From the joint thereof, as from the mouth itself, are judgments and
decrees passed concerning merchandise, favors, and a star in its first
joint near the tuberculum, argues ingenuity and eloquence.
Other obtuse signs the contrary, but when there appear unfortunate signs
in the first and second joints, they mark out a thief and a very deceitful
person. If adverse lines in the last joint, perpetual inconstancy.
Some there are who predict the number of wives from the little lines in
the mons Mercurii at the outermost part of the hand, and have often
observed them come at the truth.
If the end of this finger reach not so far as to touch the last joint of
the ring finger, it signifies a wife most imperious in all things, the
truth thereof is often proved.