Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	work_n	write_v	young_a	226	4	5.8163	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00695	Erōtomania or A treatise discoursing of the essence, causes, symptomes, prognosticks, and cure of love, or erotique melancholy. Written by Iames Ferrand Dr. of Physick; Traité de l'essence et guérison de l'amour. English	Ferrand, Jacques, médecin.; Chilmead, Edmund, 1610-1654.	1640 (1640)	STC 10829; ESTC S102065	141,472	420

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by_o the_o way_n that_o my_o desire_n ●s_v to_o speak_v as_o modest_o as_o possible_o i_o can_v ●et_o must_v i_o withal_o observe_v the_o precept_n and_o term_n of_o physic_n which_o can_v so_o well_o stand_v oftentimes_o with_o the_o civility_n and_o modesty_n of_o language_n amo_fw-la vere●undiam_fw-la say_v tully_n sed_fw-la magis_fw-la amo_fw-la libertatem_fw-la loquendi_fw-la i_o love_v modesty_n but_o yet_o i_o love_v the_o liberty_n of_o speech_n more_o and_o yet_o be_o i_o not_o one_o of_o zeno_n sect_n cui_fw-la placuit_fw-la svo_fw-la quamque_fw-la rem_fw-la nomine_fw-la appellare_fw-la who_o will_v have_v every_o thing_n call_v by_o its_o own_o name_n and_o maintain_v that_o nothing_o be_v obscene_a nor_o unfit_a for_o the_o chaste_a ear_n to_o hear_v and_o indeed_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v something_o a_o disputable_a business_n whether_o or_o no_o the_o name_n be_v obscene_a and_o dishonest_a when_o as_o the_o part_n themselves_o that_o be_v signify_v by_o they_o be_v not_o so_o but_o be_v natural_a useful_a and_o necessary_a and_o of_o which_o also_o we_o oftentimes_o make_v public_a dissection_n and_o demonstration_n and_o discourse_v open_o of_o their_o substance_n number_n figure_n situation_n connexion_n action_n and_o use_v perrot_n a_o french_a physician_n advise_v to_o take_v camphire_n and_o distil_v it_o a_o dozen_o time_n assure_v we_o that_o this_o remedy_n excel_v all_o other_o in_o virtue_n and_o efficacy_n and_o arnaldus_n de_fw-fr villa_n nova_fw-la say_v that_o if_o a_o man_n take_v the_o right_a stone_n of_o a_o wolf_n and_o put_v i●_n under_o the_o right_a stone_n of_o the_o party_n affect_v he_o will_v in_o a_o short_a space_n forget_v all_o his_o unchaste_a desire_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o only_a trifle_a devise_n that_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o that_o book_n of_o he_o de_fw-fr venenis_fw-la but_o if_o this_o shall_v be_v true_a which_o yet_o i_o be_o very_o apt_a to_o suspect_v we_o must_v attribute_v this_o effect_n to_o some_o certain_a occult_a quality_n to_o which_o we_o must_v also_o refer_v the_o virtue_n which_o both_o he_o and_o diverse_a other_o physician_n do_v impute_v to_o the_o carbuncle_n saphire_n emerald_n and_o jaspir_a stone_n for_o the_o preserve_v a_o main_a from_o love-melancholy_n if_o he_o wear_v any_o of_o these_o precious_a stone_n on_o the_o ring-finger_n of_o his_o left_a hand_n cap._n xxxiii_o the_o cure_n of_o erotique_a melancholy_n and_o love_n madness_n diogenes_n go_n one_o day_n to_o the_o oracle_n at_o delphos_n to_o ask_v counsel_n what_o be_v the_o most_o sovereign_a and_o speedy_a remedy_n for_o the_o cure_n of_o his_o son_n that_o be_v grow_v mad_a for_o love_n receive_v this_o answer_n that_o he_o must_v enjoy_v she_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o madness_n the_o same_o counsel_n do_v jonadab_n give_v to_o amnon_n who_o dote_v on_o his_o sister_n thamar_n hypocrates_n to_o king_n perdicca_n son_n and_o erasistratus_n to_o antiochus_n king_n seleucus_z his_o son_n this_o opinion_n be_v also_o set_v down_o in_o express_a term_n by_o hypocrates_n about_o the_o end_n of_o his_o book_n de_n his_o quae_fw-la ad_fw-la virgin_n spect_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o advice_n be_v say_v he_o that_o all_o young_a wench_n when_o once_o they_o begin_v to_o be_v take_v with_o this_o disease_n shall_v present_o be_v marry_v out_o of_o hand_n the_o same_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o galen_n also_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o those_o excellent_a book_n of_o he_o which_o he_o compose_v in_o his_o old_a age_n de_fw-fr locis_fw-la affect_v as_o also_o of_o avicen_n haly_n abbas_n gordonius_n arnaldus_n valescus_n de_fw-fr tarenta_n pereda_n lucretius_n ficinus_fw-la ovid_n and_o many_o other_o but_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o their_o desire_n do_v not_o cure_v this_o disease_n alone_o but_o even_o the_o very_a power_n or_o liberty_n to_o enjoy_v they_o do_v ofttimes_o work_v the_o same_o effect_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet._n jlli_n peccandi_fw-la

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down_o the_o manner_n of_o cure_v these_o two_o opposite_a disease_n but_o shall_v rather_o refer_v you_o to_o avicen_n aetius_n aegineta_n and_o all_o modern_a writer_n that_o have_v speak_v any_o thing_n of_o barrenness_n or_o of_o the_o disease_n of_o woman_n arnaldus_n de_fw-fr villa_n nova_fw-la in_o his_o tract_n that_o he_o have_v writren_a concern_v the_o remedy_n that_o must_v be_v use_v against_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o sorcery_n counsel_n we_o to_o cause_v the_o party_n affect_v to_o carry_v about_o he_o a_o quill_n of_o quicksilver_n or_o else_o a_o piece_n of_o coral_n the_o herb_n motherwort_n or_o squill_n joannes_n de_fw-fr vigo_n advise_v to_o besprinkle_v the_o house_n of_o the_o party_n that_o be_v enchant_v or_o bewitch_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o black_a dog_n some_o other_o will_v have_v he_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o a_o magpie_n or_o wood-pecker_n or_o else_o to_o anoint_v the_o body_n of_o the_o enchant_a person_n with_o the_o gall_n of_o a_o raven_n temper_v with_o the_o powder_n of_o hartwort_n but_o my_o opinion_n shall_v ever_o be_v that_o enchantment_n and_o sorcery_n be_v to_o be_v cure_v rather_o by_o prayer_n and_o fast_v and_o not_o by_o physical_a or_o natural_a remedy_n chap._n xxxv_o of_o philter_n and_o poëticall_a cure_n of_o love_n before_o we_o descend_v to_o the_o cure_n of_o love-melancholy_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o examine_v whether_o or_o no_o this_o disease_n may_v be_v cause_v by_o philter_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n also_o cure_v by_o poetical_a remedy_n or_o any_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o a_o nature_n contrary_n to_o these_o philter_n those_o that_o endeavour_v to_o maintain_v the_o power_n of_o philter_n or_o love_n potion_n allege_v for_o themselves_o that_o if_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o a_o sorcerer_n or_o magician_n to_o cause_n hate_n they_o may_v then_o as_o easy_o produce_v the_o contrary_a passion_n which_o be_v love_n and_o that_o by_o the_o use_n of_o certain_a character_n charm_n poison_n meat_n or_o medicine_n which_o may_v stir_v up_o the_o humour_n heat_n the_o blood_n or_o by_o some_o other_o mean_v provoke_v they_o to_o lust_n and_o this_o their_o assertion_n they_o labour_v to_o prove_v out_o of_o that_o place_n of_o the_o prophet_n nahum_n where_o there_o be_v a_o woe_n pronounce_v against_o the_o bloody_a city_n etc._n etc._n because_o of_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o whoredom_n of_o the_o well_o favour_a harlot_n the_o mistress_n of_o witchcraft_n that_o sell_v nation_n through_o her_o whoredom_n and_o family_n through_o her_o witchcraft_n where_o by_o witchcraft_n they_o say_v be_v mean_v philter_n which_o they_o use_v to_o make_v by_o burn_v the_o stone_n of_o olive_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o baruch_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n as_o they_o conceive_v that_o plato_n in_o convivio_fw-la say_v that_o love_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a magician_n and_o a_o sorcerer_n the_o 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