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It is ye wrath of god for syn & wickednes from wch greevous plaugue & pestilenc the living god almighty for Ihus christ his sake keepe & save vs all Amen.

therfore hurte not holy church for it is the chosen of god but love god almighty nost {sic} fervently thy King faythfully & truely honour god & obey there servants & ministers of iustice reverently & live in thy county vertuously & wth thy neighb peaceablely & in so doing god almighty hath created a medson but if yu wilt not serve god then no medson shall serve but plaugs & pestilenc & sudden death therf leave swearing cursing {sy}ing & sclandering beware of stinking nysts {sic} vnholsome ayer \water/ surfeted flesh \excesse of drnking {sic} ver{iy} {raw} fru{it}/

Calendared note from MS Ashmole 217, f. 178v (bottom left part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘NOTE8416’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/notes/NOTE8416, accessed 29 October 2026.