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[未校訂]August30.[1616]-
About3aclockintheafternownetherehapnedanexceadingearthquakeinthiscittyofEdoinjapon,whichcontynewod,fromthebegyningtotheend,abouttheeightparteofanhower;butaboutthehalfetymeitwassoeextreamethatIthoughtthehowsewouldhavefalnedowneonourheads,andsowasgladtorvnoutofdoareswithouthatorshewes,thetymbersofthehowsemakingsuchanoisandcrackingthatitwasfeare-fulltoheare.Itbeganbylitellandlitell,andsoencreasedtillthemiddell,andinlykesortwentawayagaine.Aboutsom22yearspasttheirhapnedanearthquakeintheprovince(orkyngdom)ofBongo○豊後,inwhichtherewasatowne(orratheracittie)of4000howseholdessunckintothesea,notanylivingcreaturebeingsaved.andatsametymeamowntayneneareadioynyngwascloueinthemiddell.Anditraynedlonghairelykevntothatofmensheads.ThishapnedsomtwoyearesbeforeTicusSamme○太閤棟died.And,amongstJapons,earthquakesareheldforprodigiousthings;yettheysaythisprovinceofQuanto○関東ismoresubjecttothemthenanyotherpartofJapon.