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August 30, 2004
The Horror of the Plague
I found this quotation interesting and horrifying.
"At the beginning of the year [1603], there were about 4,000 people in Lancelot Andrewes's parish. By December 1603, 2,878 of them had been killed by the disease [plague]."
from Adam Nicolson God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible
Posted by Steven Riddle at August 30, 2004 7:47 AM
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