protruding, and whether it arises from the fleshier neck of the bladder being pushed outside the abdomen and acting as a gatekeeper muscle, or from an error of the formative power and the agitation of the seminal matter—resulting from those inverted and coiled hollow bodies that form the penis and soon converge at the glans—or whether it exists as a solid, attached fungal growth, is very difficult to determine. Above this moist flesh, which barely exceeds the size of a large nut, there is another part located beneath it that is not perforated at all. This part resembles a glans; when pressed with the fingers, it is painful. It does not fill with spirits, nor does it distend or turn red; instead, it appears flaccid, decayed, and pale. The foreskin is attached by a ligament and hangs down below. Toward the sides, near the groin, the testicles can be felt—not hanging outwardly, but hidden quite deeply within. They are orbicular and slightly oblong in shape, covered in the place of a scrotum and separated only by a single line in their sheath and wrapping. Based on these findings, we offer our opinion that the aforementioned Stephen—although he was believed to be female from birth until his eighteenth year, according to his own account—is truly male, since he possesses male parts both internally and externally, albeit poorly formed ones. Thus far the physicians of Acqui.

Furthermore, this man, for the sake of profit and to satisfy curiosity, used to pretend that he had no anal opening. Many believed this claim of a solid anus because the orifice was not in the usual place, but was instead hidden in the perineum toward the genitals.

One may also occasionally observe a monstrous and wondrous belly among beasts. Recently in Germany, as reported by Lycosthenes, a goat was seen with a horn on its belly. In the year 1555, a showman traveled through that region for profit with a goat that possessed three horns: two adorned the animal's head, while the third protruded from its belly.

Nor should we be surprised by this goat-horn growing from the belly, as we have also observed a third horn growing on the neck of an ox. Indeed, besides the two visible horns on the forehead common to others, a third was seen growing from the middle of the neck of an eight-year-old ox. It was about nine inches long and a palm and a half thick at the base. It leaned somewhat to the right and was mobile, being attached only to the skin and certain membranes rather than deeply fixed. The lowest part was soft, its substance not yet hardened into horn, as it was a recent accumulation of matter. However, the upper part of the horn was hard, of a solid and clearly horny consistency, matching the substance and color of a normal horn. Finally, it ended in a point that was blunt and somewhat hooked or curved. The most learned Antonio Gigas shared this illustration, asserting that the beast was born in Epidaurus, as appears in the image.