eliam omnia accipiunt magis,
Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi."

"If they be in adversity, they are more suspicious and apt to mistake: they
think themselves scorned by reason of their misery:" and therefore many
generous spirits in such cases withdraw themselves from all company, as
that comedian [2302]Terence is said to have done; when he perceived himself
to be forsaken and poor, he voluntarily banished himself to Stymphalus, a
base town in Arcadia, and there miserably died.

[2303] ------"ad summam inopiam redactus,
Itaque e conspectu omnium abiit Graeciae in terram ultimam."

Neither is it without cause, for we see men commonly respected according to
their means, ([2304]_an dives sit omnes quaerunt, nemo an bonus_) and
vilified if they be in bad clothes. [2305]Philophaemen the orator was set
to cut wood, because he was so homely attired, [2306]Terentius was placed
at the lower end of Cecilius' table, because of his homely outside. [2307]
Dante, that famous Italian poet, by reason his clothes were but mean, could
not be admitted to sit down at a feast. Gnatho scorned his old familiar
friend because of his apparel, [2308]_Hominem video pannis, annisque
obsitum, hic ego illum contempsi prae me_. King Persius overcome sent a
letter to [2309]Paulus Aemilius, the Roman general; Persius P. Consuli. S.
but he scorned him any answer, _tacite exprobrans fortunam suam_ (saith
mine author) upbraiding him with a present fortune. [2310]Carolus Pugnax,
that great duke of Burgundy, made H. Holland, late duke of Exeter, exiled,
run after his horse like a lackey, and would take no notice of him: [2311]
'tis the common fashion of the world. So that such men as are poor may
justly be discontent, melancholy, and complain of their present misery, and
all may pray with [2312]Solomon, "Give me, O Lord, neither riches nor
poverty; feed me with food convenient for me."

SUBSECT. VII.--_A heap of other Accidents causing Melancholy, Death of
Friends, Losses, &c._

In this labyrinth of accidental causes, the farther I wander, the more
intricate I find the passage, _multae ambages_, and new causes as so many
by-paths offer themselves to be discussed: to search out all, were an
Herculean work, and fitter for Theseus: I will follow mine intended thread;
and point only at some few of the chiefest.

_Death of Friends_.] Amongst which, loss and death of friends may challenge
a first place, _multi tristantur_, as [231