Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	drink_v	eat_v	wine_n	18,017	5	9.0842	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12596	1607. A true report of certaine wonderfull ouerflowings of waters, now lately in Summerset-shire, Norfolke, and other places of England destroying many thousands of men, women, and children, ouerthrowing and bearing downe whole townes and villages, and drowning infinite numbers of sheepe and other cattle.; True report of certaine wonderfull overflowings of waters, now lately in Summerset-shire, Norfolke, and other places of England.		1607 (1607)	STC 22915; ESTC S111053	14,065	34

wife and asked his dinner and shee being more bold then mannerly sayd he should haue none of her then he chāced to looke toward the Marshes where the sheep were saw the water breake in so ●●resly that the sheepe would be lost if they were not brought from thence said y t he was not a good shepheard y t would not venture his life for his sheepe so went straight to driue them frō thence both he his sheep were drowned and after the water being gone hee was found dead standing vpright in a ditch Maister Thimbleby lost CC.xx. sheep M. Dimock lost cccc sheepe M. Marsh lost ccccc sheepe M. Madison lost a ship M. William Askugh of Kelsey sir hugh Askugh M. Merin M. Fitz Williams of Maplethorp lost by estimation xx M. of cattell one and other Boorn was ouerflowed to the midway of the height of the Church Steeping was wholy carryed away where was a waine lode of Willow tops the body of the wain with y e willowes carried one away the Axiltree and Wheeles an other way Huntington Shire IN the Town of S. Eeds the water flowed into the Town in such aboūdance that it ran throw the Town and the Church being in y e most therof hauing about the Churchyarde a Briek wal of 2. yardes hie was so ouerflowed that boats were rowed ouer it without touching the same Item a litle frō Huntington were in men riding vpō the Causey being then ouerflowed the water on the Causey being not deep and thinking no danger therin chāced to come into a place wher y e water had gulled away the Earth and the Grauel were caried away with the water and willows growing on both sides the way two of the caught hold on the willows and left their Horses and saued themselues and the third chanced to catch a very little twig of a willow between his fingers hauing very litle hold for●aking his horse which was carried a great way 〈◊〉 had much paine to keep his hold on the twig and hold his head aboue the water his Horse returning with force against the streame came againe vnto him and vnder him by which meanes he set his feet vpon him and gat better hold of the Willow and so saued himselfe and the Horse was immediatly caried away that he neuer saw him after Kent AT Broom Hill in Romney Marsh foure miles from Rye the water came in so outragiously that it brake downe the Marsh Wals one Master Bury being owner therof who lost by the same a thousand one hundred threescore and two of his sheepe it is thought that the Marsh is neuer like to be gottē again Item at Erith breach a Mariner riding by the Marshes seeing two maids in the marshes perceiuing the Waters breaking in so fast that the Maides were not like to escape rode vnto them one of them gat vp behind him and the other tooke hold on the Horse-taile and by that were both saued from drowning In the same Marsh were drowned a great number of sheepe Item there in a Marsh land y t was sowne were two Boyes keeping Cro●●s in the afternoone saw the water breaking into rashly gat them vp into a cart that was not far frō them where they were fain to tary vntill y e next ride which came in so boystrous●● that it had like to ouerthrow both the Cart and the Boyes and the one of them being more stranger then the other kept the other in hi● 〈◊〉 where he with cold wet and feare dyed so that he was faine to let him fall from him into the water when hee perceiued that he 〈…〉 The 〈…〉 the Booke Thus 〈…〉 dost thou 〈…〉 bleeding Countrie the sinnes of thy owne soule haue 〈◊〉 to the heart there can bee no better phys●●●●● 〈…〉 own amēdment prepare thy receiptes therefore 〈◊〉 this mother of thine and of many Millions more fa●● sicke to the death It is to bee feared that this swelling of Waters in the wombe of this 〈◊〉 beautiful kingdōe will ingender more strange and more incurable diseases and infecte the whole Nature The earth by this 〈…〉 is likely to growe 〈…〉 in stead of fruit doth 〈…〉 must eate the bread of 〈◊〉 and drinke our owne teares in stea● of wine Cast vp thine eyes therefore 〈…〉 to the ●●dgement 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 striue not 〈…〉 drie vp these showers of the Diuine 〈…〉 do now raigne vpon our heads 〈…〉 ●●eepe in the bosome of the cloude● 〈…〉 vs in the depth of Gods Iudgement 〈…〉 Farewell