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... Though he was quite wealthy by the standards of the day, he often found himself thirsty: the summer of 1350 had been one long draught ... The draught had made the peasants who worked for the king very uncomfortable--and worried. ...



What's all this I hear about draughts? If the king drank all summer, why was he still thirsty? Or was it a breezy summer that dried him out? Forced induction into the army? Was there a war on?

Oh, drought (^_^) Nevermind.