Every Man's Companion: Or, An Useful Pocket-Book
The Travel Journal of Dr Martin Lister (1639-1712)
Picardy
France (Wikipedia)
Lister passed through Picardy on his way back to Calais. On 6 April, 1666, his traveling companion, Philip Skippon, noted laconically:
Picardy is a great corn country.
Skippon, Journey, 6 April 1666
Indeed it is:
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