But on the 25th. of March the Mountain bellowed with a greater noise than ever before, and was shaken with such violence and force, that a large part of the head and top fell into the breast a•d bowels, and that the depth of half a mi•e as some ⟨p. 63⟩do judge. And then issued forth fiery streams in so great abundance, that joining forces with the former, they made great havoc and desolation, destroying the habitations of no less than seven and twenty thousand persons: the Towns of La Guardia, Malpassa, Campo Rotundo, La Potielli, Antonino, Pietro, Mosterbianco, Monpileri, Falicchi, Placchi, were wholly consumed and ruined: Yea, the Image of the blessed Lady of the Annunciata, (•o highly reverenced by the Superstitious Papists, unto which many resorted in Pilgrimage from remote parts) was not spared, whatever power the Intercession of that Virgin Lady hath with her Son in Heaven, for persons here upon the Earth, (as the Papists ridiculously fancy) yet nothing could now avail to secure her Image from being swallowed up by this devouring fiery stream; whereby all may see that there was no difference between the stones of that Image, and those of the other buildings in that place which equally felt the force of the fire. Other places were ruined in part, as Ma•calucia, Giovanni de Galermo, with many other, and at length the burning streams do approach near unto Gates and Walls of the City Calania, in their course destroying Fields, Gardens, Orchards, and Vineyards about it; which filled the Inhabitants with such fear, that far the greatest part of them removed themselves and their goods out of the City. Yet what ever the danger and fear was, the Lord preserved the City from being swallowed up by these devouring streams; part of these streams were congealed on the Land, one of them emptied it self under the Walls of the Castle into the Sea in four fathom Water: which held it's current in the Sea two ⟨p. 64⟩fathom high above it, and to the astonishment of all spectators, burned in the Sea it self for a great while, and making progress into the Sea a mile in length, and a mile in breadth, was not quenched by the water of the Sea, until having spent it self, it did of it self congeal.
But on the 25th. of March the Mountain bellowed with a greater noise than ever before, and was shaken with such violence and force, that a large part of the head and top fell into the breast a•d bowels, and that the depth of half a mi•e as some ⟨p. 63⟩do judge. And then issued forth fiery streams in so great abundance, that joyning forces with the former, they made great havock and desolation, destroying the habitations of no lesse than seven and twenty thousand persons: the Towns of La Guardia, Malpassa, Campo Rotundo, La Potielli, Antonino, Pietro, Mosterbianco, Monpileri, Falicchi, Placchi, were wholy consum'd and ruin'd: Yea, the Image of the blessed Lady of the Annunciata, (•o highly reverenced by the Superstitious Papists, unto which many resorted in Pilgrimage from remote parts) was not spared, whatever power the Intercession of that Virgin Lady hath with her Son in Heaven, for persons here upon the Earth, (as the Papists ridiculously fancy) yet nothing could now avail to secure her Image from being swallowed up by this devouring fiery stream; whereby all may see that there was no difference between the stones of that Image, and those of the other buildings in that place which equally felt the fo•ce of the fire. Other places were ruin'd in part, as Ma•calucia, Giovanni de Galermo, with many other, and at length the burning streams do approach near unto Gates and Walls of the City Calania, in their course destroying Fields, Gardens, Orchards, and Vineards about it; which filled the Inhabitants with such fear, that far the greatest part of them removed themselves and their goods out of the City. Yet what ever the danger and fear was, the Lord preserved the City from being swallowed up by these devouring streams; part of these streams were congealed on the Land, one of them emptied it self under the Wals of the Castle into the Sea in four fathom Water: which held it's current in the Sea two ⟨p. 64⟩fathom high above it, and to the astonishment of all spectatours, burned in the Sea it self for a great while, and making progress into the Sea a mile in length, and a mile in bredth, was not quenched by the water of the Sea, until having spent it self, it did of it self congeal.
