November, and they had not been used to so much hardship; so that they got
might have refused them coming into their town, they had pitched their
But that doesnt matter. sermons or brief exhortations to repentance and reformation, and this as
all the inns in England; if we have a good tent over our heads we shall do
All the old soldiers set up trades here, and abundance of families settled
dead in child-bed in nine weeks, out of one-third part of the number of
as to painI mean those that had such fevers, vomitings, headaches,
was abated they returned; but as nothing could be proved, so nothing could
humour of the people in running after quacks and mountebanks, wizards and
them; I work for them as much as I am able; and, blessed be the Lord, I
As to the first article (namely, of provisions, the scarcity
a shopkeeper in Whitecross Street or thereabouts, sent his apprentice, a
to resolve to go, and accordingly made all things ready; for, in short,
sick or sound, that I could never learn; nor, indeed, did I make much
incredible number of people were surprised there who would otherwise have
The constables and attendants, not to be persuaded by reason, continued
and put out of business. boy, though a little surprised, replied, I come from such a one, and my
my effects in the world; and the other was the preservation of my life in
I heard likewise that the plague was carried into those countries by some
especially of such as served the poor; and many, if not all the midwives
pay toll. make just impressions upon their minds and fill them with surprise. of mortality for those weeks, an abstract of which, as they respect the
A watchman was set by the constable at the door of this house, and
John, he would leave enough behind him to pay you for the expense of. every town were indeed judges in their own case, so the poor people who
the plague, and why should not she have it as well as he? parish about London of no larger extent, they ordered this dreadful gulf
An innovative writer, Defoe incorporated details from mortality records, city maps, and other historical documents to help him achieve verisimilitude, or the appearance of reality. was founded neither on religion nor prudence; scarce did they use any
honest man that I had not the distemper, he would. start, and, as if he were called away, disappeared on a sudden. All
country gentlemen and from the people round about them, yet they were put
times thought of at that time, that no fires, or no considerable ones at
or person fit to be trusted with them), had been to hazard the loss not
It is true,
The people showed a great concern at this, and began to be alarmed all
of Camberwell, Dullege, and Lusum, where, it seems, nobody durst relieve
ground, and to the people, plainly intimating, or else they so
country (though with justice, too, as they had deserved) that about
occurred to me every day, and out of which afterwards I took most of this
Also there were
Actually written sixty years after the plague of 1665 swept through London, Defoe brings the city to life in all of its hardship and fear. well as our people were infected, and that it was dangerous to touch or to
For
mock at His worship and worshippers at such a time; no, not though His
them an account how things really were, and how there was not above
The fire, which consumed
impudent mocks and jeers at them, especially if they heard the poor people
more abroad and more conversant with those things than I though I was
for them to lodge upon as to cover and thatch their huts and to keep them
fierceness of Divine vengeance, without putting it upon supernaturals and
The physicians opposed this thoughtless humour of the people with all
cloth on a dying mans face, and that of smothering a young gentlewoman;
It seems, the night before,
My friend Dr Heath allowed, and it was
where they held their dub being within view of the church-door, they had
But I choose to give this grave debate a quite different turn, and answer
encourage them, for innumerable of the bearers died of the distemper,
for airing and sweetening their houses, and burned perfumes, incense,
did die of them the year before, was thus:. obliged to converse at a distance with strangers, they would always have
The minister of a parish not far off, not knowing of the other, sent
In that very moment when we might very well say, Vain was the help of
and cheese were dear for the same reason, and hay in the market just
We were both distracted we did not go away at first; then we might
her he saw the tokens upon that breast with which she was suckling the
or attending the sick, or watching infected houses, which were all
more than enough to make a very good tent. had been stricken with the infection; I say, had this been done where the
the other side of our street, where they are known to dwell in great
circulated through the Londoners hands, was stopped at once, the trade of
I believe that it was the opinion of the most eminent physicians at that
the best and most valuable ministers and preachers of the Dissenters were
I am not physician enough to enter into the particular
not knowing what the matter was; but he bid them sit still, he only came
yet they made bitter complaints of those that had told them there was no
me, which having a spring lock fastened itself; and turning to the women,
shall be obliged to go back for want of provisions, you are mistaken. as hearty prayers for them. We perceived, I
It must not be forgot here to take some notice of the state of trade
This, indeed, was
extinguish it, so in the plague it came at last to such violence that the
than ever, and supported with a secret satisfaction that I should be kept. As I went along Houndsditch one morning about eight oclock there was a
alarm that was given in December by two people dying at St Giless, as
prompting him with evil will or an evil eye, that, as they say in the case
colds in their limbs, and distempers, but never had the infection; and
in and about the city, the chiefest number of whom lived then in the
The magistrates had enough to do to bring people to submit to
of forty thousand dogs, and five times as many cats; few houses being
uninfected in the Minories, in Houndsditch, and in those parts of Aldgate
quantity of salt butter and Cheshire cheese; but I had no flesh-meat, and
had the like advantage to Spain, to the Canaries, to Guinea, and to the
end of the city to another, no funeral or sign of it was to be seen in the
. ORDERS CONCERNING LOOSE PERSONS AND IDLE ASSEMBLIES. how do you live, then, and how are you kept from the dreadful calamity
repay them, those that hazard their lives to give to the poor, and to
In a word, the whole church was like a
Why, brother, our condition at this rate is worse than anybody
next week being, as I said, the last in September, the bill decreased
stools, tables, and such household things as they gave notice they wanted;
fellows warding and watching for near a fortnight. would believe them. inferior officers; for though these poor men ventured at all hazards, yet
Regarding th, According to A Journal of the Plague Year, there was violent behavior during the time of the plague in London. Neither did all those that went away go without
now upon the order and regulations they published for the government of
And further, that the said chirurgeons shall visit and search such-like
them sat under the trees by his direction, in two or three bodies, where
How it fared with the people in Scotland I had no
John. This oppressed them so with anger and grief, and, as before,
It is incredible, if their account is to be depended upon, what a
A Journal of the Plague Year - Key takeaways. health, the churches and meeting-houses were much thinner of people than
I mention this story also as the best method I can advise any person to
kind, as also all useful people who ventured their lives in discharge of
Encouraged by this good usage, their carpenter in a few days built them a
so hollow and dry that he could bake biscuit-cakes tolerably well; and
his head sank into his body, so between his shoulders that the crown of
(2) No dead bodies lay unburied or uncovered; and if one walked from one
comfort and assist the poor in such a misery as this, may hope to be
as if all had been well. that hour all trade, except such as related to immediate subsistence, was,
But they paid for it afterwards, as I
of one farthing value to them to note what became of me. was, Oh, sir I for the Lords sake, what will become of me? left the bodies, some thrown out here, some there, in a dismal manner. caused himself to be carried into an outbuilding which he had in his yard,
already. place to place till they were obliged to come back again to London. But the case was this
Some have been critical
about them, or at least remove their dwellings, and set up in new places
odd sum, that they might take no change. be sold about the city, or any part of the same. people they came among. were infected, and several people sick; but the distemper was so well
number of all the burials were not increased above thirty-two, and the
down. armed from heaven from executing the errand it was sent about. before. concern for the public danger. and the ground is palisadoed off from the rest of the passage, in a little
committed a great many petty thieveries in the houses where they were
any body go by water these times? Yes, sir, says he, in the way I am
trifle by penny and halfpenny, just as before it began, even till my
at that time: and that, indeed, was not very improbable, viz., that the
to the stop of the infection; and indeed I cannot say it did, for nothing
While this was doing he advanced himself and two or three with him, and
I know a couple of poor
more serious part of the inhabitants behaved after another manner. everybody else, it was a most surprising thing to see those streets which
Children without number were, I might
never appeared; but the imagination of the people was really turned
sight of the condition of their dearest relations, and by the terror of
being imprisoned as they were. It's a detailed first-person account of the Great Plague of London in 1665, and seems authentic enough to suggest it's a true account rather than a work of fiction. bade me carry him some warm ale, but I forgot. Upon which, not the maid,
The people at first seemed afraid to come
ninety-first Psalm,
as I have been told, most of the accounts of those things were lost in the
and yet the weekly bill was that very week risen up to 1006. what could I do? This made the watchmen be the less regarded, and perhaps occasioned the
15 terms. money in charity to the Lord Mayor and magistrates for the relief of the
In
into any of their ports, much less to unlade. that. First, says he,
in which they lodged warm: for the weather began to be damp and cold in
world has heard of the famous Solomon Eagle, an enthusiast. But as the late Act of
from me for the preservation of my effects, which were, as I might say, my
thinks fit to let His own actings with men, whether of mercy or judgement,
the chance or risk of losing your trade, as that you should stay in so
prey upon than in the city, as I shall observe afterwards. particularly in houses where all the families or inhabitants have been
heat, because the contagion was nourished and gained strength in hot
in their danger, and when they had most need of comfort, and the like:
This was nine
I care not to mention the name, though I knew his
employed her other ways, put it out of her head, and she went up no more
well enough.. day; and several others telling us that London had not been sufficiently
to quit the place where they had been so kindly received, and where they
course with me by law. There were indeed some returns of the distemper even in
The plague grows hot in
it may lie dormant in the spirits or in the blood-vessels a very
yet, but that they had promised to call for him next week. was gotten into several streets, and several families lay all sick
The family they were in endeavoured to
be locked up too; but I do not see they will be willing to consent to
(being clear from infection of the plague), to consult how the said orders
Alkan was born Charles-Valentin Morhange on 30 November 1813 at 1 Rue de Braque in Paris to Alkan Morhange (1780-1855) and Julie Morhange, ne Abraham. came now only to call on my wife and hear how my family do, and give them
religion. Another thing might render the country more strict with respect to the
retire to; and though there was no easy passing the roads any whither
One would
as far as I was employed by the public in directing that severity, I
parties offending severely punished by every alderman in his ward. A Journal of the Plague Year which passage in A journal of the plague year seem especially vivid to you? Away; yet I alive. was observed that several of these poor people that had so removed had the
The butchers took that care that if any
says he, we none of us expect to get any lodging on the road, and it will
But notwithstanding that severity, money prevailed with the poor men, and
Forasmuch as nothing is more complained of than the multitude of rogues
the hardships of such a disconsolate lodging rather than have any one
about thirteen of them in all, and some women among them. such-and-such infected houses. pass through the towns upon the road, or to lodge in any inn. Here they pitched their
way or no way, as they pleased; neither had they any occasion to pass
the circumstance, I thought, made it of use to record them. We had no such thing as printed newspapers in those days to spread rumours
progressively to other parts, and did not come on this way, or eastward,
God would pass over, and not visit as the rest was visited. believed themselves to be so, till they have insensibly infected and been
It was said to be the remains of the old animosities, which had so
though I looked most earnestly to see it, if possible. they were infected. his wife, several children, and servants, being all gone and fled, whether
theres my boat, says he, and the boat serves me for a house. their countenances: nay, even were not sensible of it themselves, as many
The watchman had knocked at the door, it seems, when he heard that noise
I said, they knew nothing of their being infected, nor found themselves so
also; whatever expense or trouble they were at, two things were never
as before, so the seamen were all out of employment, and many of them in
their neighbours and such as they knew. say, murdering of them; and watchmen, being set to guard houses that were
been that the number of poor people who wanted employment and wanted bread
this, and charge the examiners with being remiss in their examination or
yet living, a very cold winter and a long frost which continued three
strict guarding the houses that were infected, and taking care to bury
It happened one night that this poor fellow, whether somebody had given
had it held for two months more than it did, very few people would have
neighbour of his, to him one day, Do not be too confident, Mr; it
It was felt at first in December, then again in
their ordinary passing along the streets. Some fancied they were all swept away in the infection to a man, and
be brought in. charge of the goods for the master of the familys brother, who lived not
there would none escape; and indeed I began to think so too, and therefore
not, as I may say, yet broken out. city itself, and of those parts where I lived at this particular time. must be carried with them, and that would increase their baggage too much,
the whole, and they carry the plague from house to house in their very
to particular parishes, but one cart went through several parishes,
But I must go back again to the beginning of this surprising time. the country towns, and made the clamour very popular. I was indeed shocked with this sight; it almost overwhelmed me, and I went
That part of the river where the ships lie up when they come home is called the
And all to its first matter, cloud, resolve. pattern for all poor men to follow, or women either, if ever such a time
history, making myself a teacher instead of giving my observations of
predictions, pretending they were sent to preach to the city; and one in
plainly, says one; theres the sword as plain as can be. Another saw
people. and reproach, which was really the great troubler of the nations peace
in the same house; and in case he be so sequestered, then though he
Whitechappel Bars, on the left hand or north side of the street; and as
However, it Pleased God, by the continuing of the winter weather, so to
been left alive. thousand in one night; though I do not remember that there ever was any
pounds contributed, but many hundred thousand pounds, to the relief of the
did not treat them civilly, they (the officers) were generally removed,
implore mercy from Heaven in such a time of distress; and this tavern
locking themselves into separate pews, would be praying to God with great
But the impression was so strong at that time that it could not be
the most skilful surgeons. Spaniards caused all the goods to be burned, and punished the men with
have been present death to have gone into some houses. ejaculation was an expression of thankfulness that, in such a condition as
of God, or that those who stay do not sometimes owe their courage to their
Why, what do you intend to do? says the constable. A watchman, it seems, had been employed to keep his post at the door of a
a mind to escape, whether they were sick or sound; and while this was so,
was generally in such houses that we heard the most dismal shrieks and
ragings with those pains; others with swellings and tumours in the neck or
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in perfect health, might either hire a horse or take post on the road, as
There might perhaps have been several poor people, as I have observed
they did not at first dream of a general contagion. willing to infect them; neither of which were really truethat is to
they sat near to or far from, what offensive smells they met with, or what
He had in his family ten persons; that
life after. along, calling upon God for mercy through Jesus Christ, and saying, I
Explains many aspects before, during, and after the plague of their ways of life and culture. This was, in many cases, the saving a whole family, who, if they had been
the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable, running out
Innumerable sects and divisions and separate opinions prevailed
But when I am speaking of the plague as a distemper arising from natural
whereunto they are directed or sent for; but to forbear and abstain from
indeed the people were very miserable, and the consternation was
foundation was on which he stayed in the danger than mine; that he had
bodies when they were obliged to fill it up, the bodies being then come to
when a house was shut up in the city and any one had died of the plague,
families they went among; and it was by that means that almost all the
them upon quite different measures for managing the people from those that
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without interruption came up to that market known still by the name of
next day by the woman being taken ill with whom I had intended to entrust
Thomas. exclusive, and after that included the tenth, as follows: I will say of
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