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34. That Purples, Small-Pox, and other malignant Diseases, fore-run the Plague, ibid. [366]
35. A disposition in the Air towards the Plague doth also dispose Women to Abortions, p. 52 [367]
36. That as about one fifth part of the whole people died in the great Plague-years, so two other fifth parts fled, ibid, which shews the large relation, and interest, which the Londoners have in the Country, p. 53 [367]
37. That (be the Plague great or small) the City is fully re-peopled within two years, ibid. [367]
38. The years, 1618, 20, 23, 24, 32, 33, 34, 1649, 52, 54, 56, 58, and 61, were sickly years, p. 55 [368]
39. The more sickly the year is, the less fertile of Births, ibid. [368]
40. That Plagues always come in with King's Reigns is most false, ibid. [369]
41. The Autumn, or the Fall, is the most unhealthful season, p. 56 [369]
42. That in London there have been twelve Burials for eleven Christnings, p. 57 [370]
43. That in the Country there have been, contrariwise, sixty three Christnings for fifty two Burials, p. 58 [370]
44. A Supposition, that the people in and about London, are a fifteenth part of the people of all England, and Wales, ibid. [370]
45. That there are about six Millions and an half of people in England, and Wales, ibid. [371]
46. That the people in the Country double by Procreation but in two hundred and eighty years, and in London in about seventy, as hereafter will be shewn; the reason whereof is, that many of the Breeders leave the Country, and that the Breeders of London come from all parts of the Country, such persons breeding in the Country almost only as were born there, but in London multitudes of others, p.59 [371]
47. That about 6000 per Annum come up to London out of the Country, ibid [371]
48. That in London about three die yearly out of eleven Families, p. 60 [371]
49. There are about twenty five Millions of acres of Land in England, and Wales, ibid. [372]
50. Why the Proportion of Breeders in London, to the rest of the people, is less than in the Country, p. 61 [372]
51. That in London are more impediments of Breeding, than in the Country, ibid. [373]
52. That there are fourteen Males for thirteen Females in London, and in the Country but fifteen Males for fourteen Females, p. 64 [374]
53. Polygamy useless to the multiplication of Mankind, without Castrations, p. 65 [374]