According to A Journal of the Plague Year, the magistrates declared that all bodies had to be covered with at least six feet of earth. Why do you think they made this order?

A. Shallow graves could be dug up too easily by others.

B. The bodies would not infect others if they were buried deep.

C. If the bodies were not buried that deep, the graves might flood.

D. Their religion required that all bodies be buried that deep