Journal of the Plague Year

continued, by a Gentleman

A moſt conſtructive Meeting at the Bloater and Blueſtocking Coffee-houſe, wherein the Claſsically Liberal League of Maſque-free Patriots hath reſolved, by unanimous Vote, that all Blame and Ignominy for any Inconvenience to its Memberſhip muſt reſt upon the Surgeons and their Nurſes and Apothecaries, upon the traytorous Greed and Narrowneſs of Perſpective which characteriſe the lower Orders, and alſo upon the Radicals, the uppity Niggers and the beaſtlie French, and that further ſtaunch and ſtalwart Debate will be required in order to determine the preciſe Proportions and the neceſsary Puniſhments.

Meanwhile our noble Prime Miniſter hath once more triumphed over the Woo Han Peſtilence in all its ſubtil Oriental Fiendiſhneſs, by ordering all baſe unworthie Fellowes and their various unhygienick Whores and Broods, to remain within their Hovels and not to emerge, unleſs called forth by urgent Buſineſs ſuch as the Profit of a legitimate Creator of Wealth, excepting in other Circumſtances. Clearly ſuch deciſive and uncompromiſing Meaſures will ſerve to ſow Confuſion in the Ranks of the Heathen, and to prepare the Nation for a final Aſsault for God, Queen and Countrie before the Elapſe of many more Weekes, Moons or Yeares.