Note XXI‑62 — Chapter XXI · GUATEMALA AND CHIAPAS. 1551-1600.
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Palacio mentions a heavy shock that occurred in 1576 by which houses were destroyed and several lives lost. In a letter to the king he relates that he saw a large fragment of a church façade which had been hurled to a considerable distance. Relacion in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., vi. 23-4, 59.