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jl.^38 hands, the dead bodies could not be buried, and 
tk ®PPreK fhat a pestilence would ensue; but from 
bodi relieved by the lire, by which 
“Srs„r es Were for tlie greater ' part consumed. The 
i} ^ a f . gicaLci pciiL tjuusuiiieu. xne 
daxt ^®‘ne were more substantial ; since, durins: the 
58 1;. ■ * SUccf«H:„,r 1,., i 
'V 
' ‘e^ll the earthquake, an ounce of bread 
y Worth a pound of gold. Several of the corn- 
th ^^^'nes ■^v, “ pi^nna or goia. several ot the corn- 
a been, however, fortunately saved from 
h'* '^ttie'^T'^ supply of bread was afterwards procured. 
k bad So j *^read of the pillage and murder of those 
% iitst/^*^ *'b'® happened in 
o^ts. until examples were made of the delin- 
O* 
V'' succeeded about noon by another, 
jpseeti t^*^* several houses which were still standing, 
of ° °P®u, from the top to the bottom, more than 
^0 le * afterwards to close again so exactly 
'*iM'Sbth ®'S"s of injury. Between the first and 
't. t November twenty-two shocks were reck- 
■ itji boaj Q 
\ ^®ard''K,'\V‘'^'"’ about a mile distant from Lisbon, 
'n f' btfte 
'eard b about a mile distant from Lisbon, 
■grooo j ^ 1 ® passengers to make a noise as if it had 
■ saw k water : they at the 
' wl ■ bouses falling on both sides of the river, 
\s feir^^**’ ™ Lisbon side, the greater part of 
Nei '''bile tk ^"'7'US many of its inmates beneath tire 
Sd precipitated into the river. The 
\e and with dust, blown by a strong northerly 
b k^" entirely obscured. On landing, they 
’?fiCe Wh/ overflowing of the waters to the high 
P'^'^reived the sea, atamile’sdis- 
'bsiirr be bfj" j!*'® a torrent, although against wind and 
in ! wk-i Tagus was in many places raised to 
!!'• S' too.„,u ships were driven from their anchors, 
Skt ''.'"'‘’L Auch violence, that their crews 
V ‘ ‘‘0\v M.k *"** ■"“^** »A»^Acii^ck, uuiL uicu crews 
™b a si,;,, "^mer they were afloat or aground. The 
Llo. Pj who had great difficulty in reaching the 
that, being fifty leagues at sea, 
violent as to damage the deck of 
'a<i 
Was ’ /®P°'‘t6d that, being fifty leagues at sea, 
■ 'th ■ He violent as to damage the deck of 
j j^oa g fQ mistaken his reckoning, 
'*^‘*’5 observations, relative to this &ta] earth- 
