Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	great_a	province_n	5,554	4	7.9737	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30864	The art of metals in which is declared the manner of their generation and the concomitants of them : in two books / written in Spanish by Albaro Alonso Barba ... curate of St. Bernards parish in the imperial city of Potosi, in the kingdom of Peru in the West-Indies, in the year 1640 ; translated in the year 1669 by the R. H. Edward, Earl of Sandwich.; Arte de los metales. English	Barba, Alvaro Alonso, b. 1569.; Sandwich, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1625-1672.	1674 (1674)	Wing B682; Wing B678; ESTC R17204	82,457	255

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it_o but_o ammoniac_a which_o in_o greek_a signify_v salt_n of_o the_o sand_n and_o underneath_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n shore_n i_o suppose_v it_o be_v find_v congeal_v in_o little_a piece_n by_o its_o internal_a heat_n and_o the_o continual_a burn_a of_o the_o sun_n bake_v so_o much_o that_o it_o be_v make_v the_o bitter_a to_o taste_v of_o all_o kind_n of_o salt_n goldsmith_n use_v it_o more_o than_o the_o physician_n it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o they_o call_v the_o four_o spirit_n because_o the_o fire_n will_v convert_v they_o into_o smoke_n and_o so_o they_o fly_v away_o the_o other_o three_o be_v 1._o quicksilver_n 2._o sulphur_n 3._o saltpetre_n it_o have_v a_o particular_a property_n to_o cleanse_v and_o colour_n gold_n and_o be_v put_v into_o the_o composition_n of_o that_o aquafortis_n that_o dissolve_v it_o at_o this_o day_n we_o have_v little_a knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a nitre_n which_o be_v ancient_o make_v of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o river_n nilus_n although_o 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naptal_a la_fw-fr piedra_n gagete_n azabache_n ampelites_n maltha_n piedra_n thracia_n carbones_fw-la de_fw-fr mina_n ambar_n de_fw-fr cuentas_fw-la ambar_n olorosa_n alcanfor_n but_o few_o of_o these_o sort_n be_v find_v mix_v with_o metal_n all_o betune_n be_v the_o oiliness_n or_o fat_a of_o the_o earth_n and_o although_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o alcanphor_n be_v the_o weep_a or_o gum_n of_o the_o tree_n capar_n in_o the_o island_n of_o zebat_fw-la and_o the_o amber_n of_o another_o herb_n call_v polco_n in_o spanish_a whereunto_o it_o be_v common_o find_v stick_v and_o to_o the_o smell_a amber_n they_o ascribe_v for_o its_o original_n a_o great_a fish_n in_o the_o sea_n like_o a_o whale_n because_o there_o be_v great_a resemblance_n between_o it_o and_o sperma_fw-la ceti_fw-la nevertheless_o that_o do_v not_o hinder_v that_o such_o substance_n also_o may_v like_v sweat_n as_o it_o be_v issue_n forth_o of_o the_o earth_n and_o make_v these_o juice_n call_v betune_n 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