[251] It was called there the Ingelsche Sweetsieckte, or the Sweating Sickness.
[252] Forest. L. VI. Obs. VII. Schol. p. 157. Obs. VIII. c. Schol. p. 158. Wagenaar, T. II. p. 508.
[253] Pontan. p. 762. Haraeus, T. I. p. 581. Antwerpsch Chronykje, p. 31. Ditmar, p. 473.
[254] “Laquelle (sa suette) s’estendit par le pays d’Oostlande, de Hollande, Zeelande, et autres des pays bas, on en étoit endedens vingt et quatre heures mort ou guarry, elle ne dura in Zeelande pour le plus que 15 jours, dont plusieurs en moururent.” Le Petit, T. I. Livr. VII. p. 81.
[255] Forest, loc. cit.
[256] Erasm. Epist. Lib. XXVI. ep. 58. col. 1477. b. At Zerbst the Sweating Fever lasted, in like manner, only five days. Gruner, It. p. 29.
[257] It was called there “den engelske Sved.”
[258] Frederick I. Histor. p. 181. The same words in Huitfeld, T. II. p. 1315.
[259] Boesens Beskrivelse over Helsingöer. For this statement the author has to thank Dr. Mansa, regimental physician at Copenhagen.
[260] Dr. Baden, D. C. L., took much pains, at the request of Gruner, in making researches, but has elicited nothing more than Huitfeld has given. A copy of his Latin letter to Gruner on this subject, has likewise reached the author through Dr. Mansa.