Itwasnowmid—July,andtheplague,whichhadchieflyragedattheotherendofthetown,and,asIsaidbefore,intheparishesofStGiles,StAndrew\'s,Holborn,andtowardsWestminster,begantonowcomeeastwardtowardsthepartwhereIlived。Itwastobeobserved,indeed,thatitdidnotcomestraightontowardsus;forthecity,thatistosay,withinthewalls,wasindifferentlyhealthystill;norwasitgotthenverymuchoverthewaterintoSouthwark;forthoughtherediedthatweek1268ofalldistempers,whereofitmightbesupposedabove600diedoftheplague,yettherewasbuttwenty—eightinthewholecity,withinthewalls,andbutnineteeninSouthwark,Lambethparishincluded;whereasintheparishesofStGilesandStMartin—in—the—
Fieldsalonetheredied421。
Butweperceivedtheinfectionkeptchieflyintheout—parishes,whichbeingverypopulous,andfulleralsoofpoor,thedistemperfoundmoretopreyuponthaninthecity,asIshallobserveafterwards。
Weperceived,Isay,thedistempertodrawourway,viz。,bytheparishesofClarkenwell,Cripplegate,Shoreditch,andBishopsgate;
whichlasttwoparishesjoiningtoAldgate,Whitechappel,andStepney,theinfectioncameatlengthtospreaditsutmostrageandviolenceinthoseparts,evenwhenitabatedatthewesternparisheswhereitbegan。