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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earl_n	george_n	viscount_n	11,189	5	11.4325	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01943	The composition or making of the moste excellent and pretious oil called oleum magistrale First published by the commaundement of the King of Spain, vvith the maner hovv to apply it particulerly. The which oyl cureth these diseases folowi[n]g ... Also the third book of Galen of curing of pricks and wounds of sinowes. A method for curing of vvounds in the ioynts, and the maner how to place them. Abreef gathering togither of certain errours which the common chirurgians dayly vse ... Faithfully gathered and translated into English by George Baker chirurgian. 1574.	Baker, George, 1540-1600.; Galen. De compositione medicamentorum secundum locos.	1574 (1574)	STC 1209; ESTC S100526	50,504	142

The Composition or making of the moste excellent and pretious Oil called Oleum Magistrale First published by the commaundement of the King of Spain vvith the maner hovv to apply it particulerly The which Oyl cureth these disseases folowīg That is to say Woūds Contusiōs Hargubush shot Cankerꝭ pain of the Raines Apostumes Hemerhoids olde Vlcers pain of the Ioints and Gout and indifferently all maner of disseases Also the third book of Galen of curing of pricks and wounds of Sinowes A method for curing of vvounds in the ioynts and the maner how to place them A breef gathering togither of certain errours which the common Chirurgians dayly vse Very profitable and necessary for all Chirurgians all other which are desirous to knowe the right method of curing Faithfully gathered and translated into English by George Baker Chirurgian 1574. VERO NIHIL VERIVS ¶ TO THE RIGHT honourable Edward de Vere Earle of Oxford Vicount Bulbeck Lord of Escales and Badlesmere and Lord great Chamberlain of England his singuler good Lord and maister George Baker vvisheth helth long life vvith much increace of vertue honor IT IS NOT vnknowene to any right honorable which haue beene but meanly conuersant in good learning how far the Gretiās did surmount all the nations of the world in renown of vertue learning politique gouernmēt and noble victoryes For what nation dooth not reuerēce their sages what people dooth not imbrace their studyes what Cittie dooth not desire their gouernment what prouince was not subiect to their Empire yea was not Grecia the Theatre Spectacle and light of the whole world were there not in it many famouse Citties whose peple inhabitāts for ciuilitie whose lawes for policy whose edifices for magnificence might seem Angelicall deuine and celestiall as Athens and Thebes c. But none more famouse thē the Cittie of Sparta whiche by the space of vij c. yeeres excelled all the Cities of Grecia when they moste florished hoth in renown of glory and equitie of lawes whē they were subdued this one cittie Sparta by defending them selues frō forain inuasion atchiued more honor then whole Graecia did euer win by enlargīg their Empire For when Philip of Macedonia in his cōquest of those Ilandish Cuntreyes and his sonne Alexāder after him at the winning of Thebes were proclamed Emperours of Sea and land the Spartanes consented not therto nor would be come tributoryes What should be the cause that this one Citie should lesse fear the force of Alexander then all other how became it so inexpugnable was it so strongly fortified with walles and Bulwarks and warlike munition not at all The courage of the Citizens was their onely wall of defence Did the name of Hercules whose progenie they were defend them nay rather the good counsail of Licurgus made them invincible who among other things exhorted them to indeuer to excel the whole world in renown of vertue and glory of valiantnes as their proginitour Hercules did whiche if they did not it were but vain to vaunt of their petydegree Can it be said that the multitude of Citizēs made thē strōg that when by continuall warre the number was greatly diminished and their force much wekened Surely by concord they were preserued Such is the strength that the obseruatiō of good lawes doth bring to common welths such frutes kindely braunches not degenerating from a vertuous stock do yeeld such commodyties proceed from vertue and contrary effects from contrary causes as may appeer in those same Lacedemonians which afterwards by degeneratiō were brought to the like thraldome that their neighbours were in beeing at length more ashamed then proud of their pety degree more fearful thē glad of their long resistance Such alteration folowed the chaūge of gouernment when no iot of Licurgus lawes nor any other steps of their proginitors vertues remained among them but eche man neglected his othe giuen to the common welth eche man as he was able most to prevail exercised tirany ouer his owne Citizens eche mā accoūted that libertie to doo what liked him to liue riotously and licentiously eche man studied to enrich himself to fortifye his owne house and to fether his owne nest But in the mene time the strēgth of the cōmon welth decayed and their forrain enemyes increaced and at length they found by experience how pernitious a thing it is to abrogate good lawes to chaunge the countenaunce of a wel gouerned state To race out the memory of their noble progenitors Which example right Honorable I wish to be marked of all noble families and famouse Cities that therin they may cōsider that by vertue they are preserued and by degeneration they fall Yet doo I not wright these thīgs to your honor by the way of exhortation but rather as a testimony of that which is alredy apparāt to all men namely to your honors study carefully to ioyne the commendation of vertue with your nobilitie of blood and linage whose desire it is with noble Themistocles so to aduaunce the glory of your cuntrey wherby your owne honor is the more excellent that no barbarous Siriphian may vpbraid your honor as though it depended onely of the nobilitie of your country and family when as if opportunitie would serue your honor I dout not would be found in noble attempts and valeant acts nothing inferiour to Themistocles In the meane time among infinit tokens this is one espetial signe of your honours heroicall minde that is in courage actiuitie and Chiualry you your self seek to expresse Achilles and other noble personages so also your honor doth hartely imbrace all suche as excel in any worthy vertue whether it be to cōmend adorne her with her semly coulours as Homer c or to attend like handmaids on her as Hipocrates or Galen with their needful art of Chirurgiry neither dooth your honor suffer them to passe vnrewarded as may appeer by the moste parte of thē which your honor hath entertaīed into your seruice as I myself haue had experiēce since it pleased your honor to entertain me though farre vnworthy for my professiō in the art of Chirurgiry since the which time I haue accoūted bothe my self and all my labours whatsoeuer to be due vnto your honor So that if by continuall study I might happely inuēt or by dayly practise in the art of Chirurgery finde out any mistery which other before me had not obtaīed I was fully purposed to cōsecrat and dedicate the same vnto your name not that I am so foolish to think that by any my inuentiōs labours any thing shold be added to that huge hepe of your heroycal vertues but partly because as I haue said I might transfere them to any other beeing owing vnto your honor and partely because the renown of your honours name might obtaine grace for my boldnesse and bring credit to my labours But in the meane time till I shall be able of myne owne knowledge to ad some thing to the perfectiō of the