The most excellent, profitable, and pleasant booke of the famous doctour and expert astrologien Arcandain or Aleandrin to fynd the fatal desteny, constellation; complexion, and naturall inclination of euery man and childe by his byrth: with an addition of phisiognomie very delectable to reade. Now newly tourned out of French into our vulgar tonge, by Williamd Warde.
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- The most excellent, profitable, and pleasant booke of the famous doctour and expert astrologien Arcandain or Aleandrin to fynd the fatal desteny, constellation; complexion, and naturall inclination of euery man and childe by his byrth: with an addition of phisiognomie very delectable to reade. Now newly tourned out of French into our vulgar tonge, by Williamd Warde.
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- Roussat, Richard.
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- Printed at London :: By Iames Rovvbothum and are to be solde at his shop in Chep[..]syde, vnder Bovve churche,
- [1562?]
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- Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
- Physionomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"The most excellent, profitable, and pleasant booke of the famous doctour and expert astrologien Arcandain or Aleandrin to fynd the fatal desteny, constellation; complexion, and naturall inclination of euery man and childe by his byrth: with an addition of phisiognomie very delectable to reade. Now newly tourned out of French into our vulgar tonge, by Williamd Warde." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20862.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
Contents
- title page
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To the ryght ho∣norable and vertuous lord the Earle of Shrowesbury, knyght of the moste noble order of the Garter. &c.Iames Rowbothum wysheth longe lyfe, with the encrease of godly honour. -
A briefe declara∣tion moste certaine and profita∣ble, for to fynde out (as much as the art of Astronomie can certifie) mans fate and constellation indicatiue, tou∣ching the naturall inclination of man: Made by Arcandam the learned and expert Astro∣logian.-
The fyrst celestiall principall and entier sygne called Aries. -
Taurus the se∣conde and principall sygne celestiall. -
Gemini the thirde celestiall and principall sygne. - sign of zodiac - Cancer
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Leo the fyfte celestiall and principall sygne. -
Virgo the syxte celestiall and principall sygne. -
Libra the seuenth celestiall and principall sygne. -
Scorpio the eyght celestiall and principall sygne. -
Sagitarius the .ix. celestiall and principall sygne. -
Capricornus the .x. celestiall and principall sygne. -
Aquarius the .xi. celestiall and principall sygne. -
Pisces the .xii. celestiall and principall sygne.
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OF PHISIO∣nomie. Nowe, for as muche as the ma∣ners of the mynde do folow the temperature of the bodye, I haue thought it meete and con∣uenient to adde here some sig∣nes of the Phisionomie, ac∣cordyng to the quantitie or qualitie of some partes of the bodye,-
The prediction of the maners and natures of men, by considerynge of theyr face and other partes of theyr body.- ¶Of the iudgement of the head.
- The iudgement of the head.
- ¶The Iudgement of the body by the colour.
- ¶ The iudgement of the heare by the substaunce.
- ¶The Iudgement of the co∣lour of the heare.
- ¶ The Iudgement of the forehead.
- ¶ The Iudgement of the eyebrowes.
- ¶The Iudgemente of the eyelyddes.
- The iudgement of the eyes.
- ¶ The Iudgement of the face.
- ¶The Iudgemente of the visage or of the face.
- ¶ The iudgement of the nose.
- ¶The Iudgement of the nose and nostrells.
- ¶The iudgement of the eares.
- ¶The Iudgement of the Iawes and chekes.
- ¶The nature of the mouth.
- The iudgement of the lippes.
- ¶Of the teeth.
- ¶Of the tongue.
- ¶Of the voyce.
- ¶The maners and condi∣cions of men & prouinces.
- ¶The iudgement of other partes of the body.
- ¶Of the goyng of the feete.
- Of the breath.
- ¶The Iudgement of other partes of the body.
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