<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 <pb n="embmne_pae1591_fac123"/> 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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In the muttering of the gentle air

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In the muttering of the gentle aire

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