18 D • M o c a 1 T us to the Reader. moderne Gnece ,f;;.,erve as much from reJfon,& true religion at this day, as that M ore. doth from the p1cture of a man. Examme the reil: in like fort, and you {halllinde that kingdomes and provinces aremelancholy, cities and families, all creatures, vegetal!, fenfible, and rational!, that all forts, fetfts, ages, conditions, are out of tune, as in Cebenablc,omnes er_ rorem bibunt, before they come into the world, they are intoxicated by errors cup, from the highell: to thelowell:, have need of phylick, and u co.rrov.r.•• tbofe particular aefions in" Seneca, where father &fon prove one another "~·7·<?' 1 • 6 • mad,may be general); Porciu; Latro ilia!! plead again£( us all.For indeed ~'':t;,.,;.,, who is not afool,melancholy, mad!-" .f2.!!i mlmolzt11r inepte,who is Y Idem Hor.l-•. not brain-lick~ Folly,mdancholy,madnes,are but onedi[eafe,Delirium ~;~:}PP"' is a common name toall. AlexAnder,Gordonim,Ja(onPratenjis, SavanaStoictupohar rol~,GuMnertm, M ontaltu;, confound themas d1tfenng fecrmdum magis !;"''ft.ltos & minm;fo dothDavid,Pfal. 37·5 .I faid unto thefools,dealnot (o madly, ~·r:::jy,,_ &'twas an o!clStoicall paradox,omnesJiultosinfanire,Yallfools aremad, ~~:t;Jr:it~ thoughfomemadderthen others. And who 1S nota fool, who is free ""·fid<wi"' fr~m mda~ch_oly ~ _vvho ,s not touched more or le£fe mhab1t or dl[poinhm•nr,pra- linon! If m dlfpoli~Ion,tll drfPofittons beget habtts ,if they per(evere,fauh ;;t;f::."""1 z P~utarch,_habits either are,~r turn to difeafes.'Tis the fame whiLh Trdly oLib.>S.tap.x . roamtamsm thefecond of h1s Tt~(culanes, ommum tnjiptentttm animi in SJ!nt.•rr·'"''· t:norbo funt,&perturbatonnn, Fooles are lick, and all that are troubled in ~:~~::/::.~;}. roind:for whatisfickne£fe,but as' GregorieTholofanm defines it, A. di!Jo. fotutio i""· tion or rerttirbatton ofthe bodzly lcague,whtch health combmes : And who ~~ .. ~~~;:;~ is not fick,orill difpofe~~ in whomdoth not paflion,~nger, envie,~ifcon "'P"""i/ft... tem,fearand forrow ra1gn ~ Who labours not ofth1s dtfeafe ~ Gwe roe tu,fi"'' & fo- but alittle leave,and you fhall fee by what tefiiroonies,confeflions,argu- '(e~~.:;';. z;:; menrs I will evince it,that mofi men aremad,that they hadas much need '"P"" <•n- togo a pilgrimage to the Anticyr.t (as in bstrabo's time they did)as in our {l;.':,'""' -;••· daies they r_u~ to Compojfella,our Ladieof Sichem,or Larmtta,to feek fpr bw. 9.a.,rg. help; that It Is like to be as profperousa voyage as that of Gttiana, and Plum olim thatthereismuchmore need of HelleborrhenofTobacco. ~::;•:u.~1fn~: T~at m_en are fo mif-atfected,melancholy,mad,giddy.headed,hear the tatu '"".fo· tefiunomeof Solomon,Eccl.z.12.And I turnedto behold wifedome, mad. nelfoand folly ,&c.And vcr.z3.allhis daies are{orrow,his travellgrief,and hi< heartta/ceth norejlinthe !light, Sothattakemelancholy inwhat fenfe you will,properly or improperly, indifpolition or habit,for pleafure or for pain,dotage;difconrent,fear, forrow,rnadne£fe, for parr,or all, truly; or metaphorically,'tis all one.Laughter it felf ii madne£fe according to Soloinon,& as S.Pau! hathit,worldly forrow brings death. The hearts oftht fonsofmenareevil, &madnes i<intheirheartswhile they li'Ve,Eccl.g.3. Wife men themfelves are no better, Bee. r .r 8.In themrtltttudeofwifdome tG muchgrief, and he that increa(eth wifdome ,inm~Jeth (orrow,Cap.1.17 .He • E"l•f.•.•-1· hated life it felf,nothing pleafed him; he hated his labour,a!l,as 'he concludes,is forrow ,grief,vanitie,vexationoffiirit. And though he were the wifefi man in theworld,[anEluarium fopienti.t, &had wifdomein a bun. dance,he wil not vindicatehimfelf,or jull:ilie his ownadions.Surely I am morejoQ/ijh then any man,&havenot the underftandingofa man inme,Pro, 30.;. Jlethey s olomons worl!$3 or the words of .Asunhe fon ofJakeh, · - - .... - - · · they
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