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	element_n	fire_n	13,062	5	7.1789	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35994	A discourse of sea-ports principally the port and haven of Dover / written by Sir Walter Rawleigh and address'd to Queen Elizabeth ; with useful remarks &c, on that subject by command of His late Majesty K. Charles the second.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Digges, Dudley, Sir, 1583-1639.	1700 (1700)	Wing D1458; ESTC R20710	12,200	22

Place of Refuge and Safeguard to all Merchants your Majesty's Subjects who Passing from London and all other the East and North Parts of England to France Spain Barbary the Levant the Islands or other Parts South or West of the World for want of Harbour at Dover either going forth or returning shall be enforc'd to Ride it out in open Road to their great Peril or in time of War for want of such Succour to Throw themselves on the contrary Coast into the Arms of their Enemies For all other Strangers your Majesty's Friends that pass the Sea from Hambrough Danzick Lubeck Embden Scotland Denmark or any parts of the Low Countreys to any Parts of the World South and South-West whereof there are daily great Numbers or of Spain Portugal France or Italy bound Northward either to London or any of the Northern Provinces both Passing and Repassing they must of necessity Touch as it were upon this Promontory and upon any change of Wind or Fear of Enemy for sure Refuge will most willingly and thankfully Embrace so sweet and safe a Sanctuary No Promontory Town or Haven of Christendom is so plac'd by Nature and Situation both to Gratifie Friends and Annoy Enemies as this your majesties Town of Dover No Place or Town of Christendom is so setled to receive and deliver Intelligence for all Matters and Actions in Europe from time to time No Town of all the Low Countries altho by their Industry they have a great Number Excessive Populous Fair and Rich is by Nature so setled either to Allure Intercourse by Sea or to Train Inhabitants by Land to make it Great Fair Rich and Populous For Alluring Intercourse by Sea there is already sufficient said By Land It hath better Air and Water Two chief Elements than all the Rich Towns in Holland and Zealand For Fire The Countrey round about is far better Wooded than theirs and the whole Shire wherein it standeth and round about the Town It self the Soil is so well sorted for Arable and Pasture of all sorts For Marish and Meadows sufficiently furnish'd as Heart of Man cannot wish or desire it better A Quary of Stone at hand sufficient to Build both Town and Haven in most sufficient large and Beautiful manner There wanteth nothing by Land Sea or Air that can be wish'd And if those Industrious People of the Low Countrys had in all their Province such a Seat with like Commodities they would make it a Spectacle to the World without Respect of Charge whatsoever There wanteth nothing but a Harbour which when compass'd all other parts of Peopling Wealth and Strength will follow of it self A Marvellous Number of Poor People both by this Work till the Haven is made and after by the Shipping Fishing c. will be Employ'd who now for want of Work are Whip'd Mark'd and Hang'd The Quick uttering of Commodities which always followeth by Increase of Intercourse will cause all the Coast and Shire to be notably Manur'd and Peopled not with Poor Idle But Painful Industrious and Rich Persons a great Ornament and Commodity in Peace and sure defense in War the same being the Frontier nearest Coast to a most Dangerous Puissant Active and Aspiring Neighbour The encrease of Navigation Fishing and Traffick that hereby will grow and the great Wealth and Commodity thereof ariseing will not be contain'd in one Shire alone but pour'd forth into all parts of the Realm to the great Relief of the Poor and Contentation of all Degrees Encreasing of Arts and Occupations a Patern whereof we may behold even in our next Neighbours the Low Countrys not Feign'd in Imagination but actually by them put in Execution and great shame it were for us to dispair attaining that which we see others our Neighbours have Atcheiv'd before us As the whole Realm in General So your Majesty also in Respect of your Particular Revenue shall Reap great Profit by Encrease of Subsidies which always will grow greater together with the Wealth of the Land besides the increase of Customs and such other Revenues as shall be there made of the Soil there gain'd from the Seas The Shire of Kent being within few Years Grown Marvellous Industrious in Tilling and Manuring their Grounds when they shall see so convenient a Port to Vend their Superfluous Commodities will not only increase in Wealth and People but also Yield to your Majesty's Coffers for Transportation of their excise in Wheat Barley and Beer grear Increase of Revenues And all other Shires taking Example by them will likewise grow in Labour Industry Wealth and People There can be no Pitch Tar Mafts Cables or other Tackle for Shipping pass from Danzick Denmark or other Northern Parts to France Spain or Italy But your Majesty having a strong Hand of Shipping at Dover may Command for Money the choice thereof before any King in Christendom in time of Peace And in time of War thereby also Disable Enemies and content Friends Besides the Infinite Commodity that may happily grow to the whole Nation in General and to your Majesty's Coffers also by a staple that in time with good Policy may be Erected there to serve both South and North Countrys with their Mutual Commodities In time of War how Dangerous attempt may be made with small Frigats of Fire or otherwise to Endanger your Majesty's Navy where it now lieth with hope sufficient to escape and Return again before any Shipping can be made out of the Thames to Rescue or Revenge the Expertest Souldiers and Seamen best know But this Harbour being made and furnish'd with good Shipping as always it will be no such attempt will ever be made the Enemy being assur'd however the Wind Blow upon any Alarm either from London or Dover to be surpriz'd and no hope left to escape Your Majesty having shipping at Dover may also upon all suddainness with lesser Charge set forth to Scour the Seas of Pirates whereby your Navy of Merchants will Marvellously increase and Flourish both in the great Strength and Wealth of the Realm and to the great Increase of your Majesty's Customes In like sort your Fishing Navies may be Maintain'd and Protected from Pilsering Pyrates or other Violence of Strangers and thereby Reap the Benefit of your Seas whereby our strength by Sea will Marvellously increase and great Number of poor People be Employ'd as well on Land in Knitting Nets and making and mending both Ships and Tackle as also in getting of Fish a Food greatly to Relieve the Poverty of the Realm and excessively to increase your Majesty's Revenue by Custom of such Commodities as shall be brought in abundantly for exchanging of those our Fish The Fishing Navies being by this means both protected and greatly increas'd all Laws for Punishment and Taxes for Relieving Idle and poor People will then Cease for there shall be no Person for Age or Sickness al most so Impotent but shall find hereby some Trade whereby to get their living as by Example of the low