Definition of "plage"

King Henry and his faction nesteled and strēgthēd him and his alies in the North regions and boreal plage.

a. 1547, Edward Hall, Hall's chronicle, J. Johnson, published 1809, page 252

Tam[burlaine]. Kings of Argier, Morocus, and of Feſſe,You that haue martcht with happie Tamburlain,As far as from the frozen place [sic – meaning plage] of heauen,Unto the watrie mornings ruddy hower [sic – meaning bower].

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act IIII, scene iv

In the Heauens, they supposed a burning Zone; in the Earth, a Plage [translating Latin plaga], plagued with scorching heats.

1626, 8th book, page 792