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A03968	Briefe introductions, both naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable vnto the art of chiromancy, or manuel diuination, and physiognomy with circumstances vpon the faces of the signes. Also certain canons or rules vpon diseases and sickenesse. Whereunto is also annexed aswel the artificiall, as naturall astrologye, with the nature of the planets. Written in the Latin tonge, by Ihon Indagine prieste. And now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers.; Chiromantia. English	Indagine, Johannes ab, d. 1537.; Withers, Fabian.	1558 (1558)	STC 14075; ESTC S107417	65,463	253

signe Saturnus wheresoeuer he be and speciallye in the .vi .viii. or .xii. house is the auctoure of all miseries calamities laboures and sickenesse Venus being temperate causeth a mā to be a louer of women of playes songes and bankettes and all thinges pertaining vnto mirth Mercury is the minister and geuer of wisdome and eloquence lawes rethoricke subtile workes merchaundise and such like The Mone causeth madnesse vnstedfastnes moistnesse and stouth Iupiter in the angles is the auctor of beauty richesse honor and rule The Sunne in the ascendente or in the angles maketh a greate and honourable personage and had in reputation amongst princes and greate men The signes also causinge beautye are Gemini Libra Virgo and the firste part of Sagittarius Workers of meane beauty Scorpio Capricorne and Pisces Barren signes are Gemini Leo virgo Causinge defection or lacke of children Aries Taurus Libra Sagittarius Capricorne and Aquarius Meane and without voice Cancer Scorpio pisces Ministring reason Virgo Libra Aquarius Gemini The qualities of the signes I iudge are wel inoughe knoweit Aries Leo and Sagittarius are hotte and drye Taurus Virgo Capricorne melancholike colde and drye Cancer Scorpio and Pisces are colde moyst and waterye Gemini Libra Aquarius are hotte moist and ayrye And thus always thre signes agreing in one nature do make a triplicitie And euerye Planette likewise haue certaine powers and effectes in their priuate or proper houses as for example Aries and Scorpius are the houses of Mars Taurus and Libra of Venus Gemini and Virgo of Mercury Sagittarius and Pisces are the houses of Iupiter Capricorne and Aquarius are attribute to Saturne The Sunne hathe onlye one house which is Leo. The Mone possesseth also Cancer Euerye signe hath likewise his proper signification in the creation of the mēbers of mans bodye Aries hathe of the bodye of man the head and the face Taurus the necke and the throte bole Gemini the shoulders armes and handes Cancer the brest the heart stomack ribbes splene and longes Leo the nether parte of the stomacke backe and sides Virgo the belly or midriffe Diaphragma and bowels Libra the loynes the nether parte of the belly and nauel Scorpio the priuye members stones blather and thighes Sagittarius the buttocks with the appertenances And Capricorne the knees Aquarius the legges Pisces the feete and soules Certaine vvorthy notes concerning the sunne and Moone LEaste that any shoulde herein be deceiued we thinke it not mete to be let passe concerning the sunne and Mone the which al be it they be the chiefe and princes of the Planettes yet are they neuer Lordes of the natiuity as for example If the Mone be in Gemini or in Cancer whiche is her owne house when a childe is borne yet shall not the Moone haue the dominion of the birthe but it shal be imputed to the Lord of the house folowing So likewise if a man be born the Sunne being in Leo which is his proper house yet he loseth the dominion of the natiuity and it is deriued vnto Mercury being patrone of the next mansion Virgo Againe the Mone being in Virgo Venus is Ladye of the birthe because of Libra folowing which is the house of Venus Neither is it vnprofitable to admonish you also of his which I perceiue euery wher to be doubted of that the euel planets as Saturn and Mars are not so hurtful pernicious in their own proper houses as thei be in the mansiōs of others I wil propound an example of the firste signe wherby it may appeare more euident We wil set the Sunne to be in the time of some natiuitye in Aries whose nature you al ready know and what effect he worketh being in the Horoscope Then in therection of the figure ioyne Mars with Aries beinge Lorde of the house and therby iudge that he whiche is born shal liue long Notwithstāding Mars who although he be nought ill yet he doth not so much pour out shew his malice being in his own house as if he were in another house sacring that in stede of hurt by the sword he threatneth sode●ne sickenesse because Mars being in Scorpio the .viii. house neyther shall those sickenesse bring death And this is for an e●āple The like is also to be vnderstād of Saturn being in Capricorn or in Aquarius And left we may seine here vtterly to neglect artificial Astrology the which we do not denye but to be requi●i●e to the vnderstāding of the natural Wherefore we mindinge to declare the force strēgth of the signes we wil first do it by artificial Astrology so that anye mā lacking Firmicus and his tables hauing a plaine Astrolobe and beholding thascendent at thoure of the natiuity may by these smal instructions geue iudgmet And after this in order in another phrase I wil do the same by natural Astrology the which shal helpe the artificial Of the first house and horoscope in Aries IF any man wil peraduenture demaūd what operation effect the Horoscope in Aries doth worke in vs. First of all I admonish thē that the stars or signes do not ꝓuoke or force vs to any thing but onlye doth make vs prone apt ● being so apt they do moue stir vs vp vnto the things we are so prone vnto Frō whose motion we are fre and oute of daunger that folowing the rule and gouernāce of reasō they shal haue no effect in vs. But if cōtraciwise we onli folow our natural stinction they shal worke the same effect in vs that they do in a manner in brute beastes Wherfore this Horoscope maketh them which are borne florishing in youth withoute brethren or one at the most if they be fortunate hauing a mutable inheritance now gotten now lost and now lost and st●ait recouered again inclined to the diseases of the hed rather then to ani other sicknesse because Aries hath chief respect to the hed For the most part bestowing his labor good wil vpon vnthankful persons specially Aries being in the Horoscope Nexte after the Horoscope must hede be taken vnto the chiefe angles what signe is in eche angle which may easily be rekened by the fingers or els bi a figure erect as for example Aries being in the first house Cācer possesseth the nether part of the heauen Capricorne the midst and Libra the west and now we wil shew what these principal angles do promisse Capricorne in the midst of the heauen doth discern honors riches promotions secretes of religion and a suttel wit Libra in the west sheweth the life and courtly maners the which life few do alow for it is vnconstant casting down a man from honor and reputation into in famy and reproche fortune nowe flattering and laughing vpon him and bi and by vering him with sondry miseries and calamities so that he shal haue no comodity or gaine withoute incomoditye and losse Al this shal happen throughe emulation or the despite of his cōpanions But

wel coloured thē to come It happeneth often some of them to be grosse and very red wherby thou shalt iudge a lier a these and robber and one defiled with al kinde of mischief Now if there be a croked line as it were a circle goinge from that finger to the middle finger it declareth an excellente wit and disposicion in whome there is great hope that he wil he apt and prompt to al kind of affaires If there be smal croked lines in the vpper part of the litle finger in the hand of a woman it sheweth a condition propre to al women which is pride much talke and babling with inconstancy And this for the most part is the Phisiognomy of al the Mercurians meane coloured betw●ne blacke and white hie foreheade round face faire eyes like a cat blacke and thin berd slender body comelye stature thin lips sharp nose shril voice and ready a quicke motion and stirringe If thou wilt for know this by the hil if it be ful of strait lines he is also of a pregnāt wit bold a horemonger faithful readye to lie a louer of his owne sectes a hater of superstition not regardinge temples nor oracles apt to al sciences Mathematical and Geometry Finallye a man fit for al assaies a doctoure a poete endued with the knowledge of tonges a sercher of secretes a Philosopher harty modest but ful of wordes hurting no man deliting in the cleanest handye craftes as in painting and such like Albeit he is more vexed with sickenesse and troubled with delusions of spirites then other men There be also certaine tokens wherof the first in the first ioynt doth declare a man to be studious chiefely of Rethorike arrogant proude and of a ripe wit That in the second ioynt although it vary frō the first yet hathe it the same effecte it sheweth an excellente preacher or oratoure if it stand ouerthwart he is troubled with sondrye passions horrible dreames and euel fātasies If in the thirde ioynt there be a crosse it is a sure signe of pouertie and necessity And this is sufficient of Mercury although the figure do not conteine al the signes yet we haue described the chiefest and principal for who can comprehende so manye sortes of lines tokens of so diuerse dispositions in so small a roume Wee haue lefte nothinge oute in the cannon or rule which might be to any effecte or purpose ❧ The .xiii. Chapter of the vtter part of the Triangle and of them ouer whom the mone hath power and dominion FIrste of al I will declare what the Chiromanciers cal the vtter part of that Triangle it is the same whiche by the cōmon name is called the line of the stomacke or liuer with risinge at the tail of the line of life touching the mean natural maketh a triangle if ther be no let in the natiuitye Albeit I knowe in some it doth not ioyne yet it is not to be left out for it is found to be of as muche force as al the other for if it make a perfite Triangle with the meane natural and line of life it sheweth the florishing helth and prosperitie bothe of bodye and mind If it happen to be darke coloured ful of points it sheweth the il digestion of the stomack morphew colick flegme bindinge of the bellye paine of the stomacke and ribbes and specially if it be pale But if it be wel drawen ruddye nearer the line of life then the midle natural it betokeneth paine in the head if contrariwise it be nearer the middle natural it signifieth the inflamation of the lungs anexed with a feruēt ague the kongh and stinke of the mouth Also such a circle in the place of the Mone ☉ although it seme to be but a reft yet it betokeneth the losse of one eye if there be two ☉ ☉ the losse of bothe eyes whiche thinge I haue proued true bi my own hurt Likewise a starre in the same place signifieth a wicked and mischeuous man If you desire to know the phisnamy of the lunatickes they be whitlye faced with some red their browes ioyned together their face and cheekes blowen vnequal eyed somwhat blacke peraduenture marked in the face vnthrifty sickelye vnstable slow folish pore in youthe in the seconde locus line age richer somwhat But in thertreame age miserable again dotinge vnfortunate and borne to trauail geuen to the fallynge sickenesse and Palsye to the flixe blastyng except the Moone in the rote of natiuitie haue the Sunne or Iupiter propice and in amitie with her The .xiiii. Chapter of the place of Mars and the nature of the Martialistes locꝰ Martis Mars VVe thought it mete before we spake of Mars to place hī in the caue of the hād in the triangle ouer against the natural line in the which if there apere another perfit triangle according to al the natural properties of the Martialists you may pronosticate the by hew much the same is larger bigger the man is to be iudged the more vicious And specially if it be wel proportioned with the lines The phisnamye herein is not to be dispised which I haue therfore adioyned because it shuld helpe the Chiromancier the better in iudgemente otherwise it can not be so exactly iudged Thei be hie colored in the face as burnte of the Sunne thinne heered and curled small eyes somewhat croked bodied with a sharpe and fiers aspecte boulde couetous disceitful a briber vnfaithful a iester vnshamefast lighte vnconstant angry seditious suspicious impaciente a murderer a boaster a mocker periured and a counterfaiter of all thinges that maye be counterfaited ¶ The conclusion of this worke of Chiromancy Chiromantial prognostication or manual diuinations accordinge to the places of the. vii Planets BEsides the Charecters lines which are commonlye in the hande there dothe often appeare straunge notes and markes whiche betoken some great vnknowen thinge wherefore our intente now is to she we their effect meaning W● haue shewed before the natures of the signes and what Planet is lorde of euerie man nowe we will attempte to knowe what suspecte tokens bee in the Planettes I meane not thoose in the heuens but heir charecters which be in the fingers of what force they be Of the place of Mars THe place of Mars is in the Triangle wherefore if you perceaue or finds suche a marke or signe drawen in thys sort in the triangle iudge that man to be a Martialist that he shal be hanged The other three markes ouer againste the table of the hande signifieth boldenesse stubburnesse seueritie wastinge of his patrimonie and inheritaunce wyth oppression of his frendes and kinsfolke Of the finger of Venus VEnus doth possesse the thombe the hyll therof which for the plainnesse of it is called the hil of Venus if there be in the first ioint such a marke they shal prospere in all their affayres In the seconde iointe it betokeneth pouertye and neare the naile that he shal haue a leprous

fat legs crueltye Croked hollow inward is a token of very 〈◊〉 men Soft and sw●lling legges euil ma●nered men The sh●nne grosse short with a sharp heele and fatte thighes do prognosticate madnesse or frensye to come or happen to that partie Thus haue you here these briefe introductions to this art of Phisiognomy by the which a man may iudge the dispositions of other Folowing herein Aristotle and Valla who did the like by whose help we haue performed herein that we may or can Wherefore if any man wil slaunder vs let him know that we haue not written any commentaries but a cōpendious treatise of this science and thus an end ❧ Briefe introductions upon the faces of the signes what effect the Sunne doth worke in euerye house or mansion NOw that we haue fully proposed also determined aswel to instruct as to induce and allure the studious and desirous to the studye and knowledge of Astrology and that there be many things to be obserued and marked therein as the situation and placing of the houses and the iudgements of the Horoscope we thinke now onlye to remaine necessary to intreate or speake of the faces or triplicities of the signes and of their worke and effect in euery degre For the Sunne and euerye other Planet haue diuerse and sondry effectes in eche degre face working one thinge in the first triplicity another in the second and a far different and contrarye operation in the thirde face The whiche that you may the better vnderstande euery signe is deuided into thirty degrees The same thirty being parted again into .iii. parts the first part or order to ten doth make the first face or triplicity al whiche cometh betwene ten twenty is attribute to the secōd that which remaineth to the thirty degre is added to the third face And in this manner music you deuide al the other signes and these degrees as thei increase in number so do they in force and strengthe So towarde the ende they be of losse power then they were in the beginninge or middesie of the triplicitye and specially in the last faces or triplicities These notes and others we haue brieflye drawen or taken out of Abrahā Haly Alcabitius Firmicus and suche others Wherefore if anye zoylous or enuious persone wil obiecte or demaunde whye we ioyne these thinges to our doinges wee answere that those learned menne did not fullye and distinctly write the whole effects which a perfect Astrologian mighte altogether do But rather to admonishe their owne Disciples and scholers then to teache others And these thinges thus beinge touched we wil procede to speake of Aries The Sunne in the firste face of Aries ♈ THe Sunne in Aries which is the first and principall signe amongste the twelue and in the firste tenne degrees of the same dothe commonlye make those whiche be then borne red couloured smal visaged lanke and slender bealied and leane marked in the lefte sote or elbowe hauinge manye frendes hating euil and louing al that is good In the second face whiche is from the tenth degre of Aries to the twenty degre of the sam●e it maketh them blacke colored the which blacknes is not reputed as any vice or deformity but for a comelinesse and great ciuilitye They be also of a mean ciuility angry suspitious disceitful and hartye compassed and beset with many ennemies which shal pursue him euen vnto death In the thirde face it maketh them oftentimes red inclining to a saffrō colour solitary and deuising craftes disceites The sun in the first face of Taurus ♉ Maketh them that be borne apt or diligent great eyed and greate lips marked in the necke but very merye and alwaies occupied in riot and banketinge In the secōd face it maketh them wāton and riotous but not so muche as in the first face runners aboute countries and vnstedfast In the thirde face it causeth a colder complexion because of Saturne whiche doth possesse this laste face and bringeth the paines or diseases of the eares belly and thighes The Sunne in the firste face of Geminy ♊ VVho so euer hapneth to be born the Sunne being in the firste face of Gemini is for the most part of a meane stature wel bodied euery membre decently compact marked in the heade or knees gentle and painful vnfortunate through women and cōmonly without issue In the second face it doth minishe the stature adding blacknes of colour marked in the elbow or preuy members and that whiche semeth to be deminished or wanting in thother partes is repaired fulfilled with eloquence In the declination of the thirde face it maketh theim to decrease in honestye and the due proporcion of the mēbres making them folishe and inuentors and spreaders abrode of iestes vain trifles The Sunne in Cancer ♋ THey which are borne in the first ten degrees of Cancer are comelye bothe of bodye and heere narrowe browes quicke and pregnant witted marked in the right arme and thighes hauynge a good spirite and disposition and plenty of frendes In the second face redde heere 's short stature without any beard and marked in the eyes In the third face it maketh thē grosse and dull with heery browes ful of ytch and as it were blowen or puffed vp in the face The Sunne in Leo ♌ SO in the first face of Leo is the gift of life and it maketh thē of a smal comely body reddy coloured mixed with some white rouling eyes straight bodye ful of diseases in their feete specially in age famous and notable simple and beloued of the kinges and rulers of the earth In the second face it maketh thē large breasted the stones and priuy members slender harty and honourable In the third face short of stature rose coloured mixed with white vexed with much sicknesse a whoremonger and louer of women The Sunne in Virgo ♍ THe Sunne possessing the first face of Virgo causeth a comely stature high and tal body a faire face witty prudence and quicke curled heere a player of instruments with a quicke and shril voice learned in many sciences but vnfertil barren in hauinge or bringinge forthe of children In the secōd face it maketh thē likewise comly coūtenanced smal eyes fair nose religious learned honest without blame or reproche and desirous of praise Vnder the third face simple fair apt witty prudent and good The Sunne in the firste face of Libra ♎ BEing a signe of a māly shape or form causeth a fayre face a simple painful and modest person which shal be wounded in the heade In the second face it maketh likewise a faire face but blexe eied or squint eyed for they shal haue some default in them In the third face it maketh them honorable reuerent and comely in th end of this face it maketh them oftentimes of both kindes and let them take hede they take no venemous thing The sunne in Scorpio ♏ CAuseth them whiche are borne to be euel fauored marked in the