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The Argument ofthe Fromi(peice. TEn din in Cl: Squares here feene aparr, 6 Benwh them lauding on hiJ /met, Are joyn•d in one by Cutters art. .A Superflirious rmn you foe: He [affes,pr•yes,'on his Jdoljixt, 1 old Democrirus under a tree, Tormented hope and feare betwixt: Sils on a j1D11e with booke on knee l , For hdlperhaps he takes more paint, .Abo11t him hang there many (eatum, Then 1ho" dDji,Heauen il filfe togaillt. ojcmes,Dogg" andJitch likecrea/rms, .A/1t4 poore Soule, Ipilie thee, 0 f'•vhich he makeJ <.Anatomy, What jlarm inclin'd theejo to be! The feat ofMscke choler to fee, Over hr< head appeam the skye, .And Satiirne Lordofrmlancboly . z Totb'le(t aLan/J{kip of.Jealoufie, Prefints it jelfe «ntoJhim eye. A KingfifiJer,d Swan, anHernt, Trvofighting Cockp you may drfoane, Two roarting Bt~lles each ot/Jer hit; 1'0 a.lfar•/t CODCCf!ling Yenery. SjmboltJ are thefi,I foy noe mort; Conceiue the rejl bj tha~'s afore, 3 Thene.w ojSolitarineffe, A portraitllre doth well exprtjfe, By 'flee ping dog, cat: Buck.f and Doe, Ilam, Conies in the de[art goc: JJatw,orvles tb~Jhady borvttsover, In melancholy darknejfe hovtt, MarkeweU: Iftbtnotas'tjhouldbt, Blame the bad[l!lter andnot me, 4 Jth; under Col111fl~t there doth jland, Inamoraro rvitb (oldtd hand. · Downe hangu hi& htad, tcrft andpolite, Somedittit [ure he doth indite. His I lite and boo~es 'aborJI him lye, .AJ (Jmptomes ofhis vanity. If this doe not moughdi(c!o(t, To paint him,take thy ftlft byth'lloft, s Hypocondriacus leanu on llis ~rme1 Winde in his fide doth him IJ!IICh harme, And troubles himfuU[ore 'God kn~wu, VII uch paint he bath andmany woes. t.About hir» pmes andglaffe• lye, Ntrvly brooght from'• Apothe&41'h Thi& Saturne~satpetls fignifye, 7' ~ufoe them portraid in the siqe. 7 B11t fee the Madman rage dow11eright Withfnriou• lo.kes,ag-Jily fight • Nakedin chaines bo11nd doth he lye, <.Androares <mainc lie knmes not why/ Obftrue him,for .u in agl!!lft, Thine Angry portraiJu;e it was. His pitlure k.ftpe jliU i1> thy prtfonce, Twixt him andthu,thcr's nodiffirellct. I 9 Borage andHellebor jiUtwo fieanu, Sovtraigneplants to purge the vtinu, Ofmelancholy, ana cheare the heart, Ofthofi hlack,.efumes whichm<f.t it[mart, To cleare 1be Braine ofmijlyfogges, Which dull ourfln{tl, andSoule clogges. 'I he bejl mtdicine that ere Godmade For this malady,i(welt ajJaid. 10 NorvlajlofaOtofiUap!m, Preflntedis tbe Authors face; <.Andin that habit rvilichhc wearts, His Image to the world appearu. His minde no art C411 well exprejft, 'That by his writings you may guefft, It was not pride,nor yet vaineglory, (Though others do it commonly) Made him doe this: i[yo11 mrifl know, The Printer wouldmcdt ha11e 11 fa. Thm doe notfowl!t or foo/fi •t it, Deridenor,or detrat1 awhit. Forfrmly a1 thou dDjl hy him, He will doe the {ame againt, T.htD loo~e upon't, hehold and fee~ As thouliJUI it,fo ttli~es tbee, And I for it wiUJlandin view, 'Thine tHPmm1nd, Reader Adew.
ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY C)p,l(;}rif rs,CWtfha!f f(; J.@s cau.scs , qyylfum"j?r:JnuJfr~ 1J Sru&r-afP CUrriJ j if: In three Parflft'ons, w-ith their .scvera!l Scehons, members · \1,(' subfcc'tions , ~(if"':J'h;'"'!J, G}Jk"'Ji,ina,~. (/lt3ftm'cafly. 7'nFJ %- cur l)l . 'BY (pcmvmiuo :Jooiur', Qt-ilh a S"!JncaiP!J';f•u cv:;)uu:J fv ~(; g:flvua':J @""'"m . cr~y: fJJiltun-. aJ·J--reii~ a~ "'::/~~ !}t f{; Jfulh.,._., . Omne nh yunltum. tui misa~it- vfik ')ufc,·,
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HONORATISSIMo DOMINO NON · MIN VS VIRTVTE SV A, 9: V A M G E N E R I S' SPLENDORE, ILLVSTRISSIMO, G_E O .RGI 0 B. ERICLEIO~ MILITI DE BALNEO~ · BARONiDEBERKLE~ . MOUBR EY,SEGRAVE, D.DE BRUSE. VOMI:J\(0 SYO Mi;ltu JXominibt~s Obfir1Jando, HANC SUAM MEL.ANCHOLIAE AN.t\TOMEN, J AM Q_UIN 'To REV!SAM, - D. D. DEM 0 CR IT I) S Junior; p
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Democrillll ]u11ior ad Librum frm11J. VAde Lii?t"• q~alis, non.a~fum dice~e,fwlix, . Tc mfi.f(l;ehcem feccnt Alma•dtes. ~ Vade tamen qu<~eunque lubft,quafeunque per or.al;;n Et Geni11m Dolflirtifac imiterc cui. - · · • Iblandas inte\'cGh<rritcs,myllamque faluta· • 't' · - Mu!arum quamv.is, fi.tiOi lector erit. , · Rura colas,ucbem·, rubeaf~epal2tia B:egU.m, Submilfe, placide, re · fin·~:dentc ger:is• • Nobilis,aut fi·qtris re force·infprxer\t h~h!>S~ Date morigerum,perlegat ufqueluber._ Ell quod nobilita,,ell quorl defiderct h~li0S; , ~'"'• , , Grader b<rcfarfan chart:rplacere pore:!b _ •il' Si quis morofus Catc, terricufque Senaw, • JC : · Hunc ctiam libnlm forte videre vdit, Sive magillratus,nfm re r~vcrenter habero; Sed nullus, mufta; 1101fcafo<mt vfqt~il£. Non vacat his tempus fugitivum impcndere nugis, Nee tales cupio, par mihi lector erit. Si matrona gravis cafu divarterit illuc, Illullris domina, aut te Cemitilfa legat: ·En quod difpliciat, placcat <ijU<l'd for-firan•illis, Ingerere his noli te modo, pan-de tamm. .. At fi virgo tuas dignabitur'indytaJcbarras. Tangcrc,five fchedis ha.<.r;eat ill.<HUiS·" . Da modo te f.acilcm, & qrr~d;~m folia dfe·nfemento, . Conveniant ~t\llis qu~ magis.apta fuis. · - ' Si generofa ancilla tuos auralrna puella ; Vifura ellludos, annue,.paRdclubens. Die utinam nunc ipfc meus • Q nam diligic ill as) In pr~fensefl'et confpiciendushcrus. Ignotus norufve mihi de gencc rogata Sivc aget in ludis, pulpita five coler, Sjve in Lyc<ro)& nugas cvolverir illas; Si quafdam mendas viderit infpiciens, Da veniam Authori; dlces,nam plurimarvellet Expungi, qu<r jam difplicuiffi: fciar. SiveMelancholicus quifquam,fcu blindus A:mat-or, Aulicus aut Civis, feu bene Comptus eques. .Hue appellar, age & tuto te trede legenti, Multa illic for fan non male nata leger. Q!!od fugiat, caveat : quodque';tmplelfal>itull, iaal Pagina fortaflis promeve mulra, porcfr. · At fi quis Medkus coram re fifiet, amice Fac circumfpeCll.-, & teftnc labe ge~as: Invenict namque ipfc meis quoque plurima fcriptis, Non leve fubfidium qua;o fibi for fan erunt. §3 Si ;:Jfo H.ucomic~ JWa ca1.1e m: m~!icap!as.
{ ! I I l I ''si quis Caufidicus cl!artas impingar if\ ~!las, t •• A~ ! .' Nil mihi vobifcum, peffirna turba vale, . ·V Sit nifi vid)onus; &·jurisftne-fraude pcpitus., , , ,j -r 'T Turn legat, &forfan:dottior'inde fi(t, ., ,·_, 1] Si quis cordatas; facili!r, kttorque benignus ·. ""~" 1 Hue oculos vetmr, qu\Evdir<ipf~ - kgat; :' , : nt! Candidus ignofcet,ini:ru·as.nil~pandeJibl!n~r , , ""· , Olfenfus mendis non eritilktuis, ·· ,,,LJ, -~Laudabitnonnulii.Venit·fiRheror ineptus; .. ,, tju/ Liinara &rerfa,& quibenc!:cocfta petit,·!' , Claude cims libvum, nu lla hie nifi ferrea)erb~,· "·'' • p l·::.. ., . Offendcnt'fiomachtim·qu;r mfn1ts api'a·fuurn. .... i.~ 'Atli quis non,eximius de· pleb~poera, . , . , ·:. ;,, . Annue, namque-ifiicphirima fittalcgct,. . , _. '" Nos fumuse rrumcro,nullus rnihi.fpir·at_Apollo; Grandiloquus Vates quilibereife ne9uir._ Si Cril'icus-i.e>dor, tumidus·Cenforquc moldlus0 ZoiJu, & MomUJ ; Ii ·rabiofa··cohors: 1"1 Ringe, frcmc, &noli'titm pandere;tur-bamQiignis ,, j~ . Si occurrat fannisinvidiof:rfuis: · ., : ,,[, Fac fugias., fi nulla tibi fit copia eundi, · 1• .. Conremnes, tacite fcommata<Ju<~:que fcres . ·Frende_ar, allae:ct,vaq.tas gartnitib~s auras ,. Impleat, haud·c-ures,'his placuilfe nefas. · Venl:tj1 ag<!'fiiorfan diverrat purior holpes, Cui que fal~1 ludi, difpliceanique joci, Objiciarque ribi forde~,lafcivaque : dices, Lafciva cfi Domino &Mufa iocofa tuo, Nee fafciva tamen;fi penfitet-omne~ fed dlo, . Sillafoivalic'el.pagin.,vita proba eft, · . Barbarus,indottuique rudis fpetfator iti ifiam . .. 1t.P ',) Si me!fem inrrudat; fufle fugabis cum, . Fungum pelle procui (jtibeo)namqui<!:mihifungo f Conveniuntftomacho nbncminus i!la fuo. Sed nee pdletamen, la!tO omnes accipe vultu, Q!!os, quas, veJ.quales,inde vel unde viros. Gra1uS crit'quieunque venit, gratiffimus hofpes Q!!ifquis erir,facilis difficililque mihi. Nam fi cul~rit, qu;rdam culpalfejuvabit, Culpando fader me-mcliora lequi.. Sed fi laudftrit;neque·laudibus efferar ullis; . Sit f.1tis hilcc mal is oppofuilfe bonum. c:H;rc funt qu;r nolho placuit ma(ldare libdlo, _· Etqu;r dimiuens·diccre jUffit H~l'lls. '/ /' 'I
"\ 1y · Henigoemulingalblone, ' V Thinking ofdivers things tore-known; . , ( When I build Ca!llcs·in ihe dire, · Void offorrow and void offeqre, .,. Pleatlng my felfewith phar:it'itfnie~ fweer; Me thinkes the time runne~ . very ~eer . ' All my joyes to this are• fo11y, _ Naught fo fweet iis melaiid\oly. ·' ' When I lie waking all ajqrleF · '" l,HJ'l Recounting wHitt 1'haue ill .Clone , ''~~r Mythoughtsonmethenty·l'~tinHe, . 1 I '!( Feare and forrow me furpdfe,"' · · , . Whethe r I tarry llill or s oe;o• • . '" Cl] Me thinkes the time moue~ very llow. All my griefes to this ai.e jolly, ).. "' Naught !o fad as melancnoty. :ld When ro my felfc-1 alt .ana frliil~, >.) With plealing thoughts the ri11ie beguile, · By a brookc lide or wood 'to greene, · Unheard,unfought for ,or unlecn'e, · A thoufand pleafuresdddile' ib1effe, ·c•· And c1ownc my foulc\virh happineffe, All my )Oyes belides are folly, " Nonefofweetas melancholy. ' • When I lie,lit, or walke alone, l·, ,. I figh,I grieue, making great rrtoiie,' ;;; '· ·• In a darkegroue,or irk!ome denne; ., :.i: With difconrents and Furies then,' "i! ' ··;., A thoufand miferies ar once, q .,r ' ' ' '!! fll I. . 1t ,, ) ~ ••· ,(J I fc, ,/' '. ~, Mine heavy heart and foule en(conce, ' ' All my griefes to this are jolly, ~·. ·'I ' '" Nonefofoureasmdancholy.. lJ:. :J ... T/ Methinkes 1 heare,merhinkes· r fee, "" '- Sweere mulicke,wondrousmelodie, 'lVI Townes, places aNd Cities fin, , Here now,then there,the world ismine, • ' 1 • Rare Beauties,gallam Ladies·lhine, ' J' .'• . ' What c're is loucly or devine : · m·· '" Allotherjoyesrothisarefolly, (': dA ( None fo fwectasmelancholy. Ji )!> · :"o/'f Mcthinkcslheare,metllinkeufee '"" •" ,t;;!;c,! , Gho!ls,goblins,fcinds,my·phanrafie .;. n-; i Prcfcntsathoufandougly· lh~pes, - i;. ',. · 'i".l Headleffebeares,blackemep,iiildape~, " :c .. t"~"' Doleful! outcries,and fearefull fightes,~'. - wi·' My fad and difmall foulcalfrightes . ' ' · ,;r; ~ ··~- All m)' griefcs to this are jolly . " • None fo damn'd as Melancholy, · · Me
Me thinkes 1 cou:·r,me thinkes J kilfe, Me thinkes I now embrace my inillris. '0 blefi'ed dayes, 0 fweet content, 1n Paradifemy time is fpenr. , Such thoughtsmay filll· my fancy moue, So may 1 c.ve'r bc:in loue. . All my joyc·s to this a~~ folly, . .. .. Naught fo fweet as melancholy. .When I recount loves many frightes, .My lighes and teares, my ·waking nighres; My"iealous firs·;& mine hard fate .I now repent, but'tis too l:ite, No torment is fo bad as"loue, ·so bitter to my .foule can prone. All my griefesro this are jolly, . Naught foh:trfi1 asMelancholy• . :friends and Companions get you gone, 'Tis my delitc tG ):>e alone, Ne' re wdl butwhen my rhoughts·and I, Doe domineir in privacle. No Gemme no treafure like to this :ns my delight;, my Crowne my blilfe. All my joyes to this arefolly, , Naught fo fweet as melanc~oly. 'Tis myfolc'Plague to be alone. I am a beall,-a mon!lergrowne, I will no light nor company, I finde it nowmymifery. 'The fceane istuni'd,my joyes 2rc gone; 'Feare, difcontenr,and forrowes come. All my gricfc• to this are jolly, Naug1lt fo fierce as melancholy. I le'nOt change1ife with any King, '·I ravi!ht'am: can rhe world bring More joy, then !lill toiaugh and fmile, In pleafant toye~pme to beguile~ ·Doe nor,& doe not troui1le mee, .So liveet contentI feele and fee. All my /oyes to this are folly," Nonefodevineasmelancholy; . ·Jie'changemy'llare wi~h any wretch, .Thou canfl: fro'm ga\Jieor dunghill fetch;: .My paiile, pall: cure; another Hell, · I may not in this torment dwell, Now defpcrate I.hate my life, 'Lend me a halter or a knif~. All my griefes to this are'-jolly; 'Naught fo damo'd <!Sillelaocholy.
DEMOGRITUS JUNIOR TO THE RE AD ER~ Entle Reader, I prefume thou wilt be very inquili. tiveto know what anrick or perfonate aCl:orthis is, that fo infolently intrudes upon this commonrhea. tre, to the worlds view, arrogating another mans · name, whencehe is, why he dot~ it, ~nd what he, St11tea in 1..: hath to fay; Although, as 'hef:ud, Prtmum fi no- doi•"w.'""'""' l"ero, non re!Jondebo,qut. coallurm tj!? I am a free c~audu c~fl . . manborne, and may chufewhether I will tell,who •_· can compell me~ If I he urged I will as readily reply as that Egyptian b w. tk .. ,;,~ in b :.>lutarch, when a curious fellow would needs know what he had in fitare. his basket, .f<r!.umvides velatam,quid inquirisinremabftondit.ttv? It was therefore covered, becaufe he ihould not know what was in it. Seek c NoiJI>ttti*i not after that which is hid,ifthe contents pleafe thee,' and be .for thy uft, ufui fi~, fi•ppo(e the Man in theMoone,or whom thou wilt t~ be the Author; I would ;;::;:~ ii":l<u. not willingly be known. Yet infome fort togive thee fatisfadion,which W«~"· is mom than I need, I will /hew a reafon, both ofthis ufurped name, ti. tie, and fubjed. And firil: of the name of Democritr<J; le~ anyman by reafon of it, thould be deceived, expectinga pafquill,a fatyre,fome ridiculous treatife (as I my [elf thould havedone) fome prodigious tenent, ' or paradoxof the earthsmotion, of infinite Worlds in infinito vacuo, e:)' fortteita 4tomorum coflijione, in aninfinttewail:e, focaufed by an ac"i- ' dental! colhlionof Mot~n the Sun, all which Democritt# held, Epi-- , er:nu and thCJr Mail:er Lucippm ofoldmaintained,anti ardately revived v by Copermcus, Brunus,and fomeothers. Befidesit hath been alwaiesan dLiluo.p , ; ordinarie cuil:ome, as d Ge/lim obferves, for lator Writers And impojloYs, ~utra<i_ mal</ to br04rh many abf"rd :'"d infolent jillions,underthe nameoffo noGle a:O~~%:~'!;~. phrlo(opher -u Democmu.s, toget themfelves credit, and 6y that means the comm<rv• . .- , more to he re(pefled, a<.amlicers ufual!y doe Novo qui nMrmoriilforilnmt ta,nol11''"'-"• •• Praxattlem(r•o.Tisnotfowithme. ' · :J~~"(:tJ!• cNon hrc Centateros ,non_Gorgonas ,Harpyttfq~~>e orenribil<.. : Invenm, hummempagmanojlra r;,pit. · <Mawalut.r;. A r . No •o·'f'li'·'t·
li ~ I I I ,. D • M o c R 1 Tu s to the Reader. f luv.sau. No Centa11res here,orGorgonslooktofind, i:J;;:;r;~· My fubject is of man,and humane kind. c"''""' 1616. Thou thy fdf art the fubjecr of iny difcourfe, 1' Hip. Ep ift. f ~icqttid au-unt homines 1 votum,timor, ira,volttot.U' ~amafp. 6 ,(; £ 7 tLacrt.lib. 9 . Gaudia,difcurJtiS, nofti farrragolibefli. ~,;;,7;~'J!t! What ere me~ doe, vows, fears, _in ire,in fport, gent, ibique {e- • J oy~s, wandrmgs,are the fitm ot my report. . ipJUm inctu- My mtent IS no otherw1fe to ufe hts name, then M ercttrtuJGallobelgicm; ~e:a~i;:.xu fo- M ercurttU Brttanmc~M ,ufe the name of J:1 ercurte, g Democrttus ChrifliaIFL"uit orym- nu.r,&c. Although there be fome other Circumfian~es, for which I have puute 8o,7oo. mas.ked my felf under this vifard, and fome peculiar refpetts, which I ~:;:::.' P•ft Tro- cannot fo well exprelfe, until! I have [et down a brief Gharatter of this· m 'DiacofquodOUr Democritu.r,whathewas,with anEpitomeofhislife. ;::;;f::Jc~;};~ Demoeritu.r,as he i~ defcribed by hHippocrates and i Laertiils;was a linle Lam. weanfh old man, very melancholy by nature, averfe from company in : g;;;~i~·~' ~is latterdaies, k and muc~ given to folitarinelfe, a famous Philofopher ag>ic.p•ffi;,. mh~>age, I co':vuswlthSo:rates, wholly addiCted to h1s fiud1esatthe p Polucrum lafi,and to a pnvate life, wnr many excellent works, agreat DIVme, ac. ;:':.'t!~"~- cording to the divinitie'?~ thofe times, an expert Phylician, a Politician, ., ft di<it 1b- an excellent MathemanCian,as m Dtacofmus ,and the reil ofh1s works do de~itans Ep. wimelfe. He was much delighted with the fiudies ofHusbandrie,faith ~tahelliCU<ex-n ColumeU4, and often I finde him cited by ° Conftantinus and others empl.lib.<o. treatingofthatfubjett. He knew the natures, differences of allbeafis, ' ~:~7/,if~;li- plams,fitlJes,birdsland,as fomefay,could P,underfiand thenmes and "'conremptari- voyces of them. In a word, he was omnifarsam doflus, a-generall fcho- ••i opera~ d<~- lar,a great fiudent; and to the iment he might better contemplate, q I find ~J; 1:;~~: lt r~lated by fome,that he put out his eyes,and was in h(s old _age vol~ profund~ cogi. tarily blmde, yet faw more then all Greece belides, and 1 wnt of evene :•;;:~;;;;;;; fubjed,~tht/ intotoopijici~natur.e,de qtt• nonfcripjit. A man of ~ne~ M,alia Ma- cellenr wit, profound conceit; and to arramknowledge the betterm h1s rbemari:a,lib~- younger years, hetravelled to Egypt and r <.A theM, toconferre with ~:::,'.;){i;t,~; learned men, 1 admiredoffome,dejpi{ed ofothers. After~ wandring Iif:, omnium periti- heferled at .Abdera a townmThrace, and was fent forthuherro bethe1r am<allebat. Law-maker, RecorderorTown-clerke, asfomewill; or as others, he z·:~;:;u· was th~rebredand born. Howfoever it was, thcrehelivedat lafiin _a novit. garden m the fuburbs,wholly betakmg h1mfelf to h1sfiudtes,2nd a pn- ' td~m contem- vate life, "Jiwingthat (omctimes he wot<ldwalk down to the haven, • and !:;::,:fba"f.~~~ laugh heartily at fi~eh varietie of ridiculous objefls, which there he fow. uSolebatad Suchaonewas Democritu.r. f.:;;~~·~~~ But in the mean time? how cloth this conc~rne me, or upon what re-· &'c.Hip.Ep. ference doe I ufurpe h1s habit ~ I confdfe mdeed that to compare my ;}~';g;tuo ri- felf ~nto him for ought I have yet [aid,were both impudencieand arrofu plmonem ganCie. I do not prefume to make any parallel,Antt{lat mtht mtl!tbustrtagitar~folebat centu, Yparvus jum,nu!tusfum,altum nee (jtro,necjjao. Yet thusmuchl r.~':':a~:;:· wil fay ofmy felf,and that I hope witho~t all fufJ,>icionofpnde, or [elfyNon[um dig- conceit I have liv' da filent,fed entary,fohtary,pnvate hfe,mtht & mufis, ':.fr't.':;:rr, il_l ~he \:J~iverfity ~ !?11£ al~o!{ as !_momres i~ ,dt~w,ad [eneflamfu?, -~ . - -· . to
D s >< o c R I T u s to the Reader. to learne wifdome as hedid, penned up moft part in my ftudie.For l have been brought up a fiudent inthemo!t flouri!hiog Colledge of Ettrope, , AugtU'h(snnocollegio, and can bragge with • JO'lliM, almoft, in ea luce z Chciftiomtcitii J'ACiCMJt, totttM orbtsce/ebcrrzmt, per 37 annos mu/ta opportu. ChurchinQ,. naquedidtci; for 30 years I have continued (having the ufeof as llood ~ocd. . · . • Libraries as ever he had) a fcholar, and would bethereforeloth,mher • ~;~~;·:;~~' by living as a drone, to b_e an unprofitable or unworth1c member offo colledge libr~ !earnedandnoplea fociwe, or townte thatwh1chfhould be anyway"'J'b"Iyrcv.- di!honourable to fuch a royal! and ample foundation. Something I have ~;co{{~;h:c. done,though by my profeffiona Divine,yet t11rbinc raptm ingemi,as bhe qu~<c .. faid,out ofa running wit,an unconftant, unfett!ed mind,I had agreat de- ~ 1~';~f:: lire (not able to attain to a fuperficiall skill in any) to have fome fmatte- d Phil.Stoic.li. ring in all,to be_altquu in omnibm, nul/m inftngulit, which .'Plato com- :~~~':ffi~:,;. mends,out ofhrm d Ltpjim approves and furrhers,.u fit to be rmprmted m of-s ;11geniuim· .u cttriomwits,not to be aJlave o(one (cience,or dwellaltogether in one fub- pcimenJu-:,ur je&1,M moft do,but to rove abroad,centum puer arrium,to have anoare in e. ~'::!'{.'f::,;:,;· very mans boat, <to tafte ifeverie dijb, and jip ofeverie crep, which fa1th autexa."'u1 Montaigne,was well performed by Arijl:otle and his learned Countrey- ~·;•llq~rdrr mao4dri"" Tlirneb~u. This r~ving hu~or( though not with like fuccelfe) n:g~;'';.~,':, I have ever had,&hke a raGgmg fpamell,that barks at every b1rd he fees, arr:Jcer, &c. leaving his game, I have followed all, favingthatwhich I fhould,& may; 'D'J:baregra. juftly complain,and truly, qui ubi~ eft,nu[quameft, which g Gefoer didin ,~':,,;J.~':,:i mgdeftie, that I have read many books, but to little purpofe, for want of fmde ~"."". good method,I haveconfufedly tumbled over divers Authors in our Li- ::;;:5~;~1" J""i braries,with [mall profit, for want of art,order,meqJorie. judgement. I fEJfaier lib. 3• never travdled.but inMap or Card, inwhich mine unconfined thoughts g f'£fat. ltillihave freely expatiated, as having ever been efpecially delighted with the~~~ •• frwtt• ftudy ofCo{mography .hSatU·rn wasLord ofmygeniture,culminatiog,&c. & Jorttm•ti, :and Mars principalljig_nificatorof manners, in partile conjuncrion with 'Jji.~;:~r;:.~ mme A(cendent; both fortunate in their houfes,&c. I am not poore, I am muJuxrapri· not rich; nihtt eft,nihil deeft, I have little. I want nothing' ol1 my treafure "!"'" Le,i· isinMinerva'stower. Greater preferment as I could never get,foam I'" "&ufom. not in debt for it, I have a competency ( Latu Deo) frommy noble and munificent Patrons,though I live frill aCollegiat ftudem, as Democrit11~ in his garden, and lead a monaftiquelife, ipft mihith~atrum, fequefired from thofe tumults and troubles oftheworld, Et tanqtMm injpecttlapoji. i Henfla. tm ('as he faid) I hear what is done abroad, howothers k run, ride rur- k Calidumli- .1 d h rl · d f: fi ' enter,folrctte more, _an mace~atet em1e ves mcourt an coumrey, ar rom thofeung4nm,••• wranghng law futts,aul.e vanitatem, fori ambitionem, ridere memmfoleo : miftre e.xci1. laugh at all,lon/y ftcure, /efl m• f#itgoamiffe mzjhibS-oertijh COrD & cat.ftdenter, vocet, 11 ·r d 'J" J)" JJ"? r ~ ' repllum~&on.- te_ ffi!lCJrry, trade ecay,I havenowift nor cht drcn,gogd or bad to pro. tentioner, f$'c, vtdefor. Ameere fpeClator ofother mens fortunes and adventures, and l()p.ad v .. how they ad their parrs,whichme thinks are diverfiy prefented unto me,':::.;~~;;;::;, as from ~common theatre or fcene. I hear new news every day, and inJo~o, """" thofe ~rdmary rumorsofwar,plagues,fires,inundations,thefts,murders, ::~;,:;,:~<;: .. matracres, meteors, COin'::c-., fpeGhums, prodigies, apparitions, oflk,,jili~,p.,ritowns taken,cmes befiegedm France,Germany ,Turky,Perjia,Poland,Jllc. '"'::," /ilri n;,n daily mufters and preparations, and fuch like, ·which thcfe tempcftuou/" ~'110'"'· A :l times
4 D • M o c lli Tu s to the Reader. times affoord, battds fought, fomanymen tlain, monomachies lhip~ wracks,piracies,and (ea-fights, peace,leagues,firatagems,and fr;lh alarums. Avaft confufion of vows, wilhes,acrions, edids, petitions, lawfuits, pleas, laws, proclamations, complaints, grievances, are daily brought to our ears. Newbooks everie day, pamphlets, currantoes, dories,wholecatalogues of volumes of all forts, new paradoxes, opinions, fchifmes, herefies, controverfies in philofophie, religion, &c. Nowcome tidings ofweddings,maskings,mummeries,entercainments, jubilies, embaflies, tilts and tournaments, trophies, triumphs, revels, {ports, playes: Then ag'.lin,as in anew lhifted fcene, treafons, cheating tricks, robberies, enormous villanies in all kinds, funerals, burials, death of princes,new difcoveries, expeditions; nowcomicall, then tragicall matters. Today we heareofnew Lords and officers created, to morrowoffome great mendepofed,and then again offrdh honors conferred; one is letloofe, another impriforu:d ; one purchaleth, another breaketh : he thrives,his neighbour turns bankrupt; now plenrie, then a· gain dearth and famine; one runs,:mother rides, wrangles,laughs,weeps; ~c. Tlms I daily hear, and fuch like, both private, and publikenews,amidll: the gallanrrie andmiferie ofthe world; jollitie,pdde,perplexities :md cares, fimplicitie and villanie; fubtlecie, knaverie, candor and inte-. gritie, mutually mixt and olferingthemfelves,I rub on priv&privat&. aslhave!Hlllived, foi nowcontinue,jlattequoprim, left to afolitarie life,and mine owndomefiick difcontents:faving that fometimes,ne quid mentiar, as Diogenes wellt into the citie, and Democrit& to the haven to ,. llor. fee falhions,I did for my recreation now :md thenwalk abroad,Iook inn Per. to theworld,and could notchoo[ebut makefome littleobfervation,nqn ollor. tamJagax obfervator, ac Jimplex reciwor, not as they did to fcolfe or. ~:,:~::: laugbatall,butwitha mixtpaffion. oratj~onJ.jii mBilem f4e,jocumveftrimov2re titmu!tm, ~'Z:;,jf:;':~- I did fometime laugh and fcolfe with Lucian, and fatyrically taxewith tenatU, ;enuU Menipp~ J' lam~nt with H l"~A.c/itm ,fomtimcs again I was n petulantij}leprope af114<k- nechachmnQ, and thenagam, 0 ureu bili; juur, I was much moved to e;::,~~~~ fee thatabufe whic~ I could not amend. Inwhich paflion howfoever I ftdile & d"""' may fympathife With h1m or them, 'us for no fuch refped I lhroudmy 2lem:"""',... fclf under his name, but either in an unknown habit, to alfumealittle ~~;(.~;:;,;;,ft,. more libertieand freedorne offpeech,or ifyouwill needs know,forthat •o;fl~,:::[,%. reafonand onlyrefpe~, whicQHippocrates relates at_largei~his~pi!Ue ~.fbabens, & toDamegetul, wherem hedoth exprelfe,howcommmgtovdithlrn one utrili<J.ue alia day,hefoundDemocrit& inhisgardenatAbdera,in the Suburbs, Pun- !::'Jt~r: ~er alhadi~:bower, .q with a ~ook on·his ~nees, b~fie at his fiudie,fome- .. ;,!u~ :,•. times wmmg,fomumewalkmg.ThefubJed ofhtsbookwas melancho. la rim flr,Pa, lyand madnes, about him lay the carcalfes ofmany feveral beafis,new- ~::;::;;.('"" ly by him cut up and anatomized, not that he did contemn Gods crea- ' cwm muna.. tures, as he told Hippocrates, but to findeout the feat ofthts ~tra bzl11,or · •x"•fif<~, e' melancholy whence it proceeds :md how itwasengendred m mens bo- ;::;;:z;.::.r dies, to thei~tent hemight bect;r cure itin himfel~,b_y his \~ritings and frlangune, •• obfervations 'teach others how to prevent and avo1d 1t.Whtch good za- >;t~dtlam •<~- tent ofbis,Hi•'f~tr•tes highly commcnded:Demqrrit& Juniqr is therfore """"· ~ I. · · · - bold
D 2 M o c R I Tu s to the Reader. bold to imitate,&becaufe he left it unperfett,& it is now loll; quajifoccmturiator Democriti,to reviveagain,profecute and finilhin this treatife. you have had a reafon ofthe name; If the title and infcription offend yourgravitie, were ita fuflicientjuftification to accufe others, I could producemany fober treatifes, even fermons themfelves, which in their fronts carry more phamafticall names.Howfoever it is a kinde ofpolicic: in the(e daies, to prefix aphantafticall title to a book which is tobe fold: For as Larks come dowo to a day.ner, many vain readerswill tarrieand . ftand gazing like filly~afTengers,at an amick ~itture in a painters lhop, ~!~f;f.!t. that will not look at ajudiCIOUS peeGe. And llldeed,as f Scalsgcrob- nihil m"&ur,. ferves, nothingmore invites 4 reader thanAn argument unlookedfor, un- Ornem m'llitili thought of, Andftls better than"fturrile pamphlet, turn maxime cum no-~=.:~1::: vitasexcitat" palatum. Many men, [aithGellim, are veryconHited intum,mqueve~ tkeir inftriptions,•and able (as '_Pliniequotes out ofSmec~t)tomake~";~-,;:;~':. hlm loyter by the way ,thatwent tn hafl tofttch a msd-wift for hiS daugh-tfPII Uber. · ttr, now readitto lye down. For my part I have honourable u prefidents * Lrb.fl. <. " · for thiswhichihavedone:I willcj.te-oneforall, ...Anthonie ZaraPap. r;::;-:;, 1;~ Epift.his Anatomie ofWit,in fomfedions, members, fubfettions,&c. tionum fiftivito be read in ourLibraries. '""'·, If ft h f . f h' tPu,tlt.Ntlt. anymanexceptagain t ematterormannero treatmgo t 1S my hift.p•tri ,;. fubjed, and will demand a reafon of it, I can alleagemore than one, Iflttricem f••- write of melancholy, by being bufi~ to avoid melancholy. Thereis no':.~::;;!/;':, .. greatercaufe of melancholythan!dlenelfe,nohertercure thenhufineffe,•.., inji"re · as x JlhAjis holds: and howbeit, ftultm tAbor tjl inepti•rum,to be bufied ~~·· . of in toyes is to fmall purpofe, yet hearthat divineSenee•,better aliudagere popc:.,~llll< · tj~<am nihil, betterdoeto no end thallnothing~I writtherefore,&bulied An:~to~eof my fclfi~ this playing labour,otio{aq; di_Jige~ti£ ~t vitarem torpore'!'ft- ~";:;~~ ~::;,: rzandt W1th V tilt m mMacrobsm,atq; otmmmut1leverccrem negotiUm. Anaromie of . Y -Simul & JUCundA & idoneadicere vit.t, 1~::;~;;'~!;:. Lellorem delell"ndojimul atque montndo. Non •ft cura To this end Iwrite,likethem,faithLuciAn,that retitt to trtes,.mdtkc 10elioriiiJ"' daime to ptllers (Or want ofauditors: as > Paulm Alginetaingenioufly~~- . confelf~th, not tl,at Any thingw.u rmknown or omitted, bHt to exercife my • NonfuodJe . felj. wh1chcourfeif fomecook, I think it would begood for their bo- ;."'::.!':!"t;,. d1es, and much better forrhm fouls; or peradventureas others do, for mimpwer" · fame,to /hew my felf (Scire tuum nihiltjl, nifi te fcire hocftiat alter. ) I mi.Jfom,fid . m1ght beofThucydides opinion, 'to know athing Andnot to expre!fo it, ;.f:;f,~Z ::;{~" •I/ one .uifhe knew tl not. When I firft cook this task in hand,& quod ait • ~ir=ir, ' b tffe, smpeflente genio neiTotium 'Rfi:e•i this I aymed at· c vel ut lenirem nequerd fuo4 · ,(;. ·r d fc.::. J'"J" I ' ' fontrt exptAntmttmJmoen. o, to ea emy minde by writiog,for I had gravitlum cor, mit,periildeejf f<etllm caput,a kmd of impoftume in my head, which I was very defirous "'fi neftiret. to be unladen of,and could imagin no fitter evacuation than this. Befides t~~ .. Pritf. I mtght ~ot well refram, for ubi dolor,ibi digitm, one muft needs fcratch c Er•[-. whereIt Itches, I was not a little offended with this maladie, lhalllfay my Miftn_s melanch~ly, my l£geria,or my ,almgenim. &forthat caufe d Otiumorl• as he that IS fi~ng wtth a fcorpion,I woult.l cxpelcfavum d4vo,dcomforc;'";:. Jot.rt oneforrowwtthanother, idleneswithidlenes,ut ex viperJThtri••llm, ""' ' ""' make an Anndote out of that which waHhc primc>aufe ofmydi(eafc. A~ Ot
6 D s M o c R 1 T u s to the Reader. f Obftrvat. l.• . Or as he did, ofwhom f Eelix Plater !peaks, that thought be bad fome of Ariftophants frogs inhis belly,fiill crying Brccc' ckex,coax,coax,oop,oop, and fortbat caufe fiud.ed pbylick feven years, and travelled over moll gM.Joh.Rous part of Europetoea[ehim[elf: To do my felf good I turned over fuch our Protobib. pbyficians as our librarieswouldalfoord,or my g private friends impart ~~R~pper: and have taken this pains. Andwhy not~ Cardan profelfetb newrit bi; l\1.Gudl7idge book De cpnfolationeafter his fons deatb,to comfort bimfelf;fo did TuUy {;'~ ;u; ..,_writeof the fame fubject with like intenr,after his daughters departure, tlire & Legere if it be his at leafi,or fome impofiors put out in his name,.which Lipjiu. folenr, "~~m probably fufpe~s. Concerning my fdf, I can peradventureaffirme with {;;~~.:~;~ Marim inSaluft, h that which others hear or reade of, I flit and p;•a&lifld geffi,fu• iHi li- my [elf, theyget their knowledge by books, I mineby melancholizing, Ex. :~~~;'§!JI':f<- perto crede Roberro. Something I can fpeak out ofexperience,..rum. ,...,~,,..tp;.r;abilis experientiamedocttit, and with her in the Poet, iJiaud ignara 7'"!~11••; mali miferis fuccurreredifco. I would helrorbersour of a fellow-fee. ; !g;:£;;~. '"'ling, and as that vertuous Lady did of old, · hing a Leper her [elf, beftow k camJ<n,lpfoaUher portion to buildanHofpitallfor Lepers, I will fpend my time and :!;~;·:.":£. knowledge,which arc my greatell forrunes,for rbe commongood ofall. phanf;•fis bo- Yea but you w illinf~r, tllat this lS 1 a&lu~ agere, an unn_ecdfary worke, Jiicium"''" cramben btscoflam ~tpponere, the fame agame and01gamm otberwords. fiJ:::i;p•ft To whatpurpofe ~m N othmgu omitted that m~ty wellbefaid,[o thought Homerum. Lucian in the like theam. How many excellent Pbylicians have written ;';,~J;;£'~;,.iull_ Volumes. and elaborate rraC!s of th~s fubjeft ~ no newes here, that 4quovu ai~ which I have,1s fioln from others, n Drcttfk mtht meapagmafor es .If that poffll·· . . feveredoom of o Syne(t.u betrue,It u a greater offence to.ftealtdeAdmtns ~z·~2~%'pi- labours,tbantheinlotl1es,.,.bat !hall becomeof moll Writers~ I hold um :DTtuorum upmy hand at the bar arnongfi others, and am guiltie of felonie in this ~:~!'~:;;::· ~~· habes conjitentens reum~ I am content to be pr~lfed with the rdt furari. Tlsmolltrue,tenet :n(dnabtle multos fcr~bendt cacoethes, and P there~. P Ecc!. ulr. noendofwritingofbooks, as the Wife-man found ofold,in this 1 fcrib- 'Jbf~~:u~~··- hng age?efpecial!Y wherein ' the number of bODKS n J?ithout n11mber (as periletpariunt a worth1emanfa1th) prejfes be oppre[[ed,and out of :uutcbing bumor,tbat 'D.King pr~- cverieman hatb to !hew bimfelt~ r delirous offame and honour (fcribi- ~~\~~~~'h: mmit~do{!i dom#r-.) he will write no matter what, andfcrapetoge· remend Lord ther it boors not whence.' Bewitchedwith thu dejireoffame, etiam medii& ~;rt."''j.· in 111orbu to tbedifparagement of their health, andfcarce able toholda ,.,:,:;~;~ p~,tbeymuft fay fomtbing, "and get t!temfolves a name, faith Scaliger, •••flentorio- though it be to thedown-foll and mine ofmany otlms. To be counted ::,::z;::;r:;,,_ writers,(criptores utfalutentur, to be thought and held_Polumathes and I."Unt.Bucha· Polyhiftors, apud tmperitumvulgm ob ventof£ nomenartu,to get apaper1 "';;""'· .• kingdome:nu/fa (fequ..jfmfedamplJ. fomil, in this precipitate, ambiti- ;;'!,"f!.~~~~~~- ousage, nunc ut eft f.<culum,inter immaturameruditionem, ambitio{ilm & mor<, &<}•- pr£ceps ('tis x Scaligers cenfure,J and they that are fcarce auditors, vix e~:.;~::"~ auditores,mufib7mafie~sand teache_rs, before they becapab!e. and fie lie"" exift<,.. hearers. They will rulh mto alllearnmg, togatam, armatam, drvme, bu- ~"is~bi f!a- rnane authors, rai<eover all Indexes & Pamphlets for notes, as our mer• P::,.111.r•mam chants dofiran_ge haven5 for traffique,writegreat Tomes, Cum nonjintrt x,Ex.,rit.>SS, 'lltrado'!_ipJti ,Je~loquacims, whe11 as they are not therby better fchol~_rs • ...ut
D • ., o c a r Tu s to the Reader. 7 but greater praters.They com~?nly pretend publikegood) but as' a if- , omnu /ibi 11er obferves, 'tis pnde and vanmethar egges them on,nonews or ought f•'!"'mqueworthie of nore,but the fame in other termes. N eferwenturforta!fe ty- ;::;:, ~.~~';':,; pographi, vet tdeo ftrtbendum eft alJqutdut(C vtxt![e te.ftcntur, As Apo-_jpargi ' '"'' ''" thecaries we make newmtxtures evene day,poureout of one veffell mto dwn,m •o:v~ . another; and as thofe old Romanes rob'd all the cities ofthe world,tofer z:~:;~~ :~~~: out their bad fired Rome, we skun off the creame of other mens wtts, rer.Pr.J.bibti-· pick the choice flowers of their till'dgardens. to fer out our o;vn ll:erill ~hPr<fat hi : plots. Cajfrant alios lit !tbros fuos per re gractlesalt_eno adtpe(tiffamant bPiaut.;_ 'If. (fo * Joviu.< inveighs)They lard thm leane boo~s wtt~ the fat of others c Jtvemocriri works.lneruditt fores, &c. A fault thateveneWnt,erfindes,as Idoe~'~;;,ram "· now,and yet fau!tiethemfelves,· b 'Trtum IJteramm homtnes, all thec;ves; fmdiblwtbethey pilfer out of old Writers to fiuffe up their new Comments, fcrape c2quam cto· Ennim dung-hils, and out of ' Democritus pir,as I have done. By w~ich ~~~quicquiJ . means it comes to paffe, d that not only ltbrarzes and jhops arefull of our ~arri• ~1mcirur putid papers, but every c!ofe-jloole a~d jakes, S trib11~t carmina qzt.elegunt £":!:/i. aJ Pe· cacantcs; they ferve to p~t under p1es,to' lap fp1ce m,and keep roll-meat ,./. rig"' fromburnmg. Wtth us mFrance, fauh f Scaltger, every man hath ltber- Franci.om~itieto write, b11t ftw abititie. g lieret•forc learning !VAS gractd by jttdi- '::;flr;b~nJc ci1111 (Cholars, btlt now noble ftiences are vilified by ba(C and ilLiterate pa':c~/acu!;":,: fcriblers, that either write for vai~e-glorie, need, to get money, or as ~b~!':,~~·:: Parafites to flatter and collogue.With fome great men,they put out h bur- precio nUJic r.u, qtti{quiliafque ineptiajque.i ..<Amongjf {omanJ th~u(imd authorsyo11 for&;, obh~~ . fba!l(carce findeune;by reading ofwhom y~uf/>all &e any whitbetter,butrd. fj~ ther much worfe, qu1bus inficiturpotit)s, quam perjicitttr, by which he is;' J,;,f,":,·mil. father infeCted than any way perfeCted. le volumina -k ~i talia legit, ~~x/f;;:;n~ cu.. .!2.!!jd didicit tandem, qt~id {cit nifi (omnitt, nug.u? ~"" meliore. So tha: oftentime~ it fals out (which Challimachu.< taxed of old) agreat ;-:::~· .~:m• :Book IS a oreat ~&htef. I Cardan findes fault wit b. French men and pejor. Germans, for the1r fcnblmg to no purpofe,non inquit ab edendo deterreo, k Palingeni<~<· modo novum aliquidinveniant, he dothnot barrethen:i tOLwrite, fo that lr.cb.r. d<fap· it,be fome new invention oftheir own; but we weave the fame web frill, twill the fame robe again and again, or if it be a new invention, 'tis but fome bauble or toy,which idle fellows write, for as idle fellows to read; · and who fo cannot invent~ m If emujf have a barrrnwit,that in thi;fcrib. m Steriteopor. ltng •ge can forge nothtng. " Frzn<es Jhew their armies, rich men.va11nt ter e.ffi 'ng•nih · b1 td· {; fd ' h · h d d r;h umquodm hoc ~ etr ut tngs, 1ou t.erst etrman- oo > an J( olars vent their toyes,firipturienru~n theymull read,they mull: hear whetherrheywill orno1 pruritus, &c. 0 Et quo,dcunquefeme! chartis illeverit,omnes · ~~~~1,;. pr•f. Gefttet a forno redeuntes{ctre lacttque, "" oHor.ftr. , , Et pueros &anu.<- . .. .. .. .sar.4 . W h · fo'd d · 11 ' pEpift.l.ib.r • · . at ?ncets at an wnt,a men rnl)ll:know, uagnum p": Old Wtves and children as they comeand goe. . ' tarum JrvtJen. What 4 tompany of poets hath this year brouu-ht ollt as Flin• comrzlaines iumanm« Mo t S .r. . . •li h. . ~ > .I . attUllf;menft o o,stu.<S~n~Ju.<;P~ uAprtlevery.dayfom<'· Orotherhav~re~ite .WhatApriline~u,. 1 acatalo_gue ·of new books all th1sy.ear, all this age (I fay) have our f•redietquo Franc-jt~rt Marts, our domeftick Marts ~~ough~ ~ut ~. :rwice ~Jear, ~~:~:;;uure~ : !'ro; erflf{t ·
8 D • M· OC" 1 Tu s to the Rtader. a/Jem. a I'roftrunt [e nova lngeni4 & ojlentant,we frretch our wits out, and fer ~d;';:;f/:;: them tO fale,magno conatunihil agimas.Sothat whiciJb Gefoer much de. ~eliberandun. fires, ifa fpecdie reformation be not had, by fome Princes Edio!ls and ·~~'::!:~·:;,",:,~ gtaveSupervifors,to refirain this libetrie,it will run on minjimtum• .f<.!!_is ~umftma & film avtdas ltlrrorum htlluo? Who can readethem ~ As alreadte, we Illall ::,;:;~,;:;,"~;have avafi Cha.os and confufion ofBoo~s, we are' opprelfcd with them, temere f'ribllt· dour eies akewith read.ng,our lingers With mrmng~For my part I am one : Ji libidocoer~ of the number, nos numtr/Ufomus,! doe notdente It, f have only this of ~!·::}.~::~· Macr~b~a.rtofayformyfelf, O'('ntmettm,'!ikt! meum, 'tisallminc and progrejforo. none mine. As agood houfe.wife out of dtvers fleeces weaves one peecc ~ onerabunrur ofcloath,a Bee· gather~ wax 3ndhony O!ltofmany flowers, and makes~ ;;i::f; [u]ft- new bundle of all, . . . . cit. F lorifttuut apes ttJ falttbus omma ltbant, ;;;~~~;t;:!·l have bb~rioully •collected this Centoout ofdivers Writers, and that gen<W,ma'"" ftnttn]ur<a, lhavewrongednoauthors, but gtven ~very manh1s0wn; votua"""J.. which I Hierom fo much commends inNepoti•n, he fro le not whole ver- ~;:·J.";.· fes, pages, ttacrs, ~~ fome doe now adaies, concealingthcira&thours l.u<"t.tius~mo. names, but fiillfaid this was cyprialU, that Lat1antim' that H rlarius ,fo ~tf!t;•z:!:di. fa!dMinutitn Felix, fo Yiflorinas, rhu~ far Arnobitu: I cite and quote nu~ faoi•m•· Jtilne authors (whtchhowfoever fome i'.lltterate fcnblers •accompt peum, . & iU•d danticall,as a cloke of ignorance,and oppofite to their affected line fiile, ::~;::,e;:.~ I mufi and will ufe )[umpft, nonfurripui; attdwhat Yarro Lib. 6.Jm r~•ft. Hunc aJfidezn ft'eaks of Bees, mtmmt mal'.ftc" nulltm opm velltcantesfocwnt deterstn,I & ··~·~~''"'" canfay ofmy felf, whom have I injured~ Thematter is theirsmofi parr, ;',7m~':;'~~~~- and yet minc,appam mMe fumptum jit( whith s eneca approves) alittd ta• omnet authores menquam ttndefumptum fit apparet, which nature doth with the alimcn'e if,::~'""' ofour bodies,in~orporatc,digefi,allimulare,I do conquoquere quodhartji, &<.so;;~':,;. difpofe ofwhat I take: I make them paytdbutc,to fet out this my MMe- ;"•Ji• aJ Po· ronicon,the methode on!y is mine own, I mufi ufurpe that of g Weekere y;;~j,f::;h. Ter. nihil dic1um q~totl non diflumprius, methodmfola artijiam ojlendtt, N ,p.iUud. cyp. we can fay nothmg but what harh been [;hd,the compofinon andmethod ~~:;::p:::; is ours only,and fue~saScholar. Oribajim,A!.ji~~<,Avimma,h~ve all out Vitlurim•,in of Gahn, but fo their own methode, dwerfo ftylo, non dwersa fide, our hunc modum Poets fieal from Homer, hefpew,,faith lfi,IJan, they lick it up. Divines ~;~:~;;.:ft&,. uf~ Auftins words 'llerbatim llill,and our Storie-dreffers doe as much, he g Pr.-J.a4syr.- that comes lafi is commonly befi, '""· med. --donee q~tid granditu ~tftH Pofterd (orf#t ftr"t melior.- . Though there weremany Giants of old in Phylick and Philofophie,yet h lllluc,to. l fay with hDidaczu Stdla, A dnwft fta.nding on thejhonlders ofaGian1· 'r•!fl·•·Pi.gmei.may feeforther thana Giant bimfel/; I may likelyadde,alter,and feefar. ~;~:.":~~.~t~etthenmy Predecelfors; And i' isnogrl!aterprejudiceform~toenP'~fquamipfi . diteafterothers,dien for AYtA-11114 Mont•itm that famous Phyfinan, to ~~~'' ~i· write de morbi& &~pitii after J•fon l'r_a~tnJis ,Heurnizu '.H~tdejhcim,&c: Ma· ny liotfes t6 runmarace, ·one Logtciall, one RhetoncJan, a(teranothcr. 9ppofe then what thou wilt, ·· .AUarre~ lkttufit f<oJ·&Hfqttt, Et g<~il#i!!.~!. $mprobt!_lncej[M, I folve
D • M o c 11 I Tu s to the Re4der. 9 I folve it thus. And for thofc other faultsofbarbarifme a ])oriel< dialeel cxtemporaneanfrile,tautologies,api~ imitation, a rapfodie of rags ga: :.r:.·:,a;;~"';";i., theredtogether from feverall dung-hd$, excrementsof authors, toyes '"''"''~";"'"" and fopperies, c~>nfufedly tumbled Ql\t, withoutan,invenr~on, ·jud&e-{!['/:P,.f//'::;. tnent, wit, learnmg, ha:ili,raw, rude~phanta!hcall, ab{urd, mfolenr, Ut- '"~ilicr,'iui4 difcreet,ill-compofed ,mdtgefted, valn,fcurrile,tdle,dull anddry; I con-'" allenu tib.. fdfe all ('tis partly affected) thou canfi not think worfe of me.than ~doe ~; ;.~ "!J~;,. of my felf. 'Tis not ~orth the readmg, I yeeld lt, I defirethee not to lofef"' ~i•l.pft. time in perufing fo vamafubjeel, l ihould be peradvemurelotb.my fclf to reade him orthee, fo writing, 'tis not oper4 pruium. All Ifay ,isthis~ that! havebprefidentsf~rit? which, Ifocrauscal.s perfugit~tnii_s quipec- bU,.abfilrlo tAnt, others as abfurd, vam, tdle, tlhterare, &c. l!l mvu/IJ all, tdt?n ft"· datomille ft· runt, others have done as much, it may bemore, and perhaps tho.u tey '~"""'"'· (elf, Novimm & quite, &c. wehaveallourfaults;jcimus,&hanq'!J(· tziam, &c. 'thoucenfurefr me, fo hav~ I done others,andmay doethee, <Non dubito Cedimm inque vicem,&c. ' tis lex talionis,quidpro quo. Gonow cenfure, mulm letlorer criticize,fcoffe,and raile. h~< for•fl•ll<t. dNafutm.fis ufque licetjis denique nAjiu: dM.,.tial. Non potes in n11g1U dicere plura mtll<,- >!-•, Jp(eego quamdixi,&c. w er'fr thou all fcoffcs ~nd f!o\ltS, avery M omm; '{henwe 011r [elves, thou<eanft not fay worfe ofus;· Thus,as whenwomen (cold,have I cryed whore firfr, and infome ll)ens cenfures, I am ~fraid I have over !hot my (elf,LaudAre (e vani,vituperAre ftulti, as I do not arrogate,l will not derogate. Primm veftrumnonfum. ttec tmm, lam none of thebell:,Iamnone of themeandtofyou. A'S Iamaninch,orfomanyfeet, fomany pa(afanges, afterhimorhim, I may be peradventure an ace beforethee.Be it therfore as it is,well or ill, I have a!fay'd,put my felf upon the frage,I mull abide theccnfure,Imay not efcape it. It is moll true,fly/m virumarguit,our ll:ilebewrayes us,& e Ut 'llt!l4torer as e hunters find their ~ame by the trace, fo is amans genitu defcried by ferami '1/efli. his works, Multo me/ius cx fermone quam lit~eamentis ,'demoribm hominii gi• ;mprr.!fo,. · judi~amm;_ 'twas oldC~t,.~ rule. I have laydmyfelfopen(ll<nowit) ;~;:rf.i:::f. tnthtstreanfe,mmedmmemfideoutward, I !hall becenf11red, I doubt · · not,forco fay truth withErA(mm,11ihil moroflus homivt~mjudiciis,rhere'$ naught fo peeviih as mens judgments, yet this is fome ~;ornfort,ut pAlata, fie Judicia ,our cenfures are as various as our palats. 1 Tres mthi conviv,.prope diffet~tirevidentHr fHII· . ~ofcentes vario m"ltum diver{!> pal~tn,&c. Our wnrtngs are as fo many diihes, our readers guel.l~, our ~Qoks like beaurie, that whicl,10ne •dmires,anotb.er reje~H fo are weapproved as 111ensfancies are inclined. Protaptuleflori; habent [u4j'at4/ibelli. That whtch ts moll: pleafing to on~ is •marafum (ui, moft hadh to aoothe~·· f2.!!ot homtnes,tot(~ntenti,., fomanymen, fomaiJYOlinds; that whtchthoucondemnell:hecommends. · g f<!!.od petis, iJfaneeflinvifum a.cidttmque duoku$.' tH~r. He refpc6b matter, thou art wholly for words, he love$ a loofeand free · B ·· · · fiile,
JO D s "'o c " , Tu s to the Rt4der. l!ile,thou art all for neat compofition,l!rong lines; he defires a line fron, ~ .Ant~>trp.Jol. tifpiece, emifing piCtures,fuch as Hieron: • Natali the Jefuite hathcur .•6<>7. to the Dominicals, to draw on the Readers attention, which thou rejeCtefr; that which one ~dmires, another explodes as moll: abfurd and ridiculous.Iflt be not pomt blank to h1s humour,h1s method,his conceit hM.,..tti<. bsi quid forfm omiflitm, quoduanimc eoneeperiT, ji qu.edic1ro,&e.lf ought be omitted or added, wh1ch he hkes or d!fhkes.' thou an maneipi. ~tm pauc.e lellloms ,anJdlOt,an affe, nullm es, or plagumu, a t-ntler,a trivanr, thou art an idle fellow; or elfe 'tis,a thing ofmeere indufirie, acol. leCtion without wit or invention,a very toy. i l'aciliafie putant omnes qu.e. jamj4fl•,nee de f4lebri5 eogitant,Nbi viajlrata,[o men are valued,their la. itipp..; '· hours vilified by fellows ofno worth themfelves ; as things of nought, - who could not have done as much~ unufquzfque "bundat fenfo foo, everie manabounds in his own fenfe;and whil'fi ea~h particular partie is fo af. feCted,how lhould one pleafe all~ k~iddem,quidnondem? Renuis tuquodjubct iUe. How lhall I hope to expreffe my felf to eachmans humour & I conceit, or to give fatistaC:ion to all~ Some underfbnd too lirtle,fometoomuch, ~i jimiliter in tegen~os lthros_,atq; in·fa!utandos homi~t·s irru.unt,non eo.. gitantes qtMies,(edqutbus -r;eft1busmdutijirJt,as m.A~jlm obferves,not regarding what,but whownte, n orexm habet authoru eelebrzt,u, not valu. ing themetle,but framp that i5 upon it, Cantharum a!Jieiunt, non quid;11 eo. Ifhe benot rich, in great place,polite and brave,a great dollor,or ful fraught with grand titles, though never fo well qualified, he is a dunce~ Spme are too parti~ll,as friends to ovenveen, otherscomewith a prejuaice tO carp,vilifie,detraCt,and fcoffe; (qui demeforfan,quicquideft,omni ~ontemptu eomemptit# judieant) fame as bees for honey, fame as fpiders togatlier poyfon. Whatlhall Idoirahiicafe~ Asadutchhoft, if you come to an Inne in Germany,& diilike your fare,diet,lodging,&c.replies e '£"(m.di•l. inafurly tone,0 aliud ttbi q_u.erP dtverforium,ifr~ulike not this,ger you to another Inne :I refolve,tf you hke not my wnnng,go reade fomthing elfe. I do not much ell:eeme thy cenfure, take thy courfe, 'tis not as thou wilt,nor as I will,but when we havebothdone,thatofPI'linim Smmdeu ~:J:~;;•;~,_toTrajanwill prove true, Every'mans witty lab~~trtakes not, except the ftium ""' fl•· matter,fobJefl,~ecajion,and (ome commendmg favortte happen toit,Iflbe ~"::::~~·;:;:.: taxed,exploded by thee and fome fuch,I ilia! haply be approved & com- '"·""fi'·""'" mended by others, and fo have been (Expertm loqttar) and may truly. mrn.latorf•• fay withqJovim in like cafe (abjit verbo jailantia) hmum quorundam, ~~;~:':,;p. pontifiellm,& virorumnobilium familiaritatem& amieitiam,gratafque rta•Jari<l gratiiH, &multorum •benelaudatorumlat~des{uminde promerttm, as I 14 •i41•14•• have.been honoured by fomeworrhie men, fo have I been vilified by ~?;,,,.,Jii. others,and !hallbe. At the firfr publiiliing of this book; (which r Pro" /lm of Perfim fatyrs )editum librttm continua mirari homines,atqueavide deripere co:perunt, I may in fomefort apply to this my work, The firft, . . fecond,and third editionwere fuddenly gone, eagerly read,and as I have ;.~;j;',!;;: faid, not fo much approved by feme, as fcornfully rejeCted by others. ButitwasDemoeritm hisfortune,Idem admtrationi & * irrifioni ha. ~ifm. 'Twa~ Smmh fate, thatfupetintendcnt of wit, learning, -· · ·- · ---- -- · --·- · · · · judge-
judgement, • tlti jfupomn doc1m, the beft of Greek and Latine writers,in <Lipfitis JuJi<: Plutar~h' s opinion; That renowned &orrec1orofvt&e, as" F abttu termcs de sen«•. . him 4ndfainfoU omnifciom philofopher,thatwrilfoexcellent/y,md admi. uLib.ro.Ptu- ' Id 1 r 11 · r r H · h . mnumfiudtt, rabiJwe!J,cou not p eate_ a pames, orr,carece~wre: .ow~ evt·multamretum lified by x Caligultt,<..AgeUnu ,Fabtus ,and Ltpjtus htmfelf, hts c!Jref pro-<ognitionem, pugner ~ In eoplertt9r pernitioft, faith the fame Fabitu, manychildifh~:~';ff,~f;~ traCts and fentences he hath, (crmJJ sOaboratm,too neghgent ofteo, & re. &c.nmltain milfe,as .Age/lit~~ ol»ferves, oralio vulgMii & protrit~, di.wes& inept.. ;;£;"::':/.:::. [ententi.r erudilio plebet.-,an homely fhallow wi·tter as bets, In parttbta rani/a. fPinM &fojf~dia ~abet, faith~ Lipjim, an.~.as' in .all his other works~ foe- f;,:;;i~""" fpecially in hts eptfiles, alta tnargut;/S & tneptm occupa!'tur,tntrtcattu ~ lntrodu;,,u ~tticubi,& p•rttm ~ompojitm, Jine copt« rerum hoc fmt, he JUmbles up ma. Sen.. . ny things together immeth6dically, after the Sroicks f.1lhion, parum or- ~Ju~c.Jc Sen., dinavit, mullaJmtmttlavit, &c. If S enec" be thus lafhed,and many fa- ahfo~.;~~:'~:"' mous men that!.could name,what fhalll expeti ~ How !hall I that am:~:';}/~·~ vix umbr.. '·""" plnlo(opht,hope to pleafe~ No man fo •bfolttte,YErafmus nifi f'...g~",;'::: holds,tofttujie ~/!,except antt9utltt, prefcrtptton, &c.Jeta barrt.. But pori• prd!flripas I hav: p~mred ins,,.,..,, .;:hi< will notal ~aies take place, how !ha~! I 1~JJ~~:~/r'; evade~ Tls the common dop,me of all wmers, I mu.ft (l J:1y) ab•.de tt,I "· r<ligione feek not applaufe; • Nonegovento(.e venorji':ifragM plebu ;agam nonfua.lat•_.,imo: JHm adeoinformiJ,I wouldnotb~•vihfied: - :"J'l,~'fl' .•. --btaudatus Aliunde, tib., 9 • p Non (.tftidttt« ft tibilec1orer,q;. • •&£gtie '"'f.~ I fear goo<! mens cenfures, ancj to their favourable acceptance I fubmit ~:7~?.~~~-::;:" my bbours, ~c&lmgutU Manctptorum . · ., 'llilupewi. ContemnP --:...:l.....s.. l'havOTm:a A h b ,_. f d' Ir I . h fc !'· • jn .A.GeWh.,9; st e annngo a og, .•ecure ycontemnet o e ma Ictousanatcilr-cap.>. rile obloquies, flours, calumnies; of railcrs and'detraetors, I fcorne the b O'IJii.rrifl.•; reft. What therefore I have laid, tro.tcnuiiAie me!i I have.faid. ~'¥.:; •. sat.!; Oneor nvo thmgs yet I was dehrous to have amended 1f I could, concerning the manner ofhandli.ng this my fubjeet, for which I muft apolo.- gize,d<precari,& upon better advicegive the friendly readernoticeri)lf.:. was not mine imentto proftitute my mufe in Englijh, or to divulgeftchl~ {gMinerv.e,but to haveexpofed this more conrradinLAtine,If I could havegot it prinred.Any fcurrile pamphlet is welcome to our mercenaric; Stationers in Epglifh,they print all,-cttduntque libel/os •. Inquoru,. foliis vixjimianudaca&aret; . But inL.ttilletheywillnotdeale; whichisoneofthereafons dNicho!tU d Aiittittu;;t.; Car in his Or~tion ofche paucitieof Englifh writers,gives; thatfo many ftiiautfu~fllil flourifhing WitS are fmothered in ob!ivion,!y dead and buried in this OUr r•g~~4';_ · nation.A~other ~ain faultis,that I liave not revifed the copie,and amen- ,;:.~ •• ~."'' dedthefttle, whtchnowflowes remifly, as it wasfirftconceived; but ($'£onJ.Ex<of my l~a~ure :-vould not permit, F e:i nee quodpotui, nee quod vol11i; I con-: ~~1;. 4eponi; felfeltlsnetther as I would,or asJt fhouldbe; iltg. •.•, ·· <Cumrdego {cripjiffi pudet,quiAplurimarirPI· Me quoque quajuerantjtldi&e tlignA lini. · When I perufe this tratl: which I have writ ~ hmaba1h'd,aAdmuchi holdunlit.· ' . .. :B a
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