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Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo
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This verse of the 'Christmas Lamentation' condemns the use of starch (yellow or otherwise) for setting and other linens – using a foodstuff for decorating clothes has pushed up the price of corn (wheat) , causing a crisis.

youtube.com/watch?v=LCNuQiv-3R

#17thcentury #ballad #ruffs #costofliving #earlymodern #17thCenturyClothing #fashionhistory #HistoryofFashion #earlymusic #seventeenthcentury #SeventeenthCenturySong

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