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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bear_v	good_a	know_v	985	5	3.2926	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15531	The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beasts : also, a boke of the same author, of the maruaylous thinges of the world, and of certaine effectes caused of certaine beastes.; Liber aggregationis. English. 1560.	Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; Albertus, de Saxonia, d. 1390.	1560 (1560)	STC 258.5; ESTC S1430	34,987	152

there be there any man that hath the fallinge sycknes by put tyng to the lode stone he falleth anone to the grounde as dead if the water of eeles bee geuen to hym to drynke he shalbe cured anone ¶ Camelus the Camel is a beast knowen well ynough It is called of the Chaldeis Ciboi of the Grekes Iphim If the bloude of it be put into the skyn of y ● beast called Stellio then set on any mās head which is lyke a lysard hauing on his backe spottes like stetres it shall seme that he is a gyant that hys head is in heauen And thys is sayd in the boke of Alchorath of Mercury And yf a lantern anointed with y ● bloud of it be lyghtenned it shall 〈◊〉 that all men standynge aboute haue Camelles headdes so that there be no outward light of an other candeil ¶ Lepus the hare is a beast wel ynough knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Ueterellū and of the Grekes Onollosa the vertue of it is shewed to be merualous for Euax and Aaron sayd that y ● fete of it ioyned with a stone or with the head of a blacke owsell moueth a man to hardines so that he feare not death And if it be bounden to hys lefte arme he may go whether he wil and he shall returne saufe withoute peryll And yf it be geuen to a dogge to eate with the hart of a Mesell fro thens forth he shall not crye oute althoughe he should be kylled ¶ Experiolus is a beaste welly nough knowen yf the cloue of it be burned consolidated be gyuen in meat to any horse he will not eate for y ● space of thre dayes And yf the aforesayde thinge be put with a littell turpentyme it shalbe cleare secondly it shalbe mayde as a cloude bloud and if it be casten a litle in water an horrible thunder shalbe made ¶ Leo a Lyon is a beaste well ynough knowen of the Chaldeis called Balamus of the Greekes Beruth If thonges of lether be made of the skynne of hym a man gyrded with theym he shall not feare hys enemies And yf any man will eate of the flesh of hym will drynke of hys water for thre dayes he shall be cured from the feuer quartaine And if any parte of hys eyes be put vnder a mans arme hole borne al beastes shall flee away bowynge doune their hade vnto their low belyes ¶ Foca purpays is a fysh well ynough knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Daulaubur of y ● greciās Labor this fysh is of diuers nature If the tung of it be takē and be put with a litle of y ● harte of it in water for a suerty fyshes will gather there together And yf thou wilte beare it vnder thy arme hole no man shalbe able to haue victorye againste the thou shalt haue a gentle pleasaunte iudge ¶ Auguilla an eele it is a fysshe sufficiently knowē The vertues of it are meruaylous as Euar Aaron saye for if it dye for fault of water the harte remaynynge hole and strong vyneger to takē and it be myxed to the bloude of the fowle called in Latine Uultur which some call in English a Grype and some a rauyn and be put vnder dūge in any place thei shall all how many soeuer they be recouer their lyfe as they had before And if the worme of thys eele be drawen out and put in y ● aforesayd confection the space of one moneth the worme shalbe chaunged into a very blacke eele of whiche if any man shall eate he shall dye ¶ Mustela the Wesell is a beast sufficiently knowen If the hart of thys beast be eatē yet quaking it meketh a man to know thinges to come and yf anye dogge eate of the harte wyth the eyes and tūge of it he shall soone lose hys voyce ¶ Upupa y ● Lapwynke or blacke plouer is a byrd sufficiently knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Boridicta of the Grekes I son y ● eyes of it born make a mā grosse or great And if the eyes of it be borne before a mās breast all his enemies shalbe pacefied And yf thou shalt haue the heade of it in thy purse thou canst not be deceiued of any merchaunt Thys hath ben proued this daye of our brethren ¶ Pellicianus the Pellicane is a byrd sufficiently knowen it is called of the Chaldeis Uoltri of the Grekes Iphalari The vertue of it is meruaylous If yonge byrdes be kylled and their harte not be broken if a parte of her bloud be taken and be put warme in the mouth of the yōge byrdes they wil receyue soone agayn lyfe as before If it be hanged vp to the necke of any byrde it shall flye alwayes vntyll it fal dead And the right fote of it vnder an hote thyng after thre monethes shalbe engendred quycke and shall moue it selfe of the humoure and heate which y e byrde hath And Hermes in the boke of Alchorath Plinius doth witnesse thys ¶ Coruus called of some a rauē and of others a crow the vertue of thys fowle is meruaylous as Euax and Aaron reherse If her egges be sodden be put agayne in the nest the rauen goeth sone to the read sea in a certayne Ile where Aldoricus or Alodrius is buryed and she bryngeth a stone where with she toucheth her egges and the egges be soone rawe as they ware before It is a meruaylous thynge to styrre vp sodden egges If thys stoone be put in a rynge the leaf of the laurel tree put vnder it a man beyng bounden in chaynes or a doore shutte be toucheth therwith he that is boundē shall sone be lowsed and the doore shalbe opened And yf this stone be put in a mās mouth it geueth too hym vnderstanding of all byrdes The stone is of Inde because it is foūde in Inde after certayn wyse men sometyme in the read sea It is of diuerse colours it maketh a man to forgete all wrathe as we haue said aboue in the same stone ¶ Miluus a Kyte or gleyde is a byrde sufficiently knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Bysicus of the Grekes Melos If the heade of it be taken and borne before a mans breast it geueth to h● loue and fauoure of all men womē If it be hanged too the necke of an henne she will neuer cease to runne vntyll it be putte awaye And yf a cockes combe be anoynted with the bloud of it he will not crowe frome thens forthe There is a certayn stone founde in the knees of thys byrde if it be loked craftely whiche if it be put in the meat of two enemies they shalbe made frendes and there shalbe made verye good peace amonge them ¶ Turtur a Turtel is a byrd wel ynough knowen it is called Mulon of the Chaldeis of the Greekes Pilax If y e hart of thys foule be borne in a wolues skynne he that beareth it shall neuer haue an appetyte