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3\(atnrall Hi/lory 



THe Differencebetween Male and Female, in fome Creatures, is not to be 

 difccrned, othcrwife than in the Parts of Generation : As in Horfes and 

 yl/dm, and Bitches, Doves He and and others. But fome differ in 

 Magnitude, and that diverfly ; Forinmoftthe is the greater 5 As in 

 Man, Phefants, Peacocks, Turkey's ; and the like : And in fome few , as in 

 Hawkes the Female.Some differ in the Haire,and Feathers, both in the guw- 

 tity,Crifpation, and Colours of them; As He-Lions , are Hirfute,' and have 

 great ^/><s ; The Sk's are fmooth Jike CVitt. are more Crifpe upon the 

 Fore-Head than Cowes; The P<wor£,and Phef ant-Cock , and Gold-Finch-Cocky 

 have glorious and bneColours ; The #<?*s have not. Generally, the Hces in 

 .B/Ws have the Fairefl Feathers. Some differ in divers Features; As Bucks have 

 Horns, Doe's nonei, Rams have more Wreathed Horns than Cc<r/b have 



great Cow^y and S/>#™ , Hf/J5 little or none ; Boars have great , Sowes 

 much lefs The Turkey-Cock hath great and Swelling gils, the -ffozhath 

 lcfs; jtf^z have generally Deeper and Stronger Voices than Women, Some 

 differ in Faculty ; As the Cc^s amongft Singing Birds , are the beft 

 The Chief Owf* of all thefe, (no doubt,) is, for that the Males have more 

 Strength of Heat than the Females^ Which appeareth manifeftly in this, 

 that all young Creatures Males are likcr Females j And fo are Eunuches , and 

 Gelt Creatures o£ allkindes , liker Females. Now Hitttf caufeth Greatneft of 

 of Growth, generally, where there is Moifture enough to work upon : But if 

 there be found in any Cre ature(which is feen rarely ,)an Over-great Heat in 

 proportion to the Moifture, in them the Female is the greater; As in Hawks, 

 and Sparrows. And if the Heat be ballanced with the Moifture , then 

 there is no Difference to be feen between Male and Female : As in the Inflan- 

 cesof Horfes, and Dogs. Wefeealfo, that the Horns ot Oxen, and Cowes, 

 for the mod part, are Larger than the Buls-, which is caufed by abundance 

 of Moifture, which in the Horns of the Bull faileth. Again, Heat caufeth Pi- 

 lojity and Crifpation ; And fo likewife Beards in Men. It alfo expelleth finer 

 Moifture, which want of Heat cannot Expel ; And that is the Caufe of the 

 Beauty and Variety of Feathers : Again , Heat doth put forth many Excref- 

 cences, and much Solide Matter , which Want of Heat cannot doe : And 

 this is the Caufe of Horns , and of the Greatnef of them ; And of the 

 Greatne ft of the Combes and Spurs of Cocks, Gils of T w key-Cocks, and Fangs of 

 itonw. Zfetf alfo dilateth the Pipes, and Organs, which caufeth the Deepnefs 

 of the Voice. Again, H e at vehneth the Spirits, and that caufeth the Cock- 

 Sinqing Bird, to Excel the Hen. 



T^Here be Fifhes greater then any Beafts-^% the whale is farre greater than 

 the Elephant. And Beafis arc (generally) greater than Birds. For Fifhes, 

 the Caufe may be , that becaufe they Live not in the Aire , they have not 

 their Moifture drawn, and Soaked by the Aire, and Sun-he am es. Alfo the reft 

 always in a manner, andarefupported by the Water ; whereas Motion and 

 Labour do confume. As for the Greatne ft of Beafis, more than of Birds , it is 

 cauled,for that ftay Longer time in the Womb y than Birds, and there 

 Nourifh, and grow;Whereas in Birds, after the Egg lay'd, there is no far 1 

 ther Growth, or Nourifhment from the Female:Vor the doth Vivifte,and 

 not Nourifh. 



Vy'E have partly touched before the Means of Producing Fruits , without 

 Coares, or Stones. And this wee add further , that the Caufe muft "bee 

 Abundance of Moifture ; For that the Coare , and are made of a 



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