1. That before the year 1630 the christenings at London exceeded
the burials of the same, but about the year 1655 they were scarce
half; and now about two-thirds.

2. Before the restoration of monarchy in England, A.D. 1660, the
people of Paris were more than those of London and Dublin put
together, whereas now, the people of London are more than those of
Paris and Rome, or of Paris and Rouen.

3. A.D. 1665 one fifth part of the then people of London, or
97,000, died of the plague, and in the next year, 1666, 13,000
houses, or one fifth part of all the housing of London, were burnt
also.

4. At the birth of Christ old Rome was the greatest city of the
world, and London the greatest at the coronation of King James II.,
and near six times as great as the present Rome, wherein are 119,000
souls besides Jews.

5. In the years of King Charles II.'s death, and King James II.'s
coronation (which were neither of them remarkable for extraordinary
sickliness or healthfulness) the burials did wonderfully agree,
viz., A.D. 1684, they were 23,202, and A.D. 1685, they were 23,222,
the medium whereof is 23,212. And the christenings did very
wonderfully agree also, having been A.D. 1684, 14,702, and A.D.
1685, 14,732, the medium whereof is 14,716, which consistence was
never seen before, the said number of 23,212 burials making the
people of London to be 696,360, at the rate of one dying per annum