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I have decided, my boy and I have boarded the ship heading for France. We had a quick stop over in Constantinople before we headed to Marseille, but something has gone terribly wrong. Suddenly many of the crew have started to become sick.

Several of the crew have died, the disease is horrible, many of the men have large bulges on thier neck and they sneeze uncontrollably. The captain assures us that everything will be fine and tells us to stay in our cabins.

More of the crew have died, but we managed to make it to Marseille. However word has journeyed that our crew is sick, and the port authorities refuse to allow anyone to get off. I have begun coughing myself, I'm becoming very scared.

The Captain who is coughing up blood has decided to make for another port, over half the crew is dead or dying, we hope to make a little farther. I am trapped to my bed and am in terrible pain.

My son has died, the crew and captain are all but dead, the ship is just a ghost ship floating on it's own, I close my eyes for the last time.

The plague made its way into Italy and France through ships travelling from the East, many ships were lost at sea, with the entire crew falling to the plague. It was carried by fleas who traveled on the backs of Rats, which was and are a common occurence on ships of the ancient world.






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