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it_o come_v to_o perfection_n must_v not_o we_o of_o necessity_n conclude_v therefore_o that_o from_o this_o little_a egg_n the_o whole_a form_n of_o the_o body_n be_v produce_v in_o the_o womb_n explication_n of_o the_o figure_n figure_n i._n represent_v two_o humane_a egg_n of_o a_o different_a bigness_n figure_n ii_o represent_v a_o embryo_n of_o three_o or_o at_o the_o most_o four_o day_n after_o conception_n a_o represent_v to_o the_o eye_n the_o inward_a part_n of_o the_o membrane_n chorion_n and_o amnion_n be_v imperfect_o form_v and_o in_o which_o there_o be_v as_o yet_o no_o appearance_n of_o the_o hepar_fw-la uterinum_fw-la b_o represent_v a_o embryo_n in_o which_o may_v be_v see_v the_o distinction_n of_o the_o head_n from_o the_o body_n but_o no_o delineation_n of_o any_o other_o part_n figure_n iii_o represent_v a_o embryo_n of_o fourteen_o day_n a_o the_o hepar_fw-la uterinum_fw-la with_o the_o vein_n and_o artery_n which_o be_v disperse_v through_o the_o substance_n of_o 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