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Show Of My principle; and iiimmtr of generation. Book l. Part IV, Book I. Part IV. 0f the generation of a humane Foetus'. The Blood is firit arayed with a white palilii colour, and afterward is clothed in Starlet , which proceedeth from Motion and Heat , giving The Vital Liquor may truly aflirme to it {elf the privilege of the firfi: UmGenital Particle," becaule it appeareth firit in the circumference of the Seed, iiliiilcl'liiiifil‘ the Blood a red tincture as by an Intefiine Motion cauiing an Efi'erveleence before any Veins or beating Point can be dilcovei'ed in the center of it, and 2‘»?:""""'" in it, as Fruits by long Coétion acquire rednefs much relenibling that of it is very agreeable to realon, that the Blood {hould be generated before Blood, elpccially thofe that are pregnant with an abundant Siitcur N the Veins, beating Point, and Arteries, as the part contained is the princi1rl(I"J‘. pal, and therefore the fitfl: in the order of Nature, became the other :‘lriflliili‘iilsazlifl And the rare method of Nature is very remarkable in'thc produétion of [Hcl‘riilyili't‘ the difi'erent parts of the Body, wherein She beginneth With moii moiit and "WWW" loft, as nextakin to the fluid Seminal Liquor, which is liquid, is belt dirpof'ed for immediate formation of moill: parts, whereupon the Vital liquor being Fluid, is firft generated in the ambient parts of the Seminal Matter, as it is colliquated by theheatoF the menu, and aiterward tranfmitted into the more inward Receiles, when the Vein is Formed as {oft and membranous, and {'0 is the Full formed folid part, as having much affinity with the nature of Seminal Liquor. CHAP. XXVI. Of the generation of a laiimmzc Foetus. if: parts belonging to Animals are firlt animated as by a Viral principle, much H "PM: couil-ituting them, and .givmg vigor and heat to the Seminal Liquor in re'pli‘ll'atc'liii ference to the delineation of all Similar parts, fucceilively produced, out oi‘ which all Organick, as the szcem and Mulcles are formed, which compleat the Animal, and give it a power of augmentation, and nutrition, which is a kind of {trend and continued Generation, quoniam ex iifdem primipiir (mi/1141 mitrimr, ex qiiibmr gcmmmr; and the Blood much allifteth the Genital Liquor in its Arcliit'ea'onick Spirit in dil'tinguiihing one part from another, and is that firii Particle in which the Soul doth chiefly refide, the prime Author of Life, Senle, and Motion. gans miniilerial to the motion and depuration of the Blood, Which is the firit Genital Part, and the beating Veiicle, its firfi infirument of motion, plainly vilible in the firl‘t conception of all Animals, and appeareth leis than a l‘paik, lifted tip and down according to the reception and exclufion of Blood, can[Cd by L‘iaflole and Syfialc, diflending and narrowing the ventricles of the Heart,and the Sjfl‘ole malteth the PiilfatiOii produced by Contrat‘lion, cauling a Vibration of the Heart, which is the fame time imparted to all Arteries or the Body, commonly called the beating of them. So that, the of a Fwtmr, is the . tint itep or period in the Generation , Blood with its receptacles, The Phfialml 841161", The rough-draught of the Heart and Veilels, the Veins and Arteries; but the fubf‘tance of the Heart, ( confifting of two Auricles, \entricles, and Cone, with VeiTels and Fibres lodged in the Compage of it, is lound in the third procedure of Generation. iiificfiiiiiiifi‘ Heat, mil." iiiliiioliid 10m Tom", . .i i an "‘ "W GW‘ iraiiiilniftfh: iiiiziltflariicisti liiblltance, it feemeth to be divided into tWo parts, the upper is Orbicular, ‘T‘medffi‘i' and feemeth to be dil'tinguiihed into three Veficles, the Brain, Cerebellnm, and Er iiinamiliir Maggot. one of the Eyes. Another part of this Mite (the firfl: rudiment of the Body relating to a Athirdpcriod Farm/5) refembleth the Keel of a Ship, and is a Supetftruéture leaning upon $533331? or accrefcing to the Trunk of the Venn C4724 all along its length ; And in :mj‘mff, the formation of the Head, the Eyes firfi may be firfl: difcovered, and the Dc- as m: M ,E lineation of the Body is made immediately after, and out of the rough :hiilfilmflm draught of the Spine the fides do aril'e (as thofe of the Ship are built upon the Keel ) being formed of one limilar fiibftance adorned with white lines exprefiiug Natures defign of the Ribs, as the firit rudiments of them; and out of the rudely Delineated Spine the Trunk doth grow, and afterward the Bones, Mtifcle-s, and Limbs, are dil‘tinguifhed into Joints. Emu" Some Profeilors of our Faculty do give the primogeniture tothe Brain, tiiillwlugiVL‘ Heart, and liver, arifing together out of three Bubles or Veficles, but this Hyiiiiliniifiil: "m" nourilhed by it, as by a principle ofLife and Heat; as allo Intcfline and Local Motion ; and the beating Point, Sanguidufis, and Viftem, are (0 many Or- ritmmizi The lEcond period in the formation of an Embryo, is manifefied in the Them", production of a kind of Worm or Maggot, and as it groweth into aclammy 53:55:33" His molt noble part the Blood, is firi't formed in the Seminal Liquor, T by whole influence and irradiation of Spirits, The l‘yi‘tem of. all "I" "1"" l' parts are fubfervient to it, and are propagated, enlivened, cheriihecl and pothelis c0ntradi€teth Autopfy, which is clear to thofe that curionfly have inipeéted the feveral Proceiles of the Generation of 21 Chicken, in which the prerogatiie of Primogenirure is due only to the Blood, whole rays firit Thefe two rough Delineations oi the Head and Body appear, and may be Ti'lrmnm o 'tie Spine diilinguiflied at the fame time, and afterward when they receive greater de- an}, Hm do grees of increafe and perfection, the Body doth far exceed the Head in di~ carirarrcan menfions. ~ In the firft formation of the Trunk there is a great difpi'oportion between heixiiiipn new dawn in the outward circumference of the Albuminous Orb, and afterward the Body and Limbs, which in time grow longer andlonger 3 and Children digging; difliile themfi-lves through all regions of it, which is evident, not only in new born have long Bodies and [hort Limbs, and would go upon their 3152"" an Egg, but in the firfi Conception of every Animal. ,1" H mm The Blood firl't generated in the ambient parts of the Seed, is carried by 213:3" pt: Veins into the center of it, where the red Point, or beating Veficle 15 £6" tuna. nerated, (the hi": rudiment of the Heart } from which many Fibres or C9-- Hands and Feet as Bruits upon their fore and hinder Feet, were they not fuppotted and kept upright by others and taught to go in an erect pofture. In this fecond period of Generation, the Architeétonick Powerdoth exert flirt???" many aéls one after another, the Similar being firil: formed as [iibfervient to the formnluand production of Diflimilar parts, which do proceed from a clammy Alburniu' SEQ}; pillaries do proceed, the fin} origens of Arteries, and the roots of the Veins talte their roots in the outward parts of. the Seminal Liquor, wherein the nous Matter, and do alter in Confiftence and Colour as they artiVe to higher Vital ' iqnorbeginneth its motion toward the beating Vefiele, from whence degrees of perfection 5 And Similar parts begin in {oftnefs as previous to grea- it is impelled by Arteries into all parts of the Seminal Liquor. ter folidity, as they are firi't formed Membranous, and thenCartilaginous‘ Tl ie X x x x x it s: as |