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58. Of the iiij Complexions
Sanguineus
Natura pingues isti sunt atque forantesAtque rumores cupiunt audire frequenter
Hos venis & brachijs delectant fercula risus
Et facit hos hillares et dulcea verba loquentes
Omnibus hij studiis habiles sunt ac magis apti
Qualibet ex causa nec hos leuiter mouet Ira
Largus amans hillaris ridens Rubri que coloris
Cantans carnosus satis audax atque benignus
Of yiftis large in love hathe gret delite
Jocond and glad ay of lawyng chere
Of Ruddy coloure meynt somdel with whight
Disposud be kynd to be a chauntere
Hardy I nowe manly and bold of chere
Of the Sanguine also it is a signe
To be demur Riche curteys and benigne
Jocond and glad ay of lawyng chere
Of Ruddy coloure meynt somdel with whight
Disposud be kynd to be a chauntere
Hardy I nowe manly and bold of chere
Of the Sanguine also it is a signe
To be demur Riche curteys and benigne
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Colericus
Est humor colere qui conuenit impetuosoNam genus hominum cupiunt percellere cunctos
Hij leuiter discunt multum comedunt cito crescunt
Ideo magnanimi sunt magni summa petentes
Hircutus fallax Irascens perditus audax
The coleric froward and full of disceyt
Irous in hert prodiggall in expence
Hardy also and werchithe ay be sleight
Slender and smal full light in existens
Right drye of nature for the gret fervens
of het and the Coleric hathe this signe
He is comonly of coloure Citryne
Irous in hert prodiggall in expence
Hardy also and werchithe ay be sleight
Slender and smal full light in existens
Right drye of nature for the gret fervens
of het and the Coleric hathe this signe
He is comonly of coloure Citryne
fflegmaticus
fflegma viros modicos latos faciet quoque brevesfflegma facit pingues sanguis reddit mediocres
Otio non studio tradunt se corpora sompno
Sensus eves terdus motus pigrina sompnus
Hic sompnolentus piger in sputamine multus
The flewmatique is sompnolent and slowe
With humores grosse replete ay habundaunt
To spitte Inuenons the fleumatic is knowe
By dull conseyt and voide vnsuffisaunt
The suptill art to accomplissh or haunt
ffat of kynd the flewmous men may trace
And know them best be fatnes of ther face
With humores grosse replete ay habundaunt
To spitte Inuenons the fleumatic is knowe
By dull conseyt and voide vnsuffisaunt
The suptill art to accomplissh or haunt
ffat of kynd the flewmous men may trace
And know them best be fatnes of ther face
Malencolicus
Restat ad huc tristis colore substancia nigroQue reddit tristes paruos que pauca loquentes
Hii vigilant studio nec mens est dedita sompno
Servant propositum sibi nil reputant fore tutum
Inuidus et cupidus tristis dextre que tenacis
The malancolius thus men aspie
He is thoughtful and set in coviteys
Replenysshed full of fretyng Envie
Hes hert servithe hym to spend in no wise
Treason Envious fraude can he well devise
Coward of kynd when he shuld be a man
Thou shalt hym knowe be visage pale & wan
He is thoughtful and set in coviteys
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Hes hert servithe hym to spend in no wise
Treason Envious fraude can he well devise
Coward of kynd when he shuld be a man
Thou shalt hym knowe be visage pale & wan
Explicit iiij complexions
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