来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病第4集第4集》

Healthy men and women could be threatened.

那些健康的男男女女也会受到威胁
The ill could be blackmailed,

病人按要求交钱
so they could be left to die at peace in their homes.

就可以安心地在家中死去
Burglars could be sold information on empty houses.

而梁上君子们则四处兜售空闲房屋的消息
And often they were drunk,

通常情况下他们都喝得烂醉
as they consumed spirits to fortify their courage.

通过麻痹神经来鼓舞自己的勇气
Another part of the plague regulations

瘟疫肆虐时的另一规定则是
was the control of markets and provisions,

严格调控市场交易与供给
to guarantee the supply of food to an afflicted locality,

以此确保食物送达瘟疫爆发区
so that people wouldn't die of famine,

这样那些人就不会在病痛的时候
as well as disease.

遭到饥饿的折磨
The health magistrates, or boards of health,

卫生执行官或者卫生委员会