Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	womb_n	yard_n	young_a	15	3	5.7644	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29782	Nature's cabinet unlock'd wherein is discovered the natural causes of metals, stones, precious earths, juyces, humors, and spirits, the nature of plants in general, their affections, parts, and kinds in particular : together with a description of the individual parts and species of all animate bodies ... : with a compendious anatomy of the body of man, as also the manner of his formation in the womb / by Tho. Browne ...	Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.	1657 (1657)	Wing B5065; ESTC R16043	87,410	340

to_o be_v dearticulate_v and_o absolute_a after_o forty_o five_o day_n live_v at_o first_o the_o imperfect_a life_n as_o it_o be_v of_o a_o plant_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o animal_n and_o at_o last_o the_o life_n of_o a_o man_n 47._o and_o this_o happen_v not_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o form_n which_o be_v simple_a and_o individual_a but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o matter_n that_o be_v of_o the_o organ_n 48._o but_o the_o embryo_n take_v aliment_n only_o by_o the_o navel_n but_o after_o the_o liver_n be_v make_v it_o minister_n to_o all_o the_o member_n but_o it_o do_v not_o yet_o move_v though_o it_o have_v life_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o imbecility_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o softness_n of_o nerve_n 49._o the_o weak_a and_o tender_a member_n of_o the_o infant_n by_o little_a and_o little_o be_v dry_v by_o heat_n and_o so_o make_v more_o solid_a and_o then_o the_o young_a begin_v to_o feel_v by_o perfect_a sensory_n and_o by_o and_o by_o to_o be_v move_v in_o the_o womb_n 50._o but_o a_o man-child_n do_v move_n soon_o than_o a_o female_a for_o boy_n because_o they_o be_v conform_v in_o thirty_o day_n do_v move_v on_o the_o nineti_v day_n which_o complete_o make_v three_o month_n but_o because_o the_o female_a be_v frame_v in_o forty_o or_o forty_o two_o day_n she_o move_v not_o till_o the_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o day_n which_o be_v about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o four_o month_n 51._o and_o the_o infant_n be_v nourish_v and_o do_v increase_v all_o this_o space_n of_o time_n and_o when_o it_o be_v ripe_a it_o be_v bring_v forth_o partly_o by_o the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o womb_n for_o it_o be_v burden_a with_o its_o weight_n and_o abundance_n of_o excrement_n it_o strive_v to_o be_v exonerate_v &_o partly_o by_o its_o proper_a motion_n for_o the_o necessity_n of_o breathe_v the_o want_n of_o aliment_n and_o the_o narrowness_n of_o the_o place_n do_v enforce_v the_o young_a to_o endeavour_v a_o passage_n out_o 52._o at_o the_o time_n of_o birth_n the_o door_n be_v open_v which_o immediate_o after_o delivery_n be_v shut_v again_o this_o we_o see_v do_v say_v galen_n but_o how_o it_o be_v do_v we_o know_v not_o only_o we_o may_v admire_v it_o avicen_n call_v it_o a_o work_n to_o be_v wonder_v at_o above_o all_o wonder_n 53._o the_o womb_n be_v open_v the_o infant_n begin_v to_o come_v out_o by_o the_o head_n and_o by_o many_o painful_a throw_n it_o draw_v out_o and_o bring_v with_o it_o three_o membrane_n and_o thus_o by_o the_o prescript_n of_o nature_n be_v we_o bear_v into_o the_o world_n 54._o the_o time_n of_o bring_v forth_o be_v not_o full_o define_v nor_o can_v it_o for_o some_o be_v deliver_v at_o seven_o month_n end_n some_o at_o nine_o and_o most_o then_o some_o at_o ten_o but_o seldom_o and_o very_o seldom_o at_o eleven_o but_o in_o the_o eight_o month_n end_n seldom_o any_o be_v deliver_v with_o a_o live_a child_n 55._o and_o this_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o conception_n conformation_n and_o procreation_n of_o the_o noble_a of_o creature_n the_o commentary_n a_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o man_n deliver_v consist_v of_o a_o genus_fw-la and_o difference_n as_o to_o the_o genus_fw-la he_o be_v a_o animal_n and_o as_o to_o the_o difference_n one_o endow_v with_o reason_n and_o in_o this_o it_o be_v that_o man_n have_v a_o prerogative_n dignity_n and_o excellency_n above_o all_o other_o creature_n for_o his_o mind_n which_o be_v divine_a be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o he_o differ_v much_o from_o other_o animal_n and_o as_o it_o be_v exercise_n a_o regality_n over_o they_o for_o be_v not_o lion_n and_o elephant_n tame_v by_o the_o strength_n of_o man_n and_o overcome_v and_o make_v subject_a to_o he_o man_n be_v create_v with_o his_o face_n look_v up_o to_o heaven_n as_o it_o be_v contemplate_v upon_o god_n hence_o ovid_n can_v say_v pronaque_fw-la cum_fw-la spectent_fw-la animalia_fw-la cetera_fw-la terram_fw-la os_fw-la homini_fw-la sublime_a dedit_fw-la caelumque_fw-la tueri_fw-la jussit_fw-la &_o erectos_fw-la ad_fw-la sidera_fw-la tollere_fw-la vultus_fw-la for_o whereas_o god_n create_v all_o other_o animal_n with_o their_o face_n downward_o to_o the_o ground_n man_n alone_z he_o erect_v with_o his_o eye_n fix_v upon_o heaven_n whither_o he_o shall_v tend_v b_o the_o generation_n of_o man_n be_v make_v after_o this_o manner_n the_o seed_n of_o both_o sex_n be_v perfect_o mix_v the_o whole_a do_v proceed_v from_o thence_o therefore_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o man_n body_n be_v the_o seed_n both_o of_o the_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n plentiful_a and_o fruitful_a this_o seed_n do_v consist_v of_o two_o part_n waterish_a humidity_n and_o spirit_n the_o waterish_a humidity_n proceed_v from_o the_o blood_n whence_o aristotle_n affirm_v blood_n to_o be_v a_o profitable_a excrement_n of_o the_o last_o aliment_n that_o be_v of_o the_o sanguineous_a aliment_n i_o say_v it_o be_v a_o excrement_n not_o supervacaneous_a in_o its_o nature_n or_o substance_n as_o stone_n and_o worm_n nor_o in_o its_o quality_n as_o dung_n sweat_v etc._n etc._n but_o only_o in_o its_o abundance_n or_o quantity_n for_o because_o it_o superabound_v from_o nourish_v the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o can_v be_v assimilate_v thereunto_o it_o obtain_v the_o place_n of_o a_o excrement_n c_z the_o spiritual_a part_n of_o seed_n be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o the_o vital_a spirit_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o this_o spirit_n it_o become_v hot_a and_o sometime_o this_o spirit_n be_v engender_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o thence_o send_v out_o into_o the_o whole_a body_n so_o do_v the_o seed_n also_o according_a to_o the_o spirit_n proceed_v from_o the_o whole_a because_o the_o spirit_n be_v communicate_v from_o the_o heart_n to_o the_o whole_a hence_o aristotle_n say_v if_o the_o seed_n do_v not_o proceed_v from_o every_o part_n of_o the_o animal_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o similitude_n be_v false_a therefore_o seed_n eject_v by_o the_o yard_n into_o the_o womb_n become_v 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