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A20862	The most excellent, profitable, and pleasant booke of the famous doctour and expert astrologien Arcandain or Aleandrin to fynd the fatal desteny, constellation; complexion, and naturall inclination of euery man and childe by his byrth: with an addition of phisiognomie very delectable to reade. Now newly tourned out of French into our vulgar tonge, by Williamd Warde.; Arcandam de veritatibus et praedictionibus astrologiae. English	Roussat, Richard.; R. H. aut; Ward, William, 1534-1609.	1562 (1562)	STC 724; ESTC S118908	73,307	256

a wyttles man farre from wisedome And if there be to greate distaunce betwen them it is a signe of lightnes and of to muche talke But whan they be meanely great of an honest forme and fashion it is a sygne of verye good maners Now these thinges are ment aswell of the nailes of the tooes as of the fyngars and handes A slender thinne breast without vertue or strength signifieth weaknes of heate They y t haue their pappes hanging their breast enuironed with softe fleshe are giuen to wine and to leachery yea excessiuelye They that wagge their shulders lyfte vp their necke shal be coūpted arrogant proud But they that wagge all their body shewe euidently that they be effeminate And among al these the moste tollerable kind are they y e bowe down their bodye on the right syde when they sturre and the folyshest are they that turne body toward the left syde Of the breath WHan the breath sometime resteth and than a long time after breaketh out in great aboundance declareth the man to be in great trouble of mind Also when the head shaketh sigheth it is a signe that their is in it some naughty and euill framed thing The spirite that maketh a noyse and is greatly mooued and thrust oute it is a signe of cruelty that the man is giuen to wine They also y t haue their breath troubled and grosse as they that haue runne longe are voyde of counsell and subiect to anger and haue also a facilite readines to do and to speake This rule ought to be obserued in all signes and tokens so that you must take the superfluitie in euill part and the meane and temperature to be good Whā y e thighs be to croked and to heary it is signe of whoredome This is referred vnto the goates Aristotle saith more y t the buttocks that be very dry signifie virility mālines they y t be very fleshy moist signifie effemination they that be as it were cut declare the wickednes of y e man And this is referred vnto beares and apes The signes of an impudent man be suche as folowe First he hath bright shining eyes open the eyelides far a sonder great féete great handes he reiseth himself against thē y e beholde him He is red of colour hath a sharpe voice And beside all these signes of impudency he is iniurious The heary mā which hath blacke heare right smoth the mouth the chinne and the temples heary great eyes and glisteryng is furious enclined to whoredome a louer of fraies and fightinge euill tounged Ieronimus Gardanus a Phisition of Milan a man truly of great learning knowledge saith thus in his .xii. booke de subtilitate Euē as all lame mē are wicked so all they which are in health haue not good maners For it is more requisite there is more a doe to forme a mind without faulte than a body Wherfore the most wicked of al other are y e croke backed men seing the faulte of them is neare vnto the hart whych is the prince of all y e body Next are the blind and the squint eyed men forasmuch as nature hath failed about y e braine After them come the dome the deffe And then the halting men after thē are they y t haue their fingars fast ioyned together or to farre a sounder the one from the other for nature hath failed in them in members lesse necessarye They that be ful of wartes haue the nexte and last place and the scarred bodies folow them ¶ The Iudgement of other partes of the body THE largnes of the breast and the greatnes of the shulders and back sygnifye bouty and audatitye with capacitye of wytte and wisedome But y e smallnes of the backe declareth the man to be of a discordaunt nature The meanes of the breast and equalnes of the backe is a very good sygne The shulders lose declare weakenes of the mynde and fearfullnes They that haue a great belly are vndiscreete fooles proud and whoremongers The meane belly and narrow stomack sygnifie hyghnes of vnderstanding and good counsell The smallnes of the legges declare ignorance and the greanes of thē sygnifie audacitie strength of body Aboundance of fleshe at the knes sygnifyeth debilitie and weaknes or effemination They that haue a wyde pase in goyng and slowe prospere commonly in their doynges affayres But they that haue a lyttle pase are violent and of small strength and in their workes of an euyll will Finallye he hath a good memorye and well composed in nature that hath a softe fleshe moyste and meane betwene rough and softe and whan he is neyther to great nor to litle when he is whyte declining to reddenes or whan he is neyther to much but meanely blacke Gentyll of continuance hauing the heare full and meane Great eyes somewhat round A meane head and of a good fashyon wyth a great necke well and equally sette The shulders faste and ferme wythoute wauerynge to or fro not hauing muche fleshe in the small of the legges and knées A cleare voyce smal temperate some what smilyng not mockig hauing a lyke loke of mirth c. Yet you maye not be to hastye in gyuing Iudgement or aduyse in one of these signes But take the testimonye of them all And you haue the dyuersyte of signes tending to dyuers things turne alwayes to the better parte and the moste approued Then may you pronosticate and gyue Iudgement more assuredlye of greate and smalle thynges to comme yea of euerye man what soeuer he bée for as muche as you shall knowe moore certaynely hys déedes and hys maners in kéepynge thys rule and waye FINIS R. H. Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo. Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces The heauenly inclinatie no be no inforcementes to the wyse Aries diuided into two principall panes containing fyue chapters the .ii. perticuler signe the body the mynde and qualities therof the terme of lyfe Ill fortune Good fortune the body the mynde Chaunces in the lyfe tyme. Diseases Contrarye d●●● Good fortune Mariage description of the bodye the minde Sicknes Marriage Length of lyfe Good fortune Ill fortune Forreyn euentes Infirmities Dayes What parte of the worlde is best Garments Nature Taurus diuided into thre partes containing vi chapters Diseases Death Buriall Good fortune Sicknes Marriage The iudgemēt of the male Infirmtiie Wandering in forteen countries Marriage Ill fortune Contrarye daye The iudgemēt of the female Husbandes Diseases Substance Infamie The general fortune of Taurus Good fortune Ill fortune Frendes Sicknes Diseases Gemini is diuided in to 3 partes conteining 6 chapters Length of lyfe Length of lyfe Diseases The iudgemēt of the male the body the mynde Ill fortune Diseases Good fortune Euil dayes The iudgemēt of the female Length of lyfe Lunatik of Moneage Good fortune Chyldren Ill fortune Euil dayes The general fortune of Gemini Cancer is diuided in to 5 partes conteining 5 chapters the 16. perticuler signe

nature cold and drye Therefore his apparell ought to be of some darke or blacke colour The fifte Chapter toucheth the iudgement of Virgo concerninge the female Wherefore note that the mayde or woman borne in this signe shall be marked in the said places as is described in this Chapter precedent Touchynge the disposition of her mynde she shall be wittie shamefaste chaste gentle beneuolent and glad to please al men wherby she shal be beloued of all men But she shal be somewhat curste and that only belongeth to her euyl fortune Aboute .xvij. yeres of her age she shall marry and her first husband she shall not loue who shall dye and afterwards marry the .ij. Her first Chyld shal be of excellent beautye She shal be enrapped with many sorowes She shal suffer diuers maladies which yf she eskape she shall lyue .lxx. yeres .vj. monethes v. dayes Her fortunat dayes bée Wednesday and Sunday Her infortunat day is Saterday Therfore vpon that day let her begynne no new worke but abstayne from all notable busynes They that be borne in this signe as wel men as women shall suffer much payn in their thighes féete and head Her fortune is towards the South c. as in the former Chap. And both kynds shal be liberall The .vj. Chapter compriseth the common fortune of Virgo Where is to bée noted that the borne in this signe haue their fortune in tillage and in al things generally thervnto apperteining especially in all things that be sowen They be subiecte to paines of the thighes and feete as fistulas or such like ache in the head dropsie the flixe or collick besides others before mencioned And emonges other countreis thei shal visit the citie of Ierusalem the riuer of Euphrates Spaine other countreys adioyning And their good fortune or chief dominiō is towards the South Their fortunate dayes are Sundaye Twesday Wednesdaye Their infortunate is Fridaye and Saterday but Friday to them that be borne in this signe is euer infortunate He that is borne in this signe as is aforesaide is melancholike colde and drie And therefore let him weare black apparell or such as be of darke colour and of no lyght colour because this signe is altogether melancolick that is to saye earthie Libra the seuenth celestiall and principall sygne ♀ ♎ THe .vij. treatise doeth demonstrate the effect of the .vij. Celestial signe called Libra and is diuided into .v. Chapters The firste determineth the head of Libra The .ij. the tayle of Libra This signe hath but onely the sayde two principall partes The .iij. Chapter mentioneth the iudgement of Libra touchyng the male The .iiij. touchynge the female The .v. and last the generall and common fortune of Libra The .iij. Chapter entreateth of the iudgement of Libra touchyng the male Where note that who so euer shal be borne in this signe first touching the disposition of the body he shal be wel made proporcioned He shall haue a naturall marke vppon one of his armes Touchinge the disposition of the mynde He shal be a great fornicator merye holde fortunate especially vpon the water He shall excogitate and serche out many secretes shal be verye perylous He shall be very desirous to wander in the world to viewe the fashions therein and the sundrie vanities and condicions thereof and for that cause shall traiuell into many countreys He shal be freatynge inwardly by fittes and by fittes also shal be quiet Towarde straungers he wyll vse flatteryng wordes and sweete communication but towardes hys owne seruauntes if thei be euill he will vse sharpe and croked wordes He shal be suspected of a great crime but it shal be so close as it can not be proued He shall suffer great paine in hys necke ioyntes and bellye and shall haue .iij. especiall sickennesses The firste shal be when he is .xv. yeres of age The .ij. when he is xxxviij And the .iij. when he is lxxxx at what tyme he shall dye Concernynge his good fortune in his youth he shall be neyther poore nor ryche but afterwardes he shall accumulate vnto hymselfe great substaunce He shall occupye and haue to do with other mens money He shall triumph ouer his enemies Touchyng his euyll fortune he shall be wounded with yron a clubbe or wyth a stone emonges the rest of his misfortunes He shal be in daunger of a sword and therfore let hym beware thererf He shall continue in the place where he was borne not withstandyng for a time he shall trauell into farre countreys whiche fortune maye be to him indifferent he shal forgoe his first wife whiche also is a fortune indifferent Thursday is his contrarye day and therefore vpon that daye let him not washe his head and put on no new apparel nor beginne any notable enterprise The .iiij. Chapter declareth the iudgement of this signe touchinge the female where note that the maide borne therein first touchinge the disposition of the bodye she shal be faire and of excellent beautie Touchinge the disposition of her mynde she shal be frendlye amiable wittie and a louer of her owne familie Concernynge her lyfe and maner thereof she shall suffer a naturall payne in her stomacke She shall haue two diseases The firste shal be daungerous and when she is two yeres olde And the seconde when she is .lxxviij. yeres of age After her good fortune she shall haue in occupyinge a great masse of money In her seconde husbande she shall greatly reioyce and shall triumph ouer her enemyes Accordynge to her euyll fortune she shall haue a strype or wounde in some place of her bodye Shee shall haue twoo husbandes and by the deathe of her first husbande she shall bee vnfortunate Thursdaye is her vnluckye daye And therefore let her not washe her head vpon that daye or begynne anye thynge notable The fifte Chapter describeth the common and vniuersall fortune of Libra Where note that Libra hath hys fortune in beastes equitable or apte to be ridden especiallye if thei be of colour white Likewise Libra his fortune is in al faire things in the bargains thereof especially if thei be white generally in al beautiful things belonging to worldly delectatiō chiefly in womens aparel in al things proceding frō the water in al things y t be transported frō a far and that be of smalest weight The borne in this signe are aboue others giuen to embrace lerning the study of the sciences The good and fortunat dayes are Monday and Fryday The infortunate daye is Wednesday The borne in this signe shall be troubled with infirmities diseases of the belly as with y e dissenterie lienterie grypynges and other paynes procedyng of wynde and chiefely about the backe bone They be naturally of sanguine complexion and thereby whote and moyste And because he is fortunate in things that be whyte therfore let hym vse whyte apparell The good fortune of thys Signe is towardes the West And therefore hys house bedde and all hys