Note 56 — Chap. II.
Reading edition
‘Fæmina virque simul veneris quum germina miscent, Venis informans diverso ex semine virtus Temperiem servans bene condita corpora fingit; Nam si virtutes permixto semine pugnent, Nec faciant uno permixto in corpore, diræ Nascentem gemino vexabunt corpore sexum.’