Memb.z.Subf. 5· that meAnes tArryi"g too lo11g in the heat, jbe inflamed her head, and made her . (tife mad. . Cold aire in the other extrcame, IS almoft ~s bad as hor, and fo dorh Utfontaltm efteem of it cap. r r.ifit be dry wirhaU. In thofe N~rrhern co~otries,rhepeople are therefure generally dull,heavy,& many Witches,~h!Ch (as I have before quoted) Saxo Grammaticm,olam, Baptifta Porta afcnbe ro k Mmtd!<lo/Jer tt idem,{tu Terra Aujb'am jncognita. melancholy. But thde cold climes are more fubjea ~o naturall melancholy (notthis artificiall) which is cold and dry : .For ~~1ch caufe '<.Mercttrttu Britannicm belike, puts melancholy men romhablt JUft under the Pole. The worft of the three is a 1 thick, cloudy, milly, foggy Ayre, or fuch as come from tennes,moorilhgrounds, lakes, muckhils, draughts, finkes,whereany carkalfes, or carridn lies,or from whence any ftinkmg fulfome fmell comes: Galen,Avicenna,Mercurialu, new and cild Bhyfitians, hold that fuch Aire is nnwhDlfome,and ingenders melancholy,plagues,andwhat not~ ~A lexan- m Commooly dretaan haven rowne i!i the Mediterranean Sea, Saint !lkn de vHua, an haven ;~~t::t· in Nova.Hif}ania1 are rtmch condemned for a bad aire, fo as Dura{.zo in miMr. t.Albania,Litt~ania,Ditmarjb,Pomptin.-paludes in Italy, the territoriesabouc Pifa, F£.rrara, &c. Rumny mar{h with us; ~he Hundreths in E{fex, the Fenns l craffiuet ttt;... bijlu~aer, trijtm efficitauimam. in Lincolm}11ire. Cardan de rtrtlm varittate, lib.17. cap. 96. findes fault with the fire ofthoft rich, and mofi populous Cities in the Low-Countries, as Brugn, Gam, t.Amfterdam, Ltydm,Vtrlt1,&c. the Aire is bad; and fo ·at Stockholme in Sweden; Rtgirlm in It;ty, Salisbury·with us, HuU and Linne : ·They may be commodious for navigation, this new kind of fortification, and many other. good nece1fary llfcSs but are they fo wholfame ~- Old fRqme hath defcended from the hills,ta th-e Valley,'tis the fiteof moft ofqut new Cities,and held bell i:'G build in plaines, ~o take the opportunity of Ri· .vers. Leander Atbertm pleads hard for theAtre and ftte of Vemce, tllough the black moori{h fands appear at everjllow water;the Sea,Fire,and Smoak (as he !Winks) qualifierheAire <and • folhcfuppofe,thata thi~k foggy ayre n ,Jtf<UG~'t'.«• helps the memory,as in thctnofhfoinTralJ; and our CAmden oot of PlatD ;t,;,;:z;t• commends the fiteof C•mbridge, beaaufe iris fo neere the Fennes. But let quodtr•ffi•" · the fire of fuch places be as it may, how can they be excufed that have a de. fritall# we. licious fear, apleafam aire,and.all that nature can afford, and yet through their own naihnclfc and fiuttilhnelfe,immund,and ford id manner oflife,fuffertheir aire to putrifie ,<ind th~mfelves ro·be choaked up~ Many Cities in 0 Lib.' · Hifl . Turkie doe m•IC audirc in this ~ind: Co»ft.~ntinspte it [elf, where commanly Lihcap ... carrt~n hts m the: fireer. Some find the fame fault in Spaine, even in (}J{adri~ :!r;:::f:e,~:: the Kmgs fear,a moll eJCcellent ayrt,a pl~afant fite; hut the inhabitants are homintsexiP•nt, flovens,and the llreers u~cleam{y kept. , ' •'', e~fi•btr~pes,et . A trou_blefome ~empdliot'15ayre is as bad as impure, rougb and foul~ /:i;~;~;{:;: weather-, tll'fpetuous Wind(!£, 'Cloudy <lark dayes, as it is c<lmmGf\lyiWith us,, ro,m~ximo in c~tum vifu f~eilum, 0 P.otii~r·e calls it afilthy, .s,l<Y~ & in rJu• fatilf..itnerantur, :;::~;:;:~~ ~uhes.: ·~S ·TiiU•e•br?tber ~ntmwrocel:'Ohlm 10 11.sm.e, being then 12f!4J6r m•nJififmfli. ; mBrname. IIHI ~h1ck aillh;l~lrdy ·ayre{fllitlrL-emnim) men aritetricke, fail, •i>itf!•m(lill• ~: 4ntip-.vijb: andifthe>:efteMe winds bJott>,'; 4nd't'hat there he a calme, ., a' t';!';:,';f[~ fam funfo•neday , therr~s alhi:lld'Of alaor-it1 inme»s minis; itcheares up men ""''"it' fopiii' and beaf/s : hut ifit be 11 turbulent, rDug:h, &toudy,jlormy weAther, men are {iul, ~;•ro ·az~gir.~~ /umpijh,an_d muoh.dejelkd,angr~,.,af}ijh,Ju4,.,rJiJ-melan&hDty. This wasP Vir. ~ C;.,.. g•ls expenment of old, t 2 Verum
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