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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19058	A table of humane passions With their causes and effects. Written by ye Reuerend Father in God F.N. Coeffeteau, Bishop of Dardania ... Translated into English by Edw. Grimeston Sergiant at Armes.; Tableau des passions humaines. English	Coeffeteau, Nicolas, 1574-1623.; Grimeston, Edward.	1621 (1621)	STC 5473; ESTC S108443	165,888	736

thing that hath any corresponcy with him so as respecting him whom he loues as another himselfe hee cannot but bee inflamed with this consideration The Platonicians had another reason the which in my opinion concurres with this Loue say they makes an impression in the soule of him that loues of the Image and forme of the thing beloued But man loueth not onely his being and his true and reall forme but also his imaginary forme as appeares by pictures and looking-glasses in which we behold with content our portraicts formes Wherefore there is a certaine Passion for the thing beloued in whose soule he doth contemplate his forme which Loue hath ingrauen After this manner resemblance breedeth Loue and vnites the affections of men The truth hereof appeares for that men do commonly loue those that are allyed vnto them in neernesse of blood so as Kinsmen doe commonly loue one another or by some conformity of humours and complexions which maketh melancholy men loue the company of their like and Iouiall spirits delight in the company of them that are pleasant Or by some commerce of profession which maketh Philosophers to loue Philosophers and Painters delight in Painters Or some equality of age which makes young men delight in the company of youth and olde men to conuerse with them that are graue Or some coherence of manners which makes good men loue the vertuous and the wicked seeke after such as are wickedly affected But notwithstanding that which we haue said that cōmonly men of one profession loue one another must bee vnderstood according to the true nature of things for by occasion and accident this cōformity of professions may ingender hatred and enuy that is to say when as they of one trade and profession liuing of their art and labour hinder one another as for example when as a tradsman hauing gotten some reputation doth hinder the profit of his companions then iealousie riseth amongst them according to the saying of an Ancient The Potter enuies the Potter The Philosophers giue an excellent reason hereof He that loues say they loues himselfe more deerely then all other things besides for that he is vnited to himselfe by Essence and Nature whereas hee is not conioyned to him that he loues but by some accidentall and externall forme And therefore if this conformity crosseth his priuate good and be preiudiciall vnto him hee findes himselfe more strictly tied vnto himselfe then to his like wherefore seeing his losse concurring with his passion he whom hee loued being an obstacle to his desire he growes odious vnto him as opposite to his good Men doe also loue those that aspire to the same honors and dignities at the least when they may attaine vnto them and enioy them together without any obstacle or wrong one vnto another For competency causing an hinderance as it did in the pursuit of the Consulate at Rome it happeneth as wee haue said of men of the same profession that it excites enuy and hatred Wherefore in the loue of women they can endure no corriuals for that with honesty they cannot be enioyed by two They also loue those with whom they haue any familiarity which is not scrupulous hauing free liberty without apprehension of disdaine to doe and say things in their presence which they would not act or speake before the world As for example they affect those before whom they may freely discourse of their loues of their pursuites and of their other Passions But wee must remēber that there are some things which are dishonest of themselues the which a good man may neither do or speak before the world or before his friends But there are others which are shameful only in the opiniō of the world and not according to the truth of things and these a good man vsing an honest familiarity with his friends may doe and speake in their presence although he would not doe it in publike before the world like vnto King Agesilaus being in priuate with his children playd with them with a fatherly liberty but beeing surprized by one who knew not how farre the loue of a father might extend he was discontented Men also testifie that they loue those before whom they are ashamed to doe or say those things which are of themselues shamefull or dishonest wherein wee may say that the Persians gaue good testimony of their loue to their wiues when as they caused them to retire from their banquets being vnwilling that their eies shold be spectators of their excesse admitting none but their Concubines For this respect and reuerence which they gaue them was a signe of true Loue for that wee are ashamed to commit any vnworthy Act before them wee affect They also willingly imbrace such as they haue seene faithfull and constant in their affections and who loue equally both present absent For which consideration they desire to insinuate themselues into their friendship which testifie their loue vnto the dead who adorne their Tombes erect Statues and make other monuments for them to preserue their memory among men They also affect such as abandon not their friends in the crosses and iniuries of fortune whereof wee haue a worthy example in the subiect of Damon and Pithias whereof the one beeing condemned to die by the tyrant Dionisius and desiring some respite to goe and settle the affaires of his house his companion yeelded himselfe a pledge for his returne with this condition that if hee returned not backe within the prefixed time hee should vndergo the rigour of the same sentence but the condemned man presenting himselfe at the day appointed the tyrant was so rapt with admiration to see the faith which he had vnto his friend in a matter of that importance and of so great danger that in stead of putting him to death he coniured these two perfect friends to accept of him as a third man in their friendship Behold how the most sauage and vntamed spirits are forced to loue those that shew an vnuiolable constancy in their affectiōs Men doe also loue such as they see full of freedome and without dissimulation towards them In which ranke they nūber such as make no scruple to discouer their errors vnto them and who entertaine them freely with their priuate passions For as wee haue shewed before we blush not to say or doe in priuate with our friends that which we would not doe publickely before the world Wherefore as he that is ashamed to doe any thing before another shewes that hee loues him not perfectly so he that hath not this apprehension giues a manifest testimony that he hath a full confidence in his friendship wherefore wee loue such as make shewe to rely vpon vs euen discouering their imperfections vnto vs. Againe they affect those whose authority is not fearefull vnto them whose power they thinke they shall haue no cause to apprehend for no man euer loued him whom he feared seruilely and herein Tyrants abuse themselues thinking to se●le