3 Quotes by Mike Dash

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    ...the disease killed eight thousand...between its first appearance in October 1635 and its eventual disappearance in July 1637...The appalling impact of the plague had two significant consequences. One was that it created a shortage of labor and thus resulted in a rise in wages as employers competed for man-power.

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...the disease killed eight thousand...between its first appearance in October 1635 and its eventual disappearance in July 1637...The appalling impact of the plague had two significant consequences. One was that it created a shortage of labor and thus resulted in a rise in wages as employers competed for man-power.

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    The pack of all disasters has moulded together and fallen on my neck.” FRANCISCO PELSAERT.

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The pack of all disasters has moulded together and fallen on my neck.” FRANCISCO PELSAERT.

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    Who Wants to Be Stabbed to Death?” “What a godless life is that which has been lived here.” FRANCISCO PELSAERT.

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Who Wants to Be Stabbed to Death?” “What a godless life is that which has been lived here.” FRANCISCO PELSAERT.

-Mike Dash

 

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