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	ounce_n	scruple_n	14,597	5	10.9983	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07761	A Briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled: Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written firste by sundry schollers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Bartholmew a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner, as well for the commoditye of sundrye artificers, as for the matters of plesure, to recreat witts at vacant times..	Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; Batholomaeus, Anglicus, 13th cent.; Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.; Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.; Mizauld, Antoine, 1510-1578.; Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.	1586 (1586)	STC 13481; ESTC S92994	21,157	68

of ech a like these temper together very wel ouer a soft fire vntil they be throughly incorporated and after anoint the burnished weapon with this ointment and it shal so continue in the same brightnesse In secula seculorum And there cannot be a greater secrete inuented for the kéeping bright of weapons then this is if these woords be well vnderstanded ¶ How to make steele softe as paste a proper secret DOo thus Take the gall of an Oxe Mans Vrine Verges and the iuice of the Nettle of eache of these take a little quantity and mixe them very diligently together then after quench the Stéele red hote in this licour foure or fiue times together and it wil after become so soft as paste and this is a right proper and necessarye secrete to be vnderstanded of all such woorkmen as doo any matters in Stéele as grauing and such lyke if these woords be well marked How to make Hennes lay Egges all the Winter through TO doo this take the toppes of the Nettles when they begin to come vnto Séede and drye them which so dryed giue a little of the same with Bran and Hempséede mingled together to your Hens and they shall euery day after laye you an Egge a péece How to make thy Chamber appeare full of Snakes and Adders TO doo this kyll a Snake putting the same into a Panne with Waxe and let it so long boyle vntyll the same be throughe drye and of that Waxe make a Candle lighting the same in the Chamber and then after shall appeare as though there were a thousand créeping in thy Chamber How to make letters appeare of the colour of Golde Copper or Siluer AND to doo this take verry cléere Christall and woorke the same into meruailous fine pouder on a marble stone after mix the same pouder with the white of an Egge vntill this be so prepared to write with all And after with this confectiō write what letters you will letting the same drye and after rubbe a golde King or any péece of Golde on the same letters and al the letters shal appeare like gold And in the like sort may you make the Letters either appeare lyke siluer or copper How to make any peece of Iron to appeare like Golde AND to doo this take fowre pintes of Raine water into which put ten drammes of Roch Allum and ten drams of ointment of Romain Vitrioll and Salt Gemme of eache one an ounce and a scruple of Coperas all these boyle together after put there into a quart of Vineger and of Tartarre and common Salt finely beaten to pouder of eache thrée ounces all these incorporate againe ouer a softe fyre verry well and after occupy the same which maketh a colour like vnto golde How to haue fresh Roses at all times of the yeere sundry waies taught AND First if you wil haue freshe Roses at any time so well as in the Moneth of May then gather the buddes halfe open in a manner in the Euening when as the Sunne is set and touch them not with thy hande in the gathering but with a sharpe knife properly gather them after laye the Roses vpon a boord letting them to lye abroad in a faire night all the night through and then after haue in a readinesse a new earthen pot well glased within and without into which put the former Roses before the Sunne be vp in the morning and stop close the mouth of that pot with clay mixed with Horse dung flocks all tempered well together before whereby no ayre of the Roses maye passe or breathe foorth After set the same Pot into the ground couering it in drye Sand and let no moyste place be neer or about the same And now on this wise may you haue fresh Roses at any time of the yeere Also take of the Rose buds in the spring time when they begin first to open put those into a greene Cane yet growing cleauing the same by little and little vntil you may handsomely put in those buddes and after tye that place with a thréed stopping the same about that no ayre breath out and after couer that péece of the Cane or Réede so bounde and stopped about vnder the Earthe bowing downe the same stalke by little and little that the same breake not and couer the same well with the earth letting it there remaine so long as you list and when you be minded to haue them foorth then cleaue the Cane by little and little that you spoyle not the buddes and after set them in the Sunne or in luke warme water and they shal be open and fayre in a shorte space as in the middst of Paie Also if you wil make drie Roses to become freshe then take a newe glased pot and wet the same within with Rose water and after shat that pot with the Roses very close letting it so to stande for fiue daies and they shall be fresh How to make Beans and other seeds growe vp in foure houres AND first to make Beanes growe vp in an howres space take the Beanes and put them in hote oile let them there remaine for eleuen dayes and after drye them And when you will make the proofe of them then set the beanes and goe to dinner and by that time you rise againe from the Table and goe to looke on them you shall finde them growe vp well a spanne high And the like may you doo with the Gourds And now to make the Gourdes growe vp in the space of fowre houres both with leaues and Flowers take the féede of the Gourde and let them lye in the blood of a sanguine young man and let them there remaine for fiftéene dayes in a moist place and in a potte well stopped and after take them foorth and let them be dried well in the Sunne and when you wil sowe or plant them then take a dishe ful or two of good earthe and drye the same well after wet the same with a little freshe water and after haue warme water pouring the same vpon this earth vntil it become sufficient soft and then plant your séedes in it and within three or foure hours after you shall haue Gourdes growen vp with leanes and with flowers And the like maye you doo with the Melons Citriones and other gréene séedes To make a Candle of Ise to burne like vnto an other Candle TO doo this make a Candle of Brimstone which with the Powder of a Coale smeared about and after in the Winter time drowne the same in water but couer the heade of it with a paper and after hang the same at the mouth of some gutter which droppeth fast wherby it may so be couered with half a finger thicknesse of Ise in the Morning and after being lighted it will then burne vnto the wondering of such as shall sée the same Also take pure Ware and fine Brimstone purified of eache a like mealt these together making thereof a Candle and after take the pouder of a