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SUBSECT. III.—_Honest Objects of Love_. Beauty is the common object of all love, [4542]as jet draws a straw, so doth beauty love: virtue and honesty are great motives, and give as fair a lustre as the rest, especially if they be sincere and right, not fucate, but proceeding from true form, and an incorrupt judgment; those two Venus' twins, Eros and Anteros, are then most firm and fast. SUBSECTION THREE HONEST OBJECTS OF LOVE BEAUTY IS THE COMMON OBJECT OF ALL LOVE AS YET DRAWS A STRAW SO DOTH BEAUTY LOVE VIRTUE AND HONESTY ARE GREAT MOTIVES AND GIVE AS FAIR A LUSTRE AS THE REST ESPECIALLY IF THEY BE SINCERE AND RIGHT NOT FUCATTI BUT PROCEEDING FROM TRUE FORM AND AN INCORRUPT JUDGMENT THOSE TWO VENUS TWINS ARROS AND ANTEROS ARE THEN MOST FIRM AND FAST
ral, descends, and they that are inhuman in this kind, are unworthy of that air they breathe, and of the four elements; yet many unnatural examples we have in this rank, of hard-hearted parents, disobedient children, of [4540]disagreeing brothers, nothing so common. The love of kinsmen is grown cold, [4541]many kinsmen (as the saying is) few friends; if thine estate be good, and thou able, par pari referre, to requite their kindness, there will be mutual correspondence, otherwise thou art a burden, most odious to them above all others. The last object that ties man and man, is comeliness of person, and beauty alone, as men love women with a wanton eye: which κατ' ἐξοχὴν is termed heroical, or love-melancholy. Other loves (saith Picolomineus) are so called with some contraction, as the love of wine, gold, &c., but this of women is predominant in a higher strain, whose part affected is the liver, and this love deserves a longer explication, and shall be dilated apart in the next section. PARENTS MAY NOT BE CONCEALED TIS NATURAL DESCENDS AND THEY THAT ARE INHUMAN IN THIS KIND ARE UNWORTHY OF THAT AIR THEY BREATHE AND OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS YET MANY UNNATURAL EXAMPLES WE HAVE IN THIS RANK OF HARD HEARTED PARENTS DISOBEDIENT CHILDREN OF DISAGREEING BROTHERS NOTHING SO COMMON THE LOVE OF KINSMEN IS GROWN COLD MANY KINSMEN AS THE SAYING IS FEW FRIENDS IF THINE ESTATE BE GOOD AND THOU BE ABLE PAR PORI REFEREE TO REQUITE THEIR KINDNESS THERE WILL BE MUTUAL CORRESPONDENCE OTHERWISE THOU ART A BURDEN MOST ODIOUS TO THEM ABOVE ALL OTHERS THE LAST OBJECT THAT TIES MAN AND MAN IS COMELINESS OF PERSON AND BEAUTY ALONE AS MEN LOVE WOMEN WITH A WANTON EYE WHICH KAI EXALTCHEN IS TERMED HEROICAL OR LOVE MELANCHOLY OTHER LOVES SAITH PICCOLOMEIOUS ARE SO CALLED WITH SOME CONTRACTION AS THE LOVE OF WINE GOLD ET CETERA BUT THIS OF WOMEN IS PREDOMINANT IN A HIGHER STRAIN WHOSE PART AFFECTED IS THE LIVER AND THIS LOVE DESERVES A LONGER EXPLICATION AND SHALL BE DILATED APART IN THE NEXT SECTION
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