IN THE SEVENTH BOOK 



ABE CONTAINED 

 THE WONDERFUL SHAPES OF MEN IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, 



CHAP. 



1. Strange Forms of many Na- 



tions. 



2. Of the Scythians, and other 



People of different Coun- 

 tries. 



3. Of Monstrosities. 



4. The Transmutation of the 



Sexes and of Twins. 



5. De Hominis Generando. 



6. De Conceptibus, et Signa 



Sexus in gravidis praeve- 

 nientia Partum. 



7. De Conceptu Hominum et Ge- 



neratione. 



8. De Agrippis. 



9 . Monstruosi Partus excisi Utero. 



10. Qui sunt Vopisci. 



11. Exempla numerosa} Sobolis. 



12. Examples of those that were 



like one to another. 



13. Quse sit Generandi Ratio. 



14. De eodem multiplicius. 



15. De Menstruis Mulierum. 



16. Item de Katione Partuum. 



17. The Proportion of the Parts 



of Man's Body, and Things 

 therein observed. 



18. Examples of extraordinary 



Shapes. 



19. Remarkable Natures of Men. 



20. Of bodily Strength and Swift- 



ness. 



21. Of excellent Sight. 



22. Who excelled in Hearing. 



CHAP. 



23. Examples of Patience. 



24. Examples of Memory. 



25. The Praise of C. Julius Casar. 



26. The Praise of Pompey the 



Great. 



27. The Praise of Cato the Elder. 



28. Of Valour and Fortitude. 



29. Of notable Abilities, or the 



Praises of some for their 

 singular Talents. 



30. Of Plato, Ennius, Virgil, M. 



Varro, and M. Cicero. 



31. Of Majesty in Behaviour. 



32. Of Authority. 



33. Of certain Divine Persons. 



34. Of (Scipio) Nasica. 



35. Of Chastity. 



36. Of Piety (Natural Kind- 



ness). 



37. Of Excellency in many Sci- 



ences ; in Astrology, Gram- 

 mar, Geometry, &c. 



38. Also, Rare Pieces of Work 



made by Artificers. 



39. Of Servants and Slaves. 



40. The Excellency of Nations. 



41. Of perfect Contentment. 



42. Examples of the Variety of 



Fortune. 



43. Of those that were twice out- 



lawed and banished : of L. 

 Sylla and Q. Metellus. 



44. Of another Metellus. 



45. Of the Emperor Augustus. 



