Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	woman_n	womb_n	work_n	14	3	5.0378	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19485	The brazen serpent: or, the copie of a sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, Decemb. 31. 1620. By Iohn Andrevves, priest and preacher of the VVord of God at Saint Iames Clerkenwell in Middlesex	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1621 (1621)	STC 591; ESTC S122344	23,076	64

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the_o brazen_a serpent_n or_o the_o copy_n of_o a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o paul_n cross_n decemb._n 31._o 1620._o by_o john_n andrewes_n priest_n and_o preacher_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n at_o saint_n james_n clerkenwell_n in_o middlesex_n martial_a lib._n 13._o ep._n 2._o ne_fw-fr perdas_fw-la operam_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la mirantur_fw-la in_o illos_fw-la virus_n habe_fw-la nos_fw-la haec_fw-la novimus_fw-la esse_fw-la nihil_fw-la noli_fw-la altum_fw-la sapere_fw-la london_n print_v by_o g._n p._n for_o thomas_n thorp_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v near_o christ-church_n gate_n by_o ed._n wright_n 1621._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a john_n earl_n of_o houldernesse_n viscount_n haddington_n and_o baron_n of_o kingston_n upon_o thames_n etc._n etc._n my_o singular_a good_a lord_n and_o patron_n right_o hon_n and_o my_o very_a good_a lord_n since_o i_o first_o understand_v that_o it_o please_v god_n of_o his_o gracious_a mercy_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o your_o right_a hand_n 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i_o do_v hereby_o certify_v thou_o that_o i_o be_o not_o the_o man_n for_o i_o never_o see_v the_o kingdom_n of_o ireland_n in_o all_o my_o life_n but_o in_o book_n nor_o the_o county_n of_o wilts_n but_o in_o the_o worthy_a work_n of_o the_o learned_a judicious_a and_o famous_a antiquary_n m_o r._n clarencieux_n and_o for_o my_o part_n howsoever_o i_o be_v the_o mean_a among_o the_o many_o thousand_o that_o be_v call_v to_o the_o sacred_a priesthood_n yet_o i_o may_v true_o protest_v that_o i_o never_o play_v the_o circumforanean_a theologaster_n istos_fw-la enim_fw-la circulatores_fw-la qui_fw-la sacram_fw-la philosophiam_fw-la honestiùs_fw-la neglexissent_fw-la quàm_fw-la vendunt_fw-la semper_fw-la exosos_fw-la habui_fw-la and_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o be_v never_o in_o print_n before_o neither_o be_v it_o either_o in_o my_o purpose_n or_o in_o my_o desire_n to_o come_v abroad_o to_o the_o world_n in_o print_n at_o this_o time_n the_o importunate_a request_n of_o my_o friend_n can_v never_o have_v press_v i_o to_o the_o press_n if_o i_o have_v know_v which_o way_n to_o suppress_v certain_a bastard_n and_o illegitimate_a copy_n of_o this_o silly_a sermon_n which_o wander_v up_o &_o down_o the_o town_n like_o vagrant_n and_o be_v take_v beg_v here_o for_o a_o crown_n and_o there_o for_o a_o angel_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v my_o desire_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v have_v to_o the_o house_n of_o correction_n and_o after_o due_a punishment_n send_v back_o to_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v bear_v or_o rather_o misbegotten_a but_o the_o multitude_n of_o they_o be_v so_o numerous_a that_o justice_n without_o inconvenience_n can_v not_o be_v do_v upon_o they_o therefore_o to_o vindicate_v myself_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o glorious_a barbarism_n and_o most_o lame_a and_o unjointed_a nonsense_n i_o know_v no_o better_a course_n then_o by_o make_v the_o genüine_a copy_n of_o that_o which_o i_o then_o deliver_v public_a to_o the_o world_n such_o as_o it_o be_v thou_o have_v it_o accept_v it_o even_o as_o thou_o can_v find_v in_o thy_o heart_n i_o grant_v i_o have_v not_o interlard_v it_o with_o any_o exotique_a elegancy_n nor_o conclout_v the_o margin_n with_o many_o quotation_n because_o i_o find_v it_o somewhat_o cumbersome_a to_o the_o compositor_n for_o the_o style_n i_o confess_v it_o be_v plain_a and_o incurious_a even_o like_o my_o speech_n &_o garment_n for_o it_o be_v my_o study_n ever_o to_o be_v rather_o inter_v zenonis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quàm_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n as_o i_o never_o have_v any_o facility_n in_o teach_v period_n to_o dance_v friskin_n and_o suchlike_a curiosity_n so_o do_v i_o never_o take_v any_o felicity_n in_o it_o for_o i_o be_v persuade_v that_o such_o laboriosae_fw-la nugae_fw-la be_v better_o neglect_v then_o ambitious_o affect_v if_o for_o no_o other_o regard_n