These animals were not ex putri materia, or multiplying out of rot, like Muckworms, Fleas, for those can always genus suum reparare (renew their tribe), even though they will die out; wherever something breaks down, dies, vermin will be born there at once. Nierembergius, the Author of the Natural History, considers that these Animals the Lord God did not create, for their Mother is corruption or rot. It’s hard to grasp what’s going on when you are reading Polish. As a language, it’s quite strange.
