The Plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre · Thomas Sprat
Chapter 1
Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Spaced (gesperrt) text is denoted by ~t i l d e s i g n s~. Text that is both gesperrt and italic is denoted by =equals signs=. The long-form s ( ſ ) in the original text has been replaced by the modern s in this etext. A few obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. Let this Book be Printed. _Roger L’Estrange._ Plague of Athens, Which hapned in the Peloponnesian Warre. First described in _Greek_ by _Thucydides_; Then in _Latin_ by _Lucretius_. _Now attempted in English_, By ~THO. SPRAT~. =LONDON=, Printed by _E. C._ for _Henry Brome_, at the Gun in _Ivy-lane_, 1665. _To my Worthy and Learned Friend, Dr._ Walter Pope, _late Proctor of the University of_ Oxford.
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