Part. z .Sect. 3. Symptomtso(the1minde. Memb.r.Sub£.3 nothing fo vain, abfurd, ridiculous, extravagant, impolfible, incredible, fo I 9o monfirous a Chymera, fo prodigious and firange, 0 fuc~ as Painters &.Po- oEr qu• vix ets durfi not attempt,which they wil not really feare,fa1ne,fufpect and 1ma- audu Jaltula, gine unto themfelves:And that whi~h ~ Lod.Yives faid in jefi ofafilly coun- ;::,"!;:P~~:· try fellow,thatkill'dhlsAffefordn~mg up the Moo~e, :•t lunAm mundo 1.,o.dtciv..lli reddmt, you may tmly fay of them. m earnefi; The)' ':1'111 ~et, co~c~aveall ~':"::,!:,~- extremes, comrarieties,and comradict!Ons,and that •nmfimte vaneues.Me- JeJ, · lancholici plane incredzbtlta Jibs per(uadent, ut vtx ommbus (:zculzs du1 re· pertiJint,quiidemimagznattJint(Eraftus de Lamt]S)fcarce two of two thourand that concurre inthe fame fymptomes.The tower ofBabet never yeelded fuch confulion of tongues, as this Chaos ofmelancholy cloth variety of fympromes. T.here is in ~11 melancholy Ji~ilitudo di(simili.s,like mens faces, a difagreeing hkeneffdhll; And as m aRIVer we fw1mme m the fame place though not in the fame numerical water;as the fame infirument affords feverallelfons,fo the fame difeafe yeelds diverlity of Sympromes.Which howfoever they be diverfe, intricate, and hard to be confined, I will adventure yet in fuch avafi confulion and generality, to bring them into fome order, and fo defcend to particulars. •SutsECT.3, larticularS)mptomes fro,;, the ' injluenctofStarret, parts of' the body, and humors. Ome men hrtve peculiarSymptomes accordi~ to their temperament and Crijis, which they had from theStarres aod thofecelcfiiallinfluences, variety of wits and difpolitioos, as Antpony Zara contends,Anat,ingen.(efl.x.memb.ll,n. I3 · I4 .plurlmum irritant in{l11entia cu:lejles, unde cientnr animi "tritudines & morbi cor~ porttm. POne faith, diverfe difeafes ofthe body and minde proceed from pPtl&.t. 4.r. r: ' their influences, r as I have already proved out of Ptolomy, Pont11nus, Lem- r Sell.' · mtmb, nius, Cardan, and others, as they as principalllignificators ofmanners, •. so/1[-tdifeafes, mutually irradiated, or Lords ofthegeniture,&c.Ptolomeus in his cemiloquie,H ermts,or whofoever elfetheauthor ofthat trafr,attributes all thefe fympromes, which are in melancholy men, to celcftiall influences: whtch opinionMcrmrialis deajfefl.lib. I . cap.Io, rejects;but as I fay, C Io- fVmb.<~lefl. vzanus Pontanus •.S: others fiifly defend .That fome arefolitary,dul,heavy, lrb.•o.<ap. 'l· -churhfl1;fom~ agam blith,buxome,light, &merry, they afcribe wholly to ~he~tars. As 1f S Mllrn be predominant in his nativity,& caufe melancholy m h1s temperature, then' he fl1al be very aufiere, fullen, churlifl1, black rl.dtlndagine ofcolour,profound in his cogitations,ful ofcares mi[eries &difcontents Go<l<lli~~<. · fadandfearfull,alwaieslilem, folitary, fiill delighting i~ husbandry, i~ Woods_,Orchards,Gardens,Rivers,Ponds,Pooles,darkeWalks &clofe: Cogztauones fr~nt velle ,edijicare,velle arbores plantAre, agros colere,&c. To catc:h B1rds,Flfl1es,&c.fiill contriving and mulingoffuch matters. If lttpiter dommeeres,they are moreambitious fiill meditating ofkinadomes magi!lracics,offices,honours,or that they a~e Princes,potentates~& how ;hey wouldcarrythemfelves,&c. If Mars, they are ~u for wars,bravecombats, Monomachie~, '·
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