Love to causâ—â— them to be liberall and free hearted Q. Whereof commeth it that whiâ—â— Lovers doe talke with their Ladies spettle doth come and encrease in their mouthes A. The tongue oftentimes moved doth heate it selfe and that heate doth resolvâ—â— into spettle Q. VVhereof commeth it that wheâ— amorous Dames doe talke with their Lovers their brests seeme as though they would depart their besome doth leape and hop with such force A. That proceedeth of the great neighbourhood that the heart hath with the â—pâ—ppes from whom all the vitall spirits 〈◊〉 proceed who retiring them to the â—â—ests be the cause of such motions Q. VVhereof commeth it that divers amorous women doe oftentimes speake evill of their Servants or Lovers A. It is to put away the suspition that men may engender of their love or else for feare that men should backe-bite them Q. Why doe men so willingly kisse the eyes of them whom they love A. The eye is the dearest part of the body and in the eye a man may see and know what is hidden in the heart or else they doe it because the eye is the beginning of Love Q. Whereoâ—re doe Lovers hide theâ—selves when they goe about to content each other A. Because of the filthinesse of the act or by a naturall shamefastnesse for thâ—â— they seeme to doe a thing that is 〈◊〉 very honest Q. Wherefore be Lovers so curious 〈◊〉 know the name of their Ladies A. Because they suppose to findâ—â— the names some secret thing that maâ—â— yeeld them hope to enjoy the thing thâ—â— they so greatly desire or else we mâ—â— say that Lovers will not onely posseâ—â— the bodies of their Ladies but also havâ— all that is joyned thereunto and thaâ— which doth depend thereof Q. Whereof commeth it that Loveâ—â—â— be so importunate to demand of their Ladies how well they love them A. It is to certifie themselves thâ—â— more of which assurance the spirit doth appease it selfe and receiveth contentation Q. VVherefore doe Lovers delighâ— to carry about them any thing that hath beene their Ladies A. To be more agreeable unto them and the better to conforme themselveâ— to their desires and wills Q. Wherefore doe Lovers give their colours the one to the other A. The conformity of deeds and will doth engender and augment amiâ—â— Besides this the colours secretly doe give to understand the thing that â—â—n vardly we doe suffer as by signifying of â—nconstancie diminution of heate mockeries travels humility highnesse we doe shew it by the colours of a yea â—â—ow pale redde blew white gray and â—ncarnate Q. VVhat causeth divers Ladies esteemed wise and of good judgement to give themselves over to vile men infamous and wicked A. J have told you oftentimes that Love is blind and doth captivate the senses abandoning judgement and foresight in women specially in those that 〈◊〉 amorous whose wits be very weake and unperfect Q. VVhereof commeth the custome that the Greekes doe eate a confection made of Quinces commonly called Marmalade the first night of their Marriage A. Because they feare to disease 〈◊〉 weary their spouses at the first recoâ—â—â—er and meeting Q. Whereof commeth it that maâ—â— be in Love with Gardiners A. Their simplicity perchance is tâ—â— cause Or else because Gardens be dedicated to Venus and those that be coâ—tinually within them doe savour 〈◊〉 Rosemary Margerome or of some othâ—â— sweet hearbe Q. How chanceth it that the 〈◊〉 married women the first night of thâ—â— marriage goe so vnwillingly to bed aâ—â— doe rise the next day so lusty and joyfull A. That commeth of the perfectioâ—â— that they have received of the man 〈◊〉 then they know that they be womâ—â— indeed Q. Wherefore doth agreement in loâ—â— cause things to please vs which otherwise should not so doe A. Love of necessity doth inflamâ—â— For we seeing many to pursue the thiâ—â— we love the opinion which we have 〈◊〉 her beauty doth encrease in us Q. VVhy doth a word many times more allure the heart then long service A. Because service was not imployed â—â—o he purpose and the word was spoken â—â—o effect A. How commeth it that women â—â—ched vpon the Navell be incontinent revoked with a desire to enter the â—â—eld A. There be certaine veines in the â—â—aw whereof the Navell is made and he maw is the very seate of voluptuousâ—esse It is no marvell then if they bee â—oved thereunto when they be touched â—pon the same Q. What is the cause that some Lovers be better pleased with the Meancholike then with the lively and luâ—â—y A. Lovers be easily induced to beâ—â—eve that they be beloved and perceiâ—ing their Ladies to be Melancholike â—â—d heavy they esteeme that to come of 〈◊〉 care that they doe take of them and 〈◊〉 their affaires but it may be that it â—â—mmeth of the agreement and similiâ—â—de of complexion Q. Why be rich women more giâ—â— to love then the poore A. Idlenesse is the cause who is 〈◊〉 mother of all superfluity I leave to spâ—â— of the delicate meates and the gâ—â— wines that the rich doth use without â—â—ving any griefe or vexation which 〈◊〉 bleth their braine Q. VVhy is love most commoâ—â—painted with his eyes bound vp A. Because he blindeth poore Lovâ—â— and maketh them so like unto beâ—â— that they cannot at all discerne the 〈◊〉 perfections of their Ladies Q. Why doe Lovers delight to hâ—â— amorous Histories written by Authâ—â— of our time A. By the conformity of their passioâ—â— and likely hood of their affections Q. Why be women well content 〈◊〉 they be told that other women be in 〈◊〉 as well as they A. Because their fault seemeth 〈◊〉 lesse not being alone spotted with â—â—vice Q. VVherefore doe stepmothers lâ—â— their Sonnes in law and hate tâ—â— â—â—ughters in law A. They hate their Daughters in law because they draw all the substance from their Sonnes and they love their Sons in law as the principall goodnesse and solace of their owne Daughters Q. Why is Love better liked in the Countrey then in the Towne A. Because in villages there is not so great respect and for that all commodities and things are not to be found there Lover be constrained to apply themselves one to another Moreover the pleasure of Gardens of hunting fishing and other Countrey delights doe most commonly cause men to keepe themselves at home and to forget the â—â—oves and follies of Townes and Cities Q. Whereof commeth it that amoâ—â—ous women be more ticklish then others A. Women prone to love be delicate for the most part whose skisâ— be loose and soft more easie to be tickled Q. Why doe women love them most earnestly that had their maydenhead and men cleane contrary hate those women whom first of all they imbrâ—â—ced A. Women by the conjunction of 〈◊〉 man doe gaine perfection and the 〈◊〉 thereby maketh himselfe unperfect 〈◊〉 cause the woman is a creature unperfect and as the Philosophers say a creatuâ—â— caused and not compleate Q. Why be some hard
to be perswadâ— that they be beloved A. Because they perceive not themselves amiable and because they knâ—â—â— that in them there is nothing that maâ—â— incite others to love them Q. Wherefore doe Lovers many tiâ—â— write to their Lovers with the Ioyâ—â— Onions or of Leamonds A. Because the thing which is writâ—â— with such Juice should not appeare â—â—nifest except it be neere the fire 〈◊〉 they doe so to keepe their love â—â—cret Q. VVhy do not Lovers subscribe thâ—â— Letters which they write to their Ladâ—â— and Paramours A. The reason and cause is abâ—â— mentioned being assured that if thâ—â—â— Love were deciphred they should have lesse pleasure Besides this a â—â—ay should be opened for false tongues â—â—o impeach and let their minds and purposes Q. VVhy doe Lovers write one to â—â—her amorous Sonnets in rhyme rather 〈◊〉 in prose A. Poetry is the friend of Love And all the praise belonging to love was alwayes more sweetly sung and celebrated by Poets then by Orators Q. Wherefore doe women so willingly â—â—â—old themselves in Glasses A. To contemplate and behold their beauty to esteeme the same as it is worthy Or else it proceedeth of a certaine â—â—ghtnesse that is in them Q. But wherefore use they more wilâ—â—ngly Glasses of Steele then of Christaâ—â— A. Steele is of a more sound substance comforting with his glimpse or reverâ—eration the sight more then Christall â—oth Q. Wherefore doe we present women with Glasses Gloves Chaines Iewels â—nd prety Fannes to coole their Faces or defend the same from the sire A. Glasses doe serve them to see theâ—â— beauty Fannes refresh and coole them 〈◊〉 Chaines doe signifie that they be fooles and had need to be chained Gloves doe let their hands from snatching still ready and proper to the spoyle Rings that they may consider the end with the beginning and to thinke upon the time present and to come Q. What is the occasion that many women have lived chastly in their youth and approaching to age have giâ—â— themselves over to wantonnesse A. It may be that in their youth they laboured much for travell is enemy to love Or else they were so well lookeâ—â— unto that they had no leisure or time to attempt that enterprise Q. VVhereof doth it come thas loving and amorous women be given to babble and prate more then others A. If love be not too excessive it rendreth and maketh folkes joyfull lusty and well spoken And commonly it seemeth that heavinesse stoppeth the Orgaines and conduites of the voyce â—â—onâ—rariwise joy and gladnesse of â—â—â—e heart doth open and unloose â—hem Q. What is the cause that many wrapt with love doe upon the suddaine lose his love A. All they which be of hote complexion be subject to suddaine mutations and changes and runne hither and â—â—hither without any rest Q. Whereof commeth it that Lovers â—â—ose their eating or appetite The amorous passions doe disperse their hearts into sundry parts and their â—â—ively and vitall spirits be unproper to digestion through being too much distracted hither and thither and plunged â—â—n affections of Love Q. Why did the ancients paint Love with a window or a gate in his stomack wherein were written these two words Farre off and at hand A. To shew that he which is a Lover must love as well in absence as in presence Q. But why was he painted bare headed A. To shew that betweene Lovers there should be nothing covered or hidden Q. Wherefore doe some paint Love with the face of a man and not of an Infant A. To shew that a Lover ought to be constant as very men be and not like the brutish Q. I desire to know wherefore the notable Painter Zeuxis did paint him with a greene Robe A. Because Lovers live in continuâ—ll hope and greene doth signifie no other thing then hope Q. But why doth he set upon the borders of his Robe these words Death and Life A. Because that true Love dureth both in life and also after death and breaketh never for any accident that may happen Q. And wherefore did Appelles paint him with these words written in his forehead Spring time and Summer A. To shew that in love there is both prosperity and adversity which are represented by those two seasons Q. VVherefore doe they give him wings A. Because the desires of Lovers doe tend alwayes to high things Q. Wherefore doe they make him a Child A. Because that whosoever doth give himselfe to love hath no understanding for most commonly he loseth for a thing of nought matters weighty and of great importance Q. What mooved the inhabitants of Cypres to paint Love having a Turkie bow behind his backe and his arrowes before A. It was because that Love hath a custome to wound all them that hee meeteth And because that he secretly doth the same they place the Turkie bow behind his backe Q. Wherefore be his arrowes never blunt but sharpe A. Because they should wound the better and enter more deepely for they make him sore to feele that he is wounded with them Q. How commeth it that one looke is more hurtfull to Lovers and woundeth them more then any touching or talke A. That is because Love taketh his beginning of looking Q. Why doe Lovers waxe so soone pale and leane A. The passions of the mind doe bring the body to a poore estate Q. Whereof commeth it that Postes Ryders Weavers and generally they which be accustomed to great agitation of the body be more veneriall then others A. Moving doth heate the reynes and the vessels of generation Travell also doth open the conduits where the seed doth passe it is not to be doubted but cold doth cause the humours to be in a manner unmoveable letting the seed from comming to the generative parts Q. Whereof commeth it that men of hote strong and good complexion abstaining from copulation with women doe commonly fall into the fluxe or have the yealow Iaundose or be troubled with immoderate choller A. Men with their seed doe avoid certaine corrupt humours the which remaining in the body be converted either into choller or else into the yealow Jaundise Q. VVhat is the cause that Harlots and whores doe smell so rammish A. Because they sildome retaine their seed which being out of the Matrix doth corrupt and stincke Q. Is it lawfull for a Lover to take his pleasure with any other besides his owne Lady A. I answer no. Neverthelesse his Lady being absent and he cannot enjoy her he may have liberty to use another if she resemble his owne in such perfection as she may be tearmed a second Lady but not in any wise to fixe his heart upon her Hee then I say I that useth such a one in his Ladies ahsence is the rather to be excused but neither of them is to be admitted in my judgement if he meane to deserve the title of a true Lover Q. Tell me then what thing is Love A. It is a passion that doth blind
secret love is more burning and fervent then thaâ— which is discovered and open A. That chanceth because the secret Lover hath no meane of ease and rest to leâ— out the fire that doth consume him the vertue of love being of marvailous force and strength and so not able to attaine the thing which he loveth best is unto him greater travell and paine then if he enjoyed it or might discover it to his friend for his comfort Q. Whether were it better that there â—ere love or no love A. I beleeve it to be better that there â—ere love for so much as it bringeth unto â—s more good effects then evill and to my mind and opinion Plato agreeth who maâ—ing a definition of Love doth say that it is â—othing else but a desire to get and obtaine 〈◊〉 faire and beautifull thing Q. Thinke you that one may be in love with another onely vpon fame and report A. If Love be wont to place himselfe in â—he chamber of our minds by entry through â—he gates of our eyes who doubteth but likewise he may enter by the doores of our eares to harbour himselfe in our understanding Boccacio in his Decameron and Plutarch be of the same opinion Example hereof may be seene by the History of the Duchesse of Savoy and the Lord Iohn of Mendozza which may be reade in the Pallace of Pleasure aforesaid Q. What doth incite a man more to vertue either honour or the desire that he hath to please the thing he loveth A. I do not judge or think that Love doth serve for a spurre to prick men to vertue supposing that a man desireth it for noâ—â— other purpose but to enjoy it Q. Whereof commeth it that divers 〈◊〉 men have remained long time without â—â—ving any person and afterwards have â—â—ned with love A. J say that the vertue of the Plane hath wrought it for in this University 〈◊〉 things nothing doth move it selfe that doâ—â— not take it's first motion of the Planets Q. Who loveth most fervently the haâ—â—dy or the Coward A. It is the bold and hardy for tâ—â— Coward commonly dareth not advanâ—â— himselfe forth to prove his fortune Q. Are ye not of this opinion that hâ—â— which is more lively and of spirit more excellent is lesse content with one Loâ—â— alone A. Yes truly and that is accustomably seene among men and women for why To content himselfe to love in one place is an act of pusillanimity and of small hearâ—â— and courage which is the cause that my mistresse doth not content her selfe with 〈◊〉 thousand Servants Q. Which is greatest paine to get anâ— â—btaine the love of one or to maintaine â—â—he same being gotten A. To maintaine it after my judgement because of the great inconstancy â—â—f Women which doe soone fill and saâ—isfie themselves and are quickly angry and soone weary lightly found and â—â—one forgotten very slippery Cattell Q. Who is more easie to be perswaâ—â—d that they are beloved the Man or 〈◊〉 woman A. The Man and that may be clearâ—â— seene for Ladies neither by long â—â—rvice great gifts or otherwise can â—â—erswade themselves to be beloved but â—â—vermore they be ready to reply that 〈◊〉 man doth dissemble and counterfeit 〈◊〉 truth Q. What doth certifie the woman that she is loved A. The perseverance inâ—one Q. Is there no other signe then perâ—â—verance A. To be jealous of them and to â—â—ve liberally if perchance they be coâ—â—etous as indeed they bee for the most 〈◊〉 Q. Why is Love painted by some 〈◊〉 formâ— of a Shepheard A. Because they which pursue aâ—â— follow love be more liker beasts theâ—â— men Q. Which hath greatest force in maâ—â—â—atred or Love A. J would say that the passion 〈◊〉 Love should be greatest And why 〈◊〉 Man through â—atred never killed hiâ—â— selfe which men do oftentimes througâ— extremity of Love Q. Is Love blind as he is painted A. The vulgar and common love blind but the celestiall loue is not 〈◊〉 with great dexterity it openeth and dâ—â— covereth the greatest secrets Q. Whereof doth it come that Lover have so little knowledge of the imperfections of their Ladies A. One great motion doth let anâ—ther Every Lover then being trouble in spirit the judgement of his sence impeached and letted in such wise as 〈◊〉 remaineth blind in the thing which loveth Q. Why doe Lovers so often brâ—â— â—hâ—ir faith and promise one to another A. Youth aboundeth in heate and is â—ubject to divers and many things and cannot stay it selfe in one thought whereby it proceedeth that the ancients â—â—ve made Venus the mother of Love whom many Lovers doe follow Q. Doe ye thinke that by Magicke Art the heart of an obstinate woman may be mitigated to condiscend to the pleasure of a Lover A. All they that have written of Naturall things affirme the same The Divines say contrary And J in the diversity of opinions in so great men dare not declare mine owne Q. Is it possible that a Covetous man may become amorous A. The forces of Love have alwayes beene more brave and fine then those of Covetousnes So J beleeve that love cannot onely make the Covetous libeâ—all but also prodigall For as the covetous have had no measure to get goods so they may have as little to spend them if they thinke that by money â—hey may enjoy the thing that they love Q. Wherefore have Men more 〈◊〉 herty then women to love in moe placâ—â— then one A. Take modesty shamefastnessâ— and feare from Women and yee take 〈◊〉 way their lives which chanceth not 〈◊〉 man Q. Wherefore be Lovers continually ready to demand the hearty gooâ— will of them that they love A. The Heart is the seate of desâ—â— and of all knowledge all which be reâ—dy to obey the thing that it loveth the Image whereof representing it self pleasant before the eyes of Lovers doâ—â— ravish from them both the heart anâ—â— the principall parts And thereof 〈◊〉 commeth that being as it were robbeâ—â— of themselves and oppressed with 〈◊〉 tollerable bondage they require with all importunity to be restored and plâ—â—ced in their intire and former estate Q. Whereof commeth it that coâ—monly we suffer our selves to be all 〈◊〉 to love things whereof there is no hoâ—â— to attaine vnto A. That is for lacke of knowledâ—â— of the beginnings of Love the which are light and little And although that all hope is cut off and taken from us to enjoy the sweet imbracements which Love doth promise Neverthelesse the beauty of â—he thing beloved doth delight us and the remembrance thereof doth occupie the Braine Such passions have beene called of our elders Dumbe desires because they doe still and steadingly possesse the heart unaware and by little and little take increase And our eason should not be hindered if it 〈…〉 Q. 〈…〉 aâ—l the joyes of Lovers uncertaine A. Because in Love there doe daily chance divers casualties as Suspition jealousie anger peace refuse disdaine Q. Why is Love compared to a
dark Laberinth or Maze A. Because the entry and comming in is easie and the going out impossible Q. Wherefore doe men compare Love to a Crocadile A. The nature of a Crocadile after the mind of those that have writtâ—â— of Naturall things is to follow thâ—â— that flye from him and to flye from them that doe follow him and so it iâ— with Love Therefore I give counsell that whosoever will enjoy the effect â—f his desires that hee be not too sharpâ— and eager to pursue follow his Lady Q. Beleeve yee that Love and gooâ— judgement may be together A. I beleeve no for then the foulâ— and deformed should never be beloved But we see not onely the contrary to happen but which is worst those thaâ— be the vilest indued with most treason and least loyaltie and faith how foulâ— soever they be are most commonly besâ— beloved Q. Whereof commeth it that diverâ— which loved fervently to have somâ— comfort did sodainly lose that greaâ— heate of Love A. All vehement love doth noâ— long continue for within a while thâ— spirit hath leysure to examine it selfe and to returne to due understanding thinking upon all things that mighâ— violate and corrupt the same whereby the sensuall appetites be by this meanes restrained Q. Why doe men call Love both flame and fire A. It is not possible better to expresse how insupportable a thing it is considering the heate of the desires which it engendreth in the hearts of his fervants and the tyrannie that he useth towards those which are under his power whom hee bringeth to ruine and consumeth like fire without any pitie Q. Why are men rather amorous then women A. For that they are of hotter Complexion and their spirits more quicke and prompt Q. Why be women more firme and stedfast in Love then men A. Because things which of themselves be cold be lesse subject to mobility and inconstancy then those that be hot Q. Whereof commeth it that women be more easily perswaded to be loved then men A. Because they esteeme themselves much more then there is cause Q. But why be they angry or whâ— doe they frowne and lowre when men saâ— they be foule or olde A. Foulenesse most commonly comâ—meth of age and age is the high-way tâ— death which naturally doth annoy and displease all persons Q. Wherefore is it said that thâ— Cough and the passion of Love cannot 〈…〉 A. They be 〈…〉 force for the cough troubling the body can scantly be concealed or hidden Loue is a passion proceeding of a certaine fiâ—â— which by the eyes is discovered and manifesteth it selfe by the colour of the face and by all the actes of a Lover it may be comprehended and knowne so that without great paine and difficulty it cannot be hidden Q. From whence doe the amorous send forth so many sighes A. Their continuall thoughts send all the heate to the heart whereof it commeth that necessarily it is convenient for them to respire and breathe of which respiration sighings be forced whereby the coldnesse of the ayre is drawne to temper the inward heate That may also rise of the consideration of the time lost of the detestation that commeth of lecherie of the diminution of honour and reputation and finally that the successe of dishonest loue is tragicall noysome furious and miserable Q. Wherefore have the ancient painted Love holding Flowers in one hand and Fish in the other A. To shew that Loue is a Lord both of sea and land Q. Thinke you that Love doth yeeld greater force courage and strength to him that doth combat and fight in the presence of his Ladie A. There is nothing more certaine And for this cause was brought in and ordained the brave and lusty company of the errant and wandering Knights to give pleasure to Ladies by Justs and Tournies Q. Who receiueth most contentation the victorious and loving Knight or the gentlewoman for whom he hath fought A. The Knight as I suppose ought to be best contented as having cause to content himselfe with his owne act and deed of Chiualry For he that doth best is worthy of greater praise And he that runneth best for his Ladies sake is best worthy to enjoy her Q. Wherefore doe amorous Ladies impute that to fortune which chanceth contrary to their hearts desire A. Because they like rash creatureâ— without due consideration esteeme all things to be ruled and governed by Fortune Q. Is it love to love the Image of 〈◊〉 woman A. Jt is not loue but rather madnesse Q. What be they that loue by a certaine destiny and influence A. They that can give no reason oâ— any cause of their love Q. Doe ye thinke it to be true that the Goddes were Lovers A. You must know that the old and antient Poets were great Divines and speaking of one thing they signifiâ—â— another True it is that there be divers well learned that cannot abide Poeticall Allegories which after my judgement have no great reason on their side Q. Wherefore was Paris desirous to see the three Goddesses naked when he was appointed arbitrator of their Beauties A. To giue better judgement by viewing the proportion of their bodies O how many faire and beautifull be there in outward appearance which vnder their sumptuous garments and crimson Robes be full foule and ill favoured that if Peter Grubbe of Belchelianger or Ioane Stubbes of Norton Follie viewed them naked as Paris did the Goddesses they should runne home for the next Gemman or Iustitian of peace to entertaine them for they would scarce vouchsafe Q. Thinke you that the beauties of Ladies is a commendable argument to dispute of A. Wherefore not seeing that the wisest haue written beauty to be a gift of God Q. What mooved the ancient to say that Love is Lord ouer gods and men A. Because all that which is made either in heaven or in earth is made for Love Remember what the Philosopher saith All things doe move that men doe love and desire Q. Which is most to be feared The bowe of Love The mace of Hercules Or the sword of Mars A. The bowe of Love and specially when hee shooteth his Arrowes of Lead But not so much when he shooteth his arrowes of Gold and Silver Q. How is it possible that Women should have faces of Angels and heads of Divels A. Be not Divels called Angels in holy writ Read the Scriptures and yee shall be resolved Q. Doe you thinke that a Lover may bee enchanted by the sight of his Lady A. If Sheepe after the mind of Virgil by a looke may be charmed How much more may delicate Love be subject to enchantments Q. Can women by any celestiall influence be made better or more rigorous toward their loving servants A. The Mathematiques Astrologians and Magitians by divers and many experiences and peremptory reasons affirme the contrary Q. How can the fire of Love not participant with any other element inflame our hearts A. It is onely a manner of
easily be judged and discovered by the alterations that it sheweth principally from the heart Q. VVhy be they that have little heads naturally more cholericke and disdainfull then others A. Because the heate comming from the heart from whence anger riseth cannot well be cooled and the choller proâ—â—eding from the blood moved boyâ—â—â—ng about the heart causeth heavinesse VVhereof commeth it that by thinâ—â—ng vpon strange and horrible things our flesh doth quake and tremble A. Because the heat doth retire to the inferior and inward parts Q. How commeth it that in the heart of a Stagge there is a bone A. Nature hath there placed it to serve for a stay foundation of the coÌ„tinuall motion of his hart both in rest trauel Q. How commeth it that in Horses Mules Asses and Crowes men finâ—â— no gall A. All they haue galles but it is no in one proper place but dispierseâ—â— throughout all the veines Q. VVhy are they commonly leaâ—â— which have great Milts A. The Milt doth draw unto it much matter and substance which would elsâ—â— turne to nourishment and fatnesse Q. How come haires to be placed vpon the head A. The braine bringeth them forth discharging it selfe of grosse vapoun which comming foorth by the pores 〈◊〉 the flesh doe waxe dry and turne inâ—â— haires Q. Why doe divers feed vpon bones and not vpon haire A. Because of the overmuch drynesse thereof Q. By how many wayes may thâ—â— braine be purged A. The waterish humours beâ—â— purged by the eyes the melanchâ—â— like by the eares the cholericke by 〈◊〉 nose and the flegmaticke by the haire Q. Wherefore hath nature made the lungs of all creatures like a spunge A. To receive ayre the better for the refreshing and cooling of the heart and to drive away all hurtfull vapors Q. Wherefore hath nature placed the heart in the midst of the stomacke A. To give life equally to all the members even as the sunne placed in the middle of the heaven doth equally giue light to all things Q. Wherefore doth it decline somewhat more to the left side then to the right A. To temper the coldnesse of the Milt which is the seate of melancholy and placed on the left side Q. How commeth it that all those creatures which have little hearts be more hardy then they which have greater A. In litâ—le hearts the heat is better compact and kept so by consequence the more vigorious and of greater force Q. Whereof commeth it that some doe dye through Ioy and some through Sorrow A. Great joy doth choake the interior parts and heavinesse doth coole them so that life cannot endure where heate lacketh Q. VVhereof commeth it that Marmalade of quinces taken before the repast doth bind and close vp the belly and taken after the repast doth vnbinde it A. Through his great stiptisity or costivenesse it closeth the nether parts of the ventricle and if it be taken after repast it closeth the superiour parts of the stomack which being shut the meats be constrained to avoyd by the interior part Q. VVhereof commeth it that the Radish roote doth greatly ayd and helpe digestion and yet of it selfe almost cannot be digested A. The Radish is compound and made of divers qualities The more subtill parts thereof are very proper and meet to cause digestion The other which are grosse be contrary to heat and so let digestion Q. VVhereof commeth it that the cholericke complexions doe soonest attaine to beards A. For their great heate and because they have the pores large and wide Q But how commeth it that haire doth grow in them that he hanged A. They be continually in the Sun and all the humors of their body doe resolve into vapors which causeth the haires to increase and grow Q Wherof commeth it that some have harsh and hard haire and other soft A. The soft haire doth come of the little pores and the stiffe and hard doth proceed of the greatnesse of the pores for this cause women have their haire more fine and soft because their naturall cold doth restraine and make their pâ—res lesse Q. VVhat causeth yong men sooner to have an appetite then olde men A. It is because they be of a hotter complexion Q. VVherefore doe Physitians forbid 〈◊〉 meates that be too hot A. Because they burne the blood and dispose it to Leprosie Q. Whereof commeth it that women have no beards A. Because that substance which should convert into the beard doth turn into the haire of the head Q. What meaneth it that Garlick and Onions although they be not in the ground doe sprowt and grow A. That is of the great abundance of the humours that they have Q. Whereof commeth it that study is noysome aud hurtfull after repast A. Naturall heate cannot travell both in digestion and speculation at one instant Q. Whereof commeth it that when the stomacke is grieved all the body languisheth A. The stomacke hath certaine aliances with the heart the braine and the liver which are the principall parts of the body Q. Whereof commeth it that some doe things best with the right hand and other some with the left A. That proceedeth of the heare that commeth from the heart which maketh that side more apt and meet vnto labour whereunto it hath his principall accesse Q. Whereof commeth it that they which have the hicket by retaining their breath doe ease themselves of it A. The blowing and breath retained doth heate the interior parts of the body and the hicket proceedeth of nothing else but of colde Q. Why doe olde people neeze with great difficulty A. Because their conduites be very straight Q. Why doth wine mingled with water cause vomit A. Mingled wine is noysome to the stomacke and doth weaken the vertue retentiue contrariwise pure wine doth comfort it Q. Why be they so subject to sicknesse that love to drinke strong and mighty wines A. Strong wine excessively drunke doth extinguish naturall heate and the liver being therewith weakened cannot engender good blood but doth rather ingender a certaine aquositie and waterishnesse that converteth it selfe into a Dropsie Q. Why be not young children so thirsty and dry as men of greater age A. The moistnesse of young children doth keepe them from being thirstie For thirst is nothing else but a desire of moistnesse whereupon they that be of greater age be naturally more dry and therefore more thirsty Q. Whereof commeth it that the bottome of a Caldron or kettle is cold although scalding water remaine in it A. It is because of the hot vapours which mount on high whereby the vpper parts being made hot the bottome is cold through the continuall water that is in it Q. How chanceth it that the grain which the Ants doe lay vpon the ground is evermore bitten on the oue side A. Nature hath taught them to doe so to take away the growing thereof for the better sustentation For corne in the earth doth naturally grow which if 〈◊〉 should the poore
that they which â—e chollerick have loud voyces A. That proceedeth of the extremity of heate Q. What is the cause that Turpenâ—â—â— is commonly smelt in the vrine of those that vse it A. Turpentine is a substance very subtill and therefore it doth easily peâ—â—rate and passe to the bladder where 〈◊〉 vrine is and infecteth it with his â—â—our Q. Whereof commeth it that faire â—ather beginning towards night most â—â—â—monly doth not long continue A. Of the inconstancy of the Moone which hath her principall domination and power in the night Q. What meaneth it that Cranes 〈◊〉 prognosticate faire weather A. Cranes doe naturally feele the 〈◊〉 and change of the weather and accordingly goe and depart into other Countries Q. VVhereof commeth it that Old men remember so well that which they have seene and done in their youth and forget that which they learne and doe in their age A. Things learned in youth have already taken a certaine habitude in the person But things which they learne in age because their sences be weakened are easily lost and forgotten Q. VVhy doe men say that to grow fast is a figure of short life A. Because the humor that causeth the growing as it is easily enlarged even so it soone consumeth Q. Why doe Cranes set themselves in array when they prepare to flye A. To trouble themselves the lesse in flying Q. How commeth it that unhorned Beasts have not teeth on both sides A. That commeth for lacke of the matter or substance which causeth the same Q. VVhy be sodden stones more 〈◊〉 then other A. It may be because the fire hath rendred them more solide and better compact Q. Whereof commeth it that Bees are more fierce then other creatures A. Because they are of nature dry and be voyd of excrements and other superfluities Q. Why doe not fat things soone corrupt A. Because they be replenished with ayre Q. Why doe Trees that grow in marishes dye so soone A. Because they are of great moisture and do receive little nourishment Q. VVherefore cannot fire indure except it be continued and nourished A. Because of the great vehemency and impetuosity of his heate Q. VVhy did not nature create Birds to goe upright accordingly as she did man A. Because they be voyd of reason and have no care of heavenly things Q. How chanceth it that Nature 〈◊〉 no wings to Man A. Because man is not created to flye nor to walke in the aire but vpon earth Q. Why doe the pulses of young Infants beate so swiftly A. Because their heate receiveth aire without any let and are againe sodainly cooled Q. Why doe Dolphins when they appeare aboue water signifie some stormâ— or tempest to come A. Because at the beginning of thâ— tempest there doe rise from the bottomâ— of the Sea certaine hot exhalatioâ—â— and vapours which doe warme anâ— heate the Dolphins at what time theâ—â— mount to seeke for colde Q. Why be the pulses of young peâ—â—ple more vehement then the aged A. Because their complexion 〈◊〉 hotter Q. Wherefore doe aged people dyâ—â— as it were without dolour and paine A. Because all their sences are dâ—â—litate and weakned Q. Wherefore hath Nature givâ— the Milâ— to the noblest creatures A. Because they have need of greater â—â—â—iration and breath Q. Whereof commeth it that beasts which live partly on the land and â—â—tly in the water doe alwayes bring â—â—th their young ones vpon the 〈◊〉 A. Because they are more participant 〈◊〉 the earth then of the water Q. What moved Democritus to say 〈◊〉 the soule was made and composed 〈◊〉 Atomi that is to say of things indiâ—â—sible as those things be which we see 〈◊〉 the beames of the Sunne A. Because the soule is the fountain 〈◊〉 spring of all our actions and those â—tomi be above all other things most 〈◊〉 to motion Q. How commeth it that creatures 〈◊〉 vpon the land be strangled in the 〈◊〉 and those of the water be choaked 〈◊〉 the ayre A. Because that land creatures cannot â—â—ath in the water and those of the â—â—ter be stuffed vp with the heat of the 〈◊〉 Q. Whereof commeth it that overmuch fasting causeth thirst A. Through default and lacke 〈◊〉 nourishment whereby naturall heaâ—â— doth extenuate and dry vp the body Q. Why doth not fire goe out 〈◊〉 covereâ— with Ashes A. Because the same being covered hath the nourishment that it requireth Q. What mooved some of the Sagâ—â— to say that death is colde and withoâ—â— blood A. Because our life doth consist 〈◊〉 heate and blood Q. Wherefore is there more vnderâ—standing in the head then in any othâ—â— part of the body A. Because the head is as it 〈◊〉 the bulwarke and chiefe part of 〈◊〉 body Q. Whereof is it that among heaâ—â— and plants some come vp and groâ—â— the seede and other of the roote A. That commeth of their perfectiâ—â— or imperfection Q. Wherefore doe hearbes and 〈◊〉 continue longer then other creatures A. Because their nutriment vertue is â—â—re lusty and doe easilier find whereâ—â—th to nourish them Q. Why is it that the greater the creature is the longer he endureth A. Because the greater they be the â—â—otter they be and in heate the life and strength consisteth Q. Wherefore cannot Heaven be subject to corruption A. Because it is not composed of contrary Elements Q. Why doth feare make the heart to beate A. Because the blood when wee be â—fraid retyreth to the inward parts and hath need to be refrigerated and cooled â—hich thing commeth by the bâ—ating of the heart Q. Why did nature make man high 〈◊〉 streight of stature A. That proceedeth of his heate which following the quality of fire causeth him continually to mount and grow in height or to the end he might with his hands apply himselfe to hanâ—â—y worke and hardy exploits Q. Why can little Children neither goe nor stand vpright A. Through feeblenesse of the inferior and nether parts and by reason of the greatnesse and heavinesse of the vpper parts Q. Wherefore are the nights more quiâ—â— then the dayes and lesse windy A. The motion of the ayre is let by the coldnesse of the night Q. Whereof commeth it that men of Red complexion have more revelatiâ—ns by dreames then other A. Because they be of imagination more free and liuely Q. Wherefore did the ancients vse to drinke the blood of those that were called Gladâ—â—tories which were hurt and wâ—unded in the Combats and fenceplaies A. Because they were perswaded by the Physitians that it served against the falling sicknesse Q. Why is bread hard of digestâ—â—on A. Because it lyeth long in the stomacâ— besides that if it be not well baked 〈◊〉 â—â—useth the Liver to fill the veines called by the Physitians Meseraiche Q Whereof commeth it that they which are drowned at the beginning doe sinke to the bottome and afterwards then they begin to corrupt doe rise above the water A. The body being partly corrupted hath many open places called vents to receive the
that the Lyon â—oth so much feare the flame of â—ire A. Naturally the fire is hurtfull to the sight and especially to those that are hot and dry as chiefly the Lyâ—â— is Q. Whereof commeth it that manâ—ind hath the head more hairy then any other creature A. By reason of the great coldnesse of the braine and heate of the heart which panteth continually and bringeth forth many vapours which doe engender haire Q. Whereof commeth it that the Serpent doth so much flye the hearbe called Rue and especially the wilde Rue A. Because the Serpent is cold drye and full of Sinewes and the hearbe Rue of a contrary nature Q. How chanceth it that all gelded Creatures are weaker then tbe ungelded A. Because the strength commeth from the Coddes Q. Whereof proceedeth it that whâ—â— one is hungry the spittle is more bitter and salter then at other times A. Because hunger augmenteth choller the which easily turneth into bitternesse by reason of his sharpenesse Q. VVhereof commeth it that milâ—â— sometimes doth loosen the belly anâ— sometimes bindeth it A. That proceedeth of the divers qualities which are in Milke Q. Whereof commeth it that most commonly women are fatter then men A. Because they are colder and doe lesse labour Q. Why have not men so great breast as women A. Because they have no menstruall blood and further they have no vessell to retaine it Q. Whereof commeth it that great nipples or teates are not the best A. The heat is better inclosed in a little and round Nipple then in great Teates where the warmnesse of the milk â—â—neth out Q. Whereof proceedeth it that betweene thirteene and foureteene yeares the Nipple of young maydens doe begin to pricke A. Because at that age the menstruall blood beginneth to encrease in them Q. Whereof commeth it that the milke in a womans breast suddenly decayeth if she give herselfe to â—e immoderate in lust A. Because the menstruall blood doth not ascend to the breasts to nourish the child Q. VVhereof commeth it that those women that are with child of a Sonne have their right breast harder then the left A. It is because the male breedeth in the right side and so the menstruall blood comming to that side to nourish the child maketh it more hard and stiffe Q. Wherefore hath Nature given unto woman but two Teates onely and other Creatures more A. Because other Creatures doe bring forth many young ones at once and women most commonly have but one or two children at the most Q. But why is the thicke and plentifull milke a token of a man child and the milke that is cleare and thinne betokeneth a daughter A. The woman being with child with a Sonne is of greater heate which thickeneth and maketh the milke to digest contrariwise the milke of a woman being with child of a Daughter is lesse digested by having of lâ—sse heat Q. VVhereof commeth it that the milke of faire women is not so good as of blacke women A. Browne women are of hotter complexion and therefore have their milke better digested Q. Whereof commeth the disordinate desire that women with child have to eat things that are loathsome most commonly in the first or third moneth after they have conceived A. Such is the appetite as the humours be which are within And because the humours of women with child are corrupted it is no marvell although their appetite be without reason Q. VVhy doe Physitians appoint the bread for those that be sicke to be first tempered before it be given them A. The Leave â— hath a certaine corrupt heat in it which augmenteâ— fâ—â—â—ers in such sort that it corrupteth the â—read if there be too much Q. Whereof commeth it that 〈◊〉 pasty the more it is kneded the better is A. It is because the liquour 〈◊〉 meale and the leaven being well incâ—â—porated and the moystnesse resolvâ—â— the bread is more wholesome and bâ—â—ter Q. Whereof commeth it that 〈◊〉 outward parts of the body are more suâ—ject to cold then any other part of 〈◊〉 same A. Because they are thinner aâ—… further from the hart Q. Whereof commeth it that 〈◊〉 hearbes Purslin and Lettice doe 〈◊〉 coole and then warme the bodies of thâ—â—… that doe eate them A. Untill the digestion be made thâ—… coole the body but the digestion madâ—… they change into good bloud and 〈◊〉 encrease heate Q. Why is the Capon better 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 eaten then the Cocke A. The Capon oâ—eth not his moi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nesse because he treadeth not the 〈◊〉 Cocke doth and therefore is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Q. What is the cause that after sleepe 〈…〉 our selves A. To drive away evill vapours Q. Why doe they that have travelled â—eepe better then others A. Because the spirits desire to bee at â—est Q. Whereof commeth it that they which are drunke in beholding one thing doe thinke that they see two or maâ—â—y A. That commeth of the continuall and sudden motion of the eâ—es proceeding of the vapours and exhalations of the wine Q. Why is a Drunkard of better â—udgement in 〈◊〉 that are bitter 〈◊〉 salt and of evill east then any other A. A Drunkard hath his tongue better seasoned with the liquour and sweetnesse of the wine and hath more moistnesse in his tongue then he that liveth soberly whereby hee may the better judge Q. What difference is there betweene heavinesse 〈◊〉 head and Drunkennesse A. Heavinesse in the head causeth oppilations and stopping Drunkennesse commeth of subtile vapours which trouble and mingle themselves with the braine and the vitall spirits Q. Whereof commeth it that they which have grosse cheekes are of dull and hard understanding A. Grosse flesh commeth of grosse humours which also causeth grosse spirits and so consequently dull understanding Q. VVhy doe they rubbe their eyes that would sneese A. Sneesing commeth of heare and the rubbing provoketh heate Q. VVhy doe the Eagles drive away their young ones before they be feathered or fledge A. Because that without feathers they be very ill favoured or else because they be very ravenous Q. Whereof proceedeth it that most commonly a man doth sneese twise together A. Because there bee two holes or breathing places in the nose Q. Whereof commeth it that cold water being cast in the face doth stanch bleeding of the Nose A. It is because that by that meanes heate is driven in Q. Why is smoke painfull to the eyes A. Because the eyes be of a weake complexion Q. Why doe they live longest that dwell in hot Countries A. Because they are dryer and their naturall moystnesse and heate doth preserve them the better Q. Why doe we smell a thing lesse in Winter then in Summer A. Because the ayre is thicker and lesse moveable Q. Whereof commeth it that the urine the longer it is retained within the body the worse it smelleth and the excrement the longer it is kept the lesse it stinketh A. The excrement the longer it tarrieth in the body the more it dryeth and is of lesse