Artemidorus wrote: “To have the chéekes fat and full, is good to all.” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of the Cheekes. · Book 1, encoded section 18 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To have the chéekes fat and full, is good to all; especially to women: but slat and full of wrinckles signifieth heavinesse.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Cheeks · Dream section, heading 104; source lines 519–522 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream one hath cheeks plump, fat and of vermilion tincture, is good to all, especially women, but to dream that you are lean, pale, and full of wrinkles, signifies grief and heaviness.
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