DRAWN UP
And presented to the Governor and Magistrates
of Marseilles, by M. Chicoyneau, Verney
and Soullier, the Physicians who were sent
thither from Paris by the Duke Regent of
France, to prescribe to the Sick in the Hospitals,
and other Parts of that Town, during
the Progress of that Calamity.
Translated from the French by a Physician.
LONDON:
Printed for S. Buckley in Amen-Corner, and
D. Midwinter at the Three Crowns in St. Paul’s
Church-Yard. M.dcc.xxi.
(Price Sixpence.)
he following Relation having been sent to us by Messieurs Chicoyneau, Verney and Soullier, deputed by the Court for the Relief of our City afflicted with the Plague: We Charles Claude de Andrault de Langeron, Knight and Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Chief Commander of the King’s Galleys, Field Marshal, and Marshal of his Majesty’s Armies, Commandant in the City of Marseilles, and the Territories thereof.
Alphonsus de Fortia Marquis de Pilles, Governing Magistrate, and John-Baptiste Estelle, John Baptiste Audimar, John-Peter Moustier, and Balthazar Dieudé, Sheriffs, Protectors and Defenders of the Privileges, Franchises and Liberties of this City, Counsellors of the King, and Lieutenants General of the Police, have thought fit to cause it to be printed; for having been Eye-witnesses of the Zeal with which these Gentlemen have exposed themselves for the Service and Relief of our Sick, as well in the City as in the Hospitals, we are thoroughly persuaded that their Observations on the Nature of this fatal Malady, and on the Remedies proper to its Cure, cannot but be very useful to the Inhabitants of divers Places of this Province that are unfortunately infected.
At Marseilles this 26 Nov. 1720.
