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1 " ...the disease killed eight thousand...between its first appearance in October 1635 and its eventual disappearance in July 1637...The appalling impact of the plague had two significant consequences. One was that it created a shortage of labor and thus resulted in a rise in wages as employers competed for man-power. "
― Mike Dash , Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused