weakenesse of strength and courage séeing the same is knowne to bée the note of a femenine lightnesse If the Nosetrilles in the toppe directly eleuated extende whole doe indicate an euill gouernment and distemperaunce in that creature And such are those which in the inwarde ende of the gristle be raysed vp vnto the creast and doe so discende to the Nose which when these be direct doe after the opinion of the Phisiognomer procure the disorder of the tongue in the vttering of speach and sounding wordes The greater and wyder Nosethrilles simplie are of all the Metoposcopers better allowed and commended than the lesser forme of them The lesser Nosethrilles by the agréement of Plato Phylemon and Ptholomeus paruus are naturallye ascribed vnto seruile wittes ouerthwarters wranglers and to théeues The Nosethrilles formed large open do witnesse such a creature to be addicted or giuen vnto myrth and strong in the composition of bodie The Nosethrilles séene very narrow rounde formed and as they were confusedly shutte togither do witnesse after the opinion of the learned Conciliatore in his Rubricke of Phisiognomie foolishnesse the vnaptnesse to learne and the féeblenesse of courage in that creature The auncient Rasis and Albertus report that the largenesse of the Nosethrilles and the muche quantitie of flesh on the Iawes and the little quātitie of heares on the chéekes doe signifie a moyst complexion The Nosethrilles appearing very blunt doe argue such a person to be foolishe but the Nosethrilles formed final do indicate a peruerse mind and péeuishe conditions The heares which growe within the Nosethrilles of man if these be many thicke growing and bigge appearing doe argue an vnstable minde and grosse witte as Conciliatore reporteth and the Phisiognomer Cocles of experience affirmeth the same If the heares within the Nosethrilles are found fewe and soft doe witnesse after the minde of the Phisiognomer a ready witte apt to learne and honest condicioned The iudgement of the forme and condition of the eares The. xxiij chapter THe eares declare the temperament and proportion of the principall members and especially the brayne which experience certifieth vs For that the braine doth sometimes sende forth a noysome matter behinde the eares of which is there ingendred and caused many tymes an impostume and the same according to the diuersitie of the humours Of which the Phisitions name these the clensing places of the members and superfluities The eares great are ingendred and caused through the multitude of matter in the beginning of generation of the strong vertue And all such in a maner which haue great cares as the Phisiognomer hath noted are knowne to haue a short necke and head sufficient comélye and are Sanguine and such for the more part tending vnto choller or vnto grosse bloude somewhat adust Such also are vnpacient and lightly angrie For which cause the Philosopher reporteth that such are foolishe this being excepted that they are of a good minde and intention that is after the departure of the inflammation and kindling about the heart for as much as this declareth a hotnesse of the hart through the veynes arteries as in the Anothomy may wel be decerned And such are of a good memory in that they haue a séemely neck being an expresser of the braine and demonstrating a good disposition and perhaps through the Collericke qualitie is the retention of kinds and through the qualitie of the sinewes which are of a drie nature After the quayling abating of iniuries such are of a good intention in that these cause a good discourse and noted to be long liued for as much as in them is a good proportion betwéene the heate and moysture And such a persō which possesseth a meane is moderate in his actions The selfe same is confirmed of the Philosopher in lib. i. Animalium cap. 11. Where he reporteth that those which are most apt and readie in hearing be well nurtexed and conditioned Such sayth he haue a note of the best maners which possesse meane eares The eares great and directed aboue measure are notes of foolishnesse or that such to be bablers as the Philosopher Aristotle vttereth The selfe same reporteth Auicen pri de Animalibus that when the first pulpe that is of the eares is ioyned with the fleshe of the iawe doth signifie a foole and vaine person The Philosopher also vttereth in Methaphoricis that such persons which haue small eares like to the Ape haue of that reason Apishe conditions But such that haue bigge eares are noted to be dullards and applyed to the Asse And if any shall sée a person haue the eares formed like vnto the Dogges are noted to haue the best and to be in a meane maner these hytherto Auicen So that such hauing the eares ouer small are noted Apishe that is they haue Apishe conditions in which a man may see that malignitie and deceyte to haue dominion in them Such hauing the eares ouer great in respect of the quantitie of body are Asses that is fooles and of a dull vnderstanding as the former Aristotle reporteth primo de Animalibus Such hauing the eares meane in quantitie is a good note for that the same prooueth by the similitude of the disposition in good Dogges Rasis reporteth that whose eares are bigge is a foole yet long lyued after nature when the eares are erected vp and very great doe indicate the multitude of matter and the same inobedient as to the due forme and the dominion of drynesse indicated which is cause of the erection or standing vpright The eares flexible or bending doe demonstrate the proportion of heate and moysture and the moysture is cause of the bending as the like appeareth in a skinne and woode which when they are crooked or winded inwarde are moyst for otherwise are their partes broken if we sée their matter to be drie And of this it is that Ptholomie the Philosopher reporteth that the eares great and bended downeward doe denote riches When the eares are very small the paucitie of matter and weake vertue of the braine is signisied and the chollericke matter argued of which the subtill spirits caused so that such haue a wyt or be ingenious in euill workes and are théeues foolishe and so couetous that they desire all things And through that coueting such are luxurious vnderstanded perhaps of the immoderate appetites and not of the power or force of the matter The learned Palemon vttereth that when the eares shall be promynent and verie great foolishnesse and garrulitie is signified in that creature and such are knowne to bée couetous But the eares which are as they were cut and verie short and parted doth Loxius report to attempt and commit a deceyte The eares formed semicircularly and creasts connexed in the middle somewhat flatte toward the centre and of a meane bignesse which decently stande to the heade doe wytnesse a goodnesse of nature But the eares ouer rounde signifie suche a person to be vnapt to learne The eares long and narrowe are reported
wytte of an honest conuersation and trustie For a meanesse of the belly sayth the Phisiognomer is procured of a hotnesse proportioned in that creature of which lawdable spirites insue Where the Phylosopher vttereth wyth a strayghtnesse of the breast this is here ment to be formed with a proportion of the same breast for if this should be compowned with an ouermuch largenesse it woulde indicate a hotenesse of the heart in that creature to hinder vnderstanding Of the same minde and iudgement by the report of the Phisiognomer is the learned Loxius where he wytnesseth that such a forme of the belly is knowne to be soft Conciliatore reporteth that the bignesse of the belly doth denote an ouermuch desire vnto the veneriall acte Whose stomacke and belly are decerned fleshier are reported to be strong He also affirmeth that the belly soft in youth doth witnesse that the same in many to become flatte drawne togither in olde age econtra of which this lyke doth indicate a heauinesse in olde age The learned Aristotle vttered vnto the mighty king Alexander that the person hauing a great belly to be vndiscréete foolish prowde desiring to coeate A meanesse of the belly decerned as aboue taught with a decent narrownesse of the breast wytnesseth a déepenesse of vnderstanding and readie counsaile in that creature These hitherto Conciliatore The bignesse of the bellye procéedeth of the great heate reuerberating in the emptinesse of the same especially vnto the region of the genitors In that as it is sayde the vertue Morall or intellectiue is not scituated in a body ouer hot and of this such are procured to be vndiscréete and foolishe Such also are noted to be great drinkers gluttonous féeders and delighted in sluggishnesse and gyuing their minds much to luxurie As hath bene noted in sundrie persons which ledde an easie lyfe A hearinesse decerned on the belly doth argue such a person to be full of wordes applyed for the forme vnto the kinde of birdes in that it is knowne that the propertie of such which are thus hearie on the bellye to be talkatiue and full of wordes and this note onely conceyued and taken of the chattering of birdes which through their light spirites are thus mooued to chatter and the lesser birdes are knowne much lowder to sing and to haue many more notes as the Nightingale and such lyke which are so procured and caused through the subtilnesse of their bloud and lightnesse of the spirites in that these are of an ayreall nature through which they are so lightly mooued vnto myrth and diuers desires which in theyr many songs and chaunging of notes endeuour to expresse And the Cockes of those kinde more exercise song than the Hennes doe forasmuch as they are formed hoter and by the consequent haue subtiller bloud and lighter spirites than the Hennes And that hearinesse or manye more feathers appearing on theyr bellyes procéedeth through the abundance of the heate vaporatiue in that the same more aboundeth in this place through the digestion there bearing greater sway whose note is that the fleshe of theyr bellyes is found farre swéeter and more sauerie in taste than any part of their bodyes besides so that of the lyke causes sundrie men are knowne to be very hearie on the belly Of which to conclude in that these possesse a subtill bloud and light spirites through the light motion of bloud and the spirites For that cause are diuers fantasies in those subiectes lightly procured and conceyued in minde which of them vttered in theyr speach and talke So that of these a certaine reason of the cause appeareth why the chattering and many wordes in them doe indicate a hearinesse to consist about their Bellies The Phisiognomer knew sundrie persons of the like condition which were very leacherous and that much desired to frequent the same And the lyke condicioned creatures sayth Cocles are these knowne to be which possesse or haue but a short space betwéene the heart and braine especially if such are found Collericke Thus by diligent considering the notes in this Arte taught maye a man attaine vnto manye other hidde secrets of this Arte not here vttered Here note that Ptholomie the Philosopher and Pontius Gallicus wryte that he which hath one line on the nauill doth signifie knowledge and skill in Artes. He which hath two lynes vnder the nauill is iudged to be a person which shall haue many wiues If thrée lines be séene vnder the nauil than doth it denote that such a person shall haue many children If foure lines there appeare then doe they promise long lyfe vnto that perso And if fiue lynes be there séene then doe they denote great aduauncement or great honour vnto that person But if any vnder the nauill shall haue two vnequall lynes is then iudged to be a person so wicked that there is little trust to be had in him c. The iudgement of that 235r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2cil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 named n2tc2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The. xlviij Chapter HEre the Philosopher doth instruct to Phisiognomate by the dispositions of the Pecten for the Pecten is the neather Pubes of the man or woman in which the heares grow on the mentula of this the Philosopher vttereth thrée notes He which hath the n2tc2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2p1rsh that is to say 2p1rsh beneath and large aboue after the maner of a shielde and well boned without ouermuch fleshinesse are noted strong such are applied to the Male kind after the mind of the Philosopher Such hauing the n2tc2p of a contrarie condition to that afore as much fleshie fatte and well boned are weake persons and applyed after Aristotle to the female kinde Suche hauing the n2tc2p ouer leane as if the same were so dryed vppe by the heate of the Sunne are euill conditioned and applyed vnto the Ape of lyke disposition as well in minde as in the bodie the same reported of Auicen libro secundo de Animalibus and the lyke vttered of Aristotle and Albertus The learned Conciliatore affirmeth that such which haue a bonie n2tc2p and protensed into a sharpenesse are denoted strong persons The skilfull sr2r2hc2l affirme that if the breast bone in the mm455 shall be thinne of fleshe and protensed into a sharpenesse is then iudged to be l5ftr5h to 2t124c ht355 and that r3h 2353r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2cil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 also to be 2â—rgl Further conceyue that the hammes hearie with a thicknesse of heares there growing doe witnesse luxurie in that person And when the same is there with a thinnesse of heares doth then through the littlenesse or smalnesse of them argue the contrary and signifieth also the dominion of coldenesse as the same well appeareth in the place where further and more at large is written of the nature and conditions of the heares c. And these of the pecten that I maye not séeme to stande long in the rehersall of matter shall here suffice
agréement of all wryters The especiall colours of the eyes are knowne to be foure as the black whytishe variable and gray as the worthy Canamusalis in libro oculorum cap. tertio reporteth and the like Iesuhalis The rounde forme of the eyes is better mouing perfiter and vncorruptibler through the lacking of corners as al the learned agrée in the same The cornered eyes haue very often superfluous moysture standing in them as wryteth the singular Constantine in libro oculorum A perfite forme and condition of the eyes doth denote an honest person as wryteth Gulielmus Nurice Conciliatore Albertus others The eyes bigge emynent doe argue weakenesse and a feeble courage in that these be so caused bigge through the much aboundance of moysture of the brayne in which is coldnesse that sheadeth a long by the members and extinguisheth the bloud So that such a brayne is colder and moyster than it ought to be and in such a body should be the lack both of naturall bloude and courage And as the spirit and store of bloud procureth boldnesse in men euen so doth the cold and moyst qualitie contrarie worke and cause fearefulnesse Rasis reporteth that the eyes emynent bigge doe argue such a creature to be fearefull and applyed to the Hare Cunny and Frogge The eyes outward extended doe denote after the minde of Rasis such a person to be foolishe but the eies déepe standing doe denote such a person to be subtill and of euill condicions through the part of the wicked qualitie yet such be of a good and sharpe sight and sée further than the emynent eyes doe in that the visible spirite is more gathered in the déepe eyes and the seing vertue stronger yea the light is receiued in greater quantitie as by experience is knowne in the Gunner which minding to shoote strayt winketh with the one eye and like the Carpenter in the laying of his lyne right these hytherto Auerroys But through the contrarie cause such hauing the eyes emynent be weake of sight and sée nothing so farre off The large eyes tending into a breeth of the bodye like vnto the eyes of the Parthians doe indicate the moysture of body in that creature Such hauing the eies eleuated and standing highe out doe sée from them as aboue vttered but a little way the cause is in that when the eie is eminenter it is then further distaunt from the braine which is noted the well spring of the eyes So that through the farre distaunce from their spring that is the braine such eies are hindered to sée farre where otherwise the eies standing déepe doe see sooner and further yet such are noted to be of euill condicions Further conceiue that through the eminencie of the eies diuers matters visible are represented so that such in a shorte time can discerne and iudge matters Such also are bablers wythout iudgement through the forepart moyst as afore vttered of the forehead And for that cause are noted vnshamefast and foolish the selfe same in a maner doth the learned Asculanus in his mother tongue write in libro Cerbae on this wise Gli ochij eminenti et in figura grossi Gli ochij veloci cum lo batter sermo Matti e falsi de mercedae scossi By which he concludeth that such are without dyscretion through the small discourse and paucytie of vnderstanding He also vttereth an other kinde in these as the eies moouing fast and quick whych are a note of hotenesse and argueth irefulnesse luxurie and boldenesse applyed to the Hawke and Fawcon The slow moouing of the eyes is a note of coldnesse and declareth sadnesse and fearefulnesse in that creature Such which with the eies mooue the eie lids togither are weake of a feeble mind as Palemon wryteth The eyes whych shut and open togither doe indicate a wicked trayterous person If water shall stand in them doth then denote a studious person and an earnest searcher of Arts as writeth Aristotle Albertus Phylemo Conciliatore wryteth when the eyes are difformally mooued as that one whiles they runne and an otherwhiles cease running although by these as yet no wicked facte or michiefe be committed and done in cogitation notwithstanding the minde is knowne to be occupied with the like And such generally the Phisiognomer hath noted to be of wicked condicions prone through such a conioyning to come to a violent or euill death Yea such a lyke note hath the Phisiognomer often obserued in many robbers by the high waye The Philosopher Ptholomie writeth the the eyes yellow so that the same procéedeth of no sicknesse doe signifie such a person to be a deceyuer and cruell as the Phisiognomer Cocles obserued and noted in sundrie Bawdes and Murderers Further such a colour doth indicate the dominyon of choller wyth a most great adustion of which occasioÌ„ cannot otherwise be caused but the dominion of malignity The eyes which swiftly mooue with a sharpenesse of sight are noted théeues vnfaythfull and deceyuers yea such a note hath the Phisiognomer experienced and iudged many which after were hanged Of these one the lyke was the sonne of M. Iulianus de Pontremulo brought vp and frayned couragiouslye from childe age vnder a valyaunt and pollitike Captayne named Francesco Rouerso on whome he pronounced iudgement in the yere of mans redemptioÌ„ 1492. And before the presence of M. Bartholomew de S. Marino a famous Chirurgian and a most speciall fréende of the Phisiognomers â–ª And as this Cocles hadde afore pronounced and iudged of the yolig man euen so came it to passe through the lacke of grace that he was hanged in the yeare of our Lorde 1496. And this Physiognomer on an other named Tadeus Guâ—dottus pronounced a lyke iudgement which also for theft as he reporteth was hanged by sentence of the lawe For these are well knowne to haue a subtill wyt and the same proner or readier vnto the euill The like confirmeth that worthie Conciliatore where he wryteth that the eyes swiftly moouing and appearing sharpe of looke are noted craftie vnfaythfull and Theeues as of nature these are vttered â–ª The cause is in that through the subtilnesse of wit theft proceedeth and the straunge deceyuing For the subtill wyt proceedeth through the subtilnesse of humours of which insueth the hotnesse of complexion as aboue vttered And the moouing proceedeth through a hotnesse so that when the hotnesse is great then is the swiftnesse intensed The wanne and yellow colour both sometimes indicate the complexion or qualitie of choller adust yet the same tending vnto Melancholy If to a whytenesse to which a gréenisse is admired heate inseweth which of the Phisitions is properly named a leadie colour as wryteth Almansore lib. secundo capit 1. So that this is a swartishe colour if the same appeareth nighe so a rednesse or a rednesse mixed to it which demonstrateth that the grosse bloud to beare sway euen as the quantitie which approcheth to it or as the rednesse which is mixed to it
death as the worthie Hyppocrates vttereth in his learned booke of secrets If the eyes shall appeare long open togither doth indicate foolishnesse and vnshamefastnesse as the learned Albertus reporteth The eyes very blacke doe argue such to bée fearefull and this neuer fayleth the like Yea these note such to be gréedie of gaine for the black colour very deepe is knowne to signifie fearefulnesse â–ª as both the Philosopher Aristotle in Methaphoricis and the auncient Auicen primo de Animalibus wryte The eyes appearing palishe doe denote such a person to be prone to deceyte The eyes not verie blacke but to a yealownesse declining doe denote a good nature and to be strong The eyes eyther white or gray doe denote such a person to be fearefull and of the white colour it seldome or neuer fayleth the like The eyes blacke notable in brightnesse do argue such to be euill conditioned deceytfull and wicked The person which hath blacke eyes and a little smiling withall is denoted to be such a one that is greatly inclined and prone to all filthinesse The eyes not very gray in colour but to a séemely maner like to the colour of the Lions eies doe denote such a person to bée of an honest nature and good minde and for the forme applyed to the Lyon and Eagle The gray colour of the eyes is here ment to be like vnto the colour of the Owle or rather of the colour of the Iayes winges which are chaungeable of colour The eyes appearing veynie doe denote such a person to be frantick and applyed to the Goate And veynie be those eyes named which be full of small and very little lynes a length much like to small veynes through which the colour of the eyes is chaunged And such of thys are of a diminished imagination which serueth to the vnderstanding and applyed to the shéepe The eyes flerie appearing are vnshamefast and applyed for the forme to the dogge and such also are gréedie catchers and contentious The eyes are then named fierie when lyke to fire these shine burne and twinckle So that the like persons kindled with yre sée not or if they sée one thing séemèth two in their sight Auerrois in de sensu sensato instructeth at large the causes The especiall token of yrefulnesse is the naturall rednesse in the veynes of the eyes The diuers coloured eyes doe argue such to be fearefull and applyed vnto the passion for that the like which are afrayde become sodainly pale possesse through that feare an vnequall colour Such hauing the eyes appearing or looking merily are noted to be luxurious and applyed for the forme vnto the Cocke and Goate or Rauen that is hauing the eies like to them which chéerefully and louingly looke on any matter for these then shew a certaine gladsome and merry looke The eyes and chéekes red doe signifie suche to be louers of wine and drunkardes The eyes reddish and drie are stowte couragious and hastie vnto yre The eyes gray or troubled doe argue such to be fearefull and applyed to the Shéepe Goate The eyes meane and lowe standing doe demonstrate such to bée shamefast and honest of conditions The meane colour of the eyes with the other notes orderly agréeing doth not onely witnesse a goodnesse of sight but a good vnderstanding and knowledge to consist in that creature The eyes standing out and reddish doe argue such to be libidinous and gluttons The eyes standing in a maner short or smal and bearing a little out do indicate such a person to be couetous very gréedie of gaine and earnestly labouring after the same If he also draweth or knitteth togither the foreheade with the ouerbroowes to the middle of the same such a person is then so much the couetouser and more desirous of gaine The Woolfe is a â—east â–ª gréedie yrefull wily setting vpon bolde and violent And those parsones which to the kinde of this beast are applied be on this wise that is to say hauing very crooked noses stretching downwards the ouerbrowes ioyning togither rough heared small eyes and shutting often somewhat hollowe standing the heade small and rounde rough heared in bodie long heare on the heade and fast compowned in legges So that suche proportioned after this maner aboue vttred are crafty parsons wicked oying in the shedding of bloud and prone to yre or soone angrie And thus the Phisiognomer endeth with the matter of the eyes VVhat notes to be learned in iudging of the face and countinaunce The. xxj chapter THe faces of such wel borne and complexioned are on such wise that is meane of composition in the chéekes and temples decâ—â—ing vnto a fatnesse Such a creature after Phisiognomie is iudged iust louing faythfull and of a good vnderstanding Of which Ecclesiasticus xiij reporteth that mans heart altereth the face eyther to the good or euill When Iacob by the face of Laban found out the hatred towards him hée turned then vnto his wiues and sayde I knew by the face of your father that he is no more like in friendship towards me that he was yesterday For euen his countinaunce is a silent vtterer to me of his minde the contrarie The gladsomnesse or myrth of the face proceedeth of a merry heart but the heauinesse or sadnesse of looke is caused of a heauy heart The face is often taken and that simplie for the naturall looke of any but the countinaunce signifieth the qualities of the minde so that a deformed looke is of a rare felicitie as the learned Isidorus ethimologiarum xj vttereth Whose face appeareth fleshie is lightly coueting and applyed vnto the Oxe as the Philosopher Aristotle vttereth in Methaphoricis Whose face by nature appéereth red is shamefast and mery but whose face appeereth pale of colour the same by nature is knowne to be fearefull as the Philosopher Aristotle reporteth The face appéering leane doth argue a carefull person and sometimes a betrayer as the learned Albertus and Conciliatore vtter The face seene fleshie doth indicate suche a person to be fearefull applyed for the qualitie to the Hart and Asse as Aristotle and the learned Palemon wryte The face that appeareth small doth witnesse such a creature to be faint hearted and fearefull applied for the qualitie to the Ape and Cocke as the learned Conciliatore reporteth The worthie Conciliatore writeth that whose face appeareth verie bigge is noted by the agréement of other wryters to be slow and sluggish in the proper actions for the same denoteth a much matter and flewmaficke not regulated applied for the qualitie vnto the Oxe and sluggish Asse The face appearing very bony doth witnesse such a creature to be laborious fearefull and of a colde nature after the minde of the Phisiognomer The learned Palemon wryteth that a meane forme of the face as neyther to bigge nor to small is perfite good and signifieth an honest person by the agréement of Auicen Albertus Conciliatore and others Whose face is iudged small in forme is reported to be a person
vngentle in conditions and a niggarde applyed after the maner vnto the apparauncie knowne The Philosopher Aristotle in his treatise of Phisiognomie of the members vttereth that he which hath a fleshie face is indicated to be lesse sapient importunate a lyare and glutton The person which hath a slender or leane face is noted after the minde of the Philosopher Aristotle to be circumspect in his doings and argueth a subtill vnderstanding as the Mercurians possesse and haue That creature which hath a long face is knowne of experience to be froward and iniurious The worthie Philosopher Aristotle vttereth that both of horses and men the same is knowne that whose face is wrinckled of nature and not by accidence is begotten of féeble parents for that the strength of the heart where as the same is féebled draweth the skinne togither And is a note of the weakenesse of the principal members The learned Palemon and Ptholomeus Paruus write that a leane or thinne face doth witnesse such a person to be full of thought cares The auncient Rasis vttereth that such a creature hauing the face like to one drunken is lightly ouertaken with strong drinke procured drunck as the Phisiognomer reporteth of experience The creature after the mynde of the learned Rasis hauing a modest and shamefast face is denoted to haue the like conditions and to be gentle An yrefull face after Rasis doth indicate yrefulnesse which lyke happeneth to be found both in other vices and vertues for that the face of like nature to the lyke passion is euen subiect actually to the same The face marueylous rounde doth innuate such a creature to be foolish but the same appearing very bigge is indicated to be slugguish in the proper actions and of a dull capacitie A verye small face séene doth argue such a person to be euill craftie a flatterer a niggarde for the more part and fearefull The reason séemeth to be in that the smalnesse of the heade procéedeth of the matter of the humor and subtill spirite with a drinesse and through the euill composition of which flattery is caused and fearefulnesse which is a sister of tenacitie as afore taught in sundrie places Conciliatore instructeth that a deformed face doth seldome argue good and honest conditions Nor a wrie countenaunce of nature can vtter after the opinion of Aristotle laudable actions and conditions nor such a creature of experience knowne is greatly fortunate And this note sufficiently appéereth of the congruent apparancie Whose face appeareth long is noted vnshamefast and iniurious and this caused through the mightie hotenesse after the opinion of the Phisiognomer Cocles which is cause of the lengthning out of the same that such through this are so inuericundious The person which hath blown temples and that the veynes and arteryes appeare great iâ—denoted after the minde of Rasis to be verie yrefull and furious The face fleshie if with an euill fauourednesse formed doth indicate such a creature to be fearefull and franticke at times after the opinion of Palemon and others The face grosse with a bignesse of the iawes and rusticall looke doth denote a dull capacitie and rude nature as the Philosopher reporteth The face reddish of it selfe doth witnesse such person to be rough or sturdie and cruell And if the cheekes be onely red then iudge such a person to be often drunke or at the least often ouerséene with drinke The learned Conciliatore wryteth that the face small and couered with a yealow colour doth indicate such a creature to bée vicious a deceyuer and dronkard as â–ª Aristotle reporteth that the same séemeth to declare This verie often hath bene experienced in the Phisiognomers time especially in sundrie Princes head Capitaines of armies Secretaries and Imbassadours which at that day were supposed among them both sapient and skilfull that knewe wittily to deceaue and finde out a deceite Whiles Cocles remayned at Rome he there noted a most wicked person leacherous whose habitude in this place by the way of an example he mindeth to vtter descrybe after this maner He was verie small or short of stature in maner like to a Dwarfe whose heares on the heade were much in quantitie and great especially about the temples were these séene black his face and countenaunce appeared rounde and fleshie informe the forehead bigge and fleshie in like maner the ouerbrowes great through the much quantity of heares the eies bigge tending outwarde in the corners of which were seene many firie spottes his looke was sturdy and wildlie the Pellicles about the eies puffed vp the chéekes were fleshie the eares founde great the nose bigge and shorte in whose middle appeared a hollownesse like vnto the little Dogges of Spaine The nostrils were séene to be large open the mouth in respect of the habitude great the lippes in forme founde verie thicke and turned outwarde after the maner of the Murâ—yansâ— the chinne discerned bigge and round the colour of the whole face appeared wanne adust the bearde founde thicke and black the necke knowne to be grosse and liuely stirring the téeth placed thick or thick standing togither and bigge appeared the vnder chinne séene verie fleshie the breast formed large with great pappes the armes short and fleshie the handes short and in like maner fleshy the fingers small compouned and muscled or brawned the nailes séene shorte informe pale black and rough the shoulder pointes founde verie fleshie the back in respect of the constitution of bodye large and fleshie the belly founde bigge to a Tonne the Pecten séene verie hearie and thicke or much in quantitie the â—diry discerned full of apparant veynes the flanckes and buttocks were fleshie the Peritoneon or space betwéene the legges bearing outwarde the hippes bigge and seene fleshy the legges in respect of the personage were slender the féete small and but a little brawned the soules of the féete were formed with an equall vpper face or euennesse throughout and fleshie the whole personage was founde hote and moyst with a swiftnesse of pase in his going the steps treding shorte and the eies appeared protensed and large open in the going the spéech vttered verie quick breathing strong and thick togither the whole body séene most hearie As touching the forme of this mans hande A the Paulme through the flatnesse of the montes was not hollow B The life line was stretched out long and red in colour C The vpper angle was seperated D The middle naturall lyne was séene red and thwart in forme and euil situated E The mensale lyne was founde great and with inordynate creastes F The monte of Venus bearing vp full G with the Sister of the lyfe lyne situated on the monte H There was a Tryangle no where formed in the hande Iupiters monte not lyned and euill coloured with the Character C. placed on the same Tubercle And on the back of that finger were lynes sëene formed to a starre I The Zone or girdle of Venus in the proper place appeared
redde K The Sunnes monte euill conditioned L Mercuries Tubercle appeared obscure or darke shadowed The Moones place ◠figured with such a character M The lyfe line was grosse betwéene the thombe and forefinger Thus was this moste wicked man formed in personage and lyned in the hande So that through such a habitude he vsed both kindes of coei2ngt3 as well with the 2l1sm as 2le1smf and other detestable matters he exercised not here méete to be vttered To conclude he was the most vicious person of all others that euer the Phisiognomer vnderstoode or knewe in his time In a man the face remayneth but the countenaunce doth alter so that the countinaunce is named of the Latine worde Volando which properly in Englishe signifieth a flying or vanishing away The countinaunce appearing sowre through the forme and condition of the lippes chéekes forehead and grinning doth indicate such a person to be a foole and frantick at tymes by the report of the Phisiognomer A cheerefull and smyling countinaunce séene doth innuate suche a creature to be gyuen vnto myrth and to be lybidinous after nature The face often sweating and that of a light or small stirring doth argue hotnesse or a hote condition to consist in that person And suche a creature is knowne of experience to be leacherous gluttonous and a great féeder Of which insueth indygestion and a siknesse to come as the Phisiognomer hath sundrie times noted The face appearing valled or dented in and rather more leane than fatte doth innuate such a creature to be iniurious enuious a lyar contentious cruell yea a murderer if the same especially be annexed vnto adustion and that the colour be eyther wanne or yellowe appearing as the same the Physiognomer sundrie times hath obserued and knowne And euerye countenaunce when the same appeareth full of fleshe and fatte doth denote by the agréement of most wryters such a creature to be sluggish and giuen vnto pleasure and wanton actions The face appearing verie much awrye leane and long procureth after the mince of the Phisiognomer a rude creature in condition malicious and enuious and the same affirmeth learned Rasis A sadde countenaunce doth indicate sadnesse and heauinesse of minde in that creature but the frowning looke doth denote such a person to be a bethincker and an imagyner of déepe matters yea wylie fearefull in actions and indeuoreth himselfe to be craftie The face séene hollow from the beginning of the forehead vnto the ende of the chinne that the nose and mouth séeme placed as they were in a valley doth innuate euill conditions especiallye if the same be with a wanne or adust colour For suche hath the Phisiognomer knowne to haue béene murtherers full of wordes contentious yea Pirates and théeues Take héede sayth Cocles that you be not deceyued in the iudgement of the leaprous for as much as their eyes are round the veynes eminent or bearing outward a cytrinesse of colour mixed vnto the rednesse and such are caused very quicke of styrring and possesseth a straitnesse the Nosethrilles with a most vehement or mightie horcenesse in such maner that the like creature is knowne to speake as it were in the nose The Gummes also of such creatures and the endes of their noses are knowne to be eaten away their skinne besides is caused rough and the heares of the ouerbroowes shed away al which by the face may artly be knowne as the learned Arnoldus de villa noua reporteth A small face and countinance doth witnesse a small and base witte The countinaunce formed excéeding bigge doth denote sluggishnesse in actions a dull capacitie and foolishnesse VVhat to be noted and iudged of the condition and forme of the nose and Nosethrilles The. xxij chapter MAns face after the minde of the Methaposcoper is thinne and verie passible and no part there is of mans bodie which like expresseth and vttereth the passion of the minde as the face properly doth Of which the minde altered by any cause the Methaposcopers can readily espie and iudge The passible place also of the face are the eies which the Philosophers name to be the windowes and messengers of the minde and next to these is the forehead For we daylye sée in the place that the veynes extenced in many subiects when such are angred do swell in a marueylous bignesse The next part passible to these is the Nose in that the same is Cartilaginous as without flesh except that when the vertue of ingendring is mightie from the beginning of generation So that this before the other partes causeth mans face especially to be eyther comelye or deformable When the nose is stretched and retching vnto the mouth with a decent bignesse doth then argue the bignesse of the Cartylage and the multitude or much quantitie of flesh which compasseth the same Cartilage in that the same cannot bée caused but through a great hotenesse For the property of heate is to dilate and lengthen out so that the Nose when the same is protensed or stretched vnto the mouth doth indicate the complection of the whole indiuiduate to be hote of which both honestie and boldnesse procéedeth and is caused in that creature The Nosetrilles bigge and large doe witnesse the Testicles great and that such a person to bée leacherous a betrayer deceytfull a lyer enuious couetous a niggarde of a grosse witte and somewhat fearefull as certaine report yet the cause of this matter they alledge not as the Phisiognomer witnesseth Here the Phisiognomer reporteth that the nature of heate is to dilate but of colde to shrinke and gather togither so that through the largenesse of the Nosetrelles is the cause of the hote complexion knowne of which the great testicles procéede and luxurie in that creature forthrough the multitude of Sperme must the receptacle of necessitie be great and large that the same maye receyue and contayne the Sperme or matter of the Sperme vnto the digesting of it Of the grosse humours is the grosenesse bignesse of members procured by the cōsequent are the spirits grosse so that of this grossenesse is the rudenesse of wit caused as the Philosopher Aristotle vttereth in libro 2. de partibus Animaliū capit 4. of which a tenacitie and couetousnesse insueth in so much as suche cannot through the same rightlye discerne The nose doth argue the qualitie of the heart in that a big nose doth indicate the hotenesse of the heart and irefulnesse in that creature And through this hotenesse after the minde of Conciliatore is the priuitie of man inlarged and caused great as afore vttered Of which certaine reporte these wordes in Latin. Ad formam nasi dignoscitur hasta Baiardi By a lyke reason sayth the Phisiognomer may a man argue of the womans priuie place vnder these wordes in Latine Nam mulieris pes est signum oris verendae The nose eyther bigge or small doth argue by the lyke the mans and womans 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be in that the same being great doth procéede of
of the eyes signified that the fore ventricle of the braine was flewmatick which to conclude fortified as he sayth the shortnesse of lyfe and according as the Phisiognomer had iudged on this king euen so he learned and vnderstoode that a short tyme he raigned Of which notes Almansor secundus vttereth that the sharpnesse of the nose the long neck the voyce sharpe or small and the comlynesse of complexion demonstrated togither a drynesse in that creature through the part of the chollerick qualitie But his composition of bodye was founde small and the place of the stomacke decerned narrow his digestion also of meate was knowne to be both weake and small through the little and narrow stomack his hart was founde to be cold through the length of his neck hée was besides conetous and fearefull which is contrarie vnto magnanimitie or boldnesse in that the same proceedeth of a hote qualitie Yet had thys person a readie wit through the comely forme of the head for as much as the knitting and conioyning of the spirites was laudable by which the decent Organe aptly serued vnto reason especiallye for the eminencie of the foreheade in bredth but the breast the ribbes the héeles and the necke were founde all effeminate which as aboue vttered be contrarie vnto magnanimitie the Aquyline or hawked nose indicated as the Phisiognomer reporteth his couetousnesse that so mightily by his report bare sway in him Thus sayth he a man must proportionate all the members togither for otherwise shall it be in vaine to iudge or pronounce any matter at all after the minde of the Physiognomer on any subiect The nose séene flatte doth signifie such a person to be luxurious hastie in wrath and faynt hearted for the dominion of the moysture and flowme in that creature as the learned Conciliatore reporteth Here concraue sayth the Phisiognomer Cocles that when the nose appeareth flatte then is a hotnesse and moysture indicated in that person for as much as the hotnesse of the Aquyline or hawked nose is caused with a drynesse So that the flatte noses are procured through a hotnesse and moysture in that the moysture causeth the inlarging of the nose of which such are knowne hote and moyst that properly cause the luxurie in them When any report such persons that they are hastie in wrath the same procéedeth as the Phisiognomer reporteth of an ouermuch hotenesse and the inflamation of spirites moued and procured through the aboundance of matter and of that inflamation by the report of Cocles is the prefulnesse caused in such An other cause shall here be vttered in that the inflamation of the spirite can not soone or spéedily be cooled through the narrow passage as shall appéere in the matter folowing Of which the singular Philosopher Asculanus in the mother tongue wrote these worthie verses ensuing EL concauato è anchora il naso simo ciascun di loro a la luxuria acosta Piu del secundo dico che del primo chi la subtile e ne lextremo aguzo Ouero rotundo cum obtusa posta mouesi ad ira el primo come cuzo Laltro e magnanimo e dae graue stile The person which hath a short nose and the same flatte is iudged after the minde of the Phisiognomer to be lasciuious and as some wryte to be a théefe The nose séene short the mouth formed small and the teeth founde short and bigge doe denote after the minde of the worthie Conciliatore a moyst and colde complexion The sharpenesse of the nose séene the necke founde long the voyce heard small and comely are apparaunt notes of a temperate chollerick qualitie as the learned Rasis the worthy Albertus Ptolomeus paruus and other report and Cocles with them The Phisiognomer Cocles reporteth that hée hath many tymes noted of experience in infinite subiects in all his life time he neuer sawe any which were not possessed with a heape of vices especially for lying or for theyr ymagining lyes and this caused by the Chollericknesse consisting in them for which cause this Cocles willeth a man to beware and take héede of the felowshipping with such as of all which sayth he experience in short time will instruct thée perfite The Nose formed sharpe at the ende doth indicate such a person to be a lyar contentious and yrefull the reason is as the Phisiognomer reporteth in that such are of a chollericke qualitie for as much as the leannesse and sharpenesse of the Nose doth for the more part happen through the abundaunce of choller The same ende also hath narrow passages in which the ayre can not passe nor enter to coole the heart so that of this it long remayneth inflamed which is cause of the contending and quarrelling of that person The lyke creature by report of the Phisiognomer was that Antonius a learned scribe and notarie Yea he noted many other Countrie men of his to be lyke among the number of which Cocles obserued and knewe a iolly fellowe of the lyke nature and conditions named Vandinus de Fauentia which was a betrayer of his curteous Lorde and principall ayder sonne vnto the noble Astorgius Fauentia by whose meanes and other mightie deceyuers aboute him was this gentle Lorde by commaundement conueyed or caryed vnto prison in Rome and shut vp as close prisoner in that goodly strong Castle named Sancti Angeli where not manye Monethes abyding was lamentably murdered of a most cruell Bastard by a headlong fall as the Phisiognomer learned and vnderstoode which wicked creature after the fact committed miserablie pyned away euen like an ymage of war standing in the hotest Sunne When the Nose shall bée meanely small a little drie vpwarde and at the ende raysed vp and the neather part or ende turned agayne vpward or that his cleft be procéeding from beneath vnto the part turned vpward towarde the cone of the Nose doth then indicate luxurie or such an abuse of the bodie not here decent to be vttered as the learned Conciliatore in his Rubricke of Phisiognomie reporteth The lyke of this the Phisiognomer Cocles obserued and noted sundrie tymes especiallye in one of the Senate house of the noble citie of Bononie which for reuerence vnto the noble house honesty sake he refuseth to name The cause is forasmuch as such are of a moyst and sanguine qualitie tending vnto choller and these vniuersally by report of the Phisiognomer are luxurious in both the kindes euen as the same through the pricking forwarde of choller which dayly inflameth the bloud And the regitine nature of the whole bodye mooueth or stirreth forward the expulsiue vertue vnto the sending forth of the noyous matter superfluous and expelleth the same vnto the congruenter places by the apt passages and sendeth the same foorth vnto the â—rdâ—y in that it is the cause of the erection of it So that such helpe forewarde themselues by a proper industrie not decent for honestie sake to be here vttered when as the desired subiect is not at hand
and to be a presumptuous foole and an effeminate person And this the worser if he hath no beard for then is he compared to the gelded person and his conditions If the heares be decently small on the backe of the hande towarde the neather side and vpwarde on the backe of the foure fingers and vnto the two first ioyntes of the fingers and that they be fewe in quantitie small and of a chaungeable colour doe argue a readie witte subtill and a déepe vnderstanding The iudgement of the stature and quantitie of the bodie The. Lvj. chapter INasmuch as vnto the whole bodie briefely belongeth to vtter Plinie and Solinus report that the perfite boundes of the length and largenesse of the bodie haue not as yet béene discribed of any yet doe the Phisitions witnesse that the naturall length of mans bodie to be seuen foote and that the valiaunt Hercules was founde to be within this bounde And that the largenesse or breadth of his bodie to be lyke so much for howe much the distaunce is betwéene the two endes of the middle fingers the armes and handes stretched out and so much is the distance betwéene the crowne of the heade and sole of the foote By this reason also the olde wryters named man the little worlde in that if a circle were drawne about him he woulde then be founde as wholye round For which cause if any person doth excéede this quantitie of length he is then noted to be tall and long of stature but the person which lacketh of this or is lesser of stature then this discription aboue is then noted short of personage And whose length and bredth are not a lyke is named yll shapened of personage So that the quantitie euermore of the partes or of the whole bodie in respect of a meane ought to be applyed vnto the measure of the whole bodie The Phylosopher Aristotle doth Physiognomate by the quantitie of the bodie as by the 〈◊〉 and bignesse of the fame first aâ— touching the quantitie of the bodye verie small he reporteth that the small persons in quantitie and stature are of a readie and quick wyt prompt in attayning anye thing and passing both in the conceauing and knowing of matters And this in as much as to the quantitie of body absolute in as much as is by reason of the space in which the fame is to which Gulielmus adding a reason of this matter reporteth that those in which the aâ—terâ—all bloude and both the spirite and naturall heate spéedily and forthwith procéede from the heart vnto the braine and vnto the cogitatiue vertues those are of a sharpe and prompt wit in taking and generally in conceauing And this in as much as by reason of the space in which such a motion is and I here name that an apprehension or conceauing and knowledge and of that knowne iudgement and discretion of which maner and condition are the persons small or little of quantitie For in those as the Physiognomer affirmeth the bloude the liuely spirite and naturall heate hastily and swiftly procéede and are moued from the heart vnto the braine or vnto the cogitatiue vertues in which such a motion is on the small and short space and euen the same is in very small persons in as much as by the quantitie of the body Although the Phylosopher séemeth in the first to Physiognomate by the smalnesse of the body in comparing vnto the chollericke complexion or the hote and drie qualitie And the Philosopher meaneth that although the smalnesse signifieth a sharpnesse of wyt and the goodnesse of perceyuing in as much as is of that quantitie yet by reason of the compleâ—ion maye the contrarie be For the small which are of a drie qualitie which he meaneth vsing hote and drie meates and such which abounde in the hotnesse of body as if he sayde the small chollerick in qualitie and in whome a drynesse and superfluous hotnesse consisteth and that lesser beare sway doe performe little or nothing that is they are alwaies vnapt or vnable vnto the performing and perceyuing especially vnto the well iudging or decerning For the motion of the bloude and spirites in them is ouer swift and by reason of the smalnesse of the space and ouermuch hotnesse causing them cursible that they neuer can consist in the same as this in perfitely perceyuing and knowing In the second the Philosopher instructeth to Phisiognomate by the greatnesse of bodye in comparing the same vnto the cold complexion and moyst or flegmatick In the thirde the Phylosopher vttereth to Physiognomate by the smalnesse of bodye in comparing the same vnto the colde and moyste complexion And he meaneth that the small which are of a colde and moyst complexion are perfite that is apt vnto the performing although the bloud and spirite in these are moued vnto the hart spéedily for the smalnesse of space yet neuerthelesse caused vnmoueable by reason of the complexion or coldnesse in that moysture restrayneâ—h the dryth and heate and thus of the short and swift motion of those spirites by reason of the space and in a slowe maner by reason of the moysture of those spirites shall the motion be caused commensurated and both a meane and temperate apt vnto the perfourming In the fourth he Phisiognomateth by the greatnesse of bodye by a comparison vnto the hote and dry complexion in that such are perfite and quick in conceauing Although in those the space of motion be great yet the bloud and spirite in them are verie swift mooning by reason of the great heate and on such wise in these is a temperament of motion caused and are apt vnto the performing Here is to be conceaued that although the hote and dry and generally the chollerick are of a difficill or hard conceauing and of a dull wytte by reason of the dryth which hardly receaueth neuerthelesse the chollerick bigge in bodye are more perfite and apter conceaue then the small in quantitie of body For when these giue and apply their wit vnto the conceauing and attayning of any thing they long retayne the same with them and although they haue the spirite and bloud moueable yet for that the space of the motion is great for that cause before any other thing or matter occurreth they first conceaue and take strongly retaine For a more drynesse than moysture consisteth in the hinder part of the braine of this creature So that drinesse hath the propertie to attaine and receaue with difficultie and when this hath receyued a forme the same purchased it retayneth for a long tyme which contrarie is of the moysture For the moysture or moyst braine behinde doth lightly receaue a forme and soone looseth the same in that the formes which are imprinted in the moysture are not preserued any long tyme but soone vanishe awaye And for as much as the chollerick small in body doe not so long consist in any maner that any forme in their spirite can be fixed yet are these neuerthelesse noted
if the Iawes shall be formed short wyth such an eminencie or bearing out from the upper part of the mouth doe indicate such a creature to be malicious an euill reporter violent in actions and enuious this especially is verified when as there shall lacke the substance of flesh or the same appeare but thinne these hitherto the wordes of the skilfull Cocles The Philosopher Aristotle vnto the mightie King Alexander vttered that the chéekes formed full â–ª with the temples appearing blowne doe denote such a person to be conâ—oâ—â—ioâ—s hasty in wordes and very irefull the selfe â—aâ—e reporteth Conciliatore in his Rubricke of Phisiognomie The chéekes so small situated that from the eies these séeme parted off doe arguethe fulnesse of humours and that the same creature after the minde of the Phisiognomers to be grieued with the burthen of them The roundenesse of the chéekes formed after nature indicateth enuie and deceytfull condycions to consist in that person after the minde of Phylemon The full or rather fat chéekes are significations for the more part of a sluggarde and drunckarde if we may credite the auncient Phisiognomers The chéekes discerned soft and yll fashioned doe argue such a person after the common prouerbe to be long tongued importunate and talkatiue and this the Phisiognomer Cocles vttereth of experience The worthy Philosopher Aristotle in Methaphoricis vttereth that the chéekes appearing red aboue doe witnesse such a creature to be a drunkarde or great drinker of wine and referred vnto the similitude of the passion in that such which latelye haue bene angred and vered appeare of a blushing rednesse especially about the eyes kindled and caused in the beginning of the yre The cause is sufficiently vttered afore of the Phisiognomer in the chapter of the nature of the face Of the condition nature and iudgement of the mouth The xxiiij chapter THe singuler Isidore in xj Ethimologiarum capit primo writeth that the mouth is so named in Latine Os for that by it as by a doore all men naturally and vsually put in meate and cast forth the spittle prepared or for that all meates and sustenaunce passe by the same into the stomacke and all wordes issue forth of the same to the vnderstanding of mindes To come vnto the matter in the former chapter it hath béene sufficiently vttered that the bignesse of members procéedeth through heate especially the mouth which representeth the naturall and spirituall members as of these especiallye the stomacke For howe much the proportion of the stomacke is vnto the mouth so much is the proportion of the mouth aunswering vnto the stomack for that the inner members are knowne of the Phisiognomers to be hote Of which reason how much the intentiuer the heate is so much the greater will the resolution of partes be For where a great resolution consisteth there of necessitie must insue that a restauration aptlye be procured which otherwise can not be caused but through the benefite and helpe of meates that ought to be in a sufficient quantitie of which the spirites are actiuely ingendred and these in great quantitie which properly cause in that creature yre boldenesse yea quarrelling and fighting Of which it succéedeth that the worthie Philemon Palemon Albertus and Conciliatore report that the creature which hath à great and wyde mouth is a gluttonous féeder yet hardie and prone to fight The selfe same wordes vttereth Rasis that the person which hath a great mouth is knowne to be a gluttonous féeder and bolde The mouth formed small is noted to be of a feminine nature But the mouth deterned great and wyde doth witnesse yre boldenesse quarrelling and fighting such also are knowne of experience to be gluttonous féeders The mouth hauing a small clesing and opening doth denote such a creature to be peasable yet many tymes founde vnfaythfull and faynt hearted the reason of this contrarie is the same which was aboue vttered of the Phisiognomer The mouth in the proper sight or being hauing a seemely quantity in the greatnesse with the lips thinne and appearing small in the closing and to these the eyes shewing smilingly with the rest of the face agréeablie aunswering doth indicate a libidinous person a Cynede or an effeminate creature and a lyar as the worthie Conciliatore in his Rubricke of Phisiognomie vttereth A small mouth in forme appearing prominent outward doth denote wicked conditions in that person to be false in promise and a betrayer The mouth discerned small hauing thinne lippes doth witnesse a féeble minde and courage but this person deceytfully and malicious Where or in whome the mouth shall appeare very farre bearing out and rounde with a thicknesse of the lippes and that the vpper lippe foldeth outwarde is for the forme applyed of the Philosopher vnto the Hogge and signifieth by the agreement of Authors that such a creature to be nastie péeuish cruell and a foole as the Phisiognomer of experience hath many tymes noted The best condicioned mouth after the agreement of the Phisiognomers is when the same appeareth not ouer moyst in that the moysture of the mouth and lippes doth argue fearefulnesse and malignitie in that creature as the worthie Albertus reporteth and the same the Phisiognomer Cocles affirmeth of experience The mouth that sauoureth swéete especiallye in the breathing doth indicate an honest person wittie both in the giuing and retayning warie secret coueting fayre thinges and faythfull yet easily ledde eyther vnto the good or euill through his light beléeuing if we maye credite Michael Scotus The mouth that sauoureth yll in the breathing doth denote such a creature to be diseased in the Lyuer besides of a grosse vnderstanding lightly credyting of a base wyt a coueter of other mens goodes lasciuious deceytfull a lyar a teller of vaine matters and newes if Michael Scotus may be beléeued Whose mouth in the speaking is drawne awrie is noted of experience to be diseased with a rewme discending from the heade yet is the same eyther stronger or weaker procured euen as in the doubling vnto the other proportions and this of obseruation doth the Phisiognomer Cocles witnesse The iudgement of the forme and condition of the lippes The. xxvij chapter AT the ende of the Iawes are the lippes formed which are compowned of a soft fleshe in that these by a double motion are aptly moued as in the one by a proper maner vpwarde and in the other by the motion downewarde and these caused by motion of the lawes from one to the other both in the closing and opening which is the cause why the lippes are named to haue a good and perfite motion The vtilitie of them by the agréement of all the Phisiognomers is and serueth for the furthering and helping of spéeche and that these may through the helpe of the lawes aptly and well close togither for the better beseeming of the countenaunce The colour of the lippes towarde the opening of the mouthe is redde thorowe manye veynes of bloude deryued vnto that place the note of which is
in that these often and much inquantitie bleede and are of a light cause broken and quickly or verie soone cut The common hurtes there hapning are especially cured after the minde of the Phisiognomer with the same named of the practioners Mel Rosatum for he reporteth that he hath often experienced the same in many subiects There maye notes also be gathered and conceyued by the colours of the lippes for that the naturall colour in the edges of the lippes after the minde of Constantine ought to be redde through the thinnesse of skinne which lightly of the heate or colour of the bloud receyueth a Rosie qualitie Of which as this worthy Constantine reporteth that the rednesse of the lippes indicateth the purenesse of complexion and the vnmyxing togither of troubled bloud and the note both of the good strong vertue in that creature The wannesse of the lippes argueth the contrarie to the same aboue in that the vertue of bloud and naturall heat are lacking in that creature so that such hauing the like lippes are noted to be sicke as the worthie Rasis reporteth When the lippes are formed bigge these doe represent the multitude of matter drawne vnto them through heate and the grosenesse or bignesse of them is caused through the grosse humours and spirites of which the dulnesse of wit ensueth and foolishnesse procured by reason of the hotnesse except the neather lippe be decerned loose hanging and waterie running But if the lippe be decerned vpright and thick in forme that is compact or stiffe in such a person doth the Phisiognomer of experience apply there the Planet Marse A like reason the Phisiognomer vttereth that when the mouth is formed great if the lippes appeare loose and hanging in that parte of the creature is the Moone of him and others aptly â—pplyed The neather lippe decerned loose hanging and folding downewarde and that the same appeareth verie redde in colour doth argue hapning in the woman to be a most sure note of the great desire vnto the veneriall acte and vnshame fastnesse in that creature as the same the Phisiognomer Cocles obserued and noted in a famous Curtysane of Rome named Isabella di â—una The like note séene in children signifieth that the creature in time to growe and become a Cynede or effeminate person especially if the countenaunce and eyes appeare smyling and the creature growne vnto a ripe age as the same the Phisiognomer Cocles reporteth that he noted in a certaine noble man of the like condition Briefely to wryte all the other members according to the nature and propertie of them are eache attrybuted vnto his proper Planet as shall after appeare more at large in the thirde booke of the Physiognomers to come forth intituled the Phisiognomie of the Planets The worthie Loxius Phylemon Plato Aristotle Albertus Conciliatore report that the lips decerned chéerefull and somewhat smyling hapning with a merrie countenaunce doe argue such a creature to be wantonly disposed and lybidinous yea such sometimes are knowne to be craftie deceyuers and théeues of which one the like was that wicked Chyrurgian a countryman of the Phisiognomers named Seraphinus de pisis that he diligently noted The lippes of the mouth formed verie grosse loose hanging or ouermuch folding out doe indicate such a creature to be simple lightly or soone credyting of a dull capacitie these also denote a flewmatick humour moystening to consist in that person compared of Aristotle for the forme vnto the aged Asse hauing the like lippes If the lippe within be séene not lyuely or not a fayre red in colour doth argue a matter not regulated and grosse humours to consist in that creature of which a dull capacitie and bellume vnderstanding ensueth yea the same sometimes denoteth a sicknesse present or that shall shortly folowe The Philosopher Aristotle in Methaphoric is vttereth that such which haue the lippes formed thinne and in the edges appearing to hang loose out in such maner that the vpper lippe is séene stretched ouer the neather at the closing and ioyning of the lippes are denoted to be bolde stowte and of great courage applyed for the forme vnto the couragious Lyon. The like condition of these may a man sée in the Mastie Dogges of our Realme which haue such hanging lippes as to all men knowne Such which haue the lippes harde and thinne formed and a bearing out decerned about the Canyne or sharpe téeth doe indicate a rude vnderstanding in that creature vnapt to learne and furious in actions applyed for the forme vnto the grunting Hogge The cause of these as the Phisiognomer Cocles supposeth is the paucitie of matter and the dominion of dryth in that the same consumeth the moysture of the lips but thys about the Canyne téeth it can not so wast or consume for as much as the moysture consisting in such a place is knowne to be viscous and clammy Such also by reason of the dryeth sayth the Phisiognomer multiplyed in the braine are noted to be foolishe and deceytfull applyed after the maner vnto the Swyne So that whose lippes are decerned thinne and harde and about the Canyne téeth bearing vp such persons séene the like are referred vnto the Swyne The neather lippe decerned greater than the vpper doth denote such a creature to be vnapt to learne simple of a small vnderstanding and foolishe The heather lip séene swelled vnto the sharpe or Canyne téeth doth indicate such a person to be full of rancour and malice and contentious Such which haue the lippes formed grosse and the vpper hanging ouer the neather lippe are denoted by report of the Phylosopher Aristotle to be of a simple vnderstanding of a dull capacitie and foolishe applyed for the forme vnto the slowe and dull Asse Whose vpper lip shall appeare promynent or bearing out with the gummes doth wytnesse such a creature to be a louer of discord and occupying or busying himselfe in strifes and controuersies applyed for the forme vnto the Dogge these hitherto borowed out of the Phisiognomy of Aristotle Such hauing the vpper lip so eleuated that the gummes that is the fleshe on the téeth and the téeth themselues are decerned are knowne as the Phisiognomer reporteth of experience to be full of variaunce and contumelious yea often rebuking applied for the similitude vnto the Dogge especially and the same according to the apparaunt congruencie séene For the Dogge when he purposeth to bite sheweth then the téeth by the gathering vp of the lippes The lippes formed small and thinne and the mouth decerned little doe indicate the imbecillitie of minde and craftinesse to dwell or consist in that person The auncient Rasis reporteth that whose lips are decerned great is denoted foolish of a dull capacitie and vnapt to learne The selfe same doth the worthie Philosopher Aristotle vtter in hys Phisiognomie of the members that such a person which hath thicke lippes is knowne to be foolishe and of a simple capacitie The much bearing out of the lippes doth witnesse such a