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Quotes from Lal, K. S — Francisco Pelsaert

1590–1630 Netherlands

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The common people (live in) poverty so great and miserable that the life of the people can be depicted or accurately described only as the home of stark want and the dwelling place of bitter woe… their houses are built of mud with thatched roofs. Furniture there is little or none, except some earthenware pots to hold water and for cooking…

Lal, K. S (1992)

Peons or servants are exceedingly numerous in this country... for every one-be he mounted soldier, merchant or king’s official-keeps as many as his position and circumstances permit. Outside the house, they serve for display, running continually before their master’s horse; inside, they do the work of the house, each knowing his duty...

Lal, K. S (1992)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Francisco Pelsaert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.