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For the formoſt which are called Quadrupli and Pares the foretéeth, haue but one little forke or twiſt, or one roote, Canini the grinders haue thrée forkes or foure, as ſayth Conſtantine. The qualytie of a man and of a woman, by common ſkil, ſheweth ye number of téeth: for a man hath mo téeth then a woman, as ſayeth Conſtantine and Iſidore. Alſo the téeth be diuided and knowen by age: for Ariſtotle lib. 2. ſaith. That téeth in olde men and beaſts be generally black and not ſharpe: as it fareth in hounds, whoſe age is knowen by the téeth. For young hounds haue white téeth and ſharpe, and olde the contrarye. Out of this generalitie Ariſtotle exceptoth the téeth of horſes, that ware white by age. Alſo there it is ſayd, it néedeth to know, that beaſts with many téeth ioyned togethers, be of long life: and beaſts with few téeth ſet thin and a ſunder, be of ſhort life. Alſo there it is ſaid, that euery foure footed beaſt, that getteth & gendereth a beaſt lyke to it ſelfe, hath téeth. Alſo mans foreteeth falleth in youth, and not the chéeke téeth, and that happeneth perchaunce for this cauſe, for féebleneſſe of the forkes and twiſts, and of ye rootes: and for the contrary cauſe, the chéeke téeth fall not ſo ſoone. And it is generall in other beaſts, that there fall not anye tooth, before ſuch other ſpring and grow in their ſtéede. Alſo Ariſtotle li. 12. ſaith, that euery beaſt that lacketh téeth in the ouer iawe, is drye and of earthie kinde: and euery beaſt that hath téeth in ye ouer ſaw, is lyke to fatnes. Alſo li. 13. he ſaith, kind doth not make any thing, but that that is beſt & moſt perfect. And therefore it néedeth that yt matter of earthie part draw in ſome beaſts toward ye ouer part and turne into téeth, mans haire, and feathers, and in ſome beaſts into hornes, and therefore a beaſt with hornes, maye not haue téeth in either iawe. Alſo li. 16. he ſaith, Onely téeth among other bones grow while the beaſt dureth: and that is knowen in téeth that ouergrowe, and by leaning and bowing & ſide, touche each other: and the cauſe of the growing of them is for the working of them. For if they ſhould not grow, they ſhould bée ſoone waſted. And therefore the téeth of beaſts that eate much, and haue no great téeth, be ſoone bruſed and waſted: and therefore kinde wiſely gathereth ye téeth togethers for age and ende, els if lyfe dured a thouſand yeare, alwaye ſhoulde grow téeth more and more. And ſo li. 2. he ſaieth, Téeth that growe within the gums, growe not in men and women, but after twentie yere, and in ſome wiſe they grow in women after fortie yeares with full fore ach. Alſo li. 19. he ſayeth, ſharpe téeth be néedefull to bite firſt the meate, for it néedeth to bite rather then to grinde: and therefore they growe the ſooner, for that they be leſſe: for the leſſe thing groweth by heate ſooner than the more thing. Alſo the heate of milke maketh téeth grow ſoone: and therfore children that ſucke better milke haue teeth ſooner. Alſo he ſayth there, that the foretéeth grow in a thin bone and a féeble, & therefore they ſayle ſoone. Hetherto ſpeketh Ariſtotle. And Conſtantine there to ſaith in viatico particula. 2. The help of the téeth is great, and with helpe, a great hightineſſe of the body, that is to vnderſtand, if the téeth be not ſore: for in ſore téeth the working is corrupt. And the paſſions of the téeth be diuers, which part of diuerſitie is openlye knowen to the ſight, as chill, rottenneſſe, ſtinking, breaking and bruſing, holes mouldring or fallyng, watring, and ſuch other. The part not apparing, is hidde, as when the téeth ake ſore, and yet they ſéeme to be in good caſe without.

The cauſe of ſuch aking is humors that come downe from the head, eyther vp from the ſtomacke, by meane of fumoſitie, either els by ſharp humours and beating in the gums: and then is ſore ach felte with leaping and pricking, through the mallyre and ſharpneſſe of the humours. And if the ach come of the head, the head is heauie, and aketh in the face, that commeth of red bloud, or of Cholera, that commeth downe to the rootes of the téeth. And if the ach come of the ſtomacke, the aking and paine is felt in the ſtomacke, and ther goeth & burſteth out continuall belching. Alſo ſometime téeth be pearced with holes & ſometime