Century VIII. 



they may be djocured to come Larger than ufual; As to mate an Oxe era 

 Veer, have a greater Headoi Horns? And whether the Head of a Deer, that 

 by age is more Spitted, maybe brought again to be more Branched-, For 

 thefe 7 and the like, will fhcw,whetber by Art fuch Matter can 

 be called, and provoked. It may be tried alfo,whcther Birds may not have 

 fomthing done to them when they are Tmhg\ whereby they may be made 

 to have Greater, or Longer Bills ; Oi Greater , and Longer T$jfen$ ? And whe- 

 ther Children may not have fomc wa]h, or Something to make their Teeth 

 Better, and Stronger? Coral is in ufe as an Help to the Teeth oi Chil- 

 dren. 



Wjmi LpVihg Creatures Generate but at certain Seafons of the Year; As 

 Deer, sheep, mid-Coneys, bee. And moft Sorts of Birds, andFifhes: Qrhcrs 

 at any time of the Teare, as Men ; And all Dcmefiick Creatures ; As Horfes, 

 Hogs, Dogs, Cats, Sec. Tht Caufe of Generation at all Seafons feemeth to be 

 Fulnefl : For Generation is from Redundance. This Fulnefl arifcth from two 

 Cau[es; Either from the.Mi/»rcof the Creature 3 ifitbeHof, and itfoi/?, 

 and Sanguine^ Or from Ptoy of Foot/. For the firft, Men, HorfeSj Dogs, &c. 

 which breed at all Seafons, are full of Heat and Moijlure^Doves are the lul- 

 led of Heat and Moiflure amongft Birds , and theretore breed of ten 5 The 

 Tame Dove almoft continually. But Deer are a Melancholy dry Creature , as 

 appeareth by their FearfuUef, and the Hardnefs of their Flefh. Sheep are a 

 Cow Creature , as appeareth by their MildneJ? , and for thac they feldom 

 drinkMod fort oi Birds arc of a ^ry Subftancein comparifon of BeaJls.Fifhes 

 are cold.For the fecondC^/^Fulnefs oiFood',Men,Kine,Smne i < Dogs,8cc.ieed 

 fullj And we fee that thofe Creatures, which being Wilde, generate feldom, 

 being Tdm^generate often-, Which is, from tvarmtb,and Fulnefsoi Fcod.We 

 finde,that the Time of Going to Rut of Deer is in September • For that they 

 need the whole Summers Feed and Grafs, to make them fit for Generation. 

 And if Rain come Early about the Middle of September, they go to Rut 

 fomewhat the fooner • If Drought, fomewhat the later.So Sheep, in refpecT: 

 of their fmall heat,generate about the fame time,or fomwhat before. But 

 for the moft part, Creatures that generate at certain Seafr.s, generate in 

 the Spring ; As Birds, and Fijhes-, For that the End of the Winter , and the 

 Heat and Comfort of the Spring prepareth them. There is alfo another 

 Reafon , why fome Creatures generate at certain Seafons : And that is the 

 mMiw pFtheir Time of Bearing, to the time of Generation: For no Crea- 

 ture goeth to generate, whileft the Female is full ; Nor whileft Hie is bulie 

 in Sitting, or Reaving her Toung. And therefore it is found by Experience, 

 that if you take the Eggs or Young Ones, out of the Nefts of Birds, they will 

 fall to generate again, three or four times, one after another. 



Of Living Creatures ; fome are longer time in the Wpmb^nd feme Short- 

 er. Women go commonly nine Moncths; The Cow and the Ene about fix 

 Moneths; ZX^goe about nineMoneths, Mares eleven Moneths : Bitches 

 nine Weeks tlepha/.ts are faid to go two Years For the Received Tra- 

 dition of ten Yeares is Fabulow. For Birds there is double Enquiry The di- 

 stance between the Treading or Coupling, and the Laying of the Eage 5 And 

 again, between the Egge Layed,and the Difclofing or Hatching.hnd amongft 

 Birds there : s lefs Dive/Jity oitime, than amongft other Creatures^ yet fome 

 there is: For the Hen fltteth but three Weeks-, The Turkey Hen, Goofe, 

 andDucke, a Monet h : gutreoi others. The Caufe of the great difference 

 of Times , amongft Livino Creatures, is, Either from the Nature of the kind$ 



P 2 Or 



