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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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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The Sunne in Leo ♌.

SO in the first face of Leo, is the gift of life, and it maketh thē of a smal come∣ly body, reddy coloured, mixed with some

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white, rouling eyes, straight bodye, ful of diseases in their feete, & specially in age: famous and notable, simple, and beloued of the kinges and rulers of the earth.

In the second face it maketh thē large breasted, the stones and priuy members slender, harty and honourable.

In the third face short of stature, rose coloured, mixed with white, vexed with much sicknesse, a whoremonger, and lo∣uer of women.

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