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only permitted to come into liis liouse upon condition that he 
did not go abroad for a few days, otherwise he was to he shut 
up for a month. 
Happily, before the end of October, a considerable improve¬ 
ment had taken place, which is indicated by the following entry 
upon the proceedings of the corporation on the 26th of that 
month :—it hath pleased Almighty God, of his infinite good¬ 
ness towards us, in some good measure, to stay his hand among 
us.” During the ensuing ten or twelve days, several persons 
in the city, and the people of Heslington, were set at liberty. 
Several who had been sent to the temporary lodges were 
permitted to return to their houses in the city, but such houses 
were to be kept locked and watched, and to be cleansed by the 
cleanser. Some from Noutgate-lane and Walmgate, who were 
still in the lodges, might be brought home, after the change 
of the moon,” if they stood safe in the mean time. 
As the winter season advanced, the infection seems to have 
diminished. On the 9th of November, the following order was 
made: And now in regard that the infection of the plague 
(God be thanked,) is well abated, and that there is not now any 
one sick within the walls of the city ; therefore the sheriffs may 
ride the bounds at the wonted time, and do other things as 
usual.” 
Still the disease hung about the suburbs, and in some of the 
neighbouring villages, and was not wholly extirpated within 
the walls of the city itself. 
In the earlier part of November, a woman and her child being 
reported to have died of the infection at Osbaldwick, the 
inhabitants were restrained of their liberty, and ordered to kill 
their dogs and cats, and keep in their swine. Before the end 
of the month both Osbaldwick and Heslington were again 
greviously visited, and in the Walmgate suburb of the city, 
where the disease originally appeared, cases of infection and 
suspicion occurred, and some persons were removed from thence 
to the Tang-hall lodges. 
Within the city one or two cases of alarm took place. In 
Coneystreet, Rebecca Dawson, a convicted recusant, died (as it 
was feared) of the pestilence. A watch was ordered to be set 
