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^as found wkh9, or lolefler ones ib^ woman of 40 years of 
ge. Such as were found by bjm in the tefticles of a Cow , 
are duly exhibited in Fig.fourth. If any do wonder, that ia 
fo big an animal they ftiould be fo much fmaller then m a Wo. 
manj he will have more caufeto admire 3 that Women have 
them fo little in comparifon of thofe of Ducks , Hens^&c. the 
firft begioftings of things not bearing alwaies a proportion to 
their ftate of eocreafe, as Beaoes and Peas( ^.^0 whence 
grow plantsbutof averymidlingfize^are much bigger feeds, 
than the kernels of Apples and Pears^ which do produce con- 
fidei-ably big Trees, Befides, it may be 5 that Cowes, when 
in their heat, may afford bigger Eggs, Mean time the reafon 
why the Eggs of Fowl are alwaies proportionably bigger than 
thofeof Women and of Quadrupeds, is^that they, when laid, 
puft contain the matter not only for forming, but alfo for feed* 
log the young animal* ' > . . 
3. That this Opinion is not fo new, as fome imagine 5 fioce 
FaUopius in Obferv* Anatom. Bartol Anat, refotm. 1. 1. 
Riolan.EBch. anat. L 2. c. 37. LaurenU Anat. 1. 7, c. 10, make 
imention of them^ 
But here we ftiall obferve the True flate of the ^efiion out 
c£the Journal of MoDficm Gauhis/siying^ that the veficles or 
Eggs in all forts of femals.are to be confidered in three condi- 
tionst i^When they are faftn'd to the place where nature hath 
lodg'd them as in arepofitory. 2, When they are loofn'd from 
thence. 3. When they enclofe the Embrion^ The firft of thefe, 
mmely, that there are veficles in all forts of Femals, faftnd 
to their Bodies^is certain, and not new 3 as appears by the Au- 
thors jnft now quoted. It is alfo certain, that after concepti- 
on, that which enclofeth the Feetus , is almoft like an Egg 5 
but this is not new neither, feeing that H/p;^^£:r^?e/ hath ob- 
fcrved it lib. de nafura puer s and JrtJIotk hsith faid it more 
than oDce, viz.L 7. hift. Anim. 7 . and I 3. de gencr* Anim* 
C 9. To which alfo th^ moderns agree and amongft others 
the famous Harvey Exper* 68, de gener. Anim. The ^efii- 
^» therefore is only. Whether thefe Veficles, faftn d to the bo-, 
dy of Femals, are loofn'd from it; and whether that kind of 
Bggs, wherein thtEmhrion isform'd, is one pf the veficles 
loofued } 
