[88] The pestilence, seven times in the course of this century, made
great havoc in the city of Basle. The plague of 1564 carried off a
third part of the population of the town and suburbs.--See Jean de
Muller, _Hist. de la Confédération Suisse_, tom. xi. _passim_, and
the _Diary of the Physician Platerus_, MS. Library of Basle.
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Our friends salute you and Michael Mullot, who has stolen hither
for three days during the holidays of his school, to take counsel
along with us. On his return he will intimate that he does not
remain there beyond the time agreed on. After having heard your last
letter, Grynée requested to be informed as soon as I should have
obtained the first opportunity of a messenger, but I was unwilling
to interrupt him at this time of the day.
[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 106.]