PGB+not+join+the+army

I urged my husband to stay home and avoid the army, but I now wish we had gone. Terrible things have happened here and we are scared. Rumours continue to abound about the disease approaching.

We hear that this disease approaches closer and closer. It sounds horrible and it kills so many people, we are really scared and we pray every night so we may be spared God's Wrath.

The English are invading!!! We as french people are apparently helpless against their archers as they defeat us at every turn. We hear they are evil and do terrible things, we are scared and pray every night.

Disease has Struck, it's horrible, people get these black bulges on their neck, groin, and armpits that are very painful, they have a fever and if someone is lucky they fall into a coma and die, most people end up having violent seizures. Everyone who has gotten sick has died. We are scared but there is nothing to do but continue on and pray. Our town elder has died, we thought he was the most religious amongst us, If God's Wrath came for him what hope do we have?

My grandchildren have become sick, I care for them knowing that I'll probably be next, and I pray.

My husband is helping to bury people in the mass grave outside town, It feels like we are doing something unholy, burying lots of people in one grave, but we simply can't dig enough holes. We continue to pray.

We don't understand why the disease is continuing on so badly. We have prayed to all the holy relics in our town including the Skulls of the disciples. We have given as much money as we can to the church, we pray non-stop, we do whatever our priest tells us to do to no avial.

My oldest son and his entire family have died. We can't even bury everyone, we just burn the house down where they lay, we continue to pray.

My youngest son has died, I tried to get the priest to give the last rites but he wouldn't even open the door, has God forsaken us? We pray.

People have discovered that the jews have caused this disease, so we rounded them all up and burned them alive, just like they did in Basel, Switzerland, but the disease continued. Were we right to kill the Jewish people? Are we praying right?

The priest has died, is this really God's Wrath, or is the church wrong? I Don't know if I should pray or not.

Today a group of religious people came through the town whipping and beating themselves bloody in an attempt to make God happy. Are they right?

We have lost 50% of our towns population, in some cases ENTIRE families were wiped out, there are empty houses all around. It's almost a ghost town. Many of the people were Good people, why was God so angry?

It seems as if the disease has run it's course, as it's been almost a week since the funeral bells have rung. Could it be over? Was the church right, it doesn't seem like it since it Killed many of the priests? I don't know what to think. There are so many questions that we are asking and not getting answers too. Our new priest is confusing us, he seems likable but he's very different than our last one as he seems to care about us and not just our money.

In the mean time we have a choice to make, should we stay in this small town or move to a new city and attempt to make a new living there. So many of our friends and family have died we have no ties here anymore.


 * [[image:paris_Cimetière_des_Innocents.PNG width="337" height="239" align="left" link="PGBD go to the city"]] || [[image:F-of-F-Shamble-Medieval-Village.jpg width="328" height="246" align="left" link="PGBD Stay in the Village"]] ||
 * ~ Move to the city ||~ Stay in the village. ||
 * While its hard to say the plague was a good thing, it did have some positive impacts. It decimated the human population but left the actual physical buildings, farms, and factories intact. This allowed for people to begin businesses with rather small start up capital. In addition it created a massive shortage of labor (human workers) which gave laborors the power to demand more money and better conditions which leads to the growth and power of a strong middle class. Cities became thriving centers of commerce and Industry. || While its hard to say the plague was a good thing, it did have some positive impacts. It decimated the human population but left the actual physical buildings, farms, and factories intact. This allowed for people to begin businesses with rather small start up capital. In addition it created a massive shortage of labor (human workers) which gave laborors the power to demand more money and better conditions which leads to the growth and power of a strong middle class. While cities were a growing sensation, many people found many job opportunies in the countryside. And small villages soon grew to cities themselves. ||

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