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The anatomy of melancholy, what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symtomes, prognostics, and several cures of it. In three partitions. With their several sections, members, and subsections, philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut up / By Democritus junior [pseud.] With a satyricall preface, conducing to the following discourse.

  • Burton, Robert, 1577-1640.
Date:
1813
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Credit: The anatomy of melancholy, what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symtomes, prognostics, and several cures of it. In three partitions. With their several sections, members, and subsections, philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut up / By Democritus junior [pseud.] With a satyricall preface, conducing to the following discourse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' 440 Cure of Melancholy. _-{Part. 2. See. 2. wilt not do this or that, which thou oughtest to do, or refrain, &c. but when thou art lashed like a dull jade, thou wilt re- form it; fear of a whip will make thee do, or not do. Do that voluntarily then which thou canst do, and must do by com- pulsion: thou maist refrain if thou wilt, and master thine affections. * As, in a city, (saith Melancthon) they do by stub- born rebellious rogues, that will not submit themselves to politi- cal gudgement, compel them by force; so must we do by our affections. If the heart will not lay aside those vicious motions, and the phantasie those fond mag form of government to enforce and r that they be not led by ow passions. If appetite will not obey, let the moving faculty over-rule her; let her resist and compel her to do otherwise. In an ague, the appetite would drink; sore eyes that itch, would be rubbed ; but reason saith no; and therefore the moving faculty will not do it. Our phantasie would intrude a thousand fears, suspicions, chimera’s “upon us; but we have reason to resist; yet we let it be over- borne by our appetite. » Imagination enforceth spirits, which by an admirable league of nature compel the nerves to obey, and, they our several limbs : we give too much way to our pas- sions. And as, to him that is sick of an ague, all things are distastful and unpleasant, non ex cibi viii, saith Plutarch, not in the meat, but in our taste: so many things are offensive to us, not of themselves, but out of our corrupt judgement, jea- lousie, suspicion, and the like; we pull these’ mischiefs upon our own heads. If then our judgement be so depraved, our reason over-ruled, will precipitated, that we cannot seek our own good, or moderate our selves, asin this disease commonly it is, the best way for ease is to impart our misery to some friend, not’ to smother it up in our own breast; alitur vitium, crescitque, tegendo, &c. and that which was most offensive to us, a cause of fear and grief, quod nunc te coquit, another hell; for 2 © Strangulat inclusus dolor, atque exeestuat intus, grief concealed strangles the soul; but when as we shall but impart it to some discreet, trusty, loving friend, it is 4 instantly removed. by his counsel] happily, wisdome, perswasion, advice, a Cap. 3. de affect. anim. Ut in civitatibus contu ' perio, vi coércendi sunt; ita Deus nobis indidit alteram imperii formam ; si cor non de- ponit vitiosum affeetum, membra foras coércenda sunt, nie ruant in quod affectus im- pellat; et locomotiva, qué herili imperio obtemperat, alteri resistat. i “i Imaginatio impellit spiritus, et inde nervi moventur, &c, et obtemperant imaginationi et appetitui macés, qui non cedunt politico im- mirabili foedere, ad exsequendum quod jubent. ¢ Ovid. Trist. lib. 5. 4 Par- ticipes inde calamitatis nostra sunt; et, velut exonerat& in eos sarcina, onere levamur.. Arist. Eth. lib. 9. y4