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libro de Flebothomia,^[1] he that is ſick on one ſide of the bodie ſhall open the vaine on the other ſide. And ſo he that is grieued in the right ſide is let bloud in the left ſide, and ſo of other. Except the matter be venimous, or elſe poſtuinate. For then the bloud ſhould not be drawen to the other ſide, leaſt the venim of the matter paſſing by the heart, either by ſome other member, that is noble, bée hurt and griued as it is ſaid ther. Alſo the armes for profit of other partes of the bodye, ſerue each other: And for kéeping of other members, they bée wounded and ſtriken and made to bléede, and they faint or yéeld not, and they abide ſtrokes. Galen ſayth, that the armes haue this propertie, that what the heart loueth, the armes loue and imbrace it cheerefullye. And whom they know, that the heart loueth, they beclip it, and ſet it as nigh the heart as they maye: Inſomuch that if they might, they woulde print it in the heart all that the heart loueth. Alſo in Acutis Febribus,^[2] vncouering and putting out of bare armes is token of death.

¶This that is ſpoken of the armes, and of the properties of them ſufficeth.

THe hand is called Manus^[3] in Latine, for that it is the gifte of all the bodie, as ſayth Iſidore. For the hande ſerueth the mouth of meate, and diſpoſeth and doth all workes. By the hand wée receiue and giue. And abuſiuely the hand is called a crafte or a worke: as it is ſometime ſayde of a Painter or a writer: He hath a good hand, that is to vnderſtand, a good ſkill of writing, eyther of painting. Dextera, the right hande, hath that name of Dare, to giue. For as Iſidore ſayth, Suretie of peace is giuen with the right hand, and he is witneſſe of faith, truſt, and ſaluation. And this is that Tully meaneth, I gaue publyke fayth vppon beheaſt of the Senatours, that is to ſay the right hand. And the Apoſtle Gala. 2. When they perceiued the grace that was giuen vnto mee, Iames, Cephas, and Iohn, which are counted to be pillers, gaue to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowſhip, &c. The left hand is ſaid as it were ſuffering the right hand. For it ſuffereth the right hande worke and hath that name Siniſtra, of Sinere, to ſuffer. And the hand is called Palma, when the fingers be ſtraight cut: and fiſt when they be cloſed in And ye ſiſt is called Pugnus in Latine, & hath that name of Pugillus, & is called Palma, whē ye hand is ſtraight cut as it were boguhs and braunches ſpread. Alſo the hand is a great help and ornament of the bodie: & is the proper and principall inſtrument of touching and of feeling. For no part of the bodie toucheth and feeleth ſo ſurely as the part of the hande, as ſaith Iſiderus, & alſo Conſtantine. And Conſtantine ſaith, that the hand in the vtter part is made of nine ſmall bones and diuers, without marrow, and be ſad bones. And hath ſo many bones to be moueable. The bones be of diuerſe ſhapes: Some be knottie, ſome be hollow, and ſome ſtraight, that when they be all ioyned togethers, they may be as it were one bone. And theſe bones ſtand of two orders, of ye one ſide with the roots of the fingers, and of that other ſide with the two armes they bee cheined and ſtrongly bound. The ouer cheining haue thrée of theſe bones that enter into the hollowneſſe of the armes: by the which faſtning the hand openeth and cloſeth ſidelong. And the neather cheining and the leſſe is ioyned to the inner end of the arme by ſharpneſſe therof. And this cheining maketh moouing forward and backward.

The hollowneſſe of the hande is called Vola, and is the inner parte, that the wit of touching and of feeling, hath moſt working in. And therefore in that parte it is the more fleſhie, and more ſofte, for good touching and feeling: and hath two partes. Pecten the combe is one parte, and the other parte is the fingers. Pecten, the Combe, is the ſpace of the hande within the fingers, and is compoſed of foure boanes: For if it happened that one were hurte: that other ſhould not bee grieued. In the hollowneſſe of foure bones of the Combe, that commonly be called the Palme, the foure fingers be ſet and cloſed therein.

1. ↑ Flebothomia, is a tearme defined of two greek words, Flebi and Temno, that is opening or cutting of a vaine. In Latine it is named Minucio ſanguinis. In Engliſh, letting of bloud.
2. ↑ A ſharpe or deadly feauer termed the peſtilent Ague.
3. ↑ Manus. Manciola.