Parr. 2.Secl:.z. PertterbatioiJS re{!ijied. Memb.6. Subf. 3· mofrmemorable,regifired in the <French Chronicles, ofan Advocate of 2 95 Paris before mentioned, who beleeved verily bee was dead, &c. I readc a ---- multitude of examples, of melancholy men cured by fuch arrificiall in- •serm • 11°: ventions. J • SUB, SECT.3• Mteficke a remedy. Anyandfundryarethemeanes, wbich Philofophers and Phyfi- · cians have prefcribed to exhilarate a forrowfull heart, to divert thofe fixed and intend cares and meditations, which in this malady- fo much offend; bur in my judgement none fo prefenr, nonefopowerfull, none fo appolite as a cup of thong drinke, mirth, muficke, and merry company. Ecclm 40. 20. Wine and Mujicke rejoyce the . heart. u RhajiJCont. 9.Trac1.15 :.4./tomarm. c•P:7·1ElianmMontaltu.c, 26. ~~;:.;!h~{~· Ficin11s, Bened. rt<Jor. F avent•nm are almo!l: Immoderate mrhecommen- habet Mufi,_,: dation ofit, a moll: forcible medicine x Jacchintes calls it: Jafon Pratenfis, a :,fa~A1m't:;,.. 111o.ft ad~JJrable thm:;,, and.worthte of conftderatton, thAt can fo moUifie the dap•ofeffom minde, and flay thoje tenJpejlt~ous affetJionsof it ,Mufic" eft mentis nudici. efl,& dit,n• nAmll'jf.t,a roaring-megagain!l:Melancholy, to reareand revive the !an- ;~~~1.'"'· guifhing foule, Y alfetJing not onely thuares, but the verie arteries, the vi. <Ondn:;:;:'" tallandanimaUf} irits,it erec1s the minde,andmakeJ it ninJble, Lemni111 in- nJentem 0moUi-: · flit. cap. 44· This it will effect in the moll: dull, fevere and forrowfull fouls, :;{~~'~PJ:.~ z expel!grieft wtthmtrth, andifthere bee "nJ clot!des, du.ft, or dregga ofcare.t 4Jfeffioner. . . yet lurkinginourthot~ghts, mo.ftpowerfully it wipe.t them allaway, Sal/Jbter: ~Lang~enra1u- . polit .l. 1, c, 6. and that which is more,it will performe aU this in an infranr: tu~:; :.~:~;: •chearcr~p the cotmtenance, expe!lau.fterity,bringin hilarity (Giratd. CatJtb. ~~:;;~};~,7 cap. n: Tofog .Htber. )m forme or:r ma_nner:,mtttgate anger;Athendut(Dtp- & fonitupf/ noJophi.ft.ltb.x4.cap.ro. callerh It an mfimte rreafurerofuch as are endow- amriasundiiS ed with it: J?ulcifonumrejicit trijlia corda melot, Eobanu. He(!~. Many o- ~!f.:'f.i;{tf;;~~ ther properues b Caftodorus epi.ft 4• reckons up ofthts our dtvme Muficke, animater exoinot only to expell the greare!l: griefes, but it doth extlm~ate fearu and fi•- tar, menre'?' · ries, appra(ith mtelty,abateth heavinejfe, and tofoch M are watchfo!l it eau- ;:~·;;,,~{,1- . • feth q11iet reft,it tako away f}leene andhatred, bee it infirumenrall, vocall, z Mufi'•wnu." with firings,winde, c .fl.J!te a {jiritu, fine manmtm dexteritate O'ttbernetur' flare (u:l~en &c. it cures all irkfomnelfe and heavinelfe ofthe Soul. d Lab~uring men~~~,'';;~:'" that ling to their worke, can tell as much, and fo can fouldiers when they a Animor trigoe to fight, whom terror ofdeath cannot fo much affright, as the found ~:~r:::,~~:~~~. oftrumper,drum,fifc, andf~chhke mulick ammates.Jt nJakes achildequiet, vult"'.fircnat, t~e ~urfes fong, and maqy times the four:d ofa trumpet on a fudden, bells ::f,:~~;:,_ rmgmg, acarrem.ans wlufile, a boy fingmg fome ballad tune early in the ditatemexpoftreet, alters, reviVes, recr~ats a refrlelfe patient. that cannot llecpe in the •;~~barbariem,g . mghr, &c. In a word, Itrs fo powerfull a thmg that it ravifheth the i.::,~:~::;: foule, regzna fonjimm,the QE.eene of the fenfes,by fweete pleafure ( which injlituit,;,,... is an happy cure)and corporall runes pacific our incorporeall foule ftne ore "''"liam mitiloqt~ens, dominatrnninanimam exerat,and carries it beyond itfelf;, help$, f,"~ythar41,1_ elevares, extends it. Scaligerexercit. 302. gives areafon ofrhefe effea:s, f/itia·"' i"'""· r r · · b d' ·< . dat,t<m,a,, JurorerattenuGt "uentam,11('tJttlltm !an e Tt;l'tt, lant.,uorem, (9'c. c Pet. d refin,. d Caflilio de dU/ic, lib. zjol. 17 : PP 3 ' becau[<
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