...dying at Sr. Giles's, as above. The Apprehenlions of the People, were liktwife flrangely cncreas'd by the Error of the Times ; in which, I think, the People, from whac Principle I cannot imagine, were more adided to Prophefies, and Aftrological Conjurations, Dreams,...

...People dying at St. Giles's, as above. The Appehenfions of the People, were likewife ftrangely increas'd by the Error of the Times ; in which, I think, the...Principle I cannot imagine, were more addicted to Prophefies, and Aftrological Conjurations, Dreams, and old Wives Tales, than ever they were before...

...request, and the brazen head of Friar Bacon, the fortune-tellers' sign, was mounted in every street. " The apprehensions of the people were likewise strangely...principle I cannot imagine, were more addicted to prophesies, and astrological conjurations, dreams, and old wives' tales, than ever they were before...

...request, and the brazen head of Friar Bacon, the fortune-tellers' sign, was mounted in every street. " The apprehensions of the people were likewise strangely...principle I cannot imagine, were more addicted to prophesies, and astrological conjurations, dreams, and old wives' tales, than ever they were before...

...little alarm that was given in December by two people dying at St. Giles's, as above. The appprehensions of the people were likewise strangely increased by the error of the times ; in which, I tl\ink, the people, from what principle I can,not imagine"''were more addicted to prophesies, and astrological...

...Demus, when passing events were calculated to call it up in him as well as the Demus of antiquity. " The apprehensions of the people were likewise strangely...prophecies, and astrological conjurations, dreams and old Avives' tales, than ever they were before or since : whether this unhappy temper was originally raised...

...confesses that he was himself inclined to regard the comet as the warning of God's judgments. " The people were more addicted to prophecies and astrological...wives' tales, than ever they were, before or since. Books frightened them terribly, such as Lilly's Almanack, Gadbury's Astrological Predictions, and the...

...comet, and the little alarm that was given in December by two people dying at St Giles'.-, as above. The apprehensions of the people were likewise strangely...the times ; in which, I think, the people, from what principles I cannot imagine, were more addicted to prophecies and astrological conjurations, dreams...

...comet, and the little alarm that was given in December by two people dying at St Giles's, as above. The apprehensions of the people were likewise strangely increased by the error of the times ; n which, I think, the people, from what principles I cannot imagine, were more addicted to prophecies...

...fanatics. Defoe says, that at that time the people were more addicted to prophecies and astronomical conjurations, dreams, and old wives' tales than ever they were before or since. Almanacs, and their predictions, frightened them terribly. Even the year before the plague broke out,...