mortalitie

• “As God had not forgotten his Sister, so in mercy he became as mindefull of him; for, a contagious mortalitie hapning in the”

  The Decameron

• “Turks with great trauell and slaughter of both sides, had woone at the last the counterscharfe from vs, with great resistance and mortalitie on both parts.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “England and Normandie were sore vexed with mortalitie both of men and beasts, insomuch that tillage of the ground was laid aside in manie places, by reason whereof there folowed great dearth & famine.”

  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus

• “With the inconuenience of continuall mortalitie, vve vvere forced to giue ouer our entended enterprise, to goe with NOMBRE DE DIOS, and so ouerland to PANNAMA, vvhere vve shoulde haue stroken the stroke for the treasure, and full recompence of our tedious trauailes.”

  Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage

• “From hence putting ouer to the West Indies, we vvere not many dayes at sea, but there beganne amongst our people such mortalitie, as in fevv dayes there vvere dead aboue tvvo or three hundred men.”

  Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage

• “This mortalitie continued for the space of fiue or six months, and at length ceassed in the cold season of winter.”

  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First

• “The same yeare, both England and the countries adioining were sore vexed with a great mortalitie of people,”

  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second

• “The Scots in time of the late parlement, taking occasion of the absence of the northerne lords, and also by reason of great mortalitie that afflicted the northerne people that yeare, inuaded the borders, tooke the castell of Warke, that was assigned to the safe keeping of sir”

  Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV

• “¶ The citie of London this yeare in the summer was so infected with pestilent mortalitie, that the king durst not repaire thither, nor come neere to it.”

  Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV

• “Whervpon he being at the castell of Leeds in Kent, and departing from thence, tooke ship at Quinburgh in the Ile of Shepie, to saile ouer vnto Lée in Essex, and so to go to Plaschie, there to passe the time till the mortalitie was ceassed.”

  Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV

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