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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	draw_v	iron_n	loadstone_n	1,525	5	13.0457	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05781	Sir Philip Sydneys ouránia that is, Endimions song and tragedie, containing all philosophie. Written by N.B.	Baxter, Nathaniel, fl. 1606.; Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1606 (1606)	STC 1598; ESTC S101090	56,727	105

These casten such a luster to the 〈◊〉 As might a mazen Shepheards tha● been wise Resembling often with their splendent light Twinckling and shining Starres i● frosty night Of precious stones some shining a●d cleere Some been obscure and therefore not so deere Some partly cleare and in some part obscure Yet verie precious and will long endure The Diamond Carbuncle perspicuous Blew Saphyre Emerald Iacynth lustrious Obscure and darke is the iewell Onix Cleare and obscure Iasper and Sardonix All beasts and plants of force must needs giue place To many stones precious for vertuous grace The truth hereof is euidently showne By the Load-stone vniuersally knowne The Princely Diamond of high respect Pierceth an armor with his hard effect Nine dayes togither resisteth the fire Who doth not then his qualities admire It expelleth feare as Shepheards haue tride If it be to a Ladies left wrist tide At midnight Carbuncles giue such a shine As if Phoebus blazed his power diuine It makes a man merrie that lookes thereon Gainst Melancholy preuailes this stone Most precious of all is the greene Emrald Which of vs Shepheards a chaste stone is call'd It is the softest and foe to Venerie When thou and thy wife go to bed lay 't by If thou haue drunke venom or poysoned thing Drinke this in wine it will remedie bring Gainst falling sicknesse it is a remedi● Which Phisitians call Epilepsie The fearefull dreames that risen vp in vs The Emeralde doth vtterly discusse The blew Saphyr maketh found the eyes That beene opprest with mystie maladies Choler-adust it cureth perfectly Drunke in wine and powdred cunningly It doth preuaile against the Scorpions sting The powder also remedie doth bring Against a Carbuncle or pestilent sore Strawde vpon it and drunke as before The Iacinth preserueth from the lightning Those that weare it garnish'd 〈◊〉 From the pestilence it keep 's men sound That ayer infected may them no● confound A precious helpe for them that cannot Sleepe Get this stone and doe it safely keepe The Marble stones excell in Dignitie All other stones that beene ordinarie Representing a shining looking-glasse Shewing the faces of them that doon passe Excellent for building of gorgeous Roomes Theators of state and Emperors Toombes some white some black some green with spots distinct Such as great Cynthia hath in her precinct Porphirie for ritches is commended Wherein Phisis hath her skill extended Alablaster shall not in silence sleepe Wherein our Ladies doon their Oyntments keepe Whet-stones been next as Endimio● findes Deuouring Metalls heereof been three kindes The Touch-stone and Whet-stone of Darnasco And the Indian Whet-stone the razors Foe Gould-Smiths vse the first to try their Mettals by As Golde and Siluer from false Alchymie The second common vs'd to this intent To whet our kniues or other instrument The third is yellow which the Barbers haue To whet their Razors if they meane to sha●e The nature of the flint all men do● admire How that speciall stone is fit to strike fire Schollars Souldiers and Maryners are bound To blesse the time when first this stone was found If all the fire in the whole world ●ere gone Tellus can helpe thee with one silly stone For common stones of great infinitie Framed by caelestiall Diuinitie Different in colour forme and fashion For nature vse and Operation Hardned by the burning beames of the Sunne Being dust and sand ere they were begunne I le single some as stones of rarest name Which iustly doe deserue Records of fame The Load stone first comes to my memorie A Stone of admirable vtilitie Drawing by secret diuine influence Iron and Steele surpassing humane sence Two ends it hath if they be rightly squar'd Doone wondrous thinges which cannot be declar'd Nor can we all the secret vertues tell Which in this little ragged stone doon dwell For one among the rest is admirable The reason whereof is Ins●rutable One end drawes yron to it all the day The other end doth make it runne away One end drawes yron to the southern Pole The other to the center of the Northern-hole So strange and implacable enmitie Such hidden raging Malignitie In working nature of this stone is found As doth the wit of all the wo●ld confound All Mariners of force must be dismayed If they should want the Load-stones blessed ayde By this they saile else knowe not where they were Such sou'reigntie in Ship doth Magnes beare Lapis Herculeus it is called those That say Herculeus did it first disclose Smiris a noble stone in operation Much vsed for the Teeth's purgation The Pumice stone was not formed in vaine To clense your parchment and to make it plaine Tartar found in the bottom of Wine-Leyes For Pimpled spotted face is of high Price A stone there is of colour blacke as sables Which Marchaunts oft vse for wrighting-tables This also deserueth some memorie Because it serueth mans commoditie The stone which Shepheards doon Acthites call Is of great vertue though the stone 〈◊〉 small For this I wish young Ladies vnderstand If they hold this stone closely in their hand Or apply it to the place Parturient They shall be deliuered incontinent This soundeth Endimions in his Layes Make vse thereof and after giue him praise Redde and white corall as hard as a stone Tellus refuseth because it is none But a sea hearbe combust by the hea●e of the Sunne Wherewith some women faine wonders been done Drunken in powder it vertue impart's To the Greene-sicknes and languishing Heart's Neither is Ieat within the stony Lawe As sit for naught but to take vp a straw The third part of all the mineral's that beene Found in earthes-bellye and dayly seene Haue strange and secret vertues intricate Profitable for mortall mans estate And first Phisitions done highly ex●●t The Pearled and th' Ammonian Sa●● Salt-Peter Minerall of high regard Digg'd by commission in each hou●e and warde Where by the Deuill inuented Gun-powder That hell might tryumph and death ●e prowder Which with sulphury composition Procurs fatall death and Perdition Sulphur the Damme of wilde fire and brimstone By a filthie diuelish commixion Which hath brought to finall subuersion Many a strong and worthie champion Many a learned Scholler of renow●● The princely Souldier and the rural● Clowne No Citie Castle Fort or stately Tower Is able to withstand his raging power This hath Dame Tellus in her regiment Close coffred against the day of iudgement If mindes reuenging would vouchsafe it rest In darkesome closset of his Mothers brest Alume is also a famous minerall Cold Abstersiue peircing medicinall For Cankers in the mouth Vlcers and blaynes Hot and dry Scab's and itching of the vaines Of Viscous matter is glasse composed Which in her brest Tellus hath enclosed Whereof men vessels excellent contriue Looking-glasses and Glasses perspectiue

properties of a good Mother or wife 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The couering of the earth called Tellus-Mantle Flowers A flower a wonder Hearbes The admirable vertues of the Herbe called Oculus Christi Trees Lyon Tygre Hyena Panther Rhinoceres Beare Vnicorne Ermine Leopard Martin Sable Lu●erns Fox white and blacke Mineueer Elke Bugle Budge Bucke Gemps Shamoys Harte Wolfe Squirrell Con●●y Vrchin Porpe●tine Deer Hare Badger Ott●● Apes Monkies Marmezite Babioun Polcat Wild-cat Weezle Stoate Musk-cat Dormouse 〈◊〉 Mice Mold-warpe Not blind Tame beasts Elephant Horse Camell Dromedary Spanish Iēnet Ireish Hobby Galloway Nagge Engl Nagge Turkish horse Mule Asse Oxe Cow Sheepe Goate Catte Dogge Mastif Greyhound Hownde Spannell Water-spannell Tumbler The Ladies Spannell Serpents Lyzard Salamandar Wormes Earth-worms Dodman Snailes Glow-worme To catch fish Silke-wormes Doct. Muffets Booke of the Silke-worme Spider Pismire Prou. 6. Butterfly The Pismires head The Pismires burie their dead The Flea the Louse Fowles Eagle The Phaenix The vs● Griffin Vulture Ostrich Goss-haw●● Faulcon Ierfaulcon Tersell Lan●ret Lanner Muller a bastard Hawke Marlion Hobby Sparhawke Musket Kistrell Kite Buzzard Ringtaile Rauen. Dangerous for the eyes Crow Rooke Chough Daw. Mag-pie Michael Draitons Owle Bat. To see as well by night as by day Kings-fisher Woodspite Cormorant Swan Hearne Crane Goose Duck Widgeon Teale Curlew Dotterell Pewet Bustard Godwet Plouer Heath-cocke Partrich Pheasant Rayle Quaile Larke Ouzle Thrush Nightingale Lynnet Canary birds Redbrecht Wren Parret Parakito Gould-finch Bul-finch Mar●let Swallow A red stone in the Craw of a Swallow prob Oyle of Swallowes English iayes haue the falling sicknes Peacocks Turkey Cock Turtledoue Doue Stockdoue Storke Iris the basest beggar that liued in his time Pellicane House-cocke The Coc●● loues his wife Titmouse Flyes Bees The Bees body described Euery lodging 〈…〉 Honry Riuers Fishes of the Riuer Carpe Tench Pool Springs Bathes Colde Bathes Who● The Iewels treasure within the earth All thinges within the earth are eyther Metalls Stones or Mixt. 7. Metalls The cause of different Metals No plentye of Golde in Virginia why Gold the Obiect of the world Women forsake their husbands beds for gold and their excuses Pandresse Bankrupt becomes a preacher for gold To be a Puritane Marke his subtiltie Mutabilitie Marke here he subscribeth M●ke his hypocrisie An other excuse A Booke called the Su●u●y of Discipline An olde wife chosen and made yong by Golde A foule and foolish daughter made faire and wise by Golde Alchimie Brasse Iron and Steele Peace commended Discommodities of warre Leade Tinne Corrupted by Mixture of Leade Stones with their deuisiōs Precious stones How they come to resist the fire yet being endred water Gemmae perspicuae Op●ca● M●x●a● Perspi●●● Op●●a ● Mys●● Many stones of more vertue thē beasts and plants Load-stone Diamond His vertues Carbuncle or Rubie Vertues Emerald Vertues Blew Saphyr Vertues Iacinth Vert●e● Marble Porphyrie Alablastar Three kindes of Whetstones Touch-stone Damasco Whet-stones of an A●hecolour Indian Whet-stones yellow Flynt-stone Men much bound to God for this Stone especially Students Souldiers Mariners Stones ordinary Load-stone Vertues Mariners Hercules the first inuentor of the Load-stone Smiris for Teeth Pumc● for Parchment Ta●tarum for Spots in the face Lap●● Sectil●s Acthites Vertues for womē trauelling with child Corall no stone but an Herbe Ieat Mixt mineralls Sal Géma Ammoniacum Salt Peter Sulphur Alume Glasse Looking-glasses Perspectiue glasses Drinking Glasses Glasse for windowes Burning-Glasses Spectacles Limbecks Viols Quickesiluer Quicke siluer may be 〈◊〉 The vse of this philosophi● When the Angels were made The fall of Angels and their place Man made and why A perfect man Ephe. 4. A liuing soule Life the effects of the soule The Liuer fountaine of blood The heart principall The head receptacle of senses intellectuall Fantasie in the forehead Memorie in the hinder part of the head Vnderstāding in the crowne of the head Dura Mater P●a Mater The soule Immortall Simple No part of Gods essence Created that is breathed Not ex trad●●●● that is One soule to beget another He saw God as he might behold him He named all things his Mansion Paradice in the middest of the earth Man King of the earth Diuinitie begins where Philosophie doth end Womā made The womans soule was not made of 〈◊〉 soule but infused by God Obserue Adam Adamah Nekebah per●orat● boared as with a wimble of the word N●kab signifying to beare a thing Hollow Iskah a Mannesse as we say a Dutchesse Drayton vpon the death of S.P.S. Galaxia the white path in the firmament