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A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR

by DANIEL DEFOE





Part 1




being observations or memorials

of the most remarkable occurrences��

as well public as private�察�which happened in

London during the last great visitation in 1665。

Written by a Citizen who continued

all the while in London。

Never made public before







It was about the beginning of September�察�1664�察�that I�察�among the rest

of my neighbours�察�heard in ordinary discourse that the plague was

returned again in Holland�察�for it had been very violent there�察�and

particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam�察�in the year 1663�察�whither��

they say�察�it was brought�察�some said from Italy�察�others from the Levant��

among some goods which were brought home by their Turkey fleet��

others said it was brought from Candia�察�others from Cyprus。  It

mattered not from whence it came�察�but all agreed it was come into

Holland again。



We had no such thing as printed newspapers in those days to spread

rumours and reports of things�察�and to improve them by the invention

of men�察�as I have lived to see practised since。  But such things as these

were gathered from the letters of merchants and others who

corresponded abroad�察�and from them was handed about by word of

mouth only�察�so that things did not spread instantly over the whole

nation�察�as they do now。  But it seems that the Government had a true

account of it�察�and several councils were held about ways to prevent its

coming over�察�but all was kept very private。  Hence it was that this

rumour died off again�察�and people began to forget it as a thing we

were very little concerned in�察�and that we hoped was not true�察�till the

latter end of November or the beginning of December 1664 when two

men�察�said to be Frenchmen�察�died of the plague in Long Acre�察�or rather

at the upper end of Drury Lane。  The family they were in endeavoured

to conceal it as much as possible�察�but as it had gotten some vent in the

discourse of the neighbourhood�察�the Secretaries of State got

knowledge of it�察�and concerning themselves to inquire about it�察�in

order to be certain of the truth�察�two physicians and a surgeon were

ordered to go to the house and make inspection。  This they did�察�and

finding evident tokens of the sickness upon both the bodies that were

dead�察�they gave their opinions publicly that they died of the plague。

Whereupon it was given in to the parish clerk�察�and he also returned

them to the Hall�察�and it was printed in the weekly bill of mortality in

the usual manner�察�thus ´

  

  Plague�察�2。 Parishes infected�察�1。





The people showed a great concern at this�察�and began to be alarmed

all over the town�察�and the more�察�because in the last week in December

1664 another man died in the same house�察�and of the same distemper。

And then we were easy again for about six weeks�察�when none having

died with any marks of infection�察�it was said the distemper was gone��

but after that�察�I think it was about the 12th of February�察�another died in

another house�察�but in the same parish and in the same manner。



This turned the people's eyes pretty much towards that end of the

town�察�and the weekly bills showing an increase of burials in St Giles's

parish more than usual�察�it began to be suspected that the plague was

among the people at that end of the town�察�and that many had died of it��

though they had taken care to keep it as much from the knowledge of the

public as possible。  This possessed the heads of the people very much��

and few cared to go through Drury Lane�察�or the other streets suspected��

unless they had extraordinary business that obliged them to it



This increase of the bills stood thus�此�the usual number of burials in a

week�察�in the parishes of St Giles´in´the´Fields and St Andrew's��

Holborn�察�were from twelve to seventeen or nineteen each�察�few more

or less�察�but from the time that the plague first began in St Giles's

parish�察�it was observed that the ordinary burials increased in number

considerably。  For example�此 �



From December 27 to January 3  �� St Giles's      16

                               �� St Andrew's     17



;     January 3  ;    ;    10  �� St Giles's      12

                               �� St Andrew's     25



;     January 10 ;    ;    17  �� St Giles's      18

                               �� St Andrew's     28



;     January 17 ;    ;    24  �� St Giles's      23

                               �� St Andrew's     16



;     January 24 ;    ;    31  �� St Giles's      24

                               �� St Andrew's     15



;     January 30 ; February 7  �� St Giles's      21

                               �� St Andrew's     23



;     February 7 ;     ;   14  �� St Giles's      24





               Whereof one of the plague。





The like increase of the bills was observed in the parishes of St

Bride's�察�adjoining on one side of Holborn parish�察�and in the parish of

St James�察�Clerkenwell�察�adjoining on the other side of Holborn�察�in both

which parishes the usual numbers that died weekly were from four to

six or eight�察�whereas at that time they were increased as follows�此 �



From December 20 to December 27  �� St Bride's     0

                                 �� St James's     8



     December 27 to January   3  �� St Bride's     6

                                 �� St James's     9



;    January  3  ;    ;      10  �� St Bride's    11

                                 �� St James's     7



;    January 10  ;    ;      17  �� St Bride's    12

                                 �� St James's     9



;    January 17  ;    ;      24  �� St Bride's     9

                                 �� St James's    15



;    January 24  ;    ;      31  �� St Bride's     8

                                 �� St James's    12



;    January 31  ; February   7  �� St Bride's    13

                                 �� St James's     5



;    February 7  ;    ;      14  �� St Bride's     12

                                 �� St James's     6



Besides this�察�it was observed with great uneasiness by the people that

the weekly bills in general increased very much during these weeks��

although it was at a time of the year when usually the bills are very

moderate。



The usual number of burials within the bills of mortality for a week

was from about 240 or thereabouts to 300。  The last was esteemed a

pretty high bill�察�but after this we found the bills successively

increasing as follows�此 �

                                          Buried。  Increased。

December the 20th to the 27th               291       。。。

      ;      27th  ;     3rd January        349        58

January  the  3rd  ;    10th   ;            394        45

      ;      10th  ;    17th   ;            415        21

      ;      17th  ;    24th   ;            474        59

     



This last bill was really frightful�察�being a higher number than had

been known to have been buried in one week since the preceding

visitation of 1656。



However�察�all this went off again�察�and the weather proving cold�察�and

the frost�察�which began in December�察�still continuing very severe even

till near the end of February�察�attended with sharp though moderate

winds�察�the bills decreased again�察�and the city grew healthy�察�and

everybody began to look upon the danger as good as over�察�only that

still the burials in St Giles's continued high。  From the beginning of

April especially they stood at twenty´five each week�察�till the week

from the 18th to the 25th�察�when there was buried in St Giles's parish

thirty�察�whereof two of the plague and eight of the spotted´fever�察�which

was looked upon as the same thing�察�likewise the number that died of

the spotted´fever in the whole increased�察�being eight the week before��

and twelve the week above´named。



This alarmed us all again�察�and terrible apprehensions were among

the people�察�especially the weather being now changed and growing

warm�察�and the summer being at hand。  However�察�the next week there

seemed to be som

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