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3ii^lion is now. We fee how very induftrious Nature is 
in preferving iht Species of Vegetables, When the tender 
Seed is firft tormedj it's fccured from external Injuries by 
various forts of Cafes. The £;;2fo7(? of the contain- 
ed in the Seed hath 3 or 4 Coats to inclofeit • the outer- 
moft is defigned oi fuflScient flrength to preferve it. None 
of the Juices of the Earth are permitted to enter in , but 
fuch as are fit to put into motion or fupply the liquor con- 
tained in the inner Membrane , from whence it has its firft 
increafe. And as the ^^j- of Animals are defigned for the 
famepurpofe the Seeds ot ^Vegetables are i> fo there is ve- 
ry great agreeablenefs between them* The Shel and Mem- 
branes of Egs f except thofe which are brought to perfefti- 
on in the Female )3.ie very like thofe of Seeds. Both have 
a Colliquamentum^ or more fine and Spirituous Liquor which 
is firft to be fpent,before thofrwhich are grofser can be re-^ 
ceivcd in the extremely fine and Small-pores of the Fwtus 
when only juft begun to be formed. And in Eoth,the Parts of 
the Embryo are defigned and drawn our, before the £^ has 
been at all afFefted by the Mafculine-Seed^ 01 xh^ Vegetable 
Seed put into the Womb of the Earth. The fiffire of the 
Tlant may be feen in the larger Seeds^ and tht Miniature of a 
Chi^kjLVi x.\itSpot of the Tolk^ But if fo great and fo vari- 
ous an Artifice is neceffary to raife aPte, fhiU Nature 
bethought lefs carefuU and induftrious in the propagation 
oi Animals , whofe parts are more numerous and of a much 
finer texture. And fince thofe Animals and Vegetables are 
by fome allowed to take their original from Egs and Seeds , 
whofe largenefs will permit them to cbferve them; it 
feems an opinion with too much precipitancy taken up,that 
fuppofes fbme of the greater Afitmals y and the leaft ot thtfe 
and Plants , are fupply'd from Equivocal generation ; That 
corrupted mzXitv from the Warmth of the Air^ or the motions 
of its own Principles , can form the parts of the One or the 
Other. For the Heat of the Air endeavours 10 diffipate 
«ind remove the thinner parts from the more grofs , (ince no 
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