Cure ofMelancholy. Memb.x. Subf. 1 , ::--:-::-:::-:--:----....::_--=--=.:~ 30 6 houfe~,cafe,detriments,&c •. sowe rife and fall in this ~orld, ebbe and Part.z.SeCl:.3. ---l!ow,mand out,reared a~d deJeCl:ed, lead acroublefomehfe,fubjeCl: to ma. ny acCidents and cafualues of fortunes, vanety ofpaflions, infirmities as well fromour fdves as others. . Yea, bu~ thou thinkeft thou art !llor(! m!ferable then the r~ll:, other men ' are happy m refpect of thee, their m1fenes are b~t Aea-b1tings to thine; g si ,,.,.., bo- thou aloneart unhappy, nonefobadas thy felf. Yetlf as Socrates faid ~ dll minerJi;a ...,_ the men in the world jhouldcome andbringtheirgrievances together 0~ bodJ ; la[uaJ~curM . d fi fl 1 1 .tr. ·1 .c .. 1 h . >J • inu~tum cumu· 11Jt» e~ ~rtune, ores,. u cers, maan.e11e, e~t- e~~e.r, agues, ar~a allt o(ecommon lun~con[emnt, calamities of beggenc, want,fervttude,tmprifonment,and lay ihemon aheap ~::,~,~:"h:f:" to be equaUy divided,wouldft thou fhare ahke,~tnd take thypoi#on,orbe 41 thou ~'· art? Wtthout qnejltonthoti!VOIIIdft be.u thou art.Iffome Jupiter lhouldfay togive us all content, ' hHorJir.lib. I, l> Jamfociam qreodvultif,eris tuqui mod'o milu, Mercator,tuconfult114 modoruft:cm,hmcvos, Y1s hinc 1/Jtttatis difceditepartibm,eia .!i!!Jidftatis~ nolunt. . Well be't fo then: you mall:er fouldict Shall be amerchant, you fir Lawyer A country Gentleman,go yon ro this. That fide you,why ftand yee? It's well as 'tis~ i :JA'Jun•f- i Every man knoweshu own, 6ut not others defilfs and 17Jifcries i aml'tillhl ;::~,~ ~;$;:• nature ofaUmenfti/J to refletl upon themfelves, theirownmiifortuner, not to •liorumnefci- examineorconfiderother mens, not to conferre themfelves with others: at,inc.ufaeft, To recount their miferies, but not their good gifts, fortunes, benefits,' "';~;=~~:~:,~ whieh they have, to ruminateon their adverfity, but not once to thinke on ~arJan.lih. ;. ·their profperity, not what they have, but what they want, to look frill on ~:::IJ.';,;j.~: them that go before, but not on thofe infinite numbers that come alter. ad Apollo>IWm. k Where M 17Jany aman would thmke hrm(<lfm heaven,apetty Prmce,ifhehad k.!Z,uan.,•ul~ bttt the le aft part ofthatfortune which thoufo much repintft •'.1 abhomft antl (.',!'/:~,~: acc~unteft amoft vile,andwretche~ eftate. Howmany thout:mds want that mor putarent, wh1ch thou haft,howmany myr1ades ofpoore flaves, captives, offach as totidemregulor workeday and night in eole-pits, tin-mines, with fore toil tomaintain a !;:{;;:;;~ poorel.iving, offuchaslabourin bodyand minde, live.in extremeanguilh, parrU•millima and pam,all wh1ch thou art free from~ 0 fortrmatos mmtum/,onajifoano- -;•N;;g;:· _ r£nt; Thouartmofthappy if thoucouldftbecontent, and acknowledge for~;~. , ."" thy happinelfe; Rm1 carendo, non fruendo cogn1{cimtu1 when thou lbalt prof.f. hereafter come towant, that which thou now loatheft, abhorreft, and an: weary of,and tired,with, when 'tis paft thou wiltfaythou werft moft hapPY, and after a littlemilfe, wilh with all thine hearr, thou hadftthe fame · content again, might'ft lead but fuch alife, aworld for fuch a life: the rel HefloJ. Eft• membrance ofit is pleafant. Be fileot then,1 reft fatislied, de.Jine,intuen{#fin '}':oJ ·:~·1Jt'J aliorum infortunia(olare mmtem,comfort thy felf with other mens misl:'or' g~:~~i;~,'if., tunes, and as themoldiwatpein .£fope told thefox, complaining for want ~od non er, ofatail,and the reft ofhis companions, tacete quando me ocHlis captumvi· ~;!:.i;e~~.~r detu, you complainoftoies, but I amblinde, b~ quiet, I fay to thee bethou mO>ffopifao. fatisfied . It is mrecordedofthehares, thatwltha generall confent they · went to drown themfelves, out ofa feeling of their mifery, but when they fa~ ,,
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