The
Pestilence (Stage 1)
(A1)
Give our Wealth to the Church
To please
God we must give all our wealth to the Church.
(A2)
Improve Behaviour
To please
God we must stop swearing and drinking alcohol.
(A3)
Religious Charms
We should
wear a religious cross round our necks.
(A4)
Flagellant Processions
We must punish
ourselves before God does. We should hit each other with nails attached
to leather straps.
(A5)
Juniper and Ash Wood
To destroy
bad air we should burn sweet smelling juniper and ash wood in our
homes.
(A6)
Diseased Air
The disease
is in the air. When dark clouds appear all mouths and noses should
be covered by cloth. To prevent the disease entering the body at night
we should cover up our windows with waxcloth.
(A7)
Preventing Entry to Yalding
The disease
must be spread by people. We must make sure no one enters the village.
We should put armed guards on all roads entering Yalding.
(A8)
Expulsion of Villagers
People who
have entered the village recently might have the disease. We should
expel Benedict Dunn (carpenter); Aymer Walter (thatcher); Thomas Wood
(mason) and Robert Golding (pedlar) from the village.
(A9)
French Agents
The pestilence
is caused by French agents who are poisoning our rivers and wells.
We should expel all those people from the village who fought in the
French Wars. The French might have paid them to poison our water supply.
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