tide twice in an hour in the river Thames. February 6. 

 Strange shifting of tides (Howes). 



Plague at Loughborough and Chesterfield (Lowe). 

 OJ510 Wheat, 35^. io</. per qr. (Smith). 



July 3. Thunder, hail, and lightning from heaven 

 against certain covetous persons, inhabitants of Humber- 

 stone, near Grimsby, thought to be a just punishment 

 from God in the behalf of the poor. How the corn was 

 destroyed the like never heard of in any age \ only one 

 man's estate preserved, who gave them relief, as it was 

 testified before the knights and justices of the county at 

 the sessions held at Louth loth of July (Lowe). 



1611 Wheat, 38* &/. per qr. (Smith). 

 Plague at Leicester (Lowe). 



1612 Wheat, 42^. 4^. per qr. ; beef about ^d. per Ib. (A. 

 Smith). 



1613 Wheat, 48*. &/. per qr. (A. Smith). 



June 26. A mighty great tempest of rain, lightning, 

 and thunder at four p.m. Violent at Southampton 

 (J. Billiard). 



1614 Wheat, 41*. 8J per qr. (A. Smith). 



1614-15 January i6th began the greatest snow which 

 ever fell upon the earth within man's memorye. It 

 covered the earth fyve quarters deep uppon the playne. 

 There fell also ten less snows in Aprill, some a foote 

 deep, some lesse, but none continued long. Uppon May- 

 day in the morning instead of fetching in flowers the 

 youths brought in flakes of snow, which lay above a foot 

 deep uppon the moores and mountaynes (Youlgrave 

 Register, Derbyshire). Of course this was April, 1615, 

 and May also (T. H. B.). 



At York a heavy snow in January and eleven weeks 

 frost, and then the river Ouse overflowed, which flooded 

 the streets, and lasted ten days, destroying many bridges, 

 etc. ( WhittocKs York). 



1615 Great flood at Boston (Lowe). 



