Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	blood_n	part_n	vein_n	1,915	5	9.5554	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02440	VVork for chimny-sweepers: or A warning for tabacconists Describing the pernicious vse of tabacco, no lesse pleasant then profitable for all sorts to reade.	Philaretes, fl. 1602.; Hind, John, fl. 1596-1606.; I. H., fl. 1602.	1602 (1602)	STC 12571; ESTC S103588	23,701	50

over-hardned_a and_o dry_a the_o contrariety_n and_o diversity_n of_o these_o unnatural_a melancholy_n do_v hang_v and_o depend_v on_o the_o contrariety_n and_o difference_n of_o the_o humour_n whereof_o they_o be_v engender_v all_o these_o sort_n of_o melancholy_n be_v augment_v and_o increase_v much_o in_o such_o as_o often_o accustom_v themselves_o to_o the_o fume_n of_o tobacco_n for_o first_o touch_v the_o natural_a melancholy_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o thick_a and_o grosser_n that_o the_o blood_n be_v the_o more_o of_o that_o thick_a and_o earthly_a sediment_n it_o shall_v contain_v but_o tobacco_n thicken_v and_o engross_v the_o blood_n and_o therefore_o tobacco_n engender_v in_o we_o a_o great_a store_n of_o that_o thick_a and_o gross_a sediment_n which_o we_o define_v to_o be_v of_o galen_n call_v natural_a melancholy_n the_o mayor_n or_o first_o proposition_n be_v manifest_a for_o all_o liquid_a and_o moist_a thing_n be_v the_o more_o thick_a or_o thin_a and_o clear_a according_a to_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o fece_n mix_v in_o the_o same_o for_o if_o the_o ground_n be_v many_o then_o be_v the_o matter_n or_o humour_n troublesome_a and_o thick_a but_o if_o the_o dregs_n or_o fece_n be_v few_o then_o be_v the_o humour_n clear_a and_o thin_a the_o minor_a or_o second_o proposition_n of_o the_o former_a sillogisme_n may_v be_v prove_v in_o this_o sort_n all_o those_o thing_n which_o waste_n and_o consume_v the_o pure_a &_o thin_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n do_v cause_n the_o same_o blood_n to_o remain_v afterward_o more_o gross_a and_o thick_a and_o therefore_o may_v just_o be_v say_v to_o thicken_v the_o blood_n but_o tobacco_n waste_v and_o absume_v the_o liquid_a and_o thin_a part_n of_o our_o blood_n and_o therefore_o tobacco_n may_v just_o be_v say_v to_o thicken_v the_o same_o the_o mayor_n proposition_n be_v evident_a need_v no_o far_a proof_n the_o minor_a be_v prove_v by_o daily_a and_o usual_a practice_n and_o experience_n of_o such_o as_o common_o do_v drink_v this_o tobacco_n for_o thereby_o do_v they_o purge_v great_a store_n of_o a_o clear_a and_o thin_a humour_n which_o will_v mix_v itself_o with_o the_o blood_n and_o cause_v the_o same_o to_o be_v more_o liquid_a and_o fluent_a and_o in_o time_n also_o by_o good_a concoction_n turn_v into_o pure_a and_o subtle_a blood_n apt_a to_o feed_v and_o nourish_v the_o body_n and_o albeit_o melancholy_a be_v of_o nature_n cold_a seem_v to_o have_v no_o need_n of_o phlegmetique_n and_o thin_a humour_n to_o be_v mix_v therewith_o lest_o that_o his_o cold_a distemper_n be_v great_o increase_v thereby_o yet_o of_o necessity_n some_o store_n of_o this_o crude_a and_o raw_a matter_n be_v require_v to_o run_v with_o the_o melancholy_a juice_n to_o moderate_v and_o temper_v his_o extreme_a siccetie_n and_o drythe_o and_o to_o defend_v it_o from_o induration_n &_o hardness_n the_o increase_n whereof_o in_o our_o body_n breed_v dulness_n sottishness_n and_o blockishness_n all_o which_o be_v the_o usual_a effect_n of_o over-hardened_n and_o dry_a melancholy_n for_o melancholy_a over-hardened_n if_o it_o come_v once_o to_o be_v cool_v it_o be_v extreme_a cold_a as_o iron_n which_o be_v heat_n be_v extreme_a hot_a and_o be_v cool_v again_o be_v extreme_a cold_a also_o so_o this_o hard_a and_o dry_a melancholy_n once_o deprive_v of_o natural_a heat_n by_o the_o inordinate_a use_n of_o tobacco_n fume_n the_o fiery_a heat_n of_o the_o one_o dissipate_v the_o natural_a and_o lesser_a heat_n of_o the_o other_o can_v yield_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o excessive_a and_o immoderate_a cold_a cause_n lie_v in_o the_o vein_n and_o mix_v with_o the_o blood_n such_o be_v esteem_v to_o be_v dulness_n of_o conceit_n blockishness_n mopishnesse_n and_o sottishness_n one_o of_o the_o worst_a kind_n of_o accident_n that_o common_o ensue_v over-hardened_n cool_v and_o dry_v melancholy_a in_o our_o body_n again_o such_o as_o the_o part_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v such_o also_o be_v think_v the_o blood_n to_o be_v and_o as_o the_o blood_n prove_v so_o likewise_o be_v the_o spirit_n affect_v for_o they_o do_v issue_n and_o proceed_v from_o the_o blood_n itself_o and_o such_o as_o the_o spirit_n be_v such_o also_o be_v adjudge_v to_o be_v the_o temper_n and_o dissipation_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o brain_n and_o as_o the_o brain_n be_v dispose_v and_o affect_v so_o likewise_o be_v the_o virtue_n of_o conceit_n imagination_n understanding_n and_o remembrance_n affect_v and_o dispose_v also_o all_o which_o in_o particular_a by_o sundry_a example_n be_v easy_a to_o prove_v for_o he_o that_o be_v but_o mean_o see_v and_o slender_o read_v in_o philosophy_n say_n that_o the_o sanguine_a man_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o purity_n of_o his_o blood_n have_v his_o brain_n and_o inward_a part_n well_o temper_v his_o sense_n clear_a his_o spirit_n light_n and_o subtle_a his_o heart_n bold_a and_o merry_a his_o mind_n affable_a courteous_a and_o civil_a whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a part_n the_o melancholy_a person_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o superfluous_a earthly_a and_o dry_a matter_n mix_v with_o his_o blood_n have_v his_o complexion_n more_o wan_a and_o swart_a his_o conceit_n of_o brain_n more_o dull_a and_o hard_a his_o mind_n give_v to_o sollitarinesse_n and_o private_a life_n for_o those_o two_o humour_n of_o blood_n and_o melancholy_n be_v in_o both_o their_o quality_n very_o repugnant_a and_o contrary_a the_o one_o be_v hot_a and_o moist_a the_o other_o cold_a and_o dry_a but_o here_o i_o think_v i_o hear_v you_o say_v what_o make_v this_o idle_a discourse_n of_o blood_n and_o melancholy_n of_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o spirit_n to_o your_o purpose_n or_o to_o the_o reputation_n of_o tobacco_n forsooth_o very_o much_o for_o hereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o continual_a practice_n of_o tobacco_n destroy_v the_o purity_n and_o clearness_n of_o their_o blood_n in_o that_o as_o i_o proo●ed_v before_o it_o harden_v and_o thicken_v the_o same_o and_o in_o thicken_a it_o engender_v dull_a &_o melancholy_a spirit_n which_o make_v blockish_a and_o sottish_a conceit_n and_o a_o timorous_a and_o deject_a mind_n not_o fit_a or_o convenient_a for_o man_n that_o delilght_v in_o civility_n and_o society_n of_o other_o for_o see_v that_o the_o fume_n of_o tobacco_n yield_v no_o good_a food_n or_o nourishment_n to_o the_o pure_a blood_n but_o rather_o trouble_v and_o corrupt_v the_o same_o it_o be_v thereby_o most_o plain_a and_o evident_a that_o it_o engender_v in_o we_o most_o dull_a and_o trouble_a spirit_n also_o taste_v and_o savour_v much_o of_o that_o loathsome_a fume_n and_o duskish_a smoke_n which_o rise●●_n &_o steem_v up_o to_o the_o brain_n by_o the_o roof_n and_o pallate_n of_o the_o mouth_n first_o send_v thither_o through_o the_o tobacco_n pipe_n full_o charge_v with_o tobacco_n dust_n and_o afterward_o scorch_v and_o incinerate_v by_o the_o extreme_a heat_n of_o the_o parch_a fire_n this_o dark_a and_o smoky_a fume_n pierce_n the_o cavity_n and_o ventricle_n of_o the_o brain_n no_o otherwise_o than_o a_o melancholy_a wind_n or_o adust_a vapour_n rise_v from_o a_o adust_a liver_n or_o obstruct_a spleen_n do_v breed_v in_o we_o terror_n and_o fear_v discontentment_n of_o life_n false_a and_o perverse_a imagination_n and_o fantasy_n most_o strange_a no_o way_n depend_v upon_o just_a cause_n or_o ground_n and_o always_o a_o melancholy_a spirit_n a_o fertfull_a and_o timorous_a mind_n for_o true_o the_o inward_a darkness_n and_o obscurity_n of_o the_o brain_n do_v appall_v and_o terrify_v our_o inward_a sense_n and_o mind_n also_o in_o no_o less_o sort_n than_o do_v the_o external_a darkness_n or_o mist_n of_o the_o outward_a air_n terrify_v &_o appall_v the_o same_o and_o if_o any_o man_n be_v far_o blind_v with_o tobacco_n that_o he_o will_v not_o admit_v for_o true_a that_o the_o vapour_n or_o fume_n thereof_o ascend_v to_o the_o brain_n be_v dark_a and_o swart_a of_o colour_n and_o of_o quality_n excessive_a dry_a let_v he_o but_o cast_v his_o eye_n on_o the_o smoke_n issue_v forth_o of_o the_o nostril_n of_o the_o tabacconist_n or_o to_o the_o smoky_a tincture_n leave_v in_o the_o tobacco_n pipe_n after_o the_o receipt_n thereof_o and_o he_o shall_v easy_o reclaim_v his_o error_n this_o swart_a &_o sottish_a tincture_n cleave_v so_o fast_o to_o the_o inward_a part_n of_o the_o pipe_n as_o hardly_o by_o any_o mean_v but_o by_o the_o extreme_a heat_n of_o the_o fire_n it_o may_v be_v clear_v from_o thence_o and_o no_o doubt_n the_o like_a impression_n do_v the_o same_o leave_n in_o our_o brain_n and_o in_o the_o cavity_n thereof_o so_o that_o the_o animal_n spirit_n engender_v in_o those_o place_n can_v no_o less_o but_o participate_v thereof_o savour_v of_o the_o same_o no_o otherwise_o then_o wine_n put_v into_o a_o unsavoury_a and_o

sense_n most_o clear_a and_o evident_a be_v a_o point_n next_o to_o extreme_a folly_n the_o often_o scowr_v flux_n vomet_n sweet_n and_o other_o immoderate_a evacuation_n in●ident_a to_o this_o simple_a do_v testify_v the_o same_o to_o purge_v most_o violent_o furthermore_o tobacco_n be_v find_v to_o be_v of_o that_o strength_n &_o force_n that_o the_o very_a maceration_n or_o infusion_n of_o one_o leaf_n thereof_o in_o white_a wine_n overnight_o do_v procure_v strong_a and_o extreme_a vomit_n it_o be_v as_o yet_o fresh_a in_o memory_n that_o diverse_a young_a gentleman_n by_o the_o daily_a use_n of_o this_o tobacco_n have_v bring_v themselves_o to_o flix_n and_o disentery_n and_o of_o late_a at_o bath_n a_o scholar_n of_o some_o good_a account_n and_o worshipful_a call_n b._n be_v suppose_v to_o have_v perish_v by_o this_o practice_n for_o his_o humour_n be_v sharpen_v and_o make_v thin_a by_o the_o frequent_a use_n of_o tobacco_n after_o that_o they_o have_v once_o take_v a_o course_n downward_o they_o run_v in_o such_o violence_n as_o that_o by_o no_o art_n or_o physics_n skill_n they_o can_v be_v stay_v till_o the_o man_n most_o miserable_o end_v his_o life_n be_v then_o in_o the_o very_a prime_n and_o vigour_n of_o his_o age_n but_o no_o purge_n be_v he_o familiar_a or_o gentle_a or_o else_o violent_a and_o hurtful_a ought_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o physic_n to_o be_v familiar_o and_o daily_o use_v of_o any_o man_n that_o have_v respect_n either_o of_o his_o life_n or_o regard_n to_o his_o health_n for_o as_o concern_v such_o as_o be_v in_o perfect_a health_n hippocrat●_n the_o prince_n of_o physician_n in_o the_o 36._o 36._o aphorism_n of_o his_o second_o book_n affirm_v corpora_fw-la 〈◊〉_d si_fw-la per_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la purgantur_fw-la exoluuntur_fw-la celeriter_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la pravo_fw-la cibo_fw-la utuntur_fw-la sound_z and_o healthy_a body_n say_v he_o soon_o waste_v and_o consume_v by_o the_o use_n of_o purge_v medicine_n in_o like_a case_n do_v they_o which_o feed_v on_o corrupt_a and_o unwholesome_a meat_n likewise_o the_o same_o author_n in_o the_o 37._o 37._o aphorism_n of_o the_o former_a book_n say_v that_o qui_fw-la corpora_fw-la habent_fw-la commoderata_fw-la ijs_fw-la purgationes_fw-la difficiles_fw-la sunt_fw-la to_o such_o as_o be_v in_o health_n purge_v medicine_n be_v very_o dangerous_a and_o true_o this_o his_o assertion_n seem_v to_o be_v ground_v upon_o good_a &_o substantial_a reason_n for_o whereas_o the_o virtue_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o purge_n be_v to_o draw_v &_o expel_v forth_o of_o the_o body_n such_o corrupt_a &_o unwholesome_a humour_n as_o have_v any_o affinity_n or_o likeness_n in_o substance_n with_o the_o purge_n &_o in_o healthy_a body_n find_v none_o of_o that_o disposition_n &_o nature_n the_o purge_n then_o either_o lose_v his_o operation_n and_o action_n &_o thereby_o be_v convert_v into_o some_o bad_a humour_n in_o the_o body_n or_o else_o it_o draw_v and_o expel_v forth_o humour_n very_o profitable_a &_o necessary_a for_o the_o nurrishment_n and_o sustentation_n of_o the_o body_n and_o therefore_o all_o purge_n must_v needs_o be_v to_o sound_v and_o healthy_a body_n very_o perilous_a and_o dangerous_a and_o as_o for_o sick_a and_o disease_a man_n they_o ought_v only_o to_o use_v purge_v remedy_n at_o such_o time_n as_o their_o body_n and_o humour_n shall_v be_v make_v fit_a and_o apt_a for_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o purge_n according_a to_o that_o counsel_n of_o hypocrates_n in_o his_o ten_o aphorism_n of_o his_o second_o book_n say_v purganti_fw-la quoties_fw-la vacuas_fw-la medicamine_fw-la corpus_fw-la quo_fw-la bene_fw-la res_fw-la cedat_fw-la fluxile_v read_v prius_fw-la so_o often_o as_o thou_o purge_v lib._n so_o often_o also_o ought_v you_o to_o make_v your_o body_n apt_a thereto_o and_o the_o humour_n to_o be_v purge_v fluxible_a that_o the_o part_n and_o passage_n of_o the_o body_n be_v open_a and_o the_o humour_n apt_a to_o run_v the_o purgation_n may_v work_v with_o less_o torment_n and_o grief_n to_o the_o party_n purge_v so_o that_o it_o seem_v very_o apparent_a true_a that_o neither_o in_o health_n nor_o yet_o in_o sickness_n that_o so_o untimely_a and_o vulgar_a use_n of_o tobacco_n be_v before_o prove_v a_o violent_a purge_n can_v be_v use_v without_o great_a hurt_n and_o danger_n neither_o ought_v this_o kind_n of_o remedy_n to_o be_v give_v at_o anytime_n but_o in_o cause_n of_o extremity_n and_o in_o desperate_a disease_n only_o for_o that_o it_o be_v a_o extreme_a and_o desperate_a medicine_n 1._o extremis_fw-la enim_fw-la morbis_fw-la extrema_fw-la remedia_fw-la adhibendasunt_fw-la say_v our_o hypocrates_n and_o in_o his_o comment_n upon_o the_o same_o aphorism_n show_v all_o strong_a purge_n to_o be_v reckon_v among_o extreme_a remedy_n the_o four_o reason_n the_o four_o argument_n against_o this_o newcome_a simple_a be_v that_o it_o dry_v up_o and_o wither_v our_o unctuous_a and_o radical_a moisture_n in_o we_o and_o thereby_o seem_v a_o utter_a enemy_n to_o the_o continuance_n and_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n this_o may_v be_v prove_v in_o this_o sort_n that_o thing_n which_o deprive_v the_o body_n of_o norishment_n and_o food_n do_v also_o wither_v &_o dry_v up_o our_o natural_a and_o radical_a moisture_n because_o this_o have_v his_o refresh_n and_o sustentation_n from_o the_o pure_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n engender_v of_o our_o nourishment_n but_o tobacco_n be_v show_v before_o to_o deprive_v we_o our_o norishment_n in_o that_o it_o spend_v and_o evacuate_v out_o of_o we_o by_o spit_v and_o sweat_n &_o otherwise_o much_o of_o that_o matter_n that_o in_o time_n will_v prove_v in_o we_o good_a blood_n &_o good_a food_n for_o our_o body_n and_o therefore_o tobacco_n must_v needs_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o great_a decaier_n and_o witherer_n of_o our_o radical_a moisture_n before_o specify_v moreover_o tobacco_n by_o mean_n of_o his_o great_a heat_n and_o immeasurable_a dryness_n dissipate_v natural_a heat_n and_o kind_a warmth_n in_o our_o body_n and_o thereby_o be_v cause_n of_o defect_n of_o good_a concoction_n &_o perfect_a digestion_n in_o us._n the_o humour_n therefore_o in_o we_o by_o this_o mean_n make_v crude_a and_o raw_a can_v be_v no_o fit_a aliment_n or_o nutriment_n for_o the_o unctuous_a and_o substantial_a humidity_n wherein_o with_o moderate_a and_o kindly_a heat_n the_o philosopher_n esteem_v the_o life_n of_o man_n to_o consist_v and_o last_o of_o all_o whereas_o the_o sperme_n &_o seed_n of_o man_n be_v suppose_v by_o the_o physician_n &_o natural_a philosopher_n also_o to_o be_v frame_v of_o the_o pure_a &_o fine_a part_n of_o his_o blood_n by_o the_o action_n &_o virtue_n of_o kindly_a warmth_n work_v therein_o the_o blood_n be_v now_o undigested_a &_o crude_a and_o the_o natural_a heat_n pervert_v &_o corrupt_v by_o the_o immoderate_a use_n of_o this_o hellish_a smoke_n reek_v forth_o of_o pluto_n forge_n what_o sperme_n or_o seed_n shall_v we_o expect_v to_o come_v from_o they_o that_o daily_o use_v or_o rather_o shameful_o abuse_v this_o so_o apparent_a a_o enemy_n to_o the_o propagation_n thereof_o as_o well_o if_o you_o respect_v the_o material_a cause_n of_o seed_n consist_v in_o the_o perfect●st_n &_o most_o concoct_v part_n of_o the_o blood_n as_o his_o efficient_a rest_v in_o the_o moderation_n of_o natural_a heat_n both_o great_o alter_v and_o decay_v by_o the_o use_n of_o tobacco_n hereby_o it_o must_v needs_o in_o consequent_a follow_v that_o the_o continuation_n &_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n consist_v principal_o in_o his_o perfect_a &_o uncorrupt_a seed_n be_v in_o these_o man_n much_o abridge_v and_o for_o certain_a proof_n that_o tobacco_n dry_v up_o the_o sperme_n &_o seed_n of_o man_n i_o hear_v by_o faithful_a relation_n of_o such_o as_o have_v much_o use_v it_o that_o whereas_o before_o the_o use_n thereof_o they_o have_v be_v long_o molest_v with_o a_o flux_n of_o seed_n common_o call_v with_o we_o the_o run_n of_o the_o reins_n and_o of_o the_o physician_n gomorrhaea_n proceed_v in_o they_o by_o reason_n of_o great_a quantity_n &_o abundance_n of_o that_o matterseeking_a vent_n forth_o of_o the_o body_n they_o be_v in_o short_a space_n ease_v of_o this_o affect_v by_o the_o only_a use_n of_o this_o medicine_n for_o no_o doubt_n this_o fiery_a fume_n dry_v up_o the_o superfluity_n of_o that_o matter_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o her_o thin_a and_o great_a quantity_n easy_o drop_v from_o they_o but_o if_o they_o persist_v over_o long_o in_o the_o practice_n thereof_o no_o doubt_n more_o of_o that_o spermaticall_a humidity_n will_v be_v dry_v up_o in_o they_o the_o will_v be_v convenient_a for_o their_o health_n or_o for_o the_o increase_n of_o their_o like_a whereby_o the_o propogation_n &_o continuation_n of_o mankind_n in_o this_o world_n must_v need_v be_v abridge_v the_o five_o reason_n the_o five_o argument_n against_o tobacco_n be_v that_o it_o