45^4 , 0» Phyfiognomy, 



Fides me ? nee auguria novi, nee mathematicorum 

 (eelum curare Joleo, Jed ex vultibus tamen hominum 

 mores colligOy et quum Jpatiantem vidiy quid cogites 

 fcio. ^0 enim incejfus arte compofttuSy et ne vejiigia 

 quidem pedum extra menjuram aberrantiat nifi quod 

 formd^m proftitM^is ut vendas ? 



Suetonius, in the Life of titus^ fays, that 

 Narciffus fent a phyfiognomift to examine the 

 features of Britannicus, who returned and pre- 

 dicted that Britannicus would not fucceed, 

 but the empire would devolve on Titus. Other 

 inilances* of phyfiognomy being cxercjfed as 



• I had marked, a reference to Gregory Nazienzenus 

 Orat. 4. refpefting Julian as a phyfiognomift, but on 

 looking into Gregory for the paflage I can find none 

 fuch. J apprehend it muft have been a miftake in lieu 

 of the following phyfiognomic charafter of Julian by 

 Gregory in his fecond oration againft that emperor, 

 which is worth noticing. Sed me morum ipjius inconjiantia 

 (itque iHcreJibilis quadam mentis emotio 'vatem efficieba: : fi 

 quidem vates ille oftimus ejl qui reSie conjicere no'vit, Neque 

 enim mihi boni quicquam fegnificare atque ominari videbantur , 

 Qervix nonjtata, humeri fub/ult antes et ad t^quilibrium fubinde 

 dgitati ; oculus infolens et vagus furio/eque intuens ; fedes injia- 

 f>iles et titubantes ; na/us contumeliam et contemptum fpirans ; 

 <vultus lineament a ridicula idem Jignificantia ; rifus petulant es et 

 effrienati ; nutus et renutus temerarii ; fermo herens, fpirituque 

 conci/us ; interrogationfs fiultts et pracipites ; re/ponjiones his 

 ifihilo meliorcs ; aliaque in alias infuhantes, nee graijes et con- 

 fiantes nee eruditionis ordine progredientes ; talem ante oper^ 

 (on/picatus fum, qualem in operibus pojiea 'vidi. Greg. Naz. 

 Orat. 48 ir Jul. 2 cura Joan. Leuenklaii, p. 793. 



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