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 Pariſh 30, whereof two of the Plague, and 8 of the Spotted-Feaver, which was look'd upon as the ſame thing; likewiſe the Number that died of the Spotted-Feaver in the whole increaſed, being 8 the Week before, and 12 the Week abovenamed.

This alarm'd us all again, and terrible Apprehenſions were among the People, eſpecially the Weather being now chang'd and growing warm,and the Summer being at Hand: However, the next Week there ſeem'd to be ſome Hopes again, the Bills were low, the Number of the Dead in all was but 388, there was none of the Plague, and but four of the Spotted-Feaver.

But the following Week it return'd again, and the Diſtemper was ſpread into two or three other Pariſhes (viz.) St. Andrews-Holborn, St. Clements-Danes, and to the great Affliction of the City, one died within the Walls, in the Pariſh of St. Mary-Wool-Church, that is to ſay, in Bearbinder-lane neat the Stocks-market; in all there was nine of the Plague, and ſix of the Spotted-Feaver. It was however upon Inquiry found, that this Frenchman who died in Bearbinder-lane, was one who having liv'd in Long-Acre, near the infected Houſes, had removed for fear of the Diſtemper, not knowing that he was already infected.

This was the beginning of May, yet the Weather was temperate, variable and cool enough and People had ſtill ſome Hopes: That which encourag'd them was, that the City was healthy, the whole 97 Pariſhes buried but 54, and we began to hope, that as it was chiefly among the People at that End of the Town, it might go no farther; and the rather, becauſe the next Week which was from the 9th of May to the 16th there died but three, of which not one within the whole