Part in. of the Earth. 



forth of the Volcmoes in vaft floods^ and 

 with wonderful woleme. That 'tis 

 forced through the Hiatus s at the bot- 

 tom of the Sta with fiich vehemence, 

 that it puts the Sea immediately into 

 the moft horrible Difbrder and Pertur« 

 bation imaginable^ even when there is 

 not the leaft breath of Wind ftirring, 

 but allj till then, calm and ftill : ma- 

 king it rage and roar with a moft hi- 

 deous and amazing Noife : raifing its 

 Surface into prodigious Waves^ and 

 toiBng and row ling them about in a 

 very ftrange and furious manner: over- 

 fetting Ships in the Harbours, and 

 finking them to the bottom ; wiih 

 many other like Outrages. That 'tis 

 refunded out of thefe Hiatm^s in fuch 

 quantity alfo that it makes a vaft Addi- 

 tion to the Water of the Sea : rdfing 

 it many Fathoms higher than ever it 

 flows in the higheft Tides, fo as to 

 pour it forth far beyond its ufual 

 Bounds, and make it overwhelm the 

 adjacent Country ; by this means ruin- 

 ing and deftroying Towns and Cities: 

 - drowning both Men and Cattel : break- 

 ing the Cables of Ships, driving them 

 from their Anchors, bearing them 

 along with the Inundation levcKal 



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