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diff --git a/old/13569.txt b/old/13569.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2821163 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/13569.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1794 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Tractus de Hermaphrodites, by Giles Jacob + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Tractus de Hermaphrodites + +Author: Giles Jacob + +Release Date: October 1, 2004 [EBook #13569] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRACTUS DE HERMAPHRODITES *** + + + + +Produced by David Starner, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team. + + + + + + +=_Tractatus de Hermaphroditis_:= + +=OR, A= + +=TREATISE= + +=OF= + +=HERMAPHRODITES,= + +=CONTAINING= + + I. A Description of the several Sorts of HERMAPHRODITES, and how the + Law regards them in respect to Matrimony. + + II. Intrigues of HERMAPHRODITES and Masculine FEMALES, and of the + outward Marks to distinguish them. + + III. The material Cause and Generation of HERMAPHRODITES, of + unnatural BIRTHS, Generation of MONSTERS, extraordinary CONCEPTIONS, + &c. + +=_LONDON_:= + +=Printed for E. CURLL _Fleet-street_.= + +=MDCCXVIII.= + + + + +PREFACE. + + +_Prefaces now a Days are rather Apologies for the Works to which they +are prefix'd, than written for Instruction; and generally a ludicrous +Scene is expected, if the Performance be of an airy Nature; or, if not, +at least an introductory Specimen of what the Reader may hope for in the +Body of the Work_. + +_I shall make no Apology for my Subject, notwithstanding an impudent +Libeller has endeavour'd to load Authors and Publishers of Works of +this Nature with the utmost Infamy; and herein I admire at the Front of +the Fellow, to pretend to Chastise others for Writing only, when he +practises a great deal more Iniquity than any Book extant can prompt him +to, every Day that comes over his Head_. + +MY _Design in the following Sheets is meerly as an innocent +Entertainment for all curious Persons, without any Views of inciting +Masculine-Females to Amorous Tryals with their own Sex; and I am +perswaded there will not be one single_ HERMAPHRODITE _the more in the +World, on account of the publishing this_ TREATISE. + +IT _may be expected by some faithless Persons, that I should produce +an_ HERMAPHRODITE _to publick View, as an incontestible Justification of +there being Humane Creatures of this kind; but as I have no Authority to +take up the Petticoats of any Female without her Consent, I hope to be +excus'd from making such demonstrable Proofs; and if I had such a Power, +the Sight might endanger the Welfare of some pregnant Female, whose +Curiosity would spur her to a particular Examination_. + +_The Intrigues of my_ HERMAPHRODITES _are indeed very amazing, and as +monstrous as their Natures, but that many Lascivious Females divert +themselves one with another at this time in this City, is not to be +doubted: And if any Persons shall presume to Censure my Accounts, +grounded on a Probability of Truth, I shall be sufficiently reveng'd in +proclaiming them, what my_ HERMAPHRODITES _are found to be in the +Conclusion_--Old Women. + +_I confess, all Histories of extraordinary Conceptions from these +Intrigues, or by Women without actual Copulation, are equally fabulous +with those of the Engendring of Men: It would be as surprizing to find a +Man with a teeming Belly, as to see a Woman increase there meerly by her +own Applications_. + +_I doubt not but this small_ TREATISE _may put some Persons upon a +previous Examination of Robust Females, that they may be at a certainty +with respect to mutual Enjoyment; but I would not have them rashly +conclude from large Appurtenances only, that they are unnatural, but, on +the contrary, agreeable Companions._ + +_To conclude, I fear not the Censure of_ HERMAPHRODITES, _nor of those +that would be such to satisfy their vicious Inclinations; neither am I +under any apprehensions from the Censure of our Reforming Zealots_. + + + + + * * * * * + +_Tractatus de Hermaphroditis_: + +OR, A + +TREATISE + +OF + +HERMAPHRODITES. + + +The Secrets of Nature have in all Ages been particularly examin'd by +Anatomists and others, and this of _Hermaphrodites_ is so very +wonderful, that I am perfectly assur'd my present Enquiry will be +entirely acceptable to all Lovers of curious Discoveries; and as it is +my immediate Business to trace every Particular for an ample +Dissertation on the Nature of _Hermaphrodites_, (which obliges me to a +frequent Repetition of the Names of the Parts employ'd in the Business +of Generation) so, I hope, I shall not be charg'd with Obscenity, since +in all Treatises of this Kind it is impossible to finish any one Head +compleatly, without pursuing the Methods of Anatomical Writings. + +Though in _Ovid_'s _Metamorphosis_, _Salmacis_'s being in Love with +_Hermaphroditus_, and not succeeding in her amorous Wishes, her praying +to the Gods to join their Bodies in one, has no Weight in it; yet, that +the Notions of Hermaphrodites are not entirely fictitious, I need only +mention the Servant of _Montuus_, who took his Hermaphrodite to be a +Male when he lay with his Maids, and for a Female when she lay with her +Husband to propagate their Species, the two Hermaphrodites of +_Licetus_, and the Story of _Ausonius_, which he relates of an +Hermaphrodite of _Bonavento_ in _Italy_; and Histories are full of +Confirmations, that many Persons in the World have had the privy Parts +of both Sexes. + +For the Definition of the Word Sex, it is no other than a Distinction of +Male and Female, in which this is most observable, that for the Parts of +the Body, there is but little Difference between them; but the Females +are colder than the Males, and abound with more superfluous Moisture; +wherefore their spermatick Parts are more soft and humid, and all their +natural Actions more vigorous than those of Men: But Hermaphrodites are +a mixture of both Sexes, and to both incompleat. + +In all Ages Hermaphrodites have been talk'd of, though particular +Vouchers have been many times wanting, which is generally the Case +where a Deficiency of the Secrets of Nature is to be detected; the +amorous Parts are certainly more valuable than any other principal Parts +of the Body, as they afford the greatest pleasure of Life; and there is +always the greatest Difficulty attends the Discoveries of Impotency, +(which is less obnoxious) and nothing but the Force of the Law executed +by a lascivious Female, in the State of Matrimony, will occasion a +Record of a want of Substance for the amorous Adventure. + +It is natural to suppose, that these Persons of a mix'd Nature call'd +Hermaphrodites, have had generally more Prudence and Conduct than to +marry under such Incapacities, which would prevent an agreeable +Consummation in the amorous Embrace, (however they may sport and dally +with each other) as they must expect nothing but the greatest Resentment +and highest Indignation from the Persons they have presumptuously +espous'd, and must inevitably tend to their being expos'd to the World, +as Prodigies and Monsters; and they have in Times past been the more +effectually deterr'd from engaging in Matrimony, as they were +immediately on their Discovery cast into the Sea or some large Rivers, +or banish'd into some desolate Island, as presages of dire Events, and +the worst of Calamities. + +But the Civil Law does not regard Hermaphrodites as Monsters, it permits +them to make a Choice of either of the two Sexes for the Business of +Copulation, either in the Capacity of Men or Women; but if the +Hermaphrodite does not perform his Part agreeable to Nature, the same +Law inflicts the Punishment due to Sodomy, because he has abus'd one +Part, contrary to Matures Laws. This must be determin'd by the +Predominancy of the Parts, for there are some Hermaphrodites so very +vigorous as to embrace Women, and others whose Parts are so dispos'd as +to receive with pleasure the Caresses of Men; and where there is nothing +to hinder the amorous Action, but that they are capable of enjoying +mutual Pleasure, it would be a piece of injustice to prohibit their +Nuptials. + +Monsieur _Venette_[A] tells us, that there are five kinds of +Hermaphrodites: The first have the privy Parts of a Man very entire; +they make Water and Engender like other Men, but with this difference, +that they have a pretty deep Slit between the Seat and the Cod, which is +of no Use in Generation. + +The second Sort have also the Parts of a Man very well proportion'd, +that serve either the Functions of Life or Generation; but they have a +Slit not so deep as the first Sort, which being in the midst of the +Cods, presses the Testicles on each side. + +The third Sort have no visible privy Parts of a Man, only a Slit, +through which the Hermaphrodite makes Water. This Cavity is deeper or +shallower, according to the plenty or default of Matter employ'd for the +forming of it, yet one may easily find the Bottom of it with one's +Finger. The Terms never flow by this way, and this kind of Hermaphrodite +is a true Man as well as the two others above mention'd; for these sorts +of Hermaphrodites become Boys, about the Age of fifteen, in an Instant, +and are as valiant in the Adventures of Love as other Males, and this is +oftentimes affected by some violent Action, as _Mary Germain_, mention'd +by _Paraeus_, leaping over a Ditch, strain'd herself, and became +instantly a Man, through the coming forth of the privy Parts. + +This may be a sufficient Caution to young Gentlemen not to be too hasty +in their Marriages, lest, in a vigorous Consummation with a very +youthful Partner, the imaginary Female should at once appear an +Hermaphrodite. + +The fourth Sort of Hermaphrodites, are Women who have the _Clitoris_ +bigger and longer than others, and thereby impose upon the Vulgar, who +know but little of the Parts they are compos'd of, and of these kinds of +Hermaphrodites, _Columbus_ says he examin'd all the Parts, and found no +essential Difference from other Women; the only Sign that they are Women +is, that they suffer the flowing of their Terms every Month. + +The fifth Kind, are those that have neither the Use of the one nor the +other Sex, and have their privy Parts confus'd, and the Temper of Man +and Woman so inter-mix'd, that one can hardly say which is most +predominant; but these sorts of Persons are rather a kind of Eunuchs +than Hermaphrodites, their _Penis_ being good for nothing, and their +Terms never flowing. Of this Kind was the _Bohemian_ Woman, that pray'd +_Columbus_ to cut off her _Penis_, and to enlarge her _Vagina_, that she +might the more freely, as she alledg'd, join amorously with a Man. + +These are the several Sorts of Hermaphrodites, mentioned by Monsieur +_Venette_; and the four first of them, tho' they have the Name, yet +Nature has not refus'd them the Advantage to make use of their Genital +Parts, and to Engender as others. The Male Hermaphrodite may get +Children, and the Female conceive; so that neither the one nor the other +differ from Men or Women, but only by a superfluity or a deficiency of +Parts, and such as does not disturb the business of Generation. + +The fifth Sort are call'd perfect Hermaphrodites, because they are +incapable of using either of the Sexes; but some Persons fancy there are +a sort of Hermaphrodites which can make use of both Sexes, and Engender +both ways, though this is easily confuted, when we consider that one of +the privy Parts of an Hermaphrodite is generally useless, as being +contrary to the Laws of Nature, and what confusion would it be, to find +in one and the same Person a Man's and Woman's Testicles, a Womb and a +_Penis_? A Woman's Genital Parts and a Man's are too different to admit +of such an Union, and to change the Use upon any occasion. + +Agreeable to the list mention'd Opinion, some Naturalists will have it, +that an Hermaphrodite, which is very vigorous as to both Sexes, may +Engender within himself, without the Company of another Person, having +Matter to form a Child, a Place to conceive it, and proper Liquid for +Nourishment: In the same manner as _Jack Hares_ engender once in their +Lives, and that _Stags_ do the same, which is maintain'd by the learned +_Langius_: But these Generations are both impossible and ridiculous, the +Naturalists must certainly be deceiv'd, in taking some Parts of the +Female for the Testicles of the Male; and what probability is there that +the Seed should come out of one Part and into the other, without losing +its Spirits, and altering considerably in changing of Place? And if such +a Thing were possible, the Temperament that engenders Masculine Seed +might as well engender Feminine, and produce the Terms at the same Time +or something else in proportion to it. + +Women having Beards, and being a large Masculine Size, have been +sometimes, by the Ignorant, accounted Men, tho' they were true Women; +and it cannot be said, that one Sex is chang'd into another, for we +never heard of Men that became Women, and that their, privy Parts were +abolish'd; or turn'd within, in order to form the Genital Parts of a +Woman. The Hermaphrodites of _Licetus_, which conceiv'd and brought +forth Children, were real Women taken for Men, by reason of the length +and bigness of their _Clitoris_: And the Fisherman's Wife, mention'd by +_Antonius de Palma_, was only a Male, call'd the third sort of +Hermaphrodites undiscover'd, which was afterwards manifested in the +coming out of the Parts of a Man, when she had been fourteen Years +married. The Case was the same with _Emilia_, marry'd to _Antonius +Sperta_, mention'd by _Potanus_ who was accounted a Woman twelve Years, +but was afterwards reputed a Man, and married again to a Woman. + +For the Discovery of the Male and Female Hermaphrodite, these +Observations will be serviceable: A Person that is bold and sprightly, +having a strong Voice, much Hair on the Body, particularly on the Chin +and privy Parts, with the rest of such Signs as discover Manhood, are +certain Demonstrations that the Hermaphrodite has the privy Parts of a +Man in a more predominant manner than those of the other Sex; and +contrarywise, if an Hermaphrodite has good Breasts, Skin smooth and +soft; if the Terms appear at their due Intervals; if there be a +sparkling and agreeableness in the Eyes; and if other Signs are +observ'd, that commonly distinguish a Woman from a Man, these are +Arguments that the Hermaphrodite has the Privities of the Female Sex of +a good Conformation; and if the _Vagina_ is not too defective, such an +Hermaphrodite ought to pass for a Woman. + +I doubt not but there are many Persons in the World of both Species, +particularly of the Female Sex, who would willingly assume to +themselves the Parts belonging to Hermaphrodites, if they could have a +vigorous Use of the Members of both Sexes, upon any lustful Inclination; +a lascivious Female would be transported at the Thoughts of acting the +Part of a Man in the amorous Adventure, and a lecherous Male would +propose equal Pleasure in receiving the Embraces he use to bestow; but +tho' most Persons agree that Women have the greatest Sense of Enjoyment +in the Act of Copulation, (as without all question they must, by the +Situation and Disposition of the Parts) yet they would be more forward +in satisfying this brutal Curiosity than those of the opposite Sex. Men +are more easy to be limited in the Pleasures of _Venus_ than Women; as +they are endu'd with more Reason, so they are generally easily satisfied +in those Enjoyments, which were chiefly design'd for the propagating of +their Species. + +If two Persons, being Hermaphrodites, should Marry with an expectation +of pleasing each other, as Male and Female by turns, they'll meet with a +Disappointment, for the Reasons already mention'd, _viz_. That one of +the Members of Hermaphrodites is most commonly useless, and if a Man +should by chance be married to a Person of his own Sex, before the Parts +are come down, (which, as I have observ'd before, sometimes happens, +where Persons are wedded in an Age of Infancy) a great Disappointment +will ensue to the Husband, when his Partner shall take the Constitution +of a Man, and be ready to engage with him, instead of his encountering +with her; and in respect of a masculine Woman's being taken by the +Length of her _Clitoris_ for a Man, _Daniel de Bantin_ only sported with +his Wife, but was got with Child himself by one of his Companions. The +_Clitoris_ not being perforated, the Hermaphrodite can furnish no Matter +for Generation. + +The _Clitoris_ in Women suffers erection and falling in the same manner +as the _Penis_ in Men; and the _Vagina_ likewise swells to make the +Passage streight and easy, for the reception of the _Penis_ in the Time +of Enjoyment. Sometimes the _Clitoris_ will grow out of the Body two or +three Inches, but that happens not but upon extraordinary Occasions, +upon violent Inclinations to Copulation, over much Heat of the +Privities, _&c._ and by this means a Man will be hinder'd from knowing +his Wife; but the larger it is, so as no way to prevent their mutual +Embraces, the greater is the Pleasure, especially to the Female; and +without this Part, the fair Sex would neither desire the Embraces of the +Males, nor have any Pleasure in them, or Conceive by them. + +Women well furnish'd in these Parts may divert themselves with their +Companions, to whom for the most part they can give as much Pleasure as +Men do, but cannot receive in any proportion the Pleasure themselves, +for want of Ejaculation, the Crisis of Enjoyment to the Male in the +Intrigues of _Venus_. I am inform'd that Diversions of this nature are +frequently practis'd by robust and lustful Females, who cannot with any +prospect of safety to their Reputations, venture upon the Embraces of a +Man, though they are never so strongly enclin'd. The unnatural Pleasures +of this kind are finely illustrated in the following Song, written by +Mr. ROWE, which I take it will not be improperly inserted in this Place. + + +[Footnote A: Le Tableau de l'Amour Conjugal, par Monsieur _Venette_. +Paris 1710.] + + + + +SONG. + + + I. + + _While_ SAPPHO, _with harmonious Airs, + Her dear_ PHILENIS _charms, + With equal joy the Nymph appears, + Dissolving in her Arms_. + + + II. + + _Thus to themselves alone they are, + What all_ Mankind _can give; + Alternately the happy Pair + All grant, and all receive_. + + + III. + + _Like the_ Twin-Stars, _so fam'd for Friends, + Who set by Turns and rise; + When_ one _to_ THETIS _Lap descends + His_ Brother _mounts the Skies_. + + + IV. + + _With happier Fate, and kinder Care, + These_ Nymphs _by_ Turns _do reign, + While still the_ Falling, _does prepare + The Rising, to sustain_. + + + V. + + _The Joys of either Sex in Love; + In each of them we read, + Successive each, to each does prove, + Fierce Youth and yielding Maid_. + + + + + * * * * * + +_Intrigues of Hermaphrodites and Masculine Females_. + + +The hotter the Climate, the stronger are the Inclinations to Venery. +When I was formerly in _Italy_; there happened a notable Adventure in +the Neighbourhood of _Rome_, between a certain Lady call'd _Margureta_, +one of a noble Family in the Papal Dominions, and a Lady of _France_, +whose Name was _Barbarissa_: These two Females were in their Statures +very near equal to the largest siz'd Male; they had full and rough +Faces, large Shoulders, Hands and Feet; and but slender Hips, and small +breasts: In short, they resembled Men in all respects, but their +Dresses, their Gates and Voices, and indeed they were suspected to be +Hermaphrodites. These Ladies, I am inform'd, paid frequent Visits to +each other, and 'twas always observ'd, that no Body was admitted to +their splendid Entertainments, which heighten'd the Curiosity of a +Servant in the Family of _Margureta_, to attempt a Discovery of their +Intrigues, they always locking themselves in, the moment they had +dispatch'd their Suppers: In order to this, on a Time, this Servant, +call'd _Nicolini_, with a piercing Instrument of Iron, and the +Assistance of an Artificer, ingeniously made a Communication for the +Sight into the next Room, by working a small Hole through the Wainscot, +opposite to the Bed, in the Chamber wherein the two Masculine Ladies +accustom'd to solace themselves. At the next Meeting, _Nicolini,_ to his +no small surprise, had a Prospect of the two Females embracing each +other, with a succession of Kisses of no short Duration. After this they +both drew up their Petticoat, and exposing their Thighs to view, they +mutually employ'd their Hands with each other, in the same Manner, and +with the same force of Inclination, as a juvenile Gallant would make his +Approaches to what he most admires in a beautiful _Belinda_, at the same +Time continuing the closest Salutations; at last one of the Females +threw herself down upon the Bed, and displaying her self commodiously, +the other immediately begun the amorous Adventure, covering her +Companion so effectually, that _Nicolini_ could not possibly discover +any farther Particulars: They had not continu'd their Sportings long +before _Margureta_, which officiated now instead of the Man, arose from +_Barbarissa_, and turning towards the Window with her Cloaths up in her +Arms, _Nicolini_ immediately discover'd something hang down from her +Body of a reddish Colour, and which was very unusual: They both +panting, and almost breathless, retir'd from the Bed to a Table, where +they sat down and refresh'd themselves with sufficient Quantities of +generous Wine. About an Hour after this, they began to renew their +Frolicks, and it being _Barbarissa_'s turn to caress, who was not so +Masculine as _Margureta_, to incite the falling down and erection of her +Female Member, she turn'd over a large Book, amply stor'd with obscene +Portraitures, wherein the amorous Combat was curiously describ'd in the +utmost variety of Postures which were ever practic'd, or the Head of a +youthful and ingenious Painter could invent; but this not having the +Effect expected, _Margureta_ strip'd her self naked, as did likewise +_Barbarissa_, and both dancing about the Room, they gave each other +repeated Strokes with their Hands on their white Posteriors; and this +likewise failing to move _Barbarissa_, _Margureta_ open'd a Cabinet, +and taking from thence a large Birchen Rod, she flogg'd _Barbarissa_ +lustily, her Buttocks seeming to yield to that amorous Discipline; upon +this, something appear'd from the Privities of _Barbarissa_, like unto +what _Nicolini_ had observ'd of _Margureta_, and they instantly put on +their loose Gowns, and ran to the Bed, where _Barbarissa_ embracing her +Companion, did her Work effectually. After their Sportings were over, +that each had return'd the Favours receiv'd, they decently dress'd +themselves, and sat them down again to the Table, where, after drinking +a Bottle or two of the richest _Italian_ Wines, they kiss'd each other +in the most loving manner, and _Margureta_ rang the Bell for _Nicolini_ +to light _Barbarissa_ down Stairs, who immediately taking leave of +_Margureta_, was carried in a Chair to her Place of Residence. + +This Story sufficiently shews the unnatural Intrigues of some Masculine +Females, where by the falling down and largeness of the _Clitoris_, +they have been taken for Men, as mention'd in my Description of +Hermaphrodites, and are capable of every Action belonging to a Man, but +that of Ejaculation. I next insert an Intrigue between two Females more +extraordinary than the former, by reason in this, Art was only employ'd, +and in the other there was something of Nature in it, tho' viciously +apply'd: I shall introduce it with several Adventures which happen'd in +this Cafe before the Scene was accomplish'd, and which I doubt not will +be acceptable. In the City of _Ferara_, 'tis reported, there some time +since liv'd two Damsels who were of reputable Descent, and their +Education was equal to that of the greatest Quality in the Territories +of _Italy_; the Name of one of them was _Theodora_, and of the other +_Amaryllis_: _Theodora_ was the Daughter of an eminent Courtier, and in +her Person most beautiful; her Shape was form'd according to the nicest +Rules of Symetry; her Waste was slender, her Breasts were full and +round, and for Whiteness equall'd the falling Snow; her Face was exactly +compos'd, the Features strong and yet beautiful; her Cheeks more lively +than the Rose and Lilly; her Eyes sparkled beyond the most shining +Planets; her Teeth excell'd the best polish'd Ivory; soft as Velvet were +her Lips, and redder than Vermillion; her Hand and Arm more white than +Milk; her Feet small, and her Gate stately, and on her Shoulders were +display'd her auborn Tresses, hanging in Ringlets to her Waste; in +short, every Part that was visible invited to hidden Charms; her Looks +were languishing, and her Eye-Balls large, which, perpetually rowling, +cast a thousand Darts at all Beholders. _Amaryllis_ the Daughter of a +wealthy Merchant and no less admir'd for her Beauty than the lovely +_Theodora_; she was made up of Perfections, and whomsoever she saw +unguarded, she was sure to captivate: These two Ladies were both of them +cross'd in their amorous Inclinations; _Theodora_, before she was +thirteen Years of Age, had made a powerful Conquest over the Affections +of a Youth of Gallantry, his Name was _Leander_, and he was the eldest +Son of a Nobleman of _Naples_; but _Theodora_'s Father having no regard +to the Happiness of his Daughter, after _Leander_ had made his +Addresses, he forbad him his House, not approving the Circumstances or +the Character of the young Gentleman; for the Father of _Theodora_ was a +mercenary Courtier, having no regard to any but such as were in their +Nature Misers and sanctified Hypocrites, and _Leander_ being a Gentleman +inclin'd to Extravagancy. _Leander_ setting a greater value upon his +Education, Manners and good Nature than his Fortune, was oblig'd to +desist in his Pretensions and to sink under the oppression of Avarice: +He determin'd to leave _Ferara_, since he was there to see his +Happiness, no more, however, he resolv'd to send his Fair One, a moving +_Billet Doux_ before his Departure, which he did, and it was as follows. + + To the _GODDESS_ of _Ferara_, the Beautiful _THEODORA_. + + _Divine Creature, + +It is not to be admir'd that I, the meanest of your Servants, should be +rejected by your wealthy Parents, and that Heaven should deny me a +Happiness which it self only ought to enjoy; Why did Nature make you so +Beautiful and Deserving, and me so unworthy of your Affection? My misery +increases with your Happiness, unless you participate my Pains; you are +in the Bud of your Beauty, which when full blown, will be like the Sun +in the midst of the Horizon, Illuminating the whole World, but its +penetrating Rays not to be gaz'd upon. You are the Lilly and I am the +Thorn; you beautify the rich fertile Vale, whilst I retire to the barren +Mountains. I will pass the Alps 'till I approach the most aspiring +Mount, and there, in view of_ Ferara, _I will lay me down and bid the +World Adieu. When I am gone, remember that you had once a Lover who +could sacrifice every thing for our Service, and without you he could +enjoy nothing. I have not only concerted my Journey from_ Ferara, _but +likewise to the_ Elysian Groves; _if my grizly Ghost should terrify that +sordid Wretch your Father, 'tis no more than he deserves, and if my +Shade appears to you, look on that unconcern'd which cannot injure you. +My last Request to you is to take care of your self, who am_ + + Your despairing Lover, + + But Admirer, + + LEANDER + +_Theodora_ receiv'd this moving Letter with a Concern proportion'd to +the melancholly Occasion; she communicated it to an intimate +Acquaintance, who likewise express'd the utmost Uneasiness; the thoughts +of the Catastrophe of the Loves of _Theodora_ and _Leander_ presented a +lively Idea to _Theodora's_ Companion, of the Miseries and Misfortunes +attending Mankind. "Hard is the Case (says she) that _Leander_, one of +the finest young Gentlemen of _Naples_, should be sacrific'd to a +mercenary Wretch, a Wretch, that in the midst of plenty is poor and +miserable, and who, tho' he has all Things to compleat his Happiness, +his avaricious Temper will not permit him to enjoy the common +Necessaries of Life: The Pleasures of living he's a Stranger to, he +lives despis'd, and will die unpitied: But such is the inequality of +Fortune's Favours, that Merit must stoop and Ideots be advanc'd to the +highest Pomp and Magnificence. It is entirely out of your Power to give +the pitied _Leander_ the least Relief; your Father's House is a Nunnery, +he has his Locks and Keys to secure you, and his Spies for Intelligence; +but I advise you to send the unfortunate Youth an Answer to his mournful +Epistle." Upon this, _Theodora_ immediately call'd for Pen, Ink and +Paper, and wrote the following Answer. + + To the unfortunate LEANDER. + +_I am sorry that you had the Misfortune ever to see me, and the more for +that in vain I seek your Relief; it is not in my Power to forward either +your Happiness or my own, which I confess I should think compleat, if my +mercenary Father would consent to my Espousals; but it is so far from +this, that I am to see for the future, so that the Lilly you admire now +droops its Head, and the whole Vale's enclouded at my sorrowful Fate; I +would willingly accompany the Briar to the Mountains. Impute not to me +your approaching Calamities, which only increase with _Theodora'_s. +Think me no longer handsome, who have so many Imperfections to sully +those Trifles you call Beauties; No, range me with Deformity, since +other Ideas may increase your Pain. I desire you to forget me, of I am +oblig'd to endeavour not to remember you._ + + Your most disconsolate + + Lover, + + THEODORA. + +Upon receipt of this Letter, _Leander_ quitted _Ferara_ with a Grief +inexpressible, but however had Resolution to finish his Journey to the +Place of his Nativity without self Violence, but soon after, resign'd a +miserable life. + +I come now to the Story of _Amaryllis_. _Amaryllis_ was formerly deeply +in Love with a Gentleman of _France_, (she being originally of that +Kingdom) whose Name was _Sempronius_; his Person was stately and very +well proportion'd; his Face was ruddy and inclining to be large; his +Eyes full and lively, with Eye-Brows and Beard pretty thick; of a dark +brown Colour; and his Skin was clear, his Shoulders were strong and well +set, and Limbs rather large than small, but exactly shap'd: He was +perfectly good natur'd, complaisant in his Behaviour, and gallant in his +Amours, his Dress was easy and genteel, his Approaches sprightly, and +his Conversation the most endearing. _Amaryllis_ was extremly fond of +_Sempronius_ and _Sempronius_ was fond of _Amaryllis_, without each +other they were equally unhappy; repeated Visits introduc'd each coming +Day, and innocent Embraces crown'd the Night: Love and Liberty were +their constant Themes, and nothing was wanting but the Marriage +Ceremony to compleat their Felicity; but it so fell out, that after a +Day was appointed for celebrating their Nuptials, that a young Gentleman +of _Spain_ call'd _Richardo_, envying the Happiness of _Sempronius_, +made several Attempts to disconcert his Measures; and one Night, taking +with him an Officer of Justice, whom he brib'd to his Interest, he +repair'd to the House of _Amaryllis_; and knocking with great Violence, +_Amaryllis_ was very much alarm'd; but she sent down her Servant to +enquire into the Occasion of this uncommon Approach. The Servant no +sooner open'd the Door, but _Richardo_ and the Officer of Justice +enter'd the House, (beating down the Servant) and immediately ascended +the Stairs in pursuit of _Sempronius_; during this Bustle, _Amaryllis_ +suspecting a Design against _Sempronius_, (_Richardo_ having formerly +offer'd his Service to her, and Revenge being the common Consequence of +a Disappointment with a _Spaniard_) lock'd him into a private Closet, +which was no sooner done, but _Richardo_ enter'd the Room with his Sword +drawn, _Amaryllis_ having but just Time to secure her Lover. _Richardo_ +demanded of _Amaryllis_ the gay _Sempronius_ as a Criminal, telling her +he had committed a Rape on the Body of the virtuous _Maria_ a Lady +celebrated for Beauty, and to whom all _Italy_ could not produce an +Equal, the Officer ran about the Room, crying, "Justice, Justice, where is +the Villain _Sempronius."_ They search'd the Room very diligently, and +not finding _Sempronius_ at last _Richardo_ address'd himself to +_Amaryllis_ in these Words: "Madam, I hope you have more Virtue and +Honour than to shelter a Criminal, especially where one of your most +beautiful Sex is concern'd, and the greatest Innocence has been +violated: If you allow your House to to be a Sanctuary for Offenders of +this Nature, Justice will require Satisfaction at your Door; you may +your self expect the same Injury to your Person, and I am now prepar'd +to shew a Resentment that will not be pleasing to _Amaryllis_, either +comply with my Desires in producing the Criminal, or expect to fall my +Victim." This Speech very much confounded _Amaryllis_; the Designs of +_Richardo_ she could not easily penetrate, whether against her self or +_Sempronius_ the Plot was laid, or whether it extended to both, she +could not determine: But at last she summon'd her Courage and her +Reason, and with a look of Indignation peculiar to her Sex, she answer'd +thus the malicious and designing _Richardo_: "What Crimes _Sempronius_ +has been guilty of, is to me a Secret, but that _Richardo_ deserves the +Character now given of _Sempronius_ is very obvious, and needs no +Difficulty for me to affirm; your brutal Inclinations are not easily +satisfied: When you made your Addresses to me, your Designs were base +and dishonourable; you more than once attempted with force to violate my +Chastity, and for ought I know you are now come upon the same Errand: +What could make you approach me in this hostile manner, but to Ravish +_Amaryllis_, or to Murder _Sempronius_, under a pretence of Justice? But +let the Event be what it will, I'll not deliver up him who is dearer to +me than Life, but dare a Villain to his worst." This heroick Speech made +by _Amaryllis_ dash'd _Richardo_ for the present; but he being resolv'd +to prosecute his Intentions (which indeed were both to Murder +_Sempronius_ and ravish _Amaryllis_, as she had guess'd) he advanc'd +nearer to _Amaryllis_, and took her in his Arms, upon which she cry'd +out with violence, whereupon _Sempronius_, who had heard every thing +that had pass'd, open'd the Closet Door, and sallying out Sword in Hand +to defend himself and his Mistress, _Richardo_ rush'd from _Amaryllis_ +and attack'd _Sempronius_; they fought sometime without any seeming +Advantage on either Side, 'til at length the Officer belonging to +_Richardo_ knock'd down _Sempronius_ and _Richardo_ ran him to the +Heart, _Amaryllis_, through the Negligence of the Officer, had an +opportunity of escaping to a neighbouring House, where, he acquainted +the Inhabitants with the dismal Tragedy; upon this Warrants were issu'd +from the next Magistrates for Apprehension of _Richard_, but took Post +for _Germany_, where secur'd himsef: in a famous Monastery. In great +despair and confusion _Amaryllis_ left the Kingdom of France and +travell'd into _Italy_, to to forget this barbarous Treatment of her +unfortunate Lover. At first she propos'd to retire to some Country +Village, and spend the remainder of her Life in Sighs and Groans, and +complaining Sonnets; for this purpose she compos'd the following Lines. + + + + +SONG. + + + I. + + _Since gay_ SEMPRONIUS _now is gone, + What Comfort yields my Life? + I shall Unhappy be alone, + My Breast is fill'd with Strife._ + + + II. + + _The Sun is set e'er Noon arrived, + Sad Glooms around me spread, + No flowing Joys the Lad surviv'd, + He's now rang'd with the Dead._ + + + III. + + SEMPRONIUS _Dear, where are ye stole? + Could I but find thee strait, + I'd cut the Thread of Life my Soul + On thy bless'd Shade would wait._ + + + IV. + + _If to th' infernal Regions, Woe,_ + SEMPRONIUS _is confin'd; + His Ghost I'll trace, persue below + To ease my tortur'd Mind._ + + + V. + + _I still in vain, alas! prepare + In vain I strive to sleep; + My Breast is fill'd with deadly Care + I'll lay me down and weep._ + + + VI. + + _All worldly Joys I bid adieu, + All Pleasures I forsake; + SEMPRONIUS still I'll sleep with you; + I'll with the Touth awake._ + +_Amaryllis_ did not long continue her Resolution of going into the +Country, fearing an invincible Despair would ensue; and upon advising +with a Bosom Friend, she was disuaded from it: Her Intimate thought it +might be a Diversion to her Melancholly to repair to some popular City, +where a variety of Conversation and airy Entertainments, might, if +possible, eraze the Memory of her deceas'd Lover. Accordingly +_Amaryllis_ immediately set out for _Ferara_, where she had been but an +inconsiderable Time, before she accidentally fell into the Company of +_Theodora_, whose Disappointment, already related, was little inferior +to hers, and both repeating their Stories, they found so near a +Resemblance in their Misfortunes, that they resolv'd to live together as +Sisters or inseperable Companions, and to use their utmost Artifices for +the Relief of each other. I have been led into this seeming Romance, to +shew particularly the fatal Disappointments attending these two +beautiful Females, which were very extraordinary, especially those of +the Latter; and to shew, in a particular manner, how these two Ladies +first became acquainted, as an Introduction to what follows. I come now +to their Female Intrigues, which were no less uncommon than their +Misfortunes. + +_Theodora_ and _Amaryllis_ liv'd together some Time, and at last by the +constant perusal of airy Books, and a few entertaining Companions, they +had in some, measure forgot their unfortunate Lovers, but they resolv'd +never for the future to fix their Affections upon any Man living; and +living in Luxury, in the prime of their Years, in a hot inciting +Climate, they at length were naturally inclin'd to the most abominable +Pollution: They provided artificial _Penis's_ of the largest Dimensions, +and with Ribbons they fasten'd the Root of the Instrument, in the same +Situation as Nature has plac'd the Substance in Man; they frequently +embrac'd one another by turns, as Man and woman in the amorous +Adventure; and when their Vigour was so much abated, that they were no +longer able to struggle, the Female uppermost withdrew, and taking +another Instrument in her Hand, she us'd it on her Companion with an +Injection of Moisture, which, with the rubbing, occasion'd such a +tickling, as to force a discharge of Matter and facilitate the Pleasure. +This was their daily Practice for a considerable space, 'till at last a +Confident of _Theodora_'s who was sometimes admitted as variety in these +Brutal Enjoyments, for a large Sum of Money reveal'd their Intrigues to +_Philetus_, a Youth of a very comly Person, but a little Effeminate, who +passionately admir'd the beautiful _Theodora_, and who had made several +Attempts on her in vain. + +_Philetus_ being let into the Secret of _Theodora_'s Intrigues, by the +Assistance of the Confident, resolv'd to personate a Lady of the first +Figure at _Rome:_ In order to this, he furnish'd himself with a very +rich and costly Female Habit, and by the Use of Paint, which alter'd his +Eye-Brows, Cheeks, Hair, &c. and shaving every Day, he was sufficiently +disguis'd; all Things being now concerted with _Theodora's_ Confident, +_Philetus_ was admitted to wait upon _Theodora_ and _Amaryllis_, with a +feign'd Message from a Lady of their Acquaintance at _Rome_, and was +entertain'd with the utmost Respect and Grandeur, with occasion'd +frequent Visits between _Philetus_ and _Theodora_, and at length there +was such an Intimacy contracted, by the Management of _Philetus_ and the +Confident, that _Philetus_ was permitted to be present in their +Frolicks, and at last offering his Service to _Theodora_; she with a +great deal of difficulty accepted his Embraces having not the least +suspicion of the Design; so that _Philetus_ taking the artificial +_Penis_ in his Hand, went to the Window from the Ladies, and pulling up +his Petticoats, pretended he had fix'd it round his Waste, and putting +the Instrument in a Furbelow of his Gown, he advanc'd to the Bed where +_Theodora_ was laid in an airy Manner to receive him; the Sight of the +beautiful _Theodora_, in this captivating Posture, caus'd an immediate +Erection with _Philetus_, and fill'd his Breast with amorous Fire; he +approach'd his Charmer with a Lover's' vigour, and _Theodora_ was still +a Stranger to the Intrigue, 'till the moment of Ejaculation, which was +not usual with the same Instrument in her Embraces with _Amaryllis_: +When this happen'd she was prodigiously surpriz'd, and endeavouring to +disengage her self from _Philetus_, he folded her more closely in his +Arms; and in the greatest Transport told her, he was her constant +Admirer _Philetus_: She upbraided him for this perfidious Method of +bringing about his Designs; however, upon his telling her, That her +strict way of Living made an uncommon Stratagem absolutely necessary, +that he hop'd she would excuse what Love had prompted him to, and that +notwithstanding what had past, his Designs were honourable; _Theodora_ +considering, what had happen'd, and experiencing a material Difference +between Art and Nature, agreed, on his humble Request, to Marry him; and +a Priest was immediately sent for, who solemniz'd their Nuptials. When +the Ceremony was over, _Theodora_ sung this Stanza. + + _The Shadow I'll no longer try + Or use the pleasing Toy + A sprightly Youth I can't defy, + The Substance I'll enjoy._ + +After these Adventures were over, _Amaryllis_ likewise submitted to +Matrimony with a Gentleman of _Ferara_; and they both enjoy'd the +greatest Happiness, making no difficulty to forget all Sorrows past. +The next Intrigues I shall mention, are of two famous Hermaphrodites, +who were more vigorous than common in their Parts, at _Urbino_. It is +not many Years ago (as the Story relates) that there liv'd at _Urbino_ +two Hermaphrodites, famous for their Intrigues, and indeed they were +arriv'd to that consummate pitch of Impudence, that they were not +asham'd to own their Bestiality, they not only frolick'd with each +other, but with both Sexes in general; their Names were _Diana_ and +_Isabella_, both of reputable Birth, and well Educated. _Diana_ on a +Time being invited to the Nuptials of a certain Nobleman of _Urbino_, +accompanied him to the House of a noted Clergyman, some distance from +the Residence of _Diana_, to be a Witness to the solemnization of the +Marriage, and being arriv'd there, every thing was instantly provided +for the Ceremony; the Bride was attir'd in the richest Brocade Silks, +with the finest Linnen that could be purchas'd; her Neck and Breasts +were exposed very low, and heav'd with Desire, filling the Bridegroom +with amorous Imaginations, her Hair was adorn'd with the most beautiful +and odorous Flowers, which surrounded her heavenly Face, and made it +appear like a Rose in its bloom, in a delightful Garden, just ready to +be gathered. The Bridegroom was dress'd in Cloth of Gold, and Linnen of +_Flanders_ lac'd; on his Head was a flaxen Peruke reaching to his Waste +of very great Value, and by his Side a Sword, whose Hilt was set with +Diamonds. + +The Parson by this time being ready to perform his Office, the Bride and +Bridegroom, and _Diana_ were usher'd into a great Hall, hung round with +Scripture Paintings, particularly of our Saviour, illustrating his whole +Life from his Birth, and being laid in the Manger to the Time of his +Crucifixion. When the Service was over, and the wedded Couple had +join'd their Hands and Hearts, a splendid Entertainment was provided by +the Parson to refresh them after the Fatigue of their Journey, which +continuing 'till it was late in the Evening, the Bride and Bridegroom, +and _Diana_ had not time for their Return to _Urbino_, whereupon the +Parson, in good Manners, first took Notice of it, and withal offer'd +them the Use of his House, which they accepted, considering it would at +least be hazardous, if not impossible to reach _Urbino_ that Night. + +The Bride and Bridegroom, and all the Company, were as merry as was +possible, and after Supper, Directions were given by the Parson for +preparing the Beds; but before the usual Time of retiring to Rest, his +Brother coming accidentally from _Bonona_, there arose some Difficulty +with the Parson in the disposal of his Guests, he having no more Beds +than two at liberty: At last they agreed that _Diana_ should lye with +the Parson's Wife, who was a very handsom Woman, and the Parson and his +Brother were to pig together, whereby there would be a Bed at the +Service of the Bride and Bridegroom. Several Bottles of _Champaign_ and +_Burgundy_, and of fine _Italian_ Wines being drank, the Bride and +Bridegroom were put to Bed with a great deal of Solemnity; afterwards +_Diana_ and the Parson's Wife were lighted to their Apartment, and he +and his Brother repair'd to theirs. + +_Diana_ observing the Parson's Wife to be a beautiful Woman, +particularly as she undress'd her self, had a very strong Inclination +for her usual Sportings; and in order to carry on an Intrigue with +safety, she softly bolted the Chamber Door, which being done, they both +went to Bed, the Parson's Wife putting out the Candle. They had not been +long in Bed before _Diana_ began to kiss the Parson's Wife with +Freedom, but she not suspecting any thing farther, and supposing it +might proceed more from Wine than any thing else was pretty easy, 'till +at last _Diana_ threw her self upon her, and began an Adventure, very +displeasing, which surpriz'd her to that degree, that she cried out +vehemently. + +The Family, which had not been long at rest, alarm'd at this +unseasonable Noise, arose; the Parson came to his Wife's Chamber Door, +and finding it bolted within, he call'd to her to know the occasion of +this Disturbance; she answer'd, "That she had a Man or a Monster in Bed +with her, one that was then violating her Person." The Parson supposing +this to be a Design to Cuckold him, order'd his Servants to break open +the Chamber Door, which being instantly effected, he rescu'd his Wife +from the Power of _Diana_. After this he seiz'd _Diana_, and upon +Examination, finding her to be an Hermaphrodite, having the Members of +both Sexes, he order'd his Servants to carry her to the Garret, and tye +her hands and Legs together, and then to put her into the Bed of the +Maid-Servant. This being done, the Parson went to Bed again, as did +likewise his Wife, and the Family was at rest the whole Night; and the +Noise, though it was great, did not disturb the Bride and Bridegroom +after their Enjoyments of Wine and Love. + +The next Morning the Parson arose early, and going to the Bride and +Bridegroom, acquainted them with what had happen'd relating to his Wife +and _Diana_, who expressing a very great Concern, and withal protesting, +that the Injury was offer'd without the least Design on their Parts, the +Parson was reconcil'd to them, but turn'd _Diana_ out of Door with the +Indignity she deserv'd. _Diana_ immediately return'd to _Urbino_, as +did likewise the Bride and Bridegroom some Hours after, having first +made the Parson a Present of a Purse of Gold for his Service and very +great Civility. + +It was not long after this, that _Isabella_ walking in the Streets of +_Urbino_, in the close of the Evening, a Foreign Count, of luscious +Inclinations passing by her, gave her an amorous Look, and addressing +her with a great deal of Complaisance, she seem'd for his Purpose, and +indeed she long'd for a pleasing Variety, having met with no uncommon +Adventure for a considerable Time. + +The Count observing her inclin'd to Pleasure, invited her to his House, +which she at first rejected, but after a great deal of Intreaty and +Persuasion she condescended, not rightly apprehending the Consequence, +with a Gentleman that was a perfect Stranger to her. When they were +arriv'd at the House of the Count _Isabella_ was handed through several +Rooms of State to an Anti-Chamber, where he was desir'd to sit down, +the Count calling for his Servants to prepare a costly Supper; while the +Supper was dressing, he kiss'd and dally'd with _Isabella_, but she was +unexpectedly shy, behaving her self with a great deal of gravity; at +length the Supper was brought, consisting of Fish, Fowl, Ragooes, Soops, +&c. dress'd to the heighth of the Mode; they both eat heartily and +drank very freely of noble Wines. After the Supper was over, the Count +renew'd his Addresses to _Isabella_, who seem'd a little more +compliable, but would not allow him the Fredom he desir'd, which had the +usual Consequences of encreasing his Inclinations: It growing late, he +carry'd her, to his Chamber, where after some Time, she, was oblig'd to +go to Bed with him. + +The Count, after he was in Bed, being inspir'd with Love, began the +amorous Adventure with _Isabella_, before he had thoroughly examin'd the +Secrets of Nature; and after a short Space, finding an Uneasiness in his +amorous Struggles, he put down his Hand to discover what it was, and +feeling something like the Testicles of a Man, he rose from her in the +greatest Confusion, and calling to his Servant for a Candle, in his +passion he pull'd out a sharp Pen-knife and cut off the external Members +of _Isabella_, highly resenting the Affront, and very much displeas'd +with himself, that he should embrace a Monster. _Isabella_ made a +hideous Outcry, which disturb'd the whole Neighbourhood, but the Count +sending for an experienc'd Surgeon, to prevent the Effusion of too great +a Quantity of Blood, it issuing out with great violence, kept her at his +House all Night, and sent her the next Morning in a Chair to her +Companion. + +_Isabella_ was a considerable Time before she recover'd of this great +Wound, but at length growing well, and _Diana_ having very much suffer'd +by her extravagant Frolicks, they liv'd together as Man and Wife (being +now better qualified for it) a considerable Space, 'till on a Time they +had a very great Quarrel, which occasion'd a Separation; and _Diana_ +reviving her former Diversions, met at last with the same Fate as +_Isabella_, her masculine Instrument being likewise sever'd from her +Privities, after which, both of them liv'd to be harmless old Women. +These Intrigues being very remarkable, I thought fit to insert them for +the Entertainment of the curious Reader; I now proceed to the Nature and +Generation of Hermaphrodites. + + + + + + * * * * * + +_Of the material Cause and Generation of_ Hermaphrodites + + +There are several Reasons assign'd by Naturalists for the Cause and +Production of Hermaphrodites. Some are of Opinion that Hermaphrodites +are form'd whilst the Terms are upon Women, which being always impure, +they can produce nothing but Monsters; but to this it may be answer'd, +that when Children are conceived during the Sowing of the Terms, there +is a greater probability of their being born with the Itch, or other +scorbutick Distempers, than of their being Hermaphrodites. + +Others believe, that the Man and the Woman having equally contributed +to Generation, the forming Power which endeavours to render the Matter +whereon it works like unto those it came from, imprints the Characters +of Man and Woman upon it: And that some have been able to engender in a +double Capacity, as to have a Child with one Breast resembling that of a +Woman, and the other that of a Man; but this Opinion is very fabulous, +for the uniting Faculty, which is the Effect of the Soul, is not capable +of making such very great Differences; and Generation being +accomplish'd, thro' the Fermentation of the Seed only, it cannot +separate their Actions after they are mix'd. + +Some Naturalists tell us, that where Nature design'd Seed in the Womb +for a Male only, (as working up for the best, and aiming at the highest +Perfection of its Workmanship) too much Cold and Moisture accidentally +falling into the Work, before it is perfected in the Womb, at the same +time there being too great a quantity of Seed and menstrous Blood, what +was intended for Man in part degenerates, and renders the Infant of a +double Sex or Nature, placing it in the middle of both Sexes, as seeming +to participate of Male and Female. + +Others say. That Nature having always a particular care of the +Propagation of Mankind, endeavours for the most part to produce Females: +And thus we may observe, the Number of Men Hermaphrodites to exceed the +Women ones, Nature having chalk'd out to the first the Lines of a +Woman's privy Parts. To this Opinion it is objected, that Nature being +nothing but the Power of God in the production of Creatures, it never +works but according to his Orders upon the Matter that is given the +Female; and of consequence Hermaphrodites depend more upon the +Disposition of the Matter for Generation, than upon any previous Design +of Nature. + +Some are of Opinion, that God having created Man and Woman, we have +essentially within us a Faculty to become either the one Sex or the +other; for which Reason it is no wonder if an Hermaphrodite is sometimes +produc'd, since we are potentially so. This Notion is drawn from +_Plato_; and though some part of the Scripture may at first seem to +favour it, yet, strictly consider'd, one may find a quite different +Sense; and this Opinion was condemn'd by Pope _Innocent_ III. + +The Ancients were of Opinion, that there is a certain Cell in the Womb +of some Women, into which the Seed falling, when _Mercury_ and _Venus_, +or _Mercury_ and _Luna_ are in Conjunction, an Hermaphrodite is +engender'd; 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 Womb, that it becomes the Cause of the Birth of an +Hermaphrodite. In answer to this, those Planets are too remote from us +to be the proximate Causes, and to have an absolute Influence on the +Body of the Child that is forming in its Mother's Womb; and admitting +such a Conjunction might cause a Deformity, it would not appear however +in two Hermaphrodites born at different Seasons: But in _Turkey_, and +other Eastern Countries, where these Planets have the greatest +Influence, Hermaphrodites are more numerous than in the Western Parts of +the World, and they are oblig'd to go in different Habits from other +People (_viz_. with Cloaths partly belonging to Men and partly Women) to +prevent their lying with any; and if they go without these Habits they +are punish'd severely. + +These are the various Opinions of curious Naturalists; but to proceed to +other Particulars which are more probable, we must more nicely examine +the Nature of the Seed to find out the cause of the Confusion of Sexes. +The Seed is for the most part indifferent as to the two Sexes, and if it +happens to meet with a Ball or Egg in the Horns of the Womb that is full +of Spirits, and includes a hot, dry, and close Matter, it will +impregnate so as to produce a Boy; but if the Seed meets with a Ball or +Egg, not hot nor dry or fill'd with Spirits, tho' it will animate it, +yet 'tis with less strength, so as a Girl will be produc'd. And if the +Matter contain'd in another Ball, is exactly temper'd in its Quantities, +and equal in its parts, so as there is no Predominancy, the Seed of the +Man by its superior Power will determine this matter for a Boy or a +Girl: 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 it, and the Seed of the Woman prevails for the contrary Sex, +then an Hermaphrodite is form'd, who has relation to one and the other +according to the different Endeavours of the animated Seed of the Man or +Woman. + +The Intelligence whose Business it is to compose the little Body of +Hermaphrodites, is very much disturb'd to meet with a Matter that is +intractable for the regular forming of the Genital Parts. On one side +the Matter is moist and loose, on the other close and dry; here 'tis hot +and there 'tis cold. This Matter is so different and consists of such +rebellious Particles, that 'tis impossible to manage it, and the +quantity of Matter is so small that it is destitute of Heat, without +which the Intelligence cannot perfectly form all parts of the Body. If +the Matter turns to a Male, he will be too dull and too cold to +Engender, and will be imperfect in his privy Parts; if it proves a +Female, she will in time be of too hot and dry a Nature, and will be +Deficient of Organs for the Seed and menstruous Blood, in order to Form +and Nourish a Child. + +This Intelligence, or the immortal Soul that works from the Beginning, +in all probability about the thirty fifth Day begins to be employ'd in +making the privy Parts of a Boy, for which purpose it lays hold on the +Matter at first Elected for that end, and which it put in the first +place, where the privy Parts ought to be. This being done, it works +continually, but wanting Matter to perfect the privy Parts, it borrows +of the Neighbouring Parts, chusing rather to render others Disfigur'd, +than to be wanting in the compleat Forming of the Parts that must serve +for Generation. + +But when there is not Matter enough to Form the genital Parts of a Boy, +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'd, but the situation is inward, as wanting Heat and Strength +of Matter to push them out, after this the Intelligence proceeds in the +Forming of the privy Parts of those Hermaphrodites who are counted +Girls, but are really Boys. These seem to Change Sexes, and in time come +to be Men, and Marry, and get Children. The natural and genital Heat +increasing daily, pushes out the privy Parts about the Age of fifteen, +twenty, or twenty five, 'till which time they lie hidden. These must be +at full Age before they are able to Caress a Woman; and where after the +coming out or the privy Parts they Copulate, it will be a hard matter +for them to Engender, being in their Nature Cold. + +As the Intelligence wants Matter for the Forming of the privy Parts of +the three first sorts of Hermaphrodites, so there is more than there is +occasion for in the fourth. About the forty fifth Day, the Intelligence +being at a loss how to place the Matter it has receiv'd for the Amorous +Parts, determines at last to make the _Clotoris_ bigger and longer than +ordinary, and to leave to the inward genital Parts of a Girl a natural +Figure, that they may one Day serve for Generation. These sorts of +Hermaphrodites as I have already observ'd, have frequently pass'd for +Men, being in reality nothing but Women. + +But in short, the Intelligence must accomplish its Work, of what Matter +soever it be; it begins to work, and will without doubt make Parts in +some measure determin'd to either Sex, provided the matter be not so +unequal, and of such a different Complexion as to make it impossible to +effect it, when it Forms an Hermaphrodite, and sometimes a Monster that +is neither Man nor Woman, as having no privy Parts, either of the one or +the other. + + + + + + * * * * * + +_Of unnatural Births; Monsters, and extraordinary Conceptions._ + + +Hermaphrodites being Monsters in Nature, it is no more than what may be +reasonably expected that my Account of their Generation, should be +follow'd with some very extraordinary unnatural Births, monstrous +Productions of another Kind, and wonderful Conceptions. + +The Heathen Philosophers, were so prejudic'd to the Opinion of Woman's +being an imperfect Animal, (alledging that Nature always propos'd to +herself the Generation of Males as being the most accomplish'd piece of +Workmanship;) that they look'd upon Woman as a Monster in Nature; but +the Scriptures teach us, that Man and Woman are equally perfect in their +Kind, and Nature cannot be suppos'd to produce more Monsters than +perfect Beings, which must be the Case, if this Opinion were allow'd, +Women being more numerous than the Men. + +Monsters are deprav'd Conceptions, defin'd by the Ancients to be +excursions of Nature, and are always Vicious, either in Figure, +Situation, Magnitude, or Number. When they bear the resemblance of a +Beast, they are said to be vicious in Figure; when the Parts are +disproportion'd, as that one Part is too big for the other; (which is a +thing very common by reason of some Excrescence) they are vicious in +Magnitude; if the Ears were on the Face, or the Eyes on the Breast, &c. +as was seen in a Monster born at _Revanna_ in _Italy_, in the Year 1570, +They are vicious in Situation, and when having two Heads or four Hands, +and two Bodies join'd, as had a Monster born at _Zarzara_ in the Year +1540, they are vicious in Number. + +In the Reign of _Henry_ the 3d, there was a Woman deliver'd of a Child, +having two Heads, four Arms, and two Bodies which were join'd down to +the Navel. The Heads were so plac'd that they look'd contrary ways. It +was the Female Sex, and both Heads would speak, laugh and cry; and both +Eat and be Hungry together, but there was but one Fundament to disburden +Nature; sometimes one would Speak, and the other would keep silence, and +sometimes both speak at the same time. It liv'd several Years, but one +of them surviving the other, it carried the Dead one so long, that at +last it fainted with the Burden. And at a Village call'd _Ubaten_ in +_Flanders_, a Child was Born which had two Heads and four Arms, +appearing like two Maids joyn'd together, having two Arms lifted up +between and above the Heads, the Thighs being plac'd as it were cross +one another. + +In the Year 1579, A Monster was Born in _France_, cover'd all over with +Hair like a Beast, its Navel being in the place where his Nose should +have been, his Eyes plac'd in the Situation of the Mouth; and its Mouth +was in the Chin. It was of the Male-kind, and liv'd but a few Days, +affrighting all that beheld it. And near _Elselling_ in _Germany_, in +the Year 1529, there was a Boy Born with one Head and one Body, having +four Ears, four Arms, and four Feet, and but two Thighs, and two Legs: +This Birth, in the Opinion of the Learned, proceeded from a Redundancy +of Seed beyond what was sufficient for one Child, but not enough for +Twins, wherefore Nature Form'd what she could. There might be many other +particular Instances given of Monstrous Births, as some sticking +together by the Bellies, others by the Breech; some Born without Arms or +Legs others without Heads, yet have they liv'd for some time, till want +of Sustenance made them pine away and Die, as having no place to receive +it, and others with Heads like Dogs, Wolves, Bears, and other Beasts. +But I shall proceed to the cause of their Generation. + +The Natural Cause of Generation of Monsters, according to the Ancients, +is either in the Matter, or in the Agent; in the Seed or in the Womb: +The Matter may be unable to perform its Office two ways; by Defect, or +by Excess: By Defect, when a Child hath but one Arm, or one Leg, &c. +and by Excess, when it hath three Hands or two Heads. The Agent or Womb +may be in Fault several ways, as in the forming Faculty, which may be +too strong or too weak, by which a deprav'd Figure is oftentimes +produc'd, the ill Conformation of the place of Conception will cause a +Monstrous Birth; and the imaginative Power at the time of Conception, is +so forcible, that it stamps a Character of the thing upon the Child; so +that the Child of an Adulteress, by the strength of Imagination may have +a nearer resemblance of her Husband, than of the Person who begat it. +And some Histories mention, that through this Imaginative Faculty, a +Woman at the time of Conception, beholding the Picture of a Blackamoor, +produc'd a Child resembling an AEthiopian. + +Monsters are sometimes Engender'd by unseasonable amorous Embraces, as +when a Man enters on the Pleasures of Venus at a time as the monthly +Flowings are upon his Wife; For this being against Nature, it is no +wonder that it should produce an unnatural Offspring. If therefore a +Man's desire be never so great for Copulation at such a time, yet the +Woman ought not to admit of his Embraces; the issue of those unclean +Embraces proving often Monstrous, or dull and heavy, and Defective in +their Understandings. + +Sometimes by a corruption of Seed, Monstrous Shapes are form'd, which by +some is ascrib'd to the bad Influence of the Planets, that were +predominant at the time of Conception; and sometimes the straightness of +the Womb is attended with many Inconveniencies, for Nature not having +sufficient room to frame her Work in, the Child is rumpled up, which +occasions some to have hump'd Backs, crooked Arms, and Legs, round +Shoulders, Wry Necks, and the like. + +The divine Cause of these Monstrous Generations, proceeds from the +permissive Will of our Great Creator, who many times suffers Parents to +bring forth such Deform'd Creatures as a Punishment for their Lust: And +some Authors are of Opinion, that outward deformity of Body is generally +a Sign of the Pollution of the Heart, as a Curse upon the Child for the +Incontinency of the Parents. + +In the Writings of some Authors mention is made of Monsters engender'd +by infernal Spirits; and as the Scriptures give us to understand that +the Angels being taken with the Beauty of the Daughters of Men, went in +unto them, and that from such a Conjunction, Giants were Born, so we may +infer that if Angels can mix Amorously with Women, and engender +Children, the Devils who only differ from Angels by their Fall, may also +draw Women into immodest Pleasures, and Defile them with their Embraces: +But it is highly inconsistent to suppose that our Creator who is all +Purity, would permit the worst of Spirits to propogate his diabolical +Offspring. + +Devils assuming to themselves Human Shapes, in the opinion of Ancient +Writers, may abuse both Men and Women, and with wicked People use carnal +Copulation. St. _Austin_ yields to this Notion, and that Generation may +thereby be effected; but his Opinion was grounded more upon the +depositions of Melancholly superstitious Persons, than from any +demonstrable Proofs; and 'tis impossible that such an unnatural +Conjunction can produce a humane Creature, though some will have it that +it may, and that his Malice shall be a Sign of his Extraction. + +The _Rabbins_ beleived that the _Silvani_, _Pans_ and _Fauni_, call'd +_Incubus's_ and the _Tutelar_ Gods, were Creatures left imperfect the +first _Friday_ Evening, and not finish'd by God, as being prevented by +the ensuing Sabbath; for this reason they alledg'd, these Spirits love +Mountains and dark Places only, and never appear but in the Night time: +And the _Incubus's_ not only Court and desire to Caress Women, but have +actually Caress'd them. + +_Hierenimus Cardanus_ writes of a Maid which was got with Child by a +Devil, she thinking it had been a fair young Man who had Enjoy'd her; +and some Witches fancy they have been at the Sabbath, and Caress'd by +the Devil, whose Privy Parts were full of Bristles, Scaly, and the Seed +cold as Ice; but this has proceeded only from a distracted Brain: +Besides we learn from Scripture that Devils being pure Spirits, are +quite different Substances from those of Men. That they have neither +Flesh nor Blood, nor Privities, and consequently no Seed for Generation. +That though they sometimes assume Bodies, these Bodies are only form'd +of Air, and do not Live, neither can they exercise the Operations of +Life: That having no occasion to hope for Posterity, as being Eternal +and Unhappy, they cannot be suppos'd to be desirous of perpetuating +their Species or to take pleasure in the Embraces of Women. + +The Stories of Women having Commerce with Devils, are very Fabulous, and +proceed chiefly from Dreams and Nocturnal Illusions; a Lecherous and +Melancholly Woman seiz'd with the Night Mare, may verily beleive that +the Devil Caresses her; especially if her Fancy is taken up with Tales +of Witches. _Leo Africanus_ tells us, That what is attributed to +Devils, is committed by Lascivious Men, and Lecherous Women, who +perswade others, that they are Caress'd by Devils. The Witches of the +Kingdom of _Fez_, according to History, are very desirous that People +should beleive them to be familiar with Devils, and for that Reason +endeavour to tell surprizing Stories to those that consult them; they do +not require any Fees from handsome Women that come to see them, but only +intimate the Desire their Master has to Caress them for a Night. The +Husbands take these Impostures for Truth, and surrender their Wives to +the Gods and the Winds. Night being come, the brawny Sorcerer (who +Employs the Persons abovemention'd, to ensnare fine Women to his +Caresses) Embraces the fair one closely, and Enjoys her instead of the +Devil. If this Ignorance and Superstition prevail'd in this Kingdom, I +doubt not but it would very much Pleasure the frolicking Libertines. + + + + + * * * * * + +_Extraordinary Conceptions_. + + +Before I begin to trace any Particulars of extraordinary Conceptions, I +shall insert a surprizing Account of a Woman that went Twenty five Years +with Child, from the Writings of Monsieur _Baile_, which contains a +great deal of Variety relating to untimely Generations. + +_Margaret Matthieu_ a _Cloth-worker_'s Wife at _Tholouse_ in _France_, +in the Year 1653, and towards the Ninth Month of her Reckoning, had the +Pains of Woman's Labour upon her at Church; and some part of the Waters +being already voided, she acquainted the People about her, that she +fear'd she should be Deliver'd in the Church. Immediately she was +carried to a Neighbouring House, and her Pains abating upon the Relief +she there met with, she was afterwards convey'd Home, where her Pains +return'd with more Violence than before. Upon this, Doctor _Cartier_, +and Doctor _Mulatier_ two famous Physicians, and Mr. _Cortade_ a very +skilful Surgeon were sent for, and endeavour'd, tho' in vain, to give +her Relief. She continued for two Months under the torture of these +violent Pains, and voided Clots of Blood without Fibres or any carnous +Matter. Afterwards she voided a white Humour, that was sometimes +tinctur'd with Blood; and her Breasts were fill'd with an extraordinary +quantity of Milk. About the Fifth Month the Flux of the Blood ceas'd, +and she recover'd her Strength by Degrees, being still incommoded with a +troublesome Load in Her Belly, and never easy but when she lay upon her +Reins. + +From the Year 1653 till the Year 1678, she suffer'd now and then as +violent Pains as those of Child-birth. When they attack'd her most +severely, she entreated the Surgeon to rip up her Belly, and so put an +end to her Misery. She was troubled with frequent Swoonings, and +unaccountable Longings for certain sorts of Aliment. Some of the Women +about her affirm'd, that they saw the Child move several times; but the +Surgeon and the Apothecary, who observ'd her very narrowly, and were +frequently call'd, could never perceive any other Motion than that which +attended the Mother's turning from one side to the other; for then the +Lump fell to the side upon which she lay. + +During this space of time, which was Twenty five Years and some Months, +this Woman had several fits of Sickness, and at last died of a +continual Fever, in _January_ 1678, being in the Sixty second Year of +her Age. + +The next Day after she was Dead, Mr. _Cortade_, open'd her Corps, in the +presence of Monsieurs _Gaillart_, _Baile_, _Laborde_ and _Grangeron_ all +famous Physicians; and of Mr. _Labat_ and _Corboneau_, two noted +Anatomists. Having cut up the Muscles, and the _Peritonaeum_, they found +the Cawl schirous, and somewhat carnous, and about two Fingers breadth +thick. 'Twas stretched over the Mass they sought for and adher'd to it. +When they lifted it up, they turn'd over the whole Heap, towards the +Breast of the Deceas'd Person, and then they had some Apprehension that +the shapeless Mass was a Child: At first View they doubted it, because +'twas found out of the Womb, but their Doubts were quickly dispell'd, +when they put a Knife into it and felt the Bones, and saw Nails and +Toes upon one of the Feet, that they separated from the Mass. + +Before they meddled further with the Mass, they had a mind to see what +Condition the parts of the _Abdomen_ were in, and particularly the Womb, +upon which they found a Body, which being hard like a Stone, enclos'd a +great Ulcer that spread its self over the Bottom of the Womb. Upon the +Womb side it had a Cavity full of white and thick _Pus_, without any +noisome Smell. On the Opposite Side 'twas hollow, and resembled the +convex Side of an Oister. The rest of the Womb was in its Natural State, +and they met with no considerable Accident in the Neighbouring parts. + +They cut out the Mass, and carried it to the Surgeon's House, to be +view'd at their leisure. The whole Mass was encompass'd with a callous +Matter, under which they found all the Parts of a Child harden'd and +half putrified; and these weigh'd Eight Pound. They cut up all the +_Viscera_ in the three Cavities, the particulars whereof may be read in +Mr. _Baile_'s Book of Anatomy. This is the Account given by Mr. _Baile_. +I come now to extraordinary Conceptions. + +Some Authors affirm, that a young Man having spilt some Seed in a Bath, +a Girl afterwards Bathing in the same Water, the Seed was suck'd in by +the Girls Womb, and she became with Child. But Monsieur _Dionis_ is not +of this Opinion: He will not allow the Womb an attractive Faculty, so as +to suck up from the outer Extremity of the Neck, and oblige it to repair +to its Cavity. And the Seed being a Liquor, would be so blended with the +Water, that 'tis impossible all its particles should rally, and continue +their Activity and prolifick Quality, till their Arrival in the Womb. + +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 Privities. The _Vagina_ of the Woman mention'd by +this Writer, was shut up with Scars after a troublesome Child-birth, to +such a Degree as only to leave a small Hole for the passage of the Terms +and Urine, through which also pass'd the Husband's Seed that got her +with Child; this might not hinder these two Persons from Copulating +strictly; nay, there must have been a strict Alliance and the Womb, by +contracting of the Passage, must in this Case have drawn the Seed as +greedily as an hungry Stomach attracts the Victuals by the Mouth. + +Some Persons have believ'd that a Woman may Engender, without the +Application of a Man's Privities. They tell us of a Woman that was got +with Child in the Embraces of her She-Companion, who but a little before +came from her Husband's Arms: 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 was: But these Stories seem to be +contriv'd to cover the Lasciviousness of Women, and conceal the Vice of +an impure Love. + +There is a Story in some Authors, that having put Human Seed into a Viol +close stopp'd, and plac'd it for some time in a Dunghill that was +moderately hot; they observ'd that the Particles drew up themselves in +such Order, as to assume the Form of a Child. This (say they) comes to +pass after the same manner as the Forming of a Chick in an Egg, which +requires only a temperate Heat to Hatch it. But they agree, that 'twas +impossible to Nourish this Infant, which according to them, perish'd +before 'twas intirely Form'd. If this Observation were true, it would +make us believe that the whole Matter of which the Child is Form'd +proceeds from the Man. But this Story wants Confirmation, as does +likewise the following Relation Communicated in a Letter by Mr. _Donat_ +Surgeon to the Army in _Italy_, relating to a Man's Conception. + +_I am at this very time employ'd in tending a Person of Quality that's +come a great way off. In the right Side of his_ Scrotum _he had a great +Lump, bigger than the Head of a Child; which I cut off, and afterwards +ty'd up the Spermatick Artery. This Lump was a Mass of Flesh, all over +Spermatick, and very Solid, with very hard Bones in every part. 'Twas +contain'd in an After-birth with a great deal of Water. The Spermatick +Vessels which perform'd the Office of those we call Umbilical, were +overgrown much beyond their Natural size. The Circumstances that +occasion'd this Generation, confirms the Effect that follow'd. In_ June +_last, the Gentleman us'd a great deal of Liberty with a certain Lady, +without coming to actual Enjoyment; upon which he was seiz'd with a +cutting pain in the right Testicle, which after two Hours became +insensible. In process of time a Tumour rose by degrees, which was +joined to the Testicle, and was as big as a_ Turkey'_Egg. The 8th of_ +December _last, this Gentleman came hither incognito; but put off the +Operation 'till this time, by reason of the cold Season. In the mean +time the Swelling increas'd so much, that the_ Scrotum _being uncapable +of a greater Extension; it reach'd all over the Groin, and I had a great +deal of trouble in tying the Spermatick Vessels at Rings of the Abdomen. +This is an Experiment that shews, that the whole Substance of Man is +contain'd in the Male Seed; and that Women furnish only the Vessel, and +the Substance of Growth and Nourishment. I have preserv'd this +Production to justify the Truth of my Assertion._ + +Donat. + +Sisteron, _May_ the 3d. 1697. + +FINIS. + + + + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's Tractus de Hermaphrodites, by Giles Jacob + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRACTUS DE HERMAPHRODITES *** + +***** This file should be named 13569.txt or 13569.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/3/5/6/13569/ + +Produced by David Starner, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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