The Plague in Print: Essential Elizabethan Sources, 1558–1603

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293 Index Acheron, 67, 274 Actius, 254n42, 255n46, 274 Adam and Eve, 49, 150, 152, 165, 168 adultery, 86, 163, 239–41 Aelianus, Claudius, 258n141, 274 Aeolus, 233, 274 Aganippe, 68, 274 air: avoiding bad air as plague prevention, xiv, 17, 92, 187–88; corrupt air as plague cause, 1, 7–8, 14, 89–90, 92, 98; as element, 7–8, 83–84; good air as plague remedy, 53–54, 99 alms giving: in Bullein, 54, 56, 60, 75–76; church on, 20–21, 23, 33, 38, 47; in Dekker, 239; in plague orders, xii–xiii, 185–86 America, 77, 138, 141, 173 Andrew, Saint, 220 angels, 120, 132–33, 213; and God’s judgment, 160; and God’s vengeance, 151; in heaven, 159, 167; and Satan, 167, 169 anger, 92, 97, 122 animals, 111–12; fables of, 50, 113–17, 121–22; plague and, 1, 89, 97 anthrax, 91, 98, 175, 265 Antwerp, 62, 222 Apostles, 40, 106–07, 151,158–59; and Antichrist, 132; on hypocrisy, 163; and resurrection, 160 Apothecary: corruption of, 79; depiction by Bullein, 65–81, 104–05; payments to, 80, 105; shops, 65, 189, 236 Aristophanes, 209, 274 Aristotle, 50, 83, 85, 88 astrological influences, 2, 5, 70, 83–84; and death, 150; as plague cause, 1, 7, 9, 179–80, 251n8; as plague sign, 90–91 astronomy, 9, 83–84, 251n8 Augustine, Saint, 6, 36, 163, 258n160 Avicenna, 98, 231, 259n166, 274; Canon, 8, 12; Tractus quartus de febrius pestilentialibus, 89, 254n41 Bales, Peter, 219, 274 Barker, Christopher, 196, 274 Barlow, Frances, 166–69, 274 Barnes, Ambrose, 169, 274 Barrett, Edward, 53, 274 Bartley, 69, 275 Bedlam, 233–34 Benedict, Saint, 68 Bible: and Aristotelian philosophy, 85; on day of fasting, 33; on plagues, 6, 21, 35–38, 44; Puritan preachers and, 75; as source of consolation, 17; truth of, 63–64; on usury, 62–63. See also prayers; scripture Black Death, xi, 1 bloodletting: methods and procedures for, 14, 80, 93–94, 99, 192; and plague prevention, 10–11, 294 Index 93; as plague treatment, xiv, 2, 12–14, 17, 72, 80, 93–94, 99, 188, 192, 194 Boccaccio, Giovanni: Decameron, xii, xiv Boner, Bishop Edmund, 75–76, 254n32, 275 Brigham, Nicholas, 68, 275 buboes, 10–11, 15, 91, 93, 193, 266 Bullein, William: about, 49, xiv; on astrological influences, 70, 83–84; Bullein’s bulwark of defense against all sickness, soreness, and wounds, 40; on death, 49, 148–52; depiction of lawyers by, 72–77; depiction of physicians by, 61–106; A Dialogue both pleasant and pietyful, xii, xiv, 18, 49–177, 206; fables by, 111–24; on flight from plague, 59, 106–07; A new book entitled the government of health, 49; on plague causes, 49, 89–91; on plague prevention, 92–93, 96–97, 100; on plague remedies, 2–5, 93–97, 99–103; on plague symptoms, 90–91, 98–99; symbolisms and representations, 125–36; theological explanations by, 155–65; travel tales by, 138–43 burial, 106, 161, 227; gravediggers and, 226, 236, 246–47; in grave pits, 225–26; and plague prevention, 89, 185. See also funerals Caesar, Julius, 219, 248, 263n53 Camus, Albert: The Plague, xiv Canary Islands, 138–39, 257n105 cannibalism, 141, 149 carbuncles, 91, 98–99, 193, 255n62 Catholic Church. See Roman Catholic Church Cavendish, Margaret, xv Cawood, John, 48, 275 Cecil, William, 18, 179 charity. See alms giving Charon, 67, 275 chastity, 85–87, 154 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 68; Pardoner’s Tale, 49, xii children: parents’ sending away of, xiv, 59, 106; and plague risk, 59; and plague treatment, 94, 190–91; souls of, 88 Christianity: 8–9, 17, 32, 146 Church of England: acts of thanksgiving by, 17, 18; during plague, 17–18, 179, 229; prayer schedule of, 17–18 Church of England services, 17, 20–48, 206; Communion, 23; confession, 22, 26–29; homilies, 23–24, 33–48; litany, 22–26 Clement, Saint, 36, 229 clergy, 64, 67, 74–75, 117, 120; and plague remedies, 1; of Roman Catholic Church, 164 climate and seasonal factors, 35, 84; in Bible, 35; and plague, 79, 89–91, 258–59n66 clothing and bedding of plague victims, 13, 236, 247; to be burned, 96–97, 186, 196 Commons, House of, 67 Complete Bone-Setter Enlarged, The, 2 confession, 22, 26–29, 74, 158 Conscience, William, 169–70, 274–75 contagion, plague, 179, 186–87, 196, 236 corporal punishment, xiii, 206 corruption, 21, 79, 131 covetousness and greed, 58–60, 128, 133, 136, 152, 163...