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

will be inrich'd and become more opulent then formerly If any one Dreams he hath a stinking breath he will be despis'd by all people and hated by his Servants If any one Dreams that his Mouth is shut up and clos'd in such sort that he cannot open it nor eat he is in danger of a sudden death Of the Cheeks To Dream one hath plump cheeks and of a vermilion tincture it is a good signe and their affairs that dream so will prosper To have them lean and pale signifies the contrary Of the Lips To Dream that one hath red handsome lips is a signe our Friends enjoy their health and to have them dry and chap'd the contrary Of the Beard If any one Dreams he hath a comly great Beard it is a signe he shall be pleasant in his discourse and find out the intricacie of the matter propos'd and prosper in his undertakings If a Mayd Dreams shee hath a Beard shee will be speedily match'd to her content if shee be married such a dream threatens her with the loss of her Husband or that shee shall be separated from him and be constrain'd to govern her house singly as if shee were a man if it be a Woman with Child shee shall have a Son If one Dreams he hath lost his Beard or imagines that somebody hath puld it up by the roots or shav'd it that betokens loss of Relations Estate and Honor. Of the Teeth The Teeth are taken in Dreams for the nearest relations and best Friends a Man hath the fore-Teeth are applied to Children Brethren and other near relations the upper-Teeth signifie the males and the lower the females If therefore any one Dreams he hath lost or spoil'd one of his Teeth by that is to be understood that some near relation is dead But if on the contrary one Dreams that his Teeth are more comely firm and whiter then ordinary that signifies joy prosperity good news and friendship among relations If a person Dreams one of his Teeth is grown longer then the rest he will be in trouble by some of his Relations The upper Eye-tooth signifies the Father and the 〈◊〉 th●r the Mother A●●emidorus saith that the Teeth on the right side signifie Men and those on the left Women but it is contrary to the opinion of the Indians Persians and Egyptians The great Teeth signifie Friends or relations a degree remov'd and have the same signification as the rest If any one Dreams that one of his great Teeth is loose or grown black or that it pains him one of his said Friends or relations will be sick or in trouble If any one Dreams his Teeth are grown more comely white and firme then usual he will reap joy delight content and profit from his said relations and friends If one imagines he is cleansing his Teeth to make them white he will bestow money upon his said relations and friends If some of the Teeth exceed the rest so that the Dreamer is hindred from speaking and eating that signifies contention among relations and suits ●t law for Inheritances Of the Neck The Neck signifies power honor riches and Inheritances of what sort soever To Dream that the Neck is become greater and larger then ordinary and yet so that it seem not thereby deform'd if it be a King he will take delight and pleasure in his Courtisans will hear good news from his Armies and have success in his affairs If he be a private person he will be honor'd for his good deeds and grow richer then he was The slender Neck signifies the contrary If any one Dreams that his Neck is tied or otherwise squeez'd by the hand it is a bad signe to the Dreamer and he will be subjected to him that had his hand upon his Neck To Dream the Neck is awry so as that the head leans more on one side then on the other is a signe of misfortune shame and loss To Dream the Neck is swell'd by a humor or Aposteme signifies sickness To Dream one hath three heads upon one Neck signifies Dominion Power and Honor. If any one Dreams his head is cut off by Robbers and Murtherers that signifies loss of Children Relations Estate or Wife and the same to the Wife the loss of her Husband but if he dreams he loseth his head by Sentence or Judicial proceedings it is a signe of his deliverance from all trouble and mischief nevertheless this Dream signifies the contrary to Receivers Coyners Farmers and Merchants To Dream your throat is cut and you not dead signifies hope and good success in business To Dream that one beheads a Man signifies assurance of affecting business or revenge upon your Enemies To cut off the head of a pullet or green-goose signifies joy and recreation To Dream one hath the head of a Lion Wolf or some other cruel Beast is a good signe to the Dreamer and he will accomplish his designes with honor will overcome his Enemies and be fear'd and honor'd by those that are related to him To Dream one hath his head in his own hands signifies loss of Wife or Children If the Dreamer be not married it is good luck and if he thinks he adornes and dresseth his head his business will succeed happily Of Hornes If any one Dreams he hath Horns on his head it signifies Dominion Grandeur and Royalty nevertheless some Authors say that to Dream one hath the Horns of an Ox or of any other furious creature that denotes anger pride temerity and violent death by the hand of Justice To Dream you see a man with Horns on his head signifies he is in danger both of the loss of his person and Estate Of the Sholders If any one Dreams he hath large shoulders and that they are more brawny then usual that signifies good luck strength and prosperity yet such a Dream is bad for prisoners for to them it denounceth annoy and grief and that they are in danger of enduring much pain in those parts To Dream that the shoulders are full of pain or that there is some nail tumor or swelling in them that signifies trouble and displeasure from relations Of the Brest and Paps To Dream that your Brest is clear and well signifes health and joy To have hairy-Brests and the paps covered with hair to a man it is a signe of gain and profit to a woman loss of her Husband If a man Dreams he hath Brests as big as a woman that denotes effoeminacy and cowardize or else trouble and grief occasion'd by the sickness of Children If a young married woman Dreams that her Brests are full and spinning out with milk that signifies she is with Child and that it will be a perfect birth and come to good if she be an antient woman that Dreams thus shee will have wherewithall to support her if shee be rich that signifies she will bestow some money upon her Children who will rejoyce therewith if a virgin dreams thus shee is near her marriage If

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

amity joy prosperity abundance and good success in his enterprises Of Pot-herbs and those that are Medicinal IF any one Dreams that he eats or smells of such Roots as have a strong smell as Radishes Garlick Onions Leeks and the like that signifies a discovery of hidden secrets and domestick jarres To Dream that one eats Herbs of which Salads are made as Lettice Sorrel Porslane and others that may be eaten raw that signifies trouble and difficulty in the management of affairs Ta Dream of eating medicinal Herbs as Beets Mallows Bourage and the like signifies freedom from trouble and expedition of business because they make the body soluble To Dream of eating Coleworts signifies vexation The French Navew-gentle and Cowcumbers denote vain hope Some are of opinion that when sick persons Dream of melons or cowcumbers that it is a prognostick of recovery by reason of their humidity Of Corn and other Grain TO Dream that you see Corne ear'd and that you gather it signifies profit and riches To Dream you see stacks of Corne signifies profit and abundance to the Dreamer and on the contrary to see a small quantity signifies famine and necessity To Dream of eating white-bread made of wheat signifies profit to the rich and dammage to the poor and on the contrary to Dream of eating course-bread denotes to the poor profit and gain to the rich losses To Dream of eating barly-bread signifies health and content To Dream of eating broth is a good signe and signifies profit and gain To Dream that one sees a barn stor'd with corn signifies either that you shall marry a rich wife overthrow your adversary at Law that you shall inherite Land or grow rich by trading or gifts it signifies also banqueting or merry-making To Dream of eating pease well boyl'd denotes good success and expedition of business To Dream of eating Beans signifies trouble and dissention To Dream of Lentils signifies corruption of Rice denotes abundance or obstruction The Millet signifies poverty and indigence To Dream you see or eat Mustard-seed that is a bad signe unless it be to Physicians to whom such dreams are advantageous Of Trees and their Fruit. TO Dream that one sees a stately Oake signifies riches profit and long life To Dream you see an Olive-tree with Olives denotes peace delight concord liberty dignity and fruition of your desires To Dream of gathering Olives off of the ground signifies labor and pains To Dream you see a Laurel-tree is a token of victory and pleasure and if you be married it denotes the inheritance of possessions by your wife To Dream you see a Cypress-tree that denotes death affliction and obstruction in business To Dream you see a Pine Medler or Service-tree signifies idleness and remisness To Dream you see Apple-trees and eat sweet Apples signifies joy pleasure and recreation especially to women and maids sowre Apples denotes contention and sedition To Dream that one sees and eats Almonds Wall-nuts and Hazle-nuts signifies difficultie and trouble To Dream that you see Figs in season signifies joy and pleasure and out of season the contrary To Dream you see a Vine signifies abundance riches and fertility for which we have the example of Astyages King of the Medes who dream'd that his Daughter brought forth a Vine which was a prognostick of the grandeur riches and felicity of Cyrus who was borne of his Daughter after this Dream To Dream of eating ripe Grapes at any time signifies chearfulness and profit To Dream that one sees or eats Oranges signifies wounds grief and vexation those that are ripe signifie the same thing Peaches bastard-Peaches Apricocks their and such kind of Fruit in season denotes to him that Dreams he sees or eats them content health and pleasure but if you seem to eat them out of season they signifie vain hopes and bad success in business To see or eat ripe Pears signifies joy or pleasure if they are soure or wild the contrary If one Dreams he sees a Mulberry-tree that signifies fertility abundance of goods and Children To Dream you see Nut-trees Almond-trees and that you eat their Fruit signifies riches and content gain'd with labor and pains to dream that you find Nuts that have been hid signifies you will find some treasure To Dream you see all sorts of trees very green or blossoming is a signe of joy comfort and recreation but if you dream they are dry or without leaves rooted up burn'd on thunder-struck that denotes annoy fear displeasure and grief If one Dreams that he hath gathered the Fruit of some Old-tree that prognosticates you will be heir to some antient persons If one Dreams that he hath gathered the Fruit of a Pomegranate-tree he shall be inriched by some rich person but if the Pome-granates b● not ripe that denotes sickness or affliction b● some persons that are wickedly dispos'd If any one Dreams that the Fruit he hat● gathered is rotten that signifies adversity or lo●● of Children If one Dreams that he climbs a great Tree h● shall be promoted to some honor or dignity an● have the command over other persons And when any one Dreams that he is fall●● from a Tree and that he hath been scratch'd b● Thorns or otherwise prejudic'd that signifie● he shall lose his Offices and be out of favor wit● Grandees Of the sensitive Creature under which Birds creeping things and fourfooted Beasts are compris'd TO Dream you see an Eagle in some hig● place that is a good signe to those tha● undertake some weighty business and especially to Soldiers If one Dreams that an Eagle lights upon hi● head it signifies death to the Dreamer and th●● same if he dreams he is carried into the air by an Eagle If a Woman Dreams that she brings forth an Eagle that foretels that the Child she go●● withall will be a great person and that he will have many under his command If one Dreams he sees a dead Eagle that signifies death to great Peers and profit to the poor To Dream you see Birds of prey or faulconry to the rich it signifies increase riches and honor and to the poor the quite contrary If any one Dreams he sees a Raven it presages mischief and chiefly to the Husband who will be discontented by his adulterous Wife and if the woman dreams it prognosticates affliction occasion'd by the Husband who will forsake her to Court others To Dream you see a Crow signifies expedition of business To Dream you see a Stare or Starling signifies some small discontent To Dream you see Pigeons is a good signe to wit that you shall have delight and content at home and success in affairs abroad To Dream you see Cranes or Storks in flocks in the air that foretels the approach of Enemies and Theeves In winter it signifies bad weather To Dream you see two Storks together signifies marriage and procreation of good and helpful Children to their parents To see a Swan signifies joy revealing of secrets and health to the Dreamer but