Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	life_n	live_v	16,011	5	5.7849	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00959	The boke of knowledge: whether a sycke person beynge in peryll shall lyue, or dye, &c..; Book of knowledge.	Hippocrates.	1548 (1548)	STC 3319.5; ESTC S91149	3,575	14

¶ The Boke of Knowledge whether a sycke person beynge in peryll shall lyue or dye c. VPocras most connynge of all Physycions commaūded that the Analogy of all his workes of phesycke shulde be layde in his Sepulture vnder his heed whiche was so done And where as the Emperour of rome commynge by his Tombe sawe it rychely wrought supposed that great treasour was hydde in it For the people in those dayes vsed moche to hyde theyr money in tombes And when it was openyd he founde the sayde Analogy there vnder his heed in whiche all his workes were he toke it awaye and shewed it to no man but to Anadestus a Physycion And in it they founde medycynes moste holsome for disseases of mannes body And fyrste of al was specyfied the tokens which foloweth that doth Pronostyke whether a sycke persone beynge in peryll shall dye or lyue c. ☞ ❧ ¶ The fyrste token of deth ¶ Yf a man haue swellyng in his face or payne in his heed without cowghe and putteth his lefte hande ofte vpon his breste and is besye in clawynge of his nosetrylles betoken deth ¶ Also an experyment to proue lyfe or death ¶ Put his spettyll vpon burnynge colys and yf it styncke he shall dye and yf not he shall lyue ¶ Another experyment of the same ¶ Cause the sycke person to spytte in a vessell of water and yf it go to the bottome he shall lyue and yf it swymme aboue he shall dye ¶ Also the fourth token ¶ Yf a man swete moche in any maner dissease it is good yf he dispayre not ¶ Another and the fyfte ¶ If the sycke tourne hym ofte to the wall it is an euyll sygne Another and the syxte ¶ If the pacient haue thyn nosetrylles or the tippe of his nose sharpe or a sharpe loke and holowe temples hangyng lyppes and colde eares and tourneth his heed where his fete were it sygnyfieth soone deth ⚜ ❧ ¶ Another and the seuenth ¶ If the pacyent put his handes ofte to his heed drawe his fete vp to hym betoken that he shall escape ¶ Also other tokens of deth whiche the connyng physycion Galyen set forth as foloweth ¶ He sayth that these are tokens of death whan the forehed is red the browes hāgeth downe The lefte iye is lasse and wateryth The the typpe of the nose whyte the chyne falleth the fete coleth and the bely decayeth is sygnes of deth ¶ Also the nynth experyment to knowe lyfe or deth ¶ Take the pacyentꝭ vryne and a woman mylke that noryssheth a man childe and medle them togyther yf they go into one he shall lyue and yf they departe he shall dye ¶ For to knowe whether ye shall dye within .xij. monthes or not ☞ Lette a droppe of your blode falle in to a dysshe of water And yf it descende hole into the bottombe he shall lyue that yeare and yf not but go abrode not ¶ Also another maner ¶ If ye rubbe also wel the forhed of the sycke with a tablet or other suche of copper fro the one eare to the other yf he slepe after he shall lyue or els not ❧ Also of the sharpe ague an experyment ofte prouyd ¶ Take a curtesy of the pacyentꝭ blode and vryne and medle it with the mylke of a woman that noryssheth a man childe and yf they myx togyther he shall lyue or els he shall not ❧ Also another and the leuynth ¶ If a frantyke man haue harde swellynge without disgestion he shall dye the .ix. daye ☞ Also anoher and the twelfe ¶ He that vometeth blode and haue swellynge in any lymme as toghte as a trumpet lyke a egypcian beane shall dye the .xl. daye after ❧ Also another the .xiij. ❧ If the iyes be holowe and the mouth open whan he slepeth and yf he be not accustomed so and yf his lefte iye water he shall dye the thyrde daye ☞ Another and the .xiiij. ¶ If the pacyent bydde the Physycion farewell or stretche forth his fete and caste his handes vpon his bely he shall dye the thyrde daye ☞ Another and the .xv. ☞ If the pacyent bydde the physycion farewell and put his handes to his hed and drawe vp his fere he shall escape ❧ Also the profe of a sycke man that can not slepe ☞ Stampe hen bane mynte and lay it on his forehede playsterwyse and yf he stepe not soone after he shall dye ❧ Also another Treatyse of Ypocras begynneth WHo that falleth sycke the fyrst day of the Moneth it is to be feryd of hym the seconde daye the whiche yf he escape he shall escape tyll the .xxx. daye And yf he fall sycke the seconde daye it is to feare of hym the .x. daye and yf he escape that he shall belonge sycke notwithstandynge he shall escape And yf he fall sycke the thyrde daye he shall be delyueryd without doubte And yf he fall sycke the fourth daye he shall be sore in payne tyll the .viij. daye and then shall very well escape And yf he fall sycke fyfth daye he shall be sore sycke yet he shall escape And yf he falle sycke the syxte daye he shall seme to be hole yet he shall dye some daye of the next moneth And yf he fall sycke the seuenth daye he shall be delyueryd without grefe And yf he fall sycke the eyght daye he shall be in merely helth tyll the leuenth daye and then after soone shall dye And yf he fall sycke the nynthe daye he shall escape with meruaylous great paine And he that falleth sycke the tenth day he shall dye without doubte And he that falleth sycke the leuenth daye he shall be delyueryd the next day And yf he fall sycke the twelfe daye he shall dye the .xv. daye And yf he fall sycke the .xiij. day he shal be sore vexed tyll the .xviij. daye and yf he escape then he shall be delyueryd And yf he fal sycke the .xiiij. day he may escape yf he lyue tyll the .xv. daye And he that taketh syckenes the .xv. daye excepte he recouer within .xviij. dayes he shall dye shortly after And yf a man fall sycke the .xvi. daye he shal be sycke tyll the .xxviij. daye escape And yf a man take syckenes the .xvij. daye he shall dye the .x. daye And yf a man take syckenes the .xviij. he shall be delyueryd at length And yf a man take syckenes the .xix. daye he shall be delyuered at length ¶ And yf a person fall sycke the .xx. day the pacyent shall dye the next monthe And he that fall sycke the .xxi. daye and he dye not the .x. after he shal be in great peryll yet he shall be delyuered the next moneth after ☞ ☞ ⚜ ¶ If a body fall sycke the .xxij. daye although he be ingreuous payne tyl the .x. day he shal not dye tyll the next mōthe If a person take syckenes .xxiij. daye he shall be delyuered though it be with greuous payne the other monthe If a person fall sycke the .xxiiij. daye he shall dye the next monthe If a body fall sycke the .xxv. daye albeit he shall haue some payne yet he shall well escape that daunger If a body fall sycke the .xxvi. daye yet he shall well escape If a person fall sycke the .xxvij. though he be at poynte of deth he shall be delyuered the next monthe If a person fal sycke the .xxviij. daye he is threttyn to dye yet he may escape If a body fall sycke the .xxix. daye yet he maye be delyuered the next monthe by lytell and lytell ☞ ❧ If a person fall sycke the .xxx. daye it is in doubte yf the pacyent shall dye or lyue And also the .xxxi. daye lykewyse ¶ Explicit ¶ Nowe to knowe whether a woundyd man shall dye or lyue ¶ Stampe pympernell and distempre it with water and gyue it hym to drynke and yf it go out at the wounde then he shall dye or els not ¶ Another for the same ¶ Gyue hym whyce Lettuse to drynke with water yf he perbrake it he shall dye yf not he shall lyue ⚜ A Pronosticacion set forth by the sayd Galien of the daunger of Pestylenciall Impostume after the partye of the body that it is in howbeit in god is al. ¶ Another begynneth of the spottes called goddes markes ☞ Whan the Impostome is in the pacientꝭ face so paynfull that it may not betwoched and he leyth his lefte hande ofte vpon his brest knowe that he shall dye the .xx. daye and specially whanne he handleth his nosetrylles in begynnynge of his syckenes whan great Impostumes are in any of both knees it is to knowe he shall not dye tyll after the viij daye and then he maye escape and esspecially yf he swete moche at the beginnynge of his knees whan it chaunseth that lytell whelkes cōmeth vpon the vayne whiche is on the nape of the necke and vpon as it were a maner of powder knowe that he shall dye the .ij. daye of his syckenes and esspeciall token is yf he haue great thurste at the begynnynge of his syckenes whan whelkes are vpon his tonge lyke dogges fleys knowe that he shall dye the same daye and the tokens is the begynnynge of his syckenes he desyreth thyngꝭ which are naturallye hote Whan lytell blacke whelkes are vpon any of his fyngers that are sore knowe that he shall the next day after dye of that syckenes and an esspeciall token is yf he be paynfull and heuy in his body Whan lytell whyte whelkes are in the thombe of the paryentes lefte hāde lyke browne beanes of coloure or pale whiche are not sore Then knowe that the pacient shall dye the .iiij. day of his syckenes Another token is that at on the myddell too of the lefte feote ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ Finis ¶ Imprynted by me Robert wyer dwellynge in saynt Martyns parysshe at charynge Crosse ❧ ❧