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make a few extracts. He says that after stepping 

 over numerous dead bodies, he made his way 

 into the square of the Royal Palace of Lisbon. 

 Here he found the square full of coaches, 

 chariots, chaises, horses, mules, deserted by their 

 drivers and attendants, as well as their owners, 

 the nobility, gentry, and clergy, who had gone 

 to divine worship at the Royal Chapel. They 

 had fled away with the utmost haste. Some of 

 the poor horses were killed, others wounded, 

 and the greater part were left to starve. He 

 adds that he did not meet with a soul who was 

 not bewailing the death of his nearest relations 

 and friends, or the loss of all his substance. In 

 some places lay coaches, with their masters, 

 horses, and drivers almost crushed in pieces. 

 Mothers with infants in their arms, ladies richly 

 dressed, priests, friars, gentlemen, and mechanics 

 might be seen just expiring, or with their backs 

 or thighs broken. Some had large stones on 

 their breasts, and others lay almost buried in 

 the rubbish and crying out in vain to the pas- 

 sengers for help. As soon as it was dark 

 another scene presented itself, little less shocking 

 the whole city appeared in a blaze. It was 

 on fire in at least a hundred places at once, and 



