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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68187	The contemplation of mankinde contayning a singuler discourse after the art of phisiognomie, on all the members and partes of man, as from the heade to the foote, in a more ample maner than hytherto hath beene published of any. In the place next after the chapter of the forehead, hath the phisiognomer added a proper treatise of the signification of sundrie lines seene in most mens foreheads: which in sundrie disputations with a skilfull Iew, he at the last obtayned. ... In the ende is a little treatise added of the signification of moles ... written by a worthie Grecian named Melampus. All which, englished by Thomas Hyll.	Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.; Cocles, Bartolommeo della Rocca, 1467-1504. Chyromantie ac physionomie anastasis.; Malampus, 3rd cent. B.C. Peri elaiōn sōmatos. English.	1571 (1571)	STC 13482; ESTC S104092	171,153	456

The Contemplation of Mankinde contayning a singuler discourse after the Art of Phisiognomie on all the members and partes of man as from the heade to the foote in a more ample maner than hytherto hath beene published of any In the place next after the Chapter of the forehead hath the Phisiognomer added a proper Treatise of the signification of sundrie lines seene in most mens foreheads which in sundrie disputations with a skilfull Iew he at the last obtayned In the worke also hath the Phisiognomer learnedly placed for instruction sake manye straunge and rare examples that he knewe and iudged in his tyme. In the ende is a little Treatise added of the signification of Moles seene in any member or part eyther of the man or woman written by a worthie Grecian named Melampus All which englished by Thomas Hyll 1571. The glorie of the Honourable is the feare of God. HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE To the Noble and Right worthy prince Thomas Duke of Norfolke Earle Marshall of Englande and Knight of the honorable order of the Garter AS Man the excellentest Creature doth confesse the Almightie to be the authour and framer of the whole worlde with all things contayned therein euen so of duetie must hee faithfullye graunt God to be the fountaine and spring of all wisedome and knowledge out of which this science and Arte of Phisiognomie as a part of Philosophie hath hir proceeding for if a man diligently beholde not only the sundry and variable formes and shapes of liuing creatures but also the forme fashion of man himself shall wel perceyue such marueylous differences of countenances such diuers lineaments of the body they all greatly diffring one frō another so that man maye not nor ought to attribute it to hap casualtie or fortune but onelye to the great prouidence and will of almighty GOD which extends it selfe vnto the numbring of the heares of mans heade as our sauiour witnesseth in the Euangelist S. Mathevve And therefore it is no absurde thing to affirme those small and little lineaments appearing on sundrye parts of mans bodye by God to be appointed for the great comfort and behoofe of mans nature to th ende he might enioy the perfite vse and full knowledge of them And althoughe the weakenesse of mans nature be such as it cannot redily attaine the knowledge of them yet it is the part and dutie of euery good and well disposed minde to searche oute the excellent workes and secretes of nature so farre forth as the almightye power and heauenly gouernor doth permit and suffer him and therein to note and consider the magnificencie and w 〈…〉 me of the highest workeman the which very bright shall shine out and as apparauntlye be seene in the least and smallest creatures as in the greatest and largiest bodies The learned Aristotle in his booke De animalibus diligentlye beholding and considering the two small beasts the Bee and the Ante doth not a little marueyle at their diuine workmanship and cunning But to be briefe ▪ there is nothing contained in the excellent frame and Theatre of this worlde that requireth not great admiration and the same of purpose appointed for the only vse of nature ▪ therefore in times past among ▪ the auncient Philosophers it was an vndoubted principle taught in their schooles that all things were formed and made vnto some certaine ende and purpose This mighty wisedom of God although it doth most bountifully shewe and expresse it selfe in euerye worke yet in mans nature which farre excelleth all other in dignitie and worthynesse and in whiche the singular impressions of God are decerned it doth offer all thinges to consideration and vewe more plainly more cleare and more abundaunt This well vnderstoode and known to the auncient students of wisedome did preferre mans nature to be considered before all others and in the same they asmuch ●arueised at the great diuersitie and disposition of minds as at the lineamentes of the bodye And they both carefully and diligently endeuoured to appoynt euery condicion and qualitie his proper body and to ech body contrarywise his proper qualities and condicions thereby to obtayne and purchase the truth The auncient Poete Homere tooke vppon him liuely to describe that worthy Thersites in comparing his maners and condicions to the notes seene on his body The lyke also did Dares Phrygius in his long Catalogue of noble Piers where he cunningly applyed their condicions with their formes and lineamentes seene This Dares wrote that the valiant Aeneas was well coloured of body tending vnto a rednesse in personage square set hauing cheerefull and smyling eyes and these somewhat declining to a blacknesse and therfore Dares reporteth him eloquent gentle friendlye of behauiour wittye and politike in his counsels pleasant at times valiant in his attempts and vertuous The iolly warrier Antenor he describeth to be talle of stature slender in bodye in his members nimble and quicke and therefore iudged to be warie and craftie in his doinges But the valiant Achylles is described to be bigge and large breasted fayre spoken gentle strong membred and with great strength of the armes hauing a curled heade a cheerefull or smyling countenance and the heares of the heade of a browne Chest nut colour by which notes he was iudged not only fierce in armes but also of great courage mixed with curtesis liberalitie Many moe examples of antiquity might herebe alledged were it not that I thinke these sufficient for our turne to note the antiquitie of comparisons betweene the bodily formes lineaments and betwene their dispositions courage and wit Like to these many may be read seene in Aristotle Suctonius ▪ other of the Poets who haue left in wryting to vs sundry Pamphlets of this Art extant in manye places in which it may euidently appeere how much it hath bene accounted and esteemed in times past For the skilfull Antenor by the report of Homere being a man expert in the Arte of Phisiognomie tooke vppon him to consider and diligently to vewe the personages and formes both of the couragious Vlysses Menelaus pronouncing the one in condicions nature farre diffring from the other Menelaus sayth he was a person of few wordes yet graue wise in counsel but the iolly Vlysses for his prowde shewe and boasting in words did he pronounce like to the winter snowes Seeing this knowledge hath so long time bene obserued and exercised of so excellent and famous men what shall it let or staye me not to applye my study and penne thereto and the rather for that it is lawfull for euery man to decerne as farre as he can the qualitie and condicions of the hart seeing the secret matters lying deepe in the breast are many times bewrayde by the outward gestures what singular cōmoditie the knowledge of this Arte bringeth with it may euidently appeare in this that oftentimes men happening into acquaintances and friendshippes such as they suppose to be most friendly