Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	blood_n	body_n	part_n	8,155	5	4.9083	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20501	A discourse of the medicine called mithridatium declaring the firste beginninge, the temperament, the noble vertues, and the true vse of the same: compiled rather for those which are to vse it, then for the learned.	Baley, Walter, 1529-1592.	1585 (1585)	STC 6909; ESTC S108260	28,241	71

declare_v y_o t_o theriacle_n &_o mithridatium_n have_v their_o time_n of_o fermentation_n of_o their_o durance_n and_o that_o after_o a_o certain_a age_n they_o decline_v wax_v old_a &_o feeble_a we_o can_v know_v the_o time_n of_o that_o which_o be_v foreign_a make_v so_o we_o have_v uncertain_a medicine_n and_o shall_v be_v uncertain_a how_o long_o we_o may_v keep_v the_o same_o all_o which_o circumstance_n may_v be_v easy_o know_v in_o that_o which_o be_v make_v in_o england_n galen_n in_o his_o book_n do_v not_o allow_v of_o theriacle_n keep_v in_o tin_n vessel_n affirm_v that_o they_o be_v corrupt_v with_o lead_v the_o cer●se_n whereof_o do_v corrupt_a y_z e_o medicine_n what_o shall_v we_o then_o say_v to_o our_o merchant_n which_o do_v bring_v mithridatium_n &_o theriacle_n from_o other_o country_n in_o vessel_n of_o lead_v do_v not_o these_o medicine_n take_v of_o y_z e_z vessel_n great_a corruption_n and_o notwithstanding_o be_v sell_v to_o the_o great_a annoyance_n of_o the_o queen_n subject_n wherefore_o if_o we_o do_v true_o weigh_v in_o the_o balance_n of_o reason_n that_o which_o i_o have_v here_o write_v and_o yet_o much_o more_o may_v in_o this_o matter_n be_v say_v sure_o we_o shall_v not_o only_o confess_v that_o none_o of_o these_o medicine_n special_o mithridatium_n make_v in_o foreign_a place_n be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o great_o esteem_v as_o those_o which_o be_v make_v at_o home_n in_o england_n and_o we_o may_v true_o confess_v that_o we_o be_v lusty_o punish_v in_o expend_v our_o money_n upon_o foreign_a thing_n when_o we_o have_v &_o may_v have_v better_o at_o home_n and_o it_o be_v very_o lamentable_a to_o consider_v y_z t_z stranger_n do_v daily_o send_v into_o england_n a_o false_a &_o naughty_a kind_n of_o mithridatium_n &_o threacle_n in_o great_a barrel_n more_o than_o a_o thousand_o weight_n in_o a_o year_n and_o utter_v y_z e_o same_o at_o a_o low_a price_n for_o iij._n d._n or_o iiij_o d._n a_o pound_n to_o y_z e_z 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right_o administer_v by_o her_o majesty_n careful_a ordinance_n i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o y_o it_o we_o shall_v in_o this_o our_o country_n have_v both_o mithridatium_n &_o theriacle_n in_o good_a perfection_n that_o we_o may_v find_v the_o great_a effect_n and_o noble_a virtue_n of_o both_o so_o large_o deliver_v by_o the_o ancient_a writer_n in_o their_o monument_n of_o the_o virtue_n and_o propertye_n of_o mithridatium_n galen_n in_o his_o book_n the_o antidote_n do_v not_o particular_o express_v the_o property_n of_o this_o medicine_n but_o general_o enunce_v that_o it_o do_v good_a against_o all_o poison_n and_o be_v strong_a to_o remedy_v many_o inward_a disease_n it_o do_v appear_v by_o sundry_a place_n in_o galen_n that_o mithridatium_n have_v all_o the_o virtue_n which_o theriacle_n have_v and_o be_v inferior_a to_o it_o only_o in_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o bite_a of_o viper_n and_o such_o other_o venomous_a beast_n in_o other_o thing_n it_o do_v excel_v theriacle_n then_o 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