Philocophus, or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that subtile art, which may inable one with an observant eie, to heare what any man speaks by the moving of his lips : upon the same ground ... that a man borne deafe and dumbe, may be taught to heare the sound of words with his eie, & thence learne to speake with his tongue / by I.B., sirnamed the Chirosopher.

Observation. V.

THe lovelinesse of his Face, and espe∣cially the exceeding life and spirit∣fulnesse of his Eyes, and comelinesse of his person, and the whole composure of his bo∣dy throughout, were pregnant signes of a well tempred minde within. Whence we note, that it is requisite he should be an expert Phisiognomer, who attempts this Art to judge of the capacity, fit yeares, and ingenious composure of counte∣nance, the signe of a well tempered and Docile minde, which as they were in∣ductive encouragements to the first At∣temptor: So no question did much con∣duce to the facility of the worke For, Ex ••••ni ligno non fit Mercurius, and it had been in vaine to have cast away time to relieve an Idiot, maugre the indisposi∣tion

of Nature and Minerva, who had not so much as matter to worke upon.