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From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)

I am also somewhat uncertain what to think of my going about to
take a woman-servant into my house in the Quality of a Woman
for my wife.  My wife promises it shall cost me nothing but her
meat and wages, and that it shall not be attended with any
other expenses; upon which termes I admit of it, for that it
will I hope save me money in having my wife go abroad on visits
and other delights.

		-- Pepys' Diary, 30 Nov. 1662

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