(58) 
To conc]udeiif the white hills look clear 
and confpicuous, it is a fign feit weathei j 
if black and cloudy,of rain , if yellowjit is 
a certain fign qC friow (hortly to, ^nfuc. 
In Anno Dom* id^y. M^rc&, appeared a 
fi^n in the Heavens intheiormpf a Sphcarj^. 
pointing diredly to the Wefi \ zx\di in lhQ 
year following on the third day of 4pnl^ 
being Friday , there was a terrible E.rrh- 
quakC) before that a very great one in i^3S» 
and another in 58 and in 166^. January 
2<5, 2y ^6cz2' ( which was the year before 
Icamethither ) there were Earthquakes ^, 
or 7 times in the fp^ce of three dayc5. 
Earthquakes are firequent in the CoUfjtrie^i^ 
fcnae (uppofe that the white mountains 
#lere tirit raiftd by Earthquakes, they ari: 
liollbw as may be gutlTcd by the rcfounding 
of the rain upon the level on the top. The 
Indians told us of a River whole courfe was 
not only i\opt by an Earthquake in 
( as rieat as i can rememhc]r ) but the whole 
River {W;^Il(jWfd up* And ihave hegid it 
reported Trom credible perfons , that, 
f whillH was there in the Counirie ) there 
happened a terr:ible Earthquake amongft 
the French ^ rending a huge Rock afunder 
even to the Genter,.whereia was ai vaft hal- 
low of an iffimeafurable depth*, out pf 
^ which came many infernal Spirits. I fliiH 
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