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mortality of people at Augsburg, in Germany, succeeded by a 

 serious epizooty among horses. ' Et sicuti superiore aestate 

 homines, ita hac equi apud nos sua quadam strage magno 

 numero periere/ ^ 



A.D. 1433. In Germany, a severe winter, inundations, famine, 

 and a mortality among cattle/ ^ 



In Spain, ' in the month of January, 1433, there happened 

 in the kingdom of Aragon and Navarre a terrible snow-storm 

 {nevasco tan furioso), which continued for forty days, and 

 during which there perished a vast number of people and cattle; 

 though whether this loss arose from the great cold, or from some 

 epidemic and epizootic diseases occurring at that time, is not 

 known.' ^ 



A.D. 1434. In Ireland, ^a great frost commenced at the end 

 of this year, i.e. five weeks before Christmas, and it continued , 

 seven weeks after it; and droves of cows, and troops of horses 

 and people, used to pass upon the chief lakes of Erinn ; and 

 there was great slaughter brought upon the birds of Erinn by 

 that frost.'* 



A.D. 1441. During the reign of Frederick III. an epizooty of 

 all the domestic animals broke out in Germany, consequent, it 

 would appear, on inundations, caused by long rains and the 

 overflowing of rivers. It was apparently a violent form of 

 dysentery. Saxo attributed it to the corruption of the water 

 and the general unhealthiness of the pastures and fruits.^ 



A.D. 1442. In Germany, a severe epizooty among cattle 

 [mortaUtas bourn), following the appearance of a comet which 

 was visible for fourteen nishts.^ 



A.D. 1443. For Ireland it is recorded : ' A rainy tempestuous 

 year after May, so that very many fishes multiplied in all the 

 rivers in Ireland, and it much hurted both bees and sheepe in 

 Ireland also,' ^ This is the third epizooty of bees and the 



^ Gassari. ]\Ieftcken. Scrip, i. p. 1581. 



- Spangenbcrg. Mans. Chronic. 



2 Villalba. EpidemiologiaEspanola, i. p. 95. 



^ Annals of Ulster. 



'■' Alichael Saxo. Chronic. Cses. Spangciiberg. Op. cit., p. 3S0. 



^ CosrriiB. Prag. Chronic. Mencken. Scrip, rer. German., i. p. 1992. 



' Mac Firbis. Annals of Ireland. 



