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Thunder haile, & lightn[ing] from heauen

punishment from god, ‘in behalf of the poor,’ discussion of covetousness and punishment from god, in Lincolenshire birds were struck by lightning dead in the sky, poor wanted rich farmers to grow extra crops, dispute between the poor and the rich, later the sky went black, and lightning struck, all crops were destroyed but those of one virtuous rich man who stood up for the poor

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