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Doors, or even kept clofe in their Chambeh ; thofe that 
were robuft and hardy,_as well as thofe that were weak- 
ly and tender; Men, Women^ and Children of all Ranks 
and Conditions, the youngeft and the oIdeft| though I 
think if it were fai^ourable to sny iort, it moft (pared 
thofe that were very aged, among whom I knew feve- 
ral that were not the leaft troubled with it, yet it feized 
fo univerfally, that not one in Thirty, perhaps I might 
fafely fay more, eftaped it. 
As it fir ft appeared towards the beginning of No vent' 
her, fo it feemtd to arrive to its greateft degree of vio- 
lence, and fpread moil univerfaliy about the middle of 
it ; and by the beginning of the Month following it ve- 
ry fenfibly abated, fo that very few then complained of 
their Coids ; and 'twas eafie to obferve on the Third of 
Decemher^ being Sunday, few were heard Coughing in 
the Ciiurches, whereas a Fortnight before the noiie of 
Coughing in every Congregation was very troublefome, 
and never out of ones Ears. 
So that in the fpace of four or five Weeks it had its 
rife, growth, and decay; and though from firft to laft 
it feized fuch incredible Numbers of all forts of Men , 
I cannot learn that any one truly dyed of it, unlefs fuch 
whofe ftrength was before (pent by fbme tedious Fit of 
Sicknefs, or labour'd under fbme heavier Difeafe com- 
plicated with it, 
I find that dhoxxt Novemler and Decemher 16^1. by 
fbme fhort Notes I took then. Coughs were more than 
ordinary frequent here in Duhlin^ though nothing corn* 
parable to what they were lately,- they chiefly then af- 
fected Young Children, whofe Coughs ufualiy turn'd to 
a violent Chin Cough : Yet at this time among all the 
variety of Coughing Children, I have not met with 
more than one, that was troubled with a Chin»Cough , 
and that too was but in a flight manner : Which Minute 
differences in the ways of Epidemick Diftempers cpe- 
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