“In Rome, a. d. 169, pestilence destroyed 10,000 daily.
“In Rome, a. d. 187, pestilence appeared and continued three years.
“In London, a. d. 310, by famine, 40,000 died.
“In a. d. 446, September 17, an earthquake shook down the walls of Constantinople, and 57 towers fell.
“In Rome, a. d. 539, in one district 50,000 died.
“In Antioch, a. d. 588, an earthquake killed 60,000.
“In a. d. 542, the plague killed 10,000 in one day in Turkey.
“In a. d. 679, a severe famine in England, three years.
“In a. d. 717, in Constantinople, 300,000 died of plague.
“In a. d. 1005, earthquakes three months, followed by pestilence, by which it is said one third of the human race died.