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the beaſt in the other part. For if either hollownes were grieued, and the breath ſtopped, then the beaſt ſhould ſoone dye. Alſo the heart and the lunges be bounde togethers with ſkinnes of the breſt, and they be wrapped therein, that they paſſe not out of their place, as ſaith Conſtant. li. 2. ca. 15. Then the breaſt is the foundation of the paps & nipples: and that is not onely for beautie and faireneſſe, but alſo for néedfull helpe of the breaſt, with his fleſhineſſe, it healeth: and tempering the bonie coldneſſe thereof, couereth and defendeth from outwarde hurte of colde aire. And ſo the breaſt is the moſt noble member of man: for it is the place and ſeate of wit and wiſedome, & the houſe of heate of lyfe and of ſtrength, & if the breſt be wel diſpoſed and in good poynt, with all that is therein, all the ſtrength of ye body is comforted in his working. And contrary, if the breaſt be grieued, al the making of the body is diſgraced, and the breaſt is grieued many wayes. Somtime by great colde, conſtraining the ſinewes & ſtrings of the breaſt bone, they be grieued and hurt, and be let in theyr works and déeds. And ſomtime by great heate and drineſſe, waſting the ſubſtauntiall humour therof, and conſtraining or ſhrinking the ſinewes of the breaſt, as it fareth in Ptiſicis and Eticis,^[1] that be ſpended & waſted with too great heat. Sometime by too great moyſture of bloud, either of fleame, comming and fillyng the waies of ye breaſt, & ſo ſomtime followeth ſtifling, and ſomtime hoarcenes, and ſomtime withdrawing & léeſing of voyce, as ſaith Conſt. Sometime of a corrupt humour gathered in the ſkinnes of the breſt, that bréedeth a poſtume in ye breſt, and letteth the breath, and ſo ſometime the beaſt is ſtiffeled. Somtime the breſt is grieued by gathering of other members that be grieued, for if the throte bée grieued, or the lungs, or the ſtomacke, needes muſt the breaſt be ſore & ſharply grieued, and the griefes of the breaſt bée moſt perillous, & namely they within, for the nighneſſe of ye hart, that is the place of life: and therefore a little pricking or pinching in the breaſt within, is more ſore than a great wound in the arme or in the thigh without. Diuers diſpoſitions of the breaſt is in men & in fowles, as ſayth Ariſtotle. For men haue broad breaſtes and ſomewhat bending in the right ſide and left, and that hollow bending is token of boldnes and of ſtrength, and no beaſt hath paps in the breaſt, but men and Elephants, as ſaith Ariſtotle lib. 2. And ſome beaſtes haue pappes in the ſide, or in the wombe, as Swine, Hounds, Aſſes, Kine, Sheepe, and other ſuch. A beaſt that hath pappes in the wombe bringeth forth manye moe at a time, (as it fareth in Houndes and Swine) then thoſe that haue teates in the breaſt, as it fareth in women and Elephants, that gendreth neuer but one, as ſaith he lib. 5. And Fowles haue generally ſharpe breaſtes, and namelye fowles of praye, with crooked billes and ſharpe clawes, and little fleſh, and good flight and ſharpe ſight: for they ſee their meate very farre off. And therefore ſuch fowles flye vp in the ayre, much more higher than other Fowles, and that is for praye, as ſayth Ariſtotle lib. 2. The ſharpneſſe of breaſt is a token of boldeneſſe and of gentleneſſe,^[2] as ſaith Iſidore of a Goſhauke, that is of more boldneſſe in breſt, than in bill or clawes, and more armed with the breaſt, than with bill or clawe. And therefore the Goſhauke is bolde in the breaſt, and in the ayre hée ſmiteth his praye to the ground.

THe pap is called Mammilla in latin,^[3] & taketh that name of roundnes, for Maſo in Gréeke is round in Latine, as ſaith Iſid. The teate or nipple is ye head of the pap,^[4] that the child ſucketh and taketh betwéene his lips, is called Papilla in Latine, & hath ye name of Palpare to grope: for ye childe oft toucheth it, & gropeth therafter. Alſo ye paps be called Vbera in latin, either for yt they be full of milk, or of humuors of milke, as it wer a bottle. For after ye birth of a childe, if bloud be not waſted with feeding, it cōmeth by a kind way into ye paps, & waxeth white by vertue of them, and taketh the qualitie of milke, as ſaith Iſido. And Conſtant. ſaith, that the pappes be made

1. ↑ Ptiſis, the Greeke vvord. Conſūptio, a conſumption or vvaſting in age. Etica, Hectica a conſumption in youth, not lightly cured.
2. ↑ the fowfe or counter mure of the Hauke.
3. ↑ Māmilla. Sororia. Vber.
4. ↑ The nurſing breſt. The maidens breſt. The vvomās breſt.