1402-09-03-Milan
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1402-09-3 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | ||
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Melegnano, Pavia | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | Plague | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Italian | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Epidemics, Migration, Mortality | |
| last edited | 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
The Duke of Milan fell ill, even if he fled from the plague, that raged in Milan. He tried to recover in the castle Marignano (Melegnano), but after 7 days he died on the 3th September.
Text originalOriginal text
Istando le chose in questi termini ldio e lla sua madre Vergine Maria e ’l beato messere Santo Giovanni Batista. promissono, a cciò che tanto male non seguisse, che il Ducha malò di male pestilenziale. Uno giorno, disinando egli inn una sua terra dove era fuggito pe·lla mortalità ch’era a Milano, si sentì venire male; di che subito si volle partire e venne a un chastello si chiama Maringniano, di lungho dieci miglia da <Pavia>. E quelle dieci miglia chavalcò in fretta e in sulla nona, chon gran chaldo; e giunto in Maringniano, egli bevve più d’una metadella e mezo tra vino e aqua, chome quelli che ardea dentro ed erasi affannato nel chavalchare, e si puose giù e visse circha di sette dì: partì di questa vita a dì 3 di settenbre 1402.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
With things being as they were, God, the Virgin Mary, and the blessed Lord St. John the Baptist promised that such great evil would not follow, but the Duke fell ill with a pestilential disease. One day, while dining in one of his lands where he had fled from the plague that was in Milan, he began to feel unwell; so, he immediately decided to leave and went to a castle called Marignano, which is ten miles away from Pavia. He quickly covered those ten miles around noon, in great heat; and upon arriving in Marignano, he drank more than a half measure and a half of wine mixed with water, like someone burning inside and exhausted from riding. He then lay down and lived for about seven days: he passed away on the 3rd of September, 1402.
