(2.)  Neither  was  there  (which  I  wondred  much  at)  any
want  of  Bakers  or  Ovens  kept  open  to  supply  the  People
with  Bread ;  but  this  was  indeed  alledg'd  by  some  Families,
viz.  That  their  Maid-Servants  going  to  the  Bake-houses  with
their  Dough  to  be  baked,  which  was  then  the  Custom,
sometimes  came  Home  with  the  Sickness,  that  is  to  say,  the
Plague  upon  them.
In  all  this  dreadful  Visitation,  there  were,  as  I  have  said
before,  but  two  Pest-houses  made  use  of,  viz.  One  in  the
Fields  beyond  Old-Street,  and  one  in  Westminster ;  neither
was  there  any  Compulsion  us'd  in  carrying  People  thither ;
Indeed  there  was  no  need  of  Compulsion  in  the  Case,  for
there  were  Thousands  of  poor  distressed  People,  who  having
no  Help,  or  Conveniences,  or  Supplies  but  of  Charity,


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