; The Hiftory of Life and Death. 
_ | Bald betimes have lived long. . Alfo early gray hairs (howfoeyer they may feem fore- 
runners of old age approaching) are no furefigns; formany thathave grown gr4y be- 
times have lived to greatyears: nay, hafty gray hairs without Valdyefsis atoken of long 
life ; contrarily, if they be accompanied with Baldiefiy aid 
»  Hairine{s of the upper parts is a fign of fhort life, and they that have extraordinary 
and Legs, is afign of long life. | 
_ Talnefs of Stature (if itbe notimmoderate) with convenient making, and not too 
flender, efpecially if the body be active withal, is a fign of long life: Allo on the con- 
trary, men of low ftature live long, ifthey be not too activeand ftirring. 
_In the proportion of the body. they which are /hort tothe waftes, with long Leggs,are 
longer-liv’d than they which are long to the »ajfes,and have fhore Leggs: alfothey which 
are large in the eather parts,and{treight in the #pper, (the making of their body rifing, 
as it were, into a {harp figure) are longer-liv’d than they thathave broad fhowlders, and 
are flender downwards... , 
_ Leannefi, where the affections are fetled, calm, and peaceable; alfo a inore fat ha- 
| -b:t of body, joyned with Choler, and a difpofition ftirring and peremptory, fignifie 
| long life : but Corpwlency in Youth forcfhews fhort life, in Age it is a’thing more 
| indifferent. i ci haee: % . 
To be /ongand flow in growing is a fign of longlife; if to a greater ftature,the greater 
fign, if to a leffer ftature, yct a fign though: contrarily, to grow quickly to a great 
{ {ature is an evil fign; if to a fmall{tature,the lefs evil. 
| . Firm Flefb, araw-bone body, and veins lying higher than the flefh, betoken long 
life ; thecontraryto thefe, fhort life. Ro clin meet 
A Headfomewhatleflerthan to the proportion of the body ; a moderate Neck, not 
Jong,nor flender,nor flat,nor too fhort; wide Noftrils,whatfoever the form of the Nofe 
be; alarge Mouth; and Ear griftly,not flefhy; Teeth ftrong and contiguous, fmall,or 
thin-fet, fore-token long life; andmuch more if fomenew Teeth put forth in our elder 
ears. ’ ; . 
. A broad Breajt, yet not bearing out, but rather bending inwards; Shonlders fome- 
what crooked, and (as they call fuch perfons) round-back’ds a flat Belly ; a Handlarge, 
' and with few lines inthe Palm; a. fhortand round Foot, thighs not flelhy, and © alves | 
of the ceggs not hanging over, but neat, are figns of long life. ae 
Eyes fomewhat large, and the (zrcles of theminclined to greennefs ; Senfés not too 
quick; the Px//e in youth flower, towards old age quicker; Facilty of holding the 
i reath, and longer than ufual; the body inyouth inclined to be bound, in the. decline 
“1 of years more bea are alfo figns of long life. 
| . Concerning the Times of Natvity, as they refer tolong life, nothing hath been ob- 
, ferved worthy the fetting down, fave onely 4ffrologécal Obfervations, which we reje- 
_ ( €tedinour opicks. A Birth at the eighth month ts not oncly long-liy’d, but not likely 
. | to live. Alfo # inter births areaccounted the longer-liv'd. iC its 
A Pythagorical or Monaftical Diet, according to ftrict rules, and always exactly e- 
| -qual, (as that of Cornarws was ) feemeth to be very effectual for long life. Yet onthe 
coatrary, ainongft thofe that live freely and after the common fort, fuch as have good 
ftomachs, and feedmore plentifully, are often the longeft-liv’d. The wzddle diet; which 
we account the temperate, is commended, and conduceth to ood health, ‘but not to 
long lite: for the Sparediet begets few Spirits, and dull, and fo wafteth the body lefs; 
and the Liberal dict yieldeth more ample nouri{hment, and fo repaireth more : but the 
middle diet doth neither of beth, for where the Extreamsare hurtful, there the Mean is 
beft; but wherctlie Extreamsare helpful, there the Meanis nothing worth. aie 
Now to that share diet there are requifite Watching, left the Spirits being few 
{hould be cpprefled with much flecp; etl Exercife, left they fhould exhale ; ab- 
ftinence froin Venerys left they thould be exhaufted : but to the-léberal dict, on the 
other fide, are requifite much Sleep, frequent Exercefes, anda feafonable ufe of Venery. 
Baths and v4nointings (fuch as were anciently in ufe) did rather tend to delici- 
oufnefs than to prolonging of life. But of all thefe things we {hall {peak more ex- 
actly when we come to the /nju:/ition according to /ntentions. Mean while that of 
ce/{vs, whe was not onely a learned Phyfician, but a wife man, is not to be omitted, 
who adyiseth interchanging and alternation of thie diet; but ftill with an inclina- 
tion to the more. benign: as that a man fhould fometimes accuftom himfelf to 
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