Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	air_n	element_n	fire_n	13,062	5	7.1789	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10436	A new boke of purgatory whiche is a dyaloge [and] dysputacyon betwene one Comyngo an Almayne a Christen man, [and] one Gyngemyn a turke of Machoinett law, dysputynge by naturall reason and good philosophye, whether there be a purgatorye. which boke is deuyded into thre dyalogys. The fyrst dyaloge sheweth and treateth of the merueylous exystens of god. The seconde dyaloge treateth of the immortalyte of mannys soule. The thyrde dyaloge treateth of purgatory.	Rastell, John, d. 1536.	1530 (1530)	STC 20719; ESTC S104474	75,346	74

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their_o corrupcyon_n ergo_fw-la the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o be_v the_o most_o perfyte_n &_o most_o noble_a thing_n that_o ever_o god_n make_v and_o ordain_v must_v have_v such_o a_o be_v that_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o contynewe_v and_o to_o have_v a_o be_v infynyte_n therefore_o it_o must_v follow_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v immortal_a and_o shall_v ever_o continue_v and_o remain_v in_o his_o be_v ¶_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n have_v his_o full_a perfeccyon_n as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v annex_v to_o the_o body_n and_z that_o it_o increasyth_v not_o successyvely_a caput_fw-la xv_o comyngo_n ¶_o thy_o reason_n so_o deep_o enter_v in_o to_o my_o heart_n y_fw-es t_o i_o can_v not_o avoid_v it_o but_z i_o must_v nedy_n grant_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n to_o be_v unmortall_a &_o to_o have_v a_o be_v after_o the_o corrupcyon_n of_o the_o body_n but_o yet_o one_o thing_n move_v i_o great_o whether_o you_o ●_o soul_n of_o man_n have_v his_o be_v &_o full_a perfeccyon_n as_o 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