Mortalitetsstatistik från 1500-talets London

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bills of mortallity: Mortalitetsstatistik
St. Giles Cripplegate
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bookies

Rising of the lights: Lung problems. 'Lights' is an old word for lungs. Into the twentieth century you could purchase 'cat's lights', that is to say bovine lungs as a food for cats. The phrase 'I'll knock yer lights out' refers to the lungs.

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