| Body parts | hands, mouth, eyes, head, ears, nose, face, teeth, fingers, breast, skin, bones, blood |
| Biological parts | wings , horns , tail , nails |
The Parts of Animate Bodies; whether I. More Peculiar
UNder this Head of PECULIAR PARTS of Animate Bodies are comprehended all the Parts that belong to the whole kind of Plants:* But as to Animals, it contains onely such as are peculiar to some of them, not common to all. And these are comprehended with the others under the same Head, because I could not otherwise place them conveniently to my purpose. They are distinguishable by their rela∣tion to
By LASTING PARTS of Plants are meant such as do usually con∣tinue during the life of the Plant, and are not renewed every year.* And because the chief of these is styled WOOD, therefore may that be here adjoyned by way of affinity. These are distinguishable by their Fabric and Consistence, together with their Position and Shape; being either more
Hard and Solid; considered according to the
Shape and Figure; ‖ more cylindrical and stiff: or more taper and flexile.
Liquid; of a ‖ more watery: or more unctuous consistence.
More principal; those parts whereby Plants do propagate their kinds.
Antecedent to the Seed; either that most tender part of a Plant, con∣siderable for its beauty and colour, adhering to the first rudiments of the Seed: or that which is answerable to this in Willows and Nut-trees, &c.
The Seed it self; in respect of the
Thickness or Thinness; either such as are more thick, namely the first little swellings in the growth of a Plant, or of the parts of it: or such as are more thin, namely those laminated parts, belonging either to Plants themselves, or to their flowers.
Length; whether such as are
Hollowness; conteining within it, either ‖ the leaves of the flower: or the fruit.
By FRUITS are meant those more Succulent parts of Plants, which are either the Receptacles of Seed, or else the Seeds themselves;* to which may be adjoyned▪ by way of affinity, the general name denoting the EXCRESCENCES of Plants, as Galls are of Oken leaves, &c.
Fruits may be distinguished into such as are
Eaten commonly by men; whose eatable part is covered with a
Not eaten commonly by men, but by beasts.
Seed; ‖ being the most minute kind of Fruit, whereby Plants propa∣gate their Kinds; or the Inmost parts of Seeds.
The Peculiar parts of Animals here enumerated are said to be such as belong chiefly, not only, to the several kinds of Swimming, Flying, Going Animals; because there are some under each Head that belong also to other Animals. So Spawn and Crust belong to Insects, and some Beasts, as well as to Fish. So Trunk or Proboscis, and Egg do belong to some Going Animals, as well as to Flying. So doth Embroyo to a Bat and all Viviparous Fish, as well as to Going Animals. But these Parts are more commonly and generally found amongst those Kinds under which they are listed.
IV. Those Parts peculiar chiefly to SWIMMING ANIMALS, to which Custom hath ascribed distinct names, do serve either for their
Outward Covering; with respect to different Magnitudes.
Respiration; those Opening parts on the sides of the Head, which are thought to supply the place of Lungs.
Progressive motion; serving either to
Direct this motion; by feeling such objects as lye in the way, being long prominencies, standing off from the head, common to several Insects.
Assist in this motion; whether of
Procreation; belonging either to the ‖ Males: or Females.
Not fleshy; such as serve for
Outward covering, which is done by small oblong bodies, with hair-like branches growing from both sides of them, the bottom of which is a kind of a hollow Cylinder like a reed.
Progressive motion; which in such kind of Creatures is twofold.
Feeding and Fighting; ‖ the mouth of a Bird: or a kind of hollow tube through which some things suck their nourishment.
Fighting onely; of a sharp figure; ‖ either on the side of the Leg: or in the Tail, counted poisonous.
Procreation; ‖ a roundish body covered with a Shell: or a yellowish case. containing a Maggot, which is transmuted into a Moth or Butterfly.
More general name; denoting a small oblong flexile body, growing Plant-like out of the skin: or Aggregates of these, growing thick to∣gether and curled.
Particular kinds; ‖ either a more big and stiff kind of hair: or the more small and softer kinds of hairy substances, sometimes ascribed to Feathers.
Aggregates; more proper to Hair: or to Wool.
Hairy parts; ‖ on the Chin or Face: or on the Neck.
Progressive motion; whether ‖ in whole or cloven-footed Animals: or in multifidous or clawed Animals.
Fighting; the foremost part serving for offence against greater Animals: or the hindermost part serving for defence against Insects.