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downwards , and to excerne their Seed, and that Seed 
fo dejeded, doth forthwith finck to the bottom and 
after a little time, is converted int Red, and ( as it were) 
Bloody little Injc&s. 
Thele Little Bloody Wormt are nourifhed of cer- 
taine little Creatures fWimming in the Water, which I 
have been wont to call Water Lice, becaufe they have 
almoft the fame forme with the paper Lice, and they 
ftay there ir Months, and they do make themfelves 
little Cells of their own juice, mixt with the particles 
of Lime, within which they hide themfelves, againfl; 
the extream cold. 
But the time of the Naturall change being at hand, 
they do convene in great numbers , and the heads of 
all being joyned, the hinder parts of their Bodies, 
are long much toffed , too and fro , and do excite 
a great motion of Water , with which motion, I 
have Obferved a great plenty of a certain tenacimts 
ynice, in which they compofe themfelves for undergo- 
ing a change. 
The ^oth of June, and i^ih of Obferved many 
iQnatt toflieoutof the forefeid Juice : The Males have 
light Fethers on the Head, but not the Females j but 
dofwel with Eggs, por yet can fo vehemently prick 
our (kins as the males. 
As Gnats do arife from bloody little tVovms, fo they 
do vehemently defire Humane blood , for that end 
they enter into our Honfes about Night, even fay 
the Chimneys, and other hidden places , if they find 
not the Doors and Windows open, then they thrufi: 
their Trunks, or Darts into the parts of the ikin : 
Where they may find an open paflage to the Blood 5 
which they fuck and are mightily delighted 
in: They Braw it with very fobtle and S'harp 
Darts, made of as it were three finall Hairs, contex- 
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