London, 12 February 1667
This is a post about what my life would be like if I were a commonfolk in 17th century England.
When I woke up I had the difficult job of getting dressed with lots of long skirts and corsets its a hardly enviable outfit. I apply ceruse to make my face white and then put on the fake beauty mark made of mouse skin. I leave with out breakfast. Walking through the streets he smell is awful because of all the feces and rotting dead cats and dogs.
I am going to the theater to see the new play except this time there will be females acting not just men! It was a good play by Shakespeare. Since it is midday I am going to have my one large meal. It will begin in one room of my house and end in another. The man came with the water this morning that will be used to boil the food.
At dinner we had lots of different meats like chicken, cow and sheep. We have weak beer along with all of his food. This is all we will eat until much later when we have a light supper. That is all I do in the average day here in England.
Picard,Lisa. "Sex,Lice and Chamber Pots in Pepys' London." 17 February 2011. British Broadcasting Company. http://tinyurl.com/LondonDayintheLife
"17th Century English Theatre" Wikimedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Theatre-versailles.jpg
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