"God helpe the poore Fishes; it is a hard world with them, they use not to lye under such thicke roofes:" Highlights From the Great Frost Fairs of 1683
"God helpe the poore Fishes; it is a hard world with them, they use not to lye under such thicke roofes:" Highlights From the Great Frost Fairs of 1683
Original (“The great frost. cold doings in London, except it be at the lotterie. With newes out of the country. A familiar talk betwene a country-man and a citizen touching this terrible frost and the great lotterie, and the effects of them. the description of the Thames frozen over.”)
Why does a pound of sugar cost less when bought on the frozen Thames than when bought from the same merchant on land?
Because on the ice the merchant uses a sliding scale.