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 of the late T eft Hence. 1 3 p and it feems peculiar to the Plague to be preceded by its pernicious Effluvia, like fo many Officers feizing the Weak and Help- kis firft; and fuch it tyrannizes over by converting the morbid Humours into its own Nature, in fubtilizing thofe which are grofs, acuating the dull, heating the cold, changing the natural Ferments, and in ftiort, by inducing oppofite Qualities into the whole Constitution. MOREOVER, in this Regard we may confider the frequent Mortalities a- mongft. Cattle, which foregoe an Infection amongfr k Mankind ^ for thele Creatures living for the moft Part, both Night and Day, in the open Air, not only are more influenced by it when tainted, but are alfo hurt by the infectious Venom which ga- thers upon the Herbage *, as iikewife they are more liable, on other Accounts, to feel its firft Approaches, becaufe its freeft Pro- greis is in open Places. MOREOVER, when there is a ge- neral Sadnefs and Confternation upon the Minds of the People from no manifeft Caufe, fo that the whole Multitude are pale and ipiritlefs, who can think but that