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oremptie tfric^fatsand tuns fet.the voice will be taken up in them, and paflTe hb farther. But tht 

 fame voice jbetweene two walls dire6Hy fet one along by another^riinneth apace :yea,& throuoh 

 a vault it may be heard from the one end to the other, be the found never la low 5 provided^tliat 

 all bee fmooth and even betweene, and nothing to hinder the paffage diereof To fpeake yes 

 fomewhat more of the Voice : In it refteth a great part of the countenance and vifage of man, 

 whereby hec is difcernedand knowne. Forwe knowamanby hearing his voice before wee fee 

 him, even as well as if our eics were fixed upon him. And looke how many men and women 

 there are in the world, fo many fundrie voices- there bee, foreachone hatha feverallvoic^ as 

 well as a face, by himfelfe. And hereof arifeth that varietie of nations, that divcrfitieof langtia- 

 ges,ali the world through . From hence come lb many tunes in fongj fo many notes in Muficke, 

 astbere bee* But above all,the greatelt thing to be noted in Voice,is this,That whereas the utte- 

 rance of our mind, thereby dooth diftinguifli us from brute and wild bealtsuhe fame even 

 among men makcth as great a difference betweene one and another, as theotheris betweene 

 man and beaft* 



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^ of the excrefem andfa^crfiuitie offome mmkrs, Alfa the dtfcomfe md fajwgs 

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t Ookc what part is more than ordinarie by naturCjin any living creature^the fame fcrveth to 

 I ^ no ufe. As for exampie^the fixt finger in a mans hand is evermore fuperfluous,and therforc 

 fitfor nothing.lt was thought goodiniEgyptoncetonourilliandkeepamonttrousman 

 wlio had fourc eies5whereof twaine ftood in the backe part of his head behind : but furely he faw 

 never a whit with them.l wonder verilyjthat Ariflotle not onely bcleeved, but alfo ftickcd not to 

 fee downc in vvriring,that there were certaine fignes in mans bodie,whereby wee miphtforeknow 

 whether he were long lived or no . Whichjalbeit I take to be but vanities, and not*rafl}ly to bee 

 uttered without good advifemenr3(becaulel would not have men amufed,and bufily occupied 

 in fcarchingPrognofl:icationsin themfelves,as touching their own life)yet will I touch thefame, 

 and deliver them in fome fort/ince fo gieat a clearkc as Ariftoile was, held them for Refolutions, 

 and thoughtthem worth the penning. Heeputteth downc thereforCjas fignes of fhort life, thin 

 teeth, long fingers, a leaden hew,many lines jn the palme of the hand, with crolTe bars or fliort 

 cuts. Concranwife, hccfaith^That ihofe who are Lute backed, thicke fliouldercd,and bending 

 forward, who alfo in one hand have two long life lines, and above two and thirtie teeth in their 

 head, and befidcs arc well hanged, and havelargeearcs, bee long lived. Andasfarreas I can 

 gueffe, he requireth not, that all thele lignes Ibould concurrc and meet together,for to fignifie 

 as is bcforefaid : but,as I f uppole,his meaning is>that every one of them by it felfe is fignificativs 

 and fufficient. Surely, thele Phy fiognomers and Chiromantines or Palmeftric, as frivolous and 

 foolidi as they be,yet now adaies are in credite,&: every man is full of them nTrcgpis^z mdft^grave 

 and'rcnowmcd Author among us, is of opinion moreover. That there is judgemcntto bee gi- 

 ven .not onely of mens complexions, but alfo of their conditions,by their very fight and coun- 

 tenance: and lurely, I thinke it not amiffeto fetdownehisvery words. A large and broad fpre- 

 head(faith he)is a token of a dull conceit and heavie underfianding : and contrariwife^they that 

 have a little foreheadjare by nature fickle and inconftant : and finally ,3 round foreh'ead,ancl bea* 

 ring out,argueth anger and chollcr, as if this outward tumor thereof bewraied thefwelling and 

 boiling of that humor. In whomfbever the eie-browes are ftreight and lie even,they betoken foft 

 ^nd effemiiiat perfons : but if they bend and bow toward the nofe,they fhew aufleritie. Say their 

 turning and bending be toward the temples of the head,thcy are figns of a mocker and fcorners 

 finally.where they lie very low, fuch perlbns (be yee fure) are malicious, fpightfuU, and envious, 

 I:-ong eies, in whomfbever they bcjdoe tellifie hurtfuU and daungerousperfons.They that have 

 the corners full of flefh, are of a malicious nature: where the white of thecie is fpread large and 

 broad, it is a token of impudencie. And fuch as every whiles be winking andclofingof their eic- 1 

 lids^(trufl me truly) they bee giddie-headedi and unft aicd. Thofe that have great eares,and efpe- 

 eially the laps therof,makc acoount they be blabs of their tongue^andfooles withall.Thus much 

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