Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
child_n	year_n	young_a	youth_n	706	4	8.2392	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75579	Aristotle's master-piece compleated in two parts: the first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof. Treating, of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches, signs of insufficiency in men or women; of the infusion of the soul; of the likeness of children to parents; of monstrous births; the cause and cure of the green-sickness: a discourse of virginity. Directions and cautions for mid-wives. Of the organs of generation in women, and the fabrick of the womb. The use and action of the genitals. Signs of conception, and whether of a male or female. With a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. The second part, being a private looking-glass for the female sex. Treating of the various maladies of the womb; and of all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each. The whole being more correct, than any thing of this kind hitherto published.; Aristotle's Masterpiece.	Aristotle, attributed name.; Salmon, William, 1644-1713.	1697 (1697)	Wing A3697kA; ESTC R230121	84,412	197

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operate_v according_a to_o its_o great_a or_o lesser_a force_n chap._n xi_o direction_n and_o caution_n for_o midwife_n and_o first_o how_o a_o midwife_n ought_v to_o be_v qualify_v a_o midwife_n that_o will_v acquit_v herself_o well_o in_o her_o employment_n aught_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o enter_v upon_o it_o rash_o or_o unadvised_o but_o with_o all_o imaginable_a caution_n consider_v that_o she_o be_v accountable_a for_o all_o the_o mischief_n that_o befall_v through_o her_o wilful_a ignorance_n or_o neglect_n therefore_o let_v none_o take_v upon_o they_o this_o office_n bare_o upon_o pretence_n of_o their_o maturity_n of_o year_n and_o child-bearing_a for_o in_o such_o for_o the_o most_o part_n there_o be_v divers_a thing_n want_v that_o aught_o to_o be_v observe_v which_o be_v the_o occasion_n so_o many_o woman_n and_o child_n be_v lose_v now_o as_o for_o a_o midwife_n in_o relation_n to_o her_o person_n these_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v observe_v viz._n she_o must_v neither_o be_v 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so_o perfect_a but_o that_o she_o may_v add_v to_o her_o knowledge_n by_o study_n and_o experience_n yet_o never_o let_v she_o make_v any_o experiment_n at_o her_o patient_n cost_n nor_o apply_v any_o remedy_n in_o that_o case_n unless_o she_o have_v either_o try_v they_o or_o know_v that_o they_o will_v do_v no_o harm_n practise_v neither_o upon_o poor_a nor_o rich_a but_o speak_v free_o what_o she_o know_v and_o by_o no_o mean_n prescribe_v such_o medicine_n as_o will_v cause_v abortion_n though_o desire_v which_o be_v a_o high_a degree_n of_o wickedness_n and_o may_v be_v term_v murder_n if_o she_o be_v send_v for_o by_o they_o she_o know_v not_o let_v she_o be_v very_o cautious_a ere_o she_o go_v lest_o by_o lay_v a_o infectious_a woman_n she_o endanger_v the_o spoil_n of_o other_o as_o sometime_o happen_v neither_o must_v she_o make_v her_o house_n a_o receptacle_n for_o great_a belly_a woman_n to_o discharge_v their_o burden_n in_o lest_o her_o house_n get_v a_o ill_a name_n and_o she_o thereby_o lose_v her_o practice_n in_o lay_v of_o woman_n if_o the_o birth_n happen_v to_o be_v hard_a and_o difficult_a she_o must_v not_o seem_v to_o be_v concern_v but_o must_v cheer_v up_o the_o woman_n and_o do_v what_o she_o can_v to_o make_v the_o labour_n easy_a for_o which_o she_o may_v find_v direction_n in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o book_n she_o must_v never_o think_v of_o any_o thing_n but_o do_v well_o cause_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v in_o a_o readiness_n that_o be_v proper_a for_o the_o work_n and_o the_o strengthen_n of_o the_o woman_n and_o receive_v of_o the_o child_n and_o above_o all_o let_v she_o take_v care_n to_o keep_v the_o woman_n from_o be_v unruly_a when_o her_o throe_n be_v come_v upon_o she_o lest_o she_o thereby_o endanger_v she_o own_o life_n and_o the_o child_n she_o must_v also_o take_v care_n she_o be_v not_o too_o hasty_a in_o her_o business_n but_o wait_v god_n leisure_n for_o the_o birth_n and_o by_o no_o mean_n let_v she_o 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