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Show 0/ the ‘Primrp/cr and manner of (fuzcrntion. Book I. Part JV. 618 'lii: ma ‘nct r 'i urlK" mrt't Coitiunr muting the Veiiclcs) to contract themfelves and thrui't the Egg through a in: , narrow hole of the Tefticle, dilated accordingly, into the neighbouring hi" Appuli‘es upon the Seminal Receptacles, compolbd of Nervous Filaments pregnatcd Seminal Veiicle is conveyed into the foit neit of the Womb to i it:,_ (full of acute Senfe) which draw the Carnous Fibres of the Seminal Veii- cles into Content, carding them to contract the Cavities of their Cells with a kind of Convuliive Motions, fqueefing out the Seminal Liquor out of their Receptacles through fmall Mmmr into the ‘Urcthm, and from thence into the Vagina um (in time of Coition,) which being irritated by the heat of the Semen, doth contract its Bore caufed by the Heihy Fibres, and force the Seminal Liquor through the inward Orifice and Neck into the hofom of the Womb, which being contracted through its fleihy Fibres, protrudes the Semen into one of the Tubes, which then afcendeth through the Fimbria and Pores of the Membranes, relating to the Teiticles and adjacent receive a greater improvement, made by the Vi: amt, Which is made Up iiiiiiiimtivz Here forne Curious Perfon may demand a reafon how the Seminal Liquor '_ can move upward (contrary to its natural inclination to defcend as a heavy Body) from the Vagina um ( into which it is firii‘. injected out of the 'Pewiry) through the Cavity of the Womb and Tube, into the Egg lodged in the Teiticles ? To which this may be humbly offered 3 That the Seed is carried upward not by its own infliné‘t, but by proper Organs of fiefhy Fibres {eated in the Vagina uteri and Membrane of the Womb and Tubes, which all contracting themfelvcs one after another, do protrude the Genital Liquor by narrowing their feveral greater and leis Cavities into the Veficle of Al binninous Liquor lodged in the Ovary. Another queiiion may be propounded why the Seminal Juice is firfl in~ l. 'li into! Vagi- jeéted into the narrow confines of the Vagina uteri, and not into the more '11 um; and not into the open Cavity relating to the body of it P To which it may be replied, That the [wilycf the Vagina um exceedeth the 'Pcnir in length 3 So that it cannot inject the Seed Drum. into the bolom of the Womb, which is wifely initituted by Nature, lefl: the 53"", (Zontcptron , of Four powers. iliiiiiiiiliiic The firft Plafiic or Formative power may be flyled Diiiinétive, by which "5' one part of the Genital Liquor is [Evered from another, in order to Formation, performed by Fermentation ariiing out of various Elements, of which moi't are Saline and Spirituous, and Tome Sulphureous and Earthy, exalted by Juice impregnated with Animal Spirits, deftilling out of the terminations of the Nerves, which embodieth with the Serous part of the Blood, fevered from its red Craflhment in the Glandulous fubi'tance of the Womb. T his fine mixtureoi Albuminous Matter of the Blood, is farther exalted with Nitroaercal Particles inipired with zthereal Atomes received with Breath into the Lungues, where they afiociate with the Vital Liquor, and are carried with it through the Pulmonary Veins into the left Ventricle of the Heart, and from thence through the defcendent Trunk of the Aorta and Hypoga- (trick and Spermatick Arteries into the Glandulom fubflance of the Womb, wherein the Serous Liquor of the Blood confederated with theFe [Ethereal and airy Particles (derived from Infpiration) and Nervous Juice oufing out of the Nerves, is carried through the fetter paiiages of the inward Coat of the Womb into its Cavity, and thence through the Pores of the Membrane en. circling the Egg into its Albuminous Liquor, which is nouriilred and exalted by the fermentative Matter acted with the Vital heat and imparted to the Seminal Juice of the Egg which is Colliquated, as endued with various aétivc principles This fcleét Elixir of the Egg lodged in the boiom of the Womb, is made rile iiqnora up of various choice Liquors, the one Mafculine, Colliquated by Motion $3211:Em in the Veficulic Seminaler, and thence tranfmitted by many Rages into Al- "W" buminous Liquor of the Egg more and more exalted by the Uterine Fer- ment compofed of the ferous part of the Blood and Nervous Liquor infpi- red with aethereal and airy Atomes, which being endued with Elai'tick Particles, do infinuate themfelves into the Compage and inward Receflbs of the Theintcflin: Albuminous Matter of the Egg, \vhofe intei'tine motion is much impro- 23:11:; ved by the Uterine Ferment, (making an expaniive difpute) and highly "hm"‘mm promoted by its own difagreeing Elements founded in a mixture of both tion in great Bellied Women 3 whereupon it is wifely ordered by the grand rogeneous: Hence enfueth the diftinétion of feveral parts of Seminal Liquor which firf't form the many {imilar Integrals of the Body; as Liquors, Membranes, Arteries, Veins, Nerves, Lymphxdua's, Ligaments, Cartilaé Seeds confilting of different Acides and Alcalies, of various Volatil, Saline, Sulphureons Serous, and eathy Particles, whereupon thefe Heterogeneous principles do make a great Effervefcence, and endeavour by mutual difputes to fubdue thefe diH‘erent Particles; whereupon the Homogeneous parts do atiociate and prefcrve each other, and fever themferes from the Hete- ges and Bones. , membrane of the impregnated Egg and other Veficledoth break the Ligaments The fecond kind of Plaflick power belonging to the feveral parts of the Body, may be called Concretive, as the various particles of the Seminal Liquor are more or leis indurated by different forts of Concretion: Whereupon fame parts are rendred more or left» folid as they participate difibrent bywhich they are conjoyned to each other; So that the parth Egg grow- kinds of Salts, Concreting the feveral Atoms of Seminal Liquor: So that ing great, doth irritate the fleihy Fibres of the Glandulous fubi‘tancc (im‘ the more {oft parts of the Body, as Membranes, Arteries, Veins, and Lym- mining phseduéts, ' brane, to which a red Clandulous fiibfiance accrefceth, which interceding the , Fimbri/l the jagged Extremity of the adjacent Tube, through which the 1m- ‘ .or length of the (Penis ihould offer a violation to the inward Orifice of the Womb, which is To firaight in Virgins, that it cannot admit the little Finger, and fo cloiely ihut up in impregnated Women, that it cannot receive 3 Probe. Again, If the (Penis were endued with it) great a length as to penetrate into the inward Orifice of the Womb, through this narrow pafliige, it would Lacerate the Capillary Blood-veffels feared in the mouth of the Womb, and produce a Flux of Blood, and caufe an immediate Abor. Architect, that the Seminal Liquor {hould be fitfi tranfmitted to the Vagimt "mi, and from thence through the Womb and Deferent Veilels into the Veficle of Liquor placed in the Ovary, wherein the Mafculine Liquor being, embodied With that of the Female, is the caufe of the firi‘t rudiment oi Conception, appearing in the increafe of the Egg encircled with a new Mem- The fuil R's- dimenc of 619 each other upon Coition, which is performed alter this manner, as i humbly conceive , The Seed is rendred hot and fpumous by the repeated agira. tions of the rPenis, whereupon it groweth thin and prurient, givinw brisk u a Velicle of Seed, which is impregnated with the Spiritnous parts of the Mafculine Liquor; whereupon the Egg hath its Coat firft rendred Opace, and afterward encircled with a fleihy firbftance full of numerous Fibres, which being aggrieved by the fwelled impregnated Egg, do contract themfelves and propel it through the hole of the Tei'ticles into the neighbouring Pim- bria and Tube, into the bofom of the Womb. The Ten}! doth not 1::ntttare rlL: inward OK i171": of the U- Book I. Part IV. 0f the Thump/er and manner of generation. iii: @531: Pilaliitit yer:fifi'fli _ i'C°""‘""°* |