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dence) to the different Number of Poor and Rich, and 
the great Care and Precaution the latter made ufe of to 
avoid it. 
Yet it is to be obferved, that we enjoy’d beyond o- 
thersof our Neighbours, a free and uninterrupted Ser- 
vice of the Church, during the whole time of the Con- 
tagion ; Our Gates were never fhut, but free Paffage in 
and out allowed to all : We had plenty of Provifions, 
and all mariner of Neceffaries for the Subfiftance of Man 
and Beafts, by a Communication with all adjacent Places 
and Countries j nor was our Commerce and Traffick 
wholly interrupted^ but there was a moderate Trade all 
the while, which was very beneficial to Tradefmen and 
Labourers towards their neceffary Support- Though 
the Pods did not go, yet our Communication was not 
wholly cut off 3 and though our Exchange and Markets 
were lefs frequented, yet our Churches were in propor- 
tion the fuller. 
Having thus obferved the Regulation ufed in the 
Courfe of this Difeafe, it will be neceffary to fay fome- 
thing more of its Progrefs, though it did not always 
keep exaft fucceeding Periods. 
I obferved before, that in March this Year, the firft 
unufual Mortality happened at the Raumbaum in th« 
old Town • From whence it fpread immediately into 
the Hofpital, where I faw the firft Symptoms of the 
Plague. Here it lay lurking for fome time, fo that we 
could not perceive it made any further Progrefs. But 
towards July it began to (how it felf more openly, paf- 
fing from this Hofpital (which is limited North- Eaft) 
towards the Weft, and at firft feized the Suburbs, which 
lye beyond the Fortifications, and run out in length a- 
bove a Quarter of a German Mile, and are called Schtd - 
Htz, befides other Parts that lye Sideways, and have 
different Names. From the Suburbs it went Eaft and 
Weft towards the Town, and feizfd thofe People chiefly 
who. 
