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acquainted with the stone�此�their commerce and long converse do not well
pass away without some such inconvenience。 I could have been glad that
of other infirmities age has to present long´lived men withal�察�it had
chosen some one that would have been more welcome to me�察�for it could not
possibly have laid upon me a disease for which�察�even from my infancy�察�I
have had so great a horror�察�and it is�察�in truth�察�of all the accidents of
old age�察�that of which I have ever been most afraid。 I have often
thought with myself that I went on too far�察�and that in so long a voyage
I should at last run myself into some disadvantage�察�I perceived�察�and have
often enough declared�察�that it was time to depart�察�and that life should
be cut off in the sound and living part�察�according to the surgeon's rule
in amputations�察�and that nature made him pay very strict usury who did
not in due time pay the principal。 And yet I was so far from being
ready�察�that in the eighteen months' time or thereabout that I have been
in this uneasy condition�察�I have so inured myself to it as to be content
to live on in it�察�and have found wherein to comfort myself�察�and to hope��
so much are men enslaved to their miserable being�察�that there is no
condition so wretched they will not accept�察�provided they may live� �Hear
Maecenas��
;Debilem facito manu��
Debilem pede�察�coxa��
Lubricos quate dentes��
Vita dum superest�察�bene est。;
�А�Cripple my hand�察�foot�察�hip�察�shake out my loose teeth�此�while
there's life�察�'tis well。;Apud Seneca�察�Ep。�察�101。��
And Tamerlane�察�with a foolish humanity�察�palliated the fantastic cruelty
he exercised upon lepers�察�when he put all he could hear of to death�察�to
deliver them�察�as he pretended�察�from the painful life they lived。 For
there was not one of them who would not rather have been thrice a leper
than be not。 And Antisthenes the Stoic�察�being very sick�察�and crying out��
;Who will deliver me from these evils�拭─�Diogenes�察�who had come to visit
him�察 �This�察─�said he�察�presenting him a knife�察 �soon enough�察�if thou
wilt。;;I do not mean from my life�察─�he replied�察 �but from my
sufferings。; The sufferings that only attack the mind�察�I am not so
sensible of as most other men�察�and this partly out of judgment�察�for the
world looks upon several things as dreadful or to be avoided at the
expense of life�察�that are almost indifferent to me�此�partly�察�through a
dull and insensible complexion I have in accidents which do not point´
blank hit me�察�and that insensibility I look upon as one of the best parts
of my natural condition�察�but essential and corporeal pains I am very
sensible of。 And yet�察�having long since foreseen them�察�though with a
sight weak and delicate and softened with the long and happy health and
quiet that God has been pleased to give me the greatest part of my time��
I had in my imagination fancied them so insupportable�察�that�察�in truth�察�I
was more afraid than I have since found I had cause�此�by which I am still
more fortified in this belief�察�that most of the faculties of the soul�察�as
we employ them�察�more trouble the repose of life than they are any way
useful to it。
I am in conflict with the worst�察�the most sudden�察�the most painful�察�the
most mortal�察�and the most irremediable of all diseases�察�I have already
had the trial of five or six very long and very painful fits�察�and yet I
either flatter myself�察�or there is even in this state what is very well
to be endured by a man who has his soul free from the fear of death�察�and
of the menaces�察�conclusions�察�and consequences which physic is ever
thundering in our ears�察�but the effect even of pain itself is not so
sharp and intolerable as to put a man of understanding into rage and
despair。 I have at least this advantage by my stone�察�that what I could
not hitherto prevail upon myself to resolve upon�察�as to reconciling and
acquainting myself with death�察�it will perfect�察�for the more it presses
upon and importunes me�察�I shall be so much the less afraid to die。 I had
already gone so far as only to love life for life's sake�察�but my pain
will dissolve this intelligence�察�and God grant that in the end�察�should
the sharpness of it be once greater than I shall be able to bear�察�it does
not throw me into the other no less vicious extreme to desire and wish to
die��
;Summum nec metuas diem�察�nec optes�此�
�А�Neither to wish�察�nor fear to die。; ��Or�今�
;Thou shouldest neither fear nor desire the last day。;
Martial�察�x。 7。��
they are two passions to be feared�察�but the one has its remedy much
nearer at hand than the other。
As to the rest�察�I have always found the precept that so rigorously
enjoins a resolute countenance and disdainful and indifferent comportment
in the toleration of infirmities to be ceremonial。 Why should
philosophy�察�which only has respect to life and effects�察�trouble itself
about these external appearances�拭 �Let us leave that care to actors and
masters of rhetoric�察�who set so great a value upon our gestures。 Let her
allow this vocal frailty to disease�察�if it be neither cordial nor
stomachic�察�and permit the ordinary ways of expressing grief by sighs��
sobs�察�palpitations�察�and turning pale�察�that nature has put out of our
power�察�provided the courage be undaunted�察�and the tones not expressive
of despair�察�let her be satisfied。 What matter the wringing of our hands��
if we do not wring our thoughts�拭 �She forms us for ourselves�察�not for
others�察�to be�察�not to seem�察�let her be satisfied with governing our
understanding�察�which she has taken upon her the care of instructing��
that�察�in the fury of the colic�察�she maintain the soul in a condition to
know itself�察�and to follow its accustomed way�察�contending with�察�and
enduring�察�not meanly truckling under pain�察�moved and heated�察�not subdued
and conquered�察�in the contention�察�capable of discourse and other things��
to a certain degree。 In such extreme accidents�察�'tis cruelty to require
so exact a composedness。 'Tis no great matter that we make a wry face��
if the mind plays its part well�此�if the body find itself relieved by
complaining let it complain�此�if agitation ease it�察�let it tumble and toss
at pleasure�察�if it seem to find the disease evaporate ��as some physicians
hold that it helps women in delivery�� in making loud outcries�察�or if this
do but divert its torments�察�let it roar as it will。 Let us not command
this voice to sally�察�but stop it not。 Epicurus�察�not only forgives his
sage for crying out in torments�察�but advises him to it��
;Pugiles etiam�察�quum feriunt�察�in jactandis caestibus
ingemiscunt�察�quia profundenda voce omne corpus intenditur��
venitque plaga vehementior。;
�А�Boxers also�察�when they strike�察�groan in the act�察�because with the
strength of voice the whole body is carried�察�and the blow comes with
the greater vehemence。;Cicero�察�Tusc。 Quaes。�察�ii。 23。��
We have enough to do to deal with the disease�察�without troubling
ourselves with these superfluous rules。
Which I say in excuse of those whom we ordinarily see impatient in the
assaults of this malady�察�for as to what concerns myself�察�I have passed it
over hitherto with a little better countenance�察�and contented myself with
groaning without roaring out�察�not�察�nevertheless�察�that I put any great
constraint upon myself to maintain this exterior decorum�察�for I make
little account of such an advantage�此�I allow herein as much as the pain
requires�察�but either my pains are not so excessive�察�or I have more than
ordinary patience。 I complain�察�I confess�察�and am a little impatient in a
very sharp fit�察�but I do not arrive to such a degree of despair as he who
with��
;Ejulatu�察�questu�察�gemitu�察�fremitibus
Resonando�察�multum flebiles voces refert�此�
�А�Howling�察�roaring�察�groaning with a thousand noises�察�expressing his
torment in a dismal voice。; ��Or�今� ;Wailing�察�complaining�察�groaning��
murmuring much avail lugubrious sounds。;Verses of Attius�察�in his
Phaloctetes�察�quoted by Cicero�察�De Finib。�察�ii。 29�察�Tusc。 Quaes。��
ii。 14。��
I try myself in the depth of my suffering�察�and have always found that I
was in a capacity to speak�察�think�察�and give a rational answer as well as
at any other time�察�but not so firmly�察�being troubled and interrupted by
the pain。 When I am looked upon by my visitors to be in the greatest
torment�察�and that they therefore forbear to trouble me�察�I often essay my
own strength�察�and myself set some discourse on foot�察�the most remote I
can contrive from my present condition。 I can do anything upon a sudden
endeavour�察�but it must not continue long。 Oh�察�what pity 'tis I have not
the faculty of that dreamer in Cicero�察�who dreaming he was lying with a
wench�察�found he had discharged his stone in the sheets。 My pains
strangely deaden my appetite that way。 In the intervals from this
excessive torment�察�when my ureters only languish without any great dolor��
I presently feel myself in my wonted state�察�forasmuch as my soul takes no
other alarm but what is sensible and corporal�察�which I certainly owe to
the care I have had of preparing myself by meditation against such
accidents��
;Laborum��
Nulla mihi nova nunc facies inopinave surgit��
Omnia praecepi�察�atque animo mecum ante peregi。;
�А�No new shape of suffering can arise new or unexpected�察�I have
anticipated all�察�and acted them over beforehand in my mind。;
AEneid�察�vi。 103。��
I am�察�however�察�a little roughly handled for an apprentice�察�and with a
sudden and sharp alteration�察�being fallen in an instant from a very easy
and happy condition of life into the most uneasy and painful that can be
imagined。 For besides that it is a disease very much to be feared in
itself�察�it begins with me after a more sharp and severe manner than it is
used to do with other men。 My fits come so thick upon me that I am
scarcely ever at ease�察�yet I have hitherto kept my mind so upright that��
provided I can still continue it�察�I find myself in a much better
condition of life than a thousand others�察�who have no fewer nor other
disease but what they create