Six or Eight, and more;» accprding to the nxmh^otFcetm's 
to beproduced. ? : , ' - "^^ • ? 
Bur fuppofing fuch Bodies there to be found , why may 
they not htioximd ex reJiduoSeminisMafcuU^ gathered to- 
gether into a Ball or Globule ; as we fee feveral other Sub- 
ftances in Animals that are neither of top thick nor too 
thin a Confiftence. as ?d,i^Sanies Sec. ■ which how they 
are made, I have formerly given an account. Or Second- 
ly there being no part of the Body which is not nouriflied* 
and which ^oes notcaft off fomethings that arefuperflu- 
ouSi why may there not in thtWomb or Tuba be feveral 
Excretions made , which by Gomprefllon on all fides may 
be brought imo a round figure.*? This fuppofal being true, 
it will follow that Egg-like Bodies are alfo in the Womb or 
"luba of Females that have not accompanied with the 
■Male. •. ... g^MinlU..: 
It may be queried , \i o\\t 2(7mmlcul.e of Seedbefuffici* 
€nt CO produce a Fcetns , why arc there fo many Thou- 
fands in one drop of it? 
I anfwer that in dtn/lpple^Tree Cenduring an Hundred 
years and bearing every year a great many Thoufand Blof- 
foms 5 which may a^reat part of them be Jp^les^ having 
each of them Six or Eight Seeds^ each Seecjj being placed 
in a proper Soil i and carefully cultivated/ is capable of 
becoming a Tree 5 yet itmay happen that nothing grows 
from all the lApples that /alfdown j whether tfirp want pf 
Sun, Rarikntfs of prafs> Weeds>. or other Ao?id^t$. ;^3p 
in the Wonib^ach Animalcule mightfuffice for ^ Gefwm- 
tion^ if the place where it comes to be riurfecl be. fit for its 
But the Womb being fo large in Comparifon of fo fma)l 
a Creature, and there being fo f^w V.eJ^^h. andvplage^s fi^ 
feed it:» and bring it up tp a i^^to 5 therex^ 
a number of Advaicti^ei^Sj Whea thei-e^^^^^ giokf aUEe)y- 
hood to mifcarry. : v 
It may be asked again^ why a Woman bringeth forth but 
oneortwoChildremfince if there wej:e but two proper 
pla- 
