Base, vulgar and otherwise engaging

Peasants: base, vulgar and otherwise engaging

These commoners are of no more import than mosquitos. Still, we must admit that even mosquitos get quite noticable on occasion. And so enter the peasant. What use could the wretch be to anyone except the tax collector or the grave-digger?

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Jolly when tipsy.

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When sober, suspicious and impolite enough to show it.

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Eager for simple,mindless entertainment.
Will forget everything for Punch and Judy or Channel 11 news. Their love of mud-slinging also qualifies them for talk shows.

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Often not readily distinguishable from foreign barbarians.

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A consolation: their wenches are oft'n comely.

The exception to the above lament is forced by the few men who better their lot though hard and honest toil.

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Such men end their days in relative comfort.

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Moreover, they enjoy the status of a "good boy" with the burghers.