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A Frenchman never knows when he might need to purchase a wig whilst abroad!
The following dialogue is from the popular English primer by Abel Boyer, a Huguenot emigré originally from Castres. The book was first published in 1694. Note that, even at this early date, there was great concern with fashion and quite a choice of wigs available.
The compleat French master for ladies and gentlemen: being a new method, to learn with ease and delight the French tongue
Dialogue XVII, pour acheter une perruque – to buy a periwig.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2b0_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false
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