2 An Hiftorical Account tended with fuch Symptoms, as mani- feftly declared their Origin: Hereupon fbme timerous Neighbours, under Appre- henfions of a Contagion, removed into the City of London , who unfortunately carried along with them the peftilential Taint } whereby that Difeafe, which was before in its Infancy, in a Family or two, fud- denly got Strength, and fpread Abroad its fatal Poifons y and meerly for Want of confining the Perfons fir it. feized with it, the whole City was in a little Time irre- coverably infected. Not unlike what hap- pened the Year following, when a fmall Spark, from an unknown Caufe, for Want of timely Care, increafed to fuch a Flame, that neither the Tears of the People, nor the Profufion of their Thames, could ex- tinguiih •, and which laid Waft the greater! Part of the City in three Days Time : And therefore as there happens to be no great Difference between thefe two grievous Calamities, this Mention of them together may not be improper ; and the more especially, becaufe by a like irrefut- able Fate from a- Fever and a Conflagra- tion, both the Inhabitants and their Houfes were reduced to A flies. BUT
