LONDON'S LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US. A true Relation of five modern Plagues or Visitations in London, with the number of all the Diseased that were buried: viz: The first in the year of Queen Elizabeth, Anno 1592., the second in the year 1603, the third in that (never to be forgotten year) 1625. The fourth in Anno 1630. The fifth this now present Visitation 1636, which the LORD of his mercy deliver London and England from. Certain approved Medicines for the Plague, both to prevent that contagion, and to expel it after it be taken, as have been approved in Anno. 1652. as also in this present Visitation 1636. A cheap Medicine to keep from infection. TAke a pint of new milk, and cut two cloves of Garlic very small, put it in the milk, and drink it mornings fasting, and it preserveth from infection. REader, what ever thou art, rich or poor, Rouse up thyself, for death stands at the door; If God says strike, he must & will come in For death we know is the reward of sin. His very breath is so infectious grown, He poisons every one he breathes upon; He is the rich man's terror, makes him fly, And bear away his bags, as loath to dye. What shall the poor do that behind do stay? Death makes them rich by taking them away. But what shall poor men do, than that do live, 'tis surely fit the rich should comfort give, And weekly means unto them still afford▪ Oh such rich men shall be rich in the Lord! Death startles all, but more the guilt of sin, Which sinful man long time hath lived in, Doth make them fearful of that punishment. Due unto sin, for time that's evil spent. Oh why was this not thought on long ago! When God expected our repentance so? When six years since, a little Plague God sent, He shaken his rod to move us to repent: Not long before that time, a dearth of corn Was sent to us to see if we would turn: And the last Summer none deny it can, The beasts did suffer for the sin of man: Grass was so short and small, that it was told, hay for four pound a load was daily sold. These judgements God hath sent even to cite us Unto repentance, and from sin to fright us. Oh stubborn England! childish and unwise, So heavy laden with iniquities: Return, return, unto thy loving Father, Return I say, and so much the rather, Because his Son thy Saviour pleads thy cause, Though thou hast broken all his holy laws: Say to thyself, my sins are cause of all God's judgements that upon this land doth fall, And sin's the cause that each one doth complain They have too much, sometimes too little rain: Say to thyself, this Plague may be removed, If I repent, as plainly may be proved By Niniveh, that City great and large, For God hath given to his Angel's charge, To strike and to forbear as he sees fit; If it be so, then learn thou so much wit, To use thy best endeavour to prevent A plague, which thou mayst do if thou repent. Let all infe●●●d houses be thy Text, And make ●●is use, that thine may be the next. The red cross still is used, as it hath been, To show they Christians are that are within. And Lord have mercy on us on the door, Puts thee in mind to pray for them therefore. The watchman that attends the house of sorrow, He may attend upon thy house to morrow. Oh where's the vows we to our God have made! When death & sickness came with axe & spade, And hurled our brethren up in heaps a pace, Even forty thousand in a little space: And now again he doth with us begin, T' increase the Plague, as we increase in sin: Each spectacle of death and funeral, Puts thee and I in mind we must dye all. A Prayer fit to be used in this time of sickness and mortality. O Lord God, strong and mighty, great and fearful, which dwellest in the heavens, and workest great wonders; we thy miserable children here on earth, do most humbly beseech thee to be merciful unto us, to pardon our offences, and forgive us all our sins: O Lord enter not into judgement with thy servants, for if thou do, there shall no flesh be saved in thy sight: we confess and acknowledge O Lord, that it is our sins which have moved thee to wrath, and to show such fearful tokens of thy displeasure towards us in these our days; first by locking up the heavens that no rain should fall to succour the earth, nevertheless upon our repentance and humility, it hath pleased thee of thy fatherly goodness to send down some sweet comfortable showers of thy mercy upon the earth. O Lord increase our thankfulness, and give us grace to amend our lives, that thou mayst turn from us all those judgements which we most righteously have deserved; thou hast sent thy messengers of mercy, thy Ministers of thy holy Word to allure us by fair means to repentance, thou hast sent Monsters from the Sea, and cast them up upon our English shore, fearful and strange to behold, to cry out against us; nay, thou hast suffered the tempter, that old enemy of man's salvation, to work upon the weakness of some of our poor brethren, to assume unto themselves the names of Prophets, to prophesy evil against this nation; but thou hast disclosed the subtlety of the Serpent unto us, that as he was a liar from the beginning, so thou hast proved his Prophets to be false Prophets, by sending down these sweet and comfortable showers of rain upon the earth, giving us to understand, that Prophesying is ceased, and that no man is worthy to know the secrets of thy will. Nevertheless though we are not Prophets, nor Prophet's children, yet we cannot but expect utter desolation and destruction without speedy repentance: Give us, O give us repentant hearts, that we may be truly humbled at the sight of our sins, and walk in newness of life all the days of our life: we beseech thee good Father to turn in mercy to us, and remove from us this Sickness lately begun among us: LORD command the destroying Angel to hold his hand, that our brethren which are fled from us for the preservation of their lives, may return again with joy, that we with them may praise and glorify thy name, now and for evermore, Amen. Written by ●. C. An exact and true relation of the number of those that were buried in LONDON and the Liberties of all dieases, from the 17 of March 1602. to the 22. of December, 1603. total. Pl. March 17 108 3 March 14 60 2 March 31 78 6 April 7 66 4 April 14 79 4 April 21 9● 8 April 28 109 10 May 5 90 11 May 12 112 18 May 19 122 22 May 26 122 32 June 2 114 3● June 9 131 43 June 16 144 59 June 23 182 71 June 30 267 158 July 7 445 263 July 14 612 424 The Out-parishes this Week were joined with the City. July 21 1186 917 July 28 1728 1392 August 4 2256 1925 August 11 2077 1743 August 18 3054 2719 August 25 2853 2535 Septemb. 1 3385 3034 Septemb. 8 3078 2728 Septem. 15 3129 2815 Septem. 22 2456 2192 Septem. 29 1961 1731 Octob. 6 1831 1649 Octob. 13 1312 1142 Octob. 20 766 648 Octob. 27 625 504 Novem. 3 737 592 Nou. 10 585 441 Nou. 17 384 255 Nou. 24 198 102 Decem. 1 223 105 Decem. 8 163 55 Decem. 15 200 66 Decem. 22 168 74 The total of the Burials this whole Year, 38250. Of the Plague 30583. 1625. Buried in London and the Liberties, of all Diseases, Anno 1625. the number here following. total. Pl. March 17 262 4 March 24 226 8 March 31 243 11 April 7 239 10 April 14 256 24 April 21 230 25 April 28 305 26 May 5 292 30 May 12 332 45 May 19 379 71 May 26 401 78 June 2 3●5 69 June 9 434 91 June 16 510 165 June 23 640 239 June 30 942 390 July 7 1222 593 July 14 1781 1004 July 21 2850 1819 July 28 3583 2471 August 4 4517 3659 August 11 4855 4115 August 18 5205 4463 August 25 4841 4218 Septemb. 1 3897 3344 Septemb. 8 3157 2550 Septem. 15 2148 1672 Septem. 22 1994 1551 Septem. 29 1236 852 Octob. 6 833 538 Octob. 13 815 511 Octob. 20 651 331 Octob. 27 375 134 Novem. 3 357 89 Nou. 10 319 92 Nou. 17 274 4● Nou. 24 231 27 Decem. 1 290 25 Decem. 8 181 15 Decem. 15 168 6 Decem. 22 157 1 The total of the Burials this whole Year, 54082. Of the Plague. 35428. 1592. total. Pl. March 17 351 31 March 24 219 29 March 31 307 27 April 7 203 33 April 14 290 37 April 21 310 41 April 28 350 29 May 5 339 38 May 12 300 42 May 19 4●0 58 May 26 410 62 June 2 441 81 June 9 399 99 June 16 401 108 June 23 850 118 June 30 1440 927 July 7 151● 893 July 14 1491 258 July 21 1507 852 July 28 1503 983 August 4 1550 797 August 11 1532 651 August 18 1508 449 August 25 1490 507 Septemb. 1 1210 563 Septemb. 8 621 451 Septem. 15 629 349 Septem. 22 450 130 Septem. 29 408 327 Octob. 6 422 323 Octob. 13 330 308 Octob. 20 320 302 Octob. 27 310 301 Novem. 3 309 209 Nou. 10 30● 107 Nou. 17 321 93 Nou. 24 349 94 Decemb. 1 331 86 Decem. 8 329 71 Decem. 15 386 39 Decem. 22 Baptised. 5827 The total 25886. Of the Plague. 11503. 1630 total▪ Pl. june 24 205 19 july 1 209 2● july 8 217 43 july 15 250 50 july 22 229 40 july 29 279 77 August 5 250 56 August 12 246 65 August 19 269 54 August 26 270 67 Septem. 2 230 66 Septem. 9 259 63 Septem. 16 264 68 Septem. 23 274 57 Septem. 30 269 56 Octob. 7 236 66 Octob. 14 261 73 Octob. 21 248 60 Octob. 28 214 34 Novem. 4 242 29 Nou. 11 215 29 Nou. 18 200 18 Nou. 25 226 7 Decem 2 221 20 Decem. 9 198 19 Decem. 16 2●● 5 The total of all the burials this year, is of all diseases 10554. Of the Plague 1317 1636 Buried of all diseases in Newcastle, as followeth. May 21 59 May 28 55 june 4 91 june 11 122 june 18 99 june 25 162 july 2 133 july 9 172 july 16 184 july 23 212 july 30 270 August 6 366 Aug. 13 334 Aug. 20 402 Aug. 27 430 Septem. 3 460 Septem. 10 314 Septem. 17 220 Septem. 24 ●36 Octob. 1 80 Octob. 8 63 The total is 4764. 1636 Buried in Garthhead in Newcastle as followeth. May 30 10 june 6 24 june 13 19 june 20 34 june 27 40 july 4 75 july 11 66 july 18 60 july 25 60 August 1 29 August 8 17 August 15 18 August 22 13 August 29 14 Septem. 5 11 Septem. 12 7 Septem. 19 4 Septem. 26 6 Octob. 3 2 Octob. 10 2 Octob. 17 4 The total is 515. 1636 Buried in London and the liberties, of all diseases, the number as followeth. total. Pl. April 7 199 ● April 14 205 4 This week was added 〈◊〉 the City Parishes▪ S. Marg. Westminster. Lambeth. S. Marry Newington. Redri●●e Parish. S. Marry Islington. Stepney Parish. Hackney Parish. April 21 285 14 April 28 259 17 May 5 251 10 May 12 308 55 May 19 299 35 May 26 330 62 june 2 339 67 june 9 345 87 june 16 381 103 june 23 304 79 june 30 352 104 july 7 215 81 july 14 372 104 july 21 395 120 july 28 423 151 August 4 461 206 August 11 538 283 August 18 638 321 August 25 787 429 Septemb. 1 1011 63● Septemb. 8 1069 650 Septem. 15 1306 865 Septem. 22 1229 775 Septem. 29 1403 928 Octob. 6 1405 92● Octob. 13 1302 79● Octob. 20 1002 55● Octob. 27 900 458 Novem. 3 1300 83● Novem. 10 1104 715 Nou. 17 ●50 573 Nou. 24 8●7 476 Decem. 1 614 312 Decem. 8 459 167 Decem. 15 385 85 Decem. 22 316 76 Decem. 29 383 125 The total of the Burials this year 27415. Of the Plague 1●1●2. 1637. Buried in London and the liberties, of all diseases, the number as followeth. total. Pl. january 5 381 116 january 12 314 73 january 19 268 59 january 26 289 72 Februa. 2 351 103 Februa. 9 315 104 Februa. 16 285 78 Februa. 23 254 44 March 2 262 69 March 9 332 100 March 16 303 80 March 23 260 65 March 31 343 115 April 9 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 june 2 june 9 june 16 june 23 june 30 july 7 july 14 july 21 july 28 August 4 LONDON, Printed for Richard Harper, at the Hospital Gate in Smithfield.