• Part.J.SeCl:. 2, Ca1ifts of Melanchgly. Memb. 3.Subf.1c, zo6 the body,andconfume the fubftance of it. They are nor to many in number, but their caufes bee as divers, and not one of a thoufand free from them, or that can vindicate himfdfe, whom that Ate dea, :'.L~~<i<zn.Podag. * Perhomint~mcapita motliteramhulans, Plant~ pedum tenerM habms: Over mens heads walking alofr, eOmnid imper- 'foct.f,conftifiVt pmurb.zmne plena,Ctrdflfl, ' With tenderfeet treading fo foft. llo,urs Goddelfe Ate, bath not involved inco thisdifcontented ranke, or plagued withfome mifery or other. Hyginm fah.zzo. to this purpofe hath a pleafam tale. Dame f;tlrtl by chance wenc over a brooke,and.taking up fame of the durty ilyme, made an Image ofit; Jupiter eftfoones c?mming by put ltfe to u,but Curaand Jupiter could notagree what name to giVe b1m,or who il10uld owne him: The matter was referred to Saturne as 1 udge,he gave this ;Irbitrement, His name fh all be Homo ab immo, C11ra er~m pojftdeat q~<amdi• vi. vat, Care fh all have himwhilft he lives, Jupiter his foule, and TeUus his bo. dy when he dies. But to leave tales. A general! caufe, a cominuare caufe, · an infeparable accident to all men, is difcontent,care, 1mfery;w<re ihere no other particular af!lidion (which who is free from~) to moldla man in this hfe, the very cogitation ofthat common mifery, were enough tO macerate, f .b h' and make him weary ofh1slifc;to thinke that he can never be fecure,bm frill .. ~:.:Z;":;.!· in danger,Corrow, griefe,~nd perfecution. For to begin at the hour~ of hls n~um,ctadv•· birth, as f Pliny doth elegantly d~f~ribe It~ •He is borne n~ked,onJ fo,!s 3'a 11 J6i. 1:::.~F~:::.- mng at the ver1 firjl, he Is fwadte'd 4nd hound up like a p•i(oner ,• f~nit~t· helpe, ;,;,;,, d<>inll114 htmfelfe, and {o he continrm r~his lives end. Cujuftj, fer£ pahulum, faith* Sentj<&tt,&c., ea, impatient of heate and cold, impatient of labour, impatient ofidlenelfe, ~~"t~f:;._- expofed to Fortunes co_mumelies. To a naked mariner LucretittS compares "'"'~""*~- h1m, caft on fhore by fh1pwrack,cold and comfortlelfe m an unknowne land, ~"'~ ""<@- No dlate,age, fexe,can fecurc.hirllfelfe from this common mifcry. A man '::,=:J:::;:~~ that fs borne of a woman, is ofjhiJrt continuAnce, and fi~/1 of trouble, Job. 14.1• .:~le~"!;,. va(.zz.and while his Jlejh is upon him, hejhaU he (orrowfuU, andwhile his (oule tr;~']m;(~~- is in him, it jban mo11rne. All his dAJeJ are forrow, and his trAvels griefis, his cbrp..lu mori- heart a!fo takethnot rejl in the night,Ecclus.z.z 3· And cap.z.l!. all that is in ~l<lf,&c. . 11, ts (orrew and vexation offPirit. b Ingrtjfe ,progrejfe, regref{e, egreJJe, mucba- .:.:,tJ:"""'· like; blindnejfe fea'{Jth en us in the beginning, labour in the middle, griefe i11 hiniJir~m c~ci- the._ end3 errour in at!. WhAt. day Ariftth to us, withoett fome grieft, care, or an- ::;· Prtl/,"'0:."'" gtti}h ~ or what fo fecure andpleajingamorning ha"'e we (eenc,thAt ha1h not hen ""~: ·;:,~ •m- overcajl brfore the evening ? One is miferable, another ridiculous,a third odi- ~;1:,";:'::· ous. One complaincs of this &rievance, another of that .. Altqr~ando ner't(i, ~"''" ,::. ~~ altquand• pedes vexant,(Seneca) nunc dijltllatto, nrmc epatts mor~i/J;flunc de, riof•nuvu~x:- eft, nun& (uperejl:fongms; now tire head akcs,then thefeet,now th~)Jungs;thor! •md•m;f.'m"'~ the liver,&c. Htlic (enjus exuberat,fed efJ putlori degener j:.nguis ,ere: Hee~s r~;;'p;,;,u~;;, rich, bur bafe borne; hds noble, but poore; a third hath meanes, but bee ui>i$t dotm,uh% wants health peradventure, or wit eo manage hiseftate; children vexo' on~). r:t.;;r,:·~,. wife a fecond,&c. Nemo {act le c"m conditione foa concordat,no man is pl~afeil cllllj, me ,$,,•. with his fortune,a pound offerrow is familiarly mixt with a dram ofcotent, LJPF••· little or no joy,little comforc,but i every wheredanger,contention,anxiery in ' all
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