Part 51 (1/2)

Preface or Introduction. _Subsect. 1._

Love's definition, pedigree, object, fair, amiable, gracious, and pleasant, from which comes beauty, grace, which all desire and love, parts affected.

Division or kinds, _Subs. 2._

Natural, in things without life, as love and hatred of elements; and with life, as vegetable, vine and elm, sympathy, antipathy, &c.

Sensible, as of beasts, for pleasure, preservation of kind, mutual agreement, custom, bringing up together, &c.

or Rational

Simple, which hath three objects as _M. 2._ Profitable, _Subs. 1._ Health, wealth, honour, we love our benefactors: nothing so amiable as profit, or that which hath a show of commodity.

Pleasant, _Subs. 2._ Things without life, made by art, pictures, sports, games, sensible objects, as hawks, hounds, horses; Or men themselves for similitude of manners, natural affection, as to friends, children, kinsmen, &c., for glory such as commend us.

Of women, as Before marriage, as Heroical Mel. _Sect. 2. vide_ [Symbol: Aries]

Or after marriage, as Jealousy, _Sect. 3. vide_ [Symbol: Taurus]

Honest, _Subs. 3._ Fucate in show, by some error or hypocrisy; some seem and are not; or truly for virtue, honesty, good parts, learning, eloquence, &c.

or Mixed of all three, which extends to _M. 3._ Common good, our neighbour, country, friends, which is charity; the defect of which is cause of much discontent and melancholy.

or G.o.d, _Sect. 4._ In excess, _vide_ [Symbol: Gemini]

In defect, _vide_ [Symbol: Cancer]

[Symbol: Aries] Heroical or Love-Melancholy, in which consider,

_Memb. 1._ His pedigree, power, extent to vegetables and sensible creatures, as well as men, to spirits, devils, &c.

His name, definition, object, part affected, tyranny. [_Subs. 2._]

Causes, _Memb. 2._

Stars, temperature, full diet, place, country, clime, condition, idleness, _S. 1._ Natural allurements, and causes of love, as beauty, its praise, how it allureth.

Comeliness, grace, resulting from the whole or some parts, as face, eyes, hair, hands, &c. _Subs. 2._ Artificial allurements, and provocations of l.u.s.t and love, gestures, apparel, dowry, money, &c.

_Quest_. Whether beauty owe more to Art or Nature? _Subs. 3._ Opportunity of time and place, conference, discourse, music, singing, dancing, amorous tales, lascivious objects, familiarity, gifts, promises, &c. _Subs. 4._ Bawds and Philters, _Subs. 5._

Symptoms or signs, _Memb. 3._

Of body Dryness, paleness, leanness, waking, sighing, &c.

Quest. _An delur pulsus amatorius_?

or Of mind.

Bad, as Fear, sorrow, suspicion, anxiety, &c.

A h.e.l.l, torment, fire, blindness, &c.

Dotage, slavery, neglect of business.

or Good, as Spruceness, neatness, courage, aptness to learn music, singing, dancing, poetry, &c.

Prognostics; despair, madness, frenzy, death, _Memb. 4._

Cures, _Memb. 5._ By labour, diet, physic, abstinence, _Subs. 1._ To withstand the beginnings, avoid occasions, fair and foul means, change of place, contrary pa.s.sion, witty inventions, discommend the former, bring in another, _Subs. 2._ By good counsel, persuasion, from future miseries, inconveniences, &c. _S. 3._ By philters, magical, and poetical cures, _Subs. 4._ To let them have their desire disputed pro and con. Impediments removed, reasons for it. _Subs. 5._

[Symbol: Taurus] Jealousy, _Sect. 3._

His name, definition, extent, power, tyranny, _Memb. 1._

Division, Equivocations, kinds, _Subs. 1._