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.
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