London's dreadful visitation, or, A collection of all the bills of mortality for this present year : beginning the 27th of December 1664, and ending the 19th of December following, as also, the general or whole years bill / according to the report made to the King's most excellent Majesty, by the Company of Parish-Clerks of London, &c.

  • Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks
Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
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Credit: London's dreadful visitation, or, A collection of all the bills of mortality for this present year : beginning the 27th of December 1664, and ending the 19th of December following, as also, the general or whole years bill / according to the report made to the King's most excellent Majesty, by the Company of Parish-Clerks of London, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    THE PRINTER TO THE READER, COURTEOUS READER, ][ PRESUME that the Candor of thy Ingenuity is such, that thou wilt not rashly condemn me of Imprudence in the Reprinting these sad sheets. First understand the Reasons moving me thereunto, and then I am somewhat confident that thou wilt Approve of my Design. I know that Romances and Play-books too much gratifie the Humours of the Populace ; but humble and sincere Christians, with Delight recall to minde Gods Mercies, and with Awfulness tremble at His Judgments: Behold, the ensuing Papers will assist thy Meditation in both: Con- sider His Mercy to Thee and Mee, that we are yet in the Land of the Living, to work out our Salvation with Fear and Trembling: His Judgments on many Thousands in or near this City, whom He hath in One year swept away with the Beesome of a Temporal Destruction: O let us not imagine, that they were greater Sinners than we the Survivors! for, Except we speedily and seriously Repent, we shall all likewise perish, either Similitudine, or Certiludine Pcence : But I am a Printer no Preacher; I shall therefore wave such Dis- courses, and briefly, yet perspicuously, render a faithfull Account, why I undertook this Publication.