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  • [4796] Luxuriosa res vinum, fomentum libidinis vocat

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Qui nihil imperanti negat, nihil audet, &c. poscit? dandum; vocat? veniendum; minatur? extimiscendum.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Johannes de la Casa, Beventinus Episcopus, divinum opus vocat, suave scelus, adeoque jactat, se non alia, usum Venere.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Homerus discriminatim omnes spiritus daemones vocat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Hoc fere Zanchius com. in 4 cap. ad Ephes. aequissimam vocat usuram, et charitati Christianae consentaneam, modo non exigant, &c. nec omnes dent ad foenus, sed ii qui in pecuniis bona habent, et ob aetatem, sexum, artis alicujus ignorantiam, non possunt uti.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [4704] Rodericus a Castro vocat, tum et eos qui se invicem ad Venerem excitandam flagris caedunt,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Me vocat imbellem decrepitumque senem, &c. For this cause is most evident in old men, that are cold and dry by nature, and married, succi plenis, to young wanton wives; with old doting Janivere in

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Viles animae et effrontes (sic enim Lutherus [2093] alicubi vocat) lucelli causa, ut muscae ad mulctra, ad nobilium et heroum mensas advolant, in spem sacerdotii, cujuslibet honoris, officii, in quamvis aulam, urbem se ingerunt, ad quodvis se ministerium componunt. —

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Daturam herbam vocat et describit, tam proclives sunt ad venerem mulieres ut viros inebrient per 24 horas, liquore quodam, ut nihil videant, recordentur at dormiant, et post lotionem pedum, ad se restituunt,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [5707] Mnestea, Surgestumque vocat fortemque Cloanthem,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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