...A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR being observations or memorials of the m... ... Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some goods which were brought hom... ...which were brought home by their T urkey fleet; others said it was brought from Candia; others from Cyprus. It mattered not from whence it came; but a... ...l was kept very private. Hence it was that this rumour died off again, and people began to forget it as a thing we were very little concerned in, and ... ...rtality in the usual manner, thus – Plague, 2. Parishes infected, 1. The people showed a great concern at this, and began to be alarmed all over the... ...ould go: till, faint and tired, and not getting any relief, the houses and villages on the road refusing to admit them to lodge whether infected or no... ... any- where, to creep into a bush or hedge and die. The inhabitants of the villages adjacent would, in pity , carry them food and set it at a distance... ...right; I do not buy provisions for them here. I row up to 97 Daniel Defoe Greenwich and buy fresh meat there, and sometimes I row down the river to W... ...er bestowed. I then asked the poor man if the distemper had not reached to Greenwich. He said it had not till about a fortnight be- fore; but that the...

...land; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some goods which were brought home by their Turkey fleet; others said it was brought from Candia; others from Cyprus. It mattered not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come i...