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Boccaccio said that the victims, "ate lunch with their friend and dinner with their ancestors in paradise." (Cartwright p.42) This is a quote that can clearly explain the devastation that the Bubonic Plague had on most people. Currently just mention the words black plague or bubonic plague, and quickly shivers run up and down a humans spine. For most people the death menace was 90% affirmative after exposed to one of the many bacteria’s. Over the years there has been 3 major outbreaks including ones in the 6th, 14th and 17th centuries(Silverman). Total there was over 137 million victims dead. At it’s worst the plague killed 2 million people a year(Silverman). The earliest outbreak was in 1330’s in China (Rice). Since china and other surrounding countries were into trading, the epidemic quickly spread to Europe, and Asia. Within 10 days it is able to spread through-out a city. To many of the citizens it felt as your shadow was you murderer. After 5 years from the orig