® HUMAN PHYSIOGNOMY. crafty, and a deceiver; the eyes big and trembling, to be desirous of women. Of the Nose.—The nose round, with a sharpness at the end, to be wavering of mind, applied to the bird ; the nose wholly crooked, from the forehead downward, to be unshamefaced and unstable, applied to the raven; the nose crooked like the eagle’s bill, to be bold, applied to the eagle ; the nose flat, to be lecherous, and hasty in wrath ; the nostrils large, to be ireful, applied to be honest and bold ; the end of the nose big, to be desirous of what he seeth, applied to the ox; the end of the nose big, and turning up, applied to the sow ; the end of the nose sharp, to be of a fierce ire, applied to the dog; the nose round, being blunt, to be stout, applied to the lion. Of the Ears.—The ears long and narrow, to be envious; the ears standing very near the head, to be dull and sluggish ; the ears hairy, to be a long liver, and quick of hearing; the ears small, to be a scoffer, applied to the ape ; the ears big, to be dull, applied to the ass; the ears hanging, to be a fool, applied to the ass ; the ears of a middling bigness, to be faithful and honest-conditioned ; the ears over round, to be unapt to learn. Of the Face.—The face long, to be unshamefaced; the face small, causes sweating, to be crafty, lecherous, and a great feeder ; the face very little and round, to be foolish; the face long and lean, to be bold, very crooked, long and lean, to be malicious ; longer from the forehead to the jaws, to be a liar ; narrower from the jaws unto the chin, to be envious and contentious ; the face fleshy, to be slow, applied to the ox; the face lean, to be careful and circumspect; the face very fleshy, to be careful, applied to the ass and hart; the face big, to be slow, applied to the ox and ass; a narrow face, to be a niggard ; a countenance looking downward, to be a hypocrite and wicked ; the face to be hollow, without any bearing out, to be contentious ; like to a drunken countenance, to be lightly drunk ; like to an ireful countenance, to be ireful, and applied to the appearances ; like to the shamefaced countenance, to be shamefaced ; the face deformed and awry, to be evil-conditioned. Of the Lips.—The lips big, that the upper hangeth down over the nether, to be foolish, applied to the ass ; the upper lip bearing out that the gum may be seen, to be a wrangler and spiteful, applied to the dog ; the lips thin, hanging the one over the other, to be bold and hardy, applied to the lion; the Ups thin and hard, to be ireful and unapt to learn, applied to the sow; the Ups thin and soft, to be stout, applied to the lion.
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