Excerpt from Aristotle's Master-Piece: Completed, in Two Parts, the First Containing the Secrets of Generation, in All the Parts Thereof, The Second Part Being a Private Looking Glass for the Female SexHippocrat holds. That a youth of fifteen years or between that d seventeen, having much vital strength is capable of getting children and also, that the force nfprocreating matter increases till forty-live, and fifty, and fifty-five. And then begins to ¿ag. The seeds by de grees becoming unfruitful, the natural spirits being ex linguished, and the humours dried up. Thus, in gene. J'al but, as to particulars, it often falls out otherwise nay, it is reported by credible author, that in fiweden, a mat} was married at one hundred years, to a bride of thirty, and had many children by her, but his coun tenance w'as so fresh, that those that knew him not, took him not to exceed fifty. And in Campania, where the air is clear and temperate, men of 80 years old married young virgins, and had children by'l'them, shewing that age in them hinders not procreation, un less they be exhausted in their youth, and their yards shrivelled up.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.