Parr. ~.setl:.2. · Cattjei ofMelmic!Jo/y. M cm b. i.SubLf. of D,zmd ~arc and others; but fc<Gr£f"atu cap.33·Lrtc.Ga11rii:u1 TraC/.6. de ·95 Azemcn>s,&c.T~e time of this mebncholy is, when ~he fignificarors of any genitureare dirteted accord ing to Art,asthe Hor:Moon,Hylech, &c.t6 t~C: ho!lile beames or termes of l! and il efpeCJa!ly, or nPy fixed Starre of rhe1r nature; or if '1 by his revolution,or tw>fitu,,!hall offend any of thofe radicaH promiffors in the genit ure. · Orher fiones there are taken fromi'hyfiognomy, Metopofcopy, Chiromancy, whfch becaufc Joh.dnndagine!and Rolmattthe Landgrave of f!•ftti hisMathematician, not lorg fince inh1s Ch1romancy1 B,rptijla Pnrtaln b1s celeHiall Phy{joguomy, have proved t? hold g;eat athmty With Aflrology, to li1tisfie the curious, I am the morew1lhng to mferr. The generalf notions d Phyfiognomers give, be thefe; Bl.ck c8!Mr, argll~s ~fb t!:~~~; natural/mdancho!y; (o dothleanne{ft,lmjwtncjfe, broad vemes ,m11ch hatre. on '"~·;~p.n . thebroJVes, faith e Gratanarolm cap. 7· and a ltttle Head, out of LArijlotle, c cap•tpanmm high f~nguine, red colcmr !h~wes htad melancholy;they that Hutter ~nd are ~~~!·~;"Jp;.'f;; bald,will be foondl: mdancholy,(as Avicmna fuppofeth) by reafon ofth~ pt;,.,., .;,. dryneffe o! their braines;but he that w1ll know more of i~e feveral!figns of guq,,J" citc i"i humours and wits Out ofPhyfiognomy,!et h1m confult wnh old Adamant m ~~-;:;,;~-:,_,-:;:; , and Polemru, that comment, or rather paraphrafe upon Arijlotles Phyfiog- bi mdi. v£tim. nomy,Bapti}a Porta'J foure pleafambookes, <.Michael Sect deflcretis nat"- Jd<m M~udr"' T.t; lohn de JndAgine, <.Monta/IllS, ....,fntony Zara, AIM/. ingeniomm: jefl. I. :?·''· e Gal~ memb.r3•.&lib.4. fsaumii>aii . Chiromancy hath thefe Aphorifmes to foretell melancholy. Tafneir.li!J. ·ll4J"'"P" .- 5•cap.z. who bath comprehended the fummeof Iohrtde Ihdagine: Tricalfus, ;.:;,"';.;,;~"' Comim.,,and others, in his booke thus hath it;Tht SAturnine tineguin?:frorn ·adr.di<e»im~•· th: Rafcetta ~hro11gh the hand, toSa;ur~es n:ou~t, and there interJeCied by er-r~ ~;,;t:~~~~~~ \ tame !ttt!e lrnts, argrw melancholyl(o ifthe vtta/1 and naltiralt make an acttte mftCia,..,grifi , anglc,t.Aphorifme 100. The Satrt"rnin{,Etatick, and naturall lines, making a .,d~nch•bco'.. ,rr; . / . h h d r h" h ' f . I . {. ADb•df7S, gro11 etrtanget~t e an '.argtte~t~muc; w IC G~cemt~&cap. ~· Cmro. gAgitaniHr _. repeates verbattrn Ollt ofhtm. In generail they conclt1de all, tl)at tf Saturnes mijiriis,contt-. mount be full of many [mall lines apd inrerfeC!ions, gji1ch tmn art mofl part ;;~~.:":J;~;q~~ melancholy, miflrablc,andfuD of diji]'mtmJfe,<art Antltrouble,contrniJally vex- ;; {llm.Ji,.tib~ td with a~xiom andbitter thoughts,alway forr{iJV(iJ!Ifeareji<ll,fofPiticru; thej rif•nt;ixieafjfidelight in httJbandry_,bt~ildingJ ,pocks,Marjlus,(jnngs,rvoods,walkes,&•.Thad- ~~Z";;,;,m;:;f!" d.em Haggtjiru m h1s 0!1ctcpofcopra,hath cerrame Aphonfmes derived from ,.,;,,;t.,,ji,.- S<tltirne>hnc:sin theforc-head, by which he colleCts a melancholy difpo!i. ~=rt;;k~~;; tton; and h B"ptijl,z Porta makes obfctvanons from thofe othor· parrs ofthe coli;at;,,; -• body, as 1fa fpot be over the fplcene; 'ortn the natles, ifrt appcare blacke, it funt,' vcU"g'" figmjieth much care,g~t efi?comcntt~n,a.nd MelanchoiJ;The reafon he rderres ~!c~:'ef;ft:'de~; tO the humours,and g1~e.s 1ofbnce 10 hlmfelfe,thatfor ft ven yeares fpact hee &c. Io.<ler•d•- had fuch blacke fpots 10 l11s m:b,and all that wh1le was 10 perpetual! Law. gm<l'b·.'- . , fi t fi · f b.· h . £ j n" f · · h C</£}/1! Phiji• u _es,concrovc:r 1es or 1s 1~ er:ta~.ce, leare, oueo honour 3 b~mlhmc:nr, ,gmnn.lib.I?· gnefescare,&c. and when h1s m1fenesended, the black fpotsvam!hed. Car- i cap. ~ •. l<h.$. danm hiS booke de!rbrts proprru, tels nlch a ilory of his owne pedon that Jdem mamt.m ~little before his fonnesdeatb,he had a blackfpot,which ~ppwcd in ~ne of ~~f;:'~,:f',;,_ h1s na1les.; and ddated 1t fclfe as he" came nearer to his end . But I am ovn l'"'boliam figni· tedious in chefe toyesJ which ~o~foever, in fame mens coo fevere cenfL1res.. ::;;~~;~~:O> they may be hdd abf(;rd and nd1culous,I am the bolder roinferr,as not bor- ·· H ~ rowed
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