Junius says, that the great Sforza’s was elevated on its centre, and he was invincible in courage. It is believed that Mahomet, the second emperor of the Turks, who was a great warrior, had a nose so curved that it seemed to touch his upper lip. John Assimbe, surnamed Ussumcassam, had an aquiline nose, large eyes, and a gay countenance; he was very liberal and merciful, possessed an heroic generosity in war, and a great desire of glory. It is certain, that Ishmael Sophy, king of Persia, had a nose of the above description, with eyes remarkably quick and brilliant, and his manners exhibited the greatest liberality, courage and ambition. His greatest delight was to be amid the dangers and chances of war, where his invincible courage and noble heroism were always conspicuous and successful. Selim, the son of Bajazet, who for liberality could vie with Alexander the Great, had an arched nose. Lastly, the face of Soliman, the son of Selim, who was a great warrior, and beloved by all his subjects for his munificence, had a Roman nose. We have here represented the head of the eagle, whose curved bill can be compared to the nose of Sergius Galba, being both of the same shape. FIG. II. This head, which was copied from a marble statue in the collection of my uncle Adrian Spatafore, represents Vitellius, one of the Cæsars, whose enormous head can be compared to that of the owl. Polemon and Adamantius say, that those whose heads are large, beyond proportion, are stupid, and naturally stubborn. Albert says, that the head which is so large as to lean on the shoulder for support, is destitute of sense and wit; and it was Aristotle’s opinion, that when a man’s head is unreasonably large, and out of proportion with the rest of his body, he is of a dull and sluggish disposition. For my part, I compare them to the ass, as being lazy, timid, and impertinent. They may also be compared to owls, whose heads are very large, and who come from their holes or resting-places feet foremost; on which account Ovid thus describes the transformation of Ascalaphus, who was changed into that stupid bird by Proserpine. “In Phlegeton’s black stream her hand she dips, Sprinkles his head, and wets his babbling lips; Soon on his face, bedropt with magic dew, A change appear’d, and gaudy feathers grew; A crooked beak the place of nose supplies, Rounder his head, and larger are his eyes; His arm and body waste, but are supplied With yellow pinions, flagging on each side; His nails grow crooked, and are turned to claws, And lazily along his heavy wings he draws; Ill-omened in his form, the unlucky fowl Abhorred by men, and called a screeching owl.”