Yet it cannot bee denyed, but that haires firmly fastened on the head, doe signifie a good health of the head, as also of the whole body. And this is the reason, why they that buy Horses pull their tails, that by this means they may judge of their soundnesse. So Hogges are tryed by their bristles, Fish by their shells, and scales, a Bird by his feathers, &c. [Sidenote: Long Necks.] The necke, if it be too long, signifies a man to bee sollicitous, prudent, and attent, &c. [Sidenote: Broad Shoulders and backs.] Broad shoulders, and backe, signifie a man to bee strong, and able for carrying or removing, &c. [Sidenote: Musculous Armes.] Armes that are musculous, signifie a man to be strong and able for any exercise, as beating, pounding, shooting, &c. [Sidenote: Hard hands.] Hands that bee hard signifie a man to bee laborious, and a hireling, &c. Soft hands, the contrary. [Sidenote: A short Body.] A short body, and long legs signifie a man to be a good runner, to bee easily satisfied with meat, and drinke, and for the most part to bee of a short life. Great and clear veines under the middle age of man signifie a man to be full of bloud and juice, but above the midle of his age to be commonly sick, yet long lived. [Sidenote: Nothing can be judged by the manners, and behaviour of Men.] As much as concerns the manners, gestures of men, nothing can be so easily known, and judged by them. For experience teacheth that these can every moment bee changed, as to deceive the Signator, and make him erroneous in his judgement: And because it hath not been observed hitherto so accurately by all Astronomers; It is therefore the Signators part not alwayes to look to the manners and actions of men, but rather to other signs of the body, which are fixed, and can by no Art be counterfeited or changed. For if red hairs, moving the forehead, and eyelids, a cheerfull, raised, and unmoveable countenance, a frequent agitation of the mouth, a stout mused walking, and a light mind, should necessarily declare a man to be a gallant souldier and stout, every one could by his industry and art make himselfe seem to be such an one; that hee might by his lookes bee the better approved of, and obtaine greater pay. The like also may be judged of other kinds of behaviour, which pretend to wisdom, folly, truth, lying, fortune, victory, &c. [Illustration: *decorative divider*] _Of the Astrall Signes of Chiromancy._ Concerning the Signes of Chiromancy, we must hold that they doe arise from the superiour stars of the seven planets; and that wee must know and judge of them by the seven planets. [Sidenote: What Chiromancy is.] Now Chiromancy is an Art, which doth not only look into the hands of men, and make judgement by their lines and wrinkles, but also considers all hearbs, woods, hard stones, earthes, and rivers, and whatsoever hath lines, veins, or wrinkles. Neither doth this Art want its errours, which those Astronomers were guilty of.