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¶ Colera rosa stante fuoco e marte
Sangue con primavera e aria cum venus
Flemma verno aqua cum la luna ha parte
Malenconia e terra tene genus
Di l'auptuno e di saturno l'arte
Chi d'una d'este parte fusse plenus
Serebbe in grado de superlativo
Di cusi facta complexion passivo

[rubric: Collora]

¶ Coleria som homini legeri
Acuti e prompti e destri et animosi
Apti a far prove di bon cavalieri
E nel combatere molto furiosi
Quando si turbano son subiti e fieri
Di corpo asciuti e di cor condiciosi
La sua distemperantia fa terciane
Che oçi sta bene e la febre ha domane

[rubric: Sangue]

¶ Sanguinii son di dolce conditione
Sum temperati e di largeça honesta
Gente di pace e sença offensione
Benigni e amorevoli e cum festa
Sono inclinati a le fornicatione
Di tute complexion piu sana e questa
La sua distemperantia fa continua
Che si cognosce al polso et al'orina

Red choler is associated with summer, fire, and Mars;
blood with spring, air, and Venus;
phlegm with winter, water, and the Moon;
black bile comes from earth,
autumn, and the influence of Saturn.
Whoever has too much of any one of these humors
would display its characteristics to the highest degree,
and suffer from that complexion.^{1"Complexion" is a term of art that follows humoral theory, referring to the the make up or balance of these humors.}

Choler

Choleric men are fickle,
keen, impetuous, skilled, and spirited:
inclined to prove themselves good knights,
and very tenacious in fighting.
When they are upset they are quick and fierce,
lithe of body and judgmental of heart.
Their [humoral] imbalance produces tertian fevers:
where one feels well today but is feverish tomorrow.

Blood

The sanguine are sweet-natured.
They are temperate, honorable, and generous,
peaceful and unaggressive people.
They are kind and loving, inclined
to merry-making and fornication.
Of all complexions, this is the healthiest:
their imbalance produces continual [fever]^{1a formal type of fever, as opposed to intermittent fevers},
which can be recognized in the pulse and in the urine.

¶ Colera rosa stante fuoco e marte
Sangue con primavera e aria cum venus
Flemma verno aqua cum la luna ha parte
Malenconia e terra tene genus
Di l'auptuno e di saturno l'arte
Chi d'una d'este parte fusse plenus
Serebbe in grado de superlativo
Di cusi facta complexion passivo

[rubric: Collora]

¶ Coleria som homini legeri
Acuti e prompti e destri et animosi
Apti a far prove di bon cavalieri
E nel combatere molto furiosi
Quando si turbano son subiti e fieri
Di corpo asciuti e di cor condiciosi
La sua distemperantia fa terciane
Che oçi sta bene e la febre ha domane

[rubric: Sangue]

¶ Sanguinii son di dolce conditione
Sum temperati e di largeça honesta
Gente di pace e sença offensione
Benigni e amorevoli e cum festa
Sono inclinati a le fornicatione
Di tute complexion piu sana e questa
La sua distemperantia fa continua
Che si cognosce al polso et al'orina

Red choler is associated with summer, fire, and Mars;
blood with spring, air, and Venus;
phlegm with winter, water, and the Moon;
black bile comes from earth,
autumn, and the influence of Saturn.
Whoever has too much of any one of these humors
would display its characteristics to the highest degree,
and be ruled by their complexion.^{1"Complexion" is a term of art that follows humoral theory, referring to the the make up or balance of these humors.}

Choler

Choleric men are fickle,
keen, impetuous, skilled, and spirited:
inclined to prove themselves good knights,
and very tenacious in fighting.
When they are upset they are quick and fierce,
lithe of body and judgmental of heart.
Their distemper produces tertian fevers:
where one feels well today but is feverish tomorrow.

Blood

The sanguineous are sweet-natured.
They are temperate, honorable, and generous,
peaceful and unaggressive people.
They are kind and loving, inclined
to merry-making and fornication.
Of all complexions, this is the healthiest:
their distemper produces continual [fever]^{1a formal kind of fever, as opposed to intermittent fevers},
which can be recognized in the pulse and in the urine.