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and compounded of a manner kernell ſubſtaunce, that is ſoft, fleſhie, and white: as the kinde of milke is. The veynes & ſtrings in the kernell ſubſtaunce of the pappes are medled: by the which bloud with breath is conueyed to the pappes. The paps be ſet in the breaſt to be nigh to the heart, that by decoction of ye heate of the heart, the bloud maye the eaſelyer be turned into the kinde of milke: For bloud commeth by an hollow veyne to the heart, and then to the breaſt, & pearceth at laſt and commeth to the pappes, and in the hollow fleſh of the paps, the bloud by vertue of heate, tourneth into the ſubſtaunce and hinde of milke. And the fleſh of the pappe hath dens & holes as a ſpounge, and therefore it is méete to breeding of milke to the féeding of anye childe. The pappe hath this propertie, as it is ſaid vpon Aphoriſ. That the paps of a woman that ſhal haue childe before hir time, ware ſofte and tender, as ſayth Hippocrates. Alſo he ſayth, That if the right pappe of a woman that goeth with two children,[1] waxeth tender and ſoft, the man childe ſhalbe borne before his time: and if the lefte pappe waxe ſoft, then the female ſhall be borne before hir time: and if both the pappes grow tender and ſofte, both the children ſhall be borne afore their time. And in Commento Galen telleth the cauſe héereof, and ſayeth, that the ſmalneſſe of the pappe betokeneth ſcarſitie of milke: and therefore if the childe hath not due feeding, hée muſt needs be dead born before his time. Alſo Hippocrates ſaith ther, that in women in which ſuperfluitie of hot bloud turneth to the pappes, betokeneth madneſſe. Galen telleth the cauſe thereof, & ſayth, that when ſuperfluitie of feruent hot bloud commeth to the pappes, if it may not be turned into milk for paſſing great heate and abundaunce therof, then it is diſpearced and turned into ſharpe ſmoke, and goeth vp to the head, & troubleth the brayne, and ſo breedeth madneſſe. Alſo he ſaith there: If thou wilt make the bloud of Menſtruum in a woman leſſe, thou ſhalt ſet a coppe to ye pap,[2] to ye veyns which come from ye Mother, as ſayth Galen: and by ſuch manner of drawing, the ſuperfluitie of bloude, is drawen to the paps, and ſo the neather bleeding of Menſtruum is diminiſhed, as Galen rehearſeth. Alſo he ſayth, If much milke run out of the pappes of a woman, that goeth with childe, it is a token that the childe is feeble: and if the pappes be harde, it is a token, that the childe is féeble, for the milke is not diminiſhed, by reaſon that the childe is féeble to receiue and tourne it into his féeding. Therefore too great dropping of the pappes is a token of corruption and imperfection of the childe as ſaith Galen. And if the pappes be meanly hard, it is a token of the childes health. For too great ſmalneſſe and leanneſſe of the paps after the conception, is a token that the childe is féeble and corrupt, and it is a token that the childe ſhall be dead born, or els to be borne afore the time, as ſaith he. And if a woman be with childe of a man childe, the right pappe is more then the lefte: and if ſhe be with childe of a female, then is the left pappe more than the right: and that is firſt knowen, when the childe beginneth to moue himſelfe, as ſayth Ariſtotle liber 19. Alſo as he ſayth, ofte time by reaſon of too muche milke and crudding thereof, the pappes waxe ouer harde. And if there growe any haire while the breſts be ouer hard, there commeth a great ſicknes and ſore, that is called Piloſa, [3](A kindly humor lacking heate or moyſture, is turned to vlceration, and beginneth his ſwellings like a ball or wenne: but if the humour retourne ſhortlye after delyueraunce, then Piloſa dissolueth into his former kinde,) and the ache ceaſeth not till matter and corruption commeth out as ſaith Ariſtotle. Alſo he ſayth lib. 6. that beaſtes with many pappes, bring forth manye at a time, and they haue teates diuided, as it fareth in a Bitch, and in a Sowe. When a Sowe farroweth, ſhée giueth the firſt pappe to the firſt Pigge, and the nexte to the ſeconde, and ſo of the other. And beaſts with fewe teates bring foorth fewe at a time, as a Woman and an Elephant,[4] that hath teates ſet afore in the breaſt.