I had no sooner stepped do ground, than I plainly saw it was a terrible earthquake, for the ground I stood on shook three times at about eight minutes’ distance, with three such shocks as would have overturned the strongest building that could be supposed to have stood on the earth; and a great piece of the top of a rock which stood about half a mile from me next the sea fell down with such a terrible noise as I never heard in all my life.
Amikor újra lent voltam a talajon, akkor vettem észre, hogy hatalmas földrengés közepébe csöppentem. 8 percen belül háromszor rengett meg alattam a föld, méghozzá olyan erővel, amely a legerősebb épületet is fejtetőre állítaná.