Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane ; in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences.
Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615.
Know by the egge, whether the chick when it is hatcht, will be a Cock or a Hen,
Aristotle teacheth us: for, saith he, if the egge be exactly round, then it will yield Page 57 a Cock-chicken; but if it be somewhat long, then it yields an Hen-bird: the rea∣son is, because in things that are round, the natural heat is more kindly and strongly compacted together.
