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dreams, which discovereth the state of the body by the 
imaginations of the mind. In the former of these I note 
a deficience. For Aristotle hath very ingeni- Park Phan 
ously and diligently handled the factures of gnomia, 
the body, but not the gestures of the body, de gestu sive 
which are no less comprehensible by art, and ™0#™ cor- 
of greater use and advantage. For the linea- ?°* 
ments of the body do disclose the disposition and inclina- 
tion of the mind in general; but the motions of the coun- 
tenance and parts do not only so, but do further disclose 
the present humour and state of the mind and will. For 
as your majesty saith most aptly and elegantly, As she 
tongue speaketh to the ear so the gesture speaketh to the eye. 
And therefore a number of subtile persons, whose eyes 
‘ do dwell upon the faces and fashions of men, do well 
know the advantage of this observation, as being most 
part of their ability; neither can it be denied, but that 
it is a great discovery of dissimulations, and a great direc- 
tion in business. 
3. The latter branch, touching impression, hath not 
been collected into art, but hath been handled dispers- 
edly; and it hath the same relation or antistrophe that 
the former hath. For the consideration is double: either, 
how and how far the humours and affects of the body do 
alter or work upon the mind; or again, how and how far 
the passions or apprehensions of the mind do alter or 
work upon the body. The former of these hath been 
inquired and considered as a part and appendix of medi- 
cine, but much more as a part of religion or superstition. 
For the physician prescribeth cures of the mind in phren- 
sies and melancholy passions; and pretendeth also to 
exhibit medicines to exhilarate the mind, to confirm the 
courage, to clarify the wits, to corroborate the memory, 
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