Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	blood_n	part_n	vein_n	2,409	5	9.8272	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60662	Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...	Salmon, William, 1644-1713.; Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent.; Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.; Artephius. Liber secretus artis occultae. English.; Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418. Figures hierogliphiques. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Speculum alchemiae. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Radix mundi. English.; Ripley, George, d. 1490? Medulla alchimiae. English.	1692 (1692)	Wing S434; ESTC R183203	439,154	1,009

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menstruum_fw-la which_o be_v the_o virgin_n milk_n it_o be_v clothe_v with_o this_o greenness_n and_o therefore_o call_v the_o green_a lyon_n xvi_o but_o of_o the_o green_a lion_n of_o fool_n this_o we_o say_v that_o from_o it_o with_o a_o strong_a fire_n be_v draw_v aquafortis_n in_o the_o which_o the_o aforesaid_a philosopher_n lion_n of_o the_o mineral_n stone_n aught_o to_o be_v elixirate_v and_o assume_v its_o name_n raymundus_n say_v it_o be_v better_a or_o fafer_n to_o eat_v the_o eye_n of_o a_o basalisk_n than_o that_o gold_n which_o be_v make_v with_o the_o fire_n against_o nature_n xvii_o and_o i_o say_v also_o that_o the_o thing_n from_o whence_o the_o same_o aquafortis_n be_v draw_v be_v green_a vitriol_n and_o azoth_n i._n e._n vitriol_n natural_a not_o artificial_a viz._n the_o dropping_n of_o copper_n call_v also_o roman_z vitriol_n roman_a gold_n by_o many_o of_o the_o philosopher_n from_o the_o abundance_n of_o its_o noble_a tincture_n the_o which_o tincture_n must_v 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