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A68187	The contemplation of mankinde contayning a singuler discourse after the art of phisiognomie, on all the members and partes of man, as from the heade to the foote, in a more ample maner than hytherto hath beene published of any. In the place next after the chapter of the forehead, hath the phisiognomer added a proper treatise of the signification of sundrie lines seene in most mens foreheads: which in sundrie disputations with a skilfull Iew, he at the last obtayned. ... In the ende is a little treatise added of the signification of moles ... written by a worthie Grecian named Melampus. All which, englished by Thomas Hyll.	Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.; Cocles, Bartolommeo della Rocca, 1467-1504. Chyromantie ac physionomie anastasis.; Malampus, 3rd cent. B.C. Peri elaiōn sōmatos. English.	1571 (1571)	STC 13482; ESTC S104092	171,153	456

of the foreheade which with a certaine musculous and thinne substaunce fastned to it is vnited or ioyned togither that the inner partes of the hands and soales of the féete with the tendons doe agrée and worke togither The foreheade distinguished or deuided of the bones lying vnder the vtter skinne doth onely consist of two mouable skinnes and briefly the whole is lose in it selfe and of the same is vndoubtedly mooued by a voluntarie motion The skinne of the foreheade doth mooue togither with the eie liddes by certaine muscles and sinewes at the opening and shutting togither of the eyes The musculous thickenesse lying vnder the skinne of the foreheade by which the eye browes are drawne vp and the motion of the foreheade caused hath his hearie fastnings tending downewarde which cut ouertwhart by an vnskilfull Chirurgian doth after cause that the whole skin of the foreheade doth slyde or fall downe to the eyes The plaine and euen forheade without anye wrincles is the same which doth beare or bosse nothing outwardes but contayneth or hath a certayne euennesse thorow out And suche persons are noted of the Phisiognomer to be contentious and full of variances the reason is for that the same signifieth a grosse skinne of the foreheade and of the consequent a like witte and the hardenesse of flesh which cannot be placed of which the rudenesse of vnderstanding ensueth through the Organ not due proportioned And such also be hote and drye persons which is the cause of the tention of the foreheade so that through the paucitie of vnderstanding they be caused brawlers and contentious In all matters is their a certaine outwarde note by which we finde those that are not answering to the eyes that is to say the inward notes not séene Of this appereth that the nature of the proper matter hath his and Philosophie naturall hath his which it skilfully noteth The person that hath a bigge foreheade is slow and dull witted compared vnto the Oxe in that the Oxe is a slowe beast which hath a bigge foreheade But the foreheade small doth denote an vnstable person The foreheade large doth indicate such a person to be inclined often to chaunge both minde and purpose but if the foreheade be very large then such a person for the more parte is noted to be a foole of small discretion and dull witted as both Aristotle and Auicen write The foreheade to be large after the agréement of writers is ment to be formed with a due quantitie both in the length and breadth The foreheade rounde and fleshie doth argue such a person to be irefull if the same especially be bearing or bossing out and with this lacking discretion dull and slowe who of the Philosopher aptly applyed to the Asse The forehead ouermuch standing forth that the same séemeth bossed out in the middle doth signifie the excesse of choller and such for the more parte are disposed and inclyned vnto the Chollericke and hastye passions as vnto the fransinesse and furious hastinesse A like to this that if the foreheade hath as it were a proper bearing forth or knobbe bossing out and certaine dentings in or little furrowes to be séene doth by practise of the Phisiognomer signifie such a person to be rashe wylie and false of promise yea this like by the reporte of Adamantius doth denote sometimes foolishnesse and fransinesse or madnesse in that creature so that the other signes and notes of the partes aunswere and agrée The foreheade little and narrowe doth indicate such a person to be foolish and a small likelyhoode in him to be taught or to conceyue anye learning to purpose yea nastie sluggish and a gluttinous féeder applyed for these to the grunting Sowe But the foreheade small that is thinne of skinne and very narrowe in a swarte person doth denote him to be lasciuious soone mooued to ire ouer liberall séeking desirouslye acquaintaunce and a note of small witte in him Here note that the foreheade small and hauing a thin skinne doth indicate in that creature subtill and moouable spirites econtra For the spirite is a subtill substaunce aereall cléere and produced of the lightest and most thinne part of bloude by which the vertue of life is caried vnto the proper actions of the same So that where the ouermuch thickenesse is of the foreheade there of necessitie must the grosse spirites be ingendred which are not apt to meditate or conceyue déepelye for the expulsiue vertue which is weaker in that person And the vertue vnited is stronger or mightier than the same dispersed so that the spirites vnited can not aptly discerne the congruent actions through the ouer emptie large and flegmatick place The foreheade ouer thinne of skin and wrineled doth argue the lacke of braine and consumption of the substauntiall moysture as the like appeareth in aged persons and in those which by dayly and continuall sicknesses are wasted and brought very leane The foreheade long doth witnesse suche a person to be wittie apt to learne or to be taught yet somewhat vehement in causes many times For these of the Philosopher aptlye applyed to the fierce Dog. new acquaintaunce and a note of small witte in him Here note that the foreheade small and hauing a thinne skinne doth indicate in that creature subtill and mooueable spirites ●contra For the spirite is a subtill substaunce aereall cléere and produced of the lightest and most thin part of bloud by which the vertue of lyfe is caried vnto the proper actions of the same So that where the ouermuch thicknesse is of the forehead there of necessitie must the grosse spirites be ingendred which are not apt to meditate or conceyue déepely for the expulsiue vertue which is weaker in that person and the vertue vnited is stronger or mightier then the same dispersed so that the spirits vnited can not aptly discerne the congruēt actions through the ouer emptie large and flegmaticke place The foreheade ouer thinne of skinne and wrinkled doth argue the lacke of braine and consumtion of the substanciall moysture as the like appeareth in aged persons and in those which by daylye and continuall sicknesses are wasted and brought very leane The foreheade long doth witnesse suche a person to be wittie apt to learne or to be taught yet somewhat vehement in causes many times For these of the Philosopher aptly applied to the fierce Dogge The foreheade square hauing an equall and moderate largenesse agréeable to the heade and face or according to the maner of the other parts doth argue such a person to be vertuous wittie of honest condicions and of likelyhoode to be hardie and couragious for which of the Philosopher Aristotle aptlye applyed vnto the Lyon. The foreheade playne and wholye without wrincles doth indicate suche a person to séeke and be desirous of great honour and the same aboue his reach and possibilitie to be compassed being one also of small discretion spitefull and very irefull or that continueth long angrie obstinate and full of strife A

head And the inner members haue their receptacles great and the knittings of the motiue sinewes are of a due proportion Et econtra contrarium denotatur By the loynes the ingenious Phylosopher Aristotle meaneth from the gyrdlestéede vnto the beginning of the buttockes So that when the same place hath a largenesse doth argue strength in that creature through the plentie of muscles and such are delighted in the hunting of beastes and applyed to the Lyon and Greyhound in the forme The condition and iudgement of the breast throte and pappes The xlij chapter THe breast is that part which conteyneth the spirituall members for that in it are certaine partes conteyning and certaine conteyned The partes conteyning are fower that is the fleshe the brawnie part the pappes and the bones The partes conteyned are eyght that is the hart the lungs the pannycles the ligaments the sinewes the veynes the arteries and Hysophagus The Phylosopher Aristotle vnto king Alexander vttereth that the largenesse of the breast and bignesse of the shoulders and back doe argue such a person to be honest bolde of a readie vnderstanding and wyttie The worthy Conciliatore reporteth that when the neather part about the weysande the shoulders and breast shall be euill distinguished and flatte doe signifie the rudenesse of wytte and foolishnesse and that such a person not to be apt to attayne any speciall handie craft When the weysande beneath shall be farre dystant from the shoulders and large doth denote such a person to be of a féeble courage The weysand being a meane doth then argue such a person to be honest conditioned strong These hytherto Conciliatore Here conceaue that the weysande appearing emynent and large doth denote an effeminate person especially if he be double chinned The breast large and well proportioned with the other parts large is a most perfit true note to be conceyued in euery creature forasmuch as this largenesse of the breast is proper to man. The breast thinne and weake compowned doth argue a weake courage and will after the minde of certaine Autours The breast thick couered with fleshe doth denote such a person to be vngratefull as the Physiognomer reporteth Whose breast is mightily bending in and that the Muscles so procéeding that through these are caused lyke to an hollownesse doth denote a peruerse person and wicked When this is verye emynent the heart of such a person is hote of a small vnderstanding daylie wéepeth or singeth Rasis affirmeth that the qualitie of the heart if it shall be hote doth argue the pulse to be quick mouing and often and the breath fast Much heare seene on the breast and thick and that in the féeling the same perceyued hote such a qualitie of the heart doth demonstrate that person to be bolde sturdie and verie yrefull The composition of the body both in the bignesse and smalnesse is to be considered for that the same demonstrateth the qualitie of the heart So that the breast formed bigge doth argue properly the hotenesse and bignesse of the heart and this the more confirmed if with the same the heade appéereth small or that it be not bigge which if it shall so be a man néedeth not to haue regarde vnto any other signes In like maner the brea●● formed small and the heade appearing séemely or but meanely bigge doth demonstrate by that reason the smalnesse of the heart coldnesse of the qualitie in that creature If the bignesse of the breast appeareth to aunswere vnto the bignesse of the head or that the smalnesse of the breast shall be proportionally formed to the smalnesse of the heade then ought a man to haue regarde vnto the other notes The colde qualitie of the heart doth procure a weake pulse and féeble breath through which the breast is caused to possesse fewe heares on it those but small so that the breast by the meanes is found colde in the féeling The person being of such a qualitie is noted fearefull and stuggish The qualitie drie hath a hard pulse and is therowout the bodie brawned swartish of colour The breast also thinne of fleshe but the veynes apparaunt and hearie of bodie and the skinne both thick and harde But the moyst complexion doth cause a soft pulse the breast naked of heares the fleshe also softe and gentle and such a person is noted effeminate The complexion or qualitie hote and drie causeth a harde and quick pulse and the same often and engendreth much heare both thick stiffe on the breast and on the thighes The breath also out of the same qualitie procéedeth both great and often and the whole bodye besides is in the féeling decerned hote and brawned and the veynes apparaunt The person being of this qualitie is noted yrefull and obstynate But the qualitie decerned colde and moyste worketh the contrarie to these aboue vttered these hytherto the wordes of the auncient Rasis To come vnto the matter and purpose sayth Cocles that is when the breast is founde well compowned and orderly formed doth indicate strength manlynesse boldnesse the others lyke and aunswering which properly belong vnto the man as the Philosopher Aristotle meaneth and such a habitude ought not to appéere much fleshy nor so soft in the féeling as the softnesse of the woman The lyke wordes vttereth the singuler Physition Galen that the bodye appearing not ouer fatte nor ouer leane and contynuing the lyke doth argue such a person to lyue long yet the body decerned rather leane than fatte is the more commended and doth lyue longer after the agréement of the learnedst Phisitions The veynes of fatte bodyes are euermore decerned narrowe whereof such appeare to haue but a weake and small breath and little bloude consisting in the speciall partes of the bodye Of which such growing elder in yeares are reported to be short lyued and to be abreuiated lyfe thorow a fewe and these small accydences to insue When any considereth a subiect let him first sayth the Phisiognomer marke the condition of the breast after the forme of the head and other members of the body For if the breast be formed large and bearing out and the head séemely bigge with a shortnesse of the neck doth then indicate the hotnesse of the heart so that there appeareth a nakednesse of heares which after nature doth procéede through a largenesse of the powers consisting in that creature that properly can not retayne the matter of the heares or else of the occasion that the straightnesse of the passages be so narrowe and close that these let the issuing forth of the heares after the due propertie and course of nature As touching the leane bodies after nature these are in a contrarie maner formed to the fatte for as much as their principall members are knowne to be open and able by the report of the Phisiognomer to indure but small matters and traueyles But the persons knowne of a temperate qualitie dyeting themselues daintilye or rather after discretion that these maye so

matters of which one the like wa● that learned Philosopher and singular searcher of naturall and hid secrets named Alexander Achillinus a Bononian And many others Cocles ●●ted among which was that Dominicus ●uso●s Ariminensis a man singularly learned ▪ and a wytnesse bearer of the Phisiognomers L●●●brations And Cocles neuer behelde nor noted anye learned Lawyer but that he had the eyes without any spot in them The worser eyes are they which haue eyther the white blacke or redde spottes or of any other colour in them for that such a person as is aforesayde is to be mislyked yet except herein those which be pained with the web in the eye of which the like hath béene knowne both honest and godlye in conuersation Conciliatore vttereth that the eyes variable bigge and graye in colour if these shall be wyth redde spottes especially dustie and that the same be lyke vnto a corrupt blacke and orderly mooue with the looke to one side doe denote a troubled minde and vicious of fact yet by nature bolde and ingenious By the eyes not alwayes the whole eyes but the blacke of them conceyue in that it is the blacke onelye which sheweth and vttereth the matters that we sée Whose blacke of the eyes be redde ouer are so irefull at times that such quight forget what they doe for the furious anger they be in It hath béene obserued that in the white of the eyes where veynes appearing were filled with bloude and waring redde that such declared the person to be very irefull hastie as Phylemon and the auncient Rasis reporte When the one sight of the eye séemeth or appeareth farre greater then the other doe signifie by the agréement of writers not onelye an euill nature but wicked condicions in that creature The reddish spottes in the eies but not very redde and rather or more declining to a blackenesse so that to the beholders these appeare and seeme blackish doe denote such a person to be of a courtious minde iuste honest and ingenious by the agréement of the most Phisiognomers The eyes which shine as with little spottes of brightnesse within doe denote such to be clenly gracious and well conditioned as the Phisiognomer of experience affirmeth The eyes with spottes appearing altogither redde yet these not rounde but rather square and lyke to the fier shining both within and beneath and that the others behinde them are pale and others also grayishe and that the circles without the sight compassing and inclosing are bloudye and that there is a bignesse of the eye and that both the eie liddes and apples of the eies doe mooue doe argue such a creature to be of a cruell minde aboue all measure a sheader of his owne households friends or kindreds bloud yea deuising and attempting all kindes of mischiefes and subuerting all maner of matters with great disceyte and craft For such were the eyes by report of the Phisiognomer of that most wicked 〈…〉 named Ezelinus de Romano Such small spottes appearing in the eyes how much the redder and lesser these shall be so much the greater yre iniuries and detestable euilles they witnesse in that creature but the greater and darcker spottes doe diminishe these wicked 〈…〉 finally take them awaye or abate these 〈…〉 as the most Met oposcopers agrée in 〈…〉 There be eyes lyke coloured to the Rainebowe which if these are drie doe argue madnesse● but if the eyes be moyste then doe they signifie magnificencie and wisedome yet with 〈…〉 and pronenesse vnto the venereal acte The 〈…〉 eies lyke to water shining do denote such a creature to be honest conditioned gentle and friendly after the minde of Ptholomeus paruus The sight of the eyes if the same shal be black and closed with the aforesaide cytrynesse or that if this appeareth goldenist colour as the Phisitions write doth indicate a fluxe of bloud by the neather partes That Philosopher Ptholomeus paruus vttereth that the eyes bigge and the ouerbroowes long appearing doe signifie short lyfe if other notes agrée with this for such a note had that Lodo●●●●s de Blanc●is a Bononian of noble birth which the skilfull Phisiognomer Cocles 〈…〉 to be of a short peryode by this and other lyke notes that he considered who in very 〈…〉 according to the coniecture liued but a short tyme after and sundrie others he iudged hauing the like notes that ended their peryode in a short tyme. The person which hath the eyes long 〈…〉 ted with the ouerbroowes long such a person shal be learned of a déepe vnderstanding and 〈…〉 ▪ yet by the agréement of the most Phisiognomers but short liued He which hath the whitenesse in the eyes tending vnto a blacknesse doth 〈…〉 man and liuing by the report of the Phisiognomer in honour The vpper eye liddees 〈…〉 ouer the neather as afore vttered doe demonstrate of experience knowne long lyfe The eyes small and rounde doe argue after the minde of the Phisiognomer such a creature to turne willingly vnto the euill so that the face withall be couered with a palenesse these hitherto Ptholomeus paruus Whose eyes shall bée vehemently mouing and a little quiuering or beating doe indicate a most wicked person in that a most inwarde hotenesse is declared by reason of the spirites abounding and flowing vnto the compasse about of the eyes Of which the auncient Rasis reporteth that the swiftnesse of the opening and shutting of the eies doth signifie a hotenesse in that creature The eyes quicke and readie moouing and sharpe of looke doe indicate such a person to be a gréedie catcher applyed for the maner vnto the catching Hawke That if the beating of the eye liddes shal be often doth then indicate a 〈…〉 creature Who●e balles of the eyes are drawne or caried vnto one side properly whether doth are ●niformallye or 〈…〉 mooued doe 〈…〉 euill condicions and a wicked person from whom iust cause is to 〈…〉 and ●●●e For 〈◊〉 these are móoued vniformally ▪ conceyue that his mynde is prone vnto mischiefes and wickednesse and that the creature to bee polluted with murders domestical wicked mea●es and mariages as were the Gestes and mariages by report of the auncient of Thies●is and Atrei of M●●●●● and I●●sonis whose children were spoyled and 〈◊〉 ●●as péeces with the handes of the proper parents But when the eyes are one wh●●es turned to one side an other whyles mooued backe and these an other whiles stande still such maner of wicked facts by them are as yet not 〈…〉 although in minde and cogitation occu 〈…〉 the lyke as the learned Co 〈…〉 and Ptholomeus paruus report The eyes bigge veyned and drye appearing doe argue a frensinesse present or to come by report of the most Phisiognomers The h●llow eyes smi●●●● like such determined or purposed to worke decey●s 〈…〉 be the chéekes the ouerbroowes and lippes are mooued withall do then pronounce the cogitations of wicked purposes and deceytes If the eye liddes especiallye doe sometymes méete and sometymes touche togither for then doe

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 ▪ 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 ●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 ●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 forni● 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