Cure ofMelancholy. Memb.I.Subf.r. 3 o4 parture ofhis deare friend, Cornelitts Rttfos aRoman Senator, wrote to h' ---- fellow Tiro in like ~afe,Adhsbe folatia,ftd nova aliqua,(ed forti~,qtu audi~~ r:m nunqutUn, legertm nunquam :. nam qru atedtvt, qtJt:tiegi omni~t, t 4m0 dD .. lorefuperantur, either fay fomethmg that I never read nor heard ofbefore or elfe hold thy peace.Moft men will here except,triviall confolations or: diBarie fpeeches; and known per[wafions in this behalfe will bee off~all force;what can any man fay that bath not beene faid~to what end are fuclt paranetical! difcourfes~you may as [oon remove mount Caucafm, as alter fome mens affections. Yet fure I thinke they cannot choofe but doe fome good, comfort and eafe a little, though it be the fameagaine,I will fay it & upon that hope I will adventure,! Non mem hie{emto,'tis not my fpeech this,butofSencca, Plutarch, Epicfetus,Auftin, Bernard, Chriff ~ndhis A· lHol'. m Lib. ,, Ef- poftles .If I make nothing, as m M ountaigne fa id in like cafe ,I will marre 00 _ fays<ap6 . thing,'tis not my dollrine but my ftudy,I hope I lhalldoe nobody wrong to fpeake what I thinke, and defcrve not blame in imparting my minde. Ifit benotforthy eafe,it may for mine own; foTully, Cardan,andBoethim n Alium pau- wrote de confo!· as well to helpe themfelves, as others; beeit as it may, I pertaJ, alium will etfay. :;::~·;t:;:,;. Difcomems and grievances are dther generall.or particular;generallare "'"·aJiumin- wars, plagues, dearrhes, famme, fires, mundanons, unfeafonableweather juri•,bunc infi- Epidemicaldifeafes which aflliCl wholekingdomes,territories,citics:or pe~ :e•:f!ft" ~x·;· culiar to privatemen," as cares, crolfes, loffes, death offriends, poverty, c::rJ.•." un' wam,ficknelfe, orbities,iojuries,abufes, &c. Generally alldifcomem,'ho. o BO<tbi"'. '·'· l"ines qteatinturforttlnre falo, No condidon free,qui ftffuos patim11r ma1m, ;~J~!ei~« 4 • Even in.themid'£1: of our mirth and jollity, there is fomegrudging, fome Jlorid.Nibil h•- complamt; asP he fatth,our whole hfe ts a G /,.c,ptcron,a bttter f weet paflio- ;;;; ~;;.f:.''i;. on, bony. and gall mixt rog_ether, we are all mifer_ahle al'lcl difcoment, who "init.,,quin ei can deny tt? Ifall,and that tt be acommon calamtty,an.mevttable neceflity, ad.mixtumfit all difireffed, then as Cardan inferres, q who art tho11tbat hopejf to goefree? :~,;;;~•;~;;,. Why dojl: thou not grieve, thou art a mortal! man·, andmt governour of the pli_Qima fuaif. world? Ferre quam fortem patiuntu~omnes,Nemo recufet,' Tfitbecomw~a• l«itid (ubeft_ to all,rvhy Jbould one titan be ntore difquieted then another? If thou alone wert !~t~,;j.~~ difire!fed , it were indeed more irkfomeand lelfeto bee indured , but when tione_quJJ4m _ the calamity is common, comfort thy felfc with this, thou haft more fel- ':(f/;m~!~:: Iowes, Solamen mif~ri> foe_! os habuiffe-dvloru, 'tis not thy folecafe,and why mantur, qnu ihotild£1: thou be fo 1mpat1ent? r I but altu we are more mtferabte then others, ':,~~V:},[~'/: whatf/>afl we doe? Bejidcs.private"'iftr;er, w.c live inperpctuatl[ear,•nd danab ea lege qu• gcr ofcommon enemtu, we baveBellona s whtps,andpttrjullout.cryes,for Eptneminem pr.- thalantiums;forpleafont mujicke, thatfearful! noife ofOrdnance, Drummu, :,:::~,:~;!,~ andwarltke Tmmpetsftilt fotmdzng in our eam; in jlecdofnuptial!Torches, jallum & . wee have ftringofTownes, andCities ;for triumphs, lamentattons; for joy, Wfivet, orbu teares. t So it is,andfoitw,u,and everwill be. He thatrefufeth tofee Andhtar, 'JJ:;, .,.,_.., to(ufferthis ,is notjitto·live i'n thirworld, ·and krm>Jsnot thecommonmldir Purea~«. ep. tion ofa/Jmen,to whomfo long as they live,with a reciproc•Ucourfe, joyes anti :~·:;~£:~;u~ tWlendum eo quad atcidit u_niverfis. f Lorth4n Ga/lobtlg_ictulib. . i . .An_n~ ~ 59~· ik BflgU. SeJ ehtu inquU, tute quid age~? ubi pro Epitbal4mz• BeUon~jlage!lum,p~o mupea ba_rmont_ll ter~tb:ltura lituorum u_rubtJrum::;u.. di<11 cla11_gorem,pro t~di1 nuptialibu$, 1Ji!la_rum,p'%orum, tlr~ium '!mleas ~ncerJdta; ubt pro JUbllo l~menta,pro rifufl.etfli .-e~ rem co!f'lpknt. t Ita eft pru[eflo,& qui[quu b~c vzd!re~b~uts,b~t~ftcul_t ~ru_m aptuser,aut pmUJ n,p,~rumommum '~r.~ 4itiQnem i[,noras, quib~~A rtciproco lJ.Uod4m nexu lift~ trijllbM,trij/t4l.ws tn'!Jtcem focceJunt~ forrowu
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