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A15775	The passions of the minde in generall. Corrected, enlarged, and with sundry new discourses augmented. By Thomas Wright. With a treatise thereto adioyning of the clymatericall yeare, occasioned by the death of Queene Elizabeth	Wright, Thomas, d. 1624.; Wright, Thomas, d. 1624. Succinct philosophicall declaration of the nature of clymactericall yeeres, occasioned by the death of Queene Elizabeth. aut	1604 (1604)	STC 26040; ESTC S121118	206,045	400

children should be cast out a doores range like vagabonds and goe a begging Nutantes transferantur filij eius mendicent eijctantur de habitationibus suis And yet not contented Let the vsurer sacke him of all his substance and strangers dispoile him of all his labours Scrutetur foenerator omnem substantiam eius deripiant alieni labores eius Yet more Let no man help him nor take commiseration vpon his infants Non sit illi adiutor nec sit qui misereatur pupillis eius all this is not inough but Let his children die and in one generation cause his name to be buried in obliuion Fiant nati eius in interitum in generatione vna deleatur nomen eius And many more such imprecations hee powreth forth against them which I for breuitie sake omit onely this will suffice that the hater cannot endure to see or suffer the person hated to prosper and enioy any good thing or any thing belongeth him I haue knowne some men so passionat that it was a most bitter corrosiue vnto their hearts to see the children of their enemies but well apparelled and it is held for a good point in policie and apt to moue compassion when the prince is offended with any person that hee appeare not before him in gorgious but mourning attire and so Saint Chrisostome recounteth that diuers noble women deposed all their pompe and Chrisost hom ad populi pride and after a most meane manner and with poore apparell presented themselues before the iudges to sue for their husbands in that lamentable commotion at Antioch and as much the scriptures insinuat that a man should doe to God as Baruch testifieth Anima quae tristis Baruch 2. est super magnitudinem mali incedit curua dat tibi gloriam domine The soule which is sorie for the mightinesse of her euill and goeth crooked O Lord glorifieth thee His meaning is the contrite heart and humble submission and abiect conceit a sinner hath of himselfe caused by true repentance exalt Gods greatnesse and extoll his maiestie the which his mortall enemies so greeue to haue offended Out of this discourse we may collect some practicall points very profitable and know a reason how men commonly carrie themselues towards appassionat persons First for that we say sight stirreth vp passions and not onely the persons we loue but also whatsoeuer releaseth any thing of them Therefore generally among friends which be absent and out of sight affections are colder and rarer for although true friends haue alwayes a secret cabinet in their memories to talke in their minds with them whom they loue although absent yet except the memorie be reuiued by some externall obiect obliuion entreth thoughts are more remisse friendship faileth Wherefore messages letters tokens friends kinsfolkes and such things as concerne vs are to bee sent to our friends to renouat and reuiue our former amitie Secondly if we would not exasperat our enemies it were expedient not onely we our selues but also all these things which any way belong vs appeare not in their sights yea and that is more we must take heed as much as in vs lieth that they vnderstand not any prosperitie or good befallen vnto vs because in all these sights hatred is stirred vp and reuiued anew which lay smothered before vnder the embers of forgetfulnesse and so with silence perhaps enmitie of it selfe will consume and pine away Thirdly to persuade any matter we intend or to stirre vp any passion in a multitude if we can aptly confirme our opinion or intention with any visible obiect no doubt but the persuasion would bee more forcible and the passion more potent Cato was determined to strike the Senat and Romanes with feare of the Carthaginian forces least they should obiect against him that Carthage was farre from them and therefore not so dangerous he presently shewed them greene figges at that instant brought from Carthage so they all conceiued that the countrey was not farre distant for otherwise the figges would haue bene dried or corrupted Galba intending to excite the principal men of Spaine Tacitus lib. 1. against Nero and to moue them the more to wage war against him placed of purpose before his tribunall a many of images of great personages executed or banished in Neroes time and fetched from exile a yong noble man out of the next Iland to stand by his seat while he spoke to his armie Licurgus brought two dogs the one sauage the other trained vp to let the people see the difference betwixt men well brought vp and badly and withall to let them vnderstand the great good of keeping good lawes The Macedonians being once ouercome in battel by their adiacent enemies thought the onely remedie that remained to inanimate their souldiours to battell was to carrie their yong king Philip the first in his cradle to the field thereby stirring vp the zeale of faithfull subiects to defend their innocent prince and this little wherstone so sharpned their swords that indeed they woon the battel The people of Tangia in America in their warres caried alwayes in their campe the corpes and bones of their auntient famous warriers thereby intending to encourage their souldiours with the worthie memorie and valour of their predecessours Agria a citie in Hungaria being besieged the yeere 1562 by Mahomet Bassa with an armie of 60000 Turkes and battered with 50 cannons in the citie were onely 2000 Hungarians who with incredible valour had repelled thirteene most terrible assaults and albeit they were most valiant yet to encrease their valour they expecting another fresh assault sware themselues that vpon perill of death no man should talke or speake of peace or yeelding nor giue other answere to these vnsatiable suckers of Christian blood but with cannons muskets and caliuers and in case the siege endured longer than their victuals lasted then rather to die of hunger than submit themselues vnto the Turkish slauerie And at last when the Bassa had offered them diuers faire and fauourable conditions if they would yeeld they with a visible signe to moue him to dispaire of his intent hanged ouer the wall a coffin couered with blacke betwixt two speares thereby representing vnto him that in that citie they would be buried and so preuailed Among the Iewes the arke of God as a visible signe was borne by the Leuits in the battell as with a present obiect to deliuer them from all feare of enemies thereby conceiuing the infallible assistauce and protection of God ouer them whose cause they handled and defended I haue seene some preachers bring a dead mans scull into the pulpit therewith the better to moue their auditors to contemne the transsitorie pleasures of this world to beat into them a terrour of death to the intent that for the rest of their dayes they might lead a better life Last of all it ought seriously to be considered that the presence of any visible obiect moueth much more

hold him for a simple man that cannot sound a drunkards soule euen to the bottome IIII. Discouery of Passions in gesture THis subiect is very ample and would require almost a whole booke but I will onely touch superficially some chiefe points The gestures of the body may bee reduced vnto these heads motions of the eyes pronuntiation managing of the hands and bodie manner of going A rowling eye quicke in mouing this way and that way argueth a quicke but a light wit a hote cholericke complexion with an vnconstant and impatient mind in a woman it is a signe of great immodesty and wantonnesse The reason hereof I take to be for that such quicknesse proceedeth from abundance of hote spirits which cause good apprehension but because they are not corrected by modesty and vertue it seemeth the subiect letteth them range according to their naturall inclination which tendeth to quicknesse and lightnesse Heauie dull eyes proceed from a dull mind and hard of conceit for the contrarie reason therefore wee see all old persons sicke men and flegmaticke slow in turning their eyes Eyes much giuen to winking descend from a soule subiect to feare because it argueth a weakenesse of spirits and a feeble disposition of the eyelids To stare fixly vpon one either commeth from blockishnesse as in rustickes impudencie as in malitious persons prudence when from those in authoritie incontinencie in women Who open their eyes and extend them much commonly be simple men but of a good nature Eyes inflamed and fierie are the natiue brood of choler and ire quiet and peaceable with a certaine secret grace and mirth are children of loue and friendship In Voice THere came a man to Demosthenes desiring his helpe to defend his cause and told him how one had beaten him Demosthenes answered him again saying I doe not beleeue this to bee true thou tellest Plutar● in De●ost me for surely the other did neuer beat thee The plaintife then thrusting out his voice aloud said What hath he not beaten me Yes indeed quoth Demosthenes I beleeue it now for I heare the voice of a man that was beaten indeed whereby we may see how he coniectured by the lowdnesse of his voice the iust indignation of his mind For indeed men in ire and wrath shew by their pronuntiation the flame which lodgeth in their breasts Wherefore Cato gaue counsell That souldiers in the warre should terrifie their enemies with vehement voices and cries A small trembling voice proceedeth from feare and such an one commonly haue Plutarc in Ro. Apoph great Oratours or at least it were good they should haue in the beginning of their Orations for thereby they win a certaine compassion and louing affection of their auditors Much more might be said of this subiect but for that it concerneth specially physiognomie and naturall constitution of the organs and humours of the bodie therefore I will omit it Managing of the hands and bodie IN discoursing to vse no gestures argueth slownesse too much gesticulation commeth of lightnesse mediocritie proceedeth from wisedome and grauitie and if it be not too quicke it noteth magnanimitie Some men you haue alwaies fidling about their garments either prying for moaths binding of garters pulling vp their stockings that scarcely when they goe to bed they are apparelled this proceedeth from a childish mind and void of conceits and if you deale with men in companie it also sheweth a little contempt of those with whom you conuerse because it seemeth you little attend what they say Some cast their heads now hither now thither as wantonly as lightly which springeth from folly inconstancie Others scarce thinke they doe pray except they wrie and wrest their neckes which either commeth of hypocrisie superstition or foolishnesse Some gaze vpon themselues how proper bodies they beare how neat and proportioned legs sustaine them and in fine almost are inamored of themselues so they are pleased with their owne persons but this gesture displeaseth commonly and proceedeth from pride and vaine complacence in going To walke maiestically that is by extending thy legs foorth and drawing thy body backe with a slow and stately motion in all mens iudgment vsually issueth from a proud mind and therefore deserueth dispraise except in a Prince a Generall of an army or a Souldier in in the sight of his enemies because this manner of pasing sheweth an ostentation of the mind and that a man would set foorth himselfe aboue others which sort of vaunting few can tollerat because they can hardly suffer that men should so farre inhance themselues aboue others To trip to iet or any such light pase commeth of lightnesse and pride because such persons seeme to take delight that others should behold their singular sort of going Fast going becommeth not graue men for as philosophers hold a slow pase sheweth a magnanimous mind and if necessitie requireth not a light pase argueth a light mind because thereby wee know how the spirits are not sufficiently tempered brideled whereupon followeth lightnesse of bodie and inconstancie of mind V. Discouerie of passion in Praysing I Almost neuer knew man discontented to heare his owne praise and few there be who can tollerat to be dispraised wise men doubt with Antisthenes the Philosopher that when wicked men praise them they haue committed some errour and reioyce with Hector to be praised of vertuous men for their good indeuours It were wisedome not to praise any man exceedingly but especially before a multitude for that good men change their estates What Emperor in the beginning was better than Nero and who in the end more vitious Salomon surpassed all his predecessours in wisedome yet afterwardes fell into extreame follie Wherefore it were wisedome to vse superlatiues very rarely and say such a man is vertuous but not most vertuous So therefore praise good men that thou reserue a caueat for their errours Besides commonly proud men cannot abide their equalls should much be commended for the praise of the one obscureth the glory of the other as I haue obserued by experience they either openly or secretly will seeke to disgrace him and discouer some defects the which impeacheth more his credit than your cōmendation aduanceth his reputation because that men be more prone to conceiue ill than good of others therefore one said wisely Calumniare semper aliquid haeret speake euill for euer some thing remaineth that is either a full persuasion or a sinister suspition Some men when they haue done any thing worthy of praise they either like hennes goe cackling in regard of their new layd egge that is blazing their owne works or indeuour by secret insinuation or grosse industrie that others should commend them as the Italian Poet did who hauing made an Epigram which much pleased his fancy shewed it to some of his friends praysing it about the Skies they presently demaunded who was the Author then he for very shame of pride would not tell them that it was his but with a

circumspectly 4. Circumstances more VNto the former Circumstances we may for better distinction fuller comprehension of the matter adde 4. more The first is Vehemency of affection which appertaineth to the maner of giving may be reduced to the 7. Circumstance of Alacritie yet in very deed these two differ for divers times wee give things speedily and quickly because wee esteeme them not much or for some interest or other respect albeit with no great affection yet the way to wade into mens heartes and discover whether they bestow their benefites vpon vs with such intire and full affections or no may bee these First alacritie in giving is a good signe 2. If in the giving we perceive the giver much presseth himselfe 3. If the gift be great in it selfe 4. If some danger be imminent vnto the giver for such a gift 5. If the giver be our intire friend 6. If our capitall enemie for therein we may thinke he by a vehement charitable good will overcommeth himselfe The second is if the gift be common to many as if a Prince bring a Conduit of most excellent water into the Centre of a Cittie If a Noble man erect a great Hospitall for the poore blind lame and impotent If a devout Cittizen give all he hath to builde a Church Bridge or such like charitable workes these benefites as they are extended to many so they are more worthie in this respect then such as are communicated to few The third is if in giving gifts among a multitude of equall desert one be singled from the rest vpon whom it is bestowed for in such a case affection signiorizeth and love maketh election because when in the receyvers there is none or small difference in merite then the determination resteth vpon the givers good will which then may best be declared when among many specially one is severed The last is lacke of interest for such gifts as are vnspotted with any blemish of private profitte warrant vs of a sincere affection but how may we know when givers ayme rather at vtilitie then amitie first if wee be well acquainted with their prowling shifting crafty vndermining nature we may assure our selves that that flame is the effect of sea-coales which carrieth ever more smoake of selfe-love then fire of refined good will 2. If apertly by some circumstance of speech or request he maketh we see evidently some commoditie conioyned as for example in all suiters presentes a man of a bad scent may easily feele a smell of profit which perfumeth those gifts 3. If a mean man bestow a great gift vpon one in authoritie which hath no neede of it such a token for most part telleth his masters errand to wit that such a present must prepare the way for some future favour and this rule we are to thinke holdeth so much the surer when the giver is in some want and necessitie 4. If the customary vse of such giftes require some interest as commonly poore mens New-yeere giftes require better recompensations then they bring Certaine Corollaries deducted out of the precedent Discourse of the Motives to Love THe first Corollarie concerneth the love of God the which in giving vs the second Person in Trinitie to be our Saviour and Redeemer hath almost observed all these Circumstances of giftes in a most emminent degree as if I would enlarge this Chapter I could make most manifest but every discreet learned Divine without much labour by appropriating onely these generall considerations to those speciall meditations may performe it by himselfe The second Corollarie touching the Motives of Love which are in number seventeene for memories sake we may reduce to 3. heads For love is an operation of the Wil the Wil affecteth nothing but canded with Goodnesse Goodnesse generally is divided into three kindes Honestie Vtilitie Delightfulnesse but in regard that things profitable are esteemed good or badde honest or vnhonest in respect of the end whereat they ayme for they be alwayes meanes and levell at some ende therefore I thought good to obliterate that second member and in lieu thereof insert conveniency or agreeablenesse to Nature for such things we love for themselves and as it were in them stay our affections without relation to any other particular proiect Goodnes the obiect of our will is the perfection or appetibilitie of every thing reall or apparant and is divided into 1. Honest which is the obiect of vertue and consisteth in conformitie to Reason comprehending these motives to Love 2 Excellencie in Prudence Learning Fortitude Magnanimitie Temperance Iustice c. 3 Bountifulnesse 4 Condonation of iniuries 5 Toleration of wrongs 6 Riddance from evill 7 The manner of giving gifts 8. Convenient to nature that is agreeable to nature for the conservation therof eyther in being perfection or preservation of the kinde and includeth these motives to Love 9 Parentage 10 Beneficence 11 Necessitie 12 A speciall kinde of hatred causing vnion 13. Delightful that is a certaine kinde of goodnes polished with pleasure or wherin pleasure specially appeareth and containeth these motives to Love 14 Beautie 15 Profit of Soule Body Fortune 16 Resemblance in Nature Affection Iudgement Exercise 17 Love of Benevolence cōcupiscēce I am not ignorant that the immensity of mans will may chop and change these motives of love in diverse manners for if we releeve often poore mens miseries for vaine-glory we pervert the vertue of mercy if some fast for hypocrisie they abuse the virtue of temperance if some pray with pride and contempt as the arrogant Pharisee they stayne the vertue of religion and questionles any wicked man may love him that easily condoneth iniuries not for honesty and vertue but thereby to prevayle more against him and crow more insolently over him to coosin him the more boldely and deceyve him without punishment Likewise though beuty be placed among the obiects of Delight yet it may be affected for honesty and so I say of almost all the rest But heere I consider the first aspect and connaturall shew that all these obiects carry with them and how they first enter into a mans affection and are apt to moove and in this sense I doubt not but theyr seates are right and in consideration thereof I have reduced them to these heades The third Corollary It may easily be perceyved in every one of these motives how much more is insinuated then is sette downe and a good Scholler with a flight meditation may by discourse apply these generalities to particular matters for the motive of pleasure or profite may be minced into many partes and in every one a number of particular reasons found out apt to induce the perswasion of the same passion and so I say of the rest Much more I could have added to every one but then the Treatise woulde have growne too great wherefore I iudged it sufficient to touch the tops of generall perswasions to stirre vp love intending therby by to represent occasions to wise men of