Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	world_n	write_v	writing_n	381	4	8.5306	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64059	A disquisition touching the sibylls and the sibylline writings in which their number, antiquity, and by what spirit they were inspired, are succinctly discussed, the objections made by Opsopæus, Isaac Casaubon, David Blondel, and others, are examined, as also the authority of those writings asserted : which may serve as an appendix to the foregoing learned discourse touching the truth and certainty of Christian religion.	Twysden, John, 1607-1688.; Yelverton, Henry, Sir, 1566-1629. Short discourse of the truth & reasonableness of the religion delivered by Jesus Christ.	1662 (1662)	Wing T3546_PART; ESTC R31870_PART	53,956	102

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erithrea_n and_o cumana_n with_o he_o agree_v the_o scholiast_n of_o aristophanes_n in_o his_o comedy_n of_o bird_n there_o be_v three_o sibylls_n avibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d schol._n aristoph_n in_o avibus_fw-la of_o which_o one_o as_o her_o verse_n tell_v you_o be_v the_o sister_n of_o apollo_n the_o second_o erithrea_n the_o three_o sardiana_n aelianus_n tell_v you_o of_o four_o erithrea_n samia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aegyptia_n and_o sardiana_n to_o who_o say_v he_o other_o have_v add_v six_o so_o that_o in_o all_o they_o be_v ten_o among_o which_o cumaea_n and_o judaea_n be_v reckon_v lactantius_n out_o of_o varro_n with_o who_o agree_v isidore_n lugd._n lact._n pag._n 33._o isid_n l_o 8._o cap._n 8._o suidas_n in_o verbo_fw-la antim_fw-la in_o praefat._n ad_fw-la sibyl_n orac._n p._n 144._o sixt._n sen_n bibliot_n pag._n 108._o edit_fw-la lugd._n suidas_n antimachus_n and_o most_o other_o count_v ten_o in_o this_o order_n 1._o the_o persian_a 2._o the_o lybian_a 3._o the_o delphic_a 4._o the_o cumaean_a 5._o the_o erithrean_a 6._o the_o samian_n 7._o cumana_n 8._o the_o hellespontick_a 9_o the_o prygian_a 10._o the_o tiburtine_n onuphrius_n add_v more_o as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr sibyllis_fw-la put_v out_o before_o the_o oracle_n in_o the_o paris_n edit_fw-la 1599_o in_o his_o account_n of_o they_o i_o observe_v this_o difference_n he_o account_v the_o sibylla_n delphica_n in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o persica_fw-la in_o the_o eight_o i_o think_v erroneous_o for_o certain_o she_o be_v much_o ancient_a than_o cumana_n if_o her_o name_n be_v amalthea_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v anon_o the_o age_n of_o the_o world_n in_o which_o they_o live_v several_o be_v uncertain_a but_o undoubted_o the_o first_o of_o they_o very_o ancient_a and_o sundry_a of_o they_o before_o the_o trojan_a war._n 7._o onup_n de_fw-fr sibyl_n pag._n 7._o onuphrius_n tell_v you_o that_o sibylla_n delphica_n live_v long_o before_o those_o 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she_o first_o obtain_v the_o name_n of_o a_o sibyl_n but_o i_o find_v she_o rather_o in_o the_o like_a manner_n more_o ancient_a who_o the_o grecian_n call_v the_o daughter_n of_o jupiter_n and_o lamia_n who_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o neptune_n and_o that_o she_o first_o chant_v out_o oracle_n of_o any_o woman_n and_o by_o those_o of_o libya_n be_v call_v a_o sibyl_n herophile_n be_v not_o so_o ancient_a as_o she_o be_v yet_o be_v she_o also_o before_o the_o trojan_a war_n when_o i_o consider_v and_o compare_v with_o these_o testimony_n what_o the_o most_o learned_a bochartus_n say_v in_o his_o geographia_fw-la sacra_fw-la that_o noah_n be_v saturn_n cham_n jupiter_n hammon_n japhet_n neptune_n 4._o boch_n p._n 1._o noam_v esse_fw-la saturnum_n tom_fw-mi multa_fw-la docent_fw-la ut_fw-la vixsit_fw-la dubitandi_fw-la locus_fw-la see_v how_n inst_z hist_o p._n 4._o and_o sem_fw-mi pluto_n in_o who_o you_o may_v far_o see_v the_o concinness_n of_o the_o story_n and_o his_o reason_n at_o large_a as_o likewise_o that_o tubal_n cain_n be_v vulcan_n boch_n pag._n 432._o by_o a_o small_a change_n in_o the_o pronunciation_n their_o sound_n be_v almost_o the_o same_o it_o may_v well_o stand_v together_o that_o in_o that_o time_n when_o there_o be_v a_o promiscuous_a use_n of_o all_o bed_n that_o cham_n may_v marry_v his_o brother_n japhets_n daughter_n that_o be_v according_a to_o pausanias_n jupiter_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o neptune_n who_o as_o you_o heatd_v before_o be_v a_o divine_a and_o all_o this_o before_o the_o flood_n so_o that_o the_o story_n of_o one_o skilled_a in_o that_o art_n be_v shut_v up_o in_o the_o ark_n with_o noah_n be_v not_o only_o probable_a but_o true_a for_o we_o be_v certain_a noah_n three_o son_n with_o their_o wife_n be_v shut_v up_o there_o 79._o josep_n li._n 1._o cap._n 5._o lil._n giral_n de_fw-fr poet._n hist_o pa._n 79._o josephus_n a_o jewish_a writer_n and_o certain_o no_o friend_n to_o prophecy_n not_o own_v by_o those_o of_o his_o nation_n tell_v you_o of_o one_o that_o speak_v of_o the_o build_n the_o tower_n of_o babel_n and_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n also_o but_o without_o any_o mark_n of_o distrust_n put_v upon_o it_o which_o probable_o he_o will_v have_v do_v have_v he_o find_v any_o cause_n not_o to_o believe_v the_o truth_n of_o their_o write_n lilius_fw-la giraldus_n tell_v you_o that_o sibylla_n persica_fw-la call_v sambethe_n the_o same_o with_o chaldaica_n and_o hebraea_n live_v before_o the_o flood_n and_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o the_o ark_n with_o noah_n i_o find_v she_o also_o call_v paganctuin_fw-la call_v lil._n giral_n de_fw-fr poet._n hist_o pa._n 79_o dial._n 2._o suidas_n in_o verb._n collius_n l._n 3._o p._n 2._o p._n 192._o de_fw-fr animabus_fw-la paganctuin_fw-la sambethe_n no_n which_o may_v as_o well_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o noah_n as_o to_o derive_v her_o name_n from_o no_n a_o town_n near_o the_o red_a sea_n as_o beirlin_n in_o verb._n and_o our_o industrious_a 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