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April 30th.
“Two or three houses in the City already shut up.”
May 24th.
“All the news ... is of the plague growing upon us in this town.”
June 7th.
“The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and ‘Lord, have mercy upon us’ writ there.”
June 10th.
“Hear that the Plague has come into the City.”
June 15th.