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by the fright. It was felt in moft ot the houfes, 
without receiving any remarkable damage, except- 
ing the churches of St. Philip, St. Thomas, Portaceli, 
and towers of St. Trinity, and St. Millan, which will 
require to be examined by fkilful workmen. In 
the bifhop’s chapel, in the parifh of St Andrew, and 
in the new palace, although it was much felt, it did 
not the lead damage. It is faid, that it was felt more 
in the Efcurial j and, to increafe their fright, a fire 
broke out at the fame time, in the kitchen belonging 
to the body guards. Their Majefties immediately 
gave orders to come to Madrid. They arrived, ac- 
companied by only one or two coaches, at Retiro, 
about eight at night, where they put up tents for that 
night, and in the morning went to Atocha, to a tent, 
where they ftaid till noon. We are very anxious to 
know how far it extended itfelf. 
LETTER XIV. 
jIn Account of the Earthquake at Cadiz, Novem. i, 
1755, in a Letter from Mr. Benjamin Bewick, 
Merchant there ^ to Mr. Jofeph Paice, Merchant 
in London. 
Cadiz, Nov. 4, 1755. 
Read Dec. 18, Y Shall remember this week a long time, 
*^ 55 - for that and fomething of another 
nature, I am going to relate, as you may not have fo 
faithful a relation from the news-papers. 
The ift inllant, juft before ten, the whole town 
was ftiook with a violent earthquake, which lafted, as 
far as I can gather from the curious, above three 
minutes 
