| 1 | An epidemic of such a disease. | |
| 2 | Plague came in the wake of earthquake. | |
| 3 | A great plague was then raging in the city. | |
| 4 | Fear spread through the crowd like a contagion. | |
| 5 | During the great plague of Europe, the Pope passed a law. The law said you say "God bless you" to anyone who sneezed. |