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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60202	The deaf and dumb man's discourse. Or A treatise concerning those that are born deaf and dumb containing a discovery of their knowledge or understanding; as also the method they use, to manifest the sentiments of their mind. Together with an additional tract of the reason and speech of inanimate creatures. By Geo. Sibscota.	Sibscota, George.; Deusing, Anton, 1612-1666.	1670 (1670)	Wing S3748B; ESTC R203573	28,715	98

be other signs made imitating the outward speech and Succedaneous to hearing as those are which Mutes themselves always make use one in lieu of speech and by which they conceive the Sentiments of other mens minds For experience teacheth us and there are also many obvious examples among us that those that are originally Dumb and Deaf do by certain gestures and various motions of the body as readily and clearly declare their mind to those with whom they have been often conversant as if they could speak and likewise by such gestures of other Persons they do absolutely understand the intentions of their mind also 48. The Emperour of the Turk maintains many such Mutes in his Court who do express the Conceptions of their minds one to another and as it were interchange mutual discourse by gesticulations and variety of external significations no otherways than we that have the faculty of signifying our own thoughts and conceiving those of other Persons by outward Speech Nay the Turkish Emperour himself and his Courtiers take great delight with this kind of Speech shadowed out by gestures and use to employ themselves very much in the exercise hereof to make them perfect in it 49. Cornelius Haga Embassadour to the Emperour of the Turks sent thither by the States of the United Provinces did once invite all those Mutes to a Banquet as I observed from the relation given me by the most Noble and Worthy Dr. Brinkins Senator of Hardervick where though there was not a syllable heard yet they did exchange several discourses as is usual at other Treats which the Embassadour understood by an Interpreter on both sides by whose assistance he himself did discourse with the Mutes upon all subjects 50. But those very significations of things which Mutes make use of proceed not from nature but from their own institution no more than our speech Therefore they attain unto them by Study and exercise Although however most of them do shadow out some outward manner of the things which they aim at As when they close one hand and move it up towards the Nostrils thereby they signifie a Flower Now the significations of those Mutes which is as it were their Speech are not like the Languages which vary among several Nations nor are so absolutely different 51. And as the Mutes do by their gestures exactly and distinctly understand one another and those Persons also that use such a kind of analogous Speech among them so they conceive many things by the gestures motion of the Lips and such like things in those that really do speak and sometimes understand a great part of their conceptions by such outward things So saith Platerus in the place above-mentioned that his Father told him that that Deaf and Dumb man whom we discourst of a little before when he very devoutly heard Oecolampadius Preaching did apprehend many things from the motion of his Lips and gestures and so from others 52. And there is now at this very time in the City of Gronning such a one who being born Deaf and Dumb constantly frequents publike Sermons and doth as it were contemplate upon the Words of the Preacher with his eyes fixt upon him so that he seems to receive them in at his Mouth as others do by the Ear. This person when he earnestly desires to receive the Holy Sacrament I do not at all question but that he hath that knowledge of those Divine things that concern his Salvation insomuch that he cannot be debarr'd from it without some scruple of Conscience Although I am of opinion that he ought to be examined as to this his knowledge and Confession which may be done by means of his Wife or Servant his Interpreters whom he alwayes hath with him and who discourse with him very nimbly by signs of any thing whatsoever 53. We will subjoyn one example out of Phil. Camerarius which is in Horae Subcisivae 1 Gent. 37 We have now among us saith he a young Youth and a Maid born of the same Parents and indeed of a Noble and honest Family who have an extraordinary acuteness of Wit and though Nature brought them forth Deaf and Dumb yet they can both of them Read distinctly Write an excellent hand and keep Merchants Accompts And as he dextrously perceives by a Nod what you would have him to do and ifhe wants a Pen will express himself by gestures and is very cunning at all Games that are usually plaid among us upon the Dice which cannot be managed without great subtilty so she very much exceeds all Maids at her Needle and curious Weaving But among other their admirable qualifications which Nature hath bestowed upon them this is wonderful that they seem to understand what any one speaks by the motion of the Lips Wherefore they are often at Church hearing the Word Preacht So that it will be no absurdity to say that 't is probable they take the Words in at their Eyes they are so intent which others use to do by the Ear. For they can at pleasure without any suggestion or other help write the Lords Prayer and other pious Oraisons And can remember the Gospells appointed to be read on Holy-days as well as others and readily Write them And if the Holy Name of Iesus be mentioned in the Church he above all the rest will in a posture of Reverence uncover his head and bow the knee Thus Nature like an indulgent Mother was solicitous and studious to recompense their defects that she might free her self from the injurious accusation of a cruel Step-mother The Fourth SECTION Being A DISCOURSE Concerning the REASON AND SPEECH OF BEASTS 54. THese things concerning those that are born Deaf and Dumb being thus determined we will proceed to a further Illustration of the rest which occurr in the Problem propos'd and the Explication thereof And the third point which Aristotle hath offered to our meditation concerns the Speech of Beasts where he lays down this as an Assertion That the faculty of Speech which presupposeth reason is only bestowed upon Man and that no other Creature can Speak Which we will take into our Consideration 55. To speak truly the inward Speech is no more than the nuncius or a certain image of internal reason which goes to the Idea of the reason exprest whence the Graecians and that not without reason call rationem and sermonem Reason and Speech by the same name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 absolutely i. e. Speech which the Philosophers distinguish into 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into internal and external and the one must necessarily accompany the other unlesse there be an imperfection or defect in the organs Therefore this is a necessary Consequence That where there is no Reason there can be no external Speech and so on the contrary 56. And 't is from this strict copulation of Reason and Speech that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rational is express'd in the Arabick Version by the word Natthack which signifies Speaking Gen. 2.