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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	2,483	5	9.5484	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80284	The compleat book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the antients and shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets, and other celestial constellations, on the bodies of men, women and children; and the mighty influences they have upon those that are born under them. Compiled by the learned Albubetes, Benesaphan, Erra Pater, and other of the antients. To which is added, the country man's kalendar; with his daily practice, and perpetual prognostication for weather, according to Albumazar, Ptolomy, and others. Together with a catalogue of all the market-towns, fairs, and roads in England and Wales. All those who peruse this book, must own, that it the knowledge gives of things unknown.		1698 (1698)	Wing C5629; ESTC R232040	59,597	177

Back A broad Back is a Sign of strength but the mean proportion of both Back and Brest is always commendable A crooked or hump Back is generally a Token of a niggardly and covetous Person Of the Belly A lank Belly with a big Breast denotes a Man of Understanding Courage and Counsel But a great Belly shews an indiscreet foolish proud Man and given to Luxury Of the Arms. Very long Arms are a sign of Boldness Strength and Honesty Short Arms denote a Tormenter of Discord and Strife among Friends Of the Hands The Hands very short denote a clownish rude ill-bred Person And if fat and ●leshy with the Fingers so also it shews ●hey are inclin'd to Theft Small Hands and long Fingers denote Persons of a gen●eel Carriage but very crafty Of the Legs Large and well-set Legs denote Boldness large Legs and full of Sinnews shew Fortitude and Strength Slender Legs denote ignorance Short and fat Legs Cruelty Legs crooked and hollowed inwardly is a sign of very ill Men. Soft and swelling Legs shew a Man to be of ill manners The Shin gross and short with a sharp Heel and fat Thighs do denote Madness or Frensie to happen to that Party Of the Feet Small and slender Feet denote hardness but the Feet full of Flesh declare foolishness XX. Of the Eour Prime Qualities and Four Complexions AS there are in Nature four prime Qualities which are Cold and Heat Dryness and Moisture and tho' these are all contrary to each other yet the right and healthful state of the Body consists in a due mixture and temperament of them all For as the Cold would destroy Life without a due mixture of Heat so likewise the Heat would burn us up without a mixture of Cold to allay it And Moisture and Dryness are the Cement of Heat and Cold and bind them together These Four Prime Qualities in their Combination together make the four Elements which consists of the Nature of these Prime Qualities For Air is moist and hot the Fire hot and dry the Earth dry and cold and the Water cold and moist Now as there are in Nature four prime Qualities and four Elements so is there also four Complexions one of which is predominant in every Man and Woman and the four Complexions are called Sanguine Choller Melancholly and Flegm The first of these is Sanguine that is Blood and this is gendered in the Liver and Limbs this Complexion is like to Air being hot and moist and is the best and purest of them all Those that are of this Complexion are of ruddy colour very lovely and amiable of a merry and chearful Disposition and Countenance delighting in singing laughing and pleasure courteous and affable in their Conversation and gentle and peaceable in their Demeaner being of a mild and quiet Spirit without Guile or Deceit just and honest in all their Actions And as the Ancients say he hath his Wine of the Ape for the more he drinks the merrier he is The second is Choller which is engendred in the Gall and is like thereto having the Nature of Fire which is hot and dry A chollerick Man is naturally lean and slender revengeful hasty and malicious deceitful and subtile covetous traiterous false wrathful brainless and foolish transported with Passion and Anger beyond the bounds of Reason And according to the Ancients he hath his Wine of the Lion that ●s to say he fighteth with every one when he is drunk The third is Flegm engendred in the Lungs like to Gall and is of the nature of Water cold and moist A flegmatick Man is dull heavy slow and sleepy and rheumatick also somewhat ingenious His Visage of a white pale colour He commonly spitteth when he is moved And as the Ancients say hath his Wine of the Sheep for when he is drunk he esteems himself most Wise The fourth is Melancholly engendred in the Milt and like the Dregs of Blood It hath the Nature of the Earth and is cold and dry A melancholly Man is slothful envious and malicious covetous false a Back-biter spiteful and slow And as the Ancients say hath his Wine of the Hog for as soon as he is drunk he desires sleep XX. The Significations of Moles in any Part of the Body according to the Judgment of the Ancients A Mole in the Forehead of Man or Woman denotes they shall grow rich and attain to great Possessions being beloved of their Friends and Neighbours To have a Mole on the Eye-brows shews a Man to be incontinent and given to the love of Women but if it be a Woman it signifies a good Husband He or she that has a Mole on their Nose it signifies they love their pleasure more than any thing else A Mole on the Chin shews the Party shall never stand in need of his Kin but shall get Mony and grow very rich A Mole on the Neck denotes him honourable and prudent in all his Actions But if a Woman it shews her of a weak Judgment and apt to believe the worst of her Husband A Mole on a Man's Shoulder signifies Adversity and threatens him with an unhappy end But a Woman having a Mole on the same place it shews she shall abound in Honour and Riches A Man or Woman having a Mole on their Wrist or Hand denotes encrease of Children but Affliction in old Age. A Man or Woman having a Mole near the Heart upon the Breast shews th●m irreligious wicked and malicious A Mole on the Belly shews the Person to be addicted to Gluttony and Lasciviousness A Mole on the Knee shews a Man shall be fortunate in marrying and that his Wife shall be beautiful vertuous and very wealthy A Woman having one in the same place shews she shall be vertuous happy and fruitful in Children A Mole on the Ancle denotes the Man to be Effeminate and act the part of the Woman like Sardanapalus at the Spinningwhole And the Woman has the like Mole she shall affect to be Lord over her Husband A Mole on the Foot shews a Man prosperous in getting Riches and happy in his Children If a Woman has the same Mole also ●etokens her the same Happiness THE Wisdom of the Ancients IN THE Interpretation of Dreams Collected Alphabetically OUT OF Approved Authors A. To Dream that you HAve your Business delayed by an Adversary signifies Dispatch and Expedition To commit Adultery signifies Quarrels See the Air serene signifies Pain See the Air Cloudy signifies Dispatch of Business See Ants signifies strife Discover an Alter shews Rejoycing Eat Apples denotes Choller Gather Apples signifies Vexation Have weak Arms signifies torment Have your Arm dried up is very unfortunate See Armed Men signifies good luck See Armed Men fly signifies Victory See an Ass signifies Malice See an Ass sitting on his Crupper signifies Labour Hear an Ass bray is a sign of receiving loss B. To Dream that you Cut Bacon signifies the Death of some Person Eat Bacon or falt Meats signifies Murmering