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
A88902	De morbis fœmineis, the womans counsellour: or, The feminine physitian. Modestly treating of such occult accidents, and secret diseases, as are incident to that sex, which their too much modesty, too often to their sorrow, causes them to conceal from others, for a remedy whereof, they are here taught to be their own helpers; especially in these particulars: of barrenness and abortion: of natural, and unnatural births: of the suppression of the termes, the immoderate flux thereof, and other infirmities. Dicereque puduit, scribere jussit. With a brief appendix, touching the kindes, causes, and cures of dropsies, and tympanies of all sorts. / Translated out of Massarius de morbis mulier. By R.T. philomathēs.; Praelectiones de morbis mulierum. English	Massaria, Alessandro, 1510-1598.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665.	1657 (1657)	Wing M1028; Thomason E1650_3; ESTC R209118	65,102	229

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what_o i_o mean_v by_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v force_v to_o english_a one_o thing_n twice_o and_o if_o you_o be_v man_n or_o woman_n then_o know_v that_o by_o the_o sun_n i_o mean_v the_o man_n and_o by_o the_o moon_n the_o woman_n which_o if_o she_o be_v a_o whore_n i_o can_v help_v it_o that_o be_v a_o eclipse_n to_o the_o microcosmical_a sun_n and_o as_o these_o two_o differ_v in_o sex_n so_o they_o differ_v in_o nature_n and_o in_o the_o several_a faculty_n of_o nature_n and_o member_n belong_v to_o procreation_n and_o generation_n of_o creature_n accommodate_v the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o but_o if_o you_o will_v take_v the_o distinction_n aristotle_n he_o call_v they_o in_o woman_n pudenda_fw-la and_o uterus_fw-la and_o in_o man_n testes_fw-la and_o membrum_fw-la virile_a testes_fw-la signify_v proper_o witness_n and_o a_o man_n without_o such_o witness_n will_v have_v bad_a success_n in_o his_o cause_n turner_n turner_n if_o woman_n be_v of_o 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of_o all_o creature_n to_o this_o act_n of_o which_o the_o philosopher_n large_o write_v but_o we_o pass_v it_o as_o not_o pertinent_a to_o our_o present_a intent_n and_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o menstrual_a or_o monthly_a course_n by_o the_o natural_a constitution_n whereof_o all_o woman_n be_v more_o or_o less_o weak_a or_o strong_a disease_a or_o sound_a more_o or_o less_o able_a and_o meet_a for_o conception_n according_a to_o the_o species_n or_o degree_n thereof_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o menstrua_fw-la or_o term_n aristotle_n deliver_v 19_o arist_n 1._o de_fw-la gen_fw-la anim._n cap._n 19_o that_o the_o menstrua_fw-la be_v a_o excrement_n and_o in_o proportion_n as_o the_o seed_n of_o man_n and_o that_o they_o happen_v to_o woman_n at_o the_o same_o age_n as_o the_o man_n begin_v to_o have_v seed_n and_o that_o the_o humour_n of_o the_o term_n be_v purge_v forth_o by_o nature_n as_o superfluous_a and_o unprofitable_a therefore_o they_o may_v be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o general_a notion_n of_o a_o excrement_n the_o principal_a use_n thereof_o be_v for_o generation_n sake_n which_o be_v the_o first_o institution_n thereof_o the_o birth_n desire_v a_o copious_a matter_n for_o nutriment_n the_o term_n general_o begin_v in_o all_o woman_n time_n the_o time_n about_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o their_o age_n about_o which_o time_n also_o man_n begin_v to_o have_v seed_n and_o both_o man_n and_o woman_n change_v their_o voice_n and_o be_v subject_a to_o many_o other_o mutation_n in_o their_o body_n and_o they_o cease_v as_o the_o same_o philosopher_n write_v about_o the_o 50th_o year_n seldom_o long_a continue_v the_o time_n of_o their_o flow_n be_v not_o in_o all_o alike_o for_o some_o have_v these_o purgation_n but_o one_o day_n other_o two_o three_o and_o four_o day_n according_a to_o the_o age_n and_o temperament_n of_o the_o woman_n for_o sometime_o they_o flow_v more_o and_o sometime_o less_o sometime_o long_a sometime_o short_a in_o woman_n that_o 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term_n or_o diminish_v of_o they_o be_v principal_o four_o the_o first_o be_v the_o viciousness_n of_o the_o womb_n and_o of_o the_o vessel_n pertain_v thereunto_o the_o second_o be_v the_o vice_n or_o corruption_n of_o the_o blood_n the_o three_o the_o viciousnesse_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n the_o four_o and_o the_o last_o be_v the_o viciousness_n and_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o body_n to_o which_o all_o other_o cause_n may_v be_v refer_v first_o therefore_o the_o term_n be_v suppress_v or_o diminish_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o womb_n and_o the_o vessel_n belong_v thereunto_o by_o which_o the_o term_n ought_v to_o be_v purge_v if_o therefore_o the_o womb_n labour_n under_o any_o disease_n which_o may_v be_v many_o as_o that_o if_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o womb_n be_v too_o hard_a or_o too_o thick_a otherwise_o then_o be_v agreeable_a to_o nature_n that_o cause_v a_o stop_n of_o the_o term_n that_o must_v be_v bring_v to_o a_o better_a habit_n with_o fit_a medicament_n and_o use_v 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