Patt.I.Sect.l • . Carifi:s ofMelancholy. SUBSEC'~•3· Terrours and A/frights caafes of Melancholy . rlly in the 4· ofhuTa{culal}s, di!l:inguiiheth thefe terrors which a. rife from the apprehenfion of fome tmible object heard or feen, fromotherfeares,andfodothPatntun_M. 5· Ttt, 4• deregil in. jhtut, Ofallfcarestheyaremoll:pernmous and violent, and fo fuddainly alterthewholetemperatureofthebody, move the fouleandfpi. iits,!lrikefucha deep imprdlion, that the parties can never be recovered lr & caufing moregrievous and fiercerMelancholy,as Feli.'< Plater, cap. 3 .demen: ,.::::;~,m:~ tis alienat. I fpeakes out ofhis experience,then any inward caufe whatfoever: imp"v.i(oaae- and imprints itfelffo forcibly intheJPirits, braine,hMmors, that ifall the ma!Je ~=~:;~~~m- ofbloudwere!et out ojthebodJ, it could hardly beextraCled. This horrible ki11d vent,ut f}iritus ofMelancholy (for !o he teamies it) had been often brought before him, and ;:;:,:,:;;~::: troubles and alfrights common/1 m~n and women, young and old ofall forts. · remtj, me tan- • Hermles de Saxoma, call~ thts kmde of Mela~ch_oly (ab _agttattoneJPiri. ;:;;~~~.::~:; tr~um) _by a pec~l~ar name, tt comes from theagttanon, motwn,comraction, ab inrerna •au- dllatanon offpmts, not fromany dt!l:emperature of humors, and produceth J~fit.lm_pr~ffi· ll:rong effects. This terrour is moll: ufually eaufed, as m Plutarch will have ~m':;"'b m {romjomeimminentdanger,whena terrible objefl is M hand, heard, feen, o~ rib~U •;,:,;,~ conceived, n trr~ely appearing,.or in an dream: andmany times the more [udurtxrraffa to· den the accident, it is the more violent. .. · - · tafongurnea *S · · & · r.1· ' majfo,.egrt tx~ tat terror ammts, cor attomtam 1a tt; J>rimatur, Et Pavi dum.tft trepidis palpitat venis iteur. ~~~,!:'~';1.~. Their foule'_s affright, their ~e~rt ~mazed quakes, cboli• Jrr1uen- The trembhng Ltver pants tth vemes ,and akes . . :~:;:•;:::~; Arthem~dmu the Grammarian loft his wits by the unexpected figh! of a 'l!irot iuvener Crocodtle, Ldurenttm 7.de melan, P The Malfacre at Ltons 1571. m the fine/ · ' reign of Charles the 9· was fo terrible and fearfull, that many ran mad, fomc ;.:.:::·;~;·; died, g_rcat-belliedwomenwere brought to bed before their time, generally nmabinrempe- allaffnghtedand aga!l:. Many lofc their wits q by the fudtlen fight offome ~;:~~ii~~;':,;,_JPeflrumor.~evill,athing very commmin aUages ,faith Lavater p~rt. I. cap.g; m,co•lraffione, as Orejles dtd at the fightoftheFurm, whtchappeared t~ htm mblack ( ~ .moru tpiriruum • Pattfanta. records) The Greeks call them !''lP.''" 'X-''~, whtch fo ternfie thetr ~L•!;/,~['"· fouls, or ifthey be qut affrighted by fome c5>unterfeit divels in jeft, .Atex. pr>fer- -.-t utpuert treprdant,atg, ommac.eCJs . tim ineunre Intenebris metuunt-.... aschildreninthedarkcon. ~;;i;~~~,'::f- ceaveHobgoblins, and are fore afra~d, they_arethe worfe fori: all their lives. funttmibiter. Some by fudden fires, earthqua,kes, mundanons,or any fuch dtfmall ObJects: ~.~~n':u~;~';': Themi(onthcPhyflcianfe!lintoanHydrophobia, by feeing one ficke of that ra apparmre, dtfea(e: ( Dtofcortdes ltb. 6, cap. H• ) or by the fight of a mon!l:er, acarcafe, v.'! per in(om- they aredifquieted many months following, and cannot endure the roome ~~~~;;.7; whereacoarfe bath been,for a world would not be alone with a dead man,or w,r, m B,r.J, lyeinthat bedmany years after, inwhich aman bath died. At ' Bajil amany t6oo.Somnia~ 11lt fil iUmbelloJrnrtuum,intk Melancholica con(ulari noluit.* Stlltc.Htrc Ott.p~rta parr comment.Jt Statartlit.ioniJ i11 GaOiafub Car(l/o 9. 1 57 :.qEx orcurJU tlotmo"ii •rqui jurortcorripiu~erar,&e;,rperientia notii tjf.,.Lib.8.inArcaA.tLucrer. r Puell.uxtr4 u.rbem in pr4to fOncu.rmuesJ~c.m.tfl4 (:tmel4ncholiu do mum rediit p:r tliet dlii_uotvrx4/aJJum mort~ tjJ. Pl•m. htde
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