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" i. e. the Edge of the Labia bared of Hair, Labiorum " Ora Pilis defe£t<e : les Saboles abbatues, i. e. the Nymfbte " beat down, Nymfba dejircffce : Les Halerons derail i. e. " the Carunculce undone, or open'd, Carunculce dijfolutce • " i ' Entrechenat retourne, i. e. the Membranes which con- " nect the Caruncles inverted : Membrana connetlens in- " verfa ■ le Sarbidau ecorcbi, that is, the Clitoris excori- " ated, Clitoris excoriata : le Guilboquet fendu, i. e. the " Neck of the Womb torn, Collum uteri dilaceratum : le " Guillenard elargi, i. e. the Vagina flretch'd, or widen'd : " Vagina dilatata : la 'Dame Ail Milieu retire!, j. e. the " Hymen broke and gone, Hymen deduSum: I'arrierefoJJe " ouverte, i. e. the inner Orifice of the Womb open'd, Os
" Internum Matricis apertum. Le tout veil et vifite
" feuillet far feuillet nous anions trouve qu* il, y avoit trace
" de The Whole view'd and examin'd Part by Part, we
" find plainly the Track or Foot-ftep of Omnibus fl-
" gillatim perfpetlis ig perfcrutatis, &c. Accordingly
" we, thefaid Matrons, do certify it to be true, to you, " Monfieur le Prevoft, on the Oath we have taken. Done " at 'Paris the 23d of Oclober, KS72."
In 'Peru, and feveral other Provinces of South America, we are affured by Pedro de Cieca, the Hiftory of the Incas, ike. that the Men never marry but on Condition that the next Relation, or Friend of rhe Maid's, fhall undertake to enjoy her before him, and take away her Virginity. And our Countryman Lawfin, relates the like of fome of the Indian Nations of Carolina : So little is the Flos Virginis, prized fo much among us, valued by them.
VIRGO, in Aftronomy, one of the Southern Signs, or Conftellations of the Zodiac, into which the Sun enters in the beginning of Aiignft. See Sign, and Constellation.
The Stars in the Conftellation Virgo, in Ptolemy's Cata- logue, are 52 ; In Tycbo's, 39 ; in Flamfted's, 8o. The Longitudes, Latitudes, Magnitudes, &c. whereof, are as follows :
Stars in the Conftellation Virgo.
Names and Situations of the Stars.
That preced. pirgo's Head North, in the Top of the Head
South Subfeq. and tefs in the top of the Head In tiie bend of the South Wing 5
South, in the Face
North
' Longitude,
tt 17 30 05 19 00 19
19 49 35 "9 37 '5
21 4S 14
21 09 47
24 12 5I 23 13 29
23 23 oS
27 08 22
25 39 56
24 38 13
Ift o K 44
3 39 31
o 30 52
Preced. in the South Wing
That in the Neck *tt? 29
28
29
~ 7
In the South Arm
20 Firft of 3 under South Arm
Second of the South Wing Preced. of 3 in the North Wing
South of the North Wing
17
Middle under the South A*m
In the North Side, againft the Girdle
35 Third of the South Wing
Upper of North Wing, Vindemiatrix
Third under the South Arm
40
Fourth and lad of the South Wing Firft of three under Sftc a
6" 20 o
7 50 38
1 3 5
8 ij 49
5 52 11 j 10 3j
2 36 ij
3 6 as"
2 28 51 x 42 23 1 10 31
6 20 45 11 31 30 11 52 25
3 3 20
7 9 54
10 52 55 10 55 41 5 37.4° » 47 47 25 25 OS
14 44 20
15 41 2^
13 54 23
18 25 5«
19 4* 20
Latitude. 1
/Ml
5 19 13
fi of it
4 35 39
6 21 3j
40 47
7 14 53
3 20 31
S 8 52
8 31 29
2 42 52
6 19 31
10 44 24
1 8 8
6 IS 20
1 22 1
5 4 22
7 7 4
12 43 22
5 19 47
I 42 25
3 17 23
13 4" 37
2 44 25
2 48 5j
■S i 1 49
10 24 41
11 J4 19
13 22 45
15 38 52
17 47 57
7 55 ! 5
3 3 1«
3 *5 22
16 43 39
8 38 27
2 21 50
2 51 56
IS 12 34
2 55 7
S "5 3
1 2S 51
2 42 31
I 45 29
7 53 20
10 12 6
s
5
5 « 3
6
5 «
5
5
6
« 7 6
7
4 3
5 6 6 6 S
5 6 6 3 5
6
5 6 S 7
S
f
7 3 7 1
i s 4
4 5 6
Names and situations of the Stars,
That follow. Vindcmiatrix That follow. North Wing Middle under Spica
50
In South Hand Underneath Sftca Laft, and North of 3 under Sftca 55
North of preced. in fquare of Thigh
Second do
South of preced. in fquare of Thigh
Another follow. North Wing Under the Girdle, as in the Hip
Third in fquare of Thigh
(Thigh North of thofe follow, in fquare of That over the Girdle
In South Knee
75 In North Thigh
That over the North Thigh
South of 3 in the Border of Garment
Middle in the Border
In Extrem. of South Foot
North of three in the Garment >
A bright one follow, thefe
In Extrem. of the North Foot
nc
Longitude.
Latitude.
a 1 ft
. / ,/
20 30 30
II 6 24
41 24
IS 13 s
11 27 17
11 39 so
1.0 43 10
9 9 50
2129 8
8 19 33
13 52 05
9 58 (0
12 39 S
12 48 11
19 31 22
2 l 59
20 2S 48
3 18 24
2 1 49 15
S 17 54
IO 38 12
21 24 25
12 4.17
18 42 49
18 39 18
2 47 25
23 5219
8 2S 42
10 16 27
3 8 55
22 48 30
5 14 34
20 55 51
24 7
19 44 11
2 55 5°
is 3 48
12 33 1
17 49 50
8 }!> 9
19 45 12
4 >5 21
21 10 4
2 9 18
22 23 31
« 43 45
18 15 4
13 IS 45
25 44 18
4 59 33
25 50 19
4 i° J'
24 43 S
1 2 1 4S
26 39 34
S 18 29
23 I« 7
4 4 4
27 39 20
S 21 27
22 52 21
9 37 »2
22 21 36"
12 9 45
2J 24 56
IS 4 50
28 IO 30
i 41 47
28 25 25
3 19 59
10 40
2 55 4o
29 27 27
7 15 37
2 38 13
31 4
19 4 41
11 s 1
29 3 3 5
11 30 j
1 8 14
11 47 15
5 47 2 S
9 4s 8
4 22 44
15 5« 51
4 10 50
17 721
5 .
4 5
5 S
S 5 «
6 C 6 5 i
S
s
7 6 3
c
5
S
s
5 «
<r
5
VIRGULA Xthina, or Sacculus Tlivinatorius, a forked Branch in form of a Y, cut off a Hazle-tree ; by means whereof People have pretended to difcover Mines, Springs, 2?c. under Ground. See Mine, Sic.
The Method of ufing it is this : The Perfon who bears it walking very Ilowly over the Places where he fufpefts Mines or Springs may be, rhe Effluvia exhaling from the Metals or the Water, impregnating the Wood, makes it dip or incline ; which is the Sign of a Difcovery.
We find no mention made of this Virgula in any Author before the eleventh Century: but from that.time it has been in Ufe ; Divers fine Names have been invented for it, fome calling it Caduceus, others, Aaron's Rod, &c.
Some difpute the matter of fact, and deny it to be poffi- ble ; others, convine'd with the great number of Experi- ments alledg'd in its behalf, look out for the natural Caufes thereof.— The Corpufcles, fay thefe Authors, rifing from the Springs, or Minerals, entring the Rod, determine it to bow down, in order to render ir parallel to the vertical Lines which the Effluvia defcribe in their rife.
In Effefl:, the mineral, or warery Particles are fuppofed to be emitted by means of the fubterraneous Heat, or of the Fermentations in the Entrails thereof: Now the Virgula being of a light, porous Wood, gives an eafy Paffage to thofe Particles, which, withal, are very fine and fubtile - the Effluvia then driven forwards by thofe that follow them' and opprefs'd ar the fame time by the Atmofphere incum- bent on them, are forced to enter the little Interfaces be- tween the Fibres of the Wood, and by that Effort oblige it to incline, or dip down perpendicularly, ro become parallel with the little Columns which thofe Vapours form in their rife.
Virgula, in Grammar, a Term which the Latin, French, and many other Authors, ufe for a Point in Wri- ting, ufually call'd by us Comma. See Coj/ma.
Virgula's, Fa. Simon obferves, are an Invention of the modern Grammarians, to give the greater Clearnefs to Dif- courfe. — The Ufe thereof was unknown to theantient Greeks and Romans, who wrote all without taking off the Pen, fo
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