Should be interesting to read the verdict on battling, bathing, batlling and gang.

I read the Procopius account with great interest, the most sobering fact there having been the necessity of throwing bodies into towers from which tops had been removed. Also, interesting was his description of people who had been immoral, and becoming, instead, uncharacteristically righteous in sight of the plague. Once the threat had disappeared, he observed, they returned to their immoral habits. Thanks for the link, Bingley.

I wonder what the etymology of Procopius' name might be?

Best regards,
WW