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X)lfervat!o CLXXK 



OBSERVATIO CLXX7. 

 D. PETRI ROMMELIL 



ParturieiTtmm & Obftetricantium ridicui 

 &: fuperftitioii Rims. 



Slicum (equiorem , prse vitis firperftftiGnibus dedicum 

 cflrcquocidiana praxis abunde demonftraCj In caufasob 

 quas hic fexus his deleftecur, jam nQE inquifam,ied (b- 

 lum hic,ritus nonnulios ridiculos &ruperftitio(bs,aIiquo- 

 ties a me obfervacos, enanabo & curiofe Le£bori fuum Judi- 

 eium relinquam. 



Incermulieres/pr^casteris fere obfletrices rugofas> etiam 

 migaces &fvipcrftic:2ofedcprehenduncur , aiiasq;edam foemi- 

 nas , fitis aiias prudenies, utamlibus fais fabulisfidem adhi- 

 bcant, frivolis fuis arguinencis, feducunc; uc non minus iis cre- 

 danc^acfi ex fuggeftuipfiSjinftar Arcicu!ifidei,adcredendum 

 ineiilcscum efTec. 



Magfius quondam f^i^:rtholinm m Hio de Infolitis partus 

 hury^pMi vns iibro dicic : Ohjfet-rictbmfuverflttionem fere efje pro* 

 pr/mn,^ frdfrtim qm^d{raleM^m umbiltcum (§*c* Anno fuperio- ' 

 ri jarH oonnulla de hac rje libavi, iubec nunc qux feqtauncur 

 ^ommunicare. Mihi (abfic jaclanciadidis>) aprimispraxeos 

 me^ annis hucusq^,haud rarumfuicad laboriose& difficuker 

 parientes fimilesq; delicias (fiDiisplacec,) vocari, proinde ec- 

 iam haud pauca obfervare, & pro occallonis racione eciam cor- 

 rigere & emendare licuic: Noo una cancum vicc deprehendi 

 muiierculas piebejasin parcu ftrenue laborantcs, fblioq, huic 

 l3bori& operideftinacoinfideoces, capucmariti pileocooper- 

 cam habentesj quarum uoa, obpileumaJtitudine lua turrim 

 quafi repririentancem,obq*, largitacem, fuper nafiim parturi- 

 cntistam profunde de!abentem,ut vixdimidiam mulierisfa- 

 ciem coriipicerepocuerim>ipfa infuper valde anhelance, & fu- 



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