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A10587	A true relation of the lamentable accidents caused by the inundation and rising of Ebro, Lobregat, Cinca and Segre riuers of Spaine together with a narration of a fearefull storme, which happened the third of Nouember, in the yeare 1617 in the hauen and port of Barcelona / written originally in Spanish by V. Rejaule the Kings aduocate ; printed by authoritie at Valentia ; and now translated into English.	Rejaule, V.	1618 (1618)	STC 20860.5; ESTC S4850	2,968	16

NEVVES FROM SPAIN LONDON Printed for WILLIAM BLACKVVALL and are to be sold his shop over against Guild-hall gate 1618. A TRVE RELATION OF THE LAMENTABLE Accidents caused by the Inundation and rising of Ebro Lobregat Cinca and Segre Riuers of SPAINE Together with A Narration of a fearefull Storme which happened the third of Nouember in the yeare 1617. in the Hauen and Port of BARCELONA Written originally in Spanish by V. Rejaule the Kings Aduocate Printed by Authoritie at Valentia and now Translated into English LONDON Printed for WILLIAM BLACKVVALL 1618. NEWES FROM SPAINE IF it be true as it is infallible that the Lord our God before hee chastiseth vs rigorously onely for his infinite mercies sake vseth to admonish vs and giue vs many warnings that so wee might cease to offend and prouoke him it is then a most certaine signe that when the warnings which God giues are great and fearefull that then our sinnes are very great and haynous and consequently the chastisement which wee deserue for them must needes be great and terrible Among many other warnings in this latter age one of the greatest hath beene the strange inundations which of late haue happened in the Riuers of Ebro Lobregat Segre Cinca and other Streames issuing and branching from them the discourse whereof though it be short and would affect more being seene then related yet the rysing and swelling of these waters being so strange and notable the particulers so certaine and the losses proceeding thence so lamentable I haue thought it not amisse to set them downe in writing But that which affrighted most and caused the greatest terrour to all men was when the Riuer of Ebro beganne to rise in such sort that the Inhabitants of Tortosa beganne to feare that it would carry away their Citie For now at the beginning of its rising which was about the shutting in of the day that which the Riuer had already set afloat as chests doores beds tables stooles and infinite other things did euidently shew the lamentable spoyle it had made vpon the bankes where the Riuer had passed Which they of Tortosa seeing after many Processions Prayers Letanies a Rather shold you haue fixed the eye of your Faith Hope vpon Christ sitting at the right hand of the Father at last they opened the most holy Sacrament in their Churches crying all for mercy to the diuine Maiestie desiring that hee would be pleased to pardon them and to deliuer them from so euident and certaine a danger The rising of this Riuer continued two whole dayes carrying away the Bridge of Tortosa and gushing into the Citie cast downe and carryed away more then an hundred houses It is impossible to relate the particular damages and spoyle of houses gardens and other grounds which stood on the bankes besides the death of Cattell innumerable Moreouer there was one Country-man which had his house and three hundred Oliue trees together with many other trees of sundry other kindes carryed away with this violent and mercilesse streame neyther was there one tree left standing on the Riuers side About some three leagues from the City of Tortosa was a small village called Benifallet whereafter that the floud had drowned many of the Countrey people which to saue their goods did hazard their liues at last it carryed away the whole Towne so that of two hundred houses there were left but onely sixteene In another little village called Gerta about two leagues from Tortosa of two hundred and fifty houses there remayned but onely seauen At Ginestar also which stands about fiue leagues from Tortosa haue happened many notable and lamentable losses both in the houses and in the fields In briefe so many and so great haue beene the ouerthrowes all about the Riuer that in all the places neare adioyning vnto it not a stone hath beene left vpon a stone but the poore Inhabitants and dwellers thereabout are vtterly vndone being depriued of all their substance Praysed be the diuine Maiestie for euer and mought hee be pleased to appease his anger that so this punishment may serue for a warning to all sinners and so procure vnto vs the amendment of our liues In the Citie of Barcelona the third day of the Month of Nouember in the sea and port of the Citie happened such a storme and tempest that the like hath not beene seene in the memory of man Scarce remayned there a Vessell on the water which was not at least leaky and sorely beaten the shrikes and cryes of the afflicted Mariners made the most dolefull noyse in the world and might haue softned and moued to compassion the most hardened flinty heart For so high and furious was the winde from the Leuante that neuer was there seene so terrible and dreadfull a storme the prayers and supplications of the distressed Mariners and other deuont people for now all Barcelona was come together caused a great terrour to all Some cryed out and called for mercy vpon our Lord God Christ Jesus and inuocated b Why is not Christ sufficient as for the rest you robbe him of his honour so that it may iustly bee demaunded of you Who required these things at your hands his most pittifull Mother the holy Virgin of Montserrat all prayed and called vpon Saint Telmo and the glorious Saint Eulalia and Saint Matrona the Patronesses of Barcelona All the Cleargy of the said Citie came out in Procession bringing forth the most holy Sacrament with them which they held two and twenty houres vpon the Bulwarke All the Conuents also in the Towne came forth with very deuout Processions Loe here the refuge of superstitious and Idolatrous people and carryed many Reliques of Saints which caused a wonderfull great deuotion in all the people They brought also the most holy c As you supersticiously do beleeue true Crosse to the Sea side which they dipt three times in the water vntill it pleased the diuine Maiestie to be appeased which was about midnight this fearefull storme hauing now endured sixe and twenty houres and that in such extremitie that it cast a great fe●re vpon all the people of Barcelona for it had now continually rained for the space of more then thirty dayes together without intermission whereupon there succeeded such a floud from the Riuer Lobregat and that with such excesse and fury that it carryed away the greatest part of the houses and mansions with two and twenty turrets or small houses which stood on the Riuers side and foure thousand head of cattell were drowned in this floud which were found in the vallies and lower grounds but the greatest losse which this floud caused was in Sheepe In Lerida also the fresh or land-floud which came from the Riuer Segre was as violent as the rest not to speake of the infinite harme which it wrought vpon the lands and houses of such as liued neare the bankes of this Riuer that which is most d Thinke vpon it seriously and you shall finde that al this was not without cause remarkeable was how in the Citie of Lerida these waters swept quite away a whole Conuent of Trinitarian Friers not leauing any the least signe of it behinde they carryed away also the greatest part of another Conuent of Augustine Friers and almost all the houses of the Suburbs To be short so many haue beene the harmes also which these flouds and extraordinary risings of the water haue done in the kingdom of Catalumna that the vnderstanding of man cannot imagine them Moreouer besides those many houses which these Riuers haue carryed away a great number more of houses haue beene ouerthrowne and cast to the ground by the violence and extremitie of those thirtie dayes continuall tempests and vncessant great raine The Riuer of Cinca also hath done mighty harme in the fields and townes thereabout by its extraordinary swelling and flowing ouer the bankes God grant that these chastisements and warnings which hee giues vs may cause vs to cast from vs all vices that from henceforward wee may serue him with more truth and sinceritie that so his holy name may be praised for euer Amen FINIS