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Catherine 1. Cox ... the plague to a righteous man is as Eli[j]ahs charriot which lifted hirn to heauen.! The time is January 15, 1625 2 and the place the Church of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London. One of the city's most devastating outbreaks of bubonic plague since the disease's first entry into the British Isles in 1348 has recently subsided,3 and the congregation has gathered --after months of separation, fear, and uncertainty--to hear the words of their parish minister, Dr. John Donne, the distinguished Dean of St. Paul's. The moment must have been exceedingly sad and anxious, for many worshippers had endured the deaths of family, friends, and servants. Thirty-six thousand Londoners, roughly one fifth of the population, had died of disease that year. Many worshippers would also have suffered deep financial losses due to the closing of London shops, markets, and courts, and the public's fear of crowds. Intensifying this sense of loss, the kingdom had faced the death of James I, their monarch of twentytwo years, the preceding spring. Political and religious tensions were running high, for the accession of Charles I and his young Catholic bride, the French princess Henrietta Maria--along with the Privy Council's suspension
Explorations in Renaissance Culture – Brill
Published: Dec 2, 2009
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