of the Plague in i66<$ y &cc. 2 I NOR ought we hereto pafs by the be- niilcent Ailiftances of the Rich, and the Care of the Magirtrates ^ for the Markets being open as ufual, and a greater Plenty of all Provifions, was a great Help to fupport the Sick j fo that there was the Reverfe of a Famine, which hath been obierved to be fo fatal to pefKlential Con- tagions *, and in this the Goodnefs of Heaven is always to be remembred, in alleviating a common Mifery by fuch a Profulion of good Things from the Stores of Na- ture. BUT as it were to balance this im- mediate Help of Providence, nothing was otherwife wanting to aggravate the common Deftrucrion *, and to which no- thing more contributed than the Practice of Chymifts and "Quacks, and of whofe Audacity and Ignorance it is impoflible to be altogether filent ^ they were indefa- tigable in fpreading their Antidotes-, and although equal Strangers to all Learning as well as Phyfick, they thru ft into every Hand fome Tram or other under the Difguife of a pompous Title. No Country lure ever abounded with fuch C 3 wicked
