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Image title: K. Poland his wife and children devoured by rats
Source: Burton, Robert: “Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy” (1685)
Place shown: Poland
Keywords: people, death, rats, towers, castles, colour
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This probably refers to King Popielius, or Popiel, of Poland, who was said to have been eaten by rats along with his wife and children, in A.D. 830.

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