The History of London
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Chapter 74 PART I. No.74

Forestall their market: that is, to buy things before they arrived at the market, so as to sell them at a higher price.

Lübeck: a large port in north Germany in the Baltic.

staples, originally all kinds of raw produce, came to be applied only to wool. Staples Inn was once a wool-market.

instead of selling our wool: Edward III. brought Flem

            
            

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