1665 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. “The town grows very sickly and people to be afraid of it: there dying this last week of the plague 112 from 43 the week before.” June 20th. “There died four or five at Westminster of the plague.” June 21st. “I find all the town almost going out of town, the coaches and waggons being full of people going into the country.” June 29th. “The Mortality Bill is come to 267.” July 1st. “To Westminster, where I hear the sickness increases greatly. Sad at the news that seven or eight houses in Basinghall Street are shut up of the plague.” July 3rd. “The season growing so sickly, that it is much to be feared how a man can escape.” July 12th. “A solemn fast day for the plague growing upon us.” July 13th. “Above 700 died of the plague this week.” July 20th. “There dying 1089 of the plague this week.” July 21st. “The plague growing very raging and my apprehensions of it great.” July 22nd. “To Foxhall, where to the Spring Garden, but I do not see one guest there, the town being so empty of any one to come thither.” July 25th. “Sad the story of the plague in the City, it growing mightily.” July 26th. “Sad news of the death of so many in the parish” (his City parish) “of the plague, forty last night, the bell always going.” July 27th. “The weekly bill ... about 1700 of the Plague.” July 31st. “The last week being 1700 or 1800 of the Plague.” Aug. 2nd. “A public fast ... for the plague.” Aug. 3rd. “I had heard was 2020 (deaths) of the plague.” Aug. 10th. “In great trouble to see the Bill this week rise so high, to above 4000 in all, and of them above 3000 of the plague.” Aug. 16th. “Lord! how sad a sight it is to see the streets empty of people and very few upon the ’Change. Jealous of every door that one sees shut up, lest it should be the plague; and about us two shops in three, if not more, generally shut up.” Aug. 28th. “To Mr. Colvill the goldsmith’s, having not been for some days in the streets: but now how few people I see, and those looking like people that had taken leave