Part.t.Setl:.z. Caufes ofMelancholy. Mcmb+ Sub[.? I 62 defire oflife, extinguilheth all delights, it caufeth deepe fighes and groanes, teares,exclamatJOns, ( 0 dulcegermen matri;, o {anguio meus, , Eheutepentes,&c.- oflouener) • Pirg. 4..AEn. hgwling,roaring,many bitter pangs,( •tamentio gemitufft & f.~tmineo ululatu ~{.~;;~~;;:::,: Tec1afremunt) and by frequent meditation extendsfo farre fometimes,kthey m & ftlior (htnke they fee thetr deadfzends contz11ua~ly tn thur eyes, obfervantes imagi. g:·'f"'"'"" nes, as Conc~lzator col3felfe~h he faw hts mothers g?oll: prefeming her felfe na "'· lhll before h1m. f<!!!d nzmiSmiferz volunt, hocfiwle credzmt, frill, ftill,ftill, ·· that good father, thatgood fonne, that goodwife,thatdeare friend,runnes in their mindes:Tot~s a11imzes hac un!i cogitatione dejixu! "'.all the yeare long, ~ Epifl. tih••• as • Plzny complames to Romanus, me tht11kes 1 fee Vlrgmllls, I he are Virgini. l'irginium ~i- us,Italkewith Virginius, &c. deo. audio, de- * '7" fi ;r;, 'h · l'l' · 'd fu1J(1umc0gir"~ .~.e me,'lJttmtJerumt 1, t tantgravt entur, aUoqWJr. Pallentefq; ro~ ,necdulcentbms hyACinthus, ~,~"/t.~rniu• Nttllos necm~rtus,nec l~urtll JPirat odo:es. . They that are moll: fta1d and pauent, are fo funoufly camed headlong by the pafiionofforrow in this cafe, that brave difcreet men otherwife, oftentimes forget themfelves, and weepelikechildrenmany months together, a~ * €hauccr. * tf tl}at tl}e!? to b)atet WOU!b,and will not becomforted.They aregone, they are gone. · .Abjltzlitatra dies &foneremerftt acerbo, What lha!II doe~ · ~is dab it in lachrymtU font em mihi, quiofatis altoJ Accendctgt1Jiitus, &acerboverqadolori? · " . ExhauritpiettU6Ctdos, & hiantiafangit ' l'elfora, neeplenosavidoji11itedcre quejlus, MagnAadrojalfurapnmit, &c. - · . ,Fountaines ofteares whogives, who lends me groanes; Deepe fighes fufiicientto exprelfemy moanes ~ . . Mineeyes are dry, my breaftin pieces tome, . My loffefogreat, Icannotenoughmourne. So Strc:zaFtlius tharelegant/ta/ianPoetinhis Epicedium, bewailes his fa; thers d~ath; he could moderatehis pafiionsin othermatters (as hee confcf... feth) but nor in this, he yeelds wholly to forrow, , N nncfoteor do tergamalis,mens iU11(atifcit, . . Indomit11s I!JUOndam vigor& conjlanti11 m<ntts, . 1 Pr.tfat•.tib. 6. How.doth 1 ~11tilian com.plaine for the loffe of his fonne, to defpa1rc almofl: Cardan lament his only childe,,in his boo~e de librisproprijs ,and elfe- ' tib.deohiru whereinmanyotherofhistratl:s, • S• .Ambrofe his brothers death? an ego satyrifra(ru, poJfo.mnoncogitare de te,autfine lachrymis cogitare, 0 amari dies, o jlebiles no- {/es, &c. Gregory Nazianzen that noblePulcheriMO decorem,&c.f!o! rece11s, pNDulans,&c.Alexander, aman ofamoll: invincible courage, after Ephejhonsdeath,as Curtius relates, tridHum jacult ad moriendum obftinatus, lay threedaycs together upon theground, obftinateto dye with h_im,and would neither cat, drinke,nor ileepe. Thewomanthat communed WlthEfdra;(ltb. CHap. I o .) when her fon fell downc dead, fled , into thefteld,andwout.l not returneintofhe city ,but therere[olvedtoremaine, neither to eat nor tirmke, bllt mourneand(ajf until!{he died. J.<Mhet weptfor her<hlldren,andwonldnot 6e ··· comforted
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