early modern
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these two fingers
these two fingersi asked that you place themhere on your wrist like thisyour liver turnsyour banquet into blood i saidit ebbs upriver through your arteries to your heart i askedif you could feel it ebb from your heartupstream through your veinsyou said you couldyour heart’s in good health i saidnow you sayit’s not that heart… Continue reading
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robbers and the rulers
robbers and the rulersof the domains through which you’d gothey watch the roads for passing fortunes they can seizeor for fortunate people they can spend on a ransom rather than four guilders paid at the first of each of the five months that followpay for the first three months when he signsand for the last… Continue reading
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tell him you want to find a man like he
tell him you want to find a man like heone who plays watten1 at a table in a tavernwho sits naked in the smock he sleeps ina nightshirt bought from a ragmanwhite linen unwashed time yellowed tannedby fireplace smoke and sweattrousers fadedto beige and threadbarebarefoota squatter from an abandoned housewith a wife to return to… Continue reading
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want his wife to be
want his wife to behis accomplice who removesthe purse from the pouchthe brooch on a chain from the neckthe ruby on the ring from the finger removesthe doublet of brocade from the torsothe pluderhosen (1) made of silk from the trunkpointed poulaines (2) from the feet wanthis wife to chew a leaf of henbane (3)… Continue reading
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impress charm recruit
Between wars in early modern Europe, soldiers often were idle and sometimes engaged in criminal activity. It wasn’t unusual for commanders to rid towns, villages, and the country of undesirables by recruiting them.impress charm recruit a highwayman on horsebacka fugitive on foot Continue reading
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