Part 6

11. If walking abroad with your sweetheart you perceive a pair of pigeons encircle you round, it is a sign of marriage and happiness to ensue, with contentment.

12. If one drops their garter, when going to see their sweetheart, it denotes they will meet with a cold reception.

How to choose a good Husband or Wife.

1. If the man be of a ruddy complexion, high and full nosed, his eye-brows bending archwise, his eyes standing full, of a black and lively colour it denotes him to be good natured, ingenious, and born to good fortune; and the same of a woman, if she be born under the planet Jupiter.

2. If a party be phlegmatic, lean, and of a dusky complexion, and much given to musing or melancholy, beware of such an one, of what sex soever.

3. An indifferent wide mouth, with full cheeks, smooth forehead, little ears, dark brown hair, and a chin proportionable to the face, is very promising.

4. An extraordinary thin chin, with the under lip larger than the upper, signifies a cross grained person, fit for little performance, yet given to great folly.

5. A long nose on a man, and a little mouth in a woman, signifies neither can be deceived in their marriage views.

6. A well set broad chin in a man, his face being round, and not too great, and a dimple or dint in a woman’s cheek or chin, denotes they will come together, and live happy in their married state.

ART OF PALMISTRY.

Several Characters or Semblance of Letters and Lines in the Hand, as they tend to signify Riches, Honour, long Life, short Life, Poverty, Loss, number of Wives, or Children, Sickness; untimely Death and many other things, according to the Art of Palmistry.

There are in this case divers Letters and Lines appearing in the hand, by which the wise of all ages have given judgment, in the foregoing premises.

1. If the character A, be found on the mount of Jupiter, or the root of the middle finger, it promises a growing fortune, and perhaps considerable preferment, by the favour of princes and great men.

2. If a B be found on the mount of the Sun, which is at the root of the fourth finger, it signifies length of days, prosperity, much to be credited, also a virtuous person.

3. If O, with a star over it, appears on the mount of Venus, it gives the person early and happy marriage, promises many children, and a merry and happy life.

4. If the letter L be on the mount of Saturn, which is at the root of the middle finger, and be cut with cross lines, it denotes the party to undergo much affliction, to be given up to melancholy, and to be but very tender and of short life, &c.

5. the letter K, upon the mount of Mercury, which is at the root of the little finger, denotes the party to rise to preferment by ingenuity and a happy marriage.

6. The letter D, on the mount of the Moon, denotes the party to be kind and good-natured, and much beloved.

7. The letter G, in the plain of Mars, near the line of life, speaks the party to be of a violent temper, given up to anger, and threatens him or her with sudden or untimely death: However, to a woman it promises a good husband, that shall grow great in military affairs.--Thus much for the characters of this kind on the hand.

Lines in the Hand, and their Significations, relating to Love, Marriage, Business, &c.

1. If the Table Line be broad, fair, and well coloured, it signifies the party, if a man, will have two wives; if a woman, as many husbands, and lucky marriages.

2. If the Line of life extends itself from the root of the fore finger to the mount of the Moon, or the brawn of the hand, it then denotes long life: but if it be cut short, and divided by many crosses, the contrary.

3. If the girdle of Venus, which reaches from the outside of the hand to the root of the middle finger, be fair and well proportioned, not cut or divided by cross lines, it denotes to the party extraordinary advantage by marriage.----Several little crosses upon the Liver line, which runs directly upon the hand, denotes sickness and an unhealthy constitution; but if it be fair and clean it signifies health and long life.

4. If little direct lines come from the root of the finger, they signify to a woman to have three husbands; and to a man, great riches, honour, and preferment.

5. If they have three large lines on the joint of the wrist, it denotes easy childbearing, and not subject to miscarriage.

6. If the nails of the hand be transparent, red, long, and of a fair complexion, it is a sign of long life; but if cloudy, dark, or of a lead colour, the contrary.

7. If the line branch toward the fore and middle finger, and end blunt, it betokens riches and preferment to men; and to women, kind and loving husbands.

8. If there happen a cut or separation between your two left fingers, it denotes loss if not ruin to the party, by commerce or law-suits--Thus much for these Lines, and for their different significations.