Anthropometamorphosis: man transform'd; or, the artificial changeling. Historically presented, in the mad and cruel gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome lovelinesse of the most nations, fashioning and altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant / By J.B. sirnamed, the Chirosopher.

  • J. B. (John Bulwer), 1606-1656
Date:
1650
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Credit: Anthropometamorphosis: man transform'd; or, the artificial changeling. Historically presented, in the mad and cruel gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome lovelinesse of the most nations, fashioning and altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant / By J.B. sirnamed, the Chirosopher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | There “cis the neather lips efpecial grace, | To fall down'ro the Joweft barbal place, | Bord full of boles, moft richly charg’d, to fway | It downwards, and the Dental roor.difplay. WS) Here fticking out, fharpe nail-like pegs of Wood, | In the upper-lip’s a bravery underftood, | What fafhion by corrupted fancfie fprung — “| “Through a zew-hole prefents the playing tongue? | The neatherLip’s bor? d-through to yeild a vent “| ‘To them, who are not with one.mouth content. | _Aceach end of the mouth a boved-hole , ' | There the rich Gems impofed weight condole. | Whether by Art’s rude force, or Natures skip “1 Iknow not ; Here we have xo upper Lip, | What Scoffers have we here 2 men fore afear’d WM Of Manhoods enfigne, who abhorre a Beard. | Here the Juxuriant Chin quite down is mown, | The rank Muftachos into Whiskers grown. | The upper Lip of Hair’s now’s difpoffeft, 5] Which nourith’t bere, the honour’d Chin zveft. | New rooted out by thy malicious care , | “| What’s the next fruit of the fantaftique itch ? | Thy Teeth muft now be red,and black as pitch. And this forfooth, we count a manly fight, (white, ewl'{°Caufe Childrens, Womens, and Dogs teeth are . Here thy ceeth are as-fha'p. as Needles fil'd, i There, in a foolith bravery exil’d s , |The Fore-teeth both above and cke below, \Have left two empty Suckets in each row.;. cil) With fitch refufing for to eat or drink. (a Here, for an elegant conceit, they draw Five or fix Teeth out of the upper-jaw. There, a rich Mouth with gilded Teeth behold ! Here, Teeth focevei'd with thin plates of gold, : |