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| Picture No | 12587073 |
| Date | 1665 |
| Description | Solomon Eagle (or Eccles), during the Plague in London |
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Solomon Eagle (or Eccles, 1618-1683), an English composer who became a Quaker activist. During the Plague in London he went naked through the streets with burning coals on his head, telling everyone that the Plague was God's judgment on a wicked people.
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| Source | Illustration after P F Poole in 'The Story of the British People in Pictures, Odhams Press', page |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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