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Edicts on Corn Scarcity and Public Work Houses in Paris
The text details measures amid food scarcity, including prohibitions on hoarding corn and flowers, weekly market shipments to towns, and bans on ground purchases before harvest. It notes a Parliaments decree to crack down on vagabonds and idle persons, plus orders to establish public work houses and enroll beggars for labor. An edict from May adds further controls and an unexpected abatement, referencing the fig tree and related decrees.
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