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Scene from Old Saint Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. A romantic historical novel set in 1665 and 1666 during the Plague of London and the Fire of London. Chowles the coffin maker and Judith Malmayns the plague nurse, dying with their stolen treasure as they are overcome by smoke and molten lead from the burning Old Saint Paul's. From Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1855). First edition, London 1841.