• Part.t.Se&z. Caufes of'Melancholj: u6 Jltr fie ftcri i"bet)likethe • Per.flan Kings,whofe Image was adored by all that •srif,.,"· cameintotheCiry of Baby/on. Commoam the Emperour W3$ fo g~lled by qAmonim•b his flattering parafires,that he muft be called Hercules. q .!nt4nim the Rom4n <fftnJatmibm •· would be crowned with Iv"y, carried in a Chariot, and· adored for B&cch,.,, pj:,;:"~pet. Cotys King ofThrace, was married tor Minerva) and fent three ffverall met: lm·i juf!it,et pro fengers one after another, to fee if !hewere come to his bed· chamber.Such ::,~,:;;z;t~~- a one was IJupiter•Menecrates, c.Maximinffl Iovianm, ,Diocltjian,m Hercute. '"d"'· '"'""' m ,Sapor the Per.flan King,brother of the Sunne and Meone,and our mode'rrt1 ""'ta'""""'•" Turks,thatwill be Godson earth, Kings ofKiogs,Godsihadow, Comman- :?.f:/,/Jt;:: dcrs of all that may be commanded, our Kings of china and Tartaria in this an/Jtn,cum' • prcf<ntage. Such aone was Xerxts,that would whip the Sea,ferter Nepiune," ::,~',j}';j{J,;'•· .Jlulta jallantia,and fend a challenge to Mount :Athos:an'd fu~h are many fot. an4ri<.Pater. tilh Princes,bro,ughtinto a fOOls Paradife by their parafires, 'Tis a common ~•'·P•~· humour, incident to all men,when they are in great places, or come to the ;::/:::.~i~, ~: fo!lbce of honour' have done, or defefv'd well, to applaud and flatter themto[urwe prrci- fdves.Stultiti•m foam produnt,&&. (faith"* Plattrm) your very Tradefmen · r:,;::£'/:t~":.' if they be excellent, will crack and braggc, and !hew their folly in excelfc; · dwi•m ""m They havegood parts, and they know'it, you need not tell them ofit; out dta in tbaiami< of aconceit oftheir worth,thoy goe fmili'ng to themfelves, a perpctuall mt- [':i!J:;_~:;,. ditarionof their Trophies and plaudites,they runneat the !aft quite mad,and • "' "'"";,.. lofe their wits : Pttrarch. lib. I.deccntemptl! mundi, confdfed as much of h'"''""P l· himfelfe,and,Cartla-?in his 5.bookofwifdome, gives an inftance in a Smith ;.~lt1,~f:..[•· of Mill•», a fellow Citiz~n of !)is, •one 'G4ltlf' de rubeis, that l.lein~ comLi~;..,;b. ' '· mended for refinding ofan inftrurl!e"nt 1 'of'Yfrcbimedes, for joy 'ian ma,dde!· ~:l':l'{;pff;_ Plutirch in th~. life·of <..A}Jilxetlirl";' Ha~li'fuch a lik'e f!ory of ohc th• .,,;/~ 1,,;,, '"""""" fouldier,that wounded King OfriiS in battle, and grtw'ihemipon fo" 4rrcgA»t,. haae ev•ne{a- that in afoort tpaceafter'he lifl bip11itJ :So' many 'men;lfany new ~'6nour, o{, [.:::':uf/:.~:;. ~ce ,preferment,booty,treafure,polfeflien,or patrimony ,ex inj}iratD fall un- .ftg;. n.. imuin· to them,for immoderate joy, and contitiuall meditation ofit,cannot flecpe, :;;.~·::: ~~fn~d!:n~~~t~h~!a~c~o~~~d.~he~~ers ~~ ;~~::~~~~e:. a;~~!~~;,:;~:e~~~ u Gale~• deru. fore,the next da.y after his Leullrian vielory, >came abroad All Jqualid and }:~~%:;;;:!,: fobmijfe, and ~ave no other reafon ~o his friends offo doing, than that bee iiiVOIIilrmn;,.. perceived himfdfe the day before, by reafon ofhis good fortune, to be too ~~~~~;b;;~7, infolent,overmuch joyed.Thatwife and verruous Lady,• ft!!.eme Katherine, di!Ji,pr•l<~itil Dowager of England, in private talke, upon like occafion, faid, that h foee inf<Wvit. would 1111 will.ingly end11re the extrem~ty 1ftither fort1111e ; but :fit were, {lth41 ;,:;{'::/:!:!;. ofnectjity foe mu.Jl undergse the one, foe wouldhe in Adverfity, hecau(e tDI'Ifort ,.,, ob nimU.m w.u never wa11ting ill it, h11t.JlillcounfeO •ndg1ver11mtnt, were defetiive in thl indtmo,•neiii. sther: They could not moderate themfelvcs. ' · yBtllt{trrem•g- . . . . . ~ 'IIIV"diftefortNIIJltn, Hor.fw~revtrtiUtr babe, q~cu~ llJQIIt Dlvts ah txi6 pr~gtdkrt ('ltJ, A11[nwu. x Prutf!is ftpW'HIM ttfii.bmi({tU,MthtjkmiDilil~mint~mJ~tlllshtdit &'Jiftl.t'tt: ~ f'UT Hta-8, b Nt'"!'W {t {oi~IIMtXtitTIIU»f Jib~tlrt~· tMr.,.di>it: {td jtoeceffit"' a/tm114fobindt111folllrltllr,OfUTtjiPJJi<illm<t ~""{4111:flllt(m h11< 111/PIIiiVJ- dtfoitfof,JJ,.IJJ, m rt> ur•tl!lll/lil&(}1ljili~>&c. Lod.vh·u. · , .
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