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CHAP. V. Of the condition of the Infant in the womb in the sixth, seaventh, and eighth moneth.

AFter the third and fourth moneth, the infant is nourished with more plenty of nourish∣ment, until the time of deliverie approach. Now you must observe that a childe born in the sixth month, cannot live, by reason that it is not come to its just perfection; but if it be born in the seventh moneth it will very easily live, because it is come to its full perfection. Now the reason why those that are born in the eight moneth. doe not live, when as those which are born in the seventh doe, is plaine; for in the seventh moneth, the Infant stirs it self, to come forth; so that if it have so much strength, it easily per∣formes its desire, if not, it remaines in the womb, till it have gathered two months more strength. After this motion of the seventh month, if it be not able to come forth, it changes it self into a∣nother part of the womb, by which motion, it is so weakened, that if it should be born in the eight moneth, it were impossible that it should live, for it is weakened by a double motion, not only that of the seventh moneth, but also by that motion whereby it strives to go forth in the eight moneth.