st certainly be deceiv'd, in taking some Parts of the
Female for the Testicles of the Male; and what probability is there that
the Seed should come out of one Part and into the other, without losing
its Spirits, and altering considerably in changing of Place? And if such
a Thing were possible, the Temperament that engenders Masculine Seed
might as well engender Feminine, and produce the Terms at the same Time
or something else in proportion to it.

Women having Beards, and being a large Masculine Size, have been
sometimes, by the Ignorant, accounted Men, tho' they were true Women;
and it cannot be said, that one Sex is chang'd into another, for we
never heard of Men that became Women, and that their, privy Parts were
abolish'd; or turn'd within, in order to form the Genital Parts of a
Woman. The Hermaphrodites of _Licetus_, which conceiv'd and brought
forth Children, were real Women taken for Men, by reason of the length
and bigness of their _Clitoris_: And the Fisherman's Wife, mention'd by
_Antonius de Palma_, was only a Male, call'd the third sort of
Hermaphrodites undiscover'd, which was afterwards manifested in the
coming out of the Parts of a Man, when she had been fourteen Years
married. The Case was the same with _Emilia_, marry'd to _Antonius
Sperta_, mention'd by _Potanus_ who was accounted a Woman twelve Years,
but was afterwards reputed a Man, and married again to a Woman.

For the Discovery of the Male and Female Hermaphrodite, these
Observations will be serviceable: A Person that is bold and sprightly,
having a strong Voice, much Hair on the Body, particularly on the Chin
and privy Parts, with the rest of such Signs as discover Manhood, are
certain Demonstrations that the Hermaphrodite has the privy Parts of a
Man in a more predominant manner than those of the other Sex; and
contrarywise, if an Hermaphrodite has good Breasts, Skin smooth and
soft; if the Terms appear at their due Intervals; if there be a
sparkling and agreeableness in the Eyes; and if other Signs are
observ'd, that commonly distinguish a Woman from a Man, these are
Arguments that the Hermaphrodite has the Privities of the Female Sex of
a good Conformation; and if the _Vagina_ is not too defective, such an
Hermaphrodite ought to pass for a Woman.

I doubt not but there are many Persons in the World of both Species,
particularly of the Female Sex, who would willingly assume to
themselves the Parts belonging to Hermaphrodites, if they could