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…

Those on the body are clamour (as Saint Paul calls it) in the Tongue, Tumour and Inflammation in the Heart▪ Fire in the Eyes, and Fierceness and Paleness in the Countenance, and a sensible alteration in the whole man. The use or deformity of all which depend upon the subordination of Passion unto Reason, or Dominion over it. For if it be Governed and obedient, there is an excellent use of these alterations in the body (which will not then be permitted to be excessive) namely the testification of our just ⟨p. 317⟩displeasures at an offence received, and the enlivening or sharpening of us (if occasion require to the prosecution of further lawful redress; for¹ though I would not have a man in his passion suffer a Metamorphosis, and turn his face into a torment punishing himself as much with Deformity, as his adversary with fear, yet neither can I like that close and dissembled, that politic and stomach Anger, which cunningly shrouds it self under a calm and serene countenance; which being unnatural to this passion (whose property it is, Non insidiari sed palàm agere, not to work by way of Ambush and Stratagem, but visibly) will quickly degenerate into Malice and Rancour.

Those on the body are clamour (as Saint Paul cals it) in the Tongue, Tumour and Inflammation in the Heart▪ Fire in the Eyes, and Fiercenesse and Palenesse in the Countenance, and a sensible alteration in the whole man. The use or deformity of all which depend upon the subordination of Passion unto Reason, or Dominion over it. For if it be Governed and obedient, there is an excellent use of these alterations in the body (which will not then be permitted to be excessive) namely the testification of our just ⟨p. 317⟩displeasures at an offence received, and the inlivening or sharpning of us (if occasion require to the prosecution of further lawfull redresse; for¹ though I would not have a man in his passion suffer a Metamorphosis, and turne his face into a torment punishing himselfe as much with Deformity, as his adversary with feare, yet neither can I like that close and dissembled, that politique and stomacke Anger, which cunningly shrowds it selfe under a calm and serene countenance; which being unnaturall to this passion (whose property it is, Non insidiari sed palàm agere, not to worke by way of Ambush and Stratagem, but visibly) will quickly degenerate into Malice and Rancour.