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A00527	Speculum ægrotorum. The sicke-mens glasse or, A plaine introduction wherby one may giue a true, and infallible iudgement, of the life or death of a sicke bodie, the originall cause of the griefe, how he is tormented and afflicted, what thinges are medicinable to the diseased person: and the day and houre in which he shall recouer, or surrender his vitall breath. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the foure humors, and how they are ingendered and distributed in our humane bodies: with certaine and manifest signes to discerne of what complexion any man is: and the operation that eating, drinking rest and exercise, worketh in euery person: with certaine speciall preseruatiues for the eye-sight. Composed by Iohn Fage, student in phisicke, and practitioner in astrologie.	Fage, John, student in phisicke.	1606 (1606)	STC 10665; ESTC S114685	34,615	72

some dominion and those I call Melancholly chollericke In some Melancholy soly excéeds such persens I terme Melanchollicke In other Melancholy hath the superioritie and blood-some dominion and they I call melanchol●ike Sanguine In other blood surmounteth and melancholy hath the next dominion and such persons I nominate sanguine Melancholike And in other Blood only raigneth and such I call Sanguine But in other Blood excéedes and Fleame hath perticipation with it and those I call Sanguine flegmaticke Also in some Fleame surpasseth and Blood hath some dominion such I call flegmaticke Sanguine In other some Fleame onely hath the preheminence and such I call Flegmaticke And in other some Fleame hath mastery and choller some domination such persons I call Flegmaticke cholericke Also in sone mens bodyes Choller hath the principall soueraigntie and Fleame somewhat excéedeth the rest and such I call cholericke Flegmaticke Hereat the ignorant perchaunce will finde some matter to spurne because I haue deuided the complexions of men into so many sundry proportions yet he that is acquainted with the secret operations of nature knoweth the original cause of a mans complections and also obserueth the diuersitie of mens colours the sundry proportions of their bodies and variety of conditions shall plainly perceiue that nature hath many wayes distributed them and not onely by foure manner of proportions as I will herefollowing declare at large Of the originall cause of mens Complexions THe complexion of man procéedeth not of any naturall procreation receiued from his parents at the time of his conception nor of the milke of the mother or Nurse wherewith the Infant is nourished as some doe imagine But is infused and proportioned according to the Celestiall bodyes renolting ouer our Horizon at the natiuitie of the Infant for that Signe or Signes which is colocated in the ascendant or Horroscope will certeinly demonstrate and shew of what complexion the natiue is for if you finde in the first house a fierie signe only scituated you shall iudge that person to be chollericke of Complexion But if you finde in the Horroscop the most part of a fierie signe and some of a earthy then you shall call that person chollericke melancholicke of complexion And if the latter or least part of a fierie signe possesse the ascendant with the more part of an earthy you may call that person melancholicke chollerick Also if an earthy Signe occupy the whole Horroscope that man shall be melancholicke Or if you finde in the first House the most part of a earthy Signe and some of an airie that person shall be melancholike sanguine But if the lesser part of an earthy Signe and the more of an airie possesse the ascendant that man shall be sanguine melancholick Likewise if you finde an airie signe occupying the whole ascendant you shall call that man Sanguine of complexion ger the vertue of digestion is méetly strong in such persons and their pulse is lesser and slower then in chollericke persons his vrine is yellow and thinne their egestion is yellowish and hard and they dreame of falling from high places of robberies murders harmes procéeding of fire fiighting and anger and such like Signes of a Melancholicke chollericke man MElancholicke cholericke men are tall of stature by reason that naturall heate is féeble and thereby are many fumosities engendred but yet they are little and slender of body because of drinesse therefore their skinne is rough and hard and cold in toucking they haue but very little haire on their bodies are long without beards by meanes of colde which stoppe the poores and suffereth not the matter whereof haire is engendred to come foorth also they haue much superfluitie in the nose their colour is pale shadowed with a little nigritude or darknesse As concerning their conditions they are gentle giuen to sobrietie solitarie studious doubtfull auarous shamefast timerous stubborne fretfull penfiue constant and true in action with a déepe surmise and wit slowe with obliniousnes their haire is browne and thin their digestion féeble and lesse then their appetite the Pulse litle and slacke their Vrine subcitrine and thinne and their egestion is fallow and something soft with dreaming of falling downe from high places fearefull dreams and sundry vanities Signes of a Melancholy person Melancholick men are meane of stature and seldome very tall for excesse colde doth binde the substance and suffereth it not to stretch in length and although melancholly be dry in temperature yet they are not little and flender of body the occasion is as I imagine of excesse cold by meanes whereof much superfluitie is engendered which somewhat delayeth the drines for melancholicke men are full of fleame and rumaticke matter Their colour is duskish and swarftish pale their skinne is rough and cold in féeling they haue very little or no haire on their bodyes and are long without beards yea sometimes beardlesse the colour of their haire is duskish and flaren As thouching their conditions they are naturally couetous selfe-louers cowardish fearefull without cause pusilanimous solitarie carefull lumpish inhumanious seldome merry or laughing stoute stubborne ambitious enuious fretfull obstinate in opinions o● a déepe cogitation mistrustfull suspitious vered with dolors of the minde and dreadfull imaginations as though they were infested with euill spirits and are very spightfull curious squemish and yet Slouens hauing small rega●d of hansomenes high minded and very maiesticall in behauiour and retaine their anger long the vertue of concoction is in them very féeble yet they haue good appetite to their meate their Vrine is palish and meane in substance and obtuse their order is clayish coloured and broken and they dreame of dreadfull things terrible visians and darknes Signes of a Melancholike sauguine man MElancholicke Sanguine men are higher of stature then Melancholicke for in them naturall heat is temperate wherefore fumosities and radicall moisture is meanly engendered wherby they are meanly bigge fleshie and firme of body their colour is after a darkish red their skinne neither hard nor rough but temperate in heat and softnesse and not very hairie they haue beardes about 21. yéeres of their age As touching their conditions they are more liberall bolder merier lesse slubborne and not so cowarddish solitarie and pensiue as melancholike persons neither so vexed with euil imaginatiōs as they are also they are gentle sober patient trustie mercifull and affable and to conclude forasmuch as this complection is temperate in qualitie so likewise it is boone in conditions for vertue is a meane betwéene to extreames Their vrine is light saffronish coloured and meane in substance their pulses are temperate in motion and their order reddish and loose with dreames pleasant and many times respondent to trueth their digestion is meanly strong Signes of a Sanguine Melancholicke man SAnguine Melancholike men are meane of stature with bodyes well compact with veines and artires fleshie but not fatte they drowsie and sluggish as they are but merrier and quicker witted their face is

slender dyet for the vsage of abstinence and fasting helpeth the digestiue vertue and clenseth the body of grosse and vnconcocted Humours But contrarily much eating and drinking quencheth naturall heate hindereth digestion and repleateth the body wi●● groue humors and superfluitie bredeth stitches and ventositie c. If they will conserue their bodies in health let them eate and drinke very little and vse meates that will soone be digested and strong drinke and hot wines But let them avoide excesse of drinking for that engendreth Quotidians the Dropsie called Lencoflemna Falling sicknesse Goutes Greene sicknesse Rumes Catarres and such diseases as are bred of indigestion Much exercise also is very salubrious to the bodyes of such persons for it extenuateth grosse Humors and expel●eth them by swet and other euacuations quickneth the memorie stirreth vp courage and clarifieth the skin FLegmaticke cholericke men are of a stronger nature then Flegmaticke persons for in them the vertue of digestion is quicker and may obserue a meane order of dyet but excesse filleth their bodies with yellow choller such diseases as procéed thereof Also much excesse of drinking engendreth corrupt matter Morbus gallicus Fistula c. Moderate exercise is commodious to this complexion CHollericke Flegmaticke persons are of stronge constitution may eat and drink a good quantitie slender dyet abstinence doth worke the like operation in them as in chollerick but not so outragiously Much excesse of strong drinke inflameth the blood and ingendereth yellow Iaunders and Plurisyes Let them vse one excercise moderatly but beware of violent labour Héere is to be noted gentile Reader that exact iudgement cannot be giuen vpon a mans complexion by any one of the aforesaide tokens for as much as they are all variable and changeable yet of rest the colour is most certaine in our Ocean climats and in healthfull persons but forreine Climes and sicknes altereth the colour also the Stature Trine Pulse and Order of a person changeth after the order of dyet and health of the partie also the conditions altereth sometimes when grace worketh aboue nature or when some fortunate Planet is Lord of the natiuity And as for dreams they 〈◊〉 ●●gether variable one while procéeding of some inordinate musing and thinking of a thing whereby the vertue cogitiue is troubled and imprinteth the same in the braine sometimes of the humor bred and engendred in the stomacke euapouring into the head otherwhiles the illusion of euill spirits or by the Reuelation of good Angels And to conclude a mans complexion altereth according to age and diet of the person as naturall heat aug●●enteth or defecteth Approoued Remedies for sore eyes For dimnesse in the eyes TAke halfe a pint of Rennish wine then as much hony and boyle them both together in the boyling scumme it well let it boyle til halfe be consumed take it off the fire and kéepe it anoynt the eye with it and put some in the eye and in thrise vsing it will helpe For the Webbe in the eye TAke iuice of Veruine oyle of wheat water of Rosh of each a like then boyle it well in a brasen vessell then put in the eye For a blowe with a stone or a chip in the eye THe best Remedie for such an accident as by experience hath bin approued is this take a handfull of Cardus Benedictus and stampe it small temper it well with halfe the white of an Egge and therewith make a plaister laying it on flaxen herdes binding it hard to the eye where it shall lye till it be dryed and then apply another and so consequently vse it til your patient be throughly whole this is also a present remedie for the eyes that are bloodshed Laus sit Deo omnipotenti The Epilogue of the Author OMightie Ioue to thee be praise that rules raignes on hie Thy Majestie extolled is aboue the Starry skie Thou that the heauēs earth of confusde Chaos made The Sonne and Moone and twinckling Starres Bright day and nightley shade Who can expresse thy wonderous workes thy wisdome power and might No Saint nor Angell can doe it much lesse a mortall Wight Thou that from wise and pregnant wittes thy Arcanes doest conceale And vnto Babes and simple men thy secrets doest reueale Let Cherubin and Seraphin laudate thy name alwaies And hilles and dales resound a voice to eccho foorth thy praise Also let man and beast likewise thy worthy actes admire And euery liuing thing on earth thy condigne praise aspire Thou canst the dead to life reujue to the blinde giue sight And eke bring out of Stigian vale so forcely is thy might For why the life of euery thing is in thy hand O Lord. And maist doe with it what thou wilt if that thou say the word Thou that the Sun for certaine daies didst cause to stay stand Vntill thy people Israel had got the vpper hand Canst bridle frowning Saturns rage bloody Mars withhold and bring the Sicke to perfect health what euer Stars foreto●de For thou alone art onely he that all things doest respect And rulest fate and future haps for loue of thine elect Vnto the Father vncreat and Iesus Christ his Sonne And vnto God the holy Ghost all laud and praise be done FINIS