The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-06-29
THE BLACK DEATH.
THAT FEARFUL PLAGUE THAT FOL
LOWS IN THE WAKE OF WAR.
In the Fourteenth Century II swept the
Whole of Europe, killing Twenty Ave
Millions of People In Three Years The
Pcstilencc In London.

Millions of People In Three Years The
restiience In London.
The plague, or pestilcnce, that mys
FERROUS and fearful visitation which has
moved its hosts i'll tho wake of armies
to Slay moro than war itself, is supposed
10 have first originated among the dense
MASSES of people who crowded together
i'll the great cities of Asia and Egypt or
who formed the cncampmcnt of Nerves.,
Cyrus and Tanerlanc the Tartar 1t
| probably sprang from tho impurity
which must have existed i'll the midst
! of such vast gatherings and i'll part also
from leaving the unhuried dead upon
| the field of battle At any rate the
! germs of this fearful human poison have
| always been most active where condi
tions similar tothoSc have prevailed. II
| has always been war and the march of
armies that has spread it broadcast over
| the world from time to time and as
war became less frequent and less
worldwide the frequency and extent of
these rayages have lcssonod also.
The first recorded outbreak of the
| plague i'll Europe occurred i'll the six
| toenth century. II came from lower
| Egypt This was the first tapping of the
wave that reached into the east again,
! there TO stay its movement SO far rs the
west WAS concerned until 5ti \. D.,
when the returning legions Of the En-
| pcror ,lustininn brought it again into
| the western world from the hattletlolds
of Persia Constantinoplo WAS the first
| place it attacked Hero in single day
as many as 10, coo persons are said to
| have fallen victims to it. But the plague
| did not stop with GonStnmtinople. Ii
had found II too eongcninl soil in Eu-
rope, which WAS little else than one
| great battlefield at tho time. II was
| carried into t'aul, where II followed
| close III the wake OF the Franl,iSh
armies aud from Gaul it moved into
! Italy, with the lambardS, and so drVas.
| tated the country rs t. Leave II entirely
At the mercy Of the invaders
The various crlsadcs, which cNtcndcd
over space of about 2u0 Years, no
doubt did much to hold the pestilcnca
! IN Europe, for they served ia keep OPEN
the channels of intercourse between the
cast and the west Periodic epidemles
were common during thcir continuance
aud these seem To hVo eliminated III
the fourteenth century With what Is
| known in history rs the hl1ck death.
! The black death WIS more fataf tu hu=
man life than any other single cause
| since the world began. The haVoc of war
| Ia tn /
swept the whole OF Europe, leaving i'll
its path such misery and dcstitution rs
the world had never known. It killed III
| three years some -, 600, 600 Of people.
Such figures staggcr the comprehension,
hut the records of tho time cannot be
doubted. The entire population of Eu
rope II estimated to have heen about
100, 600 000-kcpt down ms II was by
the constant Warfare-and of these 100.
600, 600 ut least Il fourth persisted.
The rayagcs Of the plague in Italy.
where it came in the track of the war
of the Guclphs and Ghihellues, was
particularly disastrous To mankind. II
ragged with terrible fury i'll Naples.
where 60, 600 persons arc said to have
| died. II fell upon Pisa and seven out of
every ten persisted, 1t utterly and for
ever destroyed the prosperity Of Sicna.
! Florence also suffered severely, while
| 100, 600 Of the inhabitants Of Venice
were literally wiped off the face of the
earth From Italy it moved into France
where the mortality was almost as
great; in Paris alone 80, 600 people died
from it, one Of the worst features pre-
scnted by the history of tho black death
was tho cruel persecution it aroused
against tho Jews. They were supposed
to have infected the air i'll some mys-
FERROUS manner, and they were accused
Of having poisoned the wells and
springs In Strassburg 2, 900 Of them
were buried alive in their own burial
ground.
The order of the FlaRclanto arose at
this time, coming from the belief that
the sins Of the world had ut last brought
down the wrath of heaven. II was the
beginning Of the 50 called Hundred
Years war that carried the black death
into England, where in London its vie
Tins numbered 100, 900 When at last
the plague had worked its fayagcs, it
/
! pear in the east. In lSi5 il appeared
again in England, first among the sol
dicrs Of Richmond after the battle Of
Bosworth Field, and when tho yicto-
rious army marched to London tho
! plague went with them to work its
havoc there. Az long as it lasted tho
mortality was IA great as that caused
| by the black death half 1t century be
fore. Five thousand people died in five
weeks, and then the plague left London
rs suddenly as it had appeared there, TO
sweep over the rest Of England
In Scotland tho plague Of 1868 Camo
immediatcl after the battle Of Lang
side when Queen Mary was dGthroned,
but no records Of the mortality it occa-
stoned seem To have been preserved
The plague visited London III 1913
This followed after the civil war which
ended with the death of Charles II, but
" many years intery med that it is i'm
possible to trace any connection between
tho two evoi Is. In modern wars danger
from tho .lague seems gradually to
have lessencd, perhaps rs "A result Of
better sanitary conditions maintained
by the armies Of today Philadelphia
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