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 of the (Plague in 16^5, &c. 15 KOR in this Account are we to negiett, that the Contagion fpread its Cruelties in- to the neighbouring Countries for the Ci- tizens, which crowded in Multitudes into the adjacent Towns, carried the Infe&ion along with them, where it raged with equal Fury ; lo that the Plague, which at firft crept from one Street to another, now reigned over whole Counties, leaving hard- ly any Place free from its Infult} arid the Towns upon the "Thames were more feverely handled, not perhaps from a greater Moifture in the Air from thence, but from the taints ed Goods rather that were carried upon it : Moreover, fome Cities and Towns, of the moll: advantageous Situation for a whol- fome Air, did notwithstanding feel the common Ruin. Such was the Rife, and iiich the Progrefs, of this cruel Beftroyer, which firfb began at London. BUT the word Part of the Year being now over, and the Height of the Difeafe, the Plague by leifurely Degrees declined, as it had gradually made its firfc Advances j and before the Number infe&ed decreafed, its Malignity began to relax, infomuch that few died, .and thofe chiefly fuch as were