Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	find_v	great_a	read_v	2,892	5	5.5522	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60662	Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...	Salmon, William, 1644-1713.; Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent.; Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.; Artephius. Liber secretus artis occultae. English.; Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418. Figures hierogliphiques. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Speculum alchemiae. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Radix mundi. English.; Ripley, George, d. 1490? Medulla alchimiae. English.	1692 (1692)	Wing S434; ESTC R183203	439,154	1,009

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manifest_a that_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr be_v not_o perfective_a in_o its_o nature_n but_o that_o matter_n be_v which_o be_v produce_v of_o it_o by_o our_o art_n and_o so_o likewise_o be_v it_o in_o sulphur_n and_o arsenic_n therefore_o in_o these_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o follow_v nature_n but_o by_o our_o natural_a artifice_n xxxviii_o it_o be_v also_o undeniable_o manifest_v that_o body_n contain_v the_o great_a quantity_n of_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr be_v body_n of_o perfection_n wherefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v that_o those_o body_n be_v more_o nigh_o to_o perfection_n which_o more_o amicable_o imbibe_n argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr the_o sign_n of_o this_o be_v the_o easy_a susception_n of_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr by_o a_o solar_a or_o lunar_a body_n of_o perfection_n for_o this_o same_o reason_n if_o a_o body_n alter_v do_v not_o easy_o receive_v argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr into_o its_o substance_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v very_o remote_a from_o this_o perfection_n 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luna_n of_o venus_n of_o saturn_n ana_fw-la one_o ounce_n melt_v these_o body_n first_o the_o venus_n and_o luna_fw-la second_o the_o sol_fw-la three_o saturn_n take_v all_o out_o of_o the_o fire_n have_v melt_v they_o in_o a_o large_a crucible_n and_o your_o mercury_n in_o readiness_n make_v hot_a in_o another_o and_o when_o the_o say_v metal_n begin_v to_o harden_v pover_fw-mi in_o the_o mercury_n leisurly_a stir_v the_o mixture_n with_o a_o stick_n set_v it_o again_o on_o the_o fire_n and_o take_v it_o off_o until_o they_o be_v all_o amalgamated_a with_o the_o whole_a mercury_n this_o amal_n gama_n put_v to_o be_v dissolve_v for_o seven_o day_n extract_v the_o water_n with_o a_o cloth_n make_v the_o residue_n volatile_a give_v fire_n of_o ignition_n this_o again_o imbibe_n with_o its_o whole_a water_n and_o put_v it_o to_o be_v generate_v and_o again_o to_o be_v dry_v for_o forty_o day_n and_o you_o will_v find_v a_o stone_n which_o put_v to_o be_v fix_v so_o will_v you_o have_v a_o 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in_o the_o chapter_n under_o their_o several_a and_o respective_a title_n viz._n the_o examen_fw-la by_o admixtion_n of_o burn_a sulphur_n in_o chap._n 38._o sect._n 6_o 7_o and_o 8._o the_o examen_fw-la by_o calcination_n and_o reduction_n in_o chap._n 53._o sect._n 32._o the_o examen_fw-la by_o the_o easy_a susception_n of_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr in_o chap._n 48._o sect._n 38._o where_o the_o matter_n be_v explain_v at_o large_a and_o to_o which_o we_o refer_v you_o chap._n lxviii_o a_o recapitulation_n of_o the_o whole_a art_n i._o have_v now_o handle_v the_o experience_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o power_n of_o this_o our_o magistery_n according_a to_o the_o necessity_n order_n and_o method_n of_o our_o propose_a discourse_n it_o only_o remain_v that_o we_o shall_v at_o once_o declare_v the_o complete_n of_o this_o whole_a divine_a work_n and_o in_o few_o word_n contract_v the_o disperse_a magistery_n into_o one_o sum_n in_o general_a head_n ii_o we_o say_v then_o that_o the_o sum_n 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flammel_n roger_n bachon_n and_o george_n ripley_n all_z translate_v out_o of_o the_o best_a latin_a edition_n into_o english_a for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o lover_n of_o learning_n and_o clause_v or_o divide_v into_o chapter_n and_o section_n for_o the_o more_o pleasant_a read_n and_o full_a understanding_n of_o the_o mind_n of_o those_o author_n by_o william_n salmon_n professor_n of_o physic_n the_o three_o book_n london_n print_v for_o j._n harris_n and_o t._n howkins_n 1692._o artephii_n libre_fw-la secretus_fw-la artephius_n translate_v out_o of_o the_o latin-copy_n printed_n anno_fw-la 1659._o into_o english_a by_o william_n salmon_n professor_n of_o physic_n book_n iii_o chap._n i._n the_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n i._o artephius_n noster_fw-la benevole_fw-la lector_fw-la solus_fw-la inter_fw-la philosophos_fw-la invidiâ_fw-la caret_fw-la ut_fw-la infra_fw-la de_fw-la so_o pluribus_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la asserit_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d apertissimis_fw-la verbis_fw-la artem_fw-la 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certum_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la lapide_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la agnoscerem_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la ambiens_fw-la deceptores_fw-la falsos_fw-la inveni_fw-la &_o non_fw-la philosophos_fw-la semper_fw-la tamen_fw-la student_n &_o multipliciter_fw-la dubitans_fw-la veritatem_fw-la inveni_fw-la ii_o sed_fw-la cum_fw-la materiam_fw-la agnoscerem_fw-la ducenties_fw-la erravi_fw-la antequam_fw-la veram_fw-la materiam_fw-la operationem_fw-la &_o practicam_fw-la invenissem_fw-la iii_o primò_fw-la materiae_fw-la operationes_fw-la &_o putrefactionis_fw-la novem_fw-la mensibus_fw-la coepi_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la inveni_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o balneo_fw-la mariae_fw-la per_fw-la tempus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la posui_fw-la &_o similiter_fw-la erravi_fw-la enimverò_fw-la in_o calcinationis_fw-la igne_fw-la tribus_fw-la mensibus_fw-la posui_fw-la &_o malè_fw-la operatus_fw-la sum_fw-la iv._o omnia_fw-la distillationum_fw-la &_o sublimationum_fw-la genera_fw-la prout_fw-la dicunt_fw-la 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ad_fw-la ignem_fw-la dimittatur_fw-la ignisque_fw-la proportio_fw-la sciatur_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la tantùm_fw-la modò_fw-la excitet_fw-la materiam_fw-la &_o in_o brevi_fw-la tempore_fw-la ig_n nis_fw-la ille_fw-la absque_fw-la alia_fw-la manuum_fw-la appositione_n de_fw-fr certo_fw-la totum_fw-la opus_fw-la complebit_fw-la quia_fw-la putrefaciet_fw-la corrumpet_fw

generabit_fw-la &_o perficiet_fw-la &_o tres_fw-la faciet_fw-la apparere_fw-la colores_fw-la principales_fw-la nigrum_fw-la album_fw-la &_o rubeum_fw-la xv._n et_fw-la mediante_fw-la igne_fw-la nostro_fw-la multiplicabitur_fw-la medicina_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la cruda_fw-la conjungatur_fw-la materia_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la in_o quantitate_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o virtute_fw-la tota_n be_v igitur_fw-la viribus_fw-la tuum_fw-la ignem_fw-la inquirere_fw-la scias_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la scopum_fw-la pervenies_fw-la quia_fw-la totum_fw-la facit_fw-la opus_fw-la &_o est_fw-la clavis_fw-la omnium_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la quam_fw-la nunquàm_fw-la revelaverunt_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la benè_fw-la &_o profundè_fw-la super_fw-la praedicta_fw-la de_fw-la proprietatibus_fw-la ignis_fw-la cogitaveris_fw-la scies_fw-la &_o non_fw-la aliter_fw-la xvi_o pielate_fw-la ergò_fw-la motus_fw-la haec_fw-la scripsi_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la satisfaciam_fw-la ignis_fw-la non_fw-la transmutatur_fw-la cum_fw-la materia_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr materia_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la dixi_fw-la haec_fw-la igitur_fw-la dicere_fw-la volui_fw-la prudentesque_fw-la admonere_fw-la ne_fw-la pecunias_fw-la svas_fw-la inutiliter_fw-la consumant_fw-la sed_fw-la sciant_fw-la quid_fw-la inquirere_fw-la debeant_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la ad_fw-la artis_fw-la veritatem_fw-la pervenient_a &_o non_fw-la aliter_fw-la vale._n chap._n ii_o the_o epistle_n of_o john_n pontanus_n beforementioned_a in_o theatrum_fw-la chymicum_fw-la vol._n 6._o pag._n 487._o i._o i_o john_n pontanus_n have_v travel_v through_o many_o country_n that_o i_o may_v know_v the_o certainty_n of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n and_o pass_v through_o the_o universe_n i_o find_v many_o deceiver_n but_o no_o true_a philosopher_n which_o put_v i_o upon_o incessant_a study_v and_o make_v many_o doubt_n till_o at_o length_n i_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n ii_o when_o i_o attain_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o matter_n in_o general_n yet_o i_o err_v at_o least_o two_o hundred_o time_n before_o i_o can_v attain_v to_o know_v the_o singular_a thing_n itself_o with_o the_o work_n and_o practice_n thereof_o iii_o first_o i_o begin_v with_o the_o putrefaction_n of_o the_o matter_n which_o i_o continue_v for_o nine_o month_n together_o and_o obtain_v nothing_o i_o then_o for_o some_o certain_a time_n prove_v a_o balneum_fw-la mariae_fw-la but_o in_o vain_a after_o that_o i_o use_v a_o fire_n of_o calcination_n for_o threemonths_n space_n and_o still_o find_v myself_o out_o of_o the_o way_n iv._o i_o assay_v all_o sort_n of_o distillation_n and_o sublimation_n as_o the_o philosopher_n geber_n archelaus_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o they_o have_v prescribe_v and_o yet_o find_v nothing_o in_o sum_n i_o attempt_v to_o perfect_v the_o whole_a work_n of_o alchemy_n by_o all_o imaginable_a and_o likely_a mean_n as_o by_o horse-dung_n bath_n ash_n and_o other_o heat_n of_o divers_a kind_n all_o which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o philosopher_n book_n yet_o without_o any_o success_n v._o i_o yet_o continual_o for_o three_o year_n together_o study_v the_o book_n of_o philosopher_n and_o that_o chief_o in_o hermes_n who_o concise_a word_n comprehend_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o whole_a matter_n viz._n the_o secret_a of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n by_o a_o obscure_a way_n of_o speak_v of_o what_o be_v superior_a and_o what_o be_v inferior_a to_o wit_n of_o heaven_n and_o of_o earth_n vi_o therefore_o our_o operation_n which_o bring_v the_o matter_n into_o be_v in_o the_o first_o second_o and_o three_o work_n be_v not_o the_o heat_n of_o a_o bath_n nor_o horse-dung_n nor_o ash_n nor_o of_o the_o other_o fire_n which_o philosopher_n excogitate_v in_o their_o book_n shall_v i_o demand_v then_o what_o it_o be_v that_o perfect_v the_o work_n since_o the_o wiseman_n have_v thus_o conceal_v it_o true_o be_v move_v with_o a_o generous_a spirit_n i_o will_v declare_v it_o with_o the_o compliment_n of_o the_o 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all_o thing_n dissolve_v congeal_v coagulate_v and_o calcines_fw-la adapt_v to_o penetrate_v and_o be_v a_o compendium_n without_o any_o great_a cost_n xi_o and_o that_o be_v the_o fire_n with_o a_o gentle_a heat_n soft_a or_o remiss_a by_o which_o the_o whole_a work_n be_v perfect_v together_o with_o all_o the_o proper_a sublimation_n they_o who_o read_v geber_n with_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o philosopher_n though_o they_o shall_v survive_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o year_n yet_o will_v they_o not_o be_v able_a to_o comprehend_v it_o for_o that_o this_o fire_n be_v find_v by_o a_o profound_a cogitation_n only_o which_o be_v once_o apprehend_v may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o book_n and_o not_o before_o xii_o the_o error_n therefore_o in_o this_o work_n proceed_v chief_o from_o a_o not_o know_v or_o understanding_n of_o the_o true_a fire_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o move_a principle_n that_o transmute_v the_o whole_a matter_n into_o the_o true_a philosopher_n stone_n and_o 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that_o fire_n without_o any_o lay_n on_o of_o hand_n will_v complete_a the_o whole_a work_n because_o it_o putrefy_v corrupt_v generate_v and_o perfect_v and_o make_v the_o three_o principal_a colour_n viz._n the_o black_a white_a and_o red_a to_o appear_v xv._n and_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o this_o our_o fire_n the_o medicine_n will_v be_v multiply_v by_o addition_n of_o the_o crude_a matter_n not_o only_o in_o quantity_n but_o also_o in_o quality_n or_o virtue_n therefore_o seek_v out_o this_o fire_n with_o all_o thy_o industry_n for_o have_v once_o find_v it_o thou_o shall_v accomplish_v thy_o desire_n because_o it_o perform_v the_o whole_a work_n and_o be_v the_o true_a key_n of_o all_o the_o philosopher_n which_o they_o never_o yet_o reveal_v consider_v well_o of_o what_o i_o have_v speak_v concern_v the_o property_n of_o this_o fire_n and_o thou_o must_v know_v it_o otherwise_o it_o will_v be_v hide_v from_o thy_o eye_n xvi_o be_v move_v with_o generosity_n i_o have_v write_v these_o thing_n but_o that_o i_o may_v speak_v plain_o this_o fire_n be_v not_o transmute_v with_o the_o matter_n because_o it_o be_v nothing_o of_o the_o matter_n as_o i_o have_v before_o

volatility_n save_v by_o that_o long_a digestion_n in_o the_o pure_a blood_n of_o young_a infant_n xiii_o for_o in_o that_o this_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr being_n join_v with_o sol_n and_o luna_fw-la be_v first_o turn_v with_o they_o into_o a_o plant_n like_o that_o there_o paint_a and_o afterward_o by_o corruption_n into_o serpent_n which_o serpent_n be_v perfect_o dry_v and_o ed_z be_v make_v a_o fine_a powder_n of_o gold_n which_o be_v the_o stone_n fourteen_o this_o strange_a or_o foreign_a discourse_n to_o the_o matter_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o my_o err_a and_o that_o make_v i_o wander_v for_o the_o space_n of_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n in_o a_o perfect_a meander_n from_o the_o verity_n in_o which_o space_n of_o time_n i_o go_v through_o a_o thousand_o labyrinth_n or_o process_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a yet_o never_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o infant_n for_o that_o i_o account_v wicked_a and_o villainous_a xv._n for_o i_o find_v in_o my_o book_n that_o the_o philosopher_n call_v blood_n the_o mineral_n spirit_n which_o be_v in_o the_o metal_n chief_o in_o sol_n luna_fw-la and_o mercury_n to_o which_o sense_n i_o always_o in_o my_o own_o judgement_n assent_v yet_o these_o interpretation_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v not_o more_o subtle_a than_o true_a xvi_o not_o find_v therefore_o in_o my_o operation_n or_o course_n of_o my_o process_n the_o sign_n at_o the_o time_n write_v in_o my_o book_n i_o be_v ever_o to_o begin_v again_o xvii_o in_o the_o end_n have_v lose_v all_o hope_n of_o ever_o understand_v those_o symbol_n or_o figure_n i_o make_v a_o vow_n to_o god_n to_o demand_v their_o interpretation_n of_o some_o jewish_a priest_n belong_v to_o some_o synagogue_n in_o spain_n xviii_o whereupon_o with_o the_o consent_n of_o my_o wife_n perrenelle_n carry_v with_o i_o the_o extract_v or_o copy_n of_o the_o figure_n or_o picture_n i_o take_v up_o a_o pilgrim_n habit_n and_o staff_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o you_o see_v i_o figure_v without_o the_o say_a 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joy_n he_o begin_v to_o decipher_v unto_o i_o the_o beginning_n to_o be_v short_a he_o be_v much_o please_v that_o he_o be_v in_o hope_n to_o hear_v tiding_n of_o the_o book_n and_o i_o as_o much_o please_v to_o hear_v he_o speak_v and_o interpret_v it_o xxvii_o and_o doubtless_o he_o have_v hear_v much_o talk_n of_o the_o book_n but_o it_o be_v as_o he_o say_v of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v believe_v to_o be_v utter_o lose_v upon_o this_o we_o resolve_v for_o our_o voyage_n and_o from_o leon_n we_o pass_v to_o oviedo_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o sanson_n where_o we_o take_v ship_v and_o go_v to_o sea_n in_o order_n to_o go_v into_o france_n xxviii_o our_o voyage_n be_v prosperous_a and_o happy_a and_o be_v arrive_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n he_o most_o true_o interpret_v unto_o i_o the_o great_a part_n of_o my_o figure_n in_o which_o even_o to_o the_o point_n and_o prick_n he_o can_v decipher_v great_a mystery_n which_o be_v admirable_a to_o i_o xxix_o have_v attain_v orleans_n this_o learned_a man_n fall_v sick_a even_o to_o death_n be_v afflict_v with_o extreme_a vomit_n which_o still_o continue_v with_o he_o as_o be_v first_o cause_v by_o his_o sea_n sickness_n notwithstanding_o which_o he_o be_v in_o continual_a fear_n lest_o i_o shall_v leave_v or_o forsake_v he_o which_o be_v a_o great_a trouble_n to_o he_o xxx_o and_o although_o i_o be_v continual_o by_o his_o side_n yet_o he_o will_v be_v almost_o always_o call_v for_o i_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o his_o sickness_n he_o die_v which_o be_v no_o small_a grief_n to_o i_o and_o i_o bury_v he_o as_o well_o as_o my_o present_a condition_n will_v permit_v i_o in_o a_o church_n at_o orleans_n xxxi_o he_o that_o will_v see_v the_o manner_n of_o my_o arrival_n and_o the_o joy_n of_o perenelle_n let_v he_o look_v upon_o we_o two_o in_o the_o city_n of_o paris_n upon_o the_o door_n of_o the_o chapel_n of_o james_n of_o the_o bouchery_n close_o by_o the_o one_o side_n of_o my_o house_n where_o we_o be_v both_o paint_v kneel_v and_o give_v thanks_o to_o god_n xxxii_o for_o through_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n it_o be_v that_o i_o attain_v the_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o all_o that_o i_o desire_v well!_o i_o have_v now_o the_o prima_fw-la materia_fw-la the_o first_o principle_n yet_o not_o their_o first_o preparation_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n most_o difficult_a above_o all_o other_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n xxxiii_o but_o in_o the_o end_n i_o have_v that_o also_o after_o a_o long_a aberration_n and_o wander_v in_o a_o labarinth_n of_o error_n for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o during_o which_o time_n i_o do_v nothing_o but_o study_n and_o search_v and_o labour_n so_o as_o you_o see_v i_o depict_v without_o this_o arch_n where_o i_o have_v place_v my_o process_n xxxiv_o pray_v also_o continual_o to_o god_n and_o read_v attentive_o in_o my_o book_n ponder_v the_o word_n of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o then_o try_v and_o prove_v the_o 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