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engender_v contrariwise_o that_o which_o hinder_v conception_n be_v this_o namely_o when_o the_o matrix_fw-la be_v impure_a or_o full_a of_o ventosity_n as_o it_o maybe_o by_o occasion_n of_o fear_n of_o sorrow_n or_o weakness_n of_o woman_n yea_o and_o by_o the_o impuissance_n and_o defect_n in_o man_n chap._n vii_o how_o it_o come_v that_o male_n be_v engender_v and_o how_o female_n empedocles_n suppose_v that_o male_n and_o female_n be_v beget_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o heat_n and_o cold_a according_o and_o hereupon_o record_v it_o be_v in_o history_n that_o the_o first_o males_n in_o the_o world_n be_v procreate_v and_o bear_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n rather_o in_o the_o east_n and_o southern_a part_n but_o female_n towards_o the_o north._n parmenides_n maintain_v the_o contrary_a and_o say_v that_o males_n be_v breed_v towards_o the_o northern_a quarter_n for_o that_o the_o air_n there_o be_v more_o gross_a and_o thick_a than_o else_o where_o on_o the_o other_o side_n female_n 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woman_n she_o matrix_fw-la of_o another_o more_o than_o this_o he_o say_v nothing_o democritus_n say_v that_o the_o common_a part_n be_v engender_v indifferent_o by_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o as_o it_o fall_v out_o but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d part_n that_o make_v distinction_n of_o sex_n of_o the_o party_n which_o be_v more_o prevalent_a hipponax_n resolve_v thus_o that_o if_o the_o seed_n be_v predominant_a it_o will_v be_v a_o male_a but_o if_o the_o food_n and_o nourishment_n a_o female_a chap._n viii_o how_o monster_n be_v engender_v empedocles_n affirm_v that_o monster_n be_v engender_v either_o through_o the_o abundance_n of_o seed_n or_o default_n thereof_o either_o through_o the_o turbulent_a 〈◊〉_d perturbation_n of_o the_o move_n or_o the_o distraction_n and_o division_n of_o the_o seed_n into_o sundry_a part_n or_o else_o through_o the_o declination_n thereof_o out_o of_o the_o right_a way_n and_o thus_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v preoccupate_v in_o manner_n all_o the_o answer_n 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