This outragious wind continued thus for the space of six or seauen daies, whereby euen those buildings that were not ouerthrowne and broken downe, were yet so shaken, that they without reparing were not able long to stand.
Suerlie these be examples of more vehemencie, than mans toong can expresse, to feare and astonish such euill persons, as will not liue one houre vacant from dooing and exercising crueltie, mischiefe, or outragious liuing.
In the general, Sir, they were very outragious and emulous in Mischief.
This was a more fearefull spectacle for the Fleete to beholde, for that the outragious storme which presently followed, threatned them the like fortune and danger.
Howsoeuer it commeth to passe, men which all their life time had occupied the Sea, neuer saw more outragious Seas.
Other some fastened and mored Anker vpon a great Island of yce, and roade vnder the Lee thereof, supposing to be better guarded thereby from the outragious winds, and the danger of the lesser fleeting yce.
And againe, the shippes were not able to tarie or lie athwart for them, by meanes of the outragious windes and swelling seas.
My Concern is not indeed so outragious as at the first Transport; for I think it has subsided rather into a soberer State of Mind, than any actual Perturbation of Spirit.
I cannot but look upon it as an happy Accident, that a Man who is so bloody-minded in his Affliction, was diverted from this Fit of outragious Melancholy.
The archbishop of Canturburie, when he had intelligence giuen of this outragious prophanation of the church, caused the offendors to be excommunicat, as well at Paules, as in all other parish churches of London.
But as he was sailing forward on the seas, a sore tempest with an outragiouswind rose with such violence, that his ships were cast vpon the shore: and Wilnot comming vpon them, set them on fire, and so burned them euerie one.
Thinke not, although in Writing I preferr'd The manner of thy vile outragious Crymes, That therefore I haue forg'd, or am not able Verbatim to rehearse the Methode of my Penne.
He remarks upon the obvious failure of the opponents of the theater to end "the outragious and insufferable Disorders of the STAGE.
And yet they ceassed not to commit manie robberies & other outragious & most insolent parts.
Not with you sir, but with a little wag-pastie, hyphen at line-break In suche an outragious tempest as as this was.
Is there any man but I Sym Suresby alone, That would haue taken such an enterprise him vpon, In suche an outragious tempest as as this was.
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