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SECT. III.
CHAP. I. Of the signes of Conception.
HAving thus shewed you the Anatomy and use of the parts, it will be requi∣site to discourse of the conception it self, which is the main and chief end of these vessels: And first of the signs of con∣ception.
The signes of conception on the mothers side, are certaine and apparent; first, if after she hath had the company of her husband, she hath recei∣ved more content then ordinary.
Pains in the head, vertigo, dimness of the eys; all these concurring together, portend concep∣tion; the apples of the eyes decrease, the eyes themselves swell and become of a dark colour, the veins of the eyes wax red, and swell with blood, the eyes sink, the eye-brows grow loose, various colours appear in the eyes, little red pimples rise in the face, the veines between the nose and the eyes swell with blood, and are seen more plain; the vein under the tongue looks gree∣nish,