Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	commodious_a	drink_v	great_a	21	3	2.1433	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09163	A moral methode of ciuile policie contayninge a learned and fruictful discourse of the institution, state and gouernment of a common weale. Abridged oute of the co[m]mentaries of the reuerende and famous clerke, Franciscus Patricius, Byshop of Caieta in Italye. Done out of Latine into Englishe, by Rycharde Robinson, citizen of London. Seene and allowed. [et]c. Anno Domini 1576.; De institutione reipublicae. English. Abridgments	Patrizi, Francesco, 1413-1494.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1576 (1576)	STC 19475; ESTC S114210	131,174	198

space cooled for if by Nature they had heate in them they wold not so sone become colde And surely vnto me it semeth a thing wonderfull that there are waters ordayned by the prouidence of god medicinable and able to cure all diseases incident vnto mortall men which do not in their curing vexe the diseased persons with sly●er sauces Receipts druggs and bitter dilutions neyther torment them with fyre or toole but with a most sweete bathe washing do restore them into their pristinate health Neyther haue y Springs whiche ryse from sulphereous or brimstony soyle these vertues only but those Springs also with passe haue their course through allomye soyle which doth cure the laske resolucion of y sinewes they are very good al 's for them that haue yll digestiō and yll stomackes Finally they do performe that thing which Asclepiades said was the office of a right good phisician y is to say to cure safely spedely pleasantly bituminous waters also haue their vertues which rather by drincking thē by bathing do helpe y diseased persōs for they do make the belly soluble without any payne or griefe do cure almost all the inward diseases of the body by purgation sometime the paynfull wringinge of the intrayles and guttes when they be ex●lcerated whē that excoriacion or bloudynes floweth frō thē are herby restored vnto their former health There is also a Nitrous kinde of colde water the drinking whereof doth purge diminisheal vnnatural accesses of the body specially the humours or swelling of the throate or the kinges euill such allomy saltish nitrous Springs yeld forth for the most part an euill smell relish for their ori ginall being from the very lowest partes of the earth do passe through the boate ardent haynes of the same Those that haue written of husbandry do say that euerye kinde of pulse being cast into water and set vppon the fier doth trye the same water very well they be quickly speedely boyled Certayn of the auncient Phisicians affirmed that kind of water to be best which is lightest or els y which being set on the fyre will soonest be boate so that it be cleane and pure vnmossye Al water that is fetchte frō the moorish or fenny groūds is vnholsome so is al y doth not runne but standeth stil or els y whiche runneth through shaddowye places and darcke canes where the Sonne geeueth no shyne but worst of all is snowe dryce water as certayne auncient wrytens haue holden opiniō Cornelius Colsus doth thus wryte of waters Rayn water is the lightest water y is next is Spring or Wel water then ryuer water and laste of all is pytte water then describeth hee snow or yce water and that standinge water is heauye but the heauiest of all others sayth hee is that which is taken out of a moorish or fenny ground He that throughlye considereth the nature of these thinges wyll wyllingly prouide holesome liquor for the vse of himselfe and his fellowe Cittizens The best situacion for a City is y which is not farre distant frō the sea or frō som great nauigable riuer throughe which may be transported caryed out those things wherof we haue to great store and such thinges may bee brought vnto vs wherof wee stand in neede Surelye the mouthes or entries of ryuers haue great oportu●●●ye 〈…〉 their flowings pleasant tydes do not only enere●●● pleasure becom most holsom for all cattle sithēs they may goe easly without any coursing vebemēt resistāce ▪ 〈…〉 water but also do make the fields pastures therūt● adioyning more rancke and fruictfull There is great diuersitie in ryuers euery of thē hath not cōmodity alyke for y riuer Nilus is coūpted y most fertile fruitfullest riuer of al others it floweth through Egipt with great fertilitye for when it ●o hath ouer flowe● the whole Lande all y Somer tyme it goeth backe agayne into his Chanell and leaueth the fieldes fatted wit●m●dd● ▪ and very fruitefull for any tillage insoma●h that the inhabitauntes there haue scarcelye any neede of the labour of Oxen or of the helpe of anye hus●ā●men to manure the same any further then only to cast th●ir see●e theruppon And this do I iudge is to be attributed vnto Nature her selfe the best Parente of all thinges For sithens Egipt was destitute of ●eawe and rayne Nature in supplie thereof gaue thereunto this ryuer whiche should bee able to geeue nourishmeutes vnto Corne and Plantes For the deuine prouidence of God hath appointed innumerable courses of riuers for the vtilitye of the Lande and Soyle through which their course lyeth because no countrye shoulde be altogether without the helpe and furtherance of nature For the increase of the ryuer Nilus doth greately benefite and helpe that countrey because through the great ouerflowing therof many hurtfull beastes breeding there are thereby dispatched drowned except they spedely flye for refuge vnto y higher places vnto whiche Countrye alone these profites and commodities are incident that it neyther hath any cloudes nor cold windes or any thicke exhalacions the water thereof is very sweete insomuche that the Inhabitantes there can easely lyue without wyne and can drincke the same water with great pleasure I suppose the vicinitie or nearenes of the Sea maketh much better for the preseruation and safe keeping of a cittye both for the vse of ciuil lyfe and also for the gathering together of ryches wherewith citties are merueylous●ye en●●eased but those Citties are farre more harder to bee besieged which the Sea washeth vpon seeing that to the siege and expugnacion thereof is required not onelye a greate power by Sea but also a greate Armie by land Wherof i● the one be wanting the Citizens maye easelye ou●●come the other hoaste when as it shal be harde for y armie by lande to sende any succoure vnto the Nauye by Sea on the other parte the multitude or companye of sea Souldiers may easely be profligated and vanquished by horsemen Therfore conuenient and oportune hauens must bee carefully and wysely chosen out by all thē that would found and stablishe a Cittye Small fieldes and little Arable groundes easely bringeth dearth of Corne which surely is the cause that thyther is small recourse of people for people pynched with penury and famine be afrayde to mary neyther desireth to haue anye chyldren wherefore in such a coūtry they do nothing encrease yea rather the poorer sort hauing respect to their needines famine doe forsake their countrye and seeke to plant themselues in some pleasaunt and fruitfuller soyle elswhere especially if their own coūtry be so streite narow that it be not able to feede cattle for next vnto corne cattle whiche greately encreaseth fleshe Mylke and Cheese doe best nourishe As for fishing mee thinckes is not greatly to bee wished for partely because that fishes doe geeue yll nourishement to the bodye and agayne do make