A BRIEF JOURNAL Of what passed in the CITY of _MARSEILLES_, While it was Afflicted with the PLAGUE, In the YEAR 1720. Extracted from the REGISTER of the _Council-Chamber_ of the _Town-House_, kept by Monsieur PICHATTY DE CROISSAINTE, Counsellor and Orator of that City, and the King's Attorney in Affairs relating to the good Government of it. _Translated from the ORIGINAL, Published at_ PARIS, _with the King's Privilege_. _LONDON_: Printed for J. ROBERTS, near the _Oxford-Arms_ in _Warwick-Lane_. 1721. Price, One Shilling. [Illustration] _ABSTRACT of the_ French _King's Privilege, for the printing and publishing of this Journal._ _Lewis_, by the Grace of God, King of _France_ and _Navarre_. To our beloved and faithful Counsellors holding our Court of Parliament of _Paris_, and to all others whom it may Concern: Greeting. Our well beloved _Nicholas Carré_ of _Paris_, having represented to us, that a Manuscript has been put into his Hands, intitled, _A Brief Journal of what passed in the City of_ Marseilles _while it was afflicted with the Plague_; and most humbly besought us to grant him our Letters of Privilege, for the sole printing and vending thereof throughout our Dominions.----We being willing to treat the Petitioner favourably, and to acknowledge his Zeal for the Good and Benefit of the Publick, do by these Presents grant to him and his Assigns, the sole Liberty of printing and publishing the said Book, for the term of six Years from the Date hereof:--Forbidding all other Persons to print or counterfeit the same, on the Penalty of Confiscation of such Copies, and of a Fine of three thousand Livres, to be paid by every Offender. Done at _Paris_, the 17th of _July_ in the sixth Year of our Reign. By the King in Council. CARPOT. [Illustration] _A_ BRIEF JOURNAL _of what passed in the City of_ MARSEILLES, _while it was afflicted with the Plague in 1720_. THE Coasts of the _Levant_ being always suspected of the Plague, all Ships which come from thence for _Marseilles_ stop at the Islands of _Chateaudif_; and the Intendants of Health regulate the Time and Manner of their Quarantaines, and of purifying their Cargoes, by the Tenor of their Patents (or Bills of Health), and by the State of Health of the particular Places from whence they come. The Beginning of _May_, 1720. we had Advice at _Marseilles_, that from the Month of _March_ the Plague was rife in most of the Maritime Towns or trading Ports of _Palestine_ and _Syria_.