D • M o cRI Tu s to the keader. that he had forgot it. Htppucrates demanded of himwhat he was doing : ~;:,:.t;;~:;_ Hetoldhimthathewas xbujie inmtting up (ever41lbeajls, tofnde out chotiaftribo, · thecattfeof madneJfe,andmelancholy. Hippocrates commended his work, w fciam 1'". admiring his happinelfe and leafure. And why, quoth DemocritU6 ,have !~1';: ~::::::~~. not you that leafure ~ Becaufe, replied Hippocratcs, domell:ical! affaires Jiar,mjiat, ,,. !under,ncceffane to bedone,for our felves,neJghbours,friends;expenfes, mul""'• mHm- difeafes,fralltles and mortalmes which happen; w1fe, children fervams ~;~;::~~~~:<I.:" and fuch bufindfes which ?epr.ive us.ofour time.At this fpeechDemocri: .,;der proprcrea ttu profufely laughed, (h1s fnends and the people ll:andmgby, weeping .!}~:·. ;:,:;:;, in the mean time, and lamentinghis m~dnes . ) Hippocrates asked the rea- '}edfePi• hzlifiJ.; fonwhy helaughed. He told h•m,at the vanmes and foppenesofthe ua~uramdij- time, to fee men fo empneof all vermous actions, to hunt fo farre after ~""""· gold, having no end of ambition; to take fuch infinitepains for alittle glorie,and to b~ £woured ofmen;ro make [uch deep mines into the earth for gold, and manytimestofindenothing, withlolfeoftheir lives and fortunes.Some to love dogs, others horfes, fometo defire to be obeyed y Aufi.L. ,.i• inmany provinces, rand yet themfe!ves will know no obedience•., Some Ge~Jumenri tolovetheirwives dearly at firll:, and after awhile to forfake and hate ;rfq~~~~;;~i- them,begetting children,with much care &coil: for their education, yet de poflul'!', &' when they grow to mans ell:ate ' to defpife,neglect;and leave them naked ;;.~~{r,~t,;.•- to the worlds mercie. b po. not thefe behaviours exprelfe their i~tolera ;pfi vco. ble folly~ Whenmeo hvempeace, they covet war,detell:mg qmetnelfe, z ttxom du- 'depofing kings, and advancing others in their fiead, murdering fome ~;;';~~::'''"" mento beget children of their wives. Howmany ll:range humors are in aPueros amanr, men~ When they arc pooreand needy, they feek riches,and when they ·J:,']d"f;diun;- havethem, they'doe not enjoyt!:Jem,but hide them under ground,or dfe inf::,ial.:;, wafifully fpend them. 0 wifeHippocrates, Ilaugh atfuch thil"!gS being c Roger ell- done; but much more when nogood comes of them,and when they are ~·~;~;;t;;:r· done to fo ill purpofe. There is no truth or . jull:icefound amongll: them, m<cs, rarrcs, for they daily plead one againfi another, d the fon againll: the father and " "' i"'P""' themother,brother againfi brother, kinred & friends ofthe famequali- ~;,:;;:;;r;;;..~ ty; and all this for riches, whereofafter death they cannot be polfelfors. gu•r. And'yet notwithHanding they wil defame & kilone another,commit all unlawfull actions,contemning God andmen,friends and countrey.They make great account ofmany fenllelfe things, ell:eeming them as agreat patt of theirtreafure, fiatues, pictures, and fuch likemoveables, dear bought,&fo cunningly wrought,as nothing butfpeechwantethin them, cldola i•ani- 'and yet they hateliving perfons fpeaking to them. Others affect dilli- "'"" amant,,. cult things; ifthey dwell on firm Land,they will remove roan Iland, and ~~~;:fl, ;;;~j: thence to land again,being no way conftant to their defires. They comcii. . mend courage &flrength in wars,& let themfelves be c01aquered by luft "credoeqm- and avarice;they are in brief,as difordered in their minds,asTherjites was :;:;·;,:~~~;,in his body.Andnowmethinks,O moll: worthy Hippocrates,youihould ""I'"'· .. not reprehend my laughing,perceivingfomany fooleries inmen/forno ~-;;;:!};;!:;r•- man will mock his own folly,but that which hcfeeth in a fecond,andfo "' '"'· (Id alter they jull:ly mock oneanother. The drunkard cals !urn aglutton, whom • 11'"'m dtriJer he knows to be fober. Many men love the fea,others husbandry; briefly, they cannot agree in their own trades and profellions,much lclfe in their lives and actiO!!~~ ---· - When
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