Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	daughter_n	mother_n	sister_n	25,437	5	10.5778	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65186	The court of curiositie wherein by the algebra and lot, the most intricate questions are resolved, and nocturnal dreams and visions explained according to the doctrine of the antients : to which is also added A treatise of physiognomy / published in French by Marck de Vulson ; translated into English by J.G.	Vulson, Marc de, sieur de La Colombière, d. 1665.; J. G., Gent.	1669 (1669)	Wing V751; ESTC R25181	107,667	247

a woman Dreams shee hath sore Brests shee is threatned with death If shee Dreams her Brests are dried up and lank and that they are no longer hard but hang down that signifies that her Children will dy and if shee have none shee will grown indigent and will often shed tears through grief and affliction If a woman Dreams shee hath many Brests that signifies shee hath as many Gallants If any one Dreams that his friend strikes him over the Brest with a sword to those that are old it signifies bad news but friendship to those that are young To Dream that the Brests are full of blood and raw all over signifies loss of Children and barrenness If any one Dreams that his brest is grown more large and plumper he is long liv'd and will grow rich according to the proportion of the largeness or plumpness thereof Of the Arms. If any one Dreams that his Arms are grown bigger and stronger then ordinary that signifies he will have joy and profit by his Brothers or his Sons means and that he will become rich If a woman Dreams it her Husband will increase in estate and authority To Dream one hath strong Arms signifies good fortune deliverance from sickness or Imprisonment To Dream ones Arms or elbows are full of scabs or other ulcers that signifies annoy sadness and bad success in business If any one Dreams his Arms are broken or grown lean if he be a King or great Prince some overthrow will happen to his Army or some disaster to his State or as we have said his Son or Brother will fall into some distemper or affliction The same Dream denotes affliction sickness and poverty to the Children or Brethren of private persons If a woman Dreams so shee is in danger of being a widdow or at least of a separation from her Husband The muscles of the Arms are applied to Servants If any one Dreams his Arms are hairy he will grow richer then formerly Some Authors attribute the right Arm to the Father Son Brother and Friend and the left to the Mother Daughter Sister she-Friend and the faithfull Maid-Servants To Dream your right Arm is cut off that signifies the death of the Father Son Brother or Friend of the Dreamer if it be the left the same judgement as is above mentioned shall bee given To Dream both the Arms are cut off signifies Imprisonment or sickness Of the Hands The Hands by the Learned are called the Servants of reason the instruments of instruments and the Symbole of humane fidelity If any one Dreams his Hands are comelier and stronger then ordinary he will be employ'd in some important affair which he will bring to an happy issue and gain honor and advantage thereby and his Servants will love and serve him cheerfully and faithfully If any one Dreams that his Hand is cut off or that it is grown lean and dry or that it hath been burn'd he will lose his most faithful Servant if he hath no Servant he will not be able to work but grow poor If a woman dreams thus shee will lose her Husband her eldest Son or fall to decay If any one Dreams his Hands or Fingers are grown slenderer then ordinary he will find that his Servant cheats him and hath no affection for him If any one Dreams he works with his right Hand that is a signe of good fortune to him and his family if with the left that denotes bad luck nevertheless some attribute the Arm and the right Hand to the Father Son Brother and Friend and the good success that may befall them and the left Arm signifies the Mother the Daughter the Wife the Maid-servant the Man-servant and the Estate already gain'd To Dream the Fingers are cut off signifies loss of Friends or Domesticks To Dream one hath six or seven Fingers on a Hand sifnifies friendship new acquaintance good fortune and Inheritance or Benefits To Dream the Hand is hairy signifies trouble and imprisonment To Dream you have clear and white Hands among the rich it signifies friendship and among the poor idleness and necessity To Dream one hath the Hand-gout to the youthful it signifies fear and dread accompanied with the danger of his person and to the antient it denotes poverty and languishment To Dream one hath many Hands signifies good luck strength wealth and abundance Nevertheless this Dream is destructive to high-way-men for they will be under the arrest of Justice and punished as malefactors To Dream one hath handled fire without any hurt or dammage that signifies to the Dreamer that those that envy him and are his adversaries will be incapable of prejudicing him according to the custom of the world and that he will obtain his desires To Dream that you strike another with your Hand and that you give him a box on the ear or a blow with the fist that signifies peace and love between a Man and his Wife and if he that Dreams be unmarried it is a presage that he will soon Court some Lady for whom he hath a great respect and that he will vanquish his Enemies If a Woman Dreams that shee beats her Husband that signifies fear but yet shee is belov'd by her Husband if shee dreams shee strikes her Gallant that signifies shee is not secure and that her Lover will by some accident or other come to trouble If any one Dreams he holds a sword in his Hand and strikes strangers that signifies victory assurance and good success in his affairs if it be with a stick it signifies command and profit If any one Dreams he hath gold-rings on his fingers that signifies dignity good fortune and felicity Of the Nails If any one Dreams that his nails are longer then usually that signifies profit and the contrary loss and discontent If any one Dreams that his Fingers-ends or nails are cut off that signifies unto him loss disgrace and contention with his relations and friends If any one Dreams that his nails are pul'd off he is threatned by misery and affliction of all sorts and is also in danger of death Of the Belly If any one Dreams his belly is bigger and fatter then ordinary his family and Estate will increase proportionably according to the greatness of his belly If one dreams that his Belly is grown lean and shrunk up he will be joyfully deliver'd from some bad accident If any one Dreams that his Belly is swel'd and yet notwithstanding empty he will become poor though he be rich in the esteem of many people in the world If any one Dreams he is extraordinary hungry and that his appetite craves sustenance he will be ingenious laborious and eager in getting an Estate and will grow rich proportionaby to the greatness of his hunger If any one Dreams his thirst is quenched when thirsty and that he hath drunk his fill of water if the water did appear clear fresh and acceptable to him he will live jovially and become very wealthy if the water be

troubled luke-warm stinking and dirty he will end his days in sickness and affliction If any one Dreams his belly akes he will be afflicted in his family and have many cares upon him Of the Navel If any one Dreams he hath a pain at his navel if the grief be great he will receive bad news of his Father and Mother who will be in danger of death if he hath neither Father nor Mother he will lose his Estate that came to him by the Father and Mother in the same proportion as the pain is or else will be forc'd to forsake his native Country Of the Privities If any one imagines in a Dream that he sees those parts vigorous and well it signifies that his relations and Friends are in a prosperous condition that the Estate and possessions of the Dreamer are secur'd and that they augment and increase with his honor If he Dreams that they grow less and that he is not well in those parts it is quite contrary and somtimes it menaceth the party with infamy and shame The same interpretation is also to be given of the secret parts of the Woman If any one Dreams that those parts are grown bigger and stronger he will be renown'd and rais'd to dignity and beget male Children if it be a Womans Dream shee will bring forth Daughters and will ever have the reputation of a virtuous Woman If a King Dreams thus he will be long-liv'd and have a proper Man to his Son that will succeed him If a Woman sleeping Dreams that shee hath laid hold of the privities of a man shee will bring forth a male Child who will raise his family If any one Dreams that part is cut off his Son shall dy and he himself be in danger of dying soon after or of falling into poverty If any one Dreams that part is grown long beyond measure he will have a Son that will create him all the content imaginable and will be virtuous and renowned over the whole world and the Dreamer will gain honor through his Wises means If his Dream be contrary he will be reduced to a low condition being put out of his Office and Dignity and his Children will grow sickly and miserable If any one Dreams that those parts have been discovered and seen publikely the Law will take hold of him he will become infamous and his craft and mischiefs be detected If any one Dreams that part is maim'd he will be overcome by his Enemies and his Children will be subject to Chronick diseases Of the Thighes The Thighes represent the Relations if any one Dreams both his Thighes are broken or beaten black and blew he will dy in a forrain Country alone without the assistance of his Relations If a Mayd Dreams so shee will be married to a stranger and lead her life in some remote Country far distant from her Relations If shee be a Wife shee will become a widdow and lose her Children If any one Dreams that his Thighes are grow● bigger and stronger then usual if he be a King he will have occasion of joy from his domesticks his Army Servants and Subjects for it is not the custom to say to the King Your parents c. because God hath bestowed upon him power and dominion over all persons indifferently If a private person Dreams the like his Relations will be rais'd to some dignity and it will prove honorable and advantagious to him if it be a Woman shee will have comfort by her Children If any one Dreams that he hath received a wound on the thigh he will not accomplish his desires but be disturb'd by his Relations To Dream that you see the fair and white Thighs of a Woman signifies health and joy If a Man Dreams that he hath his Thighes well-proportion'd it signifies a happy voyage Of the Knees The Knee denotes the labor and travel of Man therefore if any one Dreams that he himself or any other person hath hurt his Knee he will be disturb'd and disquieted in the exercise of his calling and hindred in his vocation by malitious and envious Persons If any one Dreams that his Knees are cut or dried up so that he cannot well walk he will be reduc'd to poverty not being able to work and constrain'd to live in a very low condition If it seems that his Knees are grown well and that he hath recovered his strength and can walk his ill fortune and calamity will be altered and he will grow rich and live with content If he Dreams by the strength of his Knees he is able to run swiftly he shall be happy in all his undertakings If shee be a Woman shee will be ready and willing to obey her Husband and be very carefull to governe her family If a man Dreams his Knees are weary that signifies sickness If any one Dreams that he is kneeling that denotes devotion and humility and somtimes vexation and trouble in business To Dream the Knee is swell'd and pains you that signifies sickness pain loss and bad success or obstruction in business Of the Legs To Dream your Legs are scabby or itchy signifies fruitless perplexity and care To Dream your Legs are in good case and perfectly well signifies joy and good fortune that you will be prosperous in your voyage journy and business To Dream that the Legs are swell'd or cut off signifies the loss or dammages of servants and our best friends who will either fall sick or dy Of the Feet If any one Dreams he hath three or four feet he is in danger of being crippled in the Legs or Feet by some defluxion or some other accident for those that are in such a condition use crutches or staves to support them or else ly down on a bed that hath four Legs nevertheless this Dream is advantagious to Merchants and those that traffick by Sea To Dream a man hath fire at his Feet is a bad signe To Dream that a Man is nimble-footed and that he danceth well signifies joy and amity To Dream the Feet are cut off signifies pain and dammage To Dream your Legs are cut off signifies pain and dammage To Dream you see the Feet of your little Children signifies joy and profit good health pleasure and consolation To Dream you have a Fistula in your Foot signifies assistance in business To Dream your Feet are dirty and smell ranck signifies tribulation or a venereal distemper To Dream you are near a River or Fountain and that you wash your Feet signifies humility and good success and sometimes catarrhes and defluxions To Dream you kiss the Feet of another signifies repentance easement contrition and humility To Dream you see a Serpent or some other mischievous creature that will bite your Feet signifies envie and if the creature bites shrewdly that signifies sadness and discontent To Dream that any one doth scratch the soles of the Feet signifies loss by flattery To Dream that any one batheth your Feet with wholsom herbs or

hath been also call'd the Ey and Heart of Heaven the Spirit and Reason of the material World the eternal Animal the Animated Star the Ey that never sleeps the Ey of Justice Father of Light and Generation The Sun represents unity truth light fruitfulness soverain Majesty heat abundance and riches because he is as hath been said the Father of Gold and ripens all the Fruits of the Earth To Dream you see the Sun come out of the Sea or rise in our Horizon signifies good news and success in your designes To Dream you see the Sun set signifies the contrary yet some beleeve that it denotes good fortune to the party that Dreams If a Woman hath such a dream it signifies shee 'l have a Son To Dream you see the Sun signifies dispatch of business and revelation of things secret to the sick it denounceth health to the prisoner liberty and a cure to him that is hurt in the Ey To Dream you see the Sun clouded red or hot signifies obstruction in business death to your Children or danger to your own person or sore Eys but such a dream is good to those that will conceal themselvs for some crimes o● for fear of their Enemies To Dream that the Sun descends upon your House signifies danger by fire To Dream you see the Sun-beams come into your bed when in bed that signifies sickness by a feavor but to dream she intirely shines all over your Chamber signifies gain profit felicity and honor this presageth likewise to married people that they will have a Son who will be honorable To Dream you see the Sun obscur'd or disappear is a very bad dream unless it be to those that have a minde to be unknown by reason of their offences for to others for the most part it signifies death or at the least loss of sight by some accident or by some defluxion To see the Sun shine about your head signifies to malefactors grace and pardon and to those that are at liberty it denotes honor and glory among their acquaintance To Dream you enter a house where the Sun shines signifies the getting an Estate Of the Moon IF any one Dreams he sees the Moon shine that signifies his Wife loves him extremely and that shee is well it also denotes the getting of silver for as the Sun represents gold so the Moon doth silver and as gold is taken for the heart of the world so is silver for the brain To Dream you see the Moon darkned signifies the death or sickness of ones Wife Mother Sister Daughter loss of mony or danger in a voyage or journey especially if it be by water or else it signifies a distemper in the brain or Eys To Dream you see the Moon darkned and grow clear and bright again signifies profit to the Woman that dreams and to the Man joy and prosperity the Moon first clear and afterwards clouded presageth the contrary To Dream you see the Moon in the form of a full and white face that signifies to the Virgin speedy marriage to the married Woman that shee will have a handsom Daughter If the Husband dreams it it signifies that his Wife will have a Son Such a dream is prosperous to Goldsmiths Merchants Jewellers and Banquers To Dream you see the Moon at full is a good signe to handsome women of their being belo●'d by those that view them but it is bad for such as conceal themselvs as Theevs and Murderers for they will be certainly discover'd yet it signifies death to the sick or to Mariners To Dream the Moon shines about your bed signifies grace pardon and deliverance by means of some Woman Of the Stars TO Dream you see the sky serene and the Stars clear and twinkling signifies prosperity and advantage in a voyage or journy good news and gain by all you do and contrarily to see them dusky and pale color'd signifies all sorts of mischief To Dream you see the Stars disappear signifies loss and great vexation and cares to those that are rich and death to those that are poor such a dream is only good to those that have committed some hainous offence or study to commit it for they may do it without any fear To Dream you see the Stars fall athwart the top of the House signifies sickness or that the House will be uninhabited or burn'd by accident If one Dreams he sees the Sars shining into the House it signifies that the chief person of the family will be in danger of death To Dream you see several happy Comets or other Stars with streaming tails signifies future evils by War Pestilence and Famine with are the scourges wherewith God chastiseth mortals Of the Rain-bow TO Dream you see the Rain-bow in the East is a good omen to the poor and sick for the former will recover their estates and the later their health and if you dream you see it in the West to the rich it is a good to the poor a bad signe To Dream you see the Rain-bow directly over your head or near you signifies change of fortune and most commonly the death of the Dreamer and ruine of his family Of things Infernal IF any one Dreams that he sees the Devils it is a very bad signe for such a vision cannot bring along with it any good tidings to the sick it foretels death and to the healthful it signifies melancholy anger tumults and violent sickness And to Dream one sees Hell as it is describ'd and that he hears the damned Souls groan and complain through the extremity of their torments it is an advertisement that God sends to the Dreamer to the end he may amend his life and that repenting of his sins he may throw himself upon God's mercy If any one Dreams the Devil speaks to him that signifies tentation deceit treachery despair and oftentimes the ruine and death of him that dreams To Dream one is carried away by the Devil it is a worse Dream yet I find that no dream delights the Dreamer so much as this for being awak'd he is ravish'd with joy that he is freed from so great an evil for which he ought to return God thanks and beg of him that he would be pleas'd to send him his good Angel to guard him and fight against that wicked Spirit which stands always sentinel to surprize us To Dream you see a Serpent or seaven-headed Hydra signifies sin and temptation To Dream you see the Dog Cerberus whom the Poets feign to be the Porter of Hell signifies sin and arrests by Serjeants To Dream you see the damned plung'd in the 〈◊〉 and flames and suffer great torture signifies sadness repentance grief and a melancholique distemper To Dream you see the Devil as he is drawn by Painters and Poets vizt black and hideous with horns claws and a great tail signifies torment and despair To Dream you see Harpies which are infernal creatures half-Women and half-Serpents or else furies such as the Poets feign them to