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And all the plagues with which mankind are curst,
Ecclesiastic tyranny’s the worst. Daniel Defoe 1660-1731, The True-Born Englishman
The plague [of locusts] is a single animal, its body covering 400 miles. The Hellstrom Chronicle, 1971
The Black Death had arrived and within three years it would wipe out half of the population. Bettany Hughes, Seven Ages of Britain 1066 A.D. – 1350 A.D. Channel 4 2003
When the Plague arrived in Britain one chronicler described it as, ‘Death coming into our midst like a black smoke. A rootless phantom of no mercy.’ Bettany Hughes, Seven Ages of Britain: The Sixth Age: 1350 A.D. – 1530 A.D.
The ravages of the Black Death had almost halved the male labour force. ibid.
They had no defence against the enemy – it was a flea ... At the height of the Plague there were not enough living to bury the dead ... The Black Death. James Burke, Connections s1e4: Faith in Numbers, BBC 1978
Floods, plagues, fire and brimstone – these legendary punishments were inflicted by a vengeful God. God’s Wrath, Discovery 2010
The Atlantic Ocean prevents the plague reaching the Americas. Mankind: The Story of All of Us V, History 2012
1352 the Sahara, the largest desert on the planet … Ibn Battuta: He left Morocco at age 21 vowing never to travel the same road twice. He has explored over 40 countries but this is his first time in the Sahara … The plague raging through Asia, Europe and the Middle East; it’s killed up to a fifth of the world’s population … but the Sahara is a barrier against the pandemic. Mankind: The Story of All of Us VI: Survivors
Festering disease. Raging pestilence. And agonizing death. But what if the source for all this very human suffering has a strangely non-human origin? Ancient Aliens s3e7: Aliens, Plagues and Epidemics
The worst plague in recorded history. Could this deadly pandemic, known as the Spanish Influenza, have been somehow connected to the incident at Fatima? ibid.
Disease has been responsible for more deaths than every war in human history combined. ibid.
Like the plague of Athens, the Justinian Plague was accompanied by multiple reports of strange sightings in the sky. ibid.
Among antiquities, MacGregor Man is not alone. Throughout the world there are scores of ancient carvings and figurines that seem to depict other-wordly creatures in what some claim is astronaut-like clothing. ibid.
If there was a sinister agenda, why not just attack our planet and be done with it? ibid.
Kerala, India, 2001: A cosmic bang, a massive explosion in the atmosphere, and then a downpour of red rain. ibid.
The Plague reached the south coast of England in the summer of 1348. Medieval Lives III: Birth, Marriage and Death: A Good Death, BBC 2013
Could there have been a rational explanation for the plagues? Mysteries of the Bible s1e1: Moses and Mount Sinai, A&E 1994
Exodus: a Biblical tale of miracles. Catastrophes and history changed by the hand of God. From the burning bush to the death of the first-born, scholars and enthusiasts have pursued natural explanations for supernatural events ... Exodus is a three-thousand-year-old story of terrible plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and the Israelites freed from slavery in Egypt. The book of Exodus is central to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The faiths of billions. The Bible Uncovered: Exodus/Riddles of the Bible: Exodus Revealed, National Geographic 2009
If the plagues can be explained scientifically, then perhaps they are much more than a myth. Secrets of the Bible s1e1: The Ten Plagues, 2015
5818.4 A botanical plague is devastating a planet in the quadrant of the galaxy where the Enterprise is operating at present. It threatens to destroy the vegetation on the entire planet leaving it uninhabitable. Star Trek s3e21: The Cloud Minders s3e21
Our planet is in desperate need, Captain. We have people suffering from a lethal plague. Star Trek: The Next Generation s1e22: Symbiosis, alien on board
The Bubonic Plague ... Around a third of the population was wiped out. Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Art of Germany, BBC 2010
Locusts: after devouring the local vegetation they release pheromones that signal it’s time to move on and grow long wings. America: The Story of the US: Heartland, History 2010
It was a decade-long natural catastrophe of Biblical proportions when the skies refused their rains. And plagues of grasshoppers and swarms of rabbits descended on parched fields. When bewildered families huddled in darkened rooms while angry winds shook their homes. Pillars of dust choked out the midday sun. Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl: The Great Plough-Up, PBS 2012
It travelled about a mile a day and by winter had infected the whole of the south. Michael Wood, The Great British Story 4/8: A People’s History: The Great Rising, BBC 2012
With the tenants dead who would plough the Lord’s land? ibid.
At least half the population of Britain died. ibid.
France and England were forced to agree a truce but it was a fragile death … the Plague had plunged the country into a moral panic. Dr Janina Ramirez, Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War I: Trouble in the Family 1337-1360, BBC 2013
Hot on the heels of massacre and starvation came Plague. Simon Schama, A History of Britain s1e2: Conquest, BBC 2000
In the summer of 1348 the English could be forgiven for thinking themselves unconquerable. They had vanquished the old enemies – the Scots and the French. Their King – Edward III – seemed the most powerful ruler in Europe. But they would be conquered ... [by] King Death. His weapon was Plague ... Almost half the country would be dead. Simon Schama, A History of Britain: King Death
The Black Death ... This is now the Bubonic Plague. The British II: People Power, Sky Atlantic 2012
The Black Death was a fourteenth century apocalypse. Robert Bartlett, Inside the Medieval Mind II: Sex, BBC 2008
The disease scythed through the population ... Half the population of England was dead. The world after the Plague looked dramatically different. Entire villages lay deserted. There was no-one to work the land. Robert Bartlett, Inside the Medieval Mind IV: Power
The most terrifying thing you’ll encounter in Elizabethan England – the Plague. Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England III: Brave New World, BBC 2009
The Black Plague ravaged the towns and ports where the Anglo-Normans were strongest. Fergal Keane, The Story of Ireland s2e5: The Age of Conquest, BBC 2011
Locusts: Gigantic plagues several billion strong, and as much as forty miles wide. They will consume every edible thing that lies in their path. This is one of planet Earth’s greatest spectacles. It’s rarely seen on this scale and it won’t last long. David Attenborough, Planet Earth s1e5: Deserts, BBC 2006
It is the middle of the fourteenth century. Antonius Block and his squire after long years as crusaders in the Holy Land have at last returned to their native Sweden. A land ravaged by the Black Plague. The Seventh Seal [Det Sjunde Inseglet] 1957 starring Max von Sydow & Bibi Andersson & Gunnar Bjornstrand & Bengt Ekerot & Nils Poppe & Inga Landgre & Ake Fridell & Inga Gill & Erik Strandmark & Bertil Anderberg & Gunnel Lindblom et al, director Ingmar Bergman