signifies dammage Heare Beasts signifies gain Heare Bels ring signifies disgrace and trouble Heare Birds chirpe is a good signe Heare Clocks strike signifies infamie Heare a Cock crow signifies prosperity Heare Dogs barke and to be disturb'd thereat signifies the overthrow of Enemies Heare Hens cackle or that you catch them signifies joy Heare a Raven croake signifies sadness Heare a Shaking signifies deceit which will happen to the Dreamer in the place where he dreams Heare the sound of Organs signifies joy Heare or see Thunder signifies injurious language by the evil tongues of envious persons Heare your Wife scold signifies great torment I. To Dream that you IMbarque in a small Vessel signifies sickness K. To Dream that you KIll a Man signifies assuredness of business Kill your Father is a bad signe Kiss a Person signifies loss Kiss a Person deceased signifies long life L. To Dream that you LOok upon your Hands signifies sickness Lose your Eyes signifies the death of some good Friend Lose your Keys signifies anger Lose your Teeth signifies honor Lose your Teeth signifies also the death of some near relation or intimate Friend Lie with a Whore signifies certainty in dispatch of business Lie with your Mother the same M. To Dream that you MAke Candles signifies rejoycing Make a Breach signifies molestation Make an Ointment signifies vexation and trouble Make your Will is a bad signe Manage business of great concernment signifies obstruction Marry your Sisters signifies danger Marry a Wife signifies loss Marry signifies dammage and sometime death N. and O. have nothing P. To Dream that you PLay with a Dog is a good signe Pluck the Hair off of your Head signifies loss of Friends Put up prayers and supplications to God signifies happiness Q. hath nothing R. To Dream that you REceive audience of the King signifies gain Receive a gift of the King or some Prince signifies great joy Receive obstruction by an Adversary signifies Expedition of business Ride on a white gray or dappled Nag signifies prosperity S. To Dream that you SAil in a Ship or you see Ships sailing is a good signe See an Asse signifies malice See an Asse sitting upon his Crupper signifies laboriousness See the Air serene is great gain See the Air cloudy signifies expedition of business See Ants signifies contention See Trees or are climbing them signifies future honor See withered Trees signifies deceit See Trees bearing fruit signifies gain and profit See Trees without blossome signifies expedition of business See Silver eaten signifies great advantage See Candles burning signifies anger or contention See Candles that are not lighted signifies a reward for something you have done See Ravens flying signifies complaint and sadness See burning Coals signifies shame and reproach See dead Coals signifies expedition of business See a Crosse carried along signifies sadness See Cream spilt upon you signifies the infusion of some grace by the Holy-Ghost See a Raven fly over you signifies danger and dammage See white Horses signifies joy See black Horses signifies sadness See Horses Pace signifies mirth See red or rone-color'd Horse signifies prosperity See Horses of several colors signifies expedition of business See a Gelding signifies accusation See a Horse mount signifies prosperity See Dragons signifies gain See Fire fall from Heaven signifies strange things that will ensue See armed Men is a good signe See Men in armes come against you signifies sadness See armed Men fly is a signe of Victory See your Beard dry signifies joy See your Beard pull'd up by the roots signifies great danger See the Moon Pale is joyfulness See the Moon fall from the Firmament signifies sickness See the Moon decrease signifies the death of some Prince or great Lord. See the Moon died with blood signifies travel or pilgrimage See the Moon darkned signifies sadness See the new Moon signifies expedition of business See two Moons appeare is increase of honor See Ships full fraighted with goods signifies prosperity See Ships indanger'd by a Tempest signifies peril See a troubled River signifies annoy and discontent See a River flow into your House signifies plenty of riches See a River flow out of your House signifies that your life is in danger or some loss that will accrew by injury done to you See a clear River glide along signifies security See the King or Queen signifies honor and joy See red Roses signifies joy and recreation See your self become a Husbandman signifies great toil See your self hurt with iron signifies dammage See your self fight with the Devil signifies gain See your self turn'd Woman signifies sickness See your self turn'd into a Hen signifies disquiet See your self sitting or lying in a Church signifies change of apparel See your self chang'd into a Tree signifies joy and profit See your self sick signifies sadness or imprisonment See your Picture drawn signifies long life See your self in a Bath signifies anguish See your self thrown into a Fire signifies sickness or violent heat occasion'd by a feaver See an Eagle fly over your head signifies honor See Birds fighting signifies adversity See Birds fly over your head signifies prejudice by Enemies See black-Birds signifies tribulation See a swarme of Flies signifies Enemies and unreasonable persons that will scandalize you See a Lamb or young Kid signifies extraordinary comfort See fire burning signifies a deluge or change of place See one command signifies anger and authority See fat Oxen signifies a fruitfull year See lean Oxen signifies scarcity of provisions and famine See Oxen plowing in the field signifies gain See black Oxen signifies danger See Oxen go to water is a bad signe See Mayds that are singing signifies weeping See the Beam of a house fall signifies the death of some Grandee See the top of your house burn signifies the death of your Lord Wife or Friends Wife See Tapistry or Pictures signifies treachery deceit and cozenage See a Giant or a large siz'd Person is a good signe See the body of our Lord signifies honor See Shee-goats or Wolves signifies that you will be rob'd See one beheaded signifies sickness See the Meat you have eaten signifies loss See a comely countenance unlike your own signifies honor See a black Face signifies long life See a Fountain spring up in your house signifies honor and profit See Fountains or beleeve that you are inchanted signifies sadness See Children born signifies dammage See an Oven burning hot signifies change of place See your deceased Brothers and Sisters signifies long life See a Woman naked signifies the death of some person See your Mother living signifies joy See her dead signifies misfortune See your Friends or Relations dead signifies joy See Breasts full of milk signifies profit See a Hen with her chickens signifies dammage See a Hen lay eggs signifies gain See a Bed well furnished signifies joy See broken Eggs is an ill signe See it rain signifies great riches See live-Fish is an all signe See fishing Nets signifies rain See the Sun clear signifies assuredness among great Persons who
analogous to the four Elements afterwards we shall mention Dreams of things animal and consequently of the Coelestial Of the FIRE WHen a man Dreams he sees Fire that signifies the issue of his choler and ordinarily they that Dream of Fire are active cholerick and furious A Man that Dreams he is burnt by Fire that prognosticates a violent Fever He that Dreams he sees a moderate Fire in his chimney without smoak or the crackling of sparks it signifies that he which Dream'd is in perfect health and that his inclination swayes him to that which is good and rational sometimes also it signifies riches some are of opinion that it denotes a feast or rejoycing among relations and friends On the contrary when one Dreams that he sees a great sparkling Fire with much smoak that signifies anger debates or some bad news which he that Dreams will soon be sensible of When one Dreams of seeing a Fire extinguished that signifies indigence necessity ill fortune and want of money and if any distemper'd person Dreams that the Fire is put out that praesageth his death When one Dreams that he sees a clear shining lighted candle upon a table or cabinet that is a good signe to the Sick it denotes recovery and health and if he that Dreams be unmarried it signifies that he will speedily marry that he will have success and prosper in his undertakings and that he will gain credit the same interpretation may be made of a Lanthorn or flaming Torch He that Dreams he sees a Candle Lanthorns or Torch extinguished or darkned that signifies unto him sadness sickness and poverty He that Dreams he is in a Ship and sees a clear light afar off shall be assured of a faiâ— wind shall receive no dammage by tempests and shall arrive happily at the Haven When one Dreams in the night that he holds a burning Light or Torch in his hand it is a good signe and chiefly to those that are young for it signifies that they shall enjoy their loves accomplish their designes overcome their Enemies and gain honor and good-will from all persons To Dream you see a burning Light in thâ— hands of another signifies that the mischief donâ—â— will be discovered and the party punished and that there will be no possibility of excusing oâ— concealing it When the light is extinguished it signifies the contrary When one Dreams that he sees one or more houses burning with a clear pure Fire that is not violent nor sparkling and that those houseâ— are neither consum'd nor destroy'd that signifies to the necessitous goods riches and Inheritances to the rich it praesageth honors charges and dignity But if you spie them burning with a smoaky violent or sparkling Fire and that they seem to fall and be consum'd that denotes the contrary viz. adversity trouble Law-suits shame misfortune and death to the Dreamer Queen Hecuba wife to King Priam being with child of her Son Paris Dream'd that shee went with a burning Torch that would consume the City or Troy which was a prognostick of the ruine of her Empire of her own and the death of all her relations When a man Dreams that his bed is on Fire and that he perisheth that signifies dammage sickness or death to his wife and if the wife Dreams it the same may happen to her Husband When one Dreams that he sees Tapestry or other moveables of a Hall burning and that they are comsum'd that prognosticates dammage or death to the Master of the House When one phancies in a Dream that he sees the Cabinet or Cupboard that belongs to the Mistris if the House burning that signifies sickness or death to her If one Dreams that the Kitchen is one Fire that denotes death to the Cook the men or maid-servants or one of them When a man beleeves the shop is on Fire and that it is consum'd by the Fire that signifies loss of Goods and Possessions If one Dreams that he sees the out-windows of the fore-part of the house burning and that they are consum'd that signifies the death of Brethren if they are those of the back-part it is the death of Sisters or of one of them When one Dreams that the Gates burn and are consum'd that signifies death to the Mistris of the House and somtimes to him that Dreams If one beleeves he sees the Bed-posts on Fire without being consum'd that signifies good fortune to the male-Children as Euripides the Philosopher testifies To see the top of the House on Fire and consum'd denotes loss of Goods Law-suits oâ— the Master of the house his Friends If one Dreams that he kindles a Fire and that it burns immediately without trouble or a candle or Torch that signifies that the Children begotten will be fortunate and honor their Mother If a Woman Dreams that shee kindles or lights the Fire it is a signe shee is with child and that shee will be safely deliver'd of a fortunate child whether it be a Boy or a Girl When one Dreams of kindling a Fire with much ado and that it extinguisheth presently it denotes dammage and dishonor to the wife and he that Dreams who often proves the cause of it He that Dreams he sees a Castle quite burn'd down and consum'd it signifies damage sickness or death to the Master thereof and he thaâ— Dreams a City is on Fire and consum'd that denotes famine war or pestilence to the said City He that Dreams he sees a man publickly burn'd it signifies loss in merchandizing oâ— sickness He that Dreams he sees his cloathes burn'd and consum'd it signifies vexation injury reproach overthrowing at Law and loss of friends He that Dreams he sees a stack of corn burn'd and consum'd it signifies famine and mortality but if it consumes not it denotes fertility and great riches to him that Dreams He that Dreams he sees himself burning in the Fire and suffers pain thereby it signifies envy displeasure choler and debates He that Dreams he holds a Torch made of straw and carries it in publick it signifies joy honor and the safe management of Affairs He that Dreams he burns his finger it signifies envy and sin Of the AIR THey that Dream they see the Air clear and serene shall be belov'd and esteem ' by all persons and those that are their enemies and envy them shall be reconcil'd into them According to the observation of Physicians they judge the person to be sanguine and full of blood that is accustom'd to Dream of the Air. Some eniment Authors affirme that to Dream of seeing the Air clear and free from clouds it signifies that the theft or thing lost shall be discovered and that one shall overcome his Enemies that he shall overthrow at Law be respected and esteem'd by all and that he shall make a successful voyage or journy if he be upon any such designe in brief all good things are denoted by a clear and serene Air. But on the contrary if one Dreams that the Airs is cloudy dark
and troubled that signifies sadness sickness melancholy and obstruction of business in short such a Dream signifies the contrary of what is before signified by a pure and clear Air. When one Dreams he is in a calme Air that signifies that his life and manners shall be good peaceable and acceptable to all company and that the businesses and voyages or journies he undertakes shall succeed according to his desire If one Dreams he sees a soft showre without storme tempest or great winds that signifies to Labourers gain and profit and quite contrary to Merchants it denotes obstruction loss and spoile of their Merchandizes and the same to Artisans and Mechanicks Dreams of great and long continuing rain hail tempests and thunder signifie afflictions troubles dangers losses and peril to the poorer sort they signifie repose for during the storme they are shut up and at rest When one Dreames of Ice and Snow in winter that hath no signification for the spirit represents to the memory the cold of the praeceding day but if it be in another season that denotes a good Harvest to Husbandmen and that the earth will abound in all things To Merchants and other men of employment it signifies hindrance in their negotiations and voyages and to soldiers that their designes will be frustrated To Dream of hail signifies sorrow and trouble Yet it signifies also that the most hidden secrets shall be reveal'd and made known To Dream you see a thunderbolt fall near you without a tempest signifies that he that Dreams shall be constrain'd to fly or quit his country and dwell elsewhere and this is understood particularly of Grandees If one Dreams that thunder falls upon his head or on the houses that signifies loss of life and Goods Of the Coelestial Fire TO Dream one sees a moderate pure and shining Fire in the Heavens signifies the menaces of some Prince or great Lord. To Dream one sees a great Fire in the Heavens signifies an assault by Enemies poverty desolation and famine and on what part soever the Fire falls from Heaven that denotes that the evil or Enemies will proceed from thence and if we Dream that the said Fire flies and descends on all parts that is still worse To Dream you see burning Lights or Torches branches and trees on Fire descending from Heaven it signifies Warres Quarrelling Sterility as also danger to him that Dreams that he shall be violently hurt in the head that he shall be beheaded or have his brains beaten out by a fortuitous chance or some strange accident Of the WATER THey that Dream they frequently see others or do often dip themselves in the Water according to the Naturalists are of a phlegmatick constitution and subject to defluxions and catarrhes To dream that you see River-water clear and calme praesageth good to all persons and principally to Travellers Lawyers and Judges To Dream one sees River-water troubled signifies that one shall be threatned by some great Lord or out of his Masters favor and that Lawyers shall be in great trouble and subject to censure To Dream of being in an impetuous River and not to escape signifies danger to the person of him that Dreams sickness caused by defluxions and delatory Law-suits To Dream of swimming in a great River signifies future peril and danger To Dream you see a clear River run by your Chamber praesageth the arrival of some rich and liberal person who will advantage the Dreamers but if the Water be troubled and that it seem'd to spoile the moveables of the Chamber then that signifies to those of the family violence quarrels and disorder occasioned by Enemies A rich man that Dreams he sees a rivulet of clear Water run by his house will be suddenly chosen into some charge or office in which he shall receive honor joy and profit and will prove a refuge and Asylum to the oppressed To Dream you see a rivulet that is troubled signifies loss and dammage by Fire Law-suits and Enemies It is a good signe to dream you see a Pit full of fair Water in a field where there is none at all for he that Dreams will be a thriving man and suddenly married if he be not so already and will have good and obedient Children To Dream you see a Pit whose Water overflowes the banks that praedicts loss of substance the death of Wife and Children and if the Wife have the same Dream that denotes her death or the loss of her substance To Dream that you see a little Pond signifies that you will enjoy the love of a beautiful woman and the same if a woman Dreams it shee shall have her desires accomplished To Dream that you are in Boat upon a River Lake or Pond of clear Water that is very good and signifies joy prosperity and success in affaires If a sick Person Dreams that he sees a River or Fountain of clear running Water that praesageth his recovery but if the water be troubled and muddy it signifies the contrary If a young Man Dreams he draws Water out of a clear Well that signifies he will be speedily married to a fair Mayd that will bring him a portion if the Water be troubled he will be disturb'd by her and suddenly fall sick If he seems to give others clear Well-water to drink by this Mayd's means he will enrich or afflict them if the Water be troubled If any one thinks that his River Pond or Fountain is dried up that signifies poverty or death If any one Dreams that he sees Water flow from a place where there is no possibility it should come that signifies care torment and affliction If he imagine that he hath taken up some of that Water the mischief will be of a longer continuance according to the quantity he hath drawn if it seems to him that it is dried up and gone the misfortune will also be at an end He that Dreams he drinks warm Water is in danger of receiving praejudice by an offended Enemy and the party will be afflicted more or less according to the degree of the heat of the Water for as fresh Water is a good so hot or boyling Water is a bad signe When one Dreams he sees a Bath that signifies affliction or grief If a person Dreams he goes into a Bath and that he finds it too hot he will be troubled and afflicted by those that belong to his family which trouble will be proportionable to the heat of the Water in the Bath whether more or less If it seems to him that he hath only pul'd off hiâ— cloaths without going into the Bath he wilâ— have some disturbance but of no long continuance If one Dreams he goes into an extreme colâ— Bath the same signification is to be given of it as when it is too hot But if it be temperate and as it ought to be it is a good Dream praesaging prosperity pleasure joy and health If one Dreams he hath carried Water in a garment linnen cloth or any
amity joy prosperity abundance and good success in his enterprises Of Pot-herbs and those that are Medicinal IF any one Dreams that he eats or smells of such Roots as have a strong smell as Radishes Garlick Onions Leeks and the like that signifies a discovery of hidden secrets and domestick jarres To Dream that one eats Herbs of which Salads are made as Lettice Sorrel Porslane and others that may be eaten raw that signifies trouble and difficulty in the management of affairs Ta Dream of eating medicinal Herbs as Beets Mallows Bourage and the like signifies freedom from trouble and expedition of business because they make the body soluble To Dream of eating Coleworts signifies vexation The French Navew-gentle and Cowcumbers denote vain hope Some are of opinion that when sick persons Dream of melons or cowcumbers that it is a prognostick of recovery by reason of their humidity Of Corn and other Grain TO Dream that you see Corne ear'd and that you gather it signifies profit and riches To Dream you see stacks of Corne signifies profit and abundance to the Dreamer and on the contrary to see a small quantity signifies famine and necessity To Dream of eating white-bread made of wheat signifies profit to the rich and dammage to the poor and on the contrary to Dream of eating course-bread denotes to the poor profit and gain to the rich losses To Dream of eating barly-bread signifies health and content To Dream of eating broth is a good signe and signifies profit and gain To Dream that one sees a barn stor'd with corn signifies either that you shall marry a rich wife overthrow your adversary at Law that you shall inherite Land or grow rich by trading or gifts it signifies also banqueting or merry-making To Dream of eating pease well boyl'd denotes good success and expedition of business To Dream of eating Beans signifies trouble and dissention To Dream of Lentils signifies corruption of Rice denotes abundance or obstruction The Millet signifies poverty and indigence To Dream you see or eat Mustard-seed that is a bad signe unless it be to Physicians to whom such dreams are advantageous Of Trees and their Fruit. TO Dream that one sees a stately Oake signifies riches profit and long life To Dream you see an Olive-tree with Olives denotes peace delight concord liberty dignity and fruition of your desires To Dream of gathering Olives off of the ground signifies labor and pains To Dream you see a Laurel-tree is a token of victory and pleasure and if you be married it denotes the inheritance of possessions by your wife To Dream you see a Cypress-tree that denotes death affliction and obstruction in business To Dream you see a Pine Medler or Service-tree signifies idleness and remisness To Dream you see Apple-trees and eat sweet Apples signifies joy pleasure and recreation especially to women and maids sowre Apples denotes contention and sedition To Dream that one sees and eats Almonds Wall-nuts and Hazle-nuts signifies difficultie and trouble To Dream that you see Figs in season signifies joy and pleasure and out of season the contrary To Dream you see a Vine signifies abundance riches and fertility for which we have the example of Astyages King of the Medes who dream'd that his Daughter brought forth a Vine which was a prognostick of the grandeur riches and felicity of Cyrus who was borne of his Daughter after this Dream To Dream of eating ripe Grapes at any time signifies chearfulness and profit To Dream that one sees or eats Oranges signifies wounds grief and vexation those that are ripe signifie the same thing Peaches bastard-Peaches Apricocks their and such kind of Fruit in season denotes to him that Dreams he sees or eats them content health and pleasure but if you seem to eat them out of season they signifie vain hopes and bad success in business To see or eat ripe Pears signifies joy or pleasure if they are soure or wild the contrary If one Dreams he sees a Mulberry-tree that signifies fertility abundance of goods and Children To Dream you see Nut-trees Almond-trees and that you eat their Fruit signifies riches and content gain'd with labor and pains to dream that you find Nuts that have been hid signifies you will find some treasure To Dream you see all sorts of trees very green or blossoming is a signe of joy comfort and recreation but if you dream they are dry or without leaves rooted up burn'd on thunder-struck that denotes annoy fear displeasure and grief If one Dreams that he hath gathered the Fruit of some Old-tree that prognosticates you will be heir to some antient persons If one Dreams that he hath gathered the Fruit of a Pomegranate-tree he shall be inriched by some rich person but if the Pome-granates bâ— not ripe that denotes sickness or affliction bâ— some persons that are wickedly dispos'd If any one Dreams that the Fruit he hatâ— gathered is rotten that signifies adversity or loâ—â— of Children If one Dreams that he climbs a great Tree hâ— shall be promoted to some honor or dignity anâ— have the command over other persons And when any one Dreams that he is fallâ—â— from a Tree and that he hath been scratch'd bâ— Thorns or otherwise prejudic'd that signifieâ— he shall lose his Offices and be out of favor witâ— Grandees Of the sensitive Creature under which Birds creeping things and fourfooted Beasts are compris'd TO Dream you see an Eagle in some higâ— place that is a good signe to those thaâ— undertake some weighty business and especially to Soldiers If one Dreams that an Eagle lights upon hiâ— head it signifies death to the Dreamer and thâ—â— same if he dreams he is carried into the air by an Eagle If a Woman Dreams that she brings forth an Eagle that foretels that the Child she goâ—â— withall will be a great person and that he will have many under his command If one Dreams he sees a dead Eagle that signifies death to great Peers and profit to the poor To Dream you see Birds of prey or faulconry to the rich it signifies increase riches and honor and to the poor the quite contrary If any one Dreams he sees a Raven it presages mischief and chiefly to the Husband who will be discontented by his adulterous Wife and if the woman dreams it prognosticates affliction occasion'd by the Husband who will forsake her to Court others To Dream you see a Crow signifies expedition of business To Dream you see a Stare or Starling signifies some small discontent To Dream you see Pigeons is a good signe to wit that you shall have delight and content at home and success in affairs abroad To Dream you see Cranes or Storks in flocks in the air that foretels the approach of Enemies and Theeves In winter it signifies bad weather To Dream you see two Storks together signifies marriage and procreation of good and helpful Children to their parents To see a Swan signifies joy revealing of secrets and health to the Dreamer but
if it sings it foretels death To Dream of a Swallow signifies that a man shall have a discreet wife and according to the opinion of some good news and good luck to the house wherein they build their nests The Nightingale signifies the same thing To Dream of seeing Bees signifies profit to Country-people and trouble to the Rich yet if they dream they make their honey in any part of the House or Tenement that signifies dignity eloquence and good success in business If you Dream that you are stung by a Bee and especially by Wasps that signifies vexation and trouble occasion'd by envious persons To Dream you see many Birds signifies Assemblies and suits at Law To see or hear a Cock crow signifies joy and prosperity To see two Cocks fighting denotes quarrels and fighting To Dream you see a Peacock is a signe you marry a handsom wife that you grow rich be in great honor and belov'd by the King and Grandees To Dream of a Hen and her Chickens signifies loss and dammage To Dream that a Capon or Hen crows signifies sadness and trouble To see Patridges is a signe that a man shall have to do with women that are malitious ingrateful and void of conscience Quailes signifie bad news at Sea Debates Quarrels Pyracy Ambuscadoes and Treachery All sorts of Grashoppers signifie impertinent praters bad Musicians and also poor people that steal about the Country If a distempered person Dreams it it foretels no good All sorts of Night-birds as the Owlet great Owle Bittor and Bat are a bad Omen and those that dream of such Birds must undertake no business that day To Dream of Eggs signifies gain and profit but if there be a great number of them it denotes care and Law-suits Dreams of things Animal TO see Dragon is a signe you shall see some great Lord your Master or a Magistrate It signifies also riches and treasures To Dream you see a Serpent turning and winding himself signifies danger and imprisonment It denotes also sickness and hatred To Dream you see a Serpent it signifies you will be deceiv'd by your wife To Dream that you kill a Serpent is a signe you will overcome your Enemies and those that envy you To Dream you see Scorpions Basilisks Lizards the Scolopendra or Caterpillers signifies ill luck and misfortune by secret Enemies To Dream of Earth-worms signifies Enemies that endeavour to ruinate and destroy us If any one Dreams he sees and catcheth large Fish it signifies gain and prosit according to the quantity he takes if the Fish are small it signifies sadness To Dream you see Fish of divers colors to the sick it signifies poyson and to those in health injuries contention and grief To Dream you eat great Fish signifies defluxions catarrhes and melancholy To Dream you see fishing-nets signifies rain or change of weather To see or find dead Fish in the Sea signifies vain hope A Woman with child that dreams shee is delivered of a Fish in stead of a Child shall according to the opinion of the Antients be deliverâ—â— of a dead or short-liv'd Child Frogs signifie flatterers indiscreet and ignoranâ— Bablers Of four-footed Beasts IF you Dream you see a Lion that signifies discourse with the King or some great Captain or other valiant Warrior If any one Dreams he combats with a Lion that signifies a quarrel and that he shall engagâ— with some resolute Adversary and if he dream'â— he came off Victorious he shall be inevitably so If one Dreams that he is carried on the back 〈◊〉 a Lion that signifies protection from the King or some great Prince If one Dreams that he is afraid of a Lion iâ— signifies that he shall be sensible of the King's anger and if the party that dreams be of the blood Royall some danger upon the King's accompâ—â— threatens him but however he shall be freed because the Lion only strook him with fear If any one Dreams that he hath eaten Lion'â— flesh the King will enrich him and bestow honor and power upon him If any one Dreams that he hath found the skin Liver or marrow of a Lion if he that dream'd be a King he will find the treasures of his Enemies if he be a vulgar person he will suddenly grow rich If a King Dreams that a Lion is brought to him bound he will take some great Enemy of his If he Phancies that he hath a tame Lioness in his Palace with her young ones if signifies that the Queen and his Children will be a great comfort to him during his life and succeed him after his death The Dream of Olympia Alexanders Mother The Queen Olympia being big with Alexander the Great Dream'd that King Philip her Husband had seal'd up her womb with a seal ingraven with a Lion which did prognosticate the valor magnimity and conquests of the said Alexander Of the Leopard Dreams of Leopards have the same interpretation as those of Lions only that they are more subtle and malitious then the Lion who is always generous Of the Elephant If one Dreams he sees an Elephant that according to Artemidorus signifies fear and danger and according to Albumazar it signifies the party to be a rich man for he saith if any one dreams he is carried on an Elephant he shall enjoy the Estate of some great Prince or Lord. And on the contrary Artemidorus saith that he was acquainted with a rich and healthful woman in Italy that dream'd shee rode on an Elephant and that shee died shortly after If one Dreams that he gives an Elephant any thing to eat or drink it is a signe he shall wait upon some great Lord to his advantage Of the Bear If one Dreams that he hath seen a Bear that signifies a rich puissant inexpert cruel and audacious Enemy Of the Wolf The Wolf signifies an avaritious cruel and disloyal person in so much that if any one dreams he hath overcome a Wolf he will conquer an Enemy that hath the same qualities and quite contrary if he hath been bitten by 〈◊〉 Wolf he shall receive prejudice by a cruel and disloyal Enemy The Wolf also signifies the year Of the Fox If one Dreams that he fights with a Fox hâ— shall be engaged with a wary crafty adversary If one Dreams he hath a tame Fox the interpretation is the same with the former If one Dreams that he hath a tame Fox aâ— home he shall love some ill-natur'd woman by whom he will be bewitcht or some domestick that will cajole his Master by his subtility White Wolves Pole-cats Weezels and Squirrels signifie the same thing with little or 〈◊〉 difference Of the wild Boars The wild Boar signifies a pitiless and furious Enemy well furnished with all things necessary If any one Dreams he hath hunted or taken 〈◊〉 wild Boar he will chace or take some Enemy that hath the same qualities as the wild Boar. If any one Dreams he hath the head of a wilâ— Boar brought him newly taken by hunting
that predicts that he will soone obtain his desire o◠his most powerfull Enemy Of Swine Swine denote idle and lazy persons who live◠doing nothing who during their nasty idleness think of nothing but how to prey upon othe◠folks goods that they may live at ease They signifie also covetous persons who are no way useful in their generation wilst they live and advance their Heirs after their decease Of the Dog Dogs denote fidelity courage and affection when we dream of such as belong to us but if we dream of those that belong to strangers it signifies infamous Enemies To Dream that a Dog barks and tears our garments that signifies some enemy of mean condition slanders us or endeavours to deprive us of our livelihood If a King or Prince Dreams that several Dogs are brought him out of divers countries that signifies that he shall list several Soldiers to fight against his Enemies for the Indians and Persians have always taken the Dog for an army when Kings dream Of the Cat. The Cat signifies a cunning Thief so that if any one dreams he hath encountred a Cat or that he hath kill'd one he will commit a Thief to prison and prosecute him to death If he Phancies that he eat Cats-flesh he will have the goods of the Thief that rob'd him if he dreams he hath the skin then he will enjoy all the Thieves goods If any one Dreams he fought with a Cat that scratch'd him sorely that signifies sicknes or affliction Of the Ape All sorts of Apes or Monkeys signifie malicious weak strange and secret Enemies Of the Hart and fallow Dear If any one Dreams he hath kil'd a Hart and that he had the head or skin that signifies he will inherit the Estate of some old man or that he shall overcome fugitive deceitful timorous and irresolute Enemies Fallow Dear have almost the same signification Sheep shee-Goats Cows and Horses To Dream you see or have many Sheep Weathers Shee-goats Cows and Horses signifies wealth and plenty Cows in Scripture signifie the years The Ram If any one Dreams that he hath been run at by a Ram it is a signe he shall be afflicted or checked by his soveraign Prince Of the Asse The Asse denotes a good Servant or Slave that is profitable to his Master it signifies also a foolish and ignorant person Of the Mule The Mule signifies malice and foolish imaginations Artemidorus saith it signifies sickness to him that dreams he saw one Of the Ox and the Bull. The Ox signifies a profitable Servant to his Master and the subject brought under the yoak of obedience As for the Bull he signifies some great persons so that if any one Dreams that he received hurt prejudice or good by a Bull assuredly he will receive it from some great Lords Of the Horse The Horse is a good signe insomuch that if any one dreams he saw took or mounted a Horse that is a happy omen to the Dreamer If any one Dreams that he is mounted on a stately Horse nimble full of metal and well harness'd he will have a handsom noble and rich Wife provided the Horse be his own if it belongs to another he will receive comfort Estate and honor by some Woman that is a stranger If any one Dreams he is mounted on a Horse or Mare and that he pass'd a place without making his Horse resty by mounting he shall gain honor dignity and fame If any one Dreams he rides upon a Horse that hath a great and long tail it is a signe he will find many friends to assist him in his undertakings Some say that it Promiseth him a noble Woman by whose means he will be successful in his affairs proportionably to the greatness of the taile And quite contrary if he thinks his Horses tail is cut then his Friends Servants or Soldiers will fail him when he stands in most need of them If his Horse halt he will meet with obstruction in his designes If any one Dreams that another rides his Horse without his consent it signifies that some person or other will Gallant his Wife and be taken in the fact Some Authors are of opinion that if any one Dreams he is mounted on a nimble sprightly active and well-managed Horse he will be honour'd by the vulgar and esteem'd by Grandees If that he Dreams he too violently spur'd the Horse and forced him to what he did he shall be advanced to charge and dignity and shall have honor proportionable to his endeavors In Kings Dreams the white Horse is applicable to the Queens person who shall be beautiful and virtuous The Kings Horse being black signifies a debauch'd rich Woman If any one Dreams that he saw a young generous Mare come into his House well harnessed it is a signe he will be suddenly married to a beautiful young and rich Gentle-women that will be delightful and comfortable to him If it be an ill-shapen Mare without a saddle that denotes a shee-Servant or Concubine that will bring nothing with her Of the Rational Creature and his parts MAn is that Creature whom the Deity hath enrich'd with his most signal favors having indued him with a rational soul which is a ray of his Divinity and this hath oblig'd all Philosophers to give him such excellent titles Plato stiles him the miracle of miracles Aristotle the sociable creature born for society Theophrastus the Exemplar of the Universe Cicero the Divine Creature Pliny the Epitome of the World and Nature's Minion and all unanimously with one consent have call'd him the little World as comprehending within his own being all that is most beautiful or admirable among the other Creatures that people the earth but the names and praises that the sacred Pages bestow on him are far beyond the language of humane rhetorick that he was fram'd and made according to God's Image that he is his Masterpiece his living Temple the Object of his Love and Grace and his Viceroy constituted over the whole Frame of Nature These are elogies that transcend all expression And because the subject of his Dreams are more frequently employ'd about his own similitude then any other thing that falls within the compass of his imagination we will give you an exact delineation of all his dependencies and begin with 〈◊〉 nativity in the next place discourse of his education and then of his form and parts If a Woman Dreams shee is delivered of a Child and yet is not big with Child it is a signe shee will happily accomplish her designes If shee be a Mayd it signifies Banquetting joy Revelling and Nuptials and somtimes fear and grief of the Mother If a Man Dreams he is big with Child that signifies wealth gain and profit which will soon fall to him When a Man Dreams he sees a Woman brought to bed that denotes unto him joy and prosperity If a Man Dreams that his Wife is big with Child and that it really proves so it is a signe the Child
perfumes them with good scents signifies honor and joy from servants If any one Dreams that his Leg or Foot is out of joynt or broken it signifies that your servant will receive loss and dammage or die or that he will be retarded in his voyage or journy and will meet with obstructions If any one Dreams that he is grown lame that denotes infamy and disgrace or if he be a prisoner it foretels the punishment of his faults or if rich loss of his goods by fire To Dream that you walk on your Knees for want of Feet that signifies poverty and loss of goods and servants To Dream one hath a wooden Leg signifies an alteration of your condition from good to bad or bad to worse Of the Back To Dream you see your Back signifies ill-luck and old age To Dream a Mans Back is broken hurt or scabby signifies that his Enemies will get the better of him and that he will be scoff'd at by all persons Of the Buttocks To Dream one sees his own Buttocks signifies infamy To Dream you see the buttocks of a Woman signifies luxury and carnal pleasure To Dream you see your buttocks grown black signifies shame and dammage Of the Ribs The Ribs signify Women the upper and larger Ribs women that are born legitimate the lower are the female relations and allies If any one Dreams that he hath his upper Ribs broken or sunk he will have some dissention with his wife which will redound to his disgrace and displeasure If he Dreams his lower Ribs and broken he will be afflicted by his female relations and kindred If any one Dreams his Ribs are grown larger and stronger then ordinary he will take delight in his wife or receive good success and advantage from him that hath the charge of his Estate and affairs for the Ribs being as it were the walls and ramparts of the body and principal inward-parts they are applied to those that have the charge of the house and if they receive any dammage that is attributed to the same persons Of the Hips If any one Dreams his Hips are grown larger and stronger then usual he will be very joyful and healthful and if he marries will have lovely Children To Dream the same thing of the reins and back-bone signifies altogether the same thing as the Hips and farther that he will take delight and comfort in his Wife or his Heirs To Dream the Hips are broken and that you cannot walke that denotes affliction sickness and loss of Children If any one Dreams that his Hips are black and blew with whipping or blows with a stick or sword that presageth his death in a short time or at least that he will hate his Wife and have several grievances If he Dreams his Hips are cut half through his hope in his Wife and relations will be utterly lost Of the Flesh in general If any one Dreams he is increas'd in Flesh he will gain gold and wealth according to the quantity of his Flesh if he dreams he is grown bigger and fatter he will enjoy riches and delight in rich and sumptuous apparel On the contrary if any one Dreams that he is grown lean and thin if he be rich he will grow poor or at least conceal his wealth and will seem to be in a mean condition if he be poor already he will dy out of poverty and necessity if shee be a Woman her Husband allies and relations will hate her If any one Dreams his Flesh is grown spotted or black like a More he will deceive those he trades withal by Lying and craft if shee be a woman that dreams thus shee will be taken in adultery and put away or repudiated by her Husband If any one Dreams his Flesh is grown yellow or pale he will be in danger of falling into the distemper of a long continuing fever If any one Dreams his Flesh is full of Scabs Tetters or Cornes he will grow rich proportionably to the said Scabs To Dream the body is full of lice and the flesh incommodated by their eating into it that signifies that the Dreamer will hereafter get both gold and silver If any one Dreams he hath eaten the Flesh of a Man or Woman he will inrich himself by injuries and reproach Of the Intrails If any one Dreams he hath voyded his Intrails at the Fundament some of his family will be ingaged abroad in some quarrel which will cause his dammage and affliction If any one thinks Dreaming that he hath eaten up his Intrails he will gain by the death of some of his Domesticks if he dreams he hath eaten the intestines of another he will inrich himself by the Estate of another Of the Liver If any one Dreams that he is indispos'd in his Liver or that it is burnt or dried up his Estate and wealth will be wasted and he himself die suddenly for the Liver is the source of blood and the blood in dreams is taken for gold and riches If any one Dreams he hath seen or found the Liver of any of his Enemies and carried it away he will over-rule those that wish him ill and be master of their treasure Of the Marrow The Marrow hath the same interpretation as the Liver Of the Lungs If any one Dreams he hath found the Marrow Liver or Lungs of a Bull He-goat Ram or any other horned-beast he will enjoy the goods and Estate of some person of quality that is in great honor to whom he shall be heir for the horns signifie dignitie and soveraingntie whence it is that horns represent crowns If any one Dreams that somebody hath pluckt out his lungs or that he is hurt or ill-dispos'd in that part his designes will be frustrated and run the hazard of some great danger and lose the most useful and profitable servant in his family for the Lungs moderate and refresh the heat of the heart and represent servants Of the Heart The Heart in man is the same thing as the Sun in the Firmament and gold in the Earth and therefore is the noblest part of the Microcosme first living and last dying wherein are inclos'd as in a fortress courage resolution and generosity If any one Dreams he hath the pain of the Heart it is a signe of some dangerous distemper approaching according to the proportion of the pain which is imagin'd to be felt in the Heart If any one Dreams that he hath no Heart and that he lost it it is a signe of sudden death or that he will utterly fall under the power of his most mortal Enemies To Dream your Heart is more lively large and vigorous then ordinary is a signe of long life that you will overcome your Enemies and be prosperous in your enterprizes and fear'd by all persons The Heart in the opinion of some in dreams signifies man and chiefly the Husband so that if a woman dreams shee is ill in or hurt at her Heart the evil denounced by that dream will happen to
mens bones Of Playes To Dream you see a Comoedy Farce or some other recreation signifies good success in business To Dream you see a Tragoedy acted signifies labor loss of friends and estate with grief and affliction To Dream you see persons dance at a Ball or that you are ingag'd in a Ball signifies joy pleasure recreation and inheritance To Dream one plays or sees another play upon a Lute Violin or other musical Instrument signifies good news concord and a good correspondencie between Man and Wife Master and Servant Prince and Subjects To Dream one plays or sees another play upon the Virginals Claricords or Organs signifies the death of relations or funeral-obsequies To Dream one danceth at a wedding signifies sickness To Dream one hears Bels ring signifies an alarm murmuring disturbance and commotions among citizens To Dream you play tunes on small Bels signifies discord and disunion between subjects and servants If any one Dreams he sings that signifies he will be afflicted and weep To Dream you hear singing musically or playing in consort upon Instruments signifies consolation in adversity and recovery of health to those that are sick To Dream you play or hear playing on wind Instruments as Flutes Flajolets large or small Bagpipes the Clarion and other such Instruments signifies trouble contention and being overthrowin at Law To Dream you hear Birds sing signifies love joy and delight To Dream you hear Hens cackle or Geese cry signifies profit and assurance of the dispatch of business If any one Dreams he plays at any of those plays with which company use to divert themselves as at Questions and Commands Cross Purposes Blind-man-buffe Hot-cockles Barly-break and many others it signifies prosperity joy pleasure health and concord among Friends and Relations Of Running If any one dreams he runs it is a good signe especially if he imagines he runs away and flies for fear of another that signifies security and when one beleeves he runs after his Enemy that denotes victory and profit To Dream people run one against another signifies wrangling and disorder if they are little Children that speaks joy and fair weather nevertheless if those Children are arm'd with sticks or staves that foretels War and dissention To Dream you see a Hare or Hart running signifies great wealth gain'd by address and subtilty of spirit To see a Horse running signifies prosperity and accomplishment of desires To see an Asse run signifies misfortune when a sick body dreams he runs it is a very bad signe And when a Woman dreams shee runs that foretels disgrace and dammage Of some other humane Actions TO Dream one trades with a stranger in wool signifies profit in iron loss and misfortune in silk sattin velvet and other fine silks profit and joy in linnen cloth the very same If any one Dreams he gathers up gold and silver that signifies deceit and loss To Dream one carries wood upon his back or that he is bucking or starching of linnen blows the fire turns the spit and other things of mean concernment signifies to the rich servitude to the poor profit To Dream one makes Pies Cakes Tarts or Confets signifies joy and profit To Dream one makes tapistry draws pictures or dyes stuffs that signifies joy without profit To Dream one comforts the sick prescribes them remedies and medicines signifies profit and felicity To Dream one makes Shooes or Slippers to the Rich that signifies decay and poverty to Artists it denotes the contrary To Dream one shaves or cuts anothers hair that signifies profit to him whose hair we seem to cut and to the Dreamer misfortune To Dream one manures and cultivates the Earth it signifies melancholy to those that are not of such a condition and to Laborers it signifies gain and a plentiful crop To Dream you ride with a company of Men is very lucky and profitable but with Women it signifies misfortune and deceit To Dream one is in woods or in meadows and keeps Beasts to the rich that signifies disgrace and loss and to the poor and peasantry it signifies profit To Dream that one is in a Tavern and feasting with his companions signifies joy and comfort To Dream you piss against the wall and in truth it fals out sometimes that we do so indeed in such a dream that signifies assistance of or assistance in business To Dream you do your business in the fields signifies joy profit and health To Dream you take birds signifies pleasure and profit To Dream you shoot in a bow signifies comfort discharge a gun profit deceit and grief through anger To Dream you read Romances Comoedies or other diverting books signifies joy and comfort To Dream you read serious books and of some sublime Science signifies benediction and wisdom To Dream you write letters to your friends or receive letters from them signifies good news To Dream you walk in the night signifies trouble and melancholy To Dream you play the Mason or cause a house to be built signifies molestation loss sickness or death Of Christian and Heavenly Exercises TO Dream one is at Church and prays to God devoutly signifies joy and comfort To Dream you make vows and offerings to God signifies love and dilection To Dream that you see God's face so as he communicated himself to Man and that he seems to stretch forth his arms while we invoque him signifies joy comfort grace the blessing of God and good success in business To Dream you see some Angel or Saint signifies consolation and advertisment to live well and repent of our sins this denotes also good news increase of honor and authority To Dream that you do nothing but talk idly at Church and are drawn aside by bad thoughts signifies envy and sin To Dream you see an Apparition or Spirit that seems of a comely aspect and attir'd in white that signifies joy and consolation if he be deform'd and black it signifies deceit and tentation to sin To Dream you see a white Pigeon flying which is taken in the sacred Scrpture for the Hieroglyphick of the holy Ghost signifies consolation devotion and good success in undertakings provided they be done for the glory of God and the good of our neighbor To Dream you see an Angel fly ovâ—r you or your House signifies joy consolation benediction and good news To Dream that one speaks to the Holy Virgin signifies consolation recovery of health and all good fortune Of the Sun THe Sun is the most lively image of God among inanimate creatures and the holy Writ cals it the Throne or Palace of God and as God is the principle of all foecundity so is the Sun to this inferior World which hath obliged some to bestow upon it the name of the Earths Husband and Father of Gold which is the most perfect thing that is found and drawn out of the bowels of the Earth by reason of that well proportion'd temperament which is known to Philosophers by the name of temperamentum ad pondus The Sun
hath been also call'd the Ey and Heart of Heaven the Spirit and Reason of the material World the eternal Animal the Animated Star the Ey that never sleeps the Ey of Justice Father of Light and Generation The Sun represents unity truth light fruitfulness soverain Majesty heat abundance and riches because he is as hath been said the Father of Gold and ripens all the Fruits of the Earth To Dream you see the Sun come out of the Sea or rise in our Horizon signifies good news and success in your designes To Dream you see the Sun set signifies the contrary yet some beleeve that it denotes good fortune to the party that Dreams If a Woman hath such a dream it signifies shee 'l have a Son To Dream you see the Sun signifies dispatch of business and revelation of things secret to the sick it denounceth health to the prisoner liberty and a cure to him that is hurt in the Ey To Dream you see the Sun clouded red or hot signifies obstruction in business death to your Children or danger to your own person or sore Eys but such a dream is good to those that will conceal themselvs for some crimes oâ— for fear of their Enemies To Dream that the Sun descends upon your House signifies danger by fire To Dream you see the Sun-beams come into your bed when in bed that signifies sickness by a feavor but to dream she intirely shines all over your Chamber signifies gain profit felicity and honor this presageth likewise to married people that they will have a Son who will be honorable To Dream you see the Sun obscur'd or disappear is a very bad dream unless it be to those that have a minde to be unknown by reason of their offences for to others for the most part it signifies death or at the least loss of sight by some accident or by some defluxion To see the Sun shine about your head signifies to malefactors grace and pardon and to those that are at liberty it denotes honor and glory among their acquaintance To Dream you enter a house where the Sun shines signifies the getting an Estate Of the Moon IF any one Dreams he sees the Moon shine that signifies his Wife loves him extremely and that shee is well it also denotes the getting of silver for as the Sun represents gold so the Moon doth silver and as gold is taken for the heart of the world so is silver for the brain To Dream you see the Moon darkned signifies the death or sickness of ones Wife Mother Sister Daughter loss of mony or danger in a voyage or journey especially if it be by water or else it signifies a distemper in the brain or Eys To Dream you see the Moon darkned and grow clear and bright again signifies profit to the Woman that dreams and to the Man joy and prosperity the Moon first clear and afterwards clouded presageth the contrary To Dream you see the Moon in the form of a full and white face that signifies to the Virgin speedy marriage to the married Woman that shee will have a handsom Daughter If the Husband dreams it it signifies that his Wife will have a Son Such a dream is prosperous to Goldsmiths Merchants Jewellers and Banquers To Dream you see the Moon at full is a good signe to handsome women of their being beloâ—'d by those that view them but it is bad for such as conceal themselvs as Theevs and Murderers for they will be certainly discover'd yet it signifies death to the sick or to Mariners To Dream the Moon shines about your bed signifies grace pardon and deliverance by means of some Woman Of the Stars TO Dream you see the sky serene and the Stars clear and twinkling signifies prosperity and advantage in a voyage or journy good news and gain by all you do and contrarily to see them dusky and pale color'd signifies all sorts of mischief To Dream you see the Stars disappear signifies loss and great vexation and cares to those that are rich and death to those that are poor such a dream is only good to those that have committed some hainous offence or study to commit it for they may do it without any fear To Dream you see the Stars fall athwart the top of the House signifies sickness or that the House will be uninhabited or burn'd by accident If one Dreams he sees the Sars shining into the House it signifies that the chief person of the family will be in danger of death To Dream you see several happy Comets or other Stars with streaming tails signifies future evils by War Pestilence and Famine with are the scourges wherewith God chastiseth mortals Of the Rain-bow TO Dream you see the Rain-bow in the East is a good omen to the poor and sick for the former will recover their estates and the later their health and if you dream you see it in the West to the rich it is a good to the poor a bad signe To Dream you see the Rain-bow directly over your head or near you signifies change of fortune and most commonly the death of the Dreamer and ruine of his family Of things Infernal IF any one Dreams that he sees the Devils it is a very bad signe for such a vision cannot bring along with it any good tidings to the sick it foretels death and to the healthful it signifies melancholy anger tumults and violent sickness And to Dream one sees Hell as it is describ'd and that he hears the damned Souls groan and complain through the extremity of their torments it is an advertisement that God sends to the Dreamer to the end he may amend his life and that repenting of his sins he may throw himself upon God's mercy If any one Dreams the Devil speaks to him that signifies tentation deceit treachery despair and oftentimes the ruine and death of him that dreams To Dream one is carried away by the Devil it is a worse Dream yet I find that no dream delights the Dreamer so much as this for being awak'd he is ravish'd with joy that he is freed from so great an evil for which he ought to return God thanks and beg of him that he would be pleas'd to send him his good Angel to guard him and fight against that wicked Spirit which stands always sentinel to surprize us To Dream you see a Serpent or seaven-headed Hydra signifies sin and temptation To Dream you see the Dog Cerberus whom the Poets feign to be the Porter of Hell signifies sin and arrests by Serjeants To Dream you see the damned plung'd in the 〈◊〉 and flames and suffer great torture signifies sadness repentance grief and a melancholique distemper To Dream you see the Devil as he is drawn by Painters and Poets vizt black and hideous with horns claws and a great tail signifies torment and despair To Dream you see Harpies which are infernal creatures half-Women and half-Serpents or else furies such as the Poets feign them to
will live and that shee will have a Son that resembles the Father He that Dreams he comes out of his Mothers womb will in a short time be freed from some unlucky business and rais'd to preferment If any one Dreams he re-enters his Mothers womb if he be in a remote Country that denotes a speedy return into his Native Country He that Dreams he sees two or three Children born shall have cause of joy and success in his business And when you Dream of a monstrous or unnatural birth as if a Woman in stead of a wellshap'd-Child should he delivered of one that had two heads four feet four hands or a tail or some such thing extraordinary or that shee was deliver'd of a Cat Serpent Basilisk Rat or other animal that is a bad Hieroâ—â—â—phick that betokens no good to the Dreamer and he ought cordially to recommend himself to God that he would preserve him from those misfortunes that threaten him If it be a Woman that hath such a Dream many Authors affirm and Anselmus Julianus in particular who is the Author to whom we are oblig'd for most of our Interpretations that shee shall have good success and comfort shall be rich and generally belov'd and shall prosper in all her undertakings When one Dreams that he hath many small Children and that they seem to him to run about the House and yet notwithstanding he hath none that signifies that is will be very difficult for him ever to have any and that he that dreams will have many cares and obstructions in his affairs He that Dreams he sees an Infant wrapt in swadling-cloaths and sucking the nource that signifies a chronical and dangerous distemper unless his Wife be with Child for if so it signifies that the Child will be short-liv'd And if it be a Woman that dreams it is a signe that shee is or will shortly be with Child of a Daughter unless shee be sick or her Husband dies If any one Dreams he hath a head bigger then ordinary and very highly rais'd that signifies dignity and Prelateship or at least some charge or office where he shall be obeyed and esteem'd and somtimes it signifies victory over Enemies and overthrowing Adversaries at Law and to Merchants and Banquers heaping up of riches and recovering of treasure If a sick person dream thus it prognosticates a contumacious and violent feaver To Dream one hath a small light or sharp head signifies want of spirit servitude and disgrace To Dream one hath the head of a Moore signifies voyages and journeys to remote parts and dispatch of business According to the Tradition of the Indians and Persians To Dream that one is beheaded according to the tradition of the Indians and Persians and that the head is separated from the body that signifies liberty to prisoners health to the sick and comfort to those in distress to Creditors payment of debts To Princes and great Personages it presageth all good fortune and that their cares and fears will be turn'd into joy and confidence in their Servants and subjects If any one Dreams that a person of his acquaintance beheads him he will share with him in his pleasure and honor If any one Dreams that a young Child who hath not yet attain'd to the age of his youth hath cut off his head if the Dreamer be sick he will not live long if in health he will get honor If a Woman with Child Dreams thus shee will bring forth a male-Child and her Husband will die suddenly for he is her head If any one Dreams his head is half cut off the things abovemention'd will be fulfill'd but by halves If any one Dreams that his throat is cut with a knife he will be injur'd by some person or other If he Dreams he cuts the throat of some of his acquaintance he will do him some injury if he be ignorant of it it will be done to a stranger If any one Dreams that he is beheaded as a Martyr for Religion that man will arrive to a great height of honor and his soul will be happy in Heaven According to the Egyptian tradition if any one dreams he beheads an armed man he will be entertain'd in the service of some great Person wherein he will signalize himself Of Wounds If any one Dreams that he hath receiv'd from one of his acquaintance some blows with a sword in the foreparts of his body if blood be drawn he that is hurt shall receive some extraordinary kindness from him that strook if the blood be not drawn the advantage and delight shall be the more inconsiderable If any one Dreams that he is wounded with a sword in such sort that he is in danger of his life that is a signe that he will receive several courtesies and good turns from him that wounded him according to the proportion number and largeness of the wounds If any one Dreams that his King or Prince strikes him with his sword in anger that signifies he shall be advanced and honoured by his Prince according to the extremity of his anger If a King or any other Person Dreams that he was strook standing with a sword or knife by one of mean condition he will be in danger of death or servitude If a Woman Dreams shee is strook with a sword or that shee her self either out of courage or in her own defence strook any one shee will be honored and if married have a male-Child Of the complexion of the countenance To Dream one sees a very handsome head and face that signifies joy content and health Also if a Woman Dreams that shee sees a comely man it prognosticates the same thing To Dream one sees an unknown person of a brown complexion it is a signe of glory honor good success and dispatch of business If one Dreams he sees a very brown Woman that signifies a very dangerous disease If you imagine you see a Woman unknown with long and comely hair it is a very good signe as well for the Woman as the man that dreams and it denotes amity joy and prosperity If a man Dreams his hair is long like a Womans that signifies cowardize and effoeminacie and that he that Dreams will be deceiv'd by a Woman Of the Hair To Dream one sees a Woman without hair signifies famine poverty and sickness To see a Man bald and without hair signifies the contrary To see a fresh taking smiling countenance is a signe of friendship To see a meagre pale face is a signe of annoy poverty and dearth To see hair interwoven together signifies annoy and grief and somtimes injuries and quaâ—â—rels To see extraordinary black hair short anâ— curl'd signifies sadness and grief If any one Dreams that he cannot passe thâ— Comb through his hair while he is Combing anâ— that he hath much ado to untangle them thâ— denotes Law-suits and great trouble To see hair well comb'd a head well dressed signifies friendship and deliverance from a man worst business He
will be inrich'd and become more opulent then formerly If any one Dreams he hath a stinking breath he will be despis'd by all people and hated by his Servants If any one Dreams that his Mouth is shut up and clos'd in such sort that he cannot open it nor eat he is in danger of a sudden death Of the Cheeks To Dream one hath plump cheeks and of a vermilion tincture it is a good signe and their affairs that dream so will prosper To have them lean and pale signifies the contrary Of the Lips To Dream that one hath red handsome lips is a signe our Friends enjoy their health and to have them dry and chap'd the contrary Of the Beard If any one Dreams he hath a comly great Beard it is a signe he shall be pleasant in his discourse and find out the intricacie of the matter propos'd and prosper in his undertakings If a Mayd Dreams shee hath a Beard shee will be speedily match'd to her content if shee be married such a dream threatens her with the loss of her Husband or that shee shall be separated from him and be constrain'd to govern her house singly as if shee were a man if it be a Woman with Child shee shall have a Son If one Dreams he hath lost his Beard or imagines that somebody hath puld it up by the roots or shav'd it that betokens loss of Relations Estate and Honor. Of the Teeth The Teeth are taken in Dreams for the nearest relations and best Friends a Man hath the fore-Teeth are applied to Children Brethren and other near relations the upper-Teeth signifie the males and the lower the females If therefore any one Dreams he hath lost or spoil'd one of his Teeth by that is to be understood that some near relation is dead But if on the contrary one Dreams that his Teeth are more comely firm and whiter then ordinary that signifies joy prosperity good news and friendship among relations If a person Dreams one of his Teeth is grown longer then the rest he will be in trouble by some of his Relations The upper Eye-tooth signifies the Father and the 〈◊〉 thâ—r the Mother Aâ—â—emidorus saith that the Teeth on the right side signifie Men and those on the left Women but it is contrary to the opinion of the Indians Persians and Egyptians The great Teeth signifie Friends or relations a degree remov'd and have the same signification as the rest If any one Dreams that one of his great Teeth is loose or grown black or that it pains him one of his said Friends or relations will be sick or in trouble If any one Dreams his Teeth are grown more comely white and firme then usual he will reap joy delight content and profit from his said relations and friends If one imagines he is cleansing his Teeth to make them white he will bestow money upon his said relations and friends If some of the Teeth exceed the rest so that the Dreamer is hindred from speaking and eating that signifies contention among relations and suits â—t law for Inheritances Of the Neck The Neck signifies power honor riches and Inheritances of what sort soever To Dream that the Neck is become greater and larger then ordinary and yet so that it seem not thereby deform'd if it be a King he will take delight and pleasure in his Courtisans will hear good news from his Armies and have success in his affairs If he be a private person he will be honor'd for his good deeds and grow richer then he was The slender Neck signifies the contrary If any one Dreams that his Neck is tied or otherwise squeez'd by the hand it is a bad signe to the Dreamer and he will be subjected to him that had his hand upon his Neck To Dream the Neck is awry so as that the head leans more on one side then on the other is a signe of misfortune shame and loss To Dream the Neck is swell'd by a humor or Aposteme signifies sickness To Dream one hath three heads upon one Neck signifies Dominion Power and Honor. If any one Dreams his head is cut off by Robbers and Murtherers that signifies loss of Children Relations Estate or Wife and the same to the Wife the loss of her Husband but if he dreams he loseth his head by Sentence or Judicial proceedings it is a signe of his deliverance from all trouble and mischief nevertheless this Dream signifies the contrary to Receivers Coyners Farmers and Merchants To Dream your throat is cut and you not dead signifies hope and good success in business To Dream that one beheads a Man signifies assurance of affecting business or revenge upon your Enemies To cut off the head of a pullet or green-goose signifies joy and recreation To Dream one hath the head of a Lion Wolf or some other cruel Beast is a good signe to the Dreamer and he will accomplish his designes with honor will overcome his Enemies and be fear'd and honor'd by those that are related to him To Dream one hath his head in his own hands signifies loss of Wife or Children If the Dreamer be not married it is good luck and if he thinks he adornes and dresseth his head his business will succeed happily Of Hornes If any one Dreams he hath Horns on his head it signifies Dominion Grandeur and Royalty nevertheless some Authors say that to Dream one hath the Horns of an Ox or of any other furious creature that denotes anger pride temerity and violent death by the hand of Justice To Dream you see a man with Horns on his head signifies he is in danger both of the loss of his person and Estate Of the Sholders If any one Dreams he hath large shoulders and that they are more brawny then usual that signifies good luck strength and prosperity yet such a Dream is bad for prisoners for to them it denounceth annoy and grief and that they are in danger of enduring much pain in those parts To Dream that the shoulders are full of pain or that there is some nail tumor or swelling in them that signifies trouble and displeasure from relations Of the Brest and Paps To Dream that your Brest is clear and well signifes health and joy To have hairy-Brests and the paps covered with hair to a man it is a signe of gain and profit to a woman loss of her Husband If a man Dreams he hath Brests as big as a woman that denotes effoeminacy and cowardize or else trouble and grief occasion'd by the sickness of Children If a young married woman Dreams that her Brests are full and spinning out with milk that signifies she is with Child and that it will be a perfect birth and come to good if she be an antient woman that Dreams thus shee will have wherewithall to support her if shee be rich that signifies she will bestow some money upon her Children who will rejoyce therewith if a virgin dreams thus shee is near her marriage If
a woman Dreams shee hath sore Brests shee is threatned with death If shee Dreams her Brests are dried up and lank and that they are no longer hard but hang down that signifies that her Children will dy and if shee have none shee will grown indigent and will often shed tears through grief and affliction If a woman Dreams shee hath many Brests that signifies shee hath as many Gallants If any one Dreams that his friend strikes him over the Brest with a sword to those that are old it signifies bad news but friendship to those that are young To Dream that the Brests are full of blood and raw all over signifies loss of Children and barrenness If any one Dreams that his brest is grown more large and plumper he is long liv'd and will grow rich according to the proportion of the largeness or plumpness thereof Of the Arms. If any one Dreams that his Arms are grown bigger and stronger then ordinary that signifies he will have joy and profit by his Brothers or his Sons means and that he will become rich If a woman Dreams it her Husband will increase in estate and authority To Dream one hath strong Arms signifies good fortune deliverance from sickness or Imprisonment To Dream ones Arms or elbows are full of scabs or other ulcers that signifies annoy sadness and bad success in business If any one Dreams his Arms are broken or grown lean if he be a King or great Prince some overthrow will happen to his Army or some disaster to his State or as we have said his Son or Brother will fall into some distemper or affliction The same Dream denotes affliction sickness and poverty to the Children or Brethren of private persons If a woman Dreams so shee is in danger of being a widdow or at least of a separation from her Husband The muscles of the Arms are applied to Servants If any one Dreams his Arms are hairy he will grow richer then formerly Some Authors attribute the right Arm to the Father Son Brother and Friend and the left to the Mother Daughter Sister she-Friend and the faithfull Maid-Servants To Dream your right Arm is cut off that signifies the death of the Father Son Brother or Friend of the Dreamer if it be the left the same judgement as is above mentioned shall bee given To Dream both the Arms are cut off signifies Imprisonment or sickness Of the Hands The Hands by the Learned are called the Servants of reason the instruments of instruments and the Symbole of humane fidelity If any one Dreams his Hands are comelier and stronger then ordinary he will be employ'd in some important affair which he will bring to an happy issue and gain honor and advantage thereby and his Servants will love and serve him cheerfully and faithfully If any one Dreams that his Hand is cut off or that it is grown lean and dry or that it hath been burn'd he will lose his most faithful Servant if he hath no Servant he will not be able to work but grow poor If a woman dreams thus shee will lose her Husband her eldest Son or fall to decay If any one Dreams his Hands or Fingers are grown slenderer then ordinary he will find that his Servant cheats him and hath no affection for him If any one Dreams he works with his right Hand that is a signe of good fortune to him and his family if with the left that denotes bad luck nevertheless some attribute the Arm and the right Hand to the Father Son Brother and Friend and the good success that may befall them and the left Arm signifies the Mother the Daughter the Wife the Maid-servant the Man-servant and the Estate already gain'd To Dream the Fingers are cut off signifies loss of Friends or Domesticks To Dream one hath six or seven Fingers on a Hand sifnifies friendship new acquaintance good fortune and Inheritance or Benefits To Dream the Hand is hairy signifies trouble and imprisonment To Dream you have clear and white Hands among the rich it signifies friendship and among the poor idleness and necessity To Dream one hath the Hand-gout to the youthful it signifies fear and dread accompanied with the danger of his person and to the antient it denotes poverty and languishment To Dream one hath many Hands signifies good luck strength wealth and abundance Nevertheless this Dream is destructive to high-way-men for they will be under the arrest of Justice and punished as malefactors To Dream one hath handled fire without any hurt or dammage that signifies to the Dreamer that those that envy him and are his adversaries will be incapable of prejudicing him according to the custom of the world and that he will obtain his desires To Dream that you strike another with your Hand and that you give him a box on the ear or a blow with the fist that signifies peace and love between a Man and his Wife and if he that Dreams be unmarried it is a presage that he will soon Court some Lady for whom he hath a great respect and that he will vanquish his Enemies If a Woman Dreams that shee beats her Husband that signifies fear but yet shee is belov'd by her Husband if shee dreams shee strikes her Gallant that signifies shee is not secure and that her Lover will by some accident or other come to trouble If any one Dreams he holds a sword in his Hand and strikes strangers that signifies victory assurance and good success in his affairs if it be with a stick it signifies command and profit If any one Dreams he hath gold-rings on his fingers that signifies dignity good fortune and felicity Of the Nails If any one Dreams that his nails are longer then usually that signifies profit and the contrary loss and discontent If any one Dreams that his Fingers-ends or nails are cut off that signifies unto him loss disgrace and contention with his relations and friends If any one Dreams that his nails are pul'd off he is threatned by misery and affliction of all sorts and is also in danger of death Of the Belly If any one Dreams his belly is bigger and fatter then ordinary his family and Estate will increase proportionably according to the greatness of his belly If one dreams that his Belly is grown lean and shrunk up he will be joyfully deliver'd from some bad accident If any one Dreams that his Belly is swel'd and yet notwithstanding empty he will become poor though he be rich in the esteem of many people in the world If any one Dreams he is extraordinary hungry and that his appetite craves sustenance he will be ingenious laborious and eager in getting an Estate and will grow rich proportionaby to the greatness of his hunger If any one Dreams his thirst is quenched when thirsty and that he hath drunk his fill of water if the water did appear clear fresh and acceptable to him he will live jovially and become very wealthy if the water be
Some Authors affirm that to Dream such a dream signifies that one shall be scoff'd at and despised by all persons by reason of some woman but that however he shall obtain his ends If any one Dreams that he receives a blow with a sword by some of his Acquaintance he will have reason to be pleas'd with him if it be by an unknown person he will make peace with his friends and get advantage thereby If any one Dreams that his wound is heal'd he will boast of his valor and gain honor by it in the opinion of the world If any one Dreams he hath the plague his hidden store he will be discovered and will run the risque of losing it Of Furious and mad Man If any one Dreams he is a Demoniack or otherwise possess'd by some evil spirit he will receive benefits from his Prince and be long liv'd If one Dreams he hath seen the Devil that he was tormented or otherwise that he was much frightned that signifies that the Dreamer is in danger of being checked or punished by his Soverain Prince or some Magistrates And quite contrarily if one Dreams he strikes the Devil or some Persons he beleeves to be posses'd and that he phancies he overcomes them it is a signe that he that dreams thus shall overcome his Enemies and vanquish them with glory and satisfaction If any one Dreams that he is turn'd Ideot and mad and is guilty of publick extravagancies he shall be long-liv'd a favorite to his Prince and gain pleasure and profit by the people If a Woman Dreams shee is become foolish and is publickly guilty of folly and impudence it is a signe shee will have a Boy who in time will grow great if shee be a Maid shee will be speedily married and that to an honest Man Of Drunkards To Dream one is Drunk is increase of Estate and recovery of health but when one dreams that he is drunk without drinking any Wine it is an ill omen and he runs the hazard of being disgrac'd by some bad action and of being punished by Law If a Man Dreams he is drunk with Sack Muscadel or some other sweet and pleasant drink it is a signe he will be belov'd by some great Lords and grow rich thereby If a Man Dreams he is drunk with pure Water he will boast causelesly of his wealth and vaunt of another persons strength If any one Dreams he is drunk and vomits he will run the hazard of losing his Estate by the violence of his Prince who will force him to an accompt of his means ill gotten or if he be a Gamester he will lose all he hath formerly won If any one Dreams that being drunk he is very much pain'd at heart and in his Intrails that is as much as to say that his Domesticks or Servants will rob him of his mony or destroy his fortune without his knowledge If any one Dreams he is grown lean and wasted he will be disturb'd and have suits at Law of some other ill business that will occasion the loss of his Estate or else he is in danger of falling sick nevertheless if a Woman Dreams that her tongue is grown less and learner then ordinary that signifies unto her honor wisdom prudence and discretion by which qualifications shee will be honor'd and esteem'd by all persons We have discours'd before in the 43 page of beheading now we must explain the other sorts of punishment If any one Dreams that by sentence or judgement he was condemn'd to be hang'd and that he imagins it was really executed he will be dignified according to the height of the Gibbet or Tree whereon he was hang'd If the Dreamer be sick or afflicted he will be freed from the disease and in the end have joy and contentment If any one Dreams he condemn'd another to be hang'd that signifies he will be angry with him whom he imagin'd he condemn'd but in a small time after he will place him in honor and dignity which he will abuse According to the Interpretation of the Persians and Egyptians he that Phancies he is hang'd broken on the wheel whip'd or burn'd by sentence of Law he will be rich honor'd and respected for some time but if he imagines that he was hang'd or burn'd by a fire that did quite consume him he will inevitably perish in the end If any one Dreams that being to be hang'd he was deliver'd and came down to the bottom of the Gibbet that person will lose his Estate and dignity If any one Dreams he hath eaten the flesh of a Man hang'd he will be inriched by some persons but it shall be by Foul practise and some secret crime Of Death and the Grave If any one Dreams he is dead he will be subjected to some great Prince will grow rich and long-liv'd though not without much envy If it seems that he is put into a grave and buried that presageth he will die in a mean condition yet some beleeve groundedly upon experience that to dream one is dead and buried he that hath such a dream shall recover an Estate according to the proportion of the quantity of earth that is laid upon him If a person Dreams he sees one that is dead and that he beleeves him to be alive that signifies he is sav'd and that we must do what he faith nay farther it signifies assurance of the dispatch of business and Gods blessing who takes care to send us visions for our good and for the salvation of body and soul Of Games THe Spirit of Man being more inclin'd to things that recreate then the contrary he dreams oftener of Plays and Pastimes then serious actions The Game of Chesse and Tables is the representative of a Field prepar'd for a battle the two Gamesters are the two Generals of the Armies and the Tables and Chess-men are the soldiers that make up the two Armies wherefore if any one dreams that he plays at Chess with an acquaintance it is a signe he will fall out with somebody that he knows and if he imagines in his dreams that he wins he shall be victorious over his Enemies and on the contrary if he dreams he loseth he will be overcome and worsted in the combat If the Dreamer imagines that he hath taken many Men in play that foretels he will take many of his Enemies prisoners If a King or General of an Army dreams he hath lost his Chesse-board or that it is broken or stolen from him he will lose his Army either by the Enemies Assault or else by plague or famine To Dream one plays at Cards or Dice signifies deceit and craft and that he is in danger of losing his Estate by some wicked persons To Dream you play at Tennis signifies travel and pain to gain wealth by contention and injurie To Dream you have won at Dice is a signe that some Inheritance will fall to you by the death of some of your relations for Dice are made of dead
be that signifies tribulation and pains occasion'd by envious persons and such as seek our ruine shame or death by mischief and treachery To Dream you are descended into Hell and return'd thence to those that are great and rich it signifies misfortune but it is a good signe to the poor and weak To Dream you see a dead Man that saith nothing signifies that he that dreams will be subject to the same passions and fortune as the party deceased had when alive if he know him If any one Dreams that a dead Man takes away his garments robs him of his money or food it is a signe of death to him or to some of his nearest relations and friends To Dream a Man that is alive and in health is dead that signifies trouble tribulation and being overthrown at Law To Dream you see a Man die a second time that is already dead signifies the death of your nearest relations of the same name and Sirname To Dream you are erecting a Tomb that signifies marriages weddings and birth of Children but if the Dreamer imagines that he sees the Tomb fall to ruine that signifies sickness and ruine to him that Dreams and his family If any one Dreams he is dead he will be subject to some great Prince and become rich though he be much envied If it seems to him that he is buried and inter'd he shall have as much wealth as he hath earth laid over him If any one Dreams he is buried alive he is in danger of being unhappy and unfortunate during his life If any one Dreams he had to do with a dead Woman he will be lov'd and maintain'd by some great Lady To Dream that one goes to the funeral and Internment of any one of his Relations or Friends or of some great Lord is a good signe to the Dreamer who undoubtedly will get an Estate by means of his Relations or else marry a fortune to his own content DREAMS Interpreted ALPHABETICALLY A. To Dream that you ARe cloath'd with Silk signifies honor Are Drunk signifies sickness Are girt with an old girdle signifies labor and pains Are inchanted signifies secrets and sorrows Are kiss'd by Men of great quality signifies consolation Are stark naked signifies loss and dammage in your Estate Are turn'd Physician signifies chearfulness Are turn'd into a Tree signifies sickness Are unsettled in your thoughts signifies joy Ascend a Ladder signifies honor Ascend a very high mountain the same thing Ascend up to Heaven signifies grandeur B. To Dream that you BAthe your self in a clear Fountain signifies joy Bathe in stinking water signifies shame and false accusation Bestow a knife upon any one signifies injustice and contention Bestow a ring upon any one signifies dammage Bite your nails signifies wrangling vexation Blot or teare your paper signifies the well-ordering of business Bray or pound pepper signifies melancholy Build a Church or erect an Altar that some person of your kindred or family will be made a Priest Build a House signifies comfort Burn a House and see it burning signifies scandals that will be thrown upon you and loss of Estate C. To Dream that you CArry a Bow signifies desire or torment Carry a Crown of gold in your hand signifies honor and dignity Carry a Faulcon upon your fist and walk with it signifies honor Carry hot Bread signifies accusation Carry a young Mayd signifies joy Catch Sea-fish it is a bad signe Cleanse a Well or fall into it signifies injury Come out of a Coach signifies being degraded from great honor and disgrace upon a criminall account Command any one signifies trouble Commit adultery signifies future debates Cut barly-bread signifies rejoycing Cut Bacon signifies the death of some person Cut your fingers or see them cut by another signifies dammage D. To Dream that you DEscend a Ladder signifies dammage Destroy any place signifies deceit Discourse with the King signifies honor when absent Discourse with your Brethren signifies vexation Discourse with Jesus Christ signifies consolation Discourse with the Virgin Mary signifies joy Discourse with great Lords or to go into any place with them signifies honor Dispute with Philosophers signifies profit and gain Do good to any one signifies jollity Do the Act of Marriage signifies danger Draw out your Teeth signifies death Drink clear water is a good signe Drink hot water signifies sickness Drink Milk is an extraordinary good signe Drink Sophisticated wine the same Drink stinking water signifies violent distempers Drink Vinegar signifies sickness Drink white-Wine signifies health E. To Dream that you EAt Apples signifies choler Eat Bacon of salt-meats signifies murmuring Eat Beans signifies sickness Eat Carrion signifies sadness Eat Cheese signifies profit and gain Eat Fleas signifies disquiet Eat Mans flesh signifies labor and trouble Eat Roots signifies discord Eat Rost-meat signifies falling into sin Eat a Salade signifies evil or sickness that will happen Eat Salt-meat signifies a disease Eat Silver signifies wrath and anger Eat Variety of meats signifies loss Eat white-Bread signifies gain F. To Dream that you FAll in the Dirt signifies treachery or disturbance by some person or other Fall into the Water signifies death or danger to your person Fall into a clear Fountain signifies honor and gain Fall into a Pit or ditch signifies the loss of a cause or suit at Law Fall into a troubled Fountain signifies accusation Fall on the ground signifies dishonor and scandal Fall upon a Bridge signifies obstruction Feed or bring a Lamb to the slaughter signifies torment Feed Oxen is a good signe Feel a burning signifies danger Feel a heat signifies grief Fell Trees signifies loss Fight with Serpents and Adders signifies the overthrow of Enemies Find a Bird's-nest is a good signe G. To Dream that you GAther Apples signifies vexation from some person or other Gather black Grapes signifies dammage Gather Flowers signifies mirth and jollity Gather white-Grapes signifies gain Give any thing to one that is dead signifies loss Give or take physique signifies living in poverty Go a hunting signifies some accusation Go to Masse signifies honor and joy Go over a broken Bridge signifies fear Go over a Ditch upon a small plank signifies deceit by Lawyers H. To Dream that you HAndle or chew Gold signifies anger Have gray Hairs signifies gain profit and joy Have a little Beard suits and controversies at Law Have a long Beard signifies strength or gain Have long Hairs on your Head signifies honor Have a new suit of Cloathes the same Have new Shoes and Stockins signifies comfort Have old ones signifies sadness Have a new Girdle signifies honor Have an old worn Girdle signifies dammage Have a red Garment on signifies blood 〈◊〉 bleeding Have Rods in your hand signifies jollity Have a Staffe in your hand signifies sickness Have two Heads signifies company Have weak Arms signifies torment Have your Arms dryed up is a very ill signe Have your Beard shav'd signifies tribulation Have your Hair cut signifies loss Heare an Asse bray
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