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.

¶ The Iudgement of the eyebrowes.

THE eyebrowes are places in the ioynture of the bones, and there∣fore they growe in manye men when they be olde. The eyebrowes that be very heary declare folyshnes of maners and mischeife. The eyebrowes thicke with abundance of heare ioyned to the beginning of the nose do sygnifye a great adustion, & such men are of an euyl nature. If the eyebrows y^t be hygh vpward do descend to the begynning of the nose and aboue are rysyng to the tēples, it is a signe that heat & drougth do rule, and such men be crafty & male∣factours If y^e eyebrows descend down∣wardon y^e side of the nose, & rysyng vp∣ward on the syde of the temples, they declare men to be without shame and dulle and that bycause of a furyous heate. The eyebrows thinne and of a competent greatnes, declare the, temperature and goodnes of the hu∣mours

and they that haue them so are of a greate wytte. The eyebrowes longe shewe the man to be arrogant and wythout shame, but when they be longe wyth much heare they sygni¦fye the man to thinke and to haue hys mynde vppon great thynges. The eyebrowes whyche descende downe¦warde on the syde of the nose, and ray∣sed vpward on the syde of the temples, and hangyng downeward on bothe sydes declare the man to be wythout shame enuious, folyshe insatiable, and lyke vnto hogges. The eyebro∣wes which descend crooked on the side of the nose declare the man to be witty in naughty thinges, and whan they be crooked on the out side of the eye, they signifie the man to be recreatife & mer∣ry. If y^e eyebrowes be right as though they were drawen with a lyne and lōg it is a signe of an euyll minde weake and femnine and as womens mindes bee. When the eyebrowes comme togyther, they shewe the man

to be verye pensyfe and not very wyse. Hanging eyebrows and falling downe vpon the eyes, declare enuye: but yf they be crooked they sygnifye a smalle memorye. The eye browes that be rounde compassed lyke a bowe, so that they ioyne almoste to the nose, declare the man to be subtyll wytty and studi∣ous. The eyebrowes thynne meete or measured by the diamenter, and greate betoken a good wytte.