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A16845 A treatise of melancholie Containing the causes thereof, & reasons of the strange effects it worketh in our minds and bodies: with the physicke cure, and spirituall consolation for such as haue thereto adioyned an afflicted conscience. ... By T. Bright doctor of physicke. Bright, Timothie, 1550-1615. 1586 (1586) STC 3747; ESTC S106464 155,522 312

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dull_a of_o ebb_v &_o flow_v these_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o melancholic_a blusher_n only_o and_o the_o rest_n in_o all_o respect_v far_o remove_v there_o from_o who_o swartnes_n of_o the_o skin_n with_o other_o impediment_n both_o hinder_v the_o recourse_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o if_o they_o do_v blush_v overshadow_v the_o colour_n the_o same_o cause_n which_o stir_v blush_v in_o melancholic_a man_n force_v they_o to_o avoid_v assembly_n and_o public_a theater_n and_o this_o be_v common_a to_o all_o melancholicke_n howsoever_o they_o be_v temper_v in_o their_o body_n even_o the_o opinion_n and_o fancy_n of_o some_o disgrace_n from_o other_o who_o be_v great_o displease_v with_o themselves_o and_o by_o their_o erroneous_a conceit_n prevent_v the_o sentence_n of_o other_o upon_o themselves_o and_o condemn_v that_o unjust_o which_o duc_o weigh_v and_o without_o passion_n have_v no_o desert_n of_o blame_n thus_o much_o for_o these_o action_n of_o blush_v and_o bashfulness_n chap._n 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