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 1 i An Hiftorical Account was foon to be unpeopled ; which Uncer- tainty gave Advantage to the Diftemper ^ be- caule Perfons were more remifs in their Pro- viiions agaitcft it, during fuch Fluctuation. IT muft not however be omitted, with what Precipitation the trembling Inhabitants left the City, and how they flocked in luch Crowds out of Town, as if London had quite gone out of it felf, like the Hurry of a iudden Conflagration, all Doors and PafTages are thronged for Efcape : And after the chief or the People were fled, and thereby the Kouriihment of this cruel Enemy had been in a great Meafure taken away, yet it raged ftill ; and although it feemed once to flay as Tarthians in their Flight, it fbon returned with redoubled Fury, and kill'd not by flow Paces, but almoft. immediately upon Seizure not unlike what is often feen in Battle, when after fome Skirmilhes of Wings, and feparate Parties, the main Bo- dies come to engage } fo did this Conta- gion at fir ft only fcatter about its Arrows, but at laft covered the whole City with Death. THUS therefore in the Space of one Week were eight Thouland Perfons cut oil", and when