Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	11,896	5	9.9757	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01797	The knowledge of things vnkowne Apperteyning to astronomy, wyth necessary rules, and certayne speares contayned in the same. Compyled by Godfridus super palladium de agricultura Anglicatum.; This booke of astronomye	Godfridus.; Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus. De re rustica.	1585 (1585)	STC 11932; ESTC S121577	28,796	114

long hatrell of the heade hee is meeke and loueable and he will doe eche thing to certayne space hee is more whyte then blacke and ofte tymes ryghte whyte and hee hath greate shoulders And who that is borne vnder Mercurious when he is not in his full power That is to saye From the fyrste hower of the daye to the nynth he is black and dry he hath crowded teeth and sharpe he hath a wound in his body wyth fyre he is scorged wyth wandes or smitten wyth a sword and men sayeth on him an euill name of euill tales and of manslaughter The Moones hower is ryght good and righte euill from the fourth day to the xvii it is good namelye to all those that are borne in it and from the xvii daye to the xx daye it is somewhat good but not so good from the xx day to the xxvii day it is euil namely to all those that are borne in it Who that hath this star in his Planet and borne therevnder when it is in full power he hath a playne face and pale sometyme lentigious and doeth his willes to men he hath somewhat seemely semblaunce and he is ryche he hath meane stature neyther to long nor to shorte he hath strayghte lyppes and hollowe eyen Who that is borne vnder this starre when it is not in full power he hath a strayghte face and drye and malicious he hath little teeth and Albugine that is to saye A whyte strike in the eare ¶ The nature and conditions which is found comprehended in man NAturally a man is hardye as the Lyon i. Prue and worthy as the Oxe ii Large and liberall as the Cocke iii. Auaricious as the Dogge iiii Hardy and swifte as the Harte v. Debonayre and true as the Turtle Doue vi Malicious as the Leopard vii Pryue and tame as the Doue viii Dolorous and guilefull as the fox ix Simple and milde as the Lambe x. Shrewde as the Ape xi Light as the Horse xii Softe and pittifull as the Beare xiii ¶ Deare and precyous as the Olyphant xiiii ¶ Good and holesome as the Vnycorne xv Vyle and slouthfull as the Asse xvi Fayre and prowd as the Pecock xvii Glotonous as the Wolfe xviii Enuyous as a Bytch xix Rebell and inobediente as the Nightingale xx Humble as the Pigyon xxi Fell and foolish as the Oustrich xxii Profytable as the Pysmyre xxiii Dissolute and Vacabounde as the Goate xxiiii Spitefull as the Phesaunt xxv Softe and meeke as the Chiken xxvi Moueable and varying as the Fyshe xxvii Lecherous as the Bore xxviii Stronge and puissaunte as the Camell xxix Traytour as the Mule xxx Aduysed as the Mouse xxxi Reasonable as an Aungell xxxii And therefore he is called the little world or else he is called all creatures for he doth take parte of all ¶ Here followeth the discription of the fower Elementes and of the iii. Complections I Doe thee to wyt that in ech man woman reygneth ech planet and euery signe of the Zodiack and euery prime qualities and euery Elemente and euery complection but not in euery lyke for in some men reigneth one more and in some reigneth another and therefore men be of dyuers manners wherfore good it is that we see shortely the kinde of those primes qualityes and so forth on the others ¶ Of the foure Prime qualities and what they are FOure Pryme qualityes there bee That is to saye moystenesse hotenesse dryenesse be two contraryes and therefore the may not nigh together wythout a meane for the hotenes on the one side bindeth them together coldnesse on the other syde Also hotenesse and coldenesse are two contraries and therefore they maye not nighe together wythout a meane for the moystenesse on the one syde byndeth them together And dryenesse on the other moystnes is cause of euery thick substaunce and of euery sweete taste And there agayne drynesse is cause of euery thin substaunce of euery soure stinking taste And also hotenesse is cause of enery red coulour and large quantitye There agayne coldenesse is cause of euery whyte coloure and little quantitye ¶ Combyne That is to saye knitte these fower Pryme qualityes alter these iiii combinacions that is to say knittinges and then they will holde iiii Elementes that is to saye The Ayre moyst and hote The Fyre hote and drye The earth drye and colde The Water colde and moyste The Ayre and the Earth are two contraryes and therefore they maye not nigh together but as Fyre byndes them on the one side betweene them And the water on the other syde betweene them Also Fyre and Water are two contraryes and therefore they maye not nigh together but as the Ayre betweene them byndes on the one syde And the Earth betweene byndeth them together on the otherside The Fyre is sharp subtill and moueable The Ayre is subtill moueable and corpulent and dull The Earth is corpulente and thycke The Water is moueable corpulente and dull The Earthe is corpulente dull and vnmoueable righte as an eggeshell Vingose a thinskin And that skin Vingose the whyte and in the middeste of the yolke is a little tender hole righte so the fyre Vyngose the Ayre ten times more and ten tymes Then the Ayre Vyngose the Water ten tymes more and ten tymes tymer then the Water The water Vyngose the Earth ten tymes more and ten tymes timer than the Earth In the hearte of the Earthe is the Senter of the worlde That is to saye the middeste poynte And in euery Senter is hell And there agayne aboute the Fyre are the starres and aboute them is heauen Christalin that is to saye waters of all blisse departed in ix ordes of Aungels then is Heauen in the higheste rownes and largest And there agayne is Hell in the lowest narowest and straightest Right as there be iiii Elementes so there bee fower Complections according in all manner qualityes to these fower Elementes The fyrst is Sanguine that is to say blood gendreth in the lyuers lymbe and lyke to the Ayre The second is Choler gendred in the Gall and lyke thereto And it is according to the Fyre The thyrde is Melancholye gendered in the mylte and lyke to the dregges of blood and it accordeth to the Earth The fourth is Flumes gendered in the Lunges lyke to galte and it accordeth to the water A Sanguyne man much may and much coueyteth for he is moyst and hote A Chollerycke man muche coueyteth and little maye for he is hote and drye A Melancholious man little may and little coueyteth for he is drye and colde A Flumaticke man little coueyteth and little may for he is colde and moyst A Sanguine man is large louing glade of cheare laughinge and ruddye of cloure stedfast fleshlye ryghte hardye mannerly gentle and well nourished A Choloricke man is guilefull false and wrathfull traytoures and right hardy quint small drye and black of coloure A Melancholyous man is enuyous sorry couetous harde and false holdining guilefull

there are twelue sygnes in the Zodyacke so are there twelue monthes in the yeare eache sygne to his month Wherfore beware before and make purueyaunce therefore and looke when Saturne reigneth in the iii. winter sygnes that is to say Capricorne Aquarie and Pisces and so long those vii yeares and halfe a yeare shal be scarsenes and dearth of corne fruite Beastes and all other thinges for in the .iii. yeares signes he hath might and most power to fulfyll his malice if he be not letted by neighbourhood of any good planet ¶ What the Thunder signifyeth in euery yeare THunder in Ianuary sygnyfyeth the same yeare great wyndes plentye of corne and battaile peraduenture also Thunder in February sygnifyeth that same yeare many men namely rich men shall dye in great sicknesse Thunder in March signifyeth that same yeare great windes plentye of cornes and debate amongest people Thunder in Aprill signifyeth that same yeare to be fruitfull and merry and also death of wicked men Thunder in Maye sygnifyeth that yeare neede scarcenesse and dearth of cornes and greate hunger Thunder in Iune signifieth that same yeare that woodes shal be ouercasten with windes and great raging shall be of Lyons and Wolues and so lyke of other harmefull Beastes Thunder in Iuly signifyeth that same yeare shal be good corne and fruites of Beastes that is to say their strength shall perishe Thunder in August signifyeth the same yeare sorrowe wayling of many and of most hote thinges and also many shall bee sicke Thunder in September signifieth that same yere great wynd copye of corne that is to say plenteous and occasyon of folke that is to say much falling Thunder in October signifyeth the same yeare great winde and scantnesse of cornes of fruites and trees Thunder in Nouember signifyeth that same yeare to be fruitefull and merry and cheape corne Thunder in December signifyeth that same yeare cheape corne and of wheate peace and accord among the people ¶ This Chapter following declareth what are the euill dayes and forbodd en in the yeare And also which be the best bleeding dayes in the yeare WYt thou well that in euery month be two euill dayes one in waxing of the Moone and another in the wanynge The Kalenders sheweth them and their howers openly ynough in the whiche dayes if anye folke take sickenesse or beginne anye newe thinge it is great grace if euer it fare well or come to good ende Also there are fyftye Caniculer dayes that is to saye for the xv Kalend. of August to the Nonas of September in the whiche dayes it is forbidden by Astronomye to all maner of folkes that they let them no blood ne take no drinkes also good it is to abstaine then from women and they shold great leches know and keepe and teache to other men For whye all that time reygneth a starre that is called Caniculacanis in latten a hound in English nowe of this foresaid star Canicula the foresaide fyftye daies are called Caniculer dayes that is to say hore dayes and byting as a Bytch for the kinde of the star Canycula is boyling and brenning as fyre and biting as a bytch whelp that time the heate of the sunne and of the star is so dowlcet and violent that mens bodyes at midnight sweates as at midday and swelleth lightly bloweth and brenneth and if they then be hurt then be they more sicke then at anye other time and right neerer dead In those dayes all venemous Serpentes creepeth flyeth and gendreth so they ouerset hugely the ayre in seeding of their kind so that many men are dead thereby there agayne all the so ●●…er namely those dayes a fyre is good nighte and daye and holesome And seethe such meates and take heeds of great violent meates Also from the xviii Kalend of October to the xvii Kalend of Nouember looke thou take no colde for then the powers of man of earth of althings else setten And they maye not 〈◊〉 agayne till the evill Kalend. of a plil wherefore such thinges as thou takest within the powers thaffection the shalt with hold till they open truly it should lesse harme thee to take cold at Christmas than then ¶ To knowe how a man shall keepe himselfe in health IF thou wilte keepe thee long in helth then holde this rule that is to saye flye anger wrath and enuie gyue thee to mirth in measure trauaile sadlye so that thou sweate not to muche in the Sommer and namely the Caniculer dayes flye al manner of strong drinkes and hote spices brenning meates namely to haue them vsandly Faste not to long at morue Suppe not to late at nighte eate not hastelye nor eate but little at once and that that thou eatest chew it well euerye time that thou eatest rest a little rather after fleepe not thou vnder meale namely but of these iiii months That is to say Maye Iune Iuly and August And yet the lesse that thou stepest then the better it is to sleepe well in the waxing of the night and be earlye up in the morning tymelyer the better And euerye daye beware of wicked mystes that none enter in thee ●asting for thereof commeth great pe●tilences great heate And in greate ●old and in pestilences eate much garlycke euerye day .ix. Safforne chyues it will doe thee much good Eate ynnough in winter eate ynough in Ver but eate but little in Sommer looke thy meate be well seasoned in Haruest beware of fruites for they are not good if it be giuen thee for medicine of all manner of meates sodden is the best eate not to many hote spices nor eate but little at once for better it were to eate .vii. times on the day then once thy fyll fleshe is more nourishinge then fyshe eate not to muche sowre meates nor salte for they will make thy bones sore looke thy drinke be not to newe ne to olde sweete powdred meates be moste holesome Of al thinges take measure and no more for in measure restes Vertue And that Sayntes did holde them to ¶ To knowe what perrillous dayes come in the chaunge of euery Moone IN the chaunge of euerye Moone be ii dayes in the which what thing soeuer is begon late or neuer it shall come to good ende and the dayes be full perillous for many thinges In Ianuary when the Moone is iii. or iiii In February .v. or .vii. In March .vi. or .vii. In Aprill .v. or .viii. In May viii or ix In Iune .v. or .xv. In Iuly iii. or .xiii. In August .viii. or .xiii. In September .viii. or .xiii. In October .v. or .xii. In Nouember .v. or .ix. In December .iii. or .xiii. Astronomers sayeth that vi dayes in the yeare are perilous of death And therfore they forbid men to be let blood on them or take any drinkes That is to saye The thirde daye of the Moneth of Ianuary The fyrste daye of the Moneth of Iuly The seconde daye of the Moneth of October The last daye of the Moneth of Aprill