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nature_n	cold_a	hot_a	moist_a	5,424	5	10.2024	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09490	The first part of the consideration of humane condition vvherin is contained the morall consideration of a mans selfe: as what, who, and what manner of man he is. Written by I.P. Esquier.	Perrott, James, Sir, 1571-1637.	1600 (1600)	STC 19773; ESTC S114574	45,485	68

and the exercise that they do chiefely vse As touching the first The first cause which is the situation and due proportion of the interiour senses how much that doth availe to the attaining of Consideration by this we may conceiue that as the senses haue their several seates in the braines so do they receiue their temperature according to the temperature of that parte wherein they are placed and there-after are men made apte or vnapt to enter into due Consideration As for example the first of the interiour sences which both Philosophers and Phisitions doe call the common sense 1. Common sense because it is common to all the exteriour senses to convaigh their shapes and formes vnto it is placed in the forepart of the braine having a severall cell or roome in which the fiue nerues comming from the fiue exteriour senses doe meete if this bee not conveniently moist and of a convenient quantity it cannot receiue the right shape of these and consequently the other senses cannot concurre to consider aright thereof The second sense is called the Imaginatiue sense 2. Imaginatiue sense Although Aristotle maketh no mention of this Imaginatiue sense yet I thought good herein to follow other Philosophers who doe make this distinct frō the other three which also is placed in the fore-part of the braine next vnto the Common sense and the office thereof is to containe retaine the formes of those things which the exteriour senses doe present vnto the Common sense for that the Cōmon sense of it selfe consisteth meerely of moisture which is apt to receiue but not to retaine and this Imaginatiue sense is composed of drinesse which conserveth the figures of thinges more firmely therefore if this sense hath not also his right quality and condition the true obiectes of thinges sensible cannot be well conserved to be considered of The next is called the Phantasie or as some say the Estimatiue sense which is placed in the middle part of the braine betwixt the Common sense and the Memory this sense serueth to compose to devide and to distinguish of the shapes which are presented vnto the Common sense and preserued by the Imaginatiue sense 3 Phātasie and this sense is seated in the middle parte of the heade as a cel to receiue those figures from the Common sense and Imaginatiue as to take them againe out of the Memory being the store-house of the head it is composed of heat by which it is in much motion and into it doe resort all the moving spirites but if it doe exceede an ordinary temperature of heate it maketh too much motion in the braine and leaueth no liberty to a setled Consideration The last of the interiour senses is the Memory 4 Memory which is placed in the hinder parte of the head the cell and situation of this sense is more dry and somewhat harder then the rest of the braine because as it vvas saide before that drynes is the cause of Retention so this sense beeing made to retaine the shape of things vvhich are delivered from the Common sense vnto the Imaginatiue but also the Memory must retaine the shapes of intentions vvhich the Imaginatiue doeth present vnto it so as it is truely tearmed the Treasury of the minde and therefore if the Memory haue not his iust proportion of drynes neither exceeding nor vvanting much thereof then it cannot retaine well and so the Consideration which is not only a Messenger but as it were a Counsellour betwixt the Memory the rest of the Senses cānot receiue his right course The second cause The second cause vvhich we saide first did much helpe or hinder our Consideration is the Constitution of the fovvre Complexions according to the operation of the fowre Elements in mans body for the Phylosophers affirme that the temperature of the minde followeth the temperature of the body and the temperature of the body consisteth in the Composition of the foure Complexions vvhich receiue and participate the qualities of the foure Elements as for example the sanguine Complexion doth participate with the Element of the aire which is by nature hotte and moist these two qualities in the sanguine Complexion do worke this operation that it causeth a ready conceipt but it doth divert the mind from any deepe Consideratiō Also the Phlegmaticke Complexion cōsisting of colde and moisture hath this property that by reason of over much coldnes it doth dull the spirites whereby they cannot aptly conceiue and because of much moisture it cannot retaine what is received therefore it is vnapt for Consideration The cholericke which doth cōsist of heate and drynes is somewhat more apte to conceiue then the Phlegmatīcke and yet in that the heate is not mixed with either colde or moisture to qualifie the same it doth not plant any firme leasure to consider what is to be done The melancholicke Complexion that is made of colde and drynes vvhich in their natures doe make a better mixture of moderation doth plante a firme leasure to consider what is to be done and therefore is fittest for Consideration Besides this absolute predomination of each of these first foure Qualities in mens bodies vvhereby they are made either apte or vnable for Consideration sometimes there is a mixture of the Complexion in one body in such sorte that it can hardly be saide which of two hath the greatest power or predominancy and then there is many times the best temperature in the body and consequently the minde is more apte for Consideration and the life of man is longer preserued As for example vvhen the cholericke and phlegmaticke Complexions are so mixed that the cholericke hath some what the superiour power and the phlegmaticke is proportioned vnto it then the drynes of the one doth somevvhat qualifie the over-much moistnes of the other vvhereby this temperature maketh a man more apte for Consideration So sanguine and melancholy being mixed in such sort as the sanguine in some small degree doth surmount the melancholy it maketh a more even proportion of the foure first Qualities in one body by which composition and as they call it a Communicating of the contrary qualities in the foure Elementes there is made a reconciliation of their contrary effectes and a coniunction of their forces whereby the minde of man is more fitte for Consideration The thirde cause The third cause which helpeth or hindereth Consideration is as hath beene before alleadged the Company which we keepe and the Studies which we vse for though these fore-recited causes may be greate helpes or hinderances to our Consideration as the situation of the senses and the constitution of the complexions as being instrumental causes of Consideratiō yet these may bee aptely disposed and yet Consideration in some sorte may be wanting For as we see instrumentes which are excellentlie composed and haue in themselues a verie sweete sounde if they bee vvell tuned and vvell played on yet if he that shoulde play thereon doth