Four Humors of the Body

The four bodily humors were part of Shakespearean cosmology attributed from the Ancient Greek Philosophers Aristotle, Hippocrates etc. they are formed around the four elements of earth water, air, fire and earth, the four qualities of cold, hot, moist and dry and the four humors. These physical qualities determine the behavior of all created thing. The different personality types of the characters are also arranged in accordance with these humors.

Humors	Element	Season	Qualities
Melancholic	Earth	Winter	Cold & Dry
Phlegmatic	Water	Autumn	Cold & Moist
Choleric	Fire	Summer	Hot & Dry
Sanguine	Air	Spring	Hot & Moist

The Jacobean's thought of themselves as especially prone to Melancholy