Artemidorus wrote: “SCabs, Leprosie, and Itch▪ are signes of Honour and Riches to the poore, to the rich and mighty they are Offices and Dignities.”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of the Scab, Leprosie▪ and Itch. · Book 3, encoded section 152 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
SCabs, Leprosie, and Itch▪ are signes of Honour and Riches to the poore, to the rich and mighty they are Offices and Dignities. It is also revealing of secrets. But to see another leprous and scabby, is anger and care: For all ugly and ill favoured things, make sad their spirit which looke on them▪
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Also indexed as: of the scab, leprosie▪ and itch · scab · leprosie▪ · itch
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