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cause_n	child_n	woman_n	womb_n	1,403	5	9.8281	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65186	The court of curiositie wherein by the algebra and lot, the most intricate questions are resolved, and nocturnal dreams and visions explained according to the doctrine of the antients : to which is also added A treatise of physiognomy / published in French by Marck de Vulson ; translated into English by J.G.	Vulson, Marc de, sieur de La Colombière, d. 1665.; J. G., Gent.	1669 (1669)	Wing V751; ESTC R25181	107,667	247

your secrets 3 Be submissive to him and you will enjoy his Estate 4 Promise a reward and you will have what you lost 5 You run a great hazard of being made a bankrupt 6 You will be a loser by trading in corn wine 7 You will win at Cribbidge 8 Your Sentence will be conclusive and advantageous 9 Trading in horned beasts will prove gainful to you 10 If shee be a Mayd 't is against her will 11 Shee is with Child of a Son that will be a grief to her 12 This Woman will never be with Child by her Husband Numb 31. 1 The News that is currant abroad is true 2 You will never have any service from him worth speaking of 3 Shee return'd no answer though desir'd 4 Be as submissive as you can he will never make you his Heir 5 This Theft was done but in jest 6 If you be not careful you will not find wherewithal to pay your debts 7 Traffique by Sea 8 You will lose at Cribbidge 9 You will have the Decretal order of the Court. 10 You will lose by trading in horned beasts 11 Her Mayden-head is more trouble some to her then her Gown 12 Shee is with Child of a Daughter that will bring her to shame Numb 32. 1 This Dream presageth nothing but good 2 The News abroad is false 3 He is not fit for your service 4 This Shee-confident is corrupted by gifts 5 Your Brother will deprive you of that Inheritance 6 He that rob'd you is your domestick servant 7 A former Creditor will make you lose your debt 8 Trade not to Sea 9 You will win at Tennis and Pel-mel 10 You will have an order of Court that will be troublesome to execute 11 You will be a great gainer by suits at Law 12 It itch'd shee scratch'd it and so lost her Mayden-head Numb 33. 1 It is very probable he will prove honest 2 This Dream brings no good with it 3 The News is partly true 4 He will be an affectionate Servant 5 Your secret is discover'd look to your self 6 Your Sister will deprive you of that Estate 7 Threaten hard and you will find what you lost 8 Your debt will be but half-paid 9 Dealing as a Lapidarie will prove to your advantage 10 You will lose at Tennis and Pel-mel 11 You will get an order of Court but there will be an Arrest of Judgement 12 You will be a great Loser by suits at Law Numb 34. 1 Her thoughts are wholly taken up with Love-toys 2 He is reputed a wicked Man 3 This Dream will prove true 4 The News is partly false 5 His Service is more pleasing then profitable 6 They made him confess more then was desir'd 7 One of your Relations will deprive you of that Estate 8 Shame keeps back the Thief 9 You will only be frustrated in your expectation 10 Trading as a Lapidarie will undo you 11 You will win at Gleek 12 You will be overthrown at Law and amerced Numb 35. 1 Shee is addicted to drunkenness 2 Shee studies to deceive some person or other 3 He is look'd upon as a stout Man 4 This Dream is but a fable 5 The truth is quite contrary to report 6 His service is not free 7 Your secret is ready to be disclos'd if you look not to it 8 You will lose this Estate by your folly 9 The Thief is fled 10 You most satisfy your self with goods for that debt 11 You will grow rich by procuring 12 You will lose at Gleek Numb 36. 1 Shee is very discreet 2 Shee is apt to be mov'd to anger 3 Shee thinks of merry-making 4 He is look'd upon as a Fool. 5 This Dream must be interpreted in the best sense 6 This news is reported with designe 7 He will continue your Servant a long time 8 Cajole your Confident or he will discover all 9 Bestow somewhat of yours upon him and you will enjoy what is his 10 The Thief is a Person of quality 11 If you had not good security you would lose all 12 Love will prove your ruine Numb 37. 1 Monday will be a lucky day to him 2 Shee is Leacherous 3 Shee is very chaste 4 See studies how to be reveng'd 5 He is held one of the most subtile Men of the age 6 This Dream must be interpreted quite contrary 7 There is something of truth in it 8 He will never continue long in your service 9 Threaten her or shee will reveal your secret 10 Caresse her and you will inherit her Estate 11 A whole Jubilee will not discover the Thief 12 Pay your self with what they profer you Numb 38. 1 The Cause will go for you 2 You will prove a Loser in all your Dealings 3 Shee was a Mayd till twelve years of age 4 Shee hath had two Children 5 This Woman hath not long been gone with Child 6 The heat of her womb makes her barren 7 The first Child shee hath will be a male 8 They will live very contentedly together 9 Your Wife will be very chaste 10 Your Husband will beat you 11 This Match will be made up by the mediation of some person 12 This Woman will marry to please her own phancie Numb 39. 1 Shee will spend her days in pleasure 2 Fire will prove very in injurious to him 3 Tuesday will be a prosperous day to him 4 Shee is very charitable 5 Shee is apt to scandalize persons 6 Shee thinks to hook in an Estate 7 He is taken to be a careless person 8 This Dream foretels some great mischief 9 In few days you will better understand the business 10 He will be a careful Servant but not to be trusted 11 He seems to oppose but see that he do not fall quite off at last 12 If you are present at his death without boubt you will be his Heir Numb 40. 1 This Child will be long-liv'd 2 His life will be full of afflictions 3 The water will be always favorable to him 4 Tuesday will ever be an unlucky day to him 5 Shee is a very understanding Woman 6 Shee is extraordinary vainglorious 7 Shee thinks of marrying 8 He is judg'd to be a Person that will be disturb'd at a small matter 9 This Dream threatens your person 10 These matters are disguiz'd by those that relate them 11 He will prove a bad Servant and will steal from you 12 Shee hath spoil'd all by her tattle thinking to conceal it Numb 41. 1 This Child is the Mothers Husbands 2 This Child will be short-liv'd 3 His life will be full of afflictions 4 He will run some risque by water 5 Tuesday will be a fortunate day to him 6 Shee is a Woman of great equity 7 Shee is very jealous 8 Shee thinks of making love 9 This Person is look'd upon as a Cheat. 10 This Dream threatens some Friends of yours 11 These things are divulg'd to surprise persons 12 This domestique Servant is a meer spy in a family Numb 42. 1

analogous to the four Elements afterwards we shall mention Dreams of things animal and consequently of the Coelestial Of the FIRE WHen a man Dreams he sees Fire that signifies the issue of his choler and ordinarily they that Dream of Fire are active cholerick and furious A Man that Dreams he is burnt by Fire that prognosticates a violent Fever He that Dreams he sees a moderate Fire in his chimney without smoak or the crackling of sparks it signifies that he which Dream'd is in perfect health and that his inclination swayes him to that which is good and rational sometimes also it signifies riches some are of opinion that it denotes a feast or rejoycing among relations and friends On the contrary when one Dreams that he sees a great sparkling Fire with much smoak that signifies anger debates or some bad news which he that Dreams will soon be sensible of When one Dreams of seeing a Fire extinguished that signifies indigence necessity ill fortune and want of money and if any distemper'd person Dreams that the Fire is put out that praesageth his death When one Dreams that he sees a clear shining lighted candle upon a table or cabinet that is a good signe to the Sick it denotes recovery and health and if he that Dreams be unmarried it signifies that he will speedily marry that he will have success and prosper in his undertakings and that he will gain credit the same interpretation may be made of a Lanthorn or flaming Torch He that Dreams he sees a Candle Lanthorns or Torch extinguished or darkned that signifies unto him sadness sickness and poverty He that Dreams he is in a Ship and sees a clear light afar off shall be assured of a fai● wind shall receive no dammage by tempests and shall arrive happily at the Haven When one Dreams in the night that he holds a burning Light or Torch in his hand it is a good signe and chiefly to those that are young for it signifies that they shall enjoy their loves accomplish their designes overcome their Enemies and gain honor and good-will from all persons To Dream you see a burning Light in th● hands of another signifies that the mischief don●● will be discovered and the party punished and that there will be no possibility of excusing o● concealing it When the light is extinguished it signifies the contrary When one Dreams that he sees one or more houses burning with a clear pure Fire that is not violent nor sparkling and that those house● are neither consum'd nor destroy'd that signifies to the necessitous goods riches and Inheritances to the rich it praesageth honors charges and dignity But if you spie them burning with a smoaky violent or sparkling Fire and that they seem to fall and be consum'd that denotes the contrary viz. adversity trouble Law-suits shame misfortune and death to the Dreamer Queen Hecuba wife to King Priam being with child of her Son Paris Dream'd that shee went with a burning Torch that would consume the City or Troy which was a prognostick of the ruine of her Empire of her own and the death of all her relations When a man Dreams that his bed is on Fire and that he perisheth that signifies dammage sickness or death to his wife and if the wife Dreams it the same may happen to her Husband When one Dreams that he sees Tapestry or other moveables of a Hall burning and that they are comsum'd that prognosticates dammage or death to the Master of the House When one phancies in a Dream that he sees the Cabinet or Cupboard that belongs to the Mistris if the House burning that signifies sickness or death to her If one Dreams that the Kitchen is one Fire that denotes death to the Cook the men or maid-servants or one of them When a man beleeves the shop is on Fire and that it is consum'd by the Fire that signifies loss of Goods and Possessions If one Dreams that he sees the out-windows of the fore-part of the house burning and that they are consum'd that signifies the death of Brethren if they are those of the back-part it is the death of Sisters or of one of them When one Dreams that the Gates burn and are consum'd that signifies death to the Mistris of the House and somtimes to him that Dreams If one beleeves he sees the Bed-posts on Fire without being consum'd that signifies good fortune to the male-Children as Euripides the Philosopher testifies To see the top of the House on Fire and consum'd denotes loss of Goods Law-suits o● the Master of the house his Friends If one Dreams that he kindles a Fire and that it burns immediately without trouble or a candle or Torch that signifies that the Children begotten will be fortunate and honor their Mother If a Woman Dreams that shee kindles or lights the Fire it is a signe shee is with child and that shee will be safely deliver'd of a fortunate child whether it be a Boy or a Girl When one Dreams of kindling a Fire with much ado and that it extinguisheth presently it denotes dammage and dishonor to the wife and he that Dreams who often proves the cause of it He that Dreams he sees a Castle quite burn'd down and consum'd it signifies damage sickness or death to the Master thereof and he tha● Dreams a City is on Fire and consum'd that denotes famine war or pestilence to the said City He that Dreams he sees a man publickly burn'd it signifies loss in merchandizing o● sickness He that Dreams he sees his cloathes burn'd and consum'd it signifies vexation injury reproach overthrowing at Law and loss of friends He that Dreams he sees a stack of corn burn'd and consum'd it signifies famine and mortality but if it consumes not it denotes fertility and great riches to him that Dreams He that Dreams he sees himself burning in the Fire and suffers pain thereby it signifies envy displeasure choler and debates He that Dreams he holds a Torch made of straw and carries it in publick it signifies joy honor and the safe management of Affairs He that Dreams he burns his finger it signifies envy and sin Of the AIR THey that Dream they see the Air clear and serene shall be belov'd and esteem ' by all persons and those that are their enemies and envy them shall be reconcil'd into them According to the observation of Physicians they judge the person to be sanguine and full of blood that is accustom'd to Dream of the Air. Some eniment Authors affirme that to Dream of seeing the Air clear and free from clouds it signifies that the theft or thing lost shall be discovered and that one shall overcome his Enemies that he shall overthrow at Law be respected and esteem'd by all and that he shall make a successful voyage or journy if he be upon any such designe in brief all good things are denoted by a clear and serene Air. But on the contrary if one Dreams that the Airs is cloudy dark

will live and that shee will have a Son that resembles the Father He that Dreams he comes out of his Mothers womb will in a short time be freed from some unlucky business and rais'd to preferment If any one Dreams he re-enters his Mothers womb if he be in a remote Country that denotes a speedy return into his Native Country He that Dreams he sees two or three Children born shall have cause of joy and success in his business And when you Dream of a monstrous or unnatural birth as if a Woman in stead of a wellshap'd-Child should he delivered of one that had two heads four feet four hands or a tail or some such thing extraordinary or that shee was deliver'd of a Cat Serpent Basilisk Rat or other animal that is a bad Hiero●●●phick that betokens no good to the Dreamer and he ought cordially to recommend himself to God that he would preserve him from those misfortunes that threaten him If it be a Woman that hath such a Dream many Authors affirm and Anselmus Julianus in particular who is the Author to whom we are oblig'd for most of our Interpretations that shee shall have good success and comfort shall be rich and generally belov'd and shall prosper in all her undertakings When one Dreams that he hath many small Children and that they seem to him to run about the House and yet notwithstanding he hath none that signifies that is will be very difficult for him ever to have any and that he that dreams will have many cares and obstructions in his affairs He that Dreams he sees an Infant wrapt in swadling-cloaths and sucking the nource that signifies a chronical and dangerous distemper unless his Wife be with Child for if so it signifies that the Child will be short-liv'd And if it be a Woman that dreams it is a signe that shee is or will shortly be with Child of a Daughter unless shee be sick or her Husband dies If any one Dreams he hath a head bigger then ordinary and very highly rais'd that signifies dignity and Prelateship or at least some charge or office where he shall be obeyed and esteem'd and somtimes it signifies victory over Enemies and overthrowing Adversaries at Law and to Merchants and Banquers heaping up of riches and recovering of treasure If a sick person dream thus it prognosticates a contumacious and violent feaver To Dream one hath a small light or sharp head signifies want of spirit servitude and disgrace To Dream one hath the head of a Moore signifies voyages and journeys to remote parts and dispatch of business According to the Tradition of the Indians and Persians To Dream that one is beheaded according to the tradition of the Indians and Persians and that the head is separated from the body that signifies liberty to prisoners health to the sick and comfort to those in distress to Creditors payment of debts To Princes and great Personages it presageth all good fortune and that their cares and fears will be turn'd into joy and confidence in their Servants and subjects If any one Dreams that a person of his acquaintance beheads him he will share with him in his pleasure and honor If any one Dreams that a young Child who hath not yet attain'd to the age of his youth hath cut off his head if the Dreamer be sick he will not live long if in health he will get honor If a Woman with Child Dreams thus shee will bring forth a male-Child and her Husband will die suddenly for he is her head If any one Dreams his head is half cut off the things abovemention'd will be fulfill'd but by halves If any one Dreams that his throat is cut with a knife he will be injur'd by some person or other If he Dreams he cuts the throat of some of his acquaintance he will do him some injury if he be ignorant of it it will be done to a stranger If any one Dreams that he is beheaded as a Martyr for Religion that man will arrive to a great height of honor and his soul will be happy in Heaven According to the Egyptian tradition if any one dreams he beheads an armed man he will be entertain'd in the service of some great Person wherein he will signalize himself Of Wounds If any one Dreams that he hath receiv'd from one of his acquaintance some blows with a sword in the foreparts of his body if blood be drawn he that is hurt shall receive some extraordinary kindness from him that strook if the blood be not drawn the advantage and delight shall be the more inconsiderable If any one Dreams that he is wounded with a sword in such sort that he is in danger of his life that is a signe that he will receive several courtesies and good turns from him that wounded him according to the proportion number and largeness of the wounds If any one Dreams that his King or Prince strikes him with his sword in anger that signifies he shall be advanced and honoured by his Prince according to the extremity of his anger If a King or any other Person Dreams that he was strook standing with a sword or knife by one of mean condition he will be in danger of death or servitude If a Woman Dreams shee is strook with a sword or that shee her self either out of courage or in her own defence strook any one shee will be honored and if married have a male-Child Of the complexion of the countenance To Dream one sees a very handsome head and face that signifies joy content and health Also if a Woman Dreams that shee sees a comely man it prognosticates the same thing To Dream one sees an unknown person of a brown complexion it is a signe of glory honor good success and dispatch of business If one Dreams he sees a very brown Woman that signifies a very dangerous disease If you imagine you see a Woman unknown with long and comely hair it is a very good signe as well for the Woman as the man that dreams and it denotes amity joy and prosperity If a man Dreams his hair is long like a Womans that signifies cowardize and effoeminacie and that he that Dreams will be deceiv'd by a Woman Of the Hair To Dream one sees a Woman without hair signifies famine poverty and sickness To see a Man bald and without hair signifies the contrary To see a fresh taking smiling countenance is a signe of friendship To see a meagre pale face is a signe of annoy poverty and dearth To see hair interwoven together signifies annoy and grief and somtimes injuries and qua●●rels To see extraordinary black hair short an● curl'd signifies sadness and grief If any one Dreams that he cannot passe th● Comb through his hair while he is Combing an● that he hath much ado to untangle them th● denotes Law-suits and great trouble To see hair well comb'd a head well dressed signifies friendship and deliverance from a man worst business He