mercutio said a plague on both your houses.
mercutio said a plague on both your houses.
who said a plague on both your houses?
mercutio
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in january 1709, the plague reached pillupönen (now in kaliningrad oblast) in the rural prussian east, and by the end of the winter it reached danzig (gdansk). danzig, at that time a largely autonomous, protestant and german-speaking town in polish royal prussia, had become one of the greatest towns in the circum-baltic area due to its position as a hub between polish trade (via the vistula) and international trade (via the baltic sea). while it had so far avoided participation in the war, the conflict had affected it indirectly by a reduction of its trade volume, rising taxes and food shortages. the city council adopted a dual strategy of actively downplaying the plague to the outside world, especially danzig's trading partners, thus keeping the city open and allowing international and local trade to continue with few restrictions, while at the same time the restrictions on burials were eased due to a coffin shortage and the deaths of many grave diggers, plague (pest) houses and new graveyards were designated, and a "health commission" to organize the anti-plague measures was implemented to, for example, collect weekly reports from the physicians and provide the plague victims with food. until the end of may, it seemed that the plague would not be as severe, and the health commission's reports were openly accessible. however, the plague was not contained and spread from the plague houses to the poorer suburbs and surrounding countryside, and starting in early june the death toll rose significantly. the health commission's reports were then declared secret. when the plague faded out by december 1709 never to return to danzig, the town had lost about half of its inhabitants.
great northern war plague outbreak