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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	call_v	kind_n	zone_n	20	3	13.6055	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03705	The felicitie of man, or, his summum bonum. Written by Sr, R: Barckley, Kt; Discourse of the felicitie of man	Barckley, Richard, Sir, 1578?-1661.; Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.	1631 (1631)	STC 1383; ESTC S100783	425,707	675

to liue happi●…y to aspire no higher thereby to heape vpon himselfe causes of infelicity if it please God so plentifully to blesse him Homer writeth that King Caluicius a man endued with many goodly gifts sent to their Oracles to desire them that they would not giue him so little that he should be inferiour to all nor so much that he should be hated of all but rather a meane estate that all men might loue him for I had rather said he be a companion with many by loue then King of all with enuie The estates or kindes of life may be compared to the Zones by which the Cosmographers deuide the world according to their temperature The high dignities and honourable estates may be likened to the burning Zone which the Mathematicians call Zona torrida because they that liue vnder that part of the heauen are continually parched and vnquieted with the extreme heat of the Sun that hath his course alwayes ouer their heads So the Princes and great estates by the ordinary course of their affaires and vnlooked for accidents incident to that calling are in the whole course of their life vnquieted with care and troubles with suspition and feare or with an ambitious desire to enlarge their Dominion or Possession and to encrease or maintaine their reputation and such like And therefore one calleth imperium honeitissimam sepul●…uram They that liue in pouerty and lacke an ex●…emitie contrary to the other whereby they are v●…quieted with continuall care and feare of want to supply the necessity of them and theirs may be likened to them that dwell vnder the cold Zone called Zona frigida who by want of the Sunnes heate through his faire distance f●…le for the most part extreme cold and lead a painefull life In the middest betweene them both is the temperate Zone called Zona temperata where according to his name men are neither subiect to the extremitie of heate nor the bitternesse of cold but liue in a pleasant mediocrity voide of both extremities So they that liue in a meane estate are free from the troubles cares and dangers to which high dignities are subiect by their excesse and supeisluities which allure to vice and likewise from the feare of penury and want which tormenteth the poore estate He therefore that is in a meane estate or not ouer-neere extreme pouerty hath a sufficiencie of riches to the helpe of felicitie Non capit magnos motus Humilis tecta plebeia domus The humble lowe-bred cottage is not sensible of violent gusts In euery Common-wealth saith Aristotle there be three kindes of men rich poore and the meane betweene both among which they that be in a meane estate be best because the meane is alwayes best For he that will behold many of them that glitter in gold and siluer and are accounted happy by their braue attire and great traine not that way as they are seene and appeare to be in outward shew shall perceiue them to be like puppets who so long as they are couered and disguised shew like men but when any thing happeneth that disturbeth and vncouereth them then appeareth what base matter and pusillanimitie lyeth hidden and couered vnder that false shew and counterfcit brauery And they that be alwayes scraping together riches and deuising how to encre●…se their poss●…ssions can neuer l●…ade a quiet life nor enioy that happinesse they looke for For by expecting continually after that which is to come they lose the pleasure they should take in that they possesse like to a dogge that waiting at his masters table swalloweth whole the meat he casteth him without any pleasure gaping still for the next morsell that is to come But it may be said that the toile and labour men take in gathering riches is pleasant when they see their wealth encrease so is it euen as to those vncleane bodies whose vlcers and scabs desire rubbing scratcting vntill they smart and bleed it is a pleasure to be hurt with their own hands so to them in whose corrupt and defiled minds immoderate desires cupidities breake out as it were scabs or byles painefull labour and vnquietnesse and turmoyling in the world to feed the humor of their greedy and vnsatiable desires is a pleasure and delight Let no man thinke whilest he liueth in the flesh to satisfie the flesh it hath power to take our life from vs but we are not able to take away from it his inordinate desires And the Scripture saith that worldly men doe so drowne themselues in the cares and cogitations of this life that they leaue no place to thinke vpon Gods affayres which are the businesse of their owne Soules But happinesse consisteth in a minde endued with vertue voide of all perturbations and vnquietnesse that is contented with that which is sufficient that contemneth worldly pompe and vanities and all other things which mens superfluous labour prouideth as an ornament to please their senses which are giuen or taken away by Fortune as the Philosophers vse to speake Calamities losse and iniuries can doe no more against vertue then a thinne cloud against the Sunne He that will make choyse of an happy life saith Seneca must not follow the manner of life vsed by the multitude and greatest part of men but rather such a kind of li●…e as is altogether contrary thereunto and that must be by despising the glory honour pride and praise of the world and iudge nothing worthy to be esteemed but vertue which is sufficient to bring men to the fulnesse of true glory and felicity for vertue depending vpon her own riches careth not for the fauour and praise of the multitude Now hee that hath found a sufficiencie in riches or possessions and in other things necessary to life must prepare a mind to withstand and resist all manner of accidents and misaduentures to which men are subiect so long as they walke in this vale of misery He must bee void of all feare of any thing that may happen to him whether it be losse of dominion or of lands or goods of children or any other thing that is most deare vnto him which he may the more easily do if hee consider with how little a mā may maintaine his life as the Poet saith Discite quàm paruo liceat producere vitam Et quantum natura petat Learne with how little thou canst liue And how much vnto nature giue Socrates opinion was that neither principality nor abundance of riches and possessions maketh a man happy as appeareth by a communication which Plato bringeth in to be betweene him and another thus But ô Socrates there neede no examples of antiqnity to confute you but it may be manifestly proued by new examples euen but yesterday that many vniust and vnhonest men be happy Which be they saith Socrates Do ye not see saith the other Archelaus sonne of Perdicas raigne ouer Macedon Though I see it not I heare it Doth he

perceiving the discontentment of the people set her at liberty untill the next day and sent secretly to the campe to some of his friends to stay her father there But Virginins friends having prevented him he came to Rome the same night The next day when Appius had sitten a while in the place of judgment before he that challenged the yong woman for his slave spake any word to demand her and before her father could come to answer for her hee adjudged her to the yong man that challenged her All men stood silent and astonished at his unjust sentence and the father exclaiming and railing upon Appius he that made the challenge offered to take her away as his slave but interrupted by the lamentable cryes of the women that were present Appius commandeth silence and a way to bee made for him to carry away his slave Then every one departed with great sorrow and anger and left the yong virgin alone with her master The father seeing his daughter left alone voyd of all foccour holdeth up his hands to Appius and desired pardon for his unreverent speech and that hee might have leave a little to speake with his wife and daughter apart to the end that if his wife would say that shee was not his owne daughter but that hee had hitherto falsly usurped the name of her father hee would be content to leave her Appius supposing he meant as he spake licensed them to goe aside Then the father taking a knife secretly in his hand There is no other meanrs my daughter sayd he to set thee at liberty but this and therewith hee thrust the knife to her heart And looking up to the judgement seate where Appius 〈◊〉 To thee Appius quoth hee and to thy he●… 〈◊〉 crate with this bloud Then was there great lamentatlon and outcryes among the people and the women crying Is this the comfort of bringing up our children Is this the reward of chasticie And though Appius commanded Virginius to be apprehended yet he escaped and went to the campe where the unjust sentence of Appius was so much detested and the necessitie of the fathers fact so much lamenred that they came armed to Rome deprived the ten Magistrates and altered the forme of government to two Consuls againe and cast Appius in prison where for sorrow and shame he ended his dayes Antonius a famous Captaine and one of the 〈◊〉 governours of the Roman Empire through the pleasure he tooke in the fond love of Cleopatra Queene of Egypt lost not onely his fame and rule which he had over divers kingdomes and countries but his life also and hers upon whom he was so much besotted This Antonius married with the sister of Octavian another principall governour of the Romane Empire that after was called Augustus Caesar. But the lascivious eatisements of Cleopatra made such an impression in the flexible disposition of Antonius that hee little regarding his owne wife gave himselfe wholly to the love of Cleopatra which was the chiefe cause of the ruine of them both and the advancement of Octavian to the Monarchy of the world For Octavian conceiving great displeasure against Antonius for his sisters cause gathered together a great navie to make warre upon him who had made the like provision to encounter with Octavian These two mightie potentates with two huge navies wherein were assembled the forces of all the Princes adjoyning to their aide met together with like will and power but not with like fortune For in the beginning of the fight Cleopatra who accompanied Antonius with the Egyptian 〈◊〉 fled backe againe to Alexandria from whence they came which when Antonius saw being overcome rather with the blind love of the Queene than with his enemies forces followed after her and left the victorie to Octavian who pursued them both to Alexandria where Antonius being arrived and perceiving his navie to joyne with his enemie at the same time also forsaken of his horsemen hee cryed out as hee went in the Citie that hee was betrayed to them by Cleopatra to whom for her sake hee became an enemy Which when Cleopatra heard fearing the furie of Antonius shee shut her selfe in her sepulchre which shee had before so artificially prepared that being once made fast no man could easily enter into it without the helpe of them that were within and sent word to Antonius that shee had slaine her selfe After Antonius was come to himselfe hearing and beleeving this evill newes Why stayest thou Antonie quoth he the onely cause that was left to thee to desire life fortune hath now taken from thee and so entring into his chamber and unarming himselfe O Cleopatra quoth hee I am not sorie for the lacke of thee for I will be by and by with thee but that so great an Emperour as I am should bee furmounted in fortitude by a woman Then Antonius turning to his man Eros whom hee had provided before to kill him if neede were required him to performe his promise Eros taking his sword in his hand and making as though he would strike his master suddenly turned the point to his own body and thrust himselfe through and fell downe dead at his masters feet Which when Antonius saw well done Eros quoth he thou hast aptly taught me by thine owne example that thou couldest not find in thy heart to do it thy selfe and there with he thrust the sword into his own belly cast himself upon his bed Antonius perceiving that his wound was not present death desired his servants to kill him but they refusing running forth of the chamber hee raged and cryed out like one that had beene mad untill one came that Cleopatra had sent to bring him to her When he heard that she was alive hee greatly rejoyced and was carried presently to her 〈◊〉 where the Queene with two other women which shee had ●…here enclosed with her let downe cords out of a window for the doore shee would not open and with great labour drew him up halfe dead into the sepulcher A more miserable and lamentable sight sayd they that were present was never seene When the women had drawn him into the sepulchre and layd him upon a bedde Cleopatra began to rend her garments to reare her hay●…e to scratch her face crying out upon her lover her Lord her Emperour and so imployed herselfe in bemoniug him that she seemed to forget her owne misery Antonius used all the meanes hee could to comfort her advising her to provide for her selfe and her own matters if she could doe it without dishonour not to mourne for these last calamities of his but rather to thinke him happy for his former felicitie that was of all other the most famous and mightiest man and that now it was no disgrace for a Romane to bee overcome of Romanes After which words Antonius began to yeeld up the ghost When Casar heard of Antonius death hee sent Proculeius presently to Cleopatra

with charge to foresee that shee might come alive into his power meaning to preserve her for his triumph But after he had talked with Cleopatra and perceived that shee would not let him into her sepulchre hee caused ladders to bee set to to the window where Antonius came in to her and whilest another held her in talke he with two of his servants conveyed themselves secretly into the sepulchre Then one of the women crying out oh unhappy Cleopatra thou arttaken alive she turned about espying 〈◊〉 took a sword which she had ready and offering to kill her selfe he steppeth hastily to her and layd hold upon the sword told her that shee did wrong to her selfe to Casar that went about to take away the occasion from that milde and mercifull Prince to shew her favour When they had gotten her out of the sepulchre after a few daies Caesar came to see her of whom she obtained leave to celebrate the funerals of Antonius after her owne minde And when shee had prepared things ready to bury him with such pomp as the time then served she with some other of her favorites came to the sepulchre bowing down toward the ground O my friend Antonie quoth shee I buried thee not long sithence with free hands but now I do sacrifice to thee a captive under safe custodie lest this slaves body should perish by weeping and lamenting which is preserved to none other purpose but to triumph over thee Thou must look for none other sacrifice nor honours for these be the last thou must have of Cleopatra whilst wee lived no force was able to separate us but now that wee are dead it is to bee doubted lest wee shall change places that thou a Romane shalt lye in Egypt and I an Egyptian in Italie But if the Goddesse there be of any power or vertue suffer me not to be led away alive nor to triumph over thee but receive me to thee into this tombe For of an infinite number of miseries wherewith I wretched woman am oppressed there is none so great or grievous to me as this little time that I have lived without thee After she had thus bemoned her selfe with him and embraced the tombe with many teates shee went to her dinner that was provided for her very sumptuously After shee had dined and sent letters to Caesar shee avoyded all other from her and went into the sepulchre with the two women onely and shut fast the doore As Caesar was reading her letters wherein shee bewayling her estate made lamentable petition to him that she might be buried with Antonius he mistrusting as the truth was that shee had determined to destroy her selfe sent presently to stay it if it were possible The messengers hastening them to the sepulchre found the watchmen there mistrusting no such matter But when they had broken up the door they found Cleopatra dead laid in a bed of gold attired like a Queen one of the women lying dead at her feet the other halfe dead was putting the Crowne upon the Queenes head and being asked whether this were well done Yea said she very well done and as best becommeth the progenie of so many Kings and therwith fell downe dead The fame went diversly of the manner of her death Some said it was by a venemous worme called Aspis which was brought unto her among the leaves of a fig-tree The desire of the like fleshly pleasure was the destruction of Spain which the Paynims recovered from the Christians For in the Reigne of King Roderick there was a Prince in Spain called Iulian Earle of Cepta who had a daughter of excellent beautie wisedome called Caba this damsell being sent to the Court to attend upon the Queen the King fell so extremely in love with her that perceiving shee would not be enticed to agree to satisfie his inordinate desire he took her away by force and defloured her in his Palace The which when Count Iulian understood hee received thereof such griefe that hee determined to revenge so great an injurie upon the Kings owne person But dissembling the matter that hee might have the better opportunity when the King sent him with an armie to make warre upon the Moores who then invaded the borders of Spaine hee practised with the King of the Moores to send over an Armie promising to bring all Spaine under his obedience which being done the Moores with the Counts ayd joyned in battell with King Roderick and after great spoyle done to the country overthrew him with all his nobilitie and armie so as the King could never after bee found quicke or dead and the Moores not long after became masters of all Spaine CHAP. IIII. Lust the occasion of many mischiefes and unnaturall acts Instanced by Hyppolitus Cardinall of Este And Galeace a Gentleman of Mantua Of Pyramus and Thysbe Histories of men made ridiculous by dotage The miserable end of Abusahid King of Fez and others Stories of lascivious Friers and a Parish Priest Of the Tyrant Aristotimus The 〈◊〉 love of Antiochus sonne to King Seleucus Of Charles the sixth King of France Of the Emperour Commodus And that in voluptuousnesse no felicitie can consist WHen men let loose the reines of their affections and suffer themselves to bee overcome with amorous passions neither feare of God nor respect of men nor regard to their own safetie for the most part restraineth them from attempting all manner of impieties to effectuate their dissolute desires Such passions excited Hyppolitus Cardinall of Este to commit a most cruell and unnaturall act against his owne brother This Cardinall or rather carnall and his brother were both extremely in love with one woman and perceiving that shee affected his brother more than him hee asked her the cause she confessed that the beauty of his eyes allured her liking more than all the rest The Cardinall departing in a great fury watching for opportunitie found his brother on a time a hunting and compassing him about with his followers made him alight from his horse and caused his footmen to pluck his brothers eyes out of his head hee beholding the matter whilst it was doing contrary to all humanitie Nonbenecum sociis regna Venusque manent Kingdomes and Concubines brook no competitors That act was no more wicked than this was foolish Galeace a Gentleman of Mantua courting a damself with whom he was in love as they stood upon a bridge said that he would suffer a thousand deaths for her service if it were possible She in jest commanded him to cast himselfe into the River which hee presently did and was drowned The like fond love brought Pyramus and Thisbe a young man and maid to the like end These two young folkes were exceedingly in love together and perceiving that by the suspicion of their parents they could not satisfie their desires they agreed upon a certaine day to meete in a place afer off where Thisbe chancing first to come