“On hearing ill rumour that Londoners may soon be urged into their lodgings by Her Majesty’s men, I looked upon the street to see a gaggle of striplings making fair merry, and no doubt spreading the plague well about. Not a care had these rogues for the health of their elders!”
Sam, you should have seen Paris last week. Ah, those striplings made some fair merry alright!
Samuel Pepys Diaries – London 1664
