_Monsieur_ _DIONIS_ is of opinion, that most of the Nuns and other Girls that are taken to be possess’d with Devils, were subject to Vapours only when they acted the awkward extravagancies that History is full of. And I have been inform’d by the learned Dr. _C——n_, and other eminent Physicians, that Vapours will so powerfully prevail in some Young Females, by a stagnation of the Seed, that they are oblig’d to prescribe extraordinary Remedies, and sometimes Friction to procure relief; and to prevent Convulsions, irregular Imaginations, _&c._ which would otherwise ensue, if not a perfect Lunacy for a time. An early Marriage is the most effectual Preservative against the numerous Disorders proceeding from quantities of Seed unnaturally confin’d; and will render a perfect Health and Tranquility; unless it be in the case of Impotency; or in some Countries where a Man by tying a Knot upon his Codpiece, when the Priest pronounces such and such Words on the day of Marriage; lays claim to a right of preventing its Consummation: But if a Man cannot consummate his Marriage, you’ll always find it proceed from a natural Cause; and that the Devil has no hand in it. To conclude my Subject of _Generation_, and the Parts employ’d therein: I shall here insert an Observation of St. _Augustin. The Instruments of Generation (_says he_) are a call’d _Pudenda_, because they speak our Shame in this, that he who commands all the other Parts, cannot reduce these to Obedience._ _FINIS._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.