\ ' Part.I:Sett.z, . Caufes ofMelancholy. . Memb. 4 .Subf. 7 17o Pr.ttextat'!' a robed Gentleman in Plutarch, would not fit down at aFeat! ---- becaufehemight not fit higheft,but went his waies all in a chafe. We fee rh~ common quarrellings t?at·are ordinary with us,fottaking ofthe wall,prece. dency, and the hke, whtch though toyes mrhemfelves ,and things ofnomo.. ment, yet they caufe many.diftempers,much heart-burning amongft us. No- •s•imu. enim thing pie~c~th deeperrhen ~contempt or difgrace, b _efpecially ~f they be ge. ~:U"'~~ ';:',~: nerous fpmts,fcarce any thmg affeCl:s t?emmore, then to be defpifedor vili: ,;.;m.. mi,a.r fied.Crato conftl. I6.lrb.z. exemplifies 1r, andcommon exP,enence confirmes graviruffi<i, it. Ofthe fame nature 1~ opprellion, Ecclm,.77. furely opprefion makes aman guam'//'.'"'P· mad,loffeofhberry,wh!Ch made Brutm vemerh1s hfe,Cato kill himfelfe and ':::.' fJ"""" t Tully complaine, Omnemhilaritatem inperpctuttm amift, mineheart's bro. t Ad Atti<um ken, I !ball nevedooke up, or be merry againe, * h,.c jaflrtraintolerabilu to !Pf;.)::a~ru- fome parties 'risa moft intolerable loffe. Banifhment agreat mifery, as Tyr. rum. tem defcribes it-in an Epigram ofhis, - · · Nammi(erum eftpatriJ ami {fa, (dribu(:£ v~gari Mendicum, & timida voce rogareCibos: Omnibm invi(m, quocunq;acce!ferit exul Semecr er it, femfer jpretm egenfq; jacet, &c. A miferable thing tis foro wander, And like abegger forto whine at doore, Conremn'dofall rheworld,anexileis, · Hated, rejeCl:ed,needy frill, and poore. cl»Pb•niff. · Polynim in his conferencewirh Jocaftlf'in c Euripida, reckons up five mife. ries ofa banifhed man, rheleaft ofwhich alone, were enough to dejeCl: fome pufillanimous creatures. Oftencimes atoo great feeling ofour owne infirmities or imperfeCtions ofbody'qr minde,,vill rivell us up; as if we be long fi'k: 0 beata(anit,u,tepr4Jente, am.tnum Yerjloret gratijs;&h[q;te nemo beatus: 0 bldfed health! thou art above allgoldand treafore,Ecclm. 30. I 5. without thee there can beno happineffe: Orvifitedwith fome loarhfome difeafe, offenfive to orhers,or troublefome to our felves; as a ftinking breath, deform~ ty ofour limmes, c;rookedneffe, ,Joffe ofan eye, leg, hand, paleneffe,leannes, redneffe, baldnelfe,loffe or want ofhaire,&c. hie ubi fluere upit, diros ic1tii !'~t;;':4'"' cordiinftrt,faitbd Syneji~~<, he himfelfe troubled nor a little ob com.t deft. c1um, the loffe of bairealone,ftrikes a crudl ftro~eto the heart. Ace a an old woman, feeing by cha,nce herface in atrueglaffe,(for.fhe ufed falfe flattering glaffes belikear other times,as moft Gentlewomen d·oe) animi dolore ininfaniam delapfaeft, (C.tlitn Rhodiginm lib. I7.eap.z.) ran mad. 'Crothem the [onofYt~lcan, becaufehewasridiculous for his imperfeCtions, flung him· e O'llid. tE ern. felfeintorhe fire,LauofCorinthnowgrowneold,gaveup her glaffeto rt· nm, for fhecould nor abide to looke upon it. t f2.!!,alis (umnolo, qt~alis er an> nequep, Generally to faire nice peeces, old age and foule linen are two m~f! odious things,a torment ofrorments,rhey may not abide the thought of1t. -~tOdeorum ~ifqtlis h.t&audis, utinam inter trrtm Nudaleones, . ".Antequam turpis macies decentes CJmtpet mAIM, tmer.tq;(umu. JJeflual
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