§ An Hijlorical Account BUT what greatly contribued to the J^ofs of People thus ihut up, was the wicked Practices of Nurfes (for they are not to be mention'd but in the moft bitter Terms ) : Thefe Wretches, put of Greedi- nefs to plunder the Dead, would ffrrangie their Patients, and charge it to the Di-- temper in their Throats ^ others would fecretly convey the peftiiential Taint from Sores of the infe&ed to thofe who were well and nothing indeed deterred thefe aban- doned Mifcreants from profecuting their avaritious Purpofes by all the Methods their Wickednefs could invent } who, al- though they were without WitnefTes to accufe them, yet it is not doubted but divine Vengeance will overtake fuch wicked Barbarities with due Punifhment : Nay, fome were remarkably rtruck from Heaven, t ' r ^ •? in the Perpetratipn of their Crimes, and one particularly amongrt. many, as fhe was leaving the Houfe of a Family, all dead, loaded with her Robberies, fell down dead under her Burden in the Streets : And the Cafe of a worthy Citizen was very re- markable, who being fuppoied dying by his Kurie, was before-hand ftripped by her j but Fvecovering again, he came a fecond Time
