Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	breast_n	child_n	milk_n	2,381	5	10.1992	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03361	A briefe and pleasaunt treatise, intituled, Naturall and artificiall conclusions: written first by sundrie scholers of the Vniuersitie of Padua in Italie, at the instant request of one Barthelmewe a Tuscane: and now Englished by Thomas Hill Londoned [sic], as well for the commoditie of sundrie artificers, as for the matters of pleasure, to recreate wittes at vacant tymes; Naturall and artificiall conclusions.	Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.	1581 (1581)	STC 13480.5; ESTC S106219	21,960	64

by daie ANnoint your eyes with the bloud of a Backe To make fleshe cleane in the potte TAke Dwall or Nightshade and stampe it well and putte it in the potte with meate and the meate will cleane together To take Birdes PUt Barly in the iuice of Rue and Veneger and caste it there as the Birdes doe haunte or come and as soone as thei haue eaten it thei can not flie and then ye maie take them To make Silke Wormes TAke the braine of a Calfe and put it in a pitte of Mader and lette it lye three weekes and thei will breede of the braine and ye maie feede them with Mulberies To take awaie haires ANoint the rough place with the bloud of a Backe a●ter that it is shauen and haire shall neuer growe there To fat Hennes or Capons MAke a deepe pitte in the y●arth and make therein a bedde of dunge and a bedde of Nettles and doe so till it be full and the●e keepe your Pullen till the hearbes begin to growe and then let them out and within a short while thei will be verie fa●te That one shall not be dronke DRinke the iuice of Yarrowe fastyng and ye shal not be drōke for no drinke And if ye were drunke it will sober you or els eate the marrowe of Porke fast y●● and ye shall not be dronke To make a good batte for Fishe at all seasons of the yere TAke Wheate flower and Callowe of a newe slaine Sheepe and the gleire of an Egge and eate theim all together and haue them all therewith ¶ To make an Egge goe vp to the Spere ends EMptie the Egge at a little hole and fil it full of May deawe and stop the hole close with a little Waxe and Parchment glewed that the deawe goe not out Then sticke a spere in the earth in the heate of the Sunne and laie the Egge by the Spere and it will mount to the top thereof by the heate of the Sunne To make fishe or fleshe seeme rawe TAke the bloud of a Wat or of a Kid and drye it and keepe it from the ayre then cast it on fishe or fleshe that is hot and it will seeme rawe To make Potage to runne out of the pot TAke and cast Sope in the Pot and it will runne ouer To kill Hens or Ducks CAst to them the seede of Henbane and thei will fall doune as thei were dead To make Coales to burne a great while MAke pouder of S. Ihons worte and when the Coales are wasted and the fire nere out cast it thereon and let it lye ¶ That a man shall not be● weary of goyng DRinke the iuyce of Mugworte and beare the hearbe about hym with the hearbe Pedilion and Crowfoote Ad capiendum Pisces REcipe luce Mulage vel scolares tortas collectum circa medium Maij. Quāda Luna sit plena distemperata cum ingro sape serua in Olla terreo quādo vis occupare vnge manus tuas laua illa in aqua velloco vbi sunt Pisces To make Yearne and linnen Cloth white TAke a Herryng Barrell fill it nigh full of good Aledregges and stoppe it fast but ye must haue a good dishe full of parched Beanes and put them in a linnen bagge and very hot put them to the dregs till thei be coole and shut it fast the space of a quarter of an houre Then take twoo pounde of Allum ground to suttle pouder and cast it therein and let it lye foure daies naturally well closed then washe your Yarne To make that a Horse maie not goe through a streate TAke the guts of a Wolfe and laie thē ouerthwart the Streate and couer them with earth or Sande and he will not goe that waie as long as the guts doe lye there Probatum est To knowe if a Woman be with a man child or not TAke a dishe and putte water in it and then let her milke her Breast into the water and if it bee a man Childe it will fleete if it be a woman child it wil sinke To ease thy Feete for goyng TAke Plantine and stampe it well and anoynt your feete with the iu●ce therof and it will doe a waie the griefe To haue faire white teeth TAke Barly Meale Honey and Salt and mingle them together and rubbe your teeth therwith and thei wil be white and cleane To take Fleas ANoynt a potte with the Greace of a Bucke and set it on your Bed and all the Fleas will goe to it Or els take the Greace of a Goupill and annoynt a place of the house where ye wil haue them come and thei will goe thether Or els take leaues of Dan and lay them vnder your Couerlet or where ye will and when they be among the leaues thei cannot come away FINIS