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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	part_n	way_n	1,424	5	4.6103	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33452	A brief relation of a vvonderful accident a dissolution of the earth, in the forest of Charnwood, about two miles from Loughborough in Leicestershire ; lately done, and discovered, and resorted to by many people, both old, and young / published by two lovers of art, I.C. and I.W.	I. C.; I. W.	1679 (1679)	Wing C47; ESTC R7539	2,824	8

A Brief Relation OF A VVonderful Accident A DISSOLUTION OF THE EARTH IN THE Forest of CHARNWOOD About Two Miles from LOUGHBOROUGH in Leicestershire Lately Done and Discovered and Resorted to by many People both OLD and YOUNG Published by two Lovers of Art I. C. and I. W. Sold by Nath. Ponder at the Peacock against the Stocks Market 1679. To the READER TO your ingenious Acceptation we communicate these our Observations not for fil●hy Lucres s●●● but for publick Sa●●sf●ction and T●uth s●ke being provok'd thereto by some Pe●sons of Quality considering he evil custom of erroneous Reports and the fearful Rumors of ignorant People Read and judge charitably without critical or incredulous Censure here is no wand●●ing Prol●●●●y nor superfluous embellishm●nt of El●q●●nce but a S●●●●y into the proper Antithesis appar●ll'd with necessary Language Be candid not canine Vale. THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS Wonderful BREACH THE Figure is almost circular posited in a declining condition to the Horizon it being the end or fragment of a hilly body and contains about two Acres of ground In its upper Divison or primary Breach the lower or 〈◊〉 p●●● of it lies a Yard in some places beneath the u●moved body ab●●● three parts of this c●●●●ar wonder● shews s●mpton●s of the efficient cause and the rest shews little or no defect About three paces from the upper Breach or prime Divison is a second Trench all down one Curve of the Circle aforesaid and some second Fractures on the other side these be over the prime Trench or Breach li●th a narrow path way the fa●●n part whose Hypotenusal should fall upon the true Angular Point i● it had a Perpendicular Fall is subverted and turned aside on Foot or more Between the Prime Breach and second Curvery Fracture the Earth shews a Perpendicular Decent or Downright Falling because it doth thrust it self within its former bounds on the other side of the Curve which is higher Ground the parts of the Earth fallen and un●allen shews the distance of a Foot which if it should be raised to a Parallel with its former Bounds would differ half a Yard The Sine for these Curves is the Radius or total Sine The lower part of the Periphery or Arch opposite to the Primary Breach is rolled in with an overshooting of his Bounds as if it were driven being light in substance and stones in some places thereof thrusts forth themselves This lower Curve contains about half the Radius for its versed Sine The unbreached part of the Periphery lies on the lower side of the Hill in respect to the Hills ridge Some Persons judge WATER to be the cause of the BREACH others say WIND The latter we account proper and consider both in method and manner following 1. That it was not WATER 2. That it was occasioned by Wind. REASONS Negative and Affirmative That it was not WATER Reas 1. Water doth naturally run in a Channel hasting forward yea and that where the Ground is level but where the Ground descendeth through which it 's to pass there it forceth with a more direct course and speedy stream not dilating it self but rather drawing its Body more close into narrow Bounds Reas 2. If Water had been the cause then it should not have run in a round Figure where the Hill is so much descending unless some artificial Pipes had been laid which by the attractive power of the Air should draw the Water up again which if Fancy or any persons Supposition should incline to yet nevertheless it would have more powerful force in its Descent than Ascent Reas 3. Had Water by its violent Billows caus'd this Accident it would either have done it by an Eruption outward or a Dissolution of the Earth within whereby the upper Superncies should have fallen in or sunk within its counterminal Sides Indeed some part of the Ground we allow to be depressed but another part is not but rather heightned by rolling up And how any thing should produce contrary effects to its nature is marvellous Reas 4. Had Water been the cause by demolishing the intrels of the Earth then running in a Channel the Breach should be opposite to its Current and should from hence the current of Water be guest to fall where the Ground is fallen in all down one Curve of the Circle then should not other Breach considerable appear from its Production and the Earth would have been overshot or carry'd that way as the Current of Water past but the Earth is carried that way where no such salling in appears That it was WIND Reas 1. Because it 's so improbable to be Water but we judge Wind ●●gh● be the Ca●●● fora●much as it is its property to produce ●●ch 〈◊〉 Reas 2 For Wind being gathered and streightned within the Bowels of the ●arth in order to an Earthquake doth at last by a vo●●tile motion break or burst forth in some plac● or other with g●●at violence rending tw●●●ing in and burying the ea●●● within is own b●●vels and in ●s motion arc●●ng flying and searching about might very naturally cause this Breach Reas 3. Because the lower part of the Periphery which is oversh●● lies rolled in hu●● or blown dar●ing from its swo●n or enlarged Pores Stones o● a considerable weight as also the root of a Tree which is turned up in the Primary Breach Reas 4. This being at the Front of a hilly Range the Earthquake might come running along and there disburden it self and that moreover that it 's free from Rocks the Ground solvable and consequently the Pores more easily extended Arguments corresponding with the former Reasons 1. Arg. If Water had been the cause then from a slant Descent or Ascent the Breach would have shewed it self in a right lined or serpentine Figure and more especially in a right lined Figure its Surface having Declination But this Breach is circular and declining contrary to a right lined or serpentine Figure Therefore the Cause could not be Water 2. Arg Water was not the Cause but rather Wind for Wind is volotile light and forcible and known to be of circular motion where it 's streighten'd and wants liberty to disburden or disperse it self into its own Element it searches a passage and by Operation is by Philosophers accounted the cause of Earthquakes it vents and turns up the Earth in its delivery thence But in this Breach the Figure is circular diversly fractured blown or hu●● up writhed which are the Symptoms of an Earthquake Ergo. Wind was the proper and true Cause Now it remains that we answer three Objections and conclude 1. Object May some say Had there been an Earthquake why was it not discerned felt or discovered by one or other 2. Object Though Towns be not very nigh yet there be some Inhabitants on the ●orest nigh resident and would not they have been sensible of some motion or noise which accompany Earthquakes 3. Object There be many Trees not far off would not some of them have receiv'd prejudice by overturning or Rocks where you suppose the windy commotion ran along Answers to the Objections Ans 1. Had there been any Inhabitants dwelling on the said Hill they might then have felt it Ans 2. As for them that dwell nigh they might very well be unsensible of noise or motion which might happen in the Night and because Earthquakes more general ones have been experienced to operate in one part of the Town and not in another part of the same or in a various manner in little distance no wonder then if such Inhabitants perceive it not Ans 3. As for Trees how should they be prejudic'd where the Earthquake came not but had Trees stood where the Breach was made they would probably then have been overthrown as the roo● of a Tree aforesaid and as for Rocks being not removed over the windy passage they might be spar'd for the same reason that the ground in those places was and both spared because the disturbance hastens along to the Front as a Stone to its Centre FINIS