#sevenpence

[fideidefenswhore]

At the beginning of Mary's reign, she had confidently believed that the Habsburg alliance would bring wealth to England. By the middle of 1557 inflation was worse than ever recorded. A working man's wage is generally quoted as having risen from fourpence a day to sevenpence. Beef, however, was fourpence a pound, [and] eggs had risen to a startling price of two for a penny, so that a dozen would account for almost the whole of a man's daily pay. John Ponet, the former Bishop of Winchester, who had fled abroad at the end of Edward's reign, wrote a forceful pamphlet, 'A Short Treatise of Politic Power', in which he described the people of England being 'driven of hunger to grind acorns for bread meal, and to drink water instead of ale.'  At court, the Spanish pensions with which Philip [II] had hoped to buy the loyalty of Mary's leading councillors were mostly twelve months in arrears by the beginning of 1558, although Feria reminded Philip to keep up those which he considered most vital, in particular to the Admirals, Lord William Howard, and later Clinton.

Perry Maria. 1990. The Word of a Prince : A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documents.

[john-amend-all]

First Lines Meme

Memed from @thisbluespirit: Rules: post the first lines of your 10 most recently published AO3 stories. if you have less than 10 fics posted, post the first lines of all

Helen stepped out of the elevator, and took a few moments to compose herself. - Valen's Angels

"Physician... heal thyself" - Pox and Sevenpence

The double doors flew open, revealing the worried faces of Tegan and Nyssa. - Miscaken Identity

There were a number of places Ace could have been. - They That Mourn

As the harsh clang of the watch bell came to Liz Shaw's ears, she swept the telescope around the horizon one final time, replaced it on its stand, and clambered down from the crow's nest with practised skill. - Becalmed

Despite all her experiences since Zaphod had taken her from Earth, Trillian remained, at heart, an Earthwoman. - The New Boss

Not for the first time, Ryan looked around the half-built housing estate as if he couldn't quite believe the Doctor hadn't shown up already. - A Travesty In One Act

When Colin and Rob had dared her to spend the night in a haunted house, Tegan had laughingly agreed with hardly so much as a qualm. - Dare

The intercom buzzer sounded. - Outcast

Jamie had been pretty sure whose voice he'd heard, even before he came close enough to see the pink trainers protruding from under the fence. - If You Go Down To The Woods Today

[thanksforthedinosaur]

hannah cole - table

carol ades - late start

juliet ivy - sweet dreams

annie dirusso - legs

illuminati hotties - throw (life raft)

daffo - good god

smol fish - get over it

asha jefferies - crumble

why bonnie - rhyme or reason

beeson - just for now

niki - buzz

nilüfer yanya - mutations

liam benzvi - dust

toro y moi - hollywood

amy shark - gone

hazel english - goner

pronoun - together or separately

luna li - fantasy

julia wolf - life is a storm

ivri - planets and faith

isabel pless - the bite

mori calliope - through the blue

fuvk - amateur hour

dounia - easier in concept

sad alex - cranberry

that woman - i was aching

l devine - miscommunikaty - jc's 2008 mix

godly the ruler - melodramatic

beabadoobee - post

tiffi - beach house

lilyisthatyou - halo

maude latour - too slow

aziya - party's over

mothica - oblivion for two

porches - crying at the end

clayekea - author

brothertiger - stained glass

meishi smile - strawberry wrist

snail mail - tonight, tonight

hozier - abstract (psychopomp)

dsps - 在意與默契

adrianne lenker - once a bunch

madilyn mei - tho i'm a tortoise

iron & wine - never meant

oso oso - seesaw

spirit of the beehive - i've been evil

charly bliss - i don't know anything

balance and composure - believe the hype

sweet pill - there, there

oceanator - cut string

uri gagarn - bug

cursive - imposturing

leoniden - you > you

blink-182 - all in my head

flor - painted

magdalena bay - tunnel vision

sabrina carpenter - espresso

fromis_9 - supersonic

oh my girl - la la la la (mimi, seunghee)

dee holt - pick up your shoes

ethan tomas - keep me waiting

wafia - sad shit

solace - resolve

coco & clair clair - graceland

jpegmafia - new black history (feat. vince staples)

logic - teleport

chance the rapper - 3333

namebuddha - fragile

tinashe - when i get you alone

olivia prado - ginger tea

khalid - everything we see

teen daze - fade away

sophia stel - static

rosario - puppet

mili - duetting solo

hololive english - breaking dimensions

hakos baelz - gekirin

sophie cates - rotation

chanpan - air ride

baobei - don't think about it

piao - tap my foot (ฅ'ω'ฅ)

mallrat - ray of light

txzz - 22k

piri & tommy - 99%

maisi - not my type

vi0let - the way

tiffany day - far away

sycco - i'd love to tell you

slumberjunkie - teach me how to fly

neggy gemmy - gemmy juice

パソコン音楽クラブ - child replay

leanys - me tienes tan mal

rubii - art of getting by

llll - see u

giga - beyond the way

madge - frat

mitaya - i just wanna dance :/

senses - let go of me

kruu - what to do about you

ryan leahan - sevenpence

tracey brakes - purgatory pony

falinee - judas

channie - piece by piece

2adore - fragments

munzi - blame 0

miraie - lost my connections with you so now it's all tethered

c2d - piercings

loje - anything4u

429 - suicide angel

emorave - sour diesel

ryan leahan - glitter

sullii - back for the summer

[nagaruru]

REAL SEVENP KNOW HOW CRAZY INSANE I AM RIGHT NOW

[cosmictomato]

“Upon this, the parish authorities authorities magnanimously and humanly resolved that Oliver should be ‘farmed,’ or, in other words, that he should be dispatched to a branch-workhouse some three miles off, where twenty or thirty other juvenile offenders against the poor-laws, rolled about the floor all day, without inconvenience of too much food or too much clothing, under the parental superintendente of an elderly female, who received the culprits at and for the consideration of sevenpence-halfpenny per small head per week.”

9 COMMAS. JUST MAKE THEM SENTENCES PLEASE!!

Is there a logical reason he uses so many commas? /gen

hey Charles?….Charles dickens? Why the hell do you need to use so many commas??? Like I thought I used too many but this? Sir, this is truly unacceptable.

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[suparach7]

7 days, 7 pics in black&white of my everyday. No people, no captions, no explanations. - #challenge #day6 #sevendays #sevenpics

[freefromlightandlaw]

February, probably:

I wanna tell you one story. This was the best meal I've ever had in my life, alright? This happened just before Christmas a few years back, and it took place at a little restaurant called The Salt and Pepper Diner. Yes, yes, you know the Salt and Pepper diner? It's a restaurant in that corner area between Union Wolfstack, Veilgarden, and Benthic, which means that it caters mainly to exhausted union dockworkers, drunk bohemians, and academics half out of their minds on the Correspondence. Wonderful place.

Now I go into this place one day with my friend Edmund. We walk into the Salt and Pepper diner one day, and they had one of those weird new record players there, alright? And the record player was three plays for a penny, so we put in sevenpence, and selected twenty-one plays of God Save The Queen And then we ordered and waited.

Here's the thing about when God Save The Queen plays over and over and over and over and over again. The second time it plays, your immediate thought is not, "Hey someone's playing God Save The Queen again." It's, "Hey, God Save The Queen is a lot longer than I first thought." The third time it plays, you're thinking maybe someone's playing God Save The Queen again. The fourth time it plays you're thinking, "Whoa. Someone just played God Save The Queen four times, or at least someone played it twice, and it's a really long song." So, the fifth time is the kicker. Now, we're watching the entire diner at this point.

Most people have gotten wind as to what's going on, and we're staring at January, and she's sitting in her booth and her hand is shaking like she's been on to us since the beginning. She's staring at us, and the fourth play fades out. It's dead quiet, and then, you hear "GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN!" and she goes, "Goddammit!" and she pounds on the table, and silverware flies everywhere and it was fantastic.

But a word about my friend Edmund, and what a genius he was because, when we were first up at the record player and we were punching in the God Save The Queen, alright? I'd punched in seven, and then Edmund says to me, "Hey, hey, hey wait. Let's put in one Carol of the Bells. And that is when the afternoon went from good to great.

After seven plays, and the sigh of relief has swept through the diner; people were ecstatic. It was like the Liberation of Night had come early. You know, for years, scientists have wondered, can you make grown men and women weep tears of joy by playing Carol of the Bells and the answer is yes, yes, you can, as long as it is preceded by seven God Save The Queens.

And on the other hand, when we went back. Holy shit. Carol of the Bells fades out. It's dead quiet. Then, "GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN!"

People went fucking insane. No one could handle it. No one could handle it, and they were surrounded by like this seemingly indifferent staff, you know, that was just like, "Yep, same shit as always." My only wish is that one of those Correspondence students had stood up and been like, "Now you know. Now you know what it's like to live in my brain."

They unplug the record player after eleven plays, and the next time we saw her, January cursed us out in five different languages and called us all counter-revolutionary bastards. And that was the best meal I ever had.