death as the worthie Hyppocrates vttereth in his learned booke of secrets If the eyes shall appeare long open togither doth indicate foolishnesse and vnshamefastnesse as the learned Albertus reporteth The eyes very blacke doe argue such to bée fearefull and this neuer fayleth the like Yea these note such to be gréedie of gaine for the black colour very deepe is knowne to signifie fearefulnesse â–ª as both the Philosopher Aristotle in Methaphoricis and the auncient Auicen primo de Animalibus wryte The eyes appearing palishe doe denote such a person to be prone to deceyte The eyes not verie blacke but to a yealownesse declining doe denote a good nature and to be strong The eyes eyther white or gray doe denote such a person to be fearefull and of the white colour it seldome or neuer fayleth the like The eyes blacke notable in brightnesse do argue such to be euill conditioned deceytfull and wicked The person which hath blacke eyes and a little smiling withall is denoted to be such a one that is greatly inclined and prone to all filthinesse The eyes not very gray in colour but to a séemely maner like to the colour of the Lions eies doe denote such a person to bée of an honest nature and good minde and for the forme applyed to the Lyon and Eagle The gray colour of the eyes is here ment to be like vnto the colour of the Owle or rather of the colour of the Iayes winges which are chaungeable of colour The eyes appearing veynie doe denote such a person to be frantick and applyed to the Goate And veynie be those eyes named which be full of small and very little lynes a length much like to small veynes through which the colour of the eyes is chaunged And such of thys are of a diminished imagination which serueth to the vnderstanding and applyed to the shéepe The eyes flerie appearing are vnshamefast and applyed for the forme to the dogge and such also are gréedie catchers and contentious The eyes are then named fierie when lyke to fire these shine burne and twinckle So that the like persons kindled with yre sée not or if they sée one thing séemèth two in their sight Auerrois in de sensu sensato instructeth at large the causes The especiall token of yrefulnesse is the naturall rednesse in the veynes of the eyes The diuers coloured eyes doe argue such to be fearefull and applyed vnto the passion for that the like which are afrayde become sodainly pale possesse through that feare an vnequall colour Such hauing the eyes appearing or looking merily are noted to be luxurious and applyed for the forme vnto the Cocke and Goate or Rauen that is hauing the eies like to them which chéerefully and louingly looke on any matter for these then shew a certaine gladsome and merry looke The eyes and chéekes red doe signifie suche to be louers of wine and drunkardes The eyes reddish and drie are stowte couragious and hastie vnto yre The eyes gray or troubled doe argue such to be fearefull and applyed to the Shéepe Goate The eyes meane and lowe standing doe demonstrate such to bée shamefast and honest of conditions The meane colour of the eyes with the other notes orderly agréeing doth not onely witnesse a goodnesse of sight but a good vnderstanding and knowledge to consist in that creature The eyes standing out and reddish doe argue such to be libidinous and gluttons The eyes standing in a maner short or smal and bearing a little out do indicate such a person to be couetous very gréedie of gaine and earnestly labouring after the same If he also draweth or knitteth togither the foreheade with the ouerbroowes to the middle of the same such a person is then so much the couetouser and more desirous of gaine The Woolfe is a â—east â–ª gréedie yrefull wily setting vpon bolde and violent And those parsones which to the kinde of this beast are applied be on this wise that is to say hauing very crooked noses stretching downwards the ouerbrowes ioyning togither rough heared small eyes and shutting often somewhat hollowe standing the heade small and rounde rough heared in bodie long heare on the heade and fast compowned in legges So that suche proportioned after this maner aboue vttred are crafty parsons wicked oying in the shedding of bloud and prone to yre or soone angrie And thus the Phisiognomer endeth with the matter of the eyes VVhat notes to be learned in iudging of the face and countinaunce The. xxj chapter THe faces of such wel borne and complexioned are on such wise that is meane of composition in the chéekes and temples decâ—â—ing vnto a fatnesse Such a creature after Phisiognomie is iudged iust louing faythfull and of a good vnderstanding Of which Ecclesiasticus xiij reporteth that mans heart altereth the face eyther to the good or euill When Iacob by the face of Laban found out the hatred towards him hée turned then vnto his wiues and sayde I knew by the face of your father that he is no more like in friendship towards me that he was yesterday For euen his countinaunce is a silent vtterer to me of his minde the contrarie The gladsomnesse or myrth of the face proceedeth of a merry heart but the heauinesse or sadnesse of looke is caused of a heauy heart The face is often taken and that simplie for the naturall looke of any but the countinaunce signifieth the qualities of the minde so that a deformed looke is of a rare felicitie as the learned Isidorus ethimologiarum xj vttereth Whose face appeareth fleshie is lightly coueting and applyed vnto the Oxe as the Philosopher Aristotle vttereth in Methaphoricis Whose face by nature appéereth red is shamefast and mery but whose face appeereth pale of colour the same by nature is knowne to be fearefull as the Philosopher Aristotle reporteth The face appéering leane doth argue a carefull person and sometimes a betrayer as the learned Albertus and Conciliatore vtter The face seene fleshie doth indicate suche a person to be fearefull applyed for the qualitie to the Hart and Asse as Aristotle and the learned Palemon wryte The face that appeareth small doth witnesse such a creature to be faint hearted and fearefull applied for the qualitie to the Ape and Cocke as the learned Conciliatore reporteth The worthie Conciliatore writeth that whose face appeareth verie bigge is noted by the agréement of other wryters to be slow and sluggish in the proper actions for the same denoteth a much matter and flewmaficke not regulated applied for the qualitie vnto the Oxe and sluggish Asse The face appearing very bony doth witnesse such a creature to be laborious fearefull and of a colde nature after the minde of the Phisiognomer The learned Palemon wryteth that a meane forme of the face as neyther to bigge nor to small is perfite good and signifieth an honest person by the agréement of Auicen Albertus Conciliatore and others Whose face is iudged small in forme is reported to be a person
miserie The reason of this is in that the debilitie of the sinewes doth portende the weakenesse of brayne and by the consequent the imbecilitie of vnderstanding Such which treade on the toes in such sort going outwarde with them that the héeles séeme to make an angle behinde are noted of a womanly nature yea and Cyneds especially if the knées séeme to knock togyther and bende in the going Such which haue an artificiall pase and by measure goeth or that swiftly and their eyes mooue quick with a smyling countenaunce for the passion are mooued vnto euerye difference of the position Such a person which hath a chyldâ—she looke when he beholdeth anye pleasaunt thing these shal you suppose to be giuen or at the least prone to picking and stealing Such a person which hath the pase of that fowle named a Storke with the shoulder pointes and necke drawne togyther in the going and wyth the like positure of the eyes is iudged like in conditions to the Storke Such which with straight and strong legges doe orderly go are noted bolde and vnpacient yet is boldnesse with a valyauntnesse of courage signified Such which with a quicker pase and more disorderly are hasting in their pase are noted rashe and foolishe Such which treade and go after the maner of the Hart with the heade and eyes vsing the aforesayde walking in these are not onely iudged to be vnstable but to dye an euill death Such which for the more part go so nycely on the toes that scarcely any durâ—e is séene on the outsides of the reast of the shooes are argued to be of a womanly nature and that these to be Cynedes and such which exercise and follow the veneriall conditions especially if the féete be amyable small and with flatte héeles Such which treade with strong and fast soales of the féete are noted strong and manly vnlesse the body otherwise be weake and that the knées bende in the going These hytherto of the nature and iesture of the pases and going shall here suffise The iudgement of the hearinesse in diuers partes of the body The Lv. chapter FOr as much as a great doubt in iudging procéedeth through the diuersitie of the hearinesse in persons the Physiognomer thought good to vtter here the words of the singuler Phylosopher the worthye Conciliatore and other learned in the same First Aristotle in Methaphoricis wryteth that such persons which haue hearie legges are venerions applyed to the Goate Such which be verie hearie about the breast and belly are alwayes wauering of minde and vnconstaunt applyed to the byrdes which haue the breast and belly like hearie after the kinde Such which be verie naked of heare on the breast or at the least haue verie little or fewe heares to be séene are iniurecundious persons applyed vnto women Such which be not much hearie in the partes of the bodye but in a meane are noted honest persons and of a good nature Such which haue the brawne of the shoulder poyntes hearie are noted as afore that they neuer continue stable of mind applyed to the birds Such which haue the backe or chyne of the backe very hearie are noted inuericundious and leacherous persons applyed vnto beastes Such which haue the necke behinde hearie are argued to be liberall persons and stowte applied to the Lyon. Such which haue a sharpe chinne are persons of an honest minde and nature applyed after the forme to the Dogge Such which haue the heares of the eye broowes nere ioyning togither are sadde persons and couetous applied vnto the similitude of the passion Such which haue the heares of the eye broowes shed ouer the nose and spred vpwarde vnto the temples are denoted foolish persons applyed for the forme to the Hogge Such which haue the heares vpright on the heade are noted fearefull applyed vnto the similitude of the passion in that persons fearing their heares doe then start vp Such which haue the heares of the heade very crisped are also fearefull and applyed to the passion Such which haue stiffe and very crisped heares on the heade are lyke denoted fearefull Such which haue the heares of the heade crisped or curled at the endes are persons honest condicioned Such persons which haue a high foreheade are noted liberall and stowte applyed for the forme to the Lyon. The heade long wyth the heares growing downe deepe on the forehead and nere to the nose doe argue such a person to be liberall applyed vnto the decent comelinesse and apparancie of the same The worthie Conciliatore vttereth that heares growing within the eares doe denote such a person to be quieke of hearing and reasonablye conditioned If on the necke behinde and the heade and back shall be much heare séene such by the agreement of authours are argued to be strong bolde and stowte of courage It is also reported that such hauing the necke behinde hearie are noted liberall applyed for the forme vnto the Lyon. Much quantitie of heares consisting on the shoulder poyntes and necke behinde do witnesse pâ—â—â—â—hnesse and an obstinate minde and with this to be vnconstant applyed for the condition to birdes Such hauing the breastes very hearie or but thinke of heares are inuericundius or impudent persons applyed for the kinde vnto beastes Such hauing the breasts altogither without heares are applyed to women But such are applyed to men or named manly which haue their backe partes hearie Such a person which shall be onely hearie on the breast is noted a constant person and well sticking vnto his worde and promise and the Phisitions report that the same note to declare a hotenesse of the heart The much quantitie of heares on the bellye from the nauill downewarde doth indicate such a person to be luxurious vnstable and a great féeber by nature applyed for the forme to birdes Such which haue the legges hearie are vencrious applyed for the similitude to the Goate Such bodyes couered in the partes with a muche quantitie and long heares are denoted fierre cruell and vnapt to be taught these notes are here conceyued of the accidentes of the same matter taken wholy of the outward appearance Nowe resteth onely to Phisiognomate by the actes and doings of the same subiect Philemon reporteth that the man which hath a much quantitie of heares in most partes of the bodie is declining vnto a brutish nature He which hath a decent quantitie of heares on the backe of the hande especially about the nether part and aboute the thâ—niâ—e and on the fingers is iudged to be a person of a good qualitie and honest nature The ouermuch hearinesse on the handes doth denote such a person to be wauering and vnconstant applyed for the similitude to birdes Such a hearinesse if it he scattering and disorderly doth argue an vâ—ordinate qualitie and an euill nature Uery little or fewe heares on the handes to be séene doe denote a weake bodie and a feminin or womanly nature The handes quite without heares to be séene is a note of euill conditions
black and variable colour whose looke is â—iscerned like to one merrie the hands formed plaine with a séemely diuision of the fingers and modest articulation the heares on the head séene betwéene many and fewe and a meane condition consisting betwéene the plaine and crisped blackishe and yellow in colour hauing a meane bearde and fayre and sufficiently thinne these hitherto Conciliatour The signification and iudgement of the abouesayde vttered by the auncient Rasys THis worthye Physition openeth the notes of the abouesayde person that he ought to be of an vpright stature hauing the fleshe of the bodye throughout equall the skinne whyte â–ª myxed with a small rednesse The heares on the head discerned a meane betwéene the plentie and fewe and betwéene the plaine and crysped and abourne in colour The handes formed seemely and plaine and the fingers comely distaunt a sunder The forheade in respect of the heade formed bigge the eyes comely conditioned and a meane betwéene the black and variable the fleshe soft in the féelinâ— gentle of countinaunce and the looke discerned as one smyling These hytherto Rasis The signes of colde and moyst bodies after Rasys The. xi chapter THose bodies be iudged soft in the féeling and naked of heare which haue gentle and soft heares on the head the veines appearing narrow and the ioyntes hidde hauing besides corpulent bodies and very fatte And that make their sléepes weakely and vnquietly and slow of mouing but slower in their pase going Further such bodies be eyther colde and drie or hote and moyst haue mixte dispositions according to the dispositions of the simples of which they be compouned and as the lyke to any of them they doe approch or that there be betwéene them a meane These hytherto Rasys The deuyding of mankinde into two formes or natures and a perfite description or distinction of the man from the woman after Physiognomy vttered by the singular Conciliatour The. xij chap. THe wyse and skilfull Phystognomers in their examinations doe diuide mankinde into two formes as into the Masculynitie and Feminitie according to the propertie of the spirite For man naturally except his procreation be hindered is perfiter than the woman both in conditions and anions First he is of a liuely minde and courage and vnto a brunte or an attempt prest and vehement yet slowly mooued to yre slowly pleased aduised in businesses in due and fytte tymes studious abroade lyberall stowte iuste trustie vnconstaunt or wandring from place to place and true of his worde Of which Auicen wryting of the conditions of persons reporteth that man is the subtiller and that women are more pittiful and gentle than men more conuertible lighter perswaded sooner seduced enuiouser fearefuller vnshamefaster more foolishe lyars more fraudulent more receiue frawde more estéeming trifles slower tenderer weaker and more prone or sooner drawing into familiaritie and into companie with an other This like vttereth the Phylosopher in lib. 9. de hystoria Animalium cap. primo that man in nature is perfitest and for the same cause the proportions of al the members and parts are séemelier and stronger compact in so much that the woman is more pittifull and mercifuller yea readyer to teares wéepe than the man yet enuious full of complayntes euiller speaking backbyting and slaundering Besides more sorrowfull carefull and dispayring than the man yea more impudent a greater lyer lighter deceyued apter to call to memorie or remember matters vnto these watchfuller sluggisher lesser sturring abroade and lesser desiring meate But the man as aboue vttered â–ª lyuelier more stirring and stronger Auerrois primo phisico commen 81. vttereth that the woman is â—npeâ—fiter than the man and the femininitie hapneth to man by accidence an other texte openeth of the depriuing And the learned Ioannitius in hisagogis reporteth that the man differeth from the woman in the same that he is hottér and drier than the woman and shée contrariwise colder and moyster than he And the singuler Aristotle vttereth in primo de animali that the worthiest noblest and with vs more common and knowne yea and the more stable and safe creature is man And in the. 〈◊〉 de animalib Aristotle reporteth that man among all other creatures is accounted the worthier and of the virill kinde the Males are stronger and stowter than the Females except in the Beare and Lybarde as 8. de Animalibus In all the kinds of Beastes the Females haue a more dead minde and are lesse pacient and maye sooner be conuerted and are sooner angred and sooner appeased and aâ—e of aâ—â—â—â—er heate they are bosides rashe and hastie and inuericundious and haue a small head the face and neck stender the breast and shoulder points narrower the rybbes lesser but the haunches bigge and buttockes the likeâ— the legges also are slender the handes and féete slender and thinne The Females in al the kindes of Beastes as afore reported are fourâ—â—e fearefuller and pâ—â—uisher or â—â—owarder condicioned than the Males These hytherto Almansor secundus The woman for the more part is light of beliefe and vngracious or frowarde in conditions The light beliefe signifieth the malice of vnderstanding but the temperate is more congruent as reporteth Hyppocrates in lib. secretorum But if the man possesseth the womans properties whose note appeareth that he is vnfaythfull an yll reporter and a lyar and thys rather when he draweth néere to the woman by the counterfayting the often shifting and decking of partes The like may be sayde of the womans qualities when shée often exercyseth and foloweth néere man in the apparelling and decking of hir bodye like to hym as did that manly woman Fracassa of whome shall fullie be vttered in the proper place The Phylosopher Arystotle reporteth that the person which leaneth with the body to the right side in the going to be effeminate in that he is of a moyst qualitie and soft of skinne The like of these Cocles noted to haue a soft skinne a cléere and fayre throte effeminate legges and for the more part were slender but the haunches were bigge and soft the face whyte and pympled the voyce small lowe and horsely lyke to the common Harlot haunting verie often mans company and these haue many other notes which for that they are more at large vttered in other places of his booke he doth here wittingly omyt them And in his tyme was a certayne noble person imprisoned being one of these And an other effeminate person he sawe of the Citie of Luca being of lx yeares which hanged or leaned to the left side as he went and had a red colour in the face so fayre a throte as the cléere woman the face pimpled the heares of the heade trussed and finely trimmed the voice small and soft and to be briefe he was a verie effeminate person and Cyned The man to come vnto the matter by the part of the composition of habitude ought to be as Conciliatour vttereth that is the perfite man if the lasciuious nature disturbeth not the order
heares thicke growing about the temples and eares doe denote that person of experience knowne to be of a hote nature and prone to the veneriall act The heares in that place if they shall be bigge and whiter doe then denote vntaught manners and rude conditions applyed to those brutishe sort named the Fryselande men The heares in the same place if they shall be eyther perfite blacke or flaxine of colour â–ª doe then argue a violent and furious mynde applyed of the likelyhood to the Boare The heares soft thinne and excéeding small doe then declare an effeminate minde and courage and that this person not onelye lacking bloude but to be dull of sense and slow When the heares shall be yet much thinner doe then innuate a craftie harde or néere and couetous person applyed after qualitie to the fearefulnesse and couetousnesse both of the Barbarian and Assirian for that the Assirians are by nature excéeding couetous The heares much and grose and flatte lying with a hearinesse of all the bodie in a childe doe witnesse the Melancholie to ensue that is to saye to become franticke and madde When the heares in age are much increased then doe they represent the much adustion aboue nature which so causeth the sickenesse of innocencie and foolishnesse The vttermost line or creast of the heares of the heade if the same reacheth and goeth from the forhead doth then argue a craftie person hauing a peruerse and wicked vnderstanding The vttermost line or creast of the heares if the same extendeth to the forhead doth then note suche a person to be stoute and somewhat wilde This like is thus pronounced by reason of the hotenesse and suche are properly applyed to the nature of Mars The vttermost line or creast if behinde the forepart of the heade at which ended the beginning of heares discendeth 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 heares of the head yellow as Golde doe declare suche to be right Sollistians that is to say of a prowde and hawty minde and vaine glorious The heares of the head soone hoarie doe indicate the lacke of naturall heate or putred flewme and these somtimes witnesse veneriall condicions If a man by the Arte and skill of Phisiognomie maye finde to place in the forhead and face both Mercurie and Mars then suche of skill knowne be founde through the inclination to addict their mindes to Alchymie and in the same to inuent the great deceyte in mettalles and false coyning of money and imagine manye euilles pernitious of which condition being at Uenice I saw two like beheadded for suche a wicked fact in the yeare 1565. Whose bodies and heades after the order of the Countrie were immediatly burned with the scaffolde into ashes but of these the elder and principall was much more spiced with the notes of Saturne retro grade Women by nature waxe not balde in that the qualitie of them draweth néere and is like to the nature of children The gelded persons waxe not balde in that they be chaunged into the feminine or womanly nature but few such at this daye be here with vs except those by happe caused through the incision of a rupture To conclude the horinesse and whitish flaxen colour of the heare of the heade is caused of a flumaticke qualitie such of nature draw néere to the qualitie of women as experience like teacheth of the same Of the iudgement of the head by the bignesse figure and disposition The. xiij Chapter SEing the heade of all other partes of man is most open to be séene it shall therfore be good to vtter largely of the constitution and forme thereof Which the Philosopher seemeth to destinguish and deuide into seuen formes of these the first forme he vttereth to haue no imminencie or bearing out before but behinde the second forme that an imminency contayneth in the forpart and net in the hinder the thirde forme that the head againe lacketh an imminency before not behind and that the same be formally round the fourth forme that the temples in respect haue a more bearing oute then eyther 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 greater distaunce from the eares before then behinde the seuenth forme that it be in a most comely maner proportioned and in these doe Gallen Auicen Auerroys and diuers other learned agrée So that the heade being eyther ouer bigge or ouer small proportioned is nothing at all lyked of them in that the same is corrupted and hindered of the proper vertue For such hauing the like forme when they approche vnto an vnderstanding appeare euidently to be harmed and hindered As a small heade is euermore corrupted euen so a bigge heade appeareth sometimes good and sometimes viciated and euill But the best formed heade alowed of the learned is that which hath an exact roundâ—nesse and is on eyther side a little depressed with an imminencie before and after so that where the temples are a certaine playnenesse may appeare as by example that a certaine balle of waxe made exactly rounde shoulde be somewhat depressed of eyther side than shoulde that rounde forme as the Geometricians affirme most apt to receyue formes aunswerable to proportion For which cause the more lawdable heade is that which hath a meane forme in the proportion and bignesse and coÌ„taineth 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 paucitie or small quantitie of matter but the cause of bignesse of the heade is the great quantitie of matter being spermaticall The braine after Rasis ensueth and aunswereth to the forme of the scull for if the scull shall be small then will the braine be like â—contra 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 heade is commended which in bignesse is a meane hauing a comly roundenesse and decent eminencie both behind afore hath from both the eares a little flatnesse this Almansor So that mans heade among all other beastes hath proportionally much braynes The males of knowledge vttered haue more braines than the females although the effect may sometimes shew a contrarie to this But of these which are seldome caused or rather by accidence is neyther Arte nor science vttered Mans heade of the diligent search is knowne to haue more ioyntes than all other beastes The man also is founde to haue more ioyntes than the woman The
in a proper chapter of the Pockes write that such hauing a short foreheade as to length and both the temples flatte and chéeke bones large be prone and apt to come vnto that impostumation or swelling in the throte named of manye the kings euill for that in suche creatures the matter redily is deriued and sent to the necke but this especially hapneth to children through gulositie and muche féeding and both thinnesse and moysture of bodye yea the same the more verified when as the heade to the Iudger appeareth bigge and not due proportioned Conciliatour thus writeth that the person which hath an euen stretched and smoth forhead with a certaine shining in the same is denoted to be not onely a flatterer but deceytfull so that hardly to be trusted And manye like were the Bononians which Conciliatore obserued and noted in his time The cause of this tention and euennesse of the foreheade doth the Phisiognomer suppose to procéede through the chollericke qualitie for that by his drinesse the skinne stretcheth out plaine but the cléerenesse or shining doth denote the subtilenesse of skinne and humours and by the consequent of the spirites so that the like foreheade â–ª doth argue a readie wit but such be fayre spoken vsing myrth and delectable wordes to the ende of purchasing somewhat for which cause aptly named worldly flatterers and deceitfull through the moouing of the spirits Such hauing wrincles playted or gathered togither in the foreheade right vp retching especially vnto the angle of the nostrelles are denoted to be persons full of care and déepe thoughtes bethinking waightie serious matters through the sadde humoure melancholie Such hauing the foreheade parted as it were here and there or the same rough in sight or otherwise verie hollow in the midle as if the same to a gutter dented in with an euennesse throughout by a loasenesse of the skinne appearing as one smiling be not onelye noted subtill and verie craftie but couetous and very neere or harde persons to deale withall yea this note perhaps in some maye indicate foolishnesss The foreheade muche awry formed bearing out both high and rounde doth declare suche a person to be weake of courage neyther profitable to himselfe nor to any other impudent lacking both reason and witte as the gréeke authour Adamantius writeth The foreheade gathered and wrincled to a clowde along the foreheade or downe the midle of it towardes the nose as if the skinne were plaited doth signifie such a person to be irefull furious and reuenging applyed of the Philosopher Aristotle to the Bull and Lyon. Such a person hauing a shadowed and lowe foreheade with a pensiuenesse of looke doth not onely argue a mourning and heauie minde and giuen to much sadnesse but sundrie times to bée irefull if we maye credite the commentatour Gulielmus Nurice That singuler Philosopher Ptolomeus paruus writeth that the person hauing a long high and large foreheade to be honest condicioned muche bearing suffering iniuries yet of great likelyhode to increase in riches this like doth the learned Conciliatour reporte The foreheade appearing euen and smoth doth denote suche a person to be effeminate both in courage and will according to the agréement of Phylemon Palemon Loxius Aristotle Conciliatour the Gréeke author Adamantius Micael Scotus vttereth that whose foreheade in the temples shall appéere as puâ—â—ed vp through the grosenesse of fleshe in suche maner that the like person hath the chéekes filled with flesh doth signifie him to be verye vnconstaunt of minde prowde irefull and of a grose or dull witte the reason of which is the grosenesse of the temples and fleshe and of the â—awes and chéekes doth argue the grosenesse of humours and dominion of heate in that the fame is cause of the irefulnesse and rudenesse of witte Such did the Phisiognomer alwayes sée to haue a bigge heade with the forme euill and vnorderly proportioned The foreheade that séemeth crooked in forme and the same both high and rounde doth signifie or rather is an apparaunt note of folishnesse and impudencie in that creature These hitherto of the iudgement of the forhead to which added as matter agréeable of the thrée principall lines commonlye séene in most mens foreheades with the skilfull iudgement of those and other notes there appearing in sundrie subiectes much furthering all suche as minde rightly to Phisiognomate by this Arte. The iudgement of certaine Lines seene in the foreheade The. xvj chapter THe Phisiognomer reporteth that there came vnto his vnderstaÌ„ding and knowledge a certaine skilfull Iewe which coulde by Arte Phisiognomate and pronounce great matters by the onelye sight of the face but especially the foreheade in diuining matters past and to come He also coulde vtter of riches honours and calamities yea of the fortune and infortune both of the Father and Mother and many other matters besides The same skill when he desired of the Iew by earnest suite to learne he vtterly refused and denied this request of his so that forced hée was to vse sundrie questions and disputations with him by which at the length he perceiued and founde that this person was wholy ignoraunt of phisiognomy so well Metaphoricall as of the members and planets sauing onely by certaine lynes which at the last through his industrie and labour conceyued And in these sayth the Phisiognomer haue I founde and learned a singuler practise an infallible or most certaine truth which I attained by a long time of practise So that this worthie iewell and most rare secrete he purchased after the maner aboue vttered not minding to hide the skill but rather furthering and vttering the same to the vttermost of his power which he thought most agréeable to publish next after this chapter of the foreheade as in a most apt place to insue The instruction knowledge of which is on this wise first conceiue that in the flat euen forhead shall you sometimes sée there seuerall lines reatching out the length of the foreheade which after the minde of the Phisiognomer doe importe and signifie thrée ages that is to say childhoode youth and olde age This childhoode doth he herè meane from byrth vnto xxv yeares and youth from xxv vnto fiftie yeares and olde age from fiftie to the terme ende of naturall life as the same hereafter shall playner appeare in the condicion of the lines But for a readier intelligence of the former wordes conceyue 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 â— two neather lines being vnder the thrée principall which make somtimes the forme of an angle aboue are attributed the one vnto Saturne staÌ„ding on the right side and that 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 left side vnto the Mother So that in the same place where these lines appeare whole there
if the Iawes shall be formed short wyth such an eminencie or bearing out from the upper part of the mouth doe indicate such a creature to be malicious an euill reporter violent in actions and enuious this especially is verified when as there shall lacke the substance of flesh or the same appeare but thinne these hitherto the wordes of the skilfull Cocles The Philosopher Aristotle vnto the mightie King Alexander vttered that the chéekes formed full â–ª with the temples appearing blowne doe denote such a person to be conâ—oâ—â—ioâ—s hasty in wordes and very irefull the selfe â—aâ—e reporteth Conciliatore in his Rubricke of Phisiognomie The chéekes so small situated that from the eies these séeme parted off doe arguethe fulnesse of humours and that the same creature after the minde of the Phisiognomers to be grieued with the burthen of them The roundenesse of the chéekes formed after nature indicateth enuie and deceytfull condycions to consist in that person after the minde of Phylemon The full or rather fat chéekes are significations for the more part of a sluggarde and drunckarde if we may credite the auncient Phisiognomers The chéekes discerned soft and yll fashioned doe argue such a person after the common prouerbe to be long tongued importunate and talkatiue and this the Phisiognomer Cocles vttereth of experience The worthy Philosopher Aristotle in Methaphoricis vttereth that the chéekes appearing red aboue doe witnesse such a creature to be a drunkarde or great drinker of wine and referred vnto the similitude of the passion in that such which latelye haue bene angred and vered appeare of a blushing rednesse especially about the eyes kindled and caused in the beginning of the yre The cause is sufficiently vttered afore of the Phisiognomer in the chapter of the nature of the face Of the condition nature and iudgement of the mouth The xxiiij chapter THe singuler Isidore in xj Ethimologiarum capit primo writeth that the mouth is so named in Latine Os for that by it as by a doore all men naturally and vsually put in meate and cast forth the spittle prepared or for that all meates and sustenaunce passe by the same into the stomacke and all wordes issue forth of the same to the vnderstanding of mindes To come vnto the matter in the former chapter it hath béene sufficiently vttered that the bignesse of members procéedeth through heate especially the mouth which representeth the naturall and spirituall members as of these especiallye the stomacke For howe much the proportion of the stomacke is vnto the mouth so much is the proportion of the mouth aunswering vnto the stomack for that the inner members are knowne of the Phisiognomers to be hote Of which reason how much the intentiuer the heate is so much the greater will the resolution of partes be For where a great resolution consisteth there of necessitie must insue that a restauration aptlye be procured which otherwise can not be caused but through the benefite and helpe of meates that ought to be in a sufficient quantitie of which the spirites are actiuely ingendred and these in great quantitie which properly cause in that creature yre boldenesse yea quarrelling and fighting Of which it succéedeth that the worthie Philemon Palemon Albertus and Conciliatore report that the creature which hath à great and wyde mouth is a gluttonous féeder yet hardie and prone to fight The selfe same wordes vttereth Rasis that the person which hath a great mouth is knowne to be a gluttonous féeder and bolde The mouth formed small is noted to be of a feminine nature But the mouth deterned great and wyde doth witnesse yre boldenesse quarrelling and fighting such also are knowne of experience to be gluttonous féeders The mouth hauing a small clesing and opening doth denote such a creature to be peasable yet many tymes founde vnfaythfull and faynt hearted the reason of this contrarie is the same which was aboue vttered of the Phisiognomer The mouth in the proper sight or being hauing a seemely quantity in the greatnesse with the lips thinne and appearing small in the closing and to these the eyes shewing smilingly with the rest of the face agréeablie aunswering doth indicate a libidinous person a Cynede or an effeminate creature and a lyar as the worthie Conciliatore in his Rubricke of Phisiognomie vttereth A small mouth in forme appearing prominent outward doth denote wicked conditions in that person to be false in promise and a betrayer The mouth discerned small hauing thinne lippes doth witnesse a féeble minde and courage but this person deceytfully and malicious Where or in whome the mouth shall appeare very farre bearing out and rounde with a thicknesse of the lippes and that the vpper lippe foldeth outwarde is for the forme applyed of the Philosopher vnto the Hogge and signifieth by the agreement of Authors that such a creature to be nastie péeuish cruell and a foole as the Phisiognomer of experience hath many tymes noted The best condicioned mouth after the agreement of the Phisiognomers is when the same appeareth not ouer moyst in that the moysture of the mouth and lippes doth argue fearefulnesse and malignitie in that creature as the worthie Albertus reporteth and the same the Phisiognomer Cocles affirmeth of experience The mouth that sauoureth swéete especiallye in the breathing doth indicate an honest person wittie both in the giuing and retayning warie secret coueting fayre thinges and faythfull yet easily ledde eyther vnto the good or euill through his light beléeuing if we maye credite Michael Scotus The mouth that sauoureth yll in the breathing doth denote such a creature to be diseased in the Lyuer besides of a grosse vnderstanding lightly credyting of a base wyt a coueter of other mens goodes lasciuious deceytfull a lyar a teller of vaine matters and newes if Michael Scotus may be beléeued Whose mouth in the speaking is drawne awrie is noted of experience to be diseased with a rewme discending from the heade yet is the same eyther stronger or weaker procured euen as in the doubling vnto the other proportions and this of obseruation doth the Phisiognomer Cocles witnesse The iudgement of the forme and condition of the lippes The. xxvij chapter AT the ende of the Iawes are the lippes formed which are compowned of a soft fleshe in that these by a double motion are aptly moued as in the one by a proper maner vpwarde and in the other by the motion downewarde and these caused by motion of the lawes from one to the other both in the closing and opening which is the cause why the lippes are named to haue a good and perfite motion The vtilitie of them by the agréement of all the Phisiognomers is and serueth for the furthering and helping of spéeche and that these may through the helpe of the lawes aptly and well close togither for the better beseeming of the countenaunce The colour of the lippes towarde the opening of the mouthe is redde thorowe manye veynes of bloude deryued vnto that place the note of which is
with himselfe Certayne of the auncient report that the creature which is hardly procured to laugh is affirmed to be wittie a foreséer of matters vnto himselfe nyggardly and verie studious in the Arte which he daylie exerciseth yet suche a creature sayth the Phisiognomer is prone to be a surmyser and yrefull The person which is heard to laugh lowde or a highe with a certaine noyse decerned in the laughter is indicated by the report of some wryters to be inuericundious and rashe in actions Such a creature that without cause procured laugheth and in his laughing séemeth often to coughe or gape or to draw the head awry is indicated to be variable of purpose and minde enuious lightly or soone credyting and conuertible eyther vnto the good or euill as Loxius and Phylemon report The learned Conciliatore in his Rubricke of of Phisiognomie vttereth that the creature coughing when he laugheth or is at the instaunt encumbred with the hardnesse and shortnesse of breath is iudged to be inuericundious fierce and a Tyraunt as the like the Phisiognomer Cocles obserued and noted in a certaine Prince of Lumbardie Certaine of the worthie Phisiognomers report that whose chéekes are discerned often is smyle is denoted to be of an euill minde of a peruerse cogitation and a lyar and such persons generally or for the more part are malicious dissemblers so that these are not friendly to be trusted but rather to be doubted if we may credite the Phisiognomer when the like especially is matched and ioyned with other accydences of the minde and that their eye lids appeare wrinckled togither with the eye browes ioyned or in a clowdie forme gathered such are then shedders of bloud murderers robbers or théeues by Sea and lande as the Phisiognomer often obserued and noted in many which were the like The creature that smyleth vnto himselfe when he talketh is indicated to be foolish and of a simple vnderstanding as the like the Phisiognomer obserued in a certaine Italian and such are reported to abounde in the Melancholick qualitie The chéekes decerned wrything in the laughter as they were so procured in the derision of an other doe witnesse such a person to be arrogant deceytfull couetous a lyar yrefull and a betrayer or vtterer of secrets The person that lightly laugheth sayth Michael Scotus is denoted to be simple of vnderstanding vnstable vaine lightly credyting of a dull wyt grosse in féeding and seruicable yet in factes or actions not secret The creature that sildome laugheth and séemeth soone to haue done is argued after the minde of Michael Scotus to be stable warie nyggardly yet of a good vnderstanding secret faythfull and glorious in his actions The condition and iudgement of thē breath The. xxxi chaprer THe much breath doth argue the aboundance of the spirites econuerso whose cause procéedeth two wayes the one through the smalnesse of the lunges and the other through the default and straightnesse of the breast Of which the creature much breathing is of great strength and courage by reason of the heate resoluing the moysture especially that dewie moysture after the minde of the Phisiognomer The breath sent forth in due course and order that is betwéene the great and small appearing a meane doth indicate ▪ the quietnesse of heart and a man in minde well pleased as the Philosopher reporteth That person which sigheth without cause and fetcheth the sighes déepe and long doth witnesse the Melancholie to come and that mightie to perseuer in that creature The breath appearing cut betwéene being after an order which in the ende through straightnesse of the breast commeth forth with a heate and sighing doth argue such a creature to be encombred with thought and the disquietnesse of minde And the same to be mixed to some euill if the head especially shake withall That person which with the sighing draweth the eyes awrie is iudged after the minde of most wryters that he then bewayleth the matter come vnto minde deuising with himselfe in what maner he may aptliest bring about and compasse or atchieue the same The creature which breatheth with a certayne noyse through the larger opening of the nosethrils doth then indicate crueltie brutishe furiousnesse and violence to consist in him which of Aristotle is applyed to the passion The breath passing forth troubled and thicke as if the same were after a course of running or through some strong accidents doth then denote such a person to be violent vnaduised hastie and yrefull When the breath shall be decerned short and thicke and through a much cutting off stopped betweene such a creature of the Philosopher Aristotle is iudged fearefull weake of courage and strength That person which with the sighe and countenaunce séemeth as he were bereft with a certaine godlynesse and pittifulnesse suche a one sayth the Phisiógnomer is iudged to be then taken and wrapped wyth the furious passion of loue The singuler Philosopher Aristotle vttereth vnto the mightie king Alexander that when sayth he you shall sée a person much and long togither beholding yea and earnestly looking on your face and that when you againe behold him so looking is of the same abashed and therewith blusheth and giueth especially at that instaunt a sighe against his will and that teares appeare standing in his eyes such a person vndoubtedly loueth and feareth you But if you sée the contrarie vnto this then iudge that creature to regarde you little and to be one that is both enuious and disdainefull The breath decerned lowde cut betwéene and the sighe appearing the like doth witnesse sorow and heauinesse for some losses happened to that creature Hipocrates Galen and certaine other Phisitions report that the breath perceyued passing forth colde by the mouth and nosethrilles in a sharpe sicknesse doth innuate death shortly after to ensue The Philosopher Ptholomeus Paruus vttereth that he which often wéepeth for no cause reasonable shall alwaies be poore and néedie The breath by the report of Michael Scotus comming out so soft that the same can scant be heard doth denote such a person to be greatly encombred with thought which conditiō of thought the eyes in a maner will declare The breath which is decerned sometymes still and within a good while after is drawen and fetched in ouerfast doth argue such a creature as that Scotus writeth to be then occupyed wyth a present great heauinesse of the minde The head if it shaketh as he sigheth according to the minde of Scotus then for the weight of the matter euill handled and euill spoken of it argueth him to be sorie If he doth the like wyth the eyes intentiue or steddie looking such a person bethinketh him rather of the euilles than repenteth him as Michael Scotus wryteth The breath heard light breathing out by little and little without noyse doth denote after the minde of Scotus such a person to be of an vpright minde The person which is heard to breath lowde and smileth withall is iudged of Michael Scotus to be
and foolish in actions as both Almansore and Conciliatore report And for the like forme aptly applyed vnto the Oxe and Frogge hauing such condicioned rybbes The rybbes of the woman formed narrowe and the flancks like are especially caused through the lacke of naturall heate in that creature The auncient Rasis vttereth that the smalnesse and thinnesse of the ribbes doth innuate in that creature the debilitie and feeblenesse of coeating The condition and iudgement by the notes decerned in the quantitie of the space betweene the necke vpward and the Nauill downeward vnto the mouth of the stomacke The. xlv chapter THe Philosopher Aristotle doth Phisiognomate by the quantitie of the partes which are betweene the nauill and necke and the mouth of the stomacke saying on this wise that suche persons which haue the same space larger which is from the nauill vnto the bottome and ende of the breast than that coÌ„sisting from the end of the breast vnto the neck are iudged gluttenous of a dul perseuerance The reason why such are reported to be gluttons is for that such haue a big belly and great stomack a great stomak â—ayth the Philosopher requireth much meate or foode by reason of the great quantitie and not of the qualitie of which these by an earnest desire couet to eate much meate And such are knowne to be of a dull vnderstanding and perseucraunce through their mightie filling of meate more than néedeth which of the same procureth weake senses in them But such a creature which hath the space consisting from the nauill vnto the breast lesser in distance than the same which is from the breast vnto the neck hath by the report of the Phisiognomer a great or large stomack the stomack here ment for the proper belly of which this person is knowne of obseruation to be weake of body short liued The reason of this is in that the bellye or rather the stomacke consisteth colde through the smalnesse of the same of which this ventricle or stomack sayth the Phisiognomer doth not orderly and well digest but rather ingendreth superfluities in it and of the same such are prone vnto diseases or sicknesses and to be short lyued And the multitude of sicknesses procured in that creature are occasioned and caused through the intensed hotnesse which the same purchaseth and by the meanes of the bowelles and other members néere placed that hastily drawe from the stomack the meate by a force vndigested The learned Aristotle also vttereth that when this space aboue described shall be decerned equall such a positure and condition of the lyke is commended highly of hym for that thys argueth a due proportion of the members contayning in them an apt and good digestion in that creature But a contrarie to these aboue vttered doth Aristotle report that such persons which haue the partes from the Nauill downewarde as vnto the belly larger appearing than the partes which are consisting vnto the breast as vnto that named Pomum granatum are denoted féeble and weake persons of bodye and of likelyhoode to be short lyued for the reason and cause aboue reported Such persons which haue that space larger consisting from the ende of the breast vnto the neck than that extended from the Nauill vnto the poynt or ende of the breast such after the minde of the Phylosopher Aristotle are denoted strong wyttie and of a readie vnderstanding Gulielmus Nurice in his Phisiognomie reporteth that the like wordes in a maner to be vttered of the singuler Aristotle where he wryteth that when the partes consisting from the nauill downewarde shall be decerned larger than these which are appearing from thence vnto the breast are iudged to be weake of body and short lyued The condition and iudgement of the inner partes which are consisting from the nauill vpwarde vnto the beginning of the stomack The xlvj chapter IF the Hypocondria or inwarde partes so named shall be decerned harde in the féeling and sufficiently or well compowned with bones doe witnesse the Masculynitie and that such persons to be fierce cruell and quarrellers or fighters as the auncient Palemon Albertus and the learned Conciliatore vtter Such Hypocondria doe certaine report that the worthy Plato possessed yea the like creatures as Albertus and Conciliatore report are applyed vnto the fierce Lyon. But if these partes named Hypocondria shall be decerned to be couered with a soft fleshe these then sayth the Phisiognomer Cocles doe denote an effeminate minde and womanly courage to dwell or consist in that creature and the lyke affirmeth Conciliatore in his Rubrick of Physiognomy Such which shall haue these partes weake boned and wrinckled and compassed with a thinnesse of fleshe like vnto the Hypocondria of the Ape are of the Philosopher iudged wicked of behauiour and full of shrewde or euill turnes applyed for the like condition and forme vnto the Ape The signification and iudgement by the notes of the belly The. xlvii chapter THe Phylosopher Aristotle doth here instruct howe a man maye Physiognomate by the habitude of the belly in that the belly is knowne to be the same which receyuing the meate as Isydore reporteth doth throughly digest it and conueyeth the excrementes forth that be superfluous for which cause this of nature formed bearing and appearing outward Suche which are sufficient fatte aboute the bellye that is well brawned and that the bellye beare not to much outwarde are denoted strong after nature applyed for the forme vnto the male kinde And such a condition of it is reported to be naturall so that the composition of the belly after the minde af Constantine is formed fleshie after nature yea hotte and moyste and this through the occasion of digestion properly Of which Rasis vttereth that such creatures which possesse bigge bellies after nature are noted to be libydinous great féeders and that spéedily digest meates Such creatures which are decerned in a contrarie condition to this as hauing flatte bellyes not sufficient brawned and these founde soft are denoted and iudged to be weake of body and for the forme applyed vnto the apparaunt congruencie In that we commonly sée sayth the Physiognomer that such possessing leane bellyes procéeding of anye accydent as eyther of to much fasting or of a sicknesse caused or procured otherwise of any accydentall cause are argued to be vnapt to learne and to conceaue déepe matters yea weake of body and courage And howe long soeuer such continue in the like passion and so long they tende or leane vnto the womanly condicions and courage after the agréement of Aristotle Albertus Conciliatore and others The learned Aristotle doth also vtter in secretis secretorum that he which possesseth a bigge belly is denoted and iudged to be an vndiscréete person prowde foolishe and often desiring to coeate for the hotnesse resting in him A meaue proportion and forme of the bellye decerned with a narrownesse of the breast doth indicate such a creature to be of a déepe vnderstanding of a good discretion and
the Eiuirp Ecalp leacherous simple often vaine vnstable and abounding in euill ▪ humours as wryteth Michael Scotus The iudgement of the ancles The. Liii chapter HEre the Phylosopher instructeth to Physiognomate by the ancles of the féete and vttereth two considerations of the notes according to the two dispositions and formes which with their relations appeare of the wordes and sayings in the text Such strong sinewed and well brawned about the ancles are noted strong after nature and applyed to the Male kinde Such much fleshie and weake sinewed about the ancles are iudged weake of strength and courage and applyed after nature to the female kinde But as touching the seconde disposition and forme in distinguishing these better Rasis vttereth that when the ancles shall be bigge as thorowe a fleshinesse doe argue such a person to be a dullarde and vnshamefast Conciliatore reporteth that such which shall be strong sinewed and well brawned about the ancles are denoted strong and bolde and contrariwise the shankes and ancles bigge and euill formed doe demonstrate suche a person to be weake a dullarde and vnshamefast these hitherto Conciliatore The ancles bigge through the fleshinesse and much bearing outwarde doe signifie a weake person of small labour fearefull warie faythfull and tractable as affirmeth Michael Scotus The ancles hauing verie apparaunt sinewes and strong doe demonstrate a strong person bolde prowde and stowte as wryteth Michael Scotus These hitherto of the ancles shall here suffice The forme and iudgement of the feete The. Liiij chapter HEre the Philosopher doth Phisiognomate by the condition of the féete and deuideth them into foure partes As touching the first disposition he vttereth that such hauing the feete sufficient bigge strong sinewed and well brawned in such maner that the sinewes and muscles appeare and that the greatnesse of the féete appeareth by reason of the bignesse both of the bones and sinewes and not by occasion of the muche quantitie of fleshe doe indicate a strong person bolde and stowte applyed for the forme vnto the male kinde The Phisiognomer Cocles vttereth that the bignesse of the feete signifiyng the like aboue sayd ought not to be conditioned or possesse an ouermuch fleshinesse in that according to Rasis the féete hauing much flesh or appearing very fleshie and that these are formed fast or harde in the composition doe innuate such a person to be of a dull vnderstanding slender capacitie applyed for the imperfiter vnderstanding vnto the female kinde The singuler Philosopher Aristotle in libio de secretis secretorum vttereth that the féete formed fleshie doe denote such a creature to be foolishe vnaduised and a moouer or procurer of iniuryes to men The feete decerned small and slender in forme doe signifie such a person to be strong and stowte of courage after the minde of Nuntius Naturae The learned Aristotle also reporteth that such hauing the féete formed contrarie vnto the first maner as appearing narrow in the bredth in which the ioyntes séeme not to appeare are denoted weake of strength feeble of courage and to be effeminate The féete sayth Cocles which are decerned slender and in the forme appeare amiable in such maner that these are found rather more soft than strong are applyed according to the passions of the minde vnto the female kinde that is such haue the naturall conditions attributed vnto the female kinde The auncient Rasis vttereth that the féete formed small comely and fayre doe demonstrate such a creature to be prone vnto the veneriall act or a leacherer myrrie full of ieastes sportes the causes of these dispositions are the complexionall qualities consisting in him Here conceyue sayth the Phisiognomer that the hotenesse and moysture in euery creature are the speciall causes procuring the bignesse of the féete But the coldenesse is knowne to be the consequent cause occasioning the smalnesse of féete Of which according to the diuers forme and condition of the féete are the diuers qualities aunswerable caused and doe lyke insue as a like of this reason afore vttered in many places Such which haue the toes and the nayles of them crooking lyke vnto the Haulkes tallons or clawes are denoted after the minde of Aristotle to be deceyuers théeues violent catchers and filthie talkers The like iudgement is to be giuen of the fingers and nayles so crooking For the Phisiognomer alwayes obserued and knewe these which possessed the nayles and fingers thus proportioned and formed to be of a Chollericke qualitie yet this note I saw sayth he to be lawdable in iolly warriours and right good souldiers and in those which by Marses beame seemed to be gouerned in their great attemptes Certaine report sayth the Phisiognomer that Aristotle here meaneth by the vnshamefast persons these naturally theeues violent prollers and euill tongued I affirme sayth Cocles that by the martiall théeues the Philosopher doth meane the worthie souldiars forasmuch as such which liue and applie their wittes and minds in the warres exercise none other then warlike attempts after the maner of the common spoylers and théeues in purchasing great booties and spoyles here and and there whether these attaine it by right or wrong after a warrelyke custome as we daylye sée And as further in the Phisiognomie of the Planet Mars shall be vttered and in the positure of Mars in the hande c. to come forth The toes decerned close ioyned togither do denote such a person to haue a naturall scowring or flixe of the bellie and such a creature applyed for the forme vnto that kinde of Quaile which séeketh his foode by freshe waters for his often and much durging Rasis reporteth that when the héeles are séene small in forme doe indicate such a person to bee weake of strength and fearefull The héeles decerned bigge and fast of flesh doe denote such a person to be strong and bolde as the former Rasis vttereth Albertus and Phylemon report that the brest of the foote when the same shall be formed fleshie and not hollowe in such maner that treading with the same on the earth it séemeth to lie with an euen vpper face of the sole on the grounde doth innuate such a person to be craftie and malicious for this is a note of the colde flewme abounding on the forme And this easily receyueth formes in asmuch as that the same is of a lyght cause mooued of the weake moouer And of this is the craftinesse in that subiect caused The Philosopher Aristotle vttereth that whose inner part of the sole of the foote shall not be decerned hollow but on such wise filled that with the whole foote in the treading the same toucheth the ground is denoted to be a creature wilie mutable and full of deceytes When the breast of the foote shall appeare hollow and in a contrary maner vnto the first doth signifie by the contrarie of such a condition the goodnesse of vnderstanding and a good composition well directed and the goodnesse of conditions When the hollow of the foote shall be
in that these often and much inquantitie bleede and are of a light cause broken and quickly or verie soone cut The common hurtes there hapning are especially cured after the minde of the Phisiognomer with the same named of the practioners Mel Rosatum for he reporteth that he hath often experienced the same in many subiects There maye notes also be gathered and conceyued by the colours of the lippes for that the naturall colour in the edges of the lippes after the minde of Constantine ought to be redde through the thinnesse of skinne which lightly of the heate or colour of the bloud receyueth a Rosie qualitie Of which as this worthy Constantine reporteth that the rednesse of the lippes indicateth the purenesse of complexion and the vnmyxing togither of troubled bloud and the note both of the good strong vertue in that creature The wannesse of the lippes argueth the contrarie to the same aboue in that the vertue of bloud and naturall heat are lacking in that creature so that such hauing the like lippes are noted to be sicke as the worthie Rasis reporteth When the lippes are formed bigge these doe represent the multitude of matter drawne vnto them through heate and the grosenesse or bignesse of them is caused through the grosse humours and spirites of which the dulnesse of wit ensueth and foolishnesse procured by reason of the hotnesse except the neather lippe be decerned loose hanging and waterie running But if the lippe be decerned vpright and thick in forme that is compact or stiffe in such a person doth the Phisiognomer of experience apply there the Planet Marse A like reason the Phisiognomer vttereth that when the mouth is formed great if the lippes appeare loose and hanging in that parte of the creature is the Moone of him and others aptly â—pplyed The neather lippe decerned loose hanging and folding downewarde and that the same appeareth verie redde in colour doth argue hapning in the woman to be a most sure note of the great desire vnto the veneriall acte and vnshame fastnesse in that creature as the same the Phisiognomer Cocles obserued and noted in a famous Curtysane of Rome named Isabella di â—una The like note séene in children signifieth that the creature in time to growe and become a Cynede or effeminate person especially if the countenaunce and eyes appeare smyling and the creature growne vnto a ripe age as the same the Phisiognomer Cocles reporteth that he noted in a certaine noble man of the like condition Briefely to wryte all the other members according to the nature and propertie of them are eache attrybuted vnto his proper Planet as shall after appeare more at large in the thirde booke of the Physiognomers to come forth intituled the Phisiognomie of the Planets The worthie Loxius Phylemon Plato Aristotle Albertus Conciliatore report that the lips decerned chéerefull and somewhat smyling hapning with a merrie countenaunce doe argue such a creature to be wantonly disposed and lybidinous yea such sometimes are knowne to be craftie deceyuers and théeues of which one the like was that wicked Chyrurgian a countryman of the Phisiognomers named Seraphinus de pisis that he diligently noted The lippes of the mouth formed verie grosse loose hanging or ouermuch folding out doe indicate such a creature to be simple lightly or soone credyting of a dull capacitie these also denote a flewmatick humour moystening to consist in that person compared of Aristotle for the forme vnto the aged Asse hauing the like lippes If the lippe within be séene not lyuely or not a fayre red in colour doth argue a matter not regulated and grosse humours to consist in that creature of which a dull capacitie and bellume vnderstanding ensueth yea the same sometimes denoteth a sicknesse present or that shall shortly folowe The Philosopher Aristotle in Methaphoric is vttereth that such which haue the lippes formed thinne and in the edges appearing to hang loose out in such maner that the vpper lippe is séene stretched ouer the neather at the closing and ioyning of the lippes are denoted to be bolde stowte and of great courage applyed for the forme vnto the couragious Lyon. The like condition of these may a man sée in the Mastie Dogges of our Realme which haue such hanging lippes as to all men knowne Such which haue the lippes harde and thinne formed and a bearing out decerned about the Canyne or sharpe téeth doe indicate a rude vnderstanding in that creature vnapt to learne and furious in actions applyed for the forme vnto the grunting Hogge The cause of these as the Phisiognomer Cocles supposeth is the paucitie of matter and the dominion of dryth in that the same consumeth the moysture of the lips but thys about the Canyne téeth it can not so wast or consume for as much as the moysture consisting in such a place is knowne to be viscous and clammy Such also by reason of the dryeth sayth the Phisiognomer multiplyed in the braine are noted to be foolishe and deceytfull applyed after the maner vnto the Swyne So that whose lippes are decerned thinne and harde and about the Canyne téeth bearing vp such persons séene the like are referred vnto the Swyne The neather lippe decerned greater than the vpper doth denote such a creature to be vnapt to learne simple of a small vnderstanding and foolishe The heather lip séene swelled vnto the sharpe or Canyne téeth doth indicate such a person to be full of rancour and malice and contentious Such which haue the lippes formed grosse and the vpper hanging ouer the neather lippe are denoted by report of the Phylosopher Aristotle to be of a simple vnderstanding of a dull capacitie and foolishe applyed for the forme vnto the slowe and dull Asse Whose vpper lip shall appeare promynent or bearing out with the gummes doth wytnesse such a creature to be a louer of discord and occupying or busying himselfe in strifes and controuersies applyed for the forme vnto the Dogge these hitherto borowed out of the Phisiognomy of Aristotle Such hauing the vpper lip so eleuated that the gummes that is the fleshe on the téeth and the téeth themselues are decerned are knowne as the Phisiognomer reporteth of experience to be full of variaunce and contumelious yea often rebuking applied for the similitude vnto the Dogge especially and the same according to the apparaunt congruencie séene For the Dogge when he purposeth to bite sheweth then the téeth by the gathering vp of the lippes The lippes formed small and thinne and the mouth decerned little doe indicate the imbecillitie of minde and craftinesse to dwell or consist in that person The auncient Rasis reporteth that whose lips are decerned great is denoted foolish of a dull capacitie and vnapt to learne The selfe same doth the worthie Philosopher Aristotle vtter in hys Phisiognomie of the members that such a person which hath thicke lippes is knowne to be foolishe and of a simple capacitie The much bearing out of the lippes doth witnesse such a
person after the minde of the Phisiognomer to be foolish ful of wordes contentious and hardie Certaine report that whose lippes shall be formed congruently thinne and not much folded or turned outwarde doth denote such a person to be secrete in all matters warie of a good perseuerance yet yrefull at tymes and of a singulare or readie witte The cause is for that the same declareth a congruent matter vnto the subtilnesse of the humors and spirites which is the reason and cause of the witte But the yrefulnesse consisting in that creature procéedeth through the subtilnesse of the spirits prone and apt vnto the kindling of it Such hauing the lippes with the gummes formed on the téeth prominent or bearing out doe indicate an euill tongued person a wrangler yrefull and inclined to worke iniuries for these properly referred vnto the Dogge as the singuler Palemon vttereth Whose lips are decerned not sufficient equal or a like throughout in such maner that the one be grosser or thicker than the other doth witnesse such a person to be more simple than wise and of a variable fortune as certaine report The Philosopher Ptholomeus paruus vttereth that the outwarde lippes formed small and somewhat folded or turned outwarde doe denote such a person to be full of wordes verie enuious and an accuser The reason is for that the paucitie or smalnesse of the lippes doth witnesse the small quantitie of matter and the dominion of coldnesse but the folding or turning outwarde of them doth declare a drinesse drawing togither the hearie sinewes of which ensueth that the animall spirites are incongruent vnto the decerning of whatsoeuer is spoken and the enuie through the same procéedeth and is like caused The worthie Ptholomeus Paruus vttereth that the vpper lippe folding or turning vpwarde and the neather downeward doe signifie a miserie or wretchednesse of life and vncomely condicions Of this the Phisiognomer saw and found a singuler experience especially in the poore â–ª and néedie people For the weakenesse of the animall spirits sayth he is signified to consist in them of which the witte properlye hath not place or â—rate in that creature The lippes formed thinne if the vpper be turned and folding outwarde and the same lose hanging doe denote such a creature to be a deceyuer subtile and a théefe for the more part The lippes decerned grose or thicke like to the Dogges doe indicate such a person to be a deceyuer an accuser and wicked in conditions these hitherto borrowed out of the Phisiognomie of Ptholomeus paruus The lippes of the Moores are not to be iudged vpon but of those which â—well and are conuersaunt amongst them and their qualities there shal note for which cause sufficient it is to iudge in generall of those realmes and countries more knowne to vs. Of the forme nature and iudgement of the teeth The. xxvij chapter THe canine or sharpe téeth of men if these be long fast standing and bearing outwarde doe argue such a person to be a glutton irefull fierce and laciuious applyed for the forniâ— vnto the Dogge and Boare The cause I suppose sayth the Phisiognomer through the aboundance of the radicall moysture or spermaticall matter which declareth a most great dominion of heate and strength in the principall members of which a hasty dissoluing of the substaunciall moysture ensueth that cannot be restored but through the much eating of meate whose plentifull substaunce this greatly néedeth for which cause such are inordinate as afore vttered and as the same appeareth by relation in the Dogge and Boare And such the Phisiognomer hath knowne of experience to be wasters of their owne substance great drinckers disceyuers whorehunters maintayners of harlottes and murtherers especiallye if anye other proportion aydeth and confirmeth the same The auncient Rasis reporteth that whose téeth are discerned weake thinne sette and small doe argue the whole bodye to be weake and both féeblenesse in that creature and the shortnesse of life The selfe same vttereth the sayde Rasis in the buying of seruaunts and the Philosopher Aristotle vseth the same words in his Problemes The worthie Aristotle also reporteth in secundo de Animalibus that such hauing the téeth thinne sette are noted to be short lyued The selfe same doth Rasis affirme vnder these wordes That whose canine or sharpe téeth are decerned long and strong set is argued to be a glutton an euill person and vicious of bodie The like wordes in a maner vttereth the learned Conciliatore in his Rubricke of Phisiognomie That a noyse caused through the téeth doth denote a frensinesse in that person which lyke doth sometimes happen to children sléeping when they are troubled with wormes as the skilfull Phisitions report The téeth formed bigge and broade whether these stande inwarde or are séene outwarde doe argue a vaine person lasciuious simple of a slender capacitie and hauing a bouine witte for that the same witnesseth grosse spirites to consist in that person proceeding of grosse humors The téeth most drie without anye moysture decerned to stande in them yea and wholy drie in a sicke person doe denote death at hande forasmuch as the radicall moysture is then consumed and their bodyes remaine and are as a Lampe without Oyle In a healthfull bodie the like séene doe signifie a sicknes to come and the same shortly The téeth séene full of rewme or a distilled water from the head appearing in them doe signifie a disease of the heade or stomacke through the participation and occasion of the head and lungs causing this distillation from the heade into the nose and eyes the Catharre the Cough the Squincie in the throte and the impostume of the Iawes But any of these this procureth eyther more or lesse according to the contrarie working of the members as vnto the beholder may euidently appeare Such beastes hauing the téeth indented lyke to a Sawe onely drinke by licking with the tongue but such hauing the téeth formed whole doe drinke by supping as the famous Philosopher Aristotle reporteth The téeth formed small and weake to chewe both thinne set and short appearing doe indicate after Michael Scotus a feeble courage a tender capacitie fearefull lightly perswaded eyther vnto the good or euill of a reasonable wyt and faythfull but as he wryteth such a person is short lyued The teeth after Michael Scotus not euen formed neyther in the bignesse nor in the standing of the Gummes so that there appeare of them narrowe broade thinne and thicke téeth doe denote a disoainefull person enuious bolde warie and of a readie wyt if a man may credite this Scotus The téeth formed verie long and as they were sharpe somewhat thinne set yet strong in the chewing doe witnesse after the minde of Scotus such a person to be a glutton enuious bolde deceytfull suspicious a lyar and inuericundious The téeth as M. Scotus reporteth appearing cytryne or browne colour whether these be short or long formed doe argue such a person to be more foolishe then wise a grosse féeder