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BookI. Sand of BARBADOS. 
Thefe, and fuch-like Storms, when compared with the moft remark- 
able ones, defcribed by Heathen Authors, either in Profe or Verfe (30), 
are infinitely more furprifing and dreadful ; for, when the Almighty, in 
thefe terrible Vifitations, rideth upon the Wings of the Winds, when he 
maketh the Darkne/s bis Pavilion, then it may be faid without a F igure, 
that he taketh up the Mountains in a Balance, and the great Deep as the 
Drops of a Bucket : Not the Tops of Rhodope, or the Ceraunian Hills, 
alone are torn ; it is not thefe alone that skip like Lambs, nor is it the 
River Yordan only that flies back, but Hills upon Hills fink into Valleys, 
and the Bottom of the great Deep uncovers, and ftarts into Land, at his 
angry Nod. The Foundations of the Earth fhake, and the Pillars of 
Heaven are aftonifhed, at his Rebuke. Lo/ thefe are but Part of bis 
Ways. How little a Portion is beard of him ! 
The fudden fhifting of the Wind, in thefe and fuch-like Hurricanes, to 
the feveral Points of the Compafs, may be juftly compared to /; irgil’s 
beautiful Defcription of a Storm, in the following Words : 
7 > > = > => Ae venti, velut agmine fatto, 
Qua data porta, ruunt, & terras turbine perflant. 
Incubuere mari, totumg; a Jedibus inus 
Una Eurufg; Notufq; ruunt, creberg; procellis 
Africus ; & vaftos volvunt ad littora fiutius. fEn. I. 86, 
The huddled and tumultuous Band of Winds 
Sweeps o’er the Earth, and a wide Portal finds : 
Then broods upon the Deep; and in their Turns 
South, Eaft, and Weft, with eddying Fury burns : They 
(30) As the moft celebrated Defcription of a Storm is that of Virgil’s, it will not perhaps be improper 
to infert it in his own Words: G. I. 322. 
Spe etiam immenfum ccelo venit agmen aquarum, 
Lt feedam glomerant tempeftatem imbribus atris 
i Collette ex alto nubes: ruit arduus ether, 
Et pluvid ingenti fata leta, boumg; labores 
Diluit : implentur faffe, && cava flumina crefiunt 
Cum fonitu, fervetg; fretis fpirantibus aquor. 
pfe Pater, media nimborum in notte, corufea 
fulmina molitur dextra ; quo maxima motu 
Terra tremit ; fugére fere, &$ mortalia corda 
Per gentes humilis firavit pavor : Ile fagranti 
4ut Atho, aut Rhodopen, aut alta Ceraunia telo 
Dejicit : ingeminant Auftri, & denfiffimus imber : 
Nunc nemora ingenti vento, nunc littora plangunt. 
Oft from above defcend a Troop of Floods : ’ 
Oft gather from the Deep the thick’ning Clouds ; 
Down ruth the Skies, and with impetuous Rain 
Wath out the Ox’s Toil, and fweep away the Grain. 
The Dikes are fill’d ; no Bounds the Torrent Keep 5 
And with the breathing Surges boils the Deep. 
Amidft a Night of Clouds, his glite’ring Fire, 
And rattling Thunder, hurls th’eternal Sire. 
Far fhakes the Earth; Beafts fly ; and mortal Hearts 
Pale Fear dejects: He, with refulgent Darts, 
Or Rhodope, or Atho’s lofty Crown, 
Or fteep Ceraunia’s Clifts, ftrikes headlong down. 
The Rains condenfe ; more furious Aufter roars : 
Now with vaft Winds the Woods, now lathes he the Shores, 
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