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when in their cups> talk of that which doth not con- 
cern theiT.^ AriHofhanes being tO delcribe the 
croaking O' the Frff^f,letteth it down thus, Cfme- 
wtKE| . K00t|, in which is elegantly fet down, the 
noiie thsr Frogs make when they croak , the Gre- 
cians call a Frog 6 ^|as, like to our Germane word 
which fignifieth a ; but letthefladi- 
ous fee more of this in Homer ^ in his Bccrfcc- 
)(P/M)o^xyjcCf the Fable of the War between the 
frogs and tbe^tce. Frogs are commonly taken 
to be a fign of the approaching Spring' and are 
thought to be engendred of mudj like Ee/es ; it 
is CO be obferved, that there are moft Frogs to be 
found in a moift year • and therefore, when we fee 
a m Iticude of Frogs^ we may conclude no happy 
year to follow ; but itis to be rejeded as fabulous, 
and vidiculous, which feme fay, that they are bred 
oi mad and Jlime, v/hen we may fee them copulate, 
ano oi their fperm or eggs are generated young 
Frogs ; they are not feen to copulate in the day- 
time, neither can they do it in the water ; but yet, 
by their continual croaking, the male provoketh 
the female, and both of them wait for the night, 
that rhey might the freelier enjoy one another j 
this they do in the night-time, left they fhould be 
difturbed by men or beafts, and are very much de- 
lighted in the aft •• fometimes men, through care- 
lefnefs, drink the fpawn oi the Frogs ;'whence itis, 
that fometimes we have feen Frogs to be generated 
in men, and whether alfo eggs by the fame meansy 
the fperme- or the little worms being eaten with 
our meat oftentimes, do not breed worms in chil- 
dren 
