Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	call_v	grow_v	herb_n	2,071	5	9.7166	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00695	Erōtomania or A treatise discoursing of the essence, causes, symptomes, prognosticks, and cure of love, or erotique melancholy. Written by Iames Ferrand Dr. of Physick; Traité de l'essence et guérison de l'amour. English	Ferrand, Jacques, médecin.; Chilmead, Edmund, 1610-1654.	1640 (1640)	STC 10829; ESTC S102065	141,472	420

a_o woman_n by_o her_o apply_v herself_o to_o the_o humour_n and_o condition_n of_o her_o husband_n and_o by_o her_o neatness_n and_o comely_a attire_v of_o herself_o temper_v the_o roughness_n and_o harshness_n of_o his_o disposition_n and_o so_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o enjoy_v each_o other_o very_o peaceable_o and_o love_o philostratus_n report_v that_o the_o eat_n of_o hare_n flesh_n be_v account_v of_o great_a virtue_n among_o the_o roman_n for_o the_o maintain_n of_o mutual_a love_n and_o amity_n betwixt_o marry_a person_n and_o to_o divert_v their_o mind_n from_o think_v on_o any_o strange_a love_n and_o this_o custom_n be_v ground_v perhaps_o on_o a_o certain_a opinion_n that_o as_o pliny_n say_v they_o have_v that_o the_o flesh_n of_o a_o hare_n make_v those_o that_o eat_v it_o comely_a and_o of_o a_o gracious_a aspect_n and_o hereto_o martial_a seem_v to_o allude_v when_o he_o write_v to_o gellia_n thus_o si_fw-mi quando_fw-la leporem_fw-la mittis_fw-la mihi_fw-la gellia_n mandas_fw-la formosus_fw-la septem_fw-la marce_z diebus_fw-la eris_fw-la si_fw-mi non_fw-la deride_v si_fw-la verum_fw-la gellia_n mandas_fw-la edisti_fw-la nunquam_fw-la gellia_n tu_fw-la leporem_fw-la gellia_n when_o ere_o thou_o send_v to_o i_o a_o hare_n thou_o bid_v i_o eat_v it_o and_o i_o shall_v be_v fair_a seven_o day_n if_o this_o be_v true_a as_o thou_o do_v say_v thou_o never_o eat_v a_o hare_n good_a gellia_n aristotle_n commend_v for_o this_o use_n the_o fis●_n call_v remora_n by_o the_o latin_n and_o by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o say_v that_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o use_v it_o in_o their_o philter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o place_n of_o aristotle_n be_v thus_o translate_v by_o pliny_n echineis_fw-la amatoriis_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la infamis_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la &_o litium_fw-la mora_fw-la which_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_n seem_v to_o i_o in_o all_o probability_n to_o have_v be_v ground_v on_o a_o certain_a fable_n that_o they_o 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philosopher_n marsilius_n ficinus_fw-la by_o name_n shall_v advise_v for_o the_o cure_n of_o this_o malady_n to_o be_v drink_v now_o and_o then_o that_o so_o there_o may_v be_v new_a blood_n and_o spirit_n breed_v for_o to_o supply_v the_o defect_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n that_o be_v infect_v by_o this_o disease_n of_o love_n and_o so_o by_o this_o mean_n to_o cure_v one_o vice_n by_o a_o great_a seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v a_o doctrine_n not_o only_o impious_a but_o also_o very_o dangerous_a too_o but_o for_o confutation_n of_o ficinus_fw-la i_o shall_v only_o put_v the_o reader_n in_o mind_n of_o the_o example_n of_o lot_n incest_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o we_o advise_v then_o that_o the_o patient_a drink_n water_n instead_o of_o wine_n that_o so_o by_o little_a and_o little_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o hypocrates_n say_v the_o habit_n and_o disposition_n of_o the_o body_n may_v be_v alter_v by_o degree_n to_o a_o contrary_a state_n or_o else_o which_o will_v 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