This winter season, on the 26th day of January, in the city of Lisbon in Portugal, was a wonderous Earthquake, which destroyed many houses and towers, and slew many people by falling down of the same, the Kings Palace shook so, that he and the Queen, and the Ladies fled out of their Palace, without any servants, and sought succour where they might get it, and suddenly the quaking ceased: Then the Rocks opened, and out sprang the water, that the ships in the haven were like to have perished: Then the earth quaked again, and did more harm than before, and at night it ceased: of which Earthquake, many men were murdered and destroyed.