arteryes and organe. Good diſpoſition of the braine and euill is knowne by his deedes, for if the ſubſtaunce of the braine be ſoft, thinne, and cléere: it receiueth lightly the féeling & printing of ſhapes, and lykeneſſes of thinges. He that hath ſuch a braine is ſwift, and good of perſeueraunce and teaching. When it is contrarye, the braine is not ſofte: eyther if he be troubled, he that hath ſuch a braine receiueth ſlowly the féeling and printing of thinges: But neuertheleſſe when hée hath taken and receiued them, he keepeth them long in minde. And that is ſigne and token of drineſſe, as ſluxibility & forgetting is token of moiſture, as Haly ſayth. And ſo it is to vnderſtand of other qualities.[1] Enſample. If a man bée buſie and mooueable, by vſage vnſtable and variable, hardy, and wrathfull, it ſeemeth that ſuch one hath a hot braine. And the contrarye betokeneth the coldneſſe of the braine. And if he be a ſluggard and ſlowe and ſorrowfull and ſleepie,[2] it is a token of a moyſt braine. And in likewiſe if he be a great waker, and ſtrong of minde, it ſignifieth drineſſe of braine.[3] If there be paſſing great moyſture with heate, then ther is much ſuperfluitie, and many diſeaſes chaunce to ye head. Hot and moiſt,[4] grieue ſuch a one, and namely the Southerne ayre, and the Northerne winde helpeth: ſuch a one is very ſléepie, nor he maye not wake long time. And when he ſléepeth, it happeneth him to haue Subeth, that is, falſe reſt:[5] and hath troubled ſight, and vncléere wits. If drineſſe increaſeth with heat, ther falleth and commeth worſe Synthomata, euills & ſickneſſes, ſauing there bée not ſo many ſuperfluities. Such haue their wittes ſufficiently cléere and cleane from ſuperfluities. But they wake more then other men, and they be hardie, great boaſters, or vaine ſpeakers, and vnſtable, and ſuch waxe bald after youth, though they haue much hayre afore. Alſo if cold paſſeth with drineſſe, ſuch bée wont to haue cléere wits, and cleane wayes from ſuperfluities in youth, & vtterlye without ſicknes, but when age cōmeth they waxe feeble for a light cauſe, & olde age commeth ſwiftly. And it appeareth ſoone in ye head, for they haue ſoone hoare haires. And if the drineſſe be ſtronger then the colde with hoarineſſe, they waxe balde. And if the cold be ſtronger then ye drines then they waxe not bald: but when ye cold paſſeth with moiſture, then cōmeth deep ſléepe. And the wits of ſuch men be euil, and ther is much ſuperfluitie. And if the colde either the moyſture waxeth ſtrong, ſuch a man falleth into Apoplexiam, that is an euill, that withdraweth a mans minde and mouing, and féeling: or elſe hée falleth into a palſie, eyther dieth. And he that is ſo diſpoſed ſhall not be bald, as Galen ſaith in Tegni. and in the Comment. Halye ſayth the ſame. But this ſufficeth that is ſpoken of the properties of the head and of the braine.
¶Of Caluaria. Chap. 4.
CAluaria is the formoſt parte of the ſkull,[6] and hath that name Caluaria, of balde bones for default of haire. And is called Vertex*[7] alſo. And ſo Liber decimo, cap. ſecundo. Iſidore ſayth, that Vertex is the part of the head without, there the haire is kit, there the haire is woundē. So Occiput the powle is ye hinder part of ye head, as it were ſet againſt Capitium. The formoſt parte of ye head waxeth ſoone bald for drines therof. The ouer part latter: but the powle laſt or neuer, and that is for ſuperfluitie of humours. Of the properties of the haire, ſeeke more within.
Of the eyen. Chap. 5.
LIbro. 10. chap. 1. Iſidore ſayth,[8] That the eyen bée ſayde as it were hidde. For the liddes couer and hide them, that no griefe come to them or hurt them, or elſe they be ſo called becauſe they haue light ſecretly hid within them. Among all the wittes, the eyen bée next to the ſoule. For in the eyen is all the iudgement of the Soule. For in the eyen is ſéene and knowne the diſturbaunce and gladneſſe of the Soule. And alſo loue and wrath, and other paſſions.
