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God's terrible voice in the city
God's terrible voice in the city by T.V.
London? : s.n., Printed in the year 1667
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.
On the Lords day night the Fire had run as far as Garlic-hythe in Thames-street, and had crept up into Cannon-street, and levelled it with the ground; and still is making forward by the water-side, and upward to the brow of the hill, on which the City was built.
On the Lords day night the Fire had run as far as Garlick-hithe in Thames-street, and had crept up into Cannon-street, and levell'd it with the ground; and still is making forward by the water-side, and upward to the brow of the hill, on which the City was built.
On Monday Grace-church-street is all in flames, with Lombard-street on the left hand, and part of Fen-church-street on the right, the Fire working (though not so fast) against the wind that way: before it were pleasant and stately houses, behind it ruinous and desolate heaps. The burning then was in fashion of a Bow, a dreadful Bow it was, such as mine eyes never before had seen; a Bow which had Gods Arrow in it with a flaming point; It was a shining Bow; not like that in the cloud, which brings water with it, and withal signified Gods Covenant not to destroy the world any more with water: but it was a Bow which had Fire in it, which signified Gods anger, and his intention to destroy London with Fire.
On Munday Grace-church-street is all in flames, with Lumbard-street on the left hand, and part of Fen-church-street on the right, the Fire working (though not so fast) against the winde that way: before it were pleasant and stately houses, behind it ruinous and desolate heaps. The burning then was in fashion of a Bow, a dreadful Bow it was, such as mine eyes never before had seen; a Bow which had Gods Arrow in it with a flaming point; It was a shining Bow; not like that in the cloud, which brings water with it, and withall signified Gods Covenant not to destroy the world any more with water: but it was a Bow which had Fire in it, which signified Gods anger, and his intention to destroy London with Fire.