Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	left_a	right_a	turn_v	28,868	5	7.6673	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20436	A short introduction for to learne to swimme. Gathered out of Master Digbies Booke of the Art of Swimming. And translated into English for the better instruction of those who vnderstand not the Latine tongue. By Christofer Middleton; De arte natandi libri duo. Adaptation. English	Digby, Everard, Sir, 1578-1606.; Middleton, Christopher, 1560?-1628.	1595 (1595)	STC 6840; ESTC S111665	10,834	80

whereunto in the heate of Sōmer men are greatlie subiect for that comming into the cold water it maketh a suddaine chaunge in body which is very daungerous but rather by walking easily in some coole shade or some such other moderate meanes let him before hee enter into the water bring his bodie into a reasonable temperature of heate and cold and then not as some which are more bold then wise rudely leape into the water with their féete downwarde as this picture next following sheweth Or when he commeth at the side fall in vpon his right or left side after this fashion Or else leaping from the banck and casting forth his leggs but yet keeping of them close together hee may light vpon his hippes and the hinder parts of his leggs as you sée in this picture To swimme on the back But for that with long swimming on his belly he will be wearied Nature that prouident nurse which carefully prouideth for euery creature things fitting their kinde hath as in all things so in this thing made man excell euery thing for hym hath the taught in this to ease his wearie armes by lying in the water vpon his backe which we call Swimming vpon the back A gift which shee hath denied euen to the watrie inhabitants of the Sea no Fish no Foule nor other creature whatsoeuer that hath any lyuing or being either in the depth of the Sea or superficies of the water swimmeth vpon his backe man onely excepted and therefore when he hath perfectly learned to swim to and fro on his bellie as hee lifteth let him learne thus to turne vpon his backe by thrusting out his right hand as far as he can before him and withall turne ouer his left side and still keepe out his right hand vntill he be turned vpon his backe for that it doth in turning so support him from sincking as in this example following And when he is thus layd vpon his back he must lie very straight not bending or bowing with his bodie any way saue onely his legs which he must easily pull out and in as when he was on his belly to put him forwards in the water as thus To turne in the water like a Roach There is an other kinde of turning when a man is swimming vpon his belly with his head one way suddainly to turne himselfe stil being vpon his belly bring about his head and all his body the other way and for that it is to be done quickly as oft times you may see the fishes within the water when in the pleasant heate of Sommer they wantonly friske to and fro it is commonly called the Koach turne and that is done thus if he will turne towards the right hand hee must suddainely put the water from him with his left hand and pull that water behinde towards him with his right hand turning backe his head and his bodie as you see in this next figure To turne the Bell turne in the water There is also a turning which is called the bell turne as when one swimming one his bellie shall suddainely pull in his féete and in stead of striking with them as is afore sayd he shall heauing backward with his foreparts strike forward with his feete which motion will turne him vpon his backe and because he may at his pleasure turne so vpon his backe and belly as hee will it is called the bell turne resembling also a bell when it is ringing as for example To tumble in the water There is also a kinde of tumbling in the water as a man would roule and tumble in the grasse and that is doone thus swimming on his belly or backe which way hée meaneth to roule himselfe as towards the right hand or the left hee must thrust that hand broad-wayes downe into the water with the palme downward and hee must carry the other close beside him as ready to vse so vpon the other side and with the vppermost legge still as hee turneth strike the superficies of the water so that the motion with the hande helpeth to turne ouer the body and the striking with the feet keepeth better vp the hindmost parts which are most heauie of themselues as in this picture following To strike the superficies of the water To strike the superficies of the water with foure parts of the body at twice is thus doone by lying vpon your backe and somthing declining your body towards the left side which hand must bee in the water labouring to and fro like the finne of a Fishe to keepe him from sinking and so may hee lift his right hand and right legge out of the water and beate them downe againe and so of the left side as the picture following sheweth To swim with hands and feete vpward To swim with hands and feete vpward is nothing els but the swimming vpon the back as wee taught before sauing that hée vseth his hands as a boate dooth her Dares casting thē out on both sides and drawing them in againe which maketh hys motion swifter as in this example To swimme backward That is when one lying vpon his back with his body stretched foorth and holding vp his breast as much as hée can that his back may lie hollow which will keepe him from sincking and lifting easily one foote after another aboue the water and so drawing them forceably towards him vnder the water they will pul his body backward as in this example is shewed To roule vpon ones backe This is done onely by lying straight vpon his backe pressing downe the water with his hands so may he roule from side to side like a ship in the Sea as thus To make a circle in the water with his feete This is done as we saide afore by lying straight vpon his backe without bending any part of his body if he will turne from the right hand then must he lie somewhat ouer vpon hys left side and first of all pull his right legge out of the water and afterwards his left as fast as he can and strike with them toward the left hand one after another and about one foote one before another which will turne his bodie round and make his head lye in the midst like the center of a circle as thus To stand vpright and turne about in the water He must by stirring of his feete vp and downe in the water keepe vp his bodie and keeping his hands vnderneath the water pull the water towards him that way which he would turne and so also incline the motion of his feete as thus To swimme with his hands together This must be done in all respects as is saide afore for the first kinde of swimming vpon the belly sauing the motion of the hands which must be ioyned with their palmes together the thombs standing right vpward which he must pull in to his brest and thrust them forth againe without parting of them as for example To swimme vpon his side This kinde of swimming though

it be more laborious yet is it swifter then any of the rest for that lying vpon one side striking with your feete as when you swimme on your bellie but that the pulling in and thrusting out of his hand which then did onely keepe him vp doe now helpe to put him forward for onely the lower hand supporteth his bodie and the vpper hand roweth like an Dare as in this example To swimme vpon his belly with his hands still This is onely to lay his hands behinde him and straine himselfe to beare his head somewhat higher and strike somewhat lower with his feete as in the picture following is shewed To swimme with one hand and one foote vpon his belly He must take his right foote backwards in his left hand and strike with his right hand and left foote which for that one is vpon the one side and the other on the other they will easilie beare him vp as thus The vse of these two last kindes of swimming is to ease his handes that is subiect to the Crampe or any other infirmitie To swim like a dog Into this kinde of swimming many doe at the first fall before they perfectly learne the right stroake and there is this difference betwixt them that whereas in the right kinde he strettheth out his hands his feete in this hee rudely beateth the water with his hands and féete first lifting his right hand out of the water and then his right foote and forceably striking them into the water againe as in this example following To beate the water This is done swimming vpon his backe and lying straight out with his bodie the palmes of his hands being downward and moouing vp and downe in the water to keepe him vp so may he lift out either one or other of his legges and beate with it vpon the superficies of the water at his pleasure as thus To play aboue the water with one foote This is all one with the next precedent sauing that in stead of striking his legge right downe into the water hee must turning it about three or foure times onely but touch the very superficies of the water with his toe as in this example To showe his toes aboue the water This is also done by lying straight vpon his backe stretching out his feete together at length and moouing with his hands in the water as in the former example and so lifting vp his seete ti●l he hath brought all his toes aboue the water as thus To hang by the chinne in the water When he is swimming vpon his backe let his féete sincke easilie downe towards the bottome and with all let him striue as much as in him lies to bend in his back bowing backwards his head vntill his face be the vppermost parte of his bodie and then drawe his féete somewhat vpwards his hands holden behinde his backe and his body bending also that wayes like vnto a bowe so that the water working vp and downe in the concauitie of his backe will so easily hold vp his bodie that he shall not néede to stirre either with hand or foote as thus To tread the water This is onely standing bolt vp as it were in the water and pulling vp your féete and thrusting them downe againe after the same maner as he doth swimming vpō his belly which haue the same force to keepe him that way which they haue to thrust him forwards the other way as you may sée in this picture next following To swimme with one hand and one foote vpon his backe This is the same vpon the backe which the other was vpon the belly to lye vpon your backe and behinde you take your left legge in your right hand and forceably moue your other leg as when you swimme vpon your backe thus To swim with his hands and feete bound This kinde of swimming is easiliest done by lying very straight vpon his back drawing in his legs and thrusting them forth againe after this maner To slide forwards vpon his belly in the water This must be thus done he must keepe his hands together with their palmes downwards by which he must drawe the water towards him and his feete also and legges kept close together hee must easilie thrust out and kéepe in as well as he can keeping them together in this wise This is best to be vsed in those Riners where are many high wéedes for that swimming vpon his belly thus he shall safelier slyde ouer them To sitte in the water He that will exercise this kinde of swimming must be such a one as is not troubled with the Crampe for that the forceable bending backward with his body is otherwise very dangerous which must be thus done Lying vpon his barke he must drawe in his feete towards his hippes and vse some motion with his hands vnder the water to sustaine him till hee hath gotten hys legges in his hands thus And then vsing some small motion to put him forwards kéeping onely his brest and head aboue the water the streame will easily kéepe him vp by reason of the concauitie in the backe To pare his toes in the water Swimming vpon his backe let him drawe vp his left foote and lay it ouer his right knee still keeping his body very straight and then hauing a knife readie in his right hand he may easilie kéepe vp his legge vntill he hath pared one of his toes as thus To shew foure parts of his body aboue the water at once He must lie straight vpon his backe and lay one legge ouer the other knee so that the vppermost knee may easily be seene aboue the water then hee must setting his hands on his brest hold vp his elbowes aboue the water so he shall at once show his head his elbowes and one knee as thus To swimme with one legge right vp That must as the rest he done by lying straight vpon his backe and lifting one legge as high aboue the water as he can and stryking vnder the water with his other legge to driue him forwards his hand easily mouing by his side the better to keepe him vp as in this example To carrie any thing drie ouer the water in his hands This is onely done by swimming vpon his backe and strayning himselfe to lye straight with his body so that he holde his armes straight vp which will else force him to bend his bodie and so he shall sincke and holding his armes vpward as afore he may easilie carrie or recarry any thing ouer the water without wetting as for example To stroake his legge as if he were pulling on a boote This is nothing els but lying straight vpon his backe as are all the other extraordinarie feates and suddenly lifting one leg aboue the water stroake with both his hands in this manner To caper with both his legges at once aboue the water Lying vpon his backe straight as afore his hands with their palmes downwards pressing the water the better to keepe him vp he must cast both his legges out of the water at once and caper with them vpward as men vse to doe downward in dauncing as thus To diue vnderneath the water He must if hee be in a place where he way stand vpon the ground with as much force as he can leape vp and bending his head towards his brest fall forwards downe into the water as thus His hands hee must holde before his head with their backes together that they may be ready to pull him as it were forcing him downe vnder the water and he must pulling them out and in nowe vse them to helpe him downe which weare afore a meanes to holde him vp his feete also must strike vpward moueing them after the same manner as he doth swimming aboue the water vpon his belly after this example To swimme vnder the water When he hath thus buried himselfe in the water hee must thrust his hands sorth before his head and as it were drawe the waters which are before and beate them behinde him stryke with his feete as swimming vpon his belly but somewhat vpward that they may the easilyer keepe him downe as in this example To rise from the bottome That is done by the spedie turning vpward of his bodie and with one hand the palme being downwards presse downe the water beneath him and with the other hand drawe downe the water which is aboue him and then striking downwards with his féete it will easilie bring him vp as thus To seeke any thing that is lost in the water He must swimme vnder the water as afore but as néere the bottome as he can so that he touch it not least he raise any mud to thicken the water his eyes open that he may sée where it lyeth and if so be that he haue any occasion to turne him selfe or to seeke round about as thinking himselfe neere the thing he séeketh if he will turne towards the left hand he must with hys right hand pull towards him the water which is on his left side which will easilye turne him about as this picture next following sheweth by example But thus much to him which learneth to diue let him neuer swimme further then he can see the bottome for it is either very déepe or els he is vnder some baucke or in some such daunger To swimme like a Dolphin This is nothing els but in diuing to lift his head aboue the water when he hath breathed presently diue down againe as afore FINIS