Part. I .Sed.4. Prognofticks of Melancholy. Memb.r .z, 6 above all otherthings in this world is life; 'tis that wee chiefly defire, lo~ and happy dayes, • mtdwda Jupiter annos, increafe of years all men wi!h. "Perftur. but to a melancholy man,nothing fo tcdious,nodung fo odious; that which l.!i!!Jid •fl mi· they fo carefully feeke to preferve, 1 he abhorres,he alone;fointo~erable are fi''"'J"vita. h1s pames. Somemake a quelhon,gravtores morbt corporu an ammt, whe. ;y,a;,::;~~ mo- ther thedifeafes ofthe body or minde bee '?ore grievous, b~t there is no companfon,nodoubt to be made of1t,multo emmfovtor longeq;eft atrocior animi, q~<am corporis cmciAttll (Lem.lib. I .cap. u. )the difeafes of the minde ' are farre moregrievous. ~Totumhic provulnere corput, body and foul is mifaffell:ed here, bur the Soul efpecially. So Cardan te. ;::~;~;.:,· ra- fiifies, de rerum var.ltb. 8. 40. m.Maximus Tyrius a Platomjf, and Plutarcb viompa"/onu havemadejull:volumes to proven. n Dtet adtmzt •grttudmem . omtnibur "'· in other difeafes there is fome hopelikely, but thefe unhappy men are bor~ n r,,. to mifery, pall: all hopeofrecovery,incurably lick, thelongerrhcy live the worfe they are, and death alone mull eafe them. Another doubt is made by Come Philofophers , whether it be iawfull for a maninfuch extremity of paine and grief,to make away himfelf: and bow thefe menthat fo do, are to becenfured. The Platonij/:t approve ofit,that it islawfullinfuchcafes,and upon a neceffity,Plotinttr ltb. debeatitud.cap. 7.& Socrates himfelfdefendsit,inPlato't !h,tdon, if any mM labour of anincu. rable diflafl, be u.ay difPatch him(elf,ifitbe 11 his good. Epic11rus and his fol. oPaterexitur; lowers, TheCymcksandStoicksingenerallaffirmeit,Epitletut and o SenefiP•t,,.,enoo ea amongll: therell:, quamctmq; verame(feviamad lib rtatcm,any way is al- ;~~.;;~~·~[;· lowable,that lead~ to liberty, •letKtgive Godthankt,that noman is compelled tenerrnv!tos? to live againft hiswit;t quidAdhumtnemclau.ftra,carcer,cuftodiai'IJberumojliit ~epro-.ud.cap. habet, death is alwayes ready and at hand.Vides il!umpr.t.cipitem locum,illud • Atamur 7>" fl~<men, Doll: thou fee that ll:eep place,that river,that pic,chat tree,there'• li. gratiM, quo.t berry at hand,etfiegiafirvitlltis &do/oris (unt,as chacLaconian lad call him. ~~~;,~";;;:~ felfe headlong (non (erviam aiebat puer) to bee freed ofhis miferie: Every poteft. veineinchy body,ifthefe beniminperoft exitus,wil[et thee free, quidtt« ~';!,'{'.;1'J.j •. re fort jir.emfociM an accipiM~there's no neceffity for aman to live in miferie. era. 1_.cap.1 s. Malflm eft neceffltatevivere,ftd in necelfitattvivrre necefPtas nuliaeji.Ign~t. "Epifl. 7°· et '1!1/S quiftnecaPfo moritur, &ftultM qtei crem do/ore vivit. Idem epij/:. )8. ~~ib. ,.,ap.s, Wherfore bath ourMother the earth brought out poyfons,faith• Pliny ,in {o Tmamarer,.. great a quantity, but that men in dill:reife might make away themfelves~ fin miferra. which kings ofold had e.ver in a readineife, adincrrtafortun.t venenum (ub cuftodepromptrem,Livy writes,and executioners alwayes at hand. Speuftppus being lick was met by Diogenes,and carried on his ilaves fhoulders,he made his moan to the Philofopher,but I picry thee not quothDiogenes,qui cii talis •Erif/.>H '· vivere fttftines,thoumayll: be freed when thou wilt, meaning by death. •se8 '· neca therefore commends Cato, Dido, and Lucretia, for their generous courage in fo doing,and others that voluntarily die,ro avoid a greater mif~hicf, to free themfelves from mifery,to favetheir honour,or vindicate their good name,asCleopatradid,asS ophoni$ba,Syphax wife did,H annibal did,as }tmi11s Brutru,as Vibiut Virius,& thofe CampanianSenarorsin Livy(Dec. 3 .lib.6.) eo efcape the Roman tyranny that ·poyfoncd themfelves. Themiftocles drank Bulls bloud; rather then he would fight againfl: his countrey,and De- .ml?fthepescho[c~atller to drink poy[on,.I'ublius Craffi filitM, Cenforius and Pl•n&Yi,
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