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Anthropometamorphosis: man transform'd; or, the artificial changeling. Historically presented, in the mad and cruel gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome lovelinesse of most nations, fashioning and altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant / By J.B. sirnamed, the Chirosopher.

  • J. B. (John Bulwer), 1606-1656.
Date:
1653
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Credit: Anthropometamorphosis: man transform'd; or, the artificial changeling. Historically presented, in the mad and cruel gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome lovelinesse of most nations, fashioning and altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant / By J.B. sirnamed, the Chirosopher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    d vers. 9i ManT,ramformd: Or, when they chance to grow out of order) and the re¬ ducing them with Pinfers orfcijjers to conformity, is hut a Ccfmetique elegancie, But this generall confpi- ration of all Nations to hlack them, when Nature hath produced them of another colour-) is fomewhat de¬ ft ruduve to the true knowledge of complexionSyandpre- judiciall to the cautionary Art of Phyfiognomy, which Nature hathfo favourably founded in the Face to an obfervers notable advantage^and even now^when this fheet wa$ going into the preffe^an underftanding and difereet Lady-) falling into diftourf? of th/s vanity jtold mee) fhee knew a Gentlewoman-) who being dif pie afed with the native colour of the Haire of her Head which was yellow, procured a water of a Phyfitian a- hout this Townej to die her Haire Black, And be¬ ing advertifed of the incongruitie of the Haire of her Eye-brows which were white, with that new tinffure of the Haire of her Head3 fhee applied this water to her Eye-brows to black themaifo) whichfoonefetcht off all the Haire5 and thereby introduced a very ri¬ diculous afped) being)witheut all recover)) deprived of the Native Ornament of this part. To draw them into embowed Arches5 is but an i- mitation of Nature: but to make them meet, is more then ftoee ever intended $ but (as the Arabians doe) to paint them in a Triangular forme-, is apiece of Ge¬ ometry5 which we cannot allow to be exercifed in the Eye-brows, SCENE