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Firft of all, Dr. Swammerdam^ who hath been, 

 to the beft Purpofe of any Man I know of, bu- 

 fy'd in fearching out and obferving the Nature of 

 all Infecfts in general ; all in general I fay, for as 

 to one particular Infedt, to wit, the Silk-Worm, 

 I muft except Signior Malpighi -y and to one 

 Genus of them, to wit. Spiders, Dr. Lifter, in 

 his general Hiftory of Infefts, written in Low 

 Dutch, and tranflated into Frejich, p. 47. hath 

 thefe Words, Nous difons quit nej$fait dam toute 

 la nature aucune generation par accident, &c. JVe 

 affirm that there is not in all Nature any accidental 

 \orJpontaneous\ Generation, but all come by Propa^ 

 gation ; wherein Chance hath not the leajt Fart or 

 Inter eft. And in p, 159. fpeaking of the Gene- 

 ration of Infefts out of Plants, in Contradiction 

 I fuppofe to Signior Redi, he faith. Nous croyons 

 abjolument^ &c. We do abfolutely believe that it is 

 not pojjible to prove by Experience that any Infedis 

 are engendered out of Plants-, but on the contrary, 

 we are very well informed and ajfur'd, that thefe 

 little Animals are not fjut up in or inclosd there 

 for any other reafon tha?i to draw thence their Nou- 

 rifloment. It is true indeed, that by a certain, 

 conftant, and immutable Order of Nature, we 

 fee many Sorts of Infedts affix'd to particular 

 Species of Plants and Fruits, to- which the refpe- 

 ttive Kinds fallen themfelves as \t were by In- 



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