The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton

[2073]. Virgil.

[2074]. Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa Fortuna. Juv. Sat. 8.

[2075]. Quis enim generosum dixerit hunc que Indignus genere, et praeclaro nomine tantum, Insignis. Juve. Sat. 8.

[2076]. I have often met with myself, and conferred with divers worthy gentlemen in the country, no whit inferior, if not to be preferred for divers kinds of learning to many of our academics.

[2077]. Ipse licet Musis venias comitatus Homere, Nil tamen attuleris, ibis Homere foras.

[2078]. Et legat historicos auctores, noverit omnes Tanquam ungues digitosque suos. Juv. Sat. 7.

[2079]. Juvenal.

[2080]. Tu vero licet Orpheus sis, saxa sono testudinis emolliens, nisi plumbea eorum corda, auri vel argenti malleo emollias, &c. Salisburiensis Policrat. lib. 5. c. 10.

[2081]. Juven. Sat. 7.

[2082]. Euge bene, no need, Dousa epod. lib. 2.—dos ipsa scientia sibique congiarium est.