Diseases of the soul a discourse divine, moral, and physical. By Tho. AdamsDiseases of the soule a discourse diuine, morall, and physicall. By Tho. Adams

Signs and Symptoms.

Signes and Symptomes.

IF this Itching curiosity take him in the Cephalica vein, and possess the understanding part, l e moots more questions in an hour, then the seven Wise men could resolve in seven years. There is a kind of down or curdle on his wit, which is like a Gentle woman's train, more then needs. He would sing well, but that he is so full of Crochets. His questions are like a plume of feathers, which fools will give any thing for, wise-men nothing. He hath a greater desire to know where Hell is, then to scape it: to know what God did before he made the world, then what he will do with him when it is ended. For want of correcting the garden of his inventions, the weeds choke the herbs; and he suffers the skin of his brain to boil into the broth. He is a dangerous Prognosticator, and propounds desperate riddles; which he gathers from the conjunction of Planets, Saturn and Jupiter; from doubtful Oracles out of the hollow vaults and predictions of Merlin. He dreams of a cruel Dragon, whose head must be in England, and tail in Ireland; of a headless cross, of a popish curse. And Our Lord lights in our Ladies lap, and therefore England must have a clap. But they have broken day with their Creditors, and the Planets have proved honester, then their reports gave them. Thus as Bion said of Astronomers, he sees not the fishes swimming by him in the water, yet sees perfectly those shining in the Zodiac. Thus if the Itch hold him in the theoretical part. If in the practical;

IF this Itching curiositie take him in the Cephalica veine, and possesse the vnderstanding part, l e mootes more questions in an houre, then the seuen Wise men could resolue in seuen yeeres. There is a kinde of downe or curdle on his wit, which is like a Gentle womans train, more then needes. Hee would sing well, but that he is so full of Crochets. His questions are like a plume of feathers, which fooles wil giue any thing for, wise-men nothing. He hath a greater desire to know where Hell is, then to scape it: to know what God did before he made the world, then what he will do with him when it is ended. For want of correcting the garden of his inuentions, the weedes choke the herbes; and he suffers the skinne of his braine to boile into the broth. He is a dangerous Prognosticator, and propounds desperate riddles; which he gathers from the coniunction of Planets, Saturne and Iupiter; from doubtfull Oracles out of the hollow vaults and predictions of Merlin. He dreames of a cruell Dragon, whose head must bee in England, and taile in Ireland; of a headlesse crosse, of a popish curse. And Our Lord lights in our Ladies lappe, and therefoee England must haue a clappe. But they haue broken day with their Creditors, and the Planets haue proued honester, then their reports gaue them. Thus as Bion said of Astronomers, he sees not the fishes swimming by him in the water, yet sees perfectly those shining in the Zodiacke. Thus if the Itch hold him in the theoricall part. If in the practicall;