Thursday, May 29, 2008

from The Voyage of Italy by Richard Lassels, 1670

Piacenza -. I observed in this town a notable piece of thriftiness used by the gentlewomen, who make no scruple to be carried to their country-houses near the town, in coaches drawn by two cows yoked together; these will carry the Signora a pretty round trot unto her villa; they afford her also a dish of their milk, and after collation bring her home again at night without spending a penny.

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