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…

There is not any Passion which standeth more in need of Moderation then this doth, both because it is one of the frequentest which we are troubled with, and the most unruly, as that which can over-bear the rest, and, of all other, hath the least recourse to ^aReason, being hasty, Impetuous, full of Desires, Grief, Self-love, Impatience, which spareth no ^bpersons, friends or •oes, no things, animate or ^cin animate, when they fit not our fancy. And therefore ^dGrammarians tell us that it hath its name Ira from Ire, because a man in his Anger usually goeth away from his Reason, and as his Anger slackens, he is said, ad se redire, to return again unto himself. And therefore those men in whom Reason is most predominant, are least transported by this Affection, and most often displeased with themselves for it. It was a strange commendation given to ^aTheodosius Junior, that never any man saw him Angry; And such a power had ^bLycurg• over himself, that when an insolent young •n had done him no less injury then the striking out of one of his Eyes, by lenity and mansu•tude he convinced and gained him. ^cAnd Pericles that great Statesman and Orator of Greece, being all the day reviled by a• Impure companion, ⟨p. 320⟩commanded his servant at night to light him home unto his house^* nothing more obvious then Examples of this kind.