And therefore if the noſethrilles ware ſharpe, and the eyen déepe, in ſharpe feauers, it is a token of death[1]. And that falleth to the noſethrils, as Galen ſaith, when the kinde heate is ſo féeble, that it maye not ſtretch and ſpreade it ſelfe into the vtter partes. And therefore it followeth, that the ſpirite & bloud maye not come together to the vtter partes. And then through colde that ſlayeth, the lymmes ſhrinke togethers, and the heart is altered, and then commeth ſharpneſſe of the noſethrils, that is the worſt ſigne and token, and the deadlieſt, of them that haue the ague. Alſo the noſe is let other while, as Conſtantine ſaith lib. 9. cap. 15. by euill diſpoſition of the brayne: Sometime by ſtopping of the ſinewe of ſmelling, ſometime by fulneſſe and replection of ſtinking and corrupt humors in the teates of the noſethrilles. And ſomtime by bréeding of ſuperfluitie and corrupt fleſh in the holes of the noſe, as in ſniuelards and leapers. And this grieueth not onely the ſmellyng: but alſo it decayeth the voyce. And ſometime it is grieued by ſuperfluities of humors, that flitte into the dennes and chambers of the brayne: and chat commeth of diſſolution and dealyng of heate, either of too great conſtrayning & cloſing that commeth of colde: as it fareth oft in a reume that falleth to the breaſt. And ſometime by repletion and ſharpnes of the veynes. Neuertheleſſe bléeding at the noſe, is ſpeciall cauſe of diſſolution of the euill in many ſickneſſes, & certayne token of recouery and of health, as it fareth in ſharpe Agues, that ende and paſſe away ofte by ſuch bleeding. And in Aphoris. it is ſaide, it is good for a woman Deficientibus menſtruis, to bléede at the noſe.
¶Of the Cheekes. cap. 14.
THe Chéekes[2] be the neather partes of the eyen, wherof beginneth yt beard, as ſaith Iſidore li. 11. cap. 2. For Genos in Gréeke, is Barba in Latine, in Engliſh a beard. The ſame parts are called Maxilla[3] in Latine, & haue that name of Malis, per diminutionem. Male be called high, and are partes ſet vnder the eyen, for defence of the eyen: and be called Male, either for that they wer round vpward to the eyen, which the Greekes call Mala, or els becauſe they be aboue Maxillas, the chéekes: and ſo Maxilla is the Diminutiue of Male, as Praxillus is the Diminutiue of Palo, as ſayth Iſidore. [4]It requireth heedfulneſſe, to vnderſtande of Malae, Malae is the leure or ſpace of the face, which is cloſe to both ſides the noſe, from the roofe of the mouth, vnto the eye browes. Conſtantine ſaith, that ye chéeks be made and compounde within, of ſinewes and of bones. And the bones therof be ioyned to the braine pan, ye which be therfore compound and made of manye diuers péeces, leaſt if one haue anye hurt, the other ſhould be grieued. And outwardly they be hot and fleſhie, to tēper and aſſwage the colde of the bones, and of the griſtles of the eares and of the noſethrills: and alſo to ſerue and ſuccour by their heate the limmes of féelyng that be all about them. And therfore the chéekes be ſet vnder the eyen, to defend and ſaue them. They be ſet in the middle of the ſenſes, for ſeruice of foode. They be hot and fleſhie, to ſlake the colde lymmes of féelyng. They bée white and red to hight the face, & make chéere. The moſt faireneſſe in man is in the chéekes, as ſaith Conſtantine, & in the chéekes the complection of man is moſt knowen. For if they bée much reddie, & medled with temperate whiteneſſe,[5] and not fat in ſubſtance, but meanlye fleſhie, they betoken hotte and moyſt complection, and temperateneſſe thereof. But if they be of white colour, without meddelyng of redneſſe,[6] and in ſubſtaunce fat, and ſofte, and quauing: they betoken exceſſe of ſuperfluitie of colde and moyſture. And if they bée browne in colour,[7] either citrine or yeolow, and thinne and leane in ſubſtance, they betoken maſtery of too gret drought and heate, as it fareth in cholaricke folkes. And if they be as it were wan and in colour blewiſh,[8] and of lyttle fleſh in ſubſtaunce, they betoken exceſſe and ſuperfluitie of colde and drineſſe: as it
