Part.z. Sett.z. Cure ofMelancholy. 294 t~em more roughly, tothreatenand chide, faith h Altomarm, terrific fome- . --J-nmes,or asS alvtantu will have them,to be lafhedand whipped,as we do b ~f{/£:d:e:,7 .. a fiatting horfe, i that is affrigh_ted without a caufe, or as 'k Rh.<jis advifel ~"•P'": one while to (jeakefoire atJdflatter, anothenvhile to terrific atJd chide, asrhe' '~·d ttmet lhall fee caufe. Y. mhtl eft, ubt h f h r .. . . . . . .agituret vi- ' W . en none o t e1e precedent remedieS Will availe, it will not be amiife,' ~;lna vice which Savanarola and JEltan Montalttu fo ~uch commend,clavum clava btandiamur,una pellcre, I to dnveout oneP.afflon w:th anothe~ ,1 or by fome contrary paflion, as viceiifdcm m- they·d.oe bleedtng at nole by letnng blond m the arme, to expell one feare ~~:."' wut•- wi:hanother,onogriefwith·another. m Chri~ophertu ti Yega accounts it 1 si verofuerit ratiOnal! Phy.ficke, non alzmumaratione: and Lemnitu much approves it to ex •.•v• malo t'.fo an hardwedge;to an hardknot, to drive out one difeafe with another 'to aud<to,vel •x [·[ · h dh' . Id h' r. ht ' ' 'animimiJ•n- pu. outateot ~ orwoun 1m, to !;le . tm1a1t baterm, as they did te, aut de amif- E~ilepncall pauenrs of?Id, becaufe 1: quuealters the temperature, that the ~:·:,:;:•::; .. paihe·ofthe one may mmgate the ~nefeo£ tl~e other; nand! knew one that u,inmJucan- was (o curcdofaquartanague;by thejuddencomtng ofhis enemies upon him. '"'"""aeon- lfwemay.bekeve.OPl;ny, whom Scaltger calls mendaciomm patrem the !;i;~:~i:;_ father of lies; f<:.._Fabim Maximus that renowned Confull of Ro,;e in aiamovoant, 'l, battlefou~htwith the King of. the Allobrogu, at the river Ifaurus ~as ~:t~~J':::t'W:~ [o ~id ofaquartan .ague. ralejim in his coimoverfies, holds this an ex- &, c. ' cellent remedy,and ifit bedifcreetly ufed in this malady, better then any m Lib. l· cap. Phyfick. . ;~~~: 3 . ea- Sometimes againe by fomeP fained lye,firangenews, witty device, arProtioothn d tificiaU invention, it is not amiffe to deceive them. q As they hatethoft ,faith ;:~~,t~"!.~ AlexatJder,thatnegleEfor deride,fotheywi/1 give eare to fltch ,u will footh fpermiJ,(9'c. themttp. Ifthey fay.they havefwaUowedfrogges, or afnake,by all flleans grant nLib. '·"P-5· it,amlte/1 themyott can eafily wre it: 'tis an ordinarie thing. Philodott« ~.~~~~~a- the Phylician cured a melancholy King, that thought his head was off, "'""'.'tavo,re- by putting a leaden cap thereon, thewaight made him perceive it, and !;:~~~:J; r;;... freed him of his fond imagination. A woman in the [aid v1 lexander, tumcuneumaJ- [wallowed a Serpent «s lhee thought, hee gave her a vomit, and con•. bibem... Novi veyed aSerpent, fuch as fhee conceived, ifuo the bafon, upon the fight :f:O$:p;;;,[;';_ of it lheewas amended. The pleafantefido.tage that ever I read,.faith '"'fi'' &'ino- 'Laurenttm, was of a Gentleman at Sems m Italy, who was afratd to ~~~~~::,:"';._ pilfe, leaH all the towne lhould bee drowned1 the Phyficians caufed rhe pulerat. bells to be rung backward, a.nd told h1m the towne was on fire, where· oLib. 7:·'ap. upon he made water, and was immediatlycured. Another fuppofed his ~:;{~~;~?•g- nofefobiggethat helhould da{hit againftt~e l_'l'~ll i~ he fiirre.d;hisPhy· ~uartanalibe- lician tooke a great peeceofflelh, and holdtng 1t mhts hand, pmched bun "tt•• '/!,· by the nofe, making him beleeve that flelh was cut from it. F orejlus obf. !}~'; ;."::: 9 . ltb. I. had a melancholy patient, who thought hewas dead, fhu put a ftUorv Rtfir Mont. ina chejf,like adeadman by hu bedsfide, and nzade hint reare himftlfealitt(e, ~"fi!.~:cap. , 6 and eat: the melancholy man askedthe cormter(eit, whether dead men 11Je to over(antur "' eat meat,.hetoldhimyea, whcru;ponhe d1d eat likewi{e andwas cured. Lem- ~uieorut~~af- nius lib. z. cap. 6. de. 4· comJ.'ex. bath many fuch infiances, and Jovian.s ~:~~;~~;;' st Pont•""' lib+cap.MjWif'd. of thelike :but amongfi the refi lfindeone 7anaJ(!T'I.Ii- . . . per it$ comediffe (e putant, .conwleredtbema,& f}emtlec_ur~ f~cc~t. r ~ap.8.Jemrl.fCI{f4mpofortoc Medtcorumconplioprope eum, inq_ue11l QliUllJ ftmortuupJjin,er~tem pojU&r;btiHJ Hfta 1acenr, (9'c. mqft
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