through_o the_o press_n so_o with_o much_o ado_n flavius_n come_v at_o length_n unto_o he_o and_o bewray_v a_o conspiracy_n against_o he_o ¶_o valentinian_n 20._o with_o good_a success_n use_v this_o gesture_n of_o pacification_n and_o rebuke_n when_o he_o be_v pronounce_v before_o the_o whole_a army_n sovereign_a ruler_n of_o the_o empire_n for_o when_o he_o address_v himself_o to_o make_v a_o premeditate_a speech_n as_o he_o put_v forth_o his_o arm_n that_o he_o may_v speak_v more_o ready_o there_o arise_v a_o great_a mumble_v that_o out_o of_o hand_n there_o may_v a_o second_o emperor_n be_v declare_v with_o the_o he_o valentinian_n fear_v to_o what_o the_o soldier_n confident_a boldness_n may_v prove_v hold_v up_o happy_o his_o right_n hand_n as_o a_o most_o hardy_a and_o redoubt_a prince_n dare_v to_o rebuke_v some_o of_o they_o as_o seditious_a and_o stubborn_a deliver_v his_o mind_n without_o interruption_n of_o any_o the_o emperor_n have_v end_v his_o speech_n which_o a_o unexpected_a authority_n have_v make_v more_o confident_a appear_v they_o and_o win_v they_o all_o to_o his_o mind_n which_o be_v to_o choose_v his_o companion_n who_o take_v afterward_o unto_o he_o to_o be_v colleague_n in_o the_o empire_n his_o brother_n valens_n ¶_o that_o this_o gesture_n be_v significant_a to_o protect_v appear_v by_o most_o passage_n of_o holy_a writ_n intimate_v the_o powerful_a and_o gracious_a protection_n of_o god_n where_o the_o expression_n by_o a_o anthropopeia_n be_v take_v from_o this_o gesture_n thus_o god_n have_v put_v moses_n in_o the_o cleave_a of_o the_o rock_n cover_v he_o with_o his_o hand_n while_o he_o pass_v by_o and_o it_o be_v noverinus_n 23._o his_o observation_n that_o with_o the_o hebrew_n lexico_fw-la caph_n signify_v both_o the_o hand_n or_o the_o hollowness_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o a_o cloud_n hence_o pagninus_n turn_v protegam_fw-la te_fw-la manu_fw-la mea_fw-la into_o operiam_fw-la te_fw-la nube_fw-la mea_fw-la a_o good_a coherens_fw-la say_v he_o manus_fw-la &_o nubis_fw-la nexus_fw-la in_o this_o sense_n that_o of_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n be_v to_o be_v 2._o take_v under_o the_o shadow_n of_o his_o hand_n have_v he_o hide_v i_o that_o be_v he_o have_v take_v i_o into_o his_o protection_n and_o defence_n and_o the_o metaphor_n of_o a_o outstretched_n arm_v and_o high_a hand_n be_v very_o frequent_a in_o scripture_n to_o shadow_v out_o the_o powerful_a protection_n of_o god_n in_o the_o two_o degree_n of_o it_o the_o ordinary_a and_o extraordinary_a for_o in_o this_o representation_n of_o power_n there_o be_v the_o hand_n and_o the_o arm_n the_o mighty_a hand_n and_o out_o stretch_v arm_n two_o degree_n of_o power_n both_o great_a but_o one_o great_a that_o of_o the_o hand_n be_v great_a but_o ordinary_a that_o of_o the_o arm_n be_v great_a and_o come_v forth_o but_o upon_o extraordinary_a occasion_n every_o thing_n we_o put_v not_o to_o the_o arm_n end_n and_o their_o hand_n be_v proper_o say_v to_o be_v shorten_v that_o have_v lose_v the_o power_n to_o save_v and_o protect_v a_o phrase_n much_o use_v in_o holy_a writ_n by_o the_o prophet_n speak_v in_o his_o name_n who_o make_v the_o hand_n the_o natural_a hieroglyphique_a 23._o of_o power_n ¶_o this_o gesture_n do_v natural_o import_v command_n hence_o king_n be_v say_v to_o have_v long_a hand_n as_o the_o roman_a poet_n quiâ—_n nescit_fw-la ovid._n longas_fw-la regibus_fw-la esse_fw-la manus_fw-la the_o hand_n find_v under_o the_o table_n as_o vespasian_n be_v vespas_fw-la at_o dinner_n signify_v as_o the_o soothsayer_n do_v then_o interpret_v that_o command_n shall_v one_o day_n come_v to_o his_o hand_n and_o this_o be_v before_o he_o be_v emperor_n and_o crinagoraâ—_n a_o greek_a poet_n very_o learned_o praise_v caesar_n say_v his_o right_a hand_n be_v mighty_a to_o command_v which_o by_o its_o majestic_a power_n and_o authority_n do_v quell_v the_o fierceness_n and_o presumptuous_a audacity_n of_o barbarous_a man_n the_o second_o 22._o fall_n of_o dagon_n the_o idol_n before_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n by_o a_o flat_a acknowledgement_n confirm_v this_o natural_a signification_n in_o the_o hand_n for_o his_o head_n fall_v off_o from_o his_o body_n and_o the_o hand_n from_o the_o arm_n show_v that_o it_o have_v not_o power_n nor_o understanding_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n since_o the_o head_n fall_v off_o which_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o reason_n and_o knowledge_n and_o the_o hand_n by_o which_o we_o exâ—â—â—â—_n strength_n be_v sunder_v from_o the_o arm_n ¶_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o direction_n jeroboam_n stretch_v 13_o out_o his_o hand_n from_o the_o altar_n say_v lay_v hold_v on_o he_o but_o his_o hand_n he_o put_v forth_o against_o the_o prophet_n dry_v up_o and_o he_o can_v not_o pull_v it_o in_o again_o unto_o he_o ¶_o foelix_n the_o governor_n 10_o make_v this_o sign_n unto_o paul_n to_o give_v he_o leave_v to_o speak_v ¶_o and_o thus_o when_o agrippa_n say_v unto_o 1._o paul_n thou_o be_v permit_v to_o speak_v for_o thyself_o pay_v stretch_v out_o the_o hand_n and_o answer_v for_o himself_o triumpho_fw-la gest._n xv._n to_o put_v out_o the_o raise_a hand_n and_o to_o shake_v it_o as_o it_o be_v into_o a_o shout_n be_v their_o natural_a expression_n who_o exalt_v brag_v boast_v triumph_n and_o by_o exultant_fw-la gesture_n express_v the_o rapâ—ures_n of_o their_o joy_n they_o also_o who_o will_v declare_v their_o high_a applause_n or_o will_v congratulate_v and_o they_o who_o have_v drink_v do_v common_o use_v the_o same_o gesture_n in_o congratulatory_a exclamation_n either_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o ourselves_o or_o other_o welfare_n it_o be_v usual_a and_o natural_a example_n whereof_o be_v yet_o fresh_a in_o the_o life_n of_o memory_n for_o we_o read_v that_o when_o the_o antiochian_o understand_v that_o tiâ—ns_fw-fr be_v come_v to_o their_o city_n they_o can_v not_o contain_v themselves_o within_o their_o wall_n for_o â—â—y_n 7._o but_o all_o go_v out_o to_o meet_v he_o and_o not_o only_a man_n but_o woman_n and_o child_n expect_v his_o come_n 30._o stound_n off_o and_o when_o he_o approach_v near_o unto_o they_o they_o hold_v up_o their_o handâ—_n unto_o he_o â—aiâ—ted_v he_o with_o great_a joy_n and_o acclamation_n hence_o israel_n be_v say_v to_o have_v go_v out_o of_o 6._o egypt_n with_o a_o high_a hand_n that_o be_v with_o great_a joy_n and_o boldness_n and_o this_o protension_n and_o exhalation_n of_o the_o hand_n in_o signification_n of_o mirth_n jollity_n pleasure_n and_o delight_n be_v so_o ground_v in_o nature_n that_o it_o be_v the_o common_a custom_n of_o all_o nation_n when_o they_o be_v tickle_v with_o joy_n that_o can_v be_v contain_v from_o break_v out_o into_o gesture_n out_o go_v the_o hand_n so_o the_o prince_n and_o father_n of_o poet_n deficiunt_fw-la risu_fw-la homer_n tâ—lluntque_fw-la per_fw-la aera_fw-la palmas_fw-la for_o the_o hand_n anoint_v as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o same_o oil_n of_o gladness_n where_o with_o the_o heart_n be_v replenish_v signify_v its_o sensibility_n of_o the_o enlargement_n of_o the_o heart_n by_o this_o amplification_n of_o gesture_n and_o natural_a periphraâ—â—s_n of_o joy_n silentium_fw-la postulo_fw-la gest._n xvi_o the_o beck_a with_o the_o raise_a hand_n have_v be_v ever_o with_o all_o nation_n account_v a_o sign_n of_o traâ—ing_n and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o entreat_v a_o favourable_a silence_n and_o how_o considerable_a a_o expression_n this_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v ever_o account_v in_o this_o business_n may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o the_o office_n of_o the_o common_a crier_n who_o we_o hadrian_n find_v in_o the_o monument_n of_o the_o ancient_n command_v silence_n by_o the_o hand_n alone_o without_o the_o voice_n whence_o that_o of_o dion_n may_v receive_v illustration_n praeâ—o_fw-la cum_fw-la 69._o manum_fw-la porreâ—â—sset_fw-la esset_fw-la que_fw-la ob_fw-la eam_fw-la causam_fw-la silentium_fw-la consecutum_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o gesture_n if_o it_o be_v use_v by_o the_o crier_n of_o court_n of_o justice_n will_v be_v more_o proper_a and_o significant_a to_o procure_v silence_n then_o by_o make_v more_o noise_n to_o engender_v peace_n and_o their_o loud_a way_n of_o reclaim_v one_o auricular_a disturbance_n with_o another_o the_o learned_a invention_n of_o the_o ancient_n do_v ordinary_o allude_v to_o this_o expression_n seneca_n that_o witty_a contriver_n of_o that_o abusive_a play_n câ—s._n of_o the_o death_n of_o claudius_n caesar_n which_o he_o call_v apocolocynthosis_n or_o immortality_n get_v by_o mushroom_n very_o elegant_o bring_v in_o claudian_n the_o emperor_n command_v silence_n with_o this_o â—â—cking_n of_o the_o hand_n heliodorus_n in_o his_o 10._o history_n which_o he_o prefer_v before_o his_o bishopric_n in_o that_o passage_n where_o the_o people_n affect_v with_o joy_n and_o pity_n at_o the_o strange_a hap_n that_o cariclia_n be_v know_v to_o be_v hydaspes_n daughter_n will_v not_o hear_v the_o crier_n that_o
command_v silence_n make_v hydaspes_n himself_o to_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n to_o appear_v they_o and_o do_v they_o be_v still_o and_o barclay_n bring_v in_o euphormio_n when_o there_o euphormio_n be_v a_o noise_n that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v hear_v with_o this_o gesticulation_n of_o his_o hand_n signify_v that_o he_o have_v somewhat_o to_o say_v unto_o they_o profane_a history_n that_o contain_v a_o relation_n of_o thing_n real_o do_v be_v not_o barren_a in_o this_o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n for_o when_o titus_n be_v return_v to_o rome_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o his_o father_n vespasian_n and_o he_o triumph_v in_o common_a 7._o as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v set_v in_o their_o ivory_n tribunal_n the_o soldier_n with_o loud_a voice_n declare_v their_o valour_n and_o fortitude_n vespasian_n have_v receive_v their_o praise_n they_o offer_v still_o to_o speak_v on_o in_o his_o commendation_n he_o beckon_v with_o his_o hand_n and_o make_v a_o sign_n unto_o they_o to_o be_v silent_a when_o commodus_n the_o emperor_n be_v set_v in_o his_o throne_n to_o behold_v those_o famous_a actor_n which_o be_v to_o celebrate_v a_o sacred_a agon_n or_o pageant_n in_o 1._o honour_n of_o jupiter_n capitolinus_n and_o the_o theatre_n full_a of_o spectator_n before_o any_o thing_n be_v say_v or_o act_v on_o the_o stage_n sudden_o there_o start_v out_o one_o in_o a_o philosopher_n habit_n with_o a_o staff_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o a_o scrip_n on_o his_o shoulder_n half_a naked_a who_o run_v to_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o stage_n stand_v still_o and_o beckoning_z with_o his_o hand_n for_o silence_n discover_v the_o treason_n of_o perennius_fw-la to_o commodus_n thus_o drusus_n be_v send_v to_o appease_v the_o rebellion_n 〈◊〉_d in_o pannonia_n stand_v up_o upon_o the_o tribunal_n beckon_v with_o his_o hand_n for_o silence_n to_o be_v make_v and_o after_o constantine_n the_o emperor_n be_v baptize_v have_v cause_v a_o throne_n to_o be_v erect_v in_o the_o palace_n of_o trajan_n he_o declare_v with_o the_o eloquence_n of_o a_o monarch_n the_o reason_n which_o have_v move_v he_o to_o alteration_n of_o religion_n his_o oration_n be_v hear_v of_o all_o the_o world_n with_o great_a applause_n court_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o hour_n the_o cry_n of_o a_o great_a many_o be_v hear_v which_o make_v acclamation_n at_o length_n the_o emperor_n rise_v up_o and_o make_v a_o sign_n with_o his_o hand_n require_v silence_n which_o instant_o make_v all_o that_o great_a multitude_n hold_v their_o peace_n the_o most_o sacred_a history_n be_v not_o without_o example_n of_o holy_a man_n who_o have_v significant_o make_v use_v of_o this_o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n for_o we_o read_v that_o peter_n 17._o beckond_v with_o his_o hand_n unto_o they_o that_o be_v gather_v together_o in_o mary_n house_n to_o hold_v their_o peace_n thus_o paul_n stand_v up_o and_o beckond_v with_o 16._o his_o hand_n and_o say_v man_n of_o israel_n and_o you_o that_o fear_v god_n harken_v etc._n etc._n and_o when_o claudius_n lysiâ—â—_n the_o chief_a captain_n have_v give_v paul_n licence_n to_o speak_v unto_o the_o people_n paul_n stand_v upon_o the_o greice_n of_o the_o castle_n into_o which_o they_o be_v lead_v 40_o he_o and_o beckond_v unto_o the_o people_n and_o when_o there_o be_v make_v a_o great_a silence_n he_o begin_v his_o apology_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n alexander_n likewise_o 33_o use_v this_o beck_a with_o the_o hand_n when_o he_o will_v have_v excuse_v the_o matter_n unto_o the_o people_n in_o the_o original_a peter_n be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manu_fw-la silentio_fw-la postulato_fw-la as_o one_o translation_n anxuere_fw-la manu_fw-la ut_fw-la tacerent_fw-la as_o beza_n in_o the_o other_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v leave_v out_o for_o the_o beck_a motion_n of_o the_o hand_n upon_o such_o occasion_n can_v well_o be_v understand_v otherwise_o then_o for_o a_o sign_n of_o reave_v audience_n juro_fw-la gestus_fw-la xvii_o to_o lift_v up_o the_o right_a hand_n to_o heaven_n be_v the_o natural_a form_n and_o ceremony_n of_o a_o oath_n use_v by_o those_o who_o call_v god_n to_o witness_v and_o will_v adjure_v confirm_v or_o assure_v by_o the_o obligation_n of_o a_o oath_n a_o expression_n first_o use_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o ancient_a patriarch_n and_o be_v think_v to_o have_v flow_v from_o god_n himself_o who_o in_o many_o place_n of_o holy_a writ_n be_v bring_v in_o speak_v of_o himself_o to_o have_v use_v this_o gesture_n for_o 40._o confirmation_n of_o his_o gracious_a promise_n by_o the_o outward_a solemnity_n of_o a_o oath_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o abraham_n say_v unto_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n i_o have_v lift_v up_o my_o hand_n unto_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v i_o have_v swear_v that_o i_o will_v not_o take_v from_o a_o 22._o thread_n even_o to_o a_o shoe_n latchet_n etc._n etc._n unto_o this_o natural_a expression_n the_o psalmist_n allude_v he_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n that_o be_v he_o swear_v and_o to_o the_o signification_n of_o this_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n some_o 26._o refer_v that_o passage_n of_o the_o psalmist_n who_o right_a hand_n be_v a_o right_a hand_n of_o falsehood_n that_o be_v they_o 8._o have_v forswear_v and_o break_v their_o vow_n hence_o by_o a_o form_n of_o speech_n take_v from_o this_o expression_n to_o lift_v up_o the_o hand_n in_o the_o scripture_n phrase_n be_v 7._o the_o same_o as_o to_o swear_v and_o take_v a_o solemn_a oath_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o manifest_a attestation_n and_o significant_a &_o obligatory_a force_n of_o the_o hand_n in_o this_o business_n the_o late_a national_a covenant_n be_v express_o order_v to_o be_v take_v with_o the_o right_a hand_n hold_v up_o on_o high_a the_o angel_n also_o when_o they_o swear_v do_v it_o not_o without_o this_o manual_a asseveration_n for_o the_o angel_n in_o the_o apocalypse_n that_o 5._o john_n see_v stand_v upon_o the_o sea_n and_o upon_o the_o earth_n when_o he_o swear_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v time_n no_o long_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n to_o heaven_n ¶_o this_o vow_v expression_n of_o the_o hand_n marius_n use_v in_o marius_n the_o battle_n of_o the_o cymbres_n when_o he_o promise_v and_o vow_v a_o hecatomb_n or_o solemn_a sacrifice_n of_o a_o hundred_o oxen._n thus_o also_o catulus_n vow_v to_o build_v a_o temple_n to_o fortune_n for_o that_o day_n asseveratione_n deo_fw-la attestor_fw-la gestus_fw-la xviii_o to_o extend_v and_o raise_v up_o both_o the_o hand_n to_o heaven_n be_v a_o expression_n of_o establishment_n and_o a_o most_o strong_a kind_n of_o asseveration_n imply_v as_o it_o be_v a_o double_a â—ath_n there_o be_v a_o passage_n in_o the_o pprophecy_n of_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n 2._o which_o do_v confirm_v and_o illustrate_v this_o expression_n and_o i_o hear_v the_o man_n clothe_v in_o linen_n which_o be_v upon_o the_o water_n of_o the_o river_n when_o he_o hold_v up_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o his_o left_a unto_o heaven_n which_o be_v a_o double_a oath_n as_o our_o gloss_n have_v it_o lauretus_n upon_o this_o altitudo_fw-la place_n say_v that_o the_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o right_n and_o the_o left_a hand_n signify_v a_o oath_n with_o a_o commination_n and_o a_o promise_n ovid_n well_o know_v this_o double_a form_n of_o a_o oath_n describe_v philomela_n fright_v at_o the_o come_n of_o her_o sister_n progne_n as_o she_o strive_v 6._o to_o swear_v and_o call_v the_o god_n to_o witness_v to_o the_o purity_n of_o her_o thought_n and_o that_o she_o be_v compel_v to_o that_o dishonourable_a fact_n very_o elegant_o make_v her_o hold_n up_o her_o hand_n for_o speech_n such_o a_o asseveration_n of_o gesture_n i_o late_o observe_v in_o some_o at_o the_o public_a take_n of_o the_o last_o national_n covenant_n who_o as_o i_o conceive_v rather_o out_o of_o a_o zealous_a earnestness_n to_o engage_v themselves_o in_o the_o cause_n than_o out_o of_o any_o affectation_n or_o privity_n to_o this_o double_a formality_n of_o a_o vow_n take_v the_o covenant_n with_o both_o their_o hand_n hold_v up_o in_o the_o same_o posture_n of_o expression_n we_o find_v gadatas_n 5._o the_o eunuch_n in_o xenophon_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n to_o heaven_n take_v a_o oath_n suffragor_fw-la gest._n xix_o to_o hold_n up_o the_o hand_n be_v a_o natural_a token_n of_o approbation_n consent_n election_n and_o of_o give_v suffrage_n a_o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n so_o common_a that_o chirotonia_n which_o proper_o be_v this_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v usurp_v per_fw-la metalepsin_fw-la connexi_fw-la pro_fw-la suffragio_fw-la to_o this_o declaration_n of_o the_o hand_n that_o elegant_a metaphor_n of_o the_o prophet_n zephanie_n be_v refer_v the_o deep_n make_v a_o noise_n and_o lift_v up_o their_o hand_n on_o high_a that_o be_v show_v 10._o sign_n of_o
thereof_o for_o suetonius_n report_v that_o octavius_n caes._n augustus_n caesar_n by_o occasion_n of_o a_o vision_n by_o night_n beg_v yearly_o upon_o a_o certain_a day_n money_n of_o the_o people_n and_o hold_v out_o his_o hand_n hollow_o to_o those_o who_o bring_v he_o brazen_a dodkin_n or_o mite_n call_v ass_n and_o the_o same_o author_n have_v observe_v as_o much_o in_o vespasian_n who_o be_v so_o vespasiano_n famous_a for_o raise_v profit_n out_o of_o his_o subject_n urine_n and_o his_o dulcis_fw-la odor_n lucri_fw-la ex_fw-la re_fw-la qualibet_fw-la for_o when_o certain_a ambassador_n bring_v he_o word_n that_o there_o be_v decree_v for_o he_o at_o the_o common_a charge_n of_o thè_z state_n a_o giantlike_a image_n that_o he_o will_v cost_v no_o mean_a sum_n of_o money_n he_o command_v to_o raise_v the_o same_o immediate_o show_v therewith_o his_o hand_n hollow_o here_o be_v the_o basis_n quoth_v he_o and_o pedestal_n for_o it_o ready_a munero_fw-la gestus_fw-la xxv_o to_o put_v forth_o the_o right_a hand_n spread_v be_v the_o habit_n of_o bunty_n liberality_n and_o a_o free_a heart_n thus_o we_o reward_v and_o friendly_o bestow_v our_o joust_n hence_o to_o open_a the_o hand_n in_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n imply_v to_o be_v frée-hearted_n munificent_a and_o liberal_a for_o the_o hebrew_n when_o they_o will_v express_v a_o profuse_a munificence_n they_o say_v jadpethucha_n that_o be_v manum_fw-la apertà m_fw-la 14._o from_o whence_o perchance_o the_o turk_n borrow_v the_o conceit_n be_v wont_a to_o set_v forth_o liberality_n by_o a_o open_a hand_n the_o son_n of_o sirach_n know_v that_o the_o exercise_n of_o bounty_n and_o prodigality_n require_v in_o a_o manner_n the_o like_a gesture_n and_o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n speak_v of_o the_o unjust_a spendthrift_n waste_v of_o his_o good_n say_v that_o while_o he_o open_v his_o hand_n he_o shall_v rejoice_v and_o the_o greek_n in_o old_a time_n say_v pliny_n call_v the_o span_n or_o space_n of_o the_o hand_n from_o the_o thumb_n to_o the_o little_a finger_n hist._n end_n doron_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o gift_n be_v in_o their_o language_n call_v dora_n because_o they_o be_v present_v with_o the_o hand_n hence_o physiognomist_n say_v such_o who_o customary_o use_v to_o hold_v the_o ☞_o hand_n extend_v out_o be_v of_o a_o liberal_a complexion_n of_o mind_n argue_v from_o this_o liberal_a property_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o there_o be_v a_o tradition_n our_o midwife_n have_v concern_v child_n bear_v open_v hand_v that_o such_o will_v prove_v of_o a_o bountiful_a disposition_n and_o franke-handed_n infant_n indeed_o for_o the_o most_o part_n come_v into_o the_o world_n with_o their_o hand_n close_v thereby_o notify_v as_o a_o rabbi_n observe_v buxtorph_n that_o god_n have_v give_v they_o the_o riches_n of_o this_o world_n and_o as_o it_o be_v shut_v they_o up_o in_o their_o hand_n whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a die_a man_n be_v wont_a to_o extend_v and_o stretch_v out_o their_o hand_n and_o finger_n thereby_o willing_a to_o signify_v that_o they_o relinquish_v the_o world_n and_o have_v no_o long_o to_o do_v with_o the_o thing_n thereof_o which_o be_v the_o only_a good_a action_n the_o close-handed_n miser_n do_v who_o when_o death_n open_v and_o unlock_v his_o hand_n do_v by_o this_o necessary_a posture_n of_o bounty_n give_v away_o and_o bequeath_v and_o as_o it_o be_v manumit_v what_o he_o can_v no_o long_o withhold_v from_o the_o next_o possessor_n bellarmine_n relate_v a_o story_n of_o stephen_n king_n stophani_fw-la of_o hungary_n who_o hand_n be_v find_v whole_a and_o uncorrupt_a after_o his_o death_n and_o cast_v in_o his_o mind_n what_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n why_o god_n be_v please_v miraculous_o to_o preserve_v his_o right_a hand_n only_o with_o the_o skin_n bone_n and_o nerve_n when_o the_o other_o member_n be_v resolve_v into_o their_o first_o element_n deliver_v his_o opinion_n thus_o true_o i_o think_v that_o in_o this_o miracle_n god_n be_v willing_a to_o show_v the_o depth_n of_o his_o divine_a council_n that_o charity_n excel_v all_o other_o virtue_n deserve_o therefore_o do_v the_o right_a hand_n of_o this_o holy_a king_n remain_v uncorrupt_a which_o be_v always_o flourish_v with_o the_o blossom_n of_o mercy_n and_o which_o in_o relieve_v and_o distribute_v gift_n to_o the_o poor_a be_v never_o empty_a or_o indispose_v god_n indeed_o who_o open_v '_o with_o his_o hand_n and_o fill_v every_o live_a thing_n with_o his_o blessing_n out_o of_o his_o infinite_a bounty_n deal_v out_o liberal_o his_o divine_a alm_n to_o his_o creature_n with_o both_o his_o hand_n whence_o divine_v distinguish_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n into_o those_o of_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o those_o of_o his_o left_a to_o wit_n into_o spiritual_a and_o temporal_a dextra_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la unde_fw-la grata_fw-la proveniunt_fw-la hence_o the_o aramite_n by_o a_o right_a hand_n understand_v the_o effuse_n benignity_n of_o god_n maldonat_n 6._o comment_v upon_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n let_v not_o thy_o left_a hand_n know_v what_o thy_o right_a hand_n do_v give_v a_o reason_n why_o in_o this_o place_n contrary_a to_o the_o enstome_n of_o scripture_n the_o left_a hand_n be_v name_v before_o the_o right_n and_o action_n attribute_v to_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o knowledge_n to_o the_o left_a for_o it_o be_v therefore_o do_v say_v he_o because_o we_o be_v wont_n to_o reach_v out_o our_o alm_n which_o our_o saviour_n there_o speak_v of_o with_o our_o right_a hand_n hence_o call_v manus_fw-la eleemosinaria_fw-la and_o not_o with_o our_o left_a and_o all_o other_o work_n that_o be_v do_v with_o the_o hand_n the_o right_a hand_n do_v they_o the_o leave_v as_o a_o helper_n do_v assist_v so_o that_o if_o it_o have_v eye_n it_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a what_o the_o right_a hand_n do_v wherefore_o christ_n will_v have_v we_o so_o to_o exercise_v this_o hand_n with_o work_n of_o charity_n that_o our_o left_a hand_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v not_o only_o conscious_a but_o accessary_a to_o all_o the_o action_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n shall_v not_o so_o much_o as_o know_v or_o take_v notice_n thereof_o cresollius_n judicious_o scan_v these_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n let_v not_o thy_o left_a hand_n know_v what_o thy_o sacr._n right_a hand_n do_v tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v a_o symbolical_a expression_n very_o like_a to_o the_o hieroglyphique_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o therefore_o the_o force_n and_o sense_n of_o this_o admonition_n be_v to_o be_v seek_v out_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o usual_a signification_n of_o both_o the_o hand_n as_o for_o the_o right_a hand_n it_o be_v altogether_o open_a free_a and_o manifest_o put_v in_o action_n wherefore_o for_o its_o part_n it_o denote_v a_o ingenuous_a candour_n and_o virtue_n who_o glory_n be_v most_o perspicuous_o set_v out_o by_o action_n but_o more_o especial_o the_o right_a hand_n signify_v liberality_n and_o for_o that_o cause_n choose_v to_o be_v the_o hieroglyphique_a of_o a_o most_o beneficent_a and_o plentiful_a largesse_n whereas_o the_o left_a hand_n have_v a_o contrary_a genius_n and_o be_v observe_v to_o be_v of_o a_o close_a and_o retire_a nature_n this_o niggard_n out_o of_o a_o skulk_a disposition_n affect_v secrecy_n and_o the_o subtle_a leisure_n of_o a_o thrifty_a vacation_n so_o that_o this_o symbol_n of_o our_o saviour_n insinuate_v thus_o much_o if_o thou_o be_v dispose_v to_o communicate_v thy_o good_n to_o relieve_v the_o want_n of_o thy_o brother_n and_o to_o show_v forth_o the_o liberality_n of_o thy_o mind_n take_v not_o counsel_n of_o thy_o left_a hand_n mind_n not_o what_o the_o covetous_a desire_n of_o good_n and_o the_o thirst_n of_o have_v require_v at_o thy_o gripe_a hand_n let_v the_o right_a hand_n prevail_v with_o thou_o the_o index_n of_o beneficence_n and_o pledge_v of_o commiseration_n the_o accuser_n of_o covetousness_n let_v that_o muck-worme_n the_o left_a hand_n earth_n itself_o in_o avarice_n and_o keep_v silence_n by_o a_o uncharitable_a retention_n which_o do_v not_o love_n to_o scatter_v but_o to_o snatch_v away_o not_o to_o bestow_v but_o a_o long_a time_n to_o retain_v how_o many_o scaevola_n or_o left-handed_a donatist_n in_o matter_n of_o bounty_n do_v our_o time_n afford_v within_o the_o freeze_a hold_n of_o who_o spare_a hand_n charity_n be_v quite_o starve_v with_o cold_a and_o how_o many_o who_o fear_v the_o moralist_n bis_z that_fw-mi qui_fw-la cito_fw-la that_fw-mi with_o the_o old_a courtier_n gloss_n that_o the_o soon_o suitor_n be_v dispatch_v the_o soon_o they_o will_v return_v again_o by_o sinister_a delay_n hold_v they_o in_o suspense_n while_o their_o courtesy_n hang_v to_o their_o finger_n end_n like_o birdlime_n and_o will_v not_o come_v away_o these_o the_o heathen_a man_n will_v call_v viseata_fw-la beneficia_fw-la we_o left-handed_a senecâ—_n favour_n these_o man_n as_o if_o they_o be_v
they_o ¶_o the_o speech_n of_o reuben_n to_o his_o father_n jacob_n about_o benjamins_n deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n have_v reference_n to_o 37._o this_o signification_n of_o trust_n and_o that_o speech_n of_o judah_n unto_o his_o father_n about_o the_o same_o business_n i_o will_v be_v surety_n for_o he_o of_o my_o hand_n shall_v thou_o require_v 9_o he_o ¶_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o fidelity_n all_o the_o prince_n &_o man_n of_o power_n and_o all_o the_o son_n of_o david_n give_v the_o hand_n unto_o king_n solomon_n and_o the_o prophet_n 24_o ezekiel_n emphatical_o declare_v the_o perjury_n and_o infidelity_n of_o the_o king_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o have_v 18._o break_v the_o oath_n make_v with_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n which_o he_o have_v confirm_v by_o give_v his_o hand_n denounce_v these_o punishment_n that_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o babel_n in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o king_n that_o have_v make_v he_o king_n who_o oath_n he_o have_v despise_v and_o who_o covenant_n make_v with_o he_o he_o break_v neither_o shall_v pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n in_o who_o he_o trust_v deliver_v he_o for_o he_o have_v despise_v the_o oath_n and_o break_v the_o covenant_n yet_o loe_o he_o have_v give_v his_o hand_n and_o very_o all_o nation_n have_v ever_o have_v a_o natural_a respect_n unto_o the_o mystery_n of_o faith_n which_o have_v her_o firm_a existence_n in_o the_o hand_n and_o have_v so_o esteem_v the_o right_a hand_n they_o think_v the_o touch_n thereof_o to_o be_v the_o most_o lively_a significant_a and_o express_a pawn_n or_o pledge_v of_o faithfulness_n whence_o all_o compact_n league_n grant_n combination_n truce_n proviso_n bargain_n covenant_n and_o intercourse_n whatsoever_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v inviolable_o ratify_v and_o to_o stand_v in_o full_a power_n force_n and_o virtue_n by_o the_o touch_n of_o the_o insure_a hand_n for_o when_o we_o give_v our_o hand_n we_o do_v sealâ—_n as_o it_o be_v a_o obligation_n or_o real_a contract_n by_o which_o present_v we_o deep_o engage_v ourselves_o to_o a_o punctual_a accomplishment_n of_o that_o which_o our_o hand_n have_v protest_v to_o the_o hand_n be_v bind_v as_o a_o surety_n that_o our_o deed_n shall_v be_v forthcoming_a and_o be_v find_v answerable_a to_o our_o word_n for_o whosoever_o forfeit_v the_o recognizance_n of_o his_o hand_n he_o break_v the_o most_o sacred_a and_o strong_a band_n of_o of_o truth_n and_o by_o falsify_v his_o manual_a faith_n prove_v a_o kind_n of_o renegado_n to_o himself_o caelius_n rhodiginus_fw-la think_v there_o be_v some_o pythagorical_a lect_n mystery_n in_o this_o authentic_a guise_n of_o the_o hand_n in_o warrantize_v faithful_a deal_n and_o that_o the_o gesture_n flow_v from_o a_o secret_a and_o religious_a reverence_n to_o that_o comprehensive_a number_n ten_o for_o while_o each_o hand_n do_v extend_v five_o finger_n which_o move_v to_o the_o comprehension_n of_o each_o other_o they_o premit_fw-la a_o resemblance_n of_o the_o decade_n mystery_n since_o meet_v in_o their_o formal_a close_n they_o seem_v to_o greet_v one_o another_o in_o that_o number_n callymachus_n and_o varro_n endeavour_v to_o render_v another_o reason_n varro_n draw_v from_o the_o natural_a authority_n and_o command_n that_o consist_v in_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o very_o faith_n consist_v whole_o in_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o the_o left_a have_v no_o obligatory_a force_n or_o virtue_n in_o it_o for_o to_o give_v the_o left_a hand_n or_o to_o take_v another_o give_v right_o hand_n with_o the_o left_a be_v not_o bind_v in_o point_n of_o natural_a faith_n and_o therefore_o when_o josippus_n gorio_n the_o jew_n desire_v a_o roman_a soldier_n to_o give_v he_o his_o right_a tacitus_n hand_n in_o sign_n of_o faith_n he_o give_v he_o his_o left_a and_o draw_v his_o sword_n with_o his_o right_a hand_n slay_v he_o and_o yet_o he_o can_v proper_o be_v say_v to_o have_v falsify_v his_o promise_n since_o he_o give_v he_o but_o his_o left_a hand_n who_o touch_n have_v no_o assurance_n but_o be_v ever_o hold_v deceitful_a and_o ominous_a therefore_o the_o oath_n of_o faith_n in_o all_o adjuration_n be_v take_v and_o require_v by_o the_o right_a hand_n hence_o plautus_n haec_fw-la per_fw-la dextram_fw-la tuam_fw-la dextrate_n retinente_fw-la manu_fw-la captiv_n obsecro_fw-la infidelior_fw-la mihi_fw-la ne_fw-la sis_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la tibi_fw-la to_o which_o may_v be_v refer_v that_o adjuration_n of_o cicero_n per_fw-la dextram_fw-la ipsam_fw-la quam_fw-la hospes_fw-la hospiti_fw-la porrexisti_fw-la reg._n for_o the_o ancient_n be_v wont_n by_o this_o gesture_n of_o faith_n to_o put_v their_o last_o will_n and_o commandment_n into_o the_o oblige_a hand_n of_o their_o heir_n or_o executor_n to_o which_o intent_n masinissa_n send_v to_o manilius_n proconsul_n of_o africa_n request_v he_o to_o send_v unto_o he_o then_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n scipio_n 5._o aemilianus_n who_o then_o serve_v under_o his_o command_n as_o a_o soldier_n suppose_v his_o death_n to_o prove_v more_o happy_a if_o he_o die_v embrace_v his_o right_a hand_n and_o adjure_v he_o thereby_o to_o perform_v his_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n tarqvinius_n priscus_n send_v for_o servius_n to_o this_o purpose_n thus_o the_o friend_n of_o germanicus_n 1._o touch_v his_o right_a hand_n swear_v to_o revenge_v his_o death_n and_o micipsa_n king_n of_o numidia_n after_o he_o 2._o have_v adopt_v jugurth_n upon_o his_o deathbed_n use_v these_o word_n unto_o he_o i_o adjure_v thou_o by_o this_o right_a hand_n which_o he_o hold_v and_o by_o the_o allegigiance_n thou_o owe_v to_o thy_o country_n that_o thou_o estrange_v jugurth_n not_o thy_o love_n and_o service_n from_o these_o thy_o kinsman_n who_o by_o favour_n and_o adoption_n i_o have_v create_v thy_o brethren_n to_o this_o virgil_n allude_v to_o 7._o the_o general_a custom_n fata_fw-la per_fw-la aeneae_n juro_fw-la dextramque_fw-la potentem_fw-la tibullus_n allude_v to_o this_o gesture_n te_fw-la teneam_fw-la moriens_fw-la deficiente_fw-la manu_fw-la eleg._n the_o wild_a irish_a do_v ordinary_o use_v to_o swear_v by_o this_o seat_n of_o faith_n and_o minister_v of_o virtue_n the_o right_a hand_n who_o at_o every_o three_o word_n be_v wont_a to_o lash_v out_o a_o oath_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n these_o by_o my_o britan._n god_n father_n hand_n by_o my_o gossip_n hand_n or_o by_o thy_o hand_n and_o for_o the_o performance_n of_o promise_n and_o that_o a_o man_n may_v believe_v they_o these_o be_v of_o great_a weight_n to_o bind_v they_o if_o one_o swear_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o earl_n or_o of_o his_o own_o lord_n or_o some_o mighty_a person_n for_o if_o he_o be_v forswear_a and_o convict_v of_o perjury_n the_o say_v mighty_a man_n will_v wring_v from_o he_o perforce_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o a_o number_n of_o cow_n as_o if_o by_o that_o perjury_n the_o great_a abuse_n and_o injury_n that_o may_v be_v be_v offer_v to_o his_o name_n and_o the_o hebridian_n scot_n vit_fw-mi and_o mountainier_n in_o their_o contract_n swear_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o captain_n a_o ordinance_n observe_v among_o they_o ever_o since_o evenus_n the_o first_o king_n that_o exact_v the_o oath_n of_o faith_n at_o their_o hand_n ¶_o but_o the_o indissoluble_a solder_v and_o inviolable_a bond_n of_o society_n which_o old_a sincerity_n instruct_v by_o reason_n in_o the_o tacit_n force_v thereof_o think_v the_o great_a oath_n and_o the_o strong_a hold_v the_o republic_a have_v to_o keep_v the_o honour_n of_o her_o estate_n be_v faith_n than_o which_o there_o be_v never_o any_o thing_n hold_v to_o be_v of_o great_a credit_n or_o antiquity_n hence_o xenophon_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la publicam_fw-la fidem_fw-la and_o numa_n by_o his_o dedication_n of_o the_o hand_n to_o faith_n and_o command_v the_o flamen_n to_o execute_v plut._n their_o function_n with_o their_o hand_n cover_v and_o wrap_v close_o to_o their_o finger_n end_n give_v a_o notable_a testimony_n that_o he_o hold_v faith_n for_o holy_a and_o sacred_a after_o touch_v of_o the_o right_a hand_n that_o it_o ought_v be_v keep_v and_o preserve_v and_o that_o her_o seat_n be_v sacred_a and_o consecrate_a even_o upon_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o therefore_o that_o it_o ought_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v violate_v wherefore_o in_o particular_a contract_n among_o the_o roman_n there_o be_v not_o any_o oath_n more_o religious_a and_o holy_a than_o the_o oath_n of_o faith_n a_o point_n of_o natural_a doctrine_n that_o numa_n do_v but_o enforce_v with_o his_o ritual_a addition_n but_o the_o authority_n reputation_n consequence_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o public_a faith_n be_v have_v in_o such_o singular_a estimation_n that_o man_n hold_v their_o money_n no_o med_a where_o so_o safe_a as_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o public_a state_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o may_v see_v many_o ancient_a
a_o hand_n which_o be_v the_o source_n of_o so_o many_o charity_n reservatione_fw-la saluto_fw-la gestus_fw-la lxii_o to_o offer_v the_o back_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n to_o be_v kiss_v by_o other_o which_o pliny_n call_v a_o religious_a ceremony_n use_v by_o all_o nation_n 11._o be_v a_o expression_n of_o state_n use_v by_o proud_a and_o scornful_a person_n who_o affect_v the_o garb_n of_o great_a one_o and_o be_v willing_a to_o afford_v a_o sleight_n respect_n to_o one_o they_o think_v unworthy_a of_o a_o high_a touch_n martial_a very_o acute_o jeer_v at_o the_o condition_n of_o such_o overween_a magnificoe_n 22._o basia_fw-la das_fw-la aliis_fw-la aliis_fw-la das_fw-la posthume_n dextram_fw-la dicis_fw-la utrum_fw-la mavis_fw-la elige_fw-la malo_fw-la manum_fw-la many_o such_o ape_n of_o sovereignty_n our_o time_n afford_v who_o arrogate_v to_o themselves_o more_o honour_n then_o either_o their_o birth_n or_o fortune_n can_v challenge_v such_o may_v see_v a_o copy_n of_o their_o improper_a expression_n in_o marcellinus_n who_o describe_v the_o corrupt_a state_n of_o 8_o rome_n in_o the_o day_n of_o valentinian_n and_o valens_n show_v how_o the_o nobility_n some_o of_o they_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o be_v salute_v or_o greet_v breast_n to_o breast_n turn_v their_o head_n awry_o when_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v kiss_v and_o bridle_v it_o like_a unto_o curse_a and_o fierce_a bull_n offer_v unto_o their_o flatter_a favourite_n their_o knee_n or_o hand_n to_o kiss_v suppose_v that_o favour_n sufficient_a for_o they_o to_o live_v happy_o and_o be_v make_v for_o ever_o indeed_o the_o favourite_n of_o fortune_n and_o great_a commander_n of_o the_o world_n with_o a_o little_a more_o reason_n have_v think_v they_o much_o to_o wrong_v their_o majesty_n who_o in_o kiss_v presume_v above_o their_o hand_n example_n of_o which_o imperious_a expression_n we_o have_v in_o caligula_n who_o as_o dion_n report_v of_o he_o be_v very_o spare_v caligula_n of_o his_o hand_n except_o it_o be_v to_o senator_n and_o to_o who_o he_o offer_v this_o favour_n they_o give_v he_o public_a thanks_o in_o the_o senate_n for_o it_o whereas_o all_o man_n see_v he_o daily_o allow_v this_o favour_n to_o dancer_n and_o tumbler_n and_o domitian_n to_o caenis_n 12._o his_o father_n concubine_n new_o return_v out_o of_o istria_n and_o offer_v to_o kiss_v his_o lip_n he_o put_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o young_a maximin_n be_v note_v to_o have_v use_v the_o say_v stately_a expression_n honour_n in_o his_o demeanour_n towards_o they_o that_o come_v to_o salute_v he_o and_o not_o to_o have_v admit_v any_o above_o his_o hand_n a_o piece_n of_o state_n that_o have_v be_v as_o improper_o usurp_v by_o the_o proud_a prelate_n of_o the_o church_n who_o have_v expect_v the_o same_o symbol_n of_o subjection_n from_o the_o humble_a mouth_n of_o their_o adorer_n a_o reserve_a carriage_n which_o beget_v envy_n in_o the_o people_n to_o the_o great_a emperor_n wherefore_o trajanum_fw-la pliny_n comend_v trajan_n the_o emperor_n in_o forbear_v this_o expression_n of_o state_n &_o condemn_v it_o in_o those_o that_o use_v it_o sai_z i_o be_o quo_fw-la assensu_fw-la senatus_fw-la quo_fw-la gaudio_fw-la exceptus_fw-la es_fw-la cum_fw-la canditatis_fw-la ut_fw-la quemque_fw-la nomina_fw-la veras_fw-la osculo_fw-la occur_v devexus_fw-la in_o planum_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la unus_fw-la ex_fw-la gratulantibus_fw-la te_fw-la miror_fw-la magis_fw-la a_o improbem_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la efficerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la magnum_fw-la videretur_fw-la cum_fw-la velut_fw-la affixi_fw-la curulibus_fw-la suis_fw-la manum_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o hanc_fw-la cunctanter_fw-la &_o pigrè_fw-la &_o imputantibus_fw-la simile_n promerent_fw-la yet_o in_o prince_n who_o temper_n do_v enrich_v they_o with_o their_o people_n love_n this_o demonstration_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v a_o note_n of_o royal_a plausibility_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o benign_a and_o courteous_a prince_n be_v marcus_n aurelius_n as_o herodian_a note_v who_o be_v of_o so_o sweet_a a_o temper_n and_o debonair_a behaviour_n towards_o all_o man_n that_o he_o will_v give_v his_o hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o to_o every_o man_n that_o come_v to_o he_o command_v his_o guard_n to_o keep_v back_o none_o that_o come_v unto_o he_o the_o same_o author_n speak_v of_o the_o 3._o emperor_n severus_n his_o entrance_n into_o rome_n with_o his_o army_n and_o note_v his_o plausibility_n the_o next_o day_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o senate_n where_o he_o make_v a_o smooth_a and_o plausible_a speech_n and_o then_o say_v he_o he_o give_v his_o hand_n to_o all_o the_o company_n where_o he_o use_v the_o same_o greek_a word_n as_o before_o absalon_n use_v this_o popular_a action_n of_o his_o hand_n as_o 5._o a_o bait_n to_o entice_v and_o steal_v away_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o people_n from_o his_o father_n david_n for_o the_o text_n say_v it_o be_v so_o that_o when_o any_o man_n come_v nigh_o he_o to_o do_v he_o obeisance_n he_o put_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o take_v he_o and_o kiss_v he_o otho_n be_v of_o the_o same_o courtly_a complexion_n and_o as_o tacitus_n 1._o observe_v be_v well_o skill_v in_o the_o facit_fw-la force_n of_o this_o popular_a insinuation_n very_o ready_a to_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o to_o bow_v himself_o to_o every_o mean_a person_n neither_o do_v he_o reject_v any_o though_o come_v single_a the_o humanity_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a king_n of_o macedon_n a_o prince_n of_o a_o invincible_a spirit_n and_o noble_a temper_n 10._o be_v most_o renown_a in_o history_n who_o although_o he_o be_v weaken_v with_o the_o violence_n of_o a_o disease_n a_o thing_n most_o incredible_a to_o be_v speak_v or_o hear_v raise_v himself_o upon_o his_o couch_n put_v forth_o his_o die_a hand_n to_o all_o his_o soldier_n that_o will_v to_o touch_v it_o and_o hold_v it_o in_o that_o posture_n until_o all_o his_o army_n have_v kiss_v not_o until_o then_o take_v in_o his_o weary_a arm_n upon_o which_o unimitable_a act_n of_o alexander_n valerius_n maximus_n break_v forth_o into_o a_o most_o pathetical_a interrogatory_n quis_fw-la 5._o autem_fw-la manum_fw-la osculari_fw-la non_fw-la curreret_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la fato_fw-la oppressa_fw-la maximi_fw-la exercitus_fw-la complexui_fw-la humanitate_fw-la quam_fw-la spiritu_fw-la vividiore_fw-la suffecit_fw-la nor_o be_v the_o affability_n of_o cyrus_n king_n of_o persia_n much_o less_o remarkable_a 8._o who_o declare_v upon_o his_o deathbed_n how_o they_o shall_v dispose_v of_o his_o body_n after_o his_o a_o to_o wit_n to_o bury_v it_o present_o in_o the_o earth_n and_o not_o to_o enclose_v it_o in_o any_o gold_n or_o silver_n urn_n wherefore_o say_v he_o if_o there_o be_v any_o of_o you_o that_o will_v either_o touch_v my_o right_a hand_n or_o behold_v my_o eye_n while_o i_o be_o yet_o alive_a let_v they_o come_v near_o but_o when_o my_o eye_n be_v once_o close_v i_o crave_v of_o you_o my_o son_n that_o my_o body_n may_v be_v see_v of_o no_o man_n nor_o of_o you_o yourselves_o and_o have_v speak_v these_o and_o other_o thing_n when_o he_o have_v give_v they_o all_o his_o hand_n he_o close_v his_o eye_n and_o so_o die_v great_a prince_n at_o this_o day_n expose_v not_o their_o right_a hand_n to_o be_v kiss_v but_o to_o such_o who_o they_o will_v welcome_v with_o some_o especial_a grace_n for_o when_o great_a potentate_n intend_v to_o admit_v a_o friend_n into_o protection_n or_o in_o their_o royal_a goodness_n be_v please_v to_o re-admit_a some_o exile_n from_o their_o love_n and_o will_v dispense_v with_o great_a majesty_n a_o pardon_n royal_a for_o some_o pass_a offence_n they_o use_v open_o to_o offer_v and_o present_v the_o back_n of_o their_o right_a hand_n permit_v they_o by_o that_o favour_n to_o reverence_v their_o power_n and_o high_a command_n or_o the_o signification_n of_o that_o touch_n and_o honourable_a favour_n be_v as_o much_o as_o a_o firm_a sign_n of_o reconciliation_n and_o a_o gracious_a league_n obtain_v at_o their_o hand_n furacitatem_fw-la noto_fw-la gestus_fw-la lxiii_o to_o put_v forth_o the_o left_a hand_n as_o it_o be_v by_o stealth_n be_v their_o significant_a endeavour_n who_o have_v a_o intent_n unséene_a to_o purloin_v and_o convey_v away_o something_o from_o which_o felonious_a action_n the_o adage_n be_v derive_v utitur_fw-la adag_n manu_fw-la sinistra_fw-la which_o translate_v in_o the_o proverbial_a sense_n be_v take_v up_o against_o cheat_n and_o pilfer_a fellow_n who_o by_o a_o théevish_a sleight_n of_o hand_n and_o sly_a way_n of_o robbery_n can_v bereave_v one_o of_o a_o thing_n unperceived_a for_o such_o mercurialist_n who_o address_v themselves_o to_o filch_v and_o lurch_a close_o assay_v underhand_n to_o steal_v a_o thing_n handsmooth_a away_o do_v in_o the_o curse_a handicraft_n of_o theft_n out_o of_o a_o kind_n of_o cunning_a choice_n employ_v the_o left_a hand_n which_o be_v the_o hand_n that_o lie_v more_o out_o of_o sight_n and_o
dare_v hence_o the_o spaniard_n in_o the_o propriety_n of_o their_o tongue_n express_v covetousness_n by_o a_o short_a hand_n and_o bounty_n by_o a_o long_a and_o large_a hand_n these_o phrase_n do_v often_o occur_v in_o guzman_n which_o i_o take_v for_o a_o subtle_a contexture_n of_o the_o proverbial_a riches_n and_o gravity_n of_o the_o spanish_a tongue_n solomon_n dislike_v this_o gesture_n where_o he_o say_v let_v not_o thy_o hand_n be_v open_a to_o take_v and_o close_v when_o thou_o shall_v give_v and_o artaxerxes_n the_o son_n of_o xerxes_n who_o be_v apotheg_n surname_v long_a hand_n because_o he_o have_v one_o hand_n long_o than_o another_o be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o as_o a_o prince_n who_o be_v god_n image_n upon_o earth_n he_o have_v a_o hand_n to_o give_v to_o wit_n a_o right_a hand_n very_o long_o the_o other_o to_o withhold_v and_o take_v away_o to_o wit_n a_o left_a hand_n contract_v and_o very_o short_a add_v that_o it_o be_v a_o more_o princely_a and_o royal_a property_n to_o give_v then_o to_o take_v away_o numero_fw-la gestus_fw-la xxv_o to_o begin_v with_o the_o first_o finger_n of_o the_o left_a hand_n and_o to_o tell_v on_o to_o the_o last_o finger_n of_o the_o right_n be_v the_o natural_a and_o simple_a way_n of_o number_v &_o computation_n for_o all_o man_n use_v to_o count_v forward_o till_o they_o come_v to_o that_o number_n of_o their_o finger_n and_o be_v come_v to_o that_o number_n prompt_v as_o it_o be_v by_o nature_n to_o return_v at_o this_o bind_v or_o but_o of_o numericall_a immensity_n about_o which_o all_o number_n be_v reflect_v and_o drive_v round_o they_o repeat_v again_o the_o same_o number_n return_v unto_o unity_n from_o whence_o their_o account_n begin_v which_o we_o must_v not_o account_v as_o a_o accident_n but_o a_o thing_n propagate_v from_o the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n since_o it_o be_v ever_o do_v and_o that_o by_o all_o nation_n for_o the_o finger_n by_o a_o ordinance_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o unrepealable_a statute_n of_o the_o great_a arithmetician_n be_v appoint_v to_o serve_v for_o cast_v counter_n as_o quick_a and_o native_a digit_n always_o ready_a at_o hand_n to_o assist_v we_o in_o our_o computation_n hence_o some_o have_v call_v man_n a_o natural_a arithmetician_n and_o the_o only_a creature_n that_o can_v reckon_v and_o understand_v the_o mystic_a law_n of_o number_n because_o he_o alone_o have_v reason_n which_o be_v the_o spring_n of_o arithmetical_a account_n nay_o that_o divine_a philosopher_n do_v draw_v the_o line_n of_o man_n understanding_n from_o this_o compute_a plato_n faculty_n of_o his_o soul_n affirm_v that_o therefore_o he_o excel_v all_o creature_n in_o wisdom_n because_o he_o can_v account_v and_o indeed_o not_o the_o least_o of_o the_o more_o subtle_a part_n of_o reason_n do_v depend_v upon_o this_o arithmetical_a infuse_a quality_n hence_o we_o account_v such_o for_o idiot_n and_o halfe-sould_a man_n who_o can_v tell_v to_o the_o native_a number_n of_o their_o finger_n and_o if_o we_o count_v the_o dole_n of_o nature_n and_o those_o number_n that_o be_v bear_v with_o we_o and_o cast_v up_o in_o our_o hand_n from_o our_o mother_n womb_n by_o he_o who_o make_v all_o thing_n in_o number_n weight_n &_o measure_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o there_o be_v five_o finger_n range_v upon_o either_o hand_n which_o quinary_a construction_n of_o the_o finger_n as_o be_v of_o a_o mystical_a perfection_n be_v much_o canvas_v by_o the_o pythagoran_n philosopher_n moral_a and_o call_v marriage_n because_o it_o be_v a_o compound_n of_o the_o first_o numeral_a male_n and_o female_a it_o be_v also_o fit_o term_v nature_n because_o be_v multiply_v it_o determin_n and_o rebound_v upon_o itself_o for_o five_o time_n five_o make_v twenty_o five_o and_o multiply_v by_o a_o old_a number_n it_o still_o represent_v itself_o for_o if_o you_o take_v five_o unto_o five_o by_o double_v the_o cinque_fw-fr you_o make_v the_o decade_n and_o there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o natural_a virtue_n or_o faculty_n to_o divide_v as_o appear_v in_o the_o finger_n of_o each_o hand_n so_o that_o nature_n seem_v to_o have_v take_v more_o delight_n to_o order_n and_o compose_v thing_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o five_o then_o to_o fall_v upon_o any_o other_o form_n that_o may_v have_v prove_v spherical_a hence_o plutarch_n observe_v that_o the_o ancient_n be_v wont_a to_o use_v the_o verb_n pempasesthai_o moral_n when_o they_o will_v signify_v to_o number_n or_o to_o reckon_v and_o the_o memphian_a priest_n in_o their_o hieroglyphique_n by_o a_o hand_n the_o finger_n set_v upright_o use_v to_o figure_n out_o arithmetic_n great_a be_v the_o perfection_n of_o the_o total_a sum_n of_o our_o finger_n for_o ten_o be_v the_o fount_n and_o head_n of_o all_o number_n for_o this_o be_v compound_v of_o 1._o 2._o 3._o and_o 4._o which_o unite_v sum_n up_o ten_o the_o most_o complete_a of_o number_n as_o possess_v of_o the_o form_n of_o all_o the_o other_o for_o both_o the_o even_a and_o odd_a the_o square_a cubique_fw-la plain_a the_o linear_a the_o monade_n and_o compound_v with_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v comprise_v in_o the_o decade_n which_o therefore_o pythagoras_n the_o samian_n who_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o first_o author_n of_o the_o name_n philosophy_n as_o plutarch_n affirm_v conclude_v the_o denarie_a to_o be_v the_o most_o absolute_a perfection_n of_o number_n because_o as_o the_o poet_n say_v we_o have_v tot_o digitos_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la numerare_fw-la solemus_fw-la fastorum_fw-la hadrianus_n junius_n by_o a_o elegant_a and_o neat_a description_n seem_v to_o allude_v to_o the_o intention_n of_o nature_n in_o devise_v the_o hand_n so_o fit_a for_o all_o account_n that_o it_o may_v serve_v for_o a_o count_a table_n porrigor_fw-la in_o ramos_fw-la quinos_fw-la &_o quilibet_fw-la horum_fw-la diditur_fw-la in_o triplices_fw-la nodos_fw-la nisi_fw-la quintus_fw-la egeret_fw-la aenigmat_n uno_n qui_fw-la solus_fw-la respondet_fw-la robore_fw-la cunctis_fw-la undique_fw-la colligulis_fw-la surgo_fw-la in_fw-la vallumque_fw-la reside_v ast_n abaci_fw-la desit_fw-la si_fw-la forte_fw-fr ego_fw-la munia_fw-la praste_v abacus_fw-la be_v a_o counting-table_n such_o as_o arithmetician_n use_v a_o index_n to_o the_o follow_a alphabet_n of_o natural_a gesture_n of_o the_o finger_n which_o gesture_n beside_o their_o typical_a signification_n be_v so_o order_v to_o serve_v for_o privy_a cypher_n for_o any_o secret_a intimation_n a_o figure_n out_o the_o i_o gesture_n b_o figures_n out_o the_o two_o gest._n c_o figures_n out_o the_o iii_o gest._n d_o figure_n out_o the_o iv_o gest._n e_o figure_n out_o the_o five_o gest._n f_o figure_n out_o the_o vi_o gest._n g_o figure_n out_o the_o vii_o gest._n h_o figure_n out_o the_o ix_o gest._n i_o figure_v out_o the_o x_o gest._n k_o figure_v out_o the_o xi_o gest._n l_o figures_n out_o the_o xii_o gest._n m_o figures_n out_o the_o xiii_o gest._n n_o figure_n out_o the_o xiiii_o gest._n o_o figure_n out_o the_o xv_o gest._n p_o figures_n out_o the_o xvi_o gest._n q_o figure_n out_o the_o xvii_o gest._n r_o figure_n out_o the_o xviii_o gest._n s_o figures_n out_o the_o xix_o gest._n t_o figure_n out_o the_o xx_o gest._n five_o figure_n out_o the_o xxi_o gest._n w_n figure_n out_o the_o xxii_o gest._n x_o figure_n out_o the_o xxiii_o gest._n y_fw-fr figure_n out_o the_o xxiv_o gest._n z_o figures_n out_o the_o xxv_o gest._n a._n inventione_n laboro_fw-la b._n fleo_fw-la c._n approbo_fw-la d._n extollo_fw-la e._n collateralitèr_fw-la monstro_fw-la f._n indigo_n g._n terrorem_fw-la icutio_fw-la h._n silentium_fw-la indigo_n i._o redarguo_fw-la k._n compello_fw-la l._n veto_n m._n diffidentian_n noto_fw-la n._n mollitiem_fw-la prodo_fw-la o._n convicium_fw-la facere_fw-la p._n contemno_fw-la q._n ironiam_fw-la infligo_fw-la r._n contemptuosè_fw-la provoco_fw-la s._n avariciam_fw-la prodo_fw-la t._n offensiunculam_fw-la resentio_fw-la v._o iram_fw-la impotentem_fw-la prodo_fw-la w._n stultitiae_fw-la notam_fw-la insigo_fw-la x._o improbitatem_fw-la objicio_fw-la y._n parce_fw-fr do._n z._n numero_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o courteous_a reader_n in_o some_o copy_n thou_o shall_v find_v these_o mistake_n hereafter_o mention_v which_o i_o pray_v thou_o charitable_o to_o amend_v or_o not_o to_o censure_v page_n 3._o line_n 18._o for_o a_o read_v in_o p._n 22._o l._n 6._o r._n all_o good_a thing_n p._n 43._o l._n 20._o the_o paragraph_n indicative_a belong_v to_o the_o last_o paragraph_n of_o that_o gesture_n in_o p._n 44._o p._n 62._o l._n 26_o r._n rabbin_z p._n 76._o l._n 17._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 73._o l._n r._n manner_n p._n 76._o 34._o leave_n out_o of_o p._n 83._o l._n 7._o r._n the_o p._n 90._o in_o the_o margin_n r._n pulcheriae_fw-la with_o a_o capital_a p._n 94._o l._n 6._o r._n utrasque_fw-la ibid._n l._n 30._o r._n affection_n ibid._n l._n 32._o r._n impressam_fw-la p._n 96._o l._n 30._o r._n stretch_v p._n 112._o l._n
head_n and_o aide_n of_o a_o matter_n in_o question_n which_o have_v be_v bring_v in_o and_o allege_a for_o the_o advancement_n of_o truth_n or_o which_o have_v be_v evident_o refute_v or_o prove_v hence_o in_o the_o areopagetique_a school_n or_o council-house_n at_o athens_n they_o paint_a chrysippus_n with_o his_o finger_n in_o this_o posture_n for_o the_o signification_n of_o number_n and_o our_o modern_a artist_n when_o they_o will_v exhibit_v arithmetic_n count_v observe_v the_o same_o gesture_n of_o the_o finger_n such_o a_o statue_n of_o arithmetic_n there_o be_v in_o the_o new_a oval_a theatre_n late_o erect_v for_o the_o dissect_n anatomy_n in_o barber-surgeon_n hall_n in_o london_n canon_n xxx_o to_o lift_v up_o or_o put_v forth_o some_o of_o the_o finger_n be_v a_o plain_a way_n of_o rhetorical_a arithmetic_n fit_a to_o signify_v a_o small_a number_n a_o simple_a action_n serve_v well_o enough_o their_o occasion_n who_o will_v inculcate_v two_o or_o three_o chief_a point_n to_o a_o ignorant_a multitude_n roscius_n make_v use_v of_o this_o arithmetical_a intimation_n instead_o of_o speech_n when_o he_o rise_v to_o speak_v against_o the_o law_n gabinius_n have_v propound_v for_o pompey_n authority_n against_o the_o pirate_n for_o pompey_n when_o he_o can_v have_v no_o audience_n and_o that_o he_o see_v he_o can_v not_o be_v hear_v he_o make_v a_o sign_n with_o his_o finger_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o give_v pompey_n alone_o this_o authority_n but_o join_v another_o unto_o he_o while_o he_o be_v signify_v this_o by_o the_o gesticulation_n of_o his_o hand_n the_o people_n be_v offend_v with_o he_o make_v such_o a_o threaten_a outcry_n upon_o it_o that_o a_o crow_n fly_v over_o the_o marketplace_n at_o that_o instant_n be_v strike_v blind_a and_o fall_v down_o among_o the_o people_n then_o roscius_n hold_v not_o only_o his_o pyratico_fw-la tongue_n but_o his_o hand_n also_o this_o be_v most_o proper_o perform_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o the_o left_a hand_n cresollius_n commend_v this_o way_n of_o numeration_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o modern_a divine_n so_o some_o of_o the_o father_n when_o they_o do_v expound_v the_o mystery_n of_o the_o sacred_a trinity_n they_o lift_v up_o three_o finger_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n but_o this_o simple_a way_n of_o computation_n have_v be_v entertain_v since_o the_o ancient_a manner_n of_o account_n have_v grow_v somewhat_o out_o of_o use_n for_o the_o ancient_a rhetorician_n who_o live_v in_o that_o age_n wherein_o wit_n and_o industry_n be_v in_o their_o prime_n take_v their_o hint_n from_o nature_n by_o a_o accommodation_n of_o art_n reduce_v all_o number_n into_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n which_o do_v represent_v as_o it_o be_v the_o lively_a image_n of_o number_n and_o this_o art_n of_o manual_a rhetoric_n be_v so_o punctual_o observe_v by_o the_o ancient_a rhetorician_n that_o it_o be_v account_v a_o great_a absurdity_n and_o disparagement_n to_o they_o that_o err_v through_o a_o false_a and_o indecent_a gesture_n of_o computation_n as_o appear_v plain_o by_o quintilian_n who_o give_v in_o this_o testimony_n 10_o thereof_o in_o causis_fw-la actor_n si_fw-la digitorum_fw-la incerto_fw-la aut_fw-la indecoro_fw-la gestu_fw-la à _fw-la computatione_n dissentit_fw-la judicatur_fw-la indoctus_fw-la and_o apuleius_n reprehend_v this_o in_o ruffinus_n the_o lawyer_n for_o that_o by_o a_o deceitful_a gesture_n 2._o of_o his_o finger_n he_o add_v twenty_o year_n who_o word_n allude_v to_o the_o same_o arithmetical_a expression_n run_v thus_o si_fw-mi tringinta_fw-la annos_fw-la per_fw-la decem_fw-la dixisses_fw-la possis_fw-la videri_fw-la pro_fw-la computationis_fw-la gestu_fw-la errasse_fw-la â—_o quos_fw-la circulares_fw-la debueris_fw-la digitos_fw-la aperuisse_fw-la quin_fw-la vero_fw-la qua_fw-la â—râ—ginta_fw-la quae_fw-la facilius_fw-la caeteris_fw-la porrecta_fw-la palmula_fw-la significantur_fw-la ea_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la tu_fw-la dimidio_fw-la aâ—ges_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la digitorum_fw-la gestu_fw-la errasse_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr triginta_fw-la annorum_fw-la pudentilla_n ratus_fw-la cujusque_fw-la anni_fw-la consules_a â—umerasti_fw-la this_o manual_a arithmetic_n be_v much_o in_o use_n with_o the_o ancient_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o frequent_a allusion_n to_o it_o in_o authentic_a author_n the_o knowledge_n whereof_o will_v bring_v much_o light_n to_o many_o obscure_a and_o difficult_a place_n which_o occur_v in_o divers_a old_a writer_n which_o can_v be_v understand_v without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o manual_a arithmetic_n to_o trace_v it_o a_o little_a through_o the_o gloomy_a 88_o walk_n of_o antiquity_n thus_o seneca_n numerare_fw-la docet_fw-la i_o arithmetica_fw-la avariciâ—_n accommodare_fw-la digitos_fw-la tertullian_n thus_o cum_fw-la digitorum_fw-la supputatoriis_fw-la gesticulis_fw-la apoth_n assidendum_fw-la martian_a capella_n thus_o in_o digitos_fw-la calculumque_fw-la distribuit_fw-la the_o young_a pliny_n thus_o componit_fw-la vultum_fw-la intendit_fw-la oculos_fw-la movet_fw-la labra_fw-la agitat_fw-la digitos_fw-la nihil_fw-la computat_fw-la st._n augustin_n thus_o omnium_fw-la vero_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-la calculantium_fw-la digitos_fw-la resoluit_fw-la &_o quiescere_fw-la jubet_fw-la orontes_n son_n in_o law_n to_o king_n artaxerxes_n be_v wont_a to_o compare_v courtier_n computatorum_fw-la digitis_fw-la for_o like_a as_o they_o make_v a_o finger_n sometime_o stand_v for_o one_o another_o time_n for_o ten_o thousand_o even_o so_o those_o that_o be_v about_o prince_n at_o one_o time_n can_v do_v all_o at_o once_o and_o another_o time_n as_o little_a or_o rather_o just_a nothing_o and_o quintilian_n in_o disallow_v one_o of_o those_o numericall_a 11._o gesture_n to_o be_v use_v to_o a_o rhetorical_a intention_n acknowledge_v the_o arithmetical_a force_n and_o validity_n thereof_o to_o these_o allusion_n appertain_v that_o of_o i_o know_v not_o what_o poet_n utile_fw-la sollicitis_fw-la computat_fw-la articulis_fw-la hence_o grow_v the_o adage_n ut_fw-mi in_o digitos_fw-la mittere_fw-la that_o adage_n be_v to_o number_v in_o the_o most_o accurate_a and_o exact_a way_n their_o manner_n be_v to_o reckon_v upon_o the_o left_a hand_n until_o they_o come_v to_o 100_o and_o from_o thence_o begin_v to_o reckon_v upon_o their_o right_a hand_n solomon_n be_v think_v to_o allude_v to_o this_o where_o he_o faith_n 16._o wisdom_n come_v with_o length_n of_o day_n upon_o her_o right_a hand_n mean_v as_o some_o expound_v that_o hierogl_n place_n that_o wisdom_n shall_v make_v they_o live_v a_o long_a age_n even_o to_o a_o 100_o year_n pierius_n in_o affirmation_n of_o this_o artificial_a way_n of_o account_n bring_v in_o a_o facetious_a epigram_n of_o one_o nicharchus_n a_o greek_a poet_n jest_v at_o cotyttaris_n a_o old_a hag_n who_o dissemble_v her_o true_a age_n begin_v again_o to_o number_v her_o year_n upon_o her_o left_a hand_n the_o epigram_n render_v by_o he_o in_o latin_a run_v thus_o multum_fw-la garrula_fw-la anus_fw-la caput_fw-la omne_fw-la cotyttaris_n alba_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la nestor_n non_fw-la sit_fw-la adhuc_fw-la senior_fw-la quae_fw-la cervos_fw-la annis_fw-la superavit_fw-la quaeque_fw-la sinistra_fw-la vitæ_fw-la iterum_fw-la caeptet_fw-la connumerare_fw-la dies_fw-la vivit_fw-la adhuc_fw-la cernit_fw-la pede_fw-la firma_fw-la est_fw-la virgin_n instar_fw-la plutonem_fw-la ut_fw-la dubites_fw-la passum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la gravius_fw-la to_o this_o juvenal_n speak_v of_o the_o long_a life_n of_o nestor_n do_v also_o allude_v satyr_n rex_fw-la pylius_n magno_fw-la si_fw-la quicquam_fw-la credis_fw-la homero_n exemplum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la fuit_fw-la à _fw-la cornice_n secundâ—_n faelix_fw-la nimirum_fw-la qui_fw-la tot_fw-la per_fw-la secula_fw-la vitam_fw-la distulit_fw-la atque_fw-la suos_fw-la jam_fw-la dextra_fw-la computat_fw-la annos_fw-la chrysologus_fw-la upon_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o 100_o sheep_n oâ—ium_fw-la have_v a_o most_o excellent_a conjectural_a meditation_n allude_v to_o this_o artificial_a custom_n which_o of_o you_o have_v a_o 100_o sheep_n and_o if_o he_o lose_v one_o etc._n etc._n why_o not_o 50_o why_o not_o 200_o but_o 100_o why_o not_o 4_o why_o not_o 5_o but_o 1._o and_o he_o show_v that_o he_o grieve_v more_o for_o the_o number_n than_o the_o loss_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o one_o have_v break_v the_o century_n and_o bring_v it_o back_o from_o the_o right_a hand_n to_o the_o left_a shut_v up_o his_o account_n in_o his_o left_a hand_n and_o leave_v he_o nothing_o in_o his_o right_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o posture_n in_o the_o right_a hand_n wherein_o the_o eare-finger_n be_v circular_o bend_v ag_n in_o by_o bede_n be_v refer_v to_o virgin_n as_o that_o which_o express_v as_o it_o be_v the_o crown_n of_o virginity_n the_o gesture_n thirty_o be_v refer_v to_o marriage_n for_o the_o very_a conjunction_n of_o the_o finger_n as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o soft_a kiss_n embrace_v and_o couple_v themselves_o paint_v out_o the_o husband_n and_o wife_n s._n hierome_n willing_a to_o explain_v the_o reason_n why_o princip_n s._n paul_n will_v have_v a_o widow_n indeed_o choose_v not_o under_o 60_o year_n of_o age_n to_o show_v why_o this_o number_n be_v so_o proper_o refer_v to_o widow_n very_o learned_o betake_v himself_o unto_o the_o hieroglyphique_a of_o
to_o that_o elegant_a but_o dark_a place_n of_o perseus_n hitherto_o understand_v of_o none_o not_o except_v cornutus_n the_o ancient_a scholiast_n for_o ramirez_n marvell_v not_o that_o erasmus_n be_v ignorant_a thereof_o in_o his_o adage_n caes._n tolle_n digitum_fw-la the_o place_n be_v satyr_n 5._o nil_fw-la tibi_fw-la concessit_fw-la ratio_fw-la digitum_fw-la exere_fw-la pecus_fw-la et_fw-la quid_fw-la tam_fw-la parvum_fw-la est_fw-la be_v thou_o void_a of_o reason_n and_o a_o stark_a fool_n shall_v i_o prove_v it_o to_o you_o exere_fw-la digitum_fw-la mimical_o he_o feign_v he_o to_o have_v put_v forth_o his_o middle-finger_n which_o be_v the_o fool_n index_n according_a to_o that_o vulgar_a versicle_n miles_n mercator_fw-la stultus_fw-la maritus_fw-la amator_fw-la and_o he_o add_v pecus_fw-la thou_o err_v in_o put_v forth_o that_o finger_n and_o he_o urge_v a_o argument_n à _fw-la minori_fw-la and_o what_o be_v so_o small_a and_o easy_a to_o do_v as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v if_o you_o mistake_v in_o so_o small_a a_o matter_n what_o will_v you_o do_v in_o a_o case_n of_o great_a moment_n lubinus_n comment_v upon_o these_o word_n 5._o digitum_fw-la exere_fw-la pecus_fw-la say_v the_o poet_n speak_v according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o stoique_n who_o do_v demonstrate_v ne_o digitum_fw-la rectè_fw-la à _fw-la stultis_fw-la exeri_fw-la posse_fw-la and_o that_o a_o wise_a man_n only_o can_v do_v a_o thing_n which_o that_o he_o may_v make_v good_a he_o put_v he_o to_o a_o easy_a trial_n in_o which_o this_o foolish_a dama_n miscarry_v which_o discover_v he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o move_v the_o least_o member_n of_o his_o body_n without_o fault_n and_o incur_v a_o just_a reprehension_n paschalius_n allude_v to_o charact._n the_o same_o misprision_n of_o the_o hand_n in_o demonstration_n say_v stultus_fw-la medium_n digitum_fw-la monstrat_fw-la &_o hinc_fw-la seize_v denudat_fw-la a_o action_n so_o unnatural_a and_o uncomely_a that_o we_o will_v not_o permit_v child_n to_o be_v guilty_a of_o commit_v it_o praevar_n sect._n 24._o tome_n a_o sure_a out_o &_o distinguish_v the_o interval_n of_o a_o oration_n by_o scan_v motion_n of_o the_o hand_n &_o certain_a delicate_a flexion_n and_o light_a sound_a percussion_n of_o the_o finger_n be_v a_o action_n condemn_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o orator_n call_v by_o quintilian_n in_o his_o prohibition_n against_o this_o action_n ad_fw-la numerum_fw-la articulis_fw-la cadens_fw-la and_o explain_v himself_o in_o this_o matter_n he_o say_v soluta_fw-la oratio_fw-la non_fw-la descendit_fw-la ad_fw-la strepitum_fw-la digitorum_fw-la indeed_o protagoras_n call_v man_n 4._o the_o measure_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o learned_a very_o fit_o call_v measure_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o finger_n and_o the_o egyptian_n use_v to_o signify_v measure_n by_o a_o finger_n paint_v hence_o the_o meeting_n and_o scan_v of_o verse_n upon_o the_o finger_n have_v be_v a_o very_a ancient_a custom_n and_o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o old_a in_o the_o recitation_n of_o the_o verse_n of_o poet_n in_o the_o measure_n and_o sing_v they_o to_o note_v out_o the_o intervall_n and_o stroke_n by_o a_o certain_a motion_n of_o the_o hand_n wherein_o the_o finger_n exhibit_v a_o sound_n which_o quintilian_n call_v digitorum_fw-la ictum_fw-la for_o he_o say_v in_o meet_a 4._o digitorum_fw-la ictu_fw-la intervalla_fw-la signari_fw-la s._n augustin_n not_o obscure_o consent_v to_o the_o same_o who_o attribute_n sing_v applause_n and_o percussion_n to_o the_o recitation_n of_o verse_n hence_o that_o sentence_n of_o seneca_n to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o quorum_fw-la digiti_fw-la aliquod_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la carmen_fw-la metientes_fw-la semper_fw-la sonant_fw-la where_o 2._o as_o cresollius_n observe_v that_o great_a guide_n of_o literatur_fw-la lipsius_n have_v correct_v a_o place_n which_o be_v sound_a of_o itself_o but_o the_o finger_n say_v he_o in_o that_o measure_n do_v scarce_o sound_v therefore_o for_o sonant_fw-la he_o put_v sunt_fw-la yet_o cresollius_n be_v loath_a to_o think_v that_o the_o above_o mention_v place_n of_o quintilian_n have_v escape_v his_o knowledge_n which_o confirm_v this_o ictum_fw-la digitorum_fw-la or_o sound_a motion_n of_o the_o finger_n which_o seneca_n in_o this_o sentence_n allude_v unto_o so_o a_o dactyl_n one_o of_o the_o poetical_a foot_n on_o which_o verse_n run_v they_o will_v have_v to_o have_v take_v diomedes_n denomination_n from_o the_o draw_n in_o length_n of_o the_o finger_n which_o they_o very_o cunning_o use_v to_o express_v the_o modulation_n of_o the_o instrument_n but_o this_o ietus_fw-la or_o musical_a cadence_n of_o the_o finger_n which_o cresollius_n think_v be_v not_o usurp_v of_o old_a by_o orator_n when_o they_o relate_v the_o verse_n of_o anclent_fw-la poet_n unless_o perchance_o of_o the_o more_o effeminate_a of_o they_o who_o hunt_v also_o after_o delicate_a flexion_n of_o word_n though_o it_o may_v be_v tolerable_a for_o the_o set_n off_o the_o intervall_n of_o restrain_a number_n yet_o in_o free_a prose_n which_o fabius_n call_v orationem_fw-la citata_fw-la solutam_fw-la to_o affect_v these_o subtle_a cadence_n deserve_v the_o sting_n of_o the_o stoic_a which_o he_o put_v out_o against_o it_o prevar_n sect._n 25._o to_o use_v the_o left_a hand_n common_o as_o principal_a in_o action_n which_o shall_v be_v at_o most_o but_o accessary_n be_v the_o idle_a property_n of_o one_o destitute_a of_o all_o artifice_n and_o common_a notion_n and_o of_o one_o that_o will_v seem_v to_o speak_v in_o despite_n of_o the_o advertisement_n of_o the_o ancient_n a_o strange_a error_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o orator_n yet_o observe_v &_o condemn_v by_o cresollius_n in_o some_o pretender_n to_o divine_a rhetoric_n aut._n fit_a only_a to_o preach_v before_o such_o as_o the_o child_n of_o nineveh_n who_o can_v discern_v between_o their_o right_a hand_n and_o their_o left_a for_o in_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o honest_a man_n it_o be_v never_o think_v the_o property_n of_o a_o ingenious_a mind_n and_o one_o well_o breed_v to_o use_v the_o left_a hand_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o cause_n why_o in_o the_o education_n child_n of_o nobleman_n child_n it_o be_v diligent_o give_v in_o charge_n that_o they_o feed_v themselves_o with_o the_o right_a hand_n yea_o &_o nurse_n use_v to_o rebuke_v infant_n if_o happy_o they_o put_v forth_o their_o left_a which_o precept_n be_v draw_v out_o of_o honesty_n itself_o and_o nature_n and_o have_v ever_o be_v in_o use_n with_o those_o nation_n who_o have_v addict_v themselves_o to_o humanity_n and_o good_a manner_n hence_o the_o egyptian_n because_o in_o writing_n and_o cast_v account_n they_o frame_v their_o letter_n and_o lay_v their_o counter_n from_o the_o right_a hand_n to_o the_o left_a and_o the_o grecian_n as_o herodotus_n note_v coutrariwise_o from_o the_o left_a to_o the_o right_n use_v to_o herodot_n gird_v and_o trump_n at_o the_o grecian_n say_v that_o themselves_o do_v all_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n which_o be_v well_o and_o honest_o but_o the_o greek_n to_o the_o left_a that_o be_v perverse_o and_o untoward_o and_o indeed_o the_o nomenclator_n seem_v to_o have_v exclude_v the_o left_a hand_n from_o all_o action_n of_o decency_n and_o importance_n the_o hebrew_n call_v the_o right_a hand_n jamin_n the_o south_n the_o light_n and_o active_a hand_n and_o the_o leave_v the_o north_n the_o obscure_a and_o dark_a hand_n much_o inferior_a to_o the_o south_n homer_n though_o he_o differ_v yet_o maintain_v the_o dignity_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n above_o the_o left_a in_o call_v it_o the_o orient_a and_o the_o leave_v the_o occident_n the_o hand_n be_v so_o occupy_v in_o endeavour_v and_o do_v that_o the_o greek_n who_o to_o the_o advancement_n of_o wisdom_n have_v flourish_v in_o polish_n humanity_n and_o invent_v name_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quòd_fw-la ut_fw-la magni_fw-la grammatici_fw-la animadvertunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d meletius_n say_v the_o left_a hand_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quoth_v in_o rebus_fw-la per_fw-la agendis_fw-la ipsa_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la claudicet_fw-la &_o oberret_fw-la and_o that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laevam_fw-la meletius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la ob_fw-la svi_fw-la imperfectionem_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la penè_fw-la functione_n removetur_fw-la sometime_o with_o the_o greek_n it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o relinquo_fw-la hence_o with_o the_o latin_n relicta_fw-la a_o relinquo_fw-la a_o retrò_fw-la &_o linquo_fw-la and_o laeva_fw-la it_o may_v be_v for_o that_o in_o most_o action_n we_o leave_v it_o out_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n in_o the_o english_a nomenclature_n the_o left_a hand_n for_o that_o it_o be_v most_o usual_o leave_v out_o with_o the_o german_n it_o be_v die_v link_v haunt_n quasi_fw-la leigend_n haunt_n id_fw-la est_fw-la quiescens_fw-la vel_fw-la cessans_fw-la manus_fw-la with_o the_o italian_n mano_n flánca_fw-la
in_o ablutione_n manuum_fw-la sinistra_fw-la tanquam_fw-la famula_fw-la subserviat_fw-la dextrae_fw-la hom._n hence_o some_o critic_n will_v have_v the_o left_a hand_n call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quasi_fw-la quòd_fw-la egregia_fw-la optimaque_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la dextrae_fw-la obsequium_fw-la ministeriumque_fw-la procreata_fw-la and_o the_o ancient_a lingones_n call_v improsperous_a thing_n eperistera_fw-la but_o good_a and_o fortunate_a thing_n dexia_n by_o the_o greek_n indeed_o sometime_o by_o lect._n way_n of_o antiphrasis_n the_o left_a hand_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n optimus_fw-la but_o in_o all_o humane_a affair_n sinistrum_fw-la signify_v as_o much_o as_o unlucky_a for_o a_o ecclesiastical_a orator_n to_o bless_v or_o dismiss_v his_o auditor_n with_o the_o left_a hand_n be_v a_o sole_a cisme_n 26._o in_o manual_a divinity_n for_o the_o left_a hand_n in_o this_o business_n have_v only_o usurp_v the_o office_n in_o the_o second_o place_n as_o be_v of_o a_o low_a nature_n than_o the_o right_n neither_o be_v it_o of_o that_o fortune_n or_o reputation_n whence_o in_o all_o natural_a device_n and_o matter_n of_o form_n or_o token_n of_o the_o hand_n or_o any_o utterance_n imply_v the_o freedom_n of_o election_n the_o introduce_v of_o the_o left_a hand_n do_v abate_v and_o denote_v a_o subordinate_a property_n it_o be_v the_o right_a hand_n according_a to_o isidor_n that_o have_v its_o name_n à _fw-la dando_fw-la by_o which_o we_o understand_v a_o joyful_a abundance_n isidor_n of_o all_o good_a the_o extension_n of_o that_o hand_n therefore_o have_v be_v ever_o of_o more_o repute_n in_o confer_v benediction_n and_o justin_n martyr_n say_v it_o be_v a_o institution_n of_o the_o prime_a apostle_n that_o the_o right_a hand_n shall_v confer_v the_o badge_n of_o sacr_n christianity_n in_o baptism_n for_o that_o it_o be_v more_o excellent_a &_o honourable_a than_o the_o left_a and_o as_o cresollius_n think_v accompany_v with_o blessing_n whereas_o in_o the_o left_a hand_n there_o be_v a_o contrary_a genius_n certain_o it_o be_v find_v to_o be_v of_o a_o very_a different_a condition_n and_o natural_o more_o apt_a to_o detain_v then_o to_o bestow_v a_o blessing_n yet_o notwithstanding_o the_o left_a hand_n though_o it_o contribute_v little_a yet_o as_o in_o some_o natural_a and_o civil_a action_n it_o be_v conformable_a and_o obsequious_a to_o assist_v the_o right_n so_o in_o the_o more_o accomplish_a and_o plenary_a exhibition_n of_o this_o sacred_a rite_n it_o have_v oft_o diaconize_v unto_o the_o right_n but_o of_o itself_o alone_o somewhat_o improper_a and_o ever_o subordinate_a unto_o the_o right_n hence_o among_o other_o prodigy_n happen_v in_o the_o time_n of_o caesar_n dictator_n which_o be_v think_v to_o prognosticate_v but_o small_a happiness_n when_o certain_a infant_n be_v bear_v with_o their_o left_a hand_n upon_o their_o head_n the_o soothsayer_n conclude_v that_o there_o be_v signify_v caes._n thereby_o that_o man_n of_o a_o inferior_a condition_n shall_v rise_v up_o against_o the_o more_o noble_a and_o the_o people_n who_o rely_v much_o upon_o these_o kind_n of_o allegorical_a inference_n think_v as_o much_o and_o believe_v it_o certain_a cautionary_a notion_n extract_v out_o of_o the_o ancient_n and_o modern_a rhetorician_n for_o the_o complete_n of_o this_o art_n of_o manual_a rhetoric_n and_o the_o better_a regulate_v the_o important_a gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n &_o finger_n cautio_fw-la i._o the_o ancient_a rhetorician_n be_v very_o precise_a in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o action_n and_o have_v many_o invention_n for_o the_o form_n thereof_o which_o happen_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o manner_n and_o complexion_n of_o those_o time_n but_o we_o be_v not_o to_o tread_v in_o their_o step_n so_o far_o as_o to_o revoke_v the_o whole_a art_n of_o their_o obsolete_a rhetoric_n since_o it_o be_v not_o very_o apparent_a what_o action_n the_o ancient_n use_v and_o if_o it_o be_v know_v the_o whole_a and_o perfect_a discipline_n can_v be_v observe_v so_o proper_o now_o since_o the_o time_n and_o disposition_n of_o man_n now_o differ_v and_o oratorian_a action_n must_v vary_v according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o people_n and_o nation_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n their_o universal_a precept_n which_o may_v be_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o ancient_a orator_n be_v not_o to_o be_v neglect_v but_o diligent_o learn_v and_o as_o much_o as_o can_v be_v reduce_v to_o practice_n cautio_fw-la ii_o action_n accommodate_v to_o persuade_v by_o a_o apt_a enumeration_n of_o utterance_n call_v by_o rhetorician_n pronunciation_n divide_v into_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o voice_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o body_n who_o chief_a instrument_n the_o hand_n be_v have_v be_v ever_o account_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o a_o rhetorician_n yet_o all_o thing_n that_o the_o ancient_n prescribe_v for_o action_n do_v not_o proper_o belong_v to_o a_o rhetorician_n neither_o be_v all_o thing_n that_o appertain_v convenient_a for_o our_o time_n nor_o do_v all_o action_n of_o the_o hand_n become_v speech_n for_o there_o be_v some_o so_o far_o from_o advance_v elocution_n that_o they_o render_v it_o unamiable_a and_o deform_a cautio_fw-la iii_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o action_n which_o be_v more_o perceive_v in_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o hand_n than_o any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o body_n one_o that_o nature_n by_o passion_n and_o ratiocination_n teach_v the_o other_o which_o be_v acquire_v by_o art_n a_o orator_n be_v to_o observe_v both_o the_o natural_a and_o the_o artificial_a yet_o so_o that_o he_o add_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o art_n to_o the_o natural_a motion_n whereby_o the_o too_o much_o slowness_n too_o much_o quickness_n and_o immoderate_a vastness_n may_v be_v avoid_v cautio_fw-la iv._o the_o incomposure_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v for_o to_o begin_v abrupt_o with_o the_o hand_n be_v a_o sin_n against_o the_o law_n of_o speech_n in_o the_o exordium_n of_o a_o oration_n the_o hand_n must_v not_o go_v forth_o nor_o stand_v extend_v but_o with_o a_o sober_a and_o compose_a heed_n proceed_v to_o its_o first_o action_n it_o be_v good_a as_o rhetorician_n say_v simulare_fw-la conatum_fw-la and_o when_o it_o first_o break_v forth_o into_o gesture_n while_o it_o be_v soft_o bring_v forward_o we_o may_v look_v upon_o it_o with_o a_o eye_n expect_v when_o it_o shall_v supply_v our_o word_n wherefore_o when_o a_o orator_n have_v exhibit_v his_o honour_n to_o his_o auditor_n and_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o the_o pulpit_n let_v he_o stand_v upright_o and_o that_o without_o any_o motion_n of_o his_o hand_n or_o his_o right_a hand_n not_o bring_v forth_o beyond_o his_o bosom_n unless_o a_o very_a little_a way_n and_o that_o gentle_o cautio_fw-la v._o when_o the_o oration_n begin_v to_o wax_v hot_a and_o prevalent_a the_o hand_n may_v put_v forth_o with_o a_o sentence_n but_o must_v withdraw_v again_o with_o the_o same_o cautio_fw-la vi_o gesture_n do_v with_o most_o conformity_n to_o art_n begin_v at_o the_o left_a hand_n the_o sentence_n beginning_n together_o from_o the_o left_a side_n but_o be_v put_v off_o and_o lay_v down_o at_o the_o right_a hand_n together_o with_o the_o end_n of_o the_o sentence_n cautio_fw-la vii_o it_o be_v absurd_a often_o to_o change_v gesture_n in_o the_o same_o sentence_n or_o often_o to_o conclude_v sinister_a motion_n cautio_fw-la viii_o gesture_n must_v attend_v upon_o every_o flexion_n of_o the_o voice_n not_o scenical_a but_o declare_v the_o sentence_n and_o meaning_n of_o our_o mind_n not_o by_o demonstration_n but_o signification_n for_o it_o must_v be_v accommodate_v by_o the_o hand_n that_o it_o may_v agree_v and_o have_v a_o proper_a reference_n not_o so_o much_o to_o the_o word_n as_o to_o the_o sense_n wherefore_o it_o be_v add_v as_o a_o authentic_a clause_n that_o the_o hand_n must_v attend_v to_o begin_v and_o end_v with_o the_o voice_n lest_o it_o shall_v outrun_v the_o voice_n or_o follow_v after_o it_o be_v do_v both_o which_o be_v hold_v unhandsome_a cautio_fw-la ix_o join_v not_o esau_n hand_n with_o jacob_n voice_n cautio_fw-la x._o to_o raise_v the_o hand_n above_o the_o eye_n or_o to_o let_v it_o fall_v beneath_o the_o breast_n or_o to_o fetch_v it_o down_o from_o the_o head_n to_o the_o low_a belly_n be_v account_v vicious_a misdemeanour_n in_o the_o hand_n yet_o the_o master_n of_o this_o faculty_n do_v grant_v a_o toleration_n sometime_o to_o raise_v the_o hand_n above_o the_o head_n for_o the_o better_a express_v of_o a_o just_a indignation_n or_o when_o we_o call_v god_n the_o courteour_n of_o heaven_n or_o the_o common_a people_n of_o the_o sky_n to_o witness_v cautio_fw-la xi_o to_o avoid_v the_o long_a silence_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o that_o the_o vigour_n thereof_o may_v not_o be_v much_o allay_v by_o continual_a motion_n nor_o prove_v deficient_a there_o be_v
oratory_n to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o declamation_n of_o eminent_a orator_n &_o studious_o to_o observe_v their_o countenance_n and_o hand_n pliny_n dislike_v those_o that_o imitate_v none_o but_o be_v example_n unto_o themselves_o the_o same_o plinius_n secundus_fw-la a_o famous_a maxim_n pleader_n and_o most_o sweet_a orator_n among_o other_o that_o apply_v themselves_o unto_o he_o have_v fuscus_n silinator_n &_o numidius_n quadratus_n junius_n also_o commend_v to_o he_o by_o his_o ancestor_n be_v train_v epist_n up_o in_o the_o examplar_n doctrine_n of_o manual_a gesture_n hence_o the_o tribe_n and_o nation_n of_o orator_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o those_o eminent_a man_n which_o they_o do_v imitate_v sidonius_n true_o surname_v apollinaris_n call_v those_o frontonean_n who_o do_v imitate_v fronto_n a_o famous_a philosopher_n and_o orator_n the_o pattern_n of_o eloquence_n to_o m._n antony_n so_o the_o follower_n of_o posthumus_n festus_n be_v call_v posthumians_n sulpitius_n not_o the_o least_o in_o the_o chorus_n of_o elegant_a man_n imitate_v the_o hand_n of_o crassus_n that_o nightingale_n of_o the_o forum_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o as_o tully_n say_v almost_o a_o god_n in_o speak_v of_o who_o that_o it_o seem_v may_v be_v speak_v with_o small_a exchange_n of_o word_n which_o be_v hyperbolical_o say_v of_o herod_n eloquence_n non_fw-la manus_fw-la hominem_fw-la sonat_fw-la wherein_o 22._o he_o be_v so_o happy_a and_o industrious_a that_o he_o be_v account_v to_o be_v very_o like_a unto_o he_o cautio_fw-la xx._n in_o imitation_n propose_v to_o yourself_o the_o best_a pattern_n according_a to_o the_o aethique_a rule_n of_o aristotle_n par_fw-fr est_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la re_fw-la optimum_fw-la quenque_fw-la imitari_fw-la 9_o fusius_fw-la err_v in_o this_o part_n of_o who_o tully_n report_v that_o he_o do_v not_o imitate_v the_o sinewy_a expression_n of_o c._n fimbria_n but_o only_o his_o prevarication_n orat._n basil_n the_o great_a a_o grave_n and_o perfect_a orator_n a_o man_n accomplish_v in_o all_o kind_n of_o humanity_n which_o in_o he_o have_v a_o sacred_a tincture_n of_o piety_n when_o he_o have_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v ensign-bearer_n to_o virtue_n he_o have_v not_o only_a admirer_n but_o some_o that_o strive_v to_o be_v his_o imitator_n and_o what_o do_v some_o imitate_v certain_a moale_n and_o defect_n of_o action_n and_o so_o fall_v into_o a_o unpleasant_a and_o odious_a kind_n of_o manual_a composition_n therefore_o nazianzen_n a_o man_n of_o a_o most_o 20._o sharp_a judgement_n stick_v not_o to_o call_v they_o statuas_n in_o vmbris_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o hobgoblin_n and_o night-walking_a spirit_n who_o do_v nothing_o less_o than_o emulate_v the_o splendour_n of_o rhetorical_a dignity_n take_v heed_n therefore_o that_o imitation_n degenerate_a into_o caco-zeale_n and_o of_o prove_v a_o left-handed_a cicero_n cautio_fw-la xxi_o when_o you_o have_v judicious_o propose_v your_o pattern_n keep_v close_o unto_o it_o without_o levity_n or_o change_n for_o diversity_n of_o copy_n be_v the_o way_n to_o mar_v the_o hand_n of_o action_n titanius_fw-la junior_fw-la be_v famous_a for_o this_o vice_n who_o as_o capitolinus_n say_v be_v the_o ape_n of_o his_o time_n the_o same_o levity_n or_o facility_n of_o imitation_n libanius_n the_o sophister_n have_v who_o be_v call_v by_o those_o of_o his_o time_n the_o very_a paint_a map_n of_o man_n manner_n and_o disposition_n cautio_fw-la xxii_o use_v exercise_n for_o as_o the_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o sap._n jew_n there_o be_v three_o idea_n nature_n art_n and_o exercitation_n by_o which_o we_o endeavour_v to_o the_o best_a end_n the_o corinthian_a orator_n much_o commend_v this_o exercitation_n and_o the_o oracle_n of_o the_o grecian_a sage_n be_v omnia_fw-la sita_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o exercitatione_n the_o absolute_a perfection_n of_o all_o art_n be_v from_o thence_o and_o from_o it_o eloquence_n receive_v her_o beauteous_a colour_n her_o musive_a or_o mosaique_a excellency_n whereby_o she_o become_v most_o accomplish_v bend_v and_o wrest_v your_o arm_n and_o hand_n to_o the_o right_n to_o the_o left_a and_o to_o every_o part_n that_o have_v make_v they_o obedient_a unto_o you_o upon_o a_o sudden_a and_o the_o least_o signification_n of_o the_o mind_n you_o may_v show_v the_o glitter_a orb_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o gape_a jaw_n of_o earth_n sometime_o place_v your_o argument_n upon_o your_o finger_n sometime_o lift_v up_o your_o hand_n threaten_v and_o denounce_v punishment_n or_o with_o a_o reject_v posture_n abominate_a sometime_o shake_v and_o brandish_v your_o hand_n as_o the_o lance_n of_o elocution_n that_o so_o you_o may_v be_v ready_a for_o all_o variety_n of_o speech_n and_o attain_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o facility_n of_o action_n with_o the_o decorum_n &_o beauty_n of_o decent_a motion_n which_o excel_v both_o that_o of_o colour_n and_o proportion_n charmides_n a_o goodly_a young_a orator_n when_o he_o will_v compose_v his_o gesture_n to_o all_o kind_n of_o elegancy_n convi_n and_o as_o ovid_n speak_v numerosos_n ponere_fw-la gestus_fw-la that_o be_v accurate_a and_o make_v neat_a by_o a_o subtle_a judgement_n at_o home_n alone_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o practise_v the_o gesticulation_n of_o his_o hand_n cautio_fw-la xxiii_o to_o have_v censor_n at_o time_n of_o exercise_n who_o shall_v inform_v true_o and_o skilful_o of_o all_o our_o gesture_n will_v much_o help_n to_o the_o conformation_n of_o the_o hand_n or_o to_o practise_v in_o a_o great_a look_a glass_n for_o though_o that_o mirror_n reflect_v that_o image_n of_o one_o hand_n for_o another_o yet_o we_o may_v believe_v what_o we_o see_v to_o be_v do_v demonax_n a_o great_a philosopher_n and_o a_o acute_a rhetorician_n advise_v a_o untoward_a declamer_n to_o use_v more_o exercise_n and_o while_o he_o answer_v that_o he_o always_o first_o act_v his_o oration_n to_o himself_o demonax_n reply_v that_o may_v very_o well_o be_v for_o you_o act_v so_o little_a to_o the_o purpose_n daemon_n because_o you_o have_v always_o a_o fool_n to_o your_o judge_n cautio_fw-la xxiv_o the_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n must_v be_v prepare_v in_o the_o mind_n together_o with_o the_o inward_a speech_n that_o precede_v the_o outward_a expression_n cautio_fw-la xxv_o use_v no_o uncomely_a or_o irregular_a excess_n of_o gesture_v with_o your_o finger_n in_o speak_v nor_o draw_v they_o to_o any_o childish_a and_o trifle_a action_n contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o decorum_n and_o to_o that_o they_o serve_v for_o lest_o you_o diminish_v the_o glory_n of_o fair_a speech_n and_o rhetorical_a persuasion_n and_o offer_v a_o great_a indignity_n to_o minerva_n to_o who_o these_o organical_a part_n of_o elocution_n be_v sacred_a cautio_fw-la xxvi_o the_o left_a hand_n of_o itself_o alone_o be_v most_o incompetent_a to_o the_o performance_n of_o any_o perfect_a action_n yet_o sometime_o it_o do_v but_o very_o rare_o most_o common_o it_o do_v conform_v &_o accommodate_v itself_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o where_o both_o hand_n concur_v to_o any_o action_n they_o exhibit_v more_o affection_n wherefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o dual_a be_v masculine_a cause_n vis_fw-la unita_fw-la fortior_fw-la cautio_fw-la xxvii_o both_o hand_n do_v sometime_o rest_v and_o be_v out_o of_o action_n yet_o this_o rhetorical_a silence_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v a_o act_n proper_a where_o no_o affection_n be_v emergent_a though_o a_o long_a intermission_n of_o gesture_n be_v displease_v cautio_fw-la xxviii_o avoid_v knacking_n and_o superstitious_a flexure_n of_o the_o finger_n which_o the_o ancient_n have_v not_o give_v in_o precept_n cautio_fw-la xxix_o the_o action_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v to_o bend_v that_o way_n that_o the_o voice_n be_v direct_v cautio_fw-la xxx_o take_v heed_n that_o while_o your_o hand_n endeavour_n to_o accomplish_v the_o act_n of_o rhetorical_a pronunciation_n you_o lose_v not_o modesty_n and_o the_o moral_a and_o civil_a vertve_n nor_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o grave_n and_o honest_a man_n cautio_fw-la xxxi_o in_o all_o action_n nature_n bear_v the_o great_a sway_n every_o man_n must_v consider_v his_o own_o nature_n and_o temperament_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o no_o man_n can_v put_v off_o his_o own_o and_o put_v on_o another_o nature_n one_o action_n become_v one_o man_n and_o another_o kind_n of_o behaviour_n another_o that_o which_o one_o do_v without_o art_n can_v whole_o be_v deliver_v by_o art_n for_o there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o hide_a and_o ineffable_a reason_n which_o to_o know_v be_v the_o head_n of_o art_n in_o some_o the_o civil_a virtue_n themselves_o have_v no_o grace_n in_o other_o even_o the_o vice_n of_o rhetoric_n be_v comely_a and_o please_a wherefore_o a_o rhetorician_n must_v know_v himself_o yet_o not_o by_o common_a precept_n but_o he_o must_v take_v counsel_n of_o nature_n for_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o complexionall_a and_o individual_a property_n of_o his_o hand_n cautio_fw-la xxxii_o
the_o best_a part_n of_o the_o expression_n of_o humane_a nature_n chironomia_fw-la or_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v adjoin_v as_o the_o perfection_n and_o sublimation_n of_o chirologie_n as_o cephalenomia_n or_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o head_n be_v to_o appear_v with_o cephalelogia_n as_o be_v the_o qualification_n of_o all_o cephalicall_a expression_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o civil_a prudence_n the_o personal_a or_o genuine_a expression_n fall_v in_o with_o these_o what_o i_o find_v remarkable_a in_o the_o natural_a expression_n of_o the_o other_o part_n i_o shall_v refer_v to_o a_o general_a rendezvous_n wherein_o i_o shall_v take_v a_o muster_n of_o the_o posture_n and_o gesture_n of_o the_o body_n in_o general_n all_o that_o i_o shall_v have_v to_o say_v more_o to_o the_o hand_n in_o point_n of_o gesture_n be_v under_o the_o title_n of_o chirethnicalogia_n or_o the_o national_n expression_n of_o the_o hand_n this_o i_o account_v my_o left_a hand_n by_o this_o clavis_fw-la i_o suppose_v the_o intellectual_a reader_n will_v see_v that_o the_o work_n will_v be_v supplementall_a to_o learning_n and_o not_o of_o supererogation_n new_a and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o design_n never_o attempt_v by_o any_o afford_v profitable_a hint_n to_o such_o ingenious_a spirit_n who_o desire_v to_o understand_v the_o mysterious_a property_n of_o so_o admirable_a and_o important_a a_o piece_n of_o themselves_o in_o candidissimam_fw-la amicissimamque_fw-la johannis_n bulweri_fw-la manum_fw-la da_z bulwere_n manun_n cui_fw-la reddant_fw-la oscula_fw-la musae_fw-la quam_fw-la mirata_fw-la velit_fw-la pallas_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la svam_fw-la talem_fw-la formosae_fw-la veneri_fw-la pinxisset_fw-la apelles_n hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la posteritas_fw-la non_fw-la imitetur_fw-la opus_fw-la delicias_fw-la scenae_n nec_fw-la roscius_n ille_fw-la movebat_fw-la talem_fw-la visa_fw-la fuit_fw-la quae_fw-la sine_fw-la voce_fw-la loqui_fw-la candidior_fw-la non_fw-la illa_fw-la volentem_fw-la docta_fw-la senatum_fw-la ducere_fw-la facundi_fw-la quae_fw-la ciceronis_fw-la erat_fw-la dignior_fw-la ecce_fw-la manus_fw-la tua_fw-la formas_fw-la induit_fw-la omnes_fw-la invenit_fw-la atque_fw-la art_n ingentosa_fw-la novas_fw-la eloquii_fw-la pandens_fw-la nunc_fw-la melleaflumina_fw-la fundit_fw-la nunc_fw-la contracta_fw-la brevi_fw-la rem_fw-la ratione_fw-la probat_fw-la nunc_fw-la sublata_fw-la dei_fw-la laudes_fw-la ad_fw-la sydera_fw-la tollit_fw-la nunc_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la humiles_fw-la mittit_fw-la ab_fw-la ore_fw-la preces_fw-la jam_fw-la demissa_fw-la pavet_fw-la jam_fw-la se_fw-la complexa_fw-la potitur_fw-la voto_fw-la jam_fw-la pectus_fw-la sed_fw-la gemibunda_fw-la quatit_fw-la quid_fw-la mihi_fw-la vel_fw-la centum_fw-la linguae_fw-la sint_fw-la oraque_fw-la centum_fw-la unica_fw-la mille_fw-la tua_fw-la haec_fw-la si_fw-la manus_fw-la instar_fw-la erit_fw-la at_o tu_fw-la chirosophus_fw-la digito_fw-la monstrabere_fw-la palman_n deferat_fw-la &_o plaudens_fw-la jam_fw-la tibi_fw-la cuncta_fw-la manus_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la alciden_fw-mi pede_fw-la cognoscamus_fw-la &_o ungue_fw-la leonem_fw-la gratulor_fw-la ostendi_fw-la te_fw-la potuisse_fw-la manu_fw-la fra_n goldsmith_n to_o his_o ingenious_a friend_n the_o author_n on_o his_o chirologia_fw-la the_o hand_n discourse_v gesture_n ever_o rife_o though_o not_o so_o much_o observe_v in_o common_a life_n note_n wherein_o history_n delight_v to_o place_v the_o circumstantial_a beauty_n of_o her_o grace_n thy_o hand_n have_v like_o a_o cunning_a motist_n find_v in_o all_o the_o sense_n wherein_o they_o abound_v which_o in_o one_o bundle_n with_o thy_o language_n tie_v ore-top_n the_o pore_a bookworm_n high_a pride_n at_o the_o first_o sight_n we_o learn_v to_o read_v and_o then_o by_o nature_n rule_n to_o pierce_v and_o construe_v man_n so_o comment_v upon_o their_o gesture_n find_v in_o they_o the_o true_a copy_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o tongue_n and_o heart_n the_o intention_n oft_o divide_v the_o hand_n and_o mean_v ever_o be_v ally_v all_o that_o be_v deaf_a and_o dumb_a may_v here_o recrute_n their_o language_n and_o then_o bless_v thou_o for_o the_o mute_a enlargemeut_n of_o thy_o alphabet_n who_o brief_a express_v give_v their_o mind_n so_o free_a relief_n and_o of_o this_o silent_a speech_n thy_o hand_n do_v show_v more_o to_o the_o world_n then_o ere_o it_o look_v to_o know_v he_o be_v that_o do_v deny_v thy_o hand_n this_o right_n a_o stoic_a or_o a_o areopagite_n guilford_n diconson_n to_o his_o singular_a good_a and_o approve_a friend_n this_o express_a or_o signature_n of_o intellectual_a amity_n upon_o his_o chirologia_fw-la i_o joy_v dear_a friend_n to_o see_v thy_o palm_n display_v a_o new_a chirosophie_n which_o hide_a lie_v in_o nature_n hieroglyphique_a grasp_v the_o grand_a and_o express_a pantotype_n of_o speech_n the_o hand_n i_o think_v thy_o enchiridion_n at_o first_o view_n seem_v like_o that_o manual_a cloud_n that_o swift_o grow_v till_o the_o moist_a curtain_n have_v the_o heaven_n overspread_v for_o straight_a way_n it_o become_v the_o encyclope_v who_o will_v not_o believe_v with_o deep_a charon_n that_o man_n may_v have_v more_o sense_n than_o they_o erst_o do_v ken_n since_o speech_n that_o do_v within_o thy_o hand_n commence_v deserve_v the_o double_a honour_n of_o a_o sense_n and_o may_v obtain_v unto_o a_o better_a end_n that_o to_o which_o lingua_n do_v in_o vain_a pretend_v how_o may_v antiquity_n now_o blush_v to_o see_v such_o main_a deficiency_n supply_v by_o thou_o interpreter_n henceforth_o grow_v out_o of_o date_n while_o politic_n usurp_v the_o sultan_n state_n and_o fellow-communers_a in_o dumb_a dispute_n outvie_v the_o intelligence_n of_o all_o his_o mute_n the_o babe_n who_o harp_n of_o speech_n be_v yet_o unstring_v speak_v sense_n and_o reason_n in_o this_o infant-tongue_n all_o tribe_n shall_v now_o each_o other_o understand_v which_o though_o not_o of_o one_o lip_n be_v of_o one_o hand_n chirologie_n redeem_v from_o babel_n doom_n and_o be_v the_o universal_a idiom_n ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la remove_v the_o pillar_n and_o set_v out_o the_o bar_n the_o old_a ne_o plus_fw-fr ultra_n narrow_a bound_n as_o far_o as_o active_a wit_n employ_v a_o speak_a hand_n for_o science_n though_o it_o have_v a_o unknown_a land_n yet_o there_o be_v no_o straits_n or_o utmost_a thule_n set_v invention_n new_a discovery_n to_o let_v since_o the_o great_a instauration_n of_o the_o art_n by_o verulamian_a socrates_n whole_a part_n advance_v learn_v to_o a_o perfect_a state_n thou_o be_v the_o first_o that_o from_o his_o hint_n dare_v date_n for_o art_n bemoan_v defect_n a_o new_a supply_n the_o hard_a province_n in_o humanity_n which_o do_v in_o thy_o projection_n ample_a sphere_n another_o novum_n organum_fw-la appear_v and_o as_o we_o much_o unto_o thy_o hand_n do_v owe_v for_o augmentation_n some_o as_o far_o shall_v go_v another_o way_n to_o show_v their_o learned_a might_n while_o science_n crescent-like_a extend_v her_o light_n thus_o while_o the_o grateful_a age_n offer_v whole_a spring_n of_o palm_n my_o zeal_n a_o humble_a dactyle_n bring_v which_o lawful_a pride_n like_a batrachus_n his_o name_n he_o strive_v to_o fasten_v on_o octavia_n frame_n shall_v be_v my_o high_a glory_n may_v i_o stand_v but_o as_o excrescence_n on_o thy_o well-limbed_a hand_n thomas_n diconson_n med._n templ_n to_o his_o deserve_o honour_a friend_n mr._n i._o b._n upon_o his_o excellent_a piece_n his_o chirologia_fw-la sir_n in_o those_o antique_a time_n when_o man_n be_v good_a and_o study_v the_o now_o vice_n call_v gratitude_n those_o that_o in_o art_n invention_n first_o do_v shine_v be_v honour_v with_o the_o title_n of_o divine_a physic_n and_o verse_v in_o his_o flame_a chair_n place_v phoebus_n and_o bestow_v that_o blaze_a hair_n whence_o often_o it_o have_v be_v observe_v and_o see_v physician_n have_v the_o best_a of_o poet_n be_v how_o shall_v we_o honour_v thou_o then_o who_o hand_n gain_n have_v add_v to_o his_o gift_n a_o high_a vein_n in_o these_o consume_a day_n have_v ease_v our_o tongue_n and_o raise_v a_o art_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o lung_n let_v bacon_n soul_n sleep_v sweet_a the_o time_n be_v come_v that_o gesture_n shall_v no_o long_o now_o be_v dumb_a and_o nature_n silent_a motion_n shall_v advance_v above_o the_o vocal_a key_n of_o utterance_n where_o every_o digit_fw-la dictate_v and_o do_v reach_v unto_o our_o sense_n a_o mouth-excelling_a speech_n art_n perfector_n what_o babel_n do_v deny_v to_o lip_n and_o ear_n thou_o have_v give_v the_o hand_n and_o eye_n have_v reconcile_v the_o world_n and_o its_o defect_n supply_v by_o one_o unerring_a dialect_n to_o thou_o this_o boon_n we_o owe_v for_o which_o great_a worth_n we_o all_o desirous_a be_v to_o limb_n thou_o forth_o but_o blush_v must_v confess_v none_o can_v command_v a_o pencil_n worthy_a thou_o but_o thy_o own_o hand_n jo._n dickenson_n ad_fw-la eruditum_fw-la chirologiae_n authorem_fw-la omnisque_fw-la reconditioris_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la scrutatorem_fw-la assiduum_fw-la non_fw-fr priùs_fw-la auditae_fw-la sophiae_fw-la dasfercula_fw-la mystis_fw-la et_fw-la tua_fw-la convivas_fw-la excipit_fw-la una_fw-la manus_n das_n quod_fw-la pollicitus_fw-la saepe_fw-la es_fw-la laetorque_fw-la videre_fw-la te_fw-la
summam_fw-la scriptis_fw-la imposuisse_fw-la manum_fw-la expansâque_fw-la manu_fw-la capitis_fw-la mysteria_fw-la pandes_fw-la hoc_fw-la te_fw-la facturum_fw-la das_fw-la mihi_fw-la chirographum_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la see_v here_o appear_v a_o hand_n one_o limb_n alone_o bear_v to_o the_o world_n a_o perfect_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o mark_v how_o well_o it_o be_v muscle_v how_o it_o speak_v fresh_a from_o the_o press_v womb_n and_o view_v the_o freak_n of_o this_o emphatique_a silence_n which_o do_v sound_n only_o to_o the_o eye_n beyond_o which_o oval_a round_n it_o rove_v not_o and_o this_o mute_a vocalitie_n be_v practise_v where_o there_o want_v ability_n of_o mutual_a knowledge_n of_o each_o other_o tongue_n the_o hand_n alone_o do_v intimate_v our_o strong_a or_o faint_a desire_n in_o this_o garb_n long_o ago_o we_o speak_v with_o the_o indian_a apochankano_n thus_o may_v we_o trade_v with_o the_o dumb_a guinea_n drill_v by_o exercise_n and_o make_v our_o secret_a will_n know_v to_o those_o rational_a brute_n and_o thus_o we_o may_v make_v the_o world_n one_o university_n bacon_n the_o britaine-stagerite_a find_v fault_n with_o all_o the_o ancient_n because_o they_o never_o teach_v this_o in_o their_o school_n now_o the_o work_n be_v end_v which_o best_o of_o all_o be_v by_o itself_o commend_v so_o our_o briareus_n of_o who_o new_a design_n by_o chiromancy_n leave_v i_o must_v divine_v he_o need_v not_o fear_v bold_a atropos_n her_o knife_n for_o in_o his_o hand_n each_o line_n be_v a_o line_n of_o life_n jo_n harmarus_n oxoniensis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o his_o excellent_a friend_n the_o author_n on_o his_o chirologia_fw-la can_v swell_a rage_n without_o a_o genius_n strain_n to_o the_o true_a pitch_n of_o a_o poetic_a vein_n and_o shall_v not_o love_n harmonious_a heat_n inspire_v my_o thought_n and_o set_v they_o to_o apollo_n lyre_n i_o feel_v my_o hand_n deep_o strike_v in_o friendship_n vein_n with_o rich_a invention_n flow_v out_o amain_o and_o where_o such_o force_n the_o pen_n engagement_n draw_v there_o a_o unskilful_a hand_n may_v give_v applause_n be_v i_o bellona_n dâ—rling_n i_o will_v fight_v but_o at_o that_o spirit_n rate_v that_o thou_o dare_v write_v mercurial_a valour_n in_o thy_o conquer_a pen_n equal_v the_o hand_n of_o war_n in_o order_v man_n i_o find_v thou_o friend_n well_o arm_v to_o repel_v th'affront_n of_o any_o scoff_a ishmael_n who_o carp_a hand_n against_o every_o man_n be_v bend_v and_o each_o man_n hand_n against_o his_o hand_n cross_a intent_n thou_o may_v such_o blow_n without_o a_o gauntlet_n ward_n or_o any_o second_o of_o thy_o fame_n life_n guard_n but_o if_o a_o viper_n through_o the_o glove_n invade_v thy_o harmless_a hand_n shake'â—_n off_o and_o to_o thy_o aid_n raise_v thy_o own_o new_a militia_n thy_o hand_n nature_n best_a squadron_n and_o art_n train_v band_n i._o w._n meissimo_fw-la in_o deliciis_fw-la chirologiae_n authori_n amanuensi_fw-la musarum_fw-la polihymniae_fw-la alumno_fw-la motistarum_fw-la clarissimo_fw-it &_o manus_fw-la publicè_fw-la praehensantium_fw-la candidato_fw-la indigitare_fw-la tuas_fw-la per_fw-la ter_z tria_fw-la nomina_fw-la laudes_fw-la nomenelatorem_fw-la turma_fw-la novena_fw-la jubet_fw-la chirologus_fw-la manibus_fw-la signas_fw-la gestuque_fw-la loquaci_fw-la exempla_fw-la historici_fw-la multa_fw-la notantis_fw-la habes_fw-la chirophilus_fw-la pangis_fw-la rapti_fw-la modulamen_fw-la amoris_fw-la verbaque_fw-la palmari_fw-la saepe_fw-la canenda_fw-la choro_fw-la chirocrates_n nodosa_fw-la manu_fw-la subjecta_fw-la potenti_fw-la arguta_fw-la digiti_fw-la calliditate_fw-la valent_fw-la chirographus_fw-la miranda_fw-la notas_fw-la subscripta_fw-la coloras_fw-la talia_n nec_fw-la poterit_fw-la penelopea_n manus_fw-la chiromantis_n acutus_fw-la ab_fw-la apparentibus_fw-la infer_v mores_n &_o manibus_fw-la pectora_fw-la far_o facis_fw-la chirocrite_n criticis_fw-la digitalia_fw-la dicta_fw-la profaris_fw-la gestu_fw-la philologis_fw-la oedipus_n alter_fw-la eris_fw-la chirimimus_fw-la agis_fw-la variatas_fw-la dicere_fw-la formas_fw-la policy_n multiplicem_fw-la protea_n vincis_fw-la acer_fw-la chiromysta_fw-la orare_fw-la doces_fw-la penetralia_fw-la signi_fw-la scrutaris_n praxi_fw-la stat_fw-la pietatis_fw-la honos_fw-la chirodorus_fw-la opem_fw-la musis_fw-la das_fw-la munere_fw-la dextram_fw-la tendens_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la magna_fw-la docentis_fw-la opus_fw-la sed_fw-la palmata_fw-la novo_fw-la nutans_fw-la polihymnia_n voto_fw-la omnia_fw-la complectens_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o omen_fw-la erit_fw-la assensere_fw-la omnes_fw-la palmis_fw-la te_fw-la digna_fw-la locutum_fw-la pleronymi_n titulo_fw-la dicere_fw-la chirosophum_fw-la r._n g._n nomenclator_n chiro-musae_a chirologia_fw-la or_o the_o natural_a language_n of_o the_o hand_n in_o all_o the_o declarative_a conceit_n of_o gesture_n whereby_o the_o body_n instruct_v by_o nature_n can_v emphatical_o vent_v and_o communicate_v a_o thought_n and_o in_o the_o propriety_n of_o its_o utterance_n express_v the_o silent_a agitation_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o hand_n that_o busy_a instrument_n be_v most_o talkative_a who_o language_n be_v as_o easy_o perceive_v and_o understand_v as_o if_o man_n have_v another_o mouth_n or_o fountain_n of_o discourse_n in_o his_o hand_n so_o proper_a and_o apt_a to_o make_v sign_n and_o work_v great_a matter_n be_v the_o hand_n of_o man_n it_o seem_v to_o i_o observable_a that_o when_o moses_n covert_o desire_v verses_z a_o sign_n of_o god_n to_o make_v the_o egyptian_n believe_v he_o have_v appear_v unto_o he_o god_n present_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o have_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o command_v he_o natural_a gesture_n which_o have_v thence_o the_o force_n of_o miraculous_a signification_n and_o to_o these_o sign_n god_n attribute_n a_o voice_n for_o he_o say_v if_o they_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o first_o sign_n they_o will_v believe_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o latter_a sign_n and_o as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o supernatural_a so_o there_o be_v a_o signify_v voice_n in_o the_o natural_a sign_n of_o the_o hand_n althusius_n call_v these_o miraculous_a 1._o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n habitus_fw-la portentoso_n which_o by_o their_o rare_a and_o illustrious_a action_n denote_v and_o express_v some_o singular_a and_o memorable_a intention_n by_o the_o command_n of_o god_n beside_o their_o natural_a signification_n for_o the_o hand_n be_v the_o substitute_n and_o vicegerent_n of_o the_o tongue_n in_o a_o full_a and_o majestic_a way_n of_o expression_n present_v the_o signify_v faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o inward_a discourse_n of_o reason_n and_o as_o another_o tongue_n which_o we_o may_v just_o call_v the_o spokesman_n of_o the_o body_n it_o speak_v for_o all_o the_o member_n thereof_o denote_v their_o suffrage_n and_o include_v their_o vote_n so_o that_o whatsoever_o thought_n can_v be_v deliver_v or_o make_v significant_o manifest_a by_o the_o unite_a motion_n and_o connative_a endeavour_n of_o all_o the_o other_o member_n the_o same_o may_v be_v as_o evident_o exhibit_v by_o the_o sole_a devoyre_n and_o discourse_v gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n the_o intendment_n of_o which_o demonstrative_a gesture_n be_v natural_a sign_n have_v no_o dependence_n on_o any_o ordinance_n or_o statute_n of_o art_n which_o may_v be_v break_v off_o or_o take_v in_o hand_n as_o it_o be_v either_o repeal_v or_o stand_v in_o force_n but_o these_o be_v part_n of_o the_o unalterable_a law_n and_o institutes_n of_o nature_n be_v by_o their_o own_o perpetual_a constitution_n and_o by_o a_o native_a consequence_n significant_a as_o smoke_v which_o in_o dark_a vapour_n expire_v from_o incense_a fuel_n be_v a_o certain_a sign_n of_o fire_n or_o as_o rich_a smell_n by_o who_o aromatic_a breath_n the_o air_n be_v perfume_v do_v sweet_o declare_v the_o presence_n of_o the_o ascend_v odour_n and_o as_o the_o blush_n of_o aurora_n bewray_v the_o early_a approach_n of_o the_o bright_a emperor_n of_o the_o day_n so_o that_o in_o these_o art_n have_v no_o hand_n since_o they_o proceed_v from_o the_o mere_a instinct_n of_o nature_n and_o all_o these_o motion_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v pure_o natural_a not_o positive_a nor_o in_o their_o sense_n remote_a from_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v employ_v the_o natural_a resemblance_n and_o congruity_n of_o which_o expression_n result_n from_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o mind_n by_o the_o effort_n of_o a_o impetuous_a affection_n wrought_v in_o the_o invade_v hand_n which_o be_v make_v very_o pliant_a for_o such_o impression_n but_o whereas_o these_o speak_a organ_n be_v couplet_n a_o active_a pair_n sometime_o they_o both_o and_o not_o seldom_o one_o alone_o do_v by_o a_o neat_a insinuation_n of_o speech_n make_v and_o accomplish_v the_o habit_n sometime_o differ_v word_n which_o visible_o grow_v on_o one_o root_n of_o action_n go_v for_o synonima_n in_o gesture_n and_o we_o shall_v sometime_o see_v contrariety_n of_o pathetical_a expression_n in_o identity_n of_o posture_n nor_o do_v the_o hand_n in_o one_o speech_n or_o kind_n of_o language_n serve_v
ridendum_fw-la a_o aliuà _fw-la faciendum_fw-la this_o public_a token_n have_v be_v of_o old_a and_o be_v so_o usual_a in_o the_o assembly_n of_o a_o multitude_n when_o they_o can_v contain_v their_o joy_n in_o silence_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o common_a with_o they_o then_o by_o clap_v their_o hand_n to_o signify_v their_o exceed_a joy_n and_o gladness_n of_o heart_n in_o so_o much_o as_o all_o history_n both_o profane_a and_o sacred_a abound_v with_o example_n of_o this_o expression_n out_o of_o which_o infinite_a store_n i_o shall_v produce_v but_o one_o or_o two_o for_o confirmation_n of_o this_o point_n when_o jehoiadah_n the_o priest_n 12._o cause_v joash_n the_o son_n of_o ahazia_n to_o be_v crown_v king_n and_o have_v bring_v he_o out_o and_o give_v he_o the_o testimony_n they_o make_v he_o king_n and_o anoint_v he_o and_o they_o clap_v their_o hand_n and_o say_v god_n save_o the_o king_n which_o gesture_n retain_v the_o same_o signification_n in_o divers_a other_o place_n ult_n of_o scripture_n when_o caius_n valerius_n enter_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n ovant_fw-la the_o affectionate_a favour_n of_o 4._o the_o people_n that_o stand_v in_o the_o street_n appear_v by_o clap_v of_o hand_n and_o great_a applause_n strive_v a_o vie_n to_o exceed_v the_o song_n chant_v by_o the_o soldier_n when_o the_o senate_n have_v grant_v the_o camillus_n people_n desire_n that_o a_o commoner_n shall_v be_v choose_v consul_n with_o a_o nobleman_n and_o the_o dictator_n have_v publish_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n confirm_v their_o desire_n the_o common_a people_n be_v camil._n so_o joyful_a that_o they_o bring_v camillus_n home_o to_o his_o house_n with_o great_a shout_n of_o joy_n and_o clap_v of_o hand_n when_o alcibiades_n have_v one_o alcibiad_n day_n in_o the_o market_n place_v give_v a_o largesse_n to_o the_o people_n out_o of_o his_o own_o purse_n the_o people_n be_v so_o glad_a at_o it_o that_o they_o fall_v to_o shout_v and_o clap_v of_o their_o hand_n for_o thankfulness_n the_o four_o day_n after_o the_o battle_n fight_v by_o perseus_n king_n of_o macedon_n even_o as_o the_o play_n and_o game_n be_v exhibit_v in_o the_o shew-place_n there_o 45_o be_v hear_v sudden_o at_o first_o a_o confuse_a hum_a noise_n which_o spread_v all_o over_o the_o company_n of_o the_o spectator_n that_o a_o field_n be_v fight_v in_o macedon_n and_o perseus_n vanquish_v afterward_o arise_v a_o more_o clear_a and_o evident_a voice_n which_o grow_v at_o length_n to_o a_o open_a shout_n and_o clap_v hand_n as_o if_o certain_a news_n have_v be_v bring_v of_o the_o same_o victory_n the_o magistrate_n wonder_v thereat_o and_o make_v search_n after_o the_o author_n of_o so_o sudden_a a_o gladness_n but_o none_o will_v be_v find_v and_o then_o very_o it_o pass_v away_o as_o the_o momentany_a joy_n of_o some_o vain_a and_o uncertain_a occurrence_n howbeit_o a_o joyful_a presage_n of_o some_o good_a luck_n settle_v in_o man_n heart_n and_o remain_v behind_o which_o be_v after_o confirm_v by_o the_o true_a report_n of_o fabius_n lentulus_n and_o metellus_n send_v from_o the_o consul_n indignor_fw-la gest._n vi._n to_o smite_v sudden_o on_o the_o left_a hand_n with_o the_o right_n be_v a_o declaration_n of_o some_o mistake_n dolour_n anger_n or_o indignation_n for_o so_o our_o learned_a humanicians_n understand_v this_o gesture_n usurp_v it_o often_o in_o this_o sense_n seneca_n attribute_n this_o passion_n of_o the_o hand_n to_o anger_v for_o in_o his_o description_n of_o a_o angry_a man_n he_o have_v parum_fw-la explanatis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la sermo_fw-la praeruptus_fw-la &_o 1._o complâ—sae_fw-la saepius_fw-la manus_fw-la and_o in_o another_o place_n shadow_v out_o anger_n in_o her_o proper_a colour_n he_o set_v she_o out_o thus_o dentes_fw-la comprimuntur_fw-la horrent_n ac_fw-la surriguntur_fw-la capilli_fw-la spiritus_fw-la coaâ—tus_fw-la ac_fw-la stridens_fw-la 3._o articulorum_fw-la ipsos_fw-la torquentium_fw-la son_n and_o in_o another_o place_n adjice_fw-la articulorum_fw-la crepitum_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsae_fw-la manus_fw-la frangunt_fw-la ira._n petronius_n that_o great_a doctor_n of_o iniquity_n and_o pleasure_n conspire_v in_o the_o like_a sense_n of_o the_o same_o expression_n present_v we_o with_o this_o gesture_n thus_o habit_v satyr_n manibus_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la articulorum_fw-la strepitum_fw-la contritis_fw-la and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o thus_o give_v we_o the_o garb_n of_o anger_n and_o grief_n satyr_n infract_a be_v manibus_fw-la ingemnit_fw-la neither_o be_v example_n want_v in_o history_n to_o confirm_v the_o sense_n of_o this_o natural_a expression_n philo_z judaeus_n of_o caius_n the_o emperor_n boil_v with_o anger_n and_o grievous_o fret_v with_o indignation_n excandescebat_fw-la legens_fw-la multam_fw-la praese_fw-mi ferens_fw-la iracundiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la vero_fw-la desiit_fw-la caium_fw-la complosis_fw-la manibus_fw-la euge_fw-la petroni_fw-la inquit_fw-la non_fw-la didicisti_fw-la audire_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la to_o confirm_v the_o natural_a practice_n here_o of_o by_o divine_a authority_n and_o precedent_n take_v out_o of_o the_o most_o sacred_a history_n thus_o balack_n in_o token_n of_o anger_n smite_v his_o hand_n 10._o together_o when_o he_o be_v wroth_a with_o balam_n that_o he_o will_v not_o curse_v the_o israelite_n as_o he_o desire_v to_o which_o answer_v that_o of_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n thou_o 14._o therefore_o son_n of_o man_n prophesy_v and_o smite_v hand_n to_o hand_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v strike_v thy_o hand_n as_o man_n in_o grief_n and_o anguish_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v the_o same_o signification_n of_o gesture_n have_v that_o of_o the_o 13._o same_o prophet_n behold_v therefore_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o have_v smite_v i_o hand_n upon_o thy_o covetousness_n that_o thou_o have_v use_v and_o upon_o the_o blood_n that_o have_v be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o thou_o that_o be_v in_o token_n of_o my_o wrath_n and_o vengeance_n explodo_fw-la gest._n vii_o to_o clap_v the_o right_a fist_n often_o on_o the_o left_a palm_n be_v a_o natural_a expression_n use_v by_o those_o who_o mock_v chide_v brawl_n and_o insult_v reproach_n rebuke_n and_o explode_v or_o drive_v out_o with_o noise_n common_o use_v by_o the_o vulgar_a in_o their_o bicker_n as_o be_v the_o scold_v saunt_v dialect_n and_o the_o loud_a natural_a rhetoric_n of_o those_o who_o declaim_v at_o billingsgate_n hence_o ovid_n not_o unskilful_a 5._o in_o this_o brawl_a property_n of_o the_o haud_fw-mi very_o ingenious_o sign_v the_o pleride_n as_o they_o be_v about_o to_o scold_v and_o to_o clap_v their_o hand_n with_o a_o disgraceful_a noise_n to_o have_v be_v turn_v into_o pie_n and_o make_v sylvan_a scold_n this_o which_o be_v but_o the_o repetition_n of_o that_o stroke_n use_v in_o anger_n and_o indignation_n be_v use_v in_o this_o sense_n by_o the_o mirror_n of_o patience_n every_o man_n shall_v clap_v their_o hand_n be_v at_o he_o and_o hiss_v at_o he_o out_o of_o their_o 23_o place_n and_o the_o good_a man_n when_o his_o patience_n be_v try_v beyond_o sufferance_n fall_v into_o this_o habit_n of_o contention_n with_o his_o miserable_a comforter_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o accusation_n of_o elihu_n he_o add_v rebellion_n unto_o his_o sin_n he_o clap_v his_o hand_n among_o we_o and_o multiply_v his_o word_n against_o 37_o god_n that_o be_v as_o the_o gloss_n on_o our_o bibles_n have_v it_o he_o stand_v stubborn_o in_o maintenance_n of_o his_o cause_n to_o this_o may_v be_v refer_v that_o of_o the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n all_o that_o pass_v by_o clap_v their_o hand_n they_o hiss_v and_o wag_v the_o head_n at_o the_o 15_o daughter_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o same_o signification_n have_v that_o of_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n because_o thou_o have_v clap_v thy_o hand_n and_o stamp_v 6_o with_o the_o foot_n and_o rejoice_v in_o heart_n with_o all_o thy_o despite_n against_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n behold_v therefore_o i_o will_v stretch_v out_o my_o hand_n upon_o thou_o despero_fw-la gestus_fw-la viii_o to_o appear_v with_o faint_v and_o deject_a hand_n be_v a_o posture_n of_o fear_n abasement_n of_o mind_n a_o abject_a and_o vanquish_a courage_n and_o of_o utter_a despair_n the_o prophet_n isaiah_n call_v 3._o this_o habit_n of_o deâ—ection_n or_o consternation_n the_o faint_a hand_n or_o the_o hand_n fall_v down_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n and_o iâ—remiah_n call_v this_o apparition_n of_o 12_o fear_n the_o feeble_a hand_n and_o the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n most_o apposite_o the_o hand_n that_o hang_v down._n the_o old_a annal_n of_o time_n and_o the_o journals_n and_o diaries_n of_o common_a life_n which_o contain_v a_o narration_n and_o exposition_n of_o thing_n do_v give_v the_o best_a pattern_n of_o the_o hand_n expression_n as_o be_v the_o most_o natural_a register_n thereof_o in_o so_o much_o as_o there_o be_v no_o interpreter_n so_o proper_a or_o able_a to_o inform_v we_o of_o the_o validity_n and_o use_n of_o this_o languish_a carriage_n and_o behaviour_n of_o the_o
hand_n of_o cyrus_n for_o what_o it_o promise_v it_o perform_v and_o the_o dane_n swede_n and_o norwegean_n in_o who_o the_o honest_a impression_n of_o nature_n flow_v from_o their_o hand_n pure_a and_o unmixed_a without_o any_o fucus_n of_o dissimulation_n or_o affectation_n of_o art_n do_v most_o faithful_o retain_v the_o natural_a sincerity_n of_o this_o expression_n of_o faith_n for_o of_o those_o northern_a nation_n our_o learned_a barclay_n give_v this_o commendation_n 8._o they_o break_v no_o promise_n when_o their_o hand_n be_v give_v such_o religious_a observer_n of_o their_o manual_a faith_n be_v the_o ancient_a mede_n and_o persian_n hence_o plethon_n genistus_fw-la genist_n manus_fw-la porrectio_fw-la maxima_fw-la inter_fw-la persas_fw-la censetur_fw-la fides_fw-la wherefore_o cyrus_n in_o xenophon_n in_o a_o oration_n he_o make_v unto_o the_o mede_n say_v hyrcanis_fw-la quibus_fw-la &_o jusjurandum_fw-la &_o 2._o dextras_fw-la dedi_fw-la fidem_fw-la servabo_fw-la &_o nunquam_fw-la hoc_fw-la deprechendar_n prodidisse_fw-la and_o xenophon_n relate_v a_o agreement_n between_o the_o persian_a and_o the_o grecian_a army_n for_o a_o peaceable_a departure_n and_o safe_a conduct_n have_v recite_v the_o article_n say_v haec_fw-la vtrinquè_fw-fr jurejurando_fw-la sancita_fw-la sunt_fw-la 2._o dextra_fw-la datae_fw-la vicissim_fw-la a_o royal_a example_n of_o this_o declaration_n of_o the_o hand_n we_o have_v in_o darius_n who_o after_o he_o be_v wound_v by_o bessus_n and_o the_o other_o conspirator_n to_o the_o soldier_n of_o alexander_n who_o find_v he_o sore_o wound_v in_o his_o litter_n but_o as_o yet_o alive_a recommend_v in_o a_o speech_n he_o make_v of_o his_o master_n touch_v his_o love_n and_o acknowledgement_n curt._n of_o courtesy_n and_o that_o he_o die_v his_o debtor_n in_o token_n whereof_o as_o a_o kingly_a pledge_n of_o his_o faith_n he_o give_v the_o soldier_n his_o right_a hand_n to_o carry_v unto_o alexander_n and_o these_o word_n be_v utter_v have_v stretcred_a out_o his_o hand_n he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n florus_n josephus_n 12._o prove_v this_o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n to_o have_v be_v in_o very_o great_a force_n and_o virtue_n among_o the_o ancient_n artabanus_n say_v he_o king_n of_o the_o parthian_n stretch_v out_o his_o right_a hand_n swear_v to_o anilaeus_n the_o jew_n that_o his_o brother_n asinaeus_n may_v have_v safe_a access_n unto_o he_o which_o with_o the_o barbarian_n about_o to_o assemble_v be_v a_o most_o certain_a argument_n of_o trust_n for_o after_o the_o right_a hand_n give_v with_o they_o it_o be_v neither_o lawful_a to_o deceive_v or_o difficult_a all_o suspicion_n and_o diffidence_n cease_v wherefore_o when_o he_o be_v move_v by_o the_o master_n of_o his_o horse_n that_o he_o may_v kill_v asinaeus_n he_o deny_v to_o permit_v that_o against_o a_o man_n who_o have_v commit_v himself_o to_o his_o faith_n conâ—â—nied_v by_o give_v the_o right_a hand_n with_o a_o oath_n to_o this_o expression_n that_o passage_n also_o of_o the_o roman_a history_n may_v be_v refer_v where_o flavius_n come_v 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o roman_a general_n gracchus_n inform_v he_o that_o he_o have_v begin_v a_o enterprise_n of_o great_a consequence_n for_o the_o accomplish_n and_o full_a perfect_v whereof_o he_o need_v the_o help_a hand_n of_o gracchus_n himself_o namely_o that_o he_o have_v persuade_v all_o the_o fretor_n and_o governor_n who_o in_o that_o universal_a trouble_n of_o italy_n have_v revolt_v to_o annibal_n to_o return_v into_o the_o league_n and_o friendship_n of_o the_o roman_n by_o many_o argument_n i_o have_v use_v to_o they_o thus_o and_o thus_o be_v my_o word_n unto_o they_o and_o indeed_o but_o my_o word_n marry_o they_o have_v liever_fw-mi hear_v gracchus_n himself_o speak_v and_o hear_v the_o same_o from_o his_o own_o mouth_n they_o will_v more_o glad_o talk_v with_o he_o in_o person_n and_o take_v holdof_o his_o right_a hand_n which_o as_o the_o assure_a pawn_n of_o his_o faithful_a promise_n he_o carry_v always_o with_o he_o wheresoever_o he_o go_v and_o they_o desire_v no_o more_o this_o may_v be_v further_o illustrate_v by_o another_o passage_n of_o livic_a where_o syphax_n 29_o king_n of_o numidia_n have_v contract_v a_o new_a alliance_n with_o the_o african_n by_o marry_v sophonisva_n the_o daughter_n of_o asdrubal_n allure_v by_o the_o fair_a word_n of_o his_o new_a spouse_n send_v into_o sicily_n to_o scipio_n to_o advise_v he_o not_o to_o pass_v over_o into_o africa_n nor_o rely_v upon_o any_o confidence_n of_o he_o or_o build_v upon_o his_o former_a promise_n scipio_n in_o his_o letter_n which_o he_o dispatch_v by_o the_o same_o ambassador_n request_v he_o earnest_o to_o be_v advise_v and_o bethink_v himself_o that_o he_o break_v not_o the_o right_n either_o of_o friendship_n or_o hospitable_a league_n with_o he_o or_o the_o league_n and_o society_n enter_v with_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n nor_o violate_v justice_n and_o faithful_a promise_n make_v by_o give_v right_n hand_n nor_o yet_o beguile_v and_o abuse_v the_o god_n the_o witness_n and_o judge_n of_o all_o covenant_n and_o agreement_n make_v ¶_o isidore_n say_v the_o surety_n of_o peace_n be_v give_v with_o the_o hand_n and_o indeed_o all_o league_n truce_n and_o compact_n be_v confirm_v by_o this_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n thus_o the_o league_n triumvirate_a between_o antonius_n lepidus_n and_o caesar_n be_v establish_v at_o confluent_n between_o perusia_n and_o bononia_n they_o join_v hand_n and_o their_o army_n embrace_v tacit_fw-la which_o league_n they_o symbolical_o express_v by_o three_o right_a hand_n embrace_v each_o other_o with_o this_o motto_n salus_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la a_o strange_a impress_n to_o gull_v the_o world_n with_o and_o to_o cloak_n their_o ambitious_a confederacy_n the_o king_n of_o persia_n command_v med_n his_o ambassador_n to_o make_v this_o expression_n in_o his_o name_n and_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n the_o ancient_a emperor_n and_o king_n of_o germany_n be_v wont_a to_o send_v their_o great_a man_n to_o conclude_v a_o peace_n and_o determine_v affair_n when_o they_o can_v not_o go_v themselves_o apollophanes_n cyzicenus_n who_o have_v in_o former_a time_n be_v bind_v to_o pharnabazus_n by_o the_o law_n of_o hospitality_n and_o be_v a_o guest_n at_o that_o 4._o time_n with_o agesilaus_n promise_v he_o to_o bring_v pharnabazus_n to_o a_o parley_n for_o confirmation_n of_o a_o peace_n which_o agesilaus_n hear_v of_o consent_v so_o he_o have_v receive_v faithful_a promise_n of_o safe_a conduct_n and_o the_o right_a hand_n be_v give_v bring_v pharnabazus_n into_o the_o appoint_a place_n where_o have_v salute_v one_o another_o pharnubazus_fw-la first_o of_o all_o put_v forth_o his_o right_a hand_n to_o which_o agesilaus_n also_o join_v his_o of_o this_o language_n of_o assurance_n express_v by_o the_o give_a hand_n there_o call_v dextra_fw-la securitatis_fw-la the_o book_n of_o the_o macchabee_n be_v very_o pregnant_a thus_o when_o the_o 3._o thousand_o soldier_n that_o jonathan_n have_v send_v to_o demetrius_n to_o antiochia_n at_o his_o macch._n request_n when_o the_o citizen_n see_v that_o the_o jew_n have_v get_v the_o upper_a hand_n and_o they_o be_v disappoint_v of_o their_o purpose_n of_o stay_v their_o king_n make_v their_o supplication_n unto_o the_o king_n say_v give_v we_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o grant_v we_o peace_n thus_o they_o of_o gaza_n make_v supplication_n unto_o jonathan_n and_o he_o give_v they_o the_o right_a 45._o hand_n or_o make_v peace_n with_o they_o when_o simon_n have_v besiege_v bethsura_a and_o fight_v against_o it_o a_o long_a season_n and_o shut_v it_o up_o at_o last_o they_o desire_v right_a hand_n to_o be_v give_v they_o to_o who_o give_v the_o right_a hand_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v they_o desire_v peace_n which_o he_o grant_v 50._o when_o simon_n have_v besiege_v gaza_n the_o people_n of_o that_o city_n cry_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n beseech_v simon_n to_o give_v they_o right_n hand_n that_o be_v to_o grant_v they_o peace_n so_o they_o in_o the_o castle_n at_o jerusalem_n beseech_v simon_n that_o he_o will_v join_v right_a hand_n which_o he_o give_v they_o or_o make_v peace_n with_o they_o which_o he_o do_v thus_o andronicus_n 34._o come_v to_o onias_n who_o have_v flee_v to_o the_o sanctuary_n at_o daphne_n hard_o by_o antiochia_n counsel_v he_o crafty_o give_v he_o his_o right_n hand_n with_o a_o oath_n by_o that_o fair_a show_n of_o peace_n persuade_v he_o to_o come_v out_o who_o incontinent_o without_o any_o regard_n of_o righteousness_n he_o slay_v according_a to_o mevelaus_fw-la instigation_n so_o the_o nomads_n 11._o of_o arabia_n be_v overcome_v beseech_v judas_n a_o right_a hand_n to_o be_v give_v they_o which_o judas_n give_v they_o thereupon_o they_o shooâ—_n hand_n and_o so_o depart_v to_o their_o tent_n and_o thus_o antiochus_n eupater_n commune_v with_o the_o man_n in_o 22._o bethsura_a and_o give_v and_o take_v the_o right_a hand_n or_o take_v truce_n with_o
mischance_n that_o happen_v to_o the_o learned_a oporinâ—s_n of_o the_o university_n of_o basil_n go_v about_o passion_n to_o use_v this_o courtly_a expression_n to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v in_o charge_n to_o receive_v the_o famous_a erasmus_n by_o offer_v he_o present_v of_o wine_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o city_n he_o be_v prepare_v for_o it_o with_o a_o brave_a and_o a_o long_a oration_n but_o be_v train_v up_o to_o the_o school_n which_o have_v little_a curiosity_n and_o quaintness_n in_o compliment_n go_v about_o to_o kiss_n erasmus_n his_o hand_n full_a of_o the_o gout_n he_o do_v it_o so_o rough_o that_o he_o hurt_v he_o and_o make_v he_o to_o cry_v out_o with_o pain_n he_o have_v put_v he_o to_o by_o his_o kiss_n which_o make_v the_o good_a professor_n lose_v himself_o nor_o can_v he_o ever_o hit_v upon_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o discourse_n until_o they_o plentiful_o have_v pour_v out_o some_o of_o the_o present_a wine_n for_o he_o to_o drink_v so_o to_o awaken_v his_o memory_n ¶_o in_o supplication_n this_o gesture_n be_v also_o significant_a for_o it_o have_v be_v a_o custom_n with_o all_o nation_n in_o supplication_n to_o appeal_v unto_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o from_o who_o they_o expect_v aid_n press_v upon_o it_o as_o that_o part_n who_o touch_n be_v a_o omen_n of_o success_n tender_v their_o request_n thereto_o because_o the_o power_n of_o do_v do_v most_o manifest_o rest_v therein_o whereas_o to_o touch_v the_o left_a hand_n be_v ever_o account_v a_o ill_a presage_a osse_fw-la to_o this_o appertain_v that_o of_o apuleus_n juvenem_fw-la quempiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o medium_n producit_fw-la cujus_fw-la diu_fw-la aurei_fw-la manus_fw-la deosculatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n miserere_fw-la ait_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la and_o the_o same_o author_n in_o another_o book_n present_v we_o with_o this_o examplar_n confirmation_n pontianus_n ad_fw-la pedes_fw-la nostros_fw-la advolutus_fw-la veniam_fw-la &_o oblivionem_fw-la praeteritorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la postulat_fw-la flens_fw-la &_o apologia_fw-la manus_fw-la nostras_fw-la osculabundus_fw-la of_o which_o kind_n of_o supplication_n exhibit_v with_o reverence_n and_o outward_a worship_n declare_v the_o inward_a affection_n the_o roman_a annal_n be_v full_a of_o example_n thus_o sophonisba_n the_o wife_n of_o syphax_n take_v prisoner_n by_o masanissa_n desire_v that_o it_o may_v be_v lawful_a for_o she_o to_o open_v her_o mouth_n and_o make_v a_o humble_a 30._o speech_n unto_o he_o her_o lord_n in_o who_o only_a hand_n lie_v her_o life_n and_o death_n if_o i_o may_v be_v so_o bold_a say_v she_o as_o to_o touch_v your_o knee_n and_o that_o victorious_a right_a hand_n of_o you_o etc._n etc._n to_o who_o when_o as_o now_o she_o hold_v he_o fast_o by_o the_o hand_n and_o request_v his_o protection_n he_o give_v his_o right_a hand_n for_o assurance_n to_o perform_v her_o request_n and_o when_o mithridates_n cast_v himself_o at_o the_o knee_n of_o eunones_n eunones_n move_v 12_o with_o the_o nobility_n of_o the_o man_n and_o the_o change_n of_o his_o fortune_n at_o his_o prayer_n which_o argue_v no_o base_a mind_n lift_v up_o the_o suppliant_a and_o commend_v he_o that_o he_o have_v choose_v the_o adorsian_a nation_n and_o his_o right_a hand_n for_o obtain_v pardon_n archelaus_n sylla_n when_o he_o beseech_v sylla_n with_o tear_n in_o his_o eye_n to_o be_v content_v with_o what_o the_o ambassador_n of_o mithridates_n his_o master_n have_v except_v against_o his_o demand_n take_v he_o by_o the_o hand_n by_o entreaty_n at_o the_o end_n obtain_v of_o sylla_n to_o send_v he_o unto_o mithridates_n promise_v that_o he_o will_v either_o bring_v he_o to_o agree_v to_o all_o the_o article_n and_o condition_n of_o peace_n that_o he_o demand_v or_o if_o he_o can_v not_o he_o will_v kill_v himself_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n thus_o also_o nicias_n come_v to_o marcel_n marcellus_n with_o tear_n in_o his_o eye_n and_o embrace_v his_o knee_n and_o kiss_v his_o hand_n beseech_v he_o to_o take_v pity_n of_o his_o poor_a citizen_n the_o 1_o soldier_n of_o germanicus_n who_o upon_o pretence_n of_o this_o expression_n in_o their_o complaint_n lamentation_n and_o supplication_n unto_o he_o take_v he_o by_o the_o hand_n as_o it_o be_v to_o kiss_v it_o thrust_v his_o finger_n into_o their_o mouth_n that_o he_o may_v feel_v they_o be_v toothless_a hecuba_n come_v as_o a_o suppliant_a to_o euripides_n ulysses_n to_o entreat_v for_o iphigenia_n as_o she_o address_v herself_o to_o touch_v his_o right_a hand_n he_o hide_v it_o thereby_o cut_v off_o all_o hope_n of_o pardon_n to_o utican_a this_o appertain_v the_o speech_n of_o lucius_n caesar_n the_o kinsman_n of_o julius_n caesar_n the_o conqueror_n where_o he_o pray_v cato_n to_o help_v he_o to_o make_v his_o oration_n which_o he_o shall_v say_v unto_o caesar_n in_o behalf_n of_o the_o three_o hundred_o merchant_n in_o utica_n and_o as_o for_o thou_o cato_n say_v he_o i_o will_v kiss_v his_o hand_n and_o fall_v down_o on_o my_o knee_n before_o he_o to_o entreat_v he_o for_o thou_o ¶_o for_o the_o exemplify_a this_o expression_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o faith_n loyalty_n and_o subjection_n martin_n flumee_n afford_v we_o a_o historical_a history_n and_o pregnant_a proof_n in_o king_n john_n of_o hungary_n when_o with_o a_o great_a company_n of_o the_o hungarian_a nobility_n which_o he_o bring_v with_o he_o he_o come_v to_o kiss_v soliman_n hand_n and_o to_o acknowledge_v himself_o to_o he_o as_o his_o subject_n and_o tributary_n who_o find_v he_o sit_v under_o a_o canopy_n where_o he_o make_v no_o great_a countenance_n to_o move_v himself_o at_o the_o reverence_v he_o make_v but_o show_v a_o great_a majesty_n he_o give_v he_o his_o right_n hand_n in_o sign_n of_o amity_n which_o he_o kiss_v there_o be_v a_o pleasant_a story_n agreeable_a to_o this_o purpose_n of_o amalasuinta_fw-la queen_n of_o the_o longobard_n how_o when_o she_o after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o king_n her_o luitpran_n husband_n be_v childless_a have_v with_o great_a prudence_n and_o gravity_n govern_v the_o kingdom_n and_o be_v much_o magnify_v of_o her_o subject_n at_o the_o last_o her_o noble_n offer_v she_o a_o free_a power_n of_o choose_v they_o a_o king_n out_o of_o the_o nobility_n who_o she_o may_v make_v her_o husband_n who_o have_v send_v for_o one_o of_o her_o noble_n who_o she_o prefer_v in_o her_o choice_n to_o the_o rest_n and_o he_o suppose_v he_o have_v be_v send_v for_o about_o some_o affair_n of_o state_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o see_v the_o queen_n who_o be_v come_v out_o to_o meet_v he_o he_o leap_v from_o his_o horse_n and_o bow_v himself_o to_o kiss_v her_o hand_n to_o who_o she_o smile_v not_o my_o hand_n but_o my_o face_n mean_v that_o he_o be_v now_o no_o long_o to_o be_v a_o subject_n but_o her_o husband_n and_o king_n aurelianus_n send_v by_o clodovaeus_n to_o clotilda_n of_o who_o virtue_n he_o be_v enamour_v to_o find_v mean_n of_o access_n unto_o she_o resolve_v to_o beg_v alm_n of_o she_o for_o which_o cause_n he_o stand_v at_o the_o gate_n of_o a_o church_n among_o a_o great_a rabble_n of_o beggar_n expect_v the_o lady_n princess_n to_o come_v forth_o she_o fail_v not_o to_o perform_v act_n of_o charity_n to_o all_o the_o poor_a according_a to_o her_o custom_n and_o perceive_v this_o man_n who_o seem_v of_o a_o generous_a aspect_n in_o these_o miserable_a rag_n feel_v her_o heart_n seize_v with_o extraordinary_a pity_n behold_v one_o of_o so_o good_a carriage_n reduce_v to_o such_o misery_n and_o without_o any_o further_a enquiry_n she_o give_v he_o a_o piece_n of_o gold_n aurelianus_n see_v this_o royal_a hand_n to_o charitable_o stretch_v out_o to_o succour_v a_o counterfeit_a want_n whether_o he_o be_v transport_v with_o joy_n or_o whether_o he_o be_v desirous_a to_o make_v himself_o observe_v by_o some_o act_n he_o lift_v up_o the_o sleeve_n of_o the_o princess_n which_o according_a to_o the_o fashion_n of_o robe_n then_o wear_v cover_v all_o even_a unto_o her_o hand_n and_o have_v bare_v her_o right_a hand_n kiss_v it_o with_o much_o reverence_n she_o blush_v yet_o pass_v on_o and_o show_v no_o resentment_n afterward_o send_v for_o he_o which_o be_v the_o scope_n of_o his_o desire_n who_o come_v to_o the_o place_n assign_v he_o clotilda_n behold_v he_o sound_o chide_v he_o for_o his_o boldness_n in_o lift_v up_o the_o sleeve_n of_o her_o garment_n and_o kiss_v her_o hand_n he_o who_o be_v a_o most_o quaint_a courtier_n find_v out_o this_o evasion_n and_o say_v the_o custom_n of_o his_o country_n permit_v to_o kiss_v the_o lip_n of_o lady_n at_o salutation_n but_o the_o unhappiness_n of_o his_o condition_n abase_v he_o so_o low_o he_o can_v not_o aspire_v to_o the_o face_n behold_v the_o cause_n why_o he_o content_v himself_o with_o the_o hand_n it_o be_v a_o thing_n very_o reasonable_a to_o kiss_v
be_v far_o less_o observe_v than_o the_o right_a hand_n be_v a_o hand_n which_o if_o it_o once_o grow_v dexterious_a by_o habitual_a thieve_v will_v not_o be_v leave_v for_o if_o it_o once_o affect_v to_o keep_v itself_o in_o ure_n it_o turn_v to_o a_o incurable_a fellow_n and_o it_o may_v be_v worth_a our_o inquiry_n why_o the_o law_n do_v so_o express_o order_v theft_n to_o be_v punish_v in_o this_o hand_n for_o that_o the_o statut._n brawn_n of_o the_o left_a thumb_n be_v brand_v in_o malefactor_n a_o kind_n of_o penal_a pardon_n for_o the_o first_o transgression_n and_o if_o it_o may_v be_v lawful_a to_o divine_v of_o the_o legality_n of_o this_o law-checke_a i_o shall_v think_v that_o there_o lie_v some_o conceal_a symbol_n in_o the_o device_n and_o that_o the_o estate_n assemble_v have_v regard_n to_o the_o felonious_a procacity_n and_o craft_n of_o this_o guileful_a hand_n which_o be_v prone_a by_o a_o sly_a insinuation_n with_o more_o subtle_a secrecy_n to_o present_v itself_o to_o any_o sinister_a intention_n &_o do_v no_o soon_o move_v to_o such_o action_n but_o every_o finger_n prove_v a_o limetwig_n which_o the_o ancient_a egyptian_n imply_v in_o their_o way_n of_o hieroglyphique_a when_o they_o figure_v furacity_n 35._o or_o theft_n by_o a_o light_n fingure_v leave_v hand_n put_v forth_o as_o it_o be_v by_o stealth_n to_o open_v and_o unfold_v the_o subtle_a and_o occult_a conception_n of_o antiquity_n about_o the_o nature_n and_o disposition_n of_o the_o left_a hand_n and_o to_o collect_v what_o have_v be_v note_v touch_v the_o sinister_a inclination_n of_o this_o hand_n whereby_o its_o natural_a property_n have_v propagate_v themselves_o and_o by_o action_n insensible_o spread_v into_o the_o manner_n and_o custom_n of_o man_n first_o it_o be_v the_o note_a property_n of_o the_o left_a hand_n to_o be_v cover_v and_o to_o keep_v as_o it_o be_v a_o recluse_n in_o the_o bosom_n or_o to_o be_v carry_v wrap_v up_o in_o a_o cloak_n lurk_v close_o and_o lie_v as_o it_o be_v in_o ambuscado_n to_o entrap_v and_o by_o a_o crafty_a fetch_v imperceptibe_o to_o make_v a_o prize_n of_o all_o that_o come_v to_o hand_n whence_o the_o greek_n from_o who_o the_o facetiousnesse_n of_o manner_n and_o elegancy_n of_o learning_n as_o some_o think_v be_v first_o derive_v signify_v as_o much_o who_o will_v therefore_o have_v the_o left_a hand_n name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychius_n lavam_fw-la manum_fw-la because_o for_o the_o most_o part_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tegi_fw-la &_o occultari_fw-la soleat_fw-la whereupon_o this_o hand_n be_v more_o idle_a for_o idleness_n be_v a_o main_a cause_n of_o theft_n it_o be_v consequent_o more_o prone_a to_o this_o manual_a transgression_n this_o light-fingered_a hand_n be_v call_v by_o isidor_n laeva_fw-la quod_fw-la isidor_n aptior_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la levandum_fw-la to_o wit_n to_o beguile_v elude_v lessen_v and_o diminish_v another_o good_n and_o theocritus_n charitibus_fw-la follow_v herein_o the_o opinion_n of_o antiquity_n have_v note_v the_o particular_a quality_n and_o behaviour_n of_o this_o hand_n and_o the_o private_a vice_n to_o which_o it_o be_v propense_a conclude_v from_o the_o pitchy_a temper_n thereof_o that_o the_o left_a hand_n signify_v the_o captivity_n of_o unlawful_a desire_n and_o rapacity_n so_o that_o it_o have_v for_o this_o cause_n be_v consecrate_v to_o laverna_n the_o goddess_n of_o thief_n as_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o its_o wily_a genius_n more_o fit_a and_o convenient_a for_o cozenage_n and_o clandestine_v thievery_n for_o be_v common_o hide_v and_o involve_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o a_o gown_n or_o cloak_n and_o wait_v in_o obscurity_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v for_o the_o most_o part_n man_n suspect_v no_o such_o thing_n that_o do_v nothing_o and_o devote_a to_o rest_n yet_o be_v at_o liberty_n and_o ready_a to_o handle_v it_o will_v be_v do_v and_o somewhat_o of_o other_o man_n suffer_v for_o it_o while_o this_o purloin_v hand_n think_v itself_o the_o proprietary_n of_o another_o good_n hence_o that_o elegant_a recorder_n of_o the_o ancient_a fiction_n with_o a_o poetical_a touch_n of_o his_o pen_n set_v a_o gloss_n upon_o this_o business_n thus_o nataeque_fw-la ad_fw-la furta_fw-la sinistrae_fw-la and_o that_o quaint_a comedian_n long_o before_o he_o plautus_n point_v out_o as_o it_o be_v with_o his_o finger_n the_o genuine_a deceitfulness_n of_o this_o hand_n call_v it_o furtificam_fw-la laevam_fw-la the_o close_a and_o cunning_a pilferer_n and_o euphormio_n allude_v to_o the_o same_o property_n of_o this_o hand_n sai_z turgentes_fw-la occulos_fw-la furtiva_fw-la manu_fw-la 1._o exfrico_fw-la and_o indeed_o laeva_fw-la or_o sinistra_fw-la according_a to_o the_o ancient_a manner_n of_o speak_v use_v with_o the_o ancient_n note_v one_o to_o be_v a_o thief_n latino_n that_o subtle_a knave_n asinius_n who_o be_v experience_v in_o the_o crafty_a handle_n of_o thing_n and_o draw_v they_o to_o his_o own_o private_a advantage_n use_v this_o hand_n as_o least_o suspect_v when_o he_o have_v watch_v a_o opportunity_n at_o a_o feast_n to_o steal_v away_o some_o of_o the_o linen_n against_o who_o catullus_n in_o his_o sting_a 12._o stile_n sling_n these_o word_n out_o of_o his_o crisp_a pen_n maruccine_fw-la asini_fw-la manu_fw-la sinistra_fw-la non_fw-fr belle_fw-fr uteris_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o ioco_fw-la atque_fw-la vino_fw-la tollis_n lintea_fw-la negligentiorum_fw-la hence_o also_o when_o sophiclodisca_n the_o bawd_n in_o plautus_n 2._o upon_o suspicion_n of_o felony_n demand_v to_o see_v the_o hand_n of_o paeginum_fw-la and_o the_o lad_n like_o a_o crafty_a wag_n have_v put_v forth_o his_o right_a hand_n she_o reply_v to_o he_o ubi_fw-la illa_fw-la altera_fw-la furtisica_fw-la laeva_fw-la where_o be_v that_o other_o close_o and_o cunning_a pilferer_n the_o left_a hand_n autolicus_n be_v expert_a in_o the_o sly_a feat_n of_o this_o hand_n of_o who_o martial_a epigr._fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la autolici_fw-la tam_fw-la piceata_fw-la manus_fw-la and_o we_o read_v in_o catullus_n of_o porcius_n and_o socratio_n catullus_n dvae_fw-la sinistrae_fw-la pisonis_fw-la the_o two_o left_a hand_n of_o piso_n that_o be_v instrument_n of_o his_o by_o who_o private_a conveyance_n he_o receive_v bribe_n for_o although_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o employment_n under_o he_o they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v his_o right_a hand_n yet_o in_o this_o sense_n of_o bribery_n and_o close_a conveyance_n they_o be_v proper_o call_v his_o left_a hand_n the_o egyptian_n in_o hieroglyphique_a 35._o paint_a justice_n by_o a_o open_a left_a hand_n as_o the_o cold_a weak_a and_o slow_a hand_n and_o therefore_o less_o prone_a or_o able_a to_o apply_v itself_o to_o offer_v or_o do_v any_o injury_n but_o it_o be_v better_a for_o the_o commonwealth_n that_o judge_n shall_v be_v without_o hand_n as_o the_o theban_a statue_n of_o judge_n be_v idem_fw-la then_o in_o this_o sense_n to_o have_v a_o left_a hand_n benedico_fw-la gestua_n lxiv_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v a_o natural_a gesture_n significant_o use_v in_o condemnation_n absolution_n pardon_n and_o forgiveness_n benediction_n adoption_n initiation_n confirmation_n consecration_n ordination_n sanation_n and_o in_o grace_v our_o meal_n that_o this_o gesture_n be_v of_o importance_n in_o condemnation_n be_v apparent_a by_o the_o command_n of_o the_o old_a law_n in_o case_n of_o temptation_n to_o ehtnicism_n 7._o and_o practical_a idolatry_n so_o when_o the_o son_n of_o shelomith_n the_o daughter_n of_o dibri_fw-la of_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n which_o she_o have_v by_o a_o egyptian_a have_v blaspheme_v the_o lord_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n 14._o command_v he_o to_o be_v bring_v forth_o without_o the_o camp_n and_o all_o that_o hear_v he_o be_v to_o lay_v his_o hand_n on_o his_o head_n and_o the_o lay_n of_o the_o hand_n on_o the_o sacrifice_n head_n that_o be_v condemn_v 23._o in_o the_o offerer_n stead_n so_o often_o command_v in_o the_o leviticall_a law_n point_n to_o the_o signification_n of_o this_o gesture_n ¶_o in_o absolution_n pardon_n and_o forgiveness_n notwithstanding_o the_o identity_n of_o gesture_n there_o be_v a_o proper_a contrariety_n of_o expression_n and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o natural_a and_o paraphrastical_a gesture_n very_o suitable_a to_o that_o petition_n in_o the_o lord_n prayer_n forgive_v we_o our_o trespass_n as_o we_o forgive_v they_o their_o trespass_n against_o we_o for_o as_o nature_n teach_v we_o to_o raise_v our_o hand_n to_o beg_v pardon_n and_o forgiveness_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n so_o she_o likewise_o move_v we_o to_o the_o same_o expression_n of_o gesture_n as_o most_o proper_a and_o significant_a to_o seal_v our_o pardon_n to_o other_o imply_v that_o who_o forgive_v shall_v be_v forgive_v and_o neither_o nature_n nor_o grace_n do_v move_v we_o to_o ask_v pardon_n on_o any_o other_o term_n the_o phrase_n of_o this_o gesture_n be_v significant_o take_v into_o the_o form_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o
have_v be_v practise_v in_o ecclesiastical_a absolution_n parisiensis_fw-la for_o this_o reason_n will_v have_v it_o a_o sacrament_n because_o poâ—n_n it_o have_v a_o sacring_a and_o sanctify_a sign_n to_o wit_n a_o sign_n have_v a_o natural_a resemblance_n with_o inward_a sanctification_n itself_o which_o be_v the_o hand_n to_o this_o gesture_n as_o it_o be_v cunning_o make_v a_o appenage_n to_o the_o papal_a policy_n of_o auricular_a confession_n i_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v only_o i_o find_v that_o the_o ancient_a form_n of_o absolution_n be_v to_o hold_v both_o the_o hand_n conjoin_v poen_fw-mi over_o the_o party_n head_n which_o be_v to_o be_v absolve_v which_o may_v be_v also_o exhibit_v by_o one_o hand_n lay_v in_o sequence_n of_o the_o other_o or_o both_o conjoin_v and_o hold_v above_o the_o head_n so_o appear_v in_o the_o air_n without_o any_o residence_n at_o all_o upon_o the_o head_n the_o manner_n of_o performance_n at_o this_o day_n it_o seem_v be_v to_o lay_v on_o both_o the_o extend_a hand_n upon_o the_o head_n so_o that_o they_o touch_v the_o crown_n and_o rest_n and_o settle_v down_o thereon_o ¶_o as_o this_o gesture_n be_v significant_a in_o benediction_n it_o be_v use_v by_o isaac_n upon_o his_o deathbed_n when_o he_o bless_v his_o son_n jacob_n who_o supplant_v esau_n of_o his_o blessing_n 4_o by_o counterfeit_v the_o rough_a hand_n of_o his_o elder_a brother_n and_o thus_o jacob_n about_o to_o die_v bless_v his_o twelve_o son_n every_o one_o of_o they_o with_o a_o several_a 28._o blessing_n our_o bless_a saviour_n who_o with_o the_o sacred_a gesture_n of_o his_o hand_n have_v sanctify_v the_o expression_n of_o we_o and_o make_v they_o a_o holy_a language_n be_v often_o see_v to_o use_v this_o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n whence_o the_o church_n comment_v upon_o his_o action_n say_v he_o by_o his_o outward_a gesture_n 13._o and_o deed_n declare_v his_o good_a will_n to_o little_a child_n in_o that_o he_o embrace_v they_o in_o his_o arm_n lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o they_o and_o bless_v they_o and_o the_o very_a last_o expression_n that_o flow_v from_o his_o sacred_a hand_n be_v blessing_n for_o at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o ascension_n he_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n and_o bless_a his_o apostle_n and_o while_o â—0_n they_o behold_v he_o in_o this_o posture_n bless_v they_o he_o depart_v bodily_a from_o they_o ascend_v up_o into_o heaven_n hence_o in_o all_o tacit_n posy_n of_o his_o ascension_n this_o figure_n of_o the_o sacred_a property_n of_o his_o hand_n be_v most_o emphatical_o significant_a ¶_o that_o in_o confer_v the_o blessing_n of_o primogeniture_n and_o adoption_n this_o gesture_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n be_v more_o peculiarly_a significant_a be_v excellent_o illustrate_v by_o the_o adoption_n of_o ephraim_n unto_o the_o birthright_n of_o manass_v by_o jacob_n when_o he_o bless_v joseph_n son_n 8._o for_o joseph_n bring_v his_o son_n to_o be_v bless_v of_o his_o father_n take_v ephraim_n in_o his_o right_a hand_n towards_o israel_n left_a hand_n and_o manasses_n in_o his_o left_a hand_n towards_o israel_n right_a hand_n so_o he_o bring_v they_o unto_o he_o but_o israel_n stretch_v out_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o lay_v it_o on_o ephraim_n head_n which_o be_v the_o young_a and_o his_o left_a hand_n upon_o manasses_n head_n direct_v his_o hand_n on_o purpose_n for_o manasses_n be_v the_o elder_n but_o when_o joseph_n see_v that_o his_o father_n lay_v his_o right_a hand_n on_o the_o head_n of_o ephraim_n it_o displease_v he_o and_o he_o stay_v his_o father_n hand_n to_o remove_v it_o from_o ephraim_n head_n to_o manasses_n head_n and_o joseph_n say_v unto_o his_o father_n not_o so_o my_o father_n for_o this_o be_v the_o elder_a put_v thy_o right_a hand_n upon_o his_o head_n but_o his_o father_n refuse_v and_o say_v i_o know_v well_o my_o son_n i_o know_v well_o he_o shall_v be_v also_o a_o people_n and_o shall_v be_v great_a likewise_o but_o his_o young_a brother_n shall_v be_v great_a than_o he_o and_o his_o seed_n shall_v be_v full_a of_o nation_n so_o he_o bless_v they_o that_o day_n and_o say_v in_o thou_o israel_n shall_v bless_v and_o say_v god_n make_v thou_o as_o ephraim_n and_o manasseth_n and_o he_o set_v ephraim_n before_o manasseth_n for_o the_o historical_a gen._n sense_n of_o this_o expression_n see_v tiraquel_n and_o dr._n field_n pererius_n rupertus_n and_o isidorus_n affirm_v that_o in_o a_o mystical_a sense_n this_o cancel_v or_o cross_v of_o the_o patriarch_n hand_n in_o exhibit_v his_o blessing_n and_o transfer_v the_o right_a of_o primogeniture_n to_o the_o young_a be_v representative_o do_v to_o prefigure_v a_o mystery_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o the_o prefer_n of_o they_o before_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o type_n or_o prefiguration_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o promise_a messiahs_n passion_n in_o the_o free_a way_n of_o redemption_n ¶_o the_o same_o gesture_n we_o use_v in_o grace_v our_o meal_n a_o expression_n very_o proper_a and_o significant_a for_o the_o hand_n reverent_o erect_v without_o any_o other_o form_n of_o speech_n annex_v seem_v natural_o to_o pronounce_v this_o grace_n o_o thou_o supreme_a power_n the_o giver_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n who_o open_v with_o thy_o hand_n and_o fille_v every_o live_a thing_n with_o thy_o blessing_n vouchsafe_v o_o lord_n benedicendo_fw-la benedicere_fw-la to_o let_v thy_o right_a hand_n bless_v sanctify_v and_o confirm_v unto_o we_o the_o blessing_n of_o thy_o left_a and_o it_o be_v a_o brand_n of_o profane_a unmannerline_v in_o the_o rough_a hand_n of_o esau_n that_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o strike_v hand_n with_o a_o chapman_n to_o sell_v god_n blessing_n for_o his_o meat_n then_o with_o his_o hand_n to_o invite_v it_o to_o his_o meat_n whereas_o our_o bless_a saviour_n think_v blessing_n bid_v by_o this_o reverend_a invitation_n of_o the_o hand_n a_o considerable_a guest_n at_o a_o feast_n who_o to_o show_v that_o man_n live_v not_o by_o bread_n only_o upon_o all_o such_o occasion_n use_v the_o signification_n of_o this_o gesture_n thus_o he_o bless_v the_o five_o loaf_n and_o 41._o two_o fish_n wherewith_o he_o wrought_v his_o feed_a miracle_n and_o from_o this_o chireulogia_fw-la or_o act_n of_o blessing_n and_o give_v thanks_o the_o sacrament_n use_v at_o his_o last_o supper_n be_v call_v the_o eucharist_n and_o in_o the_o term_n and_o stile_n of_o schoolman_n or_o natural_a divine_n to_o speak_v to_o the_o fundamental_a point_n of_o this_o gesture_n now_o in_o hand_n the_o hand_n and_o blessing_n seem_v to_o be_v conjugate_v in_o the_o school_n both_o of_o nature_n and_o grace_n benediction_n be_v a_o natural_a rite_n near_o ally_v unto_o the_o hand_n and_o of_o spiritual_a affinity_n with_o prayer_n for_o religion_n and_o grace_n disaâ—â—â—â—_n not_o the_o power_n of_o natural_a expression_n but_o advance_v they_o to_o a_o full_a and_o pure_a perfection_n improve_n the_o corporeal_a sense_n of_o those_o manifestation_n to_o a_o more_o spiritual_a and_o sanctify_a signification_n that_o inexhaustible_a fountain_n therefore_o of_o blessing_n our_o bless_a saviour_n have_v ordain_v himself_o a_o hand_n and_o have_v take_v upon_o he_o the_o corporeal_a nature_n of_o man_n be_v constant_o please_v to_o honour_v the_o nature_n he_o have_v so_o take_v and_o to_o enforce_v by_o the_o precept_n and_o authority_n of_o his_o own_o example_n the_o significant_a convenience_n religious_a use_n and_o decent_a importance_n of_o this_o property_n of_o blessing_n annex_v to_o the_o hand_n ¶_o in_o consecration_n this_o gesture_n have_v the_o like_a congruity_n of_o signification_n for_o there_o be_v never_o any_o thing_n by_o the_o express_a command_n of_o any_o legislator_n to_o be_v hallow_v by_o a_o dedication_n but_o the_o hand_n be_v call_v to_o and_o enjoin_v to_o attend_v as_o a_o proper_a addition_n to_o confirm_v and_o sanctify_v all_o other_o rite_n not_o that_o there_o be_v any_o inherent_a holiness_n in_o the_o hand_n or_o solemn_a form_n of_o expression_n but_o a_o adherent_a only_o the_o very_a heathen_n have_v acknowledge_v a_o significant_a virtue_n in_o this_o expression_n of_o the_o hand_n for_o we_o read_v that_o numa_n be_v numa_n consecrate_v upon_o mount_v tarpeian_a by_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o soothsayer_n call_v augur_n lay_v his_o right_a hand_n upon_o his_o head_n a_o piece_n of_o superstitious_a apishness_n they_o learn_v from_o the_o grand_a spiritual_a impostor_n moses_n a_o man_n skilful_a in_o all_o the_o learning_n of_o the_o egyptian_n among_o which_o some_o secret_n of_o our_o chirosophie_n be_v judicious_o veil_v by_o inspiration_n command_v the_o right_a hand_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n to_o wit_n the_o thumb_n thereof_o or_o vice-hand_n to_o be_v hallow_v with_o the_o oil_n in_o his_o left_a palm_n from_o thence_o call_v the_o holy_a finger_n antiq._n a_o form_n
also_o observe_v in_o the_o inauguration_n of_o king_n and_o the_o finger_n be_v use_v in_o all_o dipping_n and_o sprinkling_n of_o the_o leviticall_a law_n the_o ground_n and_o foundation_n of_o this_o typical_a expression_n 9_o seem_v to_o be_v lay_v in_o nature_n for_o the_o hand_n be_v conceive_v to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o shadow_n or_o image_n of_o the_o trinity_n for_o the_o arm_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o body_n do_v represent_v the_o second_o person_n who_o proceed_v from_o the_o eternal_a father_n who_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o body_n and_o spring_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o the_o finger_n which_o flow_v both_o from_o the_o body_n and_o the_o arm_n do_v represent_v the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o proceed_v both_o from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n hence_o hierom_n upon_o the_o passage_n of_o isaiah_n to_o who_o be_v the_o arm_n of_o the_o lord_n reveal_v say_v that_o the_o arm_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v mystical_o the_o son_n 1._o proceed_v from_o the_o father_n to_o which_o some_o refer_v that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n he_o make_v strong_a his_o arme._n and_o the_o arm_n shadow_n out_o the_o second_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n in_o these_o respect_n in_o coessentiality_n vernal_a with_o the_o body_n coevallity_n ability_n utility_n agility_n and_o flexibility_n the_o finger_n give_v a_o umbrage_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o procession_n proceed_v from_o the_o arm_n and_o hand_n operation_n the_o body_n work_v by_o the_o hand_n and_o finger_n conjunction_n taction_n ostention_n aspersion_n citata_fw-la distinction_n of_o joint_n equal_a numeration_n etc._n etc._n hence_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n in_o scripture_n signify_v the_o holy_a spirit_n if_o in_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n i_o cast_v out_o devil_n but_o then_o the_o word_n finger_n must_v be_v scrip._n in_o the_o singular_a number_n for_o in_o the_o plural_a it_o have_v other_o sense_n ¶_o it_o be_v also_o their_o gesture_n who_o will_v solemn_o confer_v some_o spiritual_a or_o temporal_a honour_n upon_o some_o person_n this_o in_o the_o sacred_a language_n of_o scripture_n be_v chirothesia_n and_o be_v a_o matriculate_v gesture_n and_o the_o formal_a preposition_n proper_a to_o those_o who_o be_v to_o be_v open_o install_v or_o inaugurate_a in_o some_o new_a place_n of_o duty_n or_o of_o command_n all_o creation_n rely_v on_o the_o honorarie_a touch_n of_o the_o give_a hand_n as_o the_o indue_a ensign_n that_o by_o evidence_n ensure_v the_o privilege_n of_o investiture_n and_o this_o manual_a expression_n be_v so_o natural_o important_a that_o it_o prove_v in_o honorarie_a initiation_n a_o fit_a vestment_n to_o clothe_v the_o intention_n in_o than_o the_o airy_a texture_n of_o word_n for_o it_o have_v ever_o have_v a_o sacred_a efficacy_n to_o move_v the_o understanding_n by_o the_o sense_n and_o to_o facilitate_v the_o overture_n of_o sacred_a affair_n as_o be_v of_o good_a note_n and_o consequence_n conduce_v and_o invite_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n abstruse_a there_o be_v no_o other_o part_n of_o man_n that_o can_v so_o lively_a and_o emphatical_o present_a by_o gesture_n the_o solemn_a image_n of_o â—is_n intention_n since_o by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o hand_n there_o be_v wrought_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o beholder_n something_o that_o be_v ex_fw-la congrue_a significant_a unto_o a_o thought_n as_o that_o which_o suggest_v more_o unto_o the_o mind_n than_o what_o be_v express_v unto_o the_o outer_a sense_n for_o it_o have_v more_o sollidity_n and_o weight_n than_o appear_v in_o the_o bare_a 〈◊〉_d relation_n and_o all_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n be_v know_v to_o be_v of_o their_o very_a nature_n sign_n of_o imitation_n the_o mystique_a property_n &_o close_a intention_n of_o this_o gesture_n be_v not_o alone_o to_o represent_v itself_o but_o to_o conduct_v and_o insinuate_v something_o else_o into_o the_o thought_n which_o be_v as_o it_o must_v ever_o be_v a_o intelligible_a notion_n as_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n or_o token_n it_o fall_v short_a and_o abate_v of_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v imply_v by_o its_o outward_a signification_n wherefore_o a_o hand_n be_v but_o improper_o say_v to_o be_v the_o shadow_n of_o its_o counterfeit_n which_o be_v wrought_v by_o a_o pencil_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o life_n although_o upon_o sight_n thereof_o we_o know_v and_o conclude_v it_o to_o have_v the_o semblance_n of_o a_o hand_n &_o to_o be_v a_o draught_n or_o copy_n of_o the_o original_n so_o this_o gesture_n be_v but_o a_o manual_a vision_n of_o the_o mind_n most_o conformable_a to_o express_v divine_a notion_n which_o else_o will_v lose_v much_o of_o their_o lustre_n and_o remain_v invisible_a to_o the_o conceit_n of_o man_n this_o form_n of_o expression_n in_o ordination_n as_o it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o nature_n so_o it_o have_v receive_v confirmation_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n since_o it_o first_o appear_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o patriarch_n the_o first_o dispenser_n of_o personal_a benediction_n who_o use_v it_o to_o betoken_v the_o restrain_a intention_n of_o their_o vote_n unto_o they_o on_o who_o they_o confer_v their_o blessing_n for_o we_o find_v moses_n by_o command_n 18._o put_v his_o hand_n upon_o joshua_n the_o son_n of_o nun_n to_o appoint_v he_o governor_n who_o be_v say_v to_o be_v full_a of_o the_o spirit_n for_o moses_n have_v lay_v 9_o his_o hand_n upon_o he_o and_o when_o moses_n and_o joshua_n have_v pray_v and_o lay_v their_o hand_n on_o the_o seventy_o elder_n the_o holy_a spirit_n come_v upon_o they_o in_o choose_v of_o deacon_n this_o gesture_n 6._o be_v use_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o in_o the_o separation_n of_o barnabas_n and_o saul_n to_o be_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o gentile_n this_o gesture_n be_v again_o use_v and_o timothy_n be_v put_v in_o mind_n by_o st._n paul_n of_o the_o gift_n 14._o he_o receive_v by_o this_o imposition_n of_o hand_n for_o not_o only_o the_o office_n but_o the_o ability_n be_v together_o confer_v upon_o many_o by_o this_o gesture_n of_o which_o acqui_v we_o must_v not_o conceive_v the_o solemn_a gesture_n to_o be_v a_o natural_a but_o a_o moral_a cause_n as_o be_v the_o true_a manner_n &_o form_n of_o impetration_n god_n assent_v and_o by_o success_n crown_v the_o prayer_n of_o religious_a hand_n and_o show_v that_o what_o they_o do_v be_v by_o prayer_n and_o blessing_n in_o his_o name_n they_o be_v indeed_o god_n hand_n by_o which_o he_o reach_v counsel_n and_o religion_n which_o as_o through_o their_o hand_n be_v convey_v unto_o man_n christ_n have_v promise_v to_o open_a and_o shut_v they_o to_o stretch_v they_o out_o and_o draw_v they_o in_o as_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n be_v guide_v by_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v in_o man_n this_o chirothesia_n vel_fw-la chirotonia_n for_o both_o occur_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v use_v as_o a_o ecclesiastical_a gesture_n at_o this_o day_n in_o token_n of_o elevation_n or_o ordination_n election_n and_o separation_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o manus_fw-la tendo_fw-la seu_fw-la attollo_fw-la in_o signum_fw-la suffragii_fw-la to_o which_o appertain_v that_o cautionary_a symbol_n of_o st._n paul_n lay_v the_o hand_n sudden_o on_o no_o man_n which_o interpreter_n expound_v of_o the_o care_n that_o be_v to_o be_v use_v that_o none_o shall_v be_v admit_v into_o room_n of_o divine_a call_n but_o such_o who_o be_v call_v and_o be_v fit_a tam_fw-la doctrina_fw-la quam_fw-la moribus_fw-la for_o no_o man_n can_v lay_v the_o hand_n upon_o himself_o and_o be_v as_o basil_n term_n it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o own_o ordeiner_n for_o that_o be_v parallel_n unto_o the_o crime_n of_o jeroboam_n who_o fill_v his_o own_o hand_n that_o be_v 13_o ordain_v himself_o ¶_o to_o the_o signification_n and_o external_a effect_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n in_o confirmation_n tertullian_n elegant_o caro_fw-la *_o manus_fw-la impositione_n adumbratur_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o anima_fw-la spiritu_fw-la illuminetur_fw-la ¶_o in_o sanation_n or_o confer_v a_o corporal_a benefit_n on_o any_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v very_o natural_a significant_a and_o agreeable_a to_o the_o mysterious_a intention_n for_o the_o hand_n be_v the_o general_a salve_n that_o be_v apply_v and_o apply_v all_o remedy_n for_o natural_o ubi_fw-la dolour_n ibi_fw-la digitus_fw-la and_o necessary_o in_o point_n of_o topical_a application_n who_o very_a approach_n do_v most_o sensible_o import_v relief_n and_o ease_n our_o bless_a saviour_n the_o great_a physician_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n who_o do_v most_o of_o his_o miracle_n for_o restauration_n of_o bodily_a health_n though_o he_o be_v the_o truth_n and_o substance_n who_o give_v a_o end_n to_o all_o legal_a shadow_n yet_o he_o most_o common_o use_v the_o shadow_n of_o this_o natural_a
out_o of_o claudian_n consulat_fw-la gaudet_n metuens_fw-la &_o policy_n monstrat_fw-la indigo_n gest._n vi._n the_o forefinger_n put_v forth_o the_o rest_n contract_v to_o a_o fist_n be_v a_o express_a of_o command_n and_o direction_n a_o gesture_n of_o the_o hand_n most_o demonstrative_a this_o finger_n be_v ling._n call_v index_n ab_fw-la indicando_fw-la deicticos_fw-la by_o the_o greek_n id_fw-la est_fw-la demonstrator_n hinc_fw-la indigitare_fw-la verbum_fw-la pro_fw-la re_fw-la satis_fw-la idoneum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la digito_fw-la ostendere_fw-la vel_fw-la digitum_fw-la intendere_fw-la and_o hence_o some_o of_o the_o heathen_a god_n be_v call_v dii_fw-la indigiti_fw-la because_o it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o name_v they_o or_o point_v they_o out_o as_o it_o festus_n be_v with_o this_o finger_n the_o force_n of_o this_o finger_n in_o point_v out_o man_n of_o note_n and_o quality_n poet_n and_o historian_n the_o accurate_a observer_n of_o the_o natural_a expression_n of_o the_o finger_n do_v every_o where_o acknowledge_v in_o their_o write_n allude_v thereunto_o thus_o the_o sinewy_a epigrammatist_n rumpitur_fw-la inuidia_fw-la quod_fw-la turba_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la monstramur_fw-la epigram_n digito_fw-la thus_o horace_n quod_fw-la monstror_fw-la *_o digito_fw-la praeteriuntium_fw-la thus_o the_o schoole-amorist_n saepe_fw-la aliquis_fw-la 3._o digito_fw-la vatem_fw-la designat_fw-la euntem_fw-la atque_fw-la ait_fw-la hic_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la quem_fw-la ferus_fw-la urit_fw-la amor_fw-la thus_o that_o obscure_a satirist_n at_o pulchrum_fw-la est_fw-la 1._o digito_fw-la monstrari_fw-la possit_a hic_fw-la est_fw-la where_o the_o satirist_n as_o lubentius_fw-la comment_v upon_o the_o place_n take_v a_o argument_n from_o the_o adjunct_n seem_v to_o have_v respect_n unto_o the_o history_n of_o demosthenes_n which_o cicero_n touch_v at_o who_o be_v 5._o much_o affect_v with_o the_o mute_a encomium_fw-la of_o this_o finger_n direct_v towards_o he_o by_o certain_a woman_n that_o be_v draw_v water_n and_o say_v this_o be_v demosthenes_n yet_o this_o be_v the_o same_o man_n diogenes_n the_o cynic_n point_v out_o in_o way_n of_o derision_n not_o with_o the_o index_n but_o the_o middle_a finger_n to_o parallel_v 6._o this_o with_o another_o example_n draw_v out_o of_o historical_a antiquity_n the_o first_o time_n that_o themistocles_n themâ—stocles_n come_v to_o the_o olympic_a game_n after_o the_o victory_n obtain_v over_o xerxes_n navy_n at_o sea_n he_o be_v no_o soon_o come_v into_o the_o shew-place_n but_o the_o people_n look_v no_o more_o at_o they_o that_o fight_v but_o all_o cast_v their_o eye_n on_o he_o show_v he_o unto_o the_o stranger_n that_o know_v he_o not_o with_o their_o finger_n and_o by_o clap_v of_o their_o hand_n do_v witness_v how_o much_o they_o esteem_v he_o who_o be_v a_o man_n ambitious_a by_o nature_n and_o covetous_a of_o honour_n be_v so_o much_o tickle_v with_o this_o public_a demonstration_n of_o their_o love_n that_o he_o confess_v to_o his_o familiar_a friend_n he_o then_o do_v begin_v to_o reap_v the_o fruit_n and_o benefit_n of_o his_o sundry_a and_o painful_a service_n he_o have_v take_v for_o the_o preservation_n of_o greece_n the_o natural_a validity_n of_o this_o indigitation_n of_o person_n and_o pronominall_a virtue_n of_o this_o finger_n when_o accentive_o put_v forth_o appear_v in_o the_o malapert_a demonstration_n of_o diphilus_n the_o tragedian_n when_o he_o act_v 19_o in_o the_o play_v dedicate_v to_o the_o praise_n of_o apollo_n who_o when_o he_o come_v to_o that_o verse_n in_o his_o part_n miseria_fw-la nostra_fw-la magnus_fw-la est_fw-la direct_v his_o hand_n and_o point_v to_o pompey_n surname_v the_o great_a he_o give_v it_o a_o remarkable_a pronunciation_n and_o be_v constrain_v by_o the_o people_n who_o with_o their_o hand_n loud_a applause_n encourage_v he_o to_o repeat_v the_o same_o divers_a time_n continue_v in_o that_o demonstrative_a gesture_n he_o drive_v out_o he_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o too_o great_a and_o intolerable_a a_o power_n but_o pylades_n for_o such_o augusto_n a_o speak_a prank_n of_o his_o finger_n come_v not_o off_o so_o well_o for_o octavius_z augustus_n caesar_n banish_v he_o out_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o italy_n because_o he_o have_v point_v with_o his_o finger_n at_o a_o spectator_n who_o hiss_v he_o of_o the_o stage_n and_o so_o make_v he_o to_o be_v know_v the_o valiant_a boucicaut_n instead_o of_o speech_n use_v such_o a_o point_n of_o declaration_n with_o his_o finger_n and_o as_o it_o be_v likely_a show_v some_o other_o of_o his_o finger_n afterward_o to_o signify_v that_o he_o be_v a_o kin_n to_o he_o he_o point_v at_o as_o the_o finger_n of_o his_o hand_n which_o be_v brethren_n for_o in_o that_o furious_a battle_n that_o bajazet_n the_o turkish_a emperor_n wage_v against_o the_o king_n of_o hungary_n soldier_n where_o there_o be_v many_o frenchman_n and_o the_o count_n of_o nevers_n the_o count_n of_o ewe_n and_o march_n and_o the_o valiant_a marshal_n boucicaut_n who_o the_o next_o day_n be_v bring_v before_o bajazet_n sit_v under_o a_o pavilion_n spread_v for_o he_o in_o the_o field_n bajazet_n have_v hear_v by_o his_o interpreter_n that_o the_o count_n nevers_n ewe_n and_o march_n be_v near_o kinsman_n to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n cause_v they_o to_o be_v reserve_v command_v they_o shall_v sit_v on_o the_o ground_n at_o his_o foot_n where_o they_o be_v enforce_v to_o behold_v the_o lamentable_a but_o cherry_n of_o their_o nobility_n the_o valiant_a marshal_n boucicaut_n in_o his_o turn_n be_v produce_v he_o who_o be_v wise_a and_o particular_o inspire_v by_o god_n in_o this_o extremity_n make_v a_o sign_n with_o his_o finger_n before_o bajazet_n who_o understand_v not_o his_o language_n as_o if_o he_o will_v declare_v himself_o the_o kinsman_n of_o the_o count_n of_o nevers_n who_o behold_v he_o with_o a_o eye_n so_o pitiful_a that_o it_o be_v of_o power_n to_o rend_v rocky_a heart_n bajazâ—t_n be_v persuade_v by_o this_o sign_n that_o he_o be_v of_o the_o blood_n royal_a cause_v he_o to_o be_v set_v apart_o to_o remain_v a_o prisoner_n where_o he_o after_o ward_n by_o his_o great_a prudence_n endeavour_v the_o liberty_n of_o those_o noble_a gentleman_n and_o his_o own_o ¶_o sometime_o this_o finger_n ibi_fw-la stand_v for_o a_o aduerbe_n of_o place_n and_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n in_o the_o meeting_n of_o divers_a way_n to_o erect_v a_o statue_n of_o mercury_n with_o the_o forefinger_n point_v out_o the_o main_a road_n in_o imitation_n whereof_o in_o this_o kingdom_n we_o have_v in_o such_o place_n note_n of_o direction_n such_o be_v the_o hand_n of_o st._n alban_n and_o the_o demonstrative_a force_n of_o this_o finger_n be_v such_o that_o we_o use_v to_o forewarn_v and_o rebuke_v child_n for_o point_v at_o the_o palace_n of_o prince_n as_o a_o kind_n of_o petty_a treason_n the_o roman_a history_n afford_v we_o a_o notable_a example_n of_o the_o practice_n camillus_n of_o this_o move_a adverbe_n of_o place_n in_o marcus_n manlius_n capitolinus_n for_o when_o he_o be_v accuse_v for_o move_a sedition_n and_o his_o matter_n come_v to_o plead_v the_o sight_n of_o the_o capitol_n trouble_v his_o accuser_n much_o for_o the_o very_a place_n itself_o where_o manlius_n have_v repulse_v the_o gaul_n by_o night_n and_o defend_v the_o capitol_n be_v easy_o see_v from_o the_o marketplace_n where_o the_o matter_n be_v a_o hear_n and_o he_o himself_o point_v with_o his_o hand_n show_v the_o place_n unto_o the_o god_n and_o weep_v tender_o he_o lay_v before_o they_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o hazard_n of_o his_o life_n in_o fight_v for_o their_o safety_n this_o do_v move_v the_o judge_n heart_n to_o pity_n so_o as_o they_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v neither_o can_v they_o use_v the_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o he_o because_o the_o place_n of_o his_o notable_a good_a service_n be_v ever_o still_o before_o their_o eye_n wherefore_o camillus_n find_v the_o cause_n of_o delay_n of_o justice_n do_v make_v the_o place_n of_o judgement_n to_o be_v remove_v without_o the_o city_n into_o a_o place_n call_v the_o wood_n petelian_a from_o whence_o he_o can_v not_o show_v they_o the_o capitol_n and_o have_v deprive_v he_o of_o this_o advantage_n he_o be_v condemn_v ¶_o as_o it_o be_v a_o gesture_n of_o command_n and_o direction_n imperious_a master_n with_o a_o stately_a kind_n of_o arrogancy_n often_o use_v it_o to_o their_o menial_a servant_n who_o stand_v ready_a expect_v but_o the_o signal_n of_o their_o command_n when_o they_o call_v they_o not_o without_o a_o taunt_n to_o execute_v the_o tacit_n pleasure_n of_o their_o lordly_a will_n a_o expression_n flow_v into_o their_o hand_n from_o the_o haughtiness_n of_o spirit_n and_o a_o insolent_a humour_n of_o dominéer_v and_o the_o sign_n of_o pride_n be_v the_o great_a when_o man_n affect_v to_o have_v their_o mind_n thus_o descry_v and_o â—u_n other_o to_o guest_n at_o
natural_a to_o those_o who_o beckon_v a_o retreat_n or_o forbid_v and_o be_v a_o synecdoche_n of_o gesture_n whereby_o we_o significant_o use_v the_o index_n for_o the_o whole_a hand_n though_o i_o annex_v no_o example_n of_o this_o gesture_n yet_o the_o validity_n thereof_o be_v not_o much_o the_o less_o and_o when_o all_o be_v do_v somewhat_o must_v be_v leave_v to_o observation_n and_o if_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o oversight_n in_o the_o cursory_a read_v over_o of_o some_o history_n than_o my_o reader_n have_v a_o opportunity_n to_o oblige_v i_o by_o a_o more_o happy_a invention_n and_o application_n yet_o prudent_a omission_n have_v their_o place_n and_o a_o universal_a forestalment_n of_o a_o reader_n fancy_n or_o memory_n be_v one_o of_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o property_n of_o a_o moil_a pedant_n diffidentiam_fw-la noto_fw-la gestus_fw-la xiii_o to_o feel_v with_o the_o finger_n end_n be_v their_o scepticall_a expression_n who_o endeavour_n to_o satisfy_v themselves_o by_o information_n of_o the_o tact_n in_o the_o quality_n of_o a_o thing_n a_o gesture_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o instinct_n of_o nature_n whereby_o we_o know_v our_o hand_n to_o be_v the_o judge_n and_o discerner_n of_o the_o touch_n for_o although_o this_o touch_a virtue_n or_o tactive_a quality_n be_v diffuse_v through_o the_o whole_a body_n within_o and_o without_o as_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o animal_n be_v which_o may_v be_v call_v animalitas_fw-la yet_o the_o first_o and_o second_o quality_n which_o strike_v the_o sense_n we_o do_v more_o curious_o anatomy_n and_o exquisite_o feel_v in_o the_o hand_n then_o in_o the_o other_o part_n and_o more_o exact_o where_o the_o epidermis_fw-fr or_o immediate_a organ_n of_o the_o outer_a touch_n be_v thin_a but_o most_o subtle_o in_o the_o grape_n of_o the_o index_n which_o be_v the_o only_a part_n of_o the_o body_n that_o have_v temperamentum_fw-la ad_fw-la pondus_fw-la be_v by_o good_a right_n chief_a touch-warden_n to_o the_o king_n of_o the_o five_o sense_n the_o satisfaction_n the_o hand_n give_v the_o mind_n by_o this_o gesture_n make_v alciat_a take_v his_o hint_n from_o plautus_n who_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o have_v call_v sumpt_v this_o expression_n manum_fw-la occulatam_fw-la to_o represent_v in_o emblem_n the_o certainty_n of_o thing_n by_o a_o eye_n in_o a_o hand_n hence_o manus_fw-la oculata_fw-la the_o adage_n and_o very_o we_o may_v well_o believe_v this_o ocular_a test_n or_o adage_n feel_a eye_n of_o the_o hand_n thomas_n dydimus_n as_o diffident_a as_o he_o be_v receive_v a_o palpable_a satisfaction_n 27._o by_o this_o way_n of_o silent_a information_n mollicien_fw-fr prodo_fw-la gestus_fw-la fourteen_o to_o scratch_v the_o head_n with_o one_o fingâ—r_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o nice_a and_o effeminate_a gesture_n betray_v a_o close_a inclination_n to_o vice_n observe_v in_o many_o by_o cunning_a motist_n who_o have_v find_v the_o way_n to_o pry_v into_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n a_o gesture_n so_o remarkable_a that_o it_o grow_v into_o a_o adage_n pompey_n digito_fw-la uno_fw-la caput_fw-la scalpere_fw-la by_o a_o metonymy_n of_o the_o adjunct_n signify_v impudence_n &_o effeminacy_n take_v by_o critic_n out_o of_o juvenal_n who_o have_v give_v a_o satirical_a lash_n at_o this_o gesture_n pompey_n be_v public_o upbraid_v to_o his_o face_n with_o this_o note_n of_o effeminacy_n by_o clodius_n the_o tribune_n ask_v aloud_o these_o question_n who_o be_v the_o licencious_a captain_n in_o all_o the_o city_n what_o man_n be_v he_o that_o seek_v for_o a_o man_n what_o be_v he_o that_o scratch_v his_o head_n with_o one_o finger_n some_o that_o he_o have_v bring_v into_o the_o marketplace_n for_o that_o purpose_n like_o a_o company_n of_o dancer_n or_o singer_n when_o he_o speak_v and_o clap_v his_o hand_n on_o his_o gown_n answer_v he_o straight_o aloud_o to_o every_o question_n that_o it_o be_v pompey_n as_o concern_v the_o phrase_n of_o seek_v for_o a_o man_n that_o prince_n of_o the_o senate_n of_o critic_n say_v that_o he_o have_v read_v in_o a_o old_a manuscript_n of_o a_o interpreter_n of_o lucan_n never_o publish_v this_o distich_n magnus_fw-la quem_fw-la metuunt_fw-la homines_fw-la scal._n digito_fw-la caput_fw-la uno_fw-la scalpit_fw-la quid_fw-la credas_fw-la hunc_fw-la sibi_fw-la velle_fw-la virum_fw-la molles_n enim_fw-la solent_fw-la virum_fw-la quaerere_fw-la cicero_n also_o observe_v in_o caesar_n caesar._n the_o same_o genuine_a fashion_n of_o his_o hand_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o opinion_n he_o once_o have_v of_o caesar_n when_o say_v he_o i_o consider_v how_o fair_o he_o comb_v his_o fine_a bush_n of_o hair_n and_o how_o smooth_a it_o lie_v and_o that_o i_o see_v he_o scratch_v his_o head_n with_o one_o finger_n only_a my_o mind_n give_v i_o that_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o man_n shall_v not_o have_v so_o wicked_a a_o thought_n in_o his_o head_n as_o to_o overthrow_v the_o state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n by_o the_o way_n i_o can_v but_o note_n that_o two_o of_o the_o great_a commander_n rome_n can_v ever_o boast_v of_o concurrent_n intime_fw-la and_o competitor_n for_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v both_o brand_v with_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_o note_n of_o effeminacy_n convicium_fw-la facere_fw-la gest._n xv._n the_o put_v forth_o of_o the_o middle-finger_n the_o rest_n draw_v into_o a_o fist_n on_o each_o side_n which_o be_v then_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o greek_n electis_fw-la vulgar_o higa_n in_o the_o ancient_a tongue_n pugner_n à _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o natural_a expression_n of_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n this_o gesture_n be_v call_v catapygon_n by_o the_o athenian_n id_fw-la est_fw-la cinaedus_fw-la &_o caelius_n scortum_fw-la quia_fw-la pronus_fw-la ad_fw-la obscoenitatem_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la infamiam_fw-la concuteret_fw-la &_o convicium_fw-la faceret_fw-la which_o be_v well_o note_v by_o that_o elegant_a epigrammatist_n rideto_fw-la multum_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la sextile_a cinaedum_fw-la dixerit_fw-la &_o epigram_n digitum_fw-la porrigito_fw-la medium_n id_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la sextile_a cynaedum_fw-la vocaveret_fw-la tu_fw-la eandem_fw-la contumeliam_fw-la ei_fw-la objice_fw-la &_o repende_v place_n sublato_fw-la medio_fw-la digito_fw-la quae_fw-la nota_fw-la cynaedi_n est_fw-la non_fw-la solumenim_fw-la ad_fw-la irrisionem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la infamiam_fw-la &_o molliciem_fw-la alicujus_fw-la denotandum_fw-la valet_fw-la to_o which_o that_o of_o plautus_n may_v be_v refer_v in_o hunc_fw-la pseudol_n intend_v digitum_fw-la hic_fw-la leno_fw-la est_fw-la hence_o also_o martial_a call_v this_o finger_n digitum_fw-la impudicum_fw-la epigram_n ostendit_fw-la digitum_fw-la sed_fw-la impudicum_fw-la deride_v quoque_fw-la fur_n &_o impudicum_fw-la epigram_n ostendis_fw-la digitum_fw-la mihi_fw-la minanti_fw-la perseus_n call_v it_o infamum_fw-la infami_fw-la digito_fw-la 2._o with_o acron_n and_o porphyrius_n it_o be_v famosus_fw-la euphormio_n call_v it_o improbum_fw-la et_fw-la hic_fw-la quidem_fw-la 1._o intendebat_fw-la improbum_fw-la reclusae_fw-la digitum_fw-la dextrae_fw-la describe_v the_o posture_n of_o exprobration_n in_o some_o image_n in_o another_o place_n the_o epithet_n be_v flagitiosus_fw-la callion_n flagitioso_n digito_fw-la superiorem_fw-la explicans_fw-la barbam_fw-la eodem_fw-la with_o plantus_fw-la it_o be_v manus_fw-la pullaria_fw-la à _fw-fr palpandis_fw-la tentandisque_fw-la pullis_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o turnebus_n think_v petulans_fw-la and_o lascivus_fw-la by_o other_o hence_o with_o the_o athenian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la scimalissare_fw-la est_fw-la praetentare_fw-la digito_fw-la ubi_fw-la quemquam_fw-la flocci_fw-la facere_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la nam_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la proprie_fw-la graecis_fw-la sit_fw-la cum_fw-la digito_fw-la pertentamus_fw-la ecquid_fw-la gallinam_fw-la ova_fw-la conceperit_fw-la tamen_fw-la verbo_fw-la eodem_fw-la utantur_fw-la cum_fw-la protensum_fw-la contumeliose_fw-la caelius_n ostendunt_fw-la medium_n digitum_fw-la concern_v which_o expression_n juvenal_n cum_fw-la fortuna_fw-la ipse_fw-la minaci_fw-la mandaret_fw-la laqueum_fw-la satyr_n mediumque_fw-la ostenderet_fw-la unguem_fw-la nam_fw-la *_o medio_fw-la digito_fw-la aliquid_fw-la monstrare_fw-la per_fw-la ignominiam_fw-la siebat_fw-la ob_fw-la ejus_fw-la infamiam_fw-la as_o lubinus_n upon_o the_o place_n this_o point_v out_o with_o the_o finger_n in_o way_n of_o mockery_n tertullian_n call_v digito_fw-la destinare_fw-la 4._o that_o the_o scoff_a motion_n of_o this_o finger_n move_v a_o apprehension_n of_o what_o we_o intend_v may_v plain_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n where_o he_o say_v if_o thou_o take_v away_o 9_o from_o the_o midst_n of_o thou_o the_o yoke_n the_o put_v forth_o of_o the_o finger_n and_o evil_a speak_n which_o by_o the_o most_o of_o expositor_n be_v conceive_v to_o be_v mean_v of_o this_o very_a gesture_n 13_o although_o divine_n have_v various_o descant_v upon_o the_o place_n in_o this_o sense_n also_o that_o of_o the_o wise_a man_n may_v be_v understand_v the_o wicked_a man_n speak_v with_o his_o finger_n that_o be_v his_o finger_n by_o gesture_n and_o sign_n speak_v scoff_n as_o doctor_n jermin_n in_o his_o paraphrastical_a comment_n upon_o the_o place_n
manus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la experientia_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la sapientia_fw-la but_o in_o regard_n moral_n of_o the_o rhetorical_a property_n of_o the_o hand_n man_n may_v well_o be_v call_v chiresophus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la manu_fw-la sapiens_fw-la hand-wise_a galen_n excellent_o observe_v 1._o man_n to_o be_v arm_v by_o nature_n with_o three_o weapon_n reason_n the_o loud_a weapon_n of_o the_o tongue_n and_o the_o hand_n which_o may_v be_v give_v the_o hint_n to_o the_o precedent_n of_o the_o college_n of_o critic_n to_o make_v they_o all_o â—xercit_fw-la three_o hand_n in_o that_o golden_a say_n of_o he_o wherein_o he_o subtle_o set_v forth_o the_o rhetorical_a force_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o hand_n ratio_fw-la est_fw-la manus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la rationis_fw-la oratio_fw-la orationis_fw-la manus_fw-la hence_o the_o hand_n the_o famous_a companion_n of_o reason_n have_v ever_o obtain_v the_o pre-eminence_n in_o gesture_n and_o be_v the_o domius_fw-la fac_fw-la totum_fw-la in_o all_o matter_n of_o corporeal_a eloquence_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o clear_a testimony_n of_o the_o learned_a sage_n and_o the_o chirogrophie_n of_o elder_a time_n hypocrates_n call_v the_o hand_n optimum_fw-la dicendi_fw-la magistrum_fw-la the_o brother_n of_o basil_n very_o copious_o 8._o set_v out_o the_o rhetorical_a worth_n of_o this_o goodly_a sceptre_n and_o caduceus_n of_o ingenuity_n rectè_fw-la statuitur_fw-la manus_fw-la esse_fw-la proprium_fw-la quoddam_fw-la naturae_fw-la loquendi_fw-la facultate_fw-la praeditae_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la hunc_fw-la potissimum_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la effict_n as_o ut_fw-la earum_fw-la opere_fw-la expiditior_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la sermonis_fw-la esset_fw-la usus_fw-la cassiodorus_n see_v also_o the_o force_n of_o this_o handmaid_n of_o wisdom_n and_o live_a 18._o implement_n of_o elocution_n manus_fw-la singulariter_fw-la datae_fw-la ad_fw-la multas_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la nostras_fw-la communitur_fw-la explicandas_fw-la the_o young_a pliny_n will_v have_v this_o 19_o say_v mark_v and_o register_v recitantium_fw-la propria_fw-la pronunciationis_fw-la adjumenta_fw-la esse_fw-la manus_fw-la and_o one_o take_v his_o hint_n out_o of_o the_o poesy_n of_o homer_n make_v this_o honourable_a mention_n thereof_o desectis_fw-la manibus_fw-la pereunt_fw-la quoque_fw-la palladis_fw-la art_n hence_o the_o latin_n significant_o call_v the_o hand_n chiron_n manum_fw-la à _fw-la manando_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la instrumento_fw-la potissimum_fw-la actiones_fw-la è_fw-la nobis_fw-la emanent_fw-la therefore_o the_o hom._n greek_n for_o good_a cause_n seem_v to_o have_v call_v the_o hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la utilitate_fw-la for_o that_o they_o be_v not_o only_a assistant_n to_o eloquence_n but_o do_v incredible_o conduce_v to_o all_o the_o office_n of_o reason_n and_o humanity_n for_o it_o be_v the_o choice_a friend_n of_o art_n the_o artificer_n of_o elocution_n the_o brother_n of_o the_o fancy_n and_o remembrancer_n to_o she_o that_o dwell_v backward_o in_o the_o high_a tower_n of_o pallas_n the_o body_n will_v and_o intellect_n the_o gift_n the_o wit_n and_o ingenuity_n of_o the_o outer_a man_n and_o the_o better_a genius_n of_o the_o microcosm_n in_o which_o minerva_n darling_n the_o phalanx_n of_o the_o muse_n and_o the_o pierian_n band_n be_v train_v &_o exercise_v as_o in_o a_o convenient_a palestra_n or_o gymansium_fw-la the_o logisticall_a motion_n that_o appear_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o disputant_n as_o they_o demonstrate_v the_o large_a command_n of_o the_o signify_v faculty_n of_o the_o body_n which_o flow_v not_o only_o into_o the_o vocal_a organ_n but_o proceed_v so_o far_o as_o to_o the_o hand_n so_o they_o significant_o argue_v the_o hand_n to_o be_v a_o peculiar_a instrument_n of_o reasonable_a nature_n especial_o ordain_v to_o set_v a_o gloss_n upon_o the_o vocal_a expression_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o hand_n be_v a_o part_n so_o prompt_a &_o officious_a to_o afford_v the_o tongue_n necessary_a aid_n so_o powerful_o incline_v by_o its_o natural_a gift_n and_o ability_n to_o bring_v relief_n to_o reason_n so_o apt_a and_o fit_a on_o all_o essay_n to_o deal_v in_o matter_n of_o expression_n and_o to_o affect_v the_o hearer_n mind_n that_o whereas_o man_n by_o a_o happy_a endowment_n of_o nature_n be_v allow_v two_o instrument_n speech_n and_o a_o hand_n to_o bring_v his_o conceal_a thought_n unto_o light_n the_o tongue_n without_o the_o hand_n can_v utter_v nothing_o but_o what_o will_v come_v forth_o lame_a and_o impotent_a whereas_o the_o hand_n without_o the_o discourse_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v of_o admirable_a and_o energeticall_a efficacy_n and_o have_v achieve_v many_o notable_a thing_n all_o history_n abound_v with_o the_o exploit_n of_o the_o hand_n which_o have_v perform_v and_o bring_v to_o pass_v more_o thing_n by_o a_o significant_a silence_n than_o the_o tongue_n have_v ever_o do_v by_o a_o audible_a demonstration_n apollonius_n tyaneus_n by_o apollonii_fw-la his_o most_o famous_a example_n alone_o shall_v serve_v to_o clear_v this_o point_n who_o when_o he_o have_v with_o a_o incredible_a religion_n observe_v the_o pythagorean_n silence_n neither_o have_v suffer_v any_o word_n to_o fall_v from_o he_o during_o the_o space_n of_o five_o whole_a year_n yet_o when_o he_o come_v into_o city_n labour_v of_o sedition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manu_fw-la atque_fw-la vultu_fw-la sedabat_fw-la discordias_fw-la after_o which_o manner_n he_o travel_v through_o pamphylia_n cilicia_n and_o other_o region_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v express_v by_o the_o hand_n be_v so_o manifest_o speak_v that_o man_n of_o the_o most_o obtuse_a understanding_n that_o be_v not_o able_a to_o conceive_v of_o the_o word_n pronounce_v in_o a_o unknown_a tongue_n to_o who_o a_o orator_n spend_v oil_n be_v mere_o lose_v because_o their_o rich_a and_o elegant_a expression_n in_o conceit_n transcend_v the_o pitch_n of_o their_o capacity_n yet_o these_o may_v see_v and_o perceive_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o hand_n which_o by_o gesture_n make_v the_o inward_a motion_n of_o the_o mind_n most_o evident_a for_o all_o man_n a_o thing_n nature_n have_v so_o appoint_v be_v stir_v &_o move_v by_o the_o same_o motive_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o do_v in_o other_o understand_v and_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o same_o move_a demonstration_n by_o experience_n judge_v and_o approve_v in_o themselves_o those_o affection_n that_o outward_o appear_v to_o work_v upon_o other_o hence_o the_o ingenious_a be_v force_v to_o confess_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v more_o expressive_a in_o the_o hand_n as_o that_o which_o do_v garnish_v the_o sense_n of_o word_n and_o give_v the_o shape_n figure_n and_o win_a glory_n unto_o eloquence_n this_o strengthen_v speech_n with_o nerve_n and_o the_o sinew_a cord_n of_o twist_a reason_n speech_n divide_v from_o the_o hand_n be_v unfound_a and_o bring_v into_o a_o poor_a and_o low_a condition_n flag_n and_o creep_v upon_o the_o ground_n the_o babble_a tongue_n indeed_o may_v have_v a_o long_a and_o spacious_a walk_n and_o the_o full_a mouth_n may_v prate_v and_o run_v over_o with_o large_a and_o loud_a impertinency_n but_o without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o hand_n the_o mouth_n be_v but_o a_o run_a sore_n and_o hollow_a fistâ—â—a_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o all_o such_o airy_a trash_n but_o the_o crack_n of_o a_o unprofitable_a lip_n that_o want_v the_o assistance_n of_o those_o native_a orator_n which_o be_v design_v to_o attend_v the_o perfect_a issue_n of_o a_o well_o deliver_v cogitation_n for_o what_o can_v we_o expect_v from_o that_o eloquence_n that_o neglect_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o hand_n or_o what_o can_v we_o conceive_v can_v be_v wrought_v out_o of_o that_o which_o be_v maim_v and_o deform_v that_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o work_v upon_o the_o affection_n whence_o a_o grave_a father_n a_o author_n of_o classical_a authority_n the_o high_a pitch_n of_o who_o fancy_n some_o opiâ—ic_fw-la may_v chance_v to_o admire_v bear_v on_o the_o rapture_n of_o his_o thought_n run_v so_o high_a in_o his_o expression_n that_o he_o deny_v that_o man_n can_v have_v enjoy_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o articulate_a voice_n have_v not_o nature_n plant_v this_o magazine_n of_o speech_n in_o the_o body_n and_o store_v it_o with_o native_a ammunition_n for_o the_o defence_n and_o arm_v of_o oral_a reason_n and_o very_o if_o man_n be_v disarm_v of_o this_o native_a weapon_n or_o organ_n intend_v for_o the_o special_a advancement_n of_o utterance_n want_v the_o subtle_a force_n of_o his_o hand_n and_o finger_n the_o expression_n of_o his_o tongue_n will_v be_v very_o weak_a and_o unhewed_a for_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o hand_n in_o pronunciation_n do_v much_o enrich_v and_o endear_v the_o expression_n of_o the_o tongue_n which_o without_o they_o will_v many_o time_n appear_v very_o mean_a and_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o oration_n yet_o remain_v among_o the_o ruin_n of_o former_a age_n which_o be_v public_o pronounce_v we_o may_v cease_v to_o admire_v the_o advantage_n they_o have_v have_v over_o other_o or_o themselves_o only_o pen_v so_o that_o we_o may_v
manus_fw-la lassa_fw-la and_o máno_fw-la â—ánca_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la manus_fw-la desiciens_fw-la s._n hierom_n so_o attribute_n virtue_n and_o honesty_n to_o the_o right_a hand_n that_o â—e_n will_v not_o 5._o acknowledge_v a_o just_a man_n to_o have_v so_o much_o as_o a_o left_a hand_n and_o the_o hebrew_n and_o greek_n ascribe_v the_o left_a hand_n to_o vice_n who_o say_v cresollius_n be_v so_o great_a a_o foreigner_n and_o stranger_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n that_o he_o know_v not_o the_o right_a hand_n to_o be_v natural_o more_o vigorous_a and_o able_a than_o the_o left_a if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o i_o can_v produce_v a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n for_o his_o information_n and_o the_o chief_a author_n and_o ringleader_n of_o antiquity_n troop_v together_o under_o this_o banner_n the_o splendour_n of_o who_o arm_n and_o martial_a look_n shall_v put_v all_o ignorance_n to_o flight_n aristotle_n in_o his_o problem_n fill_v 31._o with_o incredible_a variety_n of_o learning_n say_v dextrae_fw-la part_n corporis_fw-la nostri_fw-la long_o sunt_fw-la nobiliores_fw-la sinistris_fw-la &_o multò_fw-la amplius_fw-la solent_fw-la efficere_fw-la they_o who_o follow_v he_o in_o the_o chorus_n of_o the_o learned_a take_v their_o hint_n from_o this_o their_o renown_a principal_n adhere_v to_o the_o same_o opinion_n for_o plutarch_n totidem_fw-la verbis_fw-la sinistra_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o omit_v what_o 78._o apuleius_n censorius_n pliny_n solinus_n and_o other_o deliver_v who_o have_v give_v their_o manual_a suffrage_n and_o assent_n unto_o this_o point_n philo_z judaeus_n inquire_v sacerd._n the_o reason_n why_o the_o divine_a law_n in_o the_o rite_n of_o sacrifice_n give_v to_o the_o priest_n the_o part_n of_o the_o oblation_n which_o they_o call_v the_o right_a shoulder_n say_z there_o be_v a_o symbolical_a signification_n in_o that_o mystery_n that_o the_o priest_n ought_v to_o be_v diligent_a and_o swift_a in_o action_n and_o exceed_v strong_a in_o all_o thing_n we_o know_v that_o common_o in_o orat_fw-la combat_n the_o left_a hand_n be_v it_o be_v affix_v to_o the_o body_n manage_v the_o shield_n and_o stay_v as_o it_o be_v at_o home_o quiet_a the_o right_a hand_n show_v itself_o forth_o and_o be_v occupy_v in_o do_v and_o give_v the_o charge_n in_o which_o we_o may_v see_v a_o certain_a shadow_n of_o rhetorical_a motion_n for_o in_o speak_v motion_n and_o action_n be_v proper_a to_o the_o right_a hand_n only_o the_o left_a remain_v quiet_a and_o be_v scarce_o open_o bring_v forth_o tully_n not_o very_o obscure_o advise_v thus_o who_o dispute_v of_o action_n make_v 3._o mention_v only_o of_o one_o hand_n which_o he_o somewhere_o call_v the_o right_a hand_n no_o where_o the_o leave_v si_fw-mi erit_fw-la sermo_fw-la cum_fw-la dignitate_fw-la laevi_fw-la dextrae_fw-la motu_fw-la loqui_fw-la opportebit_fw-la but_o the_o most_o clear_a interpreter_n of_o all_o the_o ancient_n quintilian_n have_v bring_v this_o oracle_n of_o rhetorician_n from_o behind_o the_o curtain_n manus_fw-la inst._n sinistra_fw-la nunquam_fw-la sola_fw-la gestum_fw-la facit_fw-la and_o how_o shall_v it_o make_v of_o itself_o a_o complete_a action_n since_o the_o action_n thereof_o be_v more_o contract_v infirm_a incomposed_a and_o out_o of_o order_n whereas_o the_o action_n of_o the_o right_o be_v free_a frequent_a continue_a compose_a and_o resemble_v the_o sweet_a cadency_n of_o number_n &_o therefore_o have_v the_o prerogative_n of_o eloquence_n in_o the_o body_n as_o be_v near_a the_o principle_n of_o motion_n and_o most_o apt_a to_o move_v and_o signify_v and_o because_o the_o left_a hand_n of_o itself_o be_v of_o very_o small_a dignity_n in_o pronunciation_n common_a humanity_n do_v teach_v we_o that_o as_o a_o virgin_n shut_v up_o in_o her_o chamber_n it_o shall_v be_v modest_o conceal_v the_o right_a hand_n on_o the_o contrary_a as_o a_o most_o goodly_a sceptre_n of_o reason_n with_o its_o force_n and_o weight_n do_v much_o among_o man_n but_o although_o this_o prevarication_n of_o act_v with_o the_o left_a hand_n in_o chief_a be_v a_o error_n so_o gross_a that_o we_o can_v away_o with_o it_o even_o in_o picture_n where_o a_o imitation_n of_o speech_n be_v express_v yet_o there_o may_v be_v a_o quaere_fw-la raise_v what_o toleration_n may_v be_v grant_v to_o such_o who_o be_v left-handed_a or_o ambodexter_n by_o nature_n or_o custom_n and_o i_o can_v furnish_v a_o prevaricator_n in_o chirosophie_n with_o some_o notion_n to_o advance_v with_o towards_o a_o excuse_n or_o apology_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o those_o who_o be_v scaevaes_n and_o scaevolaes_n in_o this_o point_n of_o rhetoric_n for_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_a sage_n who_o give_v themselves_o to_o the_o speculation_n of_o nature_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o both_o hand_n be_v by_o nature_n equal_o qualify_v the_o great_a oracle_n of_o physic_n sai_z utramque_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la manum_fw-la esse_fw-la consimilem_fw-la and_o plato_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o hand_n with_o that_o legibus_fw-la wit_n wherewith_o he_o comprehend_v thing_n divine_a and_o humane_a affirm_v parem_fw-la dextra_fw-la atque_fw-la sinistra_fw-la vim_o à _fw-la natura_fw-la fuisse_fw-la concessam_fw-la and_o that_o it_o happen_v by_o custom_n that_o one_o hand_n be_v better_a and_o the_o other_o more_o infirm_a yet_o custom_n be_v another_o nature_n but_o goropius_n have_v a_o say_n to_o plato_n for_o this_o meletius_n pointblank_a from_o a_o legibus_fw-la exemplar_n argument_n prove_v dextram_fw-la laeva_fw-la potiorem_fw-la neutiquam_fw-la esse_fw-la plato_n the_o prior_n of_o all_o ancient_a philosopher_n where_o he_o set_v forth_o the_o education_n of_o honourable_a childhood_n he_o will_v have_v they_o all_o in_o war_n and_o handle_v their_o weapon_n to_o be_v like_o those_o son_n of_o thunder_n in_o homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o no_o less_o than_o the_o scythian_n in_o battle_n equal_o to_o use_v both_o hand_n since_o it_o seem_v easy_a to_o be_v do_v the_o law_n of_o which_o most_o acute_a philosopher_n when_o the_o interpreter_n of_o nature_n brief_o set_v down_o in_o illustrate_v his_o learned_a ult_n tractate_n of_o polity_n he_o remember_v this_o to_o be_v one_o gives_z omnes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la oportere_fw-la since_o there_o be_v little_a reason_n why_o one_o hand_n shall_v be_v idle_a and_o quiet_a and_o commodus_n the_o emperor_n prefer_v cas._n the_o left_a hand_n for_o any_o action_n and_o be_v wont_a to_o boast_v much_o that_o he_o be_v left-handed_a we_o read_v also_o that_o ehud_n and_o tiberius_n be_v of_o this_o complexion_n 260._o but_o although_o some_o be_v find_v more_o nimble_a and_o active_a in_o their_o left_a hand_n and_o some_o ambodexter_n which_o bartholinus_n impute_v to_o a_o pair_n of_o vein_n whereas_o the_o puissance_n of_o the_o right_a hand_n proceed_v from_o a_o vein_n sine_fw-la pari_fw-la on_o that_o side_n only_o yet_o the_o utmost_a dispensation_n can_v be_v grant_v be_v a_o connivance_n in_o common_a action_n for_o in_o matter_n of_o speech_n or_o ornamental_a gesture_n there_o can_v be_v no_o toleration_n grant_v to_o a_o orator_n to_o play_v the_o ghibeonite_n and_o to_o sling_v word_n at_o his_o auditor_n out_o of_o the_o auke_n of_o utterance_n 16._o though_o he_o can_v do_v it_o at_o a_o hair_n breadth_n for_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o left_a hand_n want_v that_o agility_n excellence_n force_n and_o grace_n in_o point_n of_o action_n be_v make_v contrary_a and_o unhappy_a by_o its_o situation_n whereupon_o it_o be_v call_v sinistra_fw-la in_o latin_a quia_fw-la sine_fw-la astris_fw-la bonis_fw-la and_o the_o lack_n of_o grace_n in_o do_v of_o a_o thing_n be_v call_v sinisterit_n as_o and_o sinistrè_n the_o adverb_n sound_v unhappy_o the_o best_a way_n therefore_o that_o it_o can_v be_v employ_v be_v in_o attendance_n on_o the_o right_n which_o by_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n have_v the_o priority_n as_o the_o more_o proper_a and_o propense_a and_o apt_a to_o make_v good_a its_o action_n by_o a_o more_o handsome_a diligence_n as_o be_v plant_v near_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o very_o the_o left_a hand_n seem_v to_o be_v bear_v to_o a_o obsequious_a compliance_n with_o the_o right_n and_o therefore_o when_o quintilian_n call_v for_o this_o accommodation_n he_o seem_v to_o have_v have_v respect_n unto_o the_o interpreter_n of_o nature_n who_o well-grounded_n axiom_n it_o be_v ita_fw-la comparata_fw-la esse_fw-la à _fw-la natura_fw-la ut_fw-la laeva_fw-la dextris_fw-la obsecundent_fw-la arist._n and_o the_o philosopher_n add_v his_o reason_n 25._o in_o another_o place_n quòd_fw-la omne_fw-la sinistra_fw-la dextris_fw-la humidiora_fw-la sunt_fw-la facilius_fw-la obsequi_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la nutum_fw-la alterius_fw-la fingi_fw-la &_o moveri_fw-la which_o the_o hebrew_n divine_n as_o cresollius_n say_v seem_v to_o have_v have_v respect_n unto_o in_o their_o exposition_n of_o deuteronomie_n about_o the_o ceremony_n of_o wash_a hand_n where_o they_o say_v thus_o denique_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la