Spiritual physic to cure the diseases of the soul, arising from superfluity of choler,…Spiritual physicke to cure the diseases of the soule, arising from superfluitie of choller,…

And so much for the evils which anger ¹bringeth to the whole man: now we are to speak of the evils which it bringeth to his several parts, and first of his body. Whereas the body of man is excellent by nature, and far surpassing all other earthly creatures, anger doth so deform it, that it becometh more ²ugly and horrible then any of them. For it maketh the hair to stand an end, ⟨p. 52⟩showing the obdurate inflexibleness of the mind. The eyes to stare and candle, as though with the Cockatrice they would kill with their looks. The teeth to gnash like a furious Bore. The face now red, and soon after pale, as if either it blushed for shame of the minds folly, or envied others good. The tongue to stammer, as being not able to express the rage of the hart. The blood ready to burst out of the veins, as though it were afraid to stay in so furious a body. The breast to swell, as being not large enough to contain their anger, and therefore seeketh to ease it self, by sending out hot-breathing sighs. The hands to beat the tables and walls, which never offended them. The joints to tremble and shake, as if they were afraid of the minds fury. The feet to stamp the guiltless earth, as though there were not room enough for it in the whole element of the air, and therefore sought entrance into the earth also. So that anger deformeth the body from the hair of the head to the sole of the foot; how ugly therefore is anger it self, when the effects thereof are thus monstrous in so beautiful