Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	drink_v	dry_v	wine_n	5,244	5	9.1871	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69916	A voyage to the East-Indies giving an account of the Isles of Madagascar, and Mascareigne, of Suratte, the coast of Malabar, of Goa, Gameron, Ormus : as also A treatise of the distempers peculiar to the eastern countries : to which is annexed an abstract of Monsieur de Rennefort's History of the East-Indies, with his propositions for the improvement of the East-India Company / written originally in French by Mr. Dellon ...; Relation d'un voyage des Indes Orientales. English	Dellon, Gabriel, b. 1649.; M. C. Treatise of the distempers relating in particular to the eastern countries.; Crull, J. (Jodocus), d. 1713?; Rennefort, Souchu de, ca. 1630-ca. 1690. Histoire des Indes orientales. English. Selections.; Dellon, Gabriel, b. 1649. Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux et dans la route et de leurs remèdes. English.	1698 (1698)	Wing D943A; ESTC R22348	179,184	326

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nourishment_n it_o be_v very_o proper_a when_o they_o be_v upon_o recovery_n to_o let_v they_o blood_n to_o purge_v and_o to_o bathe_v they_o in_o lukewarm_a water_n but_o above_o all_o not_o to_o neglect_v to_o give_v they_o clyster_n which_o make_v up_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o cure_n chap._n iii_o of_o the_o colick_n of_o madagascar_n such_o of_o our_o ships-crew_n as_o be_v use_v to_o drink_v wine_n and_o can_v not_o meet_v with_o any_o in_o the_o isle_n dauphine_n use_v frequent_o to_o debauch_v themselves_o in_o brandy_n and_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la cause_n their_o cause_n which_o with_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o climate_n and_o the_o violent_a motion_n they_o use_v in_o travel_v up_o and_o down_o the_o isle_n put_v the_o bilious_a humour_n into_o a_o ferment_n prove_v the_o cause_n of_o these_o violent_a colick_n which_o use_v frequent_o to_o seize_v upon_o those_o who_o be_v give_v to_o drunkenness_n whereas_o those_o who_o lead_v a_o sober_a life_n scarce_o ever_o 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