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.

¶ The conclusion of this worke of Chiromancy.

Chiromantial prognosti∣cation or manual diuinations, accor∣dinge to the places of the. vii, Planets.

BEsides the Charecters & lines which are commonlye in the hande, there dothe often appeare straunge notes and markes, whiche betoken some great vn∣knowen thinge, wherefore our intente now is to she we their effect & meaning. W•• haue shewed before the natures of the signes, and what Planet is lorde of euerie man, nowe we will attempte to knowe what suspecte tokens bee in the Planettes: I meane not thoose in the heuens, but (heir charecters which be in the fingers, of what force they be.

Of the place of Mars.

THe place of Mars is in the Triangle, wherefore if you perceaue or finds suche a marke or signe drawen in thys sort in the triangle, iudge that man to be a Martialist, & that he shal be hanged. The other three markes ouer againste the table of the hande: signifieth bolde∣nesse, stubburnesse, seueritie, wastinge of his patrimonie and inheritaunce, wyth oppression of his frendes and kinsfolke.

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Of the finger of Venus.

VEnus doth possesse the thombe & the hyll therof, which for the plainnesse of it, is called the hil of Venus, if there be in the first ioint such a marke, they shal prospere in all their affayres. In the

seconde iointe, it betokeneth pouertye, and neare the naile, that he shal haue a leprous childe, or els in the place of Ve∣nus, it she weth a venerous man, geuen to incest and aduoutrie, and speci∣ally if the markes be in the hill.

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Of the finger of Iupiter.

IVpiter hathe also his proper markes, who possesseth y^t forefinger, as is here presccibed, in the first ioint they signifie an aduoutrer, & in thupper ioints riches, and speciallye in age. The other signes for the most part betoken no yll.

[illustration] chiromantic diagram

Of the finger of Saturne.

SAturne the highest amōgst thē, kepeth the midle finger with his priuate cha∣rectes here discribed, which declare a sa∣turnine mā, whose nature you may part¦ly gather bi that which is aforesaid, and partly we wil define more at large hereafter.

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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.

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Of the finger of Mercury.

THey haue appointed vnto Mercurys the little finger with certaine lines, whereby you may perceiue and know a Mercurial here briefly expressed, they be∣token benefites or offices, all other sig∣nifie sadnesse, melancholy, and heauines.

[illustration] chiromantic diagram

Of the place of the Moone.

THe place of the Mone is in the pomel of the hande. Wherfore if thou per∣ceiue the lines here discribed rising from the wreste: it sheweth sluggishnes, in the place of Iupiter dulnesse and folishnes, & speciallye in women, whiche by nature are not very wise.

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The Conclusion.

YOu haue hearde (deare Reader) the signes and markes of the planets, by the which without Astrology you maie learne and knowe vnto what planet e∣uerye man is subiecte, desieryng you to take this our Treatise in good worth, & to make a proufe thereof with labour & diligēce, lest y^t we mai be thought herein to haue spēt our time & labour in vaine. There lacketh but only iudgemēt, the la∣bour or pain is nothing: for so much as the hole effecte maie be vnderstand and knowen by once or twise readyng at the moste.