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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>Musicke is of it owne nature an enimie to
        melancholy, and therefore is able to qualifie
        any furie that riseth of a vehement melan-
        cholie. Wherefore she is able also to driue a-
        way heauines, and dulnesse, which proceed of
        blacke choler, being ouerwhelmed and suffo-
        cate with flegme. With the which one hath
        recorded that once he saw a man sore trou-
        bled, and so sound and fast on sleepe, that you
        could by no meanes get a word of him, but
        onely by a harpe sounding in his eares, at the
        pleasant harmonie whereof, he lifting vp his
        head, laughed, &amp; answered to their demands.
        Which thing is an argument that there is no
        small affinitie betwixt Musicke and the soule.
        Elizeus the prophet hath plainely declared
        the same vnto vs, when to call againe his pro-
        pheticall spirite, and to make supplication to
        God for a remedie of his people that then
        were like to perish with extreme thirst, he
        commanded one that had skill to play on the
        harpe to be called for vnto him, and in that
        sort obtained at the hands of God that which
        he desired in his prayers, and supplications.
        And what say you to Dauid the Musi[t]ian,
        who is now dead &amp; rotten? Did not he com-
        fort and recreate King [ Saul ], his soule being
        vexed with an euill spirite, when as, so long as
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        he played vpon his harpe, the wicked spirite
        left to molest him. Therefore this consonant
        musicke hath a certaine diuine grace in it, for
        as much as it doth not onely restore helth to
        bodies that are sicke, but also stirreth vp the
        soule to contemplation, comforteth the same,
        and maketh it heauenly as it were: where-
        fore it is an enimie euen to the verie diuels,
        which doubtlesse are nothing else than despe-
        ration, deiection of the soule, feare, and an
        obstinate desolation. Finally, as in Musicke of
        different voices there is made tunable mu-
        sicke, so of men also that are of one minde
        there may be made a consent of contrary na-
        tures and manners, which God accepteth a-
        boue all other things that may be obserued
        or kept.
       </p>
      
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SEQ 62
PARENT embmne_pae1591
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
MOTTO_EN_NORM In the muttering of the gentle air
NEXT embmne_pae1591_emblem063
IIHIM MNE
; MNE_EMB
CAPTION_EN A harp
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MOTTO_LA <p>In sibilo aura tenuis.
        <seg lang="en">In the muttering of the gentle aire.</seg></p>
HIM MNE
; MNE_EMB
IC 22D11
; 32A14
; 48C702
; 48A98211
; 48C7322
; 71H136
; 86(IN SIBILIO AURAE TENUIS)
MOTTO_EN In the muttering of the gentle aire
URL_IMAGE embmne_pae1591_pic121.jpg
ID embmne_pae1591_emblem062
MOTTO_LA_NORM In sibilio aurae tenuis
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0