Week ending Plague-deaths 1563. 12 June 17 19 " 25 26 " 23 3 July 44 10 " 64 17 " 131 23 " 174 30 " 289 6 August 299 13 " 542 20 " 608 27 " 976 3 September 963 10 " 1454 17 " 1626 24 " 1372 1 October 1828 8 " 1262 15 " 829 22 " 1000 29 " 905 5 November 380 12 " 283 19 " 506 26 " 281 3 December 178 10 " 249 17 " 239 24 " 134 31 " 121 1564. 7 January 45 14 " 26 21 " 13 Stow’s summary of this epidemic in his _Annales_ is as follows: “In the same whole year, i.e. from the 1st January, 1562 [old style] till the last of December, 1563, there died in the city and liberties thereof, containing 108 parishes, of all diseases 20,372, and of the plague, being part of the number aforesaid, 17,404; and in out parishes adjoining to the same city, being 11 parishes, died of all diseases in the whole year 3288, and of them of the plague 2732.” The weekly totals from June 12 to December 31 which are for the City and liberties, and exclusive of the out parishes, add up to very nearly Stow’s total for the whole year, or to 16,802 as against 17,404. Where the discrepancy arises does not appear; it is hardly likely that some 600 plague-deaths would have occurred previous to the second week in June, at which time the weekly mortality had reached only 17. We are able to check one of the weekly totals from an independent source. In an extant letter of the time the following figures for the week from 23rd to 30th July are given, having been taken evidently from the published or posted weekly bill: “Died and were buried in London and suburbs, 399, most young people and youths, of which number of the common plague 320 persons. Number of children born and christened in the same week, 52[591].” “London and suburbs” would mean the 108 parishes of the City and liberties together with the 11 out parishes, so that the difference between Stow’s 289 and the above 320 would give the number of plague-deaths in the out parishes for the particular week. The state of matters in the City is thus referred to in Bullein’s _Dialogue_ published in 1564:--