7.It was not until the winter cold began to be felt that the violence of the Plague abated；and even then it did not wholly leave the close，foul lanes of the great city of London.It did not finally go until it was burned out.
8.Next year a terrific Fire broke out in London.It began in a baker‘s shopnear Fish Street Hill.An east wind was blowing very fiercely，and the season had been very dry，so that the flames had both force and food.All along the Thames and backward into the City the fire spread from house to house，leaping across streets and breaks in the lines of building，as if it were a live wild beast bent on devouring all before it.
9.The people were in many cases too much stupefied to carry their property away，but ran crying and wringing their hands in a helpless manner.The Thames was covered with floating goods and boats carrying off what could be saved；and the fields all around London were filled with heaps of furniture and covered with tents under which，on a little straw，the poor took refuge.Above them was a sky glowing like red-hot copper；and around them the air was hot，like the breath of afurnace，and was filled with myriads of sparks whirling before the wind.
10.There were ten thousand houses burning at once；and the great dark clouds of smoke that arose from the flaming oil and resin in the warehouses by the Thames，rolled fifty miles away to astonish the simple country folks of Berkshire and Oxford.Nobody could go near the streets that were on fire，both by reason of the extreme heat and of the danger that arose from the falling timber and the melted lead that came pouring off the roofs.
11.Perhaps the grandest sight of all was the burning of St.Paul’s Cathedral，the stones of which cracked like bomb-shells.A scaffolding around this ancient building aided the flames to creep up the sides of the spire，until they had wrapped the whole in a red mantle of destruction.Here the pouring down of lead was perhaps more terrible and more destructive than anywhere else.
12.The falling roof of St.Paul‘s broke into St.Faith’s，where a great number of books had been stored by the stationers；and these，taking fire，burned for a week.All the metal-work of the great building，including iron as well as lead，melted almost at once in the fierce heat；and the bells were also destroyed.
13.The smoke of the burned dead filled the city with its nauseous smell；and this，coupled with the fact that men，walking a good way off from the fire，had their hair singed and the soles of their feet burned，prevented persons from going out to look on from mere curiosity.And when to all these causes of fear and trouble there was added a rumour to the effect that the French and the Dutch had landed and were in the city，we shall have some idea of the state in which London was during that terrible week.
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1.在过去，尤其是在东方国家，人们不怎么爱干净，不管是个人卫生还是家庭卫生，都不像现在那么讲究。由于他们把垃圾堆在狭窄的街道和肮脏的房间里，导致如今已经根除的许多疾病在当时司空见惯。
2.历史上提到的这些最可怕又最具毁灭性的疾病，便叫做瘟疫。几乎任何一个时间较长的统治时期，在结束之前几乎都无法避免某种可怕瘟疫（主要由污秽引起和滋生）的光临。不过，在查理二世当政初期造访伦敦的“大瘟疫”，却是这些可怕疾病中最后也可能是最严重的一种。
3.初夏时候，人们开始是一个接一个地感到恶心并跌倒在大街上，就像被某只看不见的手击中一样。然而过了一两个星期，死亡人数就开始数以百计，很快便又数以千计。许多有足够经济能力的人，在这个可怕的夏天都逃出了伦敦，不过，当然还有无数的人没有这个能力。
4.在有人被大瘟疫夺去生命的人家，门上都画上了红色的十字，任何人一个月内都不准进入或离开此地。每个晚上，都有一辆马车穿过寂静的街道，车夫摇着一个铃铛，嘴里喊道“收尸啰”，将马车装满尸体之后，他就会驾车去向一个大坑，伴着许多石灰将这些尸体扔进坑里。
5.发疯的人在杂草丛生的大街上发出哀嚎，更为这一时期增添了恐怖。有一个疯子特别应当注意，因为他在晚上一边嚎叫着四处奔跑，一边将一块燃烧着的煤块往自己头上扣。有些居民搬到泰晤士河上的船上住，以这种方式避免感染，但往往证明于事无补。
6.疾病在最亲近的人之间传播，许多穷人只好将每周几先令的工钱放在家门口（他的妻子或某个小孩已经病倒），并在离开之前大声叫屋里的人出来将钱取走。倘若他走进家门并感染了疾病，那么整个家庭的全部支柱也就倒掉了。
7.直到寒冬来临，狂野的大瘟疫势头才有所减缓，即便是这时候，它也并未完全离开伦敦主要市区那封闭而污秽不堪的街道。直到一场大火的降临，它才会彻底消失。
8.随后一年，一场可怕的大火在伦敦燃起。它是先从鱼街山附近的一家面包店烧着的。一股东风猛烈地吹着，季节已然十分干燥，因此火焰力量实足，燃料丰富。在整个泰晤士河沿岸和前往老城区途中，大火挨家挨户地蔓延，在各条街道上穿行，冲进建筑物内，就像是一头精力充沛的野兽，弯下腰将眼前的一切吞噬。
9.在很多情况下，人们麻木已极，甚至不知道抢走自己的财物，而是边跑边喊，无助地搓着双手。泰晤士河上满是漂浮的食物和小船，这些原本可以留住；伦敦四周的田野上，家具堆积如山，四处都搭着帐篷，穷人仅在地上铺上一点点稻草，作为避难之地。炽热的天空就像一个烧红的大铜盆，在家具和帐篷四周，空气热得像从火炉里出来的一样，到处都是数不清的火星在空中飞舞。
10.有上万栋房屋瞬间烧毁，泰晤士河边货栈里燃烧的油和树脂升起的浓烟，在天空形成巨大的黑云，黑云翻滚到50英里之外，使巴克夏和牛津淳朴的乡村居民感到惊奇。没有人能靠近着火的街道，既因为那里太热了，也因为落下的木材和从屋顶流下的熔铅太危险了。
11.最壮观的景象可能要数圣保罗教堂的起火，教堂的石头像炸弹一样噼哩啪啦地炸开。这座古老建筑旁边的一个绞刑架帮助大火爬上了教堂的尖顶，直到将整个教堂罩上一件将其毁灭的红色“披风”。这里流下的熔铅，可能要比任何地方的都更可怕、更具破坏力。
12.圣保罗教堂掉下的屋顶砸进了圣菲斯教堂，那里的书商贮存了许多图书，这些书熊熊燃起，烧了一个星期。这座伟大建筑里的一切金属制品，包括铁制品和铅制品，在凶猛的热火中都几乎立即溶化，教堂里的钟也都烧坏了。
13.燃烧的尸体冒出的浓烟，使城市充斥着难闻的气味，再加上幸存者头发焦糊、脚底烧黑，人们即使再好奇也不敢出门观看了。有这么多恐惧和痛苦的理由还不够，这时候又有人传言说，法国和荷兰已经登陆并进入了伦敦市，我们不难想象，在那个可怕的星期里伦敦处在什么样的状态。
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CHARLES II.（PART II.）
查理二世（二）
been heard by，been fired so near to.
gain，reward.
lay，was confined.
livings，churches.
set his heart，made up his mind.
similar，like.
1.A great persecution of Presbyterians and Dissenters commenced in the reign of Charles，who，though he had promised not to interfere with religion，set his heart on allowing no form of worship but that of the Church of England.Accordingly，with the help of the Earl of Clarendon，an Act of Uniformity was passed；and two thousand ministers，who had got their livings under Cromwell，were turned out，and forbidden to preach.
2.Many Dissenters were thrown into prison.One of these was John Bunyan，who lay twelve years in Bedford jail，and wrote The Pilgrim‘s Progress during his prison life.Heavy fines were laid on all who refused to worship in the Church of England.Any who met in other churches were hunted down by bands of soldiers，and were imprisoned.
3.A war，in which the English had the best of it，had been carried on against the Dutch for several years by sea；but once the Dutch fleet sailed up the Thames，burned many ships，destroyedaSheer ness，and retired.Ne ver
before had an enemy’s guns been heard by the people of London；and they have never been heard since.
