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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

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of_o our_o will_n be_v
their_o eye_n and_o gesture_n may_v quick_o be_v mark_v so_o honest_a matron_n by_o their_o grave_n and_o chaste_a look_n may_v soon_o be_v discern_v to_o which_o effect_n the_o suppose_v say_v unto_o his_o spouse_n vulnerasti_fw-la cor_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la oculorum_fw-la tuorum_fw-la 9_o cantic_a 4._o 9_o thou_o have_v wound_v my_o heart_n with_o one_o of_o thy_o eye_n because_o through_o the_o window_n of_o her_o eye_n he_o behold_v the_o chastity_n of_o her_o heart_n by_o this_o we_o may_v know_v the_o cause_n why_o child_n and_o epsecial_o woman_n can_v abide_v to_o look_v in_o their_o father_n master_n or_o better_n face_n because_o even_o nature_n itself_o seem_v to_o teach_v they_o that_o through_o their_o eye_n they_o see_v their_o heart_n neither_o do_v we_o hold_v it_o for_o good_a manner_n that_o the_o inferior_a shall_v fix_v his_o eye_n upon_o his_o superior_n countenance_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o it_o be_v presumption_n for_o he_o to_o attempt_v the_o entrance_n or_o privy_a passage_n into_o his_o superior_n mind_n as_o contrariwise_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o superior_a to_o attempt_v the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o inferior_a the_o scripture_n also_o teach_v we_o in_o the_o face_n of_o a_o harlot_n to_o read_v the_o impurity_n of_o her_o heart_n mulieris_fw-la fornicati●_n in_fw-la extollentia_fw-la oculorum_fw-la 26._o eccles_n 26._o &_o in_o palpebris_fw-la illius_fw-la agnoscetur_fw-la the_o fornication_n of_o a_o woman_n shall_v be_v know_v by_o the_o lift_n up_o of_o her_o eye_n and_o in_o her_o eyebries_a hereby_o also_o we_o may_v perceyve_v the_o cause_n of_o blush_v for_o that_o those_o that_o have_v commit_v a_o fault_n &_o be_v therein_o deprehend_v or_o at_o least_o imagine_v they_o be_v think_v to_o have_v commit_v it_o present_o if_o they_o be_v candidae_fw-la naturae_fw-la that_o be_v of_o a_o honest_a behaviour_n and_o yet_o not_o much_o ground_v in_o virtue_n they_o blush_v because_o nature_n be_v afraid_a lest_o in_o the_o face_n the_o fault_n shall_v be_v discover_v send_v the_o pure_a blood_n to_o be_v a_o defence_n and_o succour_n the_o which_o effect_n common_o be_v judge_v to_o proceed_v from_o a_o good_a and_o virtuous_a nature_n because_o no_o man_n can_v but_o allow_v that_o it_o be_v good_a to_o be_v ashamed_a of_o a_o fault_n and_o thus_o to_o conclude_v we_o must_v confess_v that_o passion_n have_v certain_a effect_n in_o our_o face_n howbeit_o some_o do_v show_v they_o more_o evident_o than_o other_o yet_o we_o may_v not_o say_v that_o this_o face_n be_v the_o root_n and_o kore_n where_o the_o passion_n reside_v but_o only_o the_o rind_n and_o leaf_n which_o show_v the_o nature_n and_o goodness_n of_o both_o the_o root_n and_o the_o kore_n that_o there_o be_v passion_n in_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n chap._n viii_o now_o that_o we_o have_v determine_v how_o the_o passion_n must_v dwell_v in_o a_o other_o soil_n than_o the_o face_n the_o order_n of_o method_n require_v we_o 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sensitive_a appetite_n can_v love_v hate_v fear_v hope_v etc._n etc._n but_o that_o by_o imagination_n or_o our_o sensitive_a apprehension_n we_o may_v conceyve_v for_o malum_fw-la amare_fw-la possumus_fw-la incognitum_fw-la vero_fw-la amare_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la we_o may_v love_v a_o ill_a thing_n but_o we_o can_v love_v a_o unknown_a thing_n now_o experience_n teach_v we_o that_o man_n do_v fear_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n they_o love_v he_o and_o hope_v in_o he_o they_o hate_v sin_n and_o final_o exercise_v many_o notable_a affection_n which_o reason_n prescribe_v and_o whereunto_o the_o sensitive_a apprehension_n ascend_v not_o furthermore_o as_o beneath_o shall_v be_v declare_v the_o sensitive_a appetite_n often_o yea_o and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n trale_v and_o hail_v the_o will_n to_o consent_v and_o follow_v her_o pleasure_n and_o delight_n even_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o she_o pretend_v the_o as_o for_o example_n i_o will_v to_o god_n it_o be_v not_o 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man_n be_v patient_a and_o great_a man_n be_v valiant_a and_o red_a man_n be_v loyal_a all_o the_o world_n will_v be_v equal_a to_o this_o seem_v not_o unlike_o a_o other_o old_a say_n of_o they_o from_o a_o white_a spaniard_n a_o black_a german_a and_o a_o red_a italian_a liber●nos_fw-la domine_fw-la and_o we_o in_o english_a to_o a_o red_a man_n read_v thy_o reed_n with_o a_o brown_a man_n break_v thy_o bread_n at_o a_o pale_a man_n draw_v thy_o knife_n from_o a_o black_a man_n keep_v thy_o wife_n the_o which_o we_o explicate_v after_o this_o sort_n the_o red_a be_v wise_a the_o brown_a trusty_a the_o pale_a peevish_a the_o black_a lusty_a by_o which_o ancient_a proverbes_n may_v be_v collect_v the_o verity_n of_o the_o assertion_n set_v down_o that_o divers_a complexion_n be_v incline_v to_o divers_a passion_n and_o in_o general_a i_o take_v they_o to_o be_v very_o true_a and_o verify_v in_o the_o most_o part_n for_o that_o the_o same_o cause_n which_o concur_v to_o the_o frame_n 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