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perfluous, fometimes generate Children that have 

 the fame Defers or Imperfedions 5 and yet 

 (which is wonderful) nothing of the Body or 

 groffer Matter of the Seed comes near the firft 

 Principle of the Fcetia^ or in fome fo much as 

 enters the Womb, but only. fome contagious Va- 

 pour or fubtle RJiuviiims thereof, which feems to 

 animate the Gemina or Cicatricula of the Egg 

 contain d in the Female Ovary before it paffes 

 thro' the T^iihe^ or Cornua into the Uterus. How 

 far the Animalcules obferv'd in the Seed of Males 

 may contribute to Generation, I leave to the more 

 fagacious Philofophers to enquire, and (hall here 

 content myfelf with referring the Reader to the 

 feveral Letters publifli'd by Mr. Lewenhoek, 



But to what (hall we attribute th^Fatus its 

 Likenefs to the Parents, or omitting them, to 

 the precedent Progenitors; as I have obferv'd, 

 fome Parents that have been both black hair'd, 

 to have generated moft red hair'd Children ; be- 

 caufe their Anceftors Hair hath been of that Co- 

 lour ? Or why are Twins fo often extremely a- 

 iike ? Whether this is owing to the Efficient, or 

 to the Matter ? 



Thofe Effluvia we fpake of in the Male Seed, 

 as fubtile as they are, yet have they a great, if not 

 the greateft Stroke in Generation, as is clearly 

 demonftrable in a Mule, which doth more re- 

 femble the Male Parent, that is, the Afs, than the 

 Fernale, or Horfe. But now, why fuch diffe- 

 rent 



