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London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our (once renowned) city into a ruinous heap also the several lessons that are incumbent upon those whose houses have escaped the consuming flames / by Thomas Brooks.
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Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.
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1670
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Wing B4950; ESTC R24240
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