doth then note such a person to be stout and somewhat wilde This like is thus pronounced by reason of the hotnesse and such are propperlie applyed to the Nature of Mars The vttermost Line or Creast if behinde the fore-part of the Head at which ended the beginning of haires disrendeth towarde the Nape of the Necke doth then argue such a person in wicked matters to be crafty but in the good lacking discretion and lecherous Such a lyne from the forepart when the same is farre higher from the nape of the necke doth then demonstrate such a person to be slow fearefull of an effeminate minde and many times irefull The haires of the head yellow as Golde doe declare such to be right Sollistans that is to say of a prowde and hawty minde and vaine glorious The haires of the head soone hoary doe indicate the lacke of naturall heate or putred flegme and these sometimes witnesse veneriall conditions If a man by the Art and skill of Phisiognomy may finde to place in the forehead and face both Mercury and Mars then such of skill knowne bee found through the inclination to addict their mindes to Alchymie and in the same to inuent the great deceite in Mettalles and false coyning of Money and imagine many euilles pernitions of which condition béeing at Uenice I saw two like beheadded for such a wicked Fact in the yeare 1565. Whose bodyes and heads after the order of the Countrey 〈◊〉 immediatly burned with the Scaffold into Ashes but of these the elder and principall was much more spiced with the notes of Saturns retrograde Women by nature waxe not bald in that the quality of them draweth néere and is like to the nature of Children The gelded persons wax not bald in that they be changed into the feminine or womanly nature but few such at this day he here with vs except those by hap caused through the incession of a rupture To conclude the horinesse and whitish flaxen colour of the haire of the head is caused of a flamatick quality and such of nature draw néere to the quality of women as experience teacheth The iudgement of the head by the bignesse figure and disposition The xiij Chapter SEeing the head of all other partes of man is most open to be séene it shall therefore be good to vâ—ter largely of the constitution and form thereof Which the Philosopher seemeth to distinguish and deuide into seauen formes of these the first form he vttereth to haue no imminency or bearing out before but behind the second forme that an imminency containeth in the forepart and not in the hinder the third forme that the head againe lacketh an imminency before and not behind and that the same be formally round the fourth form that the temples in respect haue a more bearing out then either the forepart or the hinder the fift forme that it be in forme like to the Pine Apple the sixt forme that there be a great distance from the eares before then behind the seauenth form that it be in a most comely manner proportioned and in these do Gallen Auicen Auerroys and diuers other learned agrée So that the head béeing either ouer big or ouer small porportioned is nothing at al liked of them in that the same is corrupted and hindered of the proper vertue For such hauing the like forme when they approach vnto an vnderstanding appeare euidently to be harmed and hindered As a small head is euermore corrupted euen so a bigge head appeareth sometimes good and sometimes viciated and euill But the best formed head allowed of the learned is that which hath an exact roundnesse and is on eyther side a little depressed with an imminency before and after so that where the temples are a certaine plainnesse may appeare as by example that a certaine ball of Waxe made exactlie round should bee some-what depressed of eyther side then should that round form as the Geometrians affirme most apt to receiue formes aunswerable to proportion For which cause the more lawdable head is that which hath a meane forme in the proportion and bignesse and containeth a decent roundnesse which besides enioyeth an imminency before and after tempered with a little compression or flatnesse Auicen writeth that the cause of smalnesse of the head in the creature is the paucity or small quantity of matter but the cause of bignes of the head is the great quantity of matter being spermaticall Rasis answering to the forme of the scull for if the scull shall be small then will the braine be like Et econtra The figure also of the scull if the same be corrupted then is the forme of the braine like corrupted Besides the head in smalnesse superfluous must of necessitie be euill That head is commended which in bignesse is a meane hauing comely roundnesse and decent eminency both behinde and afore and hath from both the eares a little flatnesse this Almansor So that mans head among all other beastes hath proportionally much braines The males of knowledge vttered haue more braines than the Females although the effect may sometimes shew a contrary to this But of these which are sildome caused or rather by accidence is neyther Art nor Science vttered Mans head of the diligent search is knowne to haue more ioynts then all other beasts The man also is found to haue more ioyntes then the Woman The head of a comely and due forme is fashioned like a Hammer in which the fore and hinder part beare out for otherwise caâ— this not make a due direction and gouernment the reason of which is for that the ventricles haue a due forme to receiue the quantities of spirites in euery place as that the forepart to imagine and iudge the hinder especially to remember But the middle ventricle when the forme of it is lightly compressed and flatted then is the bethinking part so much the nobler and worthyer for that in the same small place is the best vnitie to distinguish the congruent from the incongruent of the obiect consisting in the forepart When the forme of the head afore is depressed and 〈◊〉 in then faileth the iudgement of the Creature when the hinder part lacketh in the eminency or is depressed then like faylesh the remembâ—anâ—â— There consisteth also a weakenesse in moouing of the sinnewes and by the consequent of the whole body in that by the strength of the braine as the strength 〈…〉 of the 〈…〉 sinnewes And as the largenesse of the 〈◊〉 points 〈◊〉 so of the 〈…〉 and bones 〈…〉 writeth that the head 〈◊〉 a 〈…〉 manner doth encrease both sense and vertues and denoteth in that person both 〈…〉 and a grauity of 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 and not in 〈◊〉 proportion formed doth 〈◊〉 the contrary to these afore So that when the head shall be great then will the braine be like bigger 〈◊〉 that the 〈…〉 the beginner and worker of all the senses Againe if the head be great then are the senses many â— contra To
Mole on the 23u2rp r2bm2m itselfe argueth the begetting of male children the woman female children If a Mole shall appeare on that part about the â— 3u 3rur2bm2m in the man or woman denoteth great increase of riches If the man shal possesse a Mole on the Knée he shal then obtain a comly and wealthy wife If the woman shall haue a Mole on the right Knée signifieth hir to be honest and vertuous If on the left then she shal inioy many children If the man shal haue a Mole on the ancle of the foâ—â— it denoteth that he shal take vppon him the womans part If the woman haue a Mole in the like place she shal take vpon hir the mans part If the man or woman shal haue a Mole on the foot denoteth good luck inioy of many children To conclude this is to bee Learned that the notes or Moles séen on the right side either of the man or woman euermore denoteth honesty and riches but on the left side to be harmed with calamities and continually poore FINIS The Conclusion to the Gentle Reader THus after the possibility of my skill haue I performed my Booke though not altogither in so learned an order as I would to please my Countrymen withal for wel â—â—low that nothing dooth more content and satisfie the cares of men than to vnderstand and know straunge matters and the hid properties and natures consisting in vs which this worthy Art of Phisiognomy liuely setteth forth In the same I haue vttered such pleasant matter as I think both delectable to read and necessary to the furtheraunce of that singuler Art If to some men I shall seeme not fully to haue satisfied their desires heerein according to their expectation or haue not so cunningly handled the same as the liuely matter it-selfe offereth and is woorthy of â—n respect of the great comodity that this lawdable Art bringeth and causeth in a Common-weale being thoroughly knowne to men I referre me then wholy to the learned correction of the wise beseeching them friendly to giue me knowâ—edge of it that so being detected of my fault â— will willingly correct amend the same For well I know that no Treatise can alwayes bee so workemanly handled but that somewhat sometimes may fal our amisse contrary to the expectation of the Reader Wherefore Gentle Reader my petition to thee is to accept these my traueâ—â— with as good a will as they are offered vnto thee and to take that gently which I giue gladly and in so dooing I shall thinke my paines well bestowed and shal be encouraged heereafter to trust more vnto thy courtesie Heere may I compare my selfe with two or three examples not altogither impertinent to my purpose It is Written of one Faâ—arus Thebanus a Captaine who being in the field with his Army ready to giue battaile notwithstanding he was meruailously vexed at that instant with a sore disease of the Lungs yet couragiously he set vpon his enimies in the ioyning of which he fought himselfe and being then stroken on the breast with a speare his griefe ceaâ—sed and was for euer healed of the same Alike example to this we haue of Mamillus Bubulus King of the Tuscans who hauing a stripe in the necke there remained behind a peece of iron which through the smalnes of it could be by no meanes got out He on a time Riding on hunting his horse hapned to ouerthrow him that with the fall thereof the little piece of Iron flewe out of his mouth and so was healed As those two Falarus and Mamillus being both diseased men were contrary to their expactation healed of their griefes euen so I being weake in skill and knowledg and therefore doubting my successe yet boldly publishing this my Booke may by your gentle accepting of it contrarie to my desert be released of my feare But I fear I shall not be so happy as either of these were but rather chaunge that fortune with Cornelius Rufus who dreaming he hadde lost his eye-sight that one did lead him in the morning when he awaked found himselfe blind indeed Euen so I in doubtfull manner dreaming of Momus when I lest think of him shall finde me encountred of him For what fault is there so small which Momus will not find If the learneder sort brought vp alwayes vnder Minerua are sometimes touched of him much more I who neuer tasted of the Learned Lake but rather alwaies rudely taught amoÌ„g the Smiths of Vulcanus forge must needs be stung of him And yet I doubt not but the wise wil consider my good intent to please the common sort for whose sake only haue I taken this pains in publishing this book regarding not so much the wel or il handling of the matter as my good intent Therfore gentle Reader once again I craue of thee the kind acceptance of my rude labours and so farewell FINIS
and dominion of heat in that the same is cause of the irefulnesse and rudenesse of wit Such did the Phisiognomer alwaies sée to haue a big head with the forme euill and vnordinately proportioned The forehead that séemeth crooked in forme the same both high and round doth signifie or rather is an apparant note of foolishnesse and impudency in that Creature These hitherto of the iudgment of the forehead to which added as matter agréeable of the three principall lines commonly seene in most Mens foreheads with the skilfull iudgement of those and other notes there appearing in sundry subiects much further all such as mind rightly to Phisiognomate by this Art The iudgement of cerâ—â—ine lines seene in the forehead The xvj chapter THe Phisiognomer repâ—â—teth that there came vnto his vnderstanding and knowledgâ— a certaine skilfull Jew which could by Art Phisiognomate and pronounce great matters by the only sight of the face but especially the forehead in diuining matters past and to come He also could vtter of riches honors and calamities yea of the fortune and infortune both of the Father and mothers and many other matters besides The same skill when he desired of the Jew by earnest suâ—t to learne he vtterly cefused and denyed this request of his so that forced he was to vse sundry questions and disputations with him by which at the length hee perceiued and found that this person was wholely ignoraunt of Phisiognomy so well Metamoricall as of the members and Planets sauing onely by certaine lines which at the last through his industry and labour conceiued And in these saith the Phisiognomer haue I found and learned a singuler practise and an infallible or most certaine truth which I attained by a long time of practise So that this worthy Jewell and most rare secret he purchased after the manner aboue vttered not minding to hide the skill but rather furthering the same to the vttermost of his power which he thought most agréeable to publish next after this Chapter of the forehead as in a most apt place to ensue The instruction knowledge of which is on this wise first conceiue that in the flat and euen forehead you shall sometimes see there seuerall lines reaching out the length of the forehead which after the minde of the Phisiognomer do import and signifie thrée ages that is to say childhood youth and old age This childhood doth he héere meane from birth vnto xxv yeares and youth from xxv vnto fifty yeares and old age from fifty to the tearme and end of naturall life as the same hereafter shall plainer appeare in the condition of the liues But for a readier intelligence of the former words conceiue this example here vnder demonstrated which euidently to the eie vttereth these thrée lines representing the thrée ages in most persons To come vnto the matter the two neather lines being vnder the thrée principall which make sometimes the form of an angle aboue are attributed the one vnto Saturne standing on the right side and the other vnto the Moone appearing on the left side Of these that line also on the right side ascribed vnto the father and the other on the leâ—t side vnto the Mother So that in the same place where these lines appeare whole there of knowledge we affirme the good hap and fortune to be specially if these sheâ—â— and be straite in that such lines appearing crooked doe euermore argue the contrary and the same either more or lesse according to the strength and weaknesse of them Further the three ages in all persons are attributed vnto the two vpper and sixt planet Mercurie as heere vnder by this figure doth plainer appeare Of which the firâ—t and neather most towards the nose is named Mercuries line which representeth the first age for that in such an age and time all persons then be aptest to conceiue and attaine both learning sciences and handy-crafts yea this is named of most men the flourishing age although the same somewhat wanton and vnconstant The second line vpward named Iupiters representeth the second age which the Phisioâ—nomer nameth the time of veneration and Wisedome for that in the same Age are the large show of descent condicions liberality vttered yea both the stability in religion discretions in men and their lawdable actions Further where vertues are imbraced vices left and detested Where also is in men a fruitfull and commendable wit vttered where besides is the mother of honesty indirated all which by Iupiters line are after the agréement of sundry Writers represented and expressed The third line after the mind of the Phisiognomer representeth a third age which of all men is knowne to be the time of sadnesse and couetousnesse yea the wearing out of pleasures and the end of naturall life If this line be fortunate the same then doth indicate an increase by husbandry land houses and al such matters which appertain vnto the office of olde age so that to such a third line are all these agréeable which are attributed to Saturne Some perhaps will argue and say to the Phisiognomer that this is the age of deuotion to which I thus aunswere that old men in verie deede be then more inclined and bent to serue God séeing that age is then dissolued and become impotent vnto the wanton pleasure and luxuries through which these are the more prone and disposed vnto prayer and the faithfull seruing of God The time to come to the matter of youth is knowne to be naturall and not through endeuor for which cause a more affiance and trust is to be had and found in them for the more part So that in the same place where this line is broken there the infortune is as either sicknesse impouerishment or any other hindrance If the two neather lines next the Nose bée whole and that these forme as it were an angle and cone about do then denote as the Phisiognomer hath many times experienced that such persons to haue a notable fortune vnto the attaining and purchasing both of riches and promotions Although few such there be which possesse and inioy the like note Further the said two neather lines vnder the three principall are thus applyed that is the right line vnto the Planet Saturne and the left line vnto the Moone The right line also is attributed to the Father but the left line to the Mother By which vnderstand that according to the presence and form of the lines so iudge of the fortune and infortune of that person But when the saide two lines doe reach and méete into the forme of a triangle and that there appeareth an ouerthwart line stretched and crossing aboue the nose yet in such manner that the same formeth not with the others a perfite tryangle doth then denote a competent fortune vnto such a person and this according to the strength of the lines there seene For where these lines are broken off lacking or crooked there they witnesse and signifie the
chattering and many wordes in them doe indicate a hearinesse to consist about their Bellies The Phisiognomer knew sundry persons of the like condition which were very leacherous and that much desired to frequent the same And the like conditioned creatures saith Cocles are these knowne to be which possesse or haue but a short space betwéene the heart and braine especially if such are found Collericke Thus by diligent considering the notes in this Arte taught may a man attaine vnto many other hidde secrets of this Art not héere vttered Héere note that Ptholomie the Phylosopher and Pontius Gallicus write that he which hath one line in the nauill doth signify knowledge and skill in Arts. He which hath two lines vnder the nauill is iudged to bee a person which shall haue many wiues If thrée lines be séene vnder the nauil such a person shal haue many children If four lines there appeare then do they promise long life vnto that person And if fiue lines be there séene it denoteth great honor and aduancement to that person But if any vnder the nauil haue two vnequall lines he is then iudged to be very wicked and little trust â—o be had in him The iudgement of that 2351p 2â—1lp named n21c2p The xlviii Chapter NOw doth the Philosopher instruct to Physiognomate by the dispositions of the Pecten for the Pecten is the nether Pubes of man or woman in which the haires grow on the mentula of this the Philosopher vttereth thrée notes Hee which hath the n2râ—2p 2p12sh that is 2p12u beneath and large aboue after the master of a shield wel boned and without ouermuch â—â—eshines are noted strong applied to the male kind after the mind of the Philosopher Such as haue the n2tc2p of a contrary condition to that afore as much fleshy fat and well boned are weake persons and applied after Aristotle to the female kind Such as haue the n2tc2p ouer leane as if the same were so dried vp by the heat of the Sun are euil conditioned applied to the Ape of like disposition as wel in mind as in body the same reported of Auicen libro secundo de Animalibus Also of Aristotle and Albertus The learned Conciliatore affirmeth that such which haue a bony n2tc2p and pretensed into a sharpnes are deneted strong persons The skilfull â—r2r2ho2l affirm that if the brest bone in the n1m455 shall be thinne of Flesh and protensed into a sharpnesse is then iudged to bee l5ftr5h to 2a124cht355â— and that r3h 2353rp 2c1lp also to be l1rg2 Further conceiue that the hammes hairie with a thickenesse of Hayres there growing doth witnesse great Luxurie in that person And when the same is there with a thinnesse of haires doth then through the littlenesse or smalnes of them argue the contrary and signifyeth also the dominion of Coldnesse as the â—ame well appeareth in the place where further and more at large is written of the Nature and Conditions of the hayres c. And these of the Pecten that I may not séeme to stand long in the rehearsall of matter shall here suffice The iudgement by the notes of 2ht 2riyd and s3clt2st The xlix chapter THe reason why Aristotle hath not entreated of this part is for that he wrote but a briefe instruction in manner as an introduction of the science which he comprehended in a fewe lines so that an Epitomy onely of the same he wrote yet Conciliatore somwhat intreated of the same as I shall vtter saith Cocles and whatsoeuer is héere added of vs the same by experience was knowne and founde Rasis reporteth that the gelded person is euill conditioned in that he is a foole couetous and presumptuous But the person not gelded yet borne without sil35c3ts2t or at the least hauing them very small is then conditioned much like to the gelded persons Such a person which neuer had bearde growing on the chinne is farre worser conditioned Such persons which haue the s4l5c3ts2t not alike are noted great fornicators as Ptholomie the Philosopher and Pontius Gallicus affirme But such persons which haue them bigge are denoted lucky and fortunate as Ptholomy the Philosopher writeth Such persons which shall haue them equall or alike shall attaine vnto a happy fortune as Conciliatore affirmeth Such persons which haue them very bigge with the 2lit3n2g the like are denoted foolâ—â—â—e Sluggardes and Asses I neuer saw saith the Phisiognomer that such hauing a great 2dyir were euer ingenious vnto vertues but rather that such came vnto a lamentable lamenesse and misery in the end as Conciliatore vttereth These séene hanging on htgn2l doe denote liberalitie yet weaknesse to 2ti24c as Ptholomie affirmeth and the like Pontius Gallicus Aristotle in lib. de Animalibus writeth that he which hath a very bigge 2lit3n2g through the spirits not mightie to discend vnto the due place and through the coldnesse of them and through the often and longer 2gn3lâ—â—h of them is thereby caused weake of 2t124x Aristotle affirmeth that the 3l5c3ts2r ought to 23l2r2n vnto the fundament and of this men do not so much desire to 2t124c in the Summer as in the winter time If vndecently the smester of the 3lc3ts2f shall be r2gg3q than the right such a person shall then beget altogether women Children in that he is of a cold quality as Conciliatore vttereth Conciliatore in his Rubrick of Phisiognomy vttereth that the 2l1t3n2g 2gg3b doath argue such a person to be a Dullard and a Foole. And the crooke backed or such which possesse a great bunch on the backe And such also short of body haue for the more part a 2gg3b2l1t3n2g Ideo Matronae soleut vt plurimum famulos similis staturae elegere Solent enim fortitudinem secundum aliorum membrorum conclutinacionem ostendere Qui habent mentulam cumvenis crassis apparentibus sunt calidae Naturae saepe illis accidit vlceratio virgae vt notaui inquit Cocles curaui cum oleo omphacino rosacea aqua parum cerusae aliquantulum Camphorae in forma lineamenti aliter talibus accidunt vlcera putrida Cuius rei causa est imbibitio materiei quae influit propter ratitatem latitudinem meatus quia verenda sunt complexiones calidae humidae Et nimia fatigatione calesit et excoriatur virga sic complexionata Inquit Conciliatore The learned Aristotle reporteth that the 2l1t3u2g suum found excéeding long doth hinder conception yea the same perhaps already performed and this may through the like occasion destroy it And not vnlike saith the Phisiognomer doth this many times happen that no conception at all is procured when as the same is discerned ouer small and short in respect of the whole body The reason why the ouer length is not commended nor apt vnto conception is for that the Genitiue spirits in that Creature are knowne to be weakened through their long iourney consisting in the way The iudgement of the haunches and hips The L. Chapter HEere the Philosopher instructeth to phisiognomate by the