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Autore |
Walker George, of Londonderry |
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Titolo |
The Protestant's crums of comfort [[electronic resource] ] : containing I. Prayers and meditations; with ejaculations for every day in the week, and other occasions. II. Thanksgivings for deliverances from Popery, tyranny, and arbitrary power. III. The rebellion in Ireland and massacre of Paris. IV. The learned Bishop Usher's prophecy, concerning Ireland, and the downfall of Rome. V. Advice to the late besieged in London-Derry, under that reverend divine and valiant commander, Coll. George Walker |
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London, : printed for N. Boddington, at the Golden Ball in Duck-lane, 1700 |
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Edizione |
[The fourth edition. Illustrated with pictures suitable to each particular occasion.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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[6], 155, [7] p., [3] leaves of plates (folded) : ill. (port.) |
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Soggetti |
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Prayers |
Protestants - Ireland |
Protestants - France |
Prophecies |
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) History Early works to 1800 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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With a licence to print on verso of title page dated December 16th. 1696. |
Dedication signed: G. W.; this is likely to have been one of the Reverend George Walker's four sons, as the dedication refers to "the fatherless and the widow," and the licence is dated several years after Walker's death at the Battle of the Boyne. The Wing attribution is to "George Walker of Londonderry". |
Each part of the text headed by a caption title; on p. 1: "The Protestants manual of prayers. and meditations"; on p. 61: "Ejaculations upon several occasions, out of the Holy Scriptures"; on p. 93: "A short account of the massacre in Ireland & Paris"; on p. 103: "Strange and remarkable predictions of that holy, learned, and excellent bishop, James Usher, late Lord Primate of Ireland"; on p. 121: "Thanksgivings for God's wonderful deliverances"; on p. 131: "Christian courage in affliction". |
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Frontispiece illustration has medallion portraits of Queen Elizabeth, King James I, King William III and Queen Mary; the three folded plates include woodcuts of the coronation of William and Mary, the Spanish armada, the Gun-powder Plot, the landing of William of Orange, and the siege of Londonderry--including a portrait of George Walker as Governor of Londonderry. |
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. |
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