Part.1.SeCl:.2. Caufes of.Melancboly. ' Memb. 3.Sub[. 1 3· n8 h BOilbiu~. i In0t£01tO!tJ. !i!J!idfin ,mc . ojlmdam_tOf'Jfl~ m1gna 't/~ argozu dbml63inlttites .ed1{icrwt, iitqftic Sscratcs. lowers. h Trifles voluptat11m exitm, & quifquis voluptatum {i~arum reminifci voice, intclliget,as bitter as gall and wormcwood is ~heir lafi;gricf~ ofmind, madndfe it ielf•. The ordinary rocks upon which fuch men doe impinge and precipitate themfelvos,ar~ Cardes,Dice,Hawkes,and Hounds, Infanumvenandt Jludi~<m, one cals it, in{an£ fubflruaionu : their mad firuQures, difporrs, playes, &J:. when they are unfeafonably ufed, imprudently handled and beyond their fortunes. Some men are confumed by mad phantafiicalJ buildings, by making Galleries, Cloifiers, Tarrates, Walkes, orchards Gardcns,Poolcs, Rillets, Bowers,and fuch places of pleafure; bJuti/cs do: mos ,i Xenophon cals them, which hqwfoeverrhey be delightfome things in tbemlclv~s, and acceptable to all beholders, art ornament, and befitting fome great men; yet unprofitable to others,and the foie overthrow oftheir dlates. Forejlm in his obfervations bath an example of fuch a one that became melancholy upon the like occafion, having confumed his fubfiance in an unprofitable building, which would afterward yeeld him no advantage. ks.,hbruim(is Others, I fay, arek overthrowne by thofe mad fporrs of Hawking and hun- ;:1.::·~;:;~:, ting;honcfi recreations,and fit for fome great men, but not for every bafe onm<sad,ut in- inferiour perfon;whilefi they will maintaine their Faulkoners, degges, and !,~;'';:~:,;:~;~ hunting N agges, their wealth, faith l Salmt~t{f, rurm<s away with hotmds, and R"·oi>wmitm their fortrmes Jlie away with Hawkes : They perfecute beafis fo long, till in quifit"'"' turmn the end they themfelves degenerate into beafis, as "' Agrippa taxeth them, mode~r• ttgr.- • AEI,eon like, for as he was eaten to death by his owne dogges,fo doe they ~~s:·Q;~or::=~o devourc themfelves and their patrimonies, in fuch idle and unoeceffary Clif~~;::;:l.":;7,: fports, negle6ting in the meane time their more neceffary bufineffe, and to ""''""spes follow their vocations. Over-mad too fometimes are our great men in de- :r;,;,ace•f""· lighting, and doting too much on it. • when they drive poore hushamlmm ~;,~tr.f,%~::~ from their tillage,, as P,Saruburienjis ebjeds,polycrat. lib. I. cap•.,. fling downe p1pcrvacania cormtrey F armes, andwhole Townes, ttJ make PArkes, and Fore{fs JlArving mtn ~::~:~:;t' to feed heajls, 3n4 q ptmifbingin the mrane time foe ha manlhAt fball mQ/ejl their venationii•ft- game, more feverely than him that i6 otherwi(e acommon baokcr, or a notorioUI I'"'"' ipfi•bje- theefe, But great men are fome wayes to beeexcufed,the meaner fort have ~;,~;;~ {;;;- no evafion why they fbould not be counted mad. PoggiM the Florentine, drgrntrant,"' tt!s a merry fiory to this purpofe, condem~ing the folly and impertinent At1<tOn, &c. buftneffeof fuch kinde of pcrfons. A phyfitian of Millan, faith he,tbat cured ~J,'S::,;;;:,.~~ mad men,had a pit ofwater in his houfe, in which bee kept his patients, oAgrippa de fame up to the knees, fome to the girdle, fome to the chinne, pro mqdoinfa· ...,;,fcieiU. In· ni£, as they were more or leffe affeCted. One of them by chance that was ~a;:;:,~~ a· well rccovered,fiood in the doore,and (ceing a gallant riqe by with a Hauke nOV<IIibm.,cm- on his lift,well mounted, with his Spaniels after him, would needs know to :~,:::;,;•~~;;:::- what ufeall this preparation ferved; he made anfwer,to kill certaine fowle; rro{licu,.gri"'•· ~he patient demanded againe,what his fowle might be worth which he kil- ,., p,.dlrd""'",. led in ayeare;he replyed,5 or 1 o Orownes;and when he urged him farther, ~:;:,:t.!::::'au- what his Dogs, Hor!e, and Hawkes flood him in,he told him 4oo Crowns; ,_.,P•ftrta with that the patient bad be gone, as he loved his life and welfare; for if fn·i,, Majeflatu our mafier come and fiqde thee here,he will put thee in the pit amongfi mad . """!''"''fi men up to the chinne: Taxing the madne!Ie and folly of fuch vain men,. that ~~~~alib~U [t#s arct11t~n_ agrico!~ diem [tt~ habtllllt ~ag411di li!J:rtaw;l: ifJis,tll pa/fUil augtaDt111,pr-'tf14fobtrabHntllf,&;. 1 S,ariJhll1j· tnju, q Feris q!Jitll) bo:nztubUJ<tfiiWrts.C{I.mbd.dt Gwt.Corrq.q"f· 36.~&fe{i'" mamcts dtppH!ittN4rjl_4d fonflam rPV•m .hftt.Pms. fpend
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