i 1 6 Of the Advancement of Learning. L i b . I V • 



for this end,lefl: perchance the grave and reverend fight of his long hair 

 Vita. Mo- might move compaffion in the People, and asked him whether it was 

 ''* his pleafure to have his hair cut) he refufed, and turning to the Barber 5 



The King (fzid he) is atfuitvpithmeformjiheady and untill that Cotifrif' 

 verfie be e?ided I mean to bejiow no coji upon it. And the lame Perfon aC 

 the very point of Death, after he had laid his head upon the fatal Block 

 raifeth up himfelf a little again; and having a fair large Beard gently 

 removed it, faying, Tet I hope this hath not offended the King. But not 

 to infift too long upon this point, it is evident what we mean, namely, 

 that the rvonders of Humane Nature^ and the ultimate Porvers, and virtues 

 af rvellof Mind ar of Body ^ fiouldbe colle3ed into a Volume^ which might 

 Jerve as a Kalendar of Humane Triumphs. For a work of this Nature, we 

 approve the Purpofe, and Dcfigne oiValerins Maximus^ and C. Tlini- 

 vs 5 but it could be wi(ht they had us'd more choice and Diligence. 



Ill As touching the knowledge of the league^ or mutual Alliance betweetz 

 the Body and the Mind '-t that may be diftributed into two Parts. For 

 as all leagues and Amities confift of mutual intelligence, aud mutual 

 offices 5 fo this league oi'Mind and Body^ is in like manner comprifed in 

 thele two circumftances ; that is, to defcribe Hoit> theje tvoo, namely^ 

 the Mind and the Body, dijcloje one to the other 5 and horv one vporketh up- 

 on the other, by difcovery or Indication ; and by Imprejjion. The for- 

 mer ofthefe (namely a defcription what difcovery may be made ofthe 

 Mind, from the habit of theBody,or ofthe Body from the Accidents of 

 the Mind) hath begotten unto us two Aii.?, both of preaiftion ; whexe- 

 ^j;(j„i of the one is honoured with the Inquiry of virj/?(7//5 5 and the other of 

 ' Hippocrates. And although the modern times, have polluted thefe Arts 

 with fuperftitious and Phantaftical mixtures, yet being purged and re- 

 ftored to their true ftate, they have both a folrd ground in nature, and 

 a profitable u(e in life. 



(j Thefirji is Phyjiognomy, which difcovers the difpojitions of the mind^ 

 by the lineaments of the Body. The fecond is the expofttion ofkatural 

 dreams, which difcovereth the Ji ate and DifpofitioA of the Body, from the 

 Pajfions and Amotions of the mind. In the Former of thele, I note a De« 

 * ficiefjce : for Arijiotle hath very ingenioufly and diligently handled the Po- 

 rhyfiogno- jlffygf cjthe Body, while it is at Reji , but not the Gefiures ofthe Body where 

 %*in "mo- it is in Motion -j which are no lej7 comprehenftble by Art, and of Greater 

 '»• nfe. For the lineaments ofthe Body, do di(clofe the Inclinations and 



Proclivities of the Mind in general; but the Motions and Geftures of 

 the Face and Parts, do not only fo, but further declare the Accefles, 

 and SeafonSjand Prognofticks ofthe prefentdilpofition, and ofthe will. 

 For, to u(e your Majefties moft apt and elegant expreflion, 'Ihe tongue 

 ^ , ffeak^s to the ear, but the Gejiure fpeakj to the eye. And therefore a num« 

 * ber of old fubtile and crafty Perfons, whofe eyes do dwell upon the fa- 

 ces and fafhions of Men, do well know this obfervation; andean turn 

 it to their own advantage, as being a great part of their ability and \v\C- 

 dom. Neither indeed can it be denied, but that this is a great difco- 

 very of diffimulation in an other, and a great direftion, for the eleftion 

 of feafons, and opportunities ofapproaching to perfons; which is not 

 the meaneft part of Civil Prudence. And let no man think, that fuch 

 dexterity may fbmewhat avail, in refpeft of forae Particular perfons, 

 b"ut cannot be comprehended under rule ; for we all laugh, and weep, 



and 



