Prugnufticks if Melanchuly. --~~~---------- •. cunificin.ohdminum,angor animi,as well faith Areteus, a plagueofthefoul, 2 r 5 Memb.r the Crampe and Convullion of the Soul, an epitome of hell; and ifthere ---- be an hell upon earth, it is to be found in ~ melancholy mans heart. ,. R.egi•• mcrForthat deep torture may be call dan hell, · borum cui !•- When more is felt, then one bathpower t~ ~ell. ;;',~t;;:~;;,;t Yea,that which (coiling Luct~tp fa.td ofthe gout.mJeft,I may truely affirme ""' C•r<l.n. of melancholy in earneft. .' otrijtenomen! odiuodibile, . . Ofadandodiousname! anamefofe!I "MelanchDiialachrymofo, Cocytiji!ta, Is this ofmelancholy, brat ofhell. ( d,;d, 7»7 utarifpecubm opacis edita Therebom in helli01 darkneffe doth it Erirmys,uterlquam Meg.erafoo tulit, The Furies brought it up, Megeri steate, Et ab uberib~~& aluit, cuique par'Vul.e Alelfogave it bitter milk to eat. Amar11lentuu; in 01 lac Alelfo dedit, And all confpu'd :t bane to mortal! men, omnu abominabilem te d.emonu . To bring this devil out ofthat black den. Produxere in lucem,exitiomortalium. E~K~ulo 'jupiters thun~erbolt, not lrorme at fea, Non'jupiterftrtttaletelumfulmm~>, P Norwh1rlewmde dothour hearts fo Non u!laftc proce!la(.wit «qrmii, much difmay. · Nonimpetuo{itanta'Viu(lturbinis. What? am I bit by thadierce Cerbcr~~&.i' .An4fperotfoftmeomorfm Cerb<ri~ . Or ftung by tferpent fo pell:iferous.i' Num 'Virm Echidn,. membra mea depafcttttr~ Or put on fi1irt that's dipt inN e/J~~& bloud~ .Auttunica ~nie tinClaNeft{anguinit~ My pain'spaftcure,Phylick candono IHachrymabi/e & tmrmdteab;le mdlum hoc. good. No torture ofbody like unto it,S #uti non in'Venere tyranniMaj m t ormentum, t Ebeaquis innoftrappado's,hot ir?ns, Ph•lari,bul!s, . . ~~~~~~~~~· * Ne,·rradeumt4ntum,nectel,., nechojln, Hm.oEt. fl.!t•ntt~mfola nocu animu i!lapft, ~Sili.,It•lieid f0'1JU wrath, nor devils can, Do fo much harmeto th'Soul ofman; At! fears,griefs,fufpicions,difcontents,imbonities,in[uavities arefwallow. rd up, and drownea in this Euripm, this Irifi1 Sea, this Ocean ofmifery,as fo many [mall brooks ;'tis coagulum omnium .-rumnar"m: which* AmmiA. • Lib. , 9 • »~~& applyed to his dill:reffed Paflatiiw, I_fay ofour Melancholy m;m, heeis the cream ofhumane adverlity, the' qumteffence, and uplhot; all other dtf.. i Hieomni<im. eafes whatfoever,arebut flea-bitings to Melancholy in extent: T'is the pith b"'i'"' 0'i•- ofme~al!, t HofPitium_ eJfcalamitatu,quzd'Verbuopr«eft, ~~:;::~,:;:f,- ~~~mcunfk mA.lAm rem q.u~re.r, tllic reperu.r : liani verbir - What need morewords,'tis calamitieslnne, "'"'·"'"'·ad Where feeke for any mifchief, 'tis wirhin; j;'/t:;;.,_ and amelancholy man is that true Promethem, which is bound to Cat<cd[m; metrue 7iti~~&, whofe powels are ll:ill by a vulture devouted (as Poets faine) • "for fo doth' Lilius Geraldtts interpret it,ofa.nxieties,and thofe piping cares, kYir.Hmu!is. andfooughtit to beunderftood.Inal!other maladies, we feeke for help, if a leggeor an armeake, through any diftemperature or wound, or that wee have an ordinary difeafe, aboveall things whatfoever, wee delire help and healrh,a prefent recovery,ifby any means poffible it may be procured: wee will freely part with all our other fortunes, fubll:ance, endure any mifery, drink bitter potions,[wallow thofe diftafteful pils,fuffer <?Ur joints t-o befeared,to be cut off.any thing for future health; fo f weet, fo<iear, fo precious Ee above
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