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The waters did not abate for ten days, and in the country 

 adjoining they call it to this day " The great water " 

 (Holms tied). 



Another flood (Arlingham Register). 



Sweating sickness first appeared in England. It chiefly 

 attacked males in the prime of life, and more especially 

 the higher classes. It was a disease of peculiar violence, 

 and in twenty-four hours the fate of the sufferer was de- 

 cided for life or death (Lowe). 



1484 The price of wheat falls to an average price. 

 Wheat, 5.?. $^d. ; barley, 4^. i\d. ; oats, 2s. z\d. ; rye, 



4*. Sd. beans, $s. Sd. ; malt, $s. io^d. (Rogers). 

 Wool, 5.$-. 4d. per tod (Rogers). 



1485 Prices of corn low. 



Wheat, 45. 6\d. ; barley, y. $d. ; oats, is. Sd. ; beans, 

 3^. 4d. ; peas, 3^. 4^. ; malt, 2s. ^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 5^. per tod (Rogers). 



Two mayors and six aldermen died in London in one 

 week of the sweating sickness (Lowe). 



1486 Prices a little higher. 



Wheat, 5-r. $\d. ; barley, 45. nd. ; oats, is. gd. ; rye, 

 6s. Sd. ; beans, 3^. 6d. ; malt, 3^. 4^. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 5-r. per tod (Rogers). 



A new kind of sickness suddenly invaded this land 

 about 2ist September, and continued till the latter end 

 of October, being so sharp and deadly that the like was 

 never heard of to any man's remembrance before that 

 time (Holinshed). 



Wheat three shillings the bushel at Salisbury (Easton). 

 ? 3 *. perqr. (T. H. B.\ 



1487 Wheat, 5^. $\d. ; barley, 3^. o\d. oats, is. $%d. ; rye, 

 5J-. 4d. \ peas, 2s. ; malt, 31. io\d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Earthquake at Norwich. 

 Wool, 4s. per tod (Rogers). 



1488 Wheat, 5^. 6d. ; barley, 45. c\d. ; oats, 2s. g^d. ; rye, 

 4^. ; beans, 2S. ; malt, 25. lo^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



