Selected quad for the lemma: blood_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
blood_n abel_n cain_n kill_v 562 4 7.3650 4 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A57030 The second book of the works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick treating of the heroick deeds and sayings of the good Pantagruel. Written originally in the French tongue, and now faithfully translated into English. By S.T.U.C.; Pantagruel. Book 2. English. Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553?; Urquhart, Thomas, Sir, 1611-1660. 1653 (1653) Wing R108; ESTC R202205 100,489 230

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View original text

retard_v her_o course_n or_o that_o the_o hawk_n do_v but_o plain_a and_o smooth_o fly_v without_o move_v her_o wing_n perceive_v the_o prey_n by_o force_n of_o flight_n to_o have_v gain_v bound_n of_o she_o have_v be_v much_o chafe_v and_o vex_v as_o you_o understand_v well_o enough_o but_o the_o comfort_n unto_o which_o they_o have_v refuge_n and_o that_o they_o may_v not_o take_v cold_a be_v to_o relate_v the_o inestimable_a deed_n of_o the_o say_v gargantua_n there_o be_v other_o in_o the_o world_n these_o be_v no_o flim-flam_n story_n nor_o tale_n of_o a_o tub_n who_o be_v much_o trouble_v with_o the_o toothache_n after_o they_o have_v spend_v their_o good_n upon_o physician_n without_o receive_v at_o all_o any_o ease_n of_o their_o pain_n have_v find_v no_o more_o ready_a remedy_n then_o to_o put_v the_o say_a chronicle_n betwixt_o two_o piece_n of_o linen_n cloth_n make_v somewhat_o hot_a and_o so_o apply_v they_o to_o the_o place_n that_o smart_v synapise_v they_o with_o a_o little_a powder_n of_o projection_n otherways_o call_v doribus_fw-la but_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o those_o poor_a man_n that_o be_v plague_v with_o the_o pox_n and_o the_o gout_n o_o how_o often_o have_v we_o see_v they_o even_o immediate_o after_o they_o be_v anoint_v and_o thorough_o grease_v till_o their_o face_n do_v glister_v like_o the_o keyhole_n of_o a_o powder_a tub_n their_o tooth_n dance_v like_o the_o jack_n of_o a_o pair_n of_o little_a organ_n or_o virginal_n when_o they_o be_v play_v upon_o and_o that_o they_o foam_v from_o their_o very_a throat_n like_o a_o boar_n which_o the_o mongrel_n mastiffe-hound_n have_v drive_v in_o and_o overthrow_v among_o the_o foil_n what_o do_v they_o then_o all_o their_o consolation_n be_v to_o have_v some_o page_n of_o the_o say_a roll-book_n read_v unto_o they_o and_o we_o have_v see_v those_o who_o have_v give_v themselves_o to_o a_o hundred_o punchion_n of_o old_a devil_n in_o case_n that_o they_o do_v not_o feel_v a_o manifest_a ease_n and_o assuagement_n of_o pain_n at_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o say_a book_n read_v even_o when_o they_o be_v keep_v in_o a_o purgatory_n of_o torment_n no_o more_o nor_o less_o than_o woman_n in_o travel_n use_v to_o find_v their_o sorrow_n abate_v when_o the_o life_n of_o st._n margarite_n be_v read_v unto_o they_o be_v this_o nothing_o find_v i_o a_o book_n in_o any_o language_n in_o any_o faculty_n or_o science_n whatsoever_o that_o have_v such_o virtue_n property_n and_o prerogative_n and_o i_o will_v be_v content_a to_o pay_v you_o a_o quart_n of_o tripe_n no_o my_o master_n no_o it_o be_v peerless_a incomparable_a and_o not_o to_o be_v match_v and_o this_o be_o i_o resolve_v for_o ever_o to_o maintain_v even_o unto_o the_o fire_n exclusiuè_fw-fr and_o those_o that_o will_v pertinacious_o hold_v the_o contrary_a opinion_n let_v they_o be_v account_v abuser_n predestinator_n impostor_n and_o seducer_n of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o there_o be_v find_v in_o some_o gallant_a and_o stately_a book_n worthy_a of_o high_a estimation_n certain_a occult_a and_o hide_a property_n in_o the_o number_n of_o which_o be_v reckon_v whippot_n orlando_n furioso_fw-it robert_n the_o devil_n fierabras_fw-mi william_n without_o fear_n huon_n of_o bourdeaux_n monteville_n and_o matabrune_v but_o they_o be_v not_o comparable_a to_o that_o which_o we_o speak_v of_o and_o the_o world_n have_v well_o know_v by_o infallible_a experience_n the_o great_a emolument_fw-fr and_o utility_n which_o it_o have_v receive_v by_o this_o gargantuine_a chronicle_n for_o the_o printer_n have_v sell_v more_o of_o they_o in_o two_o month_n time_n then_o there_o will_v be_v buy_v of_o bibles_n in_o nine_o year_n i_o therefore_o your_o humble_a slave_n be_v very_o willing_a to_o increase_v your_o solace_n and_o recreation_n yet_o a_o little_a more_o do_v offer_v you_o for_o a_o present_a another_o book_n of_o the_o same_o stamp_n only_o that_o it_o be_v a_o little_a more_o reasonable_a and_o worthy_a of_o credit_n then_o the_o other_o be_v for_o think_v not_o unless_o you_o wilful_o will_v err_v against_o your_o knowledge_n that_o i_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o the_o jew_n do_v of_o the_o law_n i_o be_v not_o bear_v under_o such_o a_o planet_n neither_o do_v it_o ever_o befall_v i_o to_o lie_v or_o affirm_v a_o thing_n for_o true_a that_o be_v not_o i_o speak_v of_o it_o like_o a_o lusty_a frolic_a pregnotarie_n onocrotarie_n i_o shall_v say_v pregnotarie_n crotenotarie_n of_o the_o martyrifed_a lover_n and_o croquenotarie_n of_o love_n quoth_v vidimus_fw-la testamur_fw-la it_o be_v of_o the_o horrible_a and_o dreadful_a feat_n and_o prowess_n of_o pantagruel_n who_o menial_a servant_n i_o have_v be_v ever_o since_o ●_o be_v a_o page_n till_o this_o hour_n that_o by_o his_o leave_n i_o be_o permit_v to_o visit_v my_o cow-countrey_n and_o to_o know_v if_o any_o of_o my_o kindred_n there_o be_v alive_a and_o therefore_o to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o this_o prologue_n even_o as_o i_o give_v myself_o to_o a_o hundred_o pannier-fulls_a of_o fair_a devil_n body_n and_o soul_n tripe_n and_o gut_n in_o case_n that_o i_o lie_v so_o much_o at_o one_o single_a word_n in_o this_o whole_a history_n after_o the_o like_a manner_n st._n anthony_n fire_n burn_v you_o mahoom_v disease_n w●●●●e_v you_o the_o squinant_n with_o a_o sti●ch_a i●_n your_o side_n and_o the_o wolf_n in_o you●_n stomach_n truss_v you_o the_o bloody_a flux_n seize_v upon_o you_o the_o curse_a sharp_a inflammation_n of_o wild_a fire_n as_o slender_a and_o thin_a as_o cow_n hair_n strengthen_v with_o quick_a silver_n enter_v into_o your_o fundament_n and_o like_o those_o of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n may_v you_o fall_v into_o sulphur_n fire_n and_o bottomless_a pit_n in_o case_n you_o do_v not_o firm_o believe_v all_o that_o i_o shall_v relate_v unto_o you_o in_o this_o present_a chronicle_n the_o second_o book_n of_o rabelais_n treat_v of_o the_o heroic_a deed_n and_o say_n of_o the_o good_a pantagruel_n chap._n i._o of_o the_o original_a and_o antiquity_n of_o the_o great_a pantagruel_n it_o will_v not_o be_v a_o idle_a nor_o unprofitable_a thing_n see_v we_o be_v at_o leisure_n to_o put_v you_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o fountain_n and_o original_a source_n whence_o be_v derive_v unto_o we_o the_o good_a pantagruel_n for_o i_o see_v that_o all_o good_a historiographer_n have_v thus_o handle_v their_o chronicle_n not_o only_o the_o arabian_n barbarian_n and_o latin_n but_o also_o the_o gentle_a greek_n who_o be_v eternal_a drinker_n you_o must_v therefore_o remark_n that_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n i_o speak_v of_o a_o long_a time_n it_o be_v above_o forty_o quarantine_n or_o forty_o time_n forty_o night_n according_a to_o the_o supputation_n of_o the_o ancient_a druid_n a_o little_a after_o that_o abel_n be_v kill_v by_o his_o brother_n cain_n the_o earth_n imbrue_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o just_a be_v one_o year_n so_o exceed_o fertile_a in_o all_o those_o fruit_n which_o it_o usual_o produce_v to_o we_o and_o especial_o in_o medlar_n that_o ever_o since_o throughout_o all_o age_n it_o have_v be_v call_v the_o year_n of_o the_o great_a medlar_n for_o three_o of_o they_o do_v fill_v a_o bushel_n in_o it_o the_o calends_o be_v find_v by_o the_o grecian_a almanac_n there_o be_v that_o year_n nothing_o of_o the_o month_n of_o march_n in_o the_o time_n of_o lent_n and_o the_o middle_n of_o august_n be_v in_o may_n in_o the_o month_n of_o october_n as_o i_o take_v it_o or_o at_o least_o september_n that_o i_o may_v not_o err_v for_o i_o will_v careful_o take_v heed_n of_o that_o be_v the_o week_n so_o famous_a in_o the_o annal_n which_o they_o call_v the_o week_n of_o the_o three_o thursday_n for_o it_o have_v three_o of_o they_o by_o mean_n of_o their_o regular_a leap-yeare_n call_v bissextils_n occasion_v by_o the_o sun_n have_v trip_v and_o stumble_v a_o little_a towards_o the_o left_a hand_n like_o a_o debtor_n afraid_a of_o sergeant_n come_v right_o upon_o he_o to_o arrest_v he_o and_o the_o moon_n vary_v from_o her_o course_n above_o five_o fathom_n and_o there_o be_v manifest_o see_v the_o motion_n of_o trepidation_n in_o the_o firmament_n of_o the_o fix_a star_n call_v aplanes_n so_o that_o the_o middle_a pleiade_n leave_v her_o fellow_n decline_v towards_o the_o equinoctial_a and_o the_o star_n name_v spica_fw-la leave_v the_o constellation_n of_o the_o virgin_n to_o withdraw_v herself_o towards_o the_o balance_n know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o libra_n which_o be_v case_n very_o terrible_a and_o matter_n so_o hard_a and_o difficult_a that_o astrologian_n can_v set_v their_o tooth_n in_o they_o and_o indeed_o their_o tooth_n have_v be_v pretty_a long_o if_o they_o can_v have_v reach_v thither_o however_o account_v you_o it_o for_o a_o truth_n that_o every_o