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VI. An Extra 51 of the Account mentioned in the 
foregoing Letter, taken out of an Italian Paper. 
Written by P. Aleflandro Burgos. Printed 
jirji at Palermo, and afterwards at Naples. 
T T O W difficult is the Task to defcribe in a few Pa- 
i 1 ges the mournful Iliads of the once famous King- 
dom of Sicilia, in great part ruined by the terrible 
Shakes of the late Earthquake ? How (hall I, amongft 
the Confufion of Tears, Sighs and Groans, difcover the 
Hiftory of our Mifery > Or amongft a Chaos of Rub- 
bifti find the Marks of our Defolation \ Nay, how can I 
recall to mind, without Amazement, the Relations that 
came from all parts of the Defolate Land ? Yet your 
Commands are to be obey'd. 
Quan^uam animus nteminijfe horret luttuque refugit 
Incipiam 
The Ifland of Sicilia of 700 Miles Circuit, and di- 
vided into three Valleys, began on Friday the ytboi Jan. 
about half an hour pad Four a Clock, .to be fenfible of 
the Shake in the Valley of Mazara : But in" the two 
other Valleys of Emone and tfoto, the Shakes were lb 
terrible, as to throw down fome Buildings, obliging the 
Inhabitants to feek Refuge either in the Fields, or with- 
Prayers and Tears implore the Divine Pity in the 
Churches. On Sunday following, being the nth ot the 
fame Month, at twenty hours and three quarters, the 
Hand of God appeared much more terrible, awakening 
the mod Lethargick Sinner. The Shakes of this Earth- 
quake 
