Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	country_n	great_a	see_v	4,189	4	3.4001	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53837	Observations, both historical and moral, upon the burning of London, September 1666 with an account of the losses, and a most remarkable parallel between London and Mosco, both as to the plague and fire : also an essay touching the easterly-winde : vvritten by way of narrative, for satisfaction of the present and future ages / by Rege Sincera.	Rege Sincera.	1667 (1667)	Wing O92; ESTC R1890	16,912	39

go_v and_o come_v out_o so_o that_o for_o want_v of_o air_n they_o all_o perish_v the_o poor_a country_n people_n that_o have_v save_v themselves_o in_o the_o city_n with_o their_o cattle_n from_o threescore_o mile_n round_o about_o see_v the_o conflagration_n run_v all_o into_o the_o marketplace_n which_o be_v not_o pave_v of_o wood_n as_o the_o rest_n nevertheless_o they_o be_v all_o roast_v there_o in_o such_o sort_n that_o the_o tall_a man_n seem_v but_o a_o child_n so_o much_o have_v the_o fire_n contract_v their_o limb_n and_o this_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a house_n that_o be_v round_o about_o a_o thing_n more_o hideous_a and_o frightful_a than_o any_o can_v imagine_v in_o many_o place_n of_o the_o say_a market_n the_o body_n be_v pile_v one_o upon_o another_o to_o the_o height_n of_o half_a a_o pike_n which_o put_v i_o into_o a_o wonderful_a admiration_n be_v not_o able_a to_o apprehend_v nor_o understand_v how_o it_o be_v possible_a they_o shall_v be_v so_o heap_v together_o this_o wonderful_a conflagration_n cause_v all_o the_o fortification_n of_o the_o town_n wall_n to_o fall_v and_o all_o the_o ordnance_n that_o be_v upon_o it_o to_o burst_v the_o wall_n be_v make_v of_o brick_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_a way_n of_o building_n without_o either_o fortification_n or_o ditch_n many_o that_o have_v save_v themselves_o along_o they_o be_v nevertheless_o roast_v so_o fierce_a and_o vehement_a be_v the_o fire_n among_o they_o many_o italian_n and_o walloon_n of_o my_o acquaintance_n while_o the_o fire_n last_v we_o think_v that_o a_o million_o of_o cannon_n have_v be_v thunder_v together_o and_o our_o thought_n be_v upon_o nothing_o but_o death_n think_v that_o the_o fire_n will_v last_v some_o day_n because_o of_o the_o great_a circumference_n of_o the_o castle_n and_o suburb_n but_o all_o this_o be_v do_v in_o less_o than_o four_o hour_n time_n at_o the_o end_n of_o which_o the_o noise_n grow_v less_o we_o be_v curious_a to_o know_v whether_o the_o tartarian_n of_o who_o we_o stand_v in_o no_o less_o fear_n than_o of_o the_o fire_n be_v enter_v they_o be_v a_o warlike_a people_n though_o they_o eat_v nothing_o but_o root_n and_o such_o other_o like_o substance_n and_o drink_v only_a water_n the_o great_a lord_n among_o they_o feed_v upon_o flesh_n bake_v between_o a_o horse_n and_o the_o saddle_n wherein_o ride_v the_o horseman_n nevertheless_o be_v they_o very_o strong_a lusty_a and_o enure_v to_o all_o hardship_n as_o also_o be_v their_o horse_n who_o be_v wonderful_a swift_a and_o will_v travel_v further_o in_o one_o day_n eat_v nothing_o but_o grass_n then_o we_o will_v do_v in_o three_o feed_v upon_o oat_n therefore_o the_o tartarian_n come_v so_o easy_o from_o so_o far_o to_o invade_v the_o russian_n they_o have_v also_o that_o craft_n that_o they_o only_o come_v in_o the_o summer_n for_o the_o conveniency_n of_o their_o horse_n their_o country_n be_v temperate_a from_o whence_o they_o come_v about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o february_n that_o they_o may_v be_v in_o russia_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o june_n and_o go_v back_o again_o into_o their_o own_o country_n at_o the_o end_n of_o it_o lest_o they_o shall_v be_v overtake_v by_o the_o winter_n in_o russia_n which_o if_o i●_n shall_v fall_v out_o they_o will_v be_v all_o starve_a because_o of_o the_o great_a desert_n uninhabited_a contain_v above_o three_o hundred_o german_a league_n and_o therefore_o void_a of_o all_o relief_n as_o well_o for_o themselves_o as_o for_o their_o horse_n there_o be_v then_o no_o grass_n upon_o the_o ground_n which_o constrain_v they_o to_o make_v such_o a_o journey_n which_o be_v of_o above_o 1200_o german_a league_n in_o four_o or_o five_o month_n time_n with_o all_o their_o army_n which_o consist_v common_o of_o about_o 150000_o or_o 200000_o horse_n as_o good_a as_o can_v be_v but_o the_o horseman_n be_v but_o slight_o arm_v have_v for_o all_o weapon_n a_o jack_n of_o mail_n a_o dart_n and_o bow_n and_o arrow_n they_o know_v nothing_o of_o what_o belong_v to_o gun_n have_v in_o all_o heir_n country_n but_o two_o city_n wherein_o the_o emperor_n keep_v his_o court_n without_o any_o village_n or_o house_n but_o be_v content_v to_o live_v under_o tent_n which_o they_o remove_v to_o and_o fro_o as_o they_o see_v occasion_n but_o to_o come_v again_o to_o our_o misery_n after_o we_o have_v hearken_v a_o while_n we_o hard_o some_o russian_n run_v to_o and_o fro_o through_o the_o smoke_n who_o be_v talk_v of_o wall_v the_o gate_n to_o prevent_v the_o come_n in_o of_o the_o tartarian_n who_o be_v expect_v when_o the_o fire_n go_v out_o i_o and_o my_o interpreter_n be_v come_v out_o of_o the_o magazine_n find_v the_o ash_n so_o hot_a that_o we_o dare_v scarce_o tread_v upon_o they_o but_o necessity_n compel_v we_o we_o run_v towards_o the_o chief_a gate_n where_o we_o find_v twenty_o five_o or_o thirty_o man_n escape_v from_o the_o fire_n with_o who_o in_o few_o hour_n we_o do_v wall_n that_o gate_n and_o the_o rest_n and_o keep_v a_o strict_a watch_n all_o that_o night_n with_o some_o gun_n that_o have_v be_v preserve_v from_o the_o fire_n in_o the_o morning_n see_v that_o the_o place_n be_v not_o defensible_a with_o so_o few_o people_n as_o we_o be_v we_o seek_v the_o mean_n to_o get_v into_o the_o castle_n who_o entry_n be_v then_o inaccessible_a the_o governor_n be_v very_o glad_a to_o hear_v of_o our_o intention_n and_o cry_v to_o we_o we_o shall_v be_v very_o welcome_a but_o it_o be_v a_o most_o difficult_a thing_n to_o come_v in_o because_o the_o bridge_n be_v all_o burn_v so_o that_o we_o be_v fain_o to_o get_v over_o the_o wall_n have_v instead_o of_o ladder_n some_o high_a firr-tree_n throw_v from_o the_o castle_n to_o we_o wherein_o instead_o of_o round_n to_o get_v up_o they_o have_v make_v some_o notch_n with_o a_o hatchet_n to_o keep_v we_o from_o slide_v we_o get_v up_o then_o with_o much_o ado_n for_o beside_o the_o evident_a inconveniency_n of_o those_o rough_a ladder_n we_o do_v carry_v about_o we_o the_o sum_n of_o 4000_o thaler_n beside_o some_o jewel_n which_o be_v a_o great_a hindrance_n to_o we_o to_o climb_v along_o those_o high_a tree_n and_o that_o which_o do_v double_v our_o fear_n be_v that_o we_o see_v before_o our_o eye_n some_o of_o our_o company_n that_o have_v nothing_o but_o their_o body_n to_o save_v yet_o tumble_v down_o from_o the_o middle_n of_o those_o high_a tree_n into_o the_o ditch_n full_a of_o burn_a body_n so_o that_o we_o can_v not_o tread_v but_o upon_o dead_a corpse_n who_o help_n be_v so_o thick_a every_o where_o that_o we_o can_v not_o avoid_v to_o tread_v upon_o they_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o hill_n to_o climb_v up_o and_o that_o which_o do_v augment_v our_o trouble_n be_v that_o in_o tread_v upon_o they_o the_o arm_n and_o leg_n break_v like_o glass_n the_o poor_a limb_n of_o these_o creature_n be_v calcine_v by_o the_o vehement_a heat_n of_o the_o fire_n and_o our_o foot_n sink_v into_o those_o miserable_a body_n the_o blood_n and_o the_o filth_n do_v squirt_n in_o our_o face_n which_o beget_v such_o a_o stench_n all_o the_o town_n over_o that_o it_o impossible_a to_o subsist_v in_o it_o the_o 25_o of_o may_n in_o the_o evening_n as_o we_o expect_v in_o great_a perplexity_n what_o the_o tartarian_n will_v attempt_v against_o we_o who_o be_v about_o four_o hundred_o in_o the_o castle_n the_o tartarian_n who_o we_o have_v salute_v with_o our_o gun_n and_o kill_v some_o of_o they_o that_o be_v come_v too_o near_o one_o of_o the_o castle-gate_n begin_v to_o go_v back_o the_o same_o way_n that_o they_o come_v in_o with_o so_o much_o speed_n that_o the_o next_o morning_n all_o that_o torrent_n be_v drain_v up_o for_o which_o have_v give_v god_n thanks_o and_o set_v our_o business_n in_o order_n as_o well_o as_o the_o present_a calamity_n will_v permit_v we_o go_v away_o from_o that_o desolate_a place_n now_o o_o london_n consider_v that_o thy_o fate_n be_v not_o peculiar_a to_o thyself_o and_o that_o will_v allay_v the_o bitterness_n of_o thy_o suffering_n remember_v also_o that_o if_o thou_o sanctifie_v this_o affliction_n to_o thy_o use_n the_o lord_n promise_v by_o his_o prophet_n that_o those_o shall_v reap_v in_o joy_n who_o do_v sow_v in_o tear_n psal_n 126.6_o vbi_fw-la where_o sect_n iii_o in_o the_o rich_a city_n of_o europe_n and_o perhaps_o of_o the_o world_n the_o great_a magazine_n that_o can_v be_v find_v for_o all_o sort_n of_o merchandise_n incomparable_a for_o the_o salubritie_n of_o the_o air_n and_o conveniency_n of_o situation_n magnificent_a in_o public_a building_n illustrious_a in_o good_a deed_n renown_a for_o hospitality_n famous_a for_o government_n venerable_a for_o antiquity_n have_v subsist_v about_o

shilling_n a_o load_n 150000_o l._n sum_n 7335000_o l._n this_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o account_n of_o french-money_n take_v one_o pound_n sterling_n for_o 13_o liver_n amount_v to_o 10569675000_o liver_n now_o o_o london_n it_o may_v well_o be_v say_v of_o thou_o how_o do_v the_o city_n sit_v solitary_a that_o be_v full_a of_o people_n how_o be_v she_o become_v widow_n she_o that_o be_v great_a among_o the_o nation_n and_o princess_n among_o the_o province_n jerem._n lam._n chap._n 1.1_o but_o courage_n o_o thou_o that_o be_v now_o my_o country_n thou_o be_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o man_n he_o that_o chastise_v thou_o be_v thy_o father_n and_o if_o he_o have_v a_o rod_n to_o punish_v thou_o he_o have_v also_o a_o staff_n to_o comfort_v thou_o turn_v to_o he_o and_o he_o will_v turn_v to_o thou_o for_o he_o be_v a_o merciful_a long-suffering_a not_o willing_a that_o any_o shall_v perish_v but_o that_o all_o shall_v come_v to_o repentance_n therefore_o be_v not_o overwhelm_v with_o sorrow_n no_o thing_n have_v befall_v thou_o but_o have_v happen_v to_o other_o before_o thou_o and_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o likeness_n and_o participation_n of_o affliction_n do_v mitigate_v the_o sense_n of_o they_o that_o i_o may_v something_o allay_v thy_o present_a sorrow_n i_o will_v relate_v thou_o a_o story_n that_o have_v much_o parallel_n with_o thou_o to_o show_v thou_o have_v not_o be_v the_o only_a miserable_a it_o be_v a_o true_a one_o write_v and_o testify_v by_o a_o honourable_a dutch_a merchant_n who_o be_v a_o eye_n witness_n to_o it_o and_o although_o it_o have_v be_v once_o print_v yet_o because_o the_o book_n be_v scarce_o and_o the_o language_n foreign_a i_o think_v thou_o will_v not_o take_v it_o ill_a if_o i_o shall_v impart_v it_o unto_o thou_o moscow_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o all_o the_o country_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o russia_n be_v a_o very_a great_a city_n but_o not_o well_o compact_v it_o have_v in_o compass_n with_o the_o suburb_n well_o inhabit_v and_o as_o full_a of_o people_n as_o the_o town_n about_o three_o german_a league_n and_o a_o half_a which_o make_v about_o 14_o english_a mile_n the_o compass_n of_o the_o town_n within_o the_o wall_n be_v about_o three_o english_a mile_n the_o street_n and_o path_n way_n be_v of_o great_a tree_n set_v close_o together_o and_o some_o board_n by_o the_o house_n side_n and_o it_o be_v so_o dirty_a in_o rainy_a weather_n that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o go_v through_o the_o city_n otherwise_o then_o on_o horseback_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o country_n where_o horse_n be_v of_o small_a value_n and_o of_o little_a expense_n never_o be_v shod_a for_o any_o journey_n whatsoever_o unless_o it_o be_v during_o the_o ice_n the_o house_n be_v but_o one_o story_n high_a or_o two_o at_o the_o most_o all_o build_v with_o wood_n set_v up_o at_o the_o top_n one_o of_o another_o there_o be_v in_o the_o city_n suburb_n and_o castel_n about_o 5500_o church_n build_v for_o the_o most_o part_n like_o chapel_n most_o of_o they_o with_o great_a tree_n set_v one_o upon_o another_o the_o great_a duke_n lodging_n be_v also_o build_v of_o wood_n which_o he_o think_v wholesome_a than_o stone_n the_o castle_n be_v pretty_a well_o fortify_v with_o wall_n and_o broad_a ditch_n it_o occupi_v as_o much_o room_n as_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o city_n on_o one_o side_n of_o it_o dwell_v the_o sin_n on_o the_o other_o the_o optisin_n who_o be_v as_o the_o treasurer_n of_o the_o great_a duke_n in_o who_o hand_n as_o soon_o as_o you_o come_v you_o must_v put_v in_o all_o your_o merchandise_n be_v depart_v from_o nerva_n about_o the_o ten_o of_o july_n 1570._o we_o come_v on_o the_o begin_n of_o august_n to_o moscow_n where_o i_o find_v the_o great_a duke_n and_o his_o officer_n busy_a in_o seek_v out_o about_o 30_o person_n tyrant_n this_o great_a duke_n be_v john_n basclides_n the_o famous_a tyrant_n who_o fall_v all_o under_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o hangman_n except_o one_o who_o be_v cast_v alive_a in_o boil_a water_n and_o this_o because_o they_o have_v take_v bribe_n most_o of_o they_o be_v great_a lord_n and_o familiar_n with_o the_o great_a duke_n other_o be_v merchant_n of_o novogard_a with_o their_o wife_n child_n and_o family_n accuse_v of_o treason_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n few_o day_n after_o a_o horrid_a plague_n invade_v the_o town_n of_o moscow_n and_o the_o place_n about_o it_o with_o such_o violence_n that_o in_o four_o month_n there_o die_v above_o 250000_o people_n and_o it_o be_v particular_o observe_v that_o in_o eight_o day_n that_o be_v from_o the_o ten_o to_o the_o eighteen_o of_o august_n there_o die_v 2703_o priest_n and_o this_o plague_n do_v continue_v so_o fierce_o that_o in_o the_o end_n of_o it_o every_o one_o wonder_v when_o he_o meet_v any_o body_n of_o his_o acquaintance_n this_o extraordinary_a misery_n be_v so_o lowed_a the_o year_n after_o on_o the_o fifteen_o of_o may_n by_o a_o strange_a ruin_n and_o conflagration_n the_o occasion_n be_v that_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o tartarian_n be_v discontent_v that_o the_o russian_n do_v not_o pay_v he_o some_o annual_a tribute_n and_o hear_v beside_o that_o the_o great_a duke_n by_o his_o tyranny_n and_o massacre_n have_v so_o depopulate_v the_o country_n that_o he_o shall_v find_v no_o great_a resistance_n that_o way_n do_v summon_v he_o to_o pay_v the_o say_a tribute_n but_o the_o great_a duke_n return_v nothing_o in_o answer_v but_o spiteful_a and_o reproachful_a word_n wherefore_o the_o tartarian_a come_v out_o of_o his_o country_n about_o the_o end_n of_o february_n follow_v with_o a_o army_n of_o 100000_o horse_n who_o within_o the_o space_n of_o two_o month_n and_o a_o half_a do_v ride_v about_o 500_o german_a league_n which_o make_v 2000_o englist_n mile_n when_o they_o be_v come_v about_o two_o day_n journey_n from_o the_o frontier_n of_o the_o duke_n he_o resolve_v to_o meet_v they_o and_o to_o give_v they_o battle_n but_o he_o lose_v it_o with_o a_o prodigious_a slaughter_n of_o his_o man_n the_o duke_n know_v that_o the_o tartarian_a will_v seek_v he_o out_o run_v away_o as_o fast_o and_o as_o far_o as_o he_o can_v he_o be_v only_o within_o nine_o league_n of_o moscow_n when_o the_o tartarian_n come_v and_o encompass_v the_o town_n think_v he_o be_v within_o they_o set_v a_o fire_n all_o the_o village_n round_o about_o it_o and_o see_v that_o the_o war_n will_v prove_v too_o tedious_a for_o they_o resolve_v to_o burn_v that_o great_a city_n or_o at_o least_o the_o suburb_n of_o it_o for_o this_o purpose_n have_v place_v their_o troop_n round_o about_o it_o they_o set_v fire_n on_o all_o side_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v a_o burn_a globe_n then_o do_v arise_v so_o fierce_a and_o violent_a a_o wind_n that_o it_o drive_v the_o rafter_n and_o long_a tree_n from_o the_o suburb_n into_o the_o city_n the_o conslagration_n be_v so_o sudden_a that_o no_o body_n have_v time_n to_o save_v himself_o but_o in_o that_o place_n where_o he_o be_v then_o the_o person_n that_o be_v burn_v in_o this_o fire_n be_v above_o 200000._o which_o do_v happen_v because_o the_o house_n be_v all_o of_o wood_n and_o the_o street_n pave_v with_o great_a firr-tree_n set_v close_o together_o which_o be_v oily_a and_o rosinous_n make_v the_o incendie_a unexpressible_a so_o that_o in_o four_o hour_n time_n the_o city_n and_o suburb_n be_v whole_o consume_v i_o and_o a_o young_a man_n of_o rochel_n that_o be_v my_o interpreter_n be_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o fire_n in_o a_o magazine_n vault_v with_o stone_n and_o extraordinary_o strong_a who_o wall_n be_v three_o foot_n and_o a_o half_a thick_a and_o have_v no_o air_n but_o on_o two_o side_n one_o wherein_o be_v the_o come_n in_o and_o go_v out_o which_o be_v a_o long_a alley_n in_o which_o there_o be_v three_o iron_n gate_n distant_a about_o six_o foot_n one_o from_o another_o on_o the_o other_o side_n there_o be_v a_o window_n or_o grate_n fence_v with_o three_o iron_n shutter_n distant_a half_n a_o foot_n one_o from_o another_o we_o shut_v they_o inward_o as_o well_o as_o possible_o we_o can_v nevertheless_o there_o come_v in_o so_o much_o smoke_n that_o it_o be_v more_o than_o sufficient_a to_o choke_v we_o have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o some_o beer_n that_o be_v there_o with_o the_o which_o we_o refresh_v ourselves_o now_o and_o then_o many_o lord_n and_o gentleman_n be_v stifle_v in_o the_o cave_n where_o they_o have_v retire_v because_o their_o house_n be_v make_v of_o great_a tree_n when_o they_o fall_v they_o crush_v down_o all_o that_o be_v underneath_o other_o be_v consume_v to_o ash_n stop_v all_o the_o passage_n of_o