Peacham, Henry: The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c (London, 1661)

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Arist. Politic,

Cicero. Titsc.
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Os Mlifick;
templi : the roof of the Church ecchoeth again; and
which, lest they should cavill at as a Jewiih Cere-
mony, we know to have been pra&ised in the anci-
ent purity of the Church ; but we return where we
left.
The Physitianswill tell you,that the exercise of Mu-
sick is a great iengthner ot the lise* by stirring and re-
viving of the Spirit?, holding a secret sympathy with
themjBeiides,the exercise of singing openeth the breast
and pipes : it is an enemy tomelanchoiiy and dejecti-
on of the mind, which S. Cbrysojlonie truly calleth, 7be
Vivels Bath. Yea, a curerof some diseases: in Apulia y
in ita(y3 and thereabouts, it is most certain, thatthose
who are stung with the Tarantula^ are cured only by
Musick. Beside the a oresaid benefit of singing, it is a
most ready help fora bad pronunciation, and distinCfc
fpeaking,which I have heard confirmed by many great
Divines : yea, I my self have known many Children
to have been holpen of their stammering in speech, on-
ly by it.
Plato calleth it, A divine and heavenly praftice?pro-
fitable for the seekingout of that which is good and
honest.
Homer saith, Musicians are worthy of Honor and re-
gard of the whole world; and we know, albeit Lycur-
gus impesed most [freight and (harp Lawes upon the
Lacedemonians) yet he ever allowed them the exercise
of Musick.
Arijlotle averreth Musick to be the only disposer of
the mind to Virtue and Goodness;whereforeh*e recko-
neth it among thosefour principall exercises, wherein
he would have children instruCted.
2ally saith, there confisteth in the praCtice of singing
and playing upon Instruments, great knowledg, and
themost excellent inftru&ion of the mind : and for the
effest it worketh in the mind, hetearmeth it, Stahilem
Thefauruin, qtii mores insiituit3 cempenitegue ac mollit ira-
rum ardores, &c. Alasting Traasare, which re&isieth