Volume 1
The anatomy of melancholy / edited by Rev. A.R. Shilleto.
- Burton, Robert
- Date:
- Reprint 1896 (3 vol set)
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The anatomy of melancholy / edited by Rev. A.R. Shilleto. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Si quis Causidicus chartas impingat in istas, Nil mihi vobiscum, pessima turba, vale ; Sit nisi vir bonus, 6^ juris sine f?'aude per itus, Turn legal, <Sr> forsan doctior inde siet. Si quis cordatus, facilis, lectorque benignus, Hue oculos vertat, quce velit ipse legal ; Candidas ignoscel, metuas nil, pande libenter9 Offensus mendis non erit ille luis, Laudabit nonnulla. Venit si Rhetor ineptus, Limata & lersa, & qui benb coda petit, Claude citus librum ; nulla hie nisiferrea verba, Offendent stomachum qua minus apta suum. At si quis non eximius deplebepoeta, Annue ; namque isticpluri?na ficta leget. Nos sumus e numero} nullus mihi spiral Apollot Grandiloquus Vales quilibet esse nequit. Si criticus Lector, tu?nidus Censorque molestus, Zoilus 6s Momus, si rabiosa cohors : Ringe,freme, 6^ noli turn pa?idere, turba malignis Si occurrat sannis invidiosa suis : Fac fugias ; si nulla tibi sit copia eundi, Contemnes, tacite scommata quceque feres. Frendeat, allatret, vacuas gannitibus auras Impleat, haud cures ; his placuisse nefas. Verum, age, si forsan divertat purior hospes, Cuique sales, ludi, displiceantque joci, Objiciatque tibi sordes, lascivdque: dices, Lasciva est Domino & Musa jocosa tuo, Nec lasciva tamen, si pe?isitet omne ; sed esto / Sit lasciva licet pagina, vita probaest.2 Barbarus, indoctusque rudis spectator in istam Si messem intrudat, fuste fugabis eutn. Fungum pelle procul (jubeo) na?n quid mihifungo? Conveniunt stomacho nam minus ista suo. Sed nec pelle tamen ; Iceto omnes accipe vultu, Quos, quas, vel quales, inde vel unde viros. Gratus erit quicunque venit, gratissimus hospes Quisquis erit, facilis difficilisque mihi. Nam si culpdrit, qucedam culpdsse juvabit, Culpando faciei me meliora sequi. Sed si lauddrit, neque laudibus efferar ullis, Sit satis hisce malis opposuisse bonum. Hcec sunt quce nostro placuit mandare libello, Et qux dimittens dicere jussit Herus. Cf. Hor. Epp. i. ii. 27.] This line is borrowed from Martial, L iv. 8, with a slight change or two.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21270818_001_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
