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.