Ldurence Medices a good Prince and a wife, but, faith q Machfe 
avcl, prodigiously lafcivicus, None fo valiant as daftruccius Cajlruca- 
nus, but as the faid author hath it, r none fo incontinent as he was. And 
’tisnot only predominant in Grandees this fault; but if you will take a 
great mans teftimony, ’tis familiar with every bafe fouldier in France,{and 
elfewhere I think ) This vice ( * faith mine Author ) is fo common with us 
in France, that he is of no accompt , a meer coward 5 not worthy the name of 
a fouldier, that is net a notorious whoremajler. In Italy he is not a gentle- 
man 9 that befides his wife hath not a Courtefan and a miftrefs. JTis no 
. marvail then, if poor women in fuch cafes be jealous, when they {hall 
fee themfelvesmanifeftly negleded, contemned, loathed, unkindly 
■ ufed: their diSloyal husbands to entertain others in their rooms, and 
many times to court Ladies to their faces.* other mens wives to wear 
• their jewels; how Shall a poor woman in fuch a cafe moderate her paffion fJ 
t Mis*6 tilt nunc jDido cernenti talia fenfus ? 
How on the other fide (hail a poor man contain himfelf from th& feral 
malady when he lliail fee lo manifeft fignesor his wives inconstancy 
when as like Milos wife 5 She dotes upon every yong man (he fees 3 or as 
* Martials Sota, deferto f equitur (litum marito, 
"Though her husband be proper and tall, fair and lovely to behold, able 
to give contentment to any one woman , yet She will tafte of the forbid- 
den fruit; Juvenal's Ihenna to an hair, She is as w'dl pleafed with one eye > 
as one man. If a yong gallant come by chance into her prefence, a Fa* 
fiidious Brisk, that can wear his deaths well in faShion, with a lock,' 
gingling fpur, a feather, that can cringe, and withall complement, court 
a Gentlewoman 5 She raves upon him 5 O what a lovely proper man he was , 
another Hetfor, an Alexander, a goodly man, a demi-god, how Tweedy 
he carried himfelf 5 with how comely a grace, fie oculos, ftc ille mams, pc 
ora ferebat, how neatly he did wear his deaths I 
r Vontus B'eiiter 
vita cfUi. 
<1 Lib.%. T!&r. _ 
hifl. Dux omni- 
um optimus & 
fapUmi (fimus, 
'fed in re vene- 
rea frodigi of us. 
t Vita Caftruc- 
cii.ldm uxores 
maritis abalie- 
navit 
* SefeUius lib. 
z.dercpub Gal- 
lotum.lta nunc 
apud infimos ob- 
tinuit hoc viti- 
um utmUhs fe- 
re pretii fit, & 
ignavus miles 
qui non in f cer- 
tatione maxime 
excellat, & a- 
dulterio. 
j- VirgMPt.if' 
* Mfig.fMb,*, 
t Quam fefe oreferens, quam forti peffore & amis, 
how bravely did he difcourfe, ride, fing, and dance, See. and then fhe be- 
gins to loath her husband , repugnans ofculatur, to hate him and his filthy 
beard, his goatiih completion, & Doris laid o[Polyphemus, f Totus qui (a~ 
niem > totus ut hircus olet , he is a rammy fulfome fellow a goblin-faced 
fellow? he finds, he(links, ’ 
Et cdp as jimul alliumqne ruffaV t ft quando ad thalamum y 
(frc. how like a dizard,a afle he looks, how like a clown he behaves 
himfelf! fihe will not come neer him by her good will, but wholly re- 
jedls him, as Venus did her fuliginous at laft* 
Nec Deus hunc j)ea me dignata cubili eft. 
So did tmetia a Lady of Sen* after ihe had but fecn Eurialus, ** 
i Secundus fy I. 
foveas yvms Part 5. Sea. 3. 
Memb, 1. Subf, 2. 
Caufes of frealoufte. 
Eurialnm tot a ferebatur, domum rever[ay &c. fhe wotald not hold her eyes 
off him in his prefence, 
~ 7—— * tantum egregie decus enitet ore, 
and in his abfence could think of none but him 3 odit virum, fbe loathed 
her husband forthwith, might not abide him. 
* tAri. 
t Et conjugalis neglige ns tori, viro 
Prafente, acerbo naufeat faftidie, 
All againft the Laws of Matrimony, 
She did abhor her husbands Phifnemy, 
f S.G-aco Si- 
monides. 
c Cont.i.ca. 38. 
Oper.fubcif.mu- 
lieris llberius& 
f miliarius 
communicant it 
cum omnibus 
iicmia & itH- 
tnodcfiifmifri 
fermonii &fuf- 
V'tionis materi- 
am vi 0 prabet. 
u Faces liter*, 
oculorum collo- 
quia,conrrafta- 
tione- parum; 
verecunda, no- 
tus immodici, 
&c.Hemfus. 
* Chalom. 
arid fought all Opportunity to fee her fweet-heart again. Now when the 
good man fliall obferve his wife fo lightly given , to be fo free , And famili- 
ar with every gallant* her itnmedefty and wantonnefs( as * Camerarius notes ) 
it fnuft needs yeild matter of fufpition to him , when fhe fbll pranks up 
her fclf beyond her means and fortunes > makes impertinent journeys 5 
unnecessary vifitations , ffaies out fo long , with fuch and fuch compani- 
ons > fo frequently goes to plays , masks, fcafts , and all publique meet- 
ings , lhall ufe fuch immodeft u gcftui es, free fpeeches, and wichall (hew 
fome diftaft of her own husband 5 how can he chufe , though he were a- 
nothcr Socrates > but be fufpitious, and inftantly jealous i 
* Socraticas tandem faciet tranfeendere metas 5 
More efpecially when he lhall take notice of their more fecret and fly 
tricks, which to cornute their husbands they commonly ufe, (dum ludis, 
ludos hac te facit) they pretend love 3 honour, chaftity» and feem to re- 
aped them before all men living, Saints in (hew 5 fo cunningly can they 
diffemble, they will not fo much as look upon another man, in his pre- 
fence, ffochafte, fo religious, and fo devout, they cannot endure the 
narae or fight of a quean* an harlot, out upon her / and in their outward 
carriage are raoft loving and officious, will kifs their husband , and hang 
about his neck, ( dear husband, fweet husband ) and with a compofed 
countenance, falute him, efpecially when he comes home, or if be go 
from home, weep, flgh, lament, and take upon them to be lick and 
fwoun, ( like Jocundo"s wife inx Ariofto, when her husband was to de- 
part; and yet arrant, &c. they car^not for him. 
f What is here 
faid,isnot pre- 
judicial to he* 
neH women. 
if 
Aye me, the thought ( quoth jhe ) makes me fo fir aid , 
That Jcarce the breath abideth in my breft- 
Peace my [met love and wife, Jocundofatd. 
And weeps as faft, and comforts her his heft, fya 
•All this might net ajjwage the womans pain, 
Needs mu ft i Me before you come a%dn > 
Nor how to keep my Ufe i can devife, 
The doleful days and nights 1 (hallfuftm, 
From meat my mouth, from peep will keep mine eyes, &t) 
That very night that went before the morrow 
That he had pointed far el) to depart , 
Jocundo’s wife was fick, andjwoun’d for firrowp 
Amid his armesi fo heavy was her heart. 
-Wu ?Ctif? counterfeit tears and protections y fmpJtconmg 
11 a for a Jewel he had forgot, Part 3. Sed. 3. 
Love- 
Mcmb. r, Subf.a. 
His chafe and yoke-fellow he found, 
Tok’t with a knave, all hone fly mgleeled, 
Fid adulterer fleecing very found) 
FTet by his face was eafilydeleft cd: 
A beggars brat bred by.. him from his cradle, 
xAnd now was riding on his maflers fuddle,' 
y Dial amor. 
Tendet fallax 
& blanda, circa 
efcula manti, 
quem m cruce, 
f pdf off et, 
tkenfculari velit 
I Him vitam 
chariorcm effe 
fua jurejuran- 
do affirmat, 
qnem eerie non 
redimeret ani- 
ma catdLi fi 
poffet. 
z Adeunt tern- . 
plum ut rem di- 
vinam audiant, 
ut ip fa f mu- 
tant-fed vcl ut ’ 
Monachum 
fratrtm,vel a- 
dulierutnlin- 
gua,oeulis>ad 
libidinem pro- 
vocent. 
a Lib.irmm.%i. 
Jpfce fibiperfua- 
dent, quod a- 
dulterim cum 
Principe vet 
cum Vuefule, 
non efi pudor, 
n?c peccatum. 
b Deum rogat, 
non pro falute 
mariti,filii,cog- 
nati vota fuf- 
cipitifedprb 
reditu m*c\n 
Thus can they cunningly counterfeit, as? P latina defer ibes their cuf- 
tomes, kifs their husbands whom they had rather fee hanging on a Callow es, 
and [wear they love him dearer than their cron lives, whefejoul they would 
net ranfome for their little dogs t, 
[mills fi permutatio detup 
cJMorte vm capiunt animam fervare catella. 
Many of them feem to be. precife and holy forfooth , and will go to 
fuch a z church, to hear fuch a good man by all means, an excellent 
man, when ’tis for no other intent (as he follows it ) than to fee and to be 
fieny to ohferve what fafhicns are in ufe, to meet fome Pander, Bawd, Monk, 
Frier, or to entife. feme good fellow. For they perfwade themfelves , as 
a Nevifanw ihews , That it is neither fin nor flame to lye with a Lord oi 
aparifl Priefi, if he he a proper man, b and though flee kneel often, and pra) 
devoutly, ’its ( {kith Vlattna ) netfor her husbands welfare, or childrens good, 
or any friend, hut fo> her fweet-hearts return , her Panders health. If her 
husband would have Icrgo , the feigns her fclf fick, cFt fimulat fuhito 
condolmflc caputher head akes, and (he cannot ftiri but if her Paramour 
ask as much , flieisfor him in all feafons, at all houres of the night* 
dln the kingdome of OHalabar, and about Goa in the Haft-Indies 9 the 
women arefo fubtile, that with a certain drink they give them to 
drive away cares as they fay, c they will make them jleep for twenty fOO 
houres , or fo intoxicate them, that they can remember nought of that they faW 
done, or heard) andbywaflingoftheir feet, r effort them agaipand fo make 
their husbands cuckolds to their faces. Some arc ill difpofed at all times? 
to all perfons they like, others more wary to fome few, at fuch and fuch 
feafons, as. Augufla, Livia, non nifi plena navi vectorem tollebat, BuC 
as he faid, * . > 
fi abefl- pro va- 
letudine leno- 
ni fi tgrotet. ■ 
c Tibullus. 
a Gortardus 
Arthur deferip. 
India Orient. 
Linch often. 
* Garcias ab 
Horto hi ft lib. 
z,cap.i%.T)a- 
iuram herbam 
vota' & deferi- 
bit, Tam pro- 
clives fmt ad 
venerem mu- 
lieres ut viros 
inebrient per 
horas, H fsore 
quodam,ut ni- 
hil videant. 
*No fen could write, no tongue attain toted, 
By force*of eloquence, or help of Art, 
Of womens treacheries the hnndreth fart* 
Both, to fay truth, are often faulty $ Men and women give juft occafionS 
in this humor of difcontent, aggravate and yeild matter of fufpition : 
but moft part of the chief caufes proceed from other adventitious acci' 
dents and circumftances, though the parties be free, and both well given 
themfelves. The undifcreet carriage of fome lafcivious gallant (& e cor 
tra of fome light woman )by his often frequenting of an houfe, bold 
unfecmly gefturcs, may make a breach, and byhis over familiarity, if he 
be inclined to yellownefs , colour him quit out. If he be poor, bafely 
born , faith Beneditto Vnr chi, and otherwife unhandfome, he fufpesj 
him the lefs, but if a proper man, fuch as was Alcibiades in Greece, and 
Cafiruccius Cafirucanusln Italy 5 well defeended, commendable for hIS 
recordentur, at dormiant, & poti lationem pedum, ad fe reptum, &c. Ariofo. f Lib, %%, fi. 7s. Part-s.Se&.j. 
Cattfes of fcalonjie. 
Memb.i bub» 2. 
good parts, he taketh on the more, and watchetb his doings t Tkeodo- 
fim the Bmperour gave his wife Eudoxta a golden apple, when he was a 
filter to her, which (lie long after bellowed upon a young gallant in the 
Court, of her efpecial acquaintance. The Bmperour epying this apple 
jn his hand, fufpeded forthwith, more than was* his wives difhonefty, 
haniihed him the Court, and from that day following* fbibare to ac- 
company her any more. * A rich merchant had a fair wife *, accord- 
-10 his cuftom be went to, tra veil in his abfencea good fellow temp- 
ted his wife: fhec denyed him. yet hee dying ahcdcafter, gave her a 
fcgacy for the love bee bore her. Ac his return, her jealous husband, bc- 
caufe fhee had got more by land than he had done at Sea, turned her a- 
Way upon LTpicion. 
Now when thofe other circumftances of time and place, opportunity 
2nd importunity (hall concur, what will they not effed ? 
Fair opportunity can win the ceyejl (bee that is, 
So wifely he takes tiwe*> as he’ll he fare hee wid not mifs : 
Then hee that loves her game feme vein% and tempers toys with art) 
Brings love that fwimmeth in her eyes, to dive into her heart. 
As at Plays, Masks, great teafts and banquets, one Angles out his wife 
to da'xre, another courts her in his pretence, a third tempts her, a four th 
inAnua res with a pleafing complement, a fweec faiile, ingratiates hiiif- 
felf with an amphibological fpeech*, as that merry companion in the 
* Satynft did to his Gl)certum 3 adftdens & interiorem palmam amabiliter 
emuttenr/«. 
Jjhtod metis hortus hahet fumas impune licebit, 
St dederis nobis quod tuus hortus with many fUch, &C 
and then as hec faith, n 
f Lipjiua Tolit 
* Seneca, Üb.i. 
c/otrw.S, 
* B/dicker.Sat, 
©Dee map ito Wlito c&a«tpal»De; 
C6at in Map 6 on toerpeor. 
(0a ccr. 
For after a great feaft* 6 Vino fep% fmm nefeit arnica, virum, 
Noah (faith f Hterome) fiieioed his ftakednefs in his drankennefs, which for fix 
hundred years he had covered infobernefs. Lot lay with his daughters in 
his drink, as Cyneras with Myrrha, 
.hnr—quid enim Venus ebria curat i 
The moft continent may be overcome or if otherwife, they keep bad 
company, they that are modeft of chemfclves, arid dare not offend, con- 
fcrmed by h others, grow impudent, and con fident, and get an id habit. 
yyiha qua ius gratia matrimonium corrumpit, 
Ahap.ccans multas vult morbi habere foetas, ■ > 
Or if they dwell in places, as in an infamous Inn, near forae 
tews, necr Monks, Friers, Nevifanus addes, where be many tempters 
n 101 l icitor s> idle pei ions, that frequent their companies, it may give 
juit caufe 0f fufpicion. Martial of old enveighed againft them chat Conn- 
cited a difeafe to go to t.if Bath, for fo, many times, 
' rtltUo . rr- ■, 7 , V 
Conjuge Penelope venit i abit . 
he n***sytvtti* puts in a caveat againft Princes Courts, becaufe thee 
° formfi juvenes qui promittunt, fo many brave Sutcrs to tempt. 
g Tiiullift. 
fZpift-Sf.a# 
Qceanum, 
nutus hr a e- 
brictatem nu~ , 
dat fetin a qu* 
perfexcentes 
■titmos /ebrietate 
C intexerat. 
* Jhv. Sat. ij. 
h jfih I an font' 
f , me, Pofi ab 
aliis con/'fvta- 
t*, au dicer & 
eonfidtnres/unt. 
Z>bi femel vsre~ 
cun dire limites 
taan/crmt. 
* Euripides, . 
l.6}> Part 3. Sea. 3. 
Leve- tjmlancholy. 
Memb.i. Subf. i. 
&c. tlf you leave her in fuch a placeyjou fhail likely fnde her in company you 
like not , either they come to her, or jhee is gone to them* 1 Kornmamm makes 
a doubting jeft in his lafdvious Countrey, Virginis iUibatacenftatnr ne 
capitas ad qnan frequenter accedant ft hoi ares f And B nidus the Lawyer 
feoffs on 3 quum ftholaris, inquit, loquitur cumpueHa, nonprafumitur ei di- 
cere, pater nolter. When a Scholar calks with a maid, or another mans 
wife in private, it is prefumed he faith not a Pater nofier. Or if I (hall fee 
a Monk or a Frier climb up by a ladder at midnight into a Virgins 
cr Widows chamber window 5 1 fhail hardly think hee then goes to 
adminifter the Sacraments* or to take her Contcffion, Thefe arc the d?- 
dinavy eaufesof jealoufic, which are intended or remitted, , as the cir- 
cumftances vary. 
| ’Dc mi fer. Cu- 
rialium. Aura- 
lium cum ea in- 
venies, aut iffc 
alium reperies, 
'Cap.iS, de 
Vi'i'g' 
Memb. 2. Sub sect. 1, 
Symp tomes of fealoufie, fear, forrotv, fufpition, firange options, 
outrages, locking up, oathesy try ah, lawsy &c. 
all paflions, as I have already proved, Love Is in oft vio- 
lent, and of thofc bitter potions which this Lovc-Melan- 
choly affords, this baftard Jcaloufic is the grcateft, as ap- 
p«rs by thofe prodigious Symptomes which it hath, and 
that It produceth. For befides Fear and Sorrow* which is 
common to all Melancholy, anxiety of minde, fufpicion, aggravation, 
reftlefs thoughts, palenefs, meagernefs, neglect of bufinefs, and the like, 
thcfc men are farther yet mifafle&edj and in an higher flrain, Tis a more 
vehement padion, amore furious perturbation, a bitter pain, a fire, 3 
pernicious curiofity, a gall corrupting the honey of our life, madnefs, 
vertigo, plague, hell, they are more than ordinarily difljuieted, they lofe 
zs * Chryfoßome obfcrves 5 and chough they be rich, keep 
fumptuous tables, be nobly allied, yet mifernmi omnium funt, they arc 
moft miferable, they are more than ordinarily difcontenc, more fad, 
nihil mUmy more than ordinarily fufpitious. Jealoofie, faith fives jkt* 
gets unquiet nefs in the mindc-y night and day: He hunts after every word he* 
hears, every whifper, and amplifies it to hmfelf fas all melancholy men dp 
in other matters) mth a mojtunjpfi oalumny of othersy hoe mifinttrfrets ever) 
thing is jaid or doney moft apt to mtfiake or miftmfier, hee pries into every 
corner, follows clofe, obfcrves to an hair. ’lmproper to Jealoufiefa 
tO dO, *.,» •■ ■■ ' ' 
Fale hagl infernal fury ypleafuresfmartx 
'a T Envies obferver, prying in every part, '■ - y '■ 
Be (ides thofe ftrange geftures of flaring, frowning, grinning, rolling of 
eyes, menacing, gaftly looks, broken pace, interrupt, precipitate, half' 
turns. He will ibmetimes figh, weep, fob for anger, ' " 
\empeptos imbres etiam■ ifia tonitrua fundunt> - * 
fwear and belye, llander any man, curfe, threaten, brawl rfcold, fight 3 
and fometimes again flatter, and tpeak fair,.ask ksfs and 
coll, condemn his rafhnefs and folly, vow> proceft and Aveatf hee will 
never do fo again5 and then eftfoons, impatient as rave, roar. 
* now.i%. tfl C* i 
17 Gen. Etp j 
magnis affluunt 
divitiis, &c. 
<k Anima, 
OjHties voces, 
aurai,omn£s fu- 
ftmos captat 
sglotyput, & 
amplificat apud 
ft »rn iniquifli- 
madeftngulis 
calumnia. 
Maxime fufpi- 
tiofi,& ad pe- 
jura, credendum 
fwlives. PFr-3-Sed.3. 
Symptomes &f . 
Memb.2. Sum. 1. 
and lay about him like a mad man, thump her fides, drag her about per- 
chance, drive her out of doors, fend her home, hee will bee divorced 
forthwith, fhee is a whore, &c. by and by with all fubmifs complement 
Jn treat her fair, and bring her in again, ?, hee loves her dearly, ffiee is his 
fweet, moft kinde and loving wife, hee will not change, not leave her for 
a Kingdom sfo hee continues off and on, as the toy takes him, the objed 
moves him, but moft part brawling, fretting, unquiet hee is, accufing and 
fufpe&ing not ftrangers onely, but Brothers and Sifters," Father and Mo- 
ther, neareft and deareft friends. He thinks with thofe Italians, 
Chi non tecca parentado, 
Tocca mat e rado. 
And through fear, conceives unto himfelf things almoft incredible and 
impoffible to bee effe&ed. As an Hearn when fhee fiffies, ftill prying on all 
fides •, or as a Cat doth a Moufe, his eye is never off hers 5 he glotes on 
him, on her, accurately obferving on whom ffiee looks, who looks at 
her, what ffiee faith, doth, at dinner,at flipper, fitting, walking, at home, 
abroad, heels the fame, ftill enquiring, manuring, gazing, liftning, affrigh- 
ted with/everyfmallobjedt 5 why did ffiee fmile, why did fhee pity him, 
commend him < why did fhee driak twice to fuch a man i why did (lice 
offer to kifs, to dance t.&c, a whore, a whore, an arrant whore. All this 
he confeffethin the Poet, 
u Omni a me terrent} timidus fum, ignofee timori, 
Et mif er in tunica jnfpicor efje virum. 
Me l&ditfi multa tibi dabit ofcula mater, 
Me foror, & cum qua dormit arnica fimuL 
Each thing affrights me, I do fear. 
Ah pardon mee my fear, 
I doubt a man is hid within. 
i Propertius. 
- , The doathes that thoa doft wear. 
Is’t not a man.in womans apparel t is not Tome body in that great cheft* 
or behindc the door, or hangings, or in fomeof thofe barrels < May 
not a man ileal in at the window with a ladder of ropes, or come-down 
the chimney, have a falfe key, or get in when hce is afleep < If a Moufe 
do but ftir, or the wind blow, a cafemcnt clatter, that’s the villain, 
there he is ♦, by his good will, no man fhall fee her, (alute her, fpeak with 
her, fhee fliall not go forth of his fight, To much as to do her needs. 
,u Non it a bovem Argus, &c, Argus did not fo keep his Cow, that watch- 
ful Dragon the Golden*fleece, or Cerberus the coming in of Hell, as hec 
keeps his wife. If a dear friend or necr kinfman come as gueft to his 
koufe, to vifithim, heeVill never let him be out of his own fight and 
company, left peradventure, &c. If the necellity of his bufinefs bee 
luch, that heemuft go from home, he doth either lock her up, orcom- 
mit her with a deal of injunctions and protections to fome trufty 
Inends, him and her heefetsand bribes to overfee: one fervant isfet m 
nis abfence t0 watch another, and all to obferve his wife, and yet all this 
W! Innt°t ferve? though his bufinefs bee very urgent, hee will when hceis 
? . mY* come back again in all pofthafte, rife from fupper, or at mid- 
and bee gone, andfometimes leave his bufinefs undone, an as a 
tocSiteas Si tv. Part 3. Sc&. 3. 
Leve- melancholy. 
Memb.2, Subf, i. 
(banger court his own wife in fome difguifed habit. Though there 
be no danger at all, nocaufeof fufpition, fhee live in fuch a place, where 
CMefjalina her felf could not be difhondtif fhee would, yet he fufpe&s 
heras much as if fhee were in a bawdy houfe,fome Princes Court, or 
in a common Inn, where all comers might have free accefs. He calls 
her on a hidden all to naught,fhee is a fti umpet,a light-houfcwife,a bitch? 
an arrant whore. No perfwafion, no proteftation can divert this paflion? 
nothing can eafe him, fecure or give him fatisfa&ion. It is moft ftrange 
to report, what outragious a&s by men and women have been commit- 
ted in this kinde 5 by women efpedally, that will run after their huf- 
o Ant. Vial- 
bands into all places and companies, asn Jovianm Font Anuswife did by 
him, follow him whitherfoever he went, it matters not, oruponwhai 
bufinefs, raving, like Juno, in the Tragoedy, mifcalling, curling, {wear- 
ing, and miftrufting every one Ihee fees. Gmtfm, in his third Book of 
the life and deeds ot Francis Ximenim, fometirae Archbilhop of Toledo, 
hath a ftrange ftory of that incredible jealoulie of Jone Queen of 
Spain, wife to King Philips mother of Ferdinand and Charls the fifth, Em- 
peroursj when her husband Philip, either for that hee was tired with 
his wives jealoulie, or had fome great bufinefs, went into the Low- 
countreys, Ihee was fo impatient and melancholy upon his departure, that 
fhee would fcarce eat her meat, or converfe with any man and though 
fhee were with childe, the teafon of the year very bad, the wind again# 
her, in all hafte fhee would to fea alter him. Neither ifabetta her Queen 
mother, the Archbifhop, or any other friend, couki perfwade her to 
the contrary, but ihee would after him. When fhee was now come in- 
to the Low-countreys, and kindely entertained by her husband., fhee 
could not contain her felf, ® but tn a rage ran upon a yellow hair'd wench, 
with whom fhee fufpe&ed her husband to be -nought, cut off her hair, 
did heat her black and blew, and fo dragged her about. It is an ordinary 
i thing for women in fuch cafes to ferat the faces, flit the nofes of fuch 
as they fufpedb 5 as Henry the feconds importune Juno did by Rofa* 
mond at Woodfiock; for fhee complains in a t modern Poet, fhee fcarcc 
fpakc> 
°7(abi6 tonttp- 
ta^cttfanemab~ 
raftipuellaf. 
mirabiliter ift- 
fultam faeiem 
vibicibus fuda- 
vit. 
I Daniel. 
But flies with eager fury to my face, 
offering me mofi unwomanly dtfgrace, 
Lookjoow a ligrefs, &c. 
So felljhee on me in outragious wife, 
As could Dtfdain and Jealoufie devife, 
Or if it beefo they dare nor, or cannot execute any fuch tyrannical in* 
juftice, they will mifcall, rail and revile, bear them deadly hate and 
malice, as * Tacit m obferves, The hatred of a jealous woman is hfepardlt 
againfi ft™ ** ftes Hpe&s, 
t Annat. Ji&.n* 
"principis muli- 
erif ‘Ktlotyp* eft 
in alias muli- 
eres quas fu- 
fpettas habet> 
odium infepartt- 
bile. 
* Seneca in 
Medea, 
* vis tumidique venti 
nec teli metuenda terti, 
Quanta cum cmjux viduata tadis 
rdet & edit. 
Windes, weapons, flames, make not fuch burly burly. 
As raving women turn all topfie turvy, ai't 3. Sed. 3. 
Symptoms s of fealoufie. 
Memb. 2. Sid&f, 1* 
So did Agrippina by Lolita, and Calphurnia in the day sof Claudius. But 
women are luffidendy curbed in fuch cafes, the rage of men is more 
eminent, and frequently put in pra&icc. See but with what rigour 
thofe jealous husbands tyrannize over their poor wives. In Greece, 
Spai# 5 Italy, Turkie , Africk, Afia, and generally over all thofe hot 
Countreys r * Mulieres veftra terra vcjira, arate ftcut vultis 5 Mahomet 
ln his Alcoran gives this power to men 5 yout wives are as your land, 
them, ufe them, intreat them fair or foul, as you will your 
fclves. ' v.^' 
(t Mecafior lege dura vivunt mulieres5) they lock them 
ilillin their hOufes, which areas fo many prifons to them, will fuffer 
iio body to come at them, or their wives to be feen abroad. 
'Alcoran cap, 
Bov u, interpret 
prctd cB. Con- 
futaiiom. 
t VlhhUu. 
-nec campos liceat lu fir are patentes. 
They muft not To much as look our. And if they be great per fons, 
they have Eunuchs to keep them, as the Grand Seignior among the 
Turks, th t.Sophies of Perfia, thofe Tartari an Mogors, and Kings of China. 
Infantes mafculos cafirant innumeros ut rcgi fervianty faith q ‘Pjcctua, they 
geld innumerable infants to this purpofc j the King of1 china maintains 
ioooo Bunttchs i» his family to keep his wives. The Xerijfes of Barkary 
Jcccp their Gurtczans in fuch ftrid: manner, that if any man come but 
in light of them, hee dyes for it * and if they chance to fee a man, and do 
not inftantly cry out, though from their windows, they muft bee put 
to death. The Turks have I know not how many black deformed 
Eunuchs ffor the white ferve for other minifteries) to this purpoie 
fent commonly from Egypty deprived in their childehood of all their 
privities, and brought up in the Seraglio at Confl anting fie, to keep 
their wives 5 which are fo penned up they may not confer with any 
living man, or converfe with younger women, have a Cucumber 
or Garret fent in to them for their diet, but flieed, for fear, &c. 
and fo live, and are left alone to their unchafte thoughts aII the days 
of their lives. The vulgar fort of women, if at any time they come 
abroad, which is very leldome, to vifit one another, or to go to 
their Bathes, arc fo covered, that no man can fee them, as the Matrons 
were in old Rente, left tea aut fetid teffd vella, fo f Eton and S eneca 
record, velata tot£ incedunt, which f Alexander ab Alexandro relates 
of the Parthtans, lib. 5. cap, 24. which with Andrea* Tiraquellus his 
Commentator, I rather think fhould bee underftood of Per fans. I 
have not yet faid all, they do not onely lock them up, fed & pu- 
dendis (eras adhibent: hear what Bembus relates, lib, 6, of his Fenetir 
an Hi fiery, of thofe inhabitants that dwell about Jjhttloa in Jfrick. 
Eufittani , inquit, quor undam civitatis adierunt, qm natis fiatm fami- 
naturam con\uunt 9 quoad urina exitus ne impediatur f eafque quum 
evert nt fic confutas in matrimonium collocant, ut fponfi prima cura fit 
glutinatas puella oras ferro interfiindere. In fome parts of Greece 
hon ft like thofe old fe*sy they will not believe their wives are 
t s^p.nift pannum menftruatum prima node videant: Our Countrcyman 
or ilnhis Peregrination, faith, it is feverely obferved in Zacynthus, * 
nem^t6\fnd Leo Afer in his time at Fez in Jfrick, non credunt virgty 
He ntfi videant [anguineam mappam h fi non, ad parentes pudore re]t- 
9 Expedit, in 
Sinas,l.s. c.9. 
r Vecem Eunu- 
chorum tntllia 
numerantuv h 
regia familla, 
qui fervant ux- 
ores ejus. 
t Lib.]7,ep gl# 
f Semotas a vi- 
ris fervant in 
interioribus, ah 
eorum ronfa&u 
immune s. 
tLib,ufol. 7. Parc^Se^.3. 
Love-Melancholy* 
Mcmb,»,Subl,i# 
citur. Thole Iheets are publikely (hewed by their Parents, and kept as 
a (ign of incorrupt Virginity. The Jem of old examined their maids 
ex tenui membrana, called Hymen, which Laurent jus in his Anatomy, 
Columbus, hh. ii. cap.-i 6, «ii* de uteri affeHtbus>VtrJ“' 
cent. Gemtenfs qua fit, med. cent• 4, Hieronymus 
confult. 4mbrof Pareus, Julius Csjar Claudinus Refponf q. as that alfo 
uDiruptiones 
lZ7pJpni/~ 
digitu ml ab 
diis iafirnmca- 
Rhafs 
Arab. cont. 
phamluiftt 
nan pojfm coi- 
tum exercere, 
rmtumprxfcri- 
bitdocetque. 
t Barthkis, lh~ 
ffimfJ/ar'T 
fleam mentitis 
machinis pro 
qui mulier ante 
nuptias fp onfo 
nem°beS 
de"ruptura venarum ut fanguis fiuat, copioufly confute, *cis nofufficient 
tria1’ they c°Ptenc*‘ And yet others again defendit, Gafper Rartho- 
Unus Injhtut, cHnat. lib, 1. cap, 31. Pinaus of Paris, libertus Magnus 
de fecret mulier, cap. 9, & io-,&c, and think they fpeak too much in fa- 
vouf- of women, * Ludovicus BoncialuSy Üb. 2. cap. 2, muhthr. naturaletfr 
tllam uteri labiorum confiriHienem, in qua 'virginitatem confifiere volunt 
rifir ingentibus medicinis fieri po/]e vendicat, &fi deflorata pint, afiuta * mu~ 
heres {tnquit) nes fallunt in his, idem Alfanus Crucius Genuenfis iifdem 
fere verbis. idem lib, 3. Fen. 20« traß, 1. cap, 47« t Rbafis 
Continent,lib, 24. Rcdericus a Cafiro denat, mul. lib, 1. cap, 7,. Art old bau- 
dy nurfe in t Arifianetus, (like that Spanifh Calefiina, I qua quinque mille 
virgines fecit mulieres, toudsmque mulieres artefua virgines) when a fair 
maid of her acquaintance wept and made her moan to her, how ftiee 
keen deflowred * and now ready to be married, was afraid it would 
be perceived, comfortably replied, Holt vereri fit a, &c. Fear not daugh- 
ter, 1ll teach thee a. trick to help it, Sal hdC extra Call Cm, To what Cfld 
fe ?U tl}°fe Aftrologfcal qneftions, 
tier ? and luch fttangC abiUld trials in Albert MS cJW agnus , Bap. Port Ay 
Majr* lib, 2. cap. 31. in Wccker lib A» defieret, by ftones, perfumes, to make 
them pfts, and confefs I know not what in their fleep* Tome jealous 
brain was the firft founder of them. And to what paflfion may wca- 
feribethofe fevere Jawsagainft jealoufie, Numb. 5.14. Adulterers, d**/, 
cap.22, v. 22. as among ft the Hebrews, amongft the Egyptians (read r Bo* 
bemusfi,i, c,$,de wor.gen, of the Carthaginians, cap.6. of Turks, lih,i.caf. 
n.j amongft the Athenians of old, Italians at this day, wherein they 
are to bee feverely puniihed, cut in pieces, burned, vivi comburiburied 
alive, with feveral expurgations, &c, are they not as fo manyfymp' 
tomes of incredible jealoufie < wee may fay the fame of thofe Veftal 
virgins that fetched water in a Sive, as Tatiadid in Rome, anno ab urb* 
condita 800. before the Senators 5 and * virgo that ran 
over hot irons, as Fmma-> Edward the Confejjors mother, did, the King 
y sui mulierem 
I'm cxecabantl~ 
&miUe virgas 
dabant, 
* Dion. Halic. 
himfelf being a fpe&aior, with the like. We read in Nicephorns, that 
Chunegunda, the wife of Henricusßavarns Emperour, fufpc&ed of adul* 
teiy, infimat at a adulterii per ignitos vomeres illafa tr an frit, trod upon red 
hot coulters, and had no harm: fuch another ftory we finde in Reginot 
lib. 2. In Aventinus and Sigonius, of Charts the third, and his wife Richardh 
JnM?' that was fo purged with hot irons. Paufanias faith, that he was 
once an eye witnefs of fuch a miracle at Dianas Temple, a maid without 
any harm at all, walked upon burning coals. 'Em fecund. in his deferip' 
tion of Europe, c.t{6, relates as much, that it was commonly pra&ifed 
Dianas Temple, for women to go barefoot over hot coals, to try thek 
honefties, Plimns, Solinns, and many writers, make mention of * peronis 
Temple, and Dionypns Halicarnaseus, lib. 3. of Mmnons ftatute, which 
1 Viridi gm- 
dnv Feronia 
hco. Virg. Parr.3.Sed.3. 
Symptomes of jfcaloufis 
Memb,3 JSubl. 1. 
Wereufed to this purpofe. Tatius, lib 6, of Pan his Cave (much likeold 
S. Wilfrides needle inTorkfhire) wherein they did ufe to try maids, 
whether they were boneft: when Leucippe went in, fuaviffimus exaudiri 
fonus c&pit, Außin. de civ, Dei lib, ic,c,i6. relates many fuch examples, 
all which Lavater defpetir. part, 1. cap, 19, contends to be done by the 
Ulufion of Devils 5 though Thomas, quaff 6, depotentia, &c, aferibe it to 
good Angels. Some, faith bAuftin, compel their wives tofwear they 
be honeft, as if perjury were a leffer lin than adultery* cibrae con full 
Oracles, as*Pharus that blinde King of Egypt, Others reward, as thofe 
old Romans ufe to do *, If a woman were contented with one man, Co- 
rona pudicitia donabatur, fhee had a crown of Chaftity bellowed on hen 
When all this will not ferve, faith Alexander Gaguinus,cap. 5. defeript, 
MufcovU, the Mufcov/tes, if they fufpedl their wives, will beat them till 
they confefs 5 and if that will not avail, like thofe wilde Irijh, be di- 
vorced at their pleafures, or elfe knock them on the heads, as the old 
t Cauls have done in former ages. Of this Tyrannic of Jealoufie, read 
more in Parthenius, Fret,cap, 10, Camerarius, cap.s3. Hor,fubcif, & cent,2, 
cap. 34. C alias Epiflles, Tho, Chat oner de repub, Ang.lib.9, Ariofio, lib, 31, 
ft off, i. F all x Platerus obfervatjib, 1, &c. 
1 a Ifmcne was fo 
, tried by, Diana’s 
Well, in which 
maids didfwim, 
* unchafte were 
r drovvnzd.EuHei- 
thiHs,lib.%. 
‘ b Contra men- 
; dac, ad confef. 
zi cap. 
c Fhitrus o&- 
■ gypti rex captus 
oculis per de- 
cennium, ora- 
culum confuluit 
dc uxoris pudi- 
citia. 
Herod. Snterp. 
t Cxfar.lib. $. 
de belln GaU. 
vit# neclfque fa 
uxores habu- 
erust pgtena- , 
tem. 
M e m b. 3, 
Prsgnoflicks of tftcalonjic, Defpair, Madnefs, to make away themm 
f 'elves and others, 
BHofe which are jealous, moft part, if they be not otherwife re- 
lieved, * proceed from fufpicion to hatred, from hatred to frenzie, 
madnefs, injury, murder, and defpair. 
d Animi dolores 
& Tplutypla ft 
diutiws perfe•» 
verent. A entry,. 
e A plague by whofe mo ft damnable effeti, 
Divers in deep defpair to dye have fought, 
By which a man to madnefs neer is brought. 
As wed with caujelefs, as with jujlfufpeti. 
■utieni) aem en- 
tes reddant. 
Aca{. comment, 
in par. art. Gal, 
eArioftMb. m. 
pf.6. 3 
1 S-de anima, 
\elotyp, 
tr unfit in ra- 
biem & odium, 
&pi & aliis 
violentas fape 
maim injici- 
unt. 
* Hi gin as, cap. 
iss.Ov':d, &c, 
i Phxrus o£- 
gypti rex de ex- 
citate oraculum 
c oaf alens, vi- 
jam ei reditu- 
rum accepit, ft 
oculos abluiffet 
lotio mulieris 
qux aliorum 
virorum effet 
expers; uxoris 
In their madnefs many times, faith t/W, they make away themfelves, 
and others. Which induceth Cyprian to call it Fcecundam & multipli- 
cem perniciem, fontem cladium & feminari urn delitiorum, a fruitful mif- 
chief, the Seminary of offences, and fountain of murders. Tragical 
examples are too commonin thiskinde, both new and old, in all ages, 
* Cephalus and Proem, s Pharus of Egypt, Tereus, Atreus, and Jhy- 
eftes. Alexander Phams was murdered of his wife, oh pellicatus (ufpiti- 
enem, Tully faith. Antoninus Verus was fo made away by 
thefon.of Antigonus>, and Nicanor, by their wives. Hercules poifoned 
V Deianira, \ Catcinna murdered by Vefpafian,fffttflina a Roman by 
er husband - Ameftris, Xerxes wife, becaufe (bee found her husbands - 
m Mafttia his houfe, cut off U&fa his wives pm, andgate them to , 
her befides, and cut off her eirs, lips tongue, and fit the nefe of; 
rtaynta her daughter. Our late writers are full of fuch outrages. ' 
PZUI *ihil Profecit,& aliarum,fruftra, eas omnes (ea excepta per quam curam fuit) unum in hem coatias en- 
E(iteyP' h Offa M-i- ' Aurelius Vitior, k Herod.L?. /» Caliope.Mafifl/e uxorem excarnificat, mammillas 
5 WHe canibus abjicit, filiecnmsfrxfcidit,labra, linguam, &e. Tau j. bcdf. 3. 
Love-UMelancholy. 
Memb. 3, Subf. j. 
; Paulus tJLmtIiHS in his Hiftory of France , hath a Tragical ftory of 
Chilpericas the firft his death , made away by Ferdegunds his Queen, 
In a jealous humour hee came from hunting, and ftolc behindc his wife, 
as ihee was dreffmg and combing her head in the Sun, gave her a fami- 
liar touch with his wand, which ihee miftaking for her lover, (aid, 
Landre, a good Knight Jhould firike before-, and not hthtndc: but whcnlhe 
law her felt betrayed by his prefence, ihec inftantly took order to make 
him away. Hierome oforius, in the eleventh book of the deeds of £ma~ 
nad King of 'Portugal, to this effect hath a Tragical Narration of one 
Fcrdi/iandusCalder is, that wounded Gethtrinus, a noble Countrcyman 
of his, at Goa in the Ball Indies, m and cut off one of his legs, for that hee 
looked, as hee thought, too familiarly upon his wife, tv huh was afterwards a 
caufe. of many quarrels, and much hloodjhed, Cuianerius, cap,s6, de agru 
tud.matr. fpcaxs of a filly jealous fellow, that feeing his childe new 
born, included in a kcll, thought fare a 8 Franctfcanthat ufed to come to 
his houfe, was the father of it, it was fo like the Friers Conic, and thereupon 
threatned the Frier te kill him : Fulgofus, of a woman in Narbone, that 
cut off her husbands privities in the night* becaufelhee thought hee plaid 
falfc with her. The ftory of fomfes Bafja, and fair Manta his wife, is 
well known to fuchashave read the Turh/h H/fiory, and that of Jone 
of Spain, ot which I treated in my former Sedbion, Her jealqufie, faith 
Gome fins, was caufe ot both their deaths: King Philip dyed for grief a 
little after, as * Martian his Pbyfician gave it out, and flee for her part, af- 
ter a melancholy difeontented life, mifpent in lurking-holes and corners, made 
an end of hermtferies, Fahx Pater, in the firft bock of his Observations, 
hath many fuch inftances, of a Pbyfician of his acquaintance, that 
was firft mad through jealmfie, and afterwards defperate: Of a Merchant 
r that Med his wife in the fame humour, and after precipitated him ft If: Of 
a Do&or ot Law, that cut off his mans nofe; Of a Painters wife m Baftl\ 
Jnno 1600, that was mother of nine children* and had been ay years 
married, yet afterwards jealous, and fo impatient, that Ihee became de# 
fperate, and would neither eat nor drink in her own houfc, for fear her 
husband Ihouki poyfon her. ’Tisa common fign this 5 for when once 
the humours are ftirred, and the imagination mifaffe&ed, it will vary 
• it felf in divers forms 3 and many fuch abfurd fymptomes will accom- 
pany, even madnefs itfclf. Skenkitss, ohfervat, lib,4. cap, de liter. hath 
an example of a jealous woman, that by this means had many fits of the 
Mother: and in his firft book, of fomethat through jcaloufic ran mad: 
Of a Baker that gelded himfelf to try his wives honefty, &c. Such ex- 
amples arc too common. 
1 Lib.l. Dim 1 
forma c/iranda 
itunti capil- ‘ 
hm iit foie 1 
peffit, 0 manto i 
per I f m Uvi- 
ter pmnjfa 1 
furti m fuper- j 
veniente virga, 
Kifu fuhorto, ■ ‘ 
mi Landrice 
dixit, frontem ( 
i/ir fortis petet, 
&c. Marito 
cenfpetfo at- 
tonita, cum 
Laadrico mox ‘ 
in. ejus mortem I 
cmfpxat, & 
fatim Inter ve- 
nand m efficit. 
m QrlOoa: 
uxortfft hubcnst 
Gotherimm 
principem 
quondam vi- 
rum quod ux- 
ori fu* oculos 
adjecifet, in- 
genti vulnere 
deformavit in 
facie,& tibiam 
abfeidit, unde 
mutua eoedes, 
n Eo quod in- 
fant natus in- 
volutus ejfct 
pannicu'o, cre- 
debat eum fili* 
um.fr aris 
Eraneifch&c. 
p Zelotypia re- 
gime regis mer- 
tem acceleravit 
faulopoft, ut 
Harti antes me- 
dicus mihi re- 
tulit. lUx 
autem atra 
bile inde ex- 
agitata in late- 
bras fe fObdu- 
cens pr a agri1 
tudine animi 
reliqmm tempta cotfmpft. d xelotypia redafim ad infamam & deJftutmtlH, * UWM MtfMUU i*&* &s*** 
hmdfittxaltsfgfT^ipmvtL Part s.Sed'3. 
Cure of tfealoufie. 
Memb.4. Sobf.i. 
Me mb,. 4. Sub sect, 1. 
Cure of fealoufte: by avoiding occaftons, not to he idle: of good 
counfel: to contemn tt, not to watch or lock 
them up: to dijjemble it, &cm 
of all other Melancholy, fome doubt whether this ma- 
iady maybe cured or no, they think dislike the f Gout, 
ygj A or Switzers, Whom wee commonly call Wallowns, thofe 
hired Souldiers, if once they cake polfeflion of a Caille, 
dßm they can never be got out. 
r Toliere node- 
fm ncfcit me- 
dicina poda- 
gram. 
ffui timet ut fua fit, ne quit fthifubtrahat iSamy 
liic CWachaonia vix ope falvus erit. 
I This is that cruel wound) again ft whofe fmarty 
K& liquors force prevails, or any plaiftcr, 
Tip still of ftarss no depth of Magick art, 
Devifed by that great Clerk Zoroafter, 
A wound that fo infeffs the foul and hearty 
As alt our fenje and reafon it doth mafter $ 
wound whofe pang and torment is fo durable, 
Kjts it may rightly called be incurable. 
c Art oft..lit ir. 
M. i. ' 
Yet what I have formerly faid of other Melancholy, I again, 
it may be cured or mitigated, at leafl, by fome contrary paffion, good 
counfel and perfwafion, if it be withftood in the, beginning, maturely 
refilled, and as thofe Ancients hold, tt the mils of it he fared before they 
grow too long• No better means to refill or repel it, than by avoiding 
idlenefs, to beftill ferioully bulled about fome matters of importance, 
to drive out thofe vain fears, foolilh fantalics, and irkfome fufpidons 
out of his head, and then to be perfwaded by his judicious friends, cq 
give ear to their good counfel and advice, and wifely to confider, how 
much he diferedits himfelf, his friends, dilhonours his children, dif- 
graceth his family, publiilieth his fliamc, and as a Trumpeter of his own 
mifery, divulgeth, macerates, grieves himfelf and others 5 what an ar- 
gument of weaknefs it is, howabfurd a thing in its own nature, how ri- 
a Veteres mi* 
ture i fuadcnt 
ungues amorit 
ejfe radendos, 
priufquam pro- 
dupm fe nimis. 
f In fovUnum. 
diculous, how brutilh a paflfion, how fottifh, how odious * fox as f Hierome 
well hath it5 odium fui facit, & ipfe novifime fibi odio eft, others hate 
him 5 and at laft hee hates himfelf for it; how hair-brain a dif- 
eafe, mad and furious. If hee will but hear them fpeak, no doubt 
hee may be cured, xsf one Qaeen of Sfain, of whom I have former- 
y fpoken, under pretence of changing aire, was fent to Comf latum*, 
P5 die ad ade las Heneras, where Ximenius the Archbifhop of Toledo 
j?en lived, that by his good counfcl (as for the prefent fliee was) 
nee might bee eafed. * Foradifeafe of the foul if concealed, tortures and 
ertur*s it, and by can fooner he removed than by a dtfereet 
am comfortAyie /fetches. I will not here infert any conlolatory fenten- 
on„ I® ISPnrpofe5 or foreftall any mans invention, but leave it every 
dilate and araplifie as hee fhall think fit in his own judgement; 
lib. 
5. de reb.gef.is 
Ximenli. 
y untenimpr<e~ 
cordia *g;dtui» 
animiempreffa, 
& iif. angufitas 
add udi a. men- 
tem ftthvenity 
ncc all e fne die 
mine fad Hus e- 
rigitur, quam • 
cordati hominis 
ferment. Part. 3. Sed. 3. 
L&v e-Melancholy* 
Memb,4.Subid 
let him advife with Siracides, cap.g, 1, Be net jealous over the wife of thy boa 
■ jam-, read that comfortable and pithy fpeech to this purpofe of Xme- 
nius in the Authour himfelf, as it is recorded by Come fins 5 confide with 
Chdoner, libde repub, Angler, or Calia in her Epiftles, &c. Onely this I 
willadde, that if *it be confidered aright, which caufeth this jealous paf- 
fion, be it juft or unjuft, whether with or without caufe> true or falfe, it 
ought not fo hainoufty to be taken 5 ’tis no fuch real or capital matter, 
that it fhould make fo deep a wound. ’Tis a blow that hurts not, an in- 
fenfible fmart, grounded many times upon falfe fufpicion alone, and To 
foftered by a finifter conceit. If fhee bee n<st difhoneft, hee troubles and 
macerates himfelf without a caufe *, or put cafe,which is the worft,hee bee 
a cuckold, it cannot be helped, the more hee ftirs in it, the more hee ag- 
gravates his own mifery. How much better were it in fucha cafe to 
difiemble, or contemn it' why fhould that be feared, which cannot bee 
redrefled < mult a tandem depofueruht ( faith z Vives') quum fie ft i maritos non 
fofj many women when they fee there is no remedy, have been 
pacified 5 and fhall men bee more jealous than women'r Tis fom» com- 
fort infuch a cafe to have companions, A 
Solamen mif iris f ocios habui/}e doloris ; 
Who can fay hee is free * who can allure himfelf hee is nbt one depr reteri- 
to, or fecure himfelf de futuro < If it were his cafe alone, it were hard 5 
but being, as it is almoft, a common calamity, ’tis not To grievoufly to be 
taken. If a man have a lock, which every mans key will open, as well 
as his own, why fhould hee think to keep it private to himfelf ? In fome 
Countreys they make nothing of ir, ne nobties quidem, faitha Leo in 
many parts of (if (bee bee paft four teen) there's not a Nobleman 
that marries a maid, or that hath a chafte wife 5 ’tis fo common 5 as the 
Moon gives horns once a moneth to the world, do they to their huf- 
bands at leaft. And ’tis moft part true which that Caledonian Lady, 
b Argetccoxm a Brittijh Prince his wife, told fulia lAujgufia, when fhee 
, took her up for difhonefty, Wee Brittains are naught at leafi with fame 
few choice men of the better fort, but you Romans lie with every bafe knave , 
you are a company of common whores. Severus the Emperour in his time, 
, made laws for the reftraint of this vice; and ascDion Nictus relates 
in his life, tria millia mtchorum, three thoufand cuckold-makers > 
' or naturae monetam adulterantes, as Fhtle calls them, falfe coyners, and 
pers of natures money, were fummoned into the Court at once. And 
yet, 
*■.3. Ve animi. 
*Lib. 5. 
< AygetoCoxi 
Calcedoai Re- 
guli uxor, Julia 
August# cum 
ipfam maderet 
quod, inhonefte 
verfaretur, re- 
fpondet) Nos 
cum optimis vi- 
tis confustudi- 
nem habemus j 
vos Romanos 
autem occult* 
pafm horniM* 
conUupranu 
c Leges de moe- 
chis fecit,ex ci- 
vibus pluses iu 
jus vacati. 
l6. 
Non omnem molitor qua fluit unda videt, the Miller fees 
not all the water that goes by his mitt: No doubt, but as in our days, 
thefewereof the Commonalty, all the great ones were not fo much as 
called in queftion for it. d Martials Epigram, I fuppofe, might have been 
generally applied in thofe licentious times. Omnia folus habes, &c» thy 
goods, lands, money, wits3 are thine own. Uxorem fed habes candide cum 
populo5 but neighbour Candidus your wife is common.* Husband and 
Cuckold in that age, it feems, were reciprocal %termes 5 the Emperors 
themfelves did wear Atlaon’s badge ♦, how many Cafars might I reckon 
up together, and what a catalogue of cornuted Kings and Princes in eve- 
ry flory < Agamemnon, Menelaus, Philippus of Ptolmeus of Part 3.S e&.j. 
Cure of ftaloufie. 
Memb 4. Subf.i. 
Lucullus, cdfar, Pompeius,Cato, Auguftus, Antonius, Antoninus, &c. that 
Wore fair plumes of Bulls feathers in their crefts. The braved Souldi- 
ersand mpft Heroical fpirits could not avoid it. They have been adhve 
and paffive in this bufinefs, they have either given or taken horns. 
* King whom wee call one of the nine Worthies, for all his great 
valour, was unworthily ferved by CMordred one of his Round-table 
Knights .• and Guithera, or Helena his fair wife,as Leland interprets 
d, was an arrant honeft woman. Parcerem libenter ('faith mine t Autbour) 
Heroinarum Ist fa majefati, fi non htftoria veritas aurem vellicaret, I could 
Willingly wink at a fair Ladies faults, but that I am bound by the 
laws of Hiftory to tell the truth .• Againft his will, God knows, did hee 
write it, and fo do I repeat it. I fpeak not of our times all this while 
* Affer.Arthurt\ 
Pat cerem libit 
ter heroi Harum 
Ufa majefinti, 
f ten hi fluvia 
veritas aurem 
vellicaret. Le- 
land. 
t Lelands af- 
fert.Arthuri. 
wee have good, honeft, vertuous men and women, whom fame, zeal, 
fear of God, Religion and fuperftition contains 5 and yet for all chat. 
We have too many Knights of this order, fo dubbed by their wives, ma- 
ny good women abufed by diftblute husbands. In fome places, and fuch 
perfons, you may as foon enjoyn them to carry water in alive, as to 
keep themfelves honeft. What fhall a man do now in. fuch a cafe cr 
What remedy is to be had i How fhall he be eafed < By fuing a divorce i 
that is hard to be effe&ed: fi non cafe, tamen caute, they carry the matter 
fo cunningly, that though it be as common as Simony, as clear and as 
manifeft as the nofe in a mans face, yet it cannot be evidently proved, 
or they likely taken in the faft; they will have a knave GaHus to watch, 
or with that Roman t Sulpitia, all made faft and fure, 
Ne fe Cadurcis defiitutamfafciis, 
Nudam Calene concumbentem videat. 
1 Epigram, 
Stic will hardly be furpriaedby her husband, be he never fowary . Much 
better then to put it up, the more he drives in it, the more hee fliall di- 
vulge his own fhame 5 make avertue of neceflity, and conceal it. Yea, 
but the world takes notice of it, 'ds in every mahs mouth: let them talk 
their pleafure, of whom fpeak they notin this fen fee' From the high- 
eft to the lowed, they arc thus cenlurcd all: there is no remedy then but 
patience. It may be'cis his own fault, and hee hath no reafon to com- 
plain, *tiB quid pro quo? (hee is bad, hee is woife :c Bethink thy [elf hap thou 
m done as much for Joint of thy neighbours f why doji thou require that of thy 
frift) which thou wilt net perform thy felf ? Thou ranged like a Town Butt, 
* why art thou fo ineenjedif /hee tread awry? r. 
[ {Cogita an (ft 
alii siu unquam 
fcceris -3 an. hoc 
fnnnc fieri 
jam fit ? fe- 
ver us aliis, in- 
dulgens tibi,cur 
ab uxore exigis 
quod non ip ft 
prattas} Plat ay, 
i yaga libidine 
cumipfe q tovis 
rapiaris, cur fi 
vel modicum 
aherretipfa, in- 
fantas ? 
h ArioJi.l.iZ. 
flaff.Bo. 
i sylva nupt. 
1.4. r 
h Beit that fame woman break eh a fie wedlocks lawf9 
leaves her husband and becomes unchajls: 
Tet commonly it u net without caufes . 
Shee fees her man in fin her goods to wafte, 
Shee feels that hee his lavefrom her 
hath on feme perhaps Ufs werthyplac’t 5, 
Who (Irikes with [word, the fcabbard them may Btike, 
And Jure love craveth love, like asketh like. 
Eafemper (ludehit, faith1 Nevflanus, fares reddere vices* fliee will quit it 
1 iee can- And therefore as well advifcth S tractdes, cap.9: l-teac” 
m an evM h{Jo» again ft thy felf7 which as fanfenius* hyranus7 on this Parc.3.Se&,3. 
Lvve- Melancholy. 
Memb#4.Subf.i 
text and Carthufianus interpret, is no other wife to bee underttood, than 
that Ihee do thee not a mifehief, I do not cxcufc her in accufing thee 5 
but if both bee naught, mend thyfclf firtt* for as the old faying is, A 
good husband makes a good wife. 
Yea, but thou replieft, 'Tis not the like reafon betwixt man and wo- 
man, through her fault my children arebaftards, I may not endure ir, 
k Sit amarulenta, fit imperiofa, prodiga, &c. Let her fcold, brawl, and 
fpend, I care not, medo fit cafla* fo Ihe be honett, I could eafily bear it 5 
but this I cannot, I may not, I will not my faith, my fame, mine eye 
mutt not be touched, as the diverb is, 
Non patitur taHumfama, fides, oculus. 
I fay the fame of my wife, touch all, ufe all, take all but this. I acknow- 
ledge that of Seneca to be true. Nudius boni jucunda poffefiio fine focioy there 
is no fweet content in the pofleflion of any good thing, without 
a companion, this onely excepted, I fay, This, And why this t Even this 
which thou fo much abhorreft, it may be for thy progenies good, bet- 
ter be any mans fon than thine, to be begot of bafe /m, poor Seine, or 
meanMevitta, the Town Swineheards, a Shcpheards Ton.* and well is 
hee, that like Hercules, hcc hath any two fathers 5 for thou thy felf haft 
peradventure more difeafes than an horfe,.more infirmities of body 
and mlnde, a canker'd foul, crabbed conditions * make the worft of ir, 
as it is vulnus tnfanAbile, fie vulnus in[enfibtle 5 as it is incurable, fo it is in- 
fallible. But art thou fare it is foe 
f reS agit ille tuas ? doth hee fo indeed e It may be thou 
art over fafpitious, and without acaufe, asfomeare: if it he atfimefiris 
f Lemni 
cap. 15. de oc- 
cult.ftat.mtr. 
’'Optimum bene 
nafei. 
t Man. 
fartus, born at eight moneths, or like him, and him they fondly fafpetf:, 
he got it-, if fhee fpeakor laugh familiarly with fuch or fuch men, then 
presently fhee is naught with them , fuch is thy weaknefs: Whereas 
charity, ora well-difpofed rainde, would interpret all unco the beft. S. 
Francis by chance, feeing a Frier familiarly kitting another mans wife, 
was fo far from mifconceiving it, that hee prefently kneeled down, 
and thanked God there was fo much charity left: But they on the o- 
therfidc, will aferibe nothing to natural caufcs, indulge nothing to fa- 
miliarity, mutual focicty, friendihip* but out of a finifter fufpicion* 
prefently lock them clofe, watch them, thinking by thofc means to 
prevent all fuch inconveniences, that's the way to help it *, whereas by 
fuch tricks they do aggravate the mifehief. 'Tis but in vain to watch 
that which will away. 
Hi Ovid, amor, 
Ml- eteiA* 
m Nec cujlodiri fi velit uUa petefi 5 
Nee mentemfervare fetes, licet omnia ferves 5 
Omnibus exclufis, intus adulter erit. 
None can be kept refitting for her par 15 
Though body be kept clofe, within her heart 
Advoury lurks, t'cxdude it there's no art. 
Argus with an hundred eyes cannot keep her, & hunc unusfapefefelli* 
amor, as in n Ariofi*. 
if all our bain were eyes, yet fare they f iid. 
We husbands of our wives fhould be betray'd, Sea.3. 
Cure of fealoufie. 
Memb.A.Subf.i. 
' »* 
teromp holds, Uxor impudica fer van non potefi , pudica non delet, infida 
cufios caflitatis eft neccfiiias, to what end is ail yourcuftody < A di/ho- 
ne2 wpman cannot be kept, an horrett woman ought not to be kept, ne- 
luy15 a deeper not to be twitted, Difficile cufieditnr, quod plures a- 
want- That which many covet, can hardly be preferved, as0 Saluburi- 
enlls fblinks. lam of Sylvius minde , * Thefe jealous Italians do 
*vcry lllto lock up their wives 5 for women are of fttch a difpofition , they will 
tfojt covet that which is denyed meft, and offend leaf when they havejreeli- 
ertyto trefpafs. It is in vain to lock her up if ihe be dittioneft • dr ly- 
runicum imperium, as our great Mr. call sit, too tyrannical a 
task, raoft unfit .7 For when /lie perceives her husband obferves her 
and fufpc&s, liberius peccat, faith p Nevifanus, q Toxica zelotypo dedit ux- 
or meecha marito, Ihe is exafperared, feeks by all means to vindicate her 
felf5 and will therefore offend , becaufe /lie is unjuftly fufpedfed. The 
beft comTe then is to let them have their own wills, give them free liber- 
ty, without any keeping. 
In vain our friends from this do us dehort, ( 
For beauty will be where is mofl refort, J 
If flic be honeft, as Lucretia to Collatinus, Laodamia to F rote filans, Peneio- 7 
pe to her Ulyjjes, /lie will To continue her honour, good name, credit, * 
Penelope conjux femper Ulyfiis ero t, ’ 
And as Phoci as wife in f Plutarch, called her husband her wealth, treafure, 
world, joy, delight, erb and fphear, (he will hers. The vow Ihe made J 
unto her good man, love, vertue, religion, zeal, are fbetter keepers than u 
all thofe locks. Eunuches, prifonsj /he will not be moved: 
* 'Policrai.l'ih.%, 
C. I j. De amor, 
0 * Emai&.hu~ 
1 cm.qui uxores 
occludunt, meo 
’ judicio minus 
■ utiliter faciunt 1 
, funt enm eo 
1 ingenio muli- 
eres, ut id petif~ 
[imum cupiant, 
quod, maxime 
li- 
beras habent ha• 
bejiastminM de-, 
Unquunfyfru- 
[ra. feram adhl. 
bes,[ non [t 
/ponte cafta. 
p S/uando cog~ 
no/cum maritos 
hoc advenere. 
<3 
f Opes jiuasy 
mundum fuum, 
thefaummfu- 
um, &e. 
Imihi vel tellus optem prius ima de hi feat , 
Aut pater omnipotens adigat me fulmine ad umbras , 
Pallentes umbras Erebi, noftemq5 profundam, 
\Alntepudor quam te violem, aut tua jura refolvam, 
Firft I denrc the earth tofwallow mee, 
Before I violate mine honefty, 
Or thunder from above drive me tohcll , 
With thole paleghofts, and ugly nights to dwell. 
TF>irg,C^«. 
She is refolv’d with Dido to be chafte*, though her husband be falfe,/he will 
be true: and as oft avia writ to her 5 
f Thefe walls that here do keep me out of fight, 
Shall keep me all unffotted unto thee, 
Andtefiffie that I will do thee right , 
lienever fiain thine houfe , though thou fhame me. 
f Daakl. 
■fi.deJlrtn.d. | 
in monte rof\6~ 
i o quam frrmo- 
jas lacertus hie 
auidam inanit 
urn her loofe co all thofe Tarquins and Satyrs, flic will not be temp- 
cl:j 1° the time of fWmr the Emperour, faith f St. Auftin 5 one Jr- 
a fai a u f^tlrCt7 of^ercd an hundred pound of gold co 
fub y°un£wlfe’ and be/ides to fee her husband free, who was then 
c*fiM > a dark prifoner, pro mins noti* concMt» : bat 
The an ’ matron would not accept of it. fWhen one commended 
crnml* fellows, flier°okhim uplhort, Sir, ’tis net 
man i-A v! ris wtiolly referred to her husband. •c s&* had ran old 
er ipoufe,. and his breath flunk, fo that no body could abide 
, ad aquales Con- 
ner fW jAt iff 
publicus, in quity 
nene(L 
t Bilia Tnmitim 
virum fenm 
habuit& Jpiri- 
tumfrstidim 
habentem, quern 
qmm quid ant 
exprobrsffety <j 
&e. Part 3. Soft. 3. 
Love-LMdancbely, 
Memb. 4. Subf. i* 
it camming home one day, he reprehended his wife, becaufe fle did not 
a uumquid tibi3 
Armmaitigra- 
nts videbatur 
ejfe pulcher ? & 
iUuHhinquit) a- 
depoly&c-Xc- 
nctph .Cyropad, 
/.3. 
tell him of it: fbe vowed unto him Jh had told him , but that (he thought eve- 
ry mans breath had been as ftrong as his. n Tigranes and Armena his La- 
dy were invited to flipper by King Cjm : when they came home , 
grams asked his wife , howftie liked Cyrus, and what Hie did efpcdaP 
ly commend in him £ Jhe [wore jhe did net obferve him 5 when he replyedsi' 
gain , what then fire did obferve, whom Jhe looked on ? She made anfwer , htT 
husband that [aid he would dye for her fake. Such are the properties and 
conditionsof good women: and if die be well given, die will focarry 
her felt- if otherwife die be naught , ufe all the means thou canft, (he 
will be naught. * Non deefi animus fed corruptor, die hath fo many lies, 
excafes , as an hare hath mufes, tricks, Panders, Bauds, drifts to 
ceive, ’tis to no purpofe to keep her up , or to reclaim her by hard 
ufagc. Pair means pci adventure may do fomewhat, 
x obfequio vinces aptius ipf? tuo. 
Men and women are both in a predicament in this behalf, fo former 
won, and better pacified. T>uci volunt 3nm wgi: though die be as ar* 
rant a fcold as Xantippe, as cruel as Medea, as clamorous as Hecuba, as 
luftful as CWeffalina, by fuch means (if at oil ) die may be reformed. 
Many patient y Gryzels by their obfcquioufnefs in this kind, have re- 
claimed their husbands from their wandering lufts. In Nova Frmcia and 
turky ( as Leah, and did to Abraham and saceb ) they 
bring their faireftdarafds tothefr husbands beds * Livia fcconded the 
luftful appetites of Augnftm: Straton tee wife to Kipg did not 
only bring Eledra a fair maid, to her goodraans bed , but brought 
up the children begot on her , as carefully as if they had been her own- 
Tertius t/Emilim Wife, Cornelias mother, perceiving her husbands in- 
temperance ? rem difimulavit, made much of the maid , and would 
take no notice of it. Anew married man, when a pick thank friend 
of his, to curry favour, bad {hewed him his wife familiar in private 
with a young gallant, courting and dallying, &c. Tufhfaidhe, let 
him do his worft, I dare truft my wife , though I dare not tnift him» 
The beft remedy then is by fair means * if that will not take place, to 
diffemble it as I fay j or turn it off withajeft.* hear Guexerrds advi# 
in this cafe, veljoco excipies, vel filent to eludes*, for if you take exceptions 
*at every thing your wife doth , Solomons wifdome, Hercules valour, /#' 
w^rlearning, Socrates patience, Argus vigtlancy will not ferve turn* 
L Therefore Minus malum, lefs mifehief Nevifanus bolds , dip mult' 
- te, to bea Cunarum emptor, a buyer of cradles, as the proverb is, than to 
be too felicitous. b A good f elbow when his wife was brought to bed be fort 
her time, bought half a dozen of Cradles before hand for fo many children, 
if his wife fhould continue to bear children at every two months» c PerttnaX 
the Emperour, when one told him a Fidler was too familiar with bb 
Emprefs, made no reckoning of it. And when that Macedoniam philif 
was upbraided with his wives diftioneftv, cum tot vitior regnorum 
' populorum ejJet, &c» a Conqueror of Kingdomes could not tame bl* 
. wife, (for fhe thruft him out of doores ) hee madca jeft of it. Sapient^ 
* portam cornua in pedore, fidti in fronte, faith Nevtfanus, wife men beat 
their horns in their hearts 5 fools on their foteheads. Eumenes King 
* Oiitd. 
y Read Pe- 
' trarctos talb e>f 
patkBc Grisei 
in ehaueer. 
* Sil-nupM. 4. 
wtm.Zo. 
* Zrafmus, 
b Quum accepif- 
fet uxorem pepe- 
rijfe fecundo i 
nuptiis mcnfe, 
canas quinta 
Viil ferias coe- 
mityUt fi forte 
uxw fingulk bi- 
me. vfibus pare- 
nt.. 
cju Vius Capitol, 
•vita 'ejus. Quum 
palam Cithara, 
dm! txorcm di. 
ligen 
smoj usfuit. arc 3« Sedt.3, 
(tire of fi caloufie. 
Memb.4.Subf.i. 
Prrgamm was at deadly feud with Fer fit us of Macedonia, in fo much 
that Ferfi us hearing of a journey hee was to take to Velfhusy * feta com- 
pany of fouldiers to intercept him in his palfage* they did it according- 
ly ) and as they fuppofed, left him If one dto death. The news of this 
lad was brought inlhntly to Pergamus • Attalus, r Eumenes brother, pro- 
claimed himfelf King forthwith, took of the Crown, and 
married Stratonice the Queen. But by and by, when contrary news 
was brought, that King Eumenes was alive, and now coming to the 
City, hee laid by his Crown, left his wife, as a private man went to meet 
him, and congratulate his return. Eumenesy though hee knew all parti- 
culars paffed, yet diflembling the matter, kindly imbraccd his brother, 
and took his wife into his favour again, as if no fuch matter had been 
heard of or done, fioemdo In Ariofio, found his wife in bed with a knave, 
both alleep, went his waie?, and would not fo much as wake them, 
muchlefs reprove them for it. dAn honeft fellow finding in like fort 
his wife had plaid falfe at Tables, and born a man too many, drew his 
dagger, and fworc if hec had not been his very friend, hee would have 
killed him. Another hearing one had done that for him, which no man 
defires to bee done by a Deputy, followed him in a rage with hisfword 
drawn, and having overtaken him, laid adultery to his charge; the of- 
* Difpeftttt ar- 
matos qui ipfnm 
5 interficerent: 
hi f rettms 
mandatum cxc- 
I quentesy&c. 
j Jtle & rex de- 
claratur? & 
• St i amicem 
I qua fratri nup- 
ferat, uxorem 
ducif.; fed pefi~ 
, quam audivit 
[ fratrem vivere5 
&c. 
> Attalum comi- 
ter accepit? pri- 
fiinamque uxo- 
rem complexus, 
magno honore 
apud fe habuit, 
d 5. JohnUar- 
ringtens notes 
in zg, bookot 
Ariofio. 
lender hotly purfued, confelTed it was true, with which confcfiion Iree 
was fatisfied, and fo left him, (wearing,that if hee Had denied it, hee would 
not have put it up. How much better is it to do thus, than to macerate 
himfelf, impatiently to rave and rage, to enter an A&ion fas Arnoldus 
Tilius did in the Court of Theleufie, againft Martin Guerre his fellow- 
fouldier, for that hee counterfeited his habit, and was too familiar with 
his wife) fo to divulge his own lhame, and to remain for ever a Cuc- 
kold on record f how much better bee Cornelius Tacitus , than Publius 
Cornutus, to condemn in fuch cafes., or take no notice of it if Melius fie 
qmm zelotypia curis, faith Erafimusy fie conficerejaetter be a wit tail, 
and put it up, than to trouble himfelf to nopurpofe. And though hee 
will not omnibus dormire, bee an affe, as hee is an oxe, yet to wink at it as 
many do, isnotamifsat fome times* in fome cafes, to fomeparties, if 
it bee for his commodity, or fome great mans fake , his Land-Lord 
Patron, Benefactor fas Calbas the Roman faith f Plutarch did by 
cenas, and P hay Hut of Argot did by King Philip, when hec promifed 
him an office, on that conditionhee might lie with his wife,) andfoto 
letitpafs: rne haudpcenitet, 
Scilicet boni dimidium dividere cum fove, 
it never troubles mee, faid Amphhrio, to bee cornuted by fupiter3 let it not 
moleft thee then-, bee friends with her 
Tu cum Alcmena uxore antiquam in gratiam 
Redi • let h J fay make no breach of 
betwixt you. Howfoever, the beft way is to contemn it, which 
H'nry the fecond King of France advifed a Courtier of his, jealous of 
nis wife, an(j complaining of her unchaftnefs to rejedt it, and comfort 
imfelfj for hee tjiar fufpedfs his wives incontinencie, and fears the 
m°Pes curfe5 Qiah neyer jjve a merry hour or deep a quiet night: no re- 
e y but patience. When all is done* according to that conn e o 
t limator, dial 
f FUutu r fem, 
nit. Awphjt. 
Idem, 
*T. Daniel 
conjurat. 
French. Fart 3. bedt, 3. 
Lovt- 
Mcmb. 4. Subf. a. 
c Nevifanus, ft vitium uxoris corrigi non potcft> ferendum eft: If it may not 
be helped, it maft be endured. Date veniam & fufltmte taciti, 'cis Sophe* 
cjes j^ecp it to thy felf* and which Chryfoftome calls paUftram phi- 
lofophia, & d&mefticum Gymmfium, afchoolbf Philofophy , put it up# 
There is no other cure, but time to wear it out. Injuriarum remedium eft 
oblivio, as if they had drupk a draught of Lethe in Trophonius den .• To 
conclude, age will bereave her of it, dies dolorem minuit, time and patience 
muft end it. 
*Ub,\.nm.%o. 
i R.r. 
f The minds affections Patience will appeafe, 
It paftions kids, and healeth each dijeafe. 
SUS SE € • 2. 
By prevention before, or after marriage, Plato’s communities marry 
a Cnrtefan, Philters, Stews, to marry one equal in years, 
fortunes, of a good family, education, good 
place, to ufe them well, dre. 
medicines as conduce to the cure of this mate" 
dy, I have fufficiently there he fome goodre* 
&[M medies remaining, by way of prevention, precaution 
rn WwkKu Mor ac*inonitions y riRhtly pradtifed, may do 
/j much good. Flato in his Common-wealth, to prevent 
thisroifehiefbelike, would have all things common, 
lIPMiMiWI wives and children all as one; and which Cafar in his 
ttlb. deharef. 
(giium de ‘zclo 
culparetur, pur- 
gandi fe caufa 
femifijfe fertur 
ut ea qui vel- 
let uteretur ; 
quod ejus fa- 
Bum in. fettam 
turpi ft mam 
verfum eft, qua 
placet ufus in- 
differens fsemi- 
nar um. 
* Sleiden, Com. 
h AUhorttn. 
* Alcoran edit, 
a Bibliandro. 
i De mar. gem. 
lib. i. cap. 6. 
Nuptura rcgi 
devirginanda 
exhibentur. 
* Lumina ex~ 
tinguebantur i 
nec pevfon<t‘& 
atatis habita 
reverentia, in 
quam quijque 
per tenebras in- 
c’dit, mulierem 
cognofeit. 
Commentaries obferved or thofe old Brittains, that firft inhabited this 
Land, they had ten or twelve wives allotted to fuch a family, or promif- 
cuoufly to bee nfed by fo many men; not one to one, as with us, or four 
five or fix to one, as in Turty. The s Nicholases, a Seel that fprung, faith 
Aujlin, from Nicholas the Deacon, would have women indifferent 5 and 
the caufc of this filthy fed, was Nicholas the Deacons jealoufie, for 
which, when hee was condemned, to purge himfelf of his offence, hee 
broched his herefie, that it was lawful to lye with one anothers wives ? 
and for any man to lye with his: like to thofe * Anabaptifts in Munfler ? 
that would confort with other mens wives as the fpirit moved them: or 
as* Mahomet the feducing Prophet, would needs ufe women as hee lift 
himfelf, to beget Prophets; »05, their Alcoran faith were in love with 
him, and * hee as able as forty men. Araongft the old as 
'}Sohewus relates out of Sabellicus, the King of the Country lay with the 
bride the fi’ ft night, and once in a year they went promifeuoufly altoge- 
ther. Munjler Cofmo?. lib, 3. cap. 497, aferibes the beginning of this 
brutifh cuftome (unjuftly) to one Picardus a French-man, that invented a 
new fed of Adamites, to go naked as Adam did, and to ufe proraifeuous 
Vcnery at fit times. When the Prieft repeated that of Gtnefis, Jncreafc 
and multiply, out * wenr the candles in the place where they met,and with- 
out all refyeft of age, per font, conditions, catch that catch may, every man took 
her came next, C7c, Some fallen this on thofe ancient Bohemians and Memb.4»Subf.2. 
Parc 3. Sedt.3. 
C urc of fealoufie. 
Rufiians: f others on the inhabitants of Mambrtuw j in the 
ley in Pedemont-, and as I read it was praftifed in amopgll .S' S’ 
ftians themfelvcs, until King Mule owes time, the King or the 1-ora or uic 
Townhad their maiden-heads. In fomepartsookfk India in our age, iin? 
thofe 11 (landers, "as amohgft the Babylonians of old, they will piouitute 
their wives and daughters (which Chalcocondtla a Greek modern w 
ter, for want of better intelligence, puts upon us Brittains) to.fuc tra 
vellcrs or Tea-faring men, as come amongft them by chance, to ihew 
how far they were.trom this feral vice of Jealoufie, and how little they 
tftcemedit. The Kitigs of Calecut, as \ Lod. Vertomannw relates, win 
not touch their wives, till one of their par mi or high Pries have Jam 
firft with them, to fantfifie their wombs. But tbofc£fat andMontant/Sy 
two ftrange of old, were in another extreme, they would not mar- 
ry at all, or have any focicty with women, " becaufe ofthetr intemperance 
then held them ad to bee naught. Nevifanus the Lawyer lib. 4. num. 3 j f,L 
nui would have him that is inclined to this malady to pavent the 
work marry a quean, Capiens meretricem , hoc habet [ahem bontr quod 
ffgn decipitur, quia feit eamfic effe, quod non contingit alas A fornicator 
In Seneca conftuprated two wenches in a night*, for fatisfadion the one 
defiredtohanghim, the other to marry him. 0 Utero King ot Syracufe 
in Sicily, cfpoufed himfelf to Pitho, keeper of the Stews*, and Ptolom 
took Thais a common Whore to bee his wife 5 had two Tons, Leonti [cm 
and Lagus by her, and one daughter Irene: ’tis therefore no fuch unlike- 
ly thing. P A Citizen of JSugubine gelded himfelf to try his wives ho 
nefty, and to bee freed from jealoufie: fo did a Baker in Bafily to the 
fame intent. But of all other prefidents in this kind, that of * Comhalus is 
moft memorable .* who to prevent his Matters fufpition, for hee was a 
beautiful young man , and fent by Seleueus his Lord and King,, with 
Stratonice the Queen, to conduct her into Syria, fearing the worft, gel- 
ded himfelf before hee went, and left his genitals behmde him in a box 
fealed up His Miftrcfs by the way fell in love with him, but hee not yiel- 
ding to her, was accufed to Seleucus of incontihency (as that Bellerophon 
was in like cafe, falfely traduced by Sthtmbia, to King Prat us her huf- 
ban d, cum non poQet ad coitum inducere) and that by her, and was there- 
fore at his coming home Gift into prifon: the day of hearing appoin- 
ted, hee was fufficicntly cleared and acquitted by (hewing his privities, 
which to the admiration of the beholders hee had formerly cut off. The 
Lfdians ufed to geld worpen whom they fufpe&ed, faith Leonicus var. 
htft.hb. as wdl as men. To this purpofc { Saint Francis, be- 
caufe hee ufed to confefs women in private, to prevent fufpition, and 
prove himfelf a Maid, ftripped himfelf before the Bifliop of >*///* and 
others: and Frier Leonard for the fame caufe went thorow ytterbium m 
Italy, without any garments. < u w \ 
Our pfeudocatholikes, to help thefe inconveniences which pro- 
ved from Jealoufie, to keep themfelves and their wives honelt, maxe 
fevere Laws-, againftadultery prefent death5 and withall fornication 
* Ptutxrchy Lucian, Tit, 1. de pdreeUanis cum in Vandre. I denov- rePcrL & tlutar 
Swftr, Bonavent. c. 6. vit. Vrancifd. - 
t Leander Al- 
bentis. Flagi- 
tiofo ritu (un- 
fit in adem 
convenientes 
poji impuram 
concionem} ex- 
tinfiis numini- 
bus in Venerent 
ruunt.. 
k Lod. Verte- 
mannus n&vig. 
iib. 6 cap. 8 & 
Marcus Polus 
lib. Cap. 46. 
Uxores viatori- 
bus pi oflhmnt. 
1 Dithmams 
Bfes\enius 3 ut 
Agetas Ari jia- 
nt y pulcheri- 
mam uxorem, 
habens profile 
tttit. 
m Heredot. in 
Erato. Mulie- 
res Babylonic 
cum he/pite 
permifeentur ob 
argentum quod 
pojt Veneri fa- 
crum. Bohemtte 
lib. %. cap 
t Navigat, lib, 
q.cap ,4. Prim 
thorum non 
hit, quami 
digniore facer- 
date nova nup- 
ta deflorata flt. 
n Bohemm lib. 
x.cafi. Idee 
nubere nollent 
ob mulierum 
intemperanti- 
am,nuUam fer- 
var e virofldem 
putabant» 
0 Stephanas 
free fat. Herod. 
Alius i lupana- 
ri meretrice», 
pitho difiam, 
in uxorem 
duxit-, Ptolp- 
maus Thaidem 
nobile fconum 
duxit & ex ea 
duas fil osjuf- 
eepit, duc. 
p Poggius Flo» 
reno. 
q Felix Plater. 
. (Stephanas et» lJ&£ 3. Sedt. 3. 
Love-OtteUnchely, 
Memb. 4. Subf. 5. 
venial fin, as a fink to convey that furious andfwift ftream of concu- 
pifcence, they appoint and permit ftews, thofe punks and plea fan t fin- 
ners, the more tofecure their wives in all populous Cities, for they hold 
them asneceftary as Churches; and howfoever unlawful, yet to avoid 
' a greater mifehief to bee tolerated in policy, asufury , for the hardnefs 
of mens hearts; and for this end they have whole Colledges of Cur- 
tefans in their Towns and Cities. Of* Crfi’stninde belike, that would 
have hisfervants {cum ancillis congredi coitus caufa , definito utre, nt gra' 
* Plutarch, vit. 
cjus. 
viora facinora evitarent, cat eris interim interdicens) familiar with forne 
fuch feminine creatures, to avoid worfe mifehiefs in his houfe, and 
made allowance for it. They hold it unpoflible for idle perfons, young, 
rich,andhifty,fo many fervants. Monks, Friers, to live honeft, too ty- 
rannical a burden to compel them to bee chaftc, and moft unfit to fuftcr 
poor men, younger brothers and fouldiers at all to marry, as thofedif* 
eafed perfons, votaries, priefts, fervants. Therefore as well to keep and 
eafe the one as the other, they tolerate and wink at thefe kinde of Bro- 
ther houfes and Stews. Many probable arguments they have to prove 
thekwfulnefs, the neceflity, and a toleration of them, asofufury; and 
without queftion in policy they are not to bee contradicted: but alto- 
gether in Religion. Others prefenbe philters, fpclls, charms to keep 
mcii and women honeft. *Multer ut alienum •virum non admittat prater 
fttm: 'Accipe fel hirci, & adipem, & <*f,cea> cdefeat in dec, &c, & non 
ahum prater te amabit» In Alexis Porta dre, plura invenies, dx multo his 
dfurdma, uti &in %hajt> ne mulier virum admittat, dr mantum fotum 
diligat, &c. But thefe are moft part Pagan, impious, irreligious, abford , 
and ridiculous devices. 
* Feeder, fib. 7. 
fecret. 
• citetura Gel- 
Ho. 
*£#. 4. Tit. 4. 
Dtinflit.nipub. 
Ae officio mari- 
ti. 
6 Vte cum e£ 
blande nimis a- 
gas, nt objur- 
ges pr afentibus 
extranets. 
* 70, 
The beft means to avoid thefe and like inconveniences, are, to take 
away the caufcs and occafions. To this purpofe a Farro writ Satjram 
Menippe am, but it is loft. b Patritius prescribes four rules to bee obfer- 
ved in dmfing of a wife (which who fo will may read) Fonfeca the Spa- 
‘ niard in his 45. c. %Amphitheat Amoris, fets down fix fpccial cautions for 
men, four for women5 Sam. Neander out of Shonbernerus, five for 
men, five for women* Anthony Guivarra many good lefl'ons 5 c cleoln- 
, Ins two alone, others otherwife • as fir ft to make a good choice in mar- 
riagfe, to invite Chrifi to their wedding, and which * Saint Amhrofe advi- 
feth, Deum conjugii pr a fidem habere, and to pray to him for her, (A Do- 
mino enim datur uxor Provi 19.) not to bee too rafll and precipi- 
tate in his eledlion, to run upon the firft hee meets, or dote on every ftout 
fair peece hee fees, but to chufe her as much by his ears as eyes, to bee 
well advifcd whom hee takes, of what age, &c. and cautelous in his pro- 
ceeding. Anold man fliould not marry a young woman, or a young wo- 
man an old man, 
t ftp am male in aquales veniunt ad aratra juvenci / 
fuch matches muft needs minifter a perpetual caufe of fufpition, and bee 
diftaftful to each other. 
' t Ovid. 
* \Alciat. emh 
il€. 
I Noßtta nt in tumulis, fuper atque cadavera bubo-, 
Talis apud Sophoclem noflra puella [edet. 
Night-crows on tombs, Owl ficsoncarkafs dead , P«t 3. Sea. 3, 
Memb. 4. Subf, 2; 
Cure of fiedoufie. 
So lies a W.ench with Sophocles in bed, 
For Sophocles 9 as u Atheneus defcribes him, was a very old man, as. cold 
as January , abed-fellow of bones, and doted yet upon Arcbtppe a young 
Curtefan, than which nothing can bee more odious, * Senex maritas ux- 
m juveni ingratas eft, an old man is a moft unwelcome, gueft to a young 
wench, unable, unfit: > 
t fuos fugiunt pueUa , , 
Omnis horret Amor, Vemfqt, Hymevque, *■>.. 
And as in like cafe a good fellow that had but 2 peck of corn weekly to 
grind, yet would needs build a new Mill for it, found his errour eft' 
loons, for either hee muft let his Mill lye wafte, pull it quite down, or let 
others grind at it: So thefe men, &c. ’ ' 
Seneca therefore difallows all fuch unfeafonable matches, habent enim 
maledi&i locum ere bra nupti n. And as f fudy farther inveighs, 'tis unfit 
for any, hut ugly and filthy in old age, Turpefemits amor, one of the three 
things * God hateth. Plutarch in his book contra Coleten > rails down- 
right at fuch kinde of marriages, which are attempted by old men, qui 
jam corpore impotenti, & a voluptatibus de ferti, peccant animo, and makes 
a queftion whether in forne cafes it bee tolerable at icaftfor fuch a man to 
» Veipnofopb. 
/.3, cap. ii. 
* Euripides. 
t Vout anus hi» 
arum lib. x* 
* OfficJibXkx* 
uri a cum ornni 
at ate turpisy 
turnuneßuti 
ftedijjlma, 
* Eccluf. i. 
An old man 
that dotes. 
marry, 
qui Venerem affect At fine virlhusy 
that is now paft thofe vcncrous excrcifcs, as a gelded man lies with a Vir- 
gin andftghsy Ecclus 30.20. and now complains with him in Petronius, fu- 
nerata eft hae pars jam, qua futt ohm Achillea, hee is quite, done, 
* Vixit paella nuper idoneus, 
Ut militavit mn fine gloria, But the queftion is, 
whether hee may delight himfelf as thofe Priapeian Popes 9 which in their 
decrepit age lay commonly between two wenches every night, conta- 
in forrfiofarum, & contreftatione, mm adhuc gaudeat-, and as many do- 
tkig Syrcs ftilldq to their own fhame, their childrens undoing, and 
their families cohfufion: hee abhors it, tanqum ab agrefii & furiofo 
domino fugiendam, It mutt bee avoided as a Bedlam-matter, and not o- 
beyed, v 
♦ Hot. (ih, 5. 
ode a - 
r * infiiii 
- Ad opima» 
vitam, Maxi- 
ma mortalium 
' fan praecipi- 
} tamer & iju 
Confederate nie- 
hit, idfe ea re- 
late qua minui 
apta efly qu m 
fenex adolef- 
centuUy fan us 
: Morbid*, dives 
pauperi, c're. 
1 foleto, in- 
tmpefeive, tur- 
pi remedio fa- 
tentur fe uti , 
recordatione 
pri(tin irum vo- 
luptatum ft re- 
creant 3 &■ ad* 
verf ante natii 
ri, pollinffans 
carnem & e- 
neSiam exci- 
tant. 
zLibk i. nufH, 
*». ■ 1 
- Ale fio 
Jpft faces fufert s• malus Hymen 
Trifle ululaty the Devil himfdf makes filch 
matches. * Levinas Lemnius reckons up three things which general- 
ly diftnrb the peace of marriage ;: the firft is when they marry intern- 
pefttve or unfeafonably, as many mortal men marry precipitately and in- 
conflaerately, when they are effate and old: ihe fecond when they marry un- 
equally for fortunes and birth : The thirds when a flek impotent perfon weds 
ine j 5 fl0v*mpufpes fruftratur: Many diflikes inftantly fol 
ow. Many doting dizards, it may not bee denied, as Plutarch confel- 
themfelves with fuch MLete. unfeafenable and filthy r*~ 
***** ffohce calls themj with if their former pieafures, 
nahl nature {ty ft*r UP their dead flejh : but an old lecher is abomi* 
i.*}, mnlier temo nubens, % Nevifanus holds, tyrtca,^ 
n , ' Ansj a woman that marries the third time may bee prefunaed to bee 
onefter than ihee fhould. Of them both, thus Amir oft concludes in Part 3. Se<ft. 3. 
Love- 
Memb,4. Subf.3. 
his comment upon Luke, a they that are coupled together, not to get chil- 
dren , but to fatis fie ibetr luft, are not husbands, but formatters, with whom 
SuAufiinconfents: matrimony without hope of children , non matri- 
monium , fed concubium dici debet , is not a wedding but a jumbling or 
coupling together. In a word (except they wed for mutual fociety, 
help and comfort one of another , in which rcfpe&s, though t Liberius 
deny it, without queftion old folks may well marry) for fometimes a 
man hath moft need of a wife, according to Fucans, when hee hath no 
need of a wife ♦, otherwife it is moft odious* when an old Acherontuk 
dizard, that hath one foot in his grave, afilkernium, ihali flicker after a 
lufty young wench that is blithe and bonny, 
* falaciorqs 
Vernopaflere, & albulis columbis. What can be more deteftable? 
» gm vm non 
procreanda pro- 
lis, fed explen- 
da libidinis 
caufa fbi invi- 
cem copulantur, 
non tam conju- 
ges quam forni- 
carii habentur, 
f Lex Papia. 
Sueton. Claud, 
c, 2-3. 
* Tent anus bi- 
'anum lib. u 
b Tu cano cafite amas fenex nequifime 
■fam plenus at at is, animaq-, fcettda, 
Senex hircosus tu epulare mulierem ? 
Utine adtens vomitum potius excuties. 
Thou old goat, hoary 1 etcher, naughty man. 
With (linking breath, art thou in love f 
Muft thou bee Havering f* fhee fpews to fee 
Thy filthy face, it doth fo move. 
b turns mr- 
am. 
yet as Tome will, it is much more tolerable for an old man to marry a 
young woman (our Ladies match they call it) for eras erh mulier as hoc 
laid in Tuliy, Cato the Roman, Cntobulus in t Xenophon, * rjraqudius of 
late, Julius Scaliger>&c, and many famous prefidents wee have in that 
kinde 5 but not e contra: ’tis not held fit for an antienc woman to match 
with a young man. For as Vdrirowill, Anus dum ludtt morti delitias facit? 
’tis Charons match between * Cafcus and Cafca, and the Devil himfelfis 
furely well plcafed with it. And therefore as the Poet inveighs, thou 
old Vetufina, bed. ridden quean, that art now skin and bones, 
t sympofo. 
*rtderhuani 
btfiortam,\ 
*i Cataleft. vet. 
foetarum. 
* Martial, lib, 
3« 
J Cui tres capilli, funt dentes, 
Teed us crufculumq-, formica, 
Rugoporem qua geris fiola frontem, 
Et aranearum calsibus fares mammas. 
That haft three hairs, four teeth, a breft 
Like Grafhoppcr, an Emmets creft, 
A skin more rugged than thy coat, 
And duggs like Spiders web to boot. 
Muft thou marry a youth again < And yet dueentas in nuptum pop ***** 
US arnant '• howfoever it is, as Apuleius gives out of his Meroe, wfigrejjas 
annofus,ftft*leiiSi abhorrendus, a pcftilent match, abominable, 2nd not 
to bee endured* In fuchcafe how can they otherwife chufe but 
lous < how (hould they agree one with another i This inequality is 
not in years only? but in birth, fortunes, conditions, and all good qua' 
lities, 
*St qua voles apte nubere, nube fari, ’ lis my counfel, 
faith Anthony Guiverra, to chufe fuch a one. Civis civem ducat, Nobili* 
Nobilem, let a Citizen match with a Citizen, a Gentleman with a Gentle 
Üb.i.wilef. 
• Ovid. Parc Sed. 3. 
Cure offedoufte. 
Memb. 4. Subf. 2. 
woman: hcc that observes not this precept (faith he t) non generum, fed ma~ 
hm Centum, non nw»m,fed Fnrtam, non vita, C'mitem-ijed litis fomitem 
domi habebit > inftead of a fair wife, (hall have a fury, for a fit fon in law a 
meer feind, &C; examples are too frequent. 
Another main caution fit to bee obferved, is this, That though they 
fiee equal in years, birth, fortunes, and other conditions, yet they do not 
omit virtue and good education, which CMufmm and Antipater fo much 
inculcate in Stobeus - 
Dos eft magna parentum 
Virtus, & metuens alterius viri 
C m-o foedere caftitas. 
Ifas Plutarch advifeth, one muft eat medium falis > a bufhel of fait 
with him, before hee chufc his friend, what care fhould bee had in chu- 
fing a wife, his fecond felf, how follicicous fhould hee bee to know her 
qualities and behaviour ? and when hee is aflured of them, not to prefer 
birth, fortune, beauty, before bringing up, and good conditions. * Coquage 
god of Cuckolds , as one merrily faid, accompanies the goddefle jea- 
loufie, both follow the faireft, by fnpiters appointment , and they 
facrifize to them together: beauty and honefty fefdorae agree*, ftraight 
perfonages have often crooked manners * fair faces, foul vices* good 
complexions, ill conditions, Sttfyitionis plena res efi, & infidiarum,beauty 
(faith L Chryfojlome) is full of treachery and fufpition: hee that hath a fair 
wife, cannot have a worfe mifehief, and yet mofl covet it, as if no- 
thing elfe in marriage but that and wealth were to bee refpeded. s Brands 
Sforz.* Duke of Millain, was fo* curious in this behalf, that hee would 
not marry the Duke of Mantua's daughter, except hee might fee her na- 
ked firft .* Which Lyeurgus appointed in his Laws, and sjHorm in his 
Utopian Common-wealth approves. h In Italy, as a traveller obferves i 
if a man have three or four daughters, or more, and they prove fair, they 
are married cfcfoons: if deformed, they change their lovely names of 
them into Monafleries, as if none were fit for marriage, but fuch as are 
eminently fair.* butthefc are erronious tenents : a modeft Virgin well 
conditioned ,* to fuch a fair fnout pecce, is much to bee preferred. If 
thou wilt avoid them, take away all caufes of fufpition and jealoufie, 
marry a courfe peece, fetch her from Cafjandrds i Temple, which 
was wont in Italy t0 bee a Sanduary of all deformed Maids, and fo thou 
lhalt bee fore that no man will make thee cuckold, but for fpighc. A 
Citizen of Bizance in Thrace, had a filthy dowdy, deformed flue to his 
Wife, and finding her in bed with another man, cried out as one 
mazed * 0 mtjer . qu/e te necefitas huc aderit ? O thou wretch ! what nc- 
brought thee hither ? as well hee might* for who can affedfoch 
°ne ? But this is warily to bee under flood, mofl offend in another ex- 
nnM 65 they Pre*er wealth before bea«ty, and fo fhee bee rich, they care 
foee look; but thefe are all out as faulty as the reft. Attendenda 
for Al6as k Salishunenfts advifeth, ne ft alteram afj> exerts, mox cam 
vnsLne^mS} as that Knight in Chaucer, that was married to an old wo- 
■ e Rablaii hift. 
. Pantagruel. /.3. 
eaf> 33* 
i 
' f Hem. 80, Qui 
. pulchram habet 
uxorem, nihil 
■ pe jus habere po- 
: tefl. 
r % Arnifeur. 
h Itinerar. ItaL 
I Colonia edit. 
i6io. Nomine 
trium Ger.fdl. 
304. Difplicuti 
quod domina 
filiabus immu- 
tent nomen in- 
ditum in Bap- 
' tifmo, & pro 
Cath urina, 
Margaret*, 
&c. ne quid de- 
fit ad luxuri- 
am, appellant 
ipfas nominibus 
Cynthia,C ama- 
Ti<e. &c. 
i Lc (initus de 
45. 
Afyltii virgis 
num deformium 
Caffcmdra tem- 
plum. P tutanti. 
K Paly erat. I, i. 
C(IP- 11. Part 3. Se<ft. 3. 
Love- CM elancholj. 
Memb.4. Stibf.?, 
628 
$nD all Dap after DiD Dim a 0 an ®twl, 
taoe tnao fits tuife loofeeD to foul. 
Have a care of thy wifes complexion, left whilft thou feeft another, thou 
loatheft her, fliee prove jealous, thou naught, 
Si tibi deformis conjux, fiferva venufta, 
He utaris fervd, I can perhaps give inftance. Mole- 
ftum eft pofidere, quod nemo habere dignetur, a mifery to poflefle that 
which no man likes; on the other fide. Difficile cujlodttur quod p lures a~ 
want. And as the bragging fouldier vaunted in the Comedy, nimia eft 
miferia pulchrum effe hominem nimis, Scipio did never fo hardly befiege 
Carthage, as thefe young gallants will befet thine houfe, one with wit or 
another with wealth, &c. If fhec bee fair, faith Guazzo, ihee will be 
fufpedted howfoever. Both extremes are naught. Pulchra cit'd adamatur, 
fee da facile concuptfcit, the one is foon beloved, the other loves: one is 
Hardly kept, bccaufe proud and arrogant, the other not worth keeping * 
what is to bee done in this cafe ? Ennius'in Mtnelippe advifeth thee as a 
friend, to take fatam formam, fi vis habere incolumem pudicitiam, one of 
a middle fize, neither too fair, nor too foul, 
* Nec formofa magis quam mihi cafa placety with oldCato, 
though fit, let her beauty bee, neque leftifsima, neque illiberalis, between 
both» This I approve 5 but of the other two I refolve with Salisharien- 
fis, uteris lwiitu,both rich alike, endowed alike, ma)ori miferia defer* 
mis habetur quam forme fa fervatur, I had rather marry a fair one, and 
put it to the hazard, than bee troubled with a blowze; but do thou as 
thou wilt, I fpeak only of my felf, 
Howfoever, quod iterum moneo, I would advife thee thus much, be ftiee 
fair or foul, to chufe a wife out of a good kindred, parentage, well 
. brought up, in an honeft placed 
t Primum animo tibi proponas quo fanguine creta, 
forma, qu dat at e, quibufque ante omnia virgo 
Moribus, injunffos veniat nova nupta penates, 
Hee that marries a wife out of a fufpe&ed Inn or Alehoufe, buyes a 
horfe in Smithfield, and hires a fervant in Pauls, as the diverb is, fhaU 
' likely have a jade to his Horfe, a knave for his man, an arrant honeft wo* 
man to his wife* Filia prafumitur effe matri fimilis, faith ] Nevi fan us ? 
Such « a mother,fuch a daughter-7 mali corvi malum ovum, Cat to her kind, 
I Scilicet expettas ttt tradat mater honef os 
Atque alios meres quam quos habet ? 
u If the mother bee difhoneft, in all likelihood the daughter will matrizar(* 
take after her in alkgood qualities. 
f MmUus. 
1' Chalouer lib. 
9. de repub. 
Aug. 
iLib. a- num, 
IS 9- 
msigenetnx 
cap, Cap quo- 
que filia vivit; 
Si meretrix met- 
ier, filia talk 
erit. 
t Juven..Sat,6< 
Crcden Fajtphae non taunpotente futuram 
Tauri fetam f If the dam trot, the foil 
will not amble. My laft caution is, that a woman do not beftow her 
felf upon a fool, or an apparent melancholy perfon5 jealoufie is 3 
fymptome of that difeafe, and fools have no moderation, faftina a P' 
mane Lady was much perfccuted, and after made away by her jealou 
husband, fliee caufed and enjoyned this Epitaph, as a caveat to others, t 
bee engraven on her tomb: partj. Sed. 3. 
Cure of f ealoufie. 
Memb. 4, Subf.2; 
" Difcite ah exemplo difeite patres, 
Ne nubat fatuo filia vefira vtro, &c. 
Learn parents all, and by flujtim’s cafe 
Your children to no dizards for to place. 
n famerarms 
cent. i. cap 54: 
oper fobciff 
After marriage, lean give no better admonitions than to ufe 
wives well, and which a friend of mine told me that was a married man , 
I will tell you as good cheap , faith Nicoftratus in f Stobeus, to avoid 
future ftrife, and for quietneCs fake, when you are'in bed, take heed of jour 
wives flattering fpeeches ever night, and curtainfermons in the morning.; Let 
them do their endeavour likewife to maintain them to their means, 
which f Patricius ingeminates , and let them have liberty with difcrcti- 
on, as time and place requires: many women turn queans by corripul- 
fion, as 0 ’H.evifanus observes, becaufe their husbands are fo hard , and 
keep them fo foort in diet and apparel, paupertas cogit eas meretricari, 
poverty and hunger, want of means, makes them diiheneft, or bad 
ufage 5 their churlilh behavior forceth them to fly our, or bad examples, 
they do it to cry quittance. In the other extreme fome are too liberal, 
as the proverb is, Turdus malum fibi cacat, they make a rod for their 
own tails, as Candaules did to Gyges in * Herodotus, commend his 
wifes beauty himfelf, and befides would needs have him fee her na- 
ked. Whiift they give their wives too much liberty to gad abroad, 
and bountiful allowance, they are acceftary to their own naileries 5 anima | 
ftxorum peflime dent, as Plautus jybes, they have deformed fouls, and 5 
by their painting and colours procure odium mariti, their husbands hate, 
cfpecially. 
f Ser. yz.Jpriod 
amicus quidam 
t uxorem habens 
, mihi dixit, di- 
cam vobis, In 
f cubili cavenda 
. adulationes ve- 
r §>m3mnetfa. 
, mores. 
. t Lib 4-tit.Of.de 
indit ut. Reipub. 
cap de efficio 
Mariti & uxo- 
ris. 
° fyl. nup. 
num. Si.Wgft 
curant de uxori- 
ous.ttLC volunt 
tisfubveaire de 
viftuivcliitu, 
&c, 
* In Clig.speci- 
em uxoris fupra 
modum extel- 
lens Jecit ut il- 
lam nudam co- 
ram aceret. 
t Cum mi fere vifeantur labra mariti. 
Befides , their wives ( as q- Bafilnotes ) impudenter fe exponunt mafculo- 
rttm jaciant es tunic as-) & coram tripudiantes impudently thruft 
therafclves into other mens companies , and by their uhdecent wanton 
carriage , provoke and tempt the fpedfators. Vertuous women ihould 
keep houfe *, and 'twas well performed and ordered by the Greeks, 
t fovea.Sat. 6> 
He cannot kilfe 
his wife for 
paint. 
k brat.comi 
tbr, 
■ mulier ne qua in publicum 
Spe&andamfe fine Arbitrio pr abeat vim which made Phidias 
belike at Elis paint Venus treading on a Tortoife , a fymbole of womens 
filence and houfe-keeping. For a woman abroad and alone, is like a 
Deer broke out of a Parke 5 quam mille venatores infequuntur, whom eve- 
ry hunter followes; and beudes in ftich places (he cannot fo well vindi- 
cate her fclf, but as that virgin Dinah {Gen. 34. 2. ) going for to fee the 
daughters of the Und, loft her virginity, fhe may be defiled and overtaken 
€n a hid den 5 t imbelles dama quid nifiprada fumus { 
And therefore I know not what Philosopher he was, that would 
ave women come bur thrice abroad all their time, fte he baptisedt mar~ 
h but he was too ftraight laced* Let them have their liberty 
J\?ood fort, and go in good fort J modo non annos viginti atansfu* dom 
as a good fellowTaid 3 fothat they look not twenty yeais 
abr t^ian tbcy at bome > they be not fpruce > neat 5 Angels 
.°a. 3 **., dowdies, flats at home 5 but feck by all means to pleafe 
§lve content to their husbands sto be quiet above all things 3 obedi-, 
f Ad baptifm- 
mh matrirhofu- 
tm&tunudm. e lane hoiy. 
Part 5. S eft. 3, 
Memb. 4. Subf.?. 
ent, filent and patient 5 if they be incecfed, angry, chide a little, their 
wives muftnot * cample again, but take it in good part. An honed: 
woman , I cannot now tell where (lie dwelt, but by report an honed 
woman Hie was , hearing one of her goflips by chance ccmplsing of her 
husbands impatience, told her an excellent remedy for it, and gave her 
withall a glade of water , which when he braulcd fhe fliould hold dill 
in her mouth, and that toties quoties, as often as he chid 5 die did fo two 
or three times with good fuccefs , and at length feeing her neighbour , 
gave her great thanks for it, and would needs know the ingredients , 
f (he told her in brief what it was, Fair water , and no more: for it was 
; not the water, but her dlence which performed the cure. Let every fro- 
ward woman imitate this example, and be quiet within doors, and (as 
s IM, punitus prefetches ) a necedary caution it is to be obferved of all 
good matrons that love their credits, to come little abroad, bur follow 
. their work at home, look to their houlhold affairs and private bufinefs, 
-<z commit incumbentes, befober, thrifty, wary, circumfpedl, moded, 
' and compofe themfelves to live to their husbands meaas, as a good huf- 
. wife fhould do 3 
* Non vocifera- 
tur ftla f marl-, 
tns obganni at. 
-j- praudma- 
pm'ens oftendit 
ci non aquam 
fed piantium 
iracundia mo- 
derari. 
<i Uorol. frinci. 
lib.x.cap.%. Di- 
ligenter caven- 
dum feeminis il- 
lufinbus ne fre- 
quenter exeant, 
f Chaloncr. 
t pudiis gavifa colt, partita labores 
Faliet optes cantu, formae afimulata coronae 
Cura circum fufof'que rotafque 
Cum &c. *■ ' ■ 
keep them private, not in prifon ; 
* gujfquis cup edit uxor cm vectibus & [eris, 
Ft fi ftbi fapiens, pultus & nihilfapit. 
Howfoever ’tis good to 
* Menander. 
Read more 6f this fubjeft Horol. princ, lib. 2, per totum, Arnifaus felit. 
Cyprian, T'ertudian, Boffus de mulier. apparat. Ccdefridus de Amor.lib, 2. 
cap. 4, Levinus Lemnius cap. 54. injittut. chrifi. Barbarus de ye uxor. 
Z/£. 2. 2. Franafcus Patritius deinfiitut. Reipub. lib.t\, Tit.q. & ydc 
officio mariti & uxoris, chrifi, Fonfeca Amor, cap, tf.Sam. 
Meander, &c, 
Thefe cautions concern him and if by thofe or his own difcrcti- 
on otherwife he cannot moderate himfelf 5 his friends muft not be 
wanting by their wifdome, if it be poffible , to give the party grieved 
fatisfa&ion, to prevent and remove the occafions , obje&s, if it may be 
to fecure him. If it be one alone, or many,to confider whom he fufpeds? 
or at what times, in what places he ismoft incenfed , in what compa- 
nies. r Nevijdnns makes a queftion whether a young Phyfician ought to 
be admitted in cafe of fickeefs, into a new married mans houfe, to ad- 
minister a julip 5 afyrup, or fomc fuch phyfick. The Per fans o( old 
would not Suffer a young Phyfician to come amongft women. f Apolloni* 
des Cent made Artaxerxes cuckold 5 and was after buried alive forlC. A 
. gaoler in Arifianetus had a fine young gentleman to his prifoner •, tin 
j commiferation of his youth andperfon he let himloofe, to enjoy the 
liberty of the prifon* but he unkindly made him a Cornuto. Menelaus gave 
" good welcome to Baris a ftranger, his whole houfe and family were at 
his command, but be ungently ftole away his beft beloved wife. The 
* like meafure was offered to Agis king of by * Alcibiades an c%m 
* Lib.i Mm.ii. 
f ctefrasinVev- 
ficis finxit vul- 
va morbum cffe 
me curari pojfe 
nif cum viro 
concumberet, 
huc arte veil 
comport &c. _ 
t Exfolvit vin- 
culis foltttumjj 
demifit, at illc 
inhumanus fiu- 
pravit conju- 
gem. 
* Vlutarch.vita 
ejus. 3.Sedt.s. 
Cure of Jeaioufie, 
Memb,4* Subi.2 
e5 for his good entertainment, hee was too familiar with Timka his 
wife, begetting achildeof her, called Leotichides and bragging more- 
°Yeri> when hee came home to At hens , that hee had a fon (hould be King 
°f the Lacedemonianst If fuch objects were removed, no doubt but the 
Parties might eafily be farisfied, or that they could ufe them gently, 
and intreat them well, not to revile them, feoff at, hate them, as 
ln fuch cafes commonly they do* 'cis tin inhumane infirmity, a mi- 
ferable vexation, and they fhould not adde grief to grief, nor aggra- 
vare their mifery, but feck to pkafe, and by all means give them 
content, by good counfei, removing fuch offenfivc objects, or by 
mediation of fome difereet friends. In old Rome there was a Temple 
ctedled by the Matrons to that 1 Viriplaca Dea 5 another to Venus w- 
ticorda, qua maritos uxoribus reddebat benevolos, whither fif any. difference 
hapned betwixt man and wife) they did inftantly refort ; There they 
did offer facrifice, a white Hart, Plutarch records, fine felle, with- 
out the gall ("fome fay the like of Juno's Temple) and make their 
prayers for conjugal peace: Before fome u indifferent arbitrators and 1 
friends, the matter was heard betwixt man and wife, and commonly : 
compofed. In our times wee want no facred Churches, or good * 
men to end fuch Controverfies, if ufe1 were made of them. Some 
fay, that precious ftone called * Beryhs, others a Diamond, hath ex- 
cellent vertue, centra hejliunt injurias, & conjugatos invicem conciliare, j 
to reconcile men and wives, to maintain unity and love j you may 
try this when you will, and as you fee caufc. If none of all thefe 
means and cautions will take place, I know not what remedy to pre- 
feribe, or whither fuch perfons may go for cafe, except they can sec 
* Rofnusilib.i, 
\9 ytierius» 
lib.z.cnp. i. 
u Alexander ab 
AUxmirod.t'. 
caf.Z gen.dier. 
* Fr. Rutus it 
gemmis,Li. 
S,& ij. 
into the fame x Turky Paradifc, Where they {had have as many fair wives 
as they void themfdves, with clear eyes, and fuch as lack on none but their 
own husbands, no fear* no danger of being Cuckolds*, or clfe I would 
have them obferve that ftri& rule of t Iphonfus, to marry a deaf and 
dumb man to a blind© woman. If this will not help, let them topre* 
vent the worft , confult with an * Aftrologer, fee whether the Sig 
nificators in her Horefcope agree with his, that they be not infants 
partibus odi ofe intuenttbus aut imperantibus, Jed mutuo & amice amtfc its & 
obedtemibus, othervvife fas they hold) there will be intolerable enmi- 
ties between them .* or clfegethim Sigidum veneris, a Chara&eriftical 
Seal ftamped in the day and hour of Venus, when (bee is fortunate, 
with fuch and fuch fec words and charms, which Vtllanoyams and 
'Leo Suavius preferibe, ex ftgijlis magicis Salomonis, Her met is , Kaguelis, 
&ct with many fuch, which o* lexis, filbert us, and feme of our Natural 
% agicians put upon us; lit mulier eum aliquo adulterare non pofit, incide 
*e Capidis ejus, &C. andheeftiall finely bee gracious in all womens eyes* 
and never fufpedor difagree with his own wife, folongashee wears it. 
this courfe bee not approved, and other remedies may not bee had, 
Rluft in the laft place fuefor a divorce; but that is fomewhat dif- 
t- a ctoeffe<st, and not all out fo fit. For as FcHfacits in ks Trde 
}fi!*(aJ*XAore UrScth, If that law of Con famine the great, or that of Theodo- 
-11 entinian, concerning divorce, were in ufein our times, in- 
umeraspropemodum viduas haberemus, & cMes viros, wee fhould have 
' x Stro\!US Ci- 
• cognajib.i.cap' 
11 fpirit.& i*. 
can. VLa.hQnt ibi- 
dem uxores quot 
vrim cum ocu- 
lis clarifsimis, 
quos nuitquam 
in aliquem pra- 
ter maritum fix- 
uri funt, &c. ‘ 
Bredenbacchius, 
Idem & Sube- 
mus, &c. 
f uxor caca 
ducat maritum 
pirdum,&c, 
* See Valent. 
Nabod. differ, 
Com. in Alcabi- 
tium, ubi plura, 
Cap.f6: A pol, 
Gpiod mulieres 
pae concupif- 
centia afpicert 
non p»Jfeh&e. iJait 3. Sedt. 4. 
Rcligms-CM elanchely. 
Memb. i. Subf. i. 
almoft no married couples left. Try therefore thofe former remedies? 
or as Tertudtan reports of Democritus, that put out his eyes, becauiehee 
could not look upon a woman without luft, and was much troubled 
to fee that which hee might not enjoy *, let him nuke himfelf blinde, 
andfo hee (half avoid that care and moleftation of watching his wife. 
One other foveraign remedy I could repeat, an efpecial Antidote a' 
gainft Jealoufie, an excellent cure*, but lam not now difpofed to tell it, 
not that like a covetous Empcrick , I conceal it for any gain, but 
fome other reafons, I am not willing to publifh it * if you bee very defi* 
rous to know it, when I meet you next, I will peradventure tell you 
what it is in your ear. This is the beft counfel I can give j which hee 
that hath need of, as occafion ferves, may apply unto himfelf. In the 
meantime. 
dii talem tents avertite peftem, 
as the Proverb is, fromHerefic, Jealoufie, and Frenfie, good Lord de- 
liver us. v , 
SECT. 4. 
Me MB, 1« SOBS B c t, I. 
Religious^Melancholy. 
Its ohjeti Cod 5 what his beauty is s How it attnreth* 
The farts and parties affeffed. 
y Called Reli- 
gious, becaufe 
It is ftill con- 
yerfam about 
Religion , and 
fuch divine 
Hat there k fuch a diftindt Species of Love-Melancholy? 
no man €Ver yet doubted 5 but whether this Tub- 
lilii divifionof y Religious {Melancholy be warrantable, it may 
CoDtr°V€rted. 
* Fer git e Picrides, medio nec cade vagantem 
Linquite me, qua nuda pedum vestigia duc tin 
Nulla rotae currus te flantur figna priores. 
x ilb. i.cap. 16. 
Romulii opi- 
futura fepra- 
dime ar bit ran- 
Tahu videm 
qued fumpro- 
rati* 
fantfo, &ind- 
U' 
cunt. 
hMeimhde 
I have no pattern to follow, as in Tome of the reft, no man to imitate. 
No Phyfician hath as yet diftindly written of it, as of the other 5 all ac- 
knowledge it a moft notable Symptome, fome a Caufe, but few afpe- 
cies or kinde. Aretcus, Rha(isy Avicenna, and moft of out 
late Writers, as Gordonm, Fuchfius, Plater, Bruel, Mont altus, &c. repeat 
it as a Symptome, a Some feem to bee in fared of the Holy Gheft, feme tak* 
upon them to bee Prophets, feme are addicted to new opinions, feme foretd 
■ jlrange things, de flatu mundi & Antichrifli, faith Gerdonius. Some 
will prophefle of the end of the World to a day almoft, and the fall 
of the Antichrift, as they have been addi&cd or brought up 5 for 
melancholy works with them, as b Laurentius holds. If they hawe 
been precilely given, all their meditations tend that way, and in con- Part 3. Seft.4. 
Religions Melancholy. 
Memb.i,Subl.i> 
ckfion produce ftrange eftedts, the humour imprints fymptomes ac- 
cording to their feveral inclinations and conditions, which m: kes 
c Guianerius and A Felix Plater, put too much devotion, blinde zeal , 
fear of eternal pdnilhmcnt, and that laft judgement, fora caufe of 
thofe Enthufiafticks and defperate perfons5 but forae do not obfeure- 
ly make a diftindt fpecies of it, dividing Love-Melancholy into that 
whofe objedt is women5 and into the other, whofe objedt is God. 
'Flato in Convivio, makes mention of two diftindt Paries 5 and araongft 
our Ncotericks, Hercules de Saxonia, lib. j. pratf.med. cup. 16. cap. de 
Melanch, doth exprefly treat of it in a diftind Species. * Love-Melan- 
choly ( faith hee) is twofold 5 the firfi is that {to which per advent are feme will 
net vouchfafe this name or fpecies of Melancholy) affeflion of thofe which put 
God for their object, and are altogether about pray err faffing, &e% the other 
about women. . Peter For eft us in his Obfervations delivered! as much in 
the lame words: and Felix PUterusde mentis alienat, cap. 3. frequent i fi- 
ma eft ejus fpecies, in qua curandk fxpifme multum fui impeditus * 'cis a 
frequent difeafe5 and they have a ground of what they fay, forth of A-j 
letesss and Plato. f Areteus an old Aathonr?in his third doth fo ! 
divide tove-Mclancfaoly, and derives this fccond from the firft, which 
comes by infpiration or orherwife. * pi4to in bis Phadrus hath thefe : 
, *Cap, Trad. 
f Multi ob timo- 
rem Dei [uni 
C timorem gehen- 
na. They arc 
’ ftill troubled 
t for their fins. 
, & Plater, c. jj, 
e Melancholia 
Erotica vtl qua 
cumamor'e efl, 
■ duplex efl i pri- 
ma qua ab aliis 
for fan. non me- 
retur nomen 
melancholia, efl 
ajfeclio eorum 
qua pro objefa 
proponunt'De- 
um,&, idee nihii 
aliud cur ant ant 
cogitant quam 
Dcum,jejunta, 
vigilias: altera 
ob mulieres. 
f Alia referitur 
words, \J4folio's Priefisin Delphos, and At Dodona, in their fury do many 
pretty feats, and benefit the Greeks, but never in their right wits. He makes 
them all mad, as well hee might 5 and hee that {hall but confider that 
fnpcrftition of old, thofe prodigious dfedts of it (as in its place I will 
/hew the feveral fiiries of our 'Fatidici dii7 Pythoniffas, Sibyls, Enthuft- 
afts, Pfeudoprophets, Hereticks and Schifmaticks in thefe oar latter ages) 
lhall inftantly confefs, that all the world again cannotafford Co much 
matter of madnefs, fomaJiy ftupend fymptomes, as fu perdition, he- 
refie, fchifm hath brought out r That thisSpccies alone may be paral- 
to all the former, hath a greater latitude, and more miraculous ef- 
fedh * that it more befots and infatuates men, than any other above 
named whatfoever, doth more barm, work mdre difquietnefs to man- 
Jcnde, and hath more crucified the fouls of mortal men ( fuch hath 
been the Devils craft) than wars*1 plagues, fickncffes, dearth, famine, 
and all the reft. .■ r ; 
fureris fpedes 
- a primi vela 
[ fecunda,deorum 
rogantium, vel 
afflatu rumi- 
I num furor hic 
venit. 
t £>ui i» Del- 
phis futura pra~ 
dicunt vates,&• 
in> Dodona fa- 
ccrdotes furen* 
tes quidem 
multa jocund* 
Gratis defe- 
runt, fani ver» 
exigua aut nul- 
la. 
Give mec but a little leaved and I will fee before your eyes in brief a 
ftupend, vaft, infinite Ocean of incredible madnefs and folly: a Sea 
full of (helves and rocks, fands, gulfes, Enripes , and contrary tides, 
full of fearful raonfters, uncouch ihapes, roaring waves, tempers# 
Sirene ealmes, Halcyonian Seas, unfpcakable mifery, f 
Comoedies and Tragoedies, f«ch abfurd and ridiculous, feral 
lamentable fits, that I know not whether they are more to 
pitied or derided * or may bee believed, but that wee daily 
.. fame ftill pra&ifed in our dayes, frerti examples, mm no- 
™ta \ fre(h obiciffs of mifery and madnefs in this kinde, that are mil 
Unto us5 home, in the midft of in our bo- 
ru ?ut kejorc I can come to treat of thefefeveral errours and obliquities* 
lr caufe, fymptoraes, I nwft fomefhmg necef- Part 3. Seft. 4. 
Religious- CM e lane holy. 
Memb. 1. Subf.f. 
farilyof the objedf of this love, Godhimfelf, what this love is, how ic> 
alluieth, whence it proceeds, and (which is the caufc of all ourmiferies) 
how wee miftake, wander and fwerve from it, ' 
Amongft all thofe Divine Attributes that God doth vindicate to him- 
fclf. Eternity, Omnipotency, Immutability, Wifdom, Majeftic, Juftice, 
Mercy, &c. hish Beauty is not the ieaft, one thing, faith David, have I de- 
fir ed of the Lorb, and that 1 will fit ll defire, to behold thebeauty of the Lord, 
Pfal.ay 4, And out of Sion, which is the perfeftion of beauty, hath God fhined, 
Ffal.tc. 2, All other creatures are fair, I confefs, and many other obje&s 
do much enamour us, a fair houfe, a fair horfe, a comely perfon. *1 am 
amazed, faith Auflin, when / look up to Heaven, and behold the beauty of the 
Stars, the beauty of Angels, Principalities, Powers,who can exprefs it f who can 
fufficiently commend, or fet out this beauty which appears in us < fofair a body, 
fofair a face, eyes, nefe, cheeks, chin, brows, aUfair and lovely to behold, be* 
fides the beauty of the foul,which cannot be difeerned, if we fo labour, and be fo 
1 much affe&ed with the comlinejfe of creatures, how Jiouldwee bee ravijhed with 
that admirable lufire of Cod himfclf f If ordinary beauty have fuch a pre- 
‘ rogative and power, and what is amiable arid fair, to draw the eyes and 
1 ears, hearts and affedions of all fpe&atours unto it, tomove, win, entice, 
allure-• how (hall this divine form raviih our fouls, which is the foun- 
tain and quinteflcnce of all beauty e caium pulchrum, fed pulchrior call 
fabricator 5 if Heaven bee fo fair, the Sun fofair, how much fairer (hall 
h Dais boms, 
jufltts, pulcher, 
juxta Tlato- 
nem. 
i Miror & flu- 
pen cum coelum 
atyicio & ful- 
cheitndinm fy~ 
derm, angelo' 
mn,&c. £t 
quis digne lau- 
det quod in. no- 
bis viget, cor- 
pus tam pul- 
chrum, frontem 
pulchram, na- 
tes, genas, ocu- 
los, intellectum, 
omnia"pulchra 
Gfsc in creatu- 
ris laboramus, 
quid in ipfo 
Deo ? 
hec bee that made them tair < For by thegreatnejs And beauty of the creatures, 
proportionally the maker of them is feen, If there bee filch plca- 
fore in beholding a beautifull perfon alone, and as a plaufiblc 
fo much afie& us, what ihall this beauty of God himfclf, that is infi- 
nitely fairer than all creatures, men, angels i See, f omnis pulchritudo fie* 
rum, hominum, angelorum, & rerum omnium pulcherrimarum ad Dei pulchri' 
tudinem coll at a, nox eB & tenebra, all other beauties arc night it felf,mccr 
darknefs, to this our inexplicable, incoroprchenfible, unfpeakable,etcrnal, 
infinite, admirable and divine beauty. 
This luftre, pulchritudo omnium pulcherrima. This beauty and k fplen* 
dor of the divine CMajeßy, is it that draws all creatures to it, to feck it, 
love, admire, and adore it 5 and thofe Heathens, Pagans, Philofophers* 
out of thofe reliques they have yet left of Gods Image,are fo far forth 
incenfed, as not only to acknowledge a God $ hut, though after thek 
own inventions, to ftand in admiration of his bounty, goodnefs,to adofe 
andfeekhim; the magnificence and ftru&urc of the world it felf, and 
f Vrexcftus 
NieeU%.e. H* 
* Fulger divina 
manatis, Aug, 
1 In'Pfil. £4. 
M'fit ad nos £- 
filial as & to- 
tam fcriptuum, 
quibus nobis fa- 
ceret amandi 
defiderium. 
mEpifl 48X4. 
jdiiideft tot a 
[cripturn nif 
ep/Jlela »mnpo- 
tetuis Dei ati 
creaturam fa- 
am ? 
beauty of all his creatures, his goodnefs, providence, prote&ioo, infer* 
cecb them to love him, feek him, fear him, though a wrong way to a* 
dorc him: but for us that are Chriftians,Regcnerate,that are his Adopted 
Tons, Illuminated by his Word, having the eyes of our hearts and ufl' 
dcrftandings opened 5 how fairly doth hce offer and expofe himfelf * At»' 
hit ms Dm {Austin faith) donis & forma fud,hee wooes us by his bead' 
ty, gifts, promifcs, to come unto him 5 \The whole Scripture is a not 
an exhonationy a love-letter to this parpofe, to incite us, and invite us, 
Cods JEpiflle^as Gregory calls it, to bis creatures. Hee fets out his Son and 
his Church in that Epithalamium, or myftical Seng of Solomon, to eDarn? 
us the more, comparing his head to fine gold, his locks curled, and bUt* # P^tj-Scd^. 
That it is a diftinff Species, 
Merab.i. Subfix. 
a , Cant, his eyes like doves on rivers of wafted rvitkmdk^ 
his lippes m lifties , drepingJown pure juyce 5 his hands as rings o'gold fet 
with chryfthte : and his Chur eh to a vineyard, a garden indofed > A fountain 
of living waters, an orchard of Pomegranates, with frveet fents of 
calamns and cinamon, and ad the trees of incenfe, at the chief ft ic cs51 he fair- 
eft amongfl women, no fpot in her, n his fifter, his Spoufe , undefiled, the only 
daughter of her mother , dear unto her, fair as the Moon, pure as the 
Sun5 looking out as the morning-. That by thefc figures., that ghfs , 
thefe fpiritual eyes of contemplation 5 wee might perceive fome refern- 
blance of his beauty, the love betwixt his Church and him. And 
fo in the 45. Pfalm, this beauty of his Church is compared to a 
£ueen in a vefture of gold of Ophir , embroidered raiment of needle-werke , 
that the King might takepleajure in her beauty, ] o incenfe US further yet 9 
* ffohn in his Apoealypfe, makes a defeription of that heavenly fperu- ■ 
falem , the beauty of it , and in it the maker of it 5 Likening it to a city 
of pure gold, Like unto clear glafs , jhinihg andgarnifhed with all manner of 
pretious ft ones, having no need of Sun or CM oon: for the Lamb is the light 
of it, the glory of God doth illuminate it: to givens to under ft and them- 
finite glory, beauty and happinefs of it. Not that it is no fairer than thefe 
creatures to which it is compared y but that this vifion of his , this luftre 
of his divine otherwife bee exprefled to our apprehenfions, 
no tongue can ted , no heart can conceive it, as Paul faith. Mofes himfelf, 
JExod, 33. 18. when hce defined to fee God in his glory, was anfiwer- 
cd, that hee might not endure it, no man could fee his face and live. 
Senfibileforte deftruit fenfum, a ftrong objed overcomcth the fight , ac- 
cording to that axiome in Philofophy; fulgorem foils ferre non potes, 
multo magis creatoris: if thou canft not endure the Sun beams 3 how canft 
thou endure that fulgor and brightnefs of him that made the Sun < The 
Sun it fielf, and all that wee can imagine, arc bur ihadowes of it, as vifto 
*Cnf, 6. #. 
ii» xj. 
pracellens, as ? Aufiin calls it, the quinteffence of beauty this, which 
far exceeds the beauty of Heavens, Sun and Moon , Stars, Angels, gola 
and (liver, woods, fair fields, and whatfoever is pleaf ant to beheld, All 
thofe other beauties fail > vary, are fubjed to corruption, to loathing 3 
1 But this is an immortal vifion , a divine beautj, an immortal love, an in- 
defatigable love and beautj, with fight of which wee (hall never bee tired a 
nor wearied, but ftill the more wee fee the more wee (hall covet him, 
eras one faith, where this vtfion is, there is abfolute beautj 3 and when 
is that beautj, from the fame fountain comes all pleaftre and happinefs •, neither 
can beautj, pleaf ure, happinefs, bee Separated from his vtfion or fight, or bis 
Vifion from beautj, pleafure, happinefs, In this life wee have but a 
glimpfe of this beauty and happinefs: wee (hall hereafter, as pfohu faith, 
him as hep is: thine eyes, as jfaj promifeth, chap. S3- ver- 17 ‘ 
pad behold the King in his then (hall wee bee perfe<sUy inamour- 
have a full fruition of it, defire 5 ' behold and love him alone as 
the moft amiable and faireft objed, or fummum bonum oor chiefeft 
9 flti'Vfal. Sf. 
I Omnes pulchri* 
tudiiirs tene• 
I nat,auri, argen- 
. ti, nmovum& 
* camporum, 
pulchritudinem 
> Solis & Luaa% 
fleUamm, om- 
• ni a pulchra. 
' pipera*s. 
, f immartslis 
h<ee vifaim- 
mortalr amor, 
, indeftfus amor 
dr vipo. 
(oferius 
cunquepd fin dr 
pulchritudo di- 
vini ajpefifts, 
ibi voluptas ex 
' eedetn fonte 
omnifque boa* 
titudo, nec ab 
ejus afpeffu 
voluptas,nee ab 
illa voluptate 
.^s likewife dhould wee now have done, had not our will been 
rruptcd • and as vvcc are enioyned to love God with all our ,an Memb.i. Subf. 1. 
Part 3. Se<sb. 4. 
Religious- tMelancholy. 
all our foul: for to that end were we born , to love this objed , as 
B Melantfhon difeourfeth , and to enjoy it. Cand him our wiU would hsve 
loved andfought alone as our fummuen bonum ,or principal good and aU 
other good things for Gods fake: and nature as jhe proceeded from it , would 
have fought this fountain $ hut in this infirmity of humane nature this order 
is difiurhed, our love is corrupt: and a man is like that monfter in * Platoy 
compofed of a Scylla, a lion > and a man 5 we are carried away headlong 
with the torrent of our affedions: the world 5 and that infinite variety 
of pleafing objeds in it , do fo allure and inamour us, that we cannot io 
much as look towards God, feek him, or think on him as wee ftiould; wee 
cannot faith Anfiin , Rempub. coeleftem cogitare, wee cannot contain out 
felves from them, their fweetaefs is fo pleafing to us. Marriage, faith 
r G uniter, detains many, a thing in it/elflaudable , good andnecffiary, 
but many deceived and carried amy with the blind love if it, have quite laid a* 
fide the love of God , and defire of his glory. Meat and drink hath overcome 4* 
many , whi left they rather firive to pleaje, fatis fie their guts and belly, than U) 
ferve God and nature. Some arc fo bufied about mcrchandife to get mo- 
ny, they lofe their own fouls, whiles covetoufly carried , ana with afl 
unCatiable defire of gain, they forget God $ as much wee may fay of ho- 
nour, league*, friendfliips, health, wealth, and all other profits or plea- 
furcsinthis lifewhatfoever. *ln this world there bet fo many beautiful oh* 
jiffs, jp It tutors and hrightmfs of gold, majefiy of glory, apj. lance of friends, 
fair promtfes, [mooth words, victories , triumphs , andfuch an infinite com* 
party of pleafing beauties to a Pure us, and draw as from €ed, that wee cannot 
look after him. And this is it which Chrift himfelf, thofe Prophets 
and Apoftles fo much thundered againft, Iff ohn. 2. 15. dchort uS 
from 5 Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world: if any man 
love the world, the love of the father is is notin him, 16. For all that is tn thi 
World, as lufi of the fiejh, the lufi of the eyes, and pride of life, is not of the Pa* 
ther, but of the world: and the worldpafjeth away and the lufi thereof \ but het 
.■ that fulfilleth thewtU of God abideth for ever, Neman, faith ©ur Saviour > 
can ferve two mafiers, but hee mufi love the one and bate the other, &c, bonos 
vel malos mores, boni vel mali faciunt amores, Anfiin well infers .* and 
■ this is that which all the fathers inculcate. Hee cannot f:* Anfiin admo- 
nifheth ) bee Gods friend, that is delighted with the pleafures of thi 
world: make clean thine heart, purifie thine heart, if thou wilt fee this beauty, 
prepare thy [elffor it. It is the eye of contemplation by which wee muit behold 
it, the wing cf meditation which lifts us up and rears our fouls with the motion 
of our hearts, and fweetnefs of contemplation: fo faith Gregory cited by 
b Bonaventure, And asc Philo fudaut feconds him, Hee thatloves Cod, will 
foar aloft and tahe him wings 5 and leaving the earth fiye up to Heaven, wan* 
- der with Sun and CMoen, Stars,, and that heavenly troop> Hod himfelf 
“ being his guide, If wee defire to fee him, wee muft lay afide all vain ob- 
je&s, which detain us and dazel our eyes, and as d F towns advifeth 
us, get ws foUr eyes , (feffacles as they that look on the Sun : to fee this S' 
vine beauty, lay afide all material objects, all fenfe, and then thou fhaltfee hint 
« Lib.de anima. 
Ad hoc object» 1 
urn amandum A < 
&fruendum 
nati fumus j & 
hifiic ex feti fiet, 
unicum hunca- 
maffet humana 
velant as, ut 
fimmum bo- 
num, & eme- 
ras res omnes 
eo ordine. 
* 9. de 7{epub,. 
y Eom. 9. ia 
efifi. Jehannis 
cap. i. Multes 
conjugium de- 
cepit,res ali equi ■ 
faluturis &ne- 
eejfaria,eo quod 
caco ejus amore 
decepti, divini 
amoris & glo- 
ria (ludium in 
miverfum ab- _ 
jecerunt j pluri- 
mos cibus & 
potus perdit. 
* Jn munde 
jplendor opum, 
gloria maje- 
fias, amiciti- 
arumprafdia, 
verborum blan- 
ditia, volup- 
tatum omnis 
generis illece- 
bra, viftoria, 
triumphi & in 
finita alia ab a- 
more dei nes 
abjirahmt, &c. 
* InVfal. 31. 
Vei amicus effe 
npn pote fi qui 
nmidi (ludiis 
(teletiaw, ut 
r hanefermam 
vi Aras, munda 
cor, feretu 
cdr,&c. 
V Contempla- 
tignis pluma 
eos fuhlevxt, 
atque inde eri- 
gimur intentio- 
tu co disidut- 
cediru conum-, 
piationis, di- 
JlinH. 6 . de 7. 
Itineribus. 
cLib. deviCli- 
mU:Amans Deum, fab limi a petit, fumptis alii &in ceelwnrcfit valat, rtli fia terra , cupidus aberrandi em foie, 
nisfietlarumqiie facra militia,ipfo Dea duce.d In cam. Flat. cap. -j.ut Salem videar oculis, fieri debes [elafis; ut divi**** 
Amicias pulchritudinem, demitte materiam, dmifte feafuw, & Deum qualis Iit videbit. P art 3.5^4. 
Caufes of Religious - Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Subi. 
** he is. Thou covetous wretch , asc Aufiin expoftubtes, Why do ft thou 
fi and gaping on this drofs , muck-hi Is 5 filthy excrements ? beholdsfar fair cr 
oh]eEi , Qcd himfelf wooes thee $ behold him , enjoy him ■, hee is fick for love, 
m ant, 5. Hee invites thee to his fight, to come into his fair Garden, to 
eat and drink with him , to bee merry with him , to enjoy his prefence 
for ever, f Wifdome cryes out in the directs, befides the gates, in the 
top of high places, before the City» at the entry of the door, and bids 
them give car to her inftruftion, which is better than gold or precious 
ftoncs 5 no plcafures can bee compared to it; leave all then and follow 
her, vos exhortor b amici & obfeew. Inf Ftcinus words, I exhort and be. 
feech you., that you would embrace ard follow this divine love with aUyeur 
hearts and abilities, by all offices and endeavours make this fo loving God pro- 
pitious unto you. For whom alone faith s Plotinus, wee mufi: for fake the King- 
e Avar?j qu'd 
1 inhias his. &c. 
1 pulchri hr cfl qui 
, te ambit ipfum 
vifur its3 ipfum 
' habiturus. 
f Vrev. 8. 
r Cap 18. Rom. 
' Am or cm kmc 
: divinum tods 
viribus awpUx- 
amini-.Dcum 
vobis omni eff- 
c inrum gcncrc 
P] opitium faci- 
te. 
domes and Empires of the whole earthy Sea, Lanei, and Ait) if wee defire tohee 
ingrafted into him, leave all and follow him.t 
Now forasmuch as this love of God, is an habit infufid of God, as 
f Thomas holds, 1.2. qu*fi. 23. by which a man is mlimdto love God above 
aU, and his neighbour as himfelf, Wee muft pray to God tfyit hee w|j 0* 
pen our eyes, make clear our hearts, that wee may bee capable of his glo- 
rious rayes, and perform thofe dudes that hee requires of us, Deut. 6. 
and fef 23. To love Cod above all, and our neighbour as our felf, to keep 
his commandments. In thk wee know9 faith fohn, c. 2. wee love the chil- 
dren of God, when wee love. God and keep his commandments, This is the love 
if God that wee keep his hee that loveth hot, knoweth not God, 
for God is love, tap 4. 8. and hee that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God. and 
’ D Cup.J' df> 
pulchri tud/nc 
n-gn.t et imperu 
totius terra: 
maris & C(g/i 
opart cl abjicere 
p ad ippm con- 
vet fits ytlis in- 
fen. 
h Habitus a Deo 
infuf/Siper 
qum inclina- 
tur hmo ad di- 
ligendum Deum 
fuper omnia. 
Cod in him , for love prefuppofeth knowledge, faith, hope* and unites ss 
to God bimfclf* as ' Leon Hebrews defivereth unto us, and is accom- 
panied with the fear of God, humility, meeknefs, patience* all chofe vir- 
tues , and charity it IcJf. For if wee love God * wee-foall love our neigh- 
bour , and perform the duties which are required at our hands.* to 
Vvhich wee arc exhorted, i Cor.tf.+j.Efhef.q.Colof.i.Jtom.ii, Wee fhall 
not bee envious or puffed up, or boaft, clifdain, think evil,. or bee provo- 
ked to anger, but faff er all; things; Endeavour to hef the unity of the Spi- 
rit in the bond of peace. Forjacar one another, forgive one another, cloath 
the naked* vifit the fide* and perform all thofe works of mercy , which 
k Clemens Alexandrinus cals amoris & amiciti* mpletionm & extenfionenh 
the extent and complement of Love * and that not for fear or worthy 
refpe&s, ,bot ordim ad Dcum, forthe love of God himfelf* This wee 
mall do if wee Bee truly enamoured * but wee come fhort in both, wee 
love God nor our neighbour as wee ihould. Our love in fpiritu* 
f things is too1 defective, in worldly things too exeefive, there is * W™** ' 
Wee love the world too much v God too lit tie • our neighbour not 
at all, or for our own ends. 
'Dia/, i.Omni a 
CQllveyfif AlflQY 
tit ipfius pulchri 
natatam. 
k Stromatum 
lib. i. 
Grccnhm. 
Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat. 
r c£,ef thing wee rcfpe& is our commodity: and what wee do is for 
fn f puni(hmentfor vain-glory, praife ol men, hfinor, an 
‘Uch by-refpe&s nor for Gods fake Wee neither know God aright, • -! ;J 
Memb.i. Subf. i. 
Part 3. Scft. 4. 
ii chgiom- {JMdanchol'j, 
nor feek, love, or worlhip him as wee IJiould. And for thefe defeds, wee 
involve oar felvcs into a multitude of errours, wee fwerve from this true 
love and vor {hip otGod: which is a caufc unto us of unfpeakable mi- 
feries* running into both extremes, wee become fools, madmen, without 
fenfc , as now in the next place I will fhew you. 
The parties affe&ed are innumerable almoft, and fcattered over the 
face of the earth , far and neer, and fo have been in all precedent ages, 
from the beginning of the world to thefe times, of all forts and conditi- 
ons. For methods fake I will reduce them to a twofold divifiofi, accor- 
ding to thofe two extr ernes of Excefs and Defetf, Impiety and Super- 
ftition, Idolatry and Athcifm. Not tfiat there is any excefs of divine 
worihip or love of God* that cannot bee, wee cannot love God too much, 
or do our duty as wee ought , as Papifts hold , or have any perfection in 
this life, much lefs fupererogatc * when wee have all done, wee are unpro- 
fitable fervants. But becaufc wee do aliud agere, arc zealous without 
knowledge, and too folicitous about that which is not neceftary, bu- 
fying our felvcs about impertinent, needlefs, idle, and vain cercraonlts, 
populo ut placerent, as the Jews did about facrifices, oblations, offerings, 
incenfe, new Moons , feafts, &C. but as I fay taxeth them I, 12, Who 
required this at four hands? Wee have too great opinion of OUT own 
worth, that wee can fatis fie the Law 5 and do more than is required 
at oar hands, by performing thofe Evangelical Counfcls, and fuch 
works of fupererogation, merit for others, which EoHamine, Gregory 
de Valentia, all their jefuitcs and champions defend, that if God 
fhould deal in rigour with them , fomeof their Franctfcam andjtow- 
KHAns are fo pure, that nothing could bceobjcAed to them. Some 
of us again are too dear, as wee think, more divine and fan&ified than 
others, of a better metal, greater gifts , and with that proud 
‘Tharifee 9 contemn others in refped of our fclves, wee are better 
Ghriftians, better learned, choice fpirits, infpired, know more, 
have fpccial revelation, perceive Gods {carets, and thereupon pre- 
fume , fay and do many times which is not fitting to bee faid or 
done. Of this number are all fupcrftitious Idolaters, Ethnicks, Ma- 
hometans, Jews, Hcretiques,m Enthufiafts, Divihators, prophets, Sefta- 
rics, and Scifmatiques. Zanchius reduceth fuch infidels to four chief 
feels v but I will infift and follow mine own intended method; all which, 
with many other curious perfons. Monks, Hcrcimts, &c. may bee ranged 
in this extreme, and fight under this fupcrftitious banner, with thofe 
rude Idiots, and infinite fwarms of people that are fcduced by them. In 
the other extreme or in defcdl , march thofe impious Epicures , Liber- 
tines, Atheifts, Hypbcritcs,lnfidels,worldly3fecure, impenitent, unthank- 
ful, and carnal-minded men, that attribute all to natural caufes, that will 
acknowledge no fupremc power 5 that have cauterized confdences, oir 
live in a reprobate fenfe .• or fuch defperate perfons as are too diftruft- 
ful of his mercies. Of thefe there bee many fubdivifions, divers degrees 
of raadnefs and folly, fomc more than other, as fhall bee fhewed in the 
Symptomes .* And yet all raiferably out, perplexed, doting, and befides 
. themfelves for religions fake. * For as “ ZanchyyjtW diftingmlhed, and all 
the world knows, Religion is twofold, true orfalfc 5 Fallc is that vain 
tnDe prim 
pr<eCcp:o. 
n De rcßg. I. a. 
thef i. 3» Sedt.4. 
Parties affected. 
Mcmb.i,Subl.i. 
fuperftition of Idolaters, fuch as were of old, Greeks, Romans, prefent 
Mahometans, Sic» Timorem deorum inanem, 0 TuHj could term it sor as 
Zanchy defines it, Übi falfi dii> aut falfo cultu colitur Deus, when falle 
gods, or that God is falfely worfhipped, And ’tisa rateable plague, 
° t. Denat.det■ 
rm. 
3 torture of the Soul, ameer madnefs, R eligi of a infanta, pMeteran 
» cals it.,* or infa»us error as * Seneca, a francick errors or as Auftin} Infants 
animi morbus, a furious difeafe of the Soul 5 infanta omnium infanijuma, 
a quinteftenfee of madnefs *, f for hee chat is faperfticious, can never bee 
cjuict. ’Tis proper to man alone, uni fuperbta *, avaritia, f aperJl faith 
rlindib. 7. cap. 1. atq-, etiam poft favit de futuro, which wrings his foul for 
the prefent, and to come: the greareft miferie belongs to mankind., a 
beip.etualfervitude, aflavery, *Ex timore timor y an heavie yoak, the 
feal of damnation , an intolerable burthen. They that arcfuperftitioUs, 
are ftill fearing, fufpe&ing, vexing chemfdves with auguries, prodigies, 
p Hip. Be/gie. 
lib. 8 
1 Superfiitio 
error infartus 
e[t. cp ft. ii j. 
f Nam qiti/ft- 
perfthim im- 
6wm eft, quie- 
tus ejje nan- 
quam potejl. 
1 Greg. 
, . C/ * i W S W V/ /4 V 1 ' 
falfe“tales , dreams, idle, vain works, unprofitable labours ,as 1 Boterus 
obferves, cur a mentis anctpite verfantur: Enemies to God and to them- 
felves. In a word 5 as Seneca concludes , Religio Deum colit, fttperflitig 
de fruit, fuperftition dcftroyes, but true Religion honours God. True 
Religion , ubi verus Deus ver} Colttur, where the true God is truely 
is the way to Heaven, the mother of all vertues. Love, 
Fear, Devotion , Obedience, Knowledge , &c. It rears the dejc&ed 
Soul of mah , and aniidß fo many cares, miferies, perfections, which 
this world affords , it is a foie eafe, an unfpeakablc comfort t afweec 
fepofal, {fugumfuave, & leve, alight yoak, an anchor, and an Haven, 
it addes courage, boldaefs, and begets generous fpirics; although 
tyrants rage 5 pctfccute, and thatbloudy Littor or Serjeant bee ready 
to martyr them , autlita, aut morere , ( asinthofe persecutions of the 
primitive Church, it was put in pra&ife 5 as you may read in Eufebius 
and others) though enemies bee now ready to invade, and all in an up- 
1 Petit Hi, t 
eaP-13. 
roar 1 Sifrattus illabatur orbis, impavidos ferient ruina, though heaven 
(hould fall on his head,h£e would not bee difmaid. But as a good Chrifti- 
an prince once made anfwer to a menacing Tark, facile [celerata hominum 
.arma contemnit , qui dei praftdtd tutus eli: Or as “ Phalaru writ to Alex- 
ander in a wrong caufe, hee nor any other cnemie could terrific him, for 
that hee trufted in God. Si Deus nobtfcum, quis contra nos iln all cala* 
unities , perfecutioris whatfoever, as David did, a Sam, a* ai. hee will 
Jog with him, The Lord is my rock, my fortrefje, my firength, my re* 
'tor. 
“ tyifli Phalar. 
fu£e> the tower and horn of my falvation, (Jv. In aU troubles andadver* 
fitteS y T.jiL God is my hope and help > (lid ready to bee found, iwd 
wot therefore fear y &c, ’tis a fear expelling fear •, hee hath peace of con* 
and is full of hope, which is ( faith x Antii» ) vita vita mor- 
the life of this our mortallife, hope of immortality, the foie 
comfort of our mifcry ; othcrwife as Paul faith, wee of all others were 
»/a ?fal. j. 
v»oU metckd, but this makes us happy 5 counterpoifing our hearts in 
ail mifcrie fupcrftition torments , and is from the Devil, the author 
!cs's but this is from God himfclf, as Lucian chat AntmhUn Pncft 
his divine con Fe (Hon in y Eufebiusy Author nobis de Deo Deus eft, God 
15 *be author of our Religion himfelf, his word is our rule , a lanthorn 
t9us> dieted by the holy Ghpil, hee playes upon our hearts aslo 
y Lib, Sip, 6* Part 3<Scs. 4. 
Religious- CM elancholy. 
Mcmb. i# Subf.r. 
many harp-ftrings,and wee are his Temples, hee dwelieth in us, and wee 
in him. 
The part affe&ed of fuperftition, is the bpain, heart, will, under- 
{landing, foul it felf, and all the faculties of it, totum compofnum, all 
is mad, and dotes: Now for the extent, as I fay, the world it felf is the 
fubje& of it, ( to omit that grand fin of Atheiftn) all times have 
been mifaffe&cd, paft, prefent, There is not one that doth good, nonet one, 
from the Prophet to she Priefi, &c\ A lamentable thing it is to confider, 
how many myriads of men this Idolatry and Superftition {for that com- 
prehends all) hath infatuated in all ages, befottedby this blinde zeal* 
which is Religions Ape, Religions Baftard, Religions ihadow, falfc 
glafs. For vmere God hath a Templel, the Devil will have a chapel s 
\vhcre God hath facrifices, the Devil will have his oblations -, where 
God hath ceremonies, the Devil will have his traditions 5 where there 
is any Religion, the Devil will plant fuperftition * and *tis a pitiful fight to 
behold and read, what tortures, miferics it hath procured* what 
{laughter of fouls it hath made, how it rageth amongft chofcold Per* 
funs, Syrians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Tufcans, Gauls, Germains, Bri<- 
tains, &c, Britannia]am hodie celebrat tam attonite, faith * Pliny, tantis 
ceremoniis (fpcaking of Superftitioa) ut dedife perfis videri pofit, The 
Britains are fo ftupendly fuperftitious in their ceremonies* that they go 
beyond thofc Perfians, He that ftiall but read in alone, thbfe 
Gods, Temples, Altars,ldols,Statues,fo curioufly made,with Cuch infinite 
coft and charge, amongft thofeold Greeks, fuch multitudes of item* and 
cap• 
f Lib.6, deferip- 
Orsc.Nulla eft 
via qua non in- 
mto-eris idolis 
eft referta. 
Tantum tunc _ 
temporis in mi- 
ferrimos morta- 
les potentia & 
crudelis Tyran- 
nidis Satan ex- 
tr cult. 
frequent varieties, as f Gerbelius truly obfervcs, may ftand amazed, 
and never enough wonder at it 5 and thank God withall, that by the 
light of the Golpel, wee are fo happily freed from that flavifij Idolatry 
in thefc our days. But heretofore almoft in all Countreys, in all places* 
fuperftition hath blinded the hearts of men: In all ages* what a froaU 
portion hath the true Church ever been / 
Divifum imperium eum 'fove Damon habetl 
The Patriarchs and their families, the Ifraelites , a handful in refpcs> 
Ckrifi and his A pottles, and not all of them neither. Into what (freights 
hath it been compinged, a little flock / how hath ftiperttition on the 
other fide dilated her felf, errour , ignorance, barbarifm, folly, mad*' 
nefs, deceived, triumphed, and infulted over the moft wife, diferect 
and undemanding men i Philofophers, Dynaftes, Monarch*, all were 
involved and over-ftiadowed in this mitt, in more than Cimmerian dark- 
nefs, * \Adeo ignara fuperfiitiomentes hominum depravat, & nonnunquanf 
faf tentum animos tranfverfos agit. At this prefent, quota pars 1 HovV 
(mall a part is truly Religious J How little in refped? Divide the 
World into fix parts, and one, or not fo much, is Chrifiians $ Idolaters 
and Mahometans pottefs almoft Apa, Africk, kA meric a, MagetLaniea* 
The Kings of China, great Cham, Siam, and Bornaye, Pegu, T>tcm, Naf0’ 
finga, tfafan, &c, are Gentiles, Idolaters, and many other petty Princes 
in tAfia, Uonomnopa, Congo, and I know not how many Negr 0 Princes 
in Africk, Terra kAupraise incognita, moft of America Pagans, differ- 
ing all in their fcvcral ifupcrftitions 5 and yet all Idolaters, The #*' 
* Alex, ab Alex. 
ttb.6Mp.t6, * IJart 5. Sect. 4. 
Parties affefled. 
Memb. 1. Snbf. 1. 
hornet ans extend them (elves over the Great Turks dominions in Europe, 
Africk, Afta, to the Xertffes in Barbary, and his Territories in Fez, Sus, 
Morocco, See. The Tartar, the great Moger, the Sophy of Perfia, with 
moft df their dominions and fubjedb, -are at this day Mahometans, See 
how the Devil ragerti: Thofe at oddes, or differing among themfelves, 
fome for a Alii, feme for Enbocar, for Ac mar, and Qzdmen, thofe four 
Dodors, CFlahomets fucce (Tors,and are fubdivided into ,72 infer lour feds, 
as b Leo A fer reports. The Jews, as a company of vagabonds, are Mat- 
tered over all parts; whofe ftory, prefent eftate, progrefs from time 
to time, is fully fet down by * M. Thomas ffac\[on Dodor of Divinity, 
In his Comment on the Creed. A fifth part of the world, and hardly that, 
nowprofefteth CHRIST, but fo inlarded and interlaced with feveral 
i •purch.ts Pil- 
grim. lib, i. c.z, 
b Lib. 3. 
* i Fart. fee. j. 
lib. 1. cap. & 
deinceps. 
fuperftitions, that there is fcarce a found part to be found, or any agree- 
ment amongft them, Presbyter Jpohn in Africk, Lord of thofe Abyfines, 
or Ethiopians, is by his profeftion a Chriflim, but fo different from us, 
with fuch new abfurdicies and ceremonies, fuch liberty, fuch a mixture 
©f Idolatry and Paganifm, c that they keep little more than a bare tide 
Of Chriftianity. They fuffer Polygamic, Circu-mcifion, ftupend fa- 
ilings, divorce as they will themfelves, &c. and as the Papifts call on 
the Virgin Mary, fo do they on Thomas Didymus before Chrift. d The 
Greeks, or Eaftern Church, ds rent from this of the Weft; and as they 
have four chief Patriarchs, fo have they four fubdivifions, befides 
thofe Nefiorians, ffacobines, Syrians, Armenians, Georgians, &c, feattered 
over Afta minor, Syria, Egypt, Sec, Greece, VaUchut; Circafia, Bulgary, 
jjofnia, Albania, Illyricum, Slavonia, Croatia, Thrace, Servia, Rafcia, and 
tTnelmamtes: 
Maginui. 
Bredmbachius. 
Fr. Alvarcfius 
ltin.de Abyfims 
Hcrbis folim 
vefeuntur vo- 
tarii, aquis 
mento tenus 
dormiunt, &c. 
d Bredenbachius 
Jod a Mcggen, 
a fprinkiing amongft the Tartars, The Kaftans, Mufcovites, and moft 
of that great Dukes fubjeds, are part of the Greek Church $ and ftill 
Chnftians .* but as cone faith, temporis fuceejfu multas illi addiderunt fu~ 
perditiones, In procefs of time they have added fo many fupcrftitions, 
they be rather femi-Chriftians, than otherwife. That which remains, 
is the Weftern Church with us in Europe, but fo ccclipfed with feveral 
fchifms, herefies and fupcrftitions, that one knows not where to finde 
it. The Papifts have Italy, Spain, Savoy, part of Germany, France, Poland, 
and a fprinkling in the reft of Europe, In America they hold all that 
which Spaniards inhabit, Htfpania nova, Cafieda Aurea, Peru, &c. In the 
FLifi Indies, the Philippine, fomc (mail holds about Goa, Malacba, Zelanf 
Or mug, &c, which the Portugal got not long fince, and thofe land-leaping 
e See Paffevi- 
Htis Herbafcinf 
Mag fi. d. Flet' 
chcr, Jovius, 
tiaciuit, Fur- 
chas, &c. 
of their eu'cruri 
Jemits have allayed in China, as appears by their yearly letters? 
in Afrtck they have Melinda, Momhaze, &c, and fome few 
rowiis3 they drive out one fuperftition with another. Poland is a recep- 
of all Religions, where Samo Secmiansj Thotinians (now pio- 
leaed in Tranfilvama and Poland) Amans} Anahaptifts, are t0 bee 
tound, as Well as in Come German Cities. Scandia is Chriftian, but as 
1 . **m*nus A-Cjoes the Portugal Knight complains, fo mixt with Ma- 
PIC s^agan Rites and Ceremonies, they may be as well counted Ido- 
ers; what Tacitus formerly laid of a like Nation, is verified in them, 
People fubjeff to (merflition. contrary to Religion, And fome or them, 
jjt out La and the PiLmans, the Devils poffeflion to this day, 
lJcra hac gsns mine* Author) Satana hatfennspo\jefiio9 v 
f Deplorat. 
Gentis Lap. 
f Gens fuperfiia 
tiou-l o' noxia t 
Religionibus 
adverfa. 
* BdjJardus de 
Plagia. latra 
feptiffmm aut 
iionim a baptif- 
rm dim meri- 
uatur. Hin-ufit* 
&c. Parc.3.Sedt.4.. 
Religious-Melancholy. 
Mcmb.i.Subi'.* 
quod maxime mirandum & delendum, and which is to be admired and 
pitied, if any of them be baptized, which the Kings of Sweden much 
labour, they dye within (even or nine days after 5 and for that caufe, they 
will hardly be brought to Christianity, but worihip ftill the Devil? 
who daily appears to them. In their Idolatrous courfes, Gaudentibus 
diis patriis, quos religiofe celunt, &c, Yet are they very fuperftitious? 
like our wilde Irish : Though they of the better note, the Kings of Den- 
mark and Sweden themfclves, that govern them, be Lutherans 5 The 
remnant are Calvinifis, Lutherans, in Germany equally mixt.* And yet 
the Emperour himlelf, Dukes of Lorain, Bavaria, and the Princes 
Electors, are moft part profeSTed Papifts. , ■ And though fome part of 
JFranee and Ireland, Great Britain , half the Cantons in Switzerland, 
and the Low-Countreys be Calvini(ls, more defecate than the reft, yet 
at oddes amongft themfelves, not free from fuperftition. And which 
* Broehard the Monk, in his defeription of the Holy Land, after he had 
ccnfured the Greek Church, and Shewed their errours, concluded at 
* CdpJe Inco- 
lis terr* fan&a. 
laft. Fax it Deus ne Latinis multa irrepferint fiultitia, I fay, God grant 
there be no fopperies in our Church. As a damme of water ftopt in one 
place* breaks out into another, fo doth fuperftition. I fay nothing of 
Anabaptijis , Socinians , Brorvmjls, Barrowifts, Familifis, &c, There 
is fuperftition in our prayers, often in our hearing of Sermons, bitter 
contentions, inve&ives, perfections, ftrange conceits, befides di- 
versity of opinions, fchifmes? fa&ions, &c. Bat as the Lord (Job 42« 
cap, 7. 5.) faid to Eliphaz, the Temanite, and his two friends, his 
wrath was kindled againfi them, for they had net fpeken of him things that 
were right, wc may juftly of thefc Schifmatiques, and Hereciques, 
how wife foeverin their own conceits* non retie loquuntur de Dee, they 
fpeak not, they think not, they write not well of God, and as they 
ought. And therefore , Quid qaafo mi Dorpi, as Erafmus concludes 
to Derpius, hi fee Theologis faciamus, aut quid preceris, nift forte fide lent 
medicum, qui cerebro medeatur? What Shall we wiSh them, but fan am 
mentem, and a good Phyficianf But more of their differences, para- 
doxes, opinions, mad pranks, in the Symptomes •• I now haften to the 
caufes. 
Sub sect. 2. 
Caufes of Religious-Melancholy, From the Devil by miracles, apparitions, 
oracles. His inflruments or factors , Politicians , Priejls, Importers, 
Uereticks, hlinde guides, In them fimplicity, fear, blinde zeal. 
Ignorance, (olitarinefs, curie fity, pride, vain-glory , pre- 
emption, c. His engins, fa fling, folitartnefs, 
hope, fear, &c* 
SB arc taught in holy Scripture, that the Devil rangeth abroad 
like a rowing Lyon% (tillfee king whom hee may devour: and as & 
feveral fhapes, fo by feveral engines and devices, hee goerh r 
bout to feduce us 5 fometimes hee transforms himfelf info 
an Angel of light y and is fo cunning, that hee is able, if it were po$blCj  5, Sea.4. 
Caufes of Religious Melancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf.a. 
to deceive the very Eicdf. Hee will bee worlhipped as5 God himfetf, 
andisfo adored by the Heathen, and efteemed. And in imitation of 
that divine power, as b Eufebius obferves, Ho abufe or emulate Gods 
glory, as Vandims adds, bee will have all homage , Sacrifices, obla- 
tions, and whatfoever elfc belongs to the worlhip cf God , to bee done 
likewifeunto him, fimtlis erlt alnfimo, and by this means infatuates the 
world, deludes, entraps, and dellroies many a choufand louls. Some- 
times by dreams, vifions (as God to CMofesby familiar conference ) 
the Devil in fevcralfhapes talks with them: in the * Indies it is com- 
mon, and in nothing fo familiar as apparitions, inspirations, o- 
rades, by terrifying them with falfe prodigies, counterfeit miiacles, 
fending (forms, tempers, difeafes, plagues (as of old m t ere 
was Apollo, Akxtcacus, ApoEo peftifer & malorum depuljor ) 
railing wars , feditions by Spedrums, troubling their Coniaences, 
driving them todefpair, terrors of mind , intolerable pains; by pro mi- 
fes rewards, benefits, and fair means, hee raifethfuch an opinion of his 
Deity and greatnefs , that they dare not do otherwife than adore him 
do as hee will have them, they dare not offend him. And to compel 
them more to (land in awe of him, 1 hee fends and cures difeafes, difqut- 
ets their (fir its (as Cyprian faith ) torments and terrifies their fouls, to make 
them adore him: and all his fiudy, all his indeaveur is to divert them from 
true Religion, to fuperfiltion •* and becaufe hee is damned himfelf , and in an 
err our, hee would have aE the world participate of his err ours, and bee dam- 
ned with him, The primum mobile therefore, and fir ft mover of all fu- 
perftition, is the Devil, that great enemy of mankind, the principal a- ■ 
gent who in a thoufand fcvcral (hapes, after divers faftiions, with fe- 
veral’engines, illufions, and by feveral names hath deceived the inha- 
bitants ofthe earth, in feveral places and Countries, (fill rejoyemg at. 
their falls AE the mrld over before Chnfts time, hee freely domineered, ■ 
and held the fouls of men in moft flavifh fubjethon faith m Eufebius, tn 
divers forms , ceremonies, and facrifices, tiU Chrijls coming ,as if thole 
Devils of the Air had (hared the Earth amongft them , which the I la- 
tonifts held for Gods, {\ Ludus deorum fumus ) and were our gover- 
noursand keepers. In feveral places, they hac feyeial rites, ordeis, 
names, of which read iviorus de prdfiigiis d<emonum lib, i.eap* 5, a Stro* 
zius, Cicogna, and others •, Adonided amongft the SyriansAdramkch 
amongft the Caper mites •, A [mix amongft the £ mat hues v Asi arm 
With the Sjdoniam ; with the Paleftines j Dagon with the Thip 
Uflines•, 'Tartary with the Hand 5 Melchonis amongft the Ammntt(S' 
Sell the Babylonian, Beelzebub and Baal with the Samaritans .and Mo- 
abites- Apis, Ifts and ofyris amongft the Egyptians: Apollo ** 
Delphos, Colophon, Ancyra, Cuma, Erythra: fupiter in Crete, ems » 
Cyprus, J’unoat Carthage, at Epidaurus, 
las at Athens &c. And even in thefe our dates, both in the E;pt An 
in Tart ary, China, fapan, (fc, what ftrange Idols, m w Vit P 
g Plato in Cyir. 
Dawon.es cujio- 
d'es funt horni- 
mm & eorum 
domini, ut nos 
anmaliant’, nee 
hominibus, fed 
& regionibus 
vati- 
ani is,augur iky 
nos regunt. l~ 
demfere Max, 
Tyrius fer. i.& 
t-6,17. medios, 
vult damones 
inter Deos <&• 
homines deo- 
rum miaijlrosy 
prafides homi- 
num, d coelo ad 
homines de fren- 
dentes. 
h De praparat. 
Evangel. 
• Vel in abufum 
Dei, vel in a- 
mutationem. 
-Dandinus com. 
in lib. a. Ari fi. 
de AnXext.i 9- 
* Damones con- 
friant , & fa- 
miliares habent 
dcemon.es pieri- 
que fac er det es. 
Riccias hb. 1, 
cap. 10. expe- 
dit. Sinar. 
1Vitam tur- 
bant, fomsQS 
inquietant, ir- 
nperues etiam 
in corpora men- 
tes tenent, va- 
Utudimnt 
frangunt, ftro - 
bos laccjfunt > 
1 ut ad cultum 
fui cogant, n:c 
‘afud his (lu- 
diumy quam at 
a vera relig o- 
lit, adJupeifi- 
tionem vertant\ 
cum fnt ipfi poe- 
nales, quarunt 
fbi adpanas 
comites, u-t ha- 
beant erroris 
participes. 
m Lib. 4. Pra- 
parat. Evang.c. 
r.a,. . . velis, mmrfum ortcn ip is fcdeju- 
i f**f * wßoriam memo, bomhim confeqmti funt, utfi i.lJLm cadeptim\ossm(K damms?iac*~ 
bJjptZnbus in.ven.tes : Ufqtte ad Salvatoris f'r r k - & 14. ftr.tf. 
t viato. « cw**f mf. mg. lib. 3. f*. 7- ** I*** X. * - 
xx. i. Keg, 13. Parc 3. Sedh 4. 
Religious-^Melancholy. 
Memb. i. Subf. 2. 
gious forms, with what abfurd ceremonies are they adored i What 
Grange Sacraments, like ours ofßaptifm and the Lords Supper, what 
goodly Temples, Priefts, Sacrifices they had in America 3 when thesp- 
landed there, let AcoSta the Jefuite relate, lib. 5. gap, 2, 
&c. and how the Devil imitated the Ark, and the children of Jfraels 
coming out of Egypt: with many fuch. Foras Lipfius well difeourfeth 
out of the do&nne of the Stoicks, max inti cupiunt Adorationem hominum* 
nowand of old, they dill andmoft efpeciaily defire 10 bee adored by 
men. See but what l. s,e. 2. Marcus Pelus, Leriusße»' 
zOj P, Martyr in his Ocean Decades, Acejiay and Mat, ‘Pjccius expedit. 
* Lib.+xap.z, 
frapar. 
Chrift, in Sinas hh, 1. relate. 0 Eufehius wonders how that wife City ot 
Athens, and flourifhing Kingdomes of Greece Ibould bee fo befotted*, and 
wee in our times, how thofe witty China’s, fo perfpicacious in all other 
things, fhould bee fo gulled, fo tortured with fuperftition, fo blinde, as to 
wprffiip ftocks and ftones. But it is no marvel, when wee fee all out as 
great effefts amongft Chriftians themfelves: how are thofe Anabaptifis* 
Arrians, and Papifts above the reft, miferably infatuated ! Mars, Jupiter* 
Apollo, and eAtfculapias, have refigned their intere ft, names and offices to 
Saint George, 
f iipt.Mant. 
fafl.de Santto 
Gmgio. 
O' ■ , 
f ( Maxtme bellorum red or5 quem nojlra J uvent US 
Pro Mavorte colit,)- - 
St.Chriflofher, and a company of factious Saints, Fenus to the Lady of 
Lauretta, And, as thofc old Romans had feveral diftinCi: gods, for di- 
vers offices,perfons, places, fo have they Saints, as ?Lavater well ob- 
fervesout oiLatfantius mutato nomine tantum, ’tis the fame fpirit or De- 
vil that deludes them ftill. The manner how, as I fay, is by rewards, 
promifes, terrors, affrights, punifhments; In a word, fair and foul 
means, Hope and Fear. How often hath Jupiter, Apollo, Bacchus, and the 
reft, fent plagues in J Greece and Italy, becaufe their facnfices were neg- 
lected C 
t Dii multa neglecii dederant 
Hefperiamala lutfuofa. to terrific them, to 
rouze them up, and the like; See but Livyy Dionyfeus Halicarnafjaas, Thu' 
cydideS) Paufanias, Phtlofiratus, f Polybius, before the battel of Cannot, 
fign is oflent is, templa private etiam ades [cate bant. Ot' 
neus reigned in oßtolia, and becaule hee did not facrifize to Liana with 
his other Gods ( fee mote in Libanius his Diana ) fhee fent a wilde Bore, 
insolita magnitudinis, qui terras & homines mi fere depajeebatur , to Lpoil 
both men and country, which was afterwards killed by Meleager. So 
Plutarch in the life of Luendus relates, how cMithridates King of Pontus, 
at the fiege of Cizicum, with all his Navy was overthrown by Profer’ 
pina, for neglecting of her holy-day. Shecappcard in a vifion to Art* 
Jfagoras in the night, Cras inquit tybicinem Lybicum cum tybicine ponttco 
committam, and the day following this was underftood 5 f°r 
with a great South-wind which came from Lybia, ftiee quite overwhel- 
med Mithridates army. What prodigies and miracles, dreams, viff* 
ons, predictions, apparitions, oracles, have been of old at Delphos, D0* 
dona, Trophonius Denn, at and Lebaudia , of Jupiter Ammo# 111 
ksEgyfh Amphiarus in Attic what ftrange cures performed by 
vTart.t. cap. i. 
& lib.l. cap.y. 
9 VolydVlrg. 
lib. i >de pro dig. 
t Hor.l.s. od.6' 
I pb.i'hifl. Part 3. Seft.4. 
Caufes cf Religious Melancholy» 
Mcmb.i.Subf.a. 
folle and fculafius < funos Image 5 and that otr Fortune fpake 3 {Capt 
and Pollux fought in perfon for the Romans againft Hannibnlsaxmy , as 
Pallas, Mars, Juno, Venus , for Greeks and Trojans, Sec. Amongft our 
pfeudocatholiques, nothing fo familiar as fuch miracles *, how many 
cures done by our Lady of Lauretta, at Sichem J of old at our S. Tho- 
mas Shrine, Sec* *S. Sabine was feen to fight for Dnke of 
Spole to; HS. George fought in perfon for John the baftard of Portugal, 
againft the Cajttitans S, James for the Spaniards in America. In he 
battel of Bonnoxburn , where Edward the fecond, our Englifh King, 
wasfoyled by the Soots, S. PhtUnus arm was feen to fight (if xHe '. 
&or Boethius doth not irapofe ) that was before ftmt up in a 
capeafe: Another time in the fame Author, S, Magnus fought for 
them. Now for vifions , revelations > miracles 5 not only out of the 
Legend, out of purgatory, but every day comes news from the Indies, 
anefat home, read the Jefuits letters, Ribadineira , Thurfelinm, 
cofia, Lippomanus, Xaverius, Ignatius lives, Sec* and tell me what dif- 
ference i 
5 
r Orati lege me 
f dic a fils mulieret 
f Dion Halicam. 
I'Cully de nit. 
deorum lib.z. 
f Venus 
Titter k Valias 
iniquafuit. \ 
* c Jo.AieUms 
i>b-3. wp-19 
"lit.Oliver, de 
'■eh. nnef. imo 
I.- tug:line Re- 
gi :renu p>g- 
pints IQas cly~ 
pec excipient, 
xD. 14. i.ocu !cs 
/ponte aperu: je 
& Pro iu pug- 
*#• 
His ordinary inftruments or fa&ors which heufcth , asGod himfelf 
did good Kings, Lawful Magiftrates, patriarchs , prophets, to tbe efta- 
blifliing of his Ghurch , ?are Politicians, Statcfmen, Priefts, Heretiques, 
blind guides, Impoftors, pfeudoprophets, to propagate his Tuperftici- 
on. And firft to begin with Politicians, it hath ever been a principal 
axiom with them, to maintain religion, or fuperftition, which they i 
determine of, alter and vary upon all occasions, as to them Teems beft, ! 
y Religion,as 
they hold, is 
policie, in ven- 
ted alone co 
Keep men in 
aw . 
they make Religion meer policie 3 a cloak, a humane invention 5 nihil 
que valet ad regendos vulgi animos ac fuper(litto, as z Tacitus and a Tali') 
hold. Aufltn /. 4. de civit at, Dei c, cenfures ScavoU faying and acknow- 
ledging -> expedire civitates religione that it was aHe thing cities Should 
be deceived by religion, according to the diverb, Si mundus vult de- 
cipi , decipiatur, if the world will be gulled, let it be galled, ’tis good 
howfoever to keep it in fubje&ion, Tis that b Ariftotle and f Plato in 
culcate in their Politiques, Religion neglefted, brings plagues to the city 5 
opens a gap to all naughtijtefs, Tis that which all our late Politicians in- 
geminate. Cromerus, U 2.pel, hift.Boteru* /. 5. de incrementis urbium, Clap-t 
marius I, 2, e, Arcanis rerump. Arne feus cap. 4. lib. 2. polit. Captain 
Jliachiayel will have a prince, by all means to counterfeit religion , to be 
faperftitious in ftiewat leaft, to feem to be devout, frequent holy eater- 
■ *i .Annul 
r » Omnes religig- 
netrojentur 5. 
' in Vcncm. 
t> Zdeu-ehus, 
prxfat.Ugis.qul 
Hrbmaut rcgi- 
inhabi~ 
t anther fun for 
rjfe Dior tec • 
hcos. 
t 10 delegihfts. 
Re'jgh Mgleftx 
Innximm pef- 
tem in civita- 
tem infert,omni~ 
um falernmfe- 
aperit. 
cues, honour divines, love the Church, affed pricfts, as Numa, Lycur- 
gus , and fuch law-makers were, and did * non ut his fidem habeant, fed ut 
fubditos religionis metu facilius in officio contineant, to keep people in obe - 
dience. t Nam naturaliter (as Cardan writes ) lex Chriftiana lex eflpietatis, 
lufiiti£,1ufiiti£, fidei) fimplicitatis, &c. But this error of his, innocentius ffen- 
Wettua a French Lawyer, Theorem.9. comment, I. de Kelig- and Thomas 
f!z*u* in his book de ruinis gentium & Regnorum have copionily confuted. 
Ny Politicians 9 i dare not deny i maintain Religion as a true means, 
nd fincerely fpcak of it without hypocri/ie, are ttuely zealous and 
rehgious themfcltcs. Juftice and Religion are the two chief props 
fupporters of a well governed Commonwealth: bye molt or them 
rc Machiavellians > counterfeits only for political ends 5 for 
f C&rdams 
Com. in Ptofu- 
rntum fandri* 
part. Part 5. Sc<sh 4. 
Religious- sJMelanchely. 
Memb.i. Subf. 2. 
Solus Rex ( which Campanella cap, 18. Atheifmi Triumphati obferves,) 
as amongft our modern Turks, Rjeipub, Finis , as knowing ® magnus 
ejus in animos imperium 5 and that as * Sabellicus fa livers, A man with- 
out Religion, is like a horfe without a bridle. No way better to curb than 
fuperftition, to terrific mens confciences, and to keep them in awe* 
they make new laws, ftatutes > invent new religions, ceremonies, as 
fomany ftalking-horfes, to their own ends, t Bate enim ( religio) ft 
falfa jit, dummodo vera credatur, animorum ferociam domat, libidines co~ 
enet, fubditos principi obfequentes efficit. Therefore (faith e Polybius 
.of Lycurgus) dia hee maintain ceremonies, not that hee was fuperftitious 
himfelf, hut that hee perceived mortal men more apt to embrace Paradoxes 9 
than ought elfe, and durft attempt no evil things for fear of the gods. 
This was Zamelcus ftratagem amongft the Thracians, Numas plot > 
when hee faid hee had conference with the Nymph Egeria , and that 
c VpfiliS 1.1.65. 
d Homo [me re- 
ligione, (icui e- 
qxus fine fr am. 
f Vamnus dial, 
ft. de oraculis. 
* Lib, 10. Idea 
Lycurgus» &c. 
non quod ipfe 
fupnfiitiofus, 
fed quod vide- 
ret mortales pa- 
radox a facilius 
ample ffiiynec res 
graves audere 
fine peri tulo de- 
arm. 
of Sertorius with an Hart 5 To get more credit to their Decrees , by 
deriving them from the gods 5 or elfe th»y did all by divine inftinft 5 
which Nicholas Damafcen well obferves of Solon , and1 
cMinos, they had their laws dilated, monte facroy by Jupiter himfelf. 
So Mahomet referred his new laws to the * Angel Gabriel , by whofe 
dire&ion hee gave out they were made. Caligula in Dion feigned him- 
felf to bee familiar with Caftor and Poll ax 9 and jnaany fuch , which 
kept thofe %pmam under (who, as Machiavel proves* Id,. 1. difput. cap, 
ii, & 12. were Religione maxime woti5 moft fuperftitious .*) and did 
curb the people more by this means, than by force of arms, or feveri- 
ty of humane laws. Sola plebecula eamagmfcebat ( faith Vanims dial, 1. 
* cieonardus 
epifi. 1. Novas 
leges fuas ad 
Angelum Ga- 
brielem refefre- 
batyquo monito- 
re mentiebatur 
omnia fe gerere. 
lib, 4. de admtrandis natura Arcanis) fpeaking of Religion, qua facile de- 
cipitur, magnates veto & Philofophi your Grandees and Phi- 
Jofophers had no fuch conceit, fed ad imperii confirmationem & ampli- 
fine pratextu religionis tueri non poterant 5 and many thou- 
fands in all ages have ever held as much, Philofophers efpecially, ani- 
madvertebant hi fempcr hac efe fabellas, -attamen oh metunt publica potefiatis 
filer e cogebantur, they were ft ill filent for fear of Laws, &c. To this 
end, that Syrian Phy re fides, Pythagoras his Matter, broached in the Eaft 
famongft the Heathens, firftthe immortality of the Soul, as Trifmegi- 
ftus did in with a many of feigned Gods. Thofe French and 
Britain Druides in the Weft, firft taught, faith t Cafar, Non interire 
animas, hut after death to go from one to another, that fo they might 
encourage them to virtue, ’Twas for a politick end, and to this purpofe 
the old Poets feigned thofe Elyfian fields, f their &acusy Mines, and 
Khadamantus, their infernal Judges, and thofe Stygian lakes, fiery 
' Phlegetons ? Pluto's Kingdorae, and variety of torments after death* 
Thofe that had done well, went to the Elyfian fields, but evil doers to 
Cocytus, and to that burning lake of f Hell, with fire and brimftone for e- 
■ ver to bee tormented. a JTis this which f Plato labours for in his Phadont 
&9. de rep. The Turks in their Alcoran, when they fet down rewards, and 
- feveralpuniihments for every particular virtue and vice, § when they 
* perfwade men, that they that dye in battel, fliall go dire&ly to Heaven? 
but wicked livers to eternal torment, and all of all forts (much iikeoitf 
Papiftical Purgatory) for a fet time fhall bee tortured in their graves? as 
t Lib. 16. belli 
GalPici. ut 
tu menis negle.- 
oOyid virtutem 
Ucitamt. 
tDe his lege 
Lucianum de 
luftu j Tom. i. 
Homer Odyjf. 
\\.Vlrg.*ALn..6. 
t Barathro ful- 
fure & flamma, 
fiagaaute ater- 
mm demerge- 
bantur. 
flZt s.de repub. 
Omnis infiitti- 
tio adolefcen- 
tnmeo referen- 
da ut de dco be- 
ne fenti ant ob 
commune bo- 
mm. 
t Merus. Meinb.i. bubf.z 
‘>arr-3 
Caufes of Religious-Melancholy» 
appears by that trad which fohn Baptifl Alfaqui that Mauritanian 
Pricft, now turn’d Chriftian, hath written in his confutation of the Al~ 
caron. After a mans death two bla.k Angels , Nunquir and Neqmr (fo 
they call them ) come to him to his grave, and punilh him for his prece- 
dent-fins,*, if hee lived well, they torture him the lefs it ill, ftr tnde- 
finemes cruciatus ad diem judicii, they incellantly punilh him to the 
day of judgement. Nemo viventium qui ad horum mentionem non tolus 
horrei & contremifeit, the thought ot this crucifies them all their lives 
long, and makes them fpend their daies in fafting and prayer, »e mala 
hxc contingant j &c, A Tartar Prince, faith Mar cm Polm, lib. i. cap. 28. 
called Senex de montibus, the better to eftablifh his government a- 
mongft his fubjeds, and to keep them in awe , found a convenient 
place in a plea fane valley, environed with hills, in h which hee made a 
delict ofts Park full of odoriferous flowers and fruits, and a Palace ofall world- 
ly contents, that could polfibly bee deviled, Mufick, Pidures, variety 
of meats, dec. and chofe out a certain young man, whom with a 
i [of or iferotts potion hee fo benuramed, that hec perceived nothing; and 
fo fa ft afleep as hee was, caufed him to bee conveyed into this fair Garden. 
Where after hee had lived a while in all fuch pleafures a ieofual man 
could defire , *Jfee cafl him into a fleet) again, and brought him forth, that 
when hee awakedf hee might ted others hee had bee» in Paradife. The like 
hec did for Heir, and by this means brought his people to fubjedi- 
on, Becaufe Heaven and Hell are mentioned in the Scriptures, 
and to bee belceved neceflary by Ghriftians .* fo cunningly can the 
Devil and his Minifters, in imitation of true Religion, counterfeit 
and forge the like, to circumvent and delude his fuperftitious fol- 
lowers. Many fuch.tricks and impoftures are aded by Politicians, 
in China efpedally, but with what effed J will difeourfein the Symp- • 
tomes. 
Next to Politicians, if I may diftinguifh them, are feme of our Priefts, 
( who make Religion Policy ) if not far beyond them, for they donah 
aytra aquafn, 
- viridarium 
j plantavit max- 
imum <&■ pul- 
-1 cherrimam, flo- 
- ribHt odonfens 
& fnavi but 
• plenum, &c. 
I 1 Potum yuen- 
v dam dedtt quo 
itufcatus, e> 
- frvrw Jepore op. 
■ prefus-, in viri- 
darium interim 
i ducebatur, 
1 * iAtque iterum 
memoratum po- 
tum bibi ndum 
exhibuit} & fic 
extra Paradi- 
fum reduxi t., ut 
cum evigilaret, 
fopore feluto, 
&C. 
fleer over Princes and States-men thcmfelves. Carnificinam exercent, 
one faith they tyrannize over mens confciences more than any other 
tormentors whatfoever, partly for their commodity and gain ? Melh 
gionum enim omnium ah fas (as f Pcftellus holds ) quaftus fcilicet jacrifi- 
cum in caufa eft: for foveraignty, credit, to maintain their ftateand re' 
putation, out of Ambition ana Avarice, which are their chief fuppor- 
ters •• . What have they not made the common people beleeve r Impof- 
flbilities innatare, incredible things*, what devices, traditions, 
flies, have they not invented in all ages to keep men in obedience, to 
themlelves < Jgvibus qu<eflui font capti fuperfiitione anmi> as \Livy 
iflth. Thofe Prxefts of old got all the foveraignty into their 
hands, and knowing, as ™ Curtins infinuates,nulla res efficacius multitudi- 
nem regit quam fuperfiitid5 melius vatibus quam ducibus parent, vana religto- 
**<*A Lm impotentes fanntn*, the commcm people Will Wo- 
JV Priefts, than Captains, and nothing To forcible as fa per ft ition , or 
Cter than blind zeal to rule a multitude -, have fo terrified and gulled 
J- that it is incredible to relate. Ail Rations almo/l have been be-- 
Q-ted in this kinde; amongft our Brittains and old Cauls the Druidess 
f Lib 1. de orb. 
Concord, cap.7. 
1 Lib. 4. 
m Lib, 4. Part 3. Sc6h 4. 
Religious- sJMdanchely. 
Memb. i. Subf. 2. 
Magi in Perfidy Philofophers in Greece 5 Chaldeans amongft the Orien- 
prachmanni in India ; Gjmm/ophtfls in 5 the Tnrditanes 
in Spain 5 Augures in Rome] have infultcd $ Apollo’s Priefts in Greece, 
Phabades and Pythomffd, by their oracles and phantafms j Amphtaritts 
and his companions •, now Mahometan and Pagan Priefts, what can 
they not effedl i How do they not infatuate the world i Adeo ubique (as 
fUxen.izS. 
\ sc aliger writes of the Mahometan Priefts ) turn gentium tum locorum 7 
gens iftafaetorum mini fir a, vulgi fecat fpes, ad e a qua ip ft fingunt [omnia. 
To cunningly can they gtill the commons in all-places and Countries.. But 
above all others, that High Prieft of %cme, the dam of* that monftrous 
and fuperftitious brood, the bull-bellowing Pope, which now rageth 
in the Weft, that three-headed Cerbeuss hath plaid h:s part. n Whofi 
religion at this day is meer policy, a [late wholly comfefed of fuperjlition and 
wit, and needs nothing but wit and Juperfiition to maintain it, that ufeih Col- 
ledges and religious houfes to as goodpurpofe as Forts and Cables , And doth 
more at this day by a company of fcribling Parafices, fiery Spirited Friers, 
zealous Anchorites, hypocritical Gonreflbrs, and thofc Pretorian foul- 
diers, his Janifary Jefuits, that difiociable fociety, as * Langius terms 
3 pgfiremus dtaboli conatus, & facul i excrementum , that now ftand in 
the fore-front of the battel, will have a monopoly oh and ingrofs ail o- 
ther learning, but domineer in Dignity, W 
0 'Excipiunt felt totius vulnera belli, and fight alone almoft 
(for the reft are but his dromedaries and affes/ than ever hee could have 
done by garrifons and armies. What power of Prince, Or pan* 1 Law, 
bee it never fo ftrid, could enforce men to do that which for confidence 
t> S. Sd. Sands. 
* In eortpdt, de 
pine, huer pre- 
vine. Ear op. 
* Lucian. 
fake they will voluntarily undergo ' As to fall from all fiefti, abftaifl 
from marriage, rife to their prayers at midnight, whip thcmfclves, with 
ftupcnd falling and penance, abandon the world, wilful poverty, per- 
form canonical andblinde obedience, to proftratc their goods, for# 
tunes, bodies, lives, andoffer up thcmfclves at their Superiours feet, at 
his command t What fo powerful an engine as fuperftition 1 which 
they right well perceiving, are of no religion at all thcmfclves: Primitff* 
enim (as Calvin rightly lufpcds, the tenor and pradlice of their I if* 
proves) arcana illius Theologia, quod apud eos regnat, caput eft, mUttf* 
ejfe dam, they hold there is no God, as Leo 10. did, Hildebrand the Magi' 
cian, Alexander 6. fultus 2. meer Atheifts, and which the common 
Provcrf> amongft them approves, f The worft Chriftians of Italy are th* 
Eomans, of the Romans the Priefts are wide ft, the I erode ft Priefts are prefer' 
fid to bee Cardinals, and the baddeft man among the Cardinals is c hofen to ht 
Pope, that is an Epicure, as moft part the Popes are, Infidels and Lucia' 
nifts, for fo they think and and what is faid oichritt to be fable* 
and impoftures, of Heaven and Hell, day of Judgement, Paradife, In*' 
mortality of the foul, are all. 
t s. Ed Sand; 
in hisßclatioß. 
t Seneca 
f Ramres vacui, verbaque inania, 
Et parfoltic ito fabula /amnio» 
* yiee eotisy <t- 
catxtn reddere 
queferrum v*~ 
leti extrsipfa. 
fetandi. 
Dreams, toys, and old wives tales. Yet as fomany * whetftones t0 
make other tools cut, but cut not themfelves, though they bee of n° 
Hgionatall, they will make others moft devout and fuperftitious 9 *7 fart 3.Se&.4. 
Caufes of Religious-Melancholy, 
Merab, r. Subf.2. 
pronufes and threats compel, enforce from, and lead themby the nole 
like fo many Bears in a line ; When as their end is not to propagate the 
Church, advance Gods Kingdome, fetk his glory or common good, 
but to enrich themfelves, to mlarge their territories, to domineer and 
compel them to ftand in awe, to live in fubjedion to the See of Rome, 
For what other wile care they f si mutdm vult decipi, decipiatur, kis fit 
it Ihould bee fo And for which f Aujlm cites Farrs to maintain his %o- 
man religion, wee may better apply to them .* multa vera, qua vulgus fcF 
re non eft me ley pleraque a!fa, qua tamvn ahter exijlimare poptilum expedit \ 
f Be civ. Dei. 
lib. 4. c.ju 
fome things a: e true, fome fane , w.iich for their own ends they will 
not have the gulhih commonalty take notice of. As well may wirnefs 
their intolerable covccoufntfs, ftrange forgeries? fopperies T fooleries. 
Unrighteousfubcilties, impoftures, illufion-, newdodrmes, paradoxes, 
traditions, fitfs miracles, which they have ftill forged to inthrall, 
circumventanJ fubjugate them, to maintain chcir own eftates. r One 
while by Bulls, Pardons, Indulgences, and their doctrine of good 
works5 that they bee meritorious, hope of Heaven, by that means 
they have fo fleeced the commonalty, andfpurred on this ftesfuperftu 
tious horfe, that bee runs himfelf blinde, and is an Afs to carry burdens. 
They have To amplified Peters patrimony , that from a poor Bifhop, hce 
is become Rex Begum-, Dominus Dominantium, a Demi-god, as his Cano- 
nifis make him ( Felinus and the reft) above God himfelf. And for his 
wealth and f temporal tics, is not inferiour to many Kings \ 5 his Car- 
dinals Princes companions 5 and in every Kingdome almoft, Abbots, 
Priors, Mmks, Friers, &c. and his Clergy have ingrofted a B third parr. 
1 r Scekirta; their 
o ' n,fi/tii Paul, 
n -t Chrifts. 
fHee haji thc 
Dutchv e>f 
ledo in It alt» 
the Mirquifite 
Off A If'hoi a,be* 
fide Ttyne, and 
the territories 
adjicant, Fd- 
Iffgne, Ferrers, 
&c. Avigmen 
in France, &c, 
* Efinte fretms 
half, in fome places all into tht ir hands. Three Princes Eledors in 
Germany Bdbops % befides A*agdebttgey Spire, Salts barge, Srente y Bam- 
berg, 3>c. In France, as Bodine kb. de re pub. gives us to undadanJ, 
their revenues are twelve millions, and three hundred thousand 
lieures v and of twelve parts of the revenues in France y the Chureh 
pofllfict. feven. The Jefuits, a new feel begun in this age , have 
as * u and f Pclargus reckon up, three or four hun- 
dred Collcdges in Europe, and more revenues than many Princes. 
«r, &■ PY'aei - 
p?s hujus inun- 
cti 
“ The Laity 
fufpefl their 
greatnefs, v\ it- 
nefs chel'e fta- 
uiccs of mon- 
tmn. 
* L'h.S.de 4~ 
adtm 
t Profit $b dt 
In France, as *4rmlm proves, in thirty years they have got hts 
centum Übrarum mtha annua, iooooo1. I fay notaing of the reft 
of their orders. Wee have had in Bnglmd, as Amacbanus demon- 
ftrates, above thirty thoufand Friers at once, and as tSpeed collects 
out of Leland and others, almoft 6op religious hoafes, and neer two 
hundred thoufmd pound in revenues of the old rent belonging to 
hefides Images of Gold, Silver, Plate, furniture, goods and 
ornaments, as * Weever calculates, and eftcems them at the diffolution 
°f Abbies, worth a million of gold. How many Towns in every 
lngdomebath fupcrftition enriched f What a deal of tvonyby mufty 
fwadvx.. Tefuit. 
■ Horn, p ov'ati it 
habet, Ce>. *6. 
Uecp4. »*• frfm 
; seta rL'ftit, 
I<; In t'a <rr- 
ent 17. Erupt. 
ao> &c 
t In his Chro- 
nic vh Wn.3. 
* if. Cap of 
his Umeral mv 
minicncs. 
J?lrqiies, Images, Idolatry Vhave their Mafs-Priefts ingrolled, and whac 
lams have they (craped by their other trick> i Laetant, in ttdy, W*l- 
Bnrlutdy in' thofe daies , lihi omnia auro nit cat* faita Erajfms, 
Thomas Shriney &c. may witnefs. f Delphos fo renowned ot od m 
ri*ece’^°r ApoMo’s oracle, Delos commune conciliatui am emporium 
f°U religione m»altum * Dodona, whofe fame and wealth were fulbme 
f ?auf mirr it 
ti'ot’Cis l’/h j. 
Idm de Ach.d .• 
cit Hh.f. cuj’iS 
fiimmx 
& valde indy 
ta fuma. Part^.Sed.q.. 
Religious-Mcianch&ly, 
Memb.i.Subf.i 
by religion, were not fo rich, fo famous. If they can get but a relique 
of fome Saint, the Virgin diaries pidurc, Idols, or the like, that 
City is for ever made, it needs no maintenance. Now if any of 
thefe their impoltures, or jugling tricks bee controverted, or called in 
queftion *, If a magnanimous or zealous Luther , an heroical Luther, as 
* Dhh mar tu calls him, dare touch the Monks bellies, all is in a com- 
buftion, all is in an uprore; Demetrius and his affociaces are ready to 
pull him m pecces, to keep up their trades, f Great is Diana ef the Ephe~ 
pans: With a mighty (bout of two hours long they will roar and not bee 
pacified, 
* Excrcit. £th. 
Collcg.s.di£p.s. 
$ A%% jg. aB. 
Now for their authority, what by auricular confeflion, fatisfa&ion, 
penance, Peters kcyes, thunderings, excommunications, &c. roaring 
bulls, this High Prieft of Rome, fluking his Gorgets head, bathfo terrified 
he foul of many a filly man, infulted over Majefty it felf,and fwag- 
gered generally over all Europe for many ages, and ftill doth to fome, 
holding them as yet in flavifh fubje&ion, as never tyrannizing Spani* 
ards did by their poor Negroes, or P urks by their gaily-flaves. x The Bf- 
Jhop of Rome ('faith Stapleton, a parafirc of his, de mag, Ecclef lib, 2. cap, i.) 
hath done that without arms, which thofe Roman Emperours could never 
atchieve withforty legions offouldiers, depofcd Kings, and crowned them 
again with his foot, made friends, and corre&ed at his plcafure, &c. 
y’Tk awonder> faith Machiavel, Florentina hip, lib, 1. what Jlavevy King 
Henry the fecond endured for the death of h. Becket , what things hee was 
enjoyned hj the Pope, and how hee fubmitted htmfelf to do that which in cur 
times a private man would not endure, and all through fuperftition. % Hen- 
ry the fourth, depofed of his Empire, flood bare-footed with his wife 
at the gates of Canofus, * Frederick the Emperour was trodden on by 
Alexander the third. Another held Adrians ftirrup. King sohn killed the 
knees of Pandulphos the Popes Xegat, &c. What made fo many thou- 
fand Chriftians travel from France, Brittain, &c, into the Holy land, 
fpend fuch huge fumms of mOny, go a pilgrimage fo familiarly to 
ftrufalem, to creep and couch, butflavifh fuperftition ? What makes 
them fo freely venture their lives, to leave their native Countries, to go 
feekmartyrdomcin the Indies, but fuperftition? to bee aflaftinates, to 
meet death, murder .Kings, but a falfe perfwafion of merit, of canoni- 
cal or blind obedience which they inftill into them, and animate thenl 
by ftrange illofions, hope of being Martyrs and Saints? Such pretty 
feats can the Devil work by Priefts, and fo well for their own advan* 
tage can they play their parts. And if it were not yet enough, by 
Priefts and Politicians to delude mankindc, and crucifie the louls of 
men, hee hath more 2*Sors in his Tragoedy, more Irons in the fire, ano- 
ther Scean of'Hcreticks, fa&ious, ambitious wits, infolcnt fpirits, 
Schifmaticks, Impoftors, falfe Prophets, blinde guides, that out of pride* 
fingirlarity, vain glory, blinde zeal, caufe much more madnefs yet* 
fet all inan uprore by their new do&rines, paradoxes, figments, crot- 
chets, make new divifions, fubdivifions, new ftdts, oppofe one fupef' 
ftirion to another, one Kingdome to another, commit Prince, and Tuh" 
je<Sls-, brother againft brother, father againft Ton, to the ruine and de* 
ftru&ion of a Common-wealth,to the difturbance of peace, and to a 
x Tonvfex Ro- 
manus prorfus 
inermis regibus 
terra jura dat5 
ad regna evehit,, 
ad pacem cogit, 
6 peccantes 
caftizat, &c. 
quad imperato- 
res Romani 40. 
legiombns ar- 
mati mn. effece- 
runt. 
7 Idirum quant 
tapaffusJitH. 
i. quomodo fe 
fuhmifft} ea /e 
fa&urum poUi- 
citusj quorum 
hodie ne priva- 
tas qttidem par- 
tem faceret. 
1 Sigouias 9. 
‘hifL ItaL 
■ curio lib. 4. 
.fox CMmyrol. Part 3. Sed.4, 
C aufes of Religions-Melancholy, 
Memb.i. Subf.a. 
general confufton of all eftates. How did thofe c.Arrians rage of 
old? How many did they circumvent ? Thofe CManicheesy 
their names alone would make a juft volume. How many filly 
fouls have Impoftors ftill deluded , drawn away, and quite alienated 
|rom Chrift./ Lucians Alexander, Simon Magus, whole ftatue was to 
bee Teen and adored in Rcmey faith Tallin Martyr, Simoni deo fanffo-> &c. 
after his deceafe , h Apollonius Tianausy Cyneps, Eumo, who by counter- 
feiting fome new ceremonies and jugling tricks of that Dea Syria, by 
fpitting fire, and the like, got an army together of forty thoufand mem, 
and did much harm: with Eudo deftellisy of whom Htthrigenfis fpeaks, 
lib. i, cap, 19. that in King Stephens daies imitated mofl of Chrifts mira- 
cles : fed I know not how many people in the wildernefs, and built 
caftles in the air, &c. to the reducing of multitudes of poor fouls. In 
b Hierocles 
contends Apol- 
lonius to have 
betn as great a 
prophet as 
drift, „hora 
Eufebius con- 
futes. 
Franconia 1476. a bafe illiterate fallow took upon him to bee a Prophet, 
and preach. John Beheim by name, a neatherd at Nicholhaufen y hee fe- 
dueed 30000 perfons, and was taken by the Commonalty to hee a moft 
holy man 3 come from Heaven. * iradesmmen left their fiepSy women 
their diftavesy fervants ran from their MafterSy children from tbetr Parents y 
fchoUrs left their TutorSy aU to hear him , feme for novelty, fomefor zeal, 
Hee wasburnt at Ufi by the Btjhof fl/Wartzburge, andfo hee and his here fie 
vamjbedtogether. How many fuch Importers, falfc Prophets, have 
lived in every Kings Reign ? what Chronicle will not afford fuch ex- 
amples ? that as fo many ignes fatui y have led men out of the way, 
terrified fome, deluded others, that are apt to bee carried about with 
the blafl: of every wind, a rude inconftant multitude, a filly company 
of poor fouls, that follow all, and are cluttered together like lb ma- 
ny pibbles in a tide. What prodigious follies, madnefs, vexations, per-J 
feeutions, abfurdities, irapolfibilities, thefe impoftors, hereticks, &c. 
have thruft upon the world, what ftrangc effe&s, fball bee fhewed in the 
Symptomes. 
i * Munftar Cof~ 
mg. 1.5.e.x6. 
' Artifices ex of- 
fi cinis, aratori 
ftiva, famine e 
cold, &c, qoafi 
numine quodam 
rapti, nefdis 
parentibus &• 
dominis re [id. 
adeunt, &c. 
Cowbuflus de- 
mum al.’ Herbi- 
pulcnft Epifcopo, 
harcjts evanuit 
Now the means by which, or advantages the Devil and his infer- 
nal Miniftcrs take, fo to delude and difquiet the world with fuch idle 
ceremonies, falfe dodrines, fuperftitious fopperies, are from them- 
felves, innate fear, ignorance, fimplicity, Hope and Fear, thofe two bat- 
tering Canons, and principal Engines, with their objeds, reward and 
punifhmcnt, Purgatory, Limbus Patrum, &c, which now more than ever 
tyrannizej t fir what Province is free from Atheifm, Superftition, idolatry, 
SchtfmyHerefio, impiety, their faff ors andfollowers ? thence they proceed, 
and from that fame decayed Image of God, which is yet remaining in 
°Os homini fublime dedit, caelumcyue tueri 
i fufstty . our own confcience 
?oth didate fo much unto us, wee know there is a God, and nature doth 
form us. Nulla gens tam barbara ( faith Tufly ) cut non tnfdeat h&c per- 
Juafio3 Be urn efje$ fed nec Scytha., nec Gracus, nec Per fa, nec Hyperboreus dif* 
Jentiet (as Maximus Tyrius the Plaronift3 fer, i. farther adds) nec conii> 
nentis nec infularum habitatori let him dwell where bee will, in what coaft 
#?evers there is no Nation fo barbarous that is not perfwaded there is a 
od. It is a wondei: to read of that infinite fuperflition amongft the In- 
4ns ln this kinde, of their Tcnents in America, pro [no qutfyue libitu 
t NuUa non 
provincia hare* 
fbus, Athcif- 
mis. &c. plena., 
pullus orbis 
angulus ab hif» 
ce belluis im- 
munis. 
° Lib i. dc ndt, 
Veorum. Part 3. Scdt. 4. 
Religious- CMeUncholy. 
Memb. t. Subf.2, 
varias res venerabantur fuperftitiofe, plantas, anmalta, mentes, dc, anne 
quod amabant aut horrebant ( fome few places excepted, as hee grants, that 
had no God at all.) So the Heavens declare the glory of Cod , and the Fir- 
mament declareth his handim>k, Pfalm ip. Every creature will evince 
its 
Trafentemque refert qualibet herba deum. 
Nolentes [ciunt y fatentur inviti y asthefaid proceeds, will or nill, 
they rauft acknowledge it. The Philosophers, Socrates, Flato, Plotinus, 
Pythagoras, ‘Trifmegtflus, Seneeay Epitfetus, thole CMagf, Druide 5 y&c'a 
went as far as they could by the light of Naturej \ Maltapraclara de 
natura Vei feripta reliquerunt, writ many things wed ef the nature of Cod 9 
hut they had hut a confuted light, aglimpfe, 
f Quale per incertam lunam fuh luce maligna 
Eft iter tn fylvis, 
as hee that walks by Moonlhine in a wood , they groped in the dark 5 
they had a grofs knowledge, as hee in Euripides, O Deusy quicquid esy five 
coelum, five terray five aliud quid, and that of jirifiotUy Ens entium mi fere- 
re met. And fo of the immortality of the Soul, and future happinefs# 
Immortalitatem animae (faith Hieram ) Pythagoras Jomniavit y Democritus 
non credidity in confolationem damnationis /W Socrates in canere d//putavit $ 
Indusy Perfay Gothus, &c. Philofophantur, So Tome faid this, fome that, as 
they conceived themfelves, which the Devil perceiving, led them far- 
> z anchius. 
t Wrg. C< Mn. 
« SuperjUtio ex 1 
ignorantia di- 
vinitatis emer- 
fit, tx vitiofa 
amulat'me, & 
damonis iUeci- 
hris, inconflans, 
timens, fitiQu- 
a ns, & eui fe 
addicat nef- 
(tens, quern 
imploret* cut fe 
committat, a 
damone facili 
decepta. Lem- 
nius lib. 3. c, 8. 
f Seneca. 
* Vide Baroni- 
um$. Annali• 
m ad annum 
314. vit. Con- 
ftantin. 
I T)e rerum'va- 
rietate /3.C.38. 
Tarum -vero _ 
di/fcif fapientia 
virorum a pue- 
rili, multo mi- 
nus fenum & 
mulierum, cun 
metu& fuper- 
ft itione & alie- 
na jlultitid & 
improbitate fim• 
plices agitan- 
tur. 
J - & 
ther out (asc Lemnius obferves) and made them wodhip him as their 
God, with flocks and ftones, and torture themfelves to their own de- 
tention , as hee thought fit himfclf, infpired his Priefts and Miniftcrs 
with lies and fidfions to profecute the fame, which they for their own 
ends were as willing to undergo, taking advantage of their fimplicity, 
fear and ignorance. For the common people are as a flock of fheep, 
a rude illiterate rout, void many times of common fenfe, a meet beafb 
bellua multorum capitum, will go whitherfoever they are led; as yotf 
lead a Ram over a gap by the horns, all the reft will follow, f Nefi 
qua eundum, fedquditnr, they will do as they fee others do, and & 
their Prince will have them, let him bee of what Religion hee will, they 
are for him. Now lor thofe Idolaters, Maxentius and Licinius, then fo( 
Conftantine a Chriftian. * £ui chriflum negant male pereant, acciamA'. 
’ tum eft Dedes, for two hours fpace 5 qui chriftum non colunt, 
inimici funt, acclamatum eft ter dedes 5 and by and by Idolaters again 
under that Apoftate Julianus 5 all Arrians under Conft antius , good C> 
* tholiques again under ffoviniams, And little difference there is betwitf 
* the discretion of men and children in this cafe, efpe dally of eld folks and #o' 
1 men, as s Cardan difeomfeth, when as they are to fled with fear and fuperft*' 
iion, and with other mens folly and diftonefty. So that I may fay, their i§' 
norance isacaufeof their fuperftition, a fymptomc, and raadnefle lC 
n felf. 
Supplicii caufa fuppUciuwque [ni. 
Their own fear, folly, ftupidity, to bee deplored Lethargy, is that which 
gives occafion to the other, and pulls their mlferies on their own hea P-Vt3.Se<a.4. 
Caufes of Religious - Melancholy. 
Me mb .. Subf.3. 
For in ail thefe Religions and Super ftifions, amorigft our Idolaters, you 
fliallftill finde that the parties firft affeded , are filly, rude, ignorant 
people , old folks, that are naturally prone to fuperftition > weak 
women, or feme poor rude illicerateperfons, that are apt to bee wrought 
Upon, and gulled in this kinde, prone without either examination or 
due confidcration ( for they take up Religion a truft, as at Mercers 
they do their wares) to beleeve any thing. And the belt means they 
have to broach firft, or to maintain it when they have done, is to keep 
them ftill in ignorance ; for ignorance is the mother of devotion , as all the 
world knows, and thefe times can amply witnefs. Ihis hath been the 
Devils pradice , and his infernal Mmifters in allages* not as our Saviour, 
by a few filly Fifliermen, to confound the wifdome of the world , to 
fave Publicans and Sinners, but to make advantage of their ignorance, 
to convert them and their aftbeiares* and that they may be tter efted 
What they intendsthey begin, as I ra/, with poor h ftupid, illiterate per- 
sons. So Mahomet did when hee publnhed his which is a peece of 
work ( faith1 Bredenbachms) full of non fenfs, confufton, with- 
out rime, reason, or any good composition, fir ft fuhltjhsd to a co?*p->ny of 
rude rujlickf, hog-rubbers-, that bad no difcretion, judgement, art ,or under- 
jhndtng, and is fo /lid maintained. For it is a part of their police to let 
no man comment, dare to dilputc or call in queftion to this day any pa t 
of it, bee it never foabfurd, incredible, ridiculous, fabulous as it is, ;i 
muft bee beleeved implicite$ upon pain of death, no man muft dare to 
contradicit, God and the What die do our Papifts* but 
by keeping the people in ignorance , vent and broach all their new cen- 
monies and traditions, when they Conceal the Scripture, read it in 
Latine, and to forne few alone, feeding the ilavifh people in the mean 
time with tales oat of Legends,and fiich like fabulous narrations? Whom 
do they begin with but collapfed Ladies, fome few trades-men, fuper- 
- In all fctper— 
r flition, wife 
men follow 
- tools. Bacont 
f Efaycs. 
i Peregrin. Hii- 
roJ. c. <; Totem 
- feriptum con 
f/'fim fine or di- 
ne vel olore, 
, a 't\ v ien H & 
| >"at o'r ad r 
(f c .mas idem, 
de ist, YKutfji- 
mos, & prorfus 
ngreftes, qni 
n < ’r,Hs rant 
diferctioais, ut 
dijudicare pof~ 
fern. 
fiitious old folks 5 illiterate perfons, weak women, difcontent, rude, 
filly companions, or fooner circumvent i So do all our fc-hifmdticfes and 
hereticks. Marcus and Vdentinian hereticks in k iren&m , (educed fir# 
I know not how many women, and made tdera beleeve they were Pro- 
phets. * Frier Cornelius of Dort fcduced a company of filly women. What 
are all our Anabaptifts , Bromi [ls, F ami lifts, but a com- 
pany of rude, illiterate, capriciousbafe fellows? Whit are moll of 
our Papifts, but ftupid, ignorant and blinde bayards i how Ihould they 
otherwife bee, when as they are brought up, and kept ffcill indaiknds f 
their Pastors (faith Lavater) had done their duties 5 and inftmcled their 
fifteks as they ought, in the Principles of Chriftian Religion , or had riot for- 
bidden them the reading of Scriptures , they had not been as they are. But 
being led all their lives in fupeiftirion, and carried hood-winked 
Hawks, how can they prove otherwife than blinde fdeots, and 
- perftitiOUB Afies? what (hail wee exped elfe at their hands < Neither i 
15.1t Afficient to keep them blinde> and in emmerian darknefi, but 
'vithalj, as a School-mailer doth by his boyes, to make them follow 
Urbooks, fometimes by good hope, promifes and inccmragements , 
moft of all by fear , ftrid difeipline, fevericy, threats and punaL- 
'lenc >do they collogue and fobth up their filly Auditors, and .o bring 
k Lib. i. cap. 9, 
yalent.haref.j. 
! SMeteran’is L 
8. hifi. BeJg. 
m si Dociores 
fftnm fcaffcnt 
officium, & ple~ 
hem fide: com- 
nrffum re He 
injl'tuijfcru dc 
doUrinx Cirri- 
fliana capitib. 
ncc picric ferip- 
tans interdixif- 
fcnh9 de multis 
p oculduhio H~ 
fieferijijpifit. Part 3. Sedt 4. 
Religious- cMehnchol). 
Memb. i. Subf.s,. 
them into a fools paradife. Rex eris aiunt, ji rect"e facies, do well, thou 
fhak bee crowned-, but for the moft part by threats, terrors and affrights, 
they tyrannize and terrific their diftreffed fouls; knowing that fear, alone 
is the foie and onely means to keep men in obedience, according to that 
HemiUichum of Petronius, frmus in orbe deosfeett timor, the fear of fome 
divine and fupreme powers, keep men in obedience, makes the people 
do their duties .* they play upon their conferences-, “ which was pradli- 
fed of old in v£gypt by their Priefls when there was an Ecclipfe, 
they made the people belecve God was angry , great miferies were to 
come v they take all opportunities of natural caufes, to delude the 
peoples fenfes, and with fearful tales out of purgatory, feigned appa- 
ritions, earth-quakes mfaponiaor China , tragical examples of Devils? 
poffeflions, obfeflfions, falfc miracles, counterfeit vifions, &c. They 
do fo infult over, and reftrainthera, never Hoby fo dared a Lark, that 
o Curtins lib. 4. 
«Secmore in 
Remnifius Ex- 
ams* Concil. 
Tridm-.de fur- 
gatsrio. 
?Part.\.c. 
part.cap, 18. 
& 14. 
they will not ° offend the leaft tradition, tread, or fcarce look awry .• Dcus 
bone ( P Lavater exclaims) quot hoc commentum de purgatorio mifert ajfiixit 1 
good God, how many men have been miferably afflicted by this fidtion 
of purgatory / 
Tothefe advantages of Hope ignorance and fimplicity , hee 
hath fcveral engines, traps, devices, to batter enthrall, omitting no 
opportunities, according to mens fevcral inclinations, abilities, to cir- 
cumvent and humour them, to maintain his fuperftition-, fometimes to 
ftupifie, befot them-, fometimes again by oppoficions, factions, to fet all 
at odds, arid in an uproar 5 fometimes hee infers one man, and makes 
him a principal agent-, fometimes whole Cities, Countries. If of mea- 
ner fort, by ftupidity, canonical obedience, blinde zeal, &c. If of bet- 
ter note, by pride, ambition, popularity, vain-glory. If of the CU gy 
and more eminent, of better parts than the reft, more learned, eloquent? 
hee puffs them up with a vain conceit of their own wofth, fete mi a in* 
flati, they begin to fwell and fcorn all the world in refpedt of them- 
felves, and thereupon turn hcreticks, fchifmaticks, broach new do- 
drines, frame new crotchets, or elfc out of too much leaf' 
ning become mad, or out of curiofity they will fearch into Gods 
crets, and eat of the forbidden fruit-, or out of preemption of their ho' 
linefs and good gifts, infpirations, become Prophets, Bnthufiafls, and wbac 
not ? or elfe if they bee difplcafed, difeontent, and have not fas they flip' 
pofcj preferment to their worth, havefome difgrace, repulfe, neglected 
or not efteemed, as they fondly value themfelves, or out of emulation > 
they begin prefently to rage and rave, ccelnm terra mifeent, they become 
fo impatient in an inflant, that a whole Kingdome cannot contain them? 
they will fet all in a corabuftion, all at variance, to bee revenged of tbetf 
adverfaries. 
Aufttt. 
* Donatus, when hee law Cecilianus preferred before him in tn 
Biflioprick of turned heretick ? andfo did Arian> becaufe A' 
Uxanderwas advanced: wee have examples at home, and too many 
periments of fuch perfons. If they bee lay men of better note, the 
engines of pride, ambition, emulation and jealoufie take place, they 
bee gods themfelves: r Alexander in India after his victories, became o 
infolentj hce would bee adored for a god ,* and thofe Romane Empelor 
* Curtius ib. 8. Pa«-3;SeU;4. 
Caujes of Religious ligtLweholj!. 
iVlemh.i. Subi.2. 
to that heighth of madhels they mud have i empies built to 
tnem, facrifices to their deities; • Bivas Augupns, D. Claudius, D. Adri-a- 
nuv •* f Helzogahcdus put out that v eft allfire at Rowe, expelled, the Vtroths, 
and hanijhed all other Religions all over the world, and would hethejoie 
God hmjelf. Our fiurhy, China Kings, great Chaws, and Mogors do little 
lets, adorning divine and bumbaft titles to themfelves 3 the meaner fort 
arc too credulous, and led with blinde zeal, blinde obedience, to pro- 
feme and maintain whatfoever their fottidi leaders dial] propofe, what 
they in pride, and Singularity, revenge, vain glory, ambition, f bleed.,j 
for gain; (hall raftily maintain and broach, their difciples make a mat- 
f Lmpriiuw 
) vitaejm Vir- 
• gincs vejhileSf 
& facrum ig- 
nem Kom<e ex~ 
tinxit, f oin.net 
vbiqvper orbem 
terra' religio- 
nes, unum hoc 
findens ut /eho 
deus coleretur 
ter of confidence, of hell and damnation, if they do it not, and will 
rather forfakc wives, children, houfe and home, lands, goods, fortunes,, 
life it felf, than omit or abjure the lead tittle of it, and to advance the 
common caufe, undergo any miferies, turn traitors, afl'affinates, pfimdo- 
martyrs, with full adurance and hope of reward in that other world, 
that they (hall certainly merit by kp win heaven, be canonized for 
Saints. ■ ' 
iNow when they are truly poffefifed with blinde zeal, and nulled 
With lhperdition, he hath many other baits to inveagle and infatuate, 
them farther yet,to make them quite mortified and mad,and that under 
colour of perfection, to merit by penance , going wolward, whipping. 
alms, &c. Air 1320. there was a Sed of f whippers, in Germa- 
ny th&f to the uftcnifmrent of the beholders, ladled, and cruelly tortu 
red their fklVes. I couid give many other in dances of eacli particular. 
But thefe works fo done are opere operapo,cx condigno,for 
themfelves and others, to make them macerate and cqnfumc their bo- 
dies. fbe-eie virtutk & unthrk, thufe Evangelical! counfels are propound- 
ed, fas olir fpeudocatholicks call them, canonical! obedience, wilfull 
r f ’trsTldts* 
rum fcSaMup'- 
Jhy. ltk3. Cojl- 
mog. cap. ip. 
poverty, t vowsof chaftity, monkery, and a folitary life, whichextend 
aimed to all religions and fuperftitions, to Turks, Chinas, Gentiles, A- 
h'jjtncs, Greek Latine/, and all Countries. Amongft the red, fading, 
contemplation, folitarinefs, are as it were certain rams by which 
the devhl doth batter and work upon the drongeft conditutions. Non- 
null) (faith Peter ¥or ef us) oh longas inedias, fiudia & meditationes coele- 
Jies.de rebus facris & religione femper agitant foy fading ovei-mucn, and 
diyine meditations, are overcome. Not,that fading is a thing of it felf 
to be dii com mended, for it is an excellent means to keep the body in 
t Vatum 
hatus, mem- ■ 
chatus. 
(objection ?u a preparative to devotion 3 the phyfick of the foul, by 
Which chaff thoughts are ingcndred3 true zeal, a divine fpirit, whence . 
whole feme courffels do proceed, concupifcence is reffrained, vicious. 
u Materfinite* 
tff, cUvm calo- 
rum, da anlmee 
\ qu<e levespsa^ 
;,r*d predominant Jiifrs arid humours are expelled. The Fathers are very 
JtiUch in commendation of it, and as Calvin notes itnnto derate. 
* mother of hsalt-hjpfy of heaven jhiritUalvping to create usjhe chariot 
P fhe holy Ghofii banner of faith* &c. And ’tis true they lay of it, it it 
be mocierutely and fcafonably ufed, by fuch parties as Mofes > Eli as 
C B R.I ST5 and as his x AppftJes made ufe of it y^ut wnen by 
lms rncdiTs they wili'fopererogate , and as y Erafmus well taxeth, Cz- 
•f-'f Jufjicere putant fuk merltk, Heaven is too fmall a rewar or 
iKT iKate choice of times and meats,«buy and, fell merits, at ii- 
, nas producat, 
ut in fublime 
■ ferat; currus 
■ jpiritus janßi, 
. vexillum fidei, 
porta paradfi, 
■vita 'angdorUf 
&c. 
v Cafiigo cor- 
pus mum. 
Paul. 
y may. meant* Part'. 3. Sect. 4. 
Religious Melancholy. 
Memb. i. Subi. 2. 
Bute more to them than to the ten Commandments , and count it a 
greater fin to eat meat in Lent, than to kill a man, and as one faith, 
Pi its refficiunt affum pifeem, quam Chrijinm crucifixum , plus falmoneM 
quam Solomonem, quibus in ore Chrifius, Epicurus in corde, when (bine 
counterfeit, and fome attribute more to fuch works of theirs than to 
Chriffs death and paiHon, the devil! fets in a foot, ffrangely deludes 
them, and by that means makes them to overthrow the temperature of 
their bodies, and hazard their fouls. Never any (frange illufions of 
devils amongff Hermites, Anachorites, never any vifions, phantafines, 
apparitions, Enthufiafmes , Prophets, any revelations, but immode- 
rate faffing, bad diet, fickncfs, melancholy, folitarinefs, or fome fuch 
things were the precedent caufes, the forerunners or concomitants of 
them. The be(f opportunity and foie occafion the Devill takes to delude 
them. Marcihus Cognatus lib. i. cont. cap, 7. hath many ffories to this 
purpofe, of fuch as after long faffing have been feduced by devils: and 
z tk a miraculous thing to Cardan writes) what Jirange accidents 
proceed from fafii ng} dreams,fuperfiition, contempt of torments, defire of 
death, prophefies,paradoxes, madnefs i fafiing naturally prepares men to 
thefc things. Monkcs, Anachorites, and the like, after much emptinefs 
become melancholy, vertiginous, they think they hear (frange noifes, 
confer with Hobgoblins, Devils, rivell up their bodies, & dum hofiet# 
wfequimur,faith Gregory ,ctvem qttem diligimus trucidamus,they become 
bare Skeletons, skin and bones :C ami bus abfiinentes proprias carnes devo- 
rant,ut nil prater cutem ojj'a fit reliquum. reports 
in his life, and Athanasius of Antonius, was fo bare with faffing, that the 
skin didfcarce■ flick, to the bones} for want of vapours he could not deep? 
and for want of ileep became idle headed, heard every night infants cry, 
oxen low,wolves howldions roar{as he thought)clattering of chains fir ange 
voices, and the like illufions of devils. Such fymptomes are common to 
thofe that fait long, are folitary, given to contemplation,over much foil' 
tarinefs and meditation. Not that thefe things (as I Laid of faffing) are 
to be di(commanded of thcmfelves, but very behovefull in fome cafes 
and good : fobriety and contemplation joyn our fouls to God 5 as that 
heathen b Torphyrie can tell us. c Extafis is atafie of future happinefs, bj 
which we arc united unto God, a divine melancholy, a jpiritual wing Bo- 
na vc. ture terms it, to lift us up to heaven : But as it is abufed, a meet 
dotiige,madnefs,a caufe and fymptome of Religious Melancholy .d lfyoii 
.fihill at any time jee ( faith Guatinerius') a Religious perfon over-fuperfii' 
tious, too folitary or much given to fajting,t hat man will certainly be 
lancholy, thou maifi boldly fay it, he will he fo, P.fprefius hath ahnoff the 
fame words, and e Cardan fubtiU hb. 18. cap. 40. lib, 8. de rerum va* 
rietate, folitarinefs,fajiing,and that melancholy humour, arc the caufes of 
all Hermites illufions.Lavater, defpecl.cap.iy. part. I, and part. i.cap.lO* 
puts loJitarinels a main caufe of fuch fpedfrums and apparitions 5 none? 
faith he, fo melancholy as Monkes and Hermites, the devils bath me- 
iLib&cap.io. 
de rerun va- 
rietateadmi- 
ratione digna 
funt qiite per 
tejunium hoc 
enodo cofitin- 
gliftt: fomnia, 
fuperjiitio, cm- 
fetnpws tor- 
mentorum, 
mortis defsde- 
vium, objiinata 
opinio,infanta: 
jejunium natu- 
raliter prae- 
parat ad h<ec 
omnia. 
ahpijhl.3. ha 
attenuatus fuit 
jejunio et vigi- 
liis, in tantum 
exefo corpore 
ut qjjibus vix 
htrebat, unde 
noSe infamum 
vagitus,halatus 
pecorum, mugi- 
tus boum, voces 
ludibria dae- 
monum, &c. 
hLib. de abjli-. 
nentia. Sobrie* 
ras pV conti- 
nentia mentem 
deo conjun 
gunt. 
c Zztafis nihil 
cj} aliud quam 
gujlus futura 
beatitudinis. 
Erafmus epifl. 
ai Domum 
in qua toti abfo bemur in Deum. dSi religiofum nttnis }fjunta videri) obfewantem, aud.ißer meUncholkhumprenundabis. Trw’ 
5. cap. 5. c Solitudo ipfa, mens <egrs laboribus anxiis O* jejuniis, tum temperatura cibis mutata agrejfibus, fa humor melancholici' 
Her mil is tllvjionum canfafunt. Part.,. Seft.4. 
Caufe.r of Religious Melancholy. 
Memb. r. Subf. 2. 
sncho ffnone jo Juhject to vijions and dotage in this kindest fuch as live 
Jo lit arylives, they hear and adjirange things in their dotage, g Polydore 
v u*gil Jib.2.de prodigi is, Waft that thofe prophefies, and Mon kgs revcUti- 
-orf? Dunnes drcames, which theyJuppofe comef rom God, do proceed wholly 
abinftinctu daemonum, by the Devils means: and fo thofe Enthufiaftss A-\ 
ttabaptijis^pfeudo-Prophets from the fame caufe. H Fracaftonus lib. 2. 
de intellect* will have all your Pythonijfes, and pfeudo-prophets ‘ 
to be meer melancholy sfo doth Wierus prove, lib.i.eap.S. &I. 3. cap.7.i 
and Arculanus in 9. Rhafts, that melancholy is a folc caufe, and the 
Devill together, with faffing and folitarinefs, of fuch Sibylline prophe- 
iies, if there were ever fuch, which'with i Caufabonand others I juffly 
{Solitudo eft 
caiifi apparitidi 
num ; nulli vi' 
/ionibus: & hin* 
delirio mag/t 
obnoxii funt 
quam qui colle- 
giis ff eremo 
vivunt mona- 
chi ; tales ple- 
rumque melan- 
cholici obvi- 
HwnJolitudii- 
exceptat, for it is not likely that the Spirit of God fhould ever re- 
veal fuch manifeft revelations and predictions ofChrift, to thofe ry- 
ihonijpe, witches , Apollo s priefts3 the Devils minilfers, ( they were 
no better) and conceal them from his own prophets , for thefe Sibyls 
fet down all particular circumftances, of Chrilfs coming, and many 
other future accidents far more perfpicuous and plain than ever any 
prophet did. But howfoever there be no rhrebades or Sibyls, lam allu- 
red there be other Enthufiajis, prophets, dii Fatidici, Magi, (of which 
read Jo, Boiffardus, who hath laboriously colle&ed them into a great 
f volume of late, with elegant piftures, and epitomized their lives) See. 
ever have been in all ages, and ftill proceeding from thofe cauksfouf 
7J ’ 
- 
g Monachi fife 
' putam prophe- 
. We ex Deo, (& 
■ qui folitariam 
agtmt vitam, 
qum jk ingln- 
tlu daemonium- 
Sr/i: falluntur 
fatidica'; a ma- 
lo genio ha- 
bent, qua pu- 
tant d Deo, V?1 
Jit Enthuftafl.t. 
h Sibylla:, Py- 
vi fiones fuas enarrant.fomniant ejufmodi deliriis 
agitati3 Spiritus S anUum ftb/ c Ominum cari putant. That which is writ- 
ten of Saint Francis five wounds, and other fuch monafticall cffecfs, of 
him and others, may juffly be referred to this our Melancholy 5 and 
that which Matthew Paris relates of the k Monk of Evejham, who Taw 
heaven and hell in a vifioU} of iSir Qwen, that went down into Saint 
Tatrickgs purgatory in King Stephens and faw as much ; Walking- ■ 
ham of him that was tewed as much by Saint Julian. Bedalih. 5. cap. 13,; 
14, 2O. reports of King Sebba, lib. 4. cap. 11 .ecclef. hifi. that faw ; 
if range P1 viftons} and Stumyhius Helvet. Comic, a cobler of Bafil, 1520., 
that beheld rare apparitions zt An thorough fin Germany. Alexander ab 
thii (gj Pro- 
pheta: qui di- 
vinate folent, 
'omnes phamii- 
ci funt me!an- j 
cholici. 
i Exsrsit. c. r. 
f De divinatio- 
ne (f<r Magici* 
pYtffiigiis, 
* Idem. 
kPoji. 15. die- 
\ um preces & 
jejunia mirabi- 
les videbat vi- 
Alexandra. gen.dter. lib. 6. 21. of an Enthufiafticall prifoner, (all 
out as probable as that of Erls in Plato s tenth dialogue de 
Repub, that revived again ten dayes after he was killed in a battell, and 
told tenge wonders , like thofe tales Vtyjjes related to Alcinous in Ho-, 
or Lucians vera hifiofra it felf ) was ftill after much folitarinefs, 
faftipg, or long ficknefs, when their brains were addle , and their 
bellies as empty of meat as their heads of wit. Florilegus hath many 
inch examples,/0/. 191. 
one of Saint GuUldke of Croivatde that fought 
J?*th Devils 3 but if ill after long ’faff inert over-much folitarinefs, n the 
Jtones. 
f 1 Pol. 84. vita 
• Stephanies foh 
177. poji trium 
menjkni inedi- 
; am & I°nSu°m 
rem per p dies 
i nihil comedens 
aut bibens, 
m After con- 
templation in 
an extalis; fo 
Hierom was 
DeviH perfwaded him, therefore to* Mofps asd Flias did, the bet- 
terto deludfe him. o In the fame Authour is recorded Carolus Magnus 
vjfiun ig^.or''extalis, wherein he faw heaven and hell after much 
siting and meditation. So drd the Devil] of old with 'Apollo's priefts. 
arans and his fellowhsf thofe J??avt)tians\ did enloyja king 
. whipped for 
. reading Tally - 
fee millions of 
[ examples in 
our Annals. 
_ -J-Bedefjregoiyt 
i Jacobus de Vo* 
. rcgine, Lppm 
T&f'fwmynvi hFhl.ipp. pofl abjiinenti* mas miras ihjioms dammm audivit, 
* '' in vigilia dici dominica vi/mm habuit do purgatorio. Part. 3. Sect. 4. 
Religious Melancholy, 
Memb.i. Subf.3. 
falling before he would give any Oracles, triduum * cibo & vino ab* 
flinerent, p before they gave any anfwers, as Volateran lib. 13. cap. 4» 
records, and Strabo Geog\lih. 14. defcr&es Charons den, in the way 
betwixt Tralles and whither the Frieds led Tick and fanaticke 
men: but nothing performed without long fading, no good to be 
done. That feeding q Lucian conducts his Menippus to hell by the 
directions of that Chaldean Mithrobarzanes, but after long fading, and 
fuch like idle preparation. Which the Jefuites right well perceiving of 
what force this fading and folitary meditation is, to alter mens minds, 
1 when they would make a man mad, ravilh him, improve him beyond 
himfelf, to undertake fome great bufinefs of moment, to kill a Kings 
or the like, * they bring him into a melancholy dark chamber, where 
he lhall fee no light for many dayes together, no company, little 
meat, gadly pictures of Devils all about him, and leave him to lie 
:as he will himfelf, on the bare floor in this chamber of meditation? 
as they call it, on his back, fide, belly, till by his drange ufage they 
make him quite mad and belide himfelf. And then after fome ten 
dayes, as they find him animated and refolved, they make ufe of 
him. The Devill hath many fuch faCtours, many fuch engines, 
which what effeCt they produce, you lhall hear in thefe following 
Symptomes. 
pVbi multos 
dies manent je- 
jtmi conftlio 
facerdotum 
auxilia invo- 
cantes. 
q In Nscro- 
mant. Et cibus 
quidm ghndes 
erant, potuf a- 
qua, leShu fub 
dio,&c. 
tjohn Everar- 
dus Britanno. 
Romanus lib. 
edit. 1611. de- 
scribes all the 
manne* of it. 
S U B S E C T. 3. 
Symptomes gener all Jove to their own fell .hate of all other Religio ns,ohjli~ 
nacy, peevifynefs,ready to undergo any danger or crojfefor it 5 Martyrs, 
hlinde zeal, bltnde obedience ifaftings, vowe », belief of incredibi- 
lities, impojjlbihties : Varticular of Gentiles, Mahometans9 
Jews, chrijiians y, an eft n them, Heretichy old and 
new, Schijmaticfs, Schoolmen, Pro- 
phets, Enthuftajis, &c. 
BEji Leat rideat Democrifuslin attempting to fpeak 
pi of thefe Symptomes 3 lhall I laugh with Democritus, of 
" weep with Heraclitus 1 they are fo ridiculous andabfurd 
gR on the one fide, fo lamentable and tragical on the other j * 
—IMJ mjxt Scene offers it felf, fo full of errours, and a promifcU' 
bus variety ofobjeds, that I know not in what drain to reprefenj 
it. When I think of that Turkjfh paradife, thofe JaviJh fables, and 
pontificial rites, thofe pagan fuperditions , their facririces , and ce- 
remonies, as to make images oi all matter, and adore them when 
they have done, to fee them kifs the pyx, creep to the crofs, &c. 
I cannot choofe but laifgh with Democritus : but when I ee 
whip and torture themfelves, grind their fouls for tcyes and trifled 
defperate, and now ready to die, I cannot choofe but weep with /#' 
rmlitus. When I fee a Pried fay made, with all thofe apifh gedures, 
murmurings, &c. read the cudomes of the Jewes Syn gogue, or 
met a MefchitesJ mud needs f laugh at their folly, nfiim teneatk amid* 
but when I fee them make matters of confcience of fuch toyes 311 
{ Varivs map- 
pa componere 
tfifum viso po- 
terat. Part-3-Seft.4. 
Symptomes of Religious Melancholy. 
Memb.i.Subf.^. 
tnfles, to adore the Devil, to endanger their fouls, to offer their chil- 
dren to their Idols, Bcc. I mufi: needs condole their mifery. When I fee 
two fuperftitious Orders contend pro aris & focis, with fuch have and 
hold,*/* lana caprina, fan o. write fuch great Volumes to no purpofe,take 
fo much pains to fo fmali effedf, their Satyrs, invedfives, apologies, dul 
and grofs fidfions 5 when I fee grave learned men rail and fcold like 
butter-women , methinks ’tis pretty (port, and fitc for Calphnrnius and 
Democritus to laugh at. But when I fee fa much bloud fpilt, fo many 
murders and mafia crcs, fo many cruel battels fought. See. ’tis a fitter 
Ipbjedi: for Heraclitus to lament. «As Merlin when he fate by the lake 
fide with Vortigcr3 and had feen the white and red dragon fight, before 
he began to interpret or to fpeak, in fletum prorupit, fell a weeping, and 
then proceeded to declare to the King what it meant. I ftiould firftpi, 
ty and bewaiJethis mifery of humane kind with fomepafiionate preface, 
wilhing mine eys a fountain of tears, as Jeremy did, and then to my task. 
For it is that great torture, that infernal plague of mortali men, omnium 
pejiiumpejiilentijjima fuperfiitio, and able of it felf alone to Hand in op- 
pofition to all other plagues, miferies and calamities whatfoever, far 
more cruel, more pelf iferous,more grievous,more general,more violent, 
of a greater extent. Other fears and forrows, grievances of body and 
mind, are troublefome for the time, but this is forever, eternal dam- 
nation , hell it felf, a plague, a fire : an inundation hurts one Pro- 
vince alone, and the lofs may be recovered, but this fuperftition in- 
volves all the world almoft, and can never be remedied. Sicknefs 
t Pleno ridet 
Calphurniuf 
ore. Hor. 
u Aldfius de 
Infidit. 
and forrows come and go, but a fuperftitious foul hath no reft 5 x fo- 
perfiitione imbutus animus nunquam quietus efie pot efiy no pcace,no qui-‘ 
etneft. True Religion and Superftition are quite oppofite, longh diverfa 
carnificina & pietasyns La&antius defcribes, the one ereares, the other 
dejeds } illorumpiet as 0 mera impietas , the one is an eafie yoak, the other 
an intolerable burden, an abfolute tyranny 5 the one afure anchor, an 
haven 5 the other a tempeftuous Ocean} the one makeSjthe other marrs, 
the one is wifdome, the other is folly, madnefs, indifcretion 5 the one 
unfained, the other a counterfeit 5 the one a diligent obfervcr, the other 
an ape, one leads to heaven, the other to hell. But thefe differences 
will more evidently appear by their particular fymptomes. What 
Religion is, and of what parts it doth confift, every Catechifm will 
tell you 3 what Symptomes it hath, and what effeds it produceth: 
but for their fuperftitions, no tongue can tell them, no pen expreft, 
they are fo many, fQ diverfe, fo uncertain, fo unconftant, and fo dif- 
ferent from themfelvcs. Tot mundi fuperJiitionesy quot ccdo fiellone 
faith, there be as many fuperftitions in the world, as there be ftars in 
heaven, or devils themfelves that are the firft founders of them: with 
fuch ridiculous, abfurd fymptomes and ftgns, fo many feveral rites, 
Cereinonies, torments and vexations accompanying, as may well ex- 
frefs and befeem the devil to be the author and maintaincr of 
them. I wiu only point er fome of them, ex ungue leonm, guelie at 
r?,e . and thofe of the chief kinds of fuperftition , which behde 
now domineer and crucifie the world, Gentiles, a ome 
taiis, Jews, See, 
x Ckm i, i§ 
Jinibuf. Part. g.Seft. 4. 
Religious Melancholy. 
Memb. r. Subl.g. 
660 
Of thefe fymptomes fome be general , fome particular to each pri- 
vate fed: general to all , are, an extraordinary love and aftediou they 
bear and fhew to fuch as are of their own fed, and more then Vatini* 
an hate to fuch as are oppofite in Religion, as they call it, or difagree 
from them in their fuperftitious rites, blind zeal, (which is as much a 
lymptorne as a cauie, ) vain fears, blind obedience, needlefs works, 
incredibilities, impoflibilities, monftrous rites and ceremonies, wilful- 
nefs, blindnefs, obftinacy, &c. For the firft, which is love and hate, as 
y In Tfficah 
commentt 
V Montanus faith, nulla firmior amicitia qukm qu<e contrahi tur 
difeordia major, quam qu£ a religione fit 3no greater concord, no greater 
difeord then that which proceeds from Religion. It is incredible to re- 
late, did not our dayly experience evince it, what fadions, quamte- 
terr*m£ fa&i°msi (as t Rich,- Dinoth writes ) have been of late for mat- 
ters* 0f pCeligion in France, and what hurly burlies all over Europe for 
thefe many years. Nihil efi quod tam impotenter rapiat homines, qttar# 
fufeepta de faint e opinio 5 jftquidem pro ea omnes gentes corpora efi ammaf 
devovere folent, efi artfijfimo necejfitudinis vinculo fe invicem colligare• 
We arc all brethren in Chrift, fervants of one Lord, members of one 
body, and therefore are or ftiould be at lead dearly beloved, infepara- 
bly allied in the greateft bond of love and familiarity , united partakers 
not only of the fame crofs, but coadjutors, comforters , helpers, at all 
times, upon all occafions^: as they did in the primitive Church, Act* 
the 5. they fold their patrimonies,and laid them at the Apoftles feet,and 
many fuch memorable examples of mutual love we have had under the 
ten general perfections, many fince. Examples on the other fide of 
difeord none like ,as our Saviour faith, became therefore into the world 
to fet father againft fon, Stc. In imitation of whom the Devil belike 
( nam fuperfiitio irrepjit ver<g religionis imitatrix, fuperftition is ftill Re- 
ligions ape, as in all other things, fo in this) doth fo combine and gleW 
together his fuperftitious followers in love and affedion, that they will 
live and die together: and what an innate hatred hath he ftill infpired 
to any other fuperftition oppofite ? How thofe old Romans were affeded, 
thofc ten perfections may be a witnefs, and that cruel executioner in 
Eufebius, aut lita aut morere, facrifice or dye. No greater hate, more 
continuate, bitter fadion, wars,perfecution in all ages, then for matters 
of Religion, no fuch feral oppofition, father againft fon, mother againft 
daughter, husband againft wife, City againft City, Kingdome againft 
Kingdome ; as of old at Tentira and Combos : 
•fGaU.hiJi.liba 
ALaßmius. 
'ijiev. Sat. is. 
a Immortal# odium, d> nunquam fanabile vulnus, 
Jnde furor vulgo, quod numina victnorum 
Odit uterque locus, folqs credit habendos 
Ejfe deos quos ipfe colat,—■ 
Immortal hate it breeds, a wound paft cure. 
And fury to the commons ftill to endure ; 
Becaufe one City t others gods as vain 
Deride, and his alone as good maintain. 
this day count no better of us then of dogs, fo they coin* 
monly call us Gaure infidels, mifcreants, make that their main quarrel * art-3 • Sed.4. 
Symptomes of Religious Melancholy. 
Memb. 1. Subl.3 
and caufe of Chriftian perfecution. If he will turn Turk, he (hall be 
entertained as a brother , and had in good efieem, a Mufelmaf or a 
oeleever, which is a greater tye to them then any affinity or confangui- 
nity. The Jews fiick together like fo many burrs, but as for the reft 
whom they call Gentiles , they doe hate and abhof, they cannot en- 
dure their Mejjias Ihoirld be a common Saviour to us all, and rather as 
Luther writes, then they that now fcojfe at them, curfe them, perfecute 
#nd revile them, Jhall be coheirs and brethren with them, or have any part 
°ffelloTvfbip with their Mejjtas, they would cruci fie their Mejfias ten times 
over, and God himfelf, his Angels, and all his creatures, if it were pojji- 
ble, though they endure a thoufandhelsfor 7/vSuch is their malice towards 
cis. Now for'Papifis, what in a common caufe for the advancement of 
their Religion they will endure, our Traitors and Pfeudocatholicks will 
q h Comment, in 
Micha. Fens 
f non pnjjunt ut 
{ illorum Mqffuts 
_ communis for- 
vcitor fit, no- 
s firm gaudium _ 
f (fyc. JYfejJios 
[ vel decem de- 
des crucifixuri 
' 
' deum /1 id fieri 
peftst, una cum 
angelis et crea- 
turis omnibus, 
nsc abjlerreren- 
tur ab hoc fella 
etjtmille infer • 
na fubeund* 
ferent. 
c Lucret. 
f Lucan. 
declare unto us 5 and how bitter bn the other fide to their adversaries, 
how violently.bent, let thofe Marian times record, as thofe miferable 
ilaughtcrs;at Merindoland Cabriers, the Spamfij inquifition,the Duke of 
Alva’s tyranny in the Low-countries, the French MaUacres and Civil 
Wars. 
e Tantum relligio potuit fuadere malorum. 
Not there only, but all over Europe, we read of bloody battels, racks 
and wheels, feditions, fadions, oppofitions, 
-—*—- f obvia fignis **■ 
Signaypares aquilas, & pila minantia pilis. 
Invectives and contentions. They had rather (hake hands witha Jew, 
Turf or as the Spaniards do, fuffer Moores to live amongft them, and 
Jewsth an name, ( faith d Luther) is more odious to them 
then any thief or murderer. So it is with all hereticks and fchifmaticks 
whatfoever ; And none fo paffionatc, violent in their tenents, opinions, 
obfiinate, wilful, refradory, pcevifh, fadious, fingular and ftiffein de- 
fence of them 5 they do not only perfecute and bate, but pity all other 
Religions,account them damned, blind, as if they alone were the true 
d Ad Galat. 
comment. No- 
men ediojim 
meum quart 
ullus homicida 
dut fur. 
Church, they are the true heirs, have the Feefimple of heaven by a pe- 
culiar donation, ’tis entailed on them and their pofterities,their dodrine 
found, per funem aureum de coelo delapfa do&rina, they alone are to be 
laved. The Jews at this day are fo incomprehensibly proud and churl? 
iaith * Luther,that foti falvari,foli domini terrarum faint ari volunt. And 
as fßuxtorfius adds, fo ignorant and felf-willed wit half that amongst 
1 heir moji underjianding Rabhinesyou ffait find nought hut grofs dotage, 
horrible hardnejs of heart, and fiupendobfiinacy, in all their asions,opi* \ 
Jious, converjations : and yet Jo zealous withall, that no man living can* 
hentore, and vindicate themielves for the eleft people of GO D. ’Tis fo j 
■ comment, 
■Micah. Adso 
incomprehenft- 
bih & after A 
eorum fuperbia, 
&c. 
f Synagog. 'Ju- 
ice or urn at.i i. 
Inter eorum in- 
teUigentiJJimos 
Rahbinos nil 
vith all other fuperftitious feeb, Mahometans, Gentiles in China? and 
5 our ignorant r'apifa JnahSeparates, and peculiar 
Churches of Amfterdam, they alone, and none but they can be laved. 
g Jealous (as Paul faith, Rom m 0.2.} without knowledge* they will endure 
uny ohrery 5 any trouble, fuffer and do that which the Sun-beams will 
not to fee, Religionis alti furiis, all lolTes and dan- 
rs3 take any paines, fall, pray, vow chaftity, wilful poverty, for a^eJ 
d and follow their Idols, dye a thoufand deaths, as fome Jews di o 
I prater ignoran- 
. Tim fa injipi- 
entiamgrindent 
1 invenies, hor- 
-1 rendam indura- 
tionem, &ob - 
jlimtionS, he. 
g Great is T)ia- 
na of tht Ep]ys~ 
/tans, Aft. 15 . Part. 3. Se£t. 4. 
Religious Melancholy. 
Memb.i. Subf.3. 
foul diets, in like cafe, exertos prabentesjugulos, c* manifejie 
fe ferentes fas Jofephus hath it) chariorem ejfe vit* (ibi legis patn <e obfer- 
vationem, father then abjure, or deny the Icaft particle of that Reli- 
gion which their Fathers profefs, and they themfelves have been 
brought up in, be it never fo abfurd, ridiculous, they will embrace it, 
and without farther enquiry or examination of the truth, though it 
be prodfgioully falfe, they will beleeve it: they will take much more 
pains to go to hell, then we fhall do to heaven. Single out the moft 
ignorant of them, convince his underftanding, fhew him his errors, 
grofnefs, and abfurdities of his fe(ft. Non perfnadebis etiamfi ptrfuaferis^ 
he will not be perfwaded. As thofe Pagans told the Jeluits in Japona, 
hthey would do as their fore-fathers have done } and with Ratholde 
the Fripan Prince, go to hell for company, if moft of their friends 
went thither: they will not be moved, no perfwafton, no torture can 
ftir them. So that Papifts cannot brag of their vows, poverty, o- 
bedience, orders, merits, martyrdoms, fallings, alms, good works, 
pilgrimages : much and more then all this, I (hall (hew you, is, and 
hath been done by thefe fuperftitious Gentiles, Pagans, Idolaters and 
Jews: their blind zeal and idolatrous fuperftition in all kinds is much 
at one little or no difference , and it is hard to fay which is the grea- 
teft, which is the groffeft. forif a man fhall duly confider thofe fu- 
perftitious rites amongft: the Ethnics in Japan, the Bannians in Gufart, 
the Chinefe idolaters, * Americans of old, in Mexico efpecially, Ma- 
hometan priefts, he (hall find the fame government almoft, the fame 
orders and ceremonies, or fo like, that they may feem all apparently to 
be derived from fome heathen fpirit, and the Roman Hierarchy no bet- 
h Malunt cum 
illit infamre, 
quant cum alin 
bene femire. 
*Acep.l.s. 
ter then the reft. In a word, this is common to*all fupcrftitioa, there 
is nothing fo mad and abfurd, lo ridiculous, impoffible, incredible, 
which they will not believe, obferve, and diligently perform as much 
as in them lies $ nothing fo monftrous to conceive, or intolerable to 
put in praftice ,fo cruel to fuffer, which they will not willingly un- 
dertake. So powerful a thing is fuperftition. f 0 Mgypt (as7Jrifme- 
giftns exclaims) thy religion is fable s0 andfuch as y ofieri ty will not be- 
lieve. I know that in true Religion it felf, manymyfteries are fo ap- 
prehended alone by faith, as that of the Trinity, which Turks efpe- 
cially deride, Chrifts Incarnation, refurreftion of the body at the laft 
credendum (faith Tertullian') quod incredibile, &c, manV 
t O 
religion» tu& 
foU fuperfunt 
jabula eaque 
incredibiles 
pojieru tun. 
f Meditat. Ip 
ds fcena dotfiin, 
miracles not to be controverted ordifputed of. Mirari non rimari fa~ 
pent i a vera eft, faith f Gerhardus in divinis (as a good Father in- 
forms US } quadam credenda, qntfdam admiranda^&c.fome things are to 
be believed, embraced, followed with all fubmiffion and obedience, 
fome again admired. Though Julian the Apoftate feoff at Chriftians 
in this point, qttod (aptivemus intelle&um in objequium ftdeio faying, that 
the Chriftian Creed is like the Pythagorean ipfe dixit, we make our will 
and underftanding too (lavifhly fubjeft to our faith, without farther 
examination of the truth 5 yet as Saint Gregory truly anfwers, our Creed 
is alti oris prsft anti #1 and much more divine 3 and asThontaswiUjpie con\ 
Jideranti femperfuppetunt r crcd’hilitatem in ntyfteriif 
fupernaturahhns), we do abfolutely believe it, and upon good reafof^ art*3 • Sett. 4. 
Symptomes of Religious Melancholy, 
Memb.i.Subf.g. 
for as Gregory well informeth usj Fides non habet ubi humana 
ratio qudcnt experimentum 3 that faith hath no merit, is not worth the 
name of faith, that will not apprehend without a certain demonftra- 
-11011: We 1: uft and will belet vc Gods word 5 and if we be miftaken or 
er(e incur generali belief, as * Rich ardus de fan&o Vittore vows, he 
Will lay toChnft himfelr at the day of judgement $ roe he deed- 
ycd.ihc u alone haft deceived «/.‘thus we plead. But for the reft I Will not ’ 
juftifie that pontificial confubltantiation, that which * Mahometans and 
Jewesjuftly except at, as CampaneUa confeffeth, Atheifmi triumphat. 
f Lib.i.de trirt. 
cap. 2 Ji decepti 
fumus, g?c. 
* Vide Samfa- 
tv IJphoanis 
objdltones in 
mnsshum 
Milejhinu 
cap.l2.fhi, 125, difficillimum dogma uhud fuujesu,m magis hccre- 
tic orum btjfihemiisi& ftultis irrijiomhus politicorumrepertri. They hold 
k impoliible, Deum in pane manducari 5 and belides they feoff at it, vide 
gentem comedentem Deum Juum, inquit quidam Maurus, f Hunc Deum 
wujcdC & vermes irrident, quum ipjum pouuunt & devorant jubditus eji 
& latrones furant p 1x1 dem auream humi proficrnnnt, &fe 
tamen non defendit hic Dejts. jieri poteff ut fit integer in fingulp ho- 
fii£ particulis, idem corpus na nero, tam multis loci/, •- d^c. 
+ Lege f'sjf- 
man. Mus ex- 
enteratus. 
But he that (hall read the * Turkcs AJcoran,thejff»<*x Talmud,and P( pifts 
Golden Legend, in the mean time will fwear that fuch grofs fictions, fa- 
bles, vain traditions, prodigious paradoxes and ceremonies,coulJ never 
proceed from any other fpirit.. than thatofthedevill himfelf, which is 
the Author of confufion and and wonder withall how fuch wile. 
i As true as 
turners Iliads, 
Ovids. Meia- 
tamorphoftSy 
si-fops Fables, 
men as have been or the Jewi i,fuch learned underftanding men as Aver- 
roes> or thole Heathen Phiiofophers, could ever be perfwa- 
ded to belceve, or tofubferibe to the leaft part of them ; aut fraudem 
non detegere : but that as f Vanninus anfwers, oh public£ poteflatisfor- 
midinem allatrare phdojophi non they durftnot fpeak for fear 
of the law. But Iwi ll defeend to particulars: read their feverall Symp- 
tomes and then guels. , 
Of fuch Symptomes as properly belong to fuperftition, or that irre- 
ligious Religion, I may lay as of the reft, feme are ridiculous, fome 
again ferall to relate. Of thole ridiculous, there can be no better tefti- 
t Flial, 52. de 
oraculis. 
mony than the multitude of their gods, tliofe ablurd names, actions, 
offices they put upon them, their feafts, holy day es, facrifices, adora- 
tions, and the like. The Egyptians that pretended fo great antiquity, 
Kings before Amajis : and as Melt writes, 13000 years from the 
beginning of their Chronicles, that brag’d fo much of their knowledge 
of old, for they invented Arithmctick, Aftronomy, Geometry: of their 
Wealth and power, that vaunted of 20000 Cities : yet at the fame time 
their Idolatry and fuperftltion was moff grofs : they worlhipped, as 
bjodorus Siculus records 9 Sun and Moon under the name of Jjtfsnd 
and after, fuch men as were beneficial to them, or any creatine 
that did them good. In the city of Bubafii they adored a Cat, faith He- 
r and Storks, an Oxe (faith rimy h f Lcekes and Md- 
f 0 fan9.if gat- 
tes quibus h<ec 
nafcuntur in 
* Torrum & cccpe deos imponere nubibus aujt, • . , 
i. Hos tu Nile deos colis3 —— Scoffing t Lucian in 
lsvera Hi Jieri awhich as. he confefTeth himfelf was not per wanve 
y Written as a truth, but in Comical faihion to glaunce at the mon- 
horto Numina t 
Juven. Sat.15* , 
* Prudentim 
t Prtjat. rtfv 
hfi. tart. SeCt, 4. 
Religious Melancholy. 
Memb. 1. Subf. 
ftrous fiidions, and grofs abfurdities of writers and nations, to 
without doubt this prodigious Egyptian Idolatry, fains this (lory of 
himfelf 3 that when he had feen the Eliftan fields, and was now com- 
ming away, Radamanthus gave him a Mallow-root, and bade him 
pray to that when he was in any peril! or extremity 3 which he did ac- 
cordingly 3 for when he came to Hydamordia in the Hand of treache- 
rous women, he made his prayers to his root, and was inftantly deli- 
vered. The Syrians, Chaldeans had as many proper Gods of their own 
invention 3 fee the faid Lucian de dea Syria, Morny cap, 22. de veri~ 
tat, relig, Gnliel. Stuckjus f Sacrorum Sacrificiorumque Gentil. defeript. 
Peter Faber Semefier, /.3. c, iy 2,3, Selden de diis Syrk, Purchas Pil- 
grimage, k Rojinus of the Romans, and Liliws Giraldus of the Greek/* 
The Romans borrowed from all, befides their own gods, which were 
majorum and minorum as Varro holds, certain and uncertain 3, 
fome coeleftial felecf and great ones, others Indigites and Semi~dei9 
Lares, Biofcuri, Soteres, and Parajiqt£0 dii tutelares amongft 
the Greekj : gods of all forts, for all fun&ions 3 fome for the Land, 
fome for Sea 3 fome for Heaven, fome for Hell 3 fome for paffions, di- 
feafes, fome for birth, fome for weddings, husbandry , woods , wa- 
ters 3 gardens, orchards, &c. All adHons and offices. Fax, ®uiesy 
f figuri fol, 
J4P4* 
K Hqfirt. antiq. 
Horn. 1.2. €.l, 
& deinceps. 
Lib. de divi- 
natione H ma- 
gica pr<fjligiis 
in Mopfo. 
't Cofm Pace io' 
interpret, nihil 
ab aerii caligi- 
ne aut fgura- 
rum varietate 
impeditus me- 
ram pulchritu- 
dinem meruit, 
exultantmi- 
sericordia mo- 
tu*, cognatos a- 
mkos qui ad 
huc manantur in 
terra tuetur, 
errantibui fuc- 
currit, <& c. 
Deus hoc pujjlt 
ut ejfint genii 
dii tutelares 
hominibus, bo- 
nos juvantes, 
malos punientes 
<&c, 
* Sacrorum 
gent. dejeript. 
non bene meri- 
tos Jolum, fed 
dfy tyrannos pr 6 
diis colunt, qui 
genur huma- 
num horren- 
dum in modum 
■ponentafa im- 
manitate du 
vexarunt, (fac, 
foedas meretri- 
ces, <&c. 
Salus, Libertas,Felicitas, Strenua, Stimula, Horta, Pan, Sylvanus, Pri- 
apus, t lor a, Cloacina, Stercutius, Febris, Fallor, invidia, Protervia, M.i- 
jus,Angerona, Volupia, Vacuna, Viriplaca, Veneranda, Tales, Neptunia9- 
Doris. Kings, Emperours, valiant men that had done any good offices 
for them, they did likewife canonize and adore for Gods, and it was 
ufually done, ufitatum apud antiquos, as f Jac, Boijfardus well obferves, 
deificare homines qui beneficiis mortales juvent, and the Devil was ftill 
ready to fecond their intents,fiatimfie, ingrejfit illorum fepulchris, ftatuis, 
templis, aris, he crept into their temples, ftatues, tombs, altars, 
and was ready to give oracles, cure difeafes, do miracles, &c. as by 
Jupiter, JEfculapius,Tirefias,Apollo, Mopfus, Amphiaraus,&c. dii & Se~ 
t mi-dei. For fo they were Semi-dii, demi-gods,fome medii inter Dsos & 
homines, as Max. f Tyrius, the Platonift, fer. 26. & 27. maintains and 
juftifies in many words» When a good man dies, his body is buried, but his 
foul e* homine daemon evzdk,becomes forthwith a Demi-god,nothing dif~ 
par aged with malignity of aire, or variety of forms, rejoy ccth, exults and 
Jees that perfeU beauty with his eys. Now being deified, in commiferatioft 
he helps his poor friends here on earth,his kjndred and allies, informs,fuc' 
r court, punifheth thofie that are bad, and do ami ft, as a good Genius to 
protcH and govern mortal men appointed by the gods, fo they will have ity. 
ordaining feme for provinces,/omefor private menfiome for one office,fime 
-for another. HeUop and Achilles ajfifi Souldiers to this day 5 JEfculapius all 
t lick men, the Diofcuri Seafaring men, See. and fometimes upon occa- 
i (ion they (hew themfelyes. The Diofcuri, Hercules and JEfculapius, he 
faw himfelf (or the devil in his likenefle ) nonfomniansfed vigilans ipfe 
, vidi :So far Tyrius. And not good men only do they thus adore, but 
tyrants, monfters , devils, (as * Stukjus *■enveighs ) Nero’s, Domitians, 
Heliogables, beaftiy women, and arrant whores amongft the reft. For all 
intents, places, creatures, they affign gods 5 pai*M.Sech4.' 
Symptomes of Religious Melancholy. 
Memb. 1. Subl. 
Et thermis, & equis f oleatis 
Ajjignartfolent genios faith Prudentius. Cuna for 
cradles, Diverra for fweeping houfes, Nodina knots, Prema, Pramun- 
da9 Hymens Hymeneus0 for weddings, Cornus the God of good fellows, 
gods of lilence, of comfort, Hebe goddefs of youth, MeUa nienftru~ 
arunti male arid female gods, of all ages, fexes, and dimensions, 
with beards, without beards, married, unmarried, begot, not born at 
all, but as Minerva ftart out of Jupiters head. HefioUus reckons up at 
leatt 30000 gods, Varro 300 Jupiters* As Jeremy told them, their gods 
were to the multitude of Cities 5 
guicquid humus, pelagus, cotium niiferabile gignit 
Id dixire deos, codes, fret a, flumina, flammas. 
What ever heavens, fea and land begat, 
flils. Teas and rivers, God was this and that* 
And which was mott abfurd, they made gods upon fuch ridiculous 
occasions j As children make babies {fo faith f Morneus') their Poets make 
■ t Cap. 22, de 
ver. rel. Beos 
finxerunt eo- 
rum Poet*, ut 
, infantium pup- 
pas. 
Codsi & quos adorant in templis, ludunt in Theatris, as Lactantius feoffs. 
Saturn a man, gelded himfelf, did eat his own children, a cruel tyrant* 
driven out of his kingdom by his fon Jupitery as good a God as him- 
fdf, a wicked lafeivious paltry King of Crete, of whofe rapes, lufts, 
murders, villanies, a whole volume is too little to relate. Venus a noto- 
rious ttrumpet, as common as abarbars chair, Mars, Adonis, Anchifes 
whore,!s a great fhe-goddefs as well as the reft, as much renowned by 
their Poets, with many fuch : and thefe gods fo fabuloufly and foo- 
lifhly made, ceremoniis, Hymnis, & Canticis celebrant, their errors, luctus 
& gaudia 0 nuptias & liberorum procreationes, (f as Eujebiut 
well taxeth ) weddings, mirth and mournings, loves, angers, and quar- 
relling they did celebrate in Hymns, and ling of in their ordinary 
fongs, as it were ppblilhing their villanies. But fee more of their ori- 
■j■ Proem, lib. 
Contra philof 
ginnis. When Romulus was made away by the ledition or the Senators, 
to pacific the people, * Julius Proculus gave out that Romulus was taken 
UP by Jupiter into Heaven, and therefore to be ever after adored for a 
God amongft the Romans, Syrophanes of Mgjpt had one only fon, 
Whom he dearly loved, he erected his ftatue in his houfe, which his 
fervancs did adorn with crowns and garlands, to pacific their matters 
l * Livius Üb.i. 
Deus vobis iri 
pojhrum propt- 
i tiusf Quirites, 
wrath when he was angry , fo by little and little he was adored for a 
god. This did Semiramis hi her husband Belus, and Avian the Em- 
perour by his minion Antinous. Flora was a rich harlot in Rome, and 
for that fne made the Common-wealth her heir, her birth day was 
I Anth. Verdure 
Img. deorum. 
can- 
dido Jfrlenderi- 
tes amicimina 
■varioque le- 
tantes gejlimi- 
• ne, verno fiore- 
tes cotUnime, 
folum Jlernsn- 
tes,&c. Apu- 
leius lib.Ui 
deA/tna aurea t 
folemnized long after, and to make it a more plaufible holiday, they 
made her Goddefs of flowers, and facrificed to her amongft the reft, 
matrons of Rowe-, as Dionyjius HaticarnajJkus relates, becaule at 
their entreaty Coriolanus defifted from his Wars, confecrated a Church 
Fortune ntulicbtih and 1 Venus Barbata had a temple erected, for that 
tomewhat was amifs about hair, and fo the reft. The Citizens | or 
elabanda a fmall town in Jjta minor, to entry favour with the 
C who then warred in Greece with Perfais of Macedon, and were formi- 
dable to thefe parts } confecrated a temple to the City or Rome 6 and Part. 3.Soft. 4. 
Kehgtom Melancholy'. 
Memb.i:. •SubLg. 
made her a goddefs, with annual games and (acrificcs :. fo a town of 
• hollies, was deified, with fhameful flattery of the On# fide to. give, and 
intolerable arrogance on the other to accept, upon fo vile ahd afifurd 
an occalion. Lully writes'to Atticus, that his daughter Tulliola might 
be made a goddels, and adored as jfuno and Minerva, and as w^ell 
fne deferved it. Their Holydayes and adorations' were all 'out as 
ridiculous 3 thofe Lupercals of Pan, Florales of Flora, Bona, dea. An' 
na perenna, Saturnals, &c. as how they were,celebrated, with what 
lafclvious and wanton geftures, bald ceremonies', tby what bawdy 
Priefts, how they hang their nofes over the fmoke of facririces, 
■ faith * Lucian, and Jick bJoud like flies that was fpilled about the al- 
tars. Their carved Idols , gilt Images of wood, iron, ivory, filver, 
. brafs, ftone, olim truncus cram, &c. were moft abfurd as being 
their own workmanfhip 3 for as Seneca notes , adorant ligneos deos? 
&• fabros interim qui fecerunt, contemnunt, they adore work ~ con- 
temn the workman 3 and as Tertullianfollows it. Si homines non ep 
pent diis propitii, had it not been for men, they had never been 
gods, but blocks fhll, and fhipid ftatucs, in which mice, /wallows, 
•J- Magna reli-, 
gione quetritur 
qu<€ pofiit adul 
teria plum nu- 
merare. Minut. 
* Lib.de ficrifi- 
ciis. Fumo inhi- 
antes, & muf- 
camm in mo- 
renfingumem 
exugentes cir- 
cumaras ejfi- 
fum. 
birds made tbeir nefts, fpiders their webbes, and in their very mouths 
laid their excrements. Thofe linages I fay were all out as grots, as the 
fhap.es in which they did reprefent them : Jupiter with a rams head. 
Mercury a doggs, Pan like a gogt, Hecate with three heads, one With a 
- beard, another without 5 fee more in Carterius and f Verdurius of 
their monftrous formes and ugly pidnres: and which was abfurdcr yet, 
they told them thefe Images came from heaven, as that of Minerva in 
her temple at Athens, quod e ceelo cecidijje credebant accoU, faith Pdu~ 
fanias. They formed forpe like Storks, Apes, Buis, and yet ferioufly be- 
lieved 5 and that which was impious, and abominable,they made their 
Gods notorious whoremafters, incetlious Sodomites, (as commonly - 
they were all ,as well us Jupiter, Mars, Apollo , Mercury, Neptune, 
) theeves, flaves, drudges, ( for Apollo and Neptune, made tilbsin 
) kept Iheep, Hercules empty’d ftables, Vulcan a black-fmith, 
unfit to dwell upon the earth for their vallanies-, much lefs in hea- 
| Imagines Ds- 
jMumhb.Jic. 
infiript. 
■fD ever.r dig- 
cap. 22. tnd%gni 
qui terram cal- 
cent, &c. 
Ven 3 as f Mornay well faith , and yet they gave them out to be fuch? 
fo weak and brutifb, fome to whine, lament, and roare, asTjbrfor her 
fon and Cenoccphalus , as alfo all her weeping Priefbs Mars in hornet 
to be wounded, vexed $ "Venus run away crying, and the like 5 then 
which, what can be more ridiculous ? Nonne ridiculum lugere quod co- 
his fi'el colere quod lugeas I ( which f Minutius objedls) Si dii, cur plangi' 
•f Otlaviano, 
IB JupiterTj'd- 
gadus,defiuri- 
fsiisfih pajjhi 
aim,. 
W L (i adoratis £ that it is no marvel if m adaman- 
tine pqrfecvutor of fuperftition, and Pliny could fo fcoffe at them and 
rthcir horrible Idolatry as they did : If Diagoras took Hercules ldizge9 
and put- it under his pot to teeth his pottage, which was, as he faidp his 
Ilabour. But fee more of their fopperies in Cypr.4. tra&- de Idol- 
varictat. Chryfofiome adverf. Gentil. Arnobius adv. Gentes. Aufiin.de 
civ.dei.Theodoret.de cur at ,Gr&c. ajfe&.Clemens Minutius 
J Eufebius, Lactantius, Lamentable, tragical, and 
fearful thole Symptomcs that they fhould be fo far forth af- 
frighted with their fictitious Gods, as to fpend the goods, lives, for' Part3.Se<a.4. 
Symptowes of Religious Melancholy. 
Memb.r. Subf.j. 
*unes, prtt oustime, bed dayes in their honour, to * Sacnfize unto 
them, to their inedimable lofs, fuch Hecatombs, lomany thotifmd 
nieep, Oxen, with gilded horns, Goats, as f Crocf us King of Lydia, 
° <dMarcus Julianus, furnamed ob crebras hofrias Victimarius , & Tauricre- 
* 666 fevcral 
kinds of fa- 
critices in 
Egvpt,Major 
reckons up, 
Tom. z. cod. 
of which read 
more in 
and the red of the Roman Emperours ufually did with fuch la- 
bour and cod: and not Emperours only and great ones pro communi 
®on°, were at this charge, but private men for their ordinary occafi- 
°ns. Pythagoras offered an hundred Oxen for the invention of a 
Geometrical Probleme, and it was an ordinary thing to fucrifize in 
a Lucians time, a heifer for their good health , four Oxen for wealth , an 
hundred for a Ktngdome, nine Buisfor their fafe return from Troja to Py- 
lus , &c. Every God almod hath a peculiar facrifice , the Sun horfes, 
Vulcan fire, Diana a white Hart, Venus a Turtle, Ceres an hog , Profer- 
pina a black lamb, Neptune a Bull j ( read more in * Stukins at large ) 
befideslheep, cocks, corals, frankincenfe, to their undoings, as if their 
gods were adeded with bloud or fmoke. And furely ( b faith hee ) if 
cap t. of Lau- 
rentius Pigno- 
r'm his Jlgypt 
charadkrs, a 
caufe of which 
Sanabilis 
fubcif. 
Hb 3 cdp. i, 
t Herod: Clio. 
Immo'avit le- 
ft a pecora. ter 
mille Delphis, 
una cum ledis 
Pialis tribus. 
one fhould but repeat the foff cries ef mortal! men, in their facrifices, feajts , 
worshipping their Cods, their rites and ceremonies, what they think of 
them, of their diet, houfes, orders, &c, what prayers and Serves they make 5 
ifonejhould but obferve their ahfur ditie and madnefs, hee would burst out a 
laughing, and pitie their folly, For what can be.e more abfurd than their 
ordinary prayers , petitions, frequeds, facrifices, oracles, devotions? 
of which wee have atadein Maximus Tyrius ferm. 1. Plato’s k^Alcibiades 
Secundus, Perfius Sat.i, Juvenal Sat. 10, there likewife exploded. Matt- 
ant opimas & pingues hofiias deo quafi efurienti, profundunt vinatanquam 
fttienti, lumina accendunt velut in tenebris agenti ( Lattantius lib, 2. cap, 6, ) 
as if their Gods were an hungrie, a third , in the dark , they light can- 
dles, offer meat and drink. And what fo bale as to reveal their 
counfels and give oracles e vfeerum Jterquiliniis, out of the bowels 
and excrementa! parts of beads ? fordidos Deos Varro truelycalls them 
therefore 5 and well hee might. I fay nothing of their magnificent 
and fumptuous temples, thofc majcftical drudures: To the roof of Apol- 
lo Didymeus Temple, ad Branchidas, as f Strabo writes, athoufandokes 
did not fuffice. Who can relate the glorious fpendor, and ftupend 
magnificence, the fumptuous building of Diana at Ephefus , Jupiter Am- \ 
wons Temple in Afrike, the Pantheon at Rome, the Capitol, the Sera- 
piumax , Apollos Templeac Daphne in the Suburbs osAn- 
i 11 Supcrjiitio- 
fus Julianus 
innumeras fine 
parfmania pe- 
cudes mafta- 
vit. Ami anus 
zj. Roves albL 
MSafari fain. 
tern, ft h vice- 
ris perimus • 
lib, 3. Korn ani 
obfervantiffimi 
funt ceremonia- 
rum, bello pm* 
fertim. 
* be ftc/ifdis j, 
buculam pro 
bona valetu- 
dine, boves 
quot ner pro 
divitiis, 
tentam tauros 
pro foffhe a. 
Troja reditu, 
&c. 
: * tie fdcr is 
Gentil. & ft- 
trife. Tyg. 
Jt9-’ r • 
1» Enmvero f 
quis receuferCC 
qua/bilti fntp* 
tale: itt fe[tis, ‘ 
facr'fciis, dii, 
adorandis, &c. 
qtue vet a fact- 
ant, quid de iis 
(latitant, &c. 
baud fcio an 
riftrut, &c. 
f Max Tyrius • 
, &c. t Tib. 
tioch, The great Temple at fo richly adorned, and fo capacious 
( for 10000 men might (land in it at once ) that fair Pantheon of Cufcv, 
deferred by AcoSta in his Indian Hidory, which ccclipfes both Jews 
Chriftians. There were in old Jem as fome write, 408 Syna- 
gogues 5 but new Cairo reckons up ( if* Raddmlus mayb;ebeleeved ) 
f°o meskites. Pcffa 4°°» whereof 50 are mod magnificent like ■Saint 
pauls in.London. Helena built 300 fair churches in the holy Land . hut- 
hath built njeskites, The Mahometans have 1000 M6nks 
m * 5 the like faith Acofla of Americansj Rice™* °*the c”l\ 
neles> for men and women, fairly builtand more richly enlowed ; 
* Verier if™ r^Km Attium ftulliffsttiiis de lebete mfkli't, alias de numerp irentinw > dimnfone ntxfu Part 3. Se<st. 4, 
JR eligi ens- CM e lane holy. 
Memb. 1, Subf.s. 
fome of them, than Arras in Artois, Fulda in Germany, or Saint Edmunds* 
bury in England with us: who can deferibe thofc curious and coftly 
Statues, Idols, Images, fo frequently mentioned in Paufanias ' I con* 
ceal their donarics, pendants, other offerings, prefents, to thefe their 
ff&itious Gods daily confecrated, c the Ton of Amyntas, K. 
of Macedonia, fent two ftatuesof pure gold to folio at Delphos* Craft# 
King of Lydia dedicated an hundred golden Tiles in the fame place? 
with a golden Altar: No man came empty-handed to their Shrines. 
But thefe are bafe offerings in refpeft 5 they offered men themfelves 
alive: The Leucadians, as Strabo writes, facrifized every year a man ? 
averruncanda deorum ira cattfa, to pacific their Gods, de mentis fracifi' 
tio dejecerunt, &c, and they did voluntarily undergo it. The Decii did 
fofacrifize Diis manibus, Curtius did leap into the gulf. Were they 
not all ftrangely deluded to gofofar to their Oracles, to bee fo guP 
led by them? both in war and peace, as Polybius relates ( which their 
Augures, Priefts, Vcftal Virgins can witnefsj to bee fo fuperftitious» 
that they would rather lofe goods and lives, than omit any 
nics, or offend their Heathen Gods ? Nicias that generous and valiant 
Captain of the Greeks, overthrew the Athenian Navy, by rcafon of his 
too much fuperftition, c becaule the Augures told him it was ominous 
• to fee fail from the Haven of Syracuse whileft the Moon was ccclip 
fed , hce tarried fo long, till his enemies befieged him , hee and all hi* 
. Army was overthrown. The * Parthuns of old were fo fottifh in this 
kinde, they would rather lofe a vidloiy, nay, lofe their own lives, 
c SoHus. 
* Herodotus. 
«Boterus polit, 
lib. i. tap. \S. 
* Plutarch vit, 
Crafp. 
than fight in the night, 'twasagainft their Religion. The jem would 
make no refiftance on the Sabbath, when Pompeius befieged forufaleiW 
and fome Jewiih Chriftiansin fet upon by the CothesJuffeteA 
themfelves upon the fame occafion to bee utterly vanquiihed. Thefu* 
petition of the Dibrenfes, a bordering-Town in Epirus , befieged by 
theTi»r/b, is miraculous almoft to report. Bccaufea dead dogg was 
flung into the onely Fountain which the City had, they would die of 
thirft all , rather than drink of that * unclean water, and yeeld up the 
City upon any conditions. Though the Prater and chief Citizens 
began to drink firft , ufing all good perfwafions, their fuperftitiofl 
was fuch, no faying would (erve, they rauft all forthwith die, or yeeld 
up the City. Fix aufum ipfe credere ( faith * Bar let ins ) tantam fuperftiti' 
onem 5 vel affirmare Uvifmam hanc caufam tanta rei vel magis ridicula#1 
quum non dubitem rifum potius quam admirationem pefleris excitatura#* 
The ftory was too ridiculous 5 hee was afliamed to report it, becaufe hec 
thought no body would beleeve it. It is ftupend to relate whar 
ftrange cflfe&s this Idolatry and Superftition hath brought forth in thtfc 
latter years in the indies y and thofe bordering parts .• f in what feral 
. Ihapes the t Devil is adored, ne quid mali intentent , as they fays for it* 
the mountains betwixt Scande rone and Kyiltppo at this day , there ar£ 
1 dwelling a certain kinde of people called Coordes, comming of the 
s racdof the antieht Fan hum, who woribip the Devil, and alledgc this 
reafoa info doings God is a good man, and will do no harm, but the D®"' 
vilis bad, and muft bee picafed, left hec hurt them. It is wonderful to 
tell how the Devil deludes them, how hee terrifies them, how they offcr 
* They were 
of the Greek 
Church. 
* Lib >;.dege~ 
flis scanderbe- 
p in templis im* 
jnflitid I dolor urn 
tnenjlra. cenfpi- 
ciuatur,mamo• 
rea, Hgnea, lti~ 
tea,&c. Ricci- 
m, 
j Vctm emm 
placare non eft 
opus, qnia non 
n«cet\ fid dte~ 
mncmfacrifi- 
c'i'js placanti 
'&c. Memb.i, Subk 5 
dart.3,Sedf.4. 
Spmptomis of Religious- Melancholy» 
men, and women facrifices unto him, an hundred at once, as they did 
mfants in Crete to Saturn of old , the fineft children, like Agamemnoni 
Iphigenia, &c. At ' Mexico, when the Spaniards firft overcame them 3 
ihey dayly facrifized viva hominum corda e viventium corporibus extraffa , 
the hearts of men yet living, 20000. in a year (Acofta lib» 5. cap. 20. ) to 
their Idols made of flower and mens blood, and every year fix thou- 
land infants ol both Texes; And as prodigious to relate r how they burie 
their wives with husbands dcceafed, kis fearful to report, and harder 
to beleeve. 
<1 Fcr. Cortefus 
r M. Poliu.Lod. 
Vertomannm 
mavig. lib. 6. 
cap. 9. ?. Mar- 
tyr. Ocean.dec. 
f Prop trims lib: 
3. cleg. iz. 
f Matthias 3 
Micho'i. 
' * Epift.fefuit. 
ana. 1.549. a 
Xavert0 dr- fo- 
dis . Idemqus 
Ricclus expedite 
ad Sinas I. x.per 
totum. Jejuna- 
tores apud eos 
teto die carni- 
bus abfiment 
& pif'cibus ob 
religionem,noc- 
te & die Idola, 
colentesj nuf-. 
quam egredi- 
cntes. 
uAd immarta* \ 
lit at em morte 
afpirant fummi 
magifiratus, 
&c. Et multi 
mortales hac . - 
infanta, et prx- 
poftero mmor*• 
t alit at is fiudio 
laborant3& mi- 
fere pereunt • 
iNam cert men habent lathi qua vivafequatur 
Conjugium, pudor eft non licuifie mod, and burn them alive, 
heft goods, fervants, horfes, when a grandie dies, f 12000, at once 
amongfl the Tartars, when a great Cham departs , or an Emperour in 
America: how they plague thcinfelves, which abftain from all that 
hath life , like thofe old Pythagoreans, with immoderate falling, las the 
Rannians about Surat f they of China, that for fuperflitions fake never 
cat flelh nor fifh all their lives, never marry * but live in deferts and by- 
places , and Tome pray to their Idols 24 hours together, without any in- 
tcrmifllon, biting off their tongues when they have done, for devotions 
fake. Some again are brought to that madnefs by their fuperflitious 
Priefts, ( that tell them luch vain flories of immortality , andthejoyes 
of heaven in that other life ) *that many thoufands voluntarily break 
their own necks , as Cleombrotus Ambrociatui Auditors of ©ld , precipi- 
tate themfclves, that they may participate of that unfpeakable happi- 
nefsinthe other world. One poifbns, another flrangleth himfelf 5 and 
the King of Chino had done as much, deluded with this vain hope, had 
hee not been detained by his feivant. But who can fufliciently tell of 
their fcvcral fuperflitions, vexations, follies, torments f I may 
conclude with * Pojje vinus, Religio foe it ajferos mites\ homines e fens , 
fuperjhtio ex hominibus feras , Religion makes wild beafts civil* fupcrfti- 
tion makes wife men beafts and fools*, and the difereeteft that are* if 
they give way to it, are no better than dizards • nay more* if that of 
Plotinus bee true, is unus religionis [copus, ut ei quem colimus [miles fiamus, 
that’s the drift of religion, to make us like him whom wee worlhip: what 
fhall bee the end of Idolaters , but to degenerate into flocks and ftones f 
of fuch as worlhip thefe Heathen gods, for diigentium damonia, * but 
to become devils themfelvs < Tis therefore exitiofus error, & maxime 
periculofust amo ft perilous and dangerous error of all others, as t Plutarch 
holds , turbulenta pafio hominem confer nans, a peftilent, a trouble fome 
Palfion, that utterly undoeth men. Unhappy fuperftition, * 'Pliny calls 
5 morte non finitur, death takes away life, but not fuperftition. Im- J. 
Plous and ignorant are far more happy than they which are fuperflicious ■ 
vblcnUre llkC t0 ft ? nonc focontinuate, fogeneral, fo rfcftfwftiyc, fo - 
' rex if ft clam 
■ -ii.enemmhau- 
i fijfety nifiafer- 
vo f*iflet &• . 
tentus. 
x Cantione in 
lib. >o.Bonini 
de rtpub.fal. 
nil. 
* Quin ip fins 
diaboli at ne- 
quitiam refe- 
rant. . 
7 Lib. de fuper- 
flit. 
1 Hominibus 
vita finis mors a 
non autem fu- 
perftfUont/, 
Pioferthac fuos 
terminos ultra 
vita finem. 
*nthis fiiperftitious row* Jews for antiquitie may go' next to Gtft~ 
in 6k W^at the 7 aye oneJ what Idolatries they have committed 
their groves and high places, what their Phariftes, S/dduces, Semes i 
U€ts and fucji fe&aries have maintained 5 I will not fo much as mention * i\n c 3. Se£t. 4. 
Religious- UHelancheiy. 
Memb. 1. Subf. 3* 
for the prefent, I prefume no Nation under Heaven can be more fottiftb 
ignorant, blinde, fupcrftitious, wilful, obflinate and peevifh, tyring 
thomfelves with vain ceremonies to ivy purpofe; hee that fhall but read 
their Rabbins ridiculous Comments, their ftrange interpretation of 
Scriptures, their abfurd ceremonies, fables, childifh tales, which they 
ftedtaftly beleeve , will think they bee fcarce rational creatures; theit 
* Buxtorfius 
Syrugog. jud. 
c. 4. inter pre- 
candum nemo 
pediculos attin- 
gat, vel puli- 
cem, aut per 
guttur inferius 
ventum emit- 
tat,&c. Id.c.f. 
£%* feq. Cap ;6. 
bltlic omnia, 
animalia, pif- 
ees, aves, quos 
Deus unquam 
creavit ma£ia- 
huniar, & vi- 
num gentro- 
fum, &c. 
c Cujus lap fu. 
foolifha cuftomes, when they rife in the morning, and how they pre- 
pare themfelves to prayer, to meat, with what fupcrftitious wafhings, 
how to their Sabbath, to their other feafts, weddings, burials, &c, 
. Laftofall, the expectation of their Mefsias, and thofe figments, mi-' 
racks, vain pomp that ihall attend him, as how hee fhall terrific the 
Gentiles, and overcome them by new difeafes ; how Michael the Arch- 
Angel fhall found his trumpet, how hee fhall gather all the fcattcred 
Jews into the holy Land, and there make them a great banquet,b where- 
in Jhafl bee all the birds, heaps, fifhes, that ever God made ; a cup of wine 
that grew in Paradife, and that hath been kept in Adams cellar ever fince. At 
the firft courfc (hall bee ferved in that great Oxc, in Job 4. 10. that every 
day feeds on a thoufand hills,Pfal. 50.10* that great Leviathan, and a great 
bird, that laid an egg to big, c that by chance tumbling out of the nefi, it 
knockt-down 300 tall Cedars, and breaking as it fell, drowned 160 villages: 
This bird flood up to the _knees in the Sea, and the Sea was fo deep » 
cedri alt iff ml 
dejecti 
i Up fa ovum 
*fiter it con fra- 
Mum,pagi t6o . 
hide fubmerjt, 
& alluvions 
inundati. 
d Every King of 
the world (hall 
fend him one of 
his daughters 
to bee his wife, 
becaufe it is 
written, pfal. 
45.10. Kings 
daughters (hall 
attend on him, 
that a hatchet would not tall to the bottoms in feven years : Of theit 
Mefsiasa wives and children*, Adam and Eve, and that one ftupend 
fidtfon among the reft; When a Roman Prince asked of Rabbi Jehofua 
hetvHanania , why the Jews God was compared to a Lion; hee made an- 
fwer, hee compared himfeif iomo ordinary Lion, but to one in the wood 
Ela,which when hee defired toTee,the Rabbin prayed to God hee might? 
and forthwith the Lion fet forward, * But when hee was 400 miles front 
Rome, hee fo roaredthat atl the great-bdlttd women in Rome made aborts? 
the City walls fell down, and when hee came an, hundred miles nearer, and 
roared the fecond time, their teeth fell out of their heads, the Emperouf 
himfeif fell down dead, andfoahe Lion went back.' With an infinite num- 
ber of fuch lies and forgeries, which they verily beleevc ,fecd them*' 
felves with vain hope, and in the mean time will by no perfwafions 
See. ] 
6 Quum qua- 
dringentis ad- 
huc miliaribus 
ab imperat ore 
Leo hi e abeffet, 
tam fortiter-ru- 
giebat, ut mu- 
lieres Romana 
abonicrint om- 
nes, mmque, 
&c. 
f Stromas Ci- 
cogna omnif. 
mag.lib. i. c. i. 
Vutida multa 
re c enfet ex Al- 
tor ano, de coelo, 
fiellis, Angelis, 
Lomcerus eKn, 
zi.I. i. 
bee diverted 5 but Ml crucifie their fouls with a company of idle cere- 
monies , live like flaves and vagabonds, will notbe relieved or recon* 
died; , .v , - , ■/ - :,-:j . 
Mahometans are a compound of Gentiles, fern, and Chrijlians, and & 
abfurd in their ceremonies, as if they had taken that which is moft 
tifh out of every one of them, full of idle .fables in their fuperflitiouS’ 
law, their Alcoran it fclfa gallimauferie of lyes, tales, ceremonies, traditi- 
ons,precepts, ftolefrom other fefts, and confufediy heaped up to delude 
a company of rude and barbarous clowns. As how birds, beads, ftones * 
fiiluted Mahomet when hee came from Uecha, the Moon came down 
from Heaven tovifithim, f how God fent for him, fpake to him, &c. 
with a company of flupend figments, of the Angels, Sun,Moon,and Stars? 
&o. Of the day of judgement, and three founds to prepare to it, which 
muft laft 50000 years, of Paradife, which wholly confifts in coeundi 0 
comedendi voluptate, and T eccrinis hominibus fcriptumy bejlialis beatitude ■> l)an.3.Sed.4. 
Symptomes of Melancholy. 
Me mb. i. Sabi. 3 
15 *° ridiculous, that virgif Dantes, Lucian3 nor any Poet can bee more 
fabulous. Their Rites and Ceremonies are malt vain and luperftitious, 
Wine and Swines-flefr are utterly forbidden by their Law ,g they mult 
pray five times a day, and ft ill towards the South} wafr before and af- 
ter all their bodies over, with marty fuch. For fading. Vows, 
religious orders, peregrinations, they go far beyond any Papifts, 
. they fall a month together many times , and muft not eat a bit till 
Sun bee let. Their Dervifes, 'Xtsd Tor lac hers $ &c, are more , 
\ abftemious Lome of them , than Carthuftans, Francifcdns, /.tnacho- 
dtes , forfake all, live folitary, fare hard * go n ked, &c. k Their 
Pilgrimages areas far as to the River f Ganges (which the Gentiles 
g Quinquies in. 
die or are Turc/e 
tenentur ad me- 
ridiem. Rredcn- 
bachius cap. 5. 
h pt quolibet 
anno menfem 
integrum jeju- 
nant interdiu,, 
ncc comedentes 
ncc bibentes , 
&c.■> , . 
of thofe Tradts like wife do )to wTafr thcrafelvcs, for that River, 
as they hold, hath a foveVaign virtue to purge them of all fimfes, 
and no man can bee faved that hath not been wafred in It. For 
which reafon they come faf and near from the indies 5 CMaximus 
gentium amnium confluxus eft , affd infinite numbers yearly refort to it. 
Others go as far as Mecha tel Mahemets Tomb, which journey is 
both miraculous and meritorious. The ceremonies of flinging flones 
to ftone the Devil, of eating a Camel at Cairo by the way $ their 
fallings, their running till they fvVeat, their long prayers, Maho- 
mets Temple, Tomb, and building of it, would ask a, whole vo- 
lume to dilate-, and for their pains taken in this holy Pilgrimage, ’all 
their fins are forgiven, and they reputed for fo many Saints. And 
divers of them with hot bricks , when they return, will put out their 
eyes, \ that they never after fee any prophane things bite out their tonques-, 
&c. They look for their Prophet Mahomet, as sem do for their *Mef- 
fias. Read more of their Cuftomes, Rites, Ceremonies, in Lonicerus Tur- 
de. hi ft. tam, I. from the tenth to the four and twentieth chapter. Bredcn- 
b'achius cap. A. 6. Leo Aferlib, 1. Bush equius, Sabellicus-, Purchas lib.3: 
7 Nullis un- 
• qnam multi per 
' tatam at atm 
carnibus vcf- 
, enntur, Leo A- 
fer. 
K Lome erics to. 
I. cap, 17,1§. 
t Ootardus Ar- 
thas c. 53. hi ft, 
orient. India; 
opinio eft expia- 
torium efts 
Gangcm-fy ncc 
mundum ab om- 
ni peccato nec 
falvum fieri 
poffe, qui non 
hocfiimine fe 
abluat: quam ob 
canfam ex totx 
India, &c. 
1 Quia nil vo- 
lant deinceps 
viderCy 
cap, 3, 5. Theodorus Btbliander, £rr. Many foolifr Ceremonies you 
frail finde in them* and which is moft to bee lamented ? the people are 
generally fo curious in obferving of them, that if the lead Circumftance 
bee omitted, they think they frail bee damned, *cis an irremifrble offence, 
and can hardly bee forgiven. I kept in my houfe amongft my followers 
( faith BusbequiHS fomecimes the Turks Orator in ConftantimpU) a Turkey 
boy, that by chance did eatfrell-fifr, a meat forbidden by their Law, 
but the next day when hee knew what hee had done, hec was not onely 
ftcfc to caft and vomit, but very much troubled in minde, would weep and 
m grieve many dales after, torment himfelf for his foul offence. Ano- 
ther Turk being to drink, a cup of wine in his Cellar, firft made a huge 
floife, and filthy faces, nto warn his foul, asheefaid, that it fliould not bee 
guilty of that foul fatt which hee was to commit. With fdch toyes as chcfe 
men kept in awe, and fo cowed, that they dare not refift, or offend the 
icaft circumftance of their Law, for coafaence fake mif-led by fu er- 
ltlcjon, which no humane edi& ocherwife, no force of arms could have 
enforced. 
In the la ft place are in deferibing/of whofe fupef- 
Icious fymptorhes, as a mixture of the reft, I may fay that which S. Bc- 
ne or*ccr*cc faw in a vifion, one Devil in the market-place, but ten in a 
m tfallm fe 
confli£fa.ndi fi- 
ne/» facit. 
n tft in aliquem 
angalnm fc re- 
aper ety no rem 
fierce ejns de- 
li Pli quod tpfe 
crat adm/jf-i- 
-rus. Religious- CM eUmholy, 
Memb.'i. Subf. 3. 
3. bcCt. 4. 
Mona ft er y , becaufe there was more work *, In populous Cities, they 
would (wear and ior-fwear, lye, falfifie, deceive iaft enough of them- 
felvcs, one Devil could circumvent a thoufand •, but in their religious 
houfes, a than (and Devils could, fcarce tempt one filly Monk. All the 
principal Devils, I think, bufte themfelves in fubvertinsg Chiliansy 
tjervs*, Gentiles, and Mahometans are extra caulem , out of the fold, and 
need no fucii attendance, they make no refiftance, * eos enim pul fare 
negligit, qms quiete jure fofiidere fe femit, they are his own already j 
hut chrtfthns have that Ihield of Faith, fword of the SpiiititQ refift, and 
muft have a great deal of battery before they can bee overcome. That 
the Devil ismoft bulic amongft us that are of the true Church, ap- 
pears by thofe feveral Oppofitfons, Herefics, Schifms, which in all 
ages hee hath raifed to fubvert it, and in that of %ome especially, whereto 
ia Amichrift himfelf now fits and plaies. his prize. This myftery of 
iniquity began to work even, in the Apoftks time, 
and Here ticks were abroad, many fprung up fince, many now prefent., 
and will bee to the worlds end, to dementate mens minds, tofeduce 
and captivate their fouls. Their fymp tomes I know not how better to 
exprefs, than in that twofold divifion,, of fuch as lead, and are led. 
Such as lead are Here ticks, Schifmaticks, falfe Prophets, Impoftors, 
and their Miniftcrs: they have fome common fymptomes, fome pecu- 
liar.. Common, as madnefs, folly, pride, inlolency, arrogancy, fingula- 
rity, pecv/ftinefs, obftin.icy, impudence, fcorn, and contempt of all 
other fess: 
‘ Gregor. Hem. 
Nullius addifti jurare in verba magi fir i * 
They will approve of nought but what they firft invent themfelvcs, no 
interpretation good, but what their infallible fpirit didaces • none {hall 
hze in fee undis ym not in tertiis , they are onely wife, onely learned in the 
truth, all damned but they and their followers, c&dem [crtpturarumfaci- . 
unt ad materiam fuamo faith Tertullian, they make a {laughter of Scrip- 
tures, and turn it, asanofe of wax, to their own ends. So irrefragable, 
in the mean time, that what they have once faid, they mud and will 
maintain , in whole Tomes, duplications, triplications, never yeeld to 
death, fofelf-conceited, fay what you can. As ° Bernard (erronioufly 
fome fay) fpeaks ol P. Altardas, omnesfatres ftc, atque ego fic. Though 
■ all the Fathers, Councils, the whole world con trad id it, they care not, 
; they arc all one: and as v Gregory well notes of fuch as are vertiginous > 
, they think, all turns round andjnoves, all err 5 when as the err our ts wholly 
in then own brains, MagaUianus the fefuite in his Comment on the 
; fir ft of ‘Timothy cap. 6. verf. 20. and Alphonfus de Caflro lib. 1. adverjus 
\ harefes, gives two more eminent notes, or probable conjectures to know 
f fuch men by (they might have taken themfelvcs by the nofes when 
[ theyfaid it ) q pirf,they affeft novelties and toyes, and prefer falfehood kt~ 
- fore truth •, 1 Secondly-* they care not what they fay, that which rajlmefs and 
folly hath brought outl pride afterward^peevtflmefs and contumacy fhall main- 
-5 tain to the lafl gaff Peculiar fymptomes are prodigious paradoxes , 
new dodrines, vain phantafms, which are many and divers , as they 
0 Epifi. 190. 
pOr at. 8. Ut 
vertigine cor- 
reptis videntur 
omnia moveri} 
omnia iis falfa 
pint-, qum er- 
rer in ip forum 
cerebro ft. 
1 Tfis novas af- 
fettant & inu- 
iilesfalfavms 
prefer unt. 3. 
f)nod temeritas 
efi tierih idfu- 
pcrbia pofimo- 
dum tuebitur 
& contumacia, 
&c. 
r See more In 
Vincent. Lyrin* Part 3, Sect. 4. 
Symjiomes of Religious-Melancholy. 
Memb. i. Subf. 2, 
themfelves. r old would have wives iq common;; Mon- 
tanifts. will not marry at all , nor Tatiaps» forbidding all flefli, Seven- 
am wine-, Adamians. go naked, 1 becaufe Adam did lb in Paradife, and 
fame u bare-foot all their lives , becaufc oW, Excels 3. and fofima 5. 
bid UMofes fo to do , and If, so. was bid put off his flipoes: Manichees 
hold, that Pythagorian tranfmigfaiton of fouls from men tobeafts *, x the 
Ctrcumcellions in Africk* with a mad opacity made away thcmflvcs, fome by 
fire , water 1 breaking their necks, and fed&ed others to do the /%, threat- 
ning fome if they did notwith a thoufand fiichj as yqu may read in j Au~ 
fiin, ( for there were tqurfqore- and eleven Herefics in his time, befidcs 
Schifms and fmaller EidUons) Epiphamus, Alplmfus de Cafire, 
US) Gab. Prateolus, cf-c, Of Prophets, Eutbakans and Impoftors, our 
Ecclefiaftical ftories afford many examples: of Elias and dm [is, as 
our z Endo de fields, z Brittain in King Stephens time, that went inviflblc, 
tranflaced himfelf from one to another in a moment, fed thousands 
with good chcar in the wildernefsand many ftch * nothing fo com/ 
mon as miracles, vilions, revelations, prophecies. Now what thefe 
brain-fick Hereticksonce broach, and Impoftors fet on foot, bee it 
never fo abfurd, falfe, and prodigious, the common people will fol- 
low and beleevc. It will run along like Murrain in cattel, fcab in flieep. 
Mulla fcabies, as hee Paid, [uperßttioneJcabiofim: as hee that is bitten 
with a mad dogg bites others t and all in the end become mad 5 either 
out of affe&ion of novelty, fimplicicy, blinde zeal, hope and fear, the 
giddy-headed multitude will embrace it , and without farther examina- 
f A ufi. de hte- 
ref ufus mulie- 
rum indifferens. 
1 £)uod ante 
peccavit Adam, 
nudus erat. 
u Alii nudis 
pedibus femper 
ambulant, 
x Inf ana ferita - 
te jibi non par- 
cunt nam per 
mortes varias 
pc recipit: orum 
aquarum & if- 
nium, fcipfes 
necant, &'fn 
i Sum furirem 
*lhs cogunt , 
mortem minan- 
tes ni faciant. 
y Ulench. harcti 
ab orbe condito. 
x Nubrigenjts, 
Hb. cap. \<). 
Jovian. Potit„ 
Am.BUL 
tion approve it. , 
Sed vetera querimur, thefeareold , htefrius fuere. In our daks wee 
have a new feene of fuperftitious Impoftors and Hereticks, a new com- 
pany of Adtors, of Antifhfifls; chat great Antichrifi himfclf: A rope of 
Popes, that by thek greutnefs and'authority bear down all before 
them: who from that time they proclaimed themfelves univerfal Bi~ 
{hops, to eftablifhtheir own Kingdome, foveraignty, greatnefs, and 
to enrich themfelves, brought infuch a company of humane traditions, 
Purgatory 3 Limb** Patrum, Infantum , and all that lubtcrrancan Geo- 
graphy, Mate, adoration of Saints, alms, fallings, bulls, indulgences, 
orders, Friers, Images, Shrines, mufty Reliques, Excommunications , 
confeflions, fatisfadfions, blinde obediences, vows, pilgrimages, pere- 
grinations , with many fuch curious toyes, intricate fubfclties, grofs er- 
rors, obfeure queftions, to vindicate the better, and fet aglofs upon 
them, that the light of the Gofpel was quite edipfed, darknds over 
all, the Scriptures concealed, legends brought in, religion banifhed , 
hypocritical luperftition exalted, and the Church it fell b cbfcured 
and persecuted: Chrift and his members crucified Jnprc, kith Bento, 
by a few Necromancical, Atheiftical Popes, than ever it was by * Jfu- 
It an the Apofhte, Porfhyrm the Platonift, cdfus the Phyfkian, Lt ham- 
us the Sophifter* by thofe Heathen Emperors, Humes, Gothes, md Fan- 
dais. What each of them did, by what means, at what times, quibus mx't-. 
his , fupcrftitionclimbed to this height, traditions increafed , and An- 
tic hr ijl himfelf came to his eft ate, let M aif debar genf-a, Kemwifius, Ofuw- 
der, Bale. Mem ay, Fox, ufoer, and many others relate- In the mean time 
t> Cum per Va- 
gantn nomen e- 
jus pcrfequt non 
poter at,fub fpe- 
tie yell gum ii 
fraudulenter 
fub vert ere di~ 
fponehat. 
* That writ de 
preffa againft 
Chriftians? <&• 
palcflhum de- 
ft fn (ut Sderates 
lib.g. cap.i9 j 
feriptHram nu- 
Vide CyrlLum 
i n Julianum, 
Orlgmcmln 
Celfum, &e. l?art.'3.Seft.4>» 
Religious- Melancholy, 
Memb.i .Sudi, 
hec that (halibut fee their prophane Rites and foolifh Cuftomes, how fu- 
peiftitioully kept, how ftridly obferved , their multitude of Saints, 
Images, that rabble of RomifliDeiti.cs, for Trades, Profeflkms, Dif- 
eafes, Perfons, Offices, Countries, Places* St. George for St. 
Denis, for France * Patrick, Ireland * Andrew, Scotland Jjago, Spain * 
&e, Gregory for Students * Luke for Painters * Cofmus and Damian for 
Philojophers * Crifftne, Sheoe- Katherine, Spinners ,&c, Anthony 
for Piggs 5 Geefe5 Wencejlaus, Sheep 5 PeUg tus, Oxen 5 
Sebajlian, the plague* Valentine, falling-ficknefs * Apollonia, tooth-ach * 
Petrene&dyfor agues*, and the Virgin Mary, for Tea and land, for all parties, 
offices; hee that {hall obferve thefe things, their Shrines, Images, Ob- 
Jations, Pendants, Adorations, Pilgrimages they make to them, what 
creeping to Croffes, our Lady of Lauretta's richc Gowns, her Donarics, 
the coft bellowed on Images, and number of Alters * S, Nicholas Burge 
in France$ our S. Thomas Shrine of old at Canterbury * thofe Reliques at 
Romey tferufalem, Genua, Lions, Pratum, S. Dennis*• and how many thou- 
fands come yearly to offer to them , with what coft, trouble, anxiety, 
fupcrftition (for forty feveral Mattes are daily laid in fome of their 
t Churches, and they rife at all hours of the night to Map, come bare- 
foot, See.) how they fpend themfelves, times , good?, lives, fortunes, 
infuch ridiculous observations * their talcs and figments, falle miracles , 
buying and felling of pardons , indulgences for forty thoufand years to 
come, their proceffions on fee daies, their drift failings, Monks, Ancho- 
rites, Frier Mendicants, Francifcans, Carthufians, &c. Their vigils 
and Falls, their Ceremonies at ChriHmaSy Shrovetide, Candlemas, Palm- 
Sunday, Blafe, S. Martin, S. Nicholas day* their adorations, exorcifms , 
See, will think all thole Grecian, Pagan, Mahometan fuperftitions, gods. 
Idols and Ceremonies, the Name, Time and Place, habit onely altered, 
to have degenerated into Chriftians. Whilft they prefer Traditions be- 
fore Scriptures ; thofe Evangelical Councils, poverty, obedience, vows, 
alms, falling, fupererogations, before Gods Commandements* their 
own Ordinances inftcad of his Precepts, and keep them in ignorance , 
blindnelfe, they have brought the common people into luch a cafe by 
their cunning conveyances, ftrift difeipline, and fervile education, thac 
upon pain of damnation they dare not break the leaft ceremony, tradi- 
tion, edift: hold it a greater fin to eat a bit of meat in Lent, than kill a 
man: their confdcnces are fo terrified, that they are ready to dcfpair if 
a fmall ceremony bee omitted * and will accufc their own Father, Mo- 
ther, Brother, Sifter, neareft and deareft friends of herefie, if they do 
not as they do, will bee their chief executioners, and help firft to bring a 
fagot to burn them. What mulct, what penance foever is enjoyned, they 
dare not but do it, tumble with S. Francis in the mire amongft hoggs? if 
they bee appointed, go woolward,\vbip themfelves,build Hofpitals, Ab- 
bies, &c, go to the Eaft or Indies, kill a King, or run upon a fword 
point .* they perform all, without any muttering or hefitation, beleeve 
all. 
* One Image 
Bad one gown 
worth four 
hundred crowns 
and more. 
t As at our La- 
dies Church at 
Bergamo in I- 
taty. 
d Lucilim lib. i. 
cap. zi. de fat- 
fa relig. 
dUt pueri infantes credunt [igna omnia, ah ena 
Vivere & effe homines3 &fic ifii omnia fißa 
Vera put ant) credunt [ignis cor inejje ahenis, Part 3. Sed. 4. 
Sympternes of Religions-Melancholy, 
Memb. 1. Subf. 3, 
As children think their babies live to bee, 
Do they thefe brazen Images they fee. 
And whilft the ruder fort are fo carried headlong with blinde zeal, are 
fo gulled and tortured by their fuperftitions, their own too credulous 
fimplicity and ignorance, their Epicurean' Popes, arid Hypocritical Car- 
dinals laugh in their fleeves, and are merry in their chambers with their 
Punks, they do indulgere genio, and make much of themfelves. The 
middle forr, feme for private gain 5 hope of Ecclefiaftical preferment, 
( quis expedivitpfittaco (uum W& ) popularity, bafe flattery, muft and 
will beleeve all their paradoxes and abfurd tenents, without exception, 
and as obftinately maintain and put in pradice all their traditions and 
Idolatrous ceremonies ffor their Religon is half a Trade) to the death 5 
they will defend all, the golden Legend it felf, with all the lyes and tales 
in it .* as that of S. George, S.Chrifiopher, S. Winifred, S. Denis, &c, It is a 
wonder to fee how Nich. Harp-field that pharafaical Impoftor amongft 
the reft, Ecclefiafi. hift. cap. 22. fae, pirn, (ex. puzzles himfelt to vindi- 
cate that ridiculous fable of S. Urfula, and the eleven thoufand Virgins , 
as when they livedo how they came to Cullen, by whom martyred, &c. 
though hee can fay nothing for it, yethee muft and will approve it .* no- 
hilitavit f inquit) hoe f faculum Urfula eum comitibu s, cujus hi fi oria uti- 
nam tam mihi efjet expedita & certa, quam in animo meo certum ac expedi- 
tum ejl 3 eam effe cum fodalibus beatam in, coelis virginem. They muff and 
will (I fay) either out of blindc zeal beleeve > vary their compafs 
with the reft* as the latitude of Religion varies, apply themfelv.es to , the 
times and feafons, and for fear and flattery are content to fubferibe and 
do all that in them lies to maintain and defend their prefent govern- 
ment, and flavifh religious School-men, Canonifts, Jefuits, Friers,Prifffts, 
Orators, Sophifters, who either for that they had nothing elfe to do, 
luxuriant wits knew not other wife how to bufie themfelv.es in thofe 
idle times, for the Church then had few or no open adver fanes, or bet- 
ter to defend their lye?, fidions, miracles, tranfubftantiations, traditions, 
Popes pardons, Purgatories, Maffes, impoffibilities, &c. with glorious 
fliews, fair pretences, big words, and plaufible wits have coined a thou- 
fand idle queftions, nice diftin&ions, fubtilties, Obs and Sols , fugh tto* 
pblogical, allegorical expofitions, to- falve all appearances, objections, 
fach quirks and quidditiesSuodlihetaries > as Bale-, faith of Emthfigge 
and Strode, inftances, ampliations, decrees, gloffes, canons, that in Read 
■M». 441. 
of found Commentaries, good Preachers , are come in a company of 
mad fophifters, prime fecundo fecundmf Se&aries, Canonifts, Swbonitth 
Minorites, with a rable of idle controverfies and queftions, can Papa fit 
'Deus, an quafi ‘Betts ? An participet utram que Cbrijli naturam ? Whether it 
beeas ponible for God tobe an Humble-Bee,or a Gourd, as a mane' Wh- 
ether hee can produce refped: without a foundation or term, make a 
Whore a Virgin? Fetch Trajans foul from hell, and how ? with a rabble 
of queftions about hell fire: whether it bee I greater fin to kill a man, 
or to clout fiiooes upon a Sunday/ Whether God can make another 
God like unto himfelf/ Such, faith Kemntfim, are moft of your School- 
men (meer Alchymifts ) 200 Commentators on. Peter Lumbar d*, 
{ Pit jibs fatal, [criptomm Anglic* reckons up xSo Engiifii Commentators 
7e Hafpinlan. 
Ofiandcr. An 
htec propofiti» 1 
Veus ft cnctir- 
bit a. velfcara.- 
beicj, ft (ecfut 
pojfibills ac De- 
us & homo? 
<Anpdjjit refpe- 
fim producere 
fine fundamen- 
ti & termino. 
An levies fit 
hominem ]nga- 
Inre quam die 
dominico cal- 
cem confmef Part.3.Se&.4» 
Religions- Me Une h sly. 
Mcmb.i.Subf,^ 
alone, on the matter of the fentences) Scotiffs, Thoraiffs, Reals, Nomi- 
nal, &c* and fo perhaps that of Saint * Aufim may bee verified, indotti 
rapiunt axium, docii interim defeendunt ad mfernum. Thus they continu- 
ed in fuch errour, blindnefs, decrees » fophifms, fuperditions* idle cere- 
monies and traditions were the fumof their new-coined holinefs and re- 
ligion, and by thefe knaveries and dratagems they were able to involve 
multitudes, to deceive the mod fan&ified fouls, and if it were poffible the 
very Ekdf, In the mean time the true Church, as wine and water mixt>s 
lay hid and obfeure to {peak of, till Luthers time, who began upon a bid- 
den to defecate, and as another Sun to drive away thofc foggy mids of 
fuperdition, torcdorc it to that purity of the Primitive Church. And 
after him many good and godly men, divine fpirits, have done their in- 
dcavours, and {fill do. 
* And what their ignorance efleem'd fo hoiyy 
Ourwifer ages do account a* folly. 
But fee the Devil» that will never fuffer the Church to bee quiet, or at 
red: no garden fo well tilled, bttf fome noxious weeds grow up in it* no 
wheat, but it hath fome tares* wee have amad giddy company of Preci- 
fians, Schifmaticks, and fome Hcreticks, even in our bofomes in another 
* De dt&.Chri- 
fit**. 
* Daniel, 
extream, Bum vitant ftulti vitia in contraria currunt* 
That out of too much zeal in oppofition to Antichrift, humane tradi- 
thole Romifh rites and fupcrftitions* will quite demolish all, they 
will admit of no ceremonies at all, no fading-daies, no Crofs in Bap- 
tifm, kneeling at Communion, no Church-mufick, &c. no Bifhops- 
Courts, no Church-government, rail at all our Church-difcipline, will 
not hold their tongues, and all for the peace of thee O Sion, No not fo 
much as Degrees iomc of them will tolerate, or Umverfitics, all humane 
learning {ftis cloaca diaboli) hoods, habits, cap and furplefs, fuch as are 
things indifferent in thcmfclves, and wholly for ornament, decency, or 
didin&ion fake, they abhor, hate and (huff at, as a done-horfe, when 
hec meets a Bear: they make matters of confcieiice of them, and will 
rather forfakc their livings, than fubferibe to them. They will admit of 
no holy-daics, or honed recreations, as of hawking, hunting, &c. no 
Churches, no bells fome of them, bccaufe Papifts ufe them; no difei- 
pline, no Ceremonies but what they invent themfelves: no interpreta- 
tions of Scriptures, no Comments of Fathers , no Councils, but fuch as 
their own phantadical fpirits or Kelt a ratio, as Socmans, by 
which fpirit mif-led, many times they broach as prodigious paradoxes 
as Papifts themfelves* Some of them turn Prophets, have fecret reve- 
lations» will bee of privy council with God himfclf, and know all his 
fecrcts, {Per captHos (piritum fanffum tenent, & omniafeiunt, cum fint afmi 
omnium oht*pau/imiy A company of giddy heads will take upon them 
to define now many fhall bee faved, and who damned in a parifhj where 
they fhall fit in Heaven, interpret Apocalypfcs (Cmmentaterespracifi- 
fes & 'vertiginofos, one calls them, as well hee might) and thofe hidden 
myfterics to private perfons, times, places, as their own fpirit informs 
them, private revelations fhall fuggeft, and precifely fet down when 
the world fhall come to an end, what year, what month, what day. 
Some of them again have fneb ftrong faith, fo prefumptuous > they will Parc 3. Scdt.4. 
Sjmp tomes of Religious-Melancholy, 
Memb.i.Subf.*, 
go into infedled houfes, expel devils, and fail forty dales, as Chrift him- 
felf did; Tome call God and his Attributes intoqueftion, as Fcrftim and 
Sednut 5 fome Princes,Civii Magiftrates,and their authorities,as Ambap- 
//y?/,will do all their own private fpirit didates,and nothing elfe. Browmjis, 
Barrewifis, thofe Amjlerdamian feds and fedaries, arc led all 
by fo many private fpirits. It is a wonder to reveal what palfages Sleidan 
relates in his Commentaries,of Cretink, Kmpperdoltng, and their aflbdatcf, 
thofe mad men of Munfier in Germany what ftrange Enthuliafras, fottifh 
Revelations they had, howabfurdly they carried themfelves, deluded o- 
thers 5 and as prophane Uachiavel in his Political Deputations holds of 
Ghriftian Religion,in general, it doth enervate, debilitate, take away mens 
fpirits and courage from them, fmpliciores reddit homines, breeds nothing 
fo couragious Soaldiers as that Romane: wee may fay of thefe peculiar 
feds, their Religion takes away not fpirits only, but wit and judgement, 
and deprives them of their underftanding;for fome of them are fo far gone 
with their private Enthufiafms and Revelations, that they arc quite mad, 
out of their wits. 
What greater madnefs can there bee, than for a man to take upon him 
to bee God, as fome do ? to bee the Holy Ghoft, Elias, and what not' 
la s Poland 1518.in the Reign of King Sigfmund, one faid hce was Chrift, 
and got him twelve Apoftles, came to judge the world, and ftrangely de- 
luded the Commons. h One David George fin illiterate Painter,nor many 
years fince, did as much in Holland, .took upon him to bee the Mefiasyznd 
had many followers. Benedicius vi&orinus faventinusconfil. 15. writes as 
much of one Monoriusytha.t thought hce was not only infpired as a Prophet, 
but that hce was a God himfclf, and had1 familiar conference with God 
and his Angels. Lavat* defpett.c,i,part,%. hath aftory of one sohn Sarto- 
rins, that thought hee was the Prophet Elias, and cap. 7, of divers others 
that had conference with Angel, were Saints,Prophets,Wierus Itb. 3. de 
Lamiis c. 7. makes mention of a Prophet of Gromng that faid hce was God 
the Father *, of an Italian and Spanijh Prophet that held as much. Wee 
need not rovefo far abroad, wee have familiar examples at home 5 Backet 
that faid hee was Chrift, Copinger and Arthington, his difciples.' k Bare bet 
and H ovatus, burned at Norwich, Wee are never likely feven years toge- ' 
ther without fome fuch new Prophets,that have feveralinfpirations,fome 
to convert the Jews, fome faft forty dales, go with Daniel to the Lions 
den* fome foretel ftrange things, fome for one thing, fome for another. 
Great Precilians of mean conditions and very illicerate,moft part by a pre- 
pofterous zeal,fafting,meditation, brought into thofe grofe 
errors and inconveniences. Of thofe men I may conclude generally, chat 
howfoever they may feem to bee difcreec,and men of underloading in o- 
thcr matters, difeourfe well, Ufam habent imaginationem, they are like co- 
met?, round in all places but only where they blaze, cater a fani, they have 
impregnable wits many of them, and difereet otherwife* but in this their 
madnefs and folly breaks out beyond meafurc,ininfinitum erumpitftultitia. 
They are certainly far gone with melancholy, if not quite mad, and have 
more need of phyfick than many a man that keeps his bed, more need of 
Hellebor chan thofe that are in Bedlam, 
8 4lcx, G again, 
i i Dlftipuiis 
aftit is mirum in 
modim popyMm 
decepit. 
h Guicciard.de~ 
fcrip.Belg. Com- 
plures habuit 
a[feclas ab iif- 
dem honoratus, 
1 Hen. Nicholas 
at Leiden. 1580 
fuchaone. 
k Sc t Cam dens 
& zBj. Part 3. S.cct. 4. 
Religious- tJMelancholy. 
Memb.i. Subf.A. 
678 
Subsect. 4, 
Prognofluks of Religions- CMelanchoty. 
'WISK *3may §uc^s at r^e Prognoftkks,by the Symptomes. 
What can thefefigns fore-teli otherwife thanfolly3do- 
tagc,madnefs,grofs ignorance, defpair, obftinacy, a r$- 
Pr°t>ate fenfe, ,J a bad end What elfe canfuperfti- 
tion,herefie produce, but wars, tumults, uproars, tor- 
ture of fouls, and defpair, a defolate land5 as ferem) 
tcacheth, cap. 7.34, when they commit Idolatry, and 
1 Arius his 
bowels burft > 
dMsntanus 
handed him- 
fclf,&c. Eudo 
de pllis, his 
difciplc's, ardi- 
re potius quam 
'ad vitam corri- 
gi maluerunt; _ 
tanta visinfxi 
femel erroris, 
they died blaf- 
pheming. Nu- 
brigenfis c. <y. 
lib. i. 
Jer. 7-13- 
Alitos 5- ?• 
walk after their own waies < how (hould it bee otherwife with them i 
What can they expeft but famine, dearth, and all the plagues of 
vEgypty as Ames denounceth, cap, 4. verf 9,10. to bee led into captivi- 
ty < If our hopes bee fr ultra te, me few much) and bring in little, eat, and 
have not enough, drink, and are not filled , doathe, and bee not warm, &c, 
Haggai 1.6. Wee look for much, and it comes to little, whence is it f Bis houje 
was wafie, they came to their own houfes, verf, 9, therefore the Heaven fiaid 
his dew,the Earth his fruit: Becaufe wee are fupcrftitious, irreligious, wee 
do not ferve God as wee ought, all thefc plagues and miferies come upon 
us 5 what can wee look for eife but mutual wars, (laughtersfearful 
ends in this life * and in the life to come eternal damnation ? What 
is it that hath caufcd fo many feral battels to bee fought, fo much 
Chriftian blood (hed, but fuperftition < That Sfanijh Inquifition, 
Racks, Wheels, Tortures, Torments, whence do they proceed? 
from fuperftition. Bodine the Frenchman in his kifi, accounts 
En f liftmen Barbarians , for their civil wars: but let him but read thofe 
m Cap. 5. 
n Vopllnerius j 
Lerius. frtf. 
hijl.Kich.Di~ 1 
•noth. ] 
t Advirf. &n- . 
Us lib. 1. Pfltf- . 
quam in mundo I 
Chrijiiana gens , 
c cep it, terreum 
erbem pentjfe, 
& multis malts ■ 
afeftumejfc ge- 
nus humanum 
videmus. 
° Quod nec hy- 
me, necdftnte 
tanta imbrium 
cop: a,nec frugi- 
bus torrendis 
folita pgr an- 
tici, nec verna- 
li temperie fata 
tam leeta. fnt, 
n.-'.c arboreis fx- 
thus autumni 
f ecundi, minus 
de montibus 
marmor, erua- 
tur, minus au- 
rum» 
Pharfalian fields "fought of late in Frame for Religion, their Maflacres , 
wherein by their own relations in four and twenty years, I know not how 
many millions have been confumed, whole Families and Cities, and hee 
(hall finde ours to have been but velitations to theirs. But it hath ever 
been the cuftome o£ Hereticks and Idolaters, when they are plagued- for 
their fins, and Gods juft judgements come upon them, not to acknow- 
ledge any fault in thcmfelves, but ftill impute it unto others. In Cyprians 
time it was much controverted betwixt him and Demetrius an Idolater, 
who ftiould bee the caufe of thole prefent calamities. Demetrius laid all 
the fault on Chriftians ( andfo they did ever in the primitive Church, 
as appears by the firft book of f 0 that there were mt fuck 
ordinary fhomrs in Winter, the ripening heat in Summer, fo feafenable 
Springs , fruitful m Marble Mines in the Mountains, left gold 
and (ilvcr than of old*0 that fea-men, fouldiers, all were 
juflice, friendjhipt skill in Arts, all was decayed, and that througn Ghri- 
ftians default, apd all their other miferies from them, quod dii noftri a 
•vobis non colantur, becaufe they did not worlhip their gods. But Cypri~ 
an retorts all upon him again, as appears by hisTraft againft him. 
’Tis true, the world is miferably tormented and lhaken with wars, 
dearth, famine* fire, inundations, plagues, and many feral difeafes rage 
among ft us , fed nonut tu quereris ilia accidunt quad dii veflri a nobis non Part 3. Sed .4. 
Prognoftickj of Religious Melancholy, 
Memb.i. Subf^ 
colantur y fid quod a vobis non colatur Deus 5 a qutbus nec quantur , me 
limetur 3 Not as thou complained: 3 that wee do not worlbip your 
Gods, but becaule you are idolaters, and do not ferve the true God , 
neither feck him, nor fear him as you. ought. Our Papifts objedas 
much to us, and account us heretiques, wee them 5 the Turks eftcem 
of both as Infidels 5 and wee them as a company of Pagans 5 Jews a- 
gainft all * When indeed there is a general fault in us all, and 
thing in the very beft, which may juftly deferve Gods wrath, and puli 
thefe mifeties upon our heads. I wilifay nothing here of thofe vain 
care', torments, needlefsworks, penance, pilgrimages, pfeudomar- 
tyrdome, &c. Wee heap upon ourfelves unneccflary troubles, obfer- 
vationsj wee punilh our bodies, as in Turkie (faith r Busbequtus leg. T»r- 
cic. ep, 3.) one did, that was much affected with Mufiek, and to hear Boyes 
fing-y hut very fuperfiitious-j an old Sybil coming to his heufe, or an holy woman 
(as that place yeelds many ) took him down for it, and told him, that in 
that other world hee jhould fuffrr for it 5 thereupon hee flung his rich and cefily 
Inftruments which hee had bedeckt with few els, all at once into the fire. Hee 
was ferved infilver plate , and had goodly heujhold-fluff: a little after, ano- 
ther religious man reprehended him in like fort, and from thenceforth hee was 
ferved in earthen veffels. Laft of ad, a decree came forth, hecaufe Turks 
might not drinkfwine themfelvesy that neither Jew nor Chriftian then living in 
Conftantinople, might drink any wine at all. In like fort amongft I 
p So/itus trap 
obleSiarefe 
fidibus, & voce 
mffica canon- 
i fed hoc 
omne full at um 
SybiU* cujuf- 
dam intetven- 
tu, &c. lade ' 
qunquid erat 
snpf rumntorum 
Symphoniae»- 
rum, auro gvn- 
mifque egregio 
opere dtftmMo- 
rum comminuit 
Papifts, failing at firft was generally propofed as a good thing $ after, 
from fuch meats at fet times, and then laft of all fo rigoroufly propo- 
fed , to binde the conferences upon pain of damnation* Firft Fryday , 
faith Erafmus , then Saturday, nunc periclitatur dies Mercurii and 
Wcdnefday now is in danger of a fall. * for fuch like toyes ] feme 
fo mi fir ably afftitt themfelves ,to deft air , and death it felf, rather than 
offend, and think themfilves good Chriftians in it , when as indeed they are 
fuperftitious Jews, So faith Leon ardus Fuchfius, a great Phyfician in his 
time, r Wee are tortured in Germany with thefi Pcpifh edifts , our bodies fo 
taken down, our goods f? dimimjhed , that if Cod had notfrnt Luther, a wor- 
thy man, in time to redreffe thef• mi ft hiefs, wee fhould have eaten bay with 
our horfis before this* {As in faffing ,fo in all other fuperftitious ed;ds, 
weecrudfie one another without acaufe, barring our (elves of many 
good and lawful things , honeft difports, pleafures and recreations ♦, for 
& i* ignem 
1 injecit &c, 
Ob id genus 
, •bfervatimcH- 
\ las videmus he- 
mines mi fer e 
«ffligi, & de- 
nique mori, & 
flbi ipfis Chi fi- 
anes videri 
qttm revera 
first Judxi 
r Ita in c»rpof/t 
noflra fort unef- 
qne decretis fu- 
vf*viit, ut pa- 
rum obfuerat 
nifl Dm Lu- 
ther um virum 
wherefore did God create them but for our ufe f Feafts, mirth, mufiek 
hauking, hunting > fingmg, dancing , &c. now tum necefsitatibus noftris 
Deus in fervit, fed in delitias amamur, as Seneca notes, God would have 
if fo. And as Plate 2. de legibus gives out , JDeos laboriofam hominum vi~ 
'tam mi fer at os , the gods in commiferation of human eftate, {twtApodo, 
Bacchus ,* and the Mufes, qui cum voluptate tripudia & fait at ion e* nobis 
ducant , to bee merry with mortals , to fing and dance with us. So 
that hee that will not rcjoycc and enjoy himfelf, making good ufe of 
fuch things as are lawfully permitted , non eft temperatus, as hee will, 
fid fuperftitiefus. There is nothing better for a man, than that hee fhoujd eat 
and drink, and that hee fbould make his Soul enjoy good in his labour, Ec cleft* 
*4. And as’* one faid of hauking and hunting, tot folatiain hac agii 
perpetua mem»* 
ria dign i fimum 
nsbis fano max 
communi cum 
jumenti ,c be u- 
tcndum fuijfet. 
f The Gentiles 
in India will 
eat no fcnfible 
creatures, or 
ought that hath 
bloud in it. 
* Vandormllhu 
cap. a 7 Part,3.Scdt.4. 
Kcltgiom- Melancholy, 
Memb,i.Subi,s 
■ ' ~~ *— - - "i— ** % 
orb is calamitate mortalibus t adits deus objecit, I fay of all honeft recrea- 
tions , God hath therefore indulged them to refrelh , eafe, folace and 
comfort us. But wee arefome of us tooftern, too rigid, too pre- 
cife, too groflely fuperftitious, and whileft wee make a conscience of 
every toy , with touch not, tafte not, &c. as thofe Pythagoreans of old, 
andfome Indians now that will eat no fiefh, or fufferany living crea- 
ture to bee killed, the Aannians about Guzzerat $ wee tyrannize over 
our brothers foul, lofe the right ufe of many good gifts; honeft 
* fports, games and pleafant recreations, ‘punifliour felveswithout 
a caufe, lofe our liberties , and fometimes our lives. Anno 1 »70, at 
: f Magdeburge in Germany, a Jew fell into a Privy upon a Saturday, and 
without help could not poflibly get out 5 hee called to his fellows for 
fuccour, but they denied it, becaufe it was their Sabbath, non licebat 
opus manuum exercere, the Bifliop hearing of it, the next day forbade 
him to bee pulled out, becaufe it was our Sunday; In the mean time the 
wretch died before Monday. Wee have myriads of examples in this 
kinde, amongft thofe rigid Sabbatarians, and therefore not without 
good caufc, “ Intolerabilem perturbationem Serna calls it, as well hee 
might, an intolerable perturbation, that caufeth fuch dire events, 
folly, madnefs, ficknefs, dcfpair, death of body and foal, and bell 
it feif. 
. . . , - • ■- r. t 3m •ir*'1’j 'V t ■ 1 
* Some explode 
all humane 
authors, arts, 
and fciences, 
Poetsjhiftories, 
&c. fo precifc, 
their zeal o- 
ver-runs their 
wits, and fo 
ftupid, they op- 
pofe all hu- 
man learning, 
becaufe they 
arc ignorant 
thernfelves and 
illiterate, no- 
thing muft 
bee read but Scriptures; but thcfc men deferve to bee pktlci, rather than centred. Others are fo ftrift they will 
admit of no honeft game and pleafurc, no dancing , finging , other playes, recreations and games, banking , hun- 
ting, Cock-fighting, Bear-baiting, &c. bccaufe to fee one bead kill another is the fruk of our rebellion againft God , 
&c. * Nuda ac tremebunda, cruentis Irrepet genibus fi candida jujferit Ino. Juvenalis Sat. 6. t Mnnfter 
cefmeg. Hb.$. cap. 444. incidit in eioacam> unde fe nw fojfit oxitoere, implorat opemfodonm, fed ilii negant % tire, 
« De benefit, 7. z. 
Subsbct. 5. 
Cure of %eligious xMdancholy 
purge the world of Idolatry and f uperftkion, wil 1 require 
fome monfter-taming Hercules , a divine v£ftdapius, or 
Bp|| 11« CHRIST himfelf to come in his own reign a thou- 
IggjtStffl Tand years on earth before the end , as the Millenaries will 
mmSBmSSt have him. They are generally fo refractory, felf-conccited ? 
obftinate , fo firmly addled to that religion in which they have been 
bred and brought up,that no perfwafion,no tcrrour?no perfection can di- 
vert them. The confideration of which, hath induced many common- 
wealths to fuffer them to enjoy their confciences as they will them- 
felves: a toleration of Jem is in moft Provinces of Europe: In 
have their Synagogues : Spaniards permit Moores to live among!* them : 
the MoguHians 5 Gentiles: the Turks, all religions. In Europe, tdlAnd and 
Kjimflcrdam are the common Sanctuaries. Some are of opinion, that no 
man ought to bee compelled for confcience fake , but let him bee of what 
religion hee will, hec may bee faved, as Cornelius was formerly accepted, 
sew 3 Turk, Jnahftifis,&c. If he be an honeft man,live foberly and civilly 
in his profeffion;( Volkdhs the reft of the Socinians, that now Part 5* Sed.4. 
Cure of Religious-Melancholy, 
Memb.i.SubC.y 
neftlc themfclves ' about Crakowe and Rakowe in Roland, have re- 
newed this opinion ) ferve his own God, with that fear and reve- 
rence as hee ought. Sua cafq-j civitati ( Lalt) religio jit, noftranohis, Tuliy 
thought fit every city fhould bee free in this behalf, adore their own 
Cuflodes & Tepicos Decs 5 tutelar and local gods, as Symmachus calls them. 
Ifocrates advifeth Demonicus, when hee came to afl range citie, to t worfhip by 
all means the Gods of the place, & Topt cum deum fie celt opor- 
tere, quomodo iff e pracepcrtt: which Cecilius in f Minutius labours , and 
would have every nation , fac rorum ritus gentiles habere, deos colere 
f Tyumen vene- 
rare pYdcfertm 
quod civitas 
colit. 
t Ottavio dial, 
municipes, keep their own ceremonies, worlhip their peculiar gods, 
which Pomponius Mela reports of the i^Afiicans, Dees fuospatrio more 
venerantur, they worfhip their own gods according to their own or- 
dination. For why fhould any one nation, as hee there pleads, challenge 
that univerfalitie of God , Deum fuum quem nec oftendunt y nec vident, dtf- 
eurrentem fcilicct & ubique pr a [entem, in omnium meres , a£tus0 & occultas 
'cogitationes inquirentem, &c. as Chriftians do ? Let every Province en- 
joy their libertie in this behalf, worfhip one God , or all as they will, 
and are informed. The Romans built Altars Diis Afu, Europa, Libya, 
diis ignotis & peregrinis •* others otlierwife, 3sc, Pltnius Secundus, as ap- 
pears by his Epiftle to Trajan , would not have theChriftians foperfe- 
cu ted, and in fome time of the reign of Maximinus, as wee find it regi- 
ifred in Eufebius lib, 9. cap» 9, there was a decree made tothispurpofe, 
-Kudus cogatur invitus ad hunc vel illum deorum cultum, and by CenHan- 
tint in the 19 year of his reign, asf Baronins enforraeth us, Nemo al- 
teri exhibeat male sitam, quod euj mfque animus vult, hoc quifq&e tranfigat, new 
gods, new lawgivers, new Priefts will have new ceremonies, cuftomes 
and religions 5 to which every wife man as a good Forraalift fljould ac- 
commodate himfclf. 
* Saturnus perii % perterunt & fua jura. 
t Arrna/.tom.f, 
ad amum 
3Hi. 
* Ovid. 
Sub Jove nunc mundus,juffa fe quare Jovis, The faid 
Conftantine the Emperour , as Eufebius writes, flung down and demo- 
lifhed all the heathen gods, filver gold ftatues, altars. Images and tem- 
ples , and turned them all t© Ghriflian Churches, infefhts gentilium mo- 
-71 umentis ludibrio expofuit 5 the Turk now converts them again to Ma- 
hometan Meskites. The like Edid came forth in the reign of Arcadius 
and Honorius, * Symmachus the Orator, in his dayes, to procure a general 
toleration, ufed this argument, * Because Cod is immenfe and inf nit e, and 
his nature cannot perfectly bee known-, it is convenient heejhould bee as diver fly 
wor[hipped, as every man [ball perceive or under Hand. 11 was impoflible hee 
thought for one religion to bee univerfal; you fee that one fmall Pro- 
vince" can hardly bee ruled by one law civil, or fpiritual 5 and howJha/l 
fomany diflincl and vafi Empires of the world hee united into one ? It never 
was, never wid hee, Befides, if there bee infinite planetary and firmamen- 
ta! worlds, asffomewill, there bee infinite Genii or commanding Spi- 
rits belonging to each of them .* and fo per confequens, ( for they will bee 
all adored 5 infinite religions. And therefore let every Territory keep 
their proper rites and ceremonies, as their dii tutelares will, fo Tyrins 
calls them , and according to the quarter they hold, their own inftitutions, 
y In. epifi. S)w 
r 1 Quia dens 
immtnfum 
quiddam ett, 
& infinitum, 
cujus natura 
perfefie cegnofi 
ci non pot e fi, ' 
aquum. ergo efi, 
ut diver fa rati- 
one Colatur pro„ 
ntquifqru 
quid de Deo 
percipit aut hi 
telligit. 
t Campanula, 
Calcagnlnu;, 
and others.' Part 3. Sc6l:. 4. 
Religious- iJMeiancholy. 
Memh.i. Subf. 5. 
revelations, orders , Oracles, which they didfate to from time to time , 
or teach their Priefts or Minifters. This tenent was ftiffely maintained 
in Turkie not long fincc, as you may read in the third Epiftle of Bushe- 
quim, a that all thefe jhould participate of eternal happiness , that lived an ho- 
ly and innocent life , what religion foever they profiled: Bn [fan Baffa was a 
great Patron of it 5 though Mahomet himleif was fcnt virtute gladii, to 
enforce all , as hee writes in his Alcoran, to follow kirn. Some again 
will approve of this for Gentiles , infidels, that are out of the 
fold , they can bee content to give them all refpedf and favour, but 
by to fuch as are within the precin&s of our own Church, 
and called Qhriftians, to no Heretiques, Schifmatiques, or the like •, let 
the Spanifh Inquifition, that fourth Furyy fpeak of feme of them , the ci- 
' vil wars and Maflacres in France, our Marian times. b CMagallianus the 
Jefuitc will not admit of conference with an heretique, bat ieverity and 
rigour to bee ufed , non illis verha reddere, fed furcas figere oportet -y and 
. ‘Theodofius is commended in Nicephoms lib. 13, cap. 15. c That hee put all 
Heretiques to filence, Bernard, EptfL 190 will have club law, fire and fword 
for Heretiques, d compel them, flop their mouthesy not with dilatations , or 
i refute them with reafons , but mthfifis 5 and this is their ordinary practice. 
, Another companie are as milde on the other fide, to avoid all heart- 
burning, and contentious wars and uproars , they would have agene- 
, rail toleration in every kingdome ,■ no mui<a at all, no man for religion 
or confidence bee put to death, which f Fhuanw the French Hiftorian 
much favours: our late Socinians defend 5 Vaticanas againft Calvin in a 
a tSterna bea- 
ti tuduus con- 
fortes fore, qui 
fanfte innoccn- 
terque hanc vi- 
tam traduxe- 
rint, quam- 
curuf, iIU reli- 
gionem fequuti 
fmt. 
Comment, in 
i. Tim. 6. ver, 
■ZO.& ii .Seve- 
ritate cum he- 
retic is agen- 
dum, & non 
aliter. 
* Quod flenti- 
um haereticis 
indixerit, 
d Igne & fufie 
polias agendum 
cum haereticis 
quam cum dif- 
futationibus j 
os alia loquens, 
&c. 
t TTicfafMft. 
large Treadle in behalf of Servetns, vindicates 5 Cafialio, &c. OPfar- 
tin Ballim and his companions , maintained this opinion not long 
fince in France , whofc errour is confuted by Beza in a )uft Volume. 
The medium is beft, and that which Paul preferibes, Gal, i# If any 
man pall faE by occafion, to re flore fuch a one with the pint of me eknefs f 
by all fair means, gentle admonitions: but if that will not take place, 
Poji mam & alteram admonitionem haereticum devii a, hee mull bee cxcom - 
municate ,as Paul did by Hymenaus, delivered over to Satan, immedi- 
cabile vulnus enfe reddendum eft. As Hippocrates faid in Phyfick, I may 
well fay in Divinity, £fua ferro non curantur, ignis curat. For the vul- 
&ar ’ reftrain them by iawes, mulds, burn their books, forbid their 
conventicles: for when the caufe is taken away, the effedt will foon 
ceafe. Now for Prophets, dreamers, and fuch rude filly fellows, that 
t^irouSk fading , too much meditation, precifenefs, or by Melancho- 
ly are diftempered : the beft means to reduce them ad fanam mentem, 
js t0 alter their courfe of life, and with conference, threats, promifes 3 
perfwafionS', to entermixe Phyfick. Hercules de Saxonia had fuch a Pro- 
phet committed to his charge inVenict, that thought hee was and 
would faft as hee did: hee drefted a fellow in Angels attire, that faid hee 
came from heaven to bring him divine food, and by that means ftaid 
bis faft, adminifoed his Phyfick: fo by meditation of this forged 
Angel hee was cured. c Xhafis an Arabian , font. lib. 1. cap, 9, fpeaks of a 
fellow that in like cafe complained to him, and defired his help.* 
himi faith hee ) what the matter was, hee reply I m continually me- 
c Quidam Con- 
questus efi mihi 
tie hst morbo, 
& deprecatus 
e[( ut ego ilium 
curarem; ego 
quafivi ab co 
quid fentket j 
retyondit, fem- 
fcr imaginor & 
cogito de Deo 
& angelis, &c. 
et ita demerfus 
fim hac imagi- 
natione, Ut nec 
edam mec dor- 
miam, nec ne- 
gotiis &c.Ego 
curavi medici- 
na & perfuafi- 
oney & fcph- 
rss alios. Part 3. Sect. 4. 
Cure of Religious-Melancholy, 
Memb. 2. Subf. 1. 
dhanng of Heaven and Hell, and mee thinks 1 fie and talk with fiery fitrits, 
fix HI brim ft one, &c. and am fi carried away with thefi conceits, that I can nei- 
ther eat no* (leep, nor go about my bufmefi : 1 cured him (Tiith Rhafis) partly 
by perfwafion, partly by Phyfick, and Jo have I done by many others. Wee have 
frequently fuch Prophets and dreamers among ft us, whom wee perfe- 
cure with fire and fagot: I think the moft compendious cure for Tome of 
them at leaft, had been in,Bedlara. sed de his fatis. 
Memb. 2. Sub sect. i. 
Religious-Melancholy in defett-. Parties affetted. Epicures, Athufls, 
Hypocrites, worldly faure, Carnalijis, ali impious perfons y 
Impenitent fmners , &€, 
that other extream, or defeft of this love of God,know- 
ledge, faith, fear, hope, &c. arc fuch as err both in do&rine 
pll® piPl and manners, Sadduces, Herodians, Libertines, Politicians? 
S||y manner of Atheifts, Epicures, Infidels, that are fecurc, 
in a reprobate fenfe, fear not God at all, and fuch are too 
diftrultml and timorous, as defperate perfons bee • That grand fin of A- 
theifm or Impiety, f Melantlhon calls it, monftrofam melancholiams raon- 
firous Melancholy*, or venenatam melancholiam, poifoned Melancholy. A 
company of Cyclops or Giants, that war with the gods, as the Poets feign- 
ed. Antipodes to Chriftians, that fcoffat all Religion, at God himfclf, de- 
ny him and all his attributes, his wifdome, power, providence, his mercy 
and judgement. 
f De animate. 
de bmoribus. 
s Effe aliquos manes, & f uhterranea regna, 
Rt centum t & Stygio ranas in gurgite nigras, 
Atff’, und t ran fire vadum tot millia cymba, 
jAtc pueri credunt,ntfi qui nondum are lavantur, 
S Juvtul 
That there is cither Heaven or Hell, refurreftion of the dead, pain, 
Inppinefs, or world to come, credat fiudaus Apeila: for their parts they 
efteem them as fo many Poets tales, Bugbears, Lucians Alexander % 
KjMefe*, Mahomet and chrift are qjl as one in their Creed, When thofe 
bloody wars in Franee for matters of Religion ( faith * Richard 3'tnoth ) 
were lo violently purfued betwixt Hugenotes, and Papifis , there was a 
company of good fellows laughed them all to (corn, for being fuch (u- 
-perfti.tious fools, tolofe their lives and fortunes, accounting, faith, re- 
ligion, immortality of the foul, meer fopperies and allufions, Such loofe 
t Atheiftical fpirits are too predominant in all Kingdomes. Let them 
contend, pray, tremble, trouble themfelves that will, for their parts, 
they fear neither God nor Devil*, but with that Cylops in Euripides, 
hifl. £>u.amplu- 
rimi reperti 
pm qtti tot pc- 
ricula fabeun- 
tes irridebant; 
& qu* dt fide, 
religione, &c* 
dicebant, ludi- 
brio habebant, 
nihil esrum ad- 
mittentes de 
futura vita. 
t foooo Athe- 
ns ®t thii day 
in p*rity Mer- 
cennus thinks. 
MaudulU numina, expavefiunt editum. 
Sed vUlimas uni de or Am maximoy 
Ventri offerunt, deos ignorant cost eros. 
They fear no God but one, 
They facrifize to none. Parc 3. Sedt. 4. 
Religious- (^Melancholy. 
Memb. 2. Subf. i. 
But belly, and him adore, 
For Gods they know no more. 
Their God is their be lip usPaul faith, Sanßa mater [aturitas 5 
quibus in [olo vivendi caufa palato eft. 
The Idol which they worfhip and adore, is their Miftrefs, with him in 
Plautuss mallem hac mulier me amet quam dii, they had rather have her fa- 
vour than the Gods. Satan is their guide, the fkfh is their inftrudor , 
Hypocrifie their Counfellor, Vanity their fellow-fouldier, their Will 
their law, Ambition their Captain, Cuftome their Rule .• temerity, bold- 
nefs, impudence their Art, toyes their trading, damnation their end. All 
their indeavours are to fatisfie their lull: and appetite, how to pleafe their 
Genius, and to bee merry for the prefent, 
lude, btbe, pop mortem nulla voluptas. 
The fame condition is of men and of heaps j as the one dieth, jo dieth the other, 
Ecclef, 3. 19, the world goes round, 
—t truditur dies die, 
t Rot. l.z. od, 
18. 
*iȣ. 17. 
Novaque pergunt interire Luna: * they did cat 
and drink of old, marry, bury, bought, fold, planted, built, and will do 
Hill, h Our life is jhort and tedious, and tn the death of a man there is no reco- 
very, neither was any man known that hath returned from the grave: for wee 
are born at all adventure, and wee jha& bee hereafter as though wee had never 
been *, for the breath is as fmoak in our mftnh,&c. and the fpirit vanifheth 
as the foft Air• 1 Come let us enjoy the plea/ures that are prefect, let us shear- 
fully ufe the creatures as in youth det us fill our [elves with cofilywhe and oint- 
let not the flower of our life pafs by us, let us crown our Jelves with 
Rofe-huds, before they are withered, &c, * Vivamus me a Lesbia & amemus, 
f Come let us take our fill of hvey andpleafure in dalliance, for this is our 
portion, this is our let. 
Tempora labuntur tacit iffcftnefeimus annis > For the reft of Heaven 
and Hell, let children and fuperftitiousfools beleeveit: for their parts 
they are fo far from trembling at the dreadful day of judgement, that 
they wife with Nero, Me vivo flat, let it come in their times: fo fecurc, 
fo defperate, fo immoderate in luft and pleafure, fo prone to revenge, 
that as Paterculus faid offome Caitiffs in his time in %ome, £mdnequiter 
au fly fortiter executi: it lhall not bee fo wickedly attempted, but as defpe* 
rately performed, what ere they take in hand. Were it not for Gods 
reftraining grace, fear and feame, temporal punifement, and their own 
infamy, they would Lycaon-like exenterate, as fo many Cannibals eat up, 
or Cadmus fouldiers, confumeone another. Thefe are moft impious, 
and commonly profeffed Atheifts, that never ufe the name of God, but 
tofwcarby it.* that exprefs nought elfe but Epicurifm in their carriage, 
or hypocrifie* with Pentheus t they negledf and contemn thefe rites and re- 
ligious ceremonies of the Gods, they will bee Gods thetnfelvcsj or at 
leaft foeti deorum; 
Divifum imperium cum if ove Cafar habet• 
Aproyis an Egyptian tyrant, grew, faith * Herodotus, to that height of 
pride, infolency and impiety, to that contempt of God and men, that 
hee held his Kingdome fo fure, nt a nemine deorum aut hominum fthi eripi 
fc mfd. 1. 
'Verf. 6,7>* 
* Catullus. 
t Trov. 7. 8. 
* lab. 1. Parc 3. Secf.4. 
Religious-Melancholy in deft Cl, 
Memb,2,Subl. i. 
poflfletj neither God nor men could take it from him. f A certain blaf 
phemous King of Spain (as4 Lanfim reports) made an’edkff, that 
nofubjedofhis for ten years fpace, Ihould belceVe in, call on, or wor- 
fhip any god. And as 4 Jovius relates of Mahomet the fecond, that Jacked 
Conftantinopk, hee fo behaved himfdfi that hee beleeved wither Chnfl nor 
Mahomet, and thence it came to that bee kept his word and promtfle no 
further than for his advantage, neither did hee care to commit any offence to fla- 
tis fie his luft. I could fay the like of many Princes, many private men (our 
ftories are full of them; in times paft, thisprefenc age, that Jove fear 
obey, and perform ail civil duties, as they fhall finde them expedient 
or behoveful to their own ends. Securi adverfus Decs , flecuri adverfus 
homines, votis non eft opus, which t Tacitus reports oi fome Germans, they 
need not pray, fear, hope, for they are fecure to their thinking, both 
from God and men. Bulco OpiUenfis, fomenmes Duke of1 Silefia, was 
fuch a one to an hair, hee lived ( faith k eJSneas Sylvius) at f UratijUvra, 
and was flo mad to flat is fie his luft, that hee bdeeved neither Heaven nor Heli 
or that the floul was but married wives, and turned them up as hee 
thought fit, did murder and miflehief, and what hee lift himflelf. This, Duke 
hath two many followers in our daies: fay what you can, dehorn, exhort 
perfwade to the contrary, they are no more moved , ? 1 
685 
c . 
1 CM. NMow-an 
TO x. cap, 4, 
i fOr at. Coat. 
. TJi/paa. Nc p; 0- 
ximo dec can 0 
1 dam adora- 
rent, &c. 
* Talem ft ex- 
hibuit, ut arc 
in Chrifhm, nee 
Mahometan 
crederet, nude 
ejfcslurn ut pro- 
mt jf a nfi qua- 
tentis in fuum 
commodum ce- 
derent minime 
fervar et, nec 
ullo fee Ure pC- 
catum(l at nent, 
fens defide- 
r is fati i face- 
ret. 
t Lib. de mo \ 
Germ. 
1 Or By t flava. 
quam ft dura filex antlia Marpefii cautes, 
k Urqne adca 
inf anus, at me 
than fo many ftocks and ftones, tell them of Heaven and Hell, st/s to 
no purpofe, laterem lavas, they anfwer as Ataltba that Indian Prince 
did Frier Vincent, m when hee brought him a book, arj told him ad the mjfle- 
ries of flalvation, Heaven and Bed were contained in tt: hee looked upon it 
and fluid hee flaw no flue h matter, asking withad how hee knew it: they will but 
feoff at it> or wholly rejeft it, Petromus inTaettus, whenhec was now by 
Herds command bleeding to death, audiebat amices nihtl referentes de im- 
mortalitate anima, ut fapientum placitis, fed levia carmina (h4 faciles ver- 
fus, inftead of good counfel, and divine meditations, hee made his friends 
ling him bawdy verfes, and fcurrile fongs. Let them take Heaven, Pa- 
radife, and that future happinefs that will, bonum eft efts hie, it is good 
being here.* tncre is no talking tofuch, no hope of their convention 
they are in a reprobate fenfe, mcer carnalifts, fleftily-minded men ? 
which howfoever they may bee applauded in this life by fome few p*’ 
jnferos, necfu~ 
' per os rffe dicat, 
ani wa f que am 
corporibus inte- 
rire credat,&c, 
f Europa d fir. 
cap. 24. 
m Francs it 
Fry. Amcr.par. 
6. librum, d 
V'neentio ms. 
nncho datum 
abjecit, nihil fa 
videre ihi hu- 
jufmodi dicens, 
roganfque unde 
hpc faersti 
<\imm de ccelo 
dr Tart no con-* 
tineri ibi di~ 
rafites, and held tor worldly wile men,n They jeem to mee ( faith Mdanc 
than) to hee as mad as Hercules was when hee raved and Med his wife and 
children, A milder fort of thefe Atheiftical fpirirs there are that pro- 
fefs Religion T but timid} dr hafitanter, tempted thereunto out of that 
horrible confideration of diverfity of Religions, which are and have 
been in the world (which argument Campane da, Athcifmi Triumphati 
caP» 9. both urgeth and anfwcrs) belides the covetoufnefs, impoliure 
and knavery of Pr lefts, qua faciunt (as * P oft ell us obferves) ut rebus flier is 
minus faciant fidem; and thofc religions foine of them lb phantaftical,' 
exorbitant, fo violently maintained with equal conftancy and atf'n- 
whence they infer, that if,there bee fo many 'religious feds, 
and denied by the reft, why may they not bee all falle < or why fhould 
this or that bee preferred before the reft < The Scepticks urge this, and 
cerei. 
n Non minus hi 
' furunt quam 
Hercules, qui 
cnnjug'm arm 
bertts interfeiti 
habit hie c at ns 
Plura hujufwo- 
di Portent ofx 
men fra. 
* T)t orbis Co tt, 
Tib. i. cap. j. lJai c 3. ScCt, 4. 
Religious- OMeUnchely, 
Memb. 2. Subf. 1, 
amongft others it is the conclufioh of Sextus Emfericus Ith. 8. adverfi. 
Mathematicos: after many Philofophical arguments and reafons fro and 
con that there are Gods, and again, that there are no Gods, hee fo con- 
cludes, cum tot inter fe fugnent, &c. Una tantum fotefi ejje vera, as Fully 
likewife difputes: Chriftians fay, they alone worfliip the true God, pi- 
ty all other feCts, lament their cafe •, and yet tbofe old Greeks and 
mans that worfhiped the Devil, as the Chinaes do now, Aut Decs Te~ 
t Nonne Roma- 
ni fine T>so ve- 
(lro regnant & 
frumitur orbe 
toto, & vos & 
Deos veftros 
captivos tenent» 
&c? Minutius 
Oftaviano. 
| Comment, in 
Gcncfm copio- 
fusinhoc fub- 
jecit. 
* Ecce pars ve- 
ftrum & major 
ficos, their own gods 5 as Julian the Apoftate , f Cecilius in Minutius , 
C elf us and Pcrfhyrius the Philofophcr and as Machiavel contends, 
were much more noble, generous, victorious, had a more flour idling 
Common-wealth, better Cities, better Souldiers, better Scholars, 
better Wits. Their Gods often overcame our Gods, did as many mi- 
racles, &c. Saint Cyril, rnohius, Minutius, with many other antients, of 
late Left us, Morneus, Cretins de vent, %elig, Chriflunst, SavanareU de 
verit. fidci chnfiiam, well defend-, but Zanchius, | Campane da. Marinus 
Marcennm, Bozius, and Gentillettus anfwer all their Atheiftical arguments 
at large. Bat this again troubles many, as of old, wicked men generally 
thrive, profefled Atheifts thrive., 
& melior alget, 
fame labor at,& 
deus patitur, 
dijfmulat, non 
vult, non fote(t 
opitulari fits, 
& vel invali- 
dus vel iniquus 
eft. Cecilius in 
(Ama. Dum 
rapiunt mala 
fata bonos, ig- 
nofeite fajfo , 
Sollicitor nullos 
ejfeputare deos. 
Ovid. 
Vidi ego diis 
fretos, multos 
decipi. Plautus 
fafinx ali. i. 
fcen. 5. 
f Martial. /. 4. 
Spig. ii., 
* Nullos ejje Dees, in me cesium, 
Mffirmat Seims: frohatque, quodfe 
Fafftim, dutn negat njidtt heatuw 5 
There are no Gods, Heavens arc toyes, 
Selius in publick juftifies 5 
Becaufe that whilft hee thus denies 
Their Deities, bee better thrives. 
This is a prime Argument: and moft part your moft fincere, upright, 
hone ft, and f good men are dcprefled, The rate is net to the fwift, mr the 
battel to the frong, (Ecdef. 9. n.) nor yet bread to the wife, favour nor 
riches to men of underfunding , hut time and chance comes to all• There was 
a great plague in t,Athens (as Thucydides lib, 2, in which at laft 
every man with great licentioufnefs did what hee lift, not caring at all 
for Gods or mens Laws. Neither the fear of God, nor laws of men ( faith 
hee) 'awed any man,hecaufe the plague fwept all away alike, good and bad5 they 
thence concluded, it was alike to worjhip or not worjhip the Gods, fmee they pf* 
ri/hed all alike. Some cavil and make doubts of Scripture it felf, it can- 
not ftand with Gods mercy, that fo many ftiould bee damned, fo many 
bad, fo few good, fuch have and hold about Religions, all ftiflF on the**: 
fide, fa&ious alike, thrive alike, and yet bitterly pcrfecuting and dam* 
ning each other 5 it cannot jland with Gods goodnefs, proteßion and provi- 
dence (as * Saint Chryfofiome in the Diale<ft of fuch difeontented 
to fee andjujfer one man to bee lame, another mad, a third poor and tniferable 
all the dates of bis life, a fourth grievoujly tormented with peknefs and aches* 
to his lafl: hour, \jdrt thefe figns and works of Gods providence, to let one 
man bee deaf, another dumb ? poor honejl fellow lives in d/fgrace, woe 
and want, wretched hee iss when as a wicked Caitiff abounds in juperfluity of 
wealth, keeps whores, par aptes, and what hec will himfelf •* Andis Jupiter haci 
Talia multa conne ft entes, longum reprehenponis femomm erga dei frovi- 
* Set. 30 in 
cap. ad Ephcf. 
Hicfraftis eft 
pedibus, alter 
'fork, alius ad 
extremum fe- 
ns clam progrtf- 
fus omnem vi- 
tam paupertate 
peragit, ille 
tuo his gravif- 
fmis : funt haec 
providentia o~ 
pera? hic fur - 
dur, ille mutus, 
&c. Part 3.5e&.4. 
Religions Melancholy in defeß, 
Memb.2. Subf.i, 
demum contexunt. Thus they mutter and objedt ( fee the reft of their 
Arguments in cMarctmus in Genefin, and in amply confuted) 
with many fuch vain cavils , well known, not worthy the recapitulation 
or anfwering, whatsoever they pretend, they arc interim of little or no 
Religion. 
Couzin-germanes tothefemen, are many of our great Philosophers, 
and Deifts, who though they bee more temperate in this life, give ma- 
ny good moral precepts, honeft, upright, and faber in their conven- 
tion, yet in eifedt they are the fame (accounting no man a good 
Scholar that is not an Atheift ) nimis altum fapiunt, too much learning 
makes them mad. Whiles they attribute all to natural caufes, °ccn- 
tingence of all things, as Melantthon calls them, Pertinax hominum ge- 
e dmiaetn- 
tingmm fen 
Xus, a peevifh Generation of men, that mif-led by Philofophy, and the 
Devils fuggeftion, their own innate blindnefs, deny God as much as 
the reft, hold all Religion a fiction, oppofite to Reafon and Philofophy , 
though for fear of Magiftrates, faith f Vaninus, they durft not publick- 
ly profefs it. Ask one of them of what Religion hee is, hee fcoffingly 
replies, a Philofopher, a Galeni ftf AverroiH, and with Rablais a Phy- 
fician, a Peripatetick, an Epicure. In fpirkual things God muft demon- 
ftrate all to fenfe, leave a pawn with them, or elfefeck fomc other 
udm\ Me- 
landhen in 
Prieceptum pri- 
mum. 
t Dial. \ .lib. 
de admir. nut. 
Arcanis. 
t tAmmamea 
ft cum animis 
Ffolofophomm. 
creditor. They wil acknowledge nature and fortune, yet not God: 
though in effect they grant both : for as Scaliger defines, Nature figm- 
fies Gods ordinary power5 or as Calvin writes. Nature is Gods order, 
and fo things extraordinary may bee called unnatural •• Fortune his 
unrevealed will* and fo wee call things changeable that are befide rea- 
fon and expectation. To this purpofe f Mimd'm in Ottavio, and p Seneca 
well difeourfeth with them, lih. 4, de hemfdis cap. 5, 6,- 7. They do not un- 
derhand what they fay •, what is Nature bm Cjodt call him what thou wilt, Na- 
ture, Jupiter, hee hath as many Names as offices: it comes all to one pafsy God 
h the fountain of all, the fir ft Giver and Preserver, from whom all things de- 
pend, * a quo &per quern omnia., 
t Deum unum 
multis defg.. 
H*nt nomini■- 
huSy 
P Non inteUigis 
te qmm hac di- 
cti* negare te 
ipfum nomen 
det' quid enim 
e(t aliud naturi 
quam Dens > 
Nam quodcunque vides Deus efa quocunque moveris^ 
God is all in all, God is every where, in every place. And yet this Be- 
neca that could confute and blame them, is all out as much to bee blamed 
and confuted himfelf, as mad himfelf 5 for hee holds, fatum Stoicum , 
that inevitable ncceftity in the other extream, as thofe Chaldean Aftro- 
JogersoF old did, againft whom the Prophet Jeremiah fo often thunders, 
and thofe Heathen Mathematicians, Nigidius Figulus , Magiam, and 
Frifcilmip, whom S. Auflm fo eagerly confutes, thofe Arabian que- 
ftionaries, Novem (fc. and our Country* 
man1 Ejinidusi that take upon them to define out of thofe great con- 
junctions of Stars, with Ptolomeus, the periods of Kingdomes, or Reli- 
gions, of ail future Accidents, Wars, Plagues, Schifms, Herefies, and 
what not ? all from Stars,' and fuch things9 faith fjhafihi & 
intdligemiis fyis refervavit Deus, which God hath referved to him» 
felf and his Angels, they will cake upon them to fore-tell, as if Stars 
were immediate, inevitable caufcs of all future accidents. Cafar Va* 
ninus in his Book dt admirandis natura Arc anis dial» 52, de omeulis is 
&c. Ht habet 
appellationes' 
quot munera., 
Austin. 
r Principia E~ 
pbuemt. Religious- CMelancholy. 
Mcmb. 2, Subf.i, 
Part 3. SeCt. 4. 
more free, copious ana open in the explication of this Aftrological 
Tenent of Ptolomj, than any of our modern Writers , C aid an excepted , 
atrueDifcipleofhis Matter Fmpcnatius, according to the dcdrine of 
Peripateticks, hce refers all Apparitions, Prodigies, Miracles, Oracles, 
Accidents, Alterations of Religions, Kingdomes, &c. (for which hee is 
foundly lalbed by Marinus Marcenms, as well hce deferves) to natural 
caufcs ( for fpirits hee will not acknowledge) to that light, motion, in- 
fluences of Heavens and Stars, and to the Intelligences that move the 
Orbs. Intelligent qua movet oyhem mediante Cedo, &c. Intelligences 
do all .* and after a long Difcourfe of Miracles done of old, ft hac damo- 
nespofint, cur non & intelligentia c edorum matrices 1 And as thefe great 
Conjunctions, AfpeCts of Planets begin or end, vary, are vertical and 
predominant, fa have Religions, Rites, Ceremonies and Kingdomes their 
beginning, progrefs, periods, in Urbibus, Regibus, Religimhus, ac in par* 
ticularibus hominibus hac vera ac manifefia [unt, ut Ariflotcles innuere vi- 
detur, & quotidiana docet experientia, ut hi fori as perlegens videbit t, quid o- 
lim in Gentili lege fove fan ft ius & illuflrins i Quid nunc vile magis if exe- 
crandum ? Jta cedefiia corpora pro mortalium beneficio religiones adif eant, 
(freumceffat influxus, eeffat lex,drc, And becaufc according to their 
Tenents, the world is eternal, intelligences eternal, influences of 
Stars eternal, Kingdomes, Religions, Alterations fhall bee likewifc 
eternal, and run round after many Ages * Atque iterum ad Trojam magnus 
mittetur Achilles5 renajeentur Religiones, & Ceremonia,res human# in idem 
recident, nihil nunc quod non ohm fuit, & poft faculorum revolutiones alias 
efl?erit,&c* idem flecie, faith Vamnus, non individuo quod plato flgniflea- 
vit. Thefe (faith mine * Author) thefe are the Decrees of Peripateticks, 
which though I recite, in obfequium Chriftiana fidei detefl or, as lam a 
Chriftian 1 deteft and hate. Thus Peripateticks and Aftrologians held in 
former times, and to this efled of old in Rome, faith ‘Vionyfius HaVcarnaf 
fusflib.7. when thofe Meteors and Prodigies appeared in the Air, after the 
banifhment of Coriolanus, { Men were diver fly ajfeßed, fame fatd they were 
Gods jufl judgements for the execution of that good man, feme referred all to na* 
tural caufes,fomt to Stars,fome thought they came by chance, fame by necefity 
decreed ab initio, and could not bee altered, The two laft Opinions of 
Neafsjty and Chance were, it Teems, of greaternote than the reft. 
* yamnsdiat. 
V'tkTomines 
Jjffi£ aftiM 
judidm ad 
ram nferebant, 
nCC faffed' 
Xmanhcmfo, 
«ire. ia,Nata- 
raL 33- 
* fav. sat. 13. 
* Sunt qui in Fortune jam caftbus omnia ponunt , 
Ft mundum credunt nudo re ft or e moveri , 
Natura volvente vices, &c. 
t Bpft. ad €. 
Cafar. Romani 
dim putabant 
fortunam regna 
& imperia da- 
re ; Credebant 
antea mortales 
fortunam folam 
oves & honores 
largiri, idque 
duabus de can- 
fis j primum 
quod indignus 
quifque dives 
honoratus, po- 
For the firft of Chance , as f Saluft like wife inform cth us, thofe old Re~ 
mm generally received: They fuppofed Fortune alone gave Kingdomes 
and Empires, Wealth, Honours, offices, and that for two caufess fir# > be- 
caufe every wicked, hafe, unworthy wretch was preferred, rich, potent, (jfc, 
Secondly bccaufe of their uncertainty , though never fo good, farce any one 
enjoyed them long •* but after they began upon better advice to think other- 
wife, that every manmade his own fortune. The laft of Necelfity was 
Seneca’s tenent, that God was aUtgatm caufis fecundis, fo tied to fecond 
caufes, to that inexorable necelfity, that hee could alter nothing of 
tens, alterum, vix quiff nam perpetuo betttf its frt&vifuu Vofu pmdwthTW dldlctre fortmm fuam quemque fugere. Pair. 3, Sed:. 4. 
%pLtgteus~ Melancholy in deject. 
Memb.i. Subl'.i 
that which was once decreed, fie erat in fatis, it cannot bee altered , kernel 
jufsit,femper paret Deus, nulla vis rumpit, nulla preces, nec ip [am fulmen 
God hath once faid it, and it muft for ever (land good, no prayers , no 
threats, nor power, nor thunder it felf can alter it. Zeno, Chryflppus, 
and thofe other Stoicks, as you may read in Tully 2. de divinatione, Gel- 
lius, lib. 6. cap. 2. &c, maintained as much. In all ages, there have been 
fuch, that cither deny God in all, or in part; fome deride him, they 
could have made abetter world, and rule it more orderly themfelves. 
bkfphcmehim, derogate at their pleafure from him. *Twas fo in * pia- 
to** times. Some fay there be no gods, others, that they care not for men,a middle 
fort grant both. Si non fit Deusy unde bona ?fl /it Deus, unde mala ?So Cotta 
argues in Tully, why made hee not all good, or at leaft tenders not the 
welfare of fuch as are good t As the woman told if hee 
bee not at leifure to hear Caufes, and redrefs them , why doth hee 
reign < * Sextus Empericus hath many fuch Arguments. Thus perverfe 
men cavil. So it will ever bee, fome of all forts, good, bad, indifferent, 
true, falfe, zealous, Ambodexters, Neutralifts, lukewarm Libertines, A- 
theifts, &c. They will fee thefe religious Sedfaries agree among ft 
themfelves, bee reconciled all, before they will participate with, or 
* 10. ds legib. 
Alii negant efi- 
fe deos, alii de- 
os non curare 
res humanas, a- 
Hi Mr ad, conce- 
dunt. 
* Cib.S. ad met- 
them. 
beleeve any * They think in the mean time ( which f Celfus objedts , 
and whom origen confutes,) me Chriflians adore aperfonput to * deaths with 
mo more reafion than the barbarous Getes worfljtpped Zamolxis, the Ciluians 
Mopfus, the Thebans Amphiaraus, and the Lebadians Trophonius * one 
Religionis as true as another, new-fangled devices, all for humane refpeHs ; 
great witted works are as much authentical to them, as 
Scriptures, CubtiLsenecds Epiftles as Canonical as Saint Tauls, Pindar as 
Odes as good as the Prophet Davids Pfalms , Epitietus Enchiridion equi- 
valent to wife Solomons Proverbs. They do openly and boldly fpeak this 
and more, fome of them, in all places and companies. n Claudius the Em- 
perour was angry with Heaven, becaufe it thundered, and challenged Jupiter 
into the field < with what madnefs, faith Seneca? hee thought Jupiter could 
not hurt him, hut hee could hurt Jupiter. Diagoras., Demonax , Epicurus, 
Pltny, Lucian, Lucretius, 
, t Origines tea- 
y traCelfum /.3, 
Mos immerito 
' nobifcum eon- 
• ferri fufe de- 
clarat. 
• *■ Crucifixum 
, deum ignomi- 
. niofe Lucianus 
vita Peregrini 
Chrifium vocat. 
RDe Ira Is. 
34. Iratus coelo 
quod cbfirepe- 
ret, adpugnam 
vocans Jovem, 
quanta demen- 
tia? putavit fi- 
bi nocere non. 
poffe, &fe no- 
cere tamen Jo- 
vi pofe. 
Contemptorque Deum Mezentius, 
profefled Atheifts all in their times: though not (imple Atheifts nei- 
ther, as Cicognaproves, lih.x. cap, 1. they fcoffed onely at thofe Pagan 
gods, their plurality, bafeand fictitious Offices. Gilbertus Cognatus la- 
bours much, and fo doth Erafmus, to vindicate Lucian from fcandal, 
and there bee thofe that apologize for Epicum ; but all in vain, Lucian 
feoffs at all, Epicurus hee denies all, and Lucretius his Scholar defends 
him in it; . 
x Hutnayia afttt oculos fade cum vita jaceret, 
In ten is opprefla gravi cumrelligione, 
caput a caeli regionibus eflendcbat. 
Horribili fuper afpetfu mortalibus inflans, &c. 
* tib. i. i. 
When humane kinde was drencht in fuperftition, 
Withgaftly looks aloft, which frighted mortal tncfy&c. Part 3. Sc<st. 4. 
Religious- Melancholy. 
Memb.2. Subf. i. 
Hee alone as another Hercules, did vindicate the world from that Mon- 
fter, Unde t Pliny, Mb. 2, cap. y* nat,hifi.& lib, 7. cap. 55. in exprcfs 
words denies the Immortality of the Soul. * Seneca doth little lefs3 lib,7, 
epift, 55 .ad Lucilium, & lib, de confol. ad Martiam, or rather more. Some 
Greek Commentators would put as much -upon Job , that hee fhould 
deny the refurre&ions&c. whom Pineda copioufly confutes, in cap.7. Job 
verf.9. Ariftotlehhwdly ccnfured ot fome, both Divines and Philofo- 
phers. S. Juftine in Parmetica ad gentes, Greg, Nazianzen. in difput. ad- 
verfus Em, Theodoret, lib, 5, de curat, grac. ajfcH, Origen, lib, de principiis, 
Pomponatius juftifics in his Tra& (fo ftiled at leaft ) De immortalitate 
Anima, S caliger, ( who would for-fwear himfelf at any time, faith Pa- 
tritius, in defence of his great Matter Arifiotle) and Dandinus lib. 3. de 
animki acknowledge as much. Averroes oppugnes all fpirits and fupream 
powers* of late Prunus, ( infcclix Brunus, y Kepler calls, him) Machiavely 
Cafar Vanninus lately burned at Toleufe in France, and Pet. Aretine , have 
publickly maintained fuch Atheiftical Paradoxes , * with that Italian 
Bocafe, with his Fable ot three Rings, &c. ex quo infert haud pofie inter- 
nefei, qua fit verior Religioy Judaica, Mahomet ana, an Chrifiiana, quoniam 
eadem figna, &c. (Marinus CM enemus fufpeds Cardan for his fubtiU 
tleSjCampanella, and Charrons Book of Wifdome, with fbmc other Traits, 
to favour of t but amongft the reft that peftiknt Book de 
tribus mundi impofiorihus, quem fine horrore (inquit) non legas, (jp mundi 
Cymbalum dialogis quatuor contentum, Anno Perefio, Pari- 
fiis excufum *, &c* And as there have been in all ages fuch blafphe.mous 
fpirits, fo there have not been wanting their Patrons, Protedors, Dff- 
ciplcs and Adherents. Never fo many Atheifts in Italy and Germany, 
faith c Colem, as in this age: the like complaint Mmennus makes in 
France, 50000 in that one City of Paris. Frederick the Empcronr, as 
t Matthew Paris records, licet non fit recitabile ( I ufe his own words) is 
reported to have faid5 Tres prafiigiatores, Mofes, Chritfusy & Mahc-mety uti 
mundo dominarentur, totum populum fibi contemporaneum (eduxi fi e, ( Henry 
, the Lanfgrave of ffeffen heard him fpeak it) Si principes imperii inftitu- 
tioni mea adharerent, ego multo meliorem modum credendi & vivendi ordi- 
narem. 
To thefc profeffed Atheifts wee may well add that impious and car- 
nal crew of worldly minded men* impenitent finners, that go to Hell 
in a lethargy, or in a dream , who though they bee profelfed CJhriftians y 
yet they will Nulla paflefeere culpa, make a confcience of nothing they 
do, they have cauterized conferences, and are indeed in a reprobate 
fenfe, p aft aH feeling, have given themfelves over to wantennefs, to rrork 
all manner of uncleannefs even with greedinefs, Ephef. 4, 19. They do 
know there is a God, a day of Judgement to come, and yet for all that, 
as Hugo faith , ita comedunt ac dormiunt, ac ft diem judicii evafifient 5 it a 
ludunt ac rident, ac ft in coriis cum Deo regnarent', they are as merry for 
all the forrow, as if they had efcaped all dangers, and were in Heaven 
already; 
f Idem flatus 
pefi mortem, ac 
fuit antequam 
mfceremur. & 
Seneca. Idem 
exit fofi me 
quod ante me 
fuit. 
* Lucerna ea- 
dem conditio 
quum extingui- 
tur, ac fuh an- 
tequam accen- 
deretur, ita& 
hominis. 
7 Vi fert, cum 
nunc.jyder. 
* Camfanclla 
up. x8. Athe- 
ifm. triumphat. 
t Commem, in 
Ocnef cap. 7. 
tSo that a man 
may meet an 
Atheift asfoon 
in his ftudy, as 
in che ftreet. 
* Simonis reli- 
gio incerto au- 
thore Cracoviee 
edit.*c»n~ 
clufio libri e fi, 
tie itaque, bi- 
be, lude, &c. 
Jam deus fig- 
mentum efi. 
«Lib. de im- 
mortal, anima, 
t Pag. 6^.an. 
115*. ad finem 
Hcnrici tertii. 
Idem Vi fierius 
pag. 743- *’» 
compilat» fax. 
f ytrg. 
——f Metus omnes, & inexorabile f/tum 
Subjecit firepitumque Acherontis avari Part 3. SeCt.4. 
in defetf. 
Memb.2sSubf*i. 
Thole rude Ideots and ignorant perlons, that neglect and contemn the 
means of their falvacion, may march on with thefe, but above all others, 
thofe Heredian temporizing States-men, politick Machiavillians and Hy- 
pocrites, that make a (hew of Heligion, but in their hearts laugh at it. 
Simulata fan Bit as duplex iniquitas 5 they arc in a double fault, that fafhion 
themfdves to this world, which * Paul forbids, and like Mercury the Pi a- ’ 
net, are good with good, bad with bad. When they are at Kome-> they 
do there as they fee done, Puritans with Puritans, Papifts with Papiftsj 
omnium horarum homines, Formahfls* Amhodexters, lukc-warra Laodice- 
* Rom. i,. ta 
am, *AH their ftudy is to pleafe, aim their god is their commodity, their 
labour to fatisfie their lufts, and their indeavours to their own ends. 
Whatfoever they pretend, or in publick feem to do, JJ With the fool, in 
their they fay there is no God, 
Bens tn * de Jove quid fentis i 
a Omnis Ari- 
JlippHM decuit 
cah r, & fatus 
& res, 
* Pfal. 13. 1. 
Their words are as foft as Oyle, but bicternefs is in their hearts,, like 
• Alexander the Sixth, fo cunning diflemblers, that what they think, they 
never fpeak. Many of them are fo clofe, you can hardly difeern it. Or 
take any juft exceptions at them* they are not fa&ious, oppreflbrs, as 
moft are* no bribers, no fimoniacal Contra&ers, no fuch ambitious, 
lafciviousperfons,asfome others are, no drunkards, fobrii felem vident 
orientem, (ebriivident occidentem, they rife fober, and gofoberto bed, 
plain dealing, Upright honeft meil, they do wrong to no man, and are 
to reputed in the worlds efteem at leaft, very zealous in Religion, very 
charitable, meek, humble, peace-makers, keep all duties, very devout , 
honeft, well fpokenof, beloved of all men: but hec that knows bettet 
how to judge} hee that examines the heart, faith* they ate Hypocrites, 
Cor dole plenum-, fonant vittampercufla they are not found with- 
in. As it is with Writers a oftentimes. Plus fan&imonia in libetio, quam li- j 
belli authore, more holinefs is in the Book, than in the Author of it: So' 
*tls with them* many corae to Church with great Bibles, whom Cardan 
faid hec could not chufe but laugh at, and will now and then dare operam 
juguftino, read Anfiivy frequent Sermons, and yet profdfed Ufurers, 
mecr Gripes, tota vit* ratio Epicurea efa all their life is Epicurifm and A- 
tfacifm come to Church all day, and lie with a Curtefan at nighr. 
! Gukeiard'm. 
iErafintts, 
gvi curios ft mutant & Bacchanalia vivuni * 
They have Efaus hands, and Jacobs voice* Yea, and many of thdfc holy 
Triers, fan&ificd men, Cappam, faith Hierom, & cilicium induunt> fed intus 
latronem tegunt, They are wolves in Iheeps- clothing* 
Introrjum turpes, fi eciofi pede decora, 
Fair without, and moft foul within. * Lutei plerumque fub trifii ami- 
&u lafcivia, & deformis horror vili vefte tegitur5 oft-times under a mour- 
ning weed liesluftitfclf, and;horrible vices under a poor coat. But 
who can examine all thofe kindcs of Hypocrites, or dive into their 
hearts ' If wee may guefs at the tree by the fruit, never fo many as in 
thefe dales*, fhew mec a plain dealing true honeft man 5 Et pudor> & pro- 
hit at, & timer omnis theft. Hee that fhall biic look into their lives, and 
* Hiemi, Parc 3. Scd. 4. 
Religious- CM elancholy. 
Memb. 2. Subf.i. 
fee fuch enormous vices, men fo immoderate in luft, urfpeakable in 
malice, furious in their rage , flattering and diffembling ( ail for their 
own ends ) will finely think they are rot truly religious, but of an ob- 
durate heart, moft part in a reprobate fenfe, as in this Age. But let them 
carry it as they will for the prefent, diflemblc as they can, a time will 
come when they fhall bee called to an account, then: melancholy is at 
hand, they pull a plague and curfc upon their own heads, thefaurifant 
tram Dei. Befidesall fuch as are in dees contumeliofiyhhfyhtme, contemn, , 
negied God, or feoff at him, as the Poets feign of Salmoneus, that would 
in derifion imitate Jupiters Thunder,14iee was precipitated for his pains, 
Jupiter intonuit centra, &c. fo fliall they certainly rue it in the end (* in 
fe fpuity qui in coelum [puit) their doom's at hand, and Hell is ready to re- 
ceive them. 
* Senee. eo»fol. 
ad Polyb, c. si. 
Some are of Opinion, that it is in vain to difpute with fuch Atheifti- 
cal fpirits; in the mean time, *tis not the beft way to reclaim them, 
Atheifm, Idolatry , Herefie, Hypocrifie, though they have one com- 
mon root, that is indulgence to cod upt affedion, yet their growth is 
different, they have divers fymptomes, occafions, and snuft have fe- 
veral cures and remedies. '.Tis true, fome deny there is any God, fome 
confefs, yet beleeve it not * a third fortconfefs and belecve , but will 
not live after his Laws, Worfliip and obey him: others allow God and 
Gods fubordinatc, but not one God, no fuch general God, non talem 
deum, but feveral Topick Gods for fevera 1 places, and thole not to per- 
fecute One another for any differences, as Sodnus will, but rather love 
ahd cherifh. 
To deferibe them in particular, to produce their Arguments and rea- 
fdns, would require a juft volume, I refer them therefore that expect a 
more ample fatisfadioo, to thofe fubtil and elaborate Treatifcs, de- 
vout and famous Trads of our learned Divines ( Schoolmen amongfl 
the reft, and Cafuifts) that have abundance of reafons to prove there 
is a God, the immortality of the foul, &c# out of the ftrength of wit and 
Philofophy bring irrefragable Arguments to fuch as arc ingenious and 
Well difpdfed*, at the leaft, anfwer all cavils and objections to confute 
their folly and mndnefs, and to reduce them, fi fieri pofjet y ad fianam 
to abetter mind; though to fmall purpofe many times. Amongft 
others confult with Julius Cafar Lagalia profeftbr of Philofophy in 
Pome-y who hath written a large Volume of late to confute Atheifts.- of 
the Immortality of the Soul, Hierom, Montanus de immortalitate 
nimai Lelius Vincenti us of the fame fubjed: Thomas Gtamims, and 
franc ifcus c ollius de Paganorum animabus pofi mortem, a famous D°d°r 
of the mhrefitan Collcdge in CMillain. Bifliop Fetherby in his Atheo- 
maftix, Dove, Dodor Jackfetty Corderoy have writ- 
ten well of this fubjedinour mother tongue: In Latine, ederusy Zan~ 
t rDifptit. 4.' 
Thilofophia ad- 
ver. Atheos.Vc- 
mtiis 1617. 
quarto- 
•* Edit. Roma 
fol. 1631. 
chits,' Palearcus, Illyricus, t Philippus, Faber Favminus, &c, But infiar 
omniumy the moft copious confuter of Atheifts, is Mannus Marcennns in his 
Commentaries on Cenefis: with * Campane Ha's Athei[mus Triumphatus. 
Hee lets down at large the caufes of this brutifti paflion ( fevcnceen in 
number I take it ) anfwers all their Arguments and Sophifms, which hee 
rcduccth to twenty fix heads , proving withall his own Affertion* Parc„3.Sed:.4. 
Defpatr’s Definition• 
Memb.i. Subf.2. 
There is a God, fuch a God, the true and foie Gody by five and thirty reafons. 
His Colophonis how to refill and reprefs Atheifra, and to that purpofe 
hee adds four efpecial means or waies, which who fo will may profitably 
perufe. 
Sub sect, r 
Defpair* 
Defpairs, , Definitions , Parties and 
Parts affetted, 
B*—--— Here bee many kindes of defperation, whereof fome bee 
holy, fome unholy, as f one diftinguiiheth* that uonoly 
hee defines out of Tally , to bee tAegritudinem animi fine 
ulla rerum expectations meliore, a ficknefs of the foul 
without any hope or expe&arion of amendment: which 
commonly fuccecds fear-, for whilft evil is expe&ed, wee 
fear-, but when it is certain, wecdefpair. According to Thomas 3.2*. 
dtfitnß, 40. art, 4 it is Receffus a re de fiderat ay propter impofsibthtatem exi- 
fhmatam, a reftraint from the thing defiled, for fome impoflibihty lap- 
pofed. Becaufe they cannot obtain what they would, they become de- 
fperate, and many times cither yeeld to the paflion by death it lelf, or 
clfe attempt itnpoffibilities, pot to bee performed by men. In fome ca- 
fes , this defperate humour is not much to be difeommended, as in Wars 
it is a caufe many times of extraordinary valour 5 as fofeph. lihi u 
de hello fud, cap. 14. L. Danaus in Aphorif polit, p, 226, and ma- 
ny Politicians hold. It makes them improve their worth beyond it 
felf, and of a forlorn impotent Company become Conquerours in a 
moment. 
f Abermhy 
C• 14. of his 
phyfick of the 
Soul,, 
Una falus via is nullam fperare falutem, 
In fuch courfes when they fee no remedy, but that they muft either kill 
or bee killed, they take courage, and oftentimes frater (j>em, beyond all 
hope vindicate themfelves. Fifteen thoufand Locrenfes fought againft 
a hundred thoufand Cretmenfes , and feeing now no way but one, they 
muft all die, t thought they would not depart unrevenged, and thereupon 
dcfperatcly giving an aftault, conquered their Enemies. Nec alia caufa 
victoria (faith fuftin mine Author) qudm quod deffer aver ant, William the 
Conqueror, when hee firft landed in fent back his fhips, that his 
Souldiers might have no hope of retiring back. § Bodme excufeth his 
Countrymens overthrow at that famous Battel at Agencourt, in Henry 
the Fifth his time (cut ftmile, faith Frcfjard, iota hiftoria producere non pof- 
fit, which no Hiftory can parallel almoft, wherein one handful of EnglijkC 
men overthrew a Royal Army of French-men) with this refuge of de- 
fpair, pauci df a few defperate fellows being compiled in by 
their Enemies, paft all hope of life, fought like fo many Devils-, and 
gives a caution, that no fouldiers hereafter fee upon defperate perfons. 
t Omijfafpe 
vittoria in de~ 
{l'm at am mor- 
tem con/piraatj 
tantuffy ardor 
Jingulos cepit,- 
*t vittores fe 
putarent ji non. 
multi morerenr 
tur.Jufth.t 20, 
5 Method, hijii 
cap. Fare 3. bed. 4. 
Religious - OH cicine holy 
Memb. 2. Subf, 2. 
which, after, f Ftontinus and Vigetius, Guicciardine likewife admonifh- 
erh , Hypomnef. part, 2. pag*2s, not to flop an enemy that is going his 
way. Many fuch kinds there are of defparation , when men are paft 
hope of obtaining any fuit, or in defpair of better fortune-, Dejperatio 
facit Monachum, as the faying is, and defperation caufeth death it felf 5 
how many thoufands in fuch diftrefs have made away themfelves , 
and many others ? For hce that cares not for his own, is Mafter of ano- 
ther mans life. A Tufam South-layer, as * Paterculus tells the ftory, per- 
ceiving himfelf and Fulvius Flaccus his dear friend, now both carried 
to prifon by opimius y and in defpair of pardon, feeing the young man 
weep, quin tu potius hoe inquit fads, do as Ido $ and with that knockc 
out his brains againft the door-cheek , as hee was entring into Prifon, 
protinufque iHifo capite in car ceris januam ejfufe cert hr 0 expiravit, and fo 
defperately died. But thefeare equivocal, unproper. When 1 fpeak 
of defpair, faith h Zanchy , I fpeak not ofevery kinde , hut of that alone 
which concerns God, It is eppofite to hope, and a mofl pernicious fin , 
wherewith the Devil fecks to entrap men, Mufcuhs makes four kinds of 
Defperation, of God, ourfelves, our Neighbour, or any thing to bee 
done 5 but this divifion of his may bee reduced eafdy to the former: 
adlkinds are oppofite to hope, that fweet Moderator of Paffions, as 
Simonides calls it- I do not mean that vain hope which phantafti- 
cal fellows feign to themfelves 3 which according to is in- 
fomnium vigilantium, a waking dream 5 but this Divine hope which 
proceeds from confidence, and is an Anchor to a floating foul* fpes alit 
agricolas, even in our temporal affairs, hope revives us 5 but in fpiri- 
tualit further animated! ; and were it not for hope , wee of all others 
were the moft miferable, as Paul faith, in this life-, were it not for hope, the 
heart would break 5 for though they bee f unified in the fight of men, ( Wif~ 
dom 3.4. J yet is their hope full of immortality: yet doth it not fo rear, 
as Defpair doth dejed; this violent and fowre paffion of Defpair, 
is of all perturbations moft grievous, as 1 Patritius holds. Some 
• divide it into final and temporal* kfinal is incurable, which befal- 
leth Reprobates-, temporalis a rejection of hope and comfort for a 
time 3 which may befall the beft of Gods children, and it commonly 
; proceeds1 fromweaknefs of Faith, as in David, when hee was opprefled, 
hee cried out, 0 Lord, thou hafl forfaken mee, but this for a time. This 
• ebbs and flows with hope and fear; it is a grievous fin howfo- 
cvcr: although fome kinde of Defpair bee not amift,- when, faith zm* 
chins, wee defpair of our own means, and rely wholly upon God • 
but that fpedes is not here meant. This pernicious kind of defperation 
is the fubjed of our Difcourfe, hemicida anim&, the murderer of tbs 
foul, as il/infin terms it, a fearful paffion, wherein the party oppref- 
fed thinks hec can get no eafebutby death, and is fully refolved to of- 
fer violence unto himfelf, fo fenfible of his burthen, and impatient of 
his croft, that hee hopes by death alone to bee freed of his calamity 
( though it prove otherwife ) and chufeth with fob 6. S,p- *7* 5, Rather 
to bee firangled and die, than to bee in his bonds, m The part affeded is the 
whole foul, and all the faculties of it* there is a privation of joy, hope, 
truft, confidence, of prefent and future good, and in their place fucceed 
t Hofli abire 
volenti her mi- 
nime int erfc in- 
das, &c. 
* Toficr volum. 
51 Super pretetp- 
tum primam de 
fclig. & parti- 
bus cjus. Non. 
loquor de omnl 
defperatione, 
fed tantum de 
ea qua defpera.- 
rc folent homi- 
nes de deo-,oppo- 
nitur Spei, & 
eft peccatum 
gravijfmum, 
&c. 
1. 
de regis injii- 
titt. Omnium 
perturbationum 
deterrima. 
k Reprobi af% 
ad finem perti- 
naciter perf- 
ftuat. lanchius. 
1 Vitium ab in- 
fidelitate pro- 
feifeens. 
* Aiemthie, Parr.3.Sed,4. 
'Prognnjtickj of R^eltgieus-Melancholy^ 
Memo 1. Supf. 3. 
fonow, &c. as in the Symptomes fhall beclhewcd.- The heart is 
grieved, the confcience wounded, and the mind eclypfed with black 
fumes arifing from thofe perpetual terrours* 
Sub sect. 3. 
Caufes of Deftair, the Devil, CM edit At ion, Dtflrufi, 
weak nefs of Faith, rigid Mini (I ers, Mi funder (landing 
Scriptures, guilty-c onfekne es, &c. 
SHC principal agent and procurer of this mifehief, is 
the Devil* thofe whom God for fakes, the Devii,by 
! his per million, laies hold on. Sometimes hee perfe- 
cutes them with that worm of confcience, as he did 
fudas,n ISaul, and others. The Poets call it Neme- 
fis3 but it is indeed Gods juft judgement, fero fed 
ferio, hee ftrikes home at laft, and fetteth upon 
them as a thee fin the night, 1 Thef.2.0 This tempo- - 
n i Sam. ». 16, 
rary pafiion made David ay out, Lord, rebuke mee not in thine anger, neither 
chaften mee in thine heavy dtfpleafurer, for thine arrows have light upon mee, 
&c. There is nothing found inmy fiefh, becaufe of thine anger. Again, 1 roar for 
the very grief of my hearty and Pjal. 22. My God, my God, why haft thou for- 
fa hen mee, and art fo far from my health , /to »wvw of my crying? I 
am like to water poured out, my bones are out tfjoynt, mine heart is like wax, 
that is molten in the midfi of my bowels. So Pfal. 88, 15. and 16, verf, and 
jpfal. 103. lam in mifery ,at the point of death, from my youth 1 [uffer thy 
t err ours , doubting for my Ufe% thine indignations have gone over msc, and 
thy fear hath cut mee off. fob doth often complain in this kinde; and 
thofe God doth not alfift , the Devil is ready to try and torment, fiiH 
feekin? whom hee mat devour. If hee finde them merry, faith Gregory> hee 
tempts them forthwith to fomedifjdute acl- if pen five and fad, to a defperate 
end Jut fuadendo blanditur, aut minando tenet, fometimes by fair 
means, fometimes again by foul, as hee perceives menfeverally incli- 
ned His ordinary engine by which hee produceth this effeft, is the me- 
lancholy humour it felf, which is Balneum Diaboli, the Devils bath* and 
as in Saul, thofe evil fpirits get in, Pas it were, and take poffefiion of us. 
Black choler is a fbooing-hom , a bait to allure them, in fomuch that 
many writers make melancholy an ordinary caufe, and a fymptome of 
defpair, for that fuch men are moft apt by reafon of their ilbdifpofed 
temper, todiftruft, fear, grieve, miftake, and amplifie whatfoever they 
prepofteroufly conceive , or falfely apprehend. Cmfciemia fcrupuloja 
nafeitur ex vitio natur alt, complexione melancholica (faith Navarr us cap. 27, 
7Jm 282. Tom. 2. caf confcien. ) The body works upon the mind, by 
obfufeatino- the fpirits and corrupted inftruments, which q Perkins illu- 
ftrates by‘Smile of an Artificer, that hatha bad tool, his skill is good, 
ability correspondent, by reafon of ill tools his work muft needs bee 
lame and imperfect. But melancholy and defpair, though often , dq 
not alwaies concur $ there is much difference*, melancholy fears with- 
out a caufe, this upon great occafion* melancholy is caufed by fear and 
°Pfal 38, 
Verf. 9. 
Verf. X4o 
P Immifceni fe 
mail genii,Lem. 
lib. t. cap. ig. 
3 Cafes of cdn- 
fcience. /.i.itf. Fait 3. Sedt. 4. 
Religious-OH danc holy. 
Memb. 2. Subf. 3, 
grief, but this torment procures them an all extremity of bitternefs •, 
much melancholy is without aftliftion of confcicnce , as t Bright and Per- 
kins illudrate by four realons* and yet melancholy alone again may 
bee fometimes a fufficient caufe of this terrour of confdence. * Felix Pla- 
ter fo found it in his obfervations, c melancholicis alii damnatos f s putant, 
Deo curse non funt, necprtdeflinati 5 (fyc, They think they are not predefti- 
nate, Cod hath forfaken them 5 and yet otherwife very zealous and reli- 
gious 5 and kis common to bee feen , Melancholy for fear of Cods judge- 
ment and hell fire b drives men to defferation 3 fear and farrow *if they bee im- 
moderate * end often with it. Intolerable pain and anguifb , long ficknefs, 
captivity, mifery, lofs of goods 3 lofs of friends 5 and thofe leffer griefs 
do fometimes effed it, or fuch difmal accidents. Si non ftatim relevan- 
tur s faith t Mercenms* duhitant.an fit Dens, if they bee not eafed forth- 
with, they doubt whether there bee any God, they rave3 curfe, and are 
defterately mad, beeaufe good men are opprefijed, wicked men flour ifh* they have 
not as they think to their defert, and through impatience of calamities 
are fo mifaffedfed. Democritus put out his eyes, ne malorum civium pro- 
fteres videret fucceffus, bccaufe hee could not abide to fee wicked men 
■ profper, and was therefore ready to make away himfelf, as * geUius 
writes of him, Feelix Plater hath a memorable example in this kinde * 
t TraCt. Mclan. 
cap.3y.& 54. 
rC. 3. etc mea- 
tis alien. Deo 
minus fe curte 
cjfc, nec ad fa- 
int cm pradefti- 
natos effe. 
Ad dejperatio- 
nemfepe ducit 
hxc melancho- 
lia, & eff fre- 
qumtijfma ob 
fupplicii metum 
atcrnumquc 
judicium; m*- 
ror & metus in 
dejerationem 
plerumque de- 
fin unt. 
I Comment, in 
i cap.Gea artic, 
%.6)iii.i impii 
florent, boni op- 
primuntur &c. 
alius ex conft- 
dera.tion.e hujus < 
feria defpera- 
bundus. 
♦ Lib.io.c.ij. < 
* Damnatam je , 
putavit, &iper 
quaiuor menfes ' 
gehenna pcenam J 
/entire, 
u i-$66. obtri- 
ti cum diutius | 
few atm con- 
f cienti a ft imu- 
lis agitatur, 
<&c. 
*Tom. z.c.z'j. 
mm. iBi.Con- 
verfatio cam 
■ fcrupulofis, vi- 
gilia,jejunia. 
*■ Solitarios & 
fupcrftitaofos 
plerumque exa- 
gitat eonfeien- 
iia\non merca- 
tores drones, 
caapones,foene- 
ratores, &c. 
largiorem hi 
nasli funt con- 
feienuam. Ju- 
venes pier am f. 
con ('dentiam 
negligent, fenes 
autem, &t. 
of a Painters wife in Bafil, that was melancholy for her fons death * and 
for melancholy became deCperate , {hee thought God would not par- 
don her fins, £ and for four months*ftiU raved , that ]h:e was in heU fire, al- 
ready damned* When the humour is ftirred up? every fmail objc<ft aggra- 
vates and incenfcthit, as the parties arc addided, uThe fame Author 
hath an example of a merchant-man 5 that for the lofs of a little wheat 3 
which hee had over-Jong kept, was troubled in confidence , for that hee 
had not fold it fooncr , or given it to the poor * yet a good Scholar and 
a great Divine 5 no perfwafion would ferve to the contrary , but that for 
this fad hee was damned 5 in other matters very judicious and difcrcet. 
Solitarinefs, much fading, divine meditations, and contemplations of 
Gods judgments, mod part accompany this melancholy * and are main 
caufes, as* Havanasholds-, toconverfe withfuch kmdeofperfonsfo 
troubled , is fufficient occafion of trouble to fome men, Nonnuli ob lon- 
gas inedias , jtudia & meditationes calefies ,de rebus facris & religione fem* 
per agttant, Many ( faith P. Forejlus ) through long fading, ferious 
meditations of heavenly things, fall into fuch fits; and as Lemnius adds, 
lib. 4. cap. 21. *lf they bee folitary given , fuperflitious, precife, or very de- 
vout • felclome [hallyou find a Merchant, a Souldier, an Inne- keeper, a Bawdy 
an H&ft 5 An Ufurer fo troubled in minde , they have cheverel confidences that 
will fir etch* they are fddome moved in this kh.de or mole fed: young men and 
middle age are mere wild, and lefs appre hen five 5 but eld folks * mo ft part, 
Juch ns are timorous and religion fly given. Pet. For eft us ob fervat. Hb. 10, 
cap, 12, de merhis cerebri, hath a fearful example of a Minidcr > that 
through precife fading in Lent, and overmuch meditation, con- 
traded this mifehief, and in the end became defperate, thought hee 
faw devils in his chamber, and that hee could not bee faved $ hee duelled 
nothing, as hee find, but fire and brimdone ? was already in hell , and 
> would ask them dilb if they did not r fmell as much. I told him hee was 
y Amon fmis 
julphur inquis: ? Parc 3. Sect. 4. 
Defpair bps Caufes, 
Memb. 2. Subf. 
melancholy, bat hee laughed mee to (corn, and replied, that hee faw de- 
vils, talked with them in good earned, would fpit in my face, and. ask 
mcc if I did notfmcll brimfione, but at laft hee was by him cured. Such 
another ftory I finde in JPlater obfervat. lib. 1. A poor fellow had done 
fome foul offence, and for fourteen daics would eat no meat, in the end 
became defperate, the Divines about him could not eafehim , 1 but fo 
hee died. Continual meditation of Gods judgements troubles many, Multi 
oh timoremfuturi judicii, faith Gmtinerins cap, 5. traff, 15. crfufptciomm 
defferahundi funt: David himfelt complains that Gods judgements ter- 
rified his Soul, Pfal. 119. part. 16, verf. S. cJMyflejh tremblethfor fear of 
thee, and lam afraid of thy judgements. Jguoties diem ilium cogtto f faith 
1 Vefpfr abun- 
das mi fire pe- 
riit. 
* Hierome j toto corpore contrermfco, I tremble as often as I think of it. 
The terrible meditation of hell-fire, and eternal punilhmenr, much tor- 
ments a* finful filly foul. What’s a thoufand years to eternity < Übi ma- 
ror, ubi fletus, übi dolor jempiternus, Mors fine morte, finis fine fine-, a finger 
burnt by chance wee may not indure, the pain is fo grievous, wee may 
not abide an hour, a night is intolerable* and what {hall this unfpcakablc 
fire then bee that burns for ever, innumerable infinite millions of years, 
in omne tvum, in dternumi O eternity/ 
* In 17 Johan- 
nif. Not pauci 
fe tradant, & 
excarnificant 
in tantum, ut 
non parim ab* 
fint ab in.fa.niay 
npis tamen a- 
liud has mentis 
anxietate effici-, 
unt, quam ut 
diabete potepla- 
tem faciant if- 
fos per defpe- 
ratimem ad in- 
feros producen- 
di. 
* sternit as eft ilia vex, 
Kox lEafulmimtrix , 
Tenitruis minacior , 
Frageribufq-, cedi, 
ts£ter»itas eft iUa vox, 
—met A f arens & ortu, &c. 
Tomenta nuda territant, 
Jj)u£ finiuntur annis-, 
zAsternitas, *t emit as 
Verfat coquit q-, petfus. 
Anget hac ptenas indtes, 
Centuplicatq-, flammas, (fre* 
* prexclius 
Nicet. lib, z, 
Wf. 11. 
This meditation terrifies thefe poor diftreffed fouls, efpecially if 
their bodies bee predifpofed by melancholy, they religioufly given, and 
have tender confidences, eycry fimall objed affrights them, the very in- 
confid«rate reading of Scripture it felf, and mil-interpretation of fome 
places of it, as, Many are called, few are chofen. Not every one that faith 
Lord, Fear not little flock. Bee that ftands, let him take heed left hee fall. 
Work out your [alvation with fear and trembling. That night two JJjall bee 
in a bed, one received, the other left. Straight is the way that leads to Heaven 5 
and few there are that enter therein, The parable of the feed, and of the 
fower, fome fell on barren ground, fome was choaked. Whom hee hath prede- 
fined, hee hath chofen. Bee will have mercy on whom hee will have mercy. 
Non eft volentis nec currentis, fed miferentis Dei, Thefe and the like places 
terrific the fouls of many 5 cledion, predeftination, reprobation, pre- 
pofteroufly conceived offend divers, with a deal of foolifh prefumpti- 
on, curiofitv> necdlcfs ("peculation, contemplation, follidtude ? where- 
in they trouble and puzzle themfelves about thofe queftions of grace 
free-will, perfeverance, Gods fecrets *, they will know, more than 
vealed by God inhis word, humane capacity, or ignorance can appre- 
hend, and too importunate inquiry after that which is revealed - myfte- 
ries, ceremonies, obfervation of Sabbaths, laws, duties, &c,with many 
fuch which the Cafuifts difeufs? and School-men broach, which 
divers miftake, mifeonftrue, mifapply to themfelves? to their own un- Part.3.Se&.4>* 
Religious-Melancholy, 
Merab.i.Subi.j, 
doing, and fo fall into this gulf. They doubt of then Elettton, how they 
(haU know it, by what figns. And fo far forth, faith Luther, with fuch nice 
points, torture and crucifie themfelves, that they are almofl mad, and a& they 
get by it ii tbis, they lay open agap to the Devil by Deaeration to carry them 
to Held5 but the greateft harm of all proceeds from thofe thundering 
Bcclefaft. l,i. 
Hand jcio an 
majus dlfcri- 
men ab his qui 
blandiuntur, an 
ab his qui terri- 
tant : ingens u- 
trinefa pericu- 
lum: alii adfe- 
tmitatem du- 
cunt, alii affli- 
Clionurfi magni- 
tudine mentem 
ab f orbent, & in 
defperationem 
trahunt. 
cBern.fup. \6. 
Cant.t.Alterum 
fine altero pro- 
ferre non expe- 
dit: recordatio 
felias judicii in 
defperaticnem 
pracipif itt, & 
mi feri cordi* 
fallax ofanta- 
tto pejfmam ge- 
. ner at fe curita- 
rem, 
aIn Lue. hom. 
105. Exigunt 
ab iiliis chari- 
tatem> benefi- 
centiam, cum 
tpfi nil [veblent 
frater libidi- 
nem, invidiam, 
avaritiam. 
0 Leo decimus. 
Minifters , a moft frequent caufe they are of this malady .* b and do more 
harm in the Church (faith Erafmus) than they that flatter ; great danger 
on both fide s, the one lulls them afleep in carnal fecurity, the other drives 
them to dejpair, Whereas cS. Bernard well advifeth , Wee fhottld net 
meddle with the one without the other , nor [peak of judgement without mercys 
the one alone brings Deaeration, the other-Security, But ihefc men are whol- 
ly for judgement, of a rigid difpofition themfelves, there is no mercy 
with them, no falvation * no balfome for their difeafed fouls, they 
can fpeak of nothing but reprobation, hell-fire, and damnation, as 
they did, Luke it, 46, lade men with burdens grievous to bee born, 
which they themfelves touch not with a finger, ’lls familiar with 
our Papiftsto terrific mens fouls with purgatory , tales, vifions, appa- 
ritions, to daunt even the moft generous fpirits, to A require charity, ss 
Brentius ob ferves, of others, bounty, meeknefs, love, patience ,wwhey they 
themfelves breathe out nought but lufi, envy, covetoufnefs. They teach others 
to taft, give alms, do penance, and crucifie their minde with fuper- 
flitious observations, bread and water, hair-cloaths, whips, and the 
like, when they themfelves have all the dainties the world can afford, 
lye on a down bed with a Curtefafl in their arms.- Heu quantum pati- 
mur pro chrifio, as c hee faid, what a cruel tyranny is this, fo to inluk 
over and terrific mens fouls! Our indifereet Paftors many of them 
come not far behinde, whilcfl in their ordinary Sermons they fpeak 
fomuch of ele&ion, predeftination, aterno, fubftra&ion 
of grace, praeterition, voluntary permiffion, See, by what figns and to- 
kens they (hall difeern and try themfelves, whether they bee Gods 
true children el eft, an fint reprobi, pradejlinatii&c, with fuch fcrupulous 
points, they ftill aggravate fin, thunder out Gods judgements with- 
out refped, intempeftively rail at, and pronounce them damned in all 
auditories, for giving fo much to fports and honeft recreations, making 
every fmall fault and thing indifferent an irremiffible offence, they fo 
rent, tear, and wound mens confciences, that they are almoft mad, and at 
their wits ends. 
Theft bitter potions ( faith Erafmus) are Hill in their mouths, nothing 
but gall andhorrour, and a mad'notfe, they make all their auditors defter ate? 
many are wounded by this means, and they commonly that are 
moft devout and precife, have been formerly prefumptuous, and 
certain of their falvation 5 they that have tender confciences, that fol- 
low Sermons, frequent Lectures, that have indeed Icaft caufe, they 
are moft apt to miftake, and fall into thefe miferies. I have heard 
fome complain of Parftns \eftlution, and other books of like nature 
(good otherwife ) they are too tragical, too much deje&ing men, ag- 
gravating offences; great care and choke, much diferetion is required in 
this kindc. 
The laft ’and greateft caufe of this malady, is our own cohfcience. 
f De futuro ju- 
dicio, de dam- 
natione horren- 
dum erepunt, & 
amaras illas 
potiones in ore 
femper habent, 
ut multos inde 
in defper atio- 
nem coeant. Parc 3. Sed. 4. 
Defy air hts C atijes, 
Memb. 2. Subf. ?. 
fenfe of our fins, and Gods anger juftly deferved, a guilty confcience 
for fomc foul offence formerly committed , 
f O mifer Orejte, quid morbi te perdit i \ . 
Or •• Confci entia, Sum enim mihi confcius de malis perpetratis, 
good confcience is a continual feaft 3 but a galled confcience is as great 
a torment as can pofiibly happen, a ftill baking oven, (fo Pierius in his 
Hieroglyph, compares it) another hell. Our confcience, which is a great 
ledgier book, wherein are written all our offences, aregifter to lay 
them up 3 ( which thofe gEgyptians in their Hieroglyphicks exprefled by 
a mill, as well for the continuance ,as for the torture of it) grindes our 
fouls with the remembrance of fornc precedent fins, makes us re- 
flect upon, accufe and condemn our own felves, h Sin lies at door, 
d>c. I know there bee many other caufes alfigned by Zanchitts, 1 Mufiu> 
lm> and the reft5 as incredulity, infidelity, prelumption, ignorance, blind- 
nefs, ingratitude, difcontenc, thofe five grand miferies in Arifiotle, Ig- 
nominy , need , ficknefs, enmity, death, &c. but this of confcience is 
the greateft, k Infidr ulceris corpus jugiter percellens: This fcrupulous con- 
fcience ( as1 Peter Foreflus calls it ) which tortures fo many , that cither 
out of a deep apprehenfion of their unworthinefs, and confideration 
of their own diftolute life, accufe themfelves, and aggravate every [mall ■ 
offence, when there is no fuh caufey mi[doubting in the mean time Gods mer- 
cies, they fall into thefe inconveniences. The Poets call them m Furies, Dire, 
but it is the confcience alone which is a thoufand witneftes to accufe ; 
us, 
f Euripides. 
S Plerius. 
h Gen 4. 
1 9 C aufes 
Mufculus 
makes. 
fc Plutarch. 
1 *AUos mifere 
cafiigat plena, 
ferupulis con- 
ficientia, nodum 
in fctrpo qua- 
rum,& übi nul- 
la caufa fubefi 
mifericordia 
divina diffiden* 
tes, fe orco de- ‘ 
* MoBe dieq-, fuum gefiant in peBore te flem, 
A continual teftor to give in evidence , to empanel a Jury to examine 
us, to cry guilty , a perfecutor with hue and cry to follow, an apparitor 
to fummon us , abayhffto carry us, a Serjeant to arreft, an Attourny to 
plead againft us, a gaolour to torment, a Judge to condemn, ft ill accu- 
ser denouncing 3 torturing and molefting. And as the 
in that holy city neer Euphrates in * Jjjyria will look ftill towards 
you, fit where you will in her temple, fliee ftares full upon you, if you 
goby fhee follows with her eye, in all fites, places, conventicles, add- 
ons our confidence will bee ftill ready to accufe us. After many plea- 
fant*dales, and fortunate adventures, merry tides, this confcience at 
laft doth arreft us. Well hee may cfcapc temporal punilhment, n bribe a 
corrupt judge, and avoid the cenlure of law, and flouriih for a time • for 
«who ever [aw ( faith Chrjfoflome ) a covetous man troubled in minde when hee 
is telling of his mony, an adulterer mourn with his mi [iris in his arms ? 
wee are then drunk whhplcafurc 3 and perceive nothing : yet as the prodi- 
gal Son had dainty fare , fwcec mufick at firft, merry company , jo- 
vial entertainment 3 but a cruel reckoning in the end ? as bitter as worm- 
wood , a fearful vifitation commonly follows. And the devil that 
then told thee that it was a light fin , or no fin at all, now aggravates 
on the other fide, and telleth thee, that it is a moft irremiffible offence 5 
as hee did by Cain and fudas , to bring them to defpair 5 every finall cir- 
cumftance before negleded and contemned, will now amplifie it felf, 
rife up in judgement and accufe, the duft of their ftiooes, duraberea* 
tures, as to Lucians tyrant, leßm dr candela the bed and candle did bear 
ftinant. 
m Callus lib. 6. 
* Juvenal. 
* Lucian de dea 
Syria. Si adfti- 
teris, te afpicit i 
fi tranfeas, vi- 
fli te fequitur, 
n Trima h#c efi 
ultio, quod fe 
Judice nemo 
nocens ab falli- 
tur, improba, 
quamvis gratia, 
fallacis praturis 
vicerit urnam-. 
Juvenal, 
° fpuis unquam 
vidit avarum 
ringi,dum lu- 
crum adeft, a- 
dultcrum dum 
potitur velo, 
lugere in per- 
petrando fcele- 
ret voluptate 
fumus ebrii, 
proinde nonfm- 
tlmm, &c. Part-3.5ed.4.. 
Religious-Melancholy, 
Memb.s.Subi.j 
witnefs , to torment their fouls for their fins paft. Tragical examples 
in this kindc are too familiar and common.* Adrian, Galba, Nero , Otho , 
Vitellius, Caracalla, were in fuch horror of confidence tor their offences 
committed, murders, rapes, extortions, injuries, that they were weary of 
their lives, and could get no body to kill them. a Kennetus King of Scot** 
land, when hee had murdered his Nephew CMalcolme King Duffes Ton , 
Prince of Cumberland, and with counterfeit tears and proteftations 
diffembled the matter along time, hat laji his confcience accufed him, 
his unquiet foul could not ref day or night , hee was terrified with fearful 
: dreams, vtfons, andfo miferably tormented all his life. Iris ftrange to 
read what ?Cominaus hath written ofTnwsthe 11. that Pmzo6King, 
of Charles the 8. of Iphonfus King of Nagles, in the fury of his paftvon 
■ how hee came into and what pranks hee plaid. Guicciardine a man 
moft unapt to beleeve lyes, relates how that Ferdinand his fathers ghoft 
who before had died for grief, came and told him, that hee could not 
refift the French King, hee thought every man cried France * the 
reafon of it ( faith Gomin&us ) was,becaufe hee was a vile tyrant, a murde- 
rer , an oppreftbur of hisfubjeds , hee bought up all commodities, and 
fold them at his own price, fold Abbies to Jews and Falkoncrs 5 both 
Ferdinand his father , and hee himfelf, never made conlciencc of any 
committed fin * and to conclude, faith hee , it was impoffible to do worfe 
than they did. Why was Paufmias the Spartan Tyrant, Nero, Othc, Gal- 
ha i fo perfecuted with fpirits in every houfe they came, but for their 
murders which they had committed < q Why doth the devil haunt many 
mens houfes after their deaths, appear to them Jiving, and take pofTeifion 
of their habitations, as it were, of their pallaces, but becaufe of their fe- 
veral villanies ? Why had FJchard the 3 fuch fearful dreams, faith Po- 
ly dor , but for his frequent murders ? Why was Herod fo tortured in his 
minde < becaufe hee had made away Mariamne his wife. Why was Theo- 
doricus the King of the Gothes fo fufpitious, and fo affrighted with a 
fifh head alone, but that hee had murdered Symmachus, and Boethius 
his fon in law, thofe worthy Fumans ? calius lib, 27.cap.22. See 
more in Plutarch, in his trad De his qui fero a Numine puniuntur, and 
in his book *De tranquillitate animi, &c. Yea, and fometimes GOD 
himfelf hath a hand in it, to fhew his power, humiliate, exercife , 
and to try their faith, (divine temptation Perkins calls it it, Caf. conf lib, 
i* cap, 8, fetf, 1, )to punifli them for their fins. God the avenger, as 
1 "David terms him, ultor a tergo Deus, his wrath is apprehended of a 
guilty foul, as by Saul and Judas, which the Poets expreffed by Adrafiia> 
or Newefis: 
a Buchanan, lib. 
6. Hip. Scot. 
b Animus conf- 
f cientia [celeris 
in quietus, iul- 
lum admipi 
gaudium, fed 
femper vexjatus 
no flu & inter- 
din per fomnum 
vips horrore 
plenis pertreme- 
faftus, &c. 
p Dc belle Ne- 
apol. 
%Thireus dele- 
cts inf efts,part. 
I . cap, i. Nero’s 
mother was 
ftill in his eyes. 
iTfal 44.1. 
Nemefifq- •virum vefiigia fervat, 
]se male quid facias, 
t ’Regina, caufa- 
rum & arbitra 
remm,ntmc e- 
refiar cervices 
opprimit, &c. 
And {hee i«, asf Ammianus lib, 14. defcribes her, the Queen of caufes,and 
moderator of things, now (bee puls down the proud, now fhee rears and 
encouragcth thofe that are good*, hee gives inftance in his Eufebiuss Nice- 
phoruslth. 1 o.c/tp. ecc^cfhiji. in OHaximimsand Julian. Fearful ex- 
amples of Gods juft judgment, wrath and vengeance , are to bee found in 
all hiftories, of fomc that have been eaten to death with Rats and Mice, 
as * Popeltus the fecond King of Veland, anno. 830. his wife and children 5 
* Alex, Gagui- 
nus eatal. reg. 
Pol. Part 3. Sed.4, 
Defpair his Caufes, 
Mcmb.2,Subf.4. 
thelikeftoryis of Hatto Archbifliop of ctiemz, Arm. 969, fo devoured 
by thefe vermine, which howfoever Smarm the Jefuite Mogunt. rerum 
5, impugn by % t arguments, Trttsmm, u Mrmfier, Magdtbur- 
genjes, and many others relate fora truth. Such another example I finde 
in Geraldus Cambrenfis Itin. Cam. lib, 2, cap, 2, and where not ? 
And yet for all thefe ten ours of confidence, affrighting punifliments 
which are fo frequent, orwhatfoever elfe may caule or aggravate this 
fearful malady in other Religions, I fee no reafon at all why aPapift 
at any time fliould defpair, or bee troubled for his fins* for let him bee 
never fo diffolute a Caitiff, fo notorious a villain, fo monftrous a finner 
out of that Treafureof Indulgences and merits of which the Pope is 
Difpenfator, hee may have tree pardon * and plenary remilfion of all 
his fins* There bee fo many general pardons for ages to come, 40000 
years to come, fo many Jubilies, fo frequent Gaol-deliveries out of Pur- 
gatory for all fouls, now living* or after diffolution of the body, io ma- 
ny particular Maffes daily laid in feveral Churches, lo many Altars con- 
fecrated to this purpofe, that if a man have either mony or friends, or 
will take any pains to come to fuch an Altar , hearaMafs, fay fomany 
Fater-nojlers, undergo fuchand fuch penance, bee cannot do amifs, it is 
impoflibie his mind fliould bee troubled, or hee have any fcruple to mo- 
left him. Befides that Tax a Camera of die which was fij ft pub- 
lilhed to get mony in the dales of Leo decimus that fliarkmg Pope, and 
lince divulged to the fame ends* fets down fuch eafie rates and difpenfa- 
Ucofmg. Murt- 
fier. & Magde* 
tions for all offences, for perjury, murder, inceft, adultery, &c. for fo ma- 
ny groftes or dollers ( able to invite any man to fin, and provoke him to 
offend, mee thinks, that otherwife would not) fuch comfortable remif- 
fion, fo gentle and parable a pardon, fo ready at hand, withfo fmallcoft 
and fuit obtained, that I cannot fee how hce that hath any friends amongft 
them (as I fay; or ihony in his purfe, or will at Icaft to eafe himfelf, 
can any way mifearry or bee mifaffe&ed, how hee fliould bee defperate, 
in danger of damnation, or troubled in mind. Their gnoftly Fathers can 
fo readily apply remedies, fo cunningly firing and unftring, windc and 
nnwinde their devotions , play upon their confciences with plaufible 
fpeeches, and terrible threats, for their beft advantage fettle and remove, 
ered with fuch facility and dejed, let in and out, that I cannot perceive 
how any man amongft them fliould much or often labour of this difeafe, 
or finally mifearry. The caufes above named muff more frequently 
therefore take hold mothers* y 
Sub sect, 4, 
Sjmptomes of Fear, Sorrow, Sufpitiorij Anxiety Honour of 
confctcneC) fearful dreams and vifions. 
SS Shoo-makers do when they bring home fliooes, ftiil cry, Lea- 
ther is dearer and dearer ; may I jaftly fay of thofe melancho- 
ly SymptoraeSj thefe of Defpair are raoft violent, tragical 
and grievous, far beyond the reft, not to bee expreffed, but 
negatively, as it is privation of all happinefs, not to bee endured; for a Part 3. Sed. 4. 
Religious- OMelancholj» 
Memb. 2, Subf/p 
wounded fptrit who can bear it I Pnv, 18. ip. What therefore t -Tman~ 
thes5 did in his pidture of Iphigenia, now ready to be facrificed, when hee 
had painted chaleas mourning, Ulyffes fad, but meft fovrowful CM t ve- 
lans, and (hewed all his art in expreffing variety of affections, bee covered 
the maids father, Jgamemnons head, with a veil, and left it to every fpe- 
dlator to conceive what hee would himfelf; for that true paflion and bor- 
row in fonsmo gradu, fuch as his was , could not by any an be deciphered, 
What hee did in his picture , I will do in deferibing the Symptomcs of 
Defpair 5 imagine what thou canft, fear, borrow, furies, grief, pain, 
terrour, anger, difmal,gaftly, tedious, itkfome, &c. it is not fufficient, it 
comes far fhort, no tongue can tell, no heart conceive it. 'Tis an Epi- 
tome of hell, an extra#, a quintcflencc, a compound, a mixture of all fe- 
ral maladies, tyrannical tortures, plagues and perplexities. There is no 
fleknefs, almoft, but Phyfick provideth a remedy for it* to every fore, 
Chirurgery will provide a falvc: friendship helps poverty* hope of liber- 
ty cafeth imprifonmentj fute and favour revoke banifhment*, authority 
and time wear away reproach .• but what Phyflck, what Chirurgery,wha£ 
wealth, favour, authority can relieve, bear out, affwage, or expel a trou- 
bled conference < A quiet minde cureth all them, but all they cannot 
comfort a diftrefled foul: tvho can put to filence the voice of defperationf 
t Vhnius tap. 
10.1. 35. Con- 
ptmptis affecti- 
bus, Agamem- 
nonis caput ve- 
lavit, ut omnes 
quem pofient, 
maximum mae- 
rorem in virgi- 
nis patre cogi- 
tarem 
*Pap. 15. in 9. i 
Rhafs. 
Spv.Sat. 13. I 
a Mentem eri- 2 
■f it timor hicj / 
Imltutih totum- J 
que corporis 
habitum irnmu- j 
tat, etiam in 
delitus, ht tri- ' 
pidiisjn fym~ 
pofiis, in am- 
plexu conjugis 
carnfeinam 
exercHylib. 4. 
tap. ii. 
a Non finit co«- 
fcientia tales 
homtaes refta 
verba proferre, 
aut vehis quen- 
quam oculis a- 
Spicere,ah omn'* 
hominum catu 
eofdem exter- 
minat,& dor- 
mientes perter- 
refacitPhiloff. 
Hb. 1. devita 
Apollonii. 
fc Eufebhts, Ni- 
cepherus ecclef. 
hi fi. lib.A.c.ij. 
c Seneca lib.\%. 
epifi. 106. Con- 
fcientia aliud 
agere non pati- 
tur, perturba- 
tam vitam a- 
guitt) nunquam 
vacant, &c. 
AH that is Angle in other melancholy. Horribile, dirum, peJHlens, atrox, 
ferum, concur in this, it is more than melancholy in the higheft degree 5 
a burning feavour of the foul* fotnad, faith* facchinus, by this mifery 5 
fear, forrow,and defpair hee puts for ordinary fyroptomes of Melancholy, 
They are in great pain and horrour of mind, diftra&ion of foul* reftlcfs , 
full of continual fears, .cares, torments, anxieties, they can neither eat> 
drink, nor fleep for them, take no reft, 
y Perpetua impietas, nec mtnfa tempore ceffat 
Exagitat vefana quies, fomniq5 furentes. 
Neither at bed, nor yet at board* 
Will any reft defpair afford. 
Fear away their content, and dries the blood, wafteth the marrow* 
alters their countenance* even in their great eft delights, Jjnging, dancing , 
dalliance they arc ftill ( faith x Lemnius ) tortured in their fouls. It con- 
fumes them to nought, lam like a Pelican in the wildernefs ( faith David 
of himfelf, temporally affli&ed ) an Owl becaufe ef thine indignation, 
Ffal. 102. verf. 8,10. and Pfal, 5 5.4. CMy heart trembleth within mee, and 
the femurs ef death have come upon met} fear and trembling are cmettfon 
rnee> &c* at deaths doer, Pfal. ley. 18. Their Jottl abhors all manner of 
meats. Theira deep is (if it bee any ) unquiet, fubjeft to fearful dreams 
and terrours. feter in his bonds flept fccure, for hee knew God protected 
himj and Tullj makes it an Argument of %pfcius «Amerinus innocency, 
that hee killed not his Father, becaufe hee fo fecurely flept. Thofc Mar- 
tyrs in the Primitive Church were moft b chearful and merry ia the 
midft of their perfections* but it is far otherwife with thefc men, tof- 
fed in a Sea, and that continually without reft or intermiffion, they can 
think of nought that is pleafant, c their con[cience will not let them bee 
quiet , in perpetual fear, anxiety, if they bee not yet apprehended, they Par t. 3. Sed. 4. 
Symptomes of *DeJpairm 
' Memb.*. Subr.4. 
are in doubt ftili they fhall bee ready to betray themfelves, as Cain did, 
hee thinks every man will kill him.- roar for the grief of heart, 
Pfal. 38.8, as David did, as fob did, ao.j. 21.22, &C. Wherefore is light 
given to him that is in and life to them that have heavy hearts P 
Which long for deaths and if it come not, fearch it more than treafures} and re- 
joyce when they can finde the grave. They.are generally weary of their lives, 
a trembling heart they have, a forrowful minde, and little or no reft. 
Terror übiq; tremor Jim or mdiqy &mdiq-y terror. 
Fears, terrors, and affrights in all places, at all times and feafbns. ti~ 
bum & fotum pertinaciter aver fantur multi, nodum in feirpo quantantes 
& culpam imaginantes nbi nulla eft, as Wterm Lamiis, lib. 3, c,jK 
they rtfufe many of them meat and drink, cannot reft, aggravating ftili 
and fuppofing grievous offences, where there are none. Gods heavy 
wrath is kindled in their fouls, and notwithftanding their continual 
prayers and Applications to Chrift fefus, they have no releafe or eafe ac 
all, but a moft intolerable torment, and infufferable anguifk of confci- 
ence, and that makes them through impatience, to murmure againft 
God many times, to rave, to blafpheme, turn Atheifts, and feek to of- 
fer violence to themfelves. Deut.2B.6 5,66, In the morning they wifh for 
evening, and for morning in the eveningffor the ftght of their eyes which they 
fee, and fear of hearts; f Marinus Mercennm in his Comment on Genefts, 
makes mention of a defperate friend of his, whom among# others he 
came to vifit, and exhort to patience, that broke out into moft blafphe- 
mous Atheiftical fpecches, too fearful! to relate, when they wiflied 
him to truft in God, guis eft iHe Dem (inquit) utferviamilli, quid fu- 
derit ft oraverim 5 ftfrafens eft, cur nonftuccurrit ? cur non me carcere, inedia, 
(qualore confeffium liberate quid ego feci r &c, abftt a me hujufmodi Deus» 
Another of his acquaintance brake out into like Atheiftical blafphe- 
mies, upon his Wives death, raved, curled, laid and did hee car’d not 
what. And Co, for the moft part, it is with them all, many of them in 
their extremity, think they hear and fee vifions, oiit crys, confer with 
Devils, that they are tormented, pofteffed, and in hell fire, already dam- 
ned, quite forfaken of God, they have no fenfe or feeling of mercy, or 
grace, hope of falvation, their fentcnce of condemnation is already paft, 
and not to bee revoked, the Devil will certainly have them. Never was 
any living creature in fuch torment before, in fucha miferableeftate, in 
fuch diftrefs of rainde, no hope, no faith, paft cure,reprobatej continual- 
ly tempted to make away themfelves .* Something talks with them, they 
fpit fire and brimftone, they cannot but blafpheme, they cannot 
believe, or think a good thought, fo far carried, Ut cogantur ad impia 
cogitandum etiam centra voluntatem, faid a Felix Plater, ad blafphemtam ‘ 
ergaDeum, ad mult a horrenda perpetranda, ad manus violentas ftbi inf er en- 1 
dv.and in their diftrafted fits,and defperate humours,to offer violence 
toothers, their familiar and dear friends fometimes, or tomeer ftran- 
gers, upon very fmall or no occafion: For hee that cares not for his 
own, is raafter of another mans life. They think evil againft their 
wills ♦, that which they abhor themfelves, they muft needs think, do, 
agd fpeak. He gives inftancc in a Patient of his, that when hee would 
f Artie.s.ca.il 
fdtiZ30. quod 
horrendum di~ 
defpera- 
bundas quidam, 
Me prafente 
eum ad patien- 
tiam hortaretur*, 
&e. 
d Lib.i, obfcn\ 
cap-h Fart 3. Sedt. 4, 
Re ligious-OH e lane holy. 
Mcmb, 2. Subf, 5, 
pray, had fuch evil thoughts ftill fuggefted to him, and wicked e medi- 
tations. Another inftance hec hath, of a woman that was often tempted 
tocurfeGod, toblafphemc and kill her felf. Sometimes the Devil 
(as they fay) ftands without and talks with them •, fometimes hee is 
within them, as they think, and there fpeaks and talks, as to fuch as are 
pofleffed: fo in Plutarch, thought his heart fpake within 
him. There is a moft memorable example of f Francis Spira an Advo- 
cate of Padua, Ann. 1545* that being defperate. by no counfel of learn- 
ed men could be comforted-, hee fclt(as he faid)the pains of hell in his foul, 
in all other things hee difcourfed aright, but in this moft mad. Frijmeli- 
Bnllovaty and fome other excellent Phyficians, could neither make 
him eat, drink, or deep, no perfwafion could eafe him. Never pleaded 
*Ad maledicen- 
dum Deo, 
{ Coulart. 
g Vtun hac fen- j 
bo, imploret 
opm meam mo- 
nache, in reli- 
quis fane, & 
judicio re cie, 
per s.annos me- 
lancholica-, dam- 
natam fe dicit, 
con fcientia Hi- 
mulis opprejja, 
&c. 
h Alios conque- 
rentes audivi 
fe effe ex dam- 
natorum nume- 
ro, Deo non effe 
tura9 aliaefin- 
finita qua pro- 
ferre non aude- 
bant, vel ab- 
horrebant. 
any manfo well for himfelf, as this man did againft himfelf, and fo hee 
defpcrately died. Springer a Lawyer hath written his life. Cardinal 
Crefcence dyed fo likewile defpcratc at ftill hee thought a black 
dog followed him to his-death-bed, no man could drive the dog away, 
Sleidan. com.iq. cap.lib. 3. Whilcft I was writing this Treatife, faith Mon- 
t alt us 9 cap.2, kernel\ s A Nun came to mee for help, mil for all other mat- 
terSy but troubled in confcience for five jears Ujl pafi 5 fhee Is almofi mad, and 
not able to refifi, thinks pee hath offended God, and is certainly damned, Feelix 
flater hath ftore of inftances of fuch as thought thcmfelves damned, 
hforfaken of God, dec. One amongft the reft, that durft not go to 
Church, or come near the Rhine 9 for fear to make away himfelf, be- 
caufe then hee was moft efpecially tempted. Thcfc, and fuch like fymp- 
tomes, are intended and remitted, as the malady it felf is more or lefs 3 
fome will hear good counfel, fome wJinot 5 fome defire help, fame re- 
ject all, and will not be eafed. 
Subsegt. 5, 
Progne flicks of Defipair, 
* Mufcuius,Var~ 
tritus, ad vim 
fbi inferendam 
cogit homines. . 
Oft part, thefe kinde of per fons1 make away themfclves?fomc 
mad, blafpheme, curfe, deny God. but moft offer vto- 
i^llenceto own PerfonS Feme times to others. A 
woundedfpirit who can heart fr0v.18.14. as Cain, Sauly Jchi~ 
tophel, Judas blafphemcd and dyed. Bede faith, Pilate dyed 
ddperate, eight years after Chrift. * Felix Plater hath colieded many 
Examples. 1 A Merchants wife that was long troubled with fuch temptations, 
in the night rofe from her bed, and out of the window broke her neck 
into the ftreet: another drowned himfelf, defperare as hee was, in the 
Rhine • fome cut their throats, many hang themfelves. But this needs no 
illuftration. It is controverted by fome, whether a manfooffering vio- 
lence to himfelf? dying defperate, may be faved, lor no t If they dye fo 
obftinately and fuddenly, that they cannot fo much as wifh for mercy, the 
worft is to be fufpedted, becaufe they dye impenitent. mlf their death had 
been a little more lingring, wherein they might have fome leifure in 
their hearts to cry for mercy,charity may judge the beftj divers have been 
k} De mentis 
alienat, ebferv. 
tib. i. 
i Uxor Merca- 
toris dm vexa- 
tionibus tent at a, 
&c. 
'^Ahermhk. part.3.Se<ft.4. 
Cure of Defpair, 
Memb.i. Subi 6. 
recovered out of the very ad of hanging and drowning themfelves, and 
fo brought ad fattaw mentem, they have been very penitent, much ab- 
horred their former fad, confetfed that they have repented in an in- 
flant, and crycd for mercy in their hearts. If a man put defperate hands 
upon himfelf, by occafion of madnefs or melancholy, if hee have gi- 
ven teftimony before of his Regeneration, in regard hee doth this not fo 
much out of his will 3 as exvimerbi, wee mud make the bed condrudi- 
onof it, aslTurks&oy that think all fools and mad men godiredly to 
heaven. 
f Susbequiut, 
Sub sect. 60 
Cure of Defpair by good counfcl, comforts? &c. 
teachethus, that though many dye obftinate and 
wilful in this malady, yet multitudes again are able to refill 
IS anc* overcome, feek for help, and finde comfort, are taken 
* faucibus Erebi) from the chops of Hell, and out of the 
Devils pawes, though they have by 0 obligation given 
9 John Mam 
vitis patrum : 
quidam negavit 
chriftum, per 
Chirographum, 
poft refthutus. 
p Tnnc av dius, 
tib.$, confli. 46, 
themfelves to him. Some out of their own ftrength, and Gods affiftance, 
Theugh hee kill mee (faith fob) jet will I trufi in , out of good counfel, 
advice, and Phyfick. ? Beliovacus cured a Monk, by altering his habit, 
and courfe of life : Hater many by Phylick alone. But for the mod part 
they mud concur ; and they take a wrong courfe, that think to overcome 
this feral paflion by foie Phyfick j and they are as much out, that 
think to work this effed by good advice alone, though both bee forcible 
in themfelves, yet vis unita fertior, they mud go hand in hand to this 
difeale i 
alterius ftc altera pofeit opem. 
ForPhvfick, the like courfe is to bee taken with this, as in other Melan- 
choly ; diet/ ayre, exercife, all thofe pafiions and perturbations of the 
minde See! arc to bee redified by the fame means. They mult not bee 
left folitary, or to themfelves, never idle, never out of company, Coun- 
fel, good comfort is to bee applied, as they fhall fee the parties incli- 
to the caufes, whether it be lofs, fear, grief, difeontent, or fomc 
fuch feral accident, a guilty confcience, or othervvife by frequent me- 
ditation* too grievous an apprehenfion, and confideration of his former 
life *, by hearing, reading of Scriptures, good Divines, good advice and 
conference, applying Gods Word to their diftreffed fouls, it muftbee 
correded and counter-poifed. Many excellent Exhortations, paric- 
netical Difcourfes are extant to thispurpofe, for fuch as are any way 
troubled in minde: Perkins, 
Culmanus, ffemmingius, C alius Secundus, Nicholas are copi- 
ous in this fubjed: Azorius, Navarrus, Sayrus &c; and fuch as have writ- 
ten cafes of Confcience araongft our Pontificial Writers. But becaufe 
thefe mens works are not to all parties at hand, fo parable at all times , 
I will for the benefit and eafe of fuch as arc afflided, at the requeft of 
(bine f friends, recoiled out of their voluminous Trcatifes, fome few 
t My Brpther 
George Burton* 
M. fames 
Wh':tehaH, 
Eeflor of 
Checkly iri 
Staffordftiire, 
my quoniam 
Chamber-fel- 
low, and lace 
Fellow Student 
in chrif chunk 
Oxoa. Fart 3. SeCt. 4. 
R e ligicus- cM elancholy. 
Memb. 2. Subfifo* 
fuch comfortable fpeeches , exhortations, arguments, advice, rending 
to this fubjed:, and our of Gods Word, knowing, as Culmannus faith up- 
on the like occafion, a how unavailable and vam mem comfels are, to com- 
fort an afflitted confcience, except Cods Word concur and be annexed, from 
wh'Hh comes life, cafe, repentance, &c. Prefuppofing firft that which Beza, 
J . . » • 1 iJ' r 7 
Greenhorn, Perktns, Bolton, give in charge, the parties to whomcounfel is 
given, bee fuffidcntJyprepared, humbled for their fins, fit for comfort, 
confeffed, tried how they are more or lefs afflided, how they ftand 
affdfted, or capable of good advice, before any remedies bee applied; 
Xo fuch therefore as are fo throughly fearched and examined, I addrefs 
this following Difcourfe, 
Two main Antidotes b Hemmingius obferves oppofite to Defpair, 
good Hope out of Gods Word, to bee embraced * perverfe Security and 
Prefumption,from the Devils treachery, to bee rejeded; llU JalusAnimate 
haepefiis one faves, the other kills ,occidit animam, faith Juflin, and doth 
as much harm as Defpair it felf, c Navarrus the Cafuift, reckons up ten 
fpecial cures out of part. lit. $. cap. 10, i.God. a.Phyfitk. 
a Scio quam va- 
na fit & ineffi- 
cax humanorum 
verborum penes 
afflictos confo- 
latio, nifi ver- 
bum Dei audia- 
tur, h quo vita, 
Refrigeratio, fo- 
latium, poeni- 
tentia» 
b Antid. advtr- 
fm dejfcratio- 
n-m. 
cTom.z. £.17, 
mm.zSz. 
d Averjio Cogi- 
tationis a re 
ferupitjofa, csrt- 
traventio fern- 
pulornm. 
g.d Avoiding fuch Objeds as have caufed it. 4. Submiflion of himfelf to 
other mens judgements. 5. Anfwcr of all Objections, &c. All which 
Cajetan, G erf on, lib, de rvit,fpirit, Sayrus, lib. 1. cafeonf cap. 14. repeat and 
approve out of Emanuel Rederiques, cap. 51. Greenham preferibes 
fix fpecial rules, Culmannns j. Baft, to acknowledge all help comes from 
God, '2, That the caufc of their prefent mifery is fin. 3. To repeat and 
be heartily forry for their fins. 4. To pray earneftly to God they may 
bee eafed. 5* To expeCt and implore the prayers of the Church, and 
good mens advice. 6. Phyfick, 7 To commend themfelves to God, and 
relie upon his mercy: others otherwife, but all to this effeCt. But foraf. 
much as moft men in this malady are fpiritually lick, void of reason 
almoft, over-born by their miferies, and too deep an apprehenfion of 
their fins, they cannot apply themfelves to good counfel, pray, believe, 
repent, wee muft as much as in us lies, occur and help their peculiar infir- 
mities, according to their feveral Caufes and Symptomes, aswee fhall 
finde them diftreffed and complain. 
The main matter which terrifies and torments moft that arc trou- 
bled in minde, is the enormity of their offences, the intolerable burthen 
of their fins, Gods heavy wrath and difpleafure fo deeply apprehended, 
that they account themfelves Reprobates, quite forfaken of God, alrea- 
dy damned, paft all hope of grace, uncapable of mercy, diaboli 
flaves of fin, and their offences fo great, they cannot bee forgiven. c 
thefe men muft know,there is no fin fo hainous, which is not 
ble in it felf 5 ne> crime fo great, but by Gods mercy it may be forgiven. 
Where ftn ahoundeth, grace aboundeth much more, Rom. 5. 20. And what 
the Lord faid unto Fad in-his extremity, 2 Cor.n. 9. My grace is fuf. 
feient for thee, for my power is made perfect through weaknefs 5 concerns e- 
very'man in like cafe. His proraifes are made indefinite to all Believers, 
generally fpoken to all, touching remiffion of fins, that are truly pe- 
nitent, grieved for their offences, and defire to bee reconciled, Matth,- 
9 12,13. I came mt to call the righteous, hat finners'io repentance, that is, 
fuchas arc truly touched in «oweience for their fins* Again, cMat4 Parc 3*Scd:.4. 
Cure of De[fair. 
Memb.2.Subr.6. 
ii. aB. Come unto mee all yet that are heavy laden, and I will eaje you. 
Ezek. 18. ay. OLt what timefoever a ftnnerfhaH repentium of his fins 
from the bottom of his heart, I will blot out ad his wickedmfs out of my re- 
membrance, faith the Lord, 1fa.43.i5, 7, even lam hee that put away thine 
iniquity for mine own fake , and wifi not remember th) fins. a far 
they f faith David, Pfal.lo9. I3*j hath compafsion on his children, fo hath 
the Lord companion on them thatfeb him. And will receive them a? 
gain as the Prodigall Soh was entertained, Luke 15. jf they (hall 
fo come with tears in their eyes, and a penitent heajt. Peccator agmfeat, 
J)eus ignofeit. The Lord is full of companion and mercy, flow to anger \ 
of great hndenef, Pfalra io 3. 8. Hee will not always chide, neither keep his 
anger for ever, v.p. As high as the heaven is abtve the earth, fo great is his 
mercy towards them that fear him, v. 11. fane as the Eaft is from the 
Weft, fo fane bath hee removed our fins from us, 13. Though Cam cry 
out in the anguilh of his foul, tMy pumfhment is greater than 1 can 
bear, >tis not (o: Thou lye ft Gain f faith C/Cuftin) Gods mercy is greater than 
thy fins, tits mercy is above all his works, Pfalm 145. g, able to fa cisfie for 
all mens fins, antilutron, 1 Tim, 2.6, His mercy is a panacea, a balfom 
for an afflicted foul, a foveraign Medicine, an Alexipharmacum for 
all fin, a charm for the Devil, his mercy was great to Solomon, to 
Manaffes, to Peter, great to all Offenders, and whofoever thou arc, it 
may beefo to thee. For whyfhould Gckl bid us pray (as Auftin infers) 
Deliver us from all evil, mfiipfe mi fer leers perfeveraret, if hee did rtoc in- 
tend to help US ? Hee therefore thate doubts of the remitfionof his fins, 
denies Gods mercy, and doth him injury, faith Ah ft in, Yea, but thoii 
replic ft, t am a notorious (inner, mine offences are not fo great as in- 
finite* Hear Fulgentius, * Gods invincible goodnef cannot be overcome 
by fin, bis infinite mercy cannot bee terminated by any: the multitude of his 
mercy is equivalent to his magnitude. Hear s Chryfoftome, Thy malice may 
bee meafured, but Gods mercy cannot bee defined • thy malice is circum- 
scribed, his mercies infinite. As a drop of water is to the Sea, fo are thy 
mifdeeds to his mercy‘, nay, there is no fudi proportion to bee given- 
for the Sea, though great, it may bee meafured, but Gods mercy can- 
not bee circumscribed. Whatfoever thy fins bee then in quantity, 
or quality, multitude, or magnitude, fear them nor, diftruft not. / 
[peak not this, faith h Chryfoftome, to make thee fecure and negligent, hut 
to cheer thee up. Yea, but thou urgeft again, I have little comfort 
of this which is faid, it concerns trice not: inanis poenitentia quam fe- 
qttens culpa coinquinat, ’lis to no purpofc for mee to repent, and to do 
worfe than ever I did before, to pcrfeverc in fin, and to return to 
my lufts as a Dog to his vomit, or a Swine to the mire: ITo what end is 
it to ask forgivenefs of my fins, and yet daily to fin again and 
again, to do evil out of an habit ? I daily and hourly offend in 
thought, word, and deed, in a relapfe by mine own weaknefs and 
wilFulnefs; My bonus genius, my good protecting Angel is gone, I am 
fain from that I was, or would bee, worfe and worfe, my latter end is 
worfe than my beginning: Si quotidie peccas, quotidie, faith Chryfoftome, 
poenitentiam age, if thou daily offend, daily repent: kif twice, thrice, an 
e Magnam in- 
, juri am Deo fa 
I tit qui diffidit 
de cjtts miferi- 
~ co r dia. 
e f Bonitas invi- 
■ fit nan vinci- 
tur, infiniti mi- 
y fm cordi a non 
. finitur. 
5 Horn 3, j}g 
r poenitentia. Tua 
; quidem malitia 
. menfitram ha- 
bet: &oi nutem 
> mferi cordi a 
r menfuram non 
r habet.Tua ma- 
' titia circum- 
; jcripta eft, &c. 
Pelagus etfi 
magnum, men- 
-1 furam habet 5 
, Dei autem, &c, 
h Non ut de fi- 
di gr es vos faci- 
am, fed ut ala- 
criores reddam. 
1 Pro peccatis 
veniam pojtere, 
6 mala de no- 
vo iterare. 
“ Si bis, (f ter, fi 
centies, fi cen- 
ties m] Hies, to- 
ties poenitenii- 
i mage. Fare 3. SeCt. 4. 
Rdigious-OH elancholy. 
Memb. 2. Subf. 6, 
hundreth, m hundnth thcufand Umes, twice, thrice, an hundrah thoufapd 
times repent. As they do by an old fe oufe that is out of repair, fill mend 
fame part or other •, lb do by thy foul, fill! reform forne vice, repair it 
by repentance, call to him for grace, and thou (halt have it - fer wee arc 
freely jusi!fed by his grace, Rem. 5.24. It thine enemy repent, as our Savi- 
our enjoyned Peter, forgive him feventy (even times» and why Ihouldeft 
thou think God will not forgive thee i Why (hould the enormitv of thy 
fms trouble thee < God can do it, hee will do it. My confcience (faith f An- 
selm) dictates to met, that 1 deferve my repentance will not fuf~ 
fee for fat isfaffiant, tut thy mercy, 0 Lord, quite oven ernes all my tr an [g* ef- 
forts. The gods once (as the Poets feign ) with a gold chain would°pull 
fupiter out of Heaven , but all they together could not ftir him, and yet 
hee could draw and turn them as hce would himfelf 5 iMugre all the 
force and fury of thefc infernal feinds, and crying (ins, his grace is fuf- 
f cient. Confer the debt and the pay ment 5 chnji and *Adwb% fin and 
the cure of it* the difeafe and the medicine*, confer the hek man to the 
Phyfidan, and thou (halt foon perceive that his power is infinitely be- 
yond it. God is better able, as1 JSavW cnforpieth us, [to help, than fm 
to do us hurti, Chrifi is better able to fave, than the Devil to *deflroy. mlf hee 
beea skilful Phyfidan, as fulgentius adds, hee can cure all difeafes*, if mer- 
ciful, hee ivill. Non eft perfect a bonitas a qua non omnis malitia vincitur, 
his goodnefs is not sbiolute and P«tea, yj* bee not able to overcome 
all malice. Submit thy felf unto him, as Saint advfeth, n hee 
knoweth be ft what hee doth • and bee not [0 much pkaftd when hee ftufiains 
thee, as patient when hee correHs thee 3 hee is Omnipotent, andean cure 
all difeafe s when hee fees his own time. Hee looks down from Heaven up- 
on Earth, that hee may hear the mourning of prifoners, and deliver the 
children of deaths PfaL 102. 19,10. And though our fms hee as redas fcarlet, 
hce can make them as white as fnew, if a. 1.18. Doubt not of this, or ask how 
it (hall bee done; hee is all-fuffident that qui fecit mundum dc 
immtmdo , faith Chryfcftome, hce that made a fair world of nought, can 
do this and much more for his part: do thou onely beleeve , truft in 
him, rely on him, bee penitent and heartily forty for thy fins. Re- 
pentance is a foveraign remedy for all fins 3 a fpiritual wing to erear 
us, a charm for our miferies, a protecting Amulet to expel fins 
venome, an attractive loadftone to draw Gods mercy and graces unto 
us. 0 Peccatum vulnus^poenitentia medicinam: fin made the breach, re- 
pentance mufl help it; howfoever thine offence came by err our, (loath, 
obfiinacy, ignorance, exitur per poenitentiam, this is the foie means to 
bee relieved.? Hence comes our hope pf fafety, by this alone dinners are 
faved, God is provoked to mercy. This unloofeth ad that is bound , 
lighteneth darhefs, mends that is broken, puts life to that which r»as de- 
fer at dy dying Makes no refped of offences, or of perfons. *This doth 
net repel a fornicator, rejeci a drunkard, re ft ft a proud fedcw ? turn away an 
idolater, hut entertains ad, communicates it (elf toad. Who perlecu- 
ted the Church more than PW, offended more than Peter? and yet 
; by repentance ( faith Chryfokgm) they got both CMagtfterinm & CM ini- 
t Cmfcimici 
mca meruit 
damnationem, 
poenitentia non 
fufficit ad fa- - 
' tisfaftionem: 
fed tua miferi- 
cordia fuperat 
cmnem offienfto- 
ncm. 
1 Mulle effica- 
ci or Chntli 
mors in bonum, 
quam peccata 
noftra in ma- 
lum. Christus 
potenti or ad 
falvandum , 
quam damOn 
ad per dandum, 
tn Veritus me- 
dicus pote ft 
omnes infirmi- 
tates fanare-, ft 
mi feri cors, 
vult. 
n Omnipotenti 
medico nullus 
languor infarta- 
bilis occurrit: 
tu tantum do- 
ceri te fine, 
manum ejus ne 
repelle: novit 
quid agat-, non 
tantum delefie- 
ris cum fovet, 
fed toleres 
quum fecat. 
® Chryf. bom. 3. 
de pcenlt. 
p Spes falutis 
per quam pec- 
catores falvan- 
tur, T>ews ad 
raiferi cor di am 
provocatur. Ift- 
dor. Omnia li- 
gata tn foly is, 
contrita fanas, 
confufa luci- 
das , defperata 
animas. 
q chry f. hom. 5, 
2!on fnrmeato- 
rcm abntdt, non 
ebnutn avertit. 
nmfuperbum repellit, non aver fat nr Idoklatumpnon adulterum, fed mites fujeipit, mnihs communicat. Part 3. Sed. 4. 
Cure of Defpair» 
Memb. 2. Subf. 6. 
fterium fantfitatis , the Magiftery of Holinefs. The Prodigal Son 
went far, but by Repentance hee came home at lafh r This alone will 
turn a Wolf into a Sheep , make a 'Publican a Preacher, turn a Thorn in- 
to an Olive.y make a deb oift fellow Religious, a Blafphemer iing Halleluja 
make the Copper-fraith truly devour, make a Devil a Saint. 
5 And him that polluted his mouth with calumnies, lying, {wearing, and filthy 
tunes and tones , to purge his throat with divine /[aims. Repentance will 
eßedf prodigious cures, make a Rupend metamorphofis. An Hawk cam£ 
into the Ark, and went out again an Hawks, a Lion came in, went out a Lion* 
a Bear, a Bear*, a Wolf, a Wolft but if an Hawk come into this [acred Temple of 
Repent ancefhee will go forth a Dove (faith r Chryfoftome) a WHfgo out a Sheeps 
a Lion a Lamb. * This gives fight to the blind, I eggs to the lame, cures ad 
di]safes, confers grace, expels vice ,in forts virtue, comfqrts and fortifies 
the foul. Shall I fay, let thy fin bee what it will, do bat repent, it is 
fufficient? 
1 Chryf. hm. fr 
' f Jpui turpibus 
i cantilenis ali- 
, quando inqui- 
navit os, dtvi- 
, nis hymnis ani- 
f mum purgabit. 
, z Horn, f lat re- 
f ivit hie quit 
, accipiter, co- 
lumba exitj in- 
troivit lupus, 8- 
vis egreditur, 
&■€. 
11 Omnes lan- 
guores fanat, 
cads vifunt, 
f [hum pee nitet peccajje pene ef innocens. 
*Tis true indeed, and all fuffidem this, they do cohfefs, if they could 
repent, but they are obdurate, they have cauterized confidences, they 
are in a reprobate fen fe, they cannot think a good thought, they cannot 
hope for grace3pray, beleeve, repent, or be forry for their fins, they finde 
no grief for fin in themfelves, but rather a delight, no groaning of 
fpirit, but are carried head-long to their owndeftrudion, heaping wrath 
to themfelves againfi the day of wrath, Rom. 2. ’fis a grievous Cafe this 
Ido yeeld, and yet not to bee dcfpaired 5 God of his bounty and mercy 
calls all to repentance, Rom. 2.4. Thou mayeft hee called at length, refto- 
red, taken to his grace, asthcTheef upon the Crofs, at the laft hour, 
as Man (Ji> a?dalen, and many other finners have been, that were buried 
claudis gref- 
fnw, gratiam 
confert, &c, 
t Seneca. 
in fin. God (faith x Fulgentius) is delighted in the cohverfon of a. [inner, hee 
fets no time- prolixitas temporis Deo non prxjudicai, aut gravitas pec cat i, 
deferring of time, or grievoufnefs of fin, do not prejudicate his grace", 
things pad and to come arc all one to him, as prefent, ’tis never too 
late to repent. y This Heaven of Repentance is fill open for all difrefjedfimls• 
and howfoever as yet no figns appear , thou mayeft repent in good 
time. Hear a comfortable fpeech of St. Hufim, z Whatever thou ‘[halt 
do, how great a [inner [sever, then an yet living; if God would hot help thee, hee 
would [ttrely take thee awajy hut in [paring thy life, hee gives [hee I afire, and 
invites thee to repentance, Howfoever as yet, I fay, thou perceived: no 
fruit, no feeling, findeft no likelihood of it in thy fclf, patiently abide 
the Lords good leifure, jdcfpair not, or think thou art a Reprobate 5 
hee came to call finaers to repentance, Luk. 32. 0f which number 
thou art one; hee came to call thee, and in his time will furely call 
thee. And although as yet thou haft no inclination to pray, to repent , | 
thy Faith bee cold and dead, and thou wholly averfe from all divine 
fun&ions, yet it mayreviye, as Trees are dead in Winter, but flourifh in ' 
the Spring- thefe Virtues may lye hid in thee for the prefenr, yet here- \ 
after fhew themfelves, and peradventure already bud , howfoever thou * 
doft not perceive it. 'Tis Satans policy to plead againft; fupprefs and 
x Deleft: atur 
t Vem convergo- 
w peccatoi is - 
omne tempi#3 
vita conzm(jo- 
in •deputatur 5 
PYO prafentibus 
habentur tam 
. praterita quant 
futura. 
y Auftin. Scm~ 
' per poenitentia 
portus apertus 
esi ne deflere- 
mus. 
z Jpuicquid fe- 
ceris, quantum- 
cunque pecca- 
veris, adhuc In' 
vita es, unde te 
omnino fi fana- 
re te nollit De- 
ns, auferret ■ 
parcendo cla- 
mat ut rede- 
as, &c. Part 3. Sed. 4. 
Religious- 
Mcmb. a. Subf.6. 
aggravate , to conceal chofc Ipaiks of Faith in thee. Thou doft not 
beleeve, thou fayeft, yet thou wouldtft bcieeve if tl ou couldeft, *tis th y 
defire to beleevej then pray, a Lord help mine ur.beleeft, and hereafter 
thou (halt certainly beleeve: bDabitur It (ball bee given to him 
that thirtieth. Thou canft not yet repent, hereafter thou fhalt5 a black 
doud of fin as yet obnubilates thy foul, terrifies thy confcience , but 
this cloud may conceive a Rain-bow at the lad, and bee quite diflipa- 
ted by repentance. Bee of good cheats a childe is rational in power, not 
in ad 5 and fo art thou penitent in afiedion, though not yet in adion. 
’Tis thy defire to pleTe God, to bee heartily forry-, comfort thy felf, no 
time is over-paft, ’tis never too late. A defire to repent, is repentance ic 
felf, though not in nature, yet in Gods acceptance * a willing mind is 
fufficient. Bleffed are they that hunger and thirfl after Right Mat. 
5. 6. Hee that is deftitute of Gods Grace, and wifiieth for it, (hall have it. 
'The Lord (faith David, pfal, 10. 17. ) will bear the defire of the poor} that 
is, of fuch as are in diftrefs of body and mind. 'Tis true, thou canft 
not as yet grieve for thy fin, thou haft no feeling of Faith, I yeeld •, yee 
canft thou grieve thou doft not grieve? Ic troubles thee, I am fure, 
thine heart fhould bee fo impenitent and hard, thou wouldtft have it o- 
therwife •, *tis thy defirc to grieve, to repent and beleeve. Thou loved 
Gods children and Saints in the mean time, hateft them not, perfe- 
* Matth. 6.13. 
* Rev. il. 6- 
cutcft them not , but rather witheft thy felf a true Profeffor, to bee as 
they are, as thou thy fell haft been heretofore which is an evident 
token thou art in no fuch defperate cafe. ’Tis a good fign of thy con- 
verfion, thy fins are pardonable, thou art, or (halt furely bee reconciled, 
*The Lord is near them that are of a contrite hearty Luke 4 18i c A true de* 
fire of mercy in the want of mercy, is mercy it felt* a defirc of grace in 
the want of grace, is grace it felf5 a conftant and earned defirc to 
beleeve, repent, and to bee reconciled to God , if it bee in a touched 
e Uhemtty, 
fedfirts. 
* Non efl poeni- 
tentia., fed Dei 
niifen c ordia 
annexa. 
heart, is an acceptation of God, a reconciliation, Faith and Repentance 
it felf. For it is not thy Faith and Repentance , as d cbryfoflome truly 
tcacheth, that is vailable, but Gods mercy that is annexed to it, hee 
accepts the will for the deed: So that I conclude, to feel in our felves 
the want of grace, and to be grieved for ir, is grace it felf. lam trou- 
bled with fear my fins arc not forgiven, Carelefs ohjetts ♦, but Bradford 
anfwers, they For God hath given thee a penitent and beleeving hearty 
that isy an heart which defireth to repent and beleeve *, for fucb a one is taken 
of him ( hee accepting the willfor the deed ) for a truly penitent and be lee- 
ving heart. 
All this is true thou replied, but yet it concerns not thee, *ris veri- 
fied in ordinary offenders, in common fins $ but thine are ofan higher 
drain, even againft the Holy Ghoft himfclf, irremiffible fins, fins 
of the firft magnitude, written with a pen of Iron, engraven with the 
point of a Diamond. Thou art worfe than a Pagan, Infidel? Jew, or 
Turk , for thou art an Apoftate and more, thou haft voluntarily blaf- 
pheraed , renounced God and all Religion, thou art worfe than •fudas 
himfdf, or they that crucified Chrift: for they did offend out of igno- 
rancejbut thou haft thought in thine heart there is no God. Thou haft 
given thy foul to the Devil, as Witches and Conjurers do, explicit* Part 3. Sed:. 4. 
Cure of Defpair, 
Memb. 3. Subf. 6, 
and implicite, by compadl, band, and obligation ( a defperate, a fearful 
cafe ; to fa as fie thy luff, or to bee revenged of thine enemies, thou didft. 
never pray, come to Church, hear , read , or do any divine duties 
with any devotion, but for formality and fafhion fake, with a kinde 
of relu&ande, 'twas troublefome and painful to thee to perform 
any fuch thing, prater voluntatem, againft thy will. Thou never mad* A 
any confcience of lying, fwcaring, bearing falfe witnefs, murder, 
adultery, bribery, oppreffion, theft, drunkennefs, idolacrie, but haft 
ever do,ne all duties for fear of punifhmenc, as they were moft ad- 
vantageous , and to thine own ends, and committed all fuch noto- 
rious fins, with an extraordinary delight, hating that thou fhould- 
eft love , and loving that thou fhouldeft hate. In ftead of Faith, fear, 
and love of God, repentance, &c. blafphemous thoughts have been 
ever harboured inhisminde, even againft God himfelf, the blefted 
Trinitie: the *Scripturefalfe, rude, harfh, unmethodical: Heaven, 
hell, refurre&ion , meer toys and fables , * incredible , impoflible, ab- 
furd3, vain , ill contrived * Religion , Policie, an humane invention, 
to keep men in obedience, or for profit, invented by Priefts and 
Law-givers to that purpofe. If there bee any fuch fupream power 
hee Lakes no notice of our doings, hears not our prayers, regarded! 
them not, will not,cannot help, orelfeheeis partial, an excepter of 
perfons, author of fin, a cruel , a deftrudHve God , to create our 
fouls, and deftinate them to eternal damnation, to make us worfe than 
oar dogs and horfes, why doth hee not govern things better, proteft 
good men , root out wicked livers < why do they profper and flour- 
ifh ? as fhee raved in the f tragedy • pellices ccelum tenent, there 
* Acilius 
f°ffr3&.h' 
ptiVvma, 
vel ab aliis ob 
c™ZfZ’Jp 
fieria,&c. 
jeftions are 
well anfwered 
Warfare. 
t smeca. 
they ihine , 
Suafqs Ter feus aureas ft edas habet, 
•where is his providence < how appears it? 
Mamoreo Licinus tumulo jacet , at Cato parvo , 
ftompeius wutto, quis putet ejje Deos ? Why doth, 
hee fuffer Turks to overcome Chriftians, the enemy to triumph over his 
Church, Paganifine to domineer in all places as it doth , hrrefies to 
multiply fuch enormities to bee committed, and fo many fuch bloudy 
wars murders, maffacres, plagues, feral difeafes ' why doth heenot 
make’us all good, able, found why makes hee t venomous creatures, 
rocks, fands, deferts, this earth it fclf the mackhill ofjhe world, a 
ptifon, an houfe of corredtian i 
d rjw. enttmur rcgmre povcm. &c. with many 
fuch horrible and execrable conceits, not fit to bee uttered • ITerribilia de 
fide, horribilia de Divinitate, They cannot fome of them but think evil, 
they are compelled volentes nolentes, to blafpheme, efpecially when they 
come to Church and pray , read, &c. fuch foul and prodigious fugge- 
ftions come into their hearts* 
Thefc are abominable , unfpeakable offences, and moft oppofite to 
God 5 temationes fed# & impi#, yet in this cafe > he or they that (hall be 
tempted and {Q affe&ed , muft know , that no man living is free from 
fuch thoughts in part, or at fome times, the moft divine fpirits have been 
f Fid. CmpA- 
nella c.6. 
*A thrift. Trium- 
ph at.& c.z.pd 
argumentim u, 
ubi plura. 
St Deus beam 
unde 
f Lucan, Part.3.Se<ft.4. 
Religious-Melancholy, 
Memb,2.Subi.6 
712 
fo tempted in forne fort, evil cuftom, omiftion of holy ex er cites, ill coni- 
* pany, idlenefs, folitarincfs, melancholy, or depraved nature, and the 
Devil is ftill ready to corrupt, trouble, and divert our fouls, to fuggeft 
fuch blafphemous thoughts into our phantafies, ungodly, profane, mon- 
ftrous and wicked conceits .* If they come from Satan, they are more 
fpeedy, fearful and violent, the parties cannot avoid them : They 
are more frequent, I fay, and monftrous when they come $ for the De- 
vil hee is a fpirit, and hath means and opportunity to mingle himfelf 
with our fpirits, and fometimes more flily, fometimes more abruptly, 
and openly, to fuggeft fuch devillifh thoughts into our hearts-, hee infults 
and domineers in Melancholic diftempered phantafies, and perfons efpe- 
dally ; Melancholic is balneum dtaholi, as Serapio holds, the Devils bath, 
and invites him to come to it. As a fick man frets, raves in his fits,{peaks 
and doth hee knows not what, the Devil violently compels fuch cra- 
zed fouls, to think fuch damned thoughts againft their wills, they can- 
not but do it •, fometimes more continuate, or by fits, hee takes his advan- 
tage, as the fubjed is lefs able to refill, hee aggravates, extenuates, af- 
firms, denies, damns, confounds the fpirits, troubles heart, brain, hu- 
mors, organs, fentes5 and wholly domineers in their imaginations. If 
they proceed from themfelves- fuch thoughts, they are remifs and mo- 
derate, not fo violent and monfterous, not fo frequent. The Devil com- 
monly fuggefls things oppofite to nature, oppofite to God and his word, 
impious, abfurd, fuch as a man would never of himfelf, or could not 
conceive, they ftrike terror and horror into the parties own heart. For 
if hee or they bee asked, whether they do approve of fuch like 
thoughts or no? theyanfwer ( and their own foules truly didare as 
much) they abhor them as Hell, and the Devil himfelf, they would 
fain think otherwife if they could hee hath thought other Wife, and with 
all his foul defires fo to think again 5 hee doth refill, and hath lomc good 
motions intermixt now and then; So that fuch blafphemous, impious, 
unclean thoughts, are not his own, but the Devils-, they proceed not 
from him, but from a crazed phantafie, diftempered humours > black 
fumes which offend his brain: c they are thy croftcs, the Devils fins, 
and hee {hall anfwer for them, hee doth enforce thee to do that which 
thou doft abhor, and didft never give confent to; And although hee 
bath fometimes fo {lily fet upon thee, and fo far prevailedas to make 
thee in f©me fort to aflent to fuch wicked thoughts, to delight in , 
yet they have not proceeded from a confirmed will in thee , but are of 
that nature which thou doft afterwards rejedl and abhor. Therefore bee 
not overmuch troubled and difmaid with fuch kinde offuggeftions, 
leaft if they pleafe thee not, becaufe they are not thy perfonal fins, 
for which thou (halt incur the wrath of God, or his difpleafure •* con- 
temn, negledl them, let them go as they come, ftrive not too violent- 
ly, or trouble thy fdf too much, but as our Saviour faid to Satan in like 
cafe, fay thou, Avoid I deteft thee and them. Satana eft mala in- 
gerere (faith Auttin) noftrum non confentirei as Satan labours to fuggeft, 
fo mull wee ftrive not to give confent, and it will bee fufficient: the more 
anxious and folidtoUs thou art, the more perplexed, the more thou 
* Termini, Part 3. Sedt.4. 
Cure of Defpair. 
Memb, 2LSubfi 6. 
fiiak otherwife bee troubled, and intangled. Befides, they mud: know 
this, all fo molefted and difterapered, that although thefe be mod exe~ 
crable and grievous fins, they are pardonable yet, through Gods 
mercy and goodnefs they may bee forgiven , if they bee penitent and 
forty for them, 
hee would do, hut the evil which hee would not do 5 ’tis not 7, but fin that dwel~ 
lethinmee, ’Tis not thou, but Satans fuggeftions, his craft and fubolcy, 
his malice: Comfort thy felf then, if thou bee penitent and grieved, or 
defiroas to bee fo, thefe hamous fins fliaflnot bee Lid to thy charge; 
Gods mercy is above all fins, which if thou do not finally con- 
temn, without doubt thou fhalt bee laved. {No man fins againfi the 
Poly chfiy lutIut hee that wilfully and finally renounce!h Chrifi, and contemn- 
eth him and his word to the loft, without which there is nof dvation, from 
which grievous God ofi his infinite mercy deliver us, 1 ake hold oi - 
this to bee thy comfort, and medicate withal! on Gods word, labour 
to pray, to repent, to bee renewed in minde, keep thine heart with all dih- 
Frovt 4, 13. 7left ft the Devil, and hee will file from thee, pour 
out thy foul unto the Lord with forrowful Hannah 5 pray continually, as 
Faul enjoyns, and as David did, PfaL 1. meditate on his Law day ana 
tiivht. 
Yea, but this meditation is that that mars all, and miftak n , makes ma- 
ny men far worfe, mifconceiving all they read or hear, to their own 
overthrow * the more they fearch and read Scriptures, or divine Tread- 
fes, the more they pufle themfelves,as a bird in a net, the more they are 
intangled and precipitated into this prepofterous gulf: Many are called, 
kut few are ehofen. Mat, 20. 16, and 22.14. with fuch like places of Scrip- 
ture mifinterpreted, ftrike them with horror, they doubt prefently whe- 
ther they bee of this number or no: Gods eternal decree of predefti* aci- 
on abfolute reprobation, and fuch fatal tables they form to their own 
ruine, and impinge upon this rock of defpair. How fell they bee at 
fared of their falvation, by what itgns < ij the righteous fcarcely be faveJ, 
when JhaU the ««godly W fwners appear ( t Pet 4.18. Who knows 
fiith Llnmon whether hee bee cleft i This grrndesthetr foul, how fliall 
they dif ern they are not reprobates f But 1 fay again, how (hall they 
difeern they are * From the Dev i can bee no certainty, for heeisalyar 
from the beginning : if hee fuggeft any fuch thing, as too frequently hee 
doth rejeft him as a deceiver, an enemy of humane fande, difpute not 
with him, give no credit to him, obftinately refufe him, ns S. Anthony 
did in the wildernefs, whom the Devi let upon infeveral dupes, or as 
the Collier did, fo do thou by him. For when the Devi tempted him 
with the weaknefs of his faith, and tol i him, hee could not bee Ctved, as 
being ignorant in the principles of Religion*, and urged him moreover 
to know what hee believed, what hee thought of fuch and fuch points 
and Myfteries: the Collier told him, he believed as the Church did 5 but 
what /faid the Devil again) doth the Church believe? as Ido /Laid the 
Collier) and what's that thou bdeved? as the Church doth,&c. when 
the Devil could get no other anfwer, hee left him. If Satan fammon 
thee to anfwer, fend him to Chrift: hee is thy liberty) thy proteftor 
f Ucriiingiui. 
Nemo p' Ccat in. 
Spiritum fmn- 
ftnmn ji qui 
fin lit Li & vo- 
luntuue vmim~ 
ciat-chriflo, e~ 
umcp & Lju-s 
verbnm extreme 
con emn.it, fine 
quo n [in iaim* 
a q:io pecci>to}li- 
beretnps Domi- 
na* ]6 "ns Chri- 
Ru,i,Amth Part.3.Sed.4, 
Religious-Melancholy. 
Memb,2.Subf.s 
againft cruel death, raging fin, that roaring Lyon», hee is thy righ- 
teoufnefs, thy Saviour, and thy life. Though hee fay, thou art not of 
the number of the Eled, a Reprobate, forfaken of God, hold thine 
own ftill, 
hie murus aheneas efio, 
Let this bee as a Bulwark, a Brazen Wall to defend thee, flay thy felf 
in that certainty of faith 5 let that bee thy comfort, CHRIST will 
proted thee, vindicate thee, thou art one of his flock, hee will tri- 
umph over the Law, vanquifli Death, overcome the Devil, and deftroy 
Hell. If hee fay thou art none ot the Eled, no Believer, rejed him, de* 
fie him, thou haft thought otherwife, and mayeft fo be refolved again 5 
comfort thy felf•, this perfwafion cannot come from the Devil, and 
much lefs can it bee grounded from thy felf 5 men are lyars, and why 
fhouldeft thou diftruft ? A denying Peter, a perfecuting Paul, an adul- 
terous cruel Davids have been received 5 an Apoftate Solomon may bee 
converted 5 no fin at all but impenitency, can give teftimony of final re- 
probation. Why fhouldeft thou then diftruft, mifdoubt thy felf, upon 
what ground, what fufpicion ? This opinion alone of particularity i A- 
gainft that, and for the certainty of Eledion and falvation on the other 
fide, fee Gods good will toward men, hear how generally his grace is 
propofed to him, and hitfi, and them, each man in particular, and to all, 
I Tim.2.4. Cod wills that ail men hee javed) and come to the knowledge of the 
truth, Tis an univerfal promile, cod^ot into the world, 
to condemn the world, hut that through him the world might hee faved) 
zfohn 3.17. Hee then that acknowledged himfelf a man in the world* 
muft hkewife acknowledge, hee is of that number that is to bee faved : 
Ezek.33.II. 1 will net the death of a firmer) hut that hee repent and live5 
But thou art a (inner, therefore hee will not thy death* This is the wiU 
of him that fent mee) that everj man that helievethin the Son, jhould have 
ever-afiing life, John 6.40. He would haveno manperifh, but all come to 
repentance, 2 Pet.3.9. Befides, remiflion of fins is to bee preached, not 
to a few, but univcrfally to all men. Go there fore and tell aH Nation 
baptizing them$ &c, Matth.28.1p, Go into all the world, and preach the 
Cofpelto every creature, Mark 16,15. Now there cannot bee contradicto- 
ry wills in God *, hee will have all faved, and not all, how can this ftand 
together f bee fecure then, believe, truft in hinijhope well, and be faved. 
Yea, that’s the main matter, how (hall I believe, or difeern my fecuri- 
ty, from carnal prefumption? my faith is weak and faint, I want thofe 
fignes and fruits of Sandification, g forrow for fin, thirfting for 
Grace, groanings of the Spirit, love of Chriftians as Chriftians, avoi- 
ding occafion of fin, endeavour of new obedience, charity, love of 
God, perfeverance. Though thefe figns bee Janguilhing in thee, and 
not feated in thine heart, thou muft not therefore bee dejeded or terri- 
fied 5 the effeds of faith and the Spirit are nor yet fo fully felt in thee 5 
conclude not therefore thou art a Reprobate, or dojubt of thine Eledi- 
on, becaufe the Eled themfelves are without them, before their con- 
verfion. Thou mayeft in the Lords good time be converted} fome are cal- 
led at the eleventh hour: life, I fay, the means of thy converfion, ex- 
714 
g Zdbtmtty, Parc 3.5e&4, 
Cure of D eft air. 
Memb.2,Subf<s. 
pedt the Lords leifure, if not >et called, pray thou may eft bee, or at Icaft 
wifh and defire thou mayeft bee. 
Notwithftanding all this which might bee faid to this eftedf, to eafe 
their afflidted minds, what comfort our beft Divines can afford in this 
cak, Zanchius, Beza,&c. This furious curiofityi needlds (peculation, 
fruidefs meditation about election, reprobation, free-will, grace, fuch 
places of Scripture prepofteroufly conceived, torment ftijl, and cruci- 
fie the fouls of too many, and fee all the world together by the ears. To 
avoid which inconveniences, and to fettle their diftrefted minds, to 
mitigate thofe divine Aphorifms (though in another extreme fome) 
our late have revived that plaufible dodtrine of univeiTaf 
grace, which many Fathers, our late Lutheran and modern Papifts 
do (till maintain , that wee have free-will of our felves, and that grace 
is common to all that will beleeve. Some again* thoagh lefs ortho- . 
doxal, willhave afar greater part faved, than fhall bee damned ( as 
ICalius fecundus ftidy maintains in his Book* T>e amplitudini regni co- 
lefiis > or fome Impoftor under his name ) beatorum numerus multi major 
quam damnatorum• Hee calls that other T enent of fpecial f Fleßion and 
a pre envious and malit ious opinion, apt to draw ad men 
to deft oration. Many are called.\ few ehofen, &c, Hee oppofeth fome oppo- 
fite parts of Scripture to it, Chrifi came into the world to fave fmneny&c. 
And four efpecial Arguments hee produceth , one from Gods power. 
If more bee damned than faved, hee erronioufly concludes, 1 the Devil 
hath the greater Soveraignty * for what is power but to protedt ? and 
Majefty confifts in multitude, if the ‘Devil have the greater part, where 
is his mercy ? where is his power ? how is hee Deus Optimus Maximus, mi- 
1 See whole 
books of thefe 
Arguments. 
kLib-S-fol. in. 
Prxjudicata. o- 
pi vio, invida, 
mdigna. & ap- 
ta ad impellen- 
dos animos in 
dcfperauonem. 
f See the Anti- 
/dote in G ha- 
uliers Tom. 5. 
lib. 7. Dow- 
nams Chrifti- 
an warfare, 
&c. 
fericors f &c. Where is hisgreatnefs i where his geodnefs ? Hec proceeds, 
m Wet account him a murderer that is acceffary onely , or doth not help when 
hee can3 which may net ke fuppofid of Cod without great offence , becaufe he 
may do what hee will, and is otherwife acceffary, and the author of fin. The 
nature of good is to bee communicated, God is good, and will not then be contra- 
Bed in his goodnefs 5 for hew is hee the Father of mercy and comfort, if his 
good corcern but a few ? O envious and unthankful men to think otherwife ! ; 
t Why Jhould wee pray to God that are Gentiles , and thank him for his mercies ■ 
and benefits, that hath damned us all innocuous for xAdams offence, one mans : 
offence, one [mad offence , eating of an Apple ? whyfhould wee acknowledge him \ 
for our Governeur, that hath wholly neglected the Jalvation of our fouls , con- ' 
temned us, and[ent no Prophets or Infirußors to teach its, as hee hath done to ! 
the Hebrews i So ffulian the Apoftate objedfs. Why fliould thefe ; 
Chriftians( Caliasmgeth ) rejedt us> and appropriate God unco theth- I 
Deumidum fuum unicum, &c. But to return to our forged c*c*J 
Urn, At laft hec comes to that, hee will have thofe faved that ncvlr ’ 
heard of, or beleeved in Chrift, ex puris naturalibus, with the Pelagians, 
and proves it ouc of Origen and others. They ( faith n Origen) that ne~ I 
ver heard Gods word, are to bee excufedfor their ignorance: wee may not think 
God wid bee [0 hard angry, cruel or tnjuft as to condemn any man tndi- 
1 Potent ior eft 
rDco Diabolus 
& mundi prin- 
ceps, & in mul- 
titudine homi- 
num fita efi mtc- 
jeftas. 
m Nomi eida . 
qui nm fubvg^ 
nit quiim potefc 
hoc de Deo fine 
feeler e cogitari 
nonpoteft, ut po- 
te quum quod 
vult licet' Boni 
natura comma* 
nicari. Bonu a 
Deus, quomodo 
mifericdrdix 
pater, &c. 
t Nide (fjnllum 
lib• 4. Adverfus 
Julianum, Qui 
poterimus illi 
gratias agere 
qui nobis non 
mifit Mofcn & 
prophetas, & 
contcmpftt bona 
animarum ruptarum ? n fem danda efltis qui non. audiunt ob ignorantiam. Non fcjl tam iniquus Judex Deus, ut quttP 
quam i udi fi a caufa damnare velit. Ii folm damnantur, qui oblatam ghrifli gratiam niicimt. J Parc Sect. 4, 
Religious- Cfrlelancholy, 
Memb. 2. Subf.tf. 
Sia cdufa. They alone ( hce holds) are in the ftate of damnation that re- 
fute Chnfts mercy and grace , when it is offered. Many worthy Greeks 
and Romansy good moral honeft men, that kept the Law of Nature , did 
10 others as they would bee done to themfelves, as certainly faved, hee 
concludes, as they were that lived uprightly before the Law of CUofes, 
They were acceptable in Gods fight, as 'fob was, the Magi, the Queen of 
Sheba, Darius of Per fid, Socrates, Cato, Curius, Tally, Seneca, and 
many other PhiloCophers, upright livers, no matter of what Religion, as 
Cornelius, out of any Nation, fo that hee live honeftly, call on God, truft 
in him, fear him, hee fliall bee faved. This Opinion was formerly main- 
tained by the Falentinian and Rafiledian Hereticks, revived of late in 
« Busbcquius 
Lmicerus Tux, 
bill. To, 1. l.z. 
p Clem. Alex. 
*3 Paulus Jovi- 
usElog. vir, 
lUuft, 
0 Turkey, of what fed: Ruflan Sofia was Patron, defended by p g oleatius 
Martius, and forac antient Fathers, and of later times favoured by 
q Erasmus, by Zuinglius in expo fa, fidei ad Regem Gallia, whofe T enct Bal- 
linger vindicates, and approves in a juft Apology with many Ar- 
guments. There bee many Jcfuites that follow thefe Calvinifts in this 
behalf, Erand fans Buchfius Moguntinus, ConftL Trident. many 
Schoolmen, that out of the 1 Rom.v. 18, ip, arc verily perfwaded, that 
thofe good works of the Gentiles did fo far pleafe God, that they 
might vitam aternam promereri, and bee faved in the end. Stfellius, and 
Benedißus tfuflinianus in his Comment on the firft of the Romans , Ma- 
thins pitmar(h the Politician, with many others, hold a mediocrity, they 
may bee fame non tndigm, but they will not abfolutcly decree it, Hofa 
mamas a Lutheran Profeffor of Helmjlad, and many of his Followers, 
with moftot our Church, and Papifls, are Riff againft it. Frandfaus 
Collins hath fully cenfurcd all Opinions in his five Books de Paganorum 
anmabuspoft mortem, and amply dilated this queftion, which who fo 
will, may perufe* But to return to ray Author, his Conclufion is, that 
not onely wicked Livers, Blafphemers, Reprobates , and fuch as reje& 
Gods grace, but that the Devils themfelves /hall bee faved at laji, a r Origen 
long fince delivered in his works, and our late f Socmans defend, ofloro- 
dius, cap. 41. infatut. Smaltius, &c. Thofe terms of all and forever 
in Scripture, are not eternal, but onely denote a longer time, which 
by many Examples they prove. The world fliall end like a Come- 
dy, and wee fliall meet at laft in Heaven, and live in blifs altogether; 
or clfe in conclufion, in nihil evanefeere. For how can hcebee merciful 
that fhall condemn any creature to eternal unfpcakable punifliment, 
for one fmall temporary fault, all pofterity, fo many myriads, for one 
and another mans offence, quid mermßis eves *. But thefe abfurd para- 
doxes arc exploded by our Church, wee teach otherwife. That this 
vocation, predeftination, election, reprobation, non ex corrupta 
pravi fa fide, as our Arminians, or ex pravifts operibus, as our Papifls, non 
ex prateritione, but Gods abfolute decree ante mundum creatum (as 
many of our Church hold) was from the beginning, before the foun- 
dation of the world was laid, or home conditus (or from Adams fall, as 
others will, homo Up fas obfa&ttmeft reprobationis) with perfeverantia fan- 
Boruniy wee muft bee certain of our falvation, wee may fall, but not final- 
ly, which our Aminms will not admit. According to his immutable, 
r lson homines 
fed & ipft da- 
mones aliquan- 
do /hvandt. 
f Vtd. Pelfii 
Harmoniam art, Part» 3 . Sed. 4. 
Cure of Defpair. 
Memb.a. Subf. 6, 
eternal, juft decree and counfel of faring men and Angels, God calls 
all, and would have all to bee faved according to the efficacy of 
all are invited, but oncly the cled apprehended : the reft that arc unbe- 
leeving, impenitent, whom God in his juft judgement leaves to bee pul 
niflied for their fins, are in a reprobate fenfe- .yet wee muft not de- 
termine who are fuch, condemn our felves, or others, becaufc wee have 
an univerfal invitation* all are commanded to belecvc, and wee know not 
howfoon or late before our end wee may bee received. I might have faid 
more of this fubjed * but forafmuch as it is a forbidden queftion and ill 
the Preface or Declaration to* he Articles of the Church, printed 1622 
to avoid fadions and altercations, wee that are Univerfitie Divines efpe- 
dally, are prohibited all curious fearch, to print or preach, or draw tty Ar- 
ticle a fide by our own fen fe and Commentj, upon pain of Eccleftaftical cen- 
Jure, I will iurceale, and conclude with t Erafmus of fuch controver- 
fies: Pugnet qui volet, ego cenfeo leges majorum reverenter fufeipiendas, & 
religiof} chfervandas, veliit apeo prof eft as-, neceffe tutum, nec effe pium, de 
pot eft ate publica finiHram concipere aut fer ere [ufpnionem• Et pquid efi ty- 
rannidis, quod tamen non cogat adimpietatem, fatius eft ferre, quamfedittofi 
relußari, 
t tspifl. Erafm 
de militate Col- 
loquior,adle~ 
fiertvtf 
Bat to my former task. The laft main torture and trouble of adi- 
ftrefled mind, is, not fo much this doubt of Eledion, and that the pro* 
mifcs of grace are fmothcrcd and extind in them, nay quite blotted out 
as they fuppofe, but withall Gods heavy wrath, a moll intolerable 
pain and grief of heart feizcth on them: to their thinkihg they are al- 
ready damned, they fuffcr the pains of Hell, and more than poffibly carl 
bee expreffed, they fmell brimftonc, talk familiarly with t)evils hear 
and fee Chimeraes, prodigious, uncouth ffiapes, Bears, Owls, Antiques 
.black dogs, feinds, hideous out-cries, fearful nodes, ffirccks, lamen- 
table complaints, they are polfeffcd, f and through impatience they 
roar and howl, curfe, blafpheme, deny God, call his power in que- 
ftion, abjure Religion, and arc ftill ready to offer violence Unto them- 
felves, by hanging, drowning, &c. Never any miferable wretch from 
the beginning of the world, was in fuch a wofnl cafe. To fuch perfons I 
oppofc Gods mercy , and his juftice* judicia Dei occulta, ne» injufta: his 
fecret counfcl, and juft judgement, by which hee fpares fome, and fore 
affiids others again in this life: his judgement is to bee adored, trem* 
bfcd at, not to bee fearched or enquired after by mortal meh .• hee hath 
reafons referved to himfelf, which our frailty cannot apprehend. Hee 
may puniffial'J, if hee will, and that juftly for fin 5 in that hee doth it in 
fome, is to make a way for bis mercy that they repent and be faved, to 
heal them, to try them, excrcife their patience, and make them call 
upon him, toconfefs their fins, and pray unto him *as T>avid did 
Tfal. up, 137. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and juft are thy judgements 9 
As the poor Publican, Lnk, 18.13. Lord have mercy upon mee a mferabU 
filnner. To put confidence, and have an affured hope in him, as fob had3 
13.15. Though hee kiU mee, I will truft in him: Ure, feca, occide 0 Demine 
( faith Aufiin ) mode ferves animam, kill, cut in pceces, burn my body 
( O Lord) to fave my foul. A fmall ficknefs, one lafh of affiidion - a 
tVafiatS. (ot}~ 
fsientid fequi~ 
turfenfn }r* 
*iyma. (He- 
nipghs ) fre- * 
ipitHs cordit 3 
i*gens anima 
crwatuf, &£, Parc 3. Scft. 4. 
Religious- cMelancholy. 
Memb. Subf.s. 
little mdferie, many times, will more humiliate a man, (boner convert, 
bring him home to know himfelf, than all thofe parameti'cal difcourfes , 
the whole Theory of Philofophy, Law, Phyfick and Divinity, or a 
world of inftances and examples. So that thS, which they take to bee 
fuch an infupportable plague, is an evident fign of Gods mercy and ju- 
ftice, of his love and goodnefs .* perufjentnifi periifient, had they not thus 
been undone, they had finally been undone. Many a carnal man is 
lulled afleep in perverfe fecurity, foolifh preemption, is ftupified in 
his fins, and hath no feeling at all of them: 1 have [timed ( hee faith) and 
what evil [hall come unto meet Ecckf. 5. 4.# and tufh, how jhallGod know 
hi And fo in a reprobate fenfe goes down to Hell. 
But here, Cynthius aurem vellit, God pulls them by the ear, by af- 
flidion, hee will bring them to Heaven and Happinefs Blefted are they 
that mourn, [or they [had bee comforted, CM at. 5.4, a blefled and an happy 
Bate, if confidered aright, it is, to bee fo troubled. It is good for meethat 
j have been afflitted, Pfal. 119. Before J was afflitted I went aftray s hut now 
I keep thy word. Tribulation works patience, patience hope, Rem. 5. 4. and 
byfuch like croffes and calamities wee are driven from the flake offc- 
curity. So that affliction is a School or Academy, wherein the beft 
Scholars are prepared to the Commencements of the Deity. And though 
it bee moft troublefome and grievons for the time,yet know this, it comes 
by Gods permiflion and providence, hee is a fpedator of thy groans 
and tears, ftill prefent wrth thee, the very hairs of thy head are num- 
bred, not one of them can fall to the ground, without the exprefs will 
of God: bee wifi not fuffer thee to bee tempted above meafure, hee cor. 
reds us all f nuynero}pondere,& menfura, The Lord will not quench the 
fmoaking flax, or break the buifed reed , Tent at ( faith AuUin ) non ut 
ehruatfed ut coronet, Hee fuffers thee to bee tempted for thy good. And as 
a Mother doth handle her childe fick and weak, not rejed it, but with all 
tendernefs obferve and keep it, fo doth God by us, not forfake us in 
our miferies, or relinquifli us for our imperfedions, but with all piety 
and compaffion, fupport and receive uss whom hee loves, hee loves to 
the end. %om. 8. Whom hee hath eletled, thof ? hee hath called, juftified, fan- 
tfified, and glorified. Think not then thou haft loft the Spirit, that thou 
art iorfaken of God, bee not overcome with heavinefs of heart, but as 
David faid, 1 will not fear, though 1 walk, in the fliadows of death. Wee 
muft all go, non a delitiis ad delitias, but from the Grofs to the Crown , 
by Hell to Heaven, as the old put Virtues Temple in the way 
to that of Honour: wee muft endure forrow and mifery in this life* 
aTis ho new thing this, Gods beft fervants and deareft children 
have been fo vifited and tried. Chrift in the Garden cried out, <-My 
Cjod, my God, why hafi thouforfakenmeef hisfon by nature, as thou art 
by adoption and grace, fob in his anguiflv faid, The arrows of the Al- 
mighty God were in him, fob 6.4. His terrors fought againfi him, the venom 
drank up his fpirit, cap. 13, 26. Hec faith. Cod was his enemy, writ bit- 
ter things againft him, ( 16.9, ) hated him. His heavy wrath had fo fei- 
zed on his foul David complains, HU eyes were eaten up,funk into his head. 
Pfat. 6»7, HU moifture became as the drought in Summer, his fiejb was con- 
f Juflifi, Part 3, Sed. 4. 
Cure of Defpair4 
Memb, 2. Subf. 6. 
fumed, his hones vexed: yet neither fab nor David did finally defpair 
fob would not leave his hold, but ftill truft in him, acknowleda * 
mg him to bee his good God. The Lord gives, the Lord takes, blefhd 
bee the name of the Lord, fob 1,21. Behold lam vile, I abhor my [elf re- 
peminduji and ajhes, fob 39. 57. humbled himfejf, Pfal. \l, and 
upon his contelfion received mercy. Faith, hope, repentance, arc‘the 
foveraign cures and remedies, the foie comforts in this cafe - confefs' 
bumble thy fclf. repent, it is fuffic.cnt Vued noa faccu] 
potest, faith Chryfopme5 the King of Ntmvts fackdoth and allies did 
that which his Purple Robes and Crown could not effetft . £hioddi*d- 
ma nonpotuit, cinis perfecit. Turn to him, hee will turn to thee; the Lord 
is neer thofe that are of a contrite heart, and will fave fuch as bee affli&ed 
in fpirit, Pfal. 18, Hee came to the Ujijheep of Ifrul, Mat, 15* 14. Si 
cadentem intuetur, dementia manum protendit, hecis atalj times ready to 
a (lift. Nunquam ffermt Deus Poenitentiam, ft fine ere & [implicit er offera- 
tur, hee never reje&s a penitent finner*, chough hee have come to the full 
height of iniquity, wallowed and delighted in fin- yet if hee will for- 
fake his former waies, libenter amplexatur, hee will receive him. T arcam 
huic homini, faith * Aufltn (ex perjona Dei ) quia fibi ipfi, non pepercit-, ig~ 
nofcam, quia peccatum agnovit, I will fpare him, hee hath not {pa- 
red himlelf; I will pardon him, becaufe hee doth acknowledge his of 
fence, let it bee never fo enormous a fin, his grace is 
Defpair not then, faint not at all, bee not dejected, but rely on God 
call on him in thy trouble, and hee will hear thee, hee will aflift, help \ 
and deliver thee; Draw near to him, hee jvift draw near to thee, fam 4. % 
Lazarus was poor, and full of boils, and yet ftill hee relied upon God A* 
hr ah am did hope beyond hope# , " 
Thou excepttft, thefe were chief men, divine fpirits, Dee chart, be- 
loved of God, efpecially refpe&ed; but I am a contemptible and for- 
lorn wretch, forfaken of God, and left to the merdle& fury of evil fpi- 
rits. I cannot hope,pray, repentj&G How often fliall I fay it;/ thou mayeft 
perform all thefe duties, Chnftian-offices, and bee reftored in good time 
A fick man lofeth his appetite, ftrengch and ability, his difeafe prevail- 
cthfofar, that all his faculties arc {pent, hand and foot perform not 
their duties, his eyes are dimm, hearing dull, tongue diftaftes things of 
pleafant rellifh, yet nature lies hid, recovered again, and expclleth all 
thofc foeculent matters by vomit, fwear, or fome fuch like evacuations 
Thou art fpiritually fick, thine heart is heavy, thy mind dilbeffed thou 
mayeft happily recover again, expel thofe difmal pafiions of fear and 
grief; God did not fufFer thee to bee tempted above mcafure. whom hee 
loves (I fay) hee loves to the end; Hope thebeft, David in hismifery 
prayed to the Lord, remembring how hee had formerly dealt with him • 
and with that meditation of Gods mercy confirmed his Faith, and paci- 
fied his own tumultuous heart in his greateft agony, omy fcnl} why an 
thou fo difquieted whhin mee, &c* Thy foul isccclipfcd for a time , I 
yeeld, as the Sun is fhadowed by a cloud 5 no doubt but thofe gratious 
beams of Gods mercy will Oiineupon thee again, as they have for- 
merlydone* thofe embers of Faith, Hope and Repentance, now buried 
* Super P/,f0 
5* Convertar 
Ad liberandum 
eum, quia, con- 
e/2 <zrf 
feceatum ficum 
Puniendum* Part,3.Sed.4. 
R eltgious - M e lane holy. 
Memb.a.Subi.^ 
in allies, will flame out afreih , and bee fully revived. Want of Faith, no 
feeling of grace lor the pretent, are not fit directions wee muft live by 
Faith, not by feeling 5 *tis the beginning of grace to widi for grace: wee 
muft expert and tarry, Davids man after Gods own heart, was fo trou- 
bled himfelf* Jwakepwhy (leepef thou. ? O Lord, strife, cafl me not offs where- 
fore hideft thou thy And forgettefi mine afflict on andopprefliont My 
foul is bowed down to the dufl. odT rife , redeem us ,(frc* PfaL 44. 22, Hee 
prayed long before hee was heard, txpettans expeUavttt, endured much 
before hee was relieved, PfaL 69. 5. Hee complains, lam weary of 
and my throat is dry, mine eyes fail, whiljl I watt on the Lord* and yet hee 
perfeveres. Bee not difmaid, thou (halt bee refpedted at laft, God of* 
ten works by contrarieties, hee firft kills,and then makes alive, hee woun- 
deth firft, and then healeth, bee makes man fow in tears, that hee may 
reap in joy* ’tis Gods method; Hee that is To viiited, muft with patience 
endure and reft fatisfied for the prefent. The Pafchal Lamb was eaten 
with foure herbs 5 wee fhall feel no fweetnefs of his blood , till wee firft 
fbel the fmart of our fins. Thy pains arc g-eat, intolerable for the 
time -, thou art deftitute of grace and comfort, ftay the Lords leifure , 
hee will not (IfayJ fuffer thee to bee tempted above what thou art 
able to bear, i Cor. iq. 13. but will give an iflue to temptation. He works 
all for the beft to them that love God, Rom S. 28, Doubt not of thine 
eledhon, it is an immutable a mark never to bee defaced ; you 
have been otherwife, you may and than bee. And for your prefent 
affiidfcion, hope the beft >it will fhortly end. Hee is prefent with his fer- 
vant sin their afftittion, Pfal, 9lt 15. Great are the troubles of the righteous y 
hut the Lord delivercth them out of alf PfaL 34. 19, Our light affliction 
which is but for a werketh in us an eternal weight ofglory ,'2 Cor, 
4,17. Not anfwerable to that glory which is to though now in heavi- 
uefS) faith 1 Pet. 1. 6, you (ball rejoyce. 
Now lift of all to thole external impediments, terrible objedls, 
which they hear and fee many times, Devils, Bugbears, and Mormc- 
luches, noifome fmells, &c. Thefe may come, as I have formerly decla- 
red in my precedent difeourfe of the Symptomes of Melancholy, 
from inward caufes 5 as a concave glafs refledts folid bodies , a trou- 
bled brain for want of fleep, nutriment, and by realon of that agita- 
tion of fpirits to which Hercules de Saxonia attributes all Symptomes 
almoft, may refledf and fhew prodigious fhapes, as our vain fear 
and crated phantafic fhall fuggeft and feign, as many filly weak 
women and children in the dark, fick folks, and frantick for want 
of repaft and deep, fuppofe they fee that they fee not: Many times 
fuch terriculamcnts may proceed from natural caufes, and all o- 
ther fentes may bee deluded. Befidcs, as I have laid, this humour 
is Balneum L)iaboliy the Devils Bath, by reafon of the diftemper of 
humours, and infirm Organs in us: hee may fo pcffefs us inwardly 
to moleft us, as hee did Sad and others, by Gods permilfionhee 
is Pr'nce of the Air, and can transform himfelf into feveral fhapes, 
dtladcall our fenfes for a time, but his power is determined, hee may 
terrific us, bat not hurt 5 God hath given his Angels charge ever my hee is Part.3.Se&,4. 
Cure ef Defpatr* 
Memb.*. Subi 6. 
a wall round about his people, Tfal. 91.11,12, There bee thofe that pre- 
feribe Phyfick in fuch cafes, Tis Gods inftrument, and not unfit. The 
Devil works by mediation of humours, and mixt difeafes muff'have 
mixt remedies. Levinus Lemnius cap, 5 exhort. ad vit.ep.mftit, 
is very copious in thisfubjed, beides that chief remedy of confidence 
in God, prayer, hearty repentance, &c. of which for your comfort and 
inftrudion, read Lavaterde fpe tires part. 3, cap, Wiertis de pr a fli- 
gi is damonum to Philip Mehmtihon, and others, and that Chri- 
Hian-armour which Paul preferibes * hec fees down certain Amulets 
herbs, and precious Hones, which have marvelous virtues all profligan- 
dis damombus, to drive away Devils and their illufions. Saphyresl 
Chryfolites, Carbuncles, &c. £aa mir a virtute polient ad Lemures stry- 
gesy Incubos, Genios aereos arcendos, ft veterum monumentis habenda fides* 
Of herbs, hee reckons us Pcnnirial, Rue, Mint, Angelica, Piony; 
%ich* Argentine de prafiigits damonum cap 20. adds h)pericon or S. 
Johns wort, perforata herba, which by a divine virtue drives way 
viis, and js therefore called .* all which rightly ufed by 
their futfitus, Damonum vexationibus obfiflunt, affittias mentes a daemo- 
nibus relevant, & venenatis famis, expel Devils themfelves , and all 
devilifh illufions. Anthony Mufa the Emperonr his Phyfici- 
ztiycap. 6. de £tfo#/*,approvcs of Betony to this purpofe * f the antients 
ufed therefore to plant it in Church-yards, bccaufe it was held to bee 
an holy herb, and good againft fearful vifions, did fccare fuch places it 
grew in, and faodificd thofe pcrfons that carried it about them, idem 
fere Mathiolus in Diofcoridem. Others commend accurate mufick* fo Saul 
was helped by Davids harp. Fiers to be made in fuch rooms where fpi- 
rits haunt * good ftore of lights to bee fet up, odours, perfumes, and fuf- 
fumigations, as the Angel taught Tobias, of brimftone and bitumen, 
myrrh bnony-root, with many fuch fimples which Wecker hath colle- 
15. defecretis cap» 15. & fulphuris drachmam unam, recoquatur in 
*vitis albae aqua, ut dilutius fitfulphur. detar agro-, nam damones fmt morbi 
(faith Rich, Argentine lib» de frafiigiis damonum cap. tilt.) Figet as hath a 
far larger receipt to this purpofe, which the faid Wecker cites out of Wie- 
fas. Kc /Aphuris, vini, bituminis, opoponacis, galbani, caflorei, &c. Why 
fweet perfumes, fires and fo many lights fliould bee ufed in fuch places* 
Erne (I us B urgeavias JLucern a vita & mortis, and Fortunius Lycetus ailigns 
this caufe , quod his boni Genii mali ane animi, becaufe good 
fpirits are well pleafed with; but evil abhor them. And therefore thofc 
old Gentiles, prefent Mahometans, and Papifts have continual! lamps 
burning in their Churches all day, and all night, lights at funerals* and 
in their graves* lucerne ardentes ex auro liquefaffo for many ages to indurc 
(faith Lazias )ne damones corpus Udant*, lights ever burning,as thofe 
Vdlal Virgins, Pythonyjfa maintained heretofore, with many fuch, of 
which read Tojlatus in 2 Reg. cap. 6. quaff. 43. Thyreus cap• Mi 58, 
de locis infctUs , Pi floritis ifagogf de damombusy &c, fee more in them. 
the party affected, wink altogether in ftfch a cafe, if 
hee fee ought that offends .dm, or cut the Air with a fword in fuch pla- 
ces they walk and abide 5 gladiis emm & laneeis terrentur, fhootapiflol 
t Afttlqui folia 
fmt hanc her- 
bam ponere i» 
CotmiterU idc§ 
quod, &c. iJarc 3. Sed. 4. 
Religious-UHeUncbolj, 
Me mb. 2. Subf. 6. 
at them, for being aerial bodies (as Calius Rhedtgtnus Uh. 1. cap, a9.7er~ 
tulhanfongeny Ffellas, and many hold) if druckcn, they feel pain. Papifls 
commonly injoynand apply erodes, holy-water, fandified beads, A- 
muldts, mufick, ringingot bells, for to that end are they confecrated, 
?nd by them baptized, Cbaradcrs, counterfeit reliques, fo many Maf- 
fes Peregrinations, oblations, adjurations, and what not i Alexander 
Albertinus a Rocha, Fetrns Thyreus, and Hiercnymus Mengus, with many 
other Pontificial writers, preferibe and fet down fcveral "forms of exor- 
cifms, as well to tioufes poffcffcd with Devils , as to daemcniacal per- 
fons 5 but lam oft Lemnius mind, ’tis but damrwja adjuratio, aut potius 
ludificatio , a meer mockagc, a counterfeit charm, to no purpofe, they 
arcibpperies and fidions, as that abfurd * dory is amongft the reft, of 
a penitent woman feduced by a Magician in France, at S. dawn, exof- 
cifedby Dcmphius, Michaelis, and a company of circumventing Friers. 
If any man (faith Lemnius) will attempt fuch a thing, without all 
thofe jugling circumdances, Adrological eledions of time, place, pro- 
digious habits, fudian, big, fefquipedal words, fpells, erodes, chat- 
raders, which exorcids ordinarily ufe, let him follow the example of 
Feterzndfohn, that without any ambitious fweliing terms , cured a 
lathe man, Aft, In the name of thrift tfefus rife and walk. His ‘Name 
alone is the bed and onely charm againd all fuch diabolical illufions; fo 
doth Origen advife, and fo chrjfofome, Haec erit till baculus, hac turris in- 
expugnabilis , hac armatur a. Nos quid h*c Jicemus , f lures fortafje ex- 
peftabunt, faith S. Aufiin. Many men will defire my couhfcl and opini- 
on, what’s to bee done in this behalf < I can fay no more, quam ut vert 
fide, qua per dileftionem operatur, ad Deum unum fugiamus, let them fly to 
6od alone for help. Athanapusln his book De variis quafl. prefenbes 
as a prefent charm againd Devils, the beginning of the 67. Ffilm, Fxur- 
gat Dcm, dppentur inimici, &c, But the bed remedy is to flie to God, 
to call on him, hope, pray, trud, rely on him, to commit our dives whol- 
ly to him. What the pradice of the Primitive Church was in this behalf, 
jEt quis damenta ejtctendi modus, read Wierus at large, Uh. 5. de Cura, Lam, 
metef, cap, 38. & deinceps. 
t Von. defunt 
noitrd retate 
facrifieuli,qtii 
tale quid atten- 
tant, fed a ca- 
codamne irrifi 
fadgre fuffeffi 
funt,& re in- 
fetid abierunt. 
* Done into 
Englifti by W. 
S, 
Lad of all: If the party affeded (hall certainly know this malady to 
have proceeded from too much fading, meditation, precife life, con- 
templation of Gods judgements ( for the Devil deceives many by fuch 
means ) in that other extreme hec circumvents Melancholy it fell, read- 
ing fomc Books, Treatifes, hearing rigid Preachers, &c. If hee (hall 
perceive that it hath begun firft fromfome great lofs, grievous accident, 
difafter, feeing others in like cafe, or any fuch terrible object, let him 
fpeedily remove the caufe, which to the cure of this diftafe Navarrus 
fomuch commends, avertat cogitationem are fcrupulofa, by all oppo- 
liteincans, art, and indudry, let him Uxare animum, by all honeft recre- 
ations, refreih and recreate his didrefTed foul*, let him dired his thoughts, 
by himfelf and other of his friends. Let him read no more fuch trads 
or fubjeds, hear no more fuch fearful tones, avoid fuch com- 
panies, and by all means open himfelf, fubmit himfelf to the advice of 
good Phyficians and Divines, which is contravenm ferupulorum, as hee 
Tom.z. tap. 17. 
num. zBj. Parc 5.5cd.4. 
Cure of ‘Defy air. 
Memb.2.Subf.6 
calls it, hear them (peak to whom the Lord hath given the tongue of 
the learned , to bee able to minifter a word to him that is weary, whole 
words are as flagons of wine. Let him not bee obftinate, head-ftrong , 
peevilh, wilful, felf conceited (as in this malady they are ) but give car 
to good advice, bee ruled and perfwaded5 and no doubt but fuch 
good counfel may prove as profperous to his foul3 as the Angel was to 
Feter, that opened the Iron-gates, loofed his bands, brought him out of 
prifon, and delivered him from bodily thraldbme 5 they may cafe his af- 
flicted mind, relieve his wounded loul, and take him out of the jaws of 
Hell it felf. I can fay no more, or give better advice to fuch as are any 
way diftrefled in this kinde, than what 1 have given and fetid. Onely take 
this for a corollary and conclufion, as thou tendreft thine own welfare in 
this, and all other melancholy, thy good health of body and mind, ob. 
ferve this Ihort Precept, Give net way to folitarinefs and idlenefs. Bee 
not [olitarj, bee not idle. 
Navarrus. 
Ifa, jo. 4. 
Sperate Miseri, 
Cavete Fcclices* 
Vis d dubio liber ari ? <vis quod incertum eft entadere ? Age poeni- 
tentiam dum /anus fie agens, dico tibi quod fecurus es, quod poeni- 
tentiam tgifii eo tempore quo peccare potuifti, Auftin. 
I 1 N 1 S. The Table, 
Aftrological figns of love 447 
Arhcifts defcribed > 683 
Averters of melancholy jBB 
Aurum potabile cenfured, approved 371 
A 
Tage 
ABfence acute of love-aelanch. 5Ta 
Abfenceover long, caufe of jealoufie 
599 
Academicorum Errata *4*,139 
Abftinence commended 256 
Adverfity why better than profpcricy 338 
of melancholy 11 
ofjealouiie J9l 
hatred, faction, defire of re- 
venge,caufes of mel.i 02.their cure 347 
Affections whence they arife 25. how 
they transform us 5. of Beeping and 
wakin<* 24 
Affection in melancholy what 3» 
Againft abufes,repulfe,injuries, contume- 
ly, difgraces, feoffs 350 
Againft envy, livor, hatred, malice 3 3 
Againft forraw, vain fears, death of 
friends 34° 
Air how it caufech melancholy Ba. how 
rectified it cureth melanch. iip.aUj 
Air in love 457 
B 
BAniftiments effects 170. his cure and 
Antidote 3 39 
Bald lafeivious 603 
Barrennels what grievances it caufeth 171 
Barrcnnefs caufe of Jealoufie 602 
Barren grounds have beft air 260 
Bafhfulnefs a fymptome of melanch. 187 
of love-melancholy 502. cured 396 
Bafencfs of birth no difparagement 312 
Bathes rectified 237 
Bawds a caufe of love-melancholy 498 
Bawm good againft melancholy 368 
Beafts and birds in love 436 
Beats of lovers 494 
Beef a melancholy meat 6 6 
Beer cenfured 71 
Beft fine of an houfc 261 
Beauties definition 404. cure of me 1.467 
defcribed 462. in parts 46 3. commen- 
Aereal Devils 40 
All are melancholy 3 3 
All beautiful parts attractive in love 463 
Alkermes good againft melancholy 393 
Aloes his virtues 37® 
Alteratives in phyfick to what ufe 367 
asainft melancholy 3 89,398 
dation 453. attractive powers preroga- 
tives, excellency, how it caufeth mel. 
456,468. makes grievous wounds, ir- 
refiftible 461. more beholding to arc 
than nature 469. brittle and uncertain 
560. cenfured 562. a caufe of jealoufie 
601, beauty of God 634 
Ambition defined, defcribed,caufe of me- 
lancholy 103,112. ofherefie 647. hin- 
ders and fpills many matches 579 
Amiablenefs loves object. 412 
Amorous objects caufes of love-melan- 
choly 481’494 
Amulets controverted, approved 3 94 
Angers description, effects, how it caufeth 
melancholy 10 r 
Antimony a purger of melancholy 377 
Anthony inveigled by Cleopatra 47<5 
Apology of love-melancholy 4°^ 
Appetite *4 
Apples good or bad how 
Apparel and Cloaths-. a caufe of love-me- 
lancholy 473 
Aqueducts of old 233 
Arteries what 16 
Artificial Air againft melancholy 261 
Artificial allurements of love 469 
Arminians Tenents 7*5 
Art of memory ~4 
Aftrological Aphorifms» bow available , 
figns or caufes of melancholy 57 
Bezoars-ftonegood againft melanch. 39a 
Black eyes beft. 464 
Black fpocs in the nails figns of mel. 58 
Black man a pearl in a womans eye 454 
Biafphemy how pardonable 713 
Blindnefs of lovers 519 
Blood-letting when- and how cure of me- 
lanch. 384 
Blood-letting and purging, how caufes of 
melancholy 80 
Blow on the head caufe of melanch. 176 
Body melancholy his caufes 178 
Bodily fymptomes of melancholy 178, of 
love-melancholy 503 
Bodily exercifes 268. body how it works 
onthemind 89,174,189 
Books of all forts 280,281 
Borage and Buglofs, foveraign xherbs a- 
gainlf melanch. 370. their wines and 
ju ice moft excellent 3 74 
Brain diftempered how caufe of melan- 
choly 174. his parts anatomized 19 
Brpari anrl heeT hoW caufes Ofmel, 7® The Table. 
Brow and fore-head, which are moftplea- 
Ting 463 
Brute beafts jealous 594 
Bufinefs the beft cure of love-mel. 545 
Confidence in his Phyfician half a 0116229 
Conjugal love beft ' 443 
Continual cogitation of his Mi ft refs a 
fymptomeof love-mel. 512 
Conscience troubled a caufe of defpair 
Confidence what it is - 29 
Contention,brawling,law-fuitSjeffe&s 169 
Continent or inward caufes of mel. 17 z 
Cookery taxed 70 
Content above all 3 2 5. whence to be had 
Ardans Father conjured up feven de- 
vils at once 41. had a fpirit bound 
to him _ 46 
Cards and Dice cenfured, approved 274 
Carp fillies nature 68 
Cares effe&s 107 
C 
Caraplafms and Cerots for melanch, 37 5 
Caufe of difeafes 2 
Caufe immediate of mel. fymptomes 20$ 
Caufes of honeft love 420. of heroical 
love 44 3. of jealoufie 600 
Cautions againft jealoufie 629 
Centaury good againft melancholy 367 
Charls the Great enforced to love bafely 
by a Philter 481 
Change of countenance, fign of love-me- 
lancholy 5 06 
Charity described 424. defects of it 429 
CharaCler of a covetous man 114 
Charls ike fixth King of France mad for 
anger 105 
Chcfs-play cenfured 274 
Chiromantical figns of Melancholy 59 
Chirurgical remedies of Melancholy 382 
Cholerick melancholy figns 192 
Chorus fanCti Viti a difeafe 1 o 
Chymical phyfick cenfured 387 
Circumftancesincreafing jealoufie 602 
Cities recreations 274 
Civil Lawyers miferies 134 
Climes and particular places, how caufes 
of love-mel. 449 
Cloaths a meer caufe of good refpeCt I^6 
thid. 
Contentions cure 35-7 
Coftivenefs to fome a caufe of mel. 7 8 
Coftivenefs helped 40 e 
Correctors of accidents in mel. 394 
Correctors to expel vvindinefs and co- 
ftivenefs helped 401 
Cordials againft melancb. 388 
Covetoufnefs defined, defcribccj, how it 
caufeth melancholy 114 
Counfel againft mel. 289. and 556. cure 
of jealoufie 619. of defpair 705 
Cuckolds common in all ages 616 
Country recreations 273 
iealoUS 599 
Cupids two darts to caufe & cure love 175 
Cupping-glafleSjCauteries how and when 
ufedtomel. 388 
Cuftome of diet, delight of appetite, how 
to be kept and yeelded to 79 
Cure of mel. unlawful rejected 219.fr0m 
God 222. ofhcad-melanch. 370. over 
all the body 494, of hypochondriacal 
melancholy 39 5. of* love-melanch.s43 
of jealoufie 618. of defpair 70 5 
Cure of mel. in himfelf 28 6, or friends 
294 
Cunofity described, his effects 166 
Cloatbs caufcs of love-mel. 47 3 
Clyfters good for mel. 4©o 
Coffa a Turky cordial drink 392 
Cold air caufe of melancholy 83 
Colonies to be fent whither 591 
Combats 58 
X> 
D Anting, masking, mumming, cenfu- 
red, approved 491,493,45)4. their 
effects, how they caufe love-melan.4p2 
how fymptomes of lovers 535 
Comets above the Moon 251 
Compound Alteratives confuted* appro- 
ved 368. compound purgers of mclan. 
377. Compound wines for mel. 583 
Community of Wives a cure jealoufie 
622 
Complement and good carriage caufes of 
love-mel. 471 
Confections 8c conferves againft mel.374 
ConfeiTton of his grief to a friend, a prin- 
cipal cure of melancholy 293 
Deformity of body no mifery 312 
3)eath fore-told by fpirics 4% 
Death of friends caufe of mel. 1 6 2 
other effects Hid. how cured 3 37 death 
advantageous ' 344 
Defpair, equivocations 693. caufcs spy. 
fymptomes 701." Prognofticks 704 
Cure 705 
Diet what and how caufeth mel. 64 
quantity 72- diet of divers nations 75. 
Diet how rectified to cure 231 The Table. 
In quantity 234 
Diet a caufe of a cure, 552 
Digrefiion againfi: all manner ofdifcori- 
tents, 307. digrefiion of air, 240. of 
Anatomy, 13. of devils and fpirits, 39 
Difcommodides of unequal matches 628 
Difcontents,cares,miferies, caufes of mel. 
105. how repelled and cured by good 
counfel 293, 307 
Difpafes why infixed upon us, 3. Their 
Excentricks arid Epiciclcs exploded, 2* i 
Exercife if immoderate, caufe of mel. 84. 
before meals vvholfome, ibid, exercife 
rectified, 267. feveral kinds, when fit, 
278. exercifes of the mind 277, 279 
Exbtick andflrange fimples cenfured, 375 
Exftafis ibid. 
Eyes maininftruments of 10ve,4 52. loves 
darts,46 5. feats,orators,arrows,torches, 
466, how they pierce 470 
number, definition,divifion, 6. difeafes 
of the head,7.dileafes of the mind more 
grievous than thofe of the body 216 
a caufe of 
bycounfel 363 
Difiimilar parts of the body * 4 
Diftemper of particular parts, caufes of 
mel. and how *74 
Devils how they caufe mel«ncholy,4l>4.2* 
their beginning,nature,conditions,ibid, 
fed pain: fwife in motion, mortal, 40, 
their orders, 43. power, 51. how they 
caufe religious-melancholy, 642. how 
defpair, 69%, Devils are often in love, 
437. fball befaVed, as Tome hold 716 
FAces prerogative, a moft attraaive 
.part 462,463 
Faffing caufe of melancholy, 7 5, a cure of 
love-mel. 346. abufed, the Devils in- 
ffrumentSjtf 5 58. effects of it ibid. 
Fayries ,47 
Fear caufe of mel. his effects, 97. fear of 
death, deftinies fore-told, 165.a fymp- 
tome of mel.lBl .fignoflove-mel.s 18. 
antidote to fear 340 
Fenny foul mel. 67 
Flaxen h air a great motive of love 47 3 
Flegmacick melancholy figns 191 
Fires rage 4 
F 
Divine fentences 359 
Divines miferies, 135. with the caufes of 
their miferies *37 
Divers accidents caufing mel. 163 
•Dreams and their kinds 24 
Dreams croublefome, how to bee amend- 
ed 389 
Drunkards children often mel. 61 
Drunkennefs taxed 7h 
Dowry and mony main caufes of love- 
melancholy 478 
Dotage what 8 
Dotage of lovers ■ tT> 
Fiery Devils 45 
Fifb, what melancholy; 67 
Fifligpod 934 
Fifhesinlove -437 
Fifhing and fowling how and when good 
exercife 269 
Fools often beget wife men? 42, by love 
become wife S3s 
Force of imagination 91 
Friends a cure of mel. , 29$ 
Fruits caufing mel. 67. allowed ,234 
Eumi^ory purgeth melancholy 369 
6 
T} Archs motion examined, 2 - ■. compafs, 
XJ<center,&c. a» fit animat* 253 
Education a caufe of mcl. 144 
Election mif-conceivedjcaufe of defpair, 
713»714>7I 5 
Elemeric of fire exploded 251 
Effeftsoflove 537, 340 
Envy and malice caufe of melancholy 100 
their antidote 347 
Epicurus vindicated 289 
Epicurus medicine for mcl. 303 
Epicures, Athens, Hypocrites, how mad , * 
and melancholy 683 
Epithalamium 589 1 
Eunuches why kept, and where 611 
Evacuations how they caufe mel. 78 < 
E 
f Aming a caufe of melancholy, his et- 
Vj fects up 
Gardens offimples where., to vvhac end^ 
37* 
Gardens for pleafurc # 271 
General toleration of Religion) by whom 
permitted, and why r.: 
Gentry, whence it came firft, ? *4* kafe 
without means, ibid, vices accompany- 
ing kjlbid, true gencrywhence, 3*6 
gentry commended 31® 
Gefture caufe of love-met* 47* 
Gifts and promifes of great force amonglt 
lovers • 4^4 
Gods juft judgement caufe of melancholy, 
a, foie caufe fometimes 37 
Geography commended *Bo The Table. 
Geometry, Arithmetick, Algebra, com- 
mended ‘284 
Gold good againft mel. 371. a moft beau- 
tiful object 418 
Good counfel a tharm to melancholy, 
*73. good counfel for love-fick per- 
fons, 564. againft mel. it felf, 360. for 
fuck as are jealous 615 
Great men moft part unhoneft 603 
Griftlewhac Ij 
Guts defcribed 17 
Fes, inward, outward, 180, fymptome 
199. cure of it,408. Hypocondries mif- 
affecced, caufes 17 r 
I Dlenefs a main caufe of mel. 85 
Of love-mel. 450. of jealoufie jpg 
Jealoufie a fymptome of mel. 185. defi- 
ned, defcribed, 591.0f Princes, 593, of 
brute beafts, 594. caufes of it,596,599. 
fymptomes of it, CoS, prognoftieks, 
T nll'Cmt ofit 5,632, &c. 
Jefts how and when to be ufed 151 
Jews Religious fymptomes 661 
Ignorance the mother of devotion 655 
Ignorance commended 3 5 j 
Ignorant perfons ftill circumvented 65 6 
Imagination what 25. his force and ef- 
T feas . . f 9i,9J,p|,94 
Immaterial mel. a 4 
I 
n 
HAnds and paps how forcible in love- 
mclanch. 454 
Hard ufage a caufe of jealoufie 599 
Hawking and hunting, why good 269 
Hatred caufe of mel. 100 
Hereditary difeafes fa 
Head melancholies caufes, 175, fymp- 
tomes, 198. his cure r 393 
Heavens penetrable, 2 5 2. infinitely fwifc, 
253 
Hearing what 22 
Heat immoderate caufe of met. 83 
Health a precious thing ’ 170 
Hell where 246 
Help from friends againft mel. >• 294 
Hellebor white and black purger s of mel. 
3 78. black his virtues and hiftdry 13 79 
Hemorrogia caufe of mel. 78 
Hemrods flopped caufe of mel. 77 
Herbs caufing mel. 68. curing mel. 234 
proper to moft difeafes ibid, 
Hereticks their conditions 657 
- their fymptomes 666 
Hefoical loves pedegrec, power, extent, 
43 3.definition, part affected,44o. ty- 
ranny. ibid 
Hippocrates jealoufie 600 
Hippocrates defcribed 691 
Hdneft objects 6f love 421 
Hope, a cure of mifery 344 
Hope and fear, the Devils main engins to 
entrap the world' 1r 651 
Hope, good againft melanch. 378 
Hot Countries apt and prone to jealoufie 
:*\l ■'■ 601 
Horfe-leeches how and when ufed in me- 
lancholy fy 392,399 
How oft ’tis fit to eat in a day 235 
How to refift palfions 287 
Hcvv men fall in love 46 8 
Humouf s what they are 14 
Hydrophobia defcribed 10 
Hypocondriacal melancholy his cau- 
Immortality of the foul prov’d, impug- 
ned by whom a? ,6po 
Importunity and opportunity caufe of 
loye-mel. 480. of jealoufie 607 
Impri fonment caufe of mel. 152 
Impoftures of Devils 6a.S 
_of Politicians, 647. of Priefis 649 
Impediments of lovers 585 
Impotency a caufe of jealoufie 598 
Impulfive caufe of mans mifery 2 
Incubi and fuccubi 43 g- 
Inconftancy of lovers $63,564 
Inconftancy a fign of mel. 185 
Infirmities of body and mind, what grie- 
vances they caufe 173 
Inner fenfes defcribed 23 
Injuries and abufes rectified 
Inftrumental caufes of difeafes 3 
Inftrumental caufe of mans mifery, 3.6 c 4 
Interpreters of dreams 24 
Inundations fury 4 
Joy in excefs caufe of met. 126 
Irrigations for mel. 40 j 
Iffues when ufed in mel. 383 
Inward caufes of mel. 172 
17 Ings and Princes difcoiftcnts Ito 
IV.Killing a main caufe of 
a fymptome of love-mel. 5°6 
K 
L 
LAbour, bufinefs, cure of love-mel.s 5 3 
Lapis ArmentWy his virtues againft 
melancholy _ 379 
Lafcivious meats to bee avoided 460, $46 
Laurel a purge for mel. 376 
Laws againft Adultery 61» The Table, 
Leo decimus the Popes riot 70 
his fcoffing tricks 149 
Leoline Prince of Wales his fabmilTion 
3S? 
Lraeata petra the cure of lovc-fick per- 
fons 5-73 
Liberty of Princes and great men, how a- 
bufed 607 
Libraries commended 282 
Liver his fice,i6. caufe ofmel.diftempers, 
if hoc or cold 174 
Lofs of liberty caufe of mel, iyo. fervi- 
tude, imprifonmenc,caufe of mel. 152 
Loffes in general how offend 164 
caufe of defpair 541. how eafed 344 
Love of gaming and pleafures, immode- 
rate caufe of mel. 117 
Love of learning, over-much ftudy caufe 
of mel. 127 
Melancholy. 
Melancholy in difpofidon, mel. equivoca- 
tions, 1 i.definition, name, difference, 
31 .part and parties affected in melan- 
choly, his affection, 32. matter, 34. 
fpecies'or kinds of mel. 3 y. mel. an he- 
reditary difeafe, 61. meats caufing it, 
antecedent caufes, particu- 
lar parts, 174. fymptomes of it, 178. 
they are paffionatc above meafure, hu- 
mours, 186. melancholy aduft fymp- 
tomes, 19a. mixt fymptomes of mel. 
with other difeafe?, 194. melanch. a 
caufe of jealoufie, 631. of defpair, 695. 
melancholy men why witty, 207. why 
fo apt to laugh, 
why they fee vifions, hear ftrangenoi- 
fes, fpeak untaught languages, prophe- 
fie,&c. > 208,209 
Loves beginning, obje&, definition) divi- 
fion, 411,422. love made the world, 
416. love’s power, 43 y- in vegetals , 
436, in fenfible creatures, 437. loves 
power in Devils and Spirits, 438. in 
men, 440. love a difeafe, 538, 596. a 
fire, 516.10ves paflionSj 512. phrafes of 
lovers, $22. their vain willies arid at- 
tempts) 529. lovers impudent) 525?. 
couragious, 527. wife, valiant, free, 
533. neat in Apparel, 535. Poets, Mu- 
sicians, Dancers* 53 3. loves effeils, 
549, love loft revived by fight, 550. 
love cannot be compelled 579 
Love and hate fymptomes of religious me- 
lancholy 660,661 
Lycanchropia defcribed 9 
Menftrms Concubitus can fa mdanc. 63 - 
Memory his feat 
Men reduced by fpirits in the night 48 
Metempfycholis 26 
Met all, minerals for mel. 3 70 
Meteors Arrange, how caufed 3^o 
Metopofcopy fore-ftiewing me I. 59 
Milk a melancholy meat 6j 
Minde how it Works on the body 89 
Minerals good againft mel. 370 
Minifters how they caufe defpair 698 
Mirach, mefentery, matrix, meferiack 
veins caufes of mel. J 7 y- 
Mirabolanes purgers of mel. 378 
Mirth and merry company excellent a- 
gainft mel. 281. their aoufes 305 
Miferies of man, 1 .how they caufe mel.i 06. 
284* common miferies, 105 . miferies of 
both forts, 346.n0 man free,miferies cr- 
fects in us, fent for our good, 31 o. mi- 
feries of Students and Scholars 127 
TV/f Adnefs defcribed ,8. The extent of 
VJ‘mel. 213. A fymptome and effe& 
of love-mel. 542 
Made difhes caufe mel. 70 
Maids, Nuns, Widdovvs mel. 202 
Magicians how they caufe mel. 53 
how they cure it 2 20 
Mahometans their fymptomes 67 I 
Mans excellency, mifery 1 
M 
Mitigations of Melancholy 360 
Monies prerogatives 41 g 
Moon inhabited, 2 54. Moon in love 444 
Moving faculty described 35 
Mother how caufe of met. 62 
Mufick a prefent remedy for mel. his ef- 
Man the greateft enemy to man 4, & 5 
Many means to divert lovers, 549. To 
cure them 556 
unfortunate,caufe of me 1.168 
beft cure of love-mel an 573* Marriage 
helps, 627. miferies, 565. benefits and 
commendation 590 
Mathematical ftudies commended aBi 
Medicines felect for melanch.3 6*. againft 
wind and coftivenefs, 401. for love 
fects, 299. a fymptome of lovers, 53 5 
caufeso£ love-mel. 491 
JV 
melanch. figns ,9° 
Natural figns of love-mel. 503 
Narrow flreecs where in ufe 2^l 
Nakednefs of parts a caufe of love-mel. 
472.* cure of love-mel. 559 
Necefltty to what it inforcfcth 78,159 
Neglect and contempt, bed: cures of The Table. 
jealoufie 616 
Nemefis or punifhment comes after 35 J 
Nerves what 15 
News mofi welcome 27 s 
Non-neceffary caufes of Melancholy 142 
Nobility cenfured 315 
Nuns Melancholy 202 
Nurfe how caufe of melancholy 142,143 
Paramedical difeourfe to fuch as are trou- 
bled in mind 70 6 
Penirial good againft mel. 378 
Perfwafion a means to cure love-mel. 564 
other mel. 296 
Perjury of lovers 501. pardoned 496 
Perverfnefs and pride of lovers 581 
Phantafie what 24 
Philippus Bonus how hee ufed a Country- 
O 
OBje&s caufing melancholy to bee re- 
moved 549 1 
Obftacles and hinderanccs of lovers 574 1 
Occafions to be avoided in love-mel. 56 
Odoraments to fmell to for mel, 393 1 
Old folks apt to he jealous 598 
Old folks incontinency taxed 61 f 
Old age a caufe of mel. 60. Old mens 
Sons often melanch. 6 3 
One love drives out another 554 
Opinions of or concerning the Soul 27 
Opprefiions eflfc&s 170 
Opportunity and importunity caufes of 
love-mel. 480 
Organlt-dl paaus jy 
Oaches of lovers pardoned, unkept, fre- 
quent £ . A°6 
Over-much joy, pride, praife, how caufes 
of melancholy 121 
Ointments for melancholy 371 
Ointments riotoufly ufed 47 6 
fellow 278 
Philofophers cenfured 12 2. their 
Philters caufe of love-mel. 498 
how they cure melancholy 572 
Phlebotomy caufe*of mel. 80. how to bee 
ufed ,when Jn melancholy 393. inhcad- 
mel. 397 
Phrenfies defcription 8 
Phyficians miferies 133. his qualities if 
nee bee good 227 
Phyfick cenfured 3 59. commended 364 
when to bee ufed ibid, 
Phyfiogncmical figns of mel. 5 9 
PicWes good againft mel. 279, caufe 
love-mel. 4P4 
planets inhabited *53 
Plagues effects 4 
pi a yes more famous 274 
pleafant Palaces 26 j 
Pleafant objects of love 419 
Plcafing tone and voice a caufe of love- 
melancholy 492 
P 
T)Alcnefs and leannefs, fymptomes of ] 
* love-melancholy 503 ] 
Papifts religious fymptomes 671 ; 
Paraeelfus defence of Minerals 372 
Parents bow they wrong their children 
578. how they caufe mel, by propaga- 
tion 61. how by remifnefs and indul- 
gence # 145 
PaiTions and perturbations caufes of mel. 
89. bow they work ©n the body 90. 
their divifions 97. how redified and 
eafed 2 89 
particular cures of all three kinds of me- 
lancholy 48 2 
Particular parts diftempered , how they 
caufe mel. * 174 
Parties affeited in religious-mel. 641 
PaiTions of lovers 418,419 
Patience a cure of mifery 351 
Patient, his conditions that would bee cu- 
red 228. Patience, confidence, libera- 
lity,not topra&ife on himfelf 23o.what 
beemuftdo himfelf 291. reveal his 
grief to a friend 293 
poets why poor 132 
Poetry a fymptome of lovers 539 
Poetical cures of love-melanch. 577 
Poor mens miferies 157. their happinefs 
3 3 7. they are dear to God 343 
Politicians pranks 647 
Pork a melancholy meat 66 
Pope Leo Decimus his fcoffing 149 
PoffelTion of Devils 10 
Power of fpirits 5 0 
Poverty and want caufes of melan. their 
effers 154 
no fuch mifery to bee poor 319 
preparatives and purges for mel. 3% 
Predeftination mifconfirued, a caufe of 
defpair 715 
Priefts how they caufe religious-mel. 649 
Princes difcontents 110 
Pride and praife caufes of mel anch. 121 
Preventions to the cure of Jealoufie 623 
■ Progrefs of love-mel- exemplified 487 
: Prognofticks or events of love-mel. 549 
1 of defpair 6$ o. of jealoufie 616. of 
melancholy* 212 The Table* 
Precedency what ftirsit caufeth 102 
Pretious ftones, metals,altering mel» 370 
Profpedgood againft mel. 2 52 
Profpericy a caufe of mifery. 347 
Profitable objedls of love , 417 
Prxeftadons and deceitful promifes of 
lovers 40 6 
z Self-love caufe of mel. his effeils I2i 
5 Senfiblefoal and his parts 22 
i Senfes why and how deluded in mel. 21 o 
f Sentences felecced out of humane Au- 
thors _ 3j9 
' Servitude caufe of mel. 1 ?2, it and Impri- 
fonment eafed 338 
Several mensdelighcs and recreations 254 
Severe Tutors and Guardians caufes of 
melancholy 144 
Shame and difgrace how caufes of melan- 
choly, their effects pp 
Sicknefs for our good 513 
Sighs and tears fympt. of love-mel. 503 
Sighr a principal caufe of love-mel. 452 
Signs ofhoneft love 525 
Pfeudoprophets their pranks syg. Their 
fymptomes 572 
Pulfe, peafe, beans, caufe of mel. 58 
Pulfe of mel. men how ’ds affe&ed 179 
Pulfe a fign of love-mel. 50 $ 
Purgers & preparatives to head-mel. 3 8 % 
Purging firaples upwards 375. downward 
378 
Purging how caufe of mel. 79 
SL 
Simples cenfured proper to mel.3 66S\t to 
bee known 367. purging mel. upward 
376. downward purging fimples 378 
Similar parts of the body 1 y 
Singing a fymptome of lovers, 532, caufe 
of love-mel anch. 484 
Sin the impulftve caufe of mans mifery 2 
Single life and virginity commended 570 
their prerogatives * ibid. 
SI a very of I overs 525 
Sleep and waking caufes of. mel anch- 88 
by what means procured, helped 396 
Small bodies have greateft wits 313; 
Smelling what 23 
Smiling a caufe of lovc-mel, 471 
Sodomy ' _ 441 
Souldiefs moft part lafcivious 603 
Solitarinefs caufe of mel.B7.coact,volun- 
tary, how good 88. fignofmel. 188 
Sorrow his effect 96. a caufe of mel. 95.a 
fympt.of mel.i 83.eafed by counfel 340 
Soul defined, his faculties, 2-6. ex traduct 
QUantity of diet caufe 71 
_ cure of mel, 213 
K 
RAtionalfoul 25 
Reading Scriptures good againft me- 
lancholy 283 
Recreations good againft mel. 264 
Rednefs of the face helped 3 97 
Regions of the belly 18 
Relation or hearing a caufe of love-me- 
lancholy 45 a 
Religious-mel. a diftlnft fpecies,his objeil 
6 33. caufes of it <542. fymptomes 558 ■ 
Prognofticks 67?. cure 580. religion, I 
policy, by whom 646 1 
Repentance his effe&s 709 I 
Retention 8c evacuation caufes of mel. 7 8 I 
Resided to the cure 237 
Rich mens difconcents and miferies 115, * 
. 3 3°, 33 2. their prerogatives 1y y 
Rivals and corrivals 595 * 
Roots cenfured t 69 
Rofte-crofs-mens promifes 28 y 
Riot in Apparel, excefs of it,a great caufe 
of love mel. 47(5,482,483 
as fome hold _ 25 
Spleen bis fite, 17. how mif-affected caufe 
of mel. 174 
Spices how caufes of mel# ■ 70 
Spirits in the body what 14,15 
Spirits and Devils their orders, kinds, 
power, See. 4? 
Spots in the Sun 257 
Sprucenefs a fymptome of lovers 534 
Stars how caufes or figns of mel. 57. of 
love-met. 443. of jealoufie 5 
Step-mother her milchiefs J 6g 
Stomach diftempered caufe of mel. 174 
Stones like birds, beads, fifties, &c. 244 
Stewes why allowed 624 
Strange Nurfes when bed 143 
Study overmuch caufe of mel.i 2 5 why Sc 
SAincsaid reje&ed in mel. 224 
Sailers cenfured 67 
Sanguine mel. figns 191 
Scilla or Sca-Onyon, a purger of mel. 376 
Scipio’s continency y yi 
Scoffs, calumnies, bitter lefts, how they 
caufe mel. 148. their Antidote. 3yp 
Scholars miferies 129 
Scripture mifeonftrued caufe of religious- 
mel. 713. cure of mel. 284 
Scorzonera good againft me!. 3 <5B 
Sea-fick good phyfick for spel. 369 
S The Table. 
how 126, 193, 207. ftudy good Againft 
melanch. 278» 279 
Subterranean Devils 50 
Supernatural caufes of mel. 37 
Sufpition and jealoufie fympt. of mel. 
Variation of the compafs where 241 
Variety of meats and dijfhes caufe mel. 
235 
Variety of miftreffes and objects a cure of 
melanch. 
185. how cauled i 206 
Superfluous effe&s, fymptomes 66 5 
how it domineers 640, &6j 
Surfeiting and drunkennefs taxed 72 
Swallows, Cuckows, &c. where are they 
in winter 242 
Sweet tunes and finging, caufes of love- 
melancholy 484 
Symptomes or figns of md. in the body? 
178. mind, 180. from ftars, members, 
190. from education, cuftom, continu- 
ance of time> mixt with other difeafes, 
194. Symptomes of head-mel. 198. of 
hypocondriacal mel. 199. of the whole 
body, aoi. Symptomes of Nuns, 
Variety of weather, air, manners, coun- 
tries, whence 248 
Variety of places, change of air, good a- 
gainft mel. 262 
Vegetal foul and his faculties 20 
Vegetal creatures in love 436 
Vegetal foul and his parts 20 
Venus rectified 339 
Venery a caufe of mel. 79 
Virtue and vice principal habits of the 
will 3t 
Venifon a mel. meat 66 
Vices of women 563 
Violent mifery continues not 3 09 
Violent death prognoftickof mel: 214 
event of love-mel. 543. of defpair 545 
by fome defended 216. how to be cen- 
fured 218 
Maids, Widows, mel. 202. immediate 
caufes of mel. fymptomes, 20 5. Symp- 
tomes of love-racl. 503. caufe of thefc 
fympeomes, fymptomes of a lover 
pleafed, 511. dejected, nu. of ci great 
man in love, 36. fymptomes of Jealou- 
fie, 608. of Religious-mel. 660 of dc- 
fpair 701 
Synterefis 29 
Syrupebf Hellcbof 205 
Virginity by what figns to bee known 
61 z 
Virginity commended 570 
rItCX ©r Agnus c aft us good againft love- 
mcL J47 
Underftahding defined, divided 2 8 
Unfortunate marriages effects 111,168 
Unlawful cures of mel. rejected 219 
Unkind friends caufe mel. 169 
Uncharitable men defcribed 43© 
Upftarcs cenfured, their fymptomes 318, 
3*7 
Urine of melancholy perfons 179 
Uxorii 599 
r 
T Ale of a prebend 351 
Tarantula’s ftinging’s effects 171 
Taft what 21 
Temperamenta caufe of love-mel. 456 
Tempeftuous air 5 dark and fuliginous, 
how caufe of mel. 84 
Terreftrial Devil 47 
Terrours and affrights caufe mel. 146 
Theologafters cenfured 257 
The beftcutc-of love-mel, is to let them 
have.their defire 573 
Three degrees of mel. fymptomes 18 6 
Tobacco cenfured 378 
Torments of love 510 
WAlking, {hooting, fwimming, &c. 
good againft mel. 470 
Want of fleep a fymptome of love-mel. 
505 
Wakingcaufe of mel.BB. a fymptome 179 
cured 287 
Wanton carriage and gefturc caufe of 
love-melancholy 47° 
Water Devils 4^ 
Water if foul caufeth met. 70 
Waters cenfured, their effects 71 
Waters, which good 23a 
Waters in love 4*7 
Wearifomenefs of life a fymptome of me- 
lancholy 5*6 
What phy'fick fit in love-mel. 5 39 
Who are moft apt to be jealous 597 
w 
Tranfmigration of fouls 2 6 
Travelling commended, good againft me* 
lancholy, 26for love-melancholy e- 
fpecially 55a 
Tutors caufe mel. 144 
V 
VAin-gloty defcribed, a caufe of me- 
lancholy 121 
Veins defcribed 16 
Valour and courage caufed by love 53a The Tabic. 
Whores properties and conditions 46 y, 
557 
Why good men are often rejected 351 
Why fools beget wife children, wife men 
fools 62 
Will defined, divided, his actions,why 0- 
ver-ruled 29, 30 
Wine caufeth mel. 70,119,112. a good 
cordial againft mel.391. forbid in love- 
nor Saints 224 
Widdovvsmel. . . 203 
Woodbine, Amni, Rue, lettice,how good 
, in love-mel. 546 
Women hovv caufe of mel. 120. their va- 
nity in apparel taxed, 473. how they 
couzen men, 474. by what art, 475- 
their counterfeit tears,497. their vices, 
5 6 h Tasks proper to them againft mel. 
mel. 54 6 
Wind expelled by what medicines 310 
Winds in love 4J7 
Wives cenfured, 57 3. commended 588 
Witty devices againft mel. 55 3> and 298 
Wit proved by love 535 
Withftand the beginnings, a principal 
cure of love-mel. 54? 
Witches power, how they caufe mel. 54 
their transformations how caufed 55. 
286. commended jgg 
Wormwood good againft mel; 
World taxed toy 
Writers of the cure of mel. 593 
Writers of imagination 96. de eonfoUtio- 
ne> 306. of me 1,39,39 3.0f love-mel. 594, 
559, againft idolatry, 668* againft de- 
fpair yd* 
r 
they can cure mel. 220. procure love 
455. not to bee fought to for help aa 1 
YOung man in love with a picture $O7 
Youth a caufc of love-mel anch. 448 
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