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BEP(F.737.011
21 Mar 1737:12,21 (84)
The price of all sorts of provisions is very high,
especially flesh meat; not because there is a scarcity of
any of the species thereof, but, as we are informed, by the
management of the drovers and butchers, who, ('tis affirmed)
have agreed to keep up the price of beef at twelve pence per
pound, for a considerable time yet to come; and we are
credibly informed, that many pieces have been sold for 14d
per pound. On Friday last several fat oxen were drove about
the streets dressed with ribbons, streamers, &c. preceded by
a smug fellow playing on the bag-pipes with a very lively
air, though we could not perceive that his fellows and
followers (who were just going to be knock'd on the head)
were a whit the brisker for their ornaments and musick; and
it looks like an insult upon the town in our present
distressing circumstances, when the most that man of us can
hope for is, to have a smell at their blocks. However, we
know that how merry soever they make themselves, and
whatever needless charge they put themselves to, the buyers
must at last pay the piper.
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