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 seuenth Chapter of the Quadrangle.

THe quadrangle is called that space which is betwene y^t line & the meane naturall. Then if the incisions of thys quadrangle be of a bright and liuely co∣loure,

it dothe promisse the equitie and vprightnesse of life: and contrariwise, it doth declare a wicked & naughtye man. The same space ample, & large: betoke∣neth liberalitie and stou••nes of stomack. A crosse also in y^t same place of the hād, signifieth good successe in ecclesiastical ministrations, and is so muche the more fortunate, if the figure be doubled or tri∣pled like vnto a lattise: but if the same crosse be croked or vndeuided with ouer∣thwart incisions, it doth pronosticate the contrary to al that is aforesaide. Moreo∣uer, an euident starre in the same place, dothe demonstrate a stoute manne, vp∣righte, true, and of a good conscience. The whiche manne although throughe aduersitie and misfortune he fal into po∣uertie, yet he shal rise againe by his own vertue and goodnes: Yet notwithstan∣ding, it sheweth him to be a femi∣nine man, which also shal suf∣fer some aduersitie and trouble for women.

[illustration] chiromantic diagram

Oftentimes also the hole table is lac∣king: then if the table line ioyne with the natural line, and beginne a triangle: it sheweth that man to be in daūger to be slaine by many that shal lye in wait for him. But if in the end of the table about the pommel of the hande there be a ma∣nifest crosse: iudge therby many perigri∣nations, longe iourneis, and often chaū∣ging of place, but therby good fortune. When the two lines whiche make the table be far distant, with a greate space betwene them: it is a token of superflu∣ous heate, and vntemperate humoures in the body. Contrariwise, the plaine or table of the hande beinge narowe and straight: betokeneth a couetous mā, care∣ful to get goodes, and therwithal dead∣lye cruell. And this is sufficientlye spo∣ken of the principall incisions or lines whiche are within the hande. And con∣sequentlye wee will intreate of the ri∣singes or hilles of the fingers, and also of the fingers them selues, with the sta∣tions of the planettes, and what so euer els shal remain nedeful to be spoken of.

You haue heard before declared what these characters, lines, & crosses in the ta∣ble of y^t hād, do signifie & foreshew. The starre also in the middest of the Table, doth shew a louer, and mainteyner of all honestie & goodnesse, and therfore had in reuerence, & aspiringe to great dignitie. And let this be a general rule, for al those whose handes doe quiuer and shake by nature, (for vnto many it happeneth by chaunce, and to other some by sicknesse and diseases,) to iudge them as angrye, scolders, and braulers, vnclene men, and dronkerds.