Part III. of the Earth. 



lowed up by it, the Water thereof im- 

 mediately rifing up, and forming a 

 Lake in the place where the fa id Tra6l: 

 before was. That feveral confiderable 

 Trafts of Land, and fome with Cities 

 and Towns ftanding upon them : as 

 alfb whole Mountains^ many of them 

 very large, and of a great height, have 

 been thus totally [wallowed up. 



That this Effort being made in all 

 Dire&ions indifferently : upwards, 

 downwards, and on every fide; the 

 Fire dilating and expanding on all 

 hands, and endeavouring, proportion- 

 ably to the quantity and ftrength of it, 

 to get room, and make its way through 

 all Obflacles, falls as foul upon the 

 Water of the Abyfs beneath, as upon the 

 Earth above 5 forcing it forth which 

 way Ibever it can find vent or pafTage : 

 as well through its ordinary Exits, 

 Wells, Springs, and the Outlets of Ri- 

 vers : as through the Chafmes then 

 newly opened : through the C^mtni or 

 Spiracles of Mtna^ or other near Vul- 

 canoes : and thofe Hiatm\ at the bot- 

 tom of the Sea f , whereby the Abylsf 

 below opens into it, and communicaresf 



