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A01797 The knowledge of things vnkowne Apperteyning to astronomy, wyth necessary rules, and certayne speares contayned in the same. Compyled by Godfridus super palladium de agricultura Anglicatum.; This booke of astronomye Godfridus.; Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus. De re rustica. 1585 (1585) STC 11932; ESTC S121577 28,796 114

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long hatrell of the heade hee is meeke and loueable and he will doe eche thing to certayne space hee is more whyte then blacke and ofte tymes ryghte whyte and hee hath greate shoulders And who that is borne vnder Mercurious when he is not in his full power That is to saye From the fyrste hower of the daye to the nynth he is black and dry he hath crowded teeth and sharpe he hath a wound in his body wyth fyre he is scorged wyth wandes or smitten wyth a sword and men sayeth on him an euill name of euill tales and of manslaughter The Moones hower is ryght good and righte euill from the fourth day to the xvii it is good namelye to all those that are borne in it and from the xvii daye to the xx daye it is somewhat good but not so good from the xx day to the xxvii day it is euil namely to all those that are borne in it Who that hath this star in his Planet and borne therevnder when it is in full power he hath a playne face and pale sometyme lentigious and doeth his willes to men he hath somewhat seemely semblaunce and he is ryche he hath meane stature neyther to long nor to shorte he hath strayghte lyppes and hollowe eyen Who that is borne vnder this starre when it is not in full power he hath a strayghte face and drye and malicious he hath little teeth and Albugine that is to saye A whyte strike in the eare ¶ The nature and conditions which is found comprehended in man NAturally a man is hardye as the Lyon i. Prue and worthy as the Oxe ii Large and liberall as the Cocke iii. Auaricious as the Dogge iiii Hardy and swifte as the Harte v. Debonayre and true as the Turtle Doue vi Malicious as the Leopard vii Pryue and tame as the Doue viii Dolorous and guilefull as the fox ix Simple and milde as the Lambe x. Shrewde as the Ape xi Light as the Horse xii Softe and pittifull as the Beare xiii ¶ Deare and precyous as the Olyphant xiiii ¶ Good and holesome as the Vnycorne xv Vyle and slouthfull as the Asse xvi Fayre and prowd as the Pecock xvii Glotonous as the Wolfe xviii Enuyous as a Bytch xix Rebell and inobediente as the Nightingale xx Humble as the Pigyon xxi Fell and foolish as the Oustrich xxii Profytable as the Pysmyre xxiii Dissolute and Vacabounde as the Goate xxiiii Spitefull as the Phesaunt xxv Softe and meeke as the Chiken xxvi Moueable and varying as the Fyshe xxvii Lecherous as the Bore xxviii Stronge and puissaunte as the Camell xxix Traytour as the Mule xxx Aduysed as the Mouse xxxi Reasonable as an Aungell xxxii And therefore he is called the little world or else he is called all creatures for he doth take parte of all ¶ Here followeth the discription of the fower Elementes and of the iii. Complections I Doe thee to wyt that in ech man woman reygneth ech planet and euery signe of the Zodiack and euery prime qualities and euery Elemente and euery complection but not in euery lyke for in some men reigneth one more and in some reigneth another and therefore men be of dyuers manners wherfore good it is that we see shortely the kinde of those primes qualityes and so forth on the others ¶ Of the foure Prime qualities and what they are FOure Pryme qualityes there bee That is to saye moystenesse hotenesse dryenesse be two contraryes and therefore the may not nigh together wythout a meane for the hotenes on the one side bindeth them together coldnesse on the other syde Also hotenesse and coldenesse are two contraries and therefore they maye not nighe together wythout a meane for the moystenesse on the one syde byndeth them together And dryenesse on the other moystnes is cause of euery thick substaunce and of euery sweete taste And there agayne drynesse is cause of euery thin substaunce of euery soure stinking taste And also hotenesse is cause of enery red coulour and large quantitye There agayne coldenesse is cause of euery whyte coloure and little quantitye ¶ Combyne That is to saye knitte these fower Pryme qualityes alter these iiii combinacions that is to say knittinges and then they will holde iiii Elementes that is to saye The Ayre moyst and hote The Fyre hote and drye The earth drye and colde The Water colde and moyste The Ayre and the Earth are two contraryes and therefore they maye not nigh together but as Fyre byndes them on the one side betweene them And the water on the other syde betweene them Also Fyre and Water are two contraryes and therefore they maye not nigh together but as the Ayre betweene them byndes on the one syde And the Earth betweene byndeth them together on the otherside The Fyre is sharp subtill and moueable The Ayre is subtill moueable and corpulent and dull The Earth is corpulente and thycke The Water is moueable corpulente and dull The Earthe is corpulente dull and vnmoueable righte as an eggeshell Vingose a thinskin And that skin Vingose the whyte and in the middeste of the yolke is a little tender hole righte so the fyre Vyngose the Ayre ten times more and ten tymes Then the Ayre Vyngose the Water ten tymes more and ten tymes tymer then the Water The water Vyngose the Earth ten tymes more and ten tymes timer than the Earth In the hearte of the Earthe is the Senter of the worlde That is to saye the middeste poynte And in euery Senter is hell And there agayne aboute the Fyre are the starres and aboute them is heauen Christalin that is to saye waters of all blisse departed in ix ordes of Aungels then is Heauen in the higheste rownes and largest And there agayne is Hell in the lowest narowest and straightest Right as there be iiii Elementes so there bee fower Complections according in all manner qualityes to these fower Elementes The fyrst is Sanguine that is to say blood gendreth in the lyuers lymbe and lyke to the Ayre The second is Choler gendred in the Gall and lyke thereto And it is according to the Fyre The thyrde is Melancholye gendered in the mylte and lyke to the dregges of blood and it accordeth to the Earth The fourth is Flumes gendered in the Lunges lyke to galte and it accordeth to the water A Sanguyne man much may and much coueyteth for he is moyst and hote A Chollerycke man muche coueyteth and little maye for he is hote and drye A Melancholious man little may and little coueyteth for he is drye and colde A Flumaticke man little coueyteth and little may for he is colde and moyst A Sanguine man is large louing glade of cheare laughinge and ruddye of cloure stedfast fleshlye ryghte hardye mannerly gentle and well nourished A Choloricke man is guilefull false and wrathfull traytoures and right hardy quint small drye and black of coloure A Melancholyous man is enuyous sorry couetous harde and false holdining guilefull