Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13348	A very necessarie and profitable booke concerning nauigation, compiled in Latin by Ioannes Taisnierus, a publice professor in Rome, Ferraria, & other uniuersities in Italie of the mathematicalles, named a treatise of continuall motions. Translated into Englishe, by Richard Eden. The contents of this booke you shall finde on the next page folowyng	Taisnier, Jean, 1508-ca. 1562.; Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576.	1575 (1575)	STC 23659; ESTC S101247	53,484	76

r._n and_o l_o m_o q_o then_o by_o the_o four_o of_o the_o first_o the_o triangle_n f_o g_o e._n shall_v be_v of_o equal_a side_n and_o also_o of_o equal_a angle_n to_o the_o triangle_n f_o g_o r._n furthermore_o q_n m_o be_v equidistant_a g_o r._n by_o common_a science_n &_o by_o r_o g._n of_o the_o first_o the_o angle_n f_o q_o m._n equal_a to_o the_o angle_n f_o r_o g._n and_o the_o angle_n f_o r_o g._n equal_a to_o the_o angle_n f_o m_o q._n and_o whereas_o the_o angle_n f_o r_o g._n be_v common_a to_o either_o of_o they_o then_o by_o the_o 4._o of_o the_o six_o the_o same_o or_o all_o one_o shall_v be_v the_o proportion_n r_o g._n to_o queen_n m._n as_o be_v of_o g_o f._n to_o m_o f._n but_o as_o be_v g_o f._n to_o m_o f._n so_o be_v g_o f._n to_o m_o l._n wherefore_o by_o n._n of_o the_o five_o g_o f._n so_o have_v itself_o to_o m_o l._n as_o g_o r._n to_o q_n m._n but_o by_o the_o 16._o of_o the_o same_o m_o l._n to_o queen_n m._n have_v itself_o as_o g_z f._n to_o g_z r._n wherefore_o m_o l._n equal_a m_o q._n which_o m_o q._n i_o divide_v by_o equal_a in_o the_o point_n x_o by_o 10._o of_o the_o first_o &_o will_v do_v as_o before_o then_o by_o the_o reason_n aforesaid_a of_o the_o same_o the_o portion_n f_o x_o g._n shall_v be_v equal_a to_o the_o trigon_n a_o b_o h._n and_o the_o whole_a superficies_n f_o g._n n_o x._o shall_v be_v equal_a to_o the_o whole_a trigon_n a_o b_o c._n which_o be_v propose_v the_o contrary_n appear_v thus_o let_v be_v grant_v a_o superficies_n contain_v of_o two_o paraboll_n line_n as_o fletcher_n n_o g._n and_o f_o x_o g._n propose_v for_o example_n to_o find_v a_o superficial_a of_o right_a lynt_n triangule_a equal_a to_o the_o grant_v superficies_n i_o draw_v first_o fletcher_n g._n then_o after_o by_o 44._o of_o the_o second_o of_o apollonius_n pergeus_n i_o find_v the_o diameter_n of_o the_o parabol_n f_o n_o g._n which_o be_v m_o n._n which_o i_o draw_v to_o n_o l._n to_o be_v equal_a m_o n._n then_o i_o draw_v f_o 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