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the_o favourite_n to_o tiberius_n be_v execute_v for_o his_o ambition_n his_o son_n strangle_v his_o daughter_n first_o deflower_v by_o the_o hangman_n then_o put_v to_o death_n drusius_n be_v poison_v tiberius_n turn_v tyrant_n in_o 59_o be_v a_o terrible_a eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n so_o that_o the_o star_n be_v see_v nero_n supper_n be_v burn_v with_o lightning_n and_o a_o great_a earthquake_n happen_v at_o rome_n at_o this_o time_n the_o britain_n slay_n seventy_o thousand_o roman_n and_o suetonius_n destroy_v eighty_o thousand_o britain_n as_n he_o come_v from_o anglesey_n rome_n be_v fire_v by_o nero_n who_o rejoice_v in_o that_o villainy_n he_o commit_v incest_n with_o his_o own_o mother_n afterward_o murder_n and_o rip_v she_o up_o to_o view_v the_o place_n where_o he_o lay_v before_o he_o be_v bear_v cartismunda_n queen_n of_o the_o britain_n reject_v her_o husband_n the_o
the_o dreadful_a earthquake_n in_o jamaica_n june_n 7._o 1692_o the_o general_a history_n of_o earthquake_n be_v a_o account_n of_o the_o most_o remarkable_a and_o tremendous_a earthquake_n that_o have_v happen_v in_o divers_a part_n of_o the_o world_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o this_o time_n as_o they_o be_v record_v by_o sacred_a and_o common_a author_n and_o particular_o those_o late_o in_o naples_n smyrna_n jamaica_n and_o sicily_n with_o a_o description_n of_o the_o famous_a burn_a mount_n aetna_n in_o that_o island_n and_o a_o relation_n of_o the_o several_a dreadful_a conflagration_n and_o fiery_a eruption_n thereof_o for_o many_o age_n likewise_o the_o natural_a and_o material_a cause_n of_o earthquake_n with_o the_o usual_a sign_n and_o prognostic_n of_o their_o approach_n and_o the_o consequent_n and_o effect_n that_o have_v follow_v several_a of_o they_o by_o r._n b._n london_n print_v for_o nath._n crouch_v at_o the_o bell_n in_o the_o poultry_n near_o cheapside_n 1694._o to_o the_o reader_n the_o several_a dreadful_a earthquake_n that_o have_v happen_v in_o divers_a part_n of_o the_o world_n within_o a_o few_o year_n past_a and_o among_o other_o that_o in_o the_o island_n of_o jamaica_n and_o another_o in_o england_n wherein_o the_o people_n of_o this_o nation_n be_v particular_o concern_v seem_v to_o call_v aloud_o for_o repentance_n and_o reformation_n of_o the_o horrid_a enormity_n that_o be_v bold_o commit_v among_o we_o for_o the_o almighty_a execute_v his_o judgement_n upon_o mankind_n that_o the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n may_v learn_v righteousness_n therefore_o the_o collect_v and_o publish_v the_o terrible_a relation_n of_o earthquake_n need_v no_o apology_n and_o may_v i_o hope_v be_v influential_a upon_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n who_o appear_v affect_v with_o the_o dismal_a account_n that_o have_v be_v late_o give_v of_o these_o terrible_a visitation_n of_o god_n i_o have_v be_v the_o more_o encourage_v to_o proceed_v in_o print_v these_o 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