Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	day_n	great_a	part_n	5,328	4	4.0128	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38408	England's most dreadful calamity by the late floods being a most lamentable account of the great damages sustained by the fearful invndations, caused by the unparalell'd rain which fell on the 24th of April, 1682 : and the late rains which have lately hapned : containing the several houses, barns, cattle, out-houses, stacks of hay and corn, being carried away : together with the number of persons drowned, and of some thousands of acres of ground layed under water : giving a relation of the particular damage sustained in the city of London, and the suburbs thereof, at Branford, Camberwell, Dulwich, Depford, on the river Thames ...		1682 (1682)	Wing E2999; ESTC R9454	3,803	8

drowned several persons together with Cattle and setting the Reeks of Hay and Corn afloat the Fens a low Ground in that County were likewise over-flow'd The River Trent likewise over-flowed on the 25th of April by reason of the exceeding Land-Flood that poured out into it and by the Effusion of Waters laid the Meadows in a Sea the which being abated a great number of goodly Fish were found upon the dry Land some dead some flouncing in the Osiers yet it did great damage by washing away the Corn as likewise over-turning a Mill that stood upon the bank of the River wherein the Miller being at work was drowned and some Cattle carryed away The Inhabitants of many parts of the Bishoprick of Durham give us a doleful Relation of the great spoil the Floods have made amongst them and how that at present a great deal of their Corn lies under water and the Rain continues so Incessant that the like for the Season of the year has not been known In the Town of Northampton great damage has been sustained by the late immoderate Rains many Barns of Corn being spoiled a great deal likewise carrryed away that was ready dressed upon the Floor The River Isis at Oxford over-flowing laid most of the Level under Water which continued so for the space of three days and likewise by the Rain which was there accompanied with Thunder and Lightning much damage was sustained in the City Nor do all the Accounts from Scotland of the dire Effects of that terrible Night for it seems it was Universal differ from what we receive nearer home it having done excessive damage in many parts of that Kingdom as Leith Glascow St. Johnstons and other places adjacent nay as far as we can yet hear it had its dreadful Effects in most neighbouring Kingdoms to the great terror and amazement of such as were eye-witnesses to the Calamity it occasioned But what can we expect less then that God should send his Judgements abroad when as Rebellious Man perseveres in his obstinate Rebellion against him For certain it is that the great Creator who made what ever had beginning can when it pleases him use any part of his Creation to punish his Enemies as we may Read in Joshua when He showered down Hail-stones to destroy the Wicked Canaanites And in Egypts Evil day to Curb the Pride of Rebellious Pharoah he sent Hail mingled with Fire accompanied with such prodigious Thunder and Lightning that the like before was never known when God likewise was displeased with the Sons of Men and that as he was pleased to express himself it grieved him at his very heart that he had made them he did but command it and all the Elements conspired to overflow the Globe of the Earth the Clouds sucked up the Sea and poured it down in Streams or as Moses has it The VVindows of Heaven were open which were no other then that the Clouds were crushed by strong Winds the Earth likewise obeying her Creators voice opened every watery part when Rivers gushes and Springs redole their force the Fountains of the great deep was likewise broken it would know no bounds Nor have we wanted instances of the like nature in our age as the late fearful Inundations of Holland and other places but above all this present Relation for excessive Rain has not been known in many Ages so that some conjecture had it held for 48 hours with the same violence it would have Lanced under Water most of the Northern parts of England Godmanchester Ripton and many Towns neer St. Ive's suffering much many Houses under water and some people being drown'd a Coach and six Horses coming from York with six Passengers were all drown'd with many of the Northern Carriers some losing their whole Teams and their Waggons being over-turn'd and driven away in the stream many others losing all their Cattle being drown'd as Oxen Sheep Hogs c. FINIS