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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	east_n	north_n	west_n	5,069	5	9.1516	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28438	Janua scientiarum, or, A compendious introduction to geography, chronology, government, history, phylosophy, and all genteel sorts of literature by Charles Blount ...	Blount, Charles, 1654-1693.	1684 (1684)	Wing B3306; ESTC R2203	36,273	146

Peru Brasil Congo and the Azores Qu. Which are the chief Desarts Ans Those of Lybia in Africk that encompass Aegypt as also those in Arabia Tartarie Nova Zembla Norway Lapland Finmarch Sweden Germany and America Qu. Where are the best Gold and Silver Mines Ans In Peru Arabia Guinea Monomotapa Japan Persia China Chili and Potosi from whence the Spaniards have yearly exhausted 12 millions Qu. Having given this general account of the terra firma and particular because most necessary relation of Europe let us in the next place launch into the Ocean and examine the watry World for which end inform us how the several sorts of Waters may be distinguished Ans Into Seas Streights Lakes or Rivers Qu. Which are the chief Seas Ans The Levant or East Sea the West North and South Seas the Baltick Sea the Red Sea the Aethiopian Sea the Mediterranean Sea the Archipelago St. George's Sea the Euxine Sea and the Dead or Caspian Sea on our Continent together with the Magellanick and Mare-pacificum on the Continent of America Qu. What is a Streight Ans A Streight or Gulph is any narrow part or arm of the Ocean lying between two shoars and opening a way into the Sea as the Streights of Jesso lying between the two Continents the Streights of Magellan between North and South America the Streights of Gibralter on the Coast of Spain betwixt Europe and Africa the Streights of Babelmandel between Asia and Africa the Gulph of Venice and the Bay of Biscay in Europe Qu. What is a Lake Ans A Lake is any place that continually retains standing-water in it as Laggo Major in Italy the Lake of Lucerna and Geneva in Switzerland c. Qu. What is a River Ans A River is any small branch of the Sea flowing up into a Land as the Thames Severn Trent and Humber in England the Seine Loyre and Rhosne in France the Rhine and Elbe in Germany the Po and Tyber in Italy the River Volga of Muscovy the greatest in Europe the Danube of Turkey in Europe Euphrates Tigris and Jordan of Turkey in Asia the Indus and Ganges of India and the Nile of Aegypt Qu. Which are the best Authors for Geography Ans Ptolomy Strabo Stephanuus Ortelius Mercator Scaliger Ferrarius Varenius and Munster with Bleau's Johnson's and Sanson's Maps LIB II. OF CHRONOLOGY Qu. WHat is Chronology Ans Chronology is the knowledge of Times past Qu. What is an Age or Century Ans The space of an hundred years Qu. In what Age of the World was our Saviour born Ans About the middle of the one and fortieth Age. Qu. What is a Year Ans It consists of twelve months and is the space of time wherein the Sun passes thorow the twelve Signs of the Zodiack Qu. What is the Zodiack Ans An imaginary great Circle in the Heavens which as Astrologers pretend containeth the twelve Signs Qu. Name the twelve Signs Ans Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitarius Capricornus Aquarius and Pisces Qu. What is that which the Greeks call Galaxia the Latines Via Lactea and we the Milky-way Ans 'T is nothing but a number of little Stars which give but a confused light and are not perceptible to the eye without a Prospective-glass Qu. How many days are there in a year Ans Three hundred three score and five days and six hours according to Caesar's Reformation of the Kalendar Qu. What becomes of these odd six hours that remain every year Ans Why in the space of four years they make up a day so that every fourth year hath one day more then ordinary and is therefore called Bissextile or Leap-year Qu. What is a Month Ans Of months there are two sorts First a Lunary month consisting of four weeks which is the space of time wherein the Moon passes thorow the twelve Signs of the Zodiack and secondly a Solary month consisting of thirty days ten hours and an half the space of time wherein the Sun passes thorow the twelfth part or one Sign of the Zodiack Qu. How many days are there in each Solary month Ans Thirty days hath September April June and November February hath twenty eight alone And the rest have thirty one Qu. How did the Ancients divide their months Ans Into Calends Nones and Ides calling the first day of every month the Calends Qu. How did the Ancients divide their weeks Ans Into seven days which they called by the name of the seven Planets the Sun the Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus and Saturn Qu. What makes the Day and Night Ans When the Sun is above the Horizon it makes day and when it is under the Horizon it makes night Qu. What are the Aequinoxes and Solstices Ans There are yearly two Aequinoxes and two Solstices a Vernal and Autumnal Aequinox and a Summer and Winter Solstice which begin the four several seasons of the year The Aequinoxes are so called from the Latine-word Aequinoctium because the days and nights are then of equal length the Sun rising and setting at six which is upon the 10 th of March and 12 th of September Also the Solstices are named from the Latine-word Solstitium which signifies a stop of the Sun because as it comes no nearer us than the Tropick of Cancer in the Summer so goes it not further from us than the Tropick of Capricorn in the Winter which Summer Solstice as it makes the longest day on the 11 th of June so doth the Winter Solstice make the shortest day on the 11 th of December Qu. What makes the several Changes of the Moon Ans The Moon shines more or less according to the proportion of light it receives from the Sun As for example We call it New Moon when it is in conjunction with the Sun and then it gives us no light because the dark part of it is towards us But four days after it makes its first appearance in the shape of two bright Horns the rest of her Body being dark and then is the first quarter Being a week old half of it appears bright and the other half dark at which time it is called a Crescent or Half-moon Thus it increases a week more till it comes to be Full and then being diametrically opposite to the Sun this strikes its Beams upon that more fully till four days after full Moon it begins to decrease and lose its light which is called the Wain three days after which it appears in the form of a Crescent and so loses its light gradually till New Moon again Qu. What makes an Eclipse of the Sun Ans The interposition of the Moon betwixt the Sun and the Earth which happens when the Moon is the same Sign and Degree with the Sun for then the Sun Moon and Earth are diametrically opposite Qu. What makes an Eclipse of the Moon Ans The interposition of the Earth betwixt the Sun and the Moon which happens generally upon the full of the Moon at which