Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	country_n	great_a	place_n	1,512	5	4.1011	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10887	The byrth of mankynde, newly translated out of Laten into Englysshe. In the which is entreated of all suche thynges the which chaunce to women in theyr labor, and all suche infyrmitees whiche happen vnto the infantes after they be delyuered. And also at the latter ende or in the thyrde or last boke is entreated of the conception of mankynde, and howe manye wayes it may be letted or furtheryd, with diuers other fruytefull thynges, as doth appere in the table before the booke; Swangern Frawen und hebammen Rosegarten. English	Roeslin, Eucharius, d. 1526.; Jonas, Richard.	1540 (1540)	STC 21153; ESTC S116014	64,564	160

also after theyr labor / and farther of such infirmities and deseases / which are wont to vexe the infant after it is delyuered into this wordle / with competent remedyes for the same ¶ And here in this thyrde boke by the leaue of god shall brefelye be declared suche thynges whiche maye farther or hynder the conception of man / whiche as it maye be by dyuers meanes letted and hyndered / so also by many other wayes it maye be farthered and amended Also to knowe by certayne sygnes and tokens whether the woman be conceaued or no / whether the conception be male or female / and finally certayne remedies and medycynes to farther and helpe conceptiō / so to conclude this small tracte or treatyce ¶ Of conception howe many wayes it maye be hyndered or letted ¶ Cap .ii. THere is nothyng vnder heauen which so manifestly playnlye doth declare shewe the magnificēt myghtynesse of that omnipotēt lyuing god / as doth the perpetuall and continuall generation conception of lyuynge thynges here in earth / by the whiche is saued / proroged / augmented the kynd of al thinges And where that this almyghty lorde creator hath so institute ordeyned / that no syngular thynge in it selfe here vpon the earth sholde contynually remayne abyde / yet hath he geuen from the begynnyng and instincted such a power and vertue vnto these mortall creatures / that they maye engender and produce other lyke thinges vnto them selfe / vnto theyr owne sunilitude / in the which alway is saued the sede of posterite / were not this prouisiō had by almyghtye god / the nature kynde of all maner of thinges wold sone perysh com to an ende / the which vertue power of generatiō many times doth halt misse / by defect the cōtrary dispositiō in the partes generāt As ye maye euidentlye see in the sowynge of corne and all other maner of seade / so that there be in all maner of generation thre principal partes cōcurrēt to the same the sower / the scade sowen / and the receptacle or place receauynge and contaynynge the seade Yf there be faute in any of these thre / then shall there neuer be due generation / vnto suche tyme as the faute be remoued or amended The earth vnto all seades is as a mother nource contaynynge / clyppynge and enbrasynge them in her wombe / feadynge and fosterynge them as the mother doth the chyld in her belly ormatrice / vntyll suche tyme as they come vnto the growyth / quantite / per fection due vnto theyr nature and kynd but yf this seade cōceaued in the bowelles of the earth do not proue or fructifye / then be thou sure that other there is lette in the sower / in the seade / or elles in the earthe The earthe maye be ouer waterysshe / dankesshe / or ouer hote and drye / or elles full of stones / grauell / or other rubryshe / or ful of yll weedes / which maye strangle and choke the good corne in his growynge / also the sede maye be putrifyed / or otherwyse viciat and corrupted / and so the lyfe sprete of it vanyshed awaye and destroyed The sowar maye vnordynatlye strewe and caste the seade on the earthe c. So that yf there be let in none of these thre partes concurrent to generation / or that the lettes be remoued done away / then doubte lesse will ensue multiplicacion and encreasemēt of that kynde / of the which the seade cōmeth / accordyng to the naturall enclination the whiche almyghtye god hathe enplanted and set in the kynde of all thynges ¶ Howe many wayes conception maye be letted and howe the causes maye be knowen ¶ Cap .iii. EVerye thynge then the whiche doth encrease in his kynd must fyrst be cōceaued in the wombe matrice of the mother / which is apte and conueniente for the receate of such seade And as I sayde before / as there maye be defecte and lacke in the mother receauynge the seade / soo maye there be faute and defecte in the sower / in the seade it selfe also ¶ And in woman there maye be foure generall causes / by the whiche the conception may be impedyte and let ouer much calidite or heate of the matrice / ouer much coldnesse / ouer muche humidite or moystenesse / ouer much dryenesse Any of these foure qualitees exceadynge temperancye / maye be sufficient causes to lette due conception ¶ Wherfore the ryght excellent physitian Hypocrātes in the .v. boke of his Amphorysmes sayth All such women the which haue colde and dense matrices / can not conceaue / nor such as haue moyste and waterysshe matrices can cōceaue / for the powre of the seade is extynguyshed in it Also hauyng drye matryces / conceaue not / for the seade peryssheth for lacke of due nutriment and fode / but that matrice the whiche hath all these qualities in temperancye / that is fruytfull / this is Hypocrates sayenge / the which thing also may be well perceaued by a famylyer example of the sowynge of corne ¶ For yf it be sowen in ouer colde places / such as be in the partes of a countrye / called Sithia / and in certayne places of Almayne / or in such places where is contynuall snowe or froste / or where the sonne doth not shyne / in this places the seade or grayne sowen / wyll neuer come to profe / nor fructyfye / but throughe the vehemente coldenesse of the place in the whiche it is conceaued / the lyfe and quyckenesse of the grayne is vtterlye destroyed and adnyhilat ¶ And farther as concernyng ouer muche humidite Yf ye sowe your grayne in a fen or marysse and watery grounde / the seade wyll perysshe through the ouer much aboundāce of water whiche extynguyssheth the lyuelynesse and the naturall power of the grayne and sede ¶ Lykewyse yf it be sowen in such a countrye or place where is ouer greate heate / not tēpered with water rayne / or yf the yere be so drye / that there cam no rayne at al to alay the extreme faruēt heate of the sonne / then shall the seade sowen whyther drye away / and the power of it be consumed burnt ¶ Also yf it be sowen in drye places / where neuer commeth rayne / or on the sande / and grauelye places / in suche a place the grayne can neuer take / ne proue / ne be conceaued in it to come to any fruyte or profet ¶ Wherefore yf the matrice be distempered by the excesse of any of these foure qualities / then must ye reduce it agayne to temperancie by suche remedyes / as I shall shewe you hereafter Lykewyse maye there be defecte and lacke in the man / as yf the seade be ouer hote / the which the woman shall feale / as it were burning hote / or to cold the which he shall feale / as it were