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much better than an empirical practice. With this reserya- 

 S therefore, we proceed to human philosophy or humanity, 

 which hath two parts : the one considered man segregate or 

 distributively, the other congregate or m society ; so as 

 human philosophy is either simple and particular, or conjugate 

 and civil. Humanity particular consisteth of the same parts 

 whereof man consisteth : that is of knowledges which respect 

 the body, and of knowledges that respecu the mind. But 

 before we distribute so far, it is good to constitute. For I 

 take the consideration in general, and at large, of human 

 nature to be fit to be emancipate and made a knowledge by . 

 Self, not so much in regard of those delightful and elegant 

 discourses which have been made of the dignity of man, of h 

 miseries, of his state and life, and the like adjuncts of his 

 Smmon and undivided nature; but chiefly in regard of the 

 knowledge concerning the sympathies and concordances 

 !Uen the mind and body, which being mixed cannot be 

 properly assigned to the sciences of either. 

 (2) This knowledge hath two branches: for as all leagues 

 and amities consist of mutual intelligence and mutual offices, 

 so this league of mind and body hath these two parts : how 

 the one discloseth the other, and how the one worketh upon 

 the other : discovery and impression. The former of these 

 hath begotten two arts, both of prediction or prenotion ; where 

 of the one is honoured with the inquiry of Aristotle, and tl 

 other of Hippocrates. And although they have of later time 

 been used to be coupled with superstitious and fantastical arts 

 vet beinz purged and restored to their true state, they have 

 Sh of them a solid ground in Nature, and a Profitable use .in 

 life. The first is physiognomy, which discovereth the disposi 

 tion of the mind by the lineaments of the body. The second 

 is the exposition of natural dreams, which discovereth the 

 state of the body by the imaginations of the mind. In tt 

 formerof these I note a deficiency. For Aristotle hath very 

 ingeniously and diligently handled the factures of the bod&amp;gt;, 

 tet not the gestures of the body, which are no less comprehen 

 sible by art, and of greater use and advantage. Fortte linea 

 ments of the body do disclose the disposition and inclination 

 of the mind in general; but the motions of the countenance 

 and parts do not only so. but do further disclose the present 

 humour and state of the mind and will. For as your majesty 

 aith most aptly and elegantly, &quot;As *H*S~gSg1 

 the ear so the gesture speaketh to the eye. And, thereto 6 , * 

 number of subtle persons, whose eyes do dwell upon the faces 

 an? fashions of men, do well know the advantage of this 



