God's judgements against sin: or, A relation of three dreadful fires happening in the city of Edinburgh. /
Porterfield, James.
Edinburgh, : Printed by James Watson,,
M. DCC. II. [1702]
First edition of a long poem taking as its main subject three major fires in Edinburgh during 1696-1701, but also dealing with the failure of the Darian expedition. All seen as evidence of God's displeasure with the sins of the city. The fire of 3 February 1700 was one of the most serious in Edinburgh history, destroying all of the tenement buildings on the eastern and southern side of Parliament Close.
Foxon P1001
ESTC
Fires
Scotland Edinburgh.