Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho

MANS sentence is yet but begun; and you will say, a Comma doth not make a perfect Sense. We are now got to his Colon: having left his heart full of evil, we come to his madness. No marvel if, when the stomach is full of strong wines, the head grow drunken. The heart being so filled with that pernicious ⟨p. 34⟩liquor, evil, becomes drunk with it. Sobriety, a moral daughter, nay, Reason the mother is lost; he runs mad, stark mad. This Frenzy possessing, not some outroome, but the principal seat, the Heart.

MANS sentence is yet but begunne; and you will say, a Comma doth not make a perfect Sense. Wee are now got to his Colon: hauing left his heart full of euill, wee come to his madnesse. No maruell if, when the stomacke is full of strōg wines, the head grow drunken. The heart being so filled with that pernicious ⟨p. 34⟩liquor, euill, becomes drunke with it. Sobriety, a morall daughter, nay, Reason the mother is lost; he runs mad, starke mad. This Frenzy possessing, not some outroome, but the principall seate, the Heart.

Neither is it a short madness; that we may say of it, as the Poet of anger, furor brevis est; but of long continuance; even during life, whiles they live. Other drunkenness is yet after sleep sober; but this is a perpetual lunacy.

Neyther is it a short madnesse; that wee may say of it, as the Poet of anger, furor breuis est; but of long continuance; euen during life, whiles they liue. Other drunkennesse is yet after sleepe sober; but this is a perpetuall lunacie.

Considerable then is 1. the matter. 2. the men. 3. the time, Quid, in quo, Quamdiu. What, in whom, and how long. Madness is the matter. 2. the place, the heart. 3. The time, whiles they live. The Colon or medium of mans Sentence spends it self in the description of A Tenant. Madness. Tenement. The Heart. Tenure: Whiles they live.