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to_o stop_v up_o the_o way_n it_o come_v down_o by_o always_o leave_v a_o end_n of_o the_o rag_n without_o the_o body_n to_o draw_v it_o forth_o by_o at_o pleasure_n but_o sometime_o notwithstanding_o all_o these_o caution_n and_o the_o put_n of_o it_o back_o it_o will_v for_o all_o that_o come_v forth_o every_o pain_n and_o then_o without_o any_o more_o delay_n at_o all_o the_o midwife_n must_v bring_v the_o child_n forth_o by_o the_o foot_n which_o she_o must_v make_v a_o diligent_a search_n and_o enquiry_n after_o although_o the_o infant_n come_v with_o the_o head_n foremost_a for_o there_o be_v but_o this_o only_a mean_n leave_v remain_v to_o save_v the_o child_n life_n which_o it_o will_v certain_o lose_v by_o the_o least_o delay_n in_o such_o a_o case_n wherefore_o have_v place_v the_o woman_n convenient_o let_v she_o gentle_o put_v back_o the_o head_n which_o offer_v provide_v it_o be_v not_o engage_v too_o low_a among_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o passage_n and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v without_o too_o great_a violence_n to_o the_o woman_n for_o in_o that_o case_n it_o will_v be_v better_a to_o let_v the_o child_n run_v the_o hazard_n of_o die_v than_o to_o destroy_v the_o mother_n for_o tertullian_n as_o my_o learned_a mr._n riolanus_n very_o well_o observe_v upon_o a_o like_a subject_n say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o necessary_a cruelty_n to_o kill_v the_o child_n in_o such_o a_o case_n rather_o than_o to_o save_v it_o from_o the_o danger_n it_o be_v in_o of_o die_v and_o so_o certain_o cause_v the_o mother_n death_n and_o then_o let_v she_o slide_v up_o her_o hand_n be_v well_o anoint_v under_o the_o breast_n and_o belly_n to_o search_v for_o the_o foot_n by_o which_o she_o must_v draw_v it_o forth_o according_a as_o have_v be_v former_o discourse_v the_o which_o be_v perform_v let_v she_o immediate_o take_v care_n of_o the_o infant_n which_o be_v ever_o in_o this_o case_n very_o feeble_a sect_n xxvii_o wherein_o the_o burden_n either_o first_o offer_v itself_o or_o come_v first_o quite_o forth_o dr_n very_o well_o and_o excellent_o have_v you_o give_v we_o demonstration_n of_o your_o skill_n and_o knowledge_n hitherto_o good_a mrs._n eutrapelia_n now_o pray_v will_v you_o inform_v i_o how_o you_o act_v your_o part_n in_o a_o labour_n wherein_o the_o burden_n either_o first_o offer_v or_o else_o come_v first_o quite_o forth_o mid._n that_o i_o shall_v sir_n to_o the_o best_a of_o my_o talon_n and_o therefore_o first_o of_o all_o sir_n i_o must_v note_v that_o the_o come_n forth_o of_o the_o navil-string_n before_o the_o infant_n whereof_o we_o discourse_v in_o our_o forego_n section_n be_v oftentimes_o the_o cause_n of_o its_o death_n for_o the_o reason_n there_o allege_v but_o the_o come_n forth_o of_o the_o burden_n first_o be_v yet_o much_o more_o dangerous_a for_o that_o beside_o that_o the_o child_n be_v then_o common_o stilborn_a if_o they_o be_v not_o assist_v in_o the_o very_a instant_n the_o mother_n likewise_o be_v in_o great_a peril_n of_o her_o life_n also_o because_o of_o her_o great_a flooding_n which_o usual_o happen_v when_o it_o be_v loosen_v from_o the_o womb_n before_o its_o due_a time_n by_o reason_n that_o it_o leave_v all_o the_o orifice_n of_o the_o vessel_n to_o which_o it_o do_v cleave_v open_a whence_o incessant_o flow_v blood_n until_o the_o child_n be_v bear_v by_o reason_n that_o the_o womb_n as_o long_o as_o any_o thing_n continue_v there_o do_v every_o moment_n strong_o endeavour_v to_o expel_v it_o by_o which_o mean_v it_o continual_o void_v and_o express_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o vessel_n which_o be_v always_o open_a as_o we_o have_v already_o explain_v when_o the_o burden_n be_v so_o separate_v as_o long_o as_o the_o womb_n remain_v extend_v and_o can_v be_v close_v until_o it_o have_v void_v all_o that_o it_o do_v contain_v and_o come_v by_o the_o contraction_n of_o its_o membranous_a substance_n to_o stop_v they_o by_o press_v they_o together_o wherefore_o if_o the_o midwife_n ought_v to_o be_v vigilant_a and_o diligent_a to_o succour_v a_o infant_n when_o the_o navil-string_n come_v first_o how_o much_o more_o ought_v she_o to_o be_v so_o when_o burden_n come_v forth_o first_o and_o wherein_o the_o least_o delay_n be_v ever_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o infant_n sudden_a death_n if_o the_o woman_n be_v not_o speedy_o deliver_v because_o the_o infant_n can_v then_o remain_v long_o in_o the_o womb_n without_o be_v choke_v or_o stifle_v be_v it_o stand_v in_o need_n at_o that_o time_n of_o breathe_v at_o the_o mouth_n as_o we_o explain_v the_o forego_n discourse_n the_o blood_n be_v no_o long_o enliven_v by_o the_o preparation_n make_v in_o the_o burden_n the_o use_n and_o function_n of_o which_o then_o cease_v from_o that_o very_a instant_n that_o it_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o womb_n to_o which_o it_o be_v join_v for_o which_o reason_n there_o immediate_o follow_v a_o great_a fludding_n which_o be_v so_o dangerous_a for_o the_o 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