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Half of Europe, in death's embrace, the throes of a pandemic

Rats overwhelm cities spreading Hemic bacteria, and sepsis

a scuttling throng Spreads the terror of unknown disease

A black shroud draped o'er castle and cot, besieged by infected fleas

Rat’s teeth orange as a carrot

but no carrots could grow, the fields all barren

Malnourishment apparent

A pestilence gone errant

No quinces no cabbage, no mutton no salmon

agrarian collapse digs a deep famine

Cold chains of hunger pains will grip you to your core

destitute of prosperity your family is no more

Rats of black death

Half of Europe dead

Rats of black death

famines endless spread

Rats of black death

3/4ths of Europe dead

Rats of black death

Famines endless spread

Songs of birds replaced by wails of grief

Bulbus nodes render remedies obsolete

The staunchest of priests will question their beliefs

When Confronted with the masses of the recently deceased

Black death’s the ax that chops family trees

Their fur a cloak for death's deceit,

The reaper has not a scythe unsheathed

But beady eyes and a Blameless squeak

From Italy's shores to England's green,

A solemn mournful dirge

In chambers grand and hovels small,

All felt the Reaper's purge

a scuttling throng Spreads the terror of unknown disease

A black shroud draped o'er castle and cot, besieged by infected fleas

Rats of black death

Half of Europe dead

Rats of black death

famines endless spread

Rats of black death

3/4ths of Europe dead

Rats of black death

Famines endless spread