Pertt<rbations rectified. Mcmb. 6. Subf:.f. Tho 111 a; Moore inhis ab[olute'Vtopian common-wealth,allowes muficke as 297 an appendix to every meale,and that throughour,to all fons,Epicterm cals ---- menfam 1111,tail1,pr~Jepe,a table Without muiiCke amanger;for ~he concent of Mu{ieians at abanqr<et,uacarbuncleJet m gold, & AS the ftznet oj an EflJeratd welt trimmedwith gold , (o" the melod;e of M~<ft.cke tn a pleafant banq"et. Ecclus 3 ,, '!1. 5, 6 . P Lewcs the eleventh when hemv1ted Edward the (ourth p comi11cil> . to co 1rte to Paris told him that as a prtnc!pall part ofh1s emertauncnt,hee Jhould heare [ w;et voices ofchildren,Ionickeand Lydian tunes, exquilitc Mulicke, hee ihould have a-and the Carditu!l of Barbon to be his confe£for, which he ufed as a mo!tplaulibleargumem: as to a fenfuall man m. deed it is. t Luaan in his booke defldtatione is not aflmned toconfeffethat t tfla libwcr hetooke infinite delight in finging, dancmg , mulick, vvomens companie, rg- mdg,a "'m and fuch like pleafurcs, and r(tbou (faith hee ) didftbitt heare then,Jday and ~;;~['J,;:f'£, dance, I know thou wo11!djf be Jo wellpleafed w;th the objeli, that thou >Vore!d(l fiiore i!leceb,;, danceforco111pany thy J::tJ.;w,tiJOltt dol!bt thou wtlt be< taken with it. So Sea- f:f:;~~fomer ltger mgemou!ly contelleth, exerctt. 2 7 4- 9 I altJ beyonda it meafMe alfet:ied uipud<atu!.,m, with l:'tujicke, I doe moft >villmgly behold them dance, I am mightt!y detained hauddubiidiandaf/,(redwith thatgrace and comeime/Jcof f~tre women~ !.am well pleafed to ~~;';;;p~ii bee idle at~Joi'Jgft them. And what young mJn IS not~ As It IS acceptable and fr•P'" omnc.n conducing tO moll:, fo efpecially to amelancholy man. Provided a!waies, t~;'d,',:f~:;:: h1s d1feafeproceedenot ongmally from it, tha:t he beenot'fomehght tna- libentiffimc marato, Come 1dle phantall:Ick, who capers mconceit all theday long, and afPicio,p~l-. thinkes ?f nothing elfe,but how to make Jigs, Sonnets, Madrig~l~, in com- ~~~;;~;::;:' mendanon ofhis M1ll:relfe. In fuch cafts Muficke IS moll: permcwus, as a jlatc detinm; fpur to a free horfe,will make him run himfclfblinde, or break hiswinde, [,;~;~·;~;;/·" IncztamentUflJ en;m amoru muftca, for Mulickc enchants, as Mznandcr P•J!Um. holds, it will make fuch melancholy perfons mad, and the found of thofe Jiggs,andHorne-pipeswillnotbcerem!>ved out oftheeares a wecke af- . _ ter. *Plato for this reafon forbids Muficke and wine to all young men,be- • ;.v, tcgibt•: caufe they are moll: port amorous, nezgms addatungni, lcaft one fire increafe another. Many men are melanchol}'by hearing Mulicke, but it is a plealing mdaticholy that it c.lllferh,and therefornofuch as are Jifcoment, in wo, fear, farrow,ordejefred, it is amof! prefent temedy,it cxpdscares, ~s{;:,j.'(;.;::{ alters the1r gneved mmdes,and eafeth 10 an mll:ant. Otherw1fe, faith,. pJ,. tor malitdctarch, Mtt{it:a ma'{is dementat qudnt vinttf!J ; Muficke makes fome men mad m.enr~tr qu:zrtJ as a tygre; like A }lolphos home in Ariofto: ~r M m11r ier goldenwand in Ho. ~~~;';;; morbi mer, that made fame wake, others !leepe, it bath divers effeCts: and f'rheo- wla muftca phraft.u ri~ht well prophelied, that difeafes were either procured by Mu- ::;;;::,:~.'1 fickeior mmgated. · s u. s E c T. 4' Mirth and merry companie,faire objetJs, remediu: lrth and mcrric company :nay not bee fe~arated .from M~lic~~~ ~~br.3;;;,~;iboth concermng and nece,fanly rcqmred mth1s bulinerle.M1rtl1 puegat fongui- ( faith' Yi'liC! )fMgeth the bloud,conJirmes health caufeth a{rejh nem, ~ataudipteaftng, andjineco!our,prorogues life, whets the ~vit, makes rh~ :~~r~O::f/:d:~~; body young, lively and fit for any manner ofimployment . The m~rrier Jl.orcnrem,nitiheart, 1111.'11, r.rarum.
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