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brought to her Thoughts the Shock of an Earth- 
quake flie tele feveral Years before, to which in her 
Mind (he refembled the prefent Shake. 
March 12 . 1749 . 
Vidor ia Vanbrugh. 
The <r Dcclardtio7i of Mrs. Slade, ^Daughter of Mr. 
Slade, Mafler- Shipwright of His Majefty's Dock- 
Tar d, Devon. 
T HAT, in the Night abovc-mention’d, towards 
One o’ Clock, fhe perceiv’d a fenfible Motion 
of her Bed, and (there being a Light in the Room) 
law the Curtains fhake. This fhe thought to be oc- 
cafion'd by the Wind (which fhe then heard blow 
(Long), fuppofing the Safh not tto be clofe down : 
Accordingly fhe rofe, and went to the Windows, 
but found the Safhes intirely clofe. 
March 12 . 1749. 
Elizabeth Slade. 
N. B. Both the Cemmiflioner and the Ladies be- 
lieve there was only a ftngle Shake. Mifs Slades 
Houfe joins the Commi (Loners. 
On account of the dead Time of the Night 
in which it happen’d, not many People would be 
lenfible of the Motion : Of thofe who were, mod 
would naturally attribute it to the high Wind, 
which then blew ; and a Month being pafs’d be- 
fore any Inquiry has been made, it is not to be 
wonder’d at that, but few recollect any thing con- 
-ccrning it. 
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