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Tudor England
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By the middle of Henry VIII's reign, the white meats — that is, dairy products — were considered common fare and people from all classes would eat meat whenever they could get it.
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― A History of English Food
― A History of English Food
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Anne Hathaway's Garden by Stewart Stafford
In Stratford, lies a garden's tended hair,
Two lovebirds, Avon swans, nested there.
Anne kept counsel as Shakespeare's bride,
United home and clan over distance wide.
Pestilence, flood and war roared with fright,
This English idyll thrived in the pastoral light,
Rose, rosemary pruned with nurturing care,
Floral Tudor fireworks, exploding fragrant air.
The Bard, swansong past, returned to her,
Wooed Anne with words, the heartbeat spur,
To walk and rem
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