Briefe introductions, both naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable vnto the art of chiromancy, or manuel diuination, and physiognomy with circumstances vpon the faces of the signes. Also certain canons or rules vpon diseases and sickenesse. Whereunto is also annexed aswel the artificiall, as naturall astrologye, with the nature of the planets. Written in the Latin tonge, by Ihon Indagine prieste. And now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers.

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Briefe introductions, both naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable vnto the art of chiromancy, or manuel diuination, and physiognomy with circumstances vpon the faces of the signes. Also certain canons or rules vpon diseases and sickenesse. Whereunto is also annexed aswel the artificiall, as naturall astrologye, with the nature of the planets. Written in the Latin tonge, by Ihon Indagine prieste. And now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers.
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Indagine, Joannes ab, d. 1537.
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Londini :: Apud Iohannis Day [for Richarde Iugge],
1558.
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Subject terms
Palmistry -- Early works to 1800.
Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800.
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
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"Briefe introductions, both naturall, pleasaunte, and also delectable vnto the art of chiromancy, or manuel diuination, and physiognomy with circumstances vpon the faces of the signes. Also certain canons or rules vpon diseases and sickenesse. Whereunto is also annexed aswel the artificiall, as naturall astrologye, with the nature of the planets. Written in the Latin tonge, by Ihon Indagine prieste. And now latelye translated into Englishe, by Fabian Withers." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03968.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.

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Of the finger of the Sunne.

A Line portured in this sort appearing in the ring finger, called properly the finger of the Sunne, signifieth long life and prosperitie, al other apparances are tokens of euill.

[illustration] chiromantic diagram

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