Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	body_n	heat_n	part_n	2,471	5	4.9085	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25684	Aphorismi Urbigerani, or, Certain rules, clearly demonstrating the three infallible ways of preparing the grand elixir, or circulatum majus of the philosophers discovering the secret of secrets, and detecting the errors of vulgar chymists in their operations : contain'd in one hundred and one aphorisms, to which are added The three ways of preparing the vegetable elixir, or, Circulatum minus / all deduc'd from never-erring experience by Baro Urbigerus ...	Urbigerus, Baro.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691.	1690 (1690)	Wing A3528; ESTC R35727	20,949	96

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the_o fix_a you_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o make_v any_o perfect_a union_n between_o these_o two_o subject_n contrary_a in_o quality_n tho'_o not_o in_o nature_n fourteen_o before_o you_o begin_v your_o destillation_n and_o cohobation_n after_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o vegetable_a spirit_n to_o its_o own_o salt_n a_o putrefaction_n of_o eight_o or_o ten_o day_n be_v to_o precede_v during_o which_o time_n the_o sulphureous_a spirit_n strengthen_v by_o the_o bituminous_a matter_n and_o find_v its_o salt_n fir_n for_o conjunction_n with_o it_o have_v the_o power_n to_o enter_v into_o its_o pore_n to_o facilitate_v its_o volatilization_n and_o union_n xv._o if_o after_o six_o or_o seven_o destillation_n and_o cohobation_n of_o the_o distil_v upon_o the_o remainder_n you_o do_v not_o find_v your_o spirit_n to_o be_v extreme_o sharp_a and_o the_o remainder_n in_o the_o bottom_n altogether_o insipid_a it_o will_v be_v a_o evident_a sign_n that_o you_o fail_v in_o the_o true_a 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only_o all_o sort_n of_o gum_n or_o any_o other_o kind_n of_o substance_n in_o the_o vegetable_a kingdom_n but_o also_o all_o sort_n of_o oil_n and_o balsam_n come_v out_o of_o tree_n separate_v their_o true_a essence_n by_o which_o you_o may_v perform_v wonderful_a thing_n both_o upon_o live_a body_n and_o dead_a one_o the_o last_o of_o which_o it_o preserve_v for_o ever_o without_o open_v or_o any_o far_a preparation_n of_o they_o xxiv_o tho'_o this_o menstruum_fw-la be_v only_a specificate_v upon_o vegetable_n it_o will_v nevertheless_o in_o a_o moment_n draw_v the_o tincture_n out_o of_o metal_n and_o mineral_n but_o it_o will_v not_o separate_v all_o their_o principle_n not_o be_v the_o appropriate_v menstruum_fw-la for_o such_o operation_n and_o tho'_o such_o sulphur_n be_v high_o balsamic_a for_o the_o lung_n and_o spleen_n yet_o since_o our_o elixir_n proprietatis_fw-la far_a exceed_v those_o preternatural_a preparation_n we_o only_o give_v this_o as_o a_o curious_a chemical_a 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