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¶ The anothomia of the face. ca. iij. (Book 3)

THe {per}tys of y^e face be these / y^e forheed browys / iyes / eerys / templis / che∣kys / mowth / iawys / w^t her tethe. ¶ The forheed hath but y^e skyn̄e vpon y^e musculy / or flesshe callyd lacerte / for y^e bone y^t is vn∣der it is of the coronall bone / and is reysed towarde y^e vpper table lyke a dowble bone & maketh y^e forme of y^e browes. ¶ The bro¦wes be made for beauty / & set aboue y^e iyen w^t here for to defende them / y^e cuttynge y^t is done to them must go after y^e lenght of the body / & nat y^e way y^t y^e frounces go. ¶ The iyē be y^e instrumētis of y^e syght / & be ordey∣ned a parte in y^e coronall bone by y^e bonis of y^e tēple / y^e iyē be made of. vij. cotys &. iiij. hu¦mours / The fyrst cote is without forth & is namyd / cōiunctiua alba / and grossa / that rōneth about the iye / and groweth of the pānycle that couereth y^e brayn pāne / after this there be. iij. materyall circles y^t ronne about the iye / and because they be so dif∣ferēt of colours they be callyd yride or rain bowys / there be. iij. of these cotys y^t cōmeth from the syde of y^e braynes / &. iij. from the vtter partys / y^e fyrst cote groweth of dura mater / y^e inner parte therof is named scly∣••otica / y^e vttermost parte is named cornea The other cote groweth of pia mr̄. / y^e iner parte therof is named secūdina / & the vtter most therof is named v••ea / & hath the hole of the ball of the iye. The thyrde groweth of the senowe optico / the inner parte therof is named retina / and the vttermoste therof vpon the bryght crystallyn is named Ara∣nea / & to this be. iiij. princypall moystours The fyrst moystour is named cristallyna / and it is set in the myddis of the iyen / and is of colour lyke crystall / and is facyoned lyke a hayll stone / wherin the syght is pri∣cypally foūdyd / after y^t towarde y^e braynis is vitreous humour whiche holdeth & cir∣cuyteth from behynde y^e crystallyn humour & these twayne be wōde about w^t one pāny¦cle in y^e senewe optico / after y^t from befor is the humour albugyneus & y^t is whytysshe /

and is conclud••d betwene ••he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be afore sayd & the webbe y^t groweth of pia mater: G•…•…enus alegith another moystours & is in y^e region of the balle of the iye / and that is clere of a heuenly element coloure and is hole fomys••he or scōmye / and this is the cōposyssyon of the iye in hym selfe. ¶ The iye hathe cartilag•• aboue & vnder whiche we name the iye lyddis w^t here that close from aboue with one musclus / & opyn w^t twhart musclus. ¶ The nose hath flesshy / ••onye / and grystly partis / the flesshy {per}te hath a skyn̄e and. ij. musclus by eche other and the bony part hath. ij. tryangle bonis / which corners cōmeth on the nose shyftyn∣ge them on the one syde alonge y^e nose / cō∣mynge downe to y^e cheke / the grystyll {per}te is of two maners / the one is without that ••acynéth the vtter parte of the nose / and y^e other deuydeth the ynner parte of the nose thryllys. And the. ij. holys of y^e nose ascend vpwarde to y^e bonys colatorij / & be addyd to mamillares cerebri / where as y^e smell∣ynge hath his begyn̄ynge / & these go bac∣ward downe to the rowfe of the mowth be¦hynd vuulā / through which holys is dra∣wyn the brethynge vapour / bothe out and in / & the superfluyte of the braynes pury∣fyde. ¶ The eeris be grystly vpō y^e petrosū bone ordayned for to here / to the whiche y^t cōme otwahrt holys vnto the ••enewes of y^e brayn̄es where the heerynge is / vnder the eerys is flesshe lyke carnellis that maketh the puryfienge of y^e braynes / by the which goothe. ij. vaynes y^t conuay y^e spermatyke or seedly mater or substance downe to the ballockis. ¶ The temples / leyres / chek•• / be the partys of the sydys of the face / and haue in them moche musclus flesshe: fyrst there be. vij. meuyng the chekys and the vpper lyppys / after these be. xij. that meue the vndermost Jawe bone / some openyng it that come from besyde the erys / and som closynge it / and they come from aboue be∣syde y^e tēples bonys / & yf they bewoūdyd / it is great ieopardy. ¶ Though it seme y^t there be but ij. bonis gadered to geder abo¦ue the nose / yet some say there be nyne.:▪ ¶ Ther be. v. partis of y^e mouth / y^e lyppys tethe / tonge / rowfe / and vuula / y^e whiche is a lytell deme hangynge in y^e throte lyke the spynne. The teeth of the nature of the bonys / & of them be. xxxij. that is in euery cheke ••one or Jawe xvi. of the whiche ij. be named duales. ij. quadrupli. ij. canini▪ ij. caysales. iij. molares. & haue rotis feste¦nyd in the Jawbonys / some one rote / some ij. some more. ¶ The tōge is a soft flesshy / & spongy parte / made of many seynowes / stryngys / & vaynes / pricypally ordeyned for the spece & fauorable taste / & to rule the mete in the mouth. Under y^e tonge is a cor¦nell flesshe / where as. ij. holys lyke mou∣thes be in / where the spetyll cōmeth out of: Behynde the tonge is the Jawflesshe by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 rowf of y^e mouth with knotys lyke an 〈…〉〈…〉 and betwene those. ii. hangeth vuula 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sayth / & is ordeyned to take the ayre and to make it apte. ¶ The vpper {per}te of y^e mouth is named the rowf / & is couered with a pā∣nycle / & taketh his begynnynge on the for∣ner parte of y^e mawe or stomacke.