Medieval food5/28/2023 ![]() “Dame, what hold ye the ell (45 inches) of this cloth? Or what is worth the cloth whole? In short, so to speak, how much the ell?” “Sire, reason ye shall have it good and cheap.” “Yea, truly, for cattle. Caxton’s 15th-century dialogue book is based on a 14th-century language guide, and gives the following lesson in how to haggle with a cloth vendor: Yet for almost everything that’s been manufactured you will have to negotiate.
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