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the Saint. The Temple of the Conventuals thrown 
down, the famous Bridge that joyns theConv§nt to the> 
Town (battered to pieces, and the Dormitories not to be 
inhabited ; the famous Convent of St. Bonaventure, the 
fall of whofe Temple and Spire was the Deftrudtion of 
the lower Buildings ; the Colledge of the Jefuits, and the 
Steeple of that Noble Church are quite ruined. The> 
Carmelites, Dominicans^ Augu&ines, Crouched ' Friars, &c. 
are all without Churches and Convents. The Monafte- 
ries of St. Gregory, SiXhiara, St Sahator and St. Ste». 
pheriy with a Confervatory of Orphans, are all fhook. 
down. In fine, the Senate-Houfe, adorned with moft 
curious Statues, and all the other Buildings, are either 
fallen, or threaten a fudden Ruine in thele Deflations. 
About 1000 People were Joft. 
Modica, a populous place, and chief of the Seigniory 
of the Admiral of Caftile, has its Buildings and Famous 
Caftle laid.inlhe Duft. Seignior Allot Frederick the 
Procurator General faved himfelf in the Colledge of the 
Jefuits, from whom we have the Account • and that the 
Cities of Ragufa, Scicli, and Chiaramonte had the fame 
Misfortune. 
Comifo fuffered much in its Buildings, though but few 
were killed. The Convent is down, but the Church \ 
ftands. 
Noto, an ancient and ingenious City, full of Nobility 
and fine Buildings, Convents and Monafieries, as we hear 
by a Courier from thence, isali ruin'd; the Convents 
of the. Dominicans, Conventuals^ Reformatio Carmelites^ 
and Capuchins, which was indeed a wondrous Fabric!^ 
are all torn to pieces. The Church of the Crucifixion, 
the Dome, and all the Nunneries are down, with the . 
Deaths of many Citizens and Nobles, 
