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Preceding the title is a sentence in Latin, translated by the author as 'Alas, he unhappy falls - destroyed by violent murther!'. See the note on page 93.
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Epigraph: "----but this is wondrous strange!" Hamlet: Act I; Scene 5.
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Epigraph: 'And which most miserable events, I myself saw.' [The Epigraph is from Virgil and in Latin. The author provides this translation in a note on page 93.]
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As 'Compiler', the author describes his poem as 'a very remarkable Account of the Supernatural', the facts of which 'are peculiarly clear and well-attested.' (20)
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Sections of the poem are headed with quotations from several of Shakespeare's plays and Roman authors.
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At the conclusion of the poem, the writer provides further details of the events described (32).
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- Lachlan, Derwent Valley, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
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