Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n
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A64767
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Lumen de lumine, or, A new magicall light discovered and communicated to the world by Eugenius Philalethes.
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Vaughan, Thomas, 1622-1666.
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Wing V150; ESTC R146
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complexion_n there_o be_v other_o moisture_n and_o those_o too_o aethereal_a they_o be_v female_n also_o of_o the_o masculine_a divine_a fire_n and_o these_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o chaldee_n which_o the_o oracle_n style_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o summitates_fw-la fontanas_fw-la the_o invisible_a upper_a spring_n of_o nature_n of_o all_o substance_n that_o come_v to_o our_o hand_n this_o aether_n be_v the_o first_o that_o bring_v we_o news_n of_o another_o world_n and_o tell_v we_o we_o live_v in_o a_o corrupt_a place_n sâ—ndivogius_n call_v it_o the_o urine_n of_o saturn_n and_o with_o this_o do_v he_o water_v his_o lunar_a and_o solar_a plant_n ex_fw-la marimeo_fw-la say_v the_o jew_n oriuntur_fw-la nebulae_fw-la quae_fw-la ferunt_fw-la aquas_fw-la benedictas_fw-la and_o ipsae_fw-la irrigant_fw-la terras_fw-la and_o educunt_fw-la herbas_fw-la and_o flores_n in_o a_o word_n this_o moisture_n be_v animate_v with_o a_o vegetable_a 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