intermingleth

Updated: May 5, 2025

Moreouer those which draw nigh unto the East and South, are by reason of the heate, mor easie to moue themselues, and consequently to make or shew gestures, then they are which be in the East, or North who by reason of the cold be more heauy & weighty: From whence it commeth, that the Italian in his communications or speeches, but especially if he speake with an affection or good hart, intermingleth and useth so many gestures, that if an English man should see him a farre of, not hearing his words, would iudge him out of his wit or els playing some comedy upon a scaffold.

Anonymous - A Treatise of Daunses: Wherin It Is Shewed, That They Are as It Were Accessories And: Dependants (Or Thynges Annexed) to Whoredome, (1581)