Episode 156: Beggars, Cheats and Thieves
The History of English Podcast
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The Fast and Loose Con Game
The first recorded use of fast and loose occurred in a collection of poetry published in the year 15 57 called songs and sonnets. In that same month, england declared war on france. That takes us back to the end of the last episode, where i discussed the reign of queen mary. You may remember that mary's husband was philip of spain. So he had returned england to get mary to provide him with money and troops.
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