The Hiflory of Life and Death. 



Bald betimes, have lived long. Alfo early Gray Hairs , ( Howfoever they may feem 

 Fore-runners of Old age approaching, ) arc no lure fignes ; For many that haye grown 

 gray betimes, have lived to great years. Nay, Hafty Gray Hairs, without Baldnefe, is 

 a Token of long Life ; contrarily, if they be accompanied with Baldneft. 



Hairtnefs of the upper parts, is a figne of fhort life • and they that have extraordina- 

 ry much Hairc on their Breafts, live not long j but Wa'mnefs of the Lower parts , as of 

 the Thighes, and Legs, is a figne of long lift. 



Tallnefe of Stature, ( if it be not Immoderate, ) with convenient making , and not 

 too (lender ; Efpecially if the body be active withall j Is a figne of long-life. Alfo on the 

 contrary, Men of low ftature live long, if they be not too active, and (tirring. 



In che proportion of the body ; They which are fhort to the Waftes , with long legs, 

 are longer liv'd than they, which are long to the fVaftes, and have fhort Legs : Alfo they 

 which arc large in the Nether parts, and ftreight in the upper ; (The making of their Bo- 

 dy, riling, as it were, into a lliarp Figure, ) are longer liv'd than they , that haye broad 

 Shoulders, and are (lender down-wards. 



Leannefi, where the affections are letled, calme, and peaceable ; Alfo a more Fat ka~ 

 bit of Body, joyned with Choler, and a Difpofition ftirring, and peremptory , fignifle 

 long-life : But Corpulency in youth, fore-(hews fhort life ; In Age it is a thing more 

 Indifferent. 



To be Long, and Slow, in Growing, is a figne oflong-life ; If to a Greater Stature, the 

 Greater (igne ; If to a idler Stature, yet a figne though : contrarily , to grow quickly to 

 a great ftature, is an evill figne ; If to a fmall ftature, the lefle cvill- 



Firtne Fle(h ; A Raw- bone body, and veins lying higher than the flefh, betoken long 

 life : The contrary to thefe, fhort Life. 



A Head fome-what lefler than to the proportion of the Body ; A moderate Necke y 

 not long> nor (lender, nor fat, nor too fhort, wide Nofirils, whatfocver the form of the 

 Nofe be, a large UMouth ; an Earc Griftly,not Flefhy ; Teeth ftrong , and contiguous, 

 fmall, or/'thin-fet, fore-token long-life : And much more, if fomc new Teeth put forth in 

 our elder years. 



A broad Breaft, yet not bearing out , but rather bending inwards ; Shoulders fome* 

 what croaked, and (as they call fuch perfons) round-back'd ; a Flat Billy ; a Hand large, 

 and with fewJines in the Palme ; a (hoit, and round Foot , Thighes not Fleihy , and 

 Calves of the Leg not hanging over, but neat, are fignes of long-life. 



Eyes fome-what large, and the Circle of them inclined to Greennefle; Senses not too 

 quick ; The pulfe in youth (lower , towards old age quicker , Facility of holding the 

 Breath, and longer than ufual ; the body in youth inclined to be bound , in the Decline 

 of years more Laxative, arc alio figaes of long-life. 



Concerning the Times of Nativity,zs they refer to long-lite , nothing hath been ob- 

 ferved worthy the fetting down ; fave onely jiftrological observations , which we reje- 

 cted in our Topickj. A Birth at the eighch Moneth , is not onely long-liv'd , but not 

 H-kely to live. Alio winter' Births are accounted the longer liv'd. 



A PythagotHcal, or Mvnaftical ©/^according to ftnet rules, and always exactly E- 

 qual, ( as that of Q° mar us was ) i 'eeraeth to be very effectual for long-hfe. Yet on the 

 contrary, amongft thole that live freely, and after the common fort, fuch as have good 

 Scomackj, and feed more plenttfuHj, are often the longeft-liv'd.The Middle diet, which 

 we account the Temperate , is commended g and conduceth to good Health, but not 

 to long life ; For the Spare Diet begets few Spirits , and dull ; and fo waftenh the body 

 leflfe -and the Liberal 'Diet yeeldeth more ample nourifhment , and fo repaireth mote ; 

 But the Middle 'Z>/'<?f,doth neither of bbthjfor where thdCxtreams are Hurtful, there the 

 Meane is beft : But where the Extremes are helpful , there tk'c Mean is nothing worth. 



Now to that Spare Diet , there arc Requifite, Watching , left the Spirits being few, 

 fhould be oppreffed with much deep ; Little Exercife , left they (hould exhale ; jSbfti- 

 nence ixovaVenerie, left they fhould be exhaufted : But to the Liberal diet t on the other 

 fide , are Requifite , Much Sleep , frequent Exercifes, and a feafonable ufe of V ?nerj. 

 Baths, and Anointings , (fuch as were anciently in ufe, ) did rather tend to Delici- 

 Oufnefle, than to prolonging of life. Buc of all thefe things , we (hall fpeak more ex- 

 actly, when we come to the Inquifition, according to Intentions. Mean-while thac of 

 Celfut, who was not onely a Learned Phyfician , but a wife man, is not to be omitted. 

 Who advifeth Inter-changing , and Alternation of the Diet, but (fill with an Inclina- 

 tion to the more Benigne : as that a man (hould fometimes accuftomc himfelf tc 



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