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Why blood cau¬ ses continual feavers.
hour, both of day and night. Quartans come about the ninth hour, which is to us three in the atccrnoon. The quotidian comes from fiegme, about the firfl watch of the night. But if the hu* mours overflow, and are mingled one with another, as they are wont to be, then they keep not their lawfull times and orders, for Ap&Uftom they are more (harp, and continue longer. For as winds coming the contours of aether, raite more grievous tempefts.
the winds. °
when Eafl and and rainy South do roar ^
Rolino the mighty billows to the jhoar ,
So a difeafe is more violent by concours of humours,and difeafes joyned to, cruelly torture mans body.
Tor in one body , cold , hoty moifl , and dry $
Soft , hard , light , heavy , fi rive for victory.
It is frivolous to refer the caufcs of thefe things to ill fpirits* Ftr all thefe things confift in the corruption or inflammation, qua- lity or quantity of the humours. For it is thefe things that make the fits ihortcr or longer. But when bloud much abounds in the body, it caufeth but one continual fir, becaufe that putrefa—ion, and inflammation is in the receptacles of the veins, in which the bloud runs, as through Conduit Pipes. Wherefore nature like a wife and faithful conful, in a Civili and intc ftine war, is alwaies at work, and without intermiffion, to caft forth the difeafe. But flegme, yellow choller, and black, becaufe they are notin fo great quantities, and are without the ftraightnefle of the veins, they do not conftantly molcfl, but with intumiflion, and difeafes that arife from thefe humours are not fo deadly, becaufe they have not fo open a paflage to the heart, and principall parts, and therefore cannot caiily do lo much hurt. Yet fomc of thefe Fcavours laft long, partly, becaufe the humour abounds, and, partly becaufe of the'clamminefle thereof, that it can hardly be melted and con- co-ed. Wherefore Melancholiqe men are feldome merry, unleffe they drink deep, and of ftrong wine * for that humour is wonder- full' cold and dry. Men of this conftitution are like Iron, that muft have a great ftrong fire to make it hot, that it may be hammer’d. For they want much ftrong Wine, and they can well endure it, and when they aie well whittled, they will play the mimicks, and make fport, and dance like Camels. For being crabbed by na¬ ture, when they are in drink they defire tofeem very merry, and
pleafanc. And as they are hardly overcome with drink, fo they can as hardly be recovered of drunkennefle. For when they drink abundantly, and catexceffively 5 it falls out that the thick grofle vapours flick falter to thebrain, fo that the day following, melan- ckolique Imaginations grow more upon them: For from the Wine the day before not digefted, and difeufled, their whole body fends up {Unking vapours. For it happens to them as it is with houfes
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A fimlefrom the wifdome of a Conful.
Met a;ub clique
people not eafs-
ly drunk-
A (imilefltfor mlancholique people fom bur¬ ning iron.
Melancbolique Natures, when they are hot with 7 vine-
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Chap. I . That Humours, and not bad Angels eaufed/feafes.
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(et.cn tire, which though they are not wholly confirmed by fire, nor quite burnt up, yet a burnt fmell affebts our noftriis and brain : fo (finking ill favoured fents and vapours ariiing from the drink the day before, are very offenfive unto them ; and trouble their brain and minds, and when they cannot difeuffe thefe, and that they perceive their phantafms to increafe, they fall to drinking again, to expell thofe vapours of the former wine, and imagina¬ tion riling from thence, as one nail with another : fince therefore the caufcs and original of difeafes are fo, and the nature and con¬ dition of the humours is fuch, that no reafon can be thought on for the accede, and coming on of feavers, than from the quantity or quality of the humours; Let no man think that cvill fpirits do raife tiicfe tempefts, or diftempers. Iknow, and fhall ealily grant that the Divels, or aereal fpirits are very knowing, and find our all things for their purpofes, and do not onely mix themfeives with the humours, but alfo they entice and urge the minds of men to all wickednefle : and that the good Angels help men in ail good things, and are companions and afliftants unto them. So Raphael travelled with Tobias his Son. So the fpirit of the Lord came upon Sampfon, and he rent the Lion like a Kid. Alfo a di¬ vine fpirit came upon Saul , and he Prophefied with the other Propaets. But afterwards a-nev ill fpirit troubled: his mind and ftirred him up again if David. So they thruft themfeives into teru- pefts, andcaufe thundrings and lightnings. So that with their help we fee Towers and Mountains are rent in pieces ; Corn, Car¬ tel, and flocks of Sheep are deifroyed; yet the violence of the winds can do this without them. So thofe winds Saint Luke fpeaks ©f3 are very violent upon Sea and Land, and by the breaking and clafhingofclowds fire iscaft forth, that Uii-yards and fails ice burnt with it. The like violence is wrought by gr^atGuns upon Ramparts, be they never follrong, that not onely the ball ftrikes thofe that are near, but the very wind and noife of them hurts fome that are farther off. Thefe and many fuch like things, though they may be done by natural reafon, yet the Divcil oy Gods: per million or grant may intermingle with and mike
all worfe. So Satan exafoerared Sauls melancholy, and provoked him to commit many tmir lers^ and to lie in wait, and to commit many norrible things. But becaufe this affebi of the mind, and errour may be referred to natural caufes;! therefore it appears that the Mufickef the Harp took away the fury of him,' and bis mind greyv more calm. For as when ftrohg winds blow upon the. Sea; the waves are more frequent and the Sep rages, and as melancbo*. l.ique.men grow more fad, by Ioffe of etheir effates and other;;cai- fualties, and cholcrick people grow angry by drinking. Winej ici by being jear’d, and mock’d : So evill fpirits, or witches, drive on luch men headlong to wicked abfions, that though the will be ready and dehres it, yet can it rot moderate the actions, and force pf counldls. Wnich our Saviour feems to intimate when he faid to Peter , by way of repreheniion : Get thee behind me Sathan .
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A good simile from bo ufe s on fire.
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Crudity hurts
Mclsmcbolifyie
people.
Ill fpirits of¬ fend our minds and bodies , and raife winds al- fio.
Tob.
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1 KjngHo. _
Adi. 27.
A fimileprom the violence of Guns and Or- dinaned:\
Job i*.
A fimilefrom the flowing of the Sea.
Math. id.
go That Humours^ and not bad Angels caufe difeafes, Book II.
For ChriftcalM him (obecaufe he was againft him, and ftrove to divert him from our redemption chat he was about. And unlefle the great good God by his fingular favour fhould bridle the fury i pet. j. of the adverfary againft us , man could not fubfift or. defend him-
fclf againft the fury of this Monfter.Forhetryes all waies5and fear- ches all paflages, that he may fee upon us, and winnow us as Whear. Wherefore as Job faith, Godfets a fword againft him* ^piace'ofjob' tnat is ? fcts h*s bounds that he cannot paffe , and limits explained. Satans rage, for he can go no further then God will give him leave* and God will let no man be afflnfted beyond his ftrength. By which ! ctfr. Antidote St. Paul comforts all that are in danger, of in calamity*
but (hews a way to efcape from the tentation, that the affliction may be no more then we can fuffer, or that we may be fuddenly delivered. I have been the longer in this that the Reader may un* derftand that the humours are the caufe of difeafes principally* But the divells, the Stars, and the quality of the ambient Ay re,and other external caufes are but accidcntal.For fince all paflions ©{ the mind are quieted by reafon, but the difeafes of the body are cured by fit remedies 3 who can refer the caufes of difeafes better than to the quantity and quality of the humours? And if a man pleafe what manners t0 cxarnjne the humours of the body, and what force they have, °ddy humours} he fhall find that they do not onely conftitute the habit of the body but the manners alfo of the mind, yet fo that manners and Religion are fet above them in the uppermoft place. For blood, or if you regard the qualities, heat and moyfture produce men of a fiourjfh* ing conftitution 3 but as for the mind, they are lafeivious, merry, truly honeft without diffembling, and they are fomething above Fools. But yellow choller brings forth men of a dry and fwartifh colour, but they are hot, deceitful, ingenious, of a fierce angry con* fliiution, wife, induftrious, cunning, inco»ftant,falfe.
piffi who naught but a fair countenance reveal9
In a falfe heart a crafty Fox conceal.
Melancholy juice makes men ftable and conftant* and that will not eafily depart from what they once undertake, or forfake their opinion, that if they happen to addiCfc themfelves to any feCt, they will hold it tooth and nail, and not be eafily drawn off. Thisaf- fe& is milder in cholerick people, for they by reafon of their un* jftable floting humours, and thin fpirits are quickly tranfported, and though they be very hot and clamorous, yet they are foort pleafed, and not fo obftinate. Flegme is unprofitable to form mens manners,and therefore flegfhauque people are dull and unfit for any great matters.
CHAP?
Chap. 2. Frenzy people [owe times [peak flrange Tongues,
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CHAP. II.
c Jlfelancbolique , c Jlfad, and Frenzy people , and fuch as are furious from other caufes ; will fame times [peak ft range Tongues they never learned, and yet not be po fie fed with the Dived .
A Great force troubles the humours, and a great heat trou¬ bles the mind: for thofe that are in ftrong feavers, willfpeak fame tongue they never learned j fometimes elegantly, fometimes imperfedUy and confufediy, which I do not much wonder to be done by thofe that are polTcfTed with the Divell ; becaufe they have the knowledge of all natural things. Now the humours are io violent and forcible where they are in named or corrupted, that the dark fmoak of them afeending unto the brain, as we fee when men drink too much ftrong Wine-, will make men fpeak languages they underftand not: lliouid this come from the Divell, thefc di- feales would not be cured with purging medicaments, nor opiats by procuring of fit cp. For by thefe. and many more,wherewith the Art of Phyfick abounds, being rightly adminiftred, we fee fuch perfons riftored, and to be the fame they formerly were. When therefore the humours very frequently boil, and the fpirits are much troubled thereby, and the exceeding fwift motion of the mind brings forth fome language not known before, as we fee fparks fall from linking of a flint. Now it is natural to mans mind to be fit and ready to learn, and it is endowed with Arts be¬ fore it hath the ufe of them 5 fo that Plato's faying is not unlikely, that all our knowledge is but remembrance. For the mind of man contains in it fclftheknowledgeofall things but it being oppref fed with the weight of the body, and thick humours cannot cafily illuftrare it felf, and as fire raked up in allies, it muft be ftirred and foftered, though imbred fparks and light of nature may fhine forth When therefore this diviner part of man the Soul is lb a ken with difeafes, fhc brings forth fuch things as lay hid within her, and uleth her imbred forces. For as fome plants fmeil not at all till you crufh them in your hand: fo the imbred faculties will 110c fhew themfclves unleffc they be tried like Gold on a Touchilonc. By the fame reafon Jet Amber, will not alwaies draw chaff and ftraws, and fuch other things as are driven with the wind, but onely when they are rubbed" and heated. So when you whet dag¬ gers often, and Wifely, you make fparks fly forth. Alfo the force of nature may be known in planrs and Jewels. For Piorw, Mif* feltoc, Fruit culm. Vervain, Corail, bloudftone, Pearls , Emrods, and other Amulets, that is, fuch things as drive away things hurtfull, applied to the body, or hanged about the neck, by a prefent force, either difeufle difeafes, or flop blond, and do other things according as their natural quality is. But all thefe are of more force taken inwardly.
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The -wonderful force of the hu¬ mours in (Ur- ring the mind.
As wine fo hu¬ mours trouble the mind.
A (twite from flrilfng 1 9/e -with a flint.
The mind is en¬ dowed with Arts before we learn them.
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A flmilefrom fire racked Up in ofhes.
An excellent (imile from the fweitiuffe of plants.
A flmilefrom
the cffcCi of (tones and plants.
whence there Is force in ray fin £ fpirits.
Of the Epilepfie's violence.