( 120 ) ? 
of this Worm ; which was voided by one, in two days 
time. So that, if we fhould compare this, with thofe 
'h^Iicrofcopical Animalcula , obferved in Semine Animaltumy 
which according to L^tt?^;?^o^r/^s computation, if they 
were placed head to tail a great many Thoufands would 
icarce make the length of an Inch (they being fo fmalL 
ut judicem (^faith he^ milletia millia arenam grandiorem mag- 
mtudine non (equatura ;) we (hall find here a greater 
difproportion in bulk, of thefe Animals in the lej?er 
World, than between the -^/2/^3 and Elephant^ or any 
almoftin the^r^^^^r. Anditraaybe, is the only inftance 
in Nature of one that has no determinate bounds init's^ 
grorpthiU leaft that is known. For to be at any certainty I 
think is very difficult,' fince when ic comes to any con- 
fiderable length by lying in feveral Clufters^ or Convoluti- 
ons in the Inteftines; thedefcent of the faces efpecially 
being quickened by a Purge, will be apt to break part off; 
which yet ftillwill live, and grow 'till quite carried out of 
the body. Befides I queftion whether all thofe pieces 
which are voided by the fame perfon, may be all ways re* 
puted parts of the fame Worm> or of different. Indeed 
(«) Spigelius fpends a whole Chapter to prove plures uno non 
Tiafciy nec in homine bis nafci notatum. He quotes the Au- 
thority ol (^) AUuarius^ and gives his own reafons too^ 
fince nature allwayes piakes feweft of thofe Animals, which 
are the largeft ; an(|[ thofe are alfouniparous, not multi- 
parous',and he thinks ei ther the want of food, the ftraight- 
nefs of the place, or the weaknefs of human Nature, not be- 
ing able to bring them to perfedion, and fo great a length; 
will prevent the being of more than one. (j^) Hippocrates or 
whofo was the Authorof that Book afcribedtohim5?fe^^^ 
(n) Pkilo fophicalTr a n[a^. No. I ^i,p, lo^l, /and io^^y ^'t^ 
(o) De Lumbr'C' Lato. c, lo. gi, ^ - . * - /a^W (p. 
(p) Lib. 1. Mcth. c. zi. ' V -Vr' -^''r^ &■ 
