Shaving

To see himself powled or shaved. · Book 1, encoded section 11 · Text transcription · marked gaps

Original source (English)

FOr to sée himself powld all the head, is good for Jesters that use to make men laugh, and to such as are commonly shaved, to all other it is evill. For it betokens as much as nakednes and barrenuesse, if it bring not greater evils and more at hand. To Navigators it is evident shipwrack, to sick persons great perill, and yet not death, for such as escape a shipwrack, and recover after great sicknesse shave themselves, but not the dead. To be powled by a Barber is good [illegible passage] to all in generall, for surely no ma [illegible passage] b [illegible passage] ing in any dangerous estate, will powle themselves, séeing th [illegible passage] se only regard such outward ornaments of the head which are without sorrow or want. I therefore adde by the hands of a Barber, because if any man shaves himself, it betokens suddain heavinesse, or very ill luck. Moreover to be scratched with nailes to him that is in debt, it betokens that he shall acquit himself: to others it foretels hurt by them which scratch them.

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The source heading “To see himself powled or shaved” is shown on the Shaving page: archaic "powled or shaved"