A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…

2 Strength of Desire, doth on the other side enlarge the pleasure of fruition, because Nature ever delighteth most in those things which cost us dearest, and strong desires are ever painful. When^c Darius in his flight drank muddy water, & Ptolemy did eat dry bread, they both professed that they never felt greater pleasure: strength of Appetite marvellously increasing the Delight in that which satisfied it. For want and ⟨p. 113⟩Difficulty are great Preparations to a more feeling fruition, ^aas Bees gather excellent Honey out of the bitterest Herbs. And as we say, Nulla sunt firmiora quàm quae ex dubijs facta sunt ³certa. Those evidences are surest which were made clear out of doubtful. So those pleasures are sweetest, Qu•suaves fiunt ex tristibus, which have had wants and fears and Difficulties to provide a welcome for them. And therefore ^bWrestlers and Fencers, and such like Masters of Game, were wont to use their hands unto heavy weights, that when in their Games they were to use them empty and naked, they might do it with the more expeditenesse and pleasure.

2 Strength of Desire, doth on the other side enlarge the pleasure of fruition, because Nature ever delighteth most in those things which cost us dearest, and strong desires are ever painfull. When^c Darius in his flight drank muddy water, & Ptolomie did eate dry bread, they both professed that they never felt greater pleasure: strength of Appetite marveilously encreasing the Delight in that which satisfied it. For want and ⟨p. 113⟩Difficulty are great Preparations to a more feeling fruition, ^aas Bees gather excellent Honey out of the bitterest Herbes. And as we say, Nulla sunt firmiora quàm quae ex dubijs facta sunt