[335]ForErasmus，seethelettercitedinBascome，HistoryofEpidemicPestilences，London，1851。FortheaccountoftheconditionofQueenElizabeth’spresencechamber，seethesame，p。
206；seealsothesameforattemptsatsanitationbyCaius，Mead，Pringle，andothers；alsoseeBaasandvariousmedicalauthorities。FortheplagueinLondon，seeGreen’sHistoryoftheEnglishPeople，chap。ix，sec。2；andforamoredetailedaccount，seeLingard，HistoryofEngland，enlargededitionof1849，vol。ix，pp。107etseq。Forfullscientificdiscussionofthisandotherplaguesfromamedicalpointofview，seeCreighton，HistoryofEpidemicsinGreatBritain，vol。ii，chap。
i。FortheLondonplagueasapunishmentforSabbath-breaking，seeADivineTragedielatelyacted，orAcollectionofsundrymemorableexamplesofGod’sjudgementsuponSabbathBreakersandotherlikelibertines，etc。，bytheworthydivine，Mr。HenryBurton，1641。Thebookgivesfifty-sixaccountsofSabbath-
breakerssorelypunished，generallystruckdead，inEngland，withplaces，names，anddates。ForageneralaccountoftheconditionofLondoninthesixteenthandseventeenthcenturies，andthediminutionoftheplaguebytherebuildingofsomepartsofthecityafterthegreatfire，seeLecky，HistoryofEnglandintheEighteenthCentury，vol。i，pp。592，593。Forthejailfever，seeLecky，vol。i，pp。500-503。
ThesamethingwasseenintheProtestantcoloniesofAmerica；