The mirrour of mindes, or, Barclay's Icon animorum, Englished by T.M.
- Title
- The mirrour of mindes, or, Barclay's Icon animorum, Englished by T.M.
- Author
- Barclay, John, 1582-1621.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by Iohn Norton for Thomas Walkley, and are to bee sold at his shop, at the signe of the Eagle and Child in Britaines-Burse,
- 1631.
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- National characteristics -- Early works to 1800.
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Contents
- title page
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TO THE
RIGHT HO∣nourable,
Richard,
Lord Weston, Lord
high Treasurer of Eng∣land,
Knight of the
most Nob
e Or∣der, &c. - The First Chapter. The Foure ages of man Childhood, Youth, Midle-age, Old-age.
- The Second Chapter. That euery age almost, hath a particular Genius different from the rest; that there is a proper Spirit to euery Region, which doth in a manner shape the studies, and manners of the inhabi∣tants, according to it selfe. That it is worth the labour, to finde out those Spirits.
- The Third Chapter. FRANCE.
- The Fourth Chapter. BRITTAINE.
- The Fift Chapter. GERMANY.
- The Sixt Chapter. ITALY▪
- The seuenth Chapter. SPAINE.
- The Eighth Chapter. HVNGARY, POLONIA, MOSCOVIA, and the other Northern Nations.
- The ninth Chapter. TVRKES and IEWES.
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The Tenth Chapter. That besides the Spirit of the
Countrey, euery man bath a
proper Disposition and affe∣ctions
giuen him. The chiefe
of them may be found out, but
all of them cannot be written.
Of wits that are strong at
sodaine jests and Sentences.
Of others that flow in a na∣turall
and facile Eloquence.
Of men of
slow, and deli∣berate wisedome. That they are most perfect which are placed betwixt those two. Whither those mindes are best which are fittest for let∣ters, or administration of publike businesse. Delicate wits are not so fit for centi∣nuall and daily labour, as those of a slow and depressed capacitie. -
The eleventh Chapter. Of valiant Mindes, rash,
fearfull, proud, sordid; close
and reserved, open and free;
of
mindes follow∣ing all things hotly, but not long. -
The twelfth Chapter. Of amorous dispositions, How
those affections are tempe∣red,
and sometimes changed
by Fortune, and diversiti
of conditions of life. - The thirteenth Chapter. That there is a difference be∣tweene the Dispositions of tyrants and lawfull Princes; and againe betweene those Kings, who come to their Crownes by right of Inheri∣tance, and by Election. Of the dispositions of Noblemen gracious with Kings.
- The fourteenth Chapter. Of the studies and desires of Courtiers; Of the different natures and affections of rich and poore men.
- The fifteenth Chapter. Of Magistrates. Of pleading Lawyers.
- The sixteenth Chapter. Of Divines; Of Rulers in Re∣ligion.