By the end of 1346, reports of plague had reached the seaports of Europe: "India was depopulated, Tartary, Mesopotamia, Syria, Armenia were covered with dead bodies".
Jak mówią ówczesne zapiski, w 1346 zawitała do portów morskich Europy. „Indie były wyludnione, Tartaria, Mezopotamia, Syria, Armenia zakryte trupami”.