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gone, for he saw the mountains cleaving ; but 

 he was laughed at for his pains. He had a 

 daughter, whom he persuaded to leave all, and 

 go with him ; but when she was gone out of the 

 town with him, she called to mind that she had 

 not locked the door of a room, in which she had 

 some things of value ; and so she went back to 

 do that, and was buried with the rest : for at 

 the hour of supper the hill fell down, and buried 

 the town and all the inhabitants, so that not one 

 person escaped. The fall of the mountain did 

 so fill the channel of the river, that the first 

 news those of Chavennes had of it, was by the 

 failing of their river ; for three or four hours 

 there came not a drop of water, but the river 

 wrought for itself a new course, and returned to 

 them. I could hear no particular character of 

 the man who escaped, so I must leave the secret 

 reason of so singular a preservation to the great 

 discovery at the last day, of those steps of 

 Divine Providence, that are now so unaccount- 

 able. Some of the family of the Francken got 

 some miners to work under ground, to find out 

 the wealth that was buried in their palace; for 

 besides their plate and furniture, there was great 

 store of cash and many jewels in the house. 

 The miners pretended they could find nothing ; 

 they went to their country of Tyrol, and 



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