Part.z.Sect.z. Cure ofMelancholy. Memb. 6. Subf. 2 • z 92 not expell,:Ufome do, enc madne!fc tvith anoth.-e-r,- h-:-e-t--:h-at-fl--:o-d-:-o-th-,-if-m_a_d_d_er_t_h_::_en - --the Patunt htmfel(:al~ tlungs mult bee quietly compofed, everfonon <ver. tenda,federtgenla,thmgs downl!-muftnot bee dejected, but reared,ascrato YMoHirerac counfel!eth; Y he muft6e qt,ietly andgently ufed, and we fnould not doe any {~':;:;,~,~g;;, thing.againft his minde, but by little and little effell it. As an horfe that .Ueaadigatur ftarcs at a druni:me or trumpet, and will not endure the !hootingofapeece q"'"'"'"'"1 • may be fo manned by arr,and animated, that he cannot only endure, but~ much more generous at the hearing offuch things, much more couragious thenbefore,and t'nuch delightcth in i~ :they mull: not be reformed ex a6rupto,but by alhrt andinfinuation, madeto·fuch companid, afpeCts, objeCls, they could not forme:Iyaway with. Many at fi~ft cannot endure the fight of agreene wound,altck man, whtch afterward becomegood Chirurgians, bold Empencks: A horfe !!arts at a rotten poftaftrreolf, which comrning neere,he quietly paffeth. 'Tis much in the manner ofmaking fuch kinde of perfons,be they never foaverfe from company,bafhfull;f.olitary,timorous1 they may be made at lafl: wtth thofe RonMne Matrons·, todefire nothing more then in a pub!ike !hew, to fee a full company ofgladiators breath out their!afr. Iftheymaynototherwifebe accuilomed to brook fuchdifl:afl:efulland di!pleafing objeCts,thebetl way then is generally to avoid them. M ontanm con{l}.229.tothe Earle of Munfort a Courtier, and his Melancholy Patient, advifeth him.ro leave the Court, by rea[on ofthofc continuall difcomenrs, .z Ofofpiciones. crolfes,abufes, z cares, (uj}icions,emulations, ambition,anger ,jealoujie,1vhich ;r:~~;,~;,:t~,i- that place afforded,andw?ichji>re!J eaufed htm to be (o melancholy at thejirft: onem,ira<,(9'&. · Maxtma q""ift domusjerrvts eft plena (Uperbu, A company of qu"'. ''"" ;u, [coffers and proud Jacks, are common!yconverfant and attendant in fuch ;::;f,;,g;:; places,and able to make any man that is ofa [oft quiet difpofition{as many mctanchol~&um. times they do) ex jlulto mjanum, ifonce they humour him,a very Idior,or fiarkemad, Athing too much prJil:ifedin all common focieties,and they have no betterfport thento makethemfelves merry by abufing fome filly fellow,or to'take ad vantage of.mother n1ans weaknes. In fuch <nfes ,as in a plague,the beil remedy is,m'o,tonge,tarde:(for to fuch aparry,!fpeciallyif he be apprehenfive,there can be no greater mifery )to get him quickly gone, farreenough oft~ and nor tO be over hafl:y in his rerurne. If he befoilupid, that he do not apprehend ir,his friend !hould take fomc order, and by their difcretionfupply thatwhichis wanting in him, as in all other cafes they oughtto do. Ifthey fe.e aman Melancholy given, folitary, averfe from company,pleafe himfelfe with fuch private and vainemeditations,though he delight in it, they ought by all means feeke to divert him, to dehort him, to tel!himoftheevemanddangerthatmaycomeof it. Ifthey feeaman idle, that byreafonofhis meanes otherwife, will betake himfelfc to no courfe oflife, they ought ferioufly to admoni!h him , hee males a noofeto intangle himfdf, his want ofimployment will be his undoing. Ifhee have t Nifi pri•••- fufl:ained any great lolfe,fuffered a repulfe,difgrace,&c.if it bee pollible, r:- nimum turba- lieve him. Ifhe defire ouaht, let him be fatisfied; ifin fufpence, feare,fu[pt- ')e~"::e;'J,;;J- cion, let him be fecured: ~ndifit may conv~nienrly be, gi~e him his hearrs &apite,neepir- content; forthe body cannot becured nil rhe nunde be fansfied. t Somtu pus fineanima in PlAto would prdcribeno phyfickefor chariJtide.rhead-acb,tiUjir.jl h<had curartpotep. ta{ed
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