Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	dram_n	mix_v	scruple_n	3,285	5	10.0534	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57004	A medicinal dispensatory, containing the whole body of physick discovering the natures, properties, and vertues of vegetables, minerals, & animals, the manner of compounding medicaments, and the way to administer them : methodically digested in five books of philosophical and pharmaceutical institutions, three books of physical materials galenical and chymical : together with a most perfect and absolute pharmacopoea or apothecaries shop : accommodated with three useful tables / composed by the illustrious Renodæus ... ; and now Englished and revised, by Richard Tomlinson of London, apothecary.; Dispensatorium medicum. English	Renou, Jean de.; Tomlinson, Richard, Apothecary.	1657 (1657)	Wing R1037; ESTC R9609	705,547	914

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mouse-ear_n white_a rose_n and_o plantain_n ana_n ℥_o i_o troch_n alb_fw-la rhasisʒ_n i_o tutty_a preparedʒ_n ss_z fiat_fw-la collyrium_n this_o collyrie_a common_o call_v eleiser_n roborate_v the_o eye_n and_o hinder_v the_o lapse_n of_o the_o four_o membrane_n or_o wea_z and_o it_o be_v thus_o confect_v ℞_o elciser_n collyrium_n elciser_n antimony_n lapit_fw-la hematit_fw-la anaʒ_n x._o acacia_n ℥_o ss_z aloesʒ_n i_o let_v they_o be_v fine_o powder_v &_o cum_fw-la aqua_fw-la knotgrass_n aqua_fw-la aqua_fw-la aqua_fw-la knotgrass_n corrigiolae_n fiant_fw-la trochisci_fw-la and_o when_o occasion_n call_v for_o they_o dissolve_v one_o of_o they_o in_o white_a rose_n water_n this_o other_o collyrie_a which_o have_v its_o denomination_n of_o lead_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o sarcotical_a and_o consolidative_a faculty_n and_o be_v thus_o make_v ℞_o lead_n a_o collyrie_a of_o lead_n burn_a lead_v antimony_n tutty_n wash_v burn_a brass_n gum_n araback_n traganth_n ana_n ℥_o i_o opium_n ℥_o ss_z make_v of_o these_o a_o powder_n and_o with_o white_a rose_n water_n form_v they_o into_o trochisk_n which_o dissolve_v in_o white_a rose_n water_n this_o collyrie_n of_o lanfrancus_fw-la so_o call_v in_o who_o work_n i_o can_v never_o yet_o find_v it_o be_v excellent_a against_o the_o french_a disease_n and_o be_v thus_o describe_v by_o the_o ancient_a writer_n ℞_o lanfranci_n collyrium_n lanfranci_n white_a wine_n lb_n i_o of_o the_o water_n of_o plantain_n and_o rose_n of_o each_o a_o much_o as_o will_v suffice_v auripigmentumʒ_n ij_o verdigreaseʒ_n i_o al●es_v myrrke_n ana_fw-it ℈_o ij_o let_v these_o be_v fine_o powder_v and_o make_v thereof_o a_o collyrium_n chap._n xii_o of_o virgin_n milk_n have_v milk_n be_v one_o of_o those_o medicament_n which_o the_o sedulity_n of_o our_o age_n have_v invent_v the_o make_n of_o which_o work_v no_o small_a admiration_n in_o the_o vulgar_a while_o of_o two_o unicolourous_a juice_n mix_v together_o they_o educe_v a_o three_o white_z viscid_a 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brown_a paper_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o funnel_n

the_o extract_n of_o the_o pill_n of_o hounds-tongueʒ_a ij_o androm_n laudanum_n androm_n the_o extract_n of_o the_o roman_a philonium_fw-la and_o t●ed●le_a of_o each_o ℥_o i_o amber_n mosch_n of_o each_o ℈_o ss_z bezoar-stone_n monoceros_n bear_v of_o each_o gr_n vj._n saffron_n ℈_o i_o and_o with_o oy_o of_o clove_n make_v it_o up_o into_o laudanum_n there_o may_v be_v innumerable_a description_n thereof_o give_v for_o every_o one_o though_o mean_o learn_v strive_v to_o add_v or_o detract_v at_o pleasure_n either_o for_o the_o fame_n or_o imitation_n of_o other_o opiate_n medicament_n as_o of_o philonium_fw-la by_o which_o na●e_n crato_n design_v laudanum_n which_o he_o hold_v to_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o certain_a philo●ium_n which_o many_o alchemist_n take_v for_o the_o basis_n of_o their_o laudanum_n and_o by_o add_v magis●eries_n essence_n and_o tin●●●es_n make_v a_o hypnotical_a medicament_n more_o commendable_a than_o the_o vulgar_a philonium_fw-la but_o i_o admire_v most_o that_o every_o one_o change_n the_o form_n of_o his_o medicament_n and_o that_o none_o can_v know_v which_o be_v the_o genuine_a true_a and_o best_a description_n thereof_o which_o some_o take_v from_o paracelsus_n other_o from_o keckius_n some_o from_o andernacus_n other_o from_o brunerius_n and_o other_o from_o other_o and_o always_o change_v something_o that_o they_o may_v be_v think_v the_o first_o author_n i_o can_v here_o adduce_v many_o description_n but_o it_o will_v be_v useless_a labour_n the_o chemist_n call_v it_o laudanum_n as_o though_o it_o be_v the_o most_o laudable_a medicament_n which_o they_o sometime_o call_v also_o nepenthe_n of_o bechicall_a pill_n chap._n 24._o pill_n bechicae_fw-la nigrae_fw-la or_o black_a bechical_a pill_n d._n mes_fw-fr ℞_o of_o the_o jayce_n of_o liquorice_n white_a sugar_n of_o eachʒ_n vj._n starch_n tragacanth_n sweet_a almond_n blanch_v and_o beat_v of_o eachʒ_n iij._n and_o with_o the_o the_o musilidge_n of_o quince_n seed_n make_v in_o 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