Selected texts of service to the plague-stricken 2. The Capuchins during “The Plague of San Carlo” (1576/77) A contemporary account 4. Letter of Antonio Scutellari da Palma to Feliciano da Piacenza: A Capuchin reports on the situation of the plague in Parma in 1629 6. Spread of the plague in Venice (1630-1631)