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woman_n	blood_n	child_n	womb_n	2,043	5	9.7787	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03378	The moste pleasuante arte of the interpretacion of dreames whereunto is annexed sundry problemes with apte aunsweares neare agreeing to the m atter, and very rare examples, not like the extant in the English tongue. Gathered by the former auctour Thomas Hill Londoner: and now newly imp rinted.	Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.	1576 (1576)	STC 13498; ESTC S120343	84,918	230

after as hath bene experienced be accused of murder for y no man is accustomed to drinke mustarde but of force seeynge that it is no customable drink to be druncke and it is rather to be sayde of that whiche commonly is sayde that is who euer drank mustarde And therefore it may bee sayde that it is contrary to the nature of drink as vyolent death is to the nature of mā And if one dreame that hee lightethe a candell at the moone shal in shorte tyme after fall or become blynde as hath bene founde true And the reason is for that he semeth to take light there where it is in possible to take And besydes the Moone as it is sayde hath no light of her owne lyght A certayne woman there was whoe dreamed that she sawe three proper ymages or formes in the Moone and was delyuered of three women children whiche dyed in the same moneth also that they were borne For those three images signifyed the doughters whiche one circle compassed and contayned For that in one thynne skinne named a seconde the phisitions say the infants and yonglinges to bee contayned in the mothers wombe And they liued no longer because the Moone perfourmeth her course in a monethes space A certaine ryche woman dreamed that shee saw three rauens come and sit on her and that dishonestly to behoulde her besydes the one of theym to say wyth a hoarce voyce I will take ●hy lyfe from the and after these rauens had flowen thrise aboute her they departed away The whiche woman the nynthe daye followinge dyed ryghtlye and by good reasone For wher he sayd I will take thy lyfe from the was lyke as if he had sayde I wil depriue the of thy lyfe that is I will kyll thee And that they flewe thrise aboute her didde signifye the nyne dayes followinge A certeyn woman dreamed that shee saw her selfe to haue done Hercules laborues who not longe after beyng hastely or sodaynly taken wyth fyre so ended myserablye her lyfe And one dreamed that hee sawe his face in the moone who not long after traueiled into farre countreys and ther continued a longe tyme foorth in wandringe about those regions for the continuall swyft mocion of the mone declared that hee shoulde lyke wander here and there aboute A certayne man there was who dreamed that bee thoughte hymselfe to haue an yron yarde which not longe after had a chylde by whom he was slayne for that yron by rust which groweth on the same is so wasted awaye And one dreamed that he wente from home into a straunge countrey and loste the keye of his house and when hee came home agayne he founde his daughter to haue lost her maidēhead Which dreame declared to hym that al thinges at home coulde not be in safetie when the kaye so loste was ready for another to take vppe for eyther it signifyed as it is thoughte the misusage of his familye or ells that hys wyfe daughters or maydens were entyced to follye in his house or elles otherwyse that his seruauntes brybed and pylfred away from hym And one dreamed y he thought he rose wythe the Sonne and ranne also wythe the moone who after was strangled so booth the Sonne and the Moone arysinge saw him hanginge on highe for hee had the Sonne in y morninge in his face and the Moone in his backe at nighte soo that he had the one good morrow and the other good night A certayne man there was who dreamed that he thought his seruaunt whom he loued aboute all others was tourned and become a Fyer brande whiche afterterwarde fell blynde and by his seruaunt he was ledde so that in this maner in his seruaunte was a lighte to him to shewe hym the way And one dreamed that he thought hee sawe a starrefall from heauen and another starre to ascende from the earth vnto heauen Who then was a seruaunte but after his mayster dyed After whose death he thoughte hee had bene free and wythoute a mayster but in the ende hee founde that hee was compelled to serue hys tyme wyth his mysters ' sonne So that the Starre fallynge signifyed the deathe of his master and the starre ascendinge vppe signifyed the sonne to bee his mayster vnder whom hee shoulde serue And one dreamed that he thought hee crepte out of his owne fleshe lyke as the serpente beynge ●u●de doth caste his slough whiche person the next day followinge dyed For the soule myndinge or rather beynge forced to leaue the bodye gaue to him suche ymaginations and to dreame the lyke And one dreamed beyng in a straunge countrey that he was borne again of his mother who after returned from thence into his own country and founde his mother greeuouslye sicke he after succeded as heyre to her And this was signifyed to bee borne agayne of his mother that is to saye from pouertye to become riche by his mother for in greate nede and pouertye hee was before And one dreamed y he thought his bearde to burne in a lighte and clear fyre without smoake who had a sonne which after was in greate estimatiō honoured for his knowledge And yet they liued not longe together but that by a certayne incommoditye and mishappe were seperated and dwelt or liued a sunder So that the bearde burninge signifyed y sonne to become excellente and had in reputation for the sonne was an ornament of the fathers like as the beard to y face But because fyer is wont to deminish wast euery matter therfore it signifyed that the sone not to abyde or dwell with the father And the sonne also was seperated frō hym and not dyed because the fyre burned cleare without smoke A certayne man dreamed that he hearde one say to hym thy staffe is broken who after fell sicke and was brought to a palseye For fyrmenes of the bodye is declared by the staff that is to say the strength and good health therof And the same man being long vexed and troubled with the palsey thoughte in his dreame that his staffe was broken who very shortlye after recouered his health For it declared that to hym beyng so sicke neaded not an outwarde stay or staffe a●d that he also shoulde recouer his bealt so y he shold not after neade a staffe to walke wi●h And one dreamed that hee thought hee woulde haue turned the head to loke on his shoulder and could not who not lōg after became blinde of the one eye so that he could neuer after see that shoulder on the same syde that the eye was And one dreamed that he thought hee was caryed on a blacke Oxe and that y Oxe bare him whether he woulde or no● as to do him some other harm Who not longe after toke a iourneye by Sea and was in great peril of lyfe and not manye dayes after the shippe brake the shipp so perishing he could hardlye scape with life And one dreamed that thoughte be saw a darte fall from Heauen whiche wounded one of his

shewe hee coulde scarcelye hee deliuered from sufferynge Who after feared no suche matter for that hee onelye applyed hymselfe to the studye of Philosophy yet the next day followinge when he came to reasoninge wyth another philosopher verye hotlye he was theere stricken on the head wyth a staffe and hardlye escaped death And the wyfe of Diognosta dreamed to haue halfe a bearde who after lyued seperate from her husbande so that if she had thought to haue a whole bearde then after to be a wydowe A certayne Lumbarde so often as he should wyn dreamed in the night before that he did eate whyte grapes For the whyte grapes do protende a plentifull easy encrease of labour But the blacke grapes do signify a small gayne and that wyth tedions trauayle Nowe such a custome of his endured for twelue years and after decayed A certayne learned Phisition there was who so often as he dreamed that hee saw his mother beyng deade very sadde the nexte daye followinge hee fell sicke and that by good reason for that sonne is most deare to the mother that her sadnes also signifyeth the calamityes to the child and not the lyke to the father For fathers are not like moued to mourne for the sicknesses of their sonnes except those sicknesses are deadly in that mē are stouter of mynde and stomacke then women And he was also sickly by nature so that he dreamed the lyke many yeares A certayne gentleman as Mattheus Ferrarius wrytethe that howe often hee thought that he did eate in his sleape and so often in the day following he was payned with the stone And if so be he thought that hee didd eate harde thinges of digestion then the payne continued manye dayes after So that by good reason we saye that wee so well taste of sorrowes as meates And to Valentinianus Emperour the day before he dyed beynge yet not sicke for that he dyed sodenlye appeared hys wyfe clothed in mourning apparell and standinge a farre of wythe her heare shed abroade Which well declared the former fortune that then had lefte hym in so lamentable cause And one Policrates Samius a tyraunte whyles he was in prosperitye his daughter on a tyme thought in her sleepe that she sawe her father hanginge on highe whome Iup●ter washed the Sunne annoynted After which followed that he beynge oueecome of Oròtes and hanged on a gibbite happened the lyke so that he was after washed with the raine fallinge and annointed of the Sunne by meltyng of his fatte whiche so seemed to anoynte him And one thought in his steape that he sawe his house on fyer whoe after receyued letters that his brother lay greuouslye sicke whyles he prepared hymselfe to iourney a messenger came declaring hym to be dead Who after counted the tyme from that hower which he saw the dreame conceiued that his brother then dyed But cōmonly this dreame doth threaten death eyther to the dreamer or some principaller of the house hymselfe to be with child if so be he hath bene poore hee shall after possesse muche substaunce and shal gather and keepe and heape together aboundaunce of money but if he be rych it signifieth that he shal be in torments cares or troubles of the mynde And he whiche shall haue a wyfe that he shall loose her for it signifyeth y she shal not after beare him more childrē but he whiche shal haue no wyfe that he shal after marrye suche a kynde and gentle wyfe that he may fynde in his hart to wysh to beare and suffer that payne that his wife susteneth in the traueile of child And to others this dreame doth signifye sickenesse To be wyth chyld and after to be deliuered thereof is euill for it declareth that the personne beynge sicke shall shortlye after dye For euery bodye ●earyng sendeth forth a spyrite and like as the infante by ioyninge hymselfe with the bodye is deliuered and departeth frō it euen so the soule dothe from the bodye and to a poore man hyred seruaunt or to anye whiche is in calamitye or misery it signifyethe a deliuerye of the presente euilles or mysery and that cause is manifest or apparaunte but to riche men vsurers and other occuppers and to such also as be in authoritye and power it harmeth For they whiche had before shall after lacke and loose much And to marchauntes pylottes maisters and owners of shippes it signifyeth good lucke after but to many it happēeth that also should lose by thys dreame as kinsfolke because the infant in his byrth is reiected and seperated from the bloud If any in the maner of babes dreameth that he thinketh hymselfe to bee swadled lyke a chylde and to suck of a womā that he knoweth dothe portend after a longe sicknesse except he hath a wyfe with chyld For thē shal be borne a sonne lyke to himselfe whiche in thesame manner shall bee fedde and brought vppe But if a woman shall see this dreame it doth signyfy that she shal bee deliuered of a daughter lyke to her selfe and if anye woman thinketh in her dreame to haue milke in her breastes to a yonge woman it promiseth conception and perfecte fruite and byrth also but to an olde woman beinge poore it signifyeth riches and to a riche woman it signifyeth expenses and charges And to a mayde mariageable this dreame promisethe to her mariage for notwythout the venerall act of coactyng milke in the breastes cannot at any tyme be had but if the mayden be young that shee cannot be maried of a longe tyme for her age and making thē this dreame portendeth to her death Also to a poore and needye man this dreamepromiseth plentye bothe of monye and possessions that he may also be able to feede others And further to hym whiche is vnmaryed this dreame promiseth a wyfe and to hym hauinge a wyfe whiche lacketh or hath no children this dreame promiseth also children as hath bene found true in both For th one had after such a kynd and gentle wyfe that he did wishe to suffer al her trauailes and paines And the other had children after which he fed and brought vppe And to wrastlers warriars and suche as exercise the strength of the body it thretneth sicknesse For that effeminat bodyes haue milke and any also hauinge a wyfe and children in his dreame is depryued of his wyfe for he after bryngeth vp his children and ministrynge to them the equall vse both of the father and mother To dreame that he thinketh hymselfe to haue a greate or bigg heade signifyeth good to a ryche man whiche as yet is no Magistrate or high officer And to a pore man warriour vsurer and that kepeth a bancke of monye to them it signifyeth both good luck and the gatheryng together of much money but to a ryche man whiche is in authority And to a Rhetoritian Judge or Legate yt denounceth bothe slaunders of the people and losse of dignitye and honour And to a sicke person this dreame signifyeth beuynes and