A01974:1877
Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the…Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the…
Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friars, London.Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But to return to our story.
But to returne to our story.
Others there were, that were pulled out alive, but so bruised, or so spent for want of breath, as they died within few hours after, others within few days after.
Others there were, that were pulled out alive, but so bruised, or so spent for want of breath, as they died within few houres after, others within few daies after.
The floor of the chamber immediately over this, where 1the dead corpses lay, being fallen, there was no entrance hereunto, but through the Ambassadors bed-chamber: the door whereof was closed up by the timber of the floors that fell down. The walls of this room were stone: only one window therein, with extraordinary cross iron bars. Thus, though Smiths and other workmen were sent for, yet it was more then an hour before succour could be afforded unto them.
The floore of the chamber immediately over this, where 1the dead corpses lay, being fallen, there was no entrance hereunto, but thorow the Ambassadours bed-chamber: the doore whereof was closed up by the timber of the floores that fell downe. The wals of this roome were stone: onely one window therein, with extraordinary crosse iron barres. Thus, though Smiths and other workemen were sent for, yet it was more then an houre before succour could be afforded unto them.
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