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a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. G.iij^v Some would studie Orminancie.., some Geomancie, Some Pedomancie, and some Ciromancie.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 132 Pedomancie [is] fitter for such Coniurers, then either Chiromancie, or Necromancie, or any Familiar Spirite, but contempt.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Pædomancy, [divining] by the feet.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pedomancy, a kind of divination by the lines of the sole of the feet.

1709 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (ed. 2) 374 There are Lines on the Neck, the Forehead, the Lips, the Hams, the Elbows, and the bottom of the Buttocks..and therefore..as there is Chiromancy, there ought to be Frontimancy, Collimancy, Pedimancy, Natimancy [Sp. Y assi avia de aver, (si fuera verdad, como ay Quiromanticos,) Nalguimanticos, y Frontimanticos, y Codimanticos, y Pescuecimanticos, y Piedimanticos].

1883 N. Brit. Advert. 19 May 5/5 Pedomancy, or divination by the soles of the feet, may also in these times become as interesting and useful a study [as palmistry].

1894 Cent. Mag. Feb. 635/2 A similar pseudo-science could be constructed in relation to the feet, especially if applied to that proportion of mankind who are shoeless. Indeed, one form of ancient divination was known as pedomancy.

1952 Sci. Monthly Dec. 357/1 Chiromancy is at least 5000 years old in China, where the reading of the feet, or pedomancy, was also practiced.