Show Crowded Inns Gave Ui Us Purses Theres There's an odd little story behind that purse we dip into so 10 frequently It is 11 linked up with the origin of or the word Bourse generally applied to foreign stock tock exchanges exchange In the Fourteenth century says lay Pearson Pearson's London Weekly the Venetians Venetian used wed to venture up from the Mediterranean an in their stout tout little ships to take cargoes of or spices to Bruges Quarters Quarters QUit QUit- ten were pretty crowded in the inns Inn so 0 for the transaction of or their business they established their headquarters head head- quarters quarten in the house houle of a rich Dutchman named Van den Purse It was after arter extensive British transactions trans trani- actions action with this Dutchman that we dropped the good old English word moneybag money and adopted purse Purse mispronounced came to b be bespoken spoken in Venice and elsewhere as II burse burae and that name was wal given liven to markets market where important m mey mon money e ey transactions occurred |