Part.1.Sect.2. Cauftso{Melancboly. M em b. 3.Sub[. 1 o. 1 o8 content, care, calamity, dangerfrom aman. Our townes and Cities are but tBmh<r•in 6. fo many dwellings of humane mifery, Tnwbicbgriefe and (orrow('as he right . ~~;~~:it'!.._ well.obferves out of Solon) innumerable tro,.bles,labotm of mm all men, awd ndf.,tquam aU manner~f vices, areintluded, adn fo many pe111nes. Our villages ardtke ;=~~'d.:~ mole-hills,and men as fo many Emots, bufie,bulie flill, going roandfro, in cilia, quibUJiu- and our,and crolling one anothers projeCls,as the lines of fcverall Sea. cards amtt """"' '" cut each other in aGlobe or Map..Now light artd merry,bm (uas one follows :;~~~b:~:: it) by-and-by (orrowfuO and heavy ; now hoping,then dijlrtiflmg; now patient,to etomni>gentris morrow crying 0111; now pale, then red; mnning,jitting,jweating, trembling, I::J,;a;:,~fpriJ halting,&c. Some few amongfrthe reil, or herhaps one of a thoufand,may uNa,: c'~"'"' . be PuUsu Iovu,m the worlds efleeme,_Ga/lm.e jiltm alb.e, an. happy and fortudelit.Eur'f"- nare man,ad mvtdt4mfeitx,becau[e nch,fane,well allied, m honour and of- ;$;),";:;0,;: lice: yet peradventure ask himfelf~ and he willfay, that of all othersx he is rruu,p'"!Opo]l mofrmtferable,and unhappy. A faire lhooe, htc focct" novm,clegans, as he di{fidtn>;P"klfS r faid,fldnefci< "biurat,but thou knowfr not where it pincheth. It is not an 1::.'~~:;:,~~- other mans opinion can make me happy; but as' S<1ma well bath ir,He is a ,,.,;,.b.,;,,,,._ miferable wretch, that doth mt ace~ant hnnfolfe happy, theugh he be Soveraigne rw,ft"."""/au- Lord ofaworld: he ff not happy, ifhe thmk htm(elfnot to be fo :for what avai- ~~':"''''mcm, leth it ,.hat thine ejlatt is,or ficmeto others,ifthou thy Jeife dtjlike it? A corn. xsrraerrii,••- monhumouritisofallmento think well of other mens fortunes, anddif- ~~~':/;~:C~~~~· like [htirownc: cui pla~et alteriUJ,fua ~imirmn eft odio fors: but b qreifit MezEp.9.kv.7_. ct.l'n.u,&c. how comes It to paffe, what s the caufe of 1t ~ Many men are of Mifir eft,q••I• fuch a perverfenature, they are well pleafed with nothing (faith •Theodoret) ;:;~~;:;;,;: neither with riches ,norpoverty ,they complaint when they areweU,and when they perttmmulo_non are jick, grumble at aU fortunes, prefPmty And adverjity; they are troubled tJI b~::::,1~~ in a cheap yeare,iN a barren,plenty or not plenty, nothing pleaftth them, w.r nor '::n4rrtq q,.__ peacc,with children,nor without. This forthe moll: parr is the humour ofus ~'f/:t,i"~{,";';'/' all,ro be difconten~,miferable, and moll: unhappy, as we thinkc atleafr; and m<Jw. ihew me him that IS not fo, or that ever was otherwife? fl.!!Jntus c..Mete/lm • Hor.epl.•·•· his felicity is infinitely admired amongft the Roma»s,in!omuch, that as d Fa. ~ Hor. 5 "· '· terculus menrioneth of him, you can fcarce finde ofany Nation, order, age, c':;b.. .Uw41. fexe,one for happineJfe to be compared unto hi!ll: be had in a word, bona at'"'·'ffia.eap. nimi,corpori< &Jortun.e, goods of mind, body, and fortune, fo had P. c..M•· ';i:%{;i~~~;: tianm e Cra.f!m. Lampfitca that Lac£dtmonian Lady, was fuch another in ctt<tqrread"" r Plinics conceit," Kings wife,aKingsmother, aKings daughter: and all the :.;,:";:;;:;;_ world efreemed as much of Polycrates of Samos. The Greekes brag oftheir totem, .Unwrbi< Socrates, Phocy011, Ariflidts;the Pfophidians in particular of their Aglam, om. expsftrrianr,bmt nivitafelix, abom111i periculo immunis (which byrheway Pau(ani.uheld ;;::::::~f;':::• impollible) the Romon-softheir g Cato, Curim,FAhricim, for their compofed fr•><ldieam,,;.. fortunes, and retired eftates, government of pa!lions, and contempt ofrhe ''}}_,~osdlilttat, world: Yet none of all thefe was happy,or free from difcontent,neither Mt• teU~~&,Cral[m, nor P1/y{rAtts, for he dyed a violent death, and fo did Catl: And howmuch evil! dorh Lafi.,Jtius and T heodoret fp,ak of Socrates ,a weak man,and fo of the reil, There is no content in this life,but ash he faid,aO i< vanity and vex•tion offPirit : lameand imperfeCl. Hadfr thou Sampfon~ haire, dvix rtUim fpltis,tttalis> onUn;s,IHJmi7mn inv.njes)mjus ft6 iirattmfortitMMtttlii comJ~Uts, Vo!. t. er: .CntJT~ ~lltiiJit~, _qttili'Jirll ~ui.ffi di&!t~~rrerllf!i bo~arum_ maxima,q~fldtf{tt ditiJ!im!u~ 9uod t/frt7»bi~jflf!lll~, t/JJqftt?ltiff~,JIIri(tln{Htti{!lmus,Ponu[tx mas'~· fLJb.7.8tgt~/iiJa)<tgtniXDr,R.tgu v.tttcr. g ~147Ubi/ /ll1fJ.~Jnz/~amM· .-rit;rmtftclJ,cNt[mjit,qsi btnefimptrji<, qMQd diltr [-.trt1181p91111. h SolomM Eultj.t. 14. tMi/lr
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