Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	head_n	part_n	1,461	5	4.4830	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20862	The most excellent, profitable, and pleasant booke of the famous doctour and expert astrologien Arcandain or Aleandrin to fynd the fatal desteny, constellation; complexion, and naturall inclination of euery man and childe by his byrth: with an addition of phisiognomie very delectable to reade. Now newly tourned out of French into our vulgar tonge, by Williamd Warde.; Arcandam de veritatibus et praedictionibus astrologiae. English	Roussat, Richard.; R. H. aut; Ward, William, 1534-1609.	1562 (1562)	STC 724; ESTC S118908	73,307	256

Weake and delicate Female Hanches Full of sinowes Stronge Male Fleshye Weake and delicate Female Thighes Full of sinows thicke Stronge   Full of sinows and smale Lecherous   Great and euyll fashioned Vnshamefaste   Legges Ful of sinows euil fashioned Stronge Male Fleshy and well formed Weake and tender Female Feete Full of sinows and equally proporcioned Stronge Male Narrowe and smale Weake and tender   Wyth croked and nayles Vnshamefaste rauenous greedye   Wyth ryght nayles Commendable Naturall Bodye Verye smale Wyttye sharpe   Verye great Slowe   Meane Wyse   Euyll proporcioned Craftye   Well compassed Stronge   Of a lyght fleshe Wyse   Of a soft fleshe Forgetfull   Of a harde fleshe Dull and heauye of spirite   Mouyng Lyghte Inconstant   Slowe Of a grosse wytte   Heauye Graue couragious   Voyce Stronge Graue iniurious Asses Graue endynge sharpelye Fearefull egre or fierce Oxen Softe and lowe Gentle Shepe Graue and moderate Stronge Dogges Sharpe and stronge Angrye Goates HEre by the nature you muste vnderstand the inclination and naturall complexion whiche speciallye we maye coniecture by the coloure of the bodye For naturallye blacke men are fearefull as the Ethiopians be Whyte men also bee timerous and fearefull and they that bee of a meane coloure Blacke and Whyte bée strong and bolde They that bee yellowe of the coloure of Golde bee couragious as Lyons And yf they bee to yellowe they bee malicious as Foxes They that bee some what pale and darcke coloured bee fearefull and this is referred to the perturbation that commeth of feare They that bee verye pale and almoste greene for palenesse bee colde and therefore they are vnapte to moouynge slowe and negligent to worke They that be of sanguin colour and somewhat redde are nimble and ready to work They that be of a firy and enflamed colour become oute of their wits and be like mad men when thei be to muche chafed So you muste cōiecture of other colours that take part of the aforesayd They that desire to see many other signes tokens of the naturall inclination muste haue recourse to Aristotles litle booke intituled of the phisiognomy to the works of Galene specially to his litle booke where he sayeth that the maners of the minde do folowe the temperature of the body Furthermore you muste note y t we haue foure humours which Galene calleth the elements of liuing thinges y t haue blood to wéete blood fleme collor the melancoly humour The blood is whote moist swéete The spettle called fleme is cold moist without qualitie as the water is if it bee not depraued The collor or flaua bilis is whote dry bitter The melancoly humour is cold dry bitter earthy The blood norisheth The fleme helpeth the moouing of the ioynts The coller clenseth maketh cleane the flematike excrements of the bowels prouoketh the power or strength excretiue The melancolicke humour helpeth the bellye in hys actions For because it is egre and bitter it constreyneth and presseth the mouthe of the Ventricle or bellye called the stomacke and maketh it embrace and reteyne the meate vntyll the digestion bee made The bloode maketh men moderate merye pleasaunte fayre and of a ruddye colour which bee called sanguine men The fleame maketh men slouthfull sluggyshe neglygente drowsye fatte and soone to haue graye Heares The Choller maketh them angrye prompte of wytte nymble inconstante leane and of a quycke digestion The melancolike humour whiche is as it were the substaunce the bottome and leese of the bloode maketh men rude churlyshe carefull sadde auaricious deceyuours traitours enuious fearefull weake hearted and dreaming and imaginynge euyll thynges vexed with the trouble of the mynde as though thei were haunted wyth a malignaunte spirite These humours than maye bee referred to the Phisonomye for by them a man maye knowe the naturall inclination of men You maye also referre therevnto the temperature of ages For the puerilitie or Chyldehode whiche is from the byrthe vnto fiftene yeares or there aboute is whote and moyst The adolescēcie or youth which endureth vntyll fiue and twentye yeres is of a good and meane temperature The youthe or floryshynge age of mans state whiche endureth tyll fiue and thyrtye yeres is of a whote and drye temperature The fourth age is the first parte of olde age whiche endureth tyll fourtye and nyne yeres and then men begynne to ware colde and drye and lyke vnto a plante that dryeth vp and wythereth and they bee called in Latyne Senes The seconde parte of olde age endureth vntyll end of the life and the men be called in Latyn Seniores And this age is also diuided into two or three degrees They that be in the first degree haue yet theyr greene olde age whiche yet maye handle and execute ciuill matters They bee of the seconde degree whiche drawe them selues by lytle and lytle from the sayde affaires because of theyr weakenesse They of the thyrde degree are in extreme feeblenesse If you desyre to knowe anye moore of the signes of Phisognomie you shall finde them by diligent readynge of authours The prediction of the maners and natures of men by considerynge of theyr face and other partes of theyr body ¶ Of the iudgement of the head SEynge that the head is the part that is most séene of al the parts of mans bodye Hypocrates in his .vj. booke of common sicknesses not without cause sheweth how to iudge of the whole bodye by the consideration of the head For that which is either greater or lesser then it oughte to bee is alwayes faultie and not good and they that haue this faulte or lacke haue also those thinges that do euidently appartain to the faulty hurted myndes And now euen as the head whiche is litle is neuer without faulte so that whiche is great is not altogether parfite and good but sometyme good and somtime yll It is a signe of goodnes or of wickednes But the best fashion is the round head and somwhat low on both sydes as yf you shoulde imagine a verye rounde Sphere made of Ware to bee somewhat lowe of eche syde The best forme then and shape of a head is that whiche is meanely greate and hath a comelye conuenient roundnesse whiche appeareth before and behynde somewhat lowe The principall cause why the head is lytle is the lacke of matter or substaunce And the cause of the greatnes of it is the abundaunce and superfluitie of the substaunce and seede man But yf there bee lytle matter wyth the force of the firste formatiue vertue it shal be of a good forme and shape and lesse euil for as much as in the creature the noughtines of the fashion is ioyned with smalenes of the head The braine foloweth the forme and fashion of the skull For yf the skull bee corrupte the brayne shal be also corrupte The head of man hath more brayne proporcionallye then all other beastes The male hath more braine then the

materiall composion For man is verely a thyng actiue and by no meanes passiue and touching him selfe can haue no action Whereby it consequently appeareth that the child concernyng the bodye hath more of the mothers substaunce then of the fathers Wherevnto a thyrde cause maye be added that for as muche as the chylde is nourished of the mothers substance and not of the fathers that then the constellation enforsyng hys effect signe in the chyldes body doeth rather conuert the same with the mother the bodye of the mother then with the father and the body of the father And therefore truely and determinatlye to know and learne the chyldes fate and constellation hys proper name muste be taken togethers with the natural and proper name of the mother Then diligently consider euery letter of the said two names and amonges the same gather y e numeral letters suche as signifie a number which accordyng to the auncient accompt are seuen as I. signifieth one V. fyue X. tenne L. fiftie C. a hundreth D. fiue hundreth M. signifieth a thousand Taking all and singular letters of the sayde two names as well the number as such as signifie a number Then gather the whole summe which summe so collected diuide if it be possible by .xxix. because of the .xxix. constellations of the starres or because of the particuler signes celestiall whiche after the auncient maner is the firste diuision of the signes And hereby it appeareth that the principall partes of the particular starres and signes celestial in number are .xxix. as here after shall appeare So that the number signified by the numerall letters of the two proper names aforesayd ought to be deuided by reason of the sayde signes And sometymes the sayde number doth amount iuste to the summe of .xxix. and sometyme it excedeth the same wherein is to be noted that either the number doth excede or elles is equall If it excede then the number ought to be applied and diuided by theyr vnities to the sayde signes addynge to euery of the signes their vnities begynnynge at the first signe which is the head of Aries and so of the reste successiuelye And where so euer the last vnitie shall faile or shall be placed there and in that sygne and in the parte of that signe the Infant whose constellation you seeke to knowe vndoutedlye is borne and thereby you shal geue iudgement and truely pronounce that in that signe the fate and constellation of the Infant consisteth Not withstandyng that peraduenture accordyng to the maner and course of the starres tymes and monethes some other signe shoulde seeme to haue dominion ouer that natiuitie And because that the signe wherein certaynely the Infant is borne doeth not alone beare rule in the tyme of the byrthe but all and singuler effectuallye doe concurre accordynge to the more or lesse in euery nauitie So that eftsones it chanceth that some signe distinct from that signe appropriat to the moneth doth more effectuallye rule and more excellentlye expresse his effectes Therefore to the intent you maye perfectly beholde the fate and constellation of the partie that is borne you must not onely looke vpon the signe allotted and appropriate to that moneth wherein determinatlye any is borne but chiefely you must haue respecte to that signe whiche speciallye hath dominion aboue others in the tyme of the byrthe not withstandynge that signe appropriate to the moneth hath the principall effect And whether one signe is more excellent or effectuall then another you may moste certainlye and truely knowe by thys arte Let vs retourne then vnto our former proposition and saye that either the summe of the number signified by the numeral letters of the names aforesayd doth not amounte to .xxix. or elles that it doth principally atteyne to that summe or is equall or elles excedeth the same But nowe after the agrement and concorde of the number take also the conuocation and assemble of the signes celestiall whiche are touchyng theyr particuler partes .xxix. as is aforesayde or xxx as shal be sayde hereafter begynnyng at the first particuler signe which is the head of the signe Aries And wher so euer the laste vnitie of this number shall reste or remaine that is the speciall signe and is of most force in the tyme of the nauitie But if this number dothe not surpasse the number of .xxix. but therevnto is equall then the laste signe whiche is the tayle of Pisces is the chiefest signe at the natiuitie Semblablye yf this number doeth excede the number of .xxix. then this number is to be diuided so manye tymes by .xxix. tyll the number of .xxix. be founde out And then for euerye vnitie one signe must be accompted yeldyng to euery signe his vnitie and then the laste vnitie whiche is xxix is attributed to .xxix. and to the last signe whiche is the tayle of Pisces as was sayde a lytle before and that signe chiefely hath dominion in the natiuitie of the infants But if that number lastly remainynge be within the number of xxix then euerye vnitie of this number ought to be distributed to euerye particuler signe beginninge first at the head of Aries and wheresoeuer the laste vnitie of this nūbre doth remaine the same is the principall signe and chiefely hath gouernement at the byrth of the infant Here also oughte diligently to be noted that the celestiall signes maye be taken two wayes that is to saye totally or touchyng the whole effectes of the same and are in number but twelue That is to wete Aries and is the first signe at whiche you must begynne and then folowe successiuely tyll you come to the signe of Pisces whiche is the twelfeth Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces Nowe eche of these signes in his whole effecte doeth especiallye beare rule in that moneth whiche is appropriate to the same And euery signe intierly hath dominion ouer euery moneth suche as therevnto is appoynted As for example Aries hath dominion in Marche which is the first moneth accordynge to the computation of Astronomers Lykewyse Taurus in Aprill and so the rest consequently succedyng And although the foresayde signes singulerlye and appropriatlye haue their monethes speciallye assigned as is aforesayde Yet all these twelue signes in euery moneth at all tymes euerye day and houre euery moment minute of an houre do concurre in the nauitie of euery byrthe although not equallye yet accordyng to the moore or lesse And that signe whiche chiefely hath dominion in the natiuitie the same is the constellation of the Infant Moreouer the signe wherein the Infant is borne although it be not that signe which is appropriat to the moneth but some other yet it is easie to be knowen frō the signe perticularly appoynted to the sayde moneth Likewyse the sayde signes maye be taken two wayes not intierly but specially touchynge their partes and by acceptyng the same in suche perticular wise chiefely after the reconing of auncient Astronomers they be