Sentence:  Leo Decimus was so much bewailed in Rome after his departure, that...all good fellowship, peace, mirth, and plenty died with him, "tanquam eodem sepulchro cum Leone condita lugebantur"; for it was a golden age whilst he lived, but after his decease an iron season succeedednb..., wars, plagues, <WSD>vastity</WSD>, discontent. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Emptiness or desolation.