Parr.r.Sett.,~ Catifls ofMelancholy. r48. (as • Beroald"' in his booke de t<rr .e motu,hath commended to pofterity)that •suhhari:a all the citie trembled, the people thought theworldwasatanend,acfumdc terr£ mot••· mortalib,..,fuch a fearful! noife, it made fuch a detefiable fmell; the inhabi. rants were infinitely affrighted,and fame ranmad. Audi rem 4trocem; & antc£pitindede- nalib"' memorandam(mineauthoraddes) hear afirangefiory and worthy to ~f:z,cufonfY.: be chronicled, I had a fervant at the fame time called 1-"tdco Argelanm ,a bold tis, indeaJeo and proper man,fogrievoullyterrifiedwith_it,that hetwas fidt melancholy ~em~ans,ut fi- after doted, at lafi mad, and madeaway himfefe. At b Fufcioum in Japoo~ ;~}!rre~ortem therewa; (it&hanearthquake, anddarknejfeon a Judden, that many men were b Hijlori'" re- offendedwith headach, man] overwhelmed with Jorrow and melancholy. At ;~~~;,·.~~~~~- MeacumwholeJlreets andgoodly.palacu were overturnedat the (ame time, and >.de lega<.re- therewa;(itch an htdeoli4 noyfe wtthall, ltke thunder,andfilthy fmell, that their ta~/::1:::, hairc.flaredfor fear~, andtheir hearts qtMke.d, men and beajls were incredibly lefuit4. .A. terrified. In Sacatanother czty, ~he (ame earthquake wa~ fo ternbleunto them, > 196. Fufti»i thatmany were bereft of thetr fen[es; and others by tbat hombteJ1eflacle fo :•"P'"''.,;.,._ much ama::.ed, that they knew not what they did. lllaji114 a Chrifiian the repor- ;.::;~: ..:,.;:, ter ofthenewes, was fo affrighted for his part, that though it were two "'multi capite months after, he was fcarce his own man, neither could he drive the remem. ::t~:;';Cr;;; branceofit out ofhis minde. Many times, fome years following they will &mel411cholia tremble afrdh at the' remembrance, or conceipt of fuch a terrible objett, ~'""'[,· . evenall their liveslong,ifmention be made of it. Cornelitu Agrippa relates . ,::,':J';.::,m:;,_ out of Gulielm"' Parifienjis ,a fiory ofone,that after adifia!ifull purge which ronih"U.f•ag,•-. a Philician had prefcribed unto him, was fo muchmoved, d that at the very k~;::'~,;~-Jightafphyfickhe would be di.flempered, though he never fo much as fmelled tamg, &c. In to it, the box ofPhyfick long after would give him apurge; nay the very re- =~:,f;:::·;.~~ membranceofitdideffectit; •like Travellers and Sea-men, faith Plllfarch, utbomincr v;.. that when they have beenfanded,or dajhedana rock, forever afterfeay nut that foi compoter mifthance only, but allfuchdangers what(oever. ·- ejfenJ f1.. {tnft- ~ ahalitnati,1'111r!ort oppreffi tamlmrend.D f}ettacu~. &'&. c ~uum fubit illius tripijJirna noOU Imago. d ~i foil afPetlu uuJidM mtnJebatur adpurg,anJum. e Si,ut 1Jiatoret ft "i4 [axum impegpi111, GUl 114flttt, mtllmtr {i1i 'afor, rwn i(f4mOM.1J.u.t offeniunt, ftJ, &' fnnil ia borrent perpetuo a- 11emunt. 5 UB SEC To 4· S cojfs, Cahtmnies, hitter Jejls, how they wtfe mdan1holy .' r.;,;1:!~;~~ T is an old faying, fA blow with a word Jlrike> deeper then • blow 'llulnerant.Ber- -withafword: and many men are as much gauledwith :1calumny, a "'"""'· fcurrillandbitterjefi,alibell,a pafquill, Satyre, Apologe, Epi- ~ERjir fouciat :v_ · h ·cc h [c mpu.,mentem gram, Stage-playes,ortheliAe,a~>wtt any m1 -rortune,w at of<rrrw. • ever. Princes and Potentates, that are otherwlfe happy,and have all at ~om. !ffi_;~u;;'~":,;_ mand, fecure & free, quib"' potentia(celeris impuniwem focit,a:e gtievoufly nefere""'i fili vexe<fwiththefepafquellinglibets,andSaty,rs:theyfearearaylmg*.Aretme,_ magnate,non il more thenan enell\yln the fi-eld: whichmade mofi Princes of his time (as ~/:~ft~f:,nd~~ fame-relate) aUonrhim a liberal/penjion, that hejllouldnot taxe them-in his Sa. mores.ipforum tyrer. The Gods had their Momm, Homer his Zoi/110, Achilles his Thirjites, ~:,~:." fu" no- Phitip his Demades.: The C.efars themfelves in R~me . W.eJie commonly tau?- Garp. Barthi"' ted. There was never wanting a Fetrorlim, a Ltman Ill thofe umes, nor wJil ~r<}at.p•rn<idid · be
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