 In their distress," says an old record of the flood, " the people of the town fled to the church for refuge, some to haystacks, some to the baulks in the houses, till they were near famished ; poor women leaving their children swimming in their beds,...  The Geology of the Fenland - Page 217by Sydney B. J. Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - 1877 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Elstobb - Bedford Level (England) - 1793 - 318 pages
...whereof Mr. Brown the minifter did fetch feveral to the church upon his back ; and had it not pleafed God to move the hearts of the Mayor and Aldermen of King's- Lynn with compaffion, who fent beer and provifions thither by boats, many muft have perifhed;which boats came... | |
 | William Elstobb - Drainage - 1793 - 312 pages
...whereof Mr. Brown the minifter did fetch feveral to the church upon his back ; and had it not pleafed God to move the hearts of the Mayor and Aldermen of King's- Lynn with compaf. fion, who fent beer and provifions thither by boats, many muft have perimed;\vhich boats came... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1861 - 536 pages
...near famished ; poor women leaving their children swimming in their .beds, 41 good people, adventuring their lives, went up to the breast in the water to...compassion, who sent beer and victual thither by boat, many liad perished ; which boats came the direct way over the soil from Lynne to Terington." * 1 The following... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Cambridgeshire (England) - 1875 - 642 pages
...famished ; poor women leaving their children swimming in their beds, till good people, adventuring their lives, went up to the breast in the water to...Mr. Browne, the minister, did fetch divers to the eh. upon his back. And had it not. pleased God to move the hearts of the mayor and aldermen of King's... | |
 | William Alfred Dutt - East Anglia (England) - 1901 - 542 pages
...famished ; poor women leaving their children swimming in their beds, till good people, adventuring their lives, went up to the breast in the water to...of King's Lynn with compassion, who sent beer and victuals thither by boat, many had perished ; which boats came the direct way over the soil from Lynn... | |
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