FIRST then, If the WOMAN has contributed most _Seminal Matter_, it may reasonably be concluded, that the CHILD will favour the MOTHER most: If the MAN predominantly, the FATHER: If _Both_ equally, it will resemble _Both_, or in part the FATHER, and partly the MOTHER. AND according to _Anaxagoras_, if the SEED has flown into the _Right Side_ of the WOMB, from the Right _Rein_ of the Man, a _Male_ will be conceiv’d; if into the _Left_, from the Left _Rein_, a _Female_; by reason of the _Frigidity_ and _Humidity_ of that Place. Which _Notion_ may seem _probable_; considering, that tho’ the WOMB has but one _Cavity_, yet it has two _Sinuses_[40] for conceiving the _Two different Sexes_: As _Nature_ has in other Respects accordingly given the WOMAN two _Breasts_. _LACTANTIUS_ also observes[41], That, if peradventure a _Male_ should be conceiv’d of the SEED fallen to the _left Side_, the Place destinated for the _Female_, he will make but a SEMIVIRILE MAN; distinguishable by some _Womanish Qualities_, such as a _weak_ or _tender Heart_, _small Voice_, a _smooth_, or _unbearded Face_, &c: And so, on the contrary, if a _Female_ should be conceiv’d of the SEED fallen to the _right Side_, she will have some distinguishable _Marks_ of VIRILITY; such as a _large Stature_, _robust Members_, _dusky Colour_, _rough hairy Face_, _coarse Voice_, &c: And that because the _Conception_ happen’d in that Place, which _Nature_ had appropriated to the _Male_. THIS likewise seems to be the best Reason which may be given why _some Women_, like _Hector’s_ WIFE, mentioned in _Homer’s Iliads_, are naturally inclin’d to intermeddle with MEN’S _Affairs_; for having thus (as it were) _originally_ invaded his RIGHT _ex traduce_, they are always for maintaining their _wrong Conquests_, and defending their _unjust Possessions_ in future Progress of Time. BUT I should rather in this Topick agree with _Velthuysius_[42], that _Both_ SEEDS are each of them naturally endued with the _Faculty_ of generating its _Like_: I mean, the MAN’S, to produce a _Male_; and the WOMAN’S, a _Female_: And that therefore by a natural _Predominancy_, where the _Masculine Faculty_ has prevail’d, a MAN-CHILD is begot; and a GIRL, where the _Feminine Virtue_ has exceeded it.