Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	air_n	cold_a	moist_a	3,600	5	10.5118	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20351	A Description of a new kinde of artificial bathes lately invented		1600 (1600)	STC 6768.5; ESTC S3162	1,766	1

A Description of a new kinde of Artificiall Bathes lately inuented WHich are euery way answerable vnto the ancient Bathes of the Graecians and Romans for the diuers vses though no way comparable to them for the excessiue charges ●●d vaine ostentation thereof because those were built like Princes Pallaces hauing distinct parts or offices but these take vp no more roome then is necessary which is not aboue sixe yardes in compasse for the outward forme like the body of a small Coach either round or square couered all ouer with leather veluet or other stuffe partly to keepe out the better cold ayre and partly to keep in the hot vapours and partly to adorne it being framed with no great cost and may daily be vsed vpon halfe an houers warning without any tedious combersomnes vnto the party bathing or trouble to the seruants neare attending which being placed in any chamber for the purpose close by the bed side yeeld forthwith at pleasure foure kinds of seuerall heats either altogether well mixed or some of them apart more or lesse of the one or of the other whereby to augment diminish or correct any one of the first qualities either actiue or passiue and so consequently any one of the second as occasion shall require by the counsell of the present Phisition 1 First a drie ayrie heate warming the cold moist ayre and preparing the body for sweate by a cleane fire in one side 2 Secondly a moyst vaporous heate by a sweet boyling perfume 3 Thirdly a drye vaporous heate by a sweet burning perfume 4 Fourthly and lastly but cheifely a moyst heate by water milke oyle or any other liquor simple or compound which commeth at pleasure from all parts powering downewards flying vp wards sprinkling round about with many trickling streames like strong showres of raine by a continuall circular motion and therefore penetrating and working more powerfully vpon all parts of the body except the head which is onely free for the benefit of fresh ayre so couertly that neither the party bathed nor the attendants in the chamber can either see heare or well perceiue how from whence or by what direct meanes the warme water or liquor commeth and goeth with such a manifold distribution and speedy conueyance Besides fiue gallons of any deere liquor will bathe any man this way as well as sixescore gallons otherwise if not far better and shall worke far sooner the intended effects by reason that the water thus mouing without any labour or paines to the party bathed actuateth more speedily then when it standeth dull and vnmooued about the body Againe all these rayning showres by the turning of a key may bee contracted into one maine currant either directed vpon any part of the body within the balniatory or vpon the head without if bucketing be needfull or otherwise diuerted from all parts for the benefit of the hot vapours onely Againe so great a streame which is most profitable and may be accounted a fift distinct heate doth continually arise by this swift motion that one gallon of the water or more in one houre or lesse will euaporate vpon the body within insensibly All this while nature imbracing with delight these soft and pleasant imbracements the party bathing if he be weake by sicknes may most easily without losse of strength yeeld to and from the fire or strong streames any part most affected turning himselfe by a smale inclination or rather be turned by the circular motion of the turning stoole on which with a Corke cushion a large spunge or a linnen bran-bag fastned hee sitteth easily if he be stronge he may stand vpright with more pleasure and turne himselfe with more ease And if towards the end a short sprinkling of water somewhat cold or luke warme be needfull as for some respects it is much auailably it may be done this way in a moment all ouer the body without feare of catching cold And lastly the water ceasing his course and at pleasure suddainly as it were van●●ising by the touch of a small string as before it came by the like touch he may soone safely and easily be rubd and made dry with warme clothes put in vnto him and vpon him and so st●ep into the warme bed adioyning Such as neuer were hitherto inuented or put in practize by any Phisition or other whatsoeuer if we consider all things which so plentiously euery way concurre to the making vp of these bathes that for diuers peculiar respects they may seeme to deserue diuers peculiar names 1 As first from the circular motion of the bathing liquor they may be called Balnea Circularia circular bathes 2 Secondly from the manifold streames and trickling shoures Balnea Plv●●alia rayning bathes 3 Thirdly from the contraction of all the little streames into one currant Balnea Embrocati●a embrocatiue or spout-bathes 4 Fourthly from the triplicity of the praedominant steames and hot vapours Balnea Vaporosa vaporous bathes 5 Fiftly from the multiplicitie of heats and variety of matter Balnea Diacatholica diacatholike bathes 6 Sixtly from the diuers faculties and contrary effects Balnea Catholica catholike or vniuersall bathes