,tractatus de ,hermaphroditis3    ,,or1 
,a    ,,treatise    ,,of                
,,hermaphrodites1    ,,containing       
,i4 ,a ,description of the several      
,sorts of ,,hermaphrodites1 and how the 
,law regards them in respect to         
,matrimony4        ,,ii4 ,intrigues of  
,,hermaphrodites and ,masculine         
,,females1 and of the      outward      
,marks to distinguish them4             
,,iii4 ,the material ,cause and         
,generation of ,,hermaphrodites1 of     
unnatural ,,births1 ,generation of      
,,monsters1 extraordinary ,,conceptions1
      c4    ,,london3    ,printed for   
,e4 ,,curll ,fleet-street4              
,,mdccxviii4          ,,preface4        
,prefaces now a ,days are rather        
,apologies for the ,works to which they 
are prefix'd1 than written for          
,instruction2 and generally a ludicrous 
,scene is expected1 if the ,performance 
be of an airy ,nature2 or1 if not1  at  
least an introductory ,specimen of what 
the ,reader may hope for in the  ,body  

of the ,work4    ,i shall make no       
,apology for my ,subject1               
notwithstanding an impudent  ,libeller  
has endeavour'd to load ,authors and    
,publishers of ,works of  this ,nature  
with the utmost ,infamy2 and herein ,i  
admire at the ,front of  the ,fellow1 to
 pretend to ,chastise others for        
,writing only1 when he  practises a     
great deal more ,iniquity than any ,book
 extant can prompt him  to1 every ,day  
that comes over his ,head4    ,,my      
,design in the following ,sheets is     
meerly as an innocent  ,entertainment   
for all curious ,persons1 without any   
,views of inciting  ,masculine-,females 
to ,amorous ,tryals with their own ,sex2
 and ,i am  perswaded there will not be 
one single ,,hermaphrodite the more in  
the  ,world1 on account of the          
publishing this ,,treatise4    ,,it may 
be expected by some faithless ,persons1 
that ,i should produce  an              
,,hermaphrodite to publick ,view1 as an 
incontestible ,justification of  there  

being ,humane ,creatures of this kind2  
but as ,i have no ,authority to  take up
 the ,petticoats of any ,female without 
her ,consent1 ,i hope to be  excus'd    
from making such demonstrable ,proofs2  
and if ,i had such a ,power1  the ,sight
 might endanger the ,welfare of some    
pregnant ,female1 whose  ,curiosity     
would spur her to a particular          
,examination4    ,the ,intrigues of my  
,,hermaphrodites are indeed very        
amazing1 and as  monstrous as their     
,natures1 but that many ,lascivious     
,females divert  themselves one with    
another at this time in this ,city1 is  
not to be  doubted3 ,and if any ,persons
 shall presume to ,censure my ,accounts1
  grounded on a ,probability of ,truth1 
,i shall be sufficiently reveng'd in    
proclaiming them1 what my               
,,hermaphrodites are found to be in the 
,conclusion--,old ,women4    ,i confess1
 all ,histories of extraordinary        
,conceptions from these  ,intrigues1 or 
by ,women without actual ,copulation1   

are equally fabulous  with those of the 
,engendring of ,men3 ,it would be as    
surprizing to find a  ,man with a       
teeming ,belly1 as to see a ,woman      
increase there meerly by her  own       
,applications4    ,i doubt not but this 
small ,,treatise may put some ,persons  
upon a  previous ,examination of ,robust
 ,females1 that they may be at a        
certainty  with respect to mutual       
,enjoyment2 but ,i would not have them  
rashly  conclude from large             
,appurtenances only1 that they are      
unnatural1 but1 on  the contrary1       
agreeable ,companions4    ,to conclude1 
,i fear not the ,censure of             
,,hermaphrodites1 nor of those  that    
would be such to satisfy their vicious  
,inclinations2 neither am ,i  under any 
apprehensions from the ,censure of our  
,reforming ,zealots4                 99 
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,tractatus de ,hermaphroditis3    ,,or1 
,a    ,,treatise    ,,of                
,,hermaphrodites4      ,the ,secrets of 

,nature have in all ,ages been          
particularly examin'd by  ,anatomists   
and others1 and this of ,hermaphrodites 
is so very  wonderful1 that ,i am       
perfectly assur'd my present ,enquiry   
will be  entirely acceptable to all     
,lovers of curious ,discoveries2 and as 
it is  my immediate ,business to trace  
every ,particular for an ample          
,dissertation on the ,nature of         
,hermaphrodites1 7which obliges me to a 
frequent ,repetition of the ,names of   
the ,parts employ'd in the ,business  of
 ,generation7 so1 ,i hope1 ,i shall not 
be charg'd with ,obscenity1 since  in   
all ,treatises of this ,kind it is      
impossible to finish any one ,head      
compleatly1 without pursuing the        
,methods of ,anatomical ,writings4      
,though in ,ovid's ,metamorphosis1      
,salmacis's being in ,love with         
,hermaphroditus1 and not succeeding in  
her amorous ,wishes1 her praying  to the
 ,gods to join their ,bodies in one1 has
 no ,weight in it2 yet1 that  the       

,notions of ,hermaphrodites are not     
entirely fictitious1 ,i need only       
mention the ,servant of ,montuus1 who   
took his ,hermaphrodite to be a  ,male  
when he lay with his ,maids1 and for a  
,female when she lay with her  ,husband 
to propagate their ,species1 the two    
,hermaphrodites of  ,licetus1 and the   
,story of ,ausonius1 which he relates of
 an  ,hermaphrodite of ,bonavento in    
,italy2 and ,histories are full of      
,confirmations1 that many ,persons in   
the ,world have had the privy ,parts  of
 both ,sexes4    ,for the ,definition of
 the ,word ,sex1 it is no other than a  
,distinction of  ,male and ,female1 in  
which this is most observable1 that for 
the ,parts of  the ,body1 there is but  
little ,difference between them2 but the
 ,females  are colder than the ,males1  
and abound with more superfluous        
,moisture2  wherefore their spermatick  
,parts are more soft and humid1 and all 
their  natural ,actions more vigorous   
than those of ,men3 ,but ,hermaphrodites

 are  a mixture of both ,sexes1 and to  
both incompleat4    ,in all ,ages       
,hermaphrodites have been talk'd of1    
though particular  ,vouchers have been  
many times wanting1 which is generally  
the ,case  where a ,deficiency of the   
,secrets of ,nature is to be detected2  
the  amorous ,parts are certainly more  
valuable than any other principal ,parts
  of the ,body1 as they afford the      
greatest pleasure of ,life2 and there is
  always the greatest ,difficulty       
attends the ,discoveries of ,impotency1 
7which is less obnoxious7 and nothing   
but the ,force of the ,law executed  by 
a lascivious ,female1 in the ,state of  
,matrimony1 will occasion a  ,record of 
a want of ,substance for the amorous    
,adventure4    ,it is natural to        
suppose1 that these ,persons of a mix'd 
,nature call'd  ,hermaphrodites1 have   
had generally more ,prudence and        
,conduct than to  marry under such      
,incapacities1 which would prevent an   
agreeable  ,consummation in the amorous 

,embrace1 7however they may sport and   
dally  with each other7 as they must    
expect nothing but the greatest         
,resentment  and highest ,indignation   
from the ,persons they have             
presumptuously  espous'd1 and must      
inevitably tend to their being expos'd  
to the ,world1  as ,prodigies and       
,monsters2 and they have in ,times past 
been the more  effectually deterr'd from
 engaging in ,matrimony1 as they were   
immediately on their ,discovery cast    
into the ,sea or some large ,rivers1  or
 banish'd into some desolate ,island1 as
 presages of dire ,events1 and  the     
worst of ,calamities4    ,but the ,civil
 ,law does not regard ,hermaphrodites as
 ,monsters1 it permits  them to make a  
,choice of either of the two ,sexes for 
the ,business of  ,copulation1 either in
 the ,capacity of ,men or ,women2 but if
 the  ,hermaphrodite does not perform   
his ,part agreeable to ,nature1 the same
  ,law inflicts the ,punishment due to  
,sodomy1 because he has abus'd one      

,part1 contrary to ,matures ,laws4 ,this
 must be determin'd by the              
,predominancy of the ,parts1 for there  
are some ,hermaphrodites so very        
vigorous as to embrace ,women1 and      
others whose ,parts are so dispos'd as  
to receive with pleasure the ,caresses  
of ,men2 and where there is nothing  to 
hinder the amorous ,action1 but that    
they are capable of enjoying  mutual    
,pleasure1 it would be a piece of       
injustice to prohibit their  ,nuptials4 
,monsieur ,venette,a tells us1 that     
there are five kinds of                 
,hermaphrodites3 ,the first have the    
privy ,parts of a ,man very entire2     
they make ,water and ,engender like     
other ,men1 but with this difference1   
that they have a pretty deep ,slit      
between the ,seat and the ,cod1 which is
  of no ,use in ,generation4    ,the    
second ,sort have also the ,parts of a  
,man very well proportion'd1  that serve
 either the ,functions of ,life or      
,generation2 but they have a  ,slit not 

so deep as the first ,sort1 which being 
in the midst of the  ,cods1 presses the 
,testicles on each side4    ,the third  
,sort have no visible privy ,parts of a 
,man1 only a ,slit1  through which the  
,hermaphrodite makes ,water4 ,this      
,cavity is deeper or  shallower1        
according to the plenty or default of   
,matter employ'd for the  forming of it1
 yet one may easily find the ,bottom of 
it with one's  ,finger4 ,the ,terms     
never flow by this way1 and this kind of
 ,hermaphrodite  is a true ,man as well 
as the two others above mention'd2 for  
these sorts  of ,hermaphrodites become  
,boys1 about the ,age of fifteen1 in an 
,instant1  and are as valiant in the    
,adventures of ,love as other ,males1   
and this is  oftentimes affected by some
 violent ,action1 as ,mary ,germain1    
mention'd  by ,parus1 leaping over a    
,ditch1 strain'd herself1 and became    
instantly a ,man1 through the coming    
forth of the privy ,parts4    ,this may 
be a sufficient ,caution to young       

,gentlemen not to be too hasty  in their
 ,marriages1 lest1 in a vigorous        
,consummation with a very  youthful     
,partner1 the imaginary ,female should  
at once appear an  ,hermaphrodite4      
,the fourth ,sort of ,hermaphrodites1   
are ,women who have the ,clitoris       
bigger and longer than others1 and      
thereby impose upon the ,vulgar1 who    
know but little of the ,parts they are  
compos'd of1 and of these kinds of      
,hermaphrodites1 ,columbus says he      
examin'd all the ,parts1 and found no   
essential ,difference from other ,women2
 the only ,sign that they are ,women    
is1 that they suffer the flowing of     
their ,terms every ,month4    ,the fifth
 ,kind1 are those that have neither the 
,use of the one nor the  other ,sex1 and
 have their privy ,parts confus'd1 and  
the ,temper of ,man  and ,woman so      
inter-mix'd1 that one can hardly say    
which is most  predominant2 but these   
sorts of ,persons are rather a kind of  
,eunuchs  than ,hermaphrodites1 their   

,penis being good for nothing1 and their
  ,terms never flowing4 ,of this ,kind  
was the ,bohemian ,woman1 that pray'd   
,columbus to cut off her ,penis1 and to 
enlarge her ,vagina1 that she  might the
 more freely1 as she alledg'd1 join     
amorously with a ,man4    ,these are the
 several ,sorts of ,hermaphrodites1     
mentioned by ,monsieur  ,venette2 and   
the four first of them1 tho' they have  
the ,name1 yet  ,nature has not refus'd 
them the ,advantage to make use of their
 ,genital  ,parts1 and to ,engender as  
others4 ,the ,male ,hermaphrodite may   
get  ,children1 and the ,female         
conceive2 so that neither the one nor   
the other  differ from ,men or ,women1  
but only by a superfluity or a          
deficiency of  ,parts1 and such as does 
not disturb the business of ,generation4
    ,the fifth ,sort are call'd perfect 
,hermaphrodites1 because they are       
incapable of using either of the ,sexes2
 but some ,persons fancy there are  a   
sort of ,hermaphrodites which can make  

use of both ,sexes1 and ,engender  both 
ways1 though this is easily confuted1   
when we consider that one of  the privy 
,parts of an ,hermaphrodite is generally
 useless1 as being  contrary to the     
,laws of ,nature1 and what confusion    
would it be1 to find  in one and the    
same ,person a ,man's and ,woman's      
,testicles1 a ,womb and a  ,penis8 ,a   
,woman's ,genital ,parts and a ,man's   
are too different to admit  of such an  
,union1 and to change the ,use upon any 
occasion4    ,agreeable to the list     
mention'd ,opinion1 some ,naturalists   
will have it1  that an ,hermaphrodite1  
which is very vigorous as to both       
,sexes1 may  ,engender within himself1  
without the ,company of another ,person1
 having  ,matter to form a ,child1 a    
,place to conceive it1 and proper       
,liquid for  ,nourishment3 ,in the same 
manner as ,jack ,hares engender once in 
their  ,lives1 and that ,stags do the   
same1 which is maintain'd by the learned
  ,langius3 ,but these ,generations are 

both impossible and ridiculous1 the     
,naturalists must certainly be deceiv'd1
 in taking some ,parts of the  ,female  
for the ,testicles of the ,male2 and    
what probability is there that  the     
,seed should come out of one ,part and  
into the other1 without losing  its     
,spirits1 and altering considerably in  
changing of ,place8 ,and if such  a     
,thing were possible1 the ,temperament  
that engenders ,masculine ,seed  might  
as well engender ,feminine1 and produce 
the ,terms at the same ,time  or        
something else in proportion to it4     
,women having ,beards1 and being a large
 ,masculine ,size1 have been  sometimes1
 by the ,ignorant1 accounted ,men1 tho' 
they were true ,women2  and it cannot be
 said1 that one ,sex is chang'd into    
another1 for we  never heard of ,men    
that became ,women1 and that their1     
privy ,parts were  abolish'd2 or turn'd 
within1 in order to form the ,genital   
,parts of a  ,woman4 ,the               
,hermaphrodites of ,licetus1 which      

conceiv'd and brought  forth ,children1 
were real ,women taken for ,men1 by     
reason of the length  and bigness of    
their ,clitoris3 ,and the ,fisherman's  
,wife1 mention'd by  ,antonius de       
,palma1 was only a ,male1 call'd the    
third sort of  ,hermaphrodites          
undiscover'd1 which was afterwards      
manifested in the  coming out of the    
,parts of a ,man1 when she had been     
fourteen ,years  married4 ,the ,case was
 the same with ,emilia1 marry'd to      
,antonius  ,sperta1 mention'd by        
,potanus who was accounted a ,woman     
twelve ,years1  but was afterwards      
reputed a ,man1 and married again to a  
,woman4    ,for the ,discovery of the   
,male and ,female ,hermaphrodite1 these 
,observations will be serviceable3 ,a   
,person that is bold and sprightly1     
having a strong ,voice1 much ,hair on   
the ,body1 particularly on the ,chin    
and privy ,parts1 with the rest of such 
,signs as discover ,manhood1 are        
certain ,demonstrations that the        

,hermaphrodite has the privy ,parts of a
  ,man in a more predominant manner than
 those of the other ,sex2 and           
contrarywise1 if an ,hermaphrodite has  
good ,breasts1 ,skin smooth and  soft2  
if the ,terms appear at their due       
,intervals2 if there be a  sparkling and
 agreeableness in the ,eyes2 and if     
other ,signs are  observ'd1 that        
commonly distinguish a ,woman from a    
,man1 these are  ,arguments that the    
,hermaphrodite has the ,privities of the
 ,female ,sex of  a good ,conformation2 
and if the ,vagina is not too defective1
 such an  ,hermaphrodite ought to pass  
for a ,woman4    ,i doubt not but there 
are many ,persons in the ,world of both 
,species1  particularly of the ,female  
,sex1 who would willingly assume to     
themselves the ,parts belonging to      
,hermaphrodites1 if they could have a   
vigorous ,use of the ,members of both   
,sexes1 upon any lustful ,inclination2  
a lascivious ,female would be           
transported at the ,thoughts of acting  

the  ,part of a ,man in the amorous     
,adventure1 and a lecherous ,male would 
propose equal ,pleasure in receiving the
 ,embraces he use to bestow2 but  tho'  
most ,persons agree that ,women have the
 greatest ,sense of ,enjoyment  in the  
,act of ,copulation1 7as without all    
question they must1 by the  ,situation  
and ,disposition of the ,parts7 yet they
 would be more forward  in satisfying   
this brutal ,curiosity than those of the
 opposite ,sex4 ,men  are more easy to  
be limited in the ,pleasures of ,venus  
than ,women2 as  they are endu'd with   
more ,reason1 so they are generally     
easily satisfied  in those ,enjoyments1 
which were chiefly design'd for the     
propagating of  their ,species4    ,if  
two ,persons1 being ,hermaphrodites1    
should ,marry with an expectation  of   
pleasing each other1 as ,male and       
,female by turns1 they'll meet with a   
,disappointment1 for the ,reasons       
already mention'd1 viz4 ,that one of    
the ,members of ,hermaphrodites is most 

commonly useless1 and if a ,man  should 
by chance be married to a ,person of his
 own ,sex1 before the ,parts  are come  
down1 7which1 as ,i have observ'd       
before1 sometimes happens1  where       
,persons are wedded in an ,age of       
,infancy7 a great ,disappointment  will 
ensue to the ,husband1 when his ,partner
 shall take the ,constitution  of a     
,man1 and be ready to engage with him1  
instead of his encountering  with her2  
and in respect of a masculine ,woman's  
being taken by the  ,length of her      
,clitoris for a ,man1 ,daniel de ,bantin
 only sported with  his ,wife1 but was  
got with ,child himself by one of his   
,companions4 ,the  ,clitoris not being  
perforated1 the ,hermaphrodite can      
furnish no ,matter  for ,generation4    
,the ,clitoris in ,women suffers        
erection and falling in the same manner 
as the ,penis in ,men2 and the ,vagina  
likewise swells to make the  ,passage   
streight and easy1 for the reception of 
the ,penis in the ,time  of ,enjoyment4 

,sometimes the ,clitoris will grow out  
of the ,body two or  three ,inches1 but 
that happens not but upon extraordinary 
,occasions1  upon violent ,inclinations 
to ,copulation1 over much ,heat of the  
,privities1 c4 and by this means a ,man 
will be hinder'd from knowing  his      
,wife2 but the larger it is1 so as no   
way to prevent their mutual  ,embraces1 
the greater is the ,pleasure1 especially
 to the ,female2 and  without this      
,part1 the fair ,sex would neither      
desire the ,embraces of the  ,males1 nor
 have any ,pleasure in them1 or         
,conceive by them4    ,women well       
furnish'd in these ,parts may divert    
themselves with their  ,companions1 to  
whom for the most part they can give as 
much ,pleasure as  ,men do1 but cannot  
receive in any proportion the ,pleasure 
themselves1  for want of ,ejaculation1  
the ,crisis of ,enjoyment to the ,male  
in the  ,intrigues of ,venus4 ,i am     
inform'd that ,diversions of this nature
 are  frequently practis'd by robust and

 lustful ,females1 who cannot with any  
prospect of safety to their             
,reputations1 venture upon the ,embraces
 of a  ,man1 though they are never so   
strongly enclin'd4 ,the unnatural       
,pleasures  of this kind are finely     
illustrated in the following ,song1     
written by  ,mr4 ,,rowe1 which ,i take  
it will not be improperly inserted in   
this ,place4      ,footnote ,a3 ,le     
,tableau de l',amour ,conjugal1 par     
,monsieur ,venette4  ,paris #agaj4      
,,song4                       ,i4       
,while ,,sappho1 with harmonious ,airs1 
,her dear ,,philenis charms1    ,with   
equal joy the ,nymph appears1           
,dissolving in her ,arms4               
,,ii4      ,thus to themselves alone    
they are1      ,what all ,mankind can   
give2    ,alternately the happy ,pair   
,all grant1 and all receive4            
,,iii4      ,like the ,twin-,stars1 so  
fam'd for ,friends1      ,who set by    
,turns and rise2    ,when one to        
,,thetis ,lap descends      ,his        

,brother mounts the ,skies4             
,,iv4      ,with happier ,fate1 and     
kinder ,care1      ,these ,nymphs by    
,turns do reign1    ,while still the    
,falling1 does prepare      ,the        
,rising1 to sustain4                    
,v4      ,the ,joys of either ,sex in   
,love2      ,in each of them we read1   
,successive each1 to each does prove1   
,fierce ,youth and yielding ,maid4      
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,intrigues of ,hermaphrodites and       
,masculine ,females4      ,the hotter   
the ,climate1 the stronger are the      
,inclinations to ,venery4  ,when ,i was 
formerly in ,italy2 there happened a    
notable ,adventure in  the              
,neighbourhood of ,rome1 between a      
certain ,lady call'd ,margureta1  one of
 a noble ,family in the ,papal          
,dominions1 and a ,lady of ,france1     
whose ,name was ,barbarissa3 ,these two 
,females were in their ,statures  very  
near equal to the largest siz'd ,male2  
they had full and rough  ,faces1 large  

,shoulders1 ,hands and ,feet2 and but   
slender ,hips1 and small  breasts3 ,in  
short1 they resembled ,men in all       
respects1 but their  ,dresses1 their    
,gates and ,voices1 and indeed they were
 suspected to be  ,hermaphrodites4      
,these ,ladies1 ,i am inform'd1 paid    
frequent ,visits to  each other1 and    
'twas always observ'd1 that no ,body was
 admitted to  their splendid            
,entertainments1 which heighten'd the   
,curiosity of a  ,servant in the ,family
 of ,margureta1 to attempt a ,discovery 
of their  ,intrigues1 they always       
locking themselves in1 the moment they  
had  dispatch'd their ,suppers3 ,in     
order to this1 on a ,time1 this         
,servant1  call'd ,nicolini1 with a     
piercing ,instrument of ,iron1 and the  
,assistance of an ,artificer1           
ingeniously made a ,communication for   
the  ,sight into the next ,room1 by     
working a small ,hole through the       
,wainscot1  opposite to the ,bed1 in the
 ,chamber wherein the two ,masculine    

,ladies  accustom'd to solace           
themselves4 ,at the next ,meeting1      
,nicolini1 to his  no small surprise1   
had a ,prospect of the two ,females     
embracing each  other1 with a succession
 of ,kisses of no short ,duration4      
,after this they  both drew up their    
,petticoat1 and exposing their ,thighs  
to view1 they  mutually employ'd their  
,hands with each other1 in the same     
,manner1 and  with the same force of    
,inclination1 as a juvenile ,gallant    
would make his  ,approaches to what he  
most admires in a beautiful ,belinda1 at
 the same  ,time continuing the closest 
,salutations2 at last one of the        
,females  threw herself down upon the   
,bed1 and displaying her self           
commodiously1  the other immediately    
begun the amorous ,adventure1 covering  
her  ,companion so effectually1 that    
,nicolini could not possibly discover   
any farther ,particulars3 ,they had not 
continu'd their ,sportings long  before 
,margureta1 which officiated now instead

 of the ,man1 arose from  ,barbarissa1  
and turning towards the ,window with her
 ,cloaths up in her  ,arms1 ,nicolini   
immediately discover'd something hang   
down from her  ,body of a reddish       
,colour1 and which was very unusual3    
,they both  panting1 and almost         
breathless1 retir'd from the ,bed to a  
,table1 where  they sat down and        
refresh'd themselves with sufficient    
,quantities of  generous ,wine4 ,about  
an ,hour after this1 they began to renew
 their  ,frolicks1 and it being         
,barbarissa's turn to caress1 who was   
not so  ,masculine as ,margureta1 to    
incite the falling down and erection of 
her  ,female ,member1 she turn'd over a 
large ,book1 amply stor'd with obscene  
,portraitures1 wherein the amorous      
,combat was curiously describ'd in the  
utmost variety of ,postures which were  
ever practic'd1 or the ,head of a       
youthful and ingenious ,painter could   
invent2 but this not having the  ,effect
 expected1 ,margureta strip'd her self  

naked1 as did likewise  ,barbarissa1 and
 both dancing about the ,room1 they gave
 each other  repeated ,strokes with     
their ,hands on their white ,posteriors2
 and this  likewise failing to move     
,barbarissa1 ,margureta open'd a        
,cabinet1  and taking from thence a     
large ,birchen ,rod1 she flogg'd        
,barbarissa  lustily1 her ,buttocks     
seeming to yield to that amorous        
,discipline2 upon  this1 something      
appear'd from the ,privities of         
,barbarissa1 like unto  what ,nicolini  
had observ'd of ,margureta1 and they    
instantly put on  their loose ,gowns1   
and ran to the ,bed1 where ,barbarissa  
embracing her  ,companion1 did her ,work
 effectually4 ,after their ,sportings   
were over1  that each had return'd the  
,favours receiv'd1 they decently dress'd
  themselves1 and sat them down again to
 the ,table1 where1 after drinking  a   
,bottle or two of the richest ,italian  
,wines1 they kiss'd each other  in the  
most loving manner1 and ,margureta rang 

the ,bell for ,nicolini  to light       
,barbarissa down ,stairs1 who           
immediately taking leave of  ,margureta1
 was carried in a ,chair to her ,place  
of ,residence4    ,this ,story          
sufficiently shews the unnatural        
,intrigues of some ,masculine  ,females1
 where by the falling down and largeness
 of the ,clitoris1  they have been taken
 for ,men1 as mention'd in my           
,description of  ,hermaphrodites1 and   
are capable of every ,action belonging  
to a ,man1 but  that of ,ejaculation4 ,i
 next insert an ,intrigue between two   
,females more  extraordinary than the   
former1 by reason in this1 ,art was only
 employ'd1  and in the other there was  
something of ,nature in it1 tho'        
viciously  apply'd3 ,i shall introduce  
it with several ,adventures which       
happen'd in  this ,cafe before the      
,scene was accomplish'd1 and which ,i   
doubt not will  be acceptable4 ,in the  
,city of ,ferara1 'tis reported1 there  
some time  since liv'd two ,damsels who 

were of reputable ,descent1 and their   
,education was equal to that of the     
greatest ,quality in the ,territories   
of ,italy2 the ,name of one of them was 
,theodora1 and of the other  ,amaryllis3
 ,theodora was the ,daughter of an      
eminent ,courtier1 and in  her ,person  
most beautiful2 her ,shape was form'd   
according to the nicest  ,rules of      
,symetry2 her ,waste was slender1 her   
,breasts were full and  round1 and for  
,whiteness equall'd the falling ,snow2  
her ,face was exactly  compos'd1 the    
,features strong and yet beautiful2 her 
,cheeks more lively  than the ,rose and 
,lilly2 her ,eyes sparkled beyond the   
most shining  ,planets2 her ,teeth      
excell'd the best polish'd ,ivory2 soft 
as ,velvet were  her ,lips1 and redder  
than ,vermillion2 her ,hand and ,arm    
more white than  ,milk2 her ,feet small1
 and her ,gate stately1 and on her      
,shoulders were  display'd her auborn   
,tresses1 hanging in ,ringlets to her   
,waste2 in  short1 every ,part that was 

visible invited to hidden ,charms2 her  
,looks  were languishing1 and her       
,eye-,balls large1 which1 perpetually   
rowling1  cast a thousand ,darts at all 
,beholders4 ,amaryllis the ,daughter of 
a  wealthy ,merchant and no less admir'd
 for her ,beauty than the lovely        
,theodora2 she was made up of           
,perfections1 and whomsoever she saw    
unguarded1 she was sure to captivate3   
,these two ,ladies were both of them    
cross'd in their amorous ,inclinations2 
,theodora1 before she was  thirteen     
,years of ,age1 had made a powerful     
,conquest over the ,affections  of a    
,youth of ,gallantry1 his ,name was     
,leander1 and he was the eldest  ,son of
 a ,nobleman of ,naples2 but ,theodora's
 ,father having no regard  to the       
,happiness of his ,daughter1 after      
,leander had made his  ,addresses1 he   
forbad him his ,house1 not approving the
 ,circumstances or  the ,character of   
the young ,gentleman2 for the ,father of
 ,theodora was a  mercenary ,courtier1  

having no regard to any but such as were
 in their  ,nature ,misers and          
sanctified ,hypocrites1 and ,leander    
being a ,gentleman  inclin'd to         
,extravagancy4 ,leander setting a       
greater value upon his  ,education1     
,manners and good ,nature than his      
,fortune1 was oblig'd to  desist in his 
,pretensions and to sink under the      
oppression of ,avarice3  ,he determin'd 
to leave ,ferara1 since he was there to 
see his  ,happiness1 no more1 however1  
he resolv'd to send his ,fair ,one1 a   
moving  ,billet ,doux before his        
,departure1 which he did1 and it was as 
follows4      ,to the ,,goddess of      
,ferara1 the ,beautiful ,,theodora4     
,divine ,creature1    ,it is not to be  
admir'd that ,i1 the meanest of your    
,servants1 should be  rejected by your  
wealthy ,parents1 and that ,heaven      
should deny me a  ,happiness which it   
self only ought to enjoy2 ,why did      
,nature make you so  ,beautiful and     
,deserving1 and me so unworthy of your  

,affection8 ,my misery  increases with  
your ,happiness1 unless you participate 
my ,pains2 you are  in the ,bud of your 
,beauty1 which when full blown1 will be 
like the ,sun  in the midst of the      
,horizon1 ,illuminating the whole       
,world1 but its  penetrating ,rays not  
to be gaz'd upon4 ,you are the ,lilly   
and ,i am the  ,thorn2 you beautify the 
rich fertile ,vale1 whilst ,i retire to 
the barren  ,mountains4 ,i will pass the
 ,alps 'till ,i approach the most       
aspiring  ,mount1 and there1 in view of 
,ferara1 ,i will lay me down and bid the
  ,world ,adieu4 ,when ,i am gone1      
remember that you had once a ,lover who 
could sacrifice every thing for our     
,service1 and without you he could      
enjoy nothing4 ,i have not only         
concerted my ,journey from ,ferara1 but 
likewise to the ,elysian ,groves2 if my 
grizly ,ghost should terrify that       
sordid ,wretch your ,father1 'tis no    
more than he deserves1 and if my  ,shade
 appears to you1 look on that           

unconcern'd which cannot injure you4    
,my last ,request to you is to take care
 of your self1 who am      ,your        
despairing ,lover1        ,but ,admirer1
          ,,leander    ,theodora        
receiv'd this moving ,letter with a     
,concern proportion'd to  the           
melancholly ,occasion2 she communicated 
it to an intimate  ,acquaintance1 who   
likewise express'd the utmost           
,uneasiness2 the thoughts  of the       
,catastrophe of the ,loves of ,theodora 
and ,leander presented a  lively ,idea  
to ,theodora's ,companion1 of the       
,miseries and ,misfortunes  attending   
,mankind4 ,hard is the ,case 7says she7 
that ,leander1 one of  the finest young 
,gentlemen of ,naples1 should be        
sacrific'd to a  mercenary ,wretch1 a   
,wretch1 that in the midst of plenty is 
poor and  miserable1 and who1 tho' he   
has all ,things to compleat his         
,happiness1  his avaricious ,temper will
 not permit him to enjoy the common     
,necessaries of ,life3 ,the ,pleasures  

of living he's a ,stranger to1 he  lives
 despis'd1 and will die unpitied3 ,but  
such is the inequality of  ,fortune's   
,favours1 that ,merit must stoop and    
,ideots be advanc'd to the  highest     
,pomp and ,magnificence4 ,it is entirely
 out of your ,power to give  the pitied 
,leander the least ,relief2 your        
,father's ,house is a ,nunnery1  he has 
his ,locks and ,keys to secure you1 and 
his ,spies for ,intelligence2  but ,i   
advise you to send the unfortunate      
,youth an ,answer to his mournful       
,epistle4 ,upon this1 ,theodora         
immediately call'd for ,pen1 ,ink and   
,paper1 and wrote the following ,answer4
      ,to the unfortunate ,,leander4    
,i am sorry that you had the ,misfortune
 ever to see me1 and the more for  that 
in vain ,i seek your ,relief2 it is not 
in my ,power to forward either  your    
,happiness or my own1 which ,i confess  
,i should think compleat1 if my         
mercenary ,father would consent to my   
,espousals2 but it is so far from  this1

 that ,i am to see for the future1 so   
that the ,lilly you admire now  droops  
its ,head1 and the whole ,vale's        
enclouded at my sorrowful ,fate2 ,i     
would willingly accompany the ,briar to 
the ,mountains4 ,impute not to me  your 
approaching ,calamities1 which only     
increase with ,theodora's4  ,think me no
 longer handsome1 who have so many      
,imperfections to sully  those ,trifles 
you call ,beauties2 ,no1 range me with  
,deformity1 since  other ,ideas may     
increase your ,pain4 ,i desire you to   
forget me1 of ,i am  oblig'd to         
endeavour not to remember you4          
,your most disconsolate        ,lover1  
,,theodora4    ,upon receipt of this    
,letter1 ,leander quitted ,ferara with a
 ,grief  inexpressible1 but however had 
,resolution to finish his ,journey to   
the  ,place of his ,nativity without    
self ,violence1 but soon after1 resign'd
 a  miserable life4    ,i come now to   
the ,story of ,amaryllis4 ,amaryllis was
 formerly deeply  in ,love with a       

,gentleman of ,france1 7she being       
originally of that  ,kingdom7 whose     
,name was ,sempronius2 his ,person was  
stately and very  well proportion'd2 his
 ,face was ruddy and inclining to be    
large2 his  ,eyes full and lively1 with 
,eye-,brows and ,beard pretty thick2 of 
a dark  brown ,colour2 and his ,skin was
 clear1 his ,shoulders were strong and  
well  set1 and ,limbs rather large than 
small1 but exactly shap'd3 ,he was      
perfectly good natur'd1 complaisant in  
his ,behaviour1 and gallant in his      
,amours1 his ,dress was easy and        
genteel1 his ,approaches sprightly1 and 
his ,conversation the most endearing4   
,amaryllis was extremly fond of         
,sempronius and ,sempronius was fond of 
,amaryllis1 without each  other they    
were equally unhappy2 repeated ,visits  
introduc'd each coming  ,day1 and       
innocent ,embraces crown'd the ,night3  
,love and ,liberty were  their constant 
,themes1 and nothing was wanting but the
 ,marriage  ,ceremony to compleat their 

,felicity2 but it so fell out1 that     
after a  ,day was appointed for         
celebrating their ,nuptials1 that a     
young ,gentleman  of ,spain call'd      
,richardo1 envying the ,happiness of    
,sempronius1  made several ,attempts to 
disconcert his ,measures2 and one       
,night1 taking  with him an ,officer of 
,justice1 whom he brib'd to his         
,interest1 he  repair'd to the ,house of
 ,amaryllis2 and knocking with great    
,violence1  ,amaryllis was very much    
alarm'd2 but she sent down her ,servant 
to  enquire into the ,occasion of this  
uncommon ,approach4 ,the ,servant no    
sooner open'd the ,door1 but ,richardo  
and the ,officer of ,justice  enter'd   
the ,house1 7beating down the ,servant7 
and immediately ascended  the ,stairs in
 pursuit of ,sempronius2 during this    
,bustle1 ,amaryllis  suspecting a       
,design against ,sempronius1 7,richardo 
having formerly  offer'd his ,service to
 her1 and ,revenge being the common     
,consequence of  a ,disappointment with 

a ,spaniard7 lock'd him into a private  
,closet1  which was no sooner done1 but 
,richardo enter'd the ,room with his    
,sword  drawn1 ,amaryllis having but    
just ,time to secure her ,lover4        
,richardo  demanded of ,amaryllis the   
gay ,sempronius as a ,criminal1 telling 
her  he had committed a ,rape on the    
,body of the virtuous ,maria a ,lady    
celebrated for ,beauty1 and to whom all 
,italy could not produce an  ,equal1 the
 ,officer ran about the ,room1 crying1  
,justice1 ,justice1 where is  the       
,villain ,sempronius4 ,they search'd the
 ,room very diligently1 and  not finding
 ,sempronius at last ,richardo address'd
 himself to  ,amaryllis in these ,words3
 ,madam1 ,i hope you have more ,virtue  
and  ,honour than to shelter a          
,criminal1 especially where one of your 
most  beautiful ,sex is concern'd1 and  
the greatest ,innocence has been        
violated3 ,if you allow your ,house to  
to be a ,sanctuary for ,offenders of    
this ,nature1 ,justice will require     

,satisfaction at your ,door2 you may    
your self expect the same ,injury to    
your ,person1 and ,i am now prepar'd  to
 shew a ,resentment that will not be    
pleasing to ,amaryllis1 either  comply  
with my ,desires in producing the       
,criminal1 or expect to fall my         
,victim4 ,this ,speech very much        
confounded ,amaryllis2 the ,designs of  
,richardo she could not easily          
penetrate1 whether against her self or  
,sempronius the ,plot was laid1 or      
whether it extended to both1 she  could 
not determine3 ,but at last she summon'd
 her ,courage and her  ,reason1 and with
 a look of ,indignation peculiar to her 
,sex1 she answer'd  thus the malicious  
and designing ,richardo3 ,what ,crimes  
,sempronius  has been guilty of1 is to  
me a ,secret1 but that ,richardo        
deserves the  ,character now given of   
,sempronius is very obvious1 and needs  
no  ,difficulty for me to affirm2 your  
brutal ,inclinations are not easily     
satisfied3 ,when you made your          

,addresses to me1 your ,designs were    
base  and dishonourable2 you more than  
once attempted with force to violate my 
,chastity1 and for ought ,i know you are
 now come upon the same ,errand3  ,what 
could make you approach me in this      
hostile manner1 but to ,ravish          
,amaryllis1 or to ,murder ,sempronius1  
under a pretence of ,justice8 ,but  let 
the ,event be what it will1 ,i'll not   
deliver up him who is dearer to  me than
 ,life1 but dare a ,villain to his      
worst4 ,this heroick ,speech made  by   
,amaryllis dash'd ,richardo for the     
present2 but he being resolv'd  to      
prosecute his ,intentions 7which indeed 
were both to ,murder  ,sempronius and   
ravish ,amaryllis1 as she had guess'd7  
he advanc'd  nearer to ,amaryllis1 and  
took her in his ,arms1 upon which she   
cry'd  out with violence1 whereupon     
,sempronius1 who had heard every thing  
that had pass'd1 open'd the ,closet     
,door1 and sallying out ,sword in ,hand 
to defend himself and his ,mistress1    

,richardo rush'd from ,amaryllis  and   
attack'd ,sempronius2 they fought       
sometime without any seeming  ,advantage
 on either ,side1 'til at length the    
,officer belonging to  ,richardo knock'd
 down ,sempronius and ,richardo ran him 
to the  ,heart1 ,amaryllis1 through the 
,negligence of the ,officer1 had an     
opportunity of escaping to a            
neighbouring ,house1 where1 he          
acquainted  the ,inhabitants with the   
dismal ,tragedy2 upon this ,warrants    
were issu'd  from the next ,magistrates 
for ,apprehension of ,richard1 but took 
,post  for ,germany1 where secur'd      
himsef3 in a famous ,monastery4 ,in     
great  despair and confusion ,amaryllis 
left the ,kingdom of ,france and        
travell'd into ,italy1 to to forget this
 barbarous ,treatment of her            
unfortunate ,lover4 ,at first she       
propos'd to retire to some ,country     
,village1 and spend the remainder of her
 ,life in ,sighs and ,groans1 and       
complaining ,sonnets2 for this purpose  

she compos'd the following ,lines4      
,,song4                       ,i4       
,since gay ,,sempronius now is gone1    
,what ,comfort yields my ,life8    ,i   
shall ,unhappy be alone1      ,my       
,breast is fill'd with ,strife4         
,,ii4      ,the ,sun is set e'er ,noon  
arrived1      ,sad ,glooms around me    
spread1    ,no flowing ,joys the ,lad   
surviv'd1      ,he's now rang'd with the
 ,dead4                       ,,iii4    
,,sempronius ,dear1 where are ye stole8 
,could ,i but find thee strait1    ,i'd 
cut the ,thread of ,life my ,soul       
,on thy bless'd ,shade would wait4      
,,iv4      ,if to th' infernal ,regions1
 ,woe1      ,,sempronius is confin'd2   
,his ,ghost ,i'll trace1 persue below   
,to ease my tortur'd ,mind4             
,v4      ,i still in vain1 alas6 prepare
      ,in vain ,i strive to sleep2      
,my ,breast is fill'd with deadly ,care 
,i'll lay me down and weep4             
,,vi4      ,all worldly ,joys ,i bid    
adieu1      ,all ,pleasures ,i forsake2 

,,sempronius still ,i'll sleep with you2
      ,i'll with the ,touth awake4      
,amaryllis did not long continue her    
,resolution of going into the  ,country1
 fearing an invincible ,despair would   
ensue2 and upon advising  with a ,bosom 
,friend1 she was disuaded from it3 ,her 
,intimate thought it  might be a        
,diversion to her ,melancholly to repair
 to some popular ,city1  where a variety
 of ,conversation and airy              
,entertainments1 might1 if  possible1   
eraze the ,memory of her deceas'd       
,lover4 ,accordingly  ,amaryllis        
immediately set out for ,ferara1 where  
she had been but an  inconsiderable     
,time1 before she accidentally fell into
 the ,company of  ,theodora1 whose      
,disappointment1 already related1 was   
little inferior  to hers1 and both      
repeating their ,stories1 they found so 
near a  ,resemblance in their           
,misfortunes1 that they resolv'd to live
 together as  ,sisters or inseperable   
,companions1 and to use their utmost    

,artifices for  the ,relief of each     
other4 ,i have been led into this       
seeming ,romance1 to  shew particularly 
the fatal ,disappointments attending    
these two  beautiful ,females1 which    
were very extraordinary1 especially     
those of  the ,latter2 and to shew1 in a
 particular manner1 how these two       
,ladies  first became acquainted1 as an 
,introduction to what follows4 ,i come  
now  to their ,female ,intrigues1 which 
were no less uncommon than their        
,misfortunes4    ,theodora and          
,amaryllis liv'd together some ,time1   
and at last by the  constant perusal of 
airy ,books1 and a few entertaining     
,companions1 they  had in some1 measure 
forgot their unfortunate ,lovers1 but   
they resolv'd  never for the future to  
fix their ,affections upon any ,man     
living2 and  living in ,luxury1 in the  
prime of their ,years1 in a hot inciting
  ,climate1 they at length were         
naturally inclin'd to the most          
abominable  ,pollution3 ,they provided  

artificial ,penis's of the largest      
,dimensions1  and with ,ribbons they    
fasten'd the ,root of the ,instrument1  
in the same  ,situation as ,nature has  
plac'd the ,substance in ,man2 they     
frequently  embrac'd one another by     
turns1 as ,man and woman in the amorous 
,adventure2 and when their ,vigour was  
so much abated1 that they were no       
longer able to struggle1 the ,female    
uppermost withdrew1 and taking  another 
,instrument in her ,hand1 she us'd it on
 her ,companion with an  ,injection of  
,moisture1 which1 with the rubbing1     
occasion'd such a  tickling1 as to force
 a discharge of ,matter and facilitate  
the ,pleasure4  ,this was their daily   
,practice for a considerable space1     
'till at last a  ,confident of          
,theodora's who was sometimes admitted  
as variety in these  ,brutal            
,enjoyments1 for a large ,sum of ,money 
reveal'd their ,intrigues to  ,philetus1
 a ,youth of a very comly ,person1 but a
 little ,effeminate1 who  passionately  

admir'd the beautiful ,theodora1 and who
 had made several  ,attempts on her in  
vain4    ,philetus being let into the   
,secret of ,theodora's ,intrigues1 by   
the  ,assistance of the ,confident1     
resolv'd to personate a ,lady of the    
first  ,figure at ,rome3 ,in order to   
this1 he furnish'd himself with a very  
rich and costly ,female ,habit1 and by  
the ,use of ,paint1 which alter'd his   
,eye-,brows1 ,cheeks1 ,hair1 c4 and     
shaving every ,day1 he was sufficiently 
disguis'd2 all ,things being now        
concerted with ,theodora's ,confident1  
,philetus was admitted to wait upon     
,theodora and ,amaryllis1 with a        
feign'd ,message from a ,lady of their  
,acquaintance at ,rome1 and was         
entertain'd with the utmost ,respect and
 ,grandeur1 with occasion'd  frequent   
,visits between ,philetus and ,theodora1
 and at length there  was such an       
,intimacy contracted1 by the ,management
 of ,philetus and the  ,confident1 that 
,philetus was permitted to be present in

 their  ,frolicks1 and at last offering 
his ,service to ,theodora2 she with a   
great deal of difficulty accepted his   
,embraces having not the least          
suspicion of the ,design2 so that       
,philetus taking the artificial  ,penis 
in his ,hand1 went to the ,window from  
the ,ladies1 and pulling up  his        
,petticoats1 pretended he had fix'd it  
round his ,waste1 and putting  the      
,instrument in a ,furbelow of his ,gown1
 he advanc'd to the ,bed where          
,theodora was laid in an airy ,manner to
 receive him2 the ,sight of the         
beautiful ,theodora1 in this captivating
 ,posture1 caus'd an immediate          
,erection with ,philetus1 and fill'd his
 ,breast with amorous ,fire2 he         
approach'd his ,charmer with a ,lover's'
 vigour1 and ,theodora was still  a     
,stranger to the ,intrigue1 'till the   
moment of ,ejaculation1 which was  not  
usual with the same ,instrument in her  
,embraces with ,amaryllis3  ,when this  
happen'd she was prodigiously surpriz'd1

 and endeavouring to  disengage her self
 from ,philetus1 he folded her more     
closely in his  ,arms2 and in the       
greatest ,transport told her1 he was her
 constant  ,admirer ,philetus3 ,she     
upbraided him for this perfidious       
,method of  bringing about his ,designs2
 however1 upon his telling her1 ,that   
her  strict way of ,living made an      
uncommon ,stratagem absolutely          
necessary1  that he hop'd she would     
excuse what ,love had prompted him to1  
and that  notwithstanding what had past1
 his ,designs were honourable2 ,theodora
  considering1 what had happen'd1 and   
experiencing a material ,difference     
between ,art and ,nature1 agreed1 on his
 humble ,request1 to ,marry him2 and  a 
,priest was immediately sent for1 who   
solemniz'd their ,nuptials4 ,when  the  
,ceremony was over1 ,theodora sung this 
,stanza4      ,the ,shadow ,i'll no     
longer try      ,or use the pleasing    
,toy    ,a sprightly ,youth ,i can't    
defy1      ,the ,substance ,i'll enjoy4 

,after these ,adventures were over1     
,amaryllis likewise submitted to        
,matrimony with a ,gentleman of ,ferara2
 and they both enjoy'd the  greatest    
,happiness1 making no difficulty to     
forget all ,sorrows past4  ,the next    
,intrigues ,i shall mention1 are of two 
famous ,hermaphrodites1  who were more  
vigorous than common in their ,parts1 at
 ,urbino4 ,it is  not many ,years ago   
7as the ,story relates7 that there liv'd
 at ,urbino  two ,hermaphrodites1 famous
 for their ,intrigues1 and indeed they  
were  arriv'd to that consummate pitch  
of ,impudence1 that they were not       
asham'd to own their ,bestiality1 they  
not only frolick'd with each  other1 but
 with both ,sexes in general2 their     
,names were ,diana and  ,isabella1 both 
of reputable ,birth1 and well ,educated4
 ,diana on a  ,time being invited to the
 ,nuptials of a certain ,nobleman of    
,urbino1  accompanied him to the ,house 
of a noted ,clergyman1 some distance    
from  the ,residence of ,diana1 to be a 

,witness to the solemnization of the    
,marriage1 and being arriv'd there1     
every thing was instantly provided  for 
the ,ceremony2 the ,bride was attir'd in
 the richest ,brocade ,silks1  with the 
finest ,linnen that could be purchas'd2 
her ,neck and ,breasts  were exposed    
very low1 and heav'd with ,desire1      
filling the ,bridegroom  with amorous   
,imaginations1 her ,hair was adorn'd    
with the most beautiful  and odorous    
,flowers1 which surrounded her heavenly 
,face1 and made it  appear like a ,rose 
in its bloom1 in a delightful ,garden1  
just ready to  be gathered4 ,the        
,bridegroom was dress'd in ,cloth of    
,gold1 and ,linnen of  ,flanders lac'd2 
on his ,head was a flaxen ,peruke       
reaching to his ,waste  of very great   
,value1 and by his ,side a ,sword1 whose
 ,hilt was set with  ,diamonds4    ,the 
,parson by this time being ready to     
perform his ,office1 the ,bride and     
,bridegroom1 and ,diana were usher'd    
into a great ,hall1 hung round with     

,scripture ,paintings1 particularly of  
our ,saviour1 illustrating his whole    
,life from his ,birth1 and being laid in
 the ,manger to the ,time of his        
,crucifixion4 ,when the ,service was    
over1 and the wedded ,couple had  join'd
 their ,hands and ,hearts1 a splendid   
,entertainment was provided by  the     
,parson to refresh them after the       
,fatigue of their ,journey1 which       
continuing 'till it was late in the     
,evening1 the ,bride and ,bridegroom1   
and ,diana had not time for their       
,return to ,urbino1 whereupon the       
,parson1 in good ,manners1 first took   
,notice of it1 and withal offer'd  them 
the ,use of his ,house1 which they      
accepted1 considering it would at  least
 be hazardous1 if not impossible to     
reach ,urbino that ,night4    ,the      
,bride and ,bridegroom1 and all the     
,company1 were as merry as was          
possible1 and after ,supper1 ,directions
 were given by the ,parson for          
preparing the ,beds2 but before the     

usual ,time of retiring to ,rest1 his   
,brother coming accidentally from       
,bonona1 there arose some ,difficulty   
with the ,parson in the disposal of his 
,guests1 he having no more ,beds  than  
two at liberty3 ,at last they agreed    
that ,diana should lye with  the        
,parson's ,wife1 who was a very handsom 
,woman1 and the ,parson and his         
,brother were to pig together1 whereby  
there would be a ,bed at the  ,service  
of the ,bride and ,bridegroom4 ,several 
,bottles of ,champaign and  ,burgundy1  
and of fine ,italian ,wines being drank1
 the ,bride and  ,bridegroom were put to
 ,bed with a great deal of ,solemnity2  
afterwards  ,diana and the ,parson's    
,wife were lighted to their ,apartment1 
and he  and his ,brother repair'd to    
theirs4    ,diana observing the         
,parson's ,wife to be a beautiful       
,woman1  particularly as she undress'd  
her self1 had a very strong ,inclination
  for her usual ,sportings2 and in order
 to carry on an ,intrigue with  safety1 

she softly bolted the ,chamber ,door1   
which being done1 they both  went to    
,bed1 the ,parson's ,wife putting out   
the ,candle4 ,they had not been  long in
 ,bed before ,diana began to kiss the   
,parson's ,wife with  ,freedom1 but she 
not suspecting any thing farther1 and   
supposing it  might proceed more from   
,wine than any thing else was pretty    
easy1 'till  at last ,diana threw her   
self upon her1 and began an ,adventure1 
very  displeasing1 which surpriz'd her  
to that degree1 that she cried out      
vehemently4    ,the ,family1 which had  
not been long at rest1 alarm'd at this  
unseasonable ,noise1 arose2 the ,parson 
came to his ,wife's ,chamber ,door1  and
 finding it bolted within1 he call'd to 
her to know the occasion of  this       
,disturbance2 she answer'd1 ,that she   
had a ,man or a ,monster in ,bed  with  
her1 one that was then violating her    
,person4 ,the ,parson supposing  this to
 be a ,design to ,cuckold him1 order'd  
his ,servants to break open  the        

,chamber ,door1 which being instantly   
effected1 he rescu'd his ,wife  from the
 ,power of ,diana4 ,after this he seiz'd
 ,diana1 and upon  ,examination1 finding
 her to be an ,hermaphrodite1 having the
 ,members of  both ,sexes1 he order'd   
his ,servants to carry her to the       
,garret1 and tye  her hands and ,legs   
together1 and then to put her into the  
,bed of the  ,maid-,servant4 ,this being
 done1 the ,parson went to ,bed again1  
as did  likewise his ,wife1 and the     
,family was at rest the whole ,night2   
and the  ,noise1 though it was great1   
did not disturb the ,bride and          
,bridegroom  after their ,enjoyments of 
,wine and ,love4    ,the next ,morning  
the ,parson arose early1 and going to   
the ,bride and  ,bridegroom1 acquainted 
them with what had happen'd relating to 
his ,wife  and ,diana1 who expressing a 
very great ,concern1 and withal         
protesting1  that the ,injury was       
offer'd without the least ,design on    
their ,parts1 the  ,parson was          

reconcil'd to them1 but turn'd ,diana   
out of ,door with the  ,indignity she   
deserv'd4 ,diana immediately return'd to
 ,urbino1 as  did likewise the ,bride   
and ,bridegroom some ,hours after1      
having first  made the ,parson a        
,present of a ,purse of ,gold for his   
,service and very  great ,civility4     
,it was not long after this1 that       
,isabella walking in the ,streets of    
,urbino1 in the close of the ,evening1 a
 ,foreign ,count1 of luscious           
,inclinations passing by her1 gave her  
an amorous ,look1 and addressing  her   
with a great deal of ,complaisance1 she 
seem'd for his ,purpose1 and  indeed she
 long'd for a pleasing ,variety1 having 
met with no uncommon  ,adventure for a  
considerable ,time4    ,the ,count      
observing her inclin'd to ,pleasure1    
invited her to his ,house1  which she at
 first rejected1 but after a great deal 
of ,intreaty and  ,persuasion she       
condescended1 not rightly apprehending  
the ,consequence1  with a ,gentleman    

that was a perfect ,stranger to her4    
,when they were  arriv'd at the ,house  
of the ,count ,isabella was handed      
through several  ,rooms of ,state to an 
,anti-,chamber1 where he was desir'd to 
sit down1  the ,count calling for his   
,servants to prepare a costly ,supper2  
while the  ,supper was dressing1 he     
kiss'd and dally'd with ,isabella1 but  
she was  unexpectedly shy1 behaving her 
self with a great deal of gravity2 at   
length the ,supper was brought1         
consisting of ,fish1 ,fowl1 ,ragooes1   
,soops1  c4 dress'd to the heighth of   
the ,mode2 they both eat heartily and   
drank very freely of noble ,wines4      
,after the ,supper was over1 the ,count 
renew'd his ,addresses to ,isabella1 who
 seem'd a little more  compliable1 but  
would not allow him the ,fredom he      
desir'd1 which had the  usual           
,consequences of encreasing his         
,inclinations3 ,it growing late1 he     
carry'd her1 to his ,chamber1 where     
after some ,time1 she1 was oblig'd to   

go to ,bed with him4    ,the ,count1    
after he was in ,bed1 being inspir'd    
with ,love1 began the  amorous          
,adventure with ,isabella1 before he had
 thoroughly examin'd the  ,secrets of   
,nature2 and after a short ,space1      
finding an ,uneasiness in his  amorous  
,struggles1 he put down his ,hand to    
discover what it was1 and  feeling      
something like the ,testicles of a ,man1
 he rose from her in the  greatest      
,confusion1 and calling to his ,servant 
for a ,candle1 in his  passion he pull'd
 out a sharp ,pen-knife and cut off the 
external ,members  of ,isabella1 highly 
resenting the ,affront1 and very much   
displeas'd  with himself1 that he should
 embrace a ,monster4 ,isabella made a   
hideous ,outcry1 which disturb'd the    
whole ,neighbourhood1 but the ,count    
sending for an experienc'd ,surgeon1 to 
prevent the ,effusion of too great  a   
,quantity of ,blood1 it issuing out with
 great violence1 kept her at his  ,house
 all ,night1 and sent her the next      

,morning in a ,chair to her  ,companion4
    ,isabella was a considerable ,time  
before she recover'd of this great      
,wound1 but at length growing well1 and 
,diana having very much suffer'd  by her
 extravagant ,frolicks1 they liv'd      
together as ,man and ,wife 7being  now  
better qualified for it7 a considerable 
,space1 'till on a ,time they  had a    
very great ,quarrel1 which occasion'd a 
,separation2 and ,diana  reviving her   
former ,diversions1 met at last with the
 same ,fate as  ,isabella1 her masculine
 ,instrument being likewise sever'd from
 her  ,privities1 after which1 both of  
them liv'd to be harmless old ,women4   
,these ,intrigues being very remarkable1
 ,i thought fit to insert them for  the 
,entertainment of the curious ,reader2  
,i now proceed to the ,nature and       
,generation of ,hermaphrodites4         
99       99       99       99       99  
,of the material ,cause and ,generation 
of ,hermaphrodites      ,there are      
several ,reasons assign'd by            

,naturalists for the ,cause and         
,production of ,hermaphrodites4 ,some   
are of ,opinion that ,hermaphrodites    
are form'd whilst the ,terms are upon   
,women1 which being always impure1  they
 can produce nothing but ,monsters2 but 
to this it may be answer'd1  that when  
,children are conceived during the      
,sowing of the ,terms1 there  is a      
greater probability of their being born 
with the ,itch1 or other  scorbutick    
,distempers1 than of their being        
,hermaphrodites4    ,others believe1    
that the ,man and the ,woman having     
equally contributed  to ,generation1 the
 forming ,power which endeavours to     
render the ,matter  whereon it works    
like unto those it came from1 imprints  
the ,characters  of ,man and ,woman upon
 it3 ,and that some have been able to   
engender in a  double ,capacity1 as to  
have a ,child with one ,breast          
resembling that of a  ,woman1 and the   
other that of a ,man2 but this ,opinion 
is very fabulous1  for the uniting      

,faculty1 which is the ,effect of the   
,soul1 is not capable  of making such   
very great ,differences2 and ,generation
 being  accomplish'd1 thro' the         
,fermentation of the ,seed only1 it     
cannot  separate their ,actions after   
they are mix'd4    ,some ,naturalists   
tell us1 that where ,nature design'd    
,seed in the ,womb  for a ,male only1   
7as working up for the best1 and aiming 
at the highest  ,perfection of its      
,workmanship7 too much ,cold and        
,moisture accidentally  falling into the
 ,work1 before it is perfected in the   
,womb1 at the same  time there being too
 great a quantity of ,seed and menstrous
 ,blood1 what  was intended for ,man in 
part degenerates1 and renders the       
,infant of a  double ,sex or ,nature1   
placing it in the middle of both ,sexes1
 as seeming  to participate of ,male and
 ,female4    ,others say4 ,that ,nature 
having always a particular care of the  
,propagation of ,mankind1 endeavours for
 the most part to produce ,females3     

,and thus we may observe1 the ,number of
 ,men ,hermaphrodites to exceed the     
,women ones1 ,nature having chalk'd out 
to the first the ,lines of a  ,woman's  
privy ,parts4 ,to this ,opinion it is   
objected1 that ,nature being  nothing   
but the ,power of ,god in the production
 of ,creatures1 it never  works but     
according to his ,orders upon the       
,matter that is given the  ,female2 and 
of consequence ,hermaphrodites depend   
more upon the  ,disposition of the      
,matter for ,generation1 than upon any  
previous ,design  of ,nature4    ,some  
are of ,opinion1 that ,god having       
created ,man and ,woman1 we have        
essentially within us a ,faculty to     
become either the one ,sex or the       
other2 for which ,reason it is no wonder
 if an ,hermaphrodite is sometimes      
produc'd1 since we are potentially so4  
,this ,notion is drawn from  ,plato2 and
 though some part of the ,scripture may 
at first seem to  favour it1 yet1       
strictly consider'd1 one may find a     

quite different  ,sense2 and this       
,opinion was condemn'd by ,pope         
,innocent ,,iii4    ,the ,ancients were 
of ,opinion1 that there is a certain    
,cell in the ,womb  of some ,women1 into
 which the ,seed falling1 when ,mercury 
and ,venus1  or ,mercury and ,luna are  
in ,conjunction1 an ,hermaphrodite is   
engender'd2 or that the ,conjunction of 
,mars and ,venus disposes the  ,matter  
that serves for the forming of the      
,child so confusedly in the  ,mother's  
,womb1 that it becomes the ,cause of the
 ,birth of an  ,hermaphrodite4 ,in      
answer to this1 those ,planets are too  
remote from us  to be the proximate     
,causes1 and to have an absolute        
,influence on the  ,body of the ,child  
that is forming in its ,mother's ,womb2 
and admitting  such a ,conjunction might
 cause a ,deformity1 it would not appear
 however  in two ,hermaphrodites born at
 different ,seasons3 ,but in ,turkey1   
and  other ,eastern ,countries1 where   
these ,planets have the greatest        

,influence1 ,hermaphrodites are more    
numerous than in the ,western ,parts of 
the ,world1 and they are oblig'd to go  
in different ,habits from other  ,people
 7viz4 with ,cloaths partly belonging to
 ,men and partly ,women7 to  prevent    
their lying with any2 and if they go    
without these ,habits they  are punish'd
 severely4    ,these are the various    
,opinions of curious ,naturalists2 but  
to proceed to  other ,particulars which 
are more probable1 we must more nicely  
examine  the ,nature of the ,seed to    
find out the cause of the ,confusion of 
,sexes4  ,the ,seed is for the most part
 indifferent as to the two ,sexes1 and  
if it  happens to meet with a ,ball or  
,egg in the ,horns of the ,womb that is 
full  of ,spirits1 and includes a hot1  
dry1 and close ,matter1 it will         
impregnate so as to produce a ,boy2 but 
if the ,seed meets with a ,ball or      
,egg1 not hot nor dry or fill'd with    
,spirits1 tho' it will animate it1  yet 
'tis with less strength1 so as a ,girl  

will be produc'd4 ,and if the  ,matter  
contain'd in another ,ball1 is exactly  
temper'd in its ,quantities1  and equal 
in its parts1 so as there is no         
,predominancy1 the ,seed of the  ,man by
 its superior ,power will determine this
 matter for a ,boy or a  ,girl3 ,but if 
a ,man's ,seed dispos'd to determine the
 temperate ,seed of a  ,woman to one of 
the two ,sexes has not a sufficient     
quantity of ,spirits  to effect it1 and 
the ,seed of the ,woman prevails for the
 contrary ,sex1  then an ,hermaphrodite 
is form'd1 who has relation to one and  
the other  according to the different   
,endeavours of the animated ,seed of the
 ,man or  ,woman4    ,the ,intelligence 
whose ,business it is to compose the    
little ,body of  ,hermaphrodites1 is    
very much disturb'd to meet with a      
,matter that is  intractable for the    
regular forming of the ,genital ,parts4 
,on one side  the ,matter is moist and  
loose1 on the other close and dry2 here 
'tis hot  and there 'tis cold4 ,this    

,matter is so different and consists of 
such  rebellious ,particles1 that 'tis  
impossible to manage it1 and the        
quantity of ,matter is so small that it 
is destitute of ,heat1 without  which   
the ,intelligence cannot perfectly form 
all parts of the ,body4 ,if  the ,matter
 turns to a ,male1 he will be too dull  
and too cold to  ,engender1 and will be 
imperfect in his privy ,parts2 if it    
proves a  ,female1 she will in time be  
of too hot and dry a ,nature1 and will  
be  ,deficient of ,organs for the ,seed 
and menstruous ,blood1 in order to ,form
  and ,nourish a ,child4    ,this       
,intelligence1 or the immortal ,soul    
that works from the ,beginning1  in all 
probability about the thirty fifth ,day 
begins to be employ'd in  making the    
privy ,parts of a ,boy1 for which       
purpose it lays hold on the  ,matter at 
first ,elected for that end1 and which  
it put in the first  place1 where the   
privy ,parts ought to be4 ,this being   
done1 it works  continually1 but wanting

 ,matter to perfect the privy ,parts1 it
 borrows  of the ,neighbouring ,parts1  
chusing rather to render others         
,disfigur'd1  than to be wanting in the 
compleat ,forming of the ,parts that    
must serve  for ,generation4    ,but    
when there is not ,matter enough to     
,form the genital ,parts of a ,boy1  the
 oeconomy of the ,intelligence ,husbands
 it and places and disposes  all things 
so well for the perfect forming of the  
,parts that 'tis not to  be express'd1  
but the situation is inward1 as wanting 
,heat and ,strength  of ,matter to push 
them out1 after this the ,intelligence  
proceeds in the  ,forming of the privy  
,parts of those ,hermaphrodites who are 
counted  ,girls1 but are really ,boys4  
,these seem to ,change ,sexes1 and in   
time come  to be ,men1 and ,marry1 and  
get ,children4 ,the natural and genital 
,heat  increasing daily1 pushes out the 
privy ,parts about the ,age of fifteen1 
twenty1 or twenty five1 'till which time
 they lie hidden4 ,these must be  at    

full ,age before they are able to       
,caress a ,woman2 and where after the   
coming out or the privy ,parts they     
,copulate1 it will be a hard matter  for
 them to ,engender1 being in their      
,nature ,cold4    ,as the ,intelligence 
wants ,matter for the ,forming of the   
privy ,parts of  the three first sorts  
of ,hermaphrodites1 so there is more    
than there is  occasion for in the      
fourth4 ,about the forty fifth ,day1 the
 ,intelligence  being at a loss how to  
place the ,matter it has receiv'd for   
the ,amorous  ,parts1 determines at last
 to make the ,clotoris bigger and longer
 than  ordinary1 and to leave to the    
inward genital ,parts of a ,girl a      
natural  ,figure1 that they may one ,day
 serve for ,generation4 ,these sorts of 
,hermaphrodites as ,i have already      
observ'd1 have frequently pass'd for    
,men1 being in reality nothing but      
,women4    ,but in short1 the           
,intelligence must accomplish its ,work1
 of what ,matter  soever it be2 it      

begins to work1 and will without doubt  
make ,parts in  some measure determin'd 
to either ,sex1 provided the matter be  
not so  unequal1 and of such a different
 ,complexion as to make it impossible to
  effect it1 when it ,forms an          
,hermaphrodite1 and sometimes a ,monster
 that  is neither ,man nor ,woman1 as   
having no privy ,parts1 either of the   
one or  the other4                   99 
99       99       99       99    ,of    
unnatural ,births2 ,monsters1 and       
extraordinary ,conceptions4             
,hermaphrodites being ,monsters in      
,nature1 it is no more than what may be 
reasonably expected that my ,account of 
their ,generation1 should be  follow'd  
with some very extraordinary unnatural  
,births1 monstrous  ,productions of     
another ,kind1 and wonderful            
,conceptions4    ,the ,heathen          
,philosophers1 were so prejudic'd to the
 ,opinion of ,woman's  being an         
imperfect ,animal1 7alledging that      
,nature always propos'd to  herself the 

,generation of ,males as being the most 
accomplish'd piece of  ,workmanship27   
that they look'd upon ,woman as a       
,monster in ,nature2 but  the           
,scriptures teach us1 that ,man and     
,woman are equally perfect in their     
,kind1 and ,nature cannot be suppos'd to
 produce more ,monsters than  perfect   
,beings1 which must be the ,case1 if    
this ,opinion were allow'd1  ,women     
being more numerous than the ,men4      
,monsters are deprav'd ,conceptions1    
defin'd by the ,ancients to be          
excursions of ,nature1 and are always   
,vicious1 either in ,figure1            
,situation1 ,magnitude1 or ,number4     
,when they bear the resemblance of a    
,beast1 they are said to be vicious in  
,figure2 when the ,parts are            
disproportion'd1 as that one ,part is   
too big for the other2 7which is a      
thing very common by reason of some     
,excrescence7 they are vicious in       
,magnitude2 if the ,ears were on the    
,face1 or the ,eyes on the ,breast1 c4  

as was seen in a ,monster born at       
,revanna in ,italy1 in the ,year #aegj1 
,they are vicious in ,situation1 and    
when having two ,heads or four ,hands1  
and two ,bodies join'd1 as had a        
,monster born at ,zarzara in the ,year  
#aedj1 they are vicious in ,number4     
,in the ,reign of ,henry the #c;d1 there
 was a ,woman deliver'd of a ,child1    
having two ,heads1 four ,arms1 and two  
,bodies which were join'd down to  the  
,navel4 ,the ,heads were so plac'd that 
they look'd contrary ways4 ,it  was the 
,female ,sex1 and both ,heads would     
speak1 laugh and cry2 and both  ,eat and
 be ,hungry together1 but there was but 
one ,fundament to disburden  ,nature2   
sometimes one would ,speak1 and the     
other would keep silence1 and  sometimes
 both speak at the same time4 ,it liv'd 
several ,years1 but one  of them        
surviving the other1 it carried the     
,dead one so long1 that at  last it     
fainted with the ,burden4 ,and at a     
,village call'd ,ubaten in  ,flanders1 a

 ,child was ,born which had two ,heads  
and four ,arms1  appearing like two     
,maids joyn'd together1 having two ,arms
 lifted up  between and above the       
,heads1 the ,thighs being plac'd as it  
were cross  one another4    ,in the     
,year #aegi1 ,a ,monster was ,born in   
,france1 cover'd all over with  ,hair   
like a ,beast1 its ,navel being in the  
place where his ,nose should  have been1
 his ,eyes plac'd in the ,situation of  
the ,mouth2 and its ,mouth  was in the  
,chin4 ,it was of the ,male-kind1 and   
liv'd but a few ,days1  affrighting all 
that beheld it4 ,and near ,elselling in 
,germany1 in  the ,year #aebi1 there was
 a ,boy ,born with one ,head and one    
,body1 having  four ,ears1 four ,arms1  
and four ,feet1 and but two ,thighs1 and
 two ,legs3  ,this ,birth1 in the       
,opinion of the ,learned1 proceeded from
 a ,redundancy  of ,seed beyond what was
 sufficient for one ,child1 but not     
enough for  ,twins1 wherefore ,nature   
,form'd what she could4 ,there might be 

many other  particular ,instances given 
of ,monstrous ,births1 as some sticking 
together by the ,bellies1 others by the 
,breech2 some ,born without ,arms or    
,legs others without ,heads1 yet have   
they liv'd for some time1 till want  of 
,sustenance made them pine away and     
,die1 as having no place to receive  it1
 and others with ,heads like ,dogs1     
,wolves1 ,bears1 and other ,beasts4     
,but ,i shall proceed to the cause of   
their ,generation4    ,the ,natural     
,cause of ,generation of ,monsters1     
according to the ,ancients1  is either  
in the ,matter1 or in the ,agent2 in the
 ,seed or in the ,womb3  ,the ,matter   
may be unable to perform its ,office two
 ways2 by ,defect1 or  by ,excess3 ,by  
,defect1 when a ,child hath but one     
,arm1 or one ,leg1 c4  and by ,excess1  
when it hath three ,hands or two ,heads4
 ,the ,agent or ,womb  may be in ,fault 
several ways1 as in the forming         
,faculty1 which may be  too strong or   
too weak1 by which a deprav'd ,figure is

 oftentimes  produc'd1 the ill          
,conformation of the place of           
,conception will cause a  ,monstrous    
,birth2 and the imaginative ,power at   
the time of ,conception1 is  so         
forcible1 that it stamps a ,character of
 the thing upon the ,child2 so  that the
 ,child of an ,adulteress1 by the       
strength of ,imagination may have  a    
nearer resemblance of her ,husband1 than
 of the ,person who begat it4  ,and some
 ,histories mention1 that through this  
,imaginative ,faculty1 a  ,woman at the 
time of ,conception1 beholding the      
,picture of a ,blackamoor1  produc'd a  
,child resembling an thiopian4          
,monsters are sometimes ,engender'd by  
unseasonable amorous ,embraces1 as  when
 a ,man enters on the ,pleasures of     
,venus at a time as the monthly         
,flowings are upon his ,wife2 ,for this 
being against ,nature1 it is no  wonder 
that it should produce an unnatural     
,offspring4 ,if therefore a  ,man's     
desire be never so great for ,copulation

 at such a time1 yet the  ,woman ought  
not to admit of his ,embraces2 the issue
 of those unclean  ,embraces proving    
often ,monstrous1 or dull and heavy1 and
 ,defective in  their ,understandings4  
,sometimes by a corruption of ,seed1    
,monstrous ,shapes are form'd1 which by 
some is ascrib'd to the bad ,influence  
of the ,planets1 that were  predominant 
at the time of ,conception2 and         
sometimes the straightness of  the ,womb
 is attended with many ,inconveniencies1
 for ,nature not having  sufficient room
 to frame her ,work in1 the ,child is   
rumpled up1 which  occasions some to    
have hump'd ,backs1 crooked ,arms1 and  
,legs1 round  ,shoulders1 ,wry ,necks1  
and the like4    ,the divine ,cause of  
these ,monstrous ,generations1 proceeds 
from the  permissive ,will of our ,great
 ,creator1 who many times suffers       
,parents to  bring forth such ,deform'd 
,creatures as a ,punishment for their   
,lust3 ,and  some ,authors are of       
,opinion1 that outward deformity of     

,body is generally  a ,sign of the      
,pollution of the ,heart1 as a ,curse   
upon the ,child for the  ,incontinency  
of the ,parents4    ,in the ,writings of
 some ,authors mention is made of       
,monsters engender'd  by infernal       
,spirits2 and as the ,scriptures give us
 to understand that  the ,angels being  
taken with the ,beauty of the ,daughters
 of ,men1 went in  unto them1 and that  
from such a ,conjunction1 ,giants were  
,born1 so we may  infer that if ,angels 
can mix ,amorously with ,women1 and     
engender  ,children1 the ,devils who    
only differ from ,angels by their ,fall1
 may also  draw ,women into immodest    
,pleasures1 and ,defile them with their 
,embraces3  ,but it is highly           
inconsistent to suppose that our        
,creator who is all  ,purity1 would     
permit the worst of ,spirits to         
propogate his diabolical  ,offspring4   
,devils assuming to themselves ,human   
,shapes1 in the opinion of ,ancient     
,writers1 may abuse both ,men and       

,women1 and with wicked ,people use     
carnal  ,copulation4 ,st4 ,austin yields
 to this ,notion1 and that ,generation  
may  thereby be effected2 but his       
,opinion was grounded more upon the     
depositions of ,melancholly             
superstitious ,persons1 than from any   
demonstrable ,proofs2 and 'tis          
impossible that such an unnatural       
,conjunction can produce a humane       
,creature1 though some will have it that
  it may1 and that his ,malice shall be 
a ,sign of his ,extraction4    ,the     
,rabbins beleived that the ,silvani1    
,pans and ,fauni1 call'd  ,incubus's and
 the ,tutelar ,gods1 were ,creatures    
left imperfect the  first ,friday       
,evening1 and not finish'd by ,god1 as  
being prevented by  the ensuing         
,sabbath2 for this reason they alledg'd1
 these ,spirits love  ,mountains and    
dark ,places only1 and never appear but 
in the ,night time3  ,and the ,incubus's
 not only ,court and desire to ,caress  
,women1 but have  actually ,caress'd    

them4    ,hierenimus ,cardanus writes of
 a ,maid which was got with ,child by a 
,devil1 she thinking it had been a fair 
young ,man who had ,enjoy'd her2  and   
some ,witches fancy they have been at   
the ,sabbath1 and ,caress'd by  the     
,devil1 whose ,privy ,parts were full of
 ,bristles1 ,scaly1 and the ,seed  cold 
as ,ice2 but this has proceeded only    
from a distracted ,brain3  ,besides we  
learn from ,scripture that ,devils being
 pure ,spirits1 are  quite different    
,substances from those of ,men4 ,that   
they have neither  ,flesh nor ,blood1   
nor ,privities1 and consequently no     
,seed for ,generation4  ,that though    
they sometimes assume ,bodies1 these    
,bodies are only form'd  of ,air1 and do
 not ,live1 neither can they exercise   
the ,operations of  ,life3 ,that having 
no occasion to hope for ,posterity1 as  
being ,eternal  and ,unhappy1 they      
cannot be suppos'd to be desirous of    
perpetuating  their ,species or to take 
pleasure in the ,embraces of ,women4    

,the ,stories of ,women having ,commerce
 with ,devils1 are very ,fabulous1 and  
proceed chiefly from ,dreams and        
,nocturnal ,illusions2 a ,lecherous and 
,melancholly ,woman seiz'd with the     
,night ,mare1 may verily beleive that   
the ,devil ,caresses her2 especially if 
her ,fancy is taken up with ,tales  of  
,witches4 ,leo ,africanus tells us1     
,that what is attributed to  ,devils1 is
 committed by ,lascivious ,men1 and     
,lecherous ,women1 who  perswade others1
 that they are ,caress'd by ,devils4    
,the ,witches of the  ,kingdom of ,fez1 
according to ,history1 are very desirous
 that ,people  should beleive them to be
 familiar with ,devils1 and for that    
,reason  endeavour to tell surprizing   
,stories to those that consult them2    
they do  not require any ,fees from     
handsome ,women that come to see them1  
but only  intimate the ,desire their    
,master has to ,caress them for a       
,night4 ,the  ,husbands take these      
,impostures for ,truth1 and surrender   

their ,wives to  the ,gods and the      
,winds4 ,night being come1 the brawny   
,sorcerer 7who  ,employs the ,persons   
abovemention'd1 to ensnare fine ,women  
to his  ,caresses7 ,embraces the fair   
one closely1 and ,enjoys her instead of 
the  ,devil4 ,if this ,ignorance and    
,superstition prevail'd in this         
,kingdom1 ,i  doubt not but it would    
very much ,pleasure the frolicking      
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,extraordinary ,conceptions4            
,before ,i begin to trace any           
,particulars of extraordinary           
,conceptions1 ,i  shall insert a        
surprizing ,account of a ,woman that    
went ,twenty five ,years  with ,child1  
from the ,writings of ,monsieur ,baile1 
which contains a  great deal of ,variety
 relating to untimely ,generations4     
,margaret ,matthieu a ,cloth-worker's   
,wife at ,tholouse in ,france1  in the  
,year #afec1 and towards the ,ninth     
,month of her ,reckoning1 had the       

,pains of ,woman's ,labour upon her at  
,church2 and some part of the ,waters   
being already voided1 she acquainted the
 ,people about her1 that she  fear'd she
 should be ,deliver'd in the ,church4   
,immediately she was  carried to a      
,neighbouring ,house1 and her ,pains    
abating upon the ,relief  she there met 
with1 she was afterwards convey'd ,home1
 where her ,pains  return'd with more   
,violence than before4 ,upon this1      
,doctor ,cartier1  and ,doctor ,mulatier
 two famous ,physicians1 and ,mr4       
,cortade a very  skilful ,surgeon were  
sent for1 and endeavour'd1 tho' in vain1
 to give  her ,relief4 ,she continued   
for two ,months under the torture of    
these  violent ,pains1 and voided ,clots
 of ,blood without ,fibres or any       
carnous  ,matter4 ,afterwards she voided
 a white ,humour1 that was sometimes    
tinctur'd with ,blood2 and her ,breasts 
were fill'd with an extraordinary       
quantity of ,milk4 ,about the ,fifth    
,month the ,flux of the ,blood ceas'd1  

and she recover'd her ,strength by      
,degrees1 being still incommoded with a 
troublesome ,load in ,her ,belly1 and   
never easy but when she lay upon her    
,reins4    ,from the ,year #afec till   
the ,year #afgh1 she suffer'd now and   
then as  violent ,pains as those of     
,child-birth4 ,when they attack'd her   
most  severely1 she entreated the       
,surgeon to rip up her ,belly1 and so   
put an  end to her ,misery4 ,she was    
troubled with frequent ,swoonings1 and  
unaccountable ,longings for certain     
sorts of ,aliment4 ,some of the ,women  
about her affirm'd1 that they saw the   
,child move several times2 but the      
,surgeon and the ,apothecary1 who       
observ'd her very narrowly1 and were    
frequently call'd1 could never perceive 
any other ,motion than that which       
attended the ,mother's turning from one 
side to the other2 for then the  ,lump  
fell to the side upon which she lay4    
,during this space of time1 which was   
,twenty five ,years and some ,months1   

this ,woman had several fits of         
,sickness1 and at last died of a        
continual ,fever1 in ,january #afgh1    
being in the ,sixty second ,year of  her
 ,age4    ,the next ,day after she was  
,dead1 ,mr4 ,cortade1 open'd her ,corps1
 in the  presence of ,monsieurs         
,gaillart1 ,baile1 ,laborde and         
,grangeron all  famous ,physicians2 and 
of ,mr4 ,labat and ,corboneau1 two noted
  ,anatomists4 ,having cut up the       
,muscles1 and the ,peritonum1 they found
  the ,cawl schirous1 and somewhat      
carnous1 and about two ,fingers breadth 
thick4 ',twas stretched over the ,mass  
they sought for and adher'd to it4      
,when they lifted it up1 they turn'd    
over the whole ,heap1 towards the       
,breast of the ,deceas'd ,person1 and   
then they had some ,apprehension that   
the shapeless ,mass was a ,child3 ,at   
first ,view they doubted it1 because    
'twas found out of the ,womb1 but their 
,doubts were quickly dispell'd1  when   
they put a ,knife into it and felt the  

,bones1 and saw ,nails and  ,toes upon  
one of the ,feet1 that they separated   
from the ,mass4    ,before they meddled 
further with the ,mass1 they had a mind 
to see what  ,condition the parts of the
 ,abdomen were in1 and particularly the 
,womb1  upon which they found a ,body1  
which being hard like a ,stone1 enclos'd
 a  great ,ulcer that spread its self   
over the ,bottom of the ,womb4 ,upon the
  ,womb side it had a ,cavity full of   
white and thick ,pus1 without any       
noisome ,smell4 ,on the ,opposite ,side 
'twas hollow1 and resembled the  convex 
,side of an ,oister4 ,the rest of the   
,womb was in its ,natural ,state1  and  
they met with no considerable ,accident 
in the ,neighbouring parts4    ,they cut
 out the ,mass1 and carried it to the   
,surgeon's ,house1 to be  view'd at     
their leisure4 ,the whole ,mass was     
encompass'd with a callous  ,matter1    
under which they found all the ,parts of
 a ,child harden'd and  half putrified2 
and these weigh'd ,eight ,pound4 ,they  

cut up all the  ,viscera in the three   
,cavities1 the particulars whereof may  
be read in  ,mr4 ,baile's ,book of      
,anatomy4 ,this is the ,account given by
 ,mr4 ,baile4  ,i come now to           
extraordinary ,conceptions4    ,some    
,authors affirm1 that a young ,man      
having spilt some ,seed in a ,bath1  a  
,girl afterwards ,bathing in the same   
,water1 the ,seed was suck'd in by  the 
,girls ,womb1 and she became with       
,child4 ,but ,monsieur ,dionis is not   
of this ,opinion3 ,he will not allow the
 ,womb an attractive ,faculty1 so as  to
 suck up from the outer ,extremity of   
the ,neck1 and oblige it to repair  to  
its ,cavity4 ,and the ,seed being a     
,liquor1 would be so blended with the   
,water1 that 'tis impossible all its    
particles should rally1 and continue    
their ,activity and prolifick ,quality1 
till their ,arrival in the ,womb4       
,and the ,history reported by ,riolanus 
favours the ,opinion against those  who 
maintain that ,generation may be        

perform'd by shedding of the ,seed on   
the ,cabia of a ,woman's ,privities4    
,the ,vagina of the ,woman mention'd by 
this ,writer1 was shut up with ,scars   
after a troublesome ,child-birth1 to    
such a ,degree as only to leave a small 
,hole for the passage of the ,terms  and
 ,urine1 through which also pass'd the  
,husband's ,seed that got her  with     
,child2 this might not hinder these two 
,persons from ,copulating  strictly2    
nay1 there must have been a strict      
,alliance and the ,womb1 by  contracting
 of the ,passage1 must in this ,case    
have drawn the ,seed as  greedily as an 
hungry ,stomach attracts the ,victuals  
by the ,mouth4    ,some ,persons have   
believ'd that a ,woman may ,engender1   
without the  ,application of a ,man's   
,privities4 ,they tell us of a ,woman   
that was got  with ,child in the        
,embraces of her ,she-,companion1 who   
but a little before  came from her      
,husband's ,arms3 ,and of a young ,woman
 that was found  ,breeding by no other  

,cause than her ,father's having by     
chance ,polluted  himself in the same   
,bed where she was3 ,but these ,stories 
seem to be  contriv'd to cover the      
,lasciviousness of ,women1 and conceal  
the ,vice of  an impure ,love4    ,there
 is a ,story in some ,authors1 that     
having put ,human ,seed into a ,viol    
close stopp'd1 and plac'd it for some   
time in a ,dunghill that was  moderately
 hot2 they observ'd that the ,particles 
drew up themselves in  such ,order1 as  
to assume the ,form of a ,child4 ,this  
7say they7 comes to  pass after the same
 manner as the ,forming of a ,chick in  
an ,egg1 which  requires only a         
temperate ,heat to ,hatch it4 ,but they 
agree1 that 'twas  impossible to        
,nourish this ,infant1 which according  
to them1 perish'd  before 'twas intirely
 ,form'd4 ,if this ,observation were    
true1 it would  make us believe that the
 whole ,matter of which the ,child is   
,form'd  proceeds from the ,man4 ,but   
this ,story wants ,confirmation1 as does

  likewise the following ,relation      
,communicated in a ,letter by ,mr4      
,donat  ,surgeon to the ,army in ,italy1
 relating to a ,man's ,conception4    ,i
 am at this very time employ'd in       
tending a ,person of ,quality that's    
come a great way off4 ,in the right     
,side of his ,scrotum he had a great    
,lump1 bigger than the ,head of a       
,child2 which ,i cut off1 and afterwards
  ty'd up the ,spermatick ,artery4 ,this
 ,lump was a ,mass of ,flesh1 all over  
,spermatick1 and very ,solid1 with very 
hard ,bones in every part4 ',twas       
contain'd in an ,after-birth with a     
great deal of ,water4 ,the ,spermatick  
,vessels which perform'd the ,office of 
those we call ,umbilical1 were          
overgrown much beyond their ,natural    
size4 ,the ,circumstances that          
occasion'd this ,generation1 confirms   
the ,effect that follow'd4 ,in ,june    
last1 the ,gentleman us'd a great deal  
of ,liberty with a certain ,lady1       
without coming to actual ,enjoyment2    

upon which he was seiz'd with a  cutting
 pain in the right ,testicle1 which     
after two ,hours became  insensible4 ,in
 process of time a ,tumour rose by      
degrees1 which was  joined to the       
,testicle1 and was as big as a          
,turkey',egg4 ,the #hth of  ,december   
last1 this ,gentleman came hither       
incognito2 but put off the  ,operation  
'till this time1 by reason of the cold  
,season4 ,in the mean  time the         
,swelling increas'd so much1 that the   
,scrotum being uncapable  of a greater  
,extension2 it reach'd all over the     
,groin1 and ,i had a great  deal of     
trouble in tying the ,spermatick        
,vessels at ,rings of the ,abdomen4     
,this is an ,experiment that shews1 that
 the whole ,substance of ,man is        
contain'd in the ,male ,seed2 and that  
,women furnish only the ,vessel1 and    
the ,substance of ,growth and           
,nourishment4 ,i have preserv'd this    
,production to justify the ,truth of my 
,assertion4    ,donat4    ,sisteron1    

,may the #c;d4 #afig4    ,,finis4