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mouthes of their young ones, to disburthen and coolethem: 

 fo the carriage and bignefle of the egges, hcateth exceedingly 

 the breafts and bodies of the birds ; and this caufeth them to 

 be /till rubbing of their breafts againft the fides of their nefts 

 (whereumo their unwieldinefTe then confineth them very 

 much) and with their beakes to be ftill picking their feathers ; 

 which Heing then apt to fall off and mew (as we lee rhe haire of 

 women with childe, isapttofhed) it happeneth thatbythtn * 

 they are ready to lay their egges , they have a fbft bed of 

 their owne feathery made in their netts, over their courier mat- 

 trafle of ftrawcs they firft brought thither : and then, the egges 

 povverfu'l artra^ing of the annoying heat from the hens breafl 

 (whole imbibing of the warmth, and ftone-like (hell, cannot 

 choofe bur coole feer much) inviteth her to fit conttantly upen 

 them unriUhtdnghatcheththem; and it is evident, that this 

 fitting rnuit proceed from their temper at that time, or from 

 fome other immediate caufe, which worketh that eflfeft, and 

 not from a judgement that doth it for a remote end : for houfe- 

 wifes teJl us, that at fiich a (eafbn, their hennes will be fitting in 

 every convenint place they come untOj as though they had eggs 

 to hatch, when never a one is under them : fo as it feemeth 

 that at fuch time^ there is feme inconvenience in their bodies, 

 which by fitting is ealed. 



When the chickens are hatched, what wonder is it ,, if the 

 little crying of tender creatures, of a like nature and language 

 with their dammes^do move thole affections orpafsionsin her 

 bofome, which caufeth her to feed them, and to defend, and 

 breed them, till they be able to fliift for thcmlelves ? ForaU 

 this there needeth no difeourfe or reafon ; but onely the mo- 

 tion of the blood about the heart (which we have determined to 

 be pafsion) ftirred by the young ones chirpings, in fuch fort, as 

 may carry them unto thefe aftions which by nature (the fii- 

 preme intellect) are ordered for their prefcrvation. Wherein 

 the birds (as we have already (aid) are but pafsive inftruments, 

 and know not why they doe thole actions but doe them they 

 mufr, whenfbever fuch and fueh bje&s (which infallibly work 

 in their due time?) doe make iuch and (uch imprclsions upon 

 their fantafies, like the allar urn that neceflarily (rriketh, when 



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