The anatomy of melancholy : what it is, with all the kinds causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & seuerall cures of it in three partitions, with their severall sections, members & subsections, philosophically, medicinally, historically, opened & cut up / By Democritus Junior [pseud.] With a satyricall preface, conducing to the following discourse.

  • Burton Robert, 1576-1640.
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1891
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    heretofore, with many such, of which read Tostatus in 2 Reg. cap. G, guaesl. 43. Thyreus, cap. 57, 58, 62, &c. de locis infestis, Pictorius, Isagog. de deemonibus, &C., see more in them. Cardan would have the party affected wink altogether in such a case, if he see aught that offends him, or cat the air with a sword in such places they walk and abide; gladiis enirn et lanceis terrentur, shoot a pistol at them, for being aerial bodies (as Cmlius Rhodiginus, lib. 1. cap. 29, Tertullian, Origen, Psellas, and many hold), if stroken, they feel pain. Papists commonly enjoin and apply crosses, holy water, sanctified beads, amulets, music, ringing of bells, for to that end are they consecrated, and by them baptized, characters, counterfeit relics, so many masses, pere- p-rinations, oblations, adjurations, and what not! Alexander Albertinus a Rocha, Petrus Thyreus, and Hieronymus Mengus, with many other pontifical writers, prescribe and set down several forms of exorcisms, as well to houses possessed with devils, as to demoniacal persons; but I am of Lemnmss mind, ’tis but damnosa adjuratio, aut potius ludificatio, a mere mockeiy, a counterfeit charm, to no purpose, they are fopperies and fictions, as that absurd “story is amongst the rest, of a penitent woman seduced by a magician m France, at St. Bawne, exorcised by Domphius, Micliaehs, and a company of circumventing friars. If any man (saith Lemnius) will attempt such a thin , without all those lulling circumstances, astrological elections of tune, place, . sesquipeda! words, spells, which exorcists ordinarily use, let him follow the example of Petei and John that without any ambitious swelling terms, cured a lame man. Acts m. In the name of Christ Jesus rise and walk.” His name alone is the best and only charm against all such diabolical illusions, so doth Origen advise: and so Chrysostom, Hcec evil tibi baculus hcec mexpugnahtis Nos quid ad hmc dicemus, pluresfortassc expectabunt*aith St. Aimtm, & J men will desire my counsel and opinion wliat is to be done in this behalf, l ea say no more, quam utverdjide, quee perdilecttionemoperaturadD< funianius let them fly to God alone for help. Athanasius in his book, «**wierus iarge' s-de c [IrtyXied shall certainly know this malady to have proceeded from too much fasting, meditation, precise hie, vt btlier judgments (for the devil extreme he circumvents mela ^ h that it hath begun first from hearing rigid preacher*, t . otbers in Uke case, or any some great loss, grievous accident, clisast . see a ^ tQ the cure 0t such terrible object, let lnm speedi y lem n coqitationem d rescrup- this disease Navarrus so much commends, _ bv all losa. disease Navarrus so much comments ^™ animim, by all by all apposite means, art, and mdustiy, p» him direct isjrecreatious, ‘'refresh, more such speak to whom the Lord hath given 1 Non desunt no.tr. «tate by et re infecta abienmt. oblect,” “Navarrus. him avert his thoughts from the painful ohjetu honest recreations, “refresh and recreate ms uo more such his thoughts, by himself and other of ^nd, ^^^ie8| aud tracts or subjects, hear no more such feai , > ^ Qf d pbysicians by all means open himself, submit himb , aa °be ^lls it, hear them and divines, which of the learned, to be able to sncrlflcull, qul tale quid attentaut, sed a vaeud.unione iniIsl P_> ^ Let m Done Imo English by W- U.. 10.a.