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A65186	The court of curiositie wherein by the algebra and lot, the most intricate questions are resolved, and nocturnal dreams and visions explained according to the doctrine of the antients : to which is also added A treatise of physiognomy / published in French by Marck de Vulson ; translated into English by J.G.	Vulson, Marc de, sieur de La Colombière, d. 1665.; J. G., Gent.	1669 (1669)	Wing V751; ESTC R25181	107,667	247

will accomplish their designes See the Sun in a cloud signifies danger to the said great Persons See the Stars of Heaven signifies loss to the Emperor or your own Lord. See the Sun and Moon fall together is an ill signe See old Shooes signifies loss See your Cloathes burn'd is an ill signe See darkness signifies sin See a Flock of Birds signifies suits at Law See your self in black Cloaths signifies joy See Persons hanging on a Gibbet signifies dammage and great afflictions See many Serpents signifies that you will be deceiv'd by a Woman See old Folks is a bad signe Shoot in a Bow signifies honor Sing Hymne or Psalme signifies hindrance of business Study the Sciences signifies chearfulness T. To Dream that you TAke away a Mayd by force signifies poysoning Take away a Woman signifies change of place Take Bees signifies profit and gain Take Blood signifies a pain in the fundament Take Hold of ones nose signifies fornication Take hold of the Privy-members signifies that you have lost the faculty of procreation Take a Sparrow-hawke signifies gain Take your Cloaths to put them on signifies loss Talk with an Enemy signifies you must have a care of him Talk with your sonne signifies dammage Tame wild Beasts the same thing Tast sweet things signifies subtilty Trade in Swine or Lead signifies sickness Tread grapes signifies the overthrow of your Enemies U. To Dream that you UNcover or discover an Altar signifies joy Undo a Man signifies sadness W. To Dream that you WAlke apace or run signifies gain Walke in a Forrest signifies trouble Walke in a Garden signifies joy Walke upon holy Ground is a good signe Walke upon Thorns signifies the destruction of Enemies Walke when your feet are sore signifies fasting Walke with four-footed Beasts signifies sickness Wash your beard is sadness Wash your face signifies repentance of your sin Wash your feet signifies molestation and disturbance Wash your Hands signifies disquiet an vexation Wash your Head signifies deliverance from danger Wash your self in the Sea signifies loss and dammage Wear a Crown of gold upon your Head signifies wrangling or contention Wear or have a parti-coloured Crown signifies the temperature of the weather Worship God signifies joy Write on Paper signifies accusation Write on or read in Paper signifies News X. Y. Z. have nothing THis courteous Reader is all I can acquaint you with concerning Dreams making it my request that you would not pin your faith upon them so far as to create any disturbance within your self thereby It is said that Dreams for the most part are but fables and I often find this Proverb true and when you understand that meats are the cause that Dreams are good or bad joyful or sad pleasant or disturbing you will then be satisfied that they fall out as well by accident as necessity and consequently that you ought not wholly to depend upon them Those Dreams that may have a true event proceed from wise and sober Persons that are gifted with a settled mind and solid judgement for they that are of a contrary temper can have no Dream that deserves an interpretation or that can possibly happen The Affections and afflictions discompose the minde and have more power to make it extravagant Sleeping then waking Too large a quantity of Meat or Wine or the deprav'd quality infus'd into them by a thousand kind of sauces and ingredients which are added thereunto or otherwise not being taken at certain Hours all these things debilitate and stupifie the body disturb the minde and produce confus'd and extravagant Dreams which are altogether insignificant and which should rather oblige the wise Interpreters and Explainers of them to censure such Dreamers then to afford them any hope of good success So that you should judiciously discover the condition you are in when you Dream before you give credit thereunto A TREATISE OF PHYSIOGNOMIE Published in French By the Sieur Marck de Vulson Knight of the Order of S. Michael AND Translated into English By J. G. of the Inner Temple Gent. LONDON Printed by J. C. for William Crooke 1669. A TREATISE OF PHYSIOGNOMY THis Treatise must necessarily prove advantagious and beneficial not only because it concerns every individual person but also because there are few men of what quality or condition soever but are interested in things of this nature The Divine Philosopher Physician both of soul and body the good Christian in the regulating of his inclination the Gentleman that earnestly desires an honest and agreeable conversation may gather from hence something which may prove an additional advantage to him in his profession in fine every person may hereby attain to the knowledge of himself which is to be valued above all treasures and riches imaginable The Divine is here concern'd because that those extraordinary Agitations that are laid open to his view which anticipate reason do oppose virtue seduce the will and consequently are the chiefest causes of sin Wherefore the Doctor in Divinity that treats of our ultimate end and the means to obtain it ought necessarily to extend his knowledge to subjects of this nature The Philosophers both natural and moral are deeply concern'd and bend their minds to this subject The Natural Philosopher who contemplates on the Nature of Man enters into the discourse concerning their Actions without which it is impossible to attain the knowledge thereof The Moral Philosopher perswading men to Virtue and disswading them from Vice demonstrates how out disordered appetite ought to be curbed by the greatness of our resolution and moderation And I do here declare their nature and subtilty in what sort of people they are most vehement and in whom also moderate The devout Preacher that perfectly understands by these symptomes the age sex nature and property of those persons with whom he converseth may beyond all dispute create strange alterations in the minds of his Auditory I remember a Preacher in a famous City who had so great an influence upon the affections of his Auditors that he could at his pleasure draw abundance of tears from them and upon the change of his discourse convert their grief into joy The reason is this because that he himself being much addicted to that kind of passion and exquisite in the art of moving his Auditory thereunto he could perswade to whatsoever his phancy led him The same benefit may be made by all Orators as Ambassadours Lawyers Magistrates Captains and all others that would perswade a multitude Much might be said of this matter but I will touch it briefly elsewhere as also the remedies suitable to the defects we shall find or judge of by our art And as this Treatise is of great advantage to the Physician of the Soul it is no less to the Physician of the Body for there is no violent affection but creates some extraordinary alteration in one of the four humors of the Body And all Physicians agree in this that of all extrinsick causes of distempers one is and

that none of the most inconsiderable the violence of some extraordinary passion for although it hath unhing'd their brains as well as the Natural Philosophers to find out the cause how an operation lodged in the understanding can alter the body and move the humors from place to place yet they all concenter in this opinion that they are the product of a certain natural Sympathy and the subordination of one part to the other and that the Spirits and Humors treat their passions as Lords and Masters So that the Physician understanding what passion causeth the disease may very well inferre from thence what humor abounds and consequently what is to be purged what remedies to be applied and how it may for the future be prevented If all these Professions prae-mentioned have a share in this discourse the good Christian indisputably whose life is a war-fare upon earth he who makes it his chief study to extirpate vice and cultivate virtue he who pretends to be piloted by reason and not to be tyranniz'd over by any preposterous affection This person I say can better dive into and meditate upon this matter he can soon find out where these Serpents and Basilisks nestle which draw out the pretious blood of his soul he can discern where the thorn is fixed that pierceth his heart in fine he will find out his domestique enemies that always disturb his peace molest him in prosperity and debase him in adversity make him dissolute in pleasure and desperate in sorrow furious in passion trembling in fear and languishing in hope It was under such temptations as these that St. Paul did punish his body 1 Cor. 9.27 Castigo corpus meum in servitutem redigo I keep under my body and bring it into subjection These were the members that the Apostle exhorts us to mortifie here upon earth saying Mortificate membra vestra quae sunt super terram Seeing then how the life of a spiritual man ought to be employed in the expugnation of these importunate Jebusites doubtless it is a matter of great concernment for him to understand the nature of his enemies their stratagems and dayly incursions even to the chiefest Citadel of his Soul I mean the Spirit and Will Nor is the Christian alone concern'd in the exact knowledge of his passions but also the Gentleman and prudent Politician by prying into the nature and quality of his affections and restraining their irregular motions will be Master of a most complaisant deportment and presence and by this means may gentilely insinuate himself into the friendship of other men When he travels into forrain parts he may discover to what passion the people are most inclinable for as I have found by experience there is no Nation in Europe but hath some extraordinaay affection as Pride Anger Uncleanness Inconstancy Gluttony Drunkenness Idleness or some such passion It is a matter of great moment in society to understand the inclination of the company you associate with and that conversation cannot but be agreeable where the passions of the parties are moderated I will say nothing of Magistrates who may by Physiognomy understand the disposition and inclination of their Inferiors and Subjects But to close up all the subject of this Treatise I am upon comprehends the principal object which the ancient Philosophers ever aim'd at and wherein they placed the greatest part of their felicity that was Nosce teipsum Know thy self which knowledge consists in the exact experience that every man hath of himself in particular and an universal knowledge of men in general The way for a Man to know himself IT is very requisite and necessary that he that will take upon him to judge others should above all things truly understand his own inclination and by what passions his soul is most swayed for there is no man that enjoys the benefit of the common air but is more inclinable to one passion then another Now the means to attain to such a knowledge are these First a strict observation of your natural constitution for the cholerique are subject to impetuosity the melancholique to sadness the sanguine to pleasure and the Phlegmatique to sloth and drunkenness Then consider what company you most phancy they are the mirrour wherein you may take a survey of your own self for every individual person affects him that most resembles himself Of the Disposition of Nations THe Heart being the seat of our passions the spirits and humors concur assist and incline it to such operations Hence we may draw an undeniable and advantagious consequence that persons are subject to different passions according to the disposition of the heart body and the humors thereof and that the same passions affect divers persons variously for as we see fire prey upon iron wood powder or towe in a different manner for in wood it is kindled with some difficulty and not easily extinguished Tow is suddenly fir'd and as readily put out but Iron is heated with great difficulty and with as great difficulty quenched Gun-powder is catcht at in a moment and can never be put out but consumes So you will meet with some men that are not easily provok'd to anger and yet with much facility mov'd to mirth and such for the major part are Phlegmatick many English men are of this temper Others are suddenly passionate and appeas'd in a moment this is usual in the Sanguine and there are more French of this humor then of any other Nation Others are with much difficulty offended and ofterwards will hardly be reconcil'd The Italians and Spaniards are often found of this temper Some are all fire inflam'd in a moment and quit not their endeavours of revenge till their hearts are almost consum'd with anger This confirms the old Proverb Animi mores corporis temperamentum sequuntur The disposition of the soul follows the temperament of the body And as in diseases of the Body every wise man understands best his own grief so in distempers of the mind every one knows best his own inclination which the Virtuoso subjugates by his reason We may confidently and inoffensively conjecture by the testimony of approved Authors that the People and Nations which inhabit the several parts of this vast Universe have strange and opposite dispositions As the Northern Inhabitants are usually bigger stronger and fitter for labour than the Southern whose bodies are weaker but their spirits more subtile But you must understand that those of the middle Region who lye between the North and South are not subject to extream heat or cold and yet able to undergo both We will briefly discourse of every one in particular Of the Nature and constitution of the Southern People AS to their bodies they are cold and dry of a small or middle stature their eyes black and like the Northern people are strong and stout so that the weak constitution of these is supplied by the extraordinary indowments of the mind They are taxed with cruelty peruse the

gayety of others and being unaccustomed to do or say any thing at random and without designe they censure others by their own custome and by a superfluous kind of nicety observe the meanest gestures in the eyes and discourse of others thereby judging of their temper so that their constant agitation with suspicion and care is a sufficient Punishment for their fineness nay farther this is observable among them that they being reputed too vain their company is unpleasant for a man can never enter into an intimacy and freedom of familiarity with them because he always thinks they always stand sentinel and like vigilant Spies set over the actions of others intend to make an inspection into them Poysoning and Incontinencie of all sorts is very common in this Nation but above all they are inhumane in their revenge and the Highwaymen among them spare very few that they rob There is nothing so sublime but the Italian will attain to through the sharpness of his wit hence it frequently happens that many of them raise themselves by their Industry from the lowest degree of Poverty to the highest dignity of honor and riches for the obtaining whereof they spare no pains toile nor submission it self They have a spatious soul capacitated for State-affaires and sit for all sorts of fortune They are great Husbands that foresee events afar off They subscribe to no Nations for Learning and in general it may be affirm'd that you cannot find elsewhere greater or more sanctified Virtues nor more Villanous and horrid Vices Of the Disposition of the Spaniard THe Spaniards always and constantly retain the habits and disposition of their Ancestors they are robust and patiently undergo labor not that laboriousness that is exercis'd in Husbandry nor in Arts or Trades but that which is proper in War as Vigilancy Hunger Thirst Cold Heat in a word the observation of Military Discipline for they being conceited with what they once have in expectancie judge that the chiefest part of Virtue consists in the flighting evil and danger They are proud and ambitious nor are they hurried on to several designes with violence and know as well how to overcome as improve a victory They being also opinionative in all sorts of danger neither the Time nor Enemy can overcome them and it is a business of no small difficulty to stagger their resolution to which they seem to be suited both by nature and discourse but the words with which they magnify themselves and their own Nation nay their very countenance which agrees with their swelling expressions are unwelcome to the Hearers and their conversation is odious to those that are of an ingenuous temper They are better in company then single They love to be well accoutred and boast of their Apparel being very niggardly in other things and abstinent in eating and drinking full of Rodomontado's especially to those that either stand in awe of them or indulge their humor Their frugality and sobriety is wonderful not only in Spain where it is extreme hot but in all parts where they live at their own proper expense then a small quantity of bread and a little salad will satisfie them but when they are at another mans Table they feed as if they had a Legion in their belly ravenously and gluttonously Besides Indigencie is no Allay to their Pride for you may find among them some rascally Coblers that bear as much saile and are bladder'd up more then Persons in the highest degree of honor among other Nations Nevertheless many of them have more ostentation then reality They for the generality contenting themselves with pitiful pay in some Garrison where they miserably pass away their days They are inwardly close and move slowly in all business are fit to attend upon and execute long-winded designes They can suit themselves either to Peace or War as the times require and usually overcome by the Assistance of their silver by which means they have triumph'd over the most invincible Nations and it is very customary with them to make use of the pretext of Religion to promote what they undertake or procure reverence to themselves They Cloak their avarice with the veil of God's Worship and yet have such prodigious success in all their attempts as if they only fought the Battels of the Almighty Now that which is most commendable in this Nation is that in so great a scarcity of Men they yet keep under their Subjection by their great prudence so many large Provinces that are so far distant one from another There is nothing idle or impertiment in their discourse but a conversation agreeable to ingenious spirits that are capable of all things When they begin to treat or enter into friendship with a person there is nothing so charming and you must entertain them at the same rate but if they once through Pride come to extol themselves it lies on your part to give them an equal return If fortune hath subjected you to their discretion you must be humble and submissive and prodigal in commendation of them and their Country and as they are liberal in their promises so you must not scruple to give them a verbal engagement though beyond your ability to get out of their custody Of the Ages of Man PHysicians affirme that there are certain universal Causes which incline our bodies to divers infirmities in like manner there are general Causes which lead our minds into divers passions First the Youthfull are naturally Arrogant Prodigal Incontinent Wilful Active in the accomplishment of their desires Mutable soon satisfied nay surfeted with pleasure soon displeas'd but not very malitious are very credulous full of hope follow outward appearance and vanity more then that which is profitable soon mov'd to compassion their boasting proceeds from the want of experience for they will glory in their strength and the beauty of body and mind because they have not yet made a sufficient essay of what they can attain unto nor are sensible of their own imbecility which is the reason they have a better conceit of themselves then in truth they ought to have Their prodigality is the off-spring of the cofidence of their strength and ability by which means they think they shall be greater gainers Their Incontinencie Audacity and Confidence proceeds from the heat abounding in them and those that are of a hotter constitution are more subject to these Affections they are very inconstant and seldome continue in one mind which partly proceeds as I conceive from the various alterations in their Bodies which easily work a change upon their desires and partly also for want of mature resolution and solid judgement because as they usually change their opinions so do they alter their determinations Old Men are quite contrary for because they have been deceiv'd they assure themselves of nothing promise nothing are dubious in all things take all in the worst sense and never represent any thing to themselves but what is evil are suspitious and