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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	child_n	conception_n	womb_n	1,398	5	9.5747	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90085	Newes from New-England: of a most strange and prodigious birth, brought to Boston in New-England, October the 17. being a true and exact relation, brought over April 19. 1642. by a Gentleman of good worth, now resident in London. Also other relations of six strange and prodigious births in these countries following. The 1. from New-England. The 2 from Quieres. The 3d. in Ravena. The 4. in Paris. The 5. in St. Andwes-church in Paris. The 6. in the forrest Biera.	Gentleman of good worth now resident in London.	1642 (1642)	Wing N984; Thomason E144_22; ESTC R14692	3,061	8

NEWES FROM NEW-ENGLAND OF A most strange and prodigious Birth brought to Boston in New-England October the 17. being a true and exact Relation brought over April 19. 1642. by a Gentleman of good worth now resident in London Also other Relations of six strange and prodigious Births in these Countries following The 1. from New-England The 2 from Quieres The 3d. in Ravena The 4. in Parts The 5. in St. Andwes Church in Paris The 6. in the Forrest Biera TB A Monstrous Birth brought to Boston in New-England October the 17. 1637. ONe Mary wife of William Dier somtimes a Citisen and Milliner in the New-Exchange neer the city of London and being both yong very comely and proper born was delivered of a woman child still-born having life a few hour before two months before the due time yet as large as ordinary children are the face of it stood so far into the breast as the ears which were like an Apes ears grew upon the shoulders the eyes and mouth stood more out then other childrens the nose grew hooking upwards the face had no part of the head behind but a hollow place yet whole it had no forehead but in the place therof four perfect horns wherof two were above an inch long hard and pointed the other two were short the breast and shoulders were full of scales sharp and pricking like your Thornback the navell and the belly with a distinction of all the Sex were behind and the hips were before where the face stood the arms and legs were as other children but instead of toes it had on each foot claws with sharp Talents like a fowl in the vpper part of the back it had two great mouths and in each a piece of red flesh sticking in it The second AT Quiers a small Village some 10. miles from Turine in Savoy in the year 1578. upon the 17. day of Ian. about 8 a clock at night an honest Matron brought forth a child having 5. horns like to Rams horns set opposite to one another upon his head he had also a long piece of flesh like in some sort to a French hood which women used to wear hanging down from his Fore-head by the Nap of his neck almost the length of his back two other Pieces of flesh like the collar of a shirt were wrapped about his neck the fingers ends of both his hands somewhat resembled a Hawks Talons and his knees seemed to be in his hammes the right Leg and the right Foot were of a very red colour the rest of his body was of a tawny colour It is said he gave such a terrible scritch when he was brought forth that the Midwives and the rest of the women that were at her Labour were so frighted that they presently left the House and ran away when the Duke of Savoy heard of this Monster he commanded it should be brought to him which performed one would hardly think what various censures the Courtiers gave of it The third ABout the time that Pope Iulius the 2. raised up all Italy and the greatest part of Christendome against Lewis the Twelfth King of France in the year of our Lord 1512. In which year upon Easter day neer Ravena was fought that mortall Battell in which the Popes were overthrown a Monster was born in Ravena having a horn upon the crown of his head besides two wings one Foot alone most like to the Feet of Birds of prey and in the knee therof an eye the Privities of Male and Female the rest of the body like a man The Fourth IN the year 1546. a woman in Paris in her sixth Month of her account brought forth a child having two heads two arms and four legs and dissecting the body of it found but one heart by which one may know it was but one Infant For you may know this from Aristotle whether the monstrous Birth be one or more joyned together by the principall part For if that the body hath but one heart it is but one if two it is double by joyning together in the conception The Fifth IN Anno 1573. there was seen in St. Andrewes church in Paris a Boy 9. years old born in the Village Parpavilla six miles from Guise his Fathers name was Peter Renard and his Mother Marquote he had but two fingers on his right hand his Arm was well proportioned from the top of his shoulder almost to his wrist but from thence to his two fingers ends it was very deformed he wanted his legs and thighes although from the right buttock a certain unperfect figure having only four toes seemed to put it self forth from the midst of the left buttock two toes sprung out the one of which was not much unlike a mans yard The Sixth In Anno. 1517. in the parish of Knigswood in the Forrest Biera in the way of Fountain-Bleau there was a monster borne with the face of a frogg being seene by Iohn Bellinger Chirurgion to the Kings Engineers before the Iustices of the Towne of Harmoy principally Iohn Bribon the Kings Procurator in that place The fathers name was Amadeus the little his mothers Magdalina Sarbucata who troubled with a feaver by a womans perswasion held a quick frogg in her hand till it died she came thus to bed with her husband and conceived Bellanger a man of an acute wit thought this was the cause of the monstrous deformity of the Child Woman is a creature bringing vsually but one at a birth but there have beene some who have brought forth two some three some four some five some six or more at one birth Empedoches thought that tho abundance of seed was the cause of such numerous birthes the Stoiks affirme the divers cells or partitions to be the cause for the seed being variously parted into these partitions and the conception divided there are more children brought no otherwise then in rivers the water beating against divers rocks is turned into into divers circles or rounds But Aristotle saith there is no reason to thinke so for in women that parting of the wombe into cells as in doggs and sowes taketh no place For womens Wombs have but one cavity parted into two recesses the right and left nothing comming between except by chance distinguished by a certain line for often Twins lye in the same side of the Womb. Aristotles opinion is that a woman cannot bring forth more than five children at one birth The Maid of Augustus Caesar brought forth nine at a Birth she and her children dyed In the Year 1554 at Bearn in Switzerland the Wife of Doctor Iohn Gelinger brought forth five children at one Birth three Boyes and two Girls Albuccasis affirms a Woman to have bin the Mother of seven children at one Birth and another who by some externall injury did abort brought forth five perfectly shaped in all their parts Pliny reports that it was extant in the Writings of Physitians that 12. children were born at one birth and that there was another in Peloponesus which 4. severall times was delivered of five children at one birth and that the greater part of those children lived It is reported by Dalechampius that Bonaventura the slave of one Savill a Gentleman of Sena at one time brought forth 7. children of which 4. were baptized in our time between Sarte and Main in the Parish of Seaux not far from Chambella there is a Family and noble House called Maldemeure the wife of the Lord Maldemeure the first year she was marryed brought forth twins the second year she had three children the third year 4. the fourth year five the fifth year six and of that Birth she dyed Of these six one is yet alive and is Lord of Maldemeur In the valley of Beaufors in the County of Anion a young woman the daughter of Mace Channier when at one perfect birth she had brought form one child the tenth day following she fell in labour of of another but could not be delivered vntill it was plucked from her by force and was the death of the mother Martin Cromerus that author of the Polish history writeth that one Margaret a woman sprung from a noble and ancient family near Cracovia and wife to Count Virboslaus brought forth at one Birth 35 living children vpon the 20th day of Ianuary In the yeare 1296 Fransiscus Picus Mirandula writeth that one Dorothy an Italian had twenty children at two births at the first 9 at the secony 11 and that she was so big that she was forced to bear vp her belly which lay vpon her knees with a broad and large scarfe tyed about her necke as you may see by divers authours FINIS LONDON Printed for JOHN G. SMITH 1642.