Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	according_a	employ_v	great_a	124	3	2.1242	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76997	Paracelsvs Of the supreme mysteries of nature. Of [brace] the spirits of the planets. Occult philosophy. The magical, sympathetical, and antipathetical cure of wounds and diseases. The mysteries of the twelve signs of the zodiack. / Englished by R. Turner, philomathēs.	Paracelsus, 1493-1541.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665.	1655 (1655)	Wing B3544; Thomason E1567_2; ESTC R209187	70,843	175

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this_o book_n of_o simple_a fire_n pag._n 1_o 2_o multiplicity_n of_o fire_n 3_o variety_n of_o metal_n 3_o 4_o the_o metal_n of_o the_o planet_n ibid._n the_o substance_n of_o metal_n 4_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o sun_n 4_o 5_o the_o body_n of_o mercury_n 5_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o moon_n 6_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o venus_n 7_o 8_o the_o spirit_n of_o mars_n 9_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o jupiter_n 10_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o saturn_n 11_o of_o the_o gross_a spirit_n of_o mercury_n 12_o 13_o of_o tincture_n how_o they_o be_v make_v 14_o 15_o the_o conjunction_n of_o male_a and_o female_a 15_o 16_o to_o form_n of_o the_o glass_n instrument_n 16_o the_o property_n of_o the_o fire_n 17_o sign_n of_o the_o conjunction_n unite_v 18_o 19_o to_o know_v the_o perfect_a tincture_n 19_o 20_o to_o multiply_v the_o tincture_n 20_o to_o make_v the_o furnace_n 21_o to_o place_n the_o fire_n 22_o of_o the_o conjunction_n of_o male_a and_o female_a 23_o of_o their_o copulation_n 24_o of_o the_o 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